Clinton News-Record, 1976-06-17, Page 1It
.., . lght,ahi 'two sisters, Kimberley, centre, and Karen, Left, enjoyed
Sitting in the esti Om -engine last Saturday afternoon during the Clinton Area
Department's open house and official opening ceremonies. (News -Record
photo)
Firemen almost miss opening
The Clinton Area Volunteer Fire
Department almost didn't make it to the
`+official opening of the new fire station
,.last Saturday as a fire called them away
early in the afternoon.
They however returned in time to see
' R Jack Riddell cut the ribbon to
�cially open the new station. As he cut
ribbon, Mr. Ridded said, "May they
ave every success, but have very few
res to fight".
Chairman Roy Wheeler introduced ,
.tel" ' Bob McKinley. Mayor Symons.
verfeefee schedule
L
Bank of Montreal manager Earl
Hilderley, Rev. John, Oestreicher. and
'Brian Garratt the 'architect from
Stratford. These- men along with Mr.
Riddell congratulated all who spent time
and took part in renovating the new fire
station.
Although the early afternoon fire had
not been planned. people who came out
for the opening saw an excellent
demonstration of the readiness of the
firemen and their trucks for such
emergencies.
of i
lmMice
10 pence t in cease i the salary
rid ihility allowances far"
the 15$ teachers itsetke Baron -Perth
County Ronan Catholic. Separate School
ystem was approved by the school
hoard uWcdnesday night at a special
meeting, in Dublin. The new contract'will
haYe- to. meet a,P►proval of the federal
anti-inflation board, and will govern the
476-77 school year.
Stratford trustee Howard Shantz, head ,
of .the school board's negotiating con-
rnittee said the committee is satisfied
with the agreement and. happy t4 have
.arrived at an early settlement.
Board chairman Arthur Haid of RR, 4,
Listowel. and Gaetan Blanchette. head
of the teachers negotiating team and
president of the Ontario English Catholic
Clinton,. Ontario
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Af'i!tiu'nx, ept`e,s;.
inn with the settlement an
was uanimousgin aces
•
,e settlerrteat will Mean an s
11e Ontario government has been
granted permissijan from the Ontario
Ceurt of Appeal to appeal the earlier
rdlipg -by the Ontario Divisional court
which declar-ed. the •government's
closing of four hospitals invalid
w The appeal, which was ' granted'
Monday. may be heard sometime in
September. Until that time. the Clinton
�'tahIi Hncc►itx►1 fnetor's Hospital in.
114
Thursday, June 17,
.
1$t
nett!so., v�
the h >rd,.
ige annual l
77 or
t i�ttrc .n4 I
Toronto, Durban) Hospital and Chesley
. Hospital will vervain opern under
.govern mitt finanetng'.
Should the appeal be. Lost the gover-
nment has a number of alternatives : to
go. to the Supreme Court of Canada; to
issue another set of orders -in -.council
using a different. statute, such as the
Health Services Insurance Act: to ap.
25 cents
is
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petenee ta high $22,6
r levet 7 teachers 15
prove' new legislation giving the
government specific powers to close the
hospitals. or just drop the entire' rnattet,
a leave the :hospitals open awl make.op for
lost savings insome other department.
"It ,is probable that the hospitals will
ga to the Supre,xnb Cotirt of Canada if the
Ontario Court of Appeal rules ,against
thein,'.' said Alan Rackley, deputy health
minister
Weather
1976 1975
HI LO MI t,4
JUNE
8 84 52 61 46
9 85 57 71 42
10 87 58 72 49
11 _ 81 62 73 55
12 75 50 74 57.
13 89 55 72 58
14 87 66 77 58
Rain 0" Rain 1..80"
men, rec. committee agree
BY BEV CLARK
After a meeting between the Clinton
Recreation Committee members and a
delegation from the Clinton Kinsmen
last Thursday, hard feelings between the
.wo have been resolved.
It was agreed both by the rec. com-
tiatttee and the Kinsmen, that the arena
;floor, used on Sundays as a "family
froom" for the 13 weeks of the Clinton
Kinsmen Raceway. will be rented for $70
per racing week.
A new rec. fee schedule passed in
early April. quoted rental of the floor at
$150 per day. That- whole schedule has
been rescinded by the rec committee
and council.
Bill Crawford, a member of the rec.
committee stated "We have agreed that
'dieantes we had set for the rental of the
floor was not right for any service club.
At the same time, we hope that any
service club that makes money using our
facilities will turn around and put some
m'oney back into the town's recreation."
Larry Daw, a spokesman for' the
Kinsmen, said that the Kinsmen had
donated $2.200 to minor hockey last year,
as well as 5350 to ball and have agreed to
give the soccer club 5217.
"If there wasn't this service club,
where would these sports clubs go when
they needed some financial help? They'd
have to come to you. and that would be
quite a burden on you and the taxpayer.";
Mr. Daw said.
