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Tharsd«y, April 27, 1172 107 Year No. 17
Clinton News-Record
Mrs. Jean Adatns of BruOfieid, runner-op for the Liberal nomination for Huron riding
Congratulates Charlie Thdrnas, winning candidate and his wife Mary.
or if the Arctic joined with
Russia," Thomas stated,
The 44-year-old farmer
produces corn and hogs on his 500
acres in Grey Township, He
resides on that farm with his wife
Mary and his three children, Bob
\ 19, David 18 and Dianne 15.
Thomas went to school in
Brussels before joining his father
in the construction business until
1951. He was a jet pilot with the
RCAF from 1951 to 1957,
The candidate is a member of
the Brussels United Church and of
the Brussels Legion. He is a past
president of the Brussels Lions
Club and a past president of the
Huron Federation of Agriculture.
He is a former member of the
Agricultural Advisory Board of
Conestoga College.
Thomas has been involved in
local politics for several years.
He has been reeve of Grey for four
years and as a member of Huron
County Council, presently serves
On the Social Services
Committee.
He is also a past chairman of
the County Planning Board, and
was on the board during the time
that Huron gained the distinction
of being the first county in Ontario
to complete an official plan,
He was nominated by Mrs.
Shirley McAllister and Graham
Craig,
The only opponent in the contest
for the candidacy was Mrs, Jean
Adams, Brucefield, Mrs. Adams
came to Huron from Brandon,
Manitoba. She is a widow, Her
husband had been with the RCAF
and the couple settled in the
Brucefield area following their
retirement from the service.
Mrs. Adams was nominated by
a past Liberal candidate in Huron,
"1 • Morgan Smith, Bayfield and
Pad! Steckle,
Mrs. Mains told the audience
there are Many good women
"going to waste" in Huron
County. She reminded those
present that 35 percent of the
work force in Canada is
comprised of women and about 50
percent of the voters in the nation
are women.
She expressed her belief that a
woman has "access to the cabinet
such as no man has" and she noted
that while she didn't have all the
answers for today's complex
problems, neither did "our
present member either".
She challenged the Liberals to
"get rid of their defeatist attitude
and put a little vim and vigor
behind the campaign".
"And open up the purse
strings," said Mrs. Adams.
A third nominee declined the
nomination. He was Wilson
Hodgins of Biddulph Township in
North Middlesex, now part of the
Huron Riding (federal).
Hodgins urged the Liberals to
"get out and work".
"No candidate can do it alone,"
concluded Hodgins.
Guest speaker for the evening
was Judd Buchanan, Liberal MP
for London West,
Buchanan claimed that the
Trudeau government had done
more than any other government
in history to improve the
parliamentary system,
especially to the advantage of the
Opposition. He cited individual
member's services, increased
secretarial help, constituents'
letters, rules changes, more
powerful committees and the new
"Opposition's Day" as a few
examples of the changes for the
better.
Re said that the economy of
Canada is "'healthy and growing"
despite what Robert Stanfield and
David Lewis would have
Canadians believe,
Buchanan said that rather than
trusting to what Stanfield and
Lewis had to say on the matter. he
preferred to put his faith in
statistics which prove that
Canada leads many nations in
area growth and curbing inflation.
He said the gross national product
is up from $65,000,000 in 1967 to
$100,000,000 today.
While it is true that Canada's
unemployment runs at about six
percent presently, Buchanan said
that the great numbers of young
people entering the work force
following the post-war baby boom
has been the biggest problem.
Buchanan noted that Canada has
more young people entering the
work force in one year than has
Great Britain. West Germany and
Italy combined.
The Liberal government has
been successful in creating jobs,
too, said Buchanan, In fact, the
London West member said that
Canada has created more jobs in
the last seven years than has
Great Britain, West Germany.
Italy, Belgium, Sweden and The
Netherlands combined. Canada's
government has created so many
jobs, Buchanan Said, that by the
1980s, Canada could stiffer from a
labor shortage,
He Said that if Pierre Elliott
Trudeau had made any election
promises before he was elected,
it was for a Just Society.
Buchanan felt that election
promise had been kept in terms of
greater benefits for senior
citizens, veterans, the country's
native peoples and the low income
citizens in all walks of life,
"Maybe we have not done
enough," said Buchanan, "But I
believe we have come a long way, I
believe we have taken steps in the
right direction."
In closing, Buchanan agreed
With Huron's- candidate for the
next federal election that tile
Liberal Party is "the only truly\
national party".
