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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-09-18, Page 1• 4 l 54 10 37 % 8• 43 11 73. 58 1 63 13 44 43 344 ,1 53 41 a 54 j 14 6$.,.••..•, ,, - ._6e1 49 14 64 41._. 09 48 Belle i,81" Rain .12 Dartliffs is sold ; After three generations spanning nearly 70 years, one of Clinton's oldest businesses changed hands on the weekend when Gutsiest Due of Clinton took over Bartliff's Bakery and Restaurant. One of tate .Bartliff clan, Bruce posed for the camera out- side the Albert Street Store. (News -Record photo) Two Clinton businesses on main street changedhands in the last week. On Tuesday, McAdarn's Hardware was officially turned over to Mr. and Mrs. Noah Zeeman, who are from Gorrie. Eugene McAdam, who took over the former Sutter -Perdue Hardware Store 12 years ago in 1963, said on Tuesday he appreciated the support of the Clinton and area shoppers and that he and his Wife, Mildred along with Heather and Robin w is' deontinue to live in Cliritbn. , Last Saturday, the Barth finny of- ficial handed over their Bakery and Res , urant to Gordon Duern of Clinton. Th...Bartliffs, Bruce, Elliott, Doug and Dor by Crozier were the third generation t run the business, which was started nearly r0 years ago. "' Mr. Duern said that no big changes are planned fol "the present and the Bartliff name would be retained. Should Clinton's municipal pool closed peermanentl , or should it get an estimateti 0,O+Qti repair bill even though' usage has drop ed considerably *is past !Ammer? �t was the question that, the Clinton Recreation Committee faced ia.a lengthy debate at their monthly , meting :last Thursday night, and the committee decided to try and keep tbe'peol'open again next summer. This summer was it financial disaster for the pO01; the committee learned. Revenue dropped by nearly haft to $2,692 from t :i4.418 of 1074. and the pool operation ran in the red to the tune of $7,349 this summer. Deputy -.Reeve Frank Cook; town council's representative on the committee, , said the committee would have' to deticie the pool was even worth opening, next year, "Is it worth fixing for half the people t use," Mr. Cook wondered. Member Don Kay said that the new 'r covered pool at Vanastra had hurt Clinton attendance considerably because Vanastra's rate:was cheaper than tawny ' but • Mr. Kay said that the townpeople couldn't afford to subsidize township peopae. "I'd sure like to see recreation go county wide", Mr. Cook said, after learning about the pool deficit and that the rec budget of .85,000 has dwindled to $20,000 and there is currently an overdift of $8,000 at thea, bank. Two recreation members had met with two town councillors, Roy Wheeler and Ruth Roy. to see if the town couldn't secure a federal government. Local. Initiatives Program grant to repair the pool this winter, but because of ,the great deal of exact figures the government required an At Exeter sting, the committee had little time to ready an application for the Sept. 12 dtdii;. . . After setae debate, .however, the rec committee decided the . pool was worth saving and will 0pproach town council on getting it fixed for next summer. "I think it's worth saving," rec com- mittee member Bill Cray ford told the meeting, "there were 244 children over there taking lessons and that's 244 kids not out on the street." Mr. Kay said the 850,000 cost of the pool could be met with government grants. Wintario grants, plus 88,000 already raised by the service club bingos and the com- mittee could also seek further help from the service clubs. "It may end U. costing the taxpayers nothing," Mr: Kai said. "Well, let's get at it right now, not next summer," M'r. Crawford said. In other business, the rec committee will discuss further with the Kinsmen a 8100 a day charge for ,the arena on Sundays during the harness races. Howard Aitken, manager of the .biews- Record, has announced that Gary .fiaist has been appointedativertising director for the News -Record, M. . Hoist, a native of stoney Creek. near Hamilton, has been serving area merchants for several months and is looking forward to helping Clinton advertisers full-time. Mr. Aitken, who is vice-president of Signal -Star Publishing, will be spending time In this capacity with all publications operated by the Goderich based firm. (News -Record .photo Kinsmen representative Larry Daw was present and said the Kinsmen were losing• money on the Lounge on the arena floor every Sunday and he thought the charge was unreasonable. "This is a very.touchy situation, Mr. Kay said. "Who gets the arena free and who doesn't. We have to be very careful with this." The committee also heard praise for the arena staff for their work this summer, espe ially during Centennial. The committee also received a note of thanks from the newly formed Clinton Twiriettes for the 8200 donation they were given. Registration for the marching twirlers was held lust Saturday. . The committee also learned that the small leak in the arena floor has been fixed and they hope to have the ice making equipment turned on by September 28 with skating starting a week later. Stanley dump approved The Ontario environment ministry has approved a proposed landfill site for Stanley Township. Township clerk Mel .Graham said he expects the 100 acre site along the Bayfield River just northwest of Varna will become operational by tate fail or early spring. Approval of the -site overrode objections filed by farmers and area residents at an environmental board hearing in July. Several residents and two petitions containing more than 260 signatures op- posed the site on grounds it would be too Costly to operate and would pose a threat to the