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THURSDAY,JULY 10, 1975.,
Huron County Warden Anson McKinley cot the ribb9n 0/4
officially open' the jail for the 1975 tourist season and joined,
jail board chairman Paul Carroll (right) for a tour of the old
jail. (staff photo).
Jail saved forever
fromparkinglet fate'.
•
"Had they not persevered, tention of the HistoricSites-and
this . site could have readily
become' just another par.king
lot."
• That's what' Crawfoi-d •
Douglas, MP for Huron -,Bruce, •
.said at Saturd'ay's impressive•
commemoration service at the
fernier Huron County jail When,
a national historic4aque was
unveiled.-
As.- bright, Canadian flag
flattered in the 'prevailing
westerly wind and a s.qarlet-,.
Coated Roy'
Mounted Voliceman. stood, at
• attOntibn, Mrs., Joan. Vanden ,
Broeck, one of the -V-6-,ry., first
Sa'Ve r the Jail co-mmittee
-Members,. uhve lied. the federal
marker. ,
• It -reads: "Erected between-,
1839 and 1841,this'remarkaby
preserved building, , follows
Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon,
.deSieeN for Prig-01PCOStritction,
'often found in mid-I9th century .
•Britain and A merira, It
features an octagonal central
btlh°eiceskt;.
n„ aignitpinsrei,ds.1.(,eulesp.dieinwhti(:) io'Tnehnostliclif
prisoners' TWO
radialwings and, wedge-shaped
exerciseyards surrounded by—
mth baS nry wall completed'
oun of.„ Toronto. , on-
struct nof this prison. with its
third .f.„,k r' courtroor'D •enabled
Huron tO
<••• ,
50 and three floors
Legion Hall addition
will cost'204 0-00
f
Royal. Canadian Legion,
Branch 109, this week revealed'
plans, fOr a 50 foot addition to
:the existing,„Legion, ;Hall at the.
iriterlectiod of Kingston and
Stanley Streets at a cost of
$204,000.
D.K. 41 Construction ef
Waterloo will build the addition
which,will provide for* a
°recreaion room in the
basement, additional lounge
.accOmm'Odation on the main
floor and alt -not double the
a, dance and banquet facilities on
\the third floor. Some
Monuments Board Of Canada,"...
said Mr. Douglas. "Had they
not persevered; this site could
have readily become just •
apother parking lot."
Paul Carroll:chairman of the •
Huron Historic J ail Board, said
that in the surnmer = of 1974,
8,000 visitors were -"entertained
andeducated' atthe jail.. •
•
fle Went on to say• that the ..
board ik now at a turning point
when .it must -go,..to the com-
munity .again for support' -,••
Money is , needed, for to realize
--
long term goals 'including ,
ropior repairs which are 'ex-
pensive as well. as neCe§sary
for the ' preservation of the
building.'
Mr. Carroll' thanked tile
•.
coMmunity for what it has'
already 'done to save something
of "our Huron heritage for our
futuregenerations".
Mayor Deb Shewfelt, said the
Save.' the -.Jail. committee had
,..`putthe heaLon"'at municipal
'councils to ' .pr6serve the
building which was now a
,national monument. • He
-commended them for, their
forei ght.
He touched briefly on .the
iticatTht that
Perth and. Bruce Counties once
did counCil, business in the jail
building, • adding. tat with
present trends toWa rd regions
•and distriets”,•he, could see "the
past'shapingthe future':.
Warden- 'Anson' McKinley, cut
the ribbon strung across the
entry to the jail and honored the
• pioneers' of former days for
their tanning andprogress.
FliYq»td 1 -if§ aUdiette e 'that the
t of the pioneers" is still
essary today if the country
is to continueto*grOw and move
ahead. „
Then the guests filed through
the, long corri4or into the jail
proper,. through , theia il kitchen- .
and,, into the exercise :,yard •
where the Legion „Auxiliary
• lades Served-refreShrhents.
• :Following • the reception,
many,. took' advantage of the
oppo.tttinity to *tour the
premises'.
alify aS. a district,.,
separate fr -I London with
Goderich as ,its s at;"
Crawford •••., 'g -las was
repregenting-Judd Byfehanae,
Minister of 'Indian and Nor -
"'ern Affairs who was unable to
be 'present. Mill Douglas told
the audiencenumbering about
folin a'SS'o'C'i t LO ti,'
with, the jail while he "was'
special constable in Witigharn.
•
He recalled instances when he
; \and his reluctant companions,
ade the trip from Winghani to
-e•-_-Countyojail .
