The Goderich Signal-Star, 1967-10-19, Page 1.444
120th YEAR No. 42
THE GODERICH SIGNAL. -STAR, THIJR5DAYR OCT.
. QUER 19, 1967. -
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CRO' w� `D • VATCH « •
-Flames swept through the
Conklin Lumber Co. wamhouse
on Bayfield . Road, Saturday
causing. an estimated $150,000
damage. Goderich and Clinton
firemen fought the blaze for
six hours before bringing it
under control.
The fire which is thought to
have been caused by a short
in an, electrical switch totally
destroyed the warehouse, a .
three -ton truck, two half ton
trucks and a fork lift, along
with. a substantial amount of
lumber and building material.
Firemen managed to save the
adjoining showroom and office
building.
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General manager Jim Eccott,
of the company's head office
in Kingsville said most of the
contents and building were cov-
ered by .insurance,. "We intend
to start rebuilding immedi-
ately," he said, in a telephone
interview. "In the mean time
we have rented the old railway
roundhouse for storage and are
able to function until we get
new premises built.
The. blaze .was discovered at
7:15 p.ri1. in the north-east cor.
ner of the warehouse hand quick,
ly spread oto engulf the entire
building.
.The Goderich fire brigade
was assisted by the Clinton
va
fire department and about 35
men battled the blaze which
was fanned by a southerly wind.
At one stage flames and sparks
threatened nearby homes.
Large crowds who rushed to
the scene of the blaze caused
a traffic snarl up on the Hay-
field Raod and police had trouble
keeping motorists from driving
over the fire hose.
At one' stage the OPP were
on hand re-routing traffic on
the Bayfield Road.
The fire was brought under
control by 3 a.m, Sunday and
was extinguished sorrir-- three
hours later.
Tories Easy Winners
Return With 70 Seats
Incomplete election results °
at press time indicate the Pro-
" gressive Conservatives will
come out of the election with
'70 seats in the 117 -seat legis
lature with the Liberals still
being the official opposition with
27 seats and the NDP with
20 seats. ..
Most spectacular gains in the
election were the NDP who
picked up 13 more seats than
they had when the legislature
prorogued.
Despite their clear majority,
the Conservatives' share of
the popular vote sank sharply.
Municipal Affairs Minister
Spooner _ lost his Cochrane
South seat to a New Democrat
and Mines Minister Wardrope
was defeated by a Liberal in.
Port Arthur.
Premier Robarts himself ex.
perienced a surprisingly tough
tussle with Liberal Frank Car-
ter in his own London North
riding. He was only 1,500 votes
ahead with 140 of the 212 polls
counted - a shattering drop
from his 8,279 -vote margin 'in
1963;
The election outcome was
sure to jar Conservative com-
placency. The upset -dotted
voting also demonstrated that
the electorate was not nearly
as indifferent to the 42 -day
campaign as it appeared.
The results indicated voters
were doing a lot • of,, quiet
brooding about the Conserva.
tiyes' one-sided grip. on power
at Queen's Park. The Conserv
atives had been confident they
would wind up with anywhere
from '75 to 85 of the 117 seats.
Redistribution i' raised : the
-number of seats from 108. The
party standings at dissolution
were: Conservatives, 76; Lib-
erals, 21; NDP, 8. Three seats
were vacant.
Both Liberal leader Robert
Nixon and. NDP a chieftain
Donald MacDonald won easier
victories in their home ridings
of Brant and York South than
Premier Robarts did in his.
The Conservatives" could
thank loyal. eastern Ontario
for their clear hold on office
because the opposition made
only a couple.. of isolated gains
there.. But the government
was badly bruised in both
western and northern Ontario
and also suffered some losses
in 'the Metropolitan Toronto
area and its periphery.
In Western Ontario, Con-
servatives lost Sarnia, Oxford,
Perth and Waterloo North to
the Liberals and Windsor West
to the NDP. Perth had been
Tory -held for 22 years.
The Liberals lost Brantford
to New Democrat Mac Makar.
chuk -- with Mr. Nixon's broth-
,er-in-law. Bruce Forbes, run-
ning last.
