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CHSS BOARD SEEKS CCD, RAISE ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEM
ar Lack o
Councillor Plans Filing Resignation
Following Stormy Session , on Monday
Clinton's dump has been
locked until further 'notice and
.couneilare 'presently COnsidet:
ing some way by which the
premises will be supervised ,be-
fore it will be again opened
for public use.
Main reason for the strict
action is due to the fact that
persons using the dump have
failed to comply with council
request to dump refuse at the
rear of the dump and many
have merely heaped it in in-
side the gates.
This has necesitated consid-
erable bulldozing at the dump
and councillor Don Symons re-
ported it was costing close to
$65 every two weeks to have it
Will Erect' Motel
Near Bayfield
BAYFIELD—John Lindsay
has sold three acres north of
their house on the Blue Water
Highway to Ruggles Jenkins,
London.
He is erecting a 10 unit mo-
tet Bell and Garrett, contrac-
tors, Clinton, have commenced
work this week, It will be of
frame construction with a red
wood finish and is nicely sit-
uated at the top of the hill
off the highway.
Honored for Faithful Service
Tom Leppington, centre, who has completed 30 years of cleaning out the
Clinton fire hydrants after winter storms, was presented with an engraved
silver mug in recognition of his faithful service by the Clinton Fire Brigade,
Monday. Making the presentation is Grant "Red" Rath, fire chief, while Hee
KingsWell, left, looks on approvingly. (News:-Record,Photo)
Council Locks Gate on Town Dump,
Consider Restaurant Closing, Time
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[ Fearing that lack of accom- others may have accornmoda-
moclation in Clinton for the
close to 35 new teachers hired
for next year may lead ,to ad-
ministration problems, t h e
MSS board decided last week
.to advertise for rental homes
and apartments in an effort to
meet the needs of the new staff
members.
That accommodation is a
problem was attested to by L.
R.' Maloney, business adminis-
trator, who stated he has been
trying unsuccessfully for the
past three months to find a
home for his own family; pre-
sently living in London.
In a letter written by him-
self to the board, Maloney not-
ed the problem that could arise
due to the fact that the teach-
ers are not on a permanent
contract.
He noted that such contracts
could be terminated by the
teachers at the end of Decem-
ber if they were not happy with
conditions at the school or the
community.
Maloney went on to explain
suitable place in which to live
that if they could not find a
they may start looking around
for another teaching position in
a community where accommo-
dation was available,
Principal D. J. Cochrane,
B.A., agreed with Maloney, not-
ing that any teacher who had
to leave his wife and family be-
hind because there was no
place to live, would possibly
start looking for another posi-
tion to commence in January.
Maloney reported some land-
lords had been in communica-
tion with him, but most of
these wished to sell houses.
He noted that an adVertise-
ment may draw attention to
the critical need and people
irh0 'May have accomModation
available would contact him.
The business administrator
stated he had been in conver-
sation with both local real
estate agents and was told they
had no hbusesi to rent at the
present time.
He said he hoped that people
Who were wishing to sell hous-
es may consider renting 'them
for a time to the new teach-
ers, as it was quite possible
these teachers would be inter-
ested in buying if they inteded
to stay at the local school for
some time,
Norman Counter added that
ton that will be available later
on and would possibly notify
Maloney of this fact.
Del Philp, Blyth, chairman
of the Advisory Vocational
Committee, stated the Seaforth
members on his board had re-
ported they would be willing
to assist and already had three
or four houses to rent to the
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Charge Youths
Following trash
Saturday Night
Charges have been 'laid ag-
ainst two 18-year-old Clinton
youths following an accident on
the Hayfield Road, west of Clin-
ton, shortly before midnight,
Saturday.
Lloyd George Hoy, 10 East
Street, has been charged with
careless driving and Robert
Richard Thompson, 238 Ontario
Street, has been charged under
the motor vehicle claims act
for having no insurance and
also for failing to notify the
proper officials of the transfer
of ownership for his car.
The charges were laid by.
Constable H. D. Hobbs, OPP
Goderich detachment, who in-
vestigated the accident.
Police report both cars were
travelling west when Hoy ran
into the rear of Thompson's
car. Thompson's car ended up
on its side in a water-filled
ditch on the north side of the
road, while Hoy's' vehicle went
off the road on the south side.
Hoy was treated for unde-
termined back injuries by Dr.
P. sWeiclen; Clinton.,
--ThOnipson -and other passen-
gers in the two cars escaped
serious injury.
Riding with Thompson were
Larry Lee, RR 2, Clinton; Lyn-
da Kerr, RR 1, Seaforth; Di-
anne Burns, RR 3, Seaforth
and Barry Wild, Clinton.
