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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-11-06, Page 17COUNCIL BRIEFS Goderich.,.-Lown council approved two bylaws to authorize the borrowing of $160,000 upon debentures to go towards the cost of the construction of the South Street storm sewer. The town had originally sought the debentures at a rate of 111/2 per cent but this week passed a motion to debenture the $160,000 through a private market at a rate of 10.94 per cent. -1- -1- -i- The Committee of Adjustment made a request to council for an additional $500 to cover costs to° the end of the year. The additional funds are required to cover remuneration.:; to '• members and 'supply c sts, The matter was referrea to the finance committee. The town extended tenders on the renovations of the fire hall for two more weeks since no tenders were received last week. The renovations call for a committee room for firemen to be built in the house recently purchased -by council and the existing facilities' at the. fire hall will be reconstructed to ac- commodate the new pumper. -1- -1- -i- Council renewed a lease on a five -acre parcel of land in the industrial park to DRMCo for $500. The lease is renewable each' year for a one year period and was first approved in 1974 following the approval of the industrial commission., The land' is located just south of the Textral Fibres plant, on Highway 21. A COUNTRY CLUB BY BERYL HARPER Pete Graf has begun preparing the ice surface but he is experiencing difficulties due, to the mild weather. On Monday evening, Pete was busy spraying, the white "circles on No. 1 sheet, while Ron Klages was doing the brush work on the blue circle on No. 2, and John MacKinnon was rolling the On No. 3 Jim Kinkead and John Orr were completing the circles there. The mild warm days of the past week made if necessary to keep the compressor running all day and the ice was just, holding. It needs a' few more layers to be ready for use. , The ladies are hoping for action on Thursday, November 6 at 5:30 p.m. with Th'e men's stag jitney is on Friday, November 7. Good luck ! There may be sufficient ice by then. their opening jitney. October 28 the Canadian Coast Guard Cutter Rapid returned from,patrol. October 30 the Algorail arrived light for salt, November 1 the Algoway arrived light . from Port Weller for salt. November 3 the Agawa Canyon' arrived ,light from Windsor for salt. Gov't grant enables n• GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1973 »'AGE 7 .� .et?"1'"""" Transport trucks have been lining up by the `dozens down at Goderich Elevator Co: For most drivers it's a long wait the harbor area waiting . to_ load with grain from the before the lines start diminishing. (staff photo) • Approve Hullett lights By Ross Haugh The Huron* County board of education has given per- mission to the Hullett Township Recreation Commission to install floodlights on `'the ball diamond at 1-1u11ett Central School in Londesboro. At Monday's meeting the boar dinstructed their solicitor to prepare, an - agreement between the two llow the Hullett Recreation Commission free use of the ball diamonds -area at times approved by the principal. All costs of installation, maintenance and operation of the•ball diamond lights shall be borne by the Hullett kecreation'Committee. The Huron board of education decided Monday to form a committee to examine the program in con- versational French in Huron elementary schools. This year,_ the board has experienced difficulty in obtaining certificated French ositi club to pay �IIdebts. A lively meeting of the is a wide variety of weeds, Goderich Garden Club was grasses and flowers to be held on Wednesday, October found. 27, at.St. Mary's School. The The meeting closed with, . meeting was 'under the lively bidding on pumpkins chairmanship of Mrs. A. M. and other vegetables from the, Harper. garden in a.Chinese Auction. On their arrival at the The prices had been pre - meeting, members received arranged and the bidder who the tulip= bulbs which had happened'tor bid the right been. promised to them when price got the item they purchased their The meeting on November membership:°It was reported 19 . will be used for- making that the grant from the Christmas corsages under the • - Province of Ontario had been direction of RuthDurnin from received, in the amount of y. -the Arbor Inn, Clinton. She $457.43, enabling the club to will bring most of the sup - pay off all outstanding debts. plies, but individuals are The retiring directors were asked to bring their own wire appointed to act as a cutters and florist tape. nominating committee, and This will be the last ' -.will present a new slate of meeting of the year and officers at the next meeting, promises to be lots of fun. Do Members were asked to try to come and bring your tools! , think of projects for next. year, and have them ready for discussion at a later meeting. Mrs. - Jean • Barnett' suggested "Grow -Light" units for distribution to patients in hospital or people confined to their homes. Mary Howell held the in- terest of the group'as she made four arrangements of dried flowers and weeds. She said almost anything can be used as a container and there a f ter& ar6s • `I a is foo late ! A Country Christmas, holds -a timeless quality,that we all understand, something simple & natural. At the Raintree we try to capture the quality of this kind of Christmas. With cards, and wraps from abroad, fancy ribbons, candles and tree trims, selected with your home in mind. New this year is a special room filied4with many holiday arrangements for yob & yours. With 'professional designers at your request, feel -free to call and discuss your Holiday decorating & gift giving needs. TKA QAI\TQEE 14 King St, Minton• 482-3871, teachers ' to. fill a ons . resulting from resignations. One elementary school principal has asked that consideration be given to making French an optional subject in grades seven and eight. The Huron County Board of Education's- collective bargaining committee for the 1975-76 school'=,gyear was named Monday. Cayley Hill is the chairman and the other members. are, H r n b • e. i.r.ma e cha 4Turlclt' 1m, --Ken ECooke-, John Elliott and Molly Kinder. Board chairman Wilfred Shortreed is an "ex -officio" member of all committees. The collective bargaining committee is now authorized to, negotiate on behalf of the board, tentative collective agreements with, all groups of employees whose current collective agreements expire during the current school year. Use of the metric system is being. .extended into Huron secondary school programs beginning in September, 1976. Information seminars will be conducted in each secondary school to acquaint all teachers with the metric vocabulary in such subjects as mathematics, science, technical and geography. Seaforth District High School principal Bruce Shaw was given ' approval- to transfer a `Professional Development Day from June to either January 28 or February 25. , In a letter to the 'Board, _Shaw-aw- said- `V irtu-a 11 -a 11 PIS. �. ydie-year . days are at the endbf the year -"'- but it's often desirable during the course of the'year to assess our progress to date and, if necessary, to make changes for the immediate future. There is,an advantage also in examining Our techniques and general professionalism during the • actual school year.;, The Board went a On record Monday to support police action aimed at deterring vandalism and of destruction of school buildings and properties. Public Notice RE Remembrance Day By virtue of the authority vested in my by the Council of the Town of Goderich, 1 hereby proclaim• TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1 1 th, 1 97.5 A PUBLIC HOLIDAY to 1 2:00 Noon I urge your support and attendance at the Cbnotaph on November 11th at 11 o'clock in the morning. MAYOR D. J. SHEWFELT a• �portic)s-lkia+vt l,�.�� .`OQi /Q cra �SwP.dehSiatS A very special pre -Christmas sale. Three days only, November 6, 7 and 8. Oltr entire collection of sweaters, sweater sets, and pants 20 percent off, Co-ordinate a smashing new ensemble for the festive ,season ahead - and save 20 percent! The Sweaters and sweater sets in all the fall fashion shades --sizes small, medium, and large. 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