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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-10-28, Page 21Town Goderich, Town 'Council authorized a letter Monday afternoon to be sent to the Ontario Ministry of Housing stating the town's intent to participate in the ministry's • Neighborhood Improvement Program in 1977. The letter does not bind the town•in the program but merely. establishes its eligibility for government grants under the Program next year. -The move was based on a recommendationfrom the Goderich Area ' Housing Action committee and the . Huron County Planning Department. The two joined council last week in an •in- formal.meeting with Mark. Emmerson who is the community renewal „Officer for the ministry: Mr. Emmerson outlined NIP for council and explained that 1977' was the last year of, the program. He pointed out that theministry would be deciding on fund allocation under NI -P early in the year and if Goderich-•wanted to be •considered they would have to state their ,intention to participate by December 1. The intention does not commit the town to any ex- pense under NIP, it merely leaves the door open for 1977. grants. The program is co- sponsored by the .provincial ministry and the federally operated Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and is aimed • at upgrading facilities in residential areas of towns in the province. The ' program provides' •government• assistance to municipalities willing to spend their own tax dollars on hard and soft services that need upgrading in established areas of housing. .The grants for hard services. such as roads, .sewers and –Street lights are split:evenly. The town pays •half the costs and the province and CMHC split. the other half. • For softservices such as social and • recreational facilities CMHC contributes half the . 'costs and the province and town split the other half. The • criteria . for NIP requires . the town. to designate a • residential: area of the town for. ;rehabilitation and that the area set out have a population greater than 1,500: people. The federal contribution is based on a-$100 per capita grant' meaning that .the minimum expense they will get involved in is $150,000. • • Mr. Pzu.s explained to -council.. at the special af- ternoon meeting. • that the letter of intent is designed to help the; ministry to allocate funds. in the • coming year which is the last year NIP will be in existeri'ce. He .said, the • province can estimate their , contributions " and councils now in the last month oftheir 'term of office will. not be tes intenuospeird forced to bind future councils to the expenses, of the program. The planner did point out that the ministry wouhjlike to see formal application made. for -NIP as eat"ly'as possible. He said that the next step the town will have to take is to designa.fe the neighborhood they hope to improve and to •decide how much money they plan to spend; - Mr. Daus said there was not much his department could do to prepare a formal ap- Clinton couple killed A • well-known Clinton couple, who, were active in communityaffairs and known around town for their jovial natures, • were both killed Wednesday, October 13 in a " tragic accident near Guelph. ' Don and +Dorothy (Dot) McLean were on their way back to Clinton after spending the Thanksgiving weekend at the homeof their son' in Ottawa. Mr., -McLean, aged 70 and his wife, aged 58• were in- volved in a car accident at the intersection of Homer Watson Road and Regional Road 28 in Cambridge. They were both taken to South Waterloo Memorial Hospital where they died later. Mr. McLean was, the son of Aaron and Erna McLean and was born in Pilot Mound,. Manitoba, November 21, 1905, and Mrs.,. -.McLean was . the daughter of Cecil and Jennie Forbes and was born in Dauphin, Manitoba, • Murch 29,• 1918, -- • The couple wore .married on. November 22,: 1941. in Portage • La Prairie, Manitoba., After their marriage, the couple lived in. Portage La Prairie', Rivers, Manitoba, and Clinton. Mrs. McLean was president of the iiadies division of the Clinton Fair Board for four .years, organizer of the blood, donor clinic in Clinton, active in the Children's 'Aid society, was a• caterer with the Legion, and was a minor .. hockey - worker: She . also belonged to. the Legion and - the Ontario Street. United Church. Mr. McLean was a member of the Orange Lodge, the Legion and a member of the' Ontario Street • •United Church. • The couple is survived by five •children,, •Robert,. Calgary; Roy,' Ottawa; .Tom,. Germany;' Keith, Germany and Bonnie, Germany. They - Fred Barker 4110••11 .. (continued from page 1 the depression Fred returned to farming his eight acre plot situated on Bennett Street across from the present high school •• location. There he cultivated. cash crops and maintained a few • head • of cattle and pigs. .. As .the Second World War inched into the 1940's he again abandoned his farm and World at Sky Harbor Airport maintaining the grounds. During his employment at the airport, rather than Playing cards during lunch hours which he claimed most ofthe risen wasted their„ time doing, Fret began working- with inlay wood pictureis":anal carvings.. Keith Hopkinson, •owner of the airport, was impressed with Fred's work and ..:.con- vinced him to work in • the newly formed Herco com- pany, Huron; Engineering —Research Company, that manufactured wooden toys, bats and rater furnaces. As the .conipany expanded into manufacturing furnaces, Fred began to make