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Clinton News-Record, 1974-05-16, Page 1Quick, call the doctor Jeanne Sjaarda, left, supervisor of nursing of the after- noon shift at Clinton Public Hospital demonstrates Arrythmia-Resusci Anne, an automated, life-like model of a human being during Hospital Day ,Wednesday of last week. It was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hudie of Clin- ton. Dianne McGuire R.N. of Monkton is also shown. (photo by Muriel Trott) Hospital plaque unveiled Vanastra man resigns council post BY WILMA OKE Reeve Elgin Thompson of Tuckersmith Township infor. med members of council following a special meeting Monday night •that Vince Powlieof Vanastra had handed in his resignation as councillor to Clerk James McIntosh earlier that day, "We shall deal with the resignation at the next council meeting on May 21", Mr. Thompson said. MY, Powlie addressed his let- ter to the clerk Stating that his letter will serve as flake of his immediate resignation from Tuckersnlith Township Court- dl. "ThC. continuing ruthless et. ploitation of the citizens of-the community of Veriest)* the lack of planning to meet future, as well as immediate needs of all areas of the township, together with the money issues not yet resolved have combined in such a manner as to place ray health in jeopardy", Mr, Povirlie said, Fowlie was acclaimed to council in the election in November, 1972, Council was informed the proposed Community Centre and Recreation Area at .Vanastra had been approved by the Ontario Municipal Board as of May At a special meeting Mon- day, council agreed to accept the offer of 0,75 percent by the Ontario bevelopment Cor- poration to buy the debentures ($130,000). The debenture money will help finance the recreation proposal estimated to cost about $163,000 which calls for the purchase of a church to be used as a community centre and the curling .club to be used for curling, hockey and skating; coristructioh of a new Swim- ming pool, establishment of a park where a ball diamond and picnic pavilion can be built, also purchase of playground equipment. Connell expects to receive grants from the government for the community centre and curling rink for a total of $30.000, The debenture debt will be paid by the Vanastra ratepayers over a 20-year period by a mill rate levied each year (this year 12 mills) and paid in their property taxes each year. The petition to Tuekersinith Council at April 16 meeting asking the township to sponsor the program was signed by 70 percent of the Vanastra ratepayers, In other •business, council ap- proved a request from Murray Hamer of AR 5, Clinton , for a building permit to enlarge his lunch stand at intersection of Highway 4 and Vatiastra Road. Council approved a tile drain in the park area at Vanastra to cost approximately SLOW, 7 44 8 47 9 47 10 56 11 62 12 61 13 48 Rain 30 28 38 33 35 43 40 1.16" 67 44 60 51 66 50 70 47 ' 54 43 53 42 45 38 Rain 2,17" Weather 1974 1973' NI LO HI LO MAY'• Clinton, Ontario 20 Cents Thursday, May 16, 1974 109th Year No. 20 Clinton family "good judges The Jack Macklin family of Queen Street blinton shbwed 'themselves to be among the best judges of dairy cattle in North America when they won the national dairy &idle judging contest sponsored by Hoard's DeiryMen, a United States farm magatine. Left to right are Mr and Mrs, Macklin and their daughter Cathy, Clinton. .core may undergo restoration er the whole town core 90 .! -00.1,y.kor a- surveyto find the properiy. lines tation on a central theme that could .be -.4 the Town's property on Albert Street, used from one end of town to the ether. -feasibility study on the old Town Hall He said .council wasn't obligated to make ia: to be ready by the end of May according the first move in restoring the main street, Mayor Don :Symons, and council would it could be done first by the businessmen, make no decision on the future of the Town. Clarence Dennpme, a Clinton $411. until, as .Councillor Don Hall said, all businessman and former councillor, .told. the cold hard economic angles are studied, council he was excited about the plan, "and >' Meanwhile, Mr. Duern has offered .his that's something for someone -over 4Q", he services to Clinton Retail Merchants. said, Depoty4teeye Frank Cook noted that there "are more businessmen 'here than at a businessmen's association meeting." Both Mr. Duern, rottricil and the businessmen association are also looking into the possibilities of getting government grants to help in the restoration project. Several other businessmen. expressed their interest in seeing the restoration fectly legal. "We've done this before." "We may have", said Mr. Cook, "but that doesn't make it legal. This was passed in the back room and I'm not happy with the way you did it. It can't even be discussed", Mr. Cook'said. - Mr. Cook made a motion to have the animal control officer dropped, but it was defeated by a six to three vote, with Messers Cook, Hall and Stauttener voted to dump the dog catcher, and Mayor Don Symons, Reeve Lobb and Councillors Brown, McFarlane, Roy,and Wheeler in favor of retaining the officer. In other business, a proposed $5,000 street lighting budget was given tentative approval by council. About 40 units would be installed on parts of Orange, Dunlop, About 50 percent of the spring grain crop ia.