The Goderich Signal-Star, 1966-03-31, Page 1D•
119th Year — No. 13
County ` Bo�sts Mill: Rate,
$2,000,000 For Roads
By W. E. Elliott
Including estimated provin-
cial subsidies, Huron will
spend nearly $2,000,000 this
year in its road department.
Council boosted the -mill rate
from 8.75 to 9.30, to raise
$628,615 by county levy, cgn-
pared with $480,096 in 1965.
Grants and subsidies from
the province rare budgeted
for at $1,335,000, which com-
pares with $1,244,000 in the
1965 budget: ,
The general°purpose levy is
up a mill and a quarter to
4 eight, making a total 'increase
of 1.8 mills to 17.3. Total ex-
penditure for roads and gen-
eral purposes is estimated at
$3,143,725 with revenue of
$3,151,263 providing for a -
nominal surplus of $7,338.
The new mill rate for roads
"qualifies the county for the
maximum . amount of devel- ,
qpl ent road aid," the report
of the road, committee stated.
It was presented by Reeve
Donald McKenzie of Ashfield,
chairman. At 8.75 the county
would have qualified for
$136,500 for 1965 and also
•'1966. At 9.3 the subsidy is
estimated at $35,000 plus ad-
ditional development road, en-
" titlement of about $100,000
for 1965 and 1966 "or total
DHO money, of $225,000."
"The whole idea," County-
Engineer
ountyEngineer f3ritnell said in re-
ply to a question by Reeve
Duff Thom.psnn, Clinton, "is
based on the minister's: pro-
mise that:', the more we help
ourselves, • the more his de-
partment .will help ,us.. Any
county rich enough--to-main-
' tain roads on six mills or less
• will -not qualify for DHO aid.
"When the Khiva--contra„. e
p"" is let (about April, 29) we will
owe . the department $265,000,
and will not get any •until
hat is wiped off.'
For road construction this
year, $598.000 is allocated, of
4
which the county's share is ,
$299,000. Priniopal items:
Road 27, Nile north seven
miles, grading: granular .base,,
$268,000; road 13, Clinton
west five miles, paving should-
ering, cleanup, $60,000; road
27, Nile north, land and fence,
12 miles, $35,000;' road 14,,
DuJblirt north 2.50 mites, pav-
ing by Perth county, $30,000;
Road 37, Airport road, 0.25
mile, grading granular base, `
paving, $10,000.
Bridge Construction
Bridges and culverts ac-
count' for $225,000. Principal
items: the -Marnoch bridge in
East W4wanosh, $160,000; a
40 -foot span on concessions
8-9, Ashfield, $30,000, and a
30 -foot span in concessions 14-
15, Hawick, $15,000..
The second phasenof a coun-
ty road reversio:n'to town ships
covers 11.47 miles: road 2,
from Highway 84 to county
road 10, 2.35 mikes; .road, 21
from Highway 8 -to county
road 13, 4.20 .miles; road 23
from•Highway 21 to Highway
86, 4.82 miles. This will be
effective when the bylaw is
approved in Toronto, probab-
ly about June 1.
. In addition. Reeve McKen-
zie read- just- bre adjourn
merit a long list of short mile-
ages, technically designated
as development road, being
turned back by the county to
local municipalities. They
are in almost all the town-
ships.
- "The purpose," Clerk-rPr'e-
THE GQDERItH SIGNAL -STAR, THURS., MARCH- 3L 1966
SINGLE
usurer Berry explained, "is so
the money can be paid, back
to the .local municipalities on
a 100% basis this year. The
• money is paid to the county
and in turn to the municipal-
ities, and can' be paid into
the general fund'and used for
any purpose. If on roads,
there will be subsidy on that
as well."
A bylaw was passed extend-
ing ,half -load restrictions to
May 31, month later than
set out sin, the Highway Traffic
Act. It will not be submitted
for Transport.,Department, 'ap-
proval unless; there is a�.n
late
spring . brealup.
