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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal Star, 1976-05-06, Page 15DEAR EDITOR (continued from page 4) more important for accurate .and, speedy delivery in. the ,coming months as fare of- fices become mechanized to handle coded mail. Your lists' will be coded for.: you at no charge and returned to yeu,asf.soon as possible. We would liketo helpou Y help us to •improve the main • B.Y. McCreath: Ass't Postmaster U , Stump reit/Oval• Dear Editor: • In accordance with ` a resolution'passed:by Council many years' ago, the Town, has been collecting' $6.00 per stump from property owners in front of whose .homes tree stumps were removed from Town owned' boulevards, a practice that never appealed to me because it means that poor people were ,-at a disadvantage, no matter how tidy they tried to keep their home fronts. . • • ' In consultation with the Town Solicitor . it was - established that the:. resolution and its $6.00 charge has no legal standing; the Town has legally no right to Charge homeowners for work done on Town property,. The matter .was brought to Council's attention on Monday. It ought -to have been a simple formality (not • really a matter.ef choice or opinion) to rescind the legally. f r eabl.e reselution end • unto Q, c o adopt • a sensible system of ,',getting rid of sturnps, but :for „ reasons I. fail to .understand and have no desire to spend time on interpreting , the ..._:majority of Council gave it. the "full treatment" and then decided to .hold on to the $6.00 resolution` _,whrch;' has no legality ' Deputy -Re -e • • councillors before we meet again next••week - it makes no good sense -to •L'shoat the messenger".. I .did not remake • up the legality - or lack of it. I only brought the'message, • As to -Council Meetings -. "conie up .and see ., us sorrietirne".. Yours sincerely . Elsa Haydon Help for 'Guides Dear Editir,. The -1st Goderich Company Of Girl Guides, has undertaken a: Monumental task in' that they are going "t'd take. 12 of their members (all who are of ageiri the.Company) on a trip, to Mexico this August. This trip will take the girls to the Guide Cabana in Cuernavaca, one. of four such centers in the world. The girls will take part in Guide ac- tivitieswith girls from all over the world. This trip is educationaland in ,the • interest of the Guide movement across the country. . The leaders of this .Goderich Company are running into the age ''old problem of inflation and. rising costs and are finding tremendous difficulty in raising even a small portion of the nearly, $9,000 required to make,the trip. • Guide law states that Girl Guides may not solicit funds. But they .are allowed t:o ac- cept donated help. Any person, 'business, or service club that would care to help :the company in this very worth while'project nay leave their donation at the Royal Bank inGoderich:' These:girls need your A Guider's friend. Open house, Dear Editor:, • This year Police Week is May 9th to May15th. During this time . each of .the 180 Ontario ••,-Provincial Police • detachments will be open to the -public. I., would like tri extend a personal invitation for you to Visit one of our OPP detach- ments. Members of the force will be present to familiarize you with the functions of the OPP in yourcommunity, -. The theme for Police Week this year is ."Police Protect People." Here is an, ideal opportunity ,to meet police personnel in an informal atmosphere. Introduce the members' of your family to the detach- mentstaff. 'Find outhow the OPP works to help you. H.H. GRAHAM, COMMISSIONER. Ilear Reartess (continued frompage 4) at Goderich - the oldest in the county. The Square . -in •Goderich unique and pic- surplus- scQal,bor tippet CH S1GNAL 4$1 Aft; 'UUR$DA° buses'1iEayrse pr•O& lay Ross Haugh "No other, half piece «. of paper has . caused `so .much co nster'nation". Those were the words of Huron. director. of 'e.ducation,'. "John Cochrane`.talking«about a„i'eport' on the distribution of ° fivesurpi_us buses;w�hich.have, b.een'retained by the beard.. Trustee Jack Alexander,:.a• member Of, the ManagemEnt cominfttee said there ap= pear.ed to • be a misun- • derstanding among prin- cipals that these buses•were to be 'used 'for back=up to regular 'Cruses transporting children to and from schoel,., and: not for field trips: Board members agreed that in most instances if a bus breaks down on a normal run, a call would be put into the home base. and another vehiii�nt out.•as•soon as it was free, • as has been the custom in the past. The five buses in question will continue to be Stationed at Brookside- -Public School and .Grey, Howlett, Stephen and Turnberry • Central schools:.