Clinton News-Record, 1974-11-28, Page 1•
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Clinton, 'Ontario
Thursday, November 28,1974
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No end in sight
Hensall strike idles 285 workers
Holds North American record
Brian Jewitt of Clinton received the lion's share of trophies at the Clinton Soccer
Club's banquet last Friday night, He received a special trophy from Frank Fordy of
Labatts Brewery for holding the North American record for most goals scored-in a
single game nine in a game against Exeter - and he took home the Third Division
scoring trophy and shared the Clinton MVP trophy with Charlie Lipp. (News-
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Employees out on strike
The employees of Bendix Home Systems plant in Hensall voted last week to strike
the plant and as a result, 285 workers are out on picket duty this week. There
seems little chance of the strike ending this week as 'a cost of living clause hap
bogged down' talks between union and management. (Photo Arts` Servioes)
Three more min
new contest in
University ofrtoronto in 1933.
In 1934,. she married Stewart
Middleton and the couple lived
at Triple A Farms in Goderich
Township for 40' years. He sur-
vives her,
An active member of St.
James Anglican. Church, Mid-
'dleton, Mrs, Middleton was
honored in 1965 with a life
membership in the W.A. For
many years, she also reported
the Middleton news in tF
News-Record, 41
Mrs. ° Middleton was also
secretary of the Clinton Hor-
ticulture Society for 10 years,
and was honored with a Hor-
ticultural Service Diploma of.„
Merit in 1964.
She and her husband
travelled widely in Europe and
presented many travelogues to
clubs in the area.
Besides her husband, she is
survived by one brother, Stuart
McEwen' of Clinton,
The funeral service was held
on Wednesday November 27
from St. James Church, Mid-
dleton, with Rev. George
Youmatoff in charge. Inter-
ment was in Beird's Cemetery
in Stanley Township.
Three seek Wardenship
Goderich Twp. works hop attracts
The ratepayers of Goderich tentative land use plan for
Township have decided that Goderich Township,
top priority in a land use plan ToWnship deputy-reeve Gerry
for their township, be the main- Ginn, who chaired the meeting,
tenance of prime 'farm land for said that it is necessary for the
agriculture. They agreed that people of the township to help
it order to earn a reasonable construct a plan.. "Nobody
amount of money at farming' in knows more about Goderich
the future, farmers will need Township than the people who
more acreage of good farm live here." ,
land, Most ratepayers agreed that
Approximately 75 ratepayers it is necessary to protect
attended , the planning valuable farm land, rather
workshop on agriculture, than' put it up for grabs to be
Tuesday, to help formulate a sold to the highest bidder,
"Nobody has gotten smaller,
and kept a viable operation,
and it's difficult to expand if I
have to compete with a doctor,
lawyer and developer for the
property", One ratepayer said.
They feel that houses and
cottages should be built on
Marginal or rough farm land. It
was mentioned that usually the
poor land is away from the
road though, and the farmer
will lose good land, building a
lane to get to the poor land.
The Majority agreed that fat-
There appears to be little hope of an
early settlement of a strike at Bendix
Home Systems plant in Hensall that has
285 employees out on the picket line,
The employees, members of Local 3054
of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, voted 222 to 45
last Friday to go out on strike and on Mon-
day morning, picket lines were set up out-
side the plant.
The union is asking for a $1,35 wage in-
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Damage could run as high as $40,000 in
a fire Tuesday night that destroyed part of
a large corn dryer at the Fleming Feed Mill
on Irwin Street in Clinton.
Clinton volunteer firemen were called to
the scene about 10 p.m. and when they
arrived, flames were shooting out the top of
the 65 foot structure which dries grain and
corn before it is stored in nearby silos.
Included in the estimated $40,000 loss
was about $7,000 worth of corn which was
in the dryer at the time of the fire. The
dryer holds about 2,500 bushels of corn.
Clinton Firemen were forced to cut open
By Jim Fitzgerald
The Clinton Retail Merchants'
Association are really going out of their
way this Christmas season to decorate
Clinton's main thoroughfares. Besides the
decorations hanging on every light stan-
dard, which the Town purchased, the mer-
chants have put up Christmas trees on
every parking meter in town. The town has
a refreshing air of an outdoor forest.
