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Don Ryan of Clinton received a broken arm and leg early loot Sunday morning
when he was struck by this car on Victoria Street in Clinton. Another Clinton
man John Spieran was alio taken to hospital after he was hit by a car a few feet
north of the original accident. (News-Record photo)
Two pedestrians hurt
Brucelield, Clinton and Seaforth Fire Departments spent
nearly eight hours last Tuesday fighting. a stubborn blaze at
the Huron Acoustics Ltd. plant at Vanastra. Damage is
estimated at over $100,000 to the speaker assembling firm
that employed 35 persons. Firemen were hampered in their
fight by a number of false ceilings and compartments that
made the fire difficult to locate. (News-Record photo)
enior housing closer in Bayfield
Stubborn blaze burns . Vanastra plant
Winter Carnival
set t. for Feb. 1- 10
Clinton's 1974 Winter Carnival will be
held on February 1st to February 10, in-
clusive, it was decided at a meeting of the
Carnival Committee last Thursday night.
The Carnival will be kicked off with a
snowmobile torchlight parade and will end
with the Kinsmen Snowmobile Races on
Sunday Feb. 10.
The meeting, which only attracted 12
people, decided to give $2,000 of the $2,400
profit from the 1973 Carnival to Clinton
Recreation Committee, The Carnival Com-
mittee stipulated that the $2,000 go
towards the $5,000 cost of new lights which
were erected on the softball diamond this
fall.
The meeting failed to come up with a
new chairman to succeed Bill Crawford,
who has held the post for the last two
years.
Slim Lacroix of Clinton will remain as
treasurer and Mary Divok and Don Arm-
strong were elected vice-chairman. Ruth
Lombardo of Clinton was elected secretary,
Several new ideas were put forward at
the meeting including more involvetnent
this year by the four townships surroun-
ding Clinton, and the Dutch community
will also be approache&
t3ecause of the ,uccess of the Winter Car,
(continued on page 7
Fire on Tuesday caused between
$100,000 and $150,000 damage to Huron
Acoustics Ltd, at Vanastra, the former
CFB Clinton, The firm, which manufac-
tures and assembles speaker cabinets, had
set up operations at Vanastra about a year
ago and employed about 35 persons,
The fire is believed to have started about
BY MILVENA ERICKSON
A special meeting of the Bayfield Village
ouncil was called by the reeve, Tuesday
vening, Oct. 23, for a two-fold purpose.
That afternoon, the Reeve had met with
rthur Gaston, Regional Lands Officer for
ntario Housing Corporation, and
iscussed the recommended location for a
7 unit senior citizens building (adjacent to
he Municipal Building), explaining the
BY J.F.
It won't be long until the snow will be
wirling across roads and highways in the
istrict and many persons will be won-
ering what road conditions in the
province will be like during the rest of the
winter. The ministry of transportation and
communications has again set up special
24-hour seven-days'.a-week information
centres to help all motorists who wish to
journey forth and want to know the road
conditions,
Area residents can call the London office
at 451.5160 or the Stratford office at 271-
3550 anytime and get information on any
highway in the province. The service goes
into operation on Monday, November 5.
* * *
The new and improved Clinton Colts see
their first action tonight at the Clinton
arena when they play an exhibition game
against Seaforth. Coach Paul Draper tells
us the boys have a good shot at a title this
year.
The Junior Hockey Club reminded us the
ther day that their are still some seasons
asses left for this year, The pass will not
my save you money, but it will ensure you
f a seat at the Junior's games, which so
ar have been well attended.
* * *
Some stupid vandals kept the Clinton
re department busy Tuesday night. While
a unit was busy fighting the destructive
re at Vanastra, the other unit had to
pond to a senseless fire stared in the CN
ernass on the Bayfield Road,
12:30 in an exhaust fan in the paint room
in the east wing of the H-shaped structure,
Flames spread into the ceiling of the 100 by
30 foot structure and because of the num-
ber of false ceilings and compartments,
Brucefield Firemen, who originally respon-
ded to the call, asked for assistance from
Clinton who answered the call about 1:30
adequate water supply and sewage
disposal. Council discussed the price for
the property in question and felt, due to
the nature of the project, that a lesser fee
be quoted rather than the normal selling
price for the property.
Drawing of the property and the price
have been submitted to Ontario Housing
for their consideration, with the hope that
it will meet with favourable approval.
Council, along with members of the
Committee of Adjustment, also discussed a
by-law of the Municipal Corporation of the
Village of Bayfield to adopt a secondary
plan. The purpose of the plan was ex-
plained by County Planner, Gary David-
son. This plan, as a secondary plan to the
county official plan, establishes as a point
of departure, certain basic principles of the
County Plan relating to secondary plans
The provincial wing of the Progressive
Conservative party made some sweeping
constitution changes last Friday night at
their annual meeting in Clinton. The
meeting marked the first time in nearly 30
years that the Huron provincial PCs
haven't had a sitting member in the On-
tario Legislature. The riding was taken by
Liberal Jack Riddell last March in a by-
election,
As a result of the loss, the Provincial
riding undertook some major changes to
Glen Webb
- new 1Itwon
PC prevIdeot
p.m.
