HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-05-07, Page 1affair will be 'president Chowen;
vice-presidents Feeney and
Fleming.
Pbert Lovec,
CDCIf Grad;
Now Professor
HENSALL — Robert Love,
Henson, has been appointed
Assistant Professor of Busi-
ness AdminiStration 'at Berk-
ley College, University of Cal-
ifornia. Robert has had' a
varied career of education.
He attended Clinton District
Collegiate Institute, and in
his final year won the Sir
Ernest Cooper Scholarship
for top student in 'his class.
From there he went to
University of Toronto for
four years, taking 'the bus-
iness and engineering course.
He was with Anthes .Imperial
of St. Catharines for three
years in the engineering de-
partment:
The following year he at-
'tended UniVersity of Western
Ontario, London, and received
his MBA degree, followed by
a year with the Vancouver
Plywood Co., with head office
in London.
From there he went to
Stanford University of Cal-
ifornia for three years and
will graduate in June with a
Phd degree.
Robert is the eldest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Love,
Herman, and ives at Pato.
Alto,' • Calif. He is married
and has one son and a dau-
ghter. 0
Over 240 Persons
Square Dance
At RCAF Hall
On the evening of May 1st,
a square dance was sponsored
by the RCAF Clinton Cross
Trailer Square Dance Club at
the RCAF Recreation Centre.
The guest caller, held in high
esteem by square dance entlitie-
fats, was Dave Taylor from
Detroit, Mich.
Dancers cam from 'the sure e
rounding area and Included
Chatham, St. Marys, Owen
Sound,- Wiarton, Port Elgin,
Hanover, London, Exeter, Cont-
ract, Clinton, Seaforth, code
rich, • Kinearclite, Stratford, Kit-
diener, Ripley and Windsor.
London's representation includ-
ed seven- different clubs.
Total attendance was 240 per-
sons and judging front com-
ments made by dancers Who
participated, "a good time was
had, by all":
It is proposed haVe tiYie
same type of &nide in the early
fat
Was Third Generation Business
New Owners From Stratford
Auction At Bayfield 'Albion', Saturday
bion shows lots of Clinton Thomas Wheatley, Thomas
Southcombe and Harry Mason.
On the Hayfield team are,:
H. Elliott, J. Jewett, A. Woods,
F. Elliott, J. Whidden„ F. Gem-,
einhart, K. Moorhous'e, H. Er-
win and W. Erwin.
names. One list shows the
members of a Clinton baseball
team, which registered there on
August 2, 1895: Ed Johnson, W.
I. Ross, Frank. Upshall, Percy
Fair, H. Ball, George Hoxley,
Go On The Block This Weekend
Assembled here are only a few of the collection of relics arid antiques
which will be auctioned Saturday at The Albion Hotel, Bayfield, After being
in the same family for three generations, Mrs. Alma Bassett has sold the hotel.
Shown above, front, are a Warmer lamp, glass keg, and a bottle holder with
cork screw opener; at the rear of table, a tobacco plug cutter, two . fiat irons and
an oversize cup and saucer, (News-.record Photo)
Discuss Square Dancing At Rec. Centre
Hundreds of square dance enthusiasts assembled at the Recreation hall,
RCAF Station, Clinton On Friday night to dance and hear guest caller, Dave
Taylor., front Detroit - , top left, Others in the above group are, standing: Earl
Bowles, RCAF Clinton caller and Dan Wells Palmerston. Seated in the
front are Mrs, Wellgi left and Mrs, Bowles, (1?ClAP PhotO)
THE NEW FM —97th YEAR • THE HURON RECORD —81st YEAR
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Ontario Convention Held
Last weekend the Clinton branch of the National Defence EmployeeS As-
soCiation was host to the bi-annual convention of the Ontario group. Business
sessions were held in the ballroom at Elm Haven Motor Hotel, Saturday and
Sunday, with a banquet and dance at Clinton Legion hall, Saturday evening:
Shown above are, seated, left to right: Melvin Steep, Spencer Street, president
of Clinton branch, NDEA; James Wylie, Regina, Sask., National president of
NDEA; Gordon Shortreed, Dunlop Street, national president of the group,
from 1953 to 1955, and again a candidate for the same position. Back row,'
left to right: J. Douglas Thorndike, Frederick Street, secretary of the local
group and convention convener; Fred Earl, Hagersville, president of Ontario"
NDEA; and Robert Burke, RR 5, Clinton, representative of Clinton RCAF
Station firefighters, another local branch of NDEA. "(News-Record Photo)
ors Feeney Elected President,
msmen fricers For 1964- 5
On Clinton
Convene ,In Clinton
ational Defence Employees ass
Resolutions At Meeting .Here
Turtle Tale On
The Maitland
(By race 'Middleton)
Truth is stronger than tic-'
anon . . and that is particularly
true when applied to 'the tall
tales told at the opening of the
trout 'season.
