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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)
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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
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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,
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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,
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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.