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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-04-30, Page 1CO THE .HURON REcORP ,:$I ,g YEAR TH .„NFW .ERA YEAR moved a vote of thanks for again taking his team to the Ontario finale, The Legion are inviting the team members to the VE-Day banquet on Wednesday, May 13, Guest speaker at .t .his affair Will be the retired CNR School Car teacher and humorist, Fred Sloman, All veterans, not necessarily Legion members are invited to purchase tickets' for the ban- quet, Cash draws will be held (Continued on page 12) 0 Square Dancers At Rec Centre Tomorrow Night CANTON, ONTARIO, Illy1150081c .APRIL. ;30,- 1964 Railroad Bridge Where Boy Plunged To' Death This is the CNR railway bridge on the Clinton-London line over the say- field River, southeast of Clinton, off which seven-year-old Richard Newlove plunged to his death. last Saturday. (Stratford,Beacon-Herald Photo) $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy—First Section—Pages .1 to 12' Seven-Year-Old Clinton Boy Loses Life In Fall From .Bridge was shortly after 4100 p.m.. According to David Becker, Richard somehow lost his foot- ing and plunged into the river. RICHARD NEWLOVE Seven-year-old son of Cpl. and Mrs. Donald G. NeWlove, o f Becker's Trailer Court, Victoria Street, Clinton, who lost his life when he fell from the CNR bridge over the Bayfield River near Clin- ton. Clinton hortigulturahsts should have come away from the Clinton Horticultural. So- ciety meeting in the council chambers Friday night with a wider knowledge of the grow- ing and care of gladioli and dahlias. Over 60 persons saw films and heard a very informative talk by Rev. J. W. Siebert, Elmira, on the two popular flowers. The speaker is a 'grow- er and fancier of all types of flowers. He rents farm land from Elmira area farmers, and is on the Ontario Horticultural Association executive. He also is a judge and is on the coin- mittee that sets the standards of judging for OHA authorized flower shows. Rev. Siebert remarked on each glad and dahlia shown. When informed that Clinton area was heavy clay loam, he suggested planting glad bulbs two inches deep and hill up the plant as it grows. He demon- strated 'a guide to spacing of the bulbs: place five bulbs of average size that are being planted in a row touching one another, then remove the sec- ond and fourth bulbs, then you have ideal spacing for the re- maining three. Only in 'the past ten years have miniature. glad bulbs been saleable. Before that Mr. Sie- bert recalls :throwing them out by the 'bushel. Talking about dahlias, he said everyone has different ideas about the flowers. He spoke more on the storage of these bulbs. The speaker was humorously Surprise Presentation At Horticulture Meeting Mrs, Stewart. Middleton, RR 3 Clinton, right, Seeretary, and an ardent worker in Clinton Irorticulture Society, was presented with a meritorious 8er, vice award at horticulture meeting hi the council chambers last Friday , evening Miss Luella Johnston, president, Made the StIrptUe presentatiOn, (News-neobrd Photo) dent. The 1964-65, officers are as follows: pre4ident, Roy Wheel- er; vice-president, William Grainger; past president, Mrs. William S. Craig; correspond- ing secretary, Cameron Proc- tor; recording secretary, Mrs. D. J. Cochrane; treasurer, Thomas Steepe. Directors, James Cooper, L. Ludlow, Mrs. Ken Clynick, Mrs. Malt Edgar and Eric Christen- sen; program conveners, Mrs. (Continued on Page 12) annual meeting of the Home and School Association for the 1963-64 term, the new officers were presented and the' gavel handed over to' the new presi- CLINTON HORTICULTURISTS SECRETARY HONOURED Talk And Slides On Glads And Dahlias Lions Hand Out Attendance Pins, Pick Officers For Next Term Presentations of one-year perfect attendance pins for 1962-63; terms and five-year continuous service awards were presented at Clinton Lions Club meeting Tuesday. Past 'president Stewart Tay for handed out the 1962-63 pins to: Les Bail, Herb Bridle, Laurie Colquhoun, Maynard Carrie, Caryl Draper, Ken Flett, Duff Thompson, Howard Bruns- don, Gladstone Grigg, Harvey Johnston, George Lavis, John Lavis, John Livermore, Beecher Menzies, Mitch McAdam, John Seruton, Stewart Taylor, Ted Davies, John Sutter, F. Penne- baker. The