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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-08, Page 15, ::f Officers and directors chosen GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1979—PAGE 15 New Horizons group formed by Auburn Sixty years of age or over? Feeling depressed and lonely? And you live in Auburn or the surrounding district? Cheer up. Help is on the way. . A group of 18 6Q -year olds and over met last Monday morning in the Community Memorial Hall to hear Richard Hewitt tell about the New Horizon program for senior citizens. This program was started in 1972 by the Federal Department of Health and Welfare to encourage and enable retired Canadians to become more actively involved in the life of their community. Hewitt outlined the New Horizon program and the qualifications required to get assistance to carry out different projects. He told about other communities and how they now have thriving groups involving many people. The second meeting of 60 -year-olds and over was held on Tuesday evening after the euchre party and Kenneth - Scott chaired this meeting. After a unanimous - decision to form a group, officers and directors were chosen. They are: president -Ross Robin- son; vice -president - Kenneth Scott; secretary uburn news Eleanor Bradnock, correspondent 526-7595 - Mrs. Thomas Haggitt; treasurer - Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock; and directors - Major Youngblut, Oliver Anderson, Mrs. Dorothy Grange, Ben Hamilton, Jack Hallam, Thomas Jardin, Mrs. Lillian Leatherland and James Towe. The thousands of New Horizon projects already underway embrace a wide range of activities. These projects have demonstrated the wealth of knowledge, energy and enthusiasm possessed by older persons. Some of the projects which have been funded are classified under the following main headings: Sports and Recreation - bowling, card games,/ curling, dancing, - physical fitness and drop- in centres; crafts and hobbies - bird watching, ceramics, horticultural activities, macrame, painting, needlepoint, knitting and crocheting Cultural, Historical and Educational Activities - continuing education; preparing local histories and development of museums and Social Services Activities assistance to disabled persons,' Meals -on - Wheels, ,home visiting services, institutional visiting and hells to children and teenagers. Iyou have a special aotivity in, mind, please contact Ross Robinson or Mrs. Thomas Haggitt. Everyone is welcome. REAL tSTATE Misr MEMBER HURON. REAL ESTATE BOARD OFFICE 56 EAST ST. GODERI('H NORTH Just Reduced! Would you like to own a "River Retreat"? Here's your chance to buy one with large mobile, older brick home in need of renovation, frees, and 13 acres thrown in. Call CHARLIE TYNDALL for appointment. Colborne Twp. Near Goderich, 1600 square feet of ranch with.at- tached garage on 1.3 acres,. Presently under construction 'and builder will finish -to taste. Menesef Park. Two and three bedroom mobile homes, set on attractive treed lots. Priced from '12,500. SOUTH Goderich Twp. 80 acres with cot- tage. Half treed and half workable. Minutes from town. EAST Completely equipped grocery doing increasing business with complete meat department. Plenty of room for expansion in other lines. Close to. 9,000 square feet of retail area. This Is an ex- cellent opportunity to own and expand your own buskers. PIIONE 524-6656 GODERICH EAST END. Starter home for -,P family living. Treed lot, family kitchen with custom cupboards and patio doors, renovated 4 piece bath, 24' L-shaped living room, and 3 bedrooms. Right of way from the back yard to fenced community park. Under '40,000 so act now. WEST END. Four bedroom home with added income on a large treed lot near the lake. Call AGNES MacKINNON for all infor- mation. NORTH END. Panoramic view from the Maitland River bank. Four bedroom home with main floor family room, and lots of space. Call ANNA MELSKI for your ap- pointment with the future. CENTRAL. Immaculate 3 bedroom home with huge family kitchen, 1 1 bathrooms, double living room, main floor laundry and dbuble attached garage. Ex- cellent decor and atmosphere, with all the grace of the older home. Call JIM McCAUL. NEAR ARENA. Three bedroom bungalow conveniently located near arena and schools, Electric Franklin fireplace easily conver- ted to wood. Bright kitchen and full basement. Priced In the 40's. For Professional Realty Service CALL: ALL POINTS • 524-6656 .Lim McCouI. 524-417.5 . Ken Thompson Agnes MacKinnon, 524-6336 Charlie Tyndall Anna Melaiii. 