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They Goderich Signal -Star
was the winner of two-
sigriificant.:aawards, at last.
weekend's ',Canadian Com-
munity Newspapers Association
convention in Toronto - and
its editor, Mrs. Shirley J.
Keller, was singled out for
special recognition in a third
presentation.
The Signal -Stet', placed first
as best all-round newspaper
with. a. cjrculatian of between
2,500 and 3,999 and was also
awarded•.secondd prize for its,
editorial page.
Mrs. Keller won The Jack
Sanderson award for editorial •
writing in a nation-wide corn -
petition with participants from
all provinces except two. This
particular award was open to
all 'weekly newspapers of all
sizes right acrossw'Canden. •
`The prize was awarded for
Mrs. Keller's Dear Readers
editor_ ial column of January 11,
1973 i which she reviewed the
need to restructure health,ser-
vice facilities in, the context of
vastly expanded public expec-
tations of medical care and in a
period of proliferating costs.
"It summarizes the situation
effectively and makes a convin-
Tim Elliott
says Huron
would lose
After making a . preliminary
• study of ' the Ontario .task
health force ,report on health
planning, the administrator of
Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital has joined with other
Huron County officials in rejec-
ting one of its major. recommen-
dations.. •
Tim Elliotttold the Signal -
Star that the county should net.
be iumped_together .in a district,
with the more organized Oc-
ord,r., Elgin .and Middlesex
Counties.
The task forge 'reper't,
released by County Officials
recently, recommends creating
. d.istrict health councils to ad-
°mini,ster• health services. -, ,
Although the hospital here
would not be affected . Much, if
the report. is implemented, by
the governrnent,..Mr. Elliott
said, hospitals in the "county,
• wouldhave to ileal with th
large city hospitals.
County officials said last
week that,the you're of this area
would be weak when the
district ..council , made policy..
decisions..
Huron County has a
population of about 50,000.
,compared, to - tie total,
population of about 550,000 in
the-proposed'disttict. A special
meeting of county council is
scheduled' for 2 p.m on- August'
1.2 to discuss the. report:
w,in
oIi�rs
cing case for the establishment
of centralized co-operative
facilities on a regional basis,"
the judges felt.
Second place/vas won by. The
Dartmouth Free Press, Dart-
, Nova -Scotia, with third,'
gtiy to Jo Hillier, editor of
The Beaver, Beausejour,
Manitoba.
Ru'nnersup were writers from
newspapers in British Colum-
bia and Ontario.
This is the 'second time Mrs.
Keller has received an editorial.
writingaward, the first 03,1972
when• she won The 'Walter'
Brebner 1Vfemorial plaque for a
special editorial on the in-
tegration of retarded pre-
schoolers into, the Goderich
. Municipal Nursery School. •
The judges' comments cons
cerning The Goderich Signal
Star, winner of the best all-
round newspaper award -noted
the local paper's advertising
displayed "a good dead of care
to make sure the ads com-
plemented the paper and the
customer:'.
An abundance of local
features and columns in the
Signal.Star were other points of
merit especially outlined by the
judges.
Second place inthis division•.
went., tbe__.Acton Free 'Press
with TheGananoque Reporter
taking. third spot.
The SignaL.Star came second
to the Prescott Journal for its
editorial page. Third place in
this class = was`• won by The
Durham _Chronicle.
The 'Clinton News -Record
with ,Publisher J.H. Aitken and
. owned 'by. Signal ., Star.
•Publishing Limited won second
for best frontpage and placed
third for. general excellence in
':,its category, circulation 1,500
to 2,499.
Attending theconvention in
Toronto- from Signal• -;Star
Publishing Limited were Mr.
and Mrs. R.G. Shrier a,nd ob-
bie; "'Mr. -and Mrs. J:H. Aitken;
Clinton editor James. Fit-
zgerald and his wife, Lois; and
• Signal -Star editor Shirley J.
Keller and son Randy.
SmaiII�ak
under control
A sall leak of..oil and'
sludgm
e into the Goderich 'Har,
bot, •about two gallons per
week, : has been traced by the
Ontario Mirgatry of the Din-.
vironment toy the Sifto Salt
mine. . -
A spokesman for the ministry°
told the -Signal-Star that the
company..has .promised to halt
the leak.
The leak wa§ first noticed by •
Huron County health inspec-
o'rs • who forwarded.,' infor-
mation to' the ministry. •
The investigaticgn that
followed revealed - that
pollutants -were coming from
the mine.
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127 YEAR -3 - THURSDA,
,AUGUST 1.,
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A.Y °McLean, (right) president df the Canadian Community Newspaper Association makeslhe
presentation of a plaque to R.G. Shrier, publisher of The Goderich Signal -Star, winner of first
place for best ail -round newspaper across Canada with a circulation of 2,500 to 3,999. the
•newspaper convention was held during the past weekend at tb Four Seasons Sheraton. Hotel
in dontown Toronto.
