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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-08-07, Page 70 • mandy, Osborne rg win summer dance Rusty Ormandy and his dance partner Daren Osborne placed first in the International Summer Dance Competition held Augusta m Niagara Falls. Don Cummings, their St. Thomas Figure Skating Club professional; their parents and a host of friends attended this special event. The five judges,' gave' them four firsts Andra third. Runners- up were from, Winnipeg. and Woodbridge. The youngsters return, after a short rest, to their summer school training at St. Thomas. Later they train in London then back' to St., Thomas for the winter school training. They will compete in the Western Ontario Sectional Championship Figure Skating Competitions in late fall at Kitchener. �Tfie Central ,Canadian Ghampionship Competition will be -held at.Thunder Bay, with' the Canadian Championship Finals held in ,London in January, where tile top Canadian stars will compete, lake Huron Patkwa committee may fol Members of Huron County 1973. The government's un. - Council agree with Warden a favorable decision was handed Anson McKinley and the down in the spring of 1974. County Executive Committee that The Lake Huro •Parkway Committee should be disbanded .and the " funds disbursed. , Warden. 'McKinley -was chairman of that •special body which has not met formally since November 13, 1973. A meeting in May, 1974 was cancelled after a provincial government announcement that Ontari'ii would -not proceed with either the Lake Huron or C 4.'Thomas Talbot Parkwaysi The Warden told council Thursday evening in "Goderich that the,Lake Huron Parkway Committee made, its presen- tation to the government in late • Two accidents mar weekend The purpose of the proposed parkway, was to 'devel,op the • lakeshbre from Sarnia north into a scenic &rive route. • "The conservati.on authorities were ,given," authority over the Lakeshore and small watersheds into the lake," Warden McKinley .said. "They are now, in a position W develop the waterfront." Foundling Witch on stage tonight The —Pendulum Players present their first musical of the season, . "The Foundling Witch" on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 8:00 p.m. The play, written by Warren Robinson of Goderich, concerns a prince, princessand. witch in a fairy-tale type set - The' Next, Goderich POlice' Next, a comedy will be comedy Department; was kept busy shown, entitled ' "Suppressed during the past week and over Desires. f,.t, concerns a man the 'holiday weekend in_ who is :unable to get a • good , vestigating four minor" ac - who .s sleep beeauseof his wife cidents and two resulting, in who constantly pesters him major damage estimates. with psychoanalysis.. In a single car accident on. All plays are presented in the, August 4 a vehicle driven by courtyard at the jail on Randy Keller, 15 Victoria:St. S., , Tuesdays and Thursdays at,, Goderich left the road and 8:00 p.m. sharp. There will be a struck a„te.lephbne pole on Rich silver collection afterwards. ° • street ,resulting 'in a total "damage estimate of, $1,000. Valerie Hutchins, a passenger in the vehicle, was 'treated for cuts and bruises at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital and released. A two -car collision on August 1 resulted in total damage of $475 when vehicles driven by• John Fraser^;+ •.+ 426. West Woodland, Ferndale,:' ' Mi , and:Jarnes Johnston, 160 Eats eight hours. • St., Goderich, collided at the ` , The alarm was turned in by corner of East and Victoria one • of the 'inember'§ of the' Streets. There were no injuries. family around 9.30.p.tn. and the God •t ch Volunteer Fire ,Mon dies l t N ObFt!t cli P 1 28 YEAR -32 . THRSDAY, AU ' UST 7, 1975 sINGLECOPY 2 5c 0.1 Gordon Ferris,iKar�n Sturdy appointed by Aftorney General „ The Ontario Attorney General's office last week announced the appointment of two new •justices of the peace for Huron County. ' Gordon Ferris and Karen 'Sturdy, both of Goderich, were -�° appointed to their new positions