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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-01-24, Page 13skating competitiens by the Clinton Figure Skating Club. At 7 p.m. the Town will battle the girls' hockey team in an epic affair and at 7;30, the Clinton Junior "D" Mustangs host the Tavistock Braves, On Monday at 7 p.m. a Broomball Tournament will start at the arena featuring such well known teams as the Hullett Hunsmen and the Bayfield Bombers. At 8:30, the Legion Ladies' Auxiliary will sponsor a bingo at the Legion. A girls' hockey tournament with Clinton, Forest, Ilderton and Seaforth will highlight Tuesday's action, starting at 7 p.m. at the arena. Next Wednesday, at 2 p.m. will see a senior citizens' card party get underway at the arena with Mrs. Colclough in charge. From 7, to 9 p.m., there will be a family skate night at the arena, and the. highly successful Hospitality Night gets underway at 9 p.m. in the ,arena auditorium and will feature local talent. The Clinton Mustangs will battle Lucan in Clinton on Thursday February 7 at 8 p.m. in a regular scheduled hockey ,,game. The Clinton and District Christian School will sponsor a hockey tournament at the arena from noon to 4 p.m. on Friday February 8. At 7 p.m, the Agriculture Society will sponsor hay rides in the park and at 9:30 p.m., the Kinsmen and Kinettes will have their Monte Carlo night at the arena, where a person could win thousands of dollars (of play money) at the blackjack table. The public school races will kick-off a full program on Saturday February 9. at 10 a.m., with the broornball finals at 1:30 p.m. and the girls' hockey finals at 3 ,p,m. There are three dances planned for the evening, with the Fish and Game, the Agriculture Society and the Legion set to go. The Legion is already sold out. The Carnival will be wrap- ped up on Sunday February 10 with the giant snowmobile races, MOSRA sanctioned being held at 1 p.m, under the guidance of the Clinton Kin- smen. Prize money this year exceeds $2,246. As well, there is an ice sculp- turing contest during the uar- nivel and the poster contest for public school aged children is already completed with local merchants displaying the han- diwork. Weatherman mixed up Marching mothers he Marching. Mothers were out in full force last Monday ight In the area canvassing for the Ability Fund. Early etiolates place this year$ collection above the 1973 total. ounting the money are Mrs. Daphne Johnston, left; Mrs. eachers strike may be avoided fter all night talks Claudia Eastman, treasurer; and Homuth. Missing were Mrs. Norma and Mrs. Ken Ciynick, recruiting photo) Thursday, January 24, 1974 Clinton News-Record chairiady Mrs. Wynne Grigg 'supply secretary officer. (News-Record !, The weather for, the start of • lhie.year's Clinton and Diatiict • 'Winter Carnical, slated to be*in.Fricley, is almost -a ear- bori copy of last year's: As of press. time Wednesday A. night there, is almost no snow, like ,last year, but nearly all 'events will go-on anyway, Last year, the Carnival received a tate reprieve when nine inches of snow fell 24 hours before ,the Carnival start. This year's Carnival, the Sixth'annual, will run ten days, beginning this Friday • night, February 1,, and running until February 10. It contains many of 'the highlights of last year and several new additions. New, this year is a' Pancake Breakfast this coming Saturday Febreary 2 at 10 a.m. at the arena and hay rides at the park on •february 8, sponsored by the 'Huron Central Agridulture Society. Carnival chairman,,Don Ar- mstrong, who it is rumored has sore knees from praying for snow, said that persons can buy a "Bonhomme" or miniature snowman to wear on their • coats. They are worth $2 for adults and $1 for children and are good for admission to most events. They are available' in Varintiq. qtrirpc ,round toWn. Wint0 .CarnivHal to go Weather permitting, the Car- nival will be kicked off on Friday night with a Torchlight Parade around town beginning at 8.30 p,m. by over 100 snowmobiles from the Clinton Snowmobile Club. At 9,30 the Club wilt direct a trail ride, Saturday will see the Pancake Breakfast at 10 44n. The parade will go at 1 p.m. from the Legion to the arena with a by-pase, past the hospital. Anyone still wishing to enter a float. is to contact John. Lawson at 482-7650 or Don Armstrong. at 482-9478. Children's Day will start at 2:30 p.m. at the high school gym and will feature Pirie Mit- chell and his dog Peaches from "Junior Talent Hour" on CFPL TV, Miss Dominion of Canada, the Prince and Prin. cess contest, and a host of local talent, On Saturday night, the Queen will be crowned at the MISS gym at 8:30. At 10p.m. the Liong Club Carnival Dance starts swinging at' the Legion with music by the "Royalaires." The' Novelty Snowmobile Races, sponsored by the Clin- ton Snowmobile Club will start at 2 p.m. on Sunday as will the 109th Year - No. 5 .20 Cents Allowances their combined income has in- creased approximately 30 percent," added MacKinnon. "With these mandatory in- creases and the present economic situation, our costs for 1974' will probably exceed our past costs." In 1973, the Social Services department operated slightly under budget