HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-11-02, Page 1Thursday November 2, 1972 107 Year No. 44
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Alumni gather at Wesley-Willis
All persons who attended the service of
morning worship at Wesley—Willis United
Church last Sunday found that they had a
special treat in store for the music was
provided by a choir comprised of present
and former members who had journeyed
many miles to be present.
Mrs. G,W. Walker.presided at the organ
and Mrs. Wm, Hearn directed the 41-voice
group in three favourite anthems of the
congregation. "Seek Ye The Lord", "0 Send
Out Thy Light" and "Let Mount Zion
Rejoice" with solo parts being taken by Mrs.
M. Nediger, Mr, Wm. Craig and Mr. R,N. Ir.
win.
Mrs, Hearn also directed the junior choir
in a lively selection and the primary choir,
directed by Mrs. Doti Anderson, delighted
the congregation with their presentation, A
highlite of the service was the dedication by
Dr. Mowatt of 12 new hymn books presented
by Mrs. Dorothy Gould of Toronto in
memory of her parents, Mr. and Mrs, John.
former members of the congregation.
'A fellowship hour followed the service
where old friendships were renewed and
new acquaintances made.
Robert E. McKinley is victorious.
Political analysts in this county had predic-
ted a win for the chicken hatchery man from
Stanley Township and it wasn't long after
the returns began to roll into Progressive
Conservative headquarters in Zurich Mon-
day evening that McKinley supporters
began to celebrate a successfu1 campaign.
Of the 36,851 eligible voters in Huron
County, 29,716 turned out to the polls to
give 19,131 votes to McKinley, 8,631 votes to
Liberal Charles Thomas, 1,869 votes to
NDP Mrs. Shirley Weary and 85 votes to Ed
Bain, independent.
The office of the returning officer, Garnet
Hicks, reports there were more than 6,000
new voters in Huron County this time,
Reports throughout the riding show that
many of the young people 18 years of age
and over took their responsibility seriously
and marked their ballots at the polls.
Last week at the WOAA meeting in
Wingham, the committee accepted the entry
from the newly-formed Clinton Inter-
mediates for play in their league.this winter.
This is the second successive year Clinton
has tried for intermediate hockey. Lack of
fan support and financial backing snuffed
their efforts last year.
Nearly 20 players are interested and are
practising every Tuesday night from 9-10.
Don't let their hopes for a successful year
in Intermediate .hockey falter and die, the
same way it did last yety.
At the meeting, 10 teams were acepted
and promptly the WOAA secretary-
manager, Alf Lockridge, divided the league
into a South Division and a North Division.
Clinton is entered in the South Division and
will be playing four games against
Lucknow, Listowel, Teeswater Otters and
the Milverton Four-Wheel Drives.
Mount Forest, Harriston, Arthur, River-
St Column
The Canadian Legion will be holding
their annual Church parade this Sunday to
commemorate Remembrance Day.
The parade will start at the Clinton
Legion at 10:30 a.m. and proceed to St,
Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at 10:45
where services will be held this year,
Clinton Branch 140 is in charge.
:IC '14
Nominations for the Huron County board
of education open next Tuesday, November
7 and close on Monday, November 13.
We should.be thinking now who we would
like to represent us on this important Huron
County body. It's your tax dollars they are
spending.
The Huronview' Bazaar and Bake Sale
gets underway next Wednesday at Huron.
view and from all indications, it should be a
big event,
Why not get out and enjoy yourself.
know the people of Huronview will enjoy
seeing you.
It starts at 2 p.m.
side and the Durham Huskies play for the
North title. The top teams play for the
grand championship.
Negotiations are in process for an area
business to sponsor the team but what the
club needs is your fan support. Home games
will be played on Thursday, Friday and
Sunday nites at 8:30,
The Colts' schedule will be printed in this
paper when available.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Huron County Council neatly sidestepped
any public discussion in October of the
decision of the future of the Huron County
jail.
The property committee report given by
Ken F. McMichael said the "matter was un-
der study" and would be discussed with
county council "as soon as possible," He ad-
ded that members were "agreed" that not
too much should be said about the project at
the present time.
Present calculations are that there will be
seven additional deputy-reeves in county
council next year due to the increase in new
voters in certain municipalities. Plans are
made to provide for seating of these new
members in the already small council cham-
bers.
The Social Services Administrator, J.A,
MacKinnon' told council that costs in his
department fluctuate from time to time.
"During the June 1972 session, a report
was presented to you comparing gross social
assistance costs from January 1 to April 30
between 1971 and 1972 showing an increase
from $107,097.69 in 1971 to $109,332.51 in
1972," said MacKinnon. "The gross costs
for the period January 1 to September 30,
shows a decrease from $211,836.63 in 1971
to $181,270;82 in 1972. This decrease comes
as a result of the Province of Ontario taking
over the majority of Nursing Home costs
through the Extended Care Program
provided by the Ontario Health Insurance
Plan."
Council learned that the circulation of
thought it unlikely, however, that those two
parties could work amicably too long
because the Liberals have "out socialized
them."
