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Wednesdays
Tho. hospital w Ick .was ordered
closed, b chi m n sr Frisk Miler
Iasi F'e 19, opened the second
floor, a Mont asg+t a f t iS nearly
with n total patient load n ra out .
patients in the a- ►ear -old. hos:
explain exactly w'ht
.. r' htsen !part + tlr-jai'
"orce set up to study pcol't smote of
finances.
Recreation Centre mating Rene
rochu said the pool must operate on a
realk-even basis for^ the next three
months if ithop_ s to.remn open.,
"Ino r thepool o er . to in the
�!otohc p! ra
black with over a ,000 profit. it will
ave to operate for under $15,0 in
November and December to break
even," Mr. Brochu said.
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NOVEMBER
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1"snow
1.17" rain
Tom Feeney of Clinton' elan ..with Miss Joseph SeutrIett of London,,
Ross Ney of° Sebringvllle, were honored last week by Strarelty c+sunct, for
savingthe life of a 15 -year-old Stratford boy, Barrx.1045.0 cber 11±. Barry
had fallen off his hike, struck his :head, and swallowAs •trinuse and would'
have died.except for the quick actions of the trio.: Mr. Feeney- alto znarktc 3*
years with Bell Telephone this week. (News -Record photo)
Huron Medical Officer of Health Drthe five part Thames Valley..i- ealtt
Frank. Mills told County Council last Council which covers Oxford, Elgin and
'Thursday t t.i f uran does not agree to Middlesex counties. as well as the cities
setting,, ` p : district health council with of London and St. Thomas.
PerthCounty titreprovincial government The report notes that "to lose our
might well force Huron into a five- autonomy as a two county health council
county body.
and tobe swallowed up in the !remelt-
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,ice mile report. :if t� �� un��p.
steering -committee which is presently council would: be undesirable -and would
examining the 'proposed Huron Perth meet with •. just as much opposition from
Health Council idea was to recommend interest groups now opposing the health
against proceeding the provincial council. and possibly would be too late
reaction might be to lump Huron in with then for further consideration".
Steering committee member Warden
Jack McCutcheon said a good Huron
Perth health council could ddo the area a
lot of good.
"At this time f would certainly have to
support it because, of what might happen
if we don't," t4# warden said.
aflderich Rood Stan. Profit asked ir
Huron was being blackmailed into a two
county system "because it's the lesser of
two evils".
Dr. Mills explained it is still unclear
about whether the council ,will have any
financial—controls or will be merely
° advisory.
He said, '1l is a two edged sword. If it
gets nasty,we're the ones who have to do
the nasty wOrk."
He suggested that the council would
also have to do the unpopular job of
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spending - and clo
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hospitals if the Health Mira -try reduced
;(budgets.
Grey Cup fans, were left sitting in the
dark last Sunday afternoon with only a
minute left in the game after an
overloaded power station popped
several line fuses blacking out parts of
the town:
Public Utilities Commission manager
Gus Boussey said the, two-hour blackout
which began at 3 p.m. hit Isaac and
Victoria Streets and Little England,
By Jim Fitzgerald
Here's an "enjoyable" thought:
winter is still three weeks away, or at
feast it should be according to the
calendar! But old man winter can't read
very well, it seems, and if the last four
days are any indication; it's going to be a
long one ... and expensive too ... the way
we're going through fuel. Tuesday's
"Ugh" temperature of minus seven
Celcius or 19F set a new all-time record
for that day, stretching back 120 years:
The November records aren't yet
compiled, but we can guess they will be
bad ones.
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There are %rite a number of bright
spots though, particularly for Marie
efferson of town who won the Lions $500
re.y . Cu - Draw. Dr. Iarrett had the
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third quarter ticket worth 675, while Ken
McKenzie of Brucefield had the halftime
ticket worth $50, and Lewis Dempsey of
elmesville had the first quarter ticket
Werth $25.
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Another bright spot in this otherwise
dull and cold landscaPe, was the honor
both Tom Feeney and Dion Armstrong
have brought to town. Cihttonshouldfeel
proud of the deeds these two men, as
imported-e1i;ewhere" have done.
