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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-06-03, Page 1Clinton council last Thursday night Ow out a controversial fee schedule set up by the recreation committee, but told ate committee they could go ahead and negotiate on their own new fees with various groups and clubs in town who use the park and arena facilities. open meeting ,e nearly tour -hour, featured at times some very "lively* , discussion, and centered around the rec ommittee's right raise money to cover their proposed$133,0 budget, of hich$75,comesfrom the taxpayers. Rec chairman Len Fawc said after e meeting that the co ittee would fit down with each gro and discuss a fee levy that everyone and fair. "This was just a oposai in the first ,lace," parks ch man Bill Crawford laid. "We justwanted to initiate some discussion... al points Among the most controversi c. fees, td, ` d ,'x ,^to e a ro sal to rent for the auditorium, a $400 yeatlY of the fee schedule was ki pa' grant each from the fair board a charge the Kinsmen two percent of the ass handle for the using of the park on turf club for two barns. a $10 per game &r $16,000 and the Sundays, which would amount to about per year. The y wanted School o The rec committee however. to- take over the $3,500 cleaning bill for the park from the Kinsmen. Council last month decided to urge the Kinsmen $2,000 a year to cov r in- surance and track grading costs, but the rec committee has to pay the insurance, and say they never whoon their bet the u000 dget The hack fr-omthetowntos The rec committee also wants a $6►000 government recreation grant to be put on their budget. instead of going into the town's general coffer. Among the other fees that the rec committee will have to negotiate are a $150 a day rent for the arena floor, a $400 a dart rent for the whole park, a $75 a day: in Stanley, Tui t0 all juvenile age and over clubs e bal diamonds,°and a SIO per :Marge to reserve the picnic area. The Huron County board of education is sending out a letter to parents of school students living in Tuckersmith ani-- Stanleyinschool baundargthe ie m possible changes n the county. The letter reads as follows: • "A committee studyag school boundaries in the county is attempting to inform residents of enrolment problems that exist. it should be noted that no arbitrary decision is being made at this time, b solicited before any final decision is made. "Because of declining enrolments in some schools, and overcrowding in others, the board has appointed a committee to study school boundaries in the county. "As you are aware, there has been a large influx of pupils from Vanastra during the past few years. These pupils are attending Clover overcrowded conditionsPublic atl. is has resulted in at that school, to the point where one portable classroom has been added, and the need for more additional space is becoming evident. "At the same time, Hensal.i Public School has experienced a large decline in enrolment over the nod at years. Enrolment has also Public School. but that parental opinion will be t married 50 gears The Sign, "*Just Married, 50 Years Ago" adorned a town last truck St at t took k Mr. and Mrs. James East of Clinton through the streets of in celebration of their 58th wedding anniversary. News -Record photo) By Jim Fitzgerald -• Municipal services in Clinton have certainly taken a turn for the better in the lastyear, as first a new fire hall was constructed (or renovated) and the lice department then got long overdue .ry new quarters. The police station was Holmes united the two in marriage. "Officially opened two weeks ago, and now the Clinton Area Fire Board are The couple wererried refaredetdethay was ..they wing an open house and official had to be ening of their spacious new building ready to be cut. and that after the Huron Street next Saturday, from 2 to wedding, they returned to the farm to fix '4:..m. and from 7 to 10 p.m. The firemen fences in a poem . written by their p daughter-in-law. Mrs. Harold East. The Will be on hand to explain the workings was read during a reception at the Of the "extinguished brigade", and the poem Fids can even sit in the big red trucks Vanastra Recreation Centre last and try on one of those funny hats.., Saturday night. efreshments will also be served. + + +- May, 1976 was almost a complete �ntrast to last year, the weather office ports. This year, instead of summer armth, May was cloudy, wet and cool Month, with snow being recorded on three days, the third, sixth. and 18th. ere was only 75 percent of the normal shine hours, while precipitation was ellabove the average. All in all, a very iiscouraging month for farmers, rimers, and gardeners. +++ But now that June is here. things are ireaO looking much brighter. and the t weekend in the sixth month always Ings the Clinton Spring Fair, which raises to be another humdinger. See there this Friday, Saturday. or ttnday. + + + e News -Record is helping observe re a Student Week" this year, as are rter for the may chant rsm%th twps SF _ committee is of the opinion that fa;ilies in the southern' part of eramith and Stanley townships wUd agree to have their