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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-07-31, Page 1r • • Snugjarbour celebrated the first year of operation this week and business has been reported as very brisk. Boats from as far as Nassau were in port over the week and even a light plane has been docked there (far right). The size of craft using the small boat harbor has been increasing and the distances from which they have travelled is also getting greater.—staff photo 111111111111111111111111!IIIiI1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111IIIII IIIIIIIIIII I Illlllltlllllllll I I II IIllllll i I I I II IiIIIIIII Illtllll I IIIIIIII I Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllll e • 122nd YEAR - 31 )11111111111111111111111111 mill111111111111I811I111i1111UIn111111111111111111111111IIII1111111111111111111111111111III niii1111111 olli llllllliimiuIIIIIIIII1111111111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111111uini1111111iIIIIIIIIIIII11 irni1111111111111111111111111111111111 Dodger's na rn e t:. retire f�rmed n�w - aberit tItaI = THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1969 t SINGLE COPY - 15 The name of the Goderich. Dodgers; well known in ladies • fastball for the championships the team has won, has been retired.. Manager M. N. MacDonald made the announcement last week e .followinga . dispute between management and players. Mr. MacDonald released — the playing certificates of team .members and called for the return of uniforms ' and equipment. He also called for an apology from two of the players. The dispute arose in June • when pitcher Bev Wright refused to: play for Goderich in an Exeter game due to prior committement " with s senior league London. Mr.. MacDonald informed Miss Wright if she played for the London club and • went on to Halifax with that team if it, won, she would be through with the Dodgers. He suspended- her from further play. When asked to return her uniform Miss -Wright, refused. She said the uniforms,.did not • belong to.,Mr. MacDonald but to the team and to the people who had sponsored it. Miss Wright and the members' of the team decided to go ahead without Mr.' MacDonald as manager and the team continued as the Goderich Ladies Ball team. Mr. MacDonald notified the WOAA of the suspension and ultimately Mr. MacDonald and club president Chappie Chapman notified the league the team was being withdrawn.. The team continued to play with.e authorization of -James Prior, convenor of the league and Mr. MacDonald asked for the return of all uniforms and equipment. A letter to the team from Mr. MacDonald and Mr, Chapmantwas. returned with the inked notation that Mr. • • 0 Hold octogenarian picnic MacDonald had been fired There was no signature on the letter as was incorrectly stated in the Signal -Star last week. The club bank account was frozen and a meeting was called by the WOAA for July 21 in ,Vingham At that .. meeting the WOAA informed those involved they -'would have to settle their differences by July 25 'or the withdrawal from the league would become effective. On the afternoon of July 25 Ron Price, secretary of the Goderich , Recreation and Community Centre Board met with Mr. MacDonald, Mr. Chapman , and Rev. Leonard Warr who had been appointed mediator in the affair by the league. After a two hour discussion, Mr: MacDonald, agreed t�• release the playing 'certificates of the girls providing the uniforms and equipment.were returned and a letter of. apology was sent by Miss Wright„ and Mary Kolkman for incidents thatgbcurredduring the disagreement. Mr. Price met with Miss Wright and Miss Kolkman ,who agreed to the conditions and the letter of apology was taken to Mr. MacDonald and shown Co Mr, Warr that evening., A telegram was dispatched to league president Hugh Hogins in Barrie to the effect that • the withdrawal has been revoked and The Kinsmen Club of Goderich held its. annual picnic for senior 'citizens at the Harbourlite Inn Wednesday July • 23'. Club members conveyed guests from Huronyiew, Goderich Psychiatric • Hospital, and district nursing homes and private residences to this annual event for octogenarians. Pat Patterson, K-40 member • was once again chairman of the entertainment committee, continuing. a 22 year tradition. Enertainxnent was provided by.... the Mary Lynne School of �7ancing; Bert McDonald played o Id time fiddle . music, • accompanied by Fred Wells, playing guitar. The Bottinger Accordian Band journeyed from Kitchener to entertain. ' Mrs. Joan Hanillton, Auburn, received the award for the oldest lady present. She is 95. Robert o Snaith at 94, vas the 'Oldest man. The Kinettes served lunch. Unveil plaque Sunday the certificates released and•the agreement was satisfactory. In the letter, Miss Wright and Miss Kolkman said anyk hard words that had been spoken