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The annual inspection of the. Mary's while the St. Mary's Wipe
• combined brigades of St. John Band provided a skirl for ;the
,Ambulance., consisting of March peat.
Stratford, Goderich and St. The subsequent
Mary's Divisions, took plane at demonstration of First Aid and
St Mary's arena-bn Wednesday Horne Nursing by thea Goderich
evening, May , 27. Colonel H. Brigad was handicapped since
Lawler -Brown, �O St. J CD., , their mobile . unit had .been
assisted by Mrs. E. 0: Morgan, req'' itioned just `before ..hey
the provincial nursing sfster, left, for St. Mary's to carry a case
inspected a divisions from to(' London for the- Alexandra
Goderich. It • was, a fitting
rem nde , of one of the many -
s vices, $t. John, provides.. on a
voluntary basisand at .no.
expense to the hospital,
After , the ,inspecting officer
had expressed his satisfaction
with the turn -out as well as the
demonstration of - skills, a
number of cirtif icates were
awarded, amongst them
Stratford roderich and- 'St,, Marine and "General Hospital in Certificates of Achievement tQ
Vim, roaTikChryaler for having
PO in 990 1)000 'for St. ohla,
1999r 74-11-stior to Pion
Superintendent, Donald Stemp'
for the 040. , how 'In pubile
duties and assistance in Young
Canada Week, Warrants WOW
also • printed to Dion ,
Superintendent, Donald .$ten tp:
and Williarn .11, . Westlake,.
division `officer.of' the Goderich
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Goderich Industrial •Commission . and the' Goderich Public
Utilities Commission played host Tuesday evening at a dinner
for touring industrialists, develbpers:and bankers,, provincial
;and county officials. The tour was arranged by the. Midwestern
• Ontario regional' development Council and included all major
areas in this section of the province. Amone those present for
the dinner, held et the Maitland"Golf and nuntry. Club, were,
from the left: Listowel Mayor David , Kilberg, president: of
MODA: Roy Westcott,, Huron County warden who conducted
the Huron segment of the tour; G. Cliff Walters, Ontario
Development Commission Inc.; Lloyd A: Hassell,. chief,
ihdustrialdevelopment branch, department 4of' trade and
commerce; Milton Phillips, general manager of MORDC; Dr. G.
F. Mills,,Goderich mayor, who welcomed tour members to the
town; Thomas Russell, consultant, with the department of
Dofigerousangle
manpower and immigration and Harry Worsen, Goderich �°
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- Coroner's inquest
' Area studcnts I Muthem�ics - science degrees
receive dcgrecs _ for wife and husband
blamed for tug mishap
A coroner's jury meeting last Patterson . Line steamer
Friday in the Goderich council Michipicoten in, the , harbor
chambers heard evidence about 7:30 p.m.
surrounding the drowning May Several witnesses including
17 of Michael .Berry and decided Donald Bert McAdam, owner of
that the towline from the tug on - the tug company; Ivan
which Berry was a passenger. to McConnell, superintendent - of
r --the_.lake steamer it was_turning,-.,..Goderich elevator; .I -A° Wilkins,
was- :aliowert"--"tri°-- suite —Stu I'a t r to aster^ a
--dangerous angle resulting in the - Hornblo er indicated-' the :‘,.turn u •
tipping of the tug." seemed normal in every respect
up until the time the accident
took place.
Suddenly the tug began to
tip.- Hornblower•--testified•'-there--
was no time to take any evasive
action. He called to Berry to
jump. Hornblower jumped too,
just missing the propeller of the
Debbie Lyn as he went under
the water. -
learned in swimming classes,. He
was pulled from the water a few
minutes later but Berry had
disappeared in the 42 . degree
water.
An eye witness to the tragedy,
Ivan McConnell noted_. that. the
-._Debbie .-...Lyn _appeared _to .be
i;••~' =g a-dside-rinnithe -wasl
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Betsy Jerry, daughter of Mr..and -
Mrs: Burns Jerry, 31 Victoria - Ronald B. Homuth, son of Mr.
