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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-05-04, Page 1BOY =SCOUT APPLE DAY ,. FRIDAY NITER & SATURDAY s 120th 1 �►�.--� Noy 18. _, TARt X #U S AAA's udy ohce ane A continuing series of . Com;. Ki mittee meetings and,' special me4tin, . of..,town . council,• .last Thursday evening culminated in one of the most productive sess.." On , i recent weeks when final decisions were m de`on a nifi tber of importantissues that have been under study for some time. A decision as to how Goderich will be policed in the future will come out of .a request to the Ong tarso' police commission "to re. view the" number of members 01 the Goderich police force to det. ermine the number required to adequately police the town, and that the investigator be asked to personally present the report to council". - The motion was introduced by councillors Sheardown and Sch. aefer,. who. sponsored an addit. ional motion: "That a letter be forwarded to the attorney general's depart. merit inquiring if the policing of Goderich could be taken over by the Ontario provincial police, and • it so, what the annual cost would be". "We have no criticism of the police force," 'Mayor Dr. G. F. " Mills commented. "We just want to see that we are doing the right thing for Goderich." O.K. BUDGET` ' y Tentative approval wax given the 1967 town budget prepared by the finance commatee under the chair:Winship of ' Councillor William Schaefer. It is dealtwith in fair detail in a separate state. ment by His Worship the mayor elsewhere in this •issue of The Signal Star, indicating some far. reaching improvements to the - town, accompanied by a modest " increase in the mill rate, which he explains. In another important piece of made. The canvass has been corn. • A '.ornprehenssve report on the , antu►icipal by was tentatively. approved by Goderich town Mill. cil° in ;:session Thursday evening pending .approval by the depart. ment of municipal affairs administered this year; ;;arid• points out underlying reasons for the increase in both categories of in ill 'rates: As. -Mayer-of the TQwli- e f God. erich, I am pleased to present to our Towuspeople a Progressive budget for 'this Centennial Year, 1967. The members of. Council and ,myself, after lengthy deliber- ation ', have agreed to the over. Cancer Fund ijeadi. Up To Sutces's Last Friday, pupils of Mrs. Ruth Shaddick's Grade eight class at Victor Lauriston public school came to class dressed in costinttes that would have been familiar in a little red school. house of the 19th century. The °teacher,' M cs..Ruth Shaddick, extreme left, added a• touch of authenticity to the Victorian. era school marms' dress by carrying a three -pronged switch. Said one apprehensive pupil to her, "You wouldn't useat, • would you?" (staff photo) .. While Complete returns are not Yet in the sum of $2, 943 has been >,� :.,;,:•:> :r,::<.,:.:,.,;>„ ,.;.::.:;.:.::;:.>::, r �. . ,• N r collected by.the Goderich branch of the Canadian Cancer society the campaign conducted in aoder. ich and adjacent tewishipsduring April. , This 'amount represents two - Industry Lost thirds lof the objectiiie, which it ' r is honed will be reached by the O Goderi C time the final tabulations are 44 local legislation,' Councillor Sch. pleted in Goderich, butadditional aefer and Reeve Bert Such move' donations may still be made by ed that the Ontario housing cor. anyone m'ssed in the door -to. poration be•requested to 'provide door canvass, 12 family units and 12 units for, • e.rior citizens 'tinder the Ontario Those wishing to contribute down as follows: ' will arrange to pick • up the gift. Four two-bedroom units;' six Donations are'also being accept. ,three -bedroom units; , two four. ed at the' I.A.C. office ori King. , stop street. - sing plan. as outlined in Sect.. may do so by calling 524.9364 d)and (e) withbedrooifibi�e�k• and—treasurer William Barlow bedroom units, six bachelor units and six one -bedroom units. and, motion specified that: "It is understood and the town The society also announces that in response tomany requests, it has made available ,"In merrier. - of Goderich accepts ,7 1/2% of lam" cards which; may be used operating loss on the family units, -• at -the time ' of a bereavement. and agrees to waive taxes in ex. The. funds that are given to the cess of $25.00 per unitpar annum society in this .way wilhbe used.,, on the units for senior citizens. ' t© save lives through education Location and•design.tobeapprov toward early diagnosis;, to assist' ed'by council." those who are sufferingfrom can. In other business council re. Ser; and to find the cause and ferred to the parks committee ultimate cure. a request from, Dominion Road j.