The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-06-20, Page 1V.
Voters"lists errors
corrected this week
• The Court of Revision for persons with complaints con \er'
ning the voters' lists for the upcoming July 8 federal elect on
will be held today and tomorrow at the home of Bill
• Cochrane, 28 Nelson St. W.
This is the, opportunity for voters whose names have been
left off the list or persons whose names and addresses have
been listed incorrectly to have the errors put straight.
'The time is from 9„to 10 a.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. on
” Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June g 1 .
The three parties
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THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1974
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BY BILL DIMMICK smiling woman behind, a desk
offered visitors a seat And a
A deceiving lack of high- chance to chat . about the elec-
spirited campaigning , by the tion. A large poster of Robert
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three candidates for the Huron- Stanfield dominated one wall.
Middlesex riding in the federal Other posters asking voters to
election has left some political return Bob .McKinley to office
observers wondering when the were posted around the room.
fireworks will, begin in earnest. The office is a meeting place.
The Signal -Star contacted for local Conservatives and a
the candidates' Goderich of- type of answering service for
u Mr. ,McKinley. Gladys -Green,
flees to discover what Liberal the smiling woman who' is
John Lyndon, Progressive Con-
servative Bob McKinley, and
NDPShirley Weary have been
doing since their nomination
working on his campaign Ian-
swers the telephone, and
records messages' for the Con=
servative incumbant.
m4.eetings. • "He (Mr. McKinley) always
The Liberal campaign office returns the' calls," said 'Mrs.
on West Street is adorned with Green. She can never be sure„
pictures of Pierre Trudeau and exacts when he will ° be at the
posters urging a Lyndon vote. ,Goderich office as campaigning
It isra small office with just keeps him busy in the large
enough room for people to be riding of Huron -Middlesex.
comfortable. In one corner,
Although Mrs. Green
behind a desk, party worker couldn't say how many workers
Jean Adams sat answering the have volunteered for duties
telephone and sorting papers. with the Conservative cam -
Mr. Lyndon has been out •
paign, she noted that when a
meeting people she said. He has job had to be done people were
been'mainstreeting" in almost are always available.
every town and village in the Mrs. Green wasn't really
riding. The idea is for the re ared to discuss the
Liberal candidate to meet ' P.' P
people on a personal level national issues of this election.
where he can talk with people She was, more interested in
instead of to them. - talking about the qualities that
At the office; Mrs. Adams made Bob McKinley, in her
opinion, a .good member of
.receives telephone calls from
�` persons inquiring about the Parliament.
,Conservatives proposed 90 -day When people came into the
andprice freeze and Mac -
tell
they .usually are there to
wagetell her that Mr. McKinley can
curate voters' lists. count on their votes or to ask if
The atmosphere in t'te office theca ai n needs another
was busy but friendly. p n
Mr. Lyndon entered the of- volunteer worker.
fice just. before he left for Clin- Mrs. Green's day is usually in -
ton. He said the campaign has .volved in answering thee
kept him busy over long hours .telephone. People call about
every day. mistakes made on the voters'
"I've lost 12 pounds," he lists. She was concerned about
noted. the lists because she wants to
Between sips of coffee he make sure every eligible person
discussed national issues of the gets' a vote.
election in a frank, earnest She is. a dedicated woman
He seemed'ha v and who exemplifies the Conser-
mannertip.
had confidence because people votive feeling that a new goyer-
in the Riding are beginning to . nment shouldrbe elected July .
recognize him as the Liberal
candidate.
He said he enjoys main -
streeting because he learns t door of the
about issues people are con- c ties. • On the front
sidering. To properly represent house at 216 Wellington St., a
a riding, he felt a represen- sign said "Shirley Weary
tative in Ottawa has to -,know NDP".
what. his constituents want ,blot only does Mrs. Weary
-from the federal government. work on her campaign there,
Mr. Lyndon finished his cof- she lives there. This is the third
fee, offered a polite goodbye campaign the Weary household
and left for Clinton. ' has lived with: Although con -
The telephone rang again. " fusion ',often reigns everybody
Mrs. Adams dutifully noted gets feel. ' -
another complaint • about an Mrs. Weary said her children
inaccurate voters' list. "benefit because they learn that
Calls such as this keep the apathy has no place in an elec-
volunteers at the Goderich of- tion .
