HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-01-10, Page 1The stork waited until last Saturday, January 5 at 8:20 p.m., before he visited the
Clinton Public Hospital. He brought with him seven pound 14 ounce Karin, a
daughter for Mr. and Mrp. Mike Dykstra of RR 2, Clinton. Mrs. Barb Hodgins,
looks on while Mrs. W.T. Harrell, president of the Hospital Ladies' Auxiliary
presents Mrs. Dykstra with a baby cup. The Dykstra family will receive many
other gifts from local merchants as well. (News-Record photo)
Morris reeve new warden
In a rare nOcUrence, three men of the Vlitlie Loyal Orange
Lodge NO. 103$ Were presented with 50 year pins and cit.,
tifiCates last Week in Varna. County Mater Alex Hamilton of
Grand Bend made the presentation to Fred hilcelyment o left,
Of Varna whO it a 53 year mernbet; Wilson Webster. now of
Clinton, who hal been in the LOdge 51 years; and Wilfred
ChUter of Varna, who has belonged 51 years. (NeWS,Record
Photo)
County council elected W.J. Elston,
Morris Township Reeve, as Huron County
Warden for 1974, during the inaugural
meeting on Tuesday afternoon. •
Mr. Elston won on the fourth ballot,
defeating Charles Thomas, of Grey Town-
ship, by a vote of 30 to 22.
Mr. Elston led the other candidates on
the first ballot, He received 18 votes while
the other candidate Hugh Flynn, of
Hullett Township, gained 15; Charles
Thomas received 11, and Ed Oddleifson, of
Bayfield, was eliminated with 8.
In the second round of voting by County
Council members, Mr. Elston led again
with 24 votes. Mr. Flynn and Mr. Thomas
tied with supporters giving' them 14 votes
apiece.
Third round balloting was between these
two. Mr. Thomas won 33 19, only to be
by Mr. Elston on the next vote.
In addressing the meeting before
balloting took place, Mr. Elston said that
council members :rom all parts of the
county must work together to make an en-
vironment suitable for growth,
This environment, would spur new
growth for housing construction and in-
dustry. It would attract people to Huron
county he said.
Different areas of the county have dif-
ferent problems, but, again stressing unity,
Mr. Elston added council could lick the
problems by cooperation.
In accepting his new office, Warden
BY MILVENA ERICKSON
Bayfield council met for their regular
meeting last Monday evening and learned
1.973 was the biggest building year in
recent history for Clinton, local officials
said last week,
A record $1,043,036. was spent On new
Health and Welfare Minister Marc
Lalonde announced Tuesday the approval
of a Federal Government grant to help
finance a special project undertaken by a
group of retired people in Clinton.
The grant for $1,550 has been awarded
to Clinton Senior Citizens' Club under the
Department of Health and Welfare "New,
Horizons" program, This program is
specially designed to encourage retired
people to take part in community life by
putting their knowledge and experience tc
work.
The local group will use the grant to ex-
pand the club both in terms of membership
and activities, according to the department
Clinton Ontario
BY WILMA OKE
An increase of 46 per cent in the value of
building permits issued by Tuckersmith
Township Council was reported for 1973 by
the township clerk at the inaugural
meeting Saturday afternoon.
James McIntosh informed council 62
permits were issued last year for a value of
$532,678.
Mr. McIntosh reported 21.68 per cent of
the 1973 taxes are in arrears at the present
time, for a total of $94,802.73. Most of the
arrears are at Vanastra-16.8 per cent
Kippen man
BY WILMA OKE
A Kippen area farmer is the new chair-
man of the Huron-Perth County Roman
Michael Connolly
BY J.F.
The Clinton •and Area Winter Carnival is
only three weeks away now and the
executive informs me that final plans are
now being drawn up, but they need more
help. There will be a general meeting
tonight (January 10) at 8:30 at the Clinton
Town Hall and as many people as possible
should attend to make this year's Carnival
a big success.
