HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-04-02, Page 1The Huron County agricultural information week was held at
CHSS on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of last week,
Besides the knowledge gained through lectures, those who
attended were treated to snacks of Huron county dairy
products. — staff photo.
Shop at home among those you can trust
IT'S LIKE THE LADY SAID — ISN'T IT A GLORIOUS FEELING
TO BE AMONG THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW AND TRUST,
This was overheard when a Clinton area Customer returned after
a big city shopping trip, where she encountered the bustle arid the
don't care attitude of the big city clerks.
Recognition, fellowship and trust are the basic needs and you will
find all of these attributes in the Clinton area. You can shop with
confidence with friends and neighbours; to help you find exactly
what you need at the price you want to pay.
WHAT bOES THE CLINTON AREA HAVE TO OFIFE—RA?"0117
AUTOMOBILES—Trucks, new and Old, of all tnakes and models; for
business or pleasure,
BAKERIES—With delicious fresh made products daily,
BEAUTICIANS—And expert hair stylists to care for the well
groomed woman.
CONTRACTORS, mid BUILDING SUPPLY—All trained and
qualified to erect and maintain any' type of structure,
It will pay you to shop the Clinton area this week. All
merchandise is guaranteed as described by the following merchants,
Check the "BAZAAR OF VALUES" advertised in this editio of
the News-Record,
Gordon Grigg Ltd.: Clinton Community Credit Union; Clinton
Electric Shop; Saloon's Tire Service; Paul's B,P. Service; B.P,-
Limited; W, Peck Auto hicetric; Counter Bldg, Supplies; Beattie
Furniture; 'Ball-Macaulay Ltd.; Comic's Red turd White; MeAdarn
!hardware', Elm I laven Motor Hotel; irwin's; Groves art d Son TY.;
Lobb and Solis Ltd.; (tarok! Wise Ltd.; Ellwood Epps; Clinton
P,U,C„; Lorne Brown Motors Ltd.; Haugh Tito, Supply; Ilenflantl
Shoes., DEL-MAC Fruit & Variety; Gingerich's Sales Service;
Lee's; ga g Mulch Monte Purnishings; Pricegard Limited,
Clinton Fire Chief Grant -Rath shows concern for the safety of the clock tower containing the old
Clinton post office clock as the flames from the burning barn beside the clock, belonging to Mrs.
Idella Merle Willis, threaten to spread. — staff photo.
Fireman Fred Lobb shields his face from the heat of the blaze which destroyed the old barn, 14
sheep, some antique furniture and a quantity of grain and hay. — staff photo.
Clinton NewspoRecor
105th YEAR i\19, 14 cLINTQIN, ONTARIO — THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1970 ,
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County -mill ratelikely to be lower in '70
no assessment department one cause
• The dispute between _flip ,„.„,
Clinton police association ands
the Town of Clinton over
salaries will go to arbitration.
Sgt. LeRoy Oesch, chairman of
the police group said a meeting
with the group's solicitor is
planned later this week.
Jack P. Alexander, reeve of
Wingham arid chairman of the
,executive committee, said
Wednesday at the March session
county council that it looks like
the general county mill rate will
'bp down about one and a half
mills,
Last year's mill rate was
12,25 mills, According to
Alexander the mill rate this year
could be 10,75 mills or even
lower judging from the severe
cuts in the board of health
.budget.
• Reason for the pleasant
.reduction to taxpayers seems to
lie in the fact that the county
The first
column
The hockey season may be
just about over but it's not quite
dead yet (although some of the
players might be after this
game).
The challenge of CFB Clinton
has been accepted by Clinton
Oldtimers (the gang over 40 but
not in wheel chairs — yet)*and a
game will be played at the base
arena Sunday at 3 p.m. The
proceeds will ,go to the Huron
County Children's Aid SoCiety.
Admission is 50 cents for
adults and 10 for children.
After the game someone may
have to start a veterans' aid
society.
* * *
Winter must like us. It wants
to stay.
Recreation director, Doug
Andrews informs us that the ice
plant at the arena has been shut
off, but the ice refuses to leave.
The weather has been so cool
the ice won't melt.
* * *
* * *
Residents of the southwest
side of town are appreciating
their nice smooth streets these
days after the streets were
graded Tuesday. We're also
wondering how long the job can
last with the weather conditions
the way they've been lately. The
amount of,snow and rain makes
it hard to keep the gravel streets
in decent shape.
A baseball organizational
meeting will be held Thursday at ,
eight in the Community Centre
for Intermediate Baseball.
All players and people
interested in helping out with
the intermediate club are asked
to come out,
Last year's team were
All-Ontario finalists in the
Intermediate "B" classification.
