The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-10-12, Page 1120th YEAR — No. 41
No Stop Sign
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An Aytirner area couple
narrowly escaped death when
their car tore an 80 -foot swathe
through trees and scrub and
came to a stop against a lone ..
tree over a 200 foot drop into
Lake Huron in Goderich ear -y'
Sunday morning.
Recovering in Alexander
Marine and General Hospital
from a head wound that re.
quired 24 .stitches to close,and'
with suspected neck in juries,,is '
Mrs. 'Joan Hopper, 50, ofR.R.1,
Aylmer. Her husbandanddriver -.
of the ear Kenneth W.' Hopper •
45, esdaped unhurt from the
totally wrecked vehicle, which
hung almost teetering on the
edge of the 200 foot drop.
According to Goderich police
the accident occurred sometime
between midnight and 1 a.m.
Sunday morning,at the foot of
Bennett Street. No one knew of
the accident until, the couple
extricated themselves from the
wreckage , and made their way
to the home of Harold Hibbert,
242 Bennett Street at 8:15 a.m.
Sunday.
Area residentWilsonKnight
who lives at 252 BennettStreet,
the last house on'• -the street•
where the accident occurred,
said he' didn't hear anything un-
usual but said it wasn't the first
one to happen at the spot.
The road where the accident
took place peters out over the
bank, A, barricade and stop
sign were erected Sunday, fol.
• lowing the accident:
Treasurer
Speaks To
Rotarians
Hon, C.S. MacNaughton, pro. •
vincral. treasurer in the last
Ontario legislature, told mem-
liers of the Goderich Rotary
Club Tuesday that the electorate
should be prepared to pay the
price -tag for progress.
• Mr. MacNaughton, who has
stressed the need for a pay-
,,xs•you-go policy,in new govern -
;rent spendi�rig,carried his main ,'iection theme to the local
club's weekly luncheon meeting.
He reiterated the govern.
ment's stand on policies under-
taken up until now and warned
that an new expenditures were
going to require increased taxa-
tion as outlined in the Smith
Report.
He urged the club members
to return the present adminis-
tration in' the up -coming elec.
tion October 17,
Siftos Play
Here' Saturday
„Goderich hockey fans will be
given an opportunity' to watch
their newly organized junior 'B'
team perform when the Siftos
play an 8 p.m. exhibition match
Saturday night, October 14, with
the Owen Sound Greys, the cen-
tral division Junibr B club in
that .city. '
The Siftos, who have been
undergoing daily practice• ses.
sions under coach Evans since
training camp opened here near.
ly two weeks ago, appear to
be ready for their first corn,.
petition of the 1967-'68 season.
-
"It was pitch black," the
45 -yea --old ',Aylmer resident
said Monday. "I couldn't see
a thing. I could hear this water
but I had no idea what it was
all about.. My wife said, "I'm
bleeding, Ken,' and then I pas-
sed out."
Mr. Hopper and his wife Joan,
50, had just started to drive
home about 1 a.m. after vis-
itingfriends in Goderich. Mr.
Hopper is an employee at the
Provincial Police College,
Aylmer. He said lie had not
been drinking. He did not know
until later that he had driven
Off a -dead-end street and plun.
ged down an 8& -foot bank to
bestopped by the tree.
!`I don't know • Goderich. I
e
THE GUDERICH SIGNAL.STAR,,
At
Road End.
guess we took a wrong street."
The carr .spun in" its 80-foo.t
plunge and landed facing uphill.
Mr. Kopper could feel the tilt,
but could make' no sense of it,
"All I could worry about was
my wife and how to get out of
there. When I first woke up
I don't know how long I was out -
I tried to open my door. It
wouldn't open - and that was
a good thing. There was a 20-
.. foot ravine right outside and I'd
have fallen into it."
He covered his wife with a
blanket and tried to comfort
her. Her head was bleeding
and she ' could riot move her
neck. "But I was afraid to
move much," Mr. Hopper said.
