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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-06-13, Page 1<cP 4,140, CongratuIaBoQs The Queen Elizabeth School bowling team competed in an area tournament recently and rolled up-second•ptace. The team (from left, back -row) Debbie Nice, who also won a trophy for a high triple; David Tebow; and, Jim Hawke; (front row. from. left) Paul Consitt and Roy Mitchell. The team travelled to Guelph to participate in the competition. (staff -photo) Donations needed din Huron - U attracts hungry crow , •1 • (BY• BILL DIMMICK) A few carne for a free meal, but most came to see their leader. A crowd estimated by organizers to be 2,000, by other's to be 1,000, milled in 'and around the Pineridge • Chalet near Hensall, Saturday afternoon,, chewing roast beef sandwiches,. sipping coffee and beer. Everywhere a person turned he could see bright red, white and blue lapel stickers lettered with the names Stanfield, or McKinley. Inside the Chalet, a polished professional show band .war-„.� med up the largely partisan crowd of progressive Conser- vative supporters who attended the gathering to see the balding politician from Truro, Nova Scotia. "The time is now," wailed the hand. Most of the crowd seemed to agree, believing that the Robert Stanfield, the ,politician from the east, would be • the next Prime Minister. of Canada. , Rain fell periodically Satur- day morning. 'The sun made an appearance just before 'Mr, Stanfield did, 'however, which 'was fortunate for the Conser- vative party organizers. A speaking platform had been erected outside' the Chalet. If rain had been. falling vative red, white and blue, during Mr. Stanfield's speech,' rumbled down the gravel road. the Targe crowd could not have leading to the,Chalet, Lettering possibly •fit into the ','Chalet's on their Sides spelled out limited space. STA NFIELD. Just • before 1:00 p.m. '=the o As soon as the Irises stopped band moved outside • tothe speaking platform The crowd was growing restless with an- ticipation. Organizers handed Stanfield signs to anyone who would carry them -Here 'he '1,nmes,'',.s(Lme me shouted. Two large,• modern buses, decorated in the Conser- Former jail opened to public July After a long and '.somewhat bitter strutggle to .save the wall around ' the former 'Huron CountyJait, the Huron Historic Jail Board expects to sign of tidal documents soon which will give that group ,jurisdiction over the building for a period of five years. Lack of sufficient funds is keeping the jail board from making all the desired changes necessary to restore the jail, to its •original status. At the last i, board meeting, the financial secretary had ,only one 4t',*ation to report. That one came.. from, Harold Wild. Wingham, a member of Huron County Council, who at . crnu years'- and must be reopened time stood opposed to saving • and constructed according to the original 'plans. The main entrance to the for- mer .The, mansion is a reception, area .that is going to he retained'°m a starting Point for the guided- tours. The foyer is now furnished modernly and is not in keeping with the character of the building. This area will he redecorated to a more rustic design it featured irk its prime. Tourists viewing the historic building this summer will he given an illustrated view uffthe plans for the restoration. The continued on page 16 k } ''the jail. Treasurer Ed' Oddeifam. ' ,,,,Bayfield, is prepared to receive ° donations as are all' members -•of the hoard. • • Some of the more pressing renovations prior to the July' 1st opening date are recon- • struction of doorways. o' Archways • t hroughout t he building have been filled iii to normal size doorway's by ,the Children's Aid and"t.hese must he removed. The massive iron and wooden doorway hat( leads leads from t he mansion to t he jail has keen .sealed off•wfor c9 Mr ouncil wants further tudy on ORMA brief. request from the Goderich Bu.. itiessmen's Association to sup port • in • principle a rest) lution from the' Ontario Rete it Merchants Association with respect to uniform holiday and usiness hour regulations across ' the province was greeted last IA eek ' with some- reser- vation, 4 by Goderich Town. Counci M'emlers of ,local council have de . ided to seek copies of governor nt reports concerning, the resol ution and to discover the read ion, of, the entire business community in Goderich t the ORMA brief. As well, 'I .wn Administrator Harold Wall .Was instructed to secure a cope of the Hamilton bylaw wificl controls store hours• in th .'t city. Another, suggestion to f, et the opinidn of local' consumer.' through poll at election time his fall received no action, Albert Shore, presid nt of the .,local *1 uainesmen's Association,• sal the greatest problems are ge erally encoun- tered in the larger centres,, especially- where plaz'a promotions rt le that stores will remain .ope . Shore charged that even some of the larger stores -in stuch cases are opposed to .gpen' ►g on Sundays and • ' religtot s holidays. - "Efiervbody seetns 1 ) ,have pr''bLems," said Shore. "It runs from one end of, the province to 1 tIXe other." He said the executive of the `Gderi(h Businessmen's ,association ii4 .100 percent in favor of uniform store hours.