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Clinton News-Record, 1971-07-01, Page 1Thu rsrioy, July 1, 1971 106 YPt1 r • No. 26 Weather 1971 1970 HI 1.0 HI 1.0 June 22 '77 51 75 44 23 82. 50 80 49 24 77 52 79 56 25 76 57 67 40 26 78 53 68 50 27 92 56 71 48 Clinton, On in rio 15 VC Cif County winds up business for summer Kenneth Bolton, M.P.P. for Middlesex South, congratulates Paul Carroll of Goderich, after he was chosen last Wednesday night as the New Democratic Party candidate in the Huron riding for the next provincial election. Bolton, who was guest speaker at the nomination meeting, is the newest NDP member of Parliament. The 27-year-old Carroll is reeve of the town of Goderich. Carroll to represent NDP in next Huron election County refuses • Miraculously, no one was hurt last Friday afternoon when this large piece of construction machinery went out of control and rolled down the steep embankment of the Bayfield River at the 00 .14 south end of Clinton on Highway No. 4. Efforts to right the machine, however, tied up traffic on the bridge for a lengthy period of time. (pteito by C. T. Rudd) Paul Carroll, 27-year-old reeve of 5loderich was nominated Wednesday night as the New Democratic Party candidate in the tiding of Huron in the next provincial ,lection. The nomination meeting, held in the Jentral Huron Secondary School in Clinton ittracted between 60 and 70 persons who ;aw Mr. Carroll defeat Ed Bain, also of 3oderich. Also nominated was Herb Clopp )f Zurich but he withdrew his name from lomination. Mr. Carroll told the meeting after his iomination that he felt he had just lost ibout five pounds while waiting for the esults. He went on to say he felt there would be lye major issues in the campaign in Huron. 'le listed taxation as the first issue, saying ,he provincial government had perpetuated a 'egressive tax system and cited the burden of 'ducational taxes on the property owner, He laimed attempts to lighten the burden, such is last year's rebates to farmers, were ratifiers and were not solving problems, nerely creating new ones. Carroll also attacked government policies n dealing with municipalities. In the last few 'ears, he said, "we have seen the outright Tosion of municipal powers." He claimed he municipalities were now simply an ;xtension of Toronto and although they new their own problems, did not have the ower to make their own decisions. He said heegakeover of assessment by the province as one more example of centralization by he provincial government. Carroll predicted another issue would be cial benefits, "It is strange to me," he said, that the wealthiest province has'the highest [ premiums in the country on health insurance." tie also attacked the government's plans for economic development of the region, Design for Development, phase one, dealing with the Midwestern Ontario region ::omposed of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Si Columit Police Chief Lloyd Westlake reports that the little black box (radar) was operating last Saturday and 10 Motorists got stung for exceeding the speed limit. From our observations of late, that number wouldn't even make up one per cent of those who would be caught if the radar could be in operation around the clock. a a * ,A meeting of the Huron County federation of Agriculture will be held riday night in the East Wawanosh Public cliool at Belgrave. Gordon Hill, president of he Ontario Federation of Agriculture will e guest speaker and will deal with the upport given to the Huron County Board of "ducation by the Huron Federation during he dispute between the board and the achers, He will also speak on how the /Aerie Federation will handle the Huron ederation's resolution on welfare aymenta. * * All crops have made excellent progress in he last weeks under spotty dry conditions s showers were scattered across the county ccordieg to M.P. Miller, assistant gritultural representative for Huron minty. Wheat 'is well headed but is shorter than verage due to the dry spring, Early spring ,rains ate heading out and look good while ater crops are growing rapidly but remain lain due to dry soil conditions after seeding. Corn crops have made excellent growth using the warm nights and spraying potations are about complete. Cultivation f corn continues, Bean crops have good stands and size and irst cultivations are just beginning. ccasional atrazlne damage is reported, this iltely due to dry conditions after seeding, which tends to cause greater damage than when moisture is abundant, flaying is about completed in the south with alfalfa weevil causing some damage.. Hay crops are about one half harvested in North Huron. Welling ton counties contains the government's analysis of the problems of the region but Carroll said the study was another example of city decision of what we need. He said the continuing outmigration of families to cities shows that regional development must become more than just a word, but must become action. Carroll said present provincial agricultural policies are reducing the fanner to the role of hired man for the feed and packing companies. He claimed the government's marketing boards are puppets. If the NDP is to win an election in Huron, he told his audience, all party supporters must get out and talk to people, to make sure the NDP policy is understood. Mr. Bain, in his nomination speech waved a copy of the party platform in the air and said "Many people are looking today for the answer; well here it is." He said there was no doubt that the NDP had the best party and the best policy. Bain said he was frightened at reports that Canadian banks were loaning money to American companies to buy up Canada. It's got to be stopped, he said, and the only people to stop it would be the NDP, He quoted Walter Gordon, former Liberal finance minister, who said that 90 per cent of the money used to buy Canadian businesses came from within Canada. He warned that once American big business controlled the economy, the country would be run according to business principles of maximizing profits. The answer, he said, was to nationalize American-owned businesses. Bolton predicts NDP win in next election The upcoming provincial election will be fought on a "free enterprise against socialism" campaign according to Kenneth Bolton, MPP for Middlesex South, guest speaker Wednesday night at the New Democratic Party nomination meeting for Huron