The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-06-01, Page 8r
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Letters to the .edi l►r
nests Citizen writes O.
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The Goderich Town Council has
given a second. reading to a bylaw
to' authorise the closing of
Cobourg Stmt.' in a• westerly
direction fro its junction with
Wellesley Street, and the closing
of a Block of, Wellesley Street,
contiguous to the property of B.A.
Sully Esq. at No.. 5 Cobourg
Street, i.e. the portion of
Wellesley joining . Cobourg to
Lighthouse Streets.
The laid pro quo for the
donation of this block of Wellesley
St ..tu�lVlr, .SullY. is the gift of a
triangular piece of real estate
bonneted by Wellesley St. as its
base, with Lighthouse and
Cobourg Streets as the two sides.
This triangle, which is registered
m the name of Dominion 'Road
Machinery CO. Ltd " Will �e
landscaped, presgtnably•, at the
Company's expense, to, form a;
Park It will also require. the
-�. . provision .of toilet facilities,
since the bushes along the. bank
li.ive long since proved inadequate
'tor this. purpose. Thereafter this
Park will be handed over to
Council for maintenance as a
memorial to the late Air Marshal
J A 'Sully.
' The speed with which Council
g,iy c first and second readings to
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The John Woodhouse crusade opened in Goderich on Sunday evening
at Knox Presbyterian.Church locally under the organization of the
' Huron Christian Mens Association. Some of the special guests at the
first evening arew,,leftto right, front, Clark Teal, DeVerne Mullen,
John Woodhouse, DaVe Rolston, Rev. G.L. Royal,. Back,. Rev.
Kinettes are busy
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'Leonard Warr, Rev. Peter St. Don, Rev. W.H. McWhinnie,'Ron
Nicholls, Mr. and Mrs. GeraldBrust,Mr. and Mrs. Bob McKinley,
Mrs; John Woodhouse and Murray Gaunt. The crusade continues 'at
Knox Church until Sunday. (staff photo)
Name new executive;
sell Marlatt prints
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The Goderich K inette Club recently elected their new executive for
the upcoming year's activities. L' eft to right they are, back, Jean
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Cruickshank, Bev Whetstone, Minna Reed; front, Ann Doherty,
Helen Hill, Florence Cummings.,(staff photo)
Goderich artistJim Merl r �•w , r..
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att p esents.an original wrrier cdtlor to the
GodersChtr1 �# Club of one ofthe Marlett
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besetlingasattundrasing' drive,. Sets of Mr. Marlatt`s prr°ntg are
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from y Member ofi the Krhtette Club and r;onsrrbt of peri.
and`iink reproductions of Goderrch„ certes. (staff bhntol •
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Rubout proposed .park
the bylaw roused the "ratepayers
to jam the Council Chamber" at
the meeting on May llth. While
tttee majority came to read their
letters of d'isapprdvval, two
Petitions presented bore . the
names of 780 ratepayers who
opposed the closing of the two
roads in question:.
Cobourg because it gives
automobile access to a
particularly attractive view on to
,Lake Huron. from•a•he high bank;°
access to, which is of very long
standing.
Wellesley because -(1) • its _
closing would produce a dead end.
(2) .Since the water main and the, •
nearest, hydrant are on
Lighthouse Street, access for
firefighting ° equipment would be
confined to the rear of the, four
houses in this block. (See Plan
attached) ('3) The bifurcation of
West Street down Harbour Hill
and along Cobourg St. is one of the
most dangerous in town, being
aggravated not only by the large ,
number of cars whichrace down,
the hill, only to return,
immediately for yet another
gamble with death, but also
because of the entrance to: much
frequented Harbour Park, located
at the same general spot. Now
frith Cobourg a dead end where
Wellesley joins it, traffic would
have to 'turn at this point and
retrace its route to the above
mentioned , bifurcation. tills
augmenting the traffic chaos at
that point.
