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Thursday, June 13, 1974
John McFarlane
Clinton councillor resigns town post
Police get help
Pretty Joan Currie 20, of Wingham, is spending the summer months learning about
police work in the Clinton Police Department. A second year history student at
Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Miss Currie's $100 a week salary is being
paid by the Ontario government under the Ontario Experience Program. (News-
Record photo)
Policing study urged
Federal leader visits
4
Robert Stanfield, Canadian Progressive Conservative Leader, and Huron Mid-
dlesex MP Bob McKinley greeted nearly 2,000 persons at a beef barbeque held last
Saturday at the Pineridge Chalet in Hen'sall. Mr. Stanfield toured parts of London
before the Hensall visit and then went to Wingham. (photo by Bill Dimmick)
Clinton gets SWEEP crew
Citizens clean up park
the last several weeks have been busy for Members of the Clinton Horticulture
Club as they have been fixing flower bedt" around the town. Harry 8411, Mrs, Reg
Cud'more arid Charlie COok cleaned up the flower beds in front of the library, the
HcirtIoUlture (DIub also supplied.the floWee'pots that decorate the town lampposts.
(News,Asoord photo)
Rejuvena ion project needs hel.
Citing personal reasons, Councillor Johi.
McFarlane of the Clinton council handed
in his resignation last Monday night at the
regular meeting of Clinton council.'
Mr. McFarlane had handed in the
resignation at the committee-of-the-whole
meeting last week, but it was not accepted
until last Monday night. Council accepted
the resignation with regret.
Mr. McFarlane had been acclaimed to
council in December of 1972. His posts as
the town's representative on the Clinton
Fire Area Board and the Cemetery board
The Students Working for the Environ-
mental Enhancement Program (SWEEP),
under the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority, will be coming to Clinton near
the end of June to continue clean-up of
Cardwell's Pond beside Central Huron
Secondary School.
The pond, which has become a garbage
dump and eye-sore over the past several
years, will be cleaned up and the dead
trees cut down. A similar SWEEP crew
BY J.F.
Clinton's planned restoration project
will be a feature on the news broadcast this
Friday on TV Channel 13 at 6 p.m. and 11
p.m. CKCO TV will be here Friday to film
the town's plans,
* * *
Unless more pre-school children enroll in
the OFY project that has been planned for
the town, the local students will have to
give the $4,000 grant back to the Federal
government and the six students behind
the project will have to look for jobs.
Please bring your pre-schooler to the arena
this coming Saturday from 9 a.m. to 12
p.m, or from 1 p.m, to 4 p.m. There is no
charge for the program.
* *
The streaking fad has spread to the
public ranks as the Clinton police reported
that they came across several juveniles in
the raw on Raglan Street last Saturday
night displaying their shortcomings,- So far,
no charges have been laid.
* * *
For those gals who are married and wish
to play baseball, a housewives baseball
team has been formed and call themselves
the "Clinton Sluggers", and will play a
similar team from Vanastra next Wed-
nesday June 19 at 7 p.m, at the Clinton
Public School. Here's hoping they take
their frustrations out on the ball instead of
on their husbands.
***
Both the executive and the general
meeting of the Clinton Centennial Commit-
tee Will be held next Wednesday night at
the Town, Hall, The executive meeting
starts at7 p.m. and.the general meeting, to
which everyone is invited, starts at 8 p.m.
Everyone is welcome.
have been filled by Councillors Roy
Wheeler and Bill Stauttener.
In other business, council concured with
a suggestion from the Township of Pitt-
sburg, in Eastern Ontario, that the Ontario
Government be asked to ammend
legislation to bring the penalty for non
payment of municipal taxes to two per, ,ant
per month from the present one per cent.
The township thought that the lower figure
wasn't getting overdue taxes paid,
Clinton also backed a resolution from
the Regional Municipality of Peel.
began the work two years ago, but nothing
has been done since. Councillor Ernie
Brown said the crew will start on June 24.
At the other end of town near the town's
new sewage plant, Reeve Harold Lobb said
that a new park is being created from land-
fill taken from the reconstruction project
on three Clinton Streets.
Reeve Lobb was also commended by
Councillor Ruth Roy for pushing through
the realignment of the Bayfield River near
the sewage plant. Mrs. Roy noted that the
work, which was done last winter, preven-
ted serious flooding in mid-May when the
area received excessive rainfall.
