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Clinton News-Record, 1969-07-10, Page 1re 1.Q40: YEAR — litttc)tit .1, -Record aINTON, QNTARK) THURSQAY AILY 10096.9: PRIQE PER .COPY 15C The first. column. As a result of a Series of events, 11 section of brick atop the front wall of the Clinton Public Library was found to be loose last week and a fence was put up to protect passersby ontil repairs are made. Roofers called in to check on leaks in the library roof earlier this year reported that damage was being done by youngsters clambering over the roof. Since the upper floor of the library is not used, the town council decided tct remove the fire escape which gave access to the roof. In the course of removing the fire escape this week, Dave Ball, public work$ foreman, went over to the front of the building and leaned on the wall to peer down. Fortunately he didn't lean too hard, for • the wall started to move, And now that the roof is fixed, council is worrying about the walls. * * There ' once were two matching white, wooden flag staffs at the front of the council chambers in Town Hall. Then last May onewas stolen. Now there are three. An explanation was provided this week by John Livermore, town clerk -treasurer. When the missing pole did not reappear after several weeks, John Plumtree was asked to make a replacement. He did — and the new pole and the metal stand were taken to Hec Kingswell's welding shop to be fitted, Just then Roy Tyndall happened to pass by and asked the men if they could use another pole like the one they had. "Yes," they answered, and he told them where he had seen one lying in an apartment hallway. It turned out that Mr. Tyndall had located the pole missing since May. It has now been returned to its proper place and the town has a spare on hand. Whoever took the $4 pole, notes Mr. Livermore, apparently kept the $16 maple leaf flag. Recent warming has improved greatly the rate of crop growth in Huron County, according to this week's crop report by Thomas W,. Clapp, associate agricultural representative. The favorable conditions have also enhanced the incidence of disease, so farmers are warned to keep a good watch on crops, adds Mr. Clapp. Slugs have been causing a great deal of damage in the corn. At night they eat the young corn leaves. Scuffling corn helps cut down the slug population. Disease and insect problems have been reported in the bean crops. Also it seems a disease problem is occurring in the wheat. The wheat problem so far has been reported mainly in the Kippen area. We are awaiting a report from the University of Guelph concerning the wheat problem. Overall the crops are very good. The beans seem to be doing extremely well. The barley has -headed out over the past vveekend. It looks like no one should be short of hay this year, if they can get it cut, ured and into the barn. * * * Students at University of California Who suffer injuries are asked to fill out a form describing how the accident happened, and to give an opinion how it might have been prevented. The Ontario Safety League says that a cyclist who was banged up when he shushed into a post- reported it was "because I was distracted by a beautiful thick ih a mini -skirt." He wrote that his scrapes could haVe been avoided 'by eliminating mini -skirts — b`ut, come to think of it, I'd rather sniash into posts." Weather '1969 1968 HI LO Hi LO June3O 81 65 86 67 JulY 1 77 2 12 8 15 4 /5 /8 6 69 11 Ftaim35' 51 79 66 41 69 47 53 62 44 54 73 43 52 73 55 50 73 44 49 19 '60 Hain 1111111111111 ., • e'r7er , 2.4 • , " ,a1M44124201.7 ,,1114Vdis.1440.•vogriete--- Wrat a • •`• 0,* LI Alont.,,,eleg4ralama- • " •'''.4--.*•44`,AkVal,44.4±.011MNPAIe45tWeeineOtkUllrealatAVilViwl , .44 Structure at center, destined to be an apiary processing plant, does not conform to a 1963 subdivision agreement, according to town officials who say the Queen Street lot on which it stands is restricted to use for one and two-family dwellings. Builder of the Recipients of nursing study bursaries awarded by the Women's Auxiliary to Clinton Public Hospital this year are Joanne Veldhuis, left, and Hazel Collins, both of Clinton. Staff Photo. Hospital cupcitiory awards bursaries Two grade 13 graduates of Central Huron Secondary School are this year's recipients of registered nurses' bursaries awarded annually by the Women's Auxiliary to the Clinton Public Hospital. The awards are valued at $200 each. The girls are Joanne Veldhuis, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Veldhuis, 376 Ontario Street and Hazel L. Collins, also 18, daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Collins, RR 3, Clinton, and the late