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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-07-13, Page 1■i“"i . f- r»f«p 102nd Year SINGLE COPIES 13c Council Cusses . ,wo-Time Award dr Long Service a Bins Smell-Disappear For the second time in his lilitary career Warrant pf- cer Norman H. Lacroix was ecprated recently for service 1 the Canadian Armed Forces, 'arrant Officer Lacroix re- eived the Canadian Forces De­ lation from Group Captain , R, Greenaway, Base Com- ander, CFB Clinton. This edal is in recognition of twelve jars of meritorious service Ith the Royal Canadian Air orce. Warrant Officer Lacroix was rst decorated for good com lct in 1956 when he received e Royal Canadian Long Ser- ce and Good Conduct Medal Clinton. This medal was yarded tp personnel who had srved for at least 18 years Lth exemplary conduct and who are in the Regular Force be- re the outbreak of the Second orld War. There are very few en in the Armed Forces who ve been decorated twice for ng service and good conduct. In his 30 year career WO2 icroix has amassed several ipressive firsts. After enlist- g in 1937 and training atTren- ton, he was posted to Jericho Beach where he served as a wireless operator op Vickers Vancouver aircraft. He was among the first parties to oc­ cupy RCAF stations at Bella Bella in 1938; Alliford, :Bay in 1939; Euclulut in 194Q; pnd Coal Harbour in 1941; all as wireless operator. After being promoted; to Ser­ geant he continued at Coal Har­ bour as^NCO in charge of wire­ less maintenance, After the war WO2Lacroix served in Eastern Canada at 420 fighter squadron London, and with 445 All-Weather Fight­ er Squadron -- the first squad­ ron to be equipped with CF-100 “Canuck” jet fighters. This is the third tour for War­ rant Officer Lacroix at CFB Clinton. In 1943 he was on strength as a student. From 1955 - 1958 he was an instructor in the guided missiles section of the Radar and Communications School at Clinton. Now in his third tour he holds the posi­ tion of Training Administration THE HURON1 RECORD CJ4NT0N NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, JUkY 13. 1907 Warrant Officer Norman Lacroix reqeiyes the Canadian Forces Decoration from Group Captain K..R, GreenawayBase Commander, CFB Clinton- The award'was made in recognition of I 2 years meri­ torious service with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Officer at the Radar and Com­ munications School. Warrant Officer 1 Lacroix married the former Rose Pan- tella of Dana, Sask, in 1941. He has five children, Norman 25, Loraine 24, Edward 22, Sha- ron 11, and Gail 9. Warrant Officer and Mrs. Lacroix, Sharon and Gail live at 129 Maple Street, Clinton, In addition to his duties WO2 Lacroix holds the office of pres­ ident of the mess committee at the Sergeant’s Mess, CFB Clinton, Four Hour Council Session estern Ontario Teachers lake Tour Of CFB Clinton both basic and applied training. The teachers toured these three schools and were briefed on the operation of each. At the Radar and Communi. cations School they visited classrooms and laboratories designed for the instruction of radar technicians and communi­ cations personnel. Flight Lieu­ tenant Dave Battye, the Train­ ing Officer for the Basic Train­ ing section, explained the school’s operation to the tea. chers. Flight Lieutenant Jean Lib- Bruce R. Rafuse. welcomed instruction arid career.oppor­ tunities to the visitors. Of special interest to the visitors was a lecture given by Lieutenant Commander H.I, Stutt of the Canadian Farces School of Instructional Tech­ nique. This school is designed to train instructors for the Armed Forces and uses the About 130 school officials >m the London area and West- c Ontario toured Canadian rces Base Clinton on July The tour of CFB Clinton 'med part of the curriculum a 5-week guidance course onsored by the Ontario De- rtment of Education. The >itors were given an in- jht into military career op- rtunities and methods of in- ■uction for the purpose of eparing them to counsel their idents regarding a career in Canadian Armed Forces. The Acting Base Commander Bruce R. Rafuse?'welcomed i guests to the base. He lined the role of CFB Clin- as a training centre for hnicians in the Canadian med Forces and explained » techniques of instruction iployed to teach the students dr trades. There are three tin schools ■ at CFB Clinton lere students may receive • most modern instructional methods to train them. Following a bus tour of the base, the visitors attended a buffet dinner in the Officer’s Mess. The tour was sponsored by the Canadian Forces Recruiting Unit in London, The conducting officer of the tour was Officer Cadet Blair Lopes while the escorting officer from the Lon­ don recruiting unit were Cap­ tain G. M. Fox and Lieutenant W. Aveling. The four-hour session of