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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-07-23, Page 1IE p- Council Accepts $1,983 Road Bid A tender freni Lavis Con- struction Company of Clinton for the reconStruetion and pav- ing of Gibbings and Dinsky Streets in the Eirrieunt of $7,983.50 was accepted Mondny night at a Meeting of Clinton Town Council. 'MO tender was the only one received. Clerk John Livermore said Work on the project world start as wen as amroval is granted by the Ontario De- pertinent Of IlighWaYS, The Weather 1064 1963 'High Low High Low JUly 15 14 60 68 62 16 84 56 72 86 17 88 58 80 38 18 91 67 89 62 19 84 69 77 69 20 02 88 80 58 21 84 65 82 60 22 86 60 81 58 AaInti .28" Mil: 50" THE N'Vk gRA ,97th YE:4R No, .1044.64 flome'SpOt. With th'P. News t4I,N,T9t44. ONTARIO, ttik!R$PAY.s: JPVY 23; 964 THE HURON •RECORP ,,..?Ist YEAR .0.0 Per Year- -10.. Cents Pet .,COPY 2 Page; N CRASH WALTO Where Three Died'. Fourth Involved Making Recovery; ill "Serious DRIVER OF THIS `64-MODEL LIVED • TWO AUBURN MEN DIED IN THE -WRECKAGE OF THIS: CAR iss Maude Stirling R.N. Dies At Bayfield Home Searorth Hospital Sod Turne Miss Annie Maude Stirling of Bayfield who was decorated for her Red Cross service by King George • V, died` peacefully Monday at her home, She was 87, SEAFORTH—The first sod was turned here Friday for an $802,000, 47-bed "hospital. The new building to be erected on a site overlooking Silver Creek on Goderich Street East will replace the 33-bed Scott Meinorial Hospital now considered obsolete. ,Four officials of the Scott 'waxy president Malcolm Mc- Kellar; property, chairman James Scott; president of the Start $802,000 Building Project Residents of the Exeter area have been warned by the On- tario Provincial Police that a grotip of house repair confi- dence -men are reported in the area selling a "deal" on alum- inum siding. • • Police said an elderly Hay Township man was approached with a proposal to have 'his house done over, and the men wanted to give him money to let them do it, It is not knoWn what type of gimmick the men were us- ing, but in most cases custom- ers sign contracts and then find out later have committed them- selves to paying exorbitant prices for all the work to be done. Police have warned all Exe- ter area residents — especially elderly people — not to deal With persons offering such at- tractive propositions and they have asked that similar MCI- cleinces be reported to pollee. No SiMilar incidents have been reported in the Clinton area. Exeter a rc sea IConMen Touting Penny Carnival George "'ii ht (left) and ,Jarle Fisher Were busy on Wednesday ati.Vertighig e, Penny Carnival which will be held this Friday at Community Parlt The three playgrounds ;iire c Orkibirifrig to sponsor the event, tiVeais-Recortt: Photo John risse) and his air-American Daredevils stage an show. The one-night-stand will be sponsored by the Huron Cent- re Agricultural Society which hopes to erase more of the 1,/ society's f'd debt with the gate receipts..; An itivertisement in .. this week's' News - Record provides detaf s of the daredevil show. .- Daredevils Here Aug. 4 It'll be thrills and spills at Clinton 'Community Park on Tuesday, August 4, when Paul Riddell During the show, the ladies will again. operate a refresh- ment booth: During the regular meeting of the` Huron Central Agricul- tural Society, it was reported the entire prize list from the annual Clinton Spring Fair has been paid. Secretary-treasurer William Riehl• reported the provincial grant in the amount of $863.74 has been received and dona- tions from interested parties are still coming in. Plans for the 1965 Clinton Spring Fair are underway, the society said. Tour Marshall Ernest F. Hockley Said he expects about 18 cars will participate in the tour which will leave London at 8 a.m. and pass through Clin- ton on its way to Kincardine. The cars are expected to ar- rive at Clinton about 10:30 and the drivers will stop to enjoy coffee and doughnuts compli- ments of the Kum-In Restaur- Antique Auto °biles n Show Here Saturday Clinton will take on a bit ,of that "Good Old Days Look" on Saturday, wh(4.