The .county engineer read a
1,000 -word statement in reply
to letters appearing in many
weekly -newspapers of the
county. Copies were distrib-
uted to council inember s" The
writer of the letters could
only listen, without comment.
Mr. Britnell said the state-
ments made and statistics
used were ' essentially cor-
rect," and .this writer will say
the- same of his statement,
except for the final para-
0 0 h.
graph
Therein it is complained Councillor Walter Sheardown, chairman of
that "almost the entire" in- the harbor committee, right, congratulates
., er-ease Iliprovincial debt of
78 million (in 1964-5) -blam-
ed- on highway expenditure :•. • IMPERIAL WINDSOR DOCKED FRIDAY
Well, the government borrow-
ed
in .that year on highway
account $68,25,999- (See Pub- -
lie Acounts) and if that is not Tanker Opens . , N,a v i a t i o n
fairly close to; 78 millions I - .
with the silk hat as the first skipper into
port. Looking on is Ben Chisholm, Imperial
Captain James „Irwin after presentin _Nhim _, . Esso .went here. Signal -Star Photo
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don't know how to express it. The Imperial ,.Windsor', 'a ary- cigar and. silk "hat treat- win who encountered heavy
sent, ice on the trip.last, year.
Councillor Walter Shear- The Imperial Windsor was
Local Bank Manager
Receives Prornotion Forest, made it a double head- a skipper fo'r 11 years. opened on April 15th: Earl
er in the navigation league
1,950 ton oil tanker, officially
opened the navigation season
here for the second consecu-
tive` year when it docked at
11:40 p.m Friday.
Captain James •`Irwin, of
. down, chairman of the harbor carrying a cargo of 21,000 bar -
committee, made the present- -rels of heating oil for distrib-
ation, of the silk topper ta:_ ,_irtion in this area.
Captain Irwin who has been . Last year the Season • was
Ben Corless, Bank of Mon-
treal branch manager here
for seven years, has been not-
, , ified of his promotion to' man-
ager of the Campbellford
branch. •
who was transferred 'from
Stores To Open
Nite,
IV t
At a recent executive' meet-
ing of The Goderich Business-
men's Association, it was sug-
n.-Goiierieh
----gest�thn-t•--stores r
'remains open ,Thur.
stlaYd even
n
-
r%orta~.G.ond
til 9.00 P.M.
Stores would close on Wed-
nesday afternoon as usual. •
"It is hoped that all mer=
chants will go along with this
suggestion in, order to elimin-
ate the confusion and uncer-
tainties widen exist prior. to .a
holiday such as this," said
Fred Salter, association presi-
dent.
The popular bank official,
Milton to Goderich- has play
ed an aoti've role in commun-
ity •life during his stay in
Goderich.
,...Mr.. Carless has been trews- _
urea: -of the Alexandra Martine
.Ger etal-Ickes ,boll -Hoard;
::treasurer of: the Lions Cltib's•-
Easter Seal campaign and
treasurer of the Cancer So-
ciety drive. •
"As a baler I always seem-
ed to end up treasurer of the
torganivations to which I be-
-longed," - he said.
A member of North, Street
United Church, Mr. Corless's
wife and two children will fol -
low hi ' o Cam;pbellford at
the on °he soh�ool term.
His daughter, Susan, is now
ooimipleting her ' fourth year
honors history. Course at the
University of Western Ontario
and son,' John, is a Grade 13
student at. GDCI.
•Mr. Corless started his car=
eer in' banking at the Bank
of Montreal branch in Clinton.
A tour of duty overseas with
the RCOC .-was his only de-.
parture from the bankFm
- business. -
_"Youalways -hate to leave
a town ,but when bit is a mat-
ter of promotion it lessons the
blow," said •Mr. Corless.