It seems that • years ago.
1939 in fact, 'two smell boys
at Holmesville (Bill Palmer
and Walter Jervis) wandered
off down 'to the river (the
Maitland at Forrester's Bridge)
as small boys will come the
spring 'time;
The ways of small boys, and
the oPerations of their mental
processes, we fail to under-
stand, but for some reason this
particular pair succeeded in
capturing an old turtle. They
hauled him out of his watery
mudhole home and lugged him
home in triumph.
To avoid confusion in the
following paragraphs, we will
call him Theodore, the Terra-
pin.
Their diabolical plan was to
polish. Theodore off and use his
shell as a trophy. But this plan
was disrupted by a non-under-
standing adult, who ordered
them to return Theodore where
they found him—or else!
'The boys did return him, but
they had bored a bole in his
carapace, and inserted a. piece
of wire from which dangled a
copper 1939 dog ilce ice!
The last glimpse the boys
had of old Theodore, he was
paddling along • as fast as .e
could go with - fishes fol-
lowing in his wake, attracted
by the .glittering copper wire.
So far-this is not-such a re-
markable story—but listen to
the. epilogue!
Last summer, while fishing
around the same old mudhole,
Bob Jervis came across Theo-
dore himself, not leaking a day
Older, and still sporting the 1939
copper clog tag licence:
We 'speculate uporehow. Theo-
dares life must., have been
changed for better or for worse
by this'terrible appendage, ea.
quired in such a frightening
manner.
Did he strut among his
'turtle-kind, a king apart, re-
counting his adventure? or did
he hide forever unnerved, away
from all lesser favoured Testu-
denatas!
. The truth of this tale of 'the
dog-tagged turtle . is • beyond
question. After all, when little
•pills grow -up to be pillars of
:society, one doesn't question,
The Weather
1964 1963 '
High Low High Low
April 30 57 45 56 38
May 1 52 44 45 25
2 66 42 63 28
3 69 43 70 41
• 4 73 38 72 38
5 79 50 61 36
6 80 57 66 34
No Rain. Rain: .44"
Torn Feeney has been elect-
ed president of the Kinsmen
Club of Clinton. A telephone
New Assistant
At Ago Office
From Quebec
,Mr. • Murray Shepherd of
Scotland, Ontario, will be
Summer Assistant Agricul-
tural Representative for Hu-
ron County. He has just fin-
ished his second year at Mac-
Donald College, P.Q.
Mr':• Shepherd has a very-
'impressive 4-H record, having
completed 25 4-11 Agricultural
Club projects tin dairy, sheep,
swine, grain, corn and trac-•
tor. Murray was a delegate
to Provincial 4-H Leadership
Week at OAC, Guelph, in
1960. He has. participated in
4-H Inter-Club competitions.
and was a member of a Royal
Agricultural Winter Fair
judging team.
Mr. Shepherd intends to
major in agelcUlttiral econ,
omics When he returns to.
MacDonald College in Sep-
tember.
/ technician, Tom -has been an
active member of the local -Kin
for a number of years. I
Other officers, elected at
the general meeting Tuesday;
are ..as first
dent, Andy _Petereen, .„ Credit
Union; second vice-president
Dave Beattie, Beattie Furni-
ture; and secretary, Robert
Mann on 'staff at Central Hu-
ron Secondary School. Treas-
urer 'is Larry Jones, employed
at Ontario- Hydro. • • - • •
Directors named are Bill
Fink, Bill Fleming and Steve
Brown. Bulletin editor is, Ro-
bert VanRiesen. •
The 'meeting on Tuesday night
when this election took place
was chaired by the president
Wrililram 'Chowen. A motion was
passed 'to donate $25 'to the
Port Alberni, B.C., earthquake
disaster fund.
