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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-03-12, Page 1THE NEW fRA , 97th YEAR. THE 'HURON .RECORP El* YEAR. 11,--The Home Paper With T.40. hews • P1,INTON. ONTAR19, THI)R$DAY; MARCH 12, 1904. $,+4.00 Per Ypor,,,,IP -coots PO PPOPs You Can Tell By The Smell Some • 40 Huron county farmers have sub- . mitted their feeding programs for analysis at the county's annual seed fair program in Seaforth, Saturday. Hay samples have been judged and will be discussed by experts. Some of this judging was done recently at the agriculture office and area farmers watch above as Murray East, left, puts the "nose test" to one sample. Others from the left are: Wilmer Riddell, Verne Hunter, Jack VanEgmond, Ross Trewartha, T. L. Purdy of UCO feed division and Jim Hogg. (News-Record Photo) MILWAUKEE KIDS ARRIVE SUNDAY Two Exchange Students ed I °reign ouncil Seven Members Agree To Tackle. Planning Chores Only two months „after ae- eePting the challenge, councill- or Duff TheMpson has re-prge anize-d Clinton's Planning Boa- rd-aa group which haeheen de7 ettnct for the past eight years. At the first meeting in Jan- uary, the new councillor's plan to form 'the Board was greeted with much epprehension, by his fellow members of council, al- though most were in ogre.ereent, that' such a grow) was badly needed in Clinton. However, undaunted, by the comments at the council table; Thompson personally accepted the . jai) and at Monday's meet- ing presented the names of seven men who have expressed their consent to serve. H. C. Lawson, recently re- tired chairman of the Clinton HoSpital Board, and E. Beecher Menzies,. 'Clinton lawyer, were named to serve. for three years. Former. Mayor Herb Bridle and building supplies retailer, Royce Macaulay will act for two years and K. C. Cooke, florist, and Councillor Thomp- son •will be the one-year them- hers of the group. • Mayor Miller, or his appoint- ee, will also serve on the Plan. ning Board. Each year, two new members will be appointed,' so member- ship. to the group will be stag- gered and' the problem of hav- ing seven new men in one year will be avoided. It is expected the group win commence operation in the very near future. The orginal planning Board set up over 10 Years ago, had only five members, but the change to seven was made on the recommendation of Thomp- son. Two local -contracting'. firiiis were' 'awarded contracts for supplying gravel and asphalt to town streets. Levis Contracting Co. Ltd. won the job of supplying the asphalt, having quoted a price of $6.25 per ton if over 100 tons per month are used, and a price (Continued on page 7) Names Planners • with -Their hosts, and also to catch up on some sleep after their long trip in preparation for the whirlwind schedule they• will face for the next six days. Alternate Hosts Although the Milwaukee students will remain in the same homes throughout the week, they will have a new day host" on each of the. five Eleven men miraculously escaped unhurt When last Thursday's heavy winds brought timbers from a huge poultry. barn crashing down on them. The workmen were Construc- ting the barn on the farm of Peter Hummel, RR 1, Varna, when the heavy winds com- pletely flattened the 230' by 43' structure, The men were saved from be- ing crushed between two -floors by insulation batts Which had been delivered only 'a few mina utes before the building was levelled. After unloading the baits on- to the second floor, the 11 men school days. The "Move made to give as many students. as possible an opportunity - to share in the benefits of the exchange. The hosts of the day will ac- company the sudents• on what- ever outings or programs . are planned for that particular day. This will give a total of 72 (Continued on Page 12) Says Ratepayer Has Right To Attend -Council To Discuss Matter in Secret ALTHOUOI1 we reeeiVed no qlaqtariee as to why this eoleilm was omitted from the Paper last Week it behooves 14s to Proffer same Sort of eXpIatia- Von if for no other reason than to a.ppease the chap Who takes time out on Friday to distrita ute pay envelePeS At enY rate, our sole excuse was the iWet that we lied news poy literally coming out our pars and it was quite evident that something would have to be left out . Our decision was booed on ',fair nalay" as in the past we have sacrificed other material—of equal Importance —to, get this column included Besides getting Us bao% into the good books of the paya mastee, we trust this explana- tion will help to point out again that on certain weeks it is of necessity that some material has to be omitted due to me- chanical limitations . . , It also points up the fact that news received early in the week stands less risk of being left standing on a galley after the paper is filled . And that goes for the editor's too! THE CHALLENGE of re- Porting factual news is one that we attempt to meet at all times, but there are occasions when this can become a hard- ship due to the fact some peo- ple positively refuse to believe things on which they have al- ready formed opinions • • Such a case in point would be (Continued on page 7) Marks 95 Years Thomas Millar, Huronview, witl celebrate his 95th birthday on Friday, March 13. The elderly gentleman is a former resident of .Londesbora. Congratulations! Officer Assumes Training Division Post At Clinton Squadron Leader Wel t e r Frieson assumed the position of Officer-iii-chaege of the Ap- plied, Training Division within the Radar and Communications School at RCAF Clinton on his recent arrival from Air Mater- ial Command Headquarters ,Ot Ottawa. S/L FrieSon possesses a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Mani- teba and serves as a Technical Telecommunications Of fic e r with the RCAF. During the war he