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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-06-12, Page 14, Band concerts start The Sunday evening summer band concert series at the Goderich Harbor Park will commence oh June 22, 7:30 t p.m. with the opening concert music , provided by the Goderich Digtrict Collegiate Concert Band under the direction of Allan R. Mullin. This summer the Goderich Laketqwn Band has arranged the most concerts and finest array of bands yet offered at the summer concerts, - with music to please all tastes. Three pipe bands. will be participating along with Highland dancers;., popular music will be supplied by Shannon afive piece combo; the outstanding concert bands of Stratford, Paris and Norwich. are returning as well as (continued on page 16) Wide difference prolongs strike Negotiations Monday bet- ween Local 682 of the Inter- national Chemical Workers Union and the Sifto Salt Evaporator Plant failed to settle the differences • that caused a strike on May 26. The two factions sat 'down Monday after modi'fjing their previous positions but failed to reach a settlement. The outstanding issues at the Need billets end of the negotiations were vacation pay, shift premium', dental plan, weekly indemnity, bereavement leave, wages and adjustments. Wages and ad- justments -are still the major obstacles in reaching an agreement. The most recent offer by the company was for $1.45 an hour over a two year contract with increases coming twice yearly. Adjustments to some classifications were included in the general increase. The raise for artists according to campany figures would up the average hourly. ' 4 rate to $6.88 over the life of the visiting here With the. Festival of the Arts upcoming July 17,18 and 19, many out-of-town artists are expected to be in Goderich to show their work. Festival of the Arts com- .itte..eels.that.visiting artists would - enjoy their stay in Goderich so much more if in- ' terested ,citizens would open their homes for the duration of the Festival. Billets are being sought by the committee and interested persons may leave their names by telephoning 524- 6971 or 524-7965. The committee hopes than many Goderich residents • will accept this opportunity to get involved in the summer celebrations in connection with the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of the municipality. • Envelopes for H ik*S out goon In preparation for the month of September when the first official meetings of the newly 'formed Home,and School 'Association arscheduled, school children in Victoria Public School and Robertson Memorial School will be taking special Home and School en- velopes home for the term end `thismolth. The purpose is to seek membership from as large a representation of interested parent,3 in the community as possible. Membership chairman for Home and School is Mrs. Stan Telford who is anxious to hear • from all persons who would like to become .'involved in the Association. , contract with hourly rates ranging from $6.53 to $7.70. Canadian vice president for the union R., W. Stewart would not reveal the union's proposals. He said in a telephone interview Wed- nesday morning that it would not be appropriate at this tine to—disclose- the .. modifications adding that 'ley were significant with the hope of settling the strike. He ex- plained, , however, that there was still considerable . dif- ference in the wage proposals. Mr. Stewart said that wages were the major obstacle in the negotiations. The vice president . pointed out' that unless the wage hurdle can be cleared `here seems to be no point in coming to grips with the other matters in the talks" . The picket. lines established at the Sifto mine last week that prevented an afternoon shift from going on the job were not, set up with Mr. Stewart's sanction. He said that the strikers had a right to picket the mine to advertise their cause but could not interfere with the employee's going on the job. The union. official said that he did not order the picket line set up but rather ordered it removed when he learned of its existence. He claimed he was responsible for both .,groups of employees and had obligations to both adding that he would not .be irresponsible . enough to prevent one group front living up 'to the moral obligations of their contract. The picket line. was .set up when the afternoon shift of miners ° was due to report to work nand the shift honored the strikers by refusing to cross. It. was removed later in the evening and has not been repeated since' 1 28TH YEAR -24 THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1975 SINGLE COPY 25c $150 fee "presumptuous" The Goderich Rotary Club will hold a book pickup on June 17 from mi to 8:30 p.m. and urge citizens to donate any book or comics thatre in saleable condition. The books will be resold iuly 28 on The Square during Carnival Week. Members of the Town doesn't own Indian Island...... committee (from left) Mike Rogers; Jacob Kierdorf, Howard 1itken and Bruce Heath check the map for possible, pickup points. (staff photo) Goderich Town Council learned Monday night that the town did not own Indian Island - but they did not learn who did. , Town solicitor Dan Murphy told council that title searches he had done on the property showed clearly that the town did not own the property