Clinton News-Record, 1980-01-03, Page 1•
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• What's this? The town.. sweeper out the -mi ole of
-winter' cleaning off the `streets! !:?•? Yes, it's' true, the
Clinton ,•Public .Works department cleared ,Clinton's.;;
streets on December 31, and started the New Year off on
a. "clean''? foot. This chore, normally done -only in the
summer, .. was_ just one- of the unseasonable projects
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carriedt a
ous the area was blessed with a green lolida y
season this year, plenty of.warm rainy days, and several
.sunny ones as well. Many people raked ns, their law
washed windows, orwent for -hikes., and there' were even
reports of others golfing, 'cutting grass,. and water Skiing
at Grand Bend! (News -Record photo).
Police report quiet holiday
The holiday season has,gone by with
few accidents and no major injuries,
according to the Clinton Police and
the Goderich Detachment Pf the
.Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) .
Over Christm, s.. and New Year's,..
the Clinton Police 'reported only one
, charge ofimpaired driving and two
liquor seizures. --
In Clinton, icy and -snowy road
conditions caused two car accidents
--that resultedin major damages; but
no injuries. On December 21, a car
driven by 'Donna McKinley, 19 of RR
l', Zurich recived $2,000 in damages..
The Clinton Police said that the car
was northbound on Albert Street when__
it failed to negotiate a curve, slid on
snow on the median, causing the
vehicle to lose control and strike a
guard post before coming to a stop on
private property. The driver•,and two
passengers were unhurt.
On December 26, a three car.
collision" in 'Clinton resulted in $4,000
in damages, when a vehicle driven by
Thomas Pollard, 20, of RR 1-, Blyth
was travelling southbound on Albert
Street and went out of control on a
patch of ice. The car crossed the,
northbound lane and collided with a
parked car belonging to Williams.
Hamilton of Burlington. The
Hamilton car then collided with
another parked car belonging . to
Kenneth Harnilton of Auburn:
Damage to the Pollard.car was set
at $3,000 and damage was estimated
at $1,000 to the William Hamilton car.
The third vehicle l was not damaged
and no one was injured in the crash.
The OPP reported on
dentin the, area that occurred on
Highway 8 on December 29;
A car driven by Lawrence Hawkins,
23., -of: Goderich wa,s travelling- north}. -• Federation' of i-A.griculture, where"' he
on Highway 6, north of Holmesville, has held' many posts, including.two
when he failed to negotiate. a rounded ' years as president. He also served on
curve, hit a sign on' the east side of the .the, executive and was a member of
road and went iinto'the east ditch. The the board of the Ontar•io`.Federation of
_ _driver was uninjured and damage to Agriculture and chaired the
the car was set at $600. --Federation's Hydro rights committee
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By RJim Fitzgerald
Interest in the, upcoming, Federal
• t `election is building in the riding .of
Huron -Bruce; : as 'all- three- parties
scramble for the seat left vacant by
retiring. MP Bob j 1<inley, who held
.:,-. h ,;meat-'- for v he- roggressx -Con �-�•
servative for 15 •years..
Already, ,three men have indicated
their intentions to 'seek the Con-
_._servative-nomination, at a meeting to
'be held, in ' Brussels next Tuesday
January 8, 1980, while the
Liberals were to have their; meeting
tonight, Thursday, January 3 in
Blyth, and the New Democratic Party •
" Were .scheduled to meet in Clinton on
Monday, January 14. to ' chose their
candidate. •
'The three "Who have definitely said
they will seek the Conservative
nomination included Bruce Shaw, 37,
of Exeter; Mason 'Bailey, 54, of '$lythy
and Murray Cardiff, - 45, of RR 1,
Ethel.
Mr. Shaw, who is a former mayor of
Exeter for four years and is ,presently...
principal of Seaforth .District High
School, said he feels his experience in
municipal politics, vui11 be an asset in -
Federal politics.
Mr.: Shaw, who said his family is
Liberal, and whose grandmother was
Vide- head Go
t"�oY1ien s �i
beraY
Association in_Elgin County, said he
has beetis a- Conservative Supporter
since hearing former Prime Minister
r-
John-Diefenbaker speak back in 1956
when .Mr... Shaw was a Grade 8
student.
He said the Conservative party best
reflects his general philosophy as it
favors free enterprise and is, "closer
to my beliefs than any other party."
Mason Bailey, who lives in Blyth, is
a real;'estate broker with an office in} .
Clinton,'whe^r'"he is -a member of the'
town'siindusrtrial committeer•w°r°r- '-"
Afo m
ex,dairy farther, Mr. Bailey
is a imember
of the Huron County
New returning o
Art Bolton of RR 1, Dublin, who was
recently appointed returning officer
for the Huron. -Bruce riding, will be
opening his office at 46 Main Street
North, Seaforth after Dec. 27. This is
the Orange Hall building in Seaforth.
