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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-12-22, Page 43• (continued from page 3A) water, They both agree that t most beautiful sight they ha seen was the tug coming to pu them from the lake. Young Canada Week is no in .full swing and all is goi well for the youngsters. T tournament has once aga been deemed a success for bo the boys and the town that e joyed the fine hockey displaye at the arena. MARCH 29, 1973 The first ship to arrive i Goderich _ harbor this seaso was the salt boat Canyo Agawa Canyon. Her captai Frank "Corky" Wagg wa presented with an engraved pe by Mayor Harry Worsell. In ad dition to the pen was an engraved penknife, two boxes o cigars and a municipal »ocke calendar. Only on four , oc casions since 1932, when the presentation was initiated, has the shipping season commen- ced earlier. The Goderich Town Council ioted to have all their future meetings open to the public and the press, following a motion by Councillor Elsa Haydon. The otion drew a response of sur- prise from Reeve Deb Shewfelt as he was under the impression hat the -meetings had never been closed to the public. Mrs. Haydon, however, claimed that the press had been invited to be present for background infor- mation but that nothing be published before recommen- dations from committee meetings come before open council sessions. Glenmark Lumber recently. opened a new retail outlet in the town. Verna Worthy band Jean Papernick, two, avid golfers, were on the links early this - year enjoying the balmy breezes and sunshine. They _shot nine — oles o h 2 pd efused to say _. at the - he ve 11 w ng he. in th n - d n n n n s n f t WAY i231 tr'remPtti Tevt « o The Goderich Sailors com- ting in the all Ontario ockey championship series ainst Petrolia . lost ' the first - o games of the series by res of 5-2 and 11-6. The ird game was in ' Goderich. The "Save the Jail Society" were relieved to hear that the own Council had withdrawn heir motion to grant a emolition permit to Huron aunty Council to tear down a tion of the jail wall to add - n to the assessment office. The Thornhill, despite heavy amage suffered during the ent storm; was the second ip to leave Goderich harbor pis season. She put out with 0,000 tons of salt from Sifto. APRIL 5, 1973 The March session of Huron ounty - Council was a �mewhat low-key Meeting pite the fact that several in- ased budgets in the county's arious departments were presented for approval. Although the 1973 budget has not yet been fin•liaed, there was good news for county ratepayers in the Executive Committee report. It was stated there is every indication there will be no increase in county rates this year. I or the second time this year, milk was increased two cents per quart to the consumer.. Beginning Monday, home • delivery prices at both Andrew and Gardiner Dairies are $1.14 for a three -quart bag of two percent and 98 cents for a three -quart bag of skimmed milk. The circus is coming to, town. Under the sponsorship of the Goderich Police Association the Garden Brother Circus will be in G-oderich for two shows Monday, June 4' at the Goderich Memorial Arena. The Maitlar>)') Valley Conser- vation Authority has advised that the Town of Goderich should contact the federal government concerning action.. it might. take since it was felt that the breakwalls are seriously contributing to the problem, especially in the Bingham Park area. The 1973 season of marine •activit',' from Goderich 'Harbor got off to an early start due to a mild winter and an earlier then usual spring. Salt freighters began plying the waters of the local harbor and Lake Huron nearly three weeks ahead of schedule and now the Goderich Sailing Club are beginning to make their plans for a summer on the water. APRIL 12, '1973 gra Goderich Township Council has been flooded recently with various applications for the establishment of, tourist camps and trailer parks. To date Huron County Health officials have placed notices on about a dozen cot- tages along the shore of Lake Huron setting the premises aside as • being "Unfit for Human Habitation". MOH Dr. Frank Mills estimates that in all 4,000 to 5,000 cottages along the lake bank are affec- ted in varying degrees because —of- the—high- water- levels- on Dorman Vtgtitman, a "West" �•��.ri+detat-- .claimed the South Storm • Sewer in Goderich has been initiated illegally and added that while council has requested the engineers for Todght n and Case Limited to add "to the assessments for one -home one - lot owners so that no one pays ..more than $25, that is also illegal. .The Legion Novice All -Stars are the Novice Grand Cham- pions of the Western Ontario Athletic Association. Last weekend the Legion team went undefeated in three games in the W.O.A.A.'s Novice Grand Championship Tournament in Walkerton to win the title. Friday evening Goderich Kinettes celebrated 25 years of service to Goderich at the White Carnation in Holmesville. All the past GodArich' - Kinettes and ° husbands were invited to the celebrations. If numbers mean anything, the current fund-raising for the Canadian Cancer Society in Huron County { is going to go over the top. The kick-off of the campaign held in Holmesville was attended by an estimated 700 people. APRIL 19, 1973 Ick Goderich Mayor Harry Wor- sell joined other Huron County mayors Don Symons of Clinton and Frank Sills of Seaforth as