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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1974-10-31, Page 1Clinton, Ontario 25 cents Wegher 1974 19'73 N i LO HI LO OCTOBER 22 51 33 64 32 23 57 36 67 38 24' 59 31 69 38 25 55 38 71 50 26 56 29 ,66 48 27 60 30 53 44 28 66 35 46 40 Rainfall .26" Rainfall .30" Thursday, October 31, 1974 109th Year - No. 44 Nominations open next week Local group wants ratepayers meeting No fishy storgi here Jack Sturgeon can't' be accused of telling a fisherman's story about these cohoe salmon he caught last week in the Bayfield River. at Rainbow Valley Camp. The largest on the string here, held by his wife Evelyn, weighed 271P pounds. Joe Koene of Bayfield holds the record however, with a 31 pound catch. (photo by Milvena Erickson.) Fortune heads Huon Fed. Various municipalities in the area have been and are announcing the holding of their • nomination proceedings and election dates. Town Clerk C.C, Procter announced today that Clinton's nominations will be held during the period Thursday, Novem- ber 7 to Tuesday, November 12. They may be submitted on the proper forms to the Municipal Office in the Town Hall between the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the days on which the office is open. An official advertisement regarding the matter is published elsewhere in this issue. Actual voting in the election will take place for the advance poll on Saturday, November 23, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m„ in the Council Chamber; and for the election polls throughout town. It. is understood that a ldcal non-political service organization is considering spon- soring a ratepayers' meeting abbut Thur- sday, November 21, in order to give the candidates an opportunity to air their views and discuss the business of the town with the residents. This is a practice followed in many other municipalities in Ontario, with excellent results. Town Clerk Proctor informed THE NEWS RECORD that there is no provision in Clinton that such a meeting should or not be held by the municipality but it had not been the established practice in recent years. The company that bought the former CFB Clinton two years ago and subsequen-. tly turned it into. Vanastra, has purchased another Base, FoYmount, a former Pinetree defence installation in Renfrew County, near Ottawa, The company, 260303 Holdings Limited of Kitchener, paid $351,000 for the 570 acre Foymount site. 260303 is owned by John Van Gastel of Cambridge and Fred J. Ginn of Waterloo and they bought the for- mer CFB Clinton in January 1972 " for $458,000. Both bases were sold by Crown Assets Disposal Corporation which handleS such transactions for the Federal government. Mr, Ginn said in an interview last week that Foymount has accommodation for nine or 10 industries, has 59 apartment units and 60 houses plus a lot of room for expansion. He said the area is located in the middle of a ski resort. Mr. Ginn said his company was so pleased with the development of Vanastra that they decided to bid on the Foymount Base. Vanastra is a 258 acre site, two miles south of Clinton, with 217 housing units which were sold off by the developer. There are eight or nine industries at Vanastra . By Jim Fitzgerald Well, like it or hot, we're back in good , old Clinton after a two week visit to the United Kingdom, and right off the bat I must say it's sure nice to he back in Huron County. One doesn't know just how lucky we are to live in this part of Canada until a trip to another country opens your eyes. Even though we have a myriad of com- plaints, Canada, and especially Huron County, is one of the best places in the world to live, Even though Lois and I have been back hree days, the jet lag is still playing havoc ith our metabolism. Skipping across five me zones in a few hours is a tough thing o adjust to. But more on our very en- oyable trip in a later column. * * * Many thanks to Dick Atkey of Clinton ho held the fort down while we were way, He did an admirable job. Goes to how you that once a reporter, always 0, eporter, no matter how 'many years away ona the printer ink, )1( The planned distribution of the Christ- as cards, depicting scenes in Clinton, will delayed until next Tuesday night, (Wernher 5th. The cards, a dozen to the ack; are 'being sold by the 'Guides and angers for the Clinton Centennial Coth- ittee. Agnes Moon did the beautiful sket. hes, six different ones, for the (Ards, The next, regular meeting of Town Council is scheduled for Monday, Novem- ber 11, but likely ,will be deferred one day• until Tuesday, November 12, on account of Reni6mbrance Day falling on the Monday. Recently, the Thanksgiving Day meeting on October. 