The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-07-25, Page 1-officials:
unhappy about
health outlook
Blood Oteasures in' Huron
County rose in response to a
recently released Ontario
• .government task 'force report
on., health planning.
"We're not to much in favor
of it'', Bob Gibson, chairman of
the county boardof health told
,the Signal -Star.
The board is concerned about
the reorganization recommen-
ded in the report, called the
Mustard report after its chair-
man, Dr. J.F. Mustard.
if the recommendations are
implemented, Huron County
would be lumped into a district
with Perth, Oxford, Eigin And•
Middlesex Counties:
Board. members maintain
that Hurn would. not. have
much of a say in the affairs of
the. district as it has a total
population 'of about '550,000
compared 'to the county's ,
50,000.
The Mustard report recom-
mends that district health
councils suggest to the ministry
of (health plans for health care
'in .their own areas. "
Ed Oddleifson, Reeve of
Bayfield and member of the
county board of health, said the
othercounties have" large urban
centres where health . need"'*
would be different' from rural
Huron County. ,° •
- Putting 'Huron .and Perth
Counties ,into one—district
would 'be "a reasonablealter
native'", he said.
Mr. OdtIleifson questioner.}•,
the'wisdom of separating public
health nursing from its present
position within a county health
unit,' which the report ad-
vocates.
It would disrupt ,a' system
that works, he. said.
• ,Programs suggested in the
report would also be sickness -
oriented instead- of preventive
as they are now, he said.
New organization and cen-
tralization would; create an un- �..
justified bureaucracy, he said. Welcome Sutiimerfest '74,
Chief health inspector for a celebration sf •the people in
Huron County, Jim McCaul, the prettiest town in Canada.
Several
BY JEFF SEDDO N
to
said that htsydepartment could -his greetin' should be on
possibly benefit .if the Mustard the lips of the • residents . of
Report is implemented.— Goderich next weekend . Thur-
•
He said an increase•in man- -*day,:. 'Friday and Saturday -
power to meet routine as well when the townsfolk lay aside
as demand work could result. their problems and ,celebrate
Mr. McCaul is on a commit- life for a week. a't the Square.,
•' tee of six health inspectors ' Summerfest '74 is ,a public
from , across the province. gathering of the wide•variety,of,
responsible for drafting a reply interests ,that the , people of
Ito the, report. Goderich •hold :dear in' their
The reply has not been; daily life. 'The week of.
released yet. celebration is not pply designed
A more detailed 'look at how to' entertain -visitors and
the report could chap t1 residents of town but to allow
nature of health sere - sin On-
them to come up,' to .The
tarib' will be presented by the Square, kick up their heels and
haye a good time in -whatever
county board of' health at a'
special meeting of county corm- manner they see fit.
cil 'August 12.. There are points .bf. interest r—
new attractions will keep patrons entertained for three days
at'TheMSquare and at various
points throughout the town so
that almost anyone • can .find
sometl'ring of interest to d6 or
see. •
:The Swart—Will' be closed off
for the 4 -event ,arid' merchants
will be movin„ their wares out-
doors for aniither great
Sidewalk Sale
The Kinsmen' Club of
Goderich is bringing a carnival
to town for the weekend.
Hawkers, candy floss and'
merry-go-rounds- wilt replace
cars and trucks• on the Square.
Courthpuse park will be
filled' uirith friends sitting under
the trees' sipping tall mugs of
beer and "shooting 'the breeze",
ib
it
p.,
4p�..
in the beer tent, also operated'
'by the Kinsmen. All profits of 1
course, will be channelled into
vital community projects,
Artists of the county and the
province will be displaying
their talents in booths scattered
about the outdoor mall and one
will be able* to strol'1.
throughout the grounds
perusing paintings,' sculptures,
pottery and ,photographs -with
no pressure to buy anything
placed on . orie by anxious
salesmen.
