HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-02-07, Page 1Beethoven, Strauss
and Leroy Anderson
usical menu
Coderich is becoming a regular stop on the London Sym
Orchestra's Southwestern Ontario circuit.
They are due to return to the G.D.C.I.• auditorium: again
on Saturday, March
Following theirsuccessful Christmas coneert the London,,,;•
Symphony will be. -playing a selection of very well known
pieces together with•' the not so familiar. This concert 'ap-
pears to be:designed to show the full scope of a full sym-
phony orchestra.
,Under the baton,>of Clifford ?vans the orchestra, will play
suclr well known pieces as: Beethoven's 5th Symphony, firstt
movement; Roses from the South by Strauss; an Irish
Medley arranged by Leroy Anderso'n; .and a selection from
"Fiddler on the Roof".
GA• Tickets will be available from, various outlets in the town'
or through any .iRorarian,
Stewart warns
wc.If lovers to
take another look
Agriculture Minister for On- • Everett Mcilwain claimed it
tario, William Stewart, seems was i4money out of'the farmers'
to agree. with,some'members of pockets" every time a young
Huron County Council that the lamb was dragged away by a
wolf should not be ort- the wolf. »„ ,
protected list. ' Hon. M'r. Stewart didn't stop
He says 'that if' Canadians at the wolf` question, however.
wantto be well 'fed, they are d He went on to say that
-going to have to rearrange their Canadians may have to accept
priorities about a lot of things, sortie of the odors that go;along
_including the_ wolf. ,with animal and. poultry•.
In. a speech . to the, Meat production if they want to con -
Packers Council of Canada, the tinue to'%'eat: •
MPP for Middlesex North took He said they may have to ac
a befty swipe at naturalists,, cept the°return of''coal as a fuel
pet -lovers, conservationists and for generating heat, . light and.
- ecologists. ' power, even though there may
Hon. Mr. Stewart cited the be some .undesirable emissions
declining sheep population as of sciot.and smoke.
',think 'hat.. I shall never see,
1 poem lovely as a • tree
i
by Shir)ey J. Keller
Carl Blanken of the Ministry
of Natural Resources at
Wingham is a tree -lover after
all, tliou•gh the wording of a let-
ter which was presented att'
Goderich Town,' Council by
"Parks Chairman a Lerog
on cuttin
r .of tree conditions in the Town
of Goderich: .
In that letter, Blanken
stated, ."All elrn trees should be -
Harrison gave a somewhat dif-
ferent idea.
Blanken wrote to Stan .
Meriam following an inspection
• 4,
T
an example of current public
attitudes.
.is. very clear that many
citizens .place a much higher
'Value on the' howl of 'a wolf in ,
the chill night -air or their right
to own but not control a dog
than they, do , on' the main-•
tenance of the sheep industry,”
the minister said.
"Predat'ors such as wolves
and dogs have. decimated .this'
industry in . recent years and
understandably farmers air*
most reluctant to garrthle 'fur-
ther. When vigorous measures
of . predator control are, -
discussed, we hear loud cries,
from,naturalists, pet lovers and
conservationists- who have
refined the art of emotionally
influencing public opinion to a
science," he -..said.
Huron County' Council at its
January' session voted to send
the report of the, •Development
Committee back for . more
study. The recommendation in
' , that report- had been for sup-
port of a Victoria County
motion to reinstate the wolf
bounty°
Althc ugh Huron County's
elected officials were reluctant
to see t r ie wolf bounty re-
established, some members of
council `outlined the'problems ,
farmers encounter with wolves
(and/or dogs).
Goderich Townt hip Reeve
appy
' "They may have'to accept the .
inconvenience • of power tran-
smission lines `-if they_are ,to
remain employedrin'.. ,.plants
powered... by ..electricity -and if
they want to have the countless
benefits ',in their home, from.
electric .power," Mr. Stewart
added.
He said,everyone in ;the, food
chain and, government should
be .prepared to listen ,an to
respond to, all reasonable
demands from the public, "but
we must -not be stampeded, i�tprt,
taking foolish or hasty action'in
response to " the• well -
orchestrated demands of
professional protest" groups,'
who . more often than not
represent ,a small but vocal
minority." • : "'
The minister also ,expressed
his concern _ over.the amount of -
high-quality agricultural land,
being held 'for development
purposes, that is remaining idle
from
food production "at a
time when that production is
needed) ' '
•
He said the time has come
when those who are holding
that. .land should "be en-
couraged" to release it for
production. Society demands
that action be taken to utilize
that land, he added.
of town counci'is,: by building
aprnnn
town boundaries.
s
have been attached by Dutch Blanken..