Wouldn't it be eye pleasing if we had per-
manent planters, with trees in them, en the
main street?
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The Clinton Winter Carnival is having a
tough time getting going this year and
organizers say there may not be one unless
more people can be found to help organize
it. At last Monday night's meeting last
year's chairman Don Armstrong resigned,
leaving the reins in the hands of Mary
Divok and Ruth Lombardo, who say they
can't possibly manage it alone If no volun-
teers show up at next Thursday nights
(Dec. 5) meeting, then the whole thing is
off. Should' you want to volunteer, bUt
can't make the meeting at the arena at S
phone Mary at 482-7036 or Ruth at
7960, leaving your name.
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We are indeed sad to relate the passing
of one of our long-time correspondents and
Welli4tridWri area Women, Orate (Mrs.
tewatt) Middleton, Her sometimes acid,
sometimea witty comments always brought
a refreshing air to our office when she was
in.
crease in a two-year contract as well as a
cost-of-living clause raising wages one cent
an hour for every ,4-cent increase in the
cost-of-living index effective in November,
1975.
The company has offered a $1.30-an-
hour wage increase and has agreed to the
cost-of-living rise but wants a 10-cent-an-
hour maximum a year on the two-year con-
tract.
Other outstanding issues include ..the
the side of the dryer in order to get at the
burning corn, shovel it out, and put out the,
fire. They were on the scene until 3:30 a.m.
Wednesday morning,
No cause for the blaze was available at
press time, but Fire Chief Clarence Neilans
said it was being investigated. The dryer is
fed forced hot air that is heated by a
natural gas blower.
Bill Fleming of Clinton, the owner, said
that the fire fortunately came near the end
of the corn drying season and there wasn't
much corn left to' dry.
About 20 persons, plus many of the can-
didates, showed up at a meet the can-
didates night last Monday evening at the
Clinton Town Hall.
The meeting, which was sponsored by the
Clinton Citizens Committee, was the last
chance the public had to question the can-
didates before the Municipal elections next
Monday, Dec, 2.
The discussion at the meeting centered
around the fate of the old Town Hall and
the firing of Constable Don McDonell last
October.
One ratepayer wanted to know why the
reasons for firing Mr, McDonell were never
aired in public, even though Mr. McDonell
wanted the reasons known,
Councillor Don Hall said that Council
had never been personally asked by Mr.
Mebane!l to publicly give the reasons for
the firing', "and we wouldn't anyway."
The lady also accused the Clinton News-
Record and the Council of conspiring to
keep the whole matter covered up. "I bet
they won't put that in the paper."
Each of' the candidates .addressed 'the
meeting with a few words, but most of 'the
time was spent on discussion.
The future of the old Town Hall was
another topic discussed, with Most of the
candidates agreeing that something had to
be done right away, with economic factots
being the prime consideration.
Most 'also agreed that the course of ac-
tion would depeild on the opinion poll at
Monday's election.
wording in a health and welfare benefits
agreement, as well as the questions of
seniority and management rights.
Basic wage at the plant, which produces
mobile homes and recreational vehicles, is
$3.38.
Mr. Savona said the cost-of-living clause
is a key issue.
"Our people have lost about 56 cents an
hour due to inflation over our last two-year
contract", he said.
Ontario general manager for Bendix, E.
R. Brunsdon, said he has received no word
of any meetings with union officials to
work out a settlement.
The meeting last Friday was run by Tom
Harkness, an international, representative
of the UBCJ, in place of the local president
Adam Salvona, who was injured in an auto
accident Thursday night and was in
hospital in Clinton.
"I was a little surprised at the strength
of the vote", said Mr, Harkness. "It takes
guts to go out at this time of year."
Stuart Craine, chief shop stewart in the
Oxford Street plant, said that "With the
last contract we lost money. If we accept
this one we will still be down without a
cost-of-living clause.
"We're talking of buying power,"
Mr. Craine added that under previous
owners: (Bendix bought the Hensall plant
in 1972; previous owners were Boise'
Cascade and General Coach Works of
Canada) "This was the best-paying and
best operated place to work in the area.
"But it's been getting progressively
worse. There's a big turnover of employees
and very low morale. We aren't fooling
around anymore . , ."
