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Clinton News-Record, 1974-04-11, Page 1Safety award For the tenth year in a row, the Clinton area office of Ontario Hydro has received a one year safety-free award, The award was presented last Friday night in Clinton by Al Perttula right, operations manager for the Western region to Bill Chessell of Varna left, a 30 year employee and Bonnie Upshall, the newest staff mem- ber. (Photo Art Services photo) Clinton seeks SWEEP 109th Year - No. 15 Thursday, April 11 74 "11.1•11111111•11•1111111101ONI11111.1111010100111110111111INANW 20 Cents Clinton, Ontario Rain 2.26" Rain 1.29" Weather 1974 , APRIL' 1973 HI LO 2 53 33 49 35 3 63, 38 40 34 4 65 43 42 35 5 44 30 43 30 • 6 38 26 50 39 7 42 32 48 37 8 33 20 45 32 Lloyd George Salter, 39, RR3, Kippen, was acquitted last Thursday of a charge of non-capital murder in the Oc- tober .5 slaying of a 93-year-old widow. An all-male Ontario supreme court jury deliberated in Goderich for 3 1/2 hours at the end of the' nine-day trial. Mrs. Jane Burton McMur- trie's nude body was found in her bed. Evidence during the trial showed she had been sexually assaulted and strangled. Salter was arrested November 20. Mr. Justice Thomas Zuber described the case as an unusually long and difficult one. "I am happy you did not allow the finger of suspicion to point too strongly," he told the jury. "The case aroused' feelings and passions.. "I'm happy you could pay at- tention to the legal aspects." In his charge to the jury, lasting more than an hour, Mr. Justice Zither said there was no doubt the woman was mur- dered and by someone who cut telephone wires before entering the house, "The person meant, to do it ... or cause the bodily harm that brought about her 'death," he said. He warned the jury to be ,cautious of evidence given by Thomas (Smitty) Rutherford, a co-worker of Salter's. He said there were many contradictions in Rutherford's testimony. Defence counsel J.M. Don- nelly in his 70-minute sum- mation' of evidence, questioned the adequacy of the police in- vestigation into the case. He said no fingerprints were found in the entire McMurtrie home despite the presence of about 16 persons the day the woman's body discovered. He also said technical evidence given during the trial was inconclusive. "The Crown has failed to fulfil the burden of proving guilt," Mr. Donnelly told the jury. "Thus, Lloyd Salter O utwit backs Plannin School play well received Hullett accepts drain tenders By the News-Record critic The auditorium at Clinton Public School was transformed into a minor version of Walt Disney's Fantasyland last Thursday and Friday evenings. The Occasion was the two-hour stage shoW "Tribute to Disney', presented by the intermediate and senior grades at the school. It delighted all ages, but particularly the little ones who were fascinated by the projected images of Peter ,'Pan flying around, the darkened room, and by a realistic and friendly Mickey Mouse, played by Paul Newland. The program opened with the 65 voice senior choir performing under the direction of music teacher, Mrs. Bonny Jewitt, with Mrs. B. Bosman accompanying, They sang several numbers, "Eidelweiss", "Climb Every Mountain", "The Impossible Dream", the theme from "The Poseidon Adventure", the "Mickey Mouse March", all of which suited their youthful voices. The choir was followed by excerpts from "Peter Pan" presented by Mrs. Jewitt's and Mr. Matthies,' grades 6 and 7 classes. Costuming and back drops were excellent in both this and the other scenes which followed with some excellent Indians, and absolutely frighteningly - rough-looking pirates. Equally as realistic were the sooty-faced chimney sweeps in "Mary Pop- pins" which followed. It was performed by Mtg. Charter's grade 5 class, ,• • ** • * Next came ,a,,;.grade 5„,v,ersiori, of ,"Srinw White" by Miss Wilbee's class. In each case, the class acted as chorus while as many as possible individual class-mates were given starring roles, whether as a tree, a wood-pecker, "Little Phew" - the skunk, etc. Fill-ins between acts were ably handled by the school cheerleaders giving a sam- pling of their cheers. Their outfits and paper "pom-poms" and vigour of their cheers made their performance as realistic as if they had actually been cheering at a game. The gymnastics display, done on the stage with a mini- trampoline, box-horse, and giant size gym mat pleased the crowd, with some of the flips and other movements looking extremely difficult in the limited space. The participants had chosen gymnastics as one of their elective subjects, under Mr. Millsen's guidance. Both the grade 8 girls and boys modelled in the all-inclusive "Fashion Show" which saw some Disney characters on stage, some fashions of days past, the present, and By J. F. Tomorrow, April 12, is Good Friday and most stores in the area will be closed for the day, to reopen on Saturday, As well, there will be no mail delivery on the rural routes and no wicket service at the post of- fice, Service returns to normal on Saturday and Monday, with the normal Sunday pick-up. * * * We see in one of our bowling reports that the News-Record's own "Scoop" and "Mike" of Brucefield won the skunk awards ih the Molson's Crown Mixed Bowling League for being the worst bowlers in the league, The Clinton Minrst:rial Association is holding their special Interdenominational Church Service Good Friday in Ontario Street United Church at 8 p.m. Everyone is welcome to share in the fellowship of the combined service and choir. If you have forgotten 