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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-10-25, Page 1This car was caught in the middle of a three vehicle crash on Highway 4 near Vanastra last Friday afternoon and sustained heavy damage. Driver William Veharrell of London was taken to Clinton Hospital with cuts and bruises. (News- Record photo) Man injured in crash BY IF, Bayfield Society awarded $5,000 grant Health and Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde announced on, Friday that a $5,000 Federal Government grant was awar- ded. to a &nil 'of 'retired peon le- in the Goderich area. The grant, awarded under the Department of National Health and Welfare "New Horizons" program, has been given to the Bayfield Area Bluebird Society in Bayfield. New Horizons was in- troduced in the Summer of 1972 by the Federal Govern- ment to encourage retired Canadians to undertake projects that would benefit them and the community in which they live. According to President Har- vey MacDougall, of the Bayfield Area Bluebird Society, the group was organized in May, The object is to do everything possible to bring back bluebirds in the Bayfield area, including the townships of Goderich and Stanley. Bluebirds have been prac- tically extinct in these areas. In 1970, a pair was discovered by Phillip and Greta Du Boulay of Bayfield, nesting in an old cedar post on the 20th sideroad of Stanley Township. in the fall of 1969, Mr. MaeDtitigall put out nesting boxes and he has continued with this work. Results have been gratifying. He had 15 boxes out in 1970 and 1971, with no nestings. Last year, with 60 boxes out, he had three nestings; this year, with 150 boxes out along Concession lines, lie had 17 nestings from which 49 young bluebirds were fledged. Bill Wisser, of Goderich, has had some success too, working mostly in the Dungannon area. The Bayfield group applied to the New Horizons program for assistance in organizing the retired in building a great num- ber of boxes, getting these put up in suitable locations, checking these periodically and keeping records on nestings, From the work done so far, it seems certain that the bluebirds can be brought back, providing there is careful plan- ning and continuous work over the years. The Bayfield group has plans to work with the schools and young people generally, "Word has just come through that the Bayfield groups ap- plication for $5,000. to under- write this work has been ap- proved under New Horizons auspices. This will enable the purchase of lumber, steel posts, (where necessary) and other supplies. No remuneration is allowed to the retired persons working on the project," MacDougall said. The Bayfield council has set aside a room in the Town Hall for box building work. The executives of the Bayfield Area Bluebird Society are Harvey MacDougall, president; Phillip DuBoulay, vice-president; Mrs, Frank Burch, secretary; and Brig. Morgan Smith, treasurer, Directors are Mrs. Gwen Pemberton, Miss Jessie Met- calf, Mrs. Robert Blair, Miss Dorothy Reinke, Dick Moore and .Reg York. When directors were young, the bluebird was quite common through this area. It was particularly welcome a.a,„kbe harbinger of spring, with the males coming north in March and the females following in April. • With its cheery song, its lovely light blue back and rusty red breast, it has often been called the continent's most loved bird," said MacDougall, The name "Bluebird of Hap- piness" has been well applied to this bird," The Bayfield group feel that many things of their youth which have gone, cannot be brought back. Not so the bluebird. The starlings, the loss of the old rail fences, pesticides, many things have made it difficult for the bluebirds to survive. "But if they are given "a leg up" with the building of nesting boxes to take the place of the woodpecker holes in the old cedar posts, the bluebird can be brought back," said BABS President Harvey MacDougall. Frank Van Altena of Clinton, who recently celebrated 40 years in the barbering business, says he wishes he could clip hair for another 40 years. At one time or another, thousands of people have passed through his shop. Bill Kolkman of RR 1, Clinton is one of Mr. Van Altena's reguier customers. (News-Record photo) Barber clipping for 40 years Thick fog blanketed the area last_ Tuesday Morning, slowing traffic to a near standstill and delaying many sChool buses, Combined with the smoke of burning WV,' in Many towns, this tog formed a Choking smog. The fog gave way to a worth, sunny Indian summer day about 11 a.m. (Nows4tecOrd photo) Clinton, Ontario 20 Cents Weather 1973 1977 hfl O„Q Hi 1.0 Thursday, October 25, 1973 Projected separate enrolment shows five year decline A London man was taken to Clinton Public Hospital after a three vehicle pileup on Highway 4 in front of Vanastra last Friday afternoon about 5 p.m. William Veharrell of London is in satisfactory condition in hospital with multiple cuts and bruises after his car was caught in the middle of the accident. All the vehicles were southbound on the Highway at the time of the accident, but neither Anthony Van De Assen of Vanastra nor Larry McGregor of Brucefield, the other drivers, were injured. Constable Doug Spitzig of the Goderich detachment of the OPP estimated damage at $3,000. The detachment also investigated 11 other accidents in the seven day period en- Even though the weather is more in- dicative of summer, the snow and cold is not far off, and so is Winter Carnival! So with that thought in mind, don't forget the all important Winter Carnival meeting tonight in the Town Hall at 8 p.m. February isn't that far off, making this meeting vital. * * * We've just received late word that the Intermediate Clinton Colts will be playing an