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ONTARIO` THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 196
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Interior Of Big Mill
s Gutted By Fire
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Photo By Nephew --
Remembrance:
Day Service
Capt. Roy Wombold of the
Salvation Army will be mak-
ing the address during the
Remembrance Day ceremony
,in front of the cenotaph in
Court House Park on Monday.
Meiribers of Branch 109,
Royal Canadian Legion, and
other veterans will parade
from the Legion Hall to the
cenotaph for the service at
.u�
As Seen- from Across Harbor
Photo By Henry
11 a.m.
Remembrance Day in Gode- Their 50th
rich has been proclaimed
holiday tris year and __
stores willbe closed... Indus- Aartiveracys- -
' tries, however;,will not close
but perfnit veterans and those Mr. and Mrs. D. M. O,:Brien,
employees desiring to attend 202 St. David street, popular
the service to do so. - and long-time residents of
• The Legion church parade Goderich, on Monday, Novem-
will take place at St. George's ober 4, •observed their 50th wed-
Anglican- _Church at 11 a.fn. ding anniversary. -
Sunday. Members of St. Both former residents c f
Peter's Raman G a t h o 1 t c Stratford, they were -married at here on Tuesday, November 12,
Church will attend service St..Joseph' Church, Stratford;' at which the rate to be charted
hire ^mTl pipeand
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lead the parade to these ser- Sarnia. 'iletermined.
vices. rMr. O'Brienis the son of the Present at t>>^ prnceting w 11
The annual Poppy Canvass 1 ; rc resPr1t-ltivr 4 of the On
will be held in Goderich on late Mr. and Mrs. David O'Brien p
Friday and Saturday. the1 1 tario Department of'• -Public
y.. db yl I�Vo,.0 f r. Gr,J,v,o Water li
wei
Grain Truck Route i.s
Under Questi
Q
al
Town
e An integral part of Goderic'h'�s Austria]. life for
decades after it was built in 1872, but inactive for sev-
eral months, "The Big Mill" -wait the harbor said fare-
well in dramatic fashion during the early.hpurs of Mon-
day morning- by staging the most (spectacular fire in
the town's history. Flames which shot up nearly 15()
feet into the '40 -mile -an -hour windswept. night sky riv-
alled the most famous of Lake Huron sunsets and t he
reflection could be seen for more than 30 miles away.
After the half -demolished old flour mill had staged
the major portion of its show, the flames spfi ad to a
small-er,.�bui-ldixtg and also`" adjacent salt plant, used
latterly as a storage building by Sifto Salt.
Biggest Ever
The complete blaze outdid
nything ever seen here before,
ven -such fires as those at the
)ourt House, The British Ex-
hange; Hotel and Knox, Pres-
,yterian Church. Hundreds of
eople lined the banks and
toad for hours in the cool night
Lir to witness the spectacle.
Estimated damage to the Sifto
alt storage building and con -
ants was about $75,000, accord -
ng to A. P. Boutilier, Sifto Salt
iant manager. This was cov-
red by insurance. Practically
11 of the new machinery for
se at the company's new build -
ng, whie,h had been stored
here, , had been moved- out
bout three weeks -ago, How
:ver, packaging materials to the
'clue of about $7,000 went up
n smoke.
!' Demolition of the old"flour
nill was started. by ,Greensway
3rothers Demolition Ltd., of
'oronto, some weeks ago. How-
-ver, there was still much good
)Id timber in the building not
et removed and which provid
ed the flames with plenty of
naterial on which to work.
Firemen climbed to the top
of the adjacent grain elevator
complexes of Upper -Lakes Ship-
ping to pour water on the roof.
Despite their continued efforts,
damage was done to the roof.
Cost of replacing it will be ap-
proximately. $5,000, according
to R. M. Menzies, manager"' of
Upper Lakes Shipping. „Be-
-Ineath this top roof was a' sec-
ond roof of cernent slabs. This
second raor protected t,�.
$250,000 in wheat in the bins.
It was feared for a time that
the intense heat from the flour
Following a' years operation A. decision on the matter was
during which the new Ontario deferred by Council fora couple.
Hospital has been supplied with of weeks. When reference was
Water from the Goderich water- made to the by-law•• establishing
works,-• a meeting its to beheld certain stye ets as the establish!
.d truck route to and from the
harbor, it was learned that two
QUIET HALLOWE'EN
,Hallowe'en pranks in Gode-
rich were practically nil. Police
Chief Fred - IVfinshall reports
=omeunknown prankster` threw
an egg at the police building
this year, but that was .about
'. as far as any unusual activity
Menzies Watches Anxiousiy went. ,
Photo By Nephew Last year several charges had
to be laid for egg and apple
Air
r t es_ throwing and soaping of win-
�', t- - �•d'oGvs four days after October
® 3, 31. Thi ; year it won't be
gers
` necessary.
