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Perth Roman reached by Nov. 30, the Huron-
ron, school . Perth branch of the teachers'
lit separate
have threatened,. to - association- w
re ill turn
re elementary schools at negotiations over to the parent
ref..the.. y+or .unle8s 'a body in Toronto.
settlement is reached ` pe cin h increasers are �ebasang -the r
demands ,,,on cost -of -living in-
creases. The " Huron.Perth
separate school board has of:
fered 3.4 percent in a one-year
contract.
The previous agreement ex-
pired Sept. 1. Negotiations star-
ted in March.
Mr. Monaghan said the
resignations' would go into ef-
fect Dec. 31. He said the vote
was taken Monday night.
David Teahen, chairman of
the board's negotiating team,
said trustees were aware of the
meeting but had not been infor-
med 6n the outcome. He also
anticipates talks will resume.
this month.
31. chief
Monaghan,
t
'tor for the teachers, said
..
,ey night teachers have
147.1 to have the
jh.Catholic
iation start collecting
dations Nov. 13.
re are 155 teachers in the
aid it is no the desire of
rs to close the schools,
they will have no choice
a contract settlement is
.ie no future negotiations
planned, Mr. Monaghan
khopes talks will resume
this mon t h.
said if no settlement is
notaph service
ief after church
Sunday .members of
ch 109 of the Royal
(lian Legion (Goderich)
mark the annual ttemem-
• Day with a church
de to North Street United
cal man
'lied
ar here
;rty-one -year - old James
lure, RR 4 Goderich was
k and killed last Friday-
.ing as he walked along
,say 21 'north of Goderich.
'cording to police, Mr.
lure's car had broken`
•n near the •spot where. he
killed and he had been
' ing for assistance. He was
.ick by a vehicle driven by
terKilinski, 63, of Warren,
igan.
r. McClure was horn in
ettTownship but Moved at
age to Colborne Town-
; )/e was a farmer there.
Church and the-Court'Mu- u- se -
Park Cenotaph.
Veterans and Legionnaires
will form up at 10:45 for a
march to the church service
which will be conducted, in
part, by Canon K.E. Taylor of
London. ,Canon 'Taylor is the
former Chief Protestant Padre
of Canadian Forces serving in
Europe during the Second
World War.
Following the service the
group will form up outside the
"church and march to the Court
House Park Cenotaph for, "
short service in memory -of their
fallen comrades'and the wreath
laying ceremonies.
Rev. G.L:'Roval, Branch 109
Padre, will be in charge of the
Cenotaph service.
Branch 109 member Neil
Shaw, speaking on behalf of
Remembrance Day . organizers
said the cenotaph service would
be very brief, consisting of the
laving of wreaths by various
groups and organizations
represented and the laying of
poppies by the veterans and
Legionnaires.
ericIj
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1 973
Employees at Victoria and Grey Trust,started work.Wednesda/ morning with a crash as this
vehicle owned and driven by James Stanley Wilson of 166 Cambridge St. Goderich went out
of control o`H.Elgin St. and plunged through a window knocking the main business counter
back against the wall. No one was injured. Manager Lyle Zurbrigg estimates that around
$8,000 damage was done to the building alone. No figure was available on the vehicle, a
1969 Pontiac.(staff photnl
roposed subdivision to provi
tter hvtiiojurkkuii
'ymond Young went before
h and Area Planning
when that body met last
evening with further in -
'tion in connection with
, proposed Yohng-Little-
n subdivision to be
on the property south of
t Street and east of
Street.
proposal, which first
before the Board at its
,'meeting, wi�,l provide.,
valued at $40,000 each
npaccording to Mr. Young.
:proposal raised two .major
s in the mind of Plan -
Board at that time, the
of property on, which- a
' °now stands and the
.'ins for park land.
the farmer, the Board
Mr, Young if he would
.;the plan redrawn
ng for the property now
". by the barn to be
into ants with the rest
.• Area! `they said removal
'Nun was not necessary
land.should be properly.
Young complied with
request but explained that
of the building Ernie
had stipulated that the
mg stand as long as he
or the project would not
his approval to go
' r in his comments on
`utter, County. Planner
Davidson said the barn
to be sitting about 12
on the road allmkance
proposed Bilby Street
ton to note that the of -
at Ontario Municipal
would be unlikely to ap-
the plan without removal
barn,
• wthat is so," Mr. Young
then this whole plan just
to,"
the second qUestion, that
*red, Mr. Young asked
inning Board if they
consider- accepting cash
of the five percent
as is allowed at the
of the municipality,
Suggestion met with
eat ,from the County
IA well, who pointed
ou't one small wooded area
which he felt would serve well
as facilities' for a park.
Mr. Young, and some mem-
bers of Planning Board, argued
that the area was too small for
a park of any significance and
Mayor Harry Worsell suggested
that apark was not necessary
'since Th.e new subdivision
would be in such close
proximity to school yard
facilities at the Goderich
District Collegiate Institute
and' Robertson ' Memorial
Public School.
