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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-12-22, Page 51(continuod from pigs" 12A) ma-de,:iwme sweeping changes last Friday night at their,. an- nual meeting in Clinton. The meeting marked the . first time in nearly 30 years- that the Huron= provincial PCsohaven't bad a sitting member in the Ontario Legislature. The riding was taken by Liberal Jcck Rid- dell last March in a by-election. A plumbing -inspection hylaw to. cover the whole of Huron County is closer to reality this week after Huron County Council last week in Goderich gave approval to the -Board. of Health report which indicated the intention of that committee to that end. Board of Health Chairman Gerry Ginn, deputy - reeve. of Goderich Township ex- plained "We are not going to ask for decision today. We are still open for suggestions but` decision must be reached by the end of the year so it can be in- cluded in the budget". George Parsons, president of the Goderich' Elevator and Transit Company Limited, an- 'nounced yesterday that • the company has successfully negotiated the purchase' of Up- per Lakes Shipping Limited facilities at Goderich. The .GDCI senior Vikings football team have a record of- - six straight victories in league play following their -310 win over Stratford Northwestern last Thursday. The Goderich Police. Depart- ment have been held—up on their investigation into the reported sighting of a human skull on the bottom of the Maitland River since they were forced to call of a search on Monday by high winds and muddywater. Yesterday Police Chief. Pat King was still uncer-.. Iain if the search could go ahead. He said he hoped the weather and water would clear enough to send in ' Goderich. scuba diver "Earl Hoy for an examination of `the river bot- tom where the skull is said to located: mission the cost cf power it sells wholesale to6 municipal utilitig;,,,r,hich•suppliss most of -""tcirit Trio's 2.5 Million users, will be increased by 7.5.percent ef- fective January 1,-1974. Halloween night was relatively quiet, as far as mischief goes, as only three reports of vandalism were made in Goderich. The window at the Luja Kitchenette on the Square was smashed and two molotov cocktails were thrown. The Venereal Disease Kit prepared jointly by the Ontario Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education wilt not be introduced • to students In Grades 7 and 8 in the 19 separate schools under the jurisdiction of the Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic board members following a special meeting held Monday in- Seafgrth. A statement given said, "The VD Kit will not be introduced to Grades 7 and 8 until such time as the Family. Life program is introduced. Councillor Leroy . Harrison brought in a report from the Parks Division of Goderich Town Council for an . exPen- diture of about $1,300 for trees to be planted in Court House Park: According to Harrison, about ten trees are coming out of Court House Park this win- ter because they are dead. NOVEMBER 8, 1973 4.W This Sunday members of Branch 109 of the Royal Canadian Legion (Goderich) will. mark the annual Remem- brance Day with a church parade to North Street United Church and the Court House Park Cenotaph. The veterans and Legionnaires will 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. Developments over the past week seem to indicate that the winter. of 1973-74 may be expen- sive for those Godejich residents who want to keep even relatively warm. In a let- ter -to the local Public Utilities Commission on Monday, On- tario Hydro informed the Com - The editor of this paper might be willing to lend you his copy of The Christian' Science Monitor: But don`t count on it. He's an expert newsman with access to many news saurcesand a good paper of his own. But he still wants to .get the Monitor's worldwide coverage and commen- tary on events. ' Apart from 2,711 editors, there`are 20,000 educa- tors and students, 82,000 businessmen, 495 U.S. Senators and Congress • - men, 3 Supreme Court Justices who read the Monitor. Why should they know more of what's going on, and why, than you do? For less than 'In a day, YOU can get your own special insight into the news. Everyday, like they do. 0•1111 IMMO WOO nine 4 menthe et the wormer --- ever 100 ba'Ymen enclosed , Cl dill me laf (PIes rye prima fid, lehmose MrJI. r i . _ 1'a, Asko Wafers misiectomi rf palm NOVEMBER 15, 1973 Last Wednesday's Court of Revision to discuss the assessments for the proposed South Storm Sewer was adjour- ned • for three weeks until November L28 to allow time for a ruling by the Drainage Referee Judge Syd Clunis of Windsor. The adjournament came when lawyer Robert Campbell of Goodall and Cam- pbell in Wingham told the court the drainage works as proposed by the Town of Goderich do not comply with the provisions of the Drainage Actand that the assessments against the land are illegal and excessive. When Animal Control Officer Dick Eisler visited Town Coun- cil last Thursday evening, he had an unusual call to report.