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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-08-11, Page 1Clinton, Ontario 25 cents Victim of circumstance Although it may look like Troy Bran's is trying to bring Joh; McLeod back to life after a possible drowning, the boys are actually practic.ag their life saving prozedures while instructor Elizabeth Thompson and Kevin Armstrong look on. Lift. saving procedures is one of the many lessons taught at the Clinton pool. (Ne Ns -Record photo) Thursday, August 177 Council hears proposal 112th Year -No. 32 Seniors want rec. centr A group of Senior Citizens headed by George Rumball were present at Clinton Council Monday evening to discuss the possibility of a Recreation Centre for their group. Al Sinclair of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation Branch in Hanover attended the meeting to advise Council and the seniors of the choices they may have regarding such a centre. Although the group hoped for a centre primarily for seniors, Sinclair pointed out that such a project could hot be supported by Wintario or the Com- 41Many pay last respects to Joe Murphy Friends, relatives and acquaintences filled St. Paul's Anglican Church last Friday to pay their respects to Joseph *Hubert Murphy who dierd in Clinton Public Hospital on August 2, following a lengthy illness. He was in his 60th year. IM Mr. Murphy Was a lifelong resident of the Clinton area. He was born on November 12, 1916 in Goderich Township to the late Mr. and Mr. Hubert Murphy. In 1943 he married Mary L. Howard in • Goderich and the couple took up residence in Clinton. Along with being the president of J. find T. Murphy Limited, Mr. Murphy is also remembered for the volunteer work and many contributions he made to the community. Mr. Murphy was the past People's Warden of St. Paul's Church,/ the past president of the, Lion Club, the past chairman of the Clinton- Public Hospital board, a Legion rnnmber, the former municipal chairman of the local Progressive Conservative Party, the past chairman of The Clinton Public School, a former member of the Clinton Volunteer Fire Department and he is remembered particularly for spearheading the RCAF Reunion which took place in conjunction with the Clinton Centennial of July, 1975. Surviving Mr. Murphy are his wife and four daughters, Miss Diane Murphy, London; Mrs. Linda Reid, Clinton; Mrs. Ruth Percy, London; Mrs. Kathryn Westbrook, RR 2 Clinton.,Also surviving him are one son, William of Clinton, a brother Thomas of London and four Education trustee resin grandchildren. Funeral services were held at 2 pm on August 5 from St. Paul's Anglican Church with 04. Sharples in charge. He was assisted by Rev. John Oestrei.cher and Rev. George Youmatoff. I'n place of a eulogy a poem by Ten- neyson, "Crossing The Bar" was read by Rev.Oestreicher.. ' Pallbearers were Royce Macaulay,. Ken Cooke, Maynard Corrie, and Barry Young from Clinton, John Longstaff from Seaforth and Tom Cooke from Sault Ste. Marie. Flower bearers were Bob Homuth of Clinton, George Smith of London, Dick Box of Seaforth, Ed Wood of Hamilton and Dwayne Foreest of Maple. Interment took place in the Clinton Cemetery. Blyth trustee, John Elliot resigned as money we are spending," he said. Mr. chairman of Huron County Board of Elliot said the unbudgeted expenditure Education's budget committee Monday. was for supply teachers to replace those Mr: Elliot's resignation at the 'end of that are away on the field trip. r the Board's regular meeting Monday Over the year a lot of funds are spent afternoon was obviously unexpected by that aren't budgeted. Trying to set an other board members. Board chairman accurate buctget was an ' 'in - 'Herb Turkheim asked Mr. Elliot to ' surmountable , task" for the budget leave the matter for the Chairman's . committee, Mr. Elliot said. advisory committee to consider. D.J. Cochrane, director of education, "I think the chairman's advisory said the money wasn't totally un - committee should appoint another budgeted as it was included in the supply member because I am not going. to . teacher's budget. The board bases its reconsider," Mr. Elliot replied. supply teacher's budget on how much Earlier in the meeting, Mr. Elliot had cost they had the year before. trongly objected to the Board ap- The board approved the three ap- proving three field trip applications plications for field trips. Trustee Shirley which he said were "unbudgete.d ex- Hazlitt said the board should look at the penditures". number of field' trips taken and the "That •is roughly $440 of unbudgeted benefits derived from them as well as OPP arrest area men . , with stolen goods An early morning search in Clinton led of Kinburn, bothln-their early 20's were to the arrest of two men after they were arrested after their homes were sear` found in possession of stolen property., ched by OPP's from the Goderich Raymond Howard' Riley, 199 Town- detachment and the Shelbourne detach - send Street, Clinton and Clayton Riley meet. Both men " were found to be in possession of $1,184 worth of building materials which ' were stolen from ' a building site in Shelbourne, Ontario, on July 6, 1977, • Some of the material was recovered in Hullett Township and the rest was recovered at 199 Townsend Street. The search warrants were executed 'early Monday morning.