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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-12-11, Page 1'M 'i�,u*a�wTuasyotp•+a.. nx.+, ..y r�r-�.n.:..+ur.m �w..arc .rvrnnxn. MMN�nua,.,e+..y,+anaw.xwv>M.^rr.ra maty))' ped, n tl •tv +onmar a are art+ acct o tMr a a% ney hospitai entra .�gspa patien.. metxt tt~ pita should to-* bu*the ± or l that h,ost travelled ire case ergea'roy could becoMe uu matter°r' tllo an ' death;, ,,ct can, irn I,ner,..an t I dent have to stretch, my mind that tar beck" D rM Frerk Thompson saki', "to think of cases ` -where a matter minutes in rea.0 the hospital- made all the difference in whether a patient livelier died. the, down. spreading tgw,ri the closing 4"i w rr our." It the go had to; OW4e whether for close t+ Clutton or Exeter hospttalr h'e.! said, Without the Eaieter Hospital. would "TheExeter/ hospital has no /Cray Department; no'surgeonpnstaff; andn i updatedservices, "hesald General practitioners aren't the only - doctors. -to find- *ham rttritnn Hospital, a, ,a, new assistant administrator of u nvicwhas arrived. Wayne Lester began his new position on December t, and cv:ntes from the Gulden where ^T awnNursingh Home in ons Fif: 'M:,l•. . he a he' .4.s assistant ad- mkiistiator for the last year. Before working in Lions Head. Mr. fester waSilt W iartonk where he was the pastor of`Bethel Pentecostal Church and school bus operator for Thomas Norris Ltd, Whfie working with the church in Wiarton, Mr. Lester became involved with the senior citizens. His preference . for working with the senior, citizens increased and Mr. Lester emoted at McMaster University, Haruilton, in their Administration for Hoes for the Aged program . He is still wonting on his degree, and hopes to graduate next October. A native of Woodstock, Mr. Lester graduated from Woodstock. Collegiate Institute and the Eastern Pentecostal BibteCollege in Peterborough. His job at Huronview involves 'supervising purchases for Huronview !it and he is responsible for the main. tenance`ofthe b Wilding, which houses. I payers will ne day early Loca beo With Christmas and New Year's holidays both falling on a Thursday, the News -Record's normal publishing dates, changes will be made to deadlines wfth those two papers corning out early. The News -Record's Christmas greeting edition will be distributed on Dec. 24, one day earlier than usual,, and hence all deadlines have been moved back one day. In other words. the classified deadline will be on noon Monday, December 22, with the display and news copy deadline set for S p.m, Monday afternoon. The New Year's paper will also folloky the same format, with all deadlines being one day earlier. • Advertisers and correspondents are urged to note these changes and to help the News -Record staff during this hectic time by getting their ads and copyin as early as possible. o vie residents.. He succeeds Ed Rowe. Mr. Lester. along with: his wife Shirley and two children. Shawn. 8. and Tammy. S. live in Clinton. r Wayne fester, the assistant ad-' ministrator at flutonvfew comes from Lions Head, where his last post was assistant administrator at the Golden Dawn Nursing Home. (News -Record Photo ) u ;eat ai+ y is Clinton; Jack 'Riddell. MPP for Huron- i.ddlsex; Erik appointed agricultural critic last Friday, byF the provincial Liberal party, replacing Murray Gaunt: MPP for Huron -Bruise. Mr. Gaunt has been appointed chairman of the Liberal caucus. Mr. Riddell is quite pleased with his new appointment. Asa graduate of Guelph University in Animal Husbandry" and a Dashwood area farther. Mr. Riddell has had a great deal of experience in farmers needs and their problems. "A main priority withthe party is the preservation of agricuttural land. We can't allow prime one and two land to be used for industry. Asphalt and corn don't mix, Mr. Riddell said. "We are also discussing a farm in- come insurance pian. The farmer can't afford to take all the risks. The gover- nment is talking about, low food costs and the farmer just. cart he expected to to -e on all the risks involved, they need tp-.�e guaranteed a stabiized price, he said. Mr . R iddell will be responsible for legislation in any agricultural matters and any matters in agricultural ex - Bank barns bulky boQks By Bev Clark As of last Thursday, the Clinton branch of the Bank of Montreal has become completely mechanized. One of six branches of the 'Bank of Montreal in Canada to become fully mechanized, Clinton tellers are now able to put through customers transactions directly to their accounts by the use of terminals in the branch. These ter- minals are connected to a central computer in Toronto. The use of the computer cuts out a lot of routine work, and can . determine a customer's balance, up to the minute. It automatically makes up interest and service charges „ua�.a. cakes the drudgery out of banking,"said Earl Hilderley, manager of the Clinton branch. "The bank has been mechanized for two years, but we kept up with the old system. using ledgers, as well, to make sure that the new system was free of bugs. Last Thursday, December 4, we got rid of the ledgers, making the bank completely mechanized," said ° Mr. Hilderley. All banks are gradually converting to the new system, There are two