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A portion of the roof on the large steel barn of Cornelius Buruma
of Holmesville collapses at the height of the blaze which
destroyed the building Tuesday afternoon. The tractor at the left
was towed to safety by linton fire department who could do
little to fight the fire wh" h was whipped out of control by high
gusting winds.—staff pho, o,
Firemen watch helplessly as flames destroy Holmesville barn
These three benches and a unitl garden on property leased frorn Weiley-Willis Church are a gift of
Otitch-CanadianS in Operation Thanicyou Canada. A plaque on thorn reads, "Dutch Canadians
thank you Canada, 25th anniversary, liberation Of Holland, May 6, 1970,-,-staff photo
Clinton Kinnettes made a draw for a $100 shopping spree at
Corries Red and White on Saturday. Mrs, Pat Mann draws the
winning ticket of Mrs. Willard Aiken.—staff photo.
Town to co-host
touringindustrialistsu
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Huron County budget
calls for lower taxes
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
the highway account. It
represents a reduction from the
Year 1969 of 1.5 mills.
The reason for the reduction,
according to John Berry, is due
in part to the fact that the
county is no longer responsible
for assessment. As well, a
debenture issue on Huronview at
Clinton has been retired, and the
building program in connection
with the Administrative Building
has been completed and is fully
paid.
Expenditure for all county
purposes in 1970 will be
$3,679,526, Offsetting revenue
totals $3,856,668 or in other
words, there will be an estimated
surplus of $177,142 for the year
1970.
The working capital reserve
fund has been increased from
$50,000 to $100,000 by
allocating $50,000 in 1970. This
money is used for current
financing and with these funds
available the borrowing
requirements are considerably
reduced.
A second reserve has been
Huron Comity residents will
pay less in county taxes this year
it was revealed by the
clerk-treasurer John Berry at
Thursday'S meeting of Huron
County Council in Goderich.
The mill rate will be 20.75
cOmprised of 10.75 for the
general account and 10 mills for
The first
column
Count on a lot of sore feet
around town Saturday evening.
The boys who will be playing
in the Fish and Game hockey
program next winter will be
going on a walk to raise funds
for the program Saturday
afternoon.
The youngsters hope to walk
from Clinton to Holmesville,
over to the Hayfield R'Oad, and
back into Clinton, a total of 13
miles.
The boys and their manager
Bert Clifford will be soliciting
sponsors for the walk this week.
It will start from Hollands
Sunoco Station at one o'clock.
Proceeds from the torture trail
will be used to purchase new
equipment and help pay for ice
time for a house league team.
We haven't heard if Bert
himself will be taking part but
rumors have been going around
town lately that he's forsaken
his car for his feet in trips
downtown and back.
Happy blisters kids.
* *
Town council learned Monday
night, that six submissions from
builders have been received by
the Ontario Housing
Corporation. The corporation
promised council in a letter that
it would meet with council
before taking further action.
Present plans call for the project
,to be completed 'by December.
The Kinsmen Club is looking
for willing hands to help lay sod
Sunday. Anyone interested is
asked to be at the community
park at nine in the morning. If
enough show up, the club is sure
the work can be completed by
noon.
Work on completing the
baseball field and getting the
race track ready for racing has
progressed well in the last two
weeks thanks to good weather.
* * *
Some tickets are still available
for the Legion banquet marking
the 25th anniversary of 'the end
of the Second World War. Guest
speaker is Baron Von
Muellenheim-Rechberg, Consul
General of the Federal Republic
of Germany for the Province of
Ontario. The dinner will be
Monday night..
* *
Education 70 got underway at
the high school•Wednesday. Due
to a little thing like putting out
the News-Record, our editor was
unable to attend any sessions
that day but hopes to ,e on
.hand for some of the other
discussions and bring you some
of the details next week. The
general public is not admitted.
* * *
Police Chief Lloyd Westlake
pointed out an interesting
addition to our editorial last
week on powerful cars. If
patentS would not back their
teenagers in the financing of
these travelling bombs, he said,
most of them wouldn't be able
to afford them,
• * *
Council passed a by-law
authorizing the reconstruction
of Albert Street this summer at
its meeting Monday night, The
project now goes to the Ontario
Municipal Board for approval.
The council also approved the
writing of a letter to Charles
MacNaughton, M.P.P. for Huron,
stating its approval of the plan
to create a huge wildlife area in
Hallett Township. Reeve Harold
Lobb called the projeet good
thing for this area."
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Graduates from
Centralia College
Murray Cole, R,R.3, Clinton,
graduates May 13 from Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology in the Agricultural
Technology Course.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Cole and attended school
at Holmesvile Public School
before coming to Central Huron
Secondary School in Clinton for
his high school education,
He plans to return home. to
start farming with his father
after graduation.
"Operation Thankyott
Canada" for the Clinton area
climaxed Tuesday evening with a
dinner for all Canadian soldiers
who served in Holland during
the Second World War.
