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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-09-15, Page 1"P p l e lHier has been appointed -the Ontario wal Program co-ordinator for the erich. His salary will be paid on a basis out of the Ontario government ed• for administration ousts in the per cent of the 10 per cent allocated• :lifying project with the remaining ntto be absorbed by,the municipality rrangements. will be responsible for thehandIing oi' program from the initial contact to pection. He will work in liaison with pal office where the financial ad- n for OHwere previously p will still remain. ties rev ousl performed in y the municipal building inspector. t a year's experience With the has beenhandled decided ifhe system would a person other ficiently f uilding inspector handled the entire ay evening's meeting, building in - y Breckenridge served notice he ve the municipality's employ in this year. Council accepted his with regret. 32 bin In le pi r and var head The finance committee, chaired by Reeve Bill Clifford, has been charged -with the respon- sibility to study the needs of the.munic(pality in this area and to determine just what type of an employee could best serve the town's interest in the future. Some thought has been given to hiring a fulltime engineer who would also handle the work of the building inspector. -- 1n-reportitrg—t-is-tcounor, " Breckenridge told members of the importance of passing a municipal building bylaw. The model bylaw, already in the hands of Administrator Harold Walls, will likely be presented to council very soon. • Breckenridge also recommended the use of new, improved forms for issuing building per- mits, starting in January 1978. He said such forms would make the work of the chief building official easier. In other business, the building inspector said that while the municipality is down 20 building projects in 1977, with only 76 permits issued so far this year compared to 96 in 1976, the total cost of the construction is only down about $400,000. ilee financial picture e ma e more clear I auditor Phil Young wants a com- f b,joks on Jubilee Three receipts and s right away. Council voted Monday hire the town's auditing firm to do the work at a cost of about $250 - $300. id there is some urgency for the books ht up to date since it is getting more the time to assemble all the pertinent concerning the financial status of entennial Celebration in Goderich. Town Administrator Harold Walls said there are bills, receipts, bank statements and' can- ce+ied cheques in the municipal office but no one has the, time to compile the data into a clear, financial statement. Until that is done, he said, there is no way to know for certain whether the Jubilee Three celebrations made money or lost money for the town. -Young estimated it would take about one week to bring the books up to date. 00 a month more town council agreed Monday evening a prbposal of C & W Sanitation to rbage pickup until the end of 1977 at rates ober first October 1, 1977 the price for a year's to The Goderich Signal -Star will one dollar for Canadian subscribers subscribers in the United States. tions will go from $12 to $13 per year in d from $15.50 to $17 in the United io•r citizens' rates will be lower, up $1 $11 in Canada. e for single copies at the newsstands crease - from 25 centsmto 30 cents ef- ober 1, 1977, d costs across the board have d the higher prices for subscriptions, sher R.G. Shrier. 'S. Crowds of curious shoppers lined up outside the pew Stedmans store for its grar}d opening on Wednesday morning. The grand opening wilt last for three days and is to Include draws, merchandise specials and give aways. The store is located in the mall (staff photo) the current rate plus $1,000 per month. The Works and Engineering Committee, chaired by Councillor Dave Gower, will meet. next Tuesday' evening .at 8 pm to discuss what should be the town's move for garbage collection after the first of 1978. C & W's contract ran out at the end of July this year. The company had requested a new three- year 'contract,. at a suggested seven per cent increase -per annum based on' the present con.- tract price of about $72,000. The 1976 cost of garbage collection in Goderich was $71,493 and the 1977 budget allows $77,300 •for garbage collection. Councillor Gower told council the Works and Engineering committee has . been considering several alternatives, inluding the possiblity of the town buying its„own sanitation eduiprnent and hiring its own staff to operate it. He said all these alternatives . would be studied at the meeting on Tuesday and a decision made, • 'Gower said some thought has been given to putting the garbage collection out for tender, but it must be decided just what the terms for the tenderwould-include: w contracts ratified i ate meetings held on Sunday, Sep - both office and hou.y employees of Road Machinery Limited of Goderich