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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1971,4
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As the Ferndale moves into dock to take on a• Toad of salt; the
boat pumps her bilge tanks and along with it a•.black substance
identified by the third mate of the vessel as a mixture of coal
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" dust and other liquids. The arrows indicate where the effluent is
being pumped fror>both sides of the freighter, near her stern.
Huron -Bruce. Liberals name Gaunt
Attractive girls handing out
badges and, ribbons provided- a',
convention atmosphere which
preceded the naming of Murray
Gaunt as .candidate of the
Huron -Bruce. Libel -al Association
for the expected October
election. The meeting was held
at Wingham town` hall Thursday
night. _
The . nomination ..was moved
by Dr. William Bruce of
Kincardine and seconded by Alf
Lockridge of Wingham. More
than 400 .._were present to
approve the nomination of.Mr.
Gaunt Who has represented the
• riding since 1962.
In his words of welcome to
the assembly, Wingham Mayor,
DeWitt Miller set the stage for a
series of words of
commendation and admiration.
about the candidate. ' '
:1,.2. "Murray Gaunt is, an
excellent worker and has done
many things for Winghatn, never
refusing help whenever sought.
We are proud of Murray and are
also glad.you chose Wingham for
this important meeting.", '
Dr. Bruce, in his remarks
about the ° candidate; said the
riding is' fortunate to have had
Mr: Gaunt for the past 11 years.
His comments are listened to by
his colleagues at Toronto and he
is respected in the House.
Guest „speaker Don• Deacon,
• MPP, York Centre, and a
resident of Markham, spoke of
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the inadequacies of the
Progressive Conservative
government and some of the
confusion caused by its efforts
to centralize schools and
services.
"They came, along wtith
`equality of opportunity in
education', with which there is
nothing wrong but their manner
in trying to achieve this is
wrong. As you -know, they
closeck some , schools to have
students attend others on' a
centralized basis. Fort Frances is
a prime example of the (muddle.
Students there were removed
Qom nearby schools and now
ride 100 miles each way daily,to
get to school.
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At 'a "Get Ready. Meeting"
held last Thursday evening by
the 'Goderich Liberal Association
members 'discussed in depth the
importance of seeing that as
,many of the new 18- to 21. year
old voters come out to .the polls
on the anticipated election day.
It was pointed out that the
voting regulations require voters
to cast ballots at their home poll
.'and that this will have a reducing
effect on the number who will
likely cast ballots since a great,
number will be away from, their
... homes -at University__or College.
The party members on hand
at the meeting, however, agreed
that it was important . to
encourage these people to' get
their --names on the voting list so.
they at 'least would•, have the
right to vote if they wished. ,
In other business handled by
the meeting,`the group agreed to
set this evening,'September 9, as
`the night of their annual meeting
Public opinion aided
Maitland River .group
Arpused public opinion was
credited by one member of the
.,, Huron federation of Agriculture
with the successful 'conclusion to
the problem of pollution on the
Maitland River from a sewage
lagoon at Listowel.
Russel Kernighan, RR 4,
Goderich was reporting to the
Huron Federation at .a meeting
held Thursday night at Central
Huron Secondary School in
(Minton for the ' Huron
committee which had
co-operated, with the Perth
Federation of Agriculture in
seeking a solution to . the
problem.
The problem arose 'through
Harry Barker
dies Tuesday .,
,The grand old T__man of
Dominion Roads, Henry T.
(Harry) Barker, passed away
suddenly Tuesday; September 7
in Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital.
Mr. Barker had -been an
eispioyee at -bominion Roads
,;,,;for 60 yen's.
Funeral service will be
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dumping of the,, overworked
lagoon into the Maitland River.
An agreement was finally,
worked out which will bring
about spraying of the effluent
on farmers fields rather than
dumping in the river until the
Please turn to'age 12.
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Tinkertown
opens -soon
There are 36 children'
registered so far for Tinkertown,
Goderich's only co-operative
nursery. school.
Classes will be held this year
in the basement of McKay Hall
with registration and orientation
taking place September .1.3 and
14 between, 8 and 9 pm,.,
Opening day is • Monday,
September 20.