Street, North, graduated' from and Mrs. A.M. Homuth,
London Teachers College- on Wellington Street, Goderich,
May. I. She has- accepted r'ree'en t 1 y graudated from
position at Bayview Elementary McMaster. ' Un}versity , in
School, pwen Sound, where she Hamilton with his Masters
will teach grade five. She also D e -g r e e in B us i n.e ss
will teach music togiades five to . Administration. Ronald its also a
eight Betsy -is a Graduate -of_ graduate• of .the- University •of
Goderich District Collegiate Western Ontario,, where he
Institute and was • social received his Bachelor of Arts
convenor at the school in 1969.. Degree. is presently
'employed • by- Ford Motor
Company, Oakville.
Ronald Edward Pitblado son of
. --. Mr. and Mrs. John T. Pitblado of
St. Catharines, has graduated
from the University of Guelph
with- the degree of Bachelor of
Science- in •Agricultiiie. Ronald,
who,has been awarded an
Ontaio graduate fellowship will
study nfor a master's degree in
plant pathology at, the
Catherine Gould Sirdevan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jade B.
Gould, 153 - 'Elgin Avenue,
.graduated from the University of
Waterloo on Friday, May 29
With a Bachelor of Mathematics •
Mrs. Elizabeth A. Buchheit, daughter of Mr. and,Mrs. Jack E.
Wright formerly of Goderich' and now residing ii•5' Cornwall,
recieved ' her ''Bachelor. of Mathematics (Computer Science)
degree„ Friday at the University of Waterloo. Her husband, -
Max, received his Bachelor • of. Science degree
(Physics) -Honours programme at the same convocation. Max •
will begin his graduate studies in September at the University
of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Both are at present employed at the
University of Waterloo. Elizabeth is a graduate of Goderich
District Collegiate Institute. °
The jury recommended that a
quick release tow hitch .be
utilized on . all- tugs -used. - in,
Goderich harbor; that a
minimum of two trained crew
men should be on each tug
turning a boat; - and that no .
passengers should be carried
during the- operation of turning a
'boat.
Evidence showed that Berry,
23, son of Mr. and Mrs. John
Berry, Cambria Road, "went
along`•for the ride" with, James
Hornblower, 21, of London, a
part-time employee of
MacDonald - Marine . Tug Co.,
aboard the tug Debbie- Lyn. The
° Debbie Lyn, working withthe
tug Ian Mac, was . to turn the
Huron -Perth board names
assistant superintendent
Joseph Tokar, . age 33, of
London has been engaged as
,distant - Superintendent of
Education by the Huron -Perth, -
Roman Catholic Sepafate School
Board.
Mr. Tokar, a master at . the -
London Teachers' College, will
commence his duties with the
Board on September 1, ,it was
announced by Board Chairman,
Keith Culliton of Stratford.
At the regular meeting of the
Board 'in Seaforth on Monday
night the Board adopted the
recommendation of Trustee
Joseph Looby, Dublin, chairman
of the Finance and Insurance
,Committee, for data processing
services through its firm of
$2;000 NEEDED.
University _ of—Guelph . andtba degree -from ah4lonours-Applied --
Department of Agriculture,_ Analysis*and Computer Science
Research branch, HarroW, course. M Sirdevan- has
Ontario. He is a grandson of Mr. accepted a position with York
and Mrs. John T. Pitblado of University.
Goderich -and of Mrs, Agnes
Foster and the late Herbert J.
Foster, R.R. 3 Goderich.
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Norman F. McCullough, son of
George Douglas Gould, son of ' Mr. and --Mrs. Fred McCullough,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack. B, Gould, 153 Goderich received his Bachelor- think those are good ones to give Mr. Ormandy CFRB. had the
auditors, Monteith, Monteith &
Company, Stratford.
The service will cost
approximately $346.00.- 'per
month for a 10 month, school
term period. It will provide a
breakdown_ of,_ expenses on a -
month to month basis on each
_individ ual_school. '
Jack Lane, Business
Adminstrator, reported the total
revenue- to May 31 amounted to
$631,300 of which $555,000 is a
provincial grant. Far the same
period this year' the operating
expeflditures have amounted to
$963,000, which includes
debenture payments of principal
and interest.
