HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-01-04, Page 1HE. NEW ERA, ...,110.3rd, yoar • THE. CLINTON, .NEWS-RECORD,. THURSDAY, 'JANUARY .4, 1968.
Jahn Rands, PUC assistant manager, supervises installation
of a $15,000 standby generator to supply emergency power for
water pumping equipment. The generator can provide enough
-power if hydro fails to keep up khe water supply for both domestic
needs and fire protection. Mr. Rands, former PUC manager,
played a large part in selecting the generator.
POLICE OFFICERS DISCUSS ROBBERY OUTSIDE BANK
CARDBOARD COVERS TRACKS MADE BY BANDIT'S CAR
Colts gain four points
in hockey league standings
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tank bandit nets,
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know in 6 months if. hydro up
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The. first
cofunin-
py G.C..
Debentures for Clinton's cen.
tennial prejett-theCemmunity
Centre and Arena - went on
sale last week, and most of
them have already been gobbled
up. Holder of the debentures,
the Bank of Montreal, bought
the first five years, totalling
65,000 Shares, The rest of them
from six to 10 years, were
spoken for, according to Town
Clerk John Livermore.
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The hazards are aaareasing in
that favorite Canadian recrea-
tion . a picking the pennies. But,
Frank Kaplan says in the Fin.
ancial Post, the game goes on.
Among the 5C and 100 stocks,
the hazards are greater because
now it's tougher for ado-nothing
mining company to keep its list.
ing. The company might dis.
appear altogether. A sprinkling
of speculative money still goes
into these so-called "cats and
dogs" among the exchange list..•
ings. The. Financial Postwriter
says that in former times, once
a company's shares had been
listed and a s long as the corn.
pany stayed in existence, the
) speculator could be fairly cer.
taus the shares would stay on
the board. Even companies that
were inactive and broke re.
ceived some speculator at.
tendon. Now, the Finenelal Post
says, under new Toronto Stock
Exchange rules,, a company
must be active in mining explor. •
ation and must have a minimum
of working capital • - or risk'
suspension of trading and delist.
big
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Nova S ebti a may soon become'
the first province to establish
a labor court. Interest in the
Swedish-type court has develop.
ed rapidly as a result of a rash
of wildcat strikes in the pro.
vince in the last 18 months,
the last of which occurred at
the Scott Paper Ltd. mill • in
Abercrombie, Pictou County,„
the day after the plant was of.4
tidally opened. The Financial
Post says the purpose of such a
court is simply toarbitratedis.
putes arising during the course
of a collective agreement.- and
within the context of the agree.
ment. Labor courts would also
tend to lessen the power of the -
out.of•province and .thterna.
Lionel craft union.
* * *
A delegate to a convention in
England left his car in a non.
parking zone with this note on
the windshield: "I have circled
this block 20 tithes. I have an
appointment to keep. Forgive us
our trespasses."
When he returned he found a
reply -frog.: a courteous London
policeman. "I've circled this
block for 20 years. If I don't
give you a ticket, I lose my job.
Lead us not into temptation."
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Units 3 and 4 of Ontario
Street United Church UCW will
meet Monday, Jan. 8, at 8.30
p.m. in the church parlor. A film
on Japan will be shown.
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Harry Cumming, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Cumming, of
120 Mary Street, has won the
$100 cash Huron County Schol.
arship for the 1966-6'7 academic
year at the University of West.
ern Ontario. He is in his second
year of an honors geography
course at UWO.
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If you're thinking of buying
a new car it might be a good
idea to get it now. The reason
is that prices are likely to
g0 up in the New Year. Auto
manufacturers will hale to raise
prices many observers say,
because of the recent unusually
heavy pressure of rising labor
and material costs. Current
Speculation is they may rise by
tip to $50 per auto. An official
Of one auto dealers' association
told The , Financial Post: "I
don't see how the Companies can
avoid a price hike, especially
after the strong movement to.
wards wage parity". However,
he was Confident any increase
would not seriously damage
Sales. The financial Post aays
the increase Is expected to come
between Jan, 1, when additional
safety equipment will be made
standard, and early spring,
when sales•of new autos streng*
then After the winter doldrunts:
Clinton residents won't know
for six months whether they wAl
pay more for hydro during1968,
PUC chairman Hal Hartley said.
