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112th Year SEAFORTH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1971 --16 Pages
Murray Gaunt, M.P.P. for
Huron Bruce, joined with Hon.
George A. Kerr, Minister of the
Environment, to announce the
approval of a provincial grant of
$3,150,00 to the Maitland Valley
Conservation Authority for the
Pioneer Conservation Area.
The Conservation Area com-
prises a small area of flood plain
land on the Little Maitland River
in Bluevale.
Development work Is to be
carried out in the upstream area
• and will include installation of
erosion control Structures, esta-
,blishment of vegetative cover and
provision of parking control bar-
riers.
Member municipalities will
bear the Authority's share of the
cost.
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A 30 year presence in Huron
came to an end Tuesday afternoon
as the Canadian Forces ensign
was lowered for.the last time at
CFB Clinton.
At one' time,. during the war
years, one of four major defense
bases 'in Huron County, the
Clinton Station was slated for
'closing nearly two years ago.
Major F. A. Golding, base
commander, was in charge of
the short ceremony .
Crown Assets put the base
up for sale en bloc Monday. It
consists of 258 acres of land on
which stand 159 buildings con-
taining 217 housing units and a
Rabies Al
High Level .
Across Huron
Announces
Park Grant
Canadian Forces Base Clinton Board Appoint
Ends 30 Year Activity In Huron Head for New
HuronProgram
John Oldfield, lot 5, concession 2, HRS Tuckersmith,
received quite a surprise when two of his registered Ayrshire
cows produced twin calves a week apart. Both cows had the
same sire. Shown above with the four healthy calves are
in order to• maintain essential
services and security. The five-
man military detail consists of
the mnjor, M/WO Ross toutts
of Seaforth; Sgt John Lawson, a
native of England; Sgt. Joseph
On Tuckersmith Farm
Dianne Oldfield, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oldfield and Bonnie
McLean, her cousin, the- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross
McLean. Three of the calves are female. (Staff Photo)
Schools Open As
Board Members and teachers
Resolve Long Salary. Dispute
residents in the area actually
knew what had been happening at
the Clinton airbase.
Mr. Tyndall was promised and
was provided with a job, when he
sold his farm. That promise was
well kept - for he retired only
six years ago, as 'an employee in
the Construction andEngineering
Section. However, in the very
beginning he was employed by the
Pigott Construction Co. from May
1941 to September the same year.
Many days the men worked 16
hours a day levelling the farm,
building roads and "each day we
figured on starting a new building
and there were' close to 40 build-
-ingse .in- the original contract",,
he said. The first building was
the old guard house, located at
the former entrance off No. 4
highway. More property was
bought from Mervyn Hanley and
the now deceased Joe C rich.
The first radar equipment
arrived in Clinton in mid-July,
1941, from England. The staff
was predominantly RAF, but
-during the initial days of the
Battle of Britain, when Britain's
need for trained technicians in
the field was so great, oddly
enough, the first trainees to go
on course were men of the United
States. Navy and Marine Corps.
The influential U.S. news
magazine, "Time" reported In
August, 1945: "From Clinton,
Ontario (pop. 2,000) came a sig-
nificant story of international co-
operation. In four years, 2,325
Americans (and 6,500 Canadians)
have been graduated from
Clinton's Royal Canadian Air
Force Radar and Communi-
cations School. The U.S. students,
most of them university men,
thought so highly of the school
that It tater became the model
for U.S. training Centres."
In 1944, the station was re-
named No. 1 Radar and Commu-
nications School and came under
the RCAF for all purpOses. Seven
years later, it was reorganized
and accommodated No. 1 Radar
and Communications School and
No. 1 Air Radio Officer School
as separate units within the sta-
tion establishment. Later ,the
base became the home for the
School of Food Services in 1954
and, in the early 1960's, the
Schbol of Instructional Tech-
nique.
With the integration of "the
army, navy and the airforce, the
station became known as the
Canadian Armed Forces Base,
(Continued on Page 65
Attend Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kling
were in Toronto last week to
attend a dinner and other cere-
monies In connectio n with the
induction of Cooney Wieland into
tire Hockey Hall of Fam e.
Mr. Wieland, well-known
Egmondville native, retired earl-
ier this year after a long career
.in professional and amateur
hockey. For a number of years
he had been coach at Harvard
University.
With but 1.2 days remaining
before schools were scheduled
to open the protracted diffeS
ences between Huron County
Board of Education and second-
ary school teachers were
resolved Wednesday when a two
year agreement was ratified.
