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Clinton News-Record, 1979-07-05, Page 1vrsday, JuIy. $, 1979 Qll CQt111C1.� .„:„..„:„....:,,,„,.....,,:,..,..:,,....:,$... .,,,,,„,_:,.„. T R N . • Wet parade '4y Auburn's churchegwere represented in the 125th ;i rthday parade on Saturday: This wag the float entered by Auburn's linox United Church. Rain made it necessary for many of those riding on the floats to carry umbrellasAbut it couldn't dampen the festive spirit. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan) €or b Shelley McPhee • ` - y' y businesses and life in the community', thousands. uture to by Shelley McPhee Clinton councihhas agreed, that they want' to hear the town taxpayers' ep,, nion-:-before fie diveis taken into constructing • a new swimming :\yQrth between $160,000 and $.180,0.00, Town clerk Cam Proctor said in a `" letter toddle News -Record that Clinton people are invited to the next council_ meeting on July_ 9 to discuss the pool 'proposal wh'i'ch could raise individual taxes up 141/2 mills for one year. For the, '''acerage .. average taxpaYer wit an assesment of $4,900, it would mean an increase of $58 in taxes for one year.,• The town rectleation committe has • e deci ?4:MOfl� Auburn could have been called had to give an extra showing as young Along with -fun, there were alsosome anything but a "dry" hamlet over the... - and did alike- flocked to the Knox serious moments at the' -125th birthday weekend as .a. steady rain' poured down United Church to viewthe show putone ,, party. The unveiling of ,the heritage and the area turned into a quagmire. by the Auburn -WI. Only, two ,showings plaque in the community centre was. a •Despite the lack of co-operation from had been originally planned, but four, .• touching moment for Eleanor Brad - the weather spirits were certainly not took . lace P nock, cgmmittee '°'secretary. Ninety - dampened at Auburn's 125th an- Another popular spot' was the giant three-year old Margaret. Jackson, niversary celebrations. -- • -L... tent, pitched on the west side of the formerly, orA b' d 'living l s, including the • It filled all weekend as people enjoyed f ' t t into f tractor u urn<an now �.iving ,at' While the midway stood idle and Maitland River' in Colborne Township. `. Huronview had the honor of making the i.. several major -event irs cu in o a wo- oat birthda cake, and the children's y pullildren s races a dry cover and a beer.. ; - The cake, and- others, werequickly were c Cancelled because of the rain and. Organizers were able to combat the eaten by the onlooking crowd. • resulting mud, the -four-day problem of living Y in the_"dr "townshi p� „, .Memb,ers of parliament, including Thousands donned raincoats and Colborne, where it • is 1 celebrations were deemedla t a success....,. of Hullett by putting the tent in Bob McKinley, Jack. Riddell and ega o serve Murray Gaunt along with the reeves of ' Colborne, West Wawanosh, East attend many events. A steady downfall A special Sunday night concert of • WaWanpsh and Hullett-and the, acting of rain didn't h—triper the gigantic former local talent and also featuring warden' -of the county,: attended an hurriedl wound it's thouh 4,..hurriedly way r g .the of over 500. Similarly, ..an in- ational church service, • held at the recreational centre, packed about 300 into the hall and many people sat ous-ide in their cars, listening to the service 'which was broadcast over rubber boots and carried umbrellas to alcoholic beverages. parade Saturday. afternoon that the'Paul Brothers drew a large crowd official dinner - with Auburn's hamlet's wet streets Fred: Lawrence, president:f anniversary celebrations, note . pleasure and surprise that peop the streets on Saturdayto wa { hour -and -a -half parade that fca .jover„106.entries "-"It would would have taken longer," Mr. o Lawrence 'explained, "but the people had to kip because of the rain." - The rain, ,stopped long = enough-- ow-- Sunday to allow East Wawanosh, West p Wawanosh, Colborne and Hullett men battle in a tug -of -War. ,Eight strong c men 'from West Wawanosh defeated g their neighboring township men. Indoor events held many people at _thea celebrations. A fish fry, . ham supper, pancake breakfast and chicken used terdenomin CKNX-Radio. . In special contests on the•first night f the celebrations a local teenager, Kim McDowell was chosen as the Heritage Girl Celebration committee. vice - resident Allan Craig was one of the men to win in- the beard growing, ontest. He took the prize for the best roomed beard. Gordon Daer had the scruffiest - facial hair, while Bill Robertson had the fullest -beard, and Jim Schneiderwas judged to have the most colorful one. barbeque each fed close to thousand people and weekenddances were overflowing -with people. A - special historical slide presen- tation showing - the former people; ' y'F During the four days over 1,000 former and present Auburn residents registered. Mr. Lawrence noted that- hundreds hathundreds didn't register so the at- tendance for each day was in the • nH'"4 .,Tlie_way, the';weeks-_are- flying -by especially in the summer, it seems like only yesterday that I was writing this 'column Oh• well, here goes. again'. - by jim fitzgerald , ---slightly.---tattered--looking-premises , would follow these examples. Clinton would soon look like the fine town she really is. -I--1-+ Believe it or not, June ended up a normal month as far as the average mean temperature went, but it was another one of those roller coaster months, according, to Graham Campbell at' the Goderich weather office. The temperatureanged from just slightly above freeing of 1.5 on--June-25S to- en -above reading.,.. on June 10 and 16, at the Brucefield recording station at the Norma'n Baird -faun... _ ---, Rainth fall for the monat Goderich totalled 72.4 mm slightly below the average of 75.2, but 38.7 mm of that came on Saturday, right in the middle of the Auburn, parade. - Rainfall_ at �Brucefield. -was much less, so June was dryer than normal throughout some parts of the county, _.:Here's a retort for all you chicken and -pig : farmers who are subject to a lot of off-color comments: "City dwellers have a certain . air about them. Usually it's • 'carbon monoxide' ' , . •. +.+ Michelle Flowers, who ' is, a summer udent working for' the town on a recreational needs survey, is looking for more people to return her survey. If you have net filled: yours put please return it, and if yob' didn'getone and wish to fill one out; then -get-in-touch-withherat the town hall. . • - • . -1- -i, -.1- Because this is the first Saturday in the month coming;up y don't forget to have your newspapers out at the.. curb before 9 am- so the Londesboro Lions can pick them up. And` if • you're lookingefor something to do on :tire. ko d, cda tr: forget .,#the. 'Opening of t .e Bay ield'si spacious new arena. details elsewhere in.this edition.; -I-++ The talk around town seems .to be centered (after the lousy weather) around the possibilities of the Skylab spacecraft - hitting the, _ groudnd somewhere in Canada. The experts have assured us that chances are very small that someone will ac- tually be hit byo ._., -.Y .. .. some t:he. -pieces w.. that survive the burn-up through our atmosphere. The thing is supposed to fall somewhere between July 12 and :16, and I'm hoping it will fall on my wife Lois' birthday on Friday, July 13 (she's full of .good luck) so h can impress her with the fireworks display; p y, tivnich i can say was ordered especially for her 3bth. - - If a piece lands in your backyard, _.be_sureto phone us he eat the News - Record, and we'll guz`rantee you the. front page. -F- +• Well, -someone must be -planning the 105th birthday celebrations for .Clinton next year and' .not told anybody, ..judging by' the beehive' of activity, in Clinton this spring and .sten mer. 'the town (with too manor exceptions, still) is embarking on a clean-up bee and we must' com- ,pliment some of the businessmen for the belitttiful results. In May Charlie Burgess did -'a -fine job getting i the Victoria Block `panted up, and now the Lavis block across the road has a long-n,:eeded but nbw attractive two-tone paint fob, and Des Cassidy of the Clinton' otel had his bu'liding in equally fine•,. shape, tion the street, Clarence Denomme had the front•of,Bail and l ut' h Furniture atnpletely sprtco 't1p -1V'oW if orive.., of. the other, t rmeowner's 'd b :� and usinessmen, with I. • ers wtv:t _welcoming committee. The hamlet was also pleased ,to • 'have the mayor- oft ' Auburn', Michigan and his wife at the . special meal. • • While ,the actual celebrations are . over, commitee merr%bers' still have a lot of work ahead of them .as -they .tabulate the'results and balance _the financial books. � ' ' Mr. Lawrence speculated, "I would guess that we broke