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cootrutuloie
Aday spe,-.akers.
O.pening.. far u
went on, "George Ellis suet nutted, she still really misses
MPP for Huron were among another young man with a 'the clatter and bang of the old
those speaking. dream, a dreamt not to ow t► Hist It t terpress dmfs. a
"The weekly newspaper is an _" h one weekly newspaper' ha' tihe saki there was otic per -
important part of any town," the town several. Fur someone wh,, had. �tttt missing at the dinner who
Mayor Worsen said, U' and ea come through the lean vear' would have enjoyed being there
Goderich can '''be '3roud cif
the depression as George Ellis to help celebrate the ripening of
ours." ► had, it seemed like a Brett+ hoc the new plant:. George Ellis
Mr. McKinley noted that the bled order," Mrs. Ellis said. �wht> died April 11, 1972.
Signal -Star was purchased by Buis' she' continued, the' Mr. Shrier retailed seeing an
the and Mrs. Shrier in 1965, mentp young man, Bob Shrier hail advertisement, Shrient, in the Globe and
the year he was, first elected to p youth and,optimism on h►� moult Mail saying there was an "Yips
Parliament. The new plant, he,b offset s ►rtunity" for 'a young man at
said, represented a :promotion
and needed a chance. George I
printing Ellis gave him the chance and the Signal -Star in Goderich• He
for the Signal-Star-tose Nile "I'm h now the Signal Star has,a nr�k called George' Ellis, and asked
stillowaiting • to see" what's h plant with the best of equi the
"opportunity" meant.
coming for me"*. „ *t
• Mr. Riddell said that the ment, although, Mrs. Ellis ad- When Mr. Ellis, asked what he
weekly newspapers were an im-
portant tool in helping .him
-keep up with what ilk going on
v in theridingsince it was im-
possible to' attend every
meeting. 4 •
R. , 0. Shrier, ,president of
Signal -Star Publishing said the
building was a testimony to all
the Signal -Star staff and the -
contributions they had made to
the business over the years.
Following the ribbon 'cutting,'
hundreds of helium filled
BY KEITH ROULSTON
One of Ontario's largest and
most well„ equipped weekly
newspaper plants was officially
opened Friday. afternoon .when
three'sets of scissors wielded by,
three persons long associated
with the Goderich Signal -Star
cut the ribbon at the new
Signal -Star Publishing Ltd.
plant on, Bayfield Road.- Mrs.
G. L. 'Ellis, _wife of the former
Signal -Star. publisher; Ethel
Green, long-time employee and
Rob Henry, former pressman,
jointly opened the new building
at a ceremony at 2 p.m. Friday
afternoon. It was the signal for
the open house of the new plant
to bcgtn and many persons
from the, counts t ook part.
Attending the opening were
'trtanv invited guests as well as
members of the general public.
Mayor Harry Worsell, • Robert
McKinley, MP" for Huron -
Middlesex, and Jack • Riddell,
1'
Signal -Star publisher Shrier
balloons were released from the
roof of the ,new building and
soared high into the skv oyer
and' drifted north-
easterly. The public then en-
tered' the building to see how
its weekly •newspaper is assern-
Members of the staff were
on hand to explain the equip,
and a special color film
resentation explained the`
workings of thea ig webo se
press.
Prior,. to the opettin.g
ceremonies at the new plant, a
luncheon was eld at Sunset
Golf & Sports. Mests included
Robert L. Hamill, publisher of
the Guelph Mercury; Goderich
•businessman Gord McManus;
Bill Christie; Dr. and• Mt >s. R.
A. Ruby; Ed Mannion-,
President and Publisher of
CanadianMagazine 'and for-
mer advertising director of
Thompson Newspapers;• Mr.
and Mrs. John Buchanan;
Harry Stemp, vice-president of
the Ontario Weekly Newspaper
Association; Mr.'and Mrs. Ken-
. neth Aitken;, Mr. HenrF; I'1rs.
Green; Mrs. Ellis; and Mayor
Worsell.
Howard Aitken; Signal -Star
Publishing Vice -President, ac-
ting -as piaster of ceremonies for
the dinner read two telegrams
from persons unable to attend.
The first was - from A. X.