~ • The men are to appear in provincial court in Orangeville, next Tuesday, August 16. The investigating officers were Constable J.C. Crowe of the Shelbourne, detachment of the OPP and Cons,ables Lorne Carter and Bob Roberts, both of the Goderich detachment of the OPP. The Clinton police had a reasonably quiet week with the exception of .an accident on August 9 which caused damages of $600 each to the two vehicles involved. The accident occurred on East Street when a vehicle driven by Philema•n Bisback, 55 Goderich Street, Seaforth met in a collision with a car driven by Bonnie Van Riesen, 98 East Street, Clinton. • The Bisvack car Was westbound on East Street when it was in the accident with •the Van Riesen car which was backing out of a driveway. A car owned by Ken Steep received damages valued at $250 when its tail lights, head lights, and wind shield were smashed. SI CoIiiinn by Shelley McPhee Although the recent rains have been a little more than passing showers; this has not deterred our editor, Jim Fit- zgerald who is spending a week of holidays, shingling his house. . +++ And what rains we have had, when it pours, it pours. We sure need that illprecipitation for as soon as the down- pour is over the ground quickly laps up the water and in no time the land is dry again. +++ It's interesting to watch the reaction of people on the streets When the rain hits. Without any „preli.niinary warning the downpours have begun and most people look like natives of the tropics who have never seen snow before. Our overly dry weather has • seemed to lessen our • memories of what real rain is like. +++ It is nice to see that the grass behind the town hall has finally been cut. Things look .much better there now and I dpn't have to fight my way through the Chickory and long grass to get my car in the parking lot there. The Clinton Raceway is bound to be alive again this Sunday when Goderich Day takes. place. It should be interesting to see some Of Ontario's top jockeys at the reins. A car had been parked on • private property near the Post Office when the August 4 incident occfred, sometime betvteen 12 at 8 a.m. s post the financing. A > three member committee . was established to -investigate the matter with Mrs. Hazlitt as chairman munity Centres Act, "our ministry does not fund projects for specific groups," he explained, "it must be public since these grants can only be paid to a municipality not a private group." He did suggest that if this building was needed, perhaps alterations and renovations could be made to .existing structures, whereby the ministry could support it through - the -New Horizons Grant. He also noted that the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services does have a special section for seniors, but he warned that funds may not be available from them. He also reminded the seniors that space requirements, responsibility of upkeep, programming and scheduling (if its made available to others) and operational costs must also be con- sidered. Councillor Ron McKay asked whether the payment of upkeep could come from the tax dollars. Sinclair explained, "Sure, but it's a question of talking tax dollars for only seniors, others may feel they have a right to use it too." A number of alternative buildings were mentioned: the ' arena.. was suggested, but the seniors noted that it was too far for most people to walk to and there were too many stairs; the upstairs of the town hall was mentioned, but again stairs would be a problem and it was questioned whether renovations would be too costly. Rumball noted that what the seniors would like is a central location, with. space for parking, outdoor games, wheelchairs ramps and a split level structure for those against stairs. He noted that a piece of property, owned by the town, across from the Post Office would ,be an, ideal location. Mayor Harold Lobb agreed that the property suggested • would be an ideal spot. "They -want a place to call their own, where the ladies can set up their quilting frames and men can do their wood- working," Mayor.Lobb told Council. The 'discussion of the possible location for a seniors centre prompted council to look into the Heritage Foundation plan to renovate the town hall. "We haven't kept this building in good repair," admitted Mayor Lobb. On a suggestion by Councillor McKay, council decided to contact the Heritage Foundation, as well as get an opinion from a lady in Godyrich who is presently working under an Experience ' '77 program to help the Historical Com- mittee in that town to secure and maintain worthwhile buildings. "Personally, I think the library is a beautiful old building, too," Mayor Lobb added, "but the cost will be the deciding factor, if these can be repaired_" It'was also noted that in the heavy rain on Monday, there weren't enough pails to catch the drips in the town hall. Although tenders have been called for to repair the roofs on both the town hall and the library, council decided to hold off on their,. -.decision to accept a tender until they have received an opinion `from the Heritage Foundation. Councillor McKay noted, "If these buildings can be designated as heritage buildings then we can get ,help, but this has to be done very soon." The outcome of the decision of the Heritage Foundation, will be discussed with the senior citizens committee. Until that time the group are hoping to have plans 'drawn up of the centre they would like to have andwill. be looking to the' Ministry of Community and Social Services for possible grants. Rumball and his group agreed that, they would be willing to•share a portion of the proposed centre with other organizations in the town as long -as it could be used With . respect and the seniors would have a permanent spot to set up their crafts and work. Sign of the times Miles is now a term of the past and. in its place the new