HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-02-21, Page 1a portrait of Kin Founder Hal
Rodgers, on behalf of the past
presidents of the club. '
Frank Cook presided over a
short business meeting and the
club passed a motion to pro-
ceed with their annual Stanley
Cup hockey draw.
A challenge was accepted for
a broomball game between the
club and the RCAF Corporals'
Club to be held in March. A
hockey game with the Goderich
Kinsmen club will be held on
February 29.
A formal initiation ceremony
was conducted by Bob Braith-
wait for eight new Kinsmen:
Joe Atkinson, Larry Jones,
Glenn McCreary, Lorne Mc-
Carty, Ken McIntosh and Steve
Brown, all of Clinton, and
Davidson Pollock and Gary
Storey, Wingham.
Art Collins, Mervyn Roe and
Jim Lait completed the initia-
tion program, putting the new
members through several amus-
ing situations.
WOMEN TEACHERS
TO MEET HERE
The Clinton unit of FWTAO
will meet on Tuesday, February
26 at 8:00 p.m. in Clinton Pub-
lic School. Program and lunch
are in the charge of Miss
Edythe Beacom and Mrs. C.
Groves, Please try to attend.
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Huron Liberals Prepare For Election
At a meeting in Clinton, Wednesday, an enthusiastic Liberal nominating
convention picked Gord McGavin, centre, Walton, as their choice to contest
the area riding. He is shown here with some of the area supporters and
guests at the meeting. They are, from the left, Antoine "Red" Garon, Clinton;
Hugh Hawkins, Clinton, past president of the Western Ontario Liberal Associa-
tion; McGavin; Jack Roxborough, guest speaker, Norfolk Liberal MP and E.
Beecher Menzies, Clinton, president of the Huron Liberals Provincial Assoc-
iation. (News-Record Photo)
Hospital Wing Ready Next Month,
Annual Report Shows Slight Deficit
Over 350 enthusiastic Liberals
braved treacherous driving con-
ditions, Wednesday, and select-
ed Gord McGavin, a Walton im-
plement dealer, as their choice
to contest the Huron riding in
the April 5 federal election.
Nominated along with Andy
McLean, a former MP from
Seaforth, and Ross Tuckey, an
Exeter soft drink distributor,
McGavin was the only one who
let his name stand for the pos-
ition. ,
A former Canadian champion
plowman, McGavin said he was
surprised that he won the choice
without a fight.
In thanking the audience for
the support, he reported, "I'm
not afraid of herd work, I'm
used to it."
He called on his supporters
to fight a "clean" election cam-
paign and not offend "our con-
servative friends."
"All we want is 55 percent of
the votes," he added.
He pointed out that little
could be gained from "knocking
the opposition", but urged the
supporters to get out "and sell
your product,"
"We have a good product,"
he stated.
He noted that the Liberal
leader, Hon. Lester B. Pearson,
"may not be a politician, but he
is a statesman, and is trusted
throughout the world."
"This is what we need," Mc-
Gavin reported.
He pointed out that while
on a trip to Cuba in 1956, he
heard the people talking about
a "promising leader" who would
lead them out of their problems.
"We have a promising polit-
ician at the head of the gov-
ernment today," McGavin ch-
arged "and he could promise
us into trouble like Castro has,"
Active Plowman
The 57-year-old implement
dealer has been active in Inter=
national plowing for a number
of years and won his plowing,
title in 1926.
He served as director on the
Ontario Plowmen's Association
from 1938 to 1963 and was pre-
sident of that group from 1941
to 1946.
A member of the Seaforth
District High School board for
15 years, McGavin was instru-
mental in getting the Interna-
tional Plowing Match at Port
Albert in 1946 and has aided
the Grand Bend Chamber of
Commerce in getting Huron as
the site for the 1966 event.
He has been manager of two
trips taken by Ontario plowmen
to Germany and across Canada
and the United States and has
won trips to Cuba and Europe
for his sales work in his busi-
ness.
