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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-08-17, Page 1row 1 25 YEAR THURSDAY, ,AUGU8.1 17, 19 7 SINGLE COW County pIanner skeptIcaI not B.R. R.obinson appeared before _Goderich .Town Council last Thursday evening to express concern. for "Council's continued disregard . of your legal obligation to administer "the 'affairs of this town within the framework of� the bylaws .now on the Statute Books of this Corporation without prejudice or discrimination of any person or persons". " Robinson was referring to council's recent 'decision to permit a house -at -101 + Victoria Street to be torn down to make room for a parking lot. The . proposed parklot, council had been told ,at an earlier meeting, would provide parking space for Cutt's Red and White store. The following statement was attached to Robinson's letter to. council. Local track team at Waterloo meet A team of Goderich athletes travelled to Kitchener -Waterloo last Saturday for- the 'atl-' Ontario Legion Track and Field• meet but only one athlete returned 'with a win. Tim • McGee,son of Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin McGee, earned two silver ihedals (second.' ace) for ihotpiit and discus. , Competition was keen with teams arriving from all parts of the province for the event. This week, four .Goderich athletes are in Orillia attending the track •.and field camp sponsored jointly by the Ontario government and the Royal Steve • and' Pete Crew, Tim •McGee and Lori Keller. On Monday ;evening, ,the ' executive of the Huron ,Harriers met at the home of the president, •Tom Worthington, 241 South Street, to discuss the future of the club now that Bob Krick, track co-ordinator sent. to• this area by the provinMal 'government, is leaving. Knuckey gave the group instructions for organizing and carrying out a track and field meet. He also outlined the various ways in which track and field clubs can keep the members active and interested throughout the ,winter months when there is no "indoor track" in the community. Knuckey said that trackand field meets . are held all fall in many parts of the province to which local athletes should have an opportunity to go. He also noted that some indoor track meets are _held throughout the • winter for the athlete's who are interested. A` vote of thanks was extended to Knuckey for his great assistance through the summer for track and field enthusiasts here, in Clinton and in Brussels. TIM McGHE ... two medal winner Sub s crip tion drive on now tt 4 The Goderich Si nal - Star has embarked upon a drive for new subscriptions. Beginning last week, young "businessmen" from the community have. been canvassing the homes, of non -subscribers in Goderich and area, soliciting subscriptions to the area's _ only "hometown" paper. The cost of annual subscriptions is $8 each in Canada and $9.50 in ,the United States. That's just slightly ..more -than 15 cents per copy, (in Canada) at your .door! Welcome your neighborhood salesman whenhe comes. -' "On June 13, 1972, I, B.R. Robinson, attended a meeting of the Goderich Planning Board at- - which time the property at 101 Victoria St. N. from residential to commercial property so" I could complete the sale of said property for my clients. At the meeting, the Planning Board rejected my request on the grounds' that this property should not be zoned commercial. They so advised Council accordingly. This decision I ccepted and advised my clients '& same. "Upon further investigation, I now find that on -July 10, 1972, the Goderich Planning Board received a 'request from the owner of the property at- 1017 Victoria --St. have—the, property property rezoned to commercial so that the dwelling could be demolished and the land converted to a parking lot. • "On July 14, 1972, the Goderich Planning Board approved this request and recommended that the property in' question must be black - topped and steel guardrails installed. They further stated 'in their letter. to Council and the owner that. the Zoning By -Law must be strictly adhered to. Upon receipt.' of the Planning - Board's recommendation, Council accepted same and immediately passed 'a motion instructing the' , Chairman of Traffic and Safety to study the possibility of eliminating angle Dog bites Ioc.aI boy. parking: in front of the Red and White Food Store. "I submit that the Goderiich Planning Board 'had no legal right to advise Council or the owner that they had approved the removal of the dwelling or . to state the terms or conditions that must be (net- thereafter. "I further • submit that Council, in accepting the Goderich Planning Board's approval of this transaction, committed a more flagrant violation of the laws and proper procedure which'I deem to be in keeping with good government than did the Goderich Planning Board. 