Clinton News-Record, 1980-11-08, Page 1Although she was too young to go out on Hallowe'en last Friday night, seven-
month -old Darla Dawn Watson did have a perfect costume, a giant Jack -O -
Lantern designed by her older brother Bryan. The daughter of 'Jim and -Linda
Watson of Clinton, Darla's pumpkin canie from her uncle Bruce's farm near
Oshawa. (James Fitzgerald photo)
-111114.,
115th year—No. 45 Thursday, November 8, 1980
hi May 22 -
40
eater
1980 1979:.
1,HI 10.., H 10
OCT0BE.R
28 4 0. 8 3.5
29 4 1 6 3
30 9 --1 $ 1:
31 11 3 17 1,5
NOVEMBER
1 3 0 13 6
2 6.5 1 7.5 3
3 15 1 $ ..2
Rain -nil Rain -12.5 mrn
All systems go for Klompen Feest
By Shelley McPhee
mXir` sysieznls"ar s "or -t ` Clinttnr-
Klompen Feest (Dutch for 'wooden
shoe festival) to be held on the
weekend of ,May 22-24, 1981,
Feest chairman Bob Carpb611 .of
Clinton promises that the festival will
be unique and of a very high calibre.
Mr: Campbell gained council's
support on Monday night when he
said, "We have the green light and
there's no backing out. We've made
commitments."
The idea for the Dutch themed
celebration originated last February
at a dinner meeting by Mr. Campbell
and Clarence Denomme. Since then,
the idea has gained the support of
Dutch Canadians and others in the
Clinton area.
Mr. Campbell explained that the
Dutch theme was chosen mainly
because of the many Dutch families
who came out; from Holland in the
years following the end of World War.
Il in Europe and chose Huron County
and particularly the Clinton area as a
place to make their new homes and
lives as Canadians:
"Our area is very fortunate to. have
been chosen by these people," .Mr.
Santa Clause parade returns to Clinton
By Jim Fitzgerald
After . an -absence of about 10 years,
the Santa Claus parade will be
returning to Clinton this festive
season.
The parade will move down Clin-
ton's main street on Saturday,
December 6 at 1 pm and following the
parade, a special .children's film will
be'screened at the town hall.
--That was, ._Just one of . the -any
rni erecently y at a well -
attended meeting of the Clinton
Business Association.
They also decided to scrap the
Santa Centre this year and go with the
-separate in-store draws for cash and
merchandise.
The children's movies will also be
shown on several other Saturdays at
the town hall.
Sharon Carter of Gerrard's
Shopping Centre was elected the new
e±xeary, . ;,-d.f the Association,
replaci-iig'Bob Campbell, who is now
busy chairing the Klompen Feest
Iminmommini
fi'r•st column
What -with the time honored
institutions of marriage and family
taking a beating lately, the divorce
rate soaring, and the number of +-
broken families at an all-time high
record, it was heartening the other
day to learn that there are still
some benefits to be gained from
being happily married.
For instance, an insurance
company-- in West Germany con-
ducted a study which suggests that
husbands, who kiss their wives
before leaving for work in the
morning, live five years longer
than the average male. And they
are richer, too (with 20 to 25 per
cent higher income).
They also lose only half as much
time through illness and have
'fewer accidents. So start kissing
your wife every morning. Easy
now, boys, the study was only on
kissing, not that other stuff!
-1- + +
"There's not,many people who
can make a silk urse out of a sow's -
ear, but Mary Hearn is one of
them, said the Main Street Wit this
week, after hearing that men's
chorus over at Wesley -Willis last
Sunday. Choir director Mary
Hearn proved her abilities with the
26 gents despite- only two hours of
practice.
+ ++
Except for the local police
picking up a couple of dozen eggs
from "fun lovers" before they
made their mark on area windows,
Hallowe'en was very quiet in
Clinton and area, even though it
fell on a Friday night, which
traditionally spells trouble.