Stanley Collins. Joanne will start her training in September at St. Joseph's Hospital, London. Hazel will enter the Owen Sound Regional School of Nursing in September. A $75 bursary is offered also 'by the auxiliary twice yearly to male or fetnale students training as registered nursing assistants, but this year the committee received no applications. Miss Veldhuis moved to Clinton from the Dungannon area' three years ago and , has been active in the art club, choir, year book and newspaper at Central Huron Secondary School. She is now a member of the Centennial Huron Youth Choir and holds county honors in 4-H work. This summer she is working as an assistant in the Clinton Public Library. A nurses' aide at •Huronview for the third consecutive swifter, Miss Collins holds provincial honors in 4-H, having completed 12 club 'projects. Last spring she won a public speaking contest sponsored by the Blyth Lions Club and went on to advanced competition in Wingham and took top honors at the district level. Local woman appointed St. Joseph's principal Lorraine Dale, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Dale of Clinton, has been named principal of St. Joseph's Separate School here and will eommence her duties in September, according to Paul Prank, business administrator of the Huron -Perth Separate school system. Miss Dale has been teaching for five years at St. Patrick's School in Londen. She attended Hullett Separate School and went on to high school in Clinton. She is a graduate of Mount St. Joseph% Academy in London and of Landoll Teachers' College. Miss Dale succeeds Mrs. William (Karen) Bruder whose husband was transferred to Canadian Fames Base Borden. There will be three , teachers at St. Joseph's School this fall, Mr. Franck said Misa Dale's appointment was eonfirmed by the„ board Monday night. He noted that she "came to us very highly rated by the London board." She has university credits in psychOlogy, added Mr. Franck, and has taken department of Education courses in special education, primary Methods arid teaching the mentally retarded. OPP reports six area auto Among accidents investigated by the Goderith detachment, ()Marie Provincial Polite; during the Week ended last Saturday, Were Six in the area around Clinton •-•., three on Highway 21, and one each in Hallett And McKillop Townships and the Village of Hayfield. Ott Satinday, July 5, On HighWay 21 betith of County toad 3, Anthony e,orriVeatt, itit 2; Zurich; Was involved itt a single -tat accident reSillting .13 $800 dattage to the Vehicle, The same day and again en Highway 21, Joseph Durand of RR 2, Zitrich, and John Schwartz Of Itit 1, Zerieh; Were inVolVed in 3 tWo-car accident which caused se total of about $225 darnage to the autos. . In another Saturday Pattiek O'Shea of Granton was involved in a single -eat $100 trash on Concession 10-11, west of County Road 14 in IVIeltilidp Township. On Tuesday, July 1, ott the tayfield /toad in Bayfieldt totith of Highway 21, Bruce W4 Utley ot Goderith Was in 3 Minot V,500 plant, Fred Deichert, ,occupies the house at left, House at right is that of Ward Knox. An. order was issued yesterday which directs removal of the beekeeper's unfinished building, —Staff Photo Four streets are due for paving The Lavis Contracting Company this week submitted the lower of two tenders for paving on four town streets and was awarded the contract for work on Beech, Whitehead and Gibbings Streets and Dinsley Terrace. The town council held'a brief special meeting Monday evening to open and consider the bids. Lavis' price was $9,939. The only other bidder, National Asphalt Paving Company of Strathroy, submitted a $14,538 tender. The Lavis price almost matched engineers' estimates for the project. The paving is eligible for a 50 per cent provincial subsidy. Both Beech and Whitehead Streets , DR. W. T. HARRETT New doctor is on scene Dr. William T. Harrett, who is taking over the practice of Dr. J. A. Addison, comes ,to Clinton from the United Kingdom via Wingham where he spent the last several months working at the medical centre in association with Dr. Wilkins and Dr. Hughes. Dr. Harrett, his wife Kirsty, and three of his four children came to Canada last February. The children include boys of 10 and 14, and girls of 7 and 18. The older girl is in University at Nottinghatn, England, and is spending the summer in Clinton before returning to school. The doctor and his family are living temporarily in the home of Dr. Addison who is away with his own family at their summer cottage. Dr. Harrett will continue Dr. Addison's office hours and will use Dr. Addison's office facilities. Trained at Guys Hospital