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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-03-06, Page 1'4P Clinton's Cook would move library to Hub Twenty-three members of Huron ,county Council voted against signing a new lease for library headquarters facilities in Goderich, but 30 affirmative votes were cast to permit the building on Lighthouse Street to remain .in county service until at least January 1, 1977. - The debate arose when the county library board asked council to approve a new lease with the owners of the building. According, toboard members, the.building has changed hancjis and new tenants have shown interest in the building. While the county lease does not expire until June 1'; 1976, the new owners were willing to negotiate a new lease with the county at tfiis time. The five year 'lease will increase the rent to the county to $4.85 per square foot or $810 per month with.a yearly adjustment up or down for taxes and utilities based on the actual costs for 1974. The county can terminate the lease with one year's`notice, any time after January 1, 1977. The board members ex- plained that if the new lease had not been negotiated until. the present lease expired next summer, the , odds are 'that a lease at that time would be much more expensive than $4.85 per.square foot. Theory was, according to Chairman Norman ' Durst, to lose a little now but gain a subs:W.60a amount later . ` iscssion, s =-ha nod° all members of councilr'were convinced the economy would remain" that buoyant for that length of time. Reeve Ed. Oddleifson of Bayfield said he was. "darnsure" the county would not have to pay as much for library facilities even in the five years and it is the same old story. Everybody likes to be close to the court house," stated Mr. Cook. "Let's change it a little. Why does everything have to be in Goderich?" Reeve Oddlelfson concurred. He said that with proper plannin ,,, d a courier system, library headquarters at Clinton could still make 'use of court house equipment and facilities. "You don't ,have to be just across the street from the court house to make use of equipment here," said Reeve Oddleifson. Deputy -reeve Frank Cook, called ' for a recorded vote which resulted in a 30-23 tally in favor of signing the • new lease for present library facilities. During the debate, however, it was evident that county of- ficials are considering a new county building to house the library as well as other county departments. It was pointed out such a building would take several years to plan with construction not possible much- before 1977. Kinsmen 128 YEAR 1,0 THURSDAY, MARCH 6 1975 Say talks are, peces ary until reasse.s 11 ark Town -council agreed Monday in his. opinion the matter was night to reconsider who will use settled and council should not Agriculture Park on Labor Day have an about face regarding weekend. Council decided two their decision, weeks ago to grant the Councillor Dave Gower, said Industrial Softball tournament that he felt the problem could - the use of the park in favor of not be solved by legislation but the Goderich Trotting by counselling. He said that two Association, who would nor- parts of the community are at malty be operating , harness loggerheads over the Friday_ .racing thatpight. night and that it was not up to , The second look at the council to solve the problem. ituation was agreed upon after Gower added that council had s trotting, association president the power to settle the dispute Don MacKay. --confronted once and forall but, that,_ that council on what he termed the course would not be the best unfairness of the decision. He answer to the problem. told council that he could `nest "We can say who gets the use , understand how they could of the park but to solve the. stag niali"f '4 t justify taking the. use of the problem the two groups should park away from a business and. get together and , discuss the give it to a group whose aim matter, working ,out the best. seems to Tie to raise money 'Jo possible- solution --that -is ac indu�i g��eelff fsp-orr.at :less -per-- ce'ptalile to, -tidal.,. �-" stI . sonarexpense. Gower. -"Then I think council Councillor Leroy " Harrison , would be fair in taking a second Goderich Kinsmen . are disagreed with Mr.. MatKay look at the matter." grateful for the support ' last saying that last year when the - weekend at their annual stag big "hullaballoo" over Friday night. All proceeds went toward night use of theye' park was the addition to the Kinsmen started, the trotters were given CI ub House on South Street the right to the facilities arid the present Wilding, in 1976. which also serves as a ball tournament had to sit back -Y workshop for retarded adults in and wait"' He added that this . �' s "Maybe we want to be Santa this area, year there was a gentleman's Sky Ilar o '' ui ed Oddleifson t , .nus,qppThe club house is supplied agreemeno assist t ounty is to Mr. MacKay reminded council of the effqrts the trotting association made last year to improve the grandstand at the park and referred/to the financial asset harness racing was to the community. He said that',he average income from racing nights was about $7,300., half of which went to purses. He said that over $1,000 of the ,money was paid to Goderich and Clinton residents in the form of wages which made racing a greater benefit to the. Goderich area than the ball tournament. The ,, association president challenged the authenticity of ,the quote by Ken Crawford, saying the race dates could beci changed to June or September t'o solve the situation. He said that-rbiangtng..the date:_wotttd,b very difficult because of (continued on page 8) obliged Cl h warned t t bargain for the against G d h d there was no f char a to the o otic ark an who w free o g p "presuming" the economy and District Association for the discussion on the subject would remain stable. He, said.