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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1971-04-01, Page 11Clifton, Ontario So ) 11, Sootioa Thursday, April 1, 1971 106 Year - No. 13 Clinton News-Record Spr ng Canada 6 pink t att*), one'of the best of the pink baby roses, .1, New quarters for County Library BY SHIRLEY J. KEt.LER A re-shuffling of office space is required in the county to accommodate the new planning director, Gary Davidson, who is arriving in Goderich later this spring. At the most recent meeting of Huron County Council, it was learned that the property committee will move the Huron County Library offices out of the court house and into a 2,000-square foot ground floor premises on Lighthouse Street in Goderich at a rental of $30Q per month including heat and light. This accommodation should be available by about June 30. The county planner and his staff would then occupy the offices left vacant by the library staff, McKillop Reeve Allan Campbell suggested that if the library was going to move anyway, it might be wise to move it to a more central location in the county. Clerk John Berry explained that little consideration had been given to that idea because present trained library staff reside in Goderich and a move out-of-town might then involve employment problems, Budgets coming under the jurisdiction of the property committee were carefully scrutinized by council. The court house budget is up to $45,260, almost $7,000 more than was actually spent ast year, The increased budget, it was ointed out, allows for increased salaries, aintenance costs and fringe benefits. The registry office budget is down from 4,750 in 1970 to $3,575 this year; the hildren's Aid offices and the county jail, up rom $7,225 in 1970 to $8,150 this year; arden notes administrative building, down to, $11,700 from $19,450 last year, Clerk John Berry pointed out that a large portion of these expenses are offset by rentals to the provincial government bodies with offices in county buildings. The museum budget is up from $28,200 in 1970 to $34,550 this year. It showed a general maintenance budget of $25,550 which includes $200 for Dunlop's Tomb and an allowance of $9,000 for relocating the workshop at the museum. The present workshop is considered a fire hazard. Reeve Derry Boyle of Exeter asked if it was vitally important to spend so much money at the museum. "Where is it going to end?" asked Boyle who noted that the museum budget has almost doubled in the time he has served on county council, Reeve Charles Thomas explained that since tourism is the second largest industry in Huron County, council could not afford to ease up on spending which would attract tourists here, "It is hard to put a value on these things," stated Thomas, "Our museum is a significantly important asset in Huron. It rates high with tourists." Reeve Paul Carroll of Goderich said he could forsee a day when Huron County would spend from $250,000 to $300,000 for a new museum building which would "adequately display our heritage". It was noted in the report that the museum admittance rates will be altered from 50 cents to 75 cents for adults, The student rate of 50 cents and the children's rate of ten cents will not change. one rated the highest of any in the garden. Perle d'Alcanada, an old variety was about the most vigorous of those under test, It has pale-pink flowers about one and a half inches in diameter, Rosina with large buttercup-yellow flowers on very dwarf plants rated as the best yellow. It is also possible to get miniature roses in tree form on 18-inch stems, that will add height to their dwarfer brethren. These are not as hardy as the others and like the standard tree roses must be buried in light sandy soil for the winter, The other fairy roses should be treated just like hybrid teas, covered with soil and then a layer of leaves in the fall after the soil has frozen. Since they grow closer to the ground than standard hybrid teas they stand our winters better. if you haven't grown miniature roses you should try at least one plant. Most established rosariaiis are inclined to dismiss these roses as mere fads, but many secretly admire their obvious advantages. BY A. R. BUCKLEY Many years ago, several attempts were made to grow the fairy rose (Rosa chinensis 'Minima') in the arboretum at the Plant Research Institute. This tiny rose, six inches high with double pink flowers like a polyanthus variety, was finally established and it flourished for many years. From plants of this type, once lost among its larger brethren, have arisen a new class of modern roses, the miniature rose. These highly pleasing roses, with buds no larger than peas, are small replicas of the garden kinds. Each bud opens into a bloom of the same shape and appearance as a hybrid tea or a floribunda rose, yet in perfect miniature. The plants are only eight to 14 inches high and their leaves are like garden roses except that they are smaller in every detail arid more delicate. No plants are more suited to the very small garden than these fairy roses, for they bring to the most confined space all the charm of the hybrid tea and flotibunda. One of their most attractive qualities is that they form low spreading bushes when planted closely and will completely hide