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Judith Gooderham Pool, a
nice place to swim, but one
wouldn't want to change there.
The change room facilities at
• the pool are outdated,
unhealthy and dirty and have,
been a thorn in the side of the
town for • the past two years.
The' recreation board for the
town would like to see the
building at the pool completely
renovated and council has
adopted a wait and see' plan
delaying any major expense on
the site until it is obvious it is.
wanted and needed by the
public and that -there is no
alternative but .to, spencjr...the ....
money. '
The money, $50,000, is a
rough figure attached to
rebuilding the change room- to
meet the. Ministry of Health
specifications. The changes •
basically require new shower
stalls with bet -ter water
pressure and hot water, . a
larger and separate change
area than is presently available
and a different system for
swimmers to enter and leave
the premises.
`The subject of spending the
money has been to the council
table once this year but was
rejected in favor of doing the
minimum amount of work'
necessa to allow thepool to
open thi, sump er. Councillor
Bob Alle asked council to table
the decision to not • renovate
until a further investigation
into the' conditions at the pool
could be done. He suggested
that council go down to the pool
and look things• over• for
themselves.
The council members agreed
that as many as could make it
should' go to the pool to meet
with representatives of the rec
board and the Huron County
Health Unit. The meeting was
held but the only member of
council present was Bob Allen.
•. The three groupS,'recreation,
health and --council, put their
heads together to try to think of
some way to renovate the
premises without - council
support; They suggested that
the p.-oject could be taken on by
the community of Goderich on
a system of donation of, funds,
materials and labor. '
Involvement of the com-
munity could be ' a faster and
more economic method bf
Councillor Bob. %lien examines a broken window pane in the
Judith* Gooderhztn pool changeroom. Mr. Allen was at the
pool to examine ',he facilities for first. hand knowledge on the
changes needed to update the changerobm to Ministry :of
Health standards. (staff photo)
Few lifeguards
offer.;servlces
Good lifeguards are hard to
come by and over the past three
weeks Goderich'. Recreation
Director Mike Dymond hasn't
come by too many.
A shortage of experiened,
qualified guards is beginning; to
concern' the rec director as the
opening date for Judith
Gooderham pool and the
Goderich beach nears.
"It is a responsible job and
there is a lengthy cours
volved in training,' Dy' o> d
explained.
The training period inv ye+t '
to become a lifeguard can take
up to three years to"compLete
the first phase. To enroll n a
lifesaving course an applicant
must have leader patrol
training. The leader patrol,
program can be entered .by a
15 -year-old but the person must
wait until they. are 17 to begin
on their instructor's permit.
During these two years an
aspiring lifeguard_ usually has
to work under the watchful eye
of an experienced person. Mike
Dymond feels a 15 -year-old is
too young to patrol the beach
.and if he hires such,a person he
will use him or her at the pool
when there is a more qualified;
guard on duty.
Last year anyone wishing to
enroll in an instructor's course
had to leave_ town Mr. the
duration of 'the program.
During this time they are in -
.dependent with regard to living
Blaze
destroys
cottages
The Goderich and Clinton fire
lepattments , responded
iatattl y night to a two alarm
S1 e,; n Highway 21 south of"
.ri h. The two departments.
,Ited as a unit to bring a two
cage fire under control.
i31 ld Ball turned 'in • the
a after he discovered the
4,1the ceiling of his cottage
di lakefront. Mr. Ball, who,
V; at 192 Eldon�.St-re'et in
•‘.tich, had started a -fire in
theplace of the cottage, and
gto the attic to do some
iitt1011 work. He noticed
vb and flames iri the ceiling
the chimney and called
ire department,
1e Goderich detachment of
Ontario Provincial Police
rted Ttbat a. faulty chimney
suspected to be the cause
e blaze. The fire consumed.
tMl cottage and 'spread to
text oor owned by Mrs.
Ce Iconer, of Clinton'.
gs were destroyed
edit mate of costs has
blade. "
experfsses and they receive pay
for the learning period,.
This year a leader patrol
course, the, minimum
requirement for a lifeguard,
will be offered at Judith
Gooderharn.
Wages offered in the past by`
the town for lifeguards did not
encourage summer employees`--
tor work at'the pool and beach.
, Last 'year the. wages 'ranged.
4 from $2.20. an , hour to $2.65
epending on the. .person's
ttalitications. The Goderich
< 2ecreation Board this year
boosted" the pay to between
$2,50 and $3.25 per hour.
The board immediately
'started advertising for summer
help and the response has not
been overwhelming. The staff
requirements at the pool are
one cashier, onesuperintendent
and eight- lifeguards. The
beach requires four guards.
Last 'year these were six
guards, one cashier and a
superintendent at the pool
operating -the facility six days a
• week for 12 hours and eight
hours on Sunday, Only, 'three
applied fdr duty on the beach
and one of those left half way
through the_ " suriimer. The
beach staff is on duty six days a
week for six or seven hours a
day depending on the public
use.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1975
seeing the project through than
contracting the work out, .ac-
cording to the group. By ap
proaching service clubs and
organizations for funds it may
be possible to finance the new
building with little involvement'
from the town.