- • Anyone wishing futtber inform. Machinery company for the plant. ation :about "In memoriam" , ing of locust trees at their Malt ..,..cards shbuld contact Mrs. R. E. land road plant. Crawford, 54 Wellington street (Cont. on Page 11) south, Goderich. Herets An Easy Way To Pay Cash To. Centennial. Find _Goderich District Collegiate students will be going all out here. on Saturday when it is expected nearly 300, or about half the total enrolment, will rally around .to „ carry out their fund raising pro. ject on the Square. COIN EXTRACTORS , Don Edward, chairman of the student council centennial com. mittee explained to The Signal Star that. a coin circle 'will be made out of coin donations and It is hoped to completely circle The Square with a•continuousline of coins,: Swarms of students dressed in• the white and blue, will be guardingthe "loot", and to make the extraction of coins from the populace more pleas• ant, the GDCI Vikings band will present several musical pro. grams during the day: ti Meanwhile, at Sproule's, Mc. Gee's, Baird's and Worthy's gar. ages teams of collegian carwashh. vers will be' putting on special car wash deals at a dollar a Goderich In Cycle Show time. Anyone who drives a dirty ear Saturday afternoon is a "you' know what". r -- GOOD PROJECT All the effort is to raise there. quired cash to build a special. lounge .in the collegiate building entrance as a beautification and, convenience for the use of .stud. ents and visitors as a celebrat. ion of Centennial, year. In• the event the weather -4s really bad on Saturday, the event vgill be• automatically postponed until the following Saturday. • 't•:f'>•'� ;-0.S}vy Vin. :\;W..•%+,Y4t;•:r +YA,`, r • Ain industry which -was serious. ly considering Goderich as aloe ation for. a. manufacturing plant has decided to locate elsewhere for economic reasons.. In a pre. pared statement, Dr. G. F. Mills, chairman of the industrial corn. „ mission, outlines the reasons be. hind the company's decision. Following is the complete statement by. Dr. G, 4F, Mills, Mayor of Goderich:. "'Goderich has lost a potential industry. It is with regret that I inform the Townspeople that the, recently publicized potential industry, for our Town has, after ,,careful examination of a proposed site and the cost of manufactur. ing in the Town of Goderich, decided to locate elsewhere, . "I believe the people of God. erich are entitled to an ' explari. atoll of what factors influenced this prospective industry in its decision: • COSTS HIGHER "Freight costs for the man. ufacturing processes involved that is, for the raw materials needed for the m,a nufa.cturing pro- cess, would cost $5,700.00 per year in excess of the other, pro- posed location in relation to the source of raw materials. "Labour cost (as presented to the proposed industry by one of our local induistries) showed an average male. wage of $2.13 per •. hour which, apparently, is equal to what this industry .i,s paying in a high. labor area in Toronto. The extra , cost of the lease basis for a building would, com- puted on the basis . of the indus•. trial development corporation with an equity of $50,000.00 in the building and compared ,to an. other location where there was fircSi•'.'.`'Y • b.'4;:v:::9xi •r•.9;:;Y.uf%............. ................ 