HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-04-30, Page 1U. ROSS MILTON
the Technology faculty of the
College. He holds membership in
the Institute of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers.
Mr. Milton's interest in Boy
Scouts is long standing. He is
currently Assistant District
Commissioner for Training -
North Waterloo, and sits on the
Provincial Council.
"My first intention is to
become immersed in the County
in order to establish
communication with as many
people as possible. Only then
will we know What educational
"crops" to consider,"
commented Mr. Milton, who will
locate centrally in the County
after May 1st. He will not only
be working with planning,
industrial, and agricultural
development groups, but also
with social and labour agencies.
"Although advisory committees
are being considered for the
County, l hope every concerned
individual will contact me to
share his thoughts."
Mr. Milton's hobbies are
camping, scouting, and
woodworking. One daughter is a
teacher, another a secretary. His
son attends Waterloo-Oxford
Secondary School,
Let's start things off right by
taking back everything we said
about the weather last Week..
Havingsummer in , April early
this week made up for the whole
mess of the week before,
Of course, having said this,
the weatherman will probably
cross us up again and we'll be
having snow again before the
211d of the week.
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You may have thought
hockey wasn't even quite over,
but be prepared for baSehall
because it starts in a big way this
week in Clinton.
Saturday the Pee Wee league
swings into action with games at
the public school. Then, Monday
night, the Squirts will get into
the action.
Friday night will see the
organization ,,of ball for the
Midget, Juvenile and Junior
categories, Russ Archer is trying
to get an idea of what players
are available in these categories
so that it can be decided what
classifications should be entered.
Anyone in these age groups is
asked to be at the arena Friday
night at seven. Anyone
interested but not able to attend
should contact Russ at 482-9561
or 482-9167.
Friday night will also be the
night for the stag for the
Intermediate Baseball Club at
the Community Centre to help
raise funds for new equipment.
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Last week the Red Cross
needed your blood. Next week
they'll need your money, and
the women of the various church
groups in town will be trying to
help them.
The ladies will be canvassing
Clinton for funds so the Red
Cross can keep up its program of
aid to those who need it.
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The Bard of Bayfield struck
again last week, only nobody
knew it was the Bard of
Bayfield.
It isn't often that we get
poetry here, at the News-Record
cord
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County ..board, approves budget,
6.5%..incieose. on last year
The first
column
Imton
Gordon Hill, Varna, President
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, „, believes that
no-deposit, ' non-returnable
bottles increase the cost of food.
He made the statement
announcing the OFA will
step-up its campaign to have the
provincial government ban the
no-deposit, non-returnable glass
container.
The OFA President explains
that discarded and broken
bottles cause the farmer
possible injury to himself and his
animals. He points out that the
bottles cost the farmer expensive
time because he has to clear
them from fields and repair tires
and machinery cut and broken
by glass.
He says that the careless
attitude of the general public
costs money in the end because
the hazard of discarded bottles
adds to the price of food as it
costs the farmer money.
The Federation first asked
the government in 1965 to ban
no-deposit, non-returnable
bottles. The most recent meeting
with government officials about
the problem was in February.
Mr. Hill explains that the
problem of discarded bottles did
not start with the introduction
of non-returnable soft drink
'containers. He says that people
have been discarding bottles
along country roads and fields
Mr, U. Ross Milton has been
appointed Conestoga College's
Administrator for Continuing
Education in Huron County.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Aubrey W. Hagar, Director,
Innovative and Continuing
Education said, "Mr. Milton's
appointment is a significant step
in the College's growth and its
Clinton Kinsmen had the club anniversary and past members
meeting last week. Among those attending were Worn left) Percy
Brown and Frank Cook, charter members; Steve Brown, club
solve sometimes, goof when.we,.,
do get it. So last week we
printed a poem about television
in the Bayfield column and left
off the poor Bard's byline. This
is a belated credit.
Now if you just know who
the bard is, you can give him the
credit he deserves.
• * * *
There is an old saying in
journalism, that you can't sit
and wait for news to come to
you, you have to go out and get
it.
Well, last week the news did
come to us when students from
Air Marshal Hugh Campbell
school at Adastral Park toured
Signal-Star Publishing's printing
plant to see how newspapers are
printed and, wouldn't you know
it, we weren't even ready for it.
The 34 grade eight students
and their teachers, Mrs. Jane
Groves and Mrs. Carol Simons,
didn't exactly pick a typical day
to view the operations.
Typesetting equipment broke
down just before they arrived
and we ended up being nearly
three hours behind our deadline.
The giant offset press which
usually performs without a miss,
had to be shut down in the
middle of the run the students
watched, for minor adjustments.
The editor was even caught
without his camera which he had
left at the office in Clinton and
had to borrow a camera in order
to get some pictures.
After what they saw, none of
the students are likely to go into
journalism as a career.
* *
An Ontario Provincial Police
officer dropped into the office
Wednesday morning to ask us to
remind drivers of cars with
studded tires that they must
have the studded tires off their
car by midnight, April 30, That's
tonight.
