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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-01-04, Page 18PAGE 18 —CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1979 backward look at 1978- Oetober: USC leader heard. Ocotber 19, 1978 Dr. Lotta Hit- schmanova, founder and executive director of the Unitarian Service -.Committee of Canada, visited on Wednesday, October 11, during her cross -Canada fund - raising tour. Brought to the area by the Clinton Kinettes, Dr. Hit- schmanova spoke to more than 1,490 students at Clinton and Seaforth Secondary schools in the morning and afternoon. In the evening, she gave a slide presentation at Ontario Street United Church which attracted a disappointingly small turn out. Born in . Prague, Czechoslovak.ia, Dr. Hitschmanova studied'at the Sorbonne in Paris and graduated from the University of Prague with a -doctorate in Philosophy. In 1945, she founded the Unitarian Service Committee of Canada to help , needy people around the world. Dr. Hitschmanova .has been honored at home and abroad, for her humanitarian work. She is an Officer of the Order of Canada and has been recognized by several service clubs across the country. A check by the News - Record early Wednesday morning has Shown that only two area politicans had let their names stand Heatless homes October 26,1978 A local Vanastra service club and association is attempting to help three families find homes with heat and hot water. Four families at the Vanastra townhouses have been without heat since last April and _without hydro services since August 21. There has been no heat because of lack of oil and Ontario Hydro turned off the services since London owner, Jim Queen owed $5.000. Of the 58 townhouses involved, 12 units were occupied and the Vanastra Resource Centre was .only con- cerned with four tenants who had paid their rent. The centre has since learned that one of those families may owe some back rent. The five postal em- ployees at the Clinton Post Office who are "absent without leave" May be coming into work this morning (Thursday) after Gilles Lamontagne, Postmaster General gave striking postal workers an ultimatum on Tuesday afternoon. Lamontagne said that - if workers didn't report to work by Thursd.a-y morning they can con - for the nearly' ,60 posts sider thernselVeS-withair open in municipalities a job. served by the News- "I have no idea Record. whether or riot they will Nominations, which be in," said Clinton opened on Monday, ,,postmaster Wayne October 16 close on Wigglesworth, "but if I Monday afternoon, were them I would be October 25 and unless back on Thursday." • there is a last minute He added, "There's a rush, there will likelybe a possibility that the people large number of ac- will be back by Thursday, clamations. • but this may not end the strike." In the meantime, the Clinton office is operating with three employees. In what has been called the poorest response in years, few area people let their names stand for the various elected posts open in the upcoming November 13 municipal As of Wednesday af- ternoon, only Hal Hartley 1ThFiiIedhis papers as candidate in the Clinton PUC race, and. Michael Connolly of Kippen•• let his name stand for the *separate school board for Tuckersmith, Hensall, Zurich and Stanley Township. ' (October 26) - Harvey Hatnmond, right, who is acting as an agent for several • homeowners at Vanastra, who have offered their horpes to families who were livitg at the townhoutes, which haven't had any heat or hydri), aecepts a cheque from Lion Murray Hohner. The Lions have agreed to pay' two weeks rent' for the two families. (News -Record photo) election. Acclamation is the main word in all municipalities, with the exception of a few races and generally speaking, incurribents have been returned unopposed. Mr. Peever of the Blue Anchor Marina requested permission from the Bayfield council' to 'Wild a small power -boat marina to fill the need of small boat owners in the area, where 120 boats can be accommodated. Questions as to the noise factor and road accessibility were raised. Mr. Peever asked how soon he can expect an answer as he will require other permits, if he receives permission from council. The matter will be considered by council at theienext meeting. In an attempt to draw nine area Beta Sigma Phi chapters together, a joint council has been formed. The council, made up of nine representatives from the individual groups