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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-11-03, Page 11/' • 'Y. Apple fun Either Michael Pelss' mouth is too small, or the apple is too big but this four year old took a good stab at bobbing for apples at the Vanastra Daycare Centre's Hallowe'en party held on Monday morning. (News -Record photo) Ower Hallowe'en Vandals burn three barns by Wilma Oke Hallowe'en vandals are being blamed by authorities for fires that dest.oyed two vacant barns and an empty house in the area over the weekend. The fire loss in the three uncontrolled blazes was estimated at over $6,000.. Blyth fire chief Irvin Bowes blamed vandals for a blaze Saturday that destroyed a $5,000 barn owned by Kim *Glenville on the Hullett-McKillop boundary line. ' Two Tuckersmith buildings were also destroyed early Saturday between 3:30 and 5 a.m. by fire. A barn on the Mill Road, southwest of Seaforth, owned by Kenneth Larone of Don Mills_ was SI Coliiiiii by Jim Fitzgerald Well, the Fitzgerald family finally has. that new "edition" who arrived early last Friday morning after a long wait. Typesetting was by Fitzgerald and associates, with proofreading by Baker and Associates of Clinton Public Hospital. Everyone (including dad) is doing just fine. 0 According to the doctors, this fall is indeed a busy one, for the local stork delivery service. Seems October and November are busy months after a ough winter like last January, ilk bruary and March were. +++ But unlike last fall, this fall is almost a complete opposite. So far, we haven't even had a killing frost yet, according to Tony Chir at the Goderich weather g . station. He says that the lowest it-, dropped to was 0.0 degrees C, making it ' one of the longest growing seasons in nearly a decade. Tony says we had 88.7 mm of rain in October, above the average of 70 mm, but most of that came in the first ._15 days of the month, and the average mean temperature was 8.6 degrees C, 1 degree C below the long term average, again because of the cold first half. You might also recall that winter Came ihNovember 4 last year with a foot of w, but not this year. According to the ong range outlook, November this year will be warmer and drier than usual, which is good news for a change. + ++ The News -Record has been ex- periencing some trouble with papers being stolen out of our outside "honor box", with 25'per cent of last week's box being stolen. Unfortunately, if this thievery continues, we'll have to cease ,the,service. + + -I- Brock Brock Olde reported to us this week that the CNIB are very pleased with their canvass in Clinton, and so far have collected $1,200, up from last year. He sends out a special thanks to all those generous donors and the Kinsmen and Lions clubs who did the house to house footwork.* +++ -" Overheard from a local senior citizen: "Usually, by the time you get to greener pastures, you can't climb the fence." «h - destroyed and is still under in- vestigation. The damage to the vacant barn was estimated at $800. Also during the same time period, the Seaforth fire department answered a call within minutes to a vacant house on Warden Haney's farm at RR 4, Seaforth. The damage was estimated at $1,300. The Goderich OPP also blamed the fires on vandalism , and theyare still under investigation by the police and the fire marshal. The OPP reported that Hallowe'en Monday evening, was relatively quiet, with few reports of vandalism or disturbances in their area. According to Constable Bill Wilson, "Hallowe'en was very quiet. It was excellent with only small pranks like broken pumpkins, egg throwing and soaped windows. On the whole I think that the kids are to be commended for their action." Clinton Police Chief Lloyd Westlake said that the town had one of its better Hallowe'ens. "Compared to other years and other places, we've been very fortunate," he said. Other than egg throwing, window soaping, a few broken headlights and Other minor disturbances the Clinton police only received one report of willful damage that was blamed on Hallowe'en pranksters. continued on page'3 Thought Leroy DeJong 22, of RR 2 Bayfield testified this week that he and brother Ronald approached Terry Bullen Sr. thinking a gun he had fired was loaded with blanks and also to 'throw a scare into him'. The incident led to the fatal shooting of Ronald DeJong 25 of RR 2, Bayfield and the wounding of Leroy DeJong on the Bullen property in, Bayfield May 22. Bullen 45, a Bayfield school teacher was charged with the shooting incident that took place last May 22 at approximately 1:30 a.m. DeJong said in his testimony at the manslaughter trial before Mr. Justice William Maloney of the Supreme Court of Ontario that after following Terrence Bullen Jr. in a van with four of his friends, to the Bullen home, he and his brother Ron attempted to get into the van. They were seeking an apology from one Greg Nielson of London, an occupant' of the van, stemming from an earlier argument at the Bavarian Tavern south was blank, man testifies of Bayfield. Nielsen and three other friends, Terry Heard 'of Varna, Peter MacVean of Bayfield, and Paul Payne, Bayfield had locked themselves in the van after Terrence Bullen Jr. ran into the house. DeJong said he and his brother Ron were unable in their attempts to get into the van or in securing an apology from Nielsen. He said Terrence Bullen Jr. re- appeared from the house but Leroy chased him back in. He then said Terrence re -appeared with his father and Leroy said, "Let's get out of here. Old man Bullen is coming." Leroy told the jury of five women and seven men that they weren't aware that Mr. Bullen had a gun when they got into their car and began backing