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Clinton News-Record, 1961-09-21, Page 1,Got iftra (Mr 167, DA HAD A LETTlat F,RO'iVI ONE of the happy residents at Hou- renviow this week. and +though she asked that the letter be not for publication, we thought our readers might he interested in her continents So we won't tell her name, just 'a few parts of the leiter: "We gest lovely meals (and I know what a good meal is, for I cooked; for boys for seven years, and far several hospit- al patients), The Doctor, God bless him., is kindness itself, $o is the head nurse. That is what ,the older ones need more than medicine," We hope the writer will 'forgive us for using this section of her letter, but thought the folk working out at Huro view would en- joy a few words of praise .. . * * * THE ANGLICAN CHURCH is distributing anoon-hour prayer which has been issued by the Primate of All Canada, the Most Rev. • Howard H. Clark . , This is how it goes: "Thy Kingdom Come —in my life and in any home; in aur Parish and in the whole Ch- urch; in .Canada and in all the world. Amen," * * * WITH THE FIRST MONTH[ of the sales tax era in Ontario net yet complete ....the Lib- eral iberal leader ,John Win'termeyer has come •up with the promise which his party would do about the tax, if they had a chance .. They would exempt from sales tax, gall items costing .less than $25 ... As he explains, praotically everything would be free of tax, that a house- wife buys from day to day . . It would eliminate the nuis- ance and irritation of the pres- ent tax system ... Of course it would raise only 115 million dollars instead of $150 millions but the Liberal party commends that would be enough, and it would do away with the nuis- ance ... -* * * WE CHA'i i'h11) RECENTLY and for several'enjayable min- utes einutes with Mies Marion Pickett .. , who lives on Queen Street Miss Pickett enjoyed a two weeps' vacation this sum- mer at the new sunnier .camp for blind people, opened this spring at Lake Joseph in the Georgian Bay District . . * * * EVERY OLD . .TIME RESI- dent of Clinton Will remember Miss Pickett when she work- ed for Frank Pennebaker in the IDA drugstore .. She lost her sight only about two years ago, and she has been having the usual difficult time adjusting ... Not only to the blindness, but to the lack of something to do .. . * * * MISS PICKETT WAS PER - waded into the trip by E. F. Wheeler, the district field' sec- retary of CNIB, from London ▪ . Then Mrs, Grant Milis of- fered to go along as a 'guide and the (trip was on .. . A special bus picked them up at Exeter , . . and from there, the vacation was filled with new and exciting things .... * * * BEGUN AS A SPECIAL PL - ace for blind people, the camp is located on an 18 acre site, and 'there is 2,000 feet of sandy beach for safe swimming .. . qualified lifeguards are in 'at- tendance . Living quarters are numbered and lettered in rafted) symbols, ea that the blind people cannot •get lost There are talking books to be used in quarters, but Marion reports they had little One to use them ... She told of lawn bowling, horseshoes,, crafts (such as basket weaving and knitting), shuffleboard and bingo played on braille boards • There was a 'barbecue one night, a 'talent 'night .. en- tertainments.one evening 72 young Jeish folk from a camp of Fine Amts brought ov- er an orchestra , and a choral group There was dancing instruction .. , and church services on Sunday .. . * * * RAMPS ARE USED INSTEAD of steps . there are guard rails to he steer folk about and the cafeteria style meals are served with 'plenty of assistance .* * * MISS PTOKETT REPORTS she had a fine time, is look- ing forward to next year's caret) . , . and says that Mrs. Mills is a fine person 'to ftravei With for such .a project .. Mrs. Mills is reported gas say- ing aying that it was a sti-ttggle fit- ting bads into everyday living, "where people complaitt so much of the trite". (coratinited on page 12) The Week's Weather 1961 1960 - High Low ) tigh Low soot. 14 75 58. 