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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-06-28, Page 1• Y,y rials _��na� 3� .eliminated -ted A delay in surveying a section of the Maitland Cemetery has kept several people whose remains were cremated from finding a final resting place. An urn garden, to be used exclusively for people whose remains are cremated, has been slated for the Maitland Cemetery since last fall but has still not materialized. The town cemetery board rectified the situation last week but not before a number of urns con- talnirag 6 r `, ,._.41e h.ad.. collected tn'one of the town's funeral homes. Town clerk Larry McCabe, who is secretary of the cemetery board, said Tuesday the burial of the urns had been cleared by the board but still needed approval of the province. He said he would like to wait for the final approval from provincial government but the board, because it felt the problem was urgent, was permitting the urns to be buried immediately. McCabe said the board decided to establish an urn garden in a portion of the cemetery but needed a survey of the area done to establish access to the garden. He said Chris Kiar had been commissioned to do the survey but was delayed several months, first by the arrival of winter and then by staffing problems. McCabe said the urn garden at the Maitland is unique because very few cemeteries in small communities bother with them. He said d.eznand for urn garde ns -__in .smaller aiurii.ci_palities is very low and because of that mtin ic&pa3ities .Se Idotn . inzA4 €tt'9y'yyyr establish them. He said the Maitland garden should be available for use immediately and he expected no holdups from the province. He said the survey work was completed and sent for provincial approval and that the board agreed to permit immediate use of the area. The reason the board finally settled the Goderich 132 YEAR -26 matter was a complaint from a woman whose husband died and his remains were cremated. The woman wanted the remains buried and urged the cemetery board to finalize the urn garden to permit that. Ed Stiles, of Stiles Funeral Home, is a member of the cemetery board and he agreed with the woman's complaints. He said many people don't understand the need for fan, flies to finalize matters when a relatiii °q`" dies. He said both the board and the surveryor i,addragged: the matter on' too Ipng but added that it appeared as though everything was resolved. Stiles said he did nbt think it was proper to reveal the number of urns he has waiting for burial and would only say there are several. The area of the cemetery designated for the urn garden will contain about 200 two foot by two foot plots. SIGNAL - THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1979 PY BIR CANADA it's you and me! 35 CENTS PER COPY For 66 feet council agrees airport l BYDAVE SYKES recommendation of the airport committee to municipality is under no obligation and was not Goderich town council agreed to the sale of a sell the land to Morrissey at a cost of $800 per aware that Morrissey was proceeding with the strip of land at Sky Harbor Airport to permit acre. project." residential development provided the town is In his presentation Rivers maintained that She claimed the selling price was ridiculous able to purchase two lots adjacent to the airport council had an obligation to live up to that and suggested that Morrissey waited until the in the next two years. resolution and complete the sale of land. land was rezoned. Council endorsed the sale of a 66 foot strip of "The town has a legal responsibility to "Morrissey played the game very well and land to Joe Morrissey to provide access to 14 complete the, agreement and a' strong moral the land was rezoned rural residential from lots on the condition the town is able to pur- obligation too," Rivers said. "If my client can't. seasonal residential," she said. "I am begin - chase two lots owned by Dong Hunter adjacent rely upon the statements and resolutions of a ning to wonder who is sleeping with who." to the airport. public body then I don't know who you can rely Councillor John Doherty disagreed, with If the town is able to acquire the two lots from on." Palmer's stand saying council was legally Hunter to permit proper expansion of the' Rivers claimed that since the 1977 motion, at, bound to it's motion of -1977. Councillors Haydon airport they will sell the access . strip to no time has there been any indication that and Profit also agreed that the town was Morrissey. The restrictions on the sale would Morrissey's request was not going to be acted committed and