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Tomorrow ,night at 7:30 p.m. the 9DCI gym wi1-1 b
site of hilarious comedy basketball when the world`s
Harlem Stars meet the CDC' Vikings senior kasket
team,
Thin fun game is being held to provide entertainment for
the; entire4Wilily and to raise funds for athletic activities at
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Tickets, which are $1,50 for .adults, $1.25 for students and
$1.00 for•" children, are available from any member' of the
Viking team •and• will also be `available at the doot.
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THURSDAY; FEBRUARY.97
in writing" direction from pr. alterations were made to the Cochrane was served with the n
By Shirley J. Keller
Frank ' Milts to McVean distribution box within :'the order. -,
February 4 t keep the sewage system and from then:until' the The Director of education
e ' With both sidesscreaming under control at the .; Blyth fall of 1972, except in periods of , claims
byhas theMedicalvOen c of
no communi.eation •,.the Huron school•
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winter thaw or heavy surface
County Board of Education "Obviously we Were prepared .run-off, the ' system worked----Health
regarding
gaadi' Blyth septic
hate
and the •Huron County Health "to discuss the details 'anytime," satisfactorily --according to p '
Unit are caeght. up in a battle said McCaul. '`But" we didn't board of education offit;,ials. School. ,
over ' a Sewage problem in hear a thing from the board of- Health, office not an es grectiZe' and c advises
v isesl athat cys lops' u of let!
Blyth. fice, other than to acknowledge They say it wa
The Board if Education met 'receipt of the order, until the solution. Is nb19a 73 afternted Dal wentr. ters pout i i gCo o the problem'
in special session Monday director teed off publicly. We Frank Mrli
nder
,evening to 'discuss an order still only know what we't'ead in Officer of Health, the Health date of October 19' and Decern- •
,from the.• Health Unit dated the London Free Press. Unit told the board, it disagreed (continued on page 10)
February 5 which instructed . " The' sewage problems at•,the with the modifications made to
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that arrangements he, made for- Blyth School are bynn means the distribution box _sand or-
thwith to seal -off -the outlet of .new.. Constructed in 1967 9n dered it changed 4
According_to Grain �/w�
the septic tan°k..and Blyth . the site of the. former public,- the board .of education, VV4:
Public School' .and `ha�e'"'"'a71 �°"" and continuation schools,.
the. McVean registered a' protest
sewage: emanating from this septic •bed of.the.sewage and finally' a compromise was .
bu-ifcl ng hail -led from the' disposal system was installed; readied whereby the -elbows in
slow: _y set ,
c o�tractor cer• • under the 'playground of the the boil:were lowered, but not -
-premised b1 a. iontractor - ..
school 'in clay soil.' That in-' eliminated.
titled by the Huron'County - , •
Health Unit; that plans be sub-
time William vett several cases of • ponding
t of 'the t
On Friday, February 1, county health inspector Klaus; Seeger:
visited the •.Bllyth. Public School and took.this'•' picture 'of,`a
b•
rokers; fence and: sewage running onto .the '.school '
playground. It was early afternoon. The county health unit
called the board of education at 3:00 p.m. but received no•
answer,'Jim McCaul, Chief HO h Inspector said this week.
ie was called.
the 's col Mrs. M. Mich •
Then thg.principal of x
She said there was no oblem. Dr. Frank Mills', medical of-
ficer of health insi '' ed .there was a .problem and demanded
action.' The saWage was pumped out the next day' -
Towyn council promises
to su ort in sit �t
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-Goderich Lions,. Club is pointa'd; out, if ifie project was
studying a new, way to be of ser-. - approved. He said washroom
vice t6 the community. It' is facilities would likely be plan -
looking info the possibility of ned' for the new bandshell.and
' building a new bandthell at an' asked that council give con -
estimated cost of from $15,000- sideration to providing water
$20,000. - 1, and' sewage lines, on whatever
"Maurice Jenkins, local tion;' • .site was chosen:
put forth the idea to God-erich "If approved �" iii 'spirit,"
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Town Council ''at' last week's ,Je'nkins said, 'rI d propose a
regular session. He, said the committee' • of three council
Lions are looking for a com- 'memribers, three. Lions and three
munity project "with the. Club--Laket-o-wn.--.•Band- represen--
name affixed" and he'asked for tative;
council's ,' consideration,
nothing. more than 'con-
sideration" to a Lion proposal
to con4truct 'a new ban s e
h
Don McMillan of t e
dthe'. t 0
.Laketown Band, told council
the proposal was attractive to'
his group. •
"The crowds- , are growing
each summer and the time is
right for something . better",
said' McMillan.,
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Councillor -Bthllifford 'ex
pressed his pleasure -'at the
Lions' proposal. 'He suggested,
howeve'tc• that he and Mrs. Elsa •
Havd-had ben _attempting_to
promote the idea of a pavilion
at• the beach 'and wondered if
the Lions- might wish -to con-
. that aspect' in relation to
the "handshell 'proposal.
