HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-04-23, Page 1erich welcomes
ns convention
Close to 500 Lions and their wives will invade
Goderich this weekend as the Goderich Lions
Club plays host to a mini -convention for
District A9.
Four Goderich motels and one hotel have
been completely booked for the visitors so far
and several more are likely to be filled as well.
District A9 takes in Highway 8 to Mitchell and
north to Owen Sound, including the entire
Bruce Peninsula. Elections for this district will
be held at the mini -convention. Positions to be
filled include the District . Governor's post;
three Deputy District Governors' posts; and six
Zone Chairmen posts. Eighteen cabinet
chairmen will also be selected.
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Council approves
8 per cent increase
For the first time in three years town council
voted itself a raise.
At Monday's regular session council agreed
to an eigh-t-per--Bent-pay hike for -all councillors
in a recorded vote. The last raise for council
members was. in April 1977 when it saw fit to
grant a six per cent increase.
The increase will boost -the mayor's salary to
$6,194 from $5,735 plus committee honorariums.
The reeve, deputy reeve and councillors will
now receive $3,097 annually, up from' $2,867.
The reeve and eputy reeve supplement that
income with their work on, Huron County
Council.
Councillor Elsh Haydon. voted agains the
motion and introduced a motion to give • PUC
commissioners the same consideration. The
motion was passed with Haydon voting against
it as well.
Deputy reeve Bob Allen said there was. merit
in the motion considering that the PUC has
been denied raises over the past couple of years
along with council.
At this stroke of midnight' on Friday, Sharon
Burbine was crowned queen at the G.D.C.I.
spring formal by last year's queen, Laurie
Nurse. To Sharon's left are princesses Margo
Gleason and Kathy, MacDonald and to her
right, Renee Lortie and Catherine Orr. (photo
Joanne Buchanan)
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Guest speaker at the Governor's Banquet on
Saturday evening will be Lion Hugh Reardon of
Moncton', New Brunswick. He Is the Director off
the International Association of Lions Clubs.
Registration and d a dance are planned for
Friday evening. Regional rallies, a ladies'
program and another' dance are planned for
Saturday. Elections will- be held on Sunday. All
events, except the ladies' program, will be held
at the Goderich Community Centre. The ladies'
program, which includes a jewelry display, will
be held at the Legion hall.
For a complete history of the Goderich Lions
Club and the work they have done in this
community, please see the second section of
this newspaper.
ay_orwants more police
foot patrol on the Square
BY JOANNE
BUCHANAN
The Goderich Police Commission handed
down two directives to Police Chief Pat King
when it met last Thursday --one concerning
drycleaning and the other concerning foot
patrol.
Commission members stated that any fur-
ther unnecesary drycleaning bills incurred by
members of the Goderich police force would be
charged back to the police department and
taken off the individual officer's pay. They
further stated that, in their definition, shirts
were not part of the police uniform and did not
require drycleaning.
Town Clerk Larry McCabe clarified that the
town would pay for drycleaning shirts if, for
instance, a police officer was in a scuffle in the
line of duty and had his shirt torn or stained or
dirtied to the point that it could not be washed in
an ordinary washing machine.
The subject •of unnecessary drycleaning
came up at a previous police commission
meeting when members of the commission •
questioned the cost. Clerk McCabe pointed out
that police officers only began taking,. their
shirts to the drycleaners in August of 1979. In
the beginning it had cost an average of $52 per
month but now it Was up to $80 per month for an
annual cost of between $700 and $800.
"It may seem petty but when looked at over a
period of years, it adds -up," he said.
Judge Carter agreed by saying that times
were not getting any easier and budget -wise,
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1980
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Polioeo frown on tents
BY DAVE SYKES
Town council has decided to seek more input
from service clubs and businessmen before
'making a firm decision on beer tents.
Last week counriLdecidedd..tn-..ta.ble.ma pnotion....
calling for all future beer tents to be confined to
the harbour area effective' July 20,1980. They
were to vote on that motion at Monday's
meeting but opted for further scrutiny of the
•problem with input from the.service clubs and
the businessmens association.
The matter will now be dealt with at the May •
5 council meeting after council entertains
concerns and proposals from these groups.
Serious questions about council's intentions
to confine tents were raised by a delegation
representing the Goderich Police Association.
Association President, George Lonsbary, told
council that his group merely wanted to voice
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their concerns, not only about the location of
'beer tents, but the problems of policing a beer
tent wherever it is located.
"The Police Association believes that more
consideration should be given to the problem
'' and-oui- main concern is that–we haVe to'cop-e
with the problem," 'he said. "If there is a
disturbance we have to go in and calm it down
and if there are only two or three men working
it puts a lot of responsibility on a small group of
men."
"If there is fighting in a tent we are expected
to go in and take care of the situation and of-
ficers have been injured doing it. Do we have to
injure half the force before action is taken?" he
asked.
