Clinton News-Record, 1973-06-14, Page 120 Cents
Thursday, June 14, 1973 108 Year 24
Clinton, Ontario
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12 N.B. families to locate in Clinton
Although the chances are only one in ten of discovering oil or gas, a drilling
crew from Rawlings Drilling of Chatham began drilling last week on the farm of
Menno Martin on the Base Line, two miles north of Clinton. The crew will be
drilling a test hole to a depth of 2,000 feet for Pounder and Harman of London in
the hopes of discovering either oil or natural gas. (News-Record photo)
Fred Tideswell, left, and Archie Robinson, who are maintenance men et the Clin-
ton Cemetery examine a birch tree broken off by vandals at the cemetery last
week. Apparently a car driven erratically through the cemetery at night broke off
the tree. (News-Record photo)
Many area fernier, were We to get on the Weir the last
several days for the first time In Several weeks. Work on
spring planting Of Corn and white beans had been delayed by
a 00W wet spring. Much of the corn has been now planted
and a good percentage of the Writ are in. donna hay hie
alreedy been cut. Nerd 8111 Dallas Of Brucefield plant. Went
On the farm of Bob Allan of bruCrifield last Thursday. MOW
Record photo)
As the result of some hard work and per-
severance by Dwight Strain, the minister at
First Baptist Church in Clinton, 12
families from New Brunswick will be
relocating in the Clinton area.
Last Tuesday night, three of the families
arrived in Clinton and will start immediate
employment in local industries,
Mr. Strain said that all the families
moving to the area are coming to fill jobs
that cannot be filled by local people. "All
of them are skilled trades people and will
be taking jobs in local industries as
welders, decorators, machinists etc.
Mr. Strain said he overheard several in-
dustries in Clinton and area say they
couldn't get qualified men to fill openings
Work is expected to begin in two weeks
on the repaving of Highway No, 8 between,
Seaforth and Goderich.
Transportation and Communications
Minister, Gordon Carton announced last
week that the $414,423 contract was awar-
ded to K.J. Beamish Construction of Thor-
BY J.F.
Yours truly and wife Lois will be leaving
this weekend for a two week holiday in
Alberta, but the News-Record will continue
to be published. Ron Shaw is filling in for
us for a couple of weeks and needs your
help. Keep the reports and news items
coming in.
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The Clinton Colts battle the tough
Walkerton Angels this Friday night in
Clinton at 8:30 . The Angels are in the
Senior "A" League and should prove tough
competition for the Colts,
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This coming Sunday night at 6 p.m. at
the high school, the Senior Soccer Team
battles a tough London United team, The
Clinton entry shows a lot of promise but
need encouragement from area fans.
Hensall will be a very busy place for the
next week as they host the 'iddlers contest
this Friday and Saturday night and then
turn around and put on their Fair Tuesday
night. The suggestion here is that both
events are worth taking in and some good
entertainment 15 in store,
Next week is Senior Citizee'a Week in
Ontario and a number of events are plan-
ned. Centre of attention will be liuronview
where an Open House will be among the
number of events planned, Ws worth the
time to see how our older citizens live,
they had. He talked to these industries and
told them he knew where to find skilled
tradesmen who because of poor job
prosects couldn't find year-round work,
By advertising in the two St. John
newspapers, Mr. Strain was able to get
'enough applications, screen them with St.
John employers and clergymen and set up
jobs for them in Clinton.
"I want everyone to understand that
these people will be filling a chronic labor
shortage in some. industries, they will not
be taking jobs away from local people."
Accomodation for the newcomers was
arranged by Mr. Strain and the
congregation of the church and some will
be living at Vanastra and a few will be
nhill,
The project calls for hot mix paving bet-
ween the outer limits of the highway at
Goderich to the westerly limits of Seaforth,
excluding Clinton.
The 18.2 mile paving program is expec-
ted to be completed by mid-October.
There was little argument at Clinton
Council last Monday night when a motion
was brought forward to allow council mem-
bers and visitors to wear shorts or hotpants
at council meetings during the summer
months.
With the temperature near 80 degrees in
the council chambers the motion, which
was introduced by Mrs. Roy and seconded
by Deputy-Reeve Cook, passed without op-
position. Mrs. Roy was wearing hot pants
and the News-Record reporter was attired'
in shorts.
In other business, council leanred that
tenders for the road reconstruction
program in Clinton will be opened on June
25, The selected tender must then get
ministry of transportation and com-
munication approval.
Council decided to grant $25 to the
Huron County Historical Society after they
received a letter from Harry Worsell of
Goderich, secretary of the Society.
