Clinton News-Record, 1969-02-13, Page 11Mull,
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February 2 was .a beautiful
unny day, According to
adition, the groundhog comes
lit of his hole on this day to.
the chances of an ,early
pring. If he sees his shadow, he
nows there is a cold stormy
ime ahead and goes back to his
en for silt more weeks' sleep.
Sone people discount this as.
ure myth while ,others hold it
o be true, And as if to confirm
he latter, the elements changed,
storm as bad as any we've had
his winter blocked roads
hroughout this part of Western
ntario, giving many High
chool pupils who were out on
trike on February 3, an extra
wo or three days without
tudies.
At some points not only is
round Hog day a tradition, but
regular fetish has been built
round it.
Lucy read with amazement
hat at Punxsutawney, Pa,,
bout 400 persons trekked to
he top of a hill at 'daybreak and
etched a little ground hog
ailed Punxsutawney Phil cast
is shadow;.
At Sun Prairie, Wis., about a
undred persons turned out at
:12 'a.m. to watch Jimmy, a
our -year-old ground hog, cast
is shadow.
Had it been a cloudy day,
resumably both animals would
ave sniffed an early spring and
ayed out to enjoy it.
And while the ground hog's
adow points to a late spring,
ere are other signs of an early
ring: The crows are back a
eek earlier than usual, Mrs. J.
Howard informed Lucy.
J. .E. Hovey reported seeing
ze first one on his way to
'roderich on Monday, January
0. The next day Robert Blair
eard them cawing back of the
Id Thomson farm. On
Tednesday, both Mrs. Wm.. Orr
nd Harry Baker reported
earing them, and the following
ay Mr* Howard saw one flying
ver her property.
It was on January 13 that she
eard the Woodpecker singing
is song of love. And on the
wenty-fifth, she noted that old
Ir. Cardinal was permitting his
ife to share food at the feeder.
Lucy hasn't seen the two
rdinals together at the feeder
r the simple reason that the
g fat black squirrel and his kin
me every day and gorged
themselveson the craeked cora.
and Suz flower seeds. After
looking .expeetarttly towards the
house for over a week, they took
themselves off to other feeding
grounds. Lady Cardinal flitted
into the feeder on February 2
and then looked towards the
_house. She did not present her
usual demure appearance — in
fact she was very alert and flirty
with her head cocked on one
side. So Lucy has decided to
have sunflower seeds put in the
feeder again and hope that the
birds get there before they are
discovered by the black
squirrels,
Another sign of approaching
spring is, the hooting of the big
brown owl in the swamp, heard
in January by Harry Baker, and
Mrs. Hovey reports seeing a pair
of cowbirds,
During December and early
January there were flocks of
Evening Grosbeaks about. It was
interesting to watch them
fluttering over each other as
they crowded into the feeder,
clucking in their greed for the
grain. Then they disappeared but
Lucy heard the sweet song of
one the Last week in' January. It
wasn't sighted, but since she has
learned that there are flocks
about the village Salk.
Early in the wifiter a Tufted
Titmouse, rare in this part, was
seen at " the Hovey and Du
Boulay homes.
A caller brought Lucy a sprig
of Dogwood last week which
had been brought in to bloom in
the house to brighter} her table.
Also she had forsythia brought
into "The Hut" last month
which bloomed. And other
homes in the village have forced
this gay yellow bell and brought
branches of cherry buds into.
bloom: It all cheers one to see
the spring blooms in the house
in the dark stormy days of
winter.
But the days are lengthening.
At our feeder the cardinals were
partaking of their evening meal
at 6 p.m. the first week in the
month, it was reported to Lucy.
And if you wish to see flora
depicting that spring is not so far
away, look where snowdrops are
growing. Under the snow you'll
find the leaves have come
through the ground and in the
center of many snuggles a little
white bud. In the first mild spell
they'll pop into bloom in sunny
sheltered spots.
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Special Anoouncement
The Odd Fellows and Rebekah Humanitarian Service
Committees (Hospital Bed --' C.P. & T.) of
CLINTON - SEAFORTH - BRUCEFIELD - HENSALL
EXETER - BRUSSELS
announce that they are again sponsoring a subscription
campaign for the purpose of furthering. their Humanitarian
Services Programme. 'Instituted for the purpose of relieving
distress wherever found", and for purchasing additional
sickroom equipment such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, etc.'