The Goderich Garden Club
has ' arranged some 'Crafty
Creations'. and,'vill be placing
these' flower arrangements on
exhibjt in the, Council
Chambers of .the Court .House,
for .'any `riatute lover that hap-
pens by. The club members will -
be using 'the wide variety of the
beautiful blooms •they 'grow in
their ,,home gardens.. -
On Saturday morning any
early shoppers or sightseers'
will be able to join their fellow
early birds in a pancake break
fast sponsored by the Goderich
Rotary Club. The flapjacks will
he kept hot, fresh and ' tasty
from 7 a' clock i_n' the,.,morning
•until • 11 o'clock.
For the `King of 'Sports' en-
thusiasts there will be two
!,special races run at Agriculture
:Park on Friday , night. 'The
Goderich Tourist Committee
Will be presenting the Summer -
,fest Pace and ;the Ontario. Sires"
Stakes beginning at 7:45 p.m.
Friday and Saturday .night,
there ' will be. dancing. 'in ` the
streets to the popular music'of
the Broughams p on F.ritlay and
the county:'officials and members of the press who touredthe. . ,streets
on Saturday night
facilities` with an eye to determining how more,_interest could .a from nine till one,
be created, for the county -operated premises. (Clinton News -'
hot,)•
Saturday , afternoon' .the
p Huron Trail Riders will' be
showing their equine ability in
a Western Horse Show begin-
, ning at 1:30; in the aftcknoon.
The horsemen from the club
',and .others from the area will
be -competing' iii "western skills.
'that test both rider, and mount.
Environnie ntc. involved
pen
The salute federal Depart-
inent'of the Environment that
denied • responsibility for
dredging the mouth „of .the
-Maitland River' ,atSnug Harbor
will spend' about $46,000 on
repairs to. the catwalk atc,the
Marina.
In a letter fo town ad-,
ministrator.. Harold Walls;
dated March 25,. .1974, ;a
representative of the departs
ment wrote' that "dredging the
Maitland. River mouth would
appear to to be. a responsibility of
the' Ministry of Transport •at
this time". • • .
B. E.' Snead, chief - of
operations 'and •property
management;' of the Small
Craft - 'Harbors Branch, said
that, the harbor' at Goderich
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Priests are
from, school
BY WILMA OKE
arra,
soar
Three trustees. were appoin-
ted to the trustee -clergy liaison
a eominittee',.'at., a meeting of fhe
Huron -Perth County Ronian•
Catholic separate •school board
'Monday in Seaforth.
They are Francis Hicknell of
Seaforth,' •Ted Geoffrey ' of i•
Zurich,`' and David Teahen of
Stratford. Howard Shantz of
Stratford was named as alter-`
nate.
Three priests will be appoin-
ted to the corni'rnittee by the
Huron -Perth Deanery:'
Previously; the cotiitnittee
r' er lout, was con-
sidered
"mucli� la g
sidered unwieldy to arrange
Gmeetings and' the committee
members at their July 4
meeting, asked that it be made
a six -member committee.
Francis Hicknell; in reporting',
the July . '4 meeting of ., the
trustee -clergy, reported on two
other • areas that. were
discussed. He slid that it was
meed ,that each pastor. . 'had
,prime• responsibility for
assessing the- Christian -Witness
of, the staff members i -n, his
local schoollt
Mr. Hjcknell said. that con-
cern was expressed regarditig
the grade 7 and 8, New
Canadian' Catechism program.
He said the committee agreed
that further study and definite
recommendations would have
to be made and that more
depth and substance were
required to further an 'under-
standing ' of a Christian
:Catholicism. '
•A motion requesting the �ap
pointment of'a priest serving as -
a resource 'person at board
meetings on matters pertaining
to the Catholic faith was
defeated: Thiswas discussed • in
committee • of,„the whole. It was
felt that. the trustee -clergy
-liaisons committee was
available for advice and
guidance. '
While meeting in committee
of the . whore; the board
discusf;ed building an. addition
to St. PatricKs' School ^ at
;Ki.nkor.a t� pTovide' a new
resource roo4n..of'20,0Q0 square
feet for approximately
This proposal will be submitted
to the ministry of education for`.
