HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-08-15, Page 1Housing survey
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The senior citizen housing
survey is being conducted in
Clinton.
Town council Monday night
learned that pearly 400
applications had been sent to
Clinton residents prior 'to the
mail strike. However, they
feared many persons had not yet
completed their questionnaires
and mailed them to Toronto.
"The survey is not closed,
People should fill in the
questionnaires and mail them,"
Clerk John Livermore said at the
meeting.
He pointed out that returning
the questionnaire does not
obligate a person in any way. "It
is not an application for housing
but is designed to reach all
citizens who might be interested
in renting an 0.H.C. unit," he
said.
"People shouldn't, be timid
about sending them in. They are
sent directly to Toronto, so we
don't see them at all," he said.
"If people don't send them
in • the whole thing will fall on
its face," councillor Cam Proctor
rioted.
If enough replies are returned
a research team from the
Ontario Housing Corporation
will estimate the number of
senior citizens whose housing is
inadequate or beyond their
financial capabilities.
Senior citizens in Clinton
have received letters outlining
the Government's housing
program and asking them if they
wish to participate. If some
interested persons have not been
reached by mail, OHC urges
them to obtain a questionnaire
from the clerk's office.
After considering the survey,
report, Council can initiate the
program it outlines by adopting
a resolution requesting OHC to
proceed.
Council will ask Clinton
clergymen to assist with the
survey. Information has been
given to local clergymen so they
will be able to help citizens who
have any questions about the
survey.
A motorcycle accident Tuesday night critically
injured Susan Delcellier. Above, Constable Lloyd
Westlake examines the damaged bike. Gary
Schultz, owner of the bike, was not injured in
the mishap.
Staff photo
Adastral Park girl
injured in accident
Town• Clerk Jahn Liverniore was busy last month collecting money
from 'the parking meters. More than $550 was collected from the
meters during July. And that's not counting money from parking
tickets.
Staff photo
and
made.
"I think the building looks a
lot better," he said.
Councillor Denomme
expressed concern over the
vacant land where the old post
office once stood.
Clerk John Livermore
informed council that the town
engineer is presently negotiating
with the department of
high ways over future
development of the land. It was
suggested the site would be an
excellent situation for the radar
antenna and plaque, donated by
CFB Clinton to the town last
year.
----„Council received a letter from
J. W. Counter stating that
minor repairs had been
A group of Jamaican cadets ponder over a complicated electrical
panel during their tour of CHSS last Priday.
Staff photo
Some of the 22 Jamaican cadets examine a
model of a building during a tour of Central
Huron Secondary School. The cadets, who
stationed at Ipperwash for 17 days, toured the
school last Thursday.
Staff photo
Jamaican cadets tour C.H.S.S.
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t a standstill
A 16 year old Adastral Park
girl was critically injured in a
motorcycle accident Tuesday
night in Clinton.
Susan Delcellier, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. John Delcellier, 9
Regina Road, Adastral Park, was
travelling north on Victoria
Street on a 1968 BSA
motorcycle owned by Gary
Schultz of Goderich, when she
lost control of the vehicle. It
jumped the curb, careened off a
gas pump and, crashed into a
service station operated by
Elmer Fry. Miss Delcellier was
thrown through a plate glass
window.
Six persons paid fines in
Magistrate's, court held in
Clinton last Wednesday.
Michael R. Gallant, 19, of
Clinton, paid' $65 and $2.80
court costs for having liquor
while a minor. He was charged in
Clinton July 20 after a quantity
of beer was found in his car. He
was given three weeks to pay the
fine.
Graham Yeats, 18, of Clinton,
paid $25 and $2.80 costs for
allowing drunkeness. The charge
arose from an incident July 20
in Clinton.,
Two 'persons were fined $15
and costs for making ,an
improper left turn. Richard D.
Fremlin, Clinton, was charged
after an accident June 15 at the
corner of Victoria and Kirk
Street. Patty Semple, RR 2
Hayfield was charged as a result
of a June 15 accident at the
corner of Victoria and East
. Streets. A motorcyclist was
seriously injured in the accident.
Two speeders were also fined
by Magistrate Donald Menzies.
Colin McLay, London, was
fined $20 and costs for travelling
50 mph in a 30 mph zone on
June 30.
Residents of Tuckersmith.
Township who alter existing
road grades when blacktopping
their driveways may be liable for
future damages resulting from
drainage problems, it was
The first
column
Got a consumer's complaint?
Well, there's somebody to write
to now- the Federal Department
of consumer and Corporate
Affairs has set up a central
receiving service for all kinds of
complaints, to be retained or
forwarded to other departments
as the case may be,
The address? It's "The
Consumer, P.O. Box 99, Ottawa,
Ontario".
Police officials recommend
that in every instance where a
vehicle has stopped on, or
beside, a highway, flares should
be used to warn following
traffic. They suggest the
motorist leave the auto on the
side, away from the traffic, light
a flare, and walk approximately
100 paces along the highway.
