The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-05-18, Page 1I
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-One, of the , main topics for
discussion at Monday evening's
board of education meeting in
Clinton concerned an education
committee recommendation to
arrange a dinner'for all teaching •
,..and non -teaching employees of the
board who have retired in the past
four years—or since the board
came into being in January 1969.
The recommendation, • of
course, was part,and parcelof •the
board's , effort to improve.
relations with the staff and the
people of Huron , County. As
•chairman of the Board, Robert M.'
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John A. Sprung, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Sprung of 220 Britannia
Rd., Goderich recently graduated
from the Centralia College of
Agricultural .Technology Huron
Park, Ontario with a diploma in
Agricultural . Business
Management.
Six tots
bitten
by dogs
Goderich Animal Control
officer Richard Eisler this week
issued a plea to dog owners in
Goderich to keep their pets tied up
'ait'trey are supposed, to under the
animal control by-law.
"This w*eek•alone," Mr. .'Eisler„. •,
pointed, •'"no. less than , six
children have been bitten by dogs.
.One two year old child . required•_
stitches to ,•lose an injury. be
received when bitten•"
Mr. Eisler issued a warping to
dog owners saying • that the
situation "is becoming very
Elliott•pointed out, "Had the old
boards been in '• existence,, they
would have had sofnething to
honor those who retired"...
One of the biggest- problems
was to define retirement—and
after considerable thought, the
hoard members agreed that the
policy should state' all those who
have'retired in the past four years
and are not eligible to be rehired—,
on a fulltime basis by the board".
It was left to the education
committee to select a time and a
place for the honors banquet, but
it is likely to beheld in late June.
It has been estimated guests could
number 100, but this' has not been
substantiated. •
John ,Taylor of the Wingharn
area was opposed• to the scheme.,
He said that employees in his part
of the county were honored by
• their fellow workers upon
retirement. He felt a retirement
dinner, by the board was
unnecessary.'
"What is it going to gain?"
asked Taylor.
Vice-chairman John.Broadfoot
said that not all areas in the
county recognize the retiring
staff members. .a.
"They may be treated royally
in the north•, "' quipped Broadfoot,
"but a county board should treat
all employees equally."
The board noted it was clearly,
an "effort to catch up".on overdue
recognition for retiring staff
members, It was further agreed
to present each honored guest
with a scroll for his or her
achievements.
Hensall's Jim Taylor
suggested the scrolls be mailed to
the employees and the dinner, be
forgotten. His ` motion was
seconded by John Taylor,but
failed to giet board approval,
S. supporters find
taxes at new high
Goderich Town Council gave the whole is to be made payable.
There shall be . imposed a
penalty for non:payment of taxes
on due date or any. instalment
thereof. the amount of one per
cent of the,amount due and unpaid
on the first..day of -default, -an_
additional penalty of one percent.
shall be added on The first day of
each.ealendar month thereafter in
which default continues, but not
after the end of the year inwhich
the taxes are levied.
The collector will be
authorized to mail the notice of
taxes due to the address of the
residence or place of business of
'the . person to whom notice is
required to be given.
All taxes 'shall be payable at
chartered banks, the Victoria and
Grey Trust Company without
charge and taxes paid by mail to
the municipal offices!
The collector and treasurer
are also empowered, to accept
part payment from time to time ori
account of any, taxes due. The lax
bylaw will come into force and
effect upon the date of the final
reading.
in 1971 the consolidated 'rates
for Public School supporters was
11'7.51 for Residential and• 129.73
'for commercial. This means the
1972 mill 'rale for _ tttese tax
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first and second.. reading on
Thursday evening of last week to
By-law Number 19 of 1972, being a
By-law to set the tax rates for the
municipality for the current year.
The new tax set up will not bring
many great changes with the
exception of ' Separate. School
supporters who will find their ,tax
bills considerably larger than in.
the past,
After compiling the,. financial.
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needs of the various areas . of
municipal spending the following
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• sums were drawn up as those
need'edtobe raised. For General
purposes, $701,544.25. for
County purposes $.i•84,903.90,
Public School $118,785.65,
Separate School $21,824,04 and
for the S.ec'ondary School
$116,508.77:
The total assessment' entitled
to benefit under the Unconditional
grants provided, in accordance
with ,.the Municipal Act
(residential and farm) amount to
$5,289,780.00. and the assessment
not entitled, to- benefit.
(commercial and business)
amounts to 53,582,768.
