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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-01-04, Page 11A backward look at 1978 January: pipe band gains national recognition at Rose Bowl CLINTON NE WS -R gCORD, TPURSDAX,, JANUARY 4 , 1979—PAGE 11 January 5, 1978 More than 125 million people across the world saw Wat Webster of Clinton during the telecast of the Tour- nament of Roses parade last Monday, January 2. Wat, along with the Clinton Legion Pipe Band, were part of the giant Ontario Massed Legion, Pipes and Drums banal that played in the parade. It is believed that Wat was the .oldest marcher in the band. For the first time in recent memory, there are two New Year's babies in Clinton this.year. The big event occurred on Tuesday morning, January 3- when identical twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. Doug Wise of 264 Townsend Street, Clinton. The twins, the first born at 9:26 and the second born at 9:27 a.m. are the first children for the Wises. She ' is the former Jeanine Jamieson. The two new arrivals named Derrick William and Darryl Glen, along with their ' mother are reported to be doing very well in the maternity ward. McKillop and Hullett Townships have jointly hired a building inspector Eugene McAdam of Clinton. His duties will com- mence in February. A new building by-liw with changes in permit fees will be • passed ' in February. Snowy blast January 12,1978 The first real blizzard of the winter blasted the area for the first three days of this week, but by Wednesday„ morning the winds died down. somewhat and the sun appeared again. Highway and county road crews were pulled off the roads on Monday night afteris.ibility became nil in the blizzard and although the high- ways were bare for the most part, high drifts up to ten feet deep blocked some roads Tuesday. The 93 -year-old Clinton Town Hall will finally be studied to determine its future Clinton council cte,cided last .Monday night. Council gave the go- aheag to the Goderich firm of Hill and Borgal to conduct a feasibility study on the old structure to see if it's worth fixing, or should be replaced. Monday night's decision reverses a decision taken last month by council who rejected the study by the same firm, at nearly the same price. The firm, made up of a former county planner and architect Nick Hill and architect Christopher Borgal, had offered to do the study .,,for. $3,500 complete last month, but were turned down. This month they agreed to do the study for $3,000 with printing costs extra. In 1974 council spent 412,000- on a structural analysis of the building by the London engineering firm of M-acLaren and Associates and it recommended that. it be torn down' and the site made into a park. For the first time in 12 years, Clinton residents will be able to put out as much garbage as they want, after town council rewrote part of the garbage collection by-law on Monday night. The original. by-law, passed in 1968, limited residents to three bags a week and stores up to six bags a week. The cost of basic (January 5) - Clinton people are proud of their Legion pipe band, who were part of the Ontario Massed Legion Pipes and Drums band that was seen by 125 million people on television last Mon- day. The band is in California for the week. (News- Record photo) telephone service for Brussels, Blyth and Auburn area customers rose last week with- the official takeover by Bell Canada of Maitland Teleservices Limited. Increases range from five cents for Auburn customers on a multi- party line to $11.75 on the cost of having a business phone installed, plus other increases. New warden January 19, 1978 Goderich Township Reeve, Gerry Ginn succeeded Douglas A. McNeil , as warden of Huron County following the election of warden in the council chambers in Goderich, Thdrsday, Ginn, 50, was selected as the 111th warden of the county, defeating John Tinney, Reeve of Hay Township on the second ballot. Robert Lyons, West Wawanosh reeve, was eliminated on . the first ballot. Ginn is the third generation in his family to act as reeve of Goderich Township but the only one ever elected warden even though his father tried once. The last Goderich Township reeve ,eleeted warden was Walter F. Forbes in 1963. Residents of Varna were relieved to hear that their remaining store has been sold to a local couple, George and Mary Wood. There was some con- cern that when the McAsh's retired, it might be difficult to find someone interested in locating in this -little village. People who don't have transportation available are dependent on the local general store and the. farm wife finds it convenient when she unelcpectedly has extra. men for meals. The new owners, George and Mary, came to Varna nearly four years ago and plan to keep the general store. It was owned by the McAsh family for three generations. Two Blyth girls and a third from Zurich, a step dancing -group who call themselves"Black Magic" will be appearing on the Tommy Hunter show this Friday., January 20. Pat Stackhouse, 14, of Londesboro, Kim Craig, 14 of Blyth and Becky McKinley, 10, of Zurich went to Toronto in December to tape the CBC coast-to-coast show. 60th celebrated January 26,1978 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Nicholson of RR2 Seaforth, celebrated their diamond wedding an- niversary with a family dinner Saturday. Sixty years