the ductwork;'a job he 'held until 1959. It was during his em- ployment at Herco that Mr. Hopkinson . fully appreciated Fred's craftsmanship with inlay woodworking and his patient and steady hand, evidenced in other intricate woodworkings. So after considerable_ badgering he convinced Fred to enter some of his work in the First' Canadian International Hobby and Homecraft Show in Toronto in•1954. Fred sent one picture and a lamp that he had made. for his mother and as it turned out the lamp was damaged in shipping and was not• on disp.la' at the show. While he talked of that first display he produced a small trophy from a cabinet across the room. ".The, : trophy, with a silver inscription plate, slightly tarnished from, age, indicate& that he hadwonfirst prize. As Fred reread the inscr iption plate, as perhaps he had done thousands of times, his face beamed with pride. "This one .here means a lot to me," he said. "Mr. Hopkinson talked me into it andI just had the one picture entered and won first prize. I am quite proud of it. WOODWORK PAID OFF But his woodwork was mainly, a hobby along with'. gardening and he continued his employment with Herco ' until 1959. During that year Robert Hotton: expanded his Dearborn ' Steel Tubing operation from Dearborn, Michigan to the present Newgate Street location next 'to Herco. When the Goderich Dearborn plant was in its infancy, Hotton had difficulty finding someone to make patterns for the -tailpipes. After being' approached Feed - agreed to do the work and •would make the patterns for are, also survived .by fivt grandchildren. Mr. -McLean is survived,by four` sisters, Jean, Ottawa; ^Itit,bel, Pilot Mound; • Ruth Saskatchewan and Eileen, Winnipeg. Mrs. McLean is survived by; both 'her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Forbes, Winnipeg and one' sister, Elda, Win- nipeg and four brothers, Roy, Vancouver; Keith, Mi'ss1ssauga; Robert, Lakefield and ' Harvey, Montreal. The funeral was held, Monday, October 18 •at .the Ball Funeral Home with Rev. William Bennett• officiating. Internment followed at the Clinton Cemetery. Pallbearers for Mr. McLean. were . Clark, Ball, Clarence Bail, 'Reg Ball, Murray Taylor, Jack Van Egmond and Walter. Forbes. Pallbearers for Mrs. McLean were Don Arm- strong, Charles Merrill, Ed Porter, Morris Hoggart, Ivan Hoggart and Allan Neal. • G ODERIC ey Ofl NIP plication until those decisions were made,' adding that it all hinged on thenext council's ,t plans, He pointed out that the only suggestion 'mat'to date on boundaries made the third of the town bounded by , Victoria Street, Huron Road and • the Maitland River the target for improvement. Councillor Jim Peters objected to the letter of in- tent, claifning it may cause the town to shUffie their priorities. He saidif the town got involved in NIP they may., be spending money to take - ,,'advantage of one situation, ignoring several other needed and planned projects, "We've still ;;got to justify the expense and ,come with the monty," said Councillor Peters, "We a re.planning,the Industrial Park storm sewer, widening Highway 21 and a new water tower that will cost a lot o money. Will they be - forced to take a back seat because of NIP?" he'asked• • Mayor . Deb Shewfelt ex- eight hours a day and would work three hours a night making .ducts for Herco and all at the age of 65. Hotton then asked Fred to work for Dearbornmaking the moulds for the 'tailpipes on a full time basis. Fred said that many ' people were suggesting that • he 'retire since he had, , reached retirement age and he thought that might be a good. idea. "Mr. Hotton said not on your life and I don't care if you live to be 100," Fred related. "He told me that I could work:f'or "Dearborn as •long as I liked. Fred estimated that he has produced over 1',000 different pattern boards in his 17 years with the company • and has generally worked at 'his own pace. "I liked the work and my health . was " okay so- I preferred to work rather than just poke around," he said. "The work was interesting and' ' I made all the patterns for every pipe."••' • He has since passed on his. talents to Ken Wilson who has taken over the jbb with Fred's. retirement. ' At 83 retirement will not mean inactivity for Fred who claimed there was plenty to do around his home with the garden and the greenhouse he has always. maintained. He also has several orders to fulfill in the line •of inlaid bowls and picture frames for friends and relatives and suggested that perhaps he might do some more wood- work. "He better do some more," his wife Myrtle added: "I want some more picture frames." y plained that the letter of intent did' not force the town into any..expenditure adding that it may not b'e shuffling of priorities• He said the town's five year road program included the area "suggested adding the town will have to spend money on the area in th.e'near` future anyhow He said Mr. Emmerson answered all those questions at the com- mittee meeting last week and if Councillor Peters had been there he would have understood the situation, • "I'd just like to take a long look at -the plan and see if it fits into- future proJects of the town," said Peters. Council voted in favor of the letter and instructed the town's finance and works and engineering cornm:ittee to meet with the , planning department in the near future and come, up with a proposal for council to consider as a formal application in the new year,,. 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