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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-01-09, Page 1CHSS Board Welcomes Four New Members Four new members 'took their places at the inaugural meeting of 'the board of Ceh- teal Huron Secondary School, Wednesday. One "stirprite" addition was Keith Tyndall, RR 4, Clinton,. who succeeds Robert Thoinp- set', Londesboro, as the repre- sentative for Hillett Township, Mr. Thompson had riot en- rlouncecl. his- intentions to retire at the lest board meeting. GeOrge Beattie, a format Clinton co-emitter, replaces Ien McRae as the town's represen- tative on the beard and Ray 7V1 adill; Blyth, is that eonernun- itY's nOW representative replac- ing bel Philp:) Beth Mr, McRae and Mr. Philp had acted ehaitmen of the advisory vocational cone knitted since, that group's caption With the new vocation- al wing. The final new Mali it Rebeet M. Ellett, who tuCedectt Er- vine 'rehbittt as the Goderich TOWilthiP representatiVe, Tebblitt Was a past chairtilan of The board and one of the veterat Members, 'flitting 'say, ed irk 'the neighborhood of IS. Yeart, Tot: ifirst JUDGING FIRCPIK the corn- Malts of several wise adWsers who strangely.enough are all married males, it would appear that this is the last week in which we will he permitted to, express our own thoughts, so we had better take full advan- tag°, of the situation , It is Praetieally inconceivable as to why there should be such a Varied opinion between men and women as to the state of matri, rnony, but with our bachelor- hood dwindling into a period of mere hours, Perhaps the answer will come quicker than we may expect . From our male friends have come expressions of sympathy which one would more normally expect to be sav- ed for a man going to the gal- lows, while some of our female acquaintances have pulled us out of our moments of doubt as to the soundness of the ven- ture by asking us when our "Lucky day" was coming up. HOWVVIere, we must admit we have qeeetioiied the sin- cerity of the female queries in. view of the accompanying twinkle. in their eyes; which is often quite similar to that of A checker .player who has his opponent backed into an in- escapable spot and then 'glee- fully says: "it's your move" Fortunately, most of the com- ments were verbal and, we managed to dispel them with- out much - trouble, but then a letter arrived from an old Bee, erson school mate (whose identity will remain unknown to save his charming mother from Varna any embarrass- ment) and his words keep star- ing us in the face , , He started it off by explaining that busi- ness commitments would keep him from attending. "that game of matrimonial roulette which you have planned". (Continued on page 12) $4,09 Per Yor---10 Cents Per cqpy,--,12 .Pages No, Beale raper With the Hews CLINTON, ,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1964 eco THE 11 URQN R EQ(3,12- — .81 st Y EAR THE ,NEW ERA--- 97th YEAR all Meetings Stant y and Hullett o Discuss Central School Possibility First Arrival At Clinton Hospital Frank Somerville Jr. didn't arrive on the scene until January 5, but it was still soon enough to be declared the first baby of 1964 at Clinton Public Hos- pital. The handsome eight pounder, shown here in his mother's arm, was award- ed a cup on. behalf of the Hospital Auxiliary by retiring president, Mrs. C. M. 'Shearing. Looking on is Mrs. Mary Phinney, hospital superintendent. Mr. and Mrs. Somerville reside at 12 Princess Street West, and have :three daughters at home eagerly awaiting the arrival of their brother. (News-Record ,Photo) anies Officers, ounger Women/ Take Lead oles Hospital Auxiliary Takes Oath Of Office Clinton's two new cOuncillors, Duff TherripSon and H. F. Noonan are shown here taking. their oath of office as administered by Clerk ilohn Livermore, Mon. days Council met only briefly for the ceremony and named their striking coin, tairttee, The inaugural Will be held this coming Mondays (News-gdord Photo) 0 uckersrnith Appoints. Reps., Makes Grants Tuckersmith Township coun- cil, meeting for their inaugural on Monday, made several grants and paid association fees as we'll as making some appointments for various dut- ies. for the new year. Reeve Elgin Thompson was. reappointed as the representa- tive to the Ausable River Con- servation. Authority, in