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BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
•.' After two consecutive
nights of budget -meetingsand
numerous other .committee
meetings and individual
hours by town ' council
members and, town ad-
ministrator Harold. Walls,. the.
budget for 1976 in Goderich
was struck, at 179.45 „Mills
residential anetl'f"206.78 mills
commercial for a public
school supporter.
This.: represents an overall
increase of 14.2,0 per cent for•
residential and .13.94. per cent
More for commercial. On an
average assessment, of $3,500
for a public; school, supporter;.
it is an increase of $78.12, or a
14 2
total tax`" bill this year of
$628.08. ' •
"It •is a mighty fine, very
close . budget," commented
Mayor 'Deb, Shewfelt . about
12:30 a.m: Wednesday
. Morning when ' ' . the
deliberations ended. "'The
trick now -will be to. live within
the guidelines." .
• At the outset of this week's
meetings, Finance Chairman
Bill Clifford told council. that
' acco•rding to the original
budgets ;'presented for 'the
to. n's business and services,
the mill rate for public school.
supporters would have been
199;68 mills• for residential
and 23.0..58 for commercial.
'After, recom'men'ded. ,cuts
GDCf rtiusic night
features bundsrchoir
On Wednesday, May 26, .the Goderich District
Collegiate Concert Band will present its annual Spring
music night in the school's west gymnasium. Besides the
Concert Band several other groups will be featured,
The Level' ,Two music classes, known among the
members as "The Fantastics", have been rehearsing for
several.weeks during extra -curricular time to prepare
their numbers..IFor- most .of these students this is the first
time they have played in a band and most appear excited.
about the prospect of playing fora "live" audience. -
Next year several will go on to: the Concert Band This.
first band serves as a• training ground for the more ad-
vanced band;.
o '1 'real '' of
Erich rate avers .
suggested ' by: the finance
committee from : that tntttal
budget., the mill `rate would
still have been 183.23 Mills
residential and 211.22 mills'
commercial. That would have
repxeserited-'a total overall_
increase. of_26,10 . mills
residential. and 29.74 mills
Commercial,
On Monday evening, the
Main activity'of,couneil was
to go through all the budgets
as presented and talk' -about
ways in which they could be
cut. As each. .budget was
resented the respective -
p
chairman tried to expl&i•n
why the budget bad been;'
prepared in that amount, and
why it was justifiable to.alieW
sufficient ",tax dollars":t be
.collected to pay for it
On Tuesday d ,evenizlgl'
• at
council nc l members arrived . .
Can.. ready to slash the
budget to the bare bones
'.Some even carriedsharpened^
red penc•ils.
PAGE BY PAGE
e budget is;
Section One of th
general governrn,ent. This.
pays .the salaries of council
" members ($27,400); salaries
at the town office ($78,000 •-
plus benefits etc. emanating
to $13,000) ; janitorial .fees for
the ':town offices: legal fees.
for the . town; telephone,
hydro, water,• beat,
materials; public receptions,
etc, Thea total budget . of
$182,575 was cut. lay $5,945 to.
$176,630.; • "
Cuts from this budget were
: realized by .reducing the
equipment maintenance
budget, insurance, legal fees,
new equipment, appointed
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travel •fees and ;va, mous
sundry items. , which we're
picked up in other budgets.,
A note of interest was an
item for .$3;500 this year for
'the fall election, duly men-
tioned by councillors es, they
scrambled for ways to cut
back,
.Section Two comes under
the heading Protection to
Persons and Property ' and
includes items such as fire
protection, police protection;
the animal and bylaw.officer,
the building 'inspector, the
IV aitland. Valley Gone
-servation Authority etc. •
On the "first pass :through
this • budget, the • fire
protection budget was citt;by.
$1,00.0 ' fpr., building Main-
tenance and $10,000 for new'
equipiinent.,.Thatreduced the
original $86,Q0Q budget :...by
$11,Q00.te$75,000;. •
Chairman Leroy•.` Harrison"
was bitterly opposed to- the
severe cat He explained to
council the dire need for new
• equipment in the shape of a
radio device• for firemen, to
alert the vol tee'
nforce to
fire calls.
