The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-09, Page 14^
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RIC]SSIGNAL-STAR.THURSDAY, R8'l9Y8
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Pos't electio n optnons
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on election returns with some degree of
as people Province went concern. Mr. Young was very neark/
' -Jo the polls to selecf their municipal unseated by a newcomer to the area,
officers for 1977-78. Here in Goderich Gordon Cr
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hough, the vowas light only an Maybeit was iust another indication |cation ast|nated44.43 percent of the eligible that school boards are under careful
voters turning out to mark their scrutiny
ballots. Just where were the majority- .gentle but .genuine reminder to Mr.
of citizens? The other 55.57 per cent Young to keep his nose to the grind -
who live
r|mj'whoUve here, pay taxes here, expect stone. Whatever the reason for Mr.
services here, find fault here? Young's narrow -win, it + +is.0nne �to
even in��l~�
h reflect on the past two years 'and plan
Township
hi�p w h arm only | 319 of 2,200 ahead tothe fVfu�.
eligible bothered� to get out to •
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'~--r '--their representativethe Eileen Palmer represent
Huron County Board of Education. The Goderichcitizens-.at the local council
record in
Colborne Township was table as Well asat the Huron County
somewhat with 55 per cent of Council level. Asthis town's
deputy -
the e\ectora thereexercising their right reeve, she will be the only woman in
to vote. - county government in Huron.
+ + + Mrs. Palmer had a lead over her
�� ob- Harrison from the
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servat(onmto~lvarnadefrom the results moment the first votes were counted.
of the election, however.As the evening progressed,she
' -Shirley-Haz|i{f'vvife of John Hazlitt, steadily gained votes and widened the
Colborne township, was eie-+e* to the gap until when the final tally -was
Huron County BoardEducation made, it was Palmer 1,337 and
after defeating John rnok 374 to Harrison l�1,038.8.
358. But Westbrook wasn't the only The /thing here is that 61
-^ incumbent from the board of eucation voters chose toeither spoil their ballots
to fall. In fact, nearly all those board orleave them blank. That's an
members who were challenged were unusually high number of
defeated. . protesting against both candidates for
• ' The board of educatiOn in Huron —deputy -reeve in Goderich, and it should
must conclude from this democratic leave Mrs. Palmer with just that much
demonstration that the people of this added determination to devote, herself
county are dissatisfied. Such 'well whole heartedly to the town's business -
known persons as Molly Kunder from in the next two years.
Grey Township were voted out of of- There weren't many surprises in the
fice. These people, have served their race for council, unless perhaps it was
respective municipalities for years and that Stan Profit polled so well after a
years. Now suddenly they are soundly less-than:sparkling two year term just
trounced by the electorite. The passed. Dave Gower slipped from his
• question the board must ask is this: usual first place popularity
•"Was the vote directed at the defeated spot, 66 votes behind Profit.
individuals, or was it plainly and Elsa Haydon, the ladY who put
simply a method of protesting the total Goderich parks . in top shape
operation of the board of education in throughout the last term
this�ountyY^ polled ther diinhngthird,and
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' + + + '*' Bob Allen, who ran his campaign
In for PCinC�oderich,on|y .`strictly'his past two-year record,
� Harry yVorseU and Ben Gheardovvn ran fourth. ' '
. seemed to be clear favorites. Those _ Don Wheeler made an astounding
watching the returns come in, knpw it run, gaining 1,426 votes only about 200
was a back and battte alt evening behind Alten and nearly 4OOahead` ot
among Jim Peters, Herb Murphy and John Doherty who Sixth.
