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Clinton News-Record, 1977-10-27, Page 10 4 • Clinton, Ontario 30 cents -1 Thursday,pctOber 27, 1977 112th Year -No. 43 1111 eather 197.7 1976 Ha 10 OCTOBER 18 58 37 19 53 36 20 56 41 21 63 38 22 55 39 23. , 49 32 24 63 35 Rain 0" HI LO 40 32 42 . 31 44 35 43 35 42 34 46 36 42 36_ Rain .49" All towns approve police dispatch by Shelley McPhee The proposed county -wide police communications system was approved in principle by the Clinton council last Monday night. The system which would allow police forces in the five municipalities of Huron to .operate under one central dispatch. The other towns involved, Goderich, Seaforth, Wingham and Exeter have already approved the idea. From here, the proposal now goes to the Ontario Police Commission where the final decisions will be made. Approval by the commission depends on whether provincialfunds are available. According to the recommendation from the municipalities, the province will pay for 75 per cent of the estimated cost of setting up the system. The estimated set up costs to purchase the radio transmitters and equipment has been set at $70,000. The proposal noted that the five towns would pay 25 per cent and the annual costs of approximately $4,135. Clinton council also noted that they want the annual costs to be shared on a per capita basis. However, details would A princess Diana Brand, 18, of RR 3, Clinton was crowned as the Huron County dairy prin- cess last Friday night at the White Carnation. Diana, a student at Centralia College won over the four other competitors. (photo by Oke) JSI Colii •by Jim Fitzgerald - No, to all those who have asked, as of presstime Wednesday afternoon, the stork had not visited the Fitzgerald residence yet, even though he is now long overdue. Seems he .hasn't heard of the word deadline. +++ Well, one deadline we can count on for sure is this Sunday morning at 2 a.m., when the clocks will be turned back one hour as we return ,to standard time. As an after -supper gardener, we're still in, favor of starting daylight saving time on the first of April rather than the end, but our pleadings have fallen on deaf ears. + 4- 4- Hallowe'en is also being marked this coming week and everyone but the vandals will be celebrating it on Monday night, October 31. Just to be on the safe side, the police have beefed up their ranks for the weekend, and the firemen will be patrolling as well to keep the more rowdier ones in check. -F' Smile: "Hallowe'en is the day when the little kids dress the way teenagers do the rest of the year." We just received a definite report on the Londesboro piglet who has gone on to fame and fortune with the CBC rather than Canada Packers. The show titled "Pig Mallion" will be shown on "tIomemade TV" next Wednesday, November 2 at 4 p.m. according to the ,fr-younk sow's "real" parents, Mr. and Mrs. Don Buchanan out at RR 1, Lon- desbOro. I guess it means thnt some pigs aren't "boating" after all. have to be worked out with the other plans. Along with the question of whether the OPC will approve the plan, it is still unknown where the dispatch will be located. Both Clinton and Goderich have offered to house the control centre but an OPC study will decide where the headquarters are to be situated. In other council business, a number of severance applications were discussed and all were recommended for approval by council. The following severances were passed: Cecil Elliott, property at the north end of Beech Street; Dubar Limited (Bartliffs), part of lots 228, 229 and 230 on the west side of Albert Street; Huron Fish and Game Association, tots 911 and 919 on the west side on Erie Street south; Eric Christensen, part of lots 846 and 847 and part of lots 847 and 848 at the corner of Mary and Erie Streets. The severances applications will now be sent to the committee of adjustment. Along with the municipality's recom- mendation, input will also be received from the planning department and the county planning board before a final Although there is no immediate. decision is reached. danger, rabies is on the increase The licencing .of bicycles became a inHuron County after several very quiet major discussion amongst council years and officials are advising parents, members after correspondence was children and pet owners to get their received advising Clinton to place the 1978 order. Although no decision was reached, councillor members exchanged views on the validicity of the licencing system and its purpose. Councillor Roy Wheeler explained to council members why the licencing by- law came about, "It came up because 10 - speed bikes will break the speed limit, if they're not registered then you couldn't touch them. -If they're not registered you can't force them to get off the sidewalk." Mayor Harold Lobb also noted