Clinton News-Record, 1977-06-23, Page 1Clinton, Ontario
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Thursday, June 23, 1977
112th Year• -No. 25
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!Board sets guide for sex education
The subject of Family Life
programmes.. -sex education. -in Huron
Count P schools came full circle at
Thursdays Board of Education meeting
when the board decided to develop
guidelines for teachers of the health
program. The guidelines are primarily
for the board and its staff members to be
assured that a curriculum has been
developed across the county and that all
• schools are dealing with the same
material.
The decision ended several months of
discussion on the matter, discussion that
began when elementary school teachers
met with some board members to
discuss methods of teaching the subject.
The teachers were not so concerned with
what they should teach but how. They
were questioning what type of display to
use, what films and books could be used
and what type of material was being
4,"sed in the rest of the county.
Colborne trustee Shirley Hazlitt noted
that the recommendation before the
board was to develop teacher guidelines
at a secondary school level and added
that while the first ,delegation was
elementary. school teachers the
education committee, of which she is a
friember, had met with members of the
Goderich and area Pro Life group who
were concerned about secondary school
• material. She suggested that the board
establish guidelines for the whole
system.
John Cochrane, director of education,
told the board that the recommendation
Fiddlers contest
draws 4,000
• Eighty-seven fiddlers and step dan-
cers from across the province were in
Hensall over the weekend for the annual
Ontario Fiddlers Contest. This year, as it
has been since 1971, the contest was
sponsored by the Hensall Kinsmen Club.
Organizers , estimate that Friday
night's playdowns and the finals
Saturday night drew as many as 4,000
people to the Hensall arena. The contest
was capped by Saturday evening's finals
in the open competition that saw
40"teenager Donald Reed from Sudbury
defeat last year's winner, Ed Gyurki of
Woodstock. Reed was presented with the
Ward Allen. Memorial Trophy, awarded
annually to the best fiddler in Ontario.
Winners in the various classes• of the
competition were as follows:
Step -dancing, 12 and under, Cindy
Willoughby, Watford, first; Anne Marie
McQuaid, Seaforth, second; and Becky
WcKinley, Zurich, third.
Step dancing, 13 to 25 years old - Kim
Craig, Blyth, first; Ted Elliott, Blyth,
second ; and Debbie Lapalme, Simcoe
third.
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By Jim Fitzgerald
Well, like it or not, here I am back in
the old saddle again after a, pleasant
week away from deadlines, and judging
by last week's excellent paper put out by
was made to develop rationale behind
tne courses. He said that the idea was to
give the teachers direction but to also
enable the board or the teacher to an-
swer a parent when they ask why
something is being taught.
Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace
said she could recall the hoard going
over this same subject not too many
years ago and it seemed to be the
general consensus then that someone
Shelley and Bev, I wasn't missed one bit.
It was sure a treat to get back on
Sunday, and find the garden had grown a
foot, the strawberries were ready, and
we even had new potatoes, a real treat
and the earliest ever. Sam Castle of town
• phoned to say his potatoes were also
ready, so we don't know who was first
there, but Sam has new carrots, which is
a considerable achievement this early,
beating us by a long shot.
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We certainly hit a variety of weather
on our vacation, which reminds me of
the joke that probably the only com-
pletely accurate weather forecast was
when God told Noah there was a 100
percent chance of rain.
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Hopefully, the rain will stay away this
Sunday afternoon as the Kinsmen unveil
their new facilities at the opening of the
summer harness racing meet. But
before they do, they're having one final
work bee tonight (Thursday) to put the
finishing touches on the place.
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And speaking of Volunteers ; did you
donate some of your time to the new
grandstand, or help tear down the old
O 'one? If you did, and didn't put in for the
hours, drop into the town hall and give
them your hours. All those hours can be
counted towards the grant, and will
bring in a lot of extra money.
