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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-30, Page 1J 1 1;cc, 1.0 k'u v c Libr, 52 Montreal C3oderiwctt, 0, $17A 2 • The year 1977 will mark the 150 anniversary of the founding 'of the Town of Goderich and the Jubilee_ Three organizing committee point out that there will be na shortage of, celebrations for ,.those wishing r to welcome in Goderich's 150th year. The Mayor's Levee,' hosted by his worst -tip Mayor Delbert J. Shewfelt, will be held New Year's Day between 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. on the lounge floor of the Royal Canadian Legion Hall.A.t th:e same time, and' same •location;°,•,fid Tanks, president of the longi branch of •the Royal Canadian' eg:ion, will host the Legion Levee At Iehe Harbor Par r1, between 1:00 and ,4:00• p.m, th& Jubilee Three Committee will also'':be.:hosting its Levee, The sesquicentennial year . •for Goderich willbe welcomed in with a • Merrymakers offered free taxi ride home If you really can't resist having 'one (or even two) -for the road' on New Year's. Eve then agroup of. Goderich businessmen will make it possible foryou to get home in one piece .just the same. They urge you to -leave your car and take a cab...::.at their expense. Between 9:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. that evening there will be cabs available. from Goderich Taxi at 524-6594 and Bluewater Taxi at 524-7305 courtesy of Alexander and Chapman•Insurance,. LyI'e Pinkney and Company Ltd., Whalen Insurance,. the Toronto Dominion Bank, W,:st- strate Martus Insurance Agencies Ltd, Gler,,mark Home Center, Furniture World, Garb and Gear Sports Store. Ron, Allin, manager of the Toronto Dominion Bank, explains that the group wishes to provide merrymakers within the town of Goderich with a safe way home and a trouble free evening. Costs of the cab will be borne by the merchants mentioned but the offer covers only in town locations. "With two taxis available," Mr. Allin notes', "surely people under the influence will take advantage,: of` the service for their own,good as well as the safety of the community." The .project. organizers have been workirig 'in con- nection with the Goderich Police Department who en- thusiastically support the scheme. Fantasia second 6n series L)i ecopd in the series, of I ondon Symphony Orclieste concerts at Goderich; sponsored by the local Rotary Club and the Sully. Foun- dation, is set for the auditorium of the Goderich and District . Collegiate Institute on January 22. Highlight of .the program will be "Fantasia" by Jerome Summers. Presently the conductor of the University : of Western Ontario Symphony Orchestra, Jerome Summers is a graduate of the University, of British Columbia and former associate -principal clarinet of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra under K. Akyama. "Fantasia" has been com- posed specially for the celebration of the Orchestra's fortieth anniversary season. The January ,2Z concert will also feature soloist Gwen Thompson performing Violin Concerto Number Three by Mozart. Born in Winnipeg, Gwen Thompson began violin at the age of four, piano at six and voice at 12. She has per- 'ormedas soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony, C.B.C. Symphony Orchestra, Indiana Philharmonic, Toronto Symphony, and the Jeunesses Musicales Orchestra in Paris. For two years, she studied with the renowned virtuoso, 1 Ja chs iftt ,, Ftprn 1971•to 19145 she was professor'' at the Faculty of Music, University of Western Ontario, per- forming numerous concerts and recitals throughout Southwestern- • Ontario. Presently, she teaches at the (continued on page 3) • • :q celebration celebration in• the Court House Park. beginningat 11:45 on December 31. The ,Laketown Band ` will be on hand • to provide accornp<srniment for the singing of the national anthem and the traditional Auld. Lancs Syne. The Rev. Fr. ;Raymond M4ynahan will offer prayers for the secfa'l year, as he did during the national centennial. in 1947. President of the Gode'r'ich MiIterisl • Association, The Rev. Ralph King; will read a - portion of scripture. On behalf of the Jubiled Three organizing committee Mac Campbell will make some remarks and Mayor Deb Shewfelt will officially inaugurate - the Jubilee year by lighting a ceremonial flame. A 21 gun salute, which is expected to be heard as far away as Kincardine, will be