The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-11-28, Page 1r,
Borg-Worner .offers
to buy 22 acres,
council isin fuvor
Goderich Town Council has.
approved the minutes of a
November 15 special meeting of
the Goderich Industrial . Com-
mission called to deal with the
offer of Borg-Worner 'Canada
Ltd. to purchase land in the In-
dustrial Park.
At that meeting, the Com -u
)mission recommended to coun-
cil that the offer:to purchase 22
acres in Industrial Park at
$2,000 per acre be accepted..
Also included in the motion
.is a clause stipulating that the
company must build 'Within five
years, In the event that no con-
struction is undertaken within
that period; the land must be
resold to the Town of Goderich
at $2;000 per acre.
The°Town solicitor is also in-
vited to add any other cfon-
ditions deemed necessary to
protect the Town's interest.
A further recommendation to
council. was that the purchase
price received from the sale of
the land - $44,000 in all - be.
spent in the year 1975 on ser-
vices as set out in the offer to,
purchase.
Sheccording to Reeve ' Deb
felt, a member of the In-
dustria'g Commission, Borg-
Worner•, Canada Ltd. is connec-
ted with 45 different industries
and their products are widely
diversified. If the nature, of„
production planned for,
Goderich is known, the infor-
mation has not been disclosed
to the public. •
The property at which Borg-
Worner has been looking is
directly behing Gearco, exten-
ding into the bush.
Shewfelt issues
brief statement
before election
There will be 24 names -on
the ballot when Goderich
voters go to the polls Monday -
two candidates each for mayor,
reeve and deputy reeve, 12 can-
didates for six .council seats
and six candidates for four
Public Utilities Commission
posts.
The big race though, as far as
most citizens is concerned, is
the one for , mayor. Deb
Shewfelt, 'a six year veteran of
Goderich . Town., Council, an,
nounced his intentions in. Oc-
tober to seek the chair to be left
vacant by retiring mayor Harry
Worsell: ,
Just before the closing of
nominations 'on November 12,
it became known that Harry
Bosnell, : a newcomer to
Goderich municipal •politics,
would oppose him.
The main issues in the race
Corre1c t
error
Voters in Poll 12,
should disregard the ad-
dress which appeared on
the card they received
locating their polling
booth in Monday's
rminicipal election. •
The correct address is
187 Britannia Road West,
and is the house at the
former Bedard's Store.
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so far have been three in num-
ber . - the real estate and
development interests of
Shewfelt, the inexperience of
Bosne4l, and the feeling in
some quarters that Shewfelt, a
busy businessman, may not
`have the same amount of tithe
to devote to the office of mayor
as has Bosnell, a retired
executive.
This week Mr. Shewfelt
issued a statement to the press,
giving answer to the two issues
involving' him.
Mr. Shewfelt's • statement is
as, follows:
"Since there have been
several"issues brought forward
in this coming election, I will
attempt to clarify my position,"
Mr. Shewfelt said.
"It has been stated'thatl do
not have the time to be Mayor.
i Although the Mayor has a busy
schedule, as Reeve T have at-
tended- both County Council
regular and committee
meetings,. Town' Council and
'committee meetings and In-
dustrial commission meetings
as well as being chairman of
Public Works .for the past two
years. Yes, the Mayor has a
busy schedule but I have been
equally as busy," he argued,,
"A possible .conflict of 'in-
terest 'can arise with any coun-
cil member, hut. in my ;own
case, on' lhe two occasions' in
the past six years that I. have
been a member of council. I.
"• (continued on page 16)
Childreu's Aid opn... ne quarfers
The Huron County Children's Aid Society held an open house
last, Wednesday, in their new location in the assessment
building. Their headquarters are on the first floor of the new
addition to the building. The C.A.S.. has a staff of 14, including
a director.., supervisor, eight social_workers, an office manager
and three secretaries. On hand for the open house were (left to
Eight to one for salary hike ..
Increase gives council
SINGE COPY. 2 5 c
Bayfield Road
to be widened'
Redesigr)ng of Bayfield owners all•along Bayfield Road
Road from the intersection' of who would stand to see their
Britannia Road to ••Huckins - homes located closer to the
Street (presently the 'entrance highway, and pointed,out that
-to Industrial Park) may considerable loss of beauty
become a hot and difficult issue would be sacrificed if trees
for the 1975 76 council. • along that street were removed
" At last week's council for construction.
meeting, it was learned that
present plans call for widening Reeve Deb Shewfelt ex -
Bayfield 'Road to four lanes pressed his doubts about a plan
from Britannia Road to to make Britannia Road a
Huckins Street, with the inter- thrbugh street with traffic
sec son '`L Tn�--ettimltt�=� ria,-. -----L-
Bayfield Road to be redesigned 'treet requved to stopbefore'
to facilitate traffic there. entering Britannia Road. w
Mayor Harry Worsell and
Councillor Dave Gower, chair-
"I'm not sure' it is wise to
man of the Administrative have Britannia Road a through
Committee, reported they had street," said Reeve Shewfelt.
