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Clinton News-Record, 1967-07-27, Page 1i NO. 30 To Reading Centre Hui left Clerk-Treasurer BAYFIELD - Bayfield Coun- cil and its planning committee met the public at a special oppn meeting pn Friday, July 21. The meeting had been pub­ licized in order to attract all those interested in the work being done now and in future planning. About 60 people were in atten- danqe and Reeve Frank McFad­ den opened what he termed an “informal meeting, almost a family gathering.” The Reave stated the need to retain the benefits already ex­ isting in Bayfield, but said that even this cannot be achieved Without careful planning. He re­ ferred to an existing subdivision bylaw passed in 1962 at the re­ quest of village trustees and said that it remained in force on reincorporation. A building bylaw, also in­ herited from Police village days, states those requirements with­ out which new buildings or major changes inexistingbuild- Ine's are prohibited. The ‘holding’ bylaw passed in March 1967, was also mentioned by the Reeve as a necessary. step to maintaining the “status quo” in respect of present use of lots and/or buildingspending the passing of a zoning bylaw. Returning to the subject'of planning, McFadden said that thanks to the open nature of the village there would be no immediate problem, provided that council took steps to re­ pair some known drainage pro­ blems, to ensure that surface water dispersed freely and does not carry contamination from septic tanks to shallow wells. Any extension of the existing drainage system will require accurate maps showing con­ tours but this “we can afford’” ^what we cannot afford,1' he said, is puh’ic water and sewage dis­ posal & stems?1 The Reeve next gave cr .dit to the civic minded residents who had, at council’s request, given so much time and effort to the problem of planning, thus, he hoped, saving thousands of dollars which would be required to pay a professional planning consul­ tant as recommended by the A familiar face frequents the • News-Record Office again with the return of Mrs. Shirley J. Keller to the editorial staff. Mrs. Keller came to Clinton first in the spring of 1965 to work with A. L. Colquhoun, then editor and publisher of the “Home Paper with the Home News.” Previous to that, Mrs. Keller was with the Zurich Citizens . . _ New’s and the Grand Bend Hol- 6.M.B. Brig.J?. A. Clift, chair- iday. ................. ‘ -——A^busy- mother of three, child, ren, Mrs. Keller will comprise the day-time news staff under the supervision of the new man-• aging editor Jim Barnett whose J -man - of the Planning Commit--- tee’ introduced the members of his committee, consisting of the Reeve, Councillor Oddleifson, who is also an electrical en- Two Clinton girls will be re­ turning home on Friday from a two-week “once-in. a-lifetime” experience at an International Guide Camp set up in connec­ tion with Centennial Year in Canada on Morrison and Nairn Islands in the St. Lawrence River near Morrisburg. Both 15-year old and both Grade 11 students at Central Huron Secondary School inCiin. ton Martha Corrie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard Corrie, R.R, 5 Clinton, andKarenKerr, *TT ... . r .’f Bi ,' jV’*.\ hi ; 1. IR' A k ii /•TJ f ■Laa j ft 2,000 girls frOrtt 12 Countries Camping this group from HurOnta* iFrOniTeftf Gall Page* under canvas oh Morrison and Nairn Islands in the Owen Sound; Anne Tulnema, Walkerton; Cathy St» LawtehCd Rivet at the National Heritage Cdrhd Corhett,- Owen Sound* Karerr Kerb Cl intorr Odd of thd GIH Guides of Canada - Guides du Canada Linda Boyle* Lucknow. ^Clinton News-Record THE NEW ERA 102nd Yw CUNTON NEWMICORP. THURSDAY, MY 27, MR THE HURON RECORD — 86th Vw'siNGLE COPIES 12c gipeer, Qrtpn Logan, Financial Commissoner of the City of London, who resides here dur. ipg the summer months, and H. H. Ormond, who as an en­ gineer with Henry Fords was, among other things, largely re. sponsible for planning Green­ field Village. Brig. Clift said that it was important to his committee to know the wishes of the res­ idents, because they must have . community support; and added that, if the community does not take steps to plan its own future, the ' government will step in. He said that, while the village retains its present open char­ acter, with lot sizes of approx­ imately 1/4 acre, water is no great problem but if indiscrim­ inate development is allowed, • the Ontario Water Resources Commission could step in and order installations which would be fantastically expensive. Subdivision control is cov­ ered by present bylaws, said Clift and a building bylaw can easily be obtained if council adopts the National Building. Code, but there is a consider, able amount of work to be done From My Window" Shirley Kellar Joins News Record Staff H Two Clinton Girls Attend International Guide Camp . daughter of Adastral Park Mayor Donald George Kerr and Mrs. Kerr, .are camping with 2,000 other girls from around the world. Perhaps the highlight of the outing was a visit on Tuesday, July 25 by the World Chief Guide, Olave, Lady Baden- Powell. Theme of the camp is heri­ tage, and thus the campsite name “ National Heritage