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Clinton News-Record, 1964-02-06, Page 1 T Mbt iftrot No., Nee 0,,,,,Jhe time Pa per With The News CLINTON, 0 TARP/ Ttg.41k$0,‘Yf. ,FED.RVARY ,b f 964 4,0p ppr P.Pro.4 P.e.r Onpy,12 Pages Councillor Inspects "Hotter" Fire It didn't take Clinton councillor Duff Thompson long in this position to realize engineers were quite correct in stating that new installments at the Sherlock-Manning Piano Co. Ltd. have resulted in a hotter fire that burns off all refuse and will bring an end to the soot nuisance at the Loral plant Stand- ing behind the councillor is a company executive, Caryl Draper. Full details of the work are on page 3 of this issue. (News-Record Photo) Stanley Township Tables Petition To Allow SS 9 Students To Join Ha "Mothers" Tally ,Receipts of 'March" Members- of Clinton Xinettes, who along with the help of many area ladies, conducted the annual appeal for the March OP DimeS, Monday, •report receipts of $831.37 and hope inore May still 001te in. SOme Of the, project chairmen are shown here totalling their figures and standing from the left are: MM. Doh Xay, finance, and Mrs, Malt Edgar, overall project Chairman, Seat. ed are:- Mrs. Bob publicity'; Mrs. Ken McRae, Chief Marching Moth- 13111 Pleming, supplies, Missing is Mrg, Kenn Clynick, recruiting chair. (1\76tog man, .Record Mott) SECOND FROM CLINTON IN TWO WEEKS not ouch Goes To Jail ecor THEN 97th YEAR J-IURQN RgcORP 7,-131* YEAR been no site chosen for the Hay school. A brief discussion was held by council in regard to the meeting held last Monday over the possibility of a • central school, and Reeve Ernie Talbot reported he had attended a meeting in Bayfield on Thurs- day over the same issue. • He -indicated he hadebeen .in-, vited to the Bayfield meeting (Continued on page 12) never really in effect as he maintained a busy schedule by speaking at special services throughout the area and wher- ever the need arose. • He was interim-moderator of the Bay- field-Hensall, charge ands had, preathed at Bayfield on the Sunday previous to his death. Mr.. Lane came to St. An- drew's in. 1942 after serving at Grand Valley, flookstown, Hanover, Wallaceburg a n d Goderich churches. He was a former moderator of the presbyteries of Orange- ville, Bruce, Chatham and Hur- on-Maitland. At the time of his death 'he still held the post of (Continued on page 7) 'Rms IS. the time ,of year •when area menieipal officials head .Off for Toronto to. attend such noteworthy events as the. Geed. Roads. Convention, .el, fthongh residents who drive over. area roads in 'the spring of the year will. probably questjeu tile • appropniateness of the title for - the sessions .,. , However, if persons beard some of the star-, les ,that are often: related in hushed tones., at eourrell meet- ins following the convention, perhaps they would realize whey there is little evidence of any- thing worthwhile being gained . We have yet to hear any councillor or other representa, tives give any report of 'vales able information gleaned from. the sessions---not even during our days at Grand Bend when five men made the jaunt, spite the fact the summer re- sort had only five miles of roads to look after. (Continued on Page Seven) Jail One Man, Remand Area Girl In Goderich Court GODERICH —Kenneth :Cal- houn, 21, Port Albert, was •sen- tenced to two years in the peni- tentiary by Magistrate Glenn Hays in court here on Thurs- day when Calhoun pleaded guilty to, breaking and entering the prethises of George Wraith, implement dealer, on Montreal Street, Goderich, on January 23, and committing an indictable offence therein. A one-and-oneshalf-ton truck was stolen from the premises but was later recovered in Windsor, Melvin Riehl, 17, Blyth, was fined $35 and costs, or seven days 'in jail, when he pleaded guilty to consuming liquor in Goderich on January ‘25, being a person under the age of 21 years. • Peter Joseph Gridzak, Kip- pen, pleaded guilty to driving a motor vehicle in Stanley Township, on December 23, while his licence to de so was under legal suspension, He was. fined $100 and costs, or 14 days, The car was im- pounded for three months, and his licence suspended for a fur- ther six months. Carol Anne, Arsonault, 19, Clinton, pleaded guilty to steal- ing skirt ,frons the Dorothy Shop in. Goderich between De- cember, 1962, and December,. 