Other Bendix mobile home plants in St.
Jerome, Que. and Amherst, N.S., have
recently struck and received cost:of-living
There still seemed to be little indication
of interest in the elections as Clinton Clerk
Cam Proctor reported Wednesday that 24
Clintonians voted at the advance poll last
Saturday. That total was up slightly from
1972 when 20 persons turned out, There
are 2,233 persons eligible to vote in Clin-
ton.
Goderich lady
killed in crash
BY WILMA OKE
A 33-year-old Goderich nurse, Nancy
Spence of 97a Napier Street, died from in-
juries received in a two-car collision Satin'.
day morning on Highway 8, 4 miles east of
Clinton.
Miss Spence, alone it the eastbound car
was pronounced dead at University
Hospital, London.
Dr, Stanley Alkemade of Seaforth, the
only occupant of the other car was admit-
ted to Clinton Public Hospital with
multiple bruising and lacerations to lower
lip and jaw and to the right knee.
The automobiles were demolished,
Constable Ray Pritneati of Seeforth
detachment of Omar', Provincial Police
investigated the accident,
clauses in their contracts,
The two Hensell facilities are the only
ones in Ontario; there are three more in
Western Canada. All are subsidiaries of
Bendix corporation, a multi-national firm
with headquarters in Southfield, Mich.
Another mobile home manufacturer,
Glendale Mobile Homes in Strathroy, set-
tled a seven-week strike with its employees
in early November, finally giving them a
cost-of-living clause.
A well-known area resident
and correspondent with the
News-Record, Mrs. Stewart
(Grace) Middleton died at her
RR 3, Clinton home on Novem-
'ber 25 after fighting illness for
several years. She was 62.
She was born in Stanley
Township on February 5, 1912,
a daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. John McEwen.
Mrs. Middleton was
educated in Stanley, and was
an honors graduate of _the
Two escaped juveniles from
the Oakville Assessment and
Reception Centre caused the
local polite some corn on Mon-
day night.
At about 9:20 p.m. the two
boys crashed a stolen car into a
pole on Townsend Street
leaving the scene of the ac-
cident, The cat had been stolen
earlier in Kitchener,
They then checked cars along
Albert Street until they found a
ding to ability.
John Vintar, board superintendent of
education, said the report of the
curriculum review will be sent to the
ministry of education office in Toronto
where it may give a feeling of the direction
that education may go.
Mr. Vintar, assistant superintendent
Joseph Tokar and Trustee Howard Shantz
all reported on the conference they atten-
ded on November 20 sponsored by the
ministry of education on "Evaluation,"
was attended by 60 delegates across On-
tario.
They all agreed on the importance of
evaluation - in all aspects such as the aims
and objectives of policy, curriculum
Programming, teachers, trustees, ad-
ministration. They believed the questions
"Where are we going and what are our
goals?" should be looked at closely at
regular intervals.
Mr. Vintar said that with the county
board system in existence for six years it
was time to evaluate the board,
No further action was taken in im-
plementing the Family Life Program but
the administration was asked to report on
a possible co-ordinator of the program at
the next meeting of the board Op December
9.
Trustee Ted Geoffrey outlined the main-
tenance work carried out at the various
schools.
A committee of the whole was held at the
end of the general meeting.
The grant will provide six jobs to
renovate and restore the house to its for-
mer grandeur.
The Huron County Pioneer Museum in
Goderich will provide eight ,jobs for its
grant of $21,920 in its continued operation
towards restoration of the facilities.
The Huron Country Playhouse in Grand
Bend will get $21,920 to fund nine jobs to
fix up the old barn they use for summer
theatre.
Minimum allocation for any riding is
$75,000 and a study by the department of
manpower and immagration shows the
unemployment rate in Huron this winter is
expected to be 2.9 per cent, The grants are
based on the unemployment rate.
Stanley has only had three
wardens since the early 1900's
the last one being Elmer
Hayter in 1972.
Reeve McKinley has been on
Stanley Township council for
12 years and this year is com-
pleting seven years on county
council. He is presently chair-
man of the 1-luronview Commit-
teem
Reeve Allan Campbell,
presently chairman of the
Development Committee of
County Council, has served 14
years on McKillop Township
Council. He has been reeve for
six years.
