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Santa parade is biggest and best yet - - - - pictures on -pages 5, 6, 7
5,000 attend Santa Claus parade;
nursing homes, hospitals are visited
Santa Claus came to Goderich
last weekend and spent two days
in the town making Christmas a
little bit brighter for all
Goderich and area children who
were able to see him.
The weekend started with the
arrival of Santa and the Santa
Claus Parade . on Saturday
afternoon. Floats were formed
up on Elgin Avenue and moved
up South Street to The Square,
around The Square to West
Street and down West to
Waterloo. From Waterloo it
moved to Lighthouse Street and
from there to Montreal
and back onto The Square for a
second circuit.
The hour long parade featured
-24 major • floats and 11
individual entries and was
termed the "biggest and best"
parade the town had ever seen.
Some 5,000 people jammed
The Square from noon onwards
waiting for the parade to begin
and making sure of a good
vantage point. • ,
The parade was led by T. F.
Fortner of the Core of Imperial
Frontiersmen on his horse.
Prizes were presented to the
winning flpats in each category.
Winners were as follows:
Industrial: Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital; Goderich
Manufacturing and Domifiibn
Road Machinery Company.
r Community:- Goderich
Community Safety Council;
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority;
Goderich Kinsmen Club.
School: Victoria Public
School; Robertson Memorial
Public School.
Youth: ' Goderich Figure
Skating Club; Kingsbridge Cub
Pack; and a tie for third between
the youth groups of First Baptist
and Free Methodist Churches.
Individual awards were
presented to Ewan Ross who
donated his prize money to
retarded children; Gardiner's
Dairy and Andrew's Dairy.
Fifty .dollars was presented to'
the Huron. Trail Riders
Street Association of Blyth for`its color
party with the horses...
Judges for the event
Coun. Frank Walkom; Mike
Rodges, president of the
Goderich Rotary Club and
Robert McCallum...,
The parade was sponsored by
the Goderich Recreation and ,
Community Centre Board with
Mrs. Martha Rathburn as parade
chairman. The Goderich
Kinsmen Club and many local.
volunteers planned the parade
and provided volu teers for the
control, during the p n . de.
Parade Marshal as Doug
Cruickshank of the Goderich
Kinsmen Club.
Following the parade the
Santa Claus float and the float
of Goderich Building Centre
toured local nursing homes and
Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital.
On -Bruno; y a . mas "
. at the hospital to visit the •
children and the shut-ins before
heading for GDCI to hold court.
-An estimated 3,000 parents
and children lined up to visit
with Santa on his throne set up
club to be formed.
A snowmobile owners' club
will be formed in Goderich in
the near future as a result of a
public meeting held at MacKay
Hall on Saturday December 13.
The meeting was called by the
Goderich Recreation and
Community Centre Board to
discuss the use of snowmobiles
on town streets and look for
possible sites as recreation areas
for the owners of the machines.
"With the possibility of
legislation coming that will
restrict the use of the machines
on town streets, the
recreation, board felt it was
appropriate to have a meeting to
consider the _possible solutions
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in Santa's workshop on the stage
of the auditorium of GDC1.
Children's names were
recorded in a giant register by
Santa's helpers and other helpers
dressed as elves- handed out
treats to all the children.
The court was held from 2
p.m. to 5 p.m. and by the
closing hour children were still
pouring in.
Long lines of waiting parents
and children snaked through the
halls of the school keeping
waiting in the cold outside down
to a few minutes although, there
was a longer wait inside.
The---auditor=iu-m---ham—bee
decorated as Santa's workshop
for the event by the students of
GDCI' and the work received
many good comments from
parents.
On Tuesday evening Santa
made his final visit of the week
with a trip to Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital
accompanied by. volunteers and
Mrs. H. L. Blue who donated the
float for Santa along with all the
trimmings.
This week Goderich Mayor G.
F. Mills and Coun. Paul Carroll,
chairman of the recreation
board, gave personal
congratulations to Mrs. Blue for
her effort in starting the plans
for the parade and for the
personal effort and funds she
contributed.
Dr. G. F. Mills, Goderich
mayor, gave a verbal lashing to
council Thursday night and to
Coun. Frank Walkom in
particular after criticism by
Coun. Walkom of a $55 bar bill.
• The councillor criticized the
mayor for the bill which he said
resulted from refreshments given
to members of council at Dr.
Mills' home after a public
meeting Nov. 27.
Coun. Walkom, a former
mayor said if the mayor wanted
to give a party he should foot
the bill himself.
Dr. Mills said if he gave a
party he would hold it for his
friends and would pay the costs,
but did not feel obligated to
entertain members of council at
his own expense.
• He said whether or not the
costs are justified appears to
- depend .on whether the members
- were entertained at his home or
at a hotel.