Chief Mi,nshall said, "There's
t ' • ;. is
�� E:t::'11
he�f'®� was the
u� rain helped." • ,
By W. E. Elliott
Summer cuttagers of 'Bluewater Beach, appealing"
essment on the grounds the beach pollution had
property valuesb"drastie'ally" failed in an appli-
►Un to Goderich township court � of revision for re({ -
ion in assessments. The members did not see this
the root- of the matter, a d instead put the finger on
deficit as -Source of the raw sewage which prevailing
ds carry, to southern beaches. I. Yarned along \villi•
town, in the formal decision given a deputation
ntlay evening, was the Ontario Water Hes.ourees
tranission. Council, sitting as court of revision, rr-
ted a motion by deputy reeve Grant. Stirling' and
neillor John Yeo, that no action be taken on Blue -
Beach assessments, but that- the OWRC and the
p'he asked for immediate action.
, Explanation
tWo!p'ld be no help to lower
men'ts," said :Mr. Stirling.
have to put-on pressure
)sere. YOU have our back -
Is thing nnot go on,
1 is not gong to go on,"
a member of the deptita-
ab a dozen in Manlier,
e can go , to the powers
be httd see if the situation
;pond rectified, and that is as
�rcan go," said Warden
Torr
did'
�' wresiding as
tare rite OWRC
to assured 'they! • were
go further with us.
g to some Goderich - of-
e go -
10 beyforced othink � they
in a
said, Tana I do not believe .it
counts On debenture debt of
the municipality, though I am
lot sure."
Cottage owners are residents
Jf I.ondon, Stratford, Sarnia,
Ingersoll and Goderich. They
ire organized in the 13luewator•
,;each Association and sent 37
aFFe-ement appeals to the Gode-
rich Town -hip clerk, exclusive
of tvl•o received past the dead-
line. It •was brought . out in
'discussion • that their lots are
assessed for the $100 minimum,
and the cottages at an average
I of about $600. Exclusive of
�
one used the year around, only
sewage disposal plant, and some 'three are assessed -for -more
oppose the idea because it may ; than $1,000.
cost about $1,000,000. However,i The Appeals
I thinly the OWRC will see to' By mutual consent,' the court,
it that they put in some kind :-Of revision dealt with the repre-
f system:" ; sentations made in a term let-
r�pok(jsman for the cottages'', was signed rpby Ralph Alien, 1,on
ft
said: "They had the same thing don, -who. wrote.
We Sound untirl= -they in- yhas lot 130. He wro
_7 fri1lt` s:' . - t o .
stalled a sews o7plant at a cost "During- the past several
of about $3,000,000. it cleared
up the situation about fifty per years there has been art increai-
••- ing. .amount of algae growth
which .has made sw:ir'nming on
the main area highly undesin
Mile. This condition reached
such a point. during 1963 that
for most of the 'summer no
(Charmed on page 5)
-:,once time ago and not the
third and final reading to of -
The Mid -Western . ,Christian !Presbyterian Church. They foI-
Frcially pass it. Young Counsellors held their 1 lowedparliamentary'style for
A, letter frog _Dominion Road Y
and Mrs. O'Brien �s c au r �1 -- 13th annual convention at Gode- ! debate purposes electing Don -
ter of .the late •. Ir. an 1 r . , rich which concluded on the ! all 1 rancis of Conn as prime
: ounces Comm:,=ion and re ee o►npieined of no sewer outlet:,
James O'Grady. Iweekend. ✓minister• and John Mungham
1 er., of the (aod�rich' 1'.U.G. „ion Maitland road near the I Elected president ,'anwas Ian of Toronto . as leader of the
The occasion of. the 50th a�, DT�'VI{;O plant to tak^ nma�
arivcratrry was celebrated :with This a^n :.. - Morrison of Owen Sound. Other ! opposition.
,excessive water following a
a Mass of Thanksgiving,
o,t •r at the- Town Council meeting - officers elected at the close of The convention was sponsor-
heavy rain.
ed by 1te'v" Father Moynah.�n on Friday evening. At th.'" From -the Goderich 1NIanttfac ;the three-day convention, were: ped by the Ontario Council of
at St. Peter's Choi ch, Goderich, !same aforc��n:�:�tioir� d Mooting, ;, • tuning �tCom any was a letter Vice president, Nat James of ,Christian Education throu h •its
and a family dinner at llar the budrfet is to be s^t fo; 10(1 �tng thatpCarr_',ria road was Stratford; secretary, Robert 'Boys Work Board. Adult coun-
for the operating of Go l��rich s r Wells of Palmerston; director, sellor• was Rev. Bruce Hall of
bourlite .Inn.' o in horrible condi ioriP and
The family of Mr. and Mrs.: new «'iter plant. Fraser Downey of Tiverton. Toronto.
hould be paved, also Anglesey
O'Brien consist of Mrs. John On behalf , of 'residents .of street. The matter was left 't he new 'president succeeds Topics debated were: Respon-
(Alma) Stephenson, Ingersoll; ' Gloucester Terrace, Mr. Dan for -next year's council. Albert Ribbink of Tiverton_ sibilities of young people to
Miss Eileen, Goderich; Joseph, 'Murphy appeared before Colin- Seventy boys attended the
Goderich, and Gerald of Forest. cil regarding grain trucks Ori•, three-day convention. They
A daughter, Evelyn, died in ing along that street,, used .fre- O.P.P. CHANGES came from sevene counties,
1950. There are also 10 grand- quently by pupils - from St. Constable Gordon Ferris of Perth, Bruce, Huron,
children. Peter's Separ. School. Ile the Wiarton detachment is Wellington, Waterloo ano ::f-
The couple were the recip- fett that if- the. - reet was to be posted to Goderich, according feria.