in London, Dr. Harrett has worked hi hospitals in Newport, '13irmifightun and Cardiff. He hat special interests itt anaesthetics and obstetries, with postgraduate qualifications in the latter. Dr. Harrett will be on the medical staff of Clinton Public Hospital and Will be on rotating all for emergencies. • accidents accident which resulted in $50 damage to the vehicle he was - driving. On Monday, Jane 30, at Lot 24, Concession 6, Hullett Township, Patrick Neil Langillef Loridesbote, was involved itt a Siegle -car accident resulting in $350 riarnage to the eat he was driving, Highway 21; north of County Road 10, was the scene of an ancident on Sunday, June 29, in Which driveWere LaWrente Reichert of Zurich and John Julie of St, Clair Shores, Mich, were prepared for paving last summer. They are to get' a single -layer surfacing along their combined length of almost 1,500 feet. Gibbings and Dinsley Terrace were paved before, but received only the first of a planned two layers. This year's work involves only the top course of asphalt along a total of about 800 feet of roadway. The special meeting was opened with only six members of council present, Mayor Don , Symons and Councillor Frank Cook were absent. Councillor Harold Lobb arrived late. James Armstrong acted in the mayor's place. Signal -Star is printing ,most Huron newspapers Signal -Star Publishing Ltd. of Goderich, 'publisher • of The Clinton News -Record, is now printing all of Huron County's major weekly newspapers except the Exeter Times -Advocate. Weekly newspapers and monthly publications from the counties of Bruce, Grey, Lambton and Perth are also printed on the modem web offset press in the Goderich plant. The most recent addition to the printing list was The Lucknow Sentinel. The Zurich Citizens News, which joined the growing list of publications printed by' Signal -Star, recently has been commended by • a major furniture manufacturer which cites reproduction of its advertising in the Zurich paper as the best it has yet seen in any offset -printed newspaper. Besides The News -Record, Signal -Star Publishing owns the Goderich Signal -Star, The Huron Shopping News and The Hanover Shopping News. • Falls Reserve sets entry fee The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has awarded a $39,461 contract to Monteith -McGrath Ltd. of Waterloo for the construction of a service concession building at the Falls Reserve Conservation Area near Beniniller. The popular spot in Colborne Township, just off Highway 8 between Clinton and Goderich, is essentially a picnic and camping area. The new building which, Will provide washrooms and a concession service will have a cedar shake mansard roof and will repeat the stone edge siding of a camping area built in 1968. The project is being handled jointly by the authority arid the Province of Ontarib. EffectiVe iininediately; the authority will charge a user fee at the Falls Reserve area, in an effort to defray niaintentulte Costh. Cars and motorcycles will be charged a $1 entry fee, with $5 for buses and $5 for a Seaton peat. Overnight eartIpers will tay $2.50 per day, pet canipsite, With a $15 weekly charge and a maximum stay of two 'weeks. Group camping will be perMitted with paythent of the regular entry fee plus $I per tea Town orders reinoval. of unfinished build* The Town of Clinton is seeking removal of a beekeeper's $2,500 two-storey frame and metal hooey processing plant being built on a Queen Street 1ett said to be restricted to residential use under terms of a 1963 subdivision agreement arid bylaw. In a letter sent yesterday to Fred Deichert, 214 queen St., town officials direct that the structure be removed "forthwith." The 24 by 36 -foot building, whose exterior appears to be near completion, is situated north of Mr. Deichert's home on the west side of the Street. It stands on a previously vacant parcel of land between Mr. Deichert's home and the new home of Mr. and Mrs, Ward Knox, The site of the apiary processing plant is reportedly within the Frank W. Andrew subdivision where all land is restricted to one and two-family awellings and the "appropriate" accessory buildings. The subdivision was approved in 1963 after Mr. Andrews agreed to the restrictive covenants which were set down in Bylaw No. 8 for that year, Mr. Deiehert's home is not within the subdivision. Despite the limitation on use of the land, Mr. Deichert obtained a building permit for the plant last March. But the town council was informed of the bylaw and subsequently ordered the permit withdrawn. At or near the end of May, a letter was sent to Mr. Deichert. The letter reportedly suggested that the planned land