should honor the action of the include tree trimming rights, a noise covenant, upon favorably. He added that his client has previous council. "a reduction of the 66 foot right of way at the 'spent a considerable amount of money on the The land in question was rezoned to rural northerly limit and an update of the sale price project believing council looked favorably upon residential from seasonal residential in the to coincide with amounts paid by the town for his request. Colborne _tow.nship csemndary plan. Town lots in the, airport area. Colborne Township council recently endorsed solicitor Dan Murphy -Said the town would have .Morrissey's counsel, Paul Rivers; ap- the Morrissey proposal subject to the. 66 foot to make up it's mind on the matter. proached council on the matter Monday after road allowance and a satisfactory developer's_ "The 1977 council cannot bind this council by the Goderich Airport committee . made a agreement. But the airport committee didn't a resolution," he said. "The town will just have recommendation at its last meeting not to sell agree with the sale at it's June 20 meeting. to make up it's own mind." the land to Morrissey. Morrissey appeared at Palmer said the common denominator to the the June 20 meeting of the committee to discuss Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer disputed problem was land owned by Hunter. He is not the sale. River's claim to council's obligations and agreeable to selling two lots to the town unless Rivers contended that council had a legal and ,. maintained there never was an agreement Morrissey is granted the road allowance. moral obligation to sell the land to Morrissey by between the parties. • Palmer said perhaps council would grant the virtue of a 1977 resolution of council. A motion "There is no similarity or parallel between sale to Morrissey in return for two free lots. of council dated ,April 4, 1977 accepted the our moral or legal obligations," she said. "The , Haydon called the proposal blackmail and Auburn has it al this weekend The place to go this weekend to do some celebrating is the village of Auburn, which is holding a giant 125th Birthday Party. The celebrations begin Friday night with a beard judging contest, the choosing of the Heritage Queen, and the kick-off dance. At 1:00 Saturday afternoon, the huge parade starts. After that, the official opening will be held, followed by a band tatoo at 4:00. The Shriners' fish fry and ham supper will be held at the community hall, and at 7:00, there will be a presentation of Auburn as it was at Knox United Church. °- A street dance, featuring the Country Cavaliers and Ian Wilbee will start at 9:00. On Sunday, an open air church service at 11:00 a.m. will be followed by a picnic lunch, and the cutting of the birthday cake. Baseball, games, and races will be held during the af- ternoon with a tug of war at 4:00. A chicken barbeque supper and an open air concert featuring former local talent will wind up Sunday. Monday starts out with a pancake breakfast arid another showing of Auburn as it was. the tractor pull will take place from noon until 6:00. A supplement to this week's paper is a special souvenir edition for the village of Auburn, prepared by Cath Wooden., Comeback remarkable BY SHIRLEY J.KELLER Goderich's Alexandra Marine and General Hospital has made a remarkable comeback after one of the most difficult years on record. Just last June, the Board of Governors at AM&G reported a whopping deficit which rocked the community to its foundation and brought the Ontario Ministry of Health to its feet with a series of recommendations for improved financial management. This June the hospital board was able to report a surplus of $66. (The full story on the hospital's annual meeting is found inside this issue.) Although a disappointing few of the Cor- poration's 170 members turned out for the annual accountipg the hospital's business, interest was kee"!f for the elected positions on the 20 -member board. Six persons let their names stand for five vacant spots. Elected for two-year terms were former board members Tom Troyan, Deb Shewfelt, Jim McCaul and newcomers Don Wheeler and Mrs. Isobel Sully. According to, long-time hospital board member Jim Britnell, this is the first time in his. memory there has been an election for hospital board at an annual meeting. The board consists of seven appointed members - one each from the County of Huron, the Town of Goderich, Goderich Township, Colborne Township and West Wawanosh Township; nine elected members; three doctors including the chief of staff and the president and vice-president of