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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1984-12-05, Page 32Huron -Bruce MP Murray Cardiff presented a New Horizons grant of $3439 to NNlacKay Choristers treasurer Herb Bridle last week. The money will be used to buy risers and music for the 42 -member choir which was formed in 1982 under the direction of Irla Stewart. Besides entertaining at area nursing homes, the choir performed at the Sounds of Goderich concert in the spring and will perform December 10 at a concert in North Street United Church and December 14 at a variety program in MacKay Centre. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) Old-time favorite songs featured at variety concert Ed Stiles was in charge of the variety con- cert at MacKay Centre on Wednesday, November 28. After singing 0 Canada with Joan Henwood at the piano, the Reverend John Wood gave a prayer of thanks for the fellowship at MacKay Centre. Jim Baird, in his Scottish brogue and beautiful bass voice, sang several numbers including "A Wonderful Wor ' , "Dark Island", "Dream Angus" an "Iona Island". Jirn was accompanied by Ed Stiles on the piano. Rev. Wood then played many tunes on the piano, including old-time favourites like "Don't Fence Me In", "Cruising Down the River", some boogie woogie numbers, and also one with the calypso beat. A sing song was very much enjoyed with Ed Stiles at the piano. A special part of the evening was w Pat King took over and sang seve Al Jolson and Eddie Canter pieces. he au- dience joined in singing along as th - • re all familiar numbers like, "You Made Me Love You", and "Put Your Arms Around Me Honey". Jean Schram and Barbara McWhinnie both reported on the adult workshop they at- tended this fall, the theme being "Intergenerational Programing". A collection of $176.19 was taken for the Family and Children's Services Christmas Bureau. On November 14, card party winners were: for 500 - Ella Bogie and Phyllis McTaggart, and for euchre - Herb Desjar- dine and Alice Moss. The winners for the lucky draws were Addie Bacon, William Gow, Herb Taylor and Dave Harman. Coming events include a pot luck luncheon at 12:30 on December 7 followed by the movie, "Thoroughly Modern Millie". Also at 8 p.m. there will be monthly bingo games. On December 12 there will be a card party at 8 p.m. On December 14 there will be a variety concert with the MacKay Choristers and the Stonetown entertainers from St. Marys at 8 p.m. A New Year's.Eve Party will be held at MacKay Centre starting at 8 p.m. A night of real fun with lunch at midnight is promised. Admission is by advance tickets only. Bell Canada unveils new service for area exchanges Bell Canada will unveil a $4 million, high technology package of new equipment and service for the exchanges of Clinton, Auburn, Blyth and Brussels in December, Peter Croome, local Bell manager. said this week. "The key component is a Digital Multiplex Switching ( DMS -100) machine at our switching centre on Rattenbury Street in Clinton," Croome said. The DMS -100 will be the host or home swit- cher for satellite units, known as Remote Line Modules (RLMs) in Auburn ( 210 customers), Blyth (815 customers) and Brussels (1,220 customers). They went into service on December 1. The DMS -100 machine will be activated for Clinton exchange customers (2.270) on Saturday, December 15. In the exchanges of Auburn and Blyth, telephone numbers will now be recorded automatically when the customer dials long distance calls ( direct distance dialing or DDD). The operator will no longer request the number. The new system, known as Automatic Number Identification AND. records details for billing purpose. The Clin- ton and Brussels exchanges already have the ANI feature. Customers in Auburn, Blyth and Brussels exchanges will have to dial the full seven digits for all local calls. With digital swit- ching, a call will not be completed if only four digits are dialed. In addition to providing the most sophisticated switching equipment available for customers, the system also has such optional features as Touch -Tone. ('all Forwarding, Speed Calling, Three -Way Calling and Call Waiting, Croome said. These will be available December 1 in Auburn. Blyth and Brussels and December 15 in Clinton. Auburn, Blyth and Brussels customers will now notice a different sounding dial tone. Complete dialing information and ribtification of other changes are contained in inserts sent to customers with their mon- thly bills. The new repair number for Auburn, Blyth and Brussels customers will be 611. "These digital machines use the most ad- vanced microelectronic technology in the telecommunications industry," Croome said. "The RLM allows us to extend this technology into smaller areas at a much f er pace and less cost than if we had to uild complete new switching centres of the traditional type." l The DMS -100 and its RLM are,Products of the Bell group of companies. They were designed and developed by Bell -Northern Research and manufactured by Northern Telecom. The DMS -100 and RLM operate on a com- binatien of software and microelectronics to include those features necessary for good telephone service as %dell as to exploit the in- herent capabilities of digital technology to generate new services compatible with the expanding needs of the business and residential communities. Both the software and hardware of these machines is modular which gives them built-in flexibility. In addition, everything is duplicated so that in case of a failure in one part, the duplicate part carries on. "Bell's digital network, using the DMS family of swr`I hing machines, combined with our advanced transmission systems, is probably the most advanced in the world," ('roome said. As of December 18, subscribers in the Auburn and Goderich exchanges will be able to call each other without incurring long distance charges. Auburn customers who were surveyed in January. 