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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-07-18, Page 1'Mon THE NEW' ERA,97th YEAR THE HyRON .RECQRP--,51# 'YEAR Na. 29—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO,. THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1963 $4.00 Per Year—A0 cents Per Copy,12 Pape* WARNING: Watch Your Eyes No matter what percent of the totality of the eclipse, there it a ,very grave danger in watching it without sub- stantial eye protection. The danger comes from the fact that With the moon blotting out most of the sun, people are able to look directly into the latter. However, the infra-red rays are still in exis- tence and 'these are able to burn through the eye ball and damage the delicate tissue of the retina. Children are especially in danger of eye'damage and area parents should take caution to make sure their young- sters do not look into the'sun. After every eclipse there are thousands of cages of severe damage to the eyes, and some cases of blindness, from careless gazing. There is no warning pain as the radiation passes through the viewer's dilated pupil and is focused ante the centre of the retina, evert when it burns a hole in this implaceable screen. Slight damage to this part of the retina causes incur- able blurring of vision, The Royal Astrenornidal Society advises people, not to look at the sun under any circumstances without tonic pro- tectiori few the eyes, or not to look at the sitn for pro- longed periods, even with protective devices. Sunglasses are NOT suitable for looking direetly at the Sun and even welder's goggles end smoked glass are net approved by some expertt. Several layers of heavily exposed camera filar are advited, but even better, the wiser wateher will do so With hit back to the sun This can be'dotie by punching a hole with a Sharp pin or pdncil in a sheet of cardboard (which serves as a primitive dennere) and observing the thoein't progress ott another sheet Of white Card a few feet aWay. The safest plan of all: stay indoors and watch the eOlipse on TV, Military Honours For Popular Airman Full military honours were paid to Flight Sergeant Frank Burns, who was buried in Clinton, Saturday. The escort and attending parties were com- posed of airmen from RCAF Station Clinton for the popular sports enthusiast and member of the CUSS board. The pallbearers were Warrant Officer C. G. Parker, ,F/S A. M. McKenzie, R. W. Bush and I. L. Fehr and Sgt. J. C. R. Powers and V. R. Whittingham. (RCAF Photo) CHSS May Take Outside Students —But Only IF Courses Are Not Full By virtue of a recount pre- sided over by Judge Frank Fingland, approval has been given for a men's beverage lic- ence for Hensall, which was recorded as defeated following the vote two weeks ago. The recount gave the vote for a men's room one-tenth of a percentage point above the 60 percent required for ap- proval. However, the women's bev- erage room vote,. ,although, raised, didn't make it. It stands at 59.2. Judge Fingland allowed all the ticked ballots'which had been rejected, in the original count. Some others marked, but not with an "x", were also allowed. The recount 'established the vote for men's beverage room at 263 "yes" and 174 "no". In the original vote, the voters approved cocktail loun- ges and liquor with meals and these were not retained, Owner of the New Commerc- ial Hotel at Hensall, Maurice Tudor, naturally was pleased with the result and said he felt the hotel would once'more be- come a centre of community activity. • The hotel owner indicated it would probably be six months before the hotel would be ser- ving beer and liquor, providing regulations are met. ,Won't Seek Vote Plans for another liquor vote (Continued on Page 12) Beer Drinkers Win at Hensall And Goderich Prominent Clergy Visit Several I S Architect Promi.ses Schogil Completion, Pispels.FOri of CHSS: Board Members wasn't until lest weekend that . we realized. they also contribute Area. Anglican pulpits will be occupied by eminent world a bit more to our society and leaders of the Anglican Corn-in fact are an integral part of munaan on August 4 it was an- part economy, While spending flounced bY Archdeacon Carm-part of the weekend in the ea J. Queen, Auron Diocesan 13racebridge area we decided a Commissioner and chairman of bit of fishing in the blue was- Commissioner speakers' bureau for the ers of Lake Muskoka would be a - Anglican congress, in order and we hustled into The visitors will be among town to purchase some