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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-01-23, Page 1n• GOD KH ONTARIO', WEDNESDAY, JA1 UAlitt *;; 50 CMTS PEJI COPY Meet Lindsey Rose Spink, the first baby born at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in 1985. It took 15 days to produce the town's first baby of the year but Lindsey Rose finally arrived Tuesday, January 15 at 5:42 p.m. and weighed in at 8 lbs. 8 oz. The proud parents ,are Fred and Marianne Spink of Bennett Street, Goderich. It is their first child. The Spinks are winners of the baby contest and will recieve some valuable prizes, courtesy of several' town merchants. Details appear in this section. (photo by Dave Sykes ) French Immersion offfered at St. Marys It's official! The Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board gave the green light to set up a total early French Immer- sion program in Stratfoi J and Goderich. At its January meeting, the board ap- proved Kindergarten to Grade 2 French immersion classes at St. Mary's Separate School in Goderich and St. Michael's Separate School in Stratford starting this September. The school board now has to hire a total of four teachers. Two full-time teaching positions will be required for the 46 Catholic children registered in the, . Goderich aea and 1.5 teaching positions for the 42 Catholic children registered in the Stratford area. A total of seven non-Catholic children registered in the Goderich area. Six are actually from Goderich and one from Clin- ton. In Stratford there were 16 non-Catholic students - registering with two of the students from the Dublin area. It has not yet been decided if the non- Catholic students will be allowed to register in the French Immersion- pro- gram. However, the report did note that if non-Catholic students are allowed to register, additional staff will be required. Other students not part of the statistics but mentioned in the report are two from St. Marys Separate School ha Hesson whose` parents wish to share transportation with other students and one from Holy Name of Maryhi St. Marys who wishes ,fb;;xagSe...,, .1. -bus route for transsp tettion.' , When tentative approval for the French Immersion program was granted, the - school board said transportation would not be provided by the board and is the respon- sibillty of parents. A breakdown of the Goderich registra- tion figures shows a Kindergarten enrol- ment of 12 students, nine from Goderich .and three from Clinton. There are 12 Grade 1 students; with one each from Wingham and Kingsbridge and 10 from Goderich. There were 22 students register- ing for Grade 2 with 19 from Goderich and three from Clinton. In the French Immersion program for St. Michael's Separate School in Stratford, there are 16 Kindergarten children registered, and the same number of Grade l's. Ten Grade two students are. registered. Godericharea patalyzed A severe winter storm. ripped through Southwestern Ontario over the weekend and virtually brought life to a 'standstill in Huron and surrounding counties. Poor visibility caused by wind -whipped snow and heavy drifting forced the closure of many major highways in the .area, stranding motorists and travellers. s" The snow began falling heavily here' Fri-. day and continued through Sunday when highlids aind record-eoyd`%�res-- put the finishing touches on the season's worst storm. I' While many communities began digging out Monday, all acfloois, banks, businesses by storm Father delivers baby----giri---- at home and most stores in Goderich remained closed as staff simply couldn't report to +ion Road Machinery also told its employees not to repo o wor A steady snowfall Friday and Saturday made driving sloppy in the area and as the temperature dropped late Saturday after- noon and the winds picked up, whipping snow into drifts and causing poor visibili- ty, roads were closed. The Goderich OPP report that most highways around Goderich were closed to traffic by supper time Saturday as visibili- ty was reduced to nil in many spots. Fierce winds Sundaynade it difficult for 'snow removal crews to put a dent in the huge driftsthat formed in Highways 21 and 8. The highways leading out of Goderich A . remained closed to traffic Monday and while they re -opened Monday evening, Highway 21 North was still a question mark and police were advising motorists not to chance the drive north of town. A huge drift at Shephardton kept plows busy well into Tuesday. Both the Goderich OPP and the town pollee force reported there were no real problems or emergencies to contend with during the storm. There was the usual pro- blem of cars in ditches Sgt. John Donatis of the OPP reported and his men twice had to escort a snowplow to Alexandra Marine and General Hospital with expectant mothers. The police and a plow was dispatched to Rayfield -to escort an expectant mother to hospital and that was followed by a second call from a 'Holmesville mother. Both made it safely to hospital. The major problem reported by both �_. 