Two men rescued
from ice flow off Bayfield
Clinton Lions elect
Price president
BY MILVENA ERICKSON
A near tragedy was averted Sunday
afternoon near Hayfield when two young men
were heard calling for help and were sighted,
adrift on an ice-flow about a half to three-
quarters of a mile out in Lake Huron, three
miles south of 13ayfield,
The two young men, Jeff Morris, 21, of
Icomoka, and Dave Kemp, 19, of Mississauga
were rowing around the ice-flows in a punt
when it hit an iceberg and capsized, sending
the young boaters into the icy-cold water with
air temperatures of 35 to 40 degrees and a fair
wind blowing from the north,
The men were able to swim to a large ice
flow which they managed to scramble up onto
and frantically call for assistance.
They were spotted by a cottager, who in turn
called the Hayfield Fire Department, The call
was taken by Jack Sturgeon, who immediately
notified the Ontario Provincial Police
Detachment near Goderich and also offered
his aid in helping to contact one of the local
commercial.fishermen to ask them to take one
of their tugs to the rescue of the men.
Glenn Price was elected president of the
Clinton Lions Club on Tuesday night,
He succeeds A. "Red" Garom
Other officers are Stewart Middleton, first
vice-president; Harry Merriman, second
vice-president; Harvey Howard, third vice-
president; Charlie Fee, secretary and John
Wise, treasurer.
Beecher Menzies and Joe Murphy are
Tailtwisters and Ted Davies, Lion Tamer.
Greeter will be Stew Taylor and Maynard
Corrie will be bulletin editor. Frank Newland
and Don Jewell will be one year directors and
Bill Mutch and Paul Grunewald, two year
directors.
However, this was not required as an
unidentified cottager launched a large row
boat and safely brought the young men to
shore,
Besides an unexpected`ducking and perhaps
a good lesson learned, the young men appeared
none the worse for their harrowing
experience.
Cornerstones were laid at the new
Brucefield United Church on Sunday, only a
year and a half after the old church was
destroyed by fire one cold night in November,
1970.
More than 500 persons attended the
ceremony.
One cornerstone, removed from the rubble
of the old church, was placed by Rev. E. Donald
Stuart of RR 1, Centralia, minister at the time
of the fire. He was assisted by Ross Scott,
chairman of the building committee.
The second stone, one prepared for the new
$140,000 church building, was placed by Rev,
Frederick M. Feist of Stratford, chairman of
the Huron-Perth Presbytery, Assisting was
Elgin Thompson, reeve of Tuckersmith
Township and clerk of the session.
Mr. Faist preached the sermon at the
special service Sunday afternoon.
Since the fire, village residents have been
attending church at the other half of the two-
point parish, Kippen, three miles south of
Brucefield. Minister for both parishes is Rev.
Paul Packman.
The new church, built of red brick, seats 250
persons in the nave and includes a semi-
detached church hall. A modern bell tower is
connected to the church by a covered walkway,
In it swings the old church bell also recovered
from the previous building's rubble.
Other features of the new church, designed
by Kyles, Kyles and Garret of Stratford,
include a kitchen, school rooms, nursery.
meeting rooms and minister's study.
Provision has been made for additional
seating with a balcony in the nave.
In the chancel is a large wooden cross made
from airplane propellers, Originally the
cross hung in the Protestant chapel at the
Centralia RCAF station.
With the closing of that station, it was
transferred to Canadian Forces Base Clinton.
When CFB Clinton was shut down in May, 1971,
the cross was donated to the 110-family
Brucefield congregation.
The present structure is built on the same
lot as two previous village churches, The first
was constructed in 1876. In 1908, it was
dismantled and another church, using some of
the old bricks, was built at a cost of $10,239.
The cornerstone of the 1908 church was
placed during Sunday's service. Its contents,
also replaced, included an old communion
token, coins from 1905 to 1908, church
publications, a handwritten history of the
church updated to include recent events
including the fire, and copies of the Huron
Expositor and the defunct Seaforth News of
June, 1908. The two weekly newspapers were
accompanied by a note saying the papers
represented the Liberal and Conservative
viewpoints of the community: the Expositor is
identified as the Liberal and the News as the
Conservative organ.
The new cornerstone contained all 1972 coin
currency.