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With the public school children
finished school this week, the Clinton
Library had initiated a summer
program to keep the youngsters busy,
and starting this week, Marian Doucette
• will be writing a column for the kids
each week in the News -Record.
from the outside teach the course. She
said the concern was that the teacher
felt uncomfortable dealing with sex
education and then trying to teach the
same group of children another course.
Eugene Frayne, Ashfield trustee,
asked if the course could be expanded to
something a little more than just health.
He suggested that the course be in-
troduced in a manner enabling it
to be taught with reasoning developed
from Christian morals.
"Is it possible to have health taught
with an option that the parent and
student can decide on?" he asked. "One
course could be just health and the other
could be health backed up with good
strong Christian morals. They have it in
math and english why not in health?"
Cochrane said he could see no reason
why the courses couldn't be taught in
On page 3
Hensall Fair has perfect weather
Hensall was an active spot yesterday
as the town and community celebrated
its 109th Twilight Spring Fair.
This year's feature attractions in-
cluded the feeder calf club show, the
Chatham boy, 11
killed in crash
Ronald Featherstone, 11, of Chatham
was killed in a single car accident early
Friday evening about two miles west of
Clinton on Huron County Road 13, the
Bayfield Road.
The Goderich detachment of the OPP
reported that the car driven by the boy's
stepfather, Bruce Piper, 26,.caught the
shoulder of a curve on the south side of
the road, crossed to*e north side, rolled
over several times afird'ended in a ditch.
The boy, his stepfather and his
mother, Phyliss Piper, 34, were thrown
from the car when it veered on the road.
Mr. and Mrs. Piper were taken to
Clinton Public Hospital and later
transferred to University Hosiptal in
London were they are .reported to be in
satisfactory condition.
Their car received $1,000 in damages:
ain street
By Shelley McPhee
The business world is filled with
changes and progressions. Clinton's
businesses are no exception to this and
lately have seen a number of openings,
closings, movings and change of owners.
The newest -business to open in Clinton
is M. and S. Janitorial,,Services on Albert
Street. The proprietor, Melvin Stead
from Clinton and hi's partner Richard
Reid from Toronto, will be handling
household cleaning goods and are
planning to service the area in home
maintenance.
The firm opened- last Thursday in the
shop formally occupied by The Idea
Shop on Clinton's main street. By August
the shop's business will include service
calls for painting, window cleaning,
vacuuming and other household
cleaning duties. Mr. Reid will be taking
a course in servicing to train for this
work.
One of the older business to see a
change in Clinton is the Priceguard store
which has been situated at the town's
main intersection for the past eight
years. Formally run by a London firm,
the patent medicine store changed hands
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horse show and the ever popular baby
show.
But to get things started off, a parade
was held through the streets of the
village and a number of prizes were
given out here for the various entries.
Once at the fairgrounds the serious
task began of judging the feeder classes.
Here the grand champion went to Brian
Pym of Exeter and a prize was given by
the Exeter Times -Advocate. His calf
paid $1.14 a pound and went to the Big 0
in Hensall. Mark Consitt of Kippen won
the reserve champion award and his calf
sold for $1 a pound to Darlings in Exeter:
He received a prize from the Exeter
District Co -Op.
The champion top gain award went to
Brian Falconer of Seaforth and Scott
Cooper of Kippen took the reserve top
gain prize. The Mickle Trophy and
keeper Trophy by John Soldan were
given ii. this clasS.
In the senior showmanship division
Brian Pym took the grand champion
prize and received a trophy from John
Kinsman and Sons. Les Consitt -of
Kippen took the top reserve prize. .
In the junior showmanship the grand
champion winner was Faye Carochan of
Seaforth and the reserve champion went
to Allan Pym of Exeter. Trophies were
given by South West Soya and another
from K. Vet Ltd.
Cook Bros. donated a trophy to Jack
Upshall of Cromarty who gained the best
finish in the group of 4-H calf club.
Additional specials were given to
Brian Pym for the best feeder calf club
member in the senior showmanship. The
Hensall District Co -Op gave a $6 cash
'award for this and a $4 award to Les
Consitt for the reserve champion.