Weather
1970 1969
HI LO HI LO
Mar. 24 37 19 42 34
25 39 20 39 32
26 40 28 33 22
27 38 24 29 20
28 35 15 42 28
29 28 9 28 18
30 31 9 27 14
Show 3" Rain 1,20"
Snow 3"
need not budget for tile
assessment department Which
last year accounted for
$200,000, As well last year,
$100,000 was budgeted to finish
payments on the assessment
building and $70,000'• was
included in the budget to make
the final debenture payment on
Huron County's home of the
aged, Huronview,
It was Stephen Township
Reeve James Hayter who
cautioned council not to expect
a similar reduction in the future,
especially in view of increased
costs in every department,
Approval was given for the
executive committee to set aside
$100,000 in a working capital
reserve fund to "reduce, the cost
of borrowing."
Stanley Deputy-Reeve Anson
McKinley suggested this should
be reworded in the report to
read "shift the • cost of
borrowing." He said no. matter
how you looked at it, the
taxpayers still have to pay the
shot,
Decision was reached to foot
the entire cost of the warden's
banquet in the fall. In the past,
the warden has been responsible
for a certain portion of these
costs.
Total budget for the general
government items is $44,286.
The general administration
budget amounts to $78,700,
representing roughly a $10,000
increase over 1969.
The committee has approved
a $10,000 capital grant over a
two-year period to the Salvation
Army House of Concord to be
constructed near London. As
well, patriotic grants were made
• as follows:
Salvation, Army, operating
grant, $1,500; CNIB, $2,500;
Huron Cancer Society, $400; WI
in county, $4.5; St. John
Ambulance, $75; World War I
Veterans Reunion, $750.
Educational grants totalling
$5,825 were also approved.
In his annual plea to county
council to cut back on the
expenditures for social affairs,
Exeter Reeve Derry Boyle said it
was costing the taxpayer about
$4,000 for council's recreation.
"The taxpayer shouldn't have
to pay for these frivolities," said
Boyle. "This is a place to come
to work."
"All work and no play make
Jack a dull boy," came a voice
from the floor.
"I will pay for my own
playing," retorted Boyle. "We're
getting good pay. Thirty dollars
a day — that's good pay."
• In other business, the
executive committee authorized
an increase in the rate payable
by municipalities in connection
with indigent residents living in
nursing homes. The new rate is
$10.50 per day, effective
January 1, 1970; concurred with
a document from the County of
Bruce asking the Minister of
Education to have the county
boards of education do the
actual collecting of taxes from
individual taxpayers; and
concurred with a document
from the County of Simcoe
asking that marijuana not be
legalized.
Property Committee's budget
for 1970 totals $75,085 for
maintenance of the court house,
registry office, CAS building and
jail and the administrative
building. As well, $28,000 is
budgeted for the museum which
includes $3,000 set aside for the
purpose of buying an old school
bus to transport museum
exhibits to fairs in the county
etc.
Reeve Boyle took exception
to this money spent on the
museum, saying that since
receipts at the museum last year
totalled only about $8,000 it is
plain to see the museum isn't
a paying proposition.
Allan Campbell, reeve of
McKillip and chairman of the
property committee reminded
Boyle that the museum has a
real educational value.
"Knock it off the heallth
budget," complained Boyle,
"and spend It on the bloOdy
museum."
The county development
committee budget includes
$4,050 for reforestation;
$14,200 for the weed inspectiOn
services; 2,200 for bounti";
$25,000 for development at
CFB Clinton; and $7,000 or
grants.
It is interesting to note that
although only $20,000 Was
called for to be budgeted for
development at CFB, committee
fees of $3,000 and public
relations costs of $2,000 114e
upped the costs to $25,000,
Captain Vince Cummings, the
new man hired last month by
council to promote development
at CFB Clinton, was present !.to
meet the council. ,
The County of Huron
Planning Board has appointed, a
special committee to study the
problems relating lo
municipalities bordering pu •
Lake Hiiron. They are Ralph
Jewell, Clayton Laithwaite, Ed.
W. Oddliefson, Anson McKinity
and Ian McAllister.
The budget for the plann
4
ipg
board was approved at $45,0P0
and includes the $40,000 for
consultants' fees to prepaw a
preliminary official plan for the
county.
County engineer Min
Brintnell who read the report of
the Huron County Road
Committee chaired by Elgin
Thompson, reeve of
Tuckersmith, told county
council Wednesday that his
department will hold the line on
the road budget this year.
The mill rate, said Brintnell,
will remain at 10 mills.
In 1966 the mill rate was 9.3
mills. It was increased in 1968 to
10 mills where it has remained
since.
"From this you can see that
the road levy has increased by a
total of only 0.7 mills or 7.52
percent in five years while wages
and the cost of most materials
are rising at a rate of five
percent to eight percent per
year," noted Brintnell. "The
variation in our total yearly
expenditures on county roads is
accounted for by a slowly
increasing assessment and
different proportions of bridge
work (subsidized at 80 percent)
and road work (subsidized at 50
percent) in our programs."