"It was so darll and it was
all so strange. • I guess I. kept
passing out." .
At dawn, Mr. Hopper craw.
led into the back seat of his
four -door 1958 car but found
both back doors jammed by the
crash. Finally, he climbed out
a' window and pried the front
right-hand door open enough to
help his wife out.
"We climbed the embankment
a bit at a time. She'd climb a
way and stop. I'd help her and
encourage her." Mrs. Hopper
climbed in 'bare feet - her high
heels were useless on the steep
hill.
"There was no sign'at the top
of that hill," he said. "I'd never
have &gone over otherwise."
THURSDAY
OCTOBER 12, r§7
SINGLE cow
,ounty
ounic.i'I
eets
Goderich police had this stop signand barricade
erected to save further accidents at the spot
o _ H
where the Aylmer area residents almost came
to grief in Lake Huron early Sunday morning.
"Blue
Light Haunts"
olborne
Mysterious blue lights dart-
ing among the tombstones of
Colborne Cemetery made
Thanksgiving Eve, seem more
like Halloween.
More than 25 persons, includ-
ing two policemen, saw the
lights Sunday night.
..OPP Constables Garnet Wray
and Rolf Penner said the lights
couldn't have been flashed by
pranksters. .They mOved too
quickly.
Some of 'the witnesses laid
the phenomenon to "swamp
gas" from the ,bog.,known as'
C�uncil
Street
Property taxes amounting tq
$38,000 remain • uncollected
from the .previous two years,
clerk -treasurer,' S,II. Blake, re-
ported at Thursday night's
meeting of Town Council.
Although interest on these
past -due taxes i paid at the
`-L
emetery
the Black Hole, just east of
the cemetery.
"Sward gas" was suggested
last year as the source of a
phosphorescence . whrcl,l per.
suaded a Michigan farmer he'd
seen a tl, Ina saucer.'
Sighting- of lights at the rem.
etery have been reported for
several nights.
Cpl. Wayne Moulton, also of
the OPP detachment at Godo.
erich saw several cars park.
ed near the Black Hole Fri-
day night and 'stopped to in.
vestigate. He was told they'd
come to watch for the lights'.
Cpl. Moulton stayed and saw
nothing and came the next night
and saw nothing, but, on the
third night, OPP headquarters
got a call. .•
Constables' Wray and Penner
answered the' call and found
more than a dozen cars parked
around the swamp and ceme-
tery. All the occupants were
watching' the lights over" the
graves.
"ft was like a round glob of
(Continued on page 5) ..
May Buy
Sweeper
rate of' eight percent, the
amount' was still too high for
the municipality; the town clerk
stated. This. is especially so
since the town of Goderich plans
to go on the nt'vrket next m'inth
with a $500,000 -bond issue•'to
finance construction of the re -
In his final swing through the hustings of Western
Ontario Liberal Leader Robert„Nixon' is seen
here with Dr. Mor gam SmithLiberd.l candidate for
Huron as they toured Seaforthts MainStreet last
Saturday. Mr. Nixon proceeded to 'a coffee
a
party at the Clinton Legion Hall where ahundred
or so qupporters heard him urge support of
Dr.. Si}litilt. His Saturday schedule also included
a short stop in W Ingham and a full --blown
political meeting Saturday night in Kincardine.
.14
cently completed sewage treat.
ment plant.
From `.ime to time, instal-
ment payments. -„are made on
back taxes4but nee listed in
arrears, a property -owner must
pay the full amount of his debt
to the municipality.
The clerk -treasurer also
stated in his • report that 11
building permits had been
issued from the municipal of.
fices during September, 'the
'value of which was estimated to
be $27,500.
Mayor Dr. G.F. Mills re.
.ported he, had received a let:
ter from an official of the
federal department of public
works, Ottawa, stating that de-
legates would meet with Town
Council and Goderich Elevator
and Transit officials , October
31.
