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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-06-06, Page 1fair Queen picked Cheryl Webster, (centre), 17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Webster of R.R. 1, Varna, was picked as Clinton's 1974 Queen of the Fair last Friday night. On her left is Margaret Van Dyke of R.R. 4, Seaforth, first runner-up, and Willy Blom of R.R, 2, Kippen, second runner-up. (News-Record photo) Bayfield discuss south dock The Huron-Middlesex Progressive Conservative Association last Thursday ac- claimed Robert McKinley, a Zurich area chicken farmer, as its candidate for the July 8 federal election. He has been a member of parliament for this riding since 1965. Mr. McKinley thanked his supporters in a speech before a large , audience at Saltford Valley Hall. There seemed to be no doubt among the people in that audience as to the Con- servative choice for a candidate in Huron-Middlesex. Most of them wore McKinley badges. Mr, McKinley maintained that the July 8 election is necessary. "You hear many Liberals saying these days that we're in an election the people • of Canada don't want," he said. To dispell this tuition he Produced a figure from an in- formal poll which concluded 60 to 80 per cent of Canada's population are in, favor of the election. On a local issue, farming, he deplored the governmertes at, tititcle towards implementing agricultural policies. Ministers of agriculture always have had difficulty getting needed legislation through parliament. The government has no ideas of its own for agricultural policies and takes Conservative suggestions he said. As an example, the Conservatives moved an amendment in the spring of 1972 which would have given more help to young farmers through the Farm Credit Corporation, The government just recently put forth similar legislation. "The instigators should do the administrating as well as suggesting policies," Mr. McKieley maintained. He suggested that although the government stopped American cattle from entering Canada and upsetting market prices, Canadian beef producers might want to export their eattle to the United States in the future, "We must get along with our neighbours but look after our own Maple at the same Hite," he said. Of the beef subsidy in- troduced by the government, he .said the price dropped. Neither the producers WV the coil• Thursday, June 6, 1974 109th Year .1V(). 23 MAY 28 67 37 29 64 42 30 70 46 31 74 49 JUNE 1 68 40 2 '13 38 '9 72 44 75 55 58 46 59 45 71 47 68 53 71 54 66 54 Rain 0" Rain .96" • 20 Cents Clinton, Ontario Clinton News-Record Weather 1974. 1973 Hi LO NI LC Tuckersmith okays major feed plant The residents of Vanastra will have their new swimming pool in the recreation area by July 10 or before. Council awarded the contract for the construction of the pool to True-Form Company of Clinton at a cost of $14,498. Three members of the Recreation and Community Centre Board were at the meeting to discuss the pool and other recreation projects at Vanastra. At the meeting were James Hill, Wilfred Schneider and James Broadfoot. BY J.F. Along with several hundred other Clin- ton and area residents, we were one .of those lucky enough to get up in the helicop- ter that was flying over Clinton during the Fair last weekend, and from the air, Clin- ton and the surrounding countryside is a real picture of beauty. Clinton is nearly a forest in some parts of the town when viewed from the air, and there are many spots in and around town that we never knew existed. Thanks to Rotaire Helicop- ters Ltd. of Orangeville for the free lift. Barry Irwin, who is a pump jockey at King's Shell Service in town told us the other day that he has the solution to set- tling all our problems: everyone should get a horse, then the world would be more stabilized! * * * Nola Lee, who heads Clinton's Oppor- tunities For Youth project, which gets urn derway later in June, informs us that registration for pre-school children who are to take part in the project will take place this coming Friday and Saturday, June 7th and 8th, at the arena between 10 a.m. and 12_noerr or between 1 p.m. and 4 pan. both days. • * * * According to CFPL TV, some Clinton and area residents will be featured on the "Act Fast" program on Channel 10 this Sunday night at 6:30 p.m. The Clinton Chapter of the Beta Sigma Phi are the stars of the program. , 4, 4, 4, For all those who asked, the "I am a sports booster in Clinton'` buttons are available from "Cracker" Collins, "Ruby" Fleischaiter or any nufinber of the Clinton Girls' Baseball