exhibition game this Friday night at 8 p.m. in the Clinton arena. Many of the regulars are back as well as some talented new faces. The team needs more support at the box office, however, to remain viable. * * * Speaking of good hockey, the Clinton Junior Mustangs are playing host to Exeter on Sunday night in a Junior "D" contest. Clinton has won their first game, while Mitchell beat Exeter in their opener this week. Should be a gotid game. If you have time on Saturday afternoon, slip down to the Clinton Legion and say hi to all the World War I veterans, who are being hosted by the Branch 140 boys. Time is Slowly eating away at the number of "Old Salts" left with us and they are always glad to see old friends, ding last Saturday night. Seven of those ac- cidents resulted in four people being in- jured and property damage was caused in seven of them. The OPP also investigated one theft case, three break and entering cases and eight "other" criminal cases. There were 40 non criminal cases investigated. They issued 26 charges under the High- way Traffic Act, three under the Criminal Code, and eight under the Liquor Control Act. They also also issued 33 warnings. In the last week, they had eight calls for assistance, and one prisoner escort. In Provincial court in Goderich, 53 per- sons were convicted of H.T.A.offences, six convicted of L.C.A. offences and one con- victed of criminal Code offences. By Wilma Oke Tuckersrnith Township Council ap- proved the sale of debentures for $24,000 to the Ontario Municipal Improvement Corporation for financing the Brucefield Water System at a special meeting of coun- cil Tuesday, Applications for building permits were approved for Murray Hohner, RR 5, Clin- ton for an addition to the ice cream stand on Highway No, 4 at Vanastra and for Kenneth Barry of Egmondville for an ad- dition to his house. Harold Roth of Roth Drainage attended the meeting to discuss three drains he is completing for the township's Clark, Dallas, and Kinsman Drains. A meeting will be arranged with the assessed owners of the Charter's and Jackson's Drains on November 20 to discuss the engineer's reports which have been just received, A letter from the Ministry of Revenue in- formed Council that there will be a two year delay in bringing in the new market value of assessment. Scheduled for 1975, the system will be postponed for two years because market values have changed in the last 12 months and information the assessment office has is outdated, Market value ofassessment will be introduced in 1976, to be ready for 1977 taxation. The regional assessment office in Goderich reported to council information on assessment in the township. The population of TOckersrnith is given as 2821, with 404 at Vtinaotra and 460 at Eginond- vine, Clerk James McIntosh reported the population in Tueltersmith is down and he The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic separate school board at a meeting in Seaforth Monday approved the 1973 proposed five-year capital expen- diture forecast. This forecast is required by the ministry of education of all school boards to be made in. October each year regardless of method of financing. Joseph Tokar, acting superintendent of education, stated, as he presented the proposed list of projects, that what would be done in 1974 would depend on what• money would be made available to the board for the year. Jack Lane, business ad- ministrator, said the amount available would be made known to the board about February. The proposals are as follows: for 1974 at a total cost of $945,000 St. James, Seaforth—new accomodation—five classrooms, one special education classroom, industrial arts, home economics, library resonrce centre, general purpose room, health room, change rooms and general storage—estimated cost, $520,000; St. Patrick's, Kinkora, library resource centre, general purpose room, change rooms, health room, general storage and administrative area— estimated cost, $230,000; St. Boniface, Zurich, 2 classrooms, library resource centre, change rooms (new). Alterations to existing reading centre and principal's office, to ad- ministrative area and storage respec- tively—ekimated cost, $195,000. The proposals for 1975 are as follows at a total cost of $380,000; Sacred Heart, Wingham, one special education classroom, library resource centre, change rooms and expected it to be Increased. Mr. McIntosh will contact the assessment office to question this. The Ministry of Treasury has set 2406 as the population base for the unconditional grant, (continued on page 10) Fire in Hensall burns Fuss store Fire early last Thursday morning in Hensall caused an estimated $40,000 damage to the W,H. Fuss Electric store on King Street near Nelson Street, The fire, which broke out just before 2:30 a.m., was well advanced when volunteer firemen from Hensall, assisted by the Exeter and Zurich departments, arrived on the scene, The three departments fought the blaze until dawn, and had they not limited the blaze to the one store, several other businesses and homes would have also bur- nod. OPP Constable Allan Quinn of the Exeter detachment said the store was stocked with about $40,000 worth of elec, trical appliances, An inspector with the Ontario fire mar- shal's office, Ken Pipher of Woodstock, was probing the ruins to determine the cause of the blaze and said it was started by a faulty furnace. Phones spread from the basement fur- nace area to the main floor and caused heavy damage to the UP storey brick building, Traffic on King street was rerouted for several hours during the height of the blare, general storage—at an estimated cost of $165,000; St. Joseph's Stratford, library resource centre, general purpose room, change rooms, health room, general storage and administrative