Clinton News-Record, 1974-01-03, Page 3At ffensall plant
lend ix lays off 74 workers
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Little Christine Johnston, 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Johnston of Bayfleid, was picked as the Queen
of the Winter Carnival last Sunday in Bayfield. She was
chosen by the large crowd in attendance. Here she poses
with the costume contest judges, back row left to right, Ross •
Merit!, Ernie Hovey, and Harry Baker. Christine holds on to
Eric Earl. (News-Record photo)
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Any number of conditions can cause changes in your Utility
accounts as rendered every two months on the average. Greatest
use of Hydro is generally experienced during Winter months.
Winter has its longer periods of darkness and the heating season.
Some Conditions That Can Cause Changes In
Your Accounts:
LIGHTING—
Artificial light is used more in Winter than in Summer.
HOUSE HEATING—
Electricity is used to operate associated forced air systems,
, burners, circulating pumps, controls, supplementary heating,
and so on. The colder and more prolonged the Winter months,
tne greater use of both electricity and fuel.
AD.DITIONAL NEW APPLIANCES—
Such as a television, range, dryer, refrigerator, freezer, radio,
air conditioner, etc., will generally result in the increas-
ed use of Hydro.
ENTERTAINMENT AND COMPANY—
, The greater use .of , electricity for cooking, lighting, washing,
drying, ironing, television, and so on.
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR'S—
Preparations and festivities are usually accompanied by
the increased use of eleotziekty.
ILLNESS IN THE HOME—
Heat lamps, heating pads and supplementary heating can be
the cause of increased electricity use.
THE FAMILY—
An increase in number is generally reflected in an Increase
in Hydro,
UNNECESSARY USE—
Lights and appliances left on 'when not required can cause
changes in accounts.
BILLING PERIODS—
Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, inability to obtain meter read-
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Electricity meters are tested and
sealed as to accuracy by the
Standards Branch, Canada Deport-
ment of Trade and Commerce.
$venty-fOur of 190 em-
(flees of the Bendix Home
yOrns Ltd. plant at Hensall
eipi laid Of on Tuesday,
riming to over 500 the num-
r of persons in Huron County
ho, lad become unemployed
n tae last month.
The 74 workers at the Hen-
sall plant, which manufactures
trailers and motor homes, were
laid off because the company
was oloaking some line changes
and .retooling, The company
will econtinue to produce some
mobile homes and trailers.
The 74 laid off workers will
be jobless at least five to six
weeks, according to Don Mor-
Phe#, vice-president of the
recreational vehicles division of
Bendtt.
BY WILMA OKE
The Huron County board of
education announced last week
that the contract for the con-
struetipn and renovation work
at Exeter Public School was
awarded to Refflinghaus Con-
struction of Goderich.
The Refflinghaus tender,
lowest of seven received, was
$277;435 and was $30,465
lower than the highest bid.
The project includes the erec-
tion of three new classrooms
and a complete renovation of
the 1938 wing of the school. The
second storey of the 1938 wing
BY J.F.
Congratulations to Des
assidy 1, of Clinton, who won
the Alot4tte 295 c.c. snowmobile
last Tuesday in the Bayfield
Lions Club Winter Carnival
draw. \
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Spea snowmobile's,"
don't f(Srget the snowmobile
meetingltonight (January 3) at
the 'Cli.iton Town Hall at 8
p.m. Thb meeting will feature a
film ,:and the Clinton
Snowmobile Club's par-
ticipatiOn in this year's Clinton
Wipter Carnival coming up
from 1'ebruary 1-10. Everyone
is welcome to attend, whether
you belong to the club or not.
* * *
Both the Clinton police and
the Goderich Detachment of
the Ontario Provincial Police
report4ed a very quiet New
Yeans Holiday with no
_ .
Mr. Morphew stressed that
the lay off was temporary, but
the workers could be off as long
as 13 weeks, making it
necessary for the company to ,
give severance nay.
At its peak production
period, the Hensall plant em-
ployed nearly 250 persons.
