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ANNUAL HOCKEY GAME JUS A FUN -FEST FOR BENEFIT OF NEEDY CBILDREN
GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY;' MARCH .27, 1958
Lovely spring plants attractively
decorated the Green Room of tile
Legion Hall, Wednesday afternoon
of last week when the Goderich
Graduate Nurses' Association en-
tertained at a tea and hat show
attended by approximately 150
guests.
Carrying out the' theme of the
show, each tea taile was centred
with a tiny doll's head adorned
with a picturesque hat. Conven-
ing the 'tea room was "Mrs.: Zeta
Beecher. The servers were: Mrs.
Helen Riley, •Mrs. Ettabelle ,Brad-
ley, Mrs. Olive Lumby, Mrs. Mild-
red Scott, Mrs. Mary Donnelly,
Miss Doris Hawthorne, Mrs. Beth
Webb, Mrs. Mona Enzensberger,
Mrs. Helen Dawson,"Mrs. Catherine
Wilson and Miss Nancy Pettypiece.
Tea was poured by Miss Mae
Glen and Miss Rosemary McGuire.
Receiving the guests were Mrs.
Ruth Jerry, president of the as-
sociation, and Mrs. Dorothy Easter,
hospital superintendent.
Mrs. Avis Bisset' was the capable
convener of the event and also
interesting commentator during a
showing of spring hats.
Models were: Mrs. Agnes Mac-
twan, • graduate of Toronto Gen=
eral Hospital; Mrs. Sheila Ald-
worth, Hamilton General Hospital;
Mrs. Ann O'Brien St. ;Michael's,,
Toronto; Mrs. Pat Stringer, Belle-
ville General; Mrs. Genevieve Lan -
away, St. Joseph's, London; Mrs.
.Phyfiis Johnston, Victoria,London;
Mrs. Muriel Magie, Belleville Gen-
eral; Miss Pat Samis, St. Joseph's,
London; Miss Rosemary Chisholm,'
St. Joseph's, London.
Mrs. Avis -Bisset, in her closing
remarks, said that the last hat in
the showing was one that never
goes out of style and one that
the nurses were most proud of -
the nurses' cap, a symbol of the
cherished and highly esteemed
nursing profession. A musical
background added much to, the
showing.
The door prizes were won by
-Mrs. Art Waters, Mrs. Ben Chis-
holm, and Mrs. Bob Wilson. Win-
ner of the draw for the pink
aluminum tray was Mrs. Charles
McCabe, Anglesea street. The con-
vener of this draw was Mrs. Kath-
leen Glen and the proceeds
amounted to $105.30.
At the bake table were Mrs.
Marjorie Cavell and Mrs. Dorothy
Senior. The proceeds from - this
sale were $29.95,.
Mrs. Olive McArthur was - in
charge at the door and the pro-
ceeds from the tea were $71.98.
••In the kitchen were Mrs. Eva
-Lassaline, Mrs. Olive White and
Mrs. Lenore Sutherland. Miss
Nancy Pettypieee was esponsible
for the advertising and iss Rose-
mary ehisholm - for decoratil=ig.
Mrs. Erma. Brewer was in charge
of reservations.
- -«Sports Ear- raci-ngi--which ril'1
get under way -on a-,major-•aseale.
at Port Albert Airport this sum-,
mer, should ,maw crowds of 7;000
to 10,000, Per Eastick,_ of Lon-
don, said here this week. ._
Mr. Eastick is opmpetition secre-
tary of London Automobile Sport
Club, which has taken a iiv.e-'year
lease on the airport property own-
ed by Reg. McGee & Sons, of
Goderich. •
The track will be the second of
. its kind •in .Ontario, Th' other
one is at Jarvis, where( meets often
draw crowds of up Jo 10,000 per
Sons.
'�ft"icial openieg of the track will
be on July `5. The mayors o'
God.e.ric•h and London are expected
to take part in the ceremonies.
, Others who will he present are
John Morrissey, warden- of Huron
County, and Ceeil Blake, reeve of
Ashfield Township.
