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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1976-10-28, Page 1Ater 12 years as mayor end 14 Year* serving on Clinton Connell, Mayor; ►on Symons retiring from publicduty1 ow, be will be running _As a cow*. missloner for the Clinton Public Utilities. mrnission. Councillor Ruth Roy, Who bas been ort- Cou ciI for two terms (four years) wi ALSO not be running. She feels it is time for someone else to offer their time. ejngest member of Council. Bert bb, who served for one term, Went be- g again either. "Were getting ton busy at the shop, (H. Lobb and sons) so.. 'm getting out for a few years. I might try again later," he said. Deputy Reeve Frank Cooksays he will run for deputy -reeve again, and Helen Tench who has served one and one half " years as councillor will be running again, as councillor. Marie Betties clamps the cuffs on Clinton Police Chief, LIt►ytf 'Westlake, and .. prepares to throw bunt in jaih Actually. Marie, a. second year student in criminology at Connestoga College, Doon Campus, is on field placement at the Clinton Police office. Marie plans on .becoming a police woman and will be working at the police station every Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. until April, when she will graduate frost college. (News -Record photo) eeve Harold %bb wild be running for Mayor, after serving as a councillor for two years and Reeve for seven years, Roy Wheeler who has served two ternt8 on Council will be running again this year as councillor. Ernie Brown, who topped the polls tai the last/ election will alai be running again as councillor. The public works Chairman said, "I've been a councillor for two termsnow and I've never worked with. a finer bunch of fellowrthan the bunch we've got there now",...referrint to the public works crew. Jim Hunter, a councillor for one term will be running for the reeve's post. Anyone interested in running for • Council will be able to pick up nomination forms from the Clerk's office until November 15. V . Alexander and Mabel nowt . ~ well be one of Canada's oldest 1 ...y Canada's ended immigrants, Mr• and Mrs, Knowles; the parents of Kirsty Harrett (Or. Harrett s wife) arr d1n (lintoneOctober 8 from Scotland and plan on residing here. (News -Record ph 0) Newest immigrants love tower l'W:ve tomer been to Canada before, emigrated couple from Gargunnock. but we think ifs lovely,' the newly bcottana said. Planning board seeks Town Plan y_ The Clinton Planning Board has: decided to go ahead and ask the Hurofl County Planning Department to draw up a detailed plan of the town's future growth. Presently, the town has a zoning reap but has nothing on record an which to base any future growth or expansion. At their •'Meeting last week, the planning board drafted a letter to the Huron County Planner, Gary Davidson asking that work commence im- mediately on the County Town Plan for Thieves work overtirne for little pay Y, = is onthieves who . The,.jokoa the e o w�to work for practically nothing early last. Saturday morning and netted the grand total of $100 after an eight store robbery spree. The eight local businesses robbed were McPherson's Garage, Harold's Shell, Fairholme Dairy, Hummels Feed Mill, Clinton Body Shop. Murphy's Garage. Malone's Gas Bar and Blakes. Clinton Police are still investigating the robbery. Thieves found the door of Newcombe's Pharmacy too difficult to master early last Sunday morning and gave up in their attempted break-in. A 1969 Chev. was stolen from the .,Boatd:.f ,;du,caio.;.rking lot, Tuesday, October 26 between 2:15 and 3 p.m. The car, with the license plate number of DFU 540 has not ' been . recovered yet. The ,Clinton Police will be out in full force Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights in order to deter any Hallowe'en pranks from getting out of hand. The Goderich detachment of the OPP will also have heavier patrols on those three nights. in accident The OP investigated one the Clinton area, early Sunday 'morning, which sent a Goderich man to the Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich with minor injuries. A vehicle driven by Paul Doak, Goderich was northbound on Highway 8, one mile north of the Benmicller Road when it round over in the east ditch. There was 81,200 damage to the rear end of Mr. Doak's 1968 Falcon_ Mr. Doak has since been discharged from hospital. GoderichTwp. to talk support • By Jim Fitzgerald Next to Christmas, HaIlowe'en is the day most kids look forward to each year, including the big kids who trick more than they treat. And with the spooky day falling on a Sunday night this year, it means a potential three days of van- odalisrn and, holacaust. This year, both Clinton and Bayfield have declared that the day will be marked on Saturday might, so the younger children will be able to canvass the local houses for their handouts