Cornerstone laid at new
Brucefield church
Separate school rate drops in Clinton The cornerstones of the new Brucefield United Church were laid in a
ceremony on Sunday. Here clerk of the session Elgin Thompson
watches while Rev. Paul Packman, minister, and former minister
Rev. Donald Stuart pe'rform the service. Cornerstone froni the old
church, destroyed by fire in November, 1970 and a new cornerstone
were both installed in the new church.
Separate school board gets incentive grant
BY WILMA OKE
The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic
Separate School Board at a special meeting
Wednesday approved the 1972 budget of
$2,400,780 by a recorded vote. This is an
increase of 6.7 per cent or $151,700 over 1971.
The maximum recognized ordinary
expenditure for 1972 is $561.10 per pupil, or
$1,803,200. This covers all expenditures of
the Board less capital expenditures,
transportation, debt charges and the capital
element included in rentals payable. The total
increase under ordinary expenditures from
1971 is $129,980 or 7.8 per cent.
Extraordinary expenditures of 'the board
st Column.
Well, it's baseball season already.
The Clinton Colts, defending Ontario
Baseball Association. Intermediate
champions, are holding a stag on Friday night
at the Arena to help raise funds for another
year.
The money raised by the stag, which will
begin at 8:30, will go to purchase new
equipment and meet other costs such as paying
for the use of the flood lights at the park,
The team is already practising and will open
about the May 24 weekend.
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Local residents will get a good opportunity
to see live theatre this week as the students of
Central Huron Secondary School put on the
musical "You're a Good Man, Charlie
Brown". Unlike other recent productions by
the students, this play is not elaborate in
costumes, sets or cast size, but will warm
many a heart with its simple theme and
enjoyable humour.
The play, based on the cartoon strip
"Peanuts", played to large crowds across
North America a few years ago, including a
stay of more than six months in Toronto.
Information on tickets and performance
times can be seen in an advertisement on the
entertainment page of the News-Record.
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Whether it was the pleasant spring weather
last week, or too many other things to
remember, but somehow your's truly
managed to forget to write the first column,
It's the first time in a long time that the
column has not appeared in the News-Record
and some people may have thought we'd finally
decided to improve the paper by throwing it
out. No such luck, we're back, bad memory and
all,
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Speaking of memory, will you be one of those
Who forgets that daylight saving time begins
Sunday? The clock will be set ahead one hour
on Sunday and set back an hour On Oct. 59,
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Achievement day will be held for loeal dubs
of the 411 Homemaking course "SleepWear'' at
the Central Huron Secondary school. The
public Is invited for the afternoon program
which will include a fashion show of the girls
modelling their projects.
total $544,500, an increase of $54,500 from
1971.
Jack Lane, business administrator for the
hoard, said significant changes in the 1972
regulations require the removal from
ordinary expenditures the capital element
included in rentals and covers portable
classroom rentals and administrative office
accommodation. These are now considered as
extraordinary expenditures with only the
portable classroom being recognized for
grant purposes'on the basis of average daily
enrolment at 25 cents per pupil place per day.
A substantial reduction in approval for grant
results from this change in regulation.
He also said, "Transportation costs under
the present grant structure will continue to
increase the disparity recognized for grant
purposes, a matter which has been a constant
concern to the board for some time. Minor
adjustments in the rate per pupil per mile
announced by the Department of Education in
1971 have had little or no beneficial result in
the Board's net transportation cost",
The provincial grant on ordinary
expenditures for 1972 has increased by 2,21
per cent and on recognized extraordinary
expenditures by one per cent. The equalized
assessment per pupil which determines the
Board's grant percentage has increased from
$19,500 to $20,200.
The 1972 local tax levy after deduction of the
general legislative grant, mill rate subsidy,
and other revenue is $365,700, an increase of
$13,700 from 1971, The mill rates established
for each municipality in 1972 for Separate
School support follow with the corresponding
rates for 1971 in brackets:
Clinton 29.65 (30.96); Exeter 20.59 (19.59);
Goderich 27,97 (22.97); Seaforth 26.13 (27,09);
Wingham 26.72 (21.72); Bayfield 24 (19);
Hensall 22.14 (17,14); Zurich 27.89 (22,89);
Ashfield 23.50 (18,50); Colborne 23.21 (24.16);
Goderich Township 19.41 (19,34); Grey 22.72
(21.72); Hay 27.45 (22.45); Howick 15.00 (20);
Hullett 19.22 (17.96); McKillop 26.08 (23.94);
Morris 12.50 (17.50); Stanley 20,62 (18.62);
Tuckersmith 23.42 (22.04); Stephen 31.19
(26.19); Turnberry 23,20 (18.27); Usborne
17.09 (20.10); W.Wawanosh 20.50 (15,50):
E.Wawanosh 19.47 (19.47); Biddulph 19.25
(23.65); McGillivray 28,45 (23.45); Culross
18.57 (18.); Kinloss 18.05 (13.05): E. Nissouri
20. (25,); W. Zorra 29.60 (26.45); Stratford
27.25 (31.72); Mitchell 27.25 (31.72): St.
