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Cad eat up the beat of • Mr Wail.
deans the storm which was' budget Of 125:000 fet anew '140" "'" '""°"5 "5" 71:froadTIC:endly'Tsigin"elle; 1:0thd'h:rgethilit1iF..:.:,..`,":7,00,4. t,'"."„i'l,:I,."0".dthZ..,'„,. ;,!:::'
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pat theta, to tubed. at
i this a sae On mental Mate 1.4 they have toweled person
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Walls. only reflect the 9,40. 0! yeps
height Slane Pant. theaks to the IS 1.424 tre.s.,,,...
tee Wre hag OSP al the We thent the best part of
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fur farm anintab cortipead by hish windo. It
ski7P"11 v """.41 0:0"0 sve-Wiceonte hail thoe °add a I'll i II 7'77" """1011100 were low on fuel or feed • •1 ( py, a,grra ig gg.
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::.,1.,7.:11,17"Zid";a:lis. "- '0.00 - r77-7r-tirs. eht whit ‘16, ,falks NM. hoe. srtu•ing 0360.000 tri snow reinuv•I. wad after that tone Moe du
,,p, ko. r b -' troe... ...., jo 18 hour. s 4,, thane a kb Thla year. Mr Brandi stai slum yea seethed,' deeperee need tu ite 10,1 nowhere tu put is Wed
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cawing fur north la. /
...h.,. a b.dr, i. -.mi. . • so„, jug ja 500*. ..d ',yam Lb. s,,.., ... . .. -.ie. es het n. The people ei Huron County
5000 wettest in 197i, Mr. come, there It • very
ood
anywhere - 'Added Mt ho se, to get blower* in or
and admitting they probably. eiese snow with the equip
.reto 1 in eny Immo-star meta we maw have There s
semen -me,
Huron
th reports lie Mother Any brigh epots7 You bet
with high win, and ACeorellsie to Jial Banta
log temperatures mire the salt Coaintation Ire boon
he urge today (Thur. doWn this easter came
i. the county engineer they caa clear the rued* te
ho hessed the weether apply lt. Thar* •.earing lef
both county taxpaying as well
ati county motorists' Male
care and truck' ase affected
by salt.
Osten Health Minister Frank Miller morn. to be
wakieg the thing perfectly dear ad he toured the new
,gesgetey facilities so Alexandra Marina and General
mod Iasi Wednesdey. Haegatal adminietnstor Jim
jun Wured the istaity with II,. Miller. (staff pinto)
roeJobericij
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SIGNAL ST
IIIURSDAY FEBRUARY 1 isIs
BUZZ
As one of the worst storm,
e-
seerti,o:0
ence.tered in (kneel° ;slowly Gw,,,c,,,unet, 001114 reach
left Tuesday leering^ plugged 0,4come otrw
.ogizthendonedgar. a/d Meteuro10yss.cm.nor,.,.,,,,,th4cat00
woke, tal, marked the fist except to th,o..pt,,.,..
thathey
straight day of thow le Huron abnormal and alit o erereect is
County.
Last Thursday ii low
pressure *yeah moved into
the area and slowly nth, Ito
sety north to Quebec. The
trough from the system
. remained stetion,y Having
this ar, In a tight pressure
area between two systems
that caused all the blowing
and 'nova,.
Most areas of Southwestern
Ontario remand crippled
over the weekend as blowing
and drifting snow plugged
roads Anil Mott plots, and
sanders erere'unabrE tSlifthe
450drifts.
Researchers need help
enowfall ln GoderIch since
Tbere was only ap.
proximately seven inches of
The Notary romrnsttee for
e
last Thursday but the winds,
Itlulth Three is buys, thmain enemy. were
.jss,d in asiornhltng blowing fairly eteady ,er the
tiered fat a book which .w11 I
ished this yortng ,..0 hour and gusted as high as 40
Ole days at 2623 mile. per
*publ
ggersurste Our town s mp11.
sehierthday
day of snow tn the county a.
Tuesday marked the 5Is5
A +the cover bear mg the
snow ha. come this way in
on -Memories uf Gtelertch -
flurries or •ccumulations up
*I central Mout .1.0 pages
ip path Is 10 ha, aP 50one toot on any given and
mantely 150 of those every day ence December 1 3.
p50in picture< if the,
pro
To sea, a crushing blow the
pass keep coming
.. in,. he
askes .110 01.11- 11 1110 al railing for pictures sad .ny
Townspeople a' s .rig Tcummilthe is still abtemperature ove 0 C or 32 F since A milli00 dollar fuel convoy made Its sway to Huron County
has- not risen
„Touni, .., ,,,,,stsie old pieces of information that
gam but moth tsar, are people may have tucked
eel* Joan Vander -Work is away Any of the committee
wows, riles of negatives will be happy to receive them.
et the Signal,Star, Reidy.
Campbell th PrePathng •
sectton devoted to the plc
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tures of RIO. Sallows, the
students of Grade 13 at GDCI
are doing projects cm dif.
ferera aspecto of the town's
history • Dorothy Wallace
with constant reference to
W E Eillort stones and all
the sources she can find is
trymg to pull the information
together Wu a narrative
bearing the brunt 0! out
ebnormality
Tik long range outlook Intu
F'ebr.ry calls kw much of
the thme. below normal
temperatures and the ch.ce
of more snow The winter',
abnormal wind patterns that
have caused squalls and
drifting ere likely to continue
through February but ague
are abnormal and not likely
to be repeated not year
CBERS ALERT
.Goderich Police Chrtf Pai
King said the kcal fit/tens
ha Radio OW was an
di g by thrteratiout the storm
to Id pulice necessary
• Fortunittely, • Chief King
oh erved, "we clid nut hace
45
Cal upon them, but from mar
porn( of -me0. lh very en
co raging tu get support like
that "
v Ruth Er h (handled the
flePPY Cooke, 004055e -
monitor, the call 051000,1
004 Jiro brothel! Is a bit of •
philosopher
"One month Wee nal s
w inter eirake." said the
000009 engineer. He', still
hoping for a mild *ad mar.