delicate environment of the nearby Bayfietd"River. The township already has purchased the 100 -acre site (of which only 15 acres will be used for actual dump purposes) and plans to operate it at an annual cost of 86.000. It replaces an older site situated just east of the limits of Bayfield,. The environment ministry's tow opinion of the old site prompted the township to acquire the new site. John H'aggart, "17. of Blyth, formerly of RR ':Bayfield died in Victoria Hospital on Friday, September 1 "th of injuries received about 10 p. m. Saturday. Sept. 6th in a single car crash two miles east of Gooie. Ken Harrison, 18. of Wro:seter died September 8th. . Both W'ere•occupaiits of a car which left a John I rthur Hoggart road in HOW . k Township aan skidded into a tree breaking t techtcin half. John was well-known as the pitcher in the newly organized Goderich Township softball club the past two years. John was a Grade 1 student at Central Huron Secondary School. He leaves as survivors his parents. Art Hoggart of Blyth and Helen Hoggart of RR . Bayfield, two brothers Murray, 11. and Ken. S: and a sister Barbara, 5. Grand- parents are Harold Whitehead of Clinton, Pauline Whitehead of B€lgrav-e, Shirley Whitehead of -Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. John Hesselwood of Blyth. great-grandmothers - Mary Jane Hoggart of Seaforth, Mary Hesseiwood of London. Violet Jacklin of EtriiWood and 'Merle Whitehead of W-iarton: The funeral ser`rrice was held from the Bail Funeral Home in Clinton on Sep- tember 15. 19.5 with Rev:•John Oestreicher officiating. Interment was in Blyth Union Cemetery. The pallbearers were Allan Appleby of London. Ken Appleby and Wally Scher - hard: of Mitchell. John Curren Of St. Thoonars Walter Whitehead of Clinton and Glen Whitehead of Gorrie. The flower bearers were Wayne Ken- nedy of Londesboro; John Rutledge of Dungannon. Kon Ellis of Summerhill. Steve McPherson of 'Clinton. and Bill Klornps and Bruce Miller of RR ", Rayfield. ty firm Fitzgerald Our highly respected Town Talk writer, Peggy Gibb, is having a well-deserved two week holiday. and as a result herrkling comments will be missing in this edition. +++ In case you've forgotten, today is elec- tion day, in Ontario, so if you haven't exercised your franchise, please do so before -8 pAri. tonight (Sept. 18). +++ 1 A classified ad- in a recent Indiana newspaper asked: "Will the party who ' pick up the black cocker spanielpuppy Satur, ay either return him or come back and d t the three-year-old boy he belongs +++ I've been told if I don't put this in the column, I won't get supper tonight. "The I3eta Sigma Phi Sorority is holding a car wash this corning Saturday at Carter's WestonrldGarage, and request your car." +++ The Clinton tions Club will battle the lrodhagen Beauties in a slo•pitrh game Wednesday. Sept. 24 at the Clinton ar. +++ We'd like to welcome all those delegates Fish and Game Consecvation � con- n being held in ClintonClintoe this weekend. Cfn n is now known for its hospitality. More than 300 persons attended an all candidates meeting at South Huron District High School in Exeter Thursday night, when the three Huron -Middlesex riding candidates fielded a wide range of questions. Queries from .the audience included education, nuclear plants, regional government, civil servants, fertilizer prices. energy costs, dead stock removal, etc. Each candidate was allowed a ten minute opening address and two minutes of rebuttal before questions from the floor were accepted by Doug Fortune, president of the Huron Federation of Agriculture, sponsors of the meeting. In his opening remarks. Conservative, candidate Jim Hayter said he felt people of the R €ding Wanted productive and resperis`ble government and listed some accomplishments of the present Davis government. He listed a reduction in civil servant staff of 2.5 per, cent; the farm tax reduction program: 135 dayireeze on oil and gas; changes in farm succession duties; guarantees of reasonable prices for cow - calf operators; and the availability of 223 housing units in the area. NDP candidate Paul Carroll listed housing, energy, .land and people as the biggest issues in the upcoming election. He said. "Most of the calls I get concern housing. Now you'need an income of over 18.000 to enable purchase of a house." B(Ivfuid' council decides to hire animal control �ffieer By Milverta Erickson Bayfield Council at their regular meeting on Iv -Wednesday. September 3, unanimously gave approval to an agreement between tfie Village and the London Humane Society to hire them as animal control officers to provide ex- clusive animal control for one year for the Village. C t unci l passed a by-law designating the London Humane Society as pound keepers and their premises as ,a pound, and also discussed the possibility of increasing the dog tax A letter regarding'the Ontario Housing Renewal Program stated that the second grant of 515.000 had been approved. This money is to be loaned to Hayfield home owners With combined incomes of less than '41.',500 per year for the purpose of bringing their heroes up to standard. A letter was also read from the ministry of housing in regards to reorganization of their department. The London office is no longer responsible for zoning bylaw aimendrents, lodging of official.pl os. nor the administratio of sub -division or condominium approvals. All this must dory go to the Toronto office of the mirsistry.,o In other business. a lengthy dts€ussi ern of the outcome of the county meeting an restructuring ensued, with all councillors Carroll suggested a judicious rent review and rationalization of energy costs. On the subject of farm support he con- tinued, "I heard