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177TH YEAR -41, THURSDAY, OCTOBER p,. 1974 SINGLE COPY 25
The Gode'fich 'Municipal chairman of thefinance corn -
Nursery School coramittee mit.tee, announced his
chaired , by Chairman_. Elsa displeasure .at Mrs Haydon's
Haydon has been given the report that the nflrsery school
authority to investigate the committee, had already' 'been
purchase of property to house considering property for the -
the nursery school presently nursery school.
operating in MacKay Hall. He said he was disappointed
At ' fast ..Thursday evening's that 'the cotntnittee had not
council meeting, it was learned . spelled out the total picture for
the Ministry of Com council so that members could„
munications and Social Ser- see" -what additional expenses
vices has initiated a new fun- could come' out of municipal
ding proposal for such coffers if the town accepted the
• municipal/ facilities whereby government's offer to supply a ,,.
the province will pay 100, per- ' building for the nursery school.
cent of the cost of building, Mrs.. Haydon assured Coun-
acquiringand/or converting cillor Gower that the difference
premises for either - day, care in cost to the town between
centres or nursery schools.' . MacKay Hall and .a govern
Indications , are that the ,meat-'purchased„locationwould
government for the Province of • be minimal. a ”
Ontario is dedicated to the In answer to At question from "
provision of such facilities. Mayor . Harry Worsell, she
wherever they. are required. made it aburidantlya.clear, the.
Reeve Deb Shewfelt con- town would hay equity in the
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curred', with • this ,,.provincial building supplied by 'the
policy. province and would be able `to .,
"It is basically a good thing resell the property if the school
for the community in this •day closed.
• of working mothers," Reeve Deputy -reeve Profit asked if
Shewfelt told council, He ad- any consideration had been
ded that in the face of today's given to renovating the
inflationary -trends, it is often premises at MacKay Hall. Mrs.
necessary for women to work Haydon told him that
outside the home to meet the possibility • had been studied,
family's financial needs. " but it was unanimously agreed
Mrs. Haydon reminded coun- by the nursery school commit-
cil that`Dr. Frank Mills, Huron ' tee -that MacKay is "totally un -
County Medical Officer of suitable". for such con-,
Health, has indicated the sideration.
facilities at MacKay Hall are "If we're going to do • this
inadequate' for nursery school thing — if . the government is
requirements. She said the nur- going to pay 100 percent of the
sery school would be forced to cost — then • we should build a
close unless new quarters could whole newbuilding," said
be located, and she told council Councillor Gower. "Why day
the new government policies to--- (continued on page 12)
pay 100 percent of such •
facilities was an opportunity
which should not be allowed to
pass by if the town is still in-
terested in a municipal nursery
achopL
Deputy -reeve Stan Profit told
council it was his feeling the
town ' had been ,"sucked into"
the municipal nursery school
'situation: He did not• elaborate
'further.
By establishing a municipal
4 . nursery school, the town shares.
the cost of operations with the.
province = Ontario pays 80 -
percent, Goderich pays 20 per-
cent.
Councillor Dave Gower, also
Meeting will
Minor hockey i
discuss' concert
P °
Next Wednesday evening, Oc-
tober 16, there will be a
meeting''
in Robertson
Memorial 'School to discuss the
possibility 'cif a concert. -Series
featuring Canadian artists in
Goderich.
Dr. Garfield Bender, a mem-
ber of the .Ontario Arts Council
residing in- Kitchener, willbe
the special speaker. '
Anyone who would be "in-
terested enough in such a
project . to " work toward its
culmination . in Goderich, •is
urged to attend this meeting:
series here
supporters
need help, -
Classes in gym
etfliigh�us gets
ctoria .contract..
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Melepba :INeII fund graws
The .Goderich Lions Club at their last meeting unanimously
voted a donation of $1,000 to The Melepba Well fund and this
week, presented a- cheque tb Signal -Sts Editor Shirley J.
Keller for the project. The Melepba Well project is a special
undertaking near Maradi in Africa by a former .Signal -Star
photographer Ron Shaw. Mr.Shaw, now working with the
Canadian Hunger Foundation, is attempting .to. provide -a fresh
water supply for a tribe .of Fulani near his home base. He
writes 'that the Fulani now have only water from a' polluted
stream to drink. Mr. Shaw has adopted a rnethod of restoring
the, defunct Melepba Well and it is to aid in the provisjon of
$f •
fresh water for the Fulani - hopefully by Christmas time - that
the Signal -Star is co-ordinating the collection of money in Ac-
count Nov 3011394 at the Bank of Montreal in Goderich. As of
Tuesday afternoon, that account had a total deposit, of
$1,255.25, The account will remain open until 'about mid-
November when the money will be sent to Mr. Shaw via The
Canadian Hunger 'Foundation for his very worthwhile work. In
-this photograph, Goderich Lions Cb President Ed. Jessup
° "happily presents the generous don on to Mrs, Keller while ,
Lions Club treasurer Bill Clifford looks on. (staff photo)
After overcoming . the. build the addition must be ap-
problem of. heating its • gym- proved first;' he said.
nasium enough to hold classes The:Huron County Board of
there temporarily, Vqictoria Education Monday gave" ten -
Public School has encoi ntered tative approval for building the .,
a „problem with insufficient • addition to Refflinghate. Con-
lighti.ng in the room. struction Co,, Goderich.