1'I respectfully ask . Council to • review this- whole -situation-and advise me of your decision." "Tour coni;'inued ' failure ° to 'give direction and maintain a responsible liaison to and with .other committees ' and boards, directly or indirectly respojisible to council leads.. me 'to ask if council -has decreed- you to be a law unto yourself," concluded Robinson. Gary "Davidson of the Huron County Planning department was present at the invitation, of council, to discuss the: interpretation of the bylaw in. question. Davidson said at the outset Goderich animal control officer Dick Eisler reported this week that a youngster wasbitten by :a German Shepherd and .suffered a gash that took eight stitches to close. He explains that the dog_ has been located and.is under 14 day quarantine. • When discussing the situation of children being bitten by dogs with a Signal -Star reporter Mr. Eisler pointed out that" all tgci often youngsters are teasing dogs and actually asking for trouble. • Such action he points out can only lead to trouble and should be stopped if at all' possible. "Many people see such incidents -and do not report them," he said. •If they -were reported, he suggests, cbrrective action might avoid injurious accidents. Sunday afternoon fire roared;.through a barn owned by .Leo Dykstra -of RR 2-, Clinton-(Iocated.__-on_ lighway 21 between Clinton and Goderich) causing damage estimated a..$8Q,000. Both the Goderich and Clinton Fire -Departments responded to the blaze which is believed to have started in the hay mow. due .to spontaneous combustion. , Fi"fteen ,,head of calves, by Robinson to the local, planning board was, for rezoning., the property at 101 Victoria Street from residential to commercial tot permit "some form of drive-in'ice cream retail establishment", the second request was for "permission to establish a parking lot on the same premises in association with the Red and White Food Store". "The initial actionto refuse a rezoning._ to .commercial is a correct one," said Davidson. "The area is - designatedresidentiall in the Town's Official Plan and zoned residential. Any change in this area would have to proceed via an Official Plan amendment prior to , a rezoning. Buda an amendment would, I' feel; not represent sound planning." "The second request, for .a parking lot only, is I feel to a large extent a request for interpretation," continued Davidson. "The question being, Is a parking lot a permitted use in : a residential area? From Planning Board's response the answer could be asaumed in the affirmative. I -think this aspect bears .close investigation." Davidson presented the Please turn. to Page 10 • district nurses: graduate Lynn E. Hardy, daughter of fif(rw and Mrs. • C.A. Hardy of Goderich, graduated August 10 from 'Victoria Hospital School of Nursing, London. Miffs Hardy also received` the General Proficiency Award in Maternal and Child Care anti his accepted a position on the 'otitis' of Victoria Hospital, London 1p%AAo 6y' int 'PFw os Co. Ltd,) Miss Susan Adams daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Adams 44 'Wellington Street, Goderich, graduated from Victoria Hospital School of Nursing' on August 10, 1.972. Has tekori a position at Humber Hospital in Toronto. Mrs. Margaret Reynolds graduated from Perth -Huron Regional School of Nursing, Stratford, on July 28. Mrs. Reynolds has accepted a position at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich. She Is the daughter of Mrs. Mary Henry, Goderich. n Miss Elaine Virginia Berry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Berry, 46 Cambria Rd. N., Goderich, graduated on -Thursday, Aug. 10 from Victoria HospitalSchool of Nursing, London, Ont. Miss Berry has accepted a position at Victoria Hospital. (Beta Photo Studio) • • chained inside the barn, died in at the scene most of the aftern control- and then were called flames broke ' out again and house. (staff photo) the flames. firefighters were oon before the fire was under back later that night when threatened the nearby . farm 4 razes barn, Fire roared through two barns last Sunday afternoon on the farm of Leo Dykstra R.R. 2 Clinton killing about 15 calves and `causing an estimated $80,000 damage. The fire broke out' about noon on Sunday while the Dvkstras were away visiting his brother- in-law. The jfarm is located on Highway 8 about six miles west of Clinton, ' First witnesses on the scene, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Krauter of Elmwood, said the fire started in the upper corder of the old part of the barn near the hay mow. , • , "When the fire broke throdgh ,the roof," Mr. Krauter said, "the air got at the fire and a ball of hot gas turned the rest of the barn into an inferno." By the time firefighters from" Goderich arrived at the scene the barn was burning fiercely and there was little they could do. They called in the fire pumper and the tank from Clinton but .were hampered by a lack of water. Dearborn plant to be 10,000 square feet Bylaw 24. for 1972 was passed last Thursday evening at the regular meeting of Goderich Town Council'. It is an agreement between the