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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-12-29, Page 31, tenth Of 111 $04 t ...I Me lkalftiollagoill Todathr *Ord wimetwft Mae ,01 'agena, 90'44 Pewit; approval .tovara.1.4aams Too oroorlatloo akin log rental charge an ftentlifter - stand. One. thirdetalle ere Mahe 8 deflates tial a took 14 mate Villa OIL It *Oat ffilat 081.18.8 po ittoie* 04 Otte arabiet was, 144,'601,0 tiveaft *Mal ,"../Kkaleaft Oft ad litodstrich tie pep* MP. astaf„sbot Poberip, hoisted test that • thill,elefft AWNS Wit fi 40,1*- 190141/ •midwria Shoal* the waft mad the • ma club !slaking pert adrift= actrealles the play are Susan llgert. kneeling, das week and Friday night selltper• and froth left Laurie Doherty, Brenda Feat.. to Sacrists along with elm. from Exeter Comte Baer and Sandy Croaky. The other two ',gent. Here the cast of Pounds and producdonS are Chit of Our Father's House, a nee rehmrse for the play which Is • play about the feminlat movensent, and Little :boo people trying to lose ardent. The Brother -Little Sister. (staff.photo). ullen on trial roy Pelona 10. of RR 2 Hayfield testified reek that he and brother Ronald ap- ed Terry Bul en Sr. thinking . gun he had est loaded with blanks and also to 'throw a kw him Incident led u the futa I shooting Of Ronald Rit J. Rayfield and the wounding of Wong on the Holten property in Hayfield Dagen IS e Hayfield school teacher was e a donor mobile blood donors' clinic sponsored in by the K insmen will be set up at 011 November 9. It will be open from 2.9 shermon ond 6:30-8:30. In the evening. dine COM. t0Goderich twice a year. Goderich Kinettei will be offering sing service in the afternoon for blood with children. nom. cards will be mailed to previous thenexi few days but new donors yt welcome. charged with the shooting incident that took place last May n a t approximately 1 .10 a.m. DeJong mid Of his testimony at the man. slaughter trial before Mr., Justice William Maloney of the Supreme Court of Ontario that after following Terrence Dollen Jr. in van with four of his friends, to the Bolton home, he and his brother Roo attempted to get into the van. They were ,seeking an apology from one Greg Nielson of London, an occupant of the van. stemming f rum en earlier argument at the Bavarian Tavern south of Hayfield. Nielsen and three other f riends. Terry Heard of Varna. Peter MaeVean of Hayfield. and PPUI Payne, Hayfield had locked themselves In the van atter Terrence Bbilen Jr. ran into the house. DeJong said he and his brother Ron were unable in their attempts to get into the van Of In .securing an apology from Nielsen. He said Terrence Hellen Jr. re.appeared from the house but Leroy . chased Mtn back In. He then said Terrence rewppeared with his father and Leroy said, "Let's get out of here. Old man Bullen Is corning " Leroy told the jury of five women and seven allowe en prank stinks Atrial the Sitio salt mirk may haven v6ey pits s breath of fresh air for the next few ler s smelly Hallowe'en prank Sunday. y mating at the 1.750 foot level of the pt some explosives in a chemical toilet blast left little but the amen Police Chief Pat King uld Wed. that las office didn't get a call on the Tuesday twirling that he didn't know the Wedgy delay. He said that COnstable leathery was dispatched to the mine ta Claus parade t for Dec. 3 ek 1, • . lion Director Mike Dymond that the Santa Claus parade will be May December 3. ood mid the committee bopes to attract burta tor the parade this year and the board will be advertising Mr float shaft la take pictures of the toilet remains and to matte a report on the explosion which caused t1.600 damage. King said the investigations had Just begun in the matter and that he had ne suspects in mind. He said that because of the location of the toilet it had to be someone working in the mtne. added that whoever set the explosives rifest have stayed around to make sure no one was near the toilet when it went up. King said he talked to explosives experts at the mlne and they couldn't estimate how much explosive was used He said they assumed it was dynamite and said probably only one stick did the damage. The chief said that if someone is blamed for the eoylosion, he may face gbarges of mischief because of the extent al the damage and unlawful. use of explosives, He added that the comPany. may choose to take action ageinst the Index Sports Page 64-12 the parade Santa'. Court will be Entertailtraent Be Pork Theatre and the organization of Axis went WI/ be handled by the Beta Sigma Phi , 3111 of Goderich with assistance irons ,0011 Page IA . Page 445A Page IA ew 5: BY JEFF SEDDON The Godericta Ratepayers' Aseociation got oft to a shaky start at a recent public meeting but thowed promising etrength after about two damn Interested people elected an executive and set an maeclatIon membership fee of two dollars. The meeting, designed to gauge the interest tor an association, drew about 24 ratepayees to Mackey Hall. The mojority of the people them appeared to be Interested la what the association would do and at the 000109 had little input when asked 'what they felt the association should do. Brian Knighta, one -Of the main organizers of the association, got little reepgnse when Ise staked the 24 what they, wanted from a ratepayers' Knights. along with Jim Bolan and eight fellow employees at Champion Road Machinery Ltd.. came up with the leea of forming a Goderich association several Weeks ago. Knowbm the town of Goderich faced financial problems and that taxation was already a problem for most homeowners here the group of decided it was time ratepayers formed alliance with Goderich town council, They decided to make their suggestion public and arranged for the meeting at MacKay Hall. Knights told the group that the idea kr tbe rotepayers' association was not to challenge council and demend action but to cooperate with elected representatives to try and ensure that the public has a solid input Into municipol af- fairs. He said that council members had no .sy task running the affairs of the town and needed cgtaTitgleCOPY estabhg.' all the help they could get front their con - "Were not looking to go en maase and face council one on one," mid Knights. "Council members are human too •nd can't be everywhere in the town and so may not have knowledge of the feelings of p.ple." "They would If there was an active msoclotion." he said. Knights said that the organizers of the association had some Ideas about what could be done to allow the ratepayers to stay abreast of municipal affains. He said one suggestion w. to organize members on a schedule to ensure that mine members attend every council meetine with the intention of keeping fellow members informed. Council arttendance will permit ratepayers a first 'hand impression of Issues to allow them to comment on the subject if n.ded. Rick Robertson, who described himself as one ar the last active member. of a former ratepayers' aSitoCia lion, owlet he didn't Want to be negative bat he stronglY doubted that the association would find volunturs to attend council meetings. He said he would "love to see" people there adding that It would he "wonderful if enough people turned out so the town had to enlarge the council chambers". DEFINE FUNCTION Robertson suggested that the association clearly define its function to avoid a duplication uf couneil's responsibility. He said council was elected to make decisions for ratepayer. after If you want to use A recreational survey done recently In Huron County showed that many landowners in the county don't object to people using their land for recreation provided they ask. The survey, completed by the ministry of .tural resources, showed that most landowners object to people using their laad without asking and that many pre oppoaed to mechanized recreational vehicles being used on their land. Roy Bellinger, a conservation officer with natural resources, told Huron County Council Friday that 2.234 I.downers were surveyed in Huron and Perth countlea and townships in Bruce and Middlesex counties. He said the survey had a GO percent return from the owners and gave the ministry a good idea about people's concerns of publie use of their land. . Bellinger said the greatest objecUon.im. mechanized recreational vehicles. He said people seemed to be concerned about damages resulting from, the use of dune buggies, snowmobiles, motorcycles and other such vehicles. lie said there was also a great deal of comment about sAseourteous treatment from operators of the vehicles. He added that almost 38 percent of the replies frowned on the mechanized recreation. The survey was done on a random bash, Bellinger said the ministry personnel took the assessment roll for the area and picked every seventh landowner and mailed a questionnaire. He said the question.ire covered every &sent of public recreation and asked that the owner answer questions only if his land was suitable for that type of recreation. He explained that there would be no purpose In a person commenting On fishing if his land had no fishing area on it. The purpose of the survey Was to sew!! the province could offer landowners ony protection: against people abusing privileges. Ile