Clinton News-Record, 1973-03-08, Page 1Weather
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There was a wide variety of topics at the annual Legion Public Speaking Contest
`held in Clinton last .week. Pictured above are the top four winners from the
senior and junior classes from Clinton and Zurich. Left to right are: Laura
Taman, Brucefield, and Pam O'Brien, Zurich, junior winners; Sandra Shorter,
Zurich and Kerri Medd, Hullett Central, both senior winners. (photo by Lee
Allison)
Public speakers picked
Thursday, March 8, 197.3
108 Year - No. 10
Premier Bill Davis poses with PC Candicbte Don Southcott outside Central
Huron $eoondary Sdhool in Clinton after the Premier's visit to the school last
week. All three party leaders will be in the Huron riding again this week and
again next Week as the March 15 by-election date nears. (photo by Lee Allison)
To shoot on sight
uckersmith okays dogcatcher
BY WILMA OKE
Gordon Dale of R.R. 4, Clinton was ap-
'nted animal control officer for the
wnship of Tuckersmith at the regular
until meeting at Brucefield Tuesday.
e by-law covering his appointment gives
m the authority to destroy immediately
y stray dog found running at large
thout impounding it.
The action followed numerous corn-
aints from residents of Vanastra, the for-
er air force base,
A delegation of six persons, Kenneth
igler, Harvey Hammond, Mr. and Mrs.
ob Livingstone and Mr, and Mrs. Samuel
usso, all of Vanastra, who attended a
ecial meeting last Thursday, complained
dogs running "wild" in packs of 10 to 15,
hey said the dogs get into residents' gar-
ge, kill squirrels in the park and kill
ickens on farms adjacent to Vanastra.
Services of the township's previous
gcatcher were discontinued laSt fall
cause he didn't have adequate pound
cilities.
Council approved for 1,973 a 20-mill
unicipal tax rate for farm and residential
roperty. This is 1.6 mills lower than last
ar. The commercial rate will remain the
me as last year at 25 mills. The total levy
ill raise $92,056.22. Total assessment in
he township is $4,538,035,
Clerk James McIntosh said township
esidents will not know the total amount of
axes they will have to pay until Huron
ounty Council and the school boards haN4
et their rates.
Passed for payment were accounts
otalling $11,560.57 These include road ac-
ounts of $3,592.17; general accounts of
$1,293.32; streetlights, $78.30; drains
$2,546; Ausable-Bayfield Conservation
Authority levy, $4,050.78.
A building permit for a driving shed for
$5,000 was granted to Mervyn Falconer of
.R. 4, Seaforth.
Council decided not to increase the
BY LEE ALLISON
A Huron Centennial Public School
student, Laura Toman and Hullett Central
student Kerri Medd, won first place cer-
tificates in the Royal Canadian Legion
Public speaking finals for Huron County,
Wednesday Feb. 28, at the Clinton Legion
Hall.
Laura Toman, a grade six student, spoke
on the processing of milk and its nutritious
value. She concluded her speech with the
popular milk slogan "Milk for all its
t Column
BY J,F.
Clinton will have entries both in the
London Minor Soccer League and in the
Huron League this Spring, following a
meeting Monday night. There will be four
teams for boys from eight to 16 but they
still need coaches and sponsors. Time is
running short so if you want to help or
know someone who would, contact Don Ar-
mstrong at 4829478 or 9628 right away,
He needs plenty of volunteers.
* *
The hockey season for Clinton may be
over this Friday night as the Colts take on
their counterparts from Milverton in a "do
or die" contest at the Clinton Community
Centre. Now that the Stangs are out, lets
get out and get behind the Colts. They need
it.
* * *
We would like to apoligize for a mistake
we made in a story a couple of weeks ago.
In that story we said the Legion had tur-
ned over all the proceeds from their bingo
to the Winter Carnival. It was the Legion
Ladies' Auxiliary who did all the work for • the bingo not the Legion.
* * *
Gus Boussey will continue his referee
school this Friday night between 4 and 5
pin at the arena and the course is still open
to anyone interested. After hearing so
many complaints of poor refereeing lately,
this school is a welcome addition to our
already outstanding recreation progratn.
clerk's salary of $4,800 but did increase by
$300 the amount allowed him for rent of
the Township office in his home, car expen-
ses, etc, bringing this to $1,300,
Council endorsed the resolution from the
town of Thorold,expressing disapproval of
the province taking over Ontario Hydro
which would mean a further inroad on the
autotnomy of local municipalities and
hydro commissions
Council signed an engineering agreement
with KM, Ross and Associates of Goderich
with regard to bridge over Silver Creek at
Seaforth Golf Course which is to be con-
structed this summer.