Kitchener, one of Western
Ontario's. two new seats, w,.1i1
to the Liberals but incomplete
returjis had them l.Ahind the
NDP in the other, Sandwich -
Riverside
Elsewhere, Conservatives
were defeated by the NDP in
Peterborough, Oshawa, Went-
worth "' and .Toronto's High
Park, where the controversial
deposed Metro Toronto cora..
ner Dr. Morton Shulman wore
'a thumping, victory 9,yer his
(Continued on page 5)•.
Provincial treasurer, • C. (Ch:arlie)
MacNaughton visited Progressive Conservative
committee rooms in Goderich Tuesday night,
. following his 6dtober17 election triumph. He .
is pictured here making a victory salute with
Reeve Bert Such. (Staff Photo)
MacNaughton Triump
Provincial treasurer Charles
S. MacNaughton was a two to
one shoe -in, in the provincial
election in Huron County Tues.
day.
• At latest count before press
time Mr. MacNaughton had
polled 8,343 to Liberal candi.
date Dr. G. Morgan Smith's
3,723 votes. NDP candidate John
C. Boyne trilled with 1,340.
, Mr. MacNaughton has repre.
_sented_ the riding since , 1957.
He -held a steady lead through-
out as the returns came in but
ran into trouble in a few iso.
lated polls, where the vote was
close.
In Seaforth be was ahead by
201 votes but the gap was nar-
rowed somewhat in Hullett and
Stephen where 45 votes separ-
ated the leaders. ,
Mr. MacNaughton's main.
strength was found in the Town
of Goderich where he polled
1,637 to 673 for the Liberals
and 309 for the NDP.
A wider margin of support
was found in 'his hometown of
Exeter where he swamped his
rivals 1,183 to 165 and 137 re-
spectively. - •
While the rote was lighter this s,
year Mr. MaoNaught% picked
up his own share of the popu-
lar vote t� 71.5 percent from
the 69 percent in the last elec-
tion.
For a poll by poll break down
of hoW the electfon went in Huron ..
see the results listed below.
POLICE CRACK DOWN ON. VANDALS
rash of vandalism through.
the Goderich area has
rompted acting police chief,
Sergeant George Crawford to
mount a crackdown on prank•
sters the signal Star learned
Mondsy.
Crawford sai'd in an interview
that while such acts can be
expected with the approaching
hallowe'e6 season the depart-
ment had " been called in to
investigate some 25 incidents
within the past ten days.
",,Some of these have gone
beond the. joke stage," he said.
Incidents ranging from window
breaking with apples, pears and.
stones to putting eggs in auto.
mobile gas tanks are under in-
vestigation he said.
One town resident had report.
ed vandals broke down an ever-
green that had taken ten years•
to grow on her front lawn.
There have been several
reports of iprowlers knocking
on doors and some motorists
have complained of eggs and
tomatoes being thrown at cars.
Sergeant Crawford said throws
ing objects at cars could lead
to a serious accident if a driver
took evasive action while driv-
ing, "It would be the natural
thing to do," he said.
The acting chief pointed out
that the penalties for Mischief
can be severe. "This is an
indictable offence, and can lead
up to five years,.. imprison-
ment," he said.
(Tam's shoos sk;,•ward"-aw: 111c horizon around the outskirts of
warehouse to me i:l'ounci.
Called "Crackpot -Sick" Says Councillor
Move. To must Reeve
Foils In Council .
To-wn council Thu'r,sc.ay, ri.il;ilt
held are unscheduled ifallowe'e i
party with a display' . of fire.
works that left•sotne nien'iers
singed anC, others a little
shaken.
° Prime instigator of the up-
heaval was Councillor B. R.
RobinsonT wile, '-'1111ving twon
motion to- discuss procee6ings
.of a recent -county council road '
committer nweting-proceeCed
to Censure Reeve Bert Such
for contributing to the poor
reception town 'council had with
the county.
Reeve- Such ancc- Councillor
Rooinson were members of a
special town committee seeking
a decrease in the $75,000 as-
sesment. The committee met
Tuesday with the county road
INVESTIGATION
TO BE SECRET
The chances of Goderich
council hearing the results- of
the Municipal Police Commis-
sion investigation into.the God-
erich police force are slim.
Mayor Dr. Frank M'lls told
council in reply to a question
from Councillor Walter Shear --
down that only 'police commis-
sion members would have ac-
cess to the report. The local
police commission is made up
of the Mayor, Judge R. S. Het-
herington, Magistrate Glen.
