Clinton News-Record, 1974-07-04, Page 1Married 50 gears
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Lynn of Bayfield celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
last Saturday in the Village with a smorgasbord dinner at the Community Centre.
The couple were married in Detroit, and she is the former Margaret Howard of
Hayfield. (photo by Milvena Erickson)
Rose show flowers well
Close restaurant
Atter years in their restaurant en the southern edge of 'Clinton, Milt and Mabel
Schreiber closed the doom lest Saturday for the last time and will retire to their
house beside the restaurant, They Opened the restaurant in -January of 1964 and
have 'served' thousands of patrons sinoe, including a large number of truckers and
air force petscintiel. They are Pert Elgin natives, (News.Record photo)
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Bayfield couple 'celebrate. 50th anniversary
My MR,VENA ERICKSON
Mr, and Mrs, Kenneth Lynn of Hayfield
celebrated their 60th Wedding Anniversary
last Saturday, June 49.
Pinner for the fandly, relatives and
friends was smorgasbord style in the
Bayfield Community Centre, which was
beautifully decorated ,with fresh yellow
rose buds, wedding bells and streamers, An
open reception and dance followed the din-
ner.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn were married in
Detroit, Mich. on July 1, 1924. Mrs. Lynn is
the former Margaret Howard, a daughter
of the late William Henry Howard and -
Ellen (Heard) Howard, early settlers of
Hayfield. *tea, •
The couple resided in Detroit and
Toronto following their marriage and two
years ago when Mr. Lynn 'retired they came
to make their home 01 BaYfield,,They have
10 children, a daughter Noreen (Mrs, Ar-
thur Ludlow) of Missisf3aguga; .and nine
sone, Kenneth, Detroit, Mich; •Howard,
Walled Like, Mich; William;. Toronto;
Bruce, Etobicolte; Norman, Toronto; Got ,
BY MURIEL TROTT
A ribbon cutting ceremony last Wed 7
nesday, June 26th, officially opened Clin-
ton's new Water Pollution Control Plant at
the south end of the town, at the foot of
Victoria Terrace, near the Hayfield River.
Considered by -civil engineers to be one Of
the most modern, arid sophisticated in the
province, the project was completed earlier
this year at a cost of almost $750,000. It in-
cluded the construction and extension to
the existing sewage system which was built
in 1946 at a cost of $80,000. 'By 1961, five
:years before it the original system was paid
17nri Public. Commission: rine
.notinc:ed the need for iti;;Anlargemene,
t,:llinton was growing.
The new system has the potential to
.verve a minimum of 6,000 persons, more
Than twice the present population.. The
average daily design ,flow is 400,000
gallons, double the former capacity.
The cutting of the ribbon Was done by
four dignitaries- Mayor Donald E. Symons;
the Public Utilities chairman, Harold E.
Hartley; the president of the Toronto con-
sulting engineering firm, R.V. Anderson;
and the member of parliament for Huron-
Middlesex in the last parliament, Robert
McKinley, (P.C. Zurich.)
To J.E. Rands, a retired P.U.C. employee
(during his almost 50 years service, he was
superintendent), went the honour of un-
veiling a plaque to mark the event. In-'
scribed are the names of the 1974 nine
member town council, the clerk-treasurer;
the contracting firm, the consulting
engineering firm, the 1974 Public Utilities
Commisioners and its manager.
The dedication was made by Dwight
Strain,' pastor of the Clinton Baptist
hurch.
Douglas D. McTavish, London, represen-
BY J. F.
With the Federal election only a few
days away, we thought this little quote
from the newsletter of the Canadian Ar-
thritis and Rheumatism Society would be
apt: "The most important thing in politics
is sincerity, whether you mean it or riot."
* *
Also in the same newsletter, there was a
thank you to television station CKNX in
Wingham and to the local service clubs
and organizations who made this year's
telethon for C.A.R,S. a big success. The
program raised $9,000 this year, compared
to $7,000 last year.
* * *
We hear, quite unofficially, that there
Was an extra unadvertised feature at
Brownies Drive In Theatre last weekend
When a pail' of streakers put on a show of
their shortcomings. Naturally, many of the
patrons turned on their car headlights to
get a better view.
