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Clinton News-Record, 1973-06-28, Page 1Thursday, June 28, 1973 108 Year - No. 26 Weather 1973 1977 JUNE 111 1.0 HI .1.0 19 83 58 82 48 20 82 66 e2 67 21 78 57 69 41 22 75 58 S4 45 23 72 50 68 45 24 71 56 62 47 25 78 47 65 49 • 62 rainfall • 96 rainfall Clinton, Ontario 20 Cents Clinton News-Reco ird Mrs. J.W. Wallace questions board meeting pol icies Mrs. Al Barnett of RR 2 Goderich, president of the Clinton Citizen's Horticultural Society, captured two top awards at the society's annual rose show at Clinton Town Hail Friday. Mrs. Barnett receives her trophy and modal from rose show of- ficial Harvey Howard. (staff photo) Benmiller mill to Although many People may have found the donkey baseball gain, on Monday night exciting and wall worth staying awake for this donkey, "Skeezlx", was apparently quite bored by the whole procedure and decided to take a rest. The foams played to a 114 score but VIM* Of a Wind Up donkey taco the Kinsmen downed the Firemen to defeat. The event raised a total of $250 which will be divided liquidly bet- ween Minor Softer and intermediate baseball, (photo by Corn, Rudd) secondary", he said, "I think we have to Mrs. Donald Kunder of Seaforth suppor- determine ourselves to administer and per- ted Mrs, Wallace in her bid to have the form our function. I believe the committee Board return to two monthly meetings. She system has operated functionally very said, "Our administive staff are doing three well." agendas with the committee system rather than two with twice monthly board meetings, I believe we are doing twice as much work, With two meetings a month we seemed to know more of what was going on. Now to know what is going on we should attend all three meetings I find the regular meetings dull and boring. We have Mr. Hill said. "It's a question of time. I discussed all the work in committee believe without the committee system the meetings and then we bring it all up again meetings went on too long. I think it was at the the regular.' considered by the Board that by using the committee system items could be given more attention. However, there is no reason why a member can't ask a question at the regular meeting." The Mystery of the Old Mill at Ben- miller is finally solved. At a public hearing in Carlow on Monday afternoon, the Hearing Board of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment listened to the presen- tation of representatives of Benmiller Estates and learned the former woollen mill is to become a "rather rustic rural hotel dining lounge" which is to be "open to the public generally". Spokesman for Benmiller Estates and Peter Ivy of London was. Bob Wallace, manager of Pump and Softeners Limited, London. He was accompanied by the firm's chief engineer Don Miller. Also present at the hearing was Lorne Kleinstiver, Dash- wood, mechanical contractor on the job. In the presentation, Wallace said the for- mer Woollen mill will offer a dining renal which seats 40 persons; e lounee' fareeNee and eight bedrooms on the second floor for two persons each and four suites on the up- per floor for two people each. There will also be wooded walk routes for customers to enjoy, said Wallace. Wallace also noted a staff of about 14 persons will be required to take care of the hotel's needs. One of the first questions considered for the project after the basic concept of a hotel/dining lounge was conceived was sewage disposal, said Wallace. Decision was reached to install sewage treatment plant capable of handling 6,000 gallons per day and 20 pounds of BOD5 (Biochemical Oxygen Demapc1). Accordingte Jim McCaul, chief public • health inspector, the Huron County Depar- tment of Health was concerned about the effectiveness of the sewage system planned for the project hence the hearing. Former Bayfield family awarded or son's bravery Mr. and Mrs, L. R. Maloney of Chatham, and formerly of Bayfield, were in Ottawa recently to receive a Medal of Bravery warded posthumously to their son ichael. He was 19 and a student at Fanshawe allege when he died July 18, 1967, in a ain attempt to rescue from drowning a ellow worker on a construction project. Governor General Roland Michener resented the medal privately before a ublic investiture. The medal, approved at year,:and it's accompanying scroll was reed over in Mr. Michener's study. An aide- de- camp then escorted the aloneys to reserved seats in the ballroom om which they watched the formal eremony. Mr. Maloney is purchasing agent for the ent County Board of Education. New 3anadian Bravery decorations were in- ituted by Queen Elizabeth last year on e advice of the Canadian Government. The Maloneys boy is among the first per- one whose valorous actions have been ecognized in this manner. He drowned when he jumped into the eater in an attempt to save the life of Ver- son Oesch with whom he was working on he north pier of the goverment dock at layfield. In trying to clear a snagged line ttached to a crane bucket, Mr. Oesch waif brown fro In the clod( into Lake Huron. Mr. Maloney knew Oesch could not swim nd immediately tried to rescue him. The cane operator ran to get aid but when he stunted' both men had disappeared eneath the surface. It is the second posthmous decoration for to young Bayfield mania Sacrifice, In 1968 his parents received a bronze . pedal and $750.00 from the Carnegie Hero and tomtnisSion. Officials of Vanastra Developments an- nounced at a press conference Monday that deeds will be going out to home owners on the former Canadian Forces base beginning in