The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-07-03, Page 1• The . Huroj .. CQurIty Gaol in
G dericlk%ia-been ideelased of
national aarchiteettfral
signifiednce and will be
commemorated with ,the un-..
7•,veiiin, of a National Historic
• plaque at a special ceremony
• on SS'atur-day, July 5.,.,,beginning
ollowing the unveiling of the
plaque *there will be a ribbon
cutting ceremony to officially
open' the i historic jail to- the
public. The Honorable Judd
Sue -Wallah, 'Minister of Indian
and Northern Affairs was
scheduled to participate in the
ceremony but is unable to at-
tend and will be represented by.
. iiwford Douglas, - 1VfP for
Other dignitarieS ' pa '-
tHic ipating iii ,the plaque un-
veiling are Dr. J. Maurice S.
Careless, Ontarjo Represen•
tative;.Historic' Sites- -,and-
nu )
Moments Board- ofd„�am'tda
D. J. _,Shewfelt,, Mayor of
Goderich; and • Mr. - Paul •
Carroll, chair -Man of: the Huron
County Historic Jail Board,
The. plaque- will be.uriveiled
by Mrs: Joan Van den 'B•roeek
and . ,Hutoh', County Warden -
Anson McKinle will perform
the -ribbon cutting ceremony,
"What's`” in-" -A Name", an ou.tw.by two nacrepet•fornaagtceso'vents attracted many par -
original production . by Brian ' of The creat Storm - Novem.bei•- ticipants. Winfiers.were , .
M'arkson, chairman of the 'WO, - written by ancathenr. Fish Derby t`ar.gest ,fish,
a Festival '75 Committee -,"-started '-Godcrichite, Warren Robinson, Larry- .Boyce•, Reg Pullivan;
Canada Week- festivities, in for the GDC1 drama club. most fish, $teven'-Diirst; ,Davi~
Goderich off on .just the right. a •
:The cast of 60 -was cut in half
•1 _ •l ■ ■.,, ■ _ 1 holidays and Jobst'
note.'
a (boy and (girl) ' to Gatch fish;
'Stridents frotia " St.„ Mary's 'by summer ..
• S tt ite5cliool•took part i'n,,the , but . the ,
A,
st uclents-' did a Skinner - aged -9 ' (inct0 •:tally -
-
ol`ferin , whichfeatured creditable- Joh of staging the Lion Don 1vlacEwan has been;,
• 1.1.aon Count Wardert-A sbn services tp ratepayers. Clinton e. show shot:thanded," Many who °
• �„ County �, ,_, . Pdialogue, .Gots " of and
unablb� , to eontac��effery-�-tai .�
. r�' Mc-Kinle told the monthly. ' Reeve Harold 'Lobb explained, g had . not �'etr• 'the play
Y Y t� information, music and motion award him his .praze::of a`#ackle
sessign is€, ,xl>e county council "..,we have aR‘gooct°system fit Narrator for• the two per previously found �n . gripping; box. Mr'. .MacE�wan ,would
----4that he " "would, initl t epresent and the only way to those. N ho had seen it cn•lo.yed it, appJeffery
frrriiiances ° was Michael _, re tate it -if .would:''
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restrUcturin within th Count im ro,�ve it is to cut costs.. Murphy. provinces^" all Oyer a airs• y get in touch with him ')'
by �r4� 1 IVAL r
- . governmental . systeme if the P has err to ed the p rt by TheeMa were:. LIONS '1 L ACARN e ».
