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Clinton News-Record, 1974-03-28, Page 1Hurooview yap becomes reality The ffirterrelest Ladle* Amain/ WOO" dream *Mae true on Monday whin tipsy Prilaawad the keys for a *Octal wheelchair transportatieri van to Huronvlsw, the Ladies raised the money by soliciting donatiOni from nearly 50 service Clubs, groups end church organizations from across Hyron County. Chairman of the HuronView Committee, Anson McKinley, Stanley Township Reeve, tries out the new lift and takes the keys from Auxiliary president Mrs. Connie COlfcloagh. Looking on are left to right, Clinton Lions president Har- vey Howard, Huron !Virden BIS Elston, and Auxiliary secretary, Mrs, Orate Peck of Hansel!, l(NtivreArntord photo') Weather MARCH 1974 HI LO 1973 HI LO 19 33 17 26 21 20 34 15 29 7 21 31 20 32 11 22 36 23 34 25 23 37 20 43 16 24 21 12 48 22 25 25 4 . 46 37 109th Year - No. 13 Snow 8" Clinton Co. ships parts to Japan martens Zwaan, left, of Brumfield inspects INN boring bars at the Clinton Wil-Dex plant prior to their shipment to Excello of London where they will be mounted on a special cylinder boring machine for Toyota of Japan. The unique tool was designed and built here in Clinton. Mike Stinnissen is setting up a cutterhead that is part of a $30,000 tooling package Wil-Dex has for Vega part production for General Motors of St. Catharines. (News-Record photo) Separate school custodians get cost-of-diving raise Clinton may get Junior "C" hockey chili • while others wanted the drain a closed one. A complaint by Mrs. Dorothy Bassett that the 9.8 foot right-of-way (north of her property) between her property and the Township lot was left in poor condition when' the Logsdon factory was demolished, will be looked after by the road superinten- dent when weather conditions permit. Building permits were granted to: Mrs. Adrienne Hutchinson of Egmondville for addition to house: Vern Alderdice of RR 2, Kippen for steel ,grain bin and William Holland of RR 4, Clinton for a new house on the Vanastra Road, No. 35-36, • Several residents of Vanastra ap- proached Reeve Elgin Thompson and Deputy Reeve Ervin Sillery, along with Coun. Vince Fowlie, Vanaktra last Friday BY WILMA OKE Tuckersmith Township Municipal Telephone System should have a five-man commission instead of the present three, William B. Rowcliffe of Hensall told the. 100 subscribers attending the annual meeting in the I.O.O.F. Hall in Brucefield last Wednesday night. Mr. Rowcliffe, completing the first year of his three-year term, said the telephone PUC to mark The Clinton Public Utilities Commission is marking their 60th Anniversary on Friday and a commerative plaque will be unveiled at their Park Lane offices at 4:30 p.m. followed by a dinner at the Clinton Hotel at 6 p.m. The Clinton PUC came into being after approval by the Clinton ratepayers in 1914. They now look after hydro and water distribution and sewage treatment in Clin- ton. To help the PVC mark their anniversary, the Clinton News-Record has produced a The Clinton square dance club, the Wheel 'N' Dealers, hosted about 20 clubs from the South- western Ontario Square Dance Association last ' Saturday at CHSS. After an afternoon of workshops, the group had an evening of round and square dan- cing. Back row, left, are Mr. and Mrs. Ross Trewar- tha of RR 4, Clinton and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wise of RR 3, Clinton. Front row are Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hogert of Seaforth and Mrs, Stan Mcliwain of RR 2, Goderich and Glenn Patterson of Goderich. (News- Record photo) Square dancers invade town last Saturday By Wilma tyke • A by-law for dog tax and dog control was passed by Tuckersmith Township Council meeting in Brucefield Monday. It requires that owners must register their dogs before the first day of June. , • This will be done through the Aniline! Control Officer whom Council expects to appoint at the April 2 meeting. He will visit and collect the tax as listed: male dog or spayed female (if only one, kept) $5: for second male or spayed female $20; for a female dog (if only one kept) $10; 'for second female dog $25; for each additional male or female dog exceeding two dogs, owned or harboured by same person $30; for a kennel of dogs established in a non- residential zone, $25.: The by-law includes the clause that. for any person convicted Of 9 'breach the penalty will not exceed (exclusive of costs) the sum 'of $50 for each offence. Another clause is that any dog running at large in the township shall be deemed to be a stray dog and may be destroyed im- mediately at the discretion of a police of- ficer or other authorized person. For 1974 Council will have water and sewage rates based on taxes for Vanastra property. The Dill Drain is to be re-considered at the April 2 meeting when it was found a number of the assessed owners wanted the drain to be an open drain on their property by J. F. We have it on good word' that winter is at last finished. A warming trend is on the way and we hope to see the last of the snow by the weekend. Monday morning's chilly four above zero is believed to be a record for the date in this part of Huron County. * * * Well spring can't be far off, the Montreal Expos are to have their home opener next week, if they can dig through the two feet of snow on the diamond, and locally, the Clinton Baseball Colts will be having their first meeting of the year this