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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-01-04, Page 14--CUNTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, IANUARY 4 , 1979 PAGE 14 backward look at 19 ri: Board backs away from VQ1U April 6, 1978 The Huron County Board of Education decided Monday not to get involved with the use of volunteers to oversee tutorials- for Grade 12 and 13 students out of school because of the current secondary school teacher strike, The board decided to shy away from volunteers because of potential liabilities, a small number caf qualified volunteers and the possibility 4 that the volunteers could be labelled strike breakers. Tenders will be called for a new arena"floor this week for the Clinton Community Arena, but whether or not the floor will be ready in time for the Spring Fair on June 2, is still undecided. Clinton - Council at a special meeting last Monday night rubber stamped a request from the recreation committee togo ahead and advertise for tenders, as the council has to be signing officer in any contract. The floor replacement cost is estimated at between $100,000 and $150,000, but no firm price will be known until the tenders are opened. Councillor Ron McKay, one of the council's representatives on the rec committee, said that grants..will cover roughly two-thirds of the cost of the new floor, while the rest will be raised through a canvass of --the area, and other fund- raising projects. A plaque was unveiled at the Clinton arena last Friday night, honoring the late Laurie A. Colquhoun who bequested $15,000 to the arena after his death. Lev: John Oestreicher dedicated the plaque after it was un- veiled by Mr. Colquhoun's mother, Isabella Colquhoun. Clinton's first daffodil sale for the Canadian Cancer Societv turned out to be a blooming success with over $1,000 raised plus donations. Some 6,000 daffodils, shipped from Vancouver arrived in Clinton -last Wednesday and in two days, with the co- operation of the Exem- plar Chapter of the 'Beta Sigma Phi and the Girl Guides, the flowers were sold door to door, in stores and, at the town hall. The flowers sold for $2 a bunch. Strikes over r Apr1113,1978 Huron County's 274 high school teacliers were expected to exchange picket signs for textbooks this morning and return to the classrooms ending the 31 day strike. - The teachers. voted Wednesday night on a contract proposal hammered out in .a (April 27) - Late last week, area farmers finally got on the land and cool, but sunny and" dry weather this week has speeded up spring grain seeding, which was two weeks behind last year. Rick Le Beau, left, and Bob Le Beau, took advantage of the dry fields last weekend to put in their,malting barley on a field north of Brucefield. Weather forecasters predict the cool, but dry weather will persl`st another month. (News -Record photo) weekend marathon bargaining session that, lasted 33 hours.. The county board of education ratified the pact Tuesday night by a 12-1 vote. The agreement covers' both the 1977-78 and 1978- 79 school . term and if accepted by the'teachers, ends almost 15. months -of negotiations that '.,,in- eluded the eight-week' strike. Clinton council members learned that the i;.�ceter Town Council will consider Clinton as the centre for , the countywide police communication system if Clinton can prove a savings greater than Goderich. Clinton council received the correspondence,in a reply to a letter sent by Clinton council to Exeter, Seaforth, Goderich and Wingham councils -urging them to consider Clinton as the location for the communications centre. At a special meeting last week, the' Clinton recreation committee agreed to delay replacement of the arena floor until August 1. Members felt that it was rushing it too much to try and have the floor ready ,by the start of the Spring Pair on June 2. Tenders were called in last week and final. specifications ate not yet in, so with the contractor asking the new floor tp`sit ,,at least six weeks before being used, the com- mittee felt time was too short to have the old floor torn up and a new one in and still give it