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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-09-14, Page 1• • r Floor coming out Rain won't bother the workers from C.A. MacDowell Construction, as they are fixing the floor at the Clinton arena this fall. Already, more than half the old floor is torn out, and„ if everything goes well, there may be lce in by December 1. Here Jim Emmerton of Clinton scoops out the old floor, now broken into small pieces. (News -Record Clinton court collects $3,292 fines It was a busy day in Clinton provincial court Wednesday Sep- tember 6, as 60 convictions of various liquor and traffic offences gathered a total of $3,292 in fines. Convicted of having liquor in a place other and fined $54 were: Richard Welch; Tony Vandyke (twice) ; ,John McMann; Wayne Colclough; Larry Fraser, William Mitchell; Leonard Lansink; Robert Ford; Brian Wise; Wayne Ducharme; Dennis Fothergill; Gregory Holmes; John Dykstra ; Kevin Patterson; Kevin Campbell; Michael Cochrane, Brian Johnston; Kenneth Ellis and Kevin Howatt. Minors convicted of having liquor were: Darrell Govier; fined $54; Jeffrey Gibbings, convicted twice and fined $104 and $54. Other liquor offences included seven people convicted of consuming liquor other than in a residence and fined $54 were: Gary McCarthy; George Guetter; Daniel Brooks; Bradley Ford; 'Charles Ford; Howard Neeb and Curtis Neeb. Convicted and fined $10 for public intoxication ' was John Copley. Careless driving convictions were: Charles Shanahan, fined $108; Wendy Welch, fined $103 and Kevin Campbell, fined $108. • Driving without a license were: Wendy Welch, fined $28; Garth Hargreaves, fined $28; and no license to drive a motorcycle, Lorne Bakker, fined $28. Making an improper left hand turn convicted and fined Betty `Archer $28. Improper passing, Charles Shanahan, fined $28; failing to yield, Joseph Robbins, fined $28; failing to report an accident, Edward Becker, fined $58; and having no seatbelt, Tony Vandyke, fined $28. Convicted of speeding were: Peter Van Nynatten, fined $33 ; Henry Carter, fined $124.50 and Garth Hargreaves, fined $22. Other, traffic offences included disobeying street light and convicted were: Scott King, fined $28; and disobeying stop sign, Donald Welsh, fined $28. Convicted of following too closely were Mary Core, fined $28; and Mark Bell, also fined $28. Convicted of making unnecessary noise and fined $78 were: Darrell Golembriski; Kevin Paterson; Maurice Verhulst; Jeffrey DeJoi g; Paul Prudum; Donald Ruston; Don- nald Wise and William Thompson. Canvass for By Francis Barrick A canvassing campaign to raise $90,000 towards the $18, 9,000 replacement of the Clinton arena floor will be launced next week in town. ;But details of the campaign were unavailable before press time, as a meeting was held Wednesday night to iron out the wrinkles in the ,j and raising. N, "We are trying to raise $90,000, vdiiich is quite a hunk of money," said B.ob Campbell, a campaign volunteer. He said, ' the canvassers, which number 20 to date, will go door to door in Clinton. "Each household we hope would donate in the area of $50 to $60." But a gimmick is needed to help raise the money, and Mr. Campbell is proposing the idea that each household pledge to the arena floor a dollar a week rather than a $50 lump sum. "If we could get 2,000 people in Clinton to pledge a dollar a week we would have $100,000," he said. Then we will find a way to collect it, adding that it might be done along the lines of a newspaper carrier. "The idea is to get across to the people that if 2,000 people in the town of Clinton would pledge themselves a dollar a week towards the floor, we would go through this thing sailing," said Mr. Campbell. Councillor Ron McKay, who is chairman of the canvassing com- mittee, said the surrounding townships undo Marts Mon. of Hullett, Stanley and, doderich have volunteered to " raise' money for the arena. Mr. McKay said he is not expecting any definite amount of money from the three townships, just whatever they can raise. He said it will probably take a year to raise the $90,000 and he is "optimistic" the funds will be raised. The councillor expects on the average $75 pledged from each household in Clinton, and he added some businesses have already pledged $500 but would not disclose their names. An information letter on the fund raising is presently being printed, and will be distrubuted to each household before the canvassing begins, said Mr. McKay. According to the councillor, the town will pick up the interim financing of the arena floor, which is expected to cost $180,000 in total. The town has to raise $90,000 before the province will match it with a Wintario grant and community centre capital grant of another $90,000. Native queen of London Fair Jo -Anne Palmer, 22, formerly of Clinton, was crowned Fairest of the Fair September 7 at the Western Fair in London. As queen of the fair, which runs from September 7 to 14, she won a $400 wardrobe, all expenses paid trip for two to Florida, a charm bracelet and flowers. She also will draw the prizes at the end of the fair, and handed out flowers and ribbons to the winners of the various competitions. Miss Palmer, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. D.B. Palmer of Clinton, now lives in London and will be taking her first year of sociology at the University of Western Ontario, after several years as an airline stewardess.', Next year, Miss Palmer will represent the Western Fair at the Sweetheart of the Fair contest at the Canadian National Exhibition. She was Miss Teen Dominion of Canada in 1976, and in the same year placed fourth in the Miss Dominion of Canada contest. In 1975, she was the Centennial Queen during Clinton's 100th birthday celebrations. Clinton News -Record 1 13th year —No. 37 Thursday, September 14, 1978 30 cents own hall repairs questioned"a,zain Restoration of Clinton's 98 -year-old town hall seemed in jeopardy again as several town council members ex- pressed doubt they should even go ahead with the plan. But rather than let the issue die Enumeration well underway tions, Mayor Harold Lobb asked that before the upcoming municipal elec- council meet with the local ar- ,..