The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-01, Page 20PAGE 20--GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, FTBRUARY 1 , 1979 lights -
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BY JEFF SEDDON
If you see a car with an amber Tight flashing
in the front window try to get out of its way. The
car belongs to a volunteer member of the
Goderich Fire Department and he's on his way
to a fire.
In a joint announcement Tuesday night fire
chief Bill Beacom and police chief Pat King
Airport...
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end of the only paved runway at Sky Harbour
and until that knot was untied the town could do -
little to expand without buying the three
lakefront lots. He said the trees at the end of the
runway are on private property aid can't be
trimmed to permit full use of the pavement by
jet aircraft. Bogie said the only way the town
could circumvent she tree trimming was to
construct a new paved runway which would
cost more money.
Howick reeve Harold Robinson did not want
the north end of the county to be left out of the
issue pointing out to council that while
Goderich and Exeter both sported airports
Wingham also had an airstrip. Robinson said 90
planes were on the-WinghaIn airstrip during the
International Plowing Match in September and
he asked if the county had any agreements with
Wingham to fund that airport.
County clerk Bill Hanly told council that
there' were several airports in the county but
that many of them had only grass runways and
were used almost exclusively by private air-
craft. He said few of the airports are as .widely
used as Goderich.
Reeve Palmer pointed out to council that for
most of its day long session it had given first
approval to department budgets "without
batting an eyelash".
"Here we sit asking for $7,000 and there you
sit ready to -tiring down the- robf', she said'.
Ervin Sillery, Tuckersmith reeve, came to
bat for the Goderich request telling council that
he had served as the county representative on
the Sky Harbour airport committee and had
"really got his eyes opened". Sillery said there
was a lot going on at Sky Harbour and that it
was "all very good". He said he was ' sym-
said a request is being sent to town council to
have 21 of the flashing lights purchased. Each
of the volunteer firemen will be given a Tight to
be used when the men are responding to a fire
call.
Council is expected to approve the purchase
of the lights which cost $48 each. Councillors
Bob Allen and Brian Knights, members of the
pathetic to other county towns trying to
promote their airports but pointed out that
there are two of the largest industries in Huron
County using the Goderich facility and that
"has to be maintained".
Simmons said he was sympathetic. to
Goderich's position when he looked at the
airport from Goderich's point. But he told
council when he looked at Sky Harbour from a
county standpoint he was not so sympathetic.
"This airport in Goderich is of no earthly
good to the town of Exeter and the south end of
the county," said the Exeter reeve.
He asked council if any members felt Huron
county could support two jet airports adding
that he knew of no other county that could or did
that:
Palmer told council that the two major users
of the airport in Goderich. are Business Air
Services, a charter aircraft company, and
Champion Road Machinery. She said BAS
aircraft have been used on several occasions to
bring executives to Huron County and that
sales staff from Champion use the Goderich
airport as the starting point for sales trips. She
added that Champion is the biggest employer in
the county and that people come from all over
Huron to jobs at the firm's Goderich'plant. She
reminded council that Goderich puts $400,000 a
year into county differs and all the town was
asking was that council consider an additional
$7,000 for an airport that was "essential" to the
county. °
Just before the vote Palmer told council she
."hoped there wasn't anyone here so parochial
that they can't see the benefits and confine'
their vote to his or her municipality,rather than
the whole county and not give the $7,000 to the
Goderich airport".
Auburn news...
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Ross Andrews; secretary
Mrs
B s • Thomas Haggitt;,
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treasurer - Mrs. Eleanor
nock; assistant
secretary - Mrs. Frances
Clark; pianist - Mrs.
Donald Haines; assistant
pianist - Mrs. Brian
Hallam; directors
elected this year
Stewart Ball, Jame
Towe, Mrs. James
Glousher, Mrs. Donald
Cartwright and Mars.
James Schneider;
directors to retire 1979 -
Mrs. •Frank Raithby,
Mrs. Thomas Lawlor,
Mrs. Robert Turner, Mrs.
Robert Arthur and Mrs.
Thomas Jardin; auditors
Mrs. Oliver Anderson
and Mrs. -Beth Lansing;
nominating committee -
Mrs. Donald Haines Mrs.
John Durnin and Mrs.
Ernest Durnin; and
telephone committee -
Mrs. Frances Clark, Mrs.
Elma McFarlane and
James Towe.
..HALL BOARD
Ralph Campbell of
East Wawanosh Town-
ship was appointed
chairman at the annual
meeting of the Auburn
Community Memorial
Hall Board. He succeeds
Jim Glousher who
represents the village of
Auburn.