524-2765 Gayle McCaul 'Let us point you in the right direction" 5247.514 5247453 524.4175 ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING Following the worship service, Knox United Church held their annual meeting after lunch was served by the ladies of the church in the Sunday school room_ of the church. The Reverend Earl St Jean opened the meeting with the scripture lesson read from the Book of c Acts llth chapter,' verses a 1-18. h Them inutes • 'of last annual nnual meeting P 0 were adopted on motion P by thesecretary, c Maurice Bean, seconded ° Greg Mrs. Park. Christmas page money. The mem decided to leave this the youth group of church and that fund left with the Sun school account as i presently being done. The junior congregation report accepted. It was decided t Mrs. Brian Hallam onvenor-for the page nd that the pageant eld each year Christmas Eve. T ageant is to be b hysically and fin ially an outreach proj f the congregation. An invitation to atte he Bible Study gro as extended to all. eets every Sund orning at 10 a.m. in manse and Mrs. St Je recommended it to all t members of t congregation. It was announced th the Reverend Haro Snell and probably son, Peter, would guest ministers at t inter -denomination church service for t 1225th birthday party th summer in the village Auburn. The nominations committee presented the following for approval: Session members to retire 1984 -Norman Wightman., Gerald McDowell; Board of - Stewards., to retire 1982- Lawrence Plaetzer, Murray Rollinsonn and Ross Robinson; ' manse committee -Greg and Nancy Park; and auditors -Maurice Bean and Robert Worsell. Reverend St Jean gave a stirring message on the Outreach program for the Missionary -and- Service Standard of Giving and the need of funds. He stated that the Auburn charge allocation set lay Presbytery is '$3,300 up from, $2,500 set -last year. The members voted to accepted $2,750. as the goal for this -year. ' Mrs. Kenneth McDougall thanked Rev. St Jean for his leadership during the past year and thanked Mrs. St Jean for having the Bible Study group meet in the manse and also for her work with the junior congregation, ant Prior toher marriage bers to (Harold) Orville Free with in Goderich on April 16, the 1924', she was in the be employ of Mrs. H. Horton day of Goderich. t is The Free couple far- med on the fourth con- cession of Ashfield was Township where they raised their only child, hat Mrs. Lawrence (Jean) be Plaetzer who survives ant her mother. be In the spring of 1957, on Mrs. Free and her he husband, who also sur- oth vives her, moved to R.R. an- 3 Auburn until their ect retirement in 1964. Following this, they took •A motion by Donald t Haines and Mrs. Dorothy w Grange -that adherents m present have full voting m privileges, was approved. proved., The report of the session was given by Reverend St Jean and he mentioned the revision of the membership roll and the historical rol.l_. It was stated that names have been omitted in the past and that members of the session should be responsible for main- taining these reeords. The Auburn and Donnybrook charge account was explained by the treasurer, Donald Haines. The Missionary and Services Fund treasurer, Mrs. Donald Haines, thanked the congregation for their contributions and reported that the fund had been above the allocation set. The church treasurer, Mrs. Kenneth McDougall, drew at- tention to the balance on hand which was an im- proved position com- pared to last year. Mrs. McDougall thanked the congregation and the United, Church- Women for their financial sup- port. It was agreed to combine the organ fund and the memorial fund into one account. The United Church Women's report was presented by the treasurer, Mrs. Oliver Anderson and the flower fund report was gin by Mrs. Thomas Jardin and Mrs. Gerald McDowell. --T-he----Sunday . s-chool treasurer, Greg Hallam, gave his report and stated he had no direction as to the channeling of the 7. Real estate for sale im BAILEY Real Estate Ltd • Clinton Phone: 482-9371 VICTORIAN STYLE - home in Blyth on double lot, newly renovated;' priced for quick sale. FARROWING OPERATION - Near Holmesville, 9 acres, modern 1 floor bungalow. BAYFIELD AREA a 18 acre wooded, river propert with nearly completed ranc style home. AUBURN - 11/2 store completely remodelled o nicely treed lot. 1/2 y. h y n DUNGANNON - 11h storey stucco, 2 bedroom home, attached ° garage, nicely refinished. HULLETT TWP. - 50 acre farm with , good set of buildings. NEAR WALTON - 47 acres, 11/2 storey 3 bedroom home, good barn and drive shed. BLYTH - New home, 1 floor 3 bedroom brick bungalow, landscaping completed. HIGHWAY PROPERTY - No buildings, 80 acres, 45 acres workable near Blyth. 