but ,they do not clearly state who does. Mr. Murphy explained to council that the ownership ,changes in the area of Indian Island have been recorded since before the turn of the century but the. description of the land in some of the deeds is, vague and 'do not entirely describe Indian Island as it appears today. He pointed out that there may DRMCO announces Dominion Road Machinery Co.. Limited of Goderich has ,announced plans to start work in the near future on an ex- , pansion program for its local facilities. • The expansion will involve construction of one building and extensions to two other existing areas of the plant. • As' early as five years ago, 'ft became apparent to DRMCO 'Management that in order to ensure its market position and to stay abreast of Its com- petition, two things, were ',;needed. The first was a new product series offering new features such as an articulated frame, The second was anew marketing approach in the U.S .A. As soon as this decision 'was reached, work commenced at the company's Research and Development Department on Victoria Street, and has since resulted in the complete new 700 Grader Series offering both: rigid, and articulated frame whose cehnbined features are not offered by any one of our competitors. The new series was in- troduced at the Chicago Con - Expo World Showing of Con- struction Equipment and received wide acclaim. -Tho stage is now set for the Com- , pany's decision to commence assembly.line production of the new product in January 1976. This will requiJre some q new f • tL _ra plant facilities and in this respect DRMCO is announcing its present expansion program. A Paint and , Finishing Building providing 13,650 sq. ft. of space will be constsuced in the north-east corner of the plant yard. This building will house an enlarged . Painting -Department as well as a whole new testing area which will allow graders to be made ready for shipment upon leaving the plant instead of the present arrangement, whereby graders are road tested 'on the local streets and run through the shop agaip before being shipped. - ,A 5,600 sq. ft. extension will be added to the Assembly Area to facilitate additional requirements,as well'as •a 1,500 sq. ft. addition to the present Machine Shop. It is estimated that con- struction costs will, be in the .neighbourhood of $650,000 with an additional amount required for the purchase and in- stallation of the necessary production machinery. Upon completion of this building program, it is forecast that some additional employees will be needed to work in the Goderich Plant. • Since the Company, already commanded 60 per cent of the Canadian ' Motor Grader Market, the logical area for expansion - of marked penetration was the U.S.A. It be some argument that the province of ., Ontario or the Dominion of Canada owns the land but the; investigation and search would be very ex- pensive. Council instructed Mr. Murphy to db; -the search when , they learned of Keith Hornan's extensive plans for a marina for Indian Island. Mr'. Homan claims 'to be the owner of the 'property and has announced plans for a 500 slip marina to be constructed. . • ' One complaint that arae . frthe council table regar- ding\`the marina plans was the fill •beirtg durriped in the Maitland r River • to ac- commodate the project. The fill . has blocked off one section of , became apparent that the best sales tool was • to show U.S. customers the Goderich Plant and this was accomplished by actually picking potential customers up in the Company's 'plane and bringing them to Goderich. The. Company, for many years has utilized aircraft in its marketingprdgram.and in 1973 purchased a Beechcraft King Air six -passenger plane to 'assist In penetrating United States market areas within a reasonable radius from Goderich. This approach, proved to be extremely suc- cessful enabling dealer and customer contacts to be made quickly and efficiently. Because of DRMCO's total in - plant manufacturing concept, potential customers have been afforded a unique opportunity to see graders being manufactured F -from raw material to the finished product. It has been proven that over ninety percent of such visits have resulted in sales orders for Champion graders. In the past year alone the Company Beechceaft flew in excess of 140,000 miles and executed- '558 take -offs and landings in Canada and 22 "States of the U.S. With about 63 percent of current trips being over 450, miles one way, and much O s still n ow iters the river mouth,and stopped the flow of `water to the.lake Some councillors expressed concern over the water ' stoppage, claiming it was stagnating and making the area around the Maitland golf course and the mucicipal boat launching ramp undesirable. Councillor Bob Allen Monday night urged council to ask the 'provincial andfeder,..l government to conduct .the necessary search and in- vestigation to find out once and for all who owns ,the land. He warned .that if the south channel" of the' river is not owned" -We're going to have trouble". Councillor Jim Peters agreed' with Allen adding that ,the water trapped was beyond belie "You could ParkshiIIinder attack at council of. Councillor 'tlsa Haydon blasted Goderich town council Monday night, accusing them of negative attitudes regarding progress in the parks depar- tment, which