HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-07, Page 11The . new Borg-Warner
(Canada)' Limited plant
coming to Goderich will
manufacture a.futuristie and
top secret automotive cooling
system- for one of the big'
three Detroit automakers. At
least that is one of the rumors
flying around in the wake of
4 Town Council's discussion
last week of a preliminary
agreement with the multi: -
faceted company.
ultifaceted.company.
Like a half dozen other
rumors ,.surrounding the
possible new industry, the top
secret coolingsystem seems
to have no basis,
An investigation of Borg-.
Warner Limited shows that
its plants manufacture a very
wide range of products in-
cluding chemical's,
,.mechanical ,'seals, heat ex-
changers, plumbing
products, oil coolers,..brake
controls, • automobile clutches
,,and several others:
No one at BorgWa-rnex ire
i
on Goderich Town Council, is ,
willing to„ discuss •just what
the industry , - 'might
tnanufactur.e should an
agreement.be•hammered out
bringing .,it ..to Goderich.
Almost any of .the °above
..-PAULA BUTLER
Goderich
t
plays in symphony
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Paula Butler has had at .least one of her ambitions in
life become a reality. Paula has been accepted to. play
second violin''for the London Youth Symphony Orchestra
and beginning in November will be travelling to London
to practice with the members of that group;
Paula has been studying the violin for the past eight
e-gh-she claims-sh --has -rre-ambition to
• become a concert.violinist, she does concede she wanted
to playin a. symphony orchestra. •
Paula began playing the violin when she lived in Nova
Scotia and was taught under the •Suzuki system Which
involves group teaching. She moved here one year later
and found that' there was no facility here for her to
c -
lessons from Jean Smith of Goderich until Mrs. Smithontinue with that method. She began taking private
felt shecould not teach Paula any longer-and-sent-11er ta-a-
London instructor.
Mrs. Zoe Watson took over Paula's yiolin tutoring and
eventually recommended her to audition for the or-
chestra. Another pupil of Mrs. Watson's happens to be
the concert mistress for the: orchestra and plays init as
well. The mistress recommended Paula to the conductor
and she auditioned for him and was, asked to play.
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mentioned products are a
possibility.
Bob Kelly, , a public
relations official at Borg.
Warner's ,head ,office in
Chicago, told the Signal Star
this week that the ,new in
stallation would not be • a
chemical plant. With'that one
exception, it seems any of .the
other products . are a
possibility,
As for the top secret cooling
process, Mr. Kelly explained
that Borg-Warner does•have a
system of fluxless brazing for
automtifive radiators which is
".unique to the industry, but
certainiy'no big secret." The
process cuts down weight and
is popular with automotive
'manufacturers.
• Just • when a new Borg-
.Warnerplant might . be
constructed at Goderich
Seems to be equally
questionable. A number of
town councillors and
Industrial Commission
Members feel that once an
om
agreement is reached with
the company, new jobs would
not be far in the future.
Through • Mr. Kelly
however, Borg-Warner will
say only that- the Goderich
Industrial Park property is
considered "for• possible use
in future" and that there are --
"no plans for it•at present."
Borg-Warner - . operates
manufacturing .plants: 'in ••
Washington, West Virginia,
Scotland,'lJolland, Japan and
Australia as well as one other
were discussed by council in.+
Open session the town
solicitor later instructed the
Municipal Clerk Treasurer
not to release copies of the
letters to the press.
Copies of .the • agreement,
along with a number of
alfiendments made + by the
council, were released to the,
press.
'Those. amendments
provided .that a 24 -inch
sanitary sewer requested by.
plant at Coburg, Ontario.
AMENDED'AGREEMENT
A proposed tentative'
'amended ' agreement with
Borg-Warner was . brought
b.efore . Goderich Town
Council for'. consideration at
its meeting a week ago -along
with letters concerning that
proposed agreement from the
Town Solicitor, Dan Murphy,
and Town Engineer,
B.M.Ross. Although ' the
agreement and the letters
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thecompany be reduced to azi
18 inch sewer. .
Borg-Warner had also
requested .that its offer to
purchase include a portion of
the, railway siding. In the
council amendments this
section was slightly altered so
that the municipality would
not have to bear the cost of
track construction should the
amount -of traffic generated
by the new plant be in-
sufficient to persuade the
CORRECTION,
Councillor Leroy Harrison
told the Signal -Star this week
to did not make -a statement
attributed to him _iii last
weekrs edition of the.
newspaper. The quote was in
a story on council's vote to
bring Borg-Warner to, town,
written by Editor. Shirley J.