addition to being reappointed welfare administrator in the townslm. John Earle was again ap- pointed as truant officer. • Council authorized grants of $25 to the Scott Memorial Hospital and the Salvation Army and $10 sums to the Canadian Mental Health Assoc- iation and the St. John Ambu- lance. They decided to again join the Ontario Good Roads Asso- ciation and the Ontario Asso- ciation. of Rural Municipalities with membership fees .of $15.00 each. Clerk James McIntosh was instructed to apply to the de- partment of highways for the balance .of the subsidy on road expenditures; and to notify all taxpayers with 'taxes :in arrears for three years of the March 15 deadline for payment. All members of council were present for the Meeting and subscribed to the oath of office as administered by the clerk. This was folloWed by a brief and inspirational 'talk given by the Rev. Howard K. Plant, Brucefield, Seaforth town council 'and the Tuckersmith council ex- changed greetings prior to ad- journing to dinner. Stanley Council Calls Meeting At. Board's Request At their inaugural meeting, Monday, Stanley Township council decided 'to call 'a meet- ing of interested ratepayers to discuss the possibility of a cen- tral school for, the township. The 'township school area board, which administers five of the 11 schools in the town- ship, requested the meeting, -It is scheduled to be held on Mon- day, January 27 at the Varna hall at 8:30 p.m. Hugh Hendrick, RR 3 Kip- per; chairman of the area board, reported some ratepay- ers in the Varna area had ap- proached members of the board in regard to a central school. 'He said that ratepayers in the school section south of Varna on the Parr Line were interested because their school was one of the oldest in the township. The area chairman said there Would be no decision reached at the meeting, as it was being called only to determine the opinion of the township resi- dents regarding a central school, 'If opinion appears to favour a central school, the' trustees would probably approach coun- cil to seek debentures for its. erection, The public school inspector, Gil Burroughs, Exeter, has been asked to attend the meeting to help answer questions which may arise. Mr. Hendrick said he hoped representatives from the schools not under the jurisdiction -of the area board would also be present. (Continued on page 12) voted to hold their meetings on the first Monday of each mon- th, rather than the last Mon- day as had been the previous procedure. This was more convenient to some of 'the members and it Was also felt to be more bene- ficial as it was closer to the monthly meeting of the CDCI board, which is held on the second Wednesday. , ED DEARING NOTED EDUCATIONALIST SAYS,: People Should Doubt Themselves People •should be less certain ten listen and read not as it is said or written, but rather how they anticipate it will be read or written, he flashed a pictere on the screen showing the Words "Paris in the the speing". Only 'four of the 49 or so men present wrote down the actual wording, the rest leav- ing out the one "the", On the second showing, about five more noticed the extra word, However, some had 'to tee the words about six times be- fore they noticed the extra "the" and one man even had to read it alotid twice befere he said the, extra word. Using this as an example, Professor Dent pointed but it was very hard to change pee pies' attitudes when they have their own strong Different SdintiOns The'education specialist also told the members that many people tend to solve one prob- lem by using 'the seine methods of solving a peevious problem, With four "guinea pigs" standing tip, he told them they were cleat and dumb and were in 'a drag store ordering a tooth brush. The filer solved the problem cleaning their teeth, However, when he told them by going through the actions of they were blind and were Want- ing a comb, three of the four started to go through the ac- tions of combing their hair, The' other eman wisely asked' for a tomb, due to the fact that blind people can talk. "Yon. can't alWayt solve the problems of today 'by using the methods of yesterday," 114 stab. ed, adding that people ofteo, see what th 'believe, rather (Continuedon Page 12)' of what they know, Professor Ralph Dent of the Ontario Ag- ricultural College, Guelph, told