one eweek to 10 days. It was revealed that the plan of sub- division, approved last week by the Depart- ment of Treasury, Economics and In- tergovernmental affairs, was registered with the County of Huron Monday mor- ning ,and that work had started on processing the deeds. Speaking on behalf of Vanastra Develop- ments Fred Ginn said the announcement represented some of the "most exciting news" about the development in some time. "Vanastra is now a reality," he told the press gathering. "We are very proud of what we have ac- complished in one year," he added. Mr. Ginn also indicated that in the next two to three weeks an announcement will be made in connection with a pending sports complex program at Vanastra. "The project will involve all the existing recreational facilities on the base, as well as the former officers mess," he said. Mr. Ginn extended his thanks to Federal MP Bob McKinley and MPP Jack Riddell for their assistance in having the sell. division application processed seed 4eP• proved. "We also thank the Huron County Council for its, assistance. They gave us a push in any way possible." It was explained that the deeds will not be going out all at once . The first ones are to be mailed in about a week but it is ex- pected to take four to six weeks to complete the property ownership work. In discussing other developments at Vanastra Mr. Ginn said that only about one third of the available industrial space remains in disuse. Originally there had been about one and one quarter million square feet of in- dustrial space for sale or rent on the base, The Vanastra official also said that all the homes on the base were now sold and occupied, "As a matter of fact we could probably use another 100 homes," he said. Both churches at Vanastra are now in use as well with services being held every Sunday. When asked about the number of workers how ()filleted by industry on the :former tnilitaeA( se Mr. "Ginn estimated that abaneeeeerneh were holding steady jobs, "It would be my guess though," he noted, "that during the next four months that figure would climb to about 350." Mrs, J. W. Wallace of Goderich, a mem- ber. of the Huron County Board of Education, at the board meeting in Clinton Monday objected to the Board having only one regular meeting a month and doing most beard business in committee. She said that too much was discussed in the committee meetings and then it was not brought out at board meetings. She noted the reports of the superintendents especially, which impressed her but this in- formation was not getting to' the public, She said to be well informed she should be going to the standing committee meetings (education committee, management committee) as well as the regular meeting. She said she found the regular meetings dull because so little was discussed there. She cited as an example of board business done in committee was the budget which was passed in committee of the whole and not given to the new media un- til nine days later. Mrs. Wallace said it was cumbersome way for the Board to operate when it took a mopth to ratify a decision when the an- swer should be given every two weeks. E. Cayley Hill, Goderich, Chairman of the Board, said the public relations were very important and the Board had a duty to the public, but" that the responsibility was at the board level. "That has to be the dominant role, public relations must be Mr. Ginn said that in addition to the remaining industrial space the project still offered a number of fully serviced lots and suggested that in about a year's time work would begin to develop these areas to their potential. Judge Carter sworn in Huron County officially has a new judge with the swearing in on Friday of London lawyer Francis G. Carter, Judge Carter fills the post left open by the death of Judge H.S. Hetherington last April. The fifty year old judge was sworn in by C.E. Bennett, provincial chief county court judge, assisted by senior county judge for the district P.S. MacKenzie of Walkerton. In 1967 the new judge was a Liberal can- didate for the provincial riding of London North, but was defeated by John Roberts, then premier. A native of St. John's Newfoundland Judge Carter received his education at St. Bona'ventures College, St. Francis Xavier University and Osgoode Hall. He was called to the bar in 1950 and is the author of a book, Judicial Decisions on Denominational Schools. The hew Judge also worked on the staff of the Financial Post for two years. He is president of the Middlesex Law Association, Town Council lets contract At a special meeting on Monday evening Clinton Town Council agreed to accept a bid from the Lavis Contracting Company Ltd. of Clinton for the reconstruction of one block on Queen Street, one block on Townsend Street and another on Raglan Street. Councillors had little choice in the mat. ter though since the Levis bid was the only one received on the tendered project. The bid Was for a total of $69,900 but council decided to delay the second portion of the plan and final paving of the recon. struated StreetS until 1974, although they accepted the total bid. It is hoped by the delay to reduce the 1973 expenditure to approximately $63,000. J.P. Alexander of Wingham suggested that more detail should be given in com- mittee reports so that the press would have more information and it would give board members more reason to ask questions. Tomorrow will be the final working day for Clinton News Record staff member Marg Rudd. Mrs. Rudd will be leaving the newspaper after five years as an employee. Mrs. Rudd accompanied