Clinton News-Record, 1969-12-11, Page 1Members of Clinton's town council lined up for the camera
Tuesday evening at the end of the last regular meeting of their
two-year term. Seated are, from. left to right, Deputy Reeve
Gordon Lawson, Mayor Donald Symons and Reeve James
Armstrong. The councillors are, from left, Cameron Proctor,
Clarence Denomme, Ted McCullough, Norman Livermore, Frank
Cook and Harold Lobb. Reeve Armstrong is being succeeded by
Councillor Lobb and Councillor McCullough is leaving Clinton.
Replacing them will be newly-chosen councillors Russell Archer
and Melvin Steep. The council members and their wives dined at
Hotel Clinton prior to Tuesday's meeting. — staff photo.
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Council scores sex, violence
in TV, film, theater, books
The new president of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture, Bob Henry ,of Blyth, second
from right, is congratulated by outgoing president Elmer Hunter of RR 3, Goderich, after last
Thursday's election in Clinton. Flanking the pair are the Huron federation vice presidents — Tom
Cunningham of RR 1, Auburn at left and John Stafford of RR 1, Wroxeter at right. — staff photo.
the Huron couhty Federation of
director last Thursday in Clinton,
Lucknow Mrs. John Stafford of Aft
of HR 1y t keter, — staff photo,
Agriculture picked a new three-rnah eXetUtive and a lady
The four are, from left to right, George Smith of RR
1, Wroxeter, Mason Bailey of RR 3, Myth and Bruce Shaptort
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010me 1Yefects" in design
Town ,goes. to court over arena
Legal proceedings to recover
the cost of work done to correct
drainage problems et the Clinton
Community Centre were
authorized by the town council
Tuesday evening.
The council voted
unanimously to take action
against Shantz and Hicks Ltd.,
,:the Waterloo contracting
,'company which designed and,
laullt the arena in 1967.
a The town will maintain that
,,the drainage problems which
allegedly caused frost daMage to
the building were the result of
faulty design and construction,
.,taccording to the council.
More than a year ago, the
Recreation Committee retained
a London firm of consulting
.ngineers to study the situation
"-'hand recommend corrective steps.
tt; Since then an estimated $16,000
has been spent on drain.
installation and related work.
In other business, council:
—RECEIVED an engineering
report outlining two schemes for
:t storm sewer construction to
drain a large basin from the
northeast corner of town,
through the park and down
across Highways 4 and 8 to the
southwest end of the present
.Mary Street drain.
- All or part of the work must
A be done before Albert Street
reconstruction can continue
north from the main corner and
options before council range in
cost from $30,000 to well over
$100,000. Details will appear
later in The News-Record.
—GAVE first and second
readings to a subdivision control
bylaw establishing areas in
which, under certain
circumstances, land shall not be
conveyed unless it is within a
registered plan of subdivision.
• The bylaw, drafted by the
Planning Board with the aid of a
consulting company, is one step
of the current program to
provide for land use control and
orderly development. Areas to
be affected by the subdivision
control are largely undeveloped
parcels around the perimeter of
the town, but will include some
land on which there are now
buildings.
After third reading and
enactment of the bylaw, notice
Will be sent by registered mail to
ail affected property owners.
Details of the bylaw will be
published by The News-Record
as soon as possible.
--AGREED to switch stop
signs now North Street North at
its intersection with Rattenbury
Street 'West and Pugh's Terrace.
As requested in a petition
bearing 34 names, the change
will mean that east-west traffic
on Rattenbury Street and Pugh's
Bob Henry of Blyth was
elected president of the Huron
County Federation of
Agriculture last week at a
directors' meeting in the Clinton
office of the Ontario Dept. of
Agriculture and Food.
Chosen as vice presidents were
John Stafford of RR 1,
Wroxeter and Tom Cunningham
of RR 1, Auburn.
Named to the executive were
Mason Bailey of RR 3, Blyth,
Bruce Shapton of RR 1, Exeter
and George Smith of RR 3,
Lucknow.
Mrs. John Stafford was named
lady director and Mrs. Faye Fear
of RR 5, Brussels held her post
as secretary-treasurer.
In a departure from tradition,
the federation decided to ask
Farm federation elects
Blyth man president
Terrace will have to halt. The
petitioners argued that the
present arrangeinent is "contrary
to the normal flow of traffic."
—HEARD that Canadian
General Electric Co, still has not
delivered the hardware needed
to install the new traffic control
signals at the main corner. The
PUC is trying to rig a temporary
set-up to improve the conditions
which have existed for several
month's, and the cost of the
temporary work will have to be
borne by the town, it was said,
retiring president Elmer Hunter
of RR 3, Goderich to continue
to represent Huron as a member
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture for one year.
The idea is that Mr. Hunter
will serve as OFA member for
one year with Mr. Henry
accompanying him to meetings.
