Clinton News-Record, 1977-05-12, Page 14
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Clinton, Ontario
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Thursday, May 12,1977
112th. -Year - No. 19
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Gravel prices show wide variance in Huron
By Shelley McPhee
of the News -Record
Small pieces of crushed rock would be
a seemingly innocent quantity, but for
Huron County, gravel can be a widely
priced affair. In a recent survey the
Clinton News -Record discovered that
gravel prices in Huron vary widely.
If the township, town or village sup-
plies its own gravel, prices tend to be
less expensive than those who have it
0 supplied, Crushed and hauled by a
contracting firm, Grey Township, for
instance, supplies 26,000 yards of its own
gravel and Donnegan Haulage of
Listowel crushes and hauls the A-
granular road surface material for $1.29
per yard. The 1976 cost of buying gravel
from the pits was $.20 per yard.
Meanwhile, Goderich Township supplies
its own gravel from two pits priced at
$.25 and $.40 per yard and has the 16.000
yards hauled and crushed by R. Jen-
nison of Grand Bend for $1.59 per yard.
-In contrast, the towns of Clinton and
Goderich head the top of the list with
reir gravel being supplied, hauled and
ushed. Clinton is supplied with 1,500
yards from Lavis Contracting for $2.44
per yard and Goderich pays $2.45 a yard
for 5,000 yards supplied, crushed and
iiittuled by Feagan Sand and Gravel:
Minton cuts
road budget
Due to escalating costs, Clinton
council has been forced to cut back on
their road reconstruction this year.
*At a special meeting of council last
Wednesday night, council decided to
'4 drop Walker Street from their rebuilding
program when they found out they didn't
have enough money to pave i.t.
The town ._ will reconstruct James.
Street from King to Maria Street, and
High Street from Kirk to East Street, as
well as put the finish coat, of aslnphalt on
the three streets reconstructed last year,
parts of Rattenbury, Wellington, and
Joseph Street.
The total cost of. this year's projects,
%including sewers, and paving will be
about $96,000, with Lavis s Contracting
getting the rebuilding and paving con-
tracts at a total cost of $55,487.
Council decided to go ahead and put
storm sewers down Walker Street as
well, at a cost of $18,000 and hope to
rebuild the street next year.
Council will receive subsidy of $49,500
on the program from the Ministry of
Transportation and Communication.
.4I (o1i,ii,n
By Jim Fitzgerald
It certainly is heart warming to see the
Ireae
community bading together to
1p one another out at anytime, but the
community spirit is no higher
hereabouts than at the park. If it wasn't
• for all the volunteers from all walks of
life who have given a helping hand in the
last month, the great accomplishment
done on the new grandstand wouldn't
have been possible.
Things are going so well, in fact, that if
the volunteers keep up the good work,
the whole seating area could be ready by
the Spring Fair, which starts. June 3.
More work bees are pranned for each
night the remainder of this week, this
Saturday, and where possible, rain or
♦ shine, all next week. Remember, no.
contribution of time, is too small
whether it's painting the seats or drilling
the holes and bolting them in. "Many
hands make light work" If you can spare.
even an hour, it all helps. For further
information, contact Al Finch, Paui
Kerrigan, or Dr. Graham Bowker.
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With income taxes just paid, and
municipal taxes due this week, it brings
to mind" the old saying: "The taxpayer
will probably be the first of our natural
resources to be completely exhausted."
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• It was certainly unusual to see the soil
drifting around last Sunday'in those gale
force winds because of the very dry
conditions, but we are glad to report that
the last of snow finally melted on the
weekend, and hopefully won't be back
until at least December, although
several readers reported seeing flurries
Sunday night.
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While putting together the pages
honoring the Clinton Kinsmen's 25th
anniversary, we were amazed at the
amount of .work they have done in the
area in the last quarter century, and it
served to,remind us again, that they, and
most service clubs in the area,, play a
very important part, in our community.
Congratulations to all those who have
contributed so much over the years.