that the by-law was needed at the time, about four years ago but sald, "It's not. practical to have a $15 an hour man writing out a permit. If we're going to continue it maybe ifshould be shifted to another department." Ray Garon suggested that the licen- cing, or registering should be done every five years and have it cost $10. "What we're saying is there has to be a better way," concluded McKay. The suggestions and views of the council will now be discussed further by the police committee and the chief of police. (continued on page 3. Indian summer This week's sunny, warm weather is irresitible to people of all ages. Helen te Brinke with her nine -month-old daughter Tonya along with Phillip, 5 months and Matthew Lockhart, 2 years old, enjoyed a day in Clinton's library park Monday afternoorrfb(News-Record photo) Parents, pets warned of rabies increase ' Councillor Rosemary Armstrong said, "You should register bikes for iden- tification purposes but 1 don't see that year after year you should go back and get a licence for the same bike." "It takes more time to issue them then- John Shanahan of Joseph Street in its worth," added Councillor ROn .Clinton received major injuries after he MdKay. • involved in an accident onFriday evening guard up again. Ten cases have been reported in Huron 'since September, making a total of 14 so far this year, according to Dr. W.J. Thompson, head of the health of animals branch of the federal government in Seaforth. Dr. Thompson said there is no need to get alarmed, but he advised that pet owners should make sure their im- munizati,on program is up to date on their dogs and cats. Parents should warn their children not to play with strange animals, especially skunks and foxes who are acting in an unusual nature. . Clinton pedestrian Goderich Twp. girl named dairy rep. By Wilma Oke Diane Brand of RR 3, Clinton was chosen Huron County dairy princess at a dinner -dance at the White Carnation in Holmesville Friday night. She was crowned by last year's princess, Audrey Peel of Auburn. Miss Brand, an 18 -year-old student in the agriculture business management Course at Centralia College, won over four other competitors - Jackie Brand, RR 3, Clinton; Irene Logtenberg, RR 1, Dungannon; Jean Siertsema, RR 3, Blyth and Linda Smith, RR 5, Seaforth. The event was sponsored by the Huron County milk committee. Miss Brand was the recipient of a set of luggage, a silver tray and twin silver picture frames with the princess plaque, in, one. Each of the other competitors was presented with a gift of money. Shanahan had come from the Elm Haven and was walking across Huron Street when he walked into a westbound car driven by Morris Landon, 52, of R.R. 6, Aylmer. • Apparently Shanahan had been drinking before the accident occurred. He was taken to the. Clinton Public Hospital by ambulance and later transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in London. Over $1,200 in damages were received to a parked car owned by Gloria Youngblut of 105 John Street, in a hit and run accident. The Youngblut car was legally parked, facing south on Dunlop Street when an unknown vehicle struck the left rear corner. The accident occurred on Friday, October 21 sometime between 9 and 12 midnight. A third separate accident occurred in Clinton last Friday evening when R obert O'Connell, 23, 10 Erie Street was involved in a single car accident. The O'Connell vehicle was travelling. at the posted speed, at 50 k -h when his vehicle went off the road, over the curb, sidewalk and a lawn. The car hit a pole Clinton to expropriate property Clinton council has given the town solicitor E.B. Menzies the go-ahead to take steps to expropriate property on which the sewerage pumping station is located. Mayor Harold Lobb explained at council's Monday night meeting that the land, 15 feet by 20 feet is located on lot 22, Raglan Street north. The station, which• services all of that subdivision, is on the back piece of property owned by Barry Robson. Robson bought the piece of land this summer and asked that the town pay $5,000 for the ase of the station on his property. Mayor Lobb noted that the pumping station was built in 1970, long before Robson owned the land, but the station had never been registered. At a special meeting of October 18, cduncil made the reolotuion to ex- propriate the land, since they are not Kinsmen get first cheque for grandstand The Clinton Kinsmen received their first cheque, worth $31,250 from the Ontario Racing Commission this week, to help pay for the new $250,000 grand- stand constructed this spring. Grandstand chairman Paul Kerrigan said two ,other grant cheques one from Wintario-and one from the Community Centres Act, have yet to come. The Kinsmen are paying the remaining $93,000 debt. willing to pay the $5,000. "There is no way we can