HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-01-11, Page 1A plaque from e the Ontario government meeting, Mayor Don Symons, acting for Hon.
commemorating the Clinton News-Record's 100 Charles MacNaughton, gave the plaque to
years of service to the community was presented Howard Aitken, vice-president of Signal-ptar
'to the newspaper at town council's inaugural Publishing Company Limited,
PAPER WINS HONOR .
Flight Sergeant boriald keit, past mayor of Award on behalf of the service community
Adastral Park (centre)y and. Warrant Officer from the' base Contillander, 'Croup Captain H.
Bob Johnston, present mayor (left), receive the 'W4 Ryati, CD,
Province of Ontario Centennial Achievement (1;178 Photo)
Shouting instructions during, hockey practice at the community
centre arena is Bert Clifford, coach of Kinsmen Pee Wee
and Bantam squads. Cradled in his left arm is the trophy he
won as coach of the best team during the international hockey
weekend at Clinton, N.Y. in December, when town teams visit-
ed the U.S, The trophy was donated by Hamilton College, of
Clinton, N.Y., as were two others won by young Clinton players.
( photographs inside ).
Clinton Lions
Give $1,000
Even a ribbOn-Wrepped package containing the the Clinton Public Hospital Ladies' Ate:Mary
silver cite lie won as Clinton's first baby presented the cup to reedier, Mee, Beery J.
of the year calk tempt William Garath Pevion Devison, of 14 witliann street.
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THE 4INTON NEW THURSDAY, 04 NUARy.. 11, 1908
TfiE HURON :RECORD ,87th Year SINGLE COPIES 12c
Mayor stresses unity
major .counciI. need
At the inaugural meeting of
council, the Clinton News-.
Record was presented with an
Ontario government plaque
commemorating its century of
service to the community.
Mayor' Don Symons, on be.
half of Hon. Charles Macleaughe
ton, presented the plaque to
Howard Aitken, vice-president
of the Signal-Star Publishing
Company, owner 'of the flows.
paper.
In a letter, Mr. MacNaughton
praised the newspaper's "out-
standing and unique cont./able•
tion to our way of life." He
said that its role as historian
was significant, and that its
columns had helped in 'count.
less ways to improve the lives
of members of the community.
Mr. Aitken commented 'on
troilbles experienced after the
newspaper was purchasedby its
present owners from A. L.
Colquhoun last year, but said
that they. were expected.
"We hope to continue to grow
with the community" Mr. Aitken
said. "We also hope to give the
same excellent service as in
the past."
Mr. Colquhoun, who was con.
netted with the News-Record
for 34 years, was in the
audience.
s tells the story
Once upon a time, back in
1864 when Clinton was only a
struggling village, there were
two newspapers serving the
community: The Courier, owned
by George Laycock, and the
True Briton, owned, incongru.
ously, by a Mr. Kelly.
Now, although this first part
of the Clinton News-Record
story' has a once-upon-a-time
fairy tale beginning, it has an
unhappy ending. Both newspap-
ers were also struggling. And
healthy competition killed them
before the year was out,
Into the breach stepped Ed-
mund Holmes, an employee of
The Hamilton Times. ( Mr.
Holmes was the great-grand.
father of Benson Sutter, who
was later office manager, proof
reader and man-of-all-jobs at
the News-Record for many
years.) After buying the plant
of The True Briton, Mr. Hol.
mes combined with George Lay.
cock and his•Courier. Thus the
partnership of Holmes and Lay.
cock was formed.
They called their paper The
New Era. It hit the streets on
a bright Thursday, July 6,1865.
In addition to Mr. Holmes,
the staff consisted of his son
Robert, a daughter, Anna, and
Edwin Grigg who was the only
paid emplOyee.
Six months later, the New Era
had prospered so well that Mr.
Holmes was able to buy out the
Laycock' interest.