"The community I am going
to is smaller than Goderich,
but
but the blanch is larger,"" he
added. - No replacement has yet
been named for the Goderich
branch.
when, he brought his vessel
in three weeks earlier than
in 1964'
"I. enjoyed the' 'hospitality
Sailing conditions were re- dost opening of navigation
ported to be "just like sum- recerdedtrin Coderidz was on
mer," ,according to .captain March. 16, 1951..,
•
•
r just had t� come bek' a- . uron oun Assessment Raised
'here so much _last year that °. y
gain," wisecracked .the captain,
at an official reception held in
the town • hall 'Saturday.
• Gonerseli'became'flie iurtha -
port to be officially • opened
this year by the tanker skip-
per.'
kip per.•
On the trip Mown he had
--called in at Sarnia, Windsor
aided. r _
As tradition requires, may --
or Frank Walkom and mem-
bers of town council were on•
hand to welcome the first
skipper intotport.
Captain Irwin and Chief
\Engineer Robert glones of
Belleville were ' welcomed
ashore to receive the custom-
A sad -faced clown k enough to make any '. Shrine downs poses
youngster smile. Here one of the St. Thomas - ing the Gola Sports
with local children dur•
Night held last Friday.
Signal -Star Photo
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Strike Enters
Second Month
All, was reported to be
quiet as the strike -at the
Goderich Manufacturing Com-
pany plant entered its second
month. • ' ^
At strike headquarters, Tom
Harkness; union • organizer for
Local 3054, United Brother-
hood of Carpenters and Join
-en, said 710 ,fresh attempts at
negotiations had been made.
"We are waiting for the
' conciliaticn ,dtficer the mayor
sent for, but we have not seen
anything of him up to now,"
he' said.
• Last Saturday the striking
local -received some unexpect-
ed support from 'members of •
their union in Dashwood.
Employees of Dashwood
Planing Mills joined the pick-
et lines and demonstrated in
favor of the union's demands
for higher wages.
A local fisnerman has also
added- his, own personal con-
tribution tom the strike fund.
Norman MacDbnald donat-
ed u 700 pounds of freshly -
caught perch for distribution
'among families of the strikers
last Friday.
"We were very pleased to
receive this help" from Mr.
MacDonald, said Mr. Hark-
ness.
Points at issue in the strike
revolve round union requests
. for n 40 cents an hour in-
crease over 'the next two years
and a new agreement.
The :top hourly rate for un-
ion members at the local
plant Is now $1.48. ,
Reflects Mill Rate -Increase Here enquiry."
granted an official
Huron MP
Seeks Enquiry
A trio of students from the
Central Huron Secondary
Sc'heol, Clinton, 'won a pro-
mise from M.P, Robert McKin-
ley (PC -Huron) on Saturday
•to 'press for an enquiry into
the Steven Truseott case.
Mr. MeKinley announced
his ' intentions after the three
grade 13 boys presented him
with a petition signed by 196
students at his Zurich farm
home.
"The petition has made up ..
my mind to ask for an en-
quiry when 1 return to Ot-
tawa," .Paid Mr. McKinley.
"_I am completely neutral
at the moment, •but when r
see the concern shown by
these students, . I feel there
should The an investigation to
.put their minds at rest," he
added.
The boys: Mike Seotchmer,
19; Steve Cooke, 19; John
Powell, 20, told Mr. McKinley
they were concerned about
the situation- ,.
Only- one signature on the
peiition belonged to a boy
who knew Steven. -
Gordon Logan, a grade 13
student who helped organize
the petition, appeared as a de-
fence witness when Steven
was charged with the sex -
murder of 12 -year-old Lynne
Harper.
Mr. McKinley promised the
'boys he would • present the
petition' to Solicitor General
Larry ,Pe ineIi when he return-
ed to- Ottawa.
