Clinton News-Record, 1970-08-13, Page 1$300.00
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$300.00 reward will be paid for information
regarding -the malicious assault of Mr. Douglas.
AndreWs on the evening of Monday, August
10th, at Clinton Community Park, by a
person or persons unknown.
Anyone having information is asked to
contact Police Chief Lloyd Westlake at the
Clinton Police Office, telephone 482-3435, or
at his residence, telephone 565-2462.
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Clinton's recreational director
Doug ,.Andrews was beaten about
the head iate Monday evening at
the pool and lay unconscious
until early Tuesday morning
before awakening and going for
help,
Andrew s told the
News-Record Tuesday morning
it is believed he as attacked by
two assailants, It is thought the
weapon was a bottle.
As is his usual custom,
More than $287,000 in
surpluses and $218,214 in
deficits were recorded by Huron
County elementary and
secondary school boards Dec.
31, 1968, according to a Huron
County board of ' education
arbitrator's report.
The report adopted by the
board at a special meeting Aug.
5,, shows .38 municipalities with
a surplus totalling $244,404
with the remaining 16
municipalities showing a deficit
of $20,720.
At the high school level, 35
Sewage rates
are going up
Sewage rates will be going up
in the town of Clinton, effective
on bills rendered on or before
October 1, 1970.
Town Council meeting
Monday evening agreed with the
Clinton PUC that sanitation
sewage rates were too low and
decided to accept the amended
sewage rates as presented by the
PUC. A bylaw will be prepared
to officially effect the hike.
The new rates will be 140
percent of the water bill., This
means the minimum charge per
month per customer will be
$2.05 minimum or $20
maximum.
In 1969, the sanitation sewage
department operated on a book
deficit of $11,216.
PUC Manager R. J. Boussey
told council the system was
installed in 1946-47 and is in
need of repair. Costs are up, he
said, due to higher wages and
' increased costs of supplies.
Depreciation of equipment
was assessed at $10,000.
The system has been Operated
at $1.85 per customer per
Month, he noted.
Andrews was doing a final check
of the premises before going
home for the night, He noticed
two persons at the pool and got
out of his car to investigate.
That was about 10:30 pan.
When he regained his senses, it
was 5:20 a.m. 7 and another
day.
The police, department was
notified and the matter is under
investigation.
Andrews did not require
municipalities showed a total
deficit of $197,494 with the
remaining seven municipalities
showing a total surplus of
$42,769.
The individual amounts, will
be reflected in the tax levies of
each municipality, but, says the
report, not necessarily over just
one year.
Where application of the
surplus' in one year would cause
undesirable fluctuation, or
where the application of the
deficit in one year would cause
an undesirable burden on the
ratepayer, consideration to
applying the surplus or deficit
over two or three years is
recommended.
However, no one is sure when
the surpluses and deficits will be
applied.
Dead bodies
bring ruling
Just who is responsible for
dead animals found on the
property of private citizens?
That was Reeve 'Harold
Lobb's question to council
Monday evening.
He drew council's attention to
the plight of a lady in Clinton
who recently had a bad
experience with dead animals on
her proeerty. Lobb responded to
her call for help and had a bag of
lime spread over the badly
decomposed bodies.
"But who is responsible for
such things?" he asked.
Council felt that while the
town is not responsible for the'
removal of such carcasses from
private property, it might, under
special circumstances, give
assistance to homeowners.
stitches to close any wounds. He
did take some medication for
thumping headache however,
The ree director said be had
learned his lessen from the
episode.
"It was a mistake to get out
of the car," said Andrews. "I've
done it before but I won't do it
again. I'm afraid I'll 'just call the
police from now on."
He said there has been some
vandalism at the pool and at the
raceway in recent weeks, It is
not known whether there is any
connection between the attack
and the vandalism.
Hensall lady
CNE winner
Miss Amy Lammie, Hensall, is
listed among the winners in the
women's division, of the
Canadian National Exhibition.
A baby doll dressed in a
hand-knitted outfit was Miss
Lammie's entry which drew
second prize in its class.
