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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-03-05, Page 1:ate INSTAL "HEIGHT .FiNbEit" RADAR, SO' Al eLINTOSt ecor THE HURON RECORD ,-- 8jst YEAR Service Clubs Plan Canvass for Red Cross Mrs. W. A. Oakes, local campaign' manager for the Red Cross, reported the annual door-to-door canvass would be conciliated in Clinton during the coming week. The canvass will be handled by Clinton's four service clubs, the Lions, 'Kinsmen, Legion and Fish and Game. Mrs. Oakes stated that do- nations may also be left at either the Bank of Montreal or the Royal Bank of Canada. Re- ceipts for donations may be Used for income tax deduction purposes. Due to the fact no canvass is planned for the rural areas this year, the thairmat said she hoped •the rural folk would leave their donations at the banks or with a Member of any of the service claba Because all members of the clubs will not be able to can- vass on the same evening, She pointed /but that they may be calling at doors on anY Of the nights in the next week. "I hope people will take this into consideration and he ready when they call,' Mrs. Oakes stated. Noting The "terrific re,- sponse' given the campaign last year, she commented she would be pleased to see the Sane support again In i084, Pick -,ProvinclaVPiow Po:nett Planners THE NEW ERA -7,- 97th YEAR Clinton's long awaited post office was one of the expendi- tures submitted in Finance Minister Gordon's $8,000,000,- 000 budget on Tuesday. It was listed in 'the projects to be completed in Western Ontario by the public works department and the figure as- sociated with it was $120,000. In November, 'it was an- neunced that the site of the present Ball-Macaulay Limited property had been approved by the public works department. A new height-finding radar system designated as the FPS- 507 is now assembled at RCAF Station Clinton. The installa- tion was completed Tuesday to request joining the 'area, or until 'such time as the move is forced by the government. leg- One of the big questions to be answered will be whether or not Bayfield will be forced to move in with the township area board under the plan of the department of education. Post Office In Federal Estimate while Huron's assistant clerk-;: treasurer, pm Haply, „Cioderich, Will be treasurer. CbairMen have been named for the various committees needed. to handle such a large event and the local committee Will meet on Thursday to name other Huron residents to assist on 'the various .jobs, Mayor of, the 'tented city" will be Jim Scott, Spaforth, on whose farm the 1966 event will be staged. Wingham's reeve, Roy Adair, will be 'in charge of county ex- hibits and Art Bolton, RR 1, Dublin, a former- assistant agri- celture aepresentaive, will look after demonstrations. V. L, Becker, a. Dash:wood implement dealer and former, At their meeting, Monday, Stanley Township council de- cided to call tenders foreone of the larger projects- undertaken in some Aisne a $28,600 bridge. The location of the structure will be two and a half miles south and 'two and a half Miles west of Brucefield, on lots five and six, concession four. A total of 80 percent of the cost of the bridge Will be cov- ered with a grant frtzm the department of highways. Council will also call tenders for 16,000 cubic yards of grav- el for the township roads, an increase of 2,000 over the am- ount put on the roads last year. Another tender will be sought for 100 tons of calcium chloride. This is the same ant- ount as was applied last year. In view of 'the increased Work planned for the roads, Grants of $100 each were: giv,• en to three area agriculture societies by Hullett Township council at their regular Meet- ing, Monday, EOttal amounts will be re- ceived by •the Central Huaori Agriculture. Society, 81Ytit Fair Board and the Seaferth Agri culture Society, Council accepted the tender of James Seaforth, to tondUct the Spraying of toWn- ship cattle at a te•t of 10 cents per head per Spray, James Neilans, Londesboro,,. was appointed as Inspector for the projett and the, tender of Itifurtay /told, LentleSbere, Wtt14 adeepted for supplying the pow' dot. One of several tenders, hia Council held little discussion on the 'choice between Forbes and the other applicant, Nor- man Fuller, RR 2, Goderich, other