Mr Eastiel expects that 70 to
110 competitfate will drive in each
AFTER 40 '(EAI ,S
When Herb Sanderson, of
Montreal, arrived at Goderich
Sunday to visit Mrs. Ernest
Dixon, Cameron street, it was
the first re -union for the bro-
ther and sister in 40 years.
When Mrs. Dixon was married
in England in 1917 and left
for- Canada as the bride of :
Canadian soldier, Herb was a
soldier stationed in Ireland
and was. unable to be present
for the event. Also present at
the re -union here were Mrs.
Dixon's sister, Mrs. Agnes For-
far, of Montreal, and another
brother, Lieut. Commander R.
Sanderson, U.S.A. Navy, of
California_. .
Single Copies 7c
INCREASE OF 225
FORSEES TV IN
CLASS ROOMS
meet: -h- -car :has - a -- crew .. of
three,. pit _ men besides the -driver.
These are not stock car- races,
stresses Mr. Eastick. The cars
usually range in value from $3,000
tO $8,000. One car which is cern"-
ing up for; the opening is valued
at $18,400.
The Port Albert Airport is a
"very, very good" site for the
.track, said Mr. Eastick. ,The course
is laid out 'so that there are 2.2
miles in each lap. -
.Menhhers of the London club
will go to Port Albert on April 5
to erect spectator 'fences, rest
rooms and prepare the track. Pits
and a control tower will be con-
structed, but no permanent build-
ings will be erected this year.
Competitors will be drawn from
all parts of Ontario, Quebec and
the northern states. Mr. Eastick
expects that local and. district
businesses (hotels, motelai etc )
will benelt considerably from the
meets. 4.
QDCI teachers est Thursday
night agreed to accept -for this.
year at least -a new salary offer
made by the board.
A Joint meeting of the board
members and teachers was -called
hurriedy after the teachers turned
down the offer which the board de-
cided upon at a meeting held on
Monday of lash. week.
The offer which the •teachers ac-
cepted Thursday means that all
teachers, except the principal and
vice-principal, will-' receive special
salary -increases: of $200.
Fourteen of the• 20- staff mem-
bers will actually have their in-
comes boosted by $500 come Sep-
tember. The reason is that all
staff members are already in re-
ceipt of an annual increment (auto-
matic pay increase) of $800 an-
nually. iThey receive this auto-
matic $300 pay boost every year
It is extremely difficult for radio
and TV stations to put on pro-
grams td please everyone, especial=
ly when those most critical are not
the ones providing the money to
make the telecasts possible. So
stated Ross Hamilton, of CKNX;
Wingham, at a meeting of the
Goderich Home and School Associ-
ation Tuesday evening. The guest
speaker was introduced by M. H.
§tephens. r'
Mr. Hamilton claimed research
has proven that TV does not hurt
the eyes. He stated that children
now spend more time at home
since the advent of TV and that
the reading of books by school
children has increased rather than
decread.
Research has not come up with
evidence concerning the emotional
development of children exposed
to TV and this aspect is perhaps
the most important of all, he said.
The results remain to be seen in
future years, he stated. He added
that such educational programs 'as
"Twentieth ,Century" . would be-,
com.e .more: -frequent as TV stations
became more financially. secure.
Mrs. Roy Bentley thanked the
speaker.
In the discussion period, •it was
predicted that TV would be used
in school classrooms in the future
even as • radio is now.
'Mr. Ron-Klinck's "Melody Mix-
ers" provided entertainment.'. The
quartette consisted of Mrs. Tony
Hartman, Kenneth Hartman, Garth
Picot and Barry Prowse. A tap
dancing number was presented by
Alan Reid. Attendance award
went to Mrs. Ron Klinck's room.
until they reach the maximum
salary.
Thursday night's meeting of
teachers and board members
wound up• near- midnight. J. F.
Stephens, spokesman for the teach-
ers, suggested that the press be
barred from the meeting, but the
board members did not share his
view.
New minimum salaries, with
1957=5& term . figures in brackets,
are as follows: non -specialists
$4,000 ($3,800), specialists $4,200
($4,000). New maximum salaries
are: non -specialists $7,000 ($6,800),
specialists $7,200 ($7,000).
