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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-02-14, Page 1High Speed The track was listed as excellent but the weather left something to be desired last Sunday as the Clinton Kinsmen wound up the 1974 Winter Carnival with their Snowmobile Races. / Snow squalls and raw winds cut the attendance and the revenue, but those who did come saw some good competition In all classes. (News—Record photo) look mom! There Were efenty of invitee at the hey ildea last Friday night at tite- bite its hundreds 6f Children took idelittage of the OM Atha( which were sponsored by 'the Hokin dent* 'Agricultural Society. There oteerned to be a Shortage of hay, hOweVer. (Newt—liecord photo) own Hall repairs to be Of all the injuries in hockey, Prof. Hays said that 45 per cent of them are to the face, with four boys this year alone losing eyes. He said that more concentrated research could produce equipment that would cut these injuries drastically. • He said that behaviour is also related to the number of injuries in hockey and all hA4A,V PrgAnipAjonssh.ould:.„te7examine. some of their rules with the idea of im- proving behaviour and thusly cutting down injuries. The coroner was Dr. R.W. Flowers of Clinton and the jury consisted of Hal Har- tley; Fred Lobb, Ken Clynick, Doug Bar- tliff, and Clarence Denomme, all of Clin- ton. 10" Snow 5" Snow Weather 1974 1973 10 NI LO -3 32 22 8 38 23 6 34 26 -8 26 16 6 22 8 5 22 7 16 13 -12 Carnival winds up proval to operate in the township and general accounts of $3,885 and road ac- counts of $2,674 were ordered paid. Robert McKinley, MP for Huron and MPP s Murray Gaunt and Jack Riddell were asked Saturday to use their influence to try to get an independent study under- taken to locate.hydro transmission lines on poor farming land wherever possible. Mason Bailey, Ontario Federation of Agriculture director for Northwest Huron, told the Parliamentarians at the annual Members of Parliament dinner, sponsored by the Huron Federation of Agriculture, that the power corridor running from HI FEBRUARY 5 13 6. 17 7 '19 8 21 .9 22 10 26 11 22 nquest recommends better hockey equipment Stanley finally gets new dump The old -Clinton Town Hall will get' a ose inspection, council decided last Mon, y • night, when they hired a consulting gineer, James F. MacLaren of London to a feaeability study into the costs of ther renovating the existing structure er ilding a new one, The engineer will look into the space quirements of the wrens town depart- ants, including the pOlice office and the errs 'office. No date was set for com- letion of the study. In other business, council passed uilding permits. this month worth 200,000 and noted that if building con- nues at the present rate, last year's record uld be eclipsed. Permits issued, include • lemings Feed Mill, $150,000 for eight los, each 24 feet wide by 100 feet tall, and uron Pines Realty, two house at $25,000 • ' Council passed a by-law fixing assesment n farmlands within the town. All'vacant and in town over five acres receives a pecial tax concession. Council granted $50 to the Huron cowman's Association, who will be aking a pitch next week in Toronto to ave the 1978 International Plowing atch in. Huron, Council also granted everence to Harold Glazier for a lot on 41110111111•11111111111111111111111MW Clinton, Ontario A coroner's inquest last Wednesday and hursday in Clinton recommended that ntil better hockey equipment can be eveloped, slap shots and body checking hould be eliminated from all recreational ockey. ' The inquest was looking into the death n 'January 17 in the Clinton arena of hillip Cha2:lee,„„Eyans of Goderich who led 'shortly after being hit in the cheat by P'' ockey puck, while he was playing hockey. The five man coroners jury, all Clinton men, found that the death was purely ac- cidental and no one could be held in blame. They also recommended that more money be poured into research into better hockey equipment that would prevent such accidents in the future. Earlier in the inquest, Dr. Lok Mek, a pathologist at Stratford General Hospital, testified that Mr. Evans died when the boy's heart was smothered in its own blood and couldn't beat any more. Dr. Mek said that blood was escaping through a tiny puncture in the heart and was trapped in a sack that surrounds the heart. He said that this blood gradually filled up the sack, gradually strangling the heart. He estimated it took from three to four minutes for this to happen. Dr. John Coles, a heart specialist at the 'University