Clinton News-Record, 1968-11-28, Page 1New county agricultural representative Donald S.
Pullen, at centre, introduces Mrs. Don (Allison)
Lobb, RR 2, Clinton and Jack R. Dunn, RR 3,
Bayfield, to material being used in a 12-session
farm management course which met for the first
time Monday in the )ntario Department of ,
Agriculture and Food Building in Clinton.
Enrollment is 36 — 28 men and eight women.
Besides working with her husband to raise cash
crops, pigs and beef cattle on their 300-acre
farm, Mrs. Lobb is studying for a degree from the
University of Western Ontario. Mr. Dunn's farm
five miles south of Bayfield is mainly a dairy
operation. (Staff photo)
Penny sale nets $1,200
to buy hospital equipment
Pipe in foreground will eventually loop around the Clinton
Community Centre in an attempt to drain away water which is
believed to have caused frost heaving and damage to the arena floor
last year. Doug Andrews, recreation director, stands between two
workmen at right of trench as he ,checks on progress of the work.
(Staff photo)
Hydro pulls fast switch
Addition to Clinton Fire Nall it being built to accommodate the
new fire engine expected to arrive early next year. Mayor Donald
Symons; in remarks at last week's meeting on rural fire protection,
said that had the addition not been started when the public works
sited burned down, the council might have considered building one
structure to house the fire and public: works apparatus. (Staff photo)
THE NEW ERA. Y E AR-, NO, 48 CL NTgN,ONTARIO TH.-019 STAY., -NOVEMBER 28, 1968 THE HURON. RECORD 87th 'QQMS
Town tries to fix arena
',Emergency" drain. work starts
-ice next week if all goes well
The first
column
Police Chief Lloyd Westlake
asks parents to help put a stop
to one dangerous "sport" he
observed during last week's
snows. The chief says YougsterS
were grabbing the back bumpers
of slow-moving cars and sliding
on their shoes behind the
moving autos.
The chief also urges parents
to remind schoolchildren to use
guarded crossings on their way
to school and home again.
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The Huron County Trappers
Association brought joy last
week to the wife of a Zurich
' man. Top prize in the
association's draw — a pastel
mink stole — was won by George
Mathonia of Zurich.
John Minderlein, seller of the
winning ticket, went home with
$5 himself. Second prize, a rifle,
was taken by Miss Vicky East of
Sarnia. Arnold Lamb won the
$100 third prize, according to
Ernie Ellwood of Clinton,
association president.
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Ray Potter and Sons Farm
Equipment, RR 3, Clinton, have
taken on the Scorpion
Snowmobile agency. Mr. Potter
will stock and service the
machines as all of his
competitive dealers do.
However, he plans a unique
addition to the services he will
offer. At his 200 acre
farm-business location, just
south of Highway 8 at
Holmesville, he plans to offer
both demonstrations and
snowmobile rentals to the
public. Says Mr. Potter, "If our
machines will stand up to the
wear-and-tear of a rental
situation, we feel we will be
offering proof-positive of our
brand's quality."
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Plans for road relocation and
installation at King and Victoria
Streets .of a CFB Clinton radar
antenna as a sort of monument
are grinding their way through
the red tape.
But meanwhile some town
residents are voicing concern
about a pair of trailer trucks,
usually loaded with junked
automobiles, which seem to be a
regular fixture on the open lot at
the corner.
Although Clinton merchants
as a group are not holding a
suggested Christmas draw, at
least one, business apparently
thought the idea a good one.
Pickett and Campbell, men's
clothiers, are offering Christmas
shoppers draw tickets with a
colour television as the prize.
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Jayne Mary Snell has received
a $50 bursary, given by Dr.
Robinson, Stratford, to a girl
graduating from training at
Stratford General Hospital,
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A wide reange of topics will
be discussed on opening day of
the 11th National Pork Industry
Conference Scheduled for
December 12-13, at the Sir
Walter Hotel, Raleigh, North
Carolina. Topics will be
marketing, housing, nutrition,
promotion, waste management,
reproduction, disease control,
selection, manpower, financing
and feeder pigs. Future goals in
hog marketing, .pork quality and
swine research will be discussed
on the second day.
One of the most important
safety devices introduced in
recent years, the Safety Belt,
should be fastened snugly before
the ignition is turned on.
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The Women's Auxiliary- of
Clinton Public Hospital plans to
use the proceeds of last month's
penny sale to buy $1,200 of
much-needed equipment.
Items the auxiliary has agreed
to purchase include a
refrigerator for the drug room,
four blood-pressure devices, a
stainless steel arm bath, a
laryngyscope and baby scales,
playpen and croupe tent for the
children's ward.
