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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-05-19, Page 1e a blood donor RedE* will be hld next y 25 i Bin GDCs BloodIauditoronor iium.from 2 toe in the and from 6:30 to 8:30 in the evening, gderich Kinsmen and Kinettes will once again jai the organization of this event. They remind that the summer season is a "high demand" or blood although blood is vitally important to the year round. se persons with small children who cannot be e, the Kinettes will provide a babysitting service e afternoon clinic. wrote Jubilee yCbecoming a regular blood suggests Kin Stan or wou take over r treatment facility Deb Shewfelt gave notice at Monday's meeting ctober this ,year, a motion would be coming to cil table for the town to take, over from the goJernment the operation of the water treatment ayor who is just back from a convention in itions said earlier eating hehere isfully conht vinced the Town of Goderich seting stover the water plant here. town owns the tower, the PUC looks after the d somebody else -pays the staff," the mayor Said. certainly have a good track record with our treatment plant," he reasoned. Shewfelt said that in Orange County near Los unusually effective water conservation are being tried and proven. just wouldn't believe how efficient they have "he told council. otice of motion came at the end of the regular of council. No discussion is permitted on a notice naccording to rules set out in the municipal act. pingup corating that old the costumes out and get the neigh - moving on a flog. is a place for you Council agrees disk the only answer Grandstand seating used until fall Goderich Town Council Monday evening concurred with six recom- mendations from the Agricultural Park Maintenance Committee which met earliea the same evening. Approval was given to call tenders for the demolition of the grandstand after. the summer's activities and to immediately post signs on the structure advising people of the Ontario ggvernment's findings that the grandstand is unsafe. Liability insurance will be continued on the grandstand, in the event of an accident, The tenders will close August 29 and work is to commence September 6, the day after the close of the annual Labor Day fastball•tournament. Other recommendations approved were: that a fund raising committee be established by the Goderich Trotting and Agricultural Association; that the Agricultural Park Maintenance Com- mittee act as the building committee; and that a bylaw be passed to designate the grandstand as part of a multi- purpose athletic field in order to qualify for Canadian Recreation Council grants. The ' Agricultural Park Maintenance Committee consists of three members of the Goderich Trotting and Agricultural Association, three members of council and Deli Shewfelt, ex officio. Earlier in the meeting, Councillor Bob Allen advised council of a problem -in the harbor area where a single boater was nearly decapitated on the weekend because a bow line •from a storage freighter was stretched across the en- trance to Snug Harbor. Apparently the boater came into harbor without seeing the line and passed right under it, just grazing the top of his head and narrowly escaping serious injury or even death. During the grandstand discussion, Deputy -Reeve Eileen Palmer asked Councillor Alien how he could agree to usingthe questionable grandstand for.. seating many people during this sum- mer's activities at the same time and be so concerned over the possible danger to a limited number of boaters in Snug Harbor. "By using the grandstand in its present condition, you, could be killing 100 people in one fell swoop," she reasoned. "1 certainly have my doubts at this time," Mrs. Palmer went on. Reeve Bill Clifford told Mrs. Palmer he had had "misgivings", but he reminded council that the grandstand was still standing this week despite recent strong winds which had been suggested as dangerous by government engineers who recommended the grandstand be closed. "It could happen, 1 suppose, that the grandstand would go down, but I feel comfortable in my own mind after checking the structure that it will be safe for the summer months at least," said Clifford. Mrs. Palmer then :voic"od her opinion that a decision to use the grandstand this summer, despite government recom- mendations, might "force the Ministry of Labor's hand". - "For. two months and 15 days, I believe this council is really taking the ap- propriate action," said Councillor Allen. "It is the only approach that can be taken." Reeve Clifford added that the gran- dstand would be monitored throughout the summer during unusual weather conditions, and said there is a possibility that under certain conditions the grandstand might be out of bounds to spectators at various events. Councillor Allen also told the meeting alternate temporary seating had been investigated by the committee and found to he out of reach financially. sir Nothing Mickey Mouse about this parade. next to Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh, The Goderich Jubilee 3 parade committee wants to involve as many local citizens as possible to l lster an organizer Pat King said the impressive Iis''?t floats and committee hopes to involve bands contracted, for the big as many Goderich citizens as sesquicentennial parade possible in the parade, the Saturday July 9. Parade biggest to be staged in Goderich. "We would like families, church groups, neighbours or even individuals to enter a float, decorate a car, a horse and buggy or even just wear a .""t:ostume." he said, "We $till need some clowns