- Eisler, eport.Eisler, a well -know area figure, told of a call from a Clinton woman who _w.nted__.know_how she could tell a female dog from a male.- In a more serious ;uin, ester claim hat cats are `getting". out of: hand in Goderich. "There are about 600 stray cats in this town," said Eisler who suggested that tagging cats was the only an- swer to the problem. The G.D.C.h- senior Vikings football team won their fifth straight Huron -Perth Con- ference championship on Satur- day;- defeating Central Huron Redmen 23-0 in a sudden -death final game on a 'snow-covered field in Exeter. Hard running fullback Joe O'Keefe, described by coach Ray Donnelly as one of the most outstanding run- ners ever to play in the Huron - Perth conference, carried the ball for the Vikings on tow of the three Goderich touchdowns. 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. Editorial and advertising offices will be moving this weekend. Residents of the area who have doubts about the mechanical fitnes4 of vehicles used for commercial purposes would do well to have them checked and approved .as''road- worthy within the next few weeks:. Local Ontario Provin-' cial Police will be stepping upa enforcement of the laws covering mechanically defective commercial vehicles as the' result -of a directive from provihcial police headquarters.. 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. An aura of optimism filled the buchess 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 and -he Recreation Committee mit to seriously discuss the feasibility of , constructing * large Recreation Complex ishicit would be' located in At banquet bold evening at the Seaford H.otel Austin I3ettridge, representing the Industrial Accident Preve- tion Association, presented cer= tificates` to representatives of a wide crass -section of local in- dustry for the successful com- pletion of an accident preven- tion program. Tuesday, representatives of the Goderich Town Council, Huron'; County Council and local industry hopped a flight out -of Sky Harbor Airport and flew to Toronto for lunch. The trip 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. Dave Gower appeared before •Goderich Township Council Mgnday 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, who has had the land for three years says he' has no immediate plans fol development of the property, .w _ NOVIMpIR 29,• 1973 Only 15 persons turned out last Wednesday' evening fa' a meeting of the recently formed Goderich Ra payers' Association. Organizers ex- pressed disappointment at the lack of support but, pledged to continue efforts to form an ef- fective voice for ratepayers of this community through a strong brganization. Miners -employed by the DOMTAR Chemicals Sifto Salt division mine at. Goderich returned to their jobs shortly after 4:00 p.m. Thursday after a fire, which caused an estimated $100,000 damage, finally burned itself out on the.. 1760 foot level of the mine. The fire is believed to have been initiated by electricity. At a meeting on Mon ay evening the steering com ittee, set up by the Goderich Businessmen's Association to oversee the initial steps " of a downtown refurbishing project, met at the Bedford Hotel and accepted tenders for the first stage of' planning. ., The Goderich Industrial Cor- poration is this week kicking off a drive to raise money for its activities through the sale of More shares to the public. The funds would go toward the proposed construction of a building at the local Industrial. Park so that any industry in- terested in locating at Goderich, but needing facilities, could be accommodated. A letter from. the Hon. John White Ministry of Treasury Economics and Intergovern- mental Affairs, came before' a recent meeting of the Goderich Businessmen's` Association and later went before the Huron County Planning Board. The tetter dealt with some of the problems surrounding the proposed amndment to Goderich's Official Plan in con- nection with the shopping plaza planned by Suneoast Estates Limited. Mr. White's letter showed that the proposed plaza July 12 A drilling rig and crew were at the Goderich harbor drilling test holes to deter- mine the rock strata. The holes were necessary step for pile driving operations which will be part of a project to replace the north east wall of the harbor which has fallen into