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and bolds no grudges
Hospital would agree t
the e Clinton Public Hospital board,
despite getting en unqualified approval
m the court last week to remain open,
told the ministry of health on Monday
tat they are willing to cut their budget
alp the ministry with their restraint
ern, and are even willing to in -
tegrate services with other hospitals in
Huron County in an attempt to come up
with more cuts.
The Clinton Hospital board, at a
meeting last Tuesday night, May 18.
decided to ask all the other four hospital
day- to gine sJ4,OOO
record Spring Fair
record $144,000 in prize money will be
wren away this year in Clinton's 122
Pal Spring Fair, beginning Friday
tine 4 and lasting until Sunday, June 6.
�e Fair, sponsored by the Huron
ral Agriculture Society, was moved
"B" class fair last year and now is
4�;a
largest spring fair in Ontario.
eadliners in this year's grandstand
iw will be Jamey Ryan from Nash -
e: and Al Cherney and Morris Boyler
the Tommy Hunter show as well as
yers Brothers and the Jubilaires,
rere also featured last year.
'ween- of ►e Fair and the baby.
contests will be held again this year as
well as the largest heavy horse show in
Ontario and the all -- Ontario Jersey
show. The Huron Black and White show
also returns.
The Bridgeman Family from Cam-
bridge will be at one of the two grand-
stand shows and the livestock shows and
different exhibits will be part of the
festivities.
There will be a horse show with the
judging of Western, Games and Show
horses.
This year, the master of ceremonies
will be Bruce, Rathwell a well-known
area auctioneer;
Pnfiee station opened
Elmer Bell of Exeter, right who is chairman of the Ontario Police Commission,
cuts the ribbon that officially opened Clinton's new police station last Saturday.
Mayor Don Symons holds the ribbon, while Chief Lloyd Westlake looks on. The
station is located in the former fire hall. (News -Record photo)
By Jim Fitzgerald
Here we are again on the verge of
other holiday weekend that will see
ousands of tourists on their way
q�ugh our area to campsites and
ttages, that is if this rotten weather
For the first time in a number of
ears, the May 24th holiday, falls on May
nth, and we expect most people wtil-be
busy to celebrate Queen Victoria's
ir'thday. Besides. with lack of any
fireworks displays, it just doesn't seem
ke Firecracker Day anymore.
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As you guessed, most businesses;
anks, fires water stores, post offices,
., will be closed Monday, as will the
ws-Record. But because we have to.
t paper out on time nett week, we
Auld . ask our advertisers and
esttondents to try and have their
py in early. A Monday holiday just
ons more headaches for a Thursday
wspaper.
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It was with great sadness last week
at we learned that the Fraternity
rotherhood, of Two -Fingered
sroom Typists is fast shrinking and
11 in fact all disappear altogether in
near future. Being a paid up
ember, yours truly wonders what this
old is corning for Many of the
ltherhood could type as fast with two
gers as some: could with ten. There
lSaxt a typewriter made that could
Mile two digit people if they had
tided to use all ten fingers at once.
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. federal, government will be
ing on you come June first. No they
1 d have their taxes gouged out of
ices, but they're taking a census on
first, and everyone will be .filling
ms ori that day. Most of us will be
the quinennual task ourselves in
Building permits 8200
boards in Huron for a meeting. to discuss
possible integration of some services in
Huron to save on hospital costs,..
Examples cited were maternity care
and heart units.
Beecher Menzies, vice-chairman of.
the Clinton Hospital board, said that the
board will ask each hospital board to
appoint two representatives to come to a
meeting to. -"rationalize the health
program as it affects hospitals."
"The time of the meeting will be.
decided by the other hospitals to the
mutual convenience of all," Mr. Menzies
said.
Mr. Menzies said . the board is also
looking at a budget' to run the Clinton.
hospital for the remaining six months of
this year. So far, the 62 -bed Clinton
facility has been operating on grants
based on last year's budget.
In a meeting last Monday, May 17 with
Ministry of Health officials in Toronto,
Mr. Menzies, along with gdministrator
Doug Coventry, chairman Art Aiken and
Dr. Bill Harrett. president of the Huron
uts
County; Medical Association, discussed
to Ole of the Clinton hospital after the
court decision last week that said the
hospital closings were invalid.
At that meeting, they discussed the
possibilities of savings here (in Clinton)
Pitts the amalgamation of some services
inuroon.
"e, told them we would try and sit
doe& with the other hospitals to discuss
the possibility of saving money," Mr.
Menzies said.
"We indicated we were fully prepared
W co-operate," he said.
