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Believe it or not, it's almost baseball
season again.
The Clinton Colts intermediate team are
already preparing for the coming season by
trying to raise some funds. The club has
planned a stag at the Community Centre
Auditorium this Friday night.
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And while baseball looms on the horizon
a new sports program begins Thursday
(tonight) at the gym of Ontario Street
Church. Basketball will be offered to local
youngsters from 12-14 years of age during
the spring months. Already more than 60
youngsters have enrolled but any who have
not and are interested are welcome to join
by showing up at the gym at 7:30 with
running shoes.
The overwhelming response has made it
hard to locate enough interested coaches
with basketball experience. One or two
coaches are still needed and anyone who
would like to lend a hand can do so by
coming out tonight about 6:45 or by
calling Rev. IL W. Wonfor or Keith
Roulston at the News-Record.
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Another new undertaking in the Clinton
area will be underway again this weekend
in Clinton. The Koffee House above the
Batons Store on Albert Street will be
presenting a special program this Saturday
night when the Brotherhood, a musical
group from London will be in attendance.
Because of the expense of the
entertainment, the club's usual free
admission basis will be altered that night
and a' small admission fee will he Charpd'
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A growing problem in town this spring
has been the practice of youngsters to ride
their bicycles full-tilt down the side walks.
We have heard complaints from several
persons about almost being run down by
the little speeders and sooner or later either
a pedestrian or a rider is going to be badly
hurt.
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The new senior citizens apartments an
James Street are moving along well with
much of the work now done and finishing
touches soon to begin. An advertisement in
this week's " News-Record from Ontario
Housing Corporation calls for applications
from all those interested in living in the
new building.
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If you have been wanting to do
something to help solve the problem of
CFB Clinton we are giving you a chance
this week.
On the editorial page of this 'week's
paper there is a printed letter to Prime
Minister Truckee asking him to do what he
can to help the situation. Clip it out, sign
your name to it and send it to him at the
Parliament Buildings, Ottawa.
If only one or two do this it Will not
have any effect, but it all 2200 readers of
the News-Record sent it to him, Mr.
Trudeakk might get the idea that there
really are people here who care. Such
miracles have been worked before.
Brucefield, Kippen
churches get
new minister
BY VVILMA OKE
The two-point pastoral charge of
13rucefield-Itippen United Churches has
called Rev. Paul Pee-tonere 38, 1032
Colborne street, Brantford, to be the new
minister with duties to begin July 1.
He succeeds Rev. Donald Stuart who it
retiring from the rriiinstess at the end of
June. Mr. Stuart has bee'ri the minister of
these two churches since 1966 When he
retired from the Canadian Forces. Mr. and
Mrs. Stuart are retiring to their home south
of Exeter.
Mr. Packman was born in London,
England, coming to Canada 20 years ago.
He received his B.A. front queen's
University, Kingston and graduated frees
Queen's Theological College. Mr. pationan
Was ordained in 1961 at Bay of Quinte
Conference. He has served as student
supply at White River, North Trenton,
Heine Missions in Toronto, three'summers
with Canadian Armed Forces as chaplain
assistant, in Creetwynd, Saskatchewan, and
in Sterling, Ontario. Since 1968 he has
served his present pastoral charge of
Caineville (a suburb of Brantford).
Mr, Packman and his wife, 'Rosemary,
have art eight-year old son, Phillip Andrew,
and a seven-year-old daughter, Ruth Ann.
RC board
sets mill rates
BY WILMA OKE
The Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board at a special
meeting held in Seaforth Friday night
decided to hold the line on the mill rate in
Stratford.
There will be no increase in the mill rate
which will remain at last year's level of
31.72 mills residential and 35,24 mills
commercial with the total levy for
Stratford amounting to $103,086.
The purpose of maintaining the mill rate
was to pick up the 1969 and 1970
underlevies of $240 and $3862 respectively
in Stratford and thus allow the board to
break even in the 1971 operation within
the municipality.
