HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-03-21, Page 1linton News-
Tin
Coluilut-774:
ec
Club's. Sob Performer
One of the two members who will present solo
efforts at the Clinton Figure Skating Club's pro-
gram, Tuesday, is Mary Jean. Nellans, Clinton, She
is shown here going through one of the intricate
routines she will present at the local arena.
(News-Record Photo)
Select Young Auburn Area Hiss
For Provincial Cooking Contest
4-H Leaders Nan* New Executive
Obviously pleased aS they look over the finan- Glen Walden, Lucknow; Ted Dunn Bayfield (vice
cial statement for the past year, the executive of President) and Murray Hoover, Brussels. Seated
the Iuron 4-H Leaders Association planned activi. from the laft are Harold 1-lerik'Grantofi, .past presi-
ties for the corning year, Monday, Standing fromdent, Cliff Bray, Brussels, president and Ken 13aker,
the left are: directors Den Dodds, SeafOrth; Andy' DashWood, Sedond vice-president,
Gatmtt Lucitnew: Robert rOtheringharn, Seaforth (Nem-gebord Photo)
Post New Regulations at Hospital
The board of Clinton Public Hospital approved shorter visiting hours and
a stricter control on the number of visitors at their meeting, Tuesday. Times
have been shortened by half an hour for both afternoon 'and evening and only
two visitors per patient will be allowed at one time. Mrs. W. Phinney, R.N.,'
right, superintendent, posts one of the signs, while from the left Mrs. A. Dei-
chert, R.N, and Mrs. D. Dodds, R.N., watch. (News-Record Photo)
Board Approves London Catering Firm
To Run CHSS Careteria Operation
over a slight profit to the board
of education.
South Collegiate, who only,
this year changed to Beaver
from another caterer, reported
the change had been very ad-
vantageous and where they had
been operating at a loss of
between $250-$300 per month,
they were now realizing a slight
monthly profit of $25.
The principal of that school
reported the meals served were
very good and he was happy
to recommend the firm.
"I don't hesitate to recom-
mend them", the principal of
Sir Adam Beck reported. He
explained they offered a varied ,
menu and had a la carte service
for students who brought their
own lunch.
"It was the most satisfactory
of any tried," be reported, "and
we receive a slight profit".
Offer 85 Cent Meal
In explaining the firm's op-
eration, Del Philp, chairman
of the AVC, reported they of-
fered a 35 cent meal to the
students.
The firm hires a supervisor
and trains this person for six-
weeks at the board's expense,
and this person then runs the
operation of the cafeteria, look-
ing after the Cooking, and pur-
chasihg of the food, as well
as keeping the financial rec-
ords.
He reported the firm would
(Continued on Page Eight) 0
Ratepayers Seek
More Assistance
On Costly Drain
be awarded to second and third
national finalists while at the
provincial level all runners-up
will receive $25 cash awards.
Competing against Miss Lutz
in London will be three girls
from Toronto, two from both
Windsor and Ottawa and one
each from Sudbury a n cl St.
Catherines.
Sunday, St. Patrick's Day,
resulted in rather a harrowing
experience for Mr. and Mrs.
Hal Hartley, Clinton, while
they were looking things over
out at their summer cottage.
A usually shallow placid
stream was dammed up with
ice and snow caused by the
spring run-off and Hal was at-
tempting to open it up with a
shovel from the bank.
"Goldie," their golden re-
triever, decided to investigate,
fell in and was sucked ,under
the ice by a terrific current. He
didn't come up, so I-Ial thinking
the water would be waist deep,
plunged in after him.
Here he got a surprise, be-
cause he was up to his neck and
the weight of fur parka and
flight boots was dragging him
down.
It took almost a minute and
Shorten Calling Hours at Hospital,
Permit Two Visitors at One Time
4wy 1.01.41014$ who fail to
take in the display of figure
skating at the Clinton arena,
Tuesday, will be 371iSSing a very
entertaining evening judging
from what we Saw while taking
a few pietUres at their last
rehearsal . The youngsters
have made tremendous strides
(a bit of a pun?) under Miss
Faye Love and some of the pert
little misses who had difficulty
standing when we visited them
early in the aeason, ere new
performing as pros . . The
one-hour show will give all the
youngsters an .opportunity to •
perform in their grOup and solo
efforts . , , And speaking •of
the latter, the two soloists are
well worth watching and with
the cast being able to secure
costumes for the night, the en-
tire show will be extremely
colorful . . Only fault we
could find ,with the plans is
that the 50 cent admission is
ridiculously low for such an
event.
