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'THE NEW ERA — 97th YEAR
THE HURON .RECORD -,,, 81st YEAR
No. 33—The Home Paper With 'the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST' 15, 1963
$4.00 Per Year-19 Cents Per :Copy---12 Pages
Three students tied for the
runner-up honours with identic-
al averages of 75.7 percent.
They were Pat Harland, RR 5,
Clinton; Ron Lovett, Clinton,
and Bill Vodden, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Vodden, RR 1,
Clinton.
Miss Harland, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. G. R, Harland,
plans to take an honours pys-
chology course at' the Univer-
sity of Western Ontario, while
Ron, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Levett, will enroll in an
engineering course at Waterloo
University.
Bill Vodden has accepted a
position as a student chartered
accountant with the firm of A.
M. Harper and Company, Gode-
rich.
Each of the three will receive
a $100 W. D. Pair scholarship
for being in the top five, while
Pat will receive another $100
for her 84.5 percent mark in
English and Bill will receive
$100 for placing first in French
with an average of 74.5 per-
cent.
Two other students tied for
the final position in the top
five With an average 'of 70.7
percent. They are Brenda Ho-
Muth, daughter of CHSS vice-
principal, Robert Hernutli and
Mrs. Henna% and Ted Bridle,
(Continued on page seven)
Lightning Destroys Barn, Hits House
Fire Damage Climbs Near $25,000
Signs Over Command At Clinton RCAF
Group Captain J. G. Mathieson is shown above signing over command of
RCAF Station Clinton in an impressive ceremony at the camp last week.
Group Captain K. R. Greenaway, who assumed command, is standing behind
him, while F/L JET. E. Traynor, right, the station's persOrmel administrative of-
ficer, who acted as G/C Greenaway's aide, watches: 4 (RCAF Photo)
Council Sets lad Exatiiple.
In Perennial Weed Problem
on the experiments received a
commendation from the Navy.
In the spring of 1946 he was
one of the navigators aboard
the first U.S. military aircraft
to fly over the North Pole. The
next year Group Captain
Greenaway helped develop ,the
RCAF's "Twilight Computer"
a navigation aid for high lati-
tudes.
During the next several years
Group Captain Greenaway
worked with the scientific staff
of the Defence Research Board
on Arctic, aviation problems.
During August of 1958, he
was loaned again to the U.S.
Navy this time to assist in
navigating an airship on a polar
flight.
On his;rettirn „to the RgA.F.,
he" was • -tfaiisferred:, Whini-•
peg as officer commanding the
RCAF's Central N. Navigation
School, the post ,which he held
until assuming command at
Clinton.
Group Captain Greenaway
has become an internationally
recognized authority on aerial
navigation with particular ref-
erence to high latitude, flying.
He has received a number of
awards for his research in 'the
field of Arctic flying.
would spend the week follow-
ing August 3 in Baie-des-Sables,
Quebec, visiting Catherine Car-
on, and that she ,would pay a
return visit during the last
week of August to improve her
English.
Baie-des-Sables is a village
of 2,000 people,. situated on the
south shore of the St. Lawrence
river about 220 miles east of
Quebec City, and nearly 900
miles from Clinton.
The question of weeds was
brought up by councillor Alice
Thompson, who noted weeds
"are something fierce" in some
areas around town on private
property.
"Anyone with hay fever has
a terrible time," she added.
Mrs. Thompson told council
she did a "pretty good job" of
weeding herself, but explained
it was a waste of time ,due to
the fact so many areas were
allowed to flourish with weeds.
"Is there a weed inspector?"
she questioned.
Mayor W. J. Miller pointed
out that if there were com-
plaints, people should' get in
touch with the town clerk, who
would pass the information
along to the county weed in-
spector:
BILL VODDEN PAT HARLAND RON LEVETT
. . These Three Students Tied for Second Place
Student Leader, President Top Grad,
Class Records 84 Percent Pass Mark
G/C Mathieson Signs Over Command,
Over 350 Invited Guests At Event
Spend "Interesting" Summer Vacation
While many of their cdunterpartS have been enjoying a two-month holi-
day, such has not been the case for CHSS Principal John Cochrane and Vice
Principal Robert Tiomuth, Since the first of July the pair have been tackling
the tough assignment of figuring out a satisfactory timetable for the 1,250
students and 60 teachers who will be at the school in the fall. On one class-
room blaekboard they have 2,700 squares representing the weekly teacher
timetable and on the side board they have 2,070 squares representing the 45
classes timetable. ALL they have had to do is balance the two boards. Some
of the problems they have faced while working holidays and nights through.
out the vacation period are: not enough classrooms for all GO teachers, Some
classes that take four differ'e'nt subjects at the same time, etc., etc.
