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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-03-31, Page 9Poge 8-—Clinton News-Record—Thurs., March 31, 1966 WESTINGHOUSE County Charged With Truck Tire Monopoly X HIGH SPEED DRYER For those roiny spring days next month. FEATURING , . . Three temperature selections Balanced Air Flow System Four way, venting Handy Lint Collector Porcelain Tub (By W. IS. Klliott) GODERICH — A “monopoly” in supplying truck tires was .charged in county council when Exeter representatives register­ ed' the complaint of Brock Tirp Services in that town that a tender other than the lowest had been accepted by the roads department, “without reason given.'* -fTt does take time and effort ■to figure and submit these Ren­ ders,” the letter stated, “and since suppliers seem to be cho­ sen by other than competitive means, a supplier can charge any price he wishes. “I for png will never submit another tender unless drastic Clinton Electric Shop D. W, Cornish— Your Westinghouse Dealer Albert St. CLINTON 482-6646 Aluminum is the most abund­ ant metallic element in the earth’s crust forming more than eight per cent of the solid portion of the crust down to a depth of 10 mliles. -----------Q---------,-- The atmosphere weighs much as a layer of water feet deep. a^ 34 Ask about convenient departure and return times For Information, phone the local CN Passenger Sales Office CANADIAN NATIONAL changes are made, ancl I in­ tend. to advise alii other intend­ ing suppliers. I assume these will be only one tender next time, and that is all that is necessary. This is not their money they are spending. I am not very happy with the way they are doing business.”' The letter was signed by WaL liam Brock. ' “I aim not in a higher legisla­ tive assembly where I might propose a royal commission,” said Mr. Gandon, “'but I do feel this man deserves an answer, and would like to have one to take back home.” ' “His bid on truck tires was 52% discount from list.” Engin­ eer Bri'tnell stated, “the Lon- desboro bid 51%, but the Rad­ ford tire has been, successful in the past. There is a tremendous waste when we change; cannot put one tread on a and another on another, “Thjs is a decision of oommittee, and the lowest ten­ der is not necessarily accepted.' We are familiar with the qual­ ity of service back of a well known company, and the com­ mittee thought tliis was worth approximately 1 %. “Whenever we change brands, whether motor oil or gasoline, there IS inconvenience, and if we had to change 40 rims a- round to suit new treads we would take up that $150 in two years.” Reeve Boyle, Exeter, many years in the tire business, said: “On our own cars we Change brands. I never heard an ex­ planation like that. It does not sound like a very valid argu­ ment. This is. becoming a one- man operation; it could become a monopoly of one man,” Reeve Jim Hayter, Stephen, said he felt the committee decision was a wise one. you dual the Juniors learn Of Machinery ■ (By Mrs. E. Bradnock) Clinton Junior Farmers met in Clinton town' hall with the president, Gordon Gross in th® Pham Minutes were read by Johp Black. Quest speaker Omar Brooks, Lucknow, spoke on farm machinery and maip- tepance,- At a joint meeting with Jun­ ior Institute, Gordon Gross pre­ sided and the minutes were read by Marian Hickey. Mem­ berships were paid by 29 mem­ bers, Carol McIlwain and Marius Bakker reported on the recent Conference in Guelph, John Black was congratulated on winning the best actor award; Plans were made to present the play, “This Way to Heaven” on March 31 at the Howick Central school and also at Tees- water on April 1. The Junior Institute held their meeting in the board room of the agricultural office with Garel McIlwain presiding. Minutes were read by Joanne Cook, Roll call was answered by each girl naming 'her figure problem. The girls did exercises to help them with these prob­ lems, led by Joanne Cook, The Stanley Community Club will meet on Wednesday, April 6 at the home of Mirs. Arnold Taylor. On April 5 The regular monthly meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary to the Clinton Public Hospital will be held! in the Nurs'esf Residence on Tuesday, April 5 at 8:00 p.m. 4* Denies Blue Water Home County Makes Grants Towarc Two City Universities & CNIE L .What does it mean? What does it * i t We hope It means more than any other symbol you have ever been exposed to. Because this symbol Is Canada. And Canada is you. Itis composed of eleven triangles. Ten representing toe Provinces, and toe other, our northern territory. The triangles are arranged as a stylized Maple Leaf, toe identifying symbol for Canada and Canadians. It Is ybut symbOl and it can help stand for your involvement