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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-08-03, Page 148 65 72 75 79 81 82 Weather 1972 1971 Hi 1.O HI '0 July 25 26' 27 28 30 20 31 Clinton, Ontario Thursday, August 3 , 1972 20 Cents 107 Year No. 31 59 82 52 51 75 59 55 73 47 44 78 556 42 72 5 44 73 55 52 71 52 51 Rain ,14" Rain i2" Youngsters kick up their heels to the beat of the music at a band concert held last week in Bayfield. The open air concert was held in conjunction with Pioneer Park's twenty-fifth anniversary celebrations. (photo by Liza Williams) Anniversary celebrations continue in Bayfield Mail service interrupted Clinton and district's postal service will be interrupted during the Civic holiday weekend. According to R.J, Dixon, Clinton postmaster, there will be no street letter box pick-up service on Sunday Aug. 6 in Clinton but there will be usual letter box collection on the Monday holiday. However, there will be no wicket Service On Monday Aug. 7 nor will there be any rural route delivery. The lock box lobby will be open as usual on the holiday. Mai' will be dispatched on Monday at 5:30 OFFICE HOURS: Due to the Civic holiday the Olean News-Record will be closed Monday, Aug, / and open Tuesday, Aug. 8 It's full steam ahead as this combine bears down on the News., Record photographer Who narrowly missed getting reaped. The scone took place on the farm of Edward and Ray Wise of A.A. Clinton last week as the winter wheat harvest got undee way. With nearly perfect drying days much of the grain was taken off in good shape. (News,Record photo) 410A.. The transition of the old Par-Knit factory on Albert Street in Clinton into the sparkling new offices of the Huron County board of education has begun. The $198,000 worth of renovations is being carried out by James Hayman Construction of London. Here bricklayers are starting to put on the cream-colored brick veneer that will hide the old concrete block exterior. (News-Record Photo) Clinton Hospital to stage disaster Clinton Public Hospital will participate in a disaster plan that will involve three counties. Sometime near the end of November, the hospital will participate in a simulated disaster plan involving 11 hospitals in the counties of Huron, Perth and Bruce as well as police, fire and municipal services. Plans for the scheme were laid at a special conference held in Wingham recently at the Nursing Assistants Training School. The next step is the formation of disaster committees in the communities served by each hospital. Each committee will consist of police, fire, welfare department, hydro and BY WILMA OKE Tuckersmith Township Council approved a draft zoning by-law Tuesday for the Base "impact area" of the township a triangular area between Clinton, Seaforth and Sidewalk Sale! pages 5, 6, 7 1 St Column Clinton's Annual Street Carnival sponsored by the Clinton Lion Club gets under way today and by the looks of things, it should be the biggest one ever. Albert Street between Main and Rattenhury Street will be closed off and carnival games, free pony rides, an outdoor tea garden and a cash bingo will be offered in a fair-like atmosphere. There willbe a draw at 11 p.m. for $250 in cash and if the weatherman co-operates, if should be a fun evening. The Carnival is being held in conjunction with the Clinton Retail Merchants Sidewalk Sale Days this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. All the stores will he open til 9 Thursday and Friday nights and the parking is FREE! The News-Record has received a letter to the editor but we cannot publish anonymous letters unless we know the true name address of the writer. So if the person who writes under the name of "Lucifer Black" could let us know their real name and address, we would be glad to publish their letter. + In an editorial last week we said that the Crown Attorney was John Cochrane. It's not. Bill Cochrane is the Crown Attorney and John Cochrane is the Director of Education for Huron County. + The Brucefield Fire Department will be coming to Vanastra (former CF8 Clinton) to instruot residents On fire protection and to recruit extra members for their department. It's good to see towhs . and villages co- operating with Vahastra, hospital officials, Theplan will involve a simulated flood that will sweep across the three counties wiping out several hospitals, destroying towns and injuring about 100 people. - An integrated plan for all the hospitals will then be developed at a co-ordinating conference to be held later. Final details of the test will also be finalized. Besides Clinton Public Hospital, other hospitals involved