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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1980-07-03, Page 119410 Hi A.I JUNE 24 30 " , . 13,, 21 1,5 .4_5,1,25 28; �5,5,, ° 24.5 °,;6' 26 a' .30 • 16 ,,23 1s5,5 \2c7 .23• 12 23- 28 20 12 21 .7.5 . 29 28 •41 22 15 30 20'• _10.5'-19 ,12.5 Rain 6'5 arum Rain. l4*7 ret .a By Shelley McPhee Leen Rehorst of RB 4, Seafokth Clinton Public Hospital, board .,ot. directors';at.•: their annual meeting on June 24, Mr. Rehorst, who has served on the the board fornearly a decade, replaces E Menzies.. Bill Hearn will be sitting in the vice chairman's seat for the upcoming , year and `-Doug .Coventry will act- as secretary. This year, the board. ac- cepted the resignation of Duff { Thompson and Mr. Menzies will fill his position. The Clinton council representative on the board is Reeve Royce Macaulay and Faye ,Fear was ap- poiited to. sit on the board by the county. The main topic of discussion at .the brief, . ann--meeting was the proposed major renovations for the hospital.. The ministry of health will be looking at the 51 million plans which call for the demolition of the 100 -year- old north section of the hospital. A "Now, this is how you -pick out the best arrangement,:" judge Rev J.W. Siebert • tells assistants Gwen Hollad, left, and Lori Brandonr:at the Clinton Rose show last -Friday afternoon. Despite a cool month, there were enough` Loomis to make -a god show: •(Ne`w`s-Record photo) • ' e looms aplenty By Shelley.McPhee Last year's second place exhibitor Kay Campbell of Clinton . came/ into 'full bloom this year at the Clinton Hortcultural's annual . Rose Show when she. captured the most points at the event. Mrs. Campbell received special awards from the Royal Bank and the Canadian Rose Society- for topping the show and she also won the Rod. Rose Tea Trophy for the best red rose in the show. Despite thee. unfavorable weather that seems to arise every year of the show, the Clinton town hall was again filled on June 27 with an array, of colors and pleasant scents from 197 entries ,shown -by 31 .adults and seven junior gardeners who Aisplayed 10 entries.. -Marg Counter of Clinton was £he. second highest exhibitor at the show, winning the Credit Union trophy. Mrs. Counter was • also given • special recognition for, having collected the highest number of points in the arrangement class and was given a. special award, donated,by Jean Barnett, a perennial winner in the show in past years. As in 1979, Percy Livermore will' again have •his name inscribFd on the Bank of Montreal trophy for showing the champion rose in the show. first colurnn A prize donated from. Marg Counter was awarded -to -Viola Nelson for her yellow Peace Rose„} the best in the class and Mrs Nelson also held the -_, third highest. 'number of points overall. She received a special prize from K.C. Cooke, Florist for this feat. Ruth. Bond -won the Grace Mid- dleton Memorial Award for the, best' arrangement in the show and the best potted plant belonged to Edith Wright, who received a prize donated- by Florence Pullen.. . • In. the junior classes, Michael Pullen of Clinton showed the best: arrangement of .garden flower's for a' graduation, followed by. Gwen Holland., Tracy Potter and David Pullen. . NJoeW two-flQci • a�dadditionis ro pn .sed � .,•�Pians 'in 1979: to '`e'xpand thee waiting: stalled; work is beingcompleted On a with,, : the Main , entrance o. f John morn and o ,en a ,.Hos,pital ,Aux liar new elevator find thent • �.. _ . �?.:., li Y ... ,a e rre hospttal.. - ;:,�•-_ Street. Pians show the admi ting„,•., un i. I li tva been., cor 1, d- ,,, recely , � a - , . p -,.- tv�f;.paxrauer�.the'�:: - ;_._.. entrance,administration- offices - d and have added ,a bright spot arid year. As. well, alterations have av een • physiotherapy departments locate needed:space at the front:entrance.: A ,made to the ,downstairs portion:of the on . the first* floor and a . laundry fire- 'sprinkler system has been in- : _ :building. loadingand receivingdock, laboratory and staff change rooms in ,. -the basement. The plans also call for the•.. removal' of the emergency entrance from the northeast corner of • the existing building, : to berelocated and ex- panded in the southeast portion. The ' ' X-ray department would also be moved to this area. The hospital board is hoping ' that publicsupport will help to finance the project, which will be funded over several years, „ , :. Already the hospital has undergone improvements and changes during the past, year', -some of which -have ween . covered by ministry support. alf-gets 11 Spring Fair — By Diane Van'Dooren The 112th annual Hensall Spring Fair last week was another success. The fair drew contestants for the horse and cattle shows from all over he province and although gate ad - ion was up. this;ye:ar.:it still, had its usual busy crowd.' The_grand champion in the calf club Books `'wer'e' a\ warded to' Davfd'sM Pullen for placing first in the arrangement of wayside flowers and to Shawn McClinchey who came second. -Cash prizes were