Clinton News-Record, 1976-10-21, Page 1•
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+Lean ? a mender er the
Doge+ the i egion arida Member
of 'the t ntario trees United Church.
Thee couple is survived by , five
children, Robert, Calgary; Roy.
Ottawa; Tom. Germany; Keith. Ger-
many and Bonnie, Germany. They are
also survived by five grandchildren.
Mr. McLean is survived by four
sisters, Jean, Ottawa; Isobel, Pilot
Mound; .Ruth, Saskatchewan and
Eileen. Winnipeg.
Mrs, McLean is survived by both her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Forbes,
Winnipeg and one sister, Elda; Winnipeg
and four brothers, Roy, Vancouver;
and sent to Untv s� y
e
after the van,c :
passenger coilided wig + truck
at the intersection of Oren and uroa..
Streets., earlYaturd y orcin ,:
Nancy Fawcett, 19 of Bayrielwas ars
passenger in *1,61 Chevy y4 +ven.
Robert J. McMahon,21,Clinton. whCn
the van ran into a parked truck owned' y
Verne'Dean,of ` RR 5,.Goderi:
Mr. McMahon was also injured in
accident and is a patient at the Clinton,
Public Hospital.
The Minton polite had no estimate of
the damages and charges are pending.
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ecidarits that w1i *eyes not fair
found the snow a little too cold. .
Chants pick new slate
fat
For thy: first time in their history, the
Clinton Retail Merchants ,Association
had an, election for a new slate of of-
ficers, and members are taking it as an
indication that there is renewed interest
in the Association.
Acting secretary tary Bob Campbell said ft
was the first time there has been an
election and it was a healthy sign for the
community.
At the election and monthly meeting
held lett Thursday night, Tian St. Louis
of the Raintree defeated two other
candidates tb win the president's chair
for a two ;ear term. e,Ausceeds
lirenteVry,
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Wayne Raltzhauer of the Arbor beat
two other candidates for the newly
created position of vice-chairman, while
Noah Zeeman of Home Hardware was
*named secretary. replacing Jane
Groves of Groves Appliances.
Rosamond Garrett of K -Decorating
was elected the new treasurer to replace
Art Aiken of Aiken Bros. Named
directors were Tony Stauttener of Huron
Business Machines, Wayne Stirling of
1 ' , Fred J. Hudie Lumber, Elwin Merrill of
Rolland Shoes, and Gary Hoist of the
Ne Record.
e group also endorsed .a recom-
mendation from Howard Aitken of the
advertising committee that the
association have a giant Christmas draw
this year, with the winner getting a trip
for two to Florida for one week, with all
expenses paid, including air fare. hotel,
a rental car, and a $100 cash. Also there
will be two cash consolation prizes, and '
weekly draws for turkeys.
Rita Ryan of the promotional Com-
mittee told the 20 members present that
the high school marketing class would be
looking after the Santa Centre in the
Town Hall this year, with Santa making
snore stops in Clinton this year.
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Mrs,ren also get; Pero l::for a: town
.4 R 'Vette atin " t. 8
November 16, with a party planned
afterwards, and her committee is also
going ahead with distinctive Clinton
Shopping hags w
hi hh will be on sale in
town.
She also told the meeting that the
Kinettes will be holding a "children
only" shopping centre in the town hall, in
which only youngsters wit) be allowed to
purchase small, inexpensive gifts.
The Retail merchants als' decided to
sent two representatives to a Chamber
of Commerce information night in
Stratford on October 27. Clinton at one
time had its own Chamber, but it died
from lack of interest.
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Weather
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OCTOBER
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13 62 41 76 46
14 49 39. , 77 49
15 59 44 70 58
16 46 34 61 36
17 41 32 46 34
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Rain .49" Rain .20"
Goderich Twp., committee to meet on surcharge
By Bev Clark
John Bean of the Clinton Figure
Skating Club was present at the
Recreation Committee meeting Thar*
sday night,_o;.complain about the f
recreation levy pia ceddon all out -of -t
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facilities.
Mr. Bean had been to Clinton Town
council earlier in the week to place the
same objection.
with four kids is paying $60 while the
Man with lots off money and no kids isn't
paying a cent. The townships should pay
their fair share, the same as Clinton
residents. The -people in the Townships
x u$ tell their councils tel pay," .