children at- tend Hensel or Zurich Public School if heir home is closer to one of those sebools than to''Huron Centennial School. "If these pupils did attend -Hensail or Zurich, the schools could continue to operate effectively:and Huron Cen- tennial School would be able to ac- commodate some of the Tuckersmith pupils presently living in Vanastra. "The Huron County board of education does not plan to make any boundary changes for this coming September, but is considering changes beginning in September 1977." A gar smile smiling years after 50 of Mr. andg Mrs. John Guettercelebrating their golden wedding anniversary today marriage. The couple a >1 June 3. (News -Record photo) rearinffs to be held an Stanley cottages Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) hearings will be held early this month in Stanley Township where developers of, two major cottage subdivisions along Lake Huron, about three miles south of Bayfield, will be seeking approval of the projects. The hearings will outline changes for a 100 -lot development which has been Town gearing up or annual Sprti-rg Fair Over $14,000 in prizes will be presented ented this weekend at the three-day. annual Clinton Spring Fair, sponsored by the Huron Central - Agricultural Society. The Clinton Fair, which begins this Friday, and continues Saturday and Sunday, will be marking its second year as a "B" fair. making it second only to exhibitions like the Western Fair and the Toronto CNE. As well as the usual events connected with the fair, such as cattle exhibits. horse and commercial exhibits, the fair has a midway and two grandstand shows, one Friday night and one Saturday night. The show on the opening day. Friday will feature the Queen of the Fair contest and the Senior Citizen's Queen contest. Tour town for 50th Mr. and Mrs. James East of Clinton celebrated their 29 th wedtouring than- rough niversary on Mayby g the streets of Clinton in a 1946 Mercury truck owned by their daughter and son- in-law. Lillian and Bert Evans. The decorated truck bore some resemblance to the'1916 Model T -Ford that took the young couple to Wesley - Willis United Church in 1926 where Rev. taken on a cub repo No deer: She is Shell ie McPhee of 5th Avenue entrance hazoff s road. oaighwa rk►Vr1. a .gym 21 -year-old, second -years-- because o on- n'u,rnaism student at Ryerson she slope of a hilitions it dwhen it was located on l, Police and Ministry of trir�+crsity in Toronto. rt The celebrations included a family dinner attended by 41 people and alliance at which more ,than 300 guests were present. Along with the reading of the poem; the couple were piped to the stage by Murray East, a cousin of the family and were later entertained by a bagpipe solo of "Amazing Grace." While Mr. East. now 76, farmed. Mrs. East, 67. remained at home to raise their six children, Jack, Harold, Kay, Carl. Charles and Lillian. They are also grandparents of 22 children and have seven great grandchildren. Special congratulations were received from the Governor General Jules Leger: Joe Clark, opposition leader; Premier William Davis, MPP Murray Gaunt, and MP Robert McKinley. During the contests. Family of Cambridge the Grandstand.. Saturdays program will start off with a parade at 1 p.m. through Clinton. which promises dozens of floats. The WIparade is followed by the official opening of the fair. About 2:30 in the afternoon. the ever popular baby show will begin in the arena. At 3:30 the livestock parade will begin in front of the grandstand. Following the parade, the presentation of livestock specials will take place. the Following a break for suFeer harness horse teams will be judged in front of the grandstand. ll and thetlargest t three years is any heavy horse show ir. Ontario will en- thrall young and old alike. which the Bridgeman will entertain at stalled because it is against the Huron County official plan. A 30 -cottage development has also been partially rejected even though it is permitted under the county plan. Meanwhile, an agreement was signed on Friday, May 2$ between Stanley Township and a campground developer to continue work on the $1 million Yogi - Bear's Jellystone Park, eat of Bayfield. Opposition to the project the campground covering a 140 -acre site had previously been designated as green productive. Two other development by programs have been proposed London realtor Will - Webb and Zurich - area farmer Phil Durand. Mr. Webb is arguing that the land is of poor quality and Mr. Durand is planning to Seek approval for the entire plan at the OMB hearings: Although a year ago Stanley Township decided to halt any new cottage eiepments.aiong.Jts� t0 -mile shoreline because it was felt that there were enough cottages my the area, both the space in the Huron County official plan. pblp nnt1. tSF a ; Fc..e ,. r. .