In fact, the only call firemen had
was around 11 am Saturday
monring when they hustled out"to a
chimney fire at the home of John
Wyatt. There wasn't any damage
and the volunteers were back
within a few minutes.
What with the heating season full
upon us, and the increasing ex-
pense of liquid fuels now seeming
limitless, the use of solid fuels such
as wood is growing by leaps and
bounds.
Which, says the fire department,
could cause aA lot of trouble for
people who burn wood to heat their
homes if proper precautions aren't
taken with either the furnace or
chimney.
The firemen like visiting people,
as they're real friendly chaps,
haps,e,
not to put out a fire, so the first
precaution is have your chimney
inspected and cleaned out
regularly during the heating
season.
There are several other tips
about handling -wood burning
appliances, and they can be gar-
nered from a book available from
tke federal government. I'd give
you the title, but our library here at
the News -Record has been filed
away during renovations.
+ + +
Next week will prove a confusing
one for many people, especially
those here at the News -Record.
For starters, election day is
Monday, when most people will be
chosing their representatives for
the next two years, (or at least
some will).
No sooner is that done, than the
next day, Tuesday, Novemeber 11
is Remembrance Day. Depending
on who and where you are, it's
either a n.or naL_tyorkiJng.day, or a
holiday,
All government offices, including
the in and out stores, the post of-
fices and the schools will be closed
'on Tuesday, as will the banks.
However, •many factories and
business will be , open the whole
day, while some business such as
those in Clinton, will be closeduntil
noon.
All of which makes it mighty
confusing, especially for
newspaper people, who are ex-
pected ,to have all the news out at
the reglar time Wednesday night.
So we would asked all our ad-
vertisers and correspondents to
help us over the hump by bringing
copy in Monday.
+ + +
As anyone who was trying to take
of corn, or plow ground will
already know, October just past .
was a lousy month, to say the least.
According to the London weather
office,(no one answered the phone
at the Goderich weather station), it
was much colder and wetter than
normal, with the mean tem-
perature only struggling up to 6.6
degress C, compared to the noraml
of 9.9. 'Rainfall was 95.9 mm at
London, far above the' long term
average of 74.2.
+ + +
With Clinton set to have its first
Santa Clause parade in ten years, it
will be the first chance in a while
for local groups and organizations
to enter a float. If you have an
interst in entering the parade,
contact John Balfour over at the
Home Hardware Store by
November 28.
committee.
No new president was picked to
replace Noah, Zeeman who sold his
business, so Art Aiken was appointed
to head a striking committee to get
representatives from six areas in
town and have them attend the next
meeting.
Dues for the Association will be
reassessed based on its needs not on
the size of tb business. becapse 46-Zt.
Business Improvement Area (BIA)
committee has taken over some of the
Business Association's former
responsibilities, such as the planters,
the Christmas lights and the flower
pots.
Appointed to the Christmas
promotion committee were Charles
Burgess, Gary Haist, Sheila Murray
and John Balfour.
With $22,000 program
Campbell stressed. "They have
Improved their farms and homes and
have made Huron County a showplace
in the agricultural ,picture and their
prosperity has added greatly to the
economic well-being of the entire
area. With this in mind it was only
fitting that the festival should honor
these new citizens by taking the Dutch
theme."
After the February beginnings, a
committee was set up and meetings
were called with the Local members of
the Dutch community to obtain their
reaction to the idea. It was favorable
and since then the committee has
been planning in earnest at meetings
held the second Tuesday of every
month.
A number of committees are busy
planning for the Feest and these in-
clude fund raising, parade, en -
Vanastra man
tertainment, decoration, dress and
costumes. publicity. concessions,
barbecue and more. Already their
efforts are taking shape and Mr.
Campbell reported to council that all
the schools in the area are being
asked to take part in, a Friday night
entertainment stage show.
A Saturday "afternoon parade has
been scheduled and already six bands
have been booked for the march.
