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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-09-06, Page 1This youngster holds on tight during a ride at the Bayfield Fair last Saturday. The ride is one of two new rides purchased by the Bayfield Lions Club recently and gives Bayfield a permanent kiddieland. Attendance at the Fair was down slightly this year because of the oppressive heat and humidity that has gripped the area for the last ten days. (News-Record photo) Bayfield Fair success Ten calves lost their fives In Si $40,000 fire that 'swept through the 'bird of jobri SoVeri of Seeforth last Monday. Clinton **Men "called to tild SilfOrth Firemen but fire in 'barn t'i Sivay"Viati under control when; they arrived. (News-Record0010) • • • Agt• • 4 „. • Mrs, Ralph Cubicle)! of Woodstock talks to is bystander beside the wreckage of the Cuskey's $13,000 trailer that was In- volvild in an actIdent on Highway 8 Monday night, midway between Clinton and Goderich. Three people were sent to. hospital after the two car collision. (News-Record photo) Three injured in costly crash Goderich, with undetermined injuries. Walter A. Mason, 19, of RR 1 Monkton passenger in the car was transferred from the Goderich Hospital to the University Hospital, London, with a fractured femur. The driver of the other car, Ralph Blake Cuskey, 55, Woodstock, was treated in Hospital for a cut to his leg and released, His wife, a passenger, was not -injured. Police report Miss Coates lost control of her car which was westbound and collided with the Cuskey stationwagon arid a house trailer it was pulling. Damage to the Cushy stationwagon was estimated to be $300; the trailer home valued at $l3,000 was demolished; and the Coates car $1,000. Cpl. Geurt Stoffels of the Goderich detachment of O.P.P. investigated the ac- cident, Clinton, Ontario 20 Cents Weather 1913 HI sal A.UOVAt 1912 HI 1,13 :128 88 71 78 63 2I/ 88 70 77 48 • 3Q 89 67 80 46 .31 • 89 06 85 53 .SEPTEMBER 1 91 67 84 58 2 91 6$ 63 56 3 93 '66 67 45 Thursday, September .6, 1973 108 Year - No. 36 Rainfall .0 Rainfall .0 Vanastra residents surprise Tuckersmith By Milvena Erickson The Hayfield Fall Fair, billed for the past two years as the Old Time Country Fair, held Friday and Saturday, was ter- med a success by officials, but attendance was down slightly from last year. Most blamed it on the heat and high humidity of the past several days. Many residents and visitors were dressed in old style costumes in keeping with the theme displays of vintage machines, steam engines and cars, the fishing industry, the Huron County Museum bus as well as a display of books from the Huron County Library interested those attending. The fruit and vegetable displays were up from last year and attractive entries of needlecraft, home canning and baking in the ladies section lined the outside wall. School enrolment in Clinton and area this year is generally up but there are no large increases in the number of-pupils at- tending classes. Huron Centennial Public School Brucefield reports a small drop 588 students from the 600 registered last June. At Clinton Public School, enrolment has jumped to 553 from 511 last year, with one new teacher and a new principal, Al Taylor. Clinton Christian School's enrolment hag jumped to 210 pupils from 196 last June and the extra pupils will be taught in the Christian Reformed Church until a new room can be added on to the school By Wilma Oke McKillop Township Council at its meeting Tuesday authorized payment of $52 to a township farmer for the ewe killed by dogs at the end of August, Mrs, Kenneth McClure, clerk-treasurer, BY J. Baseball is still alive, and kicking for several Clinton teams. The Juveniles are in the All-Ontario finals against flagersville and have won the first game of their three game set with them. The second game in the series is at Hagersville this Sunday and there will be a bus available to area fans who want to go down. Cost is $4 return- and those interested should contact Brian Ken- nedy at 482.7625 before Sunday. ** The Juvenile girls are still in contention as well, and they battle Harriston tonight here at 6:30 in the second game of their three game final series. Clinton lost the first game Tuesday night. Should Clinton win\konight, the third game will be played here on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m, and the car wash the girls were having will be moved ahead to Saturday September 15 at 10 a.m. at the arena, * * As of this writing, the local heat wave has entered its 11th day without respite and no rainfall has been recorded in nearly three weeks. The weather isn't very con- dueive to school attendance but a break is expected in the next day or so. We shouldn't complain thangh, as one old sage in town put it yesterday, "in two months we'll be cursing the told," The baby show, always an attraction, was well represented by mothers and grand- mothers showing off their most prized possessions. The livestock exhibits and pet corner showed promise of what can 'be expected for another year and the log-sawing, horse- shoe pitching and tug-of-war were only for those who braved the elements of the day. But it is an ill wind that doesn't blow somebody some goCid and it was certainly evident at the refreshment booths where the attendants were unable to keep up with the demands of the fair-goers wanting "cold" or even "cool" soft drinks. The winner of the afghan raffled by the ladies' section was Mrs. Brintnell of Hen- sall. Complete results of the Hayfield Fair will be carried in next week's' News- Record. later this fall. The student population at Hullett Cen- tral-at Londesboro has fallen to 293 this year, compared to 323 last year, while the population at Holmesville Public, at 303 is about the same as last year, The number of pupils at St. Joseph Separate School in Clinton has increased