HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-11-22, Page 1ice crack down
defective vehicles
'dents of the area who have doubts ,.about the
Tical fitness of vehicles used for commercial purposes
do well to have them checked and approved ces road -
within
the next few weeks.
of Ontario Provincial Police will be stepping up en f or-
t of the laws covering mechanically defective commer-
vehicles as the result of a directive from provincial police
uorters•
et0mmunique noted that a recent inspection of commer-
motor vehicles in the Province of Ontario by`the Provin-
ministry of Transportation and Communications revealed
86,7percent of the Commercial Motor Vehicles inspected
mechanically defective.
neWal film timely
calf presentation
Huron County Bjknch.of
kchitectural Conservancy
tail° is sponsoring the
ann of when ely film
Morley
evening
or, London Branch
r of the Norwich Union
Insurance "Queen St, will
reet,
t the film
a Falls."'
film which is to be
a at Knox Presbyterian
m.
at 8 p,,
renewal project in the city.
tagara Falls using 'what
tome to be known as the
ich Plan."
many years the head of -
of the life insurarlce com-
located iti England, have
involved with' such
and in 1967 when the
edian branches were
around for a suitable
ennial project it was
to take up the cause of
renewal in Canada as. well.
ince that time," Mr.
or explains, "we have had
than 4,000 presentations
connection with the plan."
he film shows the
ation process in N.iago ra'
" he explained, "with
of before and,after, and
explanation of how the
'as carried out using
. M y
plait"
t the "Norwich Plan"
is a basic core renewal
m for the merchants at
tost.-The Insurance com-
drawing on their ex-
ce in both England and
da, provides guidan.ce-..and
to the committees and
nations in a ny
pality undertaking such
iect.
noting that the Goderich
essmen's Association is
tly in the first steps of
up a renewal program
Taylor feels "they really
d see it."
Ilse program is really so
its ridiculous," the Nor -
manager notes. "We help
local group get in touch
those who can lend them
tance for the least -cost
preliminary drawings
iled by students at Fan-
weCollege) and then
gh mass work and mass
asing help obtain the
price."
1967 the cost of restoration
$4 per foot and today it
ins as low as $6 per foot.
spokesman for the
erich Businessmen's
iation said the group was
tag a meeting for last.
t and it would be announ-
ced to members' at that time
that the film was to be shown
this evening.
Businessmen's Association
executive member Bob Swart -
man said he was sure a number
of the merchant s would be in-
terested. -
Earthquake?
Nobody
knows
for certain
e
fa
A
nal open
office
Reports indicate that the im-
mediate Goderich .and Clinton
areas were shaken about noon
on Tuesday by a mild ear-
thquake. •
Numerous residents in -both
communities say a tremor at
about 12:15 shook homes in
Goderich, Clinton, Saltford and
outlying districts enough to rat-
tle doors and windows and
.bounce- dishes around in their
cupboards.
The "quake" apparently
lasted only a few seconds and
no reports of damage or injury
were recorded in connection
with the incident.
Officials at the University of
Western Ontario in London
report that no earth t mor was
recorded on their s i5 is equip-
ment at any time op Tuesday,
• however.
• A spokesman from the
University seismic center
suggested that perhaps the im-
pact felt in homes throughout
the Goderich and Clinton area
was the result of a sonic boom.
Residents reporting the
disturbance say they heard no
boom, just felt the ground
shake.
local
pastor sees
wedding
of Princess
Rev. - Reuben Brubacher of
Calvary Baptist Church in
Goderich was one of..the
thousands of people who lined
The Mall in London, England,
last Wednesday in hopes of cat-
ching a glimpse of Princess -
Anne and her new husband on
the day of their wedding.
The local pastor was in Lon-
don for -the Internati HalFun-
Ye moved! Officially damental Baptist Congress
Y morning, the doors of Spurgeon Tabernacle.