So much for the opinions of the
general public. Turning to the
impact on the owners of Nos 1 and
3 Cobourg Street, the ,proposed
closing of Wellesley would at once
deprive them of . their normal
loading., stations at their
frontages. This is, because • all
four- -are doiro s_an ' Fun
through from Cobo;ur"g to
Lighthouse St. In consequence
Nos 1,3, and 5 all have their
garages on Lighthouse St. thus
they all use Wellesley to serve the
front doors of their respective
houses. With Wellesley closed,
these ratepayers could use• the
Right of Way between Nos 173 and
181 West (See• Plan) However this
in itself is, tenuous, since the
owner of No 181 West could
purchase property on the other
side of the right of way and thus
Close it 'without need for any
Council bylaw.
The contention is that the price
of.the proposed exchange •is too
high, It affronts the amenities
enjoyed by too •many ratepayers.
As an immediate neighbour of the
donor, I am being coerced to
sacrifice my right of access to my
property in order' to contribute,4
on a• scale which I consider
disproportionate, to further a
private memorial. This sacrifice
of access which both Council and
the donor appear determined to •
enjorce, is not, ameliorated in
'Kew of the thinly veiled, purpose
to which it is believed the Block
(area Qne.third) of an acre) and
the frontage (90 feet) of Wellesley
is' o fie pu l<t would seem that' if a
tennis court is so essential an
addition to No. 5 Cobourg St. Lots
d 51, then it could be achieved.
end
well on • the , presently
gowned Lots. After all a double
-tennis court is only 36 feet wide,.
while from fence to fence across
Wellesley St., which Council
proposes to donate, measures 90
feet,,
Itis noted,.too, that Council was
assured that if the memorial does
not take the form of a Park .'.` We'd
build an apartment building."
Would the Municipal Board be
so good as to advise as to how I can
preserve my present access to
Number 3 Cobourg Street?
Yours truly,
-G. MacLeod Ross. w
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lyth firemen prevent tragedy
from being major caiastrophy
One man was killed, and two -
persons ,were injured Saturday
afternoon but it took fast action by
'Blyth Fire Department and a little
bit of luck to prevent this tragedy°
from turning into a •.major
ti'atastrophy.
A car driven by Charles Scott,
67. of Auburn was heading north
on highway'•""4 at the southern
• outskirts of Blyth and was turning
the corner to take County Road 25
to Auhurn when it came into
collision with. a gasoline tanker
truck owned by Imperial Oil
Company ,and driven by Phillip
Veldmans of London.
• The .large truck had two tank
trailers. The collision drove the
Scott vehicle 30 feet back from the
, corner and onto the east bank of
Highway 4 with_ the ^carp facing
east. -Mr. ,Scott • was killed
instantly and his wife, Elsie,: 66.
injured badly. Shewas reported in
satisfactory ' condition on
Wednesday in Clinton Public
'Hospital. •
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The truck • jack knifed and
...blocked the highway with the cab
facing north, in the direction from
whi'clrthe truck- -had=, come -while
the middle trailer was diagonally
across the Highway and the second
trailer faced south. The driver
was injured but on Wednesday was
reported in satisfactory condition
in Clinton Hospital.
A station wagon owned by Ken
Honor oId
GOdititirboy
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at Landon
In connection with the United
Church London Conference, held
last week in Westminster College
and the new Centennial Hall,
London, th.e,: Was a dinner, on
:Thursday evening, at which, over,
400 were in attendance. This was
to honor the Jubilants-.that is,
thosemen.who had•)een ordained
fifty or more years ago, as Well as
those men who retired ..th year
and the four Ordinands.
Each Jubilant received a
'• Certificate of Recognition. 'Rev.
J. Ure Stewart, an old Goderich
boy, because he had been ordained
65 years ago, much longer than
any of the others, and was still
active, was honored as a special
guest at the dinner, along -with hfs
wife, by occupying chairs at the
. head table with the Conference
officers. • °
.To him was presented a
specially framed and beautiful
illuminated ` Certificate of
,Recognition,with the United
Church crest in each corner.
