HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-09-25, Page 1. Clinton's five Marl pollee force coUldlind
rnselves in a new home tate this fall, if
�nell goeS,Athead with a plan annotated
at lastW.cr esday night's coUncll Meeting,
Mayor Don Symons sid that the police
committee is looking into the' cost of
renovating the existing fireball in the town
hall into more spacious quarters for the
" ftye man force.
ire department wilt be moving into
eir new building en Huron Street
sometime :In October, freeing the space in
the old town hall.
Reeve Harold Labb said there would be
some definite figures available by the next
meeting in early October.
Later when asked by the News -Record to
comment, Clinton Police Chief Lloyd
Westlake said happily he wars "over-
whelmed by the idea. '
'It has only taken five ears," he -said.
we var , rrnov1 ottt of
rn" (a reference to the small si
room '*he force presently occupies s in the
Town Hall).
Deputy Reeve Frank Cook said that
council is also planning serine r+ alts tattle
exterior of the'town hall. Most of the WOE
will involve repointing hrieWOrh that has
been deteriorating fora numbcrofyeaarS.
But commit also received some bad new':
when they learned there is no dog catcher
available t►r the'tewa'S canines.
Coca n+ illor Jim Hunter saki form!
Constable Clarence Perdue had turn
down the post and until some aiternativ+t
found, Clinton dogs will have the run of
town.
Mr. Hunter said he would consult severs..
Other area municipalities to find out their
dog control methods, and Mayor Symons.
added "this is one area that could use som
restructuring."
i.iit, Riddell easily win ridings .for Liberals
Huron -Bruce
by 10,000 votes
Liberal Murray Gaunt was swept back
into office in last Thursday's provincial
election with a landslide victory over
.. Progressive Conservative Bill Walden and
New Democrat Dr. Don Milne in the
Huron -Bruce riding.
Mr Gaunt polled 16,561 votes compared
to Mr. Walden's 5,955 and Dr. Mitne'S'Zs6 r.
• Provincially, the 'tIberals didn't do . ....s --
well as they had hoped, coming in second to
the NDP which will form the official ote
position , in the next legislature. Final
talteys were al seats for the Conservatives,
38 for the NDP and 36 for the Liberals. One
riving was still in doubt at press time and a
recount could put the two opposition
parties ina tie.
Amid speculation that Robert Nixon will
retire as Liberal leader after failing to
fornn a govearnmert, Mr. Gaunt was asked
if he would consider entering a leadership
rage.
*I'm willing to consider it id wiin
there's a vacancy,' he said itr an -ire
terview.
The - party's constitution calls for a
Ieedership convention within two years of
every election.
Mr. Gaunt also could not say if he will
continue as farm critic for the Liberals as
that. depends on the outcome of a caucus
meeting.
He added that he was delighted with the
support he received in Huron -Bruce riding
although he was disappointed with the
overall finish.
He said he had hoped the Liberals would
form at least a minority government.
Dr. Milne. of Kincardine, said he. was
"very pleased" with the outcome in this
riding.
He said he expected to poll about nine
-&-rcentofthe votes•and- eived.about. i ,2
percent.
He said there is a solid nine percent core
of NDP supporters in the ridingbut his
increased talley was dependent on other
factors
'Then asked if he would !nun again he said
he would to the event another election is
called soon but he would like to see some
other -talented people" in the riding run.
It he does run again he would like to see
the nomination meeting held earlier. The
IVDP nomination meeting was held Sep-
tember 3. just before nominations closed.
The NDP will be better organized for the
next election as the party has a "solid list
Huron -Middlesex stays with Jack
Incumbaii Member `of the Provincial yteer's 307. and Hayfield, losing 127 toI37
Parliament, Back Rfddelt, a elear-old i'or ,ir. mer,
fanner of Dashwood had little timuble Earlier, -there had been predictions that
w tnhtg the riding et Thiron.buddlesex In it was a` lose fight. in HurowNliddlesex
the provincial etettion last Thursday,, with Mr, .Hayter, 4'€, hard on Mr. Riddell':
which saw the Progressive Conservatives- heels. Mr: Hayter had run a strong ca -
Moray. Gaunt
of names of interested,—enthusiastic
people. Dr. Milne said.
A regular riding organization will be
formed soon, he said.
Conservative Bill Walden was pleased
with the clean campaign in the riding and
found the experience gratifying.
Mr. Walden ran hard in the campaign
but was unable to stem the tide of Gaunt
supporters.
The outcome of the election in this riding
was never in doubt as the returns poured in
once the polls closed at 8 p.m.
Mr. Gaunt took a.n early lead and held it
as the counting was completed.
The turnoutof voters was about 75
percent with just over 25,000 eligible
persons out of 33,920 going to the polls.
turned with a minority government of
, 51 seats. The New Democratic Party
finished a surpriang-second-with 3t, while
seats. the Liberals dropl to third place with 36.
