The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-08-08, Page 1• 4
TiO Huron Malls?
They wait.
With only, four week's of holidays left, the stu• dents •of
Goderich-District-,Collegiate Institute make du.si, while their
books collect dust in the empty gymnasium. (staff photo)
ever major
With the subject of a shop-
ping mall still uppermost' in the
minds of many, many Goderich
citizens, another, Huron County
town is beginning to stir with
,talk of a shopping mall,
Exeter Board of Trade was
told recently by " Charles
Pulford ' of Con -Eng,` Contrac-
tors •Ltd. in London that a
developer would put up the '
money for a mall in the town,if
teenaqers kills
in he�
Fourarea persons • died. and -
two others sustained injuries as •
a result' of, atwo-car head-on
• collision Saturday night on
Highway 21 about seven miles
north of town. •
Dead are: Cheryl McLennan,
'1-6, daughter, of Mr.. and Mrs.
'Bayne McLenna•n., ,RR 3,
Goderich; Donald,, Hamilton,
16, laughter • of Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Hamilton, RR 3,
Goderich; Heather : SteNtenson,
,15, • daughter of Mrs. Jessie
Stevenson, RR' 1 Lucknow; and
James , Lizmore,. 18, son;. of .r.
and Mrs. Edward Lizmore, RR
4 Kincardine.
• The three girls • were
passengers in -the car driven by
-Mr. Lizinore.
Another passenger, . Kevin
° Whittington, 15, 'RR 2 Kincar •
dine, is°now""listed in goad con-
dition at U-niyersity' _Hospi.t.a.l,.
he was certain he would get a
reasonable return on his invest-
ment.
The, story appeared in last
week's, Exeter Tirnes-Advocate.
•It also carried the precaution;
"Don't hold your breath. Even
if it'S economically practical,
and that's a big if right now,
actual building is still several
years in the future." The story
continued: y .
"At a meeting last Thursday,
Board of Trade wa's told by
Charles Pulford of Con -Eng.
Contractors Ltd. in London
that a developerwould conte in
.if he was sure he could make
money here.
to
•
and encourage a feasibility
study. '
"Webster said thratif, a gover-
nment survey of Huron County
is ' correct, ° there will be an
overall 11 percent drop in
population 'in the next ten
years. The Survey said there
would only be two. major'town's.
"One is Goderich, said Web-
ster and Exeter could be thio
other one with careful plan-
ning. A mall would be ah ad-
ded drawing "card."
Over 4,000
'But Pulford cautioned. that
it was just an idea.. "That's all hill -11 • it is A numer obffactors,mutr
fall :ehi?:0;:
asdyis.thre is 1and avaliabl, a
goando
mis' oil' col ;wort done •
Three amblulances were. developer 'will do a feasibility "
Lorid&r He was first' put in in-
tensive care.
The driver and only occupant
of the other car, Mrs. Mary
Crawford, 47,. is listed- in fair
condition at• Alexandra .Marine
and General Hospital.Const. Bill. Wilson, -Ontario
Provincial Police, . Goderich.Detachment, said he first
discovered the accidentat 11:09
p.m
a The collision occured at a
curve on the highway during a
1•igh mist. Roi .d conditions were
slippery.
"It was like.: somebody
greased, it,"' the constable";said.
The Lizmore car was north-
bound when it apparently went
• into aside skid on "c he curve
,-a
and moved partially- into the
southbound •lane•.