• The club is planning to enter
a float in the parade at Clin-
ton Spring Fair.
Plans were finalized for the
campaign for District Governor,
with the candidate Matt Edgar.
Nineteen couples (Kin and KIM-
ettes) will attend the District
1 convention in the Drawbridge
Inn, Sarnia, during the week-
end of May 15-18, In support of
Malt. Voting delegates at this
Fortyeight delegates of the
Ontario branch of the National
Defence Employees Assodiation
convened in Clinton last week,
end,
Business sessions were held.
in the downstairs ballroom of
Hoter Hotel, Sait-
uray ,afternoon and all day
Sunday,
Delegates were here from
Toronto,.. Hamilton, London,
Camp Borden, Kingston, Hag-
Petawawa, Centralia;
and -two units from Clanton
were represented: the 'Clinton
NDEA, and Clinton RCAF fire-
This: 'is the first 'time such a
.Convention has been held here.
J. Douglas Thornlike, secre-
tary of the local branch, was
convention convener. President
of the Clinton branch is Mel-
vin Steep, Representing Clin-
ten firefighters were Robert
Burke and Joe Atkinson.
The Ontario convention pas-
Sed 40 of the 42 resolutions
presented; these .to come up at
the national 'convention ., in
Ottawa 'in August. err i s
Punshon, Toronto, was chair-
man of the resolutions Com-
rnittee.
Fred Earl, -Hagersville, presi-
dent of Ontario NDEA, chair-
Every boy in the Brucefield
Scout Troop received at least
one proficiency badge at the
father and son banquet held in
Brucefield United - Church on
Saturday.
•.-' Seven Scouts got their second
class badges. They Were:, Hans
Leppington, Bob Leppington,
Jim. Kyle, Gordon • Henderson,
Michael Griclzak, Garry, Deitz
and' Don -.Littleton: -
Stewart Mustard received a
leaping Wolf . badge. The var-
ious proficiency badges includ-
ede; dairyman, farmer, winter
sportsman, leather' worker,
reader; fishing and pet keeper.
One hundred and ten persons
sat down to the dinner and
heard speeches by District
Commissioner Jack Gallant,
Hayfield end Assistant District
CoMmissioner Sid Jolly. The
Sale of the Albion Hotel in
Bayfield has set the scene for
an auction sale of antique hotel
furniture, bar-room chairs and
other antiques, which should
prove interesting to many peo-
ple. Date 'is Saturday, May 9
at the hotel.
Included in the items for sale
are the sampling shown at the
right: a , Wanzer lamp, glass,
kegs, a corkscrew and battle
holder such as was used when
the bar was in operation and
all bottles had corks; a plug
tobacco cutter and other old
hotel items.
Present owners are Mrs.
Alma Bassett and, Miss Ellen
MacKay, daughters of the, late
Hugh MacKay, who passed
away a few years ago.
Mrs. Bassett's grandfather
was Edward Elliott, who came.
to Bayfield in 1890. At first 'he
was in the present Little Inn
and in a Commercial Hotel in
Hayfield. Then he spent four
years at a. 'hotel in Brucefield,
coming back to Hayfield where
he purchased the Albion in
1894. The place has been run
as a hotel until the present
time.
Ownership passed 'to Hugh
MacKay, the son-in-law of Mr.
Elliott and then 'to MacKa.y'a
daughters. Living there at the
present time are Mrs. Bassett;
her daughter, Mrs, Barbara
ed the business sessions' here.
Guests ,at the, convention in-
cluded,: Frank Haughian, Ot-
tawa, director of civilian per-
sonnel (air), and David Flay,
director Of civilian
personnel (army),
The ,civilian personnel offic-
ers of Clinton and Centralia,
Fred Miller .and Len Thomas,
were also' guests.
A banquet was held at Clin-
ton. Legion ball Saturday even-
ing, at which Group Captain
K: R. Greenaway, commanding
officer of RCAF Station Clin,
ton, was guest 'speaker, A
dance followed the banquet,
Mayor W. J. Miller welcom-
ed the delegate's at the ban-
quet, catered to' by the Legion
Ladies Auxiliary,
'Gordon Shortreed, a long-
time employee at Clinton RCAF
Station, was the first National
president of NDEA, serving in
that capacity from 1953 to
1955. He attended the' sessions
last weekend.