Assessment . in the 'various'
categories amounts to, Public
School support, I esid•ential and •
Farm $4,757,440, �ommercial
an usrness
tot1 of8,095�39`>l`S'epar
was bein forced to "clamp
'down
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Local rector
appointed
to prov.' body
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Photo by Jack Doerr
Daryl Ball son of Mr..and Mrs.
Stanley Ball of R.R. 1,' Auburn
recently' -graduated from the
,Central ia Col lege of Agricultural
Technology, Huron Park, Ontario
`'with a diploma in Agricultural
Business Management. Daryl has
been appointed • Extension
assistant with the Ministry of
Agriculture and Food for Bruce
County at Walkerton.
A' delegation of approximately
25 Goderich taxpayers 'jammed
the council chamber' last
Thursday evening, the majority to
tion, let
Kingsbridge
priest going
to Brazil
Rev. Father Henry Cassano is
leaving Kingsbridge Roman
Catholic Parish at the end of July
for his new assignment at a news
mission in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
He is replaced by Rev. Edward
Dentinger of the Resurrectionist
Fathers (C.R.)
Father Cassano is a member of
a religious Congregation —: The
Missionary Fathers of St. Paul
(Malta). He was ordained ,a• priest
March 17, 1956 and served in °a
Youth Centre run by the
Congregation, immediately upon
graduation,
In 1960 he was appo feted
assistant pastor in the first
parish of the Congregation in
Perth, Australia and was cI apla'in
to a Repatri tion Hospital in.
Western A st lia.
In 1966 he was appointed
assistant` pastor to Our. Lady of,,
Miss Joanne McCosh, daughter of Victories ' Pa'ish in Horsley
Mr. and'Mrs.' K.R. McCosh,. 100• Park, New South'Wales.
Anglesea St., Goderich, has During his vocation in Malta in
graduated from• Conestoga . 1968, he'w_ as appointed assistant
College of Applied Arts and pastor to the Parish 'of Ashfield
Technology with a diploma in and was appointed pastor of this
Early Childhood Education. parish in November' 196.9° One- of
his main interests was with the
S�ftbali
League,
need um'p.s
The • Goderich--- : Industrial
League is in need of umpires:*
•Anyone wishing to umpire, should
contact Bill Beacom at 524-7515.
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The official opening of the
season is just prior to the first
game Monday.
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School Support, Residential "and invoi'Ve Farm $538,990, Commercial and 0a•
Business $244,810 fora total of
$783,800 and „ High School,
Residential and Farm, $5,296,430, ,Commercial and .. retar a with
Business for of }
$6,879,198.
The amount of the unconditional .•
grant this year is $47,547.00 th . community
wh,tch is the equivalent of 8°99
mills on the assessment entitled
the large institutions which must
often be located in remote,parts of
the country, It urged strong
family relationships, more
community involvement and more
personalized care for the
retarded. Foster homes,
boarding schools, apartments and
chronic care houses should be
to benefit. The regular meeting of the
Mill rates as 'a result, have local Association for the Mentally
been set at Public School, for Retarded was held Monday
Residential and Farm, 14.03 and eVening at Queen Elizabeth School
15•.59 for Commercial. High • and coincided with the kick-off of
School, 12.56 for Residentii l and National Mentally ' Retarded
13°95 for Commercial. General Week,
Rate 70.08 on Residential and President George Simons gave
79.07 for Commercial. County a report on the Ottawa conference
rate is 20.8.4 for Residential and ° he attended amid stated that the
Farm and the• same for main theme was the updated role
commercial properties. This of the mentally retarded in
brings the consolidated Public- society. He, told of the changes
School supporters rate to 117,51 from the days when the retarded
mills on Residential and Farm ' were hidden away to the present
assessments and 129.45 on , when they maintain a useful place
Commercial assessments° in the community.
For Separate School He explained the value of the
supporters the school rate on immense patience of the mentally
Residential property willhe 26°91 retarded, expecially in this age of
and on Commercial 29.90. High automation,.
school 12.56 Residential and The speakeralso mentioned the
1'3.95 for Commercial. General new methods being applied in the
rates of 70.08 on Residential and Children's Psychiatric Research
'79.07 on Commercial combined Institute, London, to determine
with the County rate of 20.84 ' the capabilities of the young the
Residential and 20.84 young mentally handicapped, He
Commercial round out the picture ; said studies have shown that the
with the consolidated rates being retarded can be. quite normal
136;95 reAidential and 143.76 in some amas, and that if these
commercial. normal skills are developed, a
When the by-laW is read for the high degree of learning can take
third and final time it will provide plate,'
that the taxes shall become due Three reports -were discussed -
and payable in"two instalments the the Williston r e p•o r t , t h e
first instalment due June -30 1372 Hamilton -Niagara report and the
and the second instalment flue' North Eastern Task Force
October 21, Upon failure to make report.
payment of one or all instalments . All stressed the need to abolish
Rev: Garel ood Ransil •
Rev, Garwood Russell has been
elected to the provincial hoard of
directors of" the Ontario Welfare
Council.
