HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-03-19, Page 1Welcome Milwaukee Students To CHSS
Shortly after their arrival, Sunday, atudentg front Nicolet Iligh School of
Milwaukeewere entertained at a brier "'welcome" party' ' CHSS and were
ilitroduced t to the parents and students with whore they are Spending the Week.
Standing trot the left ate: Mike Letean, Ron Synlielt and /van Blake, all CIISS
students, Seated:, J5111 Holzrnati, Milwatikee; Bill Blacker Goodman,
Dave Tillman and lob Ooisniario all of Milwaukee, (rews-Pedord Photo)
Minton News Recor
THE NEW ERA 97th YEAR
THE HURON RECORD 81st YEAR
No. 12—The Home Paper With The News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1964
$4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages
New Rector Inducted At St. Paul's
Many area ministers attended the induction of Rev. Ronald W. Wenham,
L.Th., as rector of St. Paul's Anglican Church here last Wednesday evening,
Shown above are Mr. Richard Harland, rector's warden of St. Paul's; Rev.
Wenham; The Rt. Rev. H. F. Appleyard, M.C., D.D., Bishop of Georgian
Bay, who officiated, and Archdeacon Lester Paterson, Owen Sound, who as-
sisted in the ceremony at St. Paul's. (News-Record Photo)
PS Board Plans Four-Room Addition
—Won't Construct Second School
Fire Causes Extensive Damage To Home
Firemen from Clinton -had just arrived at the scene and some were still„
pulling on coats when this photo was taken. It shows the big head start the
flames had as they engulf the back shed. Right, is a scene a few minutes later
with the shed nearly destroyed and men fighting to keep the blaze from the
main portion of the home. (News-Record Photos)
to accomodate 540 pupils, as he
predicted the smaller building
would be filled within three
years.
The proposal Newcombe fav-
ours—as do others— calls for
three vocational shops,. three
technical shops, two commer-
cial rooms, two science, laborat,
cries, 10 classrooms, a new
gymnasium and an extended
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The death of 16 cattle on the,
farm of R. E. Thompson, God-
erich Township clerk, has been
traced to a pin hole leak in a
defective c a n of "Enthin
-insecticide.
The leak, which was located
in the section of the can where
the can manufacturer's name
had been embossed, allowed the
insecticide to escape onto three
bags of feed stored at the Cl-
inton Feed Mill, awaiting ship-
ment.
Mr. Thompson fed some of
this contaminated feed to part
of his 140 head of cattle on
Thursday night.
On Friday the 13th, he visit-
ed the barn in the morning
and found 12 of the steers dead
and, several other animals sh-
owing the effects of the insect-
icide, which caused a toxic
condition and resulted in the
death of the animals.
another train beside them.
However, Holzman didn't
come as close to being left be-
hind as the scene would indic-
ate, as the train moved only
a little distance and backed up
and hooked onto the car in
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Debate Size For Next CUSS Addition,
Board Told Need Fast Aproaching
Considerable mystery sur-
rounds an antiquated RCAF
practice bomb found Monday
afternoon near the CNR tracks
just west of Clinton by Hugh
Hettema, section foreman.
No one can explain how the
bomb may have ended up in
this %area, or how dangerous
the weapon really was.
The CNR crew phoned po-
lice after they found the bomb
lying in the ditch, and police in
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students, "just made it" to the
train on time according to her
fellow travellers.
As the train was pulling out
of the Milwaukee station, 'the
students were shocked 'to see
one of their members, Bill Holz-
man, looking out the window of
Blaze
Fireman Has
Narrow Escape
Ironically, The 'fireman .furth-
est from 'the blaze which 0,c,
tensively damaged tae HOImes,
ville home of Mr, and. Mrs.
MVP colclough, WedaesdaY,.
was the only one to saner any
mishap. •
Carman McPherson, veteran
-member of the Clinton
, tee', Brigade,
w a $ looking
'I after the port.,
.able pump
which had
ibeen set upin
the basement
- of the bome of
Mr. and Mrs,
Harry. Wil-
liams, to sup-
ply firemen
with. water
from the large
cistern.
