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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-12-14, Page 1Clinton, Ontario 20 cents Clinton News-Record Thursday,.0ecombor 14, 1972 1 Weather 1972. 1971 M lWo 107 Year - No. 50 Rain .64" Snow DeCeMber 5 34 6 42 7 21 8 32 9 35 10 32 11 24 16 35 25 20 41 34 9 40 37 8 39 4 3,5 32 42 38 23 62 40 16 57 35 6" Rain 1,10" Debate lengthy on overtime issue The women of Wesley-Willis United Church soothed the sick at Clinton Public Hospital last Tuesday night as they toured the hospital wards singing Christmas carols. This is the seventh year in a row that the ladies have sung to the patients. Each member carried a candle and one patient remarked thM he was glad to see someone outside the hospital taking an interest in sick patients. (News-Record photo) Bayfield council meets Fairy land came to life at Clinton Public School last Tuesday and may play in other schools. Many other children were in- night when some of the children from grade seven and eight volved in the background,and even the kindergarten helped put on a play. The play, a first time effort, was well received build the sets. (News-Record photo) Carnival Capers please happy audience The Assessment Review Court will be held in Bayfield, December 18 at 2 p.m, Confirmation of this was received by Coun- cil at their meeting last Thursday evening. Correspondence received from the Huron County Board of Health stated that Mr. McCall CPH (C) had been hired as Chief Inspector to replace Mr. Bill Empey. An invitation to attend the Good Roads Convention in Toronto, February 26 to 28 was received, also a letter from Vennettilli - Contractors, Greenfield - Sarnia Enter- prises, stating there that they had heavy equipment to rent, that they do land- scaping, Industrial paving and excavating etc. A most interesting letter regarding the Task Force of Policing in Ontario (0.P.C.) was read...The letter (in part) dealt with ef- ficiency of administration a copy of the terms of reference. It will analyze present and future policing needs. Hearings are being held throughout the Province for in- Watch the mail If you get a brown envelope from the Town of Clinton in the next couple of days or so, don't throw it out. It's very valuable. It contains the Town of Clinton's Plan- ning Act and map as the town fathers and the Planning Board huve drawn it up. The Town has submitted the plan to the Ontario Municipal Board, but before they can get approval for it, it is necessary for the people of Clinton to voice any objec- tions to it, in writing, to the Town Clerk by December 28. If there are enough objec- tions, then the OMB will set up a hearing next year in Clinton. The kit, which all property owners and people within a 400 feet of the town limits will receive contains the town's official planning map and all the zoning by-laws. Before you throw it away, study it carefully, because it will be the last time that ratepayers will be able to discuss the plan, whether for or against it. st Column Part of the Passe Muraille Theatre group' who wrote and performed a play on Clin- ton last summer will be in Clinton on Saturday December 23. They will be playing at the Puss-N-Boots theatre for children to be held in the Wesley-Willis Recreation room. Show will get underway at 2 p.m. and admission will be 50 cents. We made an error last week when we called the Vanastra Optimist Club of Clin- ton the first Optimist Club in Huron County. We were wrong, Seaforth has claim to that fame. Sorry about that Seaforth. * Both Seniors and Junior choirs of Wesley-Willis and Ontario Street United Churches will be at a joint Christmas ser- vice to be held at Ontario Street United on December 17 at 7:30 pan, Everyone is invited to come along and worship together under the guidance of Dr- A.J. Mowatt and Rev, L. Lewis. Mrs. Doris McKinley will solo on the trumpet. Don't forget there is plenty of hockey ac- den this weekend with both the Juniors and the Colts seeing action. Further details are available on the Sports Page. Clinton Council gave three readings to a .new by-law Monday night which will eliminate parking altogether on five streets in town and restrict parking on two others. The by-law, which is subject to final ap- proYal by the ministry of transportation and communication, would ban parking on the north side of Rattenbury Street from Highway 4 to Percival Street; on the east side of William Street from Ontario Street to Princess Street; on the north side of Mary Street between Isaac and Orange Streets; on the east side of