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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-12-06, Page 1This little fellow' struggles to complete as many laps as possible during the Clin- ton Figure Skating Clubs Skate-A-Thon last Saturdai, morning. About 56 children, ranging In age from three years to 16 years raised about $750 to help the club meet operating costs this winter. Each child was sponsored for a cer- tain amount per lap. Mayor Don Symons was the only public official who entered the fund raising day. (News-Record photo) Area skaters raise $750 By J.F. Clinton Ontario 20 Cents Weather 1973 Hi CO NOVEMBER 1172 HI LO 27 53 36 34 311 28 44 36 04 301 29 36 31 32 24t 30 45 32 36 22; DECEMBER 1 37 27 34 25. 2 38. 25 36 20 3 56 37 35 17 Rain .85" Snow 5" Thursday, December 6, 1973 108 Year - No. 49 At least 20 in area lose jobs with Hall closing The Clinton Figure Skating Club raises an estimated $750 last Saturday morning in their Skate-A-Thon at the Clinton Com- munity Centre. There were 56 skaters who took part in the 3 1/2 hour event, with the senior figure skaters and Clinton Mayor Don Symons kicking off the fund raising scheem scheme at 8.30 a.m. At 10 a.m., the junior and beginner mem- bers joined the skate, crowding the ice with skaters from three to 16 years of age. Ba BY MILVENA ERICKSON A special meeting of Bayfield Council last Thursday evening, Nov. 29 to go over certain aspects of the Official Plan, heard a request from Huron Pines Realty; Mr. and Mrs. Stotesbury-Leeson; Mr. Arnold Makins; Frank McFadden; Reg. York; and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner to re-zone their properties from residential to High- way commercial. The meeting also drew up a by-law for establishing a.system loy_the, collection, removal and disposal of garbage in the Village, and set Saturday Dec. 15 at 2 p.m. for a Public Meeting in the Old Town Hall to go over the Official Plan for the Village., At the regular meeting of Council, on Monday evening Dec. 3, Dick Peever ap- proached Council with a request that Blue Anchor be allowed to erect a wall of broken cement pieces along the north side of the Bayfield River to stop erosion. Coun- cil agreed to contact their solicitor for legal advice on the matter. Mr. Peever also asked for a decision on two proposed marine enterprises for the north side of the Bayfield River and was advised that no oziiiiiiiihent would be made by Council until ownership of the Bayfield River Flats ad been resolved. A letter was received from the ministry The Spring like weather of the past week s produced several new records. On onday, the warm, sunny day saw the mperature hit 56 degrees, some 20 grees above normal and a new record for e day. Some readers report' they still ave roses blooming and yours truly still as a geranium living beside the house. he snowmobilers aren't too happy with he weather however, as so far, there has nly been about two days of good nowmobiling so far this winter. * * * Dick Dixon of the Clinton Post Office in- ormed us the other day that all letters ostmarked from the Clinton Post Office in ecember will bear a cancellation adver- ising Clinton's 1975 Centennial, As well, or speed's sake; all Christmas cards ailed from Varna and Bayfield will bear he Clinton stamp. The distaff side of our hockey program,' the Clinton Raiders, will battle Arkona this Thursday,night at 8 p.m. in the Clin- ton Arena. The girls are hoping to break out of their losing slump. * * We've received reports in this office that shoplifting in Clinton has increased at an alarming rate. All we can say is that tailing a small priced item is not worth he lifetime scar it puts on your reputation, hould you be caught, * * * The News-Record will be putting out our egular Christmas edition on December 20, ut will be putting out our New Year's dition one day late, on December 28. ecause of the Midas's, however, we are sking the co-operation of all our orrespondents and advertisers to get their opy in as early as possible, preferably fore Christmas, Julie Howse won the prize for the most laps completed, 455 with Mary Anne Cum- mings following with 437 and Brenda Dupee with 417. The girls received $5, $3, and $2 respectively. The Club said they wished to thank Bev Wilton and John Anstett and added that the funds would go towards the spiraling costs of operating the club. Mayor Don Symons successfully went 130 laps, each one sponsored for an un- disclosed amount of money. of health, Dr. Richard Potter, regarding low cost denture service through the On- tario Dental Association. A letter was also received from the ministry of industry and tourism regarding the energy question with suggestions in respect to energy waste. Council agreed