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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-04-01, Page 1Clinton, On tario 15 cents Weather, Clinton News-Record 1971 HI t,o 1970 HI LO Mar, 23 '30 10 34 31 24 26 12 37 19 25 28 5 39 20 26 30 10 40 28 27 37 17 38 24 28 40 30 35 15 29 37 31 28 9 Snow 1" Snow 3" Thursday, April 1, 1971 106 Year No. 13 County must plan to avoid 45 mile city Commended for braving blizzard On 24 March, Major F. A. Golding Base Commander CFB Clinton presented CPL M. M. McConnell with the Training Comm and Commanders' Commendation in recognition of outstanding service. The Commendation was awarded for CPL McConnells' action during the January blizzard which stranded many service and civilian personnel on the Base. During a routine Military Police patrol, he learned one of the civilian staff would require insulin and realizing the roads would not be cleared, CPL McConnell made the two mile trip alone on foot and obtained the medical supplies. The initiative and unselfish action taken by CPL McConnell is commendable and reflects credit on the Canadian Armed Forces. CPL McConnell has recently been posted to CFB North Bay, and will be reporting in April. Goldinapresenting CPL McConnell T.C. Commanders Commendation —CF Photo. Hill claims Places near top again New post for Postmaster Art Ball, who came to Clinton as a member of the post office staff in 1956 becomes postmaster at Kincardine effective today, April 1. Mr. Ball grew up in Kincardine and first began work for the Post Office there in 1948. After four years there he transferred to Centralia where he remained until he came to Clinton. Mr. Ball, his wife Norma, sons John and Bryan and daughters Brenda and Beth have spent summers in Kincardine for the past few years. He will be succeeded here by Dick Dixon on a temporary basis until a permanent replacement is named, st Column . Another weekly feature joins the News-Record this week as part of our attempt to serve you better. We welcome back J. Carl Hemingway and his column A Matter of Principle after an absence from our pages of several years. Mr. Hemingway had a column in several county papers at that time but became too busy to carry it on, Recently we had a conversation with him and sounded him out on the idea of beginning to write again. With more available time now be agreed to give it a go. We hope farm people and urban people who are interested in farm problems will find it an interesting and enlightening column. * * * Next week is Easter and the Easter Seal campaign for the benefit of crippled children is underway. The Clinton Lions Club is operating the campaign. Your cheque may be sent to Box 419, Clinton or dropped in at Clinton Commercial Printers, 56 Albert St. A mistake in an advertisement earlier said the money could be paid at Clinton Electric as in past years. However, all money this year is being collected through Clinton Commercial Printers. * * We feel a little uncertain about the final appearance of the News-Record this week. In a normal week enough gremlins get into the works to cause mistakes that give you out there a good laugh at our expense. Things could really be had this week however. It was pointed out to us the other day that this issue appears on April Fools' Day. To make matters worse, it is also the 13th issue of the paper in 1971. * * * A letter to the editor this Week reveals some of the details of a new project in Clinton that will be opening in the next while. Clinton will soon have a youth centre for the 1425 group in town, More details can be had he the letter which also asks for .any assistance anyone can give to bid the project. * * * The editor and his family were on a trip to Toronto last weekend and an odd comparison came to light, Travelling near Elmira Mennonite girls in their drab, ankleeerigth dresses were seen. Ent thee, in a nearby town where the modern girls, all decked out in the latest fashions that Were just about as drab and just about the same length. Whoever thought Mennonites would be back in style? * * -*Clinton Lions Club is planning to open e second hand store in the near futute in the former Garrett's Shoe 'Store. It is planned to offer only the best used merchandise available at the locations. The opening date and store holies have not yet been set but more details will be outlined in an advertisement in next week's paper. Clinton pollee have laid charges against a Joseph St. man for leaving the scene of an accident following a hit-and-run accident et Aline and Huron Streets Satutdey. John Shanahan was driving a car owned by Aloysius Shanahan when it was in collision with a car owned by bouglas MacDonald of Victoria Sheet About $600 damage resulted to the MacDonald vehicle. Police are also investigating a break and entering thought to have taken place sometime Friday night, Several bottles of wine were stolen trete the home of Mr. and Mrs, W. C. Newcombe, on Raglan Street. A city 45 