He has travelled in 14 dif-
ferent countries, 22 of the !Jett-
ed States and eight Canadian
provinces.
Predict Party Win
Several guest speakers at the
convention predicted a win for
the Liberals in the federal elec-
tion and David Greenspan, an
organizer for the party, said
that if an election was held to-
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0
Former Resident
Seeks PC Nod
At Nickel Belt
A former Clinton man, Rob-
ert Riehl, 31, is one of five
men who has indicated he will
allow his name to stand for the
Progressive Conservative nom-
ination in the federal riding in
the Sudbury area, known as
the Nickel Belt riding.
The son of Mrs. George
Riehl, 24 North street, the
candidate was educated in Clin-
ton before moving to Capreol,
where he lives with his wife
and their two sons and two
daughters.
Both Riehl and his wife have
been active in politics since
moving into the area and he
served as campaign manager
for the Progressive Conserva-
tives in the last federal elec-
tion.
The nomination meeting will
be held later this week. The
seat in the riding has been held
for many years by the Liberals.
Council Finally Purchases New Truck,
Learn They Can't Prohibit Auction
SPAlw'*14:004,0,t.
Honor Former CHSS Board Secretary
Harold Lawson, who served as secretary4reasurer of the CI-ISS board for
over 20 years, was honored at the annual teacher-board banquet, TueSday,
and was presented with two- pieces of luggage and a small remittance, Mrs.
Lawson was presented with a bouquet Of roses for her work in aiding her
husband, hOwn above making the presentation are, from the left, Jelin Lay's,
board chairman; lVIr, and Mrs. Lawson; Xen McRae, Who ,Made the present&
tion address and 11 S. Cochrane, CHSS principal. etvs-gecord Photo),,.,,
The Deputy Governor of
Zone B, Bob Braithwait, paid
his official visit to the Clinton
Kinsmen regular meeting at
Hotel Clinton on Tuesday even-
ing.
Other guests included the
president of the Wingham club,
Matt Boyd and several memb-
ers of that club,
After an enjoyable supper,
the Deputy Governor gave a
timely talk on "fellowship and
Kin origin".
Past president, Clarence Den-
omme, presented the club with
Predict Late Rush
As Licence Sale
Moves Slowly
With the March 13 deadline
for the renewal of passenger
vehicle licence plates and driv-
ers' permits fast approaching,
Lloyd Butler reports that only
25 percent of Clinton area resi-
dents have renewed to date.
"It's been pretty slow," he
reported Wednesday, "and we
are looking for the usual long
lineups."
He reported his staff became
accustomed to the long lineups
on the last few days before
the deadline and pointed out
that the people who complain
about having to wait are those
who wait until the last minute
every year.
"They say they'll never do
that again," Butler reported,
"but you can look forward to
seeing them on the last days
again."
He reported that about 2,800
car plates are issued through
the local office, :while another
1,000 are issued for trucks and
trailers and dual-purpose vehic-
les.
Between 5,000 and 6,000 driv-
ers' permits are also issued an-
nually,
Butler reported the lineups
at the office may be further
lengthened this year due to the
fact that truck licences do not
go on sale until March 1. and
owners have only until the end
of the Month in which to pur-
chase them,
Throughout Ontario, only 35
percent of owners have pur-
chased their 1.963 plates and
Transport Minister James Auld,
has issued a plea for them to
do so at once and avoid the
inconvenience of waiting hi line
later,
The Weather
1963 1962
High Low High Low
Pub, 14 19 14 29 22
15 13 27 19
16 15 .12 31 21
17 30 14 28 11
lff 39 1S 1.5 4
19 39 19 83 13
20 83 24 24 '6
SnoW t SneW.: 6"
He explained the bad wea-
ther had been the reason for
the delay and work had almost
reached a standstill in Janu-
ary, when only three inch were
Working on the structure,
However, in a progress re-
port requested Weekly by the
board it was noted the num-
ber of men had been increased
to six in the first week 'of
February and it Was close to 25
in the second week.
