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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-05-29, Page 1Weaiher 1980 1979 MAY HI LO HI LO 20 20 6 21 8 • 21 23 5 13 6 MAY 115th year -No. 22 • Clinton's Mayor Harold Lobbis pleased to see that the downtown area is sprucing up for summer visitors .and the BIA. is doing their. part by planting petunias in the main street's tree boxes. The junior gardeners put the flowers in place on Tuesday and Gwen Holland and. Julie Johnston were .two youngsters who helped with the project. Now it's up to the merchants to keep the bright flowers and trees alive and they are advised to water the box at least once a week with one or two pails of water. (News -Record photo) Firernen hope to settle by Cath Wooden Bayfield firemen and the Bayfield Fire Department met again May 26 to discuss demands by the volunteer brigade, only this time it was under more conciliatory circumstances. "Both sides have had time to soften theirnds somewhat and. get away from their pugnacious approach to the thing," according to Bayfield Reeve Frank McFadden. Although no decision or figure has been reached concerning the amount of money the Bayfield volunteer fire department will receive, Reeve McFadden said the fire board and the firemen are both willing to compromise. The 21 firemen are demanding a $4 increase in their pay from $6 to $10 an hour while fighting regular fires. Their request was given a full rejection by the fire area board on April 12. The volunteer department threatened. to strike if their demands were not met, but agreed to com- promise at the last minute. The Bayfield fire area includes all of the village of Bayfield and "parts of Stanley and Goderich Townships, and includes about 2,000 _people, as well as a large cottage base. On June 2, fire board represen- tatives will report back to their respective councils in Bayfield, Stanley, and Goderich Township. The councils will either call a meeting or just let the board know what they are offering. Reeve McFadden feels that the firemen will get some sort,of a raise, but noted, "I really can't substantiate that. No figures have been men- tioned," he qualified. By Shelley McPhee I'm still in the editor's chair, but this is the last week. At last the Fitzgerald home has a new arrival, a 7 pound, 81/2 ounce bundle of joy, named Fraser. This makes a total of two boys and a girl in 3im and Lois' brood. The newest member finally arrived on May 22, and at last the continuing saga of the_baby's arrival ends. From here, Editor Jim can take over and he can fill you in next week on all the details on his new son. -+. + + And speaking of bright, new things, take a look around Clinton's downtown area this' week. There's banners and flags flying, flowers planted and a number of store owners and even a town councillor have been out sprucing up their shops and municipal buildings for the Shriners visit at the Spring Fair. Let's not stop now, things are really beginning to look great! + + + There is one thing many people should stop doing though and that is complaining about the,.weather. Just be lucky that Mother Nature is Only giving we southwestern Ontario people a wee cold spell.. The earth and nature's fury.. is more powerful than we can imagine and we've seen a portion of it with the devestating forest fires across the country, the terrifying volcano in Washington, the tragic mine cavedin in Quebec and the recent earthquakes down in California. These are frightening things which man has little control over and the best we can do is ap- preciate what peace Ma Nature is giving us now, even if it is -cold and. dainp. + + + But back in -Clinton for the time being everything seems to be running smoothly. -The Shriners will be arriving on Friday night and next weekend the 126th Spring Fair will get underway. +++ At the fair the queen will be chosen Friday night and they'll be a battle of machines with the tractor pull. Saturday features a grand finale to the horse show with the Sunfield Equestrianettes, a precision drill team of young people from ,Benmiller and Mackie,the disco dancing horse. Also on Saturday they'll be a draw for a bicycle and children can enjoy a puppet show on Sunday afternoon. For the grown ups, there's the Monte. Carlo and hospitality tent which will be in operation for the three days of the fair. -1-++ It looks like a good weekend, so gather up the kids come on down to the Clinton Community Park. You can even bring your lucky coin to spend for the Main Street Wit in- forms us that, "Nowadays a lucky coin is any coin you have left!" 22- 27 8.5, 17 0 23. 