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Clinton News-Record, 1974-04-04, Page 11010.0011111.1 .181111.0surollsoNillsw. Clinton, Ontario Thursday, April 't4 1974 20 Cents 109th Year No. 1.4Y' Weather, MARCH 1974 HI LO 1973 111 .LO 26 31 23 ..51 35 27 34, 7 50 29 28 29 20 ' 59 33 29 33 23 58 49 30 40 32 55 36 31 38 32 56 36 APRIL 1 41 28 5'7 36 rain Cold water Cold toilet,* and bOitir Ohlillotg *odor Wet Sunday seated off Many entiiiis in this tioslorth isoCond annual Cah04 riots, And lob -*Mot and strong winds slimed their prOgrols. Hers thti thirdly bliss'isiiiviti this Egintindvilts bildgc (photo by Wiinth Ohs) ' Douglas S. Coventry BY J.F. PlIC celebrates 60th anniversary Jogye„:m, A former manager and a 40 year employee of the Clinton Public Utilities Commission, Jetsam Rands, pulls the cord that unveiled a commemorative plaque at the PUC's offices last Friday afternoon. Watching are Rev. John Oestreicher, left, who dedicated the plaque, and PUC chairman,' Hal Hartley. (News-Record photo) veiled at lo tanley Twp. see s p an Stanley Township Council Monday decided to ask the Huron County Planning Board to draw up a ,secondary plan for the Township. The plan will give the council some ideas' on areas that should be zoned as. Agricultural, recreational or residential, The township could then draw up a-zoning by-law for the township and any new building in the municipality would have to conform to that plan, Council was informed that it Would take several months before the Planning Board could' bring recommendations to the coun- cil. Huron County's Official plan, received provincial approval last year. One of the first in Ontario, and it paved the way for each Huron municipalitY to*draft their own plan, In other business, Stanley council awar- ded the tender for the new bridge on Lots 20 and '41., .CenceSeiet), 3 to WO. Kel ly Construction .Company of RR 5, Stratford, 'The, :birE at $I5,221• was the lowest Ittwc tenders submitted. 'The township witralsc Pay for the steel for, the bridge and the ap- proaches which will bring the totalcest to about .420,000, Three municipal drain tenders were let, They include: the Aikenheed Drain, tiled Portion to Gerber Drainage Enterprises of Millbanit for $7,080, open portion to Alvin. Litt .of London for $1,160; the Snider Drain, both tiled and 'open portions to Hodghts' and 'Hay* -Ltd, of Parkhill for 86,018.,. the Rathwell Drain, tiled portion to Foothill Tile Drainage of RR 3, Clinton for .$2,718, open part to Alvin Litt for $2,280, 'All tenders were the lowest submitted. .Stanley council also decided to discon- Orme the warble fly spraying program this Injunctior refused 13a Frirmer Clinton Public Utilities manager, Jaba\Rands, who worked for the PUC for more than 40 years, pulled the cord last Friday 'afternoon that unveiled a com- memorative plaque that marked the Dianiond Jubilee of the formation of the Clinton PVC The ceremony took. place at the PUC's Park Lane offices and was attended by about 30 people, including Huron MP, R.E. (Bob) McKinley and Huron MPP, 'Jack Riddell. Taking part in the plaque unveiling were Service club: Rolf Droste, St. Marys and Allan Felton of London for London Cen- tral Lions Club; and Kenneth Coleman and Bill Teall for Seaforth Optimist Club. Mixed class, Leonard Pearson and his wife, Brenda, of St. Marys; Douglas Crowther and his wife Sharon of Parkhill; Larry Ferguson of Hensel! and Jamie Kneale of Grand Bend. Kayak class: Tony Rissler of London; Leonard McCoy and Doug Tasker, both of London. Men's open, canoes 16 feet and under: Dale Campbell of Barrie and Pat Boisson- neault of Alliston; Ray Kettlewell and Allan Brown of Strathroy; and Julius Larigpeter and Ted McCabe, both of Wind- sor. Men's open, canoes 16 feet, one inch and over: Rene Boogemans and Cam McDonald both of Hensel!: Ted Cowan and Don Martin both of Brussels; Gary Dunlop and George Wilson both of Lucan. Cold, river slows canoe race The Ontario Supreme Court ri;rused to grant an injunction to the ,,..2illage of Bayfield last Thursday to st";0 Blue An- chor Investments Ltd. froi6 proceeding with its marina project on t'' e riy,-4• at the mouth of the Bayfiel River. Mr. Justice Neil Fraser, in handing down the