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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-10-12, Page 5• • . ! Elt(C SIGNAL -STAR. I�SS',Y, sews TOB?, 1' 1• The matter of closing the storm sewer outlet at "St, ,,,Christopher's beach again carne Every' young boy dreams of Some day working on the railroad and four year-old Jeff Popp of Auburn is no exception. Young Jeff was playing railroad on a siding in Clinton last week beside the old freight shed that his dad, Murray was getting ready to move to Auburn for • Brian Hallam, of R.R. 1 Auburn. Mr. Hallett'' purchased the shed• and will move it to Auburn and use it as, an implement shed. (News -Record photo) Safe b�aIIg:prgtum sponsored by Power Squadron The safe -boating training programme, conducted teach _fall quadron, . for the benefiroT Huron County residents, got underway in ' Central Huron Secondary 'School,Clinton, Wednesday evening, October 11. Squadron ' Training Officer A.J. Elder, Clinton, announced that nearly 20 persons already had 'enrolled in the new Boating Course, and .mphasized that• late regis ants would be accommodat d at upcoming .classds. "We are attempting to provide thisservice to as many boaters and sailors as possible," he said. Instructors are two practical. boatmen and high' school. teacher's; Edward A Davies and Carlton C.m Blackore haAe4n orlg those who already signed up to toe e T Boating Course are: .John Poechinan, William .Linfield, Clayton Scholtz, Thomas W. Perry, Mrs. Gwen. Perry, Thomas•Langille, Dave Gornall, . Goderich; Dr. W.T. Harrett, Mrs. Kristi Harrett, George Penfold, Mrs. Peggy Menzies, Mrs. Donna Wood, , Clinton; .John Hayes, •David Cameron, William Rintoul, Rev. Barry Passmore, Wingham; 'Rev. Derwin Docken, Mrs. ,Derwin Docker'', Walton; Richard C. Mellenger, Exeter. Classes in Advanced Piloting, with. .A.J.R. 'Elder and held' in Central Huron Secondary School Monday evening, comrriencing - October 6, at'seven-thirty. Amo[g those expected to take the course are: C.C. Blackmote, Mrs. Wynne Blackmore, E.A. Davies, C. Van Laughton, Mrs. Maureen Laughton, Anthony Shepherd; B.A. Sully. n 4 w be,: ,�._S,�%.rU..'�'`r^�.:�`�1��i��Z�ky;il�:�i u ! • Caned 's mineral wealth doesn't give a a exclusive world rights Many Canadians, including some legislators, have the mistaken impression that. Canada holds international bargaining power with an almost monopolistic possession - of the world's mineral supplies, according to Norman H. Wadge, Executive Director of the Ontario Mining Association. In a Toro► -to speech, Mr. Wadge said that this is'. a dangerous attitude for Canadians to adopt "par- ticularly 'as it is untrue, but myths die hard. "Certainly Canada is well stocked with minerals. Certainly we have an advantage in this respect over many other nations," Mr. Wadge told the Ontario fall meeting of the Canadian Ceramics Society. "But ,we should nAttr..ffaffetp that, for example, while we held 80 percent of the world's known • nickel reserves, 50 years ago, today more than 80 percent of the` known iitic'kl 'reserves, -are outside Canada. "This shift in bargaining strength as a mineral supplier • ,a Town learns of year's county. apportionments At their regular meeting last Thursday, the Goderich Town Council: received notice of ap- portionments from the, County of Huron. With 'an accom- panying letter, the Lown received a copy of the bylaw enacting the levy. This year the County will levy an apportionment of 12.4% of the total general and highways •, budget on Goderich. In comparison, other com- °�... munities will pay: Clinton 4.1, Exeter, 5.4, Seaforth 11 and Wingham 4.7. The bylaw under' which the apportionments are enacted was passed by County Council' Friday. Septetnber 22. has occurred as other nations, particularly in Africa, Asia -and Latin America, steadily acquire the know-how to find and develop- their own mineral resources," Mr. Wadge said. "Consequently, Canada is facing stiffer world competition as a mineral supplier. Nations needing ore can shop around for their metals ,and bargain over' supply a.nd prices." Mr. Wadge added that our mining industry has generally remained competitive as a mineral supplier by developing greater sophistication in mining and • metallurgy, including deeper mining methods and new processes for low grade ores. Brucefiild� man is chairman A seven -man comnuttee„ of grain corn farmers was named today by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture to outline the mechanics of a farmer - controlled corn marketing agency. Chairman of the Corn Cozn- mittee is Robert Allan, RR -1:, Brucefield. Allan is a Huron county corn and bean cash crop farmer`. - Cash corn farmers Edward Thompson, RR -1, Ariss, in a, Wellington county; Ray Guy of RR 2, Mountain in Dundas county; William Hardy of RR 1, Inkerman in Dundas county; Kent farmers Leonard Pegg of RR 1, lorpeth and James. McGuigan of Cedar Springs; and dairyman Delmer Bennett of Forrester's Falls in Renfrew, are Committeemen. McGuigan, a corn and fruit cash crop farmer, is President of the Kent County Federation of Agriculture. He was active in the groundwork that led to the forming of the Corn Committee. Bennett sits on the OFA executive and ,is chairman of the Federation's Grains Committee. When making this announ- cement, Gordon Hill of Varrta, Ontario 'Federation Agriculture President, said, "I expect the comp'nittee will develop a practical marketing plan for Ontario corn, which will win the support of all grain corn producers. . ANNA AND THE KING' before Goderich town, council last week when a letter, replying to inquiries about the matter, from B.M. Ross was heard., In his reply, to council the civil engineer explained that prior to calling tenders for the construction of the Elgin Avenue sewer in 1969, the mat- ter of the length of, the' outfall sewer was discussed with coun- cil