"We're having a rate-study •
made," Mr. Hartley said.
"When it's completed, we'll
know whether we can absorb
the increase, or if we have to
pass it on to the consumer."
Escalating wages, salaries,
interest rates and prices in gen.
eral make it imperative that
Ontario Hydro's interim rates
for power supplied to 355 mun-
icipal electrical utilities be in-
creased in 1968, Chairman
George Gathercole 'announced
recently.
He pointed out that the new
rates would mean an increase
in power costs to the individual
municipalities, although not
necessarily' to the ultimate con.
sinner, of approximately six
-"percent:— -.-
Ontario Hydro's interim rate
increases cover inflationary
pressures experienced in 1967
.and anticipated for 1968 and be.
come effective February 1,1968
There will not be an automatic
adjustment of final consumer
rates because of this increase.
Some nyinicipal utilities will be
able to absorb it, but in the long
run, the effect of rising costs
for wholesale power will be
translated into higher rates to
the consumer.
Mr. Gathercole said Ontario
Hydro and the municipal elec.
trical utilities have been fight.
ing the trend of rising costs
for a number of years. ,In some
Instances, there have been
reductions in rates and in many
other municipalities there have
been no increases in power
costs in 10 or more years.
This is demonstrated by the
fact that in spite of sharply
rising wages, interest rates
and costs, the average residen.
tial cost per kilowatt-hour. in
1965 and 1966 was 1.13 cents
compared with 1.17 cents in 1956.
Mr. Gathercole said that al.
though Hydro's price per-
formance had been exceptional,
it bad no special immunity to
• MAYOR DON SYMONDS
the strong forces of inflation.
It could not continue to absorb
escalating costs at the. rate
the economy had been experi.
encing and the result is a re.
gretable but unavoidable rise,
in electric power rates.
The Hydro Chairman pointed
out one of the principal pro.
blems is the rising cost of
money in the marketplace. "Our
borrowing must cover new
money requirements as well
as refinancing for maturing
bonds. A decade ago Hydro
was able to acquire money at
four percent or less, but its
most recent bond issue car•
ried a coupon rate of six and
one half percent.
"Oar costs have also gone
up very substantially in wages
and salaries. Hydro's increas-
ingly complex system which
now includesAhelatest in nu.
clear technology requires the
most able and competent work.
ers on our staff and we have
to pay competitive wages and
salaries to keep them," Mr.
Gathercole said.
And he added prices of ma.
terials, equipment and con.
structkon contracts, on which
Hydro is spending well over
$200 m:',11ion a year, are under.
going the same pronounced up.
ward trend. ,
Explaining the interim rates
Mr. Gathercole said the 355
municipal utilities which pur.
chase wholesale power from
Ontario. Hydro are billed
monthly on the basis of these
interim rates, which vary for
each utility.
While the increase in the
cost of wholesale power sup•
plied by Ontario Hydro to the
utilities must ultimately be
borne by the consumers, there
is no automatic adjustment.- of
municipal rates to these higher
costs. Some municipalitieS will
be able to absorb these in.
creases and others will not
depending upon their financial
position; Others may require
a greater increase than the
adjustment in the wholesale
cost of power because of spiral.
ling local operating costs.
. There were five new faces
on town council after the in.
augural meeting Tuesday night.
Sworn in were newcomers
Wes Holland, Harold Lobb,
Frank Cook, Ted McCullough,
and Clarence Denomme.
Only Councillor Cameron
Proctor•and Mayor DonSymons
hold the same positions as last
year.
Both Reeve Jam es Armstrong
and Deputy Reeve Gordon Law•
son are former councillors.
The Fish and Game sponsored
Bantams and Kinsmen spoil.
sored Pee Wees from Clinton
travelled to their namesake
.town in New York State for
games on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday. of last week.
