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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-11-22, Page 1Weather_ 1973 1972 HI Lf) HO LO NOVEMBER 13 50. 45 14 56 45 15 49 .40 16 40 17 36 29 18 40 30 19 44 39 Rain 1A4" Snow 1" 42 32 33 26 31 22 31 24 37 28 39 27, 36 29 Rain .59" • Snow 3" CLINTON POPULATION 3,000 Clinton's population took a sudden jump of 160 persons last week when the ministry of transportation and communications put up new signs on the four en-. trances to the town. The old signs listed the population at 2,840 souls and didn't reflect the $1 million building boom in Clinton this year which has increased the population. (News-Record photo) peed limits set qt Vanastra... the new Minister of Wesley.Willis end Ihkihnesville United Chttrch, Rev, John Oestrelcher, is welcorned by Sob Irwin, chairman of the pastoral relation* committee and Reit, PNI. Pala, chairman of the London Conference after Rev. Osistreicher was Induditid list Sunday night, A large ar000 of persons from both churches attended the servI00. (Neivs4 Record photo) Clinton, Ontario Thursday, November 22, 1973 108 Year No. 47 20 Vents Man charged with murder Aommoolik.m iwimpegoperuommummos A Kippen man was arrested 'Tuesday of by Exeter ,OPP and charged with non-capital murder in connection with the death of a Hensall woman. Lloyd George Salter, 39, of Kippers was charged with non-capital murder and 0.1?- pears this morning (Thursday) in Provin, cial Court in Goderich. Mrs. Jane Burton McMurtrie, a 93-year- old Hensall widow was found strangled to death in her Main Street. horne.on October 5 after neighbours failed to contact her that day. An Autopsy at Stretford _General Hospital the next day revealed that Mrs. McMurtrie was strangled, and tests later at the centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto revealed she had been sexually assaulted.. Police at the time said there were signs of entry in two' locations at the large, two storey house that Mrs, 1V1cMurtrie had oc- cupied for the last 35 years, 11 of them alone since the death of her husband. - She was last seen alive by neighbours the day before when she raked leaves on hey front lawn, Bayfield residents protest zoning, present petition BY MILVENA ERICKSON Bayfield council last Monday night received a petition containing 25 signatures, which represented 20 property owners who are protesting any change in the zoning by-law from residential to com- mercial. The petition was received in a letter BY WILMA OKE Speed limits were set on Vanastra roads y Tuckersmith Council last Tuesday, ight for the time when the township takes ver the roads. The roads have been eceiving a resurfacing by the owners of anastra to bring them up to the ministry )f transportation and communications and ust pass inspection tests by a government ngineer. This inspection is expected to ake place by the end of November. A speed limit of 25 miles per hour was et for the residential area. The commer- ial area will have a 30 mile per hour limit s well as certain areas of the perimeter wnship road circling part of Vanastra on he south and the east. These limits were set with the ministry f transportation and communications and igns will be posted indicating the speeds. The Council will write to suggest to the inistry that the perimeter township road e renamed Vanastra Road. It is now ailed Adastral Park Road which was also he name of the residential area when the ocation was a Canadian Air Force Base. Council members increased their salaries BY J.F. Congratulations to Ray Burns of Clin- ton, who was picked as the cornerback on the Middlesex All-Star Football team last week, Ray is a student at Regina Mundi Secondary School in London and was a member of Clinton's All-Ontario Juvenile baseball team, * * * In a story last week in the News-Record about the hay championship at the Royal Winter Fair being awarded this year to Russell Bolton of Seaforth, we neglected to mention several other awards won by local then, Wilfred Pentland of Dungannon was second in the pedigreed barley (two-rowed) class, Kenneth W, Elder of Hensall was tops in the pedigreed Barley (six-rowed) class. Alex McMurtrie of Kippers was first prize winner in the pedigreed white bean class and Matthew Denomme of Zurich was third in the pedigreed oats class. 