to support the policy set down for the conservation of energy, and agreed not to use municipal Christmas street lighting decorations until the week prior to Christmas, .As requested by Council, the,Reeve con- tacted the department of public works while in London regarding the deteriorating condition of the South Pier and reported their representative would be in the district in the near future to inspect the Pier. The Reeve also informed Council that he had declared himself as a candidate for County Warden for 1974. BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER The November session of Huron County Council lasted late into the afternoon with the bulk of the time during the day spent on hearing various reports from county of- fices such as the Department of Agriculture and Food and allowing first year members of county council' time to give their im- pressions of the previous months. Main item of interest during the day was the announcement of four councillors that they will seek the office of Warden for 1974. These include two former contestants in the race and two new faces. Hugh Flynn, reeve of Hullett and Ed Od- dleifson, reeve of Bayfield, will be can- didates again this year and the newcomers to the contest are Bill Elston, reeve of Morris and Charles Thomas, reeve of Grey. A fifth councillor who was expected to be in the running announced he will not seek election as Warden for 1974. Clinton Reeve Harold Lobb said family, commitments will prevent him from entering the race but he advised that if at all possible, he will be a candidate for the wardenship in 1975, Clinton's Centennial Year, when it will have been 41 years since a warden was named from that municipality. Hugh Flynn told council again this month that he intends to become the war- den of the county. He said he has had that goal for 25 years and his previous defeats while aspiring for the post have not deterred him from that desire. "I have been beaten before, I might be beaten again," said Flynn, "but I ask your support in January to be Warden of Huron County." Reeve Oddleifson, the only candidate who is retired, claims he has the time to be a fulltime warden. He indicated he will make county restructuring an important issue in his campaign and told council earlier in the day he would press for a special committee of council to be appoin- ted to study the matter. "It is about time we assess where we are going, how we are going to get there and what we are going to do when we get there," said Oddleifson. "I don't believe bigger is necessarily better. I'm selfish how and where this county goes." Bill Elston said his main interest since his entrance onto the municipal scene in 1952 has been "to better the good of the people of the county." He said his family settled in the county in 1861 so he has a Estimates of jobs lost in the Clinton area because of the closing of Hall Lamp of Cen- tralia last week run from 20 to 100, the News-Record has learned. The company laid off 350 production em- ployees last week on orders from its Detroit head office, giving a shortage of materials as the reason. Hullett Township stood by their decision of last month and will not issue a building permit to J. Benjamins of Lot 15 Con- cession 12 for a manure lagoon on his farm, The township thought that the lagoon was too close to a municipal drain and the lagoon would pollute the drain with over- flow. Bill Crawford of the Huron Federation of Agriculture along with Mr. Benjamins and George Penfold of the engineering department of the Huron County ministry of Agriculture and Food were present at the meeting to discuss the lagoon with the township. Council learned that Mr. Benjamins had received a certificate of compliance from the ministry of the environment, but Mr. Penfold admitted that the certificate was nothing more than an assessment of a cer; taro situation if certain conditions were met,. He said there was no enforcement Council passed a resolution to request the Huron County board of education to set the date of payment for school taxes on June 30 and Dec. 15 for 1974, for the Village of Bayfield, and passed a by-law . for establishing a system for the collection, removal and disposal of waste in the Village of Bayfield. In other business, Council instructed the clerk to write a second letter to Mrs. C. Lynn on Hill Terrace to remove the two concrete urns in.:front of her property as they constitute a public traffic hazard. He is also to write to the Liquor Control Board for a reply as to what they found from their survey following a request for a Liquor store; and to inquire regarding a combination store, Council also instructed J. Lindsay to clean out all the catch basins. The next regular meeting is scheduled for