"Trudeau has killed incentive in the coun-
try completely," said McKinley, "The coun-
try has decided now that Trudeau has got to.
go
Mrs. Shirley Weary agrees with McKinley
that it is "Mr. Trudeau's ballgame."
"It is up to Mr, Trudeau to decide
whether or not he will form a government,
and I suspect he will," said Mrs. Weary.
She said it would be possible fOr the NDP to
join with. the Liberals to obtain majority,
but she also didn't think it was too likely.
"We are willing to co-operate with either
of the parties, which ever one forms the
government," said Mrs. Weary, "as long as
their actions fit with our policies. But I
doubt that would work for any length of
time."
Mrs. Weary did say that she imagined
either the Liberals or the Conservatives
would be "hesitant" to call another election
too soon, however. She recalled that the
recent election cost the government alone
$16,000,000.
The Goderich schoolteacher at CHSS in
Clinton said she felt this would be an ideal
time to enact some election reform — the
control of election spending and making
known where the money for election cam-
paigns is coming from.
Mrs. Weary is contented that the NDP in
Huron has "been accepted as a party." She
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adult books from the Huron County Library
shows an encouraging increase of 19,000 off-
set by a decline in juvenile reading to give a
net rise of 12,222 and a total 1972 cir-
culation to the end of September of 256,83:3
(244,611 in 1971).
"As in previous reports, circulation of our
juvenile books on deposit in elementary
'schools is not recorded so that the decrease
shown is hardly significant," said county
librarian Miss Ethel Dewar,
Miss Dewar was given a rousing hand of
applause in recognition for her great efforts
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Thieves steal
large haul
Thieves made off with $1,200 in goods
following a break-in at Scruton's Fuels on
Albert Street in Clinton last Friday night.
The salve business had been broken into the
night before, but nothing was reported
stolen.
Police are now on the lookout for loot
from the burglary, which included stereo
tape decks, stereo tapes, home entertain-
ment consoles and tools.
Glew's Sunoco was also broken into on
October 25 and thieves made off with
cigarettes, anti-freeze and oil.
Kingswell's Welding was entered October
26 but it appears only a few pennies were
stolen,
Clinton Police have' all the cases under in-
vestigation and wouldn't release any of the
names of suspects.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Dr. C,T,M, Hadwen of the University of
Guelph who has directed an Inter-
disciplinary Study of Huron County in 1971-
72 at a cost of $21,000 was not unfamiliar
with Huron County before the study began.
but Dr. Hadwen has learned some sur-
prising things about Huron County and ad-
mits this county may well be unique in
many respects.
For instance, Huron County citizens like
Huron County the way it is, they would
prefer to change jobs rather than move from
Huron County and many, many present
Huron County citizens' have proven their
loyalty to this county by revealling they've
been born and raised here and haven't even
considered moving away. .
As well, Dr. Hadwen discovered that the
county's weekly newspapers are not only ap-
preciated and respected, they are the most
trusted source of news and advertising infor-
mation Huron residents have.
Of course, the people which Dr. Hadwen
and his workers interviewed were heads of
households — in other words, older citizens.
Just for the records, Dr. Hadwen has
already conducted a similar survey among
Grade 12 students in the county's five high
schools, and preliminary tabulations in-
dicate that Huron's young citizens may not
vary all that much from their older county-
mates in their outlook about the part of the
province in which they reside.
And Dr. Hadwen is Still not finished with
Huron. His next move is to obtain the per-
mission of Huron County councillors to in-
terview them about themselves as coun-
cillors and their reasons for being there etc.
There were 10 interviewers at work in
Huron for the duration of the project. Two,
other persons — the late George Ellis and
James Kinkead, both of Goderich also
contributed time and knowledge to the
endeavour.
Hadwen said that while there would
never be established "a comprehensive pic-
ture of Huron County", there are some in-
dications of its makeup in the following
discoveries after interviewing 535 heads of
households.
1. There is a strong positive identification
with Huron County on the part of most
people interviewed, although many identify
more closely with a town or village area
than with the county as a whole. Over half
If ever there was an example of hard
work and co-operation, the Clinton Coma
mttnity Credit Union would have to be that
example.
From humble beginnings 20 years ago,
when they had 24 members and total assets
of a mere $12, they have grown to an
organization with 4,200 members and assets•
of more than $5 million.
The Credit Union celebrated their twen-
tieth anniversary of community involvement
at a dance and banquet last' aturday night
in the Legion Hall in Clinton.
With a sellout crowd of nearly 150 people
on hand, the Community Credit Union
the respondents did not wish to see the
county change in any way, although about
one fifth expressed a desire for industrial
growth.
2. The best features of Huron County are
seen as its good farm land, its friendly
people and its pleasant scenery. Its least at-
tractive features are thought to be hard win-
ters and a lack of sufficient job oppor-
tunities.
3, The attachment to Huron County
amongst those questioned is strong enough
that two thirds of them say they would stay
in the area, even if it meant they had to
change their occupation.