.Jenkins promised t•he
suggestion would be taleen sun-
der advisement.
Jenkins. further- reported the
Lions hoped to have a new ban-
dshell ready soon - '`hopefullh
this summer".
Council agreed to support the
idea tri principal and member, •
to act on the' nine�ilan commit
tee Will be named.
• approves raise:
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s 1973 the inspection
c n County Health, Unit in- • staff. of the. Health Unit,obser .
Hurn � „ „
tallation was approvedby the During o
tnitted within •60 days -of receipt
of this; order for ,the new
disposal bed for . this school,.
and. that the`. holding tank.
operation--•contin.ue until such'
time as the. new �t'i1e bed is com-
pleted and approved by the,'
requisite authority.-,
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'L -he, alternative -may • he
closing the 265- pupil school. ....
I riector (,t' Ecluc•ation for the'
county, 'Z).John Cochrane
charged that although' the -
.board of education- had been
(o-o_perati.ng with • the Huron.
County Health Unit on this. .
partifular,problem at the�Blyth
• eh i i, the r,t der from the
Medic'�tl`=Officer Of Health Dr, •
"Frank . Mills was delivered by
hand to -his office Without 'any
notice that steps being taken'at
Blyth by the hoard. of education
were no longer adequate.
"In m•y opinion such dic
ta-�oria�l ' action was i)1 -
•conceived; ill-timed, un -
.necessary and irresponsible,'
`Mr. Cochrane told: the' hoard.
Jim McCaul., Chief' Public
Said i an Health Inspector, n
in-
terview "-with-the Signal -Stag -,
Tuesday .that• the sewage
problem at the Blyth school has
been going on for over a year.
He said since October the Blyth
• school has come under constant
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p CP. Rail is shipping less grain
s ec ctr
Enipey. 'tin the playgroun.d.,,or evidence ,out Of Goderich this year than .
Early in the spriri{l.�i`f' 1969, of overflow' • from ¢the .�las.k,..year despite record ship-.
the chairman. of the board,., ct,f,„�,,, distribution ,box• • TheV�?d"i'd"'n;ot� mints moving
out .of Owen.
education the ',director ' of `i accept 'the of”"high "',,Sound, Midland- "and'''"' Po'r't .
education, the .architect -who,' water"' 'periods Qwhichwere11iI.eNicholl to Saint John,
d ned the school and septic blamed for the problem. • • CP nail reported. last w.eek'e...•.- -.
esig
system and a representative I,n a letter dated December •
from the Huron County,Health • 19, 1973, the MO.H issued in-
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Unit, visited the site to 'in- structions regarding pumping,
vestigate• a complaint from a- or the septic tank and fencing
local. ratepayer around the.area •of 'pondir)g.
An idea ' to purchase', ad- The board of education sway
ditional land for enlarging the , these instructions Were carried
'septic bed was dis'card'ed . but "without protest while the
because the land was deter -;health unit claims 'they,had; to
mined to he, too low and would "keep on their backs" get the
• not solve the propI n of work done.
periodic "ponding'' of effluent On, February 4`; ''health unit
1 officials called McVean to ,in
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.From
the- system.
