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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-08-25, Page 1Reluctant Star The life of a star is not always easy, so this jersey and George Pearson of Ethel found out. Pearson, leading the cow, brought two jerseys on loan from the Brussels Livestock Yard to star in Theatre Passe Muraille's "He Won't Come In From The Barn," which is being performed at the Blyth Memorial Hall. (News -Record photo) Betting,attendance soar at ClintonRaceway ♦ The Clinton Kinsmen Raceway is 411kenjoying a banner year, thanks in part to the new $250,000 grandstand, as betting and ..attendance are up substantially from last year. So far in the first nine days of the 14 day Sunday race meet, betting has •climbed 20 per cent, while attendance is up 17 per cent over til !` 'same nine -day period of last year. This year, patrons have pushed an average of '$76,365 through the ,„paramutuel machines each Sunday, according to track accountant Case Buffinga of Clinton, which is 20 per cent greater than the $63,700 average daily bet last year. Attendance too has climbed to an average figure of 1,553, a 17 per cent &imp from the 1,320 who passed through the gates last season. "We're very pleased with the in- creases," raceway chairman Ron Jewitt said this week. Although he added that expenses were ' also up, including the mortgage payments on $92,000 the Kinsmen borrowed to help pay for the new $250,000 grandstand. Jewitt attributed the'`increases to the new grandstand which has been very well accepted by- the public, and the closure of the Goderich Raceway, which I, also had their grandstand condemned. "We're hoping for a good year," Jewitt said, referring to the extra debt load. The Kinsmen were hoping for a $100,000 mutuel handle this summer, but so far have missed the mark, but if the trend continues, they should have their first $1,000,000 year. . Clinton, Ontario Health Unit- recornrnend new MOH The Huron County health committee will recommend to county council at its Friday session that Dr. Brian Lynch be named the cotinty medical officer of health to replace Dr. Frank Mills who resigned from that post effective October 1. County council's acceptance of the health committee's .choice ,is the final hurdle to be cleared for Dr. Lynch to take over the duties. The health committee Interviewed Dr. Lynch and work.ed out contractual matters with him before .taking the' decision to. council. A source close to' county clerk ' treasurer Bill Hanly's office ,said council'i had to make the decision of the committee binding and may want to ratify some details such as commitments under the contract and renewals. Dr. Lynch said he would have to attend special courses at the University of Toronto to get his diploma in public health and the courses would take a year to cover. He said he had already begun the transition from private practice in preparation tor the switch. ' Dr. Lynch was trained in Ireland and has,been a general practitioner in Qodrich for five years. He is. familiar with .the majority of medical professionals in the county and plans to keep Al touch with': the medical needs of Huron from his now post. He said he felt an awful lot of medical knowledge could be used in the medical officer of health's office but conceded that he .didn't know how much would be used. He is 31 years oldand is married with three children. The hiring of the medical officer completes the needs of the county for senior administrators. Council at its last session accepted Robert Dempsey of Stratford as the replacement for county engineer Jim Britnell. Dempsey was the deputy city engineer in Stratford and will take. over duties in Huron on Mon- day. He is 28 years old and is married with two children, Dempsey worked as the deputy engineer for five years and said Tuesday• he felt the move to Huron was an ad- vancement in his career. He said the lob requirements in Huron were slightly 'different from Stratford but was looking forward to the change, ry,1-lrc ''said in Stratford he worked with sewage,control and garbagecollection as well assnow removal, roads and. bridges. He said the stress in .Huron ,would be road main- tenance and construction and bridge work as well as snow removal. He said there are 85 miles of roads in Stratford and 347 miles of roads in Huron which says it all. Dempsey will receive $25,000 in his first year with the county and will get a $1,500 raise in his second year. 25 cents Thursday, August' Vii, 1977 ' • lJether 1977 1976 1.41 LO 111 LO August 16 . 