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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-11-30, Page 1Ed Bab Bill Clifford You CAN Yes Virginia, you can vote in Monday's, municipal election . . if you are a'full 18 years of •age, a Canadian or a British subject and a resident of Gode- rich on or before October 10 of this year. And the choice is. yours. For MAYOR: Harry Worsell and Paul Carroll. For REEVE: Deb Shewfelt and Jack Brady. ' For COUNCIL: Dave Gower, Frank Walkom, Mrs. Elsa Hay - don, Mrs. Eileen Palmer, Leroy Harrison, Bill Clifford, Ed Bain, Harvey Johnston (six to be elected). For HURON COUNTY 0 BOARD OF .EDUCATION: George Parsons, , Cayley, Hill, Mrs. Dorothy Wallace, Harold Knisley (two to be elected). For HURON -PERTH SEPA- RATE SCHOOL BOARD: Gerald Whaley, Vince Young. Candidates in this year's elec- tion in Goderich are concerned that the people of the, munici- VOTE pality will not know that the rules governing municipal elec- tions have changed this year. For the first time this year, voters in municipal elections need not own or rent property within the town. To qualify as eligible voters, they must sim- ply by 18 years of age, a Canadi- an or British subject and a resi- dent of Goderich on or before October 10, 1972. If the name of a resident who meets the above requirements does not appear on the voters' list, two avenues are open to him or to her. Application may be made directlg to the clerk at the municipal office prior to the election. for a certificate of eligibility, or such certificate may be obtained from the Dep- uty Returning Officer at the polling booth on the day of the election. o A map of the various polling booths around town is pub- lished elsewhere in this edition of the Signal -Star. Polls are open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. . Town Administrator Harold walla reminds :voters that mark — usually an "X", al though. any mark will be tabu- lated as correct — must be placed WITHIN the circle on the ballot. "The circles are small," ob- ,served Walls, "about the size of a paper punch hole. The mar k must be within this circle." Walls said the ballot would be considered spoiled if the mark was made anywhere else on the ballot except within the circles provided. Also for the first time this year, proxy votes were permit- ted in ' municipal elections. " Tuesday, November 28 was the final date upon which arrange- ments could be made for proxy votes. At noon Tuesday, no one had- applied to make use of this privilege. An Advance Poll is, open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, December 2 at the Municipal Office for those ratepayers who will be out-of-town on election day, Monday, December 4. Reidirecior--: proposes rec resource survey Dave Gower Leroy Harrison, Elsa Haydon Harvey Johnston • Moon Palmer Goderich Recreation Director Mike Dymond presented the local Recreation Committee with a proposed outline for a "Recreational Resources Sur- vey" at the committee meeting last Thursday. Chairman Paul Carroll and the committee had earlier suggested that upon the hiring of a community Recreation ` Director such a study be undertaken. Copies of the proposed Outline were circulated and members of the group will study , it before further discussion is heard or any decision taken. "The objective of the project is to .establish the existence of various community resource, identify and. categorize, then at- tempt to incorporate such resources- in a developmental process towards the satisfying of various recreational and educational or social needs." the outline says. "More specifically, these needs might be the creation of additional recreation facilities, or the improvement of existing facilities; the development of various skill and interest programs; helping an interest group get started; keeping one from 'falling apart, keeping up- to-date files on activities; groups and their functions for referral purposes, and . providing other types ,of programs for the citizens as requested." "As a long-term goal, which can result from the contact one will have with the• community during such a project, the creation of neighborhood citizen committee which can almost guarantee the success of any program, the development of which, they have had a part. Citizens who constitute such groups, in specific neigh- I�ranlr Walko�n.�...��.�.�.n *� Deb Shewfelt Jack Brady continued ..on page 16 Small crowd in Goderich' Twp. Only 22 persons turned out to a Goderich Township meeting of electors last Wednesday night and most of those present were either running for office or were already elected to an office in Goderich or Colborne Township. Interested parties had been in- vited from the neighboring rural municipality. The township clerk opened the meeting and then outlined to those present many of the changes that had taken place in municipal elections due to the new elections act. "Many of the new laws are strange," he observed pointing to examples like if one of two candidates in a contest dies before the polls close the other is not automatically elected. A complete new election must be called. He also. explained that the township would be using two ballots, one for school board representatives and the other for totship council represen- tatives. "We could put all the names op one ballot," he noted' "but we felt it would be too easy to. spoil a ballot in that man- ner." With the two ballot system the township hopes that if one or the other ballot should be spoiled. at least an elector will not have his vote tossed out all together. Walter Forbes a former Reeve of the township, was nominated to chair the meeting and he called upon the various can - (continued on page 16) Harry Worsell Pool Carroll To Task Force Bruce Heath, Director of Huron County Children's Aid Society, has been appointed, to a Select Committee of the On- tario Association of Children's AidS-ocieties to" -prepare a ma- jor presentation to the Task Force of the provincial Ministry of Community and Social Serv- ices. The Ontario Task Force chaired by H. R. Hanson is to enquire into all matters per- taining to the management of the Ministry of Community and