Clinton News-Record, 1975-05-15, Page 14,
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,$ta Towns1ip but Z rich developer
Antho ► Penomme still hopes to put, h s
propgsal for a s> bdivision through Stanley
Connell for approval , and predicts the
building ban will be lifted within a year to
1$ months.
A possible sale of his land, located along
Lake Huron, south of Bayfield fell through,
Denotnme said, when the buyer learned of
council's ban of cottage development. He
plans to retain, the land until the ban -(under
Huron County's land use plan), is lifted;
"once the available lots designated for
cottage development have all been sold."
LaSt month Stanley, Township Council
rejected subdivision plans brought forward
by Penomme and London realtor, Wilf
lr' Webb on the grounds that the Township
had enough cottages, and that further
attempts at taking good agricultural land
out of production should be closely
examined.
Webb had It sympathy for council's.
-desire • to presbrve good farmland, and
claimed' he haai lundergone great expense
0, ($8,0Q0), in hiring planners and soil experts
' on the understanding that coubcil would
approve of the proposed subdivision.
However, Township Reeve; Anson
McKinley, said council had only ten-
tatively approved a small portion of
Webb's plan for cottage development.
"He- (Webb), proposes to build a good
farmland. There's a gully running through
pr
working the'lin
said. "Council wants '"a pian where the
people of the township have lots more to
say In how their land is put to use""
Webb had said that seven of his 70 acres.
lacked ,topsoil, were poorly drained and
broken up by a deep ravine.
Webb, who is .a partner in Lakeshore
Development of London, threatened to take
the ban up with the Ontario Municipal
Board but at press time was unavailable
for comment as to how serious he was
about lodging a complaint with the 0M13.
Warden McKinley said he felt sure that
the county's'plan would prevent Webb
from developing his property, but added,
that council would pass a zone bylaw as a
"safety :n easure" until an ammendment
could 'be made to the county plan; He said
the rejection ..of the two subdivision
-proposals did not mean all future cottage
development was being prohibited.
Director of the Huron County Planning
Board, Gary Davidson, said in an in-
terview Tuesday that he had received
applications for an ammendment to the
county ` plan from Stanley council and
Webb.
"As I understand it, Stanley Council
wants an ammendment to the county plan
which would control development in the
county as a whole,"' he said. At present,
each municipality .does a secondary land
use plan of its own.
Webb's ammendment to the county plan
' o t for"`` d eth'11te 1n June.
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"It comes down to a question of whin next month. ,, .this time by council. �Cler
resource is the'more important," Davids!c>n Met Qrahatit said a building grant apr-
said. plication from Alexandra Marine and
The OMB is in the process of lzt"* 4leneral Hospit l= -in Goderich would have
vestigating the claims of both parties and,, 'to be carefully 'considered before council
Davidson said ,he expected a decision tate could make a final judgment.
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gesidents concernd over
open drainage
Residents of Townsend Street and Winter
Court are at odds with a Clinton developer
over an open ditch in the east part of.
Clinton that they claim is a dangerous
hazard.
Three citizens' were present at the
Clinton Council meeting last Monday night
and wanted the ditch cleaned -up' or new tile
put in and the ditch filled.
Ian Kennedy, a spokesman for the group,
said the ditch, which was dug in November
of 1973, has created "a hazardous, un-
satisfactory situation that is filled with
garbage and weeds."
Mr. Kennedy said there were 50 to 60
children in the area, and he said it was
fortunate that no child had yet been
drowned in one of the deep pools in the
ditch.
Councillor Jim Hunter disagreed. saving
ditch
that "if the ditch is a hazard to persons and
property, 'then council can pass a by-law
ordering it cleaned Up or fenced."
Council agreed to meet with Huron Pines
president Bud Kuehl and the town's
engineer Mid review the situation.
In other business, at a closed meeting
last week, council awarded tenders for
their street reconstruction program and
both went to Lavis Contracting of Clinton. ,
The first tender was for $21,510 to apply
the finish coat of asphalt on Dunlop,
Orange and Joseph Streets, which were
reconstructed last year. Ix was the lowest
of two received.
Council awarded Lavis Contracting with
the $64,638.75 contract too reconstruct
Townsend from Kirk to High Streets, High
from Victoria to Kirk Streets, and Isaac
from Joseph to Dunlop Street. It was the
only tender received.