► Signal -Star plant in According to, pastor
al Park on Highway 21 Brubacher, he has every hope
loath of Goderich were of having some excellent
to the public for movies of the Royal Wedding
since he was standing only
NT R. G. Shrier an- about 30 feet from the
this week that while .
al -Star has re -located procprocession of horse-drawn
carriages carrying the
eot
' to show its new distinguished wedding pa tY•
othepublic, there are Following the wedding,
for an official othe ening Pastor Brubacher said the
. $ring, p g pealing of the Abbey bells was
ille !e•Chrietmaei season is a sound to remember as
bueiiest of the entire thousands of people lined up
for -d- signal -Star staff, outside the famous church to
doubtful if all depart- file through a corner of the
ii11"be fully rattled until building to see the wedding
t�e new .year.
the weather in
decorations and the place
where Anne and Mark ex-
changed vows.
March is hot always ' He also claimed that one of
i'Mr. Shrier said the the highlights f his trip to
t beam made to wait'London was ending the 3
ell u•opening of the p.m. worship serviceest-
until the weather minster ,Abbey on the nday
-lh• following' the wedding.
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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1973
SINGLL,COPY 20c
ion complex a realit
At z,UUU Leet above south western Ontario this group of
Goderich men discuss the possibilities of the new de
Havilland Twin Otter STOL (short take -off and landing) air-
craft in which they are riding. The group flew, as the guests
of de. Havilland, to Toronto on Tuesday. They are foreground
to background, (left) Gus Chisholm of Dearborn Steel Tubing
Ltd., George Parsons of the Goderich Elevator and Transit
Company, Maurice Jenkins of The Dominion Road Machinery
Ltd. (right) Huron County Warden Roy Pattison, Huron
County Development Officer Spence Cummings and a.
representative of the deHavilland Company. (staff photo)
T -OL-.- cspossibl
solution dor tragi
BY RON SHAW
Tuesday, representatives of
the Goderich Town Council,
Huron County Council and
local industry hopped- a flight
out of Sky Harbor Airport and
flew to Torctato for lunch.
It may sound like a rather
expensive dinner party but the
trip, and the lunch, was
provided free by the. de
Havilland Aircraft Company
and the Toronto Harbor Com-
mission to demonstrate the new
STOL (short take -off and lan-
ding) aircraft now being
manufactured by de Havilland.
The Toronto Harbor Com-
missican would like to- prove
that a "STOI, - Port" on
Toronto Island,- where the
Goderich flight landed,
represents a `practical after -
native to other forms of tran-
sportation in and out of",he
Metro Area from smaller com-
munities in southern Ontario.
The de Havilland Aircraft of
Canada, Limited, with the en-
couragement and .cooperation
of the Toronto Harbour Com-
missioners and the Ontario.
Ministry of Transportation and
Communications, is demon-
strating the feasibility of using
the Toronto Island Airport as
an ail -year, all-weather in-
strumented airport. .
The location of the Toronto
Island Airport is considered
ideal as the hub of an air net-
work; • linking downtown
Toronto with cities tlitoughout
Ontario.
All through the week, 20 -
passenger Twin Otter aircraft,
manufactured by de Haviltand.,
will fly mayors and senitar
politicians from* southern On-
tario communities to the Island
Airport to demonstrate the
practical application of such a
service.
"The immediate advantage
of such an air link", said B.B.
Bundesman, President of de
Havilland Canada, _ "is the
basic cost effectiveness
of
byu
ch
a service. For example, road
from Owen "'Sound takes. two
and a quarter hours. Using the
Island Airport the total trip
time, including cabs at each
end, would be only seventy
minutes. Businessmen will be
able to comfortably conduct
their meetings in Toronto with the
return the same day
minimum of lost time and
cost". Flying time, Goderich to
Toronto, was only 45 minutes..
Tests of a Micro -Wave Lan-
ding System by the Ministry of
Transport using a de Haviltand
Twin Otter, have .already -been
conducted at the Island Air-
port. This Airport has never
been equipped with an In-
strument Landing System
which, is designed to provde
safe -all-weather operations to
the -highest 'safety standards.
Great enthusiasm has been .
evidenced for the proposed On-
tario air network by the many
towns in Ontario who do not
enjoy - modern scheduled air
services.
Early introduction _ of
scheduled service's- from the
Island Airport to selected
points in southern Ontario
would pave the way for an ad-
vanced STOL - transportation
system, which could eventually
provide downtown to down-
town service between major
Canadian and U.S. cities,. as
well as bringing the advantage
of air travel to smaller com-
munities.