The,avrds on it are as
• folloWs:—By this presentation he
it known that Rev., James Ure
Stewart, B.A., was ordained on
April 30,-1907, and first served as.
'Minister in the Presbyterian
Church, then inthe United Church
of Canada. During those 65 years
h,.tn1e countless friends, who,
this day, would unite with us, in
-affection and respect, to honor
• him. Rec`ognizing him as 'A
• Jubilant Extraordinary', as by the
London Conference of the United
Church of Canada"—Signed' by
the . Conference officers, Rev.
Wilson L. Morden, President, and
Rev. Robert G. Lindsay,
See'ret,aryi,
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Cooke Florists of Clinton was
side-swiped in a secondary
collision.
The immediate danger was
from the tanker, which was empty
of fuel but still dangerous because
the tanks were -full of gas, fumes.
Blyth Fire Department was on the.
Scene in minutes but were
hampered by crowds of curious
on -lookers who. crowded around
the vehicles. Fire chief Irvine
Bowes ordered all spectators
hack at least 200 feet and
prohibited smoking. However, -he
said later, if the tanker had blown
up it would have had the force of 10
to 15 cases of dynamite. It would
have killed many people, he said,
and could have . "'endangered
further explosions at the Sparling
Propane Storage yard nearby,
causing, a tragedy of major
proportions.'
Firemen removed the batteries
from the truck and filled the tanks
with•foam and spread foam around
• the truck to preventfire.
Led by John Hesselwood, a first
aid instructor with the St. John's
Ambulance and members of the
fire department who had had first-
aid training; efforts were maf]e to
,,help the injured, and free Mrs.
,._Scott from the wreckage of her
Car.
Dr. H. W. Street was only
minutes.. behind the. fire
department in arriving at the
scene.
It took nearly 90 minutes for
'firemen to free the body of Mr. ' •The federal government will.
Scott from his battered car. . pay compensation to ° horse
owners who have their animals
destroyed under a prograni to rid
the Canadian horse population of
. Equine Infectious Anemia (Swamp
Fever), Agriculture Minister'
H.A. (Bud) Olson ' announced
today.
4ks a service to horse owners,
in February 1971, _federal
veterinarians started using the 0
Coggins test and since then more
than 50,000 Canadian horse's have
been -tested through the Health of
Animals Branch 1a# 'ator,.ies..,aat
Hull; Quebec.
Ontario Provincial Police from
°Wingham and Goderich
investigated the accident
• Funeral service for Mr. Scott
was held Monday from Knox
United Church, Auhurn with Rev.
Stanley McDonald and Rey: Hugh
Wilson. Mr. Scott had been
mailman on Auburn Rural Route
Two for32 years.
Will pay for horse
,destruction
Highway 4 was bl'o'cked • foi•
more than two hours by the
wrecked tanker before the fire
clanger was relieved', and the 'body
removed from the wreckage to
allow the truck to be towed away.
• Mrs. Scott and Mr. Veldmans
were taken by ambulance to
Clinton hospital where they were
admitted and given emergency.
care.
{unser Society plans
fall dinner meeting
At the meeting of Huron Unit of
the Canadian Cancer Society in
Seaforth, Mrs. Nelson Cardno,
Huron County 'Health' nurse and
Administrator of the new Home
..0 a.r.e. ,P:rogr'am .r.ec_en.tl.y
instituted, outlined the purposes
of the program and some of its
duties.
•Primarily it., is a means of
relieving the . hospital bed
situation . , by allowing many
patients to be cared for at home
-either after hospitalization or in
place of' it. Included are such
services as home care as needed
" five days a week, pre -natal,
nursing ' visits,e physiotherapy,
transportation and drugs. .
Ordinarily there is a 30-90
daytime care limit depending on
need in individual cases, but no
limit on terminal cancer patients.
She has a, medical advisor and is
presently training nurses to help
in the referral program.
