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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-03-25, Page 1Weather 1971 HI LO 1970 HI Lc) Mar. 16 35 23 27 11 17 29 21 37 4 18 37 14 38 23 19 35 27 42 17 20 34 26 40 30 21 35 25 37 33 22 32 18 37 26 Snow 6" Rain 19" Snow 3" m„ On Orin 15 cents. T orsdom Horeb 25, 4971 106 Ye(; r NO. 12 Clinton News-Record Sandra ldsinga the 1970 Queen of the CHSS At Home crowns Jo-Ann Bates as the 1971 At Nome Queen at the annual formal held at the Central Huron Secondary School on Friday night. The new queen defeated five other contestants for the crown. Ashfield school could close Une man was fatally injured when his car overturned early Tuesday morning on East St. n Clinton and another suffered minor injuries. George Clement of Chatsworth was rushed From Clinton Public Hospital to hospital in London where he died about 6 a.m. Tuesday. A passenger in the car Tom Colquhoun of Rattenbury Street West in Clinton was slightly njured. ueen crowned at At Home BY JOLANE ANISING Friday, March 19, saw Jo-Anne Bates being crowned Queen of C.H.S.S. at the annual At Home. Jo-Anne lives in Clinton and is completing Grade 12, She won over the other five princesses, Betty Snell, Sharon Keys, Rhea Sturgeon, Diana Broelni and Agnes Laurie. The At Home dance was decorated like an English Tea Garden complete with a bridge and a multitude of flowers. All this beautiful handiwork was created by the decbrating committee and the Art Club with the help of the carpentry shop. This formal dance is held every year at C.H.S.S. The Lionel Thornton Band entertains the students, the graduates and the parents every spring time. It was the students' project and they really did a good job this year, No County buses for summer youth travel Spring at last Master Warrant Officer C. W. Hamilton joined the staff of Canadian Forces School of Instructional Technique after five years with the Combat Arens School (CAS) at CFII Borden . MWO Hamilton entered the Canadian Army hi 1948. He served in Korea and Germany with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, He also flew Gliders at the Airbotn School at Rivers, Manitoba, MWO Hamilton's service with CAS included instruction in Weapons division and special warfare. His present'affiliation is with The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada. MWO Hamilton is an ardent hunter and fisherman, an enthusiastic snowmobile,; and enjoys boating. lie is also contemplating building an aeroplane. In 1953 MWO Hamilton and the former Denise Vachon of Quebec City were married, Mrs. Hamilton, daughter Carol 16 and son Andre 15 will remain at their home in Angus until MWO Hamilton returns to CFB Borden, with CPSIT, this Summer, New officer joins CESIT staff Tenders soon for Seaforth addition BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER At a committee-or-the-whole meeting of the Huron County Board of Education March 15 in Clinton, there was some discontent expressed with the amount of information the board's building committee is receiving concerning the new addition planned for Seaforth Public School. It is understood that tenders should be called for construction of the school about April 10 to close May 1. The main problem facing the board is sewage disposal. The board's building committee Aias assured by the remaining members of the board that it would have the board's approval to hold off calling for tenders if the sewage problem could not be resolved economically and swiftly, Transportation is another area of concern for some board members, it was learned that transportation maps of the area are just about completed with the location of each student pin-pointed. It will now be the'task of a committee to study the maps and make transportation recommendations to the board, Man killed in East St. crash Fair board plans to be Class B in 1972 including agriculture, education, industry and commerce, tourism and a general section. "Who better than the farmer knows the problems of agriculture and how to deal with them," said Mr. Cowing. "The same holds true in the other sections of the restructuring process," he said. Speaking on regional planning, it was pointed out that the Phase One analysis released last July for the midwestern region of Ontario will form one-tenth of an overall provincial economic plan. Mr. Cowing also warned of the growing effects of the Toronto centered region plan on the fringe areas of this concept, Huron and Perth Counties. The Development Council is the voice of the people living in the midwestern region," said Mr. Cowing, "and deals with overall economic planning and acts as an advisory board to the regional development branch of the Department of Treasury and Economics." He outlined other functions of the Council, including research, industrial promotion, tourism development, community affairs and seminars and general co-ordination of municipal programs. The meeting also included a panel made up of Mayor Don Symons of Clinton, Reeve