75 58 70 45 17 71 55 74 44 18 63 52 80 44 19 68 ' 45 81 49 20 66 38 84 57 21 70 47 82 54 22 68 54 83 56 Rain 1.60" Rain 0" roit, rain, plague Hurd: farmers Wet cold weather continues -to plaque Huron County, with light' ground frost reported in . several locations last Saturday morning, causing little damage. Frost warnings were again -out for early Thursday morning, after this edition goes to press. The nearly continuous rainfall has broken several all-time records in Huron County, particularly in the central and northern areas. According to Tony Chir, who runs the Goderich weather office, so far in August 228 .nm (912 inches) of•.rain has fallen at the airport, a new record for August, and in fact, a new high for any month of the year. It breaks an old record of 195.9 mm (7.82 inches) set in June of 1945. At the Dominion Weather observation post on the Norman Baird farm near Brucefield, 150 mm (6 inches) has fallen in the first 24 days of August. Clinton's total is somewhere in between the two. Chir said the rainfall was even heavier than the 'downpour that accompanied Hurricane' Hazel that went through the area in August of 1954. (ioIui:in by Jim Fitzgerald "By Jim Fitzgerald Many in the area, "along with yours truly, had their first look at a tornado last Friday afternoon as it roared in off Lake Huron at Goderich. It didn't touch down on land, causing any damage, but the experience is a terrifying one. to sav the least.` According to Tony Chir of the Uoderich weather office, this type of twisters, as opposed to those spawned by • of weather thunderstorms, can only ive on the lake, where the water is much warmer than the air. As soon as it nears land, it dies. -I- -1- -1- Along with the freaky weather of late has come a light ground frost last Saturday morning, with more predicted for this morning (Thursday). With our last frost on June 4, it certainly makes for a short growing. season. Several 'of the oldtimers in town have also • predicted an early winter, with our first snow to come on September 25! ++4- We ++We can at least hope for good weather for the Milverton Suns, who are representing Ontario at the Canadian " Senior Women's Fastball'championships in. British Coltimbia this week. Sandra Fremlin of Clinton a valued member of the Suns, left with the team,on`Monday, and they faced. their first challenge at 9 m. yesterday (Wednesday) against the Vancouver Eldoradoes. Today (Thur- sday), they meet Alberta at 10 a.m. and Prince Edward Island ar..3 p.m., while on Friday they face Nova Scotia at 9 a.m. and New Brunswick at noon. Thirteen teams are entered in the tournament which is being ' operated in two preliminary divisiens with the top two finishers in each advancing to further playoffs Saturday, with the final on Sunday. Good luck girls! +++ Ali If you happen to be a theatre nut, then Blyth is the place fof you in the next ten days, as the Festival hosts Passe Muraille Ted Johns, and their cows, pigs, and chickens, for a hilarious play that -Many should enjoy. This is the last of the summer'theatre for this year, so take advantage of the opportunity. It's a long drought •utitiln next t summer. Smile: "If you tan read the hand- * writing on the wall, it means your kids - are getting old enough to know better." Because the ground was so dry oerore °ough," Mr. Miller said. the record rains, there is from flooding, but, for end of the county, grain combined, it's been, Huron said that some f end of the county may under their grain .before vested because of the wet "Normally we get three between showers, and swaths a chance to dry there's been only one , little damage r ,But even if the weather stays dry of farmers in, the several days in a row, many farmers northtrying. to get• won't be able to get on the land because a real disaster. of the muddy, slippery conditions. Mike Miller, associate ag rep for Except for some low lying fields, the farmers in the white bean and corn crops are surviving north have to plow the wet weather in good shape, and if it's even har- normal weather returns, an average weather. harvest can be expected. ' or four days The outlook from the weather office is that gives the for much improved weather by the out, but lately �vveekend '': with sunny, warm days and that's not eturrtg by Friday,. Town gets two more grants Clinton has received two more Win; tario grants this week, Ontario Culture and recreation minister Robert Welch hasannbunced. They make a total of three grants so far this year. Agrant ofupto$4,862istobemade to the town towards the cost of construction of commuhity tennrs courts to be built Murder hearing today A preliminary hearing will be held in Goderich Court today to decide whether there is enough evidence to carry on a full trial for Terrance.Lloyd Bullen, 45, a Bayfield man Who has been charged with murder and attempted murder. The charges are the result of the May 22 shooting death of Ronald DeJong, 25, of RR 2, Bayfield and the wounding of his brother Leroy, 22, outside the accused man's home in Bayfield. The incident occurred after the DeJong brothers had been involved in a squabble with the Bullen man's 20 year- old son, Terrance, at the Bavarian Tavern just south of