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One last fling
No this isn't a picture left over from the summer, it was
talkcp late last week, as the area basked in some of the
warmest early November weather in 40 years. Four Clinton
lawn bowlers took advantage of the sunny warm weather to
bowl a few games on the local greens before the bad
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weather comes. The temperature hit 20.3 degrees C (68.5F)
on Sunday, setting a new record for the date, and just
missing the all-time record of 21.1 degree C for the whole
month. (News -Record photo. ,
Voting variable at advance polls
Voting in the advance poll on
Saturday for the upcoming municipal
election was variable across the News -
Record coverage area.
It ranged from very poor in Clinton,
where only three voters turned out at
the day -long poll, to very good in Hay
Township, where 56 people turned out
to vote this year, compared to 28 in the
last election in 1976.
The poor turnout in Clinton was
blamed on the lack of interest, as only
two people are seeking one seat in the
PUC, while the rest of the positions in
town were acclaimed.
Clerk Cam Proctor said he also
expects a light turnout on regular
polling day next Monday, November
13.
Interest is running high ,in Hay
Township, where 56 voters showed up
last SOirday, compared to the 28 who
voted in 1976.
Advance turnout was light at the poll
in Hullett, clerk Clare Vincent
reported, when only five voted, com-
pared to seven last time. They have to
choose a deputy -reeve and decide on a
liquor vote.
In Hensall, where there is only a race
for the board of education seat, clerk
Betty Oke said that nine voters cast
ballots Saturday, compared to 12 last
election.
Interest appears to be running high
in Tuckersmith again this election,
according to ' clerk Jack McLachlan,
who said 22 persons voted at the ad-
vance poll for the three council seats up
for grabs, compared to 23 last time.
Polls open next Monday .at 11 a.m.
Trustee blasts board
for hiring policy
by Jeff Seddon
Zurich board of education trustee
Herb 'Turkheim scolded the board's
administrative staff Monday for what
he called poor ;hiring practices.
Turkheim objected to an an-
nouncement by—the- 'board's 'ad-
ministrative staff that a secretarial
position at the board's Clinton offices
had been filled by a woman from
Kincardine.
In a letter to the board Ila Kayes, co-
ordinator of student services, informed
the b,oard that Karen Stewart of R.R. 4
Kincardine, had been hired at $3.70 an
hour as secretary,for student services.
Kayes said 53 applications had been
received for the job and , that seven
candidates had been interviewed. She
recommended that Stewart be given
the job.
Turkheim said he felt it was "bad for
us (the board)" to hire someone from
outside the county when so many ap-
plications had been received from
people living in Huron.
"Out of the 48 or 49 that applied there
had to be at least one qualified enough
to be interviewed," said the Zurich
trustee. "It's tough to be a . represen-
first
column
Although this Saturday,
November 11 is supposed to be
Remembrance Day, and a day to
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all those who gave their
lives so we could stick our hands out
and ask for more, there seems to be
more concern on who and when
people will be getting a holiday.
The whole weekend from Friday
to Tuesday will be in a state , of
confusion as some are observing it
on Friday, some on Saturday and
others on Monday.
First of all, for the ordinary
working Joe like you and me, who
never did get a holiday, there still
isn't a holiday. However, the liquor
and beer stores will be closed all day
Saturday in observance, while the
banks, the post office and the civil
service all get Monday off.
Because November llth falls on a
Saturday the schools won't get any
time off, however, the post office
will be open Saturday morning for
regular service, but the Clinton
businesses will be closed unanoon.
Methinks the government should
decide once and for all just what the
score on Remembrance Day is,
either move it to the Sunday closest
to the 1 lth or declare the day a
holiday.
And speaking of the post office,
yours trttly sure got the local guys
and gals in a lot of hot water over
salary levels. The top paid union
Mettiber here in town, including,
OVertiMe and fringe benefits totes
Sliightly MOM than $14006 kyeak, not
00,000 to $18,00o as the governinent
tative in Huron County when we hire
outside the county.
John Cochrane, director of
education, took exception to the
remarks by Turkheim and told the
Zurich trustee that the adminiStration
had adhered to board policy. He said
Kayes had background in office work
and had interviewed the candidates
with superintendent Don Kenwell. He
said he was confident both were
capable of screening applicants and
handling interviews and had accepted
their recommendations.
The director pointed out that the
board's , hiring policy states that a
certain percentage of the applicants for
any position as non -teaching personnel
had to be interviewed. It does not say
what that percentage should be nor
does it stipulate that a person must live
in Huron COuhty to be eligible to work
for the county.
He said the person hired was an
exceptional typist and was a graduate
of the one year secretarial arts
programe at Fanshawe College in
London. He added that she was the best
of the applicants for that position.