Mr, Russell was in Toronto
May for the annual meeting of the
OWC when the elections were
held. His term terminates at the
and of one year.
OWC is a voluntary group of 17
directors from all over the
province of Ontario.
Mr, Russell is the rector of St.
George's Anglican Church and is
presdntly serving as chairman of
the social services -survey in
Hurott County.
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provided, the reports said:
Based on an estimate that about
three percent of the population is
mentally handicapped, , it „is
belie,yye.d that about 210,000
pers*T"tn ;jio could benefit
from some eCial care. About 75
percent of the mentally
handicapped are considered
educable with an IQ of 50 to 70.
Theremaining 25 percent is•made
up of the moderately retarded'
which are trainable, and the
severely retarded and the 'Sports
profoundly , handicapped which opened
have an IQ of 32 or less and the by Hon,
understanding of a child four
years of age or younger.
However, a very small
percentageoof the retarded fall
into this latter group,
In other business, Mrs. Betty
Reid of Princess Anne Nursery
School says the schoolpis in need
of a child's wagon and perhaps a
small tricycle for transportation
outdoors these nice spring days.
Anyone having such items to
donate to the school should get in
touch with Mrs.,lCteid at 6'29-9525.
register *their disapproval of
plans to close portions of Cobourg
Street and Wellesley Street in
connection with ,the offer of the
Sully Foundation to construct a
park in the area:
The proposal, which has
generated considerable
discussion both in favour of and
opposed to.the idea, would provide
a three -acre park with a : view
overlooking the' Goderich •
harbour. This suggested park
would be built with funds supplied
by the Sully Foundation partially
on land owned by Bruce Sully and
partially on land already owned by
the town. The park iso to be in
memory' of the late AVM J.A.
Sully.
Two petitions were presented
to town council, bearing more
than 780 names in opposition to
the project and 11 letters from tax
,payers were read at the meeting.
Thefirst of these, heard at the
meeting_ , was from Jim Peters
writing in his capacity as
president of ' the Goderich
Laketown Band. Mr° Peters said,
"The whole concept of the park
looks extremely nice. Would the
Sully , Foundation consider the
erection of a Band Shell? Such a
structure. would, 1 feel, add a
great incentive to the performing
arts in Goderich."
Letter number two carne to the
councillors from John William
Scott, a planning engineer-, Mr,
Scott notes, "Please take note.
that as a taxpayer, interested in
the beauty of our town, and its
roadways, etc:, I should like to
add my 'humble opinion to, the
changes in -the Park at Cobourg
St." ,.
••I sincerely believe that
Cobourg St., should be joined up
with Essex St., made' a' one sway
matter how good he may be, this the Town of Goderich, at 'the
should be done," present time, have three pribUc
"Thebffer of a park one of our areas in this location of.the town,
people we are proud of, however, namely Parkhouse Park, Main
the •batik should be accessable to Beach Area and •Christopher
all, and no part should be lost Beach & Park, it is my feeling that
anywhere," more should be done to. develop." .`
''I think if a referendum is them to a greater .potential or
necessary toprotect this bank—it promotethe development:of park
should be taken." • areas in other locations of the
"All 'petitioners should be Town', where none now exist."
consideredir.the interest:of the "I further object to the
people. We must consider the terrtrinology used in the publid'W
tourist. problems during August notice published in the `Goderich
even July arrd a build-up in June. Signal -Star', which states that the •
When our population increases Town Council intends to close• and
heavily indeed." convey certain portions of
'The Government is -also very Wellesley Street ° and Cobourg
°interested in preserving every bit Street. It• does not state the
of the river and lake banks for all amount of said street • 'they'
the people°" propose conveying or to whom,"
The third letter on Thursday's "The unorthodox manner in
agenda came from the Blue Water which Council dealt with 'the
Lodge Number 1863 and also proposed bylaw leaves me ' to
supported the proposal . believe they have.been i11 -advised
Recording secretary for the or unduly influenced without'
Lodge, Don Thompson and Lodge regard for their'responsibilities
President Gerald E., Dobie co- as elected representative of the
signed the letter. It read, "I'm .people. No matter what motivated
writing this letter on behalf of our their action, when Council will
membership of local 1863. We give a bylaw 'First and Second
need more Park space for our. Reading without full knowledge of
children to play or to lave a its contents, the implications, or
Sunday picnic or . such, Our debate of same, one must regat'd
ymembers are in fall support of the such acts as detrimental to the
Sully Foundation in attempting to democratic process and pod ,_
accomplish: this necessity. We government."
