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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-08-01, Page 1Chilton PUC have promised to., erect a 200-gallon water storage tank at the Clinton cemetery "within the next four or fiva', days" in an effort to bring en end to athe drastic water shortage that has pre- vented people from watering flowers and shrubs on the grounds. Seven members of the Cem- etery Board met with the PUC at their regular meeting, Tues- day, , explaining it was usually impossible to get any water out of the system at the cemetery during the day, George Beattie,, chairman of the Cemetery Board, said, "you can't= .fill a jar in an .hour", eaxl&-Tge thatethe shortage Le be- coming increasingly worse each year as' other customers on the line take more and more water for their needs. PVC chairman, William Per- due, agreed with the group's statements, explaining he had visited the cemetery following complains and had been unable to get any water out of the tap during the day. No Publication For Next Week The News-Record will not be published next Thursday, August 8, to allow members of the staff to enjoy their annual holidays. However, the office will be open and some members of the printing staff will be on duty to look after commercial printing orders. Correspondents and con- tributors are requested to sub- mit only one budget of news for the August 15 edition, ex- cept for . important news stories. The News-Record has found it impossible to include two weeks' news in the one edition, ARCHBISHOP O'NEILL Former Cleric . To-Speak Here Clinton Lets Road. Tender To Lavis Seek Subsidy For Storm Sewers At a speeial meeting, Tues- day, Clinton council accepted the tenders of Lavis Contract- ing Company for the rebuild- ing, widening and paving of several streets. The local firm was the only one to submit bids on the jobs. The tender was for $6,730.10 to rebuild Joseph Street from King to Isaac; Isaac from Jo- eph to Mary and William from Victoria to Ontario; as well as widening Mary Street from King to Isaac. This figure also includes the installation of a new six-foot section of sidewalk to run along the south side of the new De- partment of Agriculture office. Council had tentatively plan- ned an eight-foot sidewalk, but after an on-the-spot inspection on Tuesday, decided the wider width would take too much from the road allowance. The second tender submitted by the Lavis firin was in the amount of $4,185.90 for paving and guttering the aforemention- ed streets. Ken Dunn, an engineer from the office of Burns Ross, Gode- rich, attended the meeting to advise council on the work. Seek Supplement At the same meeting. council approved a supplementary by- law to be submitted to the De- partment of Highways for in- stallation of storm sewers on several streets. They hope to receive approv- al for an expenditure of $10,- 700 for sewers on William Street from Townsend to Vic- toria; on Isaac to Wellington; Wellington from Isaac to Or- ange and Rattenbury from Al- bert to Orange. Deadline for application of supplementary bylaws is July 31. that the victim had suffered A stroke .was the fact that he never yelled to his companions nor did he, appear to struggle when he landed in .the. water. "He Went right clown," .P6,t- erson explained, Diver Aide A local diver, Bruce Mac- Donald, was immediately led to the scene and. it took him only ;ebotit 10 minutes to recover the body, but attempts to revive the men. failed. Goderieh - firemen and volun- teers worked for over two hours before he was pronounced dead by Coroner Dr. N, C. Jackson, Goderich. Mr. Harper had livea. in Clin- ton for four years and had served with the Bell Company for: seven, being stationed at Learlon ,and Tillsonburg prior to :this urea. A native of Fullerton Town ship, Perth County, he is sur- vived by his wife, the former Jan. Doris Craig, whom, he married in Kirkton in 1960. The couple have one son, Cr* 21/2 , at home. Other, survivors include his mother, Mrs. William George (Kate) Harper, Fullerton Tewn, ship. The funeral was conducted from the Beattie funeral home on Tuesday, with interment in Carlingford Cemetery, Fuller- ton Township. Rev, T, Elliott, Kirkton, con- CLINTON MAN DROWNS. 