Mr. Crawford agreed, saying " the
• money that service clubs give to
recreation is one dollar less the taxpayer
has to pay."
Larry Rhinehart of the rec. committee
meit the committee will nowhave to
gotjate with the other service clubs for
charges tor renting the ttoor. 1 he rest of
the committee agreed. -
The Kinsmen agreed to paying the rec
committee 5100 per race day to look
after cre►ning up all the garbage and the
barns after the races are over each
Sunday. Clarence Neilans will be in
charge of hiring, firing and ad-
ministrating the extra labor.
The cost of using the park facility on
race days will cost the Kinsmen the
same as last year. 52,000 for the use of
the park to the Town for insurance and -
5650 to the rec committee for track
maintenance.
In other rec business, the committee
has agreed to put up a false wall between
dressing rooms three and four in the
arena, and the arena lobby. nit par-
tition will mean that the two dressing
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Bavfletd isle
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rooms can be used by either the bail
teams or the soccer club, as well as the
washrooms, without anyone being- We
to get into the main part of the building..
After meeting with Bryan Mar,riag+gi
the rec. committee has agreed to loan:
the junior ball club 5500, which will be"-
paid back early in September.
"The money is needed to get the club':
on its feet as there hasn't been a juniors,
ball club in town for a while," Mr.
Marriage said. t'
'--Tbe committee, however, has advised.
Mr. Marriage to look into government
grants far his tyke ball team.
Mr. Marriage had asked for a grant of,
$250 from the rec. committee.
"Last year, Jack Peck and '`myself';,
sponsored the team. This year Wyane
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in mishap,
Second girl is seriously hurt
A 12 -year-old Bayfield area girl was
killed early Thursday morning and her
companion was injured when they were
struck by a car. three miles north of
school bus when they were hit by a car
travelling north on 21.
The vehicle was driven by Piter
Koene, 17. RR 1, Bayfield.
Bayfield on Highway 21. Christine was born July 12, 1963 in
Christine Angela Roberts. daughter ofHamilton and lived with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Roberts, RR 1,; ---Calvin and Barbara Roberts, in
Bayfield, was killed and her friend, Goderich Township for the past year and
Catherine Yates. suffered serious a.rtn a half. She is also survived by •a sister
and leg injuries and is now in University Julie: maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Hospital, London. . Mrs. William Watt. Windsor and
The girls, both students at Holmesville paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Public School, apparently believed there William Roberts, Jarvis.
was a change in the school bus route and Rev. James Reddoch conducted
were waiting in the Roberts' lane. A funeral services in McCallum Funeral
secondary school bus travelling south on Home last Saturday and interment
Highway 21 stopped to avoid the girls. followed in Bayfield Cemetery.
The two girls noticed their bus on Pallbearers were Rodney Cox,
Telephone Road and were attempting to William Watt. Daniel Roberts and John
cross the highway behind the secondary • Griffith. -
By Jim Fitzgerald
Preparations are in full swing in
Bayfield as that pretty village gets set to
celebrate its 100th birthday on the first
weekend in July. Just like last year here
in Clinton, many, many people in
Bayfield are working long. and hard at
putting on asuccessful party.
We too at the News -Record have been
Working some long hours, in co -
Operation with the Bayfieldites who were
more than glad to help, with a special
'souvenir Centennial edition com-
memorating the -incorporating of that
fine village. It will be on the press
hopefully this week, thank goodness,' and
will be included for all our subscribers in
next week's edition, Thursday. June 24.
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The absolute final deadline for ads for
that special edition is tomorrow, Friday.
June 18 at 10 a.m., so if you haven't been
contacted yet about the edition. please
phone us here at the News -Record as
soon as possible.
We finally received some needed relief
on Tuesday night when a vicious storatn
surcpt through the area, accompanied by
high winds and, some rain. Although
manytrees were minus a few limbs on
i nesday morning, and a few rural
o Were without power for a couple of
urs, we've heard of no major damage
as of presstime.
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m And speaking of moisture. those pretty
butters on main street that are now
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dda with . flowers courtesy of the �
to rdiants the Horrtleultural,
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Children who tried to light a barbecue with gasoline are
blamed for 'a fire that destroyed a driving shed on tlie farm
of 'Horst Bornath last Saturday afternoon. Mr. Bornath
praised the Clinton Fire Department who were at the scene
in seven minutes and saved his house and an adjoining barn
Defeated by one vote
Separate bd.
By Wilma Oke
A motion to hire Woods. Gordon and
Company, management consultants to
make a study of the Huron -Perth County
Roman Catholic separate school board
was narrowly defeated at a meeting of
the board in Dublin Monday night.