The purchases were suggested
by Miss K. Elliott, supervisor of
nurses, who spoke at the
Like the ice cream that tops
the apple pie, Achievement. Day
for'Clinton area 4-H girls was the
grand finale for the fall course,
"Cottons May Be Smart."
Held last Saturday at Central
Huron Secondary School, the
achievement program was
co-ordinated by Susan Heard,
county home economist.
Sparkling performances of
original skits, exhibits and
fashion shows were presented by
the nine 4-11 clubs in and around
Clinton. Each club illustrated
lessons learned in 4.14 classes.
High moment of the
afternoon was presentation of
provincial honours certificates
and pins to Hazel Collins, No. 3,
Clinton, and Connie Howatt,
Londesboro 1, for successful
completion of 12 different 4-fl
projects each.
Only a month before the
Town of Clinton is to take
delivery of a new $22,000 fire
engine, neighbouring townships
have agreed to pay higher annual
retainers for fire protection:
The extra revenue, over a
five-year period, will give
Clinton half the cost of the new
engine. The town will be sole
Owner of the apparatus and will
continue to charge by the hour
for fire calls outside the town.
Agreement oh the new rates
was reached last Thursday at a
meeting in Clinton of almost 30
Inenieipal councillors, including
contingents from Tuckersmith,
Stanley, Hullett arid (toderich
townships and the county home,
HuronvieW.
Fire protection for the area is
provided by the 20-member
Clinton volunteer fi re
Department, which now has two
trucks, one bought in I 94 a, the
other of 1.92aqintage.
Purchase of the new thick
Will enable the department to
'Ore the older vehicle and place
the- 1948 truck on standby duty.
The new (Yen will be the first
to answer alarms both in town
and outside. It was designed
specially for use on rural roads,
If was noted at last week's
meeting that Clinton cannot
auxiliary's November mseting
and presented a list of hospital
needs which cannot be financed
out of this year's budget.
Although not all the
equipment will affect directly
the welfare of patients, the
women decided it will all help to
improve the hospital and that is
sufficient reason to justify the
contribution. p.
Helen Bartli ff, president,
reported that glass fibre drapes
installed in the nursery in March
of 1967 at a cost of more than
$200 are not wearing well. The
Miss Heard also presented
county honour certificates and
pins for• completion of six
projects. These went to:
Elizabeth Thompson, Clinton;
Faye Wilson, Clinton; Connie
Harris, Clinton; Laurie Ginn,
Clinton; Susan Lobb, Clinton;
Shame Kennedy, Londesboro;
Donna Buchanan, Londesboro;
Jean Howatt, Londesboro;
Kathleen McEwing, Londesboro;
Jaynie Snell, Londesboro; Elaine
Vincent, Londesboro; Anne
Hayter, Varna; Brenda Turner,
Varna; Dianne Clarke, Zurich
and Nancy Miller, Dashwood.
Silver spoons and certificates
were given to club leaders for
presentation to members who
finished two projects and Miss
Heard gave special tribute to
club leaders for their efforts for
girls in club work,
afford to pay for the new engine
alone. Had the town decided
earlier not to buy the truck, the
only alternative, it was said;
would be abandonment of rural
area coverage.
Under the existing
arrangements, the townships and
Huronview each pay annual
protection fees, plus rates of $80
the first hour and $50 for each
subsequent hour (1w Clinton
department works in a township
or at the borne.
auxiliary agreed to ask the
supplier to take some action.
1' was noted at the meeting
that the Brucelield United
Church Women . have been
staffing the hospital cart this
month, It was announced that
the December meeting will be
held Monday.
A pot luck luncheon at 1
p.m. precedes the business
session. Members are asked to
invite a friend, provide_
themselves with dishes and
cutlery and also to bring a hot
dish; salad or dessert.
Clinton area club leaders are:
Mrs. R. B. Thompson and Mrs.
Norman Tyndall, Clinton 1; Mrs.
William Holland and Mrs. Keith
Tyndall, Clinton 11; Mrs, Eldon
Yeo and Miss Marilyn Bodges,
Holmesville 1; Mrs. John
Westbrook . and Miss Nancy
Ginn, Hohnesvele II; Mrs. J.
Langille and Mrs. II, Snell.
Londesboro I; Mrs. Don
Buchanan and Mrs. Eric
Anderson, Londesboro 11; Mrs,
Harm Kloeze and Mrs. Verdun
Vanstone, Tiger Dunlop; Mrs.
Marjorie Hayter and Mrs. Bill
Bowson, Varna, and Mrs. Morris
Webb and Mrs. Roy Clarke,
Zurich 11..
At a similar Achievement Day
held recently in Wingham,
Donna Chamney and Linda
Jefferson of Auburn won county
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The annual fee has been $200
each for Tuckersmith, Mullett
and Goderich townships, $125
for Huronview and $1.00 for
S Lan ley.