- r
Mr. Riddell, who was ;fit elected in a
1973 brelectIo n, in a stunning upset of 33.
years of Conservative rule, seemed to have
the new riding won from the very firrst polls
reported. .
'By 9 p.m„ an hour after the polls bad
closed, Jack was 2,000 votes ahead and
never looked back.
The final tally showed Mr. Riddell with
11,963 votes, nearly 4,000 votes ahead of
Ptogressive Con'fser Live- Jim- Hayter.
who gathered '8106 and the NDP's Paul
Carroll, whose support slipped to 3, .
Mr. Ri'ddelliost only two of the 130 polls
Lutes. >rn n til votes behind lam" Pnnejidge Chalet kit Herman.
paign, banking on his deep Huron County
roots and long raaunicipal political ex-
perience l to bring the once exclusive Tory
stronghold back totheDavis camp.
The PCs were also counting on strong
support from the newly added
municipalities in Middlesex, which had
voted for PC Agriculture Minister Bill
Stewartfor t:8ye,
But Mr. -Riddell said he felt that with. Mr. -
Stewart's retirement. Liberal voters in the
area who had voted Tory in the past,
returned en masse to the Grit camp bast
Thursday.
After addressing his workers and sup-
porters at his Henson headquarters, Mr.
Riddell was whisked off on a tour of the
riding and later joined about 800 riding
supporters at a celebration party at the
Council taIk* leaf problem
With the fall season here again, the
annual and chronic problem of leaf
disposal surfaced again at last week's
Clinton council meeting. •
Councillor James Hunter broached the
subject when he suggested the town took
intorenting the leaf shredder owned by
Goderich as a means to collecting fallen
leaves from Clinton Streets.
Clinton could then. like Goderich, pass a
by-law making it illegal to burn leaves in
town. No firm commitments were shade.
By Jinn Fitzgerald
This is the final Sunday of racing at
Kinsmen Raceway, and there is an ex-
cellent card lined up, including three
divisions of the Ontario Sired Stakes µto, a
total purse in excess of $13,000. ""'.., rs your
last chance to replenish your bankroll.
A fire last Tuesday afternoon destroyed
a mattress at Huronview, but quick action
fp by the staff prevented any Injury,
Apparently the fike alarm failed to ring in
Town, and firemen and tecluticians are
trying to find out why.
+*+
Everyone in town 58 years of . age and
aider will be receiving a questionnaire this
week to see if a third senior citizen's
apartment is needed in Clinton. Please
tdnswertit'e form promptly, 'Phis survey hats,
nothing td do with the present twosenkw
buildings in town.
spend free gal was overisarrd
raking to her husbands ''If the Good
Ia't meant m oney to be dimmable,
theitteby didhe make ftout of paper?"
has been a hast minute change in
rn soccer Club's game els week
the gym dians. The gid
lived titlsSaturdayafternoon her*
instead' of Sunday. Piece note, the
however.
Another clean-up problem that also
surfaces regularly at council won't be
solved as easily however.
Council was informed by their solicitor.
Beecher Menzies, that council cannot force
Doug Howse or Gard Harkes to clean up
theirErie Street properties.
Residents in the area, and particularly
Frank MacDonald. have complained to
council for two years about the condition of
those properties, and council again
promised to look into it.
Another unresolved problem floated to
the surface again when council received a
letter of complaint from Mr. and Mrs. Jack
.Clegg_ -td- 4ko ..Street,. whose home is
directly behind the new senior citizens
apartment building on King Street.
The Cleggs complained runoff water is
flooding their basement.
Last month council learned there are no
drainage provisions for the property.
Councillor Ernie Brown and Deputy -Reeve
Frank Cook will meet with representatives
of Taro Properties, the contractors, on the
mattes.
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A future.Cana4iau ueea?
Joanne `Palms, ill; ot`Vlintert, i5 header fortheilifiss Dominion of Canada contest
next year. Miss Painter, who is the daughter of Dr. and Mn. D.B. Palmer of
Clinton, was picked as Miss 'Mid -Western Ontario last weekend at the Lucknow
Fair. It will be the first time that Clinton has a contestant in the national finals. Miss
Palmer was Clinton's Centennial Queen. (News -Record photo)
Local girl picked queen
Jo -Anne Palmer, 19 -year-old daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. D. B. Palmer of Clinton, was
named Miss Midwestern Ontario at the
Lucknow Fall Fair on Saturday. She was
chosen from among 18 girls 'representing
area municipalities, each a contest .winner
in her home community.
Jo -Anne Palmer is presently attending
Guelph University, working toward her
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. She
intends to become a veterinarian. She was
theClintoaCentennialQueen this year. Jo-
Anne becomes eligible to enter the 1076
Miss Dominion of Canada contest, held
each year at Niagara Falls.