0-CIDER1 AREA FARMER BREAKS NECK- IN- CRASH AGAIN Al%TiiIOUGF IUS, burePtta has been missing from these pages for some tune; Walton appears. to be in his. usual form and hasn't been pwed down at all by the beat „ His latest still, has mein- hers of the "coffee eleb” chuckling, It seems Ernie was. walkirlg past the local finance entleloan company office the other day while a chap was up on a ladder cleaning their sign . „ Looking up, Ernie stated: "If I PO11 away the led, der do you suppose you'll be :able to float alone?" Who says a pun is the lowest form of homour? . . Speaking of floating (but not loans) we enjoyed watching the local kids go through their 'Red .Cross swim tests this week, The sen- ior members had to take turns "rescuing" each other and the kids really made their "vict- ims" feel reassured as they towed them to safety . , Ch, attering all the way, one boy pointed out he had rescued 350 people and 'hadn't lost a victim yet, while another calmed his victim by reporting he kept in good trim by swimming the English Channel periodically Only trouble was; some of the victims were laughing so hard they were in real fear. of dr- owning as they gulped down water. NEWSPAPE1 reporters have long been accused (or congrat- ulated by their bosses) of hav- ing a "nose for news" and at times we have found this rare faculty prevalent in our own sniffer, showing up at an oppor- tune times to get a story that would otherwise never reach us. Such was the case on Sun- day while we were touring the Grand Bend area as we hap- pened to be right on the' scene for an auto fire „ However, under the circumstances, any- one in 'our vantage-spot with anything less than a complete, nasal blockage could have spot- ted the "news", as we hap- apened to be sitting in the car that decided to catch fire, and even worse than that, the car. was our own . . We would like to report that as an intel- (Continued on Page 5) The Rev. Howard K. Plant, formerly of Aneroid, Saskatch- ewan, was inducted into the Kippen and Brucefield United Church charge at a service in Brucefield last Monday. The very impressive service was conducted by Rev. Ernest Lewis and Rev. Edgar Roulston, both of Exeter. During the service Mrs. F. REV. HOWARD K. PLANT At a hearing held in Gode- rich, Tuesday, the Ontario Municipal Board reserved de- cision on a Goderich request to annex 160 acres of land in Goderich Township, The land is being sought by Goderich as future industrial sites and is presently owned by Harry Mitchell, RR 2 Gode- rich, and is located immediat- ely south of the Goderich town limits on highway 21. The main problem in the negotiations between the two municipalities has been the dis- position of a two-acre portion of the farm 'that houses a trailer park, which is also own- ed. by Mr, Mitchell. Hensall Firm Wins Contract For Firehall Stanley and Tuckersmith Township councils have agreed to share the cost on the erec- tion of the new Brucefield fire- ball and work on the building is expected to start in the near future. Meeting e. recently, Stanley council accepted the tender of $4,925.00 from Lloyd Mousseau, Hensall for the building of the facilities and this price was ace cepted by Tuckersmith at a special session. There were four tenders sub- mitted for the job. The councils found out that it wasn't quite as easy to 'get ri dof the old building though and at an auction sale held on the site, no bids were received for the dilapitated structure. Stanley council finally sold the building to Gerald Rath- well, Brucefield, for the nom- inal sum of $1.00 and the local man is expected to tear the building down and remove it from the site immediately so construction on the two-bay structure can proceed. Mrs. Ellwood Epps On TV, Friday Mrs. Ellwood Epps will be a guest on the M'Lady pi-6gram on CKNX-'I'V Wingham on Friday, August 2 from 4:00 to 4:30 pan. She will discuss tent- ing and camping with Johnny Brent who is emceeing the program. "If the horse stays sound, he can win us a lot of Money." That is a.statement made by a former Clinton man, Roger Garori, and the horse he was talking about is a big, awk- ward, unimpressive looking pac. et, Country Don, Whieh _Garen co-owns with another Prench Canadian, Andre Mercure. Garen,. 