The Bank of Montreal gave a$6 award
to Faye Carochan for the grand
champion junior showmanship and a $4
award went to Allan Pym for the junior
reserve showmanship.
The baby show also saw a number of
winners, in the six month and under
class the first prize winner was Carolyn,
daughter of Jack and Mary Upshall,
Cromatry; second, Shannon, daughter of
Patrick and Marie Smith; third,
Christine, daughter of Dan and Bonnie
Schenck.
in tne seven month to a year class, the
first prize winner was, Marcin, son of
Jim and Marlene Regier; second,
Jamie, son of Carl and Cathy McMahon;
third, Mark, son of Bob and Anita
Cooper.
sees business changes
on Tuesday morning and will now be run
by Triangle Discount, a Hanover based
firm which has an additionsl eight
stores.
Although the business changed hands,
the merchandise will remain the same
and Ruth Shropshall will still be the local
manager.
Another popular spot, Clinton Crown
Lanes will be seeing a change in August
when Joe Atkinson finalizes the sale of
his bowling lanes to Don McWhinney of
Goderich.
Mr. Atkinson owned the lanes for
seven years, but will not be leaving the
sporting field altogether, for within the
next two weeks, he plans to move his
sports and trophy shop uptown. It will be
located beside the Priceguard store in
the former Al's Pizza.
Like Joe Atkinson's move, Haugh Tire
Supply will be making a similar move in
'a few months. Shortage of space has
prompted owner Neil Haugh to build a
larger building, some 50 per cent larger
than his present location at 267 Victoria
Street, ,where they have been for the past
five years.
The business will be moving some
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three blocks south, to the edge of town
and will be situated across the road from
the Clinton Conservation area.
One uptown shop, the former Shadow
Box still remains empty. The Shadow
Box was initially opened in the fall of
1973 and was managed by Rita Ryan
until the spring of this year.
In March of this year Jeene and Cobie
Amsing became the managers of the
new Shadow Box and sold craft goods
until they vacated the shop this June.
A fair sight
There were plenty of things to see at the 109th Hensall Fair last Tuesday night,
and for nine -month-old Tara, it was all for the first time. Tara and her mother
Mrs. Albert Pepper of RR 1, Hensall, were waiting for the baby show to start.
(News -Record photo)
Volunteer Bureau needs help
Although the objective of the Huron
County Volunteer Bureau has been to
offer social services to the needy, the
bureau may now need help themselves.
Despite a promising start six months
ago the bureau has found itself without
any further money to cover operating
costs on a continuing basis and has had
to limit its services to a minimum.
The project was launched in January
through a LIP grant which supplied
$12,000 for the costs and salaries of the
three workers. Now however, the three
workers ; co-ordinator, Mary Ann
Kowbuz, Reg Thompson and Cathy
Evans have been without a job since
Friday, and the money has almost run
out.
Bob Phillips a univeristy student from
Clinton, has been hired by Experience
'77 to run the bureau until September
and look into possible ways to further
finance the project. For $2.65 an hour he
is also in charge of taking over the jobs
Races start, 'stand ready
The summer harness racing season for the opening day.
swings into full action this Sunday at As well, as a totally new grandstand,
Clinton, and race fans will see the new there are new betting windows, new
$250,000 grandstand for the first titne. judge's stand, and new photo patrol
The 13 -week, race meet, held room. As well, a new racing secretary's
every Sunday, will use the new 1,200 seat office was constructed at the north en'd
grandstand for the first time for the of the park, near the paddock area.
races, and workmen and volunteers Co-ordinator of the project, Paul
were still scrambling around the site on Kerrigan, said there was still some odds
Wednesday, readying the new facilities and ends to clean up, and he hoped to
have most of the bugs worked out by
Sunday.
"We're having our final vok‘lteer
work bee tonight (Thursday) "clean up,
paint a few boards," said Jirigan.
During the rush to the stand built
in time, many volu ers put in time, but
were not credited or it.