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by
jim fitzgerald
says they do and was reported in this
space.
Most of the lower classifications of
workers make considerably less, so
we like to apologize to all the hard
working -postal workers in Clinton
for that slight.
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The local letter dispensing
building was also the recipient of
another insult, or practical joke last
Hallowe'en • night when someone
dumped two skinned muskrats and a
live chicken down the letter chute.
Smile of the week: "Most of us
would learn, from our mistakes if we
weren't so busy denying we made
them."
The Clinton area volunteer
firemen had a chance to find out how
loud their new -beepers are in bed on
Monday night when they answered
an alarm at 11:54 to a minor car fire
behind the Mother's Day •Laun-
dromat.
It seems the beepers do a very
good job indeed in alerting the
firemen, in fact they alert the Whole
house.
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Although October seemed like a
terrific• month, it was just average
according to the keeper -of -the -
weather -records, Grahant Campbell
of Goderich. The rainfall at 8542 was
slightly more than the average of
78.7 mm, btit most of that' came 'in
the first 10 days. The sunshine was
about average ,,araL the month's
Mean temperittitte ot 940 pas
actually cooter than the ntirrnal 9.64C.
and remain open until 8 p.m. at all
municipalities where a vote is
necessary. Check the ads elsewhere in
this paper for your polling place, or
phone your local clerk for further in-
formation.
A native of the area and a well -Known
artist.to many, Agnes Ann Moon died in
University Hospital on Thursday,
Novenber1
I Through her unique style using local
landscapes as stibjects, the 60 year old
prucefield native's name was familiar
to many who admired and collected her
,paintings over the past 24 years.
As well as her interest in art, Mrs.
Weather
1978 1977
H 1 10 til 1.0
July C C •F F
Oct. 31 13 2 58 40
Nov. 1 11 -4 56 46
2 14 1 64 49
3 18.5 0 65 54
4 18 4 60 45
5 21 7 52 43
6 15 4 60 , 48
Rain 206mm Rain .48"
Moon. 4400 worked as ao hgtustrIAL
therapist' at the iliuowater CeSre
Goderieh, She was also.
church work and over the years 8.10g*
choirs and led CGIT classes.
Mrs. Moon was born on June 1, 1918
to M. and Mrs. Hugh Cameron. She
attende.d public and high school in
Clinton and later trained at the School
of Commerce business college in town.
Mrs. Moon was predeceased by her
husband Carman who died 13 years ago
and one daughter, Elizabeth Ann.
She is survived by her dear friend
Walter Snary and her children, Mrs.
Joan (Jack) Powell of Listowel , Ken of
Londesboro, Tom of Markdale, Trevor
and Jim both of Clinton. Along with
three grandchildren Mrs. Moon is also
survived by four sisters, Mrs. Mary
(Bill) Grigg of Clinton, Mrs. Jay (Alex)
Addison of Clinton, Mrs. Kay (Glen)
Lockhart of Clinton, Mrs. Jean (R.)
Laroque of Montreal and one brother
Mac of Clinton.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday, November 5 at Ball's Funeral
Home. Rev. Stan McDonald was in
AGNES ANN MOON
1 13th year -No. 45
Thursday:Not.fember 9 1978
35 cents
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Vanastra project may now cost $200,000
by Shelley McPhee
What started out as a project to make
renovations to the Vanastra Recreation
Centre has now turned into a $160,000 to
$225,000 addition, Tuckersmith
ToWnship Council has learned.
At'their regular meeting on Tuesday
night, recreation director Diane
Durnin explained that the initial
renovations to prepare the centre With
a fitness and aquatics program are
more extensive than they realized.
Mrs. Durnin explained that it is
hoped that the increased cost will still
be funded from a Wineario Grant. As
well, she hopes to get the January 31,
1979 completion date extended. 'The
date was a condition of the initial grant
qualification.
The renovations will' include
emergency exits, ramps, washrooms
and changing rooms made larger to
accommodate wheelchairs, lower
clothes racks,, portable ramps around
the pool and pool wheelchairs, lowering
of hair dryers and blacktopping of the
outside walks.
With the assistance of architects
Kyle, Kyle and Garratt, it was learned
that the larger facilities, would be
needed specifically the room needed to
fit the wheelchairs into washrooms and
storage room needed to keep portable
ramps and wheelchairs.
The proposed extension, 44 by 110
square feet will be built across the front
of the existing building. It would in-
clude improved washrooms, a larger
exercise room, better access to the
pool, an activity room that could be
used for crafts or meetings and the old
exercise room could be used as a
therapy room, Mrs. Durnin explained.
"This seems like a tremendous
addition," Reeve Ervin Sillery
hesitated.
"It's going to complement what we
have now," Mrs. Durnin replied.
'There's quite a demand for it and'
I've just done the initial research into
it," she added.