The vote was 175 in favor
and six opposed to the con-
tract, which covers 269 tea?,h-
ers at five schools and goes
into effect next month.
A two year contract which
provides improved fringe bene-
fits and 6.9 per cent salary
increases in the first year was
A total of nearly $23,500
had been realized when Auction-
e.eT „B,ruc_e. Bothwell knocked
down the last of seven McKillop
Township schools Saturday after-
noon.
Three of the schools, and con-
tents had been sold the preceding
Saturday,. the 'balance last week.
Attendance on Saturday as the
auctioneer moved from school to
school continued high indicating
wide interest in the properties -
the last one room schools owned
by Huron Board of Education.
Mr. and Mrs. William Kelly,
of R.R.1-, Stayner, each bought a
school and lot Saturday. Mr.
Kelly • paid $3,900 for S.S.
school lated on a half-acre lot
on Concession 3. The school'
was built In 1926.
Mrs. Kelly purchased S.S„8
school, known as the Manley
school ' and built in 1920, for
$5,000. The building is on Con-
cession 10 with one acre of land.
ReV. Arthur R. Looby,C.S.13:,
of St.. Michael's College School,
Toronto, celebrated a 'solemn
Mass of Thanksgiving on the
occasion of his Silver Sacerdotal
Jubilee at his native parish, St.
Patrick's Roman Catholic
church, Dublin, on Saturday ,at
2 p.m., August 28.
Concelebrants- were—
Father Harry Feeney,C,R., Kit-
chener, Fr. Murray Bannon,
C.S.B., Fr. George Silvester,
C.S.B„ Fr. Matt Mulcaly,C,S.B.
and Fr. Thomas McGillis,C.S.B,
Fr. John Stapleton, C.S.B.,
all of Toronto.
The homily was delivered by
Rev. Charles Armstrong, C.S.B.,
Assumption University, Windsor,
while William McCarthy, of the
Aquinas Institute, Rochester;
N.Y., was cantor. Pastor of the
church, Rev, Gordon Dill, ex-
tended a welcome to those pres-
ent for the occasion.
Soloist was Frank Sills, Sea-
forth, who was accompanied by
Mrs, John Nagle, the churc h
organist. The choir was directed
by Bans Vonk-.7 A guard of hopour
was present from the 4th Degree,
Knights of Columbus, Msgr. D,
J. Egan, 'General Assembly.
Fifteen nieces and nephews of
Fr. Looby participated at the
service. Prayers of Invocation
were read by Maureen Looby;
lectors were Jaynie Looby and
Pauline Goettler, while the gift
bearers were Mary Jo Looby,
Cynthia Looby, Marion Looby,
Helene Looby, Martha Looby, and
Laurel Looby. Altar boys were
Stephen Goettler, Mark Looby,
Arthur Looby and Louis Looby.
Guests were ushered by -Tommy
Goettler and Donald Loohy.
After Mass, dinner and a
social evening was held at the
Chambel- of Commerce Commun-
ity Hall, Brodhagen, with William
McCarthy as Master of C eremon-
les. Guests were received by his
mother, Mrs. A. M. Looby and his
signed Thursday.
The salaries, which go into
effect Wednesday, will raise the
payroll for 1971-72 to
$3,187,132, an increase of
$201,100 over 1970-71.
Contracts were signed last
month between the board and
category 1, 2 and 3 elementary
teachers providing increases of
6.4 per cent. Teachers in the
degree categories of '4, 5, 6
and 7 will receive salar les cor-
responding with categories 1,..
2, 3 and 4 of the secondary
teachers' grid.
The elementary payroll in the
A Scarborough resident,
Stanley Collier plans to con-
yeri $_a, school _Into_ a sun-
tner home. The building, built
in 1907, went for $3,650.
.S. S. 10 school, known as
Winthrop's, was bought for
$725 by Kenneth Beattie of
R.R. 4, Walton. The school
was built in 1907 on Conces-
sion 9.
All of the buildings are
brick and, have drilled wells, oil
furnaces and electricity.
Merton Keyes of R.R. 3, Sea-
fortl, who purchased two bells
during the earlier auctions, went
home Saturday with a third bought
for $115 from S.S. 10 school.
Other bells, were purchased
by former McKillop. Township
reeve Kenneth Stewart of R. R.