last Friday. The position was ,.. left vacant following the May 19 death of John Sturd,y�, who served as justice of the` peace for Huron County for 10 years. Mr. Ferris, 59, is 'a 24 year veteran of the OPP and worked for 12 years out of theGoderich detachment. He served as court officer at the Huron County courthouse for the past 10 years. He retired from the OPP• 'on Aug. 31. Karen Sturdy, who became familiar with the duties of the justice of the peace through her Ne w' deputy- clerk husband John. will also see duty in that capacity. Both ;appointments were provincial. In' conjunction with the retirement of Mr. Ferris, Ken Armstrong of Goderich was.. appointed the ' new Huron County 1• court officer. Mr. Armstrong 'who assumed his duties Friday •, is a constable with the Goderich detachment of the OPP. . e Alcock assumes county post William Alcock of Goderich was rappointed the new deputy - clerk treasurer of the County of Huron at a special evening • Goderich: Force now ] 0 sarong Barn, contents razed in fire . Fire destroyed a barn and -its contents at the farm of William Porter, RR's Goderich last . Thursday night while the Goderich Fire . Department contained the blaze for almost of burns 'Depart hent kePt an 'eye on the fire to keep iffroin spreading to the house\until 5 a.m. the • following morhing.• A 62 -year-old Goderich Township man, badly burned in a car accident near Goderich July,. 8, died Thursday, in London's Victoria kiospit-al. Joseph Hewill, of RR 2, Goderich, suffered, burns to about 40 per cent of his body when , his car caught fire following a two -car. collision on Highway 8, about a mile east of 4;" Goderich. The other driver, Anthony Uyl, 19, of RR 2, 'Clinton-,' was not hurt. .00 There was a I muted number of livestock in the-: barn when ,the fire started but Mt'\ Porter's son was able to rernoVe them without injury -before the 'fire spread. Noanimals•perished in •the blaze,. The 'fire destroyed., some grain leftover from last year and a considerable amount of hay. No ,estimate on the•dainage Was available but the barn and its contents were ' covered by insurance. Cause of th'e fire was not determined.' ' Hands over ch.1aik'in- dofg Sgt. George Bacon of the Goderich Police Force hands his marking stick over to the town's new by-law officer Dick Eisler who began duties Tuesday morning. gt.SBacon who has chalked more 'tiles than any other Goderich policeman made his final mark early Tuesday morning. Mr. Eisler was hired. by the Traffic Committee to enforce the two hour parting bylaw, the watering bylaw, leaf burning bylaw and;animal control. Mr. Eisler is retained by the Town of Goderich, and isnot an officer with the Goderich Police Department. (staff,photo ) • N rr session of the Huron ' County Council last Thui-sda1 `' The position, was left vacant following the death of John F Berry, who served as clerk treasurer and administrator for the 'county, Deputy -clerk treasurersWilliarn Hanly then assumed the ,duties of clerk - .treasurer and administrator,, Mr. Alcock has, lived' -in Goderich for the past 20 'years when he started working fa A and M `Harper, chartered ac- countants. During his working experience there, ° he served as municipal auditor, auditing fou „;16 of the 26 municipalities in .Huron County. Mr, Alcock will assume• his new, duties on Sept. 3'and was confident that b.e could get right down to work. - "I accept this •position with” full knowledge that it:....will' require "work 'and effort,` but I feel that with my accounting training and experience in the municipal field, I`will be able to do a good job," he, said. "";-"- • M -r --•'Alcock and his wife Helene have four children. Gerald Hilrgendorff, 34, who is presently'"' employed. with the Essex Police Department-, will join the Goderich Police Department, August 18.. Pid1ce Chief Pat King says Constable Hilgerrdorff will not be taking anyone's place on the local force. He.is the additional ..Man authorized by the, Goderich. Police Commission. ''earlier this year and will bring the total strength of ' the, Goderich Police Department to . 