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110th Year- No. 20
Summer student for clerk
The Town Clerk's office has some summer help. She's Kathy Murphy 21, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Murphy of town and she started her new post last week. Miss
Murphy, who is a third year economics and math student at the University of
Western Ontario, will be here until the end of August and her salary is paid by the
Ontario government under a student work plan. (News -Record photo)
Residents object to senior citizens' recreation centre, say money is wasted
Two Clinton residents were at the Clinton
council meeting last night wanting to know
what council was doing about a new senior
citizens' recreation complex that some
senior citizens have been seeking for the
town.
Mrs. Frank Fingland and Mrs. Margaret
Lawson asked council if they had' been
presented with a petition signed by 100
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senior citizens asking that a centre be
built.
Mrs. Fingland and Mrs. Lawson said
that building a centre would be a waste of
money when the seniors could meet in a
church or in somebody's home.
"There won't be enough persons to use it
(the centre)", Mrs. Fingland said. "There
would be less than 100 persons use it and
can we justify spending a lot of tax dollars
for so few persons?"
Several months •ago, council indicated
they would be willing to give the seniors"
land on which to build their centre if they
could raise the money, but Mayor Don
Symons said the council had made no of-
ficial commitment one way or another'
until they ' saw what the estimated 600
Hullett taxpayers face. increase
Despite Hullett Township council's effort
to keep the tax rate down in the
municipality by cutting their own tax rate
by 2.5 mills, Hullett taxpayers face a five
mill increase in their 1975 taxes. On an
assessment of $5,000 a taxpayer would pay
an additional tax of $25 this year.
A residential public school ratepayer in'
Hullett will face a levy totalling 87.5 mills,
up from 82.50 mills of 19.4. Commercial
public leaped nearly AO mills to 101 from
91.50 of last year.
Residential separate school supporters
will. pay a total levy of 93.18 this year,
compared to 87.72 in 1974, while separate
school commercial taxpayers will pay
104.98 mills, up from 93.72 mills of last
Year. The individual levies are as follows,
with 1974's in • brackets: township
residential, 24.5 (27.0) ; county 24.5 (19.0) ;
By Jim Fitzgerald
Next Monday is the Victoria Day holiday
or as we used to say when we were kids
"Firecracker Day" and most businesses
will be closed, including the post office
where only the lock box lobb.y.wilLbe; open.
There will be no rural delivery or wicket
service.
For all those readers and advertisers
who have trouble reaching the News-
Rccord by phone, we have added another
line for improved service. So if you have a
news tip phone 482-9502, or if you wish to
place a classified or want to renew your
subscription, phone 482-3443, and if you
wish a display ad, phone 482-7741.
If your home is 100 years old or better,
there is still a week left to get a plaque
suitable to hang on your living room wall
designating your home a Century home.
The attractive plaques, being underwritten
by the Royal Bank are available from Mrs.
C.A. Trott at 482-3659 or from Mrs. Glen
Lockhart at 482-7162. The ladies will help
you determine if you have a Centennial
home, Hurry though!
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We're pleased to see Wilma Oke back on
our pages -again after an absence of several
mor•.hs. Mrs. Oke suffered a severe heart
attack but is now back in full form.
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There is a great deal of debate in town on
whether or n¢t a new senior citizens'
recreation centre should be built, and so
the News -Record is taking an opinion poll
to see which way the wind is blowing, so tc
"speak. Look for it on the editorial page.
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Don't forget the Centerthiai meeting next
Wednesday night May 21 at the Legion at
8:30 p,m.•
elementary public, 21.5 (19.0) ; secondary
17.0 (17.5); separate residential, 25.18
(24.22) •
In other business at the regular May
meeting the clerk was instructed to make
up the necessary documents for the closing
of Fulton Street in Auburn as requested by
Bill Anderson.
At an earlier special meeting, Hullett
decided to increase the insurance coverage
from $1 million to $2 million and to increase
insurance on the grader from $30,600 to
$50,000 at a total cost of $221.00 extra per
year.
Council will also write the ministry of
natural resources about a beaver darn in
the ditch south of Concession 4 as residents
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have complained about the high water
levels.
Council also provisionally adopted the
Bowes Drain report from engineer Henry
Uderstadt and set Court of Revision for
June 2nd. Council also accepted a petition
for clean-out of the Farquhar Drain and a
petition for extension of the Van Baaren
Drain.