This sick room equipment Is made available to any resident
of HURON COUNTY, FREE OF CHARGE For Home Use.
Your
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(New or Renewal)
will help further this Community project and every
resident is urged to co-operate.
Resid"its when called Upon should request to see the
represen due's letter of introduction signed by a C.P. &
T, Committee Member of Clinton, Seaforth# Brumfield,
Henson, Exeter, Brussels,
This is to eliminate any misi•epresentatlon by
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Mrs. Aldeeii Voftand, Hensall
uouglas Howse, Clinton
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Wilmer Broadfoot, Seaforth
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The readers write
To .the Editor:.
I read with interest and
amusement the minutes of the
Huron County Cogncil's
Property Committee meeting of
January 14, 1969. It appears to
me that the committee has not
investigated a number .of aspects
of regional government, a
concept upon which several of
the recommendations for
establishing the. Huron County
School Board offices in
Goderich are based,
A statement to the provincial.
legislature on January 2 of this
year made by Minister of
Municipal Affairs Darcy
McKeough; leads me to believe
that the committee is basing its
recommendations on several
incorrect assumptions.
In the second section of the
motion, it is stated: "With the
possible thought of regional
government, no doubt the
county school board will
become more closely related to
the overall county picture than
it has in the past."
,According to Mr. McKepugh's
statement, some .counties will
disappear. This, I think, will be
the case of Huron County, since
Mr. McKeough told the
legislature that regions will be
based upon populations of
150,000 to 200,000. This would
mean that. Huron County would
be only a part of a larger region.
Mr. McKeough also indicated
that school unit boundaries will
change again as regional
municipal government evolves
because the province wants
school and municipal boundaries
to be the same wherever
possible. This would make the
current consolidation of school
boards on a county basis a
transitional program because
regional government will entail
many . departures from the
historic county boundaries.
I think it is fairly obvious
that the area included in Huron
County will become part of a
much larger region, and will no
longer be a county, per se. How
then can you talk about a
"county" school board being
closely related to the overall
"county" picture, when there
will be no such thing as Huron
"County" when regional
government is established?
In the third section, it is
stated: " With the county school
board being centralized as part
of the county administrative
set-up, this should favour Huron
County as a possible centre for
any further regio'rial
government." A possible centre,
but not probable. As stated
above, regional government will
be established in districts with a
minimum population of 150,000
to 200,000, Huron County does
not have anywhere near that
number of people. Huron
County will become part of a
larger regional area.
In the case of a joint planning
area (of which Huron County
will be a part when regional
planning takes place), a certain
municipality is made a
"designated municipality." The
designated municipality must be
able to provide services and
assistance for planning.
In his speech, Mr. McKeough
said that minimum populations
for local municipalities will be
8,000 to 10,000 in the new
regions. Therefore, no centre in
Huron County would have
enough people to remain a
municipality within the new
region. Thus, I don't think any
Huron county town would be
made a designated municipality.
Stratford, I think, would be the
best choice in this area. I don't
think there is any basis for your
suggestion that Huron County
would be favoured `'as a possible
centre for .any fpprther regional
government", .even 11 Goderich
did have both the county
administrative offices and school
board offices. Therefore, this
suggestion is more or less.
meaningless, in my opinion.
I also noted somewhat of a
contradiction between section
(4) of the motion and the
second paragraph in the
Preamble to the motion dealing
with the county school board.
The second paragraph states:
'‘,...in making any
recommendations on renting
(the second floor of the
Administrative Building) to the
school board or anyone else,
such an arrangement would have
to be on a year to year basis so
that space would be available to
the county when required".
Yet section (4) of the
recommendations, states:
"Facilities are available on
county property for future
expansion and the present
building has been designed for
Such expansion should it be
required in .the future."
On the one hand the
committee seems to be saying
that if the school board does
establish its offices in the
County Administrative Building,
and the county needs the space
in the future, the board would
have to relocate.
On the other hand, the
committee says that if necessary
there is room for expansion. So,
if the board did locate its offices
in the Administrative Building,
and the county needed
additional space, the building
would have to be expanded, at
the expense of the taxpayers.
Wouldn't it be simpler to
locate the offices in some centre
where a building is available (and
perhaps even subsidized)? Then,
if the county needed extra
space, it could move into the
second floor of the
Administrative Building, and no
one would have to relocate, and
the taxpayers wouldn't be
burdened with heavier taxes
since expansion wouldn't be
necessary?