and people lit costumes to create a break between bands and floats and involve as many as possible." The jubilee parade will follow a monster fireworks display to be held on the south pier Friday July 8 -at dusk. Chief King said that aside from numerous floats the parade will feature ap- proximately 20 bands that involve close to 800 musicians. Some of the bands committed to the parade are the Ontario Legion Mass Pipe Band, the Ontario Provincial Police Pipe Band, The London Police band, the Windsor Police band, the North Stars of Kitchener„, the Entertainers of Sarnia, the, Paris Citizens Band, the Brussels Legion bank, the Seaforth Dashwood brass band and the Shriners Oriental band as well as several area majorette corps groups. The highlight of the parade' will- be the appearance of Mickey Mouse, parade grand marshal', Winnie the Pooh and Mr. Peanut. The famous Walt Disney characters -were committed to the parade by Walt Disney Studios of C'tlifornia. Hugh Feagan will lead an RCMP color party in the parade comprised of four former Goderich citizens now enlisted with the RCMP. The Waterloo Regional Police, Petrolia Police, Sarnia rious,discussion on McKinley, right, chats with Dick Atkey of Clinton following Mr. inley's acclamation to the Progressive Conservative noniination last sday for the upcoming provincial election on June 9. (Exeter T -A photo) ood luck' rt.Ross, NDP candidate from London Centre welcomes Shirley Weary, to the Incial election. Mrs. Weary was acclaimed the NDP candidacy in the Huron- lesex ridingin nonthnat on meetingheld In Brucefield on Monday evening. was the gust speaker.at the meetin. {NewsRecord photo) Over the top The Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, Ontario Division, reports this week that the annual campaign for funds is over the to`j1. The Huron target was 35,000, and by May 16 a total of $35,684 had been donated.This is the earliest date -ever for the campaign goal to be attained:1 The Goderich branch, which includes the town of Goderich and the surrounding territory, is also over the top. The goal locally was $8,800 and by May 16, a total of $11,132 was in the hands of canvassers. Township Police and Exeter Police forces will provide marching units and several militia czars from London will parade in full dress. The famous .- Carlsbe'rg wagon and team of horses will also be in the parade along with several antique car clubs, several graders from, Dominion Roads in - eluding the monster and the Labatts Blue balloon will hover over the town. The parade will begin at the east end of town on highway 8 at 2pm and take a two and a half mile route to agriculture park. The parade will go down Huron Road to Kingston Street, around the Square, down South Street to Blake Street and then to MacDonald Street and Agriculture Park. Chief King estimated that the parade will take at least two hours to pass one point along the parade route. During the parade the police will re-route traffic to. avoid the event and there will be no parking along the parade route including The Square. The committee hopes to involve at least 2,000 people in the parade and instead of giving prizes for floats or bands each participant in the parade will receive a special certificate of participation and appreciation from the committee. Mine employees sign new �n�ear contract ruling and will not be in +'feet until then. If the total agreement is accepted it would boost the wage of a first class miner to 7.63 per hour. The immediate 58 cent an hour increase raises that first class rate to. $7.49 per hour and raises the average hourly wage to $7.02. The mine workers were in a legal strike position at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, April 28, after negotiations had broken off with the company. The union contract expired March 31, 1977 and members were Employees at the Domtar- Sifto Salt Mine voted unanimously to accept a company offer and returned to work Sunday at midnight ending the 17 day strike, The 215 mine workers, members of Local 16 of the Canadian Chemical Workers Union, voted 139 to 9 in favor of accepting the company offer at a meeting Monday. The new contract will give the workers a 65' cent an hour increase retroactive to April I, 1977 and an additional 7 cent an hour increase on October 1 over a one year term. Company and union of- ficials met with represen- tatives of the Ministry of Labor in Toronto last Wed- nesday in' an attempt to resolve the contract dispute. Late last Thursday representatives of Domtar and Local 16 of the Canadian Chemical Workers Union signed a memorandum agreement resolving all the outstanding items. The new agreement gives the workers wage parity with the evaporator plant em- ployees and also included changes in shift premiums, work weeks, vacations, Sunday overtime and ex- penses. Union and company officials will make a joint presentation to the Anti - Inflation Board (MB) to allow the agreement based on the historical relationship of wages between evaporator plant and mine workers. Under the AIB guidelines only a 58 cent an hour in- crease could be permitted in a new contract and the em- ployees will only receive an increase of that amount, until the AIB ruling is made. All other changes listed in the contract depend on the AIB (continued on page 24) He's my man Thai's him. Maureen Murphy, daughter of Dan and Muriel Murphy of Goderich points a finger at Huron -Middlesex •Liberal MPP Jack Riddell after she recognized his face from a campaign poster. Riddell, who is seeking re-election in the riding was in Goderich last Friday. (staff photo) • rh