14, was held over one day until Oc- tober 15. .The present members of Town Council did not declare their intentions at the last meeting, and it will.be too late to do so at the next regular meeting. THE NEWS RECORD will attempt to ascertain this in- Plans are progressing for the celebration of Clinton's Centennial to be held July 25- August 4, 1975, Don Kay, programme chairman, reported at the October meeting of Clinton Centennial Committee held in the Town Council Chamber, Town Hall, with 15 persons in attendance. Mr. Kay mentioned some changes in the schedule but came up with the following details: Friday, July 25-Registration Commen- ces; R.G.I. Night, with Joseph Murphy and committee in charge. (Monday, July 28-Golf Tournament for men; Mystery Tour for ladies. Wednesday, plus the Huron campus of Conestoga College. There are also plans to convert the former, officers! quarters into apartment units. According to a story in the Eganville Leader, the weekly newspaper in the area, a bid of $1.5 million by an Ottawa firm was turned down by Crown Assets, and the company has asked for an order-in-council to stop the sale to 260303. In an interview in the Leader, Mr. Van Gastel said that he and Mr. Ginn would be moving into, the area around Foymount. "It's a large project and it needs a lot of planning," he said. "We have been in the developing business a long time and we know what we are doing." formation as soon as possible. Results of the last vote held December 4, 1972, were as follows: Mayor; Don Symons 690; Russell Archer 313; Reeve: Harold Lobb (accl.) Deputy. Reeve; Frank Cook 680; William Crawford 329; Councillors: Donald Hall, Ernest Brown, John McFarlane (three' above by acclamation); Public Utilities Commission: Charles Brown,' John, Wise, Antoine Garon, H,E. Hartley (all by acclamation), In a subsequent by-election on December 18 for three unfilled Council seats, results July 30-No fireworks display, as committee felt such an event unnecessary. , Thursday, July 31-Suggestions: Car- nival and Entertainment Night; visit from Scottish Band which will be in Toronto. „ Saturday, Aug. 2-"Back-to-School" in- stead of Aug. 1 as planned originally. • Monday, Aug. 4-Bingo Night. The chairman stated • that further suggestions arising from a meeting of the programme committee included: Organize a food committee; arrange with church organizations to help with meals for both weekends; midway for the entire week; fur- ther participation by the church choirs in the programme schedule. Organization of church services in the programme is under way. Ben Bridges and his committee reported sending out 'invitations to the following bands: CFB. London; Ipperwash Cadet; RCMP; Forest Excelsior; Mitchel- Town; Zurich Centennial; and Goderich Lakeside. Due to prior 'cnnatnitmetits, ,the RCM? Band will be unable to come. Rolston Steep asked that a time -be,,,Set for erection of signs at the entrance` to town. It was suggested that they be placed before Christmas. Bumper stickers and change Purses are available from Bob Mann. Mrs. Amsing asked if any decision had been made on sharing profits of the farewell brunch or any other event held by the organization. Other matters mentioned included the handling of alcoholic beverages, controlling traffic and general law and order. Mrs.' 'Dorothy Frey reported that $200 of the $1,000 profit from the Arts and Crafts Show was realized by the Dutch citizens' were; Mrs. Ruth E, Roy 434; Roy Wheeler 357; W.J. Stauttener 223; Terry Maguire 156; Norman H. LaCroix 151. Only 23 per cent voted,' During the past week, the usual pre- election rumours have been swirling around regarding possible candidates. Some of these include former Reeve Duff Thompson, now retired, for Reeve; Terry Maguire and Mrs. Helen Tench, who has been in the limelight of late on account of a constable's firing, for Councillors. , group, and $70 from the Rebekahs. She ex- pressed gratitude in behalf of the commit- tee for all help given. Mesdames Dorothy Frey, Ruth Roy, Shirley Kay and B. MacDonald comprise a committee to discuss the "Centennial Queen" contest. John Anstett ,Jr. stated that Sports Association Canadian is interested in holding a car rally in this area, through Don Leonard, Woodstock, representative, who will be invited to speak at a general meeting of the Centennial Committee, A house decorating contest was suggested, Don Kay mentioned that the decorating committee could look into the possibility of holding a contest with separate priZes for residential and business. Clinton Christian Reform Church is planning