'write this down on the back of your hand "must attend the Clinton Centennial meeting next Wed, nesday night April 17 at the Clinton Town Hall at 8 nat." *** The Clintoh firemen answered two calls this week. One was to a report of smoke at the garage of Russell Jervis on Princess Street on Tuesday night, and the other Was to a grass fire on the Seranus Martin Partin on the Maitland Concession, Goderich Township north of Rolmesville on Wed- nesday morning, • * An ad in last Friday's London Free Press erroneously gave the News-Record's phone number as a plate to call for information on Blue Anchor's Marina in Bayfield. The News-Record is not connected with Blue , Anchor or the Marina in any way. some fashion-fantasies of the future. The whole program moved at an ex- cellent pace, with none of the usual lulls between scenes which typified all of the shows we adults ever participated in, This, , together with some other good touches, such as well-organized ushers, very com- petent lighting and stage-hands, some minor acts which "clicked", all contributed to a rather highly-polished show which made us think we must have Walt Disney himself in charge. Actually, the able directors were French teacher, Mr. D. DeGregorio and music teacher, Mrs. Bonnie Jewitt. The parents and friends present, about 550 of them for the two performances, were justly proud of the young participants. ' The area around Clinton's sewage treat- ment plant could be turned into a small park if Clinton Council's plans are carried out. Council decided last Monday night at their regular monthly meeting that they would ask the Ausable-Bayfield Conser- vation Authority to consider Clinton in their summer project for students. Known as Students Working for En- vironmental Enhancement Program (SWEEP), the program could be used in Clinton to cut down old trees on the town's property and clean the site up for a possible park. Councillors Ruth Roy, Don Hall and Reeve Harold Lobb will meet with the Authority to discuss the project. Council will also try to get the SWEEP students in from the Maitland Valley Con- servation Authority to clean up Cardwell's pond behind Central Secondary School. A SWEEP crew had started the clean-up two Mullett Township council at their regular meeting last week accepted three tenders for two municipal drains in the township. Posthill Tile Drainage of RR 3, Clinton received the nod to build the tiled part of the Medd Drain at a price of $5,889 and R. Nicholson Construction Co. Ltd. of RR, 1, Sebringville received the tender for con- struction or the open part at a cost of $6,150, The open Kennedy Drain will be con- strutted by Radford Construction Ltd., of t3lyth for a cost, of $5,800. All tenders were the lowest submitted. In other business, council accepted the revised report on the Beane Drain No. and set May 6th as the court of revision, A tile drain loan applieation was also accep' ted and granted severance to Lenard The Clinton planning Board are enfor- cing Clinton's official plan to the letter and Clinton. council Monday night backed theta ,on several -fronts. In one letter from the Planning Board to council, the board waft not in agreement With a proposed subdivision plan submit- ted by Deb Shewfelt of Delbar Investments • of Goderich. The board will meet with • INN))) County planner Gary Davidson arid then go back to Mn Shewfelt before a decision is made. The Board also was against re-zoning of a lot on Victoria Street at Gordon Street, Which is owned by Lorne Brown. The Plan- , tling Board thought there should be some definite plans laid before them before the zoning is changed, Clinton council also concurred with the Planning Board's decision to turn down an application for repair garage on ,Princess Street in a zone that is presently residen- tial. The Planning Board also asked the council to pass an amending by-law tQ - straighten up the eight objections against --the town's plan by residents brought out during the Ontario Municipal Board's hearing in Clinton last fall. A by-law will be drawn up for next Tuesday night's special council meeting, which his been called to open`tenders on the 1974 street reconstruction program. Cost of the reconstruction program on ',Dunlop, Joseph and Orange Street is expec- The Clinton Lions Club held one of their most successful Rural-Urban nights in recent• history last Tuesday night when 102 farmers, Lions and guests packed the St. Paul's Anglican Church Parish Hall. Huron MPP, Jack Riddell was the guest speaker and he presented a strong case for the farmer getting a better return for his investment, Mr. Riddell, a former auc- tioneer, also helped in the auction of farm produce at the meeting which was brought in by the farmers under the organization of Clinton Lion and Hullett Township farmer Hugh Flynn, more ambitious and meaningful celebration during 1975. A spokesman for the ways and means committee Don Hall, said that for the sale to be a success, residents of Clinton and the area are being asked to donate something for the sale. He said there is almost nothing that is old that wouldn't be in- teresting and valuable to sornebedy. He said that the more valuableAt,em could be offered to the committee on a con- signment basis, with the committee keeping 25 per cent of the sale value. The event., Mr. Hall 'said, would be ad- vertised over a large area, including parts of Michigan, ensuring a good attendance from both dealers and buyers, ton: was: reread, .tOR kai00.104:04r.t* -tWO: years ..aWr ..0914Pla ti about .polluting' a stream Councillor -Pon: Hall of GeneratOrw.rn, ment told council that the new carpet 'has, been laid in the clerk's office and new tile laid .in the front foyer of the Town nail, He also said that .souvenir matches proclaiming Clinton Centennial, have been received. Building permits- were: issued- to R. 