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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-07-28, Page 1fix • t, i4 u• yi. 11 'tate ubljst, ltljities Commis±;ion this week announced the appointment of Al Lawson of Strathroy." as successor•to retiring Manager David Rolston Mr, 'Lawson Will assume the. Tanager's responsibilities on December 1, 1977. 'Lawson will bring to, tie', Goderich P.U.C. a wealth of experience' In hydro and water utility w. operations. Ha began his <"utility. careez1 with 4F9'I yd, t? 1 -v ke ed, with the Armed'Forces from 1939 4) 1945. During Lawson's.°employment with Sarnia Hydro he became responsible for the metering of large industrial' custortxers, the designing of traffic light installations and integrated systems as well as street lighting. While in Sarnia, Lawson was also responsible for theesigning of underground and overhead' hydro distribution systems and the building of sub -stations. In 1965 he was appointed Manager of the Strathroy P.U.C. In addition to overseeing the electrical operation of the Strathroy Utility, Lawson supervised the construction of a water tower, completely re=vamped the town's water distribution system, and automated the total water system. - Lawson and his wife Dorothy are natives of Sarnia. Theist son Randy recently graduated from the°University of Western Ontario. t: wsc r ',, rribier. -of the -MU tronic and Electrical Engineers, a Director -at - Large for medium-sized Utilities for the Association of Municipal Electrical Utilities, a member of Victoria Lodge No. 56 AF & AM. He is a member of the Anglican Church, has represented his church at Synod meetings,and recently retired' as Member of the Board of Management. His hobbies include photography, wood- working and trailering. rq Al Lawson 4'? 130 YEAR -30 allum was proud ofhis work at the sbyterian Vacation Bible School last interrupted Holly James' work to show he two were part of a group of young. t the week long school and 'pent their time learning about 'their religion, playing games, singing, learning 'crafts and doing art work. Here they work at a special coloring book designed to teach children five lessons in I;hristianity. (staff photo) easonable cos Three Park, which was openedsluring centennial Celebrations in +Goderich, feted at a very reasonable cost, con- e belief of some citizens. At a recent eeting,..Parks. Chairman Elsa Haydon ed for the establishment- of the new ark which is located at the eastern oGoderich on Highway .8. At,the same ever,-Haydon was - t1estioned con- e cost of the project. st of the park was $3,329.23. Themajor the costs, Haydon said, was the con- ut she pointed out that even that was a m price given to the town as a Jubilee ors, ustom Builders handled the actual n of the stonewall, the installation of e erection-- .of -_flag__ poles.... and the f the sign: Fisher's bill was $3,200.23. xpenses included an engineering ich cost $48; $75 to Moote Associates d with some landscape architecture; s for the park which came out of the ply of shrubs for the municipality. ere donated by The Green Thumbers. hioned split -rail fence was purchased 140 from Ken Girvin, RR 6 Goderich, to be paid out of the regular parks luncheon held in connection with the ening of Jubilee Three Park was y The Bank of Montreal: r the town spent $200 on Jubilee Three ave a graduate landscape architect niversity of Guelph draw up plans for aydon said the architect did the work ost , we rive Ips, E sel ve d th )W. DU 83 as a personal fayor and the parks chairman added that a professional architect would not have looked at the project for less than $500. The Fisher"quote, according to Haydon, was lower than .-two-athers.received. She, called it "an Obvious gift to the town in honor of, the 1.50th anniversary". One quote was from Lakeshore Landscaping Associates of Mississauga, for `F6,580 and "did' not include signs or flag poles'. The other was from McLean-Peister Ltd., Kitchener, for $11,64+ and included the entire job plus sodding for the park. The new 0.9 acre park on Huron Road has brought many "glowing remarks" the town's way, Haydon said. There have even been suggestions that a similar entrance park should be constructed on Highway 21 south. The Jubilee Three Committee is well pleased with the park, one of the lasting tributes to the Sesquicentennial Celebrations in Goderich. Haydon said she un- derstood a motion had been ' passed by the committee to send a letter of commendation to town council for its effort to complete the park in time for Jubilee Three week. When the town's budget was drawn up this spring, $5,000 was earmarked for new parks. As well as Jubilee Three Park, Dawnrose Park was established, and work there , included the in- statlation of fencing (about $2,000 worth) as the first half of a project which will be finished in 1978. • The -entire parks budget represents 1.5 percent of the total municipal budget, and that figure includes the general housekeeping of The Square and other areas -of town by the parks crew, erich 4 SINAL ;rH1'1Rs1)AY, JULY 28, 1977 ST, extra is back a The Goderich Industrial Development Cor- poration Limited passed a motion at a meeting on Tuesday evening to investigate the possibility of arranging financial assistance for Textral Fibres Limited in reactivating their polyester division in Goderich. This motion was followed by another requesting Textral Fibres Limited 'submit a letter of intent to the Development Corporation about reactivating their Goderich plant. Textral Fibres Limited operated for about a year in Goderich beginning in the winter of 1975. The textile industry suffered economic strain on the world market and Textral was forced to close their Goderich plant. Mayor Deb Shewfelt, president of the Development Corporation, says Textral was "a Victim of the economy." Now that the, position