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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-09-09, Page 3Oel ,4° • • • • Goderich Arena Building Fund co-chairman, Chris Cavanaugh (right) accepts a cheque for $1,000. from Twins supervisor, Mike Pope. The cheque was donated by the Colonel , Sanders Charitable Organizations Inc. to the arena fund. (staff.photo) , - Over century of living. (continued from page IA) • °'System could. not be ,purchased at in- tervals. He said the beeper system relied on a base radio at The fire station and that was the ,..-. majority of the cost, • -Harrison said the additional radios, four' of them, .would be mounted in the trucks and would all be linked with the fire hall,,, He added that, fire marshal regulations .. required ra system independent from, police or any other organization making itnecessary•topurchase the equipment for which he had budgeted. INDIVIDUAL BEEPERS The new system . would, giver; e h fireman a;,beeper, that would be ao tivated; ' simultaneously:' with the fire siren atop the town hall. The beepers would wipe out the telephone system.. no* in operation; • The present system links six phones together, each one . equipped with a button that will activate the°siren. The phones immediately alert six officer§s of the -department and from there it goes downhill.. The wives of ''the men phone other volunteers 'while their` husbands head for the fire hall or, if the man is within earshot,, the men go• to the hall When they.hear-the alarm., • • The first mai the halt writes down- all the information available on the fire, then jumps in a. truck and is gone. At that point both the truck and the $man or men aboard it are out, of ,reach. If the in- formation given that Man is wrong, that unit is out of the -picture. The police are sometimes on•hand o correct any situationslike that. Fires in town` are .usually •attended by. the Gaderich police department and their radio is available. But fires- o ut-of.-town are "a different. story. The OPP usuallygo to the fire if . they know .about it to handle traffic QpE1, • problems that may occur, and in that , case their cruiser radios are available. But sometimes the OPP° are not made • aware of ,the fire and are not there, or they are at the scene of the blaze and the firemenhave been given the wrong' information.., and they are somewhere else out of contact. CONSCIENTIOUS CREW Another factor to be considered is the fire department's ego. hevolunteers,. sometimes the butt of rje s or criticism, area conscientious crew and.' are also, very important to the safety of the three municipalities they serve. In their effort, to meet the . needs of the ; town and townships they petitioned for a cam-. muni.catlons systems and were turned down. • The feelings Of. the departinent about their denial were evident the night of the three fires. One. •volunteer, dressed protective clothing acid ready toanswer . the call,: had no truckto use and no way of. reaching' ne'. He paced about the fire station anxiou enh aining about -The , lack of ca mmunica'tisns. ` "We don't need radios," he rriuttered:' "Oh no, we don't need radios. The town gardeners are radio equipped and never leave town Gut we dlin't need radios. . The volunteer was. referring to --the town park's " department which is tied into the radio; system the town roads crew has: That system may have a definite need and may -have been much cheaper to install than the ' one the t-- " department requires, but perhaps the . frustrated. volunteer . fireman has a, point. A $10;000 fire does not necessarily have to be amajor•blaze but "wouldn't it be doubly frustrating if you knew it could • have been avoided by an expenditure Lof equal size?' SIONAL-STAR Y,S 1 ,by: $tatty Hprniltoo Mali your prebloms to "trapper Vold papa: will be answered provided o ttamiroaf addre$sed en i$..nclosed. Some of yepsral interot will is* publahed• iott.rs must be doped but wiiwill NOT reveal your identity, •,Thai* Oueiitiin s and Ammon bated en Ontario•taw, aro:• abfitlred to inform and not to advlgr, No new' should try to. apply or interpret the law •without the► .aid and odvico of a trained expert who knows the facts, aainco.the tactt of each case may sharers the 91'91491199 9f tha tow.' „PHONE CALLS PLEASE fleal. V ncocv mall Highway 21 South, Goderich; Open Every Week Night: - _ e District .Representativ ; Don Denonime" 75 HiAMI •E`TON GODER'M ki MONUMENTS - MARKE •LETTERING .-524—! . . 2374. •or.. 6,621 • Auburn lady marks 102nd birthday by Wilma Oke • - Mrs. • !George Hamilton .of Auburn, -marked' her 102nd. birthday Wednesday, August 18 with ,a quiet family gathering at. FIuroaview,. Clinton where she has-been .a resident for six years. Blind and partially' deaf for ,. about a year sheirdi ifified to herbed most of the time. $orn in Auburn On August 18, 1874, . she is the ,former Isabel Wilson, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs: William Drummond Wilson; the oldest of nine children: Mrs. Arthur .