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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-01-31, Page 1at Pe.a!bGr teelT bin Por' market conditions caused by cutbacks in the ,i='United States automotive in- dustry .hive forced Dearborn', ''Steel Tubing to lay off 14 more workers, bringing the total to 20. The future is much brighter, 'however,' Gus Chisholm, general manager of the com- pany, told the Signal -Star on Monday. The worker's will'probably recalled in three to four'weeks, he said. Domestic 'sales are rising. These sales are for replacement exhaust systems for cars, he ex- ' • plained. ° Dearborn also expects a new customer from the U.S. for the replacement systems. • The market drop has bgsn in 9 'HURSQAY JANUARY '3 A 9rT4 exhaust systems for new cars, as Detroit auto makers " have , laid, f off upwards of 150,000 men 'from view car, assembly lines recently, Mt. Chisholm said. Despite'this• drop, Deaiborn will resume full operations soon, as the' preplacement market ',ja.'expected CO increase about 15 per cent this year. "We'ie very optimistic," Mr. Chisholm "said. He blamed the 9i1 shgrtage in the.U.S. as one of the reason" for the Detroit cutbacks.. This, .affects the entire •North American economy, he noted. , When, full production at Dearborn resumes, the , com- pany will again °emplpy about 95 assembly workers,. Mr. Chisholm said: Church St. one soon after complaint Residents of Church Street who have. ,...been experiencing some problems due ' to heavy • traffic on that short-thorough- fare hort"thorough-fare •will have • relief shortly • when parking will be permitted only on the east side of- the street, ° Fire, Traffic -and Safety Corn-.,. mittee Chairman Deputy -reeve Stan—Profit-said cars will be barred. from parking on the. - west side of the street .just as soon •as signs can be erected. e The action follows a visit tu council January 17 by Agnes Bedard, a resident of Church Street., Mrs. Bedard -`asked council to give immediate con, sideration to At least a tem- porary solution on the: street where -five Medical, doctors are situated. Deputy, reeve Profit said last week the new measure's must be considered only tempgrary. A traffic' flovgp and• parking study is to be conducted later this year and the • -parking - regulations on Church Street will. come under scrutiny again then. ° b • � a•. Street Medical Clinic on the west side of the road, Chief King noted " special arrangements could 'be made .for .some patients. "There could be a designated_ section in front of the clinic -door for "stopping, tt3 discharge :c)nly" as it iS assumed 'anyone so sick wou"1d : be. driven to the' .clinic in any event," .said'the". Chief,' , Chief King added that the east .side parking would. facilitate .the greatest number',, of people.' " ,, • According to. Chief King, ' Church street now. will provide: parking for• only 18.9 cars, °'If the clinic feels more close'.. parking • is required; perhaps they should look° at off-street ;, parkin g, in the area; suggested Chief 'King,, Workmen from Standard.Glasi'repair a window broken•eariy,Tuesday. rrorning.folloWing i theft at •Rivett's TV and Radio. MoeNeville stands on the ladder as Pete Philipson helps hien. Al Johnston looks on. (photos by Doug R. Williamsi • Town council will vote next , meeting on a„bylaw'amendment to permit bicycle licences to be issued'•for a period of five years. Town Administrator Harold Walls said the bylaw will probably be ready for next .,meeting and the arnendrnen t .will be in -concurrence with a council decision to accept the - suggestion of Police Chief Pat King to' make...a elrange in the . ' --way of issuing bicycle licences. In a letter to .council, Chief ,King „noted that it slot the -- town money in 1973 to licence 1,250 bicycles. 'He said the licences had cost' the Town;_ a _ total or$5t4.14. At;•50 cents each, income from them' was • • $625 ',lint from 'this .profit of - $11.0:x6 ° the cost' of a 'secretary and police officers • musti. lie • ,deducted for, their partti ministering the licence bureau. YCalculaticrns-1 made for last . year allowing "forthe average time spent on •issuing a,licence b and thehourly wages of person- • ' riel involved showed that $225 approximately was spent for his purpose,'; wrote Chief ng hus instead of -a profit for the Town b of $110.86 'ere is a deficit of $114.14,” he : id, "This figure eur will obviously increase over the years as wages, cost cif materials and the number .of licences to be issued increase:" • In 1974, 'each 'bicycle licence , issued will cost $1 but they will be good for a *period of five years' -, or until the bicycle changes ownership. It is estimated that • 1500 licences.' will be, sold this.;year. • "Fifteen hundred licenge ; would -result in a saving over a, five ' year period: of ap-. proximately $570," said Chief _. 