McPherson was overcome
with carbon monoxide fumes
and had to be rush ed to Clip.,
ton Public Hospital,
He suffered no serious ata
fects and was released on 'Tbe
nasday.
The pump is used for feed-
ing the hoses from normal
farm supplies and this was
(Continued on page 12)
Although an addition is still
planned for CHSS for SePtem-
iber, 1965, there appears to be
some disagreement as to What
size the new portion should be.
Walter Newcombe, one of
two CHSS representatives on
the advisory vocational com-
mittee, reported Wednesday
that members of the latter
group had, voted to cut down
some what on the previous size
which had been suggested.
He read a motion which had
been carried by the AVC cal-
ling for an addition to house
only 380 pupils.
This would include four vo-
cational shops, one commercial
room, one science laboratory,
eight classrooms and a service
area which would include an-
other gymnasium and an en-
larged vocational office and en-
larged kitchen and cafeteria.
He stated the motion had
passed "by a slim majority"
and reported he 'and the other
CHSS representatives had vot-
ed against
Newcombe stated he would
prefer to see an addition built
The question of how high
school students in Milwaukee
became interested in visiting
CHSS during their spring vaca-,
Lion was answered this week,
and it indicates the commun-
ity isn't quite as fainous as it
had been thought 'at first.
When the suggestion for the'
exchange first arrived, school
officials were mystified as to
knowing how the local school
was chosen.
The answer was provided by
Penny Mayerson, student par-
liament president of Nicolet
high'school, and one of 12 stu-
dents who arrived in Clinton
Sunday night to start an excit-
ing week as guests of CHSS.
Penny, a 17-year-old grade 12
student at Nicolet, reported
questienaires similar 'to the one
received at Cl-/SS were Sent out
to over 38 high schools—mostly
in Ontario.
While the size of the com-
munity, its distance from Mil-
Waukee and the fact it was ah
agricultural area were prime
considerations for the Milwau-
kee students, the real "Sellifig"
point was an accompanying let-,
ter retained with the infoima-
tam by guidance department
head, Robert Hunter,
Hunter added several pieces
of information and Miss Mayer-
son said it was "the deciding
factor" in chooSing CHSS
among the many other acheolg
which replied.
Close Cala
The Milwaukee StUdOitt ar-
rived by train at Stratford,
Sunday, anti were greeted; by a
banner tarrying contingent of
CHSS StuderitS and teachers.
The trip wasn't without inci-
dent and provided a few aim-
knig trtotneitta for Male of the
visitors,
Miss Sheila the
Withal' Who tiedeaiipahled the
A family of nine were left
without; a home — at least
temporarily and naenlher
P't the Clinton• Volunteer Fire
Brigade was .overpome with
carbon monoxide thille4 .4s the
result of a blaze in Holmes-
ville, -Wednesday .morning.
The stubborn 14.04e enmplet-
ely destroyed portions of the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Colelough and . their 'seven
young children, and left the
remainder damaged from dense
smoke and water,
Eire broke .out shortly before
9:00 a.m, when Mrs, Colciough
Altering previous plans, the
Clinton Public School board Is
making formal application to
town council to issue $110,000
in debentures for a four-room
addition to the local. school.
K. S. Wood, D.C., board
chairman, said they hoped to
have world started on the addi-
and four of the children were.
in the home; Mr, -Ceiglaugh
having left for -work at the
Ontario Hospital and the other
three .children. ,01.1 .their way to
-school,
The lady told neighbours
she moiled something burning
but on investigating fogad.
nothing amiss.
liowever, when she looked
out minutes later, smoke was
pdariag- out of a .shed attached
to the rear of the-house.
She ran over to the home
of aara and Mrs, Harry Wtil
hams to borrow • a fire .extin-
tion within the next six or
eight weeks and have set their
eye on a September completion.
Council will probably hold a
special meeting within the next
few days to discuss the applica-
tion.
Of 'the total cost of the new
addition, the board would re-.
ceive about $40,000 in grants
as the department pays approx.
50 percent on each room. How-
ever, they have a ceiling of
$20,000 on each room anti there
is ho grant on any expenditure
over this figure.
Therfore they would pay their
50 percent grant only on $80,r.