1963, valued under $50, by con- cealing it in her purse. The ac- tual value of the skirt, $13,87, was later paid to the owner of the shop by the accused. Miss Arsonault also pleaded guilty to stealing four pens from the W. A. Sheaffer Pen Company at Goderich, valued at about 98 cents each, during the period from September, 1962, to (Continued on page 12) Marks 86th Year William Henry, formerly of Hensall, and now residing at Huronview, marked his 86th birthday on Sunday, February 2. Tuckerstaith council discus- sed many important questions at their meeting, Tuesday, but failed to reach decisions on many. They started the meeting off by listening to the first read- ing of the extensive' Carnochan Municipal Drain report, along with seven farmers who Will be affected by the project. Total cost of the drain, which actually involves three drains, will be over $11,000. It, will drain approximately 1,300 acres, arid affects 15 fakmers. The farmers present indicat- ed they wanted some minor Changes Made in the drain, and council decided to refer it back to the engineers for further as- seesing, A discussion was held as to whether the township should take advantage of the centen- nial ' grants available through the government. Reeve Elgin Thompson, who has suggested that county cow-r- eit undertake a project to build a chronic hospital or chronic Wing at Auronview, reported he was afraid stick a venture would not receive the support of all municipalities in Huron. "We need it baclisr," coin- ntented councillor Alex. Mc- Gregor. 'Ilhompson stated that Exeter and Gederieh had already in- dilated they planned to use the The Weather 1964 1968 Ilith Low High Low sal), 30 31 23 17 8 31 36 21 13 .17 Fell; I; 36 31 32 -6 2 33 13 35 18 3 25 10 1.9 4 38 21 80 ti 40 30 82 Ratty- .5" SrieWt Meeting 'Monday, Stanley Township council took no action on a petition from ratepayers from tISS 9 (Blake) to dissolve the school union so. children could be admitted to the new central school in. Hay Town- ship. The petition, signed by nine Stanley Township' ratepayers and eight, from Hay, noted that present facilitieS at the sehool were inadequate; and that they also, wanted to have the benefit of a graded school education for their children, There are 36 students pre- sently attending the school which houses pupils from each of the townships, with about 14 of them coming from Stan- ley. Main reason for taking no Action was due to the fact council felt they should wait to see what action was taken in regard to a „central school in Stanley by school officials of the township. A meeting held last week, in- dicated strong support for such a move by an overflow crowd of Stanley ratepayers in the Varna grants for projects in -their own communities. Council came up with no def- inite decisions on projects for the township, but approved a motion to join with the county if a chronic hospital is built. Councillor Art Varley noted that deadline for applying for grants was August, and further consideration could be given if ideas are presented later. A brief discussion was also held as to whether council could possibly take advantage of the Municipal Loan Fund, but again no projects were mentioned. "It's too bad to Miss it," com- mented Varley, "but there's no sense looking for ways to spend money." Reeve Thompson termed it "ridictdolds" the way govere- Ments Were encouraging Mtmi- eipalities to spend money by giving grants and loans, Talk Schools Due to the fact the loan plan is available for schools, VarlOy pointed out it was unfortunate that council did riot know what the school situation. Was going 'to be, as the money could post sibly be used in this regard. This brought up the subject of a central Scheel and a dis- cussion. was held as to the pre- sent state of affairs hi the teems*. It was reported that Usn sec- tions in the south end of the township Were wanting to send sItticlehits to Hental.l,- but feeling around the council indicated they Wished to keep the town- Ship front splitting up, Councillor Sillery'noted that if sane ScheolS left there Would not be enough for an eight-teeth school, and the ad- vantages of a