ago on their wedding day, they remember it was a stormy winter's day with the drifts so high all the fences were buried. The well-known Tuckersmith couple was married at the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs, Simon McKenzie, Centre 'Street, Seaforth on January 18, 1918 by Dr, F. H. Larkin of First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Nicholson, the former Catherine McBurney, was born in East Wawanosh Town- ship, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. McBurney. After 42 years of trucking cattle to the Ontario Stockyards in Toronto, Roy Scotchmer of Bayfield is giving up the business and recently turned over the keys to the truck to Frank Voogel of Grand. Bend, who will continue in Roy's place. For over four decades, Roy picked up cattle on Monday and trucked them to Toronto _f_o31- Tuesday's sale. For the fourth year in a row, the V aria's-tr.-a-4, Recreation Centre will likely run at a deficit, Tuckersmith council learned last week. As of the end of November, expenses totalled $100,966 while revenues were only $93,324, leaving the rec centre $7,642 in the hole. • The centre is partially financed by tax revenues, about 25 percent, but only Vanastra residents pay throughrate on their municipal ta..xe.an extra mill s. Of the $93,324 red • by the rec centre, $20,926 came from Vanastra taxpayers and $6,000 from the provincial government grant. • DRAPER BROTHERS (January 12) - Clinton's New Year's„babies arrived last week and the two bundles of joy posed with their mother, Janene Wise, last Thursday. Derritk, left -aria Darryl, right, are the first children of Doug arid Janene Wise of Clin- ton..(News-Record photo) "The Old Piano Factory" - Clinton PHONE 482-9702 Pianos - Piano Benches Refinishing and Repairing of Pianos Organs, Furniture, Antiques Expert Work - Guaranteed , • . (January 19) - Even with a 240 -horsepower machine behind it, this highways snowblower was hard pressed to clear this huge snowdrift at the north end of Clinton last Thursday. The blower had to be,called in after a blizzard last week piled snow into'huge 10 -foot drifts on area highways. (News -Record photo) February: Storm spares Clinton February 2,1978 A winter storm described as the worst of the century that swept through most of Southern Ontario' arid the Great Lakes States last Thursday and Friday, spared the immediate Clinton area, leaving Central and northern Huron, County with little damage Or hardship. The storm described as a "winter hurricane" packed winds of up to 100 miles an hour, and a foot --of snow., didn't hit the Clinton area and weather technicians saywe were lucky. The worst of'the storm seemed to begin about Kippen on the south and Seaforth on the east. According to weatherman Tony Chir of the Goderich Airport weather station, the barometer hit its lowest reading ever, bottoming out at 27.80 inches (28.25 corrected to sea level) on Thursday morning, but winds only \ reached 50 miles an hour in one gust. ,"You and I will likely never see the barometer that low again in our lifetime," Mr. Chir said, He said there was only about 6.30 inches of snow recorded during the storm and a large amount of rain. The Clinton and Goderich area escaped the full force of the storm because the area Sat in the eye of the storm for much of Thursday, and when the "eye" moved north-eastward, the backside of the storm lacked the high winds of the frontside. Have us install on Olsen. Combinition Wood and 00 Furnace SAVE 30% FUELOIAILLi JOSH, - PLUMPING AND HEATING 482-3/07 1 • \-part- 0,1 We dire culfentsheet metal fabricators. Belt Guard* Chain Guards - Industrial Sheet Motel Gust Systems - Air Handling . tkporience Our Silecialty SOrvito our Guarantiol • Further to the south, the Norman Baird weather recording station at Brucefield recorded 14 inches of snow during the weekend and south of Exeter, mountainous snowdrifts attest to the heavy snow and ferocity of the wind. Further to the south, in London and Elgin County huge plate glass windows were blown in by the hurricane force winds and many barns, and, high tension hydro towers were flattened. In the state of Ohio, the area was declared a disaster area and road crews and the National Guard - were still trying Wednesday to dig through 15 -foot drifts on highways to 'free motorists stranded nearly a week. ' Up to 400 Canadians were stranded in the States on their way to and from Florida. In the Clinton area, no deaths were directly attributable to the storm but an •Ontario Hydro worker from the Clinton office, Joseph Soos, 21, became lost ,in the bliz- zard near Dublin on Thursday while checking a 230 KV transmission line, and there was a great deal of concern at the Clinton office until he was found three hours later at a farm. Canadian writer Alice Munro is the 1977 winner of the Canada -Australia Literary priZe, it was announced. The $2,600 prize is awarded jointly by the external affairs debar - Turn to page 12 • •Best Iflterest 0 SEMI-ANNUAL4 OR QUARTERLIF We represent many fruit Companies. We are often able to arrange for the highest interest being offerpd on Guaranteed investment Certificates. • Iv *Subject to change Gaiser-Kneale • Insurance Agency Inc. Itral Isaac St., Clinton, Ont.' Phane 482-9747 Herman's is going to save you -money, sale starts Thurs. Jan. 4. 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