will include three chapters from Exeter, two Goderich branches, two from Clinton, a chapterfrom Mitchell arid one from Kincardine. • • (October 19) - Despite the signs gJarding Joe 'Potter's pond and the surrounding quarter -mile. area, guns and hunters are still plentiful. This is clearly evident to passers tly travelling down concession road 15-16 of Goderich Township. The pond which in the past year has been °filled with over 200 Canada Geese is now empty. (News - Record photo) z (October 5)'- A plowing matchis nota plowing match without a little mud, they say, and the 1978 match at Wingham was no exception. It rained on two of the Match afternoons, Wednesday and Saturday, but the sun shone every morning, attracting a recdrd crowd, estimated at more than 250,000. (News -Record photo) November:Tactory may stay open 'November 2, 1978 Clinton's oldest in- dustry, the piano factory has seen many changes throughout its long history. This Friday, November 3, another change will be made when the factory of- ficially closes its doors-, resulting from a con- solidation to the Heint- zman Company. However, this may not. be the 'end for the old factory and its em- ployees. Within a couple of weeks a group of workers may be buying the buildings, „ and equipment and setting up an independent piano parts factory. The proposed business will sell piano parts at wholesale and retail prices to various cbm- panies. As well, they hope to repair and refinish pianos and other pieces of furniture. "We've got a lot of preparations to do. We had a lot of machinery to move," explained Joe Reid, a long-time em- ployee of, 'Sherlock - Manning and a organizer in the new business venture. "It's not a good time of year to set up a business. We need all ' the support we can get," he said. No name has been selected for the new business yet. - It is not known how many of the same "30 former em.- ployees will take part in tbe new venture. The employees have been offered positiOns at the Heintzman business in Hanover as well since the piano manufacturing business is such' a highly skilled job. William D. Heintzman bought- the Sherlock - Manning operation in 1967 and operated it as a separate -factory. Earlier this year he announced the amalgamation of the Clinton company with the Hanover business. Heintzman explained at the time of the an- nouncement that it made ton needs more doctors only five November 16, 1978 Following a request from the Clinton Hospital Board, the Clinton Town Council may advertise for the services of a general practioner in town. The board has .un: suooessfully attemped. to advertise in medical journals in the past and thought that'town support would help their efforts. It is felt that there is a shortage of doctors in town with .only five presently serving the area on a full-time basis. Dr. Addison, a retired medical doctor helps with weekend work because of the shOrtage. "I think the town should do all they can t� help," stated Mayor Harold Lobb. The Clinton Mustangs, currently the only. un- defeated team in the OHA Junior 1-`C" Central Division, narrowly escaped with a victory last Friday night in Goderich, The Stangs scored a pwerplay goal at 19:26 of the third period to . defeat Arthur Eagles 9. S Mokers who light up in buildings owned by Hullett Township may be prosecuted in the future, council decided at their s meeting last week. Council instructed Clerk Clare Vincent, on a •-rtfotion by Greg Brandon and Joe Gi.bison, t� prepare an anti-smoking bylaw that would prohibit smoking of any kind in township owned buildings. Council decided that in keeping with the in- creasing trend toward the prohibition of smoking in public buildings in Ontario, the law would be passed locally too.. Floor almost ready Novetnber 23, 1978 The countdown until the ice machine is turned - on at the Qinton arena tartdd, . with -the successful pouring on 'Tu'esday of the• concrete for the new floor. ' In a "work bee" i4miniscient of the old barn raisings in the area in the past, 23 men from Dafoe Metellcrete of London descended on the arena floor -at 8 am Tuesday morning and 140 cubic yards, five hourS later had the first 41/2 inch layer of concrete poured. ° Later in the evening, when the first pour had set but was. still wet, a second 20 yard layer of special concrete, ailed "tap roOk" and only three-eighths of an inch thick was poured. Then eight men • with pwer trowels woilc'eti until about 8:30 Wednesday mbrning