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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-04-17, Page 1le Tugkss.d�gs beware! Dog owners in Goderich have been lax in purchasing tags for their pets in the past•but this year they face stiff penalties if they fail to license Arfy. The final extension for purchasing dog tags is now passed and* animal control officer Dick Eisler is .busy enforcing the bylaw for harboring an unlicensed dog. Residents of Goderich known to have dogs will be in- formed they are violating the bylaw if they do not have a tag and will be fined $10 plus the price of the tag. Mr. Eisler said th it to date 408 dog Jags have been issued in Goderich, 96►of which were in the last month ' before the deadline April 15. Mr. Eisler is calling on houses where he knows there are dogs to ensure that they are tagged. He. plans to ad- vise the offenders of the violation and urge them to get the tag right away. 'He said that by doing this he is`knot letting them ignore the fine by going to the tolk-n hall and buying the tag, convincing the unknowing secretary that the dog is new to its owner and should not be fined. - The number of female dogs ;registered this year is up , from previous years. John Berry dies after i�ng illness Funeral service . for John Greer Berry, 46 Cambria Rd. North, Goderich was held at Knox Presbyterian Church in Goderich Saturday afternoon, ' April 12 with the . Rev. G.L. Royal officiating. Mr. Berry, County of Huron Clerk • Treasurer and. • Administrator from 1958 until ----:the-ti-me•of hiss'-death-hadbeen a county employee for 27 years. He died Thursday, April 10 in Bill • Hanly; , and County Custodian Jim Sheardown. Attending the service were Jack Riddell, Huron MPP; Murray Gaunt, • Huron -Bruce MPP; members of Huron County Council; Past Wardens and councillors of Huron County . Council; represen- tatives of various municipal councils; the— Board . of Governors of Alexffirdr:a Marine and General Hospital; 'and the Women's/Auxiliary of Alexandra Marine and General Alcx-andrMa-ri ne anti General Hospital : following a lengthy Hospital. illness. He was 52. . • Mr. Berry is survived by°his wife, the former Josephine Interment was in Maitland , Simkins; two daughters, Mrs. Cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert (Suzanne) ' Vodden, former Huron County Wardens R.R. 1 Clinton -and Elaine of Jack Alexander of Wingham;,London; and one son, Russell, William Elston of Morris at home. He was predeceased Township; and Roylance by °one son, Michael. There are also two grandchildren who survive. McCallum Funeral Home, Goderich, was. in charge of arrangements.. . Westcott of Usborne Township; former_ county councillor and reeve of Goderich Township, Everett Mcllwain; Huron County Deputy Clerk Treasurer Warning to Goderich citizens 128 YEAR -16 'HHUR$A'Y, APRIL 1 7, 1'975 MOM . The GDCI:.I2rama.2lhfh won a Sp Choral work last weekend at a 'regional Ontario collegiate drama festival in Hamilton; Two members of the company, Earl Salter and. Jed deJong won honorable mention for acting i The GDCI Drama Club won excellent reviews and captured the hearts of their audience in a ro 9 •W A SINGLE COPY 25c Trustees want Trial bus run By Ross Haugh The two trustees, from the town of Goderich on the Huron County board of education disagreed Monday on whether students in an urban area living more than one mile from a school .should receive bus privileges. A , motion by Mrs. Dorothy Wallace that busing for these students' not be started at this time was approved by board members. The other Goderich representatiie Cayley Hill was in favour .of Providing bus transportation. -In his opening remarks Hill said "I would like to try it for a year strictly on a trial basis." After Mrs. Wallace's motion was passed, Hill said he would ask that the matter be brought up' again at the May' or June.0 meeting for further discussion. As the result of a petition• ility at the slime competition. ay be going to Toronto later in the month to compete in the provincial finals. (staff -photo) drama club regional- Ontario collegiate of November. .Ninth, 1913, drama festival in Hamilton last earned them the right to weekend. The club's production compete in the festival after they •won the HurontPerth champ unship in February. Checkredenfia1s before Goderich police chief Pat King issued a warning this week for residents of town to be on the lookout for roof and driveway coaters looking for • business. The chief said the police have reason to believe that the workmen . will Nbe coming to Goderich in the near future soliciting contracts t� seal roofs and driveways. "The companies do a job that looks good but is inferior in quality and usually high in cost;" said the chief. He warned . that the homeowners of Goderich, especially the ,elderly, should be wary .of any business deals, that a salesman introduces for the sealing job. He said that the people can call the police if they suspect the, contract to find out if the company is reputable or not, The chief recalled an ex- perience he encountered with the coating companies. He had arranged to have his driveway sealed and had casually mentioned to the workmen that he was a policeman. The work- men did an exceptional job of coating the drive despite the fact that many other residents had complained to the police of inferior work by the same company. .