Clerk James McIntosh reported the
balance of the 1972 road subsidy had been
received r$14,228, The total subsidy in 1972
amounted to $51,242,
Council refused to refund 1972 taxes on
the Van Egmond Estate in Egmondville as
the county and educational levies on them
had already been paid. As a historical site
the property will be tax exempt beginning
with 1973 taxes.
No adjustment will be made on grant of
$600 made earlier this year to Tuckersmith
Federation of AgricultureZeveral members
of Federation had attended last council
meeting expressing disappointment that
Council had cut their grant from $900 to
$600 this year.
The Women's Auxiliary to the Clinton
ublic Hospital are sponsoring a member-
s ip "Blitz" on Monday March 12th, The
A aim this year is to raise
$2,5Uu w,rough their various projects to in-
stall the rooftop antenna and internal low-
voltage wiring system which will make
possible individual T.V. sets for the con-
venience of patients. The nominal per day
rental fee provides patients with a seven-
inch personal set with earplugs for sound
Clinton, Ontario
BY KEITH ROULSTON
Don Southcott, Progressive Conservative
Candidate in the March 15 by-election in
Huron riding, defended provincial govern-
ment policies on regional government,
health care and centralization Thursday
night against questions from Liberal and
NDP candidates and from the floor at an
all-party meeting sponsored by the Huron
County Federation of Agriculture.
The former assistant to Charles
MacNaughton for the last five years before
Mr. MacNaughton retired as Huron
M.P.P. took the brunt of questions from the
so that it will not disturb the privacy of
others.
The set is hooked into T,V. cable and
also offers AM — FM radio channels. A
token percentage of rental revenue is retur-
ned to the hospital auxiliary. The rental
company has a million-dollar accident in-
surance liability coverage.
If patients were allowed to bring in their
own portable sets, it would cause problems.
No electrical appliance is allowed to be
operated within a hospital without first
meeting C.S,A, standards and Ontario
Hydro approval. This means they would
require three-prong, grounded wall connec-
tions, Most privately owned sets present a
shock hazard and generally are operated
without private earphones so they could
disturb others. Also, the necessary exten-
sion cords and tables to hold sets would
present obstacles for staff, patients and
visitors. The rented T.V.'s are held by per-
manent wall mounts and do not take up
floor space •
Last year the sale of fifty cent member-
ship cards netted total of $352.15.
Vanishing Parties which are now in full
swing, were responsible for the sum of
$707.00 and the fall Penny Sale netted
$973,08. Add to this the balance left from.,
1971 and they were able to turn our $3,000
to the Hospital Board Treasurer. $1,000.
vent for an Electro-sectilus for use in the
operating room and the other $2,000 went
towards the new $46,000 X-ray equipment
purchased last year.
The Auxiliary encourages local young
people going into the nursing profession by
awarding bursaries. Two R.N. bursaries of
$100 each were awarded last year and also
two R.N.A. of $75 each. Six new smocks,
for the use of volunteers were purchased
and two dozen pair of slippers were knit by
volunteers for the use of patients.
The Auxiliary also maintains a cart
which provides stamps, stationery, candy
bars-gum, toiletries etc for the convience of
patients . This cart is. taken through the
hospital twice a week by volunteers of our
many womens groups throughout the town
and community. Tray favors are , also
provided on special holidays to add a touch
of interest.
Mrs. W. Harrett is the president of the
Women's Auxiliary and extends a hearty
invitation to all members to attend the
Hospital Auxiliary m onthly meetings
which are held the first Monday of each
month in the hospital Board Room.
"To make life more bearable for other
people" is the purpose of womens groups
the world over, and the Hospital Auxiliary
is no exception.
McKillop picks
new road man
BY WILMA OKE
William G. Campbell of 38 James Street,
Seaforth was appointed road superinten-
dent for McKillop Township at the regular
council meeting Monday. in Winthrop. One
of six applicants, he succeeds the late Ken-
neth Stewart of R.R. 5, Seaforth. He will
receive $2.60 per hour.
Council passed a building by-law to
regulate the erection, the alteration and
the moving of buildings in the township.