'Mit- chell and P. Jensen, a house worth $80;009 and to Maroon Ready Mix, a storage shed, $10,000. Also present at the dinner were six Lions from Seaforth who were making an inter- club visit and Zone Chairman Bill Pinder of Seaforth, who paid his annual visit. Entertainment for the evening was provided by,Clinton's Bradley Bunch and Jack Riddell, who sang the "Auctioneer's song." Past-president Glen Price brought in a new slate of officers for -the coming year. Election of officers takes place in two weeks. Harvey Howard of Clinton is the out-going president. , Anyone who wishes to donate or consign articles for the sale may deliver them to the arena any Monday or Thursday from now until the sale, between the hours of 1. p.m. and 4 p.m. Anyone with a donation or a consign- tnent who would like further information is akked; to contact the Clinton, Arena at. 482.. 7.731, Lorne i rouyii,,Motors• at_ 482-774,1;:. Afistett Jewellers at 482-9525f Don Hall at 482-7220; or Skip Winters at 482-6619. Mr. Hall said the committee was anxious to assemble and catalogue the items as soon as possible, so they hoped that donations and. consignments would start coming in immediately. should be acquitted." Crown Attorney William Cochrane, who spoke for about half an hour, said Salter had the opportunity to murder the woman. He said technical evidence pointed to him. He said his con- duct after the body was discovered, including conflic- ting statements of his whereabouts, pointed to his guilt. The entire day of the trial Thursday was taken up with summations from the two lawyers and Mr, Justice Zuber's charge to the jury. Mr. Donnelly did not call defence evidence in the trial. Disneg tribute The tribute to Walt Disney put on by the senior students at Clinton Public School lest Thur- sday and Friday was well received and generously applauded by the 550 persons who atten- ded. Here the actors and the directors of the successful play wave during the grand finale of the play. (News-Record ,photo) years ago, but nothing was done last year. In other business, two taxi licenses each were issued to Harvey Ashton and Andrew Berg of Clinton. Both had been approved by the Police chief, Mayor Don Symons promised to look into a request from R.V. Anderson and Associates, tie town's engineers on the new sewage project, who requested 'an increase in the contingency fund for the project. The letter said there was only $1,760 left in the fund and $7,300 was needed. The fund, used for miscellaneous items during construction, was originally set at $29,000, but Mr. Anderson said that was depleted by $17,000 because of the delay in awarding the contract. Council, in other business, approved severance to Raymond Dupee to close a lane between Rattenbury and Huron Streets and to Margaret Hale for a property on Pugh's Terrace, The first major project to raise funds for the Clinton Centennial next year were un- veiled last week. On June 29, 30 and July 1st of this year, , ;:,,the ways and means committee of the Clin- ton Centennial Committee are planning to have a giant three day antique auction and flea market in the Clinton arena, • .4:ViliOireria noel- will be-divided into stall's' for ',antique , dealers to offer their goods and a section at the north end of the area will be reserved for the Centennial committee to run the auction. The': committee said they hoped that a sizable sum of money necessary to finance the Centennial could be raised at the auc- tion and sale, enabling them to stage a Bakelaar of the Maitland Block, Lot 4 and suggested there be a written agreement signed on line fences. Building permits were issued Terry - Taylor, pole barn; and Torn Duizer, a house. At a Special meeting on March 27, Hullett council agreed ,to let Don Watson open up the village of Alma on his property And allow him to build houses on it. Hullett also agreed to open up parts of two streets in the village which exists only as a registered plan at present. Council also issued building permits to David Livingstone and Joe Gibson, subject to Hullett by-laws and Huron County Flooded Health Unit approval where applicable. A tile drainage loan was approved and Hallett set a 25 tent per head rate for the 18 0 d Warble fly spraying. tad to be around-020,000 and Clinton 'has Applied to the -Ontario Ministry of Trio, sportation and. Communication.* for n. 50;' Per pent subsidy on the project and, also on A $40,000 road maintenance budget. Council received a 15 name petition from residents of a gravel portion of Isaac Street asking council to oil their street this sum- mer rather than put calcium on it to keep down the dust, Public Works chairman Ernie Brown promised to talk with the residents and Wanted any other town residents who want oil instead of calcium on their street, Clin- Lions stage big night First Centennial project planned Kippen man acquitted of sex slaying After list Week's heavy rainfall, the Beyfiefd River oVerflOWid Mr blanks and fioOded hue, dreds of acres of NM, this picture, taken lust east of Clinton shoWs the effect Of the flooding. The elver is eXpedted to be near Oetfeet, However, for this rridey'e lifyliski Lioni denoe Rade Whidh will get underway at the Hully Gully at 11 CM. end finish at the baylisld Bridge. (Noors ,Record photo))