time to cure. Hold up halted April 20,1978 Exeter Provincial Police are looking for three young people who were foiled in their at- tempt to rob McLellan's General Store and sub - Post Office inKippen last Monday afternoon. The youths, aged between 18 . to 20 armed Volunteers make grandstand.. nobod •from page 13 reallyknew the We don't know anything from the OPC (Ontario Police' Com- mission) until the end of the month." • . ' He further added, "Clinton is still interested in the dispatch building." The News -Record earlier. learned that the system would cost $56,00.0 more ' it was housed in Goderich because of the ° extra relay systems needed. ' Hopes forsettlement of the 1 /day-old Huron County scgl ndary school teachers' strike were dashed - Wednesday afternoon when the teacher negotiating team chose" not to accept the county board's latest contract offer. Shirley Weary, negotiator for the teachers, said in a press conference, that the offer proposed little and wasn't worth sending to the 274 districf' 45 members to vote on. ' She said Jthat_the latest offer . by the board on Monday was con- siderably less than what was in the original contract and as she sees it, the proposals would do nothing to ' equalize the teachers' workload. It didn't take two days to consider, but the teachers wanted to "go away and cool off." Stanley Township will receive an Ontario grant of $1,750 to,aid in further development work in the townships municipal. park. The municipality plans to carry out the removal of brush, construct walk , ways and undertake other minor development work. recently by the Clinton Area Fire Board, the Clinton Fire Department may begin protecting half . of Vanastra. The move to protect the 'industrial half of the former air force' base came on the request of Tuckersmith council and should the fire area board approve, most industries at Vanastra will see their fire insurance premiums cut from 10 to 50 percent. The volunteer fire brigade gave their ap- proval to the scheme last week in a vote and Tuckersmith at their council, meeting last Tuesday night agreed to ask the fire board for their final approval. • The east half of Vanastra would still be 'protected by Brucefield. Bayfield Curling Club met at the Vanastra Curling Rink on March 12` for their last day of curling for this season and gave $1,800 - to the arena fund. Fire prpwection March 23, 1978 Depending on a decision handed down Bettles' 60th 30, 1978 Allan Betties and Annie Weston, who have been married 60 years grew up on the sixth concession of Goderich Township within—a- mile of each other. They were married. on March 27, 1918 at the home of Annie's mother. Mrs. Walter Weston with Rev. W. Ashe-Everest of Bayfield officiating. The couple had no attendants. The wedding was followed by a dinner also at the bride's home. They did not go on a honeymoon. "In those days, with the war on; it really wasn't safe to go away," Allan explained, They took over the home farm from Allan's father Thomas. ' When their son . Alvin got married, they moved to their other farm across the road where they lived for 33 years until moving into Clinton in 1973. Recalling their years on the dairy farm, Allan maintains, "Milking cows ties a person down, but it's a business and - you can't expect to • run here 'a.nd there and make it go." When asked if, they could give any tips on, making a--marriage—last " successfully for 60 year's, they said no, but Allan quipped, "I don't know whether it will last for another 60 years." A new communication system} was demoh- strated last week at the Clinton Are@ Fire Hall but no action Was taken THE SEPARATE SHOPPE MAIN CORNER, CLINTON PHONE 4$2.777$ -(NEXT TO CAMPBELL'S MIEN'S WEAR) OPEN 14 RESSES! ()PON 1.