HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1987-01-28, Page 5CPH addition gets a green light
5 years ago
January 27, 1983
Green Light Given Addition) - The Board of
Governors of Clinton Public Hospital receiv-
ed verbal approval this. week from the On-
tario Ministry of Health to go ahead and call
for tenders for the new emergency wing.
Architects and hospital officials are going
over last minute details of the plans, and
` hope to call for tenders in two weeks, with
/construction expected to start in the spring.
Council Raises Tax Interest Rate - It was
another wild and windy night when Bayfield
Village Council held its second meeting of
the year on January 18.
Nevertheless, a good deal of business was
dealt with during the course of the evening.
In particular, the reading and approval of
the bylaw covering increased interest on
overdue taxes. Summarized, this means
that 1982 taxes will be subject to a penalty of
18 per cent per annum, or 1.5 per cent per
month. It was also announced that it will be
the intention of the village to collect taxes
four times in 1982.
Bantam Tourney Delayed - Another stor-
my weekend cut into the annual Clinton Op-
timist Club's Bantam hockey tournament at
the Clinton Arena, forcing the rescheduling
of some of the games to this Thursday night.
The tournament got off on the right foot
last Thursday and Friday when all the
games set for those two days were played,
but the weather started to hurt on Saturday
when two games were lost, and on Sunday
only one of the 11 games scheduled was
played.
10 years ago
January 27, 1977.
Council Wants PUC To Be More Responsi-
ble - The Public Utilities Commission's
responsibility or lack of it to the town coun-
cil came under discussion at last Thursday's
council meeting with regard to a main trunk
sewer on Matilda Street.
The payment of $3,659.51 to B.M. Ross and
Associates Ltd., Goderich, for the excava-
tion of 210 feet of maintrunk sewer, came
under question after it was learned that the
cost of the work had been approved by the
PUC without council's approval.
First Woman Manager Named For
Vanastra Rec Complex - Diane Durnin, a
27 -year-old Goderich native and Vanastra
resident, was named the new manager of
the Vanastra Recreation Centre by
Tuckersmith Township Council last
Wednesday, January 19.
No stranger to the centre, Mrs. Durnin
has been with the complex since it opened in
June 1975. She has been acting manager
Ear
yFilQs
since the resignation of Renee Brochu at the
end of December.
Holmesville To Lose Music Teacher -
Founder and chief driving force behind the
school band at Holmesville Public School,
Mrs. Irla D. Stewart, announced her
resignation on Monday afternoon m a letter
to the Huron County Board of Education.
Having initiated the band program at
Holmesville, Mrs. Stewart noted in her let-
ter that she was most anxious it continued.
"For that reason, I am giving early notice of
my resignation in order that you will have
time to find a suitable replacement."
25 years ago
January 25, 1962
Mayor Positive Citizens Offered Good
Meat - "Clinton residents don't have to
worry about buying bad meat," said Mayor
W.J. Miller Wednesday.
"I feel that we're getting good meat from
reliable butchers," he said. "We're not get-
ting any of that unfit meat here."
"I do think that it is up to the health
department in Goderich and the county and
not the towns to look after inspection of
meat, it's too expensive a proposition,
where would we get the money -to pa for
this."
Alex Cudmore Retires From School Board
- Alex F ,A,Cudmore, retiring from Clinton
Public School Board after 40 years, was able
last Thursday evening to leave a surplus of
$5,251 in the hands of the 1962 board. Mr.
Cudmore was chairman in 1961.
George Lavis, the 1962 chairman com-
mented that it was a unique thing to follo.w
in the footsteps of Mr. Cudmore, and noted
that as far as he knew, only Mr. Cudmore
and himself had served a second term as
chairman of the board.
Humor Those Drivel`o Are Afflicted -
An alarmingly large number of drivers
seem to suffer from car -claustrophobia - ir-
responsible fear of being "confined" in traf-
fic. "Passing crazy" is another description
of the derangement, says the Ontario Safety
League. The only way for the ordinary road
user to treat these afflicted drivers is to
humor them - let them get ahead. Sooner or
later they are likely to get the specialist
treatment they need - from police and licen-
sing authorities.