Passengers with Hoy were
James Hoy, Robert Glazier and
Gary Freeman, all of Clinton,
and Reid Jamieson ,RR 4, Clin-
ton .
The two drivers will appear
to face their charges in magis-
trate's court in the near future.
Both vehicles were extensive-
ly damaged in the accident.
Following a bitter attack
against himself and councillor
Allan Elliot by' councillor Geo-
rge Rumball, councillor George
Wonch relinquished his posiaof
'chairman Of the town's indus-
trial committee, Monday. •
He reported to The News-
Record later that he would al-
so ask his name to be struck
from the finance committee and
Clinton's recreation committee
as council's representative.
He' has also 'conveyed his in-
tention of submitting his resig-
nation from town council, but
says he will not take, this
action until the has had time
to prepare a, proper report on
•his reasons for the action.
He stated that one of the
reasons was due to the fact
that important matters of
council were not given -top pri-
ority, but were being continu-
ally sidetracked and put aside
for less 'important and trivial
matters.
Rumball's attack ,against
Wonch and Elliot was appar-
ently meant as a reply to a let-
ter they recently. wrote to the
News-Record, airing their views
on the 1963 budget set up by
Rumball.
The two were on the finance
committee with Rumball, but
were both out of town when
the budget was drawn up.
They later voted against the ful da
budget in a recorded vote, term-
ing it unimaginative.
Rumba told council ,he had ,
been approached by Elliot
SOnletime., Priors: to, Sthel meeting
and advised that "if I 'used
him good, he'd use me good."
The finance chairman re-
ported 'later this dealt with
what he planned to say in an-
swer to the charges levied ag-
ainst him by Elliot and Wonch.
He reported that the Whole-
sale Furniture and .Appliance
Store had kindly donated 'their
large van to be used as an of-
frce.,on fair, day; DearAngs, the
slogan, Honest Fred", You
Make the Deal", it will be
placed opposite the grandstand
and this is where exhibiotrs
will file their entries with
Riehl.
It was also learned at the
meeting that the CKNX farm
editor will interview the presi-
dent and the secretary-treasur-
er on the TV show, "Focus on
the Farm", to be seen on Wed-
nesday, May 22.
Plans were made for the sale
of tickets on the cash draw to
be conducted on the grounds on
both Friday night and Satur-
day and they will also be
available at the secretary's of-
fice.
The booth at the grounds will
be operated by the wives of
the society's directors and it
Was announced that the giant
midway would be in full opera-
tion on Friday night as well as
all day Saturday and Saturday
evening.
Entertainment has been en-
gaged from RCAF Clinton for
the evening show and plans fqr
the afternoon entertainment
are almost finalized,
It was announced that the
directors were requested to be
at, the Clinton park on Mon-
day evening, May, 27 to work
on the grounds,
Many important items of
business were . handled and
final plans niade for the an-
nual Clinton -Spring Fair when
the Huron Central Agricultural
Society held their regular mon-•
thly meeting in Clinton, Mon-
day,
An excellent number of direc-
tors were present and presi-
dent, Frank Falconer, presided.
Secretary-treaaurer, W. G.
Riehl, reported entries were al-
ready coming into his office
for the June 1 show 'and he
stated that all that was need-
ed now was co-operation from
the weatherman for a success-
"I'M ashamed to sit on coun-
cil With a man wanting to
make deals," he stated.
Rumba]] then proceeded to
review the tax levies for the
past eight years, pointing out
the reason why he felt' it was
necessary to maintain the same
mill rate as last year,
He later charged that an
official of Canada Packers had
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Entries Arriving,
Entertainment Set
For Spring Fair
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pushed bank where.: it .should
be
agi.ie'Ve, Morgan, AgneW:poinV
ed out4Was unfair for persona
who have their garbage taken
to the dump' by Clarence Neil-
ans or those 'who put it in the
right place should be expected
to pay for the costly work- of
clearing the dump.
"There's just too little disci-
pline," he commented and sug-
gested that 'if people did not
wish to co-operate, the, dump
should be put out of bounds to
them.
He also chastised certain
members of council for not
making up their mind in re-
gard to the problem at the
dump, noting some had regis-
tered complaints that the gate
had been locked,
Agnew presented a sugges-
tion that perhaps Neilans
should be offered a lease on
the clump and regulate it with
an agreement with council.
Mayor Miller noted that
dumps were creating problems
for municipal councils across
the country.
"I know," replied Agnew,
"but there is no reason why
we can't blaze a trail for the
rest of them to follow."
