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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-10-19, Page 1125 YEAR -42 P THURSDAY + 1C'TOBER 19, 1972 SINGLE COPY 204 weeken Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau made a flying visit to Wingham Prime Minster was greeted by Liberal candidates from on Wednesday morning where heappeared on a hot line Western Ontario, Charlie. Thomas, left, who is -seeking elec- roram roduced by CiC11iX Television. Mr: Trudeaue rived"' ;tion irk'Huron,_and Ross=,WhicherwhoWis seeking` re-election in elleeptsr-at--about-.norm., and, J.eft� ,fo i—The—--Br,u+ce. i•ding--(staff -.phot ... .. While Don Glenn, for- merly of Goderich but more recently of 42 Rock- port Crescent, Richmond Hill, was ,renovating a house on Trafalgar Street in Goderich, he came across- twointeresting documents for which we would appreciate an ex- planation. These appear to be tickets - ..one for Milk from Thomas Amy and one for coal oil and gasoline from James H. teach;..-AmOrittin _.Oil'. dealer. We would tike to know the purpose of ' the tickets, their ap-_ proximate age and how long the "system" was in use. •Can you help us? This week, one of the most ac- tive service clubs in this com- munity, the Goderich branch. of Lions International:- is --celebrating 50 years of work and service. In 1922 R.C. Hays accepted the club charter as the group's first president and at that time noted, "We are pledged .to gather as Brothers and Lions to advance education and public health, and to eliminate any .--poverty:4n--this-comm unity, • We - must face these onerous tasks with energy and, enthusiasm., Thus our endeavours will lie an inspiration and in ,thy', 'way promote co-operation and good fellowship to such an extent that. we may be all justly proud of our club and our city." Mr. Hay s' -comments have set the ..stage • _for: -Lions club - ac -- Iv' res "and' projec ' unng e: past 50 years and 'they still set the goal for which the local Lions strive. The organizational meeting for the Goderich Lions Club was held September 7, '1922 at the British Exchange Hotel. Their first meeting was held one week later 'in the Board of Trade Rooms and the Charter was of- ficially issued October 2 of the same °year. Charter night was held November 24, 1922 at the Sunset Hotel: The Goderich Lions wasted no,.time in following the direc- tives of their president's charter night remarks. Their first fund raising efforts got underway 'that same month . when they raised $400 to be spent as relief funds in connection with a disasterous fire that had struck Haileybury. Charter members were, R.C. Hays, president, T.H. Mitchell, secretary, .A.J. MacKay, treasurer, Walter Buchanan, C. Buckley, C.V. Cartwright, A.L. Cole, John Craigie, ,C.H: Dunlop, J.T. Fell, Willis -Fraser, Dr. W,F: Gallow, 'Rev. S.S. Hardy, T.H. Hil°l, Dudley Holmes, T.M. Kidd, L.L. Knox, Charles Lee, Rev. R.C. McDer- mid, Roy , Lloyd, Athol McQuarrie, George MacEwan, H.J. Mac Ewan, Andrew MacKay, G.L. Parsons, Roy 'Patterson, Charles Saunders, Frank Saunders, Dr. A.H. Taylor, Harry Ubelacher and Wesley Walker. The first District Governor to visit the Goderich club was Er- nest E. Linger of Hamilton On- tario. Harry A. Newman' of Toronto was the first Inter- national President to visit the Goderich Club. When the club hold their an- niversary dinner. on Friday evening they will be visited by Howard M. Conroy of Medina, Many newproblemsreveale as local planners- meet 'A tough and sometimes' baf- fling meeting of the Goderich Planning Board was held Tuesday evening in the Town Council Chambers. A small audience of interested citizens listened as . members sorted through a multitude of local problems which may or may not have their affect on the community's future planning. First off, the reading of the minutes by secretary -treasurer revealed a special meeting held October 2 to discuss a proposed new commercial development on the East side of Bayfield Rd., just south of Bannister's and just north of the Industrial Park. It is understood the 18 -acre Order construction stopped; 1 site has been sought by developers for construction of a shopping plaza. Such develop- ment would require the property to be rezoned from industrial to commercial. The minutes of that meeting showed that Goderich Planning Board ,asked its solicitor Dan Murphy, to provide members with a feasibility report for study. Salter also reported in con- nection with this set of minutes, building continues as usual • that following the October 10 public meeting at which the amendment to .,the town's Of- ficial Plan was discussed before a meeting of ratepayers, he had been presented with an envelope by Planning Consultant Dave Barber. Salter said Barber had told him the envelope contained additional'copies of the amend- ment. Upon opening the envelope later at home, Salter found the envelope contained a second amendment to the Official Plan for rezoning the property on 'Bayfield Road from industrial to commercial. "I returned the envelope to Mr. Barber," Salter said, "since the matter had not come before the planning board." Salter said he understood from Barber that the"consulting firm had prepared the second amendment to the Official Plan on behalf of the Goderich Plan= ning Board. "That's an unusual procedure," said Chairman Charles Snell. "I was quite surprised," claimed Salter. Planning board ''Members agreed -with Salter that the second amendment to the Of- ficial Plan was rightly returned to Barber sinoe the planning board had not authorized that it be drawn up. u�.