said the provinoe realizes there are problenss from ' experience with provincial pants. He said there seems to be more of a trend toward recreational' activities In rural area* .d that there is more damage to private property as e result. Fuel allowances increased Huron County Council IncreaSed fuel allowances for people on welfare In the county, raising the allowance 45 per Cent to Cover an identical increase in the coat of fuel to hest homes. The social services committee retorted to council Friday that the &allowance ha .1 been intreased since October...1 1974 and that since that time coats for home heating fuel hove in. creased 45 per cent. The increase raises the allowance for a one. room detached dwelling from 984 per month to 9122 per month. Two rooms draws an allowsince increase from sloe to $157, three from $144 to 9209, four from $180 to .171, five Irons 1216 to 8313 and six from $252 to 9385. The allowance is paid directly to the welfare recipient who is resoonelbie for laminable own fuel coats. The committee 4110 repOrted to council tha the new provincial program givmg financial assistance to families caring for severely han- dicapped children at home is now in effect in Huron County. The program provides an allowance of up to 9150 a month for handicapped children receiving care at home. The monthly allowance is ulcuiated by means of an income and mean. test implied with con- sideration to additional expenses which may .cur in caring for the child at home. The ex- pellees considered are those not covered by the Ontario Health Inturance Plan or other in- Surance plans and children eligible for the progrem are also eligible for drug and dental hearing conaiderations pro and coo and it the ratepayers' association did the same thing there w.ld bo no need for a Mundt. He pointed out to the group that council meetings are open to the public and that council members are more than willing to answer any questions anyone has about Connell mattegs. said that council went as far as to include a public question period on the agenda for each meeting to enable anyone to ask questiom. Robertson went on to point out that the privilege La rarely used by the public and in fact there seldom is anyone in attendance at council "The lack of attendance seems to Indicate that we dotal -cam what counciLdoug4:4.Ligotbstre, Chuck Reid questioned, Robertson's Ture to page 18 • Tracy Chambers grabbed the saly thing la sight that would offer her support ea the les at the Goderich Memorial Arena recently waft eke tried her hand at figure diming. Tree, was with some fellow predichoolers at a Galeria Figaro Skating Club beglmsers session sad Mak 848 vantage of the pylon to rest ber mottles aft perhaps call far • little help- (staff-phote) Terrence Bullen acquitted ,after four-day trial tSHIP 242 BT DAVE SYKES A supreme court Jury rendered o verdict of not guilty on Terrence Lloyd Bonen. 45, facing charge of manslaughter and ending the 'four day trial in Goderich last Thursday. The Jury deliberated for less than two h00r$ before reaching a verdict at approximately 6: IS th Holten. a Hayfield school teacher, WON charged with manslaughter following an Incident in the secluded !anew./ leading to the Holten home in Hayfield on May in which Ronald Dejong, R R. Bayfield• was shot and killed and his Mother Leroy Dejong. was wounded In the should, and wrist. After the mry foreman had delivered the verdict, a distraught Sullen quietly asked. i•What did he say?" He later commented, -I was listening so hard I couldn't hear R." Mr. Justice William Maloney of the Supreme Coori of Ontario said after the verdict was given, He hen turned to Mr. Holten., "You are an intelligent and sensitive fellow and I am sure the events of that night will be with you as long as you live.- he said. "I believe the JurY WaS .Ying you are innocent In the true sense of the word. You are free m go Mr. Millen." A second charge of attempted murder hay been withdrawn. ASLEEP F.arlier in the trial under examination by defense counsel J. M. Donnelly. Elution stated that after a day of working around the yard of his home he fell asleep on the couCh in the television room on the second sr -eery. He was awakened obruptly by a noise outside. He said the noise seemed close and consisted mainly of shouting aed a thumping sound. He then heard a noise behind him and in the da rkness made his way across the room and ran into his son. Terrence Hellen Jr.. in the doorway. lie mid his son acted in a 'frenzied manner' and pushed him' aside white saying: -Help us. You have Whelp. They are going to kill us." In the brief