Clinton News-Record, 1974-09-12, Page 1Bauer , Modal
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, September 12, .1974
109th Year - No. 37
Paul Gridsak of Seaforth holds a sign that indicates the number of hours that he
skated, non-stop, in the Vanastra Skateland Arena's Roller Skate-A-Thon held last
Saturday night, About $900 was raised by 62 skaters and the proceeds will be tur ,
ned over to the Clinton and Brucefleld firemen to help in the fund raising drive for
Muscular Dystrophy, Kim Niche!' of Vanastra, right, skated 22fP hours, (News-
Record photo)
Bayfield ,septic
• G.L.M. Smith and Ernest Hovey
were present at the regular Bayfield
Village council meeting, last Wednesday
evening and questioned council as to their
duties as Committee of Adjustment mem-
bers.
A letter:;, from the Huron County
Land Division Comm. stated that forms for
every severance must be completed and
must conform to local by-laws, the County
St. Joseph's Church
to get new priest
at end of month
iClinton, Ontario
After the upheavals last year at
Conestoga College of Applied Arts and
'echnology which led to the resignation of
ames Church as president, college person-
el are looking forward to a new era under
resident Kenneth Hunter.
Conestoga's Clinton Center enters that
ra under a new chairman. Bruce
jorkquist of Goderich became head ad-
ninistrator there, effective September 1.
He reflected the optimism throughout
he college during an interview when he
aid: "We want to get into the sunshine
end leave behind darker days."
Mr. Bjorkquist replaces former Clinton
enter Chairman Ross Milton who now
.eaches and works on technology develop-
nent at Conestoga's Doon Center. This
hange in administration had nothing to do,
with the reorganization of the college as a
whole, however, Mr.. Bjorkquist said.
The new chairman has worked at the
Clinton Center since September 1971. He
taught English in the academic upgrading
program and English and psychology in the
secretarial science program. Prior to his
The first two building permits for
restoration of the Clinton core area were.
issued on Monday night at the regular
meeting of the' Clinton council.
Council passed permits allowing the
Clinton News-Record and Ruth ?quern to
restore two store fronts on Albert Street.
The News-Record's renovation are
estimated at $1,000 and Mrs. Duern's
renovations on the former Phillip's Fruit
Market next to Bartliffs Restaurant on
,:Albert ,etreet-are., estimated. to ha -worth
$500.
It cost Clinton $1,552.69 for a study to
Hullett ,Township at their regular Sep-
tember meeting passed a by-law to set up a
Recreation Committee in the Township
and ' the new committee held their first
meeting on Tuesday night.
Hullett also received three applications
for ditch commissioner to replace, Clare
Vincent, who found his duties as clerk kept
him busy enough.
Norm Alexander of Londesboro was
named the new ditch commissioner on a
motion by Tom Duizer and Milton Dale.
In other business, council adopted the
report of the Van Dorp and decided to ad-
vertise for tenders on it. The tenders close
on October 4.
Hullett also accepted the tile drainage
loan application of Harvey Dale, and
passed a by-law to impose special annual
draindge rates on lands upon which money
is borrowed under the tile drainage act.
BY J.F.
With the price of anti-freeze expected to
sky rocket this coming winter and be worth
its weight in gold, one of our readers
suggested that it would be cheaper to pour
a couple of quarts of a cheap Canadian rye
into the radiator. And then next spring
when you drain the rad, you invite over a
few friends, get some ice cubes and have a
car party in the backyard.
* * *
The Clinton Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
will be trading in their dishcloths this
Saturday and picking up the wash mitts as
they stage a car wash at Carter's westend
service station this coming Saturday from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m., all in the aid of charity. I
wonder, when you wash dishes, you get
dishpan hands, what does one get washing
cars?
* * *
The Clinton Centennial Committee is
having. their regular monthly meeting next
Wednesday, September 18 at the Clinton
Town Hall. If last month's poor atten-
dance is any indication, there doesn't seem
to be much interest in the Celebrations next
year.
i
For those who asked, those lovely glass
mugs that feature a picture of Clinton's
1928 fire truck are available from any
fireman, but we understand the supply is
rather short,
move to Clinton he taught English at the
college's Waterloo Center.