The win is all the more
remarkable when it is known
that Miss Lammie is blind.
This is the first time in a while
that Miss Lammie has entered
the competition at the CNE. She
and her sister, Miss Greta
Lammie, also blind, have both
taken prizes before with entries.
The prize will be cash, Miss
Lammie supposed, but she
wasn't prepared to estimate how
much. It is known that close to
$6,000 is set aside for prize
money in this division. There
were more• than 3,000 entries
received.
All prize winning entries will
be on display in the Better
Living Centre August 20 to
'September 7.
Another area woman is listed ,
as a prize winner as well.'She is
Mrs. J. H. Johnstone, 107
Britannia Road W., Goderich.
Taxi licences
are awarded
By a 'vote of four to three,
Clinton Town Council agreed
Monday evening to issue licences
to Ed. Yule and Knox Williams
for the operation of taxis in
town.
Considerable discussion was
heard before the vote was taken.
Yule and Williams will be
advised of the existing
regulations concerning the
operation of taxis under the taxi
bylaw.
Zoning plan
to be discussed
A public meeting is to be held
in the Council Chambers at 8
p.m. Monday evening, August
24, to explain the restricted area
bylaw which will control all land
use in Clinton.
Zoning maps will be available
at the meeting and planner
Howard Smith will be present to
explain the restriction and
answer questions.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Mayor Donald B. Symons told
council Monday evening that a
letter is to be sent to Ottawa
requesting a meeting with the
Minister of Defence, Hon. Leo.
Cadieux, and the Minister of
Transport, Hon. Donald C.
Jamieson, to discuss future use
of CFB Clinton.
Discussion in council showed
that it is felt the federal
government should announce
A large frame barn on the
farm of Herb Pocock, RR 2
Clinton, was destroyed Saturday
in a fire which brought out'
volunteer firemen from Clinton
and Goderich.
Lost with the barn was a
uni-harvest machine, a blower,
A large steel barn on the farm
of William Vanderweil, RR 2
Kippen, three miles east of
Hensall, was struck by lightning
during a severe electrical storm
which passed over Hensall and
district Tuesday night about 7
p.m.
The barn burned to the
ground leaving only the
foundation standing.
A tractor, a large saw for
cutting lumber, some electric
John Stafford, president of
the Huron County Federation of
Agriculture will seek support of
the Huron County Council in
the federation's fight to have
school taxes removed from
property taxation.
A letter from John Berry,
Huron county clerk, was read at
a meeting of the Huron Comity
Federation on Thursday night in
Clinton acknowledging Mr.
Stafford's requeet to speak to
totaled and noting that the next.
regular meeting 'of county
council is in September.
Mr. Stafford will explain the
fight being conducted by the
federation of Agriculture to have
echoed revenues gained from
other sources than property tax,
The federation began the fight
following the retornneendatioti
of the Smith report which said
that service to people should be
paid by taxes on people and
services to land through taxes to
land. This, argues the federation,
Means that education, a service
.to people, should be Weed
through tome form of taxation
othet than propetty taxation.
The Hilton county federation
whether or not it has intentions
to make use of the facilities at
CFB Clinton when it closes
down sometime next year.
If it is evident that the
Canadian government has no
concrete interest in the base,
local promoters could then
approach the provincial
government to assist in locating
an industry or some other
some lumber and a quantity of
hay, straw and corn. Total value
of the contents has been
estimated at $10,000.
None of the Pocock family
was at home at the time of the
.blaze. Mrs. Pocock and her
youngest son had gone into
Goderich. Mr. Pocock and a
motors and a few chickens were
lost, ,
The barn was partially
covered by insurance and loss
-has been estimated at $30,000.
Hensall and Brucefield fire
brigades both responded to the
call,
• Tom Slavin, who lives next to
the Vanderweil farm, reported
that his • television was also
struck by lightning about the
same time as the Vanderweil
barn was hit.
will also hold a meeting on
Monday, August 31 at 9 p.m. at
Central Huron Secondary
School, Clinton, to try to
explain their argument. The
meeting will be open to the
public and the federation plans
Legal counsel for the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture says
there is no need for most
municipal councils in the
province to pay any funds to
boards of education during 1910.