The' reeve reported in the
discussion that one load of
trash had been dumped near
the main gate, but letters ad-
dressed to the person who had
WE. QUITE naturally kePI4
meeting new people every day
it seems, but Without meaning.
any disregard to our present
acquaintandeS, We'll ,have to say
that we found the most enjoy.,
ment from meeting up with
Tom Leppington, who was hon.
ored .by the Clinton Fire Brig-
ade on Monday far his 30 years
of service to them and the
community by digging out the
town's water hydrants after
each and every snow storm
Torn, who 'enjoys telling a
story, kept the firemen and
yours tinily in a state of con-
tinual laughter with his stories,
reeled off one after another,
but unfortunately, we couldn't
write quickly enough to get
them down.
HOWEVER, besides enjoying
a good laugh and watching oth-
er people laugh, Tom has a
philosophy on life that is un-
fortunately not shared by too
many people in this modern
age . . . while being commended
by the firemen for his faithful
service, Tom replied that he
always felt that if a job was
worth • doing it was worth doing
right. Although he was 72
when he retired from his jpb,
it apparently still took a good
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,OAC GRADUATE
Laurence Taylor, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Taylor,
RR 1, Londesboro, will re-
ceive his gradnation diploma
at thegraduations .ei$ereiaea .
in the four-year general sc-
ience option at OAC, Guelph,
Friday. As yet, the area man
has made no immediate plans
for the future. He is the
grandson of Mr. and Mrs. A.
F Cudmore, Clinton.
Clinton council agreed Mon-
day to request B. M. Ross, Hur-
on County engineer, Goderich,
to draw up a master plan of
the town's storm sewer system.
Reeve Morgan Agnew ex-
plained that the department of
highways were planning some
engineering in town in connec-
tion with improvements to both
major highways here.
He reported some of the en-
gineering work would fit into
their plans and the town could
save money by doing it at this
time,
After the meeting, he pre-
dicted the cost of the project
would be around $1,500, but as
yet has no definite estimate.
Although no money has been
set aside for such a project,
Agnew noted that the Work
would be done this summer, but
Ross would not have it corn-
Guides collect
Over $150
For Auxiliary
Mrs. Alex Haddy, in charge
of the annual tag day for the
Clinton Public Hospital Ladies
Auxiliary, reported this week
a total of $151,67 had been
realized in the canvass, Satur-
day,
Merribera of the Clinton Girl
Guides canvassed the local ar-
ea, while the Bayfield Girl
Guides canvassed their Om-
nunity.
Members of the local ,cna.-
vast were; Laverne 13ezzo,
rley bupee, Bonnie McLean,
Dianne Powers, Christine Jen
iingS, Gail McCarthy, Elaine
orriVeau, Susan Delaney,
3arb Irwin, Carol IVIercer,
tuth Murphy, Barbara Ball,
iandra 8teepe, Dianne Swit-
er, Marie Lobb, Joan tab,
)atty Strom Linda Nip and
,oggy Battliff.
The Weather
1963 1962
High Low High Lo*
May 9 73 40 55 31
10 51 38 61 31
11 48 34 0 45
12 82 62 41
13 62 38- '70 46
14 V 40 83 58
15 68 38 80 55
Lain; AO lit 1teir nand'
pUt it there.gave ,Neilans proof
and he asked the guilty party
to move it batek into the"pta-.'
per dumping place.
Second Dump?
While council discussed the
problem of their dump, coun-
cillor Norman Livermore point-
ed out there was actually a
second dump in the community
on Matilda Street in Little
England.
He reported he had been re-
quested by the residents of the
area to ask that council write
a letter to the alleged owner,
Red Garon, requesting the vac-
ant lot be cleaned up.
"It's a disgrace." Livermore
(continued on page eight)
The Huron. County Federa-
tion of Agriculture. held an
interesting discussion into the
value the International Plow-
ing Match will have in regard
to agriculture if it comes to
Huron as tentatively schedul-
ed in 1966.
However, at their Tuesday
meeting, they passed a motion
stating they were in favour of
the plowing match event com-
ing to Huron, but the motion
also carried the stipulation that
they were . only in favour of
it if it will be of an advantage
to the farming community in
the County.
The discussion w a s opened
when president, Elmer Ireland,
reported he had been approach-
ed by Roy Adair, Wingham,
chairman of the county Coun-
cil's agriculture committee, to
suggest .a site in Huron for
the 1966 match.
Doug Miles, agriculture rep-
resentative, then asked for a
discussion by the' members to
learn if they felt the match
would contribute any value to
agriculture in' Huron.
Charles Thomas, BrusselS, a
vice-president of the F of A,
Said he didn't think the Match
would do much for agriculture
and Suggested it was now more
Of a trade fair than an agri-
culture event.
"Everyone spends most of
their time in the tented City,"
W, K MeNay, Ashfield presi-
dent agreed.
