Clinton News-Record, 1975-07-10, Page 1eeway:iatls
duty ki,em day
" y° -neS casing seams
d to* track far
'high ittelieded, feter
Ifaess' Sore
s..s ' Labatt'` Stakes
e racetiay has adopted the there of
the fariiy Irttek trackand offer pitnie area,
Sheer ieed SWIMIning in: the -nearby park
poorxuiand tSeMeitit littea. �ibis cae, .`a�
t
enter thp _licensed. t
arena room 'whichSeat*
4+C poo
The went is Wkeed fop Jose
teteeiSitet and atoittueI area has
*led tothe bac 'of the arena for the
eteXven%.nce of peoele the arena and.
horse harnarea,. •
T Vanity- Room was; as succeessfiel as
cold be expectedfat' the first Sunday of
racing and racing eeeretary, Frank rook,
-edicts more people to patronize the' room
succeeding Sundays as more people
ecome aware of the reoir s existence. -
In other changes at the track. ark ad-
dititl 18 stalls have been added to tie
,arse barns and the racetrack has been
surfaced with stone dust. ts
The racing season continues until Sep-
tember 28 and next Sunday will feature an
• Ontario Sires Stake two year old filjy trot
for estimated purses of °S10.000. Coming
attractions are the August 3 Clinton
Centennial Pace; the August 24 three year'
old filly pace. the September 7 thrree_yea r
old colt trot. the season's closing two
year old colt pace -on September 28.
itis upsetover Vanastra r
Vanastrassitas do Air Force training site.
rin
*Wairdedt a tender Council will notify property owners to fill
Seaforth to amply the holes.
with 1+5, Yards . ed the proposed elosure of
reads Cotirl4'tl•QpI1•s
it was the lowest of ,onestoga College branch' building at
Vanastra while acknowledging the
tiOerinterulent Allan Nicholson is costlines of Maintaining such an expensive
tbort d to ,eiintaet again the eStraatfe rd institution for a declining number of
1°4 the minim of trranspo tick and • students. One member of council said be
lining** asking fora std 1ightat understood there were only five etedents at
toVanastra off Highway 4 and the school.
►; , *Wetted in the area to
it h telephone Jack Riddell,
� �• �r,'ttse.tlte entrance is an p in the new drainain ge act
Toronto 8
i i - ot V cles taming telt expected to bgiven in
'ft�cient � le islatureFriday.
to Clerk James McIntosh wag instructed to
dangerous to Huron MP in
hi11 f t moving traffic is not given final reading a the
isnto'i�'!aina►stra. S is -to' fie
it Alex Chesney
Co
�,i cicil . w...r _ atiledrainage tenderlye..... ..' ....4,
law for. $.H,600 and four tile drain loans for
$i$,000were approved. permits were
Requests for building pe 4,
approved for: Alex Td's? sisend, RR
Seaforth, milk house; W. J. F. Bell, Rip-
e, addition to brant; Art I yerkainp,
Clinton, pit silo; and Fred Swann,
alterations toa building at Vanastra-
The revised report of Nott Drain to be
discussed at a meeting with ratepayers on
July 2S at 7 p.m. ,( ill
-Council+ discussed complaints -
kept coition of vacant lots at Vanastra
and a numbetef olid cement lined holes on
priitate property. that are considered
dangerous to children.. The- holes were
constructed ,..originally to provide access to
the underground heating system when
contacted regarding several 'at'
weeds in the township about which
plaints gave been received,
Council discussed,in length the problems
related to thedemolitionsof eeveral
barrack -type beildingsaaat Vanastra and the
need for a cleanup 'of the property after
the good_ material is removed from the
building.
Passed for payment were accounts
totalling 583,357,54. These included general
accounts, $41,15.0.29; Vanastra parks,
recreation and community centre board,
813,138.91; day Care accounts, . $8,6 -63;
and roads, 820,37934.
Council accepted the resignation of
Gerry Salton from the Vanastra Day Care
Centre Board.