the soil. I3y selecting eultivars in contrasting -colors, a most attractive display of miniature roses may be made. Plant together those with a more -vigorous habit 'which grow to nine or twelve inches high. A dozen ph.nts should fill a small bed. It could be edged with Violas such as Coronoatimi Gold, Chantryland, or the common blue horned violet (Viola cornuta). To effectively inspect and enjoy these roses, you should grow them on a taised bed bordered by a stone wall with a:paved walk at its base. A whole garden in miniature could be designed for these lovely little plants. You might use a small ornament for a central focal point and arrange small beds radiating out from IL Each bed could be edged With one of the dwarf compact ageratums, such as Blue Mink, or the Carpet of Snow alyssums. The annual alyssum could be sown outside during May for blooming in the summer. Seeds Of the ageratum should be sown inside during March or plants toted be bought for setting -outside after the danger of frost has passed. The rock garden is a natural place for these delightful baby roses, They should be planted iii GODERICH FEARS PROFESSIONAL LOTTERY TICKET SELLERS Goderich— Co-ordinated Arts Services which is conducting a lottery in aid of various cultural arts groups will be screened a little more closely before being allowed to sell raffle tickets in the town of Goderich. Town Council has instructed the clerk to obtain all pertinent information concerning Co-ordinated Arts Services as relating to raffle lotteries from Ernie Fisher, a former resident, now a government employee dealing with raffles and lotteries. During the discussion on the matter, Councillor Deb Shewfelt urged his associates to turn down the request to sell lottery tickets in Goderich. "I can't see that it would benefit the community to have an onslaught of professional ticket sellers banging on doors in Goderich," stated Shewfelt. He warned that people may be "pressured" into buying lottery tickets in support of the organization. Councillor Stan Profit disagreed He pointed out that if town council denied the request, it was actually telling each citizen in town that he or she does not have the opportunity to participate in the lottery as far as town council is concerned. "The clerk said they have a license," added Profit. Reeve Paul Carroll also believed the citizens of Goderich should have the right to make a choice concerning whether or not they care to purchase tottery tickets. He explained that since cultural organizations don't receive the kind of support in Canada that they do in other countries of the world, a lottery was a method to raise money. "I think the provincial government has taken a step in the right direction," said Reeve Carroll. —Signal-Star NEW SERVICE ERA STARTS UNDER UCO WITH PASSING CIF CO-OPERATIVE ASSOC. Belgrave — Years of service to the farming community around Belgrave by Belgrave Co-operative Association came to an end Wednesday night, March 17, when the animal meeting 'wee held at the W. I. Hall Hope that the same, or better service would continue under the management of the association's tuecessot, United Co-operatives of Oritario, seemed assured. • Business at the Minna' meeting consisted of the presentation of the last financial statement of the Co-operative Association and the election of eight councillors to represent the new body under UCO George Powell, president of the old group, and secretary Ronald Coultes conducted the earlier portion of the meeting. UCO area representative Bob Mclay presented a breakdown of the financial statement, showing sales in 1910 totalled $441,427.00 as compared to $426,893.00 in the preceding year, The operations sheet showed a net profit of $624.00 as against a loss in 1969 of $9,793,00. --Wingharn Advance-Times. FOUNIattle OF GODERICH FIfIIVi OIESSUOCENLY Goderich — Ralph Fisher Ilotton, founder of Dearborn Steel Tubing Manufacturing. Company, died quietly at his home at 112 Victoria Street North March 19, Re Was 82, A former executive with Detroit Edison, Mr. Hotton came to Goderich in 1958 at the urging of the late Keith Hopkinson to build an industry which has grown from an initial staff of three to a community backbone employing over 60 people in 1971. Mr. Hotton was chairman. of the board until his death last week. The son of Andrew and Janet Oliver (Comb) Hotton, he was born March 9, 1889 in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. At the age of 21 years he moved to Detroit and from there to Union City, Michigan, in 1938. During his career, he had been employed with Kelvinator as well as Detroit Edison, and during the war years managed an ammunition factory in Battle Creek, Michigan, Mr, Hotton's son, Robert, now of Tuscan, Arizona, is preSident of Dearborn Steel Tubing, He managed the Goderich plant until moving to Tuscan to oversee the company's branch office there. Present manager at Goderich is Gus Chisholm. HYDRO OFFICIAL SPIKES STORY OF AREA GENERATING STATION Zurich — Jack Boitson, public relations manager for the Western Region of Ontario Hydro, was the guest speaker for the dinner meeting of the Zurich Chamber of Commerce at the Dominion Hotel last Thursday night, In his address, Mr. Boitson termed as "pure speculation" any reports that Ontario Hydro might