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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-03-19, Page 1A 21-gun salute to the farmers The business and professional people of the Clinton area give a rousing 21-gun "SALUTE" to the farmeri of this area, Your' industrious habits and knowledge of the soil and livestock, have made our area one of the most profitable communities in Canada. The business and fine professional people of the Clinton area look With pride on their ability to supply your needs and utili ze your diversified products, The Clinton area Teed and seed dealers are always willing and eager to give professional help and assistance in finding the right rations for the best results. The Clinton area farm dealers Will be happy to assist you with any problems that arise. You can consult with them at any time, With confidence that they Will do their best for yeti. Free information and estimates are part of their service, We are proud to know you can shop the Clinion area for ALL your livestock and family needs. We urge you to be here this week for the tremendous "BAZAAP. OF VALUES" from all of these fine firms. Gordon Grigg Ltd,; Clinton Community Credit Union; Clinton Electric Shop; Scruton's Tire Service; Paul's Service; BY, Oil Limited; J. W. Peek Auto Eleetric; Counter Bldg, Supplies; Beattie Furniture:AaMacaulay Ltd,; Conies Red and White; McAdam Hardware; Elm Haven Motor Hotel; Irwin's; Groves and Son T.V.; fl._ Lobb and Sons Ltd,; Harold Wise Ltd.; Ellwood Epps; Clinton P.U.C.; Lorne Brawn Motors Ltd.; Haugh Tire Supply; Holland Shoes; DEL-MAC Vita St Variety; Gingerich's Sales & Service; Lee's; Bail & Mach Home Ptrrnisltingsy Pricegard Limited. No passenger trains Unless the people of Huron County act quickly they are going to be left without a passenger train service. Canadian National Railways and Canadian Pacific Railways have reque'sted permission of the Canadian Transport Commission to cancel passenger train services in the area bounded by Goderich, Owen Sound and Toronto, because they claim the services are losing money. The commission will hold a public hearing into the request in Owen Sound on March 31. Huron MP Bob McKinley intends to be at that meeting on behalf of the people of the county. But he will need some ammunition. If you use, have used, intend to use or want others to use a passenger train service in this area; if you do not want this area of the province cut off from other areas; if you do not want the railways to take large sums of money from this area in freight without providing at least some services in return, if you do not want to be forced to use road traffic during winter storms, write to Mr. McKinley and tell him so. Address your letters to: Robert E. McKinley, (MP Huron), West Block, Parliament Buildings, Ottawa. No stamp will be required. Area municipal councils have already started to move to stop the action intended by the railways. Just for once, get out your pen and paper and back those municipal councils up. Write to complain and write TODAY. Clinton Pee Wees added another trophy to their collection last week with a win in the Mitchell Pee Wee tournament. The champs, seen here are: (front row I. to r.) Jamie Thompson, David Counter, Neil Colquhoun, Greg Butler, Doug Mathews; (second row) goalie, Gord Gilfillan, Mike Gibbings, David Bartliff, Bill Irwin, Gerald Cantelon, Greg Holmes, goalie, Robert Harkes; (back row) Bill Weber (coach), Mike Riley, Steve Cook, Robin MacAdam, David Clynick, Don Peterson, Kalvin Merner, John Graham, Bert Clifford (manager). — staff photo. Clinton Pee Wees win crown in Mitchell Lions tournament Clinton NewspoRecor -5 0 5th YEAR — 12 CLINTON, ONTARIO — THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1970 PRIQE PAR COPY 1 o 11111111IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII111111110111111001111110111100111011111111110111niffilllill1111110111111101111111111111110111111111111111114111111111111111111111111111011lliliolowl11111111110011111111winsumMINIIIIIIIIIIIIIWITIllillIllimillimilill111111111 mulllifiloliWifillimmolamimmiaolooloomumullifirmontillilli0111111111111111 ffillmilloolloolwillollill11111111111 liillollomiiiolmmiiiiiliinililliiiiimniiiipiiimmoimomismin • Storm sewers, Albert St rebuilding approved by town council for 1970 Last week we said that the igh school students would be amassing, for the Red Cross hen actually they were helping he Cancer Society (we think e're right this time). The Red ross drive won't take place ntil May when women from hurch groups will be doing their ood deed. Meanwhile, everyone will have a chance to help the Red Cross by attending the blood donor clinic, April 20 at the high school: Help top last year's effort of 266 pints. * * * Effective immediately, all residents of Clinton are advised that the Canada Post Office has found it necessary to impose an embargo on all Parcel Post mails for delivery in the City of Montreal. It is regrettable that this decision must be made, but because of the slowdown on the part of the employees of G. Lapalme Incorporated, (which company has the transportation contracts for the City Of Montreal) and the heavy