decision, said the village had no legal rights on which to base the' application. William 0. Herold, a St, Thomas lawyer who heads the private company, said the marina will be completed within 10 days with more than two-thirds of the dockage space already booked. The village had sought an injunction to restrain Blue Anchor from removing sand, gravel, or earth or. installing any structures on the flats until final disposition of ex- propriation proceedings launched by the village. . Blue Anchor operates a trailer park and tourist business on a bluff above the flats and wants to build a 100-boat marina on land the village is trying to expropriate. The village contends ownership of the land has been obscured for generations. Attempts are being made to trace the original ,owner, . The application was part of an action filed in London this week against Blue An- chor, George Radford Construction Ltd., Blyth, and Gordon Heard' Construction, Seaforth, These firms were described in the, suit as employed by Blue Anchor to carry out con- struction and excavation work on the flats. Both sides were in court six weeks ago We were so carried away last,week with announcing that the baseball season was about to begin, that we neglected to men- tion a time, that the Intermediate baseball Colts would be meeting last Sunday. As a result, only four people showed up, so another meeting will be held this coming Sunday April 7th at the Clinton Arena at 11 a.m. See you there. * * * Somebody pulled a not so funny April Fool ,joke last Monday morning when they* called the Clinton Fire Department and told them there was a fire, but it proved to be a false alarm, * * * •?` In case you haven't already guessed it, the weather during the month of March was colder than normal With higher than usual winds, It came in like a lamb, with a 61 degree reading on March 3rd, and went out like a lion, with a chilly record low reading of Nur above on the 25th. * * * For anyone in the area who is interested in seeing the ta'ping of the "Fenn Show" in Toronto on Thursday April 18 and Friday April 19; there will be free buses leaving Wingham on Friday from the bus terminal at 9 eau, and from Stratford at 10:15 a.in, For free tickets for the bus and for the taping, at the CRC studio, write "Farm• Show tickets, CBC, Box 500, Terminal 'A', Toronto 114t3W 1E6." The Thursday taping will take place bet, ween p.m, and• 00 p,m, and the Friday taping will take place between :31) Pm. and 4:36 OA. when a Supreme court judge, sitting at'a weekly court in London, dismissed an ap- plication by Blue Anchor for an injunction against the village's expropriation plans. That suit against the village, its clerk- treasurer, and individual councillors is still alive, Although the application for the restraining order was dismissed, the court must decide in the main action of the suit whether the defendant's acts relating to the expropriation were illegal and invalid. The village claims Blue Anchor pur- chased the contested land two years ago from Red Garon of Clinton who did not have legal title to the flats, but only ad- jacent land, also sold to the company. The flats are now used by the public for boat launching at no cost.' Council wants to establish ownership and restore the area as a public park- The statement of claim in the village's suit filed this week says council, by a resolution Dec. 21, decided to expropriate By WILMA OKE The assessed owners on a section of the Diel Drain are still divided as to whether to close the drain or leave it open, following a meeting of Tuckersmith council on Tuesday, This was the third meeting to discuss the engineers report on the drain. Present, at • the Tuesday meeting were Harry Arts, Clinton Public Hospital's pew, ad- IVIO4ay. He succeeds Orville Engelstad who retired several months ago. Mr. Coventry comes to Clinton froM Nipigon where he was administrator for the past two years. He is no stranger to southern Ontario, though, as he was direc- tor of nursing at Four Counties General Hospital in Newbury near Glencoe. He was also at Chatham Public. Hospital for ten years. Mr. Coventry, his wife Margaret and their three public school-aged children •have already taken up residence on Ratten- bury