* *
We had a note the other day that the
girls` junior softball team is planning
another carwash on July 13 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m, at the arena,
* * *
Glendon Valdron of London apparently
had better hick at the Clinton Raceway
last Sunday than he did with his car, Shore
tly after he had parked his car on Princess
Street to go to the races, several passers by
distoVeted the car wee on fire and the Clin-
ten Volunteer fire brigade Were summoned,
the batk seat in the Valdroh ear was the
only thing destroyed,
don and Thomas both of ffillsburgh;
Douglas, Mississauga; and Ohm et lierne,
They Are the proud grandparents of 23
grandchildren and one .Brea-grandchild,
quests attended from United States and
Canada end among them Mrs. Lynn's two
sisters, Mrs, Mabel Wallace and Mrs. Anna
Wiley both of Tecumseh; .Mich; and her
three brothers, George Howard and Harvey'
Howard both of Florida and Doggies
Howard of Detroit, Mich, All their farriily
except William were in attendance at the
celebration.
Mr,. and Mrs. Lynn received a telegram
from Governor General Jules Leger and
Madame Leger, A framed meseage.' from
Ontario Premier William Davis; a scroll
frene Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and a
letter of congratulation from Jack Riddell,
.MPP Huron, and also a personal telephone
message from a former business associate
in Toreeto,
Mr, Lyrin is an Active affiliate member.of
Bayfield: Loyal Orange Ledge.No, 24, a life
member of a Union. in Toronto, and they
are both members -of the Senior Citizens
ting the ministry of the environment of
which he is regional director for South
Western Ontario, congratulated municipal
officials for including a higher degree of
treatment in the new sewage process. The
move, he explained, not only provided
protection for the Bayfield River-but for
the future growth of the town. "In this part
of Ontario, we are indeed fortunate to have
large amounts of fresh waters- and we
must protect them", said the environmen-
tal official.
He went on to say that the demand for a
higher degree of treatment will increase
across the province as one sees more
,greiWthiteeegeicultuieeiend industry. e'Clin-
ton is well ahead of the game--yours is one
of the first municipalities in Ontario to
have secondary treatment," he said. (Due
to the low annual flow in the Bayfield
River, an the incompatible high flows
from the' expanded Pollution Control
Plant, engineers allowed for the additional
treatment stage. It consists of filtering the
plant effluent prior to its discharge into the
Bayfield River.) •
Mayor Symons, who as chairman exten-
ded an official welcome to the 35 persons
Club, Mrs. Lynn is a member of Trinity
Church Ladies Gail&
They are a very delightful .couple and
highly respected by their friends and ,
hours, genial hosts and very young in their
Although he said he couldn't release the
exact figures, returning officer for the
Huron-Middlesex riding, Garnet Hicks of
Exeter said the advance polls in the riding.
attracted nearly double the number of:
voters of the 1972 federal election, when
331 voted in the advance poll,
The advance polls were open at several
spots throughogt the riding last Saturday
and again on Monday. Most of the con-
stituents will vote next Monday, July &
There are 38,168 eligible voters in the
Huron-Middlesex riding, an increase of
over 2,000 from the last election.
who attended, paid tribute to those who
were active in the project. "We are in a
rapid period of change, said His Worship.
fn referring to the town's Centennial Year
in 1975, he remarked that 99 years ago a
sewage works was unheard of. "If we had
not have progressed, we would be ac-
customed to the little 'house' out back."
The chairman of the Ausable-Bayfield
Conservation Authority, Elgin Thompson,
Reeve of Tuckersmith Township, expressed
the pleasure experienced by the Conser-
vation Authority "to' see pollution
problems being corrected with modern
facilities such as these. As other
'municipalities do thesanie, it cannot but
help give us all a higher quality eneiron--
ment and a more pleasant and enjoyable.
watershed to live in."
Reeve Thompson told•the gathering that
the Authority is anxious to assist the town
in making a greenbelt along the Hayfield
River in the area of the new Water
Pollution Control Plant by providing plan-
ning assistance and some cleanup help
with the SWEEP program.
Others who spoke briefly included Mr.
McKinley; 'the Warden of Huron County,
thoughts, They are both in good health and
are very active..Beet wishes are extended to
Kenneth and Margaret for many more
years of happiness together,
There 'are three official candidates for
the' Heron-Middlesex riding, including
„ John Lyndon, Liberal; Bob McKinley,
Progressive Conservative.
'
and Shirley
Weary, New Democratic Party.