68 38 5' 60 48 74 66 16 63 45 70 48 17 60 42 78 53 18 76 42 67 52 18 74 47 63 20 76 63 67 65 ainw .36 his, Rain! ins. 4,7,73 .ter . ►••,•, �. THE NEW ERAS–'95th YEAR c THE HURON RECQRP--79th YEAR No. 3a.. The Home Paper With the News LINTON, °NTAR(a, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1961 $3.00 Per Year --100 Per Copy -,,4) .Paps Sound National Alert? Alarm Sets Teeth on Edge At Time or World- Crisis .For the benefit of new- comers +t o Clinton, this ex- planation of custom in town should inform 'them, about the fire alarm system. The fire siren is mounted on the (bell tower of the town hall. When the fire alarm number HU 2-3820 is dialled, e call goes into each of sev- eral homes of volunteer firemen. From one of these, information is taken about the 'location of the fire, and then someone in one of (those homes .actually sets off the alarm. Clinton's siren is a strong one, and is startling when first heard. l;t is tested every Saturday afternoon nt 1 o'- clock, in order to make sure it operates properly, The siren goes off 'in a series of 12 blasts, lasting a little over 60 seconds. The Huron County Home (now .known as. Huronview) is protected by the. Clinton Fire Department. A direct line connects the fire alarm boxes at Huronview, and when an alarm comes from there, it sets off a single wait of the siren which lasts over 60 'seconds. Recently there have been one or two false :alarms coming in from Huronview, attributed to some of the residents,. who in curiosity open the alarm boxes, senting off the siren. They mean, no harm: by this, andthe ac- cidental setting off of 'the al- arm (though certainly up- setting to the rest of the population) is an understand able thing, Since the nation is becom- ing more conscious of clanger from ,abroad, and the govern - merit is taking more interest in an emergency measures • A Problem? This is the siren which Sound for Clinton Fire Al- arms. Now it is being con- fused' with the national alert, (NewsRecord Photo Clinton Part of Larger Maitland River Authority Clinton will become a part of the newly enlarged Mait- land Valley Conservation Au- thoeity, as soon as an . order in council can be passed by the Hon. W. M: Nickle, Minister of Commerce and Development. Decision to enlarge the pres- ent .Middle Maitland Authority was reached last Thursday af- ternoon in Wingham, when 18 of a possible 23 municipalities met in that town's town hall. A. L. Barnes, assistant direc- tor of the Conservation Branch., Department of Commerce and Development outlined: the hist- ory of Conservation Authorit- ies in the past, and the work which was attempted. Included in the work is flood control, land 'use, forestry, Area Planning To Come Under Discussion Here First steps are being taken toward some form of commun- ity planning. Acceding to Reeve Melvin Orich, a meeting has been set for Monday, October 2 at 2 o'clock in the after- noon in the council chamber of the town hall. Inviited are Reeves and other officials from the Townships of Hullett, Goderich, Tuckersniith and Stanley, as well as those of Clinton. Present will be a representa- tive of the Community Plann- ing Branch, Department of Municipal Affairs, Toronto and also someone from the Mid- Western Ontario Development Associaition, which has offices in Stratford. wildlife, recreation and parks, as well as historical research into the water resources of the watershed. .. -• • As • M ;Barnes, outlined, •a "Yes" vote of two-thirds of those attending would carry the move. Voting in favour of the enlargement were the towns of Harriston, Palmerston and Wingham and the Town- ships of Arthur, Elma, Grey, Howick, Morris, McKillop, Minter Turnberry, Wallace and East Wawanosh. Voting against the move were the towns of Clinton, Goderich and the Townships of Colborne, Goderich •and Hullett. (All of these are at the mouth of the Maitland River.) Included in the former auth- ority were the towns of Listo- wel, Wingham and Milverton; the villages of Brussels and At- wodd and parts of the Town- ships of Wallace, Elma, Morn. ington, Ellice, Logan, McKillop, Grey, Morris, East Wawanosh and Turnberry. Now the Authority will take in the entire watershed of the Maitland. The enlarged area, alone, affects nearly 40 thous- and people. The meeting at Winghatn was held on petition of Palm - (continued on Page 12) a "Shorty" Andrew Opens B/A Service M. J. Andrew, better known 2s "Shorty" hal commenced operating the British Ameri- can service station on Victoria Street, Highway 