encounter with his son he also noticed that he held his gun. a .26 calibre Metal Bet Ire TT which Bullen Sr. kept M the top drawer of his dresser. He took the gun from his son and said, "You won't need this." His son ran downstairs and he followed across the kitchen and outside to the yard. "I still didn't know where the trouble was and kind of stumbled ahead," he said "We a ',- Mogen. the van and I could see car lights behind it and there Was more shouting." He stated that because of the bright car lights he could only detect two people closing the car d.rs and he shouted for them 'to get cm of here'. He then claimed the car started coming back ' towards him at great speed with the headlights Bullen stated he thought the car would hit him and braced himself but the doors of the car opened and twe forms leaped out at the same time the vehicle came to a stop approximately three to five feet behind the parked van. "I stepped back and there were two enormous people, two giants coming towards me," he said. "I told them to get back off the property and one .GtOderich. 6, SIGNAL STAR THURSIWIT, NOVEMBER 1.1.191i CF.NTS PER COPY Less rubber stamping More debate by board 'The Huron County Retard of Education made a 'Move at.ita. Monday meeting that should en coMage greeter Involvement of trustees in board business In 19".11 and result In more debate during monthly board meetings. The board realigned Rs cOmmittee, oyster], dropping the present two committee policy and replacing ft With a five committee one. The move was made after a three-day boa. Seminar held earlier M.Movarnber. Treece. met in a threcday private session to review its organization and method Of cooperation end agreedlo give the five'committee system a one. year trial peril% to see If it is more effec dive. Ditector of EduCation John Cochrane said Monday 'that the five committee system is designed to make more Members of,the board actlyely'involved In board busineas:He said the new syttem should encourage more "debate during board meetings and should make' thr public more aWare of whet the board of education does Cochrane explained that under the old tem committee system the hulk of the board's work wiss done at the committee level and °MY In volvedbalf of the hoard members. He said seven of the Ili trustees sat on the educatlon committee and mven on the management committee. The vicoushairman Lemony sat M on one of the committee's meetings and the chairman on the other to the boatirto be voted on it already had half the board voting in favor of H without the other half eVen,knowing about it," said Cochrane -What usually happened M the other' half would assume that if the other committee was in 'Favor of it it must be goodsond voted in favor of it " s • Donation kicks off &rye , The first' donation for a new "Community Grandstand' was made Monday morning when ' Victoria and Grey manager Al Weathe rby signed a check for 31,000 and gave It to Mayor Deb Shea/fell and fund raising einiimittee member Larry Jeffrey. The money will be deposited at VII6O.cand a drive started to raise *r4,000 for the new grandstand. • With a community facility that will permit spectater aphis tabeitafged at Agriculture Park with an are. for fans to Mt, comfortably. *lens with that there will,hopeftilly be an area that can be ailed Nat a commullity hall big enough to permit bingo. or other functions that usually attract large crowds, The facility oleo house n area'that can be Used tor a Change room for tea ms Playing on the park.sporth fields and it will hove an e sed mattes semi that will permit fine to sit ih c fort during inclement weather. for the proJeat, a he felt the town should have More than just a 90 foot -grandstand to permit horse rambig.,,He said a grandstand may have racing erithirstasts as' its major user bol added The five committee system was presented to the board by Cochrane alter he worked With the four superintendents of education to break down bs.ard responsibilities and set up committees to handle them. He sa id the committees will each be given an area of business to handle and will work with a superintendeot at the committee level Ile explained that he bas wally paralleled the committees with the superintendents' rotes Each committee will cnnsim of a chairinan- elected by the hoard and wo members appoiMed by a striking committee made up of the board chalrmAn ond vice chairman and the four elected rhairmen An executive committee will consist .01 the board chairman and vice- chairman. the past chairman if he or she wishes ancl one or two members of the board, Whichever is required to bring the