teeth, The funds raised from the Sale of the buttons will be used to buy equipment for the Wain, Mr. Hill outlined the plans for the 20 by 60 foot addition' to be built to the com- munity centre (a former church). Andy VanAltena of Vanastra is to be retained at a fee of $1,000 to. carry out all the carpen- try work on the community centre addition and supervise the other work to be done. Mr. Hill said volunteers will be working on the project as well. Mr. Schneider said•that at the present time volunteers are busy constructing new picnic tables for the park in the recreation area, E.H. Uderstadt of Orangeville was ap- pointed to bring in a report on the (Douglas) Hugill drain. t"or construction work on the Hensel' Read tenders are to be advertised for sup- plying and delivering 13,000 yards of B gravel, 4,000 yards of fill, and 5,000 yards of A gravel. Mrs. June Martene, RR 3, Seaforth, of the Huron County Health Unit was at the meeting to explain the proposed Day Care Centre for Seaforth and area and to ask Tuckersmith to share the costs of operating the Centre. Mrs. Martene reported a survey of the area indicated a Day Care Centre is wan- ted and there is a need for one. She said it Couple married 50 years Mr„ and Mrs, ,John Rosenlund of Victoria Street in Clinton celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniversary last Saturday in Clinton with a reception at their home. It also marked the first time in 59 years, that the brothers and sisters Of Mrs. Rosenlund had all been together in the same Meets at the same time. (News' Record pbOtO) Bayfield plan receives County nod BY MILVENA ERICKSON At the regular council meeting Monday evening, Bayfield Council learned that the Official Plan for the'Village had been ap- proved by the County last Friday and had been forwarded to the ministry for its ap- proval. They also heard a letter read by the Clerk that the ministry of transportation and communications had approved a sup- plementary construction subsidy for work to be done on, Ann St., Victoria Place, Susan, Emma, Euphemia and Elizabeth Sts. They received a request from Carson- Elliott Marina for approval of a 30 foot water lot, and received a letter from a professor at the University of Guelph requesting the names of young persons for interviewers to obtain information on Huron County. Council also discussed at length the need for a by-law governing privately owned swimming pools and decided to obtain prices on drainage work before laying out the amount of work to be done. The reeve reported on his attendance at. a meeting on restructuring and cautioned council to give serious thought as to the ef- fect this could have on the smaller municipalities. Elmer Parker, auditor, addressed council and explained ,the audit fees. Council was satisfied to learn that they will remain the same as last year at $950, they also heard complaints of a neighbour's barking dog. The by-law enforcement officer, John Lind- say will check into this complaint. McKinley acclaimed by Conservatives 7,000 see 1974 Clinton Spring Fair The Junior Gardeners had the best Public school children'S float and Michael • Whalen had the best decoreted bicycle, The Fair waeefficially opened on Satur- day afternoon by Bob McKinley, Conser- vative MP for Huron-Middlesex in the last Parliament, Huron Warden Bill Elston, Clinton Mayor Don Symons and Fair president, Harold Lobb. ' Saturday afternoon and Sundae after , noon• saw a large home show take place and Saturday night, MC Vince Mentford and "the creanicheeze good-time band" provided entertainment. The Fair closed Sunday •night with a 'Woe Gospel Show featuring • the Hisey FamilY, the Master's , Trio, the hrystalaires, and Ted Ran*. have lived in Clinton since 1969. Mr. Rosenlund was , a cook in the tanadia'n Army for IT ways before his retirement in 1957. Both are in good health and Mrs. Rosenlund enjoys gardening around the house. They attend St. Paul's Anglican Church. They have three children, John of RR 2, Bayfield, William of Burlington and Edith (Mrs. Charles Burgess of RR 2, Bayfield) who own the Del-Mac Variety store in Clinton. There are ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild. United at the celebration last Saturday were Mrs. Rosenlund's three sisters, and two brothers, Elsie (Mrs. Smart) of Camp- bell River, B.C.; Violet (Mrs. Broughton-. West) Kingston; Lily (Mrs. Bowen) of Kan- sas City, Missouri; Jack Rayner of Van- couver, B.C.; and William Rayner of Surrey, B.C. is to be housed on the second floor of the Optimist building at present under cqn- struction