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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-05-23, Page 3GODIE RICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1974m--lP"A0E 3 JACK'S JOTTINGS premier Davis may take- action on gas prices FROM QUEEN'S PARK Ontario Provincial Police are investigating Toronto Lawyer, Joseph Burnett's involvement in the potato wholesale business in Metro Toronto, Solicitor General George Kerr,. indicated in the Legislature. Mr. Kerr said Mr. Burnett's business operations are ;also • part of. an , investigation into laundering 'investigation money in Toronto. Apparently the three largest potato wholesale com- panies .in the Toronto area have closed corporate ties and farmers have complained they cannot get a- fair price in dealing with them. Mr. Burnett owns a Sudbury fruit company and, lent $600,00.0.011 to Rocco and 9ordon Cappuccitty, the largest dealers in Ontario grown potatoes in the metro area. Mr. Kerr said the in- vestigatinn into the .potato in- dustry.Idoes not necessarily in - elude just Mr. Burnett. He said .• ,;tt,,.might lead to charges under the Combines Investigation Act. Three major oil` companies have increased gasoline prices to dealers by more than 9c a gallon which will probably mean a 10c increase, at the minimum to Ontario's motOri§ts. Premier William Davis said there are no plans to review or stall the increase in gasoline prices at the moment but he could not see any reason for prices going up as much as they have which might suggest that there ' will be some possible future Ontario action over oil and gasoline pricing. It was estimated that the stock of oil and ail products produced at the old price of $4.00 a barrel for oil at the well head would last until May. Mr, Davis told the legislature he found, it hard to understand an increase beyond the estimated 7c that was agreed b at the Ot- tawa Conference six weeks ago. Ontario residents pay a total of $44 *Won fot each lc increase in the price ' of •a gallon of gasoline and fuel. The provin- cial tax on gasoline is 19c a gallon• The Ontario Government has changed itamind for the second time and decided denturists should be allowed, to work in- dependent of supervision> by dentists if they passed qualifying examinations. Health Minister Frank Miller said that the denturists who wrote the examination to ,qualify, to wink under dentists now would, be able, to work in- dependently. However, they will have to paas upgrading examinations when they are set. Denture therapists will not be allowed to make partial den- tures except under dentists' supervision. They will be restricted to full upper and lower platesfor fitting in a mouth where no teeth remain in the upper or lower jaw or both. Making a partial denture is a much more complicated procedure than aking a full plate, according t Mr. Miller, because of possible problems with adjacent teeth and so this work should be supervised by a dentist. #. i Ontario Hydro is to be allowed to expropriate certain lands required for relocation of. a Canadian Pacific Rail Line to make way for the controversial • dam near Arnprior. However, it has been refused the go ahead it sought to acquire other land it Heeded to use only during the dam construction and for a • transmission line- for which tributed this to the province's 'hydro had no firm plan. Hydro « new land speculation tax. may re -apply for expropriation of further land when it Can However, the Opposition poin- more precisely state how much ted out that the facts do not land it needs and where the seem to bear this out as transmission will be built. housing . costsrose 6 percent Otherwise the way, is cleared within the area covered by the for the $50 million dam: Toronto Real Estate Board in Environment Minister, the month of April." Ten or William Newman, confirmed twelve Ontario doctors, are the enquiry officer's findings being investigated by the gover- that Hydro's evidence about nment for fraud in collecting how much land it needed and fees under the Ontario Health for what purposes was vague' Insurance Plan. and unconvincing. Ontario Housing • Minister A Ministry of Health official Sidney Handlema•n, said this told the Legislature Public Ac - week than house prices are on counts Committee, that with the way down 'and will bring only 400,000 residents paying savings that will reach buyers '" their own premium, oppor- on lower' incomes. He at tunities for fraud are mostly with` doctors but he said, cheques are run by sending,Iet., ters to all the patients seen in a month by a doctor. In a smaller city or ,town the letfers go to patients of all doctors. In. Metro Toronto the doctors "are selected according to areas