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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-08-22, Page 1Make a Predietion on the ninn 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