To be admitted to
Tinkertown, youngsters must be
between athe ages of 3 and 5
years of age,
Staff includes rs. Jane Lane,
a graduate in• Ear Childhood
Education . from Lambton
College. -
Executive members are Mrs.
Mona ,Mulh rn, chairman; Mrs.
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Cathy Jewell, trea wirer; arinits.
Wendy Hoernig, equipment
chairman,
at which a new executive will be
elected to help get, the party
organized for the anticipated
, election. A nomi'na4ion meeting
is K expected to ' follow -shortly
after • the Election Writ 4as
issued officially.
.• President of the association,
'Howard Aitken, told the group
that a committee of the
Provincial Association had been
looki'ng into areas such as Huron
none of whom know what the"
others are doing, another-
evidence of the overlapping of
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Queen Elizabeth
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School opens
with fewer student's
Enrolment is down this year
at Queen Elizabeth School with
seven "students attending for a
day every day and
five
yet been chosen with sotyre....sba.den'ts,"e'°ming in for half days
' concern and that .a. number 'of only•'
suggestions ' Tor " potential Teachers
candidates
• coming.
would
be'
forth
at Queen... Elizabeth
School are Mrs. Bonnie Graham
and Mrs. Audrey Barlow
Chairman of the Godericti
Harbour Committee, Reeve Paul
Carroll, is this week circulating a
petition in protest of the
dumpinv of garbage, into the
local harbour by the salt boat
"Ferndale" registered- out of
Bermuda. • '
The boat dumped a black .
.compound while pit pumped its
bilge tanks on Monday during i
stop -over locally to load up with
salt at the harbour.
The substance, which was not
oil, is said to be coal,dustmixed
with dither fluids, according to
the third mate of."the ship. The
crew member identified . the
substance when. he' spoke to an
irate group of Blue Water Sailing
Club members who returned
from a morning race to.find the
ship pumping the effluent into
the harbour. , ' - '
Led by Mr. Carroll, the
members of the club say they
could not get satisfaction from.
the ship's officials with regard to
the incident and, that circulation
of the petition is the result, By
evening, the substance had sunk
to the bottom.
The petition dem s that
the Ontario Wat esources
Commission and the Feder,,al
`government; .through the
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Fiag-nappers
strike .again
• Goderich fla-theives this
week made . their boldest
:attack -yet when they • struck
at the home of Gord Harrison
on 104 Victoria Street,
'Monday, 'in broad daylight.
Although Harrisons were
at home at the time, as were
_ all their neighbours, no 'tine
saw the "flag snatchers as they
cut,tl,e tie ropes and, n ade
off with /a Province of
Ontario standard. -The flag
had been flying •in the front
yard Of the • Harrisonhome
for the past two years.
Harrisons say the flag will
be , replaced with the hopes
that
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again. it 'willllnot bbee $ tol
,wothet .,ou suer , fivewant onOMalf•year�old agar Fitzsimons, -the son of Mr. and Mrs.
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Department of Transport,
"study the subject and pass
legislation to prohibit the
dumping of garbage and other
materials from ships on the
Great Lakes,"
In addition to the signatures
on the petition, Reeve Carroll
indicated he intended te bring
the. matter before town council
and seek their sanction on the
move.
According t� ,the Reeve, a
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similar incident took place three
years ago and the offender was
warned by • the government at
that time against further.
offences.
Goderich Marina ' Manager
Alex Wilkins, who spends all
summer at the local water front,
told -the Signal -Star on Tuesday
that similar occurrances of boats
dumping garbage over the side
while in harbour happen
regularly all summer. --
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"I've never seen a boat pump
anything as black as what the
"` Ferndare" pumped on
Monday," be explained, "but
some boats make it a • habit to
dump garbage every time they,
are in the harbour."
The " "Ferndale" came into
harbour about noon on Monday
and as it began turning around
to' come into dock it started
, pumping the black substance
.along with its bilge water,
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A .close up shot ,of the Ferndale's bilge tank outlets shows clearI' the •pumping of water and.
