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wal. Program co-ordinator for the
erich. His salary will be paid on a
basis out of the Ontario government
ed for administration oosts in the
per cent of the 10 per cent allocated
lifying project with the remaining
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program from the initial contact to
pectaon. He will work in liaison with
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a year's experience with the
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ay evening's meeting, building in -
y Breckenridge served notice he
ve the municipality's employ in
this year. Council accepted his
with regret,
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Thefinance committee, chaired by Reeve Bill
Clifford, has been charged with the respon-
sibility to study the needs igrnhe municipality 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.
In reportim to .council,--Breekemidge---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 made more clear
1 auditor Phil Young wants a com-
books on Jubilee Three receipts and
es right away. Council voted Monday
hire the town's auditing firm to do the
work ata cost of about $250 - $300. `
id there is some urgency for the books
ht up to date since it is getting more
1 the time to assemble all the pertinent
n concerning the financial status of
entennial Celebration in Goderich.
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Town Administrator iI-larold Walls said there
are bills, receipts, bank statements and' can- Crowds of curious shoppers lined up outside the new Stedmans store for its
celled cheques in -the municipal office but no one grand opening on Wednesday morning. The grand opening will last for three
has the- time to compile the data into a clear, days and is to include draws, merchandise specials and give aways. The
financial statement, Until that is done, he said,
there -is no way to know for certain whether the
'Jubilee Three celebrations made mo ey or lost
money for the town.
Young estimated it would take abou one week
to bring the books up to date.
00 a. month more
town council agreed Monday evening
a proposal of C & W Sanitation to
bage pickup until the end of 1977 at
rates
ber first
October 1, 1977 the price for a year's
n to The Goderich Signal -Star will
one dollar for Canadian subscribers
r subscribers in the United States.
tions will go from $12 to $13 per year in
d from $15.50 to $17 in the United
for citizens' rates will be lower, up $1
$11 in Canada.
for single copies at the -newsstands
crease - from 25 cents to 30 cents e•f-'
tuber1,1977.. ,
d costs across the '"hoard have
d the higher prices for subscriptions,
sher R.G. Shrier. •
the current rate plus $1,000 per month. The
Works and Engineering Committee, chaired by
Councillor Dave Gower, will meet neict 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 ryGower told council the Works and
Engineering committee has been -considering
several alternatives, including the possiblity of
the town buying its own sanitation equipment
and hiring its own staff to operate it. He said all
these alternatives would be studfed 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
*tender would include.._
w contracts ratified
ate meetings held on Sunday, Sep -
both office and hourly employees of
Road Machinery Limited of Goderich
cept one year collective agreements:
settlements effect 650 hourly and 70
employees, all members of The
n of Machinists and Aerospace
al 1863, Both settlements fall within
r cent maximum allowed under the
on Board arid are retroactive to June
ffice employees and August 15 for the
ployees.
e 'employees ratified one year con-
tracts, agreement was reached between the
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.
store Is located in the mall on highway 8 beside the Zehrs grocery store.
(staff photo)
130 YEAR -37
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1977
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•Revised report p
Councillor John Doherty presented a corrected that the Notice of Motion was presented at the
trafficcommittee report to town council Monday September 6 council meeting "so as to get such a
evening following -a nets strry in The Goderich proposal promulgated in order to get input back
Signal Star in whet an incorrect traffic" com- from merchants and others."
mittee report was quoted: The revised version of
the August 30 meeting showed that Ken McGee.
of McGee Motors appeared before the traffic FEEDBACK CAME ANYWAY
committee to object to the recently established However, Councillor Doherty admitted he had
Time Restricted Parking on Hamilton Street plenty of input from merchants and citizens after
from the intersection of St. Andrews Street and the .story appeared on the front page of the
Newgate Street to Victoria Street. Signal -Star. He said it seemed most businessmen
The new traffic committeereport also pointed were opposed to lifting the two hour parking
out that McGee was opposed also to the Time restrictions on The Square particularly, hut
Restricted Parking only on the north side of added that atleast one businessman was in favor
Newgate Street in the summer time although he of lifting the restriction on Hamilton Street, m 1a
felt that in the winter months, the Time Doherty said he'd heard from citizens who were 1 c eelal
Restricted Parking should .he. enacted in that in favor of the two-hour limits for parking in the
area' to facilitate -snow removal on the narrow core area.
street. Clarence "Sonny' Chisholm, president .of the
A third correction in the report was a notation Shoppers' Square Association, spent part of this
that following the discussion on these matters, - week getting the opinion of businessmen
McGee left the meeting. regarding the notice of motion which indicated
Councillor Doherty said there had been some the two-hour parking restrictions may he lifted
indication in last week's story that McGee was in
favor of lifting the.: Time Restricted Parking on he felt most businessmen were opposed to the
The Square and throughout the entire core area. move.
Doherty said McGee had no part in this part of Chisholm said it was his own personal opinion
the traffic committee deliberations. that to remove the parking restrictions would he
Councillor Doherty also felt Signal -Star Editor "a step hackwards of 15 years" adding that the
Shirley J. Keller was remiss in not pointing out two hour- limit seemed adequate far most
shoppers to complete their business downtown.
He said the parking restrictions had been put on
in the first place to prevent all -day parking by
some individuals and to provide t arking spaces
for shoppers,
I didn't know' there 'were any problems with
the parking restrictions," said Chisholm. He said
a letter from Shoppers' Square Association
would he going out this week to Chairman
Doherty. '
He expressed some disappointment that the
traffic committee chairman had not first con -
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A television -program taped in Goderich during
the Jubilee Three celebrations this summer will
he aired on October 2 on Ontario Scene, The
program is a production of TV Ontario and the
Prettiest Town in Canada will he the setting for
hycouncil fora three-month trial period. He said the October show according to Judge F.G. Carter
of the Jubilee Three Committee.