• Director Cochrane com- mented 'on the spare • bus situation, "I doubt • if any contractor has .a spare bus. I. can't see the necessity for a spare bus sitting areend waiting for an emergency. Former board chairman Wilfred Shortree.d.moved that the. five buses be used forfield trips. Principal'snow have the right to send a bus on. a' field. • tripof 50 iles'or Iess without m i -- re ei• irg-,bene-•app�ro-val • ' .13 7 -;: ,AG 5; Later in the meeting, a toty3.l of •10 field trips. were ap proved. Five of the trips were for secondary school stitden-ts and the 'sei'ne nurnber for elementary pupils.:. • The .: Goderich. Collegiate Institute theatre arts group was. in Toronto early, this week competing •in: a Canadian one. act play" competition. Superintendent Jim Coulter . said' this • 'gave the students a Chance• .to,: perform, be adjudicated and see other plays, . On May ,13,' geography students from F.E. Madill. in ..W..in•gharrwill travel to Toronto, by hug' to study a structured walking tour, land use -mapping, traffic flow charts-, . urban renewal schemes, harbour study „and ethnic studies, The other secondary school' trips are for students at South Huron District High School. Geography students will be travelling to the • Noefville- Dokis Indian Reserve on May 14 on an intercultural visitation to' promote better understanding . of 'the •problems and customs of .the Indians: , The senior outer groups will be. practicing canoeing and canip•ing . learned throughout the year along the :Sau.geen. ' river • in , the Walkerton and Southampton areas. - • A• trip to Quebec City is 'planned •May 26. for• '.South Huron French students 'to make them aware of the • Goderich. And if -:you 'live' in Goderich, you are boastful, . greedy: and haughty..:.. ?. just tolerated on the Huron Ian- -AS-dap an -AS-dape-bez z- ' of'tale:-. lsn'tit�irrre that •comity- tures:que''- could`be itie of>lie 'ebupty's'most beautiful spots. ' So Goderieh is blessed .naturally, geographically and historically ...• and members of Huron County Council'' see fit to •bicker and _complain that in. a tourist brochure to sell people the world over on the virtues of Huron County, Goderich • is giverrY. a special boost. It is ',like wishing tocut off one's nese .to'spite one's face. . . Except for .those people who fly in or sail. in, most 'tourists''reach Goderich• via • roads which. wind through Huron County` If councillors are concerned, that only Goderich `will 'benefit from the "lure brochure', then surely theydon't ha 'e• much faith in their municipalities to draw travellers off the high= ways orin:tourists to explore an area surrounding the focal point of their visit. • The "lure brochure" might bring ..people into thearea precisely to see' the harbor and .the_,lighthouse ,and The Square and the museum and the: jail',.. but that won't take a week or ten days.'. They are going' to start looking for other things to do and there's every . reason to assume .they will wind up at the Blyth 'Centre fon the Arts .,. or the Clinton radar park ... or the Van Egmond • home. near Seaforth. ... or shopping in Wingham ... .or dining in Exeter. ..Certainly if tourists aren't attracted to Huron Cbunty, they won't Benefit anyone; And that's what's so difficult 'to understand about county council's concern . over, spending 33,000. for, ;tourist promotion 'through ' SWOTA. wCounty council agreed . to review the wisdom of Ven- ding money with SWOTA in :future acrd eoulth rrceiva ly-- veto the project entirely.;And what. possible benefit could that be to•Huron County? ' .Conversely, it might be pointed ,out that when the Town of Goderich spends money ,prornoting Goderich and area attractions, it -is also drawing tourists into Huron County and thereby aiding, to some extent, --other Huron •County . municipalities. Should Goderich Tourist Committee also • - stop promoting lest Clinton or Bayfield or Wingham. benefit? The • world • is, getting smaller and. smaller. 'Yet in Huron County it is still dif- ficult for . some county. /representatives, to drop their parochial bias • and • broaden their outlook. • To say that Goderich is the most likely spot inn Huron County to."lure" tourists who have seen Finland and Florida, Rome and Reno, Versailles and Vancouver is, sacrilege .., if you (ion't live in Clifford, Coen.' 