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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-01-20, Page 1.4 There has been so much snow in the area this•Winter, so far nearly eight feet, that Huron Centennial Public School in Brucefield is nearly buried`in one huge drift, as this picture --- •taken on Tuesday shows. School maintenance staff. Clinton, Ontario however, have all the exits well clear of'snow, and except for a couple of darkened classrooms, schoold,continues as normal. So far this month, some schools have been closed up to five days. (News -Record photo) Collioirne 's McNeil is new Darden Douglas Ax McNeil, Reeve of Colborne !Township, vkis acclaimed Warden Of the County of kfuron for the 1977 term on Monday afternoon when the only other cadidate nominated, McKillop Reeve Allan Campbell, withdrew from the election before a vote was called. Rising 'to speak after his name was placed forward for the- top county council post, Mr, Campbell told the crQwded'council chamber that he was as :.surprised by the nomination as was everyone else. Then he added, "You d n't have to sweat anymore, Doug, I am ithdrawing tiny name 6om ' the nomination:" , The McKillop reeve explained that he had a standing promise to take his wife to Florida.. this winter and had decided that his family would have to come first. "There is no law saying I cannot try a third time," he addedd, alluding to an earlier attempt .at winning election as warden when he ran against Brussels _ Reeve John L. McCutcheon.last term. "If I am re-elected to township council, and4f my health remains good, I may try again," he said. • Mr. Campbell called on all councillors, "especially the new members" to speak their minds during council debates. "Councillors should speakup," he. said. "good debate is an asset to the county council." - The new warden was nominated by Goderich Township Reeve Gerry Ginn. He described Mr, .4VlcNeil as a man with the, assets of "leadership and ex- perience". He pointed out that' the Colborne Reeve had served on County Council now. for some six years, the past two as chairman of the executive committee, and had just been acclaimed as Reeve of -- Colborne for another two years. Outlining his obackground Mr. Ginn explained that Doug McNeil- had worked for six years on a Great 'Lakes Tanker. He had served in the Royal Canadian Air Force between 1942 and 1946 and "like so many married following the war and bought a farm." `. Mr. McNeil, he told the councillors, was an elder of Nil.eL:United Church, had been president of the' Huron County Federation of Agriculture in 1956-57, was a past president of the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association and IT was at present chairman of the Board of,, continued on page 2. p. 25 cents Thursday, January 20, 1977 either '1977 1976 LO HI LO HI JANUARY 11 12 5 12 11 1 13 8 -12 14 23 7 15 18 4 16 8 -8 17 7 -24 Snow 10' L. 30- 13 28 17 . 32 21 31 19 "20 12 31 13 14 -8 Snow 23" 112th Year. No. 3 Snow, cold hurts 9th Winter Carnival Cold, windy winter.,...wea.thex ,played avoc with attendance at Clinton's • Winter Carnival, but chairperson Ruth Lombardo said over all, the carnival events were „fairly well attended. • "Thursday night's ' "carnival queen crowning and Saturday's children's program drew the most disappointing. crowds," she said. Wednesday, Jan. 12th senior citizen's card party, which began the festivities, drew a poor turnout due to the weather. Organizer Connie Colclough said seven euchre tables were in play. The two door prizes were won by Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Godkin, the first time that a husband and wife have walked off with both door prizes, Mrs. Colclough said. Other winners at the euchre party were:, ladies' high - Mrs. Pearl Cummings; low - Mrs.. Jenny Wise; lone hand - Mrs. Florence Ludvegien; men's high - Frank McGowan; low - Arthur Groves; lone hand - George Glazier. . Thursday's crowning of the Carnival -Queen had 18-year-.uld.Nancy Kuehl win over four other contestants: Anne Jonk- nian, first' runner-up; Pat Anstett; Wendy Gibbings and Cheryl Jefferson. Judges were Wilma Oke, Seaforth mayor, Betty Cardno and Doug Coventry. The crowning, sponsored by the Lions Club and set to start at 8 p.m. was postponed a half hour but failed to at- tract more than 30 spectators. Clinton Town faces a second vacant council seat with the sudden resignation this - week of Councillor Wayne Holt- zhauer. • Mr. Holtzhauer, .who came to Clinton from Burlington last June, has decided to return to Burlington, leaving council with the task of appointing a new --councillor, as well as waiting for a new mayorality election. Acting Mayor Royce Macaulay told the News -Record Tuesday, that council had the option of choosing someone who By Jim Fitzgerald What 'would this column be now if we didn't have the weather to discuss? Well it isn't much anyway, but here we go again! +-I- -I- For For all of you who either don't have the money or the inclination to go to Florida this. winter, have no despair, we've got A our revenge. It was colder in most oil lorida yesterday (Wednesday mor- ing) than it was in Clinton, and for the first time in over 100 years, it snowed at Miami Beach. At Tampa -Wednesday morning, it, was -8 degrees C, while in Clinton at the same, hour it was -7 degrees +++ We did, however, ,set a new record early Tuesday morning as the ther- • mometer registered a very chilly -31.1 degrees C or -24 F, and we understand that at tiny Jamestown near Brussels the thermometer frozeup completely at -40, which is the same on either scale. We've also had snow on 36 consecutive days, and we would have eclipsed the old record of 41 days straight, except it rained on December 12th. . +.