1 6' Shovelling became a necessity after weekend storm detacherhents is the number of phone calls received regarding road information. Police respectfully request that anyone re- quiring road information contact the nearest office of the MTC for the latest road information. The phones at the Goderich detachment of the OPP were "ringing off, the wall" Sunday and Monday. Similar requests are made of the Goderich force and Chief Pat King said they usually try to answer any questions. There were only a few minor accidents in town during the.storm and., for the most part, "things went weIl." Local police manned the barricades at the edge of town on occasion, advising motorists not to • Turn to page 2 Harry Greydanus of R.R. Goderich pro- bably never dreamed that he'd deliver" his tlur+ c + m hirat MTh e The weekend snow storm turned that dream into a real-life situation as Greydanus assisted his wife Eda in giving birth to their third child, Jennifer Emma, Sunday just minutes before police, am- bulance attendants and snow removal crews punched their way to the family's farm just east of Highway 8 on Concession 18 Goderich Township. Mother and the 71b.12 oz. baby are doing fine in Alexandra -Marine and General Hospital. Eda contacted Dr. J. Hollingworth Sun- day evening and when contractions oc- cured with increasing regularity, the physician -dispatched an ambulance and snowplow to the family farm house at about 7 p.m. The plan was obviously to transport the mother -to -be to hospital but • the baby had different ideas. "We Were dressed an eady to go but I went into regular laboufat about'8 and told my husband we'd have to deliver at home," she recalled. "Harry delivered the baby at about 8.10 p.m. and the am- bulance arrived about 8.15:• The baby was wrapped in towels and an insulation blank- ed and we were taken to hospital." ' While the birth of litte Jennifer came upon the couple rather suddenly, there was no time to be nervous or reflect on inex- perience. "Harry was a doctor fol' the first time. There was no time to be nervous," Eda 'I UflI to page 2. iCO .i Have Yea eves 04'00 lrtiuficipdt : vera at x, 4,i0n#v4bo- idle e cions? Will, perhaps, you can do tan aut that situation by be . partjrl' IeI, .unici iovvrtolt, r`o . or the scrod time duringtrie three-year term of office, OCUlle. councilf itself with a vacane Last year, after "councillor Eck Giesbrecht resigned for personal reasons, his•council seat' was filled by Bob Cornish„ Now, deputy -reeve Jim Brltnell was fore. ed to resign,because his work as a commis- sion member qn a Public Board of Inquiry requires him to participate in public hear Ings across the province: ` John Doherty was nominated and sworn- in.as the town's deputy :reeve .Monday but now council needs one more eouneillor. The position will be advertised and anyone interested -in testing the world of municipal government is asked to contact town hall and express his or her interest. A councillor will be chosen from the list of in- terested persons. Plan 45th reunion of flying school - A steering committee of local citizens is hoping to organize a 45 -year reunion of former members of No. ,12 Elementary Fly- ing Training School. The steering committee, composed of George Parsons, Gord McManus, _. Dick. Wright, Bud Worthy, Lloyd Atfield, Ben Straughan and Harold Bettger met Wednes- day, January 16 in the administration building at the municipal airport to for- mulate plans. „ The group is hoping to attract all former staff and students of No. 12 E.F.T.S. at Sky Harbour to attend a reunion tentatively planned for August 16-18. So any former students or staff of the fly- ing school who were affiliated with Sky Har- bour during World Wart II and would like to attend a reunion are asked to write im- mediately to Box 364, Goderich, Ont. N7A 4C6. INSIDE THE SIGNAL -STAR Basketball wins All three GDCI Viking basketball teams were victoriousin Huron -Perth Con- ference games . with St. Marys; here, on Friday. The Senior and Junior teams over- whelmed their opposition, running up' some big scores, while the Midget Vikes scored a narrow four -point victory. Stories and photos in Recreation. Campaign starts The March of Dimes has kicked of its an- nual fund-raising campaign. The Goderich chapter of the organization recently received an award for having the highest increase in funds raised for towns this size last year. Story and photo inside this sec- tion. Fun Jitney There , was lots of curling action at the Maitland Country Club rink this week. Regular industrial Curling action saw a logjam-oft`ea -with identical records Vie for first place; while the Maitland Curling Club staged a mixed fun jitney. Details in Recreation.