- Mentally Retarded which between the two factions. . he ,felt the country is definitely •sponsors • the workshop ac- "GentlerIzen'.s agreeme pts . in a recession and headed fora • tivitiesfor the '---mentally have to be kept as well as,. depression. retarded adults. ', ' written ones," he said. "The present lease should be The stag night was' .termed Deputy Reeve Bill Clifford honored," Reeve Oddleifson' "very successful" by Kinsmen told council that he had, vpted said. - vice-presidenW'Bob McDougall against giving any one group i Deputy -reeve Frank Cook, a longtime . advocate of decen- tralization of county offices, drew .council's attention once more to the fact that a building is available at Vanastra which would adequately • house the . library headquarters. ' Library head William Par-. tridge was' present and ' com- mented that the library staff makes regular Vise , of court house equipment and facilities. "We like to 'be close to the court house," said Mr. Par- tridge. "I've been .op this council)pr • who convened the event. He use of the facilities because 'of said Kinmembers -worked long • 'the.. -manner in ' which subject and hard to , arrange the --was handled at • the council evening but community sup- table. He said he was under the port was vital to make it worth- impression that the matter was while. to go to a council committee to The big winner in the draw be discussed between the town for $500 was Gerry Eggleston.'',, and the two associations and Winners of $25 each were Kirk • .that this was not done before Lyndon,' Brian" Draper, Allan the ball tournament vote was Armstrong, Ron McDonald,, taken. He added that it might George Chambers, R. Murray, be in order to rescind the Jim McLeod, Dick�Prit, Austin motion to give the park to the Hartman, Abe, Chase, Davia tournament awaiting' a more Graff, A. Manderson, R. Hill, complete , picture of ,th-e Pete Mason, Jim Fairish, situation. '� Brian Miller Randy Keller, Councillor Jim Peters Harry Little, B. Chisholm and denounced the suggestion to Mike Mallon h. rescind the motion'saying that g A'reminder that the County of Huron has an obligation until 1985 • to see that Sky , Harbor 'Airport continues to operate as an airport, clinched a request - from the Town of Goderich, for support to help maintain the-, premises. The Town of Goderich pur- chased'the airport last year and in addition to, capital costs, has budgeted $30,000 for main- tenance of the property. County councillor Bill Clifford said that maintenance bills, - include hydro, snow removal, runway repair and the salary for a part- time manager at $150 per month. -The town asked the county for 50 percent for the main- tenance , budget up to a maximum 'of $15,000 this year. • This Was approved. Reeve Derry Boyle of Exeter wondered Can "epidemic" of similar • req.uestsmight not flood, " county council from :airports in Grand Bend and Huron Park.,_ However, Deputy - clerk Bill Hanly , reminded council that clue w an,- - old agreement, the county must maintain at least one runway at Sky Harbor until 1985. If the facility was allowed to deteriorate, the ost to the county' could. be nsid e Hanly suggested. so said the county has contributed nothing to Sky Harbor to date, The ,airport is, considered to be an asset to the county as a whole, Goderich Reeve Stan Profit said Hhe believes Sky ` Harbor will orie'day, be part of a circuit planned for STOL (short takeoff and landing) craft to transport passengers to Toronto. Construction of a new ter- minal and hangars at .Sky Harbor is 'envisioned- by Godericlhcs airport committee, and it is hoped that federal government funds, as much as $250,000, will be available for this purpose. The facilities will then be operated on a user -pay basis. Some revenue is already being realized from the facility,, Mr, Clifford said. Three accidents in Goderich in the' past week resulted in approximately • $2,500 in damages. On February 2/ :vehicles driven by Stephen Smith of 515 London Rd. Sarnia and John Banter RR 2, Clinton collided at the, intersection of Victoria and Elgin Streets. There was $1000" damage to the Banter vehicle and $400 damage to the vehicle: driven by Smith. Both drivers were treated for minor cuts_and._ biruises. A two -car collission at .the corner of Huron and Britannia Roads resulted in a total of $700 damage to ,vehicles driven by Frank Namik of RR 2 Goderich and Robert Watson of Egmondville. There were no injuries. In a third two -car .collision on February 28 vehicles driven by Warren Penny, 163 Rosewald Rd., Hamilton and Billy -Marie . Westman of 56" Stanley Rd., collided at Waterloo and Nelson Streets resulting .in a total of $300 damages. There Were .,no injuries. During the 'week the Goderich Police Department ° also laid,„1¢ charges. under the Highway Traffic Act,' 28 ander the Criminal Code oft, Canada, foul-' under the °Narcotics Act and one under the Liquor. Control Act. Jim Britnell feted by Huron ,_. r-' 'Ralph McNichol, McKillop Township, chairman of the Huron Couhty Road Committee, was on hand at the recent Ontario Good Roads Convention i, Toronto to --present Huron County Engineer Jim, Britnell, PGRA chairman, with a watch In honor of the recognition he has brought 'to this county durin"g hl tbrm of office. According to Huron Warden Anson McKinley, the county might "be a long time seeing it again", that a• county engineer rises to OGRA chairman. Mr. Britnell has been in Huron County's service since 1956. • t SINGLE COPY 25c .11 •4 George Currell receives congratulations from postmaster Mel Farnsworth at Ya ,retired ent party held for the 11 year yeteran of the postal service' o, ,Frida+V,,1ni'_ t; ; ,N .