in the daylight, as the clocks won't be turned back until 2 a.m. Sunday morning. +++ Hopefully the vampires won't make off with all the goodies on the Hallowe'en weekend, so that officials can look forward to a good turnout at the blood donors clinic on Monday November 8th at the high school. Before that date, however, the clinic will need many more volunteers, so if you can help in any way, please phone Helen Davies at 482-7092 or Gladys East at 482-74413. The Clinton area finally recorded its first killing frosts •on=' Tuesday and Wednesday mornings with the tem- perature dropping to -7 to -8.3C or 20 to 17 in the old F scale, and the gardening season is now officially over. ++ Figure this one out: You can throw a stone from just about anywhere in Clinton and hit a flock of sheep, but when 111 you go to buy a lamb roast in any of the Iota' stores. the only roast available are from New - Zealand. some 5,000 miles ,way! + +`+ Ptd from the October Canada Safety Council's magazine, this piece of advice: US. Water safety experts advise that a surprising number of drowning vie- ttms are found fully clothed, but with their fly open. The victims apparently fall into the water while standing on the edge of a boat or pier to answer a nail of nature. Many are unsteady due to a consumption of alcoholic. gen. One expert advises: "If yob: i pelt on a life jacket 1" Whether Goderich Township residents pay their 815 surcharge to use the Clinton recreational facilities now, or wait until December 31, is up to Goderich Township council. The Goderich Township council and Clinton Recreation committee met last Wednesday night to discuss the 815 levy, and after much discussion, two solutions were decided upon until the township and the rec. committee can get together again to discuss a township grant. The rec. committee told the townsnip council that 815 from all out of town residents was due, but if the township and the rec. committee could come to some sort of agreement about a town- ship grant, then the 815. would be refunded to the residents. Another solution was also left up to council. Goderich Township residents could register for any activity in Clinton now and not pay their 815 until December 31,. Hopefully by that time, some sort of grant could be worked -out - and the 815 wouldn't have to be paid at all. However, if no grant was worked out., it would be the responsibility of the township council to make sure that $15 for each person registered in a sports program in Clinton, be paid, either by the registered person, or by the council. Goderich Township council will discuss these solutions at their next council meeting and Clinton rec. com- mittee will be trying to ascertain just how much of a grant they would expect from Goderich Township. The two groups will be getting together again shortly to discuss their findings and come up with a definite solution. the Town of Clinton. In other planning. board business, the board decided to give the go ahead to Burns Ross and Associates Ltd., Goderich, to survey and plan the area behind the Town Hall and Clinton Library buildings for a suitable parking lot. The Board has also decided to recommend to Council that the 264 feet owned by E.M. Willson, on the west side of Base Line Road be changed- from a holding zone to a residential zone with the provision that 66 feet be given to the Town as a road allowance. The 66 feet would have to be at the north end of the property. The planning board felt that persons n1 g application for Zone changes in iiiiiiture should be preparedto pay the costs of an Ontario Municipal Board hearing, if such a hearing is deemed necessary. It was decided by the Board not to recommend Dr. F.G. Thompson's ap- plication for severance of Lot 174 on Ontario Street to the Committee of Adjustment_ The nimuin reouirement inside Area weddings p!. 3 Bill Smiley .. pg. 5 Sports •pis. i i a Making a comeback . pg. 10 ay field Eagle pg. 15 NSS Chronicle • pg. 19 lassililds ..... pas. 20, 21, 22 Entertainment pas. 23, 24 Long-time foster parents honored at CAS banquet Guests at the annual Huron ^County Children's Aid Society banquet held at Clinton last week were told that foster parents and volunteers bring more joy than could berneasured. Angela M. Armitt, director of the department of summer schools and Courts award boy $165,000 The courts have awarded a 10 year old Hensall. boy .