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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-02-10, Page 1Clittiott. Chi torit) 2 0 vents Weather 1972 1971 Hl LO HI LO Clinton News-Record Feb, 1 26 —1 5 —4 2 31 13 7 --5 3 33 49 19 --3 4 31 11 30 13 5 12 5 41 27 6 23 10 28 42 7 13 5 24 4 Thursaay, February 0, 1972 107 Year - No. 6 Snow 9" Bain 1.55" Snow 5" Strain shows on the faces of a Central Huron Secondary School exciting tournament when a Clinton wrestler was defeated in the wrestler (top) and his opponent from Listowel in a match held at final match of the afternoon. Clinton last Thursday. Clinton lost to Listowel by two points in the Clinton Oddfellows celebrate centennial Clinton Lodge No. 88, Independent order of Oddfellows celebrated its 100th anniversary at a dintre5, on Monday night with Bro. George Vanstone brand Master of Ontario as the special guest. Noble Grand Norman Trewartha read a sheet history of the lodge including the name of the original members and their occupations. A minute's silence was observed for departed brothers, A large birthday cake, bearing 100 candles and decorated in the lodge colours was cut by Mr. Varistone. A ereeting was read from the ifuronic ilebekali Past Grand Association. Goon wishes anu a' presentatipnyeregiven frem the Huronic Rebekah Lodge by Sister Carrie Lobb and from the Grand Encampment by Bro. Benson 8utter. A social hour and dancing and fellowship was enjoyed after the dinner. There Were 150 members Of the TOFF and Rebekahs of District 8 present for the evening which combined the annual visit of the Grand -Master with the centennial celebrations, District 8 takes in Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter, Hensel', Brncefield, Brussels, Goderith, Wingham and Teeswater. District Deputy Grand Master Murray Taylor of Clinton welcomes George Vanstone, Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ontario to CI inton whi le Norman Trewartha Noble Grand of the Clinton Lodge No. 83 looks on. The Clinton lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows celebrated its 100th anniversary on Monday. Federation develops plan to rule who gets vote on ,farm issues Some of the Mars of the Clinton Skating Club's Show, A Visit to Manhattan are seen here, They are (leftto right) Me -Nacho Howse, Jo- Anne Middleton, Darlene Cliowani, Cindy Middleton and Cheryl Flynn. Come to the Winter Carnival tonight through Sunday The 1972 Version of the Clinton Winter fijernival is underway. The week of activity got underway Monday night with a bingo and draw at the Community Centre, sponsored by Branch, 140, Canadian ,Legion, A broomball tournament is also underway and will wind up Saturday afternoon with the championship game. 1 st Column If you haven't got your ticket yet for "A Visit to Manhattan" the Clinton Figure Skating Club's ice show tonight might be your best time.to go. The show is on tonight and Friday but according to a member of the club, many more tickets are available for the Thursday show than the Friday. + + The News-Record welcomes a new correspondent from the Kippen area this week, Mrs. Rena Caldwell, We are still on the lookout for a correspondent in Holmesville. PLEASE someone, lend a hand. In preparation for the National Dental Week, Feb. 7 to 12, the Ontario Dental Association in co-operation with the Huron County Health Unit and other health units throughout Ontario have planned a poster contest. This contest is open to each pupil in grade five. They are being asked to make a poster L: reference to the National Dental Week during the week. The teachers will select the best poster from his or her clas. There will be a selection of the best posters in Huron County. This wilt be done by the Huron County Health Unit dental staff.. There will be a prize of $10.00 for the best poster, a prize of $5.00 for the second best and a prize of $3.00 for the third best poster. The prize winning entries from all the health units will be sent to the Dental Association of Ontario and the best entry will be selected and used as'next years poster for National Dental Week. A five-point plan for determining who is eligible to vote on farm questions was proposed at the monthly meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture held Thursday in Clinton. The plan was built around suggestions which originated with the 16 township federations Who each appointed a delegate to a committee to draft the plan. Now that it has been approved by the county federation, it will go before the Ontario Federation of Agriculture which had requested county federations across the province to come up with suggestions. The purpose of the plan was to lay ground rules as to who is eligible to vote in commodity Marketing board votes and any