dew the delegates to meetings held worms, due to the fact we in London from July 30 to came to the conclusion we August 10, in advance of the would have to go clear to Anglican Congress taking place China to find any in the sun- in Toronto, August 13 to 23. baked ground, • At St. Paul's Anglican Chur- ALTHOUGH paying two aa, Clinton, the Most Rev. A. cents each for the slimy, slith- H. O'Neil, M.A., D.D., Metro- ering things shows how infla- politan of the Ecclesiastical tion is taking over the nation, Province of Canada will be the we were rather surprised when guest. we had to add another two Rt. Rev. J. W. A. Howe, M.A. cents tax onto our purchase ei Bishop of St. Andrew's, for the benefit of Mr. John Ecotland, will preach at Trinity Roberts and his crew at Toron- Anglican Church, Blyth. to . . . It was perhaps the At Goderich, Rt. Rev. R, 0. fact that the fish ate most of Hall, B.A, Bishop of Hong the worms, without us manag- Kong and Macaa, will be the ing to catch any of them at it, guest, while at Exeter, Rev. A. that adds to our annoyance,J. Dath, Federal' Secretary, but we can't figure out what Church Mission Society, Aus- line of reasoning there is be- tralia, will occupy the pulpit. hind charging tax on dew worms . . However, we sup- pose they could hardly be con- sidered staple food, and it is a little shocking to realize that fish worms probably contribute as much to the government coffers as a great many of our readers put together , Hard- ly makes one feel worthwhile, does it? fish family, and fieharinell the world over spend countless heurs. digging Wee in search of ,them ,er .glee chase them around lawns during the even- ing hours when they emerge Anaocan hitit from their cavities. in the deep.. zftt sitot COttintng;77, TfO IV X.4. .ParthWerne has always enjoyed a rather high .status atn,ong the crawls ing creatures, due to the fact it is considered a rather tatty. morsel by Most members of the to cavort , . However, it AND SPEAKING of spend- ing a weekend at the cottage (as we were), a local insurance man dropped in on Monday and during the conversation re- marked how hard he had been working at his summer cottage . . In fact, he noted that it was relaxing to get back to work on Monday morning af- ter a tough, weekend of cutting grass, fixing his water line, (Continued on Page 12) Council Approves Building Permits After Bickering The intermittent feud be- tween councillor George Rum- ball and councillors Allan El- liot and George Wonch broke out again last Monday and brought some biting comments from each side. The debate started after a motion for building.permits Made by Elliot and seconded by , Wonch had been. read by Deputy-reeve John Sutter. Rumball asked "the mover and the seconder" to give him the lOcation of one of the new houses for which they had been willing to approve a building permit. When neither was able to answer the query, Mamba pointed out that if they didn't know where the house was lo- cated they shouldn't be approv- ing something they knew noth- ing about. "I wonder why we sign mot- ions when we know nothing about it," Rumball added. Elliot admitted he had per- haps signed the motion in er- ror, but noted that it wasn't officially passed until it bad been approved by the majority of council members present. During the discussion Elliot asked Rumball if he had his chalk in his pocket, apparently taking a dig at Rumball's re- fusal to loan Blliot a piece of chalk to write on the black- board at an earlier meeting when the three men entered a heated debate on the budget presented by Rumball and soundly criticised by the other two. "It's nice to be so pure," Wonch announced in criticism of Rumball's charges and then asked the mayor to have hit name deleted from the motion. Elliot then asked that hit harne- be deleted from the Mot- ion as well, However; Mayor Miller noted that the building permits ep- Peared to be in order due to the fa.et they had been Signed by eouneillor Den Symons, airman of the general govern- (Continued bn page seven) The Weather 1963 1962 Aith Low high Low jtily 82 61 83 60 12 78 55 80 62 13 88 51 rt 49 14 /6 60 80 5/ 15 68 62 74 43 16 /2 66 83 40 17 80 56 80 53 Itaint 1 in, litani hone • $80,000 and the campaign will be continued . Hire Receptionist The board approved the rec- ommendation of the staff com- mittee that Mrs. Vic Roy be hired as a receptionist to gov- ern the new system for visi- tors. Mrs. Roy will be in charge of admitting visitors to ensure that the regulation that only