miles long with a population of 10,000 persons on the very edge of Lake Huron is something that could happen in Huron County unless thoughtful legislation prevents it, according to the representatives of G. V. Kleinfeldt Associates Ltd. of London who presented the proposed official county plan to members of Huron County Council in Goderich March 26. J. A. Nicklom and T. S. Keith told county council the development of scattered cottages along the lakeshore should be stopped. They said county planners must look at these cottages as prospective permanent residents in Huron County who may one day demand all the services they would have a right to expect in any municipality. "These 2,800 cottages along the lake can pose a real threat," said Keith. "You cannot prevent cottages from turning over to permanent residences." The actual wording in the plan governing The federal government's National Marketing Legislation is threatened by a "hate the East" campaign being waged by Western Conservatives Gordon Hill, President of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture charged at an Agricultural Conference held for Huron County Farmers at the Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton Friday. Mr. Hill, who said he was in favour of national marketing legislation to handle problems in marketing that tan not be carried out at the provincial level under present legislation. He said that some Western Conservatives were making the most of the traditional distrust of the East in the prairies to try to kill the bill but he said the whole Conservative party was going to take the blame for the actions of a few. Mr. Hilt was making his remarks after a lengthy presentation by Robert McKinley, Beef men fail to gain support BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER A resolution from the County of Perth advocating the restriction on the importing of "cheap beef" fiorn Australia and New Zealand into Canada did not get the support of Huron County Council. At the March session last Eriday, William Elston, reeve of Mortis Township, claimed this import-export business was a "two-way street". He said Canada's pork exports were a "God-send" to farmers, who. sell 40 percent of their hogs outside Canada. "These beef imports from Australia and New Zealand are not hurting our Markets ono bit," stated Elston, "In tact, everything points to 'a stronger market, If you 'cut off these imports, you will be pricing beef right -out of the poor man's teach.," Reeve Elgin Thompson, Tuckersmith, concurred, "We've never had it so good," said Thompson. this section is as follows: "It is assumed that the public interest is best served by directing future urban growth to those areas and municipalities which have the greatest capacity to absorb additional development as economically as possible; "It is assumed that most future urban development in the county will occur on full municipal services. Seasonal residential (cottages) and rural residential development may be permitted, in areas designated "agricultural." They will be subject to the Land Visition Policy of this official plan. Accordingly the Plan contains policies for the division of land in the urban and rural areas of the county; "It is assumed that it is not in the public interest to allow substantial additions to the cottage development along Lake Huron and that the Plan should curtail further lakeshore development until such time as it has been found that no municipal, county or provincial agencies wish to acquire M.P. for Huron, chairman of the Progressive Conservative Agricultural Caucus Committee and a member of the Parliamentary agricultural committee that is undertaking clause-by-clause analysis of the bill. Mr. McKinley said there had been some very definite suggestions made as to where Some people would like to see the legislation go and they were not in words he was prepared to use, "But," he said, "I could not agree with them entirely because I am of the opinion that something must be accomplished in Canada to shove up declining income to farmers if we ate to make any improvements in our overall economy in Canada in the neat future.' Mr. McKinley said, however, that he was concerned over portions of Bill C-176 that would allow the federal cabinet to assume control over marketing of agricultural products without the producers of such products having any effective means of countervailing this power other than through the vote in a federal election. Western Conservatives have also been hitting hard at this part of the bill, pointing A land division committee has been appointed by Huron County Council and Will consist of the five members of the county planning board as well as five non-county councillors, Clayton Laithwaite, Ian McAllister, Cal Krauter, Roy Westcott and Ralph Jewell. This land division committee will have the authority to grant consent to severances in any municipality in the county that does not have a committee of