The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-03-14, Page 12c•
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PAGE' I2•-�GODERICH St'GNA1L-STAR, THURSDAY MARCH 14, -1,974
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saga of John Tie sgll
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Left Buchanan sy
fo.r
•� , W. :�•iY p.. .lain - - a •. 4
. BY ,W. E. ELLIO1T
John Small, "a °young. man
'from Arthur worked in the
Buchanan planing mill, in
Goderich for several years in
the early 1900s before going on
to a more adventurous career
in the Mounted Police. He rose
to the 'rank of; staff -sergeant,
and when. the Force recently
celebrated its centenary, Small
was the oldest retired member
in Prince Albert, Saskat-
chewan.
Prince Albert Herald has
told the story in two. pages, one
r- neatn com letion
111/0 �' p
As slir nglike�weather loosens' the ,aarth, work is progressing smoothly on' the South Street,
Storm. Sewer. 'Workm.en are, now completing the junction of the trunk at. the corner of 'Eldon
and South Street9.(Staff 'photo) ° T ,
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Council Mill undecided ...
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(continued trona page 14
mostly�at 'sports while neglec- '
`ting the. arts, she said,
Counci•l_1'has' granter $1,000
to the young Canada' tour-
nament,' she noted.
Mayor . Harry Worsell
suggested the council meet in
committee of the° whole.
"There is no reason for it,"
''Councilor Haydon said. •
Councillor' CMi'ford noted
l had discussed a
that cpunci the tri
• request from St.'`Mary's school p. "
for finaancial assistance earlier. As he is also making
Students and teachers from arra�ra.gements fore the `St. .
St. Mary's will• be• conducting Mary's trip, he said there are :.°
exchange visits with' students differences , between. t•he 'two
}-from Abbotsford, British groups' proposals.
St. Mary's can cancel the •trip
The St. MBry's request was to British C'ol'umbia while the
referred to .the. committee drama group has 'prepaid ac-
commodations in Bi�ita.in.
The drama group had to pay
in advance to receive a•,special
remarks about 'the trip being a
vacation ands his •brief
argument with Councillor
Haydon ensued. .
When 'the dust had settled
and. council. passed its
resolution to -refer the •matter to•
committee, Brian Markson, oi~_
the Coach House agency was
allowed to speak on the
students' ,behalf.
Mr: Markson arran,ged•-travel
and accommodation details for
White..
.
(continued from page 3)
.k� is nit and Wilkie in a Ford V8. •
rife the fearer Margaret "the" country
for Small and another.ori, Unity was mostly
Doyle Small'h;ad spent several quiet. There was one murder
years, in the north at Port.'" by an insane man and quite a
,
Nelson, Churchill and lot- of theft. Safe -blowing at
elsewhere,,coming out in 1918° '-elevators 'all over the prairies
Stepping off the .train, he` met was a favorite sport. The
his future wife. in the street. people I came across were in
They were- married the next/
year.
a Small was born at Arthur in
1888, and at the age of 1'1, went
to work in a flats }mill, then for
about 10 years was elnployed at°
• a sash and door factory, lear-
ning carpentry.
' For the next three years, he
told an interviewer, he was at
Buchanan's in Goderich, where
",we made everything for -in-
teridr 'trim, from stairways and
4=°
desperate circumstances", •' he still has his spurs -the. first ones,
from basic training days, but °
recalls. ,they were not the regulation.
•
issue.,
Small was pensioned in 1145 •
and retired to Prince Albert, `"I bought them", he recalls,
where his home is fill ; of "a• pair of nickle-plated ones,
mementoes of the Force. He . that did not need burnishing".
ogsts now. conclude
armers must soon offer
. .
urs
es
a e f
•
development control provisions windows to doors and frames ° ,
five percent n a e
and to require a P 'M r
q
as a Herald story has ,mall
conveyance of , parkland The
>:id't' • f development or at Fort William in 1912 so the
cc .
11on o ev ,
redevelopment of land' fordates mentioned ,are not all ac, -i. Steps must' be taken to, en- to agriculture should be under,
residential, purposes. These curate, but the young man sure an adequate supply of taken by farm organizations -
provisions closely follow the.. would likely be in ' Goderich fare labour and to enable far° though the actual setting of the
recommendations of the On from 1909 to 1912, or mers to provide' wages and :standards and 'enforcement .ofd'
tario Law Reform Commission thereabouts, The Buchanan working conditions comparable same will ,have to be under -
Report on development control." business was called Goderich with those in other industries if , taken by Government.
