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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-09-22, Page 16PAGE 16^GODEYtICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1977 heritage buildings to be designate A!l.im.presaive presentation in booklet form entitled"The .Heritage Buildings of • Goderich"was presented for town council's consideration Monday evening by Gary Davidson, chairman of the Goderich Architectural Conser•vartion Advisory Com- mittee, and Victor Lind, a researcher for the group. "It is hoped that this report will emphasize the rich and diverse heritage which all citizens of Goderich can by proud of, " said Davidson, "and .the need to conserve those surviving buildings which truly reflect this heritage by their ar- chitectural and historical significance." Davidson told council the Goderich Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee was seeking to have 12 buildings disignated as heritage buildings under the terms of the Ontario Heritage Act, 1974, and that a bylaw of intent would by brought to council in about one month.. The 12 buildings are the O'Rourke cottage, 85 Anglesea St. built in 1862; the Hutchinson House at 191 Britannia Road built in 1855: the Capt. Darcy House at 108 East Street built in 1865: the Henry Horton cottage at ,156 East St. built in 1860; Whitely House at 58 Elgin Ave. built in 1855; _.the Lawson house at -37 Essex- St. built in - 1857; the Goderich Public -Library Witt -in 1904; the Seegmiller house at 87 Patrick St. built in 1851; the Johnston house at 38 St. Vinc 'nt St. built in 1863; the Huron Historic Gaol built in 1842; the Strachan house at 20 Wellington St. built in 1880; and Hand's IJakery at 169 West St. built in 1840. Council learned the ow nes of all these buildings had been notified and all had expressed their willingness to have their property designated as heritage buildings. Judge F.G. Carter, owner of the Johnston house, gave only tentative approval and could not be reached for final approval since he is on vacation abroad. Only those who were agreeable were con- sidered, Davidson told council. He said 38 other buildings are recommended as second priority designations, but to date the owners of these buildings have shown some reservations about the committee's suggestion to designate them as heritage buildings. Davidson explained that when buildings are designated as heritage buildings, •it gives some control over the renovations to the exterior of these buildings. it also provides council with a Horses to futurity Mr. and Mrs. Mike Dalton of Hoedown Stables entered four of their horses in the Ontario Quarter -horse Futurity at Picko Downs, Pickering, Ontario on Saturday, September 10. Their three month filly placed first in her class. Besides being presented with the trophy, Mr. and Mrs. Dalton were presented with a horse blanket by Doug Campbell of Lucknow. The blanket was donated by Purina Horse Chows of which Doug is an employee. The Dalton's yearling, "Kintail Scorp who had ben injured recently, placed seventh in his class out of 27 contestants. He was presented with a Ribbon. Congratulations to • the Dalton's Hoedown Stables on your fine showing. Mrs. Arie VanDiepan was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital, London on Thur- sday, September 15 and surgery was performed the following day. A "speedy recovery is the wish of this community. Congratulations to Percy and Sharon (Courtney) McClenaghan of Clinton on the birth of a baby daughter in St.. Mary's Hospital, Kit - MR. AND MRS. JAMES COLLINSON (PHOTO BY FRED H. BISSETT) We in Goderich North Street United Church in Goderich was decorated With Candles and vases of gladioli and fern for the marriage ceremony of James Andrew Collinson and Jean Dorothy Wraith on September 3 at 4 p.m. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Wraith of R.R. 2 Goderich and the groom is the son of Mr. and 'Mrs. Alvin Collinson of 221 Britannia Road in Goderich. The Reverend Ralph King conducted the double ring ceremony. P. Howe was the organist. Miss Judy Langridge and Phil Nin Junior were the soloists. The bride was given in marriage by her father. She wore a long white dress featuring a low neckline and three tiered veil. She carried baby white roses and miniature carnations tinted peach. Maid of honor was Helen Bos of Goderich. She wore a peach colored full length dress with thin straps. She also wore a white hat with ribbons the same color as the dress and a flowered jacket with cuffed sleeves. She carried a bouquet of miniature carnations tinted the same color as the dress with green fern between daisies, brown leather fern background and ribbons hanging down. Bridesmaids were Mrs. Joanne Wraith and Jayne Collinson of Goderich and Gail Wraith of London. They were dressed the same as the maid of honor. Flowergirl was Miss Leasa Collinson of Goderich. She was also dressed identically to the maid of honor. Allan Drennan of Lucknow was the groomsman. Ushers were Bill Wraith, George Collinson and Doug Cooke, all of Goderich. Ringbearer was Paul McDonald of Lucknow. Following the wedding, a reception was held acSalt- ford Valley Hall with music by Star Trex. The hall was decorated' with strca mers and flowers on the' wall for- ming the names Jim and Jean. Miss Gail Wraith made the wedding cake which had a flowing fountain. The