"In order to get grant money, we have
to have these people sign for the number
of hours they worked, and then the town
gets the money back from the govern-
ment," Kerrigan said.
So if you worked on the grandstand in
any way, drop into the town hall, and put
down the number of hours you worked,
Kerrigan advices.
Highlight of the opening day will be the
Ontario Sired two-year-old colt pacing
stake for a purse of $13,000 added.
— Because the draw was made Wed-
nesday afternoon after deadline, the
entries were not available.
Ac
ean sweep
Everybody got into the act this week, even deputy -reeve
Frank Cook, right,' as volunteers and Kinsmen made a last
minute rush to clean up the new grandstand site in
preparation for the summer harness racing meeting which
opens this Sunday. Wiping Frank id Bob Mann, while
Arnold Riley walks by with paint brush, on his way to do
some touch up work. A final work bee is planned for tonight
(Thursday). (News -Record photo)
of the three former workers in charge
and to keep the bureau at a minimal
running capacity. -
"We're even having problems digging
up money to pay. the phone bills and
there's no money to advertise our ser-
vices," said Phillips.
Yet the bureau is still running, but
instead of offering a wide range of
services throughout the county it has
had to restrict itself to working in the
Seaforth, Clinton and Goderich area.
"If I run into problems I'll have to ask
for help from volunteers," explained
Phillips who is manning the bureau
office from the Ontario Street Chutch
basement.
Things may not be so dismal if the
bureau receives its approval as a
registered charitable organization. With
this status the bureau would be able to
ask for tax deductible donations.
To officially apply for the position the
bureau must fill out a form to be sent
• away as well as establich a constitution
and a board of direcjors. Spence
Cummings, _ the county development
officer; Mary Ann Kowbuz, the co-
ordinator of the bureau; Bob Taylor, the
recreation director at Huronview and
Pat Wheeler, the co-ordinator of
volunteer services at the Bluewater
' Centre, have been named to the board.
There are hopes that the county may
take over the funding of the bureau as it
is the only one of its kind in a rural area.
"All ,that volunteer labour and gas is
kicked in free," supported Reg Thom-
pson, "It's a bargain."
He also noted that the bureau needed
more time than six months to gain the
confidence of the community but added'
that the area Health Units relied heavily
on the bureau for transPortation of
patients.
Many people did not understand what
the bureau was in the first place and
now, "people will get the idea that its
dead and then they won't come forward
at all," said Thompson.
. He is fearful that when the value of the
bureau is assessed the recent decline in
work may prompt its future closing.
Meanwhile, Phillips is still looking into
the financing possibilities. He explained
that a check into the provincial
ministries showed that although funds
are available, they are only there for
special projects and the bureau is
considered to be a permanent one.
Presently it would take an estimated
$30,000 a year to pay for the cost of staff
and equipment at the bureau.
Summer playground set
The children of Clinton will once'again
begin their active summer on July 4
when the Clinton playground starts its
summer program.
It will also be an active summer for
supervisor Sandra Fremlin and her staff
of Jane Symons, Lorie Blair, Suzanne
Rider, and Cathy Wise. The staff will be
running two playground sessions, one
from July 4 until the end of the month
and the second group will run from the
first of August until August 26.
The groups will be divided WO two
divisions - the seniors and juniors. The
junior children, aged three to five, will
meet Tuesdayp and Thursdays in the
morning and the afternoon, or all day,
for the cost of $8 a month.
The senior groups, aged six to 13 years
old, will meet five days each week from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the cost of $10 per child.
Sandra Fremlin noted that a day-to-
day ,,program has not been set, but she
has made arrangements to use the high
school gym one day a week so the
youngsters can play basketball,
volleyball and other sports.
She also,plans to have Cathy Wise, who
has been studying interior design at
Fanshawe College, to put some of her
talents to work in craft activities.
Registration for the playground will be
held this Saturday, June 25 at the town
hall from 1 to 4 p.m.
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