than the unanimous opin- ion that either man was quite competent and 'both apparent- ly had the time to devote to the task. With that, deputy-reeve Ev- erett McIlwain and councillor Bill Jenkins moved that Forbes be given the job, but council- lors Harry Oakes and Wilmer Riddell made an amenclinent that Fuller ,the choice. Stirling then declared the motion carried, giving Forbes the job. council passed a by-law seek- ing approval from the depart- ment of highways for a total road expenditure of $50,000. Of this figure, $35,000 will be applied for maintenance and $15,000 for construction: This is subject too the approval of the, department. The total figure is $5,000 over what Wag received in 1963. Accept Tenders Hubert Cooper, Exeter, was awarded the tender of spray- ing the 'township cattle for warble fly contra at a pride of 10 cents" per head per spray. His was the, only tender sub- mitted. Six tenders were Submitted for supplying warble fly pow- der, and council, favoured the price Of $4.40 per 15-potind bag submitted by John Beane Jr., Brucefield. His bid Was the second low. est; but was given the nod be. price was $4.50 per 15-pound bag and 38 cents per elate-pound bag. Council also accepted, the tender of George Radford for crushing and delivery of al).- nroxima.tely 12,000 ,,cubic yards of gravel on township toads. His puce of '65 cents per cubic yard was slightly hig,)her The, ,Weather y 1664 1063 High LOW HighLoW' Vet., 27 23 -1'49 -4 28 31 1 16 g 29 40 -1 Mar, t 36 33 24 40 2 .45 V L9 3 3 48 84 37 18 4 4i 36 35 30 Shea,: 2" Rain He will be paid the adver= tised rate of $1.25 per hour and 10 cents per mile for trav- elling expenses—enquestionably much more remuneration than he ever received as the popular and hard working reeve of the township for several years. Council, also accepted the tender of King Calcium Pro- ducts, Campbellville, for sup- plying the needed warble fly powder at a cost of 38 cents per pound in one-pound bags and $4.65 for 15-pound bags. The; price was lower than the one submitted by Pfrimmer Bros., Benmiller, the only oth- er tender. cillor Art Va'rley stated in re- ference to the Prices, "but I can't understand them jump-. ing that much." He noted that at 'this rate it wouldn't be long before the township was paying $1.00 per yard far delivery of gravel, The price of the tenders does not include the supplying of gravel, as' the township purch- ases this from pit owners on their own. Poor Pit One of the reasons cited fel- the large increase was that (Continued on Page Five) cause he is a township ,resi- dent, A non-resident submit- ted the lowest tender, and the paice difference was so nom- inal it would, have amounted 'to only 40 ceitts on the requir- ed supply for the township. Harvey Coleman, a former reeve of the township, was ap- pointed warble fly inspector. He was the only applicant for the position. Make Grants Council approved grants to three, area agriculture societies. A total of $25 was given to the South. Huron Agriculture So- ciety at Hens'all; $75 to- the Hayfield Agriculture Society and $25 to the Central Huron Agriculture Society Which op- erates Clinton's annual Spring Show. A 'by-law was passed. approv- ing the' project of Ken Brandon, Bayfiell to reforest part of three lots is that municipality. than the price received last year. There were three tend- erS. After receiving a petition from John Shepherd and Leon- ard Radford for a Munieipal drain, the information was pas- sed on to the engineer, James Howes, Listowel, foe further action. It was also planned to hold the first reading' of the Storey drain on Tuesday, April 7 at 8:00 p.m, and clerk, i-farry Te`o butt, was instructed 'to set a suitable time for the reading of ,. the Longhtirst drain report, Council •entered it refotesta,,, tion agreement with Xeith Hessiewood, ftl't 1, Londeshoro, and agreed to hold their nod Meeting on April 6 at 8:00 1)30.. .