two at a time are present with a patient at any one time. This work was previously done by members of the nurs- ing staff, but the board felt the nurses should .not be spending their time at this task. She assumed her new duties on Wednesday. There were 12 (Continued on Page 12) Given fair weather, area resi- dents will be able to join oth- ers across Canada in observing the eclipse of the sun this Sat- urday afternoon. The most spectacular featur- es—the corona and tongues of flaming gas leaping from the sun's surface—can be seen only in a 60-mile-wide belt of total- ity, but the partial eclipse will be visible in 'all parts of Canada, The percentage of totality in this area will be approximate- ly 85 percent and will occur around 4;30 p.m. However, the entire phenomena will take ab- out two hours for completion. The total eclipse will pass over 3,000 miles of Canada from Snag, in the Yukon Terra. tOry, to Three Rivers, Quebec, in one and a half hairs. If the total eclipse is com- plete in the 100 seconds it hap- pens bn the narrow route, and if the weather is clear, start will become visible, day will turn into night and the sun will become a black spot With a glitteting halo surrounding it. What area residents Will view if the weather is clear is tent- ed pentuaibra, or partial shad- ow, which Will be visible over most of North. America. *.4.rorii a scientific point of view, the 'last Canadian eclipse --in 1954—Was a letdown. A chartered train took the World's astronomers 10 ItTattide, tiny community iin flee:that. Onthrio, but it Was to no avail as the weather was overcast and dreary throughout the eelipSe. a. rears of some members of the CHSS board that the. $ch- 001 would not be completed for' oPeniag in September were dis- pelled on Friday when it was learned that all but two areas in the a1,500,000 addition would be ready for occupancy, Melville Boyce, a, 'representa- -tive of Page and Steele, Arch- itects, met with representatives Of the board and the building contractors On Friday to give a Progress report, Dal-Philp, chairman of the Advisory Vocational Commit- tee, and one of the members to express concern with the building progress at Wednes- day's CHSS board meeting, termed the architects report as "very encouraging". Boyce and Lavern Asmussen, the building contractor, report- ed that only the girls' occupa- tional room and the new gym- nasium would not be ready for use on September 3. However, they added that both these areas- would be ready "shortly 'after" school opening. The cafeteria. has been prom- ised for use by August 26, as will the class rooms on the second floor. Classrooms on the first floor are expected to be completed by August 9. The majority of the shops are now ready for the numer- ous pieces of machinery to be installed and these have also been promised for completion by August 26. Attending the meeting and tour through the school on Friday with the architect and contracting representa- Welcome Rain Revives' 'Crops Throughout Area A steady rain throughout the area on, Sunday brought relief for parched crops and averted what was turning into a costly drought in many parts of, On- tario. The crop report issued by the local office of the department of agriculture this week, term- ed the rains "most beneficial to all crops", Some fall wheat is expected to be swathed during the week and spring barley is changing colour quickly. 0 Principal Pleased With Passing Record 'At CHSS Principal D. J. Cochrane told the CHSS board on Wednesday that the results of examinations and promotions at the school this year had been "quite res- pectable". His figures showed that 87.25 percent of the grade nine stud- ents had been promoted to grade .10 courses and 72.28 per- cent of the grade 10 students had been recommended for their intermediate certificates. In grade 11, 91.08 percent of the papers written had receiv- ed a passing mark, while the figure was 90.71 percent for the grade 12 papers written. The principal explaihed that the percentage of papers passed was recorded in the two upper grades due to the fact some students were permitted to carry subjects in two different grades and it was difficult to assess if some students should be listed as promoted or not, Mr. CoChrane said the record was higher than last year's, Seek Tenders For Road Work And sidewalks Tenders have been called by town council this week for road re-cOnstruction in several areas and alto for the building of new tidewalk on one street. The streets bn which the re- construction and base-Coat pav- ing will be done are: William Street, from Ontario to Vic- toria; ISaad, from Joseph to Mary; Joseph, iron) Dead to King. New sidewalk will be piked along the north side of Mary Street from King tra Isaac. This is eking the side of the new department of agricaltute Of- flee. Tenders have been called for July 26. 