spoken to the owners of the "That school yard is not fenced
variety store at that corner, Mr. and ybu'd have cars blasting
and Mrs. Harold Gauley, and down Britannia Road that now
the proprietors,of the property have to stop in front of .the
on the opposite corner, Mr. and school." . ,
Mrs. Frank McArthur, regar- Plans for the renovations to
ding acquisition' of parts of Bayfield Road and Britannia
' their holdings to widen the in-. Road are. on .. display at the
tersection. ,,, towel office at the present. time.
On Monday evening of this
week, council met 'with the The traffic signals at the cor-
Gauleys and the McArthurs to ner of Highway 8 arid Britan-
discuss the matter but no nia Road are going in soon, and
decisions were reached.- the wiring is to be placed un -
'There's no question ,about derground.
it," said Councillor Gower .'at Cast 'of this work is $8,000
last Thursday evening's but a large percentage of the
meeting. "Major and very ex- cost will be fully subsidized..
tensive property, is required to
right) Huron County warden, William. Elston, Rev. R.C.
McClenaghan, president of the board of directors of the
Children's Aida Society; Miss Mildred Marwick, who was
presented with a 15 year service pin at the open house; and
Bruce Heath, director of the• C.A.S. (staff photo)
500; mayor s5,00
The new 1975-76 • Goderich
Town - Council ' wil•1 receive a
healthy raise in salary with the
new year. Only one councillor•
on this year's council, Mrs. •,.
E1sa.Haydon, was opposed to
the increase when a recorded
vote was taken on the question.
"I' know how it sounds,
especially right now," said
M H dhen she advised
rs. ay on w .
might have supported a modest
10 percent increase, pointed o 5,
she.wou•ld have an entirely dif-
ferent viewpoint • if it :was. a
matter of the salaries of town
employees.
"That' is their livelihood,
their profession," she said.
Frank Wall om, a veteran Of
Goderich . Town Council,
estimated •the raises cif town
council she 'would vote against employees had . been in the
the motion for a salary hike. "I neighborhood of :30 percent
know it must sound Pollyanna- ° over the last two years.
ish but I think council members "That's not putting us in too
should do it. for the community, had a light,' he, said. a
not for the salaries thew ' The ,rai•ses approved , for •
receive." .p •. 'council were substantial. - an
Mrs. Havdon, who said she additional $1,0(10 fol eath
.'•
additional
from $1,500. Co
$2,500 per annum arid a $2,000
In lhe n,eiws agau
heaved it
Pressure from water under is section of the south storm sewer, buckled the pipe and ea
led properly,
abovelast week. When the'pipewaceait�ihibesf slaid,
ta drpin awaybeen
the water, and then
the ground
allowing water to get under it. Workers placed
returned the pipe, (staff photo)
ai+e for the mayor from $3,000,
to $5,000 per _annum.
Leroy Harrison, the coun-
"rillo.r who early in this term ad-
vocated that pay raises for
council" be approved ,by the
outgoing council and not the in-
coming' criuncil, wanted some
changes •in the extras paid- to"
councils wkile outof-town on
council business. He received
no support for his recommen-
dations. ,
Harrison thought the $35' for
• hotel romp should be in-
creased to, include tax; that -'the
allowance for' meals he .upped
from $15 to $20,; and that' the
per dierp• rate for councillors
and mayor he increased from.
Collisions costl
y
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A. collision -at the .corner of
Waterloo 'and Lighthouse
Streets , November 19, caused
4$2',500 damage. There was:.
• $1,500 damage to , a vehicle
driven by Reginald W. Bell, 56
Irvinehopes
freeze orders
more heipfuI
Last week in the Ontario
Legislature Murray Gaunt,
MPP for Huron -Bruce asked_
Hon. Donald • K. Irvine,
Minister ,of Housing 'what was
the legal status of the '8(1 -odd
freezes in 'the provi'n e'
"In view of the difficulties.
which the ministry has h�w d in
regard to the freeze S1rr`fer in
Goderich and Colborne Town,
ships, and the reluctance of the
government to test the validity
..of the freeze in the courts, what
is the legal status of the other
80 -odd freezes in the province,
asked Mr. Gaunt.
' "The ministerial orders that
have been laced are legal if
they Wer aced before any
building permits were issued
for a certain development,"
Mr. Irvine replied.
