Clinton News-Record, 1974-05-09, Page 1Ontario
Thursday, May .9, 1974
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Clinton News-Record
Local man offers new Town Hail sketch
Local clubs
oft TV
The Kinsmen Clubs of Clinton and Goderich joined
together last Saturday on the cable TV channel to solicit
funds for Cystic Fibrosis. The appeal continues again .
this Saturday from 10 a.m. until noon. Here Don Parker,
left, of the Goderich Kinsmen and Doug Norman of the
Clinton Kinsmen are on the screen, while Al Johnston
runs the camera. (News-Record photo)
Stanley signs fire accord
Look mom
op hoods
Four little lambs from the farm of Mervyn Deitz of Dublin
visited Sally Bird's Nursery school' at Wesley-Willia
United Church last Tuesday morning and created truth
excitement, Hera Julie Carter and Pamela Brownridge
hold onto two of the furry bundles, (photo by Muriel
TOW
ford to make sure the township
will be eligible for subsidy on
roads in the two areas concer-
ned, because they are narrower
than ministry specifications as
are a number of other roads at
Vanastra, previously approved
by the ministry.
Westeel Rosco Ltd. of Lon-
don was awarded the contract
to supply the road culvert and
the Big Drain on sideroad 5-6,
Concession 6 at a cost of
$3077,71. This tender Was the
lowest of three received by
touneil for the culvert which is
58' long, 12'3" wide and 7'6"
high.
Passed for payment were, the
following accounts - roads
$13,210,87; Public Utilities
$3372,05; general goVerfitnent
$1250.26; garbage at Vanastra
$316 and Fire Protection $90
for a total of $18,219.18.
Itequests for building permits
were granted to John Pinner,
R.R. 2, Seaforth silo; Allan
Nicholson, Egmondville,
garage; Bill Brown, Egmond-
ville, addition to house; Robert
Wallace, R.11, 4 Seaforth, im-
plement shed; Frank Nigh,
R.R. 4 Seaforth, addition to
barn and silo; Norman Turret!,
Egmondville, garage; Jim Blue,
Egmondville, new house.
Council paSsed a by-law for
the establishment, operation
and maintenance of a
recreational area and corn-
muriity at Vanastra which had
been approved at a meeting in
April, as well as a by-law
authorizing a levy on the
designated area. (Tuckersmith
will charge the cost of the Com.
munity Centre and recreation
area to residents of Vanastra in
their tint bills.)
Approved from the OntariO
Municipal Board for this
Ss
A Clinton man, Gordon Duern of Ratten-
bury Street, has come up with a plan for a
new Town Hall for the Town of Clinton
that he says is completely functional,
would cost no more than an ordinary
building, but would blend in perfectly with
the present architecture of the present
main street.
Mr. Duern, a qualified architect
designer, and author said on Tuesday that
the proposal was just that, and it was
something of his own doing. He said it was
just a preliminary sketch, just to show that
a new Town Hall could be built at a very
reasonable price an yet fully blend in with
its surroundings.
He said a new building that was
designed on modern lines would conflict
with the rest of the main street, making the
A proposal, to form a Huron County
police force will be discussed at an open
meeting to be held at the Clinton town hall
tonight, Thursday May 9 at 8 p.m.
Exeter police chief Ted Day who is chair-
man of the Huron police chiefs committee
said the meeting will discuss proposals of
forming the county department costs, the
number of men needed and the advantages
and disadvantages.
Elected representatives of all
municipalities in Huron are invited along
with anyone interested in county policing.
In attendance will be Ontario's Police
Robert "Doc" Miller and Al Welch, who
are coaching the bantam boys' baseball
team this year, dropped a note off the other
day to say that all boys who are 14 years of
age by January 1st of this year should come
out to the Clinton 'arena this Friday night
at 7:30 if they want to play ball this year.
* * *
Dot McLean is looking for help at the
blood donor clinic to be held this coming
Monday at CHSS. The clinic will be open
from 12:30 to 4 p.m, and from 6;30 until
8:30 p,m. Donors as well as helpers are
needed so let's not let the Red Cross down.
If you can help at the clinic in any small
way, phone Dot at 482-7801.
* * *
It appears that the Clinton Centennial
Committee has lined up some exciting
events for our Centennial next year, but
they need more help in all departments, so
if you want to see this worthy project go
through, then be at the general meeting of
the Centennial Committee next Wednesday
night at 8 pan, at the Clinton Town Hall.
• * *
If you think it was cold last Monday,
your tight. ft was colder in Clinton that
day than it was at Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories,
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The girls" baseball teeth will be looking
for all the dirty cars in town this corning
Saturday at the arena as they stage a car
wash to raise funds for the rub,
buildings look old and obsolete. But, he
said, by constructing a building along the
Georgian lines of his proposed• sketch, it
would blend in perfectly with the rest of
the street, which he said could be fixed up
for a small amount of money, giving Clin-
ton a distinctive Georgian flavor.
