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Thursday,111arch 23, 1972 107 Year - No. 12
Clinton News-Record
Sport bodies study purchase of Base facilities
Dianne Tyndall will reign as the school queen at Central Huron
Secondary School for the next year. The 17-year-old was crowned
Friday night at the annual At Home. A grade 12 student, she was
chosen by popular vote from among the five finalists by the 900
students at the school. Other finalists were Kathy Grigg, Marilyn
Aiken, Helene Ducharme and Barbara Lee.—photo by Jack Hunt.
Clinton eligible for government medical aid
John van Gastel (right) shows the snow-covered tennis courts at the former CFB Clinton to
officials of the Youth and Recreation Branch of the Department of Education, and to members
of Sport Ontario.
These poles, and the broken bits of pipes that lie around them stand as evidence that things
have been happening of late at the former CFB Clinton. The poles used to support pipes which
carried steam from the central heating plant at the Base to al I main Base buildings. Under the
new owners, however, each building has been getting its own separate heating system so that
each building will be self-supporting.
Officials of the sports and recreation bodies leave the arena at the former CFB and head on
for other buildings in their tour of the recreation facilities. They found the rink in excellent
Condition, with all equipment intact, ready to be put into use at any time,
More than 40 persons were treated to a
reception and luncheon and given a tour of
recreation facilities at the former Canadian
Forces Base Clinton on Tuesday by the owners
of the Base, Radoma Investments.
Local municipalities and the county were
represented at the meeting but the special
guests were officials from the Ontario
Department of Educations' Youth and
Recreation Branch and officials of other sport
bodies,
G. Smith and Steve Zacker of the Youth and
Recreation Branch represented the
government body. D. Fraser was present from
the Canadian Amateur Sports Federation, W.
Daniel, M. McDonald and A. Furlani were
present from Sport Ontario, a non-profit
organization set up to aid sports development
in the province. A. Ballengall, director of
Sport Ontario, headed the delegation.
A Fisher represented sailing,,D. Steele was
there from the lawn tennis association. Jobe
Jones represented soccer,
The recreation facilities of the base have
been offered to the Youth and Recreation
Branch for use in training athletes. Included in
the package is the hockey arena, curling rink,
drill hall, recreation hall, swimming pools,
tennis courts, indoor rifle range, playing
fields, outdoor range, track and two barracks
buildings.
If the government does not want the bargain
basement athletic complex, it will be offered
to Sports Ontario and other bodies.
Radoma is pushing die ibea of complete
training facilities located in on spot at a low
cost. The only facilities that would require
travel off the Base would he sailing.
Representatives of sailing visited local
harbours to inspect the facilities.
The dinner was held in the officers mess
which was refurnished for the occasion. One of
the barmen at the reception said the whole
mess had been put back into shape for the event
by four men in a 24-hour period. As promised
by the last Base Commander, Frank Golding,
the building was in excellent shape with no
evidence of wasteful stripping by the armed
forces.
The condition of other buildings on the Base
also impressed most present. Although all
were unfurnished, they looked like they had
been lived in only days earlier. All were clean
and heated.
Invited to the dinner and unable to attend
were Huron MPP Charles MacNaughton and
his secretary, Don Southcott and Huron MP.
Robert McKinley. A spokesman for Mr. Van
Gastel said all had been tied up in .a tight
schedule and were unable to attend.
Date announced
for contest
closing
It was announced last week that May 1 is the
deadline for entries in the Name-the-Base
contest,
The contest is sponsored by Radoma
Investments, the owners of the former CFB
Clinton. John van Gastel, head of Radoma,
announced the contest before Christmas as a
method of finding a new name for the base now
that it is being developed as an industrial and
educational complex.
First prize in the contest is an $18,000 home
on the base, the former home of the Base
commander.
Other prizes of a trip to the Caribbean,
recovering of a house in fibre-glass siding and
sets of luggage will also be given.
Entries should be sent to the Mayor of
Clinton at Clinton town hall and marked
"Name the Base Contest".
Judges for the contest will be the Huron
County Warden, Elmer Hayter and the Mayors
of Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter, Wingliam and
Goderich.
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It's easy to tell spring is getting close,
because the Huron Centre Agricultural
Society is swinging into action for the annual
Clinton Spring Fair.
Bob Gibbons, the secretary of the fair
informs us that the queen of the fair contest
Will be held June 2 the first night of the fair.
Girls from 16 to 20 years of age are invited
to apply if they come from Clinton, Goderich
township, Hulled, Tuckerstnith or Stanley.
Merchants are also invited to sponsor any of
the contestants.
The winner of the Clinton queen award will
take part in the Canadian National Exhibition
competition for the Ontario queen in 1973.
Last Year's winner was Heather McAdam of
Clinton,
Young Kent ColquhOun, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Don Colquhoun Jr. will be travelling to London
on Saturday to turn over $47.56 to the Hunny
Bundle fund, run by a London radio station.
The money was raised in a campaign
spearheaded by the kindergarten class of Mrs.
Ken Williams.