The legality of the Goderich
grain elevator company's plans
to put more storage barges in
the harbor will be discussed.
A request from the Goderich
Fire Department to hold yellow
tag days, November 17 and 18,
Was received and read. A mo,
tion was made and approved
that permission be given.
Another request from two
area residents to establish a
salvage yard in town was re-
ferred to the special committee.
A letter from "Good Roads"
convention authorities notifying
Town Council to make their
room reservations for the con.
vention in Toronto was read.
It was decided that two rooms
wouldhe reserved by the God.
erich Town Council for next
February's Good Roads conven.
'Pion.
The question of purchasing a
reconditioned motorized street
sweeper was discussed. The
matter of buying it was refer.
(Continued on page 8)
Photo shows the car in which Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth Hopper narrowly escaped death when
it plunged over the embankment at the end i,i
•
Bennett Street early Sunday morning. The car
was a total right off. In trying to free himself
ft.,nt
the wry kti. t ilr Hopper had to knock
out the rear •,k ! ••r U e .dour to free
it!5
v.Hte Iron,
Councillors' Ex
Educ�tion a
Clarence E. Boyle, reeve of
Exeter, made a determined effort
at last week's .Huron Count y
Council meeting in-Goderich, to
have $340 remaining in the 1967
bus tour budget turned back' to
the County of Huron or used
in a, charitable way.
His proved to be a voice cry-
ing in the wilderness as on a re-
corded division, his proposal was
flatly rejected by a recorded vote
of 34-1. Boyle's being the only
negative cipher; •
. The - section- -o'f --the--Wa-rden's
and Personnel • Committee re-
port involved adopted on this
' division; was as follows:
'During 1967. two short bus
trips were taken. However. there
are funds still available in the bus
tour budget. The Committee
agreed and recommends to
,County Council that any fund
available from this budget al-
location be used to offset costs
in connection with the trip -to
Montreal."
The '•trip to Montreal" prov-
ed to be a trip .to Expo 67 by
~ most of the members of Huron
County Council in the latter part
.of September. • • '
Everett Mcliwain, Goderich
Township, ctiai,rman of the com-
mittee, defended the action of
the Comrnittoe.in recommending
that the balance left in the bud-
get he' used to 'help pay trans-
■ia•
r
portatiuu co•;t �t tl.iu,, ii,i,• 1
to • Montreal. li'• sale th.rt f i
years Count,.
ed $500 for •••lu, :,ti• i!t'+1 tl: .` 1,1
Council Trrtr,ti" ', aft' :Hit 'fit -
Expo trig `•,ni, ,il.r ri:, i'... .
ing. other , • ac _ t: 1,i1
been used ,: , 1„ :. ..
and University ins tri s 'art y-
irI!c rnern t,t r!-;
invited. .
. Boyle slat '" 1 ti:.: •t•.;t��.:
going after ti i• 1 ;,.rt !,:i i t,c
read.
_'14hat :as tLe
bus trip h,i•i :,..
turn :1t
•
he asked.
\'i frac;1 •
replied: !,
..I fa'.,,,ir
Cuunt, 'It ,`,'t
of On-
help
- hell, pa
11 tr ,
'with s,11.''
At tt'.is
tided t,
i'r111.
ei
the dl - •. t I ».
a
plate .ti
June St
of the trll:
t'rc ii; It up, ii
the ri:-ttt t'.i!.
aid
bus'tour budget
21 trip.
the dollars involved
I rir.ciple that is,
wt ' 1:, ' 1 declared.
• tt:i-r .-.. tI 'K 'uric said that
set aside for
1, 'i ,s ; trips had been
t'!ti:'t•rsity this year,
r.. 'h,,t '.1/4:±!‘ i.e71,E money that was
Ierh added Jhat other
ti,! taken.