adjustment with authority to grant consent. The land division committee Will grant the same type of consents, such as the simple separation of land from existing holdings, quit-claim deeds, mortgages and so on, as a committee of adjustment. The committee will also hold public hearings and conduct its additional land for public purposes." The Plan reported that the amount of cottage lands is disproportionately spread throughout the county. Over 75 percent of the shoreline in Hay and Stanley Townships has been used up, while in Ashfield and Colborne Townships this figure drops to 40 percent and 34 percent respectively. The amount of vacant frontage, that is lands which are used for agricultural purposes, total 16 miles; cottages and other private development account for approximately 28 miles; and public ownership of lakefront amounts to less than two miles. "The beaches have become inaccessible to the general public," the plan states. "The uneconomical design of these ribbon plans encourages high cost in terms of road construction, telephone, power and maintenance services." The plan also states that in rural areas, out that the decline in the :relative importance of the farm vote could mean the legislation would be used more to benefit urban consumers than rural producers. Mr. McKinley said Western farmers had been asked to diversify into other areas than wheat production by the federal government and many had been financed by government agencies to go into hog production. Now they feared they might be cut off from the Markets they needed in Ontario arid Quebec by such legislation. And they are worried whether quotas will be set according to long-range production averages over the last rive years which could hurt them, of over .ast year's production which would help them. Mr„ Hill said he would like to see legislation that would impose as little interference as possible on the producers while still doing a good job, But lie said he could not become concerned over others worries about the powers of the boards or the fact that under the legislation it would be possible for the federal cabinet to appoint members to the board who were not farmers. business in the same manner as' committee of adjustment. The budget for the planning board showed that expenses will likely be doWn this year The estimated 1971 budget is $35,000 as opposed to $42,320 actually spent on county planning last year. The new Huron County Planning Director, Gary Davidson, is to receive a salary of $8,000 'for the remainder of the year. Estimated Moving expenses for Mr. Davidson ate $1,500. Board members' salaries will take another $6,000; consultants' tees, $3,500; land division committee, $2,000; office salaries, $5,000; equipment, $5,000; public relations, $1,000. The remaining portion of the budget is for rent, travel expenses, etc. registered plans of subdivision will not be permitted. "All divisions of land will be by consent for conveyance of the Land Division Committee and limited to one lot per applicant so as to maintain the rural nature and characteristic of the agricultural areas," the plan states. The plan which cost the county $58,000 and took two years to prepare will now be presented to the municipalities for study and recommendations, It will then go back to the planning board for further study and finally, back to Huron County Council for final approval, "Planning is for people," said Nicklom, "today and in the future. People sometimes don't like to get involved. They may wish to turn it over to you for decision." "You can start living with the plan today," Nicklom concluded, "it' you agree with it." County costs rise General government in Huron County will cost the taxpayers about $39,836 this year according to a report presented by the executive committee at the recent session of Huron County Council in Goderich. The warden's salary and expenses total $2,200; county council sessions and committees will cost another $27,000; conventions and delegations will account for $3,000; the bus tour takes $700; memberships, $500; advertising and printing, $3,000; banquet, $1,200; picnic, $350; insurance, $686; Canada Pension Plan, $200; and miscellaneous, $1,000. General administration (the clerk-treasurer's department) will cost about $85,600. Salaries include $15,500 for the clerk-treasurer; $11,000 for the deputy clerk-treasurer; $26,000 for secretarial help; $5,000 for travel and conventions; $3,000 for telephone; $7,000 for office supplies and printing; $1,200 for postage; $4,500 for equipment; $200 for advertising; $6,500 for legal and audit and insurance; $100 for freight and express; $5,000 for employee benefits; and $600 for publications. For one thing, he said, "Nobody but a farmer would be duns enough to take the job." He also pointed out that the legislation had almost the same wording as 'Marketing' legislation that has been in effect in Ontario for malty years and here the farmers had always controlled