A labor force could be
mristered on a volunteer basis
if enough concerned residents
supported the scheme. ' Bob
Allen suggested • that possibly
town employees could work on
thwbuilding as time allowed.
ealth Unit representative
Jim ' McCaul suggested that
.people could possibly donate
their time in the evenings and.
on weekends to get the job
done. He added that he- per-,
sonally would. be: glad to work
during his spare bine. -
The materials needed for thf"
(continued on page 9
Three: single
car_ accidents
prove costly
'Three single car accidents q.
Goderich this, past Ave Res
resulted in over $2000 dama
to the vehicles involved..
February 20 a vehicle driven +1,
Fergus Burns' ' of R.R, ►;i}
Goderich struck a pole
_ Britannia Road near Booth
•Street resulting in ..,$500.
damages. There were no - in-
juries.
. In a single car accident on
Feb. 21 a vehicle driven by
RonaldMarshall of 85 Cambria
Rd. W. struck a parked car on
The Square owned by Laura
Lee Reily. • There was a $1,000
damage to the Marshall vehicle
and $300 tothe Reily vehicle.
Lowisa McDaniel .of :46
Swicoast Drive was°attempffng
to make, a' right" hand turn on
Britannia Road from Waterloo
Street when the vehicle she was
driving struck a pole. There
was $400 damage:
During the past week the
Goderich Police Department
'laid 15 charges under the High-
way Traffic Act, four under the
Liquor Control Act; 13 under
local by-laws and 13 under the
Criminal Code.
Charred remains
A fire Saturday night completely destroyed this`tottage owned by Mrs. George'Falconer of
Clinton. The building next join. to Mrs. Falconer's was burned to the ground by the blaze that
was fought by'the Goderich and Clinton firedepartments. (photo by Douglas R. Williams) ,
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Friday is deadline
The once nasty job of changing license plates is now history but the'nasty job of buying the
sticker that replaces the plates is very much in the present. Marie LeBlanc installs her 1975
sticker while she waits for her car to warm-up. The 75 -sticker's have been selling steadily but the
local license bureau expects quite a few more motorists to come in before the February 28
deadline. The bureau has no way of counting the number of stickersbought but they do know
that they have many of them left over. (staff -photo)
'School spirit high.
r'tray-:�s t o r
festival winn
By BETTY ETUE
The Huron Perth District
Collegiate Drama Festival
provided . the audience at the
Goderich Collegiate Institute.
on . Saturday, February 22nd,
with two excellent per-
formances. ,
No doubt it was a thrilling
experience for the cast from
•the Goderich. Collegiate
Institute ^ and for writer.-
„director
riter-,'director Warren R'obinson, to
see • their play "November
Ninth” come alive on the stage.
What other-, words than
"come alive" could one use to
describe a cast of fifty-four.
teenagers? This play was based
on a note of local history in the
re -living of the "Great Storm"
Of 1913. It was a fascinating
production from start to finish
with precise co-ordination of
lighting, sound and action,
The adjudicator referred to
this play as quite provocative
and commented on the out-
„ standing co-ordination involved
and in particular referred "to
the "drowning" scene which he
said was most imaginative and
convincing. . •
Wanda Linner and.Marianne
Frayne provided a relief of
tension from , the "drowning"
scene with a ballad calling to
mind the numbers lost in
Georgian Bay.
The South Huron Collegiate
Institute presented "Colors In
The Dark" by James Reaney.
The director, paf Quigley and.
her cast provided a com-
pi Gated and precise produc-
tion, By the clever use of 'slides
and masks, designed by
Suzanne. Bakich, together with
photos by Bruce Perry, they
provided an interpretation of
our past, present and future
lives. -
There was also a large cast
and the' adjudicator com-
mented particularly on the
excellence of the chorus and the
authenticity of the "train"
scene. .
The. adjudicator, David Fox,
has appeared with Theatre
Passe Muraille -in such
productions as "The Farm
A " �
,Show", "Adventures of An
Immigrant", "Them Don-
_ nellys" and with the Factory
Theatre Lab in "Esker Mike
and his wife; Agilud" in which
he also appeared in their
British. Tour, ass well ,as
"Bagdad Saloon".
The awards were presented
by the adjudicator as follows:.,
South--J4uron Collegiate
Instituter best actress, Joan
Goddard for her performance
as' 'Ma" in "Colors in The
Dark"; ensemble acting,
"Colors in The Dark"s-- -ad
judicatpr's Award of Merit,
Suzanne Bakich for her slides
in "Colors in The Dark":
Goderich' Collegiate
Institute ti best actor, Jed
DeJong for his performance in
"November Ninth";' ensemble
acting, "November Ninth" ;
;Special Adjudicator's Award,
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Claude Turcotte for his ex-
cellent work as Stage Manager
for. the "November Ninth"
production.
And then on to the big
moment .of the evening -the
presentation of the Award for
the Best Performance, being
made fo - the Goderich
Collegiate Institute for their
production of "November
Ninth".