Cen days neap
te
to
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poor
for polieen4an
oreet fg%t
ready for Centennial. A price has yet to be
Centennial is two weeks away. with thehe epic•
tt on t
official opening to take place at the library seon the
chairrrian, Bob Marin will be"
Park on July 26, and the Centennial distributing 250 Centennial posters and
Committee is feverishly : working to
complete preparations for( the biggest , brochures in and out of town over the
.. of July.,
birthday party Clinton has ever had. my.
of decorating committee is displaying
Johnny gThe month gent, a former announcer for the prizes it will award to winners of the
CKNX, has been contacted to be Master of •home and commercial dccoratiag' ctxiUest•
Ceremonies on August 2: •
in the- window of the Canadian Cancer
The town s history.book has been Society office onAbertStreet.
compiled and is awaiting print, Doris First, seccad .and third ,place will be
Barkin told the July 2 Committee meeting.'ud ed for the �b+�st decorated home in the:
The book will be 175 pages thick and will be 1 -- ti� best decorated hdme in the night
--and the best -decorated commercial.
wit_ fake lace.over the
tBayfi.eld �uiitr Judging n It
�*� Centennial.eek of Gentennia
will �.
. , arena and tables. SCreeit�r snot
A , w Work continues •'on the Gazebo at
Erie the Local Iniatives winter works program: decorations have an been.ordered-
. By /olives* • A total of 58 plaques for historical homes
Bayfield council last Monday night at Council also received an invitation to
-t, regular meeting tentatively ,set the attend the Association of Munic%palities of haavelseen commissioned_ for Clinton homes-
thefromAugust 3 to 6 in b /toy Lockhart.
first week in July n Royal York Hotel in Toronto. 1Viary Sewing celebrate the ay
i extt-year as the week. to Ontario Conference rein _ y Centre will be staging inn
$ field Centennial, the
marking the 100 anniversary of the in -
antique fashienshow atliildonan Antiques,
nieowners can get loars
corporation of the Village.
Council Will a.tt into a complaint of
a merbile trainer *kid on vacant prey
by-law) .near the property of Dr. G.
Johnston.
sign will also be placce+a at the end of in Minton may be eligible for loans from m
of maximum annual income of 512,500.
Victoria Street protein' firing the dumping the town of Clinton to fix up their hotass The maximum amount of an OHRP loan,
d' sed wai the drainage
during the weekend (txitn►trary to Village
The program w- meant for low and
Some homeowners with limited income oderate incomes- families with a
gnrl age Also ascus
the Ontario ministry of housing, announced 1 -cipality is
program which gets underway within the this week:
s7 500, less any fundrfrom any other home
weeks. The istry, under their Ontario Home persevered, this site
"Had the .not pe
as determined by the lora mune
pair of Queens
A pair of Queens is good in any poker hand, and a pair of tree queens is even better.
Mrs. Connie Colctough, left, and Jo Anne Patin r,19, daughter Senior, Dr.aa Junior Cen-
Palmer, congratulate each other after they . picked
tennial Queens' hitt Thursday night at Ontario Street United Church- Both will reign
during the Centennial celebrations from July2.5 to August 4, (News -Record photo)
Odds of 4-1 may be, good for the betting
horseman, but they were pretty lousy for
Clinton Police Constable Don Shropshatl
last Saturday night,
Cci table Shropshatl was attacked by
four Clinton men, after he charged one of
them• with disturbing the peace on Victoria
Street at 2:30 _Sunday morning. Two
passing motorists became involved in the
fracas ,when `they came to the Constable's
aid.
Huff an hour later, the seuffre.Was over
"leaving . one, somewhat bruised police
officer, and his four assailants charged
with assault, obstruction, escaping custody
and the charge that started it all - causing a
disturbance.
At the other end of the judicial process,
the -two Goderich-youths who were charged
with causing a disturbance and wilful
- damage by Constable Don Armstrong two
weeks ago, were sentenced in Goderich
ceiurr•it on Monday.
Robert Bowers, 17, was fined 850 for
wilful. damage; 850' for causing a distur-
lxince; ordered to pay 815 restitution for
Effie. damage of a side view mirr-or.on a car
parked near the scene of the disturbance
and given seven days in jail for assaulting
a police officer.
A 850 finb was levied at 16-year.titd Peter
Kelly for creating a disturbance.
istorieat plague unveiled at
next two w - - m:n � ' von renewal programs.