• approval.
continued' on 'page 14
was not, transferred to the
Department_: of the Environ
ment•from'the Ontario Ministry
of Transport. ,
'A letter from J. H. W. Clayey,.'
chief of Harbors' and Ports for
the federal Department of
Transport to Huron -Middlesex
MP. Robert Mc.K.inley, dated
•April" 11, stilted that the'
marina operator should Seek
financial. ',assistance.. for
dredging from the Department ..
of the Environnient's Marina
Policy Assistance Program.
4. SO -who has responsibility --for
Snug Harbor'?`
The Department of the En-
vironme,nt • is. spending • the
$16,000 ,on repairs: to 'the• cat-
walk according to ii letter from
Environment. • Minister Jack
Davis to Mr. McKinley,, •dated
July 23,
The, Signal -Star was curious ,
as to why the department was
spending money on fhe harbor
• now when 'it 'refused t o •spe,rt d it
earlier this year.'
A' telephone 'call ' to ,thee
department's offices in' Hull,
Quebec, brought a . promise,
from Mr. Davis' secretary to
look into the rnatter and call
back. The call .hays not been
received yet, •
"Off hand, and this is only a
guess, I'd say that Goderich is
•under our jurisdiction,'” the
secretary said.
She,said she would check .fo
see if there was a 'request for
dredging in the department's
files. • ~,'
' Although -dredging the mouth
of
,the rivet`' would oply' be `a
short-term solution to, the
build -Up of silt, It caused a stir
in town council chambers
during March and April.
,'"I think we'd better•• do- it.
ourselves,' muttered .Reeve
Deb Shewfelt 'at one point.
Dave Hooton, a 'summer` cottaller at .Bayfield and a member of
the Ontario fait Association hasvolunteered his ,time this
summer to, restore the old' steam' Iocortiotive at Huron County
Pioneer Museum, The locomotive is'them ,iafgestaof 12,000 ar-
tifacts on °display there„ The museuwas opened last weef,,to
nurses
Although,.registered ..end
, graduate nurses• at Alexandra
Marine' and 'General" Hospital,
.in Goderich voted unanimousry
to accept he settlement offered
'to nurses by,the ',Master Joint
Bargaifing Committee early
last week, local. hospital' ad-
- ministration h.as 4til'l not
agreed to the wage increase.
Nancy Spence, RN,
.negotiating president •for har-
�' tered Isocal No 52 of the On-
t•;ario Nursing. Association,said
the hospital administrator Tim
Elliott is still away on ‘,;acation
'and it is. .'likely that any
'decision on .tlae matter will he
. deferred until his return.. -
Ms. Spence said the•(oderich
hospital_nurses have adopted a
"wait-and-see"• a'ttitude,• she
• said they have postponed 'any
decision for strike action and
.will encourage the hospital ad,
ministration toJain "the Mater
J•oitit Bargaining ("iimmittc'f,
before July :31, , '
Ina further statement,
Spence said that if the hospital
administration does ncit°• join
the; Master Joint . BargaTing
Committee or make' 'soirie ef-
fort,5, to' talky' to the nurses and
reach ';'a suitablewage set-
tlernent: she w(nild hesitate to
Seniors at picnic
. The Kinsmen Octogenarian Picnic', was held last Wed-
nesday at Saltford Valley Hall 'and for'the last time after a
quarter sof• century of service, Mr., and Mrs. Pat, Patterson
Were it char a of arrangement for-the:even•t.,; New conveners
g ,
are . Mr. and Mrs. Greg Reed, , . • , • ,
Mr. 'Patterson, a Kinsmen of longstanding, ,:has been the
spark behind the annual event which honors senior citizens
of the area. 'His wife as well as ,another. willing, helper,
Kinette Mrs: Barb Shewfelt;.have worked with him to' make
the -outings one of the rn•ost appreciated by theelderl'y folk,of
the community.- . ' •
Special prizes .this year for 'the oldest man and oldest
woman. were won by. Charles Young, 91. of Goderich, arid-
Miss
ndMiss Mabel) Sharman:. '94 of Huronview;, formerly of
Goderich.•
The Signal -Star extends its regrets to Mr. patterson and
the Kinsmen for the fact • that picture C.overage of the hap- .
pen•ing is not available due.fo, circumstances •beyond•our'''
control.