According 10 a study
prepared by the Canadian Air
Transportation Administration
in its report ST -73-2 dated 1 `;
October 1973 issued from the
STOL Project Office, -de
Haviltand Canada .Twin Otter
STOL operation at Toronto
_Island Airport is feasible using
microwave landing guidance
systems to provide precision
steep approach capability. The
Instrument Flight Ry to (11 Rt
operating minimum arch are
possible ensure a schedule
reliability similar to that which
the passenger enjoys at a major
hub airport such as Malton.
The study assumes use of the
east -west runway only and the
installation of a new
Microwave Landing Guidance
System (MLS).
The Toronto Island Airport;
hiawevet, is not considered
suitable for all-weather
operations by conventional
passenger air transportation
systems.
This important technical ap-
proval makes feasible the
Southern Ontario short -haul
ical
a'rV
new
Inter- ity Air
network and is the next lo
step in the a luti
development . a
equipment is available to air-
ports, in smaller communities
like Goderich, which would -like -
to have a STOL air service stop
in their comrnunities for about
$60,000.
lei an interview afterWard
Goderich May(ir Harry Worsell
and Reeve Deb Shewfelt said
they .would be putting a
resolution before town council
and County Council recommen-
ding that the' municipal hodies
spur(p)ipe(c)rtt. in principle the STOL
It h'ad been originally plan-
ned that the • demonstration
would include a delegation
from Stratford as well as
Goderich but when the plane
arrived.over that community a
feW minutes after take off from
SkY Harbor weather conditions
had reduced visibility to nil
and the plan J-ould not make a
- Representing this area were
Goderich Mayor Ham Wor-
sell, Reeve Deb Shewielt,
Huron County Warden Roy
Pattison, County Development
Officer Spence Cummings, Gus
Chisholm of Dearborn Steel
Ttibing Ltd., George Parsons of
the Goderich Elevator and
Transit Company and Maurice
Jenkins, representing the
Dominion Road Machinery
Should a STOL service be
Only two
diddents
in town
The Goderich Police Depart-
ment' report two motor vehicle
accidents within t he
municipality during the past
week, one of which is still tin-
der investigation.
The other, crash resulted in
minor injuries to Marek Brud-
car driven by Stanislaw Brud-
nicki of 39 Trafalgar Street in
Goderich ch went out of
control on alt Mine Road
smashing int a hydro pole
Resulting damage totaled,
$1,000 to the cAr and $500 to
the hydro po e.
initiated for Goderich de.
Havilland officials estimate
that a one way from Goderich
to Toronto would be about $16.
At that rate, they claim, an -
operator carrying even half
loads would be making Money
on his investment.
An aura of optimism filled the Duchess Room of the Bed-
ford Hotel Tuesday evening as representatives of Kinsmen,
Lions, Rotary, Town Council, Labour Council, Board of
Education. Legion, G.D.C.I., Goderich Psychiatric Hospital
arid. t,e Recreation Committee met to seriously discuss the
feasibility of constructing a large. Recreation Complex
which would he located in Goderich. -
Although a number of sites for the proposed structure ap-
parently exist, the most talked about at the meeting was the
1g acres which the Huron County .Board of Education
presently owns across from G.D.C.I.
The Huron Board, which G.D.C.1. Principal John Stringer
stated is urging for some sort of development of the unused
land, have already been approached and have indicated
their co-operation in possibly donating the land for such a
purpose. Nothing final will be decided on that, however, un-
til feasibility studies are made and presented to the board.
Principal John Stringer also commented that if the high
school site was chosen and approved by the Huron Board of
Education, perhaps the most economical location would be
to attach the building housing the pool to the large gym at
G.D.C.I. so that the gymnasium change rooms could serve
bath purposes.
Several suggestions as to what the complex should con-
tain were discussed. Ideas ranged from another artificial ice
surface to a large auditorium to replace MacKay Hall.
A representative from the Lions Club stated that the club
was so enthused' about the idea of a recreation complex
that they have already formed a committee to help "get the
hall rolling".