Clin­ ton. town council, Monday even­ ing was perhaps the firiest in the two-year term of the pres­ ent administrators, The public works department indirectly was responsible for most of the bickering and at times broke out in a cussing match, Ro-appointed councillor Jim Armstrong was not present due to ill health. • Stumps, dirty streets, fire po. protection, street lights, and a stolen letter bin were the main items discussed. Council made Wellington Street a stop street where it crosses Isaac Street. The mobile phone will be taken out of the town’s police cruiser and all policemen will be on 24-hour a day call. Mayor Don Symons said the new "on call” system is a much better arrangement. While the sidewalk in front of the Bank of Montreal was being resurfaced recently, one of the town’s four litter bins went missing, the contractor had unbolted the bin from the sidewalk. Councillor Proctor who was instrumental in obtain, ing these garbage, bins earlier this year, through his sanitation and waste committee, said the loss was in the neighbourhood of $60. Over 20 minutes was spent on discussing the lost or stolen litter bin. Councillor Lawson said the litter bin near his shop on Huron Street, Is beginning to “smell • a bit”. The town hall caretaker, Dave Dales, who was in the audience, was re­ quested to wash out the litter bins every Friday after the gar. bage collector empties them. Deputy Reeve George Wonch asked for more use of the radar unit in the police cruiser. He complained of excessive speeding onOntarioStreet, near the corner of East and Per­ cival Streets. The mayor said we could expect the same re. quests from persons at all entrances to the town. Wonch asked if more police patrol­ ling could be done in this area on Friday and Saturday even­ ings. At two and three o’clock in the morning on weekends the screeching of tires in his area was terrific. Reeye Duff Thompson tried to end the discussion when he suggested the public works and sanitation and ’waste commit- tees get together- and come up with ideas to keep the town cleaner. But the discussion broke out again. Mayor Symons commented that-we have spent 25 minutes on this subject and no solution. There was at least another 15 minutes of discus­ sion. In answer to a question from Deputy Reeve Wonch, the sanitation and waste commit­ tee chairman Councillor Proc­ tor said the town dump would not be open again to the public until the fall. A motion by Reeve Thomp- son and Councillor McFarlane authorized the mayor and clerk to sign an agreement with Huron County Library System in re­ gards to insurance. Another motion by the same officials authorized the mayor and clerk to sign an agree­ ment with Duncan Parking Me­ ters of Canada Ltd., for 174; parking meters. This figure includes approximately 25 ex­ tra meters. Parking meters will be paid for on a 50 - 50 basis with half revenue going to the town and half to the , Duncan Company until the me­ ters are paid for. Monday, August 7 was pro. claimed a civic holiday, by motion. At the end of the heated session Mayor Symons thanked his council for co-operation at the official opening of the new $225,000 community centre and arena on June 28, Residents Want Clean-up Centennial Athletic Awards On the final day of school on June 28, Centennial athletic awards were presented to 45 pupils of Holmesville Public School at the awards and grad­ uation ceremonies. Following is the list of pupils who were awarded the golden Centennial athletic awards: Mark Battye, Mark Bellinger, Glenda Blake, Lynda Blake, Ricky Blake, Dinah Blok, Dar­ lene Chowen, Brenda Colclough, Ruth Ann Colclough, Cheryl Doak, Diane Filion, Jan Ginn. Jim Ginn, Connie Harris, Hattie Idsinga, Brian Lobb, Gerry Lobb, Cathy Malcolm, Joe McDavid, Joyce McIlwain, Mark McLean, Rosanne Middle­ ton, Jim Ott. Caroly Porter, Wendy Rath- well, Brenda Schilbe, Doug Schilbe, John Schilbe, Edda Steegstra, 1 Jerry Steegstra, Clay Stirling^ Robert Stirling, Mary Ellen Sturdy, Jamie Thomnsnn. Marion Thompson, Debbie Tor­ rance, Brian Westbrook, Bill Whitely, Tom Whiteman, Don Wise, Linda Wise, Peter Wise, Jean Wraith. Eddie Steegstra, / Jim Maloney, who was picked as the best cadet at Central Huron Secondary School cadet inspec­ tion, left on July 4 for a two months* stay at an all Canada cadet camp at CFB St. John, Quebec, Cadet Major Maloney and three cadets will visit Expo^ 67 every day of the two-months' camp. Wl Re-Enact Meeting Kin Peewees :ting on their old time institute play before nearly 50 members friends of Holmesville (J.C.W., Tuesday afternoon were these nton W.l. members: left to right: Mrs. Mervyn Batkin, Mrs. Charles Nelson} Mrs. Huron Murch; Mrs. Wilfred Colclough; Mrs. Harry Cudmore, convener of the U.C.W. rneeting; Mrs. Muriel Grigg; Mrs. Leona Holland and MrS. Wesley Hoggarth.