Next year Mr. Henry is expected
to be both county president and
provincial member. The
following year, as past president,
he would presumably hold the
OFA membership.
Mr. Henry became ill last
Friday and was admitted to
Seaforth Community Hospital
for tests, He was reported resting
comfortably yesterday.
Mr. Hunter last week warned
that the Huron federation which
is barely in the black after
reporting -a deficit of more than
$700 at its annual meeting, will
have to bring the new direct
service members of the
provincial federation into the
county group if the local
organization is to survive.
Hay and Usborne Townships
no longer support the Huron
federation through tax levies,
Mr. Hunter, noted, and it is
,likely that other municipalities
will follow suit.
At the moment, direct service
memberships are being sold at
the federation. office in Clinton
and by the two dozen direct
members in the county. Of the
$25 fee, only five dollars is
returned to the county.
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although the needed parts were
ordered last spring.
—13i$CUS$ED a request from
school officials urging that
police patrol in the vicinity of
Central Huron Secondary School
at midday. The councillors said
constant patrolling is impossible
with the present size of the
police force and agreed that the
number of constables will
probably have to be increased.
Mayor Donald Symons noted
that education officials also
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We won't put our source on
the spot and identify him, but
we did receive and pass on a bit
of misinformation about the
Legion-sponsored draw for the
Local Association to Guides and
Brownies last week. To set the
record straight, the association
members are selling chances on a
'talking Barbie doll and
Wardrobe, with the proceeds to
be used to assist in Guide and
Brownie activities locally,
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The Clinton Public Utilities
Commission will be replacing
faulty primary electrical lines in
the vicinity of Albert and
Rattenbury Streets Sunday
morning.
Power will be interrupted
between 8 and 11 a.m. on the
west side of Albert Street from
Highway 8 to Princess Street and
on Rattenbury Street West from
Albert Street to Shipley Street.
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The town water storage tank
off Raglan Street overflowed a
bit last weekend. A photo in the
London Free Press on Monday
showed a . dog amid the
ice-coated trees and bushes at
the base of the tank — a dog
identified , as Ruff, a collie
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Ball.
The dog, seen treading on
somewhat thin legal ice in being
unleashed in Clinton was not
Ruff. It was not even a collie,
but there are reports that it
bears a strong resemblance to a
canine owned by the family of
Don (the mayor) Symons,
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Dr. G. P. A. Evans, medical
officer of health for Huron,
reminded county residents this
week that use and possession of
DDT will soon be illegal in
Ontario.
But, warned the MOH,
putting containers of the
isecticide in the garbage, flushing
it down the toilet or disposing it
anywhere that ,it may be
dissolved in water will see it
eventually end up in streams,
rivers and the Great Lakes where
it will harm fish and other life.
Dr. EVaht said that plans for
collection Of unused bDT- will
be announced Shortly after
Christmas.
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A resolution urging provincial
officials to "maintain a firm
position against the invasion" of
"abnormal emphasis" on sex and
violence in films, TV, theater
and print was endorsed by the
Clinton town council Tuesday
evening.
Councillor Ciineron Proctor,
resolution initiated by the Town
of Markham. His motion was
passed by a 7-1 vote, with
Councillor Ted McCullough
dissenting.
When he heard the resolution,
Councillor Proctor commented:
"That's one we 'can all readily
concur with ... I don't even
bother to watch TV." He later
said it was "too bad it (the
resolution) doesn't say anything
about the smutty goings-on at
some roadside taverns in the
province."
The resolution says, in part:
"Whereas there has in recent
"Utter nonsense" is what
University of Guelph President
W. C. Winegard termed critical
statements about the university
made recently by Murray Gaunt,
MPP for Huron-Bruce (both in
the Legislature and in a speech
at a meeting of Ontario Junior
Farmers at Seaforth, Mr. Gaunt
asserted that agriculture is being
de-emphasized on the Guelph
campus).
"Members of the. Legislature
should knOvv better than to
snake Such statements," said Dr.
Winegard. "On the Guelph
Ontario apartment dwellers
should receive a little extra cash
from their landlords this
month—perhaps in time for
Christmas.
The extra cash is a benefit to
Which Virtnally all honieoWners
and tenants are entitled under
the Ontario Geverfitherit'S
two-year-old property tax
reduction 'system, The system
Was established by the Province
last year as a means of easing the
burden of ininiitipal and school
taxes. In effect, the Province
pays part of the property taxes
on each eligible hoUse and
apartment,
Under' Provincial law,
apartment landlords or their
agents must, pais oh the tact
reduction to tenatita On or
campus agriculture has new
research buildings, more
students, more faculty, splendid
support from the Ontario
Department of Agriculture and
Food, vigorous leadership and
fantastic spirit."