Canvass response "gratifying"
Although the canvass for the Clinton
arena -flo6r 'hind Seems. t� be ,
slimly, it's not from lack of par-
ticipation, canvass chairman R. B.
Campbell said Wednesday.
"The response has, been very
gratifying said Mr. Campbell, "but we
just haven't managed to get around to
everyone in town yet."
Mr. Campbell said there has been a
shortage of canvassers and combined
with a busy fall schedule, and many
people not home on the first call, many
haven't been asked to make a donation
yet.
"I feel we can come very close to the
target (of $90,000) and we hope to finish
off the town, house to house canvass
next week," he said.
If by some unknown reason you were
missed in the canvats, then Marie
t'efferaon at the town cleft's pffice in
Linton Will b.e.'glad to take your cheque
aithe town hall.
The canvass this week has hit $42,295.
Meanwhile over at the arena, the hot
brine system is in perfect condition
following a test under 55 pounds
pressure and is being covered with a 14 -
inch layer of sand in preparation for
. the insulation and the laying of the cold
brine pipes.
Should everything go smoothly, the
new floor could be poured next week.
Here is the list of donations for the
past week:Elgin Dale
Minnie Easom-London
Don and Millie Hanley
John Livermore
Kum -In Restaurant
Mrs. Rose Welch
Bryan Lavis
50
20
50
50
100
25
40
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Who's right?
Dependin4 on which road- you come into town on, the population of Clinton
Varies several hundrett,:, The new signs put up recently by the Ministky,,of
IrkatispOrtation and ttinlintutications (top) shows Clinton's population at 3,200
up from 3,000 two ,yeas ago, while the other sign on the Bayfield Road, a
county koad,.shows Clinton to have only 2,903 sotds.(News,Record phot0).,
Bryan, Lavis Insurance .
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Webster
Clinton Chrysler Plymouth Ltd.
Brewers Retail Store
Independent Order of Oddfellows
Bob and Norman Draper
Mr. L. Bond
Mr. K. L. Kroesen
Mr. and Mrs. R. Homuth
C. J. Livermore
Fred MacDonald
Betty Jo Cudmore
Mr. and Mrs. • Doug Cartwright
Mr. Herb Duizer
Frank MacDonald Plumbing
Eldon Schmidt
Colleen Chambers
N. D. Cameron Ltd.
Dave Stark, (Coventry Candy)
J. W. Counter
Hullett Twp. Rec. Committee
Total to date
Names only: Orval Greer, D. W.
Tremeer, John Macklin, Marg Carter,
Mr. Craig Morley, Mildred and Kay
Watkins, Russell Colclough, Don and
Elaine Shropshall, Jim and Dorothy
Boughen, E. J. Crawford, Fred and
Ruth Shropshall, Gene Powell and
family.
40
25
200
100
50
75
10
10
25
50
50
25
50
50
100
15
25
50
25
100
250
42,295
Bridge beheads
cattle truck
- For at least the third tittle in the Past
year an unknowing truck driver has
unsuccessfully tried to maneuver his
vehicle under the 12 foot, eight inch
CNR railway underpass south of
Clinton.
Last Tuesday evening about 8 p.m.
the Goderich OPP reported that a
transport truck owned 1:,7 Lloyd Dutton
Transport Ltd., Paisley received $8,000
in damages after its driver Thomas
Thompson, 48, RR 1 Tiverton failed to
g� under the low subway on the
Bayfield Road.
The trailer was empty at the time
and the driver escaped uninjured.
The Clinton Police reported one
major accident on November 6 when a
car driven by Archie Robinson of
Clinton and a car driven by Randall
Campbell of Blyth collided at the in-
tersection of Albert and Huron Streets.
Neither of the drivers or their
passengers were injured, but damage
to erach vehicle was sefat $400.
The police also reported that
sometime over the weekend 40 sheets
of galvanized steel was stolen from
Central Huron Secondary School. The
sheets of steel, light feet by two -and -a -
half feet had a fetal value of $300.
Approximately $300 in damages was
received to the Brewer's Retail store in
Clinton on November 5 nfter it was
diScovered that someone threw a piece
drainage tile through a large glass
window. Nothing was stolen fromothe
store.
Mrs. Durnin told council that ARC
Industries, the Day Centre at Huron
view, the Bluewater Centre and the
Group Home in Goderich have already
shown interest in participating in the
programs that the centre will offer. In
fact, the Day Centre at Huronview is
considering moving their stroke
therapy group out to the Vanastra
Centre.
"Instead of swimming for an hour
they can make it an entire day at the
centre," Mrs. Durnin said. "They have
the use of the kitchen for meals, the
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$75,000
$60.000
$45,000
Arena
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canvass
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$110,000
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