The Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-01-11, Page 1U21
Two .local artists and two
•ager.,assistants will 'be keeping
egular studio hours
hroughout the winter months
in Goderich and will turn out
ronl 150 to 200 original pain-
tings and prints which will be
,hung in the Huron . County
hospitals, nursing hoines and
senior citizens homes.
Jim Marlatt and Ernie
Niblock have received an
7a,
$8,200 federal Local. Incentives
Program (LIP) grant to do the
work. Fur . will pay wages of
-$115 a week each for Marlatt
and ,Nillpck and 485 per week
each for their assistants, Paul
Gillespie and Jerry Rucking,
both local youths, .fpr the
duration of the 21 -weak long
project..
The grant will also cover -the
cost of materials to be used to
JIM MARLATT ,
-ERNIE. NIBLOCK
PAUL GILLESPIE
JERRY HUCKINS
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_produce the art pieces, such. as
canvas, pigments, frames, etc.
�Plhns are to produce. a series
,.•of landscapes-, seascapes, and
still life paintings suitable for
hospitals, nursing homes and
•senior citizens dwellings.
Wherever`'pogsible,-themes-' or -
subjects from Huron County
•a
will' be Used - by the artists.
. Jim Marlatt has beep
working as a fulltime commer-
cial artist since August of 1972.
Among other things, 'he- has
designed a series of Goderich
hastinotes which have been
wellwreceived .locally.
• Although he has been what
he calls a1"Sunday painter" for
many years, ,Marlatt has a
course in.general art with some
fine art from North Vocational
School at Toronto in 1946-
1948. He studied with L.A.C.
—Pinion and Leonard Brooks
there. He worked in „the corli-
percial art display field in Ot-
tawa and' took ‘a fOur-year
course in specialized art at Ot-
tawa Technical School.
Niblock studied art in Nor-
thern Ireland and In England
for three years before coming to
Canada. He -worked as 'a
fulltime commercial artist. in
Lortiton until
about five years ago. Since that
time, he has worked in the
child care field where he has
been able to incorporate arts
and crafts instruction.
Paul Gillespie, 26, is presen-
tly attending night gchool
classes at London's Be'al Tech
o' and is a student of Jim
Mariam Jerry Huckins 18, just
back from 'Foronto, has made
art a hobby and was 'the
musical director with "Folks"
during the past summer. Both
young men are long-time
residents of Goderich.
Marlatt and Niblock say that
Gillespie and Huckins will be
making the frames for the art
work as well as completing the
framing. TheY also become
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Bd of Ed chairman
Secon
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By %Vilma Oke
Cayley E. Hill of GO-deria
was elected chairman of the
Huron Countx Board . of
Education ai the inaugural
meeting Monday.- He succeeds
Robert Elliott of Clinton. •
Mr.. Hill and John Broadfoot
eaf H.R. t, Brucefield, Were
nominated for the position of
Oairman_,,a,nd the vote- that
followed ended in a -tie. On the
second' ba'llot Mr. Pill was •
declared chairman.
Nominated for vie-chajrrnan
were ',Charles Ran of—ZuriCli,•
Wilfred Shortreed of R.R. 1,
Walton and Mrs. Marion E,
Zinn 'of Dungannon: Mr. Rau
and Mrs: Zinn -withdrew and
Mr. Shortreed was acclaimed.
Six new tiustees, along with
the ten trustees re.elected, took
by Judge R.S. Hetherington of
'IP. Alexander of Wingham,
Ken C. Cooke of Clinton, Jack
Riddell of Hay, Herbert
Turkheim Of Zurich, Mrs. j.W.
Wallace of Goderich -and John
Westgrotkk of RR, 2,-, Clinton.
