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Clinton News-Record, 1973-04-19, Page 1Thursday, April 9, 1973 108 Year No. 16 Clinton, Ontario 20 cents Weather 1973 1972 HI 1,0 HO 1.0 APRIL , 10 39 11 37 12 42 13 37 14 48 18 61 10 69 25 22 25 22 23 35 43 50 40 67 51 51 49 43 01 30 30 .00 33 00 31 here Will be a community Good Friday Ice in the Clinton Christian Beton-tied reit at 8 p.m. Dr. Mowatt, Bev. Lewis Rev, Beukema will each present a rt meditation on three different aspects Jesus` suffering on the Crows, The On- io Street United Church Men's Quartet, Wesley-Willis United Church Ladies' able Trio and the Christian Reformed. Will sing. Wee will be Served after the service iiVeit9b60 la welcome, Bayfield cuts tax rate PY 1011.VENA ElliCKSION At a special meeting of Bayfield Council Tuesday, evening, April 10, a contract for 1500 yards of pit-run gravel was awarded to Don Flunking for $1,12 a yard. His was the lowest of three tenders submitted. At regular session last Monday evening, council decided to put the general residen- tial mill rate to 20 mills from 25, and to decrease the commercial, mill rate to 22 mills from 27, Fred LeBean was given permission to run a water line from Bob Lynn's well to hie residence abutting the Lynn property. Mr. and Mrs. Lynn also approached Coun- cil asking them for formal recognition that part of their building is on town property. Correspondence included a letter from the International Great Lakes Levels Board, stated there would be a hearing in Toronto on May 4; a letter proclaiming Canada Week from June 25 to July 2; a let- ter from the Ontario Safety League per- taining to Fireworks Safety; and a letter regarding the Huron County Municipal Of- ficers meeting, Wednesday May 16, with Dr. Frank Mills, M.O.H., who will speak on plumbing and building. Mr. Len Morris from the Department of Municipal Affairs will be the afternoon speaker. A letter was received from Mr. Rathbun, Director of Communications Branch of Ministry of Transport and Com- munications regarding Council's request for Cable T.V. for the Village. Mr. Rathbun stated in part, that he welcomed the oppor- tunity to explore the possible avenues of providing cable T.V. to Bayfield, but it was very expensive to run a coaxial cable from Holmesville. about $6,000 per mile. To be feasible it would require 1,000 subscribers. A suggested micro-wave would cost about the same amount. Because no subsidies are available, Cable T.V. is put of reach for the Village for the present time. Council sent a letter, to Arthur Gaston, roperty agent for the Ontario Housing orporation about the planned Senior itizens Housing, suggesting possible sites r the Units. They also sent a letter to lair Merner, president of Bayfield Senior itizens to acquaint the group as to what s developed to date, on the project. Correspondence was received from Miss hel Dewar, secretary of the Hayfield storical Society, asking Council to con- t the Postal Authorities regarding the cing of a commemorative plaque in the Post Office, and suggested a ribbon BY WILMA OKE uckersmith Township will pay a levy of 6,190 to Huron County for 1973, uiring a rate of 23.4 mills by all perty owners in the township, This is an rease of 1.4 mills. or general township purposes the coun- set a rate of 20,0 mills on all farm and idential property and a rate of 25.0 mills commercial and business assessment. is is a decrease in farm and residential t Column BY J.F. on't forget the Bunny Bundle Canoe ce this Sunday on the Hayfield River ween the Banockburn Bridge and the yfield Bridge. Sponsored by the Bayfield ns and Hully-Gully Snowsport, the day- rts off with a pantake and sausage akfast at 9 a.m, at the Hully-Gully. gistration begins at 10 a.m. and racing under way at 12 noon. ollowing the battle of the plume, a nt barbecue and fish fry will be held at Hully-Gully at 5 p.m. There are six saes of racing and either Jack Merner at yfield or the Hully-Gully at Varna will wer any questions you may have on the e. Let's make this one as good as the forth race held a few weeks ago. It's for ery worthy cause. * * n last weeks paper we inadvertently d the remodelling of the Clinton ristian 'Reformed Church was worth 0,000. The total cost including the ad- ion and landscaping is worth $50,000. * * * his coming weekend is the annual ter celebration and worship services I be held at area churches both Good day and Easter Sunday. Many area finesses will close Friday. There will be mail delivery or wicket service on day but there will be street, letter box lection. There will be normal Saturday Monday service. cutting ceremony, with a dignitary from Ot- tawa, to mark- the occasion, A request to have a poWiole filled by the telephone booth en- Clan Gregor Square was granted and will be done when the streets ,are graded with crushed gravel. Also, a life preserver will be replaced on the north