"We don't want to have to
make any charges," he said, "but
the law says the tires have to be
off."
* *
The regular meeting of the
Women's Auxiliary to the
Clinton Public Hospital will be
held Monday, May 4, at 2 p.m.
in the Hospital Board Rooth.
Weather
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BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER ,
At a special meeting April 23,
the Htiron County Board of
Education approved 'the
education budget for 1970 as
presented by the business
administrator. Roy B. Dunlop,
To the country as a whole, this
Will mean an increase ,in
municipal taxes of $174,496 or
6.5 percent over that requested
in 1969.
Although the county
board produced a net over-levy
in 1969 of $45,777 or .5 percent
The Department of Transport
will review its ' schooling
requirements with the object of
taking over Canadian Forces
Base, Clinton, Robert McKinley
(PC—Huron) said Friday.
Use of the base was rejected
by the department last year after
it was announced the
department of national defence
would phase it out as an armed
forces training cen re by
mid-1971.
Since that time, and in the
face of austerity, the treasury
A gentleman came into the
News-Record office early
Tuesday morning.
"How would you like to take
an unusual picture?" he asked.
Always on the lookout for
unusual pictures, we followed
his directions to "telephone
road" just west of the 'railway
overpass on the Bayfield road.
There, off the side of the road,
near the edge of a swamp, we
found the body of a little white
dog, probably a terrier.
The dog had been dead for
J Soirie time. A piece of bailer
twine had been tied in a slip
knot around its neck, the other
end tied to a fence post. From
appearances, the dog had been
Horse racing fans in the area
won't have to travel far to enjoy
the sport this year.
Starting Sunday, July 5 and
every Sunday afternoon
thereafter for nine weeks, the
trotters and pacers will be in
action'at the Clinton
Community Park.
The racing will be sponsored
by the Clinton Kinsman Club.
They applied for racing in
December and received official
word recently that they had
been granted the nine dates
pending required improvements
to the track and facilities,
The improvements are
estimated to cost close to
$20,000 according to Dave
Beattie, one 'of the members of
the toininittee in charge.
Construction is expected to
begin almost immediately on
several new buildings. A inutuels
building 50 by 65 feet is
required for the betting as is a
tote board, A jttdges stand must
alto be erected.
The kintmen will build a 32
of actual expenses, some
municipalities will be faced with
increases in excess of that
mentioned above.
This is because of two main
influences, the absorption of
under-levies realized in 1969,
and the effects of decreased
1969 provincial equalizing
factors which increase the
relative volume of assessments
used as the basis for
apportionment within the
minty.
Net epenses for the county
system will increase by
$1,359,944 'or 15,3 percent over
board has urged the department
of transport to take another
look at Clinton for its schooling
requirements.
The department , has an
average of 400 men under
training for air traffic control,
radio operatiqn meteorology, air
traffic regulations and various
technical trades at any one time.
It proposed building a new air
training school at. Rockcliffe in
Ottawa at a cost of $5,500,000.
"If the government is really
concerned with saving money be
closing armed forces bases, it
tied there by an owner who no
longer wanted. his company. He
had either died of hunger and
exposure or had hung himself.
On the advice of Clinton
Police, the News-Record notified
the Ontario Provincial Police
who investigated, Tuesday
afternoon but with so little'
evidence to gd on will probably
never find the person who
should be punished for this
cruelty.
If, anyone in the area knows
anything about the crime, and
under the criminal code it is a
crime to be cruel to animals,
they should call the O.P.P. or
the News-Record office.
by 140 foot pole barn for
housing the horseS and a 32 by
104 foot barn will be built in the
paddock area, north of the
arena, by the Kinsmen and the
Huron Central Agricultural
Society.
The Sunday dates are
regarded as a big bonus for the
Clinton races. Sunday racing was
only approved in the last two
years by the Ontario government
and few tracks have racing on
Sunday, April 12 On 45.46
Tuckersmith Township sideroad
eaSt of Highway 4, Donald
Fredrick Shropshall, 107 Erie
Street, Clinton was involved in a
single car accident resulting in
minor darhago to the vehicle he
was driving,
Monday, April 13 On
'Highway 8, West of flOhnesVille,
Ruth liodgitts, 62 Orange Street,
Clinton Was involved M a single
car accident resulting in
1.99 with the elementary
system up $733,390 and the
:secondary - system up $626,15M.
from ..S.-3,993,041 and
respectively,
Provincial assistance in the
form 'of general legislative grants
and subsidies will increase by
$1,165,722 or '21,5 percent
raising provinpial assistance to
$6,564,245 or 69,4 percent of
net expenses from 67,5 percent
in 1969.
Mr.. Dunlop said the main
reason for the increase for
school purposes was teachers'
salaries.
should be concerned with using
existing , facilities instead of
undertaking new construction,"
said Mr. McKinley.