-d the Forest City Chapter of Veteran Motor Car Club of America makes its Saugeen Valley. Holiday Tour, ant. While on their coffee break, members will take ad- vantage of free parking for their cars at Bill's Taxi stand.' Tour Power Plant THE ROAD WAS, DEAD STRAIGHT exciting W/C "Lew' Lomas To RCAF Clinton Wing Commander "Lew" Lomas, CD, was welcomed thiS week as new Chief Ad- ministrationOffieer at RCAF Station Clinton. Wing Commander 33. R. "Bruce" Ha-fuse, CD, Acting Commanding Officer wel- comed the veteran pilot tbd, his new position. Wing Commander Lomas spent the last four years on the staff of NORAD (North American Air Defence)'Head- quarters, •Colorado Springs. NORAD, he was Ekeen- ;live Assistant to Mr Marshal C. H. Siernon, Deputy Coin- Mandel' of the combined. Amerkan-Canadian complex. During the Second World War he was a coastal com- mand pilot in West Africa. and India. Auburn Man Hurt In Highway. Crash James E. Schneider, 22, of RatI Auburn, was reported in satiSfaCtOry condition in Alex- andra Marine and General Hos- pital this week where he was admitted following a ear-truck crash last Week. Mr. Schneider suffered chest in:11111es when the Car he was driving collided With trailer being honied by tractor on County Road 25, carat of Car- 'lo v. Warterier McIntyre, 53, of P.11. '5 Goderich, clriv&e a the traCter Suffered face eats and bernisel. the trailer WaS loaded WW1 400 fern tiles, Datttage was eStintated at Mere than $2,000', - Miss Stirling who was loved by many and held in. ' high ly esteem by all who low her, was born on the Fourth Con- cession of Goderich Township on November 10, 1877. She was the daughter of William Stirling and the former Re- becca J.- Colwell. • She spent the greater part of her life in rendering. service to others and began her life of service as a school teacher for six years. Trained at Toronto At the age of 24 she entered Toronto General Hospital • to study nursing and after gradu- ation nursed in Toronto until the outbreak of the First World War. Miss Stirling joined No. 4 University Base Hospital-gas- ,a, nursing sister and served in Salonica, Greece, Malta, _Eng- land, and ,on hospital ships on convoy day. From Folkestone, England, she was assigned to Buxton on a special course in massage as- an aid to the 'recovery of the wounded, a new medical in- Bucket in Time Might Have Saved Barn At Mitchell MITCHELL -RR 4 Mitchell farmer john Witschi thought one bucket of water would be. sufficient to douse a small blaze he discovered in his barn last week. But by the time he and his son Erwin, 17, returned with the water, flames had spread out of control and developed into a $20,000 fire. Mr. Witschi said he had been working on farm equipment when he noticed flames. It was not known how the blaze start- novation at that time. Decorated By George V While serving there, she was summoned to Buckingham Palace by His Majesty, Kling George V to receive the Royal Red Cross, a rarely - awarded decoration. Before her discharge from the service in 1920, Miss Stir- ling was mentioned in dispat- ches on three occasions. (Continued on Page Eight) Correspondents Hosted At Tea By Hews-Record Nine county correspondents of the Clinton News-Record gathered for tea Saturday at the home of Mrs, Jack Van- Egmond. They were guests of News- Record publisher A. Laurie Colquhoun, Mrs, VanEgmond, N-R secretary, and Editor and Mrs. David Scott. Tea was served under shade trees and the afternoon was spent chatting about social and business matters. Present were; Mrs. Audrey Belichamber; Bayfield; Mrs. Frank McCullough, Holmes- villa; Fred McClymont, Varna; Mrs. Bert Allen, Londesboro; Mrs. Stewart Middleton, Mid- dleton; Mrs. Lucille Haspeck, who writes Under :the byline Anne Aileron; Mrs. Don Harris, Porter's Hill; Catherine Plum- tree, a former N-R employee, and Mrs, Lucy Diehl, author of "Rambling With Lucy," of Bay- field, end her husband, Carl. Also attending the tea were Arthur Currie, secretary-treas- urer of the News-Record, and Jim McCullough, sports writer and advertising 'aalesman. Three persons were killed and a fourth- was seriously