Judge Hetherington in his
address told- the trustees they
had a very challenging r6le to,
carry out. He said. "With the
!OW development Of a neV., era
caused..'by urbanization and
scientific developtnent, Our
'standard practices of governing
ourselves ; through all known
ballotnecessary
establiShinents such as govern-
nient at all levels,,. -,boards such
as yours, the judicial system it-
self bur churches and other
democratic institutions, all of
vitiich are manned by hunian
beings, have not changed as
rapidly as the new world in
which we live.- Our thinking is
away hehind and there is a lack
'of synclronization- between the
human -element and the scien-
of the meeting and for t e e ec-
Mr. CochraneMelcomed back
the trustees with whom the, ad-
thinistrative team had worked
before and extended an
especially' warm welcome to tte
trustees ,who had just become
Mr. Cochiane said, "Yours is - U •
C. first
•members, of the board.•
not an enViable position: Many -
you .will find yourself Caught ,,,,' '73 meetin
times during the coming years
The result; he said; is . a between differing expecta-Mns \--- ''-- • . .
BRUCE RYAN
....chairman
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feeling of unrest among people of 'ratepaye'rs, municipal coun- , e
in general and an. inherent cils, teaching employees, non,
distrust in all our.minds as to teaching eirinielees, and the
. the suitability of our -present in- administrative staff." - ._.. .
_Stift-1E6ns to- properly fulfil • He offered,' "The only advice The inaug-0141-1973- nieeting
these tasks. He said this.xesultg' I can give you in such of the. Public Utilities Com -
in considerable -criticism and -situations is to 'play .it Cool':
, mission, Town of Goderich, Was
almost lack of -•co-operation. Remember that collectively, ac- held in the utility's. board
,This is to be eXPected, he said ting as a board of edlication 'room, Wednesday evening,
and they should not* be yoti have.the power to legislate, January :3 withb Town 'Clerk -
discouraged ox, frustrated if set policy and generally ........ Treasurer Harold Walls
cts Rya
involved with the art of silk building reqtieated ar-
screen printing and tither . dots and woisid have to be
technical aspects of the project. moved to the email cohrenmes
The idea for the project was room in the town offices; rent of'
born during the fall when talks $60 per 'month would be
about a cultural centre in the charged to the'.artists.
former Huron County jail were It was further learned that a
going on. Both Marlatt---and----Temporary "Twirl= - •
4
NiblOck believe the jail to be an
ideal place for an artists'
workshop and art gallery.
Finally, applitation was
made for a LIP, grant through
Canada Manpower i n
Gweoedke.rich. Word of the project's
approval was received_only last
- At last week's meeting of
Goderich Town Council, a let-
ter was read from Niblock and
Marlatt. They asked for rent-
free accommodation in Ihe
building at the corner of West
and Waterloo Streets which
was vacated last year by the
Goderich Business College.
The matter was turned over
to the property committee un,_
der the chairmanship of Coun-
cillor Elsa Haydon with power
to act. Decision was that since
the town's building inspector
bad office quarters in the
Council warned
weatherstation
may be nicoved
The "tangled affairs at, Sky
parbor" seem` to be con-
tributing to the possibility that
• the governmentAve-ither station-
- located there may,,be Moved to
various other marine moves, we
need forecasts Valid for from 24
to 48 hours. Ships' captains,
too, make use of this,facility •
through us when in port."
"I realize that these needs
' CFB. _ could still Ile served if the
' Notice of the pending move station were still withirt--a . _
came from G.G.- ,Parso,ns, reasonable distance of the
president of The Goderich Port,' ,ciontinued Parsons.
Eleyator and Transit Company -"There is however a greater '1,:. . -. '
Limited. In %.' letter dated personal` need in that -I operate
December 2`.)", Ile adyised an aircraft primarily on -com-
ao,derich Town Council tl-qt pa4i,,v business. I rely yery
"the weather bureau would eav y o .
necessary in thy former
business college building to
provide meeting space for
several local groups Which for-
merly met in the small con-
ference room now to be oc-
cupied by the building inspec;
tor.
Councillor Deb Shewlelt
described the LIP project to
provide "a perinanent art
collection for public in-
stitutions in Huron" as a "wor-
thwhile" venture.
