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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-11, Page 1• New E.A. EiIiot., wing IT underway at hospital Work starter.; at the beginning of December on the $l.2 t iillion expai sof Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, M�,. �•., Official ceremonies were held at the hospital on ,, Saturday and former administrator E. A. Eiot per- formed thesod turning, Thenew wing will he named after Mr•. Elliot who served as administrator of the hospital for nearly eight years. The addition will mean an'extension of '11,000 square feet on the east end of the building and the tentative completion date has been seLfor mid June, Hospital administrator, Jim Banks, said the ad- dition will accommodate an increase in the size and scope of the laboratory and will provide an additional x- ray room and equipment room. The new wing also calls for proper facilities for radiologists and the emergency facilities will be expanded. Mr. Batiks said tfiat the expanded emergency facilities will also mean larger amb,platory care facilities. The.) wing will house separate treatment cubicles; for emergency patients and a waiting room. The addition is the second to the Alexandra Marine and. General Hospital. The main stem of the hospital -was completed in 1957 and the first addition was constructed in 1967. • Jack Ri'ddellnamed agricultural critic A 0,6 Jack Riddell; ° MPP for Huron -Middlesex, was ap- pointed agricultural critic last Friday, by the provincial Liberal party, rept"acing Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron-BrficC. Mr. Gaunt has he,en ap- pointed chairman of the Liberal caucust. Mr. Riddell is quite pleased withhis new appointment. l 'As a graduate of Guelph University in Animal Husbandry 'and a Dashwood areafar.__ner•,_Mrs Riddell has had a great deal of ex- perience in farmers. needs and their problems. "A 'maid priority with; the 'party is the preservation of agricultural ''land. We can't allow prime one and two land to • be used' for. industry: Asphalt and corn 'don't mix, Mr, Riddell said. , • "We. are also discussing, a,' farm income insurance plan. The farmer can't afford to takeall,•,�the risks. The government is talking about ldw food costs and the farmer , just can't be expected to take on all the risks involved, they need to hi,: gttarantred a stablized price,''he'said,• Mr. Riddell will be responsible for legislation in any agricultural matters and any matters in agricultural expenditures. Before being made agricultural critic, Mr, Riddell was environmental cr,itic for the party for the past one and one half years. Mr. Gaunty'is also pleased with his new appointment, As chairman of the' Liberal caucas•, Mr. Gaunt ,will be responsible' for making, sure that the tnernhers know what is`'coming'up in the house. He will also act as • e • liaison bbtween, the caucus- and members of the party. When .asked whether he would be helping Mr. 'Riddell in •,his be. ; position as agrictiltural critic, Mr•..Gaunt said, "I still have a great interest and concern . with respect to ° the farmer and agriculture. I shall -help Mr. Riddell ' whenever he—`asks me." Mr. Gaunt was the agricultural .critic for' the Liberals for 10 years, with one year in between 'as ministry of • transportation and communications critic. 128TH YEAR- 50 er f THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1 1 , 1975 SINGLE 'COPY 25c Three sisters hurt in two -car .crash Three Goderich area residents are still inhospital following k two -car collision on Highway 21' two miles north of Goderich Thursday. R,ubena Brindley of, RR 6 Goderich 'and driver of -the vehicle, and her two sisters,, Nancy and Norinne were' proceeding north on Highway 21 when the car went out of control and struck a vehicle travelling south, . driven by Andrew Bostelaar of London. Norinne, 20,' was rushed to University Hospital in London where she remains in seriouscondition in the in- tensive care •unit. A hospital spokesman said -Wednesday morning that she still remains unconscious. Rubena, 29, and her sister Nancy,. 