served as a Wireless Air Gunner with 419 Squadron in 6 Group from 1944 to VE day. S/L Frieson's wife, Evelyn and their children, James (11), Lesley (8), and Catherine (6) are presently at Ottawa and are 'expected, to take up resi- dence at Clinton in the near future, Town council authorized Clerk Sohn Livermore to pre- pare a by-law for issuing de- bentures to cover the cost of a major highwey and drainage project at their meeting, Mon- day. Although no discussion was held oh the subject, as it had apparently been approved at a closed session, the project in- cludes reconstruction of: high- way 8 and drainage of both highways 4 and 8. The two peojeets, with a total estimated cost of $480,000 will cost Clinton $116,200, With the department of highway's picking tip the other $363,800. The highway 8 project in- eludes widening end rebuilding frbhi the east entrance to the west and installatien of storre sewer to drain the highWaY and adjoining lands. The project On highway 4. ins Chides ohly drainage of the highway and adjoining town lands. Also included in the ettitnet- eS will be a cost of $2,000 to the Clinton PUC. The estimates as reported here are net final, latit are Only the initial figureS pretented by the 'consulting engineer firrn of Proctor -and Redfern, Toronto. Faced with the threat of the resignation of their presi- dent, Huron County Federation of Agriculture direetors approv- ed a resolution urging the On- tario F of A to terminate any plans for demanding further in- formation in regard to the op- eration of FAME. Meeting in 'Clinton, Tuesday, the directors voted 10 to three for 'the resolution presented by Alex D. McGregor, who besid- es being the HFA president, is also chairman of the Huron FAME committee. McGregor told the members he would resign his post as HFA president if the Ontario group continued to press FAME for information as to their fin- ancial status and future. plans. He reported that such action was being pressed for by A. Musgrave, president of the OFA, and that he (IVICGregor) Since their initial report they have carried out extensive sur- veys and council is still await- ing the revised figures. Council approved paying the engineers a total of $3,562.79 for part of 'the work they have completed. Arena Report Don. Hay and Eddie Dale, representing the committee of service club representatives in- vestigating a new arena for Clinton, Met with council and asked that the project be class- ed as as 'centennial projeck and the grants under this plan be applied for, Hay noted he was under -the impression the grant had to be applied for by April 1, but he was informed that August 1 was 'the deadline. Council decided to turn the matter over to the finance com- mittee for further study. "'We're net prepared tonight to approve it Without some con- sideration," Mayor Miller ex- plained to the two men, Kay stated he had no further report on :the committee's find- Digs to date, but announced they planned a Meeting for to- night (ThulvdeY) WthiCh time 'more informatiop would be tabled Or -;clisdiSSioft, CHSS students will receive an added "bonus" in their ex- change with the 12 students from Milwaukee's Nicolet High School, as students from South Africa and Denmark will be included in the contingent ar- had received a communication that had,been sent to all county presidents to determine their feeling on the matter. McGregor's resolution—which had been presented by him— called for the OFA to continue their policy of -backing FAME in principle, but to keep their (Continued on page 12) Farmer's Foot Pinned In Auger For Five Hours BRUCE-FIELD—An area far- mer suffered a harrowing ex- perience Sunday night when his foot became trapped in a feed auger for close to five hours. John Beane Jr., RR 1, Bruce- field, 'had been feeding his cat- tle and Was walking along the tube-type feeder when his foot slipped and went threugh one of the outlets which distributes feed to the livestock. With the auger still running along side his foot, Me. Beane Was trapped ih this position for dose to 'five hours, . His wife, who presumed he had finished the chores 'and gone to- a neighbor's to watch TV, finally heard him calling for help and before going to his aid, called his brother, Law- rence, The two- were able 'to release his ,foot by turning the auger backwards, and Mr. Beetle wee then taken to Clinton Public Hospital for treatment 'to his injured foot. He is still a patient in the hospital, although his wife re- ported the injury Was "nothing serious". o - the Weather 1964„ 1963 High LOW High Low March 5 n, 35 35 24 6 80 20 85 29 1 44 30 29 2i 8 2.8. :86. 9 33 27 33 10 10 21 14 28 18 11 84 u2 21 03 'SfibiWt 4' riving in Clinton on Sunday d \ ening. . The two foreign students are attending Nicolet as part of the Foreign Exchange Service sp- onsored by the U.S.A. goVerne ment, and have been chosen to make the trip to Clinton, Blythe 'Carsteu-Pederseu is the Danish student and Peter Adams is from the Union of South Africa. Along with their staff advis- or, Miss Sheila Blankstein, the 12 Milwaukee students will em- bark via train at 6:10 a.m, on S un day, and will -arrive in Stratford at 8:00 p.m., where they will be met by the exec- utive of the CHSS Student Parliament, Principal D. J. Cochrane, Vice-Principal Rob- ert Homuth, Guidance Depart- ment Head Robert Hunter and William Nediger, head of the Math department. The greeting will start the students on a week stay that is jammed packed with interest- ing activities. They are expected to arrive back at CHSS later on Sunday night, when they will be guests at a reception catered to by the students of 10A-4. Here they will meet the stud- ents with whom they will he living for the remainder of the week. The parents of the host students will also be at the re- ception, as