also given to Gwen Holland, Michael Holland, Scott McClinchey and Michael Pullen. • Door prizes were also given and these were donated by the Hor- ticultural Society and the . Clinton Junior Gardeners. The two groups- are. now busily planning for their im • pressive August display when the annual flower show takes place. Last year the event saw a record 35 - exhibitor exhibitor show with 360 entries. Complete results for the June 27 Rose Show can be found elsewhere in” this edition of the News -Record, . • icemen get pay raise Bayfield vorunteeer - firefighter§ were. to meet Tuesday night to decide on a tentative pay agreement reached Saturday with the area fire., board after a three-month'dispute. Frank McFadden; Bayfield reeve and fire • board chairman, said Monday that representatives of the board and the fir" fighters had agreed on .an emergency pay increase to $8 Sorry, I'm still here at my desk. • All those Wintario tickets we ' bought here at -the -office and pooled on that $6 million they gave • away in Clinton last Thursday are only good for wall paper now. We —didn't even get -a- s -n' winfall tickets. In fact, we didn't even hear of any big winners from in Clinton. - • Well, it sure was a big produc- tion, as dozens - of people working.- , with millions of dollars worth of equipment descended on Clinton for the five days and gave the town a lot of publicity...good publicity for a change. Guys like Ron McKay,- who really pushed the draw and gave the Wintario people a helping hand, deserve a pat on the back. + + + Thi Main" Street Wit says he's actually glad he didn't win any money because, as he says: "when your ship finally comes in, you're likely to-find,an army of relatives on the pier." - 'Now the Wit says that his bank .account sometin1 s resembles a lot of the bathing suits at the beach.:, °,:overfiramwn. -«. ++ But 'only half-wits would pull a . stunt like the one that occured last weekend on the Bayfield Road near the railroad underpass, when vandals rolled one of those half -ton hay bales out onto the road Where it was struck by a motorist. For- " tunately, no one was hurt, but only by the grace of the good Lord, • + + + • The Wit is wondering if maybe re's going to be a Prowl! 1 on this fall, as there aro rrix,ro t .ministers dropping in .on o than you can shakea stick at. - First, minister of,. oulttt*e and recreation Reuben Baetz was here on Thursday night for the Wintario draw, the Wit notes, followed on Friday by the minister ofusing, Claude Bennett to open th two - senior citizen apartment -buil ings .. •w_n_ Then minister of agriculture and food Lorne Henderson will be in Centralia on July 19 along with minister of government services , Douglas Wiseman to open the student dorm at the college. Why., ° it's enough to make Tack Riddell, our opposition MPP l•eak out in a coldswet just thin.k... .bout taking on all those big guns! • + + + Although -there wasn't much happening in the Clinton -area over the Canada (Dominion) Day . holiday, there was quite a bit of celebration throughout the rest of the country, 'especially in light of ,`Oh, Canada" finally becoming our our. official national athem last Friday. Surely Canada should get • into the Guiness .Book of Records for being the nation to procrastinate the longest on a national anthem .....113 years! +++` Well, don't procastinate - this Saturday morning, as the Lon- desboo Lions will be around bright and early to collect all those- used newspapers for recycling. Try and have the paper's out before 9 am. • +4-+ Because several people in the Varna area are taking shots after corning -1n contact with a suspected rabid fox, everyone is reminded° during this outdoor season to be on the lookout for any unus"a1y" behavior by animals, especially wild ones. 'Any incidents should be reported to either the Huron County .Health unit,, or the Health of Animals branch in Seaforth. to O was Margaret Pym, whose heifer -Sold for the high price of ,$2.15 per lb. ,to' Shurgain. The reserve champion was Greg Becker's 'heifer which sold for $1.70 in auction to Better Beef. The :top - gain winner was Jim- Parsons and the reserve top gain was Bill Kinsman. Junior showmanship was won by Mark McGregor, and the reserve by Brad Falconer. Senior • showman was Bill Kinsmen and the reserve John Coleman. The baby show -rad many con= ' testant's in its two classes of six .m.tinths.,antLux der_,., and, six non.th.s to- -one year. •In the six months and under class, Melonie Crete, daughter.of Ki n Crete, won first place; followed -by... Jodi Willis-, . daughter of Judy Willis 2nd; 'and Alicia Hummel daughter of Joyce Hummer 3rd. :Helen Regier daughter of Marlene Regier won first prize in the six months to one year, followed by Bryan Breen, son : of Sherrie Breen 2nd and Timothy , McNaughton, son--. --of Helen McNaughton 3rd. . Following the baby contest was the .: junior talent show, when 1.9 con- testaills from asfar away. as London and 1Tamilton entered. A prize was awarded to all who, entered . the contest, organized -by Diane Verlinde. The, parade, which