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Clinton News-Record
Tbu.rs day, SeP f ember 16 , 1971
OBA final set for Clinton
park this weekend
The Bayfield annual Fall Fair was held on Saturday in its 115th addition to leading the parade
year and officially opened at 2;00 p.m. with a parade staged selections during the official opening
through the village. Leading the opening event was the ..,och grounds es staff photo.
Citiiens sand tinder the direction of 'aeries Kalbfloiselt. In
the band played a number of
ceremonies at the fair
Eight to thirteen
eoffee house club
This Monday a special boys and girls' club
is to be organized at the "One For All"
coffee house for all young people between
the ages of eight and 13. The opening
eveningo! events is set to get underway,at
Organizers plan to operate this club every
Monday evening during the shoot year
between the hours of 7:00 and 9;00
offering an evening of games, quizes, and
other activities at the coffee house facilities
for this age group.
Anyone who might have games such as checkers and so on around their home not
being used is urged to contact the coffee
house if they would .be willing to donate
them to the facilities for use by the young
people there,
On Saturday, September 25, a special
event at the coffee house will present the
Tabernacle Trio in concert,
The facilities will be open from now on
each Wednesday and Saturday for everyone
14 years of age and up.
A split over the weekend with Hagersville wild pitch.' Hagersvillp's Cassidy gave up one T
offered a emoking area and that the habit is
already condoned by the parents of these
students 'despite injury to health.
Many board members rested back in their
chairs, puffing away on cigarettes and cigars,
to discuss the matter.
"it would keep them off the street and
from bothering people," said Jim Taylor,
Hensall.
"This Smoking area would only be in use
a few nice days in the fall and in the spring,
said John Henderson, McKillop. "Next thing
they'd want to smoke in the school, in the
* cafeteria."
Chairman Bob Elliott, Goderich
Township, referred to the fact that this has
been a problem for the previous board at the
school and said that a sidewalk on the
• school's side of the street was supposed to
have corrected the problem of students
crossing the street and smoking and eating
adjacent'to private property there,
"If there has to be 'a smoking area, let
there be no furniture outside 'for them,"
reasoned Elliott.
Reeve Harold Lobb noted that the There were congratulations all around on Saturday evening when the Clinton Lodge No. 83,
situation was "just ridiculous" and that the Huronic Rebekah Lodge No, 306 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows held a dinner in
situation was, no doubt, proving to be rather honour of Benson Sutter, centre, who was recently elected and installed as the Grand Patriarch of
discouraging for the local police officers if the Grand Encampment of Ontario of the 1.0.0.F. at Toronto. Extending best wishes to Mr.
their charges were thrown out of court every Sutter are Grand Marshal Howard Robbins of RR 1 Dorchester, left, and Harry Weymouth of
time. Clinton who acted as chairman of the special event. — staff photo.
• direct students to these areas." ospita auxiliary Homuth told the board in the letter that
students will smoke whether or not 4-1'dy are
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Even though the Huron County Health
Unit and the staff at Huron County
secondary schools are making continued
efforts to discourage young people from
taking up the smoking habit, there still
seems to be a considerable number of young
people who prefer the "weed" to other
forms of diversion.
This fact was made abundantly clear at
the recent meeting of the Huron County
Board of Education when a request from the
Central Huron Secondary School principal,
R. 3. Homuth, was heard. Mr. Homuth was
asking for the establishment of a "grassed
area for a lunch area, and the gravelled area
for a smoking area" to the west of the
school on board-owned property.
The principal requested that picnic tables
and benches be placed in both areas; that
garbage containers be chained to trees
throughout these areas; and that a student
organization be set up to provide daily
maintenance of those areas.
The letter from Homuth reviewed the
situation which has existed at Clinton for
years. Students congregate on the sidewalks
in front of the school to smoke and to
lunch. They then toss their cigarette butts
and their refuse on the private properties
which surround the school. In the past, this
situation has caused considerable grief for
Clinton ratepayers, Clinton Town Police, the
principal at CHSS and the school board.