The tribute was organized by
Canadians of Dutch descent to
commemerate the 25th
anniversary of the liberation of
Holland from German
The Huron-Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School Board
at a special Meeting in Seaforth,
Friday night set the mill rate for
all municipalities on a par with
the public schools, with the
exception of McKillop
Township.
- Trustee Joseph Looby,
Dublin, chairman of the Finance
Committee, announced the
McKillop rate has been set to
correspond with Hibbert
supporters of Hibbert-McKillop
No. 1 (Dublin) and Hibbert
McKillop No. 2 (St. Columban)
and with Tuckersmith for the
supporters of the Seaforth
Separate School.
The taxes to be raised in the
two counties total $305,000.
The budget is $2,020,000, an
increase of $263,000 from last
year, and will be offset by
$1,685,000 in provincial
Town Council
cruiser, gives
After four months of
haggling, the police dispute is
finally over.
Clinton Police Association,
Monday night, accepted the
latest wages and hours proposal
of town council.
The new agreement calls for
all members, of the department
to work a 44-hour week as they
did last year.The sargeant will
receive $7000 plus
time-and-one-half for overtime,
third class constables $5800 plus
overtime and probationary
constables $5500. At present
there are no members of the
Clinton force in the third class
bracket, but two probationary
occupation in 1945.
The dinner, held in the Legion
hall, was attended by more than
50 veterans and close to 250
altogether. Rev. Alvin Beukema,
Pastor of the Clinton Christian
Reform Church was master of
ceremonies.
In his words of welcome, he
recalled that it was 25 years ago
'0 I believe the time has come
when each committee must be
restricted to the amount of
increase that is going to be
permitted by county council
each year," the clerk went on to
say, ."In some areas there is no
need .for any increase in funds.
In other areas modest increase
can be expected due • to
continuing rise in costs of
supplies and services. I feel .that
in practically every department
the very maximum increase Ghat
should be tolerated would be
between five and ten percent."
education grants, an increase of
$223,000 over 1969 or 15.26
percent.
Jack Lane, board business
administrator, said the total
expenditure in the budget is the
equivalent of $606. per pupil, of
which the provincial grant equals
$506. per pupil. Other revenue
reduces the requirement for the
local taxpayer to 15 percent of
the total budget.
Mr.,Lane said the main factor
for the increase in the budget is
to keep in step with the planning
of the Department of Education
to standardize the level of
education throughout the
province. Adjustments in the
costs of teachers' salaries and
other operating expenses are
anticipated. The Board is in the
middle of salary negotiations
with the system's 150
elementary school teacherA.
constables are hoping to write
examinations to elevate them to
that position.
Chief Lloyd Westlake agreed,,,
to a new pay rate too. The chief
will receive $8000 plus overtime
pay. Earlier he 'had agreed to
$7500 plus overtime 'on a
40-hour week basis.
The salaries are the original
demand of the association but
on a 44-hour week rather than
the 40-hour week they had
asked for. Earlier council had
agreed to the change in working
hours but not the increase in
pay. The association then
dropped the hours demand.
Cutting back to a 40-hour work
that evening, May 5, 1945, that
the official announcement that
the enemy had 'capitulated had
reached the ears of the Dutch
people. "Our joy knew no
bounds." he said.
He said the scars of the war
sti 11 are felt among Dutch
people.
"May you be convinced of
Fire completely destroyed a
large barn and driving shed on
the farm of Cornelius Buruma,
just west of Holmesville on
highway 8, Tuesday afternoon.
Clinton fire • department
answered the call about 5 p.m.
but by the time they arrived at
the fire the steel barn was
week would have necessitated
adding an extra member to the
force according to Mayor Don
Symons, Chairmanof the police
committee.
Council also accepted the
tender of J and T Murphy for a
new police cruiser. The tender
price was $1779.95.
A petition from 12 property
owners from the south-western
part of town was received by the
council. The property owners
called for the council to reject
applications for all building
permits which did not conform
to the zoning areas set up in the
new zoning by-law which has
our thanks to you and all
Canada for setting us free," he
stated.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Rev. Henry Kroeze, Pastor
of the Dutch Reform Church of
Blyth. Rev. Kroeze graduated
into the ministry in 1932 and
served in his profession during
the war. In Canada he has served
at Clarkson and Kitchener
before coming to Blyth.
"We will never forget the
past," he said and recalled that
night, 25 years ago when the
word was passed by British radio
that the enemy had capitulated.
"Windows were shoved up,
curtains pulled back," he
remembered, " there were
people in the street and men and
boys who had been in hiding
squinted into the last rays of the
evening sun,"
May 5, he said, was a historic
date,
"Whatever we do will never be
enough to repay what Canadians
have done," be said, "but we can
say thank you Canada."
After dinner several veterans
and people, of Dutch descent
who lived in Holland during the
occupation spoke. Bob Campbell
replied on behalf of the veterans
stating that he thought it was
Canadians that Should be
thankful to Holland for the
wonderful Way they Were
treated while in Holland.