17, were taken to Alexandra Marine- and General Hospital and 'are listed in " satisfactory con- dition. Nancy, who suffered extensive facial injuries and Rubena , who suffered arm and shoulder injuries, are expected to be released from • hospital in a few days° 4r. Bostelaar was treated for minor • injuries at •, Alexandra Marine and General Hospital ,and I'-ltins for the new E.A. Elliott Ong at Alexandra Marine I ownship. Reeve Doug' McNeil, mayor . Deb Shewfelt and ,rndGeneral Hosp1'ta1 were u veiled at a ceremony '1 ih,'ral :\1PP Jack -Riddell w re present with Mr. Elliot to ticiturday;. Conservative NIP B 1\1cKinley, Colborne_ the nevi plans. (staff photo) Taxi fare me fere in '76 Bob Prouse of Bluewater The Goderich I •"•Police' Commission decided Friday told the comm\ssion,that with,, that in'April of 1976 .when taxi a g -r -eat many passengers, the . cabs ire town apply for driver is -asked licensing, onlygthose equipped the customer sli .with, 'fare meters will be to pick up a few it grant d permission to ••--some friends ane operate in Gode•rich.. chat. He said that t The move to meters was is not paid for that ti • made to offer a better guarantee of income to..taxi companies' and ends several years of 'disunity between the tw,o cab businesses here. • The quettion of motet, in- stallations arose recently along . with several citizen complaints of a lack of night service by•tax, companies in Goderich, The lack of service was attributed to a lack of business, .hy the company, owners Who also stated that an increase in the "flat rate governing taxi fares was needed to. offset increased costs -in gasoline and in-, surance, The _cornmis.5ion was presented . 04•th I WO arguments over how' to balance the increased costs, Louvaine Swan of Goderich "Taxi sought an increase in the " flat rate to a minimum of 1.'50 a call while Faye Gautcher of B1u water Taxi suggested insta�lutiotl s of meters that would not only guarantee an income on -stra'i'ght.., fares, hut would pro�•icle reimbursement for the taxi.driver' while he.wait°5 at calls•for his fares to shop or to chat with friends. o wait' while s in a_ store There's no argument. It's ms or sees there on the meter," -said stops to 'PrnuSe. a e thiver 'Sherry Littlec'hi.ld, e and if manager .of Goderich Taxi, said she felt that meters were'. an unfair .imposition for taxi She said in a city, people could hop a bus if they blocks you pay for two, if you go 1:' blocks you pay for, 1:r and ti you ask thedriver, to wait you ,pray for that 'too. released. , 'The accident occurred early Thursday evening just south of the intersection of Huron County Road, 25, and Highway 21. he suggests to the cc stonier that they pay nor it,; ie etsan ..argument. "With diel., -,•r» it ), a L( g t. w ouna or b.o c'tstomers. • ^ Leroy I{Farrison .blasted.. CounCil - Monday night • for their street paving pr'ogFam claiming major consideration was always given to the south and west sect -'tons of town. ('ciunci1lor- Harrisons• r°rhark5 were' sparked by a • discussion on a' petition from -the residents of Rich Street and Sunset Drive requesting paving "of the streets. John Austin approached council at, their December 1 meeting on behalf of ,approximately 40 citizens, in 'the area who ..signed a petition. Mr. ;Austin told council that the .area is Constantly surrounded by. development One officer 'of the Goderich OPP Detac`hirtent and one. former officer here, were among six OPP officers who .received long service and good conduct medals from OPP Commissioner H.H. Graham and, Assistant Commissioner K.W. Grace recently,. ,Pictured here lire _(left to right) P.C.W. Ron Belt, Wingharn detachment; Cpl, Morley Leeking, ',Listowel detachment, formerly Goderich; Cwpl." F.W. Edwards, Allston detachment; Conwmissioner hA'tetS,w Graham; Cpl, V.G. Saunders, 13ar+rie detachment;' Cpl. Jack Hanes, Sebringville detachment; and P.C.W. Ken Armstrong, Goderich detachment. The •medals may • be awarded to it member of irreproachable chcu:acter, who has served not less than 20 yeiir.4 with'the OPP, the last 10 of w°hicli shall have been with goon conduct and satisfactory service: (OPP photo) , r Four accidents result in du -mage claims The Goderiich Policevehicle. There were no in- ' didn't want 'to pay -for a .taxi.,, I,n Goderich that alternative: is not available. She said that