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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1981-06-04, Page 10B YFIELD, LIONS Paper Collection The Bayfiold Lions Paper Collection will be on SATURDAY JUNE 6'h at 9 A.M. Papers on the curb please. GORDON GRAHAM, SAYFIeLD J P4GF lo. • CLINTON =WS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 4 ,1 1 4 by Bud Sturgeon and Helen Owen Businesses back heritage plan By Helen Oven A preliminary `in camera' meeting of council delayed the pubic session for about half an hour on Monday night, and when the regular meeting opere'd, Councillor Barbara Sturgeon was not present. Following the acceptance of the minutes of the May 18th meeting, the Reeve dealt with a special meeting which had taken place on May 22nd, at which the auditor had been present, to receive the 1'1,1 estimates. Copies of these figures were being prepared for the' in- formation sof all ratepayers so that full details would be available shortly. Sally Leitch, on behalf of the:Bayfield business people reported following a poll circulated 'bythat organization, there had been unanimous. support for a Heritage plan ter the village. Congratulating .Miss Leitch' and her executive, the Reeve thanked them and stated that. the council would now proceed with the " steps required for the adoption of the plan. • Following up on the presentations which had been made to the Council with regard to washroom facilities, the Reeve said that the Business Association's proposalshad now been fully considered. The budget included a `sum of $1600 under : the heading of maintenance -and salaries to cover the services of part- time custodian for the public washrooms in the municipal building. Suggested hours of opening were 1:00 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays. The remaining problem was the appointment of a suitable person to undertake the job, which would he combined with general maintenance. An application to Manpower and an advertisement were approved. The final arrangements with regard to directive signs and their location would be resolved in the meantime. President of the Ratepayers Association, Rev. George Youmatoff told oftery by 'Bud Sturgeon Although there: are more important things I could be tathng about this week, with the kids getting outofthe r 0f ac11do11 figured L would devote part- of the . column to European Nursery Rhymes and part to an told pal calledrHiLs for short, ;was reading a beer adrin a magazine about a week ago and it brought to mind an old pal of mine who I worked with when -Lives "a;surveyor. The ad told the • story of the human sledgehanunei`r'. Apparently this chap would drive: railroadsppikes With hisforehead and. insisted that it took no special physical or.meditational preparation. The story was labelled."Fact or Fiction?'. Initially, upon reading an article Like this, one Might be ical atits validity, you might tend to discard itas I: feat- per- - °� roesdc siiois tilt&� n safely gaCy tri:it ' olthaugh,iVis^dangerous and harden the head; it can be done Tlf>:t,plal of mine,1 mentioned him before in my ,column, was called the Hereford He was a wild and crazy guy•back in the old days. He stood about six foot three; wore size 11 stomping boots and had a little Oar in the huddle of his forehead. We always won, tiered wheretllat scar came from and one day we found out. From time to time when we''had nothing else to, occupy.eur Minds, we drove these four foot long iron bars intothe•groundto Mark things. A goodday's: work was decided by how many of these 'stakes could be set. Anyways the handle on our sledge broke early one morning while trying to drive one of these iron bars into some particularly hard ground. Without further adieu, the Hereford Head got down on his hands and knees and began driving the bar with his forehead. It todi him 12 blows to set it in place. That was only the beginning. Now that we realized the potential of this man we put him to work in a hurry. Soon J.D. (that was the other guy) and I learned that if we each stood on one of the Hereford's feet and held him down, he could drive 25 or 30 bars a day before he started to get a headache. Those were the good old days. As Ripley says, "Believe it or not!" +++ And now on tosome stories of elves, trolls, pixies and other little critters, These poems have been handed down through many generations and European children dote on hearing the stories over and over. Where in a Canadian school yard the rhymations might be more practical like, One potato, two potato Three potato, four Five potato, six potato, Knocking on the door. Many of the greatest minds in Europe and Scan- dinavia provided us with the following tales of the small folk. It is good that the bumpkin Doth not know That up at 12 The sun doth go. Here is an old, old chant. Pixy fine, pixy gay Pixy now will run away. —GRIMM —TRADITIONAL When presented with the problem of crossing a heavily furrowed field, a troll was overheard to give the following advice. Ride on the lay And not on the clay. r excerpt from the Ballad of Eline of Villenskov r In case you don't know how big a troll is, Arndt describes one's size as being no bigger than an erninet. That was our little walk through fairyland for this year and now on to some rhymes endemic to Bayfield. Fire, fire' Said Jim McGuire. Where, where? SairiRobert Blair. Save the seeds' Said Jimrny Reid There is no more: Said Robert Orr. That was mostly the way it *as told and described - the great fire of 1922. And that is about all for this week. So in parting 1 leave you with this excerpt from "A Farewell." Say me not nay; let Fancy cheat My soul with bland illusion; And let not doubt my vision sweet Dispel by rade intrusion. council that, `He had been shocked to read an inac- curate statement on village taxes in the Clinton News - Record last week, and asked on whose responsibility this information had been released to the press since it was felt that whoever was responsible should be cen- sored and ratepayers should not be expected to support an employee, or councillor responsible." In reply Reeve George Fellows emphasized that never, at any time, was it the intention of council to prevent access to the proper records of the village, and he assured Mr. Youmatoff that coundl had no intention of denying access to in- formation requested in a proper manner. The next question was had there been a proper ap- proach in the quoted