WE DO HAVE one word of
caution for one of the junior
members of the show, and we
trust she will have her mother
make a few alterations to her
slacks before the performance
. . While it may be expected
that the torso gyrations neces-
sary to effectively perform the
hokey-pokey (or buckle-buck or
Whatever. it is) may result in
something giOing away, we
would hate to think this little
miss would become any more .
daring in her mid-rift display
than she was at rehearsal .
Why, it was almost shocking!
. . . Fortunately, our attention
was distracted by the smile of
another member of the cast
who certainly doesn't bother to
hide the fact she has a row of
space where her teeth should
be. No matter how cold the
night may be, we know for a
fact she could warm the cold-
est heart . . After our brief
visit, it remains a mystery why
some of the young Male popula-
tion aren't members of this
club.
WHILE THE fact that the
Christmas tree has been finally
taken down from over, the en-
trance to the town hall may be
a sure sign of spring, there is
further evidence to elevate the
hope that better things (they
couldn't get much worse) are
coming . . Johnny Bezzo drop-
ped into the office last weeke to
report the suckers were running
in the Bayfield River and gave
just proof with the display. of
(Continued on Page Eight
0
Raymond Garon
Clinton Youth
Completes Course
In Drycleaning
Raymond J. Garon, 18, re-
turned to his home in Clinton
this week after completing a
10-week course at the National
Institute of Drycleaning, Silver
Spring, Maryland.
He graduated from the cour-
se, Friday, standing third in
the class of 20 at the 121st
general course.
During his 10 weeks at the
Institute, the youth studied
such subjects as drycleaning,
wetcleaning, spotting, finishing
and the science of chemistry
and textiles applicable to his
industry.
Classes were held five days
a week from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m, and included lectures and
demonstrations plus actual
practical Work on all types of
garments in the Institute's mo-
del commercial drycleaning
Raymond will be associated
With his father, Antone "Red"
Garon, in the Operation of Cl-
inton Laundry and Dry Clean-
ing plant, one of the More than
8,500 members of the National
Institute of Drycleaning.
The Weather
1963 1062
High Low High Low
March 14 26 6 39 31
15 8 5 83 2g
16 40 29 32 25
l't 47 86 8819
1.8 34 17 e 14
10 30 16 et 17
20 33 24 85 32
pain:
Snow: -Snow. 1 in,
A 16-year-old Auburn area
girl, Gloria Jean Lutz, has been
selected as one of the 10 On-
tario girls who will take part
in the Five Roses Young Can-
ada Bake-Offs to be held April
6 in London.
A student at GoderichaDiste
rict Collegiate Institute, she is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
William Lutz, RR 2, Auburn:
The panel of judges, compos-
ed of home economists, selected
the area girl and the nine other
finalists from hundreds of en-
tries.
Judging Was on the basis of
the imagination and general
appeal shown in the girls' fav-
orite recipe submitted to Bake-
Off headquarters.
Gloria Jean's winning recipe
was for Monkey Faces.
In addition all entrants were
called on to answer a six-part
questionaire to establish gen-
eral baking knowledge and
know-how,
The Ontario Bake - Off will
begin Saturday morning, April
6, in the T. Eaton Co. store,
London. The girls will be called
on to bake their own recipe
Plus a qualifying recipe select-
ed by the Bake-Off committee.
The Ontario winner will be
known by late Saturday after-
noon and be presented with an
inscribed trophy declaring her
"Provincial Homebaking Ch-
ampion of 1963", a $100 Canada
Savings Bond and luggage for
the trip to Toronto for the
Dominion finals on April 27.
The national champion sel-
ected in Toronto will become
the "Young Canada Homebak-
ing Champion of 198" and re-
ceive a $1,500 educational grant
or a $1,000 Canada Savings
Bond,
Trophy As Well
She will also be given a sil-
ver rose bowl trophy for per-
manent possession.
Canada Savings Bonds in the
amounts of $200 and $100 will
Daring Thieves
Get Merchandise
In Two Outings
Thieves netted an estimated
$400 Worth of merchandise in
two weekend robberies hi Henn
sail and Zurich.