in Canada. It can show your pride. It can interpret y°ur enthusiasm for a greater Canada. Brom this point on, all Canadians will be caught Up to the growing excitement of honouring 100 years of Coefoderation. Individuals will soonbe involved with their own Centennial projects. Many communities have Already begun to embark on large Scale Cen­ tennial endeavour*. Induitrie* have initiated wide­ spread Centennial efforts of varying degrees. All Canadians working to say “Canada” to the world. You will be seeing this symbol everywhere. Like, to be one of those behind it? Wd like you to use the symbol In your horriej your office; At School; in •your plant; wherever you can. The manual noted below may help to explain how you can best use it- Remember, this is ah opportunity for all of us to understand Canada, its history, Its present and its fiiture.' Let’s explore What can now be called a great country. Let’s all be a symbol for Canada, the same Way this Is a symbol for Centennial. i I mH The Centennial Oomirilf iloh P.O. Box 1967 Ottawa, Canada. Pleasa rend me a copy of toe manual, “How to use the Centennial Symbol* ' , J * Name ---- ---. , : . . . . "I I IAddre3i_____L .*.Province THE CENTENNIAL iJi'iiiii'tfaiiwiU NMM (By IV. E. Elliott) GODERICH —- County coun­ cil. at its March session approv­ ed grants to the University of Western Ontario totalling $2,- 200, including $1,000 fqr its building fund. “The University of Waterloo Will get $1,000 in bursaries and $200 for sohodarshtps. For Waterloo Lutheran University $200 in bursaries was approved. Guelph University will get $300 fop scholarships and. Western Ontario Agricultural College a $100 scholarship. “The time has come," said Reeve C. Boyle, Exeter, chair* man of the legislative and edu­ cational committee, “when we have to take a look at these university grants, because every year more aire trying to get on the gravy train. ■ “We have to determine which is our home university, and I think the concensus Of the ma­ jority of the committee was that the University of Western Ontario and the University of Waterloo will serve this county fully in all phases of education: engineering at Waterloo, law and medical at Western. “We did not give Waterloo Lutheran or Guelph University any building fund money, be­ cause we feel this is about as far as this county can go.” The finance and executive committee obtained approval for eight grants arid listed six requests for support which were refused. One of the latter was from Bluewater Rest Home at Zurich, for which a grant had been sought unsuccessfully, before. The committee recom­ mended that “in view of the extent to which we are com­ mitted 'in the field of care for senior citizens at Huronview, no grant be made to the Blue­ water Home.” “We feel we have been over­ looked again,” protested deputy reeve Delbert Geiger, of Hay. “You must realize what this Bluewater Rest Home -is going to mean to Huron county. When it was first mentioned about the addition to Huhon- vtiew we 'had planned! 100 to 125 rooms. This was brought down to what they are building now, and I feel we should remember that whatever we spend at Huronview is entirely the tax­ payers’ money. In our district we are trying to avoid that. We have been asking for some help, and I gather from this report there is no help forth­ coming. “I would like council to take another look. • This building, still under'way, when complet­ ed Will be entirely out of the taxpayers’ hands. The founders of this home deserve a lot of credit far ’their courage in starting it, and I would like to suggest to council it would not be any more than1 fair if the county would make a gift over five years, or However they see fit. “I would not like to see it go entirely without assistance. We have so many people of an age now, with fixed incomes, who are goling to find it more difficult to Carry on their own housekeeping, that we are going to need many more of these homos throughout the county. I suggest a donation of $10,000 to this home, spread over three to five years',” Reeve J, H, Corbett, Hay, suppoptiing Mir. Geiger’s view; sa!id: “Wie are giving lpts Pf money and grants outside county which comes from taxpayers. Don’t you feel are1 entitled to .some of it in own county? By the time this home is finished, will there net be enough to fill it? The com­ mittee has done a lot of work to get this home going. We are going to need it, and! I would like to go along with Mir. Geiger’s suggestion, rather than have one or two members of council decade' it.” Reeve Leroy Thiel, Zurich: “I feel deeply disturbed about the recommendation of the fin­ ance committee. Although this home does not lie within the bounds of Zurich, we are clos­ ely connected