committee membership to four Other committees will bsi the fiscal and personnel policies corn tu lt re. the school programs policy committer and the student and two appointed members Cocheane said no trustee will sit nn rnore than Turn In peme 3, tie putting up anything in the way of what is . "The finning a ssoclatiriet fonly one group that Pauline McGibbon will be using the grandstand." he sold. "They . . " this a public facility that the town could make sends her regrets only need a 90 fool building but we want to make full use of. We're looking at a building that can .6 The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Pauline Mayor De Shewreit aaid the community McGibbon will not be coming to Goderich next would have to mipport .project to see it through, He said -thews wite 00 wily the grand. that money" wouldhay,e to Caine from donations and mamas government scheme* aimed at finencing Community centres. Jeffrey *aid the committee is planning e number of fund raising events and hoped to get the project constrection underway very soon. Re aald o commitment for money w.ld have to be Made bet ore anY construction is to take place. Wedpesday as part of the Jubilee Three cotebUtIons to present the lown's new cut of - Town officials reteived a call frorn the Wire of Mro. McGibbon Tuesday. asking that the Lieutimant Governor he excused from her duties In Goderich next week due to a pemonal fleputy.reeve Eileen Palmer said the presentation df the coot of arinewrittlaprobably be made In the marina ed. mess,du ped aggin Councillor Elsa Hoodoo itad the matter of the Mitt. chaired by Lam ve tiowir to hove the ri-imis propertil belonged to the Cahadian National .,,0111,1 dumping' 001,r_the river haft at the eft at :along the Maitland River cleaned uti. Railway and that CNR should be responsible for Aamaeaa street' dumped as. isft lap sdaitaay Several weeks aft, council learned that smite eifining It up, • evening when council met. Only minutes earlier, Peraft or persons. hid 'been dumping garbage Since then, aceording to Councillor Matthaei, a Hayaaa aehesr aaaaelt to emagaer the • ruler the river...nit, ft wee brouliht to couneire -letter eras reCeived from Celli "which Said "aaibitity aaalas the waetraameatat co, attention by tau Deslaurlera o the Maitland nothing". She felt the Melo thoutd be cleared mine*, thaired by Deputy.rteve Eileen Palmer Fancy Conservation Authority. At that time. away. Cam. Covecillor Dave Gower had suggeitted the "If this isn't an environmental matter I Work velth the Works and Engineering wouldn't know whatWould be," *aid Hayden, CounCillor 00wer termed it "ridiculous" so 'tiepin that matter be left with the en. vIronmental committee. 'That'. {stream land," Gower told council again.. Palmer,",tdonit appreciate this being dumped Goderich Pollee Chief Pat Ring says Metals as also the polsibility of damage being cam onto the environmeotal coMMItten- ' ' Problem with Uthinti D" both tide, of die Vehlelt. by *Ares and ropes used fa the Maiming Woos softened that before charges tan be laid, there hat Ito bit eitidlinee the damping it Wier,,esftelal the earth Ode where shine ere priseesa, ftys chief gift, tied up. ‘66. . • e Goderith Petted *petiole. ere ea continuing. A fine of !tee he provided lift In the The 'local police hove authority kern Ilie 4, 'LI r1), , the Federal regulatlet. Chief ghig saye bylaw for:pcitions who are found to be deeming °apartment of Tranftort to tieforce the 'the pe Welters littoblettlontOpeOple deletes out regulstionnf the Federal Rerbourt end Mappinst to tie mer to drop itt Deana equipment, se long The matter ores referred to the Parks tom. Act which prohibits uneutherleed parking on oe they don't retold» period -0*., the pitr Or mIttee with porter 16 let, On rne11011 01 DIV* ydnes wharfs and plera,Ihe pensity Is whMtver algal are posted prohibiting Parking.._'_ Gower end Eileen Palmer. Counellkle Naydoel Chief. King sayt , thevharbour ,malter, lind Chief King says there haft been as many as,ile referred tothedetliton et "childish *come% - 'topping peep!. eatet NI Federal, reildolien to.40 core parked on the pier et oft time. . ; She told eouncil Members are aware the Pares !trotted beesoftof problems whIchbave ett00/1`i krinw Ire a populae peat timehrel a good, crew hoe been latdiff teethe telateriftliths. *hen shipS ere decking. lifidweltlelek 111e Perfl...91 '''.41101. ffsh but We ask thet,the Iishernien be "Surely yen aren't suggesting 9.0 dertifthere the way of thle dotkIng prioecidUra , • Madre of tbo parking prehibillen Mid that they Myeelf with a whealberrew elent ft the ifthieles Parked