-:., r. .. ,chitectu.r ct nservation-co n m.thee on': as elections month early Enumeration proceedings for the upcoming November 13 municipal election got underway with enumerators scanning' the town in search of eligible electors. Enumeration proceedings com- menced September 5th and are ex- pected to be completed Friday, Sep- tember 8. This paves the way for the release of the electors list which should be in the hands of area municipal clerks by October 6. Beginning October 16, the period for the clerks to receive nominations which will officially open the door to incumbent and prospective municipal officials to begin their campaigns. Nominations will then officially close October 23 at 5 p.m. Deadline for the withdrawal of nominations by a can- didate is 5 p.m. October 24 and at this time the clerk is required to declare any acclamations. In the event that insufficient can- didates are received October 25, is the date in which additional nominations may be accented. The advanced poll is slated for Saturday, November 4 from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. with the, polling day scheduled for November 13. On this date the ad- vanced poll boxes are to be opened and the count made by the District Returning Officer. Wrapping up the voting procedures for the upcoming elections will require the clerks to publically declare and to post up results of the voting. Weather .1978 1977 H1 10 HI t.0 SEPT C C F F 5 27 11 70 59 6 30 16 69 56 7 26 17 74 52 8 22 13.5 75 50 9 22.5 10.5 82 57 10 25.5 12. • 65 55 11 30 17.5 62 39 Rain 0" Rain 24.5 mm l The excitement in the air in Huron county is starting to build like a lightning charge in a thundercloud, as the magic week approaches and all those years of hard work by hundreds of volunteers will culminate when the International Plowing Match opens in gates on September 26. As each day goes by and the magic hour gets closer and closer, nearly all conversations. have a mention of the "plowing match" sprinkled somewhere in them. ' Last Thursday I, along with some 800 member of the press, delegates, workers and exhibitors, toured the site on press day, and the size of it is overwhelming. Think of it like this: imagine every man, woman and child in the city of London dropping into your farm during one week: about 250,000, and it gives you some idea of the magnitude of, the crowds that will be coming. That's nearly 100 times the population of Clinton. The tented City alone covers more than 120 acres, at last count, with the total match spread out over 1,100 acres near Wingham. It's hard to believe that what was, just a field just six weeks ago, is now a town, complete with hydro, telephone and. *titer. .'o those uninitiated' into Pidwing matches, it's something. of ,.0cross.. b, tween t�'le �' end a � e a awn r`,Yenr tennial, only larger. The whole thing is like a giant festival that everyone waits for years to come. It's like ten Christmases rolled into one! Please, oh please, let's have some of that nice fall, sunny, warm, weather that Huron used to have, we need it. Press day was something like old home week, as we met many colleagues, past and present from the fourth estate, ° and ran into dozens of familiar faces from the Clinton area. Many local people are heavily involved in the Match in many varied forms, and we wish them well. +++ Match preliminaries continue, with two of those events get for Clinton. This Sunday, Wesley -Willis United Church will host the special Plowing Match Harvest service, while next Sunday, September 24, the Raceway will stage the Inter- national Plowing Match Pace. +++ The News -Record, and I'm sure our many Bayfield subscribers, would like to welcome to our pages this week, a new correspondent to the prettiest village in Canada, Gwen Pemberton, who will be taking over the reporting reins from 1VMilvena Erickson. So if you have some news to report,_ or want an eveni Covered call-Mrs.:Per b'et ton at 665.2648. September, 21 to try and keep the project alive. The half hour debate Monday night started when council was asked in a letter from Huron County Architects and planners Hill and Borgal what action they had taken on the matter. The firm had done a study earlier this ,year, at a cost of $3,500, recom- mending the old town hall be restored at a cost of $235,700. Council accepted that report, and turned it over to the conservancy coni tee for recomniendations on impi....ienting it. The town had also set $60,000 aside in their 1978 budget into a reserve fund to start the project off. The committee brought in a preliminary report in. June, but has been idle since chairman Reg Thom- pson left town in July, and hasn't been heard from since. Several councillors wondered if another plebiscite could be held to let the voters decide.' "The people already said in the last vote they wanted to save it," councillor Rosemary Armstrong said, referring to a 1974 municipal vote that was in favor ofsaving the structure. "That vote doesn't count, the people were so confused," said councillor Roy Wheeler, "Why not vote again. Is there time?" asked Deputy -Reeve Frank Cook. "If we go to the people then we should have the other side of the story as well," said Councillor Ron McKay. "We're looking at, at least $500,000 to tear down the old town' hall and build a