Street. BY WILMA OKE It took a London man three hours, 29 minutes and 46 seconds to paddle the 18- mile course on the Bayfield River Sunday in the second annual Seaforth Optimist Canoe Race. This was 35 'Minutes and '19 seconds slower than last year's time. Tony Rissler of London in a kayak was the first of 47 entries to reach the finish line. Thirty degree temperatures cut the num- ber of entrants and those who did enter faced a strong headwind, chunks of floating ice and the hazards caused by shallow water. There were numerous spills into the bone chilling waters. The race-with a 'variety of canoes, kayaks, rowboats, rubber dinghies and a paddle boat-got under way at the Egmond- ville Bridge a mile south of Seaforth and ended at Tyndall's Bridge about two miles southwest of Clinton. Mayor Frank Sills of Seaforth and his daughter, Margaret, were the last to corn- the river flats land. Formal expropriation moves began earlier this month, Mr. Herold, in announcing the court decision, said he doubted the, village could afford to expropriate the property without doubling or tripling the tax base for many years to come. He said Blue Anchor's estimated invest- ment to date exceeds $200,000. Bayfield Reeve Ed Oddleifson said the village would continue with eirpropriation proceedings. Notice of expropriation ap- peared in the Clinton News-Record for the last three weeks. There is a 30-day waiting period for ob- jections to be filed. If There are any, an inquiry officer will be appointed by the at- torney-general of Ontario to conduct a hearing. Reeve Oddleifson said no objection had been filed by Blue Anchor to date. The reeve said the village could continued on page 2 John Oldfield and his son Brian, Lloyd Hainey, Stewart Bannerman, Rod Doig and. Warden Hainey. When council suggested, because of the close vote, that it might be betterto make the section an open drain, Harry Arts questioned the decision. He said he was not satisfied with the vote. Council decided to hand the plan back to engineer Henry Understradt for fu'rther study and will ask him 'to attend a special meeting on April 16, to consider the plan again with the assessed owners of the disputed area. Council spent a long time on the problem cif controlling dogs in the ,townshijWith5, ntieV-Uw-iiiiaeer4rtfirQoktiiUtirig,. council finds itself in the position of .ngit receiving application of an animal control officer to enforce the by-laws. • Jack Cooper' of Vanastra attended , the meeting to inquire about the duties required for the position. He was informed that he was to visit each home during)the month of May to collect the dog tax from those owning a dog or dogs, and anyone refusing to pay the tax would be charged under the by-law. He was told that for the rest of the year, he was expected to enforce (continued on page 2) plete the race with a time of six hours. Of the 47 who entered, only 28 finished the course. The 47 entries comprised about 90 persons. Money from entry fees and a special draw at the end of the race will go to Op- timist youth work, Bunny Bundle Easter Seal campaign and the Van Egmond Foun- dation to help finance restoration of the historic Egmondville building. Winners awarded trophies were (first three winners named): novelty, Dave Parker of Clinton and Jim Cook of RR 2, Zurich; Ken Dalton and Paid McCallum of RR I, Walton; and Heather McLeod of RR. 4, Seaforth. Family class: Mel Murray and his son Brian of RR 4, London; Douglas Drink- water and son of St. Marys; Marlen Vin- cent and son Bryan of Seaforth. (Trophies in this class were presented by Elgin Thompson of Kippen, chairman of Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority which put up the trophy for competition.) Mr. Rands, PUC chairman H.E. (Hal ) Hartley, and Rev. John Oestreicher .of Wesley- Willis United Church in Clinton. Rev, Oestreicher dedicated the plaque. • , Later, a dinner was held at the Clinton Hotel, with George R. Currie of London, manager of Ontario Hydro's Western Region as guest speaker, who said that if only one word could be used to describe Clinton PUC, that word is stability. "Stability of the people involved is what I mean," he said. "When you consider how the Town council and the PUC withstood