33-year-old son of aritoine,"Recl" Garble Clinton, )perates a very successful )1"latneetetttical business in St, lyacinthe, Quebec, and lie and ris horse were featured in a. hto-pogo etotap, by Jim Hunt ri the August 3 issue of the ;tar WeeklY, Country Although Don is leSeribed es "utterly tinitnpres, lye", 7Eltint points Ottt this haracteristic latiVeS him When e Starts to r'uni end then he is ne of the...fastest three.Yeari. la pacers, if, net the fastest; hi Teeth Aiterica, Oning intn..rabina.On small gale last MaY, „..Garoit and: terthire put up $15,000 each rid formed a company. and Otight htate_ named Market Newoval ,sari York f $10,600. on the trip by another Clinton man, Ron Paterson, and the- three had spent close to nine hours out in the blistering sun And it is believed Harper mar have suffered a sun stroke as they wera tying up the 20-foot craft. Pateeson .eePeated he was at the front of the boat when he heard a splash in the water in the.vicipity of the boat where Harper had been standing, but he believed he had only kicked something overboard into the water. However, when he looked around, Harper was not in sight.. Adding to. the, speculation he was himself driving a horse he thought was a sure bet. The next day the driver told the two owners about the son of the greatest sire of them all, Adios, and that night Dostie went to the track with a cer- tified cheque for $25,000 to present to the owner of the horse, Del McTavish, and after more dickering, another $5,000 was added and the deal clew& The new' owners had a mom- ent of doubt the next day as they saw their prize walk across the stabling area to be examin- ed by a veterinarian. "I thought he was going tcl fall down," Gam retails, "This horse sure looks like nothihg till he starts to tun." to the next six weeks Coun- try Don won $26,000 for his new owners and has added an- other $15,000 up to June 1 of this year. Last year he Won 15 of 16 outings es a two.;year, old and paced A. mile in 2;02.4, exceptionally gOod time for two-year.old. If the colt continues to shew (Continued on Page 10) ducted the service and pall- bearers included Grant Ches, ney, -Tillsoolatirg; George Sills, North Bay; Don McArthur, ..Goderich; Bev Hreadfoot, Ron. Paterson and Pat Hardie, all of Clinton. Plowerhearera were James Harper, David Skinner, Orville Koherid, Jack McPhail, Ross McPhail and ,The Shepherd, Four Injured Four persons from Goderich Township were injured in the Kincardine area crash in which Austin Harris, 57, RR 2 Bay- field, suffered a fractured neck. Accompanying him were his wife apd her sister and brother- in-law, Mr, and Mrs. Leslie Pearson, RR 2 Clinton., • However, he added that he had been able to get water in the evening and suggested that a storage tank may be the answer. Perdue stated that the County Home had also had shortages, but after they had installed a storage tank that enabled them Command Change At RCAF Base Next Tuesday At 2:30 p.in. on ;Teesday, AugUst:B, there. will .he ch- ange of Command cereihony on the parade square at RCAF Station Clinton, when Group Captain J. G. Mathieson, MBE, CD, will hand over command to Group Captain X. R. Greena- way, CD. G/C Mathieson leaves RCAF Station Clinton to join the staff of Northern NORAD Headquarters at North Bay, Ontario. Northern NORAD is a region of the North Ameri- can Air Defence Command. G/C Mathieson has had many years of experience in air defence operations, having served on the staffs of both the RCAF and USAF air defence commands as a telecommunica- tions specialist. Prior to coming to Clinton in August 1960, he was engaged in the planning and design of air defence systems at Air Force Headquarters, Ottawa. Before taking over as CO of Clinton, G/C Greenaway served as OC Central Navigation School, Winnipeg. He is noted as a navigation specialist and has served on exchange duties with the USAF. In 1952 he was awarded the McKee Trans-Canada Trophy "for meritorious service in the advancement of Canadian avia- tion," while Mrs, Harris also had cuts to her face and .head. A relative .reported that. Mr; Harris suffered paralysis to his. arm and leg when moved to London, but by Tuesday had regained use of his fingers .and doctors were pleased with his recovery. The other three are reported to be in satisfactory honditioo. Each of the couples' has four .children, The Harris children are; Mrs. Alvin (Phyllis) Wise, RR S Clinton; Bruce, Goderich; ,Tohn, Wiarton and Janet, Lon- clop. The Pearson have four sons, Terry, Rogald, Bob and Larry, The latter two are at home, was accepted. The PUC plans to install the tank with an automatic float valve. Although Beattie noted these was still/ no assurance that there wcluld be enough water supply to fill the tank, he said his group would be willing to try it out. Seeks Cut After the delegation left, the PUC conducted their regular business and Garon questioned his fellow commissioners as to whether or not he could be allowed to purchase the water meter presently set up at his Speed-Wash on Albert Street. He repoqecthe_was presently paying close to $30 per year for a rental fee and it was noted that the meters only cost $144.00. PVC Superintendent, Jabez Rands, reported that at least two other customers were pay- ing the same fee, and he added furherl that meter rentals were' fairly general across the prov- (Continued on Page 5) The township objected to an- nexation of the whole 160 acre's, suggesting the trailer park should be excluded from the area making a 158-acre tract up for annexation. Main reason for this sugges- tion by the township is due to. the revenue they receive an- nually in trailer rentals at the park, Town officials feel the total amount should be taken and this was urged by their solicit- or, J.K. Hunter, at the hearing. Reeve Walter Forbes and Clerk R. E. Thompson repre- sented the township. Other councilors from both municip- alities were present as well. The township has also asked for a payment of $785.29 for the annexed land in lieu of the debenture principal interest they will lose if the land is taken over by Goderich. However, Goderich officials indicated they will' seek to have this cut to $340,00, Goderich clerk, S. H. Blake, (Continued on Page 5) a Clinton Driver Crashes Pole, Darkens !knoll On Friday afternoon, a Car driven by Thomas Riley, 65, of Clinton, struck a hydro pole about one mile south of Hensall on highway 4, cutting the pow- er off in the village for' about two hours. Mr, Riley' was treated m South Huron Hospital, Exeter, for cuts and bruises, and his car was damaged in the amount of $900. Constable Harry Reid, of the Exeter OPP dettichmente said one wheel Of Mr. Riley's car was believed to have left the road, throwing the car out of contrbl. The car went into he ditch, hit a hydro pole and a tree, and dame to rest in a field, The broken 'wises ignited dry grass and a field of ripe wheat owned by Elgin Hensall VOItmteer firemen ektingnithod the fire befOre More than a Mien corner of the Wheat field had been dam- aged. Zbe, "tot C01131M7,74 They hired an 11-year vet- eran of the sulky genie, Marcel Pestle, to train and drive the horse, and a few weeks later they claimed another horse for $2,500. Seek Good One The two mentioned to Dostie, whose gift of gab has earned him the title as the "Phil Wat, son of harness racing", that they were in the market for a really good horse and didn't mind paying a good Pelee if he could find one, Last July Dostie found the horse When Country Don went sailing by him in a race When The Weather 1968 1962 lit 1I Low High Loin July 25 87 70 75 40 20 85 62 80 60 27 88 72 79 59 28 89 72 75 61 29 /8 53 77 53 30 /6 50 75 55 tia 00 77 45 Rain: .05 in, RAM ,f1.5 Tragedy struck the Clinton Area for the second. consecutive weekend, when A local man was drowned in Goderich and nn. other Area. farmer suffered a broken neck in a two-car crash near Kincardine. Allan Harper, 111 John St., drowned in 25 feet of water at the north dock in .Goderich at approximately fl:00 p.m. on Saturday ,when he slipped off a sail boat. An installation and repair man for Bell Telephone Comp- any, the 27-year-old father had jest. returned from a cruise from Port Elgin on a boat owned by another Bell employ- ee, Don McArthur, Goderich, They had been accompanied One of the most prominent Canadian clergy in the Angli- can church, the Most Reverend A. H. O'Neill, M,A., D.D,, will be paying a return visit to St. Paul's Church in Clinton on Sunday, August 11. Archbishop O'Neill, who serv- ed here from 1939 to 1941, is now Metropolitan of the Ec- clesiastical Province of Canada and Archbishop