at times unknown to the doctors., The ' letters ask for verification. that the patient was seen at the time indicated by the doctor and ,for the same illnesses. The Ministry official said about 18 of 10,000 letters show a discrepancy, This is in- vestigated further, first by the College of Physicians and Surgeons then by the govern- ment. . w ... Filsinger home wilt by barrel maker century ago At the intersection of West Street and Wellington Street, this commemorative arch consisting of 1,706 wooden barrels was erected by Michael Cerl,Cooper, and his employees. It was constructed in 1874 and was part of the decorations to honor 0 - the visit to Goderich by Lord Dufferin. and his entourage. It is believed the distinguished group arrived—by—water from the greeting on the arch which faced the harbor. That's the old court house in the background BY GEORGE FILSING ER As this historical narration unfolds; the relationship of the two pictures (above) will become self evident. The stark reality of this house being built more than 100 years ago by Michael Carl and being owned continuously byhis descen- dents is worthy ,of -note The journey down memory lane could be of lengthy duration. This would be necessary to enumerate in detail all pertinent facts--' relative to this " continuous ownership. ' The writer, however, wishes to condense such facts into only a brief r , resume Michael Carl (1834°-1919), native of Ireland, first ap- peared on the Canadianscene in Sheffield, Ontario. He 'was engaged in the cooperage trade at this location for a •brief period of time. Industrially minded and with a vision of the value of Lakeport shipping, he relocated in Goderich, prior to 1873. - By -direct purchase from The Canada Company in 187.3, he acquired much land extending westwards from the site of, the present A&P store on West Street. His valued friend, Thos. Videan and family, well- known grain'dealer in that era, Zone CI Legion Auxiliary Rally Goderich.' wins The Ladies Legion Auxiliary held their Zone Rally last week when 110 comrades from the area gathered in Seaforth. The ladies paraded through Seaforth to the cenotaph for a wreath laying ceremonybefore settling down to their business. Early ifi the`evening Seaforth Auxiliary President Comrade Peg -Coombs opened the rally. She welcomed the head -table and t introduced them to"' the group. Guest speaker for the event was - Comrade Rose Man- ning, of the -Ontario Provincial Command accompanied °by -treasurer of the Command, Comrade Duffield. Other Legion personnel at the head table were Zone Com; mander Margaret Thorndike of Clinton, Comrade Ellen Knight of Exeter, Comrade Peg Coombs and Comrade Rachel Rhiel who are the zone sports officers. The ladies from the surroun- ding areas were warmly welcomed to the rally by .Comrade Coombs. 'Legions from Kincardine, Ripley, Lucknow, Wingham, Gorrie, Brussels,' Blyth, Clinton, Goderich, Hensall, Exeter and Seaforth and their members at- tend the event, Seaforth Mayor Frank Sills welcomed the ladies to the town and , offered them the greetings of the citiiens. The chair then called for the reports of the various Legion functions for • 1973. It was evident from the information offered that the groups were very active and showed a great deal of ,hard work in making last year's activities successful. Three girls from Seaforth District Secondary School en- tertained the rally with tap dancing before the chair called on Comrade Manning to give and for recruitin her address' to the ladies. Comrade Manning commen- ted on the trip to Seaforth and said she recalled vividly her 'journey'to the area to the 1966 rally. She -complimented the ladies on the parade and of- fered the Seaforth School Band _ her appreciation' of their sup- port. She mentioned the need for 'more bursaries this year as too. many applications 'are being turned down. She suggested 'that the' ladies show more co- operation to their officers as too much is left to too few.' She urged the members to work togetherste show the men that they are not forgotten. The ladies then made a presentation to the Goderich Legion for their 1973 recruiting efforts. The new members are totalled up on a percentage. basis and the Goderich branch. received the Comrade Evelyn .. .:::......•: rrr'. .•. r:•}:::• �:ti ::4:iv::::w: � }5:::{::•:•::tit:�:t:;{. vr.•: .. Y • .:::' ... : •:••.{•il.. •:':;i:• .. • •.........::b:•'i.:ii:ti:} . :•:'r:':: • .. •. •.. "!•yI.•: .. r ... : }i:•:• • r .. GOOD CONHG &GMART GHOPPERS :}•':' . ••�.••rr.}�.j •1}}1•.1•••: y:�.{::I}� •.. . •�• .,,.,.. 