The 32-year-old Windsor native holds a
Bachelor of Arts degree from the Univer-
sity of Windsor, a Master of Divinity
degree from Concordia Seminary, St,
Louis, and a Master of Arts degree in
Philosophy from the University of
Waterloo. He is working towards his doc-
torate in. Philosophy.
Mr. Bjorkquist served Lutheran
Congregations in New • Hamburg,
Tavistock, Dashwood and Exeter as a lay
pastor. He also helped establish a new
congregation in the Goderich-Clinton area,
serving as pastor here for two years.
Along with his scholarly background, he
has experience in industry with Rinshed
Mason Co. of Canada and J.M. Schneider
Ltd.
Under the new college president, Mr.
Bjerkquist said the Clinton Center will
have more autonomy to develop courses
and programs which will better serve
Huron County.
In the past, he continued, the center
see if the old Town Hall could be
renovated, council also revealed Monday
night.
The study, conducted earlier this year by
London consultant 'engineer James F.
MacLaren and Associates, said that it
would cost $400,000 to renovate the old
Town. Hall, and about $250,000 to build a
new one.
In late July, Council gave London ar-
chitects Tillman and Lamb permission to
go ahead with sketch plans of a new •Town
HAI, with the idea of getting tyvh.,cost,com,
parisons that could give Clinton :voters a
selection on a referendum in December.
Council also instructed the road' superin-
tendent to apply for a subsidy of $2,409 for
culverts.
Building permits passed included:
Murray Howatt, Tony Fidom, R. Irwin, E.
Salverda, Paul Dyck, J. Cooper, K.
Dykstra, Thomas Beattie, T. Tiesma, R.
Gibbings, Alex Kiss, and Andrew Veenstra.
could not respond to community needs
fully becauae' it was directed from Kit-
chener.
To meet these needs, the new chairman
plans to seek the opinions of area
dustri'es and businesses to find out what
qualifications they feel graduates' of the
Clinton Center should have.
He welcomes all suggestions from the
area residents about courses and programs.
Mr. Bjorkquist has some ideas of .his
own,
A study group about the controversial
Mustard Report, for example, could 'be
started in the continuing education
program. Mr. Bjorkquist would ask
specialists from the county to lead this
group to more• understanding about the
radical changes in health care by the
report.
A similar group might be established to
examine transportation problems in the
county. One problem could be how the
inability to travel affects people
economically and emotionally,
These ideas illustrate the possibilities
Last month,• at their regular meeting,
council said it acted in such haste in get-
ting-a new plan they needed to know by the
end of September in order to' get the
referendum' on the ballot.
Last Monday night, Councillor Ruth Roy
said that no plans were yet available to the
public,_ and the special committee would
meet, later this month with the architects.
Council also took a step closer to moving
the..fire 'hall, out .of the. Town Hall, when
they passed a motion .to make an offer to
'Krohn-4a' 'on tine-fir oper hn o ti Street
owned by Shell Canada.
The Town Hall also came up for
discussion when Councillor Don Hall men-
tioned that council was seeking ,a way to
decrease the pigeon population around 'the
Town Hall. The mayor asked coyly if there
was any possibility of having pigeon pie.
Other building permits passed by council
include: Jack Yeo, carport, $2,000; Peter
Roy, sunporch, $3,500; Garry Murray,
alterations, $200; Fred Taylor, house,
$19,000; Ted Dragstra, alterations, $700;.
Clinton Chrysler, storage shed, $300 and ;
Fred Hudie, addition, $700.
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,the center has of serving the county, Mr.
Bjorkquist said,
He;.spoke with pride about a new way of
tkaching and learning at the center now.
-The secretarial science program is open to
persons all year.
A potential secretary need not wait until
September to start classes. Because
teachers work with students individually, a
person can begin learning the basics of
typing, shorthand, and accounting "almost
a9ytime."
4Students have individual study and work
at'eas. Teachers act more as tutors than
claSs instructors allowing students to
progress:,4.their :Individual paces.
