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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-03-26, Page 1:11;be ,girt Coitit1ung,-= IN SPRING a Yenng man's fancy is supposed to tnrn to what the girls have been think- ing about all winter, or some such bit of romantic verse . That 'all, sounds very well and good, but such poetry was obk vionsly written by some dream- err who existed before the days of such common pleasantries as; kids managing to evade every dry spot in the road to come 'trapsing into 'the house splattered with mud from head to toe . women dashing about the house in old blue denims, hair tucked under a checkered red bandana and, greeting the man of the house with a mop full of winter dust as he passes' an open windew. • • • the cursing' as men dog- gedly head outside to clean and store 'the Storm, windows and survey the pile of litter that wintry blasts have deposited on the lawn which they managed to get raked clean only a few days before the first winter s snows . • . Yes, these are the things realistic people associate with spring and it's little won- der it causes people to have a "fever". FORTUNATELY though, people manage to take these "omens" in their stride at spring time, as it is rather difficult not to take on that (Continued on page 12) 0 Area Farmer Faces Charges For Many Thefts Lyle Wesley Montgomery, 28- year-old farmer of RR 3 Olin- oton, , appeared, before Magist- rate J. C. Dunlap 'in Sarnia, Monday, on eight charges of theft of farm machinery and corn from farms in Warwick and • Bosartquet Townsbips, Lambton County, and in Tuck- ersmith and Hullett Townships, Huron 'County. All charges were adjourned to March 25. Montgomery pleaded guilty 'last week to' few of the charg- es, involving quantities of corn from the Warwick Township farm of Warner Mirnelly on March 10, 11, 12 and 13. He has yet to enter plea on added charges of theft of 400 bushels of cab corn valued at $600 from Cornelius Smeekins, Bosanquet Tewnship, and theft of a steel farm wagon worth $160 and a,plow valued at $190 from William Vandenygaart, Bosanquet Township. He has also to plead on two Huron County charges involv- ing theft of.a motor from Alex- ander B o y e s, Tuckersmith Township, and theft of a rola- bar rake from Rae Huether, Hullett Township., SS Board Budget ver CHSS Contingent Twelve students and one teacher from. CHSS leave Sunday night 'to repay a visit made by Mil- waukee students last week. In addition to attend- ing classes and other school functions, the program includes visits to the Miller Theatre, the Allis Chalmers machinery factory; the museum and a tour of the harbour-area, as well as a brief tour of Plan 'Trip To Milwaukee Chicago on their return. . Looking over a map of the area to which they are going are, standing, left to right: Ruth Cutler, Fred Tyndall, Bryan Lavis, Clare Magee, Mrs. Andrew Whetham, Mike Scotch- mer and Steve Cook. Seated: Joan Teall, Carol Thompson, Bonnie Homuth, Sandra Henry, Gwen Davies and Beryl Stevens. (News-Record Photo) lefenbaker To Open Clinton Show; dd Prizes For Babies, Poultry, Floats Members of the Clinton and District 'Chamber' of Coln- rrierce were told at their reg-, tiler meeting, Thursday, that in some ways the community Was net keeping pace with its larg- est "industry". This was related to the 25' Members in attendance by /lo- beat Futter, head of the guid- ance department at CHSS. /It his infertnal address, HMI- ter told •the Mernbers of atartie of the effects of CHSS on. the otamintinity, breaking it into three topics: building, staff and precluOta. Noting that the structure is now worth over $2;000,000, he stated this alone" created an economic effect on the area, "There's always something needing Mainterarried or re,- he stated. ',l ;Point this alp, he noted there Were raver 100 doors , alone and they had to be oiled and this Created business for genie titan in the area. Moving from this rather ob- satire example, he rioted the light and water used at the sehool and some other mules sterns. There's- just everything imaginable," he Concluded. n N ecor THE. NEW YEAR THE HVRQN ..RKPRO 13—The Homo J'oper With, the ,News CLINYQN, ONTARIO, YHPR4DAY, MARCH. '20, 1904 $4,00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Capy-12 Pages Politicians have often been accused of "using" babies to further their political careers. But the Central Huron Agri-, cultural Society have gone a step-farther and will use both babies and politicians to further their interest—the annual Clin- ton Spring Fair. And they've chosen some of the 'best in the two "businesses" to act as feature presentations at the event to be ,held in Clinton on Saturday, May 30. The 'politician is certainly He added that while 'it could be considered a "factory" it was much better than most because it was kept extremely clean and was not belching out great quantities of smoke as • Many do. Termed Unnstad The guidance official termed the 61 .teachers "Unusual ern- ployeet" and explained this by noting that few industries would have an average wage Of. $6,000 per year as MSS does. He predicted the number of teachers would probably in- Crease to about 80 in two or three years. "You can't 'get a better in- dttstry than the schools" he cominented, noting two-thirds of the "employees Were Univer- The Weather 1664 1663 Hith Low rtigh Low Mare 19 28 12 80 16 20 31 19 83 24 21 46 32 28 24 22 41 23 23, 13 28 0 22 43 14 24 64 81 48 34 25 42 34 .5t 88 Rain' .60" ItaiM one of the best known—Opposi- tion leader John Diefenbaker. The Progressive Conservative leader made his. last visit to Clinton about one year ago during the election