was another success had- many prizes' awarded to:.' the contestants. The best non- commercial float was won and the Hensall Nursery School and the winner of the best commercial float was the Bank of Montreal. The best horse' drawn . vehicle winner was Ray and Eudorra Con- s itt's and the best local pony was won by' Tom Leeming. The winner of the best decorated car was Emmerson Anderson. The best decorated bike, ages '10 . and under was won by. Gayle Saraas, and the best • decorated bike, ages 10 and over was won by Peter Cook, Don Weary and Travis Beaver. The _best comiccharacter was Deane Stevens. Anyone_ who did not redeive prize money for the parade com- petition shouldcontactfair secretary Gladys McGregor. The horse show drew people from all over. There were 35 classes each of ' which had many competitors. In the 4-H cattle competition .the grand champion of conformation and type was owned by Lyle Kinsmen and the reserve was won by Bill Kinsman. The' grand champion for showman- _ ship was . Lyle Kinsman and the, reserve Brad Falconer. Grade but- cher of a steer or heifer over 850 was won by Lyle Kinsnian followed by Nn Falconer and under 850 lbs. was - -! by Lloyd Cooper followed by Brad Falconer. an hour -Frohn ; $6, He said -the volun- teers' basic stipend would remain the same, about •$160 a year for firefighters and up to $385 for Fire Chief.Don Warner. - • The 21-memberforce whicli serves Bayfield and parts of_ Stanley and Goderich Townships, threatened to strike in April if its emergency pay was not increased to $10 an hour. After the intervention of an Ontario fire marshal's representative in late April, talks became more, con- ciliatory. Warner;x--who did not attend Saturday's meeting said the tentative agreement would be discussed - tonight. Last year the volunteer- force handled 18 fires. It is also required to attend about 18 firefighting practices and 12 meetings a year. Stanley taxes up 20 mills Taxpayers in Stanley Township will see their taxes go up by about 20 mills in a budget approyed by council. The 19i80 residential publid mill rate jumps from 152.85 to 171.17 while supporters of the separat? school system will see their tniil rate go from 155.35 to 175.26 mills. -. Owners of coi$imercial properties who support the public system will pay taxes • based on a mill rate of °104.85 while the rate for separate supporters goes to 193.08 from 176.90 mills. The following is a break -down of the 1980 tax schedule: general township ,._residential 47.29, commercial township 55.64; county of Huron 23,96; board • of education - residential secondary 47.58; education com- mercial secondary 52.87; elementary separate residential 56:43 and com- mercial elementsry separate 66.39. The township'r assessment : now stands at' $a,457,000 up, from the 1979 (figure of $3,417,000. The 1980 budget ,for' the township will be $973,000 up from $8.24,000 a year ago. - , Clerk -treasurer Mel Graham said a 13 mill increase from the board of education, a four mill increase in the township's levy and acounty increase of two mills accounted for most of the increase. Graham said the t+owbshi pur- chased p, chased . twoproperties, last year .in- • eluding a gravel pit plus they have set aside funds for the purchase of it new road grader: 1 • Five-year-old Lee Gibbings, who -was .also :celeb-rating his fifth birthday, was first to push the button to start the,lottery machines last Thursday night at the Wintario draw in 'the Clinton arena. Wintario also celebrated its fifth birthday' as well. Host Faye Dance, left, ° and Louise Glbbings, look on, (News -Record photo)" olice seeking vandals ' Clinton Police report that charges are pending following two recent wilful damage and•incidentsrof theft. It was reported .that on June 19 - thieves .stole $250 in cash from Wiseway dome and Building Centre. Charges are ajso•pending in another incident when the traffic sign from Summerhill was recently stolen and broken in half.. - Police also report that Clinton's Zip Car Wash, owned by Corrie family, was damaged on June'30. In other police news, gOIT- Turner, 67, of Clinton received -Minor injuries, and the vehicle he was driving received, $1,500 in damages `following a Jtine 24 accident: A second car: driven by Dean Ellis, 22, ,of. ' Lucknow received $500 in damages following the crash that ° occurred at the' corner of ,Mary and ErieStreetsin C1intdn° Police Chief Lloyd Westlake • estixri ated damage at- $300 to a car driven by Josephine Winter of Clinton after she accidently ran into the west side of the Clinton Legion building. The accident happened on July 1 and damage to the building was set at $x00. 1' Ontario's. Minister of •f#oustng, Cl ,Fide Bennett, right, Fred Marshall, left, of 135 James an 1•Mrs. 'Margaret ' . . f'two teapots. :to.}the,. Farquhar of 134 lain acce ted the tea ., ots New's explains the province'S donation ri. ., �, � , g p p (News. seniors during the official opening of both of Clintote Record photo) senior citizen apartment buildingst, last Friday.. Mrs. Ala It Vett .