Corporation' of the Town of Goderich and Dearborn Steel Tubing Manufacturing Company for 7.177 acres in Goderich's Industrial Park'. Cost df the land is $5,382.75. - Work on the new plant is expected to begin soon. Gus Chisholm, company manager, confirmed on Tuesday night that' "the company will be constructing a new 10,000 square. foot plant on the Industrial Park site. Operations will be maintained at the -present plant on Newgate Street throughout a number of stages until the new - fadflittes`'are-rea;,dy° for -complete -production, ,Mr, ..,,n.,,.. Chisholm explained. • The move will result in the hiring of an additional 23 rnen t� a present' staff of 60 now employed at the tail • pipe assembly plant. "Our Welding staff will be doubled as early as April," the company manager said. , Increased export business has been cited as the reason for the new developments. The Chrysler Corporation increase of purchases amount to. 25 to 30 percent over present purchasing. Dearborn'Steel Tubing also produce ass'mblies for the General Motors Corporation and the Canadian Tire Corporation. At present two shifts work daily to meet the expanding demands 'but the possibility of moving to three shifts is also being eo isidered. The upcoming expansion will be the fourth since Dearborn Steel set up operations locally in 1958. "We have been a rapidly growing company over the past'14 years," Mr. -Chisholm notes, "and, if there is no drop in the economy I„ foresee.a large plant in Goderich within the near future. Dearborn -is a privately owned company under the direction of President R.W. Hotton, son of the founder Ralph F. Hotton. larlier this, year, plans were discussed regarding expansion at the local plant site. 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 is presently, located. crops, The Clinton tanker was. put 'on ,a shuttle service between the fire and a pond about a mile down the 'road. Firemen had to also .cut live wires leading to the barn before they could safely get near it. .At one point several firemen narrowly escaped injury- when the burning timbers of the 30• foot structure came tumbling. down. The older two storey barn was coinpletely destroyed and a year-old one storey addition was about 90 percent burned. A new milking parlour and milk storage tank in the new addition were complete write-offs. Firemen had to be called back later Sunday evening when fire broke out again and a wind -change threaten „to set the house on fire. The family's 50 head milk herd are being milked by neighbours and relatives. • Mr. Dykstra hasn't decided yet whether he will rebuild. US banters find Customs ierviie spotty T s ere is some concern these days "incerning the lack of Canada Customs officials for dufy at the harbor during the summer months. It was learned that some boaters who desire to clear Customs in Goderich must pay a reported $20 plus mileage for a Customs officer from London to come here. Reeve Paul Carroll said this week that it is the opinion_of the government that most,' boaters clear Customs at Sarnia. However, when boaters come across the lake or from other points m the U.S. a problem can develop. Previously there were two Customs officers in Goderich — .�..nn.o..n Les Riley and Fred F—ester, who °recently retired 4ind left Goderich. No,word has help received ,date of a replacement for. Fester. Further clarification on the matter will be necessary before any recommendations can be, Aide;°.•.kto`w'e+ver, 'Reeve "Carroll thinks . 4* Firemen believe cause of the fire was spontaneous combustion. New multi dwelling unit in south end Jim Hayman • .of James. Hayman Construction Ltd:, received tentative approval from Goderich Town Council last Thursday to build a 16 -unit apartment building at the corner of Bennett and • Warren Streets in the south end of the municipality. Hayman is the same Contractor who is presently building."the apartment building at the a corner. of Britannia Road and. Waterloo Street on the' site of the former Victor Lauriston School. Plans for the new unit call for 16 home -like structures suitable ° for .family living. These three- bedroom, one and one-half bathroom dwellings will be contained in two buildings;'"one of 10 units; and another of six. The accommodation will be constructed to resemble` two- storey houses joined together at the sides. Each "apartment" will be contained, and plans call, for a design' which will detract from a possible tenement look. The property upon which the complex will be by • measures 293 feet by 129 feet. Entrance will be off Bennett Street, according to Hayman, with parking at the north end. • Each apartment measures 25 feet by 20 feet on two floors. New ladder track showing Goderich's new ladder fire truck will be on display at Victoria Public School Monday, August 21 at 1:30 p.m. The pubic( is cordially invited to come out and have a look' at the town's newest fire- fighting equipment. The event is 'being' sponsors by the local VOluntesr firemen as a public-sendce.