HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1981-09-09, Page 3Tuckersmith arrears rate up
By Shelley McPhee
*Like most other municipalities in the
area and throughout the province,
Tuckersmith Township is getting tough on
tax art ears. At their September lst
meeting the council passed a bylaw which
will set a rate of 24 per cent interest on
township tax arrears.
The Ontario Povernment recently
passed legislation allowing municipalities
to chary interest rates of 11/2 per cent over
the prime on overdue taxes. Tuckersmith
Township, like nearby towns, townships
and villages, is implementing the higher
tax rates in an attempt to lower overdue
taxes and encourage property owners to
make the payments.
Previously the interest rate had been set
at 15 per cent, and the new rate will be in
effect until March 31, 1962.
Tuckersmith Clerk Ja .k McLachlan
explained that the bylaw will be reviewed
nd passed .on a yearly basis to keep in
accordance with the prime lending rate.
In other business council agreed to offer
a donation to the Town and Country
Homemakers. The donation- will pay for
rental fees at the Vanastra Community
Centre which the Homemakers will be
renting ,on September 20 when they host
their fund raising Japanese dinner.
In supporting the donation Reeve Robert
Bell noted, "It's a good organization and
they do have financial problems."
Council has agreed to look into the costs
of replacing the present boiler system at
the Vanastra Recreation Centre.
Energy , Ontario is offering $4 million
over the next three years for the con-
version from oil heat to other means and
Clerk McLachlan explained that council
could make use of this program.
He noted that the boiler the Rec
Centre was installed only three•years ago,
and the repair bills are frequent, Clerk
McLachlan said that it had recently been
re -tubed and repaired and the bill came to
$4,600 plus labor costs. Many other pools,
he told council, use a heat exchanger and
stuck in
the middle
the water never gets in the boiler or in the
tubes and there is little deterioration.
Clerk McLachlan told council that the
furnace above the pool is in poor condition
and the curling club's boiler system is
eight years old. t.
Courwil agreed to bring in a private
consultant to look at the heating equip-
ment and Reeve Bell noted, "It wouldn't
be a waste of money to have someone look
at the situation."
Three swimming instructors at the Rec
Centre were able to take the National
Lifeguarding Course=in Clinton this year.
The course offers top quality instruction
for first aid, pool maintenance, .public
relations and teaching techniques. Held
for the first time" in this area, the course
was taken by 14 area swim instructors and
lif egua rds.
Tuckersmith council agreed to pay the
$25 registration for each of the three
Vanastra insturctors who attended. Mark
Baker, Chris Baker and Jeff Schmidt each
graduated from the40 hour course.
Police news
•from page 1
guide posts. Mr. Johnston was travelling
along Highway 4, south of Londesboro
when the car he was driving slid off the
road and struck the posts. Damage to the
car was set at $800.
The OPP also reported that Luella
Cudmore, 70, of Clinton received minirnual
injuries following a September 2nd ac-
cident on Highway 8, near Holmesville.
Mrs. Cudmore was a passenger in a car
driven by her husband Gordon Cudmore,
69. The car received $2,000 in damages.
A second car driven by Fred'ck
Shepherd, 33, of Grand Bend received
$2,000 in damages and the driver sustained
minor injuries.
,shelley
Dy mcphee
They love you and they scold you.
They encourage and support, and offer
their wisdom of the, years. Grand-
parents are very special people.
I've been lucky in my lifetime. I've
known great grandmothers, grand-
fathers and grandmothers. They've all
been truly wonderful people, the kind of
Grandpas and Grandmas that every
child and adult deserves to know.
They have and continue to play a very
special role in my life. They're always
ready with giant hugs and pretty bir-
thday cards. They always have pockets
packed -'t th lo4e- -'and kitchen
cupboards' `.fiT Tiff -homemade
strawberry jam . . Warm, rich tea
biscuits.
Grandparents always have 'a chest
filled with an endless .supply of toys and
favorite old games, ice skates and
pocket watches, dainty lace hankies
and, china tea cups for their . grand-
children to treasure and cherish.
Grandparents have a world of
wisdom to offer their grandchildren.
They know the secrets to a long life,
lasting marriages, happiness and
health. They tell grandchildren about
yesteryears that young ones will never
know, of war and depression, of tragedy
and hard times.
