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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-10-03, Page 1Rain 0" Rain 1,39" Weather SEPT, 1974 HI LO. 1973 HI k,I) 24 61 05 65 43 25 60 41 74 ' 47. 26 74 38, 8Q 62 •• 27. 73' 00 75. 59 28 73 59 69. 50 29 65 46 68 48 30 51 • 42 66 36 Clinton, .Ontorio V..4.•,•12Er • .41giza:c five generations meet A happy oocasion occurred this week in Clinton when five generations of William Pitkett farrlily Were united for the first time at Clinton HoSpital, where Mr. Pickett is a patient, back row are Gordon Murray of Hull, P.O„ a grandson, and Brenda Lee Auger, a great-granddaughter, Front 'row are Wt. Jim Murray of Varna, Mr, Pickett's daughter, and On Mrs, fvfurrey's knee is eight-rtionth ,old Tanya Auger, Mr. Plckett's great-greatrenddaughter, (Newa,-Flecaard photo) Heat is ofioehool closed Thursday, October 3, 1974 Reward offered 109th Year L No. 40 About 600 :pupils at Clinton, School got an unexpected holiday this week, because. the school is without heat, and with the nighttime temperatures in The low 30s, the ,tichtioVia cold, A new boiler and chimney flue being in :stalled at the school weren't ready for use when an unexpected cold enap hit the area, and the children have been told to stay at home. The children missed Tuesday and Wed- nesday afternoon, and Thursday afternoon of last week, and will likely miss all of this week.... John Cochrane, director of education for Huron County, said the ,situation was -Caused by a ,parts shortage because several. manufacturers- who produce parts for the .new boiler have .been on strike and the local contractor, Fred McGregor of - 0)140,001d hasn't boon able to complete his work, • The new gas boiler was tendered for last spring, Mr. Cochrane said and the heard , Was assured., it woald, be installed by the ,start of the 1974 fall heating season, The boiler replaces an old boiler that was con•. verted to gas from coal three years ago. The teachers at the school decided to use up one. of their professional development days and studied in a cold school all day Tuesday, Vandals burn Constable's cap- The private car of Clinton Constable Wayne McFadden, was stolen early last Sunday Morning frinn in front of the Town Hall and was found an hour later burning on the north end of the Clinton Racetrack. — The 1970 Chrysler, worth $2,300 was completely gutted. The attack on Constable McFadden's car was the fourth such incidence against Clin- ton policemen this year. The police station has also been broken into twice in the last nine months, end three police revolvers have been stolen and never recovered. A group of Clinton citizens, who wished to remain anonymous have offered a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the vandals responsible for the incident, and already nearly $800 has been pledged. Any other citizen wishing to pledge money is asked to phone 482-3435 with their pledges. Any amount is suitable. Clinton Mayor Don Symons said Tuesday night that council will hold' a meeting on the situation and said "I hope council will also add to the reward." Mayor Symons said the incident is ie reflection of• a permissive society of today that is perpetuated in the lenient attitude of the courts, "right from the attorney- general's department dowri." Several other Clinton citizens also ex- pressed the thought that a vigilante com- mittee should be set up to patrol the town, but the News-Record wasn't able to verify the actual existence of' such a force. Last Sunday morning's incident started about 4:15 a.m. when Constable McFadden was called out of town to assist the,Ontario December, the door was smashed in and Constable Clarence Perdoe's revolver was stolen. Again in August, the police station was entered, and the revolvers of Chief • Lloyd Westlake and Constable McFad,den were stolen. It has been a rough week for the Clinton ,Police Department. Besides the vandalism incident, the police department is without two .officers, Last Friday, the Police Committee dismissed Constable Don McDonnell from, the department, saying only that it was for personal reasons. Constable Clarence Per- due is also off sick, being confined to Clin- ton Hospital. And to top it off, they have been swar- med in the last several days by throngs of newsmen and photographers from most of the major newspapers and television net- works in Ontario. an incident in Clinton last Sunday morning when vandals stole a private car belonging to Clinton, Constable Wayne McFadden. The car was found an hour later gutted by fire at the Clinton Race Track. It was the fourth such incident of vandalism against the Clinton police department this sum- mer. Mr. Gaunt said hea will make the request of the government when the, Legislature reconvenes later this month. Dr. warns of health report gutted early last Sunday morning when it was stolen from in front of the Town Hall and set on fire at the Clinton racetrack. Damage to the car was about $2,300 and the car is a complete write-off. Huron-Bruce MPP Murray Gaunt has called for an inquiry into the justice system of Huron County. (News-Record photo) Tuckersmit -may vote on plebiscite • • BY WILMA OKF Almost 2000 Tuckersmith Township Residents may have a vote on a liqUor plebiscite in the municipal elections on December 2nd. Rod Doig, of the Seaforth Golf and Country Club, and. Fred Ginn of Vanastra appeared before council Tuesday, night with a petition for a liquor vote in the unicipal election. Mr. Ginn was to take the petition to oronto on Wednesday, seeking approval f the Liquor plebescite from the Ontario iquor Control Board. The plebiscite will ask for a ruling on ur liquor issues: Government stores for e sale