ALTHOUGH our calendar
and trusty wrist watch show no
visible signs of major discrep-
ancies, we have come to the
conclusion that somewhere
along the line last week time
Started to fly and our annual
weekly vacation away from
the continual rush of a news-
paper office was again the
shortest week in the year . . .
It appeared that we no sooner
settled down with a fishing pole
among the Missasauga rattlers
around Bracebridge than it was
time to give,the monstrous (up
to three inches) sunfish and
ugly-looking catfish a rest and
pack up and head back home
. Although we will probably
get into trouble with the form-
er editor of this paper, we found
our week in the northern "wild-
erness" a pleasant relief after
having spent the past three
summers among the hustle and
bustle of Grand Bend.
WHILE WE did miss the con-
tinual parade of curvacious lad-
ies in their skimpy beach at-
tire that makes the Lake Huron
area a favourite haunt for we
eligible males (and some not
so eligible) a retreat to the
north certainly does serve the
purpose of a vacation to a much
better extent . . . Instead of
the pungent odors of french
fries and hot dogs, the contin-
ual wailing of music boxes and
bar-room music, the wild
screeches of the convertible
"hustlers" and what have you,
the northern air and stillness
provides a _relaxing comparison
. . . We were able to conven-
iently "lose" our razor, for seven
days, only glanced thi.ough the
pages of a paper and caught
only the occasional piece of
news on the radio . . . The only
thing we caret understand is
why we didn't end up back at
the desk on Monday morning
all refreshed and eager for
work. Somewhere along the
line we must have missed put-
ting in all the details of how
we did spend some of those
hours when we weren't droWn-
ing fish worths . . . But that's
just to protect the guilty!
WE CERTAINLY are a little'
leery of mentioning the fact
we dropped into the Mariposa
Folk Festival in Orillia last
Saturday night, , especially after
reading the reports of the event
in a .epttple_of.,the,„daily...news,.,
papers . . . Stephen' Leacock
would probably have turned
over in his grave if he had read
the headlines in. Monday's Globe
and Mail which were as fol-
lows: Mariposa Music Played
to Tupe of 20,000 Screaming,
Glass - Breaking, Beer - Belting
Students . . . Fortunately, be-
ing no longer classed as a stu-
dent, we trust readers will
realize that we were not in-
cluded in those startling head-
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percent on the seven papers
which are used by the depart-
ment as a basis for student
averages.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. M.
E. Bateman, Paul actually was
successful in 10 subjects, hav-
ing studied history on his own.
In the 10 papers he averaged
75.5 percent.
He will receive the Sir Ern-
est Cooper $50 scholarship as
the top Student, a $100 Fair
scholarship as one of the top
five students In the class, an-
other $100 W. D. Fair scholar-
ship for topping the *class in
the three Mathematics subjects
with an average of 83.7y and
the $50 E. A. Fines scholarship
as the top mathematician in the
class.
The youthfal scholar plans
to take an advanced physics
course at the University of TOtel,
Witt), tinder the terms of the
One Intersection
Scene Of Two
Car Collisions
Damage has been estimated
at around $1,400 by Clinton
Police Chief H. R. Thompson,
following two separate collis-
ions at the same intersection
On Monday, August 5, a 1957
Plymouth driven by William
Fraser Swan, Albert Street,
was wrecked when it was in a
collision with a pickup driven
by Peter Huizinga, RR 3, Sea-
forth.
The latter was driving west
on Huron Street (Highway 8)
when his vehicle collided with
the Swan car, which had come
onto the highway from Or-
ange Street.
Mrs. Grace Munro, 54 Albert
Street, a passenger in the Swan
vehicle, sustained three crack-
ed ribs in the mishap, while her
four - year - old granddaughter,
Mary Helen Munro, suffered
a bruised ankle.
Huizinga's truck was dam-
aged at between $250 and $300,
while the Swan vehicle was
wrecked with damages estimat-
ed at between $700 and $800.
Chief Thompson stated charg-
es would be laid.
The same intersection was
also the scene of a similar acci-
dent on Wednesday,. August 7,
When a car driven by Hendrick
Westerhout, 20) RR 1, Londes-
born, suffered damages amount-
ing to $270.
Westerhout was proceeding
west on highway 8 when he
swerved into the ditch and hit
a pole in an effort to avoid
collision with a car driven by
Edward Bridle, 19, Clinton, who
was proceeding north across the
intersection from Orange St.
PAUL BATEMAN
. Tops Graduates
100 pigs, ranging in age from
six to 12 weeks; two tractors;
a corn harvester; binder; sev-
eral 'pieces of smaller machin-
ery; the season's full crop of
hay including 40 tons in the
mows and another 580. bales.