Marys 5 (5.75); Blanchard 22.77 (23.); Downie
28,44 (24.91); N. Easthope 27.04 (25.20): S.
Easthope 22, (21,80): Ellice 25.64 (23.53):
Fullarton 20,29 (17.99): Hibbert 24.54 (25.13);
Logan 27.19 (22.19); Mornington 23.46 (19.78);
Wellesley 23.61 (21.80): Maryborough 19.83
(19.83); Peel 19.37 (19.37).
Signs indicate the popularityof the nomination
of Charlie Thomas.
BY WILMA OKE
Under the winter work employment
incentive program sponsored by the federal
government, the Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board was re-
imbursed $4,038.14 when washroom
facilities, a teacher's room and a library
resources centre were added to St. Mary's
School at Hesson.
Vincent Young, Goderich, chairman of the
building and maintenance committee reported
at a hoard meeting in Seaforth Monday that the
work cost a total of $9,780.49 for materials,
supervision and labour costs for the facilities
put in the basement of the school.
Trustee Young also reported that three
locks to be installed on the gym doors at St.
Mary's School in Goderich will cost about
A life-long Huron County
resident, Charles Thomas, reeve
of Grey, was named the official
candidate for the Liberal Party in
Huron Riding when the federal
election is called.... either June
or Octo,ber, according to
speculation.
Speaking to about 500 Liberal
supporters Monday evening in the
gym at Central Huron Secondary
School, Thomas said Huron
County could benefit from a
member who would sit on the
government side of the House of
Commons.
"I am aware of the local issues
and the local problems," Thomas
stated. "I recognize the difficulty
in communicating these needs to
Ottawa through the Opposition."
He called for planned economic
and industrial growth in Huron
County which would include a
connecting link with Highway 401,
better rail services, improved.
court facilities at Goderich and a
"container facility" at Goderich
harbor to tie the industrial
complexes to east of the county-
the Kitchener-Waterloo area, for
instance-directly to the St,
Lawrence Seaway,
The Liberal candidate was at
the Hot Springs Conference in
1970 and Worked with Prime
Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau
and Liberals from across Canada
on policy making.
"I was impressed with the
Prime Minister's ability to
gather around hint people of
exceptional ability from all parts
of Canada," said Thomas,
Thomas told his audience that
Trudeau was the only party leader
in Canada today who could
Maintain national unity because
the Liberal Party is the only party
to have representation in all part,
Of the dominion,
"To lose Quebec would he just
as disastrats as if British
Columbia joined the United States
$200, He said that a survey is underway on the
amount of snowplowing, costs, etc. at the 19
schools in the two counties.
The building and maintenance committee
was authorized to spend up to $5,000 on capital
expenditures, reporting on the work done at
each meeting.
Passed for payment was the.' 972 fee for the
Canadian Catholic Trustees Association of
$80.23.
Read at the meeting by John Vintar,
Superintendent of Education, was a letter to
Sister Lorraine, principal of St. Boniface
School, Zurich, expressing appreciation of the
St. Boniface Youth Club for the use of the
school for meetings by Val Regier of Zurich,
secretary-treasurer of the club.
Also read by Mr. Vintar was an invitation
from Spence Cummings, Clinton, a Huron
County official, asking representatives from
the school board to attend a meeting at the
Clinton Community Centre to which
representatives from the municipalities and
school boards in four or five counties were
invited to discuss taking over the sports
complex at the former Canadian Forces Base
in Tuckersmith Township. Trustees F.J. Vere
of Stratford and Chris Walraven of St. Mary's
volunteered to attend. Trustees Francis
Hicknell, R.R.5 Seaforth, Vincent Young,
Goderich and Ted Geoffrey of Zurich indicated
they would attend if possible.
Mr. Wairaven reported on a transportation
seminar which he attended in Chatham on
April 15,
The board accepted officially the 1971
financial statement.
Charles Thomas to lead Liberals