the Marketing boards. As for the concern that the government could run farming, he said, in real life it was impossible for a marketing board to work without the co-operation of the producere. If producers waited to, they could wreck any marketing program. He said he could sympathize With Western farmers who had been given subsidies to clear the land and produce other crops without regard to whether or not a market existed for their product. "Any program that turns a grain surplus Please Lure to Page 5 Incentives to be used locally BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER By 'a show of hands at the March session of Huron County Council, members showed they preferred to use the $50,000 available to the county through the provincial-municipal employment incentive program at the local level. One dollar for every resident hI Huron County is available upon successful application to the Minister of Municipal Affairs to hire unemployed persons of individuals on welfare who are able to work. If the county government wished, it could have claimed the money and conducted a county-wide program. However, councillors were in agreement that the money 'could be spent more advantageously at the municipal level and each municipality may now adopt its own plan for the use of the money. The applications Must be made by the end of this month, The program ends at brie 30. Nancy MacDonald, who has been making a name for Clinton through her public speaking, almost went all the way again last week, Nancy had won first at her local competition in Clinton in the senior elementary competition sponsored by the Royal Canadian Legion. She then took first at the Zone finals at Kincardine and first again at the District finals at Hanover, This put her into the area finals at Richmond Hill where last week she finished second. If she had repeated her earlier victories she would have entered the provincial finals at Elliott Lake. McGregor urges approval of 1VIODA fee Alex McGregor, deputy-reeve of Tuckersmith and chairman of the county development committee, said he could not divulge to the public what inside information he and his committee had, but he strongly urged members of Huron County Council meeting in Goderich, March 26, to approve the $6,175.56 fee to Mid-Western Ontario Development Association for this year as well as the appointment of development officer Spence Cummings for another term, "I can assure you this thing will turn out in good shape," promised McGregor. "This is a critical period in Huron County." Warden Jack Alexander concurred and indicated to council that the county development committee had some knowledge of the government's planning with regard to 0E13 Clinton which officially closes at the end of this year. Representatives to the MODA Zone will be McGregor; Gordon Hess, chairman of the executive committee; Charles Thomas, chairman of the county planning board; warden Jack Alexander; and one other representative, Spence Cummings. Cummings' salary will be $10,000 this year with provisions for a salary review at the end of the year, His office this year will be located in the court house and not at CFB Clinton as it was previously. The budget for his department will be $25,000 which provides $2,000 for secretarial fees; $1,000 for travelling expenses; $2,000 for committee pay; $8,500 for public relations; and the balance in miscellaneous expenditures such as telephone, employee benefits, etc. Reeve Paul Carroll, Goderich, suggested a "loosely-knit organization" which would permit MODA, the county development officer and the municipal industrial committees or commissioners to "work as a team rather than completely disintegrated". He claimed MODA was an "active organization concerned with the development of this region" and added that it the benefits from membership in MODA have not been too satisfactory, it is because "municipalities haven't done their share of the tvotk in promoting or implementing those recommendations from MODA". In other business, council approved a three-day deer season in Huron County for each of the next five years with shotguns only being permitted; approved the weed inspecting budget of $12,500 allowing a 20 cent an hour raise in pay for county weed inspector Alex Chesney from $2.30 to $2.50 per hour; and sanctioned a reforestration budget of $5,350 which last year actually cost $4,600. Severe winter binds road crews An "extra severe winter" in Karol County has put the roads department in bled. In fact, the road committee has found ii necessary to apply to the Minister of Highways for additional money, "If we don't get it," said road committer chairman Joe Hoffman, "something it have to be deleted from 'our budget." Huron County engineer Jim &Retell saic Huron has had about 140 inches of snow this past winter. Tri 1969, snow removal costs were $88,000; in 1070, $87,000; and le 1971, $105,000. Land committee appointed `Hate East' endangers campaign bill