with it. When we look at it on a dollar-and-cents basis it won’t take long to figure out it is a great thing for the county, “I was wondering when the finance committee really got down and talked this thing out. Did they ever go out and ask questions, to find out if it is really a saving to the county, and this is wh'alt we are after. The brief clearly stated the committee wias asking for a gift, .not a grant. “They were talking in terms of 150 rooms when first plans were presented (for Huronview) and the 1965 council turned it down as too much of a financial burden an the county. Here we have a chance to take up that very thing they were trying to do at Huronview, and at a real saving. “At our figures for Huron­ view, they may amount to $10,- 000 a bed, and I believe 150 beds were recommended. Now you have 75, at $10,000, a sav­ ing. of $750,000, 'and that is just in actual building. “No. 2, savings in the admin­ istrative aspect, savings also in utilities, in insurance. The lar­ ger the institution the less per­ sonal 'contact with your resi­ dents, and this Can be provided in the home being built in Hay township. You Cannot call it another industry, 'but it involv­ es jobs, and we need them in our own county. “How can’ the committee jus­ tify this decision with $1,500 Capital outlay for the Institute for the Blind — a very worth­ while cause, but this is going right out of the county, with other grants, $1,200 Western University capital grant. “I cannot see any other al­ ternative than to comply with this request.” Deputy reeve Philip Gandon, Exeter, a member of finance committee: “We dwelt at con­ siderable length on this request and had more than one meet­ ing. The fact we recommended a grant to CNIB for capital ex­ pense does not seem to be in the same category. “W!e are not, as a county council, doing anything far the blind, and although the build­ ing is outside the county we have 75 blind people, or some such number from Huron bene­ fiting by this. It is misleading to say the money is going out­ side the county. the OUT' we opr “The finance committee feel that any work we do for senio citizens must be done as pounty, and jf we are going b make a grant or gift to thi home1 there is no reason the? why a similar home 'be built ja Wingham, Seaforth or Gode rich, and they would be entitleL to the same grant or gift, ant as a county council we wpqlt have no control over the mush' rooming of these facilities.” Reeve Corbett: “If Exetea had got this home, would thej ask for this1 grant, or woulc they net?” Mr. Gandon; “If the count} home had been decentralized, 3 for one would certainly have supported that, but I would not have supported a grant of pub­ lic funds to this kind of rest home. If we were not involved in, a county home ft would be a different .matter ,and would be on the same basis as the grant to the blind.” Reeve Corbett: “I don’t think these homes are goling to mush­ room in every town.:” Deputy Reeve W. J. Cuthill, Seaforth: “A lady has purchas­ ed the old hospital in Seaforth and hais not asked for assist­ ance. I think if she found out we were giving money to the Bluewater Home, she ■Would'.’ At suggestion of Reeve Em est SneH, East Wawanosh, the report was considered danse by clause in committee, will Reeve A, D. Smith, Tumberry in the chair. Upon the yeas anf nays being recorded, 26 vote for adbption of the report, 1 to delete the Bluewater Hom (rejection) clause. The 11 wer Boyle, Corbett, Etheringtor Gdiger, Jim Hayter, Hendrid McFadden, McKenzie, Stewtar Stirling and Thiel. In his budget statement clerk-treasurer Berry reporte< $62,775 in the reserve fund al located for hospital purposes which with $50,000 due fron the county in 1966 makes $112, 775. Owing to Wlngham bos pffltal is $65,000 ,and to Gode rich hospital $62,000, so it wit be necessary to allocate $14, 225, less interest earned, in thf 1967 budget. “In 1967,” Mr. Berry said “we Will be faced with the ad­ ditional debenture costs rela five to the new addition' a' Huronview. It is hoped that t portion of the reserve func money set aside over the pas: few years can now be turnec towards assisting in the cosfc of this new debenture' issue — although I do see in the paper that an addition to Clanton hospital is planned,” Special buses provide safe, quick transportation for children going to school, camps 'and treatment centres. This is a vital service to many of the girls and boys and is financed by Easter Seal contributions, collected by Clinton Lions Club. more com peracra minimum tillage more profit a aew product from imperia! Oil for ate with Atrazine 65W as a post-tmergette treatment Corntrol 862 is an emulsifiable light mineral oil. 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