'Council reasoned, however,
that in these times .of budget.
restraints; rrints there could be on1
,
sufficient' money allotted to
make a ': start_,toward „pw
chasing the equipment at a
liter da .y te.. Ma y or •' Shew.f'elt
reminded Councilor' ;.
Harrison that the firernen
have, been, .without radios'. to •
Goderich., t'er 150 years. and
that', with. a -little'per-
severan,. theyuld
(continuedceon• pacoge�l9)
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The concertwill include choral music by two choirs
from Central Huron Secondary School.' Both the girls'
chorus and the mixed choir recently -received very high '
marks, in the London Kiwanis Music Festival. Competing •
• against several city schools with well-established music
programs •the girls' chorus placed first in its class and
the' mixed choir placed second in two classes it entered.
After
The Concert -Band `has had an up and clown year, ,
the success
and excitement of erfo
r
tng
"Brigadoon"ad
con
irrNovember•-theband-had•to-settle down,•talongmonths ;.
of practice. Disappeintr lents occurred on two occasions
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when plans for performing tours to Niagara Fa
Its and
• Toronto collapsed.
In May the band has performed briefly at three Huron
County Music Nights and is looking forward .• to per-
forming its complete repertoire at its own music night.
On Thursday May 27, the band is travelling to
Hamilton, performing at Seaforth D.H.S., 'and Sir.
Winston Churchill S.S. The members certainly hope that
thistour will be one of the ""Ups" for the'year.
Rose Frayne injured
A Goderich area. woman,
Rose • Frayne of RR 3,
Goderich, received severe
facial injuries last Saturday
morning when a loose house
trailer hither car head-on on
Highway 21, about four miles
north of Goderich.
The Ontario Provincial
Police, Goderich Detachment
reported that apparently a
house trailer being pulled by
Hendrik Br.egrnan of
Goderich jumped from its
hitch and went into the south-
bound lane and collided with
the Frayne vehicle.
Wood from the trailer
smashed • through 'the wind
'shield and caused severe•
facial injuries to:' Mrs.
Frayne.
OPP estimate the damage
in the accident, which oc
cured at about 10:10 a.m.,at
$1,000 to the trailer, and $1,500
to the Frayne vehicle. ' The OPP also reported that
they' had a very successful
Police Week last week with
hundreds of persons stopping
at their booth at the Suncoast
Mall.
uro.n
The Huron'Historic Gaol
opens .' its doors to a. third
season of visitors on May 22.
Visitors will be greeted by a.
number of_ extensive change's
and additions to the facility.. •
the winter
months. a
During
g
ed at
'ects atm
. of o
number px �
the eventual • -restoration of -
the. Building have been un-
dertaken: among
dertaken:• Foremosto g
these is the major. refur-
bishing
efur bishing of the Governor's
House:.
By the opening date 'a 11 -
rooms' with the exception'of.
the kitchen" will . have been -
given the ,finishing touches;'
and restoration' to the turn. of
the last century will. be v1ir-
tually completed. In. addition
to stripping and 'rep'`apering
the -rooms, the woodwork. has
been re -finished and close to
50 pieces of.authentic fur-
niture have been acquired
and placed in the building.
The house reflects the
gracious and ornate style of
mid-Victorian times.' .
Another area receiving a
major facelift has'been the
stone masonry walls
surrounding the complex.' By
combining funds received
under`a LIP grant with Board.
revenues, the' stone :walla
have .' been extensively
Beginning its third season as a tourist attraction
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1 Gaol opening
repaired. intricate masonry work to its
A century of patchwork
mortar is being cleared away
and ,replaced with'skilfully
applied ce.inent. to restore'•the
original state." While the
entire wall surfaces have not
'been :'repaired, priority has
been given. to those sections
most badly in need .of at-
tention, This section of"the
project will continue`
throughout; the. summer
months. •
'ef .King warns
.B radio thefts
dins'.
Over the; past several.
weeks several CB radios have.
been stolen from cars and
boats as well as a 'few an-
tennae. Goderich Police Chief
P.D. King advises owners to
write down the serial number
of their radio fon iden-
tification purposes if it is .
stolen. ;
These serial numbers can
be fed to the central computer
in Ottawa and if police in
another city or province
recover..a : radio they ---can,
assertairi that it was stolen in
Goderich if the serial number.,
is registered with the police.