4. Over three quarters of county heads of
household have always lived in Huron. Ex-
cept for those who have always lived at their
present address, there has been a tendency
to move from a rural to an urban location
within the county. The one quarter who
have moved into Huron come mainly from
Ontario, especially other parts of rural On-
Residents of Ontario and the Clinton area
face a stiff increase in their hydro bills effec-
tive the first of next year.
Ontario Hydro announced Tuesday that
effective January 1, 1973, the wholesale rate
of power to municipal commissions would"
be raised by an average of eight per cent
and the cost to direct industrial customers
would be raised by 12 per cent. Cottagers,
farmers and rural residents who are direct
Hydro customers will have their electricity
bill raised by 10 per cent effective on the
February 5, 1973 billing.
Although rurals residents will see the in-
crease early next year, Clinton residents
may not feel the increase until at least next
spring. Clinton PUC raised their rates to
customers by 81 /2 percent on September 1st,
this year.
Gus Boussey, PUC manager, said
Tuesday that he had had no official
notification from Ontario Hydro, but
couldn't see any rate rise for Clinton con-
sumers because the commission would have
honored those first few brave people, who 20
'years ago paid 25 cents towards a share in
the birth of a new financial organization in
the Town of Clinton.
The 24 original members were guests of
honor, at the banquet and were presented
with scrolls by President, Hector Kingswell
on which was mounted a 1952 quarter and a
1972 quarter, returning their original invest-
ment.
Clinton Mayor Dori Symons, a head table
guest, told the members of the Credit Union
that their kind of dedication and co,
operation was' A welcome addition to Clink
ton and he said he was pleased to be'
tario and have been attracted by a job or
farming opportunity or by friends and
relatives.
5. With respect to most services, respondents
were at least fairly well satisfied with what
Huron County has to offer; not, however, in
the case of public transportation which
many felt inadequate. Recreation and
health facilities on the other hand are seen
as superior by almost half those questioned.
Health services are seen to have improved,
during the past five years by many, in that
more doctors and treatment centres are
thought to be in the area now. A small
minority hold the opposite opinion, stating
that doctors are less available to patients
than they were.
6. Over half the sample go to the lakeshore
at least once a month for recreation,
although only about 5% own a cottage
there. A majority, though not a strong one,
would like to see the lakeshore further
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to "look at revenues at the end of the year"
and decide from there.
He said the commission would do a rate
study in the spring and then decide whether
to raise rates again.
Clinton PUC has absorbed Hydro in-
creases for 1970 and 1971 but they were
losing money and had to raise rates this
year.
Hydro Chairman George Gathercole
blamed the increase on inflation and the
resultant escalation in costs of equipment
and supplies, interest rates, wages and
salaries, fuels and anti-pollution measures.
Mr. Gathercole said the rate increases
will not be sufficient alone to meet the rising
costs and the reserve fund will have to be
dipped into.
He said that the cost of hydro to
municipal customers between 1961 and 1971
and has only increased by 18.6 percent, but
during the same period, the consumer index
jumped 33.4 percent and the average On-
tario wage increased by 75.9 percent.
associated with such an outstanding group
of people.
Dr. F.G. Stewart, the guest speaker, told
the assembled members and guests that
people today need more old-fashioned con-
victions that will give them the confidence to
move ahead and meet the future with no
hesitation. He said the kind of work that the
original members of the Credit Union had
carried out was a good example of the kind
of future gazing that was needed.
Also present at the head table were Fred.
Downing, Field Representative from On-
tario Credit Union League and Hector
Bathe, Area Supervisor from Cuna'Mutual
Insurance Society,
William H. Elsley of Clinton has his name checked off on the
voters list at poll one on Monday during the Federal election.
Huron riding voters gave incumbent McKinley more than
10,000 more votes than his nearest rival, Liberal Thomas, Poll
Clerk Olive Goldsworthy, left, checks the list while scrutiners
Bessie Black and Margaret Cooper look on. Margaret Garon
was the Deputy Returning Officer. (News-Record photo)
McKinley sweeps Huron riding
Trust newspapers too
Huron happy with life style
McKinley was interviewed at his home
late Tuesday afternoon by telephone.
McKinley said he had been receiving
telephone messages from well-wishers all
day. He advised that he had spoken with all
the newly-elected PC candidates in the area
and added that he was ready to go to Ot-
tawa soon.
"I have a lot of work to do there,"
McKinley said.
"In answer to a question concerning what
would happen now that the PCs and
Liberals are all but tied for seats in the
House of Commons, McKinley said, "It is up
to Trudeau. I think that Trudeau must have
the message that the people want to get rid
of him. Only Quebec has kept him in there. '
The ball is in his court now."
McKinley claimed it would be possible for
the Liberals and the New Democratic Party
to join forces to form a government. He
Clinton gets "C" hockey
Council ignores jail vote
Clinton spared for now
Hydro rates rise again
The Twentieth Anniversary of the Clinton Community Credit
Union was celebrated on Saturday with a banquet and a
dance. Cutting the birthday cake are, left to right,. charter
Ready for another twenty years
,member Skip Winter, Clinton Manager Fred Gibson and
President Hector Kingswell. (News-Record photo)
Credit Union celebrates birthday