„heen SoWn the southern part of Huronst-and 'the ceOl- cloudy, wet weather has delayed corn planting, usually at its peak about the middle of May. Mr. Miller said there has only been one good planting day so far in May when there should have been six or seven. Depending on soil type, Mr. Miller said, some farmers won't be able to get out on the land for another week, even if it doesn't rain anymore. About eight inches of rain has fallen on the district in the last 6112 weeks, including one inch Tuesday night. Joseph, King, Isaac, Fulton, and Frederick Streets. Council also reappointed Steve Brown and Harry Ball to three year terms on the committee of adjustment. Severance was also granted to Albert and Jenny Valkenburg for a piece of property between Rattenbury and Shipley Streets, Severance was also granted to Del- Bar Investments and L. Dykstra for ex- change of property between the two in the proposed subdivision in north-east Clinton. Hullett Township council at their meeting last week lowered the 1974 tax rate by over half a mill from last year. Hullett taxpayers will, on the average, be paying less taxes this year than last. The mill rate was set at 82.5 mills, down from 83.3. . The township dropped their own rate to 27 mills from 28 'last year, while the county rate was clown to 19 mills from the 21 of 1973, The Huron County board rate was up slightly to 36.5, as was the Separate rate to 24.22. Council also established the garbage pick-up rate for Londesboro residents. It was set a $15 per year for residential and E.M.O. program and municipal licensing of lotteries, and from the ministry of health on regulations on swimming pools. An in- vitation. to members of Huron County Council and . clerks of each municipality was received from Ontario Hydro to tour the Hydro plant at Pickering The Clerk will be out of his office on Wednesday May 22 attending the annual meeting of County Municipal Officers Association at the Pineridge Chalet in Hensel' with Hay Township as the hosts and also on Friday, May 31 attending a convention of the Association of Municipal Clerks of Ontario in Owen. Sound. In other business, the Reeve reported on his, Councillor McFadden and Clerk Graham's attendance at a recent meeting , in Port Elgin and of the tour to Douglas 'Point. The "Keep Bayfield Beautiful" group asked permission to trim the shrubs and look after the flower beds etc. in the Clan Gregor Square again this year and .since they had been commended on the job they had done last year, unanimous con- sent was given. The Reeve declared June 24 to July I as Canada Week and will place aproclamation to that effect in the Town Crier, The family of Jack Macklin of Queen Street Clinton, last week won first prize in a national dairy cattle judging contest sponsored by Hoard's Dairyman, national dairy farm magazine published at Fort Atkinson, Wis., USA. They received the top score and won over 1,840 other families from 48 states and Canada. Other winners in the Family Division came from Illinois, Maryland, and Minnesota. Mr. Macklin was born and raised on a dairy farm and, for 18 years, was manager of the well-known Cloverholm Guernsey Farm of King, Ontario. Macklin is now employed by the Ontario Ministry of agriculture and food as a dairy herd im- provement supervisor. Their daughter, Cathy, was an en- Afisoeltatign for a small token fee and he News-Record that a new Town Hall could meet with them in the near future to be built that would compliment the discuss, restoration and refurbishing the existing architecture of Clinton. * • front of the core area. He said that the rest of the main street Mr. Duern told the meeting that after his could have a facelift that would make it meeting with the businessmen's unique in this' part of Ontario, association, he would .need six months to Mr. Duern, who is a qualified architect make up a presentation, consisting of sket- and deiiigner, received council's approval ghee, Perhaps models and a slide presen- Weather delays spring seeding Owners question Bayfield club BY For the first time in the News-Record this week, and hopefully for many weeks to come, we will be carrying news of Vanastra, one of Ontario's newest corn- munities. Written by Jenny Russo, Vanastra Voicings will be open to any news of concern or enlightenment to Vanastra. Please keep Mrs. Russo informed. * * * Clinton's Centennial Band, which is rounding into nice form, is planning its first major concert at the Clinton Public School Auditorium this Friday night at 8 p.m. and this is a chance for many citizens to see just how good they are. Diplomas and skate a-thou prizes will also be presen- ted. • * * John Lawson infortns us that the men's fitness Classes which were held at MISS every Monday night have ended for the season, and hopefully John will start them up again next fall. * * With the Victoria Holiday weekend coming up, many regular services and business will have their operations in- terrupted. 