Clinton News-Record, 1972-03-30, Page 1Clinton, Ontario
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Thursday, March 30, 1972
107 ..Year No. 13
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reid, 72 Rattenbury St. West will celebrate 50 years of marriage on
Friday, March 31. The couple was married in Blyth and lived for many years on the Reid
homestead in Stanley township before moving to Clinton in 1952. For more details see the
story on page 5 .
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Stormy conditions last week left roads in a treacherous state. Goderich OPP reported 14
accidents in the past week, five of them on Thursday and four on Friday. One of the Friday
accidents was this one south of Londesboro when a car driven by Dorothy Airdries of
Londesboro went off the road and overturned.
Bargain World promotion
salutes homemakers
The Clinton 144115 CIO are conducting the
Easter Seal campaign for the Crippled
Children's Society and report that over $500
has already been donated. There is
considerable gap yet, however, before
Clinton's $1250 goal is. reached,
Half of the funds raised in the area remain in
the area to help crippled children in the
locality. Last year the fund helped three
Crippled children and helped send another one
to summer camp.
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One of the most, amazing developments
following the closing of CFB Clinton was the
way real estate in Clinton continued to sell
briskly, Now that prospects for the town are
looking up, things seem to be getting even
better in the real estate business. One agent
we talked to this week says the problem is to
find enough good houses for sale to meet
prospective buyers demands,
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Tomorrow is a holiday, which will mean
curtailment of postal services at Clinton post
office.
There will be no wicket or rural route
service but street mail boxes will be cleared
as usual and the lock box lobby will be open 24
hours. Mail will be received and dispatched at
6:45 p,in.
There will be regular service on Monday.
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The hockey season has pretty well ended and
the. Clinton Minor Basketball league is ready
to swing into action.
Registration forms have been sent out to all
area schools for youngsters to register for the
program which will run from April 6 to May
11.
This year there will be a program for girls
as well as boys in the 12-14 age group, Scene of
the action will be Central Huron Secondary
School. Ken Clynick will be directing the girls'
program this year. Ken Reidy, the man who
coached the CHSS Redtnen to a Huron-Perth
conference basketball championship will be
helping out with the program.
The sessions will begin with a basketball
clinic April 6 at 7 p.m. at the CHSS gym. ,
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
"Due to provincial financial restraint,"
William Elston, Reeve of Morris and
chairman of the Huron County Road
Committee said Friday at the March session
in Goderich, "the Department of
Transportation and Communications has
reduced the subsidy allotment to the county
from $826,000 in 1971 to $693,000 this year."
The total amount budgeted on roads and
bridges including Development Roads, the
chairman's report stated, "is down
$259,000."
County Engineer Jim Britnell said this
represents a 13.9 percent decrease to the
county and .a 19.1 percent decrease in the
subsidy allotment.
"All this when we can expect a 10 percent
increase in costs," added Britnell.
_The taxpayers of Huron County, however,
will likely pay the same mill rate for county
roads in 1972 as they did in 1971. Included in
the budget is a $79,000 reserve fund for the
roads department, According to Clerk John
Berry, this represents about one mill to the
taxpayers.
"Or total requirement of $738,000 of County
funds is identical to our 1971 levy," reported
Elston. "Our recommendation for the
Reserve Fund is as a result of discussion with
C. S. MacNaughton and Department of
Transportation and Communications
officials. It is felt that D.T.C. financial
arrangements will be revised in 1973 to allow
the county to increase its road program in
1973 from the 1972 level when it reached its
lowest level in five years-15.2 percent lower
than 1971."
"This Reserve Fund will be required to
finance our share of this revised arrangement
in 1973," explained Elston.
Goderlch Deputy-Reeve Dave GoWer
questioned the wisdom of establishing a
Congregations
unite for special
services
Good Friday and Easter will be celebrated
this year with joint services and combined
choirs at the Ontario Street and Wesley Willis
United Churches, The public is earnestly
invited to share in these inspiring services.
The Good Friday service will be held in the
Ontario Street Church from 10 a.m. until noon.
Rev. L.S. Lewis and Rev, A.J. Mowatt will
preach on "The Seven Last Words of Christ".
The Choirs, under the leadership of Mrs,
Doris McKinley and Mr. Lorne Dotterer, will
present special Good Friday music. For the
benefit of those unable to remain for the full
two hours, there will be an intermission on
"Hynt Singing" half way through the service,
so that some may leave and others join the
service without disturbing the worshippers.