In their original request to the
board this year, the- teachers re-
quested new salary ranges of
$4,300-$8,600 for non -specialists
and $4,70049,000 for, specialists..
They also soyght minimum and
maximum salaries of $11,500-
$13,500 for the principal - and
$9,500-$10,300 for the vice-prin-
cipal.
.-hieing-anew teachers,-- the
-uvil`l in future -allow experi-
ence allowances of up, to $1,200
for' non -specialists and up to
$1,400 for specialists. The allow
ances will be figured at the rate of
I
$200 per wear:-
STEVE STOTHERS TALKS
TO COLWANASH FARMERS
Mr. Steve •Stothers, of Lucicnow,
was the guest speaker at a meet-
ing of the Colwanash Jritiror-Farm-
ers on March 19.
Directors were appointed as fol-
lows: Doug and Bruce Baynard
TOURNEY STARTS. land Frank Alton, of Ashfield; Bob
The first 10 games of the Young Lyons,. Crawford McNeil and' John
Canada Week pee. wee hockey Rutherford, of West Wawanosh.
tournament will be played at Gode-• Appointments to the dance com-
rich Memorial Arena this Satur- mittee included Bob Lyons, .Dou.e
day, March 29. Then, on Friday, Raynard, June Nivins and John
April 4, the tourney gets under Rutherford.
way in earnest and continues Winners at euchre were George
through until Saturday, April 12. Ribey and John Clark.
When the riding. of Huron goes
to the polls on Monday fgr the
Federal election, in common with
the rest of Canada, ,there will be
225 more eligible voters this time
than there were for the June 10th
election of last year. Returning
Officer=- J. K. Hunter states there
are- 25,31'7 eligible voters in the
riding of Huron for Monday's vote.
In the • 1957 election, there were
25,092 eligible voters.
This increase is niostly due to
the increase in the number of
eligible voters in -the town of.
Goderich since the 1957 election.
On Monday, there will be 3,677
eligible to vote in Goderich, where-
as. there were 3,471 eligible voters
in 1957..This means an increase.
of 206.
The advance poll is held today,
Friday and Saturday at the office
of the Returning Officer, J. K.
Htuiter, 66 Victoria street north.
There were 15 who voted at the
advance . P.oiL last year but tis
increased
is likely to be
somewhat this year due to the
fact that there are many sailors in
this area who have not gone to their
boats for the season as yet
Total vote in the last election
in Heron was 21,385 which was
more than 82 per cent of the
eligible voters. The Conservative
candidate, Elston Cardiff, received
a majority of 3,453 votes.
The candidates in Huron num-
ber two, Elston Cardiff for the
Kinsmen Initiate
4 New Members
Progressive Conservative party and
William G. Cochrane, Exeter bar-
rister, for the Liberal party. a
All ballot .bolces for Monday's
election were delivered in the
rural areas on Friday, March 21st.
Those for the town of Goderich
were delivered on Wednesday,
March 26th. '
DROs Ready
The . Deputy Returning Officers
for the 145, polls in Huron, as an-
nounced by Returning Officer J.
K. Hunter some time ago, are. all
set for their duties on Monday.
Those in this particular area are
as follows:
ASHFI1r LD -- i"
No. 1, EI •',C uI-
bert; No. 2, Bert •Alton; No. 3, John
Ritchie; No. 4, John Tigert; No. 5,
Earl Drennan; No. 6,THoward Bar-
ger; No. 7, James Bradley.
BLYTH- -No. 1, Mrs. Donald
Howes; No. 2, George McNall.
CLINTON-No. 1 '(A -I), Mrs. E.
Bartliff; No. 1 (J -Z), Charles John-
ston; No. 2 (A -J). Mrs. Ron 'Mc-
Donald; No. 2 (K -Z), Mrs. Mary
Nediger; No. 3 (A -K), Mrs. Fred
Hudie; No. 3 (L --1,D, Mrs. Doug.
Freeman; No. 4 (A -K), Bert invite;;
No. 4 (L -Z), Mrs. Doug Andrews.
COLB•ORNE--No. 1, Verne Gled-
hill; No. 2, Walter Daer; No. 3,
William J. Clark; No. 4, Leslie
Johnston.
