HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-04-23, Page 1"Here, pat the lamb," says Florence Pullen to members of the Clinton nursery school
who visited the Pullen farm just outside Clinton on Tuesday. As well as a large flock of
sheep, the pre-schoolers saw a horse, cows, chickens, rabbits, ducks etc. (James Fit-
zgerald photo)
Kinsmen building okayed
By Shelley McPhee
Clinton council has made an exception to
the town's zoning bylaw and approved an
application from the Clinton Kinsmen to
build a club house and washroom
facilities:
After months of study by the planning
department and the town's solicitor
Beecher Menzies, the spot zoning ap-
plication from Bill Fleming was approved
at council's April 6 meeting.
The "not now" conforming regulation
will allow the Clinton Kinsmen to build a
meeting hall and washroom facilities on
Zone 8 industrial property owned by. Mr.
Frances Mosack of Huronview, and for-
. merly of Blyth, holds a new record as the
oldest person to ever live at the county
home for the aged. Last Monday she
celebrated her 105th birthday. (James
Fitzgerald photo )
l ienung. Located on lot 52 and portions of
lot 51 and 53 on Irwin Street, .the building
will service a nearby soccer and
recreation field and serve as headquarters
for the town's service club.
Notice of the spot zoning will be sent to
Frances Mosack
is county's
oldest citizen
(716th year --No. 16 Thursday, April 23, 1981
• nearby residents and if a number of ob-
jections _are received,_ .these. -will be..con-
sidered at an Ontario Municipal Board
(OMB) hearing. While the Kinsmen are
anxious to begin construction on their I' a �' bends
the
rules
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building, zoning change could take several
aynonths to receive OMB approval if a
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Hospital Auxiliary needs your support
By Shelley McPhee
It's not only the membership fees that
the Auxiliary to the Clinton Public
Hospital want, it's community support and
volunteer help that's needed to make the
local hospital the best facility available.
Again this year, the Auxiliary is con-
ducting its annual membership drive and
according to co-ordinator Marg Coventry
of Clinton, more people are needed to help
with a variety of programs that the
Auxiliary offers patients.
While the volunteer organization boasts
over 500 people who give their financial
support by paying the yearly $1 mem-
bership fee, only a mere 20 of those
members steadily offer their time to -co-
ordinate and carry out the various fund
raising projects and services offered to
hospital patients.
According to Mrs. Coventry, this nucleus
is successfully providing worthwhile
programs at the hospital, however they
need more help to provide these.
"Escalating costs and budgetary.
restraints in hospitals today create an
increasing need for what the volunteer can
provide in service and fund raising," Mrs.
Coventry explained.
At the Clinton hospital, the Auxiliary
offers an unique and valuable geriatrics
program which helps to make patients'
stay a little more comfortable. Volunteers
are needed to occasionally help here, and
each Tuesday morning, Auxiliary
members provide a hairdressing service
from 9 am to 12 noon for the senior
patients. As well, they celebrate bir-
thdays, honor special occasions and hold
special holiday parties for the patients.
The hospital gift shop is completely
organized, stocked ands staffed by
volunteer help. Mrs. Coventry explained
that the gift shop is open daily from 2 to 4
pm and a special patient service from a
tuck cart is provided on Tuesday and
Fridays during these hours. Handmade
articles sold in the shop are made and
donated by volunteers.
Mrs. Coventry noted, "There is a need
for people who will sew, knit, crochet or
make other crafts to sell in the shop. These
can be donated, or materials will be
supplied by the Auxiliary."
The Auxiliary sponsors the successful
Candy Striper program for teenage
volunteers who work at the hospital each
day and there is a waiting list of young
people eager to take part in this program.
The Auxiliary is also in charge of .a
television rental service for patients and
they provide a library cart that is stocked
with donated books, paper backs and
current magazines.
To provide many of these services, the
Auxiliary holds many fund raising events,
including the yearly membership drive.
The main money making event however,
is the yearly Penny Sale which takes place
in September. Draw prizes are donated by
local merchants and cards of 25 tickets are
sold for 25 cents a card by Auxiliary
hea3eivnSg is necessary. If no hearing i�j+
minor varance on zoning
y.
When Frances Mosack was born near
the once -famous brewing town of Formosa
in Bruce County on April 13, 1876, the
number 13 became lucky for her for the
next 105 years.
Mrs. Mosack, who was born the former
Frances Voisin 101/2 decades ago,
celebrated her 105th birthday at Duron
view on Monday, and became the oldest
person to ever live at the home.
She has been lived there since 1968, and
although her mental capacities have failed
her, she still enjoys good health in the
nursing care section of the Huron County
hotne for the aged.
The sad thing about living that long, one
nursing staff member noted, is that .Mrs.