smo thing off th!e floor. Later Wednesday anther creW moved in with special grinders -to (October 12) - There have been no major holdups in construction of the new floor at the Clinton arena, as contractor C.A. McDowell works at full speed to lot the surface ready for skating by Deeember 1st. Installation of the piping System was scheduled to get underway this week. 1111eattwhile, the canvass' for funds contiltittes in Clinton and the surrounding townships, with over $26,000 raised so far. (News -Record photo-) • ; • give the floor its final smooth, dustless surface. The ice plant can be turned on 28 days after the floor has been poured, but because the concrete is new, alias to be cooled gradually. Skaters won't likely take to the ice until Christmas week. Tuckersmith Reeve Erwin Sillery told the press last Tuesday night at the township's regular council meeting that he won't •be seeking the warden's chair. Reeve Sillery ,had in- dicated earlier he was going for the Huron County Warden's post since he had been -asked to run, but he has since changed his mind. Election for the position takes place in Goderich on Dec -ember 12. • Between the hours of. 5:30 and 8 am on Stinday, November 19 it was reported to the Clinton Police ' that 42 wooden stop, yield and street sign's were knocked off throughout town. One, witness told police that a' large brown car wa4 seen knocking the posts offaat ground Wvel: During the same time the Goderich OPP reported that several rural mailboxes were knocked off and it was reported that a large brown •car drove through the frost fence at Ross - Scott Fuels in Brucefield in an attempt to steal gas. As well, four stop signs in Brucefield were knocked off. The OPP found a picnic table from the Ex -Cello Wildex Company in the Bayfield River, 11/2 miles-. east of Varna. A‘ gas. fertilizer tank, stolen from Brucefield was also r. -- The Seaforth Polic reported that six sign were puqhed over in tow and in Egtnondville. A well, 18 signs wer pushed over along High- way 8 from Clinton to •Mitchell on the same date. The Kinca,rdine Kinucks gained their revenge last Sunday night in Kincardine when they handed the Stangs their first loss of -the season with an 11-8 dumping. The Kinucks hold down first place in the Central Junior C action while the Mustangs are currently third, but hold four games in hand. Members of the Varna United Church were saddened on .Sunday by the announcement that Rev. Alex Taylor is retiring at the end of the year, because of ill health. ° Want pool November 30, 1978 •A highly emotional gathering endorsed fixing Clinton's 25 year old pool, rather •than use the year round facilities at Vanastra. The"Meeting which attracted about 75 people to the town hall last Thursday night was called by the •Clinton Recreation Committee to decide the fate of the Clinton pool. The rec committee has to decide this year whether to carry out extensive renovations to the old pool, build a new one, or use the indoor year-round . facilities offered by the Vanastra community, three miles south -6f UM/ n • Nan Reid, chairman of the meeting who resigned- his post as a' member of the rec committee, pointed out that providing ' that 'studies show it possible, renovations to the pool • would cost $84,000 to sense to put the facilities ,together for economic reasons. Huron 'County Council refused to support the Vanastra Resource Centre at it3 Friday session when it received a request for a $5,000 -grant. The executive com- mittee of c_guncil recommended that the grant request be refused at the present time leaving the resource centre to operate on a Canada Works grant of $26,000. The money was to be used to publish 500 copies of a proposed services information directory costing $2,500 and to pay a part-time worker to continue to provide services provided by the resource centre under the original Canada Works grant. Two young boys, out of school on a one -day holiday, because of a teacher development day, are blamed for a $20,000 fire on Monday afternoon that com- pletely destroyed a -barn and all its contents at the corner. of Cowper and Erie Streets. The 30 by 30 foot barn owned by Goderich ft s mayor and developer Deb Shewfelt was being used by Ray Potter as a storage shed for his farm equipment dealership, situated a hundred yards away. Lot in the blaze were five snowmobiles, four loaders, a truck topper and other farm equip- ment. Only a week ago 15 new' snowmobiles