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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-11-08, Page 1Clinton, -Ontario 20 Cents Thursday, November 8,1973 108 Year No. 45 rain 1.46" snow 2". Weather 1973 141 LO Or l'Otiat 197? HI 141 30 51 46 39 31 31 51 47 41 28 NOVEMOKR 48 42 46 35 2 46 40 fit 41 3 43 36 61 36 4 41 36 41 37 5 38 27 50 39 ' Clinton plan given official approval Ken Johnston of North Street in Clinton did the near impossible last Saturday in Clinton when he roiled a perfect 450 game at the Clinton Crown Lanes. The twelve strikes he threw for the perfect game were part of 19 strike streaks he had going during Men's intertown action. Mr. Johnston will be the recipient of numerous prizes for his feat. (News-Record photo) BY J.F. A Sadden' shbWfall of nearly six ineles caught many area residents oft guard Tuesday and police reported a number of tender bender* bOth in town and on the highways. Mire, Jest** Madding end sort, five.yenr.Old burko were prepared, however, and were busy shovelling oft theit drivinitty on Iteta tenbury Street last Tuesday afternoon when the photographer stopped. (News-Fiecord phote) • Fire caused an estimated $10,000 damage to the warehouse and storage area of J. W. Counter Builder's Supplies early last Sunday morning. The Ontario fire marshal's office said the fire started in an electric panel. (News-Record photo) Fire hits Clinton firm 250 pigs lost in blaze About 250 pigs were destroyed and over $40,000 damage done to a barn on the farm of Charlie Wain of RE I, Hayfield after a fire swept through the structure about 7:30 Tuesday morning. The fire, which broke out on the farm on Highway 21, four miles north of Hayfield, was believed to have started near the elec., trical service and levelled the 30 foot by 50 foot barn, High winds fanned the blaze and the Hayfield Fire Department were able to save only a few of the 250 pigs that were in the barn at the time, The direction of the wind, however, kept the blaze away from the house. Fire also spread into an adjoining silo that was filled with shelled corn, and the corn was still smouldering at grasstirne, Also lost in the blaze was a harvester and some equipment, Much of the loss is covered by insurance, BY MURIEL TROTT A zoning by-law for the Town of Clinton was given official provincial approval in a hearing by the Ontario Municipal Board at the Clinton Town Hall last Tuesday after- noon. The by-law, passed by the Clinton Coun- cil in March of 1970, will regulate, with three subsequent amendments, land use within the town limits, pursuant to Section 35 of the Manning Act of Ontario. The by- law divides the town into zones in which only those uses specified for the zone are permitted. Tuesday's proceeding, presided by D.S. Colbourne, chairman, and Alan Van Every, both of the OMB, Toronto was set up by the province to hear both support BY WILMA OKE Huron-Perth Roman Catholic separate school teachers have threatened to close 19 elementary schools at the first of the year unless a contract settlement is reached by Dec. 31. , Pat Monaghan, chief negotiator for the teachers, said Tuesday night teachers have voted 107-1 to have the Ontario English- Catholic Teachers' Association start collec- ting resignations Nov. 13. There are 155 teachers in the system. He said it is not the desire of teachers to close the schools, but they will have no choice unless a contract Settlement is reached. While no future negotiations are plan- ned, Mr. Monaghan said he hopes talks will resume later this month, He said if no settlement is reached by and onnosition to the town's application. Two main objections were received from the Plans Administrative Branch, along with five objections from individual tax- payers, all of which were redirected by the hearing to Clinton Council for further con- sideration. Should council wish to further change the plan, then the OMB must be advised, Only one objection was refused, that of Mr, and Mrs. L.G. Winter, who requested that the 1/4 acre piece of land on which their 20 room, 107-year-old house is located at Kirk and High Streets be changed from a multi-family zone to a zone permitting businesses which cater to autos or the travelling public. The Winters acquired the home in 1946 and it was used for 20 years as an apartment building. In a Nov. 30, the Huron-Perth branch of the teachers' association will turn negotiations over to the parent body in Toronto, Teachers are seeking a 12-percent in- crease, basing their demands on cost-of- living increases. The Huron-Perth separate school board has offered 3.4 percent in a one-year contract. The previous agreement expired Sept. 1. Negotiations started in March. Mr. Monaghan said the resignations would go into effect Dec. 31. He said the vote was taken Monday night, David Teahen, chairman of the board's negotiating team, said trustees were aware of the meeting but had not been informed on the outcome. He also anticipates