her husband Ron Rudd to Clinton in 1962 when he assumed duties as a senior instructor on the staff of the School of Instructional `,Techniques at Canadian Forces Base Olin- 'foe. Marg joined the News Record staff in January of 1968. As the writer of "Town Talk" she became well known over the years to many News Record customers, correspondents and readers. While living in Clinton Mrs. Rudd has been an active member of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church and the Madeline Lane Auxiliary. She held the positions of president, secretary and decorating com- mittee chairman of the auxiliary at dif- ferent intervals during the past 11 years. Recently she became a charter member of the newly formed Clinton branch of the I.O.D.E. Mrs. Rudd will olso be remembered as the winner of the e'omrnanding Officers house at Vanastra, being the first prize in the contest to rename the former Canadian Forces Base. Mr. and Mrs. Rudd, will be residing in residential quarters at Canadian Forces Base Borden. News Record Staff members, and representatives of the News Record's sister paper the Signal Star in Goderich, honored Mr. Hill asked the new members of the Board to express their opinions, Kenneth Cooke of Clinton said he thought the com- mittee system could not be improved on, and Mr. Alexander said the whole board too cumbersome, all would be wanting to speak. John Westbrook of R R 2, Clinton and Herbert Turkheim of Zurich said they believed the committee system to be smooth running, as did Harry Hayter of R Mrs. Rudd at a farewell dinner recently in Bayfield at the Albion Hotel. The Clinton News Record will miss the assistance of Mrs. Rudd but wish her well in her new home. M. Poppins arrives safe Ken Campbell of R.R. 1 Dublin and Harry Whale of Hanover safely docked their 36 foot sailing sloop "Mary Poppins" at Portsmouth England after what proved to be a rather uneventful 20 day crossing of the north Atlantic. The men set out from Seaforili May 24 by truck with their boat. They sailed from Halifax to Trepessey Newfoundland where they discharged passengers Murray Cardiff of Ethel and Dr. Glen Oliver of London. The sloop set sail for the open ocean June 4. The men report the crossing was "fairly uneventful" with only one or two heavy blows. Icebergs and pack ice resulted in some concern at one point but, with the ex- ception of loosing a winch, all went •well. After going ashore in Portsmouth the men phoned their families to let them know of their safe arrival. They hope to sell their boat for about $30,000 and are expected home, this time by air, in about a week. R 2, Dashwood, Alex Corrigan of R R 1, Bluevale, Clarence McDonald of Exeter, Charles Rau of Zurich, Wilfred Shortreed of Walton, Mrs. M. Zinn of Lucknow, John Broadfoot of Brucefield, D. McDonald of Brussels. When the vote was held to continue the committee procedure with the one general meeting, only Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Kun- der voted against it. 'Sail Past despite fog Huron County boaters who make Snug Harbor at Goderich their home port of- ficially opened the 1973 boating season on Sunday with the annual Power Squadron Sail Past. More than 20 decorated boats took part in the event despite a thick fog which rolled in enveloping the harbor about one hour before the event got under- way. An additional 11 boats set out from the Bayfield harbor to join Snug Harbor boaters in the sail past but were forced back due to the extremely poor visibility. "Felicity", a 20 foot inboard outboard runabout, owned by Gerd Burge! of Lon- don, was presented with the top award for the best decorated boat in the fleet. Mr. Burge! is First Lieutenant of the London Power Squadron. Mr, Burgel:s craft was colorfully decorated with streamers and flowers and sported a sieeuting whale on the foredeck. The boats formed up in Goderich Harbor and then sailed past the reviewing stand as they put out through the shipping channel. The Power Squadron salute was taken by District Commander W.A. Hallett and Commander Budd Kuehl. As the boats passed the reviewing stand they dipped the Canadian ensign by lowering it to half staff or gathering it by hand to the staff or by lowering both the flag and the staff to horizontal. Following the parade of decorated boats the wives of Power. Squadron executive members hosted a light refreshment hour for the participants at Snug Harbor. "Butterfly Two", now the largest boat moored at Snug Harbor, was to have arrived in Goderich in time for the festivities but like the Bayfield boats was kept out of port until after the Sails Past had been completed. The new boat is owned by Bruce Sully and is a 43 foot ocean racing sloop. The custom built yellow and black craft put into Snug Harbor when the fog lifted at about 3:00 p.ni. a night sp be • ot Wallace explained the original system' had called for the raw sewage to be pum- ped into an aeration tank; then to a clarifier where the sludge drops to the bot- tom and the clear liquid moves on to the chlorine contact chamber, the sludge going back to the aeration chamber for further treatment. At this point the treated ef- fluent was to have been dumped into the receiving stream, Sharp Creek which flows directly into the Maitland River. (Continued on page 6) Vanastra deeds to be out very soon Mr. Hill said that it was not their job to entertain the public but that they should try to make the meetings as interesting as possible. He said he had asked that the agenda for the committee of the whole to be kept to a minimum. Marg Rudd leaves Clinton and paper