\TO the best of my
knoWledge, this. Ls the • last
reniaining Structure of this
tyPe in Ofitai!io and a great deal
,of the credit .fot- having seen to,
its preservation mat go to the
Huron Historic Jail Board
vyhich brought ,it to the, at-
,.
,
renovations will also be carried
out on the existing floors to
make them compatible with the `
new structure. •
The additioh will be built on
the front •of the exisiting
building,. towards The Square.'
According to Legion officials',
the tower on the'corner next to
Stanley Street will have to be
removed since it is rapidly
becoming structurally ' un-.
.•
sound:
• However, the remainder, of
the present. building . (cor:. -
rierstone inscription: - JOOF
-1899) will remain intact: with
the new addition being bricked
to blend'in as well,as possible
with the existing Legion-.
, •
. A new fire escape stairway
Will be built near the rear -of the
building on the Kingston Street,
, side. It is felt this. properly
enclosed Fire ExIt w11 be 'a
Cassina
uninvolve
major improvement to the
existing eipergency stairway, ,
Some local contractdrs will
be involved in the prolbct in-
cluding Goderich Electric and
Richard " Bl-enner.
(mechanical).
The Legion Building Com-
mittee consists of Geor-ge Lbw,
Ralph Kingswell, William •
Ilurke, Verne Smith, Stan
Youngblut, Evelyn Carroll and
Rosemarie LasSaline. ,Robert
Chapman served as an ex --
officio member of this corn-'
mittee while he was Legion
president.
The finance committee is Ed'.
l'Onks', Roy Mugford and Don
,Mc.:krtflur. Trustees are Harry
Worsell., Walter Sh'eardown and
Bert Such.
Proceeds' from the popular-
. 50-50 draw" ate -"helping •to
'finance the addition. Legion
1executive say the draw will
,4•
continue until the building fund
contains enough money, that the
mortgage on the building' can
„
" be paid off.
Members of • the Legion
• LaOies Auxiliary, too, . have
assisted with the fund raising
project for the new -addition.
Also, the' help of individual
members has been sought and
,persOns wishing to m,ake a• -•gift
or a loan to the bUilding Aind
• have ' been and still are
welicoMea` °
" "Some inay"vonder why the
Legion is extending its facilias.'
when it Cvould seem that Most
of Am -old sweats. are getting
ready to settle for the la,vvri
chair in the backyard," ,says
George ,Low,,of the Legion.,
•"l.t.has been forecast thatthe
last Vi)Orld War' veteran will
reach Valhalla in the . year
2004,?: he'added, "Well, that's a
long way. into, the future and
'.dhjects a the Legion will
remain unchanged."
That objective is.`, "Their
sacrifice willVer inspire .us to
labor on, tp the end that those
who survive arici. need our aid
may be assured\of assistance,
.and that the cOun\try in which
We live, and for \which they
died, may ever be Worthy of the
sacrifice they rnacieP,
Ordinary andlarnerriber's of
the Legion, Btanchli4i-iumber
and daughters) nurnbe 103;
383 ;. assOdiate membersons
and fiaternal affiliates number, ,
9P lor a total of 576. Legion
Ladies Aalliary members '
number 125.
"To accOmModate our extra'‘,.
, membership and to allow more •.\
of the members to enjoy 'our.
facilities a,re the basic reasons
.fet the addition," said George
Hel'also'said the new addition •
will allow the Legion LadteS to
cater for moSt of the functions
: in the Community -When
required. •
• "Many new young MeMbers
will feel they haye a -..part to
play in `the corninunity,", Kr;
,Low predicted.' .
A
Town reduces
•
TOW11. 'council lifted a
financial burden from the
• Goderich ,Trotting and
" Agricultural') Association
recently when the' reduced the
ass'ociation's monthly loan
payment to the.town by $300. •
T,he change" was made in a
specialcouncil meeting called,
Thursday to meet with Don
MacKay, president of the
association., Mr. MacKay told
councillors that the $509 to be
paid monthly by the trotters
waste' at impossible amount of
__Money_ to pay _geit ,in _order for.
the association to remain
solvent. .
.The 'figure wag §et by the
town as ,paYment for a:13,000
loan the , town, made to the
association to construct barns
seyeral. years, ado. The $500
The Goderieb fire 'department was eatled to the scene of this "tar accident On'tfig4iWay 3 uk
east of Goderich Sunday night 10 ,e5ki1tiguish five tttat consUined this '€ar, after the gasoline -
tank erupt(d and burst into flames as a result of the collision. Joseph Hewitt, 'RR 2, Goderich,
&liver of the.car„received lArni-to 40 percent of his bodpand Is in s rious condition in hospithl.