At the Zurich Office of the
Hensall District Co-operative,
they gained entry by forcing
one of the doors in the front
of the balding
They made off With a poWer
saw, several electric drills, four
tires, sack knives and a rifle,
all vatted at $250.
013P Constable George Mit-
chell, Exeter, is investigating.
At Herisall, thieves brOke in,
to the A, Spencer and Son Plan-
ing Mill on Riehmencl street
by fortin& one of the rear
doers.
Articles estimated at $145
included an electrie drill, skill
saw, sabre saw, Set of sockets.
Chief Of Police E, It. Davis,
HonSall, assisted 'by Constable
Mitchell, investigated.
Effective immediately, the
visiting hours at Clinton Pub,,
be Hospital have been short-
ened and the staff ,have been
authorized to strictly control
the number of visitors allowed
Patients.
The board took the action at
their meeting, Monday, at the
request of Mrs. W, R. Phinney,
hospital superintendent, who.
noted the vast improvement hi
working conditions when the
hospital was recently closed to
visitors clue to the incidence
of :flu in the area,
Visiting hours will be out
from two to one and a half
hours in both the afternoon
and evening,
Patients will now be alloW-
ed visitors only from 2,30 to
4.00 p.m. and 7.00 to 8.30 pan.
"It will be better for the sake
of the patients," Mrs. Phinney
Pointed out, noting that Visit-
ors also hamper the work of
the nurses.
She noted that with the 'prev-
ious visiting hours up .to 9.00
p.m., it was sometimes 1100
p.m. before the nurses were able
to get patients settled• down
for the night.
"This is too late," she re-
ported.
The board also complied with
her request to limit the number
of visitors at any one time dur-
ing visiting hours to tWo per
patient. •
In the maternity ward, only
the husband and mother or
mother-in-law will be permit-
ted.
On questioning, Mrs. Phinney
noted that the local doctors
were in agreement with her
suggestions.
Council representative, Don
Symons, asked if the restric-
tions would be placed on the
nursery Section as well foe the
children who are patienls, ara'
was told that they would.
a half to locate the dog under
water and Hal's wife, Erma,
plunged in because she thought
Hal was being swept away.
It was no easy task to grab
the almost unconscious clog
while fighting the current and
get him out on the bank. The
local couple had a job getting
themselves out and back across
the stream at its lower level.
They had to walk a third of
a mile to their car and drive 10
miles to get thawed out at
home.
Hal noted the "luck of the
Irish" was with them this day,
because they could have all
been easily drowned under the
ice.
After the unusually .severe
winter, his timely advice to
everyone is, "beware of streams
and the lake as the ice breaks
Up this spring."
"We have less problem with
the children when the parents
stay away," Mrs. Phinney coin.
merited,
H. C. Lawson, chairman, not-
ed that many large hospitals
attempted to discourage par-
ents from visiting their child-
ren,
Mrs. Phinney went on to ex-
plain that when children are
taken to the Sick Children's
Hospital in Toronto to have
their tonsils removed, the par-
ents were instructed to have
them there by 7.00 a.m., and
after leaving them at the main
entrance, were told to come
back the next morning at 7.00
a.m. and pick up their child.
The superintendent noted it
may take some time before area
residents would be indoctrinat-
ed into the new regulations.
Frank Falconer
Chosen Head
Of Spring Show
At the monthly directors
meeting of Central Huron Agri-
cultural Society, Monday even-
ing, Frank Falconer, RR 5,
Clinton, was appointed presi-
dent. He replaces Mervyn Lobb,
whose resignation was tendered
by letter to the meeting. Lobb
was appointed president at the
annual meeting in February.
Veteran showman and past
president of the Spring Fair
board, Bill Dale, RR 1, Clinton,
presided for the election of of-
ficers to fill the vice-president
posts. Mr. Falconer had been
first vice-president; Harry Wat-
kins was moved up to first
vice, and. David Middleton, one
of the younger directors, who
has bee,n on the board for some
years was appointed third vice-
president. All other offices re-
main the same as appointed at
the annual meeting.
The spring show will definit-
ely be held on Saturday, June 1.
An effort is being made to
have W, A. Stewart, minister
of agriculture for Ontario, to
officially open the fair and be
guest speaker.
