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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-10-29, Page 1Oriver -Waked Away (Rogr-End cosh :In .Clinton) • The Driver Fled (Brom Brucefield Crash Scene) Varna Couple Hurt (In Brucefield Accident) Gadel;i0, ..Couple.flort twervp4 TP ivi*„ Arthr$0) Two Men In Hovitol (Hit By Cqr At left) Weekend. High*ay (rohes Leave Aftermath OfWreckage, Injuries, Gages THE NEW ERA — 97th YEAR THE HURON RECORD 8ist YEAR CLINTON,, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1964 No. 44--The Home Paper With. The News $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages. CONTRACT AWARDED F N POST OFFICE Seven Persons Injured. In Weekend Collisions Seven persons were admitted to hospital over the weekend after four separate highway crashes in the Clinton area caused damage estimated at more than $9,000 to seven vehicles. THIS IS AN ARCHITECT'S SKETCH OF CLINTON'S NEW FEDERAL BUILDING Announcement of the award of a $188,691 con- tract for the construction of a new Federal Building at Clinton was "announced in Ottawa this week. by Public Works Minister Hon. Jean-Paul Deschate- lets. At press time Wednesday two of the injured had been re- leased from hospital and the five other victims were report- ed in satisfactory condition. On Wednesday of last week a woman pedestrian was killed as she walked along .:Mighway 4 inside the town limits of Men- sal and a Brnssels man was killed in a car-truck crash near Brussels. List Injured (Separate accounts 'of those two accidents appear elsewhere in ithis edition of the News- Record.) Injured in the weekend accidents were: Harvey Taylor, 68, Varna; Mrs. Harvey Taylor, 61, of Varna; Reginald Bell, 49, of Gode- rich; "1%frs": 'Reginald" Hell;'•42,' of Goderich; Clayton Fryfogle, 56, of Toronto; Robert Gordon Adams, 44, of Weston; And an unidentified Lon- What Would Lester Say? BLYTH — This village isn't planning to sit around and wait for "the cartoonists in Ottawa" to come up with another pro- posed Canadian flag which may 'or Mary not be accepted as Canada's national flag. • Village council Monday night ordered a new Red Ensign' which will have its initial use Nov. 11, Reinenibrance Day holiday. More than 200 students were honored Friday night when they were presented with dip- lomas, certificates and special awards and prizes at the an- nual commencement at Central Huron Secondary School, Eighteen - year - old Nancy Olde, enrolled in the honors bi- ology class at the University of Western Ontario, and daugh- ter of Brock Olde, science de- partment head at CHSS, Walk- ed off with seven awards. The top Clinton student had a percentage of 83 in nine Grade 13 subjects and won the Ontario scholarship diplamia; the E. A. Fines Award in math- ematics; four W. D. Fair schol- arships, and the Sir Ernest Cooper scholarship for the highest perdentage in Grade 13. Crop Report Optimistic Ora:in cam harvesting IS pro- gressing rapidly during warm, sunny weather and above aver- age yields ita.ve been reported according to the Weekly crop report issued by Don Pullen, assistant to the agridultural representative for Huron County. The sugar beet and tUrnip harvest is well underway end pasture conditions Continue to be, favourable in many areas. Winter wheat appears to be Well established. The eompletIon of fan plow- hig has already marked the end a another crop season on seine Owns. don man . believed to have been driver of a• truck in- volved in the accident in which Mr. and Mrs. Taylor were injured. Animal On Highway Four persons were injured Saturday evenirig in a twoecar crash on Highway 8 a short distance outside rthe Clinton town lb-nits. Ontario Provincial Police said a west-bound car driven by Mr. Bell swerved into :the path of an east-bound ear driv- en by Mr. Adams while trying to avoid. collision with a cattle beast which had wandered onto the highway. • Mr. Bell's 1964-model car and a 1961-model car driven by Mx. Adams were demolished; dam- age was, estimated at more than $5,000. Brucefield Crash Mrs. Bell, a passenger in her husband's car was taken 'to St. Joseph's 'Hospital, London.' Mr, Adams, Mr. Bell and Mr. Fry- fogle,", a passenger in the Ad- ams' car, were admitted to Clin- ton Public Hospital. Mr. Bell was released Tues- day. Police said the cattle beast which caused "the accident was not injured as far as was known. No charges were laid. The accident happened about 7:30 p.m. Three persons went to hospi- tnii following a car-truck collis- ion in Brucefield shortly after 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Driver Fled OPP Constable D. A. Bower- ing said the accident is still (Continued on Page Seven)' $8,500 In Awards More than $3,500 — not in- cluding dominion - provincial bursaries--and the largest sum ever won by