(staff -photo) .
,
.payment Was• orded into the
agreement recently •drawn up.
between the town; The trotting.
'association , and B,lue water
Racing Associates,,
'president Col. -en J. Cassina:
- That contract.was signed by the
town and Bluewater but not
..theA,sSociation. •., •
Mr. MacKay told council that
the trotting assotration did not
try to skirt the signing of the
agreenient• but was waiting to
meet- with council to
"renegotiate the Payment
clause. •. «•
The e).Zecutive feel that if We
have to 'Pay, $500 a month _this
ye ar.we wil,t;pay it; w ill
not be able to open -the tradk
next year,' :explained ,Mr.
MacKay,.
Since • signinA'"Over their ten
annual race date g to the
„B-luewater Racing" .and
Associates th.e Goderich
trotters have had only $1,000
Car burns,
river,
ii-hospitaI
A two car, ,collisiqn late,.
Sunday night on H, ighwary 8 just
. east of Goderich sent one man
to hospital in serious condition
and caused $2,600 damage to
the vehicles involved.
Sixty -to year old Joseph
Hewitt of RR 2, Goderich was
taken to Victoria •klospital in
London with liarns to 40 pertent
of his body afftt he was in-
volved in the ‚collision shortly
• before midnight Sunday. ,
The Goderich •OPP detach-,
ment said the man had turned
left ontcr H-ighway 8 off
Goderich Township Concession
,4 when 'his car collided with a'
vehicle driven by Anthony UY1,
• 19, of RA 2, Clinton, Mr. Uyl
received no injuries in the
m s ha P. •
Poliee •esti mate...damages fp
the Hewitt' vehicle to be $1,800
and $800 to t•he Uyl veiiicle:"The
accident is still Undet in-
vestigation,
_
-per i-nonth 'intome this year..
The- money is ,,,;• pa0 the
association by, Bluewatert• in.,
' exchange ...for the right to'
operate Goderich Raceway
under theircontrol.
Mr. MacKay explained to
council that the, 'expenses the
• Goderich association have
incurred' this ° year'' have
depleted . that •income
drastically. He said that about
. $1,500 had been spent on barn
'"4nd track improvements ($756.
for : sterte dust and $400 for
wiring the , new blrn and that
$50 a race night was being paid
by the association for the'arena.
',"We're trying to glye the
,horsemen here a fair shakq,'
• said the association presidenL
41591cseea1e up this year and
quite a bit -of Money- is:being
spent promoting the track, to'',
try to get people out. to ,the
races."
Mr. MacKay estimated that
Blubwater • Racing and
• ssociates had gone into the „
red:by bOut $20,000 promoting
the track and added that with
the difficulty other tracks in the .
area are having financially, he
would , advise. Pluewater to
"find another hole."
'Councillor Elsa .•HaydOn
responded • sy Mpathetically 10
the ass:2ciation's request for
mallei- payments, • -She said,
• he -thought $500 was a
reasonable sum when' she
su-ggested • it when the,
agreement Wa's drawn op, he
„ explained that the amount was
the first sum that cal* to her
mind when the payment issue
was discussed,' adding that she
was 'surprised that no one salid
too much about the figure being
too,hi•gh.
• Cotincillor Bob "Allen told
council' that he was under the
impression „ when the
agreement was signed that ,t,he-
town was dealing .with Mr.
Cassina. •
"I ainin_favor of backing our,
association," Said Mr. Allen,'
"but Mr. Cassina athd the prOfit
mak in4 prga ni zn OOP <he
'representS* `are a different
matter. We'll have to rehash
▪ that agreement in two months
when it expire's," .
A
'Cilmmunitg spirit of highest.- ordef
• z, 4
the,kids wanted the park, they named the park and, now they are painting the park. Tkie n gh-
wrh-O-Od yoUtigsters ma kin* use orth-e-new Ca-mbridge#0-eet-Playgrotind-had-an-idea-early-thi
-• week that tlie swings and'and slides in the'Park,needed4a paint job. They contacted recreation -
Hi rector Mike Dymoneand he gave them the paint and.brusheS and away they went. The
a.iinters are Ron Prouse (left), Brian Prouse (centre), Eric Mitchell (right), Brian Mitchell
( ie(ond up on ladder) and Trevor Erb. Ed Turton was not on the job when the picteire. was
t:tk en. The noxt projeCt for the workers is the'steps on the slide in need of repair. (staff-photp )
r
The 1975 FestiC,.al of the Arts prornises to
be the Number Ope sun -it -nee attraction in
Goderich this ,summyr. Coupled with the,
town's :t 25:th .anniverSary, ,Goderich :has a
double reaSonTo celebrate. • , •
A etiv IA§ three-daY :event
,commencing on July -I 7,include the annual,
..trA'rt ,Mart,' with George Morley's ,I3anci,,
'Organ, ancl'i Garden and:Etake Sale .