GO•DERICiH TWP,-No. 1, Victor
Falconer; No. 2, Howard Sturdy;
No. 3, William.,+'ylellwain; No. 4,
Charles Cooper; No. 5, Mervyn
Lobb; No. 6, Robert E. Rowden.
H?ULL.ETT-1\lo. 1, Secord Me -
Brien; N. 2, Bert Beacom; No. 3,
Murray East; No. 4, Leonard Cald-
well; No. 5, Charles Merril; No. 6,
Harvey Hunking; No.- 7, Mra.
Robert Turner.. .
EAST WAWANOSH - No. 1,
Mason Bailey; No. 2, John Me -
Burney; No. 3, Lloyd Montgomery
No. 4,' Sam Thompson; No. 5
Robert Armstrong. '
WEST WAWANOSH - No. 1,
Harvey Culbert; No. 2; Ken Scott;
No. 3, John A. Thompson; No. 4,
-Earl Durnin; No. 5, Wallace Miller
n.
No. 6, Howard Thompson.
GOD<ERTCTI TOWN --No. 1, Gert: -
rude Sturdy; No. 2-E, George
James; No. 2-W, John Cuthbertson;
No. 3 (A -L), Emily Legg; No. 3
(M -Z), Catherine Smith; No. 4,
Helen Oke; No. 5, Ebb M. Ross;;
No. 6, James Young; No: 7,. Henry
Leishman; No. 8, Bill Pridmore;
No. 9 (A -K), William Elliott; No.
9' (L -Z), Harold Williams; °No. 10,
Ismayt, McLean; No. 11, Charles
Rance; No. 12-E, Lewis Taylor;
No. 12-W, Wilfred Peachy.
Four new members-Wilf. Den-
omme, Joe Helfer; Robert Ruttan
and Ken Hutchins --were initiated
at Monday night's Kinsmen Club
meeting.
- The following members received
perfect attendance pins: Gord.
Bannister (10 years); Jack Marriott
and D. J. Patterson (seven years);
Bill Beacom and Ken Miler (three
years); Bruce Clifford • and Gerry
Denomy (two years).
The club approved plans to hold
a paper drive on April 16. Fifteen
members signified their intention
to attend the zone conference at
Walkerton on April 14. •
Completion. of revision of Gode-
rich's zoning by-law by the town
planning board .is .schedeied for
next Tuesday evening. It will then
he presented to theeiTown Council
by the planning board.
The zoning by-law will also be
presented to the Ontario -Municipal
Board which, ing : turn, will send
some of its members to Goderich
when a public hearing is held.
At this time, the details of the
zoning by-law will, be imparted to
the citizens of -Goderich.
Several years ago, a public hear
ing was held whee there were so
many and so determined Objection.
made to various items in the pro-
posed by-law that a revision of it
was commenced. Since. that time
the planning board has put in
many -long hours of conscientious
work on it in an effort to do what
is best for the town in general
even though it means that some
ctit .e Tdire tl affected
7
by it n a mani
feel is adverse' to them. hen
the next public hearing is held
'la" and the details of the zoning by-
law are made known, �t is e,pected
that more protests will be heard.
This is expected in a contentious
issue of this kind.
Having been recently submitted) citizens will be surprised and, pos-
sibly,'' alarmed by the proposals.
It is for this reason that citizens
should make every effort to attend
the public hearing when it is held
and state their views b'efore,_ not
after, the zoning by-law is made
law.
to Ontario Department of Plan-
ning and •.Developegent, the town's
-zoning by-law • has been returned
t� the planning board here with
recommended changes. These will
be considered at the planning
board's meeting next Tuesday
evening.' Among the recommenda-
tions made by the Ontario Depart-
ment of Planning and Develop-
ment is that residential building
should not be allowed in industrial
sections. This means that no resi
deuces should be allowed in the
specified industrial areas along the
railway tradks and in the Goderich
Harbor area. Another suggestion
of the Ontario Department of
Planning and Development is that
there be no mixing of commercial
and residential properties. In
other Words there should be no
residences allowed in those areas
that are specified as a immericial
Titteree,etey
This would include the area around
the Square or the shopping section
of the 'to W i.