pier, and the lines will be checked for deterioration. Approval of three new campsites in Goderich Township depends on approval from the Huron County Board of Health, the township council decided at their regular meeting last Monday night, In all, about 250 units for trailers and camp sites, are involved but because of strict laws pertaining to adequate water supply and sewage treatment, council decided not to issue any building permits for the sites until the Huron County Health Unit inspected plans and approved them. Ron Sarnways, owner of the Bayfield Golf Course, wants to establish a 96 unit north of the golf course on Highway 21. He had asked for three building permits, two for the campsite and one for renovations to the clubhouse. Council approved the renovation permit but tabled the other two. Some councillors were also concerned that the campsite was too close to the highway and children of campers might become in- volved in traffic accidents. Ray Bush of Kampgrounds of America (KOA), a chain of campgrounds, was present at the meeting to ask permission to take over the campground of Herb MacAdam on Lots 23 and 24 on the Maitland Line, Mr. MacAdam is presently licensed for 47 campsites. Mr. Bush was seeking the township's approval to expand and upgrade the existing site. Included in the proposed facilities would be a central service building containing washrooms, laundry, recreation and store facilities. Of the proposed 100 campsites, half would have electrical and water services. He also plans a river swimming area and a playground area. Council received a protest about the KOA proposal from John Maaskant, who farms in Colborne Township, directly across from the proposed site. He told Goderich Township Council that he was heavily involved in hog and poultry far- of 1.6 mills, while commercial and business remain the 'same as last year. The township levy will raise $92,056. Clerk James McIntosh pointed out that this general township rate does not take into account the proposed grant increases by the Ontario Government as presented to the legislature last Thursday. He said the township rate was set in February and that any credit attributable to this will be ad- justed in the 1974 tax rate. For the Huron County Board of Education the primary rate of 20.8 mills was set on all farm and residential property and 23.0 on commercial and business assessment, compared to 20.5 and 22,6 last year; for secondary schools the rate is 15.2 for farm and residential and 17.00, for commercial and business com- pared to 15.5 and 17.00 last year. The primary school levy is $86,412 and the secondary school levy is $69,444. For the Huron-Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board the farm and residential rate is 25.4 mills 'and for com- mercial and business the rate is 28.3, com- pared to 23.4 and 26.0 last year. The levy for the Huron-Perth Board is $10,440. A public school supporter with an assessment of $5,000 would pay taxes amounting to $397 and a separate school' ming and used a liquid manure system that sometimes got a little "high". Mr. Maaskant said that he had been farming there first and he didn't feel he should have to move just because campers were complaining about the 'smell, which he said was inevitable. Council heard a third request for a Cam- psite. from Mrs. Walter Pierson of Goderich, who wants to open a 60 unit site two miles, south of Goderich on Highway 21. Mrs. Pierson said she already received approval from the ministry of industry and Harry Hayter, R.B. 2, Dashwood, was appointed Monday to fill the vacancy on the Huron County Board of Education created by the resignation of Jack Riddell, of Hay Township. Mr. Riddell was elected on March 15 as the Liberal member in the Ontario Legislature for the riding of Huron. Mr. Hayter, a turkey farmer, will represent the townships of Usborne and Stephen, as well as the Town of Exeter. Clarence McDonald of Exeter is the other representative for this area. The Board meeting was attended by a delegation of three from Howick Town- ship-Douglas Bunker of R.R. 2, Harriston; David Neilson of Gorrie and James Robinson of Fordwich, a Howick Township councillor, who wished to get the view of the Board on a proposed new com- munity centre to be built adjacent to Howick Central School. The spokesman, Mr. Bunker, chairman of the building committee for the centre, said the committee was interested in two building .sites-one of which was on the supporter with same assessment would pay $420, In other business, the Council at its meeting Tuesday granted two building per- mits to Ross Faber of Kippen for an ad- dition to his barn and a shed; and to George Cantelon of R.R. 3, Seaforth an im- plement shed. Court of Revision was held on the Kin- sman Drain. No appeals were heard and the report of the drain was approved. Tuckersmith Council will meet with Hib- bert Council on