Village Squire, 1974-06, Page 4Gordon Duern and his life study of a potter painted in oils.
GORDON DUE RN
The quiet artist
who excited Clinton
2, VILLAGE SQUIRE/MAY 1974
BY MURIEL TROTT
Gordon Duern hardly looks like the kind of
man who's stirring things up in Clinton. But
he is.
Duern is a quiet, artistic man, not exactly
the kind of man who whips a community into
enthusiasm. But he has created more
excitment in Clinton these days than anyone
in a long time.
Like most towns, Clinton which prides itself
as the Hub of Huron County" is pretty quiet
when it comes to politics. A "big" council
meeting is one when three people are in
attendance.
The May meeting of council, however,
attracted some 30 -people, all because of the
proposal by Duern.
Clinton, faced with having to either restore
its old town hall or build a new one was
presented with a plan by Duern to have the
best of two worlds, a new town hall that
looked like an old building...indeed one that
even used the old brick from the former
building.
But the plan went even further than that.
He proposed restoring the whole main street
of the town to it's old time splendour. What's
more, Duern who moved to Clinton to enjoy