backlog of Parcel Post . mails, some 250,000. parcels are on hand awaiting delivery and no other course of action is possible. * * * We found it a little amusing this week to see the number of United, Presbyterian and Anglican church groups in the area that sponsored St. Patrick's Day events. * * * The editor and his wife had the pleasure of taking in "The Best Days of Your Life" by the Pegasus Players at CFB Clinton Sunday night. The play was well reviewed. We did our own review and received another Tuesday afternoon from an outside source. After editorially rapping town council last week after a dull meeting, we thought we owed them a compliment on a well-handled, informative meeting held Tuesday night in the couhcil chambers. Weather 1970 1969 HI LO. HI LO Mar. 10 23 8 27 17 11 26 12 21 8 12 29 5 25 8 13 27 10 30 11 14 26 6 33 5 15 23 10 37 12 10 27 11. 32 14 Snow .5" Snow 8" Corporal "Ray" Maclnnis, of CFB Clinton, was the happy winner of $1000.00 when his ticket was drawn in the Lamp of Learning Draw at CFB Clinton on Sunday evening. Corporal "John" Rankin was just as happy with his $25,00 prize for having sold the winning ticket. Corporal Maclnnis, a Radio Technician and Control Tower Instructor at CFB Clinton since July, 1967, was. not present when the draw was made and Hallett council opens tenders for drain A special meeting of Hullett township council was held March 16 to open tenders on culverts for the Verburg Drain, tenders on warble fly powder and spraying, and to consider applications for warble fly spray inspector as well as any other business which might properly arise. The contract for warbicide powder went to Murray Reid at 48 cents per pound for one pound bags and $5.25 per 15 pound bag, to be delivered to the Township Garage when required.' The spraying was let to James Leishman at 12 cents 'per head each time. The Clerk was instructed to advertise for an Inspector. Mr, Kenneth Dunn of Burns Ross and Associates was present to discuss the tenders for culverts and other items including the survey of streets in Londesboro. The tender of Armco Drainage and Metal Products was accepted for two culverts, 72' and 62', at a combined price of $5,423.00. A by-law was passed setting the interest rate on tax arrears at 1% per month. The former rate was 2/3 per cent per month, The plans for supplying gravel were revised and the road superintendent is to arrange for stock-piling 2,000 yards for later use in road building. There was a lengthy discussion on the proposed mill rate for the year but no difinite figures were arrived at. The Clerk.Treasurer is to have a budget of "necessities" for a special meeting in the near future, making allowance for the anticipated effects "twice-a-year" tax payments will have on our interest costs. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Vice-chairman of the Huron County Board of Education Robert Elliott took public exception at Monday evening's board meeting to a few comments included in the First Column of • the Clinton News-Record two weeks ago. News-Record Editor Keith Roulston, who covered the last regular meeting of the board in the absence of the regular reporter, noted in the column that the meeting was short (just 55 minutes). Elliott indicated the editor left the impression with his readers that the Huron Board was not too active. While Mr. Elliott insisted he was not critical of the editor or his observations, he felt Mr. Roulston was not too familiar with the method by Which the board operates. Mr. Elliott said each board member as well as each regular press reporter, receives a copy of the agenda of the meeting two to three days in advance of the meeting. In these reports, most of the topics to be discussed at the meeting are covered in detail in , mimeographed "Back-up Material" which is intended to be digested prior to the meeting. This saves time at the regular meetings and leaves more time for discussion of certain items. Mr, Elliott also noted that during the period February 23 to March 21, the board or a CFB Clinton to help the Canadian Armed Forces Training Command project to build a childrens' school in Ghana, Africa. During the two month campaign, which included donations, bingo games and the "Lamp of Learning" ticket sales, a total of $1250.00, after expenses, was collected and will be donated to the Ghana School project. Other winners in the Lamp of Learning draw were Sergeant R. H. Taylor, and G. S. Kelly of CFB Clinton; Mr. R. Mathews, of Clinton, Ont; C. Marquardt, Wm. Clark and D. Wilkinson of London, Ontario; Sergeant J. G. Leine, CFB St. Hubert, P.Q.; S. Steip of Kitchener, Ont.; 0. Hadden of Sarnia Ont and D committee of the board will meet 14 nights and eight days. In addition, several members of the board attended regional meetings throughout the province. "This is not exceptionally out of the ordinary," stated Mr. Elliott. He also pointed out that before and after that 55 minute meeting to which the Clinton editor referred, the board spent two and half hours in committee A 24-year old former Clinton man was sentenced to 12 months definite and six months indefinite in reformatory when he was convicted last week in