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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-02-14, Page 1CAN PA RTAIL OTIATIONS The previous occasion was at the last 'PUC meeting when the letter fron. Canada peckers, stating they were making a survey towards a plant in 'Walkerton, was read by PUC chairman, William Perdue, Although representatives of the press were present at the PUC meeting, they complied. with the request that the letter or discussion not be printed until the letter had been read at the, council meeting, At that meeting„ Perdue re- ported he bad been talking to Canada Packers officials who had stated they were "waiting and waiting" for action by Clinton council. • "Council has been very, very slow in this matter and appear disinterested," Perdue charged, "and the ratepayers deserve something better." Perdue outlined the work that had been done by the PUC since Canada Packers ap- proached them over a year ago and intimated they 'were inter- ested in building the plant in Clinton. The PUC chairman explained the PUC engaged the Anderson Associates to do an engineering survey to determine what addi- tional sewage facilities would he necessary and what the costs would be. Fe reported the mayor had voted against entering into an agreement to pay the. Toronto firm 81.,500.. to conduct the sur- vey • and about one or two months had been lost before the PVC approved signing the agreement without the mayor's consent. "They made the survey and gave us the proposals and that was as far as we Gould go," he stated, "and it's hung fire ever since," He pointed out that the On, Uric) Water Resources Com, mission met with council, PUC and Canada Packers .officials and outlined what steps each body should - take to reach an agreement on the costs involy, ed in the sewer project which Was estimated at .$240,000, He charged that council had failed to follow the suggestions submitted by the OWRC in connection with what action each body should take in the next steps of the negotiations. • Accepted Report Miller admitted Canada Pack- ers had accepted the Anderson. report on the sewage costs, but had not committed themselves, "They felt it would be cheap- er to go to Walkerton," he said, "because their engineers -figured out where it would cost them the least." "We're all in favor of indus- try," he added, "but not in fav- or of it if it burdens, the rate- payers too much," ' Fe noted that Walkerton had no sewage disposal and the re- fuse was pumped right into the river, "What can we do?" the may, or questioned, "it says right there (in the letter) in black and white that no further time should be spent." "It shouldn't be dropped," Perdue answered, "it should be followed pp," PUG secretary, Hal Hartley agreed with perdue and said the mayor and a couple of dele- gates should have gone to Far- riston to talk with Del IVIaltby as soon as the' letter had been received, don't think the ratepayers ON afraid of spending money to attract .an industry employ- ing 100 or more people," he added, 0;',,tron Adds Charges .Commissioner Antoine ''Red" G'aron, who was absent at the PUC meeting,. attended Monday night's .council meeting and said council had "failed the community very badly", "Yeti, Mr, Mayor, are partly to blame for bolding this thing hack," be said, After this accusation, Miller asked Garon if he had taken his declaration of office for the . PUC and then told Germ he had not taken his oath last year and had no business speak- ing as a member Of the PUC. Garon then asked the press representatives to note he had been barred from talking as a member of the PUC and con- tinued his talk "as a taxpayer". He went• on to note that council had not completed any part of the work suggested by the OWRC. "We were very, very slow in doing ,anything," he said, However, he said he didn't think "the door is closed" and suggested a committee 'should be set pp to carry on further negotiations with Canada Pack- ers if possible. Perdue, who also attended the council Meeting, reported the mayor had censored him very severely because he (Per,,, due) was obligating council for the Anderson. report, "you told me to remember that I would have to get by town council with this;" per, due stated, "I think the PUC 'have over- stepped themselves in dealing with council and have been negative towards council," May, or Miller retorted. "We are a corporate body and are elected by the rate- payers," Perdue replied. Miller then questioned if the PUC had met all their financial obligations in paying for the sewer debentures. Perdue admitted they had fallen behind in their payments, but added, -"you sit at the meetings, you know what we are doing." Councillor George Wench, chairman of the industrial corn- (Continued on Page 12) Just A Postppnement . Town Clerk, Clinton, Ontario. Dear Sir: Our engineeps are presently working on plans and costs to expand our Walkerton Poultry Plant. Should the costs prove favourable, the Walkerton project will, no doubt, be gone ahead with. This would mean delay on a new plant