Dr. Winegard was addressing
some 150 scholarship winners in
the Ontario Agricultural College
and Macdonald Institute both of
which are now colleges of the
university.
"Agriculture will flourish on
the University of Guelph campus
before December 31, 1969.
(Home-owners should have
already received their
reductions),
In Clinton, the shelter grant
or tax rebate amounts to $63.75
fOr a dwelling unit assessed at
$1,000 or . more. No tax
reduction Will be greater, but
will be somewhat lower for
apartments assessed at under
$1,000.
The system Works this way:
The landlord receiveS the
reduction from his municipality'
and is required to pass On the
full amount of the reduction on
Or before beteMber 31 to those
tenants who have occupied their
premises 'throughout 1969.
Tenants who have moved in
Of out of apartments during the
becoming of increased concern
to a considerable portion of the
population.
"Therefore, be it hereby
resolved that the council of the
town of Markham express their
repugnance for this said
tendency and request that the
attorney general of Ontario, the
minister of tourism and
information, the director of the
Theaters Branch of the Dept. of
Tourism and Information and
the chairman of the Canadian
Radio and Television
Commission to provide and
maintain a firm position against
the invasion of this undesirable
content into the products of the
broadcasting, publishing, motion
picture and live theater
industries.... (the resolution goes
on to list the Ontario
Association of Mayors and
Reeves and other groups and
officials to whom copies will be
sent)."
as long as the Ontario
Agricultural College has young
people in it of the quality
represented at this scholarship
awards banquet," concluded Dr.
Winegard. Later the president
issued a Ohne challenge to Mr.
Gaunt to visit the Guelph
campus to find out at first hand
how agriculture is faring.
Among the top winners who
received their scholarships
following the banquet was M. B.
McBride of Varna, who won the
Governor General's award.
year receive only proportionate
airionnts.
, A tenant who moved into an
apartment during the year and is
Still occupying the premises
should receive one-twelfth of the
total reduction for each month
of tenancy. This reduction
should be paid by the landlord
on Or before December 31.
A tenant who moved out'
during the year should receive a
similarly proportionate amount
Within 30 days of the date he
terminated his tenancy or on
Deeetriber 81st, whichever is
earlier,
Municipal AffairS Minister
b arc y Melceough, whose
bepartmeht 'administers the tax
reduction system' said today alai.
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Lions visited
by reindeer
BY A. L. COLOUHOUN
Clinton Lions had just sat
down to dinner on Tuesday
evening when they heard a great
clatter on the roof of St. Paul's
Parish Hall and a kindly voice
calling to Dancer, Prancer, etc.,
to stop and let him off to visit
the Lions.
Then in came Santa Claus to
personally greet each Lion and
hand out candy canes.
After he left, Lions
Tailtwister Bill Crawford "came
back" to take over his regular
tailtwister duties. Lion Bill was
heartily applauded for his act.
Another guest at the dinner
meeting was Howard B.
Henderson, of the Owen Sound
Lions Club, who was making his
official visit as district governor
of District A9. This was the
governor's 28th visit this year to
one of the 43 clubs in the
district.
Lion Henderson spoke on
"Lionism and What It Is Doing
Around the World and in Our
Own District."
Having attended the Lions
International Convention in
Tokyo, Japan, last summer, the
'district governor spoke of the
hospitality and friendlineSs of
the Japanese people, who, he
said, are quite Westernized.
Japan is now the third top
industrial nation in the world,
and is second only to the United
States in Lions members, having
a membership of over 76,00 0.
The governor announced the
projects he would like to see in
his own district, some of Which
h,e urged the Clinton club to do.
These included: a 10 percent
increase in membership (Clinton
should have at least five new
members); sponsor effective
speaking programs fOr secondary
school pupils; form Leo (boys)
Clubs; continue helping the
blind projects; and he Said he
hoped each of his 43 clubs
WOUld contribute to a Pakistan
rehabilitation 'program where
$33 in Canadian money provides
a home for'a Pakistani family,
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years been an increasing
tendency for certain productions
of the motion picture, live
theater and television industries
and for certain publications and
novels to have a content placing
an abnormal emphasis on the
sexual aspect of life, a good part
of which content is in turn, of
secon10 by Councillor, Frank,,,—abilOurial sexual behaviour, and
Cook, urged support for the "Whereas, there has, as well,
been an abnormal emphasis on
violence in certain of these
productions, and
"Whereas there has, as well,
been an increasing tendency to
use profanity and vulgar
language that is offensive to
accepted good taste in certain of
these productions, and
"Whereas it is the opinion of
this council that desirable heroes
and values should in general be
emphasized to the developing
young • people of this nation
rather than the converse, and
"Whereas these increasing
tendencies aforementioned are
MPP's speech in Seaforth
is termed "utter nonsense"
Homeowners, tenants get
tax reduction cheques