of Western Ontario, told the inquest that it would . have been better if Mr. Evans had been shot in the heart because that. would have allowed the blood to drain away, enabling the heart to con- tinue beating. He testified that it would take an object of high velocity to cause a rupture of the heart as it is a very tough organ, "But even if a physician was on the ice at the By Well, Winter Carnival is over for another year and it appears that more people had fun this year than ever before, All those who took part or aided in any way deserve a hardy round of applause for the outstan- ding help. * * This Saturday will give us all a chance to start our spring house cleaning early, as the Goodwill Industries will be at the Legion parking lot all day Saturday. Now is the time to clean out all that seldom . used "stuff" from your closets and basements. The clothing and small ap. plianees are restored by the handicapped in London and sold at Goodwill's six Thrift Shops. * * * For those Clinton and area businessmen who' are ihtereetecl in borrowing money from the Industrial Development Bank or any citizen who is interested in the' bank's operations, 'IDB personel "will be in the Clinton Town Hall, all day next Tuesday February 19, * Yours truly and wife Lois plus a host of publiahers and editors from across the province Will be in Toronto this mining Friday for the Ontario Weekly Newapaper Assodatiores Awards banquet, We under- stand the News Record won Several awards, but More on that not week, ' Frederick Street. - In another move, council set the 1974 wage rate for town works employees :and -hired three crossing guards, Airs, Dianne lioS'e Toni Twyford and' J.ohn Payne, A request from the industrial committee to being in the Huron County Planning. Department to produce an official plan of town received council backing. Clinton current,ly has a zoning by-law hot no future plan. Bill Stauttener said the committee would like to know what land is' available for industrial develppment. Two more parking permits were issued by the Town at $7.50 each, Mason Bailey, and Charles Hay of the county.'social ser, The public will get a new picnic area and park with a 600 foot beach as a result of ac- tion last Monday by the Stanley Township council, The council gave official approval at their regular meeting to a plan to develop five acres of land the township owns along the shore of Lake Huron, just south of Hayfield. Included in the plans is a 28 foot by .40 foot picnic pavilion with changing facilities, washrooms and a covered picnic studied vices •department each received permits. • . A letter from the Hayfield Conservation Authority told council that most of the work was done on., the straightening and dredging 'of the Hayfield River near the 'town's new sewage, treatment plant, Dykes and gabion baskets have else been installed. ' A new police'car was Purchased by the • town when they accepted a tender of $2,755 . for the new vehicle from J, and T, Murphy of Clinton, The new, car will be delivered , in six weeks. Council also decided te. use the services ' of the county weed inspector and paid ac- counts of $11,4$5, area. The township has owned the land tor about four years and will finance the $8,000 cost of the pavilion from their park fund which has been built up in recent years by subdividers who must give the township five per cent of the land or an equal amount of money when a new sub, division agreement is passed. The park may be ready for use this sum- mer and adds useful .public beach-front park area to the county. 20 Cents 109th Year - 80. 7 Stanley residents only, may take up to five months to develop as the township must hold, a public hearing should anyone object to the site. A tender of $19,827 from Bluewater Trucks of Goderich for a new dump truck with a ;snowplow was accepted and the township will put out tenders for. 16,000 cubic yards of crushed gravel and 120 tons of calcium chloride for township roads this spring, Stanley made nearly $1,200 in grants at their meeting, including $1,000 to the Hayfield Fire Department, $50 to the Canadian Cancer Society, $35 to the Huron Central Agricultural Society, $50 to the Huron Plowmen's Association, $25 to the Ability Fund, and $20 to St. John Am- bulance. The county weed inspector was given ap- The Clinton Winter Carnival Committee reported on Tuesday that although revenues this year are down from last year, more persons participated in this year's Carnival than ever before. Carnival Chairman Don Armstrong of Clinton said he was extremely pleased that so