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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-09-26, Page 111 Afler 34 years hubby spends anniversary at home It is an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody some good: And for Mr. and Mrs. James Rean, 264 Huron Road Goderich, the shipping strike -is just such an ill wind that turned out to be, a joy for them.. • Because of the strike, Mr, Read, a marine engineer, was at home for his wedding•.anniversary, It is the first time in 34 years he has spent this' happy occasion with his'wtfe and this, year, the couple's 40th wedding anniversary, was, an extra special occasion.' Not only was the.couple'hongred by their family on their Ruby Anniversary, they were able to see their two-week old great grandson, Jason, son of Edward and Donna Craig, Fergus. This newest.addition to the 'family tree made five' generations, all represented: at the family gathering last • weekend in Londesboro. Hosts for the celebration were the Rean's grandaughter Kittle and her husband, Donald MacGregor,of Londesboro. Attending was Mrs. Harry, Powell of Qoderich, soother of Mrs. Rean; 'Mrs. MacGregor's mother of London, Mrs. Sheila Craig, and her son Edward, his wife Donna and their son Jason of Fergus; James Rean and his wife Carol and their children Patti, Leslie, and Stacey; Shirley Smith,, her husband. Gordon and their children Jay, Ricky, Stephen and Tletha; Betty Smith, her husband James and their children ammy and Adam, all from Goderich; John Rean and his. wife Rosanne and their son James from Ottawa; as well as friends, from London, Lucan and New Brunswick. Unable to attend was the Rean's daughter, Diane Katcher of Thunder Bay, her husband. William and their children Penny, Jamie, and Nadia.• 4' Rapid crew pulls dumped sailors from choppy Huron water BY .JEFF:.SEDDON A phone call from .'a Port • u Albert man to the -Goderich OPP detachment on Sunday af- ternoon set the wheels of the local search and rescue operation in motion. The call was made after Stan Reed spotted a sailboat -over- turned about one half mile from •the shore at Mid -Huron Beach. The -time was 12,:.37 p.m. . The -dispatcher at the, OPP station on H°ighway,21 reacted, instinctively to. the distress call and immediately notified the Canadian Coast- Guard .Cutter Lapid. The Rapid was moored in the Goderich harbor, atan- J 'erich man starts elepba well fund wit"h rea'doritition The Melepba Well fund received its first donation this °week when a Goderich resident made, a sizable contribution to the project being uddertaken by Ron Shaw, a former reporter - photographer with the Signal- Stari now working in, Africa. The donor wishes to remain anonymous in print but allowed the Signal -Star to take his picture. He wilt be known to some due to his generous and unselfish 'character in rising to the financial aid of other• similar projects both home and abroad. "I just' wanted to give the well a boost", he said, "The write up in last week's Signal stable Crew positioned himself , on 'a. hill on shore and made.. radio contact with the. Goderich station which in turn relayed' inforn ation to,the Rapid. All that was left was the waiting. The two occupants of, the boat, a 14 -foot single masted sailboat hadbeen dumped into the 'chilly water after their craft succumbed to the 'high winds and heavy."nseas. • The two sailors, Winston Smith .of 517 Elgin Street in St. Marys' and John Slieppard',of 72 Waterloo Street inr .$t. Marys, llad„,taken their small. boat -out for a:Sunday sail and were about one half mile ,off shore when it overturned. 'ding by. -.The time was 12:38 . Winds- from the north 4r4e, averaging 15'to 20 knots . had p.m. r whipped the' lake and' Captain D. K. -Ross of- the pp , ° Canadian Coast Guard soun- whitecaps of eight feet made. ded the alert and the crew of. the sailboat very •difficult • to the Rapid scrambled to get un ' handle. The air temperature derway.: The ship's propellors thrashed in the cold waters of the harbor and the Rapid was on its way Clearing the harbor at full throttle .on a mission of mercy. The time was 12:40 p.m. Constable P. C. Crew sped north on Highway 21 to become the eyes .of the mission 'and direct the Coast Guard to the scene With a radio relay. Con - was 'a cool 54 degrees and the - water temperature was 59 degrees. The waves made it too difficult for the sailors to right the capsized craft and the- , 'distance ,from shore left them no choice but'to -cling to the boat