50 years ago
January 28, 1937
The Years Bring Change - At the annual
meeting of the Huron Old Boys in Toronto
last week Mr. E. Floody, honorary -
secretary of the organization, who was for
many years secretary, told about the first
vote he gave in Clinton away back in 1882.
He° said that out of the 400 voters on the list
at that time, in his ward, apparently, he
meant, only three „are now living, David
Cantelon and John Wiseman of Clinton and
himself.
Of Interest To You And Me - A Boston
woman, who is a breeder of mice, says they
make fascinating pets. But, somehow, we
cannot picture the modern woman wishing
to have pet mice running about. It just
seems like going against nature. However,
we once read a story about a woman and a
mouse which sort of fascinated us. At a din-
ner party in London during Gladstone's time
the venerable statesman had as a dinner
partner a charming lady. He noticed that
during the dinner she suddenly clutched her
dress below the table and that she did not
use that hand again until the hostess gave
the signal and the ladies left the table. Later
when Gladstone and his partner met again
in the drawing room the lady said, "Do you
know a mouse ran up my leg during dinner.
I caught him but I must have squeezed him
too tight for when I went upstairs to see
about it the poor little thing was dead." Talk
about poise.
75 years ago
January 25, 1912
One Of The Best - Some time ago an office
was fitted up in the Clinton Business College
where all sorts of business transactions are
carried on in order to give the pupils the ad-
vantage of as wide an experience as possi-
ble. Just lately this office has been fitted
with handsome office furniture of the latest
designs and now presents a very neat and
business -like appearance. Under the able
management of Miss Ward, the CBC is fast
becoming one of the foremost of its kind in
Western Ontario.
The First Cars Ready - The Clinton Motor
Car Co. have now fully completed -one 1 -ton
truck and a second truck of 2 -ton capacity is
nearly ready and # is expected their first
pleasure car, a five passenger touring car,
will be finished early in the coming week.
As Mr. Cleghorn did not arrive in Clinton
until December 1 and that month was prac-
tically taken up with getting the place into
running order, the members of the Com-
pany feel gratified with the progress made
and do not anticipate any difficulty in pro-
ducing four of five cars per month after
February first.
Trustees and administrator participate in workshop
CLINTON - On January 14, the Trustees of
Clinton Public Hospital and administrator
Dan Steyn, met in the Clinton Town Hall for
a day of study and discussion about their
work in governing the hospital. Leader of
the workshop was Dr. Christopher Wilson
from the Toronto headquarters of the On-
tario Hospital Association.
Dr. Wilson lead the local Trustees as they
examined their obligations to the hospital
and the community and became better in-
formed about this important aspect of
health care. The study day was pre-
arranged on the initiaj 6f the Board and
may well be repeated o» ht least an annual
basis. All Trustees present reacted very
favorably to the session.
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Dianne Oldfield made the presentation. In 1987 Robert heads the. Junior Farmers at the
county level. (Shelley McPhee Haist photo)
A BIT OF HISTORY
RAF man dies
"Had it not been for radar and for men
like Cocks, Land and Davis and the many
others, the outcome of WWII could have
been very different.
"Some area residents believed we should
wait for the 50th anniversary (1991) to
establish a plaque but now all of the famous
three officers who had such an impact, not
only on the community, but on the winning
of the war, are all gone."
Edith Baker, of RR4 Clinton, has been
staying in touch with one of the men who
was instrumental in setting up the Royal Air
Force (RAF) station just outside of Clinton.
In a letter dated December 27, 1986, Mrs.
Baker received a letter from this man's
wife, stating he had died. '
Group Captain Adrian Cocks was serving
in Yatesbury, England in 1940, where he
became very involved in the study of radar.
In 1941 he became deputy director of
signals, a title which covered all radar ac-
tivities in the RAF. Early that year he was
posted to Canada to become chief instructor
of a station to be built in Canada.
With him at that time was Group Captain
A.F. Lang, who became the commanding of-
ficer, and B.M.J. Davis, who became
responsible for the lay out and planning of
the new RAF station near Cliton.
However, once they arrive in Canada,
Lang received orders to go to t a British Air
Commission in Washington and Mr. Cocks
became the commanding officer of the
undeveloped property.
Mr. Cocks served in Clinton from 1941 to
1943 and has always maintained a great in-
terest in the area. He is survived by his wife,
Penny, •one son, daughters and
grandchildren.
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