The Brucefield Fire Brigade
answered the call, but they
New Post Office:
Nearer Reality,
Can Tender Soon
Although it has been reported
that plans and specifications
for Clinton's proposed $145,000
post office are being prepared,
final transactions on the pro-
posed' site have not been com-
pleted.
Royce Macaulay of Ball-
Macaulay Limited said he had
received no word to date on
the outcome of soil tests on
the firm's property, nor any
other word in connection with
the purchase of the site,
The announcement that plans
and specificationS were . being
prepared was given to L. Elston.
Cardiff, Huron MP, in the
House of Commons by Hubert
Badanai, parliamentary secre-
tary to the public works minis-
ter.
He was also informed that
tenders will be called in Octob-
er and that the department has
set September, 1964, as the tar-
get-month for the project.
W. J. Webb, acting district
manager of the property and
building management division
of the public works department
in London, informed the News-
Record on Tuesday that soil
tests at the Ball-Macaulay site
had proven satisfactory.
He added that an independ-
ent appraisal had been made
on the property and the price
sought by the local firm had
also been "satisfactory",.
He stated that transactions
appeared to be in 1 "pretty fair
shape" and his department was
awaiting formal notice from the
treasury board to close the deal.
"There is every indication the
deal is going ahead," he added.
issues Warning
Over Firearms
after Squiriel Shot
Clinton Police Chief H. R.
Thompson warned this week
that persons using any type of
firearms within the town limits
would be "strictly dealt with".
His warning followed an inci-
dent in the southwest section
of town near Frederick Street
when a black squirrel was shot
with what was believed to have
been a .22 calibre rifle.
Two young boys or teenag-
ers had been seen in the area
with a rifle, but were not ap-
prehended by pollee, who were
called to the scene by residents
of the area.
Chief Thompson pointed out
that a by-law forbids the diS-
charge of any type of firearin,
including pellet guns, Within the
town limitS.
"I don't knoW whether the
parentg are aware of that," he
pointed out,
Town council were informed
at their meeting Monday that
they themselves were setting a
bad example in the perennial
problem of controlling obnox-
ious weeds.
"No one will cut their weeds
if the town doesn't cut their
own," councillor Norm Liver-
more pointed out, adding that
residents had a legitimate
argument in pointing out they
would cut weeds on their pro-
perty if the town would control
them on their own.
He backed up his argument
by noting there was one 'sec-
tion of highway at the south
end of town where blue devil
was growing as high as ,the
mail boxes.
"It's a disgrace," he stated
emphatically.
Group Captain J. G. Math-
ieson, MBE, CD, relinquished
command of RCAF Station
Clinton to Group Captain K. R.
Greenaway, CD, of Winnipeg,
recently.
Group Captain Mathieson is
to leave for a new assignment
at Northern NORAD Head-
quarters, North Bay. His suc-
cessor has been in command of
Central Navigators' School,
Winnipeg.
The station's six squadrons of
radar trainees-1,300 airmen—
were inspected for the last time
by their retiring commander be-
fore being led by him in a
march past the new command-
ing officer.
Approximately 350 civilians
attended the ceremony. Includ-
ed in. the liSt'Of Official-gaSig`
were highways minister Char-
les MacNaughton and the may-
ors and reeves of several sur-
rounding municipalities.
During his 23 years in the
RCAF Group Captain Greena-
way has been associated at,
several times with the United
States Navy and Air Force.
For the winter of 1945-46, in
experimental pressure pattern
flights over the North Atlantic
and as co-author of a report
By Nancy Olde
About a month before school
closed, a request came out from
"Visites Interprovinciales" for
the names of plipils who would
accept a French-Canadian stu-
dent who wished to improVe his
English.
Because I thought the idea
was interesting, I decided to
send in 'my name.
After an exchange of letters,
it was finally arranged that I
However, clerk John Liver-
more noted that the weed in-
spector would only tell the
municipality to cut the weeds
clown and put the bill on the
owner's taxes.
Need Money
Reeve Morgan Agnew ex-
plained his public works crew
were busy putting in storm sew-
ers and it was impossible for
them to be at two places at
once.
"We need more money," he
stated, "if we have to hire men
to cut weeds." He also agreed
with Mayor Miller's statement
that labour was at a premium
at the present and it was diffi-
cult to secure labour.
Apparently in defense of his
finance committee which cut
the public works budget, coun-
cillor George Rumball told Ag-
new that Clinton has the high-
est expenditure of any similar
size town he knew for public
works.
(Continued on Page 12)
Moves Here
F/L Donald G. McDonald,
Halifax: N.S., has been trans-
ferred to RCAF Station Clin-
ton as detachment command-
er of the Training Standards
Establishment. Prior to as;
suming command at the de-
tachment he served on the
staff of Training Standards
Establishment at RCAF Sta-
tioh Trenton.
