Clinton News-Record, 1973-09-13, Page 1Weather
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It was a festive occasion last Sunday night in Clinton as the entire season. The team was driven through town on the fire
all-Ontario Clinton Juvenile "B" champions returned to town truck and later had a party In Clinton. The team will be
after winning the title In Nagersvillo, going undefeated the honored later by the town. (News-Record photo)
uvemies take Ontario title.
Or. and Mrs. A.4.1, Mowatt viers Mildred by the CdnortrOatlerti
at Viesley4/11111 and liotritesallfe United Churches last Suit.
day as the MOWatte end eight year, 'Wince to the two Our*
Obeid Dr, Maarlitt reeilved a Inally gift front WOW-Willis Oft
SUnday morning and Mra. PillOwlitt Was peotentiod With an or-
chid, On Sunday night Irvin. Tebbutt, left and Mrs. Carman
tebbutt presented the Moaiatts with two IMMO gibe Abet the
service at 140IntesvIIM United Church. tNilnat-Record phota)
•Signs not .correct, pop. up
Because of an unprecedented building
boom, Clinton council decided last Monday
night to ask the tninstry of transportation
And communication to update the
population figures on the signs on the high',
ways leading into town.
' Last month was another bonanza month
for building in Clinton it was revealed et
the meeting, as over $110,000 worth of con-
struction was started in Clinton,
Permits pawed by council include: Mrs.
Clare Dixon, house, $23,000; David Jervis,
house, $25,000; Ray Mitchell, two houses
at $23,000 each; Allen Betties garage and
breezeway, $1,000; Duff Thompson, pool,
$4,000; Ken Flett, pool, $3,596; Gordon
Doom, garage, $2,300; Doti Symons, pool,
$3,800; Maurice Maguire, carport, $1,000;
Clinton Hotel, alterations, $700.
Councillor McFarlane informed council
that a smaller committee had been formed
to study the proposed fire agreement with.
the surrounding four townships. Coupoillor
McFarlane said the committee was
studying the fire agreements Seaforth and
Mitchell have with their neighbors,
Council also agreed to grant the Clinton
Centennial committee $500 to defray
promotional expenses,
Permit disputed at council meeting
Clinton council appointed a special com-
mittee Monday night at their regular
meeting to look into the controversy
surrounding the issuing of a building per-
mit that resulted in considerable discussion
at council Monday night.
Calvin Bisback, through Jim Edwards of
Clinton, had applied for a building permit
to erect a barn on the Bisback property
north of Cowper Street and west of Erie
Street in town.
By Wilma Oke
Concerned because work is not com-
pleted at. St. Aloysius School in Stratford
and Holy Name of Mary School in St.
Marys, the Huron-Perth County Roman
Catholic Separate School Board will
request the architects, Kyles, Kyles and
Garrett of Stratford, to co-ordinate with all
the .building contractors for a completion
schedule by all trades. The Board will ask
that this schedule be available to the ad
hoc committee on building projects by Sep-
tember 21.
At the meeting in Seaforth Monday
Howard Shantz of Stratford, chairman of
the ad hoc committee, reported that the
classrooms of St. Aloysius were usable on
the opening day of school but that much
work remained to be done, especially in the
offices and the gym, also painting and
some shelving.
Reporting on progress at Holy Name of
Mary School, Gordon Ball of St. Marys,
said there were a lot of odds and ends to be
completed and that work at St, Aloysius
was ahead of Holy Name,
The Board accepted , the tender ,of ,Ross
Scott Ltd. of 13rucefield for furnace oil at a
discount of six cents a gallon off the posted
tank wagon prices for the year 197374,
which at time of tender was 26.9 cents a
gallon,
Bell ups taxes
to Clinton
Clinton this year will receive a boost in
the amount of gross receipts taxes paid by
Bell Canada.
The change, legislated by the Ontario
Government, means Bell will pay Clinton
$14,095 this year compared to $8,437 in
1972, an increase of $5,659.