Bayfield. After the argument the brothers followed the young Bullen to his family home at North Hill Terrace; near the Bayfield River. The investigating OPP said that the brothers were each shot twice in front of the Bullen home and a .22 -calibre pistol was recovered from the scenes f` the incident. The elder Bullen who was charged as the result of the shooting has been on $1,000 bail since the occurrence. He is a French teacher at several separate schools in the county. behind school. The rema.inder of the $19,000 cost of the courts will be picked up by the Student's Council and a • grant made under the Community,Centres Act. Clinton will also receive a $1,250 Wintario grant towards the cost of a pool heater for the swimming pool. The rest of the $5;000 cost of the pool will' be borne by the Clinton Kinettes and another, grant under the Community Centres Act. Last month; W iritario said they would give a $62,500 grant towards the cost of the new $250,000 grandstand in Clinton. Other 'Wintario, grants received in Huron County this week include $212,436 to the Wingham Golf and Country Club Ltd., to help in the cost Of constructing a new curling facility with the addition of a golf lounge to replace the original structure which was condemned by the ministry of labor. The Blyth Centre for the arts will receive $11,760 to set up an audience development campaign, while Goderich will get $5,000 to share the costs of celebrations in honor of the Queen's (continued on page 3 Central ...Huron Secondary .til Fighting fires The Clinton Volunteer fire department had three calls this week. Here they put out a Monday mornlbg fire in a car owned by Norman Dupee of Clinton at the corner of King and Mary Streets, while last Thursday night they ex- tinguished a blaze in a car on Huron Street owned by Ed Straghan of London. Yesterday (Wednesday r>orning), they put out a small blaze in a garage at 93 Huron Street owned by Karen Lippencott. Some stored furniture and appliances were damaged in the fire of undetermined origin. (News -Record photo) Escape death Two Seaforth boys were seriously injured early Saturday evening when the car they were driving, at a high rate of speed, rolled after coming around a sharp bend on County Road No. 13, just west of Clinton. (News -Record photot OPP constables commended Two constables from the Goderich detachment , of the OPP, were com- mended by .the the Goderich Ambulance Service for the assistance they offered following a serious car accident last Saturday. Constable George Hiles and Constable Art Burt arrived at the scene of the one car accident on County Road 13, one mile west of Clinton, after a car driven by Allen Savauge, 18, of 51 John Street, Seaforth came around the bend towards Clinton at a high rate of speed, just missed four big trees and rolled over, landing upright in the ditch. Savauge was -thrown from the car and a Goderich Ambulance crew rushed him to University Hospital London, suffering from serious spinal and head injuries. A second ambulance arrived shortly after, wth only one man attending; Gary Renaud, so he was assisted by the two constables to help another seriously injured passenger. Torn Snowden, of 118 James Street, Seaforth received critical spinal injuries and was trapped in the back seat of the car. Constable Hiles held the victim still to avoid further spinal damage while Constable Burt forced the back door open. . The Constables then ,assisted Renaud by putting Snowden on a spinal board and loaded him into the ambulance. Constable Hiles then drove the at'n- bulance to Clinton Public Hospital before Snowden was m transferred to University Hospital. Tw.o other passengers, Ken MacDonald; 125 Mill Street, Seaforth and Wayne Parkinson, 17, 4 Goderich Street, ' Seaforth escaped with minor injuries. The Goderich Ambulance Service reported that no time was lost by the OPP and that they were "helpful, quick and efficient." They noted that death may have been involved without their help. The OPP's noted that assistance was also given by Paul Goldsworthy of Clinton and several other passing motorists. Police nap arsonist David Keith Sallows, 20, of 20 Victoria Street, Vanastra, will appear in provincial court in Goderich on Monday August 29, charged with arson. The arson charge is a result of a fire three years ago at a house owned by former Seaforth police constable Ronald I auzon of RR 2 Seaforth, on October 27, 1974. The new house under construction at the time and almost ready for oc- cupancy, was heavily damaged to the extent of $22,000 in the fire which was brought under control by Seaforth firemen. The charge was lxtid as th,i result of, new police infort?tion. Constable, -Tim MacLeod of the Seaforth ,.d'etachm'ent of OPP was assisted 'in the three year investigation by .Constable Lorne Carter. Of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Godetich OPP,