Sunday March 31 at the Clinton Arena. No doubt, they are eager to get onto the field. • * * Still on the topic of sports and fitnesi, unless there is more interest shown in the men's fitness classes at CHSS every Mon- day night, they will be dropped. Only five men showed up last Monday night and we know there are more men than that who are out of shape and vulnerable to heart trouble. , * * ' The executive meetings of the Clinton Centennial Committee have been changed to the first Wednesday of the month at the arena at 8 p.m., meaning next Wednesday April 3, there will be an executive meeting. The general meetings will remain on the third Wednesday of every month at the Clinton Town Hall. We note that Seaforth, who are also celebrating their Centennial next year, have already booked Guy Lom- bardo and his Royal Canadians. * * One of our cohorts in the newspaper business is still wondering what goes on at Rome of those 4-H meetings which ate reported to him by members of the dubs. He recently received a comprehensive report as follows: "the meeting was held at the farm Of prominent Holstein breeder, Mr. X and after listening to instructions from the agricultural representative, mein. bare inspetted the girls' calvee,' No doubt, the attendance of Male Mem- bers hit 100 per cent at the next meeting. The Clinton Junior "D" ,hocker, Mustangs may move up a notch next year and enter a team in the Ontario Hockey Association's Junior "C" league. At a special meeting last Monday night, both the Junior Mustang executive and the. Clinton Recreation committee felt that now was the time for the hockey club to make the' move.. With the move to "C", it was felt by the Members. that hockey talent would be Available from Seaforth, and Goderich to. supplement the basic team from Clinton. Four players could also be imported or signed on waivers in the "C" class,, 1011101•MillilMIMIk Clinton,' Ontario regarding the formation of a recreation area at, Vanastra. They are considering purchasing the curling rink and one of the churches and operating other related recreation programs. The Vanastra Com- munity Association of which Mr. Fowlie is president, will prepare a proposal which will be presented to the next meeting of cou ncil. Three residents of Front Street will be provided with water from the Egmondville System. Council .received three appeals against the zoning amendment proposed for Lot 26 (Henry Klaver farm) from agriculture to commercial. It was purchased in January by Maple Leaf Mills who proposed to build a bulk feed plant. It was planned to have it as a corn receiving plant and other, allied system is big business, possibly as big as some townships and he wanted the in- crease in the interest of the system. Mr. Rowcliffe said he would like to see the auditor attend the next annual meeting to answer some of the questions raised by some subscribers about the auditor's report. He spoke of the need for political pressure on the Ontario Telephone SeiVice. "We are caught in the demand for new ser- Don Kay of the Mustang executive said. 'on Tuesday that Clinton is the logical place for a Junior "C" team because of its ,cen- tral location in the county, There are no bnior "C" teams at preeent in Huron, but there are three junior "D" teams, in xeter, WillOharil and Clinton.. Mr, Key said that .Clinton recreation committee would be attending the annual meeting of the QUA in Toronto on April 27 to make their bid. Aegitst 15 is the, deadline for new, entries,. into the league. The report presented by "Posy" Liver, more at the meeting on Monday showed products—fertilizer, complete line of pellet. feed. The appeals were from Mrs. John Baker on an adjoining farm whose prime concern was effect of such an operation on her sheep raising operation, whether the facility was really required in Huron with the number of similar plants already in 'operation, the increased traffic, the noise, dust, and pollution and Donald Watson and Winston Powell, Hullett Township residents living across the -highway, who Were concerned about pollution, heavy traf- fic, noise, dust. The appeals with the by-law will be for- lvardecl to the Ontario Municipal board by Clerk James McIntosh and council will await the decision made by the Board: vices and we can't supply it", Mr. Rowcliffe said, He was referring to the inability of the Tuckersmith system to raise the rate to subscribers enough to make a profit which could be put into a fund for enlarging the system to meet the requests for more two-party and private lines as quickly as they are wanted. The Ontario Telephone Services does not allow the system to raise the rates to make a profit. (continued on page 6) that the Clinton Junior Club has its most successful year ever, attracting $,000 paying customers. . The Mustangs were eliminated from the final round of the league championship series agaihat Belmont, Mr. Kay said there were plenty of players available to a Junior "C" roster, but they may have to import a goa Render. In order to finance the higher cost of "C" hockey, Mr,. Kay said that club was plan- ning five large bingos in the arena' this summer. Half of the profits from these 20 Cents The custodians in the 19 separate schools in.Huron and Perth Counties were awarded an increase in wages of 20 cents per hour because of the rising cost-of-living rate. The increase is retroactive to January 1, 1974, the Huron-Perth Separate board decided Monday night, The increase