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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-05-04, Page 11Through the other weeklies The Mitchell Advocate informed its readers this week that their taxes will increase this year. The Advocate explained that residential taxpayers in Mitchell will face an increase of 5.85 percent on their 1978 tax bills. In dollars and cents, this means that a new tax levy will cost homeowners an additional $27.20 per $4,000 of house assessment. The Blyth Standard reported that Marion Wright received special recognition from the Blyth Horticultural Society recently for her 25 years of active service with the club. Along with a corsage and comments from other members regarding Mrs. Wright's contributions, she was presented with a framed certificate. Mrs. Wright is the secretary -treasurer for the society. Expansion may hit Wingham this fall when a small shopping centre may be setup. The Wingham Advance - Times reported that there is a strong possibility that a mall could be constructed this fall. The mall reportedly will contain several stores and a supermarket. Hans Kuyvenhoven, president of Royal Homes, who owns the land designated for the mall, said that a shopping centre would be an asset to Wingham, by at- tracting customers to the town and enticing Wingham residents to do their shopping in town. The Zurich Citizens News reported that the " Hay Telephone system is modernizing itself and progressing with the times by switching to computerized customer billing. The system reported since the change there has only been one customer com- plaint, while numerous other customers stated that they were pleased with the new monthly billing method. The Listowel Banner proudly told its readers of a lady who has donated 55 pints of blood in her lifetime, and is aiming at 100. Miss Violet Mccrackin received a certificate after donating her first 50 pints but still has to reach her goal of 100. Not .only has she given blood many times, the Banner went on, but she has walked to blood donor clinics in Palmerston and Wingham. She often gets rides to clinics from neighbours or the local practitioner, but if she can't get a ride, Miss Mccrackin Bayfield notes Kay Coburn of Waterloo, Iowa, daughter of Doris McLeod, Kingsville, Ontario and the • late Hugh McLeod, has received her Ph. D in Education from the University of Ottawa, ranking in the top four students. tries her hardest to get to a clinic. Looking for a unique at- mosphere to enhance your dining pleasure, then plan to stop at Kincardine. The Kincardine News reported that in June the Avalon Voyager II will be docking in the harbor where its new owners Hank and Thelma Buitendyk plan to convert the ship into a seafood restaurant. It is hoped that the conversion will be completed next summer, then diners can eat in the 136 - foot vessel with its "down east" theme. The Lucknow Sentinel reported this week the Point Clark Kinsmen became the 96th club in District 1 when they received their charter recently. A capacity group of Kinettes, Kinsmen and special guests welcomed their newest brother club at a banquet in Lucknow where several ceremonies and presentations took place. While the Sentinel welcomed a new club, the Huron Expositor paid tribute to an older one as the Seaforth WI celebrated - their 50th birthday. The Seaforth Junior Women's Institute was born on February 3, 1928 as a club for women who wanted to share a common interest in homemaking. About 125 Institute mem- bers, families and friends arrived for the birthday celebrations at the Seaforth Public School. Among those there were 10 who attended the first WI banquet in 1928 at the Olympia Restaurant, which used to be above Larone's on Seaforth's Main Street. The Goderich Signal Star informed its readers last week that a group of some 50 Kingsbridge residents hope to use St. Joseph's -Separate School as a centre of com- munity activities in the next few years. The Signal explained that St. Joe's is central to Ashfield and West Wawanosh Townships in Huron County and Huron Township in Bruce. The interested residents would like to see the school used as a meeting place for clubs, sports teams, recreational groups and service organizations if a proposal to make it a com- smunity school is successful. The Exeter Times - Advocate attended a momentous occasion recently when Dashwood Industries Limited (DIL) celebrated their 50th anniversary. Employees, MP Bob McKinley, special guests along with Maurice and Howard Klumpp, now both retired, but who began what is now known as Canada's leading manufacturer of wood windows attended the celebrations. It seemed that most weeklies were filled with stories of happy celebrations, and the Brussels Post was no exception as it reported that the Legion honored George Ingles on his 80th birthday. The Post said that veterans from across Zone Cl of the Royal Canadian Legion marked Mr. Ingles birthday. Mr. Ingles,, a well-known war veteran, celebrated his February 14 birthday only recently at .the Brussels Legion. Zone Commander George Campbell of Clinton was on hand to congratulate the WWI veteran who fought the battle of Vimy Ridge when he was sent in as part of a rein- forcement of the 58th Infantry Battalion. The - battalion fought in the 3rd division of the 9th Brigade. News from Queensway By Bertha MacGregor Church service was con- ducted last week at Queen- sway Nursing Home by Mrs. Eric Luther. Bill and Vina Parker of Bayfield, Margaret and Reheny Larson, Buela Smith, Belle Reid, visited Clara Featherston; Mr. and Mrs. Paisley, Toronto visited Vera Lammie and Howard and Marion Johns visited Mrs. Mabel Johns. Ruth Durand visited her mother Mrs. Kendrick ; Mr. and Mrs. Ted Pooley visited Lynn Latimore; and Betty Smith and Shirley Prouty visited several residents. Unit 2 or the Hensall United Church will entertain for the month of May. Bingo was played on Monday afternoon. Last Tuesday evening the Clinton Calvinettes en- tertained the residents. "Birthday greetings" to Alex Barrett whose birthday is May 11th. Carmel WMS The president Mrs. Harvey Hyde presided for the May meeting of the WMS of Carmel Presbyterian Church and•opened the meeting with a poem "Housecleaning". • Mrs. Malcom Dougall had the Devotional program "Bibles. and Libels" giving an outline of the work of the Gideon Society and the Bible Society. An invitation was accepted from Lutheran•Church Zurich to visit them on May 9th. The Spring Presbyterial Rally will be helcj in Hensall May 17 at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Rochus Faber gave a report of the Synodical she attended recently in Leamington. The next meeting will be held on June 5th at 8,p.m. Mrs. Hyde gave a reading "A Description of a Mother". Mrs. Volland presided for the Ladies' Aid meeting which followed, when Matters of business were discussed. Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog discussed some of the highlights of their show The Muppets, which was seen by a full house at Huron Centennial School, Brucefield last week. Actually Kermit and Miss Piggy were two grade 7A students who were involved in the school's spring concert. The theme for the evening was BBC, Channel 39's evening programs. (News -Record photo) Riddell's rebuttal BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER Jack Riddell, Huron- Middlesex- MPP, responded this week to a story last week in which Bob Eaton, MPP for Middlesex, - and Parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations, called the Dashwood area farmer "irresponsible". Eaton criticized the Liberal party in general and Riddell in particular for saying that the NDP in the Conservatives won't support the Liberal amendment proposed for Bill 70, in the new Occupational Health and Safety Act, to exempt farmers. - "To play games with the interest of agriculture by pretending that he is the one trying to get agriculture exempted is completely irresponsible on Mr. Riddell's part," Eaton'said. "It was his party who voted for the in- clusion of ` agriculture - and others - for whom the Bill was not designed." The following is Riddell's rebuttal to that statement. "I would like to comment on Mr. Eaton's recent release concerning Bill 70. The Ontario Liberal Party has consistently opposed the immediate inclusion of farmers under the Occupational Health and Safety Bill, "During committee hearings on this Bill, Hugh O'Neil one of my Liberal colleagues, moved the following amendment: "Not withstanding sub -section 1, this Act does not apply to farmers unless designated generally or specifically by regulation." Every Liberal member of the committee supported this amendment. Mr. Eaton and every one of this Con- servative colleagues in the committee, voted against the amendment. The NDP also voted against the amend- ment. Had Mr. Eaton and his colleagues supported our amendment, farmers would have been excluded from the Bill. "Now Mr. Eaton seems to want to forget how he voted in committee. Now Mr. Eaton is mixing the question of coverage for farmers with coverage for other groups. Does Mr. Eaton not agree with the Federation of Agriculture . that• the agricultural sector is dif- ferent from other sectors and that "agriculture requires special consideration in the development of occupational health and safety legislation"? '"The Minister of Labor and her supporters appear to be holding farmers of this province as hostages. They know that the farmers shouldn't be covered, but they can't allow them to be ex- cluded unless the Minister gets away with respect to other aspects of Bill 70 that are completely unrelated. "I know where I stand with respect to the farm com- munity. I don't believe that farmers should be included in this Bill at this time and I voted that way. Mr. Eaton can't say the same thing." CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1978 -- PAGE 11 Flowers of Hope canvass to start "Look what you've done!" That's the theme of South Huron and District Association for the Mentally Retarded's Flowers of Hope campaign. It's a tribute to the citizens of this area. "A decade ago a few per- sons met to discuss their concerns for the mentally handicapped. They devised an approach and then asked you for help." This is a quote from a pamphlet produced for the campaign. It then goes on to say: "Look what you've done!" Recently some 400 people helped the Association celebrate its ten year history. One of the highlights of the banquet was the review of the rapid growth of services in this area to the handicapped. The pamphlet briefly describes these services provided at ARC, Dashwood, the two residences, the nursery at Alhambra Hall, south of Grand Bend and Huron Hope School now under the jurisdiction of the Board of Education. Twelve of the 50 employees at ARC are from the Clinton area. Now that the- Association has a good basis for providing services to the handicapped, it is becoming involved in the most fundamental of all approaches - prevention. The local Association is one of the first in the province to spearhead an interest in this direction. The prevention committee, under Mrs. Pat Wright, Exeter, is looking at several areas in its intial research : schools, health care, parent contact and public awareness. The committee's target is to help young people and mothers of child-bearing age to become aware of how to protect their future children from handicapped conditions, as well as teaching young parents how to help their children grow through infant stimulation. The Association's most recent acquisition is a white and orange striped building which will be located on the ARC property at Dashwood. The colorful structure will house the bakery, begun some months ago. Demand for its food products has prompted the expansion of these Pac marig bolize the campaign the second Donna rhnirp4rson facilities of is d G giant, seeds again Flowers annually w eek reb, of sunny sym- of Hope held in in May. Mrs Zurich is the the drive and Mrs. Margarg)-1 Wein is fund treasurer At a recent meeting of canvassers the target was set at $10,000, up from the $8,500 raised in 1977. With the expansion of its services, several new areas will be approached this year GUARANTEED INVESTMENT CERTIFICATES TO YIELD 93/4% Call collect for more information. We ore (vents for all major Trust Companies. FINANCIAL 8 MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS ON (,A((ili (_1k0(1)iat (),( 34 ELGIN AVE. E. GODERICH 524-4211 Opening Saturday, May 6. LOVELL'S FRUIT & VEGETABLE MARKET Hwy. No. 4 at Kippen Open daily 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. This year, besides produce, we have a variety of shrubs, trees, lawn ornaments, and locally grown bedding plants. A lovely gift for Mom on Mother's Day. Drop in and browse at your convenience. Also, shrubs, trees and plants may be purchased at the house after 6:00 p.m. LEONARD LOVELL 262-6418 •• Tonight....it's Hockey Night in Clinton! 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