Permits must be received from township
clerk, Mrs, Kenneth McClure, for all such
work valued at $250 or more. Repairs to
roofs, eavestroughing and painting are
exempt.
Mrs• McClure was also authorized to
draw up a bylaw to regulate the use of
mobile homes in the township for the next
meeting of Council.
Council approved payment of i6 levy to
the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority of $2,274.10 and to the Ausable-'
Hayfield Conservation Authority of $500.
Approval was given for a tile drainage
loan of $2,100,
Passed for payment were road accounts
of $3,285.26 and general accounts of
$2,037.93,
300 persons present as well as defending
government actions that were attacked by
Jack Riddell, Liberal Candidate and Paul
Carroll, N.D.P. candidate.
Mr. Southcott said regional government
was a "response to the concerns of our
local municipal governments that they
don't have the power to meet their needs.
I prefer to call it the strengthening of local
government", he said.
Mr. Southcott said Huron County Coun-
cil had come to the province asking for
regional government within the present
Huron boundaries, "Working together,"
he said, "we can develop the kind of gover-
nment we want".
Later he was questioned on the claim
from the floor by Harry Lear if Londesboro
who asked him if Huron had come to the
province asking for regional government or
if county council had asked for Huron to be
a region by itself because it was trying to
make the best of a bad situation,
Mr. Carroll, a member of county council
for Goderich when the request was made,
answered that the county made the request
because it had seen the size of the other
regions created in the province and was
trying to head off Huron's being stuck as
an isolated corner of a huge region.
Paul Carroll, IMP
The Ontario New Democratic Party held
their sixth Provincial Convention in
Goderich over the past weekend with
organizers terming the event as "produc-
tive" and "efficient."
In all 160 provincial council delegates,
20 to 25 alternate delegates, 20 members of
the provincial council, seven MPP's and
two Federal MP's were on hand for the two
day policy conference.
Resolutions dealing with noise pollution,
maximization of resource benefits, energy
resources, education spending,
bilingualism, the Francophone culture, the
election act, commercial reporting com-
panies and internal communications were
all - debated and passed by the meeting.
On the long list of matters put before the
council was a resolution on agriculture
bmitted by the Huron New Democrats,
It resolved that "whereas a major con-
cern of many farmers is the viable future of
the family farm as a profitable and
pleasurable occupation and whereas the
Mr. Carroll said his party believes in
regional government but is against the way
the provincial government is going about it.
Jack Riddell, Liberal
He said the regions must be set up through
consultation, He said the province and the
local officials must be equal partners in
regional government planning.
Mr. Riddell said he was completely op-
posed to regional government. "I'm a little
fed up that Mr. Davis and his staff don't
think we're smart enough to handle our
own affairs," he said. He condemned the
government's centralizing plans and said
he had seen schools go from the little red
school house, to the, township board of
education to the county board of education
(of which he is a member) and he didn't
think the students were receiving that
much better an education.
He said he thought the township boards
were good but the county board was too
remote. Costs have soared he said and
predicted the same thing would happen
with regional government. He said that
costs tended to rise the farther one went
from the local level. He suggested that Mr.
Davis come down "from his ivory tower"
and watch how well local people could run
their own affairs.
He said the premier should get out and
meet the people of Huron instead of
family farm is an efficient producer and the
backbone of a well planned rural com-
munity the New Democratic Party con-
tinually work to develop new policies and
update the old with the goal of protecting
and improving the family farm."
It went on to urge that the NDP "support
the role of marketing boards for efficient
collection and distribution of produce and
as a practical and efficient way of
providing equal price for equal quality of
farm products but recognize that they do
not resolve the problem of high cost and
inadequate income for farmers",
"The New Democratic Party believes,"
the resolution went on to state, "that the
farmer is entitled to his reasonable costs
plus an adequate profit' per unit of produc-
tion. Government must play a role in
assuring farmers the right of a fair return
through enabling legislation which will
assist farmers and farm organizations to
achieve a fair price through collective
bargaining or whatever other method the
"having paneakes in the morning and
beans in the afternoon", a reference to Mr.
Davis' visit to Huron earlier in the day
when a pancake breakfast and bean lun-
cheon were held. He said a broad-based
provincial plan was needed which would
let the local government do the job,
Mr. Southcott wondered aloud what the
Liberal positibn on regional government
was since, he claimed, a former member of
the party, Vernon Singer had blasted the
government for not acting fast enough on
regional government.