The representative even stated that he was sure.the Lions
Club of Goderich would "undertake the project themselves
if necessary", but he went on to say that the Lions would
like to see as much participation from the community as
possible.
This meeting proved to be an important steppingstone as
everyone in attendance agreed that the recreation complex
was sorely needed by the people of Goderich and the im-
mediately surrounding townships.
It was approved at this meeting to proceed with the
feasibility studies which will determine the need in the
community for such a facility; what land is available and
how mush it will cost; how the money will be raised; and
the description of the proposed comp.ex and what will be
contained in it: - t+
One of the more "touchy" points brought out at .this
meeting was the question of who will handle the ad-
'ministrq,tion and operation of the completed facility.
John "Jake" Pirie representing the Labour Council stated
that "the Huron County Board of Education should be kept
out of the adininistratit n". His reasoning stemmed from in
cidents in the past that he has known about where certain.
outside groups wanting to use school facilities for some type
of program had great difficulty in doing so.
This point as well as many others will -be researched and
examined through the feasitility studies which will be con-
ducted firstly by Pete McCauley, Mike Dymond and mem-
bers of the Lions Club committee which includes John
Stringer and John Sully, who were both present at the
meeting.
After the primary plans are made, the group intends to
hold public meetings to "inform find receive opinions from
people of the community" -
Who owns the ditch?
eeking clarification
once and for all time
There's some question about
the owrierShip of the ditch
which flows through Suncoast
Estates property on the south
and which up until now has
been believed to be owned by
ments to Goderich Town Coun-
cil reveals that the open ditch
from Bayfield Road to the
outlet at Furse Road, "is con-
structed in total on town owned
. According to the letter from
Delbar, two storm sewers
Owned by the Corporation are
dumping int() this open ditch.
"It is therefore our opinion
that the open ditch is under the
control of 'the Corporation of
Goderich and any agreement
for dumping storm w'ater into,
this ditch should be with the
Corporation, not Suncoast4"
Estates," wrote Don Sager of
Delbar.
Sager's letter referred to a
recent administration commit-
tee meeting at which he was
advised that the Town could
not give permission to Delbar
to dump the subdivision's
water into the open ditch
because it was owned by Sun -
coast. At that time, Dave.
Gower, chairman of the ad-
ministration committee, ad-
Vised Sager to make an
agreement with Suncoast with
regard to storm water,until the'
South Storm Sewer project was
completed.
Council has agreed to "once
and for all" decide whoee
atithp(Ity the ditch comes un,..
der - the town's or Suncoast's.
Decision was to get immediate
and final clarification from the
town solicitor and the town
engineer regarding the new
evidence brought forth by
Delbar.
Although it had been expec-
ted that local developer Erik
Krohmer would be present at
last week's council meeting to
discuss his plans for4- coii-
dominium development at the
end of Gibbons Street, there
was no presentation by anyone
on this subject.
In other business at the brief
meeting of Goderich Town
Council last Thursday evening,
the municipality was asked by
Huron County's property com-
mittee to obtain firm prices on
lighti9g in 'court house park.
Councillor Frank Walkam,
chairman of the water, light
and pollution division of coun-
cil, had reported to council
previously that improved
lighting was required in the
park and suggested that the
least expensive arid most
satisfactory method would be
to mount the lights on the
building. •
Council did agree that two
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Gower notifies township
of plan for subdivision
Dave Gower appeared before
Goderich Township Council
Monday evening to serve notice
that he has made application
for A 'registered plan of sub-
, division on his property just off
Nairn Drive in that
municipality.
Gower Raid the 17 acres just
behind' his own private
residence ,was planned to in-
clude 32 lots of not less than
15,000 square feet each.
Provision has also been made
for five percent of hte property
to be turned into parkland.
Gower, who has had the land
for sthrre yellfs, says he has no
immediate plans for deilelop-
ment of the property. He in-
dicated his idea was simply to
have a registered plan of sub -
:division on the land so that it
would ensure single family
dwellings of a certain standard
to be constructed there if and
when it is developed. .
He said he has been in touch
with the county planning
'department in connection with
the project and is satisfied that
it conformls with the county's
official plan.
The application was flied
Monday in Toronto. said