January 7 at -7:30 p.m. deep interest in the welfare of Huron citizens. He further explained that Second World War experiences have taught him the difference between wealth and poverty, the good life and deprivation. He confided that since returning to Canada from Italy where he saw the bulk of his action, he devoted himself to people and their ultimate good. Charles Thomas told of his "respect for Huron and the way it operates." He said it is one of the most "progressive- thinking counties in Ontario" and noted he would be proud to be warden here. The Development Committee of County Council met during the day to concur with the intent of a letter regarding STOL (Short Take Off and Landing). Council learned of a trip sponsored by De Havilland from Huron County to Toronto at which time Warden Roy Pattison and continued on page 13 McKillop to meet over Winthrop plan BY WILMA OKE Nick Hill, Goderich, of the Huron County Planning Board, attended the McKillop Township Council meeting Monday to assist' in defining the boundaries of Win- throp fOr future development. Winthrop residents will be asked to at- tend a meeting later this month. Council will notify residents on Con- cessions 12 to 14 inclusive that they will receive fire protection from the Blyth Fire Department, effective January 1. Previously they were served by Seaforth firemen. Approval was given for payment of tile drain debenture amounting to $9,800. Bill Campbell, road superintendent, was authorized to order 67 "Yield" signs and four "Stop" signs for township roads. These will be erected in January. Passed for payment were road accounts totalling $6,880.34 and general accounts of $60,359.52. Grants were approved as follows: Brussels Fair Board, $50; McKillop Town- ship Federation of Agriculture, $550; Seaforth Community Hospital, $500; Salvation Army, $25; and Winthrop Com- munity Park, $50, Last Friday, the U,S. Company and its Centralia subsidiary went into receivership becuase it was unable to pay outstanding debts. At the time, company officials said the Centralia plant, which manufactures taillight assemblies for the automotive trade, would still operate if its customers still wanted to do business. procedure for the certificate. Hullett presently has a bylaw on their books that any manure pit greater than ten feet deep must be covered. • Hullett council, in other business, passed a by-law which would establish a joint fire area with Clinton, and Goderich, Tucker- smith, and Stanley. Townships. The agreement still needs the backing of the other three townships and the Town of Clinton before it can be implemented. Council also decided to wait until their December 15 meeting before they came to a final decision on the Medd Drain and ad- vised that any new petitions be sent in as soon as possible. Council did instruct the ditch commissioner to repair improve and later the McGregor Drain, Hullett agreed to ;pay half the costs of enclosing the ditch in front of the Clinton Cemetery to Highway 4. The tiling would open up more parking room for the cemetery. Hullett has asked the Huron County Board of Education to consider two tax payment installments for 1974, being on June 30 and December 15. Council also ap- proved severance to Pt. N 1/2, Lot 15, Con- cession 2, with no conditions, but suggested that there should be an agreement about the line fences. OSHAWA-Gordon Hill of Varna was re- elected president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture Tuesday, Nov. 27 when the farm organization held its annual conven- tion in the Holiday Inn, Oshawa. It mean a fifth consecutive one-year terms for Mr. Hill, the first time in the history of the OFA that one man has had such a lengthy tenure in the top job. Mr. Hill won on the first ballot over Frank Wall, Port. Burwell fruit farmer and John Carley of Leeds county. Mr. Wall was re- elected vice-president and Keith Matthie was named second vice-president, a post he also held last year. Mr. Hill said he was glad to have had an election because the post of chief executive of the 18,300 member farm group held too much responsibility for a man not to know he had the full confidence of the members. Sixteen other delegates beside Mr. Hill attended the convention from Huron county, Huron, with 1500 members of OFA is divided into four regions for represen- tation. Representing the northwest region were Vince Austin, Dungannon; Mason Bailey and Adrian Vos, Blyth. Represen- ting the northeast region were Bill Pullen, Blyth; Martin Baan, Walton; Jack Staf- Its two major, customers, however, have taken their business elsewhere leaving the employees without severance pay. Chrysler of. Canada had said they would make sure the employees received last week s pay. American Motors