expec- tations. General assistance amounted to $168,488.95 where $190,600 had been estimated. Another $109,002.56 was paid to nursing homes for care of persons ($113,000 budgeted). Supplementary aid totalled'$18,371.17 considerably more than the $11,850 budgeted. Administration cost $47,944.08, slightly less than the estimate of $48,000. In all, sdcial services in Huron cost $358,079.51, less than the $377,850 estimated for 1973, The Land Division Committee reported a busy year with 334 applications handled; 252 approved; 31 denied; 41 deferred; and 10 withdrawn. Of the denials, nine were appealed and the Municipal Board decisions are still pending. County Librarian Ethel Dewar said that total book circulation in all the branches was 340,205, up 6,000 over 1972. "I am encouraged that two-thirds of that increase was in children's reading," said Miss Dewar. Huron-Perth separate teachers and presentatives of the separate board met a marathon 13 hour session last uesday night and early Wednesday mor- ng in attempts to reach a salary set- ment before the January 31 deadline. The teachers had said that they would 'ke on that date if an agreement hadn't en hammered out with the board. The two sides were to meet again on ednesday afternoon, but no word of the ults of the talks were available at press e. This decision was died by the board and 'the teachers at o separate meetings in Seaforth Monday ht. avid Teahen, Stratford, chairman of personnel committee of the board, in a ess release following an hour and a half mmittee-of-the-whole meeting of the ard, prior to the regular meeting, stated e Board members had agreed to meet th the teachers at the request of the diator, Hal D. Howells _of Toronto. Mr. Howells was appointed mediator by e ministry of education, at the request of By J.F. The Senior Citizen s' Club meeting 'scheduled for next Wednesday night at the Clinton Town Hall has been postponed un- til the fellowing Wednesday because of the inquest to be held there on February 6 into the death in the Clinton Arena of Philip Evans. of Goderich. . * Well, regardless' of the weather, most ot the Winter Carnival events are on and the big ten days start this Friday night. * * * And speaking of laughs and fun, yonre truly is playing for the town police and the rec, department as they take on the girls' hockey tatm this con'iThg Sunday night. I1 roll want to see the art of skating on one's ankles, come out Sunday night at 7 p.m, Don't laugh, I was the 8/9 draft choice of the Arizona Cacti in the Desert Hockey League, Carnival Chairman Don Armetrong reports a very strong showing for the parade on Saturday, but he says there is Cleo plenty of room for More, If you're itill interested, Coiled parade Marshall lohti Lawson at 482,7650 or 00fi at 94/8, the teachers and the board, when negotiations broke down in December. He is from the ministry of labour. Peter Murphy, chief negotiator with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, in a press-release following the meeting of over 125 separate school teachers in Huron and Perth, said the teachers agreed to meet with the board -,again. Mr. Murphy said in an ,overwhelming majority vote of the teachers they agreed not to change their position. The position is for an 8.7 percent increase for the 1973-74 term (over the previous salary grid of 1972- 73). Mr. Murphy said the second position will consider a two-year contract. The third position, Mr. Murphy stated, is that no matter what length •of contract is arrived at (whether one-year or two-year) the 15 teaching sisters must receive parity with the lay teachers. In the 1972-73 grid they are now receiving 85 percent and for the 1973-74 term the Board is offering 90 peycent. A resolution from the yillage of Grand Bend in Lambton County to Huron County Council caused reeves and deputy-reeves to disagree at their regular January meeting Friday, January 25. The document from Grand Bend suggested that when the reeve of a municipality is unable to attend county council session "due to sickness or injury", provision be made in the Municipal Act to' allow the appointment of an Acting Reeve to attend County Council in the reeve's ab- sence. Recommendation from the Executive Ifuronview open, flu outbreak over A ban on visitors due to a flu outbreak at Huroaview home for the aged was lifted Monday, Administrator Chester Archibald said several days have passed with no new cases reported. More than half of the home's 290 residents have hacrthe flu since the ban went into effect January 14, Mr, Archibald said normal visiting hours have been restored, 4 BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER The annual report of the Huron County Social Services Administrator J.A. MacKinnon noted that 1974 could be the most expensive year tit date because of the: various lay-offs in the county coupled with the lack of job vacancies. . "At the present time our caseload is in- creasing and we do not have any winter work programs to refer our unemployed clients to as we have in the past two win- ters," said MacKinnon. Goderich Reeve Deb Shewfelt asked why the county and/or the municipalities could not create their own winter works program. "God knows that after the recent ice storm