He said he had the assurance
of Transport Minister Don
Jamieson that reassessment of
Clinton facilities will be made
soon and that Defence Minister
Cadieux was willing to forego
the loss of income to his
department that a transfer of
ownership from one department
to another would present.
The defence department uses
proceeds of sales of its facilities
in its budget.
Clinton has been No. 1 signals
and radar school for the armed
forces, and, as. such, has
equipment which would be
useful for commercial flying
control instruction for which
D.O.T. is responsible.
Mr. McKinley said he had
noticed on a parliamentary trip
to Frobisher that D.O.T:
controls all installations there
and leases facilities, not needed,
to other institutions. This
take-over of Clinton by the
department would not preclude
its use for other purposes.
Interest in the Clinton
facilities has been expressed by
other public institutions. Next
week . officials of Fanshawe
College, London, are to visit the,
base to see if it could be useful
for needed expansion.
Availability of good housing
on the base is an attraction.
that day.
Because the racing will start
at three in the afternoon and
end by supper, the need for
expensive lighting systems will
also be eliminated.
Not Only will there be a
better chance of drawing crowds
on a Sunday, but because few
others tracks are in operation,
there should be plenty of good
horses available, ensuring
top-flight racing.
extensive damage to the vehicle
she was driving.
Wednesday, April 15 on No.
1 County Road south of No. 25
County Road, Bruce Kennedy
Crew, 121 Nelson Street,
Goderich Was involved in a
car-train accident resulting hi
extensive damage to the vehicle,
Crew received minor injuries.
Friday, April 17 on Highway
4, south of Lonclosboro Oct,
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ability to respond to community
needs in the western sector of
this area. The Administrator's
prime function is to facilitate
learning opportunities for all
citizens through the
development of resources in the
locality and from the College."
Mr. Milton, born and raised
on a farm, has lived eleven years
for many years.
The Federation leader calls
on the public to support
legislation which will remove the
problem. Murray Gaunt, a
Liberal M.P.P. from
Huron-Bruce, recently
introduced legislation to
BY WILMA OKE
The Huron-Perth Separate
School Board at its meeting in
Seaforth on Monday night
discussed the budget for 1970,
but did not complete it. Trustee
Joseph Looby, Dublin, chairman
of the Finance Committee, plans
to call a special meeting later
this week or the first of next
week to finalize details.
Three trustees absent from
meeting—James Morris and
William Innes, Stratford,for
business reasons and P. J. Carty,
R.R. 5, Stratford, because of
illness.
Trustee Arthur Haid, R.R. 4,
Listowel, reported the
Transportation Committee will
be meeting next week to study
transportation services for
1970-71 term.
The Board accepted the
recommendation of John Vintar,
Superintendent of Education.
Puppy abandoned -
left tied to fence post
Federal transport department
may use Clinton base after all
This little dog was found dead Tuesday on "telephone road." It had been tied to a post and left to
die, probably some time during the winter. If you have any information about it, contact the
D.P.P. at Goderich.—staff photo.
Kinsmen sponsor horse racing,
nine Sundays during summer
OPP report area accidents
Clinton Worhen's Institute' held its election of officers Thursday.
Members Of the new executive seen being installed by Catherine
Hunt, Huron County HOMO economist (on left) are(standing F. to
Mrs. Laurence Cummings, Mrs. IC Perry, Mrs. Leona Lockhart,
president; Bill Lawless, deputy Governor for the zone; and Don
Kay and Gord Herman, charter members.—staff photo.
that Paul Zybura of St. Michael's
School, Stratford, be subsidized
to attend a course in
Environmental Field Studies at
Clarement and Albion Hills
Conservation Field Centres
during July.
Trustee Howard Shantz of
Stratford, reporting' for the
Property and Maintenance
Committee, stated that fences
are being erected around three
schools, St. Patrick's, Dublin; St.
Ambrose and St. Aloysius in
Stratford. The Board
approved a motion that the
Property Committee be
authorized to secure quotations
for improvements to buildings
and propeity on a priority basis
to a total of $7000 in all.
The Board authorized a letter
to be sent to R. S. Box
instructing him to complete
renovations to the Board's
business office on Main Street in
Seaforth by May 30.
completely ban die• no-deposit,
non-returnable bottles.
The government has
announced it is considering its
own legislation to ban
non-returnable bottles and
increase the cash return value on
many different glass containers.
in Huron County. He is looking
forward to returning and
renewing his membership at the
Brucefield United Church.
His broad experience has
been in industry, the Armed
Forces, and in working with
people. After his years with the
Royal Canadian Airforce as an
electronics instructor, he joined
Mrs. W. Gibson, Mrs. S. Whittington, Mrs. Cecil Elliott, Mrs. Art
Groves and Mrs. Bert Gibbings and Mrs. Viola Nelson. (front row)
Mr's. Mervyn' Batkiti, Mrs. Cliff Holland, MO. W. Coltlough, and
Mrs. H. iVlurch,—staff photo.
Milton appointed administrator
for Conestoga in Huron County
OFA backs no-return bottle ban
Separate school board
fails to complete budget