1984, were 91 per cent in favor of the expansion of their local calling area, although monthly telephone rates in Auburn wall increase. "The monthly charge for telephone ser- vices is based on the total telephone numbers that can be reached without pay- ing long distance charges," Croome said. "For Auburn customers, the charge will br- ing a substantial increase in the number of other customers a person can call locally." Auburn is in Rate Group 4 where the residence individual line monthly rate for basic service (access to the telephone net- work) is $6.10 and for a business individual line, $14.35. Rate Group 4 has a maximum of 3.500 telephone numbers that can be called local- ly. Adding Goderich numbers exceeds the maximum by at least five per cent and means that Auburn exchange has to go one rate group higher. As part of Rate Group 5, the Auburn ex- change is in a category where it could ex- pand its local calling more than double its present total and still be within the max- imum number of 7,500 telephones that can be called locally. In Rate Group 5 the residence individual line monthly rate for basic service is $6.40 and for business, $16.45. There is no increase in rates for customers in the Goderich exchange which is in Rate Group 6. HARFiOR REPORT BY RON GRAHAM The Algoway arrived from Toledo, light for salt on November 27 and cleared f,r Milw ukee the same day. Th Agawa Canyon arrived � rom Clev land light for salt on Novembe . 0 and cleared for Parry Sound the same The Kindoc arriv• v' Dec • ' ser , from Thunder Bay, loade with grain. The Canadian Coast Guard Boat 126 left for its winter port at Prescott and will return in May of next year. a GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1984—PAGE 13A Grain warehouse destroyed by fire 80 YEARS AGO Shortly after nine on Saturday morning, the fire department was called out by a fierce blaze in A.J. Cooper's grain warehouse and seed store on Hamilton Street. The fire, believed to have been started b the gasoline machinery, destroyed a building which was insured for $1400. On Wedne day evening, the trustees of the North Stree Methodist Church met and awarded the Goderich Planing Mill Com- pany the ca entry work and Charles A. Reid the bri work, etc. for the proposed new church. John W. Craigie, the successful tenderer for the lease of the West Street skating rink, has started business. On Monday evening, at Victoria Hall, a large audience greeted the Meister Glee Singers, under the auspices of the Goderich Musical Sodety. The Meisters are from England. 25 YEARS AGO Six people have been elected to council by acclamation this year. They are Mayor E.C. Fisher for a third term; Reeve -elect F. Walkom who is the 1959 Deputy -R e; Deputy -Reeve -elect James Bisset wh s a 1959 town councillor; Don Aberhart and Harold Shore who have each completed a two year term as public school trustees; and GODERICH MUNICIPAL DAY NURSERY OPEN HOUSE 376 Cambridge St. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8th, 1984 1-3 P.M. LOOKING BACK H. Wilson McCreath, a new trustee on the public school board. Charles S. MacNaughtori, MPP for Huron, assured Huron County Council on Wednes- day of last week that construction plans for the first 300 -bed unit of the government hospital to be built near Goderich are under - w Huron is the only county with a reforesta- tion scheme for private lands, Larry Scales, zone forester of Stratford told Huron County Council last week. Plans next spring call for 92,000 trees to be planted in Huron County forests. 5 YEARS AGO At a special opening last week, Goderich.. Mayor Harry Worsell presented the key to Post office extends hours MacKay Hall to Everett Spading, chairman of the steering committee for the MacKay Centre for Seniors project. Spading headed up the committee which got the9project roll- ing and Wednesday night a pted the key to the hall signifying the ce re's reality. The architecture of buil ' gs in the core area of Goderich will be protected by law in the future as a result of council's decision Monday night to incorporate a heritage district conservation plan into the town's of- ficial plash. Three candidates have been declared in the election of Huron County Warden: Bill Morley, Usborne Reeve; Eileen Palmer, Goderich Reeve; and Ervin Sillery, Tuckersmith Reeve. The Goderich area senior citizens housing project came another step closer to reality this week when tenders for the project were opened. Kelly -Lyn Construction of London was the lowest bid received at $1,162,827 and will probably be the one accepted. The Goderich post office is taking part in Canada Post's national program to extend hours of service at its counters during the Christmas period. "7 The extended hours will see count ser- vice in operation on three Saturdays during the month of December – the 1st, 8th, and 15th. 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