The petitio-1 read: "We the
undersigned attending Cent-
ral Huron Secondary School
have taken ' ensideration
the " information obtained
through the available news
media and the book:. "The
Trial of Steven Truscott" and
wish to collectively voice- the
opinion that Steven Truscott
-Equalized assessment on'
which the 1966 county rate is•
calculated is- up. ,x$1;296,291
from 1965, and the levy is
accoxdin. 1 by $141,-
750, increases eightgeneral'
reflectingto. �, thfor e mill rate
enc
r
purposes and 9.3 for roads.
• On equalized assessment, of
$67,593,052 the county will
collect $540,744 for general-
puAsoses and .$628,615 for
roads.
Assessment increases apply
in all 26 municipalities, - with
exception of McKillop, where
there is a slight drop, and
'even that township will pay
• higher taxes.
Goderich, on assessment in-
creased by $466",815, will pay
$13,796.78 more on the gen-
eral rate- and $58',356.78 more
for c')unt3, • roads, a total 'of
$72,155.56 or slightly more
than half the total increase
in the county.
The overall increase in
taxes is about 1&%, to .a total
levy of $1,169,359. • Other
' items of revenue are $276,000
from Huronyiew, an_ offset to
' the county grant of $55,000;
$10,000 from the registry of -
Tice; ,$2,500 in plumbing fees
from the health unit, and
$6,000 from the -museum, -
The
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The buc get provides $10,660
far- salaries,_ utilities and .
maintenance at the_ museuan ;
h . _Dunlo -
-$200 forthe-Dunlop—
tomb.
e
including p --
tomb. The EMO budget is
$18,028.
Under "general govern-
ment executive , • and legisla-
tive," $11,000 is put' down for
county council, $8;000. for
committees and conventions,
$6,200 for gi ants and member-
ships. $2,000 for warden's sal-
ary and expenses and $65Q
for the warden's banquet.
Tribute Paid
At the adjournment of fhe
March session of county coun
cil, Clerk -Treasurer John G.
Berry announced the' retire-
ment of W. E. Elliott, Gode-
rich", who .for some years has
been reporting council pro-
ceedings for the county week-
ly papers He thatpked him
for co-operation and "good
coverage."
CrowJed Program
For County Council.
Three recorded votes and
one show of hands punctuated
a crowded one -day session of
Huron county coitrteil on Fri-
day. A record budget of $3,-
138,375 (including provincial
grants,)was approved, a grant
to Iiluewatcr Rest Home at
- Zurich tui ncd down again, an
arbitrator appointed in' the
Tuckersmith school 'case, and
a number of salary increases
OK'd.
Closest vote of the ,after-
noon—l'9 to 18—authorized
county'' membership in Mid-
western Ontario Development
Association at' a fee of $5,350,
which Covers the local muni-
cipalities. The amount was
added to the already present-
ed 1966 .budget.. Councillors
did not like the idea of try-
ing to collect from municipal-
ities not in favor of joining.
Mid -western nu m�bership
•
came up in a report of the
warden's and personnel com-
mittee, which made no recom-
mendation. • At suggestion of
Reeve Grant Stirling, Gode-
rich Township, the "report was
taken clause by clause,• with
Reeve Stewart Procter.,gf Mor-
ris presiding under committee
of the whole.
"What are the benefits for a
rural municipality?" enquired
deputy reeve Delbert Geiger
of Hay.
"We are trying to broaden
. out our, "�prcgram," replied
W. G. Urquhart, general, man-
ager of BDRA; "and make
industrial and agricultural
benefit more meaningful for
. the four -county area. The Fed-
eration of Agriculture joins
us at zone level, and has two
official representatives on the
Committee to advise on agri-
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CCPIIS `' 1Oc
Claim. City Author
"Chasing A Buck"
A series of charges ranging
from "massing a buck" to
omitting eviuebce has been
levelled against Isabel Le-
Bourdais by jurors in the
Truscott rape -murder case.
The jurors hit out at Mrs.
LeBourdais' best selling book
"The Trial. of Steven Trus-
cott" in interviews last week,
"All she is, interested in i -s
the 'almightj dollar," said
John Peitz, a Clifford farmer.