There will be a Nursery available for young
children.
On Easter Sunday evening, both
congregations and choirs ,will worship at
Wesley-Willis Church. There will be the
singing Of the Well-loved Easter hyrnnS as well
as special music by the combined choirs. Rev.
S.L. Lewis will preach on "Joy in the
RessUrection Faith" and Rev, A,J. Mowatt
will Conduct a fitting service of worship,
reserve fund in the road department at a time
when the total county budget is "probably up."
''I'm concerned about the overall picture to
the municipalities," stated Gower.
Gower went on to question the method by
which the overall budget for the county is set.
He said that since all department budgets are
approved before there is an opportunity to
assess their total effect on county spending, it
was difficult to control the overall picture.
Reeve Charles Thomas, Grey, concurred.
"We pass the department budgets," stated
Thomas, "and then we look to see if we're up
over the previous year."
He said there could be some merit in seeing
the entire tax picture at once, and then, if
necessary, making cuts in various
departments.
"Apparently that's the way the province
does it," added Thomas.
Clerk Berry told council that while all
budgets from the departments are approved
individually, the total budget for the county
must be approved by council before the
necessary bylaws are passed to collect the
money from the municipalities. He said it was
his understanding that if the majority of
council was dissatisfied with the total budget
picture, changes could be made in certain
department budgets even though they had been
approved previously.
Stanley Township's Anson McKinley,
deputy-reeve, said he was concerned about the
budgeting system of county council.
"I have been concerned about it since I came
into county council," stated McKinley, "but it
seems to me we're tied to the system. Our
system may have faults, but I haven't an idea
for the better one."
"Priorities at the municipal level tend to be
set by the provincial government priorities,"
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Although Huron County Council has agreed
to pay their membership fee for another year
in Midwestern Development Council (MODA)
there was some '.discussion at the March
session of county council in Goderich as to the
appointments to the board from Huron.
The county development committee chaired
by Ed. Oddleifson, reeve of Hayfield,
recommended that Warden Elmer Hayter, last
year's warden Jack Alexander and Oddleifson
represent the county on the board.
speaking to the report before council,
Oddleifson said that Huron County was
assured on one member of the MDC executive.
He said Jim Hayter, Goderich, formerly of
DashWood, as Past President of MDC, would
be assured a Seat.
"We're hoping for additional
representation as well," stated Oddleifson
who said the initial meeting of the new board
would be April 19, It is understood that
executive members would be drawn from
among hoard members,
Charles Thomas, reeve of Grey, who has
served on MDC for several years, said that
since many decisions are made at the
executive level of MDC, it was important that
Huron have representation on the executive.
Thomas also noted that the appointees by
council should he persons who would likely
stay on thehoard for four or five years. This
continuity, Thomas felt, would put Huron's
McKinley went on, "even though the two may
notbe compatible. We should be working for a '
system whereby we at the local levels set our
own priorities."
"I'll predict it is in the future. but I don't
know when," McKinley concluded. "If is
imperative that it come and we must be ready
to accept the responsibilities that will go with
setting our own priorities. If we think this is a
debate this morning, wait until we start setting
priorities. This will seem just like a Boy Scout
affair."
Britnell also praised a system of
"unconditional grants" from the provincial
government. He said a brief asking for
essentially that very thing had gone from the
road committee to the D.T.C. The idea,
Britnell said, was for a lump sum to be given to
the county annually, with the county officials
having the responsibility to spend it as they
found necessary.
"Can the county afford a reserve fund for
the road department?" asked Gower.
Chairman Elston said the road committee
was not in favor of cutting the mill rate one
year, and increasing it the next. He said the
preferred method was to keep it constant
whenever possible.
"We think it is a good idea to keep a
a continuous mill rate of 10 mills,"
stated Elston.
Britnell noted that if it was not possible to
spend the reserve on roads in Huron County in
1973 as expected, the reserve fund could be
transferred to another department.
Britnell also told council that because of the
drastic cutback in road spending in 1972,
fewer summer and casual laborers would be
engaged by the county this year.
"It is not a very pleasant outlook,"
concluded Britnell.
members in a solid position which would
increase their likelihood to serve on the
executive committee of MDC.
