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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-08-14, Page 1N Oe ti .Town announces name of first bursary winner The $500 bursary town council recently decided to award each year to a deserving student from the town was given this year toyete Willis, an honors Grade 13 gradate. The award, now designated by a bylaw as an annual gift, was granted to Willis as a result of a recommendation from GDCI 'principal Johp. Stringer and several members of his staff, amu. The money is given to a deserving,K energetic student graduating .from GDCI .enrolled in an institute of higher learning such as a university or college. This year's recipient .is,enrolled at the University of Western Ontario to begin classes this fall". Mr. Stringer,,, in a letter to council, said that ,he and his staff were extremely pleased that the town was taking such an active interest in the present and future activities of the students Of Goderich. He added that it would only be fitting if. Mayor Deb Shewfelt could' make a personal presentation of the bursary—to Pete at the GDCI fall commencement. Councillor Elsa Haydon expressed gratitude that the , bursary was so warmly accepted by the high school staff, adding that their promptness in selecting this year's student testified to the benefit the money would be to the graduate. "I o i , hope that this becomes a traditional award respected by the community and the students," said Councillor Hayden,. ertc Transformer will hike power Ontario Hy. p;0- is in the Y, processof a• • ing a third transformer to their station on Highway 8 east of Goderich oto meet the increased power load required in this municipal and rural area over the past eight years. Walter. Palmer, manager of the Clinton area office for Hydro, said that.the.power.-load for the area serviced by the. Goderich transformer station has doubled since the station's construction in 1968. He added -,that Hydro felt it necessary to add a third transform to the site to prevent overloading of the facilities and to -give customers betterhydrosecurity. The station carries elec- tricity to the town of Goderich, Goderich. ' and ' 'Colbo'rne townships, Ashfield, East • aiid West .Wawanosfi, the village of r Bayfield and parts.the. Hullett Pendulum Players plan comedy "Suppressed Desires" will be _presented by- the-- -Pendulum Players in the Huron Historic Jail courtyard Thursday, Aug. 14 at 8:00 p.m, sharp. The play is a comedy about a befuddled; 'husband- who is constantly harassed by his wife, an amateur psychologist. She wants to psychoanalyze all his dreams, but is sidetracked when his sister comes to her with a dream to be analyzed. Wife Henrietta is played by Ann Coulter, Sean McLaren is husband Steven'Brucester, and Carol Chapman plays sister Mabel'Brucester. Next Tuesday, and Thursday evenings at 8:00,"a special play will be presented entitled "The Poor Mangy and The . Rich Man". It will" be done by younger citizens of Goderich. The play cncerns a'traveller, actually an angel in disguise,. ,who seeks a night's lodging at a poor man's and a rich man's. house. •. • The adaptation from the story is "done by Wanda Dun- can as is the director, .This will be,,the final play by the Pen - dull im Players for 1975. h� n township and the town of Clinton. .In 1972 hydro realized that the station faced an overload and- they transferred Hullett township. and Clinton to the Seaforthstation. ,' "Evenwith the two large areas removed from the Goderich station the power load has increased in the lake area by 90 percent," pointed out Mr. Palmer. The increase in the amount of power used in the Goderich area is 'due largely to expansion of agricultural operations and 'the growth of the town itself. As more and more, farmers convert their, equipment in barns to automated systems and as' the town, of -Goderich expands' its borders 'for housing and industrial development, _ the power supply required escalates. , The addition of the third transformer' virtually doubles: the capacity of the station and in the event of one transformer ' failing, offers more, security -to hydro customers..• The rural areas will be fed from a new feeder line as a result of the expansion. The present line is becoming' overloaded and the new line should half the,load of the present one allowing hydro to ,supply their rural customers efficiently for • several . years into the future.., Mr. Palmer could mot hazard a guess as how. long -the new station will be able to keep up to power demands: He said that hydro is watching development in'the"area closely to see if the power demand changes - ,geographically. The bigger percentage of the . service is for the town sof Goderich but expansion' pf a rural area or development 'in n.industry outside the' town may possibly change that in the next decade, he said. , ' Child- hit A bine-year old Goderich girl remains in hospital with ' a ':fractured right leg0 and cuts after she was hit by a 'car on Huron Road last. Saturday afternoon. • Leslie Rean, 263 Mary Street, ran out from behind a Parke vehicle and into the path of a vehicle driven by 'George F. Low R.R. 5,�Clinton. She is still receiving treatment at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich-.4- In 1-,28 YEAR -r33 THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 4, 1975 SINGLE COPY 2 Sc There's plenty more where that •came from.. These five ' the cleanup operation ificlude Michael Maurer, John Aldham, youngsters realized that before they could do any swimming in Rob Moore, Tod Stanbury and Steven Shutz. (staff photo) the lake It would' haveto be cleaned up first. The members of • •New assistant arena manager. hired Leddy. unanimous Goderich Town Council •had no quarrel . with the town's recreation board's recom_-- mendation on who to hire as assistant manager for the Goderich arena - but _members did have objections with the recommended salary for the job. The board' recommended to 'council that Harold Leddy be accepted for'fhe position as the assistant manager starting at $12,000 per year. he decision Was, made without`fiiesitation t� take Mr. Leddy on, but the wage was unacceptable to some members of council. "I find it very. difficult to Understand why the rec board recommended a salary ,of that magnitude," questioned councillor Dave Gower. "They have every right to proceed as they have . but not at that wage," . . . ' Councillor Frank Walkom' echoed his fellow member's opinion, adding that the present arena manager was paid only $11,000 annually and that the rec director received only $13,000 per year, "I can't understand starting the man at considerably more than the manager gets after all, his years of service and itis ridiculous to alter the wages for this new, job," said .Mr. -Walkom. Councillor Bob Allen said that if the selection of the person for the job was amicable to both , council and the rec board, then he was prepared to recommend a salary range averaging the wages of the manager. and the ,recreation director. He suggested that the counci•t'• consider hiring • Mr. •Leddy at $11,000. Councillor 'Trani( Walkom asked that council table the matter until all the members of • council - were present. Reeve Stan Profit and Councillors Jim Peters and., Leroy Harrison were absent from the meeting. Mr. Walkom felt that there was no real urgency in the matter. and that the comment of all members would be helpful. Mayor Deb Shewfelt 'said he saw no reason why the decision s' roul& wait because of ab- senteeism. "The rest of us are here. 1 The ' Goderich , Police Department " reported • a busy traffic week investigating six accidents-, four of which resulted in-' only minor damages. Terry G. Dale, RR 5, 'Clinton. was involved in two accidents on August 7 within one hour of each other. In the first Mishap the vehicle driven by Mr. Dale came in collision with a: 'vehicle driven by Robert Bisset, 1.53-,' Warren St., lary don't know why they can t.be, to approve this new salary said the mayor, Councillor Peters, 'a member of the rec board, warnot favor of the selection by his w>)oard. Along with fellow board member Manfred Dierolf, Mr. Peters wrote a'letter to council expressing their thoughts. '`The minimum qualifications were three or. more years experience arid the' recommended candidate does not reach these wile at least three other candidates do„' read the letter. .. "The salary commensurate with qualifications and ex- perience should -in no way be equal. to or more than the present salary now being paid our arena manager. Unfor-' tunately, council is being asked scale when at,the Same -time the candidates with the required }pyxperiez ce suhmit.ted. salary' 1 <m)q/^�M MMIHIMI figures along the approved guidelines for , the job description,” it added. " . Mr. • Leddy has had some experience in refrigeration which -was the prerequisite -for -- the position. He served four °years on a lake freighter and rose -to a fourth classrriarine engineer while in that position. After leaving the post he gained no further : experience in refrigeration, , but said in an interview -- Wednesday morning that he ,was prepared to ignore his original 'request for $12, 00"and'take the post at council's offer of $10,700. When asked about the con- siderable reduction in salary Mr. Leddy said that he thought, the job was worth the amount he -requested adding Wthat any, raise in pay after his six month probationary period, would have to,be, "worked nut' hater." Councillor' Dave Gower still could notjustify the recom- mendation of $11,000 and .when that figure was dropped to tl'xe accepted $10,700, he felt even that was too steep. 'He suggested that;, if council wanted to pay that much for the job they should start .the man at $10,000 even and move him to -the larger *age after he has served his probationary d day Goderich at the corner of Brittania Rd., and Victoria Str.eet, resulting in Na'ta'l da mages of $300 • Approxmiately one hour -later The vehicle driven by. Mr. Dale truck -a parked car ion Picton `,treet owned by Wilbert Robinson, 15 Picton St. E., - Godericli. That resulted in an additional '$200 to the Dale vehicle aswell at $200 damage, to the Robinson vehicle. There were no injuries.. �derich-'chIId killed by car • Oliver Cook, an eleven year old Colborne Township ,resident, was killed Thursday afternoon August 7 when he was struck by a car driven by James Edward Brooks of Stratford. The lad was crossing Highway 21 about five miles north of ,Goderich when he was struck by the car. According to OPP Constable Wayne Moulton the