this year to 101, up four from last year. The school also boasts a new principal, Adrian Pontsioen, who has transferred from Strat- ford. Central Huron Secondary School in Clin- ton has a slight increase this year, with 964 enroted 'Tuesday, compared to 931 last year. reported that the property tax stabilization grant for McKillop Township amounted to $18,739 for the year and that the interim payment had already been received, amounting to $9,370. The ministry of treasury, economics and intergovernmental affairs reported the final payment would be made in October. Council approved land reverence for John Clanville, RR 4, Seaforth, for one acre at Lot 19, Concession 11; and for William 13euerman of RR 1, Dublin, for the east half of Lot 13 on Concession 7, sight tile drain loans for a total of $26,600 were approved. Passed for payment were general ac- counts totalling $7,448.37 and road ac- continued on pogo 6 BY WILMA OKE Twenty-four residents of Vanastra crowded the Tuckersmith Township coun- cil meeting last Tuesday night and voiced a number of complaints to the council. Their unscheduled appearance caused other delegations with appointments a wait of almost two hours, and was partly respon- sible for the meeting to continue to within a few minutes of 2 a.m. Wednesday. The Vanastra residents, who came with complaints of speeding listened while Council discussed traffic flow and street signs at Vanastra with Patrick Laurin of London, traffic analyst with the ministry of transportation and communications. Mr. Laurin presented council with a report of a preliminary survey he had made at Vanastra on these conditions and his recommendations. Mr. Laurin will assist council in preparing a by-law for Vanastra setting speed zone in residential areas at 25 miles an hour. He has also prepared a plan for street signs. Commenting on persons who drive at ex- cessive speeds or while drinking, he said, "The police cannot be at Vanastra 24 hours of the day. You won't solve all your problems with putting up signs of 30 miles an hour," The Vanastra resident listened . while William E. Little of Londesboro who collects the garbage at Vanastra, requested that the homeowners keep their garbage separated—bottles and broken glass, in a box preferably; newspapers and cardboard put together; and the regular garbage in a separate bag. All the Vanastra residents at the meeting agreed that Mr. Little was doing a good job of garbage removal at Vanastra except for one man who questioned having his garbage bag's contents checked. Mr. Little reminded him that he knew why his garbage was checked and, maintained that garbage removal did not include manure from several dogs in the household. Kenneth Ziegler, who acted as spokesman for the Vanastra residents, said his first complaint concerned excessive dust from the roads at Vanastra which are in the process of being brought up to gover- nment specifications by the owners of Vanastra before Tuckersmith Township will take them over, Reeve Elgin Thompson explained that the township had no authority over the roads until they were completed, which he said the owners were doing as fast as they could. Mr. Thompson suggested some of the delay was due to sewage tile still to be laid under the roads which was holding up the application of blacktop. Mr. Ziegler charged that 40,000 to 50,000 gallons of water a day were going down the drain because the man in charge of pum- ping was overpumping at a loss of up to $40 a day. The Town of Clinton supplies water to the hamlet through the Tucker- smith Council who in turn charge the cost back to the residents, Mr. Thompson assured Mr. Ziegler this would be in- vestigated at once. Mr. Ziegler stated that the residents of Vanastra wanted the Township to put through the zoning by-law with the ap- propriate laws to govern, He was told the township Was working on this by-law. The next problem Mr, Ziegler raised was concerning. dogs, especially barking dogs which he said would have to be muzzled if enough neighbours complained. Ike suggested that the township should in- crease the dog licence for anyone keeping a second or third dog. "You are altogether too cheap," he said. Presently an owner must pay $3 for the first male and $5 for the second or more dogs; for females he must pay $5 for the first and $7 for any more female dogs. Others at the meeting complained to council at the number of dogs still running at large at night, preventing them from putting out their garbage ahead of time, etc. They were told to contact 'the animal control officer for the township, Gordon Dale of RR 4, Clinton, who has authority to shoot the animal. It was reported there were three to five derelict cars in Vanastra with children smashing the windows in one near the church only that evening. Before leaving the meeting, the Vanastra residents again asked Council for relief from the dust from the roads as they feared health problems for babies and spoke of the difficulty- of putting out laundry on the clothesline. They asked if calcium could be applied. Fred Ginn of Vanastra Developments, owners of Vanastra, and his son Gary, who had been kept waiting for almost two hours, entered the meeting to discuss road work at Vanastra, Mr. Ginn was indignant that complaints were being made about the roads at Vanastra when he said it was costing the owners almost $250,000 to bring them up to standard. He said that if they were not doing this then those living at Vanastra would have to pay for it. He also said that the roads belonged to his firm and they would not tolerate anyone putting calcium on them while they were in the process of working on them. In agreement with earlier discussions with Mr. Ginn, Council passed a by-law to amend subdivision agreement regarding construction of roads on the subdivision at By Wilma Oke Two teenagers were admitted to hospital and