Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-11-15, Page 1t. N holiday Barbados Christmas very special Christmasegift red to you this y by rich merchants who that shopping at home ld be a ,rewarding ex aI businessmen are flying toBarbados on a Sunflight ill you have to do to this gift yours is to clip e pony which appear in ,eel's special Signal -Star , as Rio) ins Guide and ery issue o the next 10 ,ply print your name and A. on the spaces provided the coupons_ Take the ,,s to the participating whose names appear ,Enter as often as you You could he the lucky r of a trip for two to tiful Barbados with airfare accommoda�� with►raid whcbym frien4,Iy -Pe p do business every day. ,.rvations will be made' puat Sunset Crest Village Barbados for two weeks. air•conditioned apart - with private bath will be ;ng for you when you step the airplane, and you will full use of all resort 'ties while you are a guest .you will even --be treated welcome cotktail party. .big draw will be made in cry. Many other draws for spendable $5 bills will.be„ teach week. 1pyourself to a.dream of a tion. Shop at• home • this istmas season arra give erich merchants this oppor- 'ty to extend their ap- 'ation for your business. ause the Signal -Star staff been busy this week with move to the new plant at ustrial Park, qo.t all mer- ts may have been contac- in connection wit h t his '':Ipriimotion. There is still next week - but only next • to be included',among many participating stores the community. arina pairs ostly representative from the rtment of Public Works ada, Peter J. Nes, design 'neer, told council last ursdav evening it was ible to increase the dockage city in Snug Harbor from out 50 to 100 average sized 1.e, but added the project Id be costly - about $50,000 cash and some car parking ce. e work could be done in s, said Does who was in erich to view the problems Snug Harbor with Harbor ion Chairman Bill Clif- d oe natural question of ncil was left unanswered. would pay for the work s not known,by Does ough he did sy the ad- istration of small craft hat - is now under the Depart- 'tof-the Environment which., reported to have con - able funds with which to he Initial suggestion for in- ing the capacity ,at Snug "r was a series of slip ls• He said.he would need lnow the kinds of boats normally put in at the '.I marina before making na- However, Does admitted the ,tem of the main dock is presently partially un-, &ter, is less simple to e•Does said when the lake !lowers, the dock would be high if it was4ermanently trotted with cement piers while the water level is Ile laid he was "looking for ideas" to raise the dock in 'a way as it could be easily ed again. when asked if he'd had time 't 'pee the mouth of the and River while in ch, Does acid he had the site. He added that d•pertment looks after har- not rivers. 'can't understand why the &tion Authority would this was not their baby," . did report that t tenders to the south east w4I1 close in about a Fred Minshall Former police chief dead Former Goderich I'rilice Chief Fred Minshall died on Tuesday when the small truck he was driving left the roadway about three miles west of Seaforth on Highway 8 and structs a tree. 'Fhe crash oc- curred at about 5:10 p.m. Findings of an autopsy, determining caose of death. were not available by press time on Wednesday. Former Chief Minshall, 65, was alone in the vehicle at She time. Born at Manchester, England 'in 1908 he came to Canada %two years later and then moved to Guelph from Milton with his parents in 1912. In 1.938 an old friend .suggested he apply for an opening on the Guelph Police Force. Out of 45 applicants Mr. Minshall was chosen as a new constable. He served with that force' for some 20 years and advanced to the rank of sergeant. He then made a decision to apply for the position of Police Chief at Goderich and moved into his new job in this community in 1950. , . At a retirement banquet held in his honor last April Mr. Minshall noted that "Being a police officer hasbeen a most emotionally rewarding &x- perience and if I could do -it a -ll over again, I wouldn't change a thing. At that banquet the retiring chief was presented with the Police Chief's Association of Canada long service medal, and a life membership in the On-, tario Association of Police Chiefs. Former C replaced by tie present Police Chief, Pat King, in Apri'?of this year. He is survived by his wife Margaret, the former Mrs: Ken Hunter, of Goderich, a son Robert (Bob) Howard Minshall of Mississauga, a daughter, Mrs. David (Doreen) Cove Of Montreal, four grandchildren and three sisters Mrs. William (Edith) MacArthur of Smooth Rock Falls Ontario, Mrs. J. T. (Mary) Barwell of Cambridge (Galt) and Mrs. Ivan (Lillian) Ewart of Toronto. Mr."Minshall's first wife, the former 'Edith Pearl Monday whom he married at Guelph in 1933, predeceased him in March of this year. He was married in of Minshall was 126 YEAR - 46 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1973 pectacu blaze ar A fire completely gutted the home of Patsy Walker on Gibbons Street in Goderich Tuesday evening. The Goderich Fire Department;~town trucks and a number of volunteers attempted to extinguish the blaze but to no avail as•the house was completely