Bayfield also endorsed two resolutions. Renewal I�rograrrt. (OHRP) has Clintoncouncil w
could
the Associauo ed- Mari p les ill also be responsible they.not one fron Clinton $9.5«1 of a 838,0401975 76 grant for determining the interest charged on the --have readily become just another parking
to the_proposed- would
Ontario Hyden scent down to lot.
objectifig „�,.._ the town tans out to: owner -occupants to loan. ranging from eight pe - That's what Crawford Douglas. MP far
rate increase which would n�::$' ;total correct faulty structural and sanitary , is Council will determine what said at Saturday's im-
Inper cent by 1978. and the noth t handout, and not Huron Bruce.
crease of 90 ore conditions and to upgrade plumbing, on will be a ressive corn:.ternora service at the
of f the
her from -the City of'Orillta, urging m heating, and electrical sy stems o " have to be paid back- p
stringent firearm control. ts'horn
e d •S14 of a ,S29,000( former i-iurrgratertty jail dvhen._a natieyul
tiered in the
Correspondence read by the clerk -
sallocarted ,.- ,.1 r of th � V,70 4 , .;, -�-t� tDad an+d • a �scarle -
owner occuban 2urictt at. rece
ive - , . .
bwxai's�C#p►�'h'as -histo lagtac-Was unveiled
pHRP provides per capita grants .. t- grant for 1975 76, . and Hay .ts tri t an flats td't►
sir S3
on election, procedurres. a Ontario mu ricipatltr ` tt3 admi` ist er en . .- P g • C6
litter rules to repair,s allocation_ "`
of tion_.°�, ... coated � .,Ifoy'a� Canadian � ,,•� ounce
letter from the ministry , directly s Ionian acceptable municipal
sporGation and communications stating their ,houses to P
�.. Cod 1� - .
Hb eow1 ors n Cantron must pick up Policeman. stood at a tit ti ra, �' ie." Joan
;a
Poli on forms from the c er . s; r oaten roes N of the very first S'>tve
that permission is required front them . minimum standard.
before any buildings signs or drivewit
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are constructed acting any. provincial' high_
Council also learned that the student ,
• way.
McKAtop buys new -truck
-
SWEEP crew hes finished up°thei •village
clean-up program, and there are. grants
available from Canada Manpower under
By Jim Fitzgerald
Last week's crossword puzzle, made up
by our own student reporter Chris Zdeb,
• proved to be a very popular•feature among
our readers, and we received many entries
as well as a host of compliments.
Some thought it was too hard and some
thought it was a breeze. Mrs. Jean
Livermore of Clinton, who is an avid
*crossword pude fan, was the first . prize
winner, and won an engraved Centennial
charm mounted on' ii handmade watch.
stand.
Mrs. Margaret Magu ee and.Mrs. Gladys
Wallis, both of Clinton, were the runners-
up and each won a year's subscription to
the News•Recoiel.
So popular was the puzzle, that Chris has
conseited to draw up another one which we
will, publish and offer another, prize to the
- winner.+$ $
The News -Record is losing a couple of
correspondents. Joyce Pepper. our thldng-
time Mensal'. orrespondent, has Left our
Wks and will replaced by Mrs. Bertha
McGregor and Mrs. Carl Payne. Adrian
°os, a _Weal farmer who treed to. write
Wit' farm problems with the hope of
-undeerstatuiing 'rem our urban
riga has deeded to give up lits column
By Wilma Oke
McKillop Township Council "'Monday
night accepted -the tender of Bluewater
Truck Centre Limited, Goder , or
truck to be delivered by December 15.
The truck is lo have a one-way snow
plow; wing, 2 -way sand and gravel box and
sanding -equipment for $31,7113 subject to an
8 per cent increase in cost. The tender_ is
su}
b -est tom f transportation and
Mervin Smith of RR 1, Walton, will have
his assessmenereduced by $1,420 and given
a refund -of taxes as the mobile home unit
has beentemoVed fro ii his property.
Tile drain loans amounting to 835,100
were approved. -
Building permit applications were ap-
preved for: Ray Beattie, RR 4, Walton, to -
replace siding on house; Richard Downey,
RR 5. Seaforth, silo: Da'vidlicKay. RR 1q
the jail committee n embers: unveiled the
federal marker..
a It reads :. "erected between 1839 and
' t•ernarkably pr -ease rued building
inistry o transpo>0 2
communications approval. (continued on page )
follows. Jeremy Bentha m s Panopticon
design for prison cc,ns4rUc-hien, ofterefound
in mid -19th contrary Britain and America.
It features an tetragonal central 'block,
intended to. ensure constant supervision of
prisoners' activities. Two radial wings and
wedge-shaped exercise yards surrounded
by thick masonry wails completed the
Original 'design by Thomas Young of
Turonta. Construction of this prison with
its third floor courtrin►m enabled Huron to
qualify as a district separate from London
with Goderich as its seat:.