'There are still some advanced tickets for "Them Donnellys" which the Passe Muraille Theatre is bringing to the Clinton Sales Barn this Saturday arid Sunday. Anyone who _has ordered tickets to the play has until 5 p.m. Friday night to pick them up from the Clinton Commercial Printers or until Saturday at 6 p.m. to pick t hem up from Bob Gibbings. Otherwise. it will be first come first served at the door for the remaining tickets. from Jack Pounder and was from property owners on the North-east side of Highway 21 from Agnes Street south and within 400 feet of the area that the planning board proposes be changed to commercial in the new Village plan - from residential designation, Currently, the Highway contains a mixed development of residential and commer-. for the year 1973, with an increase of $50 each. Reeve Elgin Thompson will receive $925; Deputy Reeve Ervin Sillery; Coun- cillors, Cleave Coombs, Bert Branderhorst and Vince Fowlie will each receive $650. Wilfred Schneider of Huron Acoustic In- dustries Ltd. of Vanastra attended the council meeting to apply for a building per- mit to errect a new building to replace the factory which was heavily damaged by fire at the end of October, • Because his new building would protrude onto a road allowance, council was not able to approve the request at the council session. The township will not be taking over the Vanastra Roads until they have passed the engineers inspection. Council does not expect to keep this short stretch of road as a road and would 'be willing to give it to the two firms for a token amount of money, plus cost of tran- sfer when it takes over the roads, To settle the problem for the Acoustic Firm, a meeting is to be arranged by Clerk James McIntosh for Mr. Schneider, town- ship road superintendent Allan Nicholson, township officials, Fred Ginn who owns all the roads in the complex of Vanastra at the present time; and the Glendale Homes firm which ' also backs the road in question, along with the Acoustic firm. SY WILMA OKE The Huron County Board of Education will proceed with the extension of the home economics, industrial arts facilities at four additional centres in the County to serve all senior pupils at the elementary school level it Was revealed Monday and the ad- ministrative staff is to proceed with all necessary work involved. Presently a pilot project has been carried out at the Seaforth Public School for almost two years for grade 7.8 students from Seaforth Public School Hullett Cen- tral Public School, Huron Centennial School and Hensel' Public School. These shops were built when the new addition was added at the Seaforth school in 1971. It is estimated that a home economics/in- dustrial arts facility Will cost ap- proximately $100,000 to build and equip. D. J. Cochrane suggested that such facilities, or a major portion, should be debentured through the Ontario Education Capital Aid Corporation. NO definite locations have been decided on where these facilities would be built but it is suggested that one be built in 1974, one in 1975 and two in MU. Mr. Cochrane said this spread of years is based on the fact that 1974 should also see a start on the renovation of Victoria Public School in Goderich and 1994 will bring the updating of the remainder of Exeter Public School. The board approved a request of Carl F. Mills, geography teacher at South Huron bistrict High SehoOl, for permission to ap- A tree belonging to Howard Johns of R.R. 3, Clinton, damaged by fire by a town- ship winter works crew last winter, will be cut down and cut into blocks for a furnace for Mr. Johns, Council, in agreement with Ontario Hydro will provide five new street lights for Egmondville to fill it to present stan- dards. Engineer Henry Uderstadt of Orangeville attended the meeting to an- swer questions on his reports on the Jackson and Charters Drains. Both reports were provisionally adopted when there were no objections and court of revision for them will be held on Dec. 18, 1973. Six by-laws were passed. The first five were amending by-laws for drain construc- tion costs for a total of $75,260.85: Alexan- der Drain, which cost $22,707.84 compared to estimated cost of $23,500; Buchanan Drain, which cost $11,596.13, compared to estimated cost of $10,800; Clark 'Drain at $13,025.66, compared to estimated $13,000; Dallas Drain at $16,715.67 compared to estimate of $17,250; Kinsman Drain at $10,216,05 compared to estimate of $9,900. The sixth by-law set the date for the inaugural meeting for 1974 on January 8 at 8 p.m, ply for teacher exchange for 1974.75 in the United Kingdom. The board approved a request of Miss Hennie Hoekstra, teacher at Seaforth Public School for a leave of absence for the school year 1974-75 but on 'the understan- ding that, although she will be given preferential treatment in the filling of staff vacancies in the county upon her return from such leave of absence, the board of- fers no guarantee that a