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The Goderich Kinsmen Club killed two birds with one stone on
Monday evening atthei-r regular meeting. The new members were
duly initiated and a special event well publicized at the same tim?.
Left to right, Buck Million, Pon McLeod and Frank" Konopaski wee -
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dressed in obviously attention drawing costumes, sent,around the
Square with,poster. s and instructed to yell out the detai Is of the clubs -
upcoming donkey baseVII game.—Staff photo
In the absence of ailing Mayor nor was it to be utilized as a a motion that a plebescite be held " interest in -the matter one way or
Harry Worsell, Goderich Town building lot at.any future date. in the fall to let the people decide the,other. •
Council ',voted five members to Those who voted against the whether or notthey approved the "Just what part do petitions
three against the ro osal of the „
g .A p 'park 'were .Councillors Ed. Sully proposal. There was no, play, Councillor profit asked.
Sully Foundation to build and Gi'esbrecht,.Frank'Walkom, Reg. seconder for,.her motion but Mrs. About six -persons who opposed
donate a $75,000 to $100,000 park, Jewell, Mrs. Elsa Haydon and • Haydon insisted .that the records the Sully Park proposal were in
The park to be a memorial to Deputy -reeve Dave Gower. Theshow that she had int"roduced the the audience. Two of therm spoke
the late A V -M J.A. Sully was to three a"ffirmative .votes for the idea to council. ° • o f t,h a issue—Mrs . Harry_
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have been built in the area park were cast by Reeve Paul'
'i I'm not opposed to the park,'' Shackleton and G. MacLeod Ross.
bounded by Cobourg, Wellesley Carroll and Councillors Stan - Mrs. Haydon told council. "I am Mr. Ross told council that he
and .Lighthouse Streets . Profit and Deb. She-Welt.against closing the streets or the had fears for. the safety of persons
overlooking the inner harbor and I t was'Councillor E d . street and I'm not prepared to residing on Cobour.Street whose
the lakefront: Giesbrecht who made the motion disregard the feelings,:of such a fire protection would be cut off if `
The original terms of the offer (seconded by Frank Walkom) that 1 a r g e number " ` o f our Wellesley Street was closed
• the town thank the. Sully submitted by the Su11y4Fo ndation tow speop - ." •
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g Streets—to- t that-the•tow-rrL=eannot�rn•eef the-~- ~.,wondered U ft -toad if atl'names ' : $t ire hydrants would be placed»
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pedestrian park only However, terms at .the present time". a petition opposing Sully Park was
public opinion- was so strong"It was- a very kind offer,'" ---. an accurate
gauge. He asked
-against the closing of Cobourg Giesbrecht told council, "but.......... council if the members should
Street that the Sully Foundation therearetoo many requirements possibly assume that the
later agreed to leave. Cobourg •imposed upon the municipality for remaining citiz4ns of Goderich
Street open to permit vehicular this to be purely a gift." • who did not sign the petition were
traffic along the top of the •• Councillors' Elsa Haydc£ i made fn favor of the park—or had no
lakebank. •
m -eatThe•cloein-of-W�ellesle Street --
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was a final stipulation of the Sufly A........1 ll • h ere.. -s
proposal.- Requested was the
deeding of a 66 -foot portion of
Wellesley Street to Bruce Sully
with this property to be attached
to his. own private dwelling as a
"buffer zone" Itshould be further ,
noted that Sully had agreed that
the -buffer zone" woufd not, be
sold separately from the property
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"There is no reason why Huron
County has to bethe outhouse for
Perth County," Huron Medical
Officer of Health Dr:' Frank Mills
observed last week;after
returning from a tour of the
•Listowel .Sewage Lagoon and
portions of the Maitland River.
"There is no reason why we
*have to• legally accept this,'" he
added noting that there just seems
to be too much complacency.
Dr, Mills conducted a survey of
the Maitland River situation last
'week with Dr. K. Hampson, the
Medical Officer of Health for
° Perth County, Paul Ross, Chief
Public Health Inspector for'Perth
County and William Empey, the
Chief'Public Health Inspector for
Huron County.
"We first toured the site of the
Listowel lagoon system to see
first :whang„, ;,; s,
actually' was composed of," Dr_
Mills explained, "The system is
obviously small for the area that
it serves. There are three main
parts.. The first, is an aeration
tank into which the raw sewage is
first discharged and in which are
supposed to be two large aeration •
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.A study committee to promote,.
development of 'a Lake Huron
Parkway was created ata meeting
of representatives of Huron and-
* Lambton counties, the City of
Sarnia and the St. Clair Parkway
Commission in 'Grand ' Bend,
Wednesday night._
The proposed parkway system
would cover the territory from.
the City of Sarnia and continue up
Highway 21 to Amberl,ey, north of
Goderich.