campaign which resulted, in; hia party's defeat and lilts relegation from Prime Minister to Opposition leader. William Riehl, ,aecretary- treasurer of the Agricultural Society, stated Mr. Diefen- baker hopes to be able to at- tend the directors' meeting which precedes the afternoon opening of the one-day fair. The babies will gain the spot- light when they will vie for prizes in one of the new feat- ures of the fair—a Baby Show. Similar shows have attracted wide interest at other'fairs and the directors hope it will do the same here. Directors Meet The Society directors held a meeting on Tuesday and re- ports indicated most of the planning work has already been completed. The prize lists are expected to be sent to the printers in the near future. Besides the two aforemen- 'tioned features, other attrac- tions are being added this year to make the fair` bigger and better. sity graduates and could con- tribute to the community in many ways. However, he Stated that they in turn would also demand many things from the com- munity—things which The Said he had found the community was not presently giving, Noting most of the teachers Were accustomed to"City deft- verdences, he said they found many things "strange" to thetas in a smaller connriunity. "They are more inquisitive and tend to find fault," he said, pointing out this was a result of their City background and university education. "They want things and they Want than fast," he also ex- plained, "and they are willing to pay for them." Hunter; Said many Of the loc- al merchants were not prepar- ed for this attitude and he said this was restilting in the teaeh- ers doing their shopping in 66derieh and London. He said that through their city backgronnd, these people were accustomed to haying a wide choice in merchandise, and Were net finding this in Clinton, (Continued on Page 12) A poultry class will be added and it is hoped this will attract area breeders. In an effort to promote' a larger parade on fair day, the directors decided to offer prizes of $15, $10 and $5,to 'the three best floats entered 'in parade. They will also give $10 .to each six•thorse hitch going in the parade. Another feature will be a class for lambs to be exhibited by 4-H club members and a "barrel race" for saddle class entrants. This will be split in- to two sections, with only those from the fotir surrounding townships and the town of Fruit Growers Name Officials, Plan April Vote Ed Wise, RR 3 Clinton, was elected president of 'the Huron County Fruit Growers Associa- tion at the •annual meeting in Clinton, Tuesday. Mr. Wise succeeds Don Mid- dleton, RR, 3 Clinton, as presi- dent of the oldest farm organ- ization in Huron County. It was organized in. 1924. Other officers are; First Vice-president, Boyd. Taylor, Walton; second vice-president, Ed Steckle, Zurich; secretary, Lloyd Mainprize, Petrone, ex-, ten's'ion specialist Of the Ontario department of agriculture; treasurer, D. H. Miles, Clinton, Huron County agricultural rep- resentative. William Stratyehnk, Brussels, Was appointed representative to the Ontario Fruit and Vege- table Growers Association. Re-elected as county direct- ors were Mr. Steekle; Mr. Stratychuk; Lorne Woods, of LueknOvv; Stewart Middleton, Bayfield;• and William 1VicOttire, Goderich. (Continued on page 12) 0 Public ,Meeting Planned Tonight John Pearson, Community Planning branch, Department of Municipal 'Want, Will ad- dress a public meeting in the Clinton town. hall tonight (Thursday) 'at 8:00 p.m. He will be present to outline steps and give ins ruction to Clinton's new' seveti.mattPlan ning Board Welt Was :Wined earlier this month. All persons are invited and a peeial: Invitation has been extended tit these• from the surrounding rural areas, At a special meeting, Mon- day, the board .at .C171SS ap- proved a budget calling for the raising • of $258,685,74 more than last year 'as expenditures have jumped to en estimated $776;848,05, However, ' area. ratepayers aren't going to ,be affected as much as those whopping big figures would indicate. In fadt, L, R, Maloney, busi- ness administrator, told. -the News-Record that the increases would be slightly under one mill, as the surrounding muni- cipalities will be "asked to raise only $10,164,80 more than in 1964. Last year the levy on 'the municipalities supporting the board was $185,169.20, This year they will be asked to raise $195,334.00. Main reason for the large hike in the budget is the fact that 1964 will be the first full year 'that CHSS. has operated under its present extensive set- UP. The technical wing with its added enrolment and teaching staff wasn't opened until Sep- tember' of 1963, and therefore last year's budget only includ- ed four months of operation under this larger setup. Grants Up While area ratepayers pay only a small direct increase, the government grants to the school will increase' over 40 percent. Grants will total $251,000,000, The sending boards at Ex- eter, Sea-forth, -Goderich, RCAF Station Centralia and RCAF Station Clinton will pay an estimated $317,287.00 in tuition feeS for sending their technic- al students to CHSS. Other minor sources of in- come will. reach an estimated $4,802,00 and the remainder of the revenue will come from a small surplus resulting from the 1963 operation. Major portion of the expenses will 'naturally be for -instruc- tion, which will take an esti- mated $547,915.00. This is up considerably from the $327,- 914.00 spent last year, but again 'it is due to the fact many of the present staff were only working for four months of 1963. This figure has also been in- creased $8,000 to cover costs of instruction at night