many persons either helped in some way with the many events or attended several of them. "I'm glad that so many citizens took up my call to participate and have fun,” Mr. Armstrong said. Although there were no final figures at press time, officials said it was likely there, would be a small profit that would be plowed back into the community. The Clinton Kinsmen, after praying for snow for several weeks, got too much of a good thing on Sunday and blowing snow and a raw wind cut the attendance at the races. The Kinsmen said that preliminary estimates had showed the races may break even. Last year, the Kinsmen turned over $1,200 to the Carnival Committee. A large crowd turned out for the Family Skate Night and Hospitality Night at the .rena last Wednesday (February 6) and en- thusiastically received the local talent, who provided the entertainment. A good crowd turned out for the Junior "D" hockey game on Thursday night, and ,there was •an excellent crowd for the Chiistian `Schools' hoCkeY Tourdament on' Friday. Strathroy beat St, Thomas in-the final to win that tournament. Hundreds of area children showed up for the hay rides on Friday night and about 40 snowmobilers turned out for the Torchlight Parade that had been rescheduled for the week before. The Kinsmen reported a good showing at Monte Carlo night as dozens came out to play games of chance and win or lose thousands of dollars of play money. On Saturday morning, the Public School Skating Races were held with Clinton. Public taking home the points total. In the afternoon, the CHSS Redmen took home the Carnival Trophy in the Broomball "B" Douglas Point to Seaforth is going over some of the best farm land in the area and said not enough research has gone into fin- ding a better route over poor farm land. "What I would like to see," he said, "is a comprehensive study of all proposed Hydro routes with conservation of farm land in mind." Mr. Gaunt said he felt Hydro comes into an area and gives a very low priority to agriculture. He said he thought the utility should have an agricultural department to advise its negotiators and planners. At present, he says, Hydro has no agricultural expertise. Mr, Bailey said it has become evident that Hydro itself doesn't know all the ef- fects of the extremely high voltage lines to be run through the county. He said the ex- perts hired by the farmers on the route of the line could find no comparable line on the whole continent. He said the government seems to have little inclination to promote other industry in Huron county and is hurting the poten- tial for agriculture by the routing of its lines over good farm land. School sewage With both sides screaming 'no com- munication', the Huron County Board of Education and the Huron County Health Unit are caught up in a battle over sewage problem in Blyth. The hoard of Education met in special session Monday evening to discuss an or- der from the Health Unit dated February 5 which instructed that arrangements be made forthwith to seal off the outlet of the septic tank and Blyth Public School and have all sewage emanating from this building hauled from the premises by a contractor certified by the-Huron County Health Unit; that plans be submitted within 60 days of 'receipt of this order for the new disposal bed for this school;• and that the holding tank operation continue until such time as the new tile bed is coma pleted and approved by the requisite authority The alternative may be closing the 265 pupil school, Championship series after they scored a goal in the second Overtime period to win 1-0 over the Kinsmen. Hess Archer, Kin- smen goalie, was named the star of the game as he displayed more finess than Ken Dryden. The 8th Liners from Morris Township took home the "A" Series trophy by virtue .of a 5--2 win over' the Clinton Bluebirdg. The Clinton Girls' Raiders Hockey team won the Town of Clinton Trophy when they beat Ildertoti 1-0 in the Girls'Hockey Tournament final on Saturday afternoon. On Saturday night, a good attendance was reported at all three dances. On Sunday morning, the Pancake Break- fast returned by popular demand and was a sellout. The Carnival Committee is planning a wrap.up meeting in the next couple of weeks to clean up the financial matters and that meeting will be announced in this paper. Tuckersmith to make plan study Tuckersmith Township decided last week to have the' Huron County Planning Department do a more detailed study on Egmondville and ' Harpurhey, after the council, met,with Brian Murdock of the Planning 'depa'rtment. A plan had been