The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-04-20, Page 1�.r
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THURSDAY,,APRIL 2'0, 1972
SUNOCO OPY
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An open Better to
Goderich ratepayers
removal of previously cut trees and brush and stump
lowering prior to- replanting. ' ""
4. It is a fact that 3,004 pine -seedlings, .200-300.:
nursery -size evergreen stock, 50-100 European 4
White Birch Trees, crown vetch to plant, 15-- 20,000.'
'With regard to a number of irate phone calls and sq.'ft. assorted ground covers„ perennial.clitnbers,
face-to-face confrontations about the waterfront etc will be used . to .. secure the entire hillside
hillsides, I wish to clarify my position: (including damaged areas) before. May
is a fact that certain areas were 'unmercifully ' 6. It is a fact that the LIP program workers have
.denuded in the winter months_.. , . xeceived PRECISE INSTRUCTIONS NOT TO
2, It is a fact that this activity was not under my REMOVE_ ANY ESTABLISHED, LIVING
supervision,'nor did 'the removal of growth proceed VEGETATION on the hillside areas (with the.
exception of wild grape wild cucumber which damage ,
the growth.)
with my knowledge.
It is a fact that this' activity. was stopped at the
urging of some members of Council.
4. It is.a fact that m3, Local Init.iatives Program
• Work crew are presently attempting to repair thatdamage. This c,an only .be accomplished by the
ErnieNiblock, one of the 12-workMen presently•employed under'a
.federal government.incentives program, works at cleaning up a
slope near th.e end of Cobourg Street on the lake bank where crews
have been removing trees. The program came under fire from a
number of factions early this week who felt the project was doing
more harm thangood by helping cause erosion. The program in the
long run calls for reforestation of the slopes with seedlings as well
as the construction of paths to the beach and the building of change
houses.—staff photo
Tinkertown, Princess Anne Nursery
• The _regular meeting of the
0 er C soer rt -rr -.. 1. —n
Menta,llviPetarded, held at Queen
Elizabeth School oh _ Monday
evening, took the for'fn of a; report
from Betty ..Reid on progress and
activities at the Ass'ociation's
nursery school. Mrs. Reid is in
charge of operating the bile'
morning per week service.
• "The nursery school was' first
started three y9ars ago," the
volunteer teacher explained: ..but
wassoon dropped due to'.the lack
of children making ,use of the
service."
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--About one year ago a number
ting that
the nursery school begin
operation again and it has
operated since that' time. "
The schdol, which offers what
is .termed a ..Mothers, Morning
Out,." is operated on a strictly
volunteer basis by a group of
volunteers who come out and care
for •the youngsters one morning
per week on a one to one basis. In
addition• to, the retarded
youngsters their. brothers and
sisters come along as we1T.andthe
children have a•chance to mix,
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"We'have.no fixed program,'' ,
+'r , - 1 d, This ts`due4o
the vast age and intelligence span
of the children, if they are in the
mood to play they play or if they
want to dance. we, have them
dance:"
In addition to such activities
milk and cookies are provided and
a rest period isobserYed on a gym
mat donated by the Goderich ;cm('
District Collegiate ,Institute.
`The Department of Social and
Family Services has issued us a
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licencee. to operate and e •must
meet• .strict rules' and '
ew: quarters
Huron Bd. of Ed. approves Clinton site
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Regretfully,
Paul Caftan
reeve of Goderigh
Subject to approval of' the
o. _Ontario Municipal ' Board, the
" Huron County Board of Education
'announced acceptance of the
proposal , of James Hayman
Coo 'tr:uction:•Lirnflext of London.
to provide administrative offices
for the board at a purn' ase prig .`
of $198."000.