"No 'doubt the board is aware of the
perennial problem that now exists between
residents in the immediate area of our school
and our students," wrote Homuth. "I feel
that these residents have every right to be
concerned over students congregating in
front of their houses, eating, smoking and
scattering cigarette butts and garbage on the
street in front of their homes and on their
lawns,"
• "With an outdoor eating and smoking
area," continued Homuth, "students at
CHSS will have an opportunity to
demonstrate that they too are concerned
about our public relations, and with such an
area under my jurisdiction I am reasonably
certain that the problem outlined above will
be eased considerably. I shall then be able to
ivestock dies
n Saturday fire
The Clinton Fire Brigade battled a fire on
.aturday night op the farm of Ralph Muller
t R. R. 4, Clinton, that deatroyed'barn
nd eight heifers, housed there,
In addition to the building end the
ivestock lost, the summer's crop of 6,000
ales of hay and 2,000 bales of straw were
lac, lost. A milk cooler was destroyed in the
laze as well.
Two cows were rescued from the barn by
r. Muller when he discovered the fire at
bout 9:20 p,m: but the flames had
ogressed too far to allow him to rescue the
maining stock. The fire, said to be of
nknown origin, is under investigation by
he Ontario Fire Marshal's Office.
The Muller farm is in Mullett Township
nd is located about four miles to the
ortheast of Clinton. There -were no injuries
involved in the incident.
ouncil unhappy
ith court rulings
Speeders, noisy cars and squealing tires
•roved to be a popular topic of discussion
gain at town council meeting on Monday
vening, in as much as the town fathers
don't feel the courts are enforcing the law to
their satisfaction.
Many councillors say they have been
receiving countless complaints for some time
about traffic noise and council has asked the
police force previously to crack down on the
tire squealers in particular. This week' the
councillors again reported that complaints
were still coming in and that apparently the
police were unable to enforce the laws.
In a discussion with town police Sgt. Roy
Oesch, council found that the police had
indeed been laying charges against the tire
squealers but that when the cases came up in
court the judge was dismissing the charges.
"The last two nights have been just wild,"
Reeve Lobb noted, "the situation is getting
worse instead of better and something has
just got to be done."
The main question that council would
like answered is why the courts are making it
ao hard for the police officers to make their
charges stick.
A meeting is to be arranged in the near
future at which members of the local council
will meet with members of the Tuckersmith
Township Council and the Sauble
Conservation Authority to discuss a clean up
program of the Bayfield River area between
Highway No. 4 south and Highway No. 3
east of Clinton.
It was reported to the meeting that
representatives of the Clinton council had
already met with the Tuckersmith council
and, that body had agreed in principle to the
roject but informed Clinton that they had
no funds available at this time to finance a
lean up project. The situation is to be
further discussed at the upcoming meeting
f the three parties.
A letter was also read at council
welcoming Clinton as a member of the
Ausable Conservation Authority and council
passed a motion appointing Harold Lobb as
the council's representative on the authority.
In other business handled at Monday
vening's meeting, five by-laws were
mmended changing a number of streets and
top signs to yield or through streets in
greement with a report submitted at the
aSt council meeting by town police chief L.
Westlake.
In a short ceremony during Monday's
eeting, Mayor Don Simons presented
Tinton town foreman Dave Ball with his
ertificate of graduation from a three-year
ourse offered by the Ontario Good Roads
ociation at the University of Guelph.
It was reported that town council is
resently involved in negotiations with the
ational Department of Defence with regard
o Providing fire protection on the now
efunet Canadian Forces Base Clinton. 'Final
raft of the agreement was expected bank
orn the Department of Defence in time for
onday's meeting but had not arrived,
It was also announced at the meeting that
own clerk John Livermore will be retiring as
March 80, 1972. Council agreed to
onsider in the near future the appointment
f a new clerk. The town fathers also plan to
iscusS whether a Clerk and -deputy-clerk are
necessary in Clinton or if a clerk and
tenographer could do the same job.
I
hold penny - sale
The 'Women's Auxiliary to the -Clinton
Public Hospital -Will be holding its annual
penny sale from September 23 to October 2
this year and in addition the group
announced this week they would be seeking
the support of the communities business
tnerribers and professional people for this
project.
The sale is one of the Auxiliary's major
fund raising projects and all profits realized
re spent On new equipment for the hospital
patient comforts.
Membere of the auxiliary will be acting as
arreassers and will be calling on business
pie seeking cash or merchandlie
onatio`bs towards the project in the near
uture and the group asks for public support.
