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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-03-15, Page 1THURSDAY, MARCH 15:1973 ve PC inisters ►ucation Minister Thomas s, who also met with about uron County teachers, -and other Provincial cabinet bers were in town last ay as part of a drive for ort of Progressive .Conser- e Candidate Don South - r. Wells and his fellow net ministers spent the af- oon mainstreeting and g door to door in their cam - n for P.C. votes. fter several hours of hand - king Mr. Wells attended the n -political" meeting he had led with teachers from ughout the county. n other campaign activities Conservative "Team Ton" held what they termed release Tuesday as a "suc- ful bottle drive.'' - bout 35 members of the up took part in the drive ich covered Exeter, Clinton, ron Park, Vanastra and rounding communities. „ "It s. by far the most successful tle drive ever organized in ron . County," the release d. It should he Stressed," the ease went on to say, "that estimated • $500 raised in 'drive will be used to sup - rt post election youth ac- ities irr Huron County." ,The group not only collected turnable' bottles but also Ilected non returnables "as effort to help curb the en- ronmental pollution caused broken glass." Co-ordinators for the project, ord Prvde, Peter Kleinstiver d Bill Cummings, feel the sponse from the areas +vered, were excellent in :gard to this anti—pollution nvass and feel it shows a nuine interest in ecology on e part of the community. "A substantial part of the onev raised will go -to the Boy rout and Club Scout units in linton and Exeter," , the lease explains. arroll says unastra This car mired in mud is a victim of the early breakup and generally poor condition of many of the town's roads. The allotted road budget for 1972 was $125,300 and ratepayers in the Rich and Eldon Street area are certainly wondering how much was spent there. '1'wo famous ice cream makers are getting together. Bisset Brothers Limited, the well known Goderich-based manufacturer of ice cream for ' ever 50 -years, has been app oin-' ted exclusiye distributor in the area for ,Sealtest ice cream frozen dessert Products. 1 -Bisset Brothers will hegiti •distribution of the production - made by Dominion Dairies Limited, Toronto, on April 1 to all its present' customers. • The Move was ni'ade, says Alexander 'Sandy' Bisset, president, because Bisset Brothers has been concerned for some time about the corn- pany'm inability to provide their customers with the complete ice cream product line which is required to compete effectively in todav's marketplace. ''It represents -' a major change in the operation of Bisset ' Brothers Limited brought on by present economic cone( it ions." Bisset told t he Signal -Star. "We're tremendously excited about Sealtest products," says Bisset, "and we're -certain that local ice cream consumers will agree with us." Bisset has been a respected name in the dairy industry for over 100 years. It was Samuel Bisset, grandfather of Sandy Bisset., who first started the tradition of top-quality products. From "the Bisset farm atop Saltford Heights, Samuel Bisset began to bottle. milk from his own herd in 1896. It was 1918 when the Bisset family got into the butter business. Samuel Bisset and his five sons, Gordon, Peter, James, William and Robert began an industry which was to Take beer from local police station eeds deldy Huron New Democratic can- idate in today's election Paul arroll severely criticized the ituation of property deeds at anastra, the former Clinton rmed Forces Base, during a oint press conference with DP Provincial leader Stephen ewis in Clinton on Tuesday dining. He said that deeds to omeowners on the base would ikely be held up for at least everalmonths vet. Fred Ginn of Kitchener, one of•the projectowners► was later quoted,* as saying the deeds would be available soon and probably within the next week. "Who the hell is this guy Carroll," Ginn asked, "and where the hell is he getting his information? He isn't an MPP and even 1 as an owner have not heard of any delays." in. his statement to the pfess Mr. Carroll also Noted that provincial planning officials had indicated to him that no relief was in sight for the home owners at the base. Mr. Carroll said he had been involved with the Vanastra situation from its heginningsin 1971 through his membership at that time on the Huron County Planning Board and (Continued 'on page 12) It wasn't "guess who's coming to dinner" on Monday evening when the Liberal Party staged its big campaign wind- up barbecue at Pine Ridge Chalet near Hensall. - It was "guess how many are coming to dinner" .... and few would have p,redOted the correct number no. matter how optimistic 'they are about Jack' Riddell's chances intoday's by- election. When the cooks and helpers in the Pine Ridge Chalet had finished five hours of work in a kitchen which buzzed with ac- tivity, 1,800 barbecued heef • burgers had been served along with 700 hamburgers and cold meat "to no end". It is believed that close to 3,000 exhilerated Liberal sup- porters were fed. .As well, several hundred more were on hand only as Riddell well- wishers and still more drove right by the premises when the large cowd was witnessed. Cars were parked up to two miles away from the chalet diningroom. Buses were pressed into service to carry the jubilant croC'ds from their cars to the chalet. Buses con- tinually shuttled the people to the chalet and back to their cars all evening long. Many, many more anxious Liberal supporters walked to and from the chalet because they did not. want to wait for the heavily loaded buses to pick them up. Goderich Liberals were tran- sport.td, from here to Hensall by bus and as they arrived about 6:30 p.m. they found a lineup of nearly 500 persons waiting to get into the already packed premises with more and more people coming by car, by bus and on foot. . • Robert Nixon, provincial Liberal leader who was in the Riding Monday, took the op- portunity to greet voters in the long lineup. Inside .Jack. Rid- dell circulated among the people but spoke only briefly frc 'm the platform. As the hour grew later and as the lineup continued to lengthen in the damp, chilly night air, kitchen staff began to worry about food supplies. Several times helpers were dispatched to nearby Hensall to get additional supplies of,food and several times the menu changed. Barbecued beef gave way to 'hamburgers and after the hamburgers were con- sumed; cold meat was hastily made