"I have read the book very
carefully and I- consider she
has picked out only the evid-
ence she teels will help sales
afcl: delibcra telt' _ left things
out," he added.
. At his Blyth borne, 57 -year-
old television repairman Har-
old Vodden said he was amaz-
ed at seines of the "remarks
made by Mrs. LeBourdais who
claims Stever isinnocent. °
"A lot of things she. says
are just not true," he said.
"She said the trial was .pre-
judged-
pre-
judged- yet I'-had'never -heard •
anything about it before I -
went into. court?'
Twisted Things Round
Carl" Lott, a maintenance
foreman, who lives in Wing-
+harri, -claimed that the author
had "simply "twisted • -things
around." •
"This is a pretty one-sided
account," he said. "SheThas
-just,turned everything around
Council Raises
Parking Issue
County council will
make'
a new attempt to obtain park
ing privileges on the Square.
It adopted at ifs March ses-
sion a resolution from the pro-
perty committee -"that the
• lack of parking facilities for
county officials, jurors, court
officials' and" olfliei�-personnel
• _ having dealings with the coun.: "When my Wife .and I.. got
ty _be again brought to the there we saw three other jun-,._.-,
to suit herself."
Mr. Lott asp criticized
newspaper accounts of a pic-
nic held by some jurors and
their families some time after
the trial. -
"It sounded as though the
jurors were celebrating some
event when, it was only A get-
together for the families.
"When ;you are cooped up
with a bunch of people for a
number of days you get to
know them reasonably well.
What's wrong with the fam-
ilies meeting?" he asked.
A juror's rife, Mrs.: Char-
erste McDonald of Exeter also
spoke about the, .picnic.
"It was just a single get-
together for the families with
people bringing lunches and
we played games.
"No one even discussed the
trial."
• "la guess they just wanted
to forget it," she said.
Unfair To Residents •
Win ham_.b.awling alley ypro-
prietor, Walter Brown said- _
he f alt Mrs. LeBourdais had
been very unfair to local resi-
dents.,,
• "She suggested. that,, -people
,wanted to see this boy hang-
ed. Just where she got this
sort of ' information from
beats me," he added.
In Kippen, William Dal ,
rymple said he felt Huron
County residents would boy-
cont any future jury duty.
"I don -'t think they will be
able to ge* anybody to sit on
a jury again after this unless
they force them," ,he said.
"I think this woman has
done what she set aunt to do
and that is sell alots`of-books,"
he added. _
Viewed Murder Site
• On the 'Sunday following
tbe convaetion, four jurors, -
independently. of of one another,
took their wives to view the
seed oaf 'the murder. ' --
._
Eii ct Student
Miss' ' Lynda-,la'oster. v?as Eli
--eeted Fourth Year- n prese1tt=`
ative to the York University
Students' Council, 1966-67.
She will be the first student
to fill this post as next year
• wilt be the first year York
is offering its fourth year hon-
or program.
attention of the town council, v. ors and their wives," said Mr.
with -the request that the town Vodden.
council cbnslder refeasing`"the None of us knew • the of r
- e . ,a and -1 ;--guess.
. e. : -- •
.irisid'e-Mof�T^�tFre-� $ --�e�n were-gain�g�there° anlI gu s5 .:
g
1 ..
std ac= . 'we° just all wanted" to see -..the I
ent to the park, for parking spot we had heard so much
facilities for • all personnel about during the trial," he
needing to attend,at the court added:
house." ' Only one of the jurors con -
The report was signed by ' tacted, sad he had .not been
Reeve Stewart ,Procter, 8f down to the site of the mur-
Morris,.- • - der since the trial.
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Guide captain,, Mrs. Patricia Mansell, pre• presentation was made during a special
cents the highest award in guiding—the, ceremony held in Knox Church hall on
Gold Cord ---to Pat Allen, 16, a member of Tuesday.
the Third Goderich Guide Company. Ther Signal -Star Photo
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