It was learned early this . The'' Company's hid of
week ' that a Hurtin County $744,243, was'the lowest Of four
health inspector .visited the received by the board.
school Friday to check the The contract now'-rteeds final
lighting. - approval by, the Ontario
Medical Officer- 4►f H.ealth, ' Ministry of Education. •
Dr. Frank Mills, could not be The addition tci the school,
reached for comment on the will include • housing for in -
matter, however,,as he is°atten- d'ustrial arts, home economics,
ding a conference out of town music, kindergarten, a library,
this week. two -.classroorris and office
Victoria School Principal space. •
Don O' Britn said that neither The four classrooms, library,
he nor health officials were staff room, and aUdi.ovisual
"'totally satisfied with lighting in room now located in' the gym
the gym. are separated 'by an assortment
" Four classrooms and the of blackboards, cabinets and
school library have been • shelves.
located there temporarily until Mr. O'Brien said the
a •newbaddition-to the school .is arrangement is. working well -as
built. students. do not . seem to be
Mr. O'Brien said four newbothered by the nearness of
lights had been installed c. n.:_.dther,classes.
gyrmnasium walls, but'.they e
providing insufficient, light.
To improve illumination in
the gym, .the brightness of .the
lights will be ' doubled and
reflectors will be installed soon,
he said. - '
Florescent lights are 'sup-
posed 'to' be installed in the
room until the new addition is .
completed, but a contract to
Cassino. not
negotiating
with town
The Minor Hockey Sup-
' porters Club needs sup-
port;
Last . yeah, this
organization collected
$2,400 from bake sales,
Minor Hockey nights and
other events. This.. year
they hope to raise con-
siderably . -more money to
keeppace with rising
costs.
President ' . Catherine
MacDonald opened a
special meeting Septem-
ber 30 by reviewing the
aims and -purposes of the
club. She also reminded
the group of the giant task
ahead.
The 1974-75
'e'xecutive was elected.
They• are President
Catherine MacDonald;
first , vice-president Ruth
Erb; second vice,
president • Carol ,Wilson;
treasurers Mary Fluff and.
Evelyn Boyce; secretary
Diane Bowra; and direc-
tors ,,Bonnie: ' Porter,
Marilyn Kloss, Eunice
Redpath and Bill Wilson.
Construction of new
A `Goderichcompany, started
as a hobby in 1958, has already'
outgrown' its new facilities con-
structed just, two years ago.
Dearborn :,Steel Tubing
Manufacturing recently
revealed plans to double their
floor space attheir welding
shop on Bayfield 11i)ad. a
"The contract has been let
and .the building permit gran-
ted," said General Manager
Gus Chisholm. "We have • the
steel on order and expect con-
struction to' start within the
next •month-- or so."
The, welding • shop in In-
dustrial Park employs 15' men'
• and after the expansion will
require a possible doubling of
personnel. Some - of the em-
ployees will be transferred from
-the company's main plant on
Newgate Street but ,new jobs
will be created.
The Bayfield Road site that
Dearborn chose' was selected
with expansion in • mind. The -
building constructed, on the
seven -acre site has a floor space,
of 10,000 square feet. The new
•. wing will be added to -the east
side of the • plant as will any
other additions in the future.
"We bought the land and -
designed the building with ex,
pansion in mind," explained
Mr. Chisholm: "Our ' overall
plans call for' nearly the whole
• length of that lot but •we have
to do_ it in stages."
The modernization of the
company's production methods
is., nothing new to Dearborn.
an
facilities to begin soon
The ffounder, the late Ralph
Hotton, always encouraged his
employees to look "a long ways
dowp'the road."
'With •this principle in mind
Mr. Chisholm and hiss `fellow
wor}ters are constantly looking
for ways. to improve production.
`"We. - just bought two
machines, orie due -for delivery
this month and the other to
January; that will completely
streamline our production,"
'said Mr. Chisholm.
According to the .general
manager the°new machines will
avoid the bottlenecks the corn
pariy is suffering from now. The
machines 'will savean
estimated 5,000 man hours 'a
year each and release the em-
ployees for more production.
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The reasoning behind pur-
ch-aseti such as- these is obvious,
to M`r. Chisholm. ',The
ei•onomy is telling us that the
only way we can maintain our
export hominess to the U.S. is to
keep our costs down here," he
'ex'plaitied. • "'We do that by
keeping our facilities modern
rand expanding." .
The •recent updating of equip-
ment has paid off for the com-
pany. With their new produc-
tion figures they were able to
secure a contract that will in-
crease their hu,si, e s; hv' 15 per-
cent. This rate of growth is ex-
citing to Mr. ChisholM but it
not new.
We' have increased our
business two and one half times
since 1.967," he said.