Vice busy. There are arbour 100 Around her kitchen table,
Liberal workers. locally, Mrs. Weary's campaign
At the Progressive Conser- workers sat(' folding" NDP
East treet a (Continued e 16 )
The NDP campaign
headquarters offered , an . at-
mosphere totally different from
the•offices,of the other two par -
vative offi cr- on S ( onttnue on pas
obit
e veale
to counci
May alter parking arrangements at beach
Miss Wendy McNabe, a plan-
ner with the Ministry of
Natural Resources ' at, Point
Farms Provincial :Park, told
Goderich Town, Cbuncil last
week, of plans to make some im-
provements at the site just
north of Goderich.
In addition to a new road en-
trance, a children's playground,
hiking and, trailing paths and a
recreation centre in' the old
barn situaed on the property,
she suggested the parking area
at the beach might undergo
some changes.
According to Miss McNabe,
this parking lot is a threat to
the natural vegetation in that
decision
area. Although the c
had not been reached 'about the
parking lot at the,time of last
week's meeting in Goderich,
Miss McNabe did say that if
the parking lot was moved
elsewhere, alternate prouvisions
would" be , made for getting
people to the beach easily.
Councillor Leroy Harrison
told Miss McNabe of the impor-
tance of easy access to the
beach for senior 'citizens and
other . handicapped persons.
Miss McNabe .assured Coun-
cillor Harrison the convenience
of all visitors to'the park woRld
be' .considered and said a
special turn -around and drop
off point could make it possible
for people' to be driven to the
beach and the car parked'
elsewhere.
"Point Farms Park provides
recreation opportunities for the
residents of Huron County.and
A new award
a
The Signal -Star received another award on the weekend to add to its already impressive
collection. The award was the Royal Canadian Legion's Media Award for assistancle to the
club's prograrls. Legion member. Neil Shaw presents the award to Signal -Star Edltor.Shirley
Keller, as the publisher R. G. Shrier, left, and Legion president Bob -Chapman,, right, look on.
(staff -phots)
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the surrounding region," Miss
McNabe told council. "We feel
that it. is important to inform
:the public of the planning that
is being carried out for their
benefit. Consequently, we
would welcome any comments
pertinent to this topic that
might give us additional insight
into the matter, thus enabling,
us to plan more comprehen-
sively- for the future of the
park.('
The park of 584 acres has
208 campsites now with
another 70 to 90 will. be
provided soon. In 1973, the
park attracted about 130,000
visitors' principally , from an
Midland,
area bounded by Mtd ,
Barrie, Western Toronto
'Hamilton, London
and Chatham. Some campers
come to the park from the USA
and'many, many day users are
Worn the Town of Goderich. and
can ..be made through the
Recreation Office and Miles"
Dymond, recreation •director. '
The Administrative Commit-
tee has agreed '16 recommend to
Co—tined' tcdt>tiate °$204 to t. he
Historic Jail Board toward the
operation. of the former Huron
County Jail this sumrner.
Councillor Dave Gower said
it was. a '"worthwhile project
from Square One." Councillor
Elsa Hayden. called the, jail a .
"great tourist attraction" and
reported- "fine co-operation
from the county."
An outlet for water from:
Delbar Subdivision, Conklin
Lu.mber's development
property and
development
op
tm
ent
property - owned by the town.
(the former Hugill farm) was
discussed at some length. Towr,
Engineer Burris Ross suggested
a study be prepared estimating
the cost of such a drain with
the Surrounding area. costs shared between the three
The goal for the Ministry at "interests-Delbar, Conklin and
Point Farms -and all provincial the municipality.
parks is "to provide oppor- Deputy -reeve ' Stan Profit
tunities for outdoor recreation -
and resource development for
the continuous social and
economic benefit of the people
of Ontario, and to administer,
protect and conserve public
lands and waters."
Dr. Tony Miller 'and Dr. G.
W. Langford attended Goderich
Town, Council last week to ex-
plain the local Junior Fee
Program and to show a slide
presentation which has been
put together to accent the need
for the program.
The main purpose is to give
all young people an opportunity
to "share in their maritime
heritage" by learning to sail,
they said. The program is open
to young people between the
ages of 10 and 18, male and
female, who can meet swim-
ming standards as required. bv
the sailing club for safety..
The men said the Goderich
Sailing Club is unique in many
respects, but mostly because it
iscomprised almost entirely of
local sailors. Sailing is, of
course, an Olympic sport now
and the aim is to develop
"some comlj'eti'tive young
sailors" possibly in time for the
Olympics in Canada.
Inquiries shout the program
.Newsprint prices
are going up
Shrir►r.,pubfisnrr of 'rhe
(;orferich ,Siti'hrtl-t trtr noniron -
cod this week he hos titian
notified thnt netwsprint is ,going
up by $20 per ton.