Mr. Bolton said the phone number
at the office will be 527-0533. He said
someone will be manning the office on -
a fulitime basis, - with' the staff in-
creasing as the election date draws
first
column
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Welcome, to a new decade, as the
1980's are finally here, after a 10
year wait. And what a decade the
'70's were. Everybody and his
uncle have been doing reviews of
the past 10 years in the"h st week or
so, as every newspaper, T' "and
radio' station, and magazine has
been glancing over the past 3,652
days.
Although we do a yearly review
of the past year here in our pages
,(it appeared last week) an attempt
at a•'revie* of the decade in Clinton
has proven to be a monumental
task, and certainly things are far
diff rent pow in this area thanthey
wer 'on January 1,1970.
Just a few of the highlights would
include the closing of the Canadian
Forces Base, now called Vanastra,
in 1971 and the tremendous change
it had Jon the area. The Centennial
celebrations in 1975, would also
have to be one of the top stories of
the decade;"but tiier'e are many
more as well, and we could fill a
whole editon with recollections. ,
But, to each of us, the 1970''x" will
mean different memories, and if
there is one common thread -run-
ning through it all, it must be that
we are all fortunate to be living,
and to have livedsin Canada, one of
the best countries in the world.
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And in rriy books, 1979 will go
down as one of the hest ,Christmas
holiday seasoris ever. Not only was
Mr. Claus generous, but it was one
df ' the " best Christmasholiday
seasons ever for travelling.
. I know the winter enthusiasts
were mad, but` I can't help it. i `or
once, we were able to cone and -go
as we ,chose, visit relatives sand
frienfir without once -- glancing
by
jim fitzgerald
outside to see if it was storming.
It was so mild, in fact, that we
had reports of locals cutting grass,
golfers sighted at Bayfield, lawn
bowlers out, and even, would you
believe ,it, someone waterskiing at
Grand Bend! And even yours truly
was out raking -leaves at the end of
December, an -unheard of record:
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And according to the Main Street
wit, Santa was even good to Mickey
Mouse this year._He gdf''a`Joe Clark
Watch.
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Finally, the Christmas tree is
going out, the turkey is breathing
its last in a casserole, and the
waistlines are bulging. Now we can •
all settle down until the ne2ct
holiday, and boy is it a long wait.
Unless you're lucky enough to be in
school, and get a March break, we
don't get another holiday rttl'
Good Friday, April 4.
The holiday- was quiet for the
police department, but the fire
fighters were out on. Boxing Day
evening to the home of Tom Craig,
• where a minor blaze liad erupted in
the studding behind the fireplace, a
fire identical,' to one ' at Barry
Buch.an�1an's residence on Town-
send Street a week before on
December 19. Damage was minor
in -both cases.
With the return of the children to
their studies today (Thursday) the
• regular : routines are back, „in
eluding . the monthly • newspaper
pick-up this Saturday by the
• Londesboro Tions club, weather
permitting, Try to have your
bundled papers at the curb by 9
aro.
(icer picked
nearer: Election clerk for the riding
will be Dan Pearson, RR 1, Ethel, Mr.
Bolton said.
-Mr. Bolton, a McKillop Township
farmer, assisted his father, Russell
Bolton, when he was returning officer,
for the Huron -Middlesex provincial
riding.
This time, there won't be a door-to-
door enumeration of voters for the
February federal election: Under the
plan announced by chief electoral
officer -Jean -marc Hamel, the revised
-voter's hist from the last election •i'H-
be considered the preliminary list for
the Feb. 18, 1980 election.
Mr. Bolton said all voters will be
sent an enumeration card in the mail'
with the pertinent information ,on it.
These cards will go out in the mail
before Jan. 15. .
The returning officer said he ad-
vises people to keep the cards as proof
they aye entitled to vote when they go -
to the polis.
Advance polling dates for the -
election are Saturday, Feb. 12,
Monday, Feb. 11 'and,Tuesday, Feb,
12. Voters unable to vote on Feb. 18
-can do so at the advance polling days
between noon and 8 p.m.
New Optiniistclib is
now officially
A new service club, to be known as
the Optimist Club of Clinton, Ontario,
....was offic'lly organized December 20
with 39 en 71 as charter members:
Joe Atkinson, of Clinton, a poster'
clerk,..".was, elected president of the
dub, which will meet at 8 ppm. the
seeend:and fourth Thursdays of each
month at the Huron Conservation
Club -at the end of Alma Street.
