Clinton News-Record, 1980-08-28, Page 1•
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Framed by some downed hydro wire, Tour members of the Clinton PUC worked
Saturday morning to restore power to part of Clinton when a .car snapped off
two hydro poles. Earlier, Ontario Hydro crews had worked alfnight putting in
new poles and restringing lines that .had fed a wide part of the area. Some were
without power for up to seven hours. (James Fitzgerald photo)
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Manescapes unscathed from $20 000 car crash
By Shelley McPhee According to the Clinton Police, the -
A Londesboro man miraculoisly accident which occurred on Albert
walked away from a $20,000 single car Street in Clinton, resulted in $12,000
crash on August 23 with merely a damage to the car and at least $7,000
scratch. in overtime and equipment to the
scratch.
Dur-rein, -41, of RR ��51�L— PUC, Ontario Hydro, Bell Canada,
desboro , escaped seriously injury Cable 'T and the ministry of trap
when the late model Corvette he was sportation and communication,-
driving crashed into a traffic sign and The accident occurred after south-
then was wrapped around two hydro bound car slammed into the poles
poles. While travelling at high speed and the,
Catholic priest moved
Father Joesph Hardy, the popular
priest at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church in Clinton and St. Michael's in
Blyth, has been transferred, effective
September 12.
Rev. Hardy who has been the parish
priest at Clinton and Blyth since 1974,
has been moved to Holy Cross Parish
in East London, Ontario, Bishop John
Sherlock announced last week.
He will be replaced by Father John
Pluta, who will commence his duties
on October 3 after serving at Hesson.
Father Hardy, who said last week
he really enjoyed his stay in Clinton
and Blyth, is looking forward to
serving Holy Cross as well since it is
. his home territory and his mother still
lives in the parish.
Entries "wilt"at flower show
By Shelley McPhee
Everything was not "coming up
roses" at the 1980 edition bf the.
Clinton llorticultur Society's annual
flower show. For the first time in
many years, the popular event saw a
decrease in exhibitors and entries.
The August 22 show, which has been
breaking its own > records for several
years saw, only 29 local gardeners
and flower growers show 239
specimens... Last year, judges had to
wade through a record 360 entries
shown by 35, adult exhibitors in the
adult class.
The lowest attendance at the show
in two years is being blamed on in -
climate weather which hampered the
growing of prize winning plants and
blooms. As well, some key exhibitors
were missing from the annual show
this year.
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However, as in past years, Jean
McEwan of Goderich Township swept
the show, taking the top points in the
competition and again receiving the
Clinton Horticultural Society Award.
She also received a cash award
donated ,,by Mrs. Bev Williscraft for
the best gladioli in the show and the
Grace Middleton memorial award,
donated by Stewart Middleton, for
gaining the most points in one class.
As. well, Mrs.. McEwan's asters were
named the best in the class( and she
`received a prize donated by Mrs. Ila
Cudmqre for that green thumb effort.
Mrs. Ray Foster gathered the
second highest number of points in the
show and took home the Clinton News -
Record award. She captured the
fourth highest point total last year.
Marion Powell, also of Goderich
Township, had her floral selections
"The hay is dried, the corn is rize,
"I. wonder where all my summer
is."
So says the Main Street Wit; who
only the other day put his sweater
away in moth balls, and already,
summer is nearly over and the
weather has turned frosty out on the
prairies.
The Wit's right, summer is unof-
ficially over this weekend when the
Labor Day holiday will mark our last
flirt with freedom for another year.
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""And as is the case with any holiday
weekend, several changes should be
noted to area commerce and
goverment office hours. Except for
convenience stores, most businesses
will be closed on Monday, inlcluding
the banks, post office, and the in -and -
out stores, but all will observe regular
hours on Friday and Saturday.
School for most pupils starts bright
and early Tuesday morning, Sep-
tember 2, the earliest date possible.
Hold on kids, next year you'll get an
extra week's vacation as school won't
start until the 8th, the latest date
possible.
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But before the holiday weekend is
over, there are a number of special
events to attend in the area, including
the Bayfield Fall Fair, which always
proves a hit on the Saturday before
Labor Day.
The Clinton Colts too, are starting
their all -Ontario semi-finals this
Saturday at 3 pm while the
Brucefield f:enf ' are having a
pancake breakfast starting bright and
early at 7:30 am.
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This is also the season for surpluses
in produce. Did you ever see the likes
of it. One day we're longing for a nice
'vine -ripened, juicy red tomato, and
the next day we have them coming out
of our ears. Oh well, eat up, the glut
won't last long and we'll be into those
cardboard imports'again.
Did you know that the tomato, when
first introduced to Europe from
Mexico, was used only as an or»
itarnental plant because the Iruit of
which was thought to provoke sexual
desires to such a dangerous degree
that it was not considered advisable
eating?
The Wit says he bets someone had
fun making that discovery !
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Huron County has been thought to
be a very stable area, geologically
speaking, so it's no wonder that some
people wondered what was going on
last Wednesday morning when they
were shook while laying in their beds.