28 10 18 4 24 28 13 . .19 7 25 23 10 15. 6 26 17 3 13 7 No Rain Rain 6m.m...../ Clutton council supports industrial land need By Shelley McPhee Providing serviced land to prospective industries is a major concern of the Clinton town council and a committee has been formed to study the purchasing of industrial land; At their May 20 meeting council selected Councillors Rob Parr and George. Rumball, Mayor Harold Lobb and Deputy Reeve Ernie Brown to work with the town's industrial committee. Councillor Parr stressed the need for action to be taken in developing industrial land and he asked council to pass a motion giving their support to the industrial committee and suggested' setting aside at least __. $50000 to buy land. . L "Normally I would wait to sec the budget," Councillor , Parr said.: "I know the taxes will be up but I think you have to buy the land now. This is something that could be put off until next year but it has, to be done now: You're going to have to buy land sooner or later, but the money you spend is fully recoverable." Mayor Lobb suggested that money to buy industrial land should be found through another means, like debenturing and noted, "We're going towards doubling our taxes." Councillor Parr agreed with debenturing but said that he wanted action taken immediately, "The in- dustrial committee needs some assurance that the town is finding some means of funding to purchase land.': "I'm not interested in a specific dollar figure or purchase price," he added. Councillor Ron McKay agreed with Councillor Parr but said that -council must see how much the land and servicing will cost. . . Councillor Parr again stressed the need for council to express their support of the industrial committee. "Talk is cheap," he stated. "The Enjoy the Shriners By Shelley McPhee Me.barrival,-of 2,QQ0,•Shriners to the. Clinton and Goderich area this weekend is not a private event, but a celebration that everyone can enjoy. Although their visit to Clinton and Goderich will celebrate the group's spring ceremonial and induction of new members, the mbst exciting part of the Shriners stay will be a giant parade, along with a dinner and dance which are open to the public. The Shriners are known throughout North Arnercia for their entertaining participation in parades and Satur- day's events will be no exception. The large group of men will hit the streets of Goderich at 10 am with a highland band, oriental band, the jeeps', scooters, clowns, mini -cars, small motorcycles and a marching unit to begin their celebration. After a noon luncheon in Goderich the Shrine group will gather in Clinton for a 3 pm performance of their parade which is expected to last one hour. In Clinton the parade..will begin at Victoria and East Streets, by Fabian's Furniture and will wind its way up Victoria and continue up Albert Street to Princess Street. From there the . Shriners will go past the Clinton Public Hospital to John Street, Whitehead Street and down._ -Beech Street to the Clinton com- munity park. Immediately following the parade the second section of an induction ceremony for .new Shriner members will take place. The first part of the induction is scheduled to be held in Goderich following the morning parare there. Also on Saturday evening the Shriners are inviting members of the public to a special dinner and dance at the Clinton arena. The evening will help the local Bluewater Shrine Club celebrate its 25th anniversary. The dinner will begin at 7 prri and the dance will' follow at 9 pm. Tickets for both are available from Willard Aiken in Clinton, Leroy Harrison in Goderich, or they can be purchased at .the door. The cost for the dinner is $9 and the price for the dance is $5 or a ticket for both can be purchased for $13. It's bound to .be an exciting and unique weekend. for Clinton and Goderich and' everyone is invited to help the goodwill `and fund raising club in their celebrations.` Three plans for hall By Shelley McPhee Goderich Township council is still studying plans for the construction of a community hall and have asked Accidents damage cars Clinton Police and Goderich OPP reported two car accidents this week involving four vehicles. At on May 21, a collision between vehicles driven by Arnold Roest, of RR 1, Clinton and Edward Florian of Clinton occurred on the corner of Albert and Princess Streets amounting to a few hundred dollars in damages. The other accident occurred on May 24 on Highway 8 at Goderich Town- ship Concession 13-14. The Goderich OPP reported that a vehicle driven by Reinder Middel, of Clinton, was travelling west on Highway 8 when it met with a vehicle driven by