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Goderich man dies
in tragic -ticcident
A well-knownGoderich
citizen, 77 year-old Charles
Barker, 125 Anglesea Street,
was pronounced dead on
arrival at Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital Monday.
evening after an accident at the'
home of , his nephew, Ron
Barker, 29 Britannia Road
East.
Charles Barker was assisting
his nephew and Arnold Fisher
to trim a tree. Mr. Fisher and
Ron'Barker were pulling on a
rope to bring down a limb that
Charles Barker had just sawed
through from his position on a
ladder.
According to police, the
bough slipped lackward and
pinned Charles Barker against
one Of the upright limbs of the
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tree, about 9-10 feet above the
ground.
Dr. Frank Mills, coronerp,
expects there will be an inquest
into the accident.
Constable George Lonsbary
of the Goderich Police Force
investigated.
Mr. Barker is survived by his
wife, the former Edith Jenkins;
five brothers, Fred, •Percy and
Ernest, Goderich; Albert of
Londofi, and William of
Stratford; as well as several
nieces and nephews.
The deceased worked as a'
machinist at. Dominicin 'goad •
Machinery Company until his -`
retirement in 1962, ,
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Funeral service is Thursday, County council approved
March 20 at 2 p.m. at McCallum their 1975 budget, at a. special
FuneralHo me. . meeting Tuesday which shows
Another east
west contest, Harrison says
road
"East side, west side, the
rich and° the ,„poori" moaned
Reeve Stan Profit' at Monday
evening's town council
meeting. "And the west side
always comes up tops."
The reeve was simply putting
into other words the complaint
of Councillor' Leroy garrison
who challenged Councillor
Dave Gower,- chairman of
public. works, over his
projected five-year program
- in.Goderichs
Councillor Harrison told
council that no work had been
-scheduled fortheiJeast side' of
Goderich in the next five years
and suggested that Councillor
Gower and his committee must
have overlooked the "dirt
roads" to the "east of the north -
south line" when they made
their,street inspection.
"Perhaps the work should' be
spread around a little," stated
Councillor Harrison. "As it
;
program unfair
stands now, most of it is
scheduled for the south end."
The accompanying minutes
cfrom the ' Works . and
Engineering Committee
showed that the five-year street
rebuilding program included
• work on Stincoast Drive; Blake
Street in the section between
Eldon and South Streets; and
base construction for Blake
Street an,d Newgatottreeis.
ec 91 -ding to . Councillor
Harrison, streets• such as
Oxford, Maple, Walnut, Mary.;
Bennett East, Cambridge and '
Regent had been forgotten. •
Countillor Govver Said -that if
Cookie Blitz
concern
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the town Wished to debenture
an additional $1,000,000, he
would•be "more than happy to
spend it"
He said that the 'road in-
spection had been made by the
road committee 'along with the
town engineer Burns Ross and
'the town foreman Stan
Meriam. Gower admitted it had
been a "visual inspection" but
added that in 1976, the Ministry
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of Transportation and Com-
munication would be
un-
dertaking an in-depth study to
determine traffic count, road
.Goderich Town Council base necessary, sewer needs,
has authorized a .•GIrL
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etc. -'
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Guide Cookie Blitz in ' "Our thinking in 1976 could
.Goderich, April 25 - May 3 ''' change," Gower told council. *
- but , will. - make one In other business, Councillor
suggestion to the group. Gower, the - town's represen-
. ileeve Stan Profit tative to the Maitland Valley
urged that very small ' Conservation Authority,
'Brownies be ac- recommended . somewhat
companied by more reluctantly that the
mature Guides when municipality pay its share to
' canvassing,, to help to MVCA - $33,608.23; The motion
prevent any unfortunate was approved.
incidents involving' young
thildren. . ' . Councillor Gower, a longtime
..The suggestion was opponent to the town having
well accepted by council membership in MVCA, told
•1 th t thbe efforts of the
• and will be, passed.,along..._„, Kattiorit -are --v 3i. -definitely-
vironment and the wildlife in
the whole district.
!,`I realize we have to look at
the total picture where con-
servation is concerned," said
Gower, "but I still believe that
the town could put that
$131608.23 to better use than
taking membership in MVCA.
Two representatives from
MVCA -,Rob 'Kelp and Ian
DeS1A-Sir - attended . --the
meeting and- showed a slide
presentation about-the...win* of.
the Authority. They reported
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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 19 Zi 5
Goderich to pay over '60,000 more
the total expenditures- for the
year to be $7,244,142.