ients. of many Spiritual Offer- used as a. grain truck route, it to O.P.P. postings announced- The Young Counsellors form',
ings and congratulatory mess- should be built as such and not this week. Constable H. D. ing zone 4 of""the Older Boys'
ages from friends and relatives. used by them in the street's Hobbs of the Goderich detach- Parliament, held their final sea:
present inadequate condition. ment is to go to Wiarton. siQ.ns yesterday in the Knox
mill fire would create pressure -
that would explode the cement
s Ios, but: this, fdrtunately, did
not happen.
Strong Wind
The strong south-west wind
blew sparks and burning mhter-
ial -of considerable size high
into the air, overtop the Gode-
rich Elevator Ltd., and far be-•
yond to the residential area of
St. George's Crescent and Glou-
cester Terrace: About 20 em-
ployees of Goderich Elevator
Ltd. hosed down the roof of
their buildings until 5 a.m. in
'the morning. Two small fire ;
were put out.
Residents• on St. George's
Crescent were awake all night
S.' they poured water onto the
•roofs of their houses. - Flying
fire slid ignite the roof of the
residence of Walter Rathburn
in several places but this . was
p u t out.
Had it not been for the heat.y
rain of recent date, fire damage
in nearby areas could have
been `much higher. Had the
Wind blown in the direction of
the gasoline tanks,pf, Imperial
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BLOWS TOO LONG!
-**-"Why isn't there an auto-
rnatic shutoff on the fire
siren?" asked Deputy Reeve
May Mooney at Town Coun- ,
cil Friday evening. The -'De-
puty Reeve said she had
heard complaints that the
siren blew unnecessarily long
some times. Councillor Rob-
- ert
ob--ert Hays, -chairman of the fire
committee, said hes would
bring the matter to the atten-
tion of the town firemen:___.
SEVENTY BOYS ATTEND
3r'DAY---CONVENTION-11-ERE—
Deputy Reeve Mooney
To Seek May�r's (hair
:Ellwood Lemon, of Ingersoll,
o sys ctrl: '' ter used. by most of the coitus
ens a eating. The ' 'first one
.cent."
In connection with limitation
of Goderich debenture debt,
County Assessor Alexander had
a thought.
'1 he OWRC could ,finance it"
(a sewage disposal plant), he
n 1 4 l
At the conclusion° of the Mooney said she would be
seeking . the Mayor's. chair,
Mayor Fisher coma -anted, "I
think you will do a good job."
Councillor Reg. Jewell, who
has, done an excellent job as
chairman of the water, light
rarld harbor committee, said
• he would definitely be a can-
didate for the office of'7eputy
Reeve.
Councillor Ken Croft said
hewould not be a councillor
again. He did not elaborate
on that statement to say whe-
ther he would be running for
one of the first three positions
on council.
Councillors Robert Squire,
Robert Hays, and Joseph
-Moody -eaeh_ stated -they :-would_
be running for council again.
Only member absent was
Councillor Bruce Erskine,
who. will net be seeking of -
dice on next year's council.
On the basis of the above,
there ° Will' be at least - three
vacancies p be filled as
counc'� ors.
Town Council meeting Friday
evening, members announced_
their intentions with respect
to seeking --office on, the 1964'-
council.
As reported previously,
Mayor E. C. Fisher will not
he running for that office for
next year. He' stated that,
at the nomination meeting,
he will merely clo a bit of
reminiscing and will , leave
the giving of records on what
has been done by council to
the chai.rmen of the various
committees.
Reeve W. Frank Waikoni
said he would seek re-election
alt VC'
"It's a woman's privilege
to -grange her mind," said
Deputy Reeve ✓May Mooney,
who announced her intention
to run for the office of Mayor.
If elected, she would bethe •
first woman in Goderich s,,
municipal (history to be May-
or. After Dep'uty Reeve
their
church, choosing an oc-
cupation, the use of Sundays,
an outlook on the world, and
personal' habits.' -
Leading various discussion
groups'. were J. H. Kinkead,
'George Parsons, Claude Kalb-
.fleisch,` Ozzie Slemin and Har-
old Bettger, all of Goderich,
sand Cyril Knight of Palmerston.
delegates- from many points in the. "area gathered - for . the. rotary -of the Ontario Boys Parliament, Larry Palseruiek, tail
Christian Young 'Counsellors Convention held with the coop- Twaddle and Ibhn, Walters. In attendance tt .the closing ban -
oration ` of all local,, protestant churches. In attendance at quet to extend greetings on behalf of the town was Mayor E. ,
the sessins were many bays from local churches. :Pictured C.,„V isher seen talking to Bishop , ppleyard,guest speaker
above are, .left to right; Norman Reilv.' rude •Fall, sec- - ab the dinner.
(Bignal.,Stafr Photo)
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