in Huron there would have been work for people in clearing away trees etc.," Said Shewfelt. Four-footed aninnals occupied a good deal of the discussion at Huron County Council last Friday when a resolution from Victoria County concerning wolf bounty and an announcement from the Ministry of Natural Resources about a deer season were presented for study. The Victoria County brief noted that since the repeal of the Wolf and Bear Bounty Act in 1972, hunters have been killing fewer wolves. It pointed out the damage to livestock is on the increase and that the wolf population is ever increasing. Huron County's Development Committee chaired by Reeve Allan Campbell of McKillop, asked council to concur with the resolution from Victoria County. Speaking to the report, Campbell said that while Huron County did not seem to Committee was not to concur with the Grand Bend resolution. Reeve Ed Oddleifson of Bayfield poin- ted out Grand Bend has the same problem as his municipality where only one person is delegated as county representative. He felt it was a "reasonable thing" to ask that all municipalities be assured of A voice at the county level. "Maybe they shouldn't have the right to Vote but they should be invited to attend," said Oddleifson, Colborne Reeve Doug McNeil, chairman of the executive committee, said there was nothing to prevent anyone from attending the meetings of county council. He said that in the event a reeve is. absent and Some other member ,of his council would ask permission to speak on an important issue, he assumed this could be poSsible. "Is it the municipality which gets the vote? Or the reeve and the deputy-reeve?" asked Reeve Derry Boyle, Exeter. "I think Grand Bend has a legitimate beef, You are depriving a municipality of its right to be represented at the county level." "tf the member of parliament is ill, we can't send another man down to represent us," interjected Warden- Bill Elston,- "Connell is all elected by the people," continued on NW 7 Reeve Charles 'Monies of Gray•Town;. ship, chairinan of the Sciclal..Service Com- mittee, thought Reeve Snewfelt's idea was excellent. "If some municipalities could make work for welfare recipients maybe we could make some adjustments," offered Thomas. He did warn it may "not be as easy as it sounds" but promised the matter could be studied. "It is a good idea," commented Warden Bill Elston. "We will work something out." Adding to 1974's welfare costs as well will be the legislation which permits social assistance rate changes effective January 1, 1974, which provides for an increase of 17 percent per month on the average to clients. be having any serious problems with wolves, the committee had agreed to sup- port the Victoria County resolution to add strength to the voice of those counties who are experiencing difficulties. The ,recommendation of the Develop- ment Committee was questioned by Reeve Ed Oddleifson of Bayfield. "We may be endangering our own ecology if there is no problem in Huron continued' on page 7 Weather 1 974'1973 HI LO HI LO JANUARY 22 34. • 33 46 23 38 31 40 24 37 25 30' 25 42 • 28 42 26 42 29 46 27 50 34 40 28 35 31 33 Rainfall 1.26' Snow 1" snow burned in blaze Fire last Thursday night in Londesboro caused about $5,000 damage to a home oc- cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Don Squires. The fire, which is believed to have star- ted in a space heater in the basement, spread to the walls, which were lined with cardboard and caused a'nearby fuel tank to burst. The fire then spread up through the heating ducts into the other floors and attic of the two storey structure. Blyth Firemen, who received the call about 8:10 p.m. had the blaze under con- trol within an hour, but remained on the scene nearly four hours putting out the last hidden sparks, The couple have found accommodation elsewhere in Hullett Township, High winds Winds gusting near 60 miles an hour in the wee hours of last Sunday morning knocked down branches and caused about ten power interruptions in town. Here Harold Gibbings removes the last of a 60 foot, 100-year-old pine that fell 'across Ontario Street blocking traffic for two hours and snapping off a concrete light standard. (News-Record photo) Clinton, Ontario County turns down replacement bid Hunting season rejected 33 29 14 18 28 32 20 2" Jobless rate my boost County Welfare rolls "For families with dependent children • She said that 2,003 special requests were who ere receiving the increased Family-'"Mailed"CniCto all parts of the county and or these, less than 100 were borrowed outside the county. Books with large print are available for. those with vision problems, Miss Dewar said, with a direct mail service given to anyone unable to go to a branch as well as home delivery by the library van in the Town of Goderich. Londesboro house Opening face-off Clinton Councillor Don Halldo** the first puck at the ot. hotel opening of the elinton Minor floditey 'Weekend held last' Friday, Saturday and Stinclay, Lett to right are George Gen, nlrigs and Jim Burns, coedit'.• Of the dtintott, New YOrk teen* Mt. Hello Bill Coutihir, sice,ottisiderst; and Oat Graham, Oreoldent Of the Clinton Minor Hockey Aesticiatlen, (/News-Redord photo)