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her of seats his Party would
win, but Said "we'll win
enough",
One of 'the "enough" he will
Hon. C. S. MacNaudhton
Will Stand
'Welcome Bandsmen
The News-Record jOns the community in
welcoming the hok ofd bandsmen and their
pretty majorettes, who, will perform in the
second annual "Cavalcade of Bands" being,
sponsored jointly by Clinton Branch 140 of
the Royal Canadian Legion and the Clinton
Community Marching and Concert Band. 'We
trust they will enjoy their visit here as much
as we know citizens will enjoy their per-
formances on Friday and Saturday nights at
the Community Park.
Linton News-Recor
THE NEW ERA -- 97th YEAR
THE HURON RECORD — 81st YEAR
No. 34—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON * ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1963
$4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages
Judging from the profusion
of beautiful flowers in e.'idence
throughout Clinton and the
area, the annual flower show
to be . staged this Friday by
the Clinton Citizens Horticul-
tural Society should be a high-
ly competitiVe and interesting
event.
"We do hope everyone will
bring their flowers to the show
so it will be a huge success,"
one member of the group stat-
ed.
In all, there are prizes for
about 15 different varieties of
flowers including asters, cos-
mos, zinnias, petunias, phlox,
gladioli, dahlia and others.
As well, there are special
prizes for mantel 'and table
decorations which are usually
one of the highlights of the
summer show.
School children will also have
a special section and besides
displaying their flowers, will
compete for prizes in a spec-
ial vegetable' class.
eLinton Scouts Enjoy Week at Area 'Camp
Nine meMbers of the Clinton Boy scouts Gild ; ere and promptly listed up to it by sniping at their
cohorts ,in the other tent with ,water pistols and
other mischievous deeds. Ken Rotelli left, is shown
in the process Of , making a rope bed, over which
he Will place his sleeping bag to enjoy a night tinder
the stars, The three lads helping him are Gordon
Merrill,
stars,.
Slade and Blame ChristenSen,
TO1 the .cialMa of
rneSt. normal. people; we ,have been handed .4 varied aSSert-
Pleirt of. tasks .and assignments
Owing our life, and with, a
bounteous share .of geed.. ltick
and a bit of good management
we have been able to complete
most of§.,tcl taSka'tr.) the satin-
faction of .those in charge • •
However, •our 1000 job detail
has as, frankly worried and we
.are certainly open to augges,
tipna from any 'readers who
may be more qualified along
these lines . , The job was
assigned ,to us, by Pere Brown,
who realizing be needed a com-
petent, honest man for the
/- tried several names but was
-forced to contact us , „ „ His
story sounded. very much as
though it was 'a practical joke
at first, but on further details
We. came to the conclitsion he
was serious . a It seems the
local branch pf the Royal Can,
adian Legipn have taken out
"rain insurance" on their Cay,
alcade of Bands this -weekend,
due to their heavy expenses,
.and yours truly has been given
the ,rather ominous task as
"0.6'..FicIAL RAIN WATCH-
ER", and apparently ...we are
entitled to place the initials,
ORW, after our name, least
until the end of the show on
Saturday.
WHILE TIM name would in-
dicate that the job is simple
enough—as any idiot with his
• normal senses would have little
difficulty in watching rain —
there are stipulations regarding
being an ORW that demand
some serious consideration and
no small amount of ingenuity
. . , For, besides being able to
watch rain; an' ORW -must be
able to catch it in a suitable
receptacle and measure it, as
the local. vets - only receive in-
surance if there .is more than
one-tenth Of an inch of pre-
cipitation . . . Persons with
less insight than an ORW might
quickly point out that we are
making a mountain out of a
mole hill—or to use the natural
language of an ORW,. a puddle
out of a piddle—as they will.
tell us to merely grab a pot,
dish or • that handy .,.grartite
receptacle from under the 'bed
and head, out and catch any
rain -that may fall.
BUT THE more astute na-
ture of an •ORW tells us that
choosing the proper container:
is one of the tougher aspects ef .
this position -aWaiitiiig to
be' fair to, both the. Legion, and
the insurance dompany, one
(Continued on page seven)-
Young Airman
Faces Charge Of
Causing Damages
David Russell, 27, RCAF
Clinton, is scheduled to appear
'in Magistrate's court. in Gode-
rich today (Thursday) to face
charges of causing willful dam-
age at a Clinton house.