property damage amounted to $15,000 as the result of a collision on Highway 8, five miles east of Goderich, early Monday evening, Janice Lyn-Mary Coates 16, of St Marys, driver of one car was admitted to Alexan- dra. Marine and General Hospital, For the students in Clinton and area, going back to school Tuesday seemed a lit- tie harder this year as an unusual heat wave continued to grip the area for the tenth straight day. For many area farmers, however, the heat has proved an unusual bonus. A large part of the white beans,have been liar- Sy Wilma Oke Fire caused an estimated loss of over $40,000 early Monday afternoon when fire raced through the large L. shaped barn on the farm of John Boven of IR.R, 2 Seaforth, Fire in the upper storey of the barn Was first spotted by nine-year-old Harry Hoven. The family was able to free only five calves while ten were killed by the flames. Ai80 destroyed besides the large barn were a smaller barn, the season's crop of 3000 bales of hay and 4000 bales of straw, dieael tractor, and milking equipment. The Seaforth firemen hosed down an Vanastra. Three additional sections of roads are to be re-constructed this year in place of the construction of two new road- ways namely Andrew and Anna Courts. The Vanastra owners have agreed to con- struct these two latter roads at the time of development of the property which they serve. Council did not accept the one written tender for the property to be sold at the tax sale at the meeting but adjourned the sale until October 2 at 9 p.m, Council will ad- vertise that it will purchase the property. Roger P. MacEachern Construction of Mount Forest has been awarded the con- tract to construct a new bridge across Silver Creek at the Seaforth Golf Course, about a mile east of Egmondville on Con- cession 2 (FIRS). The MacEachern tender, lowest of four received, was $16,522. J. Harris of Hamilton has been awarded the contract to supply the steel for reinfor- cing the bridge at a tender price of $3,374. The Harris tender was the lowest of three, John McIlwain of Seaforth will supply 5,700 cu. yards of granular B fill gravel for the approaches to the bridge at a cost of 73 cents a cu. yard. This tender was the lowest of three. The new bridge is part of a plan to straighten out dangerous curves in the road by replacing the present narrow iron bridge and constructing a new road. The tenders are subject to approval of the ministry of transportation. and corn- vested, making this years harvest about two weeks earlier than last year's when a wet fall kept almost ten per cent of Huron's $10 million crop from being harvested. With temperatures in the high 80's and low 90's for the last 11 days, both corn sand white beans have shown rapid growth and are maturing much earlier this year. Crops munication which has already given verbal approval. Work is expected to be started as soon as governmental approval is confir- Tuesday night at the council meeting 'Council accepted the tender of Parker and Parker of Hensall to construct the Brock Drain at a cost of 5,728.60, This was 1-1-to lowest of' four tenders. Passed for payment were accounts totalling $28,576.03, including municipal drainage, $11,122.21; Brucefield water, $7,548.85; roads, $4,453.65; Vanastra, $1,787.98; tile drainage, $2,500; Ad- ministration, $1,001.04; fire, $162.30. Building permits requests were granted to: Ben Bridges for addition to house; McGregor Farms, steel grain bin; Anjes Brown, implement shed. Seaforth Lumber Ltd. had two requests for permits for two new houses but they are to be sent back for adjustment as they do not meet township building by-laws which require 1,000 sq. feet of living space and the two houses lack this amount by 40 sq. feet. Council will circulate the old zoning by- law of a year ago to those residents 400 feet outside the triangle (Clinton, Brucefield to Egmondville, including Vanastra) as required by the Ontario Municipal Board. At the same time, Council will start working on a new zoning by-law for the en- tire township. Clerk James McIntosh reported to Cour'• cil that Tuckersmith's grant from the Property Tax Stabilization Act for 1973 will amount to $48,254. • that were sown late this spring have caught up and prospects look good for an average yield. The hot humid weather of the last 11 days has parched many pastures and lawns and a good rain is needed in the next several days if things are to improve. With temperatures hovering near 90 'in the day arid only dropping to near 70 at night, combining with high humidities, the hinnidex reading has soared to near 113 and area beaches have been packed most days. The pool at Clinton Community Park was re-opened on Tuesday until the heat wave dissipated and attendance Tuesday night was high. The high temperatures have chased many people out of their kitchens and area fast food outlets and ice 'cream stands report a heavy run on convenience foods. One area dealer had to close ail hours earlier on Monday when he ran out of ice cream. Another selling fried chicken also ran short, Cooler air and rain are expected today and more normal fall-like tempetaturet should prevail by the weekend, School enrolment average McKillop pays for ewe 10 calves burned in barn plement shed and while doing this, they were summoned to the farna of K.J. Thom- pson about a half mile east where flying embers are believed to have started a fire on the roof of the barn. 'The Clinton Fire Department was called , to assist the Seaforth firemen but their ser- vices were not required as the Seaforth men were able to extinguish the flames on the Thompson roof before Clinton arrived, About 9 p.m. the Seaforth firemen were again called back to the Doyen farm where a change in Wind Was carrying flying em- bets from the smouldering fire north toward the implement shed and the farm home. Record heat wave enters second week