'There will be several area businesses open oft Monday, but there will be no pOstal service Monday except the lock box lobby will be open and mail will be collected front the street letter boxes. There is ho letter box collection on Sunday, however. * * * With the price Of gasoline taking a sud- den 9,2 cent jump last Wednesday mor- ning, we wonder if the gas already in the tanks it old gas et new gas and how Much profit will the dealers make on supplies they already have on hand? Remembrance which was on display. Guided tours throughout the 58-bed hospital were headed by members of the nursing staff. Of prime interest was the hospital's most unusual patient "Arryth- •mia-Resusci Anne" an automated, life-like model of a human being, produced in Nor- way. Tea was served in the board rooms by the hospital auxiliary, with Mrs. Beecher Menzies, who is currently president of District 2 of Hospital Auxiliaries Association of Ontario, as convener. Arrangements_ of colorful spring (lowers in b6Nirls +Aire designed by Mrs. ,Men- zies, Mrs. K.W. Wood and Mrs. E.W. Ryan. Guests were greeted in the tea room by Mrs. Arabel Bushell and Mrs. A.J. McMurray. Pouring tea were Mrs. Charlotte Norman, a member of the Board of Govenors, Mrs. R.B. Campbell, Mrs. H.C. Lawson and Mrs. Douglas Coventry, Serving were Mrs. William Metcalf, Bayfield; Mrs. Arnold Taylor; Mrs. Don McGregor; Mrs. Vic Hargreaves, Brucefield; Mrs. Stephen Brown; Mrs. Alvin Beukema; Mrs. John Wise, Mrs. Bill Brand; Mrs. Alf Crozier; Mrs. Laurie Slade; Mrs. Ken Wood, Miss irreida Schoenals, Mrs, Ed Willson; Mrs. Bob Hornuth; Mrs. H, Porter; Mrs. Doug Ball, Mrs. Alex Reddy, Mrs. Paul Walden and Mrs. Lloyd Westlake. Federal riding gets new name Just in time for the upcoming Federal election. on July 8th, R. E, (Bob) McKinley, the Huron Member of Parliament, has succeeded in winning ap- proval for his private member's bill to change the Huron •Federal riding's name from Huron to Huron-Middlesex. Mr. McKinley was anxious for the change because in the last readjustment of constituency boundaries, when the town- ships of Biddulph and McGillivray in Mid- dlesex County were added to the Municipalities in Huron County. • Thus, the new name, Huron-Middlesex, will be indicative of the two county representation in the House of Commons, A similar change was approved for the riding of Middlesex because that riding constituency now includes portions of the City of London, Middlesex and Larribtoe Counties. It will, henceforth, be known as Middlesex-London-Lansbton. Restoration Clinton was one of the major Item discussed at the regular meeting of Clinton Council last Monday • night, before en audience of 30 ratepayers, the largest, group to attend a council meeting in 20. years,. Present among the 30 persons were Clin- ton. .1)tisitiogiSTnerir interested - citizens and Gordon Duern of RatteribUry Street, who had drawn up a sketch of a proposed new Tewn Hall 'and suggested in teat week's An attempt by Deputy-Reeve Frank Cook to fire Clinton's recently hired animal control officer failed Monday night at the Clinton council meeting. The dog catcher was hired at a special meeting on April 17 and Deputy-Reeve Cook, and Councillors Bill Stauttener and Don Hall were absent from 'that meeting. Mr. Cook said that the animal control of- ficer was hired "undemocratically." He said that the meeting was called as only a committee meeting with no mention of hiring the officer mentioned. He said that opening the meeting into a special council meeting wasn't proper or legal and against the Ontario Municipal Acr. Mayor Don Symons said that it was per- The spring of 1974 for many Huron Cotinty fariners will go down as One of the, Worst in 'recent'yeare7 With the mid-point in May passed, 'only five percent of the spring grains have been' sown in northern Huron County, according to Mike Miller, associate agricultural representative with \the ministry on agriculture and food office in Clinton. Mr. Miller said that the situation is get- ting critical for spring grains sown this late because if hot dry weather comes along in June. yields will drop drastically. BY MILVENA •ERICKSON. Seven summer cottage owners addressed the regular council meeting last Wednesday evening and questioned the proposed Yacht Club development on the south side of the Bayfield River. As many answers as possible were given -by the Reeve, but since approval has not been received for some of the work, all questions could not be