Clinton News-Record, 1977-12-22, Page 31
People in Profile: Red's leaving
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by Shelley McPhee
After serving the people in the Clinton
area for the past seven years, Harry
"Red" Merriman will be leaving the
Royal Bank in January to take on a new
position at the regional office in London
"We've enjoyed our stay here," Red
noted, "We've met a lot of nice people
here and made a lot of friends."
Red Merriman has been active in the
community over the past years. Red is a
member of the Legion, the Lions Club
and for a number of years, has been the
treasurer of the Cancer Society.
Acting as treasurer couldn't be a more
appropriate job for Red since he's been
in the baking business for the past 40
years.
Red's career in banking started in 1937
when he was hired as a junior clerk at
Bruce Mines, near Sault Ste. Marie.
As he worked his way up through the
positions in banking, he also made many
moves. His first managerial position
came in 1957 and he served as manager
in several other places before coming to
Clinton.
He stayed with most of his other
positions on the average of three -and -a -
half years, but has lived and worked in
Clinton the longest.
His banking career had to be delayed
slightly when WWII was on. During that
time Red served in the air force in
England, Belgium and Holland.
However he didn't get away from
banking during this time as he worked as
a Sargeant in the pay office.
Despite his absense of five years from
banking, Mr. Merriman has seen many
changes in the business as well as in the
monetary situation of the people.
He noted that one of the biggest
chknges that has come about in banking
is the age of the computer. -
"There are so many things they can do
with these computers, one of these days
we'll become known as the cashless
society," he explained.
"Computers are good because of the
volume of cheques and deposits," he
added, "I'd have to buy banking the way
it is now."
Mr. Merriman has also been able to
see what is happening to the economy
through banking.
He said that the 1950's and 1960's were
the boom years for banking and ex-
plained that during that time banks
started expanding and branching out.
"I wouldn't be surprised to see more
tranches opening up, he added.
He explained that another reason why
the banks are doing a greater business
.today is because of the loan business.
This also began some 20 years ago when
c.h.an-ges were made to the Bank Act,.,
On today.'s economy and money flow
Mr. Merriman said, "In the times we're
going through now, people are tending to
be more conservative and save money.
This shows up on the bank's desposit
records."
As for the future of the Credit Union,
Mr. Merriman noted, "It's all part of the
competition.
The future is also something that Mr.
Merriman must look at, with a new job
and a new home,
His job at the London regional office
will involve in someway the surveillance
of 36 branches of the Royal Bank in
London, Stratford, Godprich. Wood-
stock, St. Marys, Exeter, Tillsonburg
and others.
"Rather than control everything from
Toronto, they break things down into
regions," he explained,
Mr. Merriman is looking forward to
his new position, but he already knows
• how long he will be working in the
regional office since he will retire early
in 1978.
Although he now has plans for after his
retirement he, did note on his past, "I
think that if I had to do it all over again, I
would."
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A lot of banking
Harry "Red" Merriman will be leaving his office at the Clinton Royal Bank
within the next month when he takes on a new position with the._bank's.r.egionaL,,,
office in London. Mr. 1Merriman has been 'doling out and saving money for the
Clinton people for the past seven years. (News -Record photo) '
Bayfield woman appointed...
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room area. A roof has been put.over the
damaged part so that the program of
swimming, dances,' bingo and other
programs could be completed to the end
of December. The Centre will be closed
during part of January when the roof
will have to be removed in order to
• Fund building...
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month.
:"We haven't put any figure on it," the
retired real estate salesman says of the
campaign goal. "If we get $15;000, good.
We're at least going to try for as much as
we can."
Fund treasurer Brig. -Gen. Morgan
Smith of Bayfield says the campaign
response in the first two weeks has
"been a little disappointing" and
committee will step up its activities
• following the Holidays.
In the mdantime, Terry Bullen is
"discovering some unexpected good will
wishes this Christmas.
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replace .the burned rafters and then
another new roof installed.
The Vanastra Day Care Centre will not
be closed during these alterations as that
area was not affected by the fire.
Councillor Robert Drummond 'will be
paid $40, the usual council meeting rate
for a councillor, for attending an Ontario
Municipal Board meeting in Toronto on
the proposed Black Creek Drain.
It was learned in a letter from Gary
Davidson, Huron County Planning
Department, there are 41 lots in Plan„22
at Vanastra that do"not meet the legal
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requirement in frontage or in depth.