- He ours:He added • that the . matter, hadn't been put before the en- tire membership. The resolution from ORMA has been under 'study by local councillors for several weeks. There was some feeling among the members ,that the matter was one in which town council, had no rightt to become in- volved in the dispute •at the present ti'me.. "I am surprised to hear the Goderich Businessmen's Association is in favor of 'Uniformity in store hours across. the province," said Mrs. Elsa Haydon, councillor: "Would you not 'create prohterns? It is possible, for instance. that Wednesday closings m•av not he permitted. I 'think it is too regimented." She pointed to small stores in small cor'inmunities which -_keep hours to suit •the local needs, continued on page 16 Campers' rumble bringsOPP ;t� Falls Violence al' the Falls Conser- vation Area early last Sunday morning brought Ontario Provincial Police to the scene of a brawl between camper: from Goderich and Stratford. Police report the matter is "'under inveltiga°tion " No names have been releasee! in connection with any charges which might have been laid. Police did say that liquor was involved and that ,persons from both Stratford and Goderich were assaulted. A motor -Cycle' was damaged Rav GOWTriv, superyisor of the conservation area, said when he left athe park at 1'00 a m Sundav«there were no signs of trouble. When another person working at 111e .gute 1ttt 1oi home at 2:0() a.m there was still no -disturbance. Apparently the fighting bet- ween the two factions began at about :3:.30 a m. New policies. governing en- trance to the Conservation Area after certain hours will have to he invoked, Mr Gowdy said. He reeeived a few complaints frofn families camped at the park the night.of.the distur- hance. At least one person said he would not bring his. family hack to the park - At press time Maitland Va I ley (-:onserva t inti A ut hority officials ,j•esponsihle for ad ministering the park. were not ANA ilable for Tom men t the squadron .of reporters and photographers assigned to cover Mr. Stanfield hurriedly prepared for the Conservative party leader's emergence Mr. Stanfield stepped out of the bua into a loving crowd of smiling handshakers and adoring . fans. Press photographers milled around trying to get the hest possible pictures. .Soon the photoraphers relented and joined the rest of top sign changes said much safer for childre A suggestion last week from M. P. Laurin, traffic analyst with °the.Ontario .Ministry of 'Transportation and ,Com- munications if approved by town council would stop south- -hound traffic on Victoria,Street before entering ;Britannia Road --and make Britannia Road a •through 'street. "r Support for he recommen- dation was voiced by Goderich Rc,lice Chief Pat, King to Goderich. Town Council mem- bers. Chief 'King said that a- far as he could discern tljroug'n experie',ce and'hv.reading high- way safety manuals, the ideri put forth by Mr. La.: irr following a traffic study in Goderich was correct and proper. Some members of. council questic`>ned the (thin g.e in relation to the safety: of the' children who attend Victoria Puhlic,School Mr. Laurin told council it was hitt opinion the 'intersection would he safer in every 'respect. 'Present lv, south bound traffic on Victoria Street has the right of wav, Mr Laurin further told coun- cil that the traffic study showed that ;1 traffic light at the inter- section of Toronto, and -Huron Streets and Britannia Road was warranted .He said the .- decision was now' left to council concerning whether or not to request the trafficlight from the Ministry of 'T'ra'nsportation and Communication, and ad- ded that the .work would be done under a connecting link agreement by which the provin- cial government • picks up the largest share of the tab --90 per- cent. One interesting point raised by: Mr Laurin in the discussion with council.. It was learned rhe road cumrrronly called The Square had .never been '.officially named. He raised the quest ion of whether or not' charges resulting from traffic offences on t hat portion of road could legally hold up in court .if contested. The matter. will receive the immediate "at- tention of council. was • their.squadron on the speaking' platform. The man from Truro was left with his public. He was closely followed by Robert McKinley, Conservative MP -for Huron -Middlesex. The `press was ready to cover Mr. Stanfield's speech 'but he wasn't quite ready to deliver it. "Is, he going to shake hands with 'everybody here?" a beer - bellied photographer asked nobody in particular. There was some minor con- fusion. "You want, some chair up there' Bob?" - - "No,. we'll all stand." The platform was ready for Mr. Stanfield' Mr. McKinley introduced his leader. He told .the crowd , that 1 the Opposition leader's "door is always open for the people who want to talk to him". As Prime Minister, Mr. Stan - field's door would still be open. Mr. McKinley added. Amid cheers, t'he man -the crowd had awaited strode onto the speaking platform. He ap- peared cairn and relaxed.' He wore a brown checked jacket, a Neige shirt, ,.:maroon tie, grey flannel trousers and brown shoes. He wasn't wearing his glasses. • "Inflation is' the issue in the election, Mr. Stanfield said He said that the Liberal government, says nothing can he done about it .as the problem is worldwide. "We can't accept that point ,f „new " he maintained.. People on fixed incomes have to behelpe.d.' A Conservative government would attack waste in govern menu. spending. The more •the government spends.' the more strain • is put on the economy and prices rise. Mr. Stanfield contended. . Another reason for inflattop is an atmosphere of expectation which makes it easy for prices to be raised. The g1vernment of Canada most invoke polieies which will fight inflation while promoting ' economic growth. Specifically home. huvers and senior citizens, and ot her per- son' on fixed incomes need these policies, he said - Mr Stanfield did not ignore farmers who comprise the hulk of t population in Huron• - Middlesex. Farmers have received stable prices for their goods ,while production •cost~ go up every year • "A heavy squeeze was put on , e .farmer as a result of in- flation," he said. No group in our s(x•iety is more.intere4ted in Mopping in- flation than farmers, he main- 1ained. Mr Stanfield said that in- flattop had reduced the spen- ding power of people's savings by 20 per cent in the last few years "We e , to recreae stability tohavprotect savings, ,ante our standard of living, he said The Conservative parry cannot accomplish this magically. he conceded It would rake time The crowd received the speei