This action protects the motorist
and warns following traffic at
the same time. A second flare
should be placed three paces
behind the stopped auto, and
another 100 paces in front of it.
These precautions, police
officials point out, should be
followed during the day as well
as at night. Flares have an
advantage over other warning
devices because of , their
versatility. They operate as a self
contained unit, independent of
power source and may be placed
wherev,er needed. They also light
up the immediate area and
operate under any weather
conditions.
If you stop your motor
vehicle , these steps should be
followed:
Signal first. On a
thoroughfare or expressway with
paved shoulder, pull off at
traffic speed and slow down on
the shoulder. On roads with
unpaved or soft shoulders, signal
a right turn, slow down, and pull
off carefully,
'`Be`sure you get completely
off the roadway, as far from the
traffic lanes as possible. If the
position is at all precarious, get
passengers out of your car and
to a safe spot, and set out flares.
At night, keep your
headlights on with beams
lowered. Also switch on the
dome light. Do not obscure tail
lights while working on the car.
**********
Traffic fatalities in Ontario
during the month of June took a
sharp drop of 12.1 percent over
the total during June of 1967
and figures for the first six
months of this year showed an
overall reduction of 6.7 percent.
There was also a significant
reduction (3.6 percent) in the
number of fatal collisions on
Ontario's highways dating the
same period.
Figures for the six month
period: fatalities, 636 (1968);
682 (1967); fatal accidents, 540
(1968); 560 (1967).
Included among the fatalities
were (figures in brackets show
1967 figures for the same six
months): 256 drivers (263); 200
passengers (196); 144
pedestrians (181); 19
motorcyclists (26); three
motorcycle passengers (6); 13
bicyclists (6).
**********
A Province of Ontario Grant
for Health Research has been
awarded to McMaster University
to initiate a study of
environmental causal factors in
coronary heart disease, The
grant for the 196869 year is in
the amount of $18,860.
The formal subject of the
research is "Spouse aggregation
of coronary risk factors" and the
study is designed to examine
spouse-pair relationships with
respect to various risk factors
and disease outcomes. It will
compliment other studies of
genetically related members of
households in order to
determine more accurately the
contributions of heredity and
environment to cardiovascular
disease, The Study will be a step
forward in the search for means
of identifying and correcting
environmental causal factors
before coronary heart disease
reaches the clinical stage.
She was treated at Clinton
Public Hospital before bent
rushed to Victoria Hospital in
London. She was listed in
critical condition and
unconscious Tuesday morning.
Schultz, who was a passenger
on the rear of the motorcycle,
escaped injury.
Timothy S. Bylsma paid $10
and costs for travelling 40 mph
in a 30 mph zone. •
In an out of court settlement,
Peter McFalls, 'Exeter, paid $8
and costs for travelling 38 mph
in Clinton July 6.
suggested at the Township
council meeting last Tuesday.
Township road
superintendent Allan Nicholson
told council the driveway
resurfacing is often extended on
to road allowances and failing to
conform with the existing grade.
He suggested the road
department be consulted before
the work is done while warning
others they may face liability for
any work done to correct
drainage.
In other business, council was
informed the department of
highways has approved a
$70,000 program to rebuild and
broaden a township road skirting
the south and east perimeter of
Canadian Forces Base Clinton,
scheduled for next year.
Council is still waiting
approval of a $20,000 national
defence department grant as its
share of the project.
Fast action by the Clinton
police 'department resulted in
the arrest of a man for theft less
than 24 hours after a wallet was
stolen in Clinton.
A thief entered the residence
of Russel Beyer, 148 Fredrick
Street, about 3:45 a.m. Sunday
morning, anti stole a wallet
containing personal papers and a
large amount of money,
Constable Lloyd Westlake was
called at his home in' 13ayfield
when the robbery was reported,
After obtaining a description of
a suspected oar, he wired
Ontario' Provincial Police to bold
Town Council Monday night
expressed concern over lack of
action, on a survey of the town's
traffic lights.
Clerk John Livermore
received a . letter from the.
Department of Transport stating
that no survey will be taken
until autumn.
Mayor Symons tried to
contact the Hop. C: S.
MacNaughton MLA for Huron,
to arrange a meeting to discuss
the situation.
"He (MacNaughton) will be
giving us some direction as soon
as he returns from holidays,"
Mayor Symons said.
"I hope we can get some
action," Reeve Jim Armstrong
said.
Council
Town Council Monday night
authorized the installation of a
gas furnace in the Public Works
building, on James Street. The
price of $540, presented by
Union Gas, was accepted.
Public Works chairman Jim
Armstrong told council he had
hired a part time man. He noted
that one man was on holidays,
and additional help was needed
to clean the town after last
week's storms.