A small earthquake occured in Lake
Erie• near Detroit, and many.
residents here felt it as well. Although
no major damage was reported,
several homeo'Wners reported small
cracks in their plaster walls.
The Wit says it reminds him of the
double bill that played at Brownie's
Drive -In a couple .of years ago when
the movies "Earthquake" and
"Towering Inferno" were shown the
same night and advertised as. "Shake
and Bake night."
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The Clin ton firemen were called
out late last Friday afternoon to a
minor call at the Sony Van Dorp
residence on Concession 2 of
Tuckersmith. The fire was out when
they got there.
The voiunteers, however did have a
little more work on Monday, August
18 when they were called out to the
Cyanimid plant east of Clinton to
extinguish a small blaze that may
have been started by a welder's torch.
About $2,000 damage was caused by
the flames.
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We are proud to relay the news that
area junior canoeists Tony Gibbings
of Clinton and Rick Klass of
Brucefield teamed up to win the Gold
Medal at the Ontatrio Summer
Games last weekend in Peterborough.
The brought home the gold after
canoeing a tough 15 km course that
included four portages.
Congratulations, boys!
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The Wit wonders that if a single
house fly can lay 30,000 eggs in a year,
how many would a married one 1.iy?
take third place and she received the
Verbeek's Farm and Garden Centre
award. She also won a cash- award,
donated by Miss Floretine Marquis, in
one clas and also won an award
donated by Mrs. Jean Barnett for
gathering the most points in the
arrangement classes.
Last year's winner as a first time
exhibitor moved up the scale this year:
to take the fourth place standing in
the show. Phyliss Tyndall took.hon e.
the Anstett Jeweller's award fpr her
efforts. Mrs. -Tyndall also showed the
best marigolds in the show and won a
special prize" donated by Miss
McEwan.
Ila Cudmore won the Simpson Sears
award for showing the best
arrangement in the'competition and
she also placed in the cash award
class, donated by Miss Marquis. Ruth
Bond also won in that division. The
best dahlia in the show belonged to
Bill Falconer and he won a cash
award, donated by Evelyn Olde, for
his green thumbing.
In the children's competition, young
Gwen Holland contpued to show her
horticultural talents this year and
won prize money from the Clinton
Bank of Montreal for holding the top
number of points. In the elementary
section, Scott McClinchey was the
winner,
Junior gardener David Pullen took
second place and elementary` gar-
dener Shawn McClinchey came
second in the show and they won cash
awards donated by Mrs. Marion
McCann.
Prizes, donated by Miss Margaret
Sloman, were given to junior gar-
dener Michael Pullen and elementary
competitor Elizabeth Brandon for
gathering the third highest number of
points in the show.
Julie Johnston was awarded a
special prize, donated b,y Miss Mary
Jamieson and the young people who
were the most helpful around the
home and garden were Gwen Holland,
for six months; Michael Pullen, two
months; Suzanne Walker, two months
and Tanya Hart and 'Tina Thornas,
with one month each. The Charlie
Cook award was given in this class_
Gwen holland went on to take
prizes in the vegetable section and she
had the biggest carrot and the
smallest Tiny Tin tomato to win a
• prize donated by Mrs. Fred Sloman.
Kerrigan Fuels gave cash awards
for the winners in one class and the
top point getters included from first
place, Tracy Potter, Gwen Holland,
Julie Baker, David Pullen, Fina
Thomas, Christine Baker, Julie
Johnston, Michael Pullen and Tanya
Hart in last place.
When the judging of the exhibits in
adult and junior classes • were coo
pleted, people from the area enjoyed
the sight and stent of the flowers and
vegetables that filled the'Clinton high
school cafeteria.
Several door prizes were chosen at
the day -long ,.event 'and the winners
included Brock Olde, Billie Stewart
and Rena Wilson.
Rev. Joseph Hardy
downed wires left. the road blocked for
several hours and caused a
widespread hydro black -out.
In other news, three people in a car
driven by Grace McKelvie, 28, of
Clinton. received minor injuries
ft i b� g ori Augnist 2Tacoideni- on- - -
King Street. '
A car driven by Mrs.. McKelvie
received $200 in damages . and the
driver and passengers Marg
Reynolds, 26 and Faye Montgomery,
18, all of Clinton receivedbruises and
cuts. Another passenger, two-year-old
Anne McKelvie was not injured.
The driver of the second vehicle,
Peter "Hummel, 17, of RR 1, Bayfield
was not injured, but the car he was
driving,received $1,000 in damages,
The small break-ins and thefts also
continued in Clinton this week an
Chief Lloyd Westlake reported that on
August 23 flower pots on Ontario
Street property owned by Mrs. Van
Damme were ruined.
On August 21 a lawn mower was
stolen from an Albert Street
residence, and on the same date $25
was taken from an unlocked house on
Walker Street.