' He said he thought there was
every chance the work -would
"keep goini after the grant is,
used up" and _claimed the
project would fit sin well with
plans for an art and cultural, -
centre at the former, Huron
County Jail if the town and the
county can arrive at suitable
Warden Roy- Pcittison
Fite concluded -by saying that
,with integrity of purpose
followed up' with persev,erence,
that in the not too distant
future: the gap Will be closed
and all the -e-stablishments of
authority wilt:again be able to
ilccoinplish'Ahat which is
required 'and with the respect
and co-operation of all concer-
ned.
Cochraner-Director of
Education and Seeretary of tWe
board, presided for the Opening
very precious and very fragile
He asked, "Will you' also Filsinger, Bruce Ryan and first;
bear in mind, however, that in- terin Commissioner Ben Shear-
dividually you are just that-- - down signed' the Declaration of
' uals. As an individual Elected Office as well As the
Need four ballots
o elect '73 Warden
h n the actual weather
build their own acconiniodation at „ Goderich. airport for flight
and stay if they could get title planning and in-flight -confir-
bor). ,„1 London 'aeradia.- Because. of
H"Paul Carroll did begin some lake effect- etc., this is a need •
investigation, on airpoxt af- which could not be Served if the
fairs," wrote Parsons. "Will, ,statidn were even a -Mile away
someone in' the new cOuncil be from the airport."
picking up the loose ends? I, feel think --we should look into.
that with some, ° steady *thia"4".to•Aee if we Can't keep them
pressuring by individuals, up in our district instead of let-
' C t d 17!rovincial ting them go to Clinton," said
, Reeve Roy Pattison of" Eas.t
Wawanosh was elected Warden
—Of Huron County on the fourth
ballot Tuesday afternoon in
county .ccauncil's chainbers in
the Court HO-Use,7•GOdetich.
Although fiye men were com-
peting for the honor, .the real
race was between Reeve Pat-
tison and Reeve- HUgh Flynn
• of Hullett. The tally on the
f rth ballot was Pattison 28
presidedfor the swearing in of -
the new warden. He noted,that
in his opinjon, it was good that
county council had boen•
enlarged from 38 to 45 mem-
bers. He said the additional
representation would provide ------- --------- ---
wider, concensus of opinjon for
decision-making.
Rev. G.L. Royal of Knox
Presbyterian ;Church.
Goderich was in charge of the
officials, solnething, sometime Mayor Harry Worsen. _ votes, Flynn 26. Both,men were -devotional period. . _
has to break". Councillor Dave Gower
in the warden's contest for the "Anyone elected to offiee—i's- --
Parsons claimed that the suggested that the matter be • second time. Reeve Flynn wa's 4•called upon to:use his or her
present one man, five day -a- brought up when council •
in the race for, the 1971 warden head," said Mr. Royal. "Plato
Veteran ((Commissioners to four or five men in a seven to meet with Hon. C.S.
indiv
you
the
now
oar an jus as
commencing his twentieth year
do our utmost to Carry out the
wishes of the board, so must of service on the Commission,
welcomed 'M -r. Sheardown on
you. The fact that we do not
always agree with the decision behalf of his fellow corn-
, is Immaterial, The -important missioners,ond Mayor Worsell
.thing is that it is the will of the , did likewise on behalf or Town
majority of people charged' ty Council. - ,
the residentg of Huron Comity
to mike e.ducated, educational Commission Chairmnii And
decisions, that counts." - George Filsinger, vice -
Continuing, he .said, "The chairman, eaCh for' a two year
Year that ties ahead is, going -to, le,. rm.
Huron Country-.
Playhouse geti
'27,370 giant
The' Federal Government has
awarded the Grand Bend Sum-
' mer Theatre a. grant totalling
The grant covers the period
ol time between January 8 to.
, May 31 when nin jobs will be
made a failable."Tleik major cost
just east oi` Grand Be The
organiiers hope to be .able, to
establish a permanent theatre
there
Super'Visors of the,grant are
William Cochrahe q:C.. Bruce
and Mrs. William
Schlegel of Haig Farms 'in
Grand Bend.. The site super-
visor is James Murphy.