'r�: ` $100,000.00 available, the dev- elopment corporation would make a., difference in interest rate's alone of $34,000.09 over the ten. year period. FINE TOWNI "The ' industrialist regretted 'that he would be unable to locate in such a fine town as this with hour many facilities°and recreat- ional advantages, but the. addit. Tonal extra cost would amount to $10,000,00 per year consider. ing freight rates, interest rates, • and wage scale, NOT I'N'',FAVORY "It- is unfortunate ,that. there had not been a greater support for' the Industrial Development Corporation in our town in order to provide the necessary ,$100,: 000.00 and I can, therefore, only conclude from this that the maj. ority of :our residents do not favour industrial; development. in the town. "There must. be a unity of effort by all, of the townspeople if.,We are to succeed'in'any form of rnun. itipal development." To Speak Here Guest preacher at the, Free• Methodist Church, Victoria Street in Goderich this Sunday will be the Rev. Dr. M.P. Esta. brooks, B.A., B,D:, D.D., of Lond. on, O atario. A well known figure in church circles, Doctor E stabroeks will be in Goderich in con junction with special Bible Sunday services to be held 'at the church. In add. ition to his being a representa- tive of • the Canadian Bible Soc. iety, Rev. Estabrooks„is minis. ter of the Wortley Bible Church, London. NEW BOOKLET HAS PRAISE. FOR THIS AREA Silty thousand copies of abeau. tifully printed brochure an.dbook. let `'in. color will be' distributed by Midwestern Ontario 'regional tourist council at a total cost of abQst `$2.Q,000, it was announced today by Howard. Aitken of'God. erich, president of the council for the past year. The booklet, entitled "A guide for •touring.MODA” gives detail. ed instructions, complete with illustrations and maps, for tours by highway and sideroad of the more interesting sections in the • foar-county. region, Ills the main project, in the council's program for this year. It is expected that a substan. • tial number will be issued at Expo '.67; where only tourist lit. erasure representing regions will be distributed. Goderich, Hayfield and south. ern sections of Huron county -are included in the recommended tours and descriptions of the . scenic and historic ' attractions are given. all -budget which has : been 'pre,. sented ix& detail, by the Giiairrn2n of our finance• c ommittee, Bill "Schaefer, Our budget discussionS have led to a mutual understanding of the needs of our, town and it is apparent to inn that all members. of council share my•desireto dew glop and promote • our town and yet provide our residents with the basic general needs of main. tenance, improverp.ents and saf. ety. The progresive nature of the budget is shown an the following expenditures: MORE •LIGHT • 1. Street lighting renewal (cost, $1`3,000:) A total installation of New Democratic Party Names Rev.- J. C. Boyne Candidate CLINTON— Rey. John C. Boyne, Exeter, was nominated New Dem. ocyatic Party candidate for the - Huron provincial riding here Monday night. In his acceptance speech Mr. Boyne said lie was "fed up with the 'bombast and arrogance and smooth .public relations which pass for leadership in this pro. v ince," , - . He said the present member in the legislature fns ,the riding: Charles MacNaughton(PC Huron) "has called those of us in the NDP, Communists- Red." Mr. Boyne was referring to state. monts`rnade by Mr, MncNaughton in the legislature April 20. Mr. Boyne also pointed out problems in the government re. (erring to medicare, car insur. ance;' housing, economic plann- ing and farm and labor troubles. HODGE-POOGE He ,said, "Ontario has' one .of the greatest bodge-podge, patch work quilt policies for medicare I have ever seen. They had no policy at all until..the CCF. -.•NDP government introduced bonaficip medicare in Saskatchewan." Provincial NDP leader, Don. ald C. MacDonald, was guest speaker at the meeting. He said , "the crisis on the municipal front today is great er than any time since the de. pression when many municipal. 'ities were facing .bankruptcy." The provincial government has refused to grapple with the basic problem, on the excuse that it has to wait for the Smith Report on taxation, he said: 93 hIgh IllarelnatlenlightS and re. location Of SQ street Nights Mete Huron' Road in the :est stage<of 'a ° -planned, #delighting program throughout the Town, WithinStalla ation of�200.watt lights` in, the ex. ` isting;=251 old styleixtureswhich °' • will provide double . ilumatioit until the second Stage in- 1968. when it'is,planned to replace these old" fixtures. 