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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10 1972
Thanks to a letter to the
editor in last week's paper, a
sister and brother who have not
seen -each other for more than.
a` century`- may' be' finally 4k
reunited. •
Albeit Edward Pedge wrote
this paper last week asking if we
Would -he -IP hili locate'his sister
whom he had not seen since
World War one and with vyho
e has not had contact since
933.
The papers were just fresh on
the streets Thursday morning
when Bob Johnston of Clinton
spotted the letter and :recognized
the name as that of his cousin's,
Mrs. ' John C. Johnston of
Goderich maiden, name.
He immediately phoned her
and .told her the good news.
`Mrs. Johnston, whose maiden
name is"Gladys Mae Pedge was
delighted. .
•"I -couldn't believe it," she
said. "The last time we heard
from him was in 1933.. A letter
we wrote to him while he was in
the British Navy was returned
saying he was drowned When his'
ship' sunk. V,e had given up 'all
hope years. ago."
a Mrs. Johnston was separated
from her family during the First
World War and was sent over to
Canada in 1923 by Dr.
Barnardo who ran a • home for
orphaned Children.
Originally from Lincolnshire,
Mrs. Johnston worked asz a
young girl . on farms and did
other odd jobs. She started out
at eleven in Lindsay Ontario
and then went to Kempvillefor,
a year. She then spent , some
time at Iroquois Falls - and
Morrisburg.
.She worked for Dr. Burrows
in Seaforth for three years
where she . married John. C.
Johnston in 1933. They moved
' to Clinton for seven years and in
1940 they and their five children
moved, to Summerhill, just
outside of Goderich.
After hearing that her brother
was Still alive and coming to
North America to visit his son in
the U.S., . Mrs. Johnston
immediately wrote him in
4ngland and tried to arrange
for a meeting. She said she was
hopeful they .could get together
somewhere.
Mrs. Johnston also hopes to
learn the "fate of her other
brother, .Wilfred, who she has
hot seen for more than 50'years.
Remand
f�llowin
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pair
dent
Reginald George Badley of
Brodhdgen and Henry A. Mero
age, were remanded to August
28 for trial at an appearance in
provincial court at Goderich last
Thursday. The men were facing
a .number, of charges arising
from an incident on July 8 when .3
seven Goderich juveniles were
allegedly taken on a not so
happy joyride.
According to police' the
juveniles were picked up by two . •
men in a ,half ton truck and
taken for a ride through both •
Goderich and Colborne
Townships before . they were
released. None of the youngsters
were hurt.
Mero of 151 Isabelle Street in
Seaforth pleaded not guilty to
charges of 'indecent assault
against a female; pointing a
firearm A 22 calibre rifle, publie
mischief (reporting a stolen
vehicle to the , police), and
dangerous driving.
Badley pleaded not guilty to
Charges of pointing a firearm.
'and public mischief as well.
Although other reports
indicated both men were free on
bale1 court officials indicated
not tike case. The
_fat >�s�►is
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men were never taken into
custody, they explained,se, bail
was not required.
Pam Craven
Rusty ormandy
G'sderichkaters''
'in dance contest
Mrs. John C. Johnston of Goderich got a„big surprise last week .when she read the Signal -
Star. A letter to the editor turned out . to have ,been written by her brother Albert Edward
Pedge_df Chatham Kent, England.,Mr. Pedge has asked the ,Signal -Star in that letter 0 they
amid be of assistance in locating his sister whom he had not been in contact With for over 50
years: Mrs. Johnston turned out to be that .sister. (staff photo)
From lanterns in 1887
to ultra
RepresentativesAgoof the
Goderich ' Publitilities
Commission, ' 'Goderich Town
Council and the Canadian
Electric Cotnpany. switched on
new street lighting recently'
installed around the Square.
The lights were officially put
into service during a short
ceremony in Court House Park
Thursday evening at 10:00. p.m.
A ribbon, placed around the
transformer box at the corner of
North Street and the Square
was cut to declare the lights in
service by Mayor Harry Worsell,
Deb Shewfelt and P.U.C.
manager Dave Rolston,
Following the- turning, on
ceremony' a reception was held
at the Bedford Arms Motel for
those taking part:
Prior to May 12, 1887 if you
wanted to visit • friends after
dark ou would,"have to carry
modern lighting
not too many,...people went.
-visiting at night.
On May 12,'.1087 20 year
debentures were issued by the
Goderich Town council for' the
sum , of $7;000.00 to purchase 33
electric street. lights. These were
the arc lights that had to be lit
each ' night and, energy was
.obtained from a generator fired --
by coal. One of these lights is on
display in the P.U.C. office on''
West street.