�`p d1y Sits'Ir' party '"-;�•r".:.Y'`a.,..< r,7 kXfE4. 1,Yvt:L'e'1. kG..., .(.7 .. the chair presented to him by his fellow a loyees. <staff, Oho Postman recalls.. eo• urre fter By DAVE SYKES , During the past 11 years George Currell bas walked over 30,000 miles, has made stops at over 100,00 houses and businesses and, has trudged - through the snow and rain delivering hundreds of thousands of pieces of mail. Last Friday George , retired from the Goderich post Office and the miles of walking -and accompanying tired and aching feet are all behind him. George, 65, has been walking Board could save • if retia 0 miles a beat ain Goderich since April 13, 1964 when home • mail delivery was first instituted here. He was one of the first' seven . postmen who began ,. .ei.ivering rrraal here.�».and,_. riday` night the postal em- loyees,honored George with a retirement party and presented him with a lazy -boy chair. For George retirement will be . a welcome period of relaxation and he also plans to do some renovations around the house. However, his immediate plans are to.soak up some sun in Florida and rest his weary legs and tan a weather-beaten face. If George has any Misgivings about retiring it is simply, because he will miss the many George will also, attest to the fact that, delivering mail is not as uneventful as it appears to be. Slips and falls on slippery sidewalks, .do f all sizes who would just as o�'n bite,first,and bark later, blistered feet and ".. inclement weather conditions are simply accepted as•hazards of the job•'- But George could also recall with a sheepish grin that the dogs were not the only ones on the route with a bark and a bite. Some people si:rnply couldn't understand how a piece of mail could be delivered to the wrong house or why they didn't receive. a letter.they thought should have been there on a particular day. The postman became the obvious target. For the postman the day would begin at seven in the morning. The mail would have .to be , sorted for the route. Delivery would begin between 8:30 and 9 a.m. and the final piece of'mail "would be delivered by four in , the afternoon. " Since George has lived all of his life in Goderich he. was already familiar with Many of the people on his route and delivered his mail by name. He claims that if he had delivered. by, the addresses on the.' en- velopes his mail' could have gone to. some `God awful , places'. One letter he delivered had the nanNe of the person correctly '° written but the ad- dress under the name simply read 'Near the'', Standpipe'. Fortunately George knew the party and delivered the letter without question. • During his stint with the postal service George has been involved in a number of strikes. He believes that pay and working conditions have ,been bettered by the strike but he in no way condones them. It wa4, friendly and familiar faces he has ewntey Bro O s' a L o s e on thealkcoun. Hered hasin his basicallyears maintained the same route h Cunt One during his 11 years as a post - A report to the board from Superintendent of Education J.W. Coulter . indicated that phasing ” out North Ashfield school could save the board over $2,000. In the report Mr, Coulter listed two options available which would be'to operate one classroom in North Ashfield in the next school year to ac- comniodate grades five and six and transport the other students to Brookside or to provide a portable classroom at Brookside anti accommodate all the students at Brookside. North Ashfield; School has two regular classrooms." and two divided by a wall while Brookside has 11 classrooms, one kindergarten, one library, a gymnasium and a portable „The present enrollment in North Ashfield is 40 covering grades four through six. The matter was referred to the committees for further investigation with the suggestion that the Board also re-evaluate its school 'boun- daries within the County. man and he knew just about board member noted that some er name and face. children are already 'being evW bussed several miles to school hen the mail service began while living within a "stone's back in 1964 there were seven throw" of another school. postmen and five routes' and The meeting of the Board of George can recall that those Education , Marked the first early days at the .post office time the board haci met on the were filled with confusion. first Monday of -the month open "There was a lot of confusion to the public and also in ad- when we started the routes but 'loco of the Education and then there wasn't one of us who M,thlagement Committee had been' a mailtnan ,before," meetings., George said.. "But you know everyone of the fellows that Monday hoard members started delivering mail 11 years agreed to hold the board ago is still on "the walk except meetings on the first Monday for one fellow who only lasted, a and the two committee couple weeks anyway.'' meetings' at the''sa'me time on But take trials of the new the third Monday of the month. postmen weren't confined to Mr, Hill urged board the post office. George; recalls members to try the new that the walks were too big in schedule at least until the end the beginning and many of the of June and 'if it met with,ap- postmen, including himself, proval the meeting procedure were delivering mail long after could be adopted. He stated' dive o'clock. The problem was that the board could proceed eventually solved with' a re - much faster and evaluation of routes and with matters get more things done under the delivering in the dark' became (continued ort page 4) new schedule, obsolete. '4 4,•4.4 h:- •r. Lbw r,. 4'