2. ?The first stage of the long' heeded~ stortrr - sewer -outlet-.ott.xn--. Waterloo street(Cost, $35,000) to overcome and prevent the° pre. sentlyf undesirable' flooding con. dit.dns, that occur in that part of " Quin' town each . heavy_'_ rainfall. 3. .The first stage of the "Off. icial Town Plan" (Costth1Syear, $3,500), which should be complete• ed in eighteen months. This will_ provide a registeredofficial town plan with the departnne irof mon. icipal affairs which will be of benefit to our town in the future. NEW BOOTH 4. The rebuilding and reloc. ation of the touristinformation booth in a large island, area to be formed from the redesigned, safer traffic intersection at Nel. son and Victoria. Streets. Council ' has,decided to provide a temper. ary information booth in the form -of a large 44' x 10' house trailer . to " be located on the old site on Victoria. Street at Hamilton for this year; until the reconstruction of that intersection can be tom. pleted and the provision of a new, highly modern information booth next year. 5. The,, provision for a long ' needed road sweeper to reduce' the dust problem that is con. stantly with us in the dry months of the year, and to provide,clean, attractive streets for all. REV.' J. C. BOYNE “The 'Provincial treasurer (Mr. MacNattghton) has been try.:,, .ing to make a hero of himself , with, :the claim that there are_ no provincial tax increases. But the refusal of -Queen's Park. to Move in relieving—the municipalities of bund ans far beyond their capacity to carry, has forced local councils and boards -of education, to unprecedented tax increases," he said.' Mr MacDonald said the Rob. arts government is fedi ful of, a vote in the present mood o_ f the people. 4'They are postponing the elect. ' ion until fall in the hope that the voters' indignation will cool off," he s•.. • YEARS A MINISTER (By W. E. Elliott). Completion of 60' years as a • minister of the Gospel is an event to be celebrated, especially when the clergnan, still drivinga,car, thinks nothing of travelling long, distances to conduct services. Rev: .J. Ure Stewart, honoredlast Sunday by. ,ynited Church .con• gregations at MoorefieldandSea- forth, since retirement from a pastoral charge in 1951 has been almost constantly supplying for ministers throughout Western Ontario; Palmerston, MountFor. • est, Listowel, Windsor (Emman. rel), Goderich (North Street) and many other places. There must have been some. thing of a run on the banks' when the congregation of Moorefield United Church decided to pre. sent Mr. Stewart, former•niinis. ter the: e, with' a Centennial plaque on which were mounted silver dollars, all minted in 6p _.� 1967. In large' nmerals across_ .. the top, 1907 and 1957 recordsdl e period of his Ordained min. istry. Along with this gift cattle 25 extra pieces for Mrs. Stewart, • who was also presented with a beautiful corsage by the United Church Women. Rev. J. Ure Stewart was born at Saltford, son of James and Anna Stewart, living theca on the house which still stands on the side of the hill, to which they came as newlyweds, Later they 'lived at the corner of 'Elgin avenue and South street 'in Goderich, where' a- fine copper beech planted by the Stewarts attracts attention. -today, Mr., Stewart served the Moore. field charge in Wellington county from 1936 to 19'42, and wentthere to live on his retirernentan Ox. ford Presbytery in 1951; after. ward removing to Seaforth. The presentations last Sunday were a 'complete surprise; Mr. Stewart had gone to assist in the sex. - Ori the same occasion, a large puplit Bible was pre. sented t- o the church by Dr. Kenneth G. Stewart, of Kitchen. er, from the Stewart family, in commemoration, and dedicated by Rev. W. A. Fosbury, minister of the church. The ordination anniversary was also marked at a Sunday even. When the °Golden Helmets, the OPP's crack motorcycle precis. ion team, put on a five.day dem• onstration of stunt manoeuvres in New York as part'of, the Canada p'SWeek celebrations there, Coder. 