Mr. Duern, who along with his wife
bought a home in Clinton about a year ago
to escape what he called the "rat race of
the city," said he was really in love with
the town and wanted to do something con-
structive for it,
"This is a beautiful town," he said,
"with a lot of hidden beauty."
To further back up his proposal, Mr.
Duerri has offered his services as an ar-
chitect and designer to the town for one
day a week free of charge, to help work out
Commissioner Elmer Bell, QC; His Honour
Judge Graham, Ron Durand and Walter
Johnson of the one Ontario Police Com-
mission.
The proposal put forth by the police
chiefs committee calls for a force composed
of a chief, and four inspectors who would
be responsible for policing five divisions set
up through the county.
Huron County is now patrolled by local
forces in Exeter, Goderich, Wirighain, Clin-
ton and Seaforth and by the Ontario
Provincial Police in the rural areas.
The Ontario Task Force on Policing
the details,
When asked about the possibilities of
saving the old Town Hall, Mr. Duern
wasn't too optimistic, He said .his
examination showed some very bad struc-
tural flaws that would cost a great deal of
money to fix,
He said that the engineering firm, James
F. McLaren of London, .who are presently
looking into the feasibility of fixing the old
Town Hall, will probably find that the
building will cost too much to fix.
Mr. Duern said the bricks from the old
Town Hall could be reclaimed and used on
the new structure to. retain its historic
flavor. He said the bricks could also be
used to in the brick walls in front of the
Town Hall and in front of Library Park.
He said once the new Town Hall was
recommended in February that police for-
ces in towns with populations of less than
15,000 should be amalgamated with the
OPP or be restructured as part of a county
or regional police force.
Chief Day said his committee has been
drafting its proposal since the task force
report came out and wants to establish the
county force " before it's too late and
legislation comes out telling us what to
do".
It advocates a county force instead of
amalgamation because as Day said, "we
could do it more reasonably financially
constructed, then, the local merchants
could fix up the buildings on the main
street using the same Georgian theme,
which he said would make Clinton the cen-
tre of attraction for tourists and give it a
distintive flavor of its own.
This, he said, could be used as a drawing
card for a large tourists industry, especially.
when the Hunett Wildlife Management
area is fully opened.
Mr, Duern presented his proposal to the
Clinton Town Council at their committee-
of-the-whole meeting last Monday night,
but council would give no reaction to the
plan until the public council meeting next
Monday night:
Mr. Duern said that council is on the
brink of a major decision that will affect
,two or three generations to come.
and patrolmen would continue to live and
work in the same towns.
Under OPP jurisdiction he' said,
patrolmen would be more liable for tran-
sfer. Under the proposed county force
about 30 men would be added to take care
of township policing compared with the
present force of 32 who operate only in the
five municipalities.
Under the proposal the five municipal
chiefs would relinquish their present posts.
Four of them would become superinten-
dents of divisions and the fifth would head
the entire force and be responsible for its
administration.
Chief Day stressed that the OPP would
continue to be called in for special in--
vestigations.
Initial salary costs would be lower under
the county force because the average wages
of a first class officer in a local town is
about $1,200 less than that of an OPP of-
ficer.
William Harris of Wingham who is co»
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BY WILMA OKE
Tuckersmith Township
Council studied and discussed
preliminary plans for the ser-
vicing of 38 vacant lots at
Vanastra during the regular
session held Tuesday night at
Brucefield,
Vince Daub, Kitchener, one
of 4 the owners of Campden
Holdings, which owns property
at Vanastra and Don Haycock
of Waterloo, an engineer for the
firm, presented the plans and
outlined the proposed in-
stallation of sanitary Sewers
and water Mains.
The two main areas concer-
ned are Anna Court and An-
drew Court which are to be ser-
viced before , new houses ate
erected.
Council will approach the
ministry of transportation and
communications ofsice in Strat-
Stanley Township last Monday at their
regular meeting signed an agreement with
Zurich to provide fire protection to the bot-
tom corner of the township, which had to
be protected by the Brucefield brigade, a
distance in some cases, of up to 15 miles..
The Zurich Volunteer Firemen-will now
look after Stanley from sideroad 15 south
to the Babylon Line. It will cost Stanley
$700 a year to retain the Zurich brigade.
The township also appointed Councillor
Paul Steckle and' Reeve Anson McKinley
to a steering committee composed of
Zurich, and Stanley and Hay Townships
which will look into the possible formation
of a fire area among those three
municipalities.
In other business, Stanley accepted a tile
drainage loan application for $4,000 and
paid their $15 dues to the Huron County
Municipal Officer's Association.
A grant of $25 was made to the Huron
County Historical Society and general ac-
counts of $31,736 and road accounts of
$13,763 were passed for payment.
Large loss in
Tuckersmith fire
BY WILMA OKE
Loss is estimated at $50,000 as a result
of a fire which levelled a barn on the farm
of David Brock, of R.R. 2, Hensall Monday
night.