Keller,
The statement in question
was "Whet have they got to
hide?" It referred to the•fact
that Borg-Warner would not
' divulge what : would be
produced ata Goderich plant:..
• "As a ipember of the
Industrial Commission, k,
know I did not say that," said
Councillor Harrison. He
,claims.. the -statement was
made by Councillor Jim
Peters,.- _..
Canadian National Railway
to build the tragi at its ex -
pen e. e
It was also set out that in
the event Borg-Warner
Limited builds such a railway
siding, 'they would grant an
easement to. the Town .of
Goderich to extend ithat
siding further into the
Industrial Park to serve ether,
industries'th er• e,
The town also stipulated
that in the event that ad-
, ditional property is required
in order to build the siding,
the Town and., the company
would share the cost of
buying additional land
equally: -
The agreement originally
placed before the town noted
that all drainage plans would
be submitted to the Tow•n for
approval and • would in-
corporate flow control
devices to reduce the rate of
run-off to the storm drainage
system. It did not stipulate to
what degree it was to be '
limited and . the town
amended it to limit the runoff
to "not more than one: cubic
foot per second per acre.
Goderich Council also
added a stipulation; that the
. agreement is subject to by -
32 of 1967.for the Cor-
poration of the Town, of
Goderich. This by-law sets
out regulations for the use of
public' and private sewers and
drains,:. sewage disposal, the,
installation and connection of
building sewers, and. the
discharge of water and waste
into the nuhlic sewer systern..
Town council voted to
accept the ' amended 'ver-
sion of -. the purchase
agreement -and to take it back
for further discussion with.
Borg-Warner represen-
tatives.
Councillor Elsa Haydon,
however, voted, against the
motion saying that it did not .. -
seem wise for - the town to
make an agreement with' the -.
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1976
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enies
The Federal Department bf
Transport, ' through • Paul.
Roach of their ' 'Public
Relations •Department, this
week denied thatthey had
a,j ever ordered the Municipality
of the Town of Goderich to cut
trees in the Menesetung Park
at the west end of Sky Harbor.'
Airport. •
In interview n rvi
a ew with the.
Signal . Star Mr. Roach also
noted, "I don't think clearing•
of trees 'would have affected
in any way, a en '
the dorse+liie
nt
of the he Goderichaip
r ort for
night operations."
When told that the
• Municipal Council of. the.
Town of Goderich'olaimed to
be under the impression that
clearing the trees from the
landing path was necessary
for night flying endorsement.
.D: E. Gibson .(also, of the
�"D.O.T. officein Tronto)
The orchestra is about 60 pieces and most of the ' -
members are between the ages of 16-25. The youngest
member at 13 is an exception. Paula also plays in the
Godericfi Laketown'Band and in the GDQI Concert Band.
She is learning to play the saxophone and is proficient •
with th,e clarinet.
sa
Commented; "Do they have a
document?"
In fact, -the Town does not
have "a document". However
officials of the Town feel the
•
Department of Transport led
them to believe such a ;tree
trimming project : was '
necessaryfor accreditation.
Following an„ inspectlen of
the G
. oderich airport in, May
of 1974, Regional 'Sifpei•in-
•tendent • for ,:airways,
D.E.Gibson wrote to Airport
.Manager D
ou Hunter
"The
airport licence en
ce ex firedApril
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30, 1974," the letter. notes;
"and it will be nedessary•to
correct the deficiencies prior .
to reissuing the licence."
Mr. ,Gibson outlined'. a
number of . items for. the
"consideration" ' of airport
officials. One of those
"considerations" notes
"unless trees are trimmed iri
in
trees must
the approach area to runway
10, the threshold will have to,
be displaced 500 ' feet and
displaced thresholdmarking
painted on the runway." '
' In another placethe. same '
letter dotes, "Unless' trees •
are trimmed in the approach
0 area to runway 10 there would
be only:1900 feet 0 of runwa -.
Y
between the night
thresholds.'
Department of Transport
officials explained plained on
TuesdaY, however, ver that t
the
trees did not stand in the way
of accreditation for night
flying operations at Goderich
airport. The trees did reduce
the length of the runway tc
1900 feet at night but as . for
the issuance of • a night
licence, George Lloyd of the
Department of Transport
"`i ways office noted, `rThey
didn't need•to do a damn thing
`except put'the lights back in
shape:"
In a letter to the
Menesetung ' Park Property
Owners' Association D. . E.
