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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1981-02-25, Page 1es. the o uerich Walls repaired on north pier IGNAL-m-ST 133 YEAR -8 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1981 a 50 CENTS PER COP/ The line keeps getting longer This is just about the end 0! the line fonts and along line it is. If you haven't purchased a 1981 licence sticker for the family wagon there are but a few days left and the line-ups are getting longer. 0•••• The deadline for the renewal stickers is Saturday, February 28 and it is illegal to drive without one after that date. The licence office in Goderich ISlOcated at'aord's Sports on Bayfield Road and last minute shoppers tb will be able to buy stickers on Saturday until noon. The licence office will be open each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you own a car with an eight cylinder engine over' 6.5 litre the cost is $80 while the cost for other eight cylinder cars is $60. Owners of six -cylinder cars will pay $45 and the cost for four -cylinder cars is $30. Motorcycle owners will pay $20 for a renewal sticker and the cost is $10 for snowmobiles and $5 for mopeds. lifetime trailer licences cost $25. Renewal application forms are available at all licence offices and liquor stores. • Make sure your name is on voter's list • Preliminary enumeration in the province was completed Saturday at close to 42,000 enumerators compiled a list of eligible voters. The preliminary list is,,however, subject to revision a process which will be completed from February 23 ▪ to March 7.. If you haven't been enumerated, contact the riding returning officer toensure your name is added tO the fist. - it Huron -Middlesex returning , officer, Eldrid Sim- mons otExeter said additional time will be spent in Goderich to revise the enumeration list. To be qualified to vote in the election, a person must be 18 years of.age at the time of the March 19 election, a Canadian citizen or British subject and a resident of Ontario for at least 12 months preceding election day. In urban areas of the province names must be on the final list for a person to vote. The situation is a little more flexible in rural areas. A qualified voter whose name is not on the list, may on polling day be allowed to vote if he or she is identified by or vouched for by another qualified elector whose name is on the list at that polling station. The voting list will be finalized on Saturday March 7 and if your name is not already on that list, phone Mr. Simmons at 23.5-0242. Chief Election Officer, Roderick Lewis, announced there will now be three advance polls for the election. The dates of the advanced polls a re'Thursday, March 12; Saturday, March 14 and Monday, March 16 with voting hours from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m.. The locations of the advanced polls will be released by the election officer at a later date. INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR Music to town's ears After' a two-year shutdown, the Sherlock - Manning piano factory in Clinton is rolling pianos off the line once again under the ownership of the Draper Bros. and Joe' Reid. See the in-depth feature on page 1A. What she lacked in' finesse, Amy Smith certainly made up for in unique style. Amy went bowling with her Municipal Day Nursery class last Tuesday after- noon for some Cath Wooden) heavy-duty pin knocking. (Photo by ' Leadership the problem -Smith • BY SHARON DIETZ Ontario Liberal leader Stuart Smith was in Lucknow, February 17 to attend the Huron -Bruce nomination_ meeting which selected a successor to Murray Gaunt. It was the biggest meeting Smith has attended thus far in the campaign, with 1,500 people cramming the Lucknow District Community Centre. Smith told his Huron -Bruce supporters before the nomination vote that leadership is not the issue in this campaign, "it is the problem". He criticized Premier William Davis for not meeting him in a televised debate, saying Davis knows his chances are better if he doesn't have to de- fend his "deplorable" record. Davis wantsto avoid a debate on the economy, which Smith says is the real issue in the campaign, because Ontario has failed to live up to its potential Wrestlers pin title The GDCI wrestling team won the Huron - Perth championship on Thursday here and a record 14 wrestlers will be competing on the mats at the Western Ontario high school finals th is weekend. Earl off to Africa On page 3A, Joanne Buchanan talks to 21 - year -old Earl Reaburn a bdut his upcoming Crossroads Africa trip which will take him to Ghana. Earl is the son of Eric and Stella Reaburn, RR5 Goderich. Regular Features Tid Bits Pg. 2 Real Estate Pg. 14 Editorials Pg. 4 B. Board Pg. 5A Columns Pg. 4 Farm Pg. 7A 010t9 – . Pg. 3 Church ........ Pg. 10A Sporth pg. 9.11 C. Comet.i.... Pg. 11 A Classifieds... Pg. 12-13 Letters Pg. 5 during the Davis administration. During the 70s, said Smith, Ontario slipped to 10th place in every major indicator of economic growth. "If the .Ontario economy had grown at the same rate as the average of the other Canadian provinces, everyone would have had another $1,000 of disposable income in1981," argued Smith. Ontario has all the resources necessary for suc- cess, said Smith; agricultural foodland, fine young people, industrial experience and a fabulous array of natural resources. Yet, Ontario is slipping behind, while Japan, which has no agricultural foodland and no natural resources, is leading the world in manufacturing, Smith pointed out. The Liberal leader commented on Davis' remarks Turnt o page I 6 Public Works Canada will be commencing work shortly'on the north pier of Goderich Harbor. Arnott Construction of CollIngwood has been ten- dered to complete repairs to the walls and tendering of a section of the, pier at a cost of $68,176 to Public Works Canada. William Slychiuk, of the London P.W.C. office, said that the section of the pier fronting the area where boats load up has taken a bashing from ships and the concrete has crumbled away. Arnott Construction will chip. out the old concrete and build new walls and anchorages to hold tendering extending west of the loading spout to where the pier curves into Snug Harbor. The work will begin shortly and must be finished by the beginning of April before ships arrive again. Britnell selected as PC cal oindidate By Herb Shoveller Larry Grossman, minister of industry and tourism, used the Huron -Middlesex PC nomination meeting Thursday to announce a final company had been added to Huron Industrial Park to complete the goterrimentAittrikifeiliirojeet. The minister made the announcement at the Exeter. meeting at which Jim Britnell of Goderich was ac- claimed as the PC's party candidate in the March 19 provincial election. The company, Betumar, a manufacturer of roofing materials, will fill the remaining 23,000 sq. ft. in the park and create 23 new jobs. Mr. Grossman told party faithful his- staff informed him of the, company's decision that morning. The minister attacked both opposition parties for resorting to name-calling during the campaign, and fporrov. puttingd ditosreoP"Pe. accomplislunenta the • He described Michael Cassidy, NDP leader, as a ,. reverse Moses, leading his people back into the wilderness". He noted Stuart Smith, leader, of the Liberals had said he wanted to be Premier of Ontario "in the worst way", and. added, "that's the.way he'd do it". Mr. Grossman .stressed the PC election theme, "Building Ontario in the 1,9805",_throughout _______ speech and explained the government plans to pump $1.5 billion into new initiatives in six areas; elec- tricity, transportation, resources, people, community and technology. He emphasized PC leader William Davis,: unlike both opposition leaders, does not -seek "quick fixes" and instead- has the ability to "grasp the future of the province". - • • Mr. Britnell, 52, the riding association's choice tia represent theparty, only made his decision to run two days prior to the meeting. He was nominated.by Jim Donnelly of Goderich. In accepting the nomination, he said "it's always better to be on the winning team." "I've dealt with Jack,". said Mr. Britnell, who was . Huron County engineer for 21 years 'before becomini_ ' Turn to page 1•5 • • Pemberton runs for NDP A 69 -year-old Bayfield woman has been acclaimed as the New ,Democratic Party candidate in the Huron - Middlesex riding. Gwen Pemberton, a former Londoner and Bayfield resident for the past 10 years, was the only one nominated at the'rneeting in Clinton on Monday night,. • • that attracted 15 supporter. Mrs. Pemberton, widow of the. late Professor R.E.K. Pemberton of the University of Western War unsuccessfully ran.for. the CCP. party. in 1953 and in 1957 in London, and ran third as the .11DP Candidate when Liberal Judd Buchanan won London West in the 1968 federal election. O She is also as past president of theOntario division of the•Consurners Association of Canada and.was the . only woman to sit on a provincial committee in- vestigating medical privileges in public hospitals in the early 1970s. Mrs. Pemberton said one of the biggest challenges Lacing a new government is to keep Canada's medicare