The new agreement calls for
Coderich ki pay 81,181, Hullett,
$688, Tuckersmith, $407 and
both Huronview and Stanley
$235 annually at least Until the
Clinton fire engine is paid for,
The hourly rates will remain the
sa hie.
With good progress being
n1'0 on Installation of a drain
around the outside of the
Clinton Community Centre,
town recreation officials are
waiting for the engineer's
go-ahead to start the .ice plant
and flood the arena floor.
Don R, Kay, -chairman of the
Town Recreation - Committee,
says if the wprk goes as planned,
the rink might be ready for use a
week from 'Saturday.
Under heavy pressure to get
the rink open fast and faced
with the urgent need to correct
conditions which led to cracking
of. the arena floor last season,
the recreation committee men
met last Thursday and agreed to
proceed on their own with
corrective measures
recommended by a consulting
engineer brought:in to study the
arena.
sThe decigion follows weeks of
waiting, weeks said to have been
spent largely in unsuccessful
attempts to get the arena's
builder to remedy the situation.
Bypassing red tape and the
normal call for tenders, the
committee was able to have
more than a dozen men from
two contracting firms, plus two
d ump trucks, a hydraulic
.baekhoe and other equipment,
on the job early Monday
momity..
BY R. S.
Huron County's new Planning
Board was organized by a bylaw
passed at the November F 'ssion
of County Council held in
Goderich November 14,
following adoption of a report
of the Industrial and Tourism
Committee, chaired by H. B.
Such, Goderich.
The •1968 Industrial and
Tourism Committee of County
uounch win ne me municipal
representatives on the County
Planning Lion rd;
H. 13. Such,. (loderich, until
January 1, 1970; Lloyd
Hendrick, Hay Township, until
Jan wiry 1, 1969; Mervyn
tsuomore, r,xeter, until January
1, 1970; Gordon Lawson,
Clinton, until January 1, 1971.;
the Warden, ex-officio.
The following non-members
There are 44 vacant beds in
"Huronview", the Huron
County Home near Clinton,
Administrator Harvey C.
Johnston told Huron County
Council at its session in
Goderich November 14.
Today there are 266
residents at the Home, Mr.
Johnston said, as against 244 in
1967, 229 in 1966, 225 in 1965,
224 in 1964, and 205 in 1963.
Average age is 82.
Admissions during 1968
were 75 (47 males, 48 females),
and deaths numbered 52 (37 in
the Home and 15 in hospital).
Fifteen applications were
processed at the last meeting.
Mr. Johnston reported that
the new washer-extractor is
doing a good job. It weighs
three-and-a-half tons.
J. P. Alexander; Wingham,
chairman. of the Management
-Committee, stated that, the new
washer has increased the
efficiency of the laundry
considetably. While it was being
installed, the washing was done
by Huron Laundry, Clinton.
Total cost, of this installation,
including the account of lluron
Laundry, was less than $18,000,
An auto reported stolen from
the Hotel Clinton parking tot
early Tuesday was one town
police chased hut lost Monday
night 'alter receiving reports that
the driver was acting in a
suspicious Manner,
in a separate incident, a
shotgun was reported missing
from a car parked in the hotel
tot- last Katorday afternoon.
Both matters are under
investigation, ,ticeording to Chief
Lloyd, Westlake,
Tlw stated Pratt, a 1968 Buick
1,esql)re. a. rcrSnriv,r1 at.
But one result of the
tast,rnoving action is difficulty
in learning on what terms the
contractors-were hired.
.Mr, Kay refused to disclose
the engineers' estimate of the
project's cost, although he .did
say it is expected to take two to
three weeks -to complete (plans
are to open the arena when the
work reaehes a Certain point).
A .six-inch corrugated,
r perforated pipeline is being laid
in a trench about eight feet deep
around the entire perimeter of
the building and then out into a
storm sewer connection in the
street.
Five manholes must be placed
in the pipe around the buildipg.
Gravel is being poured around
the pipe and it is hoped that
ground water, particularly from
the north, will be carried off by
the drain system before it can
run beneath the arena,
Mr, Kay said the committee is
dealing directly with the Lavis
company, but that Lavis and
McDowell work together,
The agreement, he said, is to
pay for labour and materials plus
a percentage profit factor to be
determined in negotiation with
the consulting engineer.
Representatives of both
contracting companies were at
last week's committee meeting,
Mr. Kay said.
ATKEY
of Couhty Council will be
members of the County Planning
Board:
Clayton Laithwaite, until
Januliry 1, 1971 (Town of
Goderich and - Township of
Goderich); Wellington Brock,
until January 1, 1971 (Town of
Exeter and Towns' 'p of
Usborne); Ralph Jewell, until
January 1, 1970 (Colborne
Township); Ian McAllister, until
January 1, 1970 (Township of
Hay).
