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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-08-16, Page 1Weather 1973 1972 AUGUST HI LO Hi LO 7 82 63 69 67 8 90 66 66 55 9 91 67 64 52 10 83 59 65 41 11 77 57 71 47 12 76 55 80 58 13 77 52 82 69 Thursday, August 16, 1973 108 Year - 33 Rainfall .0 Rainfall 1,10" Clinton, Ontario 20 Cents Clinton News-Reco ird A Canadian National Institute for the Blind craft workshop is being held at the home of Marion Thompson on the southerly outskirts of Clinton. About ten women meet every two weeks for a three hour craft session. All are blind or partially blind. Coming from Bluevale, Clinton, Wingham and Hensel!, the ladies are brought to Clinton by the Clinton and Wingham Lions Clubs. Here Mrs. Thompson and Kay Leslie, a CNIB Rehabilitation teacher admire some of the products Mrs. Thompon has madea(news-Record photo) Pools need building permits During discussion of the building permits at the Clinton Council meeting last Mon- day night, council learned that several pools had been constructed without the owner first getting a permit from the town. Building inspector Mrs. Grant Rath of Clinton told the News-Record.on Tnesday that, any building on the ground, temporary or not ; requires a building permit if it is valued at more than $100, Mrs. Rath also said that all pools most be fenced now, as Clinton's new pool fen- cing by-law has come into effect. Permits. are also. required when erecting a fence, Building permits passed by council on Monday night include; Mrs. Agnes Dale, addition, $2,000; Charles Pickard, carport, $800; Mrs. John Anstett, pool, $4,500; George Brown, carport and metal storage thed, $1,740; James Doherty, carport, 61,000 and Terry Maguire, pool, $4,200, Andras to speak in Clinton Clinton is looking into the feasability of purchasing the former Shell service station on Huron Street in Clinton as a new- firehall. The suggestion to make the $25,000 pur- chase came during discussion on the new fire agreement the town is hammering out with neighbouring Hullett, Stanley, Tuckersmith and Goderich Townships. Councillor McFarlane reported that the townships were interested in setting up an area fire board with representatives from each of the townships and Clinton. Cost of fire fighting and equipment would be split, according to assessment, among the mem- ber municipalities. Currently, Clinton sup- plies the fire protection on a charge per fire basis, with the townships helping to pay for the truck purchased a few years ago. Under a new agreement, the townshins Farmers would be wise to have their farm evaluated, members of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture were told at their August meeting in Clinton, Don Hoover, a member of the Sibbald Group, an appraising firm based in Calgary told the group that farmers were especially BY J.F. Some person or persons with very few brains has ripped down and stolen two fk's from the Canadian Legion Branch in Clir ton last week. This kind of vandalism only shows the idiocy of some persons. * * * The Goderich Pipe Band will be playing in the Clinton Library Park this Friday night at 7:30 p.m. as a return favor when the Clinton Pipe Band played at Goderich recently. * * * We have learned that the new Huron- view van has been ordered sand should arrive sometime in October. Even though the Huronview Ladies' Auxiliary still need a few more donations to buy the van, it is heartwarming to see the people of Huron County back this project to get the wheelchair patients out more often than before. In last week's paper it was incorrectly reported that the Huron County Pork Producers Barbecue would be held on August 14. It vii11 be held on August 30. would be paying more for fire protection and Councillor McFarlane said they wan- ted to see how their money was spent. Another new fire truck may have to be pur- chased to replace the 1948 model the town currently uses. Area fire boards are operating in Exeter, Seaforth and Wingham, but Councillors Wheeler and Hall wondered if Clinton wouldn't have enough say if a fire board were set up here. Further negotiations with the townships continue in two weeks. In other business, council accepted the tender of Gerber Construction of Stratford for construction of 600 feet of drain on Raglan Street from Princess Street to the Highway. The new 24 inch drain is an ex- tension of the already installed Raglan Street drain that is part of an improvement project on that street. Council had earlier wise to have their farm evaluated for capital gains tax purposes if their farm was of average or above average quality. The appraiser and agrologist explained that revenue department officials are com- piling a data bank in Ottawa of all sales in 1971 and 1972. They will estimate the worth of a, farm on valuation day, Decem- ber 31, 1971 by the selling price of other farms in the area during the two-year period. Under this system, Mr. Hoover said, far- mers with average or below average farms can't be hurt too badly by capital gains tax when they sell their farm, but those with above average farms could save money by having their farm evaluated for its worth on V-day. He explained to the group how the ap- praiser comes about striking a value for the property by both looking at the whole area and the specific farm in question. He also detailed the three methods used to decide the value of a farm; the market value, com- paring it with other similiar properties sold recently in the area; the cost system, taking the worth of the land without the buildings and adding the worth of the buildings depreciated to their present state; and the income system by determining the 'income of the farm. Mr, Hoover and his company are presen- tly working in the county to help farmers on the route of the Ontario Hydro power line from Douglas Point to Seaforth get a proper value for their land in negotiations with Ontario Hydro, In other business at the meeting