Mrs: Shirley J:' Keller, editor of the Goderich Signal -Star WA honored last Friday morning in
Toronto at the annual Canadian -Community Newspapers Association convention when she
received. the Jack Sanderson Award for Editorial Writing. The contest was open to all weekly"
newspapers across. Canada. •Here she accepts her prize of books from .Mike. Gosnell •of the,
*Canadian Bankers' Association.
Gos prices too high
r b �
at G�oc!_eri,ch:-pumps?
1 survey
'JEFF SEDDON
six cents.
A random telephone' survey
of towns in the county and bor-
dering cities revealed the .price
differ4nce which in some in-
stances is Co local ' advantage ,
while being detrimental to
• others. -ry
,,vacation Southern", Ontario '
this summer may notice‘a great
Variation ie gasoline price4
throughout the -region with cost
per gallon differing asmuch as
the results of the survey was
that the dealers in these.piaces
were. charging .more beca.,,tr,e
their delivery cotitswere mire
due to the diatance from the
fefinery—or holding plants in
the cities`. AMM the ;stations
receive their gasoline from Lon-
don except Kincardine, and
Lon -
,
and they are ser-
viced from •Hamilton.
Telephone interviews' with
the district managers. of. 'some
of the major oil companies
showed that delivery costs far
"G.oderich are very slight'1
higher when. cornpared to as
dealership in' ..London,.:
Wes. McDermcitt of Gulf, Oil,
in London' said that the
markup on each gallon of gas -is,
the ind-ividual dealer's choice.
"The product, is the same to' all,
dealers. Thedifference rtri- the
.de.livery charge betWe'en_
Goderich and. Londono ,is less
.than ane cent .a gallon," he
said.•
Mr, McDermott added 'tha't it
is .. cornpetitive • market con-
ditions :that ret;u"late the price
for , gas.. He: said ':',that the
dealers in -any area :Cake what
theyfeel is a fair price for their
gasoline,
,W.W. Good,'district manager
'of the `'Ilexaco Oil Company,
compared delivery charges • bet-
ween Stratford. and Goderich
and pointed out that the
delivery charge to Texaco
dealers is again minimal. A
dealer in Stratford pays ...4
cents a gallon less for his
product than one in Goderich.
;Joe .Viola,: Marketing,.plant
supgrintendantfor Shell
Sarnia., stated that•, company
has a 'similar system as the
other two in that they -charge
very little .' for delivery to
..';Goderich. Mr. Viola' saidti,
`"Stratford and London are in
the same price zone for delivery•
.and 'their costs are •.4 cents a
The .everage cost per galloe",
Goderich is 68.9 cerits with a
few f'stations ,sellipg the corn,
moclity for 66.9*cents. Bayfield
stetiOns charge 65.9, cents;
Grand °:Bend 64.9; Centralia
68.9, Seaforth 69.;, Mitchell,
65'.0; -Stratford, 63,9; Kincar-
stations jn the city of London
are charging anywherefrom 62 •
cents 'to 69 cents with the
average price" of a branded
. product at 65.9 cents' per
, 'The general assumption over
parent company subsidizes the
Jim, Hayter, owne4. of
• HaVter's Motors, feels that
dealer orgenization in Goderich
:steady substantial income from
"The dealers here have their
right a share oft:the profit,
and they have stuck together to
avoid price -cutting. We are
.charging a fair priceiot: the gas
and feel that our customers
shouldri'T 'have to pay ‚more
have to make a living:" .
Ken Mcdee, of McGee
Motors in Gederich, -feels that
the Goderich dealers are
charging a fair price for their
gas". His pump price is 66.9
'Cen'tA--a gallon which is slightly
less, than Jlie recommended.,
or . transPortation costs. 'have
nothing to do with the priee..of,
-gas here aS compared to cities -T'
he said.. ",Gas station dealers
have a darn tough living and
they work long, hours fOr their
station owners that are s.elling
their gas for 62 cents.".
e). . Mr. McGee reels that anyone
who. thinks that 'gas .statibn
owners have it easy can look at
the history of seme of theold
stations tre-town.- Businesses on
'West Screet, Huron Road,
:Bayfield Road and Five'Poines
- have (hanged hands, several
times or have ,been forced to
, close •down altogether, One -of'
the'owners is now working for a
..'are - not overcharging their
customers according to the'ir
coin ativ's standards.. ,The
major suppliers recommend
'that each.b.usioessrnan charge
ten tents a galloh to their
buYers, the Goderich motorists.
Gas wars or price cutting hurts
' the dealers in some instances
when the price goes too low, the
•
large company in toWn.and ac- gallons is the bottom .fine
cording to' AMr'..- McGee, has
Another problem faCing the
never had AO good.