Elm Disease qr 'will be in the The letter from. Blanken was
near' future. No known treatt. introduced'at Town Council by
ment isr available to combat Councillor Harrison "while the
Parks Chairman- was defending
late or for removal. Either they.. the Town of Goderich," wrote
this "disease." •
The Signal -Star telephoned Meriarn who, Harrison said,
Mr. Blanken at his office last was the innocent victim of an -
week to question him •concer- editorial in the S'rignal-Star
nin , his statement that that which criticized the tree
"all elm trees should be -slated removal prograrn in Goderich. .,
for "removal". According to Harrison said he'•d given the
.Blanken, it .was his intent sim- order for the trees to be
ply that provisions be made for removed, and told council he
the eventual removal of all elm trusted Meriam's judgement in
trees in Goderich and- that this matter. The letter_.was used
plans be laid ;now to replace to reinforce Harrison's."stand.;,
them •when cutting -becomes. Councillor E,Isa Haydon, oft
necessary. . timeschampion of trees in this
"I'm very concerned to keep community, had questioned the
trees growing as much as tree curtti#tg program as well as
possible," said Mr. Blanken. "I the irole.•of the town foreman in
don't favor cutting at all. l
think -this should be a cautious; - Fol -lowing the -last- -regular-
careful program.'" meeting of council, she • •also
Blanken did, however, say questioned the letter from Carl
that in' his opinion, all trees Blanken_ to Mr. Meriam in a'
which had been removed recen- letter to W.D. Mlnsell, District
tly in... Goderich -were• dead or.'", Manager' of the :" Ministry., qf.
'dying• — Natural. Resources at ro-
tie explained that in .some,.. Wingham.
cases, dead' branches . of six, "As an individual councillor
eight or ten inches in diameter. I react to your philosophy on
at the tree top indicate the tree' • the subject, of Goderich trees
is -"on the way ' out". He said with some apprehension and'
there'may only"be .half a dozen concern,". Mrs. Hayd.on„•wrote.
.-dead branches in one tree, but "1 also- cannot accept your
.it , is ample eyidence�,;the tree, • viewson the duties•'o'''employed
ccannot be saved: , "..personrel ielan•bn to elected
tree trunks reke ati. _es.
.;.:w=-•-'�• • '� He also said that sertt
May be split three or four ways, When a policy matter is,
discussed or
'yhe 'Qoderich 11161108 collected $2,168.74 on Tuesday night,„
Abe money collected. Lookiniron are. (left toright) B
Whet -
,.
h t indicating rot has ' set. an'; �"` questionedit has
f 's
��forite,• captaiti,�,;f�renda Picard, 'JVinnib�Walters, captain, and qualifications," she � wrote. "I
ficult to accurately determine
ev e-
Blanken noted that it is dif-- no reflection on the. orernan
merly the March ofTDimes. Treasurer Anne D+dheity tabulates
totals while. PubiicitY Chairman Donna Reed counts part of.
from Goderich and, area' residents 'or the Ability Fung,
Freeze
iudi ;ilea, general chairman: (staff photo)
t • ` how+ much rot. is in the tree or would like to stress without
'just when "the huge plant will =hesitation' and strongly -that I
' have always. foii"nd Mr. Stan'
Meriarn mostco-operative, ef-
ficient and knowledgeable."
` Representing . a ` number of
In his letter to .Mr. Meriam, townspeople I am among those
Blanken wrote, ^ 'The trees who exercise their right to
already marked by town • per- criticize the .council.':s apparent
sonnel are no doubt high risk lack., of comprehensive policy'
trees. Many trees' throughout concerning. .our trees and•.
the town are large, mature' parks," Mrs. Haydon said in'
� quarters iskhan e
The Ontario• Government
may have to tighten its control
of commercial developments,
such as new she ping `centres,'
unless more municipalities
adopt their own land -use con-
trols, Treasurer. John White,
warned, yesterday in Hamilton.
Speaking''to the annual con-
ference of the Ontario
Association of Rvura l
Municipalitiesc,'''M'r. White
criticized ,develoers "who th-
wart the plans and' intentions
shopping • centres just ,outside
"
"To that breed bf developer
dies at Huronview
A former Goderich resident
<. who was well-known to • the
people of this community died
Su'nday,,,February 3 at" Huron -
view, .Charles• Frederick
(Cha(ppy) • Chapman, a partner
in the firm of Alexander and
Chapman „ teneral Insurance
arid • Real Estate' was buried
Tuesday„ in • Maitland
•
Cemetery. M r teC • ,b
hapma�n 'was born' in
Mitchell to • parents Harry
Chapman and the farmer
Clarissa Salisbury. He came to
Goderich in 1922 and -,resided
c' d here continuously until moving
to Huronview.