is in recognition of the cost- of-living adjustment clause contained in the custodians' three-year contract which expires on June. 30, 1974. Arthur Haid, RR 4, Listowel, chairman of the finance committee, distributed copies of the 1973 financial statement which had been prepared by Jack Lane, business ad- ministrator. The report indicated that the total ex- penditures for 1973 amounted to $2,653,178 and this total was financed by: local taxation, $353,159; provincial grant, $2,205,150; tuition fees, $63,365; provincial incentive program for' 1973, $10,631; ac- crued interest, $10,198; transportation recovery, $8,171; and other, $2,504. Mr. Lane said the actual ordinary expen- diture and recognized ordinary expenditure for grant purposes was $619.94 pet pupil, or $2,700 below the Board's 1973 ceiling, He said the 1973 expenditure total in- creased by $226,200 over 1972 and that $208,700 'of this amount was from provin, vial grants, Mr. Lane said the 1974 budget will not be available until the ministry of education releases the 1974 grant regulations. "At this point of time no indication has been received as to when these will be released", he said. Donald Crowley, RR 2, Gadshill, chair- man of transportation committee, reported tenders were being called for two 66- passenger buses, He said one new bus would replace an old bus at St. Mary's School, Henson, and the other new bus would replace an old bus at Ecole Ste Marie at RR 2, Zurich, Altogether, the board owns seven buses, Four trustees Were named to arrange for the official opening ceremonies at St. Aloysius School in Stratford and Holy Name of Mary School in St, Marys. Alterations and additions at St. Aloysius for about $202,000 and alterations and ad- bingos, Mr. Kay said, would be used to bur tables and chairs for the ice surface of this' Community Centre. "Several service clubs have volunteered' to help us with these bingos and both Clin- ton and the hockey club will benefit from them," he said, The first bingo Will be held sometime in May, There was no idea at the,present' what division Clinton would be in, but Mr, Kay said ice would probably he put in the' arena by mid-September and the team would play their first league game by mid., October. Thursday, March 28, 1974 Tuckersmith to hire animal control officer Telephone commission to be enlarged anniversary Friday special souvenir edition that is included Clinton. The book will be placed in local free to all their regular readers. The special schools and the library. section outlines the history of electricity, Guest speaker at the dinner on' Friday water and sewage treatment in Clinton. night will be George Currie, manager of the It also contains congratulatory messages Western Region of Ontario Hydro. Head from local merchants and PUC suppliers. table guests include the elected com- Also included in the special section are missioners, members of parliament and brief histories of the four PUC superinten- . Clinton councilmen. .dents through the years. Extra copies of the No celebration was held ten years ago, in souvenir edition will be available at the 1964, when the PUC was 50 years .old, so it News-Record offices for 20 cents each. was felt that the 60th anniversary would be As well, the PVC has had a history book the best time to note the local PUC's printed, detailing the history of hydro in achievements. ditions at Holy Name of Mary for about $315,000 were completed last year. The committee is to be composed of: Howard Shantz, Stratford, chairman; Gor- don Ball, St. Marys; Vincent Young, Goderich; and David Teahen, Stratford. Ted Geoffrey of Zurich and Vincent Young reported on a seminar they atten- ded at St. Jerome's College in Kitchener on February 27 re Bill 255, The Education Act, which would result in there being no distinct Ontario Separate. Schools .Act, only , one Education' Act.- Mr, GeoffreY46104::,• supported Rev. Carl Matthew who opposed Bill 255 in his address, while Mr. Young supported Rev. R, Durocher who defended Bill 255. Ed Rowland, board maintenance officer, was authorized to attend a workshop being , held at the Separate School Trustees' Con, vention in Toronto either April 4 or 5 on "improvement of our assessment". • The board,supported the resolution from. Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry County Roman Catholic separate school board-- "that the Board make contact with other Ontario separate school boards, teachers' and trustees' associations to solicit their cooperation in approaching the ministry of education re: establishing of courses in religious education in the Ontario Teachers' Colleges." The board said this resolution implies expansion beyond the present few centres of religious education courses for student teachers destined to be teaching in Catholic Schools. The Board accepted the following resignations: Mrs. Marie Melody of St. Columban who is retiring at the end of the term; Miss Lucy M. Power of inamaculate Conception School in Stratford; Mrs. Cecilia Mittleholtz of St. Boniface Schooll, Zurich; Richard Forristal of St, Ainsultts School, Stratford; and Mies Nancy Adams of St. Aloysius School. The 'above resignations are all effective as of June 36. Vincent Young, chairman of the per**« nel committee, reported his committee had had an informal meeting with the custodians when there was an exchange of ideas and some problems discussed. lie said that sale!), neigotiationstd be the reentint* 00 p,soe