Gross receipts taxes are a unique form of
municipal tax levied against telephone and
telegraph companies in Ontario com-
munities, These utilities pay the tax in ad-
dition to real estate and business taxes
paid by all businesses.
Under the former system, Bell paid to
each community in which it operated a tax
calculated by applying the local mill rate to
the gross receipts taken in by the cempany.
The hew legislation calls for the tax to be
computed by calculating the ;number of
telephones Bell has in service in a tom.
munity at each year's end, multiplying the
total by five percent of the company's gross
receipts in Ontario, and then dividing this
by the total number of telephones Bell has
in Ontario. The new formula will result in
a 52 percent increase to 31.6 million in
Bell's gross receipts tax bill in Ontario this
year.
In a preliminary assessment, some 825
Ontario communities will receive increases
in 1913 as a 'result of the new formule and
about 22 communities will be adversely af-
fected.
By J. V.
The Clinton Juvenile Girls softball team
will be holding a car wash this coming
Saturday September 15 at the arena froth
10 a.m. until the cars ton out. The girls
will be working hard Saturday to raise
Much needed rnoy, so your fall Suppbrt
will be appreciated.
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Bud Kuehl, chairman of the Clinton
planning board, was present and told coun-
cil that the barn would contravene Clin-
ton's zoning bylaws, since the land was
already subdivided on a registered plan,
Reeve Harold Lobb said the town should
give Mr. Bisback the building permit
because "the town doesn't own the land"
and shouldn't dictate to a person what
they can do with it.
Councillor John McFarlane agreed,
Effective as of January 1, 1973, the board
approved a policy to recognize the
retirement of board employees with a gift
of money according to the years of service
and to non-paid appointees of the Board to
outside associations, other than Board
members, be presented with a small gift on
retirement.
School enrolment was reported down by
97 pupils on first day of school: St.
Patrick's Dublin, same as last year at 182;
St Patrick's Kinkora, 204, down 7; Holy
Name of Mary, St. Marys, 185, down 7; St.
Mary's Hesson, 102, down 16; Immaculate
Conception, Stratford, 143, down 20; St.
Michael's, Stratford, 333, same; St. Am-
brose, Stratford, 146, down 6; St. Joseph's
Stratford, 139, down 2; St. Aloysius, Strat-
ford, 222, down 15; St. Joseph's,
Kingsbridge, 171, down 9; St, Columban, III,
same; Our Lady of Mount Carmel; 244,
down Ii; Ecola Ste. Marie, 91, down 9; St.
Joseph's Clinton, 101, up 6; Precious Blood,
Exeter, 77, down 2; St. James, Seaforth,
193, down 13; Sacred Heart, Wingham, 134,
up 12; St. Boniface, Zurich, 253, up 20; St.
Mary's Goderich, 235, down 2. for a total
of 3266 pupils compared to 3363 last year,
Huron county farmers expressed
dissatisfaction last Thursday night with
the government's plans to ease the high
cost of foods as they attended the Septem-
ber meeting of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture, Clinton.
The government moved last week to give
new subsidies on milk and wheat to keep
costs of milk and bread down. Farmers saw
the moves as a virtual freeze on Farm prices
since the subsidies on milk, for instance,
were available only to provincial
marketing boards that promised to hold
down the cost of milk to its present level
for at least a year.
""If we're going to work on a supply and
demand situation how can you tinker with
it all the time" said Mervin Smith, a
Walton-area farmer. Mr. Smith who had
attended the opening of the new United Co-
operatives of Ontario headquarters in
Westong the same day, said he had been
saying the land was presently taxed as
farm land even though it is within the town
limits. It would only be used for keeping
horses.
'Mayor Don Symons said that council last
year had turned down two similar schemes
on the land and couldn't very well pass
this one.
A special committee composed of Reeve
Lobb, and Councillors Roy and Hall will
meet with the planning board and look into
the matter.