•Two Huron County implement -Clealers have been named co, ehairrrten. :of the local commit- tee to plan and ,operate the 1950 International Blowing Igatch to be held near .Seaferth 1906. Gordon McGavin, RR 8., Wel- ton, who ram, against ...7,1stori Cardiff in the last .Na.t,4l eleg. ton, and who is a former ehaMpien plowman, will work with Larry Snider, Exeter, jn organizing, the event. Both men have been eNtrerne IY active-'in plowing .competi- tions, Snider , is the former chairman -of the SIIDBS board in Exeter,_., Doug Miles, Huron's .agrical. tore representative, will handle one of the busiest jobs of the committee, that of , secretary,- Although major changes in the public school administra- tion in Ontario are still not quite clear, it is quite evident that surrounding townships will be among those most effected. Press reports of ,the plans announced by Hon. William Davis, minister of education, indicate that all townships will be forced into operating under file school' board only. This will reduce the number of aschool 'boards in Huron's rural areas from 54 to 16. Ea, feotive date for the change has been announced as January 1, 1965, Although they are still awaiting further .information, several area officials have ex- pressed the, opinion that the discussions presently being car- ried out in regard to central schools 'in three 'townships will be permitted to rest for the time being, although some scheduled meetings will still be conducted, A brief report on the action to date in 'the various town- ships is listed below: STANLEY Hugh Hendrick, RR 3, Kip- pen, chairman of the school area board which governs part of the -township, indicated that council had requested his board not to take any further steps in regard to a central school at the `present time. He said they requested that the board wait until the sec- tions at the east of the town- ship either meet with council reeve of Hay, will be in charge of :arranging for the many trac- tors needed for the plowmen .competing and the bands. and parades will be under the direc- tion of 'Russ Bolton, Seaforth, Huron's capable returning .offic- or in the- last few elections.. nesott; goat AsSista Although his community aem. plained bitterly of the selection of the Seaforth site, a Grand Bend -councillor and past presi- dent of the Chamber of Com- merce, Ow Wassmann, has agreed to look eater billeting. Grand Bend initiated action to hring the International to Huron and had hoped to have it at the vacant RCAF station near the resort. A. storm of protest arose when this site was not chosen. However, Wassmann's. ap- proval to work with the com- mittee indicates that all 'Her- op communities will work to- gether in the mammoth project. In charge of lands will be William Perrie, RR 3, Brussels, and William Dennis, RR 1, Walton. Both are .active on the Huron County PleWmen's As- sociation. (Continued On Page Five) The report indicates that this may be required. On Friday, ratepayers in the SS No. 3 section met with coun-' oil to discuss a central school. A resolution, was passed at the meeting favoring that the sec- tion join the area board and that the building ,eof a' central school be proceeded with as soon as possible. ' Repve Ernest Talbot' quoted extensively from a speech inade by Mr. Davis pointing out the disadvantages of a one-room school and the advantages of a graded school. Ratepayers were also inform- ed that. the cost of joining with other 'schools in the township and building, a central school would be 'similar to, those if SS No. 3 were to join an enlarged Bayfield school. TUCKERSMITH One of the townships faced with the most controversy and debate over the school ques- tion is Tuckersmith, where three sections have held talks to 'determine the possibility of (Continued on Page Ten) and will be used as a train- ing vehicle for RCAF person- nel in the Radar Technician trade. Tradesmen are responsible for operation and Maintenance of the set located at various units in Air Defence Command. Upon completion of a formal course of instruction on the system, personnel will betrans- ferred to units at Air Defence Command and will be capable o f maintaining operational units, Air Defence Command re- quires a three dimensional de- scription of a target aircraft, namely azimuth angle, range and height. The FPS-507 is the height determining device (Continued on Page Ten) 0_ Trustees Fail To Agree On Man For Bayfield Job The position of assessor for Bayfield still remains Open, and Stanley Township council de- cided 'at their meeting Mon- day, to call for applicants a sec- end time. Pour applicants answered the first advertisement, but agree- ment could not be reached on any. While Stanley makes the ap- pointment, they do so on the recommendation of the Bay-, field three4nan trustee board and this time no reconatencla. tion. was Made. ICItairman of the trustees, red Arita, IS a patient in inton Hospital With a heart centlitien and 'the re-. raining trustees, Irvine Pease and r, E. laWadditi could not agree which of the four appli- artts to recommend. 