velloas March
‚SINGLE COPY the
LUE
throughout the earn ,40dpassed on weather reports to
novelle, and ntrucker, in
pala
particular She se relayed
martages front stranded
tuthorthts pidice and tam
truck uperaturs
CIS operators el. beifthd
round up places lur stranded
travellers to spend the night
Local snowmobile'', also
placed themselves at the
December 20. Wednesday arra, keen London In an etas to- reach
ally in the area during the
n''''' w"' "rY la 15, ". irrOtrdnelidc9471,71t..7.t'a.:IrliT. 55'`,5,..,;,1".,.,"111,,e1'
storm end local motels London each gamy!, en average load of JOON gallons of
report., jet. bowej,,,,.. 50 oil. The convoy wag unable to travel on Highly, 4 ao ea
Dearborn awards contract 'for
.,,„, Dente, 0t.01 robing Inc -The productio, machinery necessary per cent. any move to lower Prices to
g Gedtholl Due weer( announced the In cope with these plans,- he explained, meet competitive prices In exporting
mks of ,Cohyr-rut ton -contracts -wet purchased during the past re, coentries creetes severe financial
tuses Von 00n shell etll iiii`r/ tn.. and now spare is necessary to complete hardship Many manufecturman
fiesta' al Pre<ent the program. Although aoduction (anag dl publications have indicated
petals, fealties will remain at the Newgate that development in industry 'nCd
' . , ,j , Street plant for the present, several. will beat an all time low due to political.
ihrhe StilicIllr' I ld .1 ..1.1.01. depanments will be moving to the new as well at economical conditions '
teon tinned the nflinnill'"n"th area which will enharke shipping.
mend z budding athirtion at the re.scorch, etc.-
The Ex ecuttvVice President e. sve.nt on
n industrial Park plant Of 21.000- 1 , .
gth fee Dearborn 51.01 at prTh
present -e- tooling Praltrem.- Mr Chitholth to note however thatDearborn wasftaking the- opposite nuree. "which- is
5sooissinkeseuthe ont InthliTf said. "50 the neat tub Seth. Maid con, mom p.itive, hoping -to inerea se
r/ addition 0111 proms/006110es w., .... 55,...,.. 20 „,p... 0,15_ o..0
o n productivity. by Increasing efficiency MI Iclibbr'''br 'n8 p0110000505. methodo and meet the ever ',resole witi,,,,,, „..,„.r..., 1he company
...
sent shi
and ppIng .P c competition by inhere in NW tome "I feel
. we. are most fOrtunate tu have -a
„,,,,,,,. oboe a ern. jobs al Dear s„.1.1 e
lieSor 110nod :ma (onstructton ts
- he said
man like Robert Brown as owner nf Ohl%
Ciplanderany altbla thr week end Mr Chisholm wen on to observe that company.
atieran a ultedolesi fsr j ape .,,f this the-geOnOmic ChM ate In Canada took a
to- downturn in Mid 1916, "making It
necethery for Indueries to look tO export
Keel bus ',mead 0111.1O,1 as their Only means of survival Our
in nte Yea., on, an. trading partner to the south seems to
worn meet% during in. Past have Inflation under control. are en-•
w in thil kit alloWed ll.., 501,3 toying greater productivity and lower
is weep to the pant that an ,..„. s,
male the amatory and yapping with many industries in Canada
eaten to bodly needed going under due to their inability to
limn Soca*. Portion 01 lb' compete In the export
a market, eryoked at 51M,000 and the, e should
e so. hare some responsible direction
m0,4540.000111 0*iionth in kicth from government before It Is thole,-
"Generous wog* rate increases in the
Bo Steel Executive Vie. public sector," Mr. Chitholm said..
ind Gemini Manthet Gus "started a trend that ie on • collision
saki that Robert Brown, course' with Industrie survival The
awakes 55,6 70,0.2.04 the private sect,, seeing these ad•
mild le on growth when he justments, have asked for, 504 4, many
He arts, in February of ' COP5 reeeired, amounts that have
dcipated and crossed over to Highway 21 and travelled
north into toderich. The treks were mak!, stops in
Exeter. Clleton, Gederich, Wingharn and Kincardine. The
first order of badness in Goderich when they arrived at
lath same rap of coffee. Waft photo)
50,
11
1
"He 100115 to the future in a' very
positive way and 5, proving by the
tnvestrnent of new and better facilities
within. the town of Goderkh He is not
wavering from his original plan and i1
looking to bringing prosperite to the
area Hie prime eini is to Increase
emPloymn
ent M the town of Godech
which he *111 4,,' .aid 11551.55,?,,Dearborn Prrvident Bob Brown cited
1110 cooperation and teamwork found in
all level. at Dearborn Steel Tubing at
one of the factors which has helped the
contheny survive In economically ad.
ver,, reinations and rise above that to
the point of annotancing en expansion
program.
"The employee teamwork I found
Jeopardistage of our expansion 0.0(004.,"0.0(004.,"zed their position M competitive when I cube here, .1111 exists." he noted,
"and we're very pleased with all the help
• ?flora ace ivith tith "In Order to sell anything. one must be w.e.,,,„.1..s ••
In sat Si nor Plum in thecompetitive With the net profit of Most Founded at Goderich in 1058. Dear.
