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Clinton News-Record, 1977-04-07, Page 14 Clinton, Ontario 25 cents Thursday, April 7, 1977 112th . Year No. 14 r- eathEr 1977 X976 Hi 1.0 HI 1.0 MARCH 29 20 70 49 49 31 30 71 43 67 41 31 45 3,4 • 52 35 APRIL 1 50 36 43 33 2 56 40 39 32 3 39 32 55 29 4 37 31 45 3U - Rain .50" Rain 1.2" Grandstand may be ready At a special emergency meeting last Wednesday night, Clinton Town Council in a joint meeting with the Clinton Kinsmen, decided to go ahead and without any more loss of time, build a new grandstand ' for Clinton, at an estimated cost of $250,000. • Without further delay, the Kinsmen and volunteers started tearing down the.. old structure on Saturday, and had part of the erandstand roof off, the roof off part of the covered mutuel area, and o'! part of the judges stand torn down. The Kinsmen have hired Harry Mero of Seaforth to tear down the grandstand, at a cost of $3,'50.0. It was the lowest of several invitation bids. The Kinsmen had hoped to hire the Mennonites to tear down the old gran- dstand, but Kinsmen Al Finch and Mayor Harold Lobb were told last week on a visit to Milverton that the Men- nonites had three arenas to tear down first, and wouldn't have time for Clinton. * Michael Goddard of Twin Locks Iron Works of Niagara Falls, was awarded the steel fabrication and erection con- tract for $145,000, while the rest of the structure will be built by ' local con- tractors and volunteers. Mr. Goddard has given verbal ap- proval to the Kinsmen that if the footings are in place, his company would start erecting steel on May 2, and have the grandstand sufficiently completed by the Spring Fair on June 3, with full completion by June 26, opening race day. In their special meeting last Wed- nesday night, council unanimously endorsed the Kinsmen's plan and literally applauded the , Kinsmen's decision, which came after an hour's debate. "I'm glad to hear that," Mayor Harold Lobb said of the decision. In the resolution from council, , the estimated $250,000 cost will be borne by the Kinsmen, and supported by any available provincial or federal grants obtainable by the town for such con- struction projects. Kinsmen president Paul Kerrigan told the meeting that they hoped to get a $62,500 grant .- from the Community Centre's Act, a $62,500 grant from Wintario, another $62,500 from the Ontario Racing Commission, with the. Kinsmen coming up with the other $62,500. Kerrigan said the taxpayers wouldn't by jun have to put in a cent. Town' solicitor Beecher Menzies said that the financing should be tied down a little' more, as some of the grants might - not come through until next year. He said he realized the necessity of erecting a new grandstand as fast as possible, but said the town would be liable for any debt should the Kinsmen club falter. The meeting decided there was little sense of pursuing the other two alter- natives offered by the Ontario Racing Commission = spending $32,000 to take the roof off the old grandstand, or spending $165,000 to fix it up. Builders face $1,000 impost law Effective immediately, builders who construct new homes or apartments in town will have to pay a cash payment to the town, Clinton council decided last Volunteer wreckers needed *Grab your wrecking bar and hammer, and head down to the Clinton park this Friday and Saturday, as the Clinton "Kinsmen are organizing a wrecking clean-up bee to ready' the site for erection of Clinton's new grandstand. The bee will be in charge of Al Finch and Ron Jewitt, and volunteers can pick an'y one of four times to come. CHSS students get f reimbursement Students at Central Huron Secondary School received some good news from the Huron County Boardwof Education Monday. Back during the heavy snow storm in February, the school was broken into and- some tapes, records and tape recorders were stolen. As the students had borrowed some of the equipment to make a display window in the Marketing *nurse, they were responsible for paying for the items. When the theft was first discovered, the students had been told that the theft was covered under the school insurance. However this wasnot the case becailse„ of the deductible under the policy. - The students received $500 from the Huron County " Board of Education Monday night. The Board felt that because the students had been misled th -.y were subject to reinbursement. st Co in inn Wrecking bees will be held from 9 to 12 p.m. and from 1 to 4 p.m. on each day and any person can show up at any time. Because Harry Mero and his crew have been awarded the contract to tear down the old grandstand, volunteers will not be permitted to'work on it, ,unless to pull nails and stack lumber. The Kinsmen hope to have an auction sale of all the usable lumber later in April or early May, with the proceeds helping to defray wrecking costs. The Kinsmen are- hoping for an im- provement in the weather, so the site can be ready for pouring of the footings in two weeks, so that the steel can be erected starting on May 2'. Anyone wishing further details can contactAl Finch or Ron Jewitt. By Jim Fitzgerald If you have some spare time this Friday and Saturday, either morning or afternoon of either day, how about Odropping over to the community park and giving the Kinsmen a hand tearing 'down the old raceway facilities and cleaning up the site. They're looking for volunteers, and it's all for the com- munity benefit. +++ The weather certainly hasn't been conducive to outside work, such as must be done at the park, but it will break soon, won't it? We've run the gamet, weather-wise in the last week, from sub- 4tropical temperatures, to a howling blizzard., and everything in between, including thunderstorms, freezing rain, and high winds. +++ With tomorrow being Good Friday, just abodt everything will be shut down, including most businesses, banks, and the post office. All but the post office and the schools reopen on Monday, with