May 22 to discuss boun- dary roads between the two townships. Council accepted the tender of Fred Har- burn of R.R. 2, Staffs, for weed spraying at $5 per mile, both sides of the road. The township has. 100 miles of road. The engineering plans for the water system at Brucefield is completed and the program for securing easements is nearing completion. As soon as approval is received from the Ontario Municipal Board, tenders will be called for the installation work. Reeve Elgin Thompson and Clerk James McIntosh have signed the easements for the municipal services at Vanastra - storm sewers, sewage and water. Tuckersmith will oppose a proposed "ar- chery" deer season in Huron from October 29 to November 25 because of cruelty to the animals. tourism and the Huron County Health Unit. Council instructed Clerk Robin Thompson to issue the permit as soon as the township received the necessary letters of approval, In other business, council is looking for four additional men to work for them un- der the Unemployment Incentives Program. They referred to the road superintendent a letter from the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority which asked for projects that SWEEP students could, carry out this summer. property of the Howick Central School. The school is situated on a 40-acre piece of land. Mr. Bunker suggested that if the centre were to be built adjacent to the school it could be used' as a sports centre for the students at noon hour, recess, etc. so that the facility could be used as much as possible. He stated the committee was in- terested in obtaining eight acres. Mr. Bunker said the site for the centre would be on top of a recently built track at the school, however, the committee would relocate the track to the opposite side (west) of the school, Trustee J.P. Alexander of Wingham asked Bruce Robinson, principal of the Howick Central School, who was an obser- ver at the board meeting, if the school was in need of more recreation facilites, Mr. Robinson replied that the auditorium facilites were satisfactory but that the coirl- munity centre presented exciting possibilities for hockey, broornball and other such sports if the arena was close enough to be used during school time. D.J. Cochrane, Director of Education, said that there was no legal im- Ne5liment to such a venture and that this was, being done more and more. The Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board Tuesday approved a 1973 budget of $2,607,132, an increase of 7.36 per cent, or $180,166 over last year. Jack Lane, Business Administrator, in presenting the report said the maximum ordinary expenditure this year is $620.79 per pupil, or a total of $1,961,113. The provincial ceiling on ordinary expenditures for 1973 is $630 per elementary school pupil. The increase for the Board is $60 per pupil over the expenditures in 1972. Extraordinary expenditures total $582,325. The provincial grant for ordinary expen- ditures in 1973 has increased by 1.8 per cent and on recognized extraordinary ex- penditures by .35 per cent. The equalized assessment per pupil, which determines the Board's grant percentage, has increased by $1,390. Of the total budget of $2,607,132, 13.68 per cent is to be levied against local tax- payers. Mill rates established for each municipality in 1973 for separate school Farmers in northern Huron ( and Southern Bruce counties who have been protesting prices being offered for land oil the route of a proposed Ontario HydrO. support follow with the corresponding rates for 1972 in brackets: Clinton 26.65 (29,65); Exeter 22.59 (20.59); Goderich 29,97 (27.97); Seaforth 23.13 (26.13); Wingham 28.72 (26.72); Bayfield 28.45 (24.00); Hen- sail 22.50 (22.14); Zurich 29.89 (27.89); Ashfield 25,50 (23.50); Colborne 25,21 (23.21); Goderich Township 22.00 (19.41); Grey 24,72 (22.72); Hay 29.45 (27.45); Howick 19.00 (15.00); Hullett 21.22 (19,22); McKillop 23.08 (26.08); Morris 19.00 (12.50); Stanley 22.62 (20.62); Stephen 28.19 (31,19); Tuckersmith 25.42 (23.42); Turnberry 25,20 (23.20); Usborne 19.90 (17,09); E. Wawanosh 21.47 (19,47); W. Wawanosh 22.50 (20,50); l3iddulph 21.25 (19.25); McGillivray 30.45 (28.45); Culross 5.40 (18.57); Kinloss 5.36 (18.05); E. Nissouri 22.00 (20.00); W. Zorra 26,60 (29.60); Stratford 24.25 (27,25); Mitchell 19,96 (17.96); St. Marys 5.00 (5.00); Blan- shard 26.00 (22.77); Downie 28.44 (28.44); N. Easthope 29,04 (27,04); S. Easthope 24.00 (22.00); Ellice 22.27 (25.64); Fuller- ton 21.70 (20,29); Hibbert 21,54 (24.54); Logan 24,19 (27,19); Mornington 25.46 (23,46); Wellesley 25,61 (23.61); Maryborough 21.83 (19.83); Peel 21.37 (19.37);. The largest item in the expenditure list is instruction listed at $1,603,000 or 61,5 per cent of the total budget of $2,607,132. In 1972 the actual instruction budget was $1,488,657 or 61,3 per cent. In addition to revenue from local taxation the budget estimates