Mr, McKinley has held the riding since
1965 and in 1972 he won the election by
nearly 10,000 votes,
Returning officer Hicks said that all
polling places and their boundaries are
posted in all post offices, and several of the
parties have purchased advertising space in
area newspapere giving the same infor-
mation,
Bill Elston, Reeve of Morris ,Township;
R.V. Anderson; and Joe Trowsdale, St.
Thomas, chief superintendent of the Maple
Engineering and Construction Co. Ltd. of
Toronto.
The ceremonies, arranged by the Special
(continued on page 11)
BY WILMA OKE
edersm th Tow nsb ije Cou nci tuesd
night awarded the contract for' die con-
struction of two miles of road east from the
village of Hensell on sideroad 5-6, between
doncession 1 and 3 London Road Survey to
Radford Construction of Blyth. The tender,
the lowest of two received was for 15,800.
Allan Nicholson, Road Superintendent
reported the SWEEP group had been
working at Vanastra cleaning up dead
limbs and at Harpurhey, repairing the
historic cairn.
Requests for building permits were gran-
After last week's Huron County Council
meeting - the final one until September - it
was apparent that while members are in-
terested in county restructuring, they are
not anxious to pay up to $100,000 in con-
sultants' fees t' have the job done for
them.
Actually the Executive Committee
chaired by Douglas A McNeil, reeve of
Colborne Township, brought in a recom-
mendation that no study on restructuring
be carried, out. The intent of this motion
was a subject for argu meat until Clerk-
treasurer John Berry said it was his under-
standing the committee was opposed to
paying a consultant to do the study as was
recommended last month by a represen-
tative from the Ministry of Treasury,
Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs.
Reeve Roy Pattison, county warden last
year, told council the decision for the
recommendation of the executive commit-
tee was "not unanimous".
"If nothing is done we'll be told by the
province how restructuring should be done
BY WILMA OKE
Eighty-five percent of McKillop taxes for,
June 1974 have been paid, Mrs. Kenneth
McClure, Clerk Treasurer, reported at the
Council meeting Tuesday, A total of
$94,243.35 hag been paid with $16,965 stilt
outstanding,
Menibers of Council decided they were
not in favor of participating in any -deficit
incurred by a ,day-care centre as proposed
for the Town of Seaforth,
Seaforth paesed a resolution on June 10
iii favor of establishing a day care centre to
be restricted to the town of Seaforth unless
other Municipalities, agree by formal
resolution to participate.
Council awarded the contract to Hanna
and Hamilton Construction Cottle, of
Listtevel far the construction of the
Buchanan Drain (2,850 ft. long) for
$1,200,00; also for the repair work -on
Hilleri Drain et a coal of $100, and for the
repair work on the Drager Drain for $87fi.
Passed for payment were Road Aecotiritti
totalling $43,225.18 and General Aeeouets
totalling $93,987,28.
Applicalions for building permits were
approved for; John Canielho Walton, silo;
Cool, wet weather forced the Clinton
Horticulture Society to delay their annual
rose show a week, but there was a good
showing of roses and flowers last Friday at
the Town Hall.
Mrs. Frank Fingland of Clinton took
home the Bank of Montreal Award for the
champion rose and Mrs. Norman Tyndall
of Clinton won the Red Rose Tea Company
trophy for the best red rose in the show.
Mrs. J.W. Counter of Clinton was the
biggest winner of' the show, as she won the
Royal Bank of Canada Silver Rose Bowl
and how it will be carried out," argued
Pattison.
Deb Shewfelt, reeve of Goderich and a
staunch supporter for a study into restruc-
turing, told council he was "a little disap-
pointed" at the recommendation of the
committee. He advocated a study at the
local level and reminded council that its
members have already been approached
concerning county police, county fire
protection, and county recreation.
"We've got our heads in the sand, gen-
tlemen, if we don't at least look at it," said
Shewfelt. "We should at least have a com-
mittee to study it. The result will be what
we want, not what some consultant says we
should have."
Jim Mair, deputy-reeve of Morris, said
that at a recent workshop in Huron on the
subject of restructuring, he'd been advised
by one elected official that it was best to do
the study locally, despite what was recom-
mended by government.
Mair further suggested that the matter
should be brought to a vote of the people.