are at Seaforth, Exeter, Listowel, Kincardine, Hanover, Walkerton, Wingham, Palmerston and two in Goderich. Wingham District hospitalv.014, be the co- ordinating centre of its centri location, Brucefield, including the former Canadian Forces Base in the township. Each property owner in this area will be notified directly and receive a copy of the by- law will be published in the local papers. Over 300 owners are in the area and will have 14 days to study by-law and lodge a written complaint if anyone has one. Clerk James McIntosh will then forward the by-law and any complaints to the Ontario Municipal Board for approval, Gary Davidson, Goderich, director of Huron County Planning was present at the meeting to present the draft zoning by-law and to discuss it before it was given approval. Also present at the meeting were William J. Dickson and Keith Jordan of Kitchener, Planning and Engineering Consultants with Kleinfeldt and Associates, representing Rodoma, the owner of the former Canadian Forces Base. They discussed the conditions of approval set down by the Ministry of Treasury and Economics and Inter-governmental Affairs, in particular, the zoning by-law required for the "impact area" of the base and the Ontario Water Resources Commission's acceptance of the sewage treatment plant. Allan Nicholson, township Road Superintendent, in his report said the Ministry of Transportation and Communications had turned down the application for the supplementary by-law for funds to assist in building a new bridge over Silver Creek at the Seaforth Golf Course and the road approaches to it for this year. Council approved building permits for William Clark, R.R. 2, Kippen, for art implement shed; Ernest Toll, Egmondville, for a garage; Hans Von Euw, R.R. 4, Seaforth, for a garage and porch, Accounts totalling $12,458.15 were passed for payment and included: General government, $605.66; drainage, $1,748.50; fire protection, $1,386.72; roads, $2,717,27; water $1,080,47. Council discussed complaints about a resident in Egmondville who has 17 dogs. Their "howling" disturbed neighbouring residents and he didn't have a license for a dog kennel, Council was notified that supplementary assistance will not be available,o 4r reconstruction of a two mile stretch of road easterly from Hensall. t, ' The township has received $984 from the Department of Finance in lieu of taxes for township and county rates for the former Canadian Forces Base, Crime wave hits town Thieves broke into the offices of tb9,,alinton News-Record last weekend but failed" to Carry anything off. Mrs. Robert Gibb ofqhe NeWs-Record, discovered the break-in early Monday morning when she came to work. The thieves had smashed down a back door to get in but dropped a small amount of cash on the floor near the back of the offices. Police believe that the would be "robbers were scared off when editor Jim Fitzgerald came to the office to process some film either Saturday night or Sunday night, Mr. Fitzgerald wasn't aware of the break-in as he wasn't in the rear of the building. J. Howard Aitken, General Manager of the News-Record, said that the cash drawer was jimmied open and the cash box containing $8.54 was taken to the rear of the building where it was pried open. "We are changing all the locks in the building and are going to put bars on the windows," Mr. Aitken said. "We just won't keep any more cash in the building no matter how small an amount it is," he said. Thieves were also busy in other places in Clinton on the weekend. They broke into the house of Jack Hart on Matilda Street but only got a piggy bank containing a few dollars. On Friday night yeggs broke into a car owned by John Dixon and stole a stereo tape deck and two speakers, Thieves also hit a car owned by Brian Boyd and cleaned the car of its stereo tape deck, 20 tapes and four speakers. The Fairholme Dairy was also burglarized on the weekend but nothing was reported stolen. Three florescent lights were reported stolen from Clinton swimming pool. Clinton Police are investigating all incidents. Better feed prices says CFA Feed grain prices will no longer discriminate against the Ontario livestock feeder if a Canadian Federation of Agriculture campaign is a success. Last week's semi-annual Canadian Federation meeting pledged to end the problem of eastern farmers paying much higher grain prices than Prairie feeders. The plan to revamp domestic feed grains policy was unanimously supported at the Winnipeg meeting by the C.F.A.'s ten provincial farm organizations. "After several years of controversy, a national grains agreement is something to yell about," says