4. Mr. And- rew, who recently comes from London, is now living in Clin- ton. He has about 20 years experience in service station business. setup, it has been pointed out that this single blast which warns of fire at Ru. onview may Have ,to be chang- ed. It 'happens that a single blast is also the .signal for "national alert". This can be upsetting to newcomers in the area. Discussion's about what, ste+ltS people in this area can and Should take to prepare for an acenal "national alert" are growing more frequent. Half a Thousand Students At Public School Principal J. A. Gray reported 511 students on the roll at Cl- inton ,Public School in his fon- mai report to the Board Meet- ing eet -ing in the school last Thursday night. This is a reduction of 47 pupils since closing of school at the end of June, The school is operating with one less class -room., owing to the construction and opening of Clinton's first Catholic Sch— ool this fall. However, more pupils were coming in, and he expected another half-dozen; to register this week. During the first week of sch- ool the students were dismissed early on Wednesday to see Premier Frost during his visit, and Friday was a full holiday according to the Premier's. proclamation. Last Friday also, was a holiday, for the Teach- ers Convention in Londkrn. Fees for out -of -•town: pupils will remain the same: $10 foe regular pupils; $15 for kind'er- garten students: This may be revisedat the first of January,% William G. Riehl, chairman of the property committe, re- potted 80 new desks had ar- rived from the firm in Petrolia (continued on page 12) Big Wins In Jackpot Draw It paid Mrs. Cameron Proc- tor, Raglan St- reet, to shop at Pennebaker's IDA drug store. Mrs. Proctor is the lucky winn of a $50 credit note in Tuesday night's Jack- pot draw. Winner of the $15 credit note is Stanley Jackson, also of Cl- inton, who made his lucky purchase at Herb's Food Mar- ket. Both of these credit notes are available at the office of the Clinton News -Record. They can be spent only at News - Record Jaclspat stores. The regular weekly draw for $5 cash was won by Mrs. Wil- liam Farrell, 17 Victoria Street, RCAF Station Clinton. Her fortunate purchase was made at Aiken Bros. Store. Once again the Jackpot is empty, but •the chance to win remains. Draws for $5 will be Made on September 26, Octob- er 3, 10 and 17, with the big draws for $50 and $15 also to take place on October 17. Oheck the advertisements on page four, for the bargains of- fered in the Jackpot stores, Small Car Damaged Badly Squires was driving TEnglish is the little �l;ish model car which Mrs. Harold last Friday morningwhen a collision occurred with a larger vehicle. Mrs. Squires suffered a broken arm, and is in Clinton public Hospital. Her car suffered about $120b. damage. The mall which, Mr. and Mrs. Squires wire about to deliver on Route 4, was picked tip, taken back to the post office • for re -sorting, and eventually reached its desolation, fetes Recorci Photo) Ontario Finals At. Park • This Saturday Clinton could win its .first Ontario Baseball As- sociation championship this Saturday, The Legion - sponsored Juvenile team 'take on Bow - Manville Canadian Tires in the second game of 013A Juvenile "B" .finals at two o'clock. Clinton won the first genie last Sunday af- ternoon 5-2, in Bowman - If a third gerne is necessary it will also be played in Clinton. an a date arranged after Saturday's game, if • the series is tied up. Three carloads of play- ere and . management two sets of parents who trans- ported their own soils, and two carlaadie of young fans', journeyed to Bowmanville on Sunday. Lasit year, while playing ran "C" competition, Doug Andrews' Legion team. was put out of the finals by Walsinghamn. Numerous Cl- inton teams have been On- tario finalists over the years, but never champ- ion's. Bowmanville are de- fending Juvenile "B" On- tario Champions. This would be the ideal year to have a champion- ship in Clinton. Doug An- drews has managed some of ,his present team for Mee years through various classes of minor ball. He wants a •championship .and retire from sports manage- ment. His year as Legion Zone Commander ibegms this' month. Car Accidents Last Week Sent 3hree to Hospital Mrs. "Itarald' Squire; RFi 