because of the fact that cabs' are the only' public•'transportation system they should be governed fairly, by. a flat rate. She added that senior cit'i'zens use taxis' a great deal and that it was particularly unfair to them.. Faye Gauthear argued that Department reported a hectic traffic week as they in- vestigated nine accidents in town, four of which resulted in -major damage estimates. II • A two -car collision December 5 on Huron Road near Cambria sent Donald C. Sager ,of RR 4 Goderich 'to Alexandra Marine and juries. A single truck accident resulted in $600 damage to a vehicle driven by Benjamin Worsell 107 Victoria St. N. Mr.. • Worrsell attempted 'to make a left hand onto Wellington Street from Britannia Road and .came into collision with a tree. A single car accident on General Hospital with con- • December 9 sent • Ronald cussion. The Sager vehicle Deleray of 54 Victoria St. N. . came into collision with a to hospital for treatment of second, vehicle driven by cuts and bruises. A vehicle Burton Bean RR 5-Goderihdriven by Mr. Deleray came Damage •to each vehicle was into 'roll sion with a hydro `estimated at $1,000. , pole on Cameron ,Street., Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $500 and $350,vto•• the pole. During the past week 'the Goderich Police Departrnent also laid 27 charges under the,, ,Highway Traffic Act, four under the Liquor Control'Act"' A second two -car collision on Dec,ernber 5 resulted in a `Total damage estimat;e,,of $450 to vehicles driven by, Julie Sprung, Auburn and Roberta Machan,.248 Britanni ,Rd. W. Damage to the prung vehicle was estimated at .$200 and seven under the Criminal and $250 to the Machan Code-o5.Canada, r no Iicence the.metered rate would be no more . unfair than .the suggested minimum of $1.50. She suggested that with meters, the minimum call ,,would be one ,dollar which would. allow a person to ride for one half a. mile. She -said that every eighth mile after that would be -ten cents so that a three quarter . mile ride •• would amount to Si .20. "W ith the meter system the cab , companies and,, the • commission can sit down"and work out a fare rate, but with. that suggestion' a three- quarter mile ride would cost $1.20 and in Goderich • that cost would take you just about. a half a black from anywhere you want to go," said the Bluewater owner. She added that• senior citizens were rio problem w_ %th (continued ort page10') r Harrison .blasts council in to: south, west demands and that the area with °th\ west end of town where if a h•ighcst tax' rate should rate\ ni subdiyision wants spavin,. He added that the '.:, soinethint; they ..get i4, he roads were a challenge andsaid. "Take any street in the the res'dents were becomin-g east end "such as Mary, or irtipati t and requested Pictc5'n, or Cafnhria and action.` The petition ,. was Maitland Road ' and, 'you will referred to. the _Works and find: that any one of them Engineeri ` and Finance ' needs repair,, Committees Councillor Harrison said that roads in he west end of town were alw• tys given first consicieraticin st I;ten roads in the east end h. ve been in need of repair fo as long as ' 50 years.. „I am sick an everything going to tired of outh and Lock it up Works and Engineering Cpm mi,ttee ° chairman 'Dave Gower- told Harrison' that it «a's c :lsy to criticize the Works and Engineering pt•ograi�l He said they have worked on the sugge,tions of Mr• Burns Ross as town engineer, and• added that S200,OQp . was spent 6n the Waterloo, Nelson and Vic- toria Street areas in the north and north-east sections• of town. "We are trying to upgrade the ° streets to make them suitable for traffic '' Gower said, "We are doing our best to spread the. paving work around to \'`'n but there are no • nio're funds.” 