It is a typical French-Cana-
dian village, with neat, colour-
fully-painted houses, and a
large stone church. Fishing and
farming are the only occupa-
tions in the peaceful village.
When my parents left me
there, I felt a little apprehen-
sive despite the warm welcorne
by the family. It is quite an
experience to be in a home
where you can understand very
little that is spoken.
I did not have too much diffi-
culty in making myself under-
stood, but I could scarcely fol-
low a conversation because
everyone spoke so quickly.
The letter that I had received
from Visites Interprovinciales
had informed me that the Car-
on family had a girl, eight, and
a boy, seven, besides Catherine.
Then you can understand my
surprise when I learned that
they had eight girls and seven
boys!
Only Catherine lives at home
now, but five of the other chil-
dren came home to visit during
the week I was there.
Many people in Baie-des-Sab-
les speak English as well as
French, and others have a
smattering of English. Some
(Continued on page 7)
Summer Flowers
Judged on Friday
All flower lovers are remind-
ed that the Annual Summer
Flower Show of the Clinton
Citizens' Horticultural Society,
will be held on Friday after-
noon and evening, August 23
in the council chamber of the
town hall.
Doors will be' Open from 3:00
p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The show is open to eVeryone,'
whether or not they are a Mem-
bei. of the Society. Anyone
wishing to compete, may ob-
tain a prize list from Mr. Clif,
ford Epps, treasurer,
This is an event WhiCh 18
eagerly anticipated, since the
show has developed a wide a8-
sortrnent of flower diSPlays,
table 'arrangements, corsages,
etc!„ which makes it Inoti at,
Tractive.
Three area, fires — two of
which were caused by last
Thursday's severe electrical
storm — resulted in losses of
close to $25,000.
At about 3:45 a.m. a light-
ning bolt is believed to have
started the fire which com-
pletely destroyed a large L-
shaped barn and its contents
on the farm of George Centel-,
on, about one mile west of the
`RCAF Ste:tie-1i iri Stanley ToWn-
ship.
Mr. Cantelon reported he was
awakened by what he thought
was a severe wind storm, but
when he looked out his window,
spotted flames shooting from
his barn.
He raced out in an effort
to release some of his live-
stock, but the flames were so
intense he couldn't get within
50 feet of the burning inferno.
Lost besides the barn were
could do little else but protect
neighbouring buildings from the
fiafhes. Fortunately, the wind
Wag• blowing away from the
hotise at the time.
Mr. Cantelon estimates his
loss at close to $20,000, and ice-
ported he was "fairly well cov-
ered" 'by insurance. There were
no lightning rods on the barn.
The Cantelons also discover-
ed that. two ,heifers which had
beenin'paSture field about,
,•5f. rods . from the had
been killed with lightning serne,
time during the night. They
were discovered in the field
the following day.
The area' farmer said he
i planned to rebuild the struc-
ture.
Damages House
At about. 3:00 a.m. during
the same storm last Tuesday
morning, lightning struck a
house at 198 High Street, crib-
ton, in which two families re-
side, and caused damages: of,
about $1,000.
Most of the damage was con-
fined' to the upper section of
the house in which Cpl. and
Mrs. Fred Happy reside.
The bolt hit an antenna wire
(Continued on page 7)
0
Marks 80 Years
On Sunday, August 11, Mrs.
Charles Williams celebrated her
80th birthday at the home of
her daughter and son-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jervis.
Iii attendance were her six
children, 15 grandhildren, two
great grandchildren and three
close friends.
Paul Bateman, who has been
a "leader" in most. of the varied
activities he has followed, cli-
maxed five energetic years at
CHSS by topping this year's
grade 13 graduating class,
In results released last week
from: the department of educa-
tion, the 18-year-old Clinton
youth scored an average of 78,2
(Set Page Two For
Complete Results)
Royal Canadian Navy.
During his five years at
CHSS, the popular student was
always among the to students
in the various classes and won
the W. D. Fair scholarship as
the leading student in grade 12
last year.
He Was elected president of
the student council this year by
his fellow students and was
picked as the Student Leader
in the Lendon Free Press ser-
ies.
While in grade 12 he was
commanding officer of the
CHSS Cadet. Corps and he is a
Queen's Scout and holds Scout-
ing's highest award, the Bush-
man's Thong.
He is a past president of the
young people's society at St
Paul's Anglican Church and
participated in soccer, volley-
ball, the senior choir and geo-
graphy club at CHSS.
Three Tied
The. Weather
1963 1962
Ilth Low High Low
Ails: 8 75 55 75' 58
0 70 54 71 53
10 75 60 75 46
11 '78 54 80 50
12 72 52 78 57
13 70 50 69 60
14. 16' 55 16 56
Italit Rein: .67
GIRLS EVEN 'FAME LE POLICE'
CHSS Girl Enjoys Quebec Visit