out of the Bullen laneway. He claimed they had backed up 50 or 60 feet when they heard a shot fired. He said they pulled the car back into the laneway and were going to talk to ' Mr. Bullen and find out why he pulled a gun. Leroy told his brother 'the gun probably had blanks in it' and his brother Ron wanted to 'throw a little scare back into him (Bullen). He said they got out of the car and walked towards the van where Mr. Bullen arra his son Terrence were standing when he heard shots. He said his brother fell, he saw blood coming from his mouth and rolled him over. He then left in his car for fear he "might get nailed again". In a statement given to police by Mr. Bullen at approximately 3:20 a.m. May 22, he said he 'heard a loud commotion in the 'darkness below' but he was half. asleep. He stated his son Terrence came upstairs and --'was searching for a .22 calibre single action pistol,he kept in his top dresser drawer. Mr. Bullen said he grabbed the gun from his son and went downstairs and outside with him to see what was happening. Mr. Bullen said he ordered the two DeJongs off his property but from his son's description of the commotion, he did not know who the fellows were. Clinton, Ontario 30 cents Thursday, November 3, 1977. Mr. Bullen said the two men ignored the warning shots he fired and came towards him. "There were these two huge forms and they came right down on me," he said. "I couldn't have missed them. They were right on top of me and shouted 'shoot us, shoot us' . I honestly felt terrified at the moment myself. I hon- setly felt my life was threatened and in jeopardy.' Terrence Bullen Jr. and two of his friends, Nielsen and Terrence Heard testified that when they went into the Bavarian Tavern", Saturday May 21 words were exchanged with the DeJong brothers who were seated in the tavern at a table near the door. The three left the brothers and took another seat in the tavern. The DeJongs followed them to their table and demanded an apology for a verbal statement directed by Nielsen. Tavern proprietor Erich Krohmer broke up the incident and ushered Bullen, Heard and continued on page 3 112th Year -No. 44 ether 1977 1976 N1 LO NI LO OCTOBER 25 64 47 43 31 26 63 50 38 26 27 65 41 35 20 28 56 41 45 24 29 54 38 50 38 30 55 35 48 37 31 58 40 44 30 No rain no rain Snow 1/a" • Vanastra day care budget set at $49,000 by Wilma Oke Tuckersmith .Township council ap- proved the 1978 budget of $49,000 for the Vanastra day care centre at a meeting Tuesday night. It will now be forwarded for provincial government approval. Karen McEwing, supervisor of the day care centre, presented the budget as prepared by her and the seven -member day care committee. It has a projected income of $30,240 based on an average of 20 full time children per day. The resulting $18,760 deficit will besub- sidized by an 80 percent provincial grant of $15,008 leaving Tuckersmith ratepayers with 20 percent or $3,752 to pay.- McEwing pointed out that at present six of the children attending the day nursery are from municipalities who have agreed to pay towards any deficit. This is over 25 percent of the expected enrolment, therefore 25 percent of the Tuckersmith share would be paid by > Man of the year a3 A7,5 300 40.• Gordon Hill of Varna, left, was named agricultural man of the year at the Huron Federation of Agriculture's annual meeting held last Thursday at Vanastra: Last year's winner, publisher Keith Roulston of Blyth, made the presentation. (ExpositorOM) Hullett, McKillop shelve inspector plans Hullett Township and McKillop have tentative plans to appoint a joint building inspector for the municipalities, but their decision will not be. made until Huron County makes a decision on its building code standards. Hullett and McKillop Townships met on Tuesday, October 25 to discuss the appointment of a building inspector and the clerks of the two council s were asked to advertise and draw up a bylaw listing the duties and,obligations of the new inspector. However, according to Hullett Clerk, Clare Vincent, Huron is also considering a countrywide building bylaw scheme. Therefore, a township inspector might not be needed. "We were upset that the reeves didn't know anything about it," commented Clerk Vincent after the motion to'hire a new clerk was made. • Despite the fact that applications will still be received by the two townships involved, Clerk Vincent said, "It's all up in the air..". • ' Prior to the joint meeting between the two townships, Hullett had a special meeting on the same evening to accept tenders for snow plowing. • The tender of George Radford was accepted, to plow at $17 an hour with a standby rate of $15 a day. Hfs contract will run from December 1, 1977 to March 5, 1978. The only other tender ' application received came from.(enneth Hulley who charged $1'7:50 an hour at $15.50 for standby. Council also recommended several severance applications: Robert Andersen, part of lots 6 and 7, con. 14; Bruce Shillinglaw, part of lot 6, con. 14; Lawrence Taylor, part of lots three and four, con. 11. Along with recommending the severances, the council suggested to the planning board that an agreement be made with the joint owners regarding line fences. Londesboro girl dies from crash injuries Nancy Henrietta De Jong, 17, of RR 1, Londesboro died in University Hospital in London on Monday from serious head injuries she suffered in a single truck accident late Sunday evening. She was a passenger in a pick up truck driven by Adrian Salverda 16, of RR 1, Clinton. Constable Bob Roberts of the Goderich detachment of the OPP came across the pickup . truck on its roof in a cornfield whine he was patrolling Highway 8 just west of Seaforth. The accident