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Wednesday, May 25, 1983
1 18th year
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By Shelley McPhee
Clinton's third annual Klompen Feest
was a great success, and by the initial
survey, it appears that the Dutch heritage
celebration will be held again in 1984.
This year was the make or break
decision for Klompen Feest, but good
weather and excellent crowds will be
helping committee members in their
decision to determine whether the two-day
festival will continue. They will be meeting
later this week to tally up the profits and
losses and to decide the future of the
celebration.
While overcast skies threatened the May
20 and 21 celebration, Klompen Feest '83
was not a repeat of last year's soggy event.
Warm weather and sunny skies shone on
Klompen Feest '83 and attracted
thousands of people to Clinton.
At least 15,000 people lined the streets of
downtown Clinton on Saturday afternoon
to watch more than 80 entries in the
Klompen Feest parade.
The crowds moved to the Clinton
Community Park later in the afternoon
and filled the grandstand for the three-
hour program of song and dance. It is
estimated at 4,300 purchased admission
tickets for the afternoon entertainment.
Rounds of applause and vocal en-
thusiasm clearly showed that the
highlights of the program were Huron -
Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell's welcoming
speech, in Dutch, and the exuberant. high
eest, a reat success
stepping dance routines of the Ukranian
Dance Group from London.
Enthusiasm and fun had the crowds
singing, dancing and clapping the entire
afternoon, to the lively sound of The
Dykehoppers Band from London and five
dance groups that participated in the
program.
Klompen Feest guests also saw saw
wooden shoes being made. They pur-
chased traditional Dutch crafts and books,
and ate a variety of foods at booths set up
in the park. A favorite eating spot was the
fish market, with smoked eel and pickled
herring and the luncheon booth were
hundreds and hundreds of freshly made
oliebollen, croquettes and bitterballen
were sold.
In the late afternoon, some 1,200 adults
and children sat down to a monster
chicken barbecue prepared by the Kinburn
Foresters.
As well 371 booklets of tickets for a KLM
Airlines trip for two to Holland were sold.
The lucky winner was Herman Van
Baaren of RR 1, Clinton.
The Feest got underway Friday night
with an entertainment program and dance
in the Clinton Arena. Along with the
popular performances by the Klompen
Feest Singers, the New Cana 'an Club
Junior Dancers from Blyth and the
Goldentones band from Kitchener, the
program featured music from the Hallett
Central and Holmesville Public School
June 2 will !pack
hospital op
On June 2 at 1500 Hours, the Clinton
Public Hospital will mark another
milestone in its 75 year history.
The new Out Patient, Admitting and
Emergency Department will be officially
opened and dedicated in a public
ceremony at 3 p.m.
Dr. Allan E. Dyer, Ontario's Deputy
Minister of Health will be the special guest
speaker at the opening. Other special
guests will be Huron -Bruce MP Murray
Cardiff, Huron-Midesex MPP Jack
Riddell and the Ontario Hospital Auxiliary
President Marjorie Gunton.
Leen Rehorst, the hospital Board of
Govenors Chairman, will preside at the
opening and the dedication of the new wing
will be made by Rev. Jim Bechtel of
Clinton's Wesley -Willis United Church.
Mr. Rehorst, Dr. Dyer, along with Fund
Raising Chairman Steve Cooke, Hospital
Administrator Doug Coventry and Chieff of
Staff Dr. William Harrett will unveil the
official plaque and a special key ceremony
will be made by Jo •,efflinghaus, of
Refflinghaus Construction to Brian
Garrett of Kyles, Kyles and Garrett
Architects and ;:;ill Hearn, Chairman of
the Property Committee.
Other guests will include Huron Warden
and Goderich Towns 'p Reeve Grant
Stirling, Clinton Mayor Chester Archibald,
Blyth Reeve' Tom Cronin, Bayfield Reeve
Dave Johnstone, Tuckersmith Reeve Bob
Bell, Stanley eeve Paul Steckle,
McKillop Reeve Marie Hicknell and
Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham. These
officials will represent the many com-
munities served by the Clinton Public
Hospital.
Prior to the opening ceremony, open
house and tours will be given through the
new wing from 2 until p.m. Refreshments
will be served after the opening ceremony.
1 hr- fi.h n.arkrt nt Klnmp.•n arc.1 featured (R%orit.' (hutch treats. Along with am..kerl rr-I people
rnio‘.d pickled hrrring..•atrn the traditional (hitch .+a% 0,/10.1141".% Vierher photo,
Band, the Laketown Band from Goderich,
and the excellent dancing of Shannon
Preszcator's Step Dancers from
Holmesville.
