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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1979-06-28, Page 1• Even though Mother Nature didn't co-operate to the fullest extent, area gar- deners were still able to put on an impressive display at the Clinton Hor- ticultural Society's R-ose Show last Friday in the town hall. Here, Myrtle Read, an avid gardener, looks at some of"tlie climbing rose entries.(News-Record photo) •Rose show successful By Jim Fitzgerald It seems that nearly every year for the past several years, the weather- man threatens to make a disaster of the annual rose show, but area gardeners scrape by anyway, and gather up enough blooms to but on an, excellent show. Such was the case last Friday at the Clinton Horticultural Scoiety's annual Rose show at the town hall, that at- tracted enough entries to fill the council chambers with a profusion of color and pleasant aromas. Perennial winner Jean Barnett of RR 2, Goderich topped the show this year, taking home the Royal Bank silver rose bowl for collecting the most points in the show. She also won the Grace Middleton Memorial plaque for have the best arrangement in the show. Kay Campbell of Clinton was the second best exhibitor at the show, winning the Credit Union Trophy for the feat and also taking home the Red Rose Tea trophy for having the best rose in the show, and the Canadian Rose Society trophy for collecting the most points in the rose classes. Mr. Percy Livermore went home with the Bank of Montreal trophy for first column .showing the champion rose in the show, while Marg Counter of Clinton won the K.C. Cooke Florist merchandise cer- tificate for collecting the third highest number of points. Janet McClinchey of 'Goderich, Township won the Florence Pullen award for the best potted plant, and Mary Epps was awarded the Marg Counter prize for showing the best yellow peace rose. In the junior classes, Suzanne Walker of Clinton had the best arrangement of wayside , flowers, followed by Gwen Holland of Clinton. Both were awarded books donated by Bess Fingland. Door prizes went to Stephanie Hubbs of Ontario, California, and Lois Gib- bings and Olive Ball, both of Clinton. The Society's next show is their annual flower show in mid-August. Complete results of the rose show can be found elsewhere in this edition. Weather 1979 1977 June ►+i 10 NI 1.0 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 9.5 22.5 13 27 14 20 12 11 8 17 5 21 1.5 Rain 2.0 mm 23 13 27.5 9 22 14 7.5 19 7 24 5 29 11 No Rain Committee answers questions on hall The Goderich township recreation committee met for the regular monthly meeting Wed- nesday, June 18 at the township office Holmesville. Special attentions were given to the residents' concerns filed at the public meeting June 6 at Holmesville school. The cncerns were listed in order of the individuals priorities in answer to the study question: list 5 of your greatest concerns regarding the building of a new community hall. Since no plans as yet are definite (except that an architect has been hired) the rec committee attempted to answer the --following resi-dente' concerns so that it may be brought to their at- tention that their con- cerns become the rec committees as well and automatically the councils. Therefore, these are the concerns in order of importance and as direct in answers as is possible at this time. Tax increase: if hall makes a profit there would be no increase in taxes because of it. Maintenance 'costs: it will be hired part or full time, depending on the need. Will it take business away from White Car- nation?: No. They're in another type of business (licensed dining lounge). We would prefer to be equipped for feeding large groups of 400-500 people. Location: Three places will be considered; on the school grounds adjacent to the school (behind the twsp. office) and at the athletic field beside the old weigh station. Size: large, suitable to handle large crowds thus avoiding conflict with existing local facilities which cater to approx. 200 people. Who will build it? The job will be tendered. We By Bayfield Treasurers nix reduction When municipal clerks learned that a reduction of Bayfield's education levy would mean more costs for their municipalities they turned thumbs down on the village. At a municipal treasurer's meeting Monday the application byl Bayfield to have its educational levy trimmed from $102,636 to $9;32"3 was rejected. The move by the treasurers was a complete turnaround from a decision made on a similar application from Bayfield one year ago. The village complained in 1977 that the equalization factor used to set the ratio between market values of property and their value on the village's assessment roll was- to high. The factor had been set at 17.6 and the village contended it should have been 16. The treasurers backed the village on its request and the educational levy leaving municipalities to share $1,558. But that did not happen. The province did not pay any of the reduction and the 25 municipalities shared it all. The treasueres were not about to let that happen again. County clerk Bill Hanly, chairman of the treasurer's session, said nothing was known of the province's failure ' to pay the levy reduction until th.: day of the meeting. He said had the treasurers known last year that the province had no intention of paying any of the costs the Bayfield request would have been turned down then. The town of Goderich, always sad- dled with the biggest share of county costs, would have had to pay $1,430 extra if Bayfield's request had been granted. Last year the town expected to pay $143 as a result of the Bayfield for the year was cut . from $91,280 to rPci =„ction and instead was given a bill $83,204, a saving of $8,076. q $1,292. The clerks were hesitant to agree to Bayfield's request last year because they did not want to force their own councils to have to pick up their share of the Bayfield savings. The treasurers were given the understanding that the province would be paying the lion's share , $7,518, of the levy reduction Stanley taxes up 10 mills Stanley Township taxpayers will notice their taxes go up by about 10 / mills in a budget recently approved by Finally kids, you're Free for the summer and what a great summer it will be, especially if you are a kid. As for the rest of us, excluding those lucky teachers, it's the same old thing, only under hot conditions, hopefully. Although, any stranger dropping in on Huron County last Saturday and Sunday, the third and fourth days of summer, would have won- dered what we were talking about, as the weather was more like April than like the end of June. The temperature on Saturday only struggled up to 10 C, a new record, and early Monday morning, several residents reported a very light frost on the roofs of their cars, although crops were not seriously damaged. It was a weekend of firsts, as it was the first time in my life -time last Saturday that 1 picked strawberries with gloves on. +++ But the weatherman is promising better things, (sounds familiar doesn't it?) so let's hope things improve for the July 1 holiday weekend, which this year falls on the right day for everybody to hake the same day off. Monday this year is the official holiday because July 1 is Sunday, and all businesses, banks, gover- nment offices, the post office, and liquor stores will be closed on Monday, but will observe regular hours on Friday and Saturday. We too at the News -Record will be closed Monday, so we would ask our correspondents and advertisers to get their copy in as early as possible. + + + With the exodus to the cottages and the beaches this week, the old sage says: "Going swimming is like rummaging through the attic, It's amazing what you see in trunks.” + + + We hear that the Bayfield arena floor was finally poured on Tuesday, - but won't be ready for use for the official opening. That won't curtail the enthusiasm of the Bayfield Lions and Lionesses, who are going ahead with their arena opening plans, even though they'll be cut back slightly. +++. • On behalf of the Clinton slo-pitch baseball team, I'd like to thank the poeple of Londesboro for the great hospitality they showed us last Wednesday when we battled them in a donkey baseball game. They won 3-1, but had to cheat a little to do that, but what really amazed us was the crowd of over 500 laughing souls who turned out for the game. Those Lions really know how to attract a crowd. + + + Well, my name's been changed to mud in the town hall after that mention in my column last week about the town sticking people for parking tickets that weren't legal in the first place. Even after Clerk Proctor's dressing down, however, I still think I'm right in telling the people the "uth, and 1 still think that Mr. Proctor is one of the hest clerks this town has ever had. Now, having said both of those things, it is also my understanding that if you did get stuck for a parking ticket, and this only applies to ones given out on Mill, Beech, and Maple Streets, and paid your fine, then you can get the money back by applying at the town hall. Sorry about that, Cam. + + + Our hard-working and good- looking news editor, Shelley McPhee, is away on vacation this Week, and as a result, there's no Stuck in the Middle. 1 tried to- talk Shelley's temporary replacement, .Ioanne Buchanan, into writing one, but she would have no part of it. 'r council. The 1979 budget for the township will be $824,000 compared to $716,000 in 1978. Mel Graham, clerk -treasurer, says the increase in education levies accounts for most of the mill increase. The 1979 residential public mill rate goes from 143 mills to 162.85, while supporters of the separate school system will have their mill rate go from 146.64 to 155.35 mills. Owners of commercial properties who support the public system will pay taxes based on a mill rate of 174.04 mills, while the rate for separate supporters goes to 176.90 mills. The breakdown of the 1979 tax schedule is as follows: farm and residential --42.48; township com- mercial --49.47; residential board of education1-38.95; commercial board of education --43.28 ; residential, elementary --48.92; commercial elementary --54.35; residential separate --51.45; commercial separate -- 57.21; county residential --22.47; and county commercial --26.44. The township's asessment now stands at $3,417,000, up from the 1978 figure of $3,341,000. To 82 million Separate Bd. wants insurance coverage doubled knew too little about this, why weren't we in- formed? How do we reach you? Our present methods are local newspaper columns, newsletters, notices sent through the elementary schools. Perhaps someone can suggest better methods. Who will use it?: There will be no discrimination - all ages or groups ap- proved. Do we need a hall? The majority at the public meeting confirmed that. Who will do the catering? Any interested group. Concern: "that we should build a nice looking building with class." Rental fees: a schedule of fees will be determined later. . Liquor license: being obtained now. Traffic flow: any site chosen will create traffic flow. Parking space will be required for a maximum of 200 cars. Poor footings: any site that is chosen will be properly investigated. Heating for the hall: of course not yet decided but every energy saving Turn to page 3 Historically speaking The readers write Sports Bayfield Bugle Herman's here - P. 3 P 4 P 6& 7 P 10& 11 P '16 Londesboro Leader P,. 