'Peters and I werethe only members • voting against it. . The ,town is dotted 'with stumps. The Parks initiated the removal of ahem on '-Victoria. Street last -Year and-- a y 61 were counted there alone. My proposition was • to remove, them systematically which, we .have proved, is much cheaper. The 61 stumps • on Victoria Street were taken out' for $198.00 •or $3.24 • a sturrip;'For Council's benefit I compared' this with a recent invoice (same hourly charge for the machine) for •work. done " under,..:Publ'ic 'Works under the "old system o.� "streethopping" when-. '34 stumps were removed at • $363.00 or $1.1:00 a stump. The, , figures speak for themselves. As the Town 'cannot afford to remove all the stumps at one, go, it should be done by streets or. districts 'which are made . publicly known. If someone does not wish to wait and wants a• stump •removed. out of turn in another part of town, this person can make arrangements ' when ..the 'stump machine is in Goderich (it a Clinton firm) in which case he would be expected to Pay.:' • . I cannot think of a better, arrangement ' under the circumstances. We must do - something if we:, do not want to become a town of stumps. In seeking a solution at, the • Council table I ren into a brick,wall. The whole. matter Was left hanging in some confusionto those who would like to get on with the work. Such lack of properdecisions and direction must be also hard on the Town employees. We scurry ,around without much inclination to clarify matters propery. Is • tire: stump removal under. Parks, Public Works or a joint ef- fort? All I can find out is that the Public Works collect a . government subsidy. for tree and stump removal. My reason for writing about this matter at this particular time is that I started receiving telephone calls this morning.• (Tuesday) from a number of residents who were not quite 'sure about' what is going on. Apparently previous arrangements. had.. been -made for the Machine to be in Goderich this morning. ,To make a, long story short -I have arranged to', have 'stumps removed on Waterloo, Elgin; Britannia, and,if possible,' Wellington and Wellesley. This'is'done by the Town. My letter has a noon deadlfne. There will be a follow' -up when the situation has been sorted out, as it must „be sorted out even- . Wally': "In the meantime, if I may, I =• have a message for my fellow council in total sharpened. its senses to realize that Huron is a composite of many, many communities of which Goderich is the largest' and probably 'the most fortunate? Isn't'ittime that the iruendos were stopped ' and the snide remarks halted?.Can't Huron• County 'Council be professional enough to quietly. , suggest some changes in a thing like this "lure brochure" 'without pointing. prejudiced finger' at a member municipality? Trustee John Elliott added, "If the schools want as many field trips as in the past, the five buses will not be enough. We "'will have to make sure buses. are available when field trips are approved. shoot. They will travel to the Toronto area.bn- May 14 and. play . host, to Woodbridge_ Students -or' May 27; Hensall . public school students. will ''be. spending May 19 to•2'1 at Carnp Sylvan, near '• Parkhill- Students from Zurich public. school will. be travelling to Toronto fpr a two day trip to: provide. enrich- ment related to: geography; •'history- and - science to broaden the student's ex- periential background and appreciation of the en- vironment. • BrooksideStulents will be going to • Camp Menesetung near Goderich on May 25 for outdoored'ucation' and Brussels 'students will •ego to • the same camp on June 1e' Trustee John Elliott moved approval of the trips saying, "they are of little cost to the board." tta<lity-of'the -French-.faet,in; ' their' country • and to show them•the'Freneh language in action�in'ev:eryday situations. • Holmesville public school students will be participating in an exchange of . music • _progranith'a Woodbridge • 4. DRINKING,21 z DRIVING 69'1' DISASTER ivic Corner Announcements 'of •a civic nature are printed free of charge in this space- in the hope that increased public awareness and -participation will be the result.: ' '+:++ Monday, May 10, 7:30 p.m., Town Council meeting, council chambers, town hall. Wednesday, May 12; ,8:30 p.m., Airport Committee meeting, council chambers, town hall. t.Uf.1M1H. .foyce'Kuran does.a pulse cheek op Harry Dykstra In a Goderich Little Theatre rehearsal of the play, Th , Hasty Heart. The group is.prepartng'for their performances on May 13;14 and IS. (staff photo) • To use school The Huron County board of education Monday authorized the principals of South -Huron. Secondary School and Exeter Public 'School to 'negotiate a satisfactory agreement with the Exeter Fall Fair .Board; for use of. school properties for the 1976 Exeter Fair. Superintendent