Friday also saw a spectacular afternoon
site when Clinton Mayor Chester
Archibald and hundreds of school children
sent off balloons to signal the start of
Klompen Feest.
Local children also took part in a
morning kite flying contest. Winners in the
commercial class were: kindergarten,
Eric Renkema, Clinton District Christian
School (CDCS).
Primary, Grades 1-3: first, Terry
Greidanus, CDCS; 2nd, Danny Van Bakel,
St. Joseph's Separate School; 3rd, Debbie
McLean, St. Joseph's; 4th, Stacy Hicks,
Clinton Public School (CPS) ; 5th, Jodie
Castle, CPS.
Juniors, Grades 4-6: first, Eddy Bezzo,
CPS; 2nd, Trevor Schilthuis, CDCS; 3rd,
Steven Vandendool, CDCS; 4th, Ronnie
Wammes, St. Joseph's; 5th, Ben
Greidanus, St. Joseph's.
Intermediate, Grades 7 and 8: first, Mel
Vanderwaal, CDCS; 2nd, Mike Verhoef,
CDCS; 3rd, Shawn Gautreau, St. Joseph's;
4th, Karen Uyl, CDCS.
In the homemade kite category winners
in the junior section were: first, Larnbath
Phongsa, St. Joseph's; 2nd, Ling -to
Phannavang, St. Joseph's; 3rd, Manisay
Visouvath, St. Joseph's; 3rd, Tanya
Thompson, CDCS.
Intermediate winners were: first,
Sisoumang-Phonphiboun, St. Joseph's;
2nd, Lee Tran, CDCS; 3rd, Yvonne Parker,
St. Joseph's.
Judges for the contest were Rev. G.
Simmons, John Anstett Sr., and Paul
Wheeler.
A crowd also enioyed the early morning
sun on Saturday morning when the Clinton
School On Wheels No. 15089 was officially
opened. Eugene Bradley was on hand to
add a Dutch flavor to the opening with his
accordian music. Special guests included
Clinton Mayor Chester Archibald, Huron's
new Education Director Bob Allan, MPP
Jack Riddell and author Elizabeth
W illmot-Kettlewell.
Saturday morning saw the official o 1... wing of the Clinton School On Wheels 15089. Guest
dignitaries at the special event included Clinton Mayor Chester Arc alai, Huron -
Middlesex MPP Jack Riddell, new Haaron Education Director Bob Allan and author
Elizabeth Wilimot-Kettlewell. (Shelley McPhee photo)
Hluewater head sb, tisfied
with Pay -TV 5 % response
By Rod Hilts
"Pay -TV has been no gold mine to us,
we're only supporting Canadian broadcast
ventures. We would have been further
ahead to introduce it in the fall and go for
the good market." The comments of
Bluewater Cable Director Don Stinson
reflect on the "mediocre" response to Pay-
Bluewater Cable subscribers.
TV by
According to Mr. Stinson five per cent of
Bluewater Cable's estimated 225
customers have subscribed to Pay -TV.
Despite the relatively low subscription
number Mr. Stinson is satisfied with the
response.
"We weren't looking for a 50 per cent
response. Five per cent is very
reasonable," Mr. Stinson said.
Bluewater cable hooked up to Pay -TV on
March 7. Mr. Stinson said the cost to
initially equip the cable company with
Pay -TV was "very signifant." He says
Bluewater Cable was responsible for all
the capital casts.
On July 1, cable and Pay -TV subscribers
will be taking it on the chin as the federal
government will be imposing a six -per-
cent tax on monthly fees for cable
television and Pay -TV service. That will
raise the monthly charge for Pay -TV from
=17.06 to $18.08. Presently there is a charge
of $10 for the connection and a $25 deposit
on the equipment installed, on top of the
monthly rate.
The tax imposition means the cost. per
Pay -TV channel will rise from 52 cents a
month to 60 cents.
"I disagree with the tax- The customer is
getting nothing extra for the added federal
tax," said Mr. Stinson.
Mr. Stinson feels that the tax should
have been imposed on the U.S. satellite
stations instead of Canadian Pay -TV.
"It would have made more sense to tax
them. It would benefit the subscribers.
They would be getting more channels for
their money," he said.
When Bluewater Cable first introduced
Pay -TV, First Choice was the most
popular channel because it offered the
Playboy channel- Now, Mr. Stinson says
the number of subscribers to Super
Channel and First Choice "have averaged
out to be about the same."
The controversy surrounding the
ing of Playboy movies on First Choice
arently died down.