Victoria Street between the main intersection and William Street; and both sides of Isaac Street 1 iet- ween Mary and Wellington Streets. There would be no parking from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday on the west side of Gibbings Street from Ontario to Princess and on the east side of Raglan from Ontario to Princess Streets. Clinton Police reported that two break- ins occurred in the weekend. The Clinton Public School was entered Sunday night and minor, damage was done but nothing was reported stolen. Bill's Billiards and Bowling on Isaac Street was entered Friday night and the thieves made off with $35 in cash and $60 worth of cigarettes. The crackdown on underage drinking continued in Clinton Court last Wednesday as nine youths were fined by Provincial Judge Glenn Hays for consuming liquor. Fined were John VanDooren, Mark Kalichuk, Kenneth Hasselwood, Raymond The Huron County Federation of Agriculture agreed Thursday night to sup- port the Huron County crop Improvement Association in disputing weather forecasts. A letter from the Crop Improvement Association was read at the regular meeting of' the Federation which claimed farmers had suffered crop losses this year because of the inaccuracy of weather forecasts from the Mount Forest weather station via local radio station, The Crop Improvement Association has sent letters to Robert McKinley, M.P. for Huron, the weather station and CKNX radio com- plaining about the service. The complaint said that the forecasts of- ten said farmers could expect 24 to 36 hours of good harvesting weather before a weather front would move in while stations in the Detroit area were saying it would be only six to nine hours before rain could be expected, Many farmers went ahead with operations such as bean pulling only to find that the Detroit forecasts were unfor- Clinton Town Council' debated for over an hour last Monday night whether they should pay overtime to Chief Lloyd Westlake and Clerk Cam Proctor. The dispute arose when a motion was brought forward from the Committee of the Whole which gave approval to pay the chief and the clerk the overtime they had worked. The Chief's 83 hours overtime oc- curred when Sgt. LeRoy Oesch resigned A $335,950 budget for 1973 was proposed Monday for the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority, an increase of $67,952 over this year, due mainly to con- tinuation of the authority's capital spen- ding programs. The budget will be formally submitted to members of the 32-municipality authority for approval at its annual meeting here in February. It must be approved by the provincial ministry of natural resources, The ministry lopped more than $57,000 from the authority's $324,600 budget this year, all of it in proposed capital projects. The authority proposes to spend $50,000 in 1973 on land purchases for its conser- vation program. It had budgeted $10,000 this year but only $1,766 was approved by the ministry. The -authority, which consists of the for- mer Ausable River Conservation Authority and the Bayfield watershed- area which merged with the larger Ausable group in 1971, Covers a large portion of Huron County as well as parts of Perth, Middlesex In other business, council backed a motion from the Association of Municipalities of Ontario to present a brief to Canadian Transport Commission objec- ting to the Bell Telephone's rate increase application. Council also wants the new Public Works Building inspected by the Town's engineer before they make the final payments to builder James Hayman. There are a few things in the building that council is not happy with. Councillor Atkinson reported that an agreement with the Retail Merchants Association to pay for half of the Christmas lights has yet to be worked out. Council also voted themselves their yearly stipend of $600 and declared Decem- ber 26 to be the official Boxing Day holiday. L. Palmer, Alphonse Finnie, Keith Critten- don, Terry Dale, Michael Reynolds, and Gordon St. Louis, Two youths were fined $35 for squealing their tires. Mark Hartman and John F. Jansen were convicted of making un- necessary noise. Two other youths, Robert G. Heipel and Marvin Taylor,. were fined $100 each for racing through Clinton. Police also investigated an accident bet- ween a truck driven by Michael Lang of Teeswater and a car driven by Cornelius Baechler of Goderich. About $1,500 worth of damage wad. done. tunately more accurate than those of Mount Forest. The letter claimed many beans were lost because of this. It was felt that the forecasts came