�•,,1, ti.,ti dered: "'Do we have
f!'' ;,1 public money
t
awn!:" Ile didn't_
'at $20'or $2,000 was
v;:caher the trip was
Ti'c;n Montreal or
it :+ all the same to
t1 irk we dq, (have
i. 1 ,1,hlic money)."
1. :a rich, contri-
,! trot :-it. "If this-man-
..o,,totued on pag,e'5
t!,.
e on'd.
Another British manufactur-
ing firm has decided to locate
-at Centralia Industrial Park,
Provincial Treasurer Charles
MacNaughton ` announced this
week.
The A. 11. Carter Engineer..
ing Company of Tomworth,
Staffordshire, England, ' has
leased the base workshop at
the park. The firm manufac-
tures car transiiort carriers
and has ben successfully esta-
blished, in this field for a num-
ber of years.
President of the company,
Mr. Alistair II. Carter, has vis..
ited North America on a num-
ber of occasions over the past
two years to. survey the market
and to study the North Amer.,
ican requirements. He has oh.
tained an initial order for the
Canadian market, and event.
ually hopes to produce his car
riers at Centralia for export
to the' U.S.A.
The company is also develop.
ing- a new type of electrically
powered automobile. It has al-
ready produced the prototype
which has aroused considerable
interest in both Britain and US.
Because of his experience, Mr.
Carter appeared in September
before the US Senate sub-com-
Register Now
For Classes'
The advanced registration in
Goderich District Collegiate
night school has been very slow
and disappointing. To date only
enough applications have been
received for one course. If you
are --.interested in any course
offered, do get your application
in and avoid disappointment.
Registration will be held at the
Collegiate at 7:30 p.m. on Mon-
day October 16. 'hose courses
with sufficient applicants, will
be offered.
A list of those subjects for
which applications are invited
are found in the GDCI adver-
tisement in this issue of the
,signal -Star,
n:ittt't t ,
on the
power(
Tlrc
rerear,''I,
vehicle .!
to tI('vt
procto, :-
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one of a '.un',
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ed furor t i
salary of r^, .
a six-month' t r
od, the (� or;r,t t
reported t„ 11.11
hOR (!` iSHOLI'VM,
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e; t c,f 'Robert
7t•i.eral Man
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• 'narge of
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Vanu`acturing
aLimited
? seas auto-
,;, exhaust
tit , Ighout
:7._1 States.
Tgt
ibrcrian ,I
c•fl al it`; r•t
last week.
The ne'.,, 1.,t.'; I trot v+hr
holds -1- !I: .,f
Bachelor of
Library ;, i,,!,, ., l? ts•,yirtt,
her new (half-, 11,11
11,1968.
Mrs. Huffni1,1 t', i,t ,r tt
acting l,ilbra: t,, vitt r ti t0'
on the staff ar-' is. e\ '' tu.l t,
be of cr e:ti tr•:;tst,;i1, '' t„ t!,.,,
new chief ltt i ari,vn.
Puff Thompson,rlinton
man of the i,ibror, Comttottt•,•,
said that it mo,t 'tt
ficult tr, obtain fit' r,t'rvtc•es „f a
qualified librarian Hs sit' h pc'1 -
soits arc vet y ti!n,.'h in lent Ind.
"It is hoped that with Ito' , n .
gar.tng of Miss C roke, maty of
the prokilems eventually tv'ill be
rectified and the count: Library
Huron 'County Council held its.
October session • in the'e+^otirt
House, Goderich, .Thursday last,
with Warden Donald M Kenzl e,
reeve of Ad hfield'Township, pre --
siding.
Hugh Flynn, reeve of Hullett
'Township, took the oath of ot-
f ce as a. new 'member of Coun-
cil replacing Clare Vincent, who
resign°ALAfor appointmen yrs •
Clerk of H'ullett Township.
.Clarence E. Boyle, reeve of
Exeter, introduced 40 Male and
female students of 'grade ten,
Sduth Duron District High School,
who observed the morning pro-
ceedings.