ept one year collective agreements. settlements effect 650 hourly and 70 employees/all members of The n of Nychinists and Aerospace cal 1861. Both settlements fall within. r cent maximum allowed under the • ion Board and are retroactive to June ffice employees and August 15 for the ployees. e employees ratified one year con - p1, e IU tracts, agreement was reached between company and the union that only wages and cost of living allowance would be negotiated at the end of one year while the remaining monetary and non -monetary items would be in effect for an additional year. The new agreements will give the top rated hourly employees in the plant $8.50 per hour at signing with a minimum start rate of $4.98 per hour, while the top classification for office union employees will pay a maximum rate of .$342 per week with a minimum start rate for clerks of $138 per week, the dge H. Glenn Glenn Hays, successively Crown Magistrate and Provincial Judge in d suddenly last Sunday in Kitchener, year. At the weekend he had taken his ughter, Roberta, to enroll at Wilfrid niversity, Judge Hays had suffered trouble for some years. appointed Crown Attorney in 1948, private practice in Seaforth until he became Crown Attorney full time ed to Goderich. He held that office for eleven years, then in 1959 succeeded dley Holmes as magistrate and judge enile and Family Court for Huron. In he was appointed a Provincial Judge. rich, Judge Hays has been active in nlzations working for the betterment munity, and was an elder and member rd of managers of Knox Presbyterian vived by his wife, the former Roberta • and two daughters Mrs. Samuel W. J. awlor of Burlington and Roberta J. at neral took place Wednesday. The ter resting at the residence, remained hex of Knox Church from 1 p.m. until of service, 2:30. Britannia Masonic , of Seaforth, of which Judge Hays was ber, held a service at the residence on vening. John F. Butson is master. .C. McCallum, assistant minister of rch, conducted the service, at the nd Maitland Cemetery. Pallbearers re Paul Parsons, David Parsons, Scott nk Gardiner, Brian MacDonald and bort, Honorary pallbearers: Harold edge Francis Carter, L.B. Graham, CManus, Beecher Menzies, Donald I. din K. Sully and Dr. John"Wallace. Ufleral Home was in charge of the lenn Hays was born at,Egmondville, in ith Township, on March 30, 1919. His great-grandfather, Robert Hays, a native of Londonderry, Ireland, migrated to the United States, then to Waterloo county, where he founded Haysville, and in 1844 arrived in Huron, purchasing 200 acres in Concession III of McKillopr James and Sarah (Archibald) Hays, Glenn's parents, lived at Egmondville, a Seaforth suburb, and Glenn, youngest of font.' sons, attended Egmondville school and Seaforth Collegiate, He took a year's course at Stratford Normal School in public school teaching. Later he read law with the firms of Hays and Meir, Seaforth, and Arnoldi, Parry and Campbell, 'Toronto, for two years, and after three years at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, graduated as barrister and solicitor. He was called to the Bar in 1938. 13dYEAR-37 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1977 evised traffic report Councillor John Doherty presented a corrected traffic committee report to town council Monday evening following .a news sto•-y in The Goderich „Signal Star in which an incorrect traffic com- mittee report was quoted. The revised version of the August 30 meeting showed that Ken McGee, of McGee Motors appeared before the traffic committee to object to the recently established Time Restricted Parking on Hamilton Street from the intersecti.on:of St. Andrews Street and Newgate Street to Victoria Street. The new traffic committee report also pointed out that McGee was opposed also to the Time Restricted Parking only on the north side of Newgate Street in the summer time although he felt that in the winter months, the Time Restrictect should be enacted in that area to f ili.tate snow removal on the narrow street. `A third correction in the repti'ttwas,a notation that following the discussion on these`Yrnatters, McGee left the meeting. Councillor Doherty said there had been some 'indication in last week's story that McGee was in favor of lifting the Time Restricted Parking on The Square and throughout the entire core area. Doherty said McGee had no part in this part of the traffic committee deliberations. Councillor Doherty also felt Signal -Star Editor Shirley J. Keller was remiss in..not pointing out that the Notice of •Motion was presented at the' sh September 6 council meeting "so as to get such a 'He4 proposal promulgated in order to get input back in from merchants and others.” so` for; the' a l� won . poli Hi t raft 1 FEEDBACK CAME ANYWAY However, Councillor Doherty admitted he had plenty of input from merchants and citizent after the story. appeared on the front page of the. Signal -Star. He said