other branches of the Bank of Montreal in Ontario using this system and three branches in Quebec. By Jim Fitzgerald A special welcome back this week to our regular columnists, Bill Smiley .and • Jack Scott., whose jottings have been missing the last several weeks because of the mail strike. Judging by the number of complaints we received during their absence, they are well-read writers. -I-++ Even though the mail strike is over. and some semblance of order has returned to most businesses and households across the nation, most newspapers still have a six -month-old strike at the newsprint mills staring them in the face. The News -Record isn't in a precarious position yet, but we may be forced to suspend publication in the New Year if the -situation hasn't im- proved. Several visitors to this office in the last several days have remarked that Clinton's main street is oiie of the best decorated for Christmas of any town in this area. Plaudits to the businessmen and the PUC. - Chris Zdeb, our summer student. was *siting here for a couple of days this week from the University of Western Ontario, where she is a third year journalism student. She hasn't changed arty, though. +� wt - Then there's the one about the illtonaire oilmanthat went to the ntitt, only tolea` were his teeth in act condition. "Drillw t asro'ny'the Man said, "t feel lucky today:" Phytlts branch o formation tr branches hes of t Record fh+ cal iR cha of customer services deposits at the Clinton Montrea demonstrates. how this terminal relays in- t d com ter In Toronto. The Clinton branch isone o f six : o of Mon`ticat to beech* cot pletel r mechanized: News- at cus peaditures. Before being made agricultural critic. Mr. Riddell was environmental critic for the party for the past one and one half years. Mr. Gaunt is also pleased with his new appointment. As chairman of the Liberal caucus, Mr. Gaunt will be responsible for making sure that the rnembers•know what is coming up in the house. He will also act as a liaison between the caucus and members of the party. When asked whether he would be helping Mr. Riddell in his new position as agricultural critic, Mr. Gaunt said, "I still have a great interest andconcern with respect to the farmer and agriculture. 1 shall help Mr. Riddell whenever he asks me." Mr. Gaunt was the agricultural critic for the Liberals for 10 years, with one year in between as ministry, of Iran- spert:ation and.. communications critic.... eparate school board Even though it wasthe first time these two young gentlemen had ever met the White haired fellow, they didn't seem too impressed. Dale,. left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ball Marsh, and Shawn, son of Mr. and Mrs. Terry Rutledge, both of Clinton, met Santa last week at the Santa Centre in the Town Hall, Santa will be hack again this Friday and Saturday afternoons. (News-Rectird photo) Ciinion.Cen concert 'offered -s lect• ion The Clinton Centennial Band and its special guest artists presented a concert of varied music following the theme .`Sounds of the Season," last Saturday evening, December 6. at the Clinton Public School auditorium. A hall full of family and friends gathered to hear the band's final performance of this busy centennial year. With Bob Mann as Master of to use Waterloo By Wilma Oke Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic separate school board authorized the purchase of nursery school instruction from the Waterloo County board of education at the Smithson Public School Nursery Class for a child with impaired hearing at .a meeting in Dublin Monday night. The board accepted the resignation of Peter Koens, grade 8 teacher at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School, RR 3, , Dashwood, effective December 31, 1975. The Huron County board of education informed the board it was not able to offer the repair service of its audio- visual department at this time as requested. The termination of the board lease with R. S. Box, Seaforth, for the former board office was approved effective December I at a discount of 5215 saving to the board. F. J. Vere of Stratford, chairman of the building maintenance committee. reported the concrete footing had been completed +art St. Patrick's School, Kinkora. He said work to be ,done in December includes the cement block foundation for the new addition and gravel fill. along with the installation of underground drains. Mr. Vere said the addition being built by Pounder Brothers of Stratford is scheduled to be completed in June, 1976. Howard Shantz of Stratford. chairman of the policy and by-laws committee, presented a report on updating several by-laws. Included in the changes ap- proved by the board is one that calls for newly elected trustees to be invited to all meetings of the board in December prior to taking office in January in order for them to become acquainted with the other board members and to be in- formed about procedures. Trustees Ted Geoffrey of Zurich and Donald Crowley of Gadshill reported on a recent Christian Curriculum Con- ference they had attended in London on the topic social justice. The conference was sponsored by the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association. They reported it was "geared for teachers