McLean of Seaforth, iiresident
of the Canadian Community
Newspaper Association • who
was, in Brandon, Manitoba on
Association business.
Mr. McLean's telegram read:
"Heartiest congratulations on
completion of these new and
modern facilities which are fur-
ther evidence of the manner in
which the weekly papers of
Canada are keeping pace with
the latest developments in the
industry so as to better serve
their communities."
Mr. Stemp brought greetings
from- OWNA president Bill,
Kennedy of Durham who -wa:s
also in Brandon. Mr. Kennedy
said the new plant was a- con-
tinuation of advancement in an
area the .Signal -Star had
pioneered in the past few years,
The most moving address 'of
the day was 'del'ivered by Mrs.,
Ellis.
"Forty-three years ago",.•she
began, I met a young man
with a dream, a dream to own
his own weekly newspaper."
Those were depression times,
she related, and the wat
followed witt3,''r!'esult it was
not `until -1 4;..t the man
with the dAdiiii 1°1 husband
... George , this, as able to
realize his dream of owning a"
newspaper' when he purchased'
the Goderich Signal -Star.
"Thirteen years ago," she
Begin drive for members
The monthly meeting of
('udrrt, h and District
Assoc iation fot the Mentally
Retarded was held at the
Queen Elizabeth School on
Monday. June 17: A member-
ship drive will be undertaken
shortly with Myrtle Y Good as-
ch.airrn .n Fees will remain un-
changed -$2 for single member-
ship and $:3 for family. •
Mts E'. Carroll, workshop
strlat::' . tsor w.:is granted•a salary
to•re,1 e .,'f $900.00 and an ad-
' ded stipulation that she` be
allow,ed 20 days per' year to in-
' dude leave .and business
leave.
Another $25t) was added` to
the 1971 budget exTkndittires
this amount t,'► , over salary for
Three parties..
continued from page 1
literature which would be
distributed throughout the
riding The‘ appeared happy as
they worked. They joked among
•
themselves.
Since her party's nomination
meeting, Mrs. Weary said she
has, spent most _Of her time get-
ting organized. She has to do
, most of her work at night as
she teaches schtii►t during the -
More can he accomplished in
the evening though, she said..
Main-treeting during the ,day
isn't as important as getting
issues across to the public; she
maintained.
The NDP has always been a
party that deals with issues,.
she Said.
There are about. 25 active..,,
._-supporters of. the ._NI)P.;,_c ars-
p.aign locally. They don't have
the money henind them to,. tat
office- in major cent es
throughout the Riding.
Lack -of money doesn't seem -
to be .discouraging enthusiasm
- at local NDP headquarters
however
The deceiving quiet- in the
local campaigns, which was in-
terrt►,ated briefly .when Robert
Stanfield swept through the
area' •June 8, will he shrugged
off t -,v the candidates Thursday,
June 20 at Central Huron
Set ondary School in Clinton.,
Mrs Weary, • Mr. McKinley
and Mr. Lyndon are scheduled
,to appear at a Huron
Federation of Agriculture
meeting there starting at 8:30
t a to
Supervisor's supply at a rate of
$12.0() a dad.
The 1974 budget was ap-
proved and accepted. Lengthy
discussion was heard concer-
ning trainees' hourly rate
which is presently •06•(six cents
per hour). A final decision will
be `made at the September
meeting.
The secretary was instructed
to contact towns and townships
for donations to the Goderich
and District Association for the
Mentally Retarded., Receipts
and a letter of acknowledgment
will he sent In organizations
that have made donations to
the Camp Fund..
Plans are being initiated- to
host a Fair in early Septetn.ber
as the Association's main fund
raising event for this year. .
•
Arthur Circle
plans bazaar
Council...
Robert D. .McChesney ' of continued from page 1
Kirkland , Lake likoas:.recentlly •
elected president -of the --Royal•• them. *ftom getting onto 'the
Cana"dian Legion at ' the beach. ' The matter is under
organization's national' con- study by the Public Works
vention in St John's, Nfld. He Committee with a 'recommen-
is a chartered life underwriter • dation expected at this
evening'"council meeting.
with Excelsior Life. Mr.