Mr. -Davidson pointed out
that despite the school playing
fields small parks were still
needed to provide an area
where parents could monitor
pre-school children and to give
relief in the landscape of the
area.
The County Planner said
that in this formal recommen-
dations to the Board he would
recommend the body not accept -
cash. in lieu but insist on, proper
parkland within the sub-
division.
Planning Board member Gus
Chisholm asked Mr. Young
where the storm water from the
new areal would drain and was
informed that the area would
drain straight south and . into
the much, discussed South
Storm Sewer.
Mr. Chisholm went on to ask
the developer if each of his lots
were assessed $400.
Mr. Young saitd> he had not
"received a notice Of
assessment yet" and did not
know the cost.
don't think anyone knows
„
what it will cost them,"
Chisholm observed.
In ,his oral summary of til,•
developer's requests' Air
Davidson termed the propo-eil
plan of subdivision "very inset
sitive to the natural environ-
ment" and suggested that thy'
plan resulted in the loss of
great many lots.
"Furthermore, as I said
earlier," Mr. Davidson noted,
"the hush area has not been
r
utilized.
The County Planner went on
to suggest that, with a1terna.e
planning, the developer could
realize 20 percent nroi'•
building lots.
"This is a high class, high
price subdivision," Mr. Yount;
stressed, "and I can't keep Inv
oblins subdued
Halloween quiet locally
Indications in the weekly
police report are that officers of
the local Police Department are
beinning a crack down on van-
dalism.
Six charges for such ac-
tivities, three in connection
with Halloween night in-
cidents, were laid by phlice
during the past week.
Susi! J. Weerasooriya, 16, of
97 •C Napier Street in Goderich,.,,
is facing a charge of mischief in
connection with the smashing
of a window at. the hujn Kit-
chenette on the Square October
31.
Two 'other persons were
charged in connection with in-
cidents 'of thrown molotov
cocktails that evening, one a
juvenile and the other Richard'"
K. Stephens, '17, . of 233
Catherine Street in Goderich.
. Three persons were convicted
in court this week on charges of
willful damage arising from in-
cidents of, vandalism in the
waahrooms at Harbor Park.
Gregory P: Little, 18, of 115
Picton Street East in Goderich .
will serve six months in the On-
tario Reformatory for his, part
"in the incident and another 30
days (concurrent) for damaging
a police cruiser.
James A,. Demers, 18, 197
Bayfielcj, Road in Gotlerich, will
also be 'serving six months in
reformatory for willful damage
in connection with the Harbor
Park vandalism as well as a
concurrent 15 day sentence
handed down last week for
possession of marijuana.
Robert Poulin, f7, of RR 2
Goderich was sentenced to six
months in reformatory for the
Harbor Park incident and also
received a concurrent six
month sentence in connection
with the smashing of windows
at the Huron County Court
House.
Despite the incidents of
broken: 'windows and molotov
cocktails local police feel
'Halloween night was relatively
orderly.
Only one attempt was made,
to turn on a fire hydrant this
year, police note, suggesting
that perhaps charges laid in
connection with similar pranks
last year might 'have hitd some
bearing on the fewer incident.'
Other windows were broken
on The. Square, one at Reg
Bell's Optometrist office and
another at Fincher's Smoke
Shop. Police • are still in-
vestigating that vandalism.
Several attempts to block
The Square using benches from
Court House Park were made
-but police cleared •the roadway.
Other disorders during the
night of October 31 involved
the Starling of eggs and golf
balls, slashing of ,tires, the set-
ting of several small fires in
Court House Park, the
smashing of a park bench, and
an attempt to start a fire inside
the washrooms at the court
house.
In other activities ,during the
past week Police investigated
204 occiarrences, , laid 10
(continue! 'on age 14)
..ail:..•
r'
present size of lot and still get
20 percent • n►ore."
Mr. Davidson agreed but
suggested that the lots did not
have to he as large to acc•om-
.modate the _proposed homes.
H,e 'also went on ----to ask,
"Should Goderich continue to
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SINGLE. COPY 20c
sol and costly
inter ahead
BY RON SHAW
Developments over 'the past
week seem to indicate that the
winter of 1973-74 may be expen-
sive for those Goderich
As Robbie
Burns once
said :..
The .famous Scot poet Robert
Burns once wrote, "The 'best
laid schemes o' mice an' men,
Gang aft agley,. An' lea's us
• nought but grief and pain, For
promised joy►" • and the
Goderich'ignal Star this week
discovered just what Mr. Burns
must have been talking about.
Due to delays in the ship-
ment of • materials for the
publishing company's new
facilities at the Industrial Park,
Publisher R.G. Shrier announ----
ced late on Wednesday that the
planned move from 37 West
Street to the new building
-,would be delayed- one week.
"Hold ups in material..
deliveries," -he explained, ',are
the chief difficulty facing work-
men at the new building. Most
important the heat registers
have not arrived a nd it is im-
possible to' expect t he staff to
move in until the facility is
properly heated."