The board also approved the rates for
the remaining 44 municipalities of which
20 will have a decrease, one will remain the
same and 23 will have an increase over last
year's levy which was the same as the
public school rate. The one which remains
the same as last year is Hay Township,
Jack Lane, Business Administrator,
reported: "The reason for not following
the public school rates this year is that the
Department or Education specifies that all
surpluses from former school boards prior
to county formation be returned to the
municipalities in 1971, and, as a result,
many municipalities will receive refunds
which, will result in a considerable decrease
in public school rates."
Certain municipalities within the public
system have surpluses whereas the
Huron-Perth Board may have had a deficit
in these municipalities on amalgamation -
with the county system, consequehtly axe
unable to remain with the public school
mill rate.
It is anticipated that in some areas where
the public school mill rate has been
lowered this year the mill rate will be
increased next year to meet local
requirements.
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Tuckersmith taxes down this year
BY WILMA OKE
Tuckersmith Township
Council at a special meeting on
Tuesday night, set the 1971 tax
rates,
Rates are slightly lower than
last year. A township resident
with a $3,000 assessment will
pay about $20 less this year.
Rates are as follows, with the
1970 rate in brackets:
Township rates are 18,6 mills
(18.0) for farm and residential;
22 mills (22) for business and
commercial, for a levy of
$57,994.
County rate is 20.4 mills,
unchanged from last year, for a
levy of $69,367.
The school board rates for
Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
are: farm and residential, 22.0
mills (21.6); business and
commercial 24.6 mills (23.6)
for a levy of $9,278.
Rates for Huron County
Board of Education, Primary,
21.0 mills (21.6) business and
commercial, 23.0 mills (23.6)
for a levy of $55,271. For
Secondary 13.0 mills (19,4),
business and commercial, 14.4
mills (21.4) for a levy of
$40,062. Clerk James I.
McIntosh explained the tax
reduction in the secondary
school rate is the result of the
1968 surplus of money turned
over to the County Board by
the former area boards. This
reduction will not occur in
1972.
Donations from adults up
the number of donars. The two clubs had a
mock battle to see which could attract the
most volunteers.
Among the donars were two carloads of
persons from London, relatives of young
Craig Murney, a local child who suffers
from hemophelia and was featured last
week in an article in the News-Record.
Bayfield
taxes down
A special meeting of Bayfield council
was held on April 20, 1971 to strike the
mill rate for the village 1971 taxes.
Following discussion, the following rates
were approved: Consolidated rate for
public school supporters, residential arid
farm, 87 mint; commercial, 93 mills. This
represents a reduction in rate of 12.5 and
13,5 mills from 1970,
Consolidated rate for Separate School
supporters, residential and farm 86 mills,
commercial 92.1. mills, This represents a
reduction in rates of 13.5 and 14.4 mills
from 1910. These reductions represent a
considerable saving in taxes for residents of
the Village of Bayfield.
U tilities convention
planned for Friday
The annual meeting of District 6 of the
Association of Municipal Electrical utilities
will be held in Clinton Friday.
Mere than 80 representatives from 55
utilities in the area are expected to attend
the day-long meeting at the Clinton
Canadian 'Legion Hall to learn the latest
technical information on running utilities
and exchange tipe.
The event will begin with registration at
9 n.m. and after 'a luncheon, will continue
until 4 p.m.
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Communities along the Bayfield River
acne one step closer to having a
onservation area for the river's watershed
ast Thursday.
The twelve municipalities in ' the
atershed voted eight to four' in a chased
eeting in Goderich in favour of joining
he Ausable River Conservation Authority,
It was the first time the necessary
wo-thirds majority of the municipalities
ould be reached to approve joining a
onservation authority. A move by
eaforth last October to have the
atershed annexed to the Maitland Valley
onservation Authority failed to gain the
wb-thirds majority by a single vote.
In that vote Clinton and McKillop
upported the Maitland proposal but in
hursday vote they were supporters of the
usable authority, Bayfield, Zurich, Hay,
ibbert, Stanley and Tuckersmith also
oted in favour of the Ausable, Seaforth,
Bayfield area municipalities
ote for Ausable authority
Goderich township, Huilett arid Leger
voted against the Ausable.
The decision was made by a committee
of representatives from each municipality
that was set up after the earlier deadlock.