talks will resume this month. Mr. Monaghan said when the parties last met Oct. 13, board negotiators were ad- vised about a possible shutdown. Teachers may strike five year interim, the building was used by the Huron County Health Unit before they moved to Goderich. Mr. Winter said that as persons moved out of the apartment, they have been restoring it and have been using part of it as an antique store with the hopes of tur- ning the house into a museum in near future . Gary Davidson, director of the Huron County Planning department, objec- ted to the Winters plan, when asked by town solicitor Beecher Menzies, stating that the rezoning would attract too much traffic into a residential area. Mr. Colbourne, in handing down his decision, stated that the hearing did not feel there was sufficient evidence to ask the Clinton Council to reconsider changing the zone. There was nothing, he added, to prevent Mr. Winter from making further application for the change, The Plans Administration Branch, in its written objection, indicated that it felt there should be another zone to cover the greenbelt area along the Bayfield River that is currently a holding zone. The branch said there should be an absolute prohibition of any residential development in that zone, which is now worded to provide for residences, if they have 15,000 square foot lots with at least 120 foot fron- tage. Taxpayers who gave sworn statements and whose objections were redirected were: a Doug Ball, whose funeral home has been located on High Street, objected that there was no provision in zone three for his (continued on pane 61 • Tuckersmith readies for second Vanastra phase BY WILMA OKE The second phase at Vanastra, the takeover ,of the commercial and industrial rea by Tuckersmith Township from anastra Developments, will take' place ithin the next week or so. At a meeting, Tuesday night, Tucker- mith Council agreed for the plan of sub- ivision to be registered upon the payment o the township of taxes, due to date, mounting to approximately $128,000. ollowing registration, it will be possible or the deeds for the commercial properties o be processed and made available to hose firms which bought buildings, On December 15, taxes amounting to ap- )roximately $78,000 will be due for anastra Developments to pay to the town- hip. The township took over the residential Our CHSS news editor, Janet Graham; phoned just before press time to tell us that the Redmen came through in a do or die situation last ruesaay atternoon and both the Senior and Junior football teams are in Championship games of the Huron-Perth League. The Juniors will play in Exeter at 12 noon this coming Saturday, while the Seniors face Goderich on the same field at 2 p.m. * * * The Clinton firemen have placed 40 Muscular Dystrophy collection cannisters in prominent spots throughout town and chairman AI Finch reminds Clintonians to be generous in their donations to the Fund. The cannisters will remain until Christ- mas. A dance to raise more money for the fund will he held next May 24. * * * Hob Gibbings of the Huron Central griculture Society tells us that advanced ickets for Passe Muraille's "Them Don- tellys" which will play at the Clinton ommunity Sales barn on November 24 nd 25, are now available from him, The ckets, which are $2.50 for adults and 1.50 for children under 12 are available om Bob at 482.7502, * * * a We welcome to out pages for the first e this week a column by Blyth area far- et Adrian Vos. titled "Agriculture Tid- ", the column takes a look at various rigs in our society from a farmer's *Point. area at Vanastra in July this year. The deeds for the houses and apartment buildings have been transferred over to the home owners or are in the process of being prepared for 'transfer. Fred Ginn of Kitchener, one of the owners of Vanastra Developments, who talked for two hours with the council mem- bers, reported that the roads, which his company had to fix up to meet the requirements of the ministry of transpor- tation and communication before being taken over by the township, are almost completed. He estimated if there was snow cleared from the roads, the paving could he finished in three or four days and would be ready for inspection by the ministry, Clerk James McIntosh reported that during October 164,716 gallons of water were used every day, but Don McLean, in charge of the plant, said that less than 50,000 gals. per day were going into the Stanley Township, at their regular meeting last Monday agreed to search for a new landfill site for the Township's gar- bage. The present landfill site, near Bayfield, and which the township had been sharing with the Village, has been ordered closed by the Ontario ministry of the environ- ment, The environment ministry, however, has given Stanley time to look for a' new dump site and to review costs of its establish- ment. Last September, Hayfield decided to use the Holmesville site after they learned