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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-05-02, Page 1�pf Lodgi..s=.,present grants tothree worthy prolects Cheques totalling $700 were presented to three community organizations by the Grand Black Chapter of Ontario West and Grand Orange Lodge of Ontario West, at their respec- tive sessions here last week. • Applications had been invited through the Signal -Star, and four or five were received •by the :local publicity Committee, headed by Earl Cooper. Grand Lodge officers made the final ;choice.. At 'theyOrange banquet in North Street United,church, Friday evening, Past Grand'Master Lloyd Hern, of Exeter, explained that money raised by the five -county July celebration committee was being used for this purpose. He invited Mrs. John Berry to the head table, and Grand Master Ernest G. Ashick, o Gerson 'presented her with a cheque for $200 for use of the Hospital Auxiliary here. Mrs. Berry said that the Colter -counter for which the Auxiliary is, raising ,funds• would cut- from five minutes to three the time required for blood analysis. "We do Our best-tokeep our hospital up to date and well equipped," she added. At the Black Chapterbanquet in Kriox church hall, Wed= nesday, Grand Master John Munro said, "It is -a privilege and an honor to try in a small way to recognize the work done by various organizations in the towns where we meet, and we try to help them." • Grand treasurer Bert Harper presented a cheque for $250 to the Meals on, Wheels organization, represented on this oc- casion by Mrs. Isobel MacDonald, co-ordinator, and Mrs. Muriel Stokes, co-ordinator of volunteer drivers. A cheque for the same amount was presented for use of the retarded 'children workshops in Goderich, Wingham and Exeter. It was received by Maurice van der Meer Tugs still required for .heavy water_ ,Despite the recent acquisition of a harbor rescue boat, Goderich police will still have to rely on tugs during heavy weather, the Goderieh Rescue Committee teamed last Thur- sday. Police Chief. Pat King,; chair .man of the committee, will write a letter suggesting to town council that tug operators should receive $15 per hour when they are involved ..in .;rescue operations. The 'payments would cover operator . costs of wages and fuel, Chief King told, the •Signal -Star Friday. ti When the regular rescue boat' is used, local police officers will commarid it. Three officers will be trained as skippers whileothers wi[t.lact as crew. Experienced boaters ,also have volunteered their services, the chief noted. The committee learned that a mooring site is reserved for the reecte"tioa t. When there is a call for the boat to• be launched in the Maitland River, the .'rescue squad could be hampered by shallow river depths and lack .of launching sites, Chief King said. "Some ,,,,committee members were surprised to learn that the fire department doesn't have a small, aluminum rowboat", he said. , This type of boat would be ideal for rescue operations in.. the river. The fire department has tried to secure one for. the ••past several years. Despite. problems, thechief said he expects Goderich. will Dave a good -rescue squadron. Along with volunteer support from .the local power squadron, the squadron has' the co- operation. of the ambulance staff who will give a course in resuscitating to police officers. Staff from: ,the airport have - promised help also. - To bolster training, a Canadian Armed Forces, rescue squadron-, member will .lecture all interested persons, and the local rescue team May 2, at the Maitland . golf' club, starting about' 8:00 p.m. Rec director to make study a 2 ° 127 Y E A°R - 1 r Textral Fibers Ltd.,' `of Elmira have obtained a $550,000 mortgage 'loan from • the Ontario Development Cor- „ poration to build a 24,000 square foot plant in Goderich Industrial Park,. Jack Riddell, MPP for Huron told the Signal - Star Tuesday. The company will employ 39 'Persona its first year in operation and up to 1239 in the future. A five acre site at the in- . dustrial park was optioned from the town through •the Goderich Industrial Com- mission. The Textral Fibers has fron- "tage " on ' Highway , 21, • im- mediately south of the new Signal -Star -building. Textral Fibers is a synthetic Education costs soar! - Go eric yarn throwster engaged in t-x- turizing synthetic fibers into yarn for the knitting and weaving industry. The company plans to pur- chase two machines for the new plant. It will concentrate on set polyester fibre processing: At press time, F.J. Burgess, president of the company, 'was, unavailable for comment. re u a s Quen of NCI At the siroke of midnight 'Joanne Walters is croWned queen orthe Gdderich District Collegiate Youngsters combining roller r skating and alcohol caused serious discussion among mem- bers of the Goderich Recreation and Community Centre Boand during their regular meeting Tuesday. •l3oard member Mary Don- nelly alleged that youngsters . aged 14,15 and 16 are abusing alcohol at Goderich Memorial Arena when the building . is open for public roller skating. More girls than boys are drinking at the arena, Mrs.. Donnelly claimed. Liquor is preferred over beer by the yot\thful offenders, she id According to Mrs, Donnelly, nobody checks youngsters en=. tering the arena making it easy for liquor' to be smuggled in. Most of the drinking occurs in the back portions oLthe arena in the bleachers. Lights are usually turned out. Drinking ,youngsters are hard td detect as a result, she main - "When the police arrive, it (liquor) disaPpears", she said, explaining why police have been foiled in trying to correct the problem., Board members discussed ways of correcting the riroblem. They concluded that lights should be turned on and County namevjail hoard In a brief session of Huron CountV Council Thursday, April 25, approval was giveniby the Executive Committee for three members of Huron County Council Co be members on the. Hilltorical Committee. This committee, comprised mainly nt.persons interested in the preservation of the former Huron County Jail and finding some use for it, has its first meeting this week. The countv's representatives on that coilimittee will be the Warden, this year Bill Elston; the chairman of the executive committee, this „ year Doug McNeil ; and' the' chairman of the property committee, 'this year Harold Wild. • Reeve Wild told council the Huron County branch of the Architectural Conservancy which , is heading up the Historical Building Committee, is actually the fhrmer SaVe the Jail Society. tie said in his ,opiriioh, the group has "honest intintions". 