County Clerk John Berry informed the
Clinton council that the County is making
a grant to the Victorian Order of Nurses
and asks Clinton not to repeat the
donation. Clinton had set aside $1,000 in
this years budget for the VON but haven't'
received any request for it as yet.
Council gave a flat no to a questionnaire
from the County asking them about the
plumbing and building inspection program
for Huron County. Clinton had earlier in
May turned down the proposal in bylaw
form. Several councillors didn't think ins
spection of any kind was warranted and a
few thought it was a good idea, but only if
it was done by the town.
Council agreed, however,- to use the ser-
vices of the County Weed Inspector and
passed a motion asking for his services.
Council also agreed to purchase 150
cubic yards of salted sand from the
ministry of transportation and corn-
mtthication at a cost of approximately $3 a
yard, The special sand will be Stockpiled at
living in Clinton,
Many of the families will be renting at
first, but Mr. Strain said that some of the
families sold everything they had and will
start fresh in this area.
Because of the high unemployment in the
St, John area and the unstability of the
shipbuilding industry, many of the men
found it impossible to remain steadily em-
plyed. The Clinton area promises them a
The Clinton Kinsmen decided last week
that they will sponsor and fund a Clinton
Centennial Band composed of children bet-
ween the ages of eight and 15 years of age,
The band, to be known as the "Clinton
Kinsmen Centennial Band", will include
children from all the schools in the area
and will be under the direction of Kinsmen
Dr. Graham Bowker, Clarence Denomme
and Dwight Strain.
Scheduled to get under way this Septem-
ber, the three men are looking for about 50
children but hope to get nearly 60 involved.
Mr. Strain, the new minister at the First
Baptist Church in Clinton came up with
the idea and presented it to the Kinsmen
Club.
During 1967, Canada's Centennial Year.
Mr. Strain was bandmaster of a children's
band at the Six Nations Indian Reserve
near Brantford . The band, called the Six
Nations War Veterans Memorial Band,
was composed of 60 children and won
several international awards throughout
Canada and the United States. The band is
still playing.
Mr. Strain said that the Clinton band
would be a full concert band, coMposed,,,of., •
woodwind, brass and precussion sections.
Among the instruments would be flutes,
piccolos, clarinets, oboes, saxaphones,
trombones, trumpets, coronets, flugel
horns, French horns, baritones, tubas,
parade drums and bass drums.
The Kinsmen are currently studying a
way of either purchasing the instruments
or renting them. Cost to each student in-
cluding instruction and music would be
about a $1 a week.
Although experience in playing an in-
strument is helpful, Mr. Strain said that he
would prefer that none of the children have
any experience. All teaching would be on a
volunteer basis.
Mr. Strain said that the band would
begin practice in September and would be
able to present their first concert by Christ-
mas. "They would be on the march by next
Spring," he said. Uniforms for the band
would be discussed at a later date.
the Public Works garage for use next win-
ter,
Severance was granted to Earl Doucett
for a piece of property at Dunlop and Erie
Streets.
Clinton council •agreed with a resolution
from the Oakville town council asking the
Ontario ministry of agriculture and food to
amend the livestock act and ticket all
errant dog owners instead of impounding
the dog. Councillor Wheeler thought that
the ministry should also set up a
registration system for cats.
Juvenile, 15, arrested
after dangerous chase
A 15,-year-old London juvenile was
arrested and charged with two counts of
car theft Sunday after a high speed chase
from Clinton to Goderich in which shots
were reported fired.
Clinton Constable Frank Draper chased
a youth from Clinton Sunday afternoon af-
ter the juvenile refused to atop for
questioning. The high speed chased ended
on a sideroad near Highway 21 south of
OPP headquarters, Constable Draper was
joined by an OPP constable in the chase,
Several witnesses at the scene said the
police car forced the stolen vehicle off the
road and when the youth tried to escape On
foot, several shots were fired. Police denied
they fired their revolvers. No injuries were
reported.
The boy appeared in court in London on
Monday and was released oh bail.
Hydro and telephone service to several
homes on North Street at Rattenbury was
cut off last Friday when a tractor trailer
from Guenther-1 uckey trucking hit, several'
sagging telephone and hydro wires. Service
was restored within a few hours.
ployed, The Clinton area promises them a
brighter future.
of the children have grown up. One family
has eight offspring. All 12 families will be
here when they can sell their houses and
possessions in St. John and give notice to
their employers there.
Mr. Strain said that all families are Bap-
tists.
Besides the musical experience of Mr,
Strain, Dr. Bowker is a member of the
Seaforth and Goderich bands and Mr.
Denomme has experience when he played
for the high school band a few years ago.