'King. `.'And persoris .hauine. ' - -bicycles would no longer be in- convenienced in haying_ the— task of bringing the machine to the station every year." Chief ,King said many of the larger communities issue licences good for the life of the machine or until a new owner •acquires. the. bicycle.. Council discussed• whether or not a licence would remain at- tached to the bicycle and in good shape for a period of five years. . Reeve Deb Shewfelt said it has , been his .experience as- a father clue bicycle would probably outlast . the ' bicycle which a child., qutgrows or" may 'need` -'r'e'placed for ;•a variety of reasons. occil d�nti shrugs sugor With,, -the very first reports just coming out on the national nutrition , survey, Nutrition, Canada, Den•tal..Healt°h Week • 'theme. for' 1974, by .happy: chance, • is "Kick The Sweet oSnaick Habit", • ,Running—February; 3 to 9, Dental '')=leal'th' 'Woolf is, .a serious consideration for doderich dentist ` Dr, Toni•. • Jasper, also public relations pf- ficer' of Wingharn and. District- Society. ' This week, ,°Dr.. Jasper sat • •down,. -.fear. - -an ,-informa•1-.'`b'u114 session" with Q members of • Huron County's deri•tal,minded ▪ Health Mills,Unit. including Dr. Frank s;Medical 'O'fficer of _Health; Mrs., Gurpal Thind, Supervisor of Nursing Services; Mrs. Liz Belling RN., dental nurse' for Huron; and her' assista;nt., ,.• - Mrs. Barb Dougherty. - Dr. Jasper said he saw. Den • - tat Health Week as "an oppor- • tun.itv'• to bring dentistry into. • the limelight, to lend support and fully endorse the 'dental program' within the Huron - .County *Health Unit and to review the • whole 'aspect of °preventive dentistry'• ' Preventive dentistry, accb4. ding -to Dr. Jasper, includes Police Chief Pat King -and staff were requestedto make a recommendation on .the`° problem involving the street which is only 24 feet wide and ''•'408 feet ' long. There is sidewalk only on the east side. Traffic, according; „to, . police, generally flows from •the direc- tion of . The Square. The °decision" 'to permit parking only on the east side was based on these facts. .: Police -Chief King said ' the street is actually too narrow for parking - on both sides, par titularly in view of the amount of tirafficit;carries. He 'also said. .motorists would firi•d it easier to -park oh,.the east- side than. on the west since traffic normally flows south"to north on the street and since there is a sidew`ilk-, for the safety and =convenience of people getting out of their cars. "The fire hydi4anta,on-the west side must be kept clear for cer tain specified distances and. .this would cut down" on the .number of cars .which could - park on the west side if that side were chosen," said Chief King. "By having the east side as the:,: ':-parking - zone, a 'maXimurn,,nuenber of cars can be parked." • • . •Referring to the Church uron b The , annual report of the Huron County Social ' Services Administrator J.A. MacKinnon noted that 1974 could be- the. most expensive year to date" because 'of the various lay-offs in the county coupled with the lack of job vacancies. , "At ' the presen••t time our, caseload is increasing and we do not have any Winter work '3rograms to refer 'our unem- ployed clients'to as we have in the, past two winters," said MacKinnon. Goderich Reeve Lieb Shewfelt asked.why,,the county and/or the municipalities could not create their • own win el °.works program. ti• "God knows that, after the recent ice storm in Huron, thane would have been' .work for people in clearing away trees etc.," . said Shewfelt: Reeve 'Charles Thomas of -Grapy Township, cbairmary of the Social Service Committee, V oiii1 sihhought Reeve Shewfel•t's idea economic situation, °our' costs was excellent.. "Ifsome muriicipali,ties could make- "work for -welfare recipients maybe 'we could. some• adjustments," c►f. fered Thomas. He did warn it. may "not be' as easy is its„ ,Sounds" but promised the mat- r ter,- ''It is 'a good idea," commen- ted Warden Bill Elston: "We w. ,ill .work something out." Adding to 1974's welfare costs. as '.we -ll. will be the , legislation whi'ch-°perinits social assistance rate changes effec- tive January 1, 1974; ; which provides for an iricreaae. of 17 percent per month • on the average to clients. ,"".•.. "For •families with dependent children who are receiving the increased Family Allowances - their combined' income has in- creased approximately 30 per- cent;" added MacKinnon. .- "With these mandatory in- _ creases and the • present usty andy who *111 No having soon to composts In tni Canttidlan r. Chai'npior+shrp Figur* Sactlo t) n Team iso. congratulated by Mayor Itorry Skating oompetttlon as pct of the Westor Worsen and as$utefdl o1 the town S'supPortt tor his efforts. (staff 'photo) - - for 1974 will probably exceed our past costs:"' In 1973, the Social Services department operated slightly under budget expectations.- ,.. General. assistance, amounted to $1,68;488.95 where $1 p'0,60© had been estimated. Another .$1.09;00,2.5.6 paid._ttL n,ur. sing homes for are of persons ($113,000 budgeted)• Sup- rlement-ary aid ' Hi -tailed ' $18,371.17 •corlsiderahly more th arc the. $11,850 •bud•,eted. Administration cost $47,944.08, slightly la•as than the estimate of..$48,000, , In all . social services_ in HuroYi ,cost $358,074.51, - less than the $377,850 estimated for 1973.' Q The Land Division Commit- tee reported a busy year with 334.