Grandparents can recall moonlight
skating parties and days of walking 10
miles to school. They talk about en-
joying' the warm afternoon breezes on
the old verandah and remember
lugging pails of water from the creek.
They know about responsibility,
•gratitude, geniune love and neigh-
borliness.
In today's world, where young people.
often get lost in the maze of material
wealth and superficial feelings,
grandparents can provide a priceless
amount of wisdom, advice and history.
The older generation offer the last
living recollectionsof past decades,
where many mistakes were made and
many lessons learned. •
History books will never4e able to
tell the same wonderous and bit-
tersweet tales that were realities for
our grandparents. The words of un-
familiar historians and -accomplished
authors don't give the same personal
touch and will never be accepted with
such sincerity, respect and belief as the
stories our grandparents can tell.
Grandparents are special people. I
love them all very, very much.
Happy Grandparents' Day on Sep-
tember 13th!
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One of the areas better known couples, Ruby and Wat Webster celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary on Saturday. Originally from Varna where they farmed fob' years,
the Websters now reside in town. (James Fitzgerald photo
Well-known couple
mark 50th anniversary
September 10,1931
Clinton News -Record
A quiet but pretty wedding was
solemnized at Avon United Church par-
sonage on Saturday, September 5th, when
Ruby Irene, second daughter. of Mr. and
Mrs, W.J. Taylor, was united in marriage
to Watson Robert Webster, second son of
Mr. and Mrs. R.D. Webster all of Varna,
Rev. Mr. Penrose officiating. The bride
looked charming in a travelling dress of
navy blue with matching accessories.
The groom's gift to the bride was a chest
of silver.
Immediately after the ceremony Mr.
and Mrs. Webster left on a motor trip to
Crystal Beach, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and
Toronto.
50 years later
Wat and Ruby Webster are still happWy
married and on September 5th. the an-'
niversary couple and methbers'of their
family recalled the wedding day and many
of the special happenings over the past five
decades at a family dinner.
Held at the Varna hall, more than 75
people attended the "quiet family dinner"
as Mrs. Webster described it. Their three
children, Mrs. Ray (Margery) Reuther of
Walton, Mrs. Jack (Nancy) Holmes of
Clinton and Mack of Varna, along with
seven grandchildren, nieces, nephews and
a number of other relations joined with
Wat and Ruby Webster to celebrate their
diamond anniversary.
The Websters farmed in the Varna area
for over 40 years and now they are en-
joying retirement life at their Rattenbury
Street home.
Active with community and social
events, Mrs. Webster said that the secret
to their good health and happy marriage
'is, "You have to `give and take, and you
have to keep busy."
Industrial
• from page l
ment funds to help develop the park may
. be difficult to get, council recently decided
to go back to their original 33 acre plan and
last week offered owners $80,000 for the
r. Falconer told council that the land
owners would accept the $80,000 offer but
would agree to the higher offer with the
two special requests.
Mr. Falconer noted, "We've conceded a
little and they've conceded a little. We're
being fairandthey're being fair."
He supported the offer and suggested
that the agreement be drawn up and
signed as soon as possible. Work could
then begin on developing the first 15 aor--
of land.
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CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 ,1981—PACE 3
.Fox fun run yet for Sun.
On Sunday, August 13th Canadians from
coast to coast will honor Terry Fox with a
special fund raising 10 km. run.
In- Clinton, people are gearing up for the
special event and according to organizer
Elaine Townshend many people have
picked up sponsor sheets at the town hall.
Sheets are also available at Becker's Milk
and CHSS.
Verne Mero a Seaforth man who is
confined to a wheelchair will take part in
the run. People in the Londesboro area will
.be offering their financial support to Rev.
Robert Scott and Clinton Mayor Chester
Archibald is challenging other mayors in
the county to take part in the run.
Local groups a.id service clubs will be
taking part in the run and more than 30
young people from the Holmesville Sunday
School class will be completing the run.
The CHSS cross country team has
Challenged two other area teams to join in
the run.
Originally routed north along the Base
Line road, Miss Townshend noted that a
new route has been changed to the south of
town along the Bayfield Road. Miss
Townshend explained that the new route
will avoid the heavy Sunday afternoon
traffic to the Clinton Kinsmen Raceway.
In Clinton the national event will get
underway at CIES where registration will
take place from, 10 am until 2 pm. All
money raised will go towards the
Marathon of Hope cancer research fund.
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