When the Public hearing is held
and the details of the zoning by
law are learned by the citizens in
general,' it is expected that some
Mr. David Harman was appointed
chairman •f the town's pl`anriing
board folio=.', the resignation' of
William Ande on.
The board app'oved the payment
of $5- a meeting•,with a minimum
of $10 a month to William Currie,
secretary of the planning, board.
Larry Owles, of Code -rich, suc-
ceeds Willard Forsyth, of Owen
Sound, as district president of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Larry, who is first vice-president
of Goderich Jaycees, was elected
by acclamation here Sunday at a
+ist let eonf rrehee uulaiehe wa t:
a
tended by Jaycees from Port Elgin,
Southampton, Owen Sound and
Goderich.
Mayor Ernie C. Fisher, a mem-
ber of Goderich Jaycees, welcomed
the visitors, and Howard, Aitken,
president of the local club, was
chairman for the day's program.
Starting in the morning, there
were, clinics on Jaycee organiza-
tion and public relations, and a
debate. Special ?speaker far they,,
public relations clinic vas , "Mac'
McKenzie, a public relations of-
�.afieenaatltaelt et .theaaga i e'
partment of Health.
Brief remarks were made by
Jack O'Rourke, of Chatham, na-
tional vice-president of the Jay-
cees, and entertainment wbs sup-
plied by "Ting," .,London news-
paper cartoonist.
Gravel, Chips
Tender Accepted
Town Council has accepted the
tender of George E. Radford, of
Blyth,,to supply 4,000 yards of
gravel and 1,000 yards of chips at
a total price of $4,490.
The Ohtario Government has ap-
proved Town Council's plans for a
$2,000 labor program which will be
subsidized to the extent.of 70 per-
cent by the Province. The -pro-
green is designed to 'give jots to
six local men who are ineligible
for unemployment insurance bene-
fits.
The mayor was appointed as the
Council's representatiVe on the
Winter Employment Advisory Com-
mittee, The appointment was -made
at the suggestion of the .committee,
which said that there should be
close liaison between Council, and
the committee. Mayor Ernie 'C.
Fisher has already attended three
meetings of the committee.
ORIGINAL DISPLAY
Spring,- with a strong Easter
accent, is blooming in,the display
windows .of Culbert's 'Bakery on
West street. The .unusually at-
tractive display was produced by
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Culbert, with
Mrs. Culbert in charge of the
special effects and arranging. Ma -
Aerials used in the colorful display
mule a'1'1 tYrWa " i'Sf rrgitftf l t�
decorated piece of driftwood to
a giant chocolate Easter bunny.
Mrs. Harry Edwards, of Burk's
Falls, is visiting her sister, Mrs.
R. J. Bullen for a few days.
"I think .we're getting the heat It was agreed previously that
Put on us for a condition that ex- cost of, this preliminary report
ists elsewhere and is caused else -would not exceed $1,500.
Council .was forced to hire an
engineering firm after Dr. Berry
refused to allow the town to ex-
tend sewers to the 22 -lot land
assembly project and the ('lingan
subdivision. He said he would not
back down until Council took some
definite action toward construction
where.
So said Reeve James Donnelly
when a preliminary report on a
proposed $419,600 sewage treat-
ment plant was presented to Town
Council. Friday. -
The reeve asked the consulting
engineers several questions In the 'I
hope of producing some hint as' to of a sewage treatment plant.
why the Ontario Water Resources 1 After Council hired the Dillon'
Commission, headed by _Dr. A. E. firm to prepare a report, Dr. Berry` '
Berry, has been attempting to approved extension of the sewers.
pressure Goderich into a start on
a sewage plant.
Engineer J. J. Heffernan replied
that Goderich is one of those com-
munities in the Unfortunate posi-
tion of discharging sewage into
international -waters. The Inter-
national ,Joint Commission, with
which Dr. Berry has worked close-
ly, is committed to . eliminating
pollution on both 'sides of the
lakes. he said. ' -
"That -undoubtedly is one of the
reasons the OWRC is taking action
at tis time to have your town
clear up pollution," stated Mr.