P induetrim ilsowlng approximately fire sann Steel produces tail pipe assemblies
Estimated cost '750.000
Multi -use arts centre
Si Red of the thurOn County res-otration h, been accomplished a Cen of the exercioe yards for summer
5511 hataide gable a prompted be expeeted 55.01 1(5* project will recthire theetre and outgoor gatherings,
sIsa for the lualcling which- o modest government aubsidy, The
*Mei theatrreemelex Inc the larnediate -challenge. is to acquire MULTIPLE.USE
5005 valued at 1131,000 In capital for restoration.- FACILITY
peon sea cosi ace three Mr. Hill then suggests that five groups
millari dollars
tend out in full 1501ornier-1 wOuld
It 116ye0r714 strertere get a
Waft and 0 senes of
wild would /urn it IMO' al
maths and centre for the
iail Board -Charm, Paul
asses, hereon, the at this
tir plans are only being pliteed
a Wile and eartous govern(
kdin who have an interent In the
io dna [eminent and
Y. Prepand by planner Nick
"liestorainn el the jell to,
. historic site and Cultural
rill con a minimum uf V411,8115
bd /Mouth from the complex
total 118.100 while antictpated
the food /49506 %Shen
have a direct and indirect reeponsibility In esseneethe study has proposed that
in the future of the jail . the Department the jail become n multiple -use -building
of Indian and Northern Affairs the comprising a historic slte, theetre and
Ontario Heritage Foundation. Huron cultural center 11 1. not envisioned that
County Commit, Goderich Town Couneil financing end Implementation of each
and the Meal community In genere I and every caponent will 01100( 01 one
The stiody notes. that all five groups trtal the same ti Me
have been, and continue to be involved in "50 05 probable." the Hill repOrt notes,
the future of the Jail anti discussions "that rearation will be earned out over
should now commence On the content of a perimi of years as finencing'and
the study and means .0 ,010 sharing the allow
restoration 00,0 00 going expenditures "Phasing of the restoration and
deciding upon the sequence of the -work
When commissioned, the stddy with set become most iloportant. Parities must
Up to study the viability of the be eatablished as 10 .51,0 new uses for
restore*n,1 objectives adopted by the the jail *wild be activated first Stith
Jail Board. Those being the preserv elan priorities will Determine the immediate
td the building -as • unique architecture! and Mng term scope of the work, ex -
design. restoration and redecoration of pend gores and revenuee."
the atthched governor's residence, the Exterior restoration will. Cost ap.
attraction of public attention t10 the proximately 9.51.115 Tho, restoration
history of Huron County, provision of a component. while high in coot and not
culture centre for Huron and utilization visibly apparent, Is most es beetle I to the.
Beta Gaderlth presents Undo Reid with • geld
*Boling after Linda look Brat place In the event
la Winter Olympics loot Saturday .4 55.0
a Western Ontario. (staff photo)
w coat of arms '2100
Thin include, a large
0. oos o ett sheepskrn scroll, camPlete
Mutt Carers/I with all the effictal torel
rn"inn Porl sralt which explains and
nyol rase of depth's the new coat of era,
enrk llfl he guarantees sole righted' 11(1•10
Y, new sent of of the mat of arms and
Rd mon In Sp protects that lessee forever
meni of the ',mint
Y'vl•nisr, ...war Information is 0550
/'1.,0,41410, enynne makingo
thain of office, eculpture.
kesit .111 111P offirml trial of arms
mini plate ',reign etc, based •
rhe seroll will carry •
nutere of the coat of arms,
and the hedge and flog
developed from It
ntht,erim tax 60 mills
A,e,1,7.11n,rt.itr,ator Harold
,,,
hyn Lc:767:0(1,11,4 7011.1
17fiZ
.rn
10 f. in operating capital mid
rn lie mil provide that sum if
°many ^
111 rate WR'S ose at olIghtly more than
rant due thowIng on your bill will
atelyenethird of your tate. for ran
b.
Pin
vin makes offer
Corner property
th,tir.e,1.1.1,trt m tem the property fer by mkt
leinhoso tat, is " Thn tend craned by Mitchel
MI et 1st is 00 Ir. and Mite,' of Landon and
end Neigh Prom Invest
met ri.1,,,, or.005 I 01 .904 hied Its future
Melee stein,. „o, lo peetion for ever a Ithof
Tl thire tad j.,. The senile, eatio0. sae
noting cm Ors,i ithereted by . Bale,
"manlier it le, Pnienicitth• thetted it5 door. in
to,' enel A A P rethated their
hst Nom, ,o, preemies when they moved 10
em a se.,e„ „f liteesneof Mall
• property Town clerk Harald Wells
ton men nem the dee hinge* on the
W a isnprif neterin Municipal Itheedra
vsoeigpe4vff1:111 en.z,,,z4,,,.11d
ley
for Chrysler, Canadian Tire Coe In mak
poration-. General Motors. Hearth
Leyland Motors, International. AP parts sop.,
and other replacernent part SUppliers United 5
disposal of police should they
have been needed to rescue
motorists M stranded 0000 0,
le answer any eimilar
emergency calls. Police 50715
WA5 unnecessary to tall on
009s! them however.
Guderich Town Police
report a reels of minor ac•
canto due to the weather
and high snowbanks at In-
tersections, but say there was
nothing of a serious nature
"Just tail•enders and fender•
benders "
About 15 travellers showed
Up est the, local .lice station
reporting they were sumnded
and seeking .sistance In
finding accommodation.
01 10.,,, referred them' to
local hotels and motels.
By Monday noon the
Giiderich dettichment of the
Omen. Provtocia I Pull,
were esti-mato/a there had
been at least 100 motor
0001( 1, accidents In their
patrol area They stressed
however they had no way of
knowing for sure as the ht.
vestigattun reports piled up
and nthny cullistons went
unreported
One officer explained that a
snowplow, tow trucks and
fano trattas were still
pulling abandoned vehicles
out of drifts along highway
number four 50010, 511 Clinton,
any of which had been
Involved In accidents the
police had not recorded
The OPP report there was
10 1005 ,11 snow over Highway
thontinuedun page I
expansion
pig then announcemenr th,. hassitunty of furth7r eapansion in the
executthes also' :abided le futurr.
nth, market e'epuns ion In the AI present Dearborn Steel Tubing has
tales d hinted at' the about Irtramployeee,
Dearborn Steei Tubing of GoderIch this week amounted a
1201,000 exparislon project at their plant in the Industrial
park. Exenallve Vice President Gus Chisholm, left, and
company President Bob Brown, tight, show, Goderich
Mayor Deb Shewfelt drawinei 0(their bulldog prograea.