Huron Zone members of the Waterleo Cattle Breeders As- seciaticin at 'their annual meet- ing in Clinton, Monday, The noted psychologist, who recently coeducted a "Live 'to Leatn" series en CBC televis- ion, told 'the furriers they should learn to doubt 'them- selves more in an effort to be more receptive to communiew, lion "It's healthy to be a doubt- er," he continued, pointing out that people have Mete treldile being 'educated to new ideas when they aren't doubtful. Professor bent tiSed Many interesting and tittinototts li 4tistratioris inalte hth point in regard to his talk, TO point out that people of" Overcrowded Hullett School. Initiates Action As the result of a public meeting 'called Monday by trus- tees of USS 5 Hulett, the pee- tibility of establishing a central school for Hulett' -Township will be discussed at a meeting to, be called eshortly among all trustees of the 12 township schools.. ' The special meeting in Au- burn was attended by 50 per- sons, and they gave the board unanimous approval far a meet- ing as soon as Possible among the Other hoards. The one-room Auburn school is faced withevercrowded con- ditions with 48 students in at- tendance this.-year, and .another 11 .teheduled to - start- hext year, which would bring 'enrolment to. 55. William Moss, Auburn, a trustee of the school, said the meeting was being , called to determine the feeling of other trustees on the establishment of a central school in the fu- ture., ' "We're not asking anyone to commit -themselves," he stated, "we just want to find out the feeling among other trustees." Mr. Moss pointed out that there would have to be some- thing clone about the over- crowded conditions„ and they did not want to ge ahead and build any additions at the 'pre- sent if there was any possi- bility of a central school being built in the near future. He predicted it would cost up to $15,000 to build suitable_ accommodation 'for the of the USS 5 school. Could Get' By The trustee said he felt sonic temporary solution could be found to ease' the overcrowding without entering a major build- ing program if a .central school was in the offing for the town- ship. One suggestion was to transport students to another school. The-school now has one tea- cher, Mrs, Ross Munro, and an assistant, Mrs. Wilfred Sander- son. Public school inspector J. W. Coulter, Goderich, who at- (Continued on Page Six) D a n Beuernrann, veteran reeve of McKillop Township, was trounced at the polls on Monday by a former member of his council, Kenneth Stewart. Stewart galloped away from the incumbent in one of the few ,township elections in Huron, posting 537 votes to Beuer- marlin's 109, almost a five-to- one vote. Three members of last year's council were returned to Of- fice: William Dennis, 419; Ralph McNichol, 419; Allen Campbell, 361. A newcbmer, Harold Dodds, polled 400 votes. Another new- comer, Joseph Ryan, lost out. Huron County MOH, Dr, :R„ M. Ardis, says he -is "reason- 0V satisfied" with the eye examinetions r e c e i v e el by scheol, students in the comity, lee was commenting on a warning made by The Optome- tricel 'Aesoelation of Ontario that thoutands of Ontario pup- ils will fail their examinations this year because eye testing faelities in schools are inade, (le:ate. • The Optometrists. said "at least 25 percent" of the school children need eye care and will suffer headaches fatigue and nervousness "and stop trying to read and learn as a result". In a -statement, the associa- tion said the 'standard. "can- you-read those-letters test is no nearer an adequate eye exam- ination than taking one's tem- perature is in a medical. analy- sis." Dr. Aldis reported. Huron schools followed the :tests laid down -by the department of health and use the Snellen chart to test eyes. HO said this test showed up serious defects, but admitted 'it may miss some minor ones, as Flower Group Plans Annual, World Travels The Clinton Citizens' Horti- cultural Society will' hold its annual meeting in the Council Chamber on Friday evening, January 10 at 8 p.m. 