guests at the ninth annual National Prayer Breakfast on Parliament Hill last Wed- nesday.. Building inspector. Roy Breckenridge' has presented a salary request for the coming year and the Administrative Committee has agreed to recommend to council at tonight's meeting that it draw GODERICH up an agreement to that effect and outline n list of duties and sQecifk requirements for - the job. Town Council approved a recommendation that the wAll of the jail remain standing at an emergency meeting last Thursday_ The" decision came from a recommendation from the property committee of the -Huron County Council who suggested that the addition to the assessment office be .built on the north side of the building. On Saturday 36 managers of the Dominion Road Machinery Company Ltd. were honored at the Bedford Hotel for their suc- cessful completion of a 16 week management development course. Kevin Cutt will soon be taking tourists and other in- terested persons on guided tours of the 1939 vintage Lan- caster Bomber which is on display as an Historic Site at Sky' Harbor airport, the scene of air 'training for many of Canada's World War. two air crews. Huron County Playhouse, located on a farm just east of Grand., Bend, Bend, will open its second season July 11 in vastly` improved facilities thanks to a LIP grant of $2700 to make an even , $30,000. Last ymear the theatre troupe staged their • production in a circus- tent ad- joining the barn. • APRIL 26, 1973 Council has agreed to send a letter to the Hort. Mr. John White, provincial treasurer concerning what it terms "un- fair treatment" over the On- t.ar,io Property Tax Stabilization tPlan with a copy going to Huron's member of Provincial Parliament Jack Riddell. - This year there was the largest number of nominations for the "At Home Dance" queen at G.D.C.I. The girls nominated were Barb Blake, Kaye Dustow, Faye Dua;tow, W Anne MacEwan, Cathy Young, Mary. Van Rooy and Diane Crawford. During last week's council - meeting, Goderich Town Coun- cil quickly and decisively .:.r_escinded_ . a previous motion with regard to the South Storm Sewer. On the advice of B.M. Ross and Associate Limited, council unanimously agreed that a motion requesting a redistribution of assessment for the cost of the drain so that no one -home one -lot homeowner would pay more than $25 should be stricken from the records. The pupils in the 19 elemen- tary separate schools in Huron and Perth Counties will start their summer vacation a • week earlier than their teachers this year. While the pupils close the doors behind them for the 1972-73 term on June 22 the principals and teachers will use the last week - June 25-29 • as "professional activities days' whe i they will evaluate their curriculum, objectives, school policies and program planting. Police Chief Pat King an- nounced the • appointment of two hew constables to the -Goderich Force. They are John Hills, formerly of the London, England police and the Lon- don, Ont. force, and Larry Webb who formerly worked on the Metro Toronto Police Force. " MAY 3, 1973 The headaches Huron County Health Officials have been experiencing• (with - sewage) took a turn inland recently when itcameto light that Benmiller Estates at Ben - miller had installed a sewage treatment unit. Officials from the Ontario Ministry of -the En- vironment and the Huron County Health Unit inspected the treatment set up and infor- med the owners that a public hearing would be called into • the matter before approval was given. The Ontario Ministry of the Environment, assisted by local Health Units, has inspected all shoreline; aireas-� ` �`frorii" Burlington on Lake Orttario, to Amberley at the north end of Huron County, to ascertain the extent of the damage to private sewage disposal sjrst'ems caused by the existing high lake levels. R.E. McKinley, M.P. for Huron, was; at Huron County Council's April session last Thursday dnd held out strong hopes for restoration of passenger train service in the area. McKinley heartily endor- sed council's action in con- curring with a resolution from Robert S. Cherry, Palmerston, who is petitioning the Hon. Jean Marchand, Minister of Transport, to act decisively and immediately lin this regard County Mirk Treasurer John Berry presented the 1973 budget , at leak - Tharsday's session of Huron County Coun- cil. Members` passed the document quickly and easily "pcauiilgrnBerry to comment, "1 had ` better luck than John White." Goderich Marine and General Hospital can now treat all cardiac axrhythmias (heart• beat irregularity) because of an ingenius piece . of equipment called a pacemaker donated by the Maple Leaf Chapter of the I.O.D.E. Dr. R.W. Flowers who had picked out the pacemaker said, "It is an important ad- dition to the hospital egiip- ment." MAY 10, 1973 A.J. (Bert)'Alexander of Sun - (continued on Dago 6A) b SUITS 1950 8950 OST ICE pop ti pup 44105 Aur CLOSED as $J$G Ill FOR NUMN�i HABITATION ••W�A[M ifs The Mtdlr*l (Motet of tO Ith GROUP 1 REG. 110. TO 125. Alterations At Cost , No Exchanges Or Returns. GROUP 2 REG. 125. REMAINING GROUP OF SUITS 1 O% OFF HATS FELT HATS 10.95 TO 16.95 1./3 OfF Ike! «. SHIRTS SPECIAL GROUP REG. TO 13.95 `1/2 PRICE April 12 .. Chief Public Health Inspector with the Huron County Health Unit, Jim McCaul, posts a notice closing this cottage near Kintall because of dangerously eroded sewage systems. 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