of liquor; sale of beer and, wine nly, under a diningroom licence for the onsumption (with meals); sale of liquor nder a dining room licence (with meals) ad the sale of liquor under a lounge cence. An Egmondville resident was told by uncil that it would cost over $800 to have water line laid to his new house which is nder construction at this time in the mlet, This price includes the installation eta into the house, Jim Etue had expected to pay only the stallation cost of $200 and was under the pression that the Egmondville Water tern owned by the Township would lay e necessary pipe line to his property. Reeve Elgin Thompson sympathized ith him but said it would not be fair to k the other patrons of the system to pay r the pipeline. He was told that several her Egmondville residents were refused ter because it would cost the Township much money to bring the water line g distances to their 'residences and an eption could not be made in his case. e was told these ratepayers either ght water from a neighbour with a well o would be willing to supply thein or lied their own wells, or paid the con- BY J.F. he Clinton Centennial Committee will distributing Centennial bumper stickers change purses later this week, and they be oh sale at various outlets in mown. * * he show fell the other night and ough the snoWthobilers will be happy uch an early winter, the farmers aren't. as been the coldest September in the t 15 years, and combined with a late ng and a dry summer, it has Made for a er poor corn crop in ,'some areas. * * a very heartening to see that the Kinsmen are financially backing the motion of a Cub pack in town, and once in the young lads Will have some outlet their youthful steam. Provincial Police investigate a motor, vehicle accident. When he returned to patrol town, Constable McFadden discovered his car burning on the Clinton racetrack, about 4:45. He called the Clinton Firemen, who quickly extinguished what was left of the policeman's car. The incident was the third against Con- stable McFadden. Last June, vandals smashed out the windshield of his car when it was parked in front of the Town Hall. On July 7, vandals broke 13 windows at Constable. McFadden's private home at Vanastra, On August 28, vandals broke the front and rear windows out of the private car of former Clinton, Constable Don McDonnell while he was on duty. The police station has also been broken into twice in the last nine months. Last Huron-Bruce Member of the Ontario Legislature, Murray Gaunt said on Wed- nesdaylhat he will ask the Ontario Gover- nment to launch an inquiry into the justice system in Huron County. The request for the inquiry comes after police chiefs in Clinton, Goderich and Seaforth.:Complained this week that the court, is too lenient and the court system is too slow. The chiefs' complaints were sparked by 'Struction costs. Walter Palmer, manager of Clinton Area of Ontario Hydro, presented a map to council of the lay-out for street lighting at Vanastra at the present time and the proposed street lighting to update the BY WILMA OKE ' Dr. Paul L. Brady, a Senile-d general practitioner, told 161 delegates to the an- nual Fall Conference of District 2, Hospital Auxiliaries of Ontario held in Seaforth Monday that he is alatmed by proposals in the controversial Mustard report on health 4are servicest:, ',1!rip*OC4he'lprincipalc,1_e„porninendations,, in this report is . that the provihce be divided; into nine district health councils. These "'would' be further sub=divided into district health areas and to me it is rather alarming to read of the powers suggested for this chain of command", Dr, Brady said, He criticized the proposals which would give a district health council authority for health care service planning, but not responsibility to authorize expenditures. "To me this dichotomy between authority and responsibility is potentially disastrous." Dr. Brady said that the proposal would wipe out the Ontario Hospital Association and the local hospital boards as the district health council would perform the functions of these boards. He said, "It is easy to forecast the demise of the small community hospital. With nearest hospital facilities 20 to 40 miles away, you will soon find an exodus of family physicians from all communities to be replaced by community centers staffed by one or two doctors who will be too busy co-ordinating and directing the para- medical personnel to supply much in- dividual attention to the patients. It will be indeed a reversal of the role which the College of Family Physicians of Canada has striven to, establish over the last 20 years. I find it very alarming." Dr. Brady said that "unless we of the medical profession and you the consumers of medical service can approach the Gover- nment with a clear voice and logical arguments this proposed scheme is going to be rammed down our throats. Already county councils across the province have rejected, in no uncertain terms, the suggestion of large district health councils embracing ridiculously unwieldy areas. The medical profession, through the On- Clinton records first snowfall Winter has come early to Clinton this year, as one-half an inch of snow fell over- night Tuesday night October 1, and tem- peratures dipped into the high 20a in some locations. The snow followed three days of heavy rain that broke a three month drought. It was expected that heavy frosts on Wednesday night (Oct. 2) would finish off what's left of the corn crop that Was hard hit by a frost last week. As for the white bean crop, Don Pullen, agricultural representative for Huron County, said on Wednesday that only 20 percent remained to harvest and the frost wouldn't likely hurt