'Mrs, Harry Ball will give a talk an her recent trip to the Continent and Mr. Gordon Scribbins will show pictures of his trip to England and the Continent. Both these special features promise to be most interesting and a large attendance is 'hop- ed for, The society will have tubere ous begonia -bulbs available; orders for which can be 'ac- cepted from members at this A special drive for member- ships is being made this year, as the government grant to the society is based mainly upon Public tvtieeting On New Arena Planned Friday A public meeting Will be held in the Clinton Legion Hall on Friday 'at 8:00 p.m. for the purpose of discus- sing the possibility of a new arena for Clinton, Invitations have been sent out to key •people to "attend the meeting, but anyone interested is Invit- ed ,to attend. Clinton Kinsmen initiated action on the project when 'they set up a committee to find out the attitude of other service clubs arid eititens. Each „of the other clubs, Legion, Lions and Fish and Game, have appointed members to sit on the committee, as have the Clinton Recreation Com- mittee. This is the first meeting between these representa- tives it is strictly as screening exam- ination. However, he -4000 that, if there was 'any doubt ahout seitleaWs. eyes, these cases were followed up with later tests, Dr. Aldis aleo added that par, elate and teachers were usually able to tell when .defects took place. All students are tested On entering school and receive about four more tests during their school days, He said the ideal situation would be to have an extensive. eye exemination every year, similar to !health authorities' Suggestions that every persori have a complete medical exam- ination annually: Rabies Still Present pr. Aldis reported there was still "a Hair amount" of rabies in the county, and the. 'health unit was still encountering people who 'have come in • con- tact with the disease. Noting there had been more cases in 1963 than in the pre- vious year, he esaid caution should 'still 'be used and "sus- pected" "animals should be avoided. He added that more skunks than usual had been detected with the disease, but said that due to the fact people gave skunks a healty respect, there were few coming in .content with the disease through these animals. The clinics conducted in vari- ous centres for the vaccination of • pets received "encouraging response" and. Dr. Aldis added that "this is the least" people can do to protect themselves. He urged that any pet own- ers who missed ,the should have the. vaccination ad- ministered by their own veter- inarian. A shade over 59 percent of the eligible voters cast ballots. Stewart's win will make only four changes in the 36-member county council for the 1964 term. Other new members are Everett Mcllwain, deputy-reeve of Goderich Township; Lorne Durnin, reeve of 'West Wawa- nosh and Nelson, Cardno, reeve of Seaforth. Other members of the coun- cil, which will meet on Tues- day, January 21, to name a re- placement 'for Warden Walter' Forbes are as follows, and where more 'than 'two names appear, 'the first is the reeve and the second is deputy: Ashfield, Donald McKenzie, Tom Howard; Colborne, Ralph Jewell; Goderich Township, G. W. Stirling, E, 1J, 1VIcIlevain; Grey, Clifford amber; Hay, John Corbett, Delbert Geiger; Howick, Ivan Hasltins, Robert Gibson; Hullett, Tom Leiper; McKillop, Kenneth Stewart; Morris, Stewart Proctor; Stan- ley, Ernest Talbot, Elmer Hay- ter; Stephen, Glen Webb, Jam- es Hayter; Tuckersmith, Elgin Thompson; Turnberry, A. D. Smith; East Wawanosh, ErneSt Snell; West 1,VaWanosh, Lorne Durnire Usborne, Archie Eth- erington; Clinton, Morgan J. Agnew, John A; Sutter; Eketer, Glen Fisher, Ralph Bailey; Goderich, Frank Walkom, Reg, Jewell; Seaforth, Nelson C. Car&io, Carl Dalton; Wing- ham, 3. Roy Adair, Joseph Kerr; Blyth, Morritt; Brussels, J. C. granter; Hen- sail, Norman Jones; Zurich, Milton Oesch, The Weather 1964 1963 Mail Low High LOw Jan, 2 3 4 5 0 8 34 20 19 0 41 28 26 7 35' 28 33 '25 35 10 32 26. 86 25 81 25 84 14..32 26 33 13 32 -16 had -been some changes, in Auxiliary work and money rais- ing was no longer the most im- portant lunation, although it was still very important, "Public relations is of para- mount importance now," she went on, painting out the lad- ies formed a sort of liaison, be- tween the hospital and the pub- lic. "What we do and say carries a great deal of weight," Mrs. Fingland concluded in urging the women to take their duties seriously, Mrs. Wood succeeds Mrs. C. M. 