teaching position will exist. The board approved a request for leave of absence from Mrs, Barbara Bakker, a teacher at Brookside Public School, for the balance of the 1973-74 school year, effective November 1, 1973. Recommendations from the management committee as presented by the chairman, Donald McDonald of RR 2 Brussels, and approved by the board are: • An increase in furnace oil of $1.40 from Ross Scott Fuels of Brucefield due to the increase in area tarikwagon price, effective Oct. 1. • The board awarded tenders for notebooks and papers to be supplied by the firms of Buntin Gillies and Company Ltd, Gestetner and 13eltona Limited. • The board will re-tender snow removal contracts and deny requests for increases from siX contractors, • The board will hold an organizational meeting at the conclusion of the regular meeting on December 17 at 5 p.m. to choose a chairman, vice-chairman and striking committee for 1974. continued on page since they require to be completely clear of snow and ice at all times. "Therefore, from a safety point of view, it would probably be safer to tolerate a few speeders rather than introduce a physical barrier in the roadway. In fact, a more ac- ceptable method of controlling the speeding problem would be to increase the enfor- cement level", A request from the St. John Ambulance Corps for financial assistance was filed. A letter from the ministry of transportation and communication stated that approval had been given to the amendment to the Traffic by-law to add three yield signs. The Reeve reported that approval of the area for the Beach Management Clinton agreed at a special council meeting last Tuesday night (November, 13) to go ahead with a proposed storm sewer in Wintercourt and the town will pay more than a third of the $28,300 cost. The meeting was called as a closed meeting and then opened midway through it to pass two motions and defeat another. The new storm sewer will start on Town- send Street, proceed west to Ransford Street, then down High Street. It will cut across the farm of Bill Hough and empty into a ditch near the CNR tracks. Council agreed that the sewer should be made bigger than what is required for the present Wintercourt development and would serve land north of Highway 8. A motion by Don Hall and Bill Staut- tener that the towns share of the agreement be $6,970 was defeated, Another motion by John McFarlane and Bill Stant. teller that the tow.tis share• of the sewer be $8,600 was passed",`"'"'6'"'".`"--'• The development is being taken over by Bud Kuehl of Clinton from L. G. Winter, who had a subdivision agreement signed with the town when Wintercourt was opened in 1962. Mr. Kuehl said at a meeting two months ago that he was taking over Mr. Winter's subdivision agreement with the town. Council also passed a motion that B. M. Goderich Township at their regular meeting last Monday "night agreed with several ideas from the Bayfield Fire Depar- tment that would cut the, size of the area the Bayfield Volunteers cover in the town- ship. Pat Graham, Steve Argyle and Ted McFadden of the Bayfield Fire Brigade were present at the meeting and told coun- cil that their department, which is owned by the firemen not the municipality, could not adequately look after the needs of the village if they were ten miles away fighting a fire in either Goderich or Stanley Town- ship. They said that with the heavy cottage development on Lake Huron north and south of Bayfield, they had their hands full there. Council agreed to talk to the Clinton fire Agreement had been received, and a map outlining the area was viewed by Council members. In other business, it was noted that assessment appeals will be heard in Hen- sail at 9:30 a.m., Nov. 27. The deteriorating. condition at the South Pier was discussed and it was decided to con- tact the department of public works to find out their views on this matter. Council also passed a by-law to amend the General Traffic by-law to add a stop sign on the old Clinton Road near the Old Homestead property, subject to approval by the ministry of transportation and com- munication. The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Ross, who engineered the project, apply to the ministry of the environment for ap- proval of the plan. Contract let Hanna and Hamilton Construction Co. Ltd. of Listowel were tentatively awarded last week the contract to realign the Bayfield River near Clinton's new $750,000 sewage treatment plant. The Hanna and Hamilton tender of $14,050 was the lowest of five tenders received, with the others ranging up to $20,350. Final approval of the tender must come from the