Mr. Shrier also noted that it
would be much better to have
all the work completed before
the move took place and avoid
a situation- where -workmen
were truing to complet-e their.
work around - the• newspaper
staff.
As 'a result of the delay the
Signal --Star will 'continue' to
conduct its business from .t he
West Street location until
November .19 when operations
WWILL commence at the new
facilities. •
The Signal Star press,
-THowever, will be moving this
hursday,
residents who want to keep even more so in the case of
even relatively warm. those who heat using elec-
In a letter to the local Public tricity.
Utilities Commission on Mon- The news is little better for
day,Ontario Hydro informed those who make use of
the Commission the cost- of "nature's wonder fuel,"
power it sells wholesale to natural gas.
municipal utilities, which sup- This summer, for the first
plies most of Ontario's 2.5 time in 25 years, Union Gas in -
million users, will be increased troduced an interim rate in -
by 7.5 percent effective January crease to cover increases of 3.5
"I 1974 cents per 1000 cubic feet of gas
from its supplier Trans Canada
Pipeline. -
On September 1 the pipeline
company raised rates to Union
Gas another 1.7 cents per 1000
cubic feet and effective Novem-
ber 1 ""it will cost Union Gas
another 5.23 cents per 1000
cubic feet to purchase gas from
Trans Canada.
'As a result the gas company
has gone before the National
Energy Board with a request to'
increase rates by 7 cent's per
1000 cubic feet to cover in-
creases in' their cost. Hearing
on that matter closed last Wed-
nesday with no ruling as yet
but'it seems likely the Board
will have ,to grant at least part
of that requested increase if not
all.
What will this mean? Accor --
ding to Allan Vertch, speaking
on behalf -of Union Gas' head
office in Chatham, about an $8
to $10 increase per year to the'
average ` residential con
sumer if there is such a thing.
In addition Union Gas has
requested a hearing before the
Energy Board early in 1974 to
discuss a complete review of
their rate structures. The in-
creases discussed earlier are all
of an interim nature and could
he overruled in the final` rate
hearings for restructuring.
If such were the case Mr.
Vertch explained, consumers
would be eligible for a rebate
On the basis of the interim prise
increases they have been
paying. - ,. ..
The cost increases handed
down to Union Gas by' Trans
Canada Pipeline are. justified
by much the same explanation
as Ontario ..Hydro uses ;Jfor its
price boosts. It is just simply
costing those companies more
• (continued„ on page 14)
That won't be good news for
those heating electrically this
winter, or for anyone in
Goderich using electricity
which just about covers the
board. P.U.C. manager Dave
Rolston said in -an interview
Tuesday that at least part of
that increase will have to be
passed on to the consumer.
,Most likely the larger part.
'It's beginning to look like
costs will be going up every
year", Mr. Rolston rioted in
making the announcement. In
October of this year it cost the
local P.U.C. $54,237 for the
power it resold to local, con-
sumers. In the same month last
year that bill was only $45,634
and in October of 1971 the tally
was $39,370.
Mr. Rolston also explained
that, in addition to having to
pay higher prices for wholesale
electricity, it is also costing the
P.U.C. more to operate each
year.
"Every -thing is going up", he
observed "everything from gas
for the trucks, to copper wire,
to transformers and postage."
„ He pointed out that only last
,year copper wire was worth 30
Cents perpound for scrap
whereas now the price has risen
to 75 cents per pound:
"That means the cost of our
wire is going up propor-
tionately,'"
he said.
Mr. Rolst on hopes some
.relief on the price increases will
he realized through a new com-
puter billing system the com-
mission is ' undertaking .and
through a small rebate coming
to the commission who have
now finished paying the cost of
a cycle change some years ago.
No, matter how you cut it,
however, its going to cost more
for consumers of electricity and
Christmas 1973 Is just around the corner with only 40 more
shopping days remaining. For most people It is a time for gift
hunting and giving but to thousands of small innocent
children, the greatest gift of all would be the acquisition of
perfect health. Instead they are Involved in an everyday fight
for normal breathing. The little girl you ***above mailing her
letter to Santa, Is six-year-old Janet Boyce, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clayton Boyce of 145 Hincks Street In Goderich.
Janet is a Grade 1 students at Victoria Public School, and In
MI appearances normal except that she has an Asthma Con-
dition. Janet Is also the Christmas Seal Cinderella for 1973,
and will be attending several functions M the amp rrpreeen-
ting the Huron -Perth Td and Respiratory Disease
Association. The campaign got underway November 1, and
will be running until January 31, 1974. M Is children NMI Janet
who 'are suffering from diseases such as tuberculosis,
chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma and other iung crip-
pling diseases who so desperately need hip iA making
future Christmas seasons bright and gay the way they were
meant to be. "Use Christmas teals - M's a matter of life and
breet ." (staff photo)
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