Dr. Mills said Coun. Walkom
would criticize a $55 bar bill
while ignoring wastage in the
past amounting to thousands of
dollars. He said additional costs
for the new waste disposal site at
Holmesville will amount to
$10,000 more per year than a
site on the qlge of town rejected
earlier this ye by council.
Dr. Mills said he ha
purposely 'refrained over the past
year of making any comment on
the "stupidity" of the way in
which the locating of the town
dump forced its way through
council.
• Dr. Mills said council
"...recognizing that the best
solution to relocation was the
Feagan property, refused, in the
knowledge that it was better,
you refused to do something
that to you was a loss of face,
because you were not big
enough to admit you were
wrong to a man who has always
upheld the right of this town."
Mills was referring to former
councillor B. R. Rbbinson who
chaired the committee that was
--set up in February 1968 to
locate a - new site for the
Goderich dump._
"Gentlemen if we are talking
$55, let's talk $10,000 per year,
ad infinitum, that this council
has condemned the taxpayers to
because it refuses to recognize
the best location; refused to
provide extra employment in
this town, which it had every
obligation to do; refused to
acknowledge that there are
many people who must use the
refuse site and these have now
been put out of a direct
transport route.. from out town,
and condemned all these to a
frustrating experience of trying
to dispose of rubbish in a more
costly manner. Not to° mention
the ignorance shown to one of
our main manufacturing,
companies who have a problem
with disposal of their waste
p oduct, . which you prefer to
•_,,ore, putting your heads in the
sa`' d like the proverbial long
necked bird, hoping they will go
away along with the 150
employees that they have. And
that's exactly what they might
do if you are not prepared to
help them out."
Dr. Mills asked council to
remember $18,000 that had
been lost by the town and which
was brought to the .attention of
the • previous council by. Mr.
Robinson and had been ignored
by the council on which Mr.
Walkom served as mayor.
The lost revenue, from a
• provincial department has now
been obtained by the town
through the efforts of Mr.
Robinson.
With regard to a trailer park,
Dr. Mills said Mr. Walkom did
not appear to be concerned
about the loss of revenue from
the closing of the park which Dr.
• Mills described as "trickery"
when council agreed to close the
park and look for another site
and then after the park was
closed decide not to have
another park for trailers.
Dr.. Mills pointed there would
be a loss of 2,800 tourists in the
town through the closing of the
trailer park._
"This. town needs a trailer
park and it is up to this Council'
to do something about," said Dr..
Mills. "And l hope soon you will
have enough initiative to have
something done about it instead
of just sit here every week like
dunderheads, passing the bills
making a nice • political
appearance but doing very
little."
The mayor reminded council
he had' never attended a Good
Roads Convention and had put
in many hours for the town for
which he was given no allowance
and .for which he was not even
allowed to collect expenses on
his income tax.
"It seems to be typical, and
belittling of the person who has
brought this question .up of the
thought that went into the
question. Not a question of what
is good for the town, but `how
much dirt can I sling that might
make a difference in a future'
election' or might smeer the
good that has been done by
some of the individuals on
council."
Dr. Mills said one might refer
to the "...doddering of previous
councils," that have cost the
town a considerable sum of
money. "Need I remind you of
the added cost of the sewage
treatment plant which were
added due to the delay?" said
Dr. Mills.
"Would you care to refresh
your memory on how much
additional money it is going to
cost this town for many, many
years • because of the
unwillingness of some, typical of
this one, to face up to
responsibility."
Dr. " Mills referred to the
additional cost of operation of
the town's water treatment plant
due to past councils refusing to
let the town own it and giving
control to the province.
Dr. Mills said it was typical of
. the man who had raised the
question and stated he wondered
why -Mr. Walkom had not
purchased a flag to wave at
street corners. "...It would
certainly be a fitting thing, since.
if you • are going to stand on
street corners and belittle people
you might just as well wave the
flag too," he said.
"kI sit in this position because
I feel that there is something to
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The election of officers of the Goderich Community Safety
Council has been held and the new officers for 1970 have been
installed. Left to right are, front row: Miss Helen Videan,
secretary; Ron Price, chairman; Ron Wilton, vice-chairman and
Gus Balkouras, treasurer. Back row: Jim Remmington, service
club liaison; Maurice Wilkinson, chairman of the investigative
committee; John Jeffery, finance committee; Mrs. H. -L. Blue,
investigative committee; Barry Bogie, school liaison;- Ben
Chisholm, finance committee and Ross Crawford, Goderich
Police Department liaison. — staff photo ,
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Charles Gibbons, an employee at the Goderich Manufacturing plant since 1929; was feted last
Friday evening upon his retirement. Mr. Gibbons (left) is seen here receiving a set of golf clubs
from Wallace 'Maley who made the presentation 'on behalf of the employees at the company's
annual dinner and dance. Mr. Gibbons expressed special thanks for the generous tee and golf ball ,
he was given to help his golf game along. Mr. Gibbons and his wife also received a color television
set, the gift of the company.