fired off frorft they' waterfront and as the court house -clack begins to strike midnight all the church bells in Goderich will begin to peal. Jubilee Three organizers urge aft 'Goderich residents to take time out from their private celebrations to join the community's .' welcome to Goderich's 150 year. 129 YEAR --6.3 THURSDAY; DECEMBER'30, 1976 SINGLE COPY 25c DRM CO future ,looks bright radar come Amidchampa gne toasts and the, applause of more than 300 employees, ' road grader number 10,.000 was certified complete at the Dominion Road ":Machinery Company plant in Goderich on the afternoon of December 21. The huge machine was painted green and white. the national colors of Nigeria, the country forwhich it is bound, Company. president Bruce Sully told the gathering of employees, government Cnd„ :pnanpgemen,t• dignitarfes t li ominion RoadlVfachiner was now second largest company. of its type•in the. world: Her. told the celebration that the in- dustry was . a . success because of everyone's effort, enthusiasm and help. Two thirds of the company's business was for_ , export, he noted, and •then predi, re cell: also h +c) co f tied growth because of files i- Arabia and Turkey. He Aten deals to be finalized in are'; 10,0;, coUnl d f ait`d waf one of, (t .0rgest., customers. Re •:resenting:•thrc Nigeria Hig`fl- Commissi �a ROA Unochie, told the. celebration that hem :Shed they could see - • how m ;Ci 4l *^r r .:itributing to the development ii£ his country through°t'beir work. Mr. Onochie said Nigeria was very "proud and happy"'a to be associated with Dominion 'Road Machinery and a country like Canada. "When I see this grader painted in the colors of my country I have only -praise and thanks for your efforts." he said. rou grader number Nigeria because that. ne.o DR1VICo's first, Road grader number. 10,000 was certified complete at the Dominion Road Machinery Company plant on December 21 in, a ceremony involving management and government officials and about 300 employees. The grader was painted - 'green and white, the national colors of Nigeria, the country to which it has been sold. (staff photo) - • Christmas. season marred by accidents The Christmas 'season was marred in Goderich • by several traffic accidents, one of them occurring on Christmas Day. Kenneth Johnston, 377 South Street, Goderich, was the driver of a car which was in collision with a traffic light signal pole at the corner of Victoria and Nelson Streets on December 25. Damage -to the Johnson vehicle was estimated by Goderich police at $1500. There were two accidents the day before • Christmas, both of them involving cars proceeding in the same direction. Alic Menery, 33 Essex Street was westbound on West Street when a vehicle driven by Marguerite Miller, 269 Eldon Street, also westbound on - /West Street; slowed to make - a left hand turn into the angle parking on the south side of West Street. The vehicles collided causing an estimated'$800 damage to the Menery car and $200 damage to the Miller vehicle. Also on December 24, cars driven by Laird Fulford,, 224 Bennett Street and Paul Schaefer, 18 Wellington Street W., were stopped at the traffic lights' on Elgin Ave. The • Schaefer vehicle reversed and came.' into collision with the Fulford • vehicle. Damage was listed at $300 to the Fulford vehicle and $100 to the Schaefer vehicle. On December 23, a car driven by Anne Maaskant, RR 2 Clinton was westbound on Huron- Road and turning left on Bennett Street. In the slippery intersection, the Maaskant vehicle collided • with a vehicle driven by Elsie CIVIC MEETINGS UPCOMING Monday, January 3, 1977 at 7:321 p.m, will be the inaugural meeting of Goderich Town Council in the council chambers: Tuesday, January 4 will be the inaugural meeting of Colborne Township Council in the township hall at Carlow, 10;30 a.m. - Thursday, January 6 at 4 p.m., there will be a special information meeting of Goderich Town Council with B. M. Ross in the board room regarding the 1977 road program and Highway 21 development. Tuesday, January 18 at 8 p.rn. will be the regular meeting of Colborne Township Council in the township hall, Carlow. Gardner, 1 Cobourg Street. Damage to ..the Maaskant vehicle was $175 and to the Gardner vehicle $275• Mrs. Gardner received Cuts and bruises in the accident. A parked vehicle owned by Arnold .Bell, \RR 2 Goderich, was parked I on St. David Street when it was'struck by a vehicle