will the persons who drove them here from Strat- ford. Lorraine Deveau, Adastral Perk, headed the coreinittee in charge of choosing billets, and working with her were Grace McAdam and Barbara Irwin, both of Clinton. It is hoped the students Will get home around 10:00 p.m. to become further acquainted Home And School May Terminate -Decide Thursday A "do or die" meeting will be held by the Clinton Home and School Association at the Pub- lie School on. Thursday, March 19. A vote will be taken to deter- mine if the parents are suffie- iehtly ihtereeted to continue the Home and School Association, Which continues to hatie trouble attracting people to their meet- ings. Persons interested in seeing 'this group Continue are aekod to attend. Faiiete to attend will be considered a negative vote. At usual, deiether tOpeotell Program is planned, With the guest speaker being P. 3. Cif- ford, 8eienee Master at Strat- ford TeaeherS' Cellege. This should be of particular interest to parents of grade seven and eight, Sttidenft. Presented a memorandum to ,Councillor Duff Thompson Clinton council, Monday, call- ing for the abolishment of clos- ed meetings. • Council's decision; to discuss the matter in a closed 'meet- ing. Thompson stated in his writ-- ten report that 'since council members are the taxpayers' representatives — elected by them to- disperse the town af- fairs in an efficient, economic- al .and fair manner---4t is felt that the taxpayers should have an opportunity to witness how their elected representatives carry out these duties. "Based on this premise", he went on, "it is proposed that all council meetings will be open to the taxpayers". He suggested there should be no closed, meetings unless there is a motion to this ef- fect in an open meeting, duly seconded and Carried by a maj- ority of the council members, and such meetings will be for .one .sitting duration only. "There's considerable merit in the memorandum," stated Reeve Morgan. Agnew.. He said he felt it was not councillor Thompson's intent to railroad the plan through, and suggested it be held over and discussed in committee-of-the- whole. "In other words,. another closed meeting on the subject?" Thompson questioned, some- what miffed, Reeve Agnew said he had nothing 'to fear about open meetings, and was inclined to go along with the recommenda- tion. John Sutter Deputy-reeve noted that the suggestion to at a closed hold. discussion meeting was a good idea as it would permit more open discus- Sion among.. cannel' members, Councillor Thompson urged members not to be confused be- tween holding open council meetings and committee meet- ings. He said that of necessity, committees would not -meet in open sessions. "How we came about to have closed council sessions I will never know," 'he added. were putting coverings around the insulation when the build- ing started to come down. They dove for the floor near the batts and this was all that saved them as the three floors of the building ended up piled on top of each other similar to stacked lumber. The photo on the left Shows clearly how the instillation held the third floor from squashing the men. On the right can he seen how the building was lift- ed off the frame and crumpled. Below is a photo showing the ruins of the building which was being constructed by a Kitchener firth. Except for the spot where the baits held up the third floor, the building was flattened to ground level. The frame work shoWing on the right side of the building was actually the siding on the third flOOr. Fehr Area Men Included in the work gang we're Kees Dykstra, Bob Byls- ma, Tony Vandendool and John Stryker, all of this area. The others were from the Kitchen- et. area. (Continued oh page 7) Clerk John Livermore noted there was a by-law placed on the hooks in 1922 authorizing closed sessions to be hell on the Friday niits prior to council meetings. All Discussed At present, council holds at least two secret Sessions every month, as well as the one open session. A closed meeting is held one week prior to the regular meet- ing, and another secret session is held directly preceding the regular meetings on the -second Monday of the month. All business to be aired at council meetings is discussed at these closed meetings, and the majority of decisions are made. Motions are even, typed and then carried into the coup-. (Continued on Page 12) 0 Police Report Too Many Maces Found Insecure In his monthly report to Clinton council, Chief H. R. Thompson reported he and his fellow Constables were .find hag "too many" business plac- es left Insecure. The report stated that the three-man -force had come across no less 'that 11 places left insecure during the peat month. • Usually there are no More than three such incidents, "That's quAte a few," com- mented councillor Don Symons when the report was read. Other information contained in the report was as follows: 50 trailers in use at Becker's trailer park; one conviction underncer.t the he Liquor Control. Criluminalcod onu Act;,. four under the Highway Traf- fic Act; four 'summonses serv- ed; 22 investigations carried out; $137 in fines levied; four warnings under the HTA; sev- en .accidents . investigated with four of them resulting in dam- ages over $100, • • The report for the past year, given at the last council meet- ing, showed that damages re- sulting from motor vehicle ac- oidents reached a total of $23,- ' 363.35. • A total of 81 accidents had been dealt with by .the three- man force and 72 persons had been proceeded against under (Continued on page 12) hr "trot C0110101:-.4 r To To Issue Debentures On $480,000 Jobs Project Only Cost Clinton $116,200 Threatened With Head's Resignation V Federation Approves His Resolution WIND FLATTENS BUILDING Eleven Escape Crashing Timbers pen Sessions