Council also set up a special meeting
with Mr. Kuehl, Town Clerk Cam Proctor
and Town Solicitor Beecher Menzies to see
if Mr. Kuehl can proceed on construction of
three houses on the eastern end of Town-
send and Ransford Streets before sewer,
water and roads are put into the property.
Mr. Kuehl told council that he wanted to
get the foundations in• now before winter so
the houses could be finished during the
winter. Mr. Kuehl said that water, sewer
and roads would be put into the site before
the houses are sold. Usual procedure calls
for all building lots to be •serviced before
houses are constructed.
In other business, council approved the
transfer of the taxi license of Clinton Taxi
to Andrew Berj of RR 4 Clinton after a
recommendation from Police Chief Lloyd
Westlake.
Council received a letter from the
Federal Department of Manpower and Im-
migration informing them that the Govern-
ment would be giving $83 million dollars
this winter under the Local Initiative
Program. Council will decide later whether
they want to get money from the program
for a town project.
Council also agreed to set up a special
committee to look into the possibilities of
honofing the Clinton Juvenile Baseball
team, who won the All-Ontario Champion-
ship last Sunday.
talking to some big farm operators at the
event who just weren't going to put in any
cattle for feeding this year, He said there
would also be hog barns going empty this
year becuase of the high costs of producing
meat, He warned it would mean higher
food costs.
"Other people get a raise in pay" said
Vince Austin of Dungannon, "but as soon
as we get one they take it away from us,"
Mason Bailey of Blyth, president of the
Huron County Federation of Agriculture
said the freeze is a guarantee to processors
that they are going to get their goods at a
fixed rate but there are no controls on the
retail level to make sure the consumer does
not have to pay higher prices,
Although one farmer in attendance
suggested the group should raise "a hell of
a ruckus' over the government action, no
direct solution to the problem came from
the meeting,
in the sixth inning as they increased their
lead to 10-4 on four runs, as Dan
Colquhoun hit a triple, Cal Fremlin got a
double and Dave Fawcett slugged a two
run homer over the left field fence.
Hagersville tried valiantly to rally but
were limited to three runs on no hits in the
bottom of the sixth.
Clinton put the final icing on the cake in
the ninth inning when they got three more
runs on hits from Cal Fremlin, Steve Cook,
Dan Colquhoun and Dave Fawcett,
Clinton may get a senior citizen's
recreation hall after discussion at a special
meeting held by Clinton colleen last Thur-
sday night,
A ,eiite for the new building must be
found before a $25,000 offer by W.L.
Cooper of England, who offered the gift to
the town in 1971 will be available. An un-
disclosed location was suggested to council
but no definite action was taken on the
matter,
Originally, the meeting was called to
Make a luick decision on the reconstruc-
tion of sidewalks on Townsend, Raglan,
end Queen Street, The reconstruction of
Clinton gathered 13 hits in the game, to
four for Hagersville. Steve Cook led the
team in walks, when he was put on base 31
times this year.
Following the bus ride home from Hager-
sville, the team were driven around town
on the fire truck and were honored at a
party at the home of John Anstett.
The Clinton council has set up a special
committee to examine ways of honoring the
boys.
the property near the Municipal Building,
where it is felt there is adequate sewage
disposal and water supply for a 17 unit
Senior Citizens Housing Unit; the Ministry
of Natural Resources, Wingham in respect
to the Beach Management Agreement; and
to Mr. and Mrs. W.C. Parker, London,
regarding the Library property lease
renewal.
A petition received from Mrs. Barbara
Morley Erb and signed by several residents
requesting speed deferents on the South
end of Tuyll Street was given over to the
road committee for serious study and their
findings will be reported on at a sub-
sequent meeting.