3, Clinton, suffered a compound fracture of 'the right arm and lacerations to both knees and left elbow last Friday morn- ing, when the 1960 English model car she was driving col- lided with a 1959 American' 4 - door station wagon at the edge of Clinton. Mrs. Squire •and her husband were starting out on their mail courier trip, along Route 4 when the .a'ecident occurred. Mr. Squire escaped with lacer- ations to the left knee, and his face, and was released from 'hospital on Monday, Mrs. Squ- ires is still in Clinton Public Hospital. The second car was driven by William Albert Taylor, 19, 288 Langarth Street West, London, who was proceeding into town. The Taylor car for some reason went into the Tett lane, and the two collided, s!t- 'riking the left front of each. (Continued on Page 12) Council Stands Firm Will consider No Change In Subdivision Agreement Council of the town of Clin- ton, stood firm on Monday night with regard to the pro- posed subdivision agreement into which they are prepared to enter with persons planning to subdivide areas within the tows' limits. To date only one subdivider has undertaken to subdivide and open up an area of the town. L. G. Winter had made several suggestions concerning the agreement he was being asked to sign, with regard to the town accepting a share of the cost of services along the sides of the subdivision, with the idea of the town later collecting this cost from who- ever should latter open up the lands adjacent to the subdivi- sion. A special meeting of the ex- ecutive committee of council met last Tuesday, and d'ecid'ed Varna Postmaster Retires After 42 Years Serving his Country Retired WILLIAM T. McASH has retired from the position of postmaster at Varna, after serving Canada for over 42 yearn. Though his; was the official appoint- ment, Mrs.. McAsh, shown here with him., has done her part in providing good service to the people of the village and rural area. (News -Record Photo) Firmer Permit Controls Promised for Builders Clinton Town Council is tak- ing a firmer hand on the con- trols concerning new buildings within the corporation. Stett- ing October 1, or as soon as. new forms can be obtained from the printers, no permit will be issued to build, until council has authorized it. The new deal includes the fallowing steps: 1. The person planning to build must obtain application forms from the town clerk, John Livermore, at the clerk's office in the rto hall. These are to be completed in tripli- cate. 2. Then the applicant ep- piles to the office of the Public utilities Comn ,lssioh for the proper fonts and information regarding services (hydro, Wat- er and sewerage) available to the Location involved. 3. The applicant takes bath of these forms properly ;filled out, to Flee Inepetter Grant Rath, 51 ntiron Street, for his 'afire Chief.) (Mi+. Rath is also re 4. The application forms are returned to the clerk and th- rough hint they reach .the Geii- eral Gover tineiit coirunittee of two oilmen. 5. The general Bove ntiledr,t cOminittee, if need Is Unto't nay all a speoisl meeting, and Issue the per mit. 6. After appreVal of the &t plication Ss received, Then the toMn clerk is authorized 40 is* sue a permit, and then he cot, leets the fee On the basis of $1 per thousand of estimated cost of -the construction pro'. posed. 7. Then, and only then:, may construction begin. William T. McAsh, who .has been postmaster at Varma for over 42 years, has retired, and will be succeeded by :his son John T. McAsh, who is now act- ting postmaster. This is the third generation of Mash Postmasters in Var- na. Thomas McAsh became postmaster there in 1901. By 1909 William T. McAsh was helping his father at the jab, and when Thomas died in 1915 was ready to succeed him, He served as acting postmaster un- til ntil 191$ and 'then received the appointment officially. There have been many ch- anges through the years. Mr. McAsh recalls when he began working in the store and the post office, they were open fr- om 7 a.m. to 11 pm. six days a week. The Varna store still gives better than average ser- vice to its customers, closing all afternoon and evening Wed- nesday and both Monday and Friday evenings, but they are open the other nights of the week. He notes that there are fewer people living in