answered. Concern was also expressed over the congested parking in the area and Council promised to look into it and designate one side of the road as a "No Parking" area. It was also noted that a public meeting would be held as soon as possible to answer any questions the public may have regarding the develop- ment. A letter was received from the County Clerk stating every municipality must in- form the Huron County planning board of any 'pits or quarries in their area. Correspondence was received from the ministry of transportation regarding their policy on used oil as dust deterrent with the statement that the ministry does not encourage this practise, a change in their policy on road surface treatment. A letter was read from the ministry of treasury and economics pertaining to the project .$0, thrOugh, among them .Williard Aiken who said that -Clinton has lost a lot of old buildings and it would he wise now to renovate on a Common pattern. In other business, council recieved a let- ter from Dr. ICS,. Woods of Clinton who paid he fully .supported the restoration proposal that encornPaesad the core area. Several members of council will .also meet with Robert Gibb of Clinton over fem.; that he said the town tore :doom on the back .of his property .04 King .Street south, He said that people wandering into the property, now because there was no fence, could he injured if they fell into a ditch that runs through the property, Council also granted $500 to the Clinton Spring Fair Board and $25 to the Hur00 County Historical Society. Council also approved an increase of $7,300 to the contingency fund for the new sewage plant on the advice of the engineer, R.V. Anderson and Associates. The funds will cover some items overlooked when the sewage plant plans were drawn up and others that had to be changed since its con- struction. Municipal Services of Stratford were hired by council to paint the school crossings, the parking lanes, and other (continued on page 7) $30 per year for commercial. Garbage is pick-up on a weekly basis. Council also endorsed a move to grant the Blyth Recreation Committee $1,000 and suggested that future councils made it a yearly grant. Hullett also granted $600 to the Huron Federation of Agriculture and eaVe' V2ir tO ' the' Htirtin Connty Historical Society,;;and,,,$12& to the Auburn Hall Board. They also accepted the revised report on the Beane Drain No. 2 and set June 3 as the date for the court of revision, the same date for revision of the Beane No. 1 Drain. (continued on page 7) thusiastit 4-H calf club member with many winnings to her credit for her calves and showmanship. She continues to maintain an active interest in cattle while a student of nursing at Guelph General Hospital. She Was fourth place winner in the Senior Division in the contest. Now in its 44th consecutive year, the contest involves judging five classes of dairy cattle that are pictured in Hoard's Dairyman magazine. Nationally' known dairy cattle judges make the official placings and the contestants are graded ac- cordingly. This year, an all-time record of 121,317 entries were received from all 50 states as well as Canada, Germany, Hon- duras, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,. New Zealand, Puerto Rico, and South Africa. 900,110011.06."""ma,. . 11111.111111111W, • BY MURIEL TROTT A donors' plaque was' unveiled at the Clinton Public Hospital in a ceremony -ob. serving National Hospital Day, May 8, by Fred Hudie, a retired Clinton businessman. A gift of money recently made to the hospital by Mr. and Mrs. Hudie made possible the purchase of "Arrythmia- , Resusci Anne"- a valuable teaching aid for ' the hospital's intensive care unit. Chairman of the Board of Govenors Campbell, who participated in the unveiling, eicpressed appreciation on behalf of.: the beard and staff ,to„,the„.fludles,Ifer,,, their generoaily. For M. Huclie, - first outing since being released from the hospital one week earlier as a patient. In welcoming the many guests, Mr. Cam- pbell said that the board, by means of the donors' plaque, wished to recognize those people who had made sizeable donations ($1000 and over) but whose names were not recorded elsewhere in the hospital. By the time of the ceremony, ,21 names had been engraved on individual brass plates, on the master plaque with Mr. and Mrs. Hudie's names to be added. The occasion afforded the opportunity for the public to meet the recently appoin- ted hospital administrator, Douglas S. Coventry and Mrs. Coventry, who came to Clinton in early April from Nipigon, More than 85 guests were received by Miss Kathleen Elliott, Director of Nursing, and Mrs. Ted Davies, first vice-president of the Women's Auxiliary to the Hospital. Mrs. Frank Fingland a member of the Board of Govenors, registered guests and was in charge of the board's Book of Deputy-Reeve says hiring "undemocratic" ullett drops tax rate Local family wins contest