The 33 lights were turned on
for a few hours each night but,
in 1910 it was voted to have the
---lights turned on each night at -
6:00 p.m. and, remain on until
7:30 a.m. next morning. ,
In 1913 the old are lights were.
taken down and, -16 3 light
standards, along with 16 one
light standards were erected in
the business section. They
remained there for 24 years.
In 11937 the atand1ards were
for the last 35 years. They are
being replaced now with cement
poles and, at a greater height
than before.
August 3, 1972 the new type
lights consist of 24 fixtures
replacing "40 , mercury vapour.
type fixtures. The ” new lights
consume 400 watts of.- energy
and, gives 47,000 lumens of -tight
while the older mercury vapour
consumes 400 watts and, gave
22,000 lumens of light.
The ' new lighting was
installed at a cost of
approximately $28,000. The
lighting mrits are ---valued at
about $600 each, $300 for the
concrete standard and $300 for
the light. b '
The project also included the
placement of service recepiieles
in eight places throughout the
court house' park. These will be
used in conjunction with such
events as Summerfest,• where
lantern with you to find your red laced_ µ a ;,d,,,,;.# sre—,light-s—poweris •r O fired orditp"la: s it — `°''
--t'ark``yitillit1 r lE" sadden ilW' er mained in the business area other activities.
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A first
for town
Rusty Ormandy, .and Pamela
Craven, figure skating dance
pair who are members, of the
Goderich Figure Skating Club,
won another first for the Town, .
of Goderich, the Figure Skating,
Club and for themselves when
they won the Junior Section of.
the Stamford International
Dance Competition which was
held in Niagara Falls over the.
past weekend. . ,
Thirteen ' dance •'pairs were
entered from all parts of
Southern Ontario' and New
York State in the Junior section
of the Event. This was the
largest number of entries in any
'of the. vents.
In the initial round, Rusty
and Pam skated in competition,
'against the twelve other danee
pairs and were placed first by
the judges. Four - pairs „were
chose to skate in the final
round on Sunday afternoon.
It is interesting to note here
that the other three dance llairs
in the final- round were from
large clubs in New York State.
However, Rusty and Pam's
hard work and training: under
their Professional, Bruce Brady
with the help of his wife, Mrs. -
Fran Brady,, also a Professional
with the Goderich Figure
Skating Club, brought them
,through the final round to a first
place win over the American
skaters!
This is the first time that pair
skaters from Goderich have
reached such heights in ' figure
skating.
Rusty arid Pam are staying in
Chatham this summer where
they are skating at the Chatham
Figure Skating Club summer
school, under their Professional,
Mr. Brady. Rusty is spending
the complete eight weeks at the
school and Pam is spending six
weeks. They practise many
hours' a day - on their dances,
figures and free style skating.
The-Ormandy family and the
Craven- family spent the
weekend in 'Niagara Falls to
watch the competition` along
with Mr. -and Mrs. Brady who"
gave them their final coaching.
Some of the skaters from the
Chatham Summer School were
also in Niagara Falls, -to, cheer
Rusty and Pam to victory and
.to watch the :events..
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Dearborn4nego1att
to move ."'operatt,
.to IndusirIal
Park
Officials at Goderich Town Hall confirmed on ''Wednesday
morning that a bylaw will go before the town fathers this evening
to finalize the .purchase of industrial `property at the
municipality's industrial park by Dearborn Steel Tubing of
Goderich,
The property, according to company officials, has been
purchased for possible future expansion of their industry.' At
present the company , uses facilities on Newgate Street in
.Goderich.. just _east -of
• Dearborn Steel' Tubing manufactures tail pipe assemblies
which are sold to such auto manufacturers as the Chrysler
Corporation and GeneralMotors and to the Canadian Tire
Corporation:- ---
Janet L. Willis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Dan Willis, R.R. 4
Goderich; - graduated July 28
from Perth -Huron Regional.
School of Nursing, Stratford.
Miss Willis has accepted a.
position at Goderich
Psychiatric Hospital.
Earlier this year, plans were discussed regarding expansion at -
the local plant. Goderich Town Council gave.its approval for the
project but the Ontario Municipal Board ruled against»'any'
further expansion in the area where Dearborn Steel Tubing is
presently situated.
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Bell Telephone plans_
expansion in Goderich
The size of" the Bell Canada'
building in Goderich is being
increased by 58 percent to house
more telephone equipment
providing facilities for up to
7,000 additional phones, J.M.
Scott, Bell Canada Manager foil/
the area said this- week.
" The new equipment will cost
an estimated $190,000. Contract
for the, extension has been
Track meet
this Saturday
in Waterloo
The all -Ontario Track and
Field Championships are to be
held in Seagram ` Stadium,
Waterloo, this Saturday . with
nine Goderich athletes4 taking
part. -
,, Those participating from
town'° will be -Steve Crew,, Pete.