.Judge Carter said he received a telephone call
from Joan Reed -Olsen of TVO advising him that
the footage shot during the summer celebrations
will he aired next month. TVO is available only
to cable televisiA customers.
dge H. Glenn Hays buried yesterday
. Glenn Hays, successively Crown
Magistrate and Provincial Judge in
d suddenly last Sunday -in Kitchener,
year, At the weekend he had taken his
aughter, 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
nizations 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 hters
rs. Samuel W. J.
awlor of Burg ngton and Roberta J. at
eral took place Wednesday. The
er resting at the residence, remained
ex of Knox Church from 1 p.m. until
of service, 2:30. Britannia Masonic
, of Seaforth, of which Judge -lays 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
rid Maitland Cemetery,, Pallbearers
re Paul Parsons, David Parsons, Scott
nk Gardiner, Brian MacDonald and
beet. Honorary pallbearers: Harold
udge Francis Carter, L.B. Graham,
cManus, Beecher Menzies, Donald I.
ohn K. Sully and Dr. John Wallace,.
uncal Home was in charge of the
encs,
ith enn Hays was born at Egmondville, in
Township, on March 30, 1914. 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
McKillop. James and Sarah -(Archibald) Hays,
Glenn's parents, lived at Egmondville, a
Seaforth suburb, and Glenn, youngest of four
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,
ar*l 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.
He was partner' with Patrick D. McConnell,
Q.C., in Sea forth, from 1938 to 1951. In the former
years, when 24, he had become active in South
Huron Conservative Association, but terminated
all political activity upon his first appointment to
public office. He was solicitor for Seaforth and
several townships, a member of Seaforth Lions
Club and the Royal Canadian Legion branch
there.
From 1940 to 1946 he served in the Royal
Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve. Coria-
missioned lieutenant in 1942, he was appointed to
'the semi -legal post of naval representative of the
Dependents Allowance Board in Western
Canada. A brother..:Dr. Archibald Hays, 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
sorrow at the passing of, Judge Hays, a man, he
said from whom he had learned a lot. He spoke of
Judge
H. Glenn Hays
compassionate,
fair
his sense of humor and also of his contributions
to various historical societies throughout the
county.
Crown Attorney Bill Cochrane also expressed
his sincere regret at the death of Judge Hays. He
said he was a man of great understanding who
will he greatly m isscd.
Jim Donnelly, president of the Huron County
Bar Association, spoke of Judge 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 that when
a man appeared before him without counsel, he
would take extra time to make sure that man
understood the charges and coUrtprocedures.
Lawyer Paul Fixers spoke of the time, effort
and understanding with which Judge Hays
looked into matters.
Norman Picket] of the Donnelly and Murphy
law firm, also spoke of his respect for Judge
Hays.
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
residence of Judge E.N. Lewis, 85 Essex Street,
with spacious grounds which Judge and Mrs,
Hays continued to beautify. -
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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 been chairman
of the constitution and bylaws committee. He
was secretary for some years of the Huron Bar
Atasociation, and was a former president of
Huron Tuberculosis Association. He was made a
Queen's Counsel in 1950.
,Tudge Hays was greatly interested in county
history, and took pleasure in driving about
Huron, especially the pleasant byways of
Tuckersmith. 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 Tuckersmlth nativity,
adding: "interest is by no means confined to the
Seaforth area, and there will he general ext
pressions of good will toward Magistrate Nays.
,and inherent in these"will he the wish for a long
and successful career on the Bench."
At the opening of court in Goderich un Monday,
members of the legal profession spoke of Judge
Hays as a man of great understanding and of
.compassion, who took great care to look into ali
matters before him. giving as much time as
necessary to ensure that defendants or accq,sed
persons understood the case. Tributes relating to
Judge Hays' qualities as Crown Attorney and on
?he Bench are published elsewhere in this
newspaper.
The swearing-in as magistrate in 1959 took
place in the chambers of Judge Frank Fingland
in the courthouse, witnessed by quite a large
gathering of lawyers, members of the county
staff, provincial and Goderich police and
representatives of the Children's Aid Society. In
his first puhlic statement as magistrate. Glenn
Hays stressed the importance of matters af-
fecting child and youth welfare.
He said: "Anything touching the welfare of
children and the Odell' of our district, and indeed
the whole country, is 4, paramount importance..
When you get down;.o real values, the question''
of care and guidance of children probably
transcends the allotting of dollars in other types
Of cases in Court."
In his second year on the Bench, he said his
aim was to mete out sentences designed to
reform individuals, not to have them return to
society embittered, but rather to he equipped
with gainful employment in a competitive
society. He greatly increased the number of
probations, where such seemed appropriate.
Judge Hays sometimes visited reform in-
stitutions and training schools and in 1961 at-
tended the Canadian Congress of Corrections at
the University of Toronto.
The duties of magistrate "for Huron" involved
presiding over court sessions at Clinton,
Sea forth, Exeter and Wingham `throughout t e'
year, whatever the weather. As Provincial
Judge, he took these courts only when there were
criminal charges.
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When an article relating the history of the
Hays family was published ,in August, 1974,
biographical information was requested of
Judge Hays. He set out a few items, then crossed
it ail off, and wrote: "Only minimum reference
tome, please."
With great deference to His Honour, here is the
in1mum.
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