On August 25, a purse was' stolen
while she was visiting at the Clinton
Public Hospital. The purse was found
in nearby bushes at the hospital, but
$20 was missing from the wallet.
The Goderich OPP reported a quiet
week in the area. The only major
accident occurred in Goderich
Township on August 25 and resulted in
$2,700 in damages.
The accident occurred when a car
driven by Chris Langedon, 31, of
Mississauga and a second vehicle
driven by Paul Young, 21, of London
collided on the Concession 11-12
sideroad. _ _
No one was injured, but damage to
the Langedon car was set at $1,500
and$1,200 to the Young vehicle.
Town gets Wintario grant
butstill needs $60,
The new $227,000 Clinton swimming
pool came closer to being paid for this
week when Ontario Culture and
Recreation minister Reuben Baetz
announced the town would receive a
$56,935 Wintario grant to cover part of
the capital expense.
The town has also received a
similar amount from culture and
recreation under the Community
Centres Act grant for the pool com-
plex, which includes a junior sized
Olympic pool and a training pool.
The new pool .was just opened in
mid-July andhas been in full ,use
since.
As well as the grants, the town has
raised $52,000 so far in donations
towards the pool, including $40,000
from the bingo committee, $10,000
from the Kinsmen and Kinettes and
$3,000 form a variety of other sources.
They still need about $60,000 and
hope to raise a large amount of that at
the Gala Pool Party set for Saturday,
September 13 at the Clinton arena.
Tickets for the event, which is being
funded and organized by a co-
operative committee of local service
clubs, cost $25 per person and are now
available from any member of those
service clubs.
ayfield man faces 7 more fraud charges
Former Bayfield village councillor
Milton Van Patter was remanded to
September 29 when he appeared in
Goderich Provincial Court on August
25 facing 10 charges of fraud involving
about $70,000.
Mr. Van Patter, 52, a 'real estate
agent resigned from council a, week
before his arrest on August 11 on tliree
fraud charges totalling, $30,000. An
additional seven charges were sub-
sequently laid by the anti -rackets
Squad of the Ontario Provincial Police
(OPPj, headed up by Det. -Sgt. D.A.
Ormsby.
The OPP had carried out an ex-
tensive three-week investigation prior
to the laying of the charges, which
involve loans from Bayfield_ area
'people.
Mr. Van Patter, who was -described
as "a well respected man in the
community" by Det. -Sgt. Ormsby,
has had many of .his possessions in-
cluding two homes and antiques,
seized by the county sheriff's office
several weeks ago.
Mr. Van Patter, served as finance
Has new co-ordinator
chairman on the Bayfield council for
the past two years and first ran for
election in 1976 but finished as a
runner-up, and only took a seat in 1977
when councillor Doug - Sinnamon
resigned. In the 1978 election, he kept
his seat by acclamation.
He came to Bayfield from
Hamilton, where he was a real estate
agent.
Reassurance program dives
by Elaine Townshend
One week after moving to Seaforth
from Saulte Ste. Marie, Mary Quipp,
Hey kids, the yellow buses are all ready for next Tuesday morning when the
begin their runs down area roads as another school year gets underway. John
Elliott of Murphy Bus Lines is one of the men who have been working all
summer getting the buses ready. Here John polishes one bus in a row that are
reflected in a mirror. (James Fitzgerald photo)
a young mother of two children, read
in the newspaper about Telephone
Reassurance Service that was linking
elderly homebound in the Clinton area
with volunteer callers.
A registered nurses' assistant who
had worked in -nursing homes, Mary
thogght "it would be a good way to
become involved in the community
and to get to know people." On Sep-
tember 2, she takes over as volunteer
co-ordinator from three university ,
students who laid the guidelines for
the service - Janet Bolton of Seaforth
and Michelle Smith -and Cathy
Pickard of Clinton.
The service, ,which was the brain
child of Rosemary Armstrong, Co-
ordinator of Huron Day Centre in
Clinton, began in July 1Znder a federal
government summer youth em-
ployment program sponsored by the
Centre.
The students matched volunteers
with clients who could benefit from a
call a day, serving as a safety
Precaution for someone living aloe
as well as a social contact. According
to Michelfr Smith, both clients and,
volunteers seem 'to benefit from the
program: -
Seven elderly clients have availed
thetnselves of the service thus far, but
the number will double during the
wjnter when more people have
problems getting out. A minimal $2
fee is charged for one year.
More than 20 volunteers have of-
fered to help. Some prefer to act as
stand-by callers for the summer but
will work fulltime 'during the winter.
Two orientation sessions were held
for volunteers during the summer and
a manual was prepared. To alleviate
the seven -day -a -week commitment
made b`y volunteers, consideration is
being given to asking some resident of
Huronview to make calls on- the
weekends. implementation of such a
plan would be one of Mary's first
tasks.
The students stress the only
requirements of volunteers are
patience, the desire to help people and
realization of the need for con-
fidentiality. They are asked to make
only one call a day. Most of the
volunteers now involved are seniors
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