Heffernan. .
Dr. Berry has been asked to
come. to Goderich to discuss the
sewage report with Town Council
on April 18. At an earlier Council
meeting, the attitude of the OWRC,
general manager, toward Goderich
was described as "dictatorial."
Before the sewage business carne
to a head, Dr. Berry had been
The proposed plant would he
Located in the southwest corner of
the town, at the-sanie point where
the present sewers now discharge
raw sewage into Lake' Huron.
Included in the plan's total cost
is $48,700 for construction of a
60 -inch diameter outfall• sewer to
control eroaion at the site.
At present, sanitary sewage and
storm water from the town is
carried to a point in the south-
west corner of the town. Here the
raw sewage is discharged into a
gulley leading dpwn through... a
100 -foot high bluff to Lake Huron. -
The town's water intake is Meat
ed about one mile north of the
leaf lit which the sewage is dis-
charged into the lake.
Population Increase
Concerning population, the en-
gineers' report states: "It appears.
reasonable fo 'assume that within
(Continued on page 7)
Society Now Nearing 200 Mark
.Mare than 100 members of Gode-
rich, Clinton and Auburn horticul-
tural societies enjoyed a lecture
on "Landscaping the small lot,"
by Professor John Weall, of the
FrAC staff at MacKay Hall last
iday. lie was introduced by
Wm. Moorhead as "an internation-
ally known horticulturist." Presi-
dent J. P. Warren conducted the
meeting.
After several humorous anec-
dotes of a recent tour of England;
prodding the town to build a new Mr. Weall said that the importance
-water supply system. of trees was emphasized in that
In order to pay ,for the proposed, country ,several years ago when
sewage treatment plant, the aver= "We seaAlooded the east coast and
age Goderich householder would
have to pay $17.60 to $18.60 per
year for 30 years, the engineers
estimated.
Interest Charges
Over a 30 -year period, it is
estimated that consumers woujd
pay $399,400 in interest- charges
on the $419.600 project. In other
the salt water destroyed countless
valuable trees. It takes seven
years before the salt of sea water
is sufficiently removed for roots
to grow in the soil. It was poi'hted
out that trees should becarcd for
and fed regularly, as well as our
shrubs and flowers.
In planning property, the •audi•'
words, total cost ,would reach ence were 'told to landscape the
$819,000 in 50 years. , frontage for an . appealing view
e- #fin ar areportPxu ,prae- .1r,oixtaatheere 3,tsg;.gw mea
pared by M. M. Dillon & Co. td?, uses of our plan for the backyar
of London, on instructions of own- should he leisure, -peace and en-
cil. At Friday night's Council joyment. The speaker sketched
meeting, the Dillon firm was re a sample planting for a srhall lot
presented by engineers W. K. on the blackboard, mentioning ti'
Clawson and J. J. HIeffernan. variety of trees, shrubs, trines, per;
ennials and annuals which might
be used. "Give the bird bath some
privacy," said Mr, Weall, put it
near the trees or shrubs.
The letters of the word beauty
might be applied to our property
planning as representing beauty,
economy, accord or harmony, util-
ity area, time for thought, you as
a personality. This summing up
of the very real pleasures of gard-
ening ended a lecture d scribe I
by S. C. Anderson, hythanking the
speaker, as outstanding with its
cgmbinatipQn of instruction and
humor. The audience •expressed
hearty appreciation..
0. J. Foreman conducted the
draw for door prizes won by: Rev.
D. 'J. Lane, Clinton; -Mrs. C.
Straughan, Auburn; Mrs. H- H_
Martin, Douglas Wilson and Mrs.
E. H. Jessop,, Goderich. After
grouping according to birthdays,
the audience filled in the essential
flower names of a contest telling
the story of a floral wedding. -
Chocolateabated bars,- bated "by Mr&
R i'it re,zespx
*inning group..
It Was announced that the GetXe-
rich Sbeiety hoped to xeaeh,:.It,
objective membership of :t'iXio bun-
dred i very shortly. Tha Wet Scrim
in a Melt enjoyable soeiat hOtti':