Mr. Brock heard a noise and found the
barn a ball of fire at 10:15 p.m.
The Hensall firemen were unable to save
the 45' x 80' barn when they arrived at the
farm located 3 miles east of Hensall on Lot
1, Concession 14, Tuckersmith Township.
Lost in the fire were 127 'pigs, including
75 sows, 8 market hogs and the rest
weaners. Some farm machinery and 6 tons
of seed corn were also burned.
Loss is partially covered by insurance,
The cause of the fire is unknown.
project has not yet been
received by Council and work
will be delayed until this ap-
proval is received. Council has
applied for grants to assist in
the projects for a total of
$28,000.
Correspondence from the
ministry of transportation and
communications has approved
an initial payment of road sub-
sidy of $15,900, which is 30 per-
cent of the normal subsidy allt-
cation for toad work for the
year, and is the first of three in-
stallments.
The Huron County Land
Division Committee notified
Council that approval has been
granted to request from Henry
Kiaver, of RA, 4, Clinton for
land severance of 37 acres of
his farm to the Maple Leaf
Milling Company.
Council approved a request
(tantinirnti Oh page 8)
This is a sketch of the proposed new Clinton Town Hall which Gordon Duern of
Clinton thinks would be very practical, wouldn't cost any more than a conven-tional building, and would blend in with the existing architecture of the town.
Mr. Duern came .up with the idea himself arid there has been no reaction yet
from the Clinton Council or the local citizens. The sketch is on display in the
Clerks office of the Town Hall.
County force proposal up for debate tonight
By WILMA OKE
The clergy reserve fund set up by the
19th century officials • of the Anglican
Church for the education of Protestant
families in McKillop Township has been
used up and it means a sizable increase in
tax rates this year.
Reeve Allan Campbell said the $11,000
remaining in the fund was used to lower
the levy from the Huron County Board of
Education in 1973. The fund and its in-
terest had been used to offset public school
supporters,' taxes since it was set up in, the-.
1800s. "Now we are back on standard
rate" Mr. Campbell said.
At the regular council session Monday,
the new mill rates were announced. The
public school supporter residential rate has
risen to 73.1 mills, up 13.5 mills and the
commercial rate is 80.1 mills, up 15.5 mills.
A public school ratepayer with an
average assessment of $6,000 will have to.
pay $438.60 in taxes, an increase of $81.
The township set separate school rates at
80,4 mills residential, an increase of 3.4
mills, while the separate school commercial
rate was set at 88.2 mills, an increase of 4.2
mills.
A separate school supporter with an
assessment of $6,000 will pay $482.40 an
increase of $20.40,
Total assessment on property was repor-
ted at $2,938,780 an increase of $36.120.
Tax levies included in the total rates are:
for municipal purposes in the township, the
council set the rate at 18.8 mills residen-
tial, up two mills, to raise $54,568. A 22
mill commercial rate, up 2,5 mills, will
raise $796.
For $57,893 to be raised for county pur-
poses, the mill rate was set at 19.7 mills,
down 2.1 mills, the only decrease in the'
budget. Township clerk, Mrs. Kenneth
McClure said the reduction is due to a
$6,366 resources equalization grant from
the province which has been applied to the
amount to be raised by the township for
the county levy.
A 16.6 residential mill rate was set for
public school supporters to raise $34,494, It
is an increase of 11 mills. Elementary com-
mercial rate was set at 18,4 mills, up 12.2
mills, to raise $627.
The public secondary residential rate is
up 2.6 mills to 18 to raise $52,246. The
commercial rate of 20 mills, an increase of
2.9 mills is to raise $724.
McKillop tax rate jumps
A separate school residential rate of 23.9
mills, up .9 mills, is to raise $19,707 for the
Huron-Perth County Roman Catholic
separate school board. The commercial
rate was set at 26.5 up .9 mills, to raise
$5,500,
In other business, council will increase
the water rate of two ratepayers in Win-
throp from $30 to $50 per year effective
July 1. The increase was necessitated due
to increased costs of supplying filters and
"repairs-to pump. ''
for building permits were gran-
led to: Laverne Hugill, RR 2, Seaforth, im-
plement shed; Nelson McClure, RR 2,
Seaforth, renovations to porch; Herbert
Harrison, RR 1, Seaforth, sunporch and
silo; Kenneth Campbell Farms, RR 1,
Dublin, house; Fred Benneweis, RR 1, Bor-
nholm, mobile home; Ephrain Hasse, Win-
throp, addition to garage; Willard Ben-
neweis, RR 1, Dublin, move mobile home
to lot; Lorne Glanville, RR 4, Walton,
replace siding on house and windows;
Brian Campbell, RR 4, Walton, addition to
barn; Cornelius DeCorte, RR 2, Seaforth,
addition to barn; and Leonard A. Chap-
man, Walton, garage.
Passed for payment were road accounts
of $3,536,98 and general accounts of
$1,409.98.
A grant of $15 was approved to the
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Tuckersmith views new Vanastra plan