With this unofficial decision in favour of'
the Ausable the committee's next step is to
call in officials from the conservation
branch of the department of energy and
resources management to held all official
vote.
Representatives from Clinton had been
instructed by council to vote in favour, of
whichever authority seemed likely to be
approved. Clinton council expressed the
feeling at its last meting that it did not
matter too much which authority
controlled the watershed as long as some
action was taken , soon. Support among
councillors had been heavier in favour of '
the Ausable authority; however.
Brucefield church plaits approved
Dr, Morgan Smith reported that serious
erosion is taking place on his lakefront
property, A request for a study to find the
cause will be made to the Department of
Public Works, The Conservation Authority
could be of some help.
Huron-Perth Presbytery is expected to be
given at a Presbytery meeting in Walton,
next Tuesday.
With this approval, the architects, Kyles,
Kyles and Garrett of Stratford, will tender
for the construction work, which is
expected to be completed by the end of
December.
Since the tire, the congregation has been
holding services in the Kippen United
Church where its Minister also serves in his
two-point charge.
Camping show
draws big
crowd
A course in tourism which is to be
conducted by Conestoga College will take
place some time during May or June.
Replacement of the old lights on the
highway will soon ,be made with modern
fluorescent fixtures.
Gordon Graham, Clerk, repOrted 'that
several building permits had been issued
following approval of the building sites by
the County Board of Health.
Special permission was given to Mr. Ken
Mackie to use the roads during the
half-load period to truck fill to his lot on
Mr. Steven Henrikson, distinguished
soloist with the Canadian Opera Company, is
to play a central part in Wesley-Willis United
Church's 65th Anniversary Services Sunday,
April 25th.
At the 11 a.m. service Me Henrikson will
sing all the baritone Airs in Handers
"Messiah" accompanied by Mr. Lorne
Dotterer, of Goderich, who will also play the
"Overture" and "Pastoral Symphony" from
the great oratorio. Dr. A. J. Mowatt, the
Wesley-Willis Choir, and the congregation
will share in recreating the timeless story of
Jets's, the promised "Messiah".
At 7:30 p.m. the service will feature "The
Ministry of Music". Mr. Henrikson will sing
"I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked,"
"The Holy City", and "Blese This House".
The Kiwanis Festival winning Choir from
Mitchell Secondary School, under the
direction of Mr. Lorne Dotterer, will sing a
number of Anthems, and there will be
special Organ numbers played by Mr.
Dotterer, Following this service there will be
a "Fellowship Hour" with more musk of a
lighter nature by the soloist and School
Choir,
Mr. Henrikson comes from Vernon in the
Okanagan Valley of British Columbia. He
completed his Bachelor of Music in 1967
and later did graduate work in opera at the
University of Southern California (L.A.). He
joined the B. C. Opera Ensemble,
Vancouver, toured British -Columbia in
Hurnperdirick's "Hansel and Uretel", made
numerous appearances with the Vancouver
Opera Association, Vancouver Symphony,
and the C.B.C.
'Upon coming to Toronto, Mr. Henrikson
performed with the University of Toronto
Opera Department and 'the Canadian Opera
Company, with which organization he has
toured many parts of Canada arid the United
States, On May 15, Mr. Henriksen sails for
Europe for an extended concert tour and to
continue his musical studies in Getrhany,
Chiniguy Street, providing the loads did
not exceed seven yards and that a special
route be followed.
Councillor McFadden reviewed work on
roads and drains which will be completed
during the year. A tour of the roads by the
council will be made later in the month.
Councillor Warner reported that the new
traffic signs would be installed within the
next few days. Enforcement will be strict
with special emphasis at the "NO U Turn"
locations.
Donations of blood at the Red Cross
Blood Dollars Clinic held Monday at
Central Huron Secondary School were
nearly as high as last year despite new
restrictions that drastically cut the amount
of blood given by high school students.
With students under 18 years of age not
permitted to give blood this year the
number of pints of blood given by students
dropped to 88 from 143 pints last year.