Saturday will also see a giant chicken
barbecue at the arena which will feed
2,000 to 3,000 people and an open air
street dance in downtown Clinton will
be the evening entertainment.
The committee hopes to wind up the
three-day event with a in-
terdenominational outdoor church
service on the Sunday.
"If it's a flop we'll let it die," Mr.
Campbell admitted, "but we're going
dies1O days
after pulled from lake
A Vanastra man died last week in a
London hospital . of injuries he
received in a boating mishap in Lake
Huron, near the Goderich harbor. on
Saturday, October 18.
Thomas Charles Kyle, 3.1, of Vic-
toria Boulevard in Vanastra died
October 29 after laying in a coma for
10 days following the boating accident
that also'sent three other men into the
water.
The four were plucked from the
water just north of the Domtar Salt
Mine by crew members of the
freighter Algoway and the Coast
Guard cutter Rapid.
The dead mall, along with his
brother Robert and Dennis Kelly of
Vanastra and John Wright of London
were on a fishing trip near the mouth
of the. Maitland River when their boat
was swamped by a large wave
created by the high winds at the time.
A crew member of the Algoway
spotted the boat and immediately
informed his captain, James Scott,
who along with tug operator Bert
MacAdam and five Algoway crew
members, rushed to the asphalt pad
at the north end of the pier and threw
lifelines to three 'of the men and
managed to haul them to safety.
The Rapid was also notified of the
accident and they spotted Mr. Kyle
lying face down in the water a short
distance from the boat.
Mr. MacAdam said the men were 35
to 40 feet out clinging to the over-
turned boat.
Mr. Kelly, Mr. Wright and Robert
Kyle were treated and released the
same day from Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital, while Tom
Kyle was rushed by ambulance to
London's Victoria Hospital. A cofn-
plete obituary appears elsewhere in
this edition.
As of presstime, it was not known
whether coroner Dr. Brian Lynch of
Goderich was calling for an inquest ar
not.
to try and make this an annual event
forCt ntun . ' - "The enthusiasm shown by the
Dutch people has been nothing ghort
of fantastic. It's a real thrill to have
people to volunteer for work at the
meetings. It's gratifying to workwith
such a group of people," Mr. Cam=
pbell told council.
The committee executive consisting
of chairman, Mr. Campbell; vice
chairman, Ralph Schurrman;
treasurer, Peter Damsma; secretary,
Else Degroot and committee mem-
bers, have chosen the name Klompen
Feest for the celebration. The word
klompen means wooden shoes and
Feest, translated into English means
festival.
Keeping with the Dutch theme, the
Klompen Feest, or Wooden Shoes
Festival, will feature colorful
klompen dancers, Dutch Friesien
horses, windmills, stolling musicians,
concession stalls selling Dutch sweet
treats, craft displays, tulips and
bright flowers will decorate the town
and Clinton merchants -and
salespeople will all wear Dutch
costumes. -
Mr. Campbell hopes to make the
Klompen Feestas entertaining and
colorful as the authentic festivals in
Holland..
"If we can get some: top notch en-
tertainment, we'll have a show that
every Canadian can enjoy," he
stressed.
He added, "This could be the
biggest thing we've had in Clinton
since the Centennial in 1975."
In order to make Klompen Feest a
worthwhile venture, Mr. Campbell
explained that more people afe
needed to help in the planning and he
is inviting all Clinton and area
residents to join in the next com-
mittee
ommittee meeting on Wednesday,
November 12 at, 8 pm in the town hall.
Mr. Campbell noted that the up-
coming meeting date was changed
because of Remembrance Day and
future meetings will be held the
second Tuesday of each month in the
town hall.
_County to promote
BY SHARON DIETZ
Huron County Council has decided
to approve an advertising program as
outlined by the county's development
. ,committee which includes the prin-
ting of a tabloid newspaper to be
distributed as a county promotion.
The cost of the advertising program
is estimated at about $22,000. and is a
long-term policy.