area—estimated cost, $215,000. Two smaller projects proposed for 1974 are renovations to existing main entrance to provide a library resource area at St. Patrick's School in Dublin at an estimated cost of $18,000; and the purchase of a school site of 4 to 5 acres in the Town of Listowel, A five-year projected enrolment in the 19 separate schools in Huron and Perth Coun- ties was discussed, It indicates there will be over 1,000 less students in these schools by 1978. The present enrolment this year totals 3,272 while in 1978 it is predicted to be 2,242, William 'tines of Stratford, attendance officer for the board, had his salary in- creased from $3.25 an hour to $4 an hour and his mileage will be paid at 14c a mile, an increase of 2c a mile. These rates are to be effective as of September 4, 1973. Last year during an eight month period Mr. In- nes was paid $445.86, A dispute erupted when it was suggested that any trustee wishing to attend the Christian Curriculum Development Con- ference in Toronto November 16 to 18, should leave his name with the secretary at the end of the meeting. Joseph Looby criticized the trustees and administrative staff for "going in droves" to conferences. He was critical of the lack of policy of the number who should attend and said the board should approve the attendance of each trustee and member of the ad- ministrative staff at any conference. Trustee David Teahen of Stratford stated he was in complete agreement with Mr. Looby's statements. Mr. Tokar and three trustees will attend the Christian Curriculum Development Conference and Edward Rowland, main- tenance co-ordinator will attend, for one day only, the Canadian Education Showplace in Toronto either on October .25, 26 or 27, The Board authorized the business ad- ministrator to write to the Stratford City Council asking them if they would be in- terested in maintenance of the board property located in the Devon Park area in return for free use of the property as a playground area. The Board will notify the Stratford plan- ning board that it wishes to retain its 11.5 acre site in the Mornington Street sub- division but would be open for discussion for relocating a portion of that property, A motion by Oscar Kieffer of RR 1, Bluevale, that an inexperienced custodian be trained by one of the regular custodians was defeated in a recorded vote (called by David Teahen). Voting in favour of the motion were Francis Hicknell, Arthur Haid, Howard Shantz, Oscar Kieffer and Joseph Looby, and voting to defeat the motion were Ted GeoffreyR. Vere, Vincent Young, Gordon Ball, David Teahen and Michael Connolly. Chairman John McCann did not vote and absent from the meeting were Patric,k Carty and Donald Crowley. Superintendent John Vintar and board chairman, Jqhn McCann, will attend the 100th anniversary of the Sisters of St, Joseph in Goderich. Trustee Vincent young of Goderich will attend as well. The anniversary celebration will be held Sun- day, November 4, beginning with a dinner in the church hall at 12:30 p.m. Mrs. Patricia Meidinger, secretary of St. Ambrose Parish, Zurich, wrote the board • (continued on page 10) 011112,8011 16 55 37 1.7 48 39 18 49 39 19 50 35 go 52 41 21 *7 33 22 64 32 All Airmen were required to look respec- table for parade day and rather than face a fine, they visited Mr. Van Altna or one of the seven other barbers in Clinton at that time, With the closing of the base and the ad- vent of longer hair, the barbering business has been cut sharply and the four barbers in Clinton now have a lot of time on their hands. Mr. Van Altena longs for the days of short hair styles and says the trend is slowly coming back, especially in Europe. "There's no future in barbering," he says, "even the barbering schools are all closed." Now, anyone entering the trade has to attend a styling school, Prices too have changed a lot since he started in the business. "Forty years ago, a shave and a haircut were 25 cents," he said, Now a haircut is $1.75 without a shave, but Mr..Van Altena says that price is one of the cheapest in this part of On- tario. Haircuts are $2 in Goderich and $2.50 in London. "Prices in Clinton haven't been raised in three years," he said. Mr. Van Altena lives with his wife Anne Maria and one of their three children at their home at Dunlop and Orange Streets in Clinton. He built the house a few years ago - when he wasn't cutting hair, Frank Van Altena of Clinton has been clipping people for 40 years and he says he would like to do it for another 40 years. Mr. Van Altena celebrated his fortieth year as a barber on October 13 and held a little party to celebrate the anniversary. As well, he received many greetings from friends and customers, He started his barbering career in Holland 40 years ago when he was just a lad of 13 years. He says in those days in Holland a young man had to apprentice for a year in a barber shop, then take four years of night school before he could pick up the scissors and call himself a barber. "When I started to cut hair back in Holland, a young man made $2,50 a week for a 50 hour week. Saturdays, we used to work to midnight," Mr. Van Altena said. In 1950, he emigrated to Canada and started cutting hair in the basement of the Hotel Clinton with the late Mel Crich, Af- ter two and a half years in town, he moved to the Base and for five and a half years, he cut airmen's hair at the armed forces base with Jim Armstrong of Clinton. In 1958, he moved to his present location on King Street in Clinton, and has had five barbers working beside him in that time, Mr. Van Altena presently works alone in the shop, but he can remember when the Base was active, two barbers had their hands full with about 50 customers a day. 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