Voting for the motion to hire made by
David Teahen and seconded by Howard
Shantz, both of Stratford, were: Mickey
Vere, Ronald Marey. Mr. Shantz and
Mr.. Tehen, all of Stratford; Joseph
Looby of Dublin and Michael Connolly of
Kippen.
Voting against the hiring in the
recorded vote were: William Kinahan,
Lucknow ; Vincent Young. Goderich;
Ted Geoffrey. Zurich, Donald Crowley.
Gadshili; John O'Drowsky, St.. Marys:
Gregory Fleming, Crediton and Francis
Hicknell of Seaforth, to defeat the
motion by one vote.
The proposal to hire the consulting
firm was first brought up last October.
-at which time it was defeated, brought
up again. two weeks ago when it was
tabled until the present meeting.
The study proposed. which was to cost
between 58.000 and S9.500. was to clearly
define the respective roles of the board
and the senior administration officials:
to clearly define- the board's goals and
objectives; to study the effectiveness of
the board's use of committee and how
any weaknesses in the committee
system could be overcome : to determine
on the Concession 10, Goderich Township farm., from
destruction. Bayfield also helped quell the blaze which
destroyed a tractor, two freezers and tools. It was the fourth
fire at the same farm in the last dozen years, and the 55,000
loss was not covered by insurance. (News -Record photo)
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rejects management study
interview each of the trustees. the
director of .education, the two super •
-
' isory officers. the business ad-
ministrator and th�rdinator of
maintenance and building, interview a
representative group of principals and
teachers (fiveor six of each) and to have
the report completed in six to eight
weeks.
Speaking against the hiring of the firm
were Mr. Kinahan, who said he was
against it and that it would be tike
throwing away $9 to 5510.000: Vincent
Young said his ratepayers would
determine how he Made decisions, not a
firm of analysts. and before he could
support it he would need to knov. the
problems we have we think they can
solve."
Mr. Crowley said there was no budget '
for the cost of the firm and that the
timing was bad, would be better to do it
another year. Mr. Vere said it was a
luxury to hire the firm that the, board
would not afford it as it was not budgeted
for. Mr. O'Drowsky questioned the
ethics of advertising for two supervisory
officers and hiring a firm to study their
role; and Ted Geoffrey said he had been
informed at a recent Canadian con-
vention of school board members that a
consulting firm was of no value to a
board "with our enrolment and our
staff".
Director of Education John Vintar
said he had n? objection to management
consultants being engaged since the
system has been in operation for seven
years and could be reviewed provided
that the role definition of both, ad-
ministration and trustees is included
In other business. Mr. O'Drow'sky
gave a report in detail on the work done
by the property committee as prepared
by -Ed Rowland Mr. O'Drowsky said an
inventory of all desks. and other fur-
niture and equipment in storage is to be
made and a decision made by the board
as to whether some of it could be sold.
-MI% • trttrow#Aty eh:1ifwnded dr.
Rhwland for the splendid manner in
which he performs his duties as co,
n' lat. r-omalntena nee and buildings.
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Thins foliowinit a�pp�o1fttmentM ''3
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conttntted an pa*o
if the board was being provided with too
little or too much information : to decide
how effective is the decision-making
process and whether the administrative
officials were working within well
defined policies and guidelines: to
determine what the most appropriate
organizational arrangement at the
senior administrative level was to meet
the goals and objectives of the board and
whether the most effective use was
being made of the senior administrative
staff, to define clearly the respon-
sibilities and to make sure they are
delegated in a logical manner to ensure
that all areas are covered and to avoid
unnecessary duplication of effort; to
define lines of authority and reporting
relationships clearly: and to determine
if 'there are problems in communication
and that the board office i:s adequately
staffed to carry out its responsibilities.
The proposal called for the firm to
More rain needed
Mike Miller of the Agricultural office
reported that although the hot dry
weather has brought in gond quality
early cut hay. rain will soon be needed if
other crops.are to develop well.
Bean and corn crops are coming along
well and the early grain is beginning to
head out but rain will be required to
ensure an average yield.
Coupie mark Go idn marriage
'Piny years ago on June 8, 1926, Fred
McCiymont wed Mabel E. Coleman' of
Hillsgreen. The wedding was held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Elgin McKinley
and was officiated by Rev. J.J. Durrant,
of Varna United Church.
For their honeymoon, they sailed from
Goderich on the. steamer Greyhound to
Dettoita n n o y t a ln:to.tray City,
"1rntd on the Nair
n e . and'
;fI ithi c�iren. ' iii ",. 1€ Ci
Willowdale; Mrs, Joan Whyte, RR 2
Seaforth: Ivan and Bob of Varna. and
their 12 grandchildren entertained the
couple with a family dinner at the Little
Inn in Hayfield last Saturday evening.
Thirty guests attended the
celebrations and a colour television was
presented- tOttw lebytheir ra ii y,
Con; 'ratatatt ► trst received froin
th