The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-04-18, Page 100(1::At IIOIif
decoration begin
Jane , Smith, Social Con- week the,big job of constructing
vener of ODCI Student" Coun- the decorations began.
cil, is just beginning to feel the a ' "I am not disappointed with
pressure of Leadership and her the turnout of volunteers we
task isjust beginning. Jane is. got", said .Jane, "but I thought
directing the decoration of the , we would get a lot more juniors
gyn'in.asiq n.- for the Spring than, we' did. I realize the
Prom. dance,is directed atseniors but
The theme of this year's. everyone is ,welcome and the
student ball is "When We Were whole school is involved".
Young". The decorations that The' decorations planned for
Jane has planned will require a the dance fluor require a great
great deal of' work and co- deal of ingenuity, talent and
operation on the part of her hard work which the volunteer
fellow students but she feels. students have accepted happily.
quite confident that e�
verything The entrance to the ''gym will
wilt* fit together for the big be enclosed in a large box that •
night. is not just a box,, but a jack -in -
Back in Februarythe various tht-bo)c. The large clown, that,
committee heads met to discuss leaps from the entrance way
their plans for ,the theme and' will measure about 20 feet from
the floor when completed) It is - „.
decorations. They sought the
aid of the student body on a to be constructed from scratch
volunteer basis' and then last Continued on page 12
Ontario gov't
takes over
septiC. systems
The Ontario government jumped into septic tanks.,Mon-
da'y, April 15,4,
The provincial ministry of the environment officially took
charge of approvfng'private sewage installations such as sep-
tic tanks.
Local health units formerly approved ,applications.
According to a ministry press release, existing septic tanks
and• similar'inst'allations will not be affected by new provin-
cial regulations.
In Huron County, local health inspectors will 'I till approve
applications for installing. septic tanks, but will follow
provincial guidelines; .'Jim McCaul; chief health inspector,
'Aoki -the Signal -Star last Thursday.
Eventually, 'provincial personnel will take over the job.
"We're going to be doing it for theme for up to. three,
years", Mr,. McCaul said.
New provincial legislation . is more -detailed.-Wan county
regulations. °
While the county allowed for only two tile bed sizes gover-
nmeint rules call for seven. -
Tile beds carry sewage to be dispersed in the ground from
septic' tanks.
k
Permits issued by the county. for building septic tar
s .
,-prion to April 15 will be valid until December 1, 1974, Mr.
McCaul said. . • , d . .
..Prices for applications are $15 for the general public and`
,$10 per lot for subdivisions ori ru.r:ci,land,
The fees -Will be collected •by'the county: The money will
stay in local coffers. •
Provincial authorities will not collect fees until their own
inspectors are on the job.
There was some confusion at the county health unit about
licensing contract ors who build septic tanks.
New contractors will have to apply for licenses and pass
examinations.
No regulations govern contractors now in business.
A ministry of the environment spokesman told the Signal."
Star that contractors now in 'business will be licensed in the
future" but no date has been set. ' . '
Speculation exists that because the' new provincial
regulations- call for the increased' number of tile bed sizes,
the. workload on, county health inspectors will increase.
County Medical Officer of Health, Frank "Mills, admitted
..the possibilitybut said he has adopted a• "wait and see -
policy" .
•
•
He termed one of the provincial regulations a "backward
step".
Leaching pits and cesspools are now allowed. The county
had banned then. '
They are basically holes in the ground at the end of tole
beds. The pits hold excess kitchen wastes which are not ab-
sorbed by the grotifid.
Persons now need permits for chemical toilets and the lit-
tle brown shacks out back, Dr. Mills noted.
.Whilte the provincial regulations are- good, county con-
' tools were acceptable, Dr. Mills said.
"Local control is still the best' control. You meet local
needs," he 'maintained.