1.33 acre dairy farm in McKillop Twp. HULLETT TWP. - 5 acres, 11/2 storey, 4 bedroom home with barn and new steel shed. FOOD FOR THOUGHT Temper is a quality that at,,a critical moment brings out the best in steel and the worst in people. nd up residence in Auburn. up It Since July of 1978, the ay couple have lived at R.R. the 1 Auburn with Lawrence, Jean and Larry Plaetzer an he Mrs. Free devoted her he life's energy to main- taining the well-being of at her family. She proved to Id his be he al he is of -Re-V. t Jean thanked the members of the congregation for their contributions of time and talents and for their support during the past year. MRS. ORVILLE FREE Mrs. Orville Free, the former Ida Matilda Sillib, died suddenly on February 1, in the Clinton Public Hospital. She was born to the late Alexander Sillib and Clara Vrooman on a farm near Sheppardton on April 5, 1896. Her brother, Harvey A. Sillib of Blyth, still survives. She received her primary education at S.S. No. 11, Ashfield. 7. Real estate for sale be a hardworking, loving wife and mother. She was precious to her grand- children, Mrs. Terry (Sherry)- Foran of Woodstock, Wanda of London and Larry of R.R. 1 Auburn. Funeral services for the late Mrs. Free con- ducted by the Reverend Earl St Jean at the Tasker Funeral Home in Blyth, on February 3. Interment was in Blyth• Union Cemetery'. SOCIAL NEWS Mr. and Mrs. Jack Armstrong visited on the weekend with her brother, Clifford Carter and Mrs. Carter at Woodstock. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Youngblut of Woodstock visited last Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson and Misses Ella and Minnie Wagner. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McNall of Welland spent citizens the weekend with Mr. and high man - Ted Mills ;_low Mrs. Thomas Johnston than - Major Youngblut; • and Miss Laura Phillips- . and novelty - Robbie Mrs. 'lay- Johnston..and Plunkett. daughter 'Jennifer visited last weekend with her Mrs. Laura Lawrence parents, Mr. and Mrs.. returned to Auburn last Wilfred Sanderson. week after a three-day A visitor to Auburn on seminar at the, Marvel the weekend from Welland commented on the wonderful roads' in Huron' County, saying that the snow was so well winged back to keep the - roads free, a condition he had not encountered at the start of his trip. He' was high in his praise of Huron County roads. Nine tables were in play at Auburn's weekly euchre party held every Tuesday evening at 8 p.m. sharp in the Com- munity Memorial -Hall- Prize winners were: high lady - Mrs. Ila Bean; low lady -Mrs. Frances Clark; • Advanced Academy for hair dressing in Toronto. She specialized in cutting hair and Permanent waving techniques. Many of the Auburn residents enjoyed the beautiful amaryllis with eight large blooms all out at once, in Robinson's general store window. It was grown by Mr. and Mrs. Ross Robinson who have had several in bloom this winter. The Auburn librarian, Mrs. Lillian Leatherland, requests that all Huron County library books be in by February 14 for the exchange of books. Board approves church A reduced version .of the Goderich Area Planning board took an about step Tuesday night and approved re -zoning of•a parcel of land on Bayfield Road south to permit construction of a church. With four of its nine members absent from the meeting the board voted 3-2 in favdr of the re -zoning ,to allow Bethel Pentecostal Taber-%; nacle to construct a church on Bayfield Road across from the Candlelight Restaurant. In January the board rejected the re -zoning on the basis that the church was not-an_ideal land use for the valuable highway commercial property. Board members 'Harry Worsell, John Schaefer, Ken McGee and -Tom Jasper were absent from Tuesday night's meeting. Since the decision last month the board learned that if the congregation of the church wanted to take the rejection to an Ontario • Municipal Board hearing the OMB would probably not support the theory ofa.shortageof highway commercial property, in Goderich. County planner Roman 'Dzus explained to board members that the land, about three - acres, was acquired--hy the church and when it was purchased the town's official plan in- dicated'that a church was a permitted land use. He said that fact would make it "doubtful" that the OMB would uphold planning board's rejection. . Dzus explained that according to town policy 'adopted in 1968 in Goderich's official plan the property in question can be used for a church provided