the'Pikr' (IT Ofteetlete *by There aft *aft prohibition." he mesa."' told •Coattellier Hayden, WA tour40 docking are hatertkesa to tia seamen. Tule Pt, * 44 consIdered the matter thiered, " .frItted solit s!tss, The blest *of Made by her oittie. ,:,yitimseietaf IteMa Women tele 111.88 hit*** *MCI1 IS httd every year by she Loom Pier parking a problem 369 tigo got ‘.her- Christitas wisli • Suiten was so excited this year! Her Sunday school class 'was going to the old folks home and to the children's hospital to give them gifts. - They were busy each Sunday making bookmarks, felt Christmas trees to decorate the rooms ',and stockings to fill with goodies. It was so much fun! Finally the day came for Peek into past... •ITom page 16A Spotton, who are still on tbe A. Morton, D. Holmes (and I lived there myself.) There's the village of Blyth, that industrial hive, For , the people who lived there, just made that place thrive, For there were men at the head of affairs like McNally. McKinnon, Doc, Milrie, the Sloans and Pat Kelly. Then there's Exeter Town, that I know little about, But it must be a good one by the men they turn out; For Cobbledick, Crocker and Hodgson-, we own, Could make a real place of any old town. They talk of big men that we have in the land, But Goderich can boast of what none other can, They had the biggest, the tallest, the smallest in sight, Jonathan Miller, W. Murray and Joseph J. Wright. Did we not mention Seaforth, . it would not be fair, For many a prominent man came from there; i,zSuch as Govenlock, Wilson, Scott, Prendergast, Gray, Who've made the place famous in many a way. The soil of the county is the very best, It has been tried every way and stood every test, For all kinds of grain and other things grow; And its apples are famous wherever they go. There are farmers° up-theie whom we knew very well, John McMillan, Joe Fisher and Humphrey Snell; They were breeders of hor- ses, pigs, cattle and sheep, And none but the very best kind would they keep. There's a spot in that county, it's dear to me yet, There are friends in that village I'll never forget; I lived there for years, so I know the place thorough, The place I refer to is little Londesborough. " The County of Huron, no matter what's said, Is the best in the province, the others deem dead; The Huron old boys and girls, we declare, Who live in Toronto, are, proud they're from there. Now friends of old Huron, I tiljnk I am through„ With these rambling remarks I have given to you; If there's anything wrong with what I have said, Ask Pridham or MorriSh, or our secretary, "Ed". Terry Crowley S24.4007s „, tibprosontIng them to 'take their gifts to the people,. Susan ran all the way to school and all the way home at noon. After lunch she kissed her mom good-bye and was about to jump down the steps when her shoe lace got caught on her brother's skate blade. ',She tripped and fell down the stairs. Her mother came running down the stairs and said, "Oh," when she saw hei lying on the floor! She didn't know what to do so she called the doctor. He came over and examined her. He reported that the only thing that had been seriously injured. was her legs. They were broken. The doctor said to stay off her legs. "Oh, no" she exclaimed! I have to go to give some people gifts. The doctor said trying to hide his smirk, "Oh, that really is too bad but there's , not much I can do about it." The doctor then left. When Susan's friend, named Karen came over to call for her, Susan's mother gave Karen a note to take to Susan's teacher saying she would not be attending school that afternoon. The afternoon dragged slowly on. Finally at four o'clock the time she was supposed to be at the old folks home she could not stand it any longer. She burst out in tears. Her mother tried to comfort her but to no avail. licldenly the door bell rang and her Sunday school class and the doctor came in with a wheel chair. When Susan finally regained her senses she said almost in a whisper, "Thank you, thank you so much." The doctor put her in the wheelchair and her mother ' got her coat. They left and , happily gave the presents to the people. Lisa McIntosh Grade 5 Victoria SUPERIOR MEMORIALS OVER 50 YEARS A. 11 Goderich Area ROBERT McCALLUM 11 Cambria Road Goderich 524-7345 Area Representative MICHAEL FALCONER 153 High Street Clinton 48279441 • ben • 'ese Ca labs Put a United Canada on your_chest with the special T-shirt above. The UNI -SHIRT campaign is a project of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association, of which this paper is a member. 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