Camp”. The girls are learn­ ing totem-pole carving, West a- 'd, * before a zoning bylaw can be presented to the people, The holding bylaw which was passed by council, to serve as a stop gap in the meantime, has been held up because Huron School Area I board has registered an objection, Orton Logan gave a.brief account of the steps necessary to prepare a zoning bylaw and also stressed the importance of preventing haphazard build- ing. A question was raised about a cottage recently built with an old fashioned separate “privy’*. The Reeve assured the meeting that it was. only a temporary arrangement and that the owner had stated that he. had already installed a bathroom indoors and was making arrangements to share a water system with * npiebbours. Harold Ormond dealt with the lack of maps of the vil­ lage and produced a new map which he hopes to have ap­ proved as an official map and said that copies on a scale of 1 inch to 300 feet are avail­ able from the Clerks office at 50£ each. Councillor Odd- leifson also exhibited master (continued on page 10) . days are spent for the most part in Goderich. “From My Window”, a reg­ ular weekly column in five On­ tario weeklies is a product of Mrs. Keller’s sparetime home typewriter. Her appointment was announ. ,ced by News-Record publisher R. G. “Bob” Shrier this week. “I am most happy to be back in friendly Clinton again,” notes Mrs. Keller who lived in “Little England” until she was 10 years old. “My home and my family are in Dashwood but my feelings for Clinton are as real as though I lived here.” coast Indian bead-work, burlap painting, rug making, natting and rope-craft as done by the Maritime fishermen, Eskimo stencilling, soap-stone carving and quilting. -It- is hoped that each sgirl will have at least one heritage craft item com- pleted to take home with her. The following is an essay written by Miss Kerr containing some of her impressions of the camp so far. By Karen Kerr Our bus left Owen Sound at 3 i > ■'f ■h- Two CHSS Students g pl hmmChosen For Tour Two Central HuronSecondary School students will be leaving tomorrow for a two-week trip across Canada to Vancouver. Chosen for the honor are Lynda Hill, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. Gordon Hill, R.R. 1 Varna ■ and Bob Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baker, R. R. 1 Londesboro, Both are Grade 12 students who have excelled in scholastic achievement and extra-curricular activities, The Federal government^ ten provincial governments and two territorial governments are pooling resources to assist the Centennial Commission in mov­ ing 4,800 boys tween the ages from one point Canada. Miss Baker will travel with 22 other students from Stratford, Mil­ verton, Tavistock and area, .leaving Stratford by rail on July 28. and girls be. of 15 and 18 to another in Hill and Mr. Here Saturday This Saturday’s Centennial Swim Meet to be held at the, pool in Clinton will have a new class - the dr ownproof con- test - which is open to all who care to enter and could last as long as four hours, 7.00 a*m, for the National Her­ itage Camp which is located on Morrison and Nairn Islands near Morrisburg, Ontario. After a 10-hour drive we arrived at the camp and were met by hostesses. We set up our equipment and then met the other campers from various provinces and foreign coun­ tries. People have been planning this camp for three years and in my opinion it is a big suc­ cess. . This camp was meant for us to have fun and to meet and learn to get along with other people from foreign countries. The countries that are our international guests are Den­ mark, Finland, France, Ger­ many, Great Britain, Iceland, Israel, Japan, Sweden and tJSA This camp is divided into six sub-camps with approximateldy 250 guides in each sub-camp. Each sub-camp is divided into units and each uhit has 32 guides. Everyday there is free time for crafts, Singing, dancing, swimming and swapping sou­ venirs and tokens. Saturday night we had the official opening. All the 1,600 guides and 400 leaders were present* A Guide in full uniform from each country was oh the stage carrying her country’s flag.’ When She came to the • centre front of the stage her country’s national anthem Was played. It was a beautiful sight. There were Church services on Sunday and ‘^Guides Own Service.” That afternoon was “At Home to the Neighbors” so that local people who were interested ih the camp could visit. That evening there was ah ecumenical service arid unit campfire. During the Camp our sub­ camp had a visitor Who had lived With the Eskimos fdr sev­ en years. She showed films and also Showed us different art­ icles Of clothing, ‘ This was just One of the many exciting events Which W0 Will be able to attend during our Stay at camp and another opp­ ortunity to become better acquainted With out fellow Cam* phrs* ' They will spend one week travelling to and fro and one week visiting youngsters their own age at the point of des­ tination. Object is to afford a chance to meet, know and develop an understanding of Canadians of other areas of the country. , Host students are generally involved in all activities plan­ ned for the visiting students. Local host communities