she chairs. She rose on the issue in defence of a $150 bill payed by the town to R,T.R; Associates for their presentation of a brief con- cerning landscaping ' The Square. Councillor Haydon reacted to comments from finance town to have the brief prepared for council to see and that there would be a charge for the three to drive here from Guelph and present it. He pointed out that they were asked by the townto come and" present the suggestions and that they weren't really soliciting business. Reeve.Stan Profit interjected that it struck him that in- vitation or not, they were soliciting business. He' added chairman deputy -reeve Bill that the drawings the land - Clifford who refused to sign the cheque for the bill submitted by R.T.R. She advised council to sit back and take a look at themselves both as. individuals and as a body, adding that they would see that when something new or untried is submitted they almost always react negatively. "I'm sorry I'm upset," said Heydon, "but. it's usually the parks department that gets the pet f 0 X - rerrmarks. We want to try to scapc architects left for council to look at "don't mean a damn thing to me". • - Councillor Haydon "after her original outburst told council that she was not trying to dell the town on the landscaping project. She said she, along with her committee, wondered (continued on page 16.) learn and understand new , dies, • 10 things to improve, the parks and all we seem to get is criticism. Y We got it for Arbor Day the . remarks were made' about the get same way and very, few s ots.. hard work we did for that." The issue arose after Deputy- Ten residents of Colborne reeve Clifford questioned the. -Township are in the process of billing by the landscape ar- getting anti rabies shots after chitects. He compared the their pet fox contacted the company to himself as a real disease. The- people are estate broker travelling to 'a receiving the innoculations potential -customer for a-l-isting.- - fter-the--foQied-suddenly-and 4`It's like me charging a an autopsy showed rabies as person .for travel grad time to go the cause of death. . out and see their house for. The disease, most prevalent 'fisting,''compared Clifford:- ' in" 'wild animals, has. not ''been The finance, chairman added too great a problemir1,. the that it. seemed to--• him that county this spring •and ac - 4 in the channel R.T.R. were making a, sales cording to the head of u -the f., pitch for the town, to 'retain health, unit, Medical officer of •pull the old them for the planning of The Health, Dr. G.F: Mills there has walking on the water caper Square landscaping. He.said rt down there," quipped Peters. was "presumptuous", that they, Councillor Dave Gower told would have the "nerve" to bill council that he had contacted .0 the town. the Maitland Conservation "They must be novices at Authority regarding the matter presentations," said the and was awaiting their fin- dings. He said the authority had agreed to investigate the drainage problem' adding that it was his understanding that one couldn't disrupt natural water runoffs unless there was an , agreement with . the government to providean presentation. He said the alternative runoff. committee had contacted ,the The town solicitor confirmed three architects for advice on the fact that, it was illegal to the landscaping and was told at (continued on page 16) ,that time that it would cost the deputy -reeve. ` 1 would question a similar bill no matter',what 'committee received Councillor Dave Gower told council that as a member of the parks • committee he ,.felt obligated.- . to defend the 65O,OOO.expansion 0 longer trips anticipated, , the ,Cothpany found it necessary to replace its present plane with a Jet Aircraft. In this respect, DRMCO President, Bruce Sully,, has announced the Company's purchase of an' eight passenger Lear Model 4 25B Jet Aircraft. , The "Lear" offers a larger seating capacity and„a speed of 500 miles per hour, double that of the Beechcraft . This in- creased flexibility will open up Mrn'e opportunities for the sale. of Champion graders in new territories further afield, in keeping with the Company's objective to continue reaching out. ` O erating a Jet Aircraft in and out of the Goderich Airport with its 3,800 foot runway will be somwhat marginal, however, totally safe. What this really means is that in certain weather conditions the plane would have to divert to either London or Centralia., With the town of Goderich been only one other person treated with anti "rabies in- noculations in the past few .months. The health unit has received positive results on rabies tests from skunks, cows and a wolf in fife” northern section of the • county and near Goderich. Dr. Mills .said that he did not know how long the fox had been • .a pet or if it had developed the disease since it was brought into captivity. "However long they had the , fox," he said, "people should . ,,not make pets of wild animals without realizing the possible consequences." .4u lan? steadily growing, this situation would appear to be somewhat Tess than ideal on a long term basis. The need for extended runways and improved airport facilities looms large on the horizon for future con- sideration.. 44 „t .ice .. __s( .s` rnew addition, e�rtra1 staf f New product series necessitates , MN, 444s1 0'4040