�xw., n+mPk��.�cssr--.vr-r�• ,—�:xa.� t-r-»�i- ->:: Letters were before Goderich Planning board Tuesday evening from Alexander and Chapman and from Burns Ross advising the board that all necessary requirements had been met for a building permit for Standard Auto Glass presen- tly under construction on the west side of Bayfield Road just north of Bannister's parking lot. An unusual circumstance was revealed regarding this situation. The property upon which the building is rising, is zoned "D". All "D" zones were frozen following a decision of Goderich Town Council °at its regular meeting October '5, . That procedural provision reads: "That council endorse a policy of refusing to issue building permits for new con- struction in proposed Develop- ment zones (as 'set down in the proposed re -zoning bylaw) prior to the consideration of specific re -zoning proposals as may be submitted by the Goderich Area Planning •Board; and further, that the Goderich Area. Plan- ning Board be instructed to un - dertake an intensive study, in conjunction with the guidance of the Huron County Planning Board, and • the Planning Division, of the Provincial goverrit Tett, zones undergoing pressure for development; and further that any 'proposed redesignation of "D" zones be co-ordinated with the installation of required municipal services according to recommendations of the Town Engineer; and further, that the redesignation` of "D" zones proceed either by application for rezoning by a developer, or, at the initiation of council after due consideration by the appropriate planning authorities." The Planning Board learned 'Tuesday evening' that the building permit for Standard. Auto Glass sales office and in- stallation centre was issued Wednesday, October 11 by Roy continued on page 16 Drugs are problem; plan 3-ste.p program Although there is no hysteria within Huron County about the abuse of drugs, Medical Officer of Health Dr. Frank Mills says more and more parents are ex-' pressing concern for their family's welfare. "Drugs are freely available in both primary and secondary schools in our county," Dr. Nulls reppx §....,"X,h.ere.is:.free.ac- cess and liberal sale of drugs here." As the first step in a three- part program to -bring the drug problem into the open, Dr. Mills has announced the showing of the Art Linklater filen on drug abuse in ,each, of thepcounty high schools. All students will see the film through the day; the parents will be invited to the high school in the evening of the same day for a free showing. Dr. Mills will be on hand at each showing to answer any questions which may arise during the viewing of the film. It isi also hcped that discussion between parents apd their children will develop at home after the entire family Cies seen the. film, ... The film will be in south Huron District High Sc-krodl, Exeter, on October 23; in Seaforth District High School October 24; in Wingham District High School October 25; in Cen- tral Huron Secondary School in Clinton October,. 26; and in Goderich District Collegiate.In- stitute October 27. All evening showings for the parents will begin at 7:30 p.m. "This is the primary preven- tion portion of the program," said Dr. Mills. "It is aimed at informinTethe _Reim le_ mho, are curious or who are experimen- ting with drugs about their ef- fects." The second step, Dr. Mills reported, will be to make known to drug users the route to free treatment. The third and final phase will be to acquaint the drug users with alternatives to, drug abuse. At some later date still not determined, the new Linklater film on drug abuse will be `shown in each of the elementary schools in Huron, Dr. Mills ad- vised. 11 Attention correspondent _.The-. Goderich. ,�Signal-Btar_;s- second, ..annual seminar -for newspaper correspondents, press reporters ` and° persons in- terested in creating better public relations for their organization is planned for Thursday, November 2 et 1:30 p.m. In the small dining room at- the Bedford Hotel. Guest speaker for the„ occasion will be Barry Wenger, editor and publisher of, the Wingham Advance -Times. Mr. Wenger will be discussing the importance of regular correspondence with your weekly newspaper, as well as the waye and means by which to utilize this vital community link. A frank and open question and answer period is planned during the session. There is absolutely no charge for this afternoon seminar. In- terested persons need only to call The Goderich Signal -Star to indicate their intention to attend. As part of a program In art appreciation, the Huron Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board has purchased a eel of displays from Artario. during the next two weeks or more the display will be on exhibit at St. Marys Separate' School locally before going to Kingsbridge or Clinton. The exhibit Is also open to the" public ,between 0:00 and 4:00 'each day. Here Linda Elghholz works at putting the display together in the vestibule of the school. rs. servic New York who is head of the In- ternation,al Convention Commit- tee, a position