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Ilitappointed clown
Coco the clown looks disappointed after he learned a tire went flat during the
Uniroyal Thrill drivers show at the Clinton Racetrack last Thursday night. He later
crawled unhurt from a car wrecking stunt. (News-Record photo)
Millwrights place third
Clinton, Ontario 20 Cents
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1974 1973
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, August 8, 1974
Vanastra dog owners told to license dogs
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Rain .97" Rain 1,30"
Beach disappears
High winds last Sunday night and Monday pushed large waves into the Lake
Huron shoreline and gobbled up hundreds of feet of shoreline. Here in front of
br, Frank Newland's cottage, five miles north of Bayfield:about 16 feet of
thbreline disappeared under the waves, leaving Newiands cottage only 20 feet
from the water. With the help of fellow cottage* Of. Newland of Clinton
(checked shirt) tries to replace sewer tile that had been placed on the beach
last year to halt the IMO'S erosion.. The lake level shows little sign of receeding,
and dottagera are fearful that a winter storm will sweep some cottageS into the
lake, (News,ReCord photo)
For the second time this year, the Clin-
ton Police Department's office was broken
into and one of their .38 cal, revolver was
stolen.
The break-in occurred early Sunday mor-.,
ning and thieves gained entry by smashing
the wooden door frame of the office. They
pried open three police lockers, but only,
took Chief Lloyd Westlake's revolver.
Chief Westlake said that the lockers also
contained another handgun, a rifle and a
shotgun, along with stolen goods seized by
police.
Chief Westlake said it was the fourth
time in his five years as police chief that
public health care. •
Jim McCaul, chief public health inspec-
tor for Huron County, was on the commit-
tee which drafted the reply.
The reply said that although costs'could
be reduced by separating the functions of
the medical officer of health, health inspec-
tors and public health nurses, it would
"sever good lines of co-operation and com-
munication."
'It is a distinct advantage for a citizen to
apply to one agency for total health care,
information or assistance at a local level,"
The Milverton Millwrights, with three
Clinton girls playing for them, placed third
in the Canadian Junior Ladies Fastball
Championships held last weekend in
Burlington.
Milverton beat
Burlington in June for the all-Ontario
Championship, but Burlington received a
bye into the finals because they were host
team, and they won the Canadian Cham-
pionship.
Mary Skegg, a pitcher with Milverton,
was named the most valuable pitcher and
BY WILMA OKE
'McKillop Township Council Tuesday
night authorized its road superintendent,
William Campbell, to reconstruct one and
one quarter miles of sideroad 10 between
concession 2 and 5. The work is estimated
to cost $11,000 and will be started when
the construction work on sideroad 15 is
completed.
Requests for six tile' drain loans were
granted, totalling $28,600,00. In the past
the township has loaned the money to the
farmer as soon as the loan was approved,
without waiting for the money to be
received from the Provincial Government,
Council decided this must change because
of the high interest rates and in future, will
make payment to the farmer after the
township 'receives the money from the
government,
Passed for payment were road accounts
BY
Canada's oldest sport, lacrosse, will be
the subject of a clinic at the Clinton arena
next Wednesday, August 14, Officials from
Canada's National Lacrosse Team will be
on hand to discuss this sport, which is star-
ting to make a come back in some parts of
the country. The clinic starts at 9 a.m. and
continues until' 4 p.m.
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From what we've heard, there will likely
be a lot of red eyes at the Middleton
Church this weekend as the young people
of the Anglican church are staging a wake-
a-thon to raise money. The youngsters hope
to stay Wide awake for 48 hours, They'll
then probably sleep for a week after it's all
over. * * *
Clinton Kinsmen Raceway secretary
Frank Cook siva he has lined up, through a
lot of work, an excellent feature race this
coming Sunday. Tenacious Lobel!, who
comes off a recent 2;01:4 clocking at Green-
wood will face some excellent competition
from such highly rated rivals as Miss Belle
ears from Fred Fowler's stable; Colas
Duchess from Forest, last week's winner;
Space Mission, who won the Clinton Cen-
tennial Pace last Year; and Jay gee Blaze,
who has stopped the clock at 2:04, Frank
also mentioned that Kristie Creed will he
here with Greenwood's leading reinsinart,
Ken Hardy of Lucan aboard, Marshall
Weick rounds out the field,
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Most of the area around Clinton has
received up to two inches of rain in the last
10 days, but on a drive through parts of
Middlesex County last Saturday, no rain
had fallen for• five weeks, and some bean
fields were showing signs of wilt. If they
don't get rain by this weekend, many far.
mers feel there won't be any beans worth
harvesting,
player in the Canadian Championship.
Clintonians Sandy Fremlin, Patti Kay,
and Marlene Cunningham played in the
Canadian finals for Milverton.
The Milverton girls beat Saskatchewan
11-1 in the first game, took Quebec 8-4 in
the second gaine, and nipped the North
West Territories 7-5 in the third game, to
take the "B" division title.