of Fredericton. Archbishop O'Neill will be attending meetings in London for the next two weeks prior to convening of the Anglican Congress in Toronto on Aug- ust 13. A graduate of the University of Western Ontario and Huron College, Archbishop O'Neill was made a deacon in 1929 and served at Atwood and Gorrie before moving to Clinton. From 1941 to 1952 he was principal of Huron College, London. In 1952 he became general secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society in Canada and in 1957 was con- secrated Lord Bishop of Fred- ericton. He became Metropolitan and Archbishop in 1962. The evensong church service at St, Paul's, at which he will speak, commences at 7:00 p.m. to draw water when it wasn't being used by other customers, they hadn't had any further problems. It was also pointed out the PVC had no jurisdiction over the water supply outside the town limits and they had no authority to prevent any cust- omers from hooking on, but that this must be done by the present customers. The PUC chairman reported further that the other custom- ers on the line had a plan whereby they took turns draw- ing water, and the only com- plaints of lack of water were at the cemetery. Decide. On Tank Doug Thorndike, a -member of the Cemetery Board, said he felt a storage tank that could be set up to automatically draw water when the other custom- ers weren't using it, would serve the purpose. Commissioner Antoine "Red" Garon reported he had a 200- gallon tank that he would be happy to donate and his offer The accident occurred as the four were making a left hand turn Off highway '21 when their 1903 moo. car was hit broad. side by a southbound Michigan ear. All four were taken to Kin- cardine Hosipta), but Mr, Har- .141S was transferred to. Victoria Hospital, London, on Monday, for treatment for his serious injury. Mrs, Pearson was transferred to St .Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don, on Tuesday, with a severe fracture of one arm, while Mr, Pearson and Mrs. Harris were brought, to Clinton Public Hos- pital. Mr, Pearson suffered severe bruises, head cuts and shock, "Pop Bottle Orchestra' Performs At Bible School One of the highlights of the closing day pro- gram provided by the students at the Vacation Bible School at Lobb's Hall (former SS 4, Goderich Township school) WAS this "pop bettle orcheStra", The bottles contained varying amounts of water' and the senior students were able to SOund O. different note each when they blew into their bottler present. itig a recognizable tune, Members of the orchestra above from the left 61'6: Margaret Stewart, Lois raye Merrill, Leonard Lobb, Janette Mer- rill, Steve Thompson, Gordon LObb, Gayle XeyS. Jeannette Lobb guided the group With her accord- Ian. Missing from the group is Peter Westel'hOtit, (News'-Record PhetO) Kippen-Brucefield UC Inducts Cleric, Londesboro To Welcome Irishman CLINTON NATIVE AFTER BIG STAKES Unimpressive Horse Rated Tops McGregor sang a solo, "The Holy City". A reception was held in the church basement after, and Rev. and Mrs. Plant were in- troduced to the congregations by Mr. and Mrs, Emmerson Kyle and Mr. and Mrs. Elgin Thomson. Rev. Lewis again took the chair and several members of b o t h congregations offered words of welcome to Rev. and Mrs. Plant. A dainty lunch was served by the ladies of the UCW of both Brucefield and Kippen. Rev. Plant is a native ,of Brantford, and his wife is from Toronto. They both graduated from the University of Western Ontario and have 2 small sons, Welcome Irishman On .Fridaye,nighteaReve liam Carson will be received into the charge at the Londes- boro United Church at 8 p.m. Rev. Carson has recently ar- rived from Ireland and this will be his first charge in Canada, The service of reception will be conducted by Rev. Grant Mills, Ontario Street United Church, Clinton, T h e congregation will be given an opportunity to wel- come Rev. Carson following the service. linton News-R cord NEW ERA -- 97th YEAR HURON RECORD 8jst YEAR No. 31—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1963 $4,00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-10 Pages PUC Gives Aid To Cemetery Board, Hope Tank Installation Ends Drought OMB Reserves Decision on Annexation Goderich Township Seeks Trailer Park