The new president and direct-
or Bill Gerrits reported a good
response to collection of dona-
tions towards the prize money.
It was left with the chairmen
of each livestock class to ob-
(continued on page eight)
It appears as though Clinton
council are going to be among
the last persons notified of the
findings of the recent investi-
gation of their three-man police
While the regulation that a
patient may have only two vis-
itors at a time has been on the
books of the board for same
time, it has never been strictly
enforced, and councillor Sy-
mons questioned who would .en-
force it now.
Mrs. Phinney explained that
the nursing staff could possibly
In a move that one member
said would "take a lot of
worry off a lot of people's
minds", the CHSS board gave
approval last week for a Lon-
don food service firm to op-
erate the school cafeteria next
year.
The final decision will be left
to the Advisory Vocational
Committee and if they approve.,
the firm will be engaged.
Known as the Beaver Food
force.
Although a statement issued
on the investigation has been
widely circulated through rad-
io, TV and newspaper reports,
look after the duties or some-
one in the office could control
it.
She suggested a desk could
be set up and two cards would
be assigned to each patient and
would be given to visitors as
they arrived at the hospital.
Subsequent visitors would
have to wait until the cards
Service Associates, the firm is
presently operating the cafe-
terias at several London sch-
ools and received very good
recommendations from three
principals contacted.
"We are well satisfied and
they respond to all our re-
quests," the principal of Clarke
Road noted. He reported the
firm had been operating in that
school for the past three years
and had been able to turn
Mayor W. J. Miller stated he
had received no report what-
ever from the Ontario Police
Commission.
Speaking in Toronto, Mon-
clay, Judge Bruce Macdonald,
Windsor, said the investigation
had been completed and a sat-
isfactory settlement reached.
He did not divulge the nat-
ure of the probe nor the settle-
ment.
He noted only that the probe,
requested by town council at
the beginning of the year, was
called over personnel problems.
"A satisfactory settlement
has been reached", he was quot-
ed as saying, "and we don't ex-
pect any further investigation
in the matter."
Judge Macdonald said "it had
nothing whatever to do with
dishonesty, incompetence, Cor-
ruption or anything along that
line."
He Said it was strictly a
"personnel problem".
Provincial police Inspector,
Vernon Whitely, visited Clinton
two weeks ago to Conduct the
investigation and submitted his
report to Judge Macdonald late
last week.
A newspaper report noted
that judge Macdonald said
town council reached a decision
on the matter about the Same
time the inspector's report was
being prepared.
When questioned in regard to
this statement by Judge Mac-
donald, Mayor Miller said he
did not wish to be quoted 'on
what it meant.
He told the News-Record
that he first heard of the re-
port on the Wingham radio ate-
-Wilt, Monday,
"I only know what I've heard
and read in the paper," he corn.
Monte&
Miller stated he may have
an oppbrtunity to talk to judge
(Continued on Page rive)
were returned to the desk be-
fore they would be permitted
to visit the patient,
It was noted that the time
spent by one of the staff mem-
bers in this duty would he more
than made up in the time sav-
ed by the nurses on the floor.
An opinion was also expres-
(Continued on Page Eights
-Following the request from
the parties involved, Goderich
Township council agreed at a
special Meeting, Monday, to re-
fer plans back to the engineer
on the Wise Municipal Drain.
The persons present noted
that thug Was more land in the
Clinton area that drained into
the land being served by the
proposed drain and suggested:
the engineer, James Howes,
LiStowel, investigate this fact,
The drain has been estimated
at a cost of $5,250 and the
parties involved are: Roy Tyn-
dall,. Alvin and Glen Wise, El-
mer Trick, Miss Fraser, County
of Huron, Goderich Township
and the Canadian National Rail-
way,
It has been reported that the
engineer agreet that there is'
More land owners Who could be
aaseSsed„ but estimates the add..
(Continued on Page Eight)
Couple !lopes Harrowing Experience
Will Serve As Warning For Others
Toronto Reports Indicate
Police Given Clean Bill ?
THE NEW .ERA —97th YEAR
THE HURQN RgcQRD —834 YEAR
No. 12--The Home Paper With t ews CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSPA)(,...MARCH: 21, 1904
$4,00 Per Year.--10 Cents Per copy—F/RST SECTION,Po9e4 1 to 8