Dear Editor;
Your headline and following
column by pave Fawcett on
_last week's 'front page con-
tained false statements concer-
ning midget age hockey players
used by the Junior "D"
Mustangs.
will be turned into a new
library-resource centre.
Six other classrooms will be
renovated and other work Will
be undertaken to update the
school building, the lighting
and the ventilation.
R. B. Dunlop, Business Ad-
ministrator, in announcing the
contract, said it was hoped to
have the project completed by
September.
Three area trustees have
been named on a committee to
oversee the Exeter project.
They are Clarence McDonald
of Exeter, Harry Hayter of
Dashwood and Herbert
Turkheim of Zurich.
eidents. Most. fatalities and drinking drivers
no major ac-
off the roads or seemed to be
means of tran- sought other .'
sporta lion.
*: * *
Congratulations to the Clin-
ton Bantam team, who brought
home their first trophy from a
tournament last week in Ar-
thur. Robert Heard of Clinton
also brought home a trophy as
he was picked the most
valuable player at the tour-
nament,
Glendale Corporation.of
Strathroy closed their Clinton
Plant at Vanastra on December
21, putting 32 employees out of'
work. Plant manager Murray
Hounsell said the plant, which
manufactured motor homes
and camper trailers, was being
shut down because the energy
crisis had caused a shortage of
The Clinton Minor Hockey
Association has no object to the
more accomplished players ad-
vancing to Junior "D", but
feels these boys_ cannot effec-
tively serve two teams as has
been the case for the last six
finished first in the "B" stock
class,
Harold Sutherland, also of
Woodstock, took top honors in
the "A" super stock division
with the "B" class win going to
Bill Fullerton of Port Sydney
and the "C" class to Joe Han-
sford of Mossley.
Brian Graydon of Tillson-
burg went home with a win in
the "D" super stock division.
Richard Robons of Rich-
mond walked off with two first
place finishes in modified com-
petition winning the "C" and
"D" classes. A modified went
to Bob Wood of St. Paul who
also took first in the "E" class.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harris,
109 Newgate St. Goderich
celebrated their 50 Wedding
Anniversary on December 22
with a dinner for the im-
mediate family at the Maitland
Country Club followed by an
open `reception and dance at
Saltford Valley Hall with over
325 friends and relatives atten-
ding.
Bert and Marion were
married at the Presbyterian
Manse, Bayfield by Rev. Alfred
MacFarlane with Freida
(Stirling) Bailey and Austin
Harris attending.
All children attended. Bill
and Ken, Holmesville; Bob
Winthrop; Mrs. Walter
materials and scares off poten-
tial buyers.
Six weeks ago, the Hall
Lamp of Centralia went into
bankruptcy, throwing 397 em-
ployees out of work. Efforts by
the former management of the
plant and the provincial giver,
riment to reopen the plant have
been unsuccessful so far.
bring them to a level of
proficiency to permit them to
respectably represent Clinton
in WOAA and or OMHA corn-
petition.
No animosity exists between
the Mustangs and the Minor
Hockey Association, but
statements such as appeared in
Mr. Fawcetts column last week
might lead the readers to
assume there was and indeed,
there might be, if such
statements as those are permit-
ted to be printed.
The aim of both
organizations is to provide the
best representations of Clinton
in their categories and provide
healthful recreation for all in-
terested in playing hockey.
Bill Counter
Clinton Minor
Hockey Ass'n
Hugh Kelestine of Strathroy
won the "B" division.
Junior winner for the day
was Stephen Hartley of Wood-
stock.
Saturday afternoon tem-
peratures began to drop and a
trace of snow fell promising
better racing for Sunday's
events. Work on the track con-
tinued through the night with
trucks bringing in snow and a
water truck freezing down a
solid base.
When competition resumed
at about 2:30 p.m. Sunday it
was on a very fast track which
throughout the afternoon
would see drivers turning in
average lead times in excess of
60 miles per hour.