Bob Allan made .the recommendation for approval with the un- derstandin.g.that all overtime custodial costs' and other expenses of an unusual nature be borne by the Fair Board. The, sm ll • gym �t 'South a a S o 1lerrera- k. be-used.,Erida- and Saturday,: September 24 and • 25 for exhibits which in other year -s were shown in the Exeter arena, which has been closed •.. °by provincial authorities. The larger gymnasium • would be usedFriday evening • for the beauty contest and. talent ' show, which is .a popular part of the fair. The large: gym would also be used for the annual cqunt{°y;•• and westernA boree, which has featured the ,Sunday afternoon .portion of the fair for several years. South bicron. principal J•,L; Wooden . estimated '•':a minimum of:$504 kr the use of the building. He added, "If the weather is wet or muddy the clean-up will 'be a big job." Wooden continued,. "I feel that we slioiild co-operate with the Fair Board and_I can recommend the use of the small gym for exhibits and the Friday evening use of the larger. gym.I would' reluc- tantly recommend the Sunday use." . • The -principal asked, that smoking be banned' in both gyms and suggested ash trays could be put in the hall. Th.e Board 'agreed with Wooden that the school grounds not be used for rides; displays, etc. • Levies announced ' All municipalities in the County of Huron have' received their.1976 fax levy requisitions from the Huron, board of education. 'While individual tax rate increases will ..vary because of increased assessments.and over or under requisitions from previousyears, the o. o F. average.rise is. expected 'to be J� •about28 7 pew-, t Following are .-the net net munici.pal.. requisitions for .1976 for the elementary. panel with the 1975 : figures in brackets: . Clinton `$1.02,888($88,55.0); Exeter .$147.,730 ($119'•328); Goderich 4 • $356,6,Q7 ($280408); Seaforth` $59749 :($50;835);:: Winghai . °. $120,978 ($102,460); .Bayfield $33,59& ($27,574); Blyth $22,576:.':($18,232); HrlZssels $27,695 ($.72,581), Hensall $4,3.88• ($39,468'); Zurich" $17,334' ($14'241); .Ashfield $1012;331 ,. ($79542) Colt:dine $74,112. (.$58,031), Goderich township, • $99,657., f$83,22'7); GreyS87,974 ($70,972): • Hay $118,780 ($97,339).; allowick $114,539. ($93,542); Matfett . $77,706 ($62,990) ; McKillop. $60,104 ($501696); Morris. .$641539 ($53,49,3),; Stanley $95,382 ($78,091);" Stephen $156,476 ($129,719); Tuckersmith, $112,3:75• .' ($91,467);. Usborne ,$83;371 ($67,462) ; Turnberry ) $50;532 ($42,219) ; East Wawaposh $52,803 ($43,739) ; West • Wawanosh $39,2.53 ($3.5,207) Requisitions for secondary school purposes 'Clinton .$102,665 ($70,960) ; Exeter $147,859 ($97,787) ; • .Goderich $373,104 ($249,977); Seaforth. $66,306 ($46,677) Wingham $122,160 •,($85,302); , Bayfield $34,522 ($23,409)'; Blyth $22,208 ($14,692); • Brussels $26,855 ($18,050),; Hensall; $46,223 ($32,445); Zurich` .. $22,003 ($14,774); Ashfield $118,122 ($78,058); Colborne $76,865 ($48,975).; Goderich • township $101,943. ($69,97.9);. Grey $88,568058,310) Hay '3143.,983 ($95,880); • Howick.. $110,598 ($74,108) ' Hullett $71,428 ($52,604); McKillop $81;892 ` ($55,449)•; • Morris $64,059 ($43,.576) ; .Stanley $103,306 ($68.,7,82);, p -n : _, 6.;686-)•;• - Tuck er'smith •-$1`21,596: ($80,130); Turnberry $52,646' ($'35,758) ; Usborne $83;743 ($55,526; East Wawanosh,' • 853,006 .,($35,706); . West Wawanosh $9.1,R94 ($31,048. Huron .tore brim A""lure brochure" put out, by the 'Southwestern Ontario Travel Pessoci•ation (SWOTA)- to SWOTA)- to promote "Huron - The Sun 'e Surf . County. of South- western • Ontario" • for distribution in the United States, Europe and other • parts of Canada was severely; criticized ,.by Deputy. -reeve Frank Cook ' at - Thur, sday's session . of • Huron County Coin'cil as being "heavily Goderich'. • Reeve Cook, a' 'member' of the' county. :development committee, wasperturbed that;,he lied•n't beenallowed to speak before, W.. •1Vlorgan .manager , of • SWOTA who attended the session to review the activities of the • organization. Reeve Cook pointed' out that while the : committee in its report, had asked- for council"s en-• dorsation to pay a • grant 'of $3,150 toward SWOTA for 1976, it had, also recorn- ; mended that the county's participation in SWOTA in 1977 be reviewed. "All' .1 can see in ,it is Goderich," 'stated Reeve Cook, holding, aloft a copy of the .colorful brochure. "I don't believe in -paying tax • dollars to G'oderich ' The 12 -page booklet had 21 pic:tures in it. According to Cook, six or seven of -them depicted. Goderich• scenes.' "What's wrong -with some' of the' inland