,sewage. Arrow number two sows the bilge water being pumped out in preparation of taking on,
cargo and arrow number ones ows the black effluent the boat pumped into the harbour for more
..than half an hour. ,
nrolment is down cis
fall classes reopened
an economics course which in the -- -Lynda Reavie who will teach
Mathematics.
Commencement is ' planned
(for Friday, -October 1.
ROBERTSON MEMORI.AL
School enrolment in
around Goderich is guieralby
down this year•••according" to the
principals of school who were
interviewed Tuesday, the
opening day of school. •
However, Jahn Stringer,
principal . at Goderich Distrjct
Collegiate Institute, said that the
Grade 1'3 class at the school is
the largest ever with 84 students
- or about '10 percent of .the
enrolment.
On Tuesday,, enrolment at the
school was 840 but , this is
expected to increase as senior
students return back from
summer jobs. Grade 9 students
• number 211.
Stringer said that' the
increased enrolment in Grade 13
'could likely be attributed to
Several factors. He noted that
students are generally staying ,in
school longer and with the wider
selection of courses to choose
from, more students are finding
the options they prefer.
The Goderich Goderich principal stated
- that' the decline in the number
of job opportunities might have
some bearing on the decision of
• some students. to return to
school this fall, although he
reported that last year's Grade '
12 classes were large.
'•Tw -- new courses are' being
offered at GDCI this fall,
One is the five-year home"
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Dog owner
will 'appeal
fifth year, Grade 13, is more like
sociology. The subject is being
taught in Grade 13 by Charles
Kalbfleisch of • the . History
department because the content
of the course is 'historical
relating to the family .in society.
The second new course called
Theatre Arts will be taught in
Years 3 and 4 by Warren
Robinson. •.
There are two new teachers at
the school - Robert Dick of the
guidance department and Miss
Kaz Budny has' decided that
he will appeal the ruling of
Provincial ' Court Judge Glenn
Hays, following a , trial in
Goderich last week when the
Budny dog Rex, was sentenced
Ao, die.
Budny informed the
Signal -Star Tuesday that new
,evidenae.has.come.to.light which
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Shepherd from destruction. He .
failed to elaborate.
A total of 449 students are,
registered —at Robertson
Memorial School according to
Principal Ralph 4mith. That
figure is down slightly from the
end of June, • enrolment which.'
was 464. '•
Kindergarten enrolment is 1,9,
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Two school students hurt
on' first day of new term
The new school term got off
to, a rather poor start on
Tuesday with two traffic
'accidents occurring that day
involving school age children on
their way home from opening
day classes.
Linda Knox, 8, of 115
'Victoria Street, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, Dave Knox of that
address, wase released from
hospital after "` treatment for
minor'` ab*asions she suffered
when knocked to the street from
her bicycle. According to police,
the girl was apparently planning
to make a left turn when ' she
drove into the side of a truck.
The truck driver was Leonard
Dietrich of 330 James Street in
Palmerston. -
The mishap is stilt under
investigation by the Goderich
Police Department,
The accident occurred at the
corner of Victoria anis Elgin
Streets. The girl was taken to the
emergency ward of Alexandra
Marine and General 'Hospital
where she was treated and then
sent home. -
.•, .. tilt t , `=c ct t utile`
pec � itrf�,�.� •
on the Square near Htmilton
Street, in which' 'Ad -year-old
'David Carrick of 170 St. David.
Street sustained lacerations to
his leg.,He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Dbnald Carrick of that
address. The youth suffered the
Injuries when the motorcycle he
was driving was involved in a
collision with a car driven by
Earls Draper of • R. R. 2,
Brussels.
This accident is also still
under °investigation.
Municipal Police this week -
reported only one of er mishap
on town streets. I involved
vghicles driven by Jams Fellows
of 181 Picton Strep West in
Goderich and Robert Baechler
of 196 Elizabeth' Street in
Goderich. •
According to investigating
officers, the Fellows' vehicle was
parked on the inne'rwside of the
Square and when it pulled .out
into the flow of traffic,' was'
struck by the Baechler car. The
mishap is still ''under
• Investigation , and no chr`ges
have been laid as yet.
Total damage to both cars has
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Collision t e utred about •4;tti
Van, on Friday afternoon. -
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