service the area without the station," Mayor Lobb stressed, "Mr. Robson knew the station was there when he bought the property. Council also reaffirmed an agreement made with „the Ministry of Government Services which allows the council chambers to be rented out as a court room for 12 days a year. The agreement was questioned when correspondence was received from a governMent services representative saying that they would pay $30 a day or continued on page 3 Farmers catching up Near perfect fall conditions of ;bright sunny skies and almost no rain have enabled Huron County farmers to do some catching up on their fall chores, which were nearlY at a standstill for the last two months. The Indian summer-like conditions have speeded up the corn harvest and if the good conditions hold for another week, much of the grain corn will be off. Many farmers are now changing their combines back to the bean headers and using a clipper bars, are getting off what remains of the, badly weathered white bean crop. Allan Magrath marketing analyst with the Ontario Bean Producers' Marketing Board said on Monday that so far, 645,000 hundred weight bags had been taken off this year, 115,000 of those coming in the last week. "If we have prett'y good weather for the next week, I'm optimistic we, can reach the 800,000 or 850,000 bag level (which' would come close to meeting present contract commitments), " he explained. The bean producers, why had expected, hit which set it spinning sideways acposs a lawn and into a driveway, pa mage to the 1974Monte Carlo' -Was set • at $1,500. O'Connell is charged with careless driving.A battery was stolen from a pick up truck owned by Neil Lockhart, 13 Albert Street. Lockhart reported the theft but didn't know when it happened. Rabid foxes have. been shot at trious points in the county, including Holmesville and Kippen, and a heifer died of the disease on Monday on the outskirts of Clinton. The rest of that farm has been placed in quarantine.% for 60 days and no livestock are allowed to leave it. Dr. Thompson said that rabies usually go in cycles, following the rises and declines of the fox population. "The incidence (of rabies) has been very low for the last several years, and people get alarmed when it goes up," Dr. Thompson said. "When I came here in 1969, it was normal to have 50 to 100 cases a year," he said. ' ' "It certainly won't hurt to alert •the people to the danger," he added. • No free rabies vaccination clinics are planned unless the situation becomes worse, because they are a very ex- pensive proposition. Kippen cousins crash bikes By Hilda Payne A nasty accident occurred on Tuesday, October 18 on the McGregor farms, 'R.R. 2, Kippen, when cousins Robert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grant McGregor and Steven, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jini McGregor, collided head on on their motor bikes. kithough it was dusk, neither boy had his lights on at the time and they did not see each other until it was too late. Steve suffered a badly smashed face, a broken arm and a broken femur, and Robert also had head injuries and a broken arm. It was estimated that it was about half - an -hour before the boys were found and taken to Exeter Hospital where they were transferred to University Hospital, London. Latest word fs that both boys are progressing. Robert is doing well and is up in a wheelchair. Steve is improving steadily although still in serious condition and he, at least, will, be in.hospital for some time. fr a record -2.5 million bag harvest prior to the heavy , rains in September and October, continue to salvage what they can, Magrath said. "The quality is about what we ex- pected.. .Some of it canable and some is bad, but we hope to find a home (market) for it in food aid," he said. The highest quality beans now being harvested are not of the color quality expected in past years, and have an off- white tinge, he .said, but no taste dif- ference. "We are accepting beans that are not number one grade...This year we've got two pools -- those number one grade beans harvested before the rains, and another pool of all beans harvested during or after," Magrath said. However, the outlook is disrrPal for getting in winter wheat as the prime planting time has passed, and any farmer who sows now will have to hope kr 'an unusually warm Sunny fall to get h up in time before the winter forces it into dormancy. Only about 40 percent of the wheat crop is itto First and latest L.G. "Skip" Winters, left, the first president of the Clinton Community Credit Union in 1952, shakes hands with the current president, Ernie Williams, after the Credit Union received a congratulatory plaque at their 25th anniversary celebrations last Saturday night at the Legion. More details, pictures on page IA, (News -Record photo)