there is a need for a church and the church is compatible with surrounding land uses. Dzus indicated that had the offical plan in- dicated that a church was not a permitted land . use on that property the board would be in a different position. But because under certain conditions a church is allowed OMB would probably not support the board. - Reeve- Eileen Palmer told members of the church she had not changed her thinking on the proposal. She said as a representative of tax- payers in Goderich she felt compelled, to reject the church because she felt it was not a good land use. Palmer said there is a shortage of good highway commercial property in town and the land to be used by the church is good• highway commercial property. She said developed commercially the land would be a lucrative tax revenue for the town whereas the church is exempt from municipal taxes. Palmer made it clear she is riot opposed to the church but its location. She said there are other'areas in town better suited for a;Church , leaving the commercial property for com- mercial use. Paul Zurbrigg said he felt the same way about the location of the church but for dif- ferent r'i ons' He en id he didn't doubt the need for ,the- church but felt another location would be a better land use. Zurbrigg pointed out that some businesses need exposure to survive and without land near a high traffic area the businesses simply can't operate. "There is a limited amount of that' type of land available in Goderich," he said. Deputy -reeve Bob Allen could not see merit in Palmer's arguement pointing out that no matter where the church is located it will be exempt from taxes. Allen said the church would take up the same amount of land in a sub- division as it does on Bayfield Road and will take the same amount of land off the tax rolls no matter where it is located. He said the compatibility of the church with surrounding land uses is something the church members are ,going to have to decide on. "They must feel it's compatible or they wouldn't build on it," said Allen. '° - Chris,Borgal, architect for -the Bethel project, told the board that the, church was n&t a total drain of tax dollars. lie said the church would he buying services from the town, would be . providing employment during construction and would probably bespending money in Goderich for supplies during and after construction. Borgal added that from his understanding of the church members felt they needed high exposure for th,eir•building. He said there was a similar church in Stratford on the highway and it blends nicely. He said it is a "patch of green in a sea of asphalt". Palmer told Borgal the church would be spending the same money during and after construction no matter where it located. And she added that "Stratford can look after its business and Goderich will look after its". Byron Winsor, secretary -treasurer of the church board, told planning board that the church had looked at several pieces of property before buying the Bayfield Road site. He said SuncoaST Estates had a parcel in its new sub; division south of Suncoast Drive but wanted "in excess of $100,000 ". Another parcel was ruled out because it involved assembling about three different lots to end up with the same amount of land now owned by the church on Bayfield Road.. He added that the Bayfield Road site was about $50,000 cheaper than the Suncoast Estates land. Winsor added that land the church owns on Waterloo Street, now exempt from taxation, will be put on the tax rolls when the•church moves. He said the church hoped to start construction on the $350,000 building in March • and were in the process of selling the building on Waterloo. In a recorded vote Pete McCauley, Vince Young and Bob -Allen voted in favor of the church with Eileen Palmer and Paul Zurbrigg opposed. ^- IF YOU NEED A MORTGAGE.. YOU NEED USI!! *Consolidate Debts *Eirpand Operations *Resi'dential *Farms *Commercial *Builders Loans Buying - Building or Renovating" CALL US FIRSTI111 ADVANCED REALTY FUNDING CORPORATION 150 Cambria Rd. N., Goderich - Ontario. Don Denornme, Branch Manager, Telephone 524=2747 These girls received' figure skating honors at the arena last Wednesday. Back row, left to right, are Shannon Fedor who placed first in elementary, Mary Jo Evans who. received the C.•,Boddy trophy - for placing first in basic, and Amber Le Beaus who placed third in elementary. Front row, left to right, are Nancy Woodard who placed, 'second In elementary, Cassandra Crabb who placed second In basic and Roxanne Weir •who placed third in basic. (Photo by Joanne Buchinan) p 6 4