He w.cs. a veteran of World
War 1 and I1. In the First
--'� World War he enlisted at Ed'
rhonton with the 49th Infantry
Battalion • and served overseas.
1 -le was a Vimy Vet and was
wounded.
During ,the Second World
• War he "served as a Squadron
Leader'and Accptinting Officer
in the Eastern Command~ with
No'. 4 Repair' Dbpot' as Co
mending Officer at Sc Quc,
and With th Equip-
ot
Menesetung Canoe -Club and
Canadian Legion Branch 109,
Goderich. '
Mr. Chapman was very ac-
tive in promoting girls'
baseball in ,G,od•erich 'and --
district.
Be was a member of St.
• George's Anglican Church.
He is, survi.v.ed by his wife,.
the former ,Agnes Jean Saun
dere . whom lie'; .'married '
Goderich October 16, 1924; one
sister, Mrs. Herbert (Clarissa)
Allen,' Mitchell; and one
brother, Lawrence Chapman,
California.
Canon G.G. Rugs ell cz nduc-
'ted the funeral service at Stiles
'Funeral , Home. Interment
followed in Maitland Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jim Don-
nelly, Geoirge Parsons, 13
IFapaine, L.B. Graham, R
Jeffrey and Peter Pat co I*
Honorary psi vers •were
Ron Menzi lex Alexander,
p.a. • 'icy, Ed Jessop, Guy
erson, Dave McMillan, Sam
Anderson, James Morris, M.N.
MacDonald, Archie Wilkin, Er-
nie i'ridham, Mr. Justice Don-
"" Hart
it doesn't seem- to .matter that
his new shopping centre . will
distort the ord:er•ly, growth and
pervert the well -made plans of
t"lie
town• where his potential
customers live.
"He's all right, Jack -- he's
' got his building permit;...from
township that doesn't realize ora. '
doesn't,,care'what,his' cluster of
stores will do '"to the neigh-
bouring urban community:"
The Treasurer said the
,.-.practice may have to be stop-
. ped by giving the province,.tnore
power through an aniendment
to The Planning Act.
permit and we can't stop him
from•building� '
• He said someshopping centre
developments are being permit- -
ted gr even encouraged by
"short-sighted people who can:::
.not or will not see that they are
creatin a'pattern of.waste and "
chaos that may plague the
whole corrtm0u-nity for
generations to tome."
evelo
the'mi.inicipalities caught inwt ie
middle of hot debdte 'Mem-
bees cif council'~~there learned'
this week that authority for the
"freeze" on Goderich Township
and the Township of Colhor e"
has been switched from
Treasurer o n ii e office
to the office of Housing
Minister Robert Welc'h, •
eventually .die, but there is lit,
tie doubt the tree is dying.
. "Trees' just don't five
f r ''+' ker •" said Blanken:..:•--
o
trees in constant need of in- her letter. "I am glad to see
'rh Goderich Town- ' • spection: Many. dead "limbs and that the council is likely .to go.
• eet i n wit „„-,,
''.ship,,,! a Council,but o
discuss themnly to holes , were noted which in in the diresction dif correcting
1 S impact and irn- dicate decay in' many places." this situation the fu.ture.
P 'in Mrs. Haydon also questioned
Cpl t t' f the fr.eere Accordingto Blanken,
unable' to .arrange a 'meeting and costly' and only, delays, the pruning is slow and costly
with Hon, •,John White when final tree rutting. .
the matter" was under , his • Hi h winds from the lake are cutting".
i•
emen a ion n -
Goderich Township had been 4''�pruning of'Carge limbs is "slow • the Ministry's opinion that
A,
1 and only delays the final tree
,.
g "It appears that in any event
jur`isdict'ion, It was White who' deadly to dying trees as are ice„
had, imposed thei after nn the best thing for trees is cut
storms such as the one in -
ting
h Townshi after,t'hat These natural ting tJiem down, Councillor
council: had granted a building h me • n exult• in falling'
Goderic P JAnua,ry. Haydon wrote "It also
Goderich Township *s one of Mr, Welch has s_uggeslecl a, e t t Rockledge Properties branches au4ing disrup- me that a tree can be
arat� school
teachers
BY ,SUSAN WHITE:
The'contract dispute between
the' Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic. Separate School
teachers and board which saw
19,. schools in two counties
closed on .Friday and Monday ,�
was ,,,settled Mondat evening
When the hoard ratified,
"unanimously", 'a cornpro
contract for 197:3274, 1974-
75,
nince to
than' rnany,in the 'prc
permit -o o tree ranc es c . -
for c•onstructican of a shopping tion of hydro servic'es,• damage green in, the summer` (surely a
�. sign , of. "keine.. alive) ,� and,
mall on,.kiighway 8 just outside . to h;oines and tars as` well as 0 •
Goderich. person 1 v'
someone. comes and claims in
-�
a injury:
begin with. ' .