He was taken into custody
by Clinton Police Constables,
Albert Shaddick and Clarence
Perdue, after they answered a
complaint at about 1:20 a,m.
on Saturday, August 17.
They report the man had
kicked in the bottom panel of
a screen door and broken some
glass in another door. He ap-
peared before a Justice of the
Peace and was released on his
own bond.
The house was that of Miss
Lorene Langford, Rattenbury
Street.
Cars Damaged
An accident on Mary Street,
Tuesday, caused about $1,000
damage to two cars, according
to Chief H. R. Thompson, who
investigated.
Involved were a 1959 Meteor
driven by Robert Henry Bell,
50, Queen Street, Blyth, and a
1963 Pontiac Convertible owned
by William Murray Neal, 24,
RR 5, Clinton,
The two ears met in a head-
Construction on the gigantic
and modern addition at Central
Huron Secondary School has
again apparently slowed down
and members of the school
board remain dubious es to the
condition it will be in for school
opening on September
"We'll have a scheol of
sorts," Del Philps, chairman Of
the Advisory Vocational Coin-
mittee reported at the regular
meeting, Wednesday.
He told members he was
"greatly disappointed"" in view
of the fact they had been pro-
mised faithfully the school
would be ready for occupancy,
Philps stated the contractor
had not kept tip to the schedule
as premised,
His anxieties Were backed tip
by Principal JOhn Chehrane
and property chairman George
Paleorter.
fvoting progress had 'hot de-
Veloped Much as had been
pronilSed, the principal Stated
Sgt. Harry Barker, head of
the Goderich Ontario Provincial
Police detachment,' warned this
week that investigations of
reckless shooting will be step-
ped up in the area, following
an incident Sunday night when
a Windsor man was wounded
by an unknown rifleman on the
beach a mile south of Bay-
field.
"There will be no mercy
shown," the police officer stat-
ed. "There's just too much silly
shooting."
Ray Bjorkquist, 31,. of 3420
Priscilla Martin, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Menno Mar-
tin, RR 1, Clinton, has been
named the winner of this
years bursary by the Clinton
Public Hospital Ladies Aux-
iliary. The grade 12 gradu-
ate of CHSS will take her
nursing training in Stratford
General Hospital, where she
has been employed for the
summer months. She will re-
ceive $100 of the bursary this
year and $50 in September of
the two following years.
The Weather
196a • 1962
High LOW High LOW
Aug, 15 70 51 79 55
18 '65 • n: 71 54
17 0 41 '70. 44
18 70 60 71 d
19 0 46 86 52
20 '72 .52: '78 '84
21 16 '56 77 0
t.ain::3k" No Bain
There has been no indication
as yet front the New Demo,
cratiC Party as to whether they
will contest the local riding.
Everyone Wins
As usual, all three party lea,
ders have predicted they will
Ram the next government, a
task the Conservatives have
done for just over 20 years.
Leader of the Liberals, jphn
WintermeYer, described' the rul-
ing party as having "run put
of steam" and said the Conser-
vatives are "too indifferent, too
tired, and too 'arrogant to serve
the needs of all of Ontario's
people." He made this state
ment in floating the people of
Ontario would go for a change
in government.
Donald MacDonald, leader of
the NDP, predicted his party
would win 55 of the 108 seats,
indicating the people would
turn against the government
because of what he termed their
program, and their handling of
the report of the Ontario Crime•
Commission.
Premier Robarts declined to
Randolph Rdad, Windsor, was
bending over to pick a stone
off „the beach when he was
struck in the right buttock by
a .22 calibre soft-nosed rifle
bullet..
The wounded man was taken
to the cottage of vacationing
London doctor, Jack H. Walt-.
ers, given first aid, then driven
to Alexandra Marine and Gen-
eral Hospital at Goderich,
where the wound was x-rayed
and treated.
The bullet, lodged in the
muscle, was not removed and
he was able to return to Wind-
'sorawith his' family' by car the
same night.