Gibson explained, "The
Goderich Airport at one
time qualified for a night
flying endorsement.. This.
'endorsement w
.was'recinded in
February of 1973 because the
night . lighting facilities had
deteriorated to an unac-
ceptable eta a standard."
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However, ize notes, . • rf ..
these faci
proved, ti
existing P �of vli g� `fo
�"
endorse . the existing airport
licence for night flying
operations again."
Simply defined the ef-
fective -length . of a run
(Tor• i TTit flying) is reduced
be
cu
.on a ration of 40 to one' by the
height of any obstacle in the
landing path' at the runway
end. Once 'computed this left
Goderich Sky Harbor with a
night. operational runway of
1900 feet (provided the lights
were repaired' .) which the.
D.O.T. was willing to'en-
dorse.
This 1900 feet was. suf-
ficient,
under manufactures
specifications, for the safe
landing of smaller! aircraft,
but might not have been
sufficient t for larger n ager aircraftft
W.Iththi ler�l id'ng speeds.
he�'Departinent of
Transport. explain that the
endorsement of- so much
runway is for the information
of pilots.who are then left
responsible for .the, decision
as. to whether or not they can
cel s'"land t-fieiraircrait
Councillor Jim Peters late
vote defeats motion to obiaincoiit of arms
Councillor Jim P,eters
arrived 'late at _,Mo;iday
evening's council session and
didn't get -a voteon the issue
of whether or not to apply to
the, Royal College of Arms for
a distinctive coat of arms for
the ' Town. Ordinarily it
wouldn't have mattered, but
On this occasion, council was
deadlocked four-four on' the
question and , according 'to
rules of procedure., the
motion was lost. There will
not be a distinctive coat of
arms.. for the' Port-, of
`Goderich.
Councillor. Leroy .Harrison
made the motion to apply to
Her Majesty, The Queen of
England, via the College of,
Arms, for .a "proper and
official grant of arms".
• Councillor Bob , Allen
seconded the motion which
was made in response to a
•Wfl puirnps trailer septic tan
to protect owners #rom diseas
Goderich Town Council
voted Monday evening to
comply with a request from
Dr. Frank Milts, Medical
Officer of -Health for Huron
s
ti c
County, to trump out a e p
tank serving the trailer of Mr.
and Mrs, Murray Hunter
located in the Meyers Mobile
Villa Trailer Park. The
frailer park is in Goderich, on
Highway-
2 1 south.
Dr, Mills told town council
in a letter that the ownerof
the trailer park, Mr. Harold
Meyers,•Kitchener, had been
ordered by the county health
unit to pump out the septic
tank.
"Mr. Meyers has failed to
obey this order and will be
charged under the law," said
Dr: Mills in the letter.
He, asked the town to pump
the septic tank '''as soon as.
possible and continue
pumping on a weekly or bi-
weekly basis'for a period not
exceeding two months." Dr:
Mills said the work -. was
necessary "to prevent the
Hunter •family contacting a
communicable disease
through sewage effluent."
Councillor Bob. Allen; who
made the motion to comply
with Dr. Mills' request, said -
he'd been contacted by
another family living in the
trailer park. , Allen said the
family had been given twi
weeks notice tovacate, the
premises .because "their
septic tank is full,"
In 'making the motion,
Councillor Allen said, "There
are children involved, We:
should do .: what'ever is
necessary to 'protect these.
children." • •
"Surely when thehealth of.
people is involved, we should
comply with the request,',,
said Reeve Stan Profit.
Councillor • Elsa Haydon
agreed. "We can do it and we
should ' slo it as soon- as
possiiblb;" she said.
It was not a unanimous
decision, however.
Deputy -reeve Bill Clifford
-thought the county should be
advised that the town "is not
in The business of pumping,
out septic tanks."
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"If ' the town does this
work, we're being a little bit
hasty," warned Councillor
Frank Waikom. "It is up ,to
the owner."
"If they are.that concerned,
they could have the tank
pumped out without getting
the • Town of Goderich i
volved," noted .Councillor
Dave Gower,
Mayor; Deb Che
pointed out that if the county
ordered the tanks pumped,
the town' could 'assist the
health unit•by "collecting the
bill' on the property taxes for
Meyers Mobile Villa Trailer
i?ark.
Councillor Leroy Harrison'
that
felt the town should
1
pump the tank since the bill
could be collected on the
'-property taxes. He said it was
not the responsibility of the
trailer owners to pump the
tanks and noted there would
be no way for individuals to"
recover their costs if they did. • ...