following five-year pins were given out by Ken McRae, also a past president: Herb Bridle, Howard Brunsdon, Les- lie Ball, George Lavis, John Lavis, Beecher Menzies, Mitch McAdam, F. Pennebaker, Har- vey Johnston, John Livermore. The 'tentative slate of officers for 'the. 1963-64 term was sub- mitted. Unless further 'nomina- tions are Made at the May 12 meeting the' slate will go in by acclamation, except that of two two-year directors. Three nam- es have already been submitted: Alan Edwards, Robert Hunter and Al Eades. Guest speaker was William Richard, who showed a film and talked on chemical engin- eering. Winners of draw prizes do- nated by the guest speaker were: Herb Bridle, Ken Flett, Ken McRae, Al Eades and Wil- liam MacArthur. Clinton Guides -Visit Girl Guide Headquarters A busload of 46 Clinton Girl Guides and Leaders inspected the Girl Guides of Canada Headquarters, and toured Casa Loma castle in Toronto earlier this month. Above, on the steps of the headquarters building are, front, left to right, Guides Carole Paquette, Clinton RCAF and Betty Bertrand, Clinton. Back row, left to right, Karen Schefter, provincial cadet; Linda Nicholson, company leader, and Mrs. Donald Bush, captain, all of First Clinton Company 13TH ANNUAL Hullett Twp. Music Festival Lists Over 200 Entries Plus Concert Goderich Twp. F of A Sees Irish Films The energetic Women's Insti- tute of Loridesboro and the Hul- lett Federation of Agriculture are holding the 13th anneal Hullett Musie Festival in Lon- desboro United Church day evening and all day Wed- nesday next week. Adjudicator Will be E. J. Ferguson, Baden, director of 'Music at,.Waterloie-Oxfierd Dis- trict I-ligh School. Always a, highlight of thin annual rural music festival is the Concert on the following Priday night of the first and second prite winners in 'each clats. Awards and shields' are presented at that time. The public is invited 'to both the actual festival and the con-, Cent. The girls' solo clasees, as in other yebrs, have the largest number of entrieS. Gerl's sole, 11 years and under, is the larg- est 'with 30 entries. In all, 219 entries will be judged, 31 more than last year, A varied 'agenda has been ertanged, froth.. boy's and glee solos, duets, double trios, two4 part choruses, unison choruses to rhythm, band competition, The folks that attended the Goderich Township Federation of Agriculture meeting re- cently were taken on a picture- trip to Ireland and the Scan- dinavian countries, by Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Middleton. The pictures and cotumen- tary by Mrs. Middleton delight, ed the audience. It IS fortunate that we have residents within our township who are willing to share their pictures and stories of their trip overseas, Cuisenaire rithmetic Explained To H&S The cenotaph eornmittee. of 'Clinton Legion was given the go-ahead at Mondey's-, general meeting to make applieatien 4 ea ;purchase the V-shaped lot at ' the Present Clinton post office; The lot is' to the north orthe post office, boueded by Vic- toria 'Street (Highway 4) and - King Street. Some inquiries have already been made as to how to obtain the park-type property. - The Legion would like to build a cenoteph memorial on the lot. Members of the cenotaph committee, as set up at the beginning' of this year are: Cam Proctor, Robeet. Homuth, Hec Kingswell, Roy Fitzsimons and Merton Merner. • When veteran member Geo- rge Wilson asked: What are we doing for Canada's -canton- niel in 1967?, he Was Informed by president K. W. Colquhoun that the executive have been. discussing ,various . ideas. - Only ten members attended the District "C" 'meeting in. Seaforth last Sunday. The Clin- ton delegation invited the diat- rict back here for the fell meeting in October. The 60 members at Monday's meeting were severely scolded by past. president Hec Kings- well for not having better at- tendance at district and zone meetings And at all . Legion functions. He intimated that it was all due to lack of panfeade- ship, which he said the Legion was supposed to be built around. The bingo committee, an- nounced a special inother's day bingo next Thursday, May 7, for which past president Rbbert N. Irwin has given a 850 --clothing voucher as 'the main prize. (See adv, on page 12). • The energetic, coach of '~the