The present St, Clair Parkway
System incorporates highway 40
from Sarnia to Chatham and
in8rludes a series of adjacent
parks and recreation facilities.
w The St. Clair system is
financed jointly by the province of
pumps which float on the surface
aerating the material during the
first stage of treatment".
•At the'time of the visit, Dr.
Mills said, only ,one aeration
pump was visible and. operating.
"The other was not present. and
. on h lid d �that.aLw f
present or why it_ wasn't
present."
"The sewage is then pumped
from the aeration tank into pond
number on? which is about a 40
acre ' pond which allows for
aerobic action between the
organic waste and the• bacterial
content of the sewagepond,': the
M.O.H. said,
"The pond appeared to he
working well, but it. was .obvious
from the debris along the side that
approximately' two feet had been
drained off the first pond very
eee4ent , - and e --r- p ere'"
gallonage for. two feet -on this 40
odd acre site would probably be
well in excess of one million
gallons," Dr. Mills said.."This is
for all intents and purposes,, very
active sewage material which
would be high in coritaminance and
extremely' high in' organic
material which would result in an
overgrowth of algae along • the
draining system.," he added. •
The third element was pbnd two.
approximately a 25 acre final once in aiwhile. at would be a real attraction to tourists " ` acting : chairman for Reeve.
pond into which the liquid effluent ' ''l Pm veryglad they turned it down. " says D.J. Allan of 144 .Warren Carroll who stepped down from,
of pond one in theory is pumped Street. "Those streets mightbe needed sometime. I don't think those the chiar for the debate, made no
't ^tr^ whictrit "s•ttotild b:Plioesh�z tom*mead- t gcrlai ° ""A -altroet lir: m7 { .
and look out over the' harbor. '.' The only other member Who
Mrs. N. Clairmont of 59 Lighth se Street couldn't see any real said very. little concerning the
reason why Council turned the ofrdown.' Sully Park proposal -was
"1,, think the powers understand the layout. What about two little Councillor Deb Shewfelt who
street being closed when somebody comes forward to spend money indicated that' that tie was still
like this? I can't see anyharm it he (Mr'• Sully) is willing to spend the hopeful s o nl e . • amicable
money to beautify Goderich, observed Mrs-. Clairmont, - arrangement' could' be made„
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adequate fire protection for all-,
residents• of Cobourgg
� Street.
Mrs. Shackleton pleaded with
council not'°to approve the, 750
persons oppose it."
The Councillor Profit
questioned the importance of a
petition bearing only 750 names
'dut of a: • "cumrrturrity numbering-
6,600
umbering6,600 persons.
Mrs. Shackleton noted that
many persons had indicated- they.
Town Council made a five to three, decision against Sully Park last wanted to sign• the petition, but
Thursday evening at their regular meeting. - that their interest°had come only
, The Signal -Star asked a cross-section of the re`sidents•of •Goderich after the petition had, .been
for their opinion •on'this decision. delivered to town hall.
Mrs. J. James Morris; of 1ZOBruce Street East was in favor of the Councillor Reg. Jewell told
park. "I actually would have liked to have seen a park. • -I understand they council that although he was not
couldhavehadanother waymade to get to their houses. It would have"against. the park", . he . was
been an asset." Mrs. Morris said. opposed to closing Wellesley
Some people* were' in agreement with Council's decision. Street. - •
Mrs. T. W. Profit of 215S1rang.Courtsays, "i don'tbelieve in closing
off streets. Especially.one like that (Cobourg Street)." '
Mrs. J.B. Mills who resides at 215 Palmerston Street' alsoglad of
•I can't ignore the petition,
stated,Jewell. "1 feel that I owe
rs a these people something."
Counc e admits; a sfied with ayt has Councilor �rofit urged'
gone,You know we dibythereso often, and back up Lighthouse
'Councillor Frank Walkom ,arid
Street l really appreciate the drive around.:'
Deputy -reeve Dave <, .Gower to
One resident who had'very strong feelings on Su/l Park, but wanted. Make their feelings public on the
to remain-tJnidenfified because of her husband's position in `the matter. -
community, voicedher opinion this Way: "Well, I was in favor of the
park. I'm disappointed that it was turned down. I think the. minority has
ruled in this. / just assumed that itwouldgo through. /f thatisirtdicative
ofhotropeople act'aroundhere,• turning down a gift, then we could lose,
for instance, a new YMCA if the'question of that comes up. l have an 80-
year-oldfather. I know he wouldhave loved to have seen it go through. ".
Another Goderich resident, Mrs. L. Doug Brindley, of 104 Elgin
Street East, was also .for aSullyPark: "/ was for it. I thought it was a
good idea. It seems a shame reall y that some people can't walk a block"
Councillor Walkom'saidd he had
made '-his ,..feelings .known to
council on another occasion.'