.From the fall of 1969 to the struct him to have the septic
spring of 1971, an attempt was tank pumped .on'a continuous.
o im .rove evaporation' basis until rthe -`end of April,
made t p
from the tile bed by spending' , McVean arrangod fcir the
$:3,000 o.n' the placemeft of top work, tribe done on a bisweekly,
soil and grass seed over the ...basis, Tuesday•and Friday, at a.
area of the tile. bed. • - -
During 1969', some"• foilos ing-d'ay;,.Februa•ry 5, Mr.
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Jenkins described presen
bandshell in Harbor' Park as - vigil' by the board of health.in'--'
"obsolete," inadequate; rtt•n-• until• spertors and that Rohert�
down, derelict, whatever "adjec- n contacted
want to use
He sand' hetLions had con-
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• • McVean,school hoard plant '
J comment - other utilities sit similar size in•' superintendent, was•
At a. special. emeeting of committee without rom of remuneration �>ften, concerning the matter.
trve you
sidered a number of. sites in- Goderich Town 'Council, except.for one from Councillor the amount • "We dealt with the a people
• • paid its commissioners for
eluding Harbor Park and Court .January. 31, held in committee Elsa )Iaydon, , directly responsible, for the
"I arts in favor of 99 percent meetings attended as well as '' said ib ail: But
" House Park, but sugges•�d that of the. whole, council reviewed � roblem� ,
' da-nce on .•this, sa-larie, of municipal emr of it (report)", com'mented,Mrs. ' per ¢diem while„ on util:tv s we just weren't getting
councils .`gut anywhere:"
aspect would be', sought. • " ployees At lastweek's regular Haydon. "But as I ,stated at business .
P According to Mc('au.l, the or -
The co-operation of the Town council meeting mem ars of the committee meeting, 'I am The Commission ise�eekin f
irks t f thenot in fav
• woUld be expected, $30. gas as. 1 � , was "confirming
��il passed the repot o .4 or of building
upand' remuneration per me der delivered to Mr. Cochrane
• enlarging the building inspec- well $30 per day on February 5 wa.
tor's, office. h; am not,opposed
to the holder -of the office, but
while • on Utility bustoess,
retroactive to, .7anuary 1, 1974.
The office as such. I'm against Presently, per diem rrrtct as
t; tip this particular point.' - well as meeting ,rate .� $20
The report passed easily, respectively,,
without further comment. ••"This Utility now exceeds
Included in the report was grosa•Nales of $1;00tr3000 early
the recommendation for the and continues t.o ow._.a. <j
,salary _ of building inspector steady, rate", the ''letter from
Roy Breckenridge at• $6,50,0 ' D.A. Rolston, Manager of the
with a car allowance of.$1,000 PUC, pointed ori'. ^`
for a total.. annual 'salary, of
$7,500. -
Also approved were .the.
following ,salaries:,, Town Ad Discussion' on .the ma! ter waits
-ministrato'r. Harold Walla,. halted when Mayor Ha;rs- Wc».-
$17,500; Deputy -Clerk" Miss sell suggested the PUC request
Marion MacKay, $11;500; Mrs. be turned over to rhe, Ad -
Pat Niblock, recreation, in- ministrative Committee.
dustrial and tourist secretary, Councillor Elsa, ilaydan
$5;700 plus:$;300 for services as . .suggested that when, salaries
secretary_ of the recreation for commissions, _ boards and
board; Miss Donut council are under disc dssion, it
MacDonald, secretary 'to the would -he wise to look at ways
tow'ir administrator, $5,720; to entitTdl" the number --of
senior clerks; Mrs. • Jean ,meetings which are perthissahle
Cruickshank and 'Mrs Pearl as well as guidelines for con -
Needham, $7' 000.
It was -learned at the meeting •
that Cc°iihmission wage- must
have the approval of counci•l.
ventions and special meetings
The..'reportalso granted a 10 and seminars•
percent increase in salary to all A "r'equest from the (loderich
other municipal empl-byres., Fire Department for ,t review of
As well, all municipal em- the wages agreement was Tur-
pl.oyees will be granted a' two ned over to the Budget ,Corn.