The great leveller
Little remains of a barn owned by. Jim McLeod, .R•R,2_
Goderich, Fire swept through the structure during the after-
noon
to
noon on Good Friday. Mr. McLeod said the barn was a com-
plete Toss. Even though fire fighters.from Gdderich arrived on
•
Cross-section of business
represented at meeting
the scene soon after they were called, they were unable to do _
anything t� stop the fire which had gutted the barn by the time
they got, to the McLeod property. (staff photo)
ssociati
A meeting was held at Hully
Gully Recreation Centre on
Wednesday, April 10, 1974, of -
persons interested in promoting
tourism 'within Huron County.
The meeting was called by
the Huron. County Develop-
.rnent Officer, Spence Cum-
mings, to see if there was an in-
terest by the operators of •
tourist establishments in
promoting tourism -collectively.
At the meeting there were 25
people, from a cross-section of
businesses in the Cdurntv,. It
was generally conceded that a
need exists for an organization
which can promote the visitor
industry within -.the County.
A motion was ''passed ap-
proving the formation of a
.Tourist , and Business
Association. The group decided.,
to hold another meeting for the
,purpose of electing an
executive. All present members
expressed a willingness to_bring.
two or three other business
people to the next meeting.
The main point brought out
during the meeting' concerned
"who should be interested in-„
• such an association''.
A Wingham businessman
reflected that not only hotels,
motels, campsites and
restaurants should. be in-
terested but each small
businessin each_ town and
village ,should be interested
because of the extra revenue
the summer 'trade brings to„„their stores. He further em-
phasized that many Kcal farms
benefit through' • the sales of
produce, either directly or in-
directly, 'to the visitor.
Mr. Cummings. explained
that the province has formed a
Southwestern Ontario Travel
.Association. This association
will' promote the eight county
region, •comprisin-g Huron,
Perth, Oxford. Middlesex, 'Lam-
bton, Kent, Essex and Elgin, in
the United States and -
Canadian areas; .tomake the
tourist conscious of the advan-
sages' of holidaying ,in. South:
western Ontario.
This travel association will
not be effective in . 1974 but
, hould be in full operation for
the 1975 tourist season. ,Thi-
associatipn will have funding
from the Ontario Government,
but
razes burn
Good Friday was a bad day
for a Godericharea-man. Fire
destroyed his bath a few miles
east4of Goderich on Highway 8.
Jim McLeod first noticed
the blaze in his barn at 2:05
p.m.
1e called the Goderich fire
department but by the time the
fire fighters- arrived the barn
was almost destroyed.
One fireman noted that there
was no,,, siding left, only
framework. "There wasn't
anything .we could do," Fire
Chief Ted Bisset( said.
he explained that a` local
association will -have to look
for funding from their member-
ship and local m nrcrpalities.
A further , meetin has been
called' for 8 p.fn, on April. 23 at
Hully Gully' Recreation Centre
which has been kindly donated
by Randy Collins,. the,
proprietor. At this meeting'
there will be an Oelectio•n of of -
Continued on page 12
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New board of directors
This year's Board of Directors for the Goderich and District
Association for the Mentally Retarded held their first meeting
last Monday night. The new board are (seated from left to
4
rSsy ck'r� jt* -s
v7ri' 'y'i'�i"r,'i .-
The children of Goderich• are
invited to participate in a
safety poster contest, ahiother
activity promoted -by Constable
Tom Jarciak, local safety of
ficet`.
Constable Jarczak, . also the
creator of Oh -No who is well
known to school children in
town, says there will be three
classes in the poster contest
ages 6 and 7; 8 to 11; and 12 to . .
14 years. ' • '
„The winner in each group
will receive a $15 cash prize.
'The subject of the posters, of •
course, is safety but can deal
with any..one of,' the following•
four'-' subjects swimming,
boating, bicycle ridLng, camp
•
fires.