Council will consider amending the
bylaw to change this problem. The
bylaw calls for 90 feet depth on every lot
and a frontage of at least 50 feet. Council
will consider passing amending bylaws.
Mr. McLachlan reported he had
received the engineers report on the
Elgie drain which is estimated to cost
about $44,750. It will be read at a
January meeting.
A petition has been received for the
Glenn Drain to be repaired and im-
proved. E.H. Uderstadt of Orangeville
was named engineer on the project.
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CLINTONIEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1977 --PAGE 3
More plannning needed, Authority told
Don Pearson, resources
manager of the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority called for
long range planning at Friday's
annual meeting.
Pearson continued, "It has
become increasingly evident that
a higher degree of long range
planning within a framework of
stated objectives and policies will
be required of each authority to
justify its request for provincial
and possibly municipal funding."
The manager also indicated
that beginning in 1980 each
authority must prepare and seek
approval for a watershed plan.
Guidelines for this document are
being released by the Ministry of
Natural Resources early in the
new year.
Basically, an approved
watershed plan will be a
requirement for any Authority
which is seeking funds in order to
carry out any part of its water-
shed managenn,ent program.
It is expected that the detail
and depth of the watershed plan
will be such that consultants will
be required at various stages to
work with Authority staff and
members in its development. At
an early stage in the preparation
of a Watershed Plan, a statement
of the Conservation Authority's.
goals and objectives must be
prepared.
Two representatives of the
Ontario Ministry stressed the
importance for the continuation
of restraints in spending.
Regional supervisor Dick
Hunter said, "the onus is on, the
Authority to spend money on
those priorities which will get the
most work done.”.
Norm Patrick, regional
director agreed with these com-
ments, "I don't see any great
changes. The budget will be tight
again, The message is quite
clear, We have to produce a 1i,ttle.
more with a little less."
Chairman Roy Westcott said
the programs of water and land
use are moving ahead. He con-
tinued, "I believe the number of.
Clinton Police report
Chief Lloyd Westlake of the
Clinton Police Force reported
that the Ministry of Tran-
sportation and Com-
munications have now raised
the minimum moto,i vehicle
accident to be reported to the
police must exceed $400.
Previously the damage limit
was set at $200. The increase
goes into effect on January 1.
Following a breakT in a
t
Fleming's Feed Mill on
November 27, two Vanastra
juveniles have been charged
with break, enter and theft.
The Clinton Police,
Department reported another
theft when $140 • worth of
stereo equipment was stolen
from the truck of Rodney
Paterson, 105 John Street.
Paterson reported to,.,lthe
police that his 1978 Dodge
truck was parked at Harold
King's Garage and the
Clinton Body Shop since
December 14 and the theft
occurred somewhere between
that date and December 19.
The truck was entered and a
tape player and two speakers
were taken.
trees planted this year is
probably the most ever planted in
one year,
The authority began a special
program of tree planting three
years ago to combat erosion
caused by farmers clearing
woodlots and not leaving a
windbreak to protect the soil.
Don Pearson, resource
manager for the authority, said
that if erosion isn't controlled, the
choicest topsoil will be lost within
20 years.
According to the report, ac-
cepted by the authority's 32
member municipalities Friday,
the problem was drilled home to
farmers without windbreaks as
they watched high winter winds
blow snow from their fields onto_
the roads.
"These high winds did not have
as much effect on those lands
protected by windbreaks and
hedgerows and on which good
conservation farming practices
were conducted," the report said.
In the spring, according to the
report, farmers took advantage
of a program subsidized by the
authority and planted 464
coniferous trees compared with
300 in 1976.
Joseph Dietrich, chairman of
the authority's forestry, wildlife
and land use committee, said the
program has a, long way to go.
"'l'he wood .lots are disap-
pearing and farmers are
realizing they arre..going to have
t(), put up windbreaks to protect
their land ... if they keep tearing
up bushes we're going to be a
prairie," he said.
The increased value of far-
mland, he said, encourages
farmers to trade woodlots for
more space to grow crops but the
farmer loses in the long run
because of wind and water
erosion,
The authority's program, he
•said, allows farmers to purchase
trees two to four feet tall, to act
as a windbreak. This still allows
more area to be farmed than with
a woodlot.
Figures on what the. subsidized
program costs the authority were
not available Friday but Dietrich
said he felt the program paid for
itself by keeping good farmland
in production.
In the same report, the
authority recorded a record
.number of trees planted in its
reforestation program, 71,064
compared with 41,445 in 1976.
The authority said the number
of seedling trees the natural
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