• The county_ p y,• . citta ed Doreen Markso Q -
(G�overnment of .Ontario is,, services of a student for the Newfoundland; »' Carol Novelty ' boat race, non-
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• willing to give more authority . summer to meet with reeves Stegenstad,'Nova Scotia; Nicki Canada Week festivities were power Brian, Smith, .• Greg .
at the county level, and clerks df each municipality Bivdhicki, Nev' Brunswick; rounded out on the weekend Smith and Ricky Alcock Pam •
Speaking as,chairman of the to•obtain infortirration .from the Cynthia Redmond, .•°•Pr nee with the great Lions Club Alcock and TraceyMacEWan.
restructuring committee; 1974 auditor's report and the Edward ,_,Island; Gjt rte Aquacarnival• which was 'a Canoe' races, ;µvomehxs.sec-
-Warden MCKinIe told council 197,5 bud et and to note the Quebec; Margaret., treMQ—ndous ,success 6)1c -tikes res tion::Kay 'Duncan -find Susan
y g, __
'-members` '.that • ' county -ad- increases and •decreases •in !Ere Conlon •" Ontario • Michael on page one, of the _second More; NQra More -and Jenny
ation costs amountet-to.:.. annual,, reports, He will also. Madden, Manitoba; Kirn - sec Gbh) .More...-
Canoe; races, : men'sseetiom .
$31 ,000 :not ' including com- review the capital expenditures Buchanan, Saskatchewan; The beef barbecue vas well
•
mittee- a The '_total ad . and. makee '''''Brussels,
�, y any necessary��ebbie Reid, Alberta; and attended with many hungry.. Ted �'Co:wen, ands _
• ministration :oo'st-s •to- all the, „reconimen.dations in con Barbara ,w., C„iwlon; British customers diS i on -ted as th
rn nicr • alitles " •was over ' nc.ction "'" � NP partner, .�YZene; Poogerman,: •-»W
ip . '> • with restructuring. -, • Columbia. ° beef ' supply' was. depleted B-
.�,.�».•••� Brussels and partner. ----. -
_ �,-_...,'. , 0, Under, the. provisions. of --the g ,were ,
$6 4,000.. w,.Others o.thkin part were bei'oro. _the supper, hour had Canoe jenSt-tng: -Ed- Mi tar .
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•'Restructuring ,or local Municipal Act the cou>ngil 'is .• Angela, ,Carter; Jacgr ended. In all, 1500 people -'twice` and 1 eith ,McLean
government reform could . granted three options,_. iii _� the Denom me ' -Anne DeJ on'g, the timber expeCted by the," Partner.
r _ ", ...anci partner. M: :.. ,
• reduce the presentr,45 .r ember formation Of a council and the Moira Donnelly, Vickie' Beattie, ° Lions - were fed. Man\ advance ,. Novelty .boat race;;' with ;
"' council to 2,9 if. itis adopted'and. ', numbers . or, votes allotted,. to • e Sharon' Maikson ' and Susanne ticket holders .got their -money, -p-ower: 1 rian Argyle:; -Hudson
Jack .Riddell- IIsitting member for- Huron, in the -Ontariti'.
government, was -named to carry the; Liberal banner into the . .
next provincial election for the new riding of Huron -Middlesex,
Httre:Mr. Riddell (left) chats with Mrs Muriel Murphy, lady
-(ireetor 'for the riding; Mrs.'Beryl Harper and her husband
j . Max -Harper; and Dan -Murphy, all of Goderich, .at last Thur-
~day''s nornination meeting in Exeter. Abo it 90 Liberals from
the riding attended -the gathering. (TTA'pho'to)
thereby greatly reduce ;.'die' each rntrnicipalrty. Under the.
,... administrative ,cost.:.. burden,: section whrc, the council"" is
Council -is watchin Oxford presently constituted, -it ae
Counts for a reeve for upto�1000'.
County�Councifi closely as:_they.. ;
have •adopte.d a restructuring'' electors; 'titer 100a reeve and
program and -;-trimmed- their a a deputy teevt; over 2000, the
council- to 20 members ,. reeve has, An • -additional :vole;
-There—Was. great polarization' and_ over 3000',- the reeve and
en.,
betwe,,council members on deputy reeV"e ta-ve\ a second,
:.she. effects --of. a' restruetiirtrig :vote. \
Smith. . , ,- _ `, ..._.:_.., , hick as food supplrps dwindled.. Warr.'