Trustee • , James Monis,
Stratford, led a discussion on the
duties of school janitors. This is
in preparation of drawing up
salary contracts with the janitors
Board policy was approved
whereby the Board will
-_.implement ,,controls to limit
costs to a maximum"of $35.00
' per day when a trustee is
required to stay overnight, plus
mileage or travel allowance; that
a maiimum of $8.00 per day be
allowed for meals when "out of
;town" for a minimum 'of eight
hours and two meals; and that a
maximuni of $5.00 - be allowed
for meals when "out of town"
on Board b fsiness for less than
eight hours; that when a •
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When ' Hornblower . surfaced,
he saw Berry and shouted to him
not to panic. Berry nnodde'd his
head. Hornblower said, as if
to acknowledge Hornblower's
Warning. Hornblower attempted
to reach Berry but was
unsuccessful. He testified he
stayed - afloat - using--- —a
drownproofing method . he had
McConnell said the t g seemed
to be at full throttle and "should.
have come around."
Hornblower told/ the • jury, , v`I
-had- -her- wide open- but - she
wouldn't answer."
Donald Bert McAdam .said
that when the Debbie Lyn was
hauled from the harbor, she was
at full throttle.
The Debbie Lyn was equipped
with one life raft, two life rings
and eight - or nine life jackets.
Neither Hornblower or Berry
was wearing a life jacket at the
time bf the mishap.
There also was .an 'axe on
board the' Debbie Lyn which
could have been used to cut the
towline betweefi the tug and the
Michipicoten, but according to.
Hornblower there was no time
to use it.
Alfred Atkins, superintendent
of . the federal department of
transport, told the, jury of a
o special quick release tow hitch
which: °would open mrnediat-ely- _----
-upon ...being,struct.a-direet
—. upon.-beingstrurnk.,.a-direct -blow, y
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many -tugs in -other ,.harbors re
equipped - with. this safety -type
hitch.
Atkins told the jiiry .the -
lifesaving equipment aboard the
"Debbie Lyn was adequate
that the turning procedure was -
standard.
He thoughthe wash from the
• Michipicoten, could have turned -
the tug causing the towline to
assume .aa . dangerous angle. He
stated it is not necessary for the
operator of a 10 ton tug like the
Debbie Lyn to be licensed.
In Summing up, Atkins stated
that while the capsizing of the
Debbie Lyn was unusual, it was
one of the job's hazards. '
Also appearing at the inquest
was James Scott, Evansville, first
mate on the Michipicoten.
• The inquest was conducted by -
Coroner Dr. N.C. Jackson.=
Jon Ginn was presented with the Brian Dowds Memorial Trophy for most valuable male athlete of
the year at the awards assembly at GDCI recently. Presenting the trophy was Mrs. Brian Dowds.
(Other awards assembly photographs and' story on pages IA, 6A and 7A.) -staff photo.
dditional expenditure_.. approved for tourist promotion
A delegation from the
Goderich Tourist Committee
was told last week by council
that additional fund's, requested
by the committee', were ,,not
available but were - informed
council would carry a deficit, if
necessary, • of up to $2,000 to
permit the committee to
complete its local advertising
campaign.
Trevor Ormandy, chairma l of
the tourist committee, acted as
spokesman for the delegation
which consisted of J. Howard
Aitken, Max •Cutt, H. B. Such
and Paul Baechler. ,
,o Mr. Orniandy • presented
council with copies of the
committee's budget and gave a
breakdown of expenditures and
projected costs.
Deputy'. B,eeve Walter even dropped .their_
Sheardown was critical bf one honourariums. of $100 per year -
item for taxi fares for visiting ' in order to stretch the dollars ha
boat owners that amounted to - far as possible.
$136. The -deputy reeve Deputy Reeve Sheardown
suggested that people who suggested people in Toronto
owned "$100,000 yachts" would not travel "180 miles to
should be able • to afford their '• our beach when they have one
own cab rides up town. "Do you closer," and was informed by,
induce people who might just be
stopping in the harbour for gas
to visit the town instead of
passing it by.