for Clinton. Since the company own a very suitable Property for a Poultry Plant in Clinton, and because the long term growth prospect of the peultry industry are good, the company could still decide to proceed with a new plant. It would however, appear this is , not likely to be for a year or two. It is therefore suggested that no further time should be spent working out a suitable agreement on Poultry Plant sewage for the present. D. M. Maltby, Supervisor, Creameries and Poultry Plants. ewspiaReco THE NEW ERA 97th YEAR THE HURON RECORD — 81st YEAR No. 7—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1963 $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages r 115bt girgt tttlittin11=== A letter from Canada Pack, ers, stating they Were ,eliscon- tinning present negotiations for the establishment of a Poultry Packing plant in Clinton tene.11,,' ed off a stormy debate between Mayer W, Miller and Clin- ton ,PUC officials; Monday,, It was - the .second time the PUC officials had chastised Miller and his council for .being. "lax" in negotiating with Can- ada 'Packers,. who were .consid-- pring doubling their facilities in Clinton to the point where- between 70 to 140 people would be employed. WE THINK the time is ap- ropes to remind some. of our readers that there presently ex- ists some animosity between Canada and the United States over the perennial defense is- sue. Otherwise, some of. the people who will be travelling back and forth across the bord, er this weekend may become lax in their attitude and even have a good time. This would certainly be very foolish and would undoubtedly draw the ire of high-ranking government officials in both countries who appear to be attempting to ag- gravate the situation. . THIS WEEKEND will mark a vast migration on the part of citizens of both countries, be- cense at approximately the same time some 74 Clintonians are loading up for their Fri day night jaunt to Dearborn, a group of youngsters will be stowing their gear into cars at Detroit to head for Clinton. THE LOCAL group will be repaying the visit from Dear- born hockey teams and officials and the main item of interest on the agenda is attending the NHL hockey game between De- troit and Boston in the Olym- pia. While cheering for an American team would certainly be very disgraceful for any ture-blooded Canadian at this time, the locals can rest assured that they will be allowed to exercise their vocal cords with- out fear of RCIYIP investigation because most of the NHL play- ers are Canadian- citizens. MEANWHILE Clinton RCAF will host their first annual mite hockey tournament and one of the eight teams will be from Detroit. Sons of Gordie Howe, Terry Sawchuck and Norm 'Ull- man, all 'Red Wing stars, will be performing here in a day that promises to provide plenty of amusement and excitement (Continued on Page Seven) Silver Wedding Day For Mr. and Mrs. Grant Rath Mr, and Mrs. Grant Rath, Huron Street, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary, Sat- urday, February 9, entertaining 14 members of their immediate family at their home. The couple was presented with a trilight and steam iron on the occasion of the cele- bration. On Friday night, the Clinton firemen met at the fire hall ,for their annual meeting and presented Firechief Rath with a lovely plate glass mirror. Hec Kingswell made the pre- sentation on behalf of the men in the occasion of Rath's wed- ding anniversary and also for more than 25 year's service to the brigade. Over SO Birthday Club Mrs. A. Galbraith, Varna, celebrated her 87th birthday on Wednesday,'February 20. • David Easom, 135 Frederick Street, celebrated his 85th birthday on Tuesday, February 12. Lions Secretary A.White Talks On Tiger Dunlop • V/L Allan White, secretary of Clinton Lions Club, gave a talk on Tiger. Dunlop, at the club's meeting Tuesday evening, IVIr. White who is not a native of this area, because interested in Dunlop's history after reeding the book "The Tiger of Canada West". The book was published last year by W. H. Graham, The speaker referred to "The Tiger" as "the true builder of this part of Canada". He sug- gested that local persons visit the Tiger Dunlop grave and memorial north of Goderieh, Mr, White reviewed Dunlop's short lifetime of 56 years from the time he cause to Canada in 1812 as a young doctor in the war of 181244, to his bur- ial at his home on the north shore Of the Maitland river at Goderieh. Dunlop .became involved in road building after the War, then returned to England. A/- ter a five-year Stay in India where he got the nickname "Tiger" Dunlop joined the Ottnackt CoMpany arid returned to Canada in 1826. •waS instruMental in rout** the tevvris of Gait, (Continued ion page seven) The Weather 1963 1962 High LoW High Low Feb. 35 4 8 17 -10 18 -13 6 -22 -9 20 -1 14 la a 11 '23 16 9 -10 12 18 -1 23 2 13 21 10 24 -2 Arlo*: 2 in. Snow: 4 In. 