close to even -and thele 's probably not a big profit." committee members breathed a sigh of relief on/ Monday night, -knowing that, �the Tong planned birthday:party for the small hamlet of 250 people had - turned out so well. -.Mrs. Bradnock joked, "If it had been .. good weather we'd have -been swam • ped." 0ycQ; made their- recommendation at their June meeting to proceed with one of twoproposed plans. Both plans can be seen in the window of the town hall. Proposal "B", reCom'mended by the committee, .calls• for new' aquatic facilities tobe constructed at the cost of $180.,900 on the. present site of the `_existing pool. • . - While Proposal "A" at a cost of. $160,000 calls for a pool, 25 metres by.15 metres (82 feet by 50 feet), ranging in depth from three feet to 111/2 feet, Proposal "B" Would ad`d a teaching pool about 20 feet by 50 feert with a depth of tvvo-and-a-half to three -and -a - •half. Both proposals. also include.a new filtration' system and electrical work and wii ll. use the existing bath house, ;- Construction costs of the new_ pool -have been 'tabulated b the. engineer's estimate. Cost figur s from ---the ten- ders' applications will not be made - -public until the f nal decision to proceed with the cons ruction is made. Possible grants •co ld help offset the total cost of the pool . However, -in order to receive a'Wintari , grant, application Must be rnade thi ear. If it is left ariy later, the applica ion would fall into the frozen category : where no money is available.' Al possible Ministry of Culture and Ree eation grant of 25 per cent of the to.tail t�/ cost would cower $40,000 of . the $10,00.0, pool, or $45,000 for the $180,060 pr posal The same am.oun I would be needed in public danatioo qualifyfor a this required, tial support from to gr nt of one- 4intarid • grant. dollar -for -dollar f 'the public, a WI a third.of the total cost could' possibly_be. ,Fortunately, the town already has g approximately $30,000 in the bank, raised by the Bingo cdtnnittee. If Proposal "B" is accepted,/ another $15,000 would have do be c�ona.ted in • order for the town to fneet the possible Winfario"grant money that they need. With three-quarters of the costs . Covered by possible grants an:d donations, a balance of $40;000 on.the $160,000 pool or $45,000 on the $180,000.: pool would be left to be raised by the town either through taxation Or further donations. Jg i �Yt ' ui Clerk Proctor explained tat with t xation the .cost c uld lead to;a mill :::_c:..re_ ase of at' lest 14%rills for•roposal Vit$;." or 12 / mills on'Prop sal '..i. I :. "iurn-to page 3 •;,,... Board co munist s.. .. ... P. 4 Race entries P.. 6 & 7 Auburn Advocate ...' Bayfield Bugle P 10 Londesboro Leader,.. • , ...P. 15 Classified ,l' P 18, 19, 20 Foreign -Wt.' / P 22 • obtained. :•:: '. ?1:;:; ?;:;:'i9ty,�w :. •r. suinuzer SCi Huron County's first summer{. school list" or boycott the classes.; • ch o Clinton Wednesday.des ite.. •F p�kl�;� p oiir'• high school � teachers .were the decision byh`the Ontario Secondary required to teachmathematics classes School Teachers.' Federation to "pink' for the 50 or . so high schobl students 'anstra problem solved, B -Y JEFF SEDDON' good job of caring for the patients. The Huron County health unit intends 1 Dr.; Lynch told council regular public to carefully monitor health conditions health„Ninics are planned for Heather ' at the privately owned Heather Gar- Gardens for -the f ture. He said health dens in the future to ensure that unit staff will viit Heather Gardens twice,monthly in the summer and once a monthin the winterto ensure that resiidentS are living in a healthy- en- vironment residents at the ' Vanastra home for former psychiatric patients get adequate medical attention. .. County medical officer of health, Dr. Brian Lynch, 'told county.council Thursday that the superviion- of medical care for *the 70 residents at Heather Gardens resulted from complaints from a Seaforth doctor that there was a six month -lapse in medical supervision at_the _home. __ Lynch, who refused; to disclose the _name :of --the Seafor'th doctor,--told-- council that he checked out the com- plaint about medical attention for residents of Heather Garden -s because the law required him to. He told-council- that- it was his responsibility to ensure that places like Heather Gardens maintain health standards according to provincial law. . , He explained- to