were spoken in the heat of anger and were not intended to hurt anyone. They " said they hoped the team -under the .,new name May close CFB Clinton An historic plaque commemorating the men who lost their lives on the Great Lakes during the'storrn of 1913 will be unveiled Sunday at Cobourg and Lighthouse Streets in Goderich. •The unveiling will take place at 2:30 p.m. under the auspices of the Goderich Lions Club. The plaque is one of a series being erected throughout the province by the Department of Public Records and Archives acting on the advice of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. Clayton Edwards, chairman of the Lions Club community betterment committee, will act as chairman of the event. Others who have been invited to take part in :the program are Dr. G. Frank Mills, mayor; the Hon. C. S. .MacNaughton, treasurer of Ontario and minister of economics; Murray Gaunt, MPP (Huron -Bruce); e. Harold Baird, president of the Lions Club; t. Prof. W. S. Goulding, representing the Historic Sites, Board; James Scott, Seaforth historian and Rev, C. L. Royal, of Xnox Presbyterian Church. The plaque Will be unveiled by Harold Turner, president of the Huron " County Historical Society. GFB Clinton may "very likely" be one of several defence department bases slated to close as the government tries to cap defence spending, Huron MP Robert- McKinley said this week. The compact base Whin- began it kbegan as a wartime radar training station 28 years ago this month has for quite a while been on a list of bases whose futures were being "reassessed," said Mr McKinley, adding that "I think. Clinton is very Jikely to be closed " 1 • Hospital workers aid. Exeter .relief fund As a result of the flash flood at Exeter Thursday, July 24, one of the many problems fpr Miss Alice Claypole, administrator of the Exeter Hospital, was laundry.. Most of the towels, hospital gowns and bathrobes,"sheets and pillowcases had been swept away in the flood waters , saturated with mud and• silt and caught up in drains and storm sewers from where they were later recovered. "The laundry must be washed thus week -end or it will be ruined by mildew," Miss Claypole told Mrs. McDonald, director of nursing, Alexandra Marine and could go on to become a team of the same high calibre as Mr.. MacDonald had built over the years. Miss Kolkman returned the uniforms and equipment to Mr Chapman, on Monday, July 28 Money donated by individual ,sponsors and uniforms donated by individual sponsors are to be returned to the sponsors by Mr. MacDonald. Cheques were made pp last week and are expected to be returned sometime this week. Two weeks ago Mr McKinley wrote to Defence Minister Leo Cadieux and urged that reverything possible" be done to keep CFB Clinton operating. He also sent Mr. Cadieux a copy of a July 3,. letter he wrote • to Transport Minister Donald C.. Jamieson. In the letter to Mr. Jamieson the Huron MP suggests that CF'B Clinton could serve as the site of a Transport Dept. air services training school for which a $5.5 .million buildings is to be erected at Uplands in Ottawa, The IIuron MP said he has known for some time that, CFB Clinton was on the reassessment list, but had been "sitting still hoping it would not be one of the ones closed." CFB Clinton„ by Canadian military standards a m e dium-sized establishment, housed ' about 700 military personnel with 280 civilian employees last February. The basic instructors' course at the School of Instructional Technique is increasing its ° operations steadily in order to train about 1,000 instructors a year and a new Canadian Forces Warrant Officer School is to open here this fall. The closedowns" will he staggered over a period of years, informed sources said this week. In this way ,the economic impact is expected to be eased. It is anticipated that a minimum one-year notice will be given, with some bases being put on two years' notice and others on three years' notice. Attempts will be made to relocate affected workers within the department. Where this• is not possible, the civilians wall be offered other jobs in the public service. The program will be carried out in co-operation with the federal ma4ower department and regional development boards. afternoon. The laundry was sent to Goderich, and the five ladies of the -hospital laundry staff worked Saturday, t;.eir day off. "They were to be reimbursed by the Exeter hospital,' Mrs. McDonald. said, "but when' they were ,requested to submit their time; 'they refused." Mrs..Bev Dobie, Mrs. Clayton Leddy, Mrs. Norman Hoy, Mrs. Don Riehl, and Mrs. Mary Williams insisted this be their. contribution to the misfortune of the people of Exeter. The Exeter hospital is expected to re -open sometime in the coming week, and when it does it will have "the whitest wash in town" thanks to five ladies of the Alexandra Marine