-1'he'Club is affiliated with Optimist
International, an association of more
. than 3,400 service clubs in the United
States, Canada and Mexico, with a
total membership of more than
124,000 men. Operating under the
%logap- "Friend of, -Youth" Optimist
Clubs conduct a wide variety of youth
activities and service projects in their
communities.
Optimist International field
representative, • Paul Gorman,
T presided 'over the organization.
meeting and has ---conducted in-
doctri°nation sessions with the new
club's officer"s and committee
•
chairman•_,fhe'-club was sponsored by
the Optimist Club of London and
representatives of .the sponsoring
group were presentfor the official
•
organization.
John Blair of Clinton, a• local '
:-.-representative of 'Metropolitan
,-,-,.---insurance ance was appointed treasurer` °`
and Doug Mills of Clinton, a lineman,
with Ont€ir`i'o-Hydrot -WAS' appointed
.4, secretary. Doug . ise. and Don Bar-
tisff, both of Clinton were elected vice-
presidents:..leeted to the Board of
Directors were John a.,Huyck . of
Goderich and ,Len ..a Fawcett; Tom
McMahan., Don Shropshall, ,:, Greg
Burns; Robert (Doc) Miller and
le v
,,.,, r�Mw<r .....-eax.r, ..•r- :herrae «:.,rna.
organized
Bruce Stubbs all from 'Clinton.
The Optimist Club of Clinton
becomes a part'b' the Ontario District
of Optimist International. Ab Flood of
Stratfbrd is governor of the district.
Plans are being "made for a charter
presentation banquet at which
Governor Flood will officiallyinstall
the officers of the new club.
Tucke-rsrnith
taxes might
not•J ' um
p
. cj! . ! r ,:3 ,.:1986
1n -the 1970's hien t • e power line was.•
construoted--frof the Bruce Power
Development toSeaforth. •
Mr Bailey said i e decided to seek
thenomination after Mr; McvKinley
w resigned because he has,. "played
-- �with'the-not ', •
"I' 'believethere should be Tess
penalties for -initiative; ' Mr. Bailey
said in an interview, and that would
best be accomplished through.the tax -
system.';
"In order to have i Moreern-
plo.yment, we need more employers,"
he said.
• The third man seeking the Con-
servative nod .is Murray Cardiff, a 45 -
year old farmer from Ethel.
Mr.� Cardiff, who is a cash crop
farmer, is presently chairmanof the
Ontario Bean. Producers Marketing
Board, and said --he. plans to take a
-leave of absence from the board if he
gets the nomination."
Several other -names were men-
tioned , as possible Conservative
candidates, including Goderich car
dealer Jim Hayter, Sr., -;....who ran
unsuccessfully in the Provincial
election in 1975 against Liberal MPP
Jack Riddell, • and' former Huron
County warden and •Goderich • campaign.
Township reeve Gerry Ginn; :but both • - However, Paul Carroll of Seaforth,
;, V-, whqNpdib4u,clthk vs ttiQnyn[.;.^rw`aY. � txawr•.
kena.n for' the rparty' said
"I've' already retired once,"said-tieMnesa ."thaseveraarpersoris"cei
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considering the nomination but he
Mr. Ginn, and- I've. started living -my
•- -ccouldn't release any names yet.
own life again: •
He' said . that Moira -"Couper
Bayfield, field the NDP's candidate in last
...spring's .electron,- is now 'under con=
tract with the Lambton Presbytery of
the United Church in Forest, and, "is
just gettingiier program started."
"Obviously, with Bob not running, it
could lead to changes in the: voting
pattern, but it's, difficult.to assess," �•-�y -
Mr. Carroll said.
wr
Cents
the last, election in' May of 1979, said
the Liberal nomination was opened to
anyone, brit he hadn't heard of anyone
•else'seeking it: "
Mr, Craig sajallirthinks the first
challenge facing:•candidates in the
winter election will -be the. weather, _
and with the possiiaiili
bad 'weather during the campaign, it
-may be difficult for parties to reach_
the electorate. '
' If .the weather is bad, then -the
Liberals would have to run a more
"media type campaign.'=-
He. said the upcodiing election ori
February 18 seems- to bean election
that few people wanted, and ex-
pressed surprise when ,he learned Mr:
McKinley wasn't running again. ",
. ,The issue which is of major concern.
to area voters is high;interest rates,
Mr: Craig believes, since these effect
both the srnall businessman and the
farmer. •
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NDP slow starting
, . The Huron -Bruce NDP are the
slowest to get away from the starting, .
gate, with their nomination night not
scheduled until January 14>in ClU ton,
only leaving them four wdeks to..