1VI. Stewart, former tktly, field assessor, resigned earlier this ,year due to ill health, GORD MeGrAvIN, 64N11)1:!: DOUG MILES • 0 Ag Society Plans Nearly Complete For Spring Show ti At a directors' meeting of the Central Huron Agriculture Society. in Clinton, Tuesday, it was revealed that requests for entry blanks are already being received for this year's Spring Show. With this early interest being shown, the directors anticipate an even 'better fair that last year's, which was one of the better ones in recent years. Date for the event has been finally set as Saturday, May 30. ,Plans are being made for the she* and some committees have already finalized details. William Gerritts,, Goderich . (Continued on Page Ten) AREA TOWNSHIP COUNCILS MEET Forbes Wins Post in Goderich T•p Speaker, .+ Beverley Sparks, Bayfield, a grade 10 student at .CHSS, won the junior high school division of the Zone Cl fin- als of -the •Royal Canadian Legion public speaking con- test held in Winghasn, Sat- urday. She will now advance to 'the District C contest to be held in Harriston. 'Her topic was "Mock Freedom." J. D. Thorndike, Clinton, was in charge of the event. Take Lead Take Lead In Finals Clinton Legion juveniles took a one game lead in their best- of three WOAA "B" final with Walkerton, Wednesday, as they came up with a decisive, 14-9 win. John Cooper paced the at- tack with six goals, while Mur- ray Morrison potted three and Bob Batkins scored a pair. Singles came off the sticks of Otto Smale, Laurie ,ColquhOun acid Don Yeo. High scoring forward, Bor- den McRae, was out of the lineup due to illness, A 9neen And Her Court Nineteen-year-old Beryl Stevens, daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. .Thomas Reg Stevens, Townsend Street, Clinton,. was crowned Queen of the At-Home dance at CHSS, Friday. Directly to the left of her is Cleo Langdon, last year's. Queen, who crowned her. The Queen's attendants from the left are: Lynn Shaer, Sandra Heiiry, Sharlene Turner, Marj- - brie Woods and Lynn Rees. The school auditorium • was filled for the event. (News-Record Photo) Walter Forbes lasted only two months in his voluntary retirement as an official in Goderich Township. However, the former reeve and last year's warden of Hur- on County, started back in public office 'in one of the "min or" categories-a-that of, warble fly inspector. And, he gained the position on what was probably the clos- est balloting ,in which he has ever engaged. s One of two applicants for fthe position, Forbes gained the nod when, his, successor, Grant Stirling, cast the deciding. bal- lot among the five members of council, Monday. Paced with a mammoth jump Clinton, for 68 cents per cubic in the prices for delivering yard. s gravel to township roads, Tuck- It was estimated that if even ersmith council decided at their the lowest tender was accepted Tuesday meeting to investigate from the three received 'this other sources of gravel supply year, the total cost would climb in the hopes of getting a bet- over $3,000 from last year. ter 'price. However, this is an part due When they opened tenders to the fact council planned to for the crushing and spreading put more gravel on the roads of 16,000 cubic yards of gravel, than in 1963. council were dismayed to find Due to the large increase in the prices had jumped as Much the tenders, Council decided to as 30 percent over the price,: reject all three and will re- paid in 1963. tender at a later date. Last year's contract was let "It's only right they will be to Lavis Contracting Company, up a bit from last year," coun- Gravel 'Jumps' In Tuckersmith Tackle Bridge Project in Stanley Hullett Makes Three 1100, Grants No., 10—The Home Paper With The News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1964 $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-10 Pages GOV'T TO SETTLE SCHOOL DEBATES? Radar Equipment Erected At Clinton, Will Give Men First Hand Training