19 Auburn Advocate P 22 Blyth opening P 23 Clinton Hospital plans more building alterations The plans for phase two of the renovation program at the Clinton Public Hospital are almost complete and will be presented to the Ministry of Health for approval within the next few months, hospital board members learned at the annual meeting on Monday evening. Phase two involves alterations to two of the downstairs rooms in the hospital, storage space, an expanded waiting room and a hospital auxiliary run tuck shop. It was pointed out at the meeting that one of the hospital rooms vacated after bed cutbacks has been remodelled into a business office,making quite an improvement to the building. Two new members were elected to the board at Monday night's 'meeting. They are Mason Bailey of Blyth and Mrs. Marnie Walden of RR 1, Bayfield. Bob Campbell, Bill Counter and Bill Hearn were all re-elected to the board. E.B. Menzies was re-elected as chairman of the board and Leen Rehorst was re-elected as vice- chairman. The financial statement for 1978 was discussed and it was .pointed out that there was a $9,099 deficit. The 1979-80 budget for Clinton Public Hospital, as set down by the Ministry of Health, is $1,648,000. Presently, there are 30 active beds and six chronic care beds allocated to Clinton hospital, but the 'hospital is running over full capacity and had to open eight more beds recently to ac -i comodate patients. Much to the delight of over 500 fans, John Meade of the Clinton slo-pitchers is having a tough time deciding how he got off his ass, or if he is still sitting on it, during a donkey baseball game against the Londesboro team last Wednesday night. The donkeys kept the players and fans laughing most of the night, as Londesboro won 3-1, but the real winners were the youth of the community, who will share in the over $500 profit realized. That's Lon- desboro pitcher Carl Nesbitt in background. (News - Record photo) BY WILMA OKE his attendance at school, thus ter - School bus operators with contracts minating the responsibility of the with the Huron -Perth County Roman Huron -Perth Separate Board. The van Catholic Separate School Board will be will be returned to the board. required to increase their insurance As there is no immediate need for the coverage from $1 million to $2 million, "lift", the board has agreed to let the effective September 1. Doherty family install it on their own At the board meeting in Dublin van, on a month-to-month basis without Monday, an increase of $1.00 per day charge, for a period not exceeding two was approved for drivers of board- years, �r until required by the board, owned buses, bringing their daily pay providing the cost of removal is ab - to $20.40 for the 1979-80 school term. An sorbed by the Doherty family. increase of 25 cents per hour will be The board decided it would not be paid to drivers of board owned buses advisable to dispose of this equipment for extra -curricular driving time, and suffer negative grant on the sale. bringing their rate to $5.25 per hour. No decision has been made as to how During the summer of 1977, the board the board will use the van. purchased a 12 -passenger van ,and had Gaetan Blanchette of Ecole Ste. a mechanical loading device installed Marie, Zurich was appointed principal to provide transportation for Peter at St. Bonif;ic c School, Zurich; and Doherty to Kingsbridge School. The Laurie Kraftcheck of St. Michael's, cost of the equipment waft fully paid by Stratford, was appointed rincipal of provincial grants. Precious Blood Schc 1, Ex ter; Mary Whim Peter start attending Bannon will he transferred to St. thrdof is h District Collegiate Institute, Aloysius School, Stratford from St. the Flurc,n Couhty Board of Education Immaculate; Mrs. Linda Kistner was has elected to contract the service for hired as la teacher at St..lames School, Seaforth, Miss Mary Jenkins as a teacher at Seaforth; Miss Elaine Jeffrey as a part-time teacher (50 percent) (French teacher -- Itinerant) at Precious Blood School, Exeter and Our Lady of Mount Carmel School; Miss Mathilda Martens hired as a Principal's Relief teacher (90 percent) at St. Boniface School, Zurich; Mrs. Cleo Smith as a Special Education teacher (50 percent) at St. Patrick's School, Kinkora ; Mrs. Helen Stewart, music teacher, to have 20 percent of her teaching responsibilities tran- sferred from Immaculate Conception School to St. Michael's School, Strat- ford; - thus for 1979-80 school term her 40 percent teaching time will be spent at St. Joseph's School, Stratford (20 percent) and at St. Michael's School, Stratford (20 percent) ; Mrs. Mary Hoy, music teacher to have 10 percent of her teaching responsibilities transferred from St. Ambrose School; Stratford to Immaculate Conception School, Stratford, thus ' her 1979-80 teaching time (40 percent) will be at St. Patrick's School, Kinkora (20 percent), St. Ambrose School, Stratford (10 percent) and Immaculate Conception School, Stratford (10 percent). Mrs. Stella Farwell, returning from her leave -of -absence will be placed on staff at St. Colum ban School. All the above appointments are ef- fective September 1, 1979. Sister Loretta Hagen of St. Mary's School, Goderich will be transferred to Our Lady of Mount Carmel School effective September L Peter Gum mow was appointed custodian at Immaculate Conception School in Stratford effective July 1. Three trustees who have returned from attending conventions in Van- couver, British Columbia, gave reports. They • John O'Drowsky who attended Second World Congress of Education, and Keith Montgomery who attended the same convention; and Gregory Fleming who attended the Canadian Catholic Trustees convention in Vancouver from June 13 to 16.