future general farm vote. It follows complaints that non- producers were suddenly acquiring chickens The carnival began in a big way last night With theto-r-c-rlight parade and activities at the Community Centre. Tonight and Friday night will see the Clinton Skating Club's presentation "A Visit to Manhattan" at the arena, The two big days of activity will be Saturday and Sunday, Saturday will start with the public School skating noes, the parade (which will feature Miss Dominion of Canada, Lana Droullard and Bruce Love of CFPL) and activities of all kinds at the arena. These activities include judging of the king and queen contest, a tug o' war, log sawing contest and the finals of the broornball tournament, The evening will see the ice carnival at the arena with prizes for the best costumes and skating races. Later in the evening there will be three dances in the community, Sunday will see the snowmobile races run by the Kinsmen Club which will probably draw the biggest crowd of the weekend. Wesley- Willis holds service .for blind "White Cane Week" will be remembered this coming Sunday with a special service at Wesley-Willis Church at 11 a.m. Members of the local branch of "The Canadian Council for the Blind" will attend. Mr. Alan Reid will read the lesson and Mrs. Gwen Watson will have a display of books in Braille, a C.N.I.B. Talking Book and other items of interest. The Guest Speaker will be Mr. Arthur Davies of Kitchener. Before lie became blind, Mr. Davies was stationed on the Clinton Air Base and attended Wesley-Willis Church. Dr. Mowatt, local representative of the Huron- Perth Advisory Board for the C.N.I.B. will conduct the service, and Mr. Bill Craig, a soloist with the Wesley-Willis Choir, will sing "The Blind Ploughman". prior to the egg marketing board vote which was to have been held recently but was cancelled due to these irregularities. The five points of the proposal are: 1. The majority required for approval of a marketing board should he 55 per cent, 2, A majority of the income of the farmer should come from farming to be eligible to vote. 3. The voter must produce a 'commodity for two years prior to the vote to be eligible to vote on a commodity board vote. 4. There should be a graduated system of voting on commodities much like the share system in a public company. One vote would be awarded for every "X" number' of units produced to a maximum of five votes for any one producer. 5. Ina general farm vote, all voters must be active participants in farming to be eligible. drainage accounts, $7,149.02 in road accounts and $902.16 in administration costs. A special meeting of council was held on ..Jan. 19 when council met with a representative of Ontario Hydro, Mr. Fracer, to discuss the proposed hydro line from the Bruce Nuclear Power project, through Hullett to the Seaforth Transmission Station. Several owners of property on lots 1 and 2 on concessions 3 to 14, the land through which the line would pass, were present at the meeting. Mr. Fraser said he did not have the information on hand to deal with their question Junior Farmers elect executive The joint meeting of the Clinton Junior Farmers was held recently at the Clinton Department of Agriculture and Food building. The election of officers took place with Jamieson Ribey in charge. They are as follows: Girl's president, Lois Jones; Vice-president, Nancy Lapp; Secretary, Faye Merrill; Treasurer, Kay Hovins. Boy's president, Douglas Trewartha; Vice-president, Walter Denys; Secretary- treasurer, Keith Lapp; Joint secretary, Lynda Reed; Joint treasurer, Glen McNeill; Press Reporter, John Hickey; County Director, Grant Jones. A committee was set up to arrange a Valentine's dance on Friday, Feb. 11 at the Auburn hall with the Country Boys. since he had expected to deal only with the council at this meeting. He was present to find out if council had any municipal projects planned in the area. Also at the special meeting was Henry Uderstadt, drainage engineer who had requested a meeting with ratepayers involved in the Hallam Drain. He explained that the depth of drain and size of tiles required to drain several low areas would greatly increase the cost, but that these could be drained if the owners wanted them drained. The owners are to decide if they wish to bear the extra cost and inform the clerk. Co-ordinating committee conducts survey The Social Services Co-ordinating Committee for Huron County has been granted funds for salaries and overhead expenses through the Local Initiatives Program, Dept. of. Manpower and Immigration, Federal Government, to conduct a survey throughout the county. The project began on January 31 and will be completed by the end of May. The Social Services Co-ordinating Committee has been in existence since 