urge you to take immediate •action A letter from Grace M. Sale of
on this particular item on your 88 .Wellesley Street strongly
agenda. Thank you." , 'opposed the suggested street
B. R. Robinson wrote to council closings as well. She suggested
criticizing their plans in the that to close these streets would
Cobourg. Wellesley Street area deprive many townspeople of the •
Mr.• Robinson's letter read. ' 1, scenic drive.
the Undersigned, Citizen of Mrs. Sale said in her letter to
Goderich; object to .Council's the town fathers,
intention to close part of Cobourg "I, the undersigned, wish to
Street and Wellesley Street in the express my opposition to the
Corporation of ' the Town of proposed closing of sections: of •
'Goderich," for the purpose of Wellesley and Cobourg Streets in
:conveying any part of said streets order to meet- Mr. Sully's .
traffic.-- route, Elliminate all -1 to Mr, Bruce Sully. the' Sully
circles as soon as possible too., in' Foundation, or any person or.
town. All narrow streets such as persons, for the following
Lighthouse`in Town should be one- reasons:
way Only Traffic." "The above-named streets
-"Give Wellesley section to the provide an access and regress to
donor by all means, but never an area that has been available to
close any part of Cobourg St. All the Citizens of Goderich as well
one -.way ,routes should be 10 as visitors who drive this route
m.p.h. where possible," • and pause in admiration of the
"No' Traffic study has been view afforded, `them' of Lake
taken by the architect on this new Huron, which cannot be equalled
park, I take it, at least no mention a n y w h e r e tl.i n 'the Town of
�.l�s; �.. ad:�Fu>�IL����s;.,a�:�e:Ogtree,�....t,�....,.G�aden,ich.M.:� ,�.,.�:..�.ri .•.,.._F..,,..„ , ., ; s,,..:: °...
do believe it proper to do so, No "Whereas the Corporation of •
a,.•
conditions for donating a section
.of property to be incorporated in a
memorial park."
"I am firmly opposed to the
closing of Wellesley and Cobourg
Streets 'as this would prevent
many townspeople as well as
visitors from enjoying the drive
along the bank and . around the . .
cannon to see the view of the
lake:". •
"I also feel that the people of
Goderich would be burdened with
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Rev. Henry Cassano
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young' people- of the parish ,who
will remember Father Cassano
for many years. to come'.'
•The,Missionary Fathers of St,
Paul were erected canonically
November 21„. 1921 by His Grace
Dom Maurus Caruana, OSB, as a
religious society of foreign
missions. The Society has spread
into Dioceses with 13 Houses and
Parishes: Melbourne. Sydney and
Perth in Australia: Emeryville,
Canada; Arequipa and
Chiquibamba in Peru; and Malta
and Gozo. Another Parish is due
to be opened in the very near
future in Sao Paulo, the.
where
Father Cassano will be serving.
Sports. Centre
opening
on Saturday
The
Goderich
Centre
this
Sunset
Golf
and ,
willbe officially
Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
C.S. MacNaughton.
Qwner Paul Baechler has a full
day's activities lined tip,
however, beg% ignatt 30• a,m,
Goderich Sunset Golf - °and
Sports Centre has an,
18-hole golf
course ready for play, billiards,
darts, table tennis and,
shuffleboard. An indoor
swimming pool is planned for the
future.
There will also be a supervised
'play area' for the children of
parents. using the Centre's
facilities,
. y ry- g et in a shot n the arm as'he lOoks with pleading eyes at
y look very hippy rrbryut � t !�
. happening 'Clinic at.VictortaSchool in`Goderich,.
this littleho doesn
the publrchealthn�;se.thrsrsrrllhappen;iftgata.. „.
-such clinics set upthroughout the' Count The ,Huron County Health •.Unit orae,
one of many �.'. � ,. .:._
. � . l' . re ardd
preschoolers comp lete medical examinatrbns, along w,th booster shots, The scheme s p p
preschoolers
county tax dollars. More .sic r ree•bf this event can be 'found on Page°111; (Stab' photo)
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