Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-07-10, Page 12.�L Mbped opexators`. inose • e..- , 6 yrs. old :a. ( hMwMwr.m.wp W,w.ry.•.• • Y cam All moped drivers under the age of 16 will•,have to abandon their machines for foot when amendments' to The Highway Traffic Ad introduced to Ontario Legislature last week become law. 'One of the other major amendments .."to'the law does not require -drivers of mopeds to 'Wear helrrfets;;, Transportation Minister John Rhodes claimed that the motor,assis+ed•'b'i-cycles that can travel up.,fo a maximum speed, of 30 -miles per 'hour ar.e more like ,el bicycle than a motorcycle and helmets are not necessary for safety. "A. 'tot of compla'intsabout,'' whether • a helmet sktouu Id be made mandatory ' have ° come, from ^women wh'b say they don't want to wear ovale," Mr. Rhodes said. The amendments call for „drivers of mopeds to be 16 years of age and over: the driver. must ha e—a license°of some sort or obtain 'a one year temporary instructor's permit; no passengers, will be per- mitted on a moped and all vehi'clesmu`st be' -Insured iarnd registered with the Ministry of Tra 1sportaiQn and C,o.mmunicati , Another new pr6 ision of the,act requires moped dealers to certify in writing on'a Ministry form that A• :j x,Yi tO'R .... �;z fr '. • r. • the moped complies with the definititl of ,a motor assisted bicycle. Improper certifications can result in -a fine of •up-to'°$500- w The definition in the act states -that its maximum sped cannot exceed 30 Mlles per hour, not have a 'cl utcI or gearbox driven by the motor 'and- must be' fitted, with pedals to propel the bicycle at all times. it must have a pistondisplacennt of not more than 50 cubic , cenhimetres, and must not, weigh • morel-han 120 pounds complete with attachments • ,and gas., , Persons 'between the 'ages of 14 and. 16'who haver already purchased mopeds will not be legally able to drive them. -once the arnendrnent•s'are made law, Distributors in. Onteio: estimate that,, about fo percent of the 14,000 mopeds sold in Ontario have • been 'bought'by persons in that age group. • Thekam'endments areeexpected to get second -and •~,third reading in, the house within the next two weeks before the summer recess but the provisions for insurance could delay 'the passage. Mr, Rhodes explained that insurance --.required by owner4 will be a ,third party insurance, -public ' 4. ,4 GUDER ICH SIGNAL -STAR, TH)RSDA''', JULY I g, 1.975 --PAGE 3• liability and .property damage, but it is,not yet w available. A similar type of insurance for mptot'-,:7'. cycles costs between $125 and $150 but it also covers injuries to ,passen9_ers and 'passengers' are not permitted 10 ride ort rriopeds. ' . •' It is estimated that moped third party covets:age wi l l cost .about $30 to $40 a year but companies have few statistics to determine the risks involved. �. --Mr. Rhodes-a•I'so explained'tha-t the regi&vtration will cost $5 or $10 Iesl3 per year than motorcycles. There will be",no' special moped license but any motorcycle, •driver's or chauffeur's License will be adequate to operate a moped. This.requirernent is to 'ensure that openers have proven their knowledge of the rules ofhe road',, met vision requirements and are at least 16 years•of age. • - Personswithout a license will be alloowed to drive -= on a $2 instructor's permit which is valid for one. year. Mopeds' are allowed on all provincial roads and h-ighways except ,,major controlled -access _.• freeways.'where bicycles are also prohibited. • Under th'e` r'ew _amendments, municipalities wijj T be allowed 'to ban:moped•s bo roads where -the &peed limit is 50- miles per hour or mqre. '` et •q VM • •"' • a ,qZ yg,. t-+w,,..,�.,�yµ,y... _. ".��' .^x' � • •,:°_.. � �iY'"' , ''� q�a."'� . ,,��sN��t� •Mt.l�'.Yw ..... .Y.. .., �'.�! .: �ie`M;v. H!oSWN.YH1rM4ry�A14,�,«:..y.Y.' A. ur .�•w� 15 ,.. ar'tist's conception -of new addition, to Le ion Hall ,". • 1 t3hb t 67:1, • BY DAVE SYKES Cha irrna-rrDa-ve-y ne-rvq'17si y i n-tl e large chair in. the front .of the room while others about him .chatted noisily iti about other b lsiness,-in the town,,. But •• Davey was not listening to the others and as he glanced at the clock on the wall for the. fifth time, an anger began to SOvelf Up inside him.- Everyone knew what ,wasa-upsetting Chairman Davey .and that his anger was understandable... The. .stony is that he was very fond of parties and in fact had one every rnoiith at the same time and placefor a very. 