No one was seriously injured in the eight
hour blaze that was fought by 30 firemen,
including Seaforth, and a special four man
squad from Blyth, who were called in at .6
p.m. to cut the burning building away from
the other part of the H-shaped structure.
Wilfred Schneider, who owns the factory
and urban areas, The need to carry out
more detailed secondary plans at the local
level is set out in a section of the County
official plan. This section states: "This
Plan (the County Official Plan) will func-
tion as the official plan for all County
municipalities. It is intended, however,
that the local municipalities will prepare
secondary' plans so as to express more
precisely local planning policies and
priorities. These secondary plans will
become amendments to this plan (County
official plan)."
This secondary plan is, therefore, the im-
plementation of certain policies of the
County Plan and begins a process of local
planning for Bayfield. This plan develops
framework for land use planning and it is
the intention that the various sections of
(continued on page 7)
make it more democratic and to lure more
youth and women into major posts with the
Association,
The revised constitution, which was
hammered out in the four-hour meeting,
calls for four elected directors, one of
which has to be a woman and one director
elected by the Young Progressive Conser-
vatives, Previously, all five directors were
elected by the Association with no
stipulation as to sex or age.
The Association also changed their name
from the Huron Progressive Conservative
(Provincial) Association to the Ontario
Progressive Conservative Association of
the Riding of Huron.
Glen Webb of Dashwood, a former
Huron County Warden was elected
president to succeed William J. Dale of
Seaforth.
Andrew Dunlop of Seaforth was presen-
ted with a plaque for his 40 years of service
to the party, 15 as Seaforth chairman, Mr.
Dunlop and his wife Bdith celebrated their
60th wedding anniversary last week, -
Earl McSpadden of RR I, Seaforth, was
elected secretary-treasurer and Joe Mur-
phy of Clinton was elected first vice-
president. Other vice-presidents are Mrs.
Betty Cardno of Seaforth, Oliver Jaques of
Hensall, Mrs. Donna Wood of Clinton, Art
Bolton of Dublin and Gerry Ginn of RR 2,
Clinton. elected directors are Doug Arm-
strong and Blmer Hayter of Zurich, Lorne
Xleinstaver of Dashwood and Norma Par-
sons of Exeter._
About /5 persons attended the meeting
at the Clinton Legion Hall, A dance was
held afterward.
jointly with Helmut Klopsch,* said at
presstime that no details had been worked
out as to when the employees would be
back to work or how much the final
damage would be. He said the building and
the contents were insured.
Firemen were concerned during the early
part of the afternoon that 250 gallons of:
lacquer thinner near the origin of the blaze
would explode, but Clinton Firemen were
successful in filling the room with foam,
preventing any further danger.
All three fire departments battled the
stubborn blaze most of the afternoon and
called the fourth department Blyth in at 6
p.m. The Blyth Department using a special
Stihl saw, which can cut through anything
except concrete, cut the building in half
and isolated the flames.
Firemen brought the blaze under control
at 7:30 p.m. and had it extinguished by
8:30 p.m. The Brucefield Department
stayed on duty overnight in case any
flareup occurred,
The building was erected in June of 1941
and was originally used as a corporal's and
airmen's mess. It was later converted to a
-food services school and was one of the
first buildings to have a new industry when
the former base closed 18 months ago.
All three fire departments on the scene
said they wished to express special thanks
to the many people, some anonymous, who
brought coffee and food to the tiring
firemen.
The Township of Tucker-
smith has requested assistance
from the planning department
for Huron County in the
preparation of a zoning bylaw -
but the municipality's name
has only been added to a long
and growing longer list.
,The waiting liSt .now nuin-
hers nine municipalities con-
sisting of Goderich Township,
Hensall, Ashfield Township,
Colborne Township, Usborne
Township, East Wawanosh
Township, Goderich Town,
Stephen Township and Tucker-
smith Township - in that order.
Already the Planning Depar-
tment is working on plans for
Zurich, Brussels, Grey Town-
ship, Howick Township,
Bayfield, Wingham and Hullett
Ben Tuckey, Exeter, a past
warden of Huron County and
presently chairman of the
Board of Directors of Huron
County Playhouse near Grand
Bend, visited Huron County
Council last week to request
$2,000 in a grant toward the
theatre endeavor.
Tuckey told council that
while it was forward thinking
to plan for the possible Lake
Huron Parkway to attract
tourists to the area, it was im-
portant to have something to
hold the interest of the visitors
Two Clinton men are in improved con-
dition in Victoria Hospital in London
following two separate accidents minutes
and feet apart early last Sunday morning.