Newsprint hos gonrr up $(in (1
fon in nine rnot►ths." scull Mr.
Shrier.
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Plan trees
on -.Square
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.Concrete plans for the second
phase - of - The Square
beautification `project, which
call for landscaping along ,
sidewalks, -were made at a
special meeting June 12.
All,, parties insolved in the
square project were represented
at the meeting when they
decided to recommend to town
council that the sidewalks 'at
the corner on the Square bey
enlarged to accommodate tree
planting.
A "motion passed at 1 -he
meeting directed county plan-
ner . Nick Hill arid town
engineer Burns Ross to present
details of the plan to council in
about three weeks.
Representatives. from town
council, the • Goderich
Businessmen's Atisociation,
The Ministry of Transportation.
and the Police, along with Mr.
Hill and Mr-. Ross, agreed
unanimously with "the plan.
It would allow the number of
parking places and the widths
of' the street and sidewalks to
remain the - same, Mr. Hill
noted.
Police Chief Pat King said
the recommended plan would
increase safety for pedestrins'
and motorists.
• Cost of sidewalk, landscaping
would be shared by the town'
Two accidents
warned council that "all 4
venues must be investigated."
""Some people were hurt over Cause damage
the last drain., (South Storm •
Sewer) in that ' area," said �. ,
Profit whet felt council had. :'et - . ,.
a precedent at that time." No injuries were reported as
Councillor Leroy Harrison a result of a single car accident
said the 'people in the area of • ,June 12 when a car driven, by
and Goderich businessmen. A
motion. called for the public
works ,department'' and the
businessmen's association to
begin negotiations.
The landscaping,, if approved
by town council, would leave
only one phase of the Square
heautificalion project un-
touched. The first phase,
repainting downtown shops in
a color -co-ordinated scheme, is'
.due to start June 215...
• The third phase would be a
bylaw regulating the style of.
new buildings constructed on
the Square. •
.John Schaefer, who attended
the meeting on behalf of the
businessmen, said last month
that the beautification project •
had to he tackled one phaseat
a t inie.
Other proposals for the
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.this drain . as well as Delbar, -
Conklin and the town had
already been assessed for, the
South Storm ,Sewer and
agreement reached.
The matter js . still under
study by Burn Reiss and coup- .
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.In a report to-cou'hcil from
Stan Meriam,"it was learned
the 'stone had been removed
from the Keach°hut that a good
deal of stone still ,remains ti)
confound swimmers and sun
bathers,
"It is not a good beach," said
Meritim
He suggested the construc-
tion of a gabion in the water to
snag the stones and prevent
(Continued
on
page
16)
.Robert L. Szusz, R. R. 1 Blyth,
received $500 damage when
hit a guardrail at.the intersec-
tion :of West, Street and St.
Christopher's Beath Road,
police say. -
On .June 15,.a car driven by
Gordon ,Jenkins, 61 Anglesea
St., received $200 damage when •
it was struck by a truck on
Blake Street West. Police have
not vet identified the truck or
its driver in the hit and run
case.
In other duties police' last
week laid three charges under
the Criminal Code, 20 under
the Highway Traffic • Act, four
under the Liquor Control Act
and two under the Narcotic•,
Control Act.
local hospital
administrator
to Toronto
Nurses and administrators
from 49 hospitals across On-
tario , will meet 'June 21 in
Toronto . to discuss higher
wages and improved benefits
for about 10,000 iregistered nur-
ses including 25 employed at
Alexandra Marine and,General
lriospitat.
oc'al :hospital -aduunllstraator "y
Tim told the'Signal-Star
Tuesday he will attend tfi►e''
discussions - but he isn't sure,
what can be accomplished as.
,negotiations are still under
provincial government ar-
bitration.
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bitration. .
The nurses.. have , been
negotiating since October.1973.
According' to a press release
from 'the Ontario Nurses'
Association, the nurses hope to
hvpass •arbitration and settle
the dispute amt the meeting with
administrators. --
.The associA,tipr claims, that
"there have been no realistic
offers made to nurses bv any
hospital employer in the
,province."
A ;pokesrrtan for the '
Goderich nurses. Paul Black.
said he couldnt' comment on
the possible Outcome of the
Toronto meet ing.
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Sign historical lease
The Huron County Jail became the responsibility of the
Historic Jail Board .on Tuesday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. The
lease between the County and the Board was signed by
County Clerk John Berry (left) and Warden Bill Elston 's.+
Board members Counbillor Elsa I-aydon and Dorothy Wallace
signed the agreement and took possession of the keys to the
jail. (, ,tbaff-photo)
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