the medical staff; and the president of the Women's Hospital Auxiliary. Following the annual meeting in the assessment office, the new board members went back to the hospital board room to elect from among their ranks the officers for the next two-year term. EIected were chairman . Jim McCaul replacing Jo Berry who is now past chairman; vice-chairman Gordon Crabb; secretary Bruce Potter; treasurer Bob Dempsey. , The finance committee consists of Bill Alcock as chairman, Bob Dempsey, Gerry Zurbrigg, Tom Troyan and Dr. Michael Conlon. The joint conference committee includes Dr. Ken Lambert, chairman; Dr. Bruce Thomson, Dr. Michael'Conlon, Jim McCaul and JO Berry. Building Committee members are Bruce Potter, chairman; Walter • Mcllwain, Jim Britnell, Doug McNeil and Don Wheeler. The two members of the negotiating com- mittee are Jo Berry and Jim Britnell. The bylaw reviewcommittee has Tom Troyan as chairman and members Dr. Michael Conlon and Ora• McCallum. The policy review committeee has Ken Scott, chairman; and members Deb Shewfelt and Isobel Sully. The Community Health Committee is chaired by Gerry Ginn with members Dr. Ken Lambert and Ora McCallum.. The director of nursing Joyce Shack is a resource person and a member of the committee. The management committee includes Jim McCaul, Gordon Crabb, Bill Alcock, Bob Dempsey, Jo Berry, Dr. Ken Lambert and Dr. Michael Conlon. Palmer wants planner out BY DAVE SYKES Goderich depUty-reeve, Eileen Palmer believes that Huron County Planner has a conflict of interest as chairman of the Local Architectural Conservancy Advisory Com- mittee. (LACAC) At Monday's session of council, Palmer in- troduced a motion asking that the committee be required to appoint another chairman for the advisory group. She believed there was 'a conflict between his job as a county -planner and his community work on the committee. Councillor Elsa Haydon vehemently disputed Palmer's charges claiming such action would foster a feeling of mistrust. "We're telling more and more groups what they should be doing and that's a philosophy of mistrust," Haydon said. "People give of their time and energy and it is up to any committee to appoint their chairman." Haydon added that there was not likely anyone more knowledgable or better for the chairmanship of the committee than Davidson. Palmer retorted that Davidson was ex- tremeldy capable but there was a conflict 'between his job and the committee work. "How many times do we have to make the same mistake before we learn?" Palmer questioned. 1-laydon said that if council simply(wanted to do away with the committee they should be honest and say so. Councillor Stan Profit told Haydon that if the committee should be disbanded 'he would say so turn to page 20 claimed council had slowed down Morrissey's Murphy believed that a negotiation between proposal to suit their own needs. the parties could solve the matter amicably. Tuffy and Tumble, two raccoons found by Stephanie King, know when the bottle appears that is feeding time. Stephanie found the skinny little critters alone in a nearby forest and is raising them until they are able to set out on their own. (photo by Dave Sykes) Tuffy and Tumble.. quite a pair Stephanie King is a ,pushover for skinny. raccoons with pushed in noses. Which is why the young lady is now caring for two young raccoons named Tuffy and Tumble. 'uffy and Tumble were found by Stephanie and a friend on a walk in a forest outside of Goderich. And when Stephanie came upon the helpless little creatures she knew she had to take them home. "They were pretty skinny and looked like they hadn't been fed so I thought I should bring fir• them home," Stephanie explained. "One of them had his nose squashed up and couldn't breathe." There was no indication that Tuffy and Tumble's mother was about but Stephanie has had ex- perience raising the young critters and it seemed like the sensible thing to do. She has taken great care with her young pets and for the first while fed them milk with an eye dropper and they soon took to pablum and milk from a baby bottle. Tuffy and Tumble are about two months old now and are starting to eat dry dog food. The frisky pair are caged up in the garage but when they get the chance will scale the brick walls of the King house and have even climbed up the chimney. And they climb on Stephanie like she was one of them. Although the young raccoons made a bit of a racket the first while they . were cooped up Tuffy and Tumble have adjusted to life on Sun - coast Drive. But that will only last until fall when the pair will be released to ex- plore life on their own..