system, which has been under attack recently. • "We must work hard to see that it is not destroyed," she stressed. Tony McQuail, NDP candidate for the nearby • Huron -Bruce riding, was the guest speaker, and in his comments said that the NDP is the only alternative. "People are getting tired of the garbage they're getting from the Davis government, and they don't see the leadership in Smith either," he said. "We represent . the . working people, farmers, • • • homemakers, and business people," he added. "The Liberals don't hold a single provincial government, and wouldn't hold the federal government if it weren't for their stranglehold on Quebec." He said provincial NDP governments have been , good for the people, explaining that Saskatchewan pays the lowest provincial taxes, while Ontario's are. • the second highest. . Mr. McQuail attacked the Ontario gOVernment for their farmland policies; "Since the 1950s, Ontario has Turn to page 16._ ajority possible says Gaunt -"A Liberal minority government is attainable and a Liberal majority is possible." Those were the words of Huron -Bruce MPP Mur- ray Gaunt speaking at Wednesday's nomination meeting for the Liberals in Huron -Middlesex riding. Jack Riddell was acclaimed as the Liberal can- didate for the upcoming March 19 provincial election. Gaunt continued, "We look for a significant drop by the NDP, especially in Toronto. It looks good for us. there. Dr. Stuart Smith is optimistic in picking up at least eight more seats in Toronto. If that happens . we're in business." -. • The Huron -Bruce', MPP agreed: with Premier William Davis that the big issue in the election would • be leadership. Gaunt added, "You bet it's leadership, the lack of it." He cited lack of leadership in the economy, agriculture, education, administration and environment saying, "30,000 \ Ontarip residents have gone to Western Canada looking for jobs. That's lack of economic leadership." Gaunt concluded, "The government's lack of leadership in agriculture has been abysmal and the Turn to page 16 No serious flooding despite mild spell This February mild spell has been bad news for winter sport enthusiasts but it should do wonders for the oil bill. The above-average temperatures were expected to stay with us until the end of the week and the un- seasonably mild conditions brought back memories of spring. But spring -also brings with it the threat of floods along low-lying areas. The Maitland Valley ,Conservation authority has been diligently keeping a close eye on water levels in the watershed area and reported no major flood threats. Water levels in the Maitland River peaked Monday evening and reached high levels in the Goderich area but conditions are reported to be stable. Dave Grummett of the MVCA said residents in the area were fortunate that a flood was averted and added that it was mainly due to the slow meltation process. "There has been no major flooding anywhere this year becuase the water ran slowly and the snow melted slowly," he said. "The rain brought the level up quickly but the ice was out of the system and we're fortunate compared to others." The situation was different in other areas and many home owners were evacuated in the Belleville area on the weekend. The Grand River Conservation Authority is keeping a watchful eye on the Grand River in Cambridge that created havoc in 1974. Most of the water and ice from the watershed has moved, into the Goderich area and rushing waters • have piled up ice chunks along the banks. Fairways at the Maitland Country Club are again littered with ice. • The MVCA monitors conditions throughout the watershed well before spring thaw. Opth snow and ice depth readings are taken in several locations. "We determine snow depth in preparation and this winter the snow depth from Highway 4 west to Lake Huron was 8-9 inches deeper than the east side," Grummett said, "We kept close track of ice measurements too and in some areas it was 16 inches thick." While the ice flow was considerable in the water- shed it was not enough to cause problems according to Brian Howard of the authority. The water levels in most streams and rivers are now receding and no problems are expected unless there is substantial rainfall. The recent mild spell created a potential flooding situation in the Maitland River watershed area but no major problems were --reported. The water level peaked here Monthly and most of the ice from river system was strewn along the bank a near river mouth. There was no serious flooding in the the the watershed but the MVCA wW continue to monitor the Sitakfiti011.'iplioto by Dave Sykes)