5, Seaforth 'who paid $190 for
the S.S. 4 school bell; Bud Chan-
ney, Auburn, $126 for the S.S,7
bell; and Mervin Dietz, Dublin,
$190 for the S.S. 8 bell.
family of four brothers and three
sisters - Joseph, Clayton, Clar-
ence, Louis and Mrs. George
(Ally) Goettler, all of Dublin,
Mrs. R. 'J. (Loreen) Curran,
Ottawa and Mrs. C, A. (Muriel)
Trott, Clinton.
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next year will be $2,798,834, an
increase of $168,500 over 1970-
71.
With the settlement of the
salary dispute with teachers,
announcement was made that the
salary scale for the director of
education and the five superin-
tendents had been increased by
$2,000, the first change in the
scafe since 1969.
The director's pay has been
raised to $29,000. Superinten-
dent's scale will be $23,000.
These amounts represent
increases of approximately 7.5
and 9.5 per cent.
Other administrative salaries
with previous salaries in
brackets are: chief accountant
$14,500 (13,500); plant superin-
tendent $12,000 ($11,000); pur-
chasing agent $9,500 ($9,000).
tinder the agreement ap-
proved Wednesday, starting sal-
aries in th four categories of
teachers are' unchanged.
."---F-01104ng g re_the- new..19-71-
1972 salarieS for teachers with'
one aid 12 years' experience
with the old contract figures
in brackets: category 1 $7,500
($7,400),$12,100 ($11,400)1 cate-
gory 2, $7,800 ($7,700), $12,700
($12,000); category 3, $8,700
($8,600), $14,500 ($13,700); cate-
gory 4, $4,200 ($9,100), $15,500
($14,700).
A new salary schedule for
principals and vice-principals
has been agreed on. Principals
of schools with more than 500
students will receive from
$19,500 to $22,000. Principals of
schools with less than 500 stud-
ents will receike $19,000 to
$21,500.
Salaries for vice principals
will range from $17,500 to
$19,000.
Annual increments for prin-
cipals and vice-principals will
.be $500.
There was, no previous sal-
ary schedule for principan' but
two were receittirig• $19,750.and
the three others $20,750.
The contract also provides
that the board will pay 58 per
cent of fringe benefits for
teachers in the first year and
66 2/3 per cent in the second.
Fringe benefits include Ont-
ario Hospital Service Correnis-
sion and Ontario Health Ser-
vices Insurance plan (OBSIP)
and group insurance premiums.
(Continued on Page 3)
Qomino
Dueentollisit
Seaforth Fair
Miss Dominion of Canada will
officiate when Seaforth's -126th
fall fair is opened Thursday even-
ing, September 16.
Lana Drouillard of Windsor,
a 21 year old teacher and pro-
fessional model, won the title .
while representing her city in
the Miss Dominion of Canada
Beauty Pageant.
Miss Drouilland in addition
to opening the fair, will be present
On 'the second day to crown the
Queen of the Fair. Already a
number of contestants are await-
ing the event, Art Bblton, who-is
in charge of the competition, said,
and other, contestants are ex-
pected. The competition is a
new feature this year.
Plans for the fair are well
advanced according to agricul-
tural society president Earl Dick.
(Continued on page 3)
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(By Muriel Trott) . the requirements for adequate
With the lowering of the flag power facilities, reasonable
at 4:30 Tuesday afternoon at the proximity to good sources of
Canadian Forces Base, Clinton, supplieS, transportation and a 15-room school. There are 83 the last official duty will have not-tooeprominent location. This
•other buildings .described .as been carried out. OnSeptember 1 • was the initial No. 31 Radio School
miscellaneous, but which consistthe Base will be placed in the • (RAF) and one of its outstanding
administratibuilding hands of the Crown Assets CorpO- characteristics was secrecy. It
room school
(officeA a drill hall, a 125- _ration - it Will be entirely was not until four years later -
, closed as a defence department and-the -war was over-- Mat the
workshops, two chapels, a full- unit. sized skating rink, a curling Norman Tyndall,, who now rink, both with artificial ice, a lives retired on Huron Street,
recreation centre with bowling Clinton, has seen both the be-
alleys and two open air swim ginning - - - and the end. For pbols, a fire station, a hospital, it was from him that the federal a hangar and sundry other ser-
vices,
government in 1941 purchased
100 acres of lush farmland in Major Golding said there will Tuckersmith two and one half
be 'about '35 persons at the base miles south of Clinton main Inter- until the properties are sold section, for what was later to
'become the first • radar training
school on the North American
continent.