In the double knockout final, Milverton
beat Saskatchewan 1-0, but lost to
Burlington 4-2 and lost to British Colum-
bia 6-5, to place third overall.
totalling $9386.48 and general accounts
worth $40,123.94.
Several members of council indicated
they would attend Tuckersmith Council
meeting on August 21, when the•revised
Dill Drain report will be considered.
Several McKillop residents are affected by'
the drain estimated to cost $118,000.
Clerk, Marion McClure, presented Road
Superintendent Campbell, with his cer-
tificate for successful completion of the
three day• course of instruction for road
superintendents by the Ontario Good
Roads Assoc. at the T.J. Mahony Road
School held at the University of Guelph in
May,
Requests for building permits were gran-
ted to Mervin Agar, RR 2 Seaforth - silo;
William Hodge, RR 4 Walton, extension to
barn; James C. Kerr, RR 1, Seaforth - im-
plement shed; Edward Taylor, RR
Seaforth, addition to house; James
McClure, RR 4, Walton - grainery; Ken
Campbell Farms Ltd., RR 1, Dublin
grainery and replacing siding on house; Ian
Wilbee, RR 1 Walton - grainery; William
Van Reenen, RR 1 Seaforth - implement
shed; Clifford Eddy, RR 4, Walton - pole
barn and silo; Orville Storey - porch and
Donald Kelly, RR 5, Seaforth - addition to
house.
Council made a grant of $500.00 to the
Seaforth Community Hospital.
The County of Huron notified the town-
ship of a new by-law regulating tree-cutting'
or removal in the County.
Council approved a request for land
severence of approximately two and a half
acres on part lot 25 con. 7 to Francis Hupt
of RR 4, Walton and how the request will
be forwarded to the Huron County Land
Division Committee for its approval.
Four killed
near Goderich
A two-car, head-on collision seven miles
north of Goderich on Highway 21 Saturday
night claimed the lives of four teenagers
and injured two other persons.
Dead are: Heather Stevenson, 15, of rat
1, Lucknow; Donalcia Hamilton, 16, of AR
3, Goderich; James Lizmore, 18, of RR 4,
Kincardine; and Cheryl MacLennan, 16, of
RR 3, Goderich.
All four were in the car driven by Mr,
Lb:more, Goderich Detachment of f; 'e OPP
said,
A fifth passenger in the Lizmore ear,
Kevin Whittington, 15, of RR 2, Kineat-
dine, was taken to University Hospital in
London, Mary Crawford, 47, of RR a,
Goderich was the lone occupant in the
other car and was taken to Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital in Goderich
in serious eondition, -
The collision occured at a curve in the
highway, just after 11 p.m. in light mist,
police ,said,
trol officer for Tuckersmith, will be making
spot checks for licenses and charges will be
laid for tardy owners or those who have
paid for only one dog when they have two
or more,
Vanastra homeowners will be paying
higher water rates in the future. The Town
of Clinton, which supplies water to Vanes
tra, has informed Tuckersmith that it
requires 50 cents per 1,000 gallons, which
is an increase of 10 cents per 1,000 gallons,
Wilfred Schneider of the Vanastra
Recreation Committee attended the council
session to report on the committee. He said
that the swimming pool should be corn-
pleted this week. The month delay was due
the office had been broken into. The police
have complained to council for several
years about the lack of space in the 94-
year-old Town Hall.
Town council two weeks ago at a closed
meeting had received a report from the
London engineering firm of James F.
MacLaren and Associates saying it would
cost $400,000 to renovate the old Town
Hall and council balked at the idea and
hired the London architectural firm of
Tillman and Lamb to draw up plans for a
new Town Hall at an estimated cost of
$200,000.
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the report said.
"The health team is vital in times of
disaster or danger," it said.
The inspectors also recommend that a
set of guidelines for health inspection
should be given to District Health Councils
as important items to be implemented once
the councils are formed,
Huron County world be included in a
district with Oxford, Elgin and Middlesex
Counties,
Medical officers of health in these and
other counties in the province must retain
power to use the Public Health Act
regulations when necessary, the health in-
spectors said.
A medical officer's ability "to act quickly
with unimpeded authority to promote
to the difficulty in getting some materials
to line the pool, which is being built at a
cost of $15,000,
Council apponted E,H. Uderstadt,
engineer, to bring in e report on the Nott
Drain.
Requests for building permits were gran-
ted to: Wilfred Ross, Brucefield, garage;
John Drysdale, Hensall, swimming pool en-
closure; Brian Smillie, RR 1, Hensall,
horse barn; Hugo Menheere, RR 4,
Seaforth, implement shed; McIntosh
Poultry Farms, RR 4, Seaforth, storage
shed; and Gordon DeJong, Brucefield, im-
plement shed,
Council amended its zoning bylaw
The plans were to be ready this week and
Clintonians will get a chance to discuss
them at the next open council meeting next
Monday, August 12,
In June, council had given Gordon
Duern of Clinton and the Clinton Environ-
mental Enhancement committee until
Christmas to come up with plans for
restoration of Clinton, including plans on
the future of the old Town Hall.
