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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1978-12-14, Page 1• • This key will get you into a lot more places than you think. That's what retiring warden Gerry Ginn told Hay township reeve Jack Tanney after Tinney was acclaimed warden of Huron for 1979 at county council's inaugural session Tuesday. Gin put the warden's chain of office on Tanney and turned over the key to the county, the gavel for council sessions and the warden's pin in a ceremony Tuesday afternoon. (photo by Jeff Seddon) 113th year -No. 50 Thursday December 14, 1978 Weqther 1978 .1977 Hi LP wi Lp Dec. C C 5 20 —5 • 6 3 —1.5 7 3 —2 8 3.5--2 g --1 —5 10 -- 6 —9 . 11 —3 —10.5 Rain 10.0 mm F F 27 19 24 18 25 17 23 4 30 17 18 8 12 5 ti Snow 16" Hay reeve named newHuron warden BY JEFF SEDDON Jack Tinney, reeve of Hay township, was acclaimed warden of Huron County in a peculiar turn of events at the inaugural session of county council Tuesday. Tinney was acclaimed after Harold Robinson, reeve of Howick township, used his five minute cam- paign speech to council to withdraw from the election for warden. The Howick reeve said he felt support promised Tinney by councillors after last year's election for warden was a "hard wall to run up against" and with- drew from the election. Tinney opposed . Gerry Ginn for warden last year ,,and was defeated, by the Goderich township reeve. He ap- parently turned last year's defeat into. this year's victory. Robinson told council he had discovered the support Tinney had been promised when he began cam- paigning for warden. Candidates for the job usually run a personal type campaign amongst county councillors prior to the inaugural session and Robinson said when he had visited members of county council he had been told many had promised to support Tinney after his loss to Ginn in 1977. He said he was convinced that Tinney had the election half won before he even started campaigning this year. Tinney told council he planned no major changes at county council ad- ding that any changes would come from council since he was only the chairman. The Hay reeve conceded to council that he may not be the most intelligent or able man for the job but promised to try hard. He said he was not all that concerned with the need for county council to be restructured and said he planned no proposals for council to consider. Restructuring was a favorite topic of Gerry Ginn's and he used his parting remarks to council to mention that council should be prepared to take a look at the matter, Ginn always claimed that a 45 member council was too large to effectively govern the county and that many of the members were not needed. He felt that many municipalities, or perhaps all, did not need to send both a reeve and deputy - reeve to council and suggested that deputy -reeves be taken off the county council roll. Tinney said he felt deputy -reeves played "an important part in the county" and that the role was an "education for them • for when they become reeve". Tinney, a father of eight, has been a politician for 16 years, the past six of which have been spent at the county level. Robinson first came to council in Historical buildings to be catalogued Local Architectural Con- rvancy Advisory Committee was ,;g wen a budget in principle of $1,000 by this Clinton council on Monday night. ,Although the motion was passed, the actual budget for the LACAC group will '.not be set up until the spring when other budgeting is normally done. As well, after a hour long discussion in a closed session, council agreed to pass a motion giving the LACAC committee permission to apply to hire a summer student to conduct a survey of the downtown area of Clinton. The student, who will be studying architecture or fine arts, will be hired to catalogue the buildings in the core area of Clinton of archietectural of historical significance. The town will pay 25 per cent of his salary, or close to $300, while the Some discussion was raised by Heritage Foundation will cover the council with the members of the rest. The $300 will come out of the LACAC committee about this proposed LACAC's $1,000 budget, along with an hiring. additional $200 for expenses and office Reeve Royce Macaulay ed, "1 supplies. don't like things like this dropped on The LACAC committee must apply me. It leaves me a bit in the cold." for the summer help through the Heather Hunter, LACAC chairman, Heritage Foundation by a December 31 later explained, "Council was . con - deadline. Thieves make full restitution Ferdinand Reinsma, 18 and- his brother Lawrence 22 and Harold Colclough 16, all of Clinton pleaded guilty in provincial court on Monday in Goderich to a series of charges in- cluding theft and property damage. Lawrence Reinsma told the News- t000rd that the three made full . tet,.. restitution for the offences, returned the stolen goods and paid for the damages before they appeared in court. Colclough and Ferdinand Reinsma Quick thinking averts tragedy Quick thinking by an area woman, and quick action by the _Clinton area volunteer firemen prevented what may have been a tragedy early Last Sunday morning at the Alvin Wise home at RR3 Clinton. The fire, which caused about $5,000 damage was confined to the upstairs bedrooms, but if it had been left to burn several more minutes, some loss of life. might have occurred, firemen and family members think. The fire was discovered about 2 a.m. by daughter Marilynne Wise, 24, who was going upstairs to bed. She aroused the five other sleeping members of the house and then phoned the fire department. Clinton firetnen many of whom were just returning from one of the several area Christmas dances