Clinton Council decided Monday night
to sponsor a Centennial Pace series that
will be raced at the Clinton Kinsmen
Raceway for the next three years. Billed as
the Clinton centennial project, the town
will contribute $500 this year, $750 in 1974
and $1,000 in 1975. The Kinsmen will put
in an equal amount for the race which will
Tenders approved for
Brucefield water system
BY WILMA OKE
Fred McGregor of Brucefield has been
awarded the contract to construct the
water system to the Hamlet of Brucefield.
The McGregor tender, lowest of seven
received, was $52,129.44. Other tenders
opened at the Tuckersmith Council
Meeting in Brucefield ranged as high as
$75,299.00.
Mr. McGregor will start work im-
mediately having his material on the site
within a week in order to have it ready by
the completion date called for of August
17, 1973.
Passed for payment was the account for
$4,800 from W,D. Hopper and Sons, R.R. 2,
Seaforth, well drillers, for the cost of
drilling the well for the Brucefield water
system. The 290 foot well was drilled last
summer.
Requests for building permits were ap-
rwoved for Robert Broadfoot, R.R. 1,
Brucefield for a new poultry barn, Barry
Linden of Toronto for a new house on Lot
26 - Concession 3 of Tuckersmith, Lloyd
Lostell of Kippen for an addition to a
trailer and George Clifton of Kippen an ad-
dition to a house.
A request for a tile drainage loan for
$1,900 was approved.
Clerk James McIntosh was authorized to
advertise for tenders for garbage collection
in the residential area of Vanastra. The
homeowners will pay a flat fee for this ser-
vice on their tax bills.
be raced on August 5 this summer.
Council also decided to purchase a used
dump-truck for the Public Works Depart-
ment. The $3,000, 1969 model truck will be
bought from James Hayter of Goderich.
During the protection to persons and
property report, Deputy-Reeve Cobk, on
examining the revenue sheet said that he
didn't think that the town was making
enough from their parking meters and he
suggested to the police committee that
more parking tickets be given to non-
paying parkers,
After a half-hour debate, council decided
to issue a building permit to Lorne Tyn-
dall, new owner of the Community Sales
'Urn on the BaYfield road. The $35,000'ad-
dition was questioned because several coun
ciflors thought that it might add more
congestion to traffic around the Sale barn
when a cattle auction sale was on. Several
other councillors objected because they
said the manure from the operation wasn't
cleaned up regularly enough.
In other business, council gave final ap-
proval to a bylaw which would raise the
mayors and councillors salaries, The
Huron County pork producers, or at least
some of them, are upset at the decision of
the Ontario Pork Producers Marketing
Board to move the county's only hog
assembly yard from Clinton to Hensall.
In , a news release last week, the
marketing board stated the reason for the
move had been because of an increase in
rent desired by the new owner of the Clin-
ton Sales Barn, which had been the old
assembly yard. But a large number of pork
producers turned up at the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture meeting in Clin-
ton on Thursday night and indicated they
weren't happy with that decision.
The producers, most from the area north
mayor will get $35 for special, open and
committee of the whole meetings, and $20
for a sub-committee meeting,
Each councillor will receive $25 for com-
mittee, special or open council meeting and
$15 for every sub-committee attended,
In each case, it represents a $5 raise from
last year. The raise is retroactive to the
first of 1973.
Council also decided to give two awards
of $50 each for citizenship at the Fall
graduation at Central Huron Secondary
School. The awards, one for a girl and one
for a boy will apply to the two year oc-
cupational course,
In a recorded vote, council decided to
permit special parking for doctors in front
of Clinton Public Hospital. The hospital
requested that the town set up special signs
keeping the parking spots open to doctors
between the hours of 8 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Councillor Hall and Deputy-Reeve Cook,
who voted against the motion, thought that
a parking lot could be made at the rear .of
the hospital to accommodate the doctors.
Accounts of $20,280.54 for the month of
May were ordered paid,
of Clinton, explained that they now have to
drive an extra 12 miles to take their hogs
to market and they don't like it.
The marketing board had provided
figures which showed that costs across On-
tario for assembly yards average 19.43
cents per pig, The old Clinton cost was
19.02 but the new Clinton cost would have
been 27.95. Lorne Tyndall, the new owner
of the Clinton yard was .present and
disputed the figures saying they included
an increase in salaries that he had not
asked for. The cost per pig at Hensell was
given as 19,39 cents per pig.
Several directors of the Huron County
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Highway 8 to be repaved
Weather changes council dress
Kinsmen sponsor band
Clinton backs Centennial Race series
Hog yard move debated