044 %pies needed for a secretarial
program aiiiloma such as English and
(continued on page 15)
l' Some property owners in Clinton may be
ordered to clean up their property or face
prosecution, Clinton council decided last
Monday night at their regular September
meeting.
Council passed a motion to have the
Clinton Planning Board survey properties
in town that they deem to be unsightly and
give them 30 days from date of notification
to clean them up. No penalty was outlined.
The motion came after a letter was
received from the town's solicitor, Beecher
Menzies, saying the planning Board should
look into the clean-up of two properties in
town after council last month received a
written complaint about the properties.
Reverend D.J. McMaster, who is presen-
tly Pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church in Clinton has been appointed
Pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in London, ef-
fective September 24.
Rev. McMaster will be replaced by
Reverend J.F. Hardy, who is presently
Chaplain of St. Joseph's Hospital in Lon-
don.
The Most Reverend G. Emmett Carter,
Bishop of the Diocese of London, made the
announcement on Monday.
Rev. McMaster came to Clinton in June
of 1972 and he was also in charge of the
Blyth Parish.
Clinton does not need a by-law to stop
open burning in Clinton, and particular,
the open burning of leaves each fall in
town.
Councillor Don Hall told the council
that there are provincial laws under the
Air Pollution Control Act of 1967
prohibiting any open burning when the
smoke causes discomfort .to others.
Mr. Hall had checked with the Ontario
ministry of the environment, and was given
Roller skaters raise
$900 for charity
BY WILMA OKE
Over $900 was raised for the Muscular
Dystrophy Association of Canada when 60
area young people roller skated around the
clock at Vanastra over the weekend.
Paul Gredzak, 18 of' Seaforth was the
only participant to skate the full 48 hours
which began at 6 p.m, Saturday. Kim
Fulcher 14, of Vanastra and Nancy Cook,
14 of Clinton each skated for 22 112 hours,
The event was sponsored by the Vanastra
Skateland Arena and the Brucefield Fire
Department.
Dave Harrison of Skateland, Arena said
that three young people from Detroit were
contestants and Star Oirardin of Detroit
skated for 15 1/2 hours and earned $15.50
for the project, She Was eight-years-old and
the youngest contestant,
Council had asked Mr. Menzies to write
the property owners and tell them they
were contravening the town's official plan.
In other .business dealing with the plan-
ning board, council passed an amending
by-law and will seek approval from the On-
tario Municipal Board to allow Wayne
Dupee of Clinton to build a barn on his
property near the new Clinton Sewage
Treatment plant.
The planning board had turned down
the,request last month saying the area was
zoned residential. Earlier in the summer,
Mr. Dupee brought a petition to council
signed by a dozen neighbours in the area
asking that the old barn be torn down and
the ministry of revenue informed Council
that Enumerators would be calling at
every home beginning this week.
Correspondence from the ministry of
treasury outlined the Provincial assistance
to municipalities, boards and commissions.
A letter 'from the Huron County Health
Unit stated that they had dye-tested the
septic tank and tile system at the
Municipal Building and found no leakage
and felt the system was adequate to sup-
port the Senior Citizens Housing Unit. Also
the well water had been tested and found
to be alright.
An invitation was received to attend the
Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority
Erosion Seminar at Grand Bend on Sat.
Sept. 7. The council was also informed of a
convention to be held .by A.O.H.A. (Ont.
Housing) in Hamilton from, Sept. 22 to
Tues. Sept. 24.
In other business, Council voted to send
a letter of thanks to Reg Wilson for acting
as Clerk while Clerk Gord Graham was in-
disposed, and discussed the O.M.E.R,S.
retirement pension plan for Road Foreman
John Lindsay and felt information on hand
was inadequate. The Clerk was asked to
obtain more information for discussion at a
subsequent meeting.
Council also discussed at length the ac-
cidents that had occurred at the curve on
the act which is in effect in all of Ontario.
He said that if convicted, persons are liable
for a fine of not less than $2,000 on the
first offence, and not less than $10,000 on a
subsequent conviction.