The.projeel will more then double the else of the anneal
fecilltith and over the next year provide more than 01...
jobs. ( staff photo)
at jail topic of study
lOng 'teem stability 'and thundnets 01 170
entire structure. the report say.
"The stone pointing has been
inadequately accomplished 50 -10,, past
with the result that much of 1.1 has Chme
away and frost damage -is setttng in The
rapanse of ttone 0.11 to pat ie large.
and this work. may be carried out over a
period nf five yea', '
The report olth suggests that the roof
be repaired using the original finish or
slate It notes that rebuilding the
chimneys and chaste are not 0?rucloolly
necessary. "hut 111111/00190t 10 the
contprehensive restoration program tri,
the period.of PA 2 SO"
Interior restorable, to the exrtting
ttructure includes basically the entire
engin& interior *7 110 jail
The Hai report suggests that the en
trance corridor. central hind< and .two
cell blOck s all be restored to the,pericat of
104500
THEATRE PLANNFO
The theatre complex proposed for the.
0050 01,0019004 is dencribed key
fr
featurer' in the ma twinning 0"cultural the wintrr months, swath wIll.increath
and artscentrt. for the -community' 0.10,100 weekso5 their adman expands
While the report found the arts Altar nuttng that the Governor'.
00 be "poorly represented at present restdence has al:early been Meetly
Hann County. it suggested that the restored. the report mggentn 155000 01.1.
linear end prey 'sem for the display ei 13rility maid be used at rental ac
fine et M the theatre concotrse would 11 c"ol medation and therefore help
time "generatd the rieei for a per gensraie reveal* for operationof the
-anent 00 gallery to thelail .,1e101; project •
"The hcohe etimplex hes been The Ito:torte lair was constructed in
assigned as thif ,(1111/11 111Vd onlity t0.1) after the Canada Company gave the
repartee entranrv 0,15.10ev anti fir then untted roan ties uf Huron., Perth and
rotation building of the theatre may Hrace t W11 undiline half acres 0
proceed therein, Independently of ter Inhd sr Clpf 1,4-.11 for a tall and Court
util terior and intenor Telma hon as Hosier The ledge's and Lawyers soon
footling os'rur, Chose its move to more comfortable
a,. ohjectivo nf thr. Huron Simons smors °iodation at a have man hotel,
Mil Beard ' the n.port says. u. bet the oot rens-aid in ese tuna leth
Create a centrela thecommon ity-which It was opened In the public as en
the theatre t.oraptet begins to 1111 ' hi.tnre site and RILISPIIIT1 In Ire and
The theatre will he used hy anal and anent/once figures show that meire than
0,0100055 ger harm ,ng arimts and for 10500 people toured the lo,': 11155 to 1976
general puble ss *may leading sloni.
so-ciety me, nes musical Pet come minor impresements have been
hamenres nelitisal 0f/W.101,0 4f1.0 1,100' d••ne hy jai! Avant in recent years but
show/ the study ,r-ust rolcase.d tlw hest bine
The Ceacre h Little theatre would tat 7o119 400 100704 program
1101011' 1 en, nt 1.00 ,471 week.: prothnted fro total reStora bon
ob er I
• SIGNAL -STAR
130 YEAR -7'
Aim 1 EON'
THURSDAY, FF BRUARY 17,0,01 stettrl 0 OP Y ic
Ken McGee to remain on planning board
folancie*.
GODI:12 iri,sIGNAI •STAR
01,141 WI* for one million - Hoydon
THURSDAY DEC' .P414ER zo„ 1977, --PAGE
Council votes 1.1 to
widen
iM gth/ ...w.ie..scaoy
t
91
CInotHdsmuilmsiMftiruniinn
aaiilsgY taPrtyaioroesae ulaa.th T. rtrainles.Gthpooedrisetarticiohjn. Dt aand i
ut
CunclH
a grita•
grtote Rows. rgULpbae event at Sunc
She said thewth not interested in the With regardhiath Mo1cl
heNodspoeubly axpayer, em not Notaedbywiyof entrance la oWIloc.Dae ayer, Guinnof onat
thithre. r
Wliia co=nnotenof4ekh4eel
!hidren"If Itto ace required. what bnefitsdMesa toMr.and Mrs. McArthutIn othr Mato!0054..,.,olmattOBRoad highwaytraffihawas only ureic%cra.theengntoVictoria she aloe. deiver'asked Councllor vaae 51910051, 1977oolthocited • meing to aglthie 90.4
walas the ponloo of Britannia 00 tlgg 5. ptygitt thtutag Godgeet gg gwg ly pohljc 101 School, CounclloDoherty Wheler "Mere 1,9e00e7 More It ealearned awell, tht a Pg.*bm‘4&M Speet o GibbonespssbleSeutddebwasconcerned recmmendeOwn'°mell contat the dstry? Juttwlut beefis ee desr' etawaplce opopy on 1. w nigneray.,memu nopandinedwill breconstected mosaher the resident. Of Goeerich ,d Hume Counts Boardof EduCatkm with GocCupkdbyMiss Lilly Ilathord onProtortj 00e484 bYcomplainedthecoatofheprojectuthe eugeonuclththWeBal. corac000Nghy].y2midwetbcnetsandEngneeringCOMkg*Estimated the of the proeclmprovedervcetothem. betwen Orltiale koad and Blak5004 withn ShasinoSs,.jth"VictoraStreetwilloleo.moo,bym fromRStiviy11toHiswayl.
cowrie°, ayden furtherosted the Street. PUC would 55i50 to replace town before thewat canbe completed, nth, 000 WmI 4001550140$0.,51t
'
j
e
1i
.000 with the town's ehare of tha
enthent repotted to be thmetas like
1221.500
At Monday evening's council meeting,
a recorded vote on the matter showed
only Councillor Elsa Haydon Mgmeed 50
the project which calls for Highway 21
south to be widened to four lanes The
count was 7 • I, Councillor Bob Allen
being abeam.
"That is ono mile of highway on which
we are sugleeting 11.000,000 total cost,-
Mrs. Hayden protested. "One mile for
one million."