Social and related matters within Ontario,including: objectives and goals; programs and their mode of delivery; uti- lization of human resources; organizational design and ad- ministrative procedures; rela- tionships with other ministries, governments, organizations and communities. The Task Force has been empowered to make such rec- ommendations that will enh- ance the efficiency and effec- tiveness of the Ministry in at- taining objectives and assist in the development of Community and Social Services for the people of Ontario. The Association Select Com- mittee, composed of the . CAS Directors of Toronto, Hamilton, Halton, Simcoe and Huron Counties, Mr. H. H. Dymond, Executive Director of the On- tario' Asso iation; ild chaired by Mrs. L.M.4Ball, a past presi- dent of the Ontario Association,. will examine the role of the Children's Aid Society and its relationship with the Ministry in provision of services to fami- lies and ehildrenl. The Commit- tee will also examine matters related to possible absorbing of CAS services into provincial or municipal government struc- ture, the composition of CAS Boards of Directors, capital and operation funding, desirable changes in legislation, co-ordi- nation of helping services, and the important role of volun- Iee"rs ;in present and future operations. Locally, Mr. Heath is the 1972- 73 Chairman of the Huron County Social Services Co-ordi- nating Committee, a Director of the Goderich Rotary Glub, the Advisory Board of St. Peter's Church, Goderich, and the Ad- visory Board of the Social Serv- ices division 'of Conestoga Col- lege. RMCO -buys :l:5 -.acres i the Industrial Park N. W. Angle / Let 13 •N 89°55'40"E North limit Lot3, Con. IL 0 m 547' 125' • Dearborn Steel er 1 aiunvu N 45°19'20"W 85.22' 177 AC.# " r� l 612', z 672 Colborne meeting O Linton - Hirst. N 5 AC.' HUCKINS 60' Sight riongles t 67,2 N 091'55'40" N 8 89.55'40" 66' 33 HYDRO EASEMENT (INST Na 73581) . p.u.C. (INST N° 24 s. 183653) 1 I I 23 22 21 •w I I• 1 iI 3 AC. 3 AC. '3 AC. 3 1/2 AC. I I o ST r 10 5AC. .. arrhosed bly. ARMCO 5 AC. A small but interested assem- bly of Colborne Township ratepayers attended the public information meeting in a Colborne Township Hall Thur- sday evening. A roster of speakers including acclaimed councilmen and the candidates for public and separate school board in the area, spoke in turn. Reeve Doug McNeil indicated to the gathering that he has had "second thoughts" on the for- mer Huron County jail which he hard' earlier recommended should be bulldozed dovrn. McNeil claimed that while a Museum of Penology at the for. mer jail could prove to be a bur- den for Huron taxpayers if the county assumed the project, .it could be useful endeavor if the Town of Goderich was to get in- volved. "The Town of Goderich is in a better position to look after it," commented McNeil. One .ratepayer asked Reeve McNeil.which department at the county level could "cut down ex- penses". The reeve noted it was "pretty hard" to make cutbacks in any area of county govern- ment. • The ratepayer said he under- stood: "If you let your stock run all over the place for a while, then, • all of a sudden shut them into a five- acre field, it doesn't, work too well," the ratepayer mused aldud. One ratepayer told Reeve McNeil a "stronger voice in county council" was needed. County council, it was pointed out, should try "talking back to the provincial government a lit- tle more than they do". "Hear, hear," exclaimed several ratepayers in the audience. Councillor Norman Durst spoke about the road depart- ment of Colborne Township Council and said that winter control was one of the most costly items the road depart- ment faces. He said that in 1971, for instance) winter control cost $19428 in Colborne. Until the end of ' October this year, costs have mounted to $11,520. Durst also mentioned that a new truek .has been ordered and will be arriving shortly. He said that with a rented truck and the township road grader, adequate roar➢ maintenance and construc- tion should be maintained. "The better the service the more it costs," explained Durst. One ratepayer asked about the number of dead trees at the Little Lakes. It was pointed out w that it was a "dangerous z situation" which had gone on sit for `years and years". Durst •--- said that the Winter Works program this winter should clean up the problem. Calcium to be spread on all the roads - instead of in front of gateways as presently - was a subject for discussion. One ratepayer suggested it should be a "prime concern of council the new budget' `. sIt was noted that more traffic in Colborne during the summer now, due mostly to the Falls Conservation (continued on 0894 3) 110;0 0 rn 5 AC. +1 4. N -r --� 11 12 5AC. ' 5AC. I 20 63/4 I AC. 19 A...11 t..... -_ II *5 1/2 AC. 1 . 5 1/2 AC. 1 -- Property optioned by DRMCO----1 8 5 85 22' MITCHELL 738 N89°55 40 E S 44°40'40"W 84.48' 60' Sight Triangles 7 3/4 AC. 39421' PARK 8 14 In a joint statement issued today by Mayor Harry VVorsell, Chairman of the ,Goderich In- dustrial Commission and Bruce A. Sully, President of Dominion Road Machinery Co. Ltd., it, was announced that Dominion Road Machinery Co. have agreed to purchase 15 acres in the Goderich Industrial Park, and have a 5 -year option on an additional 22 acres. Mr. Sully stated, "In ,line with our program of vertical in- tegration, we are organizing a new gear cutting division of the Dominion Road Machinery Co. Ltd. Equipped with the most modern and sophisticated machine tools, we will have one of the:. most- modern, gear= ,cut. ting plants in North America. 'Additional optioned lands are in line with our long range ex- pansion program." Lions collect 18 forCNIB 7 15 1 16 10 AC 'South lithlt • During the past week, fifty-six members of the Goderich twins Club conducted a house -to. house canvass on behalf of the 'Canadian National Institute for the Blind. Once again, the citizens of Goderich supported this worthy cause by•donations totalling $2,313.02. This will be forwarded imme- diately to be used to 'improve 'conditions of .„the blind and prevent blindness wherever A ietal Of VI people are re. eeiving C.N.T.tt. services in Huron County.