The choir uvider the direction ,.•. The beta garden . d'n The
a , winner of the $1,000 -prize'. -
.,Nn<r�'.%r''-�. �..
of; Mrs;. Eleanor Robinson, sang rushing business on the hot : at the Lions Monster,$ingo
Several' specially .adapted summer .day acid,evening with during _Canada Week was Beth
pieces • of music including 'a • -150 cases .of brew • consumed. :GodGoderich, tea` regular :u
rouser•' featuring the . Prettiest Lions say they stopped selling ' it .
Lions Bingo 'supporter •�;,�„ �`
Town in Canada -'Goderich. , •
... tickets,. early, in the evening
?rennan, P rtc
�Naddon" ° Tugboat rides re anotherther
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h�yChoir metns were Karen • lecause the stock wasgne. ��out
Mona . Gleason,, Jim Walton, big attraction. The Lions"Club.
:.'1po: g arn. One meom her stated ' ' Section X27 (a) oft he act Ther ee.sa,' Osborn,
Ter
sa 'arranged for four'hoirs of ttrg
that acutback 'Would .mean „ allows -a reeve for u \to 2500 Robin MacDonald, boat rideshorn 5 -to pm. but
Y
charged he
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heavier work load .on a smalleelectors, over- 2500 a reeve andYvetteRicha.d Michael whenthelineupat9�
m.vas r
:....nuinber, It was feared that this' ', a: deputy reeve; over *5000. the Dobie,, Andrea DeWinter,: still long, t1u .members- con
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cause mo • ' and..G
• wo�t'id ca ret.
over 7500 `the i4eeve and. de, uty... ..1 ., rn. dhie:. •Weerasooriva,, until •10 .m:° -After 10 p,m:, tub. '
'lengthier meetings" and would aw a Y P
discourage -.- 'members from reeve, have a' second vote.
seekingre-dlectionr: , " thud alternative provides fo
However it was .als" aro aro gued reeve` only. 'For rip•'to"20
Mn.
t testict g
u urin ,could, be
that
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.beneficra•l ,to smaller towns and
Villages and' provide better
thei3Ontario`,'legislature for :•.
Huron, will . represent the
ib als _ in the n w Huron
' Middlesex' riding in, the next,
provincial :election. ` .
Riddell.. ,aDasho
d area
fanner and*forrner,high
s hook,
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n
was,- out` r
teacherY p
nornipated at the meeting he•id,
District
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"Huron tst t •,
South ro
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at o g�
he Richard Headier•., boat owner Dtnald Bert • School in .Ex er "Thursday
Louisetth et.,
•electors the reeve.mould hue
f ru'to.
evotes�o
two votes, three, t o .P
•••.°. ' (cbritinued on page 16)
Cathpigr Angela Carter, Linda McAdam continued to ,.'give Three $lenheirrt'"'youths have night.
Gleason -and Ka hleen`'Carter•. rides 'for yet another kirk as a been Charged following a theft - • '�'he new ,.Bilro'n2Mi'ddlesex
t g•
Ed Stiles provided the piano •special serviceto•the many who of cigarettes-, ligl,jters., and , riding.” �t�clud,es five
accompaniment..'. w waiting in line, - 'watches from the' bisdpunt , municipalities in the-northv est -
,ere still
The entertairlment,,rounded . Aquacarnival special ,water Centre �' 'on • The,, -Square' in corner- of Middlesex formerly
Goderich late Sunday night part .of the Middlesex riding.
.Charged With, break enter Now .:part of° 't`i'e Huron -Bruce
and -theft are Michael' Van de; riding are '' the townships oT
Hogeri, .16,E R.,R: 7• Blenh ,rtrt , Hullett' and, McKillop forr-il rl`j
James Fentc, 1�t, 335 Johan t ,.inHuron, •
Blenheim, and a _1uveni`le also R.iddelLs_ . nornination : was
ofM'Blenlieim: • •..madiq by' Aubrey' McCallum,;9!
The' Goderich., Police East Williams 'Townshil3_-.arid:
-I,Department received a report seconded by Mrs:' Muriel'
Yr of people in the store just before Murphy of,Goderich.