in- cident. Reeve Fellows on - firmed that the release had in fact, been made without his knowledge, and Coun- cillor Johnston added that it had . also occurred without the , knowledge . of; any. members of the council. Mr. Youmatoff concluded by saying that, "He ap- preciated the council were trying to fulfill their responsibilities but it did seem that an tttempt was being ' made to undermine them in every possible way." Reeve Fellows again reiterated that information was available if applied for in the correct manner, and with regard to the meeting of May 22nd; as soon as the auditor's report had been completed a copy would be available. Another question from the floor related to Y the possibilities of Union Gas -Werrhillifg widely advertised ' In the media. Some questionnaires had already been circulated in the village, but so far, no official approach had been made to the ,council who promised to look into this. matter. Other petitions with regard to flooding and un- desirable signs were dealt with and noted for further action. Among correspondence received was an appeal from the Town and Country Homemakers who had an opportunity to purchase their office accommodation. Council commented on the excellent services provided by this organization and approved a donation of $50 and the Rev. Youmatoff, on behalf of . the Ratepayer's Association offered to match this contribution Councillor Chapman who had already carried ' out some preliminary work in cauiectron with the handling of `Emergencies' undertook to proceed with this in ac- cordance ccordance with terms of reference recently supplied to the council. A letter had also been received from the ministry of inter -governmental ' af- fairs regarding the road subsidy which included recommendations for complete accounting of expenditures in this area. It was now in the hands of the village accountants who would handle it as well as provide the required in- formation concerning past records. Council approved a resoltion; made by the Town of Wing ham that a representative should be allowed to attend city and county meetings in the ab- sence of the reeve. Since financial assistance would not be available to the village this year for a summer works program, council agreed to go ahead with an application in order that they could participate in the 1982 program , Three suggestions had been received from Archibald,•Gray and McKay with regard to the boun- daries survey. These were approved and it was noted that when the work was completed there would be a public hearing. A check was also being made with regard to the Tote Road which the Ratepayer's Association had requested should be further investigated. Councillors then submitted their progress reports and Mr. Bill Talbot pre cited a quarterly financial statement on behalf of the Recreation Committee. Youmatoff works for the :people By Shelley McPhee Rev. George Youmatoff, president of the Bayfield Ratepayer's Association says he is working for the people of Bayfield and will fight for their rights to the end. Mr, Youmatoff who voiced concerns over "an inac- curate statement on village taxes in the Clinton News - Record," told the News - Record on Tuesday that he was opposed to the in- nuendos in the May 28th news story regarding the increase in Bayfield taxes. Mr. Youmatoff also noted that contrary to the report the county mill rate had not decreased. In actuality the county mill rate has dropped, but the village assessment has in- creased, which means the county will still be getting at least the same number of dollars from .Bayfield tax- payers. When asked by the News - Record if the information in the story was correct, Bayfield Reeve George Turn to page 11 • F sr,thrish d tft7ty McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY 91 Main St. Seaforth Ph, 527-0400 FULL COVERAGE Farm & Urban Properties DIRECTORS & ADJUSTERS Ken Carnochan Lavern Godkain Ross Leonhard! John McEwing Stanley Mctlwain Donald McKercher John A. Taylor J.t4. Trewarlha Sluarl Wilson AGE NTS E.P. "Bill" Durst James keys Wm. Leiper 483-3354 527-1877 345-2234 523-9100 524-7051 527.1837 482-7527 482-7593 52746887 527-1455 527-0467 523-4257 CALL AN AGENT OK THE OFFICE —11 AAA The Seaforth high school held Its annual walk-a•thon for cancer last Friday and here are a few of the 268 par - ticipants who made the 18 mile walk to Hayfield which took about flue hours to complete, I Bud Sturgeon photo) Ever Youngs plan for special week The Ever Young Club met for their " regular meeting with a good attendance. President, Len Carter, open- ed the meeting and secretary Thelma Utter gave the report on the last meeting, and read the cor- respondence. Treasurer, Dorothy Cox, read the finan- cial report, and we noted to give a cheque to the Homemakers of Huron County towards the pur- chase of new property in Wingham. Huronview celebrated Senior Citizen's Week and we will attend a luncheon on June 25th at 12:30 p.m. The Voice subscriptions are to be turned in at the next meeting; , and we are also asked for prizes for bingo at Huronview. Delegates were requested to attend the U.S.C.O. Convention at Kingston on the llth and 12th of August. Kathleen Hill gave a card report, and Hap- py Birthday was sung to A nominating committee was appointed to obtain a secretary and second vice- president for next year. An old fashioned picnic is to be held hi the Square on June 19 at 12 noon. The collection was taken after which a few games of Euchre were enjoyed. Ladies high, Thelma Utter; low, Mabel McCtlnchey; men's high, Bruce McClin- chey; low, Glen Dowson; Ione hands, Clint Gibson. See the slut fashio The weather may be er- ratic - all the more reason for planning pew outfits to meet the variations! Bayfield Co-operative Pre - School Group may help to give you some ideas at a Fashion Show which they have arranged. This will take place on Monday, June 8th at 8 p.m. at the Parish Hall, Trinity Anglican Chur- ch, and will include fashions provided. by Alternatives and The Kettle Creek Can- vas Company. Admission is $1 and refreshments will be available. NOTICE The Huron County Health Unit Invites you to attend the Adult Health Guidance Centre, to be held at the MUNICIPAL BUILDING 'AYFIULR on Tuesday, June 9/'81 1:30 to 3,30 p.m. for Health Surveillance; Anaemia Screening: Foot Cares Urine Testing; Blood Pressure. YOU'LL SAVE •, MONEY BY GETTING . 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