sponsored by the-Gfiderich-Beta SigynaPhi -
sorority: fhe sixth Annual Flower Festival
Th the",courthouse, with this, year's aP-
propriate'41-14ne .."Rack to the Good Ord
Days': thyee tours of local historic homes;
a Pendulum Players' production Of. "The,
Great Storm"; the .Salt Bowl Regatta at
Snug Harbo'r; ,and the Carnival Arts Ball at.,
the Goderioh•••Mc.,morial Arena sponsored
by the GoderiCh Shrinerg, •
A special, attractIn during„the„Pestival
is a Summer,Art Gallery-.-Artists'from all
Over 'SOtithern Ontario are ,coming to'
oeK•hibit their paintings,. and local. artists
;Are invited to enter theirwor'k. Honorable
n-d•nti,ons will,be,awarded, but the Festival
of the -Arts Corninittee would like. tocstress
•
that this is an exhibitiodfirst and a contest
far-eff second. •
All work will be accepted;' and all local'
painters are encouraged to register for the
'Gallery. It is held in° connection with the
.-Art Nla,Ntand entry is $5, -Only three works
Per person will be accepted,.:4
A,rt Mart on the Square.begins at 19
a.m.... on Thursday morning With
registrati'on, Along with the Summer Art
0:111ery are Creative Arts and Crafts and
Photography. The former is open to anyone
v1/4,•h; has an interesting hobby or craft they
\viitild like -to exh4,?it or -sell. Registration
for Creative' Arts -Nnd Crafts is $10 per
table, ' an4k photography is $57 The fees
cover all thi-ee dais•
Anyone intereRtecl in entering the Flower
Show at fherourthouse or desiring further
ihromdfion about it should contact Jeari
•-m(K(s,. Ben mi Iler,
The, tou:rs. of historical homes will be held
'onriday..night and -Saturday afternoon.
Thr Fridarnight•-tour-is--e6Mp1etely
dif-
fet'ent from the Saturday .tour, and one •
ticket is good for bbth of them. • •
, Thv tours are two hours long, kind pun-
ctuality is stress'ed, because df the Play on'
Friday night and the back-to-back rours,on
_.‘ Saturday afternoon. Refreshments will •be
served in the jail courtyard after the-
combina'tion bus -foot tour, •-•'"4„ ,
;The 'tickets, available in a hrnited
nuniber„from the Huron Historical Jail, the 4,
-Brig O'Dooli Restaurant and The Little' Inn ..s•
in Bayfield at a...cost of $2,50, double a's,
brochuresinside each is artwork done by
four local artists, and, other facts, abOut the,
tour."
On July 19 and 2at!,10:90, a.m. the° S'alt
filowl Regatta will be' held at Snug Harbor'
It is a race exclusively for Fireballk,. a
racing ,boat, throtigh a ,course near the
harbor. ;
It is expected that it will,attract"Fireball
-racers,froni'allover Ontario, Michigan and
Ohip. Pa.inters, sketch artists and
obotograph64•have been invited to' snap, .
dr? \ .5T paint during theregatta, .
-The crownin-wevent of the Festival is the -
Chrnival Art S Ball on Saturday ,night,?:
sponsored by the Goderich Shriners', with
the Legion Ladies serving a luncheon. The
theme of the ball is "Dancing through the
Veal's" to the music of Chris Black and his
Music Makers.
, The girls froin the Flower Bask& are
dressing up in old-fashioned dress and
selling fresh -cut flowers and corsages
around town from a wooden cart. They are
certainly.getting into the spirit of the 12th
anniversary, and the Festival of 'the Arts
Committee would like everyone to do the
StINTIC.
"Show your pioneer spirit," they urge.,
The committee 0,7ould algo like residents
to shoW their hospitality; the friendliness
-for-which Goderich•is fatnous: •
tliere is a shortage of billets- for out-of-
town artists, If you can billet an artist for
the duration of theratival,, Contact Harry
liosnell at thoHuron:liigtorie*iiil.
Godbrreh has a full slate of activitids‘
planned for Festival of the Arts 1975. The
town has something to celebrate this ear,
and it is hoped the -attitude of the people
will reflect it. •
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