The road budget calls for a
normal bylaw of $1,246,000
which has already been approved
by council plus a budget of
$60,000 for bank interest,
committee pay and
miscellaneous items. A
supplementary bylaw of
$270,000 was passed at the
session in the hope that the
entire amount will be approved
by the Ontario Department of
Highways, although this is not a
certainty,
Total proposed road
expenditures amount to
$1,576,000. In 1969 council
approved a total budget of
Anson McKinley, chairman of
the planning board, also told
council that J, A. Nicklom of
the G. V, Kleinfeldt and
Associates,(London) Limited,
has suggested that all
municipalities in the county
should belong to either the
Ausable Authority or the
Maitland Authority.
Council approved the library
budget for $165,980, at a cost
of approximately $92,000 to the
county,
The new librarian hired by
the board is Misi Ethel Dewer,
Dresden, at a salary of $10,000
per annum.
Walther Sheardown, chairman
of the library board, announced
that his committee is concerned
that there are a number of books
in the main headquarters in the
Court House which are no in
circulation. The board is, giving
some consideration, he said, to
changing the system whereby
the bookmobile carries the books
to the libraiies throughout the
county for the librarians to
make their book selections.
Instead, said Sheardown, it is
proposed to have the• librarians
travel to Goderich to make their
book selection's. Then the books
would be packed and shipped
out to the various libraries via a
smaller more economical vehicle
than the present bookmobile.
It has been proposed to buy a
station wagon or some similar
vehicle to make the deliveries.
This system would be faster and
would require only one man to
deliver the books.
Sheardown told council he
and his committee intended to
streamline this "half-assed"
library operation.
$1,631,000.
An interesting table of
snowfall statistics was 'presented
by Brintnell in his road report. It
showed that during the
1969-1970 winter Huron
County has already had 96
inches of snow, 13 inches more
than for the average winter for a
30 year period. On an average,
reported Brintnell, it snows on
41 days during the winter.
During this winter, it has already
snowed on 63 days plus 17 days
when there has been a ',grace" of
snow.
"One reason we may get the
impression that this wasn't a bad
winter," said Brintnell, "was the
absence of high winds and the
fact that our heaviest 24 hour
snowfall was six inches on
November 21."
Expenditures on
snowplowing and sanding to
date stands at $83,115.88
compared with $109,117.78 for
the same period last year.
A bylaw was also approved
adding 3.0 miles of road to the
Huron County road system, the
portion of road between the
county of Huron and County of
Middlesex from Greenway on
Highway 81 to the Ausable
River.
Firemen from Clinton and
Brucefield acted fast and saved a
piece of Clinton's history in an
early-Morning fire Monday.
Two passing strangers driving
on highway eight east of
Clinton, noticed flames coming
from the barn owned by Idelia
Merle Willis. They sounded their
horn and knocked on the door
of Stapleton Hall until they
woke Eddie Elliott who stays at
the home. He immediately called
the fire department.
Clinton firemen answered the
call about 5:15. Brucefield Fire
A rash of break-iris has kept
Clinton police hard at work
during the last week.
It started Wednesday night,
March 26 when someone, under
the cover of the 'heavy
snowstorm, broke the back door
of Bill's Bowling and Billiards
and made off with $588 in
cigarettes, watches, radios,
playing cards and other sundries.
Bill German left the building
about ten minutes to 12 on
Wednesday night so the burglary
must have taken place sonietinie
early Thursday morning.
Only about half of the
amount Stolen was covered by
insurance.
Grove's TV and Electric was
also burglarized,. A stereo tape
Department with their tanker
also arrived at the scene.
By the time firemen arrived,
flames were shooting out the
end of the barn, estimated by
Mrs. Willis to be close to 130
years old.
With little chance of saving
the building, firemen
player was removed through the
broken. front window of the
store. Also taken was a speaker.
Monday morning, another
break-in was discovered at the
Milton Conservation Authority
clubhouse, Alma Greve,
Someone kicked in the front
door of the building then used a
cement block to smash the door
to the bar. The walk-in eoriler
was also entered. Stolen was a
quantity of beer and eigaretteS.
Police succeeded in laying
charges in two hit and run
accidents during the Week. One
accident involved a car striking a
hydro pole on Ring St, and
another a collision with a parked
car on Mary St, which resulted
in $500 to the parked can.
concentrated on saving the
clocktower located beside the
barn which holds the old Clinton
post office clock.
The clock's four large faces,
had given the people of Clinton
the time from the turn of the
century until the old post office
was torn down three years ago
when Mrs. Willis salvaged the
clock and had a special tower
built for it at her home. .
With the barn so close to the
tower, firemen were
hard-pressed to save the clock
but with the steady stream of
water made available by the
tanker, they succeeded in
limiting damage to the tower to
a few hundred dollars.
Lost however in the barn
were seven ewes and seven
lambs, Several other sheep were
saved; Also lost was some
antique furniture which ,Mrs.
Willis, an antique collector, was
saving.
A quantity of hay and grain
Was destroyed by the fire and
kept the fire burning Slowly
through Tuesday afternoon.
No cause or estimate of
damage had, been made by fire
officials at press time.
County will hold line
on road costs in 1970
3 breakins in one week
Barn destroyed, fire threatens antique
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