'select ,group 'of nine p.layma.tes.-Sometimes .they even )invited other kids ''from the neigh- ,bor-:hood to the parties. But , Dav-ey',s .select group of playmates' always knew when and where the party would be. Now- these parties were not just all fun ',and games.. These • kids were - growing up and' getting quite ,big now and at the parties they would' talk about houses: and big apartment buildings and playground space for the - smatter' kiddies. In -fact they-became— quite' they-became•-•quite' -knowledgeable ' and other children• often came to•them for advice. ;However the reason that Davey became sd`an-gered was that his rank,of playmates began, to- thinsou-t:hi.n=xecen.t._.� months. Why; just last month very few showed up for the party and -^Davey said to' aaiependable 'playmate Who could also print very neatly, "Wh•y .• don't you "sendr-t'hem an •invitation? • Perhaps they forgot this month but with' an" invitation .they will be ,lure to• tours next time and we can have a party -again."•Everyor thought it was a good idea and went -home assured •-that next_month there would be a party. " , • Now. since, :there hadn't been 'a party •for a while ' the playmates were quite anxious when- they :appeared the next month..: There were lots of things to talk about and Gary had written."a little Story that everyone wanted to hear. But the party -was, supposed. to start at 7:15 and at that time there were still not :enough kiddies there for a party, , By 7:30 everyone could :see that Dai's'y ,was very „angry .and quite disappointed: "This is ebarrassing," he ,said. "Thiis�ls th,em• secondd 'ti.me n -a row Tnat • we�'h'aven't had enough members for a good party. The inv'itations didn't work' eep- AI'NSLI E ot Specials FROM • . . ... c4L.L 524-8551 Home -Dressed - hispected Meats (Burnt our Wholesale Prices) E FRE'gH FROZEN kegs TENDER Ontario LambL1.49 e. HOMEMADE 4,74 Fresil Sousages- 10 LBS. -- 79c LB. 89c BONELESS HOm Cutlets VERY TENDER - LB. 59 -LIMITED EXTRA LEAS Ground Chuck Steaks LL•B. 89c 10 LBS. -- 79c t* B. FROZEN -- CELLO " • Perch Fillets 69t- S-LORT — WELL TRIMMED Rib Steaks IDEAL FOR BAR^ -B - ,a 99t • •c and I think we may have to?cancel this: Everyone was amazed that not, too 'many showed up even 'after,lheyywere sent' invitations. - "Where are Ricky and Bert and Tommy and Eddy?" one playmate asked: u •Chairman Davey low.eredl.`,his .head and , muttered something. about not being .able to tolerate the fact that° nd one wanted to' come to his'parties •any more. Then he said, "I just remem- bered, Ricky still likes us. He will still come but his mommy sent ,us..a note and said :he had to go to school.'" the .party Iwas'2'about to "'break y- when there was a noise at the door and . ail'eyes turned to the back of the room. Suddenly a well dressed smiling figure_ entered and sat down -at the big table,: U4 "Oh boy,', one meinber shrieked with glee. "It's the Big D:. Now we have enough .kids- for the party." . • Big D apotogized saying he thought the party was at 7:30 but•the members whisked his ,apologies aside, simply confit 'that -there were now---erroug•h- kids. Now Big',D hadn't been to too many parti-es but all the playmates ,u.nder'stood his problem. Big D was very popular and sometimes 'he .had two or three or evert' four parties to go to in one night `c.nd had fo choose the most important one. ' �, Chairman Davey understood his problem, but the shoddy attendancecof other playmates still upset him. Eddy, Tommy and Bert hardly ever came, to the parties. In fact Davey has- thrown nine parties this year and Eddy only shoWedvt;for,tw:r .of.'them: Torn' y apd Bert were d little more reliable,"thoug.h not much, ,rnd-,vnre able to make five parties - " It is still important that everyone comes," Davey said. "What shall, we .do. w� - "I have -a good idea," Elsa said, "Legs tell Eddy that he'carr;t come to or`,Sy, more parties and find another playmate vtrho•i.will'cot e gal} -:the time," All the `playmates ageed• that Eddy Should give his party hat to someone 'rise, -and then it bo:gan, So Davey; the big 1.1 Elsa, 'Charlie, and Johnny -pa`r-tied 'on .into the night and it is runtores.. ,,.,fit a swell time was had by 111. A s a ; " ,_ meet useum BY ROB SHR1ER • ' "It was the discovery of salt cin 1866 in Goderich that elevated it from the commonplacetowns and raised' it to commercial 'prominence Ohleh for a time vitas highly tbeneficial tothe town. The.history of the discovery of this staple and the development of its interest is but