'et "The least we can do is to give them a chance to see what they can come up with," said Reeve Wild. There was considerahle discussion throlighout the day concerning the Executive Com- mittee's choice elf represen- tatives on the committee - par- - patrols shobld be made. • Mrs. ponnelly noted that the - girls' -washroom is rieiter checked. It makes an ideal drinking spot. She said she heard aboUt the drinking from- several concer- ned parents and youngsters. Other board members said they had beard simirar stories. Recreation director Mike., Dymond expressed, fears that a drunken' youngster might be seriously injured when roller On a recommendation from the board, he promised to' in- vestigate the matter seriously. members ticularly because none of the three was committed to the jail project. ; However, it was decided the "continuity" of the Historical Building Committee &should come from the non- Telected people on and that the Warden and the two corn-, mittee chairmen were the best choices of council In other business, council learned that h new librarian has been' appointed and"will assume his new duties August 12. W. Partridge will replace Miss Ethel Dewar as county librarian whfn she retires this sumtner. .His salary will be $13,500 until the end of 1974 when it will he increased to 1 ctridals ishonor ctncaster What once was the target of enemy aircraft isnow t he target of yandals. The rear turret Of the Lancaster bomber mounted out' at 11Sky Harbour AirPort several wiodows smashed out of it by Nbmeone last week. B4I1 Clancy, keeper of' the bomber, if4 disappointed by the display of disrespect for °the bombet's history. "It was sheer vandalisiii" he. said. "The front and -rear win- dows were smashed by rocks and J don't even think the responsible party had any in- tention of entering the air- plane." The plane, one of thousands flown during World War 2, has been out at Sky Harbour fOr , ten years but this is the first BY WILMA OKE ,The levies for the elementary and secondary panels to be paid to the Hugon County board of education for 1974 by the 26 municipalities in Huron County was released to the ° press _ Friday. Tt shows an in .crease for all municipalities. The budget of $13,185,831, passed at a specialmeeting last week indicated an increase of 9.24 per cent over last year and will mean an overall increase of 2 2 mills the -tax rate for Huron ratepayers,��� Municipal taxes will .raise $3,091,559 while•;eprovincial government grants 'Will 'tte)tal "$9,426,000 and tuition, fees and school rentals will raise $612,784. , The tax levies to be raised. from each municipality with the 1973 figures in brackets are; Clinton, $124,167 ($119,950); Exeter, $187,532 ($17.0,50); Ghderich,. $43,5,567 (:$397,901); SeaTorth, $83,759 ($77,864); Wingham, $153,875 ($142.882); Bayfield, $45,188 ($40,752); Blyth, $28,014 ($25,832); Brussels, $)5,332-432,074); Hensall $61,710 ($54,900); and Zurich, $26,056 ($24,370). The townships 'of Ashfield, tune any extensive damage has been done to it. • ' Repairs are planned for the .-glass but Mr. Clancy is concer- ned as to whether ,he should seal the turret with aluminum gr replace the glass. "I wookl4certainly Like to,isee ^ the glass go back so the people touring 'the ,plane can enjiw theyiew from the turrets and cockpit„ but the ,Legion can't afford to keep up repairs lininedne is going, to keep' smashing the glass," he said. The plane is going to be joined by. another famous World War 2 vehicle, a Sher- man tank, The tank is currently held up in Toronto due to tran- sportation problems but will be moved to Sky Harbour as soon $145,821 ($124,632); Colborne $89,896 ($84,040); Goderich, $129,2'03 ($12"0,099); Grey, $112,461 ($107,832); Hay, $170,354 ($1'$1,036); Howick, 1146.116 ($138,779); Hullett, $.105,417 ($98,367); McKillop,• $89,210 ($66,7.80); Mt rris,' $84,071 ($80,789); Stanley, $1.28,581 "($124,0; Stephen, $211,174 ($197,439);' Tucker - smith, $167,386 ($158,.184); Turnberry., $66,579 ($63,204); Usborne, $10.7,$27 ($1,(1,44404 ,,,> :East Wawanosh; $68,660 ($,65,687) and West .Wawanosh, $54,303 ($48,655). Former gnat reporter leaving for Africa soon Ron and Peg Shaw, -who left Goderich this S'pring to join'the Canadian Hunger Fou-ndation on an assignment ih Africa, are presently undergoing training at Ottawa. RA is a former -reporter-Photographer with the Ron,, has been taking courses at' " Kemptville Agricultural College and -at the Eastern Breeders' Association. •Peg is enrolled in classes at the Burlitz School of Languages where she is upgrading her Ron vvrites, they expect to take op their posting at Maradi,-- near the Nigerian - Niger border, about the first of June. Theirework will be on an experimental livestock center in Niger. "Things looked a little bad again today (April 16 ) since the- military ,overthrew the goyernment in Niger yester- day", d.avs Ron; "but we'll just have to wait and see what ef- fects that coupe will have on bur projects in that country. Usually a little thing like a military coupe has tio, effect al Ron's address is -c/o Canadian Hunger :Foundation, 75 'Sparks Street, Ottawa: 441 Windows,were smashed dut of the rear turret of the Sky Harbour Lancaster last week by viin. dals. It is the first time in the plan'o's 10 year stint in Goderieh that extensive datriagebaS been done to it (staff photo)