injured, early Saturday Morn- ing when two late - model cars _collided head on two and a half miles west of Walton, about 14 miles nerth-west of Clinton, By The News-Record Photos At Left ALLEN JAMES CRAIG Dead are: Allen James Ci'aig, 26, and William Gordon Dodd, 27, both of Auburn, and Miss Winnifrecl Lenore Griffith, 19, of RR 1 Wroxeter. The fourth victim, learry B. Reddon, 21, of RR 2 Atwood, is reported improving in Victoria Hospital, London. He suffered WINNIFRED LENORE GRIFFITH WILLIAM GORDON DODD 11111b„. Miss Griffith died several hours after the crash in Clinton Pub- lic Hospital. Constable D. A, Bowering of. the Seatorth Detachment or the Ontario Provincial Police who investigated the collision, said the accident took place about 12:30 a.m. Saturday on a level, straight stretch of paved road about six miles east of Blyth. Mr. Dodd and Mr. Craig were west-bound in a' 1962-model car and Mr. Reddon was east- bound in a 1964-model car winch had been driven only a little more than 2,000 miles. Met Dead-On The crash occurred in the east-bound lane. Const, Bower. ing Said the car's met exactly dead-on and stopped at the point of impact. (Continued on Page ?Iva) Mexican Beetle Damaging Beans On Huron Farms . The harvest of fall wheat and early spring crops is titi4 derway in Huron County, ac- Cording' to Doug Miles, Agricttl* tare Representative, Corn and white beans are re-i Ported making excellent growth. Array worms as inalOig its ap- pearance only in small scatter. end' areas, The lite4cian Bears Beetle 16 stfeeting bean crops in may areas of 'the codify. The peou- kitten of the teah: neetle has not yet Itede sPraStlitig hetet., say,- although the situeNioh as reaching the breakhig point, Mn Miles said, Ladies, Auxiliary, Mrs. Fred Cosford, and director of nurs- ing, Miss Valerie Drope. Hospital board president A. Y. McLean was chairman of the event. " Other dignitaries attending included: Dr. John .Nielson, chairman, of the Ontario, Hospi- sal Services Commission; 13. A. Bohan, hospital administrator; and representatives of the nine municipalities to be served by the new hospital. Paid For Soon Aside from the federal, pro- vincial and. Huron County grants, a total of $181,000 is being raised by public subscrip- tion to pay for the hospital. The fund now stands at bet- ter than $119,000, and it was expected the total objective would be reached in a few weeks. The new hospital will serve the Town of Seaforth and the townships, of Tuckersmith, Mul- lett, McKillop,_ Hibbert, Grey Morris, Logan and Stanley. The contractor is W. A. Mc- Dougall, of London. Thrills 'n Spills From Clinton the group will proceed to Kincardine where members of the club will 'be. guests of "Mac" MacKenzie at the Bruce Inn, for lunch. After lunch they will tour the Douglas Point Nuclear Power Plant and then travel along' Lakeshore Road to Southampton. En route they will stop at Riverside Motel for free coffee before going to Port Elgin for supper. They will stay overnight at the Shamrock Hotel in Walk- erton and that evening will be guests of the local drive-in movie. Plan Car Games Sunday morning in Walker- ton's Agricultural Park mem- bers of the club will participate in Old Car Games involving (Continued on Page Eight) Manorial Hospital board did the honors Friday at the new 85-acre site. Dug With Shovels - Wielding shovels were: hen- RCAF Youngsters Get Swim Lessons About 150 Adastral Park children are taking swimming lessons this sum- mer at RCAF' Station Clinton under 'the direction of Sergeant "Hal" Rees, co-ordinator of Summer Swimming for nependents Swim Classes. Lessons are given in the OlYinpl:6-Size station pool After pasSing rigid tests, the young- stets qualify. for Junior Swirnriairig Badges which allow thelfl to attend "free SWIMMing"' ' periods, unaccompanied by parents. Above Sgt, Rees. and . Judy BUsh give sere pointers, (RCF Photo) severe chest injuries, multiple fractures, concussion, and head and facial lacerations. Dead At Scene The other two men were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on County Roaqi; 25 by Huron County coroner Dr. F. G, Thompson, Clinton.