Doris Heipel, who was turning out of a private drive. A passenger's in the Middel car, Janna Middel, received minor in- juries. Total damages to the two vehicles was approximately $1,300. three construction firms to submit proposals. Earlier in the year council rejected plans from 11 bidders for a. township hall, estimated to cost over $500,000 and agreed to erect a less expensive building. Con Dign, one of the original ten- ders, was asked to draw up new plans and they have submitted a proposal to council for a 5,780 foot building at the cost of $192,990. - At a special meeting on May 14 council considered the plans and discussed the options of 12 foot doors . and special tiling in the front lobby .but no 'final decisions were made. Council did decide to contact Scheidal Construction of Waterloo to see if they would be interested in preparing plans for the building. At their regular meeting on May 19 council was presented with' another proposal from Muer Construction and Clerk Robin Thompson was in- structed to forward the plans to the engineer for more detailed study. Earlier township Reeve Grant Stirling said that he hoped the building would be completed by the end of the year. The final date of construction is March 1, 1981 if the township is to receive any financial assistance from Wintario. The new hall' will be built on township owned land behind the present township shed. word in the industrial committee is that council won't go for anything because it will cost money. Council has talkecLabout it (industrial land) but they never put it on the record that they would go out and get money." Mayor Lobb agreed, "We have an industrial committee that's working hard and are' interested and I think we. need a motion to say we'll get funds for purchasing and servicing in- dustrial land." Councillor Rosemary Armstrong' added, "We say if we don't have a swimming pool or an arena floor we won't get industry, bui if we don't have serviced land we won't get in- dustry." The--coneern-over the need for more industrial land has become a major issue in the town since the industrial committee was revived earlier in the year, Committee chairman Mike Falconer told council at an earlier .meeting that Clinton has no public land available for industrial development and without such land no industries will be interested in situating in town. "Industrial developers don't want to have to wade through the red tape with private land changes and waiting for servicing," he said. With the four council members now working with the industrial com- mittee it is hoped that positive action will, . be taken into purchasing the needed land. The CHSS auditorium was filled to overflowing last Wednesday night with 600 adults and hundreds of school children who took part in the massive East Region Music Night. The impressive performances by nine schools in the area brought.. standing ovations and Doris McKinley, the accomlished music teacher from Huron Centennial School in Brucefleld brought the crowd to its feet when she led the senior massed choir. (News-Rbcord photo) Who will be queen? By Shelley McPhee Who will be the queen of the Clinton , Spring Fair this year? The decision is bound to be a tough one with a record number of 12 girls vying for the crown. ''" . • The final choice will be made on June 6, the opening night of the 126th Spring Fair, but just try tb pick a winner from this lovely dozen: Judy Jewitt, sponsored by the Blue Fountain Restaurant; Barb Carter, sponsored by the Clinton Kinsmen; Laurie Wise, sponsored by Bartliff's Bakery; Pam Baker, for Frills and Fancies; Carolyn Wood for the Bank of Montreal; Wendy Klass, Gaiser Insurance C- mpany's entry; Maryanne Hellinga, sponsored by Ray and Shirl's; Julie Taylor, for the Huronic Rebekah Lodge; Cathy Peckett, the Clinton Optimists' entry; Betty 1{onarski, for The Hair Shop; Judi Torrence, CMS', entry and Karen Durnin who is sponsored by the Clinton Kinettes. '" Elgin Thompson, organizer of the queen contest is amazed at the number of entries and said that this year's number outdid last year's record of nine contestants. The annual event is supported by local businesses and this year's donators included: ,Fieming's Feed Mill, $50; Haugh Tire, $20; Shirral's Department Store, $20; Harold's Shell, $20; Clinton Meat Market, $20; Gerry McLean Sports, $20; Clinton Chrysler -Plymouth, $20; Thalen's Used Cars, $20; C and E Variety, $20; Burgess' Department Store, $10; Huron Wholesale, $25 and Dale Pumps, $10. Also, flowers for the new queen w:11 be donated by Harold Workman Real Estate and the crown will be donated by Anstett 3ewelters. IS