,midnight on Sunday. By the, ' In Making" the /nomination
time officers arrived , on the McCallum, .said, "The two.
scene -the, store' was empty, but . Liberal wins inMarch, 1973 by -
some stolen •items were located - elections. " brought regional
_behtn•a •.,bush '"'nearby.''' The -gowernment_to a ha It and if we
three youths were arrested •don't 'send Jack and' other
within two hours. and,the stolen 'Liberals back to Toronto ,it's
property was recovered."" , our last chance beforeD'Arcy
.The youths- gained entrance Mc1Ceough completes his'
,to the store by forcing - a rear task." •
e.• , • a n.acce ing e,;nornt a io ,
the Huron MPP . *said. 'the jelled, nd really came to life" it
overnment was ignoring- the : was yo people that got 'iiia" ',''
g.g . ,
r lems of local' overnment"elected. - '' .�
,pob g- ��.; .
''arid the needs' :of ,, individual. Riddell also touched on the"
. muniei alities.,..M ' 'subject of, regional :govern-
He-•contiinued, `We•'believe in ment. He commented, `.`Three
the
.'. ,, ears 'a o, "the Conservatives.
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.�•run• their .-own affairs: �-.The said : th re
government 'seeni's to -forget, re-eional :.governiiient . but the ".
that their. debi i:A 6 affect:re'i statemet .t•...usually ended . with"
t"ople." _I • - ' ``at this time,': The plan ''was v
On, the subject of education, not abandoned ..but 'just'
Riddell said, "We in the.Liber`al delayed."- ,
party... •welcorite" the new,. He also �.a4„tack•ed the
P
education! legislation. It was government on their, farm"-
long
w.
long, overdue, .., We have -been' policies saying, '`during!: a' 10
conte�rned over the•' direction year, period ending in 19.71
t•ms in'.0 nada •
percentage of far a
.• e�lucat on is . taking • in � our p g ,
province." . r taken out - of operation was 1.7
,He continue' "I fel-.-that -a while in-Ontario:t-he-figure was
*14..'1 'While
cent.,, ,
Liberal' ' .government •.Can p �„���°����.,h,.-..�•
:. restorer confidence,.. in our ., The., guest, Speaker, '''Huron ,
. sehoolss:-:restore the.quality'of .truce,•• -'MPP -Murray, •' Gaunt
.e� c. tion. -and get, the - costs r backed' up the, two previous
un. � r control." -. ~ speakers on regiona1 go -ver -
Riddell who won the Irzron,.-nmen.t.. saying, ,"If the Davis
seat in, a ,March 1:5; 1973 by govertirrih,nt is returned in the
election to fill, the ,"'vacancy upcorn•ing .ele:ction, we ;will.
'created by the resignation" of ' have regional government
the ...Hon. Charles S': :across -.the- province within a
'MacNaughton said, "My job in year.','. ' V,„:„„ • , �..
campaigning starts to -morrow '"- Gaunt continued, "I am
Morning. We can't take vict '- � '�
' cry-�-� confident we can form the next
for granted." government. ` The traditional '
He praised the Hui -mi. -Liberal '. power base of the Con-' ,F
Association for their excellent servatives in ;Eastern Ontario
efforts fn' his election. • He is a a �eifl1y crumbling, ..Only
'17i�d; *`�'}r��rssa�rrnr~�-sure•--••� .(on#�.au.ed.sara...iaag-e-1-6�.).;.
_ 1V1r. Hunter also cited the
Cnlleae's inconvenient location
The . Clinton,., 'Campus of ...--------- factOr behind his
�,- •
Lather shah shuffling the
students: around,''
Brian Cook, acting chairman
of the Clinton- campus,.Said: the
centre vvould, probably remain
in Clintonbeeatile, of its central;
location,
"The . alternatiVe to closing
down the campus is to Sell this
building and move * intoa
smaller°one, somewhere in the
County, but Goderich May not
he as convenient a location.','
He added tjpt if the -building
on ' the base were sold the
College •'would 'e*cpei`ience -a
capital gain. ,
The'-•'UMinton campus opened
in 1971 and offers a program for
academy- upgrading and. -a
skilled oomm'ercial pribgram of
shorthand and clerical studies'
which 'are taught by five staff
members -
Mr. Cook said` there were 60
students enrolled at the campus
and that there was a waiting
list' for . the• .commercial
proram
. Canada Manpower is cpmri ,.