are encouraged to plan and imple­ ment suitable programs for the incoming students with special attention given to impressing all participants with the signi­ ficance of Confederation. This is the fourth year that the Federal-Provincial Youth Travel Program has been op­ erating., However, this Centen­ nial year'Will give more young, sters than ever before an op­ portunity to learn through travel. ' says Doug .Andrews, town re- „ creational‘director. . Enthusiasm for swimming has been greater this year than ever before, adds Mr. Andrew, and the all-day swim meet, to which parents and any of the interested public are invited, should be one of the best. Races for all ages will be staged between 1:30 p.m, and 5:30 p.m. Relays and the open classes (except the drown­ proof contest at 10 o’clock in the morning are scheduled from 7 to 8:30 p.m. For ages six and under, there will be a penny hunt, a news- paper face and a one-width free-style race with boys and girls competing at different times. Seven and eighi-year olds will have an opportunity to parti­ cipate in two-width free-style races and two-width back stroke contests. There will also be a mixed eight-width relay with four people on each team. Boys and girls aged nine and ten will take part in one- length free length back four-length four people. Those 11 will race one-length free style one-length breast stroke, one-length back stroke and four- length mixed relays for four people. One-length free style, one- (continued on page 10) style races, one- stroke races and mixed relays for and 12 years old Professionals In Hensall, Store Theft It was probably a gang of professional thieves who ran­ sacked Drysdale Crest Hard­ ware ih Hehsall sometime dur­ ing the weekend, taking with them five or six radios, a tape recorder and about $40 in cash. Store manager Bob Drysdai e told the News-Record on TUes* day that the lock on the front door of the store had been broken. The break-in whs dis­ covered About 8:30 on Monday morning by Bob Caldwell, Clin- ton, who drives a truck for Ross Scott Ltd., Brucefield. Mr. Caldwell had bailed at the Hehsall store oh his Way to the Forest, area. The door Was ajar and Mr* Caidwell en­ tered. Upon noting the up­ heaval ,and remembering that Monday Is a Store holiday in Hensall, Caldwell summoned the store owners who notified provincial police at Exeter. Mr* Dfysdale reported that several other thefts occurred ih the district during the Same period, including a car from Exeter which was recovered in Goderich With some Of the Hen­ sall merchandise in iL Perhaps the youngest libra- rian in Huron County, 21~year Old Mrs. William Blacker of town has been appointed by the Huron County library board to administer the affairs of the Clinton reading centre. The former Maureen Hayter, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, G. L. ■ Hayter, Rattenbury Street west. Mrs. Blacker has lived all but Tebbutt Resigns Ratepayers in Hullett Town­ ship this week have anew clerk­ treasurer to manage municipal affairs. Last Thursday evening, former clerk-treasurer Harry Tebbutt resigned and was re­ placed by Clare Vincent, who has been reeve of Hullett since • January of this year. At the same time, Councillor Hugh Flynn moved up to the position of reeve at the request of coun. ■ cil. Mr. Tebbutt told the News- Record on Monday that an in. creasing number of pressing duties made it necessary for him to retire from hismun- • icipal duties. . As secretary- Centre Fund The new Clinton Community Centre fund was boosted this week by $6,390, representing $5000 from the Clinton Lions Club '"om the sale of the old arena *and $1,390 profit from the master $4,000 bingo held July S. The two cheques brought the ; total of the fund to $41,430, This figure represents less than half the $100,000 which was the original goal set by the com­ mittee in charge. Frank Cook, chairman of the Bingo committee,presented his group’s pgoceeds to Andy Peter­ son, treasurer of the Comm­ unity Centre fund raising com­ mittee. Retiring Lion president Ken Flett and incoming Lion pres­ ident Maynard Corrie handed their funds to Ted McCullough, canvass co-ordinator for the Community Centre fund rais­ ing committee. Clinton Lions sold the old arena at the end of April to John S. Parker for $7,800. Mem­ bers had owned and operated the building for many years. Donations to.theClintonCom- munity Centre fund are still being received and welcomed by the committee with the motto “Let’s build it together.” Reports OPP Busy Two 18-year old Clinton youths were placed on 12 months probation last week after being charged with car theft. Dennis Gauthier and Kenneth Joseph Ralph Madore were con­ victed of stealing a car from the Western Fair Raceway on June 25 and driving it to Strat­ ford. Both men were arrested in Stratford. BUSY WEEK Ontario Provincial Police at Goderich report investigations into two thefts, two assaults and 30 other incidents during the past week. • Five Liquor Control Act charges were laid, four of them handed out to persons under the ’egal age of 21 years. There were nine motor veh­ icle accidents in the detach-, ment area resulting in two per­ sons being injured and $2,850 Worth