bride's mother greeted guests -in a coral colored long dress with open sleeves and a corsage of white miniature carnations: The groom's mother chose a lime colored long dress with sheer sleeves and a corsage of white miniature carnations. For a wedding trip to Blue Mountain in Collingwood, the bride changed to a midi dress of different shades of blue. She wore a white flower corsage. Mr. and Mrs. Collinson will reside at 128 Britannia Road East,in Goderich. Prior to the wedding, the bride was feted at showers held by Mrs. Jean Feagan of Goderich, Mrs. Marilyn McDonald of Lucknow, Judy Langridge of Goderich, Helen Bos of Goderich, Jo-anne McClinchey of Goderich, Lori Cruickshank of Goderich, Karen Donnelly of Goderich and Judy Fisher of Goderich. chener on Saturday, Sep- tember 17th. Bud and Claire O'Reilly of Florida and Detroit visited with friends in Goderich and at Kingsbridge on Sunday, September 11. Four riders carrying packs who travelled all the way from Hamilton on horseback and another rider on hor- seback from Bayfield stopped to feed their horses at Mike and Betty Lou Dalton's Hoedown Stables on Monday, September 12. ' While the horses were feeding, Mrs. Dalton spent an interesting hour talking to the men and learned thattwo of them were horse trainers and the other three worked outdoors. They_ were on vacation heading North with no set destination. Approximately 75 people attended -the Field Demon- stration of the New Bolarus tractors .,on Tuesday af- ternoon, September, 13 at R Teg ling Farm 'Equipment on Highway 86, 7 miles West, of. Lucknow. The tractors with different horsepowers pulled plows, discs, cultivators and Jean Denomme, daughter pf the chisel tiller. Draws were Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred made for five large wrenches. Denomme of Goderich and to Winners were George Timothy John O'Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph O'Brien of RR 2 Goderich,who were married in St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Goderich on Friday evening, Sep-- kapers reception for the tember 16. The dinner and mmediate families fc "owed at the Saltford Valley Hall. Congratulations to the students of St. Josep,1f's School at Kingsbridge on winning first prize for their float "School on Mars" in the Lucknow Fall Fair Parade held on Saturday. September 17 and for the many other prizes the students received for their many exhibits. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Chilton and sons Tommy and Mark David of Moosonee arrived on Wednesday. September 14 'to spend a weeks vac atioli with her mother Mrs. Mark Dalton and members of the Dalton family. Congratulations to Mrs. Mary Frayne who was the winner of Macrame towel holder with towels and to Perry VanOsch who won 5 W intario tickets at the Lucknow Catholic Women's League prize draw. A bridal shower is being planned for Miss Michele Austin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Austin to he method to delay demolition in the event that somebody requests permission to remove- a heritage building. "It is not a very- firm control," Davidson ad- mitted. "It really only provides a time period when some alternatives can be waked out with the owners of the building." The object is to protect only the exterior of the heritage buildings, although in some rare cases parts of the..,interior of a building can also he designated. Davidson said some owners had • expressed concern that they would not be per- mitted to renovate their buildings if they were designated as heritage buildings but. he stated, their fears were unfounded. "The best way to preserve a building is to make it into a functional building with some useful purpose," Davidson told council, He cited examples of heritage buildings being turned into offices. It was learned that grants are available through the Ontario Heritage Foundation for repairs to heritage- buildings.. These grants are available to private owners as well as to cor- porate owners, Davidson pointed out. "When people see designation is useful, they wimon nom num um: MS MIS .. 111111.11110 IMP ISM 110 1110011 11/01101101101111 0100001Rom MIN 1111.10 UWE TOM Van niay not object,- Dsuggs_:r,.tesj,_,_ _ Councillor Don Wheeler wondefed why -the town hall had not been designated by the com- mittee as a heritage building. He was told the town hall was going to be designated, along with many other- buildings in the core area. Davidson told Wheeler the cairn mittee was • • trs4ting_Ailp,..town hall designation• care since it had special significan e; by an "internationally known archite' ,' Council suggested someaastce' designation, since the slate roof gutters on the town hall need and immediately. p men s. • from puge 1 said he was satisfied the new agreement was fair. Town administrator Harold Walls was at the meeting, as secretary. He said there has always been some additional consideration given to Goderich Township, since the land fill site is located in that municipality. The township looks after the road - summer and winter - into the site. Councillor Allen argued the land fill .site is owned by a private individual and not the township. However,. he was urged by Councillor Gower to "leave well enough alone." Councillor John Doherty wondered why i or -1;114,W «nrh:r'pe wnuId nerd to travel 26. miles to Holmesville when theAshfielddump