000 of the project cost of the
four rooms 'and the other $70,-
000 would be made up by the
town. •
The need for extra accommo-
datioh for the growing public
school enrolment has been vis,
tialieti for some time as ap-
proximately 40 students have
been graduating in recent years
and over 80 youngsters have
been enteling in the kinder-
garten,
Mr. Wood noted that the
beard had thought previously
they would riot be able to build
on the present 'site as the heat-
ing system Was believed to be
incapable of handling any more
&Ionia, •
Added to this, department of
education offidials noted that'
with the Many other additions,
the building Was sprawling out
onto the playground area and
diniinithing this needed facility.
With these, things in tumid,
the beard bad planned 'to option
land hi. the prank Andrews'
gitishan but when she returned
the Wilding was already
Her eldest son, 7.2-year-old
Kenneth, who along with four-
year-old Stephen, had just re,
turned on Tuesday from having
their tonsils reitieved, phoned
the Clinton brigade..
When they arrived, the hack
portion of the shed was en,
gulled by flames and fire was
alre4aly eating its way toward
the main portion of the frame
strap tare.
Fortunately, firemen were
able to. hook their hose into
subdivision on the northwest
side of Clinton for another
small school.
However, further study has
found that the heating 'system
is capable of handling the extra
rooms and with the depart-
ment of education's plan to
centralize school facilities, Mr.
Wood said the department is
now "very much In disagree-
ment" with plans to erect a
second building.
(Continued on page 7)
Long distance charges will be
removed from telephone calls
placed from Clinton to Goder-
ich, Heasall and Seaforth late
in 1064i W, W. Haysom, Bell
Telephone manager for this
area announced this week.
The plan to enlarge the local
area of the centres involved
Is the result of a careful study
Of calling patterns between the
exchanges, Mr. Hays= added,
The addition of these exch-
anges to the local calling area
of Clinton will mean a notnin-
al increase in Monthly rates
locally. This is based oh the
principal that;l the value of
tele'pho'ne service to the user
increases with the increase iri
the' Mania& bf telephones that
can be reached withent long
cliStatite thargeS.
Although telephone users
here will pay higher monthly
rates, when the plan is ihtm-
ducat. the /k1i huMager said,
the 3,000-gallon eistern of liar,
ry Williams and this supply
lasted throughout the three,
hour fight, although water was
transported from the carnat-
ion Milk plant in ease it was
needed,
Neighbours .carried many of
the belongings out of the home
and ter* them to ARMY.
Bitter, 'heavy winds plagued
firemen and had neighbours
worried as it carried smoke
and -sparks towards their
homes.
However, none was ondang,
ered,
It was fortunate that the
wind was blowing from the-
west, as the Colelough house
is, only about 30 feet from the
frame Hohnesville United Oh-
urcb, and it was evident 'that
firemen would have had their
hands full had the wind been
blowing in its direction.
As it .was, the large church
formed a wind. block and ac-
tually prevented the flames
from being whipped through
the house faster than they
were,
Fire Chief. Grant "Red" Rath
reported extensive damage was
done to the attic of the home,
but his crew managed to save
the main 'portion from being
completely destroyed.
He said he had no idea how
the blaze started, and added it
was "lucky" the Williams' had
such a . plentift4 -water supply.
Besides using the 500 gallons
in the tank of 'their truck, the
brigade pumped. an estimated
1,000 gallons out of the cistern,
Partly Insured
Mr. Colclongh reported the
building was partly covered by
insurance, and said -he would
have to wait until inspecting
the building further to deter-
mine if it could be fixed up
well enough for he and his
family.
Besides the two previously
named children, .the couple
have: Larry 11; Brenda 10;
Helen 8; Ruth 5; Jeffrey 2.
The three youngest ones and
their eldest brother watched
the flames eat through their
home from the living room
Window at the grocery store
operated by Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Gliddon.
The family are presently liv-
ing with the mother's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ives, RR
2, Clinton.
Later in the afternoon, cloth-
ing started to arrive for the
.-unfertanate,.
Bishop Here To
Induct Cleric
At Local Church
Rev, Ronald W. Wenham was
incructed as rector of St. Paul's
Anglician Church in an impres-
sive ceremony, Wednesday
night.
