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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-09-09, Page 1*' utas attanY r ' e annual 500, yfa1r , wry 'Started 1t exhibit juden8 and, of deemed an overwhelming es*by the organizers. turday got off to a great Start with an; excceilent parade which included tie 1 Pipe Band, many nice floats, #tinny, some representing .the ad old days" and sottte jtast representing the village, like the library' float and the church float. There were teams of herses and horses with riders, antique cars, bicycles, tricycles and people in costumes. The parade prizes were: floats --1st, Bayfield library; 2nd, The Old Homestead Trailer Park; 3rd. Ernie Wagon; horse and rig - 1st, Bud Robinson; horse or pony and rider 1st, Ross Coutts; tad, Debby Angus; 3rd, Betty Kaptein; 4th, Adam Flowers; antique cars - 1st, Don Gower, 1929 Pontiac; 2nd, Kelvin Merner, 1927 Pontiac; 3rd, John Campbell, 1930 Ford, Novelty vehicles -- 1st, Jody Merrier, Woodstock; 2nd, Little House on the Prairie; 3rd, The Devil Vehicle; decorated vehicle -- 1st, Julie Porter; 2nd, Ann Laudenback; 3rd, Nickie Stevens; 4th, Byron Fisher; decorated tricycle --1st, Peggy Barnard; 2nd, Bob Fisher; 3rd, Kelly /Brandon; nursery rhyme or story book costume - rst, Gordon Comptom, Big Bad Wolf ; 2nd, Mary Clare Beechie, Little Bo Peep; 406, 3rd, Karen Webb, Mary Poppins; 4th, Dean Henry, Dracula. Any period in Canadian history costume - 1st, Karen Bushel and Lauren McEwan; 2nd, Lisa Telford and Janie Sturgeon; 3rd, Jordy and Ryan Price; 4th, David Stevens; clowns -- cpen to all ages, 1st, Ken Knights and family; 2nd, AI Veates; 3rd, Mazy ggerty. and Maicaim. Get t. r.,.. r Other interesting acti`viti`es we opening ceremonies, which included the fair opening by Jack McCutcheon, Warden of Huron County, who was in- troduced by John Siertsenta, the Fair Board Chairman. John then introduced Tom Penhale, the president of the Fair Board. who welcomed the crowd. Ed Oddleifson, Reeve of the village of Bayfield .introduced the other guests on the platform. There was Robert McKinley, MP; Jack Riddell, MPP;. Anson McKinley" Reeve of Stanley Township and Gerry Ginn, Reeve of By Jim Fitzgerald Inflation, that dirty rascal, leaves no one untouched these days. it seems.. Everything is subject to his brutal touch, even the parking meters in town, which for more years than we . care 'to remember always made the penny useful for something other than *;hanging flints in one's lighter. What will we do with the lowly copper now that penny parking is only a memory? As of last Monday, all the meters in town were changed so the cheapest time span on them is now a nickel, for 30 minutes. while a dime will only buy an hour now. and two bits now keeps the cop away for only two hours. +++ With the summer. what there was of it, fast drawing to a close, so apparently is the baseball season, with only the Clinton Colts and the Clinton Housewives eft in any sort of competition. The Colts battle Sault Ste. Marie this Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. in the second game of the all -Ontario semi-finals, with the third game, hopefully, set for 8 p.m. The Housewives, meanwhile, take on the Goderich Super Stars tonight, and Clinton, having won the first game of that final series, hopefully won't need a third game. Goderich Township, each of thealnex- pressing their pleasure at being included in these ceremonies. Also present en the platform were Pirie Kitchell and "Peaches", the sieepydog from the Junior Talent Show on CFPL TV. Around the grounds some of the other interesting attractions included old. tractors, steam engines, and other farm machinery from days gone by, as well as ospitai can Patients will be readmitted to the second floor of the Clinton Public Hospital, if the need arises. Doug Coventry, administrator of the hospital and Art Aiken, chairman of the Hospital Board consulted with C. W. Davis, a senior administrative con- sultant with the Provincial ministry of health, earlier this week. Although the amount was not divulged by the Hospital Board, it is assumed that a substantial amount of the original $225,000 budget cut has been given back to the