Mr. Stinson the media
boy channel, blowing
sho
TV has ap
According to
"hyped up" the Play
its content out of proportion
"The program ig,definitely for
it isn't any worse than some of the
movies on Pay -TV," he said.
Bluewater Cable carries only Super
Channel and First Choice. Mr. Stinson felt
there wasn't a market for the cultural C
Channel.
Mr. Stinson compares the First Choice
channel to the former Home Box office
station that the company used to carry. He
says in his opinion Super Channel and
Showtime are also similar.
in the fall Mr. Stinson expects Pay -TV
subscriptions to rise as high as 10 per cent.
"The fall is tradionally the better time
for TV subscriptions. We expect a
reasonable market at that time-"
adults but
ther
Clinton's Julie Verbeek and Jane Guse were two of the thousands of children and adults
who joined in the Klompen Feest fun on May 20 and 21. More than 15,000 took part in the
third annual Feest. (Shelley McPhee photo)
Permits trawls in 1983
uilding boo
his Tuckersmith
By Wilma Oke
Building permits issued in Tuckersmith
Township in the first four months of 1983
have more than tripled compared to the
same time last year.
So far 26 permits valued at $563, I have
been approved while last year at this time
o! .y eight pewits valued at 419,000 had
been issued. The 26 permits this year in-
clude seven houses estimated to cost
$426, :!f, farm buildings at $78,111i and
renovation valued at
In other business at the council session
Tuesday night the township's municipal in-
surance policies were reviewed with Tom
Smith, a representative from the Frank
Cowan Company Limited and its local
agent, Don Eaton of Seaforth Insurance.
The premium this year will cost the
township $11,937 which is $1,,r'I less than
1'!1
last year's.
Lengthy discussions were held on the
engineer's reports on two municipal
drainage reports — The Veenstra and the
Archibald. Both reports indicated the
drains are to be cleaned and improved
with the work estimated to cost $30,51'1 for
e,a0 drain. Court of Revision on each
'`dVailn'will be held at the June 21 council
meeting.
Attending the four-hour council session
were Engineer Henry Centen and two
ratepayers affected by the Archibald
Drain — Harry Arts and !mails Maloney
and Councillor rian Campbell of
McKillop Township representing the
ratepayers in 's township involved with
the Archibald drain.
Council spent the last hour of the
meeting in committee -of -the -whole.
ooklet will recount
God'rich Township
's
150 year history
The committee planning the 150th an-
niversary celebration for Goderich
Township (to take place in 19._.) has com-,
rnissioned the preparation of a history
book for the township.
This booklet will be ready for sale in
November 19 prior to the actual celebra-
tions. To plan this project an executive
committee consisting of Alice Porter (524-
7004), Jean Lobb (382-7580), and Alison
Lobb (^^;1:2-7167) has been organized.
They have prepared a proposed outline
and are now looking for people interested
in working with them. Many residents
have old school photos and scenes depic-
ting farming as it used to be.
The committee has already received
postcards dated 1906 with the postmarks
Summerhill, Holmesville, and Porter's
Hill post offices. The interesting scenes on
these cards are what make them truly
fascinating - King Street West,
Londesborough at the turn of the century,
and Springbank Park, London as commit-
tee members have never seen it!
This is the kind of material they hope to
find - along with school records, diaries
from the early days, letters and family
histories. They also want a list of century
farms AND century families, and are hop-
ing to compile a list of those who fought in
the various wars - especially those who
Paid the supreme sacrifice.
The proposed outline includes the fol-
lowing sections and the names following
are the chairmen of the particular sec-
tions: Historical migration influences,
Jean iobb and Esther Ross; early days
in Goderich Township, Alison Lobb and
Phyllis Thompson; municipal history.
R.E. Thompson; settlements and com-
munities, Phyllis Cox; churches, Alice
Porter and Hazel McCreath; cemeteries -
including pioneer sites, Alison Lobb;
schools and education, Marion and Marg
Powell; agriculture and commercial
developments, Walter McIlwains, Wayne
Tebhutts and Sandra Orr; transportation
and communications, Barb Betties, Isabel,
Hams and R.E. Thompson; organizations
and lodges, Hazel McCreath and Alice
Porter; landmarks and "What's ; in a
Name" Everett Mcllwain; the War
Years, John Deeves; recreation facilities
and sports, Gord Stock; and Thru the
Years, executive committee and Sandra
Orr.
This group hopes that anyone having in-
formation or materials they feel would be
of interest to a section ( particularly
photos) would contact the appropriate
chairman. Your participation will help
make this a worthwhile achievement. !
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