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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-01-20, Page 14a PAGE 14—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1977 County council, names new committees • • The first regular session of the 1977-78 terra for Huron County Council proved to be -a short session on Tuesday afternoon with the councillors passing a series of motions aimed at establishing the mechanics of county government for the upcoming term. Top. item on the order of business was approval of the report from the 1977 Striking Committee setting up the various. committees and boards for the next year. Terms of office were'established at the same time so the various groups would have one retiring member each year. West Wawanosh Reeve Robert Lyons was named to chair the 1977 Road Committee. for a term of two years: Also serving on that committee will be councillors Ralph McNichol (one year), C. K. Campbell (three years), John Tinney (four years). and. J. C. 'Krauter (five years). Thomas Consitt, deputy reeve of. Stanley Township, will serve aS chair- man on the Huron View Board of Management for one year. Other board members appointed were Joseph Kerr (one year), W. G. Zinn (two years) Norman Durst (two years) and R. S. Macauly (three years). Board of Health Chairman for 197/ will be Seaforth Deputy Reeve W. J. Dale. Also serving on the board will be D. A. McNeil (one year), P. D. Steckle (two years), Eileen Palmer (three years) and provincial representative J. Morrissey. Cecil Desjardine, Stephen Township reeve, will 'serve as chairman of the Huron County Library Board for the next year. He will be working with councillors J. Stafford ( a two year appointee), and T. A. Miller (a three year appointee). Also appointed to the Board were private citizens D. H. McKenzie of Dungannon, Mrs. N. Gray of Belgrave and Elgin Thompson of Clinton. 'Appointment of the 1977 Property Committee saw Hullet Township Reeve John Jewitt named to a one year term as chairman. Other committee members will be Simon Hallahan (one year), Robin Lawrie (two years), Ervin Sillery (two years), D. R. MacGregor (three years) and Frank Cook (three years). Goderich Reeve IJLU Clifford was named to chair the Planning Board for Huron during the next year. Working with Mr. Clifford will be Grant Stirling (one year), Allan Campbell (two years), R. M. Williamson (two., year), Harold Knight (three years) and W. E. Sim- mons (three years). The Development Committee for 1977 'will be chaired by Clifford Bray, Grey Township Deputy Reeve. Also appointed' were, W. J. Elston (two years), C. Deichert (two years) 'J. M. Dawson (three years) and H. Robinson (three years) . Usborne Deputy Reeve W. I. Morley will chair the Executive Committee • during the next year, -A1So serving on that committee will be F, E. Haberer (one yearj, Gerry Ginn (two years), Ed Qddleifson (two years), D: S.' Eadie (three years) and R. M. Bell (three years). Social Services Committee in 1977 will. • be made up of J. F. MacDonald (one year), J. F, Flannery (two years), H. E. :Wild (two years), H'. Elliot _(three years) And J. • R. Hunking, Deputy Reeve of Hullett Township, chairman. County Council named Roy Westcott of Exeter, Elmer Hayter of Varna, Garvin Reed of. Dungannon,, John Hazlitt. of Goderich* and J, - L. McCutcheon of I3russels to the 1977 Lana, Division 'Committee. Country Playhouse names new 1977executive Len Evans, manager of CKJD radio in Sarnia, was elected as the new chairman of the Board of .Trustees for Hurpn Country Playhouse at a meeting held January 8 in the council chambers at Grand Bend. Bill Amos of Parkhill b• ecame vice- chairman, Jill Waters of Parkhill is the new secretary, Doug Coo of Grand Bend is treasurer and Mary Speiran of Grand Bend will be recording secretary. Bill Cochrane of Goderich assumes the office of past chairman and Benson Tuckey of Exeter holds an executive position as honorary chairman. The playhouse also met to firm up policies, budgets and plans for the coming year and reaffirmed its deter- mination to meet the financial challenge imposed by Arts Council restraints and at the same time to absorb last year's $15,000 cash deficit. , Treasurer Bill Amos reported that a recent appeal for funds from previous contributors brought the organization $6,474 toward incurred building