provincial judges court, Goderich on a charge of possession of stolen goods. Robert Glazier of Kitchener who pleaded guilty had, the court was told, a lengthy record. Police seized a portable television set at the home of his parents in Clinton Jan. 30. The set was identified as one stolen Jan. 16 from C. G. Farm Supplies store, two miles west of Zurich. Glazier said he purchased it in Bridgeport and sold it to his patents for $25. Sally be Groat, 16, of Clinton, also charged with having possession of stolen Council laid plans Tuesday night in a special session that could eventually facilitate the draining of Griffith's pond, also known as. Cardwell'e pond. The speeial meeting of council was called to discuss street and storm sewer construction in the present year. The plan is to reconstruct Albert Street from the main corner at highway 8 to the north end of town, and put in a storm sewer from Albert to Mary Street while the road is torn up. The main decision the council had to make was on the size of sewer to be installed. Pipe in 36 and 42 inch sizes would be adequate for present needs however, Colin Trivers of B. M. Ross, engineering consultants stated, if in the future the town is forced to drain the pond the road would have to be torn up again in order to lay a second set of pipes. The alternative, he said, was to put down 48 and 54 inch pipe now. Cost of laying the smaller pipe would be $31,600 with the town's share estimated at $22,500. Estimated coat of the bigger drain is $52,500 with the town having to pay $39,000. Mr. Trivers said his company had taken the problem of the pond to the Department of Health, Ontario Water Resources Commission and Ontario Municipal Board, none of whom now had any stand on its future, However, he said, health officials had indicated they felt it was only a matter of time before the pond became a menace to health. Mr. Trivers said it appeared there was some sort of natural outlet for the water once it reached a certain level in the pond. He said he understood from those he had spoken to that the pond used often to be dry in summer. In recent years, however, the water has lain stagnant in the pond during the of the whole. As well, some members spent an hour driving to the meeting and another hour driving home. "It (the editor's comment) rubs a little the wrong way," said Elliott. "Next they will say that we're getting well paid for it," commented Elliott. "Anyone thinking of making it a career had better have a rich aunt with as much dedication to him as he has to education." goods in connection with the same incident, was found guilty. An earlier two-year probation sentence was extended by one year. Similar charges against Wayne Leroy Riley, 20, of RR 1, Londesboro, and David Jervis, 18, of Clinton, will be heard April 16 in Goderich. Charged with five counts of breaking, entering and theft, George Michael Langlois, 23 of Clinton was committed for trial by judge and jury after a preliminary hearing Thursday. Langlois is charged with break-ins at C. G. Farm Supplies, Zurich; BullOck's Variety store, Crediton; W. A. Hamilton garage, LucknoW; Ridge Motors, Brussels and Radford Construction, Blyth. earth from land fill projects in the area which was clogging the natural outlet and slowly eliminating it, Councillor Cam Proctor wondered if it might not be cheaper to buy the land under the pond to ensure landfilling would stop but Mr. TriYers warned that if the town owned the land it would be wholey responsible for any problems that arose. Councillor Clarence Denomme asked if the pond couldn't be made into a natural beauty spot, Mr. Trivers said that he had looked into this with the thought of installing an 18 inch pipe to ensure continued circulation of the pond water but found that runoff from a heavy rainfall couldn't be carried away in less than 21 days by this system. "The pond will always be a. quagmire," he said. "It bugs me that by one fellow dumping fill that he gets for little cost off the streets he is also costing us tens of thousands of dollars," Councillor Proctor said. Council generally seemed to feel that the extra cost at present was worth it for the possible saving in the future if the town is forced to take action to drain the pond. Councillor Proctor was the only member opposed to the motion that larger pipe be used. However, council passed a motion calling for investigation to see if the land fill dumping could be halted to prolong the life of the pond. Council also approved the complete reconstruction of BY BERT CLIFFORD The Ponies brought home the Chamber of Commerce Trophy after playing in three terrific games in Mitchell on Saturday. Every game was a cliff hanger and not decided until the buzzer went. Clinton defeated Mitchell 2.1, Tavistock 4-3 and New Hamburg 1-0. Steve Cook, with five goals and Jamie Thompson's two, were the goal getters. Every goal was a picture shot especially the breakaway goal by Thompson for Clinton's first goal against Mitchell. Jamie, set up perfectly by Neil Colquhoun, scooted around the defence, faked the goalie out and put, in a back hand shot, His goal came at 3:30 of the third period in the close checking