9s
A headline ir1` cc!nnection with `a
story covering the financing of an.
addition -to the Vanastra Recreation
Centre that appeared on page one of
the December 240 News -Record •
.iraccurathly indicated that---'
Tuckersmith taxes were up five mills
in order to pay for the addition.
Until the total Ilk rate is arri'veel..a.t...._.__
and the success of a public campaign
to raise funds for the Rec Centre
program is' determined, it i S not
known whether the tax rate will be
effected.
The story also indicated that the
decision concerning the- rec centre
had been taken at'a special.meeting of
council. held -in camera do December
:12, Mille no public notice had been
• given concerning the special meeting,
the meeting was not held in camera.
The News -Record regrets these •
errors.
- Liberals have one
So far, only one person, Graeme
Craig, has said he will seek the ^
Liberal nomination ,at tonight's
meeting in Blyth.
The 32 -year-old Walton area farmer
and technician -with United Breeders,
who was defeated by Mr. McKinleyin
wp. hall -plans unveiled
At last, the pictures of
the-prbposed community
centre were submitted
for publication and public
evaluation by the ar-
chitect Brian Carratt at;
the regular recreation
meeting Wednesday,
Deceri bei 19. Township
Council members at-
tended._the_rec_meeting to
male • important
decisions -OM plans for the
propo"sed ha t
Since the last rec
meeting, council had
received word from the
Wintario government
off -ice rthat the grant
applied for will be kept on
"hold" until '-they have
received a copy of the
. final tender price and the
last completed form of
grant applicationr-
Architect Brian
Garratt presented his
final plans and
speculated costs break-
down. Members studied
the breakdown of
speculated costs, listing
any luxury items Wh cFi
would be cancelled if the
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money wouldn't allow.
After considerable
discussion asto the next
move on _ grant
procedures, the coun-
cilmen 'then withdrew to
make a private decision,
returning to the meting
at large to say that they
would proceed by calling.
tenders at the beginning
of January 1980 until
January 24.
Meanwhile, the deed to
the land obtained from
the Huron County School
Board will be obtained by
council. They have
proposed to meet at a
special meeting the -end
of December tostudy and
discuss the proposed new
recreation council by-
law, set plans for ob-
taining ' a building
committee and .also a
community centre
Management committee.
Expected round figure
costs were recorded on
the blackboard total cost
of project,'- $560,000;
community centre grant,
$75,000; balance, $485,000,
cost not eligible for grant, -
$2(1,000,. balance $465,000;
Wintario (50 percent of
$465,000), -$232,500;
Township cost, $485,000
minus $232,500;. rcapital
$200,000; labour etc.,.
$25,000; fund raising
$27,000.
The regular recreation
meeting continued_with a
report from Gerry Ginn
that the ball park 'pump '
was found to be- seized,.
was
eized,-
was removed for repairs
and- meanwhile, a used
pump was installed -for
the winter time. He also
reported that several
village people are willing
and anxious to -make an
outdoor ice surface for
recreation just as soon asci
weather will allow. _
Bev Orr reported that
the Christmas dance had
been successful . with a
$200 profit. She has or-
dered Bluewater
Playboys . for 'the
February 2 dance at $375
and Country Companions:
Turn to page
ownsbip rejects an
Goderich Township Council told
Ron Samways of RR, 1 Bayfield at the
December meeting, it•isn't interested
in a proposal put forth by Samways-to
create five building lots -along County
Road 13 adjacent to the golf course.an-
Highway 21.
The matter now has gone 41 the
Huron County Planning Department
and is waiting now to go before the
planning board early&n the new year.
• Samways was at the December 17
meeting of Goderich Township
Council to, get couficil'sa reaction to his
`suggestion that 10.3 acres off the back
corner of his gait course property be
rezoned from recreational to rural
residential.
:- Reeve Grant Stirling, who was
appointed by council to investigate
the matter and procedures, said last
week .council takes a .dint view of
._creating five •new entrances onto
County Road 13, as cal`ie ` or in• the
Sarnways proposal.
"It makes for an unnecessary..
traffic hazard," Reeve Stirling said.
Stirling said Samways Wished to
build a home for himself as well as to
open up four additional building lots:
George Penfold of the Huron County
Planning department said last week
that generally speaking, the con*`
proferred tosee internal access to a
group of building lots such as Sam-
w-ays planned.
ren.-�� .•f-a'^� CG` ••.
However, Penfold said it was tots' '-
early to comm net on how the county
planning board would rude in• this
instance. . r
In other- business ,at the Goderich
Township Council meeting, 'it was
agreed to approve applications for tile
drain loans up to 75 percent of the
approved cost of the drainage works, -
to a maximum loan of $12,000 per
applicant per year.
Loans are to be 'made on afirst
come, first serve basis, with the
drainage inspector recording the
completion dates.
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