The youthful hockey players
and those travelling with them
were treated to some real
American hospitality. Accom,,
panying the boys were Mr. and
Mt's. Bill Jenkins, Mr. and
Mrs. Doug Andrews, Mr. and
Mrs. L, S. Fawcett, Gord Jen.
kips,Danny Colquhoun and
coaces Don Jefferson and'Bert
Clifford.
The town of Clinton, New York
is approximately the size of
our own community and is loc-
ated near the city of Utica.
The Clinton, Ontario Pee
Wees did not play' the perfect
guests as they came to play
and play they did. They won all
three, of their games
The Bantams won two of three
but they dropped' the key Cham
pionship game 3-1. Their wins
were 3-1 and 5-3.
In the first game of the Ham:
ilton College Tournament the
local Pee Wees trounced
Ithica- 9-1.
Danny Colquhoun was the
leading goal getter with three
goals and defenceman John
Sichy turned the light on twice.
Single markers went to Ray.
mond Burns, Brian Dewitt, Rick.
Cameron and Neil Colquhoun.
Ithica was allowed their lone
marker with only 11 seconds
remaining in the game.
The second and championship
game was played on Friday with
our local boys downing Clinton
N.Y. 4-2.
It took only 23 seconds for the
New York squad to jolt Clinton
and move into a 1-0 lead, Mike
Anstett 'was beaten cleanly on
the play from Miller and J.
Hameline.
The play moved from -end to
end for the next six minutes
and it was Ray Burns wno put
Clinton back on equal footing,
but the tie was short lived.
Paul Hallman the star of
the New 'York team broke in
alone and tucked one in behind
Anstett for a 2-1 lead.
Mayor Symons, elected to his
third term (his second two-yeat
term) has pronotmced himself
well-pleased with the voters'
choices.
Of the newcomers, Ted Mc.
Cullough at 24 is the yotihgest
councillor ever elected in Clin.
ton.
Also sworn in by town clerk
Jelin ) Livermore were PUC
members Hal Hartley, John T.
Wise, Antoine Garon and Char.
les Brown.
Bert Clifford who had been
experimenting with Mike in the
nets put Richard Welch back in
the cage and inserted Mike back
into his right wing position and
the move payed off.
The second period was 'a
goal tender's battle all theway.
Both netminders came up with
one key save after another.
The final twenty minutes be.
longed to the boys from On.
tario. They came out to play
in the period and they did just
that.
With solid goal tending be.
hind them and Mike. Anstett to
pace the attack, they went on
to victory.
Anstett scored two in a row
a t the the two and six minute mark to
give thevisitors a 3-2 edge. Just
prior to Anstett's third goal
Richard Welch broke the hosts'
hearts when •he stopped Half.
man on a breakaway. •
Robbie Stirling scored the
u.surance tally with only 10
seconds rein?ening to play.
Outstanding goal keeper
award went to Richard Welch
and to Mike Anstett for the
outstanding player even though
he had but two periods to show
what he could do with a puck
minds the goal pads.
The local Bantams managed
to eke out a 3-1 win in their
first game aga.instClinton, N.Y.
Clinton scored twice in the
opening period and once in the
second but as the game pro.
gressed the boys seemedto tire
and the N.Y. squad put on the
pressure.
As the game neared the end
of the second period the home
team finally scored to put the
total at 3-1, where it stayed.
The Ontario team bad sea
eral other chances to score but
they were thwarted by excel.
lent goal tending.
Tom March playing his first
game of the year in the net
as alternate goalie made some
beautiful glove saves in the third
period to' hold the lead for his
team mates.
In the game Jim Cameron
twisted his knee and will be
out for three weeks.
(Continued on page 8)
REEVE JAMES ARMSTRONG
Thursday of last week and
Friday of last week the Clin-
ton Colts picked up four points
in the Intermediate "C" stand.
tugs,
Thursday they knocked Wing.
ham 5-3 and on Friday they
downed Shelbourne '7-5. It was
the first meeting of these two
teams this year.