"In certain ' 1•g�ses, the
building permits were issued by
the.. municipality before the
ministerial • order was
•registered, and that has mused
us a probletn. We hope to en-
sure that we do not have the,
problem that the member is
referring to happening
through&.. the rest of the
province," Mr. Irvine admitted,
accidents
$20 and $30 respectively to $30
and $40. respectively.
• He thought it was -,strange.
there•was, a recommendation to •
• raise the salaries of council and
not the per diem rate offered to,
meetings for which salary. is
with fullress fa nfare •
lost on the job, whether in -town
• or out-of-town.
He also commented that This year's Santa Claus following the .parade at the .
since some councillors in the Parade and festivities will be a Park Theatrae from• ap,-
gala event, with approximately proximately 3:30 .p.m. to 5:30 .
future could lose pay at work '
. for Sunday meetings, it should 16 floats, six bands, and a new p.m.
be provided through the bylaw feature, a -Christmas cartoon -
that such persons could collect . show.' '
per diem fdr'Sunclays. 'The cartoon show will kick
"That would mean then," off this Saturday's schedule, at
said Councillor Dave Gower, by 12•:00 noon at the Park
way of S•la'rification., "that, such Theatre. Cartoons will run un -
a 'person who was off '.work til -shortly before • 2:00 p.m.,
1 i in the week and attei5ding when the parade ,is scheduled
make that corner." , Regular meetings only will
Councillor Elsa Haydon be held in December - Decem-
questioned briefly the need for ber 5 and 19' - at 7 p.m. in, the
a four -lane highway in that council chambers..
area of town. She said she was There will be no committee
concerned about the property- meetings in December.
sofa's coming Saturday
a c g
t'tt
council business on his days to begin,
off, would not,claim per diem. Eight clowns and an old fire
is'that what you are saying?" truck are among the other en -
Councillor Harrison made no • 'tries in. the parade.
reply. "We will also have a military
Councillor Haydon then band organ if the weather is
pointed out that shift workers decent," recreation director
are not the' only ones who could Mike Dymond said. He noted
be out-of-pocket for Sunday that there willLbe more entries
. mneetings. She .said that women in each category this year than
who normally take •care of their in last year's parade.
families' on Sunday as well as The parade route will begin
any other day;• could very well
,have to hire someone to fill in
for them at home on a Sunday.
Councillor Prank Waikom of
fered .yet another example: he
commented that since he is
retired and theoretically does
not earn 'a salary which he
could lose.- while on council
business for a day or more at a
ti'nte, could perhaps he expected
• to give up the per diem to
which councillors are entitled.
or at leaste share it with
St. Patrick St., and $1,000
damage to a vehicle driven by
Linda M. 'Frayne, 34
Wellington St. S. There were
no injuries.
There "was $1,600 damage in
another collision November 19,
Cars driven by John B. Sully,
64 Oomox Cres., and James A.
Collinson, •221 Britannia Rd.,
collided at the cornerof Huron
Road and Oxford Street. There
was $700 damage to the Sully
vehicle, and $900 to the Collin-'
son vehicle. There were no in•
-
juries'.
A two -car collision November
20' at the intersection of
Kingston and St. David Streets
caused' $800 damage. There
was $300 -darnage „to g car
(driven by Ilene Gibbons, 306 '
Huron Rd., and $500 damage .
AG. a car ' driven by' James
'Mohring, 170 A Keays St.
There were no injuries repor-
ted.
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Three- Detroit, Mich. women
were injured in a two -car
collision at the intersection of
Elgin A' enue and South Street
November 21, at 5:00 p.m.
Susan Driscoll of Detroit:
driver of one vehicle, and a
passettger,'Martha Keillor. also
of 'Detroit, received minor in-
juries. Another passenger in the
Driscoll i.•ehicle, Ann Nar-
chessault, of Detroit, received
broken ribs. There was $3,000
damage• to the Driscoll vehicle,
and $4,000 damage to the other
car, driven by George De.Jnng,
134 Elgin 'Ave., W.
- During the past week, police
laid four charges under the
Criminal 'Code, 16 under the
Highway Traffic Act, three un.
der the Liquor Control Act,and
four by-law charges.
on Elgin 'Avenue W., at South.
It will travel around The
Square to West Street, to
Waterloo Street, Lighthouse
Street, and back around The
Square..
Entries will be divided into
five categories - general', youth,
Services, industry, . and school.__
They will be ,judged for first,
second and third place in each
category. Shirley Keller,
Signal -'Star editor, Chip Mar-
tin, -`London Free Press repol -
somebody else. ter, .and •Police Chief P. D.
Councillor Gower, chairman King will be the judges.
of the Administration Commit- 'Santa's Court will be held
tee which brought in the report
on salaries, said he would be in
favor of paying per diem on
Sundays 'on the direction of-
council,
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