driven by John Hruden, 129 Trafalgar Street. Damage to the Bell .vehicle was $800 and to the Hruden vehicle $450, Vehicles driven by Gloria Yocco, 32 A North Street, and Mark Raithby, RR 2Goderich .,were in collision at the corner of South Street and Elgin•Ave `• on December 21. Damage to the Raithby truck' was listed at $350 while damage to the Yocco vehicle was listed at $400. There -were no injuries. There were nine charges under the Highway Traffic Act during' the week; three charges under the Criminal Code; four under the Liquor Act; and seven minor ac- cidents. • John Onochie, left, representing the Nigeria High. Commission in Canada.and Bruce Sully, President of the Dominion Road Machinery Company, drink a toast to their business relationship over the past years and to the completion of road grader number 10,000 at the DRMCo plant on December 21.. The history making grader will be shipped to Nigeria as part of a recent order and Mr. Sully said he was pleased with that fact as Nigeria .. represented one of DRMCO's first, and largest, customers. Mr. Onochie told the gathering of workers that he wished they could see how much they werecontributing to. the development of his country through their work. (staff photo) Shipping season closing Officials at the DOMTAR Sifto Salt mine at Goderich. Harbor hope to load -one more boat this sensor' but.with that exception the shipping season has closed. - The winter fleet has tied up at the waterfront and this year is much smaller than usual. The Westdale out of Hamilton tied up for the winter a few weeks ago and then the Ontadoc out of , Kincardine. man hurt in -area (ruck crash Ken Johnson of RR 4 Kincardine , was rushed to Alixandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich on Tuesday morning suf- fering frommultiple injuries after the tractor -trailer he Was `driving skidded off High- way 21 crashing ' through guard rails, plunged down an embankment and smashed, into a hydro, pole. The accident occurred, 0.4 miles north of the town line between. Ash -field and Colborne Townships. • Investigating officer of the Goderich Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police estimate damage to the tractor -trailer, owned by Harvey Needham of RR 3, Ripley at $12,000, Officials at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital reported on Wednesday morning that Mr. Johnson's condition had "generally stabilized" and that he had improved through the night. Police are still in- vestigating. Thunder Bay arrived with the last load of western grain,for the Goderich Elevator Company and took upher winter berth on December 24. The two' ships joined the three Goderich - Elevator storage barges Lionel Par- sons, R.G. Sanderson and K,A. Powell which are per- manent fixtures in the har- bor. The arrival of the Ontadoc cargo may represent enough grain to push totals at the Goderich Elevator Company over the top, making 1976 the biggest yeareverfor the company. Final figures have- not been prepared but. company president George Parsons estimates the elevators have handled about 16 and one- half million bCsheIs of grain this year. That figure represents an increase of nearly 50 percent over the totals for 1975 but Mr. Parsons points out that figure is misleading as a strike in 1975 crippled operations at the elevators. The highest total to date was at the year end of 1974 when 16,521,000 bushels were handled. Ice in the hal nor b hampered the shipment of salt from the Domtar mine but grain elevator officials say the high powered, . ice strengthened Ontadoc had no' difficulty punching her .way into the harbor. Mr. Parsons describes the present ice build up as "slush ice" and said he was hopeful that -an advantageous turn in the wind would blow much of it free of the basin, and channel. If such were the case ice booms oould be placed to keep the harbor relatively 'clear of ice build up snaking it easier to move the storage barges around later in , the winter. No figures are available as yet on total salt tonnage shipped from Goderich harbor. Officials say they hoped to load at least one more ship before the season - ends but explained that because of increased demand for salt shipments by rail and truck it was proving difficult to build up a sufficient sur- plus to load a salt boat. The lower Seaway is now officially closed but the upper Sault locks are expected to remain open until at lust crud January.