complete graded Wheel would be lost, Some talk was held on (Contintieb on page 7) hall. They also noted that to dis- solve the school union would in no way make the Stanley town- ship pupils free to attend a Hay school. This would have to be done by releasing theirs None of the petitioners were present at the meeting to ad- vise .council as to their inten- tions, and ,it.. Was felt. the ,move would , not have to be made immediately, as there still has Over 65 members of Clinton Branch 140 of the Royal Cana- dian Legion held a memorial service on Tuesday for the late Rev. D. J. Daness13:A., D.D., who died on Monday. The service was the type that the popular cleric and Legion chaplain had conducted many times for other departed mem- bers and the attendance was one of the largest. Rev. R. U. MacLean, the present minister of St. Andrew's Church, con- ducted the Legion service. Large crowds are also ex- pected to attend the funeral service today (Thursday) at 2:00 p.m. in St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church. Similarly, Dr. Lane had con- ducted many services for mem- bers of that church congrega- tion in his 20 years as pastor of the charge,, which also in- cludes congregations at myth and Auburn. The 81-year-old cleric retired from active church duty in 1962; but the retirement was Scene Quiet As Hog Men Near Annual To date, all appears sinuses ally quiet on the "hog front". However, it is still not evi- dent whether this indicates op- ponents of the present hog marketing system have given Up in their. losing battle' against the majority of 1-furon County hog producers. The' answer will c o m e on Tuesday, when the annual meeting of the Huron County Hog Pry dticers will be held iii the Clinton Legion. Hall, at which time nominations will be received for committeemen, In. the past three years, Free Enterprise supporters have notninated a full slate of Can- didatcs to oppose those in fav- our of the present scheme; but it, date there has been ncOn- cliealtien that they Will again dattge +another County wide vdte. At a similar Meeting iit Middlesex this month, the sup.' porters of the present Market- ing Scheme Were returned by aCclatriatibm Guest speaker at the annual Meeting, Slated to commence tit P.m., is Lance+ DichieSon f &airman of the Ontario 'Mg Producers Marketing Board, - • A committee representing the Clinton Recreation. Committee and our local service clubs has conimencecl investigating the possibility of erecting a new arena :for the _community, Meeting Thursday, the repre- sentatives decided to investigate the construction and mainten- ance. .costs of other arenas in neighboring communities and will report their findings at an- other meeting planned for Thitrsday, February 20, Chairman of the investigating committee is ,Don. Kay, of Ma, 'thql-'1<hisinen; the group which eves-Record Wins ntOrio- Prize For 'Excellence' In a judge's report received this Week, the Clinton'• News- Record has been named for one of the awards 'in the annual Ontario 'Weekly Newspaper As- sociation competition. The News-Record won third place in the "general excel- lence" competition among news- papers. in communities' with a population of 3,500 and below. First prize went to the Blen- heim NeWs-Tribune, while s the Stouffyille Tribune was second. ,Aldo • helping the Huron week- lies maintain., heir fine showing in the Ontario -66nipetition was the. ZuriCh Citizens News, which placed second in the general excellence ,competition ih con"- enmities under 1,000 population. Peblisher. A. L. Colcitiboun and, Editor Bill Batten and his wife will be attending the an- nual convention this weekend in: Toronto, when the prizes will be awarded. • The Association convention will be held at the Royal York Hotel on 1!riday and, Saturday. Pete Hvidsten of , the Uxbridge Tires-+-T_011rnal.isthe .CanVerliticri chairrnan. Official Welcome At a "Get-Acquainted Party", Larry Holmes, public relations representative of the Ontario Brewers' Institute, will be host at an old, fashioned "English Inn" party. Charles Nolan, president of Canadian Weekly Newspapers' Association, will address the de- legates, There will be speakers on all aspects of weekly news- paper publishing during the business