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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-11-09, Page 21s, PAGE 20,--GODERTCIH SIGNAL, -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 ,1978 For sale.... * 'NOM page 1 mere i,anis in the core area are trying so hard to keep The Square an attraction to visitors, while council appears to „be allowing buildings to gome down that wilt "undermine everything" the businessmen are attempting to do. "The decision is ours," Haydon pointed out at Monday's meeting. "We are wasting time. We must know where our values are, where our sympathies are." "I can't see it is within our realm of jurisdiction to interfere with private en- terprize," insisted Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer. Councillor Bob Allen said it was his un- derstanding that council had previously withheld the demolition permit requested* by Hutchins to give interested persons an op- portunity to come up with some alternate solution that would save the building. Allen suggested getting a legal opinion about whether council had any right to stall off the owner any longer. Clerk Larry McCabe said Hutchins was determined to take the building down and warned that some direction was needed from council. "We're not going to stand in front of the bulldozers," McCabe told council. Haydon said after Tuesday's meeting.she is Tire squealers... • from page 1 - total number of offences in Goderich showed a drop of 13.85 percent in 1977 over 1974. This is very significant, he said, considering Provincial and,,Federal crime rates have risen sharply. "If we average out the totals for • the -.four years, we still were below average in the number off crimes committed in 1977. Our crime rate has been declining since 1974," continued Chief King. In respect to the solving of crimes, Chief King told the commission that the . Goderich. Police Department's clearance rates are better than average and will compare favorably with any other police department in the country. Wttlr rititi'dirt6 i dl `lir 'tiff filff ittia-ee 't'�r L-' nu Chief said there is a tendency for some to believe that it is the centre of Goderich's crime scene but that it only appears this way. Anything happening on the. Square is naturally more noticeable bpcause it is a focal point in town, he said. During 1977, which was the Sesquicentennial Year -when more activity took place on the Square than ever before, police records show that only 15.3 percent or all driving coMplaints took place on the Square; and 12.95 percent of all other complaints took place there. "It (the Square) does have its share (of crime) but not to the extent where we .inust have a policeman on steady foot patrol there," concluded the Chief. Chief King said, he wanted to go on record as saying the Goderich Police Force has an efl; viable record. ! k;, "I know`that our efficiency as a police force rates high and that this has been voiced locally and elsewhere," he said. The commission on accepting the chief's report, decided to circulate •a copy of it to the town councillors as well. RESIGNATION OF SERGEANT WITTER In' other business, Chief King told the com- mission members that he was presenting the resignation of Sergeant Mervin Witter to them with great reluctance. Sergeant Witter has taken a position with the. Human Rights Commission in Windsor effective this month after ten years of service on the Goderich Police Force. He will be replaced by a new officer in 1979. Chief King said Sergeant Witter will represent not only a loss to the police force but a loss to the community as well. "Locally he had been a very good officer and supervisor. He has always excelled himself in his performance and has received good marks from Police College whenever he has at- tended." Chief King went on to say that he wished Sergeant Witterwell in his new occupation. "I know they (the Human Rights Com- mission) are getting a good man,"he said. He informed the police commission that the police department would be making a presentation to Sergeant Witter and the commission then gave him power to act on a presentation from the commission as well. HALLOWEEN QUIET In his monthly reports, the Chief pointed out that of 286 occurrences reported to police in September, only three of them took place on the 'Square. Halloween was quiet this year, reported the Chief, with one incident of wilful damage taking g place", twfi,fire hydrants being turned on; five bonfires set; and several traffic complaints made. The Chief said that training sessions were being held once. a month' for the auxiliary of- ficers used by the force. Laws were outlined and tips given at these sessions. worried when people are trying to "squeeze out" everything from a situation and "leave things in shambles". "Isthat planning?" asked Haydon. "What will eventually go in its place? And could something else be built and then demolished?" TOWN HAS SOME CONTROLS Mayor. Shewfelt told the Signal -Star on Tuesday that the town now has some controls on the types of buildings that can be con- structed in the core area. He pointed to the plans for a new structure across the street from the town hall where a "very compatible" commercial building is going up at the present time. "It looks good," added McCabe. "It's a new building but it fits right in with the buildings closer to The Square." A.M. Polley acquired the South Street property in 1877 from Fred and Sam Seegmiller. The livery and hack stable was built in 1878 and featured an arched central corridor through which the livery turnouts arrived and departed. The front section and most particularly the front facade, is the interesting portion of the former livery stable. The front section which was neatly mortared to the rear of the main building in Polley's time, is of better quality stone of more regular shape. It is believed that Polley'ma-- have used' this y portion of the building for offices. The 1878 keystone enabled Stan Prevett to claim "90 years of transportation service" for the building when it was part 'of his Ford dealership in more recent years. Polley sold the livery business to Tom and Will Gundry in 1903. The Gundrys sold the livery building to Tom Davis and his brother Alfred. Tom was the first automobile dealer in Goderich. Later it became Huron Motor Sales before Prevett acquired the premises. Whoops! Sorry A„;st ry— inLiastw.reeles.'. Signal -Star about the Town and Country Homemakers .getting approval from county council for a $5,100 support grant was in- correct. Council did not agree to give the service the grant but did agree to make $5,688. in the social ser- vices -budget available to clients of the county agency to purchase services from the Town and Country Homemakers. County clerk Bill Hanly. said Wednesday that the social services com- mittee had budgeted $5,688 in 1978 for a program to provide home support service. The committee reported that the service was used very little adding that the Town and Country Homemakers had a service very similar to the county's. Hanly said the committee had merely made the money available to clients of the county agency to pur- chase services from Town and Country Homemakers. It had not handed the funds over as a grant. The grant request was not approved. The social services committee recommended that the fee structure of Town and Country Homemakers be altered to make the service self-supporting. Council 'accepted that recommendation. +++ It is well known that oneof the main causes of automobile accidents is; Speed Too Fast For Conditions. The Ontario Safety League points out that the condition of the driver is one of the most important factors that should govern the speed at which the car is driven. Fatigue, alcohol, anger, depression, sickness, pre- occupation -- all bring extra danger to a driver unless he reduces speed. to compensate. 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