McChesney served.' with the Me.riam also reported it .had
RCAF in WW. II .and has held taken five ,men two days to cut
'executive ,office - Fri the Legion the grass and spray the weeds
on every level of command. As at the airport just north of
national president, he sue- town. This is a .new respon-
ceeds •Robert •G Smellie. 0 C. sibility for the town ,work crew
of Winnipeg. (Photo by D. since the town purchased the
Sky. Harbor Airport;
-puke)
The regular meeting of the
Arthur Circle was held on .June ,
17th at 8 p.m. in the Knox -
Church parlour. .
The meeting was in. charge.of
the executive. The minutes of
the previous meeting were read,
followed• by reports of various
committees- The offering was
received by Sadie Gilders and
Margaret McKenzie and was
dedicated by Winnie Walters.
It was decided to hold a fall
tea with a hake 'table and a
Cable of bazaar items. The
tentative date is Oct. 9.
It was also decided to have a
table at the Ladies' Legion
Snowflake bazaar; if a table is
available.
The theme, of the—devotional
portion of the meeting was
"Rummer", Hazel 'McCreath
read the scripture, Lucy John-
ston offered prayer and Mary
`Henderson led a sing- song of
favorit, hymns. Mary Wray
presented a reading about
children being out of school.
A social time with dessert
and coffee was enjoyed by the
members.
Next meeting is September
16.
wanted it to mean, he said, he
would like it to mean that he
would eventt.kelly own the
Signal -Star. Mr. Fills replied
by invilipg him to .,come to .
Goderich for a .year to see if he
liked it with the option to buy
into the^company at the end of
that time. The rest is history.
Mr. Shrier credited Mr; Ellis
with instilling in him a sense of
caution to temper his eager-
ness. He praised Mr. Ellis for
his forward thinking and, for
his progressive steps - after he
;took the paper over from the
late W. H. Robertson. Without
the progress Mr. Ellis Made our
suc(ess would not have been"
possible, he said.
Mr: Shrier thanked Gord
McManus, a Goderich
1)usinet sman, for his assistance
when. the time 'came to pur-
chase the Signal -Star.
• Laurie Golquhoun, fbrmer
Clinton • News-13e,cord
:publish'eJ, was, another .person
who showed great faith ih us as
well as George Tatham, former.
.Listowel publisher. and A. Y.
McLean, Seaforth publisher,
Mr. Shrier said. "Everyone
needs a chance to get started,"
Girls play
The Goderich Rookies and Cuties were practicing hard last
week inpreparation for their soccer game with Kingsbridge.
The girls will to to the 'University of Waterloo this weekend to
compete in. the .Western Onfario Women's Summer. Games.
The team members are (front row from left) Theresa Osborne,
Ann -Marie Stridkland, Judith Gallow, Jackie Denomme,`'•'e
Allison Graham and,Karon Jeacock: (second row) Heidi Elliott,
soccer too
♦ O
said Mr. Shrier, "and these
people gave i,& to us•"
He also thanked Dr. and
Mrs: R. A. Ruby, his wife's
,,parents, who had invested
heavily in helping get the
operation started and keep it
going. He regretted that his
own parents could' not attend
because they were in South
America.
Following 'the" afternoon
opening hours a• social
'gathering was held for contrac-
tors of the building as well as
supplier's of the newspaper in-
dustry•
yl
Square • • •
continued from page 1
glirsidewalk landscaping phase, in-
cluding tree planting between
parking areas andalong
sidewalks, were dismissed at
the .June meeting because they
would mean changes in street
or sidewalk widths.
Discussion of the pro'posals
were preceded by a slide
presentation by, Mr. Hill of lan-
dsclli'ping in the downtown
areas of other western Ontario
cities and towns.
Jti'dy Godfrey: Lynda Gleason, Lisa Varga, Robin MacDonald,
Connie deHaas and Janet Godfrey; (third row) Michelle Bar-
ber, Beverly Mathers, Cathy Bedour, .Karen Drennan, Helen
Huff and,.Mona Gleason; (back row) Heather Macinnis, Kate
Doorly, Patty Grade, Sharon Moriarty, -Barbara Conlon and
Michelle Hodges. (staff -photo)
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