were removed. Landscape artist dies November 9, 1918 A native to the area and a well-known artist to many, Agnes Ann Moon died in University Hospital, London on Thursday, November 2. Through her unique style, using local land- scapes as subjects, the 60 year old Brucefield native's name was familiar to many who admired and collected her painings over the past 24 years. As well as her interest in art, Mrs. Moon also worked as an industrial therapist at the Bluewater Centre in Goderich. She was also involed in- church work and over the years sang eincsheos. i'T rs and led CGI tas A surprise party for Ed Oddliefson, retiring reeve of Bayfield and Mrs. Oddliefson was arranged recently by the 1978 council members, the road superintendent and their wives. An enlarged mounted copy of the new Bayfield crest was presented to. -- Mr. and Mrs. Oddliefson together with an ap- propriate inscription, prepared by Rev. James Reddoch of Bayfield. The composite. design of the) ocraedsitieifssothn.ework of Mrs. Although October seemed like a terrific month, it was just above average according to the keeper-of-lhe-weather-' records, Graham Campbell of Goderich. The rainfall at 85.2 was slightly more than the average of 78.7 mm, but most of that came in the first 10 days. The sun- shine was about average and the month's mean temperature of 9.0 C was actually cooler than the normal 9.6 C. (November 2) - Flames, fanned by a brisk wind, quickly.levelled an old barn at Cowper and Erie Streets -Monday and the fire was out of control before firemen arrived. Loss in the blaze, started by children, is estimated at $20,000. Here, firemen pour water on the surrounding dry grass to keep flames from spreading. (News -Record photo) working now in area $96,000. To build a new pool the costs would be between $103,000 and $170,000. In either case the chlorination system will have to' be moved abbve ground. - By using the facilities offered at Vanastra, all year, rather than two months in the summer as is dbne at the Clinton pool, bus transportation would cost $100 a day or $5,240 a summer, running every hour, 8:30 am to 4 pm. To purchase a- bus and price ticket would be $19,000 plus insurance, a driver, and maintenance. In less than three weeks, the ice plant at -the Clinton arena- will be turned on and skaters will_ take to thenew surfate about seven days later. However, the public canvass is still $40,000 short of the $90,000. total needed. The Auburn Com- munity Hall was filled to capacity when the Auburn post office staff gave a retirement party for Kenneth Scott who receritly retired .as post master. Thi v assistant post mistress, Mrs. Kenneth McDougall, read the address and the new post . mistress, Mrs. Alvin - Plunkett, presented Mr. • Scott -with a gold watch and money. He thanked everyone and reminisced about his 20 years with the postal service. Arena floor ready canvass at standstill November 30,1978 In less than three weeks, the ice plant will be turned on in the Clinton arena-, and skaters will take to a new surface about seven days later, barring any problems. Workers from Dafoe Metallicrete of LOndOn, finished grinding the new floor, on Friday . after working non-.stopY around the clock from Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. The new ,floor went in very well, a -spokesman for Dafoe said, and there weren't any major problems. , Meanwhile, the can - Vass for, the arena floor has nearly . reached a standStill, and only $1,600 'came in this week, bringing the • total to $50,274 some $40,000 short of the $90,000 total needed. The Clinton Spring Fair will celebrate its 125th anniverS-ary next June, but unless the sponsors of the fair get some new volunteers from Clinton and the surrounding areas, it may be the last fair to be held in Clinton. • Despite the biggest prize list on record; an excellent weather, tendance at the "B" in 1978 was dow secretary mana Gibbings thiy Society needs people Wit ideas to rolling a 't a pitture left otrer from the mitlim.6, It was taken et0Jasked in some of the warmest early November 'bur Clinton' lawn bowlers took advantage of the sunny a few games on thejocal greens before the bad weather ature hit 20.3 degrees C (69.5F) on Sunday, setting a new record for the e, and just missing the all-tinte record of 21.1 degrees C for the whole mont (News -Record Photo) (November 9) - No, thip late last week as the 'a weather in, 40 years. warni weather to bo comes. The tempe