demolished within two hours. No injuries occurred in the blaze. Cause of the fire is still unknown. It was stated that the Ontario Fire Marshal will be called into investigate. (staff photo) eals on wheels plans nderway in Goderich Representatives from almost all service groups and organizations in Goderich were present at, a meeting last Wed- nesday in St. George's Anglican Church with Mrs. Evelyn Gaunt, field worker ,from Wingham with the Department Christmas 74 symphony The Goderich Rotary Club in co -opera t ion with t he Sully Foundation will he sponsoring two symphony concerts this year, the first of which is to be a Christmas Symphony on Saturday, December 15 at •8 June to his Present wife. p.m. in Goderich District Funeral service will be hel_d.., Collegiate Institute. from Knox Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. on Friday. Arrangements by the Stiles Funeral Home. Recommendations varied for tonight's meeting. The Administrative Cottnmit- tee of, Goderich Town Council had 'a 'busy session last Thur- sday evening when it met to set out recommendations which will come before council as a whole this evening. The request of East bank Buildings Ltd. to deposit a trust certificate or bond with' the TosJn in' exchange for the original 'cash deposit of $1,200 was not favorably looked upon by the Committee. Members agreed that since there are some provisions of the subdivider's agreement with Eastbank which appears not to have been fulfilled, a recom- mendation would-be taken to town council that. the 'request be denied subject to a review of the entire matter. The Admiiistrative Commit- tee also agreed to recommend to council that the Oodettich Art Club be notnified that no apace is available at the present time in the former business (continued on page 10) - The concert will he conduc- ted by Clifford Evens and guest artists will he the famed Earle Terry Singers. The Spring Symphony is already in the planning stages. This will he the fourth year in a row that a symphony concert has come to Goderich and area. of Community -and Social Ser- vices, when the topic was Meals on Wheels. According to Mrs. Gaunt, a Meals on Wheels program in Goderich is needed by the elderly, the handicapped, the chronically ill and some con- valescents. She said the local hospital has agreed to prepare' up to• 10) meals per day initially. If the program proves popular, ar►cl more meals than 1.0 are .required, hospital staff feels they wopld have to take a second look at the matter. The meals would he available probably two, three or five days per week. They would cost the recipient about •75 cents each - 65 cents for the local hospital and 10 cents for the disposable dishes-recpuired to transport the food. Local service groups and organizations are being asked for funds to huv the material to make the boxes which are required ter'' keep the food hot from the hospital to the recipient's home. As - well, volunteers are needed to take the trays from the hospital to the customers. Persons who wish to offer their services for this volunteer work should call 524-9134 and leave their names on file. • A second meeting is already scheduled •for Tuesday, Decem- ber 11 at 2 p.m. in St. George's Anglican Carr" Parish Hall. At that time, it is.hoped a Itst of volunteers will he ready and some funds will already be ac- cumulated for the work to begin. It is expected a program co-ordinator, secretary - treasurer and committee will be appointed at this meeting as well. With should 1974. A lesson in any luck, the program get underway early in anatomy When Animal Control Officer Dick Eisler visited Town Council last Thursday evening, he had an unusual call to report. Eisler. a well-known area figure, told of a call from a Clinton wornrrn who'wanted to know how she could tell a female dog from a male. • 'Council members dissolved in laughter as Eisler shrugged his shoulders -in dismay. "1 just wanted you to know what 1 have to put up with," commented Eisler to council. xAlthough Eisler did not give any indication to council the nature of 'his answer, he did say his caller was wiser when the phone call was ended. In rr more serious vein, Eisler claimed that cats are getting out of hand in Goderich. • +'There are about 600 stray cots in this town," said Eisler . who suggested that tagging cats was the only answer to the problem. This week your copy of the Signal -Star has coma off the pass at the publishing company's new facilities M the local Industrial Park. Preparation of copy, typography and make up continued at the West Street location but camera work, plate production, and the press run itself was conducted from the new Signal -Star complex. Last Thursday the newspaper's of- fset press was dismantled, loaded on a flat bed and moved to the new building. This week the remainder of the publishing operation will move as well. The office will be closed Friday to facilitate the move. (staff photo) SINGLE COPY 2 0c Court of Revision Adjourned for opinion Last Wednesday's Court of Revision to discuss the assessments for the proposed South Storm Sewer was adjour-, ned for three weeks until November 28 to allow time for a ruling by the Drainage Referee Judge Syd Clunis of Windsor. The