The proposal. entails. the
renovation acid updating of .. the
former Par -Knit Hosiery factory
regulations," the teacher
—.at the corner of Albert and Mills
ex p•l•a-i-ne Fi-�•� �-:': e -a -r -e • pre�s�e n-t-l�v�-i•n-�--•�-•�
the basement of VrctOria Street `� in Bo s - drownY
donated for our'use and this area
has met all the specifications •
necessary.,,. Although we are
I umber River
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slightly short on storage space w.e
do have the use of the kitchen. ,, A boating tragedy ,oh Saturday
facilities and the church proves to has claimed the lives of Edward
be a"very suitable location, " '
Mrs. Reid did point out however
that the future of, the school -looks
far from rosy, • The present
licence expires in- -Decernl?er, of,
this year and unless them,, are
three to. five youngsters,, -who
qualify for the service the
nursery school will -no longer be
Thorneloe, 18, and John
Thorneloe, 15, of • Jubilee
Crescent in Weston Ontario. The
boys, sons of Rev, and Mrs, '
Wiafi Th0itt roe thePinistet
at Riverside United Church, are
the grandsons of Mrs., L.M,
Thorneloe of Church Street In.,
Goderich.
The youths drowned. when their
canoe,capsized it, the raging
voungsters'will be left to uses the Humber River.. A thi tl -,youth,
school, the rest having graduated Gacy Babcock, 24, also drowned•
to Queen Elizabeth School, in an attempt to rescue the
, forcing the nursery to close. stricken canoeists.
Preliminary discussions are The 'Thorneloe youths had
underway with the` operators of launched their canoe earlier that
the co-operative nursery school evening and their parents and
• Tinkertown" on the proposal brother David 21, went to a park
that the retarded youngsters he further downstream to watch ,
Streets in the town of Clinton.
Completion is estimated . at
three -and -one-half to foiii— i 000ths
'following srgning'of the contract.
The new •fac lity. will bring the
-present .acdn�ini-strate offices
dcated in' the for vier. Nurses'
f Residence, the office of Student
.Services Personnel located in
Central Huron Secondary School
'andthe board room. also located
in CHSS, under one roof for the
first time since the inauguration
senior grants people, Hon C. •S.
MacNaughton and Mr.
MacNaughton's executive,
secretary, Don Southcott:
• `'According to the chairman of
--the boar 1 •M: El4 ett. Goderich
Township, the delegation was well
received and is nowonlyawaiting
an ,• answer from government
' regarding the board's protest to
the new grant ceilings on ordinary
expenditures in the schools,
Mr. Elliott told the board at
_of the board in January, 1.969. Monday's - m.eeting 'that . the. children who may move into the
To date there has•only been one
inquiry at the Huron.County Board-
of Education offices in Clinton; ,.
but indications -are that:people are
beginning to move into living
quarters at the former Ganadtai_r- '
Forces' Base, Clinton,
At Monday evening's board.
meeting in Clinton, board
members agreed* that since
Clinton Public School has a rated
capacity of 675. and an enrolment
of only 426, elementary school
Pro-v-i-s.ion of • t h i -s goverrlmentreadi-1y ad-nritted that former Adas`tr al Par
accommodation does r,ot- fa17 , Huron"board had the fifth lowest Clinton Public. School.
btidget in Ontario in the - '
elementary division and the • Re
under the :provincially imposed
ceilings on ordinary expenditures
and therefore does not affect day-'
to -day school operations or
budget limitations.
It is 'anticipated . that the
Hayman proposal will he financed
by the sale of debentures.
The board also considered
another proposal,for construction
of a news -buildi.ng , but found _the
price of 5285,875 tO- be
-prohibitive.
A delegation from the Huron
County hoard of Education was in
allowed to operate. A recent Toronfo Tuesday, April 11 for a
survey showed that only three .meeting with Education Minister
_ Thomas . L. Wells, two of his
included in that'program.
+•—Thiswould Y.,e very
advantageous to the clii.ldren,
Mrs. Reid observed, "since they
would have the opportunity to take
part in better programs under the
supervision of a trained nursery
school teacher, Volunteers would
still he involved as they are now
on a one to one basiswith the
retarded children, but such a
chance for them to mix with other
youngsters would be a good idea."