costs. A number of other fund raising activities are planned for the coming year. - "We have just completed the most (successful pre -Christmas sale sub- scription drr a in our six year history," retiring chat n Cochrane told the board. This mean in effect we've sold County debates meeting day. The possibility of changing . -the traditional meeting date of Huron County Council, from the last Friaay of the month to some other date, was discussed briefly by the councillors on Tuesday afternoon before the issue was referred to the Executive Committee. County' Clerk Treasurer Bill Hanly reminded the council that before the end of the last term it had beep suggested that the Friday meeting day "hindered -men in business from sitting on county council". When Warden Douglas McNeil asked how many members would prefer to meet on the last Thursday of the month only rine indicated they would support such a change. When asked how many preferred the Friday meeting -day, 13 indicated their support. The matter was sent'to the Executive Committee for consideration but .a change is not expected. County Council will meet on Thursday' next month however. The councillors have been invited by the Goderich Lions out one week, but it'also represents the community's strong commitment to the Playhouse." Mr. Tuckey, chairman of the building committee, led a 'motion to reject any plans for further expansion of the theatre facility and winterization of the Playhouse at this time, until present commitments are met. James -Murphy, in chi{'ge of artistic policies for the,Playhouse,told the board that he would not disappoint them with the new summer playbill for which he would seek approval at the February meeting. Mr. Murphy did indicate that he was seeking rights to "Same Time, Next Year", the hit Canadian play by Bernard Slade that has been playing on Broadway since 1975. Borrowing bylaw gets county nod When Huron County Council met on Tuesday afternoon in Goderich its rather brief session was concerned primarily with passing the necessary motions and by-laws to set the new 1977-78 term of office in motion. • . Two borrowing by-laws were passed authorizing the .treasurer to" borrow a total of $3,250,000. The first provided authorization for the borrowing, on a promissory note from the Imperial Bank of Commerce, sums up to $2,500,000 to meet county expenses until current taxes are collected. Borrowing by-law number two authorized the treasurer to borrow up to $750,000 to meet expenditures connected with 3-iuronview until such time as current taxes are collected. In other business, a motion of the council authorized the Warden and the County Clerk tomake application to the Club to attend 'thetr'a r`tpat chile night-- province for subsidy on the 1976 road That evening is set for February24. , expenditures. Although there was a full .house for the Winter Carnival Hospitality night last Friday night, officials didn't have to turn people away at the doors as in previous years. Here an informal band of George Divok, ,left,, Seamus Doherty, Millie Hanley, Bob Mann, and Barry Stevens belts out a number. (News -Record photo) HER�r :l® J� L U 1� q Continues all this week 1O to SU ITS-SPORTCOATS- BLAZERS TOPCOATS -WINTER JACKETS Still o good selection of Ali Wool Suits clearing at. Y..PRICED TO,$195.00,. er Albert St. Clinton ar 482-9351 fl Y Hospitals get new budgets Southwestern Ontario hospital budgets in 1977 will increase. to,.$288.9 million, up $19.2 million over $267, million in 1976, Health Minister Frank S. .,Miller. has announced. Budgets for all Ontario hospitals ' will total $1.87 billion in calendar year ,1977 for an increase of $123.7 million over the 1976 budget total of $1.74 billion. "In future, hospitals and government will operate oh the same fiscal year, April 1 to March 31,"said Mr. Miller. "Allowing for the three- month trafitional period January 1 to March 31, 1977, Ontario hospitals are being budgeted over 15 months January. 