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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-11-03, Page 3• People in Profile Whitmores have memories by Shelley McPhee Memories are an important part of our lives. They let us recall past days, friends, events and sorrows. Mr. and Mrs. Raymdnd Whitmore of 58 Rattenbury Street can easily recall past times of this area through a number of scrapbooks Mrs. Whitmore has put together over the years. More memories were brought to light by the couple on. Thursday, October 20 when they celebrated their 50th wedding* anniversary. "It must have been love at first sight, we've been together for 50 years," laughed Mr. Whitmore when he recalled their first meeting. 11 Although Raymond and Verna Elliott Oy lived about four miles apart in derich Township; they started dating in 1920 when they met at a country dance. Two years later, they were married in Ontario Street United Church by Rev. Doane. Following the quiet wedding ceremony the newlyweds went on a honeymoon to Toronto, Hamilton and Niagara Falls before settling into their new home in Clinton. For five years they both worked for Nelson Trewartha at the egg and poultry plant, but their love for the country drew them back to Goderich Township where they bought a farm in Holmesville and stayed for the next 35 years. "When you're born in the country, you like it there," Mr. Whitmore explained. The Whitmores can now sit in the comfort of their Rattenbury home where ey moved to in 1968 and remember • ch days as the depression and the war years. "The biggest problem we had was feeding the bums," Mr. Whitmore remembered from the depression years, "But we had enough to eat and we could feed others." Ai Mr. Whitmore recalled when one neighbour went to town to buy groceries for his family with 25 cents in his pocket. "The war years weren't so bad," said Mrs. Whitmore, "There were lots of ration cards but it was different on the farm. Tea and sugar were the shortest." er Hard times were not the only memories the Whitmores have of earlier years. In 1929 they remembered going to their first talkie picture show in Strat- ford., "It was a good show," Mr. Whit- more said. Hockey games at the Clinton arena were also a big event then and dances, mostly in the winter. Mr. Whitmore, after farming', worked with Lavis Construction for eight years and is now retired. However he noted, "How can I retire with all the leaves there are." Despite their attachment to the country, the couple are happily settled in the town now. "We like living in Clinton, it's a nice neighbourhood," explained Mrs. Whitmore. They haven't lost their desire to grow things and are both avid gardeners. "She tells me what to do and I try to do it," chuckled Mr. Whitmore. Mrs. Whitmore is kept busy with her scrapbooks which are continually being filled with pictures and newspaper clippings. Flipping through one book, they came across a newspaper clipping from 1965 when John Diefenbaker visited Clinton. "I was in my old work clothes," recalled Mr, 'Whitmore, "and I had just come from the sawmill when Diefen- baker arrived on the train. I tried to stay at the back of the crowd because I was ashamed of my clothes but he spied, me and when he got off the train came right over to me and shook my hand. He asked me what my name was and I said Whitmore and he said that's a good name." Mrs. Whitmore also has memories in the books, like pictures of auctioneer Edward Elliott, past mayor George Elliott and past MP Nelson Trewartha, who were all distant cousins. The Whitmores also remembered their 50th anniversary with ' special friends and family at a dinner at the Sandpiper Inn. Now their anniversary will go down as history and as a fond recollection in the Whitmores memories and perhaps in their scrapbooks. County, health- unit settle The Huron County Board of Health and employees of , the county health unit accepted an 18 -month agreement re ently that sets out wage increases for 1977 and 1978. The board reported to county council Friday that the agreement gives employees of the health unit a six per cent increase in salary Vandals burn ..... continued from page 1 Fredrick Jackson, 54 Mill Street, Clinton reported on Sunday, October 30 that during the night someone had stopped and painted a sign on his front lawn with green paint. Damage was set at$120. Activities were kept under watch on Monday night by Chief Westlake, four policemen and the assistance of the 20 - *man volunteer fire department. The police cruiser as well as three unmarked cars travelled throughout the town during the evening. effective July 1, 1977 and four per cent effective January 1, -1978 subject to the approval of the Anti -Inflation Board. Other terms listed in the agreement were an increase in the employer's share of the dental plan for employees from half to two-thirds of the cost ef- fective January 1, 1978. Mileage rates for employees using their own vehicles for health unit business was set at 21 cents per mile an4, employees required to work overtime will be paid time and a half or receive the equivalent time and one-half off. Public health inspectors supplied with leased vehicles who drive the vehicles to and from the office are now required to reimburse the county at the rate of 16 cents per mile. When the present lease for vehicles expires there will be no personal use of the vehicles permitted under the new lease. The unit employees also receive pay for Heritage Day or any 'other day proclaimed by •the federal or provincial governments as paid holidays. • • S: s sr ! f s r, r '':%: ;, r `r •L;r.