Clinton feeling they had a
soft touch soon found themsel-
ves on the wrong end of the
score. After only ten minutes
of the period they were behind
3-0.
Before the period ended the
Colts were able to pick up
one goal and the first twenty
minutes ended with the score
3 - 1.
It did not take Clinton long
to re-group after the first
period break. They came out
strong and within five minutes
of the second period they seer.
ed three goals and had their op.
position on the wrong end of a
4 3 score..
Shelbourne came right back
and tied the score and the period
developed into an all out bat.
.tle to break the deadlock.
The Colts were finally the
tie breakers and the teams
retired after two periods of
play with Clinton leading 5-4.
Both teams tallied midway
through the final twenty min.
utes still leaving Clinton on
top by one goal.
Shelbourne threw every.
thing they had at Gary Black
but he turned in a determined
and successful bid for his sec•
and win in as, many nights.
As usually happens when the
goaltender is pulled for an extra
attacker, it backfired. Before
Shelbourne's six men could get
organized Bob Livermore pick.
ed up the puck, broke through
and scored into an empty net.
This completed Livermore's
hat trick.
Colts other goal scorers were
Dale, Draper, Bartliff and Par.
sans.
sawed-off shotgun stele $9,000
from the 13rucefield sub-branch
of. the Bank of Montreal in a
lightning, pre-noon raid last
Wednesday. I
Witnesses said the robber
parked his brown and yellow
getaway car beside the bank,
staged the holdup in less than
three minutes, and drove east
at high speed. Police road.
blocks failed to catch him.
Cpl, Douglas Washburn, of
the Goderich OPP detachment,'
investigated with Constable
John Phillips.
There were two customers
and two employees in the bank
at the time of the robbery,
Cpl. Washburn said.
He described 'the bandit as,
about 20 years of age, 6 feet
1 inch tall, weighing 160 pounds.
Wearing brown coveralls, the
holdup man was masked with a
white stocking pulled over his
head,
When the bandit entered the
bank, he levelled the shotgun and
tossed a blue and white plastic
bag over the countdr, ordering
teller Bill Merrill, 19, to fill
it with cash.
After the teller complied, the
bandit herded the two customers
and the two employees into a
janitor's storage cupboard be.
fore Making his escape,
Murray Hilliker, 21, was
officer in charge of the bank
when the robbery took place.
New Canadians
donate crib
to hospital
A mother of five small child.
ren had recently undergone sur.
fiery and was assisted by the
Huron County Unit of the Can.
adian Cancer Society for some
weeks with a housekeeper. The
patient, Mrs. Tjerk Tiesma
of Clinton wanted desperately
in some way to express her am-
preciation for the help given to
her.
As comparative newcomers
to Canada struggling to estab.
lish a home for themselves,
Mr. and Mrs. Tiesma were not
in a position to offer a large
material donation, nor, because
of the language arrier, write
flowery prose of appreciation.
Instead they gave directly from
the heart. . a doll's cradle,
complete with bedding, made by
Mrs. Tiesma and her husband,
which they donated to the Child.
ren's Ward of Princess
Margaret Hospital, in the hope
that some small child would get
pleasure from it.
A plaque with the names of the
donors and suitable inscription
was put on the headboard of the
cradle.
Together
50 years
New Years
Mr. and Mrs, James Wesley
Hoggart, of 154 Albert Street,
Clinton, celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on New
Year's Day.
They were married in 1918
at the Hullett Township home of
the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ephraim Brown. Rev. C.C.
Kaine, of Londesboro, perform.
ed the ceremony.
Mr. Hoggart, son of Mr. and
Mrs. David Hoggart, was then
farming in Hullett Township.
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Mr. and Mrs. (Etta) Hoggart
have two sons, Ivan, of Cline
ton, and Ross, of Lucknow, a
daughter Mrs. Raymond
(Thelma) Townsend, ofSeaforth
and nine grandchildren.
CAMERON PROCTOR
Peewees win in N.Y.
Five new councillors
sworn at inaugural