4%-xv:•:: �� .ADO THEIR FOOD -SHOPPING STEAKETTES STYLE - MADE FESH DAILY MINUTE STEAKS - CENTRE CUT ONLY LOIN PORK CHOPS GUARANTEED TENDER - TOP ROUND STEAK FREEZER SPECIALS A-1 STEER QTR'SCUOFE BEEF LB. 19c - T FRE - 1 O r Ib: FRESH SAUSAGE LB. 59c 41i ° nC- �, 99c L . $ 1 .5 9 x� . B. AINSLIE MARKET LIMITED 106 THE SQUARE 524-8551 OPEN THURSDAY it FRIDAY NIGHTS Till 9 p.m. Carroll Plaque' for the third year, in a row. Winghani, Clinton and Eketer then invited the group to their respective towns for the 1975 rally and Wingham was the choice made by the ladies for next year. The vote was then taken for the new Zone Commander and Comrade Margaret Thorndike was the choice for the year. , The prayer read to close the evening off was sent'to the Command as a resolution to make it standard for all meetings. The flags were carried• off and the ladies joined in singing The Queen. Lunch was served . by the 'Seaforth Legion. This is' the centenary of one of the oldest brick houses on West Street. It was built at 101 West Sfreet by Michael .Carl, grandfather of the present owner George Filsinger. The house underwent major renovations in 1949 and today presents a modern exterior which belies the age of the building.• (staff photo) zs Ap • lived on the site of the A&P store, Michael Carl's vision soon became reality with` the building of, a barrel factory with a large storage warehouse pp part of this land. During this same year of 1873, he built this residence (pictured above) adjoining to the commercial buildings. (Mention -,,should be made that in 1949, 'major renovations were made by the present owner Michael Carl's grandson, George Filsinger.) From 1873 to well into the next century, this business was indeed a thriving one. It .gave considerable employment in the making of flour, salt, apple and fish barrels. In addition to Sup- plying the district, the majority of these items were shipped by boat and railway. Manv.sh•ip- ments went, by boat to the Lakehead, and thence west- wards by railway. Michael Carl, during- his early arrival iri Goderich, married Mary •Feagan, oldest merkber of a large, well-known 'Colborne Township family. In those halycon years, they tjjrstdeath in 1947. His wt. lived in a house down in the predec,eas•ed him -in 1.939. immediate harbor area. Of a Of this marriage was born family of -four daughters, only one daughter, Mrs. J•P: Warren the eldest survived teenage and one sore.,--iGeorge. F_ iisinger, years. the present owner of t}ie cen- The eldest daughter, Elmira - tury-old house. Both' Mr: • Carl, married Harry Filsinger Filsinger • and Mrs. Warren of Kitchener (at that time .,reside in Goderich. Berlin). The latter arrived i:n- • ' Goderich, about 1895 and supervised the roofing of the Goderich Organ Company. For a number of years he conducted . a hardware,, • plumbing' and heating business. This placeof business was on the. ,northwest corner of The Square and West Street. The Bank of -Montreal later • rebuilt that corrl•er 'with present red brick `building (continued from page 2) which now.houses' the offices of A, M. Harper Eventually irr later years, Harry Filsinger became President of the Canadian Heating Association of Canada, and in this. --capacity travelled extensively. He was also President of the Empire, Stove and Furnace,Companv in Owen Sound for.. many years until -his QE�IR �D110A • of Ontario at that, vet the Railway is allowed to renege on the agreement made with-our- forefathers"- ith-our- forefathers'- in days. past, td' provide perpetual, passenger service in exchange for land and money received. Let us make sure our Federal -candidates know our' rights, and our stand on this' verb m- , -,portant issue. , ' ' Sincerely yours, Robert S. Cherry 2113 Queen Street Palmerston, Ont. Tel. 343-2600, '343-2585 The 24th consecutive "Adventure in Citizenship" programme sponsored by the Rotary Club and assisted by the National Capital Commission saw 270 canadiahn students gather in Ot- tawa for four days. The students meet to discuss functions of government and are invited each year to take part in a literary contest. This year's ''contest there was "Something Cari'adian". The students also planted 12 maple trees along au River in the heart of the,city as a tokgn of their Par - n. Pictured here is Wanda ',inner, (Ief), of Saltford, with Peter,Lagrandeur (centre), of Leduc, Alberta, and Michael Totzke from Kitchener, Ontario. the RI ticipat chattin rad Christine6aughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kase Vanden Heuvet RR 2 Goderich, graduated from Wilfrid * Laurier University, Waterloo, with her bachelor of Arts with a major in Geography at Convocation Exercises held there on May 19, 1974 She is "a graduate , of Clinton and istr�ict Gollegiate Institute: Next year Will see her back at W.L.U. continuing her. studies in Geography. Q