R. G. Beavers
173 Oxford Street
London, Ontario
February 4
Editor's note: Air. Bearers, a
resident n./'Exeter. is majoring in
journalism at the Unirersitr
Western Ontario. Ile served as
editor of The Clinton.
.News-Reerird"last Sumpter.
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To the editor:
In writing this letter, I would
like to make it quite clear that I
am not condoning the recent
student demonstration at
Central Huron Secondary.
School, nor am I condemning it.
My thoughts, rather, are directed
to your coverage of the protest.
It is very rewarding to see
you finally taking an interest in
our school. The unfortunate
part, however, is that you
choose to suddenly recognize
Central Huron Secondary School
by printing a front page
headliner, accompanied by
pictures, of this demonstration
— a demonstration that, I am
sure, is regarded by many of
your subscribers to be
irresponsible and uncalled for.
Surely you must agree that
this is not being fair to Central
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litlrgn Secondary School- Why
have you let the many
worthwhile activities sponsored
by our school go by unnoticed?
Where were your reporter and
camera last year when oqr senior
girls' basketball tern, our senior
badminton team, as well as
several individuals came home
champions of the Huron -Perth
Conference?
And, of course, there was
Brigadoon. Your camera and
reporter were there, but you
.must realize that your delayed
.coverage was recognized as being
biased and unprofessional by
most of those involved-
performers and audience.
You certainly have a most
curioes system of choosing how
and when to acknowledge or
ignore the activities of Central
Huron Secondary School. T, for
one, would be most interested in
knowing how to crack this
system.
Lynda Hill
(Grade 13)
Varna
February 9
Editor's note: We,will not
apologize for repoting last
week's demonstration — it was a
major and unprecedented
disruption of activities at the
school and one of a series of
such incidents across the
province.
The "walkout" may have
been uncalled for, even
irresponsible. Our job is to
report the news — both good
and bad in as factual and
accurate a manner as possible.
While it does little to answer
Miss Hill's complaints, we must
note that the present editor was
not here last year and cannot
explain or defend the actions of
his predecessors.
We do want to cover the good
news as well as the unpleasant at
the school and only two weeks
ago published a front-page
picture of a winning basketball
team. We hope to carry more
such news on a regular basis and
the help of CHSS students will
be welcomed.
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Trapper's Association sale at
North Bay totalled $406,887,49.
Except for muskrat and mink,
the average prices were generally
the highest paid since the
1940's. The average price paid.
for raccoon skins exceeded
annual averages that date back
to 1919.
Beaver, $53.00
Mink 24,00
Fisher 60.00
Marten 14.75
Lynx 59.00
Cgon 13.75
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Under a new plan in which
the province pays all costs of
administration of justice at
the county level, Huron
County is receiving $43,000 a
year from the Ontario
' treasury, according to John G.
Berry, county clerk-trasurer.
In a report of last
Thursday's session of County
Council, Mr. Berry explained
just what the provincial
takeover means financially to
the county.
Since it is estimated that ,
administration of justice
requires 49 per cent of the
available space in the County
Courthouse, the province pays
49 per cent of maintenance
costs and • $13,000 annual
rental for the building. "It
amounts to about $27,000 a
year," reported Mr. Berry.
At the registry office, the
province pays full cost of
upkeep and rental each year
of $3,000. At the jail and
adjoining Childr`en's Aid
Society offices, the province
contributes 86 per cent of
maintenance expense and adds
$14,000 annual rental.
Total remuneration to the
county from the province for
administration of justice is
about $43,000 yearly, Mr,
Berry said.
-Clinton New.,s-record, Thursday, Feiaruery 13, 1.969 11
NOTICE OF ANNUAL .aR MEETING
Notice Is Hereby Given That the
94th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
Hay Township Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Company
will be held in the
Township Hall, Zurich
-- ON --
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968
AT 2:00 P.M.
To elect Three Directors to replace those whose term of
office expires and to transact all business as may be done
at a general meeting of policyholders.
The retiring directors are Leonard Erb, Reinhold Miller
' and Max Turnbull, who are all eligible .for re-election.
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JOAN R. CONST T,
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CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION;
Parents are requested to register all children
eligible to attend KINDERGARTEN CLASSES,
commencing September 2, 1969.
To be eligible for Kindergarten, enrolment, a
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