The report showed 3(1 percent
of the windows had been in-
Stalled and much of the don-
Clinton Credit Union
Names Torn Steep
Thomas Steep, who hat been
chairman of the dredit corninit,
tee since the beginning Of the
Clinton Credit 'Union, hat been
appointed to fill the vacancy;
caused by the death of Vie AO
(diredhar) Until the nekt annual
Ov—er 70 "good-will ambassa-
dors" from Clinton returned
home Sunday from a success-
ful weekend trip to Dearborn,
Michigan, where they had lit,
tie trouble in mixing business
with pleasure.
The pleasure came easy for
the contingent of bantam and
midget hockey players and
their followers as they received
a warm welcome from their
friendly counterparts in Dear-
born.
The weekend was full, of acti-
vities which included receptions
for many in Dearborn homes
and a Saturday evening dance
at a local branch of the Americ-
an Legion.
However, the highlight of the
trip was sitting in on the
action - packed Boston Detroit
game on Saturday and it was
here they found little difficulty
in executing their "business" of
advertising Clinton.
Before the game commenced,
the public address announcer
welcomed the Clinton group to
the game between the two NHL
clubs.
The Clinton brigade received
another added ,surprise when'
they opened up their official
Detroit Red Wing programs
and found mention of theme
selves in two places.
One full page of reading
material was devoted to their
trip under a heading "Inter-
national Goodwill". The second
mention was found on another
page in a column entitled, "Be-
Clinton Folk Enjoy Dearborn Trip,
Receive Royal Treatment, Publicity
Zbe
Goof) NEWS for people of
this area who may be inter-
ested in enrolling for a Dale
Carnegie "effective speaking"
course: in all probability the
Course will be held here in Clin-
ton. this spring and early sum-
mer.
lleeNSMRN peetlle of Clinton
e few years ago sponsored a
successful course,. with instruct-
or Jim Auger from London, ma,
king friends and inspiring con-
fidence, has again undertaken
to sponsor the Dale Carnegie'
course here. Mr. Auger will
again be the instructor.
A DEMONSTRATION night
was held in Goderich last Thur.-
sclay, and response was great-
er from this area than from the
Lakeshore -town. The result is
that a FREE demonstration
night is being held on both
Thursday and Friday, March 7
and 8, and anyone interested
can attend either night.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
contact anyone on the Kinsmen
executive, or telephone HU 2-
7011, HU 2-7064 or HU 2-941L * * *
RCAF CLINTON will again
be the site for a major sport-
ing event this weekend, in fact
it will host two big attractions,
On -Saturday morning at 10:00
the Thunderbolts will tackle a
team from St. Jeans, Quebec, in
the first game of a two-game
series for the semi-finals of the
Eastern Canadian RCAF hock-
ey championship. The second
game will get underway at 8:00
p.m. the same evening.
ALSO ON SATURDAY, the
station will host the annual
Training Command badminton
tournament and teams from
Moose Jaw, Gimli, Winnipeg,
Centralia, St. Jeans, Portage
La Prairie, Camp Borden and
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tween the Lines".
The story on the trip was
recorded in the program as
followe:.
It is said that "one good pie-
-Wm is worth a thousand.
words."
If this is true, it would prob-
ably take a thousand pictures
to adequately describe the bliss-
ful hockey marriage currently
being enjoyed by youthful and
adult "rink rats" in Dearborn,.
Mich., and Clinton, Ontario.
(Continued on page 12)
o
Speedy Action
Thwarts Attempt
By Car Thieves
Alfred Edward Magee came
up with a daring manouever,
Thursday, to thwart an at-
tempted car theft in Clinton,
But Magee had something at
stake, as the object in the pro-
cess of being stolen was his
1958 Dodge.
The RCAF Clinton airman,
who lives in Adastral Park, was
shopping in Clayt Dixon's Auto
Supply shortly before 11:00 a.m.
when Dixon noticed his cus-
tomer's car being driven up
the street by another person.