National President
James Wylie, Regina; Sask:.
president of the National De-
fence Employees Association of
Canada was a guest and speak-
er at' 'the Ontario convention.
In an interview, he said in-
tegration of armed forces is
latter spoke of some of his
scouting experiences and show,
ed
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New Bayfield
Correspondent
Effective- next week, Hayfield
and district residents are re-
minded that they have- a new.
News-Record correspondent in
that area.
Mrs. George (Audrey) Bell-
chamber 'is the new news core
respondent. Her phone num-
ber is 38 on the Bayfield ex-
change. Persons on the Clinton
eXchange may phone her by
dialing 565 Bayfield.
She replaces Mrs. Lucy
(Woods) Diehl, who has held
the position since 1924,
Matthews, and her daughters;
and Miss MacKay.
New owner is Mrs. E. Robin-
son, Stratford, who plans to run
it 'as a hotel and restaurant,
following renovations.
The old registers in the Al-
desirable, providing there' will
be- integration of .0yilien. de-
fence workers.
He said that, if the depart-
ment of national defence is
going 'to maintain 30,000 to
40,000 civilian employees, there
should be a responsible civil-
ian position in the top echelon
of the proposed unified, ser-
vice department,
"We have," he said, "a civil-
ian-controlled department • •of
national defence—after all, our
Nurse 'To Graduate
Mary Dolores Carbert, dau,
ghter of. Mr. and Mrs. George
Carbert, RR 1, Clinton, grad-
uates Friday, May 8,, from
St. Joseph's Hospital School
Of Nursing at London. Grad-
uation exercises are to be
held at Thames Hall, Univer-
sity of Western Ontario.
0
Cliitli126/- Student
hi Legion Finals
Miss Beverley .Sparks,
won Clinton, zone and district
public speaking .compeatiOns,
goes to Toronto next Wednes-
day, May13, to compete in Leg-
ion' Provincial Finals. -
Daughter of- • Mr. and Mrs.
Lorne A. Sparks, Bayfield, and
a 'student at CHSS, she is com-
peting, in the junior secondary
school class.
The affair is being held at
the King Edward Hotel.
minister is head of it,"
It- will be at least Iwo to
three years, • he said, 'befere the
integration of services will af-
fect civilians at Clinton RCAF
Station and that few layoffs
are anticipated. .
"Recognizing that dur assoc-
iation exists only because of
world tension's, we find ourself
in a position which is unlike
any • other government depart-
ment—we have no, security of
tenure of office.
"As -the role of national de-
fence changes, so the role of
various defence establishments
must change. Consequently,
theme is no opposition to the
closing out of stations where
they fit into the over-all de-
fence program in. Canada."
The association's main con-
cern, be said, is that jobs should
be filled by the civilian at •a
lesser cost -to the taxpayer.' He
quickly added, however; "This
implies in no way that we wish
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any Entries
For Auburn
Spring Posters
AUBURN—Twenty-one ent-
ries were received by Auburn
Horticulture Society in their
May poster competition. The
judges were Miss Mary Hous-
ton, Hamilton and Miss Ella
Wagner.
Prize winners were: Senior
first, Brigitte Schiichting, USS
5; second, Nancy Lapp, SS 9;
third, Brenda Archambault;
'honorable mention, Wendy
Schneider, SS 9, 'and Shirley
Flunking, SS 9.
Junior first, Joyce Hallman,
SS 9; second, Sharon Cook,
Westfield School; third, Ralph
Hallam, S'S 9; honorable men-
tion, Linda Longhurst and Geo-
rge Collins. — "
First prize was $2, second
$1, end third was 50c.
The executive was well pleas-
ed 'with 'the competition and
placed the posters in the store
windows in the village. Many'
of the store keepers have plac-
ed attractive displays carrying
out the slogan, "Clean up,
FliX up, Paint up and Paint
up.%
All Brucefield Boy Scout Boys
Receive Badges At Scout Banquet
National • President Here
Huron County
Farming Report
(By D. H. Miles, Agricultural
Representative for Huron
County)
"Seeding of spring grain IS
practically completed with
early sewn fields showing
green, Corn planting is prog.,
messing favourably with good
Sowing eonditioxiS,
"Grass .is rnakttig
good growth.- Sonic animals
are on grass. There was
some heaving Of Old establish-,
red hays and pastures; newly
established hays and pastnres
wintered Well,"