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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-11-01, Page 1Ontorio 20 Cents • Rainfall ,30 Bain - Nil Thursday, November 1, 1973 408 Year No, 44 Weather 1913. Hl 10 OrmOIM, 1912 Hi LO 23 67 38 64 48 24 69 38. 62 36 25 71 50 42 34 26 66 48 63 33 :27 - 53 44 57 34 28 46 40 51 47 29. 47 40 48 36 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)