and wait. The Rapid meanwhilewas steaming north' churning (continued onpage 14 This 90 -year old Goderich resident gave the Melepba Well Fund a start last week with a 4. donation of $100. The man wanted to remain anonymous in print because he felt people would think he was just "tooting my own horn:" (staff photo) inter M rn Meals on; wheels. needs donations said that a great Many people are depend,ing,on the water for their food and cattle. I want to give the project a start and get it going". • Th'e donation, $100, was made with joy, so that, as the donor said, "others can enjoy what we have here". The donor regards projects of this sort as a sharing ex- perience. "I think of what we have here and compare it 'to other places. We enjoy -just about everything that grows in a gar- den and they have none. They should have it", he observed, This is by no means the first time that this person has given financial aid to a worthy cause. He has a personal friend, a native of Goderich, who is a missionary worker' in the. far "east. He has sent her money on several occasions and spon- sored the .education •of little Korean girl:, He financed the schooling of four Indian ,girls to',.maintainpate- who are. now pryfessional our- • •ses. And he has responded to The Committee of Meals, on worthy cause4 right .here in Wheels held 'a meeting on Sep- Goderich but prefers not to tember 2.4; to discuss problems have .the proj.ect mentioned concerning the future of this since it will make his identity". much needed service. - known to others. This service is not sponsored "I don't want my name men - by any organization. It is stric- .tioned", he said. "People tly a nonprofit . organizatibn• would °thinks I was tooting my stafffd by volunteer helpers, in- own horn". - cludipg drivers. "I want to . do it, I am 90 ° To date, • meals '(lave, been years old and alone. My wife delivered to senior citizens, an'dI always erfjoyed our lives convalescents, shut-ins and and any, way we canhelp others handicapped a total of 3,286 enjoy. their's, we want to''. meals: - The Melepba well fund now This, necessitates. the use.. of . stands at $115. Those persons three containers -for each Meal. wishing to ,make a donation Since the project started in may do so at the Bank of Mon - January, 1974 there has been treal here in'Goderich. an increase 'in the cost of all ; The . account the Melepba equipment used. o .• - Goderich to' the Fulani- tribe who depend on the defunct Melepba Well for their water ,, supply. ets preliminary okay Goderich Town Council has given tentative approval to ' a proposal by :Lorne Cassina of 'London to enter into an agreement with. Goderich Trot- '- s•ting Association officials to schedule winter harness racing ' ' at Agriculture Park. ' Council approval is subject to FIitrn ID action Last 'slprirtg, water 'washed out the ground oil :he edges -of the towns flurfie which carries water from the South Storm Sewer, effluent from the Goderich Pollution Control Platt and Lake Huron, The damage was !ppaired,at a cost,. about $21,500. ,Since ground water into , ` p repairs were completed earlyaIdat July, plant supervisor'. -Gerry Fishers ys; there has ;been no erosion ,problem. He anticipat non problem„next spring. (staff photo). ', change, •however, if after perusing the proposed agreement, ,;the town officials are not satisfied"' with the details. The Administrative Commit- tee -of council chaired `by Coun- cillor Dave Gower met with of-' ficials of the Goderich Trotting Association last evening to discuss the matter. It is believed that the com- pafiy with which,Mr. Cassina is .working and with' which thg agreement would be made, rs still to be incorporated. No details of the agreement were released, but it is thought that if approval can be attained for the project, harness racing ' would be held in Goderich .5un- day' afternoons beginning ..,as ea°ly as. October. Ralph Jewell of the Goderich; Trotting Association would note corriment further on the proposed agreerraent. He said the matter is -still much too speculative for comment. In other business at last Week's regular council session,, town councillors heard William Snyder,1, president:of Goderich Senior Citizens,. ask for con - 'side -ration' to purchase the •for - •mer Signal -Star press room and turd it into a Senior Citizens Club., ,Council was reminded that the Parking Authority and the Town was looking into the pcissibility :of purchasing •this property for off-street parking facilities. Reeve Deb Shewfelt urged the property committee of coun- cil�chaired by Councillor Elsa. Haydon to "take the bull by the horns" - "Take an option on the building,''the reeve sdggested., "There would be a three-way split this way and would reduce the cost all round for everybody concerned. Taking an option on -the, property would bring the %atter to a head quickly." 