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'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
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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.
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Al Lawson
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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
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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,
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;rH1'1Rs1)AY, JULY 28, 1977
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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."
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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." '
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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
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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) '
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