"They're the best looking crop,
of young people in the County",
he declared.
County Clerk -Treasurer J. G.
Berry presented his session re-
port to Council, including a fi-
nancial report ending June 30.
For the first 'six months, the
report indicated ".a surplus of
$13,833 he pointed out. Revenue
was $1,139,392; expenditures,
$1,125,559.
Prospects are that the final
1967 session of County' Council
will be held on Monday and Tues-
day, Movember 13 and 14,, al-
though no definite dates were
set. 'This is the usual time for
the November meeting.
"Generally speaking, the ma-
jority 'of departments are oper-
ating within their budgets," the
C l e r k-'Preasurer commented.
"Naturally, the expenditures of
the Highways Department . are
greater at this time of year...
These costs should taper off with
the coming of the fall season.
.Mr. Berry reported that the
Huron C o u n t y Public Library
System --is presently operating
within its budget. However, being
the first year of operation, the
final outcome is a little difficult
-to----p-r-edict-at.--the ..moment, he
stated.
"Regarding Health Unit ser-
vices, this,particular department
is operating within its budget at
present, but ,Council should be
made aware of the fact that in
1968 there will be no national
health grants -available," the
Clerk -Treasurer said. "In 1967,
a budget of $23,7-90 was set
aside in this section. for which
100 peprent will be received on
monies spent. In 1968, the County
will -have to pay 50 percent'of this
cost, or, in other words, ap-
proximately $12,000."
Report was that admissions
at the Huron County Pioneer
Museum in Goderich continue, to
be favourable, but Mr. Be r r y
pointed out that one must re-
member that attendance is re-
maining fairly constant while op-
erating costs are increasing.
Only revenue is through county
mill rate.
lie the same
:I• it t that was
•,:tri the former
n,." Mr.
•.t!'i that since
'it.- committee
I,.71 „f applications,
., vv , r v as Europe,
.1, l• htrida, Hong
.0!,,n, had been.
.I'pli,"ation had
tt'. re,_ional
H' st,
'The has in-
,' ?,strict. ilor home
t she WS ties at
thf hairman ex-
',! r ; ' it 'a°',n declared that
n ,rt, r lift under considera-
t!,,, t t th, ti;>atd was a more
„, ,!',!-nt , ?a1 y schedule for the
1,- .il .lt r in,int, as well as hours
r, :uautn!a hen .tn,i rents being
pm' it, v >r t ns inStatices.
'0,1,11 of the Public I,thrary
`'tilttotted:
worklt;aci has increased
(C ontintred on page 5)
New Jail
Governor
Named
Effective January 1, 1968
•Huron County Goderich
will have two newJail toatll officials.
County" Council, at, its session
in Goderich last week, approved
the report of the Property•Com.,
mittee, Carl Dalton, Seaforth, s
chairman,- which recominended
that John Robertson be 'ap.
' pointed Governor of the Jail,
and that William Freeth,
senior staff memaer at the
jail, be promoted to Chief Turn-
-
key,
The committee also reported
the appointment of Douglas Dal.
ton from 14' applications to the
staff of Huron County Pioneer
Museum at Goderich. This' was
made necessary with the depar.
Lure of Raymond Neill. Curator
J. Chisholm was re-engaged
for another year.
Herb Neill, founder of the
Museum, has left the log cabin
and plans residence at Huron.
view -where he will carry on
with his work of making models
for the museum.
Mr: 131.lton said that thecom.
mittee had authorized a change
in hours, both in connection
with the Museum itself and with
the employees. No annual holt,
days will be allowed employees
,, during June, July and August.
The latest addition to the Mu.
seum property is practically
.completed and driveway paved.
The Curator feels he will be
'well within his estimate for the
entire building programfne.
Arrangements have been
made for Huron County Child.
ren's Aid Society to 'be relo.
cated in the jail residence, giv.
ing it much needed office. space.
The County Library will move
into 'quarters in the Court House
vacated by CAS.