Crew, Jim Shewfelt, Tim
McGee, Mark Bellanger, Randy
Carroll, Tammy McAstocker,
Joe Healy and Lori Keller. '
From Clinton will° be Sharon
Irwin, . Alan n Levis and Ray
Wheeler. _
A bus will leave. the, Legion
Hall in Goderich at 7:45 on'
Saturday and parents and
friends who wish to . accompany
the athletes may do so at a
nominal charge of $1 per person
as seats are available.
Iew doctor chose small -town.
or people -involvement here
Dr. Harold 'Cieslar
Dr. Harold Cieslar is a doctor
of medicine from the University
of Toronto who came to
Goderich last month to begin
work as a general practitioner.
His office is presently in the
Medical Centre, where he is
seeing Dr. Leitch's former
patients.
The soft spoken doctor of 29
years was born in Grand
Prairie, Alberta. At nine months
old he left his_ hometown, never
to,remember his place of birth.
The Cieslars moved to Dresden.
There Dr. Cieslar grew up
with his two older sisters and
two younger brothers. His father
was a farmer, and Dr. Cieslar
took \after him in his hive for
clean country living.
The doctor ctoesn't say how he
decified to go into Medicine: Ho"
went to Andrews University in
Michigan where he graduated
with his B.A. Then he attended
the University of Toronto where
he obtained his. doctorate.
Dr. Cieslar interned in 'St.
Joseph's hospital in Hau iltgn
for a year, and just' before
coming to Goderich did group
emergency work in Kitchener.
He was „one of eight doctors
working on a group emergency
team, and was casualty officer
for Waterloo, -and St. Mary's
hospitals.
Some time in between all this
Dr. Cieslar owned a farm and
was C farmer like his father. He
says he would like to get a farm
in the country again just to live
on and toenjoy when he has the
time.
Dr. Cieslar came to- work in
Gdderich because he believes
.. -directly-. .
it'S easr�r td'wore
involved with the patients in a ,>
small town -
Mr*. 'A. J. Armor, Id, of ;Goderkh wal Moored last week at the w am 'Ge h genlor
Citizens Plcnlc as the oldest lady In attendance. She was presented with a + by IMrs. J.
i .'Be an theicnlc Cori gene r� rrc'isinent w.at`hei �ioresd the p en t to raovii `irbnll r
Park to McKay Hall but the evert proved a big success despite weather OC ' d tiorlL (staff
photo)
awarded to '' Refflinghaus
Construction Ltd. of Goderich at
a price of $34,039. '
The extension is to be
completed in January 1973.
Equiiment ,,to increase•".thh
switching frame capacity, from
3800 terminals to. 5800
terminals will then be installed
with the job completed by June
1.973. -
Some 400 new lines will be
put' into .use at , that time with
the full capacity of the
equipment not expected to be
reached for five -years or more.
"The new facilities are to keep
pace with anticipated
population . growth and
increased telephone usage," Mr.
Scott said.
College
vacates
offices
The Goderich . Business
College no longer functions. The
building is eirfpty and the
telephone is disconnected.
Ruth Ann Mahood, once
owner of the college; ' .regr'ets
having to put it in its 'grave, but
found it, unrealistic to continue
'the operation of the college.
Mrs. Mahood 'commented,
",`Academically it's :great, but
financially it's a service•
organization."
She saysfees have to go up
'because there aren't enough
students. Fees were '$60 a month
for each student.
There ��" �"were four part
'time sttdents enrolled in the
final class. Mrs: Mahood says
the- college requires at least
seven students enrolled in order
to meet expenses.
Secretary -treasurer to the
Ontario - Region of the
Association of _ .Canadian
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Mrs: Mahood - says, "Private
schools have had to compete in
recent years with community
colleges. Several business
colleges are still in business and
presently enrolling sufficient
numbers" cif'students. to realize
profits.*'
She says there are only
around seven private schools
now that she knows of, but
they're the larger private
business colleges such as Shaws
in Toronto.
"There is no representation in
laws governing private schools."
Mrs. "Mahood feels. She says the
Grade 12 requirement makes a
student eligible for a lban, btit
• not for a grant like the. public
school system.
all along in private schools that
this is discrimination," she.
added.
"It doesn't really mean
private schools are out," Mrs.
Mahood reflects. "They started
business schools over 100 years
ago.
In spite of the losing battle
she has fought in keeping the
college Mrs. Mahood is glid
that she atteiaipt it W
--fifes been a groite__
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've enjoyed the students,..
stated.
"It. has been the contention
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