To clear up a little confusion about
rnrdays municipal election esp+cially
erre you vote for more than t perlr-
;such as most Of the coune l races.
. ,nark no more "X'S' than
required '
to fillthe seats, in
tnbe't'
ht's ease six, but you can vote for
I one +or two, which in effect gives
H 0'ce an extra vote while not
ngother k itis perfectly,legal too.
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r wrath+ may he dull, but things
south of the CYN tracks.
Repairs to a snapped hydro pole on
Vanastra Road necessitated closing off
the power station in the southend of town
and transferring its load to the one in the
north end.
Mr. Boussey said a car snapped the
hydro pole but the wires were left
hanging together preventing, an earlier
blackout.
Sunday's power failure was the second
of the weekend.
A single car accident, which claimed
the life of a Seaforth man caused a 35 -
minute blackout in the southend of
Clinton late last Friday afternoon.
Michael James Nigh, 22, was
travelling along McKillop Sideroad 30-
31, about two. miles north of Seaforth,
when his car left the road striking a
hydro pole. He was killed instantly.
The accident cut wires leading to
Clinton's southern power station which
is fed by a transformer in Seaforth.
Mr. Boussey said there was a delay in
power restoration due to Ontario Hydro
crews having to be called in to make the
necessary repairs.
PUC crews were called out again on
Saturday to unclog a main sanitation
sewer that backed up into the Clinton
Hotel and Credit Union last Friday
night.
Mr. Boussey said a pump was set up to
- bypass the ° clog until Saturday, when
PUC employees dug 15 feet to reach the
grease blockage.
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Clearing the first sewer blockage to
occur in the town's business section in
some years was "a messy, smelly job,"
the PUC manager said.
Member of Parliament for Huron- An Environmental Enhancement
Middlesex Bob McKinley announced on Program organized by the Maitland
Friday the issuance of grants to Huron (continued on page 3)
under the Local Initiatives Program •
totalling $76,940.1 YUICli action saves
ARC Industries -rt- at Dashwood ' will
receive $10,200 for the job placement and area chicken
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[ procurement of the handicapped. The
project will employ three persons.
Five persons will be employed On a
Huron County Beautification Program
through $15.300 in LIP funding. Another
three win �, be employed through the
n County Central Volunteer B �,.reastt
Biuro y Bpre
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as thesuit sof"Sid" t40.' hitrprojettW i
operate from Goderich Township.
Bp..tist church back in use
For the first time in six months, the
congregation of Clinton's First Baptist
Church filed into pews last Sunday.
Flames destroyed tine Sunday School
room and water and smoke resulted in
extensive damage to the sanctuary.
leaving church members to meet in the
Hall of Clinton's Royal Orange Lodge
since last May.
Although contractors are still com-
pleting repairs to the building, Sunday
services were back in fuU swing.
Mr. and Mrs: Jerome Fabian brought
the message in' song at both services
conducted by Mr. Jack Christiauns of
Goderich. Mr. Christlanns was assisted
by his brother Chris of Barrie, who
presented the messageon prayer. -
A special evening service featured the
preaching of Jerome Fabian. A
delegation from the Middlesex-Lambton
Association of Baptist Churches in the
Baptist Convention of Ontario and
Quebec joined the congregation for the
service.
Mr. Allan Burr of Forest dedicated 50
new Hymnaries and two communion
sets_ to the church and presented a
money gift to Church treasurer Mrq
Reg. Clifford,
Quick action by the Clinton and
Brucefield fire departments on Tuesday
night prevented a fire from destroying a
Stanley Township chicken barn. --::
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s to al, thou. dol
anxa a n
set
was -' o the
attached to the barn, on the farm o
Richard Koostra at RR 5, Clinton, about
a mile north' of the Vanastra Road -.
Highway 4 junction.
The two volunteer fire departments
were -at the scene minutes after the fire
was discovered by one ,of the Koostra
children . about 6:30 p.m. There were
about 12,000 laying pullets in the main
barn that were Saved.