places?" asked - Reeve Allan Campbell, reeve of McKillop: "Why .on you rea. asked. Reeve Ed Oddliefson Who pointed out the names of several Huron - Cou'nty at- • tractions not in Goderich; "I think we're being rather hard on the people who putout this brochure, ,just because the pictures .perhaps dop't give the widest view of - the county." • County developrnent officer Spence Cummings pointed out thiswas a "lure. ': hrocllTure" designed to get people 'to Huron. Once they arrived here, many other, more complete brochures of things to do in Huron, places to eat, places• to sleep etc., were available at many locations throughout- Huron. It was pointed out there were also hooklets listing • in- dus'tr•ial.and commercial sites for.. persoh:s• who _might be interested: Reeve Gerry Ginn said he was not adverse to' spending. money • for promotion if . tourists; were coming into the, r OftUt e cri,t Icis area. He wantedtO know if there was any figures to show the increase in the numbers of,touristd visiting Huron. He was told that statistics like that are difficult to find. Mr. Cummings said that anyone in the tourist business to whom he had spoken bad noted 'that business was improving every year. Mr. Morgan, 'who: spoke to council earlier in the`day,.had said that the tourist industry in Oritar:io is -worth •over two 'billion dollars annually. He also said it is the•'; second largest industry in Huron "County,. next tli agriculture: The committee concurred with this.'assessment. • - Reeve Ginn .insisted he was concerned with "results"; from, the advertisi.ng. cam- paign. "If .we're spending $3,000 and getting. back $100,000 in business; that's •a :good in, vestment," said Reeve Ginn. 'Reeve Harold Lobb 'of Clinton said it' would be near impossible to . get any ac- curate estimate of the results of advertising. • "But advertising does pay. Everybody,.•- knows. that. It's been, a known fact for years. Any usinessman can' tell .you .' that," said Reeve Lobb.'. Council learned that three members had been appointed to' SWOTA. from Huron ,-- Malcolm Malcolm - : Campbell of Goderich; ,.Randy Collins. of Varna; and WiIf :Ferrisof' - Ben'miller. '• In 'other business, . council learned that George Penfold has' satisfactorily completed his `probationary period with ,. the , planning board and becomes a -permanent em- ployee effective May -1,;1976: In the health' department, Jim . McCaul, Chief Public Health Inspector : has resigned effective ,April. 30, 1976, A new supervisor of Public Health Nursing has been hired in the person of • Miss Catherine Walsh at a salary of 8.17,000 .per annum. Mrs. Madeleine Roske has ' been appointed to fill a public healthnurse's position vacated • by Mrs. Rebecca Burton. Mrs. Faye Krieger, a clerk -technician for vision, has resigned and the cquntyis ' seeking a replacement. Huronview Aux. selects Ante .of new. officers The Huronview Home president, ' Mrs. Wilfred. Ladies Auxiliary annual Colclough'; vice-president, -meeting was -held_ -on -Monday. April 19. in -the craft 'room, President, Mrs: Keith Webster presided and ripened with a poem. The secretary, Mrs. R. M. 'Peck read the minutes which were ap- proved, and the roll call was' answered by a thought on the ._Mrs Graham ` McNee; spring awakening, Treasurer, Mrs` M, Robinson reported a balanee on hand of $438.06. Mr. A. C. Archibald, ad- ministrator .of. the Home, addressed the, meeting and mentioned a few things that are, needed, in the Nome.. "We don't' raise money to keep it, there '.is a 'tight budget". It was decided to buy several new "Quad caries" ,and get prices on several other items. Mr., Archibald then con•- d'ucted the election of'officers ". for the ensuing year, 1976-1977 resetting as follows: hon. president, Mrs. F G. Thompson, Mrs.- 'Harvey Johnston: past president;. Mrs" 'Keith Webster; secretary, Mr's. Gladys Gourley; ,treasurer, Mrs. Mary Robinson corr. secty., Mrs, Harvey Johnston; press reporters, Mrs. Nivens, Mrs. R. M, Peck, Mrs, Johnston moved -a vote of thanks to the officers for their tremendous amount of work during the past ,year. • Thenew president expressed a wish "that she would like more from South Huron to participate in activities of Huronview`:' ° • The annual spring tea, bake sale and bazaar is scheduled for Wednesday, June: 9, Auxiliary members are asked to each make an apron for it and ,to bring two, ft'ui..t loaves for the tea, an'd each Women's' Institute to bring baking for'.the bake sale. Mrs. Colclough would like to start Abe meeting at 2:15 p.m. and they are the third Monday of the month with no meeting in- January' or February.. ,. ,.