'The periodic auction sales conducted at the Clinton Legion Hall by auctioneer Frank Buuck came under fire at Mon- day's council meeting and coun- cil decided to seek legal advice to determine if they had any jurisdiction over the events. - .The question was raised by deputy-reeve John Sutter, who asked where the promoters re- ceived permission to conduct the sales. "I object very strongly to those sales in town," he com- mented and added that they should be discouraged became they took money away from local businessmen. "I have had quite a few mer- chants in chewing the rag at me," he stated, "and there is no reason why we should have to issue them a license." "If council can't regillate them then we need a new coun- cil," he added. Councillor Allan Elliot charg- ed that Sutter was not speak- ing for the majority of people in town as he should as an elected official and told Sutter, "you are biased and thinking of your own business": Sutter denied he was think- ing of his business in regards to the matter. Councillor George Rumbail entered the discussion and said he felt it was a Matter con- cerning the Whole town, be- Cause the local bUsinessiten who were paying taxes and shopping in other stores in town themselves were losing busi- ness due to the sales. "This is hot a selfish atti- tude of Mr. Sutter's," he stat- ed, and added that the sales shonld•be kept out of town be- cause the operators Were spend- ing nothing in town except their $150 yearly fee. ''rite local fnerchantS buy at. Street, was appointed Secretary- -treasurer of Huron. Central Agricultural Society at a dir- ectors' Meeting Monday. He replaces 86-year-2okt Adam J. McMurray, who haS held the Position for 34 years. Mr. MC1V1urray was appoint- ed to the fair board as an advisor. He has requested to be relieved of the Secretary's job for Some years, and Was quite definite this tine, 'NOW that I'M nearing ntY 866 birthday, I sineerely re, qixst to Step down from the job", Said Mr. MeMtirray. TribUtes were paid to bins home and help the whole town," he contended. Brings People To Town Councillor George Wonch re- ported the auction sales brought a lot of people to town and these persons bought other merchandise in the local stores before they went home. "What about the personal auction sales at homes," Wench questioned, "can we stop these?" "What about the bake sales in the town hail?" Mrs. F. G. Thompson questioned. Sutter said he had no objec- A..1.McMurray Retires William G, Riehl, 24 North by John Deeves, who haS been secretary's work for the past president fer the past two and five years with no remuriera- a half years, and by other sen- tion. int members of the fair board. 1VreIVI Other officers elected from ttrray explained the fin- the directorate are: president, uncial position at the present Mervyn Lobb; first viee-presi titnie; there is a $1,075 deficit, dent, crank Falconer; second is forthcoming upwards of $800 in grants Vice,presidenti Harry Watkins, forthcoming front Depart- ment Of Agriculture: When handing the meeting For the benefit of younger' over to the new nreSiklent,. John members of the fair board Mr„ DeeVeS paid tribute to the fair IVICMtirray eXplained that the directors fey their eo-Operiatien agricultural society owned the When he had to take over the cattle bath at Clinton C,oinninn, presidency two and one - half ity Park. "With this asset -the Years ago in rni&term, financial position IS not so bad," DeeVes said the fair is in good he remarked, financial shape now. Ile Said The retiring seeretafY will MeMtirrety 1aa done the (Continued oh Page 1.2) Served Fair for 34 Years tion to people selling their own private articles in auction sal- es, but pointed out the opera- tors of the auction at the Leg- ion brought things into town. PUC chairman, William Per- due, a business partner of Sut- ter, asked to speak to council and pointed out they were los- ing sight of the fact that the local merchants supported the schools, churches and service clubs in town, while the auction promoters did not. "This is one thing you should take into consideration," he (Continued on page 12) The backers of the present hog marketing system, who nominated a full slate of 19 to represent Huron on the Ontario Hog Marketing Board at a nomination meeting in Clinton, Tuesday, received some unex- pected support from a Saskat- chewan farmer- present at the meeting, - After listening to the attitud- es and beliefs of the 17 .rnen nominated by the Free Enter- prise Agriculture Producers who oppose the compulsory sys- tem, Roy Atkinson, president of the Saskatchewan Farm Un- ion, said he was extremely in- terested in hearing the beliefs of "those fighting for free- dom". "I'm glad to see people fight- ing for freedom even though they are misguided," he stated. He pointed out that free- doms have changed in the past few years and said he envied the progress being made in marketing products by the On- tario farm groups. He said he felt some hog producers fail to understand that the present system of mar- keting hogs in Ontario had ef- fectively re-introduced competi- tion among the firms purchas- ing hogs. "This, we in the West are not able to do," he stated. He reported that only 10 per- cent of