The council approved the printing
of an 8 -page tabloid newspaper which
will promote Huron County as a good
place to locate a business or light
industry. It will also promote the
attractiveness of Huron as a home
a "Press Relations" release and the
purchase of the necessary paper at a
cost of $600.
A standard advertising format to be
used by all county. departments in
i981 was adopted. Cost for the art- .1..
work and 20 copies of six sizes is to
cost $160.
The council also approved the idea
of overprinting the county placemat 1#
in future years but intend to use the
present stocks of placemats from the
County and Museum before a new
placemat is designed for this -over-
printing.
The council approved the recom-
a a .. .' •.
work be used in each of the "Village"
brochures which promote toWns and
villages in the county.
The present County of Huron
Turn to page 3 •
quality of life. The paper will be
produced in a quantity of 20,000 for a
price not to exceed $12,000. and they
will be distributed by the develop-
ment department.
The county also adopted the idea of
Trustee says students are
are hurting businesses
A Huron County Board of Education
trustee has charged that student
councils actively involved in soliciting
are taking dollars away from
businessmentrwho pay taxes to sup-
port the education system.
Herb Turkheim, trustee for the
township of Hay and the villages of
Zurich and Hensall, told the boars:
Monday that student council fund
raising efforts are often taking
business from the community.
"South Huron Secondary School
students are soliciting orders for
grapefruits and oranges and I just
can't go along With it," he said. "They
are taking money away from the
businessman who pays taxes to
support education."
Turkheim said one of the students
indicated the council could realize a
$5,000 profit from the sale of
grapefruit and oranges which, he
said, was competition.
'The business should go to the food
stores and it is wrong to let students
compete with them," he claimed.
"They are taking a lot of business
away from the local businessman and
that can hurt the stores."
Goderich and Colborne Township
trustee, Shirley Hazlitt, asked what
the difference was in selling fruit,
candy or chocolate'bars.
"It just isn't fair," Turkheim
retorted., "They are paying for the
students through taxes and then they
get competition from the students."
, Director of Education, John
Cochrane,- said the board policy
dictates that students must give fair
value for money received. And in that
respect, he said, the sale of
grapefruits and oranges is legal.
Hazlitt told trustees that curtailing
student involvement in fund-raising
ventures was not the answer. "We
want them to have initi ive but we
keep eliminating things for them to
do. What's left?"
Turkheim said that distributors talk
student councils into the proposition
and take the money out of the com-
munity. He introduced a motion to
review the policy of selling but it was
defeated by a narrow margin.
Board vice-chairman, John Hen-
derson, said that vending machines
fall into the same category. "The use
of vending machines should stop too
because the money goes outside the
schools to the company involved."
k �
Ax
For the first time in its history, the Clinton Figure Skating Club has given a
gold medal to one of its pupils. Last week-at...a special banquet, Peggy Jones,
right, of Clinton was given the award by test chairman Carole Fox. (James
Fitzgerald photo)
Polls open on Monday
By Jim Fitzgerald
Except for Clinton and McKillop
Township, voters will be going to the
polls on Monday to elect new
municipal governments.
Although not all positions will be
contested in all townships, villages or
towns, electors will still have a
chance to elect some of their
representatives.
And if you have been left off the
voter's list, or don't hold a Canadain.
citizenship, you may still be able to
vote.
However, the first requirement is
that the potential voter be at least 18 -
years -old and has lived i'i'i their
particular municipality, either
renting or owning property before
October 22, the deadline for getting on
the List.
All voters must be Canadian or
British subjects, which includes those
who immigrated here from Com-
monwealth countries such as India,
the West Indies or Australia.
Anxone meeting those
qualifications but whose name 'doesn't
appear on the voter's list can receive
a clerk's certificate at the town of, .�,.
flees in their own municipality. This
can be presented to the deputy
returning officer on election day.
Persons can also apply to vote by
proxy if they will be unable to vote
because of ill health, or will be out of
town on election day, or engaged in
the field of transportation, or are
attending an out-of-town educational
institution.
a