All donations will be publicly displayed
acknowledged throughout the 16-day
clod of the sale;
has set up a big final game in Clinton this fiveand
Saturday at 2:00 p.m. After thumping the for his shutout
erformance.
Jolts were stopped cold in Hagersville by a BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
vieked throwing left bander. George Ives of Blyth and Pat Mason of
Laurie Colquhoun's two run homer in the meeting of the Huron County Board of irst inning opened the doors to an onslaught Education to ask for the board's
ingles scored four runs. Coiquhoun along for five deaf children in Huron County to rith his homer, had a single and scored two the school for the deaf in Milton. uns. Big Hans Leppington continued to "The students," they said, "were located ammer the ball with three singles and a in the central area of the' County with one ouble and scored three times, each in Goderich, Londesboro; Blyth,
Catcher Butch Fleet scored in the eighth Clinton and Seaforth."
nd on a double which scored two runs. Doc The men appeared at the first of the
Miler and Don Baitliff hit two singles each. meeting but were only invited to state their
!Attie Joe scored a run in the seventh which business. Board chairman Robert Elliott said
name in a single and three throwing errors on he could not permit any discussion on the
he same play. matter since the men had not announced
Clinton's pitching combination of Brad themselves as a delegation in advance of the
Dutot and Cam MacDonald gave up nine hits meeting,
and allowed no walks. "We didn't know the procedure," said
In the Pee Wee division of the All Ontario
Finals the Pee Wees ran up against their
toughest opposition of the year in their first
game of the finals against Dresden, who
bunched their hits together in the third and
fifth innings for a 6-2 victory over the local
boys.
Terry Gordner had retired Dresden in the
first two innings without any trouble then in
the third with one out the Dresden pitcher
hit that team's first single and the next
batter beat out a slow chopper down the
third base line and a walk loaded the bases.
Two more singles scored the three runner to
give Dresden a 3-0 lead.
Unfortunately for Clinton, their hits
came with two out each time and a total of
nine batters were left on base.
In the fifth, Dresden pushed two runs in
on a home run which left fielder Don
Peterson had to go up onto a porch in a
home across the street from the Diamond to
retrieve the ball. Mark Nicholsan relieved
Gordner in the sixth and he gave up one hit
which eventually led to one more Dresden
run,
Two walks and a nice bunt by Dave
Counter and a fielding error set up runs by
Robert Harkes and Doug Riehl to put
Clinton on the board in the seventh.
With some back to back hitting and
continuing good fielding, the local Pee Wees
who won the flies for the third game can
come back this Saturday and win at home. A
good crowd is hoped for to give the kids a
big support with game time set for 4:30 p.m.
Admission will be 50 cents a person for
the Pee Wee game to help cover the cost of
hiring the bus for the Rockcliffe trip.
In the Ponies — Rockcliffe match the
score ended up 13-5 in favour of Clinton
but the Rockcliffe team kept the Ponies in
trouble all game.
Clinton committed five errors and along
with four walks and three hit batters there
was a lot of action on the field. In the first
four innings David Counter threw out four
runners trying to steal. Terry Gardner gave
up three hits but two of them in the seventh
helped Rockcliffe to score three runs.
Clinton went ahead early in the game
when Dave Clynick scored his first of four
runs as he lead off the second with a double.
In the third, five walks to Dave Counter,
Paul Priestap, David Clynick, Robert Harkes,
Doug Riehl and a single by Neil Coiquhoun
and the bases loaded double by Terry
Gordner gave Clinton a 7-0 lead. Dave
Clynick, Robert Harkes and Gordner scored
in the fifth and the final three runs came by
Neil Coiquhoun, David Clynick and Robert
Harkes in the sixth inning.
ockey meeting
kicks off season
Although most Clinton residents may not
be thinking of ice and snow just yet, or at
least trying not to think about it, one group
of citizens, the members of the Clinton
Minor Hockey Association, have turned their
attention towards the upcoming winter
season.
At their first meeting of the new season
held on Monday evening, the group
discussed many plans for the upcoming
season, among them a new undertaking for
the organization, the operation of the
Clinton Junior "D" club, which last year was
the responsibility of the Recreation
Committee.