In other business, Mrs. Helen Tenth of
.James Street in Clinton was present at the
meeting and, asked council why Dean Reid'
hadn't fixed up the back of his box car at
his car dealership on Victoria Street. Coun-
cillor Wheeler replied that Mr. Reid had
informed him that he was waiting on
materials and would paint the back of the
structure, used as a parts department, in
the near future:
Mrs. Tench also asked about the school
crossing patrols and asked if more part-
time people couldn't be hired to carry the
load at four crossing points.
Repairs to some of the town's sidewalks
may be carried out this year, "if there is
any money left", Mayor Don Symons said
after a letter was received from the Clinton
Women's InStitute saying the sidewalks in
town were generally in a poor state of
repair.
Committee formed
, to .study Impact
A committee has been formed in Huron
County by ' commodity and urban
organizations to study the impact of a
power plant on the county.
The committee, representing thousands
of families, plans to look into a possible
contribution to increased food prices, the
effect on agriculture and the ecological im-
part. At the organizational meeting last
Thursday in Clinton, it was decided to
focus on 'fact finding, so a convincing case
could be put forward either for or against a
power plant in Huron's agricultural area.
The committee expressed the wish that
organizations and individuals who are in-
terested arid who wish to contribute some
input, contact the einninittee,
Adrian Vos of Blyth was elected as
chairman.
protesting the lack of control in hockey and
deploring the amount of violence 'in the
game, and asking for and inquiry, which
the province has now set up.
A complimentary thank-you letter was
received from Chester Archibald, Huron-
view administrator,. thanking the town for
loaning the town's sweeper to clean up the
parking lot of the County home.
Clinton backed a motion from the Perth
County Historical board that Highway 8
from Willmont to Goderich have the name
The future of the Village of Alma,
located on Highway 8, four miles west of
Clinton in Hullett township, was clouded
last week at the regular meeting of Hullett
Township Council.
Council had several months ago agreed
to open up the land again for John Watson.
The site had originally been a village
decades ago, but all the buildings had all
disappeared. The survey of the village still
exists, but because the site is in the impact
area of the Hullett Widlife Reserve, the
Huron County Planning Department isn't
happy with, its reopening.
Gary Davidson of the Planning Depart-
ment was present at last week's council
meeting and asked council what their in-
tentions with the site was. He was told that
the Township was building two entrances
and 170 feet of Byers and Edwards Street
for the planned subdivision development.
Mr. Davidson told council that the lots
Clinton's restoration and rejuvenation
project will probably get into full swing
next Tuesday night June 18 when a special
meeting has been called, inviting townsfolk
to a presentation on restoration projects in
other towns, and forming an environmen-
tal committee td study and give advice on
the rejuvenation of the whole town.
Gordon Duern, who orginally suggessted
the idea of renovating the main street, only
to have the idea expanded by Clintonians
of Huron Road returned to it as it was the
first road surveyed from Guelph to
goderich in 1828 and opened up this area
of the Huron Tract.
A parking permit for Clinton News-
Record editor James Fitzgerald was also
approved, and council also backed a move
`to purchase radial tires for the town's
police cruiser after they learned that one of
the back tires on the new vehicle had
blown out during a 100 mile per hour chase
last weekend. '
bordering Highway 8 would require
severance because they had been reduced
from their original size, and he expressed
doubt that his department would approve
them.
In other business, council held court of
revision on the Beane 1 and 2 Drains and
accepted the tender of George Radford for
the open work on the Beane 1 Drain at a
price of $3,449. Council decided to adver-
tise for tenders on the open work on the
Beane 2 drain and the closed or covered
portion on both drains.
Hugh Flynn and Clare Vincent were ap-
pointed as voting delegates to the up-
coming convention of the Association of,
Municipalities of Ontario.
Building permits approved include: W.D.
Jardin; M. Salverda, shed and silo; A.
Volk, shed and sun porch; Ed Salverda,
silo; G. Postma, granary; Ken Wright,
grain bins and shed; L. Hunking, porch. '
to include the whole town, said last week
that as many people as possible from all
segments of live in town should be at the
meeting next Tuesday night at 8 p.m, at the
Town Hall.
He said a wide cross section of interests
in town was needed on the environmental
committee that would do the researching
and make suggestions into the project of
fixing up Clunton. "We. need represen-
tation from everybody in town," he said,
"whether they be students, 'housewives,
The executive committee of Huron
County Council has been charged with the
responsibility to look into a request from
Huron County's Police Commissions to ask
the Solicitor General to conduct a study on
policing needs in Huron County.