Search For Man
OPP Constable Jack Burdon,
Goderich, lead a search for the
rifleman, believed to have fired
the shot from the bush along
the top of a 30-foot cliff over-
looking the beach.
The beach is about 10 yards
wide in this area.
Mr. Bjorkquist, his wife and
(Continued on page 7)
0
Police Charge
Ohio Shooter
Without Permit
A 17-year-old Ohio youth
has been summonsed to ap-
pear in Goderich court to-
day (Thursday) to face
charges of carrying a fire-
arm without necessary
licence in an area where
game can be found.
Clayton A. Kul-men, was
charged by Ontario Provin-
cial Police at Goderich,
after he was found with
his .22 calibre rifle in the
Bayfield beach area.
A non-resident of On-
tario, the youth had no
licence and his gun was
siezed by police.
His charge came as a.
result of continual investi-
gation by OPP officers of
careless shooting in the
Bayfield Summer r es or t
area, where a Windsor man
Was wounded. by an un-
known rifleman on Sunday.
the elassroomS.
He jokingly pointed out that
the board members may have
to work during the final week
to get things into order for
school opening.
ReStrict Parking
Among several pieces of busi-
ness brought forward by Val-.
cotter's property CoMmittee was
a request that a, letter be sent
to Clinton council requesting
that no parking signs be erect-
ed on both Sides of Princess
Street from William to' Raglan
Streets.
Principal John Cochrane ex-
plained the request was being
sought for three Main reasons.
We dent want the students
parking their cart along the
street se- they eat slip out and
sit hi then). to smoke, he stated,
He added that there would
be student parking on the
school property mid this mild
be stiperviSed,
(Continued oh page 7)
Probably be Conhting on is the
Htiron riding where it is a fore-
gone conclusion that Hon. C. S.
MaeNaughten, minister of high,
ways, will 'carry the. Progres-
sive. Conservative hopes.
Contacted in Toronto, Wed-
nesdaY4 the Huron MP said he
would certainly accept, the nom-
inaticiti if the people of Huron
Were Prepared to nominate him.
would be very proud to
represent them," he stated,
"and very, very proud to carry
the Standard of the Robarts
Pprty,P
Re s slescribed his fellow Con-
servative cohorts as. "a young,
vigorous, active team" who, he
added, were able to conduct the
affairs pf, the Ontario people
in a Vev businesslike approach.
Them. Association will hold
their .nomination meeting in
the Clinton Legion Hall on
Wednesday night and Ontario's
ecitteation minister, Hon, Wil-
liam Davis, will be the guest
speaker.
MacNaughton took over the
seat for the Conservatives aft-
Special awards in the show
include the T. Eaton Company
prize for the winner of the
most points; Simpsons award
for the best dahlia; Stedmans
special prize for the best rose
and the Swift Canadian Com-
pany prize for the best gladioli.
Mrs. W. G. Moorehead, RR
2, Clinton, will be the judge,
of the show, which will be held
in the council chambers of the
town hall.
Judging will commence at
11:00 a.m. and the doors will
be open to the public at 3:00
pin.
There are a number of door
prizes to be drawn, the result
a donation from several local
businesses.
Prize lists may be secured
from Clifford Epps, treasurer
of the Society. The show is
open to everyone whether or
not he is a member of the So-
ciety.
The exhibits may be viewed
up till 9:30 p.m.
Liberal Candidate
. Still A Mystery
area farmer who carried the
Liberals to a surprise win in
a by-election in the Huron
Bruce riding.
Wheatley is, also an OAC
graduate and was active in
junior farmer organizations.
The names of three young
lawyers have also been men-
tioned as possible candidates.
They .are Dan Murphy, Gode-
rich; E. Beecher Menzies, Clin-
ton, and Ronald Rowcliffe, Hen-
sall.
Both Murphy and Menzies
have been extremely active in
the Liberal Association for
both the Provincial and Dom-
inion elections.
Rowcliffe just recently com-
pleted his law studies and is
the son of Elgin Rowcliffe,
Hensall. At present he is work-
ing with the law firm of Bell
and Laughton, Exeter. Bell is
president of the Ontario Pro-
gressive Conservative Associa-
tion and Laughton is also quite
active in the same party.