Thiesnot Weir retiarnsibilaty. it's
yours, you set the fee", Mr. Bean said.
If youcall a meeting with the town-
ships, they'll come," he said.
Mr. Bean objected .to the way the
money was being derived; he didn't
object to the money being raised.
"I think it should be spread across the
tax system. Right now, the burden is.; on
the young families. If there are four or
five children in one family and they all
want to join some form of organzed
recreation, that's . a lot of money to be
paying out," he said.
Committee member Frank Cook
agreed with Mr. Bean saying,, "The man
PUC to fix well, to raise hydro rates
The Clinton Public Utilities Com-
mission decided Tuesday night to go
ahead and replace a'57 -year-old pump at
the town's waterworks site on Princess
Street.
The pump 'ii -the town's deep water
well number 1, was installed in 1919, and
has been running ever since,... But
because it is now worn out, the ?up_ felt
By Jim Fitzgerald
1 hate tocomplain again, but whatever
happened to' Fail this -year? It just got
nicely started last week, and ,all of a
sudden, here we are into winter already.
Which reminds ane; where did I store
those' snow tires I took off last June.
Let's -hope there's still some Indian
Summer yet to Colne.
There seems to be some confusion on
when Hallowe'en will be celebrated this
year because the 3.lst is on a Sunday.
Well, most cities we've heard from will
be welcoming the witches and goblins on
Saturday October 30, instead of the
Sunday night. Which incidentally means
the kids will be able this year to trick or
treat on Daylight Saving Time, a rare
occurrence, as the clocks aren't turn
back until 2 a.in. Sunday morning.
From the Safety Canada Newsletter
tee' take our quote of the week: "Profit
has come to occupy something of the
same position in the public mind that sex
*ked to have. Most people think there is
more of it around' than there really is,
and awe 'convinced someone else is.
all." ... from an address by
to the Canada Jaycees 414
vention,1976.
same publication, the
Vire Department got
on for opening' their
ast sUmmerandatl lost
cutting beat
they needed a reliable pump to . sup.
plernent those on number 2 and 3 wells.
The pump, which is down 300 feet into
bedrock, is only used during
emergencies, and can only supply 250
gallons per minute. on a sporadic basis.
The PUC has contracted the Inter-
national Water Supply Company of
Barrie to remove the old pump, test the
well for capacity, and install a new
submersible pump that would pump 425
gallons per minute. Total cost is set at
$20,000' a._...^...
"This would- ensure an excellent water
supply... for Clinton and her customers,
includi ig Vanastra for the next 15 to 20
years,' PUC manager Guss Boussey
said.
In other business, the PUC is in the
middle of a. rate review of hydro rates in
Clinton, and -with the announced inn
Crease of 30.3 percent by Ontario Hyde
of wholesale electricity on Tuesday, the
local Cornfnriss'ion,feels thev mu tsL'E
crease the domestic rate.
The Clinton PUC, . like . most
municipalities, buy their hydro from
Ontario Hydro and then turn around and
sell it to individual custom.
A similar increase of 21.8 percent last
January was absorbed by the Clinton
and there havebeen no rate in-
creases since August of 1975.
The new rates will likely come into
effect in January, 1977, to coincide with
the Ontario Hydro increase.
'We just _can't absorb any more in-
creases," Mr. Boussey said. "We've had
to rework some schedules and curtail
work on the (electrical) system."
The PUC also met with the Clinton
recreation committee over water and'
sewage rates for the arena and pool, and
the , rec members will discuss it at their
next meeting. The rec committee has not
paid any water or sewage charges in the
past.
Hospiialfucue still uraeeFtain.
Depending oil who you listen to, the
Clinton Public hospitael is either going to
remain open, or else it is going to be --
closed. b _
D.A. Robertson, president of the
Ontario Hospital Associdtion said that.
although the courts .rebuffed the
ministry's attetppts to clone ::hottOtals
earlier this year, he believed the
government will- again either appeal
these rulings or bring in new legislation
toaccomplish its airn,
Mr. Roberison, a hospital ad
Ministr. ator from Kitchener; s e to' a
health.care conference of the' than
Union of Public E
represent amt 0 b rs iiiiit,non-
medical
"We cannot delad
squeeze is hilt n
dollar a
li+ev+e .it
that the
heaftharre
inue.for we
`. R+nl +ertson said. Ile
iupatol~ of financial.
nts in bealth.cilrre spending,•
Despite the ministry's orders to snake
reductions in their annual budgets, the
hospitals still provide a wide range, t
emergency and basic Sex _vices
loss in the quality of care, r
said.