After he had drawn Magee's
attention to this, the latter
raced out the door and manag-
ed to catch his 'car as it was
proceeding north on Albert
Street.
He managed to run along side
and jumped in, and the youth-
ful driver then jumped out and
raced to another Car, driven by
an accomplice, who had parked
at Dory's Supertest.
The two then raced south
in their 1959 Plymouth.
At the same time the in-
formation of the attempted
theft was being relayed to the
local police force and members
of the Goderich OPP, who
were in town. The latter receiv-
ed word from their Mount For-
est headquarters that the 1959
Plymouth had been stolen from
Exeter and. was being sought
by police there.
The police lost the two young
men in their attempts to ap-
prehend them, but the car was
found later abandoned on a
back street in Exeter.
Magee reported to police that
the youth who had attempted
to steal his car was between the
age of 19 and 21.
Flower Group
Plan Meeting
The Clinton Citizens' Horti-
cultural Society will hold its
annual meeting in the council
chamber, Wednesday, Febru-
ary 27 at 8 p.m,
The guest speaker will be
the Rev, H. A. Funge, Londes-
boro, who will give a demon-
stration of flower arranging.
There will also be slides shown
by C. H. Epps.
This should be a most inter-
esting and entertaining even-
ing, and a large attendance is
hoped for. Admission is free
and there will be a door prize.
for requesting changes.
Campbell reported the con-
tractors were behind schedule
for completing the building, but
it is expected they will gain
occupancy in the first half of
the month of March and the
hospital will be completed on
June 1.
This has forced the board to
cancel their original intentions
of holding their opening on May
1, and as yet it has not been
rescheduled, although it will
have to be held after the June
1 date.
"It is close to being complet-
ed," Campbell reported, "and
all phases are well advanced."
He added that the new furni-
ture has been delivered, the
Former Secretary
Honored At Fete
Board, Teachers
H. C. Lawson, secretary-trea-
surer of the Clinton District
Collegiate board for over 20
years, was presented with a set
of luggage and a "small remit-
tance" at the annual banquet
for the school staff and board,
Tuesday.
Held in the Legion Hall, the
presentation was made by Ken
McRae, a member of the board,
who said he took pride in being
able to sit on the board with
Lawson.
"If be had a motto," McRae
said of Lawson, "it would be:
education—not agitation,"
He paid tribute.to Lawson for
the work he has done in the
past for the community and the
school board.
McRae explained that Law-
son had only one fault, and
that was his poor penmanship,
"It is even: worse than mine,"
McRae added, "because I can
read my own:"
However', he pointed out
Lawson's poor penmanship had
not hindered him from being p.
good secretary.
Tribute was also paid to. Mrs,
Lawson, who hat assisted her
husband in the work, and she
was presented with a bouquet
of roses.
McRae noted that Lawson
had never followed the prac-
tice of "let George do it".
"He let Marg do it," he jok-
ingly noted
Prior to the presentation,
board ehairrhan, John Lavisc in-
troduced each member of the
board to the teaching staff and
other school ernployees, And
principal ix J. Cochrane In
turn introduced his staff to the
board Members.
A dance was held tO Complete
the evening
drapes and hardware are being
installed, the painting is com-
plete and the new heating
plant and.. incinerator have
been installed.
The property chairman re-
ported few renovations had
been made to the old section
of the hospital in the past year
as repairs and maintenance
have been kept to a minimum.
He said a concentrated clean-
up would be Carried on to the
exterior of the hospital in the
spring and the land-scaping
would be completed.
"Upon completion the hospi-
tal will be quite an asset to
Clinton and a credit to the
board members who have seen
it through," he noted,-
Reports Busy Year
Mrs, W. R. Phinney, hospital
superintendent, reported 1962
had been "very busy", but also
reported it was "very gratify-
ing".
"We are certainly looking for-
ward to the new facilities," she
added.
Her report showed a total of
1,407 admissions in the year, 75
more than the previous year.
Births were up 15 to 299 and
all other departMents were up
as well.