Goderich area
still nuclear
plantpossibility
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There are three conceptual transmission system maps con-
tained in Ontario Hydro's.Lohg Range Planning of the Electric
Power System release made • public this week. Of special note
are the tWb locations pinpointed along the , Lake Huron'
shoreline - bne northerly and apparently the Douglas Point
development and 'ante southerly and very possibly in the
Goderich area. All three -maps have the same general location
pinpointed. Hydro maintains that no firrnclecisions have been
reached regarding a nuclear development in this part of On-
tario, but,, spokesmen do admit that the Goderich area Is
definitely under dongideration.
The future looks as good. as
the past for the Goderich-.plant,
"We ,are very optimistic
about our future here," said
Mr... Chisholm, "Regardless of
t.heeconomy. we have a product
here that people must have and
as long as we ''remain com-
petitive -we will"'be -successful."
The company: was ` founded
on tradition. and friendship and
these characteristics are very
important to the staff. • Mr.
Chisholm regards his workers
,as the hest anywhere and he
would not trade_ .them for
anything.
He has Made sales that he
knew would require a great,
deal of hard work and overtime
(continued on page 12)
It would appear thate'Loren"
Cassina, the London man who
had approached the Goderich
Trotting Association, for an
agreement to organize winter
racing at Agriculture Park, is .
not in a hurry to enter into any
major 'agreement with the
Town through its solicitor. '
Mayor Harry. Worsell ad-
,vised town councillors., at last
week's regular meeting that
although the committee ap-
pointed by council' was eager to,
,meet with Mr:' • Cassina to
discuss w agreement, Mr.
Cassina 'had indicated he was
not prepared to meet with the
committee.-
"The
om.rnittee.-"The next move ,is up to Mr.
Cassina," .said the mayor.
-Reeve' Deb Shewfelt „said,
rumors icirculating throughout `
the municipality -were it was
the Town that, did not want td
meet with Mr. Cassina.
T Mayor Worsell answered
that every . effort had been
made„ to. expedite , matters, for
Mr. Cassina and the Goderich
Trotting Association, but that
"for some reason" Mr. Cassina
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range pians
t :six good reasons
Release of Ontario Hydro's Goderich area -site obviously
lung -range plans this week.con-
firmed that the Goderich area
is still considered as'a.,poisible
site • for 'a nuclear power
generating station.
The report echoed last
4 -week's . news story, however,
that nothing is •definite.
Hydro's long-range plans call'
'for a study of Southwestern On-
tario which will look at sites in
the *Goderirh area, on Georgian
Bay, on, Lake Erie and Lake
. Ontario, Hydro spokesman Mal;
-Bradden said , during' a
telephone interview .this week.
The report lists six Con-
ditions that an area roust meet
before Hydro will consider if
for a generating station mete.
Mr. Bradden explained how
each condition now applies to
the area between Goderich and
grand Bend.
The first condition is
that the site must be on' the
shore of a„ major laltH. Mr.
Bradden 'agreed that a
A Goderich area` generating and we. roust meet' feder'ar
meets tjtat requirement as Lake site -does not''necessarily•meet- requirements .for nuclear ex -
Huron is nearby. . this requirement as'the South elusion areas, use of navigable
The site must be reasonably western'Ontario study- has not waters, and hazards to aircraft.
level, with good foundation been made. yet, Mr. Bradden Municipal -bylaws must also be
conditions. The Hydro said• considered," it states.
spokesman said there are Mr. Bradden made it clear . Mr. Bradden added that
several possible sites, some het- that this study will have to be ' Hydro will meet with special
ter than others. • - ' made before Hydro .can decide' interest groups,, planners,
"
A. fuel delivery system must if a power development here , hth,unicipal councils and the
be nearby such as a pipeline, meets the final requirement of general public after it has selec-,
railway, or navigable water lot interfering with competing ted a site „ for a 'generating
system. Lake Hindi. provides ''land uses. - '—station that meets provincial
the delivery syster , he said. • Hydro will' meet first -owith and .federal ,,government stan-
A major load center', that is provincial ministries concerned dards.
an area which uses a great deal with power generatigg sites Hydra will proc'ed with this,•
of electricity, must he nearby. before.it Will takee,,any steps to r action on sites°after the South -
Mr. $sadden said that the Kit- secure land for development, he western Ontario study' is made:
chener-London area is close by, ° said. The report states that`^ The study will show where
adding that it is a growing , •generating station sites ,must be power is needed must and
area.acceptable to, provincial. ,gover- where, the most efficient
A possible site must he_ in a nment '"king -range land use locations for generating
location "At stheti ''ti"lly and en- plans.
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stations are;' he said.
vironmentally suitable" acebr--. "In seleecting a site and Mr. Bradden could not say '
ding to the- report. designing a generating station when the study would be made.
This Means, , that a we must meet various provin- Nobody at. Flydro is prepared
generating station should not tial , requirements 'for air yet'to give an exact date for the
have" any bad effects on , a ,qualit'v', water • quality, study, he said.
°:'irrounding area, he 'said. recreation and cotlservation,
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