Charles Thomas of Grey Township and Ross Milton, Administrator of the Huron Centre of Conestoga College. The first panelist, Reeve Thomas said he represented the rural point of view. "Rural people are at a disadvantage with regional development for rural people hindered by the tax structure," he stated. Mr. Thomas compared his township of 1700 persons to an urban centre with double the population, He said both municipalities would pay the same county rate to services such as Public Health Units or library facilities but his township had only half the number of people to take advantage of the services. He concluded, 'In order to have good regional development we teed tax reform,' Mayor on Symons, second panelist to speak, said a meeting such as this provided a great opportunity for people to get their feet wet. "This is essentially a rural area but the towns are necessary for us to shop. They offer recreation," he said. Speaking of the closing of the Canadian ForceS Base at Clinton Mayor Symons said it concerns all in this area, riot jug the people in Clinton. He reported since the announcement of the Base closing, Clinton's population haS slipped from 3300 to 2975. Mr. Milton in his remarks talked about Huron County, 'looking hack to its early lays and compared them to modern tithes. :le spoke of the high cost to the farmer of An early morning, single car crash Tuesday claimed the life of a Chatsworth man and sent a Clinton man to hospital with minor injuries, George Clement, driver of the car died about 6 a.m. Tuesday morning in hospital in London of injuries received in the crash that ook place on East Street near the, herlock-Manning factory around 1 a.m. the me morning, Tom Colquhoun of ttenbury St. West, the passenger in the car nd brother-in-law of the driver, suffered inor cuts. Clinton Police, who investigated the crash. BY WILMA 0 KE "Regional Development Council will open ap to labour groups, women's organizations, service clubs and church groups if a )roposed restructuring of the Council takes ?lace," said Walter W. Cowing, General Manager of Midwestern Ontario Development Connell speaking in Seaforth Thursday night. In his address at a special seminar on `planning for the future of Huron and Perth", sponsored by the rural life division pf the Huron-Perth Presbytery of the United 3hurch, he outlined significant changes to he four-county Development Council that will create five new sections sr Columit The weather has been bright this week but the temperature is not exactly spring-like. Still the signs of spring are being reported all the time. Several reports of early spring flowers have been made including some in the editor's garden which began blooming Monday morning giving a good start for the week. Our Hayfield correspondent has a report, thisi week on sightings of spring birds in that area. Hopefully the snow will soon disappear so we can all get the spring feeling, * * * A sure sign of spring is preparation for the Spring Fair, The Fair Board are hard at it Filready this year hoping fot a better fair Than ever. One area they are worried about is the parade where the small number of entries ast year was disappointing to say the least. They ate 'asking everyone to start planning now to enter a float, After your plans are aid, let Eric Switzer, chairman of the float committee, know of your plan to enter, said the car was proceeding west on East Street toward the intersection of Victoria and East, The car apparently went out of control, hit a utility pole and a snow bank and flipped over, landing on its roof. The ear ended up on front lawn only a dozen feet or so from a hbuse. Clement was trapped under the car but was released and rushed to hospital, then ,transferred to London where he later died. An autopsy was carried out by Middlesex Coroner Dr. Sheers. A decision on whether or not to hold an inquest had not been made at press time. The directors of the Clinton Spring Fair met on March 16 and made further arrangements for the fair on June 4-5. They are trying to get several new attractions at the fair such as a roving German Band to entertain the public throughout the day and a Queen of the Fair contest, to be held on the Friday night. It is hoped that the Ontario Dairy Princess will be in attendance. Several new classes have been added for the horses. It was agreed by the directors to dispense with the general canvas this year with the hope that those who would like to donate may do so by contacting the Secretary. Having done away with the canvas the concessions in the area have been increased to $1.50 per foot, in ten foot lots, with the machinery displays remaining the same as last year. After some confusion over the time the concessions were to leave the arena, it was agreed that all concessions must stay until 9 p.m. on Saturday evening, so that the public that attend the evening horse show are able to see the displays. bringing automation to the farm by "investing in wheels and horsepower". In the question