Bruce Ryan. A sixth candidate, Bob had about 100 votes more than Joan
' Cornish, trailed the field almost from Vanden Broeck who challenged the
current recreationboard member allth� start. - �' •
Herb Murphy polled well fora
newcomer and undoubtedly, Mr. Bringing upthe rear vvith69l votes,
Murphy will be an asset to local Ben Graham polled | and earned
co.former fhe rather dubious didMnttkzn of being
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showing
councillor who made a tremendous the
at the polls twoye- rs ago day's election in Goderich. Some ob-
*/hen he first entered the municipal servers claim 88r. Graham's
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scene' barely edged out incumbent .association with the Goderich
Brute Ryan for the fourthseat on Municipal .Arena demolition project
PUC. Stilt therewere less than 80 votes may have seriously hampered his
separating Murphy, Peters and Ryan campaign, for surely the whole arena
and during the -evening, those three question is uppermost in the minds of
candidates changed positions on the Godmrich voters this fall. •
totem 'pole as often as returns were', + + +
posted.
It can ibe said that the peopte of
Goderich who voted in Monday's
e|ection.vvmrm interested in who would
serve on PUC for the next term of
office . . . and they were eager to
support the new candidates.
OMe^more interesting observation
here. Harry VVorse||, the former
r had votesfrorn the
mayor, .2,436
persons who cast ba]kots. A com-
mendable show of popularity to say the
onn'mnehdab|eshovvofpupu|ar|tytosayfhe
least. `
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Although Vince 'Young vial the
election and was returned to the
Jiuron-Perth Separate SChoo|~
for another term, he must look at the
Now begins the arduous two years
~� toin-
dications
and ac�o."|ng many n'
d|cat|mns and reports, the next two
will be difficult ones indeed.
Council, school board and PUC
members, of course, need your sup -
more, they require your
demonstrated interest at regular
meetings, special public meetings etc.
They need your praise from time to
time as well asyour criticism - con-
structive «r1Mcisrh, of course.
The men and women elected this
week are only part of the municipal
government in this area. The people
are a vital part of that system .. : and
the people must functi�n t?o, if there is
to be progress and prosperity. -SJK
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believable.
• together the reports led to
omo �ay000lution ubout
vbotber or not UnidentifiedF\ i 0bio tm oould he
probing this part of the world.
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un editorial wh/cu upyeocco
iu tbia newspaper someweoka ugo entitled In 9eooc
'&t Leaat. lt u0000rnod tbn
repVrta fromthe Gruod Bond.
area ofuoexplainod oirooluc
dopr000i000 iu two corufio}do
whiob appourod to6uvoh000
made by some objeotwbicb
bad dropyod infrom tbo oky.
Iba report �wos almostsimultaneous witb �t6o
�0btuguf a very bciXbt
wbibo orei1verligbtovortbo
iubo, uoticod by aovor*\
Godecich rooidorts ' aud
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admitted tracking UFOs."
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Squadron at Port Austin Air
Force Station in Michigan
unknown objects for about 30
erutoro cf tbo 754th Radarreported tracking five
bmodguurtora in C l o
minutes early on the morning
of September 7," Major
William Frensley, an in-
formation officer at NORAD
Springs, Coloradotold Tbe
Enquirer.°Bo� uloo 000'
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�mod that two policemen
and u rh�iuuwbn obaorvod
the<J�0u fromtbe Arouod
woco questioned by
NORAD."
; Apparently, Carl Bailey, 28-,-- '
told NORAD he had observed
objects that were shaped like
batwings. He said, "There
were a lot of them. It seemed
like a whole fleet. It was -
an2azing. They were moving
up and down and left and ,
right, just sort of floating."
Greg Gordon, 24, one of the
two policemen interviewed
Mid NORAD: "We observed
one, object that was
land. a very
bright light in the sky. It
would descend very rapidly,
looking -as though it was going
to ^t ..-~~-~^
to its original heigiit.' It-
moved so quickly it was
unAt one point,
one of the objects was over
Lake Huron and t next
'instant it was over the Port
Austin Shores Campground.
It d so were v�! quicklyo y U w it�' our eyes
Interestingly
, Port
Austin, Michigan, is almost
_directly west of Goderich,
across Lake Huron. The
sightings there were Sep-
tember 6
ep'tonubac6 and 7: the sightings
at Goderich were September
24: the depressions in the
cornfields near Grand Bend
were between those dates.