to which he was appointed by Lions Inter- national President Robert,. J. Uplinger. Mr. Conroy has been a District Governor having served during 1963 to 1964. He has also held many other positions both elective and -appointive in his club, his district, New York State and Lions International. H e' 'Served . a s Club -President - in 1955-56.. He then served for two years as Zone Chairman, and two years as Deputy District Governor. He has ser- ved three years as a Director of the Kew York Organization of International Counsellors and Past District Governors, and as its President f6i' threeye ars. He has worked as Chairman • the New York Co-ordinating Com- mittee for the past two years. Lion Howard holds the 100 per cent District ' Governors award, a Key Award, two 'Presidential Awards, and; the Ambassador of Good' Will Award. • Mr. Conroy will be the special guest speaker at the club's din- ner on Friday evening. Activities of the anniversary weekend will get underway with a reception on'Fridav evening at 6:30 followed by the dinner. On Saturday the big Lions parade will leave the arena at 2:00 p.m. on a route that will take it around the Square. This event boasts 25 floats, about eight from Goderich and the remain- der from neighboring clubs, as well as seven bands. Following the parade the Lions will host a reception at Harbourlite Inn beginning at. 4:00 p.m. and that evening will be ladies night. On Sunday special church ser- vices will be held at Knox Presbyterian Church. A remembrance, and rededication service will begin at 2:15 p.m. followed by a reception. • One of the' best known projects sponsored by the Goderich Lions Club began 23 years ago when a few members interested in the youth of tomorrow . had the idea of holding a hockey tournament for these youngsters on the Wednesday of Easter Week back• in the'spring of 194,9. Out ofT this has grown the best known and biggest little hockey tournament in Canada. Althoughonly a few of the 28,300 young hockey player's who have competed in this hockey tournament ever turned professional many of these youngsters learned valuable lessons through' the top notch competition. Some of those who did make it though were, Larry Jeffrey, Paul Henderson, Gary Doak,. Syl Apps Jr., Terry Clancy, Chuck Leafley, Doug Harvey,' Byron Watson, Ron Ellis, Nick - Libbett, Rod Selling, Butch Goring, and Brad Park. Needless to say at least one of these players went on to bring fame, not only upon himself, but upon his country and home com- munity: Another service, 10 -', whith',." Lions in Goderich are highly.- respected, is in the field of crip- pled and handicapped children. Their committee responsible for this area is seen by nSost mem- bers as ° their most active and beneficial. After the first few years pf en- thusiasm, it became, apparent be undertaken. The members decided to assume the care of crippled children. This proved to be '.a worthwhile undertaking and in co-operation -with the Lions Clubs of Wingham and Seaforth, a survey of Huron County was made. Few people at this time realized the extent of the. problem. The clubs received the support of various communities in this work. The number of cases was greatly: increased in the late 1930's by the effects of poliomyelitis. It would have been easy to assume the task was too great, but the Lions Clubs persevered. The Children's Aid Society of Huron .County -did an ogtstan- ding job in assisting these cases and Superintendent, Lion Harry Edwards, used the Lions Clubs to' assist in the treatment of these cases. Lion Harry estaijished contact with specialists in London and Strat- ford. He arranged with the Lions to transport these . patients for treatment, and encouraged the member& to assume the cost. This work brought the increased .support of the community. The Lions Clubs of- the county- organized ountyorganized three clinics in Clin- ton. The clubs organized the clinics, conducted a survey of all handicapped children and provided transportation for children. At each of the clinics more than 70 children attended. The Lions Clubs are always grateful to the six or seven specialists who assisted on these occasions with little or no ex- penditure by the Clubs. No Ilion wishes.to make an assessment of the money which was spent in these years. It is enough to know that children were helped'. The Goderich Lions Club con- tinues to support the Children's (continued on page 15) The friendship of°Mrs. Ross Harrison (left) and Mrs. Anne Linklater became more of a partnership than ever before as the ladies won a bundle of loot at the Goderich and District Lion's Club SOth Anniversary Bingo last Wednesday evening. The women had agreed before the games began that evening• that if either of them won any money, the otlt rr friend would share 50.60. Mrs. Harrison who rarely plays bingo, won one of the Lion $ $250 pots .. and Mrs. Linklater received half of ittl Another 5350 pot was won by Mrs. Dorothy O'Connell, (;:lino 'ton,. Mrs. Helen Jenkin Goderich, won 8165 and Mrs. Hilda Striate, Hernial!, took home $1781n Share -The -Wealth games. About 345 bingo lovers attended the event when cwt $i,000 was given away in prize money by the Lions who just wanted to say "Thank You" to till the won- derful people who have suppertid them at their regular bingo nights hrotiahout the years.