Mrs. Donald Haines
was appointed secretary -
treasurer and Mrs. Jim
Glousher and Mrs.
Donald Cartwright will
continue to be caretakers
at the same salary.
Due to the absence of
Jim Glousher, Ralph
Campbell was nominated
to be, chairman for the
meeting.
The secretary, Mrs.
Donald Haines read the
minutes . and gave the
financial ..statement
showing a good financial
standing at the end of the
year due to more
bookings during the year.
The lower part of the
hall was insulated a few
weeks ago and now plans
are starting to insulate
and change part of the
interior. A public meeting
is being called for
February 8 at 8:30 p.m.
Mrs. Ann St. Jean
spoke of the New
Horizons program for
senior citizens and all
were behind her in the
project and would like to
see a group formed to use
the hall more often.
Water rates were
raised to $45 per year to
the 17 ratepayers on the
John Street water line
coming from the hall.
A.C.W.
The Anglican Church
Women of St. Mark's
Anglican Church held
their January meeting.at
the home of Mrs. Donald
Cartwright. The .hostess
opened the meeting with
the hymn, Unto The Hills
Around Do I Lift Up My
You'd be happier! Your dog would be
happier! We'd be more than glad to help!
We'll help you find the right tool, nut,
screw, thing -fame -jig or whatever.. You
won't find our eyebrows arched when
you bring us your home repair problems.
You'll find our ear a sympathetic one ---
and we'll guide you to the right tools.
Come in and see us.
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Longing Eyes; followed
by the general
_thanksgiving prayer and
the Lord's Prayer,"T—'"'
The scripture lesson
was read by Mrs. John
Daer from the Good News
for Modern Man.
Meditation on this
scripture lesson •was
given. by Mrs. Jim
Schneider basing it on the
International Year of the
Child:
The mission study from
the Living Message on
the work of Dr. Barrnado
(who ,organized homes
for children) was read
with each member
reading a paragraph.
This portion of the
meeting was closed with
the hymn, For Thy Mercy
and Thy Grace and Mrs.
Cartwright thanked all
for assisting in the
program.
The president, Mrs.
Cartwright, presided for
the business. The minutes
of the previous meeting
were accepted as read by
the secretary, Mrs. John
Daer. . The treasurer,
Mr,s. Thomas Haggitt,
gave the financial
statement.
o be purchased for firemen
town's fire committee, said the purchase of the
lights for the'volunteers' cars had already been
discussed at the council table and council had
asked the committee to look into the matter and
cone back with a recommendation. Allen said
the committee was prepared to make the lights
a budget priority and felt sure that council
'wouid agree with the purchase.
The cohinmittec hopes to have the lights
uniformly mounted on the volunteer's cars so
that drivers in and around Goderich will know
what the flashing amber means when they see
it on the streets. Allen said the committee did
not want to force the firemen to put the lights on
the roof of the car or on the dash but did want
them to all put 'them in the same spot. He added
that he felt the dash of the cal- was the hest
•place to mount the warning light.
"We (the committee) would like to see them
uniformly mounted so people know the lights
will.be on the hood or dash and when they see
them they will get off the street not run out to
the street," said Allen,
King said he felt the dash was perhaps the
hest spot to mount the lights. He said if the
lights went on the roof of the car the firemen
may -have some difficulty driving because of
the cord which operates the light which has to
go through the window. The chief added that if
the lights, were put in the grill of the car some
people would not see them. He pointed out that
if the lights were in the grill they could not be
seen through the rear view mirror of a car in
front of the firemen.
Beacom said the dash may be the best and
safest spot for the lights. He said some calls
require volunteers to take their own cars to the
fire and if the lights were on the roof "they may
not be there very long".
Beacom said he planned to talk to the
volunteers to see where they felt the lights
would be best mounted on their cars. He
jokingly said with the number of younger men
now on the force some of them may want to "be
like Kojak and put them on the roof".
The fire chief said the lights should become
as familiar to people in Goderich as the fire
siren was before it was replaced with telephone
beepers, He said when people heard the siren
they knew why cars were racing to the fire hall
but now when they see the volunteers approach
the hall they are inclined to think it is
pranksters racing. He said hopefully an..
• education of drivers will mean they will
automatically give a car with a flashing amber
light the right of way.
King said moving over and giving a volunteer
the right of way is a courtesy he hoped all
Goderich drivers would observe. He said there
is no law requiring drivers to let volunteer
firemen pass' but said he hoped they would
realize an emergency exists and let them pass.