The Crawford car• struck it
n the left' side.
called to the scene, including study, said. Pulford.
ane from°Wingham. "The main -problems in •
The Goderich- Fire Depart- Exeter would be available land
ment. was also called to hose ,3u and whether there are enough '
down the highway. '• people in the area. -d„ '
Police blocked off traffic and "Board president, Don Web -
re -routed it around -the ac- Q $ter said' the ;area. has an..effec-
scene Puntil .about 12:45 tive trading population of
a.m. •
10,000. According. to Pulford;;
Const. Wilson said . that .this is only a marginal number.'
emergency vehicles were not "Pulford, said that locating
given ,the right of way by some
•.the small mall as close to
motorists: . , P downtown as possible.' would
The Highway Traffic Act ' help protect existing businesses.
states that cars must pull over ."Business' draws business", he
to the right side' of a road to . said. ,
.• right •of. way. : it would probably be beneficial
•give an emergency vehicle the . "Board members agreed.that
" in the •1?ing, run' if the mall'i as
no, t., only. courtesy, 'but ''° centrally located. They decided
It is
the •law,
Ins
iat
gnoring
he,,sai'd. . `''- -_': to .support such a development
tances' of motorists' ° '
oring this law 'have occurred '
several accidents, he said. Textra
Fibers arrives atthtnF•
begin,. museum.as one
-' and' also'directs one through
the buildiigs.
n�'00 �: •
pia more' as traffic controllers and
'Another milestone in the
road—of •Goderich's latest
tourist attraction, the Huron
Historic Jail, hasbeen passed.
The jail ,was toured by nearly'
700 people over the long
weekend putting the total num-
ber of .visitors over 4,000 this
year.
°
Oil Saturday' 200 tourists
went through the old, jail, on
Sunday 260 wandered in and
out .of the cells and . on Mon
•
day, 211 people saw the site. By
Tuesday -the total figure ' for
sightseers was-,naarly 4500. '
Since7 the opening of the
.penal instituation early in the -
summer the staff. 'and par-.
ticularly co=ordinator • Harry
Bosnell have initiated several .
'changes in the toux..procedure
that have take the load off the
guides. •
Rather than operating on the
basis of guided" tours, the at'aff`
now give each :tou"rist.,a sheet -
that explains the'features of the'
Once: in a IIfefImB?:
After 15 years of golfing' TowrvA inistrator Harald Walls finally had his dream come true, a
hole=in-one. Harold used a six iron on the 'second •hole at Sunset and with 15'year's of know
how' and a lifetime of luck put the ball in the cup• He spent the remainder of the weekend
. telling. his friends and acquaintances of the feat. • (staff -photo)
are "shy
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Construction : on Textral'.
Fibers .L td. new m°antfact'uring
plAnt in'. the Goderich In
dustrial Park . is .scheduled' to
start by the end of August,
president of the company, F. G. •
Burgess told the Signal -Star
this week'.
Operations should 'begin by
theend of January, he said.
-T.extral eventually may, em-
ploy about 130 people here.'
' It "is'/now' based in Elmira,
just ,north' of Kitchener.
Increased,d emand for its
are helping, out be selling
tickets at the door and man-
ning the' -craft booths when the •
artists or producers Ali not
,there.'
Mr. Bosnell reports :that the
number of guides is still the
same as it was under the' old
system. Adult volunteers are
proving • to be a great asset to
the jail by easing the pressure'
put on the guides and by of-
fering some leadership for the
younger groups 'that visit. 6the
in
• A dozen you g Gcderich '
students have been spending
their summer days painting the
thown - not only red, but shades
of gold, green and beige as well.
And • they: are right on, their
time. schedule. • '
The students have been
working diligently for:the past
seven weeks giving The Square
jail.
products made expansion of• `
,,ttke at
operations to • Goderich . •• '11 •
Textral first announced expan- possible. .. E' /�. M fh N a n
si.on plans ea rly in May, -
Building : has been delayed'
because- of steel .shortages.
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The Luno re car
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UP"
han ons
a facelift and 'are more than
pleasing their employers, the
businessmen; They are keeping'
the slogan, The Prettiest Town
in Canada, up to date.