drawn up last year but was not complete. The plan is currently before the Ontario Municipal Board for ap- proval. The township also decided • to call ten- ders for 18,000 cubic yards of gravel for upkeep of the township's roads. The township also passed their 1974 roads budget which includes a $25,375 con- struction program and a $71,625 main- tenance program. Of that total, the town- ship will get $53,000 in subsidy from the provincial government. They are seeking road anGaednderitailonacaclou$1nOts,000fOoinmsumbsidy, and ac- counts of $5,111 were ordered paid, Mr. Gaunt said he understood it would cost Hydro an extra $4 million in construc- tion costs to build on another route over poorer farm land. Mr. Riddell felt that if Hydro could spend $17 million on an office building in Toronto it could spend an extra $4 million for a route that would save precious farm land. He said others in the county are con- cerned not only with the power line, but with the problem of radio-active wastes produced by atomic power plants. Regional government also became a topic for discussion through' a brief from Jim Williamson, president of the Huron County Pork Producers. William Elston, Warden of Huron county and Reeve of Morris township remarked that there were possibly too many members on county council, but that the county did not need regional government. He said the county had no really pressing problems that required wholesale government reforms, Reeve Allan Campbell of McKillop, chairman of the County Development com- mittee pledged "as long as I can fight there Won't be regional government in Huron", causes furor Driector of EcitiCation for the county, D.John CoChtane charged that although the board of education had been co- operating with the Huron County Health Unit on this particular problem at the Blyth school, the order from the Medical Officer of Health. Dr, Prank Mills was delivered by hand to his office without any notice that steps being taken at Myth by the board of education were no longer adequate. "In my opinion such dictatorial action was ill-conceived, ill-tithed, unnecessary and irresponsible," Mr. Cochrane told the board, Aim McCaul, Chief Public Health Inspec- tor, said that since October the Blyth school has come under constant vigil by the board of health inspectors and that Robert MeVettn, school board plant supetintena dent, was contacted often concerning the matter. (continued on page 2) Thursday; February 14, 1974 time of the accident, death couldn't have been prevented." Professor Donald Hays, a doctor of sports medicine at the University of Waterloo testified on the second night of the inquest that there are rio standards set for hockey equipment other than the hockey helmets. "People spend $25 protec- „Ong ,their behind ,arid, $6 on their loads. 'He Said that die equipment Mr. Evans was wearing was inadequate for the type of injury he suffered and he wouldn't recom- mend that anybody wear them. There are two types of protection that a hockey player needs Prof. Hays said. One protects against high velocity, low mass ob- jects such as a hockey puck and, the other After scouting around for months, 'Stanley Township has taken options on 102 acres in the Township to be developed as a sanitary land fill site. Council last Monday decided to go ahead and apply to the waste management branch of the Ontario ministry of the, en- vironment to establish the dump on the land which is on lot 16 on the Hayfield Road, about ,3/4 of a mile west of Varna. Stanley's current dump, outside of Hayfield, was ordered closed by the ministry last fall as soon as the township eould come, up with a new site. Stanley shared the old site with Hayfield who have since decided to have their•garbage collec- ted and taken to the Holmesville dump in Goderich Township. The new dump, which will be open to New park opened on lake protects against low velocity, high mass ob- • jects such as a body check. Prof. Hays said • that the same material can protect against both. When queried about the velocity of hockey pucks, Prof. Hays said that in the professional leagues, a slap shot can travel j. up to 120 miles per hour, while a wrist shot: May attain sp,eede,,,of jn,p,h.,,, In the,4, minor systems, he said that a slap shot can reach speeds of 80 m,p.h. He said that most hockey equipment now is inadequate and offers little protection. Even the best equipment, he said, is no good if it isn't worn properly. He said there were only a few sizes for the hun- dreds of different fits of players, Federation wants aid in power line fight