adjournment came when lawyer Robert Campbell .of Goodall and Campbell in Wingham told the court the drainage works as proposed by the Town of Goderich do not comply with the provions of the Drainage Act and that the. assessments against the land are illegal and excessive.. Campbell is . acting.. ,, for__ .a number of citizens in the south end of Goderich including Mrs. J.W. Leamen, Ford Little, Sophie Glousher, Maurice Gar- diner, Thomas Wilson, Mts. Phoebe Young and Harold Young. In a telephone interview with the Signal-StarMonday,.Camp- bell said his clients have also consulted a Toronto engineer who is reviewing the report on the South Storm Sewer as brought in by engineers Todgham and Case of Chatham. Campbell also claimed the procedures by which town council adopted the engineer's report were in question. The assessments as well, said the Wingham barrister, are out of proportion. Bert Alexander of Suncoast Estates has also appealled that company's assessment on the grounds that not all available government grants toward the proposed work had been sought by council. Town Administrator Harold Walls advised the Signal -Star Monday applio;otion has now been made to ARDA--- (Agricultural , Rehabilitation and Development Ad- ministration) and'personal con- tact'' Made with Herb Crown, director of ARDA. Walls said -a.letter has been sent to ARDA officials advising that the drain was initially in- stituted in 1968, a requirement for qualification in ARDA's program which has been discontinued except for projects begun by 1968 and applied for prior to the end of March 1974. Walls says there is a chance consideration will be given to Goderich's controversial sewer project through ARDA's special drainage assistance act. Just how much money this could in- volve has not been determined, of course. There are 43 written appeals to be considered by the Court of Revision when it reconvenes. Two dates - November 28 and December 5 --nave now been set aside to deal with them. Members of the Court of ' Revision are Maurice Jenkins, Jack Brady, Harry Bosnell, Stan Connelly and Chairman Councillor Dave Gower. During last week's committee meeting of Goderich Town (continued on page 10) Two accidents in two hours bring do ma g es Despite the first heavy snowfalls of the 'season, and generally bad weather during the past week,. the Goderich Police Department report t'he investigation of only two serious motor vehicle accidents, both on November 7. At about 9:20 that morning a car driven by James S. Wilson went out of control on Elgin Avenue, climbed the curb and smashed through the glass front of the. Victoria and Grey building. There were no injuries in- volved but property datnage to the car was estimated at $300 and to the building and fur- nishings at $7,000. Mr. Wilson is a resident of 167 Cambridge Street in Goderich. Less than twu.huiurs_later, at 11:00 a two car collision at .the corner of Lighthouse and Waterloo Streets resulted- in $500 property damage to the vehicles .involved. An estimated $300 damage was sustained to 'a car driven by Richard Cornish of 122 Brock Street and another $200 to a vehicle driven by James MacLeod of RR,F2 Goderich. There were no injuries in the accident. In.- other activities the Goderich Police saw action on the lake when Constable John Hills joined Jim MacDonald on ore of the local fishing boats to lend assistance to a schooner in - trouble about two miles off shore. The boat, manned by Kelvin Jervis of Clinton and Ross Kit- 'cher it-'cher of Kippen, was taken in tow. The crew were experien- cing difficulties with the propeller at the time and a stiff , breeze was blowing. Officers of the Police Depart- ment dealt with 100 occurren- ces doting the past week, 19 of which were of a criminal nature. One charge was laid under the Criminal Code of Canada, 14 under the Highway Traffic Act and five under the Liquor Control Act. • Big press moved; office going Friday Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. began moving last Thursday as crews broke down, loaded and moved the company's five bed Fairchild offset press from the newspaper's West Street location to a new 10,200 square, foot facility in the municipal Industrial Park. The Signal -Star has been located at the West Street location since the 1930's when the former Goderich Signal and Goderich Star amalgamated to form the present publishing company. When present publisher R.G. Shrier purchased the company in 1965 he employed seven people.• "Today we have 35 em- ployees," he explains, "and we have just simply outgrown our old facilities." The new $150,000 complex will house all operations of the publishing company including the printing presses, typography, make-up, adver- tising, editorial offices and business offices. The company will not be maintaining a downtown business office. The move to. the new building was originally planned for last week hut a hold up in delivery of' building materials forced a seven day delay in plans. No issues of the weekly newspaper will be cancelled due to the move and the tran- sfer of equipment will.ntot effect any, of the'other 21 publication printed or published by the Signal -Star. Editorial and advertising of- fices will be moving this weekend. a• r