She estimated that marlins
travelling the route every day might
eave "a couple of minutes • day",
because she pointed out, Use speed 110011
on that portion of mod moidd not change.
v de, highway would moat the area
More dangerous' for those chlkken east
05 lithhw ay 21 hoeing perms the road to
attend Victoria Public School.
50011 099000 this," said Councillor
Hayden.
Councillor John Doherty who
claimed be le well acquainted with the
Baffle tie-ups on Flights/ay 21 at the in:
1,10,051. 01 Britannia goad said per.
R0005 000Uavel that etretch of road daily
would ind,d save time If the route was
widened and streen lined.
see.
vices under Highway 21 Sol,.. an five com, ,, eau aft, to pa, zhayalhip tw004whether or not council otunmining I
th
-That's a dangerous spot any tame of
the year," said Couneillor Doherty.
"capecialy now when the 500,0,00,are so high Kids can 000 0, horn
between snowbonas .5.0101 entrance nod
Cause. accident."
Several heads nodded in agreete,t
around the council table
Councillor Don Wheeler said he wth
comluced the plan fur Highway 31 and
Britannia Road was the "best and most
ec.omical plan".
"Ultimately, of course, it le the tax
CoancIllor Doherty sea he's seen car. pay, of GalerIch who pity. the whole
backed up all the way to Blake Street I. don," Councillor Wheeler added lie
the earner menthe. and mild the last said be would be much more willing to
car In that long lineup might wait up to support the project now if he could be
30 minutes to make the turn Onto valet. it wit. altesceeery proJect within
Breathitt Road. the nest Maya..
Additional LIP funds
granted to district
Spa, Cummings, Huron
County Development Officer
se Id this week R. E .
McKinley, MP for !futon ha.
announced that an 5445100.1
103, 1 10 has been made
thallable to fund the Huron are
County Local !Mit,
Program.
The original grant of 515,300
was assigned for a county
beautification program
Theth additional funds will
extend the current pniject
and result In employment for
eight additional people.
f trbe 141-tOberit1j
SIGNAL STAR)
ith YEAR -I THURSDAY, Pt BRUARY 16,1177
>
tern Woo Hl.o,h.rd a. to erect • the., Gower sed, all service! .der jjwit sem,
Highway 21 would have to be replaced,
including all conneeting stubs which will -
have to he rebuilt. s The PUC has been advised workmen
may proceed with power and S100,05 115555
-There's no question *bout it," sald allergia.; on Bay kid R.d.
Gower. "Of course. eve4 funding comes A 17-5000 eeeernent idso be
out 01 the taxpayer On this project required across the Wont of the C. -
though. 110 per cent of the funds 0555 0.0.0 41o104b1 T•vern and Squint Gift
from the WIC end 10 per cent sell be properties The town engineer, Burns
the keel taxpayer." Ross, is preparing sketch pas el the.
area,
ACQUIRE PROPERTY A new sidewalk is to be constructed
To complete the project, property horn 5(50Stincoast Mall to the end of the
must be acquired.. The home of Mr and existine sidewalk . the east olde
of
Mrs. Frank McArthur on the puthwest Highway 21, just above Bennett Streeo.
earner of the intersection of Highway 21 Landscaping funds to s limit 07 155.000
and Britannia R.d hat already been are to be included in the project, council
purchased by the town and notice will be egreed
ithelf to MmPletiOn al the *atomism to
Sunman If 5 moves DOW to buy the i
Dimwits, land. Some member, felt the.
extension of Sanco..t 10 Highway 9
hinged upon the dete cd the Imation of a .1,
Borg.Warner potent In Goderk.b.
Mayor Deb Sithwfalt reminded coma I,
member -a that plans for the extenalon to
Suneoest Drive to Highway have been
in the works for msny long yens. Prior
tss negotiations with Borg.Warner. 1s
"This Is not • new idea," claimed the
mayorlie seid the choler°, of Um
Worts and Engineering Committee. •
Dare Gower, was only thiamine .
council of his intende5, to bogie talks
concerning the Glousher property
Councillor. were •greed the 9(090.17 5.
necessary to the future growth a the
m.lelpality.
Damage has been estimated at Sthletee in a fire which equipment ahem 0 30 a.m. Use building .cupled by La
destroyed • portion of the O'Brien Block on The Square Boutique and O'BrIen'• Meat Mthket was totally gutted,
early Friday morning. 50, 10,, broke .t at about a Ile a.m. Cause of the blaze is still officially undetermined. (staff
forcing 111440010 05 the second floor apartments ta lump to pima)
die street below. By the time firemen packed up ther
Estimated damage 6120,000
O'Brien buildinggutted
Godericti Fire Eight,.
*niggled through sub -zero
temperatures during the
may morning hours Friday
battling • fire which com•
pletely gutted a Melding In
tbe central amine.. core at
the corner of The Squares and
Rost Street
Fire broke out in one 01 500
basin*s, premises occupying
the Wedges. La Boutique,
and opr,d to the second floor
apartments at the O'Brien
Meet Market at about 4.00
•.m
Residents ca tame apart.
Mother defends daughter
Mrs. Dorothy Ziegler Of 267
South Street wouldn't allow
her daughter'. purse to be
lost without • flight lam
Friday evening. When a
purse -snatcher grabbed the
handbag, ithe grabbed thv
snatCher. The Moen man
managed to escape however
The Incident occurred at
about 9,00 pm on South
Street near Elgin Avenue a.
Mrs. Ziegler and her
daughter Joyce were walking
along the sidewalk.
Two youths, one wearing
parka, and the other a skl
jacket, and both wearing
Witham.. grabbed the
purth and. after a brief
struggk with Mrs Ziegler.
rime(
The purse contained an
estimathd 15 00 in cash and
45,total theft has been vale,
at 520 00.
Godench Police lacer
picked up two suspects
nearby but had te release
them after questioning,
Because 'of the ski masks
positive identifatIon proved
difficult.