1968. It is made up of Representatives from social agencies such as Children's Aid Society, churches, the Board of Education, Dept. of Health, Goderich Psychiatric Hospital, See page. 5 Flu bug closes Huronview The prevalence of influenza in the county has led to the closing of Huronview Home for the Aged to all visitors. C.A. Archibald, Administrator of the county home announced Monday that the Home physician had ordered the Home closed to protect the residents from the outbreak which has hit the rest of the county. Mr. Archibald stated that if an emergency arose, families of residents would be contacted by telephone. The Home was closed two years ago for a time because of flu in the area. "We believe," Mr. Archibald said, "that it was due to the public's excellent co-operation that a serious epidemic among our residents was prevented." A similar decision to cut-off visiting privileges was made earlier by Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in Goderich. Miss Kay Elliott, Superintendent of Nursing at Clinton Public Hospital said no such move has been made at the hospital. She said there have not been a large number of visitors and few cases of the flu. Van Eginond committee goes to county council BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER The committee from Seafertki-Tuokersmith attempting to restore the VanEgmond Reserve in Egmondville as a tourist attraction in that area appeared before Huron County Council recently to solicit a donation for their project. lject. While no exact amount of money was requested, council was reminded to be generous since Seaforth-Tuckersmith is now "demilitarized zone'' ' where the factories and other industries are small and not all that properous and where "charity is almost necessary", A complete history of the emergence of the VanEgmond Restoration Foundation was recounted in detail and it was shown that the group is now affiliated with the Heritage Foundation, a government-sponsored organization dedicated to restoring and refurbishing historical buildings. Col. Anthony VanEgmond, the man commissioned to construct the road from Galt to Goderich, settled in Eginondville which was named after him. This colorful figure from the past fought in the 1837 Rebellion and was widely known for Iris soldiering abilities, Though he never lived in the VanEgmond house, he built it while he resided across the road, a property also under consideration by the VanEgmond Restoration Foundation. Twenty-five percent of the money for the restoration project must be raised locally. Local labor wil be hired to complete the work, it was promised. Hullett council hears more on Hydro transmission line route William and Keith Holland were present at the regular meeting of Hullett township council Feb. 1 to ask permission to operate a wrecking yard in the township, Council granted permission for the operation of a class "C" junk yard in Bill Holland's bush. Council passed a by-law to prohibit parking for 600 feet west of highway 4 on Con. 10 and 11 at Londesboro on the south side of the road. Another by-law was passed to restrict the weight of vehicles using a bridge in the township. The clerk was instructed to advertise for a warble fly sprayer operator and supplies. The council approved $11,159.60 in Auxiliary awards bursary The Hospital Auxiliary met Monday, Feb, 4, in the Hospital Board Room for its monthly meeting with Mrs. Paul Walden, president, conducting the business. Minutes and correspondence were read by the secretary, Mrs. Harvey Howard. Mrs. Ed Porter gave the treasurer's report. It was announced that two R.N.A. bursaries of $75.00 each have been awarded to Miss Eileen Poelman, R. R. 3, Seaforth and Miss Grace Longman, Auburn. Mrs, D. Ball, buying convener, reported that all magazines for the use of patients had been re-ordered. The hospital cart will be staffed by 'members of the Eastern Star in February and the Legion Auxiliary in the month of March. Vanishing Parties, under the convenership of Mrs. E. Ryan, are the order of the day. The proceeds from these enjoyable outings will go towards the purchase of new x-ray equipment. The annual Hospital Auxiliary membership drive will get under way early in March under the leadership 'of Mrs. Ed. Wilson. Health record books, in which to keep an account of immunization shots, vaccinations, etc,, are being purchased and will be placed on the cart for sale to new mothers or anyone wishing them, "Meals on Wheels" was the topic of much discussion. Is there a need for this service in Clinton? Do you know of people who are unable to prepare a nutritious meal for themselves? If so, would you contact Mrs, Alex Addison, Mrs. C. M. Shearing, or any member of the Auxiliary. We would appreciate this information.