to install chimes as its centennial project, it was reported. • Balance in the tre4sury was stated to be $1,72'3' with one outstanding bill for $41'for BY MILVENA ERICKSON The Bayfield Yacht Club held their an- nual Awards Banquet Saturday evening in the Community Centre. Following a cocktail hour, a very delicious smorgasbord dinner convened by Mrs. Ted Davies and Mrs. Ron Morgan was enjoyed by 125 members and guests. Commodore Dutch Hall-Holland in- troduced the head table and Jim Quick assisted by Mrs. Ed Oddleifson presented the season sailing and cruising awards and pennants. Mark Goldie then showed movies of the Canada Trust race last summer and took the guests on a picturesque arm chair sail from the Bayfield Harbour to Miller Lake area, through storms and rough weather to a view of the glorious sunset over Lake BY WILMA OKE In order to develop methods for con- trolling rabies. in Ontario wildlife the ministry of natural resources is continuing a pilot program again this fall which was first initiated in 1972 to• test a new type of bait material on wild foxes. At a news conference Thursday at the Willett Wildlife' Park located two miles east of Clinton a team from the Fish and Wildlife Research Branch at Maple demonstrated the method used to place the bait. The new baits consist of a small chunk of qi sugar-gelatin-like mixture inside a small plastic bag. Dave Johnston of Maple said the baits also contain a small amount of a biological marking agent called tetracycline. This is an antibiotic commonly used in human and veterinary medicine for - controlling bac- terial infections and is' not harmful to animals or humans. Mr. Johnston said when the tetracycline is eaten, it enters the circulation and is deposited in the bones and teeth of animals. When these tissues are examined under ultraviolet light, they fluoresce a golden yellow colour which means the animal has eaten a bait, Mr. JOanston said starting at the end of October about '25 experienced trappers will place 20,000 bait packets in areas inhabited by foxes in selected parts of the counties of Huron, Lambton, Bruce, Grey and Perth, Dennis Voight, a Maple biologist used a, young fox not quite a year old to show the visitors just how the bait will be picked tip by the wild animals in the countryside. Peenrnie, the fox was attracted to the bait set out in a field hy a substance oiled pheromones applied to the plastic bag, This substance is attractive to several other wild carnivores besides the fox such as skunks, With close to 200 in attendance, Huron County Federation of Agriculture held its annual banquet and meeting in Ontario St. United. Church Hall, Clinton, Thursday evening last. Donald Pullen, Huron agrep, conducted election. Douglas Fortune, R.R. 1, Wingham, Tur- nberry dairy farmer, was re-elected president by acclamation, together with Adrian Vim, Blyth, East Wawanosh Town- ship, as first vice-president, and Vincent Austin, R.R. 1, Dungannon, Ashfield Township, as second vice-president. Three new directors-at-large also were elected from the floor by secret ballot: Douglas Cameron, R.R. 7, Lucknow, Ash- field Township; Howard Armstrong, R.R. 1, Zurich, Stanley Township; and Albert Erb, R.R. 2, Zurich, Hay Township. There were two other candidates. Scrutineers .,were: Russell Arcinpi 4,,cliim,,, Huron. Dutch Hall-Holland then showed coloured slides of his recent voyage across the Atlantic Ocean from Plymouth Han: bour in England to New York Harbour: Mr. Flail-Holland had accompanied John Wellman in a 30 foot sail boat. He showed breathtaking shots of 70 foot rollers during their three day encounter in a hurricane and also had close up pictures of two playful dolphins, a few birds and six shales who followed them for several ' miles spouting and diving in under the boat. A special thanks went to these two gen- tlemen for sharing their beautiful slides • and movies and their exceptionally good commentary. It was a' most enjoyable evening which concluded with a dance with music supplied by a disc-jockey. raccoons and coyotes, all animals, subject to rabies. Each packet has a tiny radio transmitter attached to it run by mercury batteries which helps the research team locate them by means of an aerial if carried off by the animal, Mr. Johnston said that,-about 50 ex- perienced trappers have agreed to give the heads of foxes they trap to the research team, By examining a number of foxes from the baited areas it will be possible to determine from examining the teeth the number of animals which have eaten the baits. Last year's test program showed 16 per cent of the animals recovered from the test areas had