George Greater, flay, re7
plied that there was little int-
erest in plowing, noting if he
had to plow as slowly as the
competitors he would be five
yeart behind in his work,
rdoasts Work
Miles addressed the group
pointing out he was in no post-
tien to make toniments -As to
Whether or not Huron should
have the match, but pointed
Out that fain people in the
eotitity would have 'id do On-
Sidetiablo Werk if the Internat.
Iona) was lteld, „here., ,
pleted until next winter and it
would not have to be paid for
until next year.
Only small details were given
on the highway project, but
both highways from their en-
trances to the outskirts of
town and they will probably
widen the thoroughfares as
well.
Agnew reported several trees
will have to be cut down in
the procesi.
He repotted as well that it
is expected that grants on such
work will be increased from 75
to 90 percent, meaning the
municipality would only pay 10
percent towards the cost of any
work on the highways.
"We should have our heads
read if we don't take advantage
of it," he stated.
Turnabout Is Fair Play
When ladies sit down to a banquet, they usually
have to- have Soine of their members look after the
kitchen, but all the members of the Ontario Street
tiOW were able to sit down and relax at their meet,.
big, Wednesday, 38 the Men donned aprons and
manned the cook stoves, Appearing to be enjoying
the task fret" the left are ROSS Merrill, Seri Gattht t
at Ontario Street UC
Suess Trevvartha and Brock bide, The ladies from
the left are: Mrs, Carman McPherson, second Vide.
president; Mrs. Mervyn .13atitin, president; Miss
Olive Johnston, secretary and Mrs, Robert Hunter,
a unit leader, Despite Mr, Okle s apparent lack of
attention to his duties, he did hat dump any of ti* ,rolls OM() the laps Of the ladies,
Will Seek Plan For Storm. Sewers,
Learn of Major Highway Work
on For Teachers
"It will mean from three
to four 'weeks work for a lot
of people," he suggested, "and
there has to be much more
enthusiasm than just to have
people say it's a good thing."
He also explained that the
1966 event would be much dif-
ferent than the one held near
Goderich in 1946. In reference
to this he said the budget for
the 1962 event was $30,000 and
he said someone in Huron
would have to collect this am-
ount,
The onl yrevenue coining
back directly to the local corn-
mittee in charge of the event
is the proceeds from the park-
ing.
He noted as well that con-
siderable amount of organiza-
tion would have to be 'Ioked
after in regard to police for the
heavy traffic, and the vast
number of tractors needed for
the competitors.
Miles admitted that Huron
was almost a certainty to get
the match unless there was st-
rong opposition, but stated' that
the local committee 'would not
have the say in regard to the
site in the county.
Expect Up To 150 Young Farmers
To Vie For Prizes At Judging
ber of competitors hi ratio to
members Will receive $15.00
from the Huron Federation of
AgricultUre and the 4-H Club
leader whose club has the
highest aggregate score of
Members present will receive
a trip in the value of at least
$75.00
There will be no-Vice, inter-
mediate, junior and senior
classes to allow the contestants
to judge and compete on an
even basis in regard to their
experience.
Three classes of each of
dairy cattle, beef Cattle and
Swine will be held, aS well as
one class of sheep.
Registrations take place at
the Seaforth Community Centre
Prior te, 9:30 a.m., and judging
will eorninence at the Seaforth
fair grounds at this tithe.
In Charge of the competition
along with Miles aret Don Pul-.
len, assistant agriculture 1'0re--
tentative; Mel Chamberlain,
Slimmer assistant, Ivan Dost
Huron County Sunior Pannell
president,
Major results of the eonipeti-
tioii will be entitd in next
Weetet edition of The NewSs
F of A Debate Plow Match Worth,
Learn oi Work Involved in Event
Doug Miles, Huron agricul-
ture representative, reported
this week that there \may be
as many as 150 entered in the
annual Huron County livestock
judging competition scheduled
for Seaforth this Saturday.
The competition is Under the
direction of the Huron County
branch . of the department of
agriculture and the Httron
County Junior Fanners As-
Sociation,
'Top prize in the event will
be an Eastern Ontario trip for
the Competitor with the biggest
aggregate score in the Seed and
iivesteek judging competitions
hi 1962 and 1963.
Among the other prizes of-
feted ate the Canadian Nation
al exhibition Association shield
for the individual with the
highest store ih the novice
Oats,
As well, three silver cups
will be awarded fOr the high-
est scores recorded in the dairy
tettibr4 to the individual With
the highest aggregate score hr
the entire COmpetition and one
for the tWine Section,•
The Itinior Partner club
Which fia.§ (he( o•rimnas4-