The 1975 budget required ,an
additional levy of $505,000 over
.the 1974 budget - an increase of
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l'$280,226); Clinton, $116,142
fk($95,270); Exeter, $155„844,
($119,83I); Seaforth, $82,278
($63,427) ; W i ngha -,41•39,612
($107,957).
20 percent - with .expenditures
to be $7,144,152 plus a planned Villages: Bayfield, $34,391
'surplus of $99,990. ($25,279); Blyth, $30,205
Again county roads were the
Major cull:wit in the budget.,
increase with a total of
$2,561,000 being allotted to the
public works department.
County library expenditures
will tota11 $26,1,800; planning
department budget will total
$93,690; the social services,
budget will total $386,3001 the
budget for the Children's Aid
Society for -the county of Huron
will total $135,905; the
Huronview budget will total
$2,013,300; the Huron County. .
Health Unit budget will total.
5 5, 5 ; w
maintenance county
buildings will coSIVN,425.
Based on the formula, the
following levies will be charged
(with previous year's levy - in -
brackets ).•
Towns:- Goderich, $351,149
ui
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($23,423);
($26,570);
($36,039);
($24,197),
'Townships: Ashfield, $105,597
($90,600); Colborne, $71,856
($58,'969): Goderich, $112,923
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Brussels, $35,215
Hensall, $45,600
Zurich, ' $30,401
($82,587);
($74,442);
($103,919);
(,$100,096);
($67,483):
($65,659);
($56,794);
($76,550);
Grey, $91,094
(Hay, $121,901
Howick, $124,496
Hullett, $87,398
McKillop,. $79,108
Morris, $71,828
Stanley, $89,830
Stephen, 8172,434.
($144:238); Tuckersmith,
$134,765 ($102,120); Turnberry,
$60,576 ($46,836); Usborne,
$80,499 ($67,140); East
Wawanosh, $53,531 ($43,791)
West Wawahosh, $49,327
($38,957),
ayor questions proposed
arks bylaw; more study
Mayor- Deb Shewfelt • ad-
mitted to Goderich Town
Gouncil Monday evening that
he wasn't quite satisfied with
'a- draft bylaw governing parks
in tWmunicipality. He advised
Parks Chairman Elsa Haydon
that her iniition.to introduce the
new bylaw at the council table
vv,as--not.,-in order until MOre,,,„
study had • been given- to the
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The Goderich Police.. COM:
mission had suggested a parks.
itranch 109 will plant
to ihiliadits' Guides - Y el.
and Brownies for their spread over the entire 1,000
cons e a o h h
id t ti n •
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square acres and4 at t e jobis
1600 tulip bulbs here
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If the Royal Canadian Legion House Park in the Vicinity of
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Brandh 109 has anything toll° the cenotaph,
with it, Goderidh may one day
have a Tulip Festival to rival
the event in Canada's dapttal
city Ottawa.. Local Legidn
members are making plans to
plant 1600 yellow tulip bulbs
throughout the municipality
'this spring to mark their
organization's golden'an-
niversary 'and ,sell another
7,400- bulbs to interested
citizens who want them 'for
their gardens or projects.
- A release • this week from
Branch 109 says that 800 tulip
bulbs will be planted at the
traffic island at the intersection
of Elgin Avenue, Waterloo
Street and Montreal Street; 0
hulbs will encircle the "well" at
Branch 109 Senior Citizens'.
Horne, corner of South St. and
Britannia Road; 250 bulbs are
lated for the4nain monument
at Maitland Cemetery; and 300
bulbs are planned for Court
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bylaw which would contain a
curfew. clause as well as some
restrictive "regutations
'governing loitering. Mrs.
Haydon together with Reeve
Stan Profit'and Police Chief..
Pat king had examined several
sample bylaws and after long
discussion and study,h-ad drawn.
' up the bylaw which was before
council Monday evening,.
Those persons wishing to buy Mrs. Haydon told council that
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should telephone 524-9943 . it was her position that a bylaw
or. 524-7969
The final order for '9•could not "restrict law abiding
local Legion representatives by "deal withoffences".
March'31, so citizens interested She said that by putting a
in, purchasing the anniversary curfew. on parks, for instance;
bulbs should be, prompt in . the law abiding,. citizens who
making their requirements wanted to make use of the ,
known to Legion people. parks after the appointed hour ,
would he prohibited from doing
Faceliii at MacKay-
scy. She said that:parks are for
'people and every effort'.should
, .