Cliff Johnston continued on.
h is ing up
and "E" 'stock class core
petition. Warren Knight" of
Brussels was again the ',"A"
stock winner while Kan
Sutherland of Woodstock
picked up the "B" stock win.
Eugene Joziak of Harley
finished out front of the ."A"
super stock race while Bob
Hogg of Niagara Fails won the
"B", "C", and "D" divisions of
that class..
Bob Wood of St. Pauls was
winner of the "A" and "B"
modified, Corrie Van
Amelsford of Tecumseh picked
up the "C" modified win while
Ron Moore took first in the
"D" and "E" modified classes.
Stephen Hartley of Wood-
(Audrey) Moftershead,
Nanaimo, B.C.; Mrs. Gordon
(Yvonne) Dougherty, Sheppar-
dton; Mrs. Allan (Grace) Hut-
chings, Clinton; Mrs. Steve
(Dianne) Argyle, Bayfield, and
Cathy at home.
Also attending the reception
and dance were 19 grand-
children. Unable to attend was
Judy Mottershead of Nanaimo,
B.C.
Bert and Marion have one
great grandchild, Kim Spitzig
of Goderich.
Everyone had an enjoyable
time dancing to the music of
The Royal-Aires of Stratford
and a light lunch was served to
complete the evening.
Contract awarded
wee s or so.
The Minor Hockey ,
Association wants to know
which players the Mustangs in-
tend'to use permanently and
""4 • • with the permission of their or school addition; parents, the boys will be
released. This by the way, has
been discussed by represen-
tativesof both groups and will
be resolved very soon.
The fact it has been post-
poned to this late date means
that a partial reorganization of
the midget team will be
necessary when their regular
schedule is already half' com-
pleted. It will be difficult to
Despite less than perfect
weather the past weekend saw
two days of top notch com-
petition when the first Mid-
western Ontario Snowmobile
Racing Association sanctioned
races were held at Hully Gully
Sports 'near Varna.
The MOSRA season of com-
petition was opened on Satur-
day with sloppy track con-
ditions and a smaller crowd
than had been anticipated since
there was some doubt until the
last minute whether or not the
races could be run due to the
mild weather.
Cliff Johnston of Ingersoll
* * moved into the MOSRA season
lead with three wins in the
stock class capturing the "C", It has con-4 to our attention 'A" ',that a 4-few carelessai:2.g,,' 4.Pd "E" divisions. :
snowmObilersi are not, tiaiagaaatoelt ,winner was , ,Warren,.:2
their heads nd are using the •;ht 141 :iss6ls 'arnd Ken
newly sodded and landscaped Sutherland of WoodstoCk
front lawn of Huronview as a
playground area. The County
has spent a lot of taxpayers'
money to beautify Huronview
and it's a real crime to see a
few destroy what many ap-
preciate.
Story contained false statements
Couple celebrate Golden
Wedding anniversary
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stock drove his machine in for
another junior division win and
in ladies competition Barbara
Eaton finished first in both
"A" and "B" divisions.
Although Saturday's races
were a mud bath for the drivers
and their machines the, races
came off without incident but
the fast icy track on Sunday led
to some spectacular spills,
especially on the number four
turn where riders began to
position for" the front straight.
Only two injuries were
sustained however.Gwen Walsh
of Dutton suffered facial cuts
•,; when she lost her machine on
the first turn of a ladies race
and Ed Jozwiak of Berford
sustained badly bruised ribs
when his snowmobile climbed
the bank on that fourth turn
and plowed through several of
the hay bale barriers.
None of the drivers involved
in the several accidents were
seriously injured,
Drivers competing in the
MOSRA races will drive in
another 11 meets throughout
midwestern Ontario this winter
and top drivers in each class
will be selected as season
champions on a basis of ac-
cumulated points.
Hully Gully however presen-
ted Cliff Johnston with the
Huron Cup for his wins. The
cup was donated to the sports
center by MP for Huron R. E.
McKinley.
Despite poor weather snowmobile races big success