much closer. He learned Lucknow tatives bad tried everywhere to obtain privileges and the Holmesville site w one that could accommodate them The site at Holmesville is approved Ontario Ministry of the Environment life expectancy of about 60 years, Lucknow will deliver an averaged three stake truck loads of garbage per' the Holmesville land fill site. The villait $1,000 towards the capital investment percent of the operating costs of the' operating budget year. s, w N cli Yf law r: oa n 4- 0 Pe a F tff II If cl 39 on 25 IA -8,0 Making a splash for kids Members "oTthe.Circle City CB Club held a car w,psh in Goderich last Saturday to raise money for the children's ward of Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. -The club members working with Kingsbridge Theresa Courtney, correspondent, 529-7189 MacDonald, RR 3 Lucknrw;. Clete Dalton, RR 7 Lucknow; John VanDiepan, - RR 7 Lucknow; Bert Tiel, Ripley; Jim Errington, RR 2 Auburn. Draws were also made for five small wrenches. The winners were: Roy Wor- mington, RR 2 Bluevale; •Lealand Stanley, RR 4 Kincardine; Gordon Robb, RR 3 Goderich; Jacob Zwet, RR 2 Brussels; John Jurjens. RR 7 Lucknow. The tickets were drawn by John Howard and Joe Courtney. Free coffee and donuts were served during the afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor of Alicanti, Spain were dinner guests with Mr, and Mrs. Joe Courtney and family on Thursday, September 15. Following dinner they were taken on a tour of the surrounding district. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have been visiting in Lucknow with her sister Mrs. Gerry (Joan) Ross, Mr. Ross and family for the past three months. They will be leaving for England on Tuesday, September 20 where they Will visit with their son Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor and their new granddaughter who will be baptized on Sunday, September 25, which is also their son's birthday. They plan to return to Spain following their vacation in England, Shawn Dalton, who has been employed with Stanbud Construction at Edson, Alberta for the summer months arrived home on Friday, September 16. Shawn is the son of Mrs. Mark Dalton and is a student at the Goderich and District Collegiate -Institute. Congratulations to Kathleen Margaret Leddy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Leddy and to Leonard Russell Baird, son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Baird of RR 2 Wingham who were married in the St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church at St. Augustine on Saturday, September 17 at 4 p.m. Congratulations to Beverly Arthritis • from page 15 every dollar is used for staff while the rest goes toward research. She said Canada is way ahead of other countries in arthritis control programs emphasizing the word con- trol. There is no cure for arthritis yet, said Mrs. Janke, but there is hope, 'In Goderich eight years ago the Arthritis Society cam- paign brought in only $800 while this year so far the campaign has raised $2,615 in the Goderich area, That's about $300 more than last year. Chairmapa of the Goderich campaign said- the increase in money raised proves that people really In Canaila there are 95,000 Canadians confined to bed or wheelchair and 428.000 partially disabled due to arthritis. There are more than 100 different kinds of arthritis, some mild and some severe. It attacks people in all walks of life and all ages. held in the Kingsbridge Parish Hall on Wednesday evening, September 21. Michele's marriage to Bob Rourke, son of Mr. and Mrs, Murray Rourke will take place at Kingsbridge on Saturday, October 8 at 3 p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Lu McGuinness (Delores Dalton) and daughter Moira of Washington, D.C. visited at. the home of Mrs. Mark Dalton and family and were guests at the O'Brien- Denorn me wedding on Friday, September 16. Kingsbridge and Port Albert Boys Intermediate baseball teams are now playing off for the cham- pionship trophy: Two games have been r -played at the Dungannon Ball Park with Kingsbridge defeating Port Albert.in both games. Due to the inclement weather it is not known when the next games vvill he played, Tommy Gilmore, 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Gilmore and a Grade 5 student at St: Joseph's School at Kingsbridge placed first in the 7 to 10 year boy's solo baton twirling at the Niagara Grape and Wine FestiN'-al, held at the Grantham High School in St. Catharines, Ontario on Sunday, Sep- tember 1,13th. the snds, are Andre'n Daer, Angela Gillis, Mary GUM -gild Walter Ira Gillis, rear, handled the bucke•t ditties. (staff photo) 0 SH so An ar ne 01 su cha wh 00. oil Or pani ds 14, 728 El Neil Shaw, geography teacher at G.D.C.I. stands with a display he was in eliargeol Jubilee 3. The display includes such things as an old adding machine, old school tuts, 1905 school timetable, a 1907 register book, a 1923 picture of G.D.C.I. staff and studena Viking flag, etc. The display is on view in one of the main halls at the school(staff photo 1100 Nth NDS NIT tic h Pe wi ,This dog doesn't mind taking a back seat to its master as it gets a free lift through town. The pooch was content to ride in the trunk of the car despite the relative ease with Which it could attain freedom. The dog was hapPY JustiL and catching the- sights as it cruised down Victuw,