Clinton Fire Chief Clarence Neilans
praised the Brucefield brigade for their
'quick response.
'yI don't care what anybody says,
Brucefield has one of the best fire
departments around," Chief Neilans
said.
Advance polling
A survey of Clinton and area town-
ships on their advance polls last
Saturday, show a poor to terrific voter
turnout compared to figures oftwo years
ago.
- nton Clerk Cern Proctor said 23
voters cast their ballots Saturday, one
down from the last election. The one
percent turnout of the 2,375 eligible
A large but quiet crowd attended the
Clinton ratepayers meeting last, Thur-
sday evening when residents had a
chance to meet most of the candidates
for the upcoming municipal election.
Although there was a question period
after each candidate made his three
minute speech, not many were
questioned.
The three candidates for Mayor, Don
Kay, 'Harold Lobb and Terry McGuire,
spokeof their backgrounds and
'their
intentions for the future of Clinton. All
seemed to halve. Great faith in the
potential Clinton as the hub of Huron
County.
L The three men speaking for the
Reeve's office, Jinn Hunter, Budd Kuehl.
and Royce Macaulay all promised their
Wit efforts -fiir Clinton and stated their
backgrounds, showing they had the
experience to handle the office.
Those running for council, Rosemary
Armstrong",- John Beane, Ernie Brown,
Ray Caron, Murray Holmes, Wayne
Holtzhaur, R MacKay,e
kl en Tench,
Frank Van Altena and Roy Wheelealso
promised 'their best efforts for Clinton
and its people.
Of the 10 candidates ' running for
cotirnci�lorr�,�1
Two of the three candidates vying for
the one position of representing Clinton
and Tuckersmith township on the Iluron
County School Board were also asked to
speak. Dorothy Williams and Ken Cooke
both felt,ey. could represent the ° two
ar
} _easGates, fairly. Robin another
school board candidate. was not present
due to ill health.
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'Jordon t,raoo, running for Separate
School Board was also present and gave
his views on his capability,. The other
candidate, Vincent Young,- was not
preterit.
Glen, Cam Proctor informed people
present that they could vote by proxy if
they had a doctor's certificate, if they
were students :at a university or college
and if their job takes them away from
town on December 6, voting day. •
The proxy forms must be certified by
M Proet' i b November 30 f` them to
Mr. or y to �
be valid, p
voters was average, he said. '
Bayfield Clerk. Gordon Graham on ttie
other hand, reported a "terrific turnout"
of 11 voters.
"We never had a single vote cast last
election," he said.
There are • 350 local people eligible to
vote, (842, counting in summer
residents), and Mr. Graham said the 11
voters who cast their ballots Saturday
were members of the summer populace
in Bayfield for the weekend.
"If it wasn't for them passing through,
we'd, probably have had no one," Mr.
Graham said.
In Hensall; Clerk Robert Heil judged
the turnout of 14, up from last election, to
be "good." There are 826 eligible voters,
and Mr. Heil predicted a 70 percent
turnout on December 6.
Hay Township clerk Wayne Horner
had 23 voters. down from 32 two years
ago. He said the "fair" turnout) is
unrelated to what the actual voting will
be next Monday but predicted 60 percent ,
of the 1,600 eligible voters would mark
their ballots.
Hullett's turnout of six voters Was
"slack" as compared to the pine velli
cast their ballots at the last ad-va Ce
polls, Clerk Clare Vincent reported, Ife
said he expected 50 percent of the
eligible voters to cast their vales �n
` Monday. -
Tuckersrnth Township. Clerk Sita
Mctntosh said his 23 voters we . tr rji e
the number of voters who 'show
vote in the ad nce politwo years'
Mr. Mcintosh Tp redieted a good vdt
turnout for the December~frelection,` itt
percent and -or more of the 2,310 eligible
voters).
"We have seven candidates
,for council and three for thescl
which, should mean a. g turnout,,
said.
piit ally, Goderich Townsh?p's D
Clerk Phyllis Thompson reps
turnout of fie people" as + om'par
-sev'en', in the last adva' i eptai .
The turnoutWas
wa