rather than trustees", and bath ex- pressed disappointment in it. The regular meeting was adjourned at 11:30 p.m. when the board met as a committee -of -the -whole. Ceremonies, the Centennial Band, under the direction of Lois Abel, started off the evening With a ..ilarchi like selection called "Commando Overture," The band followed this with several. Christmasselections, and accompanied the carol sing. Their performance of "Silver Bells" was particularly delightful with the effective use of or- chestra'bells. The ; audience 'enjoyed 7the-tCli istmas, numbers performed by the two choirs from Central Huron Secondary School also led by Lois Abel. The mixed choir, called "Music" sang Jesous Ahan- tonhia" (Huron Christmas Carol) and "Fum Fum Fum" an old Spanish carol. The Girls' Chorus sang two very -ap- pealing carols: "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Hence 0 Shepherd Maiden. The ever popular Irish Clintonians. the Bradley Family and Clinton's Irish tenor, Seamus . Doherty, treated the audience to several favourite numbers: The Bradley Family, which is broadening its scope by the use of guitars and percussion. included in its selections. "Come In. I'm a Rambler". a Scottish selection. Among Mr. Doherty's selections were "Try to Remember". "Whistling Phil McHugh" and "Danny Boy,. Perhaps the highlight of the evening was the Wingham Beiiringers under the direction of Gordon Legget. This group is made up of tee boys from St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wingham and has been in existence for 13 years. These people really know how to "ring those Christ- mas bells', and the beautiful tones of the bells were a delight as they rang out the beloved carols. The Clinton Centennial Band and its guest performers sent the audience home with a little more of the spirit of Christmas and the feeling that they'd been treated to a most enjoyable musical evening. Conservation Authority must be watch dog "Conservation Authorities must be the watchdog over our environment." Those were the words of Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority Elgin Thompson speaking at the year-end meeting Wednesday af- ternoon. Thompson continued to say that authorities must con- tinue to struggle for clean air, pure water and protection of land. He added, "1 think this -Authority has set°, a good example in trying to keep good agricultural land in agricultural and in planting trees where the land would not produce good cups." Resources manager for the local Authority Roger Martin said the year 1975 was another year of introspection. Martin said, "Every few years Conservation Authorities come under pressure to re-examine their roles in the natural resources management program of the province.'' "I don't ,think . the Autholrities traditional tole of water ma`nttgotnent on a watershed bagis is being giestioned but I do think our roles in recreation, land acquisition. forestry and wildlife pose large question marks in many minds." the resources manager added. Continuing Martin said. "Funds are not available to" do everything we would like and it's imperative to set priorities., - We should seriously consider acquisition of easements to certain lands as opposed to purchasing." The year 1975 was a busy one for the A -B Authority, Flood plain and fill line mapping projects are near completion and five new erosion control projects are underway with more in the planning stages. The land acquisition and management corn rniflee reported a busy.year as well. Purchase of 4.5 acres of land at the easterly edge of Crediton for a picnic area and park was completed. An option has been taken on 75 acres of land at Lot 21, Concessions 5 and 6 of Stephen tbwnshi '`p Y .in the Devil's Elbow area to be used far witdj'itc habitat and low fin iritertty recreation use. Roger Martin pointed out an interesting fact that about 40 acres of this property was planted in trees by the Authority `about 10 years ago for private owners. He added, "This is the first time we are able to benefit from one of our previous projects." The Ausable Conservation Authority was established in 1946 and'enlarged to include the Bayfield area in 1972. An addition of the Lake Huron shoreline and a part of Goderich township was made in 1974. The Authority now includes 32 municipalities with a population of 40,303 and an equalized assessment of $318,394.000. The Ausable.-Bayfield Conservation, Authority is an independent corporation organization, one of 38 in Ontario. The general ob- jective is to carry out a comprehensive and co- ordinated program for conservation of renewable natural resources within the watershed which covers 1,000 square miles. McKillop Fed. of Ag. By Wilma Oke Mervin Smith of RR -1, Walton. was re-elected president of the McKillop F deratiot . of Agriculture at the annual dinner meeting at' St.Columban o)ttnnibarx Parish fiat) Tuesday night. Vice-presidents re-elected o were G r n 'Blanchard anchard and Robert Robinson both of RR 4, Walto' : secretary. 4 Setreasuret►firth.r, Alvin Dodd, RR 7 • Fifteen directors as E'r-' elected as follows: co', cession 1,Andrew 2 attd 3, Ken Scott, ' �` ."•, Dela,xtey; 4 and 5. t ,cats Popple Lewis Coy`4t' ,:,fitd Maloney;Lettif . ,o ae�i Gordon IV11, fi