The gift of the
butch-Canadians to the town of
Clinton consisting of three
benches with sidewalk and
garden behind the radar antenna,
was presented to the toWn. The
meeting was also infOrrned that
Operation Thankyou Canada is
presenting a concert organ to the
National Arts Centre in OttaVva,
Members of the committee
who arranged tire dinner arid gift
are Bill Bekker, Frank Van
Altenar Mike Dykstra, Bert
Postina and Albert Stryker-,
already a mass of flames.
Gusting winds sent a shower of
burning debris into the air which
carried in the westerly wind to
fields nearby and started
numerous fires. Luckily the
wind was blowing away from
any of the other buildings on the
farm,
not yet been given final
approval. The by-law received
first and second reading at
Monday night's meeting and is
now under study by members of
the council.
The petition arose out of a
decision of council at its April
meeting to defer the granting of
a building permit for the
erection of a workshop in the
North and Dunlop Street area
even though it had been
approved by the building
inspector. T h e area is zoned for
residential property under the
new zoning bill.
At that time, the decision was
referred to the planning board.
The board later met with the
applicant to discuss the plans
and found that few plans had
been made, according to
Councillor Cam Proctor, a
member of the board.
Councillors wondered if they
should direct the planning board
in its decision.
"It was my intent," Mayor
Symons said, "to let the
planning board make these
decisions so council wouldn't
spend a lot of time on them. I
think we should leave the
decision to the planning board
and back them in their
decision."
Council concurred With his
proposal.
The zoning by-law, which' will
be given public appraisal at
meetings before it is adopted,
was read as prepared by the
consultant with the exception
that zone six was extended to
include the Legion Hall.
Mr. Elmer Trick, operator of a
fishing reserve near town,
appeared before council to
express concern that the new
storm sewer might dump more
pollution through the Mary
Street drain and affect the
waters downstream. He said he
was sure council was as
concerned as he was but that if
they weren't he was prepared to
fight to assure the purity Of the
water supply.
Mr. Trick claimed raw sewage
went through the Mary St. drain
at some times but said this was
not as dangerous to fish as oil,
which he said was often present
in the water. He said he hoped
council would hold an
investigation to see where the Oil
was coming from.
"I hope you will give this top
priority," he said.
Reeve Lobb, chairman of the
public Works committee assured
him that one source of oil
pollution Will be eliminated this
year because the town will again
use taltinin chloride 'rather than
oil, on the streets to eliminate
dud,
Firemen towed a tractor
which was near the barn to
safety but could do little else to
keep a close watch on the fire to
ensure it did not spread. The
roof of the building collapsed
minutes after firemen arrived.
Mr. Buruma said the •barn was
empty but two tractdrs and a
The Town of Clinton will be
co-host for a luncheon for
touring industrialists, Councillor
Clarence Denomme, chairman of
the industrial committee
Town Council
sends dirt
to Yukon
The Town of Clinton will ship
a pound of its earth to the
Yukon.
Town Council made the
detision Monday night after it
received a letter from the
Centennial Committee of the
Yellowknife Public School
requesting one pound of soil to
help build a centennial garden
made up of earth from each of
the ten provinces.
The letter stated that this it
the centennial Of the Yukon
territory and the school decided
to build a garden. However,
since there is very little good soil
in the territory, they are writing
to municipalities across the
country to ask for gifts of soil so
the garden could have good soil
from All the provinces in Canada.
COlifibil appointed Cetincillor
Clarence Denomme to look after
the request,
manure spreader were saved
from the shed. A loss estimated
at $15,000 was partially covered
by insurance.
' Cause of the blaze is not
known.
Clinton Fire Departments new
tanker truck also responded to
the alarm.
announced Monday night.
The tour, sponsored by the
Mid-western Ontario
Development Association, will
be held June 9 throughout
Huron County. There will be
separate inspections of Perth and
Bruce Counties,
The tour will stop at CFB
Clinton for the luncheon
sponsored by the town and the
development committee of
county council. Following the
meal they will tour the base and
the town,
Councillor Denomme said he
felt the town should do
everything possible to make a
good impression. "These men
are important Men in industry,"
he said. "They are on a very
limited schedule and we are
lucky to have a couple of hours
of their time."
He said the tour would
include officials from both
raways and all the major banks.
He also said his committee is
trying to compile a list of all
potential industrial property in
town and is approaching the
owners to 'put a tentative price
on their land so industries would
have ail idea What is available.
Councillor Denomme said One
firm has already been referred to
the town by the county
co-ordinator's office at eta moot',
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allocated in the budget in the
amount of $25,000. This will be
used to establish money to
offset - the present sick leave
liability which has been incurred
by the county over the past
number of years and at the
present time totals $113,693,
and for a fund to be used in the
event of long term illness .of an
employee.
"I can see no reason at the
present time for any increase in
the mill rate in 1971 unless some
unexpected capital expenditures
are incurred," stated Berry.
Separate board sets mill rate
BY WILMA OKE
Dutch-Canadians hold banquet, donate benches
finally settles police dispute, buys
second reading to zoning by-law