Iv made to ensure' that parks
MacKay Hall is getting a new arc .,openi.: to people whenever..
roof and some renovations to they want to use them.
the basement. Goderich Town Mrs.- Haydon did say,
Council. , Monday 'evening ap- however, that parks could be
proved the tender. of Conklin :closed ,, on specifid evenings
Lumberfor a price of $6,943.07- such as. .Hallowe'en night if
to complete the project., council deemedit necessary.
Tender of McGee Motors to ()n this point. Reeve Profit
supply a half -ton pickup truckl`
was:also' hpproved at $3 273 13 indicated such aCtron•might be
foil if wOuld-be rabblerousers.
bulbs Pntist he submitted by .‘)•/.'„ bt.‘A. 'rather, it should
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' subject to the approval of the A•cro prospeetiiitatileb§:- • •
town's Mechanic and spread Reeve San Profit said he
themselVes throughout the
town to ereate their mischief.
`,`Think about that," Warned
Reeve Profit. "In my opinion
you would go from a situation
which the police can handle to
one which would be impossible hadn t checked the dictionary
for the meaning of loitering, but
Where loitering was con- she added that parks Were not
cerned, Councillor Haydon was for "running through" but
to controP
again convinced the term was rather for „sitting and' en -
"ambiguous". She • saidshe joying".
Council wants free
enterprize
Eight Goderich service
Station operators - and one
from Colborne Towdship. " -
unsuccessfully petitioned
.Goderich Town: Council to
withold' zoning to permit a gas
bar on one corner of the Sun- ,
ceast shopping pla22a ne)w being
built on Highway 21 south.
Councillor Elsa Haydon
expressed council's, sentiment.
when she ' said, "It' is not ,
councils business to regulate
free enterprise."
• The service station operators.
had pointed out...that in relation
to the hours spent on the job
and the margin of profit
realized, it was evident there is
already too many service
°station outlets in Goderich.
They reminded council' that
three stations have already
been closed, and predicted that
More could close if new service
station outlets were established
here.
The petitioners suggested
that when businesses close
within the municipality, it does
not give a favorable impression
of the town to visitor or
Revive . Profit added that:
parks have no fences around
them. .
- " I,' in' interested in passing a---
bylaw that can be enforced," .
said the reeve.
-to reign- CounC ill or D -ave --Gower
could not understand why in
suggested the' bylaw should go
to the Police Commission for ,
study. Mrs. Haydon reminded
(continued on page 8)
cases such as this, the •
establiShed businesses took -
the ones to close. He said that „ Changroom
that attitude that they would be,
when new competition -arrive . I
on the scene, the only thing to renovations ;4_,
do is update services and '
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revitalize methods by whith to -
compete in a strong and solid approved
manner.
Council went ahead; to ap-
prove the dpplicatair for
rezoning for the gas bar andtar'
wash as well as the A and W at
the Suncoast plaza location,
and also for a 10 -unit apartment
building on Bruce Street
proposed by Peter Brander. In
all cases, there is opportunity'
for the public to voice their
objections.
Another zioninenlatter was
rediscussediby 'Council, Mr. and
Mrs. Dennis Steep who operate
an antique shop at their,
residence at 45 Waterloo Street, '
asked for written assurance
from council that the business
would be -allowed to operate at
that address even though the
zoning p t 't it.
• Councillor Haydon reminded
Hot's(Park(continued on page 16)
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The Goderich,
arnd Community Centre
will proceed with all haste to
call tenders for work on the
change house at Judith • •
Gooderham pool after council's
approval' Monday night .of a
recommendation to renovate •
the building to the tune of
$38,500.
Pete McCauley attended the
meeting of council.and assured
council he and the Rec BOard- •
hope for the worl,to be com-
pleted by June 1, 1975.
As well, cquncil 'set Thur-
sday, April 17 as the date when
council will sit down with the
sports complex committee to
discuss the entire project. The
public is of course invited to sit
in on -this meeting to beiteld.ati • -
p.m. in the council -chambers.
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Spring break
and spring sunshine
makes exciting combo
tht
With ate ad% eat of spring and w arrner teweiatures the Easter
brefik is a good time to take ad % anthgc of the sunshine And
in the pork. Ten ear -old Debbie StewArt found the
sunshine and park to he a welcome relief from•thelong drab
winter. (staff photo)