new one," he said, referring to a $10,000 study in 1974 that recommended building a new library and senior citizens hall, moving the town hall into the old ,library, and tearing down the old town hall at *cost of $800,000. "It will cost a lot more to build a new .one.,We.got the facts now from Hill and Borgal on restoring it, lets stop putting it off and make a decision now," Councillor Armstrong said. "It's a bit too much to start this project too with the arena floor project on," Councillor Ray Garon added. Clerk -treasurer Cam Proctor said that with the election coming up on November 13, there wasn't enough time to get a plebiscite drawn up and approved. Ontario Street starts 100th birthday Ontario Street United Church was full to the brim last Sunday, as the church held the first of three Sunday services in September marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the church. Many of the 400 parishioners came to the service dressed in pioneer and early 20th century outfits, and the church was well decorated with a host of exhibits, plants and pioneer machinery. The church's minister, Rev. Norman Pick, along with two former ministers, Rev. Herb Wonfer - 1969 to 1971. and Just like 1878 Three horse drawn carriages brought the minister and two former ministers to the Centennial service of Ontario Street United Church last Sunday. Here Don Pullen holds back led, while' Rev: Norman Pick descends (partially hidden) and Mrs. Pick and daughter Elsie wait. (News -Record photo) r Rev. Grant Mills - 1958-1970, were driven to the church in horse-drawn carriages, where they were welcomed by the congregation and a bevy of photographers. Inside, the congregation had to pay pennies to sit in their pews, while organists Mrs. Doris McKimley warmed up the church -goers on an old organ. During the service, the new organ.in the church, worth $22,000 was dedicated, and last Sunday night Frank Iacino of the Classic Organ Company and organist at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Port ' Credit, gave an organ recital. This coming Sunday, the second of three special Centennial services with the Eagle Family will be held, while the celebrations will be culminated on Sunday, September 24 when the church welcomes the moderator of the United Church of Canada, Rev. George M. Tuttle. One hundred years ago the Bible Christian Church, which comprised part of the Sanctuary of the present church, was dedicated to the worship of God. A 92 -page history of the Church has been compiled dating bacip to 1846, when services were held at homes, schools and taverns. One minister then travelling on foot and horseback, had as his parish an area of 60 miles in one direction and between 20 and 30 miles in the other. This recorded history will be of in- terest to many not only in the Town of Clinton but also to Huron County residents, whose forebears settled the Huron Tract. With such a beginning it seemed only fitting that the new church should be built on the Huron Road, one block east of where the London Road now 'Highway 4 intersects with the now Highway 8. The Huron Road con- structed in the 1830's was 75 miles in length from the then existing eastern road, and thence, westerly, to the Town of Goderich. Parts of now Highway 8, going through the City of Stratford and Town of Clinton became known as Ontario Street. The present Church became known as Ontario Street Methodist Church in 1884 and Ontario Street United Church in 1925. The Church continued to expand its membership, so that new additions were made to the church in 1901 and 1906. In 1909 a new pipe organ was purchased and was considered to be the latest model of church organs available at that time. The Organ was electrified in 1955 at a cost of $1,760. In 1955, due to increased membership a new addition which contained a large Sunday School auditorium, a Chapel to seat 75 people, a choir room, kitchen, church parlour, vestry and washrooms was added at a cost of $62,000. At the time of the official opening on November 27, 1955 about $17,000 retrained to be raised to complete' construction costs in full. Rev. A. Glen Eagle was the Minister during the years 1951 to 1957,..before and after the construction period. The history of the Church outlines in detail the major building and other programs undertaken during the pastorate of the late Rev. Eagle. During this Centennial year the organ was completely rebuilt at a cost of $22,000. Anyone who attended the organ recital on Sunday, September 10 were favorably impressed. Mr. Iacino, who is also tonal architect of the Classic Organ Company, brought out the varied tonal qualities and versatility of this modern church organ, which Turn to page 6 Police report two crashes By Francis Barrick A two car collision, causing a total of $2,300 in damages occurred Thursday September 7 at the intersection of Telephone Road and Concession 13-14 in Goderich Township, according to the Goderich provincial police weekly report. • Ruth Ann Jones, 20, of Clinton, was driving southbound on the concession road when she collided with a oar riven by Doris Batkin, 67, of R.R. 3 Clinton, who was driving eastbound on Telephone hone R oad . The aocident occurred at the in- tersection of the road and concession at 3:30 pm, but neither drivers or passengers were injured, and Ms. Jones has been charged with failing to yield. Injuries t� the Jones car was $1,500 and to the l3atkin car $800. In another accident, Ross Dolphin, 35, of R.R. 5 Ingersoll, struck an overhead bridge on Huron County Road 13 in Goderich Township with his tractor. The accident occurred 200 metres west of the Clinton town limits at 9:25 pm on Thursday September 7, Mr'Dolphin received no injuries, and damage to the tractor Was estimated at. $1,500.