ani"M"Ueneral lttai staff. Seeks launch site lease; plans marina operation Coun. Frank Walkom last week advised council the Maitland Conservation Authority had been told an area resident was attempting to obtain a lease for part of the Maitland River bank at the foot of Salt Mine Road. The piece of land is at present leased from the- federal department of transport by the town and is being used for free boat launching of small boats. A Colborne Township resident, H. B. •Homan, had asked for the lease to erlable him to incorporate the areainto a marina operation he plans -.for the area., , The Homan , family owns Indian. Island . just off the land in question, • . Earlier. this year Mr. and Mrs. Homan approached , council concerning the land s and disagreement arose between the Ilomans .and council over the town opening the land for launching small boats. Mr. Homan said it, tuould cut into the marina he plans to build on the island and asked council to c lose it Council at that 'time said the area would be closed when a marina had beenestablished. The town, in conjunction with the Homans, applied for a survey of the river mouth to be made by the federal department and the survey" was carried out and completed recently. Costs of any on -shore work would be net dollar for dollar by the federal government for channel marking under the marina policy. No details of the proposed marina have been released but the ' argument concerning the • land has continued since that time. The harbour committee is to look into the matter further. Mrs. Mary Johnston, -111 Newgate Street, celebrated .her. 95th birthday, Monday July 28:— Open house was held during the afternoon and evening. Many relatives, friends, and neighbors called to wish her many happy returns. Mrs. Johnston, formerly Mary Mcllwain, was born and lived for many years in a log cabin south of Gaderich now known as the Mcllwain Homestead. She has one daughter, Mrs. Jack (Vera) Ryan, with whom she resides and a son Eldon Johnston, East Street. Mrs. Johnston has six grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. lll11lll l ll1111111Illlllillllllllllllll IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111heil1 ew bus station to op�n. at -Coach House A new bus station will go into operatio,n August 1 in Goderich at the 'Coach House Travel bureau. Town Council last Thursday gave permission to 'Charterways and Skinner.. Coach Lines 'to use a former parking spot outside. . the local travel office for the coaches to loadand unload. - Company representatives told council the new site would be an improvement -over the former depot at Mills Motors, giving visitors to the town a better "first look" at Goderich. The coaches .used would be riew style $70;000 machines equipped with observation deck and' toilet facilities. Only one coach at a time would be parked at the new office and then for not longer than 10 minutes at a time. Brian Markson, owner of the Coach House Travel and -Tourist- Service said this week he is pleased with the new outlet locating at his business and he feels it could help other local business. "People who are just passing -through will now get a better look..at the real Goderich and could well decide not to go on to Owen Sound or wherever Goderich , instead. There undoubtedly will' also be those. who will, see Goderich this way and comeback for a. visit." No change is planned for bus schedules at this time, but a company spokesman said last. week it is possible the service through Goderich could be increased 'in the future, depending upon the action of railway companies , operating from town. The stop sign position may have to be changed slightly to make way for the buses and the,e is a possibility signs will be erected to note loading and`. unloading zones. Members of council voiced their approval of the change and . suggested it would benefit the • town by giving visitors a better view than the previous one. They stressed there was nothing derogatory suggested toward Mills Motors, but the type of business carried out there was different and the location primarily was nee. as satisfactory. Reeve Harry Worsell, in the, chair in the absence of vacationing Mayor Dr. Frank Mills said he felt it would be an' improvement, p Deputy reeve Walter Sheardown suggested perhaps the parking spots at that point could all be turned" over for bars service. The Charterways representative said his company would prefer not to do this as it would conflict with local business. He suggested if additional space was needed at a later date, as a holding spot for one bus while another was loading, a space near the post office on East Street could be used. Council agreed. .they were heading and stay in iunuunlnuntnnuuuniniinnllnululnllll111111ir1111u11pngiiiiiiiaiiiiii111111111111111111i111t111111llllllt111r11nn11llltlulluuulunnunnnunnwnnnnnunlpnuruuuunudunullnnnnlnnlnulunnumiunnnnu r 1111111111111111 Work is progressing on the new Bank of Nova Scotia and work of , bank is installing the facing of the building was carried out la�st week. The photo IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111I.I1r1111111111111IIIIIIIIl111111111tlIIIIIIIItlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllltlllllll111111t111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111' On Wednesday, July 23, the • lad mes iscusswhectdisecSe • xpected to be completed sometime' next month.