hospital. Mr. Coventry said that at the present, the top floor does not need to be opened because there are only 24 patients in the + r r some very well kept antique +cars. There was a horse show and a liorses oe p t- ching demonstration with Eimer oli, the, champion. For the- dog lover, there was a dog show with Pirie Mitchell and Peaches. Frank McFadden represented the Bayfield Conservation authority for the tree -planting ceremonies. The baby contest with Dr. Addison as the judge was very difficult with so reopen 'loo. hospital and the Board is continuing to make efforts at cost savings. • The original . budget cut of $225,000 caused the top floor of the hospital tote closed and the lay-offs of four full-time employees as well as 14 part-time staffers. A further 13 persons were shifted from full-time to part-time work. Meanwhile, Seaforth Community Hospital learned that they would only lose $1,384, causing a reduction' in the ambulance dispatch centre. The original budget submitted to the ministry of health for approval was $1,044,764 of which $879,734 was for salaries and wages. -Mr, and Mrs. Bert Rowden marked- their Golden Wedding Anniversary last week with a reception that was well -attended. (News -Record photo) Celebrate 50th Air force uniform wins bride +++ What many people have feared might happen to the Clinton Kinsmen Raceway is coming true this Sunday. The place is finally going to the dogs. Actually, the dogs are Greyhounds and two non - betting exhibition races will be held at the Raceway this Sunday. with. the first set for 12:50 p.m., just before the first 1e, and a second race set for about 550 p.m., between the second and third races. In dog circles. they call them "steak" races. +++ And just in case you missed it, the ealtther office says that except for two weeks, August this year was another lousy summer month, to go along with the rotten July. Although we only received less than half of our normal 2.75 India Of rain, the average temperature W'*IS slightly below normal. And fall's only tan days away. By Shelley McPhee When Young Martha Lockhart from Proton Station in Grey Township set her eyes on Bert Rowden, decked out,in his airforce uniform, it was almost like love at first sight. However, Miss Lockhart probably had no idea at the time that she'd still be looking lovingly at Bert 50 years later as they sat in their Iivingroom celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. But so it was. and Mr. and Mrs. Rowden were greeted with lovely flower's and gifts from more than 100 people who arrived at their Joseph Street home on September 1 to help the couple mark their 50 years of marriage. Even though Martha went into training as a nurse and worked in Toronto for two years. she came back home to Bert. a quiet home wedding. and a memorable honeymoon to Niagara Falls. "it was a rough boat ride across Lake Cornroast .tonight Ontario from 1 oronto to Niagara." laughed Mrs. Rowden. "I was sea sick all the way across." The couple made it back to dry land in Goderich Township where Bert attended to his faming and Martha kept busy raising her two daughters, Mrs. John (Muriel) Manning now of Blyth and Mrs. Edward (Lois) Wise of Clinton. Martha had time however to become a member of the Rebekahs and Bert a member of the Oddfeliows. Eighteen years ago,, the couple decided to retire to their present residence in Clinton and they have kept busy with their many friends. 10 gran- dchildren ,their clubs and the Anglican Church in`Clinton. They have obviously made their place in Clinton as was seen at their open house organized by their daughters and afterwards by a_ dinner attended by 65 friends and relatives and later a dance attended by another 125 at the White Carnation in Holmesville. Conservation area to be opened Although picnicking along the Bayfield River has been enjoyed by Clinton people for the last several years. the park will now be officially opened as the Clinton Conservation Area today. September 9 at 8:30 p.m. Under the organization of the Rayfield-Ausable Conservation Authority, 12 acres of land on the southern limits of the town were pur- chased from Maynard Corrie three years ago at the cost of $10,000. With additional help from the Clinton Kin- smen, Kinettes and the Beta Sigma Phi. donations were given to help clean up the land and to build a picnic pavillion for 59.000. While the official opening is scheduled to take place today. September 9. people have been using the park over the summer and plans are underway to increase the park area. An additional 10 d Fair many perfect biabies. The winners. were;. 