In his opening remarks, Mr, Riddell
stressed that he was a farmer and "I know
the troubles we have",
He called for taking education costs off
the property tax system (a policy fought for
in the past by the Federation). He agreed
with the Smith report on taxation which
called for people taxes on people and
property taxes on property.
He also expressed doubt in the workings
of the Ontario Milk Marketing Board set
up by the provincial government because it
had been asked for a larger increase. in' the
cost of milk than had been granted.
Mr. Southcott accused Robert Nixon,
leader or the Liberal party, of misleading
the people (and Mr. Riddell) when he
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Don Southcott, PC
farmers choose,"
"Ontario should take the lead in
providing effective National Marketing and
promote more aggressive export policies in
order to prevent the necessity for restrictive
supply management programs," the Huron
brief said.
"To encourage young people to get into
farming and for the improvement of
existing farms, loans must be available at
reasonable rates of interest which can be
secured by the land involved and the
payments covered by a fair return on the
farmer's investment, Succession duties
must allow the transfer of family farms up
to a value of $200,000. Education costs
should not be assessed on land used for
farming,"
"Government land banks must be,*
developed," the resolution said, "to allow
for easier disposal and purchase of farms
without penalizing the retiring generation
Ind to make the leasing of land a
possibility."
"Vertical integration, which turns many
of the supplies and feed companies into a
money lender to the farmer and can adver-
sely affect a fair return on the product,
must be eliminated except for the primary
producer. Farm credit must be made
available to allow the farmer to operate in-
dependently."
The resolution also called for the
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Bayfield club
ready for show
Carnival time again! This year the
skaters 'Hayfield Figure Skating Club)are
presenting "Around the World in 80
Days", at the Community Centre Arena at
Bayfield on Saturday, March 10th at 8 p.m.
The Lion's Club queen, Sharon Bunn,
and her Princess, Crystal Huffman, will be
featured, as well as club professional, Mrs,
Fran Brady and guest skater,- Shirley
McFadden.
During the evening the draw for two 325,
merchandise vouchers will be made,
Come out for ah entertaining evening
and support Bayfield's figure skaters.
worth." Laura won the first place in the
junior division and will compete in the
finals in Ripley on Saturday,
The senior winner -Kerri Medd, from
Hullett Central School will be representing
Clinton in the division finals in Ripley.
Kerri spoke on the "Effects of Television
Advertising"in which she traced a day in
the life of one who is affected by the adver-
tising.
Due to the lack of response from Hensall
area schools, competitors from Zurich were
invited to compete in a separate category,
Members of the Legion felt those students
would benefit from the superior judging
evident in the speaking competitions.
The firgt place spot in the junior division
for the Zurich students was taken by 12
year-old Pam O'Brien of Zurich who spoke
on "Getting to Know Your Dad" In the
talk, she mentioned several ways to get to
know him, and showed an understanding
of how important a good relationship with
parents really is.
In the senior division, Sandra Shorter's
talk on "Adoption; my baby brother," was
a hard-warming story of a family's expec-
tant wait for a baby boy and the happiness
and joy for the whole family on his arrival.
There were 20 students competing in the
contest, ten in each division. The four win-
ners will continue to the Ripley competions
on Saturday. Clinton and area junior con-
testants were, Mary Jean Betties and
Laura MacDonald of Holmesville, Kathy
Phillips and Elizabeth Reid of Clinton
Public School, Janice Webster and Laura
Toman of Brucefield, and Betty Konarski
and Judy Carter of Hullett Central.
In the senior division, the contestants
were Tim Bird and Barbara Hesk of
Kerri Medd and Brian
Trewartha of Hullett Central, Louise
Martens and Bev Cantelon of Brucefield,
and Jan Divok and Mary Ann Cummings
of Clinton Public School.
Competitors from Zurich in the junior
division were Elizabeth Deters and Pam
O'Brien, and in the senior division, Sandra
Shorter and Donna Riddell.
Judges for the contest were Mrs, 13, Bar-,
tlift Dr, A.J. MOwatt, Mr, Hal Hartley,
Mrs, Ruth Maclean, Mr. Len Theedorn,
and Mr, R, BroWnridge.
Auxiliary 'backs TV
20 cents
A t candidates night
Southcott forced to defend government
NDP holds convention at Goderich