Hays and Police Chief Fred
Minshall.
Councillor Sheardown argued
that councillors had the right
to hear their findings. He has
been urging the investigation
into why the Goderich police
budget if $67,000 compared with
approximately $27,000 for other
towns of comparable size. •
"We don't want any of this
swept under 'the rug," said
Sheardown. "Council has the
right to know what the coM•
mission found out. Otherwise
what is the use in having an
investigation if the findings are
not made public." ('
Bridge Play
There were six tables in play
at the .Goderich Duplicate
Bridge club Tuesday night. Win-
ners and their scores were as
fo1loWs: Mrs, Jack Cook and
Mrs, Jack Chisholm, 60; Mrs.
Bruce Erskine and Mrs. Frank
,,Reid, 82-1/2; Mr, and Mrs.
.ioseph Martin tied,with Mrs.
Ron McDonald and Mrs. Bob
Shrier, 77.
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(1111.0'
ladee to reach
c,,;t• .ii.
Cough., leo•, Robinson, c•la need
a ,•ount' (u-(1,.11 rn°:nlber had
d ;Ie way "sick 111 the lt�Sad"
was 0 crackpot.
lie - ,lied for a • censure
motion _of Reeve Such and de-
nt tided he resign from own council, ToI' county council or
both.
Sornewi at shaken by the pro.
c eedilit s, Councillor Robert
flays said he wanted to with.
draw his in eve as seconder to
have Councillor Robinson
hoard. Flushed with the tirade,
Councillor Bays in turn critic-
lized Councillor Robinson for his
-see m 1 Pigly unwarranted attack
on Reeve Such.
According to Councillor Rob.
inson Reeve Such did little to
further the towrk chances of .
getting relief from the $75,000
wnich the town is assessed for
county road's.
Mayor Dr. Frank Mills, made
little comment 'throughout the
proceedings except to say that
members of town council who
go as a delegation to repre-
sent .the town are expected to
put lthe interests of Goderich
before those of the county.
Reeve Such was urged to re-
fute Councillor Robinson's.
charges but chose to ren(ain
silent.,
Councillor Bruce Erskine
moved that the proceedings be
discussed in committee of the
whole. (A maneuver whic1'
n
ostensibly bars the press from
reporting on the proceedings.)
Earlier Councillor Robinson
had charged that the Reeve had
OPP REPORT
Ontario Provincial Police,
Goderich detachment report
only three minor accidents in
the vicinity ofClinton during the
past week.
On Wednesday, October 11. on
Stanley Township Road west of
Highway 4, Henry Gerrit4,R.R.
1 Clinton and George Bak, Can.
?clean Forces Base, Clinton,
were involved in a two—car ac.'
cident resulting in approxima-
tely $500 damage to both veh-
icles..
The same day on CountyRoad
west of Winthrop, Anna Dol.
mage, R . R. 1 Londesboro
'struck a cattle beast with ap-
proximately $200 damage to.li_er
car. The cattle beast owned by
Robert Harris R. R', 1 Sea -
forth, was valued at $200.
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Goderich at the height of the fire which burnt the Conklin Lumber Comapny's
laid' odds of 40 .to one that he
(Robinson) couldn't get a motion
passed by council, "How .could
E. retorted Reeve Such, "There
are only nine on council."
The point of contention be-
hind the furor is that Goderich
is assessed $75,000 for County
roads. Of this sum the town __
gets a 45 percent rebate. It
can it it wishes apply for a
full 50 percent rebate. Mayor
Mills feels that the town s ioul'd
€ .,t the full 50 percent Vebate
and that Reeve Such should
have pressed to this end at the
meeting with county council.
Councillor Robinson 'wants the
town to secede from the county
entirely, while ,Reye Such
maintains that what is good
for "the county is good for God-
erich.
"No useful purpose can be
served by pulling out of county
council," he said. Such is also
a member of the County coun-
cil.
Asked later if there could be
a conflict of, interest between
'his dual role of town council-
lor and county councillor, Reeve
Such said, he felt he was in a
good position to serve the town
as a county council member.
With" the' withdrawal of the
seconder the motion to censure
Such was lost.
Johnston'
Youth Still
"Critical"
Paul Johnston, 19, of 171South .