An industrial development
program. for Huron County was
outlined to two dozen county
and local government officials
by an Ottawa firm at a meeting
in Clinton - Tuesday evening. The
pricetag -- $42,000 a year.
In related matters, Huron MP
Robert McKinley disclosed this
week that the federal transport
department is not interested in
taking over Canadian Forces
Base Clinton when the armed
forces move out in 1971. Mr.
McKinley said also that he is
asking the government for more
data on 'the base phase-out,
including the cost of renovating
CFB Kingston facilities to house
the Radar and, Communications
School now at Clinton.
After Tuesday's meeting in
Clinton, Huron Warden James
Hayter of Dashwood said the
proposal by T. E. McLaughlin
Development Associates Ltd. of
Ottawa would be discussed by
county council's executive,
committee tomorrow. A
recommendation may be put
before the full council next
month.
One of the two Development
Associates representatives sent
to tell Huron about ; the
company's services was William
"Bill" Anderson who served on
the Goderich Town council in
1952 and as chairman of the
Goderich Industrial Commission ,
for five years.
Mr. Anderson joined the
two-yeartold private consulting '
firm. three • months ago after,.
spending the last eight years as
industrial commissioner for the
City of Cornwall.
Development Associates was
described last summer by the
Ottawa Journal as a "marriage
bureau for towns wooing
industry." Among its present
clients are the Cape Breton
'Development Corp., a group of
communities around Trail, B.C.,
Renfrew County in Ontario, St.
Boniface, Man. and Timmins,
Ont.
The meeting was arranged by
the Clinton Industrial
Committee and chaired by
Antoine "Red" Garon, a
committee member. Fewer than
half the 26 Huron municipalities
sent representatives.
Harold Lobb, a member of
Clinton town council who is
succeeding James Armstrong as
reeve, urged ' the county to
consider the idea, saying: "It
certainly should be on,a county
basis and not done by just one
community."
Mr. Garon remarked that
$42,000 a year sounds like and
is a lot of money, but the cost of
the service is actually only 75
'cents per capita. Mr. Anderson
told the group that the tax
revenue in one year from two
good industries .would .exceed.
the company's development
program cost.
Mr. Anderson said
Development Associates adds to
but does not supplant the
services of agencies such as
Midwestern Ontario Regional
Development Council (MODA).
Warden Hayter said he felt the
consultants minimized the
MODA Operation, noting that
Huron contributes only $5,000
yearly to its budget. He
suggested that it would
accomplish much more if that
contribution was - raised to
$42,000.
"I like the proposal put up
tonight," he said, "but many of
the ideas are the same as
MODA's. MODA's problem has
been one of finances.
"I think for a good many
years you looked at MODA as
just another government agency
and did not give it support. It
needs local participation ... you
will get out only -what you put
in."
Mr. McKinley said yesterday
that Don Jamieson, federal
trport minister, wrote
recently to say that DOT
officials surveyed the CFB
Clinton" plant and concluded
that "economic and operational
factors" make it "undesirable"
as a transport training site. -
The Huron MP said also that
.he filed in the House of
Commons a notice of motion, for
production`' of "copies of all
reports, studies, surveys,
submissions, petitions,
documents and other papers
prepared for or submitted to the
Government of Canada in
respect of the abandonment of
the, ,Canadian Forces, base at
PUC holds
Clinton ... and, in particular ...
papers on or relating to
comparisons of the economic
and financial surrounding
Clinton base and other Canadian
Forces4bases in Ontario.
In _ . another... action, .__..Mr.
"McKinley submitted a written
question in the . House asking:
"What is the estimated cost of
additional facilities or of
renovating facilities that will be
required at Canadian ' Forces
Base Kingston to facilities the
Radar and Communications
School now carried out at
Canadian Forces Base Clinton
for National Defence?
The 'annual Christmas Party of
the Goderich Public Utilities
Commission was held at the
Pizza Patio on December 10 and
was reported to have been the
best yet held.
Guests included the nfayor
and members of town council
and their wives; local dignitaries
and special guests from out of
town.
Entertainment was provided
by the "Goderich PUC Band" (a
group of amateurs). The family
of Mr. and Mrs. Don McMillen;
by the Goderich PUC Little
Theatre (also amateurs) and by
musician Alvin Dermott and
comedian Jack McLean seen
often on CBC TV.
The address of welcome was
given by PUC Chairman George
Filsinger who pointed out it was
the fourth annual party and a
"pleasant interlude" in the lives
of PUC commissioners and their
families and also for the staff.
He noted we live in a
permissive society and as a
gesture of goodwill the manager
of the Union Gas Company was
also at the party.
Dr. G. F. Mills, n1aayor,
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