One appointment expiring
December 31, 1968, was left
vacant, the appointment to be
made at the January, 1969,
Session of County Council.
County Clerk-Treasurer John
G. Berry was appointed
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or $2,000 less than anticipated.
The committee
recommended that an agreement
be signed with Glenn Layton,
RR 5, Clinton, to provide for
snow removal for the coming
winter season at a rate of $8 per
hour, the same as last year.
"At the present time, there
are apptoximately 50 vacant
beds," Mr. Alexander reported,"
and it would appear that our bed
capacity will be quite adequate
for the present time. However,
we are receiving a great many
applications requiring special
bed-care accommodation. It
would appear that if more beds
are required in the future a unit
to provide a more specialized
type of care would be beneficial.
A final financial statement
of the building programme
(1966) at "Huronview" was
submitted with the report. Total
cost was slightly higher than t'le
estimated $737,423; (it was
$741424). But the net cost to
the County of Huron was
$352,640 rather (hail $368,7'11,
clue to larger refund of sales MX
than expected, it was pointed
out.
In a carefully staged
operation Tuesday, crews from
Ontario Hydro and Clinton PUC
converged on Albert and
Princess Streets to replace cables
which normally are the town's
main power supply source.
While electrical current was
fed into the town distribution
system from an alternate source,
poles and wires linking Ontario
Hydro lines to the town
substation on Princess Street
East were re moyeslpd „„ppy
equipment put in their place.
In the same project, needed
switching devices are being
installed in the substation and
other improvements are being
made in the system.
One result will be thinning of
the grove of utility poles which
had sprouted near the
"More work has been done
earlier this year, but we have
spent more to date because more
jobs have been completed,"
County Engineer James W.
Bri tnell informed Huron
County Council at its session in
Goderich November 14..
He pointed ou that the
excellent summer weather
followed by a comparatively dry
fall, had helped to complete the
19 6 8 construction roads
programme on or ahead of
schedule, and that all planned
work has been or is nearing
completion. Pre-engineering and
design for 1969 projects are on
schedule.
The County Engineer stated
that the 'Needs Study
Co-ordinating Committee had
met six times and will be
reporting to Council and
requesting certain approvals
early in 1969.
C. Hayter, Stephen,
chairman of the Road
Committee, said the Road
Committee Report on Municipal
DrainS was presented, as directed
by Council at the June 1968
session, Subsequently, the report
was adopted and referred to
1-1 u rpri County Municipal
Association.
With the advent of increased
intersection and surrounding the
PUC substation across from the
PUC offices.
Gus Boussey, 'PDC manager, .
said as many as 11 of the poles
will vanish when the work is
completed. Besides the overhead
wiring shifts, some new cable is
being placed underground.
Precautions were taken to
avoid disruption of service to
townspeople. Lights flickered
and went off momentarily in
some spots Monday as Hydro
workers checked out the
advance plans.
Among the temporary
arrangements made was to run
the water supply system on a
diesel pump for the day. The
entire job was slated to be done
a week ago, but was postponed
due to bad weather.
grants available to owners on
drains constructed under the
Drainage Act, a very large
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CNIB blitz
on Monda
Plans are about complete for
a canvass of the Clinton area on
Monday on behalf of the
Canadian National Institute for
the Blind.
Peter Corless, a field secretary
from London,- and Reverend
Andrew Mowatt of Clinton are
heading up the campaign.
Canvassers from the
Kinsmen's C]ub, the Lions Club
and from local churches will
undertake the work, but more
are needed to get this
worthwhile effort across before
the height of the Christmas rush.
Though it, is anticipated that
most of the canvassing will be
done on Monday, one
enthusiastic group of seven
teenagers from the Milloy family
will start their personal blitz on
Saturday afternoon or evening,
More canvassers .are urgently
needed. Please phone Dr.
Mowatt, 482-9696, as soon as
possible.
Provincial honours
go to local 4-Hers
Townships agree to Clinton proposal
to hike annual fire protection charges
Deputy Reeve Lawson
on county plan board
Room for 44 more
at Huronview home
Police look for thieves
County spending more on roads
a.m. Tuesday by its
owner, John Helm of London.
Nike say that a man driving
the snide ear was seen acting.
suspiciously near a business
place earlier in the night, but
drove off at high speed and
escaped when a cruiser
approached.
The missing shotgun is ono
police say is owned by Harold
RR 1, Clitttort, The gun
was discovered gone at 6:1-5 Fiftieth wedding aneiversary of Mr. and Mit,rAlfred Buchanan a •,
p,m, 'Saturday and is valued at Clinton was marked this, *Oak with a party at Clinton Public
$ '150. Hospital. Story bet Page 5 (Staff phOto)