He -said the attitude of the two ministry
officials was "most conciliatory."
The ministry indicated they will fund
the hospital at least six months and
longer, while the provincial government
appeals as last week's•court decision.
'We would like to see a reduction of
budgets that would result in the saving of
money the ministry desires on a mutual
agreement' basis rather than by im-
position of the ministry," Mr. Menzies
said.
With the church still smouldering behind ......
them, deacons :Jerome Fabian, left,
and kia1 ry Cochrane survey the extensive damage doneto their Baptist Church
In Clinton in an early .morning fire last Wednesday May 12. The Ontario Fire
Marshal's office said on Monday the fire started near an overheated furnace,
and was not caused by a natural gas explosion. (News -Record photo)
Town council's mote
Rec. board decides to stick
It appears the. Clinton recreation
Committee has hit the ball back into
town council's court, following the rec
board's regular meeting last week.
The rec board decided last 'I'hursday
night that it should be up to town council
to. call a meeting with the Kinsmen And
various groups who are affected b$ a
new rate schedule, as the rec committee
has passed the schedule and included:
rtevertues.-jird it in. their budget of thio.,
year.
The meeting, which featured some
lively discussion. decided that it was up
to council to call a meeting over the new
fee schedule, which has caused some
controversy,
One of the main points of the schedule
was a proposed charge of two percent of
any betting at the Kinsmen Raceway,
which could amount to 316,000 per
summer charge. Town council decided
two weeks ago to charge 32,000 to cover
the cost of the insurance and the cost of
grading the track.
"The press is wrong on this thing."
parks chairman Bill Crawford said, "we
are not jumping their rate ten times,
because we are now " doing the main-
tenance and clean-up at, the park, which
previously cost the Kinsmen 36,000 per
year."
Mr. Crawford said•that of town council
only wanted to charge the Kinsmen
$2,000 a year, then the other 314,000
would be viewed as a grant by town
council.
"The people won't be happy that
Council is giving a 314,000 grant,"Dean
Reid said.
.. '' think the Kinsmen should be billed
f we are doing the work," Russ Archer
aic bat we.. should have ,aa meeting
with all the concerned people or we're
going to get a lot of ill feeling we don't
need, If council wants to give the Kin-
smen' a grant of 314,000, then it should be
made into an agreement.
Burt Lobb, who is council's
representative on the rec committee,
said that council has the final say in the
matter, a statement backed up by Jim
McKinlay, Exeter recreation director,
and Don Reed. of the ministry of culture
and recreation, who were present at part
of the meeting to explain grant struc-
tures.
Mr. Reed explained that the rec
committees in the province were just an
arm of council, and legally they can't
own property or a bank account, but he
said that there was a lot of value to a lay
committee running recreation.
Vanastra will soon get water meters
By Wilma Oke
Tuckersmith Township council ap-
proved the installation of water meters
at Vanastra during a six -hour session of
council Tuesday night which ended at 2
a.m. Wednesday. Council will work with
the ministry of the environment to have
the installation done.
A 3200 building permit will be charged
on every new house constructed in the
township, but council will continue the $2
charge for other building permits.
The proposal to raise the fee to 3200
from 32 was made by Councillors Bert
Branderhorst, who said the 32 permit
was too small when some other neigh-
bouring municipalities were charging a
percentage of the estimated cost on all
buildings erected.
Mr. Branderhorst Suggested that the
money from the permits be used for
recreation costs in the township and
giving some Co neighbouring arenas used
by township residents.
Reeve Elgin Thompson disagreed, and
said the money should go to the recreation
centre in its own township at Vanastra
and not to other arenas as other
municipalities did not contribute to costs
at Vanastra although their residents use
the Vanastra swimming pool.
Councillor Cleave Coombs of
Egmondville said he knew of families,
because they cannot afford it, have not
been to the Seaforth arena all winter as a
result of the 315 penalty to each
Tuckersmith resident participating in
organized recreation such as hockey.
(This 315 fee was levied when Tucker-
smith refused to contribute any grants
toward the Seaforth arena for Har-
purhay or Egmondville young people
registered for hkey.)
Reeve Thompson said, "I can't see it.
Kids today get all the money they want. I
don't believe there is anybody who can't
afford it There's money for drinking."
Atter much discussion, it was aged
that the money would not be designated
at the present time for any one purpose
but used at the discretion of council for
any necessity, even roads.
Council accepted the tender for flaked
calcium chloride from Pollard Bros. of
Harrow for township roads at a cost of
382.50 per ton.