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niers shouldn't be allowed to
sell small chunks of their farm
for . the purpose of housing.
Housing developments should
all be in a designated area.
There will be several more
planning workshops in
Goderich Township within a
month Mr, Ginn Said a consen-
sus of opinion will be gathered
at the workshops, and from
them, 'a tentative plan will be
drawn. The plan will be retur-
ned to the ratepayers for their
(continued on page 16)
Fire causes $40,000
damage to large dryer
Three more News-Record readers were
winners of $5 each this week in the "Spot
the Merchants Contest".
Edward Wise of RR 3 Clinton, Barbara
Hattin of Fulton Street in Clinton and Jay
Carter of Clinton will each receive a $5 gift
voucher and will have a chance to win the
grand prize of $100 when the contest con-
cludes in three weeks.
The winners this week correctly iden-
tified the pictures belonging to E and M
OutOtters, Bartliffs, Fred J, Hudie Lumber
and Ray and Shirls Groceries. The last two
had the clues mixed up under the picture,,
so the' News-Record took either anewer,
If you know what merchahts go with this,,,
week's pictures, pick up an entry form atet-
participating merchant and mail or send it4.
to the News-Record before next Tuesday-
noon..
Candidates discuss topics
BY WILMA OKE
Members of the Huron-Perth County
Roman Catholic Separate school board
were given Monday night a report of a
study made by the Waterloo area of the
ministry of education on intermediate
school curriculum covering grades 7,8,9
and 10,
William Blake, superintendent of
curriculum services at Waterloo, and his
assistant Ted Johnston, said they had sent
out a series of questionaires to parents,
teachers, administrators and students in
the Waterloo Region of the ministry of
education. This region covers 13 jurisdic-
tions in Bruce, Grey, Huron-Perth,
Wellington, Waterloo, Oxford and Brant
Counties.
Mr. Johnston said the replies' from
Huron-Perth Separate School area
generally supported the opinion olthe en-
tire 'region and gay,e as en example almost
''``.unanimous support for:corn0440,1,MUOkit t
- English, mathematics' and science.
Mr. Johnston said in the Huron-Perth
area there was strong support, 66 per cent,
cotnpai'ed to 57 per cent across the region,
for Family Life program to be taught in the
schools. Huron Perth supported French as
a compulsory subject 80 per cent, while
support across the region for French was
47 112 per cent,
It was pointed out too that in the Huron-
Perth region there was firm support for the
whole-year system of school which is used
now in most schools rather than trimester
or four quarter system.
Huron-Perth strongly supported having
students of varied abilities and
achievements in all classes in school rather
than streaming - grouping students emir-
Grace Middleton
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Pour projects in the Federal riding of
Huron-Middlesex will receive a total of
$77,046 worth of Local Initiatives Program
grants, Huron-Middlesex Member of
Parliament, Bob McKinley'announced last
week.
The Vanastra indoor swimming pool
committee will receive $24,814 to hire nine
persons to work on the renovations and in-
stallation of a roof on the pool at the for-
mer Base..
The pool is expected to be ready this
spring and the cost of the covering is being
raised by a lottery.
The Van Egmond House Trust in
Egmondville will receive an $8,256 grant
to help them in restoring the historic home
in the village this winter.
Escaped juveniles caught
titer two cars stolen
car with keys in it. They stole
the car, which belonged to Burt
Lobb of Clinton and took off,
but were apprehended in
Forest.
Another accident on Thur-
sday Nov, 21 caused about $800
damage when a car driven by
Harry Chamber of Goderich hit
a hydro pole on Victoria Street
near Kirk Street. The accident
occurred et 5:25 p.m.
Survey shows basic subjects wanted
our receive LIP grants
Well-known area woman dies
A possible three-way race for
Warden of Huron County is
predicted for January.
Three candidates have
already formally announced
their intention to seek the post.
They are Reeve Arison
McKinley, Stanley Township;
Reeve Allan, Campbell
Mckillop Township, and Reeve
Harold Lobb, Clinton.
Reeve McKinley said last
week he would seek election as
warden in 1975, exactly 60
years since his grandfather was
first elected to council in
Stanley Township, He said