--staff Jean Knight takes low net at Maild at "No wheat on wheat...you cannot . grow wheat continuously." This was the warning given by Dr. Neil Stoskopf of ,Guelph University when he spoke to more than 100 Huron County farmers at a Huron Soil and Crop Association twilight program at John Hazlitt's farm near Benmiller last Thursday. 1)r. Stoskopf's advice echoed the, recent recommendations of Doug Jamieson, Dept. of A gjicul Lure and Food agrbnomist of Clinton. Both men have said that growing wheat one year out of three on • any one field is about the maximum and even that, according to Dr. Stoskopf, is "nip and tuck." The problem, one which showed itself widely over Huron County this year; is the foot rot disease which causes lodging and results in poor quality, shrunken kernels. Dr. Stoskopf called foot rot "as common as the everyday cold" and said it is so bad in parts of southwestern Ontario this year that farmers must find was to prevent its occurrence or stop growing wheat. ' He said., he did not mean to discourage farmers from growing wheat, but only wanted to make them aware of the fact that they cannot safely grow wheat on a continuous basis. He said the. organism responsible for the strawbreaker disease builds up in the soil and when the conditions are right — and this year's cool, wet spring was right — there can be a sudden epidemic. The last severe outbreak was probably in 1957, he noted. Dr. Stoskopf said he expects a "real seed Joss" in "some cases and has talked to the crop insurance people and told them to believe farmers who claim a Forinuor oar e. erra Theffice of the Goderich Signal -Star will be closed on Monday, August 4th. 95 per cent loss. A welcome was extended by the program chairman, Doug McNeil, soil and crop association vice president who spoke also for the Colborne Township reeve and council, and Jing McKnight, county association president, was introduced. Mr. Hazlitt led the group of farmers past test' plots of beans and barley, pointing out varieties grown, the different methods .and time of seeding ` and the various types and applications of fertilizers and herbicides in use. Dr* • Ernie Reinbergs commented on rod row cereal plots and told of experiments to • find superior grain varieties. He forecast a greater interest in spring wheat and advocated earlier seeding of barley. A number of the farmers coming to the program were from br drove through the storm -battered Exeter district and word of the damage was spread quickly. Those presentefrom the Dept. ts7 of the • i . Maitland Country Cleb held their annual invitation C '_ 1 111 C _.}._ tournament. Perfect golf we her revai of Agriculture and Food's Clinton office included Howard Lane, soils specialist; Gary Howse, e'Rt rasion assistant; Sam Bradshaw engineer and Tom Clapp, assistant representative. Although his appointment has not yet officially been announced by the provincial minister, Stan Paquet of Goderich, former manager of the Clinton Feed Mill, was introduced as a new farm management specialist in the Huron County office. .. The discussion of weather problems and of wheat disease prompted Don Pullen to recall the London Free Press treatment of a recent crop report issued by his office, The Free Press story,, circulated told of a "mysterious" disease which had stru,,ck beans, corn and wheat in Huron County. "I'm 'sure," said Mr. Pullen, "that .no one believed it. We sure didn't.,.and ft didn't say it in Tom Cl app's report." and an entry of 8 , was registered, repr nting clubs from Kincardine, Owen Sound, Walkerton, Stratford, Woodstock, London, Strathroy, Exeter and Clinton -Bayfield. Low gross for the field was won by Linda Denton of Woodstock Craigcowan, who sizzled around the course and came in with a 79. Lo* net for the field stayed in Goderich won by Jean Knight of Maitland. First low gross winners of each of the three flights were: Judy Bell of Kincardine, Florrie Davidson of Strathrby, and Voda Watcher . of Strathroy. First low net winners of each flight were: Kay Sharp of Clinton -Bayfield Ev Wilkinson of Goderich, and Pat Mason of Goderich.• Other local prizewinners were, Maxine Martin, Marie Huff, Verna Worthy, Mrs. G. Bruce and Rosemarie Evans. A cold buffet supper was served by the staff of the club under the . direetion of 'hose Sheardown.