Other candidates could be
(Continued on Page 11)
Goderich area truck driver with
making an , improper left hand
turn following a car - truck
crash in Colborne Township,
Friday.
Gordon Kimbel Brindley, RR
6, Goderich, was proceeding
east on a county road and was
being followed by Ruth How-
att, myth, when he made the
turn and hit the lady's car.
Neither driver was injured
and the truck was damaged in
the amount of $30, while the
Howatt vehicle sustained dam-
ages of.p50.
The accident occured about
7:00 p,m, and' OPP Constable
R. E. Sims, Goderich, investi-
gated.
was called to the Bar of On-
tario in 1928.
He began a legal practice in
Aylmer in the same year and
opened an office in St. Thomas
in 1936. He was made King's
Counsel (now QC) in 1937. In
1961 he was elected president
of the Middlesex Law Associa-
tion.
Mr, Livermore was appointed
judge of Norfolk County in
1942 and served on the bench
three years. In 1945 he went
into partnership with R. G.
Ivey, QC, and formed the law
firm of Ivey and Livermore
(now Ivey, Livermore and
Dowler), London.
Mr, Livermore always had a
keen interest in municipal af-
fairs and represented the
County of Middlesex in Lon-
don's annexation hearing three
years ago.
(Continued on page seven)
0
Local Cadets
Home Fom Camp,
One Wins Prize
Fourteen members of the
CHSS Cadet Corps were am-
ong the 1,500 members of the
Royal Canadian Army Cadet
Corps who ended seven weeks
training With the inspection
of their battalion at Camp
Ippervvash, Saturday.
Major-General J. P. E. Her-
natchez, vice-chief of the gen-
eral staff, Ottawa, was the in-
specting officer.
Close to 1,000 spectators —
including parents, friends and
cadet instructors from Clinton
two Sides of the parade
square to Watch the proceed-
ings.
One Clinton youth, Cadet
Dick Steenstra, B Company,
won an outstanding achieve-
ment award for the back stroke
in the Switnining centest,
Other members of the local
corps who attended the camp
Were: Elwin kingswell, Marry
Cummings, Norm Amy, Craig
Collier, Terry Rutledge, Bill
Graham, bane Pugh, Steve
Maguire, Gard Tait, Jim Liver.
more, Bill Strong, Dentia Ship
and Alvin Potter.
Cadet;instructors Malt Edgar
am, Bob Mann attended the
inspection and demonstrations
aide were accompanied by their
wives:
utonis Election Is Start To Grind
farmer,. HarrY Strang, Jane
11, 1959, With Leslie Frost at
the helm, and he received his
Partfolio shertlY after Robarts
took over the leadership from
the retired Mr. Frost.
OPtomiStie Huron Conserva-
tives feel the _added honor he
has brought to himself and to
the riding will make him a de-
aided favourite on September
25.
As for the Liberals, there
has been little speculation as
to who will throw his hat into
the ring, They have lost two
possible candidates through
death in the past feat months
--Hugh R. Hawkins, Clinton,
and William Jewett, Hullett
Township.
There is no doubt they will
miss the two energetic party
workers.
Some Names
One of the possible candid-
ates is Larry Wheatley, a young
McKillop Township farmer, de-
scribed by one executive mem-
ber as a "Murray Gaunt type".
Gaunt is the young Lucknow
the former were treated for
minor injuries and released.
Mr, Lyons was kept in hos-
pital overnight for observation
and released Monday, while his
wife was kept in hospital with
a broken leg. Her condition
was' given as 'satisfactory and
she was transferred to Owen
Sound hospital,
The accident happened about
one and a half miles east of
Highway 21 at about 4:30 p.m.
Mrs. Pfrimmer's 1962 Stude-
baker and the 1955 Chev driven
by Mr. McMurray ..were both
heavily darnage'd in the` craSh.
OPP constable R.,.M. Prim-
eau Goderich, investigated the
crash.
