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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-30, Page 18• . • 777 F PAGE 22,–GQDERICH SIGNAL STAR THURSDAY. DECEMBER 30, 1976 lmeetingls publi..ricroof o• Councillors Dave Gower and Elsa Haydon joined forces in the Arbor Day celebrations to plant a tree in Court House Park as several county dignitaries looked on.. (continued from page 2 1 Arena that call for a new roof to cover the entire structure. The Goderich Minor. Hockey Association is one meeting away froth can- celling this year's hockey program due to an apparent lack of support from hockey parents in Goderich. GMHA President Don Elliott said this week 'that a public meeting called for Sept. 22 will . determine the future of Minor hoekey for 1977. A recently -established County of Huron Housing • Authority held its first monthly meeting Monday night at the authority offices in;oderich. In his report to the•meeting, Housing Authority Manager John Lyndon explained that his major activity over the past weeks has. been gathering of files related municipal housing authoritiesicipa" , have been replaced by the new body, and .the inspection of properties over the county 'now under the management of the new board. The Education "Relations Committee announced Wednesday morning the appointment ()Oa fact. finder to aid in negotiations between the 'Huron County Board of Education and its elementary schoolteachers. • The Goderich Airport `Development Committee intends to ' explore the feasibility of staging an air show at Goderich Airport next year in conjunction.with Jubilee Three. SEPTEMBER 23 Despite the fact that the Goderich Architectural. Advisory" Laurie Kernighan was crowned queen at the. GDCI annual spring formal held in the school auditorium. The runners up included Patti Denomm "e,• Marion Bell, Flora Simpson and Ann.Meliek. TV TIPS by `ALVIN WANT A COMPONENT SOUND SYSTEM? We'll show you• how to selo+ct one to perfectly meet your requirements at a price that's alined too good to be true. ALVIN'S TV SALES AND SERVICE Antenna and Tower Installation ' 162 Mary w" 24 9089 Ontario Legislative .Assembly Select Committee on Highway Transportation of -Goods Tie Committee presented to the Legislature an interim report dated September 30th, 1976, which dealt with certain aspects of the trans- portation of goods on Ontario highways. Matters relating to the dump truck industry are yet to be dealt with. Hearings to consider these matters will be held in Toronto during the latter! part of January, 1977. Individuals and groups wishing to make pre- sentations to the Committee are asked to con- tact Brian B.. Caldwell, Director of Research, at the Committee office not later than January 14th, 1977 Select Committee on Highway Transportation of God is Am 440, Main parliament Building, Queen's Park Toronto M7A 1A2 Bud Gregory, M.P.P. Chairman of the Committee David Collies Clerk of the Committee 416-965-1060 Committee had requested council to temporarily suspend the demolition permit issued for the former Colborne Hotel until "the future use of the site has been • established and the ap- propriate planned. policies are , approved , councillors agreed to table the matter for only one week until a special council meeting next Mon- day. Goder.ich.Town Council was faced Monday evening with an enthusiastic represen- tation from the Jubilee Three Committee. .After a lengthy presentation, a new flag ,was adopted for the town and a resolution was ordered prepared to "permit the Jubilee Three Committee to order commemorative coins for distribution at .a value of $1 from June 15 to September 15, 1977. A Goderich Memorial Area golf tournament has met with success according to organizers .and tickets to the October 2 competition are going fast. The proceeds are to be used towards the rpof fund. • Plans for another roof fund- raiser, a • celebrity dinner, were announced this 'week by the organizers. The :'gala sports night is to be held November 26 at the Royal Canadian Legion Hall in. Goderich, with King Clancy, Johnny Bower,.• and Darryl Sittler of hockey fame and •Graham Leggatt of the • Toronto Metros soccer club Iated to attend. ' SEPTEMBER 23 District 45 of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Fedxation -voted last Thursday evening to ratify a contract agreement with the Huron . County Board of Education with 80. percent of the teachers attending and voting in • support. The set- tlement is still subject to approval by the Anti -Inflation Board. The AIB• rolled back a settlement . • between the Huron -Perth Separate School Board and its teachers negotiated early this year. The original teachers' salary increase of 10 percent was rolled back to 7.85 percent. SEPTEMBER 30 A proposal to have Hugon County establish an annual grant of up , i6 $1,000 on a matched dollar -for dollar basis • as an incentive to municipalities ' to form and operate co-operative area recreation boards was defeated on Friday by Huron County Council. The,vote was 33 opposed to 20 in favour. ' It didn't take council long Monday to decide that it had no legal right to delay • .denlolition of . the former Colporne House at the cornet of ^Hamilton and Newgate Streets. London lawyer, E.A. Cherniak has been retained by ' Menesetung Park property owners to in- vestigate means by which the property owners can obtain redress for damages suffered when trees were cut at the west end of Sky Harbour. A final attempt to pass a motion calling for a private members' bill which would have reduced the` size of county council from 45 members to 36 failed at the September session of Huron County Council. SEPTEMBER 30 Town Council agreed w" Monday evening to accept an offer ..from Borg-Warner to t 'purchase about 20 acres Industrial Park, that offer subject to some changes set out by the Town of Goderich and translated into the agreement by town solicitor Dan Murphy. Borg-Warner, a diversified company, has not announced what would be manufactured at a Goderich plantsif one was established here. According. to Mayor Deb Shewfelt, the company. is "working on a process that can't .be divulged". Hockey ,parents and in- terested people responded to. a plea of help from the GMHA executive recently and came out in numbers to a public meeting Wednesday flight to help organize . this year's minor hockey program. LARGEST STOCK 1N THE COUNTY WORK BOOTS Industrial — Farm — Factory Plain or safety toe PUNCTURE PROOF SOLES ROSS SHOE SHOP 142 The Square Goderich, Ont. French Cleaners baseball club has been on a winning streak the past month and have ridden • their streak through the Labour Day Softball Tournament and their playoff ga'tnes in the. Goderich Industrial Softball. League championship which they won Thursday night. GDCI held its rom- mencement night last Friday. Valedictorian for : the graduating class of '76 was Flora Simpsgn. OCTOBER7 The new Borg-Warner (Canada) Ltd., plant coming, . Goderich will manufacture •a futuristic and top-secret automotive cooling system for, one of the 'big three Detroit automakers. At least that is one of the rumours flying around concerning the company, and like .half a dozen similar rumous, has no basis._ The Federal Department of Transport, through Paul Roach of their public relations department, denied this week that they had ever ordered the Town of Goderich to cut trees in Menesetung Park.._ Town Council was under the impression that clearing the trees ffom the landing path was necessary for night flying endorsement. Councillor Jim Peters arrived late at Monday evening's council • meeting and didn't get a vote on 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 oc- casion council was deadlocked four-four on the (continued on page 23 WELCOME "SERVICE would, like. to call you: with "housewarming gifts" and in- formation about your new location. 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