Council held court of revision on the
Layton Drain but as there were no ap-
peals, the drain report was formally
accepted. Tenders will not be called until
next year, as requested by those in-
volved.
Eldon O'Brien and Arthur Coombs,
both of RR 5. Clinton, attended council
meeting along with Engineer Henry
Uderstadt of Orangeville for discussion
on the O'Brien Drain report. The report
was adopted and court of revision set for
June 22.
Because of increased traffic and ex-
cessive speeding on North Street in
Egmondville, - area residents sent a
letter of complaint to council and
requested speed limit signs. Council will
look into the situation and the police will
be notified of the problem.
Council will supply' 'water to the
property line for Bill Ross, Brucefield.
Requests for building permits were
approved for , Michael McGrath,
Egmondville, storage shed; James
Mcllwain. Egmondville, new house
Herve Poirier, Vanastra, carport and
porch; and John McLellan, Brucefield,
welding shop.
Bill Embling of Vanastra was ap-
pointed to fill. the vacancy of the
Vanastra Recreational Board due to the
resignation .
A petition from three ratepayers for a
drain was received. John Branderhorst,
Alois VanEsbroeck and W.B. Rowcliffe.
Engineer Henry Uderstadt was named
to bring in a report.
A Dead End Street sign will be placed
on Fifth Ave.,, Vanastra, recently closed
at the entrance to Highway 4 because of
a traffic hazard.
William G. Newman, Ontario minister
of agriculture and food.•offered no relief
to council in answer to a request for
more money to loan to ratepayers on tile
drain loans. The amount available this
year. has been cut severely to .all
municipalities and the ministry reported
because of the number of requests for
additional funds, it is expected that very
little, if any. will be available later in the
year.
Trailer goes through windshield
woman hx� rt in
A Goderich area woman, Rose Frayne
of RR 3, Goderich, received severe
facial injuries last Saturday morning
when a loose house trailer hit her car
head-on on Highway 21, about four miles
north of Goderich.
The Ontario Provincial Police,
Goderich Detachment reported that
apparently arentl a house trailer being pulled
yx
Hendrik „Rrcgman of Goderich
jumped from its hitch and wefrit into the
southbound lane and collided with the
w.b
Frayne vehicle.
Wood from the trailer smashed
through the windshield and caused
severe facial injuries to Mrs. Frayne.
OPP estimate the damage in the ac-
cident, which occured at about 10:10
a .m.„ at Sl,000 to the trailer, and 31.500 to
the Frayne vehicle»
The•OPP'alsa reported that they had a
very sticceSl:i'e1 police Week last geek
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"They are an important cog in the
community,"said, "we would hope -
that they would 't just become another
sub -committee of council."
Mr. McKinlay and Mr. Reed also
answered questions about an inquiry
from the Clinton Figure Skating Club,
who are - seeking part of a 36,000
recreation grant the town receives from
the government to pay their pros.
"We don't etiten get' the grant"' Mt,
Archer said, "it goes directly to coun-
cil."
Mr. Reed said there were no legal
reasons for the rec committee to help the
skaters, but he felt there was a moral
obligation.
"The figure skaters felt they were
being gypped," Don Kay said. "We
carried them all winter and helped them
with 51300 last year."
"We help any club in a round about
way if they're in the red," chairman Len
Fawcett said.
Mr. McKinley said there was a lack of
communication when the figure skaters
Local doctor honored
wanted to buy their own P.A. system,
and he said the rec committee should sit
down with the various clubs and advise
them on their financial situation.
Rec members didn't feel as bad about
their budget when they learned Exeter
spent 3139,000 on recreation last year.
with 365,000 being paid by the taxpayer.
Last year .Clintg is budget was 585,000
€{ at.1$&2it0 corn from;, a crsv .
and the rest from revenue.
In other business, the committee gave
a 10 percent raise scale to their em-
ployers, retroactive to January first.
They are as follows: arena manager.
510,616; two employees at 59,990: plus
each gets a 3150 clothing allowance plus.
a two percent fringe benefit package
The secretary also received a raise to
5260 from S200 per year.
The committee also learned that the
Kinettes are donating a new piece of
playground equipment to the park and
will meet with manager Clarence
Neilans to decide on a location.
A long•tftne general practitioner in the Clinton area, Dr. Fred G. Thompson,
was honored last Tuesday night May iSib In Toronto at the Ontario Medical
Association's Annual penventlon when he was presented -with a life mem-
bership in the Association. Dr. Thompson, who has served the ares for 50
years, was, on hana for the presentation 61 the Royal York Hotel. (Ne. ws-
Rccrird t''rtto)