be building a nuclear generating station in this area. "There has been some speculation in this part of the province, that Ontario Hydro is looking at potential sites for a generating station," he said. "That's about all it amounts to at the moment — speculation. However, that speculation does rest on some facts." The speaker -went on to explain that Ontario Hydro is facing the task of acquiring a number of large sites over the next few years where new plants may be constructed. "Between 1975 and 1985, several thermal electric giants Will no doubt be armour-wed, and will need to be built, if we are to cope with an electrical load that is doubling about every decade," he added. • Mr, toittori also said that Ontario Hydro has begun a program of .site investigation an along the shores of the Great takes, "Certainly, Lake Huron is one body of water that must be assessed carefully," be said, "But we are also looking at the Georgian Bay shoreline, and along Lake Oinario. An important step we take is to option the site we're interested in." Mr. lloitsori also pointed out that even after a location is chosen, it may be a few years before any construction work is begun. "As you can see the dates of any planned activity on the shores of Lake flume, assuming they materialize, would now be well into the 1970's and possibly beyond that to the 1980's," he added. The public relations man explained some factors to be considered in selecting a site, which include; "Pot our futute plants, we require about 1,000 acres of land, which must be relatively flat and uninhabited, and in an area in which zoning permits the building of a station. It is also good busiriess to locate a generating station as close to the tustoinete as possible. Also, thermal plants of 2,000,000 kilowatts require 600,000 gallons of water a minute to keep cool while a nuclear installation requires even more. The supply must be kept reasonably free from ice, weeds and algae, which can clog intake screens and shut down a generator within minutes," he said. "One by one Hydro's system planners and design engineers eliminate the less feasible sites," Mr, Boitson explained. "Once the search has narrowed down to, say, three possibilities, each site is allotted points on the basis of these and other factors. As you can see, it is a long, and difficult matter to choose a site for a generating station," Coming back to your own concerns in this community, I wish to repeat that any speculation is simply that — speculation," Mr. Boitson concluded. Ontario Hydro is looking at the shorelines of the Great Lakes system, but Ontario Hydra has not taken any steps beyond just looking, and there are no immediate plans for announcing a new generating station," —Citizens News BANK EROSION TO BE STUDIED BY AUTHORITY Goderich — Erosion along the lakefront within the town of Goderich is a problem for Goderich Town Council and word has been received from the Department of Energy and Resources Management that some advice on correcting the situation may be forthcoming soon. Hon. George A. Kerr Q.C., Minister of Energy and Resources Management for the province, told council in a letter that an engineer from the Conservation Authorities Branch of his department will visit Goderich to assess the problem. In his letter, the Minister stated that problems of erosion control on inland waterways are usually quite effectively handled through local conservation authorities. ambling with Lucy BY LUCY It WOODS "Oh I'm alright! When this got darned winter gets over I'll be alright,," This reply to a solicitous enquiry for her health as she walked a few steps down a corridor in Clinton Hospital, literally hanging onto the wall, epitomizes the feelings of a good many citizens in the so-called snow belt area. The speaker had been hospitalized suffering from concussion and shock following a motor car crash when visibility was poor. She is one of those courageous persons who drives a rural mail route in all kinds of -weather and road conditions. But when is the winter going to be over? On March 6, a lady reports that several flocks of robins, crows, and a large flock of snow buntings were sighted south-east of Exeter. After awhile they disappeared and hadn't been seen since. "Where did they go?" the lady wondered. "Probably into some swamp or sheltered wooded valley," Lucy replied Pot next day there was a very bad storm. A friend at Varna also saw a flock of about a hundred snow buntings about this time. It's a sure sigh of more snow to come when they appear in numbers. Mrs, Mabel Wallace, Tecumseh, Michigan, wrote on March 10, "Spring 11 days away and such a blinding snowstorm we are having, This has been a very cold stormy winter". A friend wrote me, `Staring is just around the corner.' Let's hope it Isn't a very long way to the corner. My tulips were up out of the ground about two inches and what a thrill to see new growth! However, they are all covered with snow and will have a little longer sleep. "We have had a lot of birds at the feeder this winter, also have a large red squirrel that can empty it just as you fill it. Our neighbour said he would make a dandy meal. He ie so fat, and a beautiful creature even if he is a pest. 