Thur- sday, a new constitution was adopted with little discussion. One of the changes under the new 'constitution will see the regional membership meetings and the annual meeting of the county federation held at the same time rather than separately as in the past. President Mason Bailey also asked far- mers to fill in questionnaires sent out by the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and return them to help OFA determine a realistic dairy policy., thought that they would just have to run the drain from north Raglan street to Prin.,. cess and tie into an existing drain there, but when the hole to connect the drain was excavated, only a small drain was found. Cost of the project includes $11,580 for drain installation and another $1,095 to Lavis Construction for repaving of the con- struction. The ministry of Transportation and Communications informed the town that there is no grant money available for the project at this time, but there might he some funds later in the fall. Council also decided to continue their street improvement program next year and passed a motion to have engineering studies done on Joseph Street between Isaac and North Streets; Dunlop Street between King and North Streets and Orange Street between Dunlop and Mary Streets. A motion was passed by Clinton council asking that only clean fill be dumped on town property. Recently, The PUC had great difficulty installing new watermanins to two new homes on Ontario Street because of the concrete and ashphalt buried in its path. Clinton taxpayers will be allowed to take one three ton load of rubble per year to the Hohnesville Dump site council decided Monday night. Currently there is a $3 a load charge for anyone bringing in a three ton load of junk to the landfill site that is not classified as regular garbage, Each commercial taxpayer in town will be allowed four loads a year. Council was also informed that Colborne Township has been given permission to use Willett Council was informed last week that the wedge of land in the south-west corner of the township on the border with Clinton and Highway 4 is zoned as agricultural land and that it would be per- missable for Henry Bouman to erect a new pig barn on His property in the zone. Council last month had received. a 15 name petition from residents in the area asking that Mr. Bauman not be allowed to erect the barn. Hullett at that time asked the Huron County planning board to rezone the strip as residential, hut as yet they have received no reply to the matter. There are about a dozen houses in that section of the township and council decided not to issue a building permit again this month until the zoning of the section was straightened out. The Auburn trustees were present at the last week's meeting wondering why they were not getting any provincial grants as a police village. 'Because they have their own tax collecting system, and do not pay the township rate, the Auburn trustees were in- formed that the grants weren't available. In other business, Hullett decided to grant the Londesboro Hall Board $500 and they accepted the tender of George Radford to supply and deliver 5/8 gravel at a price of $1.05 a yard. A special welcome service this Sunday for the 46 families brought into Huron County under the "Operation Transplant" program will feature the Federal Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Robert An- dras. Mr. Andras, will address the special ser- vice at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, says Dwight Strain, minister of the First . Baptist Church in Clinton who was respon- sible for the initiation of the program. Mr. Strain, who came to Clinton last April to become the new minister at the church, said he heard from various em- ployers and employees in 'Huron County last May that there were manpower shor- tages in certain job areas and Mr. Strain said he knew of areas in Canada and the U.S. which had a surplus of Manpower. Mr. Strain went ahead last May and ad- vertised for skilled men in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. From those replies and subsequent inter- views, 57 jobs in the area have been filled, bringing 46 new families to the area. Ben Hey, area manpower manager at the Canada Manpower Office in Goderich said that six of the people qualified for grants under the Canada Manpower Mobility Program. Under the program, the Federal government pays the cost of the families move and helps them in relocating in the area. Mr. Strain said in an interview this week that there is still an acute 'shortage of men for jobs in the area and he said he would continue the program until the housing in the area is filled. the site and will pay a $l,000 lump sum and ''1`2 per Cent of the cost, of running the dump. More lines coming Mason Bailey, president of the Huron Federation of Agriculture warned county farmers they can expect more power lines to cut across their farms in the coming years. Mr. Bailey who is a director of the On- tario Federation of Agriculture and a mem- ber of the OFA's property committee said he had attended meetings to discuss the power lines from the new Nanticoke generating station on Lake Erie and had found out that Ontario Hydro eventually plans to extend lines carrying power from the Nanticoke station from London north until they link up with lines from the Douglas Point nuclear station. This, he ex- plained, would complete the hydro grid planned by Ontario Hydro. Meanwhile the present Hydro tran- smission line being pushed through from Douglas Point to Seaforth is still causing ill-feeling, Morris township Reeve Bill Elston was present at the meeting held in Clinton on Thursday night and said On- tario Hydro officials are picking up infor- mation on assessments in the land effected from his township's office. "It looks like expropriation is going to start," he said. Mr, Elston said he was unhappy with Ontario Hydro's actidns. "It's not what they told us would happen at