1Vr..Snyder told council his ' organization was looking into the possibility' of securing a grant towards such a under- taking. The hearings on the proposed .shopping plaza in, Goderich resume next m9nth, Monday, • (coptinued • on page 6) Well fund. - is No; 3011394. It, The committee is appealing will remain open until about for donations, large or small,- mid-November when the money to help carry on ,this service. w+11 be forwarded . to the Canadian Hunger Foundation and finally to Ron .Shaw and his wife, Pegg now working near Maradi in Africa. - Fresh water will be a Christ. • mas°'.present-from the people of They ,would be very grateful for citizen support. Any donations can be sent to Meals oh. Whet1s, c/o Mrs. Margaret nuttray; '175 .Nelson Street; East, 12 Would Perth choose Huron? • Unsettled boundaries for the corning district health councils , in Western Ontarto have set in motion plans by Perth County to discus's joining with a neigh- boring county to form, a district. Although Perth officials have not definitely decided which county theywopldiike to work with in forming a . district, Huron County is. a possibility. Dr. Susan Tamblyn, Perth Medical Officer of Health, said in an interview Monday that ° • discussions with other counties are planned for the future but she could give no'definite date for such plans.' A brief is generally winning approval among Perth health care workers which calls for a two -county district health council. Perth has „rejected a five -county 'scheme proposed in' the Mustard •report that would place it in a district with Huron, Oxford, Elgin and Mid-' dlesex. Huron County too has rejec- ted the five -county scheme. Dr. Tamblyn said Huron would not be the' only county consulted about forming a two - county district: She mentioned possible discussions with, \Ox-. ford, County. Perth and Huron` have similarities' both medical and geographic, and the counties have a history of working together on some organizations"' • such as the . Huron -Perth Separate School Board, . she said. Neither Huron nor Oxford County officials have been con- tacted yet about setting up discussions on a district health council, Dr. Tamblyn said. Modern Dunkirk saves farmers Crop damages in Huron ' County and throughout On- tario will hurt farmers' pocket- books but consumers likely will notice little change in prices of supertnarket produce counters. Hurt:W.County agricultural representative Don Pullen said the southern area of the county escaped without much crop damage, • ' Mud cover in the Exeter area :prevented any significant, damage to sweet, corn, he said. In the northern areas of the cci'unty, " however, ,'crops, especially corn, received heavy frost damage, he said. Mr.' Pullen advised farmers who have, frost -damaged corn to put it upr for silage as soon as' possible: . Corn intended for grainthut damaged by frost should also be ° made ready for silage, he, .said, Corn producers With, , no capacities tor silage have been the hardest hit, he added, but some beans planted late could have suffered too, In other areas of—Ontario, agricultural representatives reported tomatoes yet ,to °be harvested tool( T'nost of' the punishment from cold° weather. 'and frost. Consumers buying fresh produce,. owe''er, will not sere . O) much change in , price resulting from c'rop,dest-ruction. . 'Supermarkets -reported most ,produce in .stores now 'comes from the, !jnited Skates. Al Erb, a prodfice nfa,na°ger with a local ?food store,' said prices are hard to judge but they gc'up and down depending , on supply. There' .is a° ;chance prices , might rise because of the recent frost, althotagh .allfresh^ produce in hi§ stt$rd+ son will -be -imported from the U:S. • a Chilly journey .. `O C , This two -masted schooner from Toronto put into Goderich harbor last Tuesday with a 35. to 4O knot wind at their baoks,. The crew consists of four experienced sailors from Toronto and 28 • greenhorns from Kalamaz'oo,. Michigan, who chartered the boat. The :blankets adorning the "rigging of the •vessel re there too dry after a soaking fix the heavy seas (staff photo)o 1 fl 4. 4.