Preparations are in progress to make
amendments to the Traffic Bylaw in
respect to three additional yield signs. An
inquiry from J. Marlatt, Goderich for the
use of the Old Town Hall for a gallery and
Crafts Centre was discussed and council
explained that since prior consent had been
given to the Bluebird Society, to 'the Senior
Citizens, and it was also needed for local
meetings, the request had to be turned
Clown.
It was reported that all five lifesaving
rings had again been replaced and that top
soil would be put on the slope behind the
Warner Payne residence on William St,
and grass seed sown on it Grass seed will
also be sown on Keith Crescent, as soon as
weather permits, A stronger light on Anne
St. to give more coverage at that corner.
The next regular meeting will be Septem,
bet 17, at 7:30 p.m.
the sidewalks wasn't included in the
original reconstruction plans and council
passed a motion authorizing Ernie Brown,
chairman of the public works committee, to
have the repairs carried out. No amount of
money was mentioned in the rhotiOn.
Council also decided at their special
meeting to sell their 1948 dump truck to
W.R. Parsons of Staffs for $435. 'The snow
plowing 'equipment on the truck will be
removed before the sale and was not in-
cluded in the purchase,
Council also decided 'to advertise for a
new man for the public works department
to replace Cecil Hallam who resigned
recently for health reasons.
The Clinton Legion Juvenile hardball
team captured the All-Ontario "B" Cham-
pionship last Sunday in Hagersville with a
convincing 13.4 win. The victory ran the
Juveniles unbeaten streak to 19 games as
they became the first Clinton team in the
last 15 years to go the entire season un-
defeated,
The win last Sunday was the second
against Hagersville in the best two out of
three series. On Saturday, September first,
Clinton took the first game of the series by
a 6-5 score.
In action in the championship genie,
Clinton jumped off to a 2-0 lead in the first
inning on hits from Steve Cook and Dan
Colquhoun, who went four for six at the
plate and knocked in five runs. Colquhoun
also pitched the game, fanning eight Hager-
sville batters and allowing only four hits.
In the second inning, Clinton went ahead
a-0 on hits from Cal Fremlin and Rob
MacAuley, Hagersville got one run in that
inning.
Clinton picked up two more runs in the
fifth inning when Mike Anstett brought
home Dan Colquhoun and Dave Fawcett
with a ground rule double.
Clinton continued to trounce Hagersville
As a prelude to the International
Plowing Match at the end of this month,
the Huron Plovitnen's Association will be
holding their local plowoffa this Saturday
at the farm of lioward Dater, one Mile
north of Dasherood, The Winnera here in
both plowing competitionts'end 'the queen
contest will represent Huron at the Inter-
0*dt:trial.
Separate enrolment down
Huron farmers reject
government price freeze
BY MILVENA ERICKSON
At the regular session of Bayfield Coun-
cil last Wednesday evening, council
discussed at length the closing of the dump.
The Reeve reported on his contact with the
officers of the Flolmesville Site and found
the Village could be accommodated there.
He will be invited to their next meeting for
further discussion.
Councillor MaeFedderi, Bayfield's
representative on the AUSable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority and Reeve Od-
dleifson will attend an Authority meeting
on September 19. On the days agenda is a
tour of the watershed.
A letter from the Ontario Association of
Rural Muniziptilities, containing the list of
new officers and renewal form was ati4
proved. A letter was received from the
M.T. and T,„ explaining the Ontario
Economic Council, municipal planning in
Ontario, studies and development and
future government policies, the issues in-
volved and constructive reform, and stated
a copy of the Municipal Planning Act
report is obtainable. A letter from Mr. W.J.
Ferguson, Int. 187, Cohen St. Bayfield,
requesting a building permit with minor
variances, was turned over to the commit-
tee of adjustment for study. `
Letters written by the Reeve included
those to Holmesville landfill site commit-
tee on garbage disposal; the Ontario
Housing Assistant, A. Gaston property
agent, asking for a review of the actions to
date and to give serious consideration to
Bayfield to use new dump
Senior's rec. hail possible