1, 1977 to March 31, 1978." "Previously hospitals submitted 'budgets covering operating costs for Ministry approval," ' continued Mr. Miller. "The Ministry•in 1977 has established hospital budgets by_determining allowable operating expense and deducting the hospital's revenue from outside sour- ces. These outside hospital revenues include payment made by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Workmen's Compensation - Board and non-residents or uninsured patients using hospital ser- vices. The new budget structure will allow. hospital _managem•ent. , greater freedom in the use of funds made available from all sources." THIS WINTER IWILL... • D SKI D SKATE D TOBOGGAN D SNOW SHQE D CROSS COUNTRY SKI O ALL OF ABOVE namrrrparr/on F&ness. In %siur heart you know it's r1Aht.. l.✓ R Father and daughter team, Murray, centre, and Sharon East, left, sign up for Sunday afternoon's Snowmobile Poker Rally, while Bill Chowen, right, sets out the rules. Case Buffinga, foreground, signed up over 100 participants. IB says guard your eyes If you are wearing'bifocal glasses today, and thousands , of people are, you may be aurprised to know they were_ invented by Benjamin `Franklin. About 20(Y years ago, when he flew kites in quest of electricity and worked on the famous Franklin stove, he also in- vented glasses that brought long and short distance into one frame. "We `take our glasses for granted', said R.W. Ken- nedy, District Administrator, The Canadian National Institute for the Blind. In an interview for White. Cane Week, February 6-12, the annual education period of CNIB and The Canadian. Council of. the Blind, Mr... Kennedy, told how philosophers rather than scientists took an active part in the early development of eyeglasses. An English thinker, Roger Bacon, studied mirrors and lenses and brought glasses into use about the year 1300. . Leonardo da Vinci, renowned painter and investigator in 'many fields during the 15th century, shed light .on spectacles , by showing how the eyelees. • Later ' the French philosopher Rene Descartes focussed attention- 'on reflection And refraction of ' light, important aspects of the glasses industry today. Then carne Benjamin Franklin with his bifocals. It was not until the 19th century that today's' basic method, of .prescribing . and fitting glasses . was in- troduced. The originator was a Dutch ophthalmologist, Dr. Franz Cornelius Donders. Safety glasses Were on the drafting board about 1905 but' did not appear in today's forms until 1960. Contact lenses that covered the whole eye came into use in 1887. . Today's gltsses are precision made, scientific instruments. For .best possible vision follow these tips. Order your prescription in safety lenses. In an eye accident, they will prevent injuries. When not in use, place your glasses lenses up to avoid scratches. Polish often to keep lenses clear. Hallett appoints committees at inaugural Hullett Township Council held its inaugural meeting last Tuesday, Jan. 11 and passed the following committee appointments: Auburn Community Hall i3oard - John Jewitt, Joe Hunking, Ralph Campbell, James Glousher, Kenneth .Scott and Auburn Institute president Eleanor Bradnock ; Recreation Com- munity Centre - Tom Cunningham, Greg Brandon, Murray Lyon, Lillian Hallam, John Flynn, Keith Allen, Brenda Rad- ford and Clare Vincent. Other appointments -were: Greg Brandon to the Clinton Fire Area Board; John McEwing to the Seaforth Hospital Board; Joe Hunking and Tom Cun- ningham, Blyth Fire Area Board; Keith Allen, Blyth Recreation Committee; Mery Batkins, Animal Control Officer; Fence Viewers - Lloyd Pipe, Ross Trewartha, Jack Tamblyn, Elliott Lapp and Stewart Dale; Livestock Evaluation, George Hoggart. In other township business, council accepted Ross Scott's tender for fuel oil and diesel fuel for the township garage and graders; purchased property from Joseph Scanlon, on which to construct a township garage in the future; and set Feb. 1 for a Court of Revision regarding reports on the Verway, Tamblyn and KellandDrains. Library head acclaimed° Sam Bowman, RR 1, Elora, has been re -acclaimed to a second year as chairman of the Midwestern Regional Library System for 1977. William G..' (Bill) Moyer, Waterloo, radio announcer and author, was also re - acclaimed to a seco-td year as vice chairman. A member of the Waterloo. Public Library Board, Mr. Moyer is starting his fourth year on the . regional board: r Agriculture IS A Business GET YOUR QUALITY ANDERSON'S FERTILIZER FOR HUSKY SAVINGS' .- WE AT' M.J.'SMITH PORT ALBERT CAN HELP L This is the planning season. Let us assist you with your spring .Fertilizer 8 Chemical Requirements. Here at M.J. 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