•: r,•rrJf'+`i;+. +'•f` • ." {+%r.*:•vi • • • • •' • :'rilif%'r �'� l.,s :4f "+. ? :{rrs+f/%+r {•irrii++r {'{•:?i,}.• %?•%• • ••i•{.; �+•f,. ffr,:..,rr r{:..:•�iii{f.•i: {ri'{r. ••:•:::ti •• Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Whitmore eforestation plan doubtful The. Huron County Reforestation Scheme has had limited success after its first year of - existence and a report to Huron County Council Friday reveal ed that only five landowners are involved In the project. Four townships have con- tributed money under the tree planting scheme and five landowners turned over 25 acres of land for reforestation. The plan was implemented at the beginning of the year and basically involves an agreement between the landowner, the municipality the land is in, the county and the ministry of natural resources. The ministry provides the manpower and machinery to plant the trees and the costs are paid by the township and county. - Half the costs are paid by the county and half left to the responsibility of the township. The townships can choose whether to pay their half themselves or pay a quarter of the costs leaving the remainder for the landowner. Marvin Smith from the Wingham office of the ministry of natural resources reported to council that 21,000 trees had been planted under the scheme and that the county share' of the costs was $1,370. He broke the expenses down to great detail showing that the county portion covered half the planting costs, repairs to the planting machinery and the costs for the nursery stock. The total costs for the planting were $2,216. Smith reported that 2,000 trees were planted on a four acre parcel in Ashfield township, 5,000 trees on six acres in Goderich township, 4,000 trees on five acres in Hullett township and 10,000 on 10 acres in East Wawanosh. Two types of trees were planted according to the report which showed that 17,000 white pine trees were used and 4,000 red pine. The project requires consenting landowners to turn over their land for reforestation under a 20 year agreement. Once .the owner agrees to have the trees planted, the property is protected for reforestation far two decades. The agreement prevents the owner from harvesting the trees or from cutting them down before they are mature. NOVEMBER 3RD - NOVEMBER 19TH Just in time for your Christmas Shopping 40 pc.F ce tetting a 45 pc. Sefttng Johi c,x STAINLESS STEEL *CRYSTAL *FIGURINES *WOODEN WARE *SETS OF GLASSES *CANDLES *JEWELLERY *CHARMS *WATCHES Si THE SQUARE GODERICH According to Smith after the 20 years have expired the county tree cutting bylaw protects the matured trees from being harvested. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD?THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977—PAGE 3 .. County May guide seniors housing BY JEFF SEDDON Huron County Council endorsed a county -wide policy for senior citizens housing at its Friday session and now plans to contact eadh municipality in the - county to see if suitable agreements can' be worked out. Council accepted a recommendation from the executive committee that would have the county pick up any operating deficits from senior citizens residences in order to establish a county wide residency rule. The committee felt that more efficient use could be made of senior citizens units if a one year county wide residency rule was adopted. To accomplish the residency rule the county plans to negotiate with each municipality to relieve the municipalities of the responsibility of the operating deficit. It would be a county concern. Under the present system the municipality the senior citizens housing is located in is responsible for 71/2 per- cent of any operating deficit the unit incurs. By accepting the responsibility for the operating deficit the municipality ensures that its senior citizens will get housing when needed by invoking the one year residency rule. The senior citizens must live in the municipality in which the unit is located for one year to )e eligible for the government- sponsored housing. The committee felt that the residency rule could be expanded to cover the entire county if the county picked up the deficits. That way all seniors in the county would be assured eligibility for government housing even if their municipality had no housing within its j urisdiction. County clerk Bill Hanly