students at the school was distributed „ this year to the honor roll students. Prior to prize-giving, guest Speaker A. P. Gordon, regis- Contribute To UNICEF A number of the ghosts, gob- lins end gremlins on the prowl in Clinton Saturday night (Mallewe'en Eve) Will be car- rying containers "clearly label- led: "UNICEF". The children ere Soliciting cash gifts for that oiganiza- ton — United Nations Interna- tional Children's Emergency Fund—land whatever donations they are able to bring in will be distributed to UNICEF. When they go out in their cattuines knocking at doors across Clinton, they are gather- ing t realbs for children an over the world. OMA Sponsored The treats they receive—in their UNICEF bok--will help children in over 100 co-Unities. Pennies Will buy Mlk, food, me, idieine and books. They will help train nintes and teadlie'ts. The UNICEF Collection In Clinton as been organted by the. Clinton Ministerial ASsocia- tinn asSisted by the sehool staff, pupals from Clinton Public School, St, Joseph's Separate School, Calvin Christian School and Air' Marshall Hugh Oantp- bell School, Council A new arena estimated , to cost $160,000 was ,approVed as a., Centennial .project ,for Cline ton at a special session of town council Monday night. Approval for the project was required before application for a 'Centennial grant could be made. A Centennial • grant would provide about $7,000. At Monday's meeting the bylaw approving en arena as a Centennial project was given first and second readings. The bylaw will be given third' read- ing at council's next regular meeting Nov. 9. Need Plebiscite Mayor W. .1. Miller said the bylaw does not mean council has decided to build an arena. "We can't make that decision until we know whether that's What the people want," he said. Mr. Miller said if the Cen- tennial grant is approved 'by the Centennial committee, a tray of the University of Wat- erloo told studentS they must not confuse ability with intelli- gence. "You must have a pur- pose in life," he told students, parents and friends, "but you must know what that purpose is." Bonnie }Tomtit), an honors Student at University of Wes- tern Ontario, whose father, Ro- bert Homuth,' is Vice-Principal of 'the school, received two W. D. Fair Scholarships. Grade 12 Honors Nigel Bellchaniber, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bellehamber of Bayfield was awarded the George Jefferson 1Vremorial Scholarship, and Patricia Cox of RR, 2, Ba,yfield, won two W. D. Fair Scholarships. Other Grade 13 graduates re- ceiving awards Were: Wendy Kay McGee, General Proficien- cy; William Trevenac the Can- ada Packers Limited award; (Continued on Page Seven) Memorial Vase Dedication Set At St. Andrew's A vase in memory of the latet Rev. Dr. and Mrs, D. J. Lane will be dedicated Sunday morning during the service in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Ch- urch, The vase is being given by the Madeleine Lane Auxiliary to the chinch as a inenioriar tribute to Dr. and lVfra,, Lane for their long years of service in the church and the com- munity, r ves plebiscite would have to• be held in Clinton to determine Whether,•ratepayers are Warne to pay off a debenture which would be needed to finance the arena. He 'said the debenture • would likely be 'for "at least $100,000," and would probably be held next spring but "certainly with- in the next 12-14 months." Committee Meetings The ideal 'time for such a mlove would be et the same time as th•e impending-munici- pal elections, but. Mr. Miller said by that time this year it e probably will not be known what amount of money would Ve required by debenture .-for the arena project. Councillor Don 'Symons, one of council's two+ representatives on the arena committee, said two or three meetings had been held during past weeks in 'an effort 'to determine what type of arena would be built, and A CHUCKLE Excerpt from the Yellow Pages: Bathing 'suits, topless — See covers, seat. r i.na how much money would' be re- quired. to build He said the cornmittee now is thinking in terms of an arena which would cost about $160,000. It 'would have a reg- ulation size ice area 180 by 80 feet, dressing rooms, and Stands- to accommodate 800 persons with standing room for up to 400 more.. Roller Skating Too Mr. Symons said the commit- tee had met with a Peterbor- ough contractor whose specialty is . arena construction. He said the contractor 'had told the (Continued on Page Seven) The Federal Building will contain quarters for 'the Post Office Department and the De- partment of National Revenue; The contract was let to Frank Van Buss'ell and Sons Limited of Lucan, Ont., lowest of 'three +bidders in response to advertising for public tenders Which closed Aug. 26, 1964. Break Ground Soon The contractor said be hopes to break