Legion-sponsored . juvenile.. bee key team, Doug Andrews was The Weather 1964 1963 Hieh Low High Low April 23 45 36 40 29 24 45 30 45 28, 25 59 30 50 29 26 68 37 56 30 27 59 48 60 23• 28 67 52 56 35 29 58 49 67 50 Rain: .59" Rain: .32" David Taylor, nationally known square dance caller from Detroit, Michigan, will call in Clinton on Friday, May 1, at the second annual square dance festival, spon- sored by the Royal Canadian Air Force Clinton Cross- Trailer Square Dance Club The dance, to be held in the Station Recreation Centre, commencing at 8:30 p.m. D.S.T. expected to. attract several h nil fi r ed square dancers from South- western Ontario and Mich, igan. A special feature of the festival will be Maypole squareedancing. Art Shepherd, the Cross- Trailer caller, says that a smorgasbord will be provided at the conclusion of dancing. Huron County Farming Report By D. S. Pullen, Assistant Agricultural Representative for Huron .County Hay, pasture, winter wheat and barley are commencing growth as a result of warmer weather and frequent showers, Seedling forages are progress- ing well.. Because of wet weather seed- ing of spring grains' has slowed. Approximately one-half of the crops has been planted to date. A number of farmers are buy- ing hay and straw, however most 'have adequate supplies until grass. introduced by Fred Sloman and thanked by Mrs. Frank Fing- land. Miss Luella Johnston, presi- dent of the local horticultural society was chairman, opening the meeting with an appropri- ate verse. After reading a let- ter of thanks from Mrs. C. H. Edward, Goderich, thanking the society for floral tributes at her father's funeral, the late Rev. D. J. Lane, the president requested 'the group to observe a minute's silence. Mr. Lane Was a past president of the so- ciety and an ardent horticul- tural worker. Miss Johnston is seeking dele- gates for the OHA convention at OAC, Guelph, on June 18-19. Presentation A .surprise ,presentation took place early in the meeting . Mrs. Stewart (Grace) Middle- ton, secretary of the society, was presented with a "meritor- ious service" certificate by Miss Johnston. She is also secretary of District 8 of the Ontario, Horticultural Association. In presenting the award, Miss Johnston said: "Grace not only attends meetings, writes minutes and press stories, 'but does much gardening, gives and wins flower prizes. She takes overseas trips and shares these trips through films and com- mentary, not only to the horti- cultural society, but 'to other groups in the area," During the presentation, Mrs. C. H. Epps pinned a coesage of yellow roses on Mrs. Middleton. The inseription on the flamed certificate reads: "This is to certify that a Horticultural Ser- vice Diploma 'has been 'awarded by Clinton Horticultural So- ciety to Mrs. Stewart Middle- ton for Meritorious Service to Horticulture". Dated March 25, 1964, the diploma is signed by Miss JohnSten, president and C. H. Epps, secretary-treasurer, At the eancluSion of the meeting dtaWs were held fee flowers and. plants donated by Members and friends of the society. Clinton Bowler On TV Saturday This Saturday, May 2, Joe Daer, Clinton,, will be seen on CKNX-TV Channel 8 at 6:45 p.m. Joe is one of the bowlers competing in the Championship of Bowling for the Carling Cup and this Saturday you'll see him Jeeevling against Fred Tippin of Vieferd. Clinton Lodge, A.F. & A.M., No, 84, held its annual ladies night on Wednesday, April 22 at St. Paul's Parish Hall. Alvin Lobb presided. The ev- ening consisted of a delicious smorgasbord, speaker, cards and dancing. Brother Fred Sloman gave a humorous ten-minute talk that left many gasping for breath from laughter or astonishment. Take notice, brother Fred, that a small group of younger brethern have been organized to thwart any notice of motion you might introduce 'to give an unfair advantage to older brethern on certain commit- tees. Mrs. Jack Van Egmond's dance music was enjoyed by all. Euchre was under the direc- tion of Don Watson. High score Mrs. Ruby Haddy and Dean Aldwin'ckle; low score, Rev, and Mrs. R. W. Wenham. An in- Huron Liberals Name Delegates Huron Liberals at a meeting in Clinton Thursday evening named delegates to represent Hunan riding alt the annual meeting of the Ontario Liberal Association, being held in Tor- onto, May 