The Warden noted that since all council
appointees would be elected officials, there
would be no assurance of a continued stay on
the board, Thomas answered these persons
should be appointed for three year terms, for
instance, in the same manner as they are
appointed to' other county committees.
Oddleifson also expressed the hope that
Huron's development officer, Spence
Cummings, would attend MDC meetings and
perhaps be named a resource person by the
board.
Local man hurt
in bush accident
A Clinton, area farmer was in critical
condition Tuesday night in Victoria Hospital,
London, after suffering head injuries,
including the loss of sight in one eye, last week
when a tree limb fell on him.
Elgin Cox, 48, of R.R. 2, Clinton was injured
last Wednesday while he and his sons Rodney,
15, and Kevin, 18, were cutting dead elms in a
bush lot on their farm six miles west of here.
A son said the wind caught a braneh four to"
five inches in diaMeter, causing it to fall on the
man's head.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
New courses—some of them entirely
different to what has previously been offered
in Huron County—have been approVed for the
five high schools for September 1972, All
courses, however, are subject to budget
limitations and may still be deleted from the
schedule if funds cannot be made available.
At Clinton, anthropology for students in
years 3 and 4 and art for students in years 1
and 2 will be offered.
At F. E. Madill Secondary School in
Wingham, art will he taught at the first year
level with a further course for a more senior
group; drama will be open to any student;
welding will be offered to students at third
year level; and machine shop will be available
to students taking the auto major course,
At GDCI, art will be open to all students;
consumer education will he taught at the year 4
level; instrumental music has been approved
for all students; and business organization,
world politics and Modern Literature will be
given to third and fourth year students on
alternate years,
Seaforth District High School will have film
arts for third and fourth year students; and
German for students in year 3. Decision on a
course entitled "Media'' will he reserved
until new enrolment figures are received for
art.
Art will he given at two levels in South Huron
DHS; marketing will be made available to
students at year 3 level; and theatre arts was
approved for students at third and fourth year
level.
Goderich staff will increase by one; South
Huron by two; F.E, Madill by three; Seaforth
will have no change; and Central Huron will
have 1.5 teacher's less. All these staff changes
are also subject to budget limitations.
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Members of the Huron County Board of
Education took a long—and longing—look
Monday afternoon at The Arts. The afternoon
began with a stirring concert given by the
concert and stage bands from Goderich
District Collegiate Institute in Huron County
and the 115-voice choir from Mitchell District
High School in PerthCounty, and ended with a
recommendation from a committee of
teacher's that the hoard co-operate with the
Huron County Council to build an Arts Centre
in Huron.
The presentation which followed the concert
in the gym at Central Huron Secondary School
in Clinton showed that the art subjects—
music, drama and art—are of "paramount
importance in the development of the whole
child".
Morley Sander's of South Huron DHS outlined
the aims of the creative arts in school. He said
it provides the basis for leisure time
activities in later life, teaches students to be
critical and discriminating in their interests.
develops a questioning mind and a sense of
confidence, aids in social and emotional
growth and helps correct some of the
imbalance of aims within the present school
system.
"Marks are given for academic abilities but
the persons with creative abilities do not get
any recognition," explained Sanders. "With
creative arts in the schools in Huron County,
we feel it should help to repdir the balance."
Warren Robinson from GDCI discussed
courses in theatre arts for secondary schools,
He noted that facilities for teaching such
courses are practically non-existant in the
county and added there was a shortage of staff
as well,
"There are two dangers," Robinson went
on. "The most serious is that of saying that we
can do nothing because of lack of equipment,
facilities or teachers' background, Something
Valuable will come out of the most primitive
Conditions with the most inexperienced
teacher as long as he or she is in earnest. The
second danger is to allow the first condition to
become norm."
Speaking about music in the county schools,
Charles Kalbfleisch, GDCI, said that while
there is vocal music taught in all the
elementary schools of the county and some
limited instrumental instruction, none of the
secondary schools has any music instruction
either vocal or instrumental,
He said that GDCI has a 50-piece concert
band and a 12-piece stage band but this activity
is carried on as an extra-curricular activity.
At Seaforth DHS there is a girls' trumpet hand
Which is also operating only in certain seasons
of the year as an extra-curricular activity,
Kalbfleisch denied that music has been
unpopular with the students in Huron County,
He said the music program has not been
"sold" in the same way that the other courses
have been sold to the students.