Several boys attended the meeting and
gave the association some of their ideas and
hopes for the upcoming season in
connection with league operation. At the
conclusion of the meeting, president of the
association Jerry Holmes announces that
Bert Clifford had been named manager of
the Junior "n" team and that last year's
coach Bill Weber is expected to return again
this year,
He also announced that boys of Junior
age (16 to 20) who would like the
opportunity to try out for the team should
contact Mr. Clifford at 482.9772.
In other developments at the fleeting it
was announced that this year the complete
Minor Hockey program is to be operated coy
the association with financial backing still
corning from the Kinsmen, Legion, Fish and
Game Club and the Lions Club. A fund
raising program is also to be set up to raise
the necessary money to cover operating
costs.
It was explained that the dance held lest
Saturday evening enjoyed a good turnout
and that another is planned for October 2.
This year's executive members are Jerry
Holmes, president; Robin Thompson,
vice-president; Eugene McAdam, treasurer;
and Len Fawcett, secretary.
The hockey program co-ordinator is Ken
Clynick; Doug Andrews is in charge of
coaches and managers; Bruce Collins is to
look after referees; Bert Clifford oversees
registration; Jack Irwin is the Arena Board
representative; and the social Committee is
made up of Oscar Priestap, Clarence Neilans
and Frank Cook.
When registration is completed, Which is
expected to be during the next two weeks,
all parents Wilt be invited to join the
association.
The ice Is expected to be put In the Arena
In about two weeks as well.
Dr. Alex Addison, Clinton, wondered
why an area would have to be established
and gravelled, He suggested just allotting a
small area for smoking.
Superintendent Frank Madill said that if
the board established a smoking area, it just
might set a county policy. He referred to the
Goderich high school prinicpal, John
Stringer, who doesn't permit smoking on
any sidewalks adjacent to the school.
"If a principal in these trying times can
persuade students not to smoke on school
property, then more power to him," said
Madill.
Madill also noted that the Clinton
cafeteria is not fully so that over-crowding
there is not the reason that a smoking and
eating area outside has been requested,
Goderich's Cayley Hill asked to hear the
director's comments on the subject.
D. J. Cochrane, a former principal at
Clinton, said he understood the problem at
Clinton.
"It is peculiar to this school," said
100 Year No. 37
hit to Mustard in the third and walked Stu
struck out 16
visiting Hagersville club on Saturday for 18 p
Archie Pickett held Hagersville to only
one hit for five full innings and struck out
eight before he gave up four hits in the sixth
with two out.
Hagersville scored two runs and scored
another in the seventh on a double and a
Board of Ed to establish
smoking and lunch area
Cochrane. "We get more complaints about
trespassing than we do about teenagers
smoking."
Vice-chairman John Broadfoot
recognized a "divided camp" within the
board and suggested there may be "some
alternative way to work this out that would
be acceptable to the board".
Alex Corrigan agreed.
"There must be a better way of doing it,"
said Corrigan. "I'm not in favor of some of
the things which were requested in that
letter."
John Henderson felt the board was
"backing off" from the problem and wanted
the board to deny the request made by
Homuth,
However, it was decided that Dr. Addison
and chairman Bob Elliott meet with the
principal of CHSS to discuss alternate
methods to handle the smoking problem at
the school.
The subject was tabled until the next
meeting,
ransportation for
iits and an easy 11-5 victory, the Clinton
Londesboro were on hand at the recent
,f hits. Stu Mustard with a double and two consideration in the matter of transportation
Ives, "so we just took, the bull by the horns
and came in."
However, later in the evening, a letter was
read from D. E. Kennedy, superintendent of
the Ontario School for the Deaf in Milton.
The letter gave particulars about the
Schools Administration Act which now
permits a school board to provide
transportation for a student to and from an
Ontario School for the Deaf.
"It is my understanding," wrote
Kennedy, "that school boards assisting
parents in this way will be able to claim all
or part of the transportation cost as an
approved expenditure and subject to grant,'
The two visitors were then invited to
speak on the subject and the board learned
that the parents of these five students at
Milton from Huron have been transporting
the children home and back to Milton every
two weeks.
It was also learned there are five or six
deaf students in Perth County attending
school at Milton who might be able to be
transported in a joint agreement with the
Perth board.
"We can't take any action because we
haven't all the facts," said Chairman Elliott.
He did promise, though, that the board
administrators would get to work on the
matter and present a recommendation at the
next meeting,
deaf requested