another demonstration, of the beneficial commercial—results which 'sometimes spring frompure accidents. ' "The individual to whose pluck,°perseve -ante and energy .:the discovery of salt at Goderich is attributed is Samuel Platt. "In 1866 when the oil fever was ai is height in Western- - Canada, and speculawdrs were sinking wells ,in differer!t' parts of the Western -Peninsula in hopes of striking oil, a company•was formed in Goderich with the bbjectin'view of. striking oil"at Goderich. This company with which Mr. Plait - Was a leading•'spirit had a subscribed capital' of $10,000 and. commenced boring on the. north' bank of the Maitland River , just east of the bridge After 'boring 700 ft, and not striking oil, the stockholders -,decided to alb"' „don the project. The 'appeals of M'r. Platt failed to -cause them to reconsider. "In the meantime the county council offered a $1,000 bonus if they bored to 1;000 ff. With the double prospect. of obtaining i in i 'u Mr.P i oil and collect g his bonus, lathcont naso drilling at ,• •'his own expense. At 960.ft: hq came upon not oil,''but`salt. The history•of the Goderich salt industry was, begun: He dug 60 ft. further and.secured his bonus. "They started •mining salt in a s ort while. Capital was - increased.-to.-$i4,.000rand'pimping as commenced in Sep- tember 1886. A sample of th,e brine had been tested and proved almost, totally free from gypsum, oalcitim Chloride '< . and magnesium chloride, which taint ,purity and retard manufac`ture of salt. Prof.. Hunt of Montreal who analyzed the sample pronounced the brine from Goderich the most concentrated possible and the purest known in Canada. "Rumba!' - & Co:, the original company, immediately constructed' two blocksof 52 kettles each, capacity;ranging from 120 to 140 gallons each, giving a 100 barrel's per day salt output, 'The first year they made a clear profit of 57 pereent. The 15r►ce ro-- alt was 1) .25 -per barrel`F 0: B, The plant: "The company,soon discarded the kettles and adopted the :English pan system. The principle was basically the sande: .evaporate the water to leave pure salt. But they used larger, more efficient parrs` which bad a larger area exposed to the • afr. The pans Were quite large, 'sat' a size of 20' by; 100'-: The pan method was'.used by all subsequent blocks "erected in'the � ;area. Daring the',,next summer the Maitland -Valley was • dotted with derricks from above the bridge nearly to its mouth.' "Prom this time forward the salt interests at Goderich assumed gigantic proportions. By, 1872 the -following blocks were in Operation 'With barrels per day output beside their names: Pioneer' We11 Goderich 200,,Maitland 100, Prince' 100, Victoria 100, Huron 100, Dominion 200, Ontario 150, . •Tecumseh 150,-Inpiskillen 200, Hawley's 200, International 600, and Platt's"15'©'. . "Unfortunately for .local drillers,: „nines opened up in lint'on 'nand Seaforfh in 1873, and owing to their better location, cheaper fuel and equal quality salt, all but four Goderich wells suspended operation. Seven years later, only - Tecumseh 75, Hawley's 200, International 400 and Platt's 150 were still operable, --The first three mentioned' were operated 'by Peter-MacEwan and their 675 barrels per day output was the lar ggest in Canada at the time. `Tie `International was situated .on the lakeshore about a mile south of the harbor where,a deep ravine runs down to the lake.'Tiie ravine used to run a'trarnway'down to a,wharf operated by Mr. MacEwan. When the lake was calm' large vessels boardedthere.' ' The above was .taken from tile, archives of the l Iuron 'County-or�eer-Mu p.i.led-bjr �- J: Correll The museum has several' artifacts and models taken;from and fashioned after the ea -sly Goderich wells. • On display is a kettle showing the size of the original kettles used in the ,evaporating plants, 'and a piec"e from a kettle •used-iri the original mine. Two models were fashioned after evaporating plants used after the kettles..One is -a pan house and the other features a cylindrical tube in the enter into which..,the''condensed crystals drop. , Also'on'exhibit are photographs of the commencement of. operation af"the Domtar evaporation plant. • , (continued frns opage 2) �liln t. I' I?iig. President of the ('inadian Cable Television Association, 'said "Cable sttl)s'cribers have ' rights -the right to..iksceive a • good- tl•eal'. picture, a wide choice of prograt11 . and the right to buy - o '%% 'stet`\licca+ -as tla('y hec7Tt11e a%a1 (1)11 e • •Vl''t' iil'telld* to continue to demand these right's and' will' 'oppose any rcqucs,ted • rafe iti('reiOies uriti•I'' Blttewater . n � Stint , iii„ ,�.i�i�t'�e a titers)'. In the Meantime, we suggest that all cable TV subscribers • %Clio are, unhip-py with their reception, continue to complain to Bluewatcr Cable 1'V and insist on good.picturequality on all channels as thoi'r•-1 ht., c"y';. - ,a, G.Sinr`oonere)ibs ' Chairman 'Ctanstimer Alert Conit'atitloc„_ r•••Rlt5, Clinton. Y 1,1 • • ' NO -YEARS,. AGO" They northwesterly breeze has raised the water level' in the rivet' to '' omethin rke the old level. On F t iiia" a ry`--Targe deligation will leave for the . Orange (t.'k h'01u n in Seaforth. A sand hat' is forming in a' se'mic'ircle around the nTeuth of. the river incl is making entry- and exit from the'twat-That-hot. ,,. 'very difficult. It is expected that the drilling plaint now , engaged in deepening the well at the water, .ot•ks,. ,will be finished -mirk sometime next week, A fere= 'cups at the drinking fountai-ns on The Square would he Ya great Otl &-'►lienci', par- tic•ularty' on excursion. -days,- and days,and if it is' necessary to chain them, please allow'1nuiigh links tt) reach One's mouth, The raspberry .h'ickl'rs al• swarming lrming (Itlt to t,L'e we'il,know►1 patches. Lt is reported that there are more pickers., than l)erries. -Many people . Tuesday evening put on winter clothes, a . ••►-lather -unusual proceeding for the 9th of July.. .. • The Court" -h)use Square Was. thoroughly watered ,Monday, ifternoon by the hose company. Capt, Baxter is repairing.his shell, rind those (if our- sports who are interested in rowing may soon he .Chi(.' to use it. This is a .s:trong addition tet .the Captain's fleet. G A' large number- of the lttill'tc-ifii.W._thc� willttgv cif , Auburn intend to go to Seaforth •on Friday to take part i the great HUron.s- of 'Huron Hurons of Toronto football game' for the chLlnipion'ship of Canada. " (4t YEARS AG.O Goderich today is invaded by - an army, .about 500 strong,, of ' Sunday Sch(iol picnickers fii_trrt, M.itchcYll, 'Clinton,'Se�,rforth and other piaces4 '�'v,bi)'�arrived, '••,• " shortly after 10 'u"m, in 10, coaches by GTR. Harbor Park has beet' Surrendered acrd the?. invader?; have . firmly ch- ,trenched :themselves in °that position. Apparently, they. are ' well -supplied . with , all .° the am -muni tion and stdcks they require for their' sojourn •in' Glxterich, and they appear to 'be enjoying the. result of their conquest to the fullest. Several mot'otr.boats and the tug W.L. Forrest have bcr'n com- trandecr°ed.,_ apirlittic fear is displayed of submarine ' at - .tacks: Its is expected that t 16 "alien*". will- return to, their• .,encampment shortly 'after 7 •Local 'boys are encou'�ageed ti)' • fight' i,n..`thc,.,.,grcat, war,..:I'he' British war office warns niti're Canadiarl ':' ""The first lot made . a big hit." A football game between the Big Mill team an(' a. pick-up team resulted in, a score 'Of' three goals to none in favour of 13igMi11, - Thc motorcyci race; Ce .as ca'i1c;d t �ih acciiunt of kick of entries. The words 'What Is It" on- ' the side. Of one Of the wagons in the Road : Machinery- Co.'s turnout .led tip many Corr - lectures. The machine was' a.• road oiler. - .. • The bun -eating contest alone N'i1s worth the price of ad- mission to the afternoon • sporting events. The boxing in hitrr°tls also gave. the corn-' pctitors and spectators a heap of fun. ..�_It is quite fitting that the first auto triirk`ri>�idc' artht--Paget- factory'and running for the first time on.1)onlini0n Day 'should be named the. "Maple Leaf. The truck, was;'nut •yet fini-shed, but the Motor ran fine. -- 5. -YEARS AGO - •r «gw,aw, ' Th-C-Goderich, $i.gnal-Star' is hosting -"."The Ontario Weekly ``Newspaper-Associat•ibn gold touri1pment this year at the` Maitland Country Club Friday, July 17. Puhlishers Will be arriving fr•oni all ,over Ontario and Michigan. The eighth annual Goderich Art Mart and :Sidewalk Sale Days will he held July 16, 17 and 1.8 with a few, added'attractions this year. A new irnoVation this year is the -Flown• Festival, featuring arrangements - depicting - the tourist industry. It is beingeld in the basement of the court house, - . • AThe Sunday eveninveries of band. concerts in Harbor Park, 'got underway Sunday last. The 'large crowd, under ideal conditions, enjoyed 'an, ex- ` cellent program presented by the Goderieh Treble_ Singers and the Goderich Town Band, l• is �.a •