'tives were Del Philp, Ken Mc- Rae, George Falconer, all, mem- bers of the MSS board and the school's business adminiss trator and principal, L. R. Mal- oney and D. J. Cochrane. Mr. Boyce has also promised another progress report for the AVC at their next meeting on July 29. Union Problems At the Wednesday meeting of the board, George Falconer, property chairman, reported that the job of moving in some of the equipment for the var- ious shops had been curtailed due to pressures from the Lab- orers' Union, The work was being under- taken by the board, who had hired some local non - union help, but the business agent of the union had threatened 'strike action if these men were per- mitted to continue with the work, The union's business agent had informed members of the board that only union men were to unload' and set up the mach- inery in the various shops. It was also reported that the Electrical Union had stipulated that their members must book up all the equipment in the electrical shop at the school. "I suppose a member of the carpenters' union will have to take off thecrates," Boyd Taylor remarked. "Just about," one member replied. However, the board were told that if they failed to secure union men by applying' at the Goderich employment office, they could use the non-union help, and also if there was any dispute as to which union should handle which jobs, they should apply to- a jurisdictional board for a ruling on the situ- ation. Falconer., agpOtted that, if the union had let the work proCeed for about another two days it .would have all been dope. However on questioning from board chaitman, John Levis, he Del Philp, chairman of the CHSS Vocational Advisory Committee, reported Wednes- day night that there would be absolutely no precedent set if approval is given for throe students from outside the area of the four-member schools to attend classes here next fall. He told the CHSS board that a request had been received by the AVC from three students in the Mitchell school area who wished to take vocational tr- aining. He added that all three lived near the Seaberth high schbol bus route and arrangements had been approved to bring them here if they Were accept- ed, Philp explained that the AVC had instructed the students to re-apply in September and 'a decision would be reaehed at that time. The AVC chairman stated that Outside students would only be taken. if there was room in the course of their Choosing. One member suggested that while there May be 1"050111 for Mich students in one year, there may not be in the next year and this could create a prob- lerra stated that the action by the union had not delayed progress to any great extent. • To. Set Saleries Resulting from a request from one of the school's steno- graphers for an increase in pay the board approved a sugges- tion that the study and welfare committee prepare a salary schedule for all the stenograph- ers to be hired at the school. The request came from the business administrator's clerk- Sgt, Barker, bead of Gode- rich Ontario Provincial Police detachment, issued a plea this week for area hunters and shooters to use more caution in their outings, He explained that his detach- ment has received several com- plaints recently in regard to careless hunters and are at present investigating a situa- tion on Tuesday night at Mel- ena Beach, north of Hayfield. A Clinton resident in the beach area reported unknown shooters had been taking shots at a weather-vane and while they weren't concerned with the damage, they were worried over stray bullets. The OPP investigating officer reported seven bullet holes in the weather instrument and said it appeared the shots had been fired from a considerable distance. "People should be reminded that a .22 calibre bullet is dan- gerous within one mile," ,Sgt. Barker noted, "and it doesnq pay to shoot unless there is a good backguard behind your in- tended target." 