the first meeting we had with them", he said. Council decided to borrow $4,395 to complete the Nott Drain and court of revision for the drain will be held on Sep- tember 3 at Londesboro. Council also ac- cepted a tile drainage loan of $1,500. Hullett asked the ditch commissioner to investigate the Medd Drain and to make the necessary improvements to it. Council also issued building permits to Carl Merner, T.B. Allen, Robert Gibbings, John Hoggart, Howard Cartwright, William Young, Bruce Bergsma, Larry Johnston, Tony Verburg and L. Popp. General accounts of $2,331.82, drainage accounts of $3,529.87 and road accounts of $6,870.82 were ordered paid. Plaque to be unveile At 2 p.m., Saturday, August 25th, there will be a plaque unveiling ceremony at the new Post Office in Bayfield, cam- memorating 126 years of postal service for the village, Reeve Oddleifson of Hayfield has invited a number of guests, including R.E. McKinley, Member of Parliament for (continued on page 7) Under the program, Mr. Strain and Canada Manpower have placed 57 people in the area, including Dominion Roads in Goderich. Huron Tractor in Exeter, Hall Lamps in Centralia, Cooks Mill and Thom- psons Mill in Hensall, G and C Homes in Kincardine and D.A. Kay and Sons in Clinton. Mr. Strain said that five of the newly located families are located in Clinton, 30 at Vanastra (the former CFB Clinton) and thereat are spread throughout the area, in- cluding Goderich and Seaforth, Seventy- five per cent of those families have bought homes Mr. Strain said. As well as the Maritimes families, people have been brought in from Texas and Alberta. A second phase of the operation is now under way, Mr. Strain says and he recently advertised for people in "Sword of the Lord", a religious magazine with a cir- culation of over 30,000 in the United States Clinton Council turned down a motion to hire three school crossing guards on Mon- day night after considerable debate and a recorded vote. The motion, hacked by Deputy-Reeve Cook, and Councillors Hall, Stauttener and Roy, called for the town to hire three crossing guards at a rate of $2 an hour. The guards would have been placed at East and Ontario Streets, East and Vic- toria Streets and Albert Street and Park Lane. All three are highway crossings. Councillor Hall said that he thought the crossing needed guards when the school children were getting in and out of school:, Earlier this year, a program was initiated by the Clinton Police department and the Clinton Public School, using the senior students as guards. The scheme was turned down by the department of education in Toronto and fell by the wayside. Councillor Hall estimated total school year cost of the project at $3,400. Several councillors expressed concern over the matter and asked the police com- mittee to see why the Clinton Police couldn't handle the duty at the one crossing at East and Ontario Streets. In another matter concerning the police, several councillors were upset when they learned that the clerk had paid $1,743.09 to the police as pay for statutory holidays, some dating back to 1971. Members of the police committee said that it had not or- dered the money given to the police and Clerk Cam Proctor said . that Chief Making cereal necklaces demonstrate at an outing The children are part of Penny Sale in Town last and Canada. "Housing is the key to continuing progressive growth in the community," Mr. Strain said. "Employment is not impor- tant, there are lots of jobs." There has been excellent co-operation from the community, Mr. Strain said and Clinton banks and business have kicked in donations to help defray the costs of adver- tising and travelling to interview the people. More donations are welcome. Although the original idea of the project was to boost the Baptist congregation of the Clinton church, only 40 per cent of the new families are Baptist and 40 per cent are Roman Catholics, Mr. Strain said. As well as Mr. Andras, area MP's and MPP's have been invited as well as mem- bers of local councils, a host of employers,, and persons who helped with the project. As well, the 7:30 p.m, service will feature tenor singer Ted Ramsay and the Taber- nacle Trio, a gospel group. Westlake had told him that the police com- mittee had okayed the payment. The police committee was instructed to look into the matter further, In other business, council passed a motion to buy the recently formed Clinton Senior Citizens Club two card tables. The new club meets in the town hall once a month and play cards. Their president, Mrs. Mae Hopson, was at the council to ask for the backing for the project. The tables are worth about $18 each. A letter was received from the Post Of- fice asking council's permission to erect •four street letter boxes in • the town to replace those presently erected on utility poles in town. Council passed a motion giving them a green light. Council instructed the clerk to write the Ontario Municipal Board about the town's planning act, asking' that a public hearing on the plan be held in Clinton as soon as possible. Theplan has been in the hands of the OMB for some time but no action has been taken by them. The purchase of a new Dictaphone for use by the clerk to record minutes of com- mittee of the whole meetings was ap- proved by council . Cost of the unit is about $320. Councillor Stauttener, who is in the office supply business said he could get a similar machine for a cheaper price, but because it would involve a conflict of in- terest, he declined to sell one to the town. The meeting, which was to start at 8'p.m. but didn't start until 8:45 was ajourned at 1;10 a.m. Farmers should evaluate land Clinton may purchase station for new firehall Hullett zoning confused Clinton council rejects school crossing guards can be fun and tasty too as these pre-schoolers on the lawn beside the Clinton Town Hall last week. this year's summer playground program and had a Thursday and 'Friday, (News-Record photo)