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,,.
Have a safe -and
happy Halloween
Halloween comes second only to Christmas in the eyes of
many bright-eyed youngsters as a favouFite time of year,
and• to parents,the cost of goodies t63hand out comes
second only to the cost of den'tal work .;tit fill resultant
cavities. ,
The Canada Sa ety Council has some advice for
parents and adults, and some advice for children, •
Parents are asked to ensure their child, can see
adequately,• and be seen. This entails the use•of make up
in preference to masks with narrow eye: slots that can
' obscure vision, and the use of reflective tape on costumes
to increase drivers awareness.
• Adults are asked to leave a -light on during the early
evening hours. .
Children should be instructed:
- not to eat: anything until it has been checkedoverin
good light at home..
- To walk first one side, then the other, not criss-cross.
To cross only at intersections.
- To take a flashlight. '
- To tell parents where they intend going.,
- To go with friends, or in Lase of younger children,
with a parent or responsible older brother or sister.
The Coun•cil says all costumes should be of flame -proof
material, and should not extend below the. ankle. Knee
length is preferable.
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