.,perce„nt
Com -
percent 'supplemental -,pension, mittee, I4,,
,three, weeks 'vacation. .,in tliie-
,fifth calendar. ;year and four �U@` to a (urge volume' of
weeks vAe tl'0fl in .the twelfth ti
tale it . r..- •• _,�.-. news this week, severer
ri•arthe regttlar .-council
4, w
. .. ' � ` .:�me�t�rihg last. Thursday evenirlg, ,omitted
Godsrich's new postmaster, M. Farnsworth, �cask a look
ail •:;u,.(,a" *ter was' read from the items have ,be�.lf
t. Mr. 'frarnsry ort beg "ttUtilities, commission of 0
at soots of the mall. in his �harg �,,, ,�,! .Public. .
hie now job on Monday. Hi hal worked for the post office Publiridt advising it has been Watch for them
for 22 yearn, beginning in Forte where he wait assistant noted by that department that
pos aster and thin to Stratford wheys the hail there same .'s : s fallen behind
,z the PUC ha. — next week.
gonion. (staff photo)
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-... 11 wps an °e'mharrassing moment' fol. 'Crrlincillor,•Leroy
Hcirris•c i''last Thursday evening when' the bylaw fnr •(he
livening of bicycles wcrs passed hy council. •
During 'the reading of the bylaw, it hecarne evident theft
since 1951: it has been illegal to ride a h.icycle on Che grass '
or on the. footpc'rths in Court House Park.
"i do that all the. tim'e,." admitted' �;Auncillor Harrison
who expressed surprise "cit the.law. Harrison, also. Parks
Chairman for tfrr .municipality, made a motion that por-
tions he "stricken, from the ,hylaw' .
Thea; wris rio-seconder for the motion . .
-"1t hos been goo for over 20' years;"•,pain ted Ytut Mayor
Harr 'Worsell.
Some disr.ussion was held on the possihility,,pf hannin.g.,
hicycicis in all parks.i,nC;oder•lch, hut this did not receive thy
. approval of council either. J' •
tliat the unit. grain trains are
moving out of the ports; in
eluding Goderich;; rn the biggest
winter . movement of export
grain'
in' the r'histc%ry' of the
railway. -. .
Less grain is being shipped
:this year, Don Lamont,•„of
Rail in Goderich; told the
• Signal;Star -1 -t Thursc,.y:
-He didn't know why” but,
George Parsons, president of'
the G-oderich ' Elevator and
Transit Co., confirmed what
Mr. Lamont said,and explained,
why•,. ,
Usually, about 1,000,000
bushels of grain are stored, at
Goderich-for'winter shipment.'
However, this year there are '
only about.1500,000 bushels on -a
hand, Mr. Parsons said. m
- During the rail strike last
August, about half; of the- nor -
mai amount -of grain.stored
moved by shin, The other,half
was stored on barges and
•.v wasn't available available to
the . ships, Mr. Parsons ex-
plained.
Moreover,` Goderi stLi not in-
volved in"export grains as much
as the othe'r ports, Mr,. Parsons
said
° "I think that it's, true a as far „
as Owen fiound and Midland
'are concerned,- he said,
, referring ' to the record • unit,
grain train shipments.
Mr. Parsons noted that the
only item leaving Goderich by
.unit trains was salt..
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The Internationalhemicaf Workers Union and the fail,
Chemical and Atomic Workers Onion are, on strike against
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the Union Gas Company.. 4. The, Unions have set ' up ,picket
lines ,in Several centers across Southard' Ontario. Pickets
Were in frOnt ,of the Bedford Hotel in Goderich last Friday.
Bill Sinclair, Kit • ener, (left) and Ivan Blake, Seaforth, were
two of the four
Local 83, Inte
Involved: c The four man are inembers o
nal Chemical Workers Union. The man
were vague es to the exact reason for aha picket line other
than saying Union Gal. Management person'nef'wtire staying
at' the Hotel. " Rens Lafrbimbolilp, of the BiatffOrti,,told the
Signal -Star that two ,Union Gas pirsonnel were hal-seeking ,,
lodging as far as he knew. Hassid thiktwo men had stayed'
at the hotel at different times since No ember.
Star was unable 't0 reath the two Union Gass employesi for
comment. (Staff photo)