Herman Klaver, RR 5, Seaforth,
renovations to house; Ray Devereaux, RR
4, Seaforth, silo; Leslie 1 Campbell, RR 1,
Seaforth, grainery; Lloyd Brodhagen,
Walton, garage; Joseph J, Lane, RR 5,
Seaforth, addition to house and siding;
Ronald Limon Seaforth, new' house;
Gerald Britxer, RR I. Dublin, silo; William
Siemon, Walton. new house; Walter
McClure, Rl 2, Seaforth, silo; Herman
Hoste, RR 2, Seaforth, implement shed;
Roy Bowman, Dublin, milk house.
Council endorsed the resolution from the
township of Pittsburg, that the provincial
government give iremediate consideration
to the amendment to the present
legislation to increase the penalty for non-
payment of taxes to a maximum of two per
cent a month for each calendar month
default cOntinties. At the present time, the
penalty varies up to One per cent.
Council consented to reverences for
Elgin Schade, RR 4, Walton for' 121 112
acres (retaining app, three acres); and for
severance for Kett Williarnsoni RR I.,
Walton for 112 acres.
ReqUeets for tile stale tootle were tip7
proved for rr total or $44,299.00,
for the highest number of points in all the
classes, and she also took home the
Canadian Rose Society Bronze Medal for
the highest number of points in the rose
competitions. •
In the class for children of public school
age and Junior Gardeners, David Pullen of
Clinton collected the most points and won
a special book donated by Mrs. Frank
Fingland.
A complete list of all the winners ap-
pears elsewhere in this edition.
491,1IPS AcTrItgall rertorted that 65'
percent- of„the ,1974 June taxes ;have been
Paid iiiiidittitirig $131;600, With $77,000.
still outstanding.
Insurance coverage for the Vanastra
Recreation Area Complex is to be securred
from Frank Cowan and Company of Prin-
ceton for a premium of $1,300. This will
cost Vanastra rate payers about one mill.
Approval was given by the ministry of
transportation and communications for
opening of a street entrance onto Highway
No. 4 at Vanastra - about 1000 feet north
of the. Vanastra Perimeter road.
"The whole program should be brought
out and put before the people," said Mnir.
Jack Riddell, Huron MPP who was one
of many invited guests in attendance, was
asked to give his opinion since the Ontario
government had jest approved restruc-
turing for Oxford County Riddell agreed
with Mair that it was a "good idea" to let
the people decide.
Jack McCutcheon, reeve of Brussels,
felt a local study should he delayed until
"we see what happens in Oxford" as far as
the tax picture is concerned. McCutcheon
reminded council that whenever restruc-
turing is completed, costs seem to increase.
Reeve Ed Oddleifson, Bayfield, warned
council that if something isn't done toward
restructuring immediately, Huron will be
told what to do.
"We do not want to lose our 'autonomy,"
said Oddleifson, "We should not sit back
on our haunches and let them do it for us."
APPROVE STUDY
While there was discussion around
members from county council appointed by
the executive committee. Councillors did
feel, however, that citizen opinion would be
sought although only elected officials
would have a vote on the Matter.
One of the final statements in the
discussion was made by Warden Bill
Elston: "I do not Want to do away with my
municipality," said Warden Elston. "I
believe the local council is the closest and
the best." Several heads nodded in
agreement.
Earlier in the day, the executive commit-
tee had brought in a recommendation to
ask the Solicitor General for a feasibility
study concerning the possibility of
establishing a County Police Force for
Huron County, with the understanding
that the study would be "at no cost to the
County".
The recommendation was approved. It
was made following a presentation at the
May session by the five police loin
missions in Huron who requested council
to approach' the provincial government on
this matter.
Earlier in the day as well, Sid Oxeitharia,
(dontinued Oh pip* 11)
Voting is heavy
in advance poll in Huron
Tuckersmith approves road rebuilding
ted to: Albertus Stryker of RR 5 Clinton, complaints.
Witten to house; FredMcGregor
Brucefield, storage.building; Stewart Bare
herniate RR 4, Seaforth, storage shed.
Passed for payment were accounts
totalling $25,242,38, which included:
general government $1314.19; roads
$18,373.65; public utilities, $183.63;
Municiple drains $2,645.22; sanitation and
waste material $193.63; and Vanastra
Recreation Board $1532.06.
Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Wilson of Har-
purhey, were at the meeting concerned over
flooding in front of their property. Mem-
bers of council will visit the sight again on
Saturday morning to try and clear up their
County Council argues over restructuring
citizen involvement on the committee, the lticKillop snubs day-care centre motion approved by council was fora study
to be done at the county level composed of