Don Ryan of Clinton suffered a broken
arm, a broken leg, several broken teeth, a
cracked rib and numerous lacerations after
he was struck by a car while crossing Vic-
toria Street in Clinton near Wesley-Willis
United Church.
Moments later and 60 feet north of the
Ontario Hydro has filed an application
to expropriate parts of 54 lots of land in
Turnberry Morris, Hullett and McKillop
Townships for power line right-of-ways.
Notice of the application was published
in advertisements last week in several
weekly newspapers in Huron County.
The land is required for part of a power
corridor linking the nuclear power station
at Douglas Point to the Ontario electrical
grid at a point near Kitchener.
Hydro intends to construct high-tension
power lines on the expropriated in Huron
which will connect transformer stations to
first accident, Jack Spieran of Clinton was
struck by a ear on the same road and suf-
fered as yet undetermined injuries. Hs is
reported in good condition in Victoria
Hospital,
Mr, Ryan is reported in fair condition in
the same hospital.
Consta bl e Don Armstrong said the ac-cident occurred at 1:10 a.m. Sunday mor-
ning. Several spectators at the scene said it
took more than 30 minutes for an am-
bulance to arrive.
be built at Wingham and Seaforth,
The Ontario ministry of environment has
given their approval, the advertisements
say, and land owners have 30 days from
the date they receive intent to expropriate
to seek an inquiry. All inquiries wilt be
conducted by the justice minister and the
attorney-general it says.
Several local organizations, including,
the Huron County Federation of ,
Agriculture, have been opposed to the low
prices hydro is willing to pay for the 540-
foot right-of-ways Hydro says they will
require for the power lines and towers.
work of the staff," said
Ferguson. "They are doing a
great job for the county."
In other business, J. A. Mair,
deputy reeve of Morris Town-
ship, was appointed to the
Board of Governors of
Conestoga College for the term
commencing January I, 1974.
PC's alter constitution
Township - also in that order.
Warden Roy Pattison and
County Administrator John
Berry have signed the
necessary lease forms per-
taining to the rental by the
province of the addition to the
assessment building.,
According to the Property
Chairman, Reeve Harold Lobb
of Clinton, the work is
proceeding on schedule and the
new facilities should be ready
for occupancy early in the new
year.
Additional space has been
requested to the Social Services
Department and plans are now
afoot to renovate the storeroom
adjacent to the Social Services
office in the court house for this
purpose.
Playhouse seeks ,g.rani
once they have arrived. That's
where services such as HurOn
County Playhouse come in,
Attendance at the Playhouse
increased by 60 percent this
year, according to Tuckey. He
said attendance would have to
go up by at least that much
again this coming season,
He described the Grand
Bend theatre effort as "behind
the eight ball" where finances
are concerned and urged the
county to give consideration to
the group's request for ad-
ditional funding for the coming
year.
Hydro seeks expropriation
Tuckersmith seeks County planning aid
In its report to council, the
Social Services Committee
noted that department's budget
is running approximately
$22,000 below budget
estimates. Chairman Lloyd
Ferguson spoke highly of Social
Services Administrator John
MacKinnon and his staff.
"I am very pleased with the
Huron Parkway committee
given County approval
Members of Huron County
Council gave their approval
last Friday in Goderich for the
Lake Huron Parkway Commit-
tee comprising representatives
from Huron, Lambton and the
City of Sarnia, to make a
feasibility study of the area
from Sarnia along Lake Huron
to Amberley.
The purpose of the study is to
determine what could be done
to improve that area as far as
the tourist industry is concer-
ned, as well as for the en-
joyment of residents in the im-
mediate district. Ultimate
plans are for the possible for-
mation of a Parkway Com-
mission.
Reeve Anson McKinley,
Stanley Township, is chairman
of the Lake Huron Parkway
Committee. He told council an
"inventory" is necessary as
well as a study into the
distance inland a Parkway
Commission would have
jurisidiction over. He did not
see the feasibility study as an
expensive undertaking
although suggestion was it
would cost approximately
$50,000 to $75,000.
"All the information needed
is available," said McKinley.
"It just has to be put together."
The feasibility study, if ap-
proved, would be financed with
75 percent of the funds from
the Ontario government and
the remaining 25 percent of the
funding raised with Huron
paying 37 1/2 percent; Lambton'
.37 1/2 percent; and Sarnia, 25
percent.
It was reported Huron's
share in the feasibility study, if
undertaken, would be between
$5,000 and $7,000.
In speaking about the
proposed commission,
McKinley noted that the for-
mer Huron County Jail "is one
of the things such a commission
could undertake."
The Clinton Legion haat Saturday nested 67 World War One veterans from Huron
County and treated them 'to a day of games and fun.- Here some Old vets watch
as some of their more mobile companions march ins parade around the Legion
that Included a wreath laying Ceremony. Each branch in the county antertelns
the boys each year since the idea was originated by Clinton's Doug Andrews in
1367. (Newts-11000rd photo)