"Catch basins are full of
gravel,..trees we have to take
down didn't blow down while
other ones did,..we're just
struggling 'away trying to get
things straightened out," he said.
Reeve Armstrong told
Council Burns Ross, town
engineer, would survey Raglan
street in preparation for the new
drain, early next week. The
town must have the engineer's
plans approved before it is
eligible for a subsidy from the
Department of Highways.
Council granted the Clinton
R,ecreation Committee.. $2,000
dr its 1968 budget for July
expenses: Mayor Symons
commended the committee for
erecting new lights around the
arena.
"I think you can see where
they spend their money,"
Councillor Frank Cook added.
The Clinton fire brigade was
given' $250 for decorating the
committee meeting room, and
$60 for answering service for fire
calls.
Council learned the new
police radio has been installed
and the answering service is in
effect. Police chief Russ
Thompson is operating the
Careless driving
in Clinton
costs Goderich
man $100
A Goderich man was
convicted of careless driving
Wednesday in Magistrate's court
held at Goderich.,
Kenneth MacAdam was
charged following an incident in
Clinton on July 15.
He was apprehended by
Clinton police after making two
complete turns at the corner of
John and Queens Street, nearly
striking a piCk-up truck at the
corner of Orange and Princess,
and failing to stop at the corner
of Rattenbury and Orange.
He was fined $100 and court
costs.
Occupants of the car for
investigation.
Military police at CFB
Borden received the message,
and after further investigation
found the wallet, papers and
money intact. A suspect was
arrested and held at CFB Borden
until Constable Westlake arrived
to take him to County jail in
Goderich.
Arrested and charged with
theft was Douglas William
Latham 23 of CFB Borden, He
appeared in Magistrate's court in
Goderich, Monday and Was
remanded, until August 26 for
sentence,
It was suggested council deal
directly with the department of
highways.
"We have been very, very
lucky that someone hasn't. been
killed," Deputy-reeve Gordon
Lawson said.
Clerk Livermore suggested
that people tend to look
"kitty-corner" at the stop lights.
He noted signs warning people
of the lights have not yet been
erected.
Mayor Symons pointed out
that with the volume of holiday
traffic and the truck routes using
No. 8 highway, the situation is
very serious.
"We want action from one
source or another," he said.
briefs
answering service. Council will
send a letter to Dr. Sears in
London requesting information
regarding the medical status of
Chief Thompson.
Council has purchased three
more litter bins, to be placed on
Clinton's main streets.
"We're having the streets
swept every morning. Are the,
merchants satisfied on ,this?"
Reeve Armstrong asked.
"So far we haven't had any
complaintS", the mayor
answered.
"I think they have done a
good job," Armstrong added.
"It will be interesting to see
what it is going 'to cost," the
mayor said.
Industrial Committee
chairman Clarence Denomme
reported that new signs had been-
placed on the industrial building,
Twenty-two Jamaican cadets
were in Clinton last Thursday
morning to tour Central Huron
Secondary School. They were
stationed at Ipperwash for 17
days this month, and toured the
area during their visit to Canada.
The boys, all members of the
Jamaican Combined Cadet
Force, attend elementary,
secondary and technical schools
in Jamaica. Their visit to Canada
was part of an exchange program
with Candian cadets.
School business administrator
Robert Maloney conducted the
tour.
"No high school in Jamaica
has equipment like you have
Werner Byers is raising rabbits
commercially in his garage which
is located approximately eight
feet from an apartment building
at 65 Princess Street, West.
"Apart from the undesirable
aspect of this from a health
standpoint, I feel that the
heating of this frame building
during the winter months could
create a fire hazard," the letter
stated.
The letter further suggested
that Mr. Byers "be persuaded to
discontinue this venture, or,
failing that, he be stopped by
some health or general bylaw
prohibiting this type of action
within, the town limits."
Councillor Denomme will
investigate the situation.
here," Major Michael S. Came,
second in command of Jamaican
Combined Cadet Force said
during the tour.
"The standard of the building
and equipment is far superior to
, schools in Jamaica. Much of this
equipment is new to the boys,"
he added.
In Jamaica, 50 per cent of the
population is under the age of
16, and about 85 per cent of
these children receive an
education, Major Came said.
He explained there were very
few school buses in Jamaica, and
some students have to walk five
miles to attend classes.
"In some of the poorer
schools, there are classes of 40
or 50 students," he said.
"The cost of Clinton's high
school and equipment would
make up around 10 per cent of
Jamaica's total education budget
for this year," he said.
WEATHER
1948 1967
HI LOW HI LOW
Aug. 6 88 68 77 44
7 80 64 73 58
8 85 59 74 53
9 80 64 77 61
10 71 55 65 53
11 67 42 65 38
12 72 45 71 42
Rain .53 Rain— .91
Magistrate fines six in Clinton cOUtt ,
Tuckersmith pavers
may' be liable
for future damages
Man in court
day after theft