+ + It's sure no weather to fight fires in, as the local volunteers fire brigade will tell anyone, so they're keeping their fingers crossed. Last Saturday night the old siren rang twice, once at, p.m. as a test because the normal 1 'p.m. test didn't work, and once more at 9 p.m. when -they were called out for a minor car fire on Whitehead Street. ,, + + + • "Many. Man husbands are second story u onl 5 -® y�o ztal s budget s1�.� �' men,"says the. latest edition of the - Tointon Kinsmen bulletin. "Their wives Clinton Public Hospital's 1977-78 Marine and General Hospital was given n'tbelieve the first." budget will increase by $59,50 to a $179,669 or seven percent increase + + -1- ,$1,455,000, ' but Hospital Administrator bringing its budget total to $2,972,773. Everyone, I'm sure has heard tales Doug Coventry says it represents a very South Huron Hospital, Exeter.._.has . a about how high the snow banks used to : limited five percent increase. , budget of $1,082,994, an increase of be in grandaddy's day, and many a tale' The small increase in the ,working $78,879 or eight percent and Seafo°rth ' makes its way around the table about the budget, he said, could mean cutbacks in Community Hospital's budget- of good -old winters. While 1977 should add- staff or other areas .to cope with rising $1,206,577, is an increase of $64,9$7 or some new stories to the book. Take costs. seven percent. ' young Jerry Coleman over on Queen The $59,563 increase is part of the_ The average budget increases for the Street, who last week couldn't get otit $288.9 million that has been slotted to. hospitals in Goderich, Exeter and either his front or back door, the now south$vestern Ontario hospitals by Seaforth, is 7.3 percent compared to was so high. He finally forced open a Health Minister Frank Miller. Clinton's five percent. A seven percent window at the back of the house, and in comparison to the Clinton's increase for Clinton would have totalled shovelled out the doors. Now top that! projected budget, Goderich's Alexandra $97,680. Wayne I-I9Ithouzer . . . , resigns council At Vanastra The Kinsmen and Kinettes' Las Vegas Night was also plagued with poor attendance, but did not fail to produce the Richest Man and Richest Wman. Bud Sturgeon of Bayfield was judg d the Richest Man by the night's end, with a similar honour bestowed on Ann Lobb as the Richest Lady. The two hidden prizes were won by husband and wife, Gary and Rhea Potter of RR3, Clinton. Friday night's' torchlight parade at- tracted about 65 machines with a sellout crowd attending the Hospitality Night in the arena that followed. Saturday's parade, which attracted about a doien floats, saw the following winners judged by Earl Hamm, Marcie McNall of Clinton, and Mr. and Mrs. ncil James McIntosh, Seaforth: Most. original - Huron Pines Construction; best commercial - Butler Construction; best club - Clinton and District Snowmobile Club; best 'school —Clinton - Public School. In Saturday's championship broomball, Par Line took the ladies' division and the Kinsmen, the men's division. Novice hockey playoffs, had Ron McKay's team . beat out the team coached by Philip White. Saturday night's Fair Board dance drew a full house to bring the day's activities to a close. The crods picked up Sunday morning, when nearly 175 people got up for a pancake breakfast. Ruth Lombardo reported that 240 pounds of pancake ba4.ter was used to feed the hordes, and said the turnout surpassed last year's ° attendance. had shown his or her interest in serving The Snowmobile Poker Rally Sunday on council by running in the last election. continued on page 2 Mr Macaulay -said Mr Holtzhauer's • resignationwould beofficially Winter Queen Eighteen -year-old Nancy Kuehl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Kuehl, Clinton, ' vas crowned 1977 Winter Carnival Queen last Thursday. Anne Jonkman, 23, was the first runner-up in the five -way competition. Doing the crowning honors - , is last year's queen Karen McEwing of Vanastra-. (News -Record photo) oicia �' _ '• ers Out recognized at tonight's. (Thursday's) AT • council meeting, with an appointment to follow at the first council meeting in February. Mr. 1-Holtzhauer, who is in bed with the flu; was unavailable for comment, but it is believed he received a very good