"It may be their house that's on fire," added
Allen.
Londesboro bank robbed
The normally placid hamlet of Londesboro,
five miles north of Clinton on Highway 4_,_was a
beehive of excitement on Tuesday after two
men held up the tiny branch of the Bank of
Montreal.
The two men wearing black ski masks,
walked into the bank about 12:45 p.m. and
pointed a sawed-off shotgun at the lone teller,
Pat Thomas.
The two demanded that she remain seated at
her desk, while one rifled the till of about $2,000.
They then ripped the two phones off the Wall
and dashed out the door and across the road
and went behind Thompson's General Store
where they had left their car.
The robbers then headed east on County Road
15 in what witnesses described as a green car. A
Correspondence was
read, among it was a
letter of thanks from Mrs.
Andrew Kirkconnell for
cards and flowers while
she was ill. A donation to
the- A.C.W. was also
received from her.
Mrs. Cartwright
thanked the members for
the flowers, given to her
when she had surgery.
Programs were made
out for the coming year
and plans were made to
start quilting quilts
again.
The roll call was an-
swered by telling what
improvement A.C.W.
members would like
made on the church
building in 1979.
Th.e offering
received and
was
the
travelling apron passed.
The meeting was closed
with Grace followed by
lunch served by Mrs.
Donald Cartwright.
During the meeting the
officers were re-elected:
president - Mrs. Donald
Haines; secretary - Mrs.
John Daer; and treasurer
- Mrs. Thomas Haggitt.
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and youth members, who
will be appointed later, to
investigate the possibility
of building a permanent
display to be used on
floats and for fairs and
Achievement Days.
UNIFORM TESTING
Ron Shelley; leader of
the Howick Swine Club,
reported the Howick and
Brussels groups would
like to come up with a
uniform course of study
and exams. In the past,
the two clubs have
studied different
material.
Len MacGregor
reported there will be an
exchange with 4-H'ers in
MacOupin County of
southwestern Illinois
over the next two years.
The Illinois members will
visit Huron County next
summer and the local 4-H
members will travel to
Illinois' in 1980.
MacGregor has also
contacted 4-1-1 leaders in
Blackford County,
Indiana about setting up
a two-way exchange
program for next sum-
mer. -
Leaders also voted to
buy Canadian made 4=H
T -shirts --from a Stratford
businessman. The shirts
will be ordered in white
with , the 9-H crest for
show attire and in green,
for casual wear. A
committee was also
asked to investigate
purchasing sweat shirts
and jackets for the 4-H
leaders.
Leaders plan to ap-
proach the Biuewater-
Regional Newspaper
Network about having a
trophy donated to be'
awarded annually to the
4-H member who writes
the best press releases
about club activities. A
press release competition
among members will be
held this year.
Showmanship clinics
will be held in the coming
year for dairy and beef
calf club members and in
showing horses. The
leaders will be bringing
in professionals to direct
the clinics.
Also, leaders ten-
tatively set the date for
the 4-H Awards Night for
1979 to be held either
November 2 or Nov. 16. In
the past,- the night has
conflicted with the
commencernent exer-
cises for Wingham
District High School.
This year, the leaders
hope to avoid having the
awards' night on the same .
date as graduation.
massive police roadblock system set up on all
major roads in the area failed to catch the two
robbers, and as of Wednesday morning, they
are still at large.
The Londesboro bank, which is a sub -agency
of the Clinton branch of the Bank of Montreal is
only open on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and is
usually only staffed by one person, as was the
case Tuesday when Mrs. Thomas was on duty.
Two of the witnesses, Mery Durnin and Brad
Kennedy of Londesboro, were eating lunch in
the Country Kitchen Restaurant across the
street from the bank when they,, heard the
alarm go off.
They looked out to see the two men, who were
in their 20's rush down the street and get into a
car which then took off at high speed down the ,
County Road.
Brad phoned the Ontario Provincial Police
immediately while Mery rushed across the
street to check ortthe condition of teller Mrs.
Thomas. She was not injured, but -was badly
shaken.
In less than a few minutes, the area was
swarming with uniformed and plain clothes
officers from the Goderich, Wingham and
Mount Forest detachments of the OPP, while
police from other detachments and towns
manned road blocks in " the area. A police
spotter plane was even set up to search from
the air.
The Tuesday hold-up was only the second in
the Clinton area in the last decade. In 1971,
robbers also held up the Bank of Montreal
branch in Brucefield, another sub -branch of
Clinton.
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