from Toronto and were only relayed through Mount Forest. Since weather systems moved in from the west, it was felt the time estimated did not take this time difference into effect. During the discussion on the letter, John Stafford, past president of the Federation commented "They usually can forecast what happened yesterday—that's about as close as they come." At the Thursday meeting the group also agreed to form a committee to prepare a brief to be presented to the Legislature's Select Committee on Municipal Dthins when it meets in this area. Such a meeting is expected some time in the new year. Pour county executive members were elected at the meeting. They are; John Stafford, R,R, 1, Wroxeter; Vince Austin, R.R. 1 Dungannon; Adrian Vos, Blyth and Gordon Blanchard, RR, 4 Walton. September first and before the two new police constables were hired on October fifth, The Clerk's 121 1 /2 hours of overtime accumulated when he worked nights and weekends after the former clerk, Max Malpass resigned in late June, When the motion was introduced to pay the overtime, Deputy-Reeve Cook said, "we're not going to pay it, these people are on salary." Councillor Archer agreed; "we and Lambton counties, Another budget proposal next year will be $60,000 for the engineering phase of an erosion control project at Grand Bend. Tenders have been called and the authority is currently awaiting provincial approval for the river project upstream from High- way 21. Other capital spending proposals in- clude; continuation of a Port Franks erosion control study, $15,000; develop- ment of the Parkhill conservation area, $10,000; development of the Port Blake conservation area just north of -Grand Bend on land leased from the Lake Huron water supply plant, $7,500; development of a conservation area in Stanley Township, $10,000; gully control in the Bayfielci - area, $5,000; head office expansion and renovation, $3,500; development of a new conservation area in the Clinton- Tucker- smith area, $3,000; and sundry conser- vation land purchases, $8,000. Administratibn costs of $130,650 are hired them on a salary and not any over- time." All the councillors agreed that holiday pay should be paid and didn't enter into the overtime question, Deputy-Reeve Cook then replied that "if he was a. dedicated chief, then he wouldn't be asking for it (overtime)." Councillor Armstrong then said that "if you give it to one then you have to give it budgeted for 1973, an increase of $13,950; maintenance expenditures are to be held to this year's $22,000 figure, as are day-to-day dam costs, at $2,900. Major dam main- tenance will require an increase of $2,900 to $7,900 for next year. Authority chairman William Amos of Parkhill, who represents McGillivray Township, told the year-end meeting of the authority that 1972 represented a milestone in the body's 26-year history due to the addition of the 12-municipality Hayfield watershed area to the Ausable group, He said, however, that meetings with members of other conservation authorities in the province and with Premier Davis and cabinet ministers convinced him that the authority must. consider long-range goals if it is to be assured of receiving financial assistance for sound programs. - Mr. Amos also announced that the authority will seek approval for $57,000 in winter works projects from the federal continued on page 12, Mother Hubbard, Jan Marie Divok, Little Boy Blue, Betty Archer, Little Miss Muffet, Marilyn Van Altena, Little Jack Horner, Lorie Williscraft, Jack the Piper's Son, Donna Strong, and Knave of Hearts, Ian Gibb. The curtains were handled by Larry Riehl; stage prompting - Sharon Irwin and Connie Horbaniuk, The stage props and scenery, all the work of the students assisted by Mr, There will be a five-way race for' the Warden's Chair in Huron when County Council convenes in January. Those men who will aspire for the highest county office will be Reeve Ed Od- dleifson, Hayfield; Reeve Hugh Flynn, Hullett; Reeve Harold Lobb, Clinton; Reeve Roy Pattison, East Wawanosh; and Reeve Everett Mcilwain. Flynn" and Pattison have both been can- didates before. Retiring members of county council spoke briefly. One member, Deputy-reeve Eugene Frayhe, Ashfield, said that he felt the men sitting on council this year should elect the warden for 1973. "It is those who have sat with these men and heard them speak and watched them work who are best qualified to elect the to them all," Deputy-Reeve Cook then said that he had had two calls about there being no police on the crosswalk at the Public School. "It's