Gordon Hill of Varna president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. "The emphasis is on moving the grain, selling it and stopping unmanageable surpluses from piling up." "We've struggled to get this policy for price stability. It's taken a long time, but it's a good one," he said. Hill particularly endorses regulating Prairie commercial feedlots and feedmills. They will operate uraler the same rules that influence eastern prices when this, policy is implemented. The Canadian Federation of Agriculture will soon prevent the plan to the federal and provincial agriculture ministers and industry groups. Tuckersmith to get rezoning During the contests, Mrs. Cooper of Hensall gave a demonstration of spinning. She brought a class of spinning students along, and set up a canopy in the enclosure in the park with an exhibit of some of her work, BY LIZA WILLIAMS The Pioneer Park Association has been busy again this week celebrating its twenty- fifth anniversary. On Thursday afternoon a kite-flying and stilts contest took place in Pioneer Park. Many children had made their own stilts, and those of one little boy took him nearly six feet into the air. Although it was a perfect day for kite-flying, with a northwest wind, probably not more than eight children participated in the kite contest, Many more turned out with their families for the stilt contest, which ended with a race for all Contestants. Small prizes were given to many of the children. Friday night saw one of the highlights of the anniversary celebrations, A dance was held on the grass in Pioneer Park until sunset. The Goderich Dance Band was invited to play under the direction of Charles Kalbfleisch, and they specialized in music, from the 1940's, in order to appeal to all ages. Most of the dancers, however, seemed to be a great deal on one side That evening the annual band concert was given in the park. Conducted by Charles Kalbfleisch, the band played an assortment of numbers including Lara's Theme from the movie Dr. Zhivago, a selection from The Music Man, and Beethoven's "Ode to JO.,". The concert was attended by young and old alike, and accompanied by much foot-tapping. Some youngsters were even inspired to lie in a row on their backs and swing their legs in time to the music over the low rail fence. or the other of their teen years. Most of the people who attended the dance watched but were delighted in the stately two-step of their friends and neighbors. Five year-olds seemed to have the best time with the exception of Eric Earl and Katie Williams, who kicked their heels up in the best fashion although there was some question as to whether they were doing the Charleston or the Twist. The festivities are not over at least for children from grade seven to age fifteen. On Thursday August 3rd, there will be a Treasure Hunt at 7 p.m. All those who wish to participate must pre-register at Graham's General Store in Hayfield. The annual meeting of the Pioneer Park Association will be held on Saturday August 12th at 10 a.m. in Pioneer Park. Clinton hosts Derry Day Clinton will be host on Saturday Aug. 12 to more than 5,000 people as the Huron County Perceptor celebrates ,Derry Day. The celebration commemorates the 284th anniversary of the relief of Londerry and will feature a special church service, a large parade, guest speakers, an exhibition ball game and a big dance. The celebration will be kicked off with a special church service this Sunday Aug. (i at Wesley-Willis United Church at 7:30 p.m. with the Rev. Mowatt as the guest speaker. On the following Saturday, a parade will march down Clinton's main streets. The parade, which features colorful banners, a number of bands and floats, starts at 1:45 p.m. Perceptories and Crystal Chapters from across Western Ontario will be present. There will he prizes for the best pipe band, the best fife and drum band, the best fifers, and the best drummers, There will also be special prizes for both ladies and gentlemen in the best decorated business front and the best decorated home category. Later in the afternoon, there will be special guest speakers followed by an exhibition ball game at the Clinton Ball Diamond. "The Endless Times" will supply the music Saturday night at the Clinton Community Centre for the special dance held in conjunction with the celebrations. The celebrations have received wide- spread support in Clinton both from the council and the businessmen. Council voted the Huron County RBP a special grant of $150 at a council meeting and the businessmen of Clinton have donated money during the last couple of weeks to help the Black Knights out.