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In the least expensive bracket for the
same services of supplying, hauling and
crushing is Ashfield Township. For its
"A" -granular gravel, the township has
22,000 yards supplied by R. Jennison for
$1.42 per yard. Ashfield's neighbouring
township, West Wawanosh receives its
gravel from . Robert , Farrish Con-
struction of Listowel and pays $1.49 for
the 15,000 yards of gravel that has been
supplied, crushed and hauled.
Meanwhile, East Wawanosh pays $1.59
per yard to have 20,000 yards of gravel
from Joe Kerr of Wingham. Morris
Township, next door has called for
tenders to supply 22,000 yards of gravel
Dies suddenly
Bruce Williscraft, a well-known Clinton
man, and head of the Wil-Dex plant in
Clinton, died very suddenly Wednesday
morning at the age of 41. Mr. Williscraft,•
who came to Clinton in 1970 with his
.facnilyr to:.atartimp.uthe..aarbide too ,plant,
a division of Ex -Cell -O Corporation, died
in his office. Funeral arrangements
were incomplete at presstime. (News -
Record photo)
and have received a $1,83 per yard price
from Joe Kerr, Donnegan Haulage is
asking for $1.79 and -George Radford
Construction is asking for $1.68 per yard
for the service of supplying, crushing
and hauling.
Both Turnberry and Howick Town-
ships receive their gravel from Joe
Kerr, with Turnberry getting 6,000 yards
for $1.45 per yard and Howick receiving
25,000 yards, crushed and hauled for
$1.44 a yard.
Colborne Township has two separate
rates for -township and boundary roads.
It pays $1.46 per yard for the 11,000 yards
of "A" -granular it receives from Sandy
Contracting to cover the township roads.
However, Colborne also pays $1.57 a
yard for the 4,000 yards of gravel it has
supplied, crushed and hauled onto the
boundary roads.
Mullett Township receives its gravel
from George Radford Construction at
$1.65 per yard for 15,000. Beside, is
McKillop Township who pay $1.94 to
have 20,000 yards of gravel supplied,
'crushed and spread by Machan, Con-
struction of Monkton:
Directly south of Hulled and McKillop,
Tuckersmith Township pays Sandy
Contracting $2.08 per yard for 16,000
yards of the A -granular gravel. West of
Tuckercmith Stanley Township
receives 15,000 yards of gravel from
Lavis Contracting for $2.19 per yard.
,In the 'southern portion of the county,
"ay Township has not called for tenders
yet and Stephen Township receives
15,000 yards of gravel from C. A.
McDowell Ltd. in Centralia for $2.04 per
yard. The township also stockpiles 4,000
yards at $.85 per yard.
Similarly, Stephen Township has
asked to have 5,000 yards stockpiled at
the price of $.85 per yard.
Other than Clinton and Goderich,
Bayfield is one of the only other
municipalities with a tender. Gordon
Heard Construction of Seaforth, supplies
2,000 yards at $2.20 per yard.
Most other municipalities buy gravel
as they need it, Blyth buys its required
gravel from Radford Construction at
$2.25 per yard. However just north of
Blyth, Wingham pays $1.50 per yard for
its gravel from Joe Kerr.
Gravel is the least expensive in the
town of Seaforth at $1.20 per yard and it
is only used for patch jobs on the streets.
Brussels pays $1.90 to have gravel
supplied, crushed and hauled by Lloyd
Jacklin. Hensall plans to buy some
gravel this year from contractor
Clarence Reed, and Zurich has not
called for tenders yet.
Seeding on schedule
Weather conditions have been near perfect for area farmers to get their spring
seeding in, but Dennis Martin of the ag office says that a good, warm rain will
soon be needed, especially in the northern part of the county. Mr. Martin says
that most of the corn will be sown this week, but the grain and hay crop could
use a good rain. Here Bill De Jong of RR 1, Brucefield, loads his planter on a
field north of the Village last Friday. (News -Record photo)
Two billed in area weekend crashes
The Goderich detachment of the OPP
saw their 1977 perfect record for no fatal
accidents broken over the weekend when
two accidents occurred.
On Sunday May 8 at 3:00 a.m. James
Marshall James Bell, 22, of. 95 Brock
Street in Goderich was killed when the
car he was driving left the Baseline, two
miles south of County Road 25.