Monday night following• the u
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Het said he is• reluctant to see" • All , H kt'C�Sschools re
-
i the province take such a step • ,opal ori Tuesday.
because such laud use shoulhe contract, w}tr, h provides
be` controlled • by e for salary .increases of A.7 per
municipality-. Acfc.,,t.i'ti'6tial :cent for 1973-74 and further in -
provincial cont
be creases of 7.2.5 per cent the
necessary,
if local fiil.laowing year, payment of 90%
--___- are not adopted in following
salary . to members - of
cipalities 'where un- religious `orders this yearn and`
desirable development is' likely 100% next year, and increased
to occur.
- Asea stopgap measure, the teachers Monday?afternonn at
prayince has -been imposing. the',Seaforth ('ommu'hit.v. e'en -
ministerial orders that' freeze tre by a vote of 19).3 to .26.
land me iti ,specified areas to ,
prevent developers from Chief negotiTtt9r ^for "the
carrying out their plans. teachers,' 'Peter Murl)iy of the
Butt ministerial orders are Ontario English" Catholic:,
-riot'thle''beii~t°"solution "because • TRaehers Ass..t't,�itition iSli
benefits,' was ratified by the
neton. nelty, iiaroia cur ,
merly with the Sha•ckletortr and. James. the •provincial goverhment is Toronto ,called` the 8.7 percent
a . remote•from the action, and'a.. figure the biggest increase,"Eiver
eh Hous Authority Kinkead. Canadian Legion,ministerial order s9metimes ifi the 12 month school year, in
lexan ra" «rine andr ► .
Hocpitiiil. 1He wag' a meirl� o - rn moria cervi developer's, proposal, he has his teachers' salaries were lower
the Goderich •Lions Club, the 'home Monday evening. f,.
nd a member of th oard of a Royal
Caned ted late the province, although he ad
A d M e al Branch 109 Goderich held a • ��g the time we hear about a� deo that the• 'flut`'on•I'.er..t.h
berms e 1 service at the funeral y
• January that it is dead."
A meeting has been Blanken spoke in his letter of- , ' ''I am not a tree fanatic," in-
:requested F,ebr.uary 20 between his confidence in Start Meriam, sisted Mrs. •Haydon,, "but we
Goderich Township'officials the town foreman cannot make instant trees; it
and officials of the Hou•sing,,, "During the inspection with seems reasonable to. wish to en-
Ministry in London. _ - -' Mr• Btan Meriam, we Bad. no joy, as long ,,as possible, the •
There is sorne' con errn difference of opinion of the presence of .those that are the
• smar a •, d,: All
44,
ialt expansion cif him and' thus, we feel that Mr. living things die some, ay, of
Goderich To 'h'ip that the selection of the tree. marked by" products of many deco es
d
freeze ma
mobi
ome facilities planned. - Meriam is ,'qualified• to make course, but in the melimtime
s spring. .. - selections for 'tree removal.•
for
• in theym.'h'ave a function to per-
,
There doesn't seem to be
much "disagreements 'betw•een-
.Blanken-and Mrs. Haydon ' on
the subject. of an adequate tree
program for Goderich ....^ but
for• slightly different. reasdns:
Blanken :said, that trees of
the strain presently growing.
in
Goderich are out 6f their
"nattiral wo-odlot • environ--
,ment". He said local trees are
hemmed in by lir-rises, and
pavement, so that their "area of
growing is restricted".
He 'said ' heat and residue
'Continued' on page 10
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Most `o1 the night school courses offered at Goderlch District Collegiate institute do not
count 'at credits -towards a secondary school 'diploma. One does - Grads/ 13 levei
Geobraphy course. ?wieher Glen'Rittenger explains a map to Mrs. Patricia. Stringer (left)
and Sharon Maier. (staff photo)
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Charges
dismissed
A charge against Richard
Stephens, 233 Catherine .,e-
Straet, ,'Goderich, as _a_ result
of a "Halloween incident has
ro been dismissed due to lack of "
evidence.
Stephens and a luveriile
were charged fn connection •
with tht wing a volatile sub-
stance October 31 to the area.
of . The Square. . -
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