had been unreported at that time and Constable Roberts found the driver still strapped in the truck cab. The second victim, De Jong, was found some 20 metres away from the vehicle. • Both victims were taken by am- bulance to Seaforth hospital and 'later transferred to University Hospital. At the last5"report, Salverda was in the in- tensive care unit suffering from internal injuries., The Goderich OPP investigated and said that the Salverda vehicle . was westbound on Highway 8 at a high speed. The truck dropped off to the north shoulder of the road, swerved to the south ditch, struck a fence and rolled over three times. Constable Bill Wilson noted, "If they had been wearing seatbelts, they probably would have been living and the injuries wouldn't have been so bad". • The De long girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jack De Jong of Hullett Township. Along with her parents, she is survived by a brother Edward of Wallenstein and a sister Jessica at home. Also her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Eeste De Jong of Holland and her grandmother . Johanna Pennings of St. Thomas snrvive°her: She was born in St. Thomas and was a year 4 student at CHSS in Clinton and was also a candy 'striper at thitlirito i Public Hospital. Her body rested at the home of her parents until it was removed to the Bethel Free Reformed Church in Mit- chell for the service on Wednesday. Interment followed at the Bethel Free Reformed Cemetery. those municipalities resulting in Tuckersmith having to pay ap- proximately $3,000. Last month she said the centre had an average of 15 to 16 children. Projected . expenditures include: salaries, $30,500 plus benefits of $1,300 (Canada pension, unemployment in- surance) ; rent $8,400; food $6,000, (wages, $2,600 and, food, $3,400) ; equipment and furnishings, $500; cleaning and laundry supplies, $500; office supplies and expenses, (telephone $247, advertising, printing of new pamphlets); staff training and travelling expenses, $100 (conferences and workshops) ; playroom supplies, $600 and a new climber in the playground $600. McEwing said the salary total in- cluded a six percent increase as per- mitted by thegovernment which would bring her salary up to $10,000, assistant supervisor's salary to $8,500 and the teacher to $7,200. The part-time teacher would receive approximately $4,000 for the year based on a rate of $3.20 per hour. In addition McEwing said she and the assistant supervisor were eligible to receive an increment of $400 for the year for each of them bringing their salaries up to $10,400 and $8,900 respectively, i because they each had received their certification. Council questioned that by accepting the budget as presented it would be setting the salaries now, rather than in,., January with the other township em- ployees. A discussion followed but when the motion was approved accepting the budget as proposed, no mention was made of the salaries. In other business council approved three building permits, Cyanamid of Canada, part lot 31, concession 1 HRS, scales ; Gerritt Wynja,lot 14, concession 6 HRS, lean-to barn; James Crocker, Lot 14, concession 5, HRS addition to house. • Road superintendent Allan Nicholson reported 28 road signs missing or destroyed over the weekend. He said he had found all but five and that six were ruined. He said no tenders had been received for snowplowing. He was authorized to rent or make arrangements for snowplowing the township roads. Council accepted the tenders of George Radford Construction of Blyth for open work on the McKenzie drain for $2,890 and on the Tyndall drain for $9,600 and the tender of James Cooper for $5,000 for closed work on the McKenzie drain. continued on page'12 $102,000 to create jobs Dere The federal government is spending slightly more. than $102,000 through its Canada Works job -creation program to create 18 jobs in Huron County, Con- servative MP Bob McKinley (Huron - Middlesex) announced Monday. Five jobs for,260 man -work weeks will be created through a $33,540 grant to the Vanastra Resource Centre a community Clinton Goderich duo service project under tl'p...auspices of the , Huron County Children's Aid Society. . $ A$34,540 grant to the Huron Family ,Split 10, 000 winnings Care Agency in Wingham will create four jobs for 208 man -work weeks for a A Clinton woman and a Goderich man project assisting the co-ordination of all split a $10,000 prize in last Thursday Huron County home -care services. night's Wintario draw. The Maitland, Valley Conservation Mrs. Pat Palmer, wife of Clinton Authority in Wroxeter will receive dentist Dr. D. B. Palmer, and her son -in - $23,725 for a variety of projects, in- law, Morris Traynor of Goderich shared cluding installation of equipment to the valuable prize in the draw, held allow maple syrup demonstrations for every other week. tours by schools and the public. The Mrs. Palmer said that she and Morris grant will create six jobs for 150 man- have been buying tickets together for work weeks. some time. . They will collect the money this week. The Ausable-Bayfield . Conservation Authority in Exeter will be able to create three jobs for 104 man -work weeks with a $10,636 grant designed to further conservation, restoration, development and management of natural resources. The cab of the Salverda vehicle was completely flattened after it rolled over three tittles last Sunday night on Highway 8, just west of Seaforth. A passenger, Nancy De Jong, 17, of RR 1, Londesboro died in a London Hospital on Monday from head injuries received In the single`truck accident. Driver Adrian Salverda, 18, of RR 1. Clinton's in serious condition in University Hospital, (News-Record,photo) . 1 •