Saturday being a regular business day. ++1 - go The gremlins were playing in the type box last week and left their mark in a story on the hospital board meeting. Mr. Joe Murphy was re-elected to the board, of Mrs. Joe Murphy. Also the com- ittee of adjustment, in another story, id not approve severances for two lots owned by Harold White homes, but rather recommended a hearing be held. We apologize for those errors. •+++ "Marriage", it is said by one gambler *In town, "is a lot like a game of cards. It starts off with a pair. He shows a diamond. She shows a flush. There's a - bi'g shuffle, and they wind up with a full hose." +++ • Ted Saunders, a widely experienced reporter, will be helping us out here at the "ews-Redord for a couple of weeks, so if you run into him, give liim the old 4'iel idly Clinton greeting. Monday night. Council gave third and final reading to the bylaw, called an impost bylaw, calling for payment before any new home or apartment construction can begin. It will cost builders of homes, row housing, or town houses a $1,000 per unit, while apartment builders will be charged $650 per unit. The impost charge will cover expenses the town has in putting ser- vices such as sewer, water, and. -roads into new lots, and will be kept in a special reserve fund for such projects. "We've talked about this for five years," said Mayor Harold Lobb. "I'm glad to see it pass." But those who got building permits for new homes at the same meeting are exempt from the new law as it was passed after approval. Building permits passed include: Steve Smith, house, $50,000; Bob Langendoen, two homes, one at $45,000, and One at $43,000; Mrs. Francis Freeman, porch, $4,000; Doug Morgan, new front on sales office, $2,500; Pentecostal Church, repairs, $600. In other business, council granted the Huron County Historical Society $25, and gave permission to the Huron Central Agricultural Society to move the 34 by 70 foot pole barn near the old grandstand and u§e it as a barn near the present paddock. Council also accepted the tender of Lavis Contracting of Clinton to supply the town with 1,500 cubic yards of gravel at a cost of $2.44 per yard. Grandstand falling Harry Mero and crew of Seaforth began taking down the old grandstand at the Clinton park last Saturday and by nightfall, had a large piece of the roof off. Kinsmen and volunteers are also working on the other buildings in the area, and hope to be ready for steel erection by May 2, weather permitting. A work bee is planned for Friday and Saturday. (News -Record photo) CHSS principal says trustee wrong on thefts R. J. Homuth, principal of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, levelled some,criticism at the board of education Monday for releasing inac- Couple met in 1890's ` By Wilma Oke - The. long, brown curls and sparkling blue eyes of Annie Jarrott -captured the heart,o.f. Hugh Love when they both went to the little country school at S.S. no. 3 Hay Township over 80 years ago, and she has hada ever since. Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Love celebrated their 70th wedding an- niversary at Huron,view where they have, lived for the past six months. Married at 19, the Loves who are both 89, farmed in Stanley - Township at Hillsgreen for many years, moving. to Hensall over 30 years ago. Mrs. Love is a daughter of the late James and Mary Jane (Hudson) Jarrott of Hay Township , and Mr. Love is the son of the late Andrew and Rebecca (Young) Love also of Hay Township. They have a son Earl, who took over the family farm when the Loves moved to Hensall. Earl is now retired living in Hensall. They have a daughter Mrs. Percy (Emma) Campbell, also of Hensall. The couple have 6 grand- children, 17 great-grandchildren, and one great -great-grandchild making a five generation family. Mrs. Love has a sister Mrs. Harry (Louella) Norris, Seaforth and Mr. Love has a brother Gordon and a sister Mrs. Clifford (Gertrude) Moir both of Hensall. Cheerful and in good health, the Loves say they enjoy their apartment at Huronview, col -or television and crokinole games with their friends. Mr. Love's favourite hobby is reading. Among the many cards and letters, were .congratulations from Queen Elizabeth and a plaque from the Province of Ontario, on behalf of Premier William Davis, presented to the couple Saturday by Jack Riddel MPP for Huron -Middlesex. Married 70,years Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Love, formerly of Hillsgreen and Hensall, marked a pare -milestone last Saturday at Huronview when they Celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary. 'f' a:couple were married In Kippei on April 2, 1907, after meeting in sehoo1 in the 890s. (thews-Reeord photo) curate material to the press and public and for not checking with administrative staffs of schools to see if information used about the schools is accurate... • Referring to a recent account of n;issing books in secondary school libraries in the county, Homuth claimed a gross inaccuracy appeared regarding CHSS's losses. He said the figure quoted in the newspapers after the board meeting at which the issue was. discussed represented the total dollar value of books replaced because of loss, theft and damage for the years prior to 1975 and not for' the year 1975-76 as reported. The principal said he had a report from the school librarian stating that there were 490 books not accounted for during the 1975-76 school year and that the foliar value for the books would be less than $4,000, not $6,240 as indicated in the newspaper report. Homuth said if the board meets his two requests he would expect the press to present to the public a "brighter picture of our staff and student body" claiming the school does not have as many thieves as reported. He added that being at the top of such a list does little for school morale. Board Vice Chairman, Marion Zinn, author of the,report dealing with library losses, told the board how she