of damage being incurred. Seaforth Tot In Fair Condition Margaret Arts, 4, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Arts, R.R. 4* Seaforth,Was in fair condition Tuesday night in Victoria Hospital, Lbhdoh, after failing down A stairway into the stable in her father’s barn. She apparently grabbed a board and broke her' fall. She was playing with brothers and sisters. A hospital official said she suffered a head injury* She was knocked unconscious moment­ arily* * three years of her life in the town of Clinton. She began working at the Clinton library about five months before the death of Evelyn Hall, former librarian. An avid library user for many years, Mrs, Stewart Farquhar, Clinton, has been named as Mrs, Blacker’s assistant. Together the ladies will check in and out treasurer of the Hullett Town­ ship School Area Board, a com­ mittee member of the Mait­ land Valley Conservation Auth­ ority, a county appointee to the ARDA committee and a full time bookkeeper at Man­ ning’s Planning Mill in Blyth, Mr.- Tebbutt found it impos­ sible to cope with the mounting paper work connected with the clerk-treasurer’s job. New township clerk-trea­ surer Vincent comes with val­ uable experience as a council member. A councillor prior to his nomination as reeve follow­ ing the retirement of Tom Leiper last fall, Mr. Vincent works part-time as a book­ keeper at Gordon Radord’s gar­ age in Londesboro. He assumed his new duties this weekt _ ? Hullett farmer Hugh Flynn is in his eighth year on coun­ cil, He was appointed to the reeve’s chair by his fellow councillors, according to reg­ ulations set down in the Municipal Act, Since there was no runner-up at an elec­ tion for this year’s council, members will select and ap­ point some Hullett Township ratepayer to complete the 1967 term as councillor left vacant by Mr. Flynn’s promotion. Present councillors are Len Archambault, Charles Scanlon and Donald Buchanan-. At the township nomination meeting ■ during the third week in Nov­ ember, residents will have an opportunity to air suggestions they may have for persons to form the 1968 council. It is highly unlikely, accord- - ing to retiring clerkLtreasurer Tebbutt, that Hullett ratepayers will demand a by-election to take place in the near future. “Preparation of a Voters’ List at this time of year would be a terrible job for the clerk” observed Mr. Tebbutt. “It would be an,added expense to the township and I doubt it will be necessary. Police Court Frank Cook, chairman of the Bingo Committee, is seen here pre­ senting a check for$l390to Andy Peterson, treasurer of the Clinton Community Centre fund raising committee. The money represents the profits from the bingo on July 3 which saw $4000 in prize money Won by lucky folks in a large crowd of enthusiasts for the game. Lidn Ken Biett* retiring president of the Clinton Lions Club arid Lldh Maynard Corrie* prdsiddrlbelect, presented a Check for $5000* to Ted McCullough* canvass co-ordinator of the Clinton Community centre fund raising COrnrtiittep* The money was raised by the Liohs from the sale of the old atena* Total of the new cornrhunlty centre fund now stands at $41,43o» 1 ' B the 12,321 books owned by the Clinton Library and the selec­ tion of county books which cir­ culate throughout Huron. Mrs. Blacker expressed some dismay at the small num­ ber of county books which are available to library customers in Clinton. Polnting.to the nar­ row rack of books provided through the new county system which was inaugurated at the beginning of the year, the lib­ rarian said that over half of them had arrived only this week, Hopefully, she added, weeks to come will offer a wider choice, “I believe the county change- over will be gradual.” observed Mrs. Blacker, “Things are somewhat uncertain at the pre. sent time.” Although she for- , sees no drastic immediate change in the Clinton Library format, Mrs. Blacker hinted she would like to begin a spe­ cial program for the children which might include story hours, films etc. Of course, the biggest dif­ ference encountered by library regualrs will be the higher fines on over-due books. Pre­ vious charges were three cents for the first late day and one cent for each additional late day. Present fine is five cents for each late day upon which the library has been open. Does Mrs. Blacker like to' read? Of course. “But you see all the good books going in and out,” she smiled. “You sort of have to read them as they are pas­ sing through.” Crops Well- Advanced In Farmers in this area of Huron County can count their blessings according to Donald Pullen, as­ sistant agricultural represent­ ative for Huron County. Mr. Pullen has been out re­ cently observing the hail dam­ age in the county and has noted that crops north of Exeter ar a much further advanced than those in the extreme southern portion of Huron. “Over 14 inches of rain fell around the Centralia area in June,” said Mr. Pullen. “In one case, a farmer measured two inches of rain in half an hour.” That area, too, has been hard hit with a hail storm which rip- ped through on Tuesday of last week. The storm shredded corn leaves near Centralia and Kirk­ ton and it is estimated that (continued on page 10)