+4 on starting the system.' Three . companies demonstrated their products, most of which are based on the "beeper" system, where a person carries a small signalling device telling him or her to either go to .0 phone* and receive a message or the unit can also give a message. Several firemen complained that they \can't hear the fire siren to come to the fire hall during emergencies and the . problem is par- ticularly acute for those firemen living, in the south end of town. teer tutoring for students with a small h d gun and a hunting -type \ nife and a girl aged 16 to,,l8 entered the store about\ p.m. where Mrs. Ida Dickert and her 16 year old granddaughter, Robyn McLellan were working. The teenage girl asked Robyn for cigarettes and after paying for them left the store. As Robyn put the money in the till, one of the youths came around the counter and pointed the gun at her. Robyn cried, "Gran- dma," At this Mrs. Dickert who was working behind the post office wicket looked up to find the other youth with the knife pointed at her. She told him if he tried anything she would hit him with the- metal date stamp. Neither youth spoke a word. The quick -thinking grandmother yelled to Robyn to get the dogra Dalmatian, in the back yard behind the store,.._, while she put up a tug-of- wafr struggle with the youth who had grabbed for the roll of money she wa's holding in her hand. She never let go of -the money but some of the bills were torn. As Robyn ran for the dbg the men fled from the store and disappeared in a waiting car. ' At the end. of this month, Vanastra will be ,losing a much respected resident, Mrs. Ginny Floyd. Mrs. Floyd moved to Vanastra in 1977'. where she took a Homemakers Course at Conestoga College. She became involved in the com- munity's Resourcew Centre and she was hired by the centre as the community worker. She also helped 'the Calorie Counters and the Teen Club. Mrs. Floyd is now moving toe , algary, for health reasons. J Kaufman's close Apri127,1978 The 25 employees of the Kaufman Footwear plant in Vanastra have learned that the factory will be closing its doors on 'July 15. The employees, who come from Vanastra and the -surrounding area, have all been offered jobs at Kaufman's main plant in Kitchener, however according. to Yugar Walters, personnel manager at the Kitchener plant, only one person has shown interest in the transfer. The satellite plant was set up four years ago in the former Ration Degot of the air force base. Operations there in- cluded sewing the tongues and upper sec- tions onto boots and 1.50, pairs of boots were produced daily by the staff whose wages ranged from $3-$5 per hour. Mr. Waltersexplained that the reason for the ,closiri'was to consolidate plant under one roof n Kite ever. The Vanastra division is the only branch to the .80 - year -old business. "It will be more ef- ficient -in Kitch.ener,"-tie added, "and considering the overhead, it wasn't making a profit." Sixty-six eager entries came out on Sunday to brave the icyt spring waters on the Maitland River ' as the Clinton Kinsmen held their second annual canoe race from Auburn to Holmesville. 14 -mile race, which ttered by nine more competitors than last year, raised an estimated $1,000 for Cystic Fibrosis. Last spring the suc- 141 wa • The church „..,. 1esta'urant Cor: BrunWStratford, Ontario EinterSeason `.....x Dining and Dancing Friday and Saturday night --- Live orchestra Lunch — a wide s.election.of a, la carte dishes, old favorites (CREPES, OMELETTES AND PATE) and many new suggestions to enliven your appetite. . Dinner — famous.Church ,Specialities including- ncluding-fresh fish and lobster flown in from Halifax. We, fresh feature a fixed price menu Tuesday to Thursday — 3 courses and coffee'$8.75, children $4.50. The Church is perfectTf.or.Christmas parties (140 persons maximum). With the new dance floor, special orchestras or disco cap be arranged. Also available -- our private room , for 20 persons. "The menus -including brunch - are ever changing and never disappointing." Dlanea Lynn Brooks London Free Piess Ocl 27, 1978 "OrSIy in Stratford you say? That's right, ._ however no cause to say "pity's. An autumn Sunday in the tranquil and handsome community that includes brunch at The Church Is pure pleasure7'' ' 11 Winston Collins Toronto Sunday Star Oct. 8, 1978 -; M��I; Please phone tor reservations (519) 273f3424. Tuesday to Friday Lunch 12:00.2:00 , 'Licensed by L L B 0 Sunday Brunch Tuesday to Saturday Dinner 6:00 on cessful event brought. J,n over $1,200. The Kingsbridge Catholic Women's League plans to bring a e• letter writing campaign to bear on the Huron County Board of Education to have three "objectionable" novels removed from the list of high school English literature books. The novels, all of which Turn to page .15 • (April 13) - After sitting idle for eight weeks, the school buses to Huron County's five high schools will likely start rolling again as the teachers' strike is over. The_board trustees ratified the new two-year contract Tuesday and the teachers were expected to pass the pact last night (Wednesday). The 34,day strike was the longest in Huronhistory. (News -Record photo) w' The Huron County Board Of Education Evening Classes CENTRAL HURON -SECONDARY SCHOOL CLINTON - PHONE 482-3471,, MONDAY NIGHT • (starting Jan. 8, 1979) BOOKKEEPING (Introductory) - 10 weeks CROCHET - 10 weeks FURNITURE REFINISHING AND REPAIR (with. Beginning .Upholstery) - 10 weeks GYMNASTICS FOR BEGINNERS - 10 weeks INTRODUCTION TO PHOTOGRAPHY AND -DARKROOM TECHNIQUES - 10 weeks SEWING (Basic) - 10 weeks WELDING - 10 weeks TUESDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 9; 1979) ART - 10 weeks FIRST-AID - 8 weeks HAIRDRESSING - 10 weeks -HUNTER SAFETY - 10 weeks INTRODUCTION TO ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES AND CANADIANA - 10 weeks SEWING (Advanced• Knit) - 10 weeks • WOMEN'S FITNESS - 10 weeks WE.DNESDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 1U, 1979' KNITTING - 10 weeks MACRAME - 10 weeks SKIING - 10 weeks MONDAY NIGHT (starting Mar. 5, 1979) CERAMICS - 8 weeks TUESDAY NIGHT (starting Feb. 15, 1979) GOLF - 10 weeks SOME COURSES MAY HAVE TO BE CANCELLED IF INSUFFICIENT INTEREST IS INBKATED BY ENROLMENT SEAFORTH DISTRICT HIGH SCHOOL SEAFORTH - PHONE 527-0380 MONDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 8, 1979) FOLK DANCING - 10 weeks • TUESDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 9, 1979) CROSS COUNTRY. SKIING - one class on Tuesday, • Jan. 9, to be followed by 4 Sunday afternoon sessions DISCO DANCING (Adult couples only) - 5 weeks (at Seaforth P.S.) MACRAME - 10 weeks SEWING AND TAILORING - 10 weeks F.E. MADILL SECONDARY-SCHOOI. WINGHAM - PHONE 357-1800 TUESDAY NIGHT • • (starting Jan 9, 1979) FIRST AID - STANDARD - 8 weeks LADIES AUTO MECHAFIICS - 10 weeks MACRAME - 8 weeks POTTERY WITHOUT A WHEEL - 10 weeks WEDNESDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 10, 1979) ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES - 9 weeks BASIC FARM WELDING - 8 weeks CERAMICS ,Full) - 10 weeks LADIES FITNESS 10 weeks MONDAY NIGHT (starting April 9, 1979) GOLF. FOR BEGINNERS - 8 weeks STRETCH KNIT FABRICS (Beginners) - 10 weeks THURSDAY NIGHT (starting April 12, 1979 STRETCH KNIT FABRICS (Ad- vanced) - 10 weeks FOR FURTHER. INFORMATION PHONE i THE SCHOOL SOUTH HURON DISTRICT HIGHSCHOOL EXETER -'PHONE 235-0880 MONDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 15, 1979) POTTERY - 10 weeks TUESDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 16, 1979) . SEWING (Ladies Knit' Pants -and Tops).- 6 weeks WEAVING - 10 weeks WEDNESDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 17, 1979)* PERSONAL AND SMA -LL BUSINESS INCOME TAX - 1'd weeks' TAILORING - 10 weeks THURSDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 18, 1979) AUTO MECHANICS FOR WOMEN' - 5 weeks FIRST AID (St. John's) - 10 weeks GOURMET COOKING - 10 weeks TUESDAY NIGHT (starting March 6, 1979) SEWING (Advanced Lingerie) 10 weeks 111 GO.DERICH DISTRICT COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE G O D E R I C H-- PHONE 524-7353 TUESbAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 9, 1979) AUTO MECHANICS (dwner- Driver) - 10 weeks SEWING, {Pattern Design) - 10 weeks MONDAY NIGHT (starting Sa n . 8, 1979) ALTERNATIVE 'ENERGY SOURCES - 8 weeks BADM1NI'ON - 10 weeks CONVERISATIONAL "FRENCH - 10 weeks GOLF - i0 weeks . TYPEWRITING (t3eginners')- - 10 weeks WEDNESDAY NIGHT (starting Jan. 10, 1979) LADIES SPORT NIGHT - '10 weeks VOLLEYBALL - 10 weeks (at Colborne Central P.S.) TH\IRSDAY NIGHT • (Starting Jan. 11, 1979). STRETCH SEWING (Advanced) - 10 weeks •