that the ministry was closing the Stanley dump. Before final selection of a new dump site can be made, however, a public hearing must be held and a ruling handed down by Hullett Township council passed a by, law Monday night joining the Township with six other municipalities in a ten year fire agreement renewal with the Town of Blyth, Under the agreement, the Blyth Volun- teer Firemen will look after part of Hullett, MeKillop, Morris, East Wawanosh, East Wawanosh and the Village of Auburn. Colborne, who had been in, the last agreement have left the Myth area agreement. and joined with the Town of Goderich, Council also decided to withhold a building permit for a hew pig barn for John Benjamins because the new barn called for a liquid manure disposal system and the Council said that lagoon systems which have operated in 'the Township in the past are ineffective, Hullett council also instructed Clerk sewage plant. To date, no one has been able to deter- mine where the excessive amount of water is going. Council feels there must be a leak in the system, someplace, More in- vestigation is to be carried out, The Clerk was authorized to arrange for a representation of the ministry of the environment to attend a special meeting of council to discuss all aspects of the water and sewage system at Vanastra. In other business, council appointed Henry Uderstadt of Orangeville as engineer on the DeJong Drain. Allan Nicholson, road superintendent was authorized to complete the cleaning up of the former Logsdon building site in Egmondville, where the large brick building was partially demolished and the material removed. Reeve Elgin Thompson said "It is an eye sore". A change is to be made in the Hensel) the ministry, which presently issues the Township licences to operate the dump on a three months basis. Council also learned the present dump, which is unpatrolled, is being used by residents of other townships. In other business, council will decide next month oh a new by-law to license and control trailers in the Township. There is presently only one trailer park in the Township but with increased recreational activities, the township thought they would have the by-law controlling any 'future development. Goderich Township last month passed a similar by-law that several trailer park owners say they object to and will fight. Stanley also accepted two municipal drain applications and passed two tile drainage loans totaling $10,200. They also Clare Vincent to add all unpaid dog registration fees to the owners tax bill. The Township has a dog control by-law on the books that calls for up to a $50 fine for owners who don't buy licenses. In other business, council voted to grant the Seaforth Agriculture Society $100 and wrote off two property taxes And tax penalties. The Township will apply to the Ontario Ministry of Transportation and Com- munication asking them for approval for an entrance to Alma at Highway 8 and the Kinburn Road. An official plan exists for the one-time village, but no houses are on the property, John Watson was at the meeting to ask about the possibility of get., ting the entrance. Building permits passed by council elude itoy Vodden. house: P, Weaterhout, (continued on page g fire agreement. Now, only Tuckersmith and Hensall form the Hensell fire hoard. Hay Township, which formerly refused to belong, now wishes to do so. Hay Township will pay the same amount to Hensall as Tuckersmith did when it joined. Hensel! will pay 50 percent of the costs, Tucker- smith and Hay, each 25 percent. To join, Hensall will pay $6,000 and Tuckersmith will be reimbursed $1000. Clinton is proposing a new fire area. Now, the town sells fire protection to its surrounding area. With the new area, Clin- ton would assume 63.6 percent of the cost, Goderich Township 17 percent, Hullett Township, 12,2 percent, Tuckersmith 5 per- cent and Stanley Township 2,2 percent. For a fire, the municipality would pay $70 per hour. Councillor Irvin Sillery of RR I, (continued on page 6) agreed to give $4 to each 4.-14 member in the Township who has completed a project. General accounts of $6,314 and road ac- counts of $22,126 were ordered paid. Hullett signs fire accord Stanley to search for new dump Fire early last Sunday morning at the J. W. Counter Builders' Supplies warehouse on Princess Street in Clinton was started by short in the 550 volt electrical panel box according to the Ontario Fire Marshal's of- fice. The blaze, which was discovered by neighbours about 1:50 a.M. in the cement block structure, burned building supplies and part of the wooden roof. Clinton Fire Chief Clarence Neilans estimated damage at about $10,000 to the stock, building and some machinery. About 15 Clinton firemen were on the scene for two hours fighting the blaze, their fifth call in the last two weeks. The firm was moving most of its retail operation to their new location on Albert Street and much of the stock was in the new building.