Ile suggested the bands from GDCI could
make a tour of the elementary schools in
Huron County to acquaint the students there
with the joys of participation in a band and
enrolment ie a music course.
Kalbfleisch noted that while the GDCI bands
would not like to "be sentenced" to a year of
playing nothing but elementary schools in
Subject to budget limitations as well, the
board will hire one psychometrist, one speech
correction teacher, one specific learning
disability teacher, the equivalent of 3.5
remedial teachers for elementary schools and
one guidance and counselling teacher for
secondary school.
In other business, W. Donald Kenwell was
appointed superintendent of operation,
effective August 1, 1972. There will be three
assistant superintendents, one to be qualified
in special education.
The executive council of the hoard will
consist of the director of education, the
,superintendent of business affairs, the
superintendent of operations and
superintendent of program and planning.
As well, decision was reached at the
meeting to pass policy whereby the director of
education may approve, in advance, payment
of tuition fees to other hoards for Huron
County Resident Internal pupils to take
secondary school programs of study that lead
to institutions of advanced study beyond
secondary school or to a specialized type of
employment when such programs of study are
not offered in a Huron County Secondary
School.
Approval was given at the meeting for four
Huron County students to attend H. B. Beal
Secondary School in London in September. The
Huron board will pay their tuition fees but the
students will probably have to live away from
home, or find their own means of commuting to
and from school daily.
In the past, such approval was given by the
board. Now under the new policy, the director
of education may make the decision and report
to the board at the first meeting following that
decision.
Huron County, the students would he happy to
participate in a program to sell music to
students coming into high school,
"How can a student know if he wants to play a
trumpet if he has never seen a trumpet?"
asked Kalbfleisch,
The art program in Huron Schools, reported
John Talbot, Seaforth P.S., is somewhat hit
and miss. He said that while most elementary
schools have several teachers on the staff who
have taken one or more art courses which have
been made available through the Huron board
of education, and all schools have art
programs of some kind, there are no art
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News-Record trading area! Your taste in
homemaking would make any community
proud! The town and farm homes in the News-
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prosperitythat thearea enjoys. You, Mr. and
Mrs, Homemaker,' are indeed to be
congratulated for the way you keep adding to
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Some of you are fortunate enough to have
ready cash to keep your homes the way you
want them I Others have to operate their homes
within a budget, But Whether yOu run your
home on a budget, or' with unlimited capital,
you can have the type of home you desire! The
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If your horse is not up to par and is in need of
repairs or modernization, consult any local
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Former .Goderich
'Twp, road
superintendant dies
Roy Tyndall, former road superintendent of
Goderich Township, died on Tuesday, March
28, 1972, in his,75th year. He is survived by his
wife, the former Stella Connell, and several
sons and daughters. The late Mr. Tyndall is
resting at Ball Funeral Home, 153 High Street,
Clinton, and funeral service will be at Ontario
Street United Caurch at 2;00 p.m. on Friday,
March 31, with interment in Clinton
Cemetery,
County levy
likely to rise
for 1972
Indications are that taxpayers in Huron will
be paying more money to the county in 1972.
According to Clerk John Berry, the expenses
will be up about $700,000 over last year.
"To give council an approximate idea of the
increased costs, the total additional revenue
required by the county would amount to
$200,000 and on the old system of about 70
million assessment, this is in the
neighborhood of three mills," reported Clerk
Berry.
Council gave its approval to reduce the
surplus account by $90,000, leaving about
$110,000 to be raised in additional taxation.
This would mean an increase of about 11/2
mills to county ratepayers.
Approval was also given for an additional
$50,000 Lobe set aside in the working capital
fund for 1972. The purpose of this fund is to
hold reduce borrowing costs to the county.
Clerk Berry explained the need for
additional money in Huron this year.
"The greatest increase, of course, is due to
the fact that the county has accepted county
welfare and this amounts to $94,500 net to the
county," said Berry. "In addition a full year
for the county planning department, certain
land division costs, proposed re-
establishment of the Hospital Reserve Fund
and as well, general increases in almost every
department."
The road budget, Berry added, will remain
approximately the same as other years. It is
estimated that 10 mills will he collected in
Huron for roads this year.
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Provincial road aid cutback
puts squeeze on County budget
Hayter, Alexander, Oddliefson
to represent Huron on MODA
New school courses
offered in September
School board takes
long look at arts in school