But increased response from the adults
of the community saved the day for the
organizers of the dinie. One hundred and
twenty-five donars gave blood, up 70 over
the clinic last year, almost making up to
the reduction from the students,
Mrs, Douglas Andrews, local chairman of
the Red Cross Clinic expressed appreciation
to the Kinsman and Huron Fish and Game
conservation clubs for their efforts to boost
Washout puts
railway out
East-west travel on the Canadian
National Railways track through Clinton
was still disrupted Wednesday morning
after a mudslide washed out part of the
railway embankment east of town.
A spokesman for CN at Clinton said that
two bulldozers were working at the scene
of the washout, about a quarter mile west
of the road running from Highway 8 to
CFB Clinton. He said several carloads of
gravel were standing by Waiting to be
dumped into the hole but could not be
used until the bulldozers had done their
work.
The hole, about 20 feet deep and 60
feet long was discovered last 'Thursday.
Earlier attempts to the hole had tailed
when the gravel dumped it had been
Washed away.
Traffic to Clinton and Goderich has
continued to roll during the interruption
using the tortlbsouth line front London to
Clinton and then trafisferieg back to the
east-west line west of Clinton.
Good crowds followed the Camping and
Sports Show this year as it shifted
locations from its old home at CFB Clinton
to its new one at the Clinton Community
Centre.
Nearly a thousand people paid their way
in to see the show on Saturday afternoon
and evening and Sunday afternoon. The
show had been formerly sponsored by the
Trailspinners Club, a camping club at
Adastral Park and had been held at the
base for the last three years, But with the
closure of the base imminent, the show this
year was sponsored by the Clinton branch
of the Royal Canadian Legion, with many
members of the Trailspinners lending, a
hand and their valuable experience.
A large number of manufacturers and
distributors of camping and sporting
equipment were on hand to show their
wares and the arena was filled with camper
trailers, tents, boats and other sporting
gear.
A draw was held for a tent trailer and
the winner was Ivan Boa of Hensall.
Many door prizes were also offered.
Rosalind Higgs, Brucefield; Alvin Alton,
Lucknow; Gar Baker, Seaforth; and Sally
Arnott of Adastral Park were winners of
camping vouchers from Lost Forest Park,
Mike Murray of Goderich won a free
weekend's use of a truck camper from
}lady Ross-Mossley and Bessie Steep of
Clinton won a set of Corning Ware.
Tom Tomes of Centralia and Roy
Connell of Clinton won first aid kits. Doug
Schoenhals of Clinton won an insulated
thermos jug and Mrs. Grenon of Adastral
Park won a spinning reel.
Mrs. Ken Beattie of Walton was the
winner of a $25 voucher from McLean
Trailer Sales at Hensall. Kathleen Grahlman
of Hanover won a week of free camping at
Pine Lake Camp,
Penny Rushton of Goderich won a
lounge chair and Ken Boyce, Varna, an axe
while Robert LeBeau of Brucefield won a
set of picnic table clamps. Ken Willis of
Seaforth won a lounge chair pad and
Charlie Brown of Clinton a sleeping bag.
Mrs. Robert Saundercock and Mrs.
Stephenson of Clinton each won pie irons.
BY WILMA OKE
At a meeting of the members of the
congregation of Brucefield United Church
Sunday afternoon, architects' plans for the
erection of a new church were approved. It
will replace the former building destroyed
by fire last November 20.
The new red brick church, which will
seat 250 persons, is expected to Cost
$118,000. A church hall is included in the
plane.
Final approval for the building by the
BY ERIC EARL
At the regular meeting of Bayfield
council held on April 19 a resolution was
passed confirming that the . village
representative will vote to join the Ausable,
Conservation Authority.
When you're lying on your back with blood being taken out of
your arm it's hardly the best time to meet a pretty girl. But
many of the male students at Central Huron Secondary School
in Clinton took the opportunity as Gard Lavis does here, to
meet some of the pretty volunteer workers at the Red Cross
Blood Donors Clinic' held Monday at the Central Huron
Secondary School. In all, 88 students gave blood, and 125
adults.
Bayfield Council approves decision
Noted baritone guest at Wesley-Willis anniversary