Hy the looks of some of the plans, •this
year's carnival has something for
everybody.
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Don't forget that this weekend and next
the Clinton Bantam Tournament will be
held in the Community Centre. Action gets
underway tonight at 6:30, and by looking
at the lineup of teams in an ad elsewhere
in this paper, it should offer area residents
.some interesting hockey action.
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The starch of Dimes Ability Pund will
hold their annual canvass in Clinton this
year on January 28. This drive will provide
money to enable many disabled adults to
function in a normal society, so support
them generously when the canvasser
knocks' on your door.
buildings and renovations in 'Clinton in
1973, with the majority of that going into
new housing, A total of $635,220 worth of
building permits was issued in 1972 in
Clinton,
Mrs, :Grant Rath, Clinton's building in-
spector, said that in total, 88 permits were
issued in Clinton. last year, compared to 53
in 1972, Of the 1973 total, 28 permits, or
$700,000 worth, were issued for new homes
in Clinton, In 1972 13 new home permits
worth $258,000 were issued,
Another big chunk of that $1 million in
construction was for the new apartment
building on Albert Street. The 16 unit
building, being built by Huron Pines
Realty, is worth $200,000,
Last year in Clinton, there was only
$50,000 spent on commercial and in-
dustrial building, compared to $320,000 in
1972,. The big permits were for the,Plinton
Community Sales Barns, which' Made
renovations totaling $35,000, and Carters
West End Service which had, a $10,000 ad-
dition,
The inclination for -Clintonians to swim
amounting to $81,214.03, with the balance
of the township 4.8 per cent in arrears for
$13,588,70. Taxes in 1974 are to be paid on
June 15 and November 30 to avoid
problems with Christmas mail and the for-
mer December 15 date.
Council passed a bank borrowing by-law
for $250,000 which enables the township to
borrow money in 1974, if necessary, to
carry on. township business until the
payment of' the first instalment of taxes on
June 15.
A quarter of an acre on Part Lot' 1, Con-
cession 13, was bought by Robert Kinsman
heads board
Catholic separate school board.
Michael Connolly of RR 3, Kippen, was
acclaimed chairman at the inaugural
meeting in Seaforth Monday night. He suc-
ceeds John McCann of RR 3, Ailsa Craig.
David Teahen of Stratford was elected vice
chairman,
A striking committee composed of Mr,
Connolly, Mr. Teahen, John Vintar,
superintendent of education, and Oscar
Kieffer of RR 1 Bluevale, will select the
members of the four standing committees
of the board for the next meeting.
Mr. Connolly, on behalf of the board,
presented Mr. McCann with a plaque and
thanked him for his work as chairman
during the past year.
' The law firm of Donnelly and Murphy,
Goderich, was appointed board solicitor.
The boatd approved a bank borrowing
by-law giving authority to borrow up to a
million dollars if necessary to carry on the
board's business prior to receiving provin-
cial grants or, levies from the
municipalities.
A request from Lee J. Littel of Stratford,
asking if the Stratford men, who have en-
tered a team in the Ontario Volleyball
League, could be allowed to use St.
Michael's School gyrnnabium free of
charge, was denied,
The board will continue its policy of
charging $10, the regular permit fee. The
group has been using the school's gym-
nasium every second Sunday.
Stratford members of the Board, who are
able, will attend a meeting of recreational
officials in Stratford Tuesday noon. Up for
discussion is the Board's offer to the City
of Stratford of the use of the property in
the Devon Park area as a possible tem-
porary play area or park until the board
may wish to use the site for a new school.
The board agreed to accept Joe Watters
of Guelph as a candidate for internship
from January to March. Mr. Watters
would come on a learning session. He
would work mostly with Joseph Tokar, ac-
ting Superintendent of Education. It Was
suggested he would work with principals in
training sessions, observe board meetings
and observe how the system works in a
small rural area. The only cost to the
Board would be any expenses incurred in
services of the board.