'larger gasoline."dealers'. in
Self Serve gas stations -are
. Gode:ich is obtaining no 'legal
becoming more and More
prominent in flie 'larger centres tfhueelrfnoards:oKmeenefm' tchGeeneewsecidarrshOant_
.such as London and..Hamilton
L6trnhee
in, Stratford. These outlets are
selling branded'products for 62 sopmecii)aeln.yprosedt7e.t brnuitnitnhieumparseiet
cents a gallon which is six cents C
figui.e that ,is needed before
a gallon below, the markup
recommended by the large corn- ' ftehceiyhtwieisll.togr,ahrietndtlhee tthmetsleatlethnef
Jim Hayter feels that Self- the ga-Ft.
Serme—is—satiSf,iii,etery for - To sell unleaded gasoline
a four cent a, gallon cut and •
.200,000 gallons per ,7ear total
conYert his'eumps to self stet -ye.
with self serve stations," he
"I don't see anything wrong vwoillui Tnensait,idderthheisn stthaetincnomapsaanny
said. "I don't think that they dokeietlleett; wT,hh(e) s4,,epirionblluemre
thisan
have been around long enough
.to tell if they are going to catch mtntmum., amount set first
priority and the FA -nailer -
on, The oil companies have.,
stations are forced to w,a4,,Qthei,r.
always Stressed Customer ser -
turn.: McGee's' bone -tb
vice in their advertiging and , -
-self serve does away with this selling the fuel by7SeP,t,e,rebeil
'service, but if people are willing Woe' t commit themselves
to take . care of their own now.
automobiles' 'then I am all for,
erit
PERSONAL COMMENT
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.Hayter agree on the necessary.. place the blame for the high
This article is not deaigned UT
, With Mr. McGee and Mr:
amount of .gas* needed to'.be cost of. fuel on.any one person*
. his earninS 'strictly from these - facts' liehind the- Prices here in
or business, but to point O'ut the
'sold if a men is going- to earn
profitS. Hayter's Motors pumps
around 75,000' •gablons a• year It may cause some alarm
and , Mr: Hayter fe.els that, he ' amohg' mbtii-rists wino may feel
that gasotine dea.leig: are
making -too much -profit but for
those who feel,,they must com-
ment on the,,,,issue, the man
filling yitill• tank May not -be tht6,
. would, have to pump .at least
300;600 .,saliens annually. to
rely on . -these earnings to
operate a business.. McGee:s
pump 200,000 gallon -s per an-
nifin and also leek that 300,000
uten:Ountr,Piotieer lituseum gets: prixe:.exhibit
The Jitval-Ontario museum,
if; bringingiwo hillion„ years of
Sopthern.*Onterio history • to
GoderCch on Augest 7, in a bus..
three presently ..l'ouiing the
.province :as part '''rof the'
tniiseury's mobile exhibition
visiting. Schools, libraries ,a,nd
civic centres.
AsPioneerr will be open from 9 in ,
'the Morning' until A at night on
those days.
The jltis cOntains fossil
specimens; maps- -and written
and‘projected information that
giiide visitors, through forms of
invertebrate, life froin two
billion years ago to- preseet
times and even intO. fossils of
The first section marks the
Goderich the exhibits will
be on display at the .• Huron
County PiOrlePr MuseUril en
and t urdity,, and .011 be or,
Wednesday and fipm 12 o'clOck
Whti wish to' go- - earlY the
ihe lirst exhibit to greet the visitor to *the ,museummobile is ,.ago. The tropical
this display ofrocks.ahd fdsslis from &Pariod.150 million years ") tha *future: „,
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passage of over 1'50 million
years from the titte.aputhein
Ontario , was undei the sea.
This 'section is, marked by it
, series of each ote
marking' one million years,
, Each foot a visitor Nilks takes \
him through fen nii0ion years
of rock r'ecord in.Ontario.
A
t ievertebrate fossils of the
futiire. The tropical coral reef
on display is the food and
The next section begins oneft shelter fOr a great variety of
animals, and is typical of vvhat
would have been on display
with the exception of sponges
and gaitonian corarS' leave
their sLretorts as evidence of
million years ago' when the
province wag -under ice. When
glaciers fnije thick covered;
the.'land during the Ice Age;
food along the fring4 and their
,skelelons, teethrand tusks are
.foutrl' in Ontario. Fossil
remains of capelik the fish that
and. Nevyfoutidland today, in- ding of the hist6ry otOntarto
dicate that the fish swam up to and the vital r(ge fossils play in
Ottawa 12',000 years ago along o.the recording of past evetiits.
St. Lawrence today. Ontario life can be 'documented
The 'final section represents bat* as far as two billiotryeats.
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The,niuseumobile "Fossils of
,Southern Ontario`.' is designed
to create a better understand
r.