Mosack has outlived many of her relatives
and friends. She has a granddaughter, but
both her husband and her daughter, the
late Mrs. B. Cronin of Blyth are dead.
Mrs. Mosack was dressed up for the
occasion and received a congratulatory
telegram from Queen Elizabeth 1I at
Buckingham Palace:
Finally, spring bag truly arrived, as
this weekend we turn the clocks for-
ward one hour and go on daylight
savings time for the next six months.
Now all of us after -supper gardeners
will have time to get "the crops in" and
finish those jobs we usually leave until
Saturday. Although the sub -zero
weather of late hasn't been too en-
couraging, I hope to get the garden in
this weekend, providing the snowstorm
that clairvoyant Vera McNichol has
predicted for Friday doesn't come to
pass.
Just when we thought spring was
here...bam! right between the eyes!
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Anyway, should it storm, I can
always stay inside and help Lois spring
clean the house and get some items
ready for the Optimist Garage Sale
coming up next Saturday, May 2.
We have lots of junk....er I mean
items for the Optimists if we can just
get around to having the heart to throw
them out. If you have some items, and 1
know lots of people have, the Optimists
will be glad to pick them up this
Saturday, just leave them out at the
curb by 9 am. If it's too valuable, club
members will be on duty all da}f, this
Saturday at the arena to receive
donations:
You know, it's amazing the kind of
things a peson holds on to. We thought
we had cleaned the Fitzgerald
homestead up last year when we had
our own garage sale, but 1 think the
by
jim fitzgerald
stuff must breed in the basement and
the garage, because the place looks as
full as ever.
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The Main Street Wit, in one of his
better moods, said this week that the
editor was an angel: "You're always up
in the air and harping about
something!"
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You can always find the right facts, if
you know where to look, and such was
the case this week when one of our
readers corrected us on an item we had
in last week's column about Easter.
According to my sources, I said April 19
was the latest date Easter could fall on.
Lo and behold, this reader found that
according to the Anglican prayer book,
in 1984 Easter falls on the 22nd, and if
you stick around, in 2,000, it will fall on
the 23rd, the latest possible date.
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The Kinsmen club is having its an-
nual canoe race down the Maitland
River this Sunday, and although I know
the farmers are working land and don't
need anymore rain at this point, it
would be nice if there was a good
shower on Friday to raise the level of
the river. It's the lowest its ever been
for the canoe race.
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One of life's biggest disappointments,
says the Wit, is discovering that the
man who writes the advertising for the
banks is not the same guy who makes
the loans.
By Shelley McPhee
After careful consideration(:
Council, bad "reconuneneded ` a minOtf'
variance proposal to the town's planning
department, but the motion wasn't passed
until the application had been closely.
studied
Council is attempting to cut back on the
zoning regulations that are regularly
contravened through minor variances, and
as Councillor Ron McKay explained, "In
the past some council decisions involving
minor variances have been made too
quickly and we've wound up with egg on
our face."
500pigs burned
in barn fire
About 500 pigs and 30 tons of mixed grain
were destroyed in a fire Saturday night on
the farm of Brad Carnochan, R.R. 4,
Seaforth.
The loss was estimated at more than
$75,000. Cause off the blaze has not been
determined.
The Carnochans were away from home
at the time and a baby-sitter called in the
alarm. The Brucefield and Seaforth
voluntee r fire departments responded.
Clinton okays
site .contract
for 1981
a • By Shelley McPhee
Clinton along with Goderich, Lucknow,
Bayfield, Colborne Township and
Goderich Township will be paying a total
of $135,000 -up 35 per cent- to use the waste
disposal site near Holmesville this year.
Set in 1980, this year's contract with site
owner George Laois has increased by
$35,000 over last year's cost, and Clinton's
20 per cent share of the total bill will
amount to $27,000.
While Clinton council has agreed to this
year's contract, they are hoping that the
town will have its own landfill site in the
future.
In signing the 1981 agreement Mayor
Chester Archibald noted, "It's always a
sticky and stinky problem and right now
we don't have any alternative."
Councillor Rosemary Armstrong,
Clinton's representative on the landfill site
committee noted that in Owen Sound the
legal fees and Ontario Muncipal Board
hearing to setting up their landfill site
amounted to over $300,000.
She added, "Mr. Laois runs a good,
clean site and the only problem is trying to
get covering material for the waste."
However, council is looking towards the
future and the need for more advanced
methods of ;, rbage disposal and some
members of council plan to tour the waste
recycling plant in Colborne in the near
future.
Mayor Chester . Archibald agreed by
sayifng, "I hate to stop anyone from doing
this, but we. just keep going and going with
these minor variances."
Council did recommend approval for the
application sent in by Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
McMillan of 62 Orange Street, who are
proposing to tear down a verandah and
build an addition on the back of their
home. While the present verandah already
exceeds the rear yard footage limitations,
plans would put the addition beyond that
again. •
The town's zoning bylaw sets ,the rear
yard footage at 25 feet. The McMillan's
property now only has 13 feet, 9 inches of
back yard and the addition would cut that
allowance to little over 11 feet.