sessions. The Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, the Hon. Earl Rowe, will be guest of honour at the main dinner. R. J. Boyer, MPP, vice-chair- man of Ontario Hydro, will ad- dress fellow delegates dealing (Continued on page 7) initiated 'the action to consider construction of a new,:arena, Other members named were Lions president, Jack Scruton; Legionaire Eddie Dale; Reereas tion Committee member, Dick Frernlin; Stewart Taylor, presi- dent of the Huron Fish and Game Club. Other members of the 10-man committee will probably also go. along on some of the visits if they are able to get off work.. At the meeting, Doug Miles, Huron County agriculture rep- resentative, explained t h grants that were available through his department for con- struction of a new arena. However, members cited cas- es where the grants appeared to be higher 'than what the, regulations , indicated, and the men decided that if plans go forth, a full 'investigation of .all grants available should be made. This would probably be. done `by interviewing government of- ficials at both Toronto and Ot- tawa. - Some discussion was also held as to whether the project could be carried on as a centennial project and receive some of the grants available under this plan. It was decided to inform area township -officials of the possi- bility and seek their support in this endeavour if they plan no centennial projects of their own, A grant of $2.00 per capita Clinton Woman Lands Whopper In Florida Waters Mrs. Clifford Epps, in a let- ter to Clinton friends from her holiday spot in Lake Worth, Florida, reports she caught a 49 and one-half pound sailfish last week. However, while the specimen hooked by the 'Clinton lady'was somewhat over the average size, she reports she "going after a bigger one". Mrs, Epps reports the weath- er is • "perfect", fishing good and flowers beautiful. A Clinton youth, Robert Wayne Robinson, 22, will spend the next 30 days in jail because a companion didn't stand still when Robinson attempted to kick him, At least this was the reason the youth gave Magistrate Glenn Hays, Q.C., for breaking the large window in the front of Clinton Laundry and Dry Cleaning Speed-Wash on Albert Street in a New Year's eve incident. Robinson pleaded guilty to a is available for projects to mark Canada's 100th birthday. Need. Is There There was no doubt in the minds of any of the representa- tives that a new arena is badly needed in 'this community to replace the clelapidated strue, ture now being operated by Clinton Lions. Built in 1911, the present arena has an ice surface that is not regulation size, the dress- ing rooms are inadequate and the seating capacity is limited. At a recent meeting of the Lions, it was pointed out that the structure is beyond repair and ;is even reaching a danger- ous stage, The roof leaks so badly that water drips through in mild weather, making the ice sur- face almost unplayable. Build- A 13-year-old Londesboro girl, Barbara Burns, luckily escaped with only a bruised knee when she was struck by a oar on highway 4 last. Thursday morn- ing. The daughter of Mr: and Mrs. Robert Burns, the girl was on 'her way to SS No. 5 school with two companions when the incident occurred. OPP at Goderich report the children were walking on the road when a station wagon driven by Adam Black, Hensall, approached 'them. When he spotted the youngsters, 'Black applied his brakes and slid into the north ditch. The fender of his oar grazed the Burns girl, but examina- tion at Clinton Public Hospi- tal revealed nothing more than a bruise, and she was allowed to go home. Street.. Barbara's was attended by Dr, Barbara's companions, who narrowly escaped being struck, were Patty Little, 13, and Ted- dy Little, 12. Runs Into Ditch , Martin Pieter Brand, 29, RR charge of causing willful clam- age when he appeared in magis- trate's court in Clinton, Wed- nesday morning: Crown Attorney W. G. Coch- rane reported that Robinson and another youth had, been seen in the building with a companion at about 10:00 p.m, on December 31. Witnesses reported that when Mothers Collect Total Of $831 In Annual March The area's "Marching Mo- thers" collected $831.37 in their canvass for funds for The March of Dimes, Monday. The total was slightly higher than