OPP officers have charged a
Ernest Samuel Livermore,
QC, of 448 Regent Street, Lon-
don, prominent lawyer and for-
mer Norfolk County judge,
whose interests ranged through
many business and philanthrop-
ic enterprises, died in Victoria
Hospital, London, on Saturday,
August 17, after a long illness.
He was 61.
Mr. Livermore was born in
Clinton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
James Livermore, now residing
at Huronview. He received his
early education here.
He was graduated with hon-
ors in political science and re-
ceived his BA from the Univer-
sity of Toronto in 1925. A•
graduate of Osgoode Hall, he
In What will be one. of the
shortest election campaigns
ever staged in Huron Conn%
members of the Pregresaiye
Conservative and Liberal ,As
have announced plans
for choosing their candidates
for the September 25 Provin-
cial vote, announced on Friday
by Premier John Roberts.
The Huron PC's had already
picked Wednesday, August 28
for their nomination meeting,
but the Premier apparently
caught the county Liberals a bit
Off guard, as many had been
expecting an October electipn,
However, under the direction
of president E. Beecher Men-
zies, Clinton lawyer, the Liber-
als quickly started the Wheels
moving and at an executive
meeting Tuesday announced
they would hold their nomina-
tion in Hensall on Tuesday,
September 3.
This will give the two chosen
candidates only a little' more
than three weeks in which to
present their platforms to the
voters.
on crash while Neal was tra-
velling east on Mary Street and
Bell was proceeding west, hav-
ing just pulled out of a park-
ing spot on the north Side of
the street.
No one was injured in the
crash which happened on Tues-
day afternookt at 4:00 p.m.
, Awarded Bursary
the school would only be "use-
able",
"It will be ready in a sort
of way", Falconer added,
The latter noted it was "nip
and tuck" and was given per-
mission to hire up to a Maxi-
mina of 10 Men to aid in get-
ting classrooms ready for the
students when the construction
workers have completed their
Work.
"It will be an awful rush,"
Falconer stated, explaining
desks and other equipment
would have to be moved into
Police Issue Warnings
After Area Visitor Shot
Board Dubious of CHSS Completion,
Request No Parking on Princess Street
Judge Wild Nov Tremendous 'Chore
In Placing Profuiion Of Area Flowers
two leaders have been spending this week at the
local camp near Forester's Bridge, north of Wines.
\dile. Besides putting into practice many of their
lessons in "roughing it"f the lads have been enjoY-
ing some swinuning, fishing and a raft race on the
river, These feur gave themselves the name "Raid.
er the reign of the late Tom
Pryde, defeating Dr. J, A., Ad-
dison, Clinton.
He recaptured the riding in
a battle with Usborne Township.
A doclerich lady, Mrs. Ross
Pfrimmer, 56, died in Alex-
andra Marine a a d General
Hospital, Tuesday, from injur-
ies sustained in a two-car
crash involving an elderly Clin-
ton couple on the Bayfield
Road, Sunday.
She was alone in a car which
collided with one being driven
by Clinton's veteran fair en-
thusiast, Adam 3, McMurray,
86. Accompanying him were
his wife and an Owen SoUnd
couple, Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Lyons.
Mrs. Pfrimmer was rushed
to Goderich hospital in critical
condition with a ruptured
spleen. A hospital report on
Monday listed her condition as
"satisfactory", but she later
succumbed.
Police, who have been hamp-
ered in their investigation due
to the injuries Sustained by the
witnesses, indicated Mr. Mc-
Murray was ,travelling along
the Bayfield Road and was
struck by Mrs. Pfrimmer, who
was coming out of a sideroad
or a laneway.
Mr. and Mrs. McMurray and
the Lyons couple were taken to
Clinton.Public Hospital where
Marks 81 Year's
Mrs. J. E. Johnston, Ontario
Street, will mark her 81st
birthday today, (Thursday).
She reports to the News-Rec-
ord she is enjoying comparat-
ively good health.
She has three children, Mrs.
Edythe Quennell and Harold
Johnston, both of Toronto, and
Mrs. (Dr.) Florence Tucker,
London.
(rash Injury Fatal To Lady,
Clinton Couple Escape Hurt
Former Clintonian Dies In London;
Prominent Lawyer, Judge, Churchman