and a decision made to ter., rninate the enclosed portion where it is today. "I Believe," Mr. Ross told council, "the prime factor in arriving at this decision was the cost of enclosing the outfall whiih at that time wa7s- ,estimated to be $50 per foot. As a point of- fast,- the low- bidder - constructed the steel portion from the stilling basin at a unit cost of $53.50 per lineal foot. Today we estimate that the cost of extending the enclosed por- tion with similar sized pipe, as required. to meet design stan- dards, will be about $65 per lineal foot." In his letter Mr. Ross admit-' ted that the present outlet was an eyesore but noted it was doubtful if cher, a is " sewage associated with -the storm water. The lake continues to deposit gravel bar across the mouth, he noted, and there is considerable algae growth. in the entrapped- water between the bar and the pipe outlet. , "Many minnows. are present • however,,, •the letter rioted, "and this indicates that there is little or no aewage in this stagnant water.0't'he present open ditch does press ; . to small children, but this d : ; er also exists all along the be. area." According to the f neering firm the most satisfactory solution would be to enclose the -pipe-and carry it -under -water a sufficient distance out in the lake to- ',clear the Present or - future gravel deposit areas. This would be a very expensive solution involving underwater construction and . extensive un- derwater structures for restraining the pipe against the, natural wave action! "For .economic reasons, 'such a solution would -appear to be out of the, question at this time," the lettersaid,. If the pipe were to be exten- ded: at an approxi n*.ate cost ° of $65 , per 'foot then theter- minatioi of the extensiop would be important. At the present tinge, the gravel bar" is located. about 350 feet from the end of the existing pipe arch. In 1969, the beach was 470 feet from this same point. In other words, the beach has moved Easterly over 100 feet in the three year. period, This, Mr. Ross felt, was probably due to the'extremely " high water conditions which • have existed in Lake Huron for the past two years. The outlet of the closed por- tion of the outfall must always be maintained -in an.°open con, dition. If' the pipe is carried to the present gravelbar or even beyond it, there is a possibility that gravel- will be deposited inn the pipe to the point were it becomes plugged:' "For this reason," the engineering firm noted, "we recommend that about 100 feet` of open ditch bemaintained bet- ween the present bar and the end of the -pipe. This would reduce the area that would be 5 0 Sofri t 'to flooding during. patiode of .storm m flow and it would also redo dye the' unikightlY appears to be so stagnant *wino • periods of dry wear'*" Because of• the level *le, it was felt the depth of waters in both .the closed porrtion and open° ditch is probably greater now than at any other one in the cycle, Lower lake . level* 'would probably mpve'the gravel bur further,' West again. "Bated. on the ' foregoing, "1:3•1M. Ross noted, "our recom:. merdation .is to, extend the present enclaoed portion. by about 250 feet at an estimated cost sof.- $16,259';-Althougly-this-•---77- will not . solve the problems F" associated -with the -open' =dttc it will reduce the length of the stagnant open'editch section and at the same time provide for the prope4functioning of the storm sewer:' Town council agreed to refer .. the information provided by the engineers and their recommen- dations on the problem, to the public Works Committee for further study before taking any action. S CLUB Celebrate Their YuI Brynner recreates his .Academy award-winning role of the King of Siam in a new TV series, Anna and The King; Samantha Eggar also stars' as the schoolteacher who goes to the 19th century court of Siam, to tu,or his many children. Based on the well-known story which later became a stage and movie musical (The King and l), the TV. series will he seen on the CBC television network on Sundays' at 7:30 pm. NO. 430 Burlington Cameo FALL SALE OCTOBER 1 1 - 2 1 Regular Panty Hose fir 540 Support Panty Hose Support Hose 379 155 Just Fabul�us Hose 315 Knee High Hose REG. $2.00 pr. $5.00 pr. $4.95 pr. $1.50 pr. $1.04 SALE $1.50 $4.50 $4.45 $1.00 50c F. E. HIBBERT SON THE SQUARE GODERICH .• Crippled and Handicapped Children, Hospitalization, Clinics, Woodeden, Easter Seals. • Canadian National Institute for the Blind annual . cam- paign, Direct assistance, Tweedsmuir Hall, Lake St. Joseph. • The Alexandra Marine and General Hospital - 1931; Equipment of sunroom - 1956; The nursery - 1966; Donation $15,000, • Scouts, Cubs, Girl Guides. • Sports, 'hockey, baseball. • The floor in the arena; Anniial contributions for skating • Young Canada Hockey Week • Bursaries for post -secondary education • Assistance for families at Christmas Education night County•council meetings • Donations to every worthwhile cause through 50 years REMEMBER? HAILE-YBIJRY RELIEF FUND BUNDLES FOR BRITAIN THE PERCH DERBY TIETH NIVERSARY October 20— + Harbourlite Inn,' Lions, Former Lions, Visiting Lions Speaker - Mr. Howard Conroy, Former Lions Governor, New York State October 21 - Lions Club Parade - 2 p.m. From the arena, South Street to the Square, Exit Montreal Street. October 2 i Reception = 4 p.m. Harbourlite Inn October 21 Ladies Night - 9:30 p.m. Harbourlite Inn October 2 2 .1111- Remembrance and Re -Dedication Service Knox Presbyterian 'Church 2:15 p.m. With G.L. Royal Dr. R.R. Stewart Archdeacon J.N.H. Mills The many achievements through the years have been possible . tl through the support of the -citizens of this and surrounding communities at carnivals, auction sales, sporting events, raffles, bingo, etc.'The Club solicits continued support i,t4 order that this work in the community be maintained and extended.