The' chief also said it would •
be wise if owners could mark
their antenna in some way to.
identify it if it is stolen: Such
an identification mark could
' be made with an.engraving
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a ys an award' resented'to film last'w:ee'k:'by
. Dave Mclvlliifntii of'Ci<ociieir h pir`ol<aii�iy. rl7ispi y p
Code g
�rich Ye .ion Branch 109 In'recognition of his :50 yearsservlc'e to the group. 'baring
those` year's he has also .been the recipient of several other meritorious medals. (staff
phat9)
a•�BkLG41a4'raW{
ve
pencil or some other marking
tool. _
The ,,Goderich -Police
bepartment reported t
accidents during the past
week both of.which resulted.
in major damage estimates. .
A two -car' collision May 14
on East Street'resulted in a
total damage estimate of $460
to '.vehicles driven by- Carl
Sartori, 186 Brock. St:
Goderich and Marjorie
Young, 121' Britannia Rd. E,
Goderich.
Damage "to' the Sartori •
vehicle was estimated'at $60
and $400 to the ,;oung vehicle.
,There were no injuries. -
A: single car accident May.
14 at . the intersection . of
Victoria and Trafalgar
Streets resulted in ' $500
damage to a `vehicle driven by
Ronald Goddard,' 87 Cambria
mman
BY DAVE SYKES. •
Dave McMillan of Goderich
received the Dominion
Command Award • from the
Royal Canadian Legion in
recognition. of 50 years ser-
vice with the Legion;:. The
'•presentation was made at an
Inter -Club gathering last'
Thursday evening.
McMillan became a charter
member of the Goderich
Branch wherfit was formed in
1927. Bra'hch 109 was one of
the first formed in the Huron
County area and sprung from
the nucleus of 14 members.
The first legion braneh. was
started in Winnipeg in 1925.
Prior to the Legion's for-
matibn he was. a mem'ber of
the . Great War Veterans
Associationfor five years and
later served . as president of•
the ,Goderich branch in 1965-
-66. •
He served his country iri
both World ' Wars and the
battles took him to many
European countries. During
the First World War he
, enlisted with the army and
was a member of the 71
Battallion of y✓hich - he
believes he is the only one
deft. .
He spent the winter of 1918
in 'Galt,' Ontario anal in April
of the following year was sent
to France. He was hit at the
Ridge and
battle of . V`trly g
hospitalized for nearly two
years with a leg injury.
Dave recalls that many
this weekend
Rd., Goderich. —Goddard
failed to: negotiate the turn"at
the corner and the ..vehicle
`struck a tree. . -
There were no injuries.
Finally, the- winter works'
project' includedI the -
restoration of a first -floor cell
block to show the transition
over the 135, year history. of
thebuilding from the original
timber linings of .the cells (12
x 12 hand-hewn pine) to they,
most recent tongue e
and
g
groove -'boarrl•;,,.srding.on
the
• interior. •of.:, 'the individual
cells? A number. of pieces of
the :original gaol furniture'
have been found and used as a
-.pattern for replacing the cell
- block furniture.
Future plans involve steps
being ;,taken to 'restore the.
gaol' kitchen and work is
being planned to begin.
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reconstruction of the historic
Council chamber. and
Courtroom from the. 1840's
and 50's.
Local residents who return_
to the site for their :annual
visit will find significant
changes
erred. As' a
will
occ
mean
s of enco
era an
g Huron
g
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CouriLy_reSidents„.to visit the
site with out-of-town friends,
the Board wilt be asked at its
June •Meeting to establish a
season's pass • for local
• residents at.a nominal fee.
_The facility will •be open
seven. days per Week • from ”
10a.rn. until 6p.m.• Special
rates are in ,effect for group •
tours. •
Humphries book available here.
Bili: --Humphries, the
young diver from Sarnia
interested • in , • marine
history in the Great
Lakes, has just had his
first book pul lished.
The book : entitle'd
"Great Fury" contains
lots of factual - in-
formation aboutsailing
in the. Great Lakes over
the years, as : well as
many authentic and
documented pictures of
the boats that, plied the
waters.