explained to council that if the county picked up the deficit the costs would be pro -rated across the municipalities in the county. He said that larger municipalities would pay a greater portion of the costs due to their population but added that the costs would be less than if they had to pay the entire 71/2 percent on a unit in their jurisdiction. Hanly explained that the motion would not put the. county into any position to dictate location of future units. He said ,each municipality would stil1Abe left to negotiate for its own units as the need developed. Hanly said all that would change would be the eligibility rule meaning a person in Zurich could move into a unit in Wingham if he.wished without having to live in Wingham a year to become eligible. He added that the person would not be sent to Wingham unless requested and would be permitted to locate in the municipality of his choice. Bayfield reeve Ed Oddleifson said that he favored the motion provided the senior citizens still had the right to live where they chose. He said the motion was another step that would ensure that senior citizen units were used to the most advantage. He added that vacancies in the units were very costly to the municipality that built them. Landowners don't mind use, just ask A recreational survey done recently in Huron County showed that many lan- downers in the county don't object to people using their land for recreation provided they ask. The survey, com- pleted by the ministry of natural resources, showed that most landowners object to people using their land without asking and that many. are opposed to mechanized recreational vehicles being used on their land. Roy Bellinger, a conservation officer with natural resources, told Huron County Council Friday that 2,234 lan- downers were surveyed in Huron and Perth counties and townships in Bruce and Middlesex counties. He said the survey had a 60 percent return from the owners and gave the ministry a good idea about people's concerns of public use of their land. Bellinger said the greatest objection was mechanized recreational vehicles. He said people seemed to be concerned about damages resulting from,the use of dune buggies, snowmobiles, motor- cycles and other such vehicles. He said there was also a great deal of comment about discourteous treatment from operators of the vehicles. He added that almost 38 percent of the replies frowned on the mechanized recreation. The survey L•was done on a random basis. Bellinger+ said the ministry per- sonnel took the assessment roll for the area and picked every seventh' lan- downer and mailed a questionnaire. He said the questionnaire covered every aspect of public recreation and asked that the owner answer questions only if his land was suitable for that type of recreation. He explained that there would be no purpose in a person com- menting on fishing if his land had no fishing area on it. The purpose of the survey was to see if the province could offer landowners any protection against people abusing privileges. He said the province realizes there are problems from its experience with provincial parks. He said there seems to be more of a trend toward recreational activities in rural areas and that there is more damage to private property as a result. Thoughtgun was blank. continued from page 1 Nielsen out an emergency rear exit to their van.' Two other, friends, Payne and MacVean were asleep in the van. Bullen Jr. testified before the court that the DeJongs followed the van in their car through the streets of Bayfield. ,Bullen said he noticed a police cruiser that began following the two vehicles. Bullen Jr. then said she thought the police cruiser, third in line in the procession, would follow them home, so he then drove towards his home. However, as he turned into the secluded laneway leading to' the Bullen residence, the DeJong car followed but the police cruiser continued towards Highway 21. Bullen Jr. said he neither loaded the gun or checked to see if it was loaded when he 'got it from his father's dresser drawer. He said his father, Terrence Bullen asked the DeJongs to get off his •• property and even as they approached pleaded with them to get back.. He agreed that two sets of shots were fired, one for warning but added that' everything was over so quickly. He believed his father was frightened during the incident and in his statement to police said his father 'shot from dead fear'. Trial proceedings opened Monday afternoon and Crown Attorney W. G. , Cochrane told the jury that Ronald DeJong died of gunshot wounds to the chest and abdomen. He added 'that the downward trajectory of the bullet in- dicated that the deceased was bent over and forward when shot. The witnesses were in agreement to the fact that Mr. Bullen ordered the two men off his property but testimony differed on the exact time of the firing of the warning shots and the distance of the DeJongs. 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