Postil Drainage Limited was awarded
the tender to construct the Van Dorp
Drainage Works at a cost of $13,259.50.
Building permits issued in the last month
include: Donald Plant, drive shed; Piet
Reinsma, addition; A. Bufflinga, silo; H.
VanBaaren, milk house, lean-to and silo;
and to Atlas Fur Tanning and Dyeing Ltd.,
addition. �...��...., . .
senior citizens in town thought.
Reeve Harold Lobb said he was 100 per
cent behind building the centre.
"They can't use the recreational
facilities because they don't play ball or
hockey," Reeve Lobb said, referring tothe
$80,000 a .year recreation budget. "We
haven't done anything for senior citizens in"
this town," he said. ,
y. din •cher business, council passed- a
motion to welcome the Orange Lodge of
Western Ontario who will be holding their
annual parade on July 12 in Clinton to
celebrate the 116th anniversary of the
defeat of the Catholics at the Battle of the
Boyne. Council wouldn't guarantee any
funds though, until their budget was drawn
up next month.
In other business, council received ap-
proval from the Ontario Municipal Board
for a debenture on an over run of $96,500.
The OMB will also hold a hearing on June
6 in Clinton on several proposed changes to
Clinton official plan. However, the zoning
change on Victoria Terrace to allow Wayne
Dupee to replace a barn will not be heard
at the hearing.
Seven objections were' received to the
proposed barn, and an advisory letter from
,the ministry of housing said it was
"questionable" to allow the barn to be built
in a zone that was residential. They said
CHSS musical "shoots up" school
By Chris Zdeb
The auditorium at Central Huron
Secondary School was shot up last night as
Irving Berlin's musical, "Annie Get Your
Gun" began the first of its four evening
performances.
The two act play is a lighthearted,
western that pits Women's Libber, Annie
Oakley against the male chauvinist,
Colonel Frank Butler to answer the
question, "Can a girl who shoots like a man
win the heart of a man who wants the girl
that he marries to be as soft and pink as a
Jo -Anne Snell in the starting role 'of
Annie and Dave Thomson as Frank Butler
turned in good, strong performances with
supporting cast members Rick Snell The cast of 75, crew of 60 and 25 staff
(Charlie Davenport), Rob Stirling (Wild members began working on the play in
Bill Cody), and Janet Huntley (Dolly Tate) January and all their hard work and long
bringing new life to their roles. nights spent in rehearsal reflected in the
The • chofeography and lighting were open ing night performance. Director
executed with great precision through the Linda MacKenzie, and Producer Terry
whole play coming to peak in the im- O'M have put together an excellent
,,,�atrical production that is well worth the
pressive Sioux ceremonial dance scene.
Above all, shone the music of, Irving tirrle to see, and the price of admission —at
Berlin. "Doing What Comes Naturally", "I ls(Wednesday night's audience seemed
want an Old Fashioned Wedding", tothink so.'
"Anything You Can do I Can do Better"; "Annie Get Your Gun" continues
"You Can't Get a Man with a Gun", tonight, Friday and Saturday May 14-17
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,psiness", the titles go on and on and the $2.50; students, $2; and children, 50 cents
audience couln't help but tap their feet to and can be bought at the door.
the music
Musical goes off with a
Mrs. Sylvia Potter Porter (Kithy Street) admires Annie's (Jo -
Vint Snell) medals for markmanship in the ballroom scene of
«ntral Huron Secondary School's "Annie Get Your Gun"
,rwet rums till S:Iraarday, May 17. (News -Record photo)
that non -conforming uses should cease to
exist once the old barn now on the property
is torn down.
Mr. Dupee had told council last year that
he would not tear down the old barn unless
he was allowed to build a new one to house
his harness horses.
Council ai.pointed Guss Boussey and Pat
Newington to ,the Planning Board for three
years, and Don Kay and John Livermore to
the Cemetery board for three years. •
Council tabled a request from Constable
Wayne McFadden who wanted the town to
pay for windows broken out of his Vanastra
home last summer by vandals.
linton pair wed 50 years
Mr. and Mrs. Harry .Waymouth of
•Princess Street, Clinton, celebrated their
50th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday,
May 3rd with a family dinner at the Can-
dlelight Restaurant, Goderich.