"That was in -committee,''
observed Profit, "and the public
isn't entitled to know what goes on
at committee meetings."
Deputy -reeve Dave Gower,
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Ontario, the cities of Sarnia and
Chatham and the ,counties of
Lambton and Kent.
Sarnia mayor Paul Blundy, who
was chairman of the meeting
pointed out the province has made
it clear it does not have funds
avail.able.now-or in the -immediate
future to subsidize another
parkway system'.
Blundy referred to a letter
from Huron MPP Charles
MacNaughton, chairman of the
Ontario cabinet board of
managementWho said a parkway
system didn't fit in with present
provincial priorties although he
could seethe desirability of such^•
a sirstem.
The Sarnia mayor added, "this
scheme should start here at the
grass roots:" He' . received
unanimous . approw4•1 of -the 46-
representatives present to form a
study committee. '
Grand Bend's Reeve John
Payne was named interim
-chairman-of-the' new 'committee
which will include •representation
from the City of Sarnia, the
counties of Huron and Lambton,
the town of Goderich and the St.
Clair Parkway Commission.
Each group is to submit the name
of their- member to Payne by the
end of June.
Both Lambton warden Willard
Hall and Elmer Hayter warden of
Huron said their' councils
--approved td.ea if a..parkway
A meeting of representatives frorri•:ihe'various. 'munici 'municipalities involved with the --ro o'
p p p std Huron
Parkwayprojeot was held Ifist week in Grand Bend. Among.- those atte;dine were,left tb rigtV,Paul
Carroll, Reeve of Goderich, Cal KrouterofOl''ussels, RalphJewelI of Goderich, Clayton Laithwsite'of
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Goderich, EdOdifafson`bfBa'yfield and Roy Pattison of East• Wawanos} Township. hoto .byExeter
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system in.principle and would be
pleased to participate in
preliminary planning,
Hayter said -quite a bit of
undeveloped:' lakefront land
remains in the northern part of
Huron. He added, "Colborne has
some choice sites which could be
developed,"
A Huron county . planning
assistant Nick Hill said his
department was continuing •a
study on lakeshore and recreation
properties. He stated only four
per cent of Huron lakeshore
property was in public ownership.
Sarnia alderman Marcel paddy
suggested the study committee
would have to he a pressure'group
in view of the lack of financing at
the present time • from the
provincial government.
Mayor Blundy . interjected.
"The best way to get the province
interested is to show it we are
willing to take concrete steps."
An important part of the St.
Clair Parkway system has been
the decision by the province to
build a superhighway from Sarnia
to. Wallaceburg, ¢leavingthe old,.
HighWay'40 free as a scenic roue~
The meeting 'w,,as told
tremendous growth in. Southern
Ontario plus increased number of
tourists Could see a similar route
being constructed near. Lake
Humin within 20 years.. Reeve
Payne added, "We have the finest
and most picturesque drive in the
province right •in otrr backyard.
Vet's do what we can to preserve
it, -
After the Grand Bendreeve was
named interim chairman, the
former reeve:Pi Moore township;
Charles Moore_ era "Payne
Payne
will get this com.4nittee moving,
even if he has to use a hulldoZpr,"
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.. Dr. Fronk Milts .
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solid material, and at the time of
the visit, there was no solid
material visible and from this
pond; when necessary; either the
material could be discharged as
semi -treated sewage effluent free,.
of sludge into the drainage system
or this material could very easily
and effectively be pumped into
lides •_ onto the neighbouring
hillside and sprayed as had been
done in the previous season.
"There was no indication that
this pond had changed in level for
a long, period of time. The water
level seemed to be constant, there
was no debris lirfe, there was just
no indication that any discharge
hid taken place from • this and
from which all discharge, it it
does occur, should come,' 1/ ,,
Mills pointed out.
"At the time of the examination
otthis plant, there was alsti found
td be a ten -inch discharge pipe
qom the primary aerobic , tank
i4to the discharge basin for the
ole effluent system. This was
obviously a recent installation
s stem as the\pipe wag1111 lying
a shallow ditch ontof the
g ound and w''a--oKtro isly a new
t . e of pipe. The end of the pipe in
t aerobicp �ond was visible and
p tures'were taken of this and
sowed that it was readily
a ailable for discharge from the
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he a students at ueen ElizebethSchool fnGoderldh br.
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from the dfsfeict track and field meet sponsored bythe;A*Sooistione foto the 'Menially .ta "d °
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Exeter. Left to right are,: Bob.Mjtchell who completed a mity'run JIM ' i ..
P � Taman, first in the Orange, . .
Division, David Tebow, second in the Blue division, and Di1rlen* Pollock second in the Green division.
The meet ;nvolvedgroups frorm$t, Mar'y!s,�F'altnerston, Exeter`,-Godorich•arid'Winghem: staff ° hot0,
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