the. vil- lage although there are more klouses In apprecrattair" '' of' his Tong term of service, Mr. McAsh received a testimonial card sig- ned by the Hon. William Ham- ilton, Postmaster General, at Ottawa, as follows: "On 'the occasion of your retirement form the Postal Service, I de- sire to express to you my ap- preciation of the faithful ser- vice you have rendered to Cn- ad'a during a period of more than 42 years and wish to ex- tend to you my sincere best wishes." Accompanying this testimon- ial was a letter from W. H. Wilton, also of Ottawa, the Deputy Postmaster General, as follows: "The Postmaster Gen- eral, the Honorable William Hamilton, has signed the en- closed Testimonial Card as an expression of appreciation for your service in the Post Office Department during the past 42 years. "In addition to the Testimon- ial Card, which is a formal rec- ognition of your long service with the Department, I would like to add a personal and more informal note to the effect that the Postmaster General and the officer; of the Depart- ment both at Headquarters and in the London District, share my 'personal wish to thank you for your service. "We also want you to khow that we hope you enjoy a long period of retirement with good health." •upon a trip to Toronto to get advice. On Friday Mayor W J, Miller, Reeve Melvin Crich and clerk John Livermore went to Toronto and interviewed of- ficials at the Department of Municipal Affairs. There they were advised that they should net change the agreement from what had been proposed to the subdi"ider. Under this agreement (which must be signed before the sub- division can be registered and be approved by the Minister of Municipal Affairs) the s'.ttrd:v- ider must agree to paying all costs of installing watermains, sewers, roads and storm sew- ers. and to restrict the sub- division to single dwelling st- ructui es. The view taken by the Dc- pcirrnent of.Munieip:il Afi:r.rs, explained Mayor. Miller, is that tn. b;ibdlvider is in the business o' subdividing — that ,s, in developing and selling lots and i!r cane cases homer,. There- fore they deem it unfair that the subdivider should "make money" on lands if the gen- eral public tin this case the other residents of Clinton) be asked to pay for the services to .these - newly developed ar- eas. At a special meeting of coun- cil called for Monday night at 8,30 p.m. (and which opened at 9.30 p.in.) council agreed un- animously to hold to their or- iginal proposed agreement Copies of this subdivision a- greement are available from the clerk's office. This agree- ment is the first to be set up within the town, and will be the general form along, which future such agreements will be made up. As Reeve Crich stated, this agreementis sirdar 40 that set It iru'It'her"""•iownsr folrifiltildee - situations. Deputy Reeve Agnew noted that he felt they should act upon sthe advice they received from the Department of Mun- icipal Affairs, and that "we must take action which in fut- ure will not be considered fool- ish." Later Mr. Agnew made clear that "if it appears that we have been discriminating ag- ainst Mr. Winter, this is not so." 0 Progressing On Plans for More Gov't. Homes While in, Toronto last Fri- day on another matter, Mayor Miller., Reeve Crich and Clerk John Livermore, interviewed officials of the Department of Planning and Development, with regard to obtaining more government subsidised housing for Clinton. September 27 is the date set for a meeting here in Clinton, at which R. B. Bradley, assist- ant director of the Housing' Branch, of the Department, will appear and present the new set-up with regard to houses available and arrangements un- der which they may be erected, Many Things to See at the Pair This is a familiar sight which greets people at Bayfield rail Pair every year. The time to go is next Friday afternoon, starting at about one o'clock, to see all of these good animals in competition, and local people showing them. There will be the usual displays in the arena, entertainment on the grounds and competitions for such important things as the best chocolate cake, the • competitions Y,.. .'. best apple pie, the biggest pumpkin, and all such things expected at, a fall fair, Plan now, not to miss it.(Nauss-Record Photo)