Posters should be taken to
the pcilice station no later. than
5 o'clock p„m. Friday,•May 3 for
judging. ,
Constable Jarczak says
children are interested in
safety. He says most youngsters
• know „the safety rules and ad-
ded that accidents usually oc-
cur when •the rules ate forgot-
ten through youthful
exhuberance.
That's the reason for Oh -No,
the unsafe thing, Created by
Constable Jarczak Oh -No is a
cartoon character who forgets
the safety rules and gets him,
self into Plenty of dangerous
situations.
This year, Oh -No is featured
in the safety coloring and ac-
tivitybook which will be going
,,into till the schools in. Goderich...
right) Eileen Palmer, Maxine Pollock and Betty Reid, standing
(left to right) Eric Moore, Bill Cameron, Elsa Hayddn and -
Mavrice _van der Meer.. .
a
Mr. McLeod said he didn't
know how the fire started. He
noted there were a few gallons
of gas and about $100 worth of
straw and hay ,,in the barn.
He termed the barn "a com-
plete, loss."
No one was injured during
the blaze. A horse' in the barn
got out safely„ A lawn , mower,
and garden tractor in the barn
were d'estroye'd.
" 'he loss is partially covered
by insurance, Mr. McLeod
said. No estimate of damage
has been determined yet
Inn airserVice
ead Htat 38 )1s.
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BY MARTHA .RATHBURN always cheerffl" and helpful
making all,_tasks seem easy.
Many people were saddened Opening night for her Coun-
this weelC-by the lossof a yeung try` Studio browghC';„marry
friend and a fineartist. a dignitaries, one of whom was
Miss ” Fa'irservic,e, -the well known— _axtist_ _A_: .
daughter of Mrs. Myrtle Fair -
Casson, one of the few living
service and • the late Robert artists of The Group of Seven,
Fairservice of Londesboro, and at that time.
sister of David Fairservice `of She was one of the artists „„,,,,
Montreal, died last Fridy, who entered the first Art Mart
April 12, at the age 'of38. held in Godeerich. Two of her
paintings hang in th'e }tothrnan
Gallery in Stratford. She has
exhibited, her work in ' many
cities and .: towns in South-
western Ontario including
Toronto, London, Stratford,
,Goderich and Southampton.
Ann Was widely known in
Southwestern 'Ontario for her
'arts -and' crafts.
At the age of 18 Ann,went to
Detroit. Here after a serious
illness, she continued studies in
-music and •became an accom-
plished concert 'pianist: She -
also studied -at the ' Wayne
University of Michigan;.
graduating with a Bach,elorof
Pine., Arts Degree. 4 '
eturning ` to her home
Londesboro she began teaching
her krafts.
• Interes.ted in Interior
Decoratjng, she worked for
some time with Eaton's►York-
.dale in Toronto and later .in
Stratfo`fd and ,Clinton•
Acquiring a fine old
schoolhousejust east of Blyth,
she renovated it and
established her "Country)"
Studio'' teaching many
children and adults pottery and
oils �r watercolor painting. She
was always 'generous with her
'knowledge of all the • crafts,
P '
Ann Fairserrict
onstable Jarcza
i G.f it
The book,. totally. drawn and
.prepared by Constable Jarczak,
will include puzzles and ac-
tivities for 'the children that'
will'teach safety and instill safe
habits.
trail again
The booklet, now .on its way
to the printers, will replace the
Goderich. Police Association
coloring books of former years.
Its production will be financed
by Constable Jarczak who
hopes to recover his ..expen-
-diture from local service clubs
and other service minded in-
dividuals vaio are interested in
the'_ safety of Goderich„
youngsters.
Dou� Crllickshank feted
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Goderich Kinsmen honored a club rnenlber Monday night fot his outstanding work,o with a
special life membership in the organization. Ros$ Wilkie, Zone Deputy Governor, left, looks on
as Doug Ciuickshank receives his membership from Rilf Watson, past national president, and
Gary Staley, a national chairman. (staff ..photo)' • .4,