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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-12-28, Page 1oderich pastor dies at ho: The Reverend Leonard Warr, a well-known Goderich minister, died at his residence at 9 Cheyenne Road, Meneset Park, in Colborne Township on Wednesday, December 20. He was 68 years old. He was born in England on February 9, 1910 to Amy Alexandra (Elmore) and Jack Lawrence. He came to Canada at the age of 10 and settled in Hamilton, Ontario until 1936 when he went to Brazil with the U.F. Missions. He returned to Canada in 1943. He attended- Toronto Bible College and Catch vandals BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER It may have been the season of peace on earth, goodwill to all men, but for two youths the holiday season was a time to tear down signs and get into as much mischief as possible. Goderich Police Chief Pat King has reported that a youth has been charged and will appear _ in court for a rampage Friday night and Saturday morning in which 36 stop and yield signs were knocked down on Goderich streets. Chief King noted that under normal con- ditions, these signs cost 'about $35 each to replace. But during a holiday period such as the one on the weekend,costs were considerably more to replace the signs due to the fact that staff were called in on special duty to do the work. Another youth is charged with dismantling and stealing one of the Goderich signs at the entrance to the town. Martha Hindman sinks in harbor The 73 -year-old Martha Hindman carrying 9,200 tons of grain into winter port sank in 23 feet of water Friday after the freighter struck the south pier in Goderich Harbor. But according to harbor officials, the cargo appears to be undamaged. About 1,000 tons of the cargo has already been unloaded to help raise the section of the freighter with a three foot by 25 foot gash suffered when the vessel slammed into the pier. Officials say the 550 -foot freighter was only a few hundred metres short of port when the wind and current carried the vessel into the pier. The Martha Hindman hit bottom within six minutes and four tugs worked 'until Saturday afternoon to free the ship from its waterytrap and push it to the nearby grain elevators. Repairs to the damaged section of the bow will likely begin in January. The ship is owned by the Quebec and Ontario Transportation Company of Thorold. No investigation is ex- ptected. Queens and Emmanual College and became a missionary and clergyman. He served as a minister at several places in Ontario includng Haliburton, Loring, McKellar, Hawkestone, Bellwood, Chapleau, Thornton and in Goderich from 1966 until 1976. THE REVEREND LEONARD WARR He then took a charge at Underwood until -illness forced his retirement iu 1977. He was a member of Victoria Street United Church in Goderich. He married the former Alyce Brown in Hamilton on October 25, 1944, She survives him. Also surviving him are four sons, Hudson, David, Paul and John Warr, all of Goderich; his stepfather, Harold Warr of Hamilton; one sister, Mrs. Joseph (Evelyn) Dickie of Stoney Creek; one brother, !timid Warr of Hamilton; and one granddaughter. A funeral service and committal were held at Stiles Funeral Home on friday, December 22 at 2 p.m. The Reverend John D. M. Wood of- ficiated. Interment was in Colborne Cemetery, Colborne Township. Ride free If you plan to be drinking on New Year's Eve, you shouldn't drive! Drinking and driving don't mix. You may injure or kill yourself or someone else and that would be no way to start off the year 1979. Area business people agree and they have rallied around once again this year to provide a FREE TAXI SERVICE from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. within the town limits on New Year's Eve. You can call Goderich Taxi at 524-6594 or Bluewater Taxi at 524-7305 directly on New Year's Eve if you wish to take advantage of the free service. Last year, many people decided to use the free service and organizers are hoping it will become an annual undertaking. This year's organizers are Heather Lyons and Bruce Betties of Goderich Taxi. Remember: If you're drinking, leave your car at home. It could be a matter of life and death - yours or somebody else's. ric . . . Members of the Beta Theta Sorority were busy last y,veek preparing eight gift food boxes to be , distributed at Christmas. The decorated boxes containe&meat, potatoes, vegetables, fruit and Christmas candy. The Sorority has carried out this project for several years now. Packing boxes here, left to right, are Margaret Hallman, Sheila Stanley and Mary Ann Johnston. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) 131 YEAR -52 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1978 35 CENTS PER COPY ' A-4 " . • : Jim Scott and Wayne Rau (above) of the PUC were busy last week installing the new lights on the Square. Only half of the lights are being installed at this time but 64 of them plus 17 in the Court House Park will be installed altogether at a cost of about $00,000. The Goderich Businessmen's Association will pay a little more than half of this cost and CortunissloneF of Works, Ken Hunter, says the town is expecting about $200000 credit for the old lights. This leaves the town to pay theapproxitnate cost for the lights In Court House Park only. These lights didn't exist before and many felt that they were needed. (Photo by loam* Buchanan) . . _ Songsters appreciated The Youth Group from St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Goderich went Christmas carolling on Thursday evening making stops at both Maitland Manor Nursing Home and Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. They rode to the two places on a hay covered wagon and later gathered at the church for hot chocolate. Here, the group entertains one of the Manor's residents in the hall. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)' No guards necessary says council BY 4ofFF SEDDON A request by thrRobertson Memorial Public School home and school association that a crossing guard be hired to watch children at the intersection of Blake and Eldon Streets never got off the ground. The suggestion got to the Goderich town council table recently and before council could send it to a committee to look at it the committee suggested the guard was not needed. In a letter to council Robertson principal Ralph Smith said the home and school association strongly recommended hiring a guard. Smith said that he "heartily" agreed with the recommendation. Council read the letter and sent the matter to its traffic committee to look into. Councillor John Doherty, chairman of the traffic com- mittee, told council that he didn't feel a guard was warranted. He said the corner was con- trolled by a four way stop and felt that was adequate. He pointed out that children had been ' erossing the street for quite a while and no. accidents had occurred. He said he felt children were aware of the stop signs and used the corner to cross safely. • • The town' already employs crossing guards for two schools. Guards help children across Victoria Street, Britannia Road, Bayfield Road and Five Points Corners after the home and school association lobbied for them. The parents felt that the children could use help crossing the heavily travelled streets and council agreed hiring the guards. Looking back over council '78 BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Looking back over a year of activity in the Goderich Town Council chambers can be quite a pleasure .... especially when a town council is as outspoken and as open as the council in Goderich for the past two years. For the purposes of this 1978 review, an effort will be made to draw the readers' attention to the multitude of problems with which council wrestled through the year .... and their conclusion if indeed there was a conclusion. Early in January, for instance, Councillors Stan Profit and Elsa Haydon voted together in opposition to a bylaw which authorized an agreement with C.J.,.a Essex who claimed to have plans to build a body. shop at the entrance to Goderich on Highway 21 South. But it was really Councillor Haydon who led the fight. The lady who was chairman of parks for the past two years, believed that a body shop gets to be an "eyesore:: and despite the fact that Essex had presented plans to the contrary, Haydon in- sisted that she feared the body shop would get messy and create an unfavorable impression at the entrance to the Prettiest Town in Canada. Haydon showed no hesitation in reminding council of the Bennett Street apartments which, she said, had been presented to the council by the developer as a good looking buildirif. The bylaw in favor of Essex' body shop was approved, but to date nothing has been built on the site which housed a trailer park just south of Goderich's industrial park. Lee Ryan *ho was formerly with the Public Utilities Commission in Goderich, was hired by the town to assist Larry McCabe, clerk treasurer. Ryan started at town hall January 23, 1978. Just before the municipal elections this year, the then Deputy - reeve Eileen Palmer praised Clerk Larry McCabe and his staff for their thoroughness, keeping council up to date. She was, of course, 'referring to the town hall staff's statement bhowing the actual revenue and expenditures to the end of October and the projected expenditures and revenues to the end of December. "Projected revenues compared to projected expenditures should produce a conservatively estimated current- sur- plus of approximately $59,000 which will ' be brought forward into the 1979 budget to offset municipal taxes in that year," McCabe told council. .• - And (speaking -of budgets, a year-end Turn to page 2.