it seemed most businessmen were'opposed to lifting the two hour parking restrictions on The Square particularly, but added that at least one businessman was in favor of lifting the restriction on Hamilton Street. Doherty said he'd heard from citizens who were. in favor of the two-hour limits for parking in the core area. • Clarence "Sonny" Chisholm, president of the Shoppers' Square Association, spent part of this week getting the opinion of businessmen regarding the notice of motion which indicated the two-hour parking restrictions may be lifted by council fora three-month trial period. He said he felt most businessmen were opposed to the move. Chisholm said it .was his own personal opinion that to remove the,parking restrictions would be "a step backwards of 15 years" adding that the two hour limit seemed adequate for most Ai the he p rog Pret the of tit JU fron{ th'e I will to ca Hays buried yes He was partner with PatricWD. McConnell, Q.C., in Seaforth, from 1938 to 19 1. In the former years, when 24, he had becom active in South Huron Conservative Associatio , but terminated all political activity upon his first appointment to public office, He was solicitor r Seaforth and several townships, a member o Seaforth Lions Club and the Royal Canadian egion branch there. Prom 1940 to 1946 he served in the Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer R serve. Com- missioned lieutenant in 1942, he wa appointed to the semi -legal post of naval represe tative of the Dependents Allowance Board n Western Canada. A brother, Dr. Archibald 17jays, served in the Royal Flying Corps When he left Seaforth to reside in Goderich, Legal men pay tribute The Huron County Court and Bar Association paid tribute to Judge H. Glenn Hays on Monday morning in the court room where he had presided for many years. Judge F.G, Carter expressed his regret and so'rrow a,t the passing of Judge Hays, a man, he said from whom he had learned a lot. fid spoke of Judge H. Glenn Hays • compassionate, his sense of humor and also or contributions to various historical societies throughout the county. Crown Attorney Bill Cochrane Is° expres. e his sincere regret at the death of J dge Hays. He said he was a man of great unde standing who 1, will be greatly misse: Jim Donnelly, presi .t of the Huron County Bar Association, spOke of Vudge Hays' devotion and compassion. He said he would be a great loss to the bar. Lawyer Dan Murphy also spoke of Judge Hays' compassion for people. He said tat when a man appeared before him without co nsel, he , would take Octra time to make sure that man understood the charges and court procedbres.— . Lawyer Paul Rivers spoke of the timd, effort and understanding with which Judgd Hays looked into matters. Normari Piekell of the Donnelly and Murphy law firin also spoke of his respect for Judge Glenn Hays Was living in a house on James Street, adjacent to'the former Scott Memorial Hospital building. His marriage took place in 1950 .and in July, 1952, he acquired the former. residen.ce- of Judge E.N, Lewis, 85 Essex Street, with spacious grounds which Judge and Mrs. Hays continued to beautify. Judge Hays was a member.. of Goderich Horticultural Society, president in 1953-54. He - was a founding member of Huron „Historical Society, and for some years had bee'n ch -airman of the constitution and bylaws committee. He was secretary for some- years of the Huron Bar Association, .and was a former pre.ident of Huron Tuberculosis Assodiation, He was made a Queen's Counsel in 1950. ' .Italge Hays was greatly interested in county hisiory, and took pleasure in driving about Huron. especially the pleasant byways of Tuckersrnith. He often dropped in at the homes of old residents or their descendants, received invariably with great pleasure. When he was appointed 'magistrate, the Huron Expositor recalled his Tuck ersm ith nativity, adding: "Interest is by no means confined to the Seaftwth area, and there Will be general ex- pressions of good will toWard Magistrate Hays, and inherent in these will be the wish for a long and successful career on the Bench." repr his fj Ha y fecti He chil the of c tran of ca In aim refor socie socie prob Judg tend the U Th presi Sea fo year,, Judg crirni Wh At the opening of court io Goclerich on Monday. Hays members of the legal profession spoke of Judge biogr Hays as a man of great understanding and of Judg compassion, whO took great care to look into all it all matters before him, giving as much time as to me• necessary to ensure that defendants or accused Wi persons understood the case. Tributes relating to mini Judge Hays; qualities as Crown Attorney and on the Benbh/ are published elsewhere in this The, sWearing-in as magistrate in 1959 took Ente place/in/the chambers of Judge Frank Fingland chi in /he' courthouse, witnessed by qaite a large ga he'ring of lawyers. members of the county Let situ, provincial ,and Goderich police and New