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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1967-11-16, Page 66 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, Npv. ]6, 1967 1 Wet weather slows Clinton Personal 'T- VISIT YOUR SALES • INSTALLATION • SERVICE 1967 Court on the Roll presented before the Court members. No as- jects are completed, and the road 31 job is ninety per cent • complete, he said. “While road and bridge con struction in wet weather is more. . Brucefield, Joyce Ferguson, Hensail, and Dianne Carter, Clinton. The girls were coached by Vic Hargraves, of Brucefield. (Staff Photo) Dan Davies, of Clinton, right, presents a trophy donated by the Clinton Businessmen to this year’s winners of the Intermediate “A” ladles’' softball championships of the South Huron Softball League. 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Hanly: increased by $500 per annum to $7,900, plus $600 car allowance; County Assessor Alexander A. Alexander: increased by $500 per annum to $8,000; Safety Construction Inspec tor: EverettSmith, Egmpndyille increased by $200 per annum to $5,000; Secretarial staff: each salary increased by $240'per annum to the following figuress- - Mrs, Martin Schneiker, $4,860; Mrs. Mildred Simpson, $4,380; Mrs. Geraldine Stim son, $3,480; Miss Laura White, $3,480; Mrs. Mona Adams, $3,840. Ken Dunn of B.M.Ross and Associates in Goderich met with Tucker smith Township Council last week and submitted his firm’s plans for the reconstruc tion of the road around the permanent married quarters area of Canadian Forces Base at Clinton, Also present were Tucker smith ratepayers on the Sea* forth Drainage Works No. 2 to hear the reading of that report. One of the two appel lants to the ■Assessment their case of Revision sessment reduction was made in either case. However, 1967 tax refunds to* ’ tailing $438.17 on properties damaged by the tornado earlier this year were approved and reductions on assessment were also granted to three other property owners with buildings removed or destroyed by fire. A decision was made to add a penalty of ten per cent to any Egmondville water account if not paid by the due date. Two new drainage petitions were accepted by council and the engineer to act on each is E,H. Uderstadt. Broadfoot Drainage Works is complete and the Department of Munic ipal Affairs is requested to make payment of the subsidy. Clinton Wl on Nov. 23 The Clinton Women’s Insti tute will meet in the board rooms of the agricultural off ice on November 23 at 2pm. Roll call will be “A Canadian industry in which women parti cipate.” Topic on Canadian industries will be convened by Mrs. N. Tyndall and Hie programme will be arranged by Mrs. B. Gibbings and Mrs. Mary Gibson. Hostesses are Mrs. Mana- ghan, Mrs. J. Bewley, Mrs. F. Rooth, Mrs. C. Nelson and Mrs, L. Forest. The committee expressed thanks to Everett Smith, Safety Construction Inspector, for his co-operation throughout the year, and for the fact that he had been willing to assist in any other department when not busy with safety construction work. Recommendations of the committee adopted regarding cost of transportation to con ventions, to allow more control, were as follow®! three delegates attending a convention one mileage to be_ paid; four to six delegates attending - two mile ages to be paid except where circumstances warrant other* wise on approval of the comm-U wise on approval of the com mittee concerned. Everett U. McIlwain,. com* miftee chairman, informed . Council that last year, Council commenced the policy of estab lishing salaries for the forth coming year at the November session, ”This system has worked out quite satisfactorily because not only are the employees advised well in advance as to salary for the forthcoming year, but also it gives the payroll de partment an opportunity of pre paring the necessary documents just once, and then they are com- plete for the year. “When salary changes are made in the current year, a con siderable amount of work is in volved, especially in connection with Canada Pension de ductions, income tax de ductions, unemployment insur. ance deductions and the like/’ Mr. McIlwain also brought up the matter of the cost of sending delegates to con ventions which he said has al- ways been a concern of County Council. In an endeavour to keep these costs to a minimum, and at the same time send reasonable representation from the County to as many conventions as pos sible, the committee,made sev eral recommendations which were adopted. No delegate to Canadian Pub lic Health Association; one dele- gate, either clerk or deputy clerk, to Municipal Clerks' and Finance Officers’ Association; three delegates to Ontario Association of Rural Munici palities reduced from, three to one, the Warden; two delegates only to international Ploughing Match, the Warden and chair, man of the Agriculture . Com mittee; two delegates to Ont* ario School Trustees* Assoc iation, Elgin Thompson, Tucker smith, wondered why it was necessary to send delegates to the international plowing Match when it wasn’t being held in Huron County. The Warden said it had always been done, A proposal to authorize send ing seven delegates, with ex- j penses, to the Ontario Good Beads Convention in Toronto produced a sharp query from Clarence Boyle, reeve of Ex eter. The seven would include the County Engineer and mem bers of the County Roads Coin- miftee. Mr, Boyle wanted to know why the County of Huron had to set up a county room at the Good Roads Convention to entertain people from Exeter and other places in the county and other visiting firemen. JHe pointed opt that Exeter already was billed for $4Q,0QQ through the county levy and asked why the taxpayers should pay twice, “It's just money wasted!” he declared. county road work “The wet weather this sum mer and fall has made road construction difficult,” County Engineer J.W. Britnell told members of Huron County Coun cil at their session in Goderich Monday. • 3 He stated .that the*'County ' had*'undertaken* a “’ralfifer large’ *’ ’ pfb’M’amm'e ’fiiis'yeaFahdls'try- ' * ing desparately to complete the last item, that of grading on road 31 from Hillsgreen south to Highway 84. All other pro- Mr. and Mrs. James Walters Waterford, Michigan, Edward Walters, Whitefox, Saskatche wan, and Mrs. Jack Horton, Dodsland, Saskatchewan, have returned to their homes after Visiting with their mother Mrs, ’ Helen Dalrymple, Huronviewon her 100th birthday. costly, we feel that all pro jects will be completed within the original estimates/7 Mr. Britnell declared. Road construction estimates about $485,000 and culverts, $165,000 ' J total bridges while major maintenance totals about $575,000, He reported only on major items. A final re- port for 1967 will be presented at the January 1968 session of County Council,' & * Delbert Geiger, ichairmain of the County road committee com mented that this had been a very backward year on account of wet weather. He said that Coun cil should congratulate the County Engineer and staff on trying to get the work com pleted. Mr. Britnell announced that a tentative date for the official opening of the new county shed and garage at Zurich was Monday, December 11, at 3.30pm with a reception following in Dashwood Community Centre. ORTABLE TELEVISION the "go-tyiywhere" Envoy portables have a truly complete full-performance Centurion chassis. For example, unlike many small-screen portables, the Envoy has a power transformer for best perform ance and utmost reliability: Total transistorization a'dds to Envoy dependability. The Envoy is a remark able versatile portable with AC and DC line cords. Enjoy t iC plugged m at, your h.Q.me,.ori cottage. Plug it in to your boat or car. 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