10.: Constable Hilgendorff is married with. one child. He has been. with Essex PD for ten Years. crew troubled by dissent Diva enters dmiral's Cup race Bruce 'Sully Of Goderich, skipper of Diva, Canadian Admiral's Cup yacht, ordered a Norwegian'rnember-of the crew off the, .boat late Sunday • in., , Ccswe+s, England, off the Isle of Wight. ., In' a verbal exchange with \P.O. (P!01 •Olayivken with' 20 • or\more people watching from the dock, Sully said the crew members services were no longer nc 'ded on the Diva and ordered the an from'tlie boat. The clash s the product of differences of opinion„ and personality problems :wIth the crew concerning ho« thy• boat 'should be' handled in the r tic ing classic, Olavivken chalteng.e,d his , skipper saying he had at'rt1n city from,the chartered hrytat's owneto take the boat from the ' Goderich master, hind went. as--, +fair as producing a keys that would • nuke the threat ,possible. 4-t; was nQt known at presstime whether Sully was entered in Moncbiy•, ; ace.. Sully Ch'atrtered the Diva, a 'Canadian C and,. {' deigned '46 footer. in ,Norway for the race series and 'agreed to take aboard. th.rt'e.' •Norwegians, including H Olaviviken whose .race ,function is °mainsail trinimin,g arthough he had had the helm a few tittles. There were several instances since' the 'race beginning. according to r'epor't, 1v1it n Oiaviviken tried to press li'ome his',poiiit of view. particularly when the Canadians th'otjght ° lri430deas clashed with their, better .judgement. "It'W,ffs irr'ase of him or us, Sully said. "He felt he°knew more. than we did land the ,.ituation became intolerable." The Goderich'rnaster said he felt sure that his, charter arrangements were binding and didn't include the need to 'carry Olavivken. Ibis main concern. was that the 'chair—ter cheque had:.not been cashed by the Norwegian owner and -several attempts to phone the, pian for confirmation on the mattes- hod failed, The boat finiished 45th in the (continued on page 16) William Alcock. • Bruce B .plant elayed b months A $30 million reduction in walkouts last l'Thursday and Ontario °Hydro's capital Friday at the BNPD have been spending will mean at least a resolved ,and' -.•work_ resumed six month delay ',in, starting Tuesday on a not mal• schedule,' • construction of the Bruce B About 125 engineers walked generating station at the Bruce off the job Thursday°protestin Nuclear Power Development at .the• non-use of oilers by $ Douglas'Poin't. contractors at air. develop - The ment; Oilers. maintain and , . — news was announced last assist machinery' ,which han-• dies striictuFal steel. . On Friday, the engineers'. were joined by 600 'other workers, frprn . 17 trades. The Friday .work.. stoppage forced the 'entire 1,800 member :work force at the plant to Shot down week in a statement issued by Hydro Chairman . Robert Taylor. • . "The program of An -service dates is deferred isix months,"., . the statement said. This will result in a reduction of capital spending to 1985', of about $1.2 billion. Mr. Taylor made .the statement to the Ontario~ Energy Board when he '',an- nounced Hydro has dropped its request to raise rates by about 30 per. cent. It is now asking Tot a rate increase Of 25.1 per cent for municipal utilities and 24.9 per cent for large ° industrial customers. • Disputes which touched -off• Local winner .Onto Lottery Corporation has announced thatat least One Goderich person has won a $1,000 pr'ize ..in the Wi.ntario draws. • Murray Hunter, 64 '"Picton- Street Westwas listed as a lucky winner .who has claimed'. hisprize. ._ • Plaza racewasi t.ie M „ • rr • w rr Completion of the '100,b00 square foot shopping plaza, being built lay Suncoast Estates Ltd., on ._:Highway 21 N expected by mid-September with the official opening in October. The Rockiedge er the nhearings 8 Was originally $90 00 scheduled of tanks, tile beds and fon.sometime in undation, on,the st a 20 acreear tslte is lengthy OMB hearings and, now overgrown with weeds. (staff -photo) to m +.W .+r eT yr rMb.".