on the Canadian market is somewhat better for the textile industry, Textral would like to reactivate their polyester division in Goderich again. Textral's relatively new and vacant plant on Bayfield Road has some spin- ning equipment in it but approximately $100,000 further financing has been requested. Textral estimates that it would be able to ernploy between ---50 and 60 -people -at a- totalan- nual income of about $440,000. Development Corporation shareholder Howard Aitken says the kind of cash flow that Textral could offer is important in the community, Shewfelt says work at Textral providel�he second income for many families when it was in operation before. Development Corporation director Ben Hey says "there is very little employment for women" in Goderich and he thinks people would be in- terested in seeing 50 more jobs in the area. By sitting idle, the Textral plant has cost the town over $8,000 in business tax write offs, says Shewfelt. He has also been told that the Textral plant in Goderich is one of the best textile buildings in North America. Development Corporation officers and shareholders present at Tuesday evening's meeting ' agreed that Textral's interest in mey's carnival is st to help children By Dave Sykes his youth, Jamey Sturdy, . 10, of as become somewhat of an ac - builder, organizer, leader and a hen the need arises. any children his own age and perhaps muscular dystrophy restricts them zing their full potential and par - normal children's activities. exactly why Jamey and a„handful of d volunteers have organized a arnival Against Dystrophy. And -their ise money for the vital research and vice programs of the Muscular rogram. st'got the idea, to hold the carnival in who gave him an entry sheet. He red and sent away for a carniVal kit the games and organization needed ccessful carnival, , al will run everyday from 1 to 4 p,ln. t 13. Jamey and his committee f Nancy Little, Lisa Baechler, his hen Sturdy and Tim Connelly have in organizing the event and building at features such events as the, can bowling, a'` milk bottle drbp,�the k, the bean bag toss,/a book store,a refreshment stand and'the big daily feature, the treasure hunt which is Conducted at 2 p.m. They have also made special plans for a pet show on August? at 2 p.m. and Nancyexplaained, "We want to get kids to bring their pets and make it more interesting." On August 10 the group will hold a special magic show and Jamey, the main magician, will perform some money tricks and Nancy will perform the magic hat trick. The carnival .began last Monday and Jamey was optimistic about its sudcess. - "We have done pretty good. "It turned out well." he sad. "The first day we made $4.06." Index Tickets for the games at the carnival are purchased for 25 cents while books and comic books are sold for cash. All of the money from the carnival is turned over to MDA except for money needed for expenses such as new balloons or lemonade. Jamey and his mother Karen Sturdy, 335 South Street are sponsoring the Carnival and for in- formation about it or the pet show, call 524-8429 or 524-9501. The carnival is the only one being run in Goderich and when asked why he took on the project, Jamey replied, "Just to help children." ' PLURG • Pg. 3 Letters Theatre - $ District News. Sports .. .. Pg 7;8, g Reder farms Pg. 17A y Pg. 4, 6 Pg2; 3,13 Pg. 14 reactivating its polyester division in Goderich warrants consideration and they decided that the Development Corporation should investigate the possibility of raising the $100,000 requested and put forth a suitable agreement with Textral. In order, to" raise the capital needed, the Development Corporation which is 'a public corporation formed in 1967, wotild sell additional shares to the people of the community. In this way any financial risks would be spread out. , In other business, the Corporation passed a motion to offer to sell to the Corporation of the Town of Goderich the weather station at the SINGLE COPY 25c • airport at a price of about $15,000. The weather station isapproximately 1,000 square feet. Transport Canada operates an Atmospheric Environment Service there in conjunction with the Minister of the Environment. The lease on the building is held between the Corporation of the Town of Goderich, and the Minister of the Environment. This lease expires in November: , Directors elected to the Gocierich Industrial Development corporation Limited for 1977 were Ben Hey, Peter McCauley, Gordon McManus, Leroy.Harrison, Dave Gower, Deb Shewfelt and Bill Clifford. ignal still growing R.G. Shrier, president of Signal Star Publishing Limited, announced this week the purchase of the Lucknow Sentinel from Don Thompson. The change in ownership will become effective August 15. ' Signal -Star Publishing Limited now owns five newspapers including The Goderich Signal -Star, - Clinton "gews--Record; The Kincardine News and The Mitchell Advocate. The Huron Shopping NeWs and The Dollar Saver in Bruce County are also §ignal-Star publications. The Lucknow Sentinel will be moving into its new location in the former Village Shop in Lucknow. The location is still known to many as the Murdie Block. Tony Johnstonp, an employee of The Sentinel since 1964, will manage the Sentinel for Signal -Star Publishing. Sharon Deitz, a recent graduate of Sheridan College will edit the publication, and present staffers, Merle .Elliott and Mary McMurray will -be retained under Signal -Star management. L. Campbell. Thompson, father of Don Thompson, joined the staff of The Lucknow Jamey Sturdy 10, stands beside a ticket booth he lestrophy while one 'of his fcfOre -committee mcmhers... Nancy Little..,- waits for Some new business at the booth. JameY Is 4u:inswing a carnival at the backyard of his home at 335 South •ireet every afternoon until August 13 to *like money for Muscular Dystrophy. (staff photo) ' •