43;,s11 born Constable Reis, 31, son i of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Reis of Goderich was right in the ,action. Constable Reis is h 7nember of the Kitchener, detachment of the OPP, and the , event marks the first time the teem has perform. .ed in New York. The 17. man team demonstrated precfslon riding in " ,tentra1 park before ' large .crowds. - Constable Reis has been in the motorcycle division of the OPP since 1964. -r , The village of Auburn completedaCeittennial project . by buying and raising. a Centennial flag beside the town hall last week. Seen L. to R. are Robert,J. Phillips, aformer village trustee;, William 3. Craig, chairman of the village trustees and Bert Doran, village trustee. (Photo by Mrs. W. Bradnock) ip REV. ing service in Northside church, Seaforth, with the minis- ter, Rev. J. Clifford Britton, pre. siding and 12 ministers of Huron Presbytery present. There were addresses by Rev. Douglas G_' Fry, of Seaforth Presbyterian church; Rev. G. W. Kaiser, Un. ited Church, Lucknow, and Sat, S cott, Seaforth United. Rev. Arth. ur Higginbotham, chairman of Huron Presbytery, presented tw• plaques from the presbytery, and Ernest Williams, on behalf of the official board of the Seaforth church, presented Mr. Ure with J. LIRE United STEWART RACEWAY 6. The provision • of the net. essay y $25,000.00 for improve. - ments of the Agricultural park with the expected revenue to the town from the improvements to repay this in five years and with continuing payments thereafter to . be used to reducethe general tax levy of the townspeople. 7: -The opening and operation of the pollution control plant with a budget of $38,i}0O,Q0 Whith willbe sufficient for its operating costs and will provide us with the much needed pollution control facilities which should allow us to have, clean beaches and infection -free • waters for swimming. BEACH PATROL • 8. Har or improvements by the Federal Government to begin soon, with expected completion by .. the fall `of 1967, at no cost to.the town. Coupled with this, the har. bor committee of council has bud. geted $6,000.00 for improve. menta of town' buildings, includ. ,ing cleaning and -painting the ex. terior of the municipal building, with the intent of providinga gen. eral face-lifting for this Center. • nial ,year. -10. The industrial commission has budgeted $15.,000.00 which will allow the commission unim� peded effort in the attraction and location "of new industry in our . town. 11.. Completion of the Huron Road project. This is a finishing of the Huron Road project initiat. ed by the previous council and this year's allotment is $134,. 677.00, of which th town must bear $21,400.00. In addition to this. on Huron Road, there has also • been allowed $34,000.00 for the replacement of the Huron Road lighting with modern fixtures, cement poles, underground wire'° ing and replacement of the stop. lights at the intersection of Elgin and Victoria with newer type stop., lights with pedestrian directions attached to the lights. The come • pletion of the Huron Road also includesnew, construction of a highly modern intersection at Elgin and Victoria: a well -lighted intersection, with turning' lanes and central islands for traffic div. ersion. 12. The public works come mittee, under the chairmanship of •ftarry" Worsell, has budgeted an amount of $20,000.00 for new road construction within the town and an amount of $32,000,00, for Maintenance "td existing town roads that are badly in. need of repair. Other points of interest in the budget would include grants of $800.00 for the Highland Band (Cont. otrrPage 11) a cheque camera equipment. There were other gifts from in. dividual members of the church. A musical program included violin selections by Rev. K. W. Sweeney, of Gerrie, with Miss Joyce Hamilton as accompanist, and a vocal duet by Jamas Stew• art and Mrs. Stewart, choir lead- er and organist, with Mrs,: Alton Johnston as accompanist. A social gathering followed, the United Church Women serving refreshments. A congratulatory message was (cont. on page 11) for Federation May Meeting The May meeting of the Hugon county federation of. agriculture will be held Wednesday May 10• a't •the agricultural board rooms in Clinton at 8:30 p;m.'it is ann. ,un'ced by C. H. 'Thomas, pre. sident, Guest speaker for the eventwill be Rewe Bert Such of Godesiich, a rife . be'r of the boar' Orifi v; ernorS for the community college for this area. Ladies hive been asked.to bring lunch. �•.