measurement Km. orKilometre is. gracing the signs throughout the area. The change in the signs began on oad, si. by Shelley McPhee When you read the highway mileage signs from now on', be sure to check the small print below them, it will likely read km. Km., better known as kilometre is part of the new change over in traffic signs to the metric system. The metric measurement change -over began on August 2 when the Ministry of Tran- sportation and Cotnmunication, out of the Stratford districtoffice started to change the highway signs. f3ill Howe, services supervisor for the district noted that only, the mileage signs are being changed at this time and legal s'ignS, which " inclucled '• speed requirements will change on September 64 s August 2 and at the ,first of Septembet regulatory signs, which include speed maximums will be changed. (News- Record,photo) o metric Howe noted that there are some 6,000 to 7,000 miles to cover in the district with the new additions to the, signs and there is a mid September deadline for com- pletion. The changes are being made by overlaying and rolling on the new numbers. • Presently the alterations are being made on one highway at a time but Howe advises, motorists to keep their eyes open for the changes. According to Board of Education Superintendent, Jim Coulter there will be little problem with the young people trying to adjust to the new system. "It will be easy once we learn to use it," he explained, "people will just have to accept it,." Coulter "aid that the metric system of measurement has been in the public schools throughout the county for the past four years, from kindergarten on up. He explained that metrics are not taught through conversion but as their own separate system of measurement. However some problems still exist with the change since most of the high schools don't use metrics, other than in science since the present math courses don't call for its use. Also some text books, especially geography books that are still used to measure things in miles. Attempts have been made by the Board Of Education to introduce the public to the metric system,, night schools for parents as well as courses for teadhing staff have been held in the past to introduce them to our new method of measurement. Aug 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 eather 1977 1976 HI 10 80 53 78 56 85 60 82 63 77 62 78. 6.1 79 66 Rain 3-04" HI 10 68 46 �6 44 78 51 73 61 68 49- 66 52, 75 64 Rain .26" Dick Dixon Postmaster dies Tuesday. Clinton's. friendly postmaster, R.J. "Dick" Dixon died here in hospital on Tuesday, August 9 at the age of 55. He became the head of the Post Office in Clinton in May, 1971 upon the transfer of his predecessor, Art Ball ter Kin- cardine. Mr. Dixon was well known for his courteous service and contributions to the town. Surviving him are his wife,.Marie and two sons, Richard of Spryfield, Nova Scotia and Jeff of Vanastra. Funeral 'arrangements' are in the hands of Ball Funeral . Home where he will rest after 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 10 from 2-4:30 and after 7 p.m. until Thursday, August 11. Services will be held this Friday at 2 p.m. Kirk. Street gets gutter by Shelley McPhee Kirk Street has been faced with water problems for some time now. However on Monday evening , Clinton Council decided to rectify this problem. "I think a gutter is needed very badly there," noted Councillor Ernie Brown. Mayor Harold Lobb agreed with this and said, "It would certainly save that road." . Council decided to accept the tender of Lavis Contracting at the cost of $2095 to put a one -inch layer of asphalt on Kirk Street, from High to Victoria Street.. Insulations of asphalt curb and gutter 'will be put in on the west side of Kirk Street for 300 feet. • In other Public Warks business, Jim Edwards was given a fu.11time position with the town following his six month probation peripd. • His wages will in- crease accordingly, effective on August 15. Deputy -Reeve Frank Cook was asked to check with the police, regarding. a • controversial stop sign on Isaac Street. In. -correspondence received, a Stratford man told of how he scratched his car on the sign, located near the old pool hall, while he was backing out of a driveway. He suggested that the town have parallel parking instead of angle, for a better view. He also thought that the stop "Sign could be moved to the middle of the road, or have a barrier,placed around it, Although there have been bumper stops located there in the past, according to Councillor Ron McKay, "you can drive a vehicle between the sidewalk and the sign now." "Clerk Cam Procter noted that this problem has been discussed ih the past and a flashing light has been suggested for that spot.• --� While the street is presently a,one-way route because of its narrowness, Councillor Frank Van Altena felt that there should be parking only on one side. Despite considerable discussion on this, the opinion of the town police will be heard first before anything is done with this sign. Mayor Harold Lobb (or Dan Wilson as the letter was addressed to) has been invited ' to partake in the Town of Ingersoll's Ancient Sport of Stomping. • The invitation was received from the alltime stomper, the mayor of Ingersoll. Along with the stomping contest the event includes a parade, i'eception and a number of activities. Mayor Lobb gracefully declined the invitation noting toouncil, "To tell you the honest truth, �tm not much of a stomper." Building permits were granted to Don Gautreau, an addition for $5,000 and to Green and Parent, storage tanks for $6,000. 0