Man jumps to safety from second storey
"Another minute and I McAstocker suffered torn thdn't ever think about it I windowo of the stores es
don't think I would have ligaments and smoke just knew we had to get out ploded and the awning of La
Goderich was forted to Jump inhalation, Young broke both mcAstoCker arid Blaisedale
madDitevald- Young. 22, of ainih'solattle'ent:5714814fo"red's'm' o'lt5e0 wouidn't have made IC'
for safe ground and Youngs
and in another minute we .Bo..urtiqthu.d.... fen,11 etyn .tch.e.sr,.tr,weedt
to safety from A second atorey els
feaetandl111in
fo
llowed him out he *104
ow
injured . cramled o
ut into theapartment over O'Brien'. Ae..ndr.ku:,n:10;bt eased themelves down middenfthe ttreetMeat Market early Friday Generi Hoseita1, the front ofthe building thfarmorn,,g..fire,.,.dy,,ng.....:
-ao they could before dropping The Fire Department and
threugh La Boutique and Mc-Astocker around 4 a.m
O'Beien's on the Corner of after smoke had started to the snow covered Streets. bpoylicthe,,weuren,:to.rtmingthloa1brrm,ive
Ease Street and The Square. filtering Into the apart rrient Young explained that were put into il tam driven by
The fire broke Ohl lo La "Tim woke nth up but I was everything had taken place so Brute• Betties of Godench
Boutique on East Street at 4 in a daze and wastet sure fast and when he reached the The and taken -to hospital
a.m. Friday and thread to what was happening," he oidewalk he knew he had Mr. Betties seat %tending by
O'Brlen's and two apart. thid. "At first we wandered broken some boneo At the the Bank of Montreal when
ma, above the 'three. amend end srere Suing vi cell three sal en the sidewalk, the the window, and awning *1 1.0
Young, Tim MeAsteeker the fire department."
and Penny Blaleedale. ' oc- As smone began to poor
cupante of the apartMent all into the• upper floor, the 1100
made their escape through decided not to call the fire
the second storey window to department but to escape
the streets below. deare a otalrcase tO EAst
Sdoo"er lessAdingthetoYthr stanedircathset
they were almost overcome
00'.04etri
'MPk'eil LO go out the
stairs but when we opened the
door they were full of smoke
and we became a little
scared The ornoke hit me,04
Tickets for- the Jubilee 3 I knew we just had to gee
Spring Ball on May 19 at the out." Said Young.
Goderich Arena faintithil MeAstoCker- Immediately
Guy Lombardo 004 115. ROM' went to the window
Canadians •re now On oale overi.kIng The Square and
and Can be obtained from arty .yopened.ms k,1511.,,Dri,,,z1enth.b:h.,fder;
committee M+eM+ be+r.
offered the only alternative,
de to escape end the window
tWlth"tihtsrlow.5* juMP'd 50
belitreet
"I didn't realise we were
.itthhir,,Ver.•-veh.lindowr'h."P.boartfT117,5.1°Peur.rn:edpeditt
Sale of Goderich Silver and
GOld Delia was tmesteseful.
The nickel doSI5.' 0111 be
available In Goderieh about
March .501. •
Boutique collapsed and said
that glass was thrown across
the street IA the bank
Young. McAstocker end
Blaisedale were in front of
O'Brien's on the sidewalk at
the lime and Bettie, then
decided to take them to the
hospital
'-lf they had been on the
street on the La Boutique side
they wouldn't have had •
chance,- Betties laid. "The
police said they had called an
ambulance but I made my
own decision to take them to
the hospital then "
Salt snowbound
Officials at the Slit° Salt mine in CPR Nob,. but only at the normal
Goderith sty that last week's arm rate of three trains per wrek. Sift,
resulted in lost shipmento of Me control thoketrnan Karl Butler also noted that
salt totalling about 11,000 tons. as the storm severely dierupted truck
Canadian - National Railways, Ihe shipments at Its peak
primary carrier of salt frorn the mi., Because of the plugged tracks. the salt
has been unable to take shipments forear was force4 to begin stockpiling
over a week and tracks were still not suppliet underground. In unused areas
completely cleared on Monday of the mine An expensive levees.
CN did manage to remove cars because it mean, the salt all must be
already loaded at the mine, and bring in handled twice
one train al empty canon Saturday, bot
it did so over Canadian Pacific tracks. Canadian National plowand blowing
CNR thokesman Bob Hick. seld 0 started out from Stratford Lan Wed -
Monday 500( 41 was the fleet time in the nesday .n40 Monday morning had *III
history 00the mine that CN had te use not reached Goderich. 0,1150 01 nearly 29
CPR facilities rm were slowing the track clearing
Under normal conditions 450 .015 mine operation on a section known as Ward's
ships about 10 Cars per day over asix C.0 about five miles east a the town.
day mek , Beck, loaded with 100 tons of At one point the railway had a mow
salt MMt Of that salt Is for ice control plow in operation powered by six
and is Ira for MOO treat locomotives and it was 0111 getting stuck
Some shIpmenta krcre going ourOver tn hardpacked drifts
Student
exchange......
• from page 2
population difference is
obvious between the two
lands. In his native city of
Cucuta the population is
400,000.
Hoyos has `an agricultural
background. His father owns
a farm and raises beef cattle
and grows rice. His mother
'owns and operates a flower
shop in Caucuta, about 45
miles from the farm.
Hoyos received his
education in, a Catholic school
in Columbia where 99 percent
of the population is Catholic.
He said he had to get out of
bed at 5:30 in the morning to
get to school for 7:00 and had
classes until 1 1 :30. At noon he
returned home for lunch a,nd
a siesta going back to school
from 2:00 until 5:00. He took
11 subjects every year of his
six years in high school. The
school year is from January
McGee sales lot ruled legal use
At Maley eveideg's
regular council
meeting, lien McGee, •
member 0(the planning
board, was e.oureged
te remain on that board
despite a motion by
Eitia Hayden
to ask Mr. McGee to
resign.
Council also voted to
take no action against
the use made by McGee
Motors of the lot al the
ranee of Hamilton and
Napa Streets, and
agreed the sales lot at
that location is in
harmony with the
Restricted Oree Beew
50, 51.