'Harrison „ then,said that perhaps the peoplin the west end of town would like some of the tru"ck traffic. that people in the east end ex- perince every day. "The roads in the east end are lousy in thp spring with the.potholes. and the mud aria in fact they are lousy all year round, he said. ''Let's spread the dollars around." Harrison adamantly added that Councillor Elsa Haydons Parks budget was oyer $20;000 which could haveibeen used to pave a good bit of road in the east end. Reeve Stan Profit• suggested that 'if the roads were, in need of repair, then the people in the area rust be' encouraged to write letters to council. Harrison promptly added, "They are- not listened to when they write jeters anyway," ve Goderich vehicles stolen Lock it and pocket the ke s. damaged when located by. That's the message th at. police. Goderi- Police Chief Pa ,Charged have been, laid King,wants to get across to against David Oesch, 19, , the people of Goderich and Goderich, and a 15 year' old area this week after a rash of juvenile also from Goderich. automobile th fts in the In connection with These municipality. On Friday and Saturday last weekend, Goderich Police 'Department was kept busy investigating three incidents of car 'theft. The previous weekend, two vehicles were reported stolen, in Goderich. On .November 30,,x. Jim Collinson, 221 Britannia Rd. E., parked his car outside his residence with the keys in th,e ignition. About five 'minutes later, he came out of the house to findhis car Missing. The 'Collinson vehicle was - found just outside Goderich where it'had been abandoned because it was lbw in fuel. The same day, a pickup. truck owned by McGee? and Sons of Goderich and leased to Jim Sovie of Sovie's Fisheries in Goderich, was iiiscover'ed by Sebringville OPP in a field outside Mit- chell; The truck left with the keys in it was stolen., in Goderich, It .was extensiv"e"ly t o incidents, the same uth•s were , charged in co nection with two more veh ales stolen' the same day. Nov mher '30, in the Mitchell area. One car was reported t ditches, and the other was spotte by the OPP, Sebring ille detachment, and chased .t high Speeds to Waterloo Last F riday morning December ; at about 11 a.m., Bruce Ersk'ne of Goderich reported, his car stolen from the parking of 'at the Sun - coast Mall o Highway' 21 south. The car had been' left unlocked on the lot with the keys in it. Goderich polies broadcast a description of t at velAicle and at about 4:30 th same afternoon, the ar was noticed as,,,it was dri ing back towards Goderic ,by Goderich OPP officers The OPP apprehen ed �a suspect, James E, Huss y, 19, 4.1312 3 Seaforth, who wase. turned -over to the God rich y(' Police .Department. Hussey charges have been laid to this v as subsequently charged date. ' with car theft, and under the Goderich Police Chief King Bari Reform Act, ,was warns vehicle • owners that relea.°'d on a promise to over the last year, there have appear°clue to the fact that been numerous' thefts from ''there \k ere insufficient cars in Goderich. With the gr_c�unds to hold him in five recent incidents of cus,edv„ automobile theft in Goderich, 1 ,iter that evening, a trrack the chief urges people to -be v''as reported to have been certain they lock their cars exten' ively damaged when it and take the keys withr,them collided with' the home of whenever they leave their Mrs Elsie Fraser. 73 cars,. Bt it.annia Rd, W . ,That truck "In the wintertime when had been removed from the preople sometimes leave their car lot of Jim Hayter Chev cars running while they do a and Olds between the hours of few errands, it is an open l,,rrt. Friday and 2:30 a.m. invitation to someone to take ,S.tturday, The keys had been the car, warned Chief King , ieft"in the Hayter vehicle. He admitted that if a On Saturday morning about,' professional car thief wanted 7:50 W i if 'Denomme , l 0 °, a car, it wouldn't matter if it Willington St„ reported to were'lockedor not. Goderich police that his truck ,! a�B;ut we don't have that was missing from in front of type around here," said the his home where he'd left it for chief, T rght, 'The keys were i'n t'•' the Denomme truck. He added that in • soar The Denomme, truck was municipalities, there is a !>cated at 83 Esse St., about municipal bylaw making it an 11:15 a.m. Saturday, stuck in offence to leave keys in a the.mud. parked car. Goderich has no A possible suspect has been such bylaw, Chief King said., questioned by police with "Just lock it and pocket the regard to the incidents in- -key,". said 'Chief i<ine volving . the Hayter and "That's agood slogan 41 Uenornme,. vehicles, but no remember." '1 ♦ 4 'Ly��.+p'. • • ".ave I.