Deputy -reeve Bob Allen maintained ..that
confining future tents to the Harbour would
contain and seal off the problem.. He also
suggested that policing could be done more
effectively in the one, area.
ENE E -TH tL
SI AL STA
Ride for Cancer
Close to 150 .r e
riders raised over
$5,000 in the annual
Bike Ride for Cancer
on the weekend. the
money was double of
that raised last year.
Betty Bowers was the
top rider. with over.
$400 in pledges. Story
page, 3.
John Clark night
11 John Clark, was superintendent of roads
for colborne Township for 25 years. John
is retiring and was honored at a dinner
by the township . Story Page 10.
Oldtimers win
The Goderich OldtimersiHockey club got
off to an fine start in the Florida Old-
timers Hockey Tournament edging Red
Leer Alberta 3-2 . Story page 12.
Lions Convention
The Goderich Lions club is hosting a
mini -convention for District A-9 in town
this weekend and over 500 area Lions i•
and their wives will invade town. The is
goderich club has a long history of
service in town. Story page Al.
Regular -Feature
Editorials P. 4 Columns
Letters P. 5 Farm
Obits P. 7 Church
Sports P 12 Wedding
Classified P 16 Cpt. Comet
Real Estate ........ P. 18 District News
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Lonsbary said that idea had some merit in
that it would take the tents away from the main
part of tbwn and perhaps limit damage but
expressed a concern regarding traffic flow to
and from the harbour area.
-`"Traffic 'up —hind—down 'hili -could be a --
problem ," he said. "If there was a jam it would
be difficult for us to get down to the tent or even
back up."
Association members later cited a traffic
problem at a Jubilee beer tent in the harbour.
Police had difficulty making their way to the
area and if the situation was serious enough to
warrant a call for reinforcements, there was
little- hope they could make their way there in
reasonable time.
Councillor John Doherty asked Lonsbary to
differentiate between a call to a beer tent and
answering a call at the arena where 200 or 300
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x -husband sought
BY DAVE SYKES
A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a
Michigan man in connection with the discovery
of the charred remains of a woman's body in
Ashfield Township last month.
-"The Ontario Provincial Police have issued a
warrant for the arrest of Gene Woodward,27 of
Saginaw, Michigan on a charge of first-degree
murder relating to the death of his ex-wife,
Kimberly Jean Woodward, 24, of Carrolton,
Michigan.
The warrant is outstanding in both Canada
and the United States following a joint in-
vestigation by the OPP and Michigan State
Police. The warrant was issued on the weekend
as a result of evidence- obtained in. Michigan
and Canada. At press time no arrest had been
made.
Only late last week an OPP investigation
team was able to secure the identity of the
woman. The woman was identified as Kimberly
Jean Woodward, 24, of Carrollton, Michigan
just north of the Saginaw area.
The woman was reported missing to
Michigan authorities in February and her two
children have been staying' with relatives since
the disappearance. Michigan police say she did
not own a car and did not know anyone in the
Goderich area.
No cause of death hasbeen determined and
Michigan police said the woman could have
been killed in the Saginaw area and her body
later dumped in Ashfield Township.
The identification of the woman was finally`
made through a matched set of wedding rings
found near the victim's burned hand and
tracking down dental records.
'The investigation team was able to determine
that the style of rings found at the site had been
manufactured in Akron, Ohio and sold In the
ife
Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Maryland and West
Virginia area. From there, police investigators
traced the sale of the rings to a jewelry store in•
Saginaw. That put police on to a name.
Police traced the names of 28 purchasers of
rings in 'five different states before an iden-
tification was made.
Positive identification of the' victim was
made through dental charts by Dr. George
Wysocki of the University of Western Ontario in
London.-
• The body of Kimberly Jean Woodward was
found just off Horizon View Road about 25
kilometres north of Goderich on March 25.
The body was found just one kilometre off
Highway 21 lying id the protection of the roots
of an overturned tree.
Samples from the site were sent to the
Forensic Science Centre .in Toronto and, an
autoposy was done at St. Josephs Hospital
London.
The body was partially burned and the
Forensic" Science Centre determined that
gasoline was used. Despite the fact the body
was charred, police were able to release a
composite sketch 'of the woman's face for
circulation throughout Canada and the United
States in the hopes it would lead to a positive
identification.
Police received several calls after the release
of the composite sketch of the woman's face r
and wedding rings but all leads were fruitless.
Detective Inspector R. Roberts and Con-
stables Gary Martin and Dennis Waske of
Bridgeport Post, Michigan have been con-
ducting the investigation.
Detective Inspector, Charles Judson, who
was originally working on the case is now the
investigating officer in the Londesboro bank
robbery.
Whoever said that teachers will go to any
lengths to stimulate their pupils probably hung
around Holmesville Public School. Dorrie
Chisholm, left, itnd Debbie Down and thele
Grades 3 and 2 pupils dressed up for Circus Day
on Friday to get in the mood for their upcoming
trip to the circus. (photo by Cath Wooden)
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