Bell was travelling southbound at the
time when °h car wentt, onto the wg tr ,
shoulder, then crossed over to the east
the tree, it had travelled some 500 feet.
The driver was taken to Alexendra
Marine and General Hospital in
Goderich where he was pronounced
dead. The car, owned by Herbert
MacAdam of 309 Huron Road., Goderich
received $1,800,.in damages.
On Sunday, May 8, at 10:30 a.m. the
OPP answered another fatal accident
call on Highway 8 at St. Columban.
.frephen W. Johnson, 16, of RR4
aaersoll"as krncu when the car he was
ditch, rolled over a fence and continued driving crossed from its eastbound
on across a field until it struck a tree. By direction and collided head on with
the time the vehicle left the road and hit another car travelling west on the high-
way.
The westbound vehicle was driven by
Kenneth J. Weido, 37, of 223 Coulton Dr.,
Mitchell. In the car he had his wife
Barbara, 35, their, son John, 2, and a
daughter Andrea 10.months old.
The Weido family was taken to
Seaforth Hospital in a private vehicle
but none of them received serious in-
juries. The OPP feel that because all of
Grandstand steel up
Spring Fair officials and the Clinton
Kinsmen Club are keeping their fingers
crossed, and are hoping for continued
good luck on construction of the town's
new grandstand.
The $250,000 structure is going up with
few hitches, and with co-operation from
the weather, a good deal of it could be
ready by the opening of Clinton's three
day Spring Fair on June 3.
Most of the steel was erected by last
Thursday, and this week, Twin Lock
Iron Works were completing the roof
Part of the structure could be ready
for seats this weekend.
A work bee last Saturday and again on
Tuesday night painted sealer on most of
the 770 12 -foot long boards to be used as
seats, but a primer coat and a finish coat
have yet to go on.
Anotner work bee is planned for this
Saturday, starting at 9 p.m. -and Kin-
smen president Paul Kerrigan said the
club was very pleased at the turnout last
Saturday by the area citizens, which
included businessmen, horsemen,
rPtir•cd 'persons, teachers, as well as
1•.,'rsn,en.
The Kinsmen are also planning an
auci ion for next Saturday, May 21 to sell
off all the wood salvaged from the old
grandstand and Mutuel area. Auctioneer
Richard Lobb has donated his services
for the auction, to be held at the arena.
Volunteer workers card"also show up
next Tuesday evening or all day Wed-
nesday, to help -paint and install the
seats. Graham Bowker, Kinsmen paint
chairman, said that the paint and
brushes will be left out for groups to
come and paint anytime.
the people in the Weido car were
. wearing seatbelts, their lives were
saved.
Johnson was taken to Seaforth
Hospital by ambulance. Damages to the
Johnson car were estimated at $2,500
and to the Weido car, $2,800..
Police Week will be held from May 15-
21 throughout Ontario and will be. ob-
served by all law enforcement agencies.
The purpose of the week is to allow
the .public to gain greater unders"tanding
into the policeman's role, responsibility
and contribution to the community. The
three major objectives that the law is
trying to express to the people is to keep
the peace, the prevention of crime and
the detection and apprehension of
criminals.
Citizens are Invited to visit any of the
189 detachments of the OPP during the
w.eek.. The Goderich detachment plan to
set up a special display at the Suncoast
Mall. Here they will show a police
motorcycle, boat and!' a variety of
equipment used in their work.
Chief Lloyd Westlake of the Clinton
Police Force invites anyone to come into
the office for a tour and discussion
during this time.
The Clinton police reported a stolen
vehicle from CHSS last Saturday, May 7.
The car cwned by William Thomas
McMillan, of 74 John Street was parked
at the rear of the high school. It was
locked, but a spare set of keys had been
left on the breather.
The car, valued at $1,300 including a
tape deck and tapes, was stolen about
3:15 a.m. and 'later in the day was
reported to be found, burned in a _field
northwest of Clinton,
The Clinton Police investigated an
accident on May 6 which occurred at
Ontario and William Street. It resulted
when a vehicle driven by James A.
