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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-04, Page 20ITIVIt.A.-"4 • • RAGE 16-;.--GODERICH S1GNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1975 Santa's Court keeps old gent hopping About 0O children in' the Goderich area went to 'court Saturday afternoon and left smiling, confident that th'eir request for a December 25 delivery of toys, dtills and baseball gloves would be handled efficiently. The court the children attended wa,,5 Santa's Court held in the Park Theatre after Santa swept into Goderich behind a colorful parade on The Square Saturday af- terrioon. The jolly old gent guided his tiny sleigh around The Square twice before calling his court to order and interviewing his youthful, • followers. Santa was in excellent form • for his afternoon session and on more than one occasion he turned on his. gentle manner and soft voice to ease' the minds of frightened children who weren't sure what lay behind the fat. belly .and,, mounds of white whiskers. . He promised—faithfully to • deliver toys, bicycles, dolls, skates, tOboggans and basebakl bats to the Goderich growing.- he added children when he made his As he hea d his might next stop here on the evening vs ilight 'out of his massie of December45.chair at the head of thu (AWN he paused- and turned to his ' helpers. True to his generous word, Santa" brought several of his helper's with hall to court .to give the children bags of candy, candy .canes and apples. The helpers reported to him that they had given out more .than 900 candy bags to chqdren, two thirds of 'which had• not bothered to see Santa in erson as they.'had already ser him a Christmas list via whatever Means ot. com- munication they felt •was workin .g. , After two hours of court Santa 'wished the last of his children a Merry Christmas and settled hack :o relax before heading bacK- tb,the North Pole. `.`There seemed to he 'quite a few more children here than came out last year w hen I held .court here.' hi, muttered ,to one of hjs helper' "Goderich ri,w,t‘ bo Commission balks at mobile park expansion in Goderic The Goderich Industrial , would have to have $49,5-o0 to Commission :turned down an. ,let it go," replied Mr. Meyer, offer frorn Harold Meyer of Mr. McManu,s said that the Kitchener to purchase 11 avaiOtie land ,in Industrial acres of- land in the town's Park was shrinking rapidly Industrial Park to expand a due t, the the large -sectors being trailer park he. owns and optioned off to potential in - operates on the . southern - dustry and the commission was finding itself in a position where they' had no parcels in the park for industrial pur- chase, He added that ,he,clid not know if it was poor ad- ministration or planning but that the ' commission was caught in the embarrassing position of not having land for sale. . County planner'. Gary Davidson advised the cam -- mission 'not. to sell `the land before they had a chance to See -his department's brief,on future land use in the town of Goderich. He said the brief would be before the planning what the value of the land- board, later this month and was. He said he would leave the amount per acre up to the, commission. Gord McMands, chairman, limits of the town on Highway 21. Mr. Meyer, owner Of told the corn- missionhe wanted to buy the _land to expand the trailer park on the southWest corner of the park. The land in question is directly behind the 21/2 acres already used for the trailer park and stretches along, the southern boundary of Industrial Park to the eastern limit. Mr. Meyer told the commission he was in- terested in expanding his trgiler park but did not know could , give the commission more insight into residential and industrial planning for Goderich. of the industrial commission, . told the trailer park owner Mr, Dvidson added' that -the prospect the mobile park that the town„had purchased the land in the park to use it has is a dim one from a planning angle. He said that a well planned mobile 'park would be about 20 acres in size and would need a minimumof about 60 units to be effectively and aesthetically planned. He, pointed Out that if Mr. Meyer expanded,hiS park 2200 feet to the \rear as indicated. he would have a very poor fire access and a very poor plan. for industrial expansion. He , said the Commission was not ,realty in favor of allowing the land to, be used for a residential area, and asked the trailer park owner if he was interested in selling his two acre parcel to the tewn. "There's just over two acres there and 'considering the income of the property and the headadhes involved with operating the park I have to give some ,pecial. thought to the,. t..hri,lirms, present 1 t?..cing for t4)\..,11 eourwil so they can make he town.'s growth easior on their taxpayers,- he mused as he climbed into his "LI p Dancer, up Prancer, on Donner on Blitzen before the Goderich Animal Control Officer comes to check you all 4 Christmas is for kids. This little fellow seems to be'slightly mistrustful of the fat man with r his huge beard but his mother told him to trust Santa and tell him what he wants under the Christmas tree this year, so Chat'slyhat he is going to do. (staff photo) ri/VfiltildbfeNliValY•Vril iindrittllYWNItt-v1 DELMONTE for licenses," Said -Santa as he Soared" off into the northern s.ky. • ;Ter -7W, ;UTZ.' 4,4 .N4444,1.1:4 11 1t ' ,SHOP CLINTON Country Crossroads UNI—LOADER DAY ursday, December4 , 1975 1 PM to 5 PM . . . 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