Councillor Bea Cooke, who lives near the
McMillans, noted that the addition will be
an improvement to the property and ad-
ded, "They've done a lot of work, and
they've done it well."
Clerk Cam Proctor explained that ap-
proving the minor variance would be
taking a narrow allowance and making it
narrower and he noted, "As a rule of
thumb you don't worsen a situation."
Council however, gave their approval to
the minor variance with the stipulation
that it new addition doesn't extend any
further into the rear yard footage than the
present dwelling does.
members. Mrs. Coventry said that Penny
Sale involves careful organization and
takes a great deal of time to co-ordinate
and carry out. This, she explained, could
be made much simpler if more people
offered their time to help at any -one -of -the
jobs involved in the sale, like numbering
tickets, selling them, canvassing the area
for merchants' support, setting up the gifts
and conducting the draws.
As well, hundreds of dollars are raised
through the vanishing card parties and
teas. These are held in February and
March by members and affiliated groups
who take a silver collection of $1 for each
player. The Auxiliary also sells packages
of 10 Hasti-notes for$2. The notes feature a
pen and ink sketch of the Clinton hospital.
The sketch was drawn in 1960 by Grade 11
student Nellie Lazet in a competition for
art students at Central Huron Secondary
School.
This year the Auxiliary membership
campa ign takes place from April 27 to May
Marie Jefferson of Clinton was reelected
to the post of zone co-ordinator for the
Kinettes last week at a zone conference in
Clinton. This is her second year at the post.
( Shelley McPhee photo)
16 and Mrs. Coventry is not only aiming to
renew and receive new members, but
wants to publicize the Auxiliary's worth
and need for more assistance.
Only five years ago at this time, the local
hospital was threatened with-- closure.
Today plans have bees approved tar a
$725,000 renovation and addition to the
hospital. The Clinton Public Hospital is
attempting to move ahead and on
Tuesday, May 12 the public is invited to
tour the facility and view the future
building plans when the annual Hospital
Day is held. In conjunction with this, the
Auxiliary will be assisting the hospital
board by serving refreshments at their
annual Florence Nightingale Tea.
Mrs. Coventry encourages everyone to
visit and support the hospital on May 12
and she added, "The Auxiliary will be
explaining its work, together with the
other hospital departments who will have
displays and will be glad to answer
questions."
Jefferson
reelected to
ette post
Marie Jefferson of Clinton was re-
elected the zone coordinator of the Kinette
clubs of Zone K when they held their in-
terclub in Clinton last Wednesday.
This is Marie's second year in the post
which covers the six dubs in the zone,
including Clinton, St. Marys, Stratford,
Mitchell, Exeter, and Goderich.
About305 Ktnette attended the Au dal►
at, t#ii� liiii tori `L " #, itt+.�.Bette Da'tell
and Cheryl Hohner acting as hostesses,
assisted by Sue Vodden, Joyce Van Reiser,
and Clinton president Donna Gibbings.
Special guests included Jill Rogers,
district ,convenor, Charlene 'Germuska;
district bulletin editor, and two Kinettes
June Heipel of Guelph, and Sandy
Stautenberg of Collingwood, both who are
seeking the district convenor post in 1981-
82.
.Theaffair was catered to by the Legion
Auxiliary.
Wooden shoe time coming
Exactly four weeks from today, May 22,
the tulips will be blooming, the windmills
will be turning, and the Dutch skirts flying
as Clinton kicks off its first ever Klompen
Feest, wooden shoe festival.
The festival will be based on a
traditional Dutch flavor, and event
chairman Bob Campbell is reminding
everyone to buy their button for a $1, which
give them admittance to all events except
the giant chicken barbecue on Saturday
afternoon, May23.
Those tickets are now available at most
Clinton, businesses and because there is a
limited number, Mr. Campbell is hoping
that as many people as possible will
purchase the $4 tickets in advance.
There are three different times to sit
down for dinner, so all tickets are all color
coded for each separate sitting.
Already the street light decorations of
windmills are going up, and many of the
main street merchants have ordered
special Dutch outfits to wear during the
celebration. Much of the booth space has
already been booked, but there are still a
few openings.
The festival honors the the large number
of Canadians of Dutch extraction who
came to the area following World War II.
Despite only a couple of weeks of practice, the students of
Grades 6, 7, and 8 at Huron Centennial bad all their songs
and hues down pat for a dress rehearsal on Tuesday of
their eoneert Alice in Wonderland. Featuring dialogue as
well as songs and music by the school band, the play will
open this Thursday and Friday nights at 8 pm. (James
Fitzgerald photo)