boy was crossing from his home on the highway' to 'the Point Farms . Market when the accident occurred. Constable Moulton 'said that two witnesses° had heard Mr, Brooks sound his horn after Oliver had started across the road. " He. said the northbound car struck the boy in the east lane killing him instantly, No charges were laid. . The boy had..,,,,lived on • the highway since -he. was one year: old with his uncle Edward ,Cook. The • witnesses, ° one mowing the lawn, at the market . and the other pumping gas, had Seen the boy standing at the side of the road waiting to,. cross. When they heard ,the horn sound they both looked and saw him struck. Provincial police said the car Mr. Brooks was -driving was a C1 • • Artist's c.onception of new industrial building now underwair •4 period and provedhimself. Councillor Elsa-Haydon said that she could not object to the deeision:..hy.:th.e...r.-ec..-board-.S-he said that the job of hiring the assistant and setting his wage was 'left expressly to them and that after, the controversy surrounding the matter, she felt their decision should be abidedby. . "Labiters on the town force are paid $10,000 a year I don't, see that $11,000 a year for an assistanterena ,manager is out Of line," commented Mrs. Haydon. • .Y,� The matter was talc `n�•to a recorded • vote .,at }lining Leddy on a • six month probationary period starting at $10,700 per year. Mayor Deb Shewfelt, deputy reeve Bill- Clifford illClifford And Councillors Bob' Allen and'Elsa Haydon voted"in favor with councillors Dave Gower and Frank. Walkom opposed. - Mediation meetin9 set ; .The Ontario Ministry,, of .Labor has called a. mediation meeting in Toronto between Sifto Evaporator -Plant strikers and Sifto • management on, Monday, August 18. The strike began on May 25 and is now in,its 1 lth week. total wreck after Mr. Brooks lost control trying to avoid the pedc?s,titan and swerved into the ditch. Constable ,Moulton repo'rted the highway''dry And visibility good. He pointed out that drivers .proceeding south on the high- way have a slight blind spot .as they approach the joint Farms Provincial Park entrance- if they are . not aware, of, the . turnoff. - . He said - that for soin.e unexplained reason the in- tersection was susceptible to accidents prompting the park authorities to move the en- trance south a few hundred feet. North bound -traffic is not affected by the dip 'and Con- stable .Moulton` 'estimated' visibility 'to be approximately one half mile at the time of the accident. I . n -0a. separate. aceiden't about . . 30 minutes earlier and 30 miles south of Goderich '19 year old Terrence Michael Ward of Grand Bend was killed. Mr. Ward was driving a car in which Richard Moody, for- merly of Goderich, and Jeffery • Heddon were passengers. The single car mishap occurred .about five miles north of Grand Bend. a ' Inspecting officers of the Exeter. QPP. detachment constable Frank Giffin and Corporal Ray Brooks said the Ward, vehicle left the` road and came to rest on the front lawn of a summer home on the high- way. Both passengers' were taken to South Huron Hospital and . transferred to University Hospital in ,London where Heddon was released and Moody remains in satisfactory • •condition. „, Two' hurt at Goderich motorcycles A - 38 -year old Tupperville man remained in serious condition at University 'Hospital' fn London after..tfre motorcycle he was .driving hit a railway .bridge abutment just outside of Goderich, Donald E. Small of RR 3 Tupperville - suffered multiple injuries when he- lost control of his'.' motorcycle attempting to ritike a lane change on High way, 21 and st'r'uck a -Canadian Pacific ';Railway, -overpass abutment. , Mark Fisher of 199 Cam- bridge St,. Goderich was 'rele,ased from Alexandra Marine .and General Hospital Monday following a motorcy,:cie accident on The Square -Friday. Fisher lost control of 'the . motorcycle while driving on the' Square and he fell from the vehicle when it went into a skid. He was tIkera to hospital. by, ambulance red . treated for" multiple cuts and bruises. Local industry expands; builds plant at Park Huromic Metal Industries Ltd of Goderich, have anl- nounced plans -for the building of a new $100,000 plant off Huckins Street in thelndustrial Park on the south end of town. The plant will cover just over 6,500 square feet on a 11/2 acre lot just past the present location of the J.B. Allen Company. Owner Bob Pat, terson of Goderich estimated that the new site will offer twice the working area of the old plant which was located on Wellington Street. Tho plant is expected to be in operation by mid-October. The cotnpany began at -the Wellingtpn Street plant eight years ago, as Huron Railing. Three years ago the operations weremalgamated and the name vias changed to Huromic 'Metal` Industries. Huromic Metal " Industries is mainly involved iii work with Dominion Roads Machinery 'Corporation but have recently gone into a sideline of custom building steel boat hulls for private individuals. ' The company presently employs six persons and Mr. Patterson is confident that after a few months„.of,gpetratio in the new plant the staff would be increased to 12 to 15 em- ployees .' : , Construction has already .v begun on -the industrial park's newest industry. -41 N e. a”