the shock of having the largest Forces base in Southwestern Ontario established on its doorstep in 1941, you can't help but be im- pressed with the resilience of Clinton's BY MILVENA ERICKSON At the regular Bayfield Village council meeting Monday evening, councillors received an invitation from the Ausable- Hayfield Conservation Authority to attend a "Conservation Slide Tour 1974" on Wed- nesday evening April 10 at the Authority headquarters in Exeter. They also reviewed the Authority's financial report for 1973 and were infor- med by letter of a meeting of the A,C.M.O. at 9;30 April 11 in the Court House, Goderich. Bayfield council was invited to a one day workshop of the Association of Counties an&Regions Of Ontario to be held at the Children's Aid Society Office in Goderich on Friday April 19, The topic for discussion will be "Restructuring of Local Governments". A' letter from the County Clerk stated that Alex Chesney had been appointed as Weed Inspector for the County for 1974. A letter was also received from the Association of Municipalities of BY MURIEL TROTT Alfred Hales (PC-Wellington) suggested Friday; in Clinton, that 'the size of the civil service should be limited to a certain per- centage of ;the population. Speaking at, the annual meeting of the Huron County Federal Progressive Conser- vative Association, the MP said the federal civil service has become "most expansive and expensive" under the Trudeau govern- ment, He said the growth of the public ser- vice was far greater than the growth of population. 'As chairman of the public accounts corn« mittee, 1YIr. Hales said inflation was today's greatest concern. He said the cost Of living has increased 29 per cent since the Trudeau government took power in 1968. He claimed that Mr. Trudeau had promised to control expenses when first elected, but his government's spending had increased froth 89.9 billion in 1968 to $23 billion in 1913, He said the Trudeau government has economy and the progressive attitudes in meeting this challenge." Mr. Currie paid tribute to the com- missioners and managers, present and past, and said that utilities can expect to be ex- posed to controversy on a wide range of, issues in the future, including development plans that at one time might have been more universally welcomed. , During the dinner, J. Howard Aitken, general manager of the Clinton News- Record, presented Jabez Rands with a per- sonalized engraved pen and pencil set for his contributions to the News-Record's special souvenir edition of the 60th An- niversary of the Clinton PUC. Ontario, stating the various salaries paid to officials in Municipal Governments in Ontario. A letter from the County included the County Budget with the figures for 1973 Bayfield's apportionment in 1973 was $17,879 and on a per capita basis will be $25,279 for 1974. In his report to Council, the Reeve said that the Huron County Planning Commit- tee had passed the Official Plan for the Village and would be passed •to Huron County Council for their approval before going to the ••Ministry. In other business, council discussed drainage outfalls, 'dead-end signs for Sar- nia St., grading roads as soon as the snow- plow blades are removed, and the ordering of calcium, The meeting adjourned early on account of adverse weather conditions. The next regular council meeting will be held Mon- day evening April 15 et 7:30 p.m. in the Municipal Building. spent more money since 1968 than all previous governments combined. He promised that if elected the Conser- vatives would trim spending, give the House' of Commons more power over spen- ding, allow the auditor general to do a (continued on page 2) New car dealership started in Clinton Dean Reid of Clinton has opened a new car dealership in Clinton, Known as Clin- ton Chrysler Plymouth, the new'dealership' is located on Victoria Street in Clinton in the Gulf Station at Maria Street. Mr, Reid has taken over the dealership froth Joseph Murphy, who will continue to operate his school bus business on Huron Street. Mr, Reid has also bought the radiator repair business from Clinton Auto 1300. New administrator begins work . lt Tu,ckersrna dra in splits vote Bayfield to attend workshop PC's slam Liberal waste