At, the moment the retarded
children at the A.M.R. nursery
school onlv'have the experience
once per week from '9:00 to 12:00.
At Tinkertown they would get
further exposure of two or three
days per week,
Jane Lane, the Tinkertown
•teacher, attended the meeting on
• Monday evening,as well and told
the group that in her opinion' the
addition of retarded children to
the school would p ,esent few
n, problems and would have many
advantages. She did stress
however that any decision on the
matter would be up to the
Tinkertown committee who are -in
charge of the school's operation.
Further surveys regarding
retarded pre-school children
show that by 1973 and 1974 there
will be no youngsters to attend the
A.M.R. morning out nursery
school. M
them on the river, The bbys were
reported 'to .be experienced
canoeists and strong, swimmers
abut the rough spring run off
waters of the Humber proved too
much.
A police office also involved in
the rescue'attempt was taken to
hospital for treatment buJ
releas.ed shortly afterward.
Police apply
for new deputy
Following acceptance of the
resignation of Goderich Police
officer, Sgt, Ross Crawford -lasf
week,, the Goderich Police
Commission announced on
Monday that it will be receiving
applications through Police :Chief
Fred Minshall for the p srtion of
Deputy Police Chief:
Although, according to the
Ontario Police Commission,.,it is
the prerogative of the local Board
of P6lice Commissioners to make
the appointment and it .is not
necessary that the job be
advertised.' This week's Signal -
Star carries an advertisement
from the Commission trtor
prospective applicants.
After the closing of
applications the Ontario Police
Commissionwill,orm a board to
review the applications. Fr6m the
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encif�sa`°� on�unda to Ca fain Ted �I`rs.11eld'indi��te �e'si' fii�t���i ��rpproxi�tgly.
derich�Mla fir Ha r 1�orser�ll r sends an engr'aved��e� and � .. y p �
Go ,. .. the � ,
.. ., i dthehonorofbeintthef�rst boat �i�t�► Goderich, harbour in volunteers who helped run three of the best will be selected
8rowrllitrgfo5arnredoo. Thesaltboatha �, .
i i .-now would be willing to • c a 1
1 '��. Captain l�rownle alto receirreda�traditional top hat from the town. The Sarmadoc took on 4,4� school r!g and returned t u r`h e d t o• the 10
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tons of salt and sailed, for Port Albert, Cluebec.-L-staff photo. -continue with the program at comtission; who make the final
Tinkertown, ' deoisiori:
second lowest budget in Ontario at
the secondary level:
Thea government recognizes,
Elliott said, that the Huron Board'
has put up a valiant fight to hold
'the ' line • on education
• expenditures, especially in the
area of salaries.
John. Henderson. of _ McKillop
asked whether or not- Murray
Gaunt, Liberal member for
Httrdn-Bruce had been invited to
the meeting with the .Education
Minister. He was told that Gaunt,
had not been advised or the
meeting.
will attend
fuse collection
' The •annual spring refuse
collection for Goderich is set-to
'take ;place this year•. during the
week.of May 1 to May 5'inclusive.
Collection of items not
normally picked up by the garbage
collection will take place on the
rural
n ervi ' _ `
same day as o s ce is --
to the .town. Residents are
asked to ' place material for
disposal out at that. time.
Municipal offices for the town
did 'stress however that refuse
material is not to be placed on the
boulevards in advance,
" lr fo t r , rich Little Iieatre Oki Mer orie Dunl , wh9 is in
Muria Macbonald ,ass secl~e a r the Gddt op .
charg r a of di recting a wnuskcaTproduction Bing stigidl ` �" t elters orttfi,}i o ov,r- !' tyC,—
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material for the special fund raising event. It is�•tiope i proc ids front the mueicsl will help *en. a f
+'deficit in Little Theatre expenditures incurredbyrthe'purcha,Se of new lighting equipment list y'irsr.
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