'We have had sparrows, tit mouse, chickadee, cardinals, blue jays, starlings, doves, juncos, sapsuckers, nuthatch and towhees not a bad assortment for a city home. "I came across this little Item, Thought it sort of fits the conditions a couple of weeks ago when we had no power, were cold and had no tights, etc. Modern things may be fine and we enjoy them, but still some of the older' things are very good too," Out living room has two frepitc" eNs."ltIfy"gAo'tod wife terms them, "Twin disgraces — nionostrosities of stone and wood; looking as no true fireplace should, Always half filled with ancient ash, a favourite place for bunting trash," Then when we got a ttew oil burner, a sleek mid almost silent chanter, my wife said, "Now I Mink we should brick those fireplaces up — for good," Cried I, "Desist! My father's father, to build them took no little bother. Those two fireplaces once, dear spouse — believe me — heated all this house!" My helpmate made this tart reply, "It must have been in mid-fttly," But then, one bitter winter day, a roaring blizzard Caine our wan The power failed. Our burner stopped. The tempeetztre just dropped and dropped! My good wife pleaded, mid a sneeze, "Will you all.11-h-cho-o-o! bring logs in 'please! I did and soon, despite the steno, those two fireplaces had us wattrt Lucy thought of the above Clipping when she met a lady recently who told her that they had been without hydro for 21 hours in the storm which knocked several lines out hi Huron County this past Winter. She had seen In the Clinton News-getout how efficiently hayfield citizens had organized to see that all had food and heat. fit made Lucy very proud of the way the younger folk took charge in Bayfield.) Lucy told the lady of the above clipping and she said, "We had a stove but no fuel in the house arid neither my husband nor I were able to go out in the stelae and get it. The temperature in the house got down below 80 'degrees F. and in that time we had no meals," Those who wished for a good old-fashioned winter got it in 197041, And next year those who have old-fashioned stoves will, 'no doubt, put in a supply of fuel — just in ease. "Once bitten, twice thy!" iniature rose to 14 inches high The Maple Leaf in four seasons Twenty-six million stamps depicting the maple in spring will be issued April 14. This is the first issue of the series "Maple Leaf in Four Seasons". Designed by Miss Alma Duncan of Galetta, Ontario, the six cent stamp shows two of the maple's winged seeds poised among sprouting blades of grass. The stamp measures 24 mm by 40 mm The maple leaf has long been associated with Canada, Historical references to its regard as an emblem of this country date as far back as the seventeenth century. For this issue, the Canada Post Office is offering an Official First Day Cover in a limited edition of 50,000 copies. SPRING IS HERE! Out come the bicycles, the skipping ropes, the balls. Drivers are advised to be on the alert for carefree children playing or running out on the roads.,..,for wobbly youngsters trying out their bikes. And the Ontario Department of Transport has this reminder for parents too: make sure that your Around the County children play games in a safe place away from traffic..,..that they know and obey the traffic safety rules on foot or on their bicycles that the bicycles they ride are in safe mechanical condition. small groups of three plants six inches apart in small pockets in a sunny location near the base of the rockery; there the plants will not be troubled by dry conditions at the roots. Before planting, prepare the pockets with a mixture of soil, sand and peat and add a tablespoon of a complete fertilizer for each cubic foot of soil. These diminutive roses also make excellent house plants if grown under fluorescent lights during the winter. Bring them inside after a few frosts, about early December, and plant them in a mixture of equal parts loam, leaf mold, and sand. A five or six-inch bulb pan is large enough for the small roots. These plants, however, will become leggy after they have flowered for several weeks under lights. Then you should shear the plants back hard to within three inches of the soil. They will respond by quickly forming compact new growth and a profusion of buds. In spring prune back these roses once more and plant them outside or plunge the potted plants in the soil and keep them well watered. Miniature roses are available from many commercial nurseries and garden centers. Here are a few of the best kinds tested in the Plant Research Institute's test gardens over the past five years. Baby Gold Star has double flowers of golden yellow and grows well under fluorescent lights. Baby Masquerade is an absolute miniature of the well known Masquerade floribunda, complete with yellow and red flowers; Cinderella is an older double white that grows outside and in pots, its flowers, touched with pink have up to 60 petals and its branches are almost thornless, Lilac Time matures when less than 10 inches high and produces buds that open lilac-pink and change to pure lilac, Red Imp and Red Elf are similar, both , with rich double-red flowers three quarters of an inch across, borne on very vigorous plants, Starina has the most perfect hybrid-tea-type blooms in miniature; they are orange red in color and are produced on nice bushy 15-inch high plants, This