• The county pfianning t d f3 cottage development pplatt-. but the ministry of housing have opposed the ministry of housinghowever,feit that the other extensive cottage developments development should be half as large as because these projects are proposed on originally proposed. farmland which would be agriculturally Vanastrawaflts new entrance By Wilma' Oke A proposal to open an entranceway to Vanastra off No. 4 Highway at the Ontario Hydro location to lth Avenue, was made to Tuckersmith Council Tuesday night. Allan Guest of Camden Holdings, owner of property in Vanastra. suggested the plan for Council's con- sideration when he attended the council session, to discuss the construction of four more houses, in addition to the 11 houses nearing completion at Vanastra. Among the reasons given for the new entranceway was -the need for ready access to Vanastra for fire protection and to provide more direct routes for commercial outlets to improve business for them. He referred to the recent el+ sure of the •NV The evening grandstand show prove a gets underway about 9 p.m. real treat for Country and Western heads as recording artist Jamey Y the biilipg and Al Che ney and showMaurice take Boyle'. of the Tommy Hunter to the stage. Sunday, the final day of the three day fair, will feature a horse show with the judging of weltern games and show horses. A local auctioneer. Bruce Rathweil will be Master of Ceremonies, taking passedthe place of "Tory" Gregg, who away earlier this year: transportation and . communications officials asked for the closing of the dangerous entrance this past winter. the scend of numerous accidents. Mr. Guest said to locate the entrance. Tuckersmith would require the agreement of Ontario Hydro to use its access road into its property. Reeve Elgin Thompson questioned whether Ontario Hydro officials would share this entrance. Mr. Guest suggested a 66 -foot wide strip through his lot from 7th avenue to the Ontario Hydro road would be satisfactory providing Hydro acrees. Mr. Guest said he thought the officials would agree. "1 can't see why the Hydro entrance should not be closed off too when 5th Avenue was. The danger is there, whether it's Ontario Hydro or Fifth Avenue. Reeve. Thompson agreed to approach Hydro officers for a meeting to discuss the proposal. ('continued on page 2 neymoon start of new life Mr. and Mrs. John Guetter who are celebrating their 50th wedding an- niversary today. June 3. waited until 1949 for their honeymoon when they immigrated to Canada from Holland. Mr. Guetter noted that since then they have had several honeymoons throughout Canada and the United States and are planning another trip to, Alberta. Although they consider these trips second honeymoons, many of their vacations have been spent visiting their family and relatives. The Guetters have six children. Chris. Rita and Jean all of Clinton and, Pete from Fenwick, Harry from Arizona, and Teresa from Whitby. They also have 33 grandchildren and two great- grandchildren. To celebrate their anniversary the family is planning --an open house at the Christian Reform Church Hall this Saturday. A family luncheon has been arranged and later in the day. a dinner will be held at which 100 guests are expected to attend. A reception will follow in the evening. Separate board debates second supervisory resignation By Wilma Oke Faced with the loss of two supervisory officers in two months' time, the Huron - Perth County Roman Catholic separate school board debated the problem at a special meeting of the board Monday night. Se man..: choices i)ecislsrns, Decisions. Jack Armstrong rubs his hands in glee, trying to decide which piece 0fle he should try: Mrs. Eric Anderson is having the same tpe of problem but Mrs.1.ta tl ripe, on the other side of the table, isstrying to help her decide. The pie was dessert at the Londesboro United Church's ham supper held last Wednesday. Over SO guests were served. (News -Record photo) Joseph Tokar, superintendent of special services, and Alexander Easton, superintendent of program. have both resigned effective July 31. Mr. Easton has accepted a position as superintendent of education with the Kent County separate school board. Last month Mr. Tokar of Stratford was named director of education for the Elgin County separate'School board. For almost two hours in committee of the whole the bfl frmembers thrashed out the problem elacing the officers. Just before 10 p.n.s. the board went into a general meeting and the lone press representative was allowed into the board room. The heated debate centred around whether to advertise for a supervisory officer or a superintendent of special services. Finally in a recorded vote, asked for by Howard Shantz, on a motion to advertise for a superintendent of special services, eight trustees voted in the affirmative — Ronald Marcy, Joseph Looby. William Kinahan. Donald Crowley, ,Vincent Young. F. J . Vere. Ted Geoffrey and Greg Fleming. Opposed were Howard Shantz, David Teahen, Michael Connolly. John O'Drowsky and Francis Hicknell. Next came the recorded vote. again called for by Howard Shantz. on a motion to advertise as soon - as possible for a superintendent of program to fill the second vacancy. Those opposed wanted to hire only a supervisory officer and not name the position. The af- firmative vote carried nine to four. Opposed to the superintendent of program were Howard Shantz. David Teahen, John O'Drowsky and Michael Connolly, with the remaining nine trustees approving. A committee was named to (continued inte� v Onpag