Mr. Duern had offered the Town a-
sketch of a new Town Hall and had offered
his services free to the town if they chose to
either restore it or build a new one.
Public health is essential", tneir reply said.
The inspectors said that they do their
work best under the direction of an MOH.
The health inspectors' committee has of-
fered an invitation to meet with the
minister of health, the Hon. Frank Miller,
to discuss their views in more detail.
The health minister has asked
municipalities and other bodies that would
be affected if the Mustard Report is im-
plemented to draft reactions and replies to
it.
Huron County council which will decide
on a reply August 12 at a special meeting
will probably take a negative stand on
being included in the district designated by
the Mustard report. •
Officials have already publicly stated
that rural Huron County should not be put
into the same district as the other more
urbanized areas.
removing north half Lot 26, Concession 1,
Huron Road Survey, property from
agriculture. This is the proposed site of the
grain elevator to be built by Maple Leaf
Milling Company,
Passed for payment are the following ac-
counts totalling $95,026,44; general gover-
nment, $4,809.17; public utilities,
$1,930,37; roads, $15,808.49; Vanastra
Recreation Parks and Community Centre
Board, $32,734.80 and municipal drains,
$39,743.61,
Council will meet on August 20 to con-
sider the engineer's revised report on the
Dill Drain; costing $114,000.
The ministry of transportation and com-
munications has approved payment of ad-
ditional $15,900 interim subsidy for
Tuckersmith and notified council of seven
new staff appointments at the Stratford
District office.
Bingo winners
This weeks $1,000 jackpot Monster
Bingo was won on a solo bingo but split
between two Seaforth ladies, Mrs. Frank
Ryan, and Mrs. John Shea.
Share-the-Wealth winners were Mrs. K.
Spencer and Mrs. Ruth Taylor of Clinton,
Mary Sharp, James Greenway, Clinton,
and Mrs. Stan Glousher, Blyth.
Regular game winners from Clinton were
Andy Gibb, Mrs. Ena Shipp, Laura
Howard, Jay Carter, Linda Reinhart, Mrs.
Clarence Neilans, Wayne Hodges, Mrs.
Harold Fremlin, Pat Proctor, Larry Daw,
Blanch Angus, Mrs. Arabell Bushel, and
Mrs. Barbara Hoy,
Other winners were Vi Fowler, Blyth;
Lola Essex Goderich; Gordan Scothner,
Bayfield; Ruth Doherty, Blyth; Gerald
Robinson, Vanastra; Dib Rolph, Mitchell;
Deb Riby, Londesboro; Mrs. Earl Elliot,
Dublin; Moira Robinson, Vanastra; June
Shanahan, Vanastra; Mrs. Mildren Robin-
son; G. Waters, Stratford; Bill Brown, Port
Albert; Mary Habkirk, Seaforth; Mrs.
Beard, Brucefield; Mary Johnston,
Goderich; Ross Campbell, Mitchell, Doreen
Bradbury, Gloria McClinchey Seaforth;
Mrs. Jack Kaufman, Listowel.
Mrs, John Finnegan, Wingham; Mrs.
Byerman, Brodhagen; Gary Gray,
Seaforth; Cecil McNeil, Goderich; Mrs.
Gladys Barwick, Goderich; Don Thomp-
son, Vanastra; Heather Plumsteel,
Vanastra; Mary Vosin, Varna; Mrs. Beard,
Brucefield; Joyce Baechlor, Goderich;
Barb Chapman and Mrs. Denel,
There is another Monster Bingo again on
Mon, Aug. 12 and 19th,
EY WILMA OKE
A lot of dog owners in Tuckersmith Town-
ship who haven't secured a 1974 license for
their dog or dogs may be paying fines
within the next few weeks.
Clerk James McIntosh informed mem-
bers of council at a meeting last Wed-
nesday that only $825 has been collected to
date, while about $1,100 was paid in last
year. Mr. McIntosh said that with the in-
crease in fees this year it indicated many
dog owners have no license. The license
this year is $5 for a male or spayed female,
$10 for a female, and $20 for two dogs.
Richard Eisler of Goderich, animal con-
McKillop approves road
If certain policies recommended by tne
Ontario health planning task force are put
into effect they will disrupt county health
unit teams, provincial health inspectors
said in a statement released last week.
The statement is a reply to the report,
called the Mustard report after task force
chairman Dr. J.F. Mustard, which recom-
mends sweeping changes in the structure The Mustard report recommends that
several district health councils be created
to administer public health policies.
Police office entered again
Inspectors upset over health report