riding. Mr. Bolton, the NDP candidate whose election in the September, 1969 by-election broke a 60-year strangle hold on the riding by Conservative party, claimed the election expected this fall will clearly be a race between the Conservatives and the New Democrats,. He said the Liberal party might be the official opposition in the present legislature, but all observers at Queen's Park agree, the NW is the effective opposition. He said the Liberals had no united policy on issues, With its main battle against the NDP, Bolton predicted the Davis government would fight on an anti-socialist platform, lie said he hoped the Conservatives wouldn't stoop to "the rotten smear tactics" of W. A. C. Bennett, premier of British Columbia, Bolton said the NDP would fight on the basis of Provincial responsibility for unemployment, housing and care of the aged. He said he resented the buck-passing tactics of the government, blaming the federal government for all our problems, He 'said the ND? would get at least 80 per tent of the money needed for educational needs from provincial sources, easing the burden on the property owner. Asked his opinion on education in an interview before the meeting, Bolton said he felt administrators in the educational system were being paid too much, and buildings Were unnecessarily extravagant. He said he believed in giving every necessary dollar to education but that money should not be wasted. Bolton attacked the government's quota system in agriculture. He said the milk quota system was putting many small cheese factories, often owned by no-operatives, out of business because they could not get enough milk to keep up production, At the same time, he claimed, the government was giving forgivable loans to companies like Kraft, so they could expand their production, He predicted the ND? would win the election and said it would increase its present 21 seats to 50 or 60 seats. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Winding up business for the summer was the order of the day at last Friday's session of Huron County Council in Goderich, Reports from various committees and county officers were heard and approved by council and members were treated to two picture presentations including slides depicting the work of the Huron County Health Unit and a film entitled — Wherever There Are Children and shown by Bruce Heath, director of the Huron County Children's Aid Society. This latter film, Heath noted, is available for showing to any group in Huron County who expresses an interest and may be had by making arrangements through the CAS office in Goderich. In a brief report to council, Heath explained that for the first time in years, there is a lack of children eligible for adoption. He said at the present time there are 32 couples waiting to adopt a baby with only one child available at this moment. He did stress that this trend has its good side in that all children in care up to the age of four years have been adopted and that more and more children of multi-racial backgrounds are being placed in homes. A library report showed that the following new librarians have been appointed: Mrs. Isabelle Shortreed at Walton; J. W. Elgin Porter at Varna; Mrs, Mel Becker at Cranbrook; and Mrs. Mary Ann Martin at St. Helen's. Council learned through the executive committee report that advertisements for a county welfare director and two field workers will be placed in the proper newspapers with the duties of this new personnel to begin on or before November 1, 1971. It was noted the welfare director would be located in Goderich while the field workers would probably be located Teacher dispute could be near end A settlement in the dispute between the Huron 'County Board a Education and the Ontario Secondary School 'teacher's Federation may be ;x reality by Wednesday Morning. The beard made a new offer to the OSSTF on Monday evening arid the OSSTP agreed to bring the offer before a mass meeting of Huron County teachers on Tuesday everting. throughout the county, other than in Goderich. The property committee reported that the fuel oil tender of H, O. Jerry Ltd., Goderich, has been accepted for supplying oil to the court house. The bid was the lowest of five at 16.40 cents per gallon. Materials for the new museum workshop will be supplied by Ball-Macauley Limited in the amount of $4079.61. This bid was stand accepted over nine others. Total expenditure at the museum for this building project is estimated at about $9,000 with the museum staff to do a great deal of the work. A Goderich painter, W. E, Pedersen submitted the lowest of three bids for painting at the Children's Aid Society offices and the county jail. His price was $1230, the other two being $1465 and $1650. The caretaking staff will be supplied with new outfits supplied by Pickett and Campbell Ltd, at a cost of $321.85. A report from the tax review committee showed that one meeting has already been held with a further meeting scheduled when the clerk-treasurer had prepared certain figures from the county for the committee to work with. It was also reported that three public meetings have been set up throughout the county to give the ratepayers an opportunity to study and make recommendations concerning the county plan, These meetings are in Exeter, Tuesday, July 20 in the town hall at 8:30 p.m.; in. Clinton Thursday, July 22 in the town hail at 8:30 p.m.; and hr Wingham Monday, July 26 in the town hall at 8:30 p.m. The Land Division Committee has been appoihted. It consists of Cal Kreuter, chairman; Ian McAllister, Ralph Jewell, Roy Westcott and Clayton Laithwalte with John G. Berry as secretary, It was reported that six or seven possible land fill sites for garbage dumping on a co-operative basis would be designated throughout the county, thus giving concerned municipalities the option to discuss whether or not these sites would be feasible and whether or not they Would be interested in amalgamating this service to reduce overhead expenses. Beck inducted at Hensail BY MAUDE HEDDEN An Induction Service was held by the United Church's Huron-Perth Presbytery at Hensall United Church last night (Tuesday) at 8 p.m. for the Rev. Donald R. Beck, to officially mark the beginning of his duties as Minister of the Heesall-Chiselhurst Pastoral Charge. Rev, Beck was Inducted by Rev, Bruce Guy of Dashwood, who also conducted the service. The sermon, addressed