Mr. Hall said he made the inquires after
council received a letter from a Clinton
woman who has a chronic lung condition
and each year when the leaves of town are
burned, •she becomes ill.
Mayor Don Symons suggested that the
relevant excerpts of the Air Pollution Con-
trol Act be published in the local paper,
and are available elsewhere in this paper.
In other business, council passed a sub-
division agreement by-law that sets down a
tougher standard for developers wanted to
build subdivisions in town, The document
was drawn up by Stratford lawyers Rid-
dell, Mountain, and Associates and is a
standard agreement used by many of the
larger cities,
Council filed a report, for the time being,
on the new Riverview Park beside the new
Clinton Sewage Treatment plant on Vic-
toria Terrace.
Council through Reeve Harold Lobb,
had asked the Ausable Bayfield Conser-
vation Authority to do a study on the four
acre parcel that the town hopes to open up
as a park.
Roger Martin, resource manager of the
Authority, said the land should be land-
seeped, a parking lot provided and picnic
tables set up.
The report said the park should be used
for low intensity recreation and could be
financed by the town with the help of local
a new one be allowed to be constructed.
Mr. Dupee keeps race horses in the present
barn.
In other business, council backed a
request from Tuckersmith Township,
asking that the Vanastra Recreation Com-
mittee be allowed to sell lottery tickets in
town. The lottery is to raise the necessary
$35.000 to cover the Vanastra swimming
pOol, making it available for year-round
use.
The Vanastra Rec. Committee hopes to
sell 1,400 tickets at $25 each, with the first
prize being a 1975 Oldsmobile automobile,
and five consolation prizes of $100 each.
The draw will be made on December 7th.
Boy, 3, crushed
A three-year old boy was killed on his
parents' farm near Winthrop Wednesday,
September 4 when he was run over by a
grain hopper driven by his 17-year-old
brother.
Daniel Roger Hulley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Hulley, died when he was
crushed beneath the hopper loaded with
about four tons of grain.
Provincial police at Goderich said the
operator of the machine was Robert Earl
Hu Hey.
Police said the accident occurred shortly
after 5:30 p.m. on the Hulley farm about
1 1 /2 miles west of Winthrop.
The boy was pronounced dead at the
scene by Huron County coroner Dr. Paul
Brady of Seaforth.
service clubs.
In other business, council passed a by-
law authorizing the town to borrow up to
$100,000 to meet expenses until taxes are
collected.
Council also passed a by-law lowering
the sewage surcharge rate on all water bills
because the water rates in town are going
up this month. The surcharge was lowered
to 230 per cent of the water bill from 395
per cent. Most persons water bills will rise,
while sewage surcharge will remain about
the same.
Juveniles face
championship bid
The Clinton Juvenile Baseball Club face
Fort Erie this weekend to decide the all-
Ontario championship.
The Clinton team, which won the all-
Ontario "C" championship last year,
defeated Hagersville two weeks ago to get
into the finals, while Fort Erie defeated
Perth two games straight last weekend to
gain the finals.
The opening game of the best of three
championship will be played in Clinton
this Saturday at 2 p.m., and the second
game will be played in Fort .Erie on Sun-
day .afternoon at 2
There are still a few spaces left on a bus
that the Clinton Club has rented to make
the journey to Fort Brie, The bus leaves
Clinton at 8 a.m. on Sunday and anyone
wishing to go down is to contact bong ken,
nedy at 482,7626, •
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Hullett approves board
20 Cents
First restoration projects begin
COnestoga's Clinton Centre has new head
roperties may be ordered cleaned-up
tank system given,(Ipproval
Plan and the Secondary Pigii.'AletteViztt" ":Hig1;i1vay 21 and Clan Gregor Square on
Labour Day weekend, and decided to again
advise the ministry of transportation and
communications of this dangerous curve.
In previous correspondence, the M.T.C.
decided that this curve did not warrant a
flashing signal. Council, residents, and
vehicle operators feel genuine concern over
this corner and wondered aloud if it would
take a fatality to stir the interest of the
MTC.
Clinton to outlaw open burning