Coy* 14101 of GiOdiriaOh; 'Mit, It the 'new Of the-
KurOit County' Roarcl.pUlducatiOn, Hi was chosen. Mon -
Wilfred •Shortreed of Walton was acclaimed ttla 'the vice,
F.
setup. tile mining grant. Council en -
:`These safaries• alone will dorsed this suggestion.
mean a noticeable loss to Although council has offered'.
Goderich," wrote Parsons. -• to pay.,7,$:),200 for the McGee
In a letter written by Parsons property at the end ;of Bennett
to G.I. Pincock, regional direc- Street, Lots 20 and 21, Plan 21,
tor ,of Atmospheric Environ- the offer was not tound accep-
mental Service, Toronto, the table.
local resident pointed out the It was learned the McGee in-
- need for a weather station at terests are asking the Town
Goderich. $5,506 for the propertY. The
"In Our business we have subject was referred to the Ad -
come to make increasing use of tninist-rtive Committee. .
the Goderich weather office The storm sewer outlet at St.
Facilities," wrote Parsons to Christopher's Beach is to be
PIncock. "In the loading Of our 'examined by the new harbor
barges, shifting from one side of committee and, a recommen-
page
the harbor to the other (continued 14)
and
on
Ori-Titesday tafternoon, CKCO personality Danny CO'oghNn visited. the children at Vic-
ter's Public School. Danny Is host of the thildren's program "Treehouso". Many ot the
children loined tim In a sing -along sind everyone had a good time. (staff photo)
won by .lack Alexander, said that only men and women
Wingham, 'and Reeve Pattison
was in last year's contest When
Elmer Hayter was rfaMed war -
were fit to_rule who had no axe
to grind."
He urged members to be
"warm and sensitive" to the
•
Reeve Harold Lobb Clin2 _situations that will confront
ton was defeated •on the first them.
b llot when the scores were
a
Pattison 20; Flynn 13; Reeve ,
Ed. Oddleifsoli of Hayfield 8; -
Reeve Everett Mcllwain of
Goderich Township' 7; and
On the second ballot,- Reeve
Oddleifson• was efiminated and
Reeve Flynn took the lead. The
tallies then were Flynn 22; Pat-.
dleifson 6.
On the third ballot,
Mcllwain went down but Reeve
' Flynn -retained the lead. Scores
at that point *were Flynn 24;
Pattison 17; and McpWain---13.
Warden Pattison is a veteran
of 25 years jri" municipal
politics. be -ginning with school
"board service. -He was elected
to council in 1960 and has ser-
ved at the county level for six
The Pattison family is a
pioneer•. family in East
Wawanosh, settling there in the
year of Confederation 18p7.
The new warden is the first
couneil" member from East
Wawanosh to be elected to that
position since 1919.
Reeve Bill Elston of Morris
Township nominated the new„
warden who was escorted. to
the Warden's' chair hy Elmer
Hayter.
Hayter claimed there was a
"bright future for the county of
Huron". He added that an in-
crease in population was expec-
ted and praised the county for
its progressive outlook toward
. Judge R.S. Hetherington
Huron food
places getting
new scrutiny
According to the regulation
made under the Public. tealth
.--A-ct-respecting Food Premises,
food premises includes ,any
place where*food or drink "for
human consumption is
manufactured, processed,
prepared or handled, or sold or,
offered for sale.
Within the next four to six
weeks, some of th'e food
premises in Huron County will
be getting a new, look from the
staff Public Health InspeCtors
of the Health Unit, Peter Ooi
Public Health Inspector.
"We have develotied a
procedure to evaTiiate the
equipment and facilities of food
premises, and almost im-
• mediately will begin gathering
information on all restuarants,
as well as.horital, school,.and
nursing -home kitchens," saiA
McCaul.
"The - dete'' gathered will
enible us to itssist owners and
operators .of food, premises in
solving their problems, as well
as help-/ us " bring some
table standard," he concluded.
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