Representatives of Huron's Police Com-
missions attended the May meeting of
businessmen, service club members, or hor-
ticulture society members,"
He said the meeting Tuesday night
would likely be the last large open meeting
until Christmas when the environmental
committee would give the town "a giant
Christmas present," and a party to show
off the scheme for the whole town.
Mr. Duern stressed that the group must
be representative of all interests in town if
the project is to be successful. He said the
labor of love for their town could save
Clintonians over $20,000 in consultants
fees by doing the planning themselves, with
just the free advice of a few select
professionals.
Mr. Duern also added that work has
already begun with the downtown
businessmen on the main street restoration
program. A design committe has already
met and the main street is being
photographed.
Clinton's old 1928 fire truck, which was
recently restored by Clinton Auto Body,
will be housed in the former Shell service
garage on Huron Street, Council will also
send a special note of thanks to the Body
shop for the excellent jolt they made of the
restoration.
Mayor Symons said that the new senior
citizen's home On James Street will likely
be started in August with occupation by
December. Council will meet with the On-
tario Housing Corporation, who are titian.
Huron County Council and suggested the
request to the Solicitor' General should in-
clude the provision that any study under-
taken by that office would examine "all the
possible alternatives with regards to
policing".
The action stems from a report by the
Task Force on Policing in Ontario which
has suggested that all municipalities under
15,000 persons would be policed by the On-
tario Provincial Police with all other forces
to be •clisbandetb,
If this was made legislation, it would
mean that the police forces in Huron's five
towns would be dissolved.
Some discussion centred around the fact
that rural areas presently now pay nothing
extra by way of municipal taxes for police
protection since they are patrolled by the
OPP. In the five towns, however, residents
there pay heavily for their town police for-
ces.
It was pointed out at the meeting that in
the future, it appears the rural areas will
also be paying through their municipal
taxes for police protection by the OPP.
That being the case, it was felt by some
that a Huron County Police Force might be
the most economical method of policing.
A brief containing 20 public advantages
to be gained through a county police force
was on the desk of each councillor for
study. It promised faster service to the
public in Huron County; central dispat-
ching; improved salaries and benefits for
police officers; and improved policing in
many other ways.
The presentation noted the OPP would
still patrol the highways, and be a part of
in Huron,
cing the project, at the next council meeting
on July 8.
Building permits were issued to Ross
Leiner, storage shed, $165; Charles Wallis,
carport, $500; Frank dvIeclionald, storage
shed. $250; Marg Freeman, repairs, $100;
James Butcher, renovations, $2,000; .Joe
Whalen, alterations, $2,500; Henry Reed,
house, $35,000; John Livermore, sun porch,
$1,500,
Brucefield pair
mark 50th anniversary
BY MRS. H.F. BERRY
Mr. and Mrs. Basil O'Rourke of
13rucefield celebrated their 50th Wedding
Anniversary last Monday, June 10th at
their home.
Frith& and neighbours of the couple
and their only son Lenard of Dublin and
his family gathered at their 13rucefield
home on Saturday night to wish them best
wishes and many more happy years
together,
Mrs. Helen Thompson, Mrs. Helen
Paterson, Mrs. Isobel Scott, and Miss M.E.
Swan acted as hostesses and served tea
along with a anniversary cake.
Basil and Irene were presented with 'a
beautiful lamp, in gold and white arid Mr.
O'Rourke thanked everyone for their
generosity and kindness.
The bong, "Fot they are Jolly Oood
Pellovt4 was sung to the happy tottple arid
the lovely evening was closed,
Village site questioned
Mayor Don Symons wondered aloud at
▪ last Monday's council meeting on how the
overtime in the Clinton Police Department
could be' out back, as it was costing the
town hundieds of extra dollars in the last
several months.
In May, there was 117 1 /2 hours of over-
time submitted by the police department,
valued at nearly,$500. Most of the time,
about 100 hours, was taken up by court
time and prisoner escort.
Deputy-Reeve Frank Cook, a critic of the
local police department at times, informed
council he was pleased to see the Chief
manning the town's school crossing point
at East Street and Highway 8.
Council also learned that an extra sub-
sidy of $10,000 for road maintenance and
an extra $39,700 for reconstruction will be
given the town by the ministry of transpor-
tation and communication.
Mr. Cook also informed council that the
Clinton Centennial Pace for a purse' of
$1,5000 will be run on June 30. The town
agreed last year to put in $750 of the purse,
while the Clinton Kinsmen are kicking in
the other half,
Police overtime questioned