Halton County is the only
exception, the OFA says.
With the exception of
Haltoti's board of education,
there Wasn't one Other board in
Ontario which presented ite
budget by March I,1070.
If the budget of the board
WaSeet presented to the
municipal councils before March
I, there is no obligation on 'any
suitable replacement on the site.
It was noted that
unemployment is rising in the
area due to the phase-out at the
base and the closing of other
small industries.
The Regional Development
plan which designated Clinton as
a recreational area was discussed
at some length.
'The mayor, suggested that
council should probably be
16-year old son were at work
and the three remaining Pocock
boys were swimming in the river
more than a mile away.
Neighbors noticed the fire and
turned in the alarm.
Firemen worked' hard to save
another building located about
20 feet away from the main barn
where several barrels of oil were
stored on the top floor.
Neighbors had removed 17 hogs
from their pens below.,
The barn was insured. The
cause of the fire is not known
WALTON FIRE
Mr. and Mrs. William Thamer,
RR 1 Walton were not at home
when their two-storey home
burned Sunday. The loss has
been estimated at more than
$35,000,
Volunteer firemen from
Seaforth and l3lyth were called
to the scene on Huron County
Road 25 one-half mile west of
Walton about 5:30 p,m.
It is not known what caused
the fire from which nothing was
salvaged.
to invite as many municipal
councillors from throughout the
county as possible.
Mason Bailey, RR 3, Blyth,
pointed out that there has been
a great deal of misunderstanding
about the policy, particularly on
municipality to pay any funds to
their school boards this year„
according to OFA off icialt.
It is hoped that this
"legislative loop-hole" will
entourage municipal councillors
and elected officials to Support
the OFA viewpoint on education
tax levies.
"All the farmers are asking for
is a fair and equitable tax system
for everyone, based on the
ability to pay," said Jatk Hale,
general manager of the OFA.
"Surely her Municipal tountillor
can oppose that."
casting an eye toward improving
recreation facilities in the area,
and said the Bayfield River to
the east of town would be a
natural spot to start.
He wondered if council
should give some consideration
to amalgamating with
Tuckersmith Township to
develop This district.
Councillor Cam Proctor
voiced disapproval of a reference
in the Regional Development
Plan to' Clinton's inadequate '
water supply. Proctor claimed
the town water system could
supply sufficient water for a
town four times as large as
Clinton.
Water has been supplied by
Clinton to CFB ' Clinton for
years.
A motion passed permitting a
bylaw to be drawn up to
facilitate the sale and transfer of
the' Clinton Crown Lanes
bowling alley on Victoria Street.
The bowling alley is now
operated by Mr. 'and Mrs. Joe
Atkinson. It is owned by Midron
Properties which also owns an
apartment building directly
behind the bowling alley and
facing onto James Street.
Midron Properties will retain
the apartments and sell the
bowling alley.
The 'Dept. of Municipal
Affairs suggested that the town
prepare and pass a bylaw in
order that such divisions might
take place on older properties
planned before the zoning bylaw
becomes effective.
The town has also agreed to
inform Bud Kuehl of Huron
Pines Realty that the
municipality will pay only
$18,900 for the sewage pumping
station proposed at the end of
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the part of urban dwellers who
feel the farmers are only trying
to have school taxes removed
from farmland.
He told of visiting relatives in
Sarnia and reading in a local
newspaper with an editorial
which did not contain the real
argument of OFA. It made him
angry he said, so he sat down
and wrote a letter to the editor
of the paper giving the official
position of the federation.
He also said that rumors had
been , circulating, especially in
southern Ontario, that the
executive of the OFA was split
over the issue. I-le said he could
report, having recently been to a
members meeting in Toronto,
that the executive was anything
but split.
Mr. Bailey also pointed out to
Members the importance of
circulating petitions throughout
their area, both urban and rural.