As of Tuesday morning,. the-
town
he -town .had hrranged for the'
septic • tank to be pur.ped, w.
with the cost for the work
being assessed to the Meyers
tax bill for 1976.
letter from Rick Banks,a co-
ordinatpr_ for the Jubilee
Three -Celebration in 1977.
In his letter, Mr. Banks
said, "The ' Triple Jubilee
committee has been seeking
something which can be
created for the benefit and
pride , of succeeding
generations. A new .coat vif
arms might well be the .an-
swer to this quest."
Mr. Banks argued that the
present coat of arms in use i
- odericfi or eviee as r. It looks
calls it' --- is "almost
indistinguishable frail those
of many ' other
municipalities",.
"For this reason it fails' in
its prime purpose as an
identifying device and,
therefore, cannot be ef-
fectively used on your
'stationery, buildings,
vehicles and other itenis of
property," Mr. Banks said.
He questioned' that there is
a "strong sentimental• at-
tachment" to the present coat •
of arms, and said that "most
people in town - .don't even
know it exists".
"And of those few who are
aware of it, only 'a small
handful could distinguish it
from the devices -used by
Brampton or Perth County,
Mr. Banks wrote., '
"I submit that there -is an
extremely low level of fon-
dness for the: current set- of,
symbols," he insisted.
• "It is possible to acquire.a
unicipal shield from a coat
of arms company, ,or ' by
nleans of • a local com-
petition," said Mr. Banks,
"and then adopt it for your
use - in exactly the same way
Dr. General 'di Amin nas
awarded himself the Victoria
.Cross and numerous other
n' medals of his own creation.
pretty, perhaps,
but it isn't. correct and it
doesn't fool anyone," . Mr.
Banks pointed out.
• Councillor Elsa Hayden
who has gone on record in the .
past as being opposed to a
new coat of arms for
,Goderich, said she was not
certain the reference and'
connection to General Idi
Amin by Mr. Banks was
necessary orin good taste.
• "I have no desire to fool
anypne,"• said' Councillor
Haydon who objected again to
making application lication -"to a
foreign country" for approval
of. a coat ofarms design. She
said once -more that she was
'quite' 'satisfied with the
,present coat of arms and
suggested that if the present
one isn'
t well known, a new
.one would not necessarily be
any better,known. •
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CIVIC MEETINGS THISW'EEIC
Friday, October 8 the Police Commission meets at 1 p.m.
in the -council chambers of town hall.
' Tuesday, October 12 the Parks Committee Meets at 4
p.m.. in the council chambers at the town hall.
Wednesday, October 13 the Airport Committee meets at
8:30 p.m, in the council chamber of town hall.
Thursday, Oetober 14 Town Council meets at 7:30 p,m, in
the council chambers of town hall.,..
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Reeve Stan Profit con-
curred.. "I couldn't have said
it better myself," said„ the
reeve.
The vote was. taken and at
the request 'of Councillor
Haydon, it was a recorded
vote. Voting` in favor of the
motion to apply to the Royal
College Of Arms for acoat of
arms were Councillor Bob
Allen, Councillor L
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Harrison Depu-tyreeve Bill
Clifford and Mayor Deb
Shewf eft. Those opposed were
Reeve Stan Profit, Councillor
Frank 'Walkbrn, Councillor
•Elsa Haydon and Councillor
Dave Gower. •
"The motion is lost," ob-
served Councillor Walkom.
"Councillor Peters- is ab-
sent," Mayor. ShewfeIt said
quietly.
"I would prefer' a coat of
arms for Goderich which' is
distinctive," Councillor
Peters wa-s--quoted as -saying
at a previous 'meeting of
council •at which the matter
was discussed.
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THE..
EEK
AFTER
See'
5
'lege
Margie Whyte of Guelph is presently,
seeking families in Huron County who
would be interested in taking part in the
program, of Canadian Crossroads
International by hosting a visitor from
Arica; India or the West Indies during
the sum iner of 1977.
+ -F' +: -
Fina] .
word is awaited daily on what
must be one of the most .complicated
political decisions that Premier William
Davis' government has had to make
since it went into a minority positiorrlast
year. Should it approve an Ontario
Hydro rate increase of at least 28 per
cent.
The ..Canadian Labor Congress has
come out strongly in favor of more
assistance 'to' less developed countries,
especially aid that will reach .themost
disadvantaged' part of the population,
India's Prime Minister 4iflira Gandhi
s discovering „ that the suspension of
democratic rights' in' her country is nbt
making her political road very much
moocher. She blames the foreign press.
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