Street, Goderich, was critically
injured early Saturday morning
when the motorbike he was rid-
ing was in collision wi th a car .-
driven by Larry Sturdy, 18, of .
R. R. l Goderich, on Highway 8
at the Falls sideroad.
The Johnston youth was ad.
mitted to St. Joseph's Hospi-
tal, London, suffering severe
injuries to the left side of his
body. Later, a medical report
indicated that Paul's left leg
was broken in three places, His
left arm had to be amputated
below the elbow.
The Sturdy youth escaped with
facial lacerations. The John-
; ston youth's motorbike was
completely wrecked in the col-
lision; the Sturdy vehicle re•
ceived 'approximately $250
damage.
Poll By Poll
O
co
POLLS Z _ :$ POLLS
u N
GODERICH, McKILLOP
1 99 34 18 1 82
2 171 45 41 2 67
3 148 66 28 3 •'53
4 76 28 21 4 "45
5 85 46 19' Totals .<...... . 36
6 56 28 7 STANLEY
7 115 52 19 1. 86 38
8 81 28 9 2 53 35
9 159 56 24 3 140 27
10. 130 76 13 4 64 31
11 95 51 11 5 ' ... 43 36
12 142 ' •, 56 47 ls 386 167
13 154 48 21 STEPHETotaN
14 127 59 31309 1 105 22
Totals 1637 673 2 64 9
EXETER 3 113 37
1, .'14914 19 4 107. 43
2 145 27 •16 4 29 26
3 242 21 25 6 112 52..E
4 239 39 25 7• 35 41
5 220 27 23 , 8 63 1 —15
6112 19 16 9 ' 53 16
7 80 18 13 '10 15 3
Totals 1183 165 137 Totals .. � 310 265
CLINTON TUCKERSMITH
1 144 51 26 1 96 52
2 96 56 8 2 84 63
3 97 38 5 3 43 42
4 121 45 11 4 58• 52'
5 176 63 17 5 48_ • 24
6 113 40 8 6 48 20
7 138 54 16 7 ' 49 47
Totals 885 347 91' 8 92 36
ZURICH Totals 518 336
1 101 74 9 USBORNE
2 95 67 8 1 70 21 2
Totals 196 141 17 2 60 20 „" 14,
SEAFORTH ° 3 39 23 11
1 100 - 75 5 4 61 15 5
2 139 83 8 5 83 22 11
3 108 51 18 6 59 9 2
4 56 56 9 7 .. 81 15 10
5 65 27 13 ° Totals 446 1'25 55
6 74 49 6 ADVANCE POLLS •'
Totals 542 341 " 59 Exeter 43 11 8
HENSALLGoderich 40 22 3
1 145 39 40 Seaforth 21 19 0
2 86 33 50 Clinton 35 11 3
Totals 231 '72 90 Totals 139 63 14
GODERICH TOWNSHIP SUMMARYderic
1 118 39 34 GSE
2. 44 33 4 Exeter
3 51 35 10 Clinton
4 50 22 5 Sealortr?
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5 67 15 7 Hensall
6 65 47 1 Gdh Twp.
,,._.. . 395 191 61 McKilloperic
Hullett
13 Stanley
19 Stephen,
11 Usborne
Zu
Total
O
m
z
43
69
78
66
92
5
12
14.
15
46
7
14
16
9
16
62
9
5
10
15
20
17
6
6
2
4
36
14
11
9
10
28
17
16
14
119
Totals
HAY'
1
2
3
Sub 3
4
5
6
7
8
Tota Is
HULLETT
1 44
2 40
3 59
do 105
5 62
Totals 310
51
51
47
26
48
. 25
104
23
46
421
14
15
26
5
29
23
59
16
° ,a51
238
41
47
47
72
58
265
0
12
18
22
14
.13
122
12
2
6
8
8
36
1637 t73 309
1183' 165 137 4
885 " 347 91
542 341 59
231 72 90
395 191 61
256 247 "'46
310 265 36
386 167 62
696 264• 94
196 141 ' 17
196 141 17
8343 3723 1340
Total 8343 3723 1340
Majority for Horn. C. S. (Charlie)
MacNaucfhton (4620).
Chuckle !
It is better to give than to
lend, and it costs about the
same.
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