disrepair. (staff photo) - SATURDAY, JAN. 26 REGISTRATION 10:30 A.M. STARTS .10:30 FINISHES 4:30 Prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd highest sponsorship money turned in by February 9, 1974. SPONSOR SHEETS AVAILABLE AT: Recreation and Development Office,, on The Square; Ormandy Jewellers, on The Square; C.P. Express Office, Hamilton St.; Arena on Saturdays 12-5 p.m.; Wednesdays 44 p.m.; Tuesdays 11-11 p.m. Grant Enron, 824.7219, 172 Quebec St.; Joan blerof, 8244419, 129 Britandla Rd., L.; Lorne Low, 5244932, 99 Oxford St. • 4 Support your local figure skaters We need yoir otdstaAce 1Y11O0Y WELCOME - DRESS WARM - OOOD LUCK can be built within the content of policy sttetemefts expres ed in the Huron County Official Plan. An application' made by Rockledge Properties Ltd. has increased the battle in Goderich over shopping plazas. Earlier in the year Suncoaat Estates Ltd. served notice of their intentions to • build a $2,000,000 mall. in Goderich. Objections were raised by the local businessmen. Late last week Rockledge applied to Goderich Township Council for a building permit for a shop- ping plaza. As it stands no one is quite sure who will beable to build, if anyone at all. Although there is presently a "freeze" on commercial development in Goderich Township imposed by Hon. John White last Thursday just minutes after Rockledge Properties Limited received their permit, vice-president of the company, Gordon Smith feels there is a good chance their mall will receive ap- proval? Smith said the matter is before the courts and the decision is expected within 30 days. John Talbot, union steward for Local 210 of the Service Employees International Union which represents non- professional employees at Alexandra Marine'end General Hospital, announced late Tuesday that union members would be picketing the local hospital between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. today in support of demands being.presented to the_ -Province_ of Ontario. Mr. Talbot said his union represents all employees at the local hospital excepting registered nurses, doctors> and professional technicians. After weeks of intensive study by the Huron ...County Board of Health chaired by Gerry Ginn, deputy -reeve of Goderich township, members of county council turned down the proposed plumbing inspection bylaw brought in for con- sideration at the November meeting held last Friday in Goderich. Rusty Ormandy and Shirley McFadden, two area teens will carry the flag of Goderich to the divisional ' figure skating championships held in Chatham January 3, 4 and 5. DECEMBER 1973 At press time, Wednesday there is still nothing new to report on the plaza situation in Goderich and area.' At last week's Town Council meeting members of that body rescinded Bylaws 39 and 40 which would have made it possible for Sun - coast to build their shopping plaza. Both plants operated by Dearborn Steel Tubing Com- pany of Goderich were shut down for two shifts last week when an electrical control panel blew up at the Navigate Street complex shutting off. power to the , machines. Mayor Worsell will announce today the addition of A► and W Food Services of Canada Ltd. to the business community in Goderich.. A special Young Canada Week Anniversary Committee has been set up this year as it marks its 25th year. In addition to the regular official opening ceremonies Saturday's kick , off will also include a parade through the streets of Goderich. The Friday night prior to the event will see a special reunion held at Saltford Valley Hall for all those organizers, referees and residents who have provided billets for the youngsters over the past quer- ter century. About 400 people acre expected to attend tits Wttki more than t1i00 -se‘.:1 alr.ady gods, . th. Goderich Rotary Club announced on " Tuesday that Wu than 100 tickets are still **labia for the London Symphony Or- chestra concert this Saturday evening at . the. Goderich District Collegiate Institute auditorium. The ` evening will conclude with a sing along p1 carols Jed by the. Earle Terry Singes. On behalf of the Goderich Businessmen's Association's coxa renewal committee John . Schaefer _this week announced that the first elevation photos, involving all eight blocks of The Square are now in .the hands of draftsman Bob Pear- son. FOR YOUR AUTO INSURANCE MALCOLM MAJIIERS GENERAL INSURANCE AGENT 46 WEST ST. 521-9442 CLOSED STOCK -TAKING !JANUARY 2, 3, 4 BOOK STORE the New unfolds Year �, Tay it happiness and . ppiness to you. Please accept p our greetings, and thanks, too. City folk,and Country kin get our sunny wishes for a New Year of blue skies. We look'forward to happy days ... and the good fortune of continuing friendships.