"As a `final item;`•1 should• Planing Mills, Ltd., with James Ontario farmers are lo meet the ,
mention that, in a sense, we Buchanan, James ,Buchanan „ growing ' demands for; . food. Similarly, it is recommended
have come full 'circle since Jr., and John Lawson ,as' part- This was the conclksion of.the ' that farm organizations a•i•;,,.the
1946:,The Planning"Act, which ners. The mill was at the• Ontario Institute of ologi is local level ,should work with
was ''enacted""tirt rye f,'"is about southeast cornerin presented
of Cambria a' brief to the
to undergo' a thorough review. Road and Nelson- Street, and Policy Field Committee for fip'als in,' "determining the
This task has been assigned to had been ,conducted earlier by Resources Development of the labour requir.e'ments (par-
a . small study ' group. of Francis Smeeth. Buchanans- Ontario. Cabaret on° March titularly for seasonal labour)
(par-
-jar si�ci�ts; vnitlr~the-1 kp -� appea o-hae-boon in-iau-si'legs 4-4-th,-•w—T,h-P' Insti_tute._.,.of well -ata-artvance. This would
'an ,advisory committee from 1904 to 1931..-Agrologists is Made up of some enable -'the Government ages -
representing various repre en= Small joined the+Royal North y1150 professional workers in ally cies responsible for obtaining
tative groups -West Mounted Police,in 1914., a fields of agriculture in Ontario.' labour to be much more precise -
'By the middle of nexC yea
ropriate Government of -
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture,
and Food is recommended.
To encourage .potential
seasonal workers, the Institute
recommends that the Federal -
Government allow persons
taking seasonal farm em-
ployment to `earn up tp $600.00
or to work 40 'days before it: is
necessary, to issue. T4 slips' or
make" deductions. for Unem-,
ployment Insurance ,and
Canada ti•Pensibn. Present
regulations. which only allow
• exemption of d $25170 0" -r`-25
days tends, to discourage
workers as they feel it is not'
worthwhile to go to the effort of •r
undertaking such work with
these low • exemptions. _ d
we hope that
proposals w
r, yea°r in .which 500 men were • in 'directing labourers to the
Institute President H. Blair
"'A lot of them fell off hor- Heeney, P. Ag., of Trenton, >'
ses", Small relates. noted that the brief strongl for farm labour
M , , another land -use olicies, we have In his years with the timed efforts by Provincial andto felt that at least part of
some hard choices to make. ' , • - e era the_„ action must Abe !taken by
"For instance, we must saw the change from horses,to developing'agriculturaT policies farm organ za o s
. between the 'need to motor transportation,' and was which will ensure sufficient g
'ttees'. It is recommen-
protect, neon when
n °el or' theC• will lose money agai'hst encroa.ehment by urban was always a comps, p Provincial
was riding alone" Mr Heeney emphasized, nments(Munici al, h
here the are needed.
the study groups recruited areas w Y
ill be ready��. for.
public comment and
dit ussion. Housingwas
"Meanwhile, in developing u - ..emphasized the need for con- area where° the In -
choose
our P R N W M P and' R C M.P'he stitu
Federal 1 Governments towards
. Comma
provide housing and the. need sorry to see the horses go. A returns to enable farmers to
` to rotect ,the environment horse could go anywhere; ,and compete in the labour market. ded that housing .for seasonal
.. � labour be subsidized by Gover-
ca• c development. And we have 'to one
already paid, he said. ~ 'With Corp. 'Paquette, Small however, ',that . if the labour , and Federal)° However, e
-• .t;hac�se between preserving to �be, met farmers location art maintenance of
agricultural land and main- built -post,deeds.,farmers
k' ti ns�'aswell such housing should be
worked President Heeney noted that
the brief had been developed as
a result of- as Workshop on.
Farm' Labour sponsored by -the,
Institute last December. In-
vited to this Workshop were
. farmers, ,a farm •worker, and
representati:Yes -from major
'farm' organizations; the O1`r-
tario'Ministries of• Labor_ and
of . Agriculture' and Food;
Agriculture, Canada, Canada
1Vlanpowe.r and Immigration,
and the Unemployment In-
surance Corhmission. In ad-
dition there. was a represen-
tative from each-. of the tea
Branches of1the Institute.
• Chesterfield Inlet pas are
Mr. Robinson thanked cbun- tarring athe, rights of property and there lived with Eskimos. and farm organiza o
' e in igloos at times, as Govei•nmerits; have impor- out by a local farm Committee
•
til for consideration of help to owners to use and develop their They lived g 'tart ,jobs to do. • For example, aided and supported by one or,
abut. these were made ,by the of
- - •° •
,., � "In the legislation °� have s imos. `
white man who could build development , of employment Government. For -assistance in
-"C"..-, -- outlined we have the process „
1 d 11 • standards for agriculture housing "for full-time farm
c • " , • t e depression. �n.i" i - ,
plans to we' must make the hard 4..
decisions. ' • � Corp. Small patrolled around. dards which .would be suitable capital, grants program of the
•financethedrama group's trip land as they see fit E k' Small `never knew a the Institute recommends the more of the three levels
Columbia•' • ` -
'meeti.ng.March 14.
Whether the school receives
funding or -not won't .postpone
or catacel the trip, Mr. Clifford group rate, Mr.' Markson e-
reas�rned:-, . • ^ ... lamed.
The"same, would be true for p- The air fares have increased
the, drama students' trip to 7.
Britain, he said. three times since arrangements
Councillor 'Eileen Palmer ,
, ming Mr. "Robinson's earlier
were first made, he said •confir-
,
said• she would.be reluctant to remarks..
support the trip. The drama group cannot
Then -•M -n ---Kerrison made his'
a •
• ounci s ecision will•
one s °
probably be ,made Mar h 14 • for rational land -use control; I h d �n years,I tative for drawing up star workers,., provisionwithin' the
The drama group
leave a few days later• '
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