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To add even more to the
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pDiti ~Un'f U spirit
bear Editor,
I uoz sure by now you will
know that the Celebrity
Dinner which was held at the
Legion Hall on the 26th of
November, was aresounding
success and when the final
tallies are made regarding
the dollars generated for the
arena roof, it will be well in
excess of$8,00O.VO.~ �-
l believe tbqt in the final
analysis there was a
monumental effort on behalf
of a number of people and l
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believe that such community
spirit should not go without
I believe that of course
Larry Jeffrey should be given
great praise for his unstinting
efforts o ensure the viability
of the evening, but there are
manypeople in the
background who did things
for the dinner which need to
be acknowledged. •
was the work by
There36nordowu doing 'the
Benny .
butchering of the rneat, there
was Mel Culbert, who cooke
the meat and, made sure that
it was- ready for the dinner,
there was the Silverwoods
Dairy who contributed the ice
creamfor the meal.
Paul Spain, who ensured
that the meat was delivered
from the Culboct'a Bakery to
the Legion Hall, the con-
tributors of many of the
finger foods and the potatoes
to the dinner and of course4he
monumental effort by
the Goderich Lemuuruooh:-
7bo Legion Ladies did an
excellent job of preparing all
the meal and laying out the
dinner, serving it and
cleaning up afterwards. Also
the Legion members who
worked in the reception area
till the wee small hours and
did such a fantastic job of
looking after the assembled
group.
When we think of all the
efforts that have gone in, the
citizens who purchased
tickets, the citizens who
ensured that the tickets were
in fact sold and the unstinting
effort§ of everybody involvedin the organization andexecution of the dinner onehas to really believe that the
community
well
in
and^~'
There were many, many
more people who were in-
volved who are not named,
but I do believe that we
should be very thankful tbut
ouroiuz000urouu00000rood
as they demonstrated tbey-
vvore;ao a result the youth of
the future are going to have '
the benefits of an excellent
arena facility which we all
know is the core facility
within the Town of Goderich,
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40 YEARS AGO
After days of anxious
waiting during which the
millions of people which
make up the Ildtioh Empire
were left wondering which
the soldier King would
cbonna, his people' or Mrs.
Wally Simpson, twice
divorced American woman
who ,has claimed the heart of
our sovereign, King Edward
has decided to abdicate and
the puke of York takes the
throhouuKing Albert I.
LDDKIND
Though all with one accoid
began to make excuses, it
availed them not when
thirteen Gododobitoa` ap-
peared in the Police Court
last evening for operating
radios without iionnmem.
Twelve of the delinquents
were odered to pay the $2for
the arinua) license as well as
$3.40 each ,in addition as
costs. The thirteenth, owing
to certain conditions, was
given a susdedaentence.
Residents' of Goderich
arose on Monday morning to
find they were unable to
extract more thana trickle of
water from the -for
drinking or bathing. Officials
at the waterworks explained
however by stating that the
intake pipes were blocked
with ice.
-^.._.._, urges all residents
oo keep their Christmas
present money at home and
spend it in Goderich in order
to aid local merchants and
keep money circtilatingin'the
town, improving local
financial situations.
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FIVE YEARS AGO
Only six people turned urto
discuss the need for a day
care ,center in Goderich, and
none. of these persons were
parents of children of day
care age. In fact, Mrs. Elsa
Haydon, Town Councillor who
is chairman of the property
committee during the in-
vestigation into the subject,
reported that "not one single
solitary mother or father"
with pre-sdiool children
telephoned her, wrote to her,
or otherwise indicated their
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feelings for or against a day
care center in town
Although pickets are stilt
shivering' outside the local
plant in the second week ofu
strike at the Sheaffer Pen
Company by members of the
Local 2135 of the Inter-
national Association of
Machinists and Aerospace
Workers; the center of the
strike's action moved into
nnrt.Two einp}oyo*u,
charged With two accounts of
wilful damage in connection
with picket line ,iicidents will
appear in court here Monday.