had come by the figure in the report, adding that she had assumed they were correct. She said she wished to apologize to anyone who received undue criticism from the issue adding that she wished to publicly thank those people who had returned books since her appeal went out. Zinn laid some of the blame for the CHSS problem on the Clinton News - Record, claiming the newspaper blew the story out of proportion and caused some misrepresentation. She said she thought the newspaper went in for'sorne "uncalled for sensational journalism". She added some basis to her claim by alleging that the News -Record carried another "unjust report" last week in its issue. Board chairman Herb Turkheim asked Zinn how she felt the newspaper misrepresented the account of the losses. "It was the headline," she said. "The headline read something like 'Students steal $20,000 worth of books'." Turkheim said he felt there was no way a headline could be construed as misrepresentation. He said the story carried in the newspaper would contain the information and if it wa correct, that was the important factor. "The board is in no position to dictate to newspapers how to write headlines," said Turkheim. Zinn said she wrote the board of education stories for the Lucknow Sentinel and the headline that newspaper used was better than the one used in the News -Record. J. L. Wooden, principal of South Huron Secondary School in Exeter, said the board could quarrel a great deal on the number of books missing from library shelves because the number varies through the year. He said the report used probably indicated a shelf inventory and while the books missing were not on t shelf they may have been in a er place in the school. He said e shelf inventory would be cons • erably dif- ferent on September 1 - en the school was reorganized. "There is littl - . oubt however that all five secondschools will have a certain am • unt of erosion of books ,each year," said Wooden who attended the board meeting as a spectator. Colborne Trustee Shirley Hazlitt said she had heard from librarians that great losses were being suffered in the school libraries adding that the board should find out. John Henderson suggested that an annual report be prepared for the board with the intent of revealing actual book losses. Earmer'sMarket back on street The location of the proposed Farmers' Market for Clinton has changed. The market will be located on King Street, between Mary and Isaac Street for its first two months, Clinton council decided at their meeting last Monday night. Originally, the Clinton Retail Mer- chants Association had requested the King Street site, but were told last month by council that it would create too many parking and traffic problems, and told the merchants to locate in the Community park next to the arena. The Merchants wrote council requesting council change their mind as the park location wouldn't draw in the touriS is . • The Farmers' Market, which will be he°ld each Saturday morning from 6 a.m. to noon during the summer, will feature locafly grown fruits and vegetables. "I've changed • my mind on this, becatse we have to build a new gran- dstar 'd over there, and it will be very busy;' said Deputy Reeve Frank Cook in supporting the motion. M'ror Harold Lobb, who said he had beenflown to Toronto last Friday to find out -bout grants, said the government offic:141s were very pleased to learn that the 'closed space under the grandstand would, be used for a Farmers' Market, and tiller community functions, and it shout+ help the town get both Wintario, and ommunity Centres grants. "TO market's being held early in the mor- n.g, there shouldn't be any prob 4tns that early with parking," said coup `ilor RosemaryArmstrong. CO �4hcil's supporof the location charm w s unanimous. In other business connected with parking, the planning board recom- mended that council proceed im- mediately with the proposed off-street parking lot behind the town hall. Council appointed a committee to look into getting the project started as soon as possible. Council also approved a $15 parking permit to Mason Bailey Real Estate, and a complimentary permit to Elaine Townshend. Council to prosecute if properties not cleaned up Property owners in Clinton will be given three weeks grace to clean up their properties, or face prosecution under the town's property maintenance and clean- up by-law, town council decided last Monday night. Council resurrected the bylaw, passed only last July 8, 1976 but never enforced, after council received two more com- plaints 'about dirty properties in town, including a written complaint about Blake's Welding, and a verbal complaint, about Jervis Aluminum. "This is the time of.year for clean-up", said Mayor Harold Lobb, "and I think we should give these people a chance." A notice will be published in the News - Record for a couple of weeks, and then council will lower the boom. "If there's n bylaw, then it should be enforced,". Councillor Ron McKay said. In other business, council agreed to give a $200 grant to the Early Childhood Living and Learning Centre nursery School in town, after being approached by a three-per4on delegation. The grant, the same as last year, will be used to buy tumbling mats according to nursery board member Burt Lobb, for the 42 pre-school children enrolled at the school. Council, after adjour..:.•a +o session, reconvened as council and decided to renovate the back committee room with the tender being awarded to Ken McNairn for $1,790, the lowest of two tenders. Renovations will include more cup- boards, lowering of the ceiling, panelling, and carpeting. Council will also hire two summer helpers, including Cathy Murphy for the clerk's office, and Jinn Edward for the public works department. Miss Murphy's . salary will be 80 percent paid by the provincial gover- nment's summer work program, while Mr. Edward replaces Doug Smith, who goes back out full time to the cemetery..