He Asked how Mr. Stafford was
to impress county council. if he
could produce few names On a
petition calling for the tax
remoVai. "We can't steas ,the
importance of anything we can
do in this fight," he said,
Shirley Keller sitting in for
vacationing Editpr Keith
Rotaston)
It seems like a long time since
I sat in this little corner at the
News-Record looking out onto
Albert St. Actually it is about
four years since I've been here to
work and it is a real pleasure to
be back if even for such a short
while.
* * *
I must admit that I've lost
touch with Clinton - and its
activities. It seems that our life
centres around doings in
Goderich where we now reside
and Dnshwood, ow former
home.
My daughter, however, plays
softball in Goderich for one of
the Kinette-sponsored teams and
has been playing in the three
games staged recently between
Clinton and Goderich girls.
I was in Clinton for the first
game — or at least a small part of
it. There was no doubt about it.
Our Goderich lassies were far
' out-classed by the Clinton squad
commanded by Miss Kay Sharp.
It really wasn't any surprise to
me that Clinton swept the
so-called 'series' — and by sizable
scores too.
* *
Are you interested in
pollution? I know, I know. That
subject is being worn thin these
days.
I was interested this week in a
release from Ontario Hydro
scientists about an apparatus
known as "The Scrubber".
Apparently it could be the long
sought answer to the extraction
of sulphur dioxide from Hydro
smokestacks — and I would
suppose, possibly all the
smokestacks of the world
ultimately.
The device works on the
principle of chemical action of
limestone (calcium carbonate)
with unwanted sulphur dioxide
to form calcium sulphates and
sulphites. The process takes
place before the gases from, the
furnace enter the smokestack.
In appearance, the 14-foot
high prototype is reminiscent of
a robot out of science fiction.
The foul effluvium is breathed in
one side, the pollutant digested
in its mechanical-chemical body
and the cleansed emissions
passed on through the other side
to the stack.
The actual process involves
mixing a slurry of limestone and
water and 'forcing the emissions
from the furnaces through the
slurry under pressure. The
scrubbing, or chemical action,
takes place and the extracted
contaminant discharged into a
tank.
Sounds impressive, doesn't it?
* * *
A story elsewhere in this issue
deals with the high incidence of
rabies in Huron County in the
12-month period ending March
31,1970.
Don't forget to have your pets
immunized. In Clinton, the
clinic is September 8 at the
Community Centre from I to 8
p.m.
* * *
There are always those folks
who complain about the quality
and the content of the
hometown paper. It happens in
every town to even the very best
-newspapers.
Some youngsters were sitting
on the front steps at the
News-Record this week, They
were discussing the newspaper
and there' seemed to be a varying
opinion about it.
"Well," asserted • one young
man, "I had my picture in the
Clinton News-Record."
It is the same old story, folks.
If you are directly involved,'
things always seem better.
It has come to Our attention
that Russ Archer is NOT leaving
town as it Was first thought by
some folk.
Russ tells us he is beginning 'a
new venture right away in town.
It will be a farm supply butiness
but it will be a feW days before
Ituss knows exactly What lines
0he will be carrying'.
Clintorliahe Weleoine new
business etiterprizes. Good luck
Russ.
Construction is progressing well on the Benmiller bridge. Huron
County Council is especially proud of this structure because it is
being built by Huron County roads personnel under the
supervision of engineer Jim Britnell. All precautions have been
taken to retain as, much of the natural beauty of Benmiller as
possible.
Council asks federal gov't. decision
on CFB; discuss regional plan
Weather
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6 76 4/ 81 60
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6 84 61 76 60
10 88 62 78 51
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This is a sign Of the thnet. When the Clinton hlinewfteklord went to press WedtleadaV afteinoon, the
Pest Offife in town was' in operation as lanai eVeri though the London and Exeter offices as well as
,Some Others in WeSteen Ontario were Shut down: 'There are indications the present London
Walkout could last More than 4 hours, depending On talks let Ottawa. Everything is very
Uncertain. Who knows about the dintort office tomorrow (today)
Blame electrical storm
for Hensall blaze
Clinton area barn burns;
loss estimated '10,000
No legal necessity
to pay school tax
John Stafford to meet county council
F of A wants school tax off property