'Shearing as president of the active group and Mrs. Ro- bert Homuth is vice-`president. Other officers are as follows: Second vice-president, Mrs. David Anderson; third vice- president, Mrs. R. U. MacLean; secretary, Mrs. D. J. Cochrane; treasurer, Mrs. Duff Thompson; press secretary, Mrs. Robert Hunter; purchasing committee chairman, Mrs. H. C. Lawson'; sewing, Mrs. Homuth; member- ship, Mrs. J. A, Addison; social, Mrs. E. B. Menzies; travelling cart, Mrs. 0. L. Engelstad; tag day, Mrs. Haddie. No convener was named for the 'annual Penny Sale project, which is one of the major fund raising projects of the auxiliary. In accepting the position, .Mrs. Wood commended Mrs.. Shearing for her efforts of the past year and said of the Aux- iliary 'that there was not a more capable group of people with whom to work, "I'm looking forward to a great year," the new president stated. The slate of officers had been presented by a member of the nominating committee, Mrs. Doeg Belle \ Reports given at the annual meeting, held in the nurses' residence, showed a bank bal- ance of $1,222.87 in the general (Continued on Page Six) At, the inaugural meeting of the advisory vocational com- mittee to the board of CHSS held in Clinton, Monday, Ed Dearing, Seaforth, was elected chairman for the new year, succeeding Del Philp, Blyth. Mr, Dearing 'served as vice- chairman last year as well as holding the position of chair- man of the Seaforth District High School board. The new vice-chairman is James Taylor, Hens,all, a non- board member representing South Huron District High School, Exeter. Named to the respective committees were: Equipment a n d property: William Hearn, Clinton, chair- man; Gordon Muir, Goderich; the new CDCI board member to be named to the AVC; Gar- net Hicks, Exeter. Finance, staff and curricul- um: Gerald Ginn, Goderich, chairman; James Taylor; Mrs. T. B. Govenlock, Seaforth; Wal- ter Newcombe, Clinton. Industrial committee: Gordon Muir, chairman; William Hearn, Gerald Ginn and James Taylor. Public relations and evening coulees: Garnet Hicks, chair- man; Mrs, Govenlock, the new CDCI member; Gordon Muir and Walter Newcombe. At the meeting, the merebers Local Youth Attend Session On Alcohol Six Clinton area youths were among the 400 teenage dele- gates who attended the seventh annual Provincial Youth Con- ference on the Alcohol Problem, in,Toronto over the Christmas MOH Satisfied With Eye Testing,. Reports Rabies Still Quite Prevalent McKillop Ousts Reeve After 16 Years; Winner One Of Four New County Men holiday „ The event is sponsored by . the Ontario Temperance Fed- eration. Attending were Susan Brown Jim McCullough, Phyllis Lobb the membership. • and Tom Mountford, all •of There will be a door prize at Clinton, and Margaret Aiding- the meeting Friday. Everyone ton and Peggy McAsh, both of is welcome, admission is free. Varna. Delegates had the opportune ity Ito share viewpoints in group discussions, hear experts 'in the various 'area of alcohol educa- tion and• participate in a field ' trip to the Salvation Army's Harbour Light Clinic for al- coholics in Toronto's Skid Row area and also attend an Alcoh- olics Annonymous meeting. 7 Speakers were: Dr. R, Gor- don Bela, Rev, James R. Hord, secretary, Department of Evan- gelism and Social Service, Unit- ed Chureh•; Dr, Eugene ForseY, research director, Canadian Labour Congress; Dr. Gary Cormack; psychiatrist, Ontario Hospital Day Care Centre: Rev. James Monaghan, Baptist Youth Work director; Professor John Farina, University of To- ronto; Major A. McCorquodale, Salvation Army's House of ConcOrd; and Paul McCarroll, youth worker, as well as others. The purpose of this confer- ence is to assist young people in a deeper understanding of the eomplexities of alcoholism and an awareness- of possible dangers inherent in the con- sumption of alcohol. 0 ,--"I'mnitappY to see the young- er women coming on,"- stated Mrs. Frank Fingland, after conducting the elections of the Ladies Auxiliary to the 'Clin- ton Public Hospital, which saw Mrs: K. S. Wood elected presi- dent, Monday evening. A veteran member ofthe local Auxiliary, and now reg- ional chairman, Mrs.. Fingland said she hoped the older wo- men who. had taken an active part had laid a good foundation for the younger women. "We throw the torch to the younger ones," she added. Mrs. Fingland rioted there AVC Chooses Seaforth Chairman, Lists Committees For New . Year