in the area, quickly responded to the call, and had the fire out in a few minutes. Firemen have not determined what started the fire, but the Wise family thinks it may have started near an electrical cord, which may have shorted out. pleaded guilty to charges of burglaries Other convictions for the month at Champion Road Machinery Ltd., in'clu.ded: Stephen Paterson, minor Domtar Chemical Group Ltd., Mr. having, $54 and unreasonable noise, Stereo and the Maitland Country Club, $78; Leonard Kaastra, speeding, $102 all in Goderich. and littering $28; Clarence Govier, They also pleaded guilty to charges having liquor, $54; Brian Millar, of auto theft and wilful damage to a careless driving, $108; Gerrit Sneider, fence at, Meneset,. Park,„ of Goderidh: `. The Reinsma brothers pleaded guilty minor having, $54; Ervine Willert,' to a joint charge of break, enter and having liquor, $54; Raymond Drost, theft at the Wiseway Homeand littering, $28; Gregory Holmes, having Building Centre in Clinton and liquor, $54; Wayne Colclough, un- Colclough admitted to false pretenses necessary noise, $78; Ronald May, $2$, in making purchases in Kitchener - Waterloo stores. Most of the incidents took place in October and November. Charges including possession of stolen property and possession of house -breaking tools were withdrawn. They will receive sentencing on March 5. Also at Goderich court, Reid Jamieson, of no fixed address, was sentenced to one month in jail for the break, enter and theft at the Brewer's Retail store in Clinton. He will serve the term consecutive to the six months he is now serving for a break and enter charge at the Baptist Church in Clin- ton. Michael Hawkins, 19, of R.R. 6, Goderich was fined $250 and had his driver's licence suspended for three months following an impaired driving charge laid by the Clinton police. Harley Christie, 22, formerly of Clinton, was fined $100 for two separate charges of false pretense involving the Home Hardware Store. In Clinton court last Wednesday, David Holden was fined $204 or 20 days in jail for a speeding charge. In three separate cases, three juveniles received fines of $54 or five days in jail for charges of minor con- sumption of liquor. The guilty included Randy Castle, Ben Mitchell and David Stephenson. In other business with the LACAC committee, council passed a motion to have architects Hill and Borgal prepare a detailed plan of the second floor of the town hall and submit a detail costing of the project at an estimated fee of $1,250. In the proposed renovations architect Nick Hill plans to accommodate a cerned that we were only formed to • kitchen, washrooms, an elevator, make work for the town hall, but I pointed out repairs to the stairwell and supporting that the LACAC committee is supposed structure and make the stage smaller. to look after these things as well, ac- Mrs. Hunter explained to council that cording to the list of duties in the the stage will be made smaller from bylaw.” the back, leaving the ornate apron In open council, Councillor Ron intact. McKay, who also serves on the LACAC "It won't change the appearance but. committee, explained that the short it won't be functional .as a total stage notice on the possible hiring occurred for theatrics," she explained. because, "We only knew about it last ' Councillor McKay added, "The Thursday night." LACAC group doesn't see the hall • In support, Councillor Roy Wheeler functional for plays and concerts having liquor, $54; Steven Grainger,;., noted, "There could be merit in Athis. anyway." minor having, -$54; •Barry Overholt, These. buildings. -may be valuable •andMrs. Hunter further explained that The pace is getting hectic as the annual Christmas season quickly reaches its culmination point, Because of full duties here behind the editor's desk, yours truly has yet to hit the streets on my annual two- hour shopping spree. And there are only nine more shopping days left until Christmas! Actually, there is one less day to shop this year than previous years, as all stores close on Saturday, December 23 at 6 p.m. and remain closed until at least Tuesday, December 26. Others will remain closed until Wednesday, December 27, but more on that next welt,. Meanwhile, the annual Christmas concert circuit has started for our staff, and we will be out trying to cover as many of them as possible, but we're bound to miss a few, If ypu think the days are getting "kinda" short, you're right. The sun doestr't get up until after 8:30 in the 'Morning and goes down sho l raft er 4 in the d 'ternoon. , t take , le' Only 're'elt until solstice, and after next nursuay, Lieu uays will be getting longer. +++ I dropped into the polio im- munization clinic on Tuesday for a picture and besides boasting a sore arm from the needle, I'm wondering if everybody either has their booster shots or doesn't care. There was a steady stream of "customers" but no overwhelming surge. Because the clinic was in the af- ternoon, some working people have complained they can't get away from work and think there should be one in the evening, sometime after Christmas. + + + Our uptown wisecracker informs us this week that: "If you don't think money grows on trees, price one this week." + ++ If you thought there was any danger of farming becoming extinct in these parts, have no fear. We heard this week of one parcel of 100 acres with average buildings, being sold for $190,000! Better pray for $4 corn. we'll get our $500 back time and time making it smaller will allow room `for again." the kitchen and washroom additions. Mayor Harold Lobb agreed, "We've Along with the question of reducing gone this far, a survey of the downtown the stage, Deputy -Reeve Ernie Brown wouldn'tgo too afar." Turn to page 3 Mary Turner looks 80, not 102 Miss Mary Turner doesn't look a day over 80 years old, but this attractive lady is actually 102 years old. Although Miss Turner is confined to a wheelchair and has some trouble speaking, her pleasant smile, bright eyes and becoming hair style disguise her age. Yet, over a century ago on December 11, 1876 Edward Turner and' '.3.e former Eliza Code had their seventh child, Mary, in Tuckersmith Township. Along with her older brothers and sisters and seven half-brothers and sisters, from her father's previous marriage, Mary lived with her parents on their lot 29, concession 3 farm on the Huron Road Survey. The farm was established in 1833 when Mary's grandfather took the land from the Canada Company. Six generations later, it's still in the Turner name and is now owned by Mary's great-nephew George Turner. Mr. Turner has a son Barry who someday may carry on the family tradition. In 1879, at the age of three, Mary was striken with "the fever" which left her a frail and weak child, "The fever" was so hard on the young girl that she was unable to go to school until she was eight years old. "They really had to look after her pretty well," remembered her nephew, John Turner of RR 4, Seaforth. Mary did receive a primary school Icy crashes The Goderich detachment of the OPP reported that snowy conditions and icy roads were the cause of several minor and more serious accidents in the area. Nearly $1,500 in damages were received to a pick up truck driven by Robert D. Simpson, 29, of Glencoe in a December 11 accident. Simpson was travelling along the Stanley -Hay Township Line when he lost control of his vehicle and the truck went into the ditch and rolled. He escaped with minor injuries. James Hubbard of Blyth escaped injury when the 1975 Oldsmobile he was driving slid off road Concession 12 in Hullett Township and entered the ditch. The Tuesday morning accident resulted in $450 damages to his car. Although she could pass for a lady 20 years younger, Miss Mary Turner is 102, and celebrated her birthday last taMon of ass Turner was a slekly child, who wasn't expected to live long,itb, the sixth generationof her onriiy s'tiii'farina the original homestead. NewsuRe ord photo) ,o. education and attended SS 6 in Tuckersmith. However, it is uncertain whether she ever attended high school. Although Mary did not have a profession, she was a self educated woman, her nephew recalled, and she was an avid reader. "She was a wonderful person to talk to, she knew so much," he added. Mary lived with her parents on the family farm until 1893 and then they moved into Clinton. An unmarried woman, she lived with the parents until 1920 and then went to Wingham to live with her married sister. Later, she moved to Nelson, BC, where she lived and helped her widowed sister. After living there for nine years she returned to Wingham where she made her home until February 1969 when she moved to Huronview, at the age of 92. Although she had a somewhat un- certain start at life with the nearly fatal "fever" Mary is still enjoying•life. "She's very happy now," Mr. Turner said. Although Mary has given up most of her reading, she is able to wheel herself around and has the company of her nieces and nephews who held a small party for her birthday. Mary has lived for over a century but her nephew explained, "The time just doesn't seem to drag with her." Ice soon? Except for a few last minute checks of the ice making equipment, the new arena floor is ready for ice and the machinery could be turned on early next week, If the green flag is given next week to turn on the ice making equipment, then • flooding would begin about five days later, and the ice surface ready sometime during Christmas week. It takes at least five days to cool the floor down because it is done slowly to prevent it from cracking, explained arena manager Clarence Neilans, AS the busy Christmas season nears, only $1,000 was collected this week, bringing the arena floor fund to $52,422. ,Here are this week's givers: Miss Ruth Shaddick $50 Stewart Middleton 50 Union Gas Ltd 500. Pizza Express 412:50 Total to date $52,422.50 Names only: Clinton Lions Club (A,J Mustard). 1965 and served until 1972 when his township "took the halter off and turned me out to pasture" because of a bylaw requiring county township employees to retire at age 65. He said four years later he was approached to get back into politics and the "halters were put back on and we were asked to run the township again". Retiring reeve Ginn told Tinney that his philosophy of government was to always be vocal. He told council that if members had anything to say "for God's sake say it", He said he always did and although he quite often got in trouble he felt he was respected for his participation. "Good discussion makes for good government," he told council. Judge Frances Carter, who gave Turn to page 3 Town wants new maps Tom Chuter, chief building inspector for Clinton was present at 'the council meeting Monday night to discuss the possibility of getting a new map of the town. "Our present map doesn't show easements anywhere and a lot of town blocks have no lot numbers," he in- formed council. Mayor Harold Lobb explained that two summers ago a summer student was hired to work on such a map but it was never completed. "The last official map was made in 1952 I think," Clerk Cam Proctor of- fered. Mayor Lobb added, "The PUC would like to see a new map as well." -- • Reeve Royce Macal, lay offered to contact the c.planning board to get suggestions and learn the procedure for having a new map drawn up. Arena floor. canvass $75,006 '60,000 ''10.000