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• Collection' of garbage in the sinbe that time, the current con-
'Toyt►n of a Goderich is going ,.to tract price was $45,524. It was.
cost more for the next three • on "this amount the contract
yeargg -Town' Council agreed trice for 1975 was negotiated:
last Thursday evening at .•a Councilwent into committee
special.' -council meeting to a - of -the whole to discuss the mat
new Contract which provides- 'a ter, with the press •b'ing Sncted
15 percent per annum increase from the . council chambers..
for Tom" Cooke and Bob. , Finance chairman Dave Gower
explained that the reason for
the 'closed session • was' a
p'ossiblity that the new contract
woul'drhave to be tendered avid
any unnecessftiy reporting on
the negoti tions could' "have
been detrimental.'in that event.
However, the contract with 0
act at the fee° of $1.15 ,,per, stand, W e Salvage -was
tract
mmonth.n • renegotiated, without further
_.
Wl en'the presiaus cotrtrace deldy.
was 13
.,.z.. ei
ned in1971, the basic 'No provision exists in the
.,
price 'was. $42';500 per annum new, contract for, -separating'
f eitaer lass reg
f
u'lar
(Murray of •C and W Salvage.-
The `new contract, effective
,Atiguitt 1, 4974, calls far a basic,
contract price of $51,6144 per
annum. In additiorioevery stew.
unit constructed and occupied
in the 'town. after._August I,
,
1974 will be,added to -the cotn-
h 4the addition onw uns pp,itd_ ;g
Wit•
b.
garbage. .This triad--' beep'
eep ,.
suggested `'by Reeve Deb
• Shewfelt and Couticillor Elsa
Haydon who had been studying,
'"the proposal.
It was reported by Mrs. •
Haydon • at a council Meeting
earlier this summer .chat the
4price of used newsprint had
-gone ‘dowri from about $60 per
ton to •some, hing like' $10 to
$15 per ton'. At that time, Mrs.
Haydon felt 'the cost of a
separate collection could
become too costly for Goderich
and said gshe was prepared :to
suggest'the creation.of a depot' '°
where citizens who , wished to
do so .could leave their
newspapers and glass for, tran-
sportation to p 'recycling plant.
,However,ever, Councillor flaydon
was hospitalized during last
week's meeting and -it is tinder -
'stood no discussion took place
on this point.
Fetch Associates had offered
$5,000 an ,acre for the land but
the town declined the n offer
saying it was agreed that if the
land w4ais developed for residen-
tial put•poses, it'"shou Id 'provide
lots for it dividuals:whi, wanted`
to build their own,,homes with
or without a contractor.
Reeve 'Deb.. Shewfelt .told
council that'if ,the ,municipality ..
did not.` get into „ the "lot
business", lots wjthtng a few
yeari would cost ° between
$10,000 and $'i 1,i�tltl each.
The town did agree however,
to exchange a strip of • town
property to the east of the
Olousher property for a strip of
land owned. -by Conklin' Lumber
' Kb
to the north of the (dousher
property. This was a three acre
for tht•ee acre swap•with'the un-
•derstanding•that the town will
construct the basic road enter -
ding east from Highway 21, (an
extension of Suncnast Drive) „
and gibing: access to the sub
diu.ision planned by, Pe'tch
Associates for, the '"Glousher
property Huron -Bryce
Estates.