Crawford Douglas was representing
Judd Buchanan. Minister of 'Indian and
-Northern Affair, who was unable to be
- present. ,. >,..paaa eee•,,aaatd the audience
numbering about .'00 c:l his fortlidr .
association with the jail while he, was'
special constable inWingham. He recalled
instances when he. ,and hi: reluctant'
companions, made the trip from Winghar
to the county jail.
r.y
a
�• -4.4"
In last week's, edition, one of the Cen-
aniat songs should be sung to the tune "A
Cheer for Canada," not as reported.
'-To the best of my knowledge• this is the
last remaining structure of this type. in
Ontario and a great deal of the credit for ; 4
shaping the future . ,
wing seen to its preservation must go to Warden Anson McKinley cut the ribbon
n the t
lail
.e well as necessary lar the preservation of
the building.
Mr. Carroll thanked the community for
what it has already`+one to savesomethinl
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of "our Huron heritage for our future
generations".
Mayor Deb Shewfelt said the Save the
•
.Jail committee had "put the heat on' at
municipal councils teifiserve the building
which was now a national Monument. He
comic *!ahem for theifforesight. -
He toucdied briefly on the historical fact
that fit -iron, Perth and•Bruce Countieso once
did council business in . the jail building,
Padding ,that with present trends toward
`regions and •districts., he could _.see "the
the Huron Historic .fail Board which . strung across the entry t
brought it to the attention of the Historic mored the pioneers of former •days for
Si"res and Monuments Board ofarea C da "
'ail and
their planning and progress.
y not per- He told his au to
. d' ace that the "spirit of
ve readily ,i, pioneers" is still necessary today if the
saidDouglas. ouglaas. "'Had • the
severed, thus site could ha
become just another parking lot
Paul Carroll, chairman of
Historic Jail Board, said th
summer of 1974, 8.080 visiter5
.
country is to continue to grow and move
the Huron ahead. - ,
at in ire Then the guests filed through the tong&
were "en -
corridor into the jail proper, through the
into
_oat Auxiliary ladies served
jail. jail kitchen and into the exercise Yard
He went on iii say that.rhe boaardj,s now at
a turning point Wen ` it •-must go to, the
community again for support. Money is
d d for to realize tong term goals in -
torts
fined and educated" at the
where the g
ref r. esh rents took
Following the reception. many
advantage of the opportunity to tour the
nee a
eluding major repairs which aare expensive pre rrr.ises .
•
Tuker,nUh',fUse$ rec. levy
By Wilma Oke'
Replying to a questionnaire 78.5. percent
of Tuckersmith Township property owner:
said they were not in favour of an added
levy on their taxes for recreation purposes.
Of the 991 questionnaires ,sent out to all
property owners in the township 55 percent
were returned.
. The problem on recreation in the
township arose in April when Council
4,-r•eftised a request from Sea or for a
donation of 82.E towards the cost of
Still with Centennial, auditions. for the
Talent Show will be held next Today,
Ay 15 at 6 .rn. at Central Rural
"ondarYSe
clt It tangy
Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifsoit uses a somewhat untirthntkirc
Tyle as he mens the Pitch as the Inauguration of the ayfiek l
International Croquet %tee°. -titian near the Village last
Qi .,tkcnd. "rho association is the first etf its kind to Canada, and
twit of dignitaries were on hand for the0pc� ceremonies.
(� cjq-rto by Mil %Ilil I f r1ekon)
capital improvements at the Seaforth
arena.The three other townships -
altt,
McKillop and Hibbert - paidtheir
donations,
in return, Seaforth has le*,ted a 815 per
person charge on Tuckersmith residents.
who use their arena for organized sports.
Clerk James McIntosh in making the
announcement of the count said:
verbal
'This
agrees with the sampling
ofdiscussion members of Council said they
had with ratepayers. •'
Area crops need rain
Despite a wet June that dumped up to
five inches of rain on parts of Huron
County, many area crops are suffering .
from a lack of moisture, and in some fields
in the County . the situation could. beeont
°critical by next Tuesday.
Mike Miller, ascaciatc agricultural.
n pt=e_centative at Clinton. said Tuesday
that crepe are "at least two weeks ahead of
last year", and harvesting has already
begun on field of winter barley, par-
ticularly in the ippeti area.,
Mr. Miller said that spotty but vicious
storms hit parts of Huron, on Monday and
Tuesday, with some heavy rain, hail and
'hi& winds reported. Ile said some corn
-a •lznocked over by the high winds r
}tsgchore in the county, t
crops could use a "real good rain." Mr.
*Whiter 'said, including white beans. hay,
pasture and spring grains.
Mr. Miller said the winter wheat will be'
harvested, starting next week, and the
yield may be a gond one.