Both performances in this
Festival • were obyiously team
efforts by the , South Huron
Collegiate Institute and the
Goderich Collegiate Institute
and special mention must be
made Of the' discipline, co-
operation and hard work
required to produce plays and
have a large number 'of
students participating.
The enthusiastic display of
(continued on page 8)
Five youths- charged
on total of 35 counts
• The Goderich ,Police
Department have charged five
youths and one juvenile with a „,
total • of 35 charges under the
Criminal Code following a
series of break, enter and
thefts, mischief andwilful
damage which . have occurred
over the past several weeks.
The juvenile faces a total of
13 charges including nine for
break and enter, one attempted'
hreak and enter, two for wilful
damage and one for mischief.
The juvenile ,will appear in
court on April 1. . :
John Alexander Chamney,
16, of 56 B Albert St. Goderich; -
faces five charges; tWo for
break and enter and:three for
mischief.
Ronald Scott. Kennedy, 16, of
162 Anglesea St., Goderich,
faces four charges;, one - for
break and enter and three for
mischief,y
. David Carl Ocsch, 18, of 41A
Cambria Rd. N.,. Goderich,
faces five charges; four for
break and enter and one for
attempted break and,,enter.
Douglas Ross Williams, 17, of
R.R. 2 Goderich faces two
charges of hreak'and enter.
Bruce Angus Carrick, 1r of
170 St. David St. Goderich face's,
six charges; five for break and
enter and . one for attempted
break and enter.
They will appear in court on
April 7.
The places attacked included
a residence, a service station,
CNR and CPR property, a fish
shack, a beach bar, the Park
House Hotel and other business
premises. • ,Stolen goods have
been recovered but no estimate
of the damage was available.
The investigation. was con-•
dueled by Sergeants George
Bacon and Mervin Witter of the
Goderich PoliceForcc'° ..
SINGLE COPY 25g
Red ..Cross
campaign
next week
The annual campaign for
funds for the Red Cross willbe
going on in Goderich next week,
March 3 through -8. The Maple
Leaf Chapter of the IODE is co-'
ordinating the . campaign
assisted by volunteers from the
community. .
The co -Conveners for the
drive are Mrs. Frank `Curry
and Mrs,: Stan Prevett. Their'
objective is $3,00p - $200 more
than las/ year's a tual total
The availability of blood is
one of the major projects of the
Red Cross in this'area but Red
Cross staff is active in water w
safety efforts with the children
and services to the veterans at
Westminster Hospital, London.
Anyone who is missed the
door-to-door campaign for
funds who would like to make a
donation, may mail a gift. to ,—
Mrs. Prevett, 80 Colborne,
Street.
Big Brother.
board selected
' A group of interested citizens
'have formed a -board df
directors in an effort to launch
a Big Brothers Association in
c2the Goderich area. The for-
mation of 'the board was a
necessary 'step- for the fledgling
organization to realize its goal
of applying for a. charter
membership with the Canadian
Association.
The members of the board
include president Greg
Lawrence, vice-president Mike
Dymond ` and - treasurer Al
Sharlock. Other members of
the board are . Pat' King, Don
Young, George- Penfold, Rev.
Garwood Russell, Dan Murphy,
Stewart -Thompson, Bilh Ery
and Rev.- Ronald McCallum.
Three- committees, finance ,
recruiting and public relations
have also been formed from the
board membership and hope to
move in a positive direction
following a public meeting
scheduled for .March 25. The
association hopes to 'attract
mothers of eligible boys and
also prospective big brothers to
,the meeting.' '
The meeting will be held 'in
the Board Room of - the
assessment office beginning at
8 p.m. -
a . Take two imaginative' and
energetic, ladaes._..from the city
and add one old building' in a
small town and it should add up
.to...trouble, right? Wrohg!
• Ruthann, Michon and Cathy
Whiteford arse two such ladies
who made the _equation
balance. Ruthann and her
sister Cathy purchased a
building on East Street in
Goderich; -applied their ve"r-
satility into the necessary
renovations and opened a
combination flower and gift
boutique on February 7 called -
' the Flower Basket. It is their
first business venture. -
Both of the ladies had worked
either part or full-time for a
florist and decided to pool and
apply their talents in a businggss,,,
venture of their Own. Although
they are from Exeter, Goderich
/ was chosen for their business
since,they were impressed with
the town and found that it was
simply easy" to set up an
opreration here. Ruthann now
lives in Goderich but they are.
originally frdm Toronto. •-
Once the building was bought
the 7 ladies -donned their con-
struction helmets. Hours of
elbow grease went lento
renovations before the shop
was ready to open. Ruthann
and Cathy did much of the work
themselves such as installing ,
carpet and giving the walls an
ttiquated look with barn
board leaving only such work
a"s installing a refrigeration,
unit to outside help.
The work they will admit is'
demanding at times but' also
rewarding. They do their own
- floral designs and
arrangements and when times
are tough it will not be un- ,
common ' to see Cathy
delivering flowers in the truck.
New flower
shop opens
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