general legislative grants of $2,173,306 compared to $2,005,577 in 1972. The Huron County Board of Education meeting in Clinton Monday approved the appointment of Herbert Murphy of Goderich as vice-principal at South Huron District High School, Exeter, effective Sep- tember 1. He fills the vacancy created by the retirement-'of Morley C. Sanders after 32 years of<etiching in Huron County, Mr. Murphy, who is presently vice, principal at Seaforth District High School, will be replaced by Bruce Shaw of Exeter, now head 'ad the English Department at South Huron High School. Mrs, J.W. Wallace, board member from Goderich, withdrew a motion she was prepared to make to ask, the Board to rescind an October 16, Ion, resolution that organized the board into standing torninittees, and return to its original fromat of meeting in fall and regular meetings twice each month, AO any mat- ters requiring extraordinary attention be delegated to ad hoc committees. power transmission line are putting money up in support of their claims. Dave MeCallurn, R.R. Wingliam told directors of the-Huron County federation of Agriculture in Clinton recently that some 130 properties along the route of line from Douglas Point to Seaforth have not yet been sold. It had been decided, he said, to go ahead and try to get money to com- mission a consulting firm to determine the value of the land in question, Each farmer has been asked to give $75 to $100 and, Mr. McCallum says, "It's unbelieveable the support we're getting from the farmers involved". So far it seems about 90 per cent of the farmers will agree to give the money, he said to help raise the $10,000 needed to conduct the study. He said the farmers need professional help if they are to have the information to fight Hydro. Farmers involved have been complaining since the issue arose first that prices of- fered for the land required for the line have not been realistic and tactics used by Hydro negotiators are less than honest. They have formed a committee to negotiate as a group and have been given help from a special committee from the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. Mr, McCallum said other groups seem to be coming out in support of the farmers in- volved. The Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association, he said, had kicked in $100 to help meet the costs of the fight. He said there seems to be little knowledge of just how much land is really involved. Near Seaforth, he said, Hydro is leasing a 120-foot strip of land, but is sur- veying a 900-foot strip. Guest speaker at the meeting Thursday was. William McEachern of the Depart- ment of National Revenue, Kitchener of- fice. He gave farmers tips on ways of saving money on taxes. On the subject of elm tree removal grants, he said that no ruling has been handed down by the Ottawa office and farmers would be wise not to include a grant as part of their income, but to attach a memo to -the tax return saying they had received a grant. Mrs. Wallace considered the original setup of, the board offered better com- munications among members and between the board and the public. It had established with the board in January, 1969, two monthly open meetings and made provisions for committee of the whole meetings and committee of the whole in camera meetings. 'Since October, 1971, the Board has been operating under five standing committees and holding one open meeting a month, a system that was devised in an attempt to make fewer meetings necessary for Mein-- hers to attend. Before Mrs. Wallace Made her motion, 8.0.Hill, Hoard chairman, drew to the at, tontion of the tneinbera that the by-laws of the Board required a two-thirds majority, vote of the members present to OW the tank on the floor. When it Was drawn to Mrs. Wallsee's at- (cOrtilostred Ort, Page. 2) Craig Bowker, 6, of Clinton has a tenacious hold on the rabbit he won as part of the fund raising efforts of the kindergarten class of Clinton Public School. The youngsters of Mrs. William's class raised $40 for the Bunny Bundle Fund for crip- pled children from the sale of tickets on the rabbit and from a rummage sale they had at the school last Friday. (News-Record photo) Farmer's $ back fight tie kersmith ups mill rate Campsites await health board nod Riddell vacancy filled Response to that blood donot Clinic held at dentral Huron seconders School last Monday was overwhelmingo With 190 persons donating the g Mrs, Shirleyift Of life. Here Hargreaves, left, at the 100E and Dot McLean, who along with Mn,l Catheritte Howard Orgertited the event, mire' cookies and pop 10 00Me of thekvOluntotors atter they had given blOOd. Both the 1000 and the Seta Sigma Phi Sorority assisted that Red COO at the 0111116, The Kinsmen Wort the eiervicat club competition Over the LOOM; the Ptah end Gam. end the Lions. (NeWS-Record Photo) Separate budget increased Withdraws 'Open board' bid