When the plan to paint the
buildings 'was first proposed it
entailed painting some of the
structures on the streets
leading off the Square but the
job proved to, be tot big for .one
year. •The to,
program
this year is designed. to give all
the .buildings facing •The
Square . a fresh and co,;
ordinated coat of °paint. ,T
a r Spokesman . for the
a businessmen and co-ordinator
lear its
for the
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Members of they 'Inter- trades at the plant all 'reported
national Brotherhood,:of Elec-
• trical . Workers, Locar1788,
walked off the job at the, . Bruce
Nuclear . Power Development
Tuesday morning and set up
picket lines' on the, two access
roads into the site:
- A,n estimated 50 •to 60 . per-
cent -of the 3,000 tradesmen at
the Bruce' Generating Station
honoured the pickets, The other
facilities at the Bruce NPD site,
the. steam plant, heavy water.
pjants, 'and\"Douglas, Point,
were' -'not" aq'ected by the
walkout•:
to work.
efforts
for the project, John Schaefer,
can't say enougho
the students have put forward
during the summer.,.
The union has been in a legal'The •
"students have done a
strike. position sine July 20, veru commendable job scr far
J
when the minister f labour acid any second thoughts I had
issued a no,-boardrep.ort. The about. the girlson the job have
old contract expired in -Iuly,• vanished." he admitted.
1973. . The main • issues of
workers • and complimenting
them on their performance.
All- the studentswhostarted
the work in the early- summer
are still on 'the job except one
who left very early in the
program to take
, up, permanent
employment. •
The (painters feel° somewhat ,
like artists when people passing.
• by ;them compliment them on -
their efforts. Tourists to the
town show a greater'interest in
the painting than residents" do
• ' but M. Schaefer puts that: '
down to • their. lack of -
tknowledge about -the job. .The
' ' questions usually are what are,
they doing; why are they doing
it and for •whom ,and usually"
are followed by compliments on
• 'the jfib well done. Y •
dispute are not wages but sub-
sistence ft* and travel allowances painters is perfect: Just . last
plus 'travel time. The union is week the safety inspeftor was
rentlV :seeking anh increase at the site checking on th
apps
to $15 ,a • day 'out-ofrtdwn ,
allowance or free room • and
board and pay. for its workers
when they •commute• from one
job site to another. Hydros
currently pays •$7 a day
allowance and depending oh
The IBEW is called for a th
at the Bruce Generating and board: Even if there is no
e circumstances, free room
two
daywalkout by tradesmen
Station
IViembersr-of the I1EW at4, that -prevail in private industry
•
other Hydro, sites across the " • A Hydro spokesman stated .,
province also walked off the job just prior to press time that the°
Tuesday „morningunioi' ' had identified: the k
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issue as a jurisdictional dispute
. The. 275 members of LLdcal with the. Ontario -Hydro em -
1788 at. the Bruce site • first ployees union over division of
walked off the job 'on Wed- . certain pha'set of workat con-,
n'esday, July 31, On Thursday,, struction sites.
and Friday of last week the The spokesman pointed out
union set up ,r information that thiscan't be negotiated
ickets on the""acress,roads and because the w'brk is, being per-.
contract, Hydro's practice is to
1BEW members -wage rate
Next year the businessmen
hope to. continue the operation
by moving the painters down
the side streets off The Square.,,'
The end result of the facelift
has been very pleasantffor John
Schaefer who said, "TheSquare is, much more pleasing
to, the -eye now ; that it is
beautified. It is just how I
e imagined it would be."
•
:abletelevision viewers
,
getting. hetter receptio.ii
• pa y
,,traffic into the Bruce NPD,-wasn' foamed by the Ontario Hy ro
slowed . although the' other „'employees 'unlet;•
If you thought you weren't getting Channel 2, Detroit, from
your "cable reception °recently you were right': -
A spokesman for Bfuewater Cable Television explained that
trighteinAny—was'experimenting with using" channel 25:
The 'reason? There are just too many channel ° 2's, he said.
Three stations compete with eagh other on the same frequency
/ causing interference and poor reception.
The• company fi'n4,ls. that Channel 20 comes in. much better but
Bluev'ater is not licenced to carry it. "
Channel 2 is back until a remedy can be found.
The spokesman•aiso said that Channel 11, °Hamilton; should be
coming in well by the end of this week as the company is allinost
finished rebuilding antennae to receive it. '
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