job offer. The Holtzhauers' move to Burlington has resulted in the sale of the Arbour Gift Shop to Mrs. Paul (Heather) Ross who takes over new ownership on • February 1. . Mr. Holtzhauer was employed as chief accountant for South Huron Hospital, ,Exeter, during his residency in town. His departure from Clinton also leaves a vacancy in the Retail Merchants Association. Mr. Holtzhauer was recently elected the Association's vice - post chairman. Developer seeks zoning A developer who has had his proposal said. Mr. Morgan objected t at land to enlarge a mobile home park south of north of the former base is pr`nie farm ' Vanastra to about •70 units;. turned down land while his land isn't: ouncillor twice by the Huron County Planning Frank Falconer, who is in th process of Board was told by -.planning director selling land to Mr: M rgan, also Gary Davidson that he can resubmit his maintained that the. land asn't prime application, and at the same time file an farm land: appeal for an OMB hearing at Mr. Davidson told the' meeting that Tuckersmith council on Tuesdaynight. most mobile home developments in the-- Approvil of the enlarged park county want to eventually have 400 units requires a change in the county official and that council would have trouble plan and a zoning change because the keeping Mr. Morgan from expanding to plan directs growth to the north of that size-, once he got approval for the 70 Vanastra, Mr. Davidson told developer units. Doug Morgan. "It's not just amending If the planning board did -approve Mr. the plan, it's reorienting growth from .the Morgan's application, there would have north to -the-south," Mr. Davidson -said. to be a -public meeting and Mr, Davidson, He told councillors that they probably advised the council not to take a position would get objections from land owners to on the development before then. the north of the base if the development Mr. Morgan could develop some ad - was allowed. ditional mobile home units in the area The official plat( calls for completing that's shown as mobile homes on the 75 percent growth inside Vanastra and :Official plan, Mr. Davidson agreed, to a then moving north, the planning director total of perhaps 25 to 30 units. In an • attempt to improve meeting attendance, Clinton's Recreation committee 'N`bted unanimously, last Wednesday, Jan. '12, "to resign" Committee members who miss -three meetings in a row, unless it was due to -illness. The motion passed after member Russ Archer pointed out that' he had seen some members attend only one or two Committee meetings last year. The Committee begins its 1977 session short one member. The position was left vacant by the late Don Kay and is ex- pected to be filled at the next meeting, Feb. 10. In other business, the Committee voted to purchase a new water softener for the arena. Frank MacDonald is to look into the $585 purchase, which will cost up to another $i'OQ to- install. The arena staff will have to add salt to the 50,000 gallon capacity softener once a month. , The purchase is expected to cut down the present expense of renting a smaller water softener that is serviced each week by Culligan Water Conditioning of Goderich. Arena manager Clarence Neilans said that while the present water system- is working well, the biggest problem he had was the use of too much water. Adding extra washrooms and having to maintain an ice surface were cited as biggest users of water, as well as the extensive use of showers after hockey game and practices. Mr. Neilahs suggested that showers for the younger hockey players in the Minor. League be disallowed to cut down on water use. The committee also heard.-fr--og1,,Minor Hockey Chairman Brian Marriage on the $2,005 owing to the committee for ice. rental., Minor. Hockey, which depends on the town service clubs, Kinsmen, Lions and Canadian Legion, for the financing of its ice time, does riot receive these funds until .the spring, explained Mr. Marriage. .A - suggestion from Ron McKay, who along with Ray Garon,` represents town council on the com- mittee, had the service clubs invited.. to Minor Hockey's January 19th meeting to discuss their financial support. The results of the meeting remained unknown at press time. The committee postponed any further meetings with area township representatives regarding an area recreation board until it had met one more time and organized its proposals, including figures on how many residents from each of the townships were using Clinton's facilities. In final business the Committee acknowledged an $150 donation from the Country Singles' Club. As well as fighting, snowdrifts in the area that range up to 12 feet :deep in places, area people have had to contend with , record breaking cold temperatures that have gripped the «--ureal' for nearly a month. Here a snowplow In,.Tpckersmith • 4. Township wings back one of the huge banks on a sideroad following another blow on Sunday night and all day Mon. day. No respite is in sight, says the weatherman. (News - Record photo)