°applica•tions, handled; 252' 'approved; 31 denied; , 4f 'deferred; • and 10 Withdrawn. Of thed.enials, •nine were ap- Local police investigate Rivetttheft Goderich police ire veatigating a theft of two radios and t-wo tape recorders Rivett's TV and Radio. Police Chief Pat King told the Signal -Star that the front windo%y of:the store was hroken withastcine. He said the theft occu.i'red ' about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday Nibs: Rivett said during an-, interview that 'the store's in- surAn a will probably pay for most of the damages, She valued the stolen met- chandise cit ab=out $250. k However, she said that other goods were damaged by flying glass When the window was • ° broken. pealed' and the Municipal Board decisions are•stili ,pen- ding., • 'Count ,' ..,Librarian• Ethel Dewar said that. total' book culation in all the branches was ':340,205, up 6,000 over 1972..r, "Lam encouraged that two- thirds of that 'increatse was in . clrildren',s r.eadiri sale] Mist Dewar. She said that 2.003 special, • requests were mailed` ou't•'to all parts of the county and of these, less than 1007 were .' borrowed outside the county. • Books with large print are available for those with vision• • problems, Miss Dewar said, with a. direct Mail service given to-"a'nyone unable' to go,.to a branch asvwe•il as' home 'delivery by "the library van in •the Town psif Goderich. • M j-•. •bru$hing, flossing, proper diet, • regular dental check-ups - and, of course,.no .smoking• Smoking doeincrease the in- cidence of gum_ .disease,':-accore di1ig to. dental experts.) •- By.far the most imoprtant' .,.,:aspect of preventive dentistrv•is• proper diet, says Dr. Jasper, He , says the frequency .of sweets in, the. diet as well as the form, they' take. are two prime. areas of concern., for dentists.: • ,' "We should�confine'sweets to. • dessert time a't meals," says Dr. Jasper. "It is not so f'ni:ich...h + ' many sweets you- eat as how. ten.' They should be taken 'at meals o,n ly when there 'is pan op- i3irrtunity4to brush afterwards." An article in the January Dental Journal written by- Dr. M.. Truuvert alecturer -and in- structor at4the Faculty of Den- • tistry, Department of Preven- tive Dentistry, 'Ufiiversity, of Toronto, points out it is the "stickiness"•of the snack, the • actual sugar. content, which makes it potentially dangerous to teeth. ' • �` "We have' to.. make the patient aware, , for example;" the doctor:wrote "t.hat even •a serving ofmp•lain - cereal • with - sugar sprinkled ori, it, a pl'ait► . w t4DOftinded,bn, page 10, A_resolution from the' village of Grand. Bend in-Lambton ` county to Huron CountyCoun- cil caused reeves and••`d'eputy- reeves to'' disagree •at • their regular •Ja'nuary meeting Friday,. 'January •25. t' 11) -ie document from drand Bend suggested that when the reeve cSf . a municipality is unable to attend .county council , session "due to sickness or in- jury", provision be made in the Munie^ipal Act to allow -the ap- . pointment of an Acting Reeve to attend•County'Coi.'cii in the reeve's alvence, • .'ecommendati.on from- -the Executive Committee was, not to concur with the Grand Bend resolution. Reeve Ed Oddleifson of Bayfield pointed out Grand, Bend has the sante problem as , his'municipality where only one person is delegated as county., representative. He felt it was a "reasonable thing" to ask that all municipalities be••sssured of a voice at the county, level. -" "Maybe they shouldn't have the right to vote but they should be invited to attend," said Oddleifson. <• Colborne' ,;Reeve Drrug-. -McNeil, chairman of the executive committee,'saicd,t Brie • w'as not•kj,pg.. to prevent anyone from attending the' meetings of countycouncil. He said that in . the event a reeve is absent and softie other -member of his coun- cil would ask permission to • speak on an important issue,le assumed this could be pose• e: "Is it the municipality which gets the vote- Or the reeve and the deputy -reeve?" asked Reeve:Derry Boyle, Exeter. "I' thi>k Grand Bend has a legitimate beef. You are°, depriving a municipalitysof its right to be represented,_ at the county level." "If the member of parliament is ill, we- can't send another man down to tepresent us," in- terjected Warden Bill Elston. "Council is ail elected by the people," said Jack McCut- cheon, reeve of Brussels. "The people should :have represen- ti tation all the time. Maybe we could ;irr dove on government, too, if so -changes were made in the leisla•tiun•" - "Where does it end?" asked:, Deputy -reeve Stan Profit, "Who does the reeve "send? Does he send his wife, for in- stance?," ,• • ' "If we are unitble to attend council meetings for. an-ex' period" of time," said ' Reeve Roy Pattison, ° East Wawartosh, crit'should be up to us to resign." "Hear,, hear," ' echoed some members of council. County Administrator John. Berry' told council that in Bruch County, a "Private Bill ., does permit someone else to sit ' in on council but not an com- ~ mittee. • "I think it should be something that is handled at the time of county government restructuring," said Goderich Reeve Mb Shewfelt. The • committee recorrumen0' dation not to concur with"'the Grand Bent{ resolution wars ap- proved. . A 'v a