The board will dispose of some extra
contents salvaged at the Holy Name of
Mary School in St, Marys resulting from
the construction and remodelling work
done at the school last summer--doors, old
lighting fixtures, etc. The board accepted
an offer of 000 from the Christian Hofor.
tried School Board in Clinton, who are
presently building an addition to that
school.
At the beginning of the meeting, prior to
the election of chairmen, Rev, Carl Keene,
Stratford, Dean of the Huron-Perth
Deanery, counselled on the importance of
keeping the 'highest standard of the
Christian school,
at home took a large lump last year as 10
permits for swimming pools worth nearly
$40,000 were issued, 39 home renovations
permits accounted for another $53,840• In
1972, $57,000 worth of permits were for
Mediation talks between the Huron;
Perth County Roman Catholic separate
school board and their teachers are
scheduled to re-open in two weeks after a
day-long session at the board ad
ministrative office in Seaforth last Thur.,
sday.
Jack Lane, business administrator, said
the two groups would meet for negotiations
again on 'January 16 at 5 p.m.
Thursday's meeting was the second since
the teacher dispute over salaries went to
Toronto mediator, Hal D. Howells on
December 12. The first meeting, which was
held on December 19, went from 5 p.m. to 4
a.m. the next morning. Thursday's meeting
20 Cents
109th Year - No. 2
of RR 2, Kipper', from the Township. The
property is a corner lot, formerly a store
site, adjacent to the Kinsman farm which
Mr. Kinsman would like to see cleaned of
- the rubble and weeds.
Passed for payment were road accounts
of $1,307.02; hydro—Brucefield, Egmond-
ville, and tax sale property, $139.74;
Vanastra water and garbage, $1,268.12;
administrative, $914.40; tile drain deben-
ture, Province of Ontario, $863.10, for a
total of $4,492.38.
Harry Dekens of RR 5, Clinton, a non-
resident user of water from Vanastra will
be charged 80c per 1,000 gallons.
Reeve Elgin Thompson and Deputy
Reeve Ervin Sillery plan to attend the' an-
nual meeting of the Ontario Association of
Rural Municipalities in Hamilton
February 3 to 5, and the Ontario Good
Roads convention in Toronto February 25
to 27, along with Road Superintendent
Allan Nicholson.
The Clinton Recreation Committee's
Sixth Annual Bantam Tournament begins
tonight (January 10) with 46 teams coming
in to play 42 games.
Action gets underway this Thursday
night and continues on Friday night and
all day Saturday and Sunday. Champion-
ship games will be played next weekend,
January 18, 19 and 20.
The tournament is being played six
weeks earlier this year because organizers
thought that the late February start of
previous years was in conflict with many
on the invited teams' playoffs.
pools and renovations.
Mrs. Rath said that the actual
renovations figure would be much higher
'because any job less than $100 doesn't
require a permit,
lasted about eight hours,
Neither Gary Birmingham, com-
munications officer for the teachers, nor
board officials, would comment on the
progress made, except to say it was slow.
It was reported most of the negotiating
was being carried on by the provincial
representatives of the Ontario English
Catholic Teachers Association, and the On-
tario Separate School Trustees'
Association.
Representing the OECIA are Peter Mur-
phy of Toronto and Patrick Carey of the
London area, while Chris Asseff of Toronto.
and Pat Enright of London are negotiating
for the O$STA.
Weather
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Road Superintendent Allan Nicholson is
to compile a list of all the bridges in the
township and these will be tested by the
engineers from the Stratford office of the
ministry of transportation and com-
munications to ensure that 'they are in a
safe condition for use by school buses. This
safety check on bridges is,the result of a
request by the Huron County board of
education to the township council for
assurance that the bridges, were safe. Last
year a bridge in Huron did collapse,
however, not when being used by a school
WS.
-4'Mr. Nicholson reported $100 worth of
fuckersmith road signs, discarded by van-
dals in the Hay Township swamp, were
returned to him by Hay municipal officials.