to both incoming Minister and congregation, was preached by Rev. Robert Raymorit of North Street United Chitral, 'Goderich, Married with five children, Rev. Beck leaves St. Andrew's UMW Church, Bayfield, where he has served for the past five years. In Ilehsall, he succeeds Rev. Harold Currie, who moves'o Sebringville. While In 13ayfield, Rev. Beck served on the Village Council, He is Treasurer of the London Conference of the United Chutch and President of the Huron District of the Boy Scouts of Canada. A social hour followed in the Fellowship Hall. Huron to complain about Maitland pollution BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER, Huron County Council will issue a "very strong complaint" to the proper Ontario government departments following a report in council Friday by Reeve Bill Elston, Morris, and Reeve Charles Thomas, Grey, concerning the pollution in the Maitland River caused by waste products which have been dumped by the Campbelrs Soup Company Ltd., at Listowel. Elston and Thomas told council of the river's deplorable state and questioned the county's acting medical officer of health, Dr. Frank Mills concerning the degree of pollution. Dr. Mills said that samplings of water have been taken from the stream and that while the bacteria count is high, there is no evidence to support the theory that the water is a health hazard. "The water in Lake Huron in some spots approval has a higher bacteria count than the water in some areas of the Maitland River," Said Dr. Mills, f t The nt r lo Water Resources Commission gave its approval for a lagoon at the Campbell's plant to be dumped lett) the Maitland this past spring. Dr. Mills felt the OWRC was depending on heavy spring rains to flush out the river but unfortunately, these rains just did not materialize. Samplings taken of the water by the OWRC have been shown safe, it was -reported, "Even if it is safe, it isn't nice to drink or even to look at," protested Thomas. "The stream capacity of the Maitland is small in the summer. They are redesigning the lagoon to take More waste but there is no way they can redesign the Maitland to take the effluent," Thomas concluded that While Huron County is spending large amounts of money to plan its progress sensibly and safely, municipalities outside the area have "a drastic effect on our planning". It was agreed that Perth County Council should be made aware of Huron's strong objections to the misuse of the Maitland. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Members of Huron County Council greeted with mixed feelings the announcement at Friday's session in o axe, ion "I believe the Federation of Agriculture would like to see the education tax taken off property and put onto income tax," stated Alex McGregor, chairman of the Huron County Development Committee Friday at the June session of county council, "That's what they mean by equalization of education taxes." McGregor was speaking to a recommendation of his committee to comply with the Huron of A's request for support in their bid to equalize education taxation. Some members of council had questioned the methods by which the Federation had hoped to achieve equalization. Committee Chairman McGregor said it was his understanding that if education was supported by income taxes, it would mean about a 31/2 percent surchange on income tax in the province of Ontario Everett MeIlwaie, Goderich Township, challenged that estimate and said it was his understanding the additional cost to income tax could run as high as 25 percent. This view Was supported by some other members of council. Reeve Derry Boyle, Exeter, warned council that once the Ontario government would take over the full payments for education, the people in the municipalities would have nothing to say about education in their own areas. However, council did approve the Federation's request for support in the matter of education tax equalization, In other business, it Was learned that the office of the county development officer, Spence Cummings would be located in the court house in conjunction with the Planning Department, No additional secretarial staff will be required, it was noted, since this work will be carried out by one of the staff members in the Clerk-Treasurer's office, Goderich that a planning technician will be hired by the Huron County Planning board with duties to commence as soon as possible. Gary Davidson, planning director for the county, told council the new employee would do the drafting which must be done in connection with county and municipal planning. "This is a time-consuming job," stated Davidson. "I could do it but we would not be providing proper services to the municipalities in Huron." "We really need a planning technician," explained Reeve Charles Thomas, Grey Township and chairman of the planning board, "not so much from a toutity point of view but from the municipal Ora of view." The salary of a planning technician would be in the range of $6,500 to $7,500 annually and qualified applicants are available from Mohawk College, Davidson explained. Davidson also told council that local councils may collect a cash fee up to five percent of the value of any lot or subdivision prior to development under the Planning Act. The money realized from this department, Davidson pointed out, was to be used for recreational purposes in the area, A suggestion was made by the committee that this cash be pet into a county fund which in turn would be used to purchase properties for park purposes on a county basis, Anson McKinley, deputy-reeve of Stanley, said he felt the control of this money should be left entirely in the hands of the local municipalities who could pool the money in the county lurid, with a neighboring township or keep it for recreational facilities in their own areas, just as they saw fit. Gerry Ginn, deputy-reeve of Godmich Township, thought that the five percent fee could be split between the local municipality and the county to give both councils an opportunity to develop recreational facilities in the county, No decision was reached on the matter and it is expected the planning board will review the Situatiori further before malting a recommendation to council. It was noted that only two municipalities 13lyth and the township of Ternberry had hot contacted the county concerning their opinion of the county plan. Huron to get planning technician