game, Mitchell tied the score up three minutes later when a shot was deflected past Robert Harkes. Harkes had stopped two breakaways in the first period and Made some tremendous saves late in the third. The winning goal was again a picture one with Steve Cook faking three Mitchell players and whipping a fast shot between the goalie's pads. Clinton's big defence was great back checking by their forwards and the work of the tour defencemen led by team captain f Billy Irwin, Irwin Albert Street from highway 8 to the north end, The council had been given the choice of completing the project in one year or splitting it over two. The split would have had the 800 feet of the business section completed one year including nine foot sidewalks and curbs at an. estimated total cost of $45,000 with the town's share $14,000. and John Graham blocked six hard shots in the third period to help Harkes in the net as Mitchell tried desperately to tie the game. Mitchell had beat Clinton four times this year in regular league play and the win was a big upset to Mitchell. Although Harkes was not quite as Sharp in the second game against Tavistock, he made the big saves late in the game to help his teammates to another thrilling game, a 4.3 win over Tavistock. John Graham made his return to the Ponies lineup after breaking a collarbone three weeks ago, a noticeable one. He set up the first goal of the game with his pees to eentremah Neil Colquhoun who flipped a pass over to Thompson. Jamie's shot was sent on the fly and he beat the goalie on the short side with his hard shot. Thompson's skating was a big factor in all of Clietoh's games as he seemed to have wings oh whenever he had to back check and he also thtew some jolting body cheeks ih the other team's end to stop rushes, Tavistoek tied the game up early in the second period on a play which flukes Made the save, but the puck bounced over his stick and into the net. With Greg Butler in the penalty box, The other section, from Princess street north would cost $105,000 with the town paying approximately $1.2,500. Mr. Trivers said he believed this would he a hungry year for contractors and that a large contract such as the combined program would mean, might bring lowest bids. Council agreed. Billy Irwin trapped a pass in Tavistock's end. His pass over to Colquhoun was tipped by "Weiner" right on to Steve Cook's stick, who fired a wicked shot into the top of the net. The lead was short-lived when Tavistock again beat Harkes on a weak shot which slipped between his pads. This goal was the only time in the three games when the defence dropped their checking. After the five,minute break between the periods centreman Greg Holmes passed to Robin McAdam who was off to the side of the net, his perfect goal mouth pass to Steve Cook who was unattended in front of the net gave the Ponies the lead again, The goal came at the 30 second Mark. The pace speeded up for both clubs and two goalies made spectacular saves. Tavistock scored a beauty and a three,way passing play at 13.20. At that point Clinton led by Only One shot as shots on goal counted if the game ended in a tie. Twenty-four seconds later Neil Colquhoun stick-handled his way around three Tavistock players to again set up Cook in front of the net. Tavistock pulled their goalie but the line of Thompson, David Clynieh and Colquhoun checked Mate turn to." page 12 The first column The 0 nt aria Housing rporation has called tenders r 18 senior citizens' units to be lit at James and Maria streets Clinton. Betiding will be done merchant builders. It's always relieving to hear of e good works of youngsters. cently 63 pupils of bus 89 to e Huron Centennial School at rucefield raised $185 for the unny Bundle, a charitable fund CFPL radio in London, by fling tickets on a watch and mera donated to them. Mr. T. Dutton of Brucefield donated e camera. Nancy MacKenzie of Zurich on the watch and Mrs. A. orbes, Seaforth, won the amera, * * * Corporal Ray Maclnnis of CFB Clinton happily accepts a cheque for $1000.00 from Colonel E. W. Ryan, Base Commander, after his ticket was drawn in the Lamp of Learning Draw at CFB Clinton Sunday night. Corporal John Rankin (left) appears just as happy with his $25.00 prize for selling the winning ticket. Corporal wins $1000 in Lamp of Learning draw was understandably • a bit speechless when informed by phone of his windfall. His reaction? "You're kidding!" At the time he was engaged in a Cash Count at the Corporals Club, and, he says, he had to go through the process three times before the figures would balance. Corporal Maclnnis, formerly of Charlottetown, P.E.I., joined the Forces in Charlottetown in 1953. He left the Service in 1958 to work as a Radio and TV Technician in Charlottetown, but re-enlisted in 1960. He presently resides with his wife, the former Judy Shipside of Sarnia, Ontario, and their three children at 20 Edmonton Road, Adastral Park, Ontario. ' The Lamp of Learning Draw ended a fund-raising campaign at • Deon of Halifax. Each will., summer. receive a cheque for $10.00 He blamed the problem on Vice-chairman criticizes News Record for First Column comment Former Clinton man sentenced to jail