Clinton will become eligible for government
support to help aid a shortage of medical
personnel in the area, it was announced at the
meeting of the Clinton Public Hospital Board
on Monday night.
The Ontario Department of Health has
designated Clinton as "under serviced".
Under.department regulations, Clinton can
apply to the department for support for a
physician's pool which could establish itself in
the area.
Dr. Robert Panabaker, now interning at St.
Joseph's Hospital in Hamilton, will meet local
doctors in the near future and is thinking about
moving to the area, incoming board chairman
Bob Campbell said.
Mr. Campbell, who was elected chairman
Tax forum
held in Clinton
Recent federal tax reform should make
farm estate planning "somewhat easier,"
more than 100 farmers at the first session of a
three-day Huron county agriculture
conference here were told Tuesday,
"For once, the government has treated us a
little easier," Lealand Hill, Manager of the
Victoria and Grey Trust Company in
Goderich, said. "Most estates won't be
subject to taxation when they are passed
between husband and wife,"
He told the farmers they should start estate
Planning when they are 25 to 30 years old and
not wait until they are 75 or "until the day
before they take the trip to Florida,"
13y earlier planning, each member of the
family can be treated more equally, he said.
His .comments came during a panel
discussion and question-and-answer session
on how the tax reform, which took effect Jan. 1,
Will affect farmers.
The conference, sponsored by the Huron
Soil and Crop Improvement Association,
continued Wednesday, then adjourned till
Thursday, March SO.
Yesterday's program, On dairy
management, included trips to the dairy farms
of AI Wylie, RR 2, Clifford, and Joe Winkel, RR
I, IP-orb/jell,
for 1972 at Monday's meeting, said later
"there are just not enough doctors in the area
for the number of people here.
"There are some whose names are on the
active list who are not working full-time."
The board was also told that the revenue
fund of the 60-bed hospital showed a surplus of
$1,487 after provisions for $27,061 in
depreciation were made. This compares with
a $150 deficit for 1970 after a depreciation
allowance of $24,000.
Total expenditures for the hospital were
$715,000 up from $667,000 in 1970. The
payroll for 1971 came to $529,000, an increase
of more than $83,000 from the previous year's
$446,000.
Mr. Campbell succeeds J.W. Bill Counter,
who served three terms as board chairman.
Five of the 15-member board whose terms
were up Monday were re-elected to another
two-year term, They include Art Aiken,
This week the merchants of the Clinton area
willhonour the consumers of this area with an
assortment of the greatest values ever seen in
the entire region, See the Bargain World pages
of this edition of the Clinton News.,Record.
FRIENDLY COMMUNITY
Sales receipts and bank deposits show that
the Clinton area is soaring ahead as a regional
Shopping centre. There are many continuing
factors to this growth. The Clinton area for
years has been referred to as a friendly
Community, Progressive merchants,
Courteous sales people and an nnderatanding,
efficient town and area government are the
biggest assets.
CONFIDENT FUTURE
The Clinton area is an industrious
community, Our civic leaders are always
looking for new income for our people through
new industries that will bring gainful
employment. Our educators, spiritual
leaders, members of the Medical and legal
selected vice-chairman, Mrs. Frank
Fingland, Duff Thompson, Leen Rehortt and
Hugh Flynn of Londesboro.
The board re-elected 'the hospital
administrator, O.L. Engeistad, as its
secretary-treasurer.
The meeting was told the town's
appointment to the board is Coun. James
Armstrong. The Huron County representative
will be E. Beecher Menzies of Clinton.
The chairman of the hospital's medical staff
for 1972 will be Dr. Paul Walden of Clinton.
A director's meeting held afterward
decided td appoint a management committee to
investigate the best type of x-ray equipment to
replace the 14-year old unit now in use, The
new equipment is expected to cost about
$45,000.
The routine chest x-ray given to every
hospital patient is not necessary, said Dr,
Walden, and will be discontinued.
professions, and progressive farmers and
dairymen, have all the facilities to meet the
challenge of our continued growth,
CONSUMER GIVEN CREDIT
You, Mr. and Mrs. Consumer, deserve full
credit for our growth as a commercial centre,
Your knowledge of merchandising, shopping
habits, and buying skills, stand as a constant
challenge to our merchants to bring you
quality merchandise at a price you are willing
to pay.
Shop at the following businesses for Bargain
World values. Archer's Farm Sales &
Service, Clinton Farm & Garden Centre,
Clere-Vu Auto Wreckers, Russell L. Jervis,
Aiken's, Kum-1n Restaurant, Del-Mac
Variety, Ivan & Mickey's Gulf, Paul J.
Goldsworthy, Clinton Electric Shop, Haugh
Tire Supply, Lorne Brown Motors, Ltd., J.W.
Peek, SerutOn Tire & Auto Service, J, & T,
Murphy Ltd., Clinton PUC, Amsing's, Fabian
Furniture Mfg, Co. Ltd., Ball & Mulch Ltd.,
Pricegard, Beattie Furniture Ltd., and
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