$15,000 for injuries he sustained three years ago when he fell from a playground swing_ which collapsed during a school recess. Gerald McCarter of RR 1 Hensall will receive 8150,000 from the Huron County Board of Education for a spinal cord injury sustained when the playground swing at Usborn Central School collapsed. . An additional 815,000 will be paid to the Ontario Hospital Insurance Plan (OHSIP) for his past and future medical care. The money. negotiated in an out of court settlement, will remain in a provincially administered trust fund and collect interest until the boy is 18. London lawyer Earl Cherniak- acting for the McCarter boy and family, said the boy's spinal injury caused per- manent et -manent bladder injury and Injury to his g left le , causing him to limp- 14f.1~Y Cherniak said the settlement takes into Consideration the boy's "lots of enjoyment of life, both now and in the future" and the fact that '"some oc- cupations won't be open to him" in adulthood. In another out of court 'settlement, an Exeter woman received 8108,900 in damages for her husbands death in -a two car collision last December 27. Kenneth Arnold Robinson, 37, of 127 Gidley Street West in Exeter was killed when his car was struck by a second vehicle driven=by Marlene Buniak, 21, of London. The accident occurred on High- way 22 a half mile east of Adelaide. Mr. Robinson's wife, -Betty 38, and three children ranging in age from two to 132 suffered Minor injuries. Th ' set- tlement provided an additional 82,.100 for injuries the Robinson family suffered bringing thetotai to $108,000. - Miss Buniak's father, Michael. was the owner of the ear she wit driving and has agreed to pay $8,000 of his owil money for the settlement. . Mr. Buniak had $104,O00 of insurance e coverage. . for the side yard on the east side does not conform to the zoning by-law. The Board did recommend to the Committee of Adjustment that an ap- plication for severance by Aram Der- mentjian: part lot 19, 73 East Street, be approved. They also recommended that ap- plication by Allan Reid for severance of part lot 74, 75, 360 Matilda Street be approved providing that the boundary line to the north be moved northerly to bring the proposed lot closer to minimum lot width. Municipal election nominations soon Election day, December 6, is fast appraoching and more candidates are needed. Nomination forms can be picked up at the Town Clerk's office and will be ac- cepted from November 12 until 5 p.m. November 15. If your name isn't on the voters lists which have been posted around town, then you have until November 5 to fill out a form, also at the Town Clerk's office. Any person, knowing they will not be in town,December 6, voting day, can vote at the advance polis, November 27. Polling places will be published at a later date. Alexander Knowles, 95 and his wife Mabel, thay Awell be one of Canada's oldest landed" Im m igrants and they've chosen Clinton to reside in. "My daughter and -her hband (Dr. ii;Mr&- ihiani Harrett) invited us to spend the evening of our life with them," Mr. Knowles chuckled wryly with the. border brogue of the lowlands. "Canada is quite different from what I thought it would be," Mr, Knowles continued. "The pace .of life is a lot slower and it is more quiet than Scotland, with the houses set farther back from the road," he said. Although Gargunnock is at the en- trance to the highlands. both Mr. and Mrs. Knowles were brought up in the lowlands of Scotland "There must have been a lot of Scottish settlers around here," Mrs. Knowles said. 'Tour miles from Gargunnock there is a village called Kippen.-Kippen, Ontario is only about four rnlles away. from Clinton,isn't it?" she asked Besides their daughter Kirsty Harrett, in Clinton, Mr. and Mrs. Knowles have ane daughter in Hong Kong and another in Scotland. "We also have eight grandchildren. Four in Canada and the rest spread around the world, •' Mr. Knowles said proudly. When asked what he contributed his longevity to, Mr. Knowles responded immediately, with a warm glow in his voice, "fresh air, milk and Scotch Whiskey." he said. extension at the University of Western Ontario, regaled thoseattending as she spoke on the topic of `Communicating with People'. Such communication. according t0 Miss Armitt, is best conducted through humor. "If we can laugh together, so much tension would go out of life," she said. Miss Armitt told the gathering that there was humor all around if they would listen for•it. "The only way to enjoy true humor," she said, "is to listen to what's going on around you." During the banquet the Children's Aid Society honored a number of its long term foster - parents and volunteers. Special certificates recognizing 15 years as foster parents went to Grant and. Tear Williams of Mississauga. Certificates recognizing 10• years service were presented to Herman and Jennie Van Wieren of Hensall. Howard and Alin James of Egmondville and Cornelius xnd Anna Brand of Clinton. Five year certificates went to John and Kathleen Siertserna of Bayfield, William smd l ranges Gross of Perdwli u. George and Patricia Gibson of GGiade Ralph and Sharon Dariowwof Wil John and Carol Boaeschansker of and George' and Eunice 1_.y rat 15-year certificate fn or se ke volunteer was presented` to Audte an - Goderich while five lent tes ,a volunteers went to Route etch, Charles Adams VornIo Stan