getting worse instead of bet- ter," he said. Councillor Archer then said that the clerk should take his holidays, to which the Clerk replied that "I couldn't take holidays because I was alone." Councillor Arm- strong said that the clerk was out of order and "shouldn't enter into any argument over the matter." Councillor Armstrong who, according to minutes of a special meeting held behind closed doors, had backed paying the over- time, denied he was at the meeting. . Councillor Archer then said that if they paid one then they would have to pay them all. "We would be setting a precedent," he said. Clerk Proctor argued that he had to do the work to keep up with the situation. A motion was then introduced by Deputy-Reeve Cook seconded by Councillor Armstrong that they not pay the overtime. Councillor Crawford then asked the council to discuss the question like adults. "Council is being very unreasonable if they do not pay for it," he said. Then a recorded vote was taken and Cook, Archer and Armstrong voted not to pay the overtime, while Reeve Lobli, Mayor Symons and Councillors Crawford, Denomme and Atkinson_voted against the motion. It was defeated by a 5-3 count. Denomme then introduced a motion, seconded by Crawford that the Cith‘f and the Clerk be allowed time off for the over- time hours providing no other overtime was incurred. It was • passed unanimously. Graham and Mrs. Williams plus her kin- dergarten pupils, certainly enhanced the atmosphere of the production, Lighting was the combined effort of Mr. Addison and Mr, Millson, This was truly a team effort by the whole school, teachers and students alike. It brightened a miserable wintry evening and the hearts of those who braved the freezing rain to witness it. May it be the fore-runner of more such school productions. warden," claimed Frayne. There was no further comment from council. Also in council Friday, were many of the new reeves and deputy-reeves who will be members of county council for the 1973-74 term, All spoke and expressed their desire to work at the county level toward a better Huron. In that connection, Reeve Paul Carroll of Goderich made a remark during his par- ting address which is pertinent. Reeve Carroll urged all members of County council • old and new - in 1973 to leave their urban versus rural feelings out.. Side the county chambers. He suggested that council members work together with a broad outlook for the future of Huron,, County and all its citizens. terested person's or groups to discuss future planning needs, policing responsibilities, examinations of criminal and traffic by- laws, the financing of Police Farces, Police manpower and development, and. retirement. Council will acknowledge this letter and request assistance of the O.P.C. when needed to enforce certain by-laws. A certificate of approval of. the Waste Management System, serving the Village of Bayfield and Stanley Township until May of 1973 was received. Council approves parking ban Two buildings entered. Federation upset with weatherman A first night and only night audience was enthusiastic in its reception of Carnival Capers, a two-act operetta presented by the Grade 7 and 8 classes of Clinton Public School. Perhaps the audience was `naturally' prejudiced in favour of the young cast, but at the seine time credit must be given to a very meritorious effort. Under the capable and tireless direction of Mrs. Ross Dewitt, the school's music teacher, the boys and girls became fairy tale characters enacting a zesty and fast moving tale of the 100 birthday of Theophilus Turtle and his short but event- ful night as King. Jane Symons in the star role was con- fident and convincing and was ably sustained by other leading characters, notably Mary Ann Cummings as Willie the Wolf and Pat Proctor as Henny Penny. Barb Lawson as Queen of Hearts, Paul Wise as King Cole, Sheila Arnston por- traying Little Red Riding Hood and Melodic Howse as Grandmother all con- tributed well, The Mice Line of Katie Walden, Lorie Blair, Lorie MacDonald and Terry Flowers really took the cheese! Rounding out the cast were Robbie Knights as Jimmie Wolf, Nancy Clynick, Hans the Woodcutter, Adrienne Woods, rabbit, Paul Taylor, Bow Wow, Julie Bar- tliff, QuackQuack, Judy Stephenson, Deb- bie Switzer, Patty Okahashi, Fairies, Bill Mortft-- ,F-tog_,, Foreman, Robert Hart, Michael Cochrane, Brad Morgan, Danny Holmes, Shawn Ritteau, Jamie Craig and I3en Munhings, Progs, Mother Goose Folk were Little Bo Peep, Cathy Anstett, Old Conservation Authority gets more money Five seek wardens seat