Meanwhile, former
Robert Nixt
won't prorei
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disc
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Committee member Dean Reid said
that the $15 has to stay "until we come
up with another solution. It has to
stand," he said.
"We'll try to get this straightened out...
It's not entirely up to us to write a letter
to,. a r. i ..
th se�towansii ps to seeus. Th.^ should
make appointments to see us. This $15
will be refunded if the townships make
donations;`Mr. Cook said.
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Don Kay, another Committee member
said, "It -is the Township responsibility
to see that their residents get a fair deal.
But they should come to see us. This $15,
levy should bring there in to see us. we
hope,"
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Out town idea s seem to - '
little confused about what their 15
entitles them to. The money covers them
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ti Clinton pharmacist turns in bottles
By Bev Clark
Newcombe's Drug Store, an
institution in Clinton for 26 years
will be passing over to a new owner
the end of October.
Walt Newcombe, the owner and
pharmacistin the drug store has
sold to Mrs. Judith Alilovic of
Geraldton, who is also a phar-
macist.
Mr. Newcombe, a gray-haired
gentleman, said that once he
passes over his business, he will
take a rest.
"I'm going to take a holiday. The
last one I took was two and one half
years ago and I've been working
ever since," Mr. Newcombe said.
"Of course I'll do some relieving
for Mrs.. Aiilovic if she asks me,"
he said.
Mr. Newcombe has been in the
business since 1950 and previous to
that was with the late H.C. Dunlop
in Goderich for 23 years. He
graduated in pharmacy in 1936.
In 1950 he purchased the drug
store business in Clinton from the
late W.S.R. Holmes, which had
been located in the Bank of Mon-
treal Building ever since 1857. The
move to the' present location in 1957
was made necessary when in 1956
the bank announced intentions of
expanding their offices to include
the drug store premises.
His new store at the time was
hailed as one of Canada's most
modern drug stores with a self
serve concept that was anew idea,.
In a 1957 News -Record write-up
the paper described the store as
"finished in lime green and
gleaming white, the thoroughly
modern store is one of the most up-
to-date in the country, and in at
least one respect, can claim a first
among drug stores in Canada.
All around the store, at the top of
the shelves is a ring of fluorescent
tubing, shielded by a white plastic
frame on which are mounted
names of the various sections of the
store on removable plastic plates.
This method of naming is the first
otits kind in Canada.
"The Newcombe store is using
the new idea of self serve, as it has
been developing across the
country. Of course tom, a drugs
themselves and some other parts' of
the stock will be handled in the
customary way. but magazines,
greeting cards, stock medicines,
salves, candies. lipsticks, nail-
polish, etc. will be available
directly to the customers. Theywill
-hi-expected to take the items they
refer to the counter to have it
wrapped.
"This method of service is found
to speed up the process of buying
and also allows for smaller staff in
the store." . .
in 1957, Mr. Newcombe had lour
people, including himself worsting
its his store, Now helms seven' full-
time and part-time stet
When asked how Many
prescriptions hefilled day, Mr.
Newcombe refrained from an-
sw+ering saying Vat that sort of
lnforination Was confidential.
lbarmttcy, Mr.'
an avid lawn bowler
gs to many fraternal
o s, including the
rte Club. Helms one
Ary Atm (Mrs. Jamas
bWSOn) of Blyth who Vis- bats
log for him; as well as
wcl+children, Stove, Ronnie
a» „•.
f+e- Ruth, also works in the
to
tppe1.
member of a ps
needs at the Liber
western Ontario segionail
e in, London s dr "it's,
iey don't want *ruling in the •
present political situation'', .f
Both +opposition parties pledged to
oppose such legislation and thts' would
have pushed the minority Conservative
administration into an election.
However, nearly five 'months after the
court ruling, the government alit hasn't
made a move to proceed ith the'
Mr. Nixon said
The Clinton Public bw
nothing since they won ter ap
May.
i . Newcombe attended
haarrnacy Convention
aae. 6
the *tare's
ad to lock
cruse he
�nnaclst in