15 and 16. Huron federal riding associa- tion president A. Y. McLean, Seaforth, and provincial riding president, E. B. Menzies, Clin- ton, presided at the joint meet- ing. Delegates are: Federal Association — John La.pott, RR 2, Zurich; Cecil Blake, Dungannon; Mrs, Alex Addison, Clinton. Alternates— Harold Shore, Goderich; John 13roadfoot, Brucefield; and Ivan Kalbfieisch, Zurich. Provincial Association---Ill. B. Menzies, Clinton; Howard Alin en, Goderieh; Mrs. Kenneth Bridges, Exeter. Alternates— Mrs., Elmer Cameron, RR 4, Seaforth; George Dieckert, Zur- ich; Larry Wheatley, RR 1, Dublin. Clinton Lady Attends Inteirnritioal OES MrsY Aleg Reddy, Rattenbury Street, Attended the Inter- national tits gathering recent- ly held at the testeeni Star 'rimtpid in Ntrolt. A resident of .Clinton since February this year, Richard Gordon Newlove, seven, died Saturday afternoon after fall- ing from the CNR bridge over the Bayfield River on the Clin- ton-London line. Only son of Cpl. andk Mrs. Donald. Newlove, died es a result of head injuries received when he hit rocks' protruding from the river, according to Dr, Frank Newland, Clinton, who examined the boy at Clinton Public Hospital, According to ,Dr, Newland, the lad survived the plunge and lived for three-quarters of an . hour after his companions dragged him from the river, Dr, Newland said• that the boy died in the ambulance taking him to hospital. No 'post-mortem examination or inquest is scheduled, ac- cording to- Huron County Cor- oner Dr. John C. Goddard, Hen- sall. The dead lad and three friends, John Becker, 10, and Russell Wright, 10, and Jamie Wright, 8, set out on the fishing trip shortly after 10:30 Satur- day • morning from the Becker Trailer Court, Victoria Street, Clinton, 'taking their lunches with 'them. According to the Becker boy, the quartet roamed nearly two miles over scrub land before reaching the spot on the Bay- field where they wanted to fish. Before clambering down the steep embankment to the river, they left their lunch pails and cans of bait on a small plat- form on the side of the trestle bridge. Richard, and two of the.other three climbed back to the top of the. embankment,' after they had run." out -of wq ins. "This. vesti'gation was held into the low score winners. Mr. Wen- ham finally conceded that they were out-played by a group of card experts. The evening w e s organized by Carl Powell, Roger Jack- son, Don Watson and Gerald Holmes He was pulled from the river. by the other three. The 'two older boys then ran for help,. Russell ran 'nearly :a mile to the trailer home of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Holland on the Bay- field Road. Mrs. Holland called Dr. Newland, while Mr. Hol- land had two employees of his feed mill take a. pick-up truck as close to the scene of 'the ac- cident as possible and. bring the boy back to the trailer, Unfortunately because of the rough nature of the terrain,' the truck had to be left one- quarter of a mile from the scene of the. accident David ran the full two miles back to his parent's home. He, was followed by little Jamie, Who had been left with Richard and had become scared. Survivors of the dead boy are 'his parents. one sister, , Karen Loretta, age two, at home; ,his maternal grand- parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnston, Lindsay; and s paternal grandmother, Mrs. H. Newlove, Sardis, B.C. The body rested at the Ball and Mutch funeral home, High Street, Clinton, where the funeral service was held Tues- day at 9:00 am, wi•th Rev. R. W, Wenham, St. Paul's Angli- can Church, Clinton, officiating. Burial followed In Lindsay. No. 18—The Horne Paper• With the News Legion Will Bid. Post Office The superb' educational pro- grams presented by. Clinton Home and School Association were. climaxed Monday night with a film entitled "Matte. ematice At Your Fingertips" ShOwing the controversial Cuis- enaire method of teaching arithmetic. Mr. William Nediger, head of the mathematics department at CHSS, 'answered questions con- 0.erning this and other methods being adopted threttghout the country. He also explained briefly the new course in math- etnatics being adopted in grades seven and eight ' next school term. As this was the last and Clinton Masons And Their Ladies Dine, Dance, Hear Humorous Talk