MacLaren; 68, of 65 Wellington Street,
Clinton and owned by,Laidlaw Transport
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Business Association plans booklet
The Clinton Businessmen's
Association at a meeting last Monday
night made plans to create an in-
formation and promotional pamphlet for
Clinton. The 24 page book is hoped to
have the "lingering qualities 'of "The
Village Squire", according to Chairman,
Tim St. Louis.
Included in the summer issue will be a
map of Clinton, which Rosamond
Garrett noted can't be purchased
anywhere. She also suggested that a
She's up!
Construction is going so well at the new 1,200 seat grand-
stand afthe Clinton Park, that volunteers are hard pressed
to keep up with the contractor, Twin Locks IIronWbrks, who
have nearly completed erection and welding, of the steel.
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The structure will be ready for seats this weekend, and
volunteers are needed to paint, as well as saw, drill and bolt
in the new seats. Work bees are planned for Saturday, and
each evening next week. (News -Record photo)
directory be included with doctors' and
dentists' names to help the tourists.
It is hoped that the pamphlet will come
out in conjunction with the Clinton
Spring Fair and the opening of the
Farmer's Market. Some 10,000 copies
will be inserted in the Goderich, Clinton
and Seaforth papers, and another 5,000
copies will be sent to various travel and
tourist bureaus, as well as summer
camps and trailer parks in the area.
Howard Aitken will be sending letters
out to the various merchants in Clinton
to see if they would like tO participate in
such a project.
St. Louis hopes that the merchants can
write an article on various aspects of
their business to be included in the
pamphlet. He said that this will allow
people to know Clinton a little better and
show them why they should come here.
In other business, the association has
purchased five new trees to replace the
ones that died ;n the sidewalk boxes.
Further suggestions for next year's
trees include a landscaper to plant a
variety of trees, appropriate for the
boxes to give year-round appeal and
color.
It was also suggested that each
merchant buy 'a tree and have a donated
sign placed on the box. The association
felt that this would prompt more interest
and care in the maintenance of the trees
by the merchants.
Each tree would cost about $50 and
Clarence Denomme will be looking into
their possible future for 1978.
St. Louis questioned the small turnout
at the meeting, with only 10 merchants
in ;attendance. He noted that there are
100 merchants in Clinton and 60 paid
members, most of whom are notified
before each meeting, but they still don't
attend the meetings.
The Association also plans to have a
resting spot at the Clinton Fair to be
placed in the arena. As in the past two
years, the association will set up 'a
display of lawn furniture and potted
plants in the middle of the arena. Shirley
Kay will be looking after the display.
Farmer's Market filling
By Shelley McPhee
As the morning Pun breaks over
Clinton this summer, the Farmer's
Market will be coming to life.
On June 4 the market will see its
weekly opening at 6 a.m. and will run
until noon hour. The market which will
be open each Saturday until October 24
will feature Huron County vendors
selling their produce at the intersection
of King Street.
Fruits, vegetables, honey, apple cider,
baking goods, plants, crafts including
quilts, wall hangings, pottery,
needlework and eggs will fill the 20 to 25
spaces available,-
Already some 12 to 1'5 people have
shown interest in selling their goods,
however more people: are needed to fill
the May 27 application deadline, say
organizers.
The market is being organized by the
Clinton Businessmen's Association
under the direction of Heather Ross and
Nanci Eastman. It will be a non-
profitable event with each vendor
paying a weekly maximum fee of $5 to
cover the costs of advertising and -the
market clerk, Nanci Eastman.
Applicants will be accepted from all of
Huron County and already some in-
terested vendors have come from
Kincardine, Blyth and Bayfield. The
farmers and craftsmen can set up their
stands at anytime and stop anytime
since there will be no contracts.
However, no person with a livelihood of
business and selling may narticip9te
The prices will be competitive and the
quality of fresh produce will be main-
tained by the health board and the
market clerk. The selling will be done by
quantity and each seller must make out
their own vendor's permit, especially
craftsmen who have to submit taxes
themselves.
Heather Ross explained that if three or
more townspeople got together . with
produce from their gardens, they could
make an application and come in as a'
group.
She also noted that while Clinton'had a
farmer's market 40 or 50 years ago, the
town is now setting a precedent by being
the only town under 10,000 people to have
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