(News-Record Photo) arte left to Hight: Wi ll lain Wiser Mrs. Jack Gibson; Mrs. Norman Tyddalll MtS^ D.R» Gtlddon,vice-president of Hdfihesviflte lLC*W?r Mrs. Milton Wllfstei- Mrs. ElMef Trick and MrS. Arthur Groves. ntoh WbrheiTs Institute put oh their vetSloif of arfestfly institute at thte regular rricetlrig Of HoIrbfeSvIlfe (Jhltted Church Women Tuesday afternoon^ The W.L fniehibiers lit Centennial costume w 1 . Of Four Clinton Kinsmen Ponies, en­ tered in the WOAA Peewee ser­ ies have won three of their last four games. In Listowel on Friday, June 30, Robbie Stirling started his first game and was relieved by Barry Edgar in the sixth. They struck out ten batters. Clinton scored four in the first inning and one in the seventh. Last Wednesday night the Ponies took a decisive 17-3 Victory over St. Marys here. Pitcher, Barry Edgar, catcher, Mike Anstett. Big hitters were: Danny Colquhouh, a hOmer; Barry Edgar, a triple and two singles; Tom Murch, two sin­ gles; Dave Fawcett, single and triple and Rick Robinson, two singles and a double. The Peewees received a set­ back at Mitchell on July 7 when they lost 6 - 4. Stirling and Langille shared the pitching With Edgar efttching. All Clin­ ton’s runs came in the fourth when Murch singled, Edgar dou­ bted and Fawcett Walked; then Hick Robinson belted ft triple and Came home on a wild throw. (continued on page 6) The Weather 1967 1966 High Low High Low THE WEATHER 1967 I960 High Low High Low July 5 65 46 85 66 6 76 42 86 64 7 75 40 79 53 8 82 60 75 48 9 85 68 86 57 10 60 65 87 60 11 79 66 88 60 Raifti J6”;Hain;IF crest before next council meet­ ing. Other requests by letter were: For a fire hydrant near the new community centre from Clinton Recreation Committee. This was referred to the pro­ tection to persons and property committee; then Councillor John McFarlane, chairman of the public works committee, informed council that the hy. drant is being installed. A letter from E. F. Hunt, High Street^ requested removal of a stump. Councillor McFar­ lane informed council that this stump was Removed. St. Joseph’s Separate School through a letter from Vic Fin- nie, secretary-treasurer of the. school board, requested a street light on Buck Street near the’ school. Councillor Gordon Law. son said this was badly needed very good shape as far as weeds, grass and levelling is concerned, he said. Later in the meeting, Coun­ cillor Gordon Lawson, who is one of council’s representatives on Clinton Recreation Commit­ tee said “the future of the play­ ground is in doubt.” When' Ivan Hoggarth arrived at the meeting to support Cor- nail, who was the original spokesman for the five resi­ dents, he requested a street sign at the corner of East and High Streets directing persons to Winter Court Street within the sub-division; he also re­ quested a signforWintercourt. Later in the meeting, Mr. Hoggarth asked if the Depart­ ment pf Planning and Develop, ment had not any say as to the condition and shame of these sub-divisions. 'in the park (Hugh Hawkins play- ’ To thifFMayor Symbns com. and h'fs perotection tqpqrscmg ground) which is part of the sub-■ mented have to Three of the five residents of Pinecrest Sub-division at­ tended town council meeting Monday evening in support of their letter to council request­ ing that the developer of the new area, or council, clean up 'the streets and/ vacant lots there. The ratepayers who at­ tended were D.E. Gornall, Ivan Hoggarth and William Fleming; the other signers of the letter were John Fisher and Mr. MacKay. " L.G. “Skip” Winter, the sub­ division developer, who was in attendance on other business said weeds and grass were now being cut. Mr. Gornall agreed that weeds were being cut, but only in the high spots and not in the valleys between the numer­ ous mounds of earth and fill in the area. He reminded coun­ cil that they have an interest 'in the park (Hugh Hawkins play­ ground) which is part of the sub- • division. This apea is not in that Mr., Winter will and property committee’would do' something at Pine- look into this. One Hour To Hire New Man It took town council over an hour to hire a second public works employee at the regular session of council, Monday evening. The heated discussions began after Councillor John McFar- lane had given his public works committee financial report, when Councillor Noonan inquir- ed as to how many public works employees did the town have. McFarlane answered, “Three” Then Mayor Don Symons said the hiring of an employee would come up later in new business. When Noonan’s question was asked, council was discussing the removal of stumps oh bou­ levards ai)d on private property. In the new business session it was revealed that’the public works committee had interview­ ed four men for the second spot on the public works on street crew. A motion by