Mr. Ormandy told council
additional . funds were required
to allow the committee to
proceed with a local advertisipg
campaign as funds for
advertising had been taken up
with out-of-town advertising
that had to be committed early
in the year. He told' council
space had been preserved on start Saturday
CFRB radio, Toronto, and with
detailed industrial and historical
story of the town was under'
production, . said Mr. Ormandy,
but,, production • had to be.
stopped when funds -ran short.
He said advertisements also
would be required to run in the•
Stratford • Festival I Program
which could attract people to
Sailing races, the tourist committee forevents
such as the Santa Claus Parade,
Art Mart, etc., more than proved
their worth.
"Other ' towns such .as Port
Elgin and Kincardine .i are
constantly plugging their area
and I feel it would be a grave
mistake to exclude . local
advertising from the , tourist
committee's budget," he said.
He suggested the members of
the committee were "_.out of
their minds'' to consider
dropping their honourariums
which, he said, "...don't come
near meeting the time and effort
that these . men have put into
their work for the town."
Dr. G. F. Mills, mayor,
suggested council should not
hear of, the committee doing the
Ormandy if it 'was businessmen
the town. In answer to a query
from Coun, Reg Jewell as to the
economics of it, he stated it was
very worthwhile.
uoun. Paul Carroll said he had
been making notes and found
'justification - for an additional
amoibnt close to $2,000 'that
would include local advertising.
He said the publicity given by
other forms of - advertising
display. He said the committee
would like to promote local
events on CKNX and in the
Huron Shopping News. He noted
the committee had cut the
budget as much as possible and
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"` 841iii iia itiVi ptaitailn-.T'ic,nfito,..,an+d.:,.explained the Ades were to A tabloid publication giving a
The Blue Water Sailing Club
will hold its first race of the
season Saturday afternoon
,pstarting at 3:30 p.m.
Club activities are just getting
under way for the season and it
is expected races will be held on
two days of each week.
Two of the new Fireballs are ,
in the water and members are
expressing. pleasure at the way
• the 16 foot racing sailboats
handle, Others of the class are
• expected to be launched soon.
It is suggested members and
spectators bring a picnic for
after the race when a general get
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281k1*-'rt'retri t ' gt5e bitt6r4.
acquainted. The Saturday race
will .
be open to all sailboats
that benefitted most,
O"rniandy said that was probably could be done about it.
true. Coun. Frank Walkom said he
.. "Do you not - think that ° would not want to see any man
perhaps if some of the businessesdeprived of some 'reward for
were approached They might be efforts and said 100 was,,t out
willing to chip in with the extra of the way., -
thousand or two?” asked the Reeve ' Harry • Worsen said
councillor. Mr. Ormandy said he $100 would not begin to pay the
felt not. men for the time they put jn and -
Deputy Reeve Sheardown suggested the town had spent
Suggested the town prom:btion $10,000 the previous week on
office should look after the the swimming,, pool, "..:which
advertising and tourism for the maybe needed" it more, I don't
town stating that perhaps know, but it seems to me they
another year that should be should get something."
Coun. Gower pointed out
some funds might be realized. by•
the sale of Victor Laur1stori
School and Dr. Mills suggested
council let the committee. go -
ahead with expenditures and if °
there was a deficit at the end of
the year there might -be a surplus
to cover it. Council agreed with ,
the exception of the deputy.
reeve. -
donee
Dr.- Mills - asked council what
was felt about the committee
dropping their honourariums
and the deputy reeve said it had
"...made a wise move by
dropping it." He later clarified
his statement by saying it
usua)y is easier to get money for
projects when one is not being
paid to do it.
° Coun. Dave Gower, chairman
of the town's finance
committee, said he would gladly
Dr. Mills said Goderich is a •
'good - town and complimented •
the committee on the way they
give half of his chairman's fee have helped to promote it, 'arhe
toward paying for the results speak for themselves," •he
committee's honourariums° said.
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