rnitted to filling 50 of the seats'
on the campus through its
'-"retraining program and has
--°-prof 'red• to keep'a waitinng.JJa!t
for the commercial 'ptbgram
:'Cones"toga College' will' not be' 'recommendation .and said the
closing as earlier reported --in a campus centre•,,;for. academic
-e1 -"!sly= e-ws-pa'pe:r -°--hu.tA:..:the---'upgradi.ng,._slaaul_d be relocated
ca.,mpus' estimated 19.75-76 eibser to a major eentre,like the
. budget )deficit total of $17,000 stown,of Clinton or Goderich. _
has 'sent.. College offic-ials "Students complain about the
scurrying�in Search of cutting trarnapurtat'ion difficulties they
the "excessive costs'' in experience in having to get out
operating theClinton centre. - ,;to .Vanastra'" for - ciafsses,
College president Ken •.. especially •in.. the winter. The
Hunter said last Tuesday, that- .educational operation should be
a three year recovery program ,moved to Clinton, Goderich, or
had been adopted and studies "both. -.
would be carried out on cutting "We'll consider .the needs of
expenditures at the Vanastra
d us
s% .i�ria
.„
a...-,;. _e vetoer, :a Trade 3 teacher at Victoria Public
ilitme.. „ ... f in ctlncsiC
pinhted desperately. to enter -the 'frog 3� g
Will. S Mg .-..
C. bit kroW, frogs. are tor d.. o Miss Verhoef did the
next best thing. She disguised herselLas a frog and tried to
renter the contest; somehow she failed to pull it off. Nicest* try,
(staff photo) '' m •-.,..,,....• }
ase camp • the majority of , people in the
..M'r. Hunter was 'repotted to area"in'° deciding y where the
"have recommended that, the campus should" 9hhe relocated,
board of governors .consider, and if the. majority, of students-
closingthe campus, bit he said come.:4rorn Clinton then !the
C�r,llnnn .will tie moved into the
town,'
that the present building,- be
closed and a Smaller one found:::...,. Mr. 'Hunter,. al`so said ' the
'''`the building, that's being "aailpus could be divided into
used. (the former Canadian,' with part of its program
Forces Base public sChoolr.ir .becoming established' fn
three times too large for our 'Goderich' if there were a sub,,,
purposes, but we have tri heat stantial number of ' Goderich
and maintain the entire thing; students,••'_.
The expenses '•of trying to, "W'i":l would then consider
Peva ti 11)e pi esent facility are shuffl-ing the teachers back and
wciv�_" he ,gaff, forth between the, t'o centres
rather than i crease ats °
re'sP on ib' ity for sets because
it; could t , lace more than 25 or
the4stu.ents •.ho graduate from
'the od•rse every ,40 weeks, the
lerlgh. of 'the program, Mr.
:Cook said. • `
'"We'd be i'nore thaii'happy to
see. Canada TVlanpoWer buy
more seats to alleviate part of
our' financial ''burden," Mr. �..
,H.tintei- 'said, "but !Manpower is
funded through the regions by
the..federal, government and
their budget just isn't flexible
enough to accommodate an
ind'rea's.e in the number of seats , •,
they-tnust fill on the campus.:,
The Ministry of Colleges and
Universities is responsible for -.-.
92 perceritof the funds used in'
operating tle,•Clintoo campus "
with the remaining-ei.L;h-t
-.4ercent provided through the
Students tuition fees,
1V i Hunter said the -Clinton
"canptts would - continue to
restiond to the needs of its
Students becadse„' `there is a big
difference between .education i •.
and four wa ll of brick ' '
and mortar." He said he hoped
to reconcile costs with the size „
of the campus in relocating to a
;;mallet building. ,
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