•a "We had complaints that the driveway topping •had cracked or that weed had grown through it," saidthe chief; Not all ,the firms dealing in the business are inferior ac- cording to Chief King. Some George Feagan, left, cheeks over the card for the'Feagan Invitational Purse tomorrow night at Goderich Raceway with promoter of the race Loren Cassina. Mr. Feagan, termed the elder of the famed Goderich harness racing family, will present the winning driver with the $1,000 purse for the premier race. The new Goderich season will feature for betting and closed circuit video coverage of the races inside the Goderich arena. (staff -photo) ' 01 f�a job hold up the bargain just as they claim they, will but many just come into a community getting all the business they can and then leave down after doing a shoddy job on their customers' property. • "I would suggest that anyone entering into an agreement for this type of work get a references from someone they know has just had the work done or phone us for a reference," said the chief. • .'twn of the clab,, Jed. deJong and Earl Salter, receiv':1 honorable mention in Hamil;oti for their acting ability and the club received a .,,ability Adjudicator's Award for Choral Work. -.En schools competed in the festival, four of which will go on to the provincial competition later in the month. The an- nouncement of the four will be on April 28 .and the Goderich company is hopeful they wilt be one. Winning the right to go'to the provincial is important to the Agreement finally reached tops GDCI students just for the opportunity to perform off the stage of the St. Lawrence Centre in Toronto`. The 60 student club, 54 of whom are on stage, is thrilled with the op- portunity to work in the •professional atmosphere. Warren Robinson, author and director of the play, felt his students performed flawlessly. Involved with drama at GDCI for the Fast six years Mr. Robinson is very impressed with this club. He claimed they had "as close to a, flawless production as he has ever been involved with". • The provincial competition is one involving four regions of Ontario. Goderich is included in the area from Parry Sound to Toronto and everything west. fi Goderich afew months•ago, the administration was asked , by the, board to look into the cost of providing service throughout the county 'for town children living more ,than one mile from their school. Costs as prepared by tran- sportation manager R. L. Cunningham amounted to $11,030.80 per year for 56 students at Robertson public school and' 18 students at Goderich District Collegiate. In her statement to oppose providing bus services, Mrs. Wallace said: "Pupils would lose more ' than they gain at both ends of the day." ; Mrs. Wallace indicated soine students were receiving extra help and u`l;ing additional facilities in the morning before buses would arrive and again in the afternoon after bus ' departures. • In favorini busing Hill said, 'me "Goderich parents feel very keenly about this. , They feel they're not getting the 'same shake' as • rural' youngsters." Hill continued, "we must recognize that the separate schools do this and I don't think leaving school on a bus will deprive a: child from getting extra help." In reply to a question' from Race season starts Friday night Town council finally reached a suitable agreement with Bluewater Racing and Associates after considerable discussion on the , subject Monday night. With the' racing season set to open tomorrow night, council submitted their final proposal's to Bluewater in a 'take it or leave i%'situation. The agreement'. defines fees to be paid by Bluewater for use of the municipal park, responsibilities of the parties concerned and' protection clauses for ,the town. Council objected to a few 'of Bluewater's ' proposals and altered them to their satisfaction. The fees paid by the company (Bluewater) to the town f0'r cleaning the track and gran- dstand after race nights was questioned by council, • Deputy -reeve Bill Clifford asked if the $200 per month originally asked for was to be paid only during the racing , season or for the entire year. Councillor Elsa Haydon responded as chairman of the parks committee stating flatly that $200 "will not pay for cleaning the grounds for a month." She said that the town owned the property and was doing all the'Oolrk cleaning up and should get at least $5Q0 per month. Some councillors expressed discontent over the plans made by Bluewater to open Friday night without an agreement. The main representative of the company, Loren J." Cassina, called a press conference .Monday afternoon to announce the opening of the 19 -day season which would feature indoor betting and closed circuit • television ' coverage of the races. ,These indoor facilities will be providedin the Goderich arena. "What are they doing having races Friday night when there is no agreement," questioned Bill Clifford. r Mayor Deb Shewfelt said that the company acted on the intent of council to '.sign the agreement. He added that they were under the impression that council was not opposed to "the racing season, only minor clauses in the agreement. Council then turned. their attention to the concession rights laid oft in the contract. Bluewater requested sole rights to all concessions at, the park on1race nights. "The little hole in the wall under the .grandstand can't handle the crowds on race nights but in defence •of the little man we can't give Bluewater sole rights to the concessions,''"—'said