ground on the project within two weeks, and terms. of the contract call for completion within one, year of this week. The site for the new post of- fice building is on the corner of King and Wellington Streets on a 150-by-110-foot lot pur- chased earlier from building suppliers' Ball-Macaulay Limit- ed. The new building — with a frontage of 80 feet arid a depth of 65 feet—will be of precast concrete columns and precast panels with the balance of the exterior of smooth grey brick. in panels between ..the precast columns. Ultra-Modern • Design The one-storey building will have aluminum window and door frames and full-length plate glass in the doors and the entrance lobby and vesti- bule will have terrazzo floors with painted plaster walls. The remainder of the build- ing will be finished in 'a com- bination of linoleum floor Coy- ening, painted plaster walls and acoustic ceilings. Heating will be by a hot water gas-fired system. The new building will re- place the three-storey, red brick Clinton landmark only a block away which was built by S. S. Cooper in 1903. Expand Working Area Postmaster Art 'Ball told the The Weather High Low High Low 1964 1963 Oct. 23 45 28 80 54 24 42 80 19 48 25 ,52 30 75 57 26 06 35 74 49 27 08 44 65 48 28 05 42 59 29 29 59 48 46 33 Rain: .17" Rain: .09" News-Record the new facilities Would expand the working area of the Clinton Post Office; by almost six times the existing space. The postal department now occupies only about 800 square feet of the first floor of .the post office building; 'the bal- ance is' occupied by the Cm.: toms (Department of Revenue) offices. The second' floor — foreferly used as an apartment for 'the caretaker no longer is in use, and the third floor has been vacant for some time. (Continued on Page Seven) YPUC Plans Weekend Motorcade -.The Huron Presbytery YPUC of the United Church of Can-, ada is sponsoring an interde- nominational Youth Fellowship Rally next Friday evening (Nov. 6) in Wesley-Willis Unit- ed Church, Guest speaker for the even- ing will be the Rev. Gordon Hume of Hamilton' and the song leader will be Bob Stoner of Blenheim. Both gentlemen have demonstrated 'their 'abili- ties to the young people of this area 'before. . To advertise the upcoming Rally, the youths will stage a parade this Saturday afternoon. The jaunt will start at the Sea- forth bandshell, travel to Clin- ton and from there 'to Goderich, spreading the word about the get-together as they go. The parade is to start in Seaforth at 1:00 pm. of Seaforth. Burial was: in Baird's Cemetery. Members of the Legion- Ladies Auxiliary conducted' a service at the fun- eral home on Thursday. Pallbearers at the funeral were Wilson Allan, Garnet Al- lan, Jim Verner, John Skea, Stewart Bell and W. J. Camer- on, County Road Crash Kills Brussels Man BRUSSELS — Ephraim Par- ish, 60, of Brussels, wet led Wednesday night when his car was involved in collision with a stake truek on Grey Town- shiP Road No. 16, about snit miles south of here. Police said the accident hap- pened during rain and light snow, George Saadi'', 53, alto of Brusaels, driver of the truck, Was taken to Wingham and District Hospital where he was treated for shock, His Condi- tion was described as satisfac- tom Mr. Parish WAS pronounced dead at the Scene by Dr. R. W. Stevens of Brussels._ The acci- dent was investigated by OPP countable Murray Vaidenhttrg of the Wingliarn Detachment;, CHSS Commencement Held Friday To Spook You Saturday The witch in the aboVephoto is well equipped for the exciting activity she will enjoy on Hallowe'en Eve this Saturday and Maybe she'll be at your door trick or treating. If she's carrying a UNICEF container, add your share. It's to help children far less fortunate than our own, Under the nia4k, shawl, witch hat and cat is Irene "hisser, (1\lews-Pecora Photo 621 John Vigser) " Leaves Four Sons She is survived by Sons, Glenn, Ronald and Jack all at home, and Raymond of Toron- to. Also surviving is her mo- ther, Mrs. Violet SchWarn of Hensall, ,brothers Gordon and Ray of Mensal, Austin of Stratford, Lee of Hamilton and Carly, of Petawawa. Five sisters, Mrs.- Harold (Nelds) Hansen, Stratford; Mrs. Bill (Maigaret) Wayne, B.C.; Mrs. Jack (Violet) Mc- Parlane, of St. Thornas; Mrs. Don (Florence) Perdue, and Mrs. Arthur (May) O'Hara of Belleville, Funeral Saturday The funeral Was Saturday frOM Ilonthron Funeral Home conducted by, Rev. D, 0. Fry, Woman Killed Instantly I n Accident At Fle' nsall HENSALL---Mrs. Laurene McKenzie. 50, of Hensall, was killed instantly last Wednesday night when she was struck by a car on Highway 4 just inside the northern limits of town. Police Said the car was driv- en by Milton LOve of Mensal, No charges were laid. Mrs MacKenzie was the for- mer Laurene Schwalm. Her husband, Robert, died Mat. year.