into sandwiches for the• still pressing numbers. It all began at 5 p.m. and by 10 p.m., the last hungry guests were fed. , Organizers of the event were overwhelmed by the response for the Liberal campaign event. After over 25 years of solid Progressive majorities in Liberal hopes once more. As one astounded lady ex- pressed it: "i didn't know there were, this rraanv Liberals in Huron County." Conservative the Ric were kindled Ronald D. _,Graver, 20, of R.R. 2 Goderich and Thomas Yule, 18, of - London will faces charges of break and enter in Provincial Court this morning. . The charges stem from an in- ident last Saturday morning, sometime between the hours of ,1:011 ap(t ';-UO a.m., when a per - soon or persons entered the Goderich Police ,station �and stole a quantity of beer which had earlier been seized by of- ficers. • Deputy Chief Pat King ex- jilained that the officer on duty at the time had been on patrol and only discovered the theft upon his return to the station. Chief King and Const. George Bacon began in- vestigating the incident at 7:1)0 a.m. and charges were laid about one hour later. "Steps have been taken to en- sure that such an -incident is not repeated," the Deputy chief explained. Robert Stoddart, 22, of- Goderich will also appear in Court tiis morning. - He will hag `�-f•e two counts of`posse:sing ,r restricted drug'fclr. the perp (t' of trafficing. The charges arise from an in- cident January ,11 when Stod- dart was brought into local ••polic,e by the 0-P.P. officer. put Saltford and .Goderich on the map. They purchased chur- ning butter and made Nutter which to this day has the ap- proval of house -wives within a 35 -mile radius of their plant. In 1920, the Bissets went into the ice cream manufacturing business. The Bisset brothers partner- ship came into being, in 1925 and lasted until • 1958 when it became a Limited Company. The sons of Gordon Bisset - Sandy, Fred, Bob and Bill - took over about 1960. Bill Bisset was with, the company until his death in the mid - 1960's and Bob Bisset until. 1970. Only Sandy and Fred remain at the .helm of the busi nctss. "We never. knew how to make a poor ice cream," smiles Sandy Bisset. '`It was A. home manufactured product and people got it fresh. I think that's what people really liked • about our ice cream." "People will 'support a' local industry," says Bisset. "If it is a local product, people will buy it." • Bisset ice cream came in as many as 25 different flavors, but by far the most requested was' vanilla. It compri4ed 80 percent of total ice cream sales.. Second in popularity was chocolate and third was butter- scotch ripple. Strawberry and maple walnut deserve honorable mention. The height of the ice ..4:ream business for Bisset Brothers Limited was in 1968. - Since then, however, increased labor costs as well as higher prices for ingredients has forced problems upon the firm. As..a+.ell as. distributing Sealtest ice cream and frozen desserts, Bisset will distribute butter under their own label, says Sandy Bisset. Bisset's will discontinue in- -plant production at the end of March but -.the company- will remain at the same Iocatton and continue to operate under the same management. Peter G. Sullivan, Dominion Dairies Southwestern Ontario 'district. general sales manager,, suites, "We are pleased to have Bisset Brothers Limited associated... with us as sole distributor of Sealtest products for Goderich and the surroun- ding arei Bisset's has long en- joyed a reputation for producing and, distributing only the highest quality products." The Goderich, Lions Young Canada Week hockey tour- nament known throughout Canada and the United States as the "Biggest Little Hockey Series In The World" is in it's 24th year. The amount of time and ef- fort that goes in to the very suc- cessful production of this tevent ii phenominial. The first step toward the organization of this 1973 edition took place last April when the organizational meeting to select new commit- tee members was held. At that time, Don Shortreed was selected chairman; Clark. Chisholm, secretary; and Paul Schuti in charge of billets. in December, the Young Canada Week Committee met to ap- point various sub -committees to handle such things as meals and programs etc. The man that tAt of the work centers around is secretary Clark Chisholm who In the official opening game of Young Canada Week Saturday after- noon at 2 p.m., Goderich PeeWees will meet Walkerton. Local fans are encouraged to get out and support the hometown boys. Billets are still required by Young 'Canada Week organizers and anyone who would like to have a young hockey player in their home for a few days should contact Paul Schutz at 524-9256. has vast amounts of paperwork to do. in January, Clark sent out 285 letters to various tearins across Canada. There were 122 replies to these letters. The method of choosing the teams to play in the 'tour- nament is simple. The first 75 applications to come hack after the point of mailing, are guaranteed a spot. Thct com- mittee then chooses the remaining. 15 teams so that they will best round out the schedule. Some teams up to about 80" miles away drove their ap- plications up to Goderich so that they would he sure • of being accepted. The other applications are used as backup teams in case a team cannot come because of playfiffs. After these teams are chosen another .mailing list is sent out to inform them of the schedule and the billet situation. This year unlike Iasi year, the Li�ans Club will endeavour to feed 'all of the young hockey players themselves. Some of the wives of the Lions Club members will serve food and supervise the lunches. There will he about 12 meals per day and about 40 people each setting. Seven of the meals will be sandwiches prepared by the Ladies Auxiliary of the Goderich Minor Hockey Association. The other five will he com- prised of Kentucky Fried Chicken. This means that for the tour- nament, about 3,200 meals will have'heen prepared by its' con- clusion. The Lions Club have allotted themselves a food budget of $3,000,for this event. Any profits from any part of the tournament will go hack into the 1974 edition. The referree-in-chief this (Continued on page 12) s . bob Bisset, a student who works part time at Bisset dairy, packages what will be some of the last Bisset Ice Cream made at the Company's Saltford Heights faellities. This week it was announced that Bisset Ice Cream will now be manufactured by Sealtest although distributed by the local company. (staff photo)