Mr. Tyndall visited the base
On the eve of its closure where
he reminisced with Major Frank
Golding, a, Seafprth native, who
was destined to be the last Base
Commander of CFB Clinton. In
the spring of 1941, Mr. Tyndall
recalls - - when Hitler was at
war with Europe,- - many planes
• Confirmed cases of rabies in were heard flying over the Clinton
animals continued at a relatively area, which caused much inquisi-
high level in Huron during the 12- tiveness. 'One day during this
month period ending March 31, time, the Tyndalls had visitors -
1971, according to Dr. W. J. when a staff car from Trenton,
Thompson, D.V.M., Sub-District belonging to H.Q. No. 1 Training
Veterinarian., Canada--Depart- Command, RCAF brought W/C
ment of Agriculture, Health of Adrian Cocks, from the RAF Eng-
Animals Branch, of Seaforth. land and a Works Directorate
Total confirmed cases involving Staff Officer from the Command.
both domestic and wild animals They asked questions - but gave
were 33 for the 12-month period., no information - merely said that
Undetected cases of rabies in they were driving; around".
animals in an endemic area usu- Two days later two Canadian
ally far exceed the confirmed government officials approached
incidents. Mr. Tyndall with an offer to pur-
Dr. Thompson said that during chase his property. He' was in
(Continued on Page 5) tg -throes of plowing a field in
April to plant corn. He was told
that he might as well take his
plough up - for he wouldn't be
requiring it any further. Within
48 hours, the site was surveyed
and the contract let for the
training school that was to come.
Within three weeks, the Tyndalls
had moved into Clinton.
The particular location of the
Tyndall farm had been arrived at
only after a team- of experts
searched for a suitable site -
for what was later to become the
cradle of radar on this donti-
fent, and one of the most im-
portant stations in the Canadian
Services,
In the quest fora place remote
from the actual battles in which
thousands of men could be safely
trained in the new science (radio
direction finding, or radar),, It
was found that the cliffs on the
Lake Huron shore and their sur-
rounding terrain closely re-
sembled those over which the
aerial armadas fought above
south east England - the White
Cliffs of Dover. The area met
MacDonald, of, Prince Edward
Island; and Cpl. Russ Phillips
of British Columbia.
Lowering of the flags, said Huron County Board of Edu-
Major Golding, signifies the of- cation's new special program
ficial closing a° the base. for emotionally and mentally dis-
turbed children will be headed
by a Brantford psychologist.
Base Had Wartime Start merly the E. Carter, 49, for-
Brant County. board
William
of education psychologist, will
direct a staff of nine therapists,
councillors and consultants •
.Mr. Carter says the pcoject-
is geared to help an estimated
400 children in the county's
five secondary and 27 elementary
schools. These Children have dis-
turbances ranging from poor
motivation and behavior prob-
lemS, to learning disabilities
caused by minimal brain damage.
_Until_ eloW __the re_Itave -been- -
no organized facilities to as-
sist disturbed children.
The board of education does
provide full and half-time classes
for trainable retarded persons,
opportunity pupils, occupational
students, and those needing rem-
edial train ing in reading and
mathematics.
In addition, last ?ear about
75 students received speech
therapy from one instructor in
three half-d4 classes each week.
Mr. Carter will be assisted
by Mrs. Sandra Orr, a Goderich
psychometrist.
Other members of the spe-
cial education program staff are:
Arthur H, Henwood,, Oshawa; a
reading consultant; Mrs. Bessie
1-1;oad, Toronto, Mrs. Verna Kane,
Goderich, Mrs. Parriella Scotch-
man, Exeter, itinerait speech
consultants; and itinerant rem -
edial consultants, , Mrs. Ida
Kayes, Parkhill, Mrs. Beryl
Nicholson, Seaforth and Miss
Shirley No:pan, Clinton.
Proceeds Exceed $23,000-
As McKillop Schools ..-Sold
Mass of Thanksgiving
Marks Sacredotal Jubilee
Rev, Gordon Dill (right), pastor' of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dublin,
congratulates Rev. A. R. Looby, C.S.B., St. Michael's College School, Toronto and
his mother, Mrs. A. M. Looby, Dublin, on the occasion of Father Looby's Silver Jubilee
of his ordination 'to' the Priesthood. (Photo by Wassman)
In the lower picture members of Dean Egan Fourth Degree Assembly of the Knights
of Columbus enter St. Patrick's Church prior to the jubilee service. (Staff Photo)