councillor Dave Gower referring to the grandstand food booth. Bill Clifford agreed stating that if the two parties wanted to come to a separate agreement that was up to them but 'the option should be left, open for the person running the gran- dstand booth to have a chance to open on race nights. Councillor Gower recom- mended that' the company he given all concession rights except those under the gran- dstand. ' .Reeve Stan Profit reminded council that Mr. Cassina is a businessman and is familiar with these situations. "If he wants to race he has to sign the agreement • our way including the stipulation of the concessions," said Profit. The company added, 'a renewal clause. to the agreement giving it the right to operate in the future if the race dates were, secured and council was agr"eeable. The clause covered 1976 and 1977. Reeve Profit raised the point about the annual softball tournatherit that conflicts with the Labor Day race night. He pointed out that the situation regarding the ,two was just cleared up in council and wanted to know what would happen ikthe same agreement was reached next year as this. Councillor Jim Peters told council that if Bluewater wanted to race in the winter they would not be able to Ilse the arena as they are now because of minor }hickey. He said there was "no way" they weregoing to put minor hockey out. • "What's the difference between hockey and soccer?" deit`anded Reeve Profit. "It ...seems that eyerything in conflict with horses gets the hums rush, There is ho problem with hockey because.It is the national pastime but roller skating can go. Everytime • someone . comes along with dollars hanging out of their pocket we run after them.", Mayor Shewfelt appeased the council saying that , if something did go wrong council could "kill the agreement" any time they „wished and that would be the end of i;rac:ag. He added that the renewal ' was again up to council and th they could stipulate what th wished in . next agreement. year's .01 Charlie Thomas, trustee Molly Kunder said," in rural' areas elementary students are required to .walk only a quarter of a mile- and the maximum walking distance for secondary students is a half mile." Hill indicated the big problem in Goderich could be youngsters walking through ' heavy traffic in the downtown area. At the end of the discussion Mrs. Kunder suggested bus services for urban students could be tried in Goderich on a trial basis from December 1 to March 1. Other schools with ' town students more than a mile away are F. E. Madill secon- dary and Wingham public school • and Clinton public school. Turn down resolutions embers f.'led 'to 1. . 11 support recent resolutions from the Wellington County board of education to Ontario's Education Minister Thomas Wells. The Wentworth resolutions asked that the Ontario School Trustees Council be em- powered to speak on behalf of a substantial majority of trustees in theprovince; that legislation' be introduced to set out terms • of reference for collective bargaining between boards and teachers. " Cayley , Hill, was the main spokesman on this topic saying, "I don't think We should sup- port this. w They are . making ,;suggestions that may or may not be workable: It could mean we would go along with a blank Cheque." Hill continued "t think the ministry is making sincere attempts to update legislation. There may be just cause for delay. Chairman Wilfred Shertreed commented "Legislation , is coming down some Tuesday. It's been coming for three or four years." The board decided Monday to set up an ad hoc -committee to, investigate the implications of the proposed power generating stations for Huron. Discussion took .place after receiving a brief from the Huron Power "Plant Com- mittee's chairman;' Adrian Vos. Mrs, Dorothy Wallace, was the first to speak saying, "This is a serious matter. We should ' betaldggastand onit." Chairinan Shortreed added, "An influx like Bruce could have a real impact on our educational system." In discussing the size of the committee, Shortreed said, "I think we should have more than three members. I would like to add to,get more expertise," Supplement Salaries The board agreed to sup- plement salaries of members of. the custodial and secretarial staffs who are covered by collective agreement. These employees1will receive (continued on page 16 No OFY grant.,. for Square project • The' buildings on the sidestreets off The Square that were to be painted this year under an OFY grant will have to wait until 1976, The grant to complete the project was not accepted by Opportunities for Youth officials. The painting was to be handled by eight students in the same manner as last year's painting of the buildings on The Square. • The students applied • for the grant' during the winter and were informed recently that they had been turned down. No reason for the refusal was offered. John Schaefer, metnber of k1 the Businessmen's Association and organizer of the project,. said he Could not understand why the project was turned down. He said that last year's original application to paint The Square had also been refused but after consultations, had been accepted. "It's certainly a very wor- thwhile project," said Schaefer. "It improved the downtown area and the .sidestreets freed it this year." The businessmen have not abandoned hope. They intend to apply for a grant again next year and possibly work with the (continued on page 16'