1 der six Months --1St, Richard Smith. son of Kr, and Mrs. Matt Smith of Bay'fa eld; 2nd, Matthew Turner. son of Sr. and Mrs. David Turner of Varna; over six months -- 1st, Julie Betties, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Betties of Goderichand 2nd, Dean Smith" son of Mr: and Mrs. Stan Smith of Woodstock. In the judging contests. Mrs. H. Beierling of RR 2, Zurich won the Village Guild prize for having themost points in theme and handwork section, while Mrs. Ross Trewartha won the F&R Hobbles and Gifts certificate for garnering the most points in the liquid embroidery section. Mrs. A. Barnett won the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce silver tray for picking up the mostpoints in the flower section, and also took home the special K. C. Cooke Florist award. In the ladies section, Mrs. F. Boa won the Simpson -Sears Certificate for collecting the most points in the ladies continued on page 2 A special' ceremony was held at the Ag cul iiral grounds grounds'iluringthe B'ayfield Fair last Saturday when .a Centennial Maple tree was planted by the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority. Left to right standing beside the, Authority's special machine are councillor McFadden, Elgin Thompson, past chairman of the A -B, Fair board president Tom Penhale, and Reeve Ed Oddlelfson. (News - Record photo) Vanastra to get meters in by Wilma Oke- Tuckersmith Township Council ac- cepted the tender Tuesday night of W.D. Holford Construction of Seaforth.. (W «A. Holahan and Donald Twyford) for the installation of water meters at Vanastra. Their tender was 57,842. The work is to start October I or as soon as the meters are received by council and to be completed by December 31. There ate over 200 services to be installed. The Holford tender was the lowest Pf two received. Mark Bell, operations officer with the Ministry of the environment was at the meeting to discuss recent smoke tests made of the sewers at Vanastra. The report of the test listed some 25 to 30 sources of water . jnfilt Shin, into the sewer system. Mr. Bell explained that this overloading the sewage plant hydraulically with storm sewage as well as sanitary sewage upsets the treatment plant process. A discussion was held on the best way to go about making the repairs, 11 of them are on township property and 18 on private property. The 11 the township has to repair are on township road property in Vanastra. "A costly situation", commented road superintendent Allan Nicholson. It was decided the township roads department would try to do the work on the township 'properrty, but . an outside contractor may have to be involved. A tile drainage by-law for 59,500 was approved. Requests for building and demolition permits were approved as follows : acres of land have been bought just" north of the present park and another 37 acres have been purchased behind the park. Besides. that. 170 acres of land, east of Clinton on Highway 8, is now under a reforestation prop= 'and a tree nursery is located thea. This land will also be developed as part of the Clinton Conserva tion Area in the future and when tied into the land along High- way 4 will reonect the Bayfield River between the two highway i, Although no actual plans have been made, washroom and other facilities may be built in the future if the present parkland is well used. At the official opening today. a plaque will be unveiled by the Bayfield-Ausable Authority. the Clinton Kinsmen and others who aided in the project. A corn roast and dance are also scheduled as part of the celebrations. inside Tows Talk .......... page 2 !kids 'a' Ends Pt- 4 Sports pg. 6 Sasser Stock survives ....... pg. 11 Bayfield Bugle pg. 14 Fait results pgs. 154 19 Classifieds pgs. 16, 17 & 18 Entertainment pis, 19 1129 Adrian