(Marion). . Rqutledge, • 84 . of Egmondville is the only other surviving . member of her family - Isabel Hamilton went to the Yukon in 1900 as the bride.of George Hamilton of Auburn - who had,joined the . Yukon Gold Rush in 1898. He: had returned, south for his wed_ ding. The couple •tired . in Dawson. City there. for 10 years. •, While her , husband did some prospecting, carpentry work and blacksmith.ing; "Isabel busied herself " selling real estate,•. She bought and, sold cabins, often for the back. taxes, fixed them up and sold them. • She was organist of the Anglican Church there and played at local dances.. She and her husband were friends of :Pierre Berton''s lath parents • .and poet. Robert Service Mrs. Berton taught in the school which the couple's only child, - Tom attended, • and Robert. Service was' lis' •• Sunday School. teacher. Tom . Hamilton,. Who'. new liveg in Godeeich•, told in a •.telephone conversation with him, of the time his rrifpther killed one of their chickens and founda gold nugget in its ` - gizzard. He "spoke..of the occasion «when:. the Governor --General of Canada, Earl Gray visited Dawson City and he attended the reception with his mother and father when•a largeblock PIONEER SA -6500 , 1.NTORATED'H. 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She was organist_ at St. Mar -k's Anglican Church in Auburn for many years ,and' -. was ...a- member of the Rebekah :Lodge: In the Yukon_ she was noble grand of the := lodge there andon completion of her term of office was presented with a necklace made of gold 'nuggets. She gave her. necklace to the government near the end of the first World War when the vernment was short of the go. precious metal.`• Mrs. Hamilton has a sen Tom, seven grandchildren, 19' great grandchildren and two great,' great grandchildren. . 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GODERICH 1 As an American not long arrived in yourlovely country 1 am very pleased to be here and have no regrets that1 took the big step to emigrate, however, there is one thing about your constitution thattus me quite.. confused. if you have your own Bill of Rights then how•can;it be violated - peo-. ple being held without charges or trial and so. forth - like; it Was during the FLQ:crisis? • To clear up. your query we have toexplain that, the Canadian Bill of t42,ights is not a fundamental constitutional document in the: sense in which Americans understand it. • It is an Act of:Parliament, and most scholars agree that Parlia- ment alone cannot act in such a Way -as• to restrict its future power:' Furthermore; it does not' purport00 limit the powers of Parliament:• it rather directs judges 'to . interpret other Acts of Parliament in certain ways. y ' ' It. applies only to Federal laws, not to:provincial ones, and finally, it. does not. apply . fo .any law (such as the WAR MEASURES ACT in: which it is declared thatit does not apply. 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Section •107(4) of the 'LANDLORD AND TENANT ACT states that a, landlord may never withold essential services reg. heat, electricity, -.water) -unless and until he has a writ of possession, -- enabling hip to.legally ei'ict the tenant. This section protects the tenant from•'being forced out of his premises by making it irnpossibie.to live there. Even if your lease does not permit overnight guests (this right is usually$ implied if, not expressly restricted), the landlord cannot "blackmail" you in this fashion. He has legal remedies available if you break a term' of the lease. Under s.107(4) you may bring anapplication in court fo stop the landlord from withholding.esseritial services: Pk it f1IRRSLER SCHUTZ MSAL ©la Your- Full line -CHRYSLER 'r PLYMOUTH - DODGE 414 HURON RD. GODERICH fin :, hOhd 524-8311 - �• eunr-#Crsl"roml' am'sorry that' the subject of:t}ti 1ietter is not on amore cheerful vein, but it concerns the breakdown of my marriage after: 22 years: My wife and E attended' several marriage counselling Sessions together, brut finally agreed on a. '"trial' Separation." • 1 moved out and obtaineda little place of myown, since then I have paid her $250 per month and what I want to kno�vr is whether l,am allowedto deduct'°this money, from • my income for tax putposgs. • • Also, does my wife have to pay taxes on the amounts that,she receives from me?• . We cohsulted our, tax: advisor for his expertise in .answering your two questions, and according to him( you are allowed to deduct these _amounts from your income provided they are Periodic payments for her maintenance and . support, and provided they are made under a written separation agreement. 1f this is the case, then your wife must pay taxes oh it: • If you only had ?In oral separation agreement, or if you had: only paidher a lump sum settlement, then you could not deduct, and she would not have 06 pay income foxes on it.' • 3 HOUR SERVICE ePAIRS Arid AL: AT IONS I. TANK & TUMMY 7 OPEN 7 DAYS A week - PROM :.. eI1.M.-8PM: �I.e• RESTAURANT VARIETY GAS BAR LAUNDIU MAY -: tIWY 21 `HURON"Ml