At total of 482 operations
had been performed, 457 had
been treated in the emergency
section and x-rays were receiv-
ed by 2,194 persons.
Laboratory units had increas-
ed by 3,000 from 1962, due to
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The board of Central Huron
Secondary School were inform-
ed. Wednesday the new addition
would be ready for occupancy
by September 1, but at the
same time they learned the
school would probably be filled
With students as well.
After making slow progress
due to adverse weather condi-
tions and a small staff of work-
men, the contractor, Lavern
Asmussen, Kitchener, advised
the school would be "easily pos-
sible" to complete by the
deadline.
The board had expressed
Concerti in the past Over the
lack of progress being made
and it was estimated the work
Wag over five weeks behind
sehedttle.
"We regret any difficulties in
the lag of construction," As-
Musser' stated in a letter, "and
we Will gain full tricitnentUrn
bilni6r1Infolti
Town solicitor, Beecher Men-
zies, informed council at a
special meeting, Monday, there
was no way the operators of
the periodic auction sale at the
Legion Hall could be prohibited
from carrying on such an
enterprise.
The legal advice was sought
by council after deputy-reeve,
John Sutter, had complained
that the auction sales were
taking business away from
local businessmen.
Menzies noted in a letter to
council they could regulate
trades or businesses in Clinton,
but "any regulatory restrictions
cannot amount to. prohibition."
However, Sutter was still not
satisfied and pointed out there
was a way in which the auc-
tions could be stopped.
He reported that similar
operations had been "kicked
out" of Woodbridge and Union-
ville.
Clerk john Livermore said he
felt the council would have to
prove the firm was misrepre-
senting the good they were sel-
ling before they could be pro-
hibited.
Although he said he would
not like to see it done, council-
lor George Rumball said the
council could put some pressure
on the Legion to have the sales
excluded from their premises. .
"We do give them (the
Legion) concessions," he noted.
Mayor Miller, pointing to the
letter from the lawyer said,
"there is the advice, it's up to
council what you want to do
about it".
"There's nothing we can do
but accept it," councillor Allan
Elliot stated.
Purchase Truck ,
During the meeting, council
met ,with two local automotive
dealers to discuss the specifica-
tions each had submitted on the
four-ton truck council decided
to purchase.
After meeting with the two
they decided to award the tend-
er to Joe Murphy, for a tender
price of $5,775 total price, in-
cluding trade-in on old truck.
Crete and brick -work was be-
ing completed,
A new building supervisor has
been appointed and an engineer
will be assigned to the work.
Asniussen has alto promised
that the board will have access
to the various shops by. May 1,
to the machines and equipment
can be moved in and installed.
Add New Shop
The board also approved the
addition of a new sheet metal
and welding 'shop that had not
been included in the original
plans...
ro. Philp, Phrrx.13„ chair-
man of the advisory board, re-
ported most of the other school
board inenibers on his board
felt the welding shop would be
nedessary.
He pointed out it probably
Would have been requested in
one or two years anyWay and
at that tithe It would hot 1)6
Excluding board members,
only three interested ladies
were on hand for the annual
meeting of the Clinton Public
Hospital held in the council
chambers, Monday.
Major report of interest con-
cerned the progress on the new
addition at the hospital and it
was reported by Bob Campbell,'
chairman of the property com-
mittee, that the board had re-
ceived approval for five or six
extra beds in the structure.
The original plans called for
a 56-bed unit when completed,
but by making changes in the
original plan, the hospital will
have a total of 60 or 61 beds
when completed.
The Ontario Hospital Servic-
es Commission had asked the
board to delete two semi-priv-
ate rooms, but they finally
agreed to allow the rooms to
remain.
In return, the board made
minor changes in the plans and
have agreed to set aside eight
beds for the chronically ill.
"We were trying to add and
not delete," Campbell stated in
explaining the board's reason
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CHSS Predict 1200 Registrations,
Contractor Gains "Full Momentum"
Liberals Pin Hopes on Walton Man,
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