A lengthy discussion was held on future
garbage disposal for township residents. No
solution was arrived at, The meeting,
which started at 1 p.m., adjourned at 8:40
p.m.
Chairman Len Fawcett has lined up
some exciting matches with teams
travelling to Clinton from all over the
province. Included are teams from
Hamilton, Brantford, Kingston, North Bay,
London and parts of Toronto.
One of the classes feature triple "A"
teams that in past years provided some ex-
cellent hockey action.
Action gets underway this Thursday
night at 6:30 and teams are asked to
register at least one-half hour before game
time. Each tear, will be served a light
lunch following the game.
Elston repeated some of his earlier
remarks saying that he would serve the
whole county and represent it to best of his
ability.
Mr. Flynn said in his pre-balloting
remarks that it would take togetherness to
make Huron County stronger. He told the
council that a warden was only as strong as
the people he worked with,
The county should appoint a committee
to examine its governmental structure, Mr.
Offleifson said in his remarks before the
election.
It would show the Ontario Government
that Huron County was "forward
thinking." The county does not need
regional government or "bigness for
bigness' sake," he added,
A possible side effect, Mr. Oddleifson
lioted,7eould be a grant from the province
to assist in reforming county government.
Reforms he suggested would eliminate
overlapping functions of various council
committees. This would eliminate excess
time, energy and money in some areas.
The county should take charge of
"people oriented services" such as waste
disposal and fire protection.
Mr. Thomas agreed with his election op-
ponent that county government could be
restructured to become more efficient,
With 45 members, the council might
have to be reduced in size. Council should
also work more as a body than in commit-
(continued on page 9)
by official notification from the ministry of
manpower and immigration that no L.I.P.
grant will be allocated to the Village of
Bayfield this year.
Council received a request from the
Huron County Health Unit for a copy of
the Village building By-law, which was
duly forwarded, They passed a resolution
for a request from Grand Bend to endorse
and support their resolution to be able to
appoint an alternative member to act for
the reeve on County Council in case of
sickness or injury, so that there will be
some representation from each
municipality.
Council learned that the Association of
Municipalities of Ontario annual con-
ference will be held from Aug. 4 to 7 at the
Royal York in Toronto; that the Ontario
Good Roads Convention starts Monday,
Feb. 25, also at the Royal York in Toronto;
that the Ontario Association of Rural
Municipalities convention is Feb. 3 to 5 in
the Royal Cannaught in Hamilton. Council
also approved payment of the annual $20
membership fee to 0,A.R.M.
They received a Green Paper from Hon.
George Kerr, provincial secretary for
justice on "Sunday as a Common Day of
Rest and Uniform Store Hours" Mr. Kerr
intends to tour the Province and conduct
meetings to hear views, welcome recom-
mendations and outline alternatives on the
uniformity for retail store hours. Council
also received an invitation to attend the
election for Warden at the County Court
House, Goderich, Tuesday afternoon Jan, 8
and received word from Ontario Hydro
that they will install the new street lights
as soon as possible.
In other business, Council passed a by-
law, requesting the County of Huron to ap-
prove the Secondary Land Use Plan as an
amendment to the Official Plan for the
County of Huron Planning Area. They
opened tenders for waste disposal from the
Village of Bayfield to Holmeavilit Land
Pill Site, and accepted the lowest tender of
Mr. G B, Chattiney of Hit 1, Auburn in the
amount of 0,606 par year. Other tenders
included MacDonald Sanitation, Crediton,
$6,800 per year; C and 11, Clinton, $7,920
per year; C and W Goderich, $8,600 yearly
and Cecil H, Lewis, Lucatt, 89,065 yearly.
1973 biggest bui lding • year in Clinton
Clinton Club gets
New Horizon grant ivT
Thursday, January 10, 1974
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Vanastra residents not paying taxes
Bantam Tournament starts
No LIP grant in Bayfield