with the Optimist Club charging $2,400 yearly rent. Reeve Elgin Thompson said it was his understanding that Kenneth Cardno, an Optimist member, had said there would be no rental charges when the Centre was discussed at an information meeting in Seaforth last week, because the Optimist building is being constructed at the Seaforth Redreation Park which is owned by the residents of Seaforth. (continued on page 3) A public meeting to discuss the south dock development in the Bayfield River at Bayfield River at Bayfield was well atten- ded last Saturday morning in the Old Town Hall. Reeve Oddleifson outlined the develop- ment and noted that five bids had previously been sent out to those who may have been interested in developing the south wall. Three responded and felt it should be developed, but did not put in a bid, with the exception of the Yacht Club. After much serious diecussion by Bayfield, it was deCided to lease the dock to the Yacht Club. Before any work could be done, several approvals from both the provincial and federal governments had to be obtained. The first was to obtain ap- proval for an interim waterlot from the ministry of natural resources, (provincial government) which was granted. Approval had to be obtained from the federal govern- ment for driving the piles Tenders also had to be called by the federal government for the leasing of the dock. Council felt that in order to control development of the harbour, they would lease the, dockage from the government bodies then in turn sub lease to the Yacht Club. Thomas Castle is to remain in his previous capacity as Warfinger, collecting revenues etc. • 50th anniversary unites family Devito a late Spring that hag many area farmers still scrambling to seed their crops, sunny skies and near-perfect temperatures combined last weekend for the 120th yer, ohm of the Clinton Spring Show and Trade Fair. Attendance and most exhibits, were up from last year, with nearly 7,00.0 atten- • ding the Fair. On opening Day, the first all-Ontario Spring Jersey Show was held at the Fair with 120 cattle from It herds competing for prizes, . Bell City Jerseys of Princeton had the grand champion cow and R.T. Sayles of Princeton had the reserve grand Champion. On Friday night, Cheryl Webster of RR 1, 'Varna was crowned Queen of the Fair by last year's Queen, Carole Weber, Margaret BY WILMA OKE ,Tuckersmith Township council issued a building permit, subject to final approval of the Ontario Municipal Board, to Maple Leaf Mills Limited, Toronto, to construct a 30,000 ton plant for the manufacturing of livestock and poultry feed. • George Sword, a representative of the firm who attended the council meeting Tuesday night, said it would be a grain receiving and a drying plant with 1,000- bushel capacity., Mr. Sword said fertilizer will be manufactured eventually and a retail store opened. In the beginning 10 to 15 em- ployees would be hired and as the plant ex- pands, about 50 people would be working in the plant. Stanley Deska of Toronto, project engineer' who was at the meeting, said the Plant will he completed for •the 1975 crop .and,CeeC. Hobson Limited eof Scarborough • will do the construction work. The plant will be built on a 38-acre plot of land on part Lot 26, concession 1, Huron Road Stir- vey in Tuckersmith, south of Highway 8, Van Dyke of RR 4, Seaforth and Willy Blom of RR 2, Kippen were - named run, ners-up. Also. Friday night, Mrs, Harold J., Walker, 72, Of Goderich and formerly of Clinton, was picked the Senior Citizens' Queen. Mrs, Walker, a registered nurse, is AM practising her profession. There were more than 400 exhibits irethe women's division, diSplayed by .74' exhibitors, 45 of whom entered for the first time. Mrs. Wes Heimpel of Wroxeter was the major winner, topping the crafts, knit, - ting and crocheting and needlework classes, Mrs. Fred Chapple of RR 4, Seaforth was top winner in the floral exhibits; Mrs, Elgin Nott of RR 4, Clinton was tops in • sewing; and Mrs. J.If , Johnston of Goderich collected the most points in the points in the domestic science division. Nancy Fisher of Clinton topped the junior Complete results of. all the ladies and livestock divisions can be foetid elsewhere in this paper. In the parade on Saturday, the Legion Ladies were named first in the" business and service club class, while the *Iron, view float was second, and the Fish .and Game float third. In the youth group class, the float with, - the Clinton Centennial Band on it was • picked first, followed by the Christian Reform Young People's float, and the