Mrs, Waymouth was the former Violet
Castle, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Castle, Clinton. Mr. Wa.ymouth's
parents were the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Waymouth of Blyth. They were married on
May 6th, 1925 by Rev. Hogg at the
Presbyterian Manse, Clinton.
They have two daughters, Mrs. G.
Harrison (Doris) of Goderich, and Mrs. R.
McBean (Jean) of Georgetown, and ten
grandchildren.. The entire family was
present for the celebratiohs, including a
granddaughter from British Columbia.
On Sunday, May 4th, an open house was
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. G.
Harrison, Goderich. Throughput the af-
ternoon and evening, relatives, friends and
neighbours came to e.end best wishes and
congratulations.' The couple received
many lovely gifts, cards and flowers.
Congratulations were received from the
Lieutenant Governor, Mrs. P. McGibbon,
Premier Wm. Davis, Robert McKinley,
M.P. and Jack Riddell, M.P.P. Huron.
Golden tapers and a tiered wedding cake
lopped with golden mums provided the
focal point of the tea table. Two nieces,
"Mrs. Gordon Swan of London, and Mrs.
Jerry Cox of Clinton poured tea during the
afternoon and evening. Six grand-
daughters served refreshments - Sandra,
Nancy and Janice McBean and Joy,
Jennifer and Joanne Harrison. Another
granddaughter, Miss Barbara McBean
was in char,ge of the guest book. Also
assisting were Miss Dale Johnston, Mrs.
Allan Ball and Mrs. Hugh Ball of Goderich.
Guests were present from Vancouver,
B,CY., Saline, Mich., Toronto, London,
Stratford, ' Listowel, Kitchener,
Newcastle, Brooklin, Wingham, Exeter,
Mitchell, Seaforth, Zurich, Clinton,
Bayfield, Goderich.
Councillor resigns post
Clinton Councillor Don Hall submitted
his resignation to Clinton Council at their
regular meeting last Monday night and he
..-will vacate his seat on June 30. ,
Mr. Hall told council that he and his
family are moving to Chatham whet' he
has taken up a .new position with an
agriculturaL:ohemical•. ,
Council made n rtndication of. who. they
would appoint to replace Mr. Hall. It is
expected a decision will be made next
month but according to the Municipal Act,
Council can pick anyone in town who is
eligible to fill the seat.
In .other business, the Clinton Public
Utilities wants council to come to their
rescue with a $16,000 cheque to cover over
run at the town's new sewage treatment
plant because some of the equipment is
breaking down.
Council approved a taxi license to Mrs.
Janet Walters of Clinton pending approval
of Chief Lloyd Westlake.
Mrs. Walters bought- the business for-
merly owned by Andrew Berj of Clinton,
who last month had his license revoked by
council because> of an alleged bad driving
record.
Clinton homeowners who have low in-
comes may get a chance to fix up the ex-
teriors of their houses should approval be
_ received by_ the town for their. application
of $37 -442 --under the neva (rtario ..1`Iome
Renewal Plan. Definite word is expeeted'in
two weeks.
.Deputy -Reeve, Frank Cook told council
that his committee is getting an estimate
for repairing and painting of the library,
with approval from the County needed. The
.police office will also be painted and Mr.
Cook said the old office photo -copier was
sold for $350.
A committee will look into putting up
more street signs to better identify the
town's streets for visitors during Cent
tennial year. Many of the signs have
disappeared because of vandalism.
Separate board to move
By Wilma Oke
The Huron -Perth County Roman
Catholic separate school board will move
its administrative offices from Seaforth to
Dublin this summer it was revealed at a.
board meeting held in Seaforth Monday
night.
Trustee Michael Connolly of Kippen, in
releasing the details of the move, said the
board' 'offices it Seaforth have been
cramped 'for space and they' parking
facilities have been inadequate. The board
offices have been located on the Main
Street in Seaforth since shortly after the
formation of the county board in 1969. After
July 1 they will be moved to the building
housing the former Dublin high school and
the Ursuline Order convent.
Mr. Connolly said the Ursuline Order will
be vacating the convent at the end of the
school term in June after 60 years of ser-
vice in the community. The two teaching
sisters will remain on the school board
staff and take up residence in the Ursuline
Convent in Stratford. Sister Florence Kelly
is principal at St. Patrick's elementary
school in Dublin and Sister Marian is
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