eaten baits (10,000 packets were distributed last year). Dr. Charles MacInnes, the biologist who is supervisor of the Wildlife Section at Maple, said these experimental baits will eventually be replaced by oral rabies vac- cine when safety tests are completed on the How well do you 'know your area trier- chants? You'll have a chance to win one or more prizes to he awarded to News.Record readers. A series of photographs of local business owners (or a member of their staff) will be published in six issues of the News,Record starting next week. "Spot the merchants is a fun contest for the entire family and by patronizing the contest advertisers, you will receive entry forms which is all you need to enter and there is NO LIMIt to the number 'of prizes a reader May win 'including the Big Grand Prize of "$100 (in merchandise cheques). Some of the dependable area firms co. sponsoring the- contest are: Clinton Electric Vandereyk, Perth County. Mrs. Audrey Stanley, R.R. 5, Clinton, who took office September 1, will continue as secretary-treasurer, an appointive office. The balance of the new County directors will be selected at the next directors' meeting on November 14. Douglas Fortune presided and welcomed all present. Vincent Austin introduced those at the head table, "The past year has been one of change and progress in Huron County Federation of Agriculture," Mr. Fortune pointed out. "Our membership has increased from about 1,500 last year to almost 2,200 this year, thanks to the work of our fieldman Bill Crawford, and Vince Austin and the many farmers, who gave some of their time to help sell memberships. "Partly, due. to our. Increase in member-, ship, and partly due to 'the need of Clinton Community Credit Union for our office space in their building, we moved our office to more spacious quarters in the Bank of Montreal building at Vanastra in April, With the increased room, we can now use the office as a drop off point for the On- tario Farm Machinery Agency." Bill Crawford, fieldman for the Huron Federation, reported' that paid members now number 2,158, making Huron the largest Federation in the Province. A total of 807 had been signed up last winter. Many problems arise from time to time but are dealt with as they emerge, he said, "Field service to members has expanded with the increase in membership," he stated, Mr. Crawford pointed 'out that 70 per cent of new members are in the "automatic check-off" category while 30 per cent have to be renewed each year. "We're trying for 2,500 members this year," said Mr. Crawford„"I appeal for the (continued on page 5) amount and strength to put in the baits to immunize the animals but riot harm them, Dr. Maclnnes said southern Ontario) and surrounding areas to the east along the St. Lawrence River and south into New England States have the highest incidence of rabies not only in North America hut the world. Dr. William Thompson of Seaforth, in charge of the Huron County office of federal Health of Animals Branch of Department of Agriculture, said that so far this year he has had only a few definite cases of rabies which is down considerably from other years. He said rabies goes in cycles and perhaps this winter we'll be right up there in the high incidence peaks. Dr. Thompson said he had just bei been informed by the Ottawa laboratory that the head of a fox from the Wingham area sent in a few days ago was rabid. Mr. ,Johnston told the doctor that was'an (continued on page 5 — Ball and Mutch — Counter Building Supplies — Bartliff's Restaurant and Bakery — McPherson's Garage — Fee Grocery — Delmac Variety — Ray and Shirt's Grocery — Carroll's Garden Centre. --Base Factory Outlet. * Macaulay Custard Cup Restaurant — Johnson Electric — Holland Shoes — Shirai Dept. Stores * Aiken's Luggage and Sports Beattie Purniture — Newcombe Pharmacy — Mary's Sewing Centre — B & M Spar,. ting Goods, Look for the "Spot the Merchants'' Con- test signs in the windows. Read the ads and patronize these area businesses, Winners names will ,be published weekly in the -Clinton News.Record, Vanastra developers buy another base in Ontario A foxy . friend Dennis Voight, a biologist with the ministry of natural resources holds Peemore, a young fox, who took part in a baiting demonstration at the Hullett Wildlife area lest Thursday. The ministry it trying to set up a baiting program that would eventually lead to rabies vaccine control program for wild animals, (phOto •by Wilma Oke) Scottish band may visit Centennial freight on; arry o ns on, ruce oun t B JhtB C tj'h y; o n Yacht club ends season Animal baiting scheme demonstrated "Spot the merchants" contest