last year, and the Clinton Kinettes, who organized the campaign, hope that more will come in before they close their books. In past years, there has been as much as $100 come in from late donors and organizations in the area. The bookS of the group will be left open for these donations for about one month. Chairman of the March this year was Mrs, Malt 'Edgar, and the Chief Marching Mother was Mrs. Ken McRae, Other execu- tive members in•clucled: Mrs. Dort Kay, IVfrs, Ken Clyniek, Mrs. Bob VanRieSen and Mrs. Bill Fleming. Returns show -that $619.84 of the total Was collected by the many marching mothers in Clin- ton while another $113.25 was contributed in a cariVasS. of Ad- astral Park. Other totals from surround- ing communities Were: Holmes $10;• Bayfield, $61.55; Bruceffeld, $29.73, vtil Area captains were: Holmes- Mrs., Tae A.tkinsOn; ,Adas, tral Park Mrs. Joyce Gale and GladysMrs Marshall, mentlierS of the R.CAP WA, who- conduct. ed the CanvaSs Bayfield, MrS, George Belichambers; Bruce; field, Mrs, Ken Scott ; Clinton, Mrs, Larry Sories, Mrs. BM Clititven, Mrs. Frank cook, Mrs: Clarence 'Da/lot-ma, Mrs. Bill Pink, Mrs. Percy Pugh and Mrs. Percy thrown, ing -e>cPerts have reported that it is impossible to repair the building more. "If we -don't have a new arena in two or three years we are going to be without one together," one member stated at the meeting. His opinion was backed up by several others, nun, By Town If a new' arena is constructed, it is quite evident that it would be operated by the Town of Clinton; as committee tnentbers pointed out it was certainly not the job of any service club to have to operate a community centre. All other arenas in this area are operated 'by boards of the communities. At *present, the only financial assistance from the town IS a (Continued on page seven) Barbara Burns 2, Bayfield, also narrowly escap- ed injuries when his car went out of 'control on the Bayfield Road on Saturday morning. Police report the driver ap- parently skidded on some ice and the ear went out of con- trol and ended up in the ditch. Damage amounted to $450, but Brand was not injured. OPP Constable Ray Primeau investigated. they came out, Robinson kicked at the window, breaking it. Damages amounted to $123.50. When asked. to explain his actions, Robinson told the court he had been drinking and he and his companion were "just fooling around". "I went to kick at him and he moved and I kicked the win- dow," he reported. Only a short time ago, Rob- inson was convicted on a theft charge and his record showed a previous conviction for utter- ing a forged document and a liquor conviction. Guilty of Theft A young airman from RCAF Clinton pleaded guilty to char- ges of stealing a television set, blanket and several towels from the Elm Haven Motor Hotel and a car radio from a Gode- rich firm. Warren Arthur Melanson, who enlisted in the service while in Halifax, pleaded guilty to the charges and chose trial by magistrate. After hearing the evidence and the young man's explana- tion that he had been under (Continued on page 7) o • Thieves Loot Unlocked Autos Of Legion Men Clinton police have issued a warning 'to all area. motorists to lock their cars when they leave them unattended if they contain articles that may be easily removed, The Warning Came after sev- eral members of the Clinton Branch 140 of the Royal Cana- dian. Legion had articles re moved from their cars parked at the hall, TuesdasT. The members were attending Mentorittl service for the late Rev. 11 J. Lane, and the thefts are believed to have burred during this tithe, or after mein- bers arrived baCk at the hall. Stolen articles included top- coats and car blankets, Police report that in one cease, an article reported mis- sing had bten. found jammed under the front seat. ..'"otorrsittee To Investigate rena 0-.14 lace 'Lions Irreparable ,Str StS Discuss Grants, Loans, Drain, School At Busy Tuckersmith Meeting Delegates will be welcomed txpect Big Crowd At Today s Service • on Thursday evening by Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Lashbrook. Mr, the R ook is the publisher of For Respected Presbyterian blister Roodinetyle MaLroccury and pre- iation. Londesboro Girl, Goderich Twp. Man Escape Injuries In Area Accidents