171e: added •that,,it'Vnl$7^,L took one stray -bullet to cause a, great deal of grief and this would be a terrible burden for someone to carry on his con- science. Philp replied that the stud- ents being considered would be in a one-year course only and pointed out he wished to make it quite clear that any decis- ion reached by the AVC would not be a 'precedent to serve in future requests. "It will depend entirely on whether or hot we have an opening," he Stated. Pay Trilmte Prior to the business session of the meeting, chairman John Levis noted that all members Local Lady Marks 90 Years, In Good Health Mary Galbraith, who celebrated her 90th birthday on Sunday, was guest of honour at a party given by her niece, Alice LaWson, Cutter St, Relatives and friends f r Goderich and Dungannon were pretent far the event, Mrs. Galbraith, who has lived With Mrs. Lawson for the past nine years, enjoys good health and is able to, get about the house and read, typist, who had been hired at $1,750 a year, and ,she :pointed out that she felt with :the, ex- perience anti knowledge gained she should receive 82,400 to be on an even basis with a clerk- typist hired last month for' the principal's office, Ervine Telabutt, chairman of the study .and welfare commit- tee, noted that it would be dif- fictilt to have all clerk-typists on an even basis in regard to (Continued on page 12) "We're asking all people to be extremely careful when out shooting," he stated. Few Accidents T h e Goderich detachment had only two accidents to re- port this week, and Sgt Bark- er noted the area had been "very lucky" lately in the num- ber of accidents, On Monday, at 8:45 a.m., a truck-car collision in Blyth sent two men to Clinton. Public Hos- pital. A truck loaded with eight tons of grain and driven by Lorne Martin, Elmira, collided with a car driven by a London man. Mr. Martin was later re- leased from hospital, while the London man is in satisfactory condition as well. The truck's cargo was spilled across the highway. A minor accident, resulting in $95 damage, occurred in Bayfield when a young Gode- rich youth, who was learning to drive, was involved in a mishap. Ronald T, Durnin, 17, was travelling north on highway 21 when he' suddenly slowed down •.fIll.e changing gears. ' Another car, driven by Cath-' erine Gungey, RR 3, Bayfield, clipped the corner of his car as- she swung to the right to avoid a rear-end crash. would be saddened to hear of the death of F/S Frank Burns, a member of the CHSS board as the representative from St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Sep- arate School. Levis noted that while Mr. Burns had not been a member of the board for a long time, "We all had realized his abil- ities." "We will miss him very much," the chairman added, "at Will the rest of the. Clinton cointnunity.." I-le reported that a floral wreath would be tent to the funeral home and it was also agreed that a. letter of tymp- athy be Sent to Mrs. Burns from the board, Aeeept tender The board received four ten- ders for the supplying and hanging Of 56 new Venetian blindt for sections of the pres- ant building. The low tender of Schaefer's Ladies Wear, GOderieh, for $1,- 339.00 was aceePted. The other bids on the 2,315 scatter° feet Of blinds ranged from it low of $10 727,31 to a high of $2056. Approval Wes alto given for the calling of tenders for paint- ing several `rooms,in the old Coixtintted on ege 12) Hospital fund Nears Half Way Mark, Board Hires "Visitors" Receptionist Members of the Clinton Pub- lic Hospital Board learned Mon- day that they had managed to stay within their estimated budget far the first six months of the year and that they were close to half way in their building campaign drive. Secretary, Tom Steep, said lie was very happy that the budget appeared to be working out as estimated. He noted that when it was drawn up it had taken a great deal of guess work in view of the opening of the additional facilities. The report on the building campaign fund was given by E. Beecher Menzies, who reported that $34,050 had been received up until the end of June. Total goal is approximately OCCURS THIS SATURDAY Area Eclipse 85 Percent Mom Gets Bargain Although Sherry Lee, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Allan Johnston, is too small to realize what bargains were to be had at the Bayfield rummage sale on Tuesday, she'll probably soon be using this "apparatus" that has a large hole in the seat. The sale was sponsored by the Pioneer Park committee and items ranged from ladies' founda- tion garments, an old hand - operated ice cream freezer and even a hymn book with St. Paul's Church, Stratford, stamped On, the,. inside cover. -4„ , . , Police Issue Plea For More Care Following Complaints of.Stray Bullets