the hogs produced in the West go through the public yards—the rest going through the back door to the packing plants. "There is no competition ex- cept by the farmers to put their product into the packers' hands," he stated, "thereby giv- ing them the advantage of dic- tating the terms of marketing." Atkinson said it was hoped a hog marketing scheme, com- pulsory in nature, would be in- troduced into the three West- ern provinces to enhance the competition among processors and increase the farmers' buy- ing power. Along with other top Saskat- chewan farm officials, Atkinson has been in Ontario studying the province's system of hog marketing, and he was asked to speak by Gordon Hill, Varna, Hog Men Name Big Slate, Plan Opponents Criticised past president of the Ontario Farm Union. Crocker Boosts System The present system for hog marketing received a further boost from Emerson Crocker, Molesly, who is the Huron-Mid- dlesex director on the Market- ing Board. He explained, that the board had cut the cost ,of' sales and had increased the value of pro- duction. "I am a free thinker and always encourage improve- ments," he ,said, "but without compulsion the Board would die right on the vine." Commenting on the state- Following last week's quick turn of events in Ottawa, the Huron Progressive Conservative and Liberal Association have already started 'machinery in motion to name their candi- dates for the federal election on April 5. The present member, Elston Cardiff, PC, was only home from Ottawa for a little over three hours before he was ask- ed to accept the nomination by the full executive of the Huron Association. The request, coming from a meeting in Clinton, Saturday afternoon, was unanimous. Cardiff reported following the meeting he would allow his name to go before the party nomination meeting, slated for Clinton on Friday, March 1. "I didn't intend to run," Cardiff stated after the meet- ing, "but there's enough chaos without me stirring up any more." Cardiff also reported he was Cardiff Will Seek PC Nomination, Several Suggested for Liberals Mr. Robert Hunter, B.A., and Mr. Dick Harland have completed their interesting series for the Clinton News- Record readers on the chan- ges being made in the courses and building at Central Huron Secondary School. However, the two gentle- men have kindly consented to answer any questions that may be in the Minds of some of the readers and this will be done next Week, if there are any. All questions should be sent to the News-Record of- fide and they Will be turned over to the two teachers and the answers will appear in next week's edition, On 'behalf of the readers, the liewt-Ilecord vviShes to thank the gentlernen for proViding the informative series and detailing the vest changes being. Undertaken at the Wheel. We are certain the readers have appreciated their ef,, keg ye* rem& You Were Asking • I a "four-square behind our leader, Right Hon. John G. Diefenbak- er." The 74-year-old Huron man was the oldest member of the last parliament which was oust- ed by a non-confidence motion backed by the three opposition parties. He has successfully contested seven elections in Huron. Liberals Aet Quickly The Huron Liberal Associa- (Continued on page six) merit by Melville Lamont, pre- sident of the Free Enterprise group, that he was not happy with hog prices, Crocker said, "I'm afraid we can't help him, we already have the highest price in the world." Eldrid Aiken, chairman of the Ontario Marketing Board was also present and pointed out that farmers, as sellers, could- n't become profitable unless they became collective. "The law of supply and de- mand will work," he said, "if there is someone around to make sure it will." He also noted the Western (Continued on page seven) New SIT Instructor RCAF Clinton's School of Instructional Technique (SIT) recently welcomed a new Staff instructor, Flight Lieutenant W. (Bill Pop- pet*, CD, formerly of Win- nipeg, where he attended University of Manitoba. 11/L Poppenk continuos the policy of SIT in having active aircrew officers fill a portion of the Staff. "Bill" rioppeyik is an experienced flying in- structor; having instructed for several years at Plying Training School, Penhold, Alta. Since some SIT stu- dents are pilots selected for Flying Instructional duties F/L PoppeiWs eXperience Will be valuable. He lives at 61 PrincesS St. Clinton,W., with his wife Jean, and two children, tstieky, is and, JOarint, Proudly Displays Clinton's First Gold Cord Karen Schefter, right, was presented with the highest award available for Girl Guides—the Gold. Cord—at a special ceremony in 'the Legion Hall, Sunday. It was the first such award ever presented to a member of the local Girl Guides. Karen, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Steele Smith, is shown displaying the cord and some of her 27 badges to members of the Brownies, from the left: Donna Haggart, Judy Carter, Christine Jennings and Beth Allan. (News-Record Photo) Councillor Claims Auction Hurts Businessmen, Seek Legal Advice On Withdrawing Permit