school classes which the board Plans to institute this year, Also included in instruction costs are supplies, library. books, vocational guidance ex- peruses,, cadets, field trips and other instruetional supplies.. Administration costs have been estimated at $37,109.00 for the year and plant maintenance and operation is expected to, run to $79,934.05, These figures include salar- Clinton Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is sending a delegate to the DoMinion Com- mand convention in Winnipeg in May. William Chambers was rec- ommended by the executive committee as the delegate and the branch is to pay up to $300 0 Hospital Grant On its Way Here Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, minister of highways, announc- ed this week that the third in- stalment of 'the Provincial Cap- ital Grant relating to the re- cent addition to Clinton Public Hospital would soon be paid, The amount will b e $13,009.20. "I have been advised that the Provincial Treasurer will shortly be mailing a cheque 'to the Clinton Public Hospital in that amount," he, said in a let- ter to the News-Record on Monday. GODERIOH — T h e county rate for' this year will remain at 14 mills— six for general purposes and eight for 'roads— if county council adopts the budget 'presented by clerk- treasurer John. G. Berry at opening of the ,March session. The forecast a year ago was for a rise of one mill to main- tain the road and bridge pro- gram, but a larger-than-expect- ed year-end surplus was a fact- or in averting the increase. In 1963, there was withdrawn from surplus funds $110,000, which was expected to . pro- duce a surplus of $16,899, on a budget of $2,224,334, largest ever for Huron, but at end of the year 'there was a surplus of $95,000. The roads budget, so far as the county is concerned, am- ounts to $548,500, less $16,427 from surplus and $10,000 re- bate on provincial salestax, or a net of $522,073 'to be raised. The amount to be raised by the county in 1963 was estimat- ed at $533,000 when the com- mittees reported at the Novem- ber session. Road 16, Brussels west for eight miles, continues at the ies and. supplies. The debenture debt charges will take another $47,190,00 and auxiliary agencies round out the core of the budget at -$2,70(./M), This is an increase over last year, as it also includes pro- vision for night school classes as well as 'the school's cafe- teria, pursing supplies and priz- es and medals for students. toward his expenses. The motion was passed after considerable discussion about the methods of raising the ex-, pense money. It was finally decided that each member vol- untarily contribute $1.00 or more towards the fund and that a Iist of those contributing and the amount be recorded. Asked for his own opinion on attending the, convention, Chambers said, "A Legion branch must know more about the workings of the Canadian Legion other than at branch level," Chambers acted as sec- retary -for zone commander Doug Andrews for two years; is a former secretary of Exeter Legion and an ardent Legion worker, He intimated that Andrews, who , attended the last Domin- ion convention in Halifax, while he was Zone Cl commander, will be a candidate for District "C" 'Commander next year. Andrews later confirmed this and would like to have Chamb- ers as district secretary. Early in the meeting, on (Continued on page 1.2) head 'of the construction list, and provision is made in the budget for land and. fences. Road 13, Clinton west'for 5.5 miles, is next in priority on the committee's long-range pro- gram. 0 Local Students Vie Next Week For UN Jaunts Two students from CHSS will compete with six other Huron County scholars for a five-day visit to United Nations head- quarters and a one-day excur- sion to New York's World's Fair this summer. The winner of the trip will be chosen at a public speaking contest to be held at the local high school on Friday, April 3. This is the 15th annual Unit- ed Nations "Pilgrimage for Youth" sponsored by the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fel- lows and Rebekah lodges, but is the first time it has been staged by the Huron County (Continued on page 12) Two Businesses Change Owners During Past Week Advertisements in this week's issue announce the change in ownership of two Clinton busi- nesses. Bill German has purchased the bowling alley and billiard establishment which has been operated by Jim. Armstrong for the past four and a half years. It will now be known as Bill's Billiard and Bowling. It is situated on Isaae Street. The other change of owner- ship 'also includes 'two "Rills". Bill Edgar has sold Ms taxi business to Bill Wnidden, and the •business will -still be known as Bill's Taxi. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar will be leaving town shortly 'to operate a pool room and tobacco shop in Ridgetown. Clinton eligible for one class; the other being open to anyone. The system of paying entry fees will also be changed this year from the former $1.09 fee and 25 cents for additional en- tries. „ Entry fees will be based on a percentage of winnings this year and is expected to be a- (Continued on Page 12) Three- uarter Million C OF C LEARNS OF BIG "INDUSTRY" Community Not Keeping Pace! SNAP YOUR ELBOWS There'll Be Lots Of Fun Tonight Clinton Legion To Send Delegate To Dominion Convention In Winnipeg County Rate Expected To Stay At 14 —Surplus Eliminates Need For Rise TWIRL YOUR SKIRTS The News-llecord canes era caught this action at the graduation of the Clinton Wheel 'N bealers Square Dance Club, Sat- urday, Detaii6 of the- evening and the list of graduates will be found on page 2 of this issue,