use was improper, but did not order a halt to the work. Advised this month that construction was proceeding and well under way, members of council checked the bylaw and had the town clerk -treasurer write the letter sent yesterday to Mr. Deichert. Officials apparently do not consider that issuance of the permit in Any way superseded the covenants or bylaw and the town can be expected to Bite in its support the following statement which appears on the bottom of all permits: ".:.permit granted on the express that the work to be carried out on the building to be constructed altered or removed, and the use to which such building is to be put, shall conform to the provisions of all building codes and the bylaws passed by the Town of Clinton regulating the construction of • — • buildings and the use to which they may be put," When the permit was first discussed at an open council session last March, one councillor said the planned plant would stand "right next door to a $40,000 holtse." He was referring to the Knox house which Mr. Knox has said since was built at a cost Or $28,000, The fact, that the Deichert permit was issued despite existence of a subdivision agreement prompted council in recent months to re-examine the' procedure for granting permits. For Miss 'Mary Wells, chief operator in Bell. Canada's Clinton office, the most important number this week was one with only two digits — 20 — the number of years she has worked for the company. On Tuesday she started her 21st year and she is shown above . as she received her Telephone Pioneers of America membership certificate from Stan Wendland of Stratford, the Pioneers' president in this area, An Exeter native, Miss Wells went to work in Bell's Exeter office on July 8, 1948, and worked her way up to the"Pifist' or chief 'opeiitor before automatic dialing equipment was installed there in 1962. She transferred to Clinton as supervisor and has been chief operator here for the last four or five years. — Staff Photo. Can force repair of empty house The town does have authority to authorize demolition or repair of unsafe buildings at the owner's expense, according to E. Beecher Menzies, solicitor. Mr. Menzies was asked by the town council to investigate the town's power on such matters after more than 50 residents complained about a vacant and dilapidated house on Ontario Street last May. The house at Percival and Ontario Streets, opposite the public school, was called dangerous, a fire hazard and an eyesore by the petition -signers who sought the building's demolition. • In a letter to council dated July 7, Mr. Menzies said: "The council has authority under the provisions of the Planning Act...to pass bylaws covering dilapidated structures in the following wording of the Act: "For authorizing the pulling down or repairing or renewing at the expense of the owner, of any building, fence, scaffolding or erection that, by reason of its ruinous or dilapidated state, faulty construction or otherwise, is in an unsafe condition as regards danger from fire,. or risk or accident." "A bylaw referring to specific premises could quite properly be passed by council under this authority. , However, a very important consideration is the matter of determining whether the building is in such a condition to warrant action by the council and the authorities would indicate that the council should be in the strongest possible position in this regard. "Probably a professional opinion such as that of an engineer specializing in these matters should be sought or, at the minimum, the opinion of a qualified building inspector and a fire marshal. "Also, council's action should be preceded by a formal warning to the owner. "Another course that might be considered is one of expropriating the lands for some municipal purpose, moving or restoring the building and then reselling the property." The Ontario Street house, owned by Earl Collins, RR 4, Clinton, is likely to be a topic of discussion once more Monday night at council's regular session. The Cliritoe Reereation 'Committee's suintriet Playground program for children of iileinentary school aee opened this week under the direction of the three leaders shOWn In the group of yolingttell abeVe. 'the leaderS are, trent left to right, Barbara Poilock, Pet Priettap and Vicki GarroW. Fewer than tWo deZerk children turned out the first day, but boug Andrews, recreation director, says 100 can be atcominedated. Children may register and join any eftertiden at the Ccininiunity Centre from 1 to ittSO O'Clodk„ Facilities ef the park and the centre are available and inatehialt Will be supplied for arts and traits work, •••-• Staff Pheto.