The towti is also prepared to
.honor . a request from Petch
Assnc,iites.to rezone the land'
,from industrial to residential to
permit the new, subdivision
planned by that. group. It was ,
also deemed•expedient,by coun-
cil to reanne an adjacent poi•
lion of town -owned 'latid at ttie,�
s.a>ne tune, also; to make Viay
e
itini
predict what - action':•the from across the '
Goderich members of, the ONA Cultures
world will be' depicted at
would take. e McKay Hall,during Sumner-�
The settlement ,ratified sby . fest using' slides,' movies,• tapes
the Goderich nurses' was andphysical ex'sl`iiro rotesonif,. tapes'' similar t i, the one awarded to •
other lands. The Cross Cultural
the nurses at Ottawa Civic '••Learner• Centre will be setting, .+
Hospital - It provides a�stetting . ' up a mini,.mobile centre at the' •
salary of $800 per ,month . hall and they invite peoplethe
retroactive to the first not come out and learn, a bit about
January • this year; $8507,44. per 4,, . other siand. le the ita out
month as, of. July, 1974P $815' point of interest will' World.be the
per Month a5 of January 1975;
and $945 per month a5 of April
1975. •
Starting salary presently for
'the 35 regigtered.and graduate
(non -registered) nurses at` the
1-hed .AM&G hospital is $635
African meals the centre will.be
preparing on Saturday.
•
•Canadian . fol,k singer'- and•;•
composer ,Ross Loft will be on/
the, Square..Friday. afternoon
_and 'evening entertaining the
per month with a -.possible- tired` shoppers who want to
maximuab of $740,per month,
'Speaking about the raise
granted by the Master Joint
Bargaining •Committee Ms.
,Spence said, "It seems'.like a_lot
of money, but 'nurses now are
paid for the, respnnsibility they
are shouldering." -
'r-el.ax 'in • the shade. before
'heading }tome for supper:
•
The • whole' "weekend is
designed primarily -to involve
as many.. people fig - possible in
three days of sights, soiinds and
friendly faces.
contract si
for residential •cievelopmeht • in
the future,'
However, a proposal for joint
development of the parcel 'of
land between efie town and
Huron -Bruce Estates Limited.
was
imited-
was rejected. A motion was -ap-
proved • that the "a( -ea not be
developed "at this time",
Towti council' has also agreed
in principle to the extension of
the South Storm Sewer east-
ward, from Highway 21, the
work to he undertakerr on a
cost sharing basis .between the
town, Delbar Investments ,and
Conklin Dumb r.(Reeve
"v tin.
*Om
0
' rued � g
Shewfelt abst�%
on this matter due to conflict of
interest.)
> stimate& cost of the work
on thisbrtiort f the seWer is
$86;,500, The n owns 77
acres; Delbar 11 acres; and 8
Conklin Lumber Co, Ltd., 17 between Maple Street and Ben-
acres, - , •, nett Street; 'ordered that before
dose the portion of. Mary Street
•
any conveyanbe of property be
Work on ;khe'portion of 'the undertaken, Strickland Motors
South St•or,m Sewer west of remove the concrete block
Highway 21 is commencing itrt- : building at the corner, of Maple
mediately.
and Bennett Streets by Decem-
' ber 31, 1974; authorized that
A letter from B. -M. Ross ',the zoning be changed on Cam
dated July 2 advised that the,. bridge Street to designate the
proposed sewer is 'about 2,000 •areae from Mathieson-Welding
feet long, beginning at (Highway Shop to the Brewers', Retail'.
21 and ending` at what is Store ,as park land; ' decided
known.,as fhe proposed North- that $41,000 accrued interest
South Street, sometimes known .'`held . in 'the Robert MacKay
as Industrial Park Road. Band Pund be transferred to
.. the tow ,aid used to improve
in other business council -and beautify Maitland
authorized the closing, of Mary Cemetery; -and approved' a
Street and instructed Ad- " $1;000 grant t� the taketo'wn
� Harold Walls to Band for the purpose of pur-
minstrator
prepay pthe necessary bylaw ,to chasing instrsument$.•
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