Deputy Reeve George Wonch and Councillor Pat Noonan read, in part, “That Joe Potter be hired to fill the required position on Clinton Public Works Department.” All new employees serve a proba­ tionary period. No length of time was mentioned during the dis- cusssions; Much discussion tookplaceat this time, then Reeve Duff Thompson requested' that a recorded vote of yeas and nays be held on the motion. Four councillors voted yea and three nay, arid the motion carried. Mayor Don Symons did not have to vote. Councillor Jim Armstrong, the formed public works chair­ man who resigned from council in February and was re-ap-’ pointed again in May, was not at Monday’s meeting. ■ He has been on the sick list. The public works department has been operating with one permanent employee (Dave Ball) and one temporary em­ ployee (Walter Baird) since early this year when the fore­ man was let go. The new public works em­ ployeq is presently operating the BP service station at the corner of MaryandKingStreets He starts his new Job op Mon­ day, July. 31. A The tender of Pickett and Campbell Limited, at $280.50 was accepted for police cloth­ ing. (There was no indication of how many uniforms or items of clothing). Councillor Lawson said two new street lights had been in­ stalled on Mill Street and three concrete poles were being er­ ected on Beech Street. Councillor Lawson also sug­ gested two more street lights on Raglan Street, to which the mayor said a petition should come from residents in that area. This caused some good natured discussion. The mayor reeve and two councillors now reside on Raglan Street. The protection to persons and property committee, head­ ed by Councillor Lawson, has held meetings with the reeves of the four surrounding town- ships in an effort to come up with a new arrangement for fire protection and the amount of retaining fees the townships should pay. The committee is pretty well agreed that the town needs a new fire truck. The town’s present fire truck is considered hot capable of ser­ ving both the town and rural area. Councillor Procter suggested getting "pretty close’* figures bn a new truck and then We’d have a basis to set retaining fees. Reeve Duff Thompson eh<k ed the discussions when he said the matter should go back to protection to persons and pro­ perty committee to ’’figure on a new truck suitable for both town and rural.” Then we can present to the rural areas a method of payment and retain­ ing fees. Councillor Lawson said ’ “Dogs seem to be behaving themselves this summer.” Council authorized the expen. diture of $327.98 for entertain, ing at the official opening of the new community .centre, Other community centre expen. ses out Of general government account were $69.25 for gifts and $181,10 for the Centennial project plaque in the lobby at the centre. Clerk John . Livermore in- formed council'.’that approxi- mately $60,00(f in grants had been applied for the community centre. These Include the win­ ter works program, Centennial grant, etc. Contractors Shantz and Hicks have been paid, with a $400 hold-back on work now being completed. Councillor John McFarlane has a half-year balance of $31, 135 out of a yearly budget of $56,000. At this point ift the meeting, much discussion and. bickering took place over stumps, street cleaning and the duties of the public Works chairman and his staff. Deputy Reeve Wonch re­ quested removal of a stump near his Ontario Street resi- dence. McFarlane said he hoped to have many stumps removed, Councillor Proctor said stumps ar an eyesore to persons going through town. The public works committee Will have more part­ iculars at next meeting. ThS big blow-up came When Councillor Cam Proctor sug­ gested main street be sweeped regularly. “Main Street is dirtier than it has been in years,” he said. McFarlane said it was swept every Thursday. Clerk Livermore then went and got the streets crew work­ sheet, which revealed four hours sweeping on June 9 and two hours on June 28. McFar­ lane said they were instructed to sweep Main Streets every Thursday. When Deputy Reeve Wonch said “there should be more than six hours spent on sweeping in a month”, mayor Don Symons warned that other work could suffer. The mayor also said that the street could be clean at 8 a.m. and littered again by 10 a.m. Reeve Thomp­ son asked if some of public works jobs could be done by hired contractors. Councillor Pat Noonan was critical of the debris left on streets by children, theft he added “We oannotlliminaiethis entirely the Way our people live nowadays’’. Request 'Housing Survey Clinton Town Council, regular meeting Monday young at its __ ___ . „ , even­ ing passed a motion requesting the Ontario Housing Corpor. ation to conduct a survey te find but If the (own required more low-rental housing. (continued on page 6)