executive of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority and the ministry of natural resources. The work is scheduled to begin on December I, with final completion, except - for some minor grade work and seeding, by January 1974. Seventy percent of the $14,050 cost will be paid by the ministry of natural resour- ces, with Clinton picking up the other 30 percent. Recently, it was announced that the Ausable-Bayfield had received a 75 percent grant or $2,062 on the cost of engineering the project, Brigade and see it' they could extend their services further into the township. Goderich Township and three other town- ships are currently negotiating with Clin- ton to set up a new fire area. In other business, Dave Gower of Goderich presented the council with a plan of a proposed 32 unit subdivision in the township near Goderich. The proposal must now go to the Ontario Municipal Board, A more complete story appears elsewhere in this issue. A by-law was passed by the township asking the ministry of the treasury for the $50 per bed grant available because the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital is in the Township. The grant would mean about $11,500 revenue to the township. The township also granted three severances and turned down a fourth. Clinton's new Constable Donald J. McDonell started work on the town force last week. Constable McDonell, 26, was formerly with the RCMP and brings with him a vast knowledge of police work. (News-Record photo) Huron Parkway to seek provincial aid Plans for a proposed Lake Huron Park- way to extend from the city of Sarnia to Amberley in northern Huron county are going ahead at full 'speed. At a meeting in Grand Bend last week, committee members agreed to approach the provincial government as quickly as possible to ask for a feasibility study. Warden Jim Moran of Lambton in making the motion to proceed suggested at- tempts be made to meet with Minister of Natural Resources Hon. Leo Bernier before the Christmas break of provincial parliament. Based on costs used for the St. Clair Parkway it is expected a feasibility study will cost between $50,000 and $75,000, continued on page 5 Severance was granted to Steven and Clara Hantho; to Stewart Middleton and to Robert Grunewald. Severance was denied John Edward Rodges, because the town- ship thought construction of a house on the property would lead to highway ribbon development. During discussion of the accounts, coun- cil learned that a silo fire on the farm of Leo Dykstra last month at Taylors Corners was expensive. The total bill for the Goderich and Clinton Fire Departments who were at the scene numerous times during a three week interval came to $1,735, Total fire bill to the township for the two departments for the first ten mon- ths of 1973 was $2,275. Council passed an application of $1,400 for a tile drainage loan and passed road ac- counts totalling $2,089.25. cial, including a hairdressing salon, an electrical shop, a fruit stand, and several other businesses. ' It was decided by the planning commit- tee to contact those residents affected on the Highway and bring their findings to a special meeting on Thursday evening November 29, with all opinions being recognized. The meeting will also discuss a proposal for removal of the Village's gar- bage to the Holmesyille Land fill site. A request was received from Mr. Ar- chibald, administrator of Huronview, asking for names of Villagers over the age. of 65 years so they (Huronview) may in- stitute a program so that some of their residents who are without families in the area, may have daily telephone contact with persons outside the home. Council also received an answer from the ministry of transportation and com- munications regarding a request for infor- mation on speed deterrents to be built into new pavement. This information was. requested by council in September, following a letter and petition by several residents on Tuyll St. As council had no in- formation on this subject, they contacted the ministry in Stratford and received the following reply. "Bumps in a roadway can usually be driven over by slow and cautious drivers, However, the speeders, for which the bumps were placed, could very easily lose control of their vehicles resulting in a very serious collision problem. From our observation of traffic operations at these speed bumps, now in- stalled on private property, they tend to in- crease noise level caused by abrupt braking and rapid acceleration. They are also most difficult to maintain in the winter months Board expands facilities Storm sewer gets nod . Goderich Township to change fire area