Timmermans, RR3; Kippen, steel grain bin ; Ron Brady, Egmond- ville, porch; Robert Allen, Brucefield, • new implement shed; Bruce McGregor, RR 2, Kippen, steel grain bin; Martinus Guichelaar, RR 4, Seaforth, steel grain bin; Ken Rogerson, RR 5, Clinton, ad- dition to implement shed: Gerry Moffat, RR 3, Kippen, addition to house; George Lerchis, Vanastra, porch; Muni ay Traquair, RR2, Kippen, covered swimming pool; Art Haverkamp, RR 5, Clinton, two steel grain bins ; and Ontario Hydro. Clinton, demolition of old house on part Lot 5, concession 1 HRS. Passed for payment were accounts totalling 580,484.24 including Vanastra Day Care centre, 53,549.28; Vanastra Recreatiga, A8, �i-49.,,,, + ,AW3,7 and general, $ 2;605 8 . 6l• ...: . . Tuckersmith Township will give part of Ransford Road located partly in the township and partly within the town limits of Clinton (east side) to Clinton. Tuckersmith Council will meet with Clinton Council . at • Huron Centennial School, Brucefield at 8 p.m. on Sep - October tember 14 to discuss the annexation of the land south of Clinton in Tuckersmith Township extending to aril including Vanastra, as proposed by the town. When the press representative asked if it would be an open meeting, peeve Elgin Thompson said it was all right with him if the meeting was open but was not sure how Clinton Council would decide. Clerk James McIntosh is to contact the Clinton clerk for their decision. Tuckersmith received its 1976 resource equalization and support grant of 5105,494, of which the township will keep 560,000 and the remainder goes to the countygof Huron. : „..1740, year 'T,+ac ,ears ith the nil tttcipality tespoiittib` ie for n.orninatlon or' separate school board members for Tuckersmith, Hensall, Zurich and Stanley Township, and is also respon- sible for the nomination of Huron County board of education members for Tuckersmith and Clinton. These are both changes from previous years. Enrolment down By Bev Clark Enrolment in Clinton area schools is down slightly this year with only 3,032 students enrolled as of Tuesday in the seven area schools.compared to the 3.090 enrolled the year before. CHSS had 940 students enroled as of Tuesday. September 7 compared to the 985 enrolled the year before. The school also has three new teachers. James Howard is teaching history : Margaret Robinson is teaching English and Marlene Storey is teaching music. Cliton Public School reports a rise in enrolment figures this year. As of Tuesday. 600 students had enrolled. compared with the 573 students the year before. This school also has five new 'teachers: Marlene Britton. June Restorick, Darlene Vecsi, Robert Hanna and David McConnell'. The Clinton Christian School has 200 students enrolled this year. compared to the 207 last year. A husband and wife are new teachers at this school. Alan Lutgendorff will be teaching grade six and his wife Margriet will be teaching grade four. • Huron Centennial School in Brucefield has 550 students in their classes this in area year, compared to the 574 students enrolled last June. St. Joseph's Separate School is up 10 students this year. They have gone from 99 students last year to 109 students this year. Gerda Vandenhoven will be teaching french and grades three, and four. Hullett Central School in Londesboro reported 326 enrolments on Tuesday compared to the 335 enroled last year. They also have three new teachers. Rosemarie Cook. Debra Bennett and Barbara Livermore. The Holmesville Public School is down 10 students from last year. As of Tuesday. 307 students had enrolled compared to the 317 students enrolled the year before. There are no new teachers at this school. Enrolment in the 19 separate schools under the jurisdiction of the Huron - Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board is down 17 per cent compared to last year. • John Vintar. Director of Education, "reported enrolment Tuesday was 2.990 down from 3,072 enroled last year in the two counties. attu laded' host of 'tet~?- er neat perfect stage left te tri' Tom Penh* .Pack' Riddell, Warden Jack cCutclieon, e plat MItCh U Gerry Ginn, Antra Mcitinley Bob Newt -Record of it' 1a11'tt McKinley* andelw:rtt Ed Otidlelisott. ( al) are J :lir