them. Mr. Pullen also said that some of the corn crop that was intendeOfor grain will only be suitable for silage, but with the peer prices being paid for fed beef cattle, and the lack of suitable feeding facilities, many Huron farmers may end up plowing the corn into the ground. tario Medical Association is preparing representktion to Government." Dr. Brady 'suggested that auxiliary mem- bers "organize and present their views on the Mustard report to the government before it is too late." He also spoke about the comeback of the family doctor who only a few years ago seemed destined to disappear forever, atir8A4e(1 tiW 1:954 medical school on the continent a depart- ment of family medicine, no hospital with a teaching centre with family medicine department and few, if Any, general prac- titioners on staff of any teaching hospitals in Canada or the U.S. Today, however, he said family physicians are an integral part of every 'hospital staff in Canada "with a voice equal to the specialists." Mrs. Beecher Menzies of Clinton presided over the daylbng conference and gave a detailed report of the district. She said there were 6,307 members in the 20 auxiliaries in the district which stretches from Cambridge to Goderich and from Mount Forest to Tillsonburg. These members raised $167,143 of which $5,700 was spent in bursaries and other education funding and $145,122 on Paper price Effective with this issue, the Clinton News-Record will be increased to 25 cents a single issue from 20 cents, and a subscrip- tion in Canada will be increased to $10 from $8.50, A subscription outside Canada Will cost $11.50. News-Record manager J. Howard Aitken said that inflation and skyrocketing costs made the price rise necessary. "Nearly every facet of our business is Community college teachers across On- tario are preparing for "militant actions" next Tuesday to back up demands for a contract settlement with the Ontario gover- nment, But the mood at the Clinton Center of Conestoga College of Applied ArtS and Technology is reluctance to jeopardize students. "We don't want to go to extremes," Jane Rolston, teacher spokesman there said early this week, Teachers generally feel that a strike, illegal for them in Ontario, would not be wise but they plan meeting this week to discuss possible actions in support of im- pending province-wide protests at com- munity colleges, she said. The Clinton Center is small and a strike would harm students and teachers. Students , would lose in education and teachers would lose public support, she said, ' A source on the executive committee of the Conestoga teachers' association said that the committee would meet Friday to decide on precise actions teachers should take to back up their demands. He suggested that a strike would not happen although last week a member of the teachers' negotiating team said teachers Were prepared to take such action, The source said teacl.P... would probably stage work slow-downs, ihey would arrive at colleges hut would not teach or they hospital equipment. The morning sessions dealt with the various aspects of public relations, programming and publicity discussed by Mrs. M.L. Stewart, director of public relations for Hospital Auxiliaries Association of Ontario and the editor of the "Volunteer"; Mrs. M.J. Smith, treasurer, O Kitchener-Waterloo, ,Hospital; acid f; .Susan Whjtet,,,geaferith, assistant editor iiiron't'iiiiolitn;*and the liOnssels Post. Mrs. Stewart told the delegates to remember that "public relations is per- sonal" and that they should not be left to the experts but be the responsibility of every member of the Auxiliary. Mrs. Smith spoke on programming, giving suggestions on' skits, special speakers, panels. Mrs. White said that publicity is only a tool -- a tool that helps you get public sup- port, the support without which no hospital auxiliary would last She outlined what to put in a • newspaper story and what to omit. Mrs. White suggested that the press reporter for the auxiliary get in touch with the newspaper, whether weekly or daily, to ascertain how they preferred the story writ- continued on page 15 increased costing us more this year than ever before, Everything from ink to labour costs have gone up and we can't afford to absorb these increases any longer," he said. He said that even at 25 cents, the paper was still a bargain, considering the TV Signal is included free every week with the paper. Advertising rates and classified rates have also been increased slightly. would call in sick, he said. Teachers at community colleges have worked without a contract since Septem- ber, 1973. The latest government offer satisfies salary demands the source said, but working condition guarantees for teachers have not been settled yet. Teachers are asking for reasonable guarantees of continuing employment. They want salaries and benefits for librarians and councillors to match those be teachers. Bomb scare clears CHSS A bomb scare at Central Huron Secon, dary School in Clinton on Tuesday after- noon cleared the school of nearly 1,000 students• and staff, but police and school of ficials found no bomb. The threat was phoned in. A few minutes later, another prankster pulled the fire alarm and the school was again evacuated, Last Monday night, a telephone miler told the Korner Recreation on Isaac Street that there was a bomb planted Inside, No bomb was found, system. He said there were several poles on private property. He asked Council to go to Vanastra ,to check out the poles and decide which of them should be removed. Council was continued on page 15 • • P wants tnqutry: . Car totellg burned The private car of Clinton Constable Wayne McFadden was f • Teachers don't want strike