Huron County Junior Farmers float. • Don Hart, a member of the Yacht Club, acted as their spokesman and explained that the development would be carried out in three stages as money became available to develop along the existing government wall. Plans are to build washrooms, drill a well, erect a pump-out station and reeerun hydro to each dockage space, This project must pay its own way. There will be no cost to the Village taxpayers. The lease from the government is for three years, so, in turn is fhe lease offered from the. Village to the Yacht Club but it is renewable. The ballpark figure for the overall development is in the neigh- bourhood of $25,000. These docks are available to the public or visiting boaters. Although the Yacht Club would welcome membership to speed development it is in no way compulsory for anyone to join in order to obtain space for dockage. There will be plenty of room for the public. When the full project is com- pleted it will be turned over to the Village at no cost. With the 'added number of people, the 'parking facilties were a concern to the residents in the area of the development and will have to be studied so that an or- derly and satisfactory solution can be found. taws, Eldon Woolliams, Con- servative MP from Calgary North, was guest speaker at the nomination meeting. Mr. Woolliams attacked government anti-inflation policies outlined in the 1974 budget. Opposition parties voted against it bringing the collapse of the government. "You can't promise to spend 20 per cent more money in 1974 and expect to stop the ever- spiralling inflationary trend, or blame all the inflation on out- side forces," he said. The increased government spending compares with a 15 per cent rise in the gross national product. "This increased growth of federal spending is the major cause of domestic inflation," he and Finance Minister John Turner have no answers to the question of curbing inflation. Every economist, in his opinion, agrees that the first move towards solving the problem is to reduce govern. Mont spending. ,Part of government spending, —0- (coffilMted OA pie 3) about .four miles east of Clinton, • and it was the first time in 59 years that Mrs. Rosenlund had all three sisters and two brothers in the same place at the same time since 1915. The couple were married in New York on June 1, 1924. She is the former Daisy L. Rayner, a daughter of the late John and Esther Rayner, and she was born in England. She and her family came to Canada in 1905. Mr. Rosenlund was born in Leikanger Sogn, Norway, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lasse Rosenlund. fie came to Canada in 1926. The couple were married in New York City and a few years later, returned It' took a 50th Wedding Anniversary to to Canada. They lived in Kingston for *30 bring a• family together last weekend in years, then to London" for 2 years, and Clinton for e firsttime-in , ears. • Mr. and Mrs. John Rosenlund of 217 -gin El ' Thompson elected Victoria Street in Clinton celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last Saturday to_ conservation post BY WiLMA OKE Elgin Thompson of RR 3, Kippen, was elected chairman of Zone 6 of Coeservation Authorities of Ontario at the annual meeting in Newmarket Monday. He suc- ceeds Allan McLean of Barrie. Mr. Thompson is chairman of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority. Miss Vickie Barron of Nattawasaga Con- servation Authority was named secretary. Zone 6 is comprised of an area extending from Newmarket on the east, Owen Sound on the north, London Township on the south and Lake Huron on the west. sumers benefitted from it. Mr. McKinley said the schedule during the last 18 months of parliament has been hectic. Members were forced to miss Easter recess to continue with the nation's business, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau took his Easter vacation regardless, Mr. McKinley noted. The Progressive Conser- vatives under Robert Stanfield have been an organized op, position to the prime minister and his government, he said. They have supported legislation when it Was deemed necessary for the good of Canada. He said a Progressive, Conservative government would give more attention to agriculture, so important to the maintained. Huron-Middlesex Riding. Re claimed that Mr.Trudeau The name Huron-Middlesex, came as a result of a private member's bill, introduced by Mr. McKinley. The riding was formerly called Huron. As his speech ended, „McKinley said he would do his utmost to continue his work for the riding. One of his colleagues in Ot.•