She was named on Saturday by Miss
Dominion of Canada, Nermande Jacques
of Blind River, who spent the day in
Lucknow with the girls and acted as one of
the judges of the contest. The other judges
were Mr. and Mrs. Ted Glincan of the
Hamilton area.
Second place winner in the competition
was Karen de Jong, age 17, of Exeter, Miss
Exeter of 1974. Karen is a grade 12 student
at Exeter High School and is the daughter
of Mrs. Klara de Jong of that community.
As evidence of Karen's popularity, she was
voted Miss Congeniality by the other 17
girls in the contest. The judges play no part
in this award and each girl is asked to
mark her choice individually.
Third place in the contest was won by Jo-
Anne Snell, 19, of Londesboro, daughter of
Mr. and -Mrs. Rayrand.SnelL.Je-A>tn is.,a
student at St. Mary's Hospital in Kit-
chener. She was the Clinton Winter Car-
nival Queen.
The first place winner received $50 and
the opportunity to compete in the Miss
Dominion of Canada contest& and to enjoy
an expense paid week at this pageant.
Second place winner received 325 and the
third place winner, 315. Each of the other
girls received a gift.
Egmondville polluting Bayfield River
By Wilma Oke
Tuckersmith Council has
bye*n notified by a tetter from
the ministry of the environment
they Egmondville sewage is
*Hitting the Bayfield River.
The 'report to Council based
on surveys made in July 1975 by
the ministry• states that waste
water and sewage is gaining
access to the storm drains,
causing a deterioration in the
quality of water in the Bayfield
River and creating a health
hp rd,
e ministry stated that such
results clearly emphasize the
need for the proposed
provincial sewage works for
the hamlet.
The proposal is - -for
Egmondviite to be connected to
the Seaforth sewage system
when it is completed in the
spring of 1976.
Tuckersmith Council in a
body met with the Clinton PUC
in Clinton prior to its meeting
Tuesday night at J4urnn Cen-
tenniakSchool, Brucefield.
The meeting was caned to
discuss what procedures
Tuckersmith would have to
take to have the Vanastra
water and sewage works taken
over by Clinton PUC rather
than continuer under the
Ministry of the Environment
through the township. Costs
will have to be studied among
other things.
A committee was named to
Woman dies.
study the proposal changeover:
township clerk James
McIntosh, Clinton PUC
manager R,J, Boussey and one
member of Clinton Council yet
to be named.
Passed for payment was the
Pfaff Electric account of 32.200
for work at Vanastra Day Care
Centre presently being
M„
renovated: '
Building permit applications
were approved for: Vern
Alderdice, K ippei, grain and
storage buildings Henry
Bennendyk. SeafOrth, new barn
and silo; ,Bruce Rathwetl,
Brucefield, addition to house:
Bill Price, Egmoltdville, new
house; Gerry Salton, Vanastra,
addition to house; George
rom crash injuries
After four weeks in a coma Mrs. Betty
Hutchings, 34, of Bayfield died Sunday in
University Hospital in London from in-
juries she received in an accident on
August 23.
Mrs. f'iutching was on her wary to work
at Clinton Public Hospital when the ac-
cident occurred on Haran County Road 13,
on a cfirve two mites west of Clinton.
The Goderich detachment of the Ontario
Provincial Police said she was the driver of
a car thztt collided, with another car driven
by Jack D. Cook, 17, of 203 lames tired,
+h!
t hnton.
Both drivers were alone, and Mr. Cook
was also injured, but h4 has been released
from hospital.
Mrs. Hutchings is survived by her
husband. Tony; three young children at
home. Barbara, Dwayne, and Ronald; her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Ron>l'd Sellers of
London; and one brother, Ronald of
Bradford,
The funeral service was held from the
Balt Funeral Home in Clinton on . Sep-
tember 23, with interment in the Hayfield
Cemetery. .
Townsend. RR 2 Seaforth, silo.
Tenders for the Nott Drain
were opened and work on the
open drain was awarded to
Robert Nicholson for $4,500.
The tenders for the closed drain
were ceinsidered too high for
accept. As the tendjrs stated
work on the; drain would not be
done until 1976. Council decided
to re -tender in the spring.
Plagued by complaints from
ratepayers about dogs. running
at large Clerk McIntosh was
instructed to write the London
Humane Society to enquire
about Costs and 'service for the
Society to police the dog
problem in the township.
Council. approved requests
for tax refunds from Canadian
Fabricated Products Ltd.,
Vanaistira for 'three months
(S270.1.2) when they moved out;
McGregor Farms. Kippen, for
two barns removed; Alvin Hoff,
Egmondville, dismantled
addition to house.
Counciloncurred with the
Hay township Bylaw for the
maintenance and repair to the
Soktan Drain. It is•estimaated to
cost 84500 for a complete ;lean -
out.
Council was informed by a
letter from Harry Loyens of
London in answer to councils
request that he would clean up
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