Mr. Humphries was in
Godericb5 last week
distributing copies of his
book to stores intown.
The book:May also be
obtained by sending
$3.95 (money order or
cheque) to Bill Hum--
phries, Mooretown
Marine, Mooretown.
• Many :Signal -Star,
readers . will recognize
Bill Humphries as the
author of ' several ar-
ticles about the Great
Lakes, :.in.cluding, a
series last fall about The
Great Storm.
It was. Mr, Humphries
and his -companion who
discovered the wreck of
the. Wexford just off
shore at Goderich.. The
pair had to abandon
plans last summer.to
raise artifacts from the •
laker that wentdown in
The Great Storm of 1913.
iIIan gets
Jubilee Year award
,a*
Dominion
men volunteered theft.. ser-
vicesduringthe first_, war
prior to conscription in 1917.
And yet there were men who
couldn'tfeven volunteer' their
services. .
"There. wa_i, one 'Goderich
man whotried three times tovolunteer for service but was
refusedfor physical
reasons," he said. "Then'he
later conscripted and was
sent -to England and worked
in the Post Office t ere. e
'Wantedto serve his .country
but then, sometimes you wei
glad you were:there.
During. his 50 years with
'Branch 109 he has been avery
active member and in 1967.,
Was the recipient of • his 40
year :.pin. O,lso for several
years he has -been the
organizer of many annual
events at the Legion the most
notable, of which is the Vire*,
Banquet. This banquet is held
each year on April' 8 to honor of vets in area hospitals and
Vimy veterans. • has also organized . the
He was also instrumental in distribution of Christmas
organizing the Annual World parcels for needy families' in
War I Veterans Banquet
Which is held on- a four year,
rotation' of Legions in —Huron
County. . -
His service to the Legion
Executive has .-been as
chairman of the Si\cl and "I understand you don't get
Welfare Committee I in
sce much rest at these things,"•he •
-1967. He has visited' hundreds comnie•nted.
the Goderich area:
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Now Dave is off to the.
Legion convention in Win-
nipeg which . begins June 12
and runs for five days:
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and I don't think young peopleo . flying anes
are, that anxious for
patriotism today.
After -the outbreak of war in
1939 Dave again enlisted for
service the following year. He
was sent to England but later
returned to Windsor in the
capacity of quartermaster
an.d was r•espons
rationing. He didn't mind
returning to Canada as his leg
wound from Viniy. was still
bothering him.
ible far `
• He returned to. Goderich in
1947 and worked in the
plumbing'—and. heating
business for several years.
His war years produced
"s"everal, service medals - and
even more memories; • •
"When I look back 1 'see
both the good times and the
bad although some would
only. • reme ber the gag
ones he. said, . While
over's'eas there were days you
wished you were elsewhere
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annoy park residents
A resident of Meneset Park
Claims that constantly low
a flying aircraft are causing
undue and undesirable noise
in the park area• • '
In a letter to the Goderich
Airport Committee,. John
Chisholm of Meneset Park;
said that many families of the
area are annoyed with the
noise of planes that fly in a
never" -ending path • over the
park.
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He added that the tree -top
level of the planes' 'flight is
dangerous and the unhappy
residents of ' the park want
something done to curtail time has been fully licenced
such activity. •
Committee member Lloyd
Atfield, said if the winds were.
of :a' South Westerly direction
the aircraft' • were forced to
take off over the area of the
park. He added that wind
direction simply,, ,:dictated r
takeoff over the parka
Committee chairman, iSi11
Clifford said he did not have.
the knowledge to answer the
letter in.a satisfying manner
but pointed out that the
airport has been in existence
for some time and during that
tyLt
as an airport.
Airport manager Doug,
Hunter said he knew of
another airport' that ex-•
perienced the same com-
plaints .year after year and he
would' find out how they
approached the problem. A
motion was passed to
acknowlege the • „letter ad-
vising Mr. Chisholm. That the
matter would be rooked into,
• . Mr. C-trtsholth told the
Signal -Star that low fling
aircraft 'make . continuous
runs ov r,the 'p•ark and s611e.
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