Middlesex Conservative candidate Bob Eaton say today that Ontario has the best support in the world, If that's right God bless the rest of the world." The NDP candidate said British Columbia was a working model of farm stabilization programs with 90 per cent of the farmers taking part in 20 commodity gimps. Liberal. candidate Jack Riddell reiterated previous statements that regional, government is very much an issue. He commented, "Look at the county grant structure. .They are forcing the hands of areas like Huron to regionalize." On the subject of-governn nt'spending, Riddell said, "This nonsense advertising should be cut down. It's nothing more than an insult to the intelligence of our people." He suggested the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Foodoffices be moved out of Bay Street in Toronto. that 80 per cent grants be . made available for education and the motley -be turned over directly to county school boards. In'bnswer-twaquestion from Adrian Vos ' of Blyth regarding the proposed nuclear plant near Goderich, Riddell said these plants should be moved into the Canadian Shield and Georgian Bay areas where more industries could be developed. Hayter said he would ask for a full scale investigation of the benefits and hardships involved in such construction. To Riddell's suggestion he said, "Industries won't go north, it would be too expensive." Paul Carroll's answer was short. "I'm opposed to -nuclear plants. Northern areas wouldn't want them either." All three candidates a • that dead stock should be transported reedy to a concentration or rendering plant. Riddell added "dead animals `should be sent to the plants with a bill of lading to make sure they end up at the right place." Questioner John Hazlett on the subject of the oil and gas freeze suggested that gas prices would reach one dollar per gallon withirreight months. Jack Riddell charged that extension .of the oil freeze was a political plum. Hayter replied, "'The costs of oil com- paani.s will certainly be reviewed. Maybe it's an election plum but they are working to stimulate the economy. Ontario unemployment has dropped by one per cent." Lloyd Willett of Dashwood suggested to the candidates that farmers were being "gouged" by high krtillzer prices despite a 'world glut' of fertilizer. Riddell said he believed in free enter- prise but fertiilzef prices need ,to doe justified before aprices' review board. Hayter's comment was, "We certainly eaaha stand for a 25 to 30 percent increase. About five per cent should be, sufficient " Paul Carroll's answer was short. "Who fiimentioned thisprpblem lite NbPY In a restructuring question from Ge -rr. y Ginn of Goderich Township. Rill said, gratzizeu w EU* ' the resusta. Council also learned from the Assessment Dept. that a municipal enumeration will take place in the near future. The road committee were to lookinto the reported erosion at the west end of Delevaan St. Council was told. a Gospel Sing Will take place an Sunday afternoon. July 4. 1976, during the Centennial of incorporation of the ,Villaage celebrations next July 1st wekend. Another council meeting on September '5 dealt primarily with plans and ideas for the Centennial of the Incorporation of the Village. July 1st weekend 19:6. It was suggested that 'a new Library could be a Centennial Project. with all councillors in favdur. The Reeve will look into costs and report his findings toCouncil in the near future. •� A letterreceived from the Lord Mayor.. Town of Niagara -on -the -Lake was read with much interest shown. The town has a three man Historical restoration advisory committee and offered to come to Hayfield to speak on the restoration done by the residents in their community. The council agreed to speak to the chairman of the Hayfield Historical Society and perhaps ilwite them as guest speakers at a, Historical Society meeting. t i other business, council learned that s:ceveral street lights needed to he replaced-. "It would be within county lines. Huron has led all the way with the first official plan. Assessment should be back at the county level." Hayter who was a member of Huron County Council during the healthunit issue indicatedite was in favor of restrthtur€ng within the county. He added. "But, we don't need 46 members ion council. That's far too many." Roger Martin of Exeter asked Riddell about his stand on the Crown Employees Bargaining Act He answered, "They should have the right to negotiate salaries and working conditions and be able to strike except those providing essential services except firemen. policemen and hospital workers." Carroll replied. "Let's eliminate all these confronts tions ." Eric Heywood of Exeter asked Riddell and Carroll for their opinions on the closure of beds in many Ontario hospitals. 'it'bridieulour to put up hospital ad- ditions and then close rooms. Government priorities on curtailing expenditures are all mixed up,"commented Riddell. Carroll replied, "It was just a stop gap measure." A South Huron District High School student Blake Palmer' suggested that the Ontario education system was as good as it can be and said students should be part of a <-; Ministry advisory board. Hayter said, "There is already student participation on this type of board... On education grants Paul Carroll said, "The province should pay 100 per cent and ti get education out of the tax picture." - n Millis of Ontario voters will be going to the poll* tothotSe 18 to th anew provfricial govenunent. Setting up; the point* booth fer theadvance l the weekendwore 'Mrs. Peak Cummings, 141,, and Mrs. Margareentan, DRO. oting WaS repected as averrlge at the adetnee poll. 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