Mr. Wenham came to Clin-
ton from St. Stephen's Church,
Brantford.
The induction service was
conducted by Rt, Rev. H. F.
Appleyard, Bishop of Georgian
Bay. He' was assisted by Can-
on 3". W. Zimmerman, principal
of Brantford Mohawk Institute
and chaplain of Her Majesty's
Chapel of the Mohawks.
Also assisting were Robert B.
Campbell and Richard Harland,
church wardens.
Archdeacon Lester Paterson,
Owen Sound, was in attendance
as were several other clergy
from the local deanery. They
included: Rev. Robert Ideally,
Blyth-Auburn; Rev. Harry Jen-
nings, Brussels; Rev. Harry
Donaldson, Seaforth; Dr. K. E.
Taylor, Goderich; Rev. Phillip
Gandon, Exeter.
Area protestant ministers in
attendance as well were Rev.
Clifford Park, Wesley-Willis
United Church, and president
of the London Conference; Rev.
Grant Mills, Ontario Street U-
nited Chureh; F/L Swarren,
RCAF Clinton.
A lunch was served at an in-
formal meeting after the in-
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Most of them will pay less in
total monthly bills — When
both •kcal and toll bills are
included — than they are pay-
ing at present.
The new rates for Clinton
when this wider local calling
is introduced will be:
Rea. Bus,
Individual Line .... $4,40 $9,10
Two-party Line .... 3.45 7.05
Multi-party Line 3.15 4.80
txteusion phone 1,25 1.85
the Weather
1964 1063
nigh Low HigirLoW
March 12 36 22 40 33
13 36 21. 34 28
14 54 M 26 6
15 40 29 83 5
18 44 22 40
17 38 19 47 36
13 23 1,8 34
Snow: "
'Show;
1111 Fireman Overcome By Fumes
Find RCAF Bomb
In Clinton Area
Dr. W. R. Bryans, Seaforth
veterinarian, was called and
working with barbithates, man-
aged to treat the animals 'al-
though four more died 'before
action could -be, taken-on -Mad*
The dead. animals and the'
feed have since been hurried
and the other 124 cattle on
Mr, Thompson's farm,- a few
of which required treatment,
are progressing satisfactorily
and all have been placed in
quarantine until a full investi-
gation has been completed by
officials from Canada Packers
Limited and the department of
agriculture.
Painful Death
Mr. Thompson, who watched
some of the cattle die before
treatment could be given, said
he "never saw anything like it
before".
"It certainly shook me for
a while," he added.
The Township clerk said the
cattle suffered convulsions, bl-
indness, and before death str-
uck, went' in circles and back
and forth in their pens,
As they fell, their back feet
were stretched out behind and
their front feet stretched out
in front.
Dr. Leo Rubin, director of
research for Canada Packers
Limited, stated that this was
one of the most unusual cases
ever reported as the contamin-
ation was confined entirely to
the three bags that came into
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DON'T HAVE IT IN BIG CITY
Community Spirit Impresses Visitors
C1155 Board'
Hires Grads
Of -Area Schools
)(1 Graduates of two area high
schools have been hired to
teach at CHSS, commencing at
the fall term,
Miss Marilyn Riley, a native
of Loadeabora -and a* graduate
of Seaforth District High
School, will Join the Mathernat,
its department,
An 'honors math graduate,
she has been teaching at )±'or-
est for the past two years.
The second teacher is -Miss
Roxanne Beavers, a graduate
df 'South Ifuron, Diatriet High
School, Exeter; and the Uni-
versity of Western. Ontario,
She has been employed with
the Hamilton Board of Eau-
Cation for the past year, and
Will teach T'ren'ch:
Miss Beavers will• be mar,
rued to Stephen BroWn, Olin;
ton, daring the Raster vaoay
Non,
C'ff88 is atilt advertising fen'
teachers ter Matlierriatics,
licit, girl's physical edutatitni
and health, ceintnercial and
home economies,
Insectici Contaminates Feed Sacks,
District Farmer = as 16 Animals Die
Bell Telephone Drops Toll Charges
For Calls To Three District Centres