council that he did not want to, create the impression that Heather Gardens was giving residents shoddy atm ent. tie " Y In fact he told council' that the- co -Operation eration - he--- received 'from the owner o€--the--home was "absolutely excellent" and that he was satisfied that residents were • looked after. • Mrs. Clair Haskett, who operates Heather Gardens, was, not upset with county involvement. She did, however, _deny that there • Was - any lapse in medical care of patients. I She explained that the physician that regularly attends to Heather(Gardens,.,..,., residents had been away - and -that a • doctor that ' filled in for him was released. She said a third physician, Dr.-R.A, Whitman of Seaforth had been retained to look after residents. Whitman said he had .seen some - w residents -of 'Heather Gardens and indicated that medical supervision was no what it had been. But he'did say that oily- -medical problems, were brought -to his attention promptly , adding that Mrs. Haskett was doing a Weekend eras A quiet holiday weekend was marred for the area hen a car crash took th _ lives of -three people. ` M1 The Goderich OPP reported thathe. Monday afternoon crash killed the drivers of the two vehiel'esiitvolv'ed''and the wife of one driver. Pronounced dead by the coroner Dr. ' Ray Flowers were Brenda •Goff, 18, of - Sarnia; Albert Green, 61, of Delaware and his 58,year old wife Thelma Green. Investigating officer, Constable A.D. Burt reported that the --accident, which occurred on Highway 21, south. of Bayfield; happened `when the south- bound ' car driven by .the Goff . struck gi'rl was a by a:_northbound car dnv:en:tiy 1V1r. Green. • 00 enrolled. Math is the. only 'high school course offered this summer Shirley, Weary, lo-bal OSS spokesman, said Tuesday the ..ink istirrg itieans no regular teache 's"will instruct summer school classes. •The pink listingufollewedt. e board's ' refusal to guarantee the eSSTF that three teachers laid off -t 's year would be given the summer sc ool jobs. "We are in a posi on of laying off 'teachers and we f el they should be given the first opportunity' to agcept • summer school fobs; she -said. Declining•,enrolment , forced the board ,,to pf�re ,its staff to about X1-67 teachers r'om its current level of more than 170. However, aition provided openings for all: but three: teachers. The summer school teachers will be paid Si 5•..an_,hour_for: -the.••si :• --,i classesx +veers - and Mrs. Weary said "six: weeks (of work) is better than no week's." ' - The board has hired .two substitute teachers from Huron, County and two unemployed teachers' from London to . teach/the classes. Board -Chairman. "chairman, John ,Elliott said that, while it would benefit the students to have regular teachers in charge of the summer school programs, he didn't '1'urn.to page•3 • - a .ills three at.��. `si field Area ambulances at -tended the scene corner of Mary and Victoria Streets. ' and the dead were taken to Clinton Damage to the Waymouth vehicle _-.ho:spi..tal, ..E'xe'ter_ ho.s i_ta.l anat ,$700 .and j300 to the Boyle morgue: 4. vehicle • Weather r°"M....... �� 919 1 .■ 978 Hi LO Mi LO JUNE - 26.....-• .. 24.5 6 .-. ' - 13 19. 27 23 15,5 , 30, 18- 28 • 23. 10 ' ,204 13': 30 21 ' 7.5 - 28 16 30 ' 22 15 26 12,5 '3 - JULL 1 ',: 19 2 10.5 Rai' -t t4.l m The Clinton Police reported° -a -quiet - weekend. ' A June 28 accident left a woman suffering with-- minor injuries. The police- reported that Monica Waymouth, 68, of Princess Street; Clinton was taken to Clinton .hospital after car she was travelling in met with another_ vehicle. - Harry Waymouth, 74, also of Clinton, was driving one car and Russell Boyle, 67, df James Street, Clinton was driving„ the second- when the ; two .met at the .A car driven by Peter Bakos, 29, of RR 2, Seaforth rceived $800 in damages while a car driven by Dean Reid, 34, of Smith - Street, Clinton received $500 resulting from a June 26 crash. No one .was injured in the accident which occurred on King Street. Police investigated another accident on June 26 on I2attenbury Street. A vehicle driven by Francis Palmer, 48, RR 1, Clinton received $100 in damages and a - vehicle - driven by Andrew Yand.erh.eyderi,. 20 - .received-$500--when--- the • eceived500-- - Y $ when - the two met. e00..totr sell to local ' u `ors..T l ; reset y ate p x rw p on a ��c r1a. 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