Council aloe voted to
take Immediate steps to
protect The Square
"from any further
deterioration from Its
existing use".
The following Is •
deseription .0 10. eventa
In the retail chamber.
Monday ev,Ing leading
le theme death,
111 1/ SHIRLEY J. KELLFR
There -were few flowers and
nol many heart. at Mondsy
evening'. aession of trran
council which fell on St
Valentina Day In general
she tone of the meeting wee
tenth with the routine mat
tees ne the agend• heeled
minty and efficiently In
order *0 505 .0 0550 main order
of Menne., that being the
motion of Councillne Elea
Haydon regarding planning
board member Kee McGee
61 ,5.0 February 7 meeting
of town council, Mee Hayden
advised she would be
bringing In • MAIM at the
February 14 rneeting which
would request the reeignation
of Mn McGee Item the
plarming hosed.
In the motieft, Mr.
Hayeinn cited the cif
Conflict and eantroVerey
between Mr K. MeG•e*
bonnets Interests at the
Corner of Hamilton end
Newpte Streets, end the
Tn., or Gosleich Restricted
Area Bylow Nn 21 of 1973 "
Her moan stated, "In
vie* Of the feet that Me
Melee hits 005101n0e4 to •et
tie a Planning Board member
without deClaring en Intenrat
In the mailed 51 instructed
under the coolliraof•Interesi
regulations, and In view 05 5110
feet that the altbatinn la way
to reduce Mr. McGee'.
credibility as an effective and
10.95,5 101 plonning board
member at well at tridentate
the mph, trust In the Ion.
500,04 „rtlielw "P:6417
Mr g McGee be asked tn
resign fnarn the PI n nning
Board "
There wet tome thrmeht
-that Mon Haydon wan nor
get 000 ...ler for her ro noon,
but Deputy reeve Eileen
Pnlmer announced else would
second it "for the sake of
diocusolon" She alto
procleitned she would not
support the motion during the
voting
Alm on the council agenda
was a letter from Ken McGee
In that letter, Mr McGee
%teed thet at no lirne did he
talie part in any distention
regarding the alleged bylaw
Infrarti00 of property neined
by MeGee Motors
"I declared a conflict of
tnterest on the subject whet it
WS. brought up.' wrote Mn
McGee, who was ea in at
tenants, al themerting
-Unfortunately. the wag
triad in the monutes thhlelt
as yet have not been OP
proved and will be corrected
at the nett meeting Several
planning hoard members 0111
milthlantiate this ''
Mr McGee told he fa
taken no part In •ny vnting
regarding the matter
-5 would atm nth cosiothll to
tell Mrs Heaton tn deeist
with her thurvilous retrial.
',are, try -credibility-
and trutiworthinent". 10
planning h.rd or anything
elte fewl this very personal
end ofeenelve and will
definitely not tad for it "
COMMITTEE OF
WHOLE
Airtime Immedistely upon
the introduction nf the
Couneillor Stan
Profit roth on • point .9order
According to Councillor
Profit. the melon wee out of
order for. he .aid, metier0
involving conflict of Interest
can holy he regolved m
meet of low
Councillor Don Wheeler
C.Ittirrffi He *aid that what
Mr. Hayden we. looking
moot be -derided In the
Courts of Ontertn"
•
1.01 to know keen Mr.
Hired.. doe, tart meek as a
councillor or en • 'Aitken. '
saki Councillor aye Garr
tart Harlon ted that
obansrtly the hod made the
Mellon es a councillor. hut
sad, the felt Mr Gower.'
,ssetion wart ow Mader She
•Itte urged mince le notice
al three pert(1 of her motion,
not only that portion
auggesting • confIkt of In
teree5 on this pert of Mr
McGee
*5 0555 pincture. Councillor
9'4014 ante More woe on
polo, of order eh eel,
option Mr• M15,1011.5
we nut or ord,r
Peer's' Clifferd .11k
the chair for the meeting 4j,i0
III oho ;WI of Ma,ra 5,h
She,* felt Ile sat., 'tht
sollettry than Morph), w lot
054 pretent at the meeting
would ha ve II Mlle whether ot
not Mrs ilaydon 0 11101.1101
was tn order
'Steer the earn'. will net
roki,n sera it matter or npen
sermon we will have re reties
into -committee ia the
whole soul Hee, Uhl ford
Mrs , leavdon :1 1 101
then 177100,4y. exat ily what
was 10 he dthrtresed m the
committee 0( 0010 whole
sessiOn, of the' rneettne She
said that d 1111fif 11 01/1/1,1
behind closed doors only to
deter mtne whether re not hi,
motion wn, -nrder,, 50,0
wnuld withdraw her ob
tertian
"Rut 1 aro overtly afraid
that OW 0.111, wt11 detererraic
once we gothfnMannyttler. of
the whole, - then roan( dirk
Maydon ' I hove flfl,10umr.'lml
Attests, Mn McGee <
character or Mn -MeGre an
personality 1 nsk that
dieculslon nn the melon. 1( 11
.n .ord. f tie- cntai Is sod
••repl, als open
Res ss r Offerel sae the
intenone *at of moose to
141k ff
a1d...1 1,14 ns
whet hoz cmou ir uould der !de
in. rtottnite the dm,
OrrIffi it of the whole
10.11 ran only to dm tiled
by hm morn/ rt he co Med
out
The t 0,111, 11 chambers sec.,
ro•ori. tot the' Ores, and the
math( I him: ampit. Wet o.
ins othd 0,. -ohiti turoolo the
,011 11,1i ,111.111tb,.r. 1:1,1,1 opt n
<toston vfOulef he rmuniori k,
d turned tad wa... hr.. Id
.,00h,,,,, later uhen ihe doot<
o re re opened to III,
onv ot
I otrd nor
WN11
MOTION IN
ORDI
it thr. soft, o.,r 10,1,
that 5i11C0 ern fleydoh
0101 ion W:10 10 nth Mr McGe,.
to tmegn rather 1000 00 hao..