and answer period, which continued to 11 p.m., Mayor Symons spoke of planning at the local level and Mr. Cowing stressed the necessity in planning to know what "the people on the other side of the fence are doing." In a discussion on the population explosion in the Toronto, Kitchener, Waterloo areas, Mr. Cowing said it would be necessary for us to look at our areas to determine what would be the growth potential so that we could channel the overflow from outside in an orderly fashion — not let houses get built down every sideroad. When the question of a time when the population might have to be restricted, Janis Whitman of Seaforth stated: "Paul Erlich says the world can only support 3.5 billion BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER A suggestion by Mrs. J. W, Wallace, Goderieh, that board-owned school buses be offered during the summer months at a minimal cost to students desiring to "see Canada" was not approved by Huron County Board of Education meeting in Clinton March 15. In fact, when the suggestion became a motion to have the administration look at costs, the vote was 7 to 6 against the proposal. "This is not our business at all," stated vice-chairman John Broadfoot. "We would The directors of the fair have applied for a class 'B' status for the 1972 fair, so it is hoped fair goers and exhibitors will turn out in great numbers this year, to show, the Canada Department of Agriculture that the Clinton Spring Fair is going ahead. The following committees were set up: Bands, Jack Van Egmond, Ross Lovett, Bob Gibbings; Queen Contest, Doug Farquhar, Bill Flynn, Bill 1-lough; Advertising, Bob Glen, Frank Falconer, Harris Snell, Charles Snell; Heavy Horses, Tom Leiper, Bill Flynn; Light Horses, Greg Brandon; Ponies, Elgin Thompson; Beef, Frank Falconer, Harold Pepper, Harry Watkins, Harris Snell; Dairy, Bill Hough, Fred Vodden, Dave Middleton; Sheep, Jim Snell, Charles Snell; Swine, Dick Jacobs, Elmer Dale, Jack Taylor; Poultry, Don McLean, Garnet Wright, Don Young; Gates, Harold Wettlaufer (chairman); Machinery, Harold Lobb, Don Young; Parade and Floats, Eric Switzer, Ken Flett, Gord Lawson; Concessions, Jim Snell, Laurie Colquhoun, Harold Lobb, Cord Lawson. and there are over b billion now, so it is evident we are overcrowded. We complain the urban sector is expanding at a far greater rate than the rural sector but we should educationally inform both urban and rural of the problem." Miss Whitman complained that Huron County sends 23 percent of the Grade 13 graduates out, therefore there are 75 percent without standard qualifications, "We can't even offer urban sectors skilled labour, Rural education has to be adapted. The attitudes of students towards the goals have to be changed," she concluded. Reeve Thomas complained: "There is a brain drain to the cities." Rev, Bert Daynard, R. R, 1, Staffa, chairman of the Rural Life Division was chairman for the evening with Rev, J. Clifford Britton of Seaforth, moderator of the panel. be in direct competition to chatter bus lines." "We could take that view with regard to school gymnasiums, too," retorted Mrs. Wallace. "Buses and buildings are two different things," argued Broadfoot. "A child is not a school child but somebody's son or daughter when he or she is not in school." Mrs. Wallace was again appointed to the board of directors for the Ontario Public School Trustees Association. Mrs. Marilyn Kunder and Alex Corrigan are new board directors from Huron to OPSTA. BY SHIRLEY J, KELLER Huron County Board of Education is keeping a close eye on North Ashfield Public School where school population is steadily declining. The whole situation will be carefully reviewed in 1972 and if the conditions warrant, the school will be closed in June, 1973. Students from North Ashfield will then attend classes at Brookside Public School. StatiSties showed that present enrolment at North Ashfield is 90. Next year it is expected to drop to 80 and by 1975, enrolment is predicted at 59 students. Brookside enrolment is dropping too. Present enrolment is 418. This fall, enrolment is expected to be 400 and by 1974, predictions are there will be 342 students at Brookside if North Ashfield remains open, By combining the two schools, enrolment in Brookside in the fall of 1978 would be 428 and would drop in 1974 to 404, The board did agree at Monday evening's meeting in Clinton that kindergarten pupils who reside in the North Ashfield area will be permitted to attend either Brookside PS or North Ashfield PS for Grades 1 to 6 for the present. All students in Ashfield presently attend Brookside for Grades 7 and 8. The director of education, John Cochrane, predicted no transportation problems. County teachers retire BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Four more teachers have resigned in Huron County schools. They are Mrs. Elizabeth Batten, Usborne PS; Mrs, Linda Linfield, SHDHS; Mrs. Lorna Laurence, SHDHS; and Mrs. Margaret Mundell, Wingham PS. MODA restructuring would give added voice