removed its taillight dies from the plant on the weekend, following a similar action by Chrysler Canada last Friday. As yet, Ford of Canada has not removed its dies. Last Monday, Ontario Labor Minister Fern Guindon did not know the American Motors dies were taken from the plant and called the situation a temporary layoff,' Fears exist that now the dies have gone the plant will never re-open. By Wilma Oke At the Tuckersmith Council meeting last Tuesday Vince Fowlie of Vanastra infor- med his fellow council members that the leak in the Vanastra water system was found to be in the fire hydrants. "Every hydrant was leaking" he said. . Excessive water usage at Vanastra has been a problem since council took over the system from the owners, Vanastra Develop- men ts. Mr Fowlie reported that he under- stands seven of the hydrants can not be serviced and must be replaced because of valve problems. Ontario Water Resourses will be asked to send a representative to meet the council to discuss the water and sewage' systems. A request for a building permit from Howard Allen of Brucefield was approved ford, Wroxeter and Doug Fortune, Wingham. Representing the central region were Bill Scott, Brucefield; Maurice Bean, Auburn; Jack Benjamins, Blyth; and Gor- don Blanchard, Walton, Elected directors from the four regions were Jack Stafford, Wroxeter, northeast; Stanley Township decided at their regular meeting last Monday to charge all people who are seeking land severance for residential purposes a flat rate of $75 in- stead of five percent of the land value as was the custom in the past. The flat rate charge was necessary, coun- cil felt, because of the amount of money spent by the township to find out the value of' the property in order to accurately assess the five percent levy The new rate will also cut down on the large amount of paper work necessary in the past. All agricultural land is exempt from the new rate, In other business, council dppointed C. P. Corbett to engineer a study for a Mr. Guindon announced in the legislature Monday that Robert Lowe of Toronto had been appointed receiver- manager of the company. Huron MPP Jack Riddell said that the company still owes $150,000 on an Ontario Development Corporation performance loan it received four years ago when it located at the former air base. Both American Motors,. and Chrysler said they had to have the taillights and they might consider returning the dies if the company could demonstrate an ability, to stay in business and fill the orders. About 80 percent of the company's production was shipped to the United States. for an addition to his house and a garage. Andrew Crozier, of R.R. 2 Seaforth who appeared before council was told by council that a drain problem would be looked af- ter. William Little of Londesboro was told by council that he was doing a good job of disposing of the garbage from the residen- tial area of Vanastra, with only one home owner voicing a minor complaint, Reeve Elgin Thompson said he had been told by home owners that they were more than satisfied with the garbage system. Mr. Little will be asked to pick up Christmas trees on January 5 in addition to the regular pick-up. Mr. Little expected there would be more , bottles during the holiday season and hoped the homeowners would keep them separate from the regular garbage, continued on page 13 Mason Bailey, Blyth, northwest; Allan Walper, Parkhill, south and Maurice Bean, Auburn, central Huron. Both Mr. Stafford and Mr. Bailey were nominated for the position of vice- president but declined to let their names stand for election. municipal drain on Lot 19, Concession Lakeroad west, and approved tile drainage loans of $16,000. Stanley made several grants at the meeting in Varna, including St. John Am- bulance, $10 and the Hensall Agriculture Society, $25. They also paid $15 member- ship dues to the Huron County Road Superintendents Association and the $25 membership fee to the Ontario Good Roads Aasociation, Stanley will ask the Huron County Board of Education to collect the town- ship's tax levy on June 30 and December 15 of 1974. Accounts ordered paid were general, $141,425 and roads, $16,010. 'field approves garbage collection Four seek Warden's post Hullett refuses lagoon permit Vanastra water leak found Mrs. Marion Sholdice, 91, of Brucefield appears to be as fit as a fiddle as she has her blood pressure taken during a special adult health guidance clinic held last Tuesday in the Huron County Health Unit office in Clinton. The free clinic also offered health surveillance foot care, urine testing and hearing tests. Hear Mrs. Gwen Scott, R.N. takes Mrs. Shoidice's blood pressure. (News-Record photo) Gordon Hill heads OFA again Stanley changes severance charge