.0. nand menthe( (ingested
the mutton ts in order
asserted Chairman( lifted*
'•1 ask for a recorded ewe
thm 5A111 1‘1e
I 1,0,11.41 if15.1...413,•5
e.hrs 4,111 1.11 1,11 5.57 I 1111 I .11
1,1 (col/re.
.10'" 01000
the test of tgAint ,1 00 AtioW
“1-11,0 mi., •
dc, a.,“•11- .ike th, 0.111 such
.....a.on .thrt payston I will
-s. rte.( • haorran cf the
100,11,0 )11, 1.1.10aIng hoard to my
att. mit „NA, u hen the sohject
70. GO, J. ,11 1 t ..1 111 1115 0 1, 11 151 n.,erf he I511
tomarte•s . tat Mr. 11,1(1,1)? SI/ I.or • ff..? not lake part in
i.111 I tie fee' Met ries ted or ,hrto• rn in the
el the matter
(.3 tri ( nonmIthr Dave Comer
:amour Mo Mt1,10f. WA5
.• <featly and dependable
member of the pianntng
I s V01 „ buord
• et 01111,1, I havo r.eyer suentiened
• .1011:1V 'Inlot, qpted
the planet, ho ird .01,0
• ..111,101, Pod t 10 hod he Idyylon
f 9.4 01., 111,1 M• (rm., or what d • wdthh
, rod M1111, ipai Planning
dc•ititant, lbtaryttay and
zsemr•I the If, . he
••0•• • r 10,51 kon frtt
I oklil
r.ow has irethen
dote e meth in my menee
▪ Stilree should rtintInor
on Phi. plafill'itlfg hf,ard Anti
• ..101,0, .1n wtill hth
.. .. pohle '
nines s •ihrl
(imply m 1011.10I1YIng
1"0•nr,• 01, 411,, he
ooporter1 Nit 1.,l 001
hat ./ tat
• \
71:1,,',''( "on. 0100,'?,',
rd Mr, Ilay don
I 7.1". any
ans
rs 11,00,11 I
fl151 1.14,1 to est/re, my
rtotnron ay• bet ono. that
11 .• nyy onntent ion that
Ole MIN
con! trused on page 1?
until No'vember when the
schools dismiss for a holiday
similar to the summer
holidays in Canada.
Hoyos said 70 percent of the
schools in Columbia are
private and the remaining
public institutions usually
require a student to attend
school one or two years
longer because of strikes that
don't occur in the private
schools. He said many of his
countrymen are illiterate
pointing out that 22 percent
can't read or write.
, Hoyos said the trip to
Canada ,was the "greatest
experience in his short life"
and that he was -very im-
pressed"with Canada. He
said he lifiirtied to return to
Columbia and enrol in a
university course in hotel
management. He added that
he would return home as a
-Canadian ambassador".
The
Separate Shoppe
[Next 10 Campbell', Men,
earl
l'11()NE 182-7778
25 %.„ PANT SUITS
25% OFF DRESSES
Martin Mouth, nt Rnbertson !kneel wilted M. psternat
prowes. es he pin. a diaper on Deed Haltingworth at e
epeeist behydrang hold at Ow wheel Ian Monday.
Martin'. •ttempt drew several earth, student. lathe table
.04 55, 0055,10004 0501 eh mileage. The fientinar was egionnalgal
by Ow Maple 1..1 thapier el the 100E, 5etABOM0011
011.:N 1-6
meats were forced to Neap to
the street below. David
Young wat rushed to
Alexandre Marine end
General Hospital by Goderich
Taxi suffering from two
broken feet,
Penny Blalsedale and Tim
McAstocker were *IP taboo
to hospital where they were
treated for smoke inhalation
and released.
One firefighter. 20, 01,,.
was treated for minor
abrasions at hospital, and
later reicased.
All those injured were
oCcup•nts of the front
apartmentStu Gliders
resident of the rear apart,
meet. ethaped the blaze
unhurt.
Damage ha. been
estimated .1 5120,000
Godersch Police Chief Pat
King called on investigator.
of the Ontario Fire Marshal's
office who have been sifting
through the ruins but no M.
hal cause has been
determined,
Roderick Nell McKay, 17,
09 Mary Street la eltrigham
appeared in court on Monday
to face charges of break,
enter and 45.11 00 connection
with • break. in at La
Boutique shortly before the
fire broke out McKay has
also been charged with theft
•over 6200 5,, connection with
an incident at the Goderich
9,05 0516,,, early Friday, in
which n stamp vending
machine was smashed.
Goods believed stolen frorn
LA Boutique were found in •
nearby ailey.
In the wake of the fire.
some water demage w,
reported at the D,omrne
Flower Shoppe, which ad.
joined the gutted building
Bersae natural gas lines
had been sea off the whole
block of retail outlets were
without h,t until late
Fridey.
Goderich police also had to
reroute traffic around the
burned building as the brick
work cooled. fearing that a
collapse of the walls w,
pessible.
David Yentas of Godench 4, emetic -ring to Alexandra Mewls. 0.55 Gurseral Hospital sitter
brealdm both feet jumping front • emend storey apartmest en The Senora as lira
ravaged O'Brien', Meat Market and La Boutique below. Two Mber occupants. Th.
MeAst,the and PemyBialsedele were trented and released from hospital. (staff Meth)
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Your portrait
in -lovely
natural colour.
Limited offer (for 2days only)
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natural
colour
portrait
only
'' payable at time
of sitting
• Choice of four colourful bockgrounds
• No appointment,necessary.
• • Limit: One offer per family.
• No age limit.
• 99C for each additional subject photographed
in a group portrait.
• Si .99 for each other subject photographed
separately.
• Additional prints available at reasonable
prices.
Thus offer good
Tuesday January 3 through Wednesday, January 4
DEPT. STORE
In The Suncoast Mall Highway 21 South
GODERICH
PHOTOGRAPHERS HOURS 10 o.m. until 8 p.m,
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