Musical numbers were
provided by students Charlene
Delon °„ accordion, and Joanne
and Marian Jordan on ° their
guitars. ,
During the business segment
most encouraging' reports were
presented. The campaign.,
chairman reported $25,493.00
receivedto date, proceeds of the
recent county canvass.
A most gratifying presentation
to -the society of a cheque for
$500.00 'was made by Gordon,
Richardson on behalf of the Huron
Co-operative Medical Services.
Monies not required under the
terms of amalgamation when
Huron and Bruce membership
lists were. combined was divided
• and is being donated to nine
different organizations in the
county.
Regret was, expressed at the
resignation of Lorne Salzman as
United treasurer, and Mrs.
Salzman, Assistant Service to
Patients Chat/Irian, due to their
departurefroin Clinton. Harry C.
Merriman is- succeeding Mr,
Salzman as treasurer.
A short resume cif ,a meeting
held at Walkerton itt "rApril far
When the testing' began, about
seven per gent of the horses
reacted positively. That was
considered to he a significant rate
Of infection. '
Since then,' the rate of positive
reactors has dropped to about one ,
per cent and continues to decline,
Last year the `• federal
government also introduced
Plans were finalihd.tto,n. » requirements whereby imported
the..-„, horses had to react negatively to
Annual ' Dinner Meeting . in "the Cogggrns %st heore the would
September, at which Bill Brady, be al -lowed entry to Canada:
radio and television personality, " With this lower level of
will be guest speaker, and cicets. infection, we have decided to
were- distributed to the five
move to the second stage of the
Next yetir_ 1 4
branches for sale. •program to eradicate the
disease;" Mr. Olson said.,
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Service to Patients chairmen was
given by Mrs Harvey Johnston,
and Mr. Johnston reported on the ,
recent District meeting in
Listowel,
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Salkeld reunion names
J. H. Aitken president
The Annual Salkeld Reunion
was held at Camp Menesetung of
the Unjtaefi Church May 28 With 46
members of the clan registering
which was in charge of Mrs.
Mamie Rowed. -
A smorgasbord dinner was
enjoyed .at 1"p.m. followed by a
short program and, business
meeting.
Howard Aitken presided and
welcomed everyone. ,The
secretary's report read by T. J.
Salkeld was approved along with
the minutes of an executive
meeting at the home of the vice -
President Howard Aitken.
A' 'minute of silence was'
observed 'in memory of Wm,
Ireland who was to have' peen
president this year who 'gassed
'away Jan. 6, 1972 and also for
other's in the connection who had
passed away.
' Mrs. W, H': Talmay read the
family news recorded in the
"Spectator."
Greeting's and best wishes for a
successful reunion were received
from several distant members.
The treasurer's report was
read' by Mrs. P, J. Salkeld.
Edward Jenkins told a 'shirt
story abort: him and his fattier
when he was' a boy. fie will' be 89
this year.
A motion of appreciation was
tendered Mrs. Talmay for her
efforts in compiling;the family
news also one to Howard Aitken
for taking over the presidency in:`
such a capable manner. •
The new executive will be asked
to arrange for next year's reunion
which will be - the 14O'ttti
Anniversary of the SallCelds'
coming to Canada.
The report of the Nomihating
Committee given by Doug Blacker
was' as -follows:
President, Howard Aitken,
Goderich; vice-president, George
Hume,: Toronto; sec.-treas.' Mr. •
• and Mrs, T. J. Salkeld, LucknoW,
The ,children enjoyed the
swimming pool under the 'capable'
supervision of Bob McGill. There
'also was a peanut scramble.
Mrs. Margaret Miller won the
prize for being the oldest lady •
present; Roy Rundle won the prize
for being oldest gentleman
present; T. J. Salkeld had the
lucky plate and Ralph l3onskill of .
Toronto came the farthest to the
reunion.
Miss "Lorraine Bole
celebrated her 17th birthday that
day May 28. Her sister Linda
made abirthday c
ay cake with randlNs.
and . everyone ° Sane "Happy •
Birthday."
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