But politics shadowed the
New hunters
to get exam
All novice hunters wishing to
obtain their first hunting license
are now required to pass an
examination conducted by the
Department of Lands and For.
ests. This places the carrying
of a gun on a comparable level
to driving a car.
At Clinton, the examinations
will be held February I, be.
tween 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at
the Rod and Gun Club.
Applications should be made
on Form C.R. 1 available at
all Department offices, and
licence issuers, and must be
mailed to arrive at the Depart..
ment of Lands and Forests,
liespeler, on week in advance
of the date the candidate wishes
to take a scheduled eXamination,
in Order to allow sufficient time
for confirmation.
If no applications have been
happy scene. Mr, Holmes was
a strong Free Trade Liberal.
He was threatened that if he
did not sell to Conservative in.
terests, that party would start
a Clinton newspaper of its own.
Being a businessman first and
a politician second, Mr. Holmes
sold out to Edwin Grigg, his
received by this date, the ex.
amination centre will not be
open on the day scheduled. Fur-
ther information may be obtain.
ed by calling Hespeler District
office, telephone number '658.-
9356.
The examination comprising
both written and practical tests
covers a variety of subjects
including: game laws, game
identification, firearms, fire.
arm handling and safe hunting
practice.
Due 'to the serious nature of
this examination, the Depart.
ment of Lands and Forests
strongly urges all prospective
hunters to complete a course
in hunter safety training from a
qualified instructor before
applying to write the hunter
examination.
former employee, a Conserve..
tive.
Mr. Grigg changed 'the news.
paper's name to The Monitor.
It failed to prosper, so Mr.
Grigg sold it after six months
to Robert Mathison, a school
teacher from Milton. Again, it
(c ontinuea on page 8)
Councillor Cameron Proctor,
who missed the inaugural meete
leg o' town council after under.-
going surgery, was reported
yesterday to ,be "steadily' im.
proving" at Clinton PublicHose
Pital. Best wishes for a speedy
-recoveryi
Ontario's farm groups are
investigating the possibility of
formieg a single general farm
organization, At a special meet,.
ing of the Ontario Farmers'
Union, the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, marketing boards
and co-operatives in Toronto
recently it was agreed to es.
tablish a special leeman corn.,
mittee to work out a possible
structure. The committee was
charged to bring in its report
by May 1. Whether members of
this committee - five each from
the OFU and the OFA, who
will name six more from
marketing boards, co.oper.
atives and farm associations -
can find enough unity among
themselves to set the pattern '
for a single provincial organize
ation is a matter for conjecture.
* • *
Also on the farm scene: The
OFA reports that its delegates
to the Ontario PollutionControl
Conference discovered that
livestock operations in southern
Ontario produce as much
manure as a city of 45 million
people.
Safety tip from the OPP God.
erich detachments Everyone
)09Ws that stole sign means
bring your vehicle to a full
stop and then proceed when it
is safe to do so - but, as your
provincial Department ' of
Transport points out, not all
drivers know that a flashing
red signal light at an inter.
section means exactly the same
thing. Like the stop sign, the
flashing red light means bring
your vehicle to a full stop and
then proceed when it is safe
to do so.' A flashing amber
light means proceed with
caution. However, it is the flash.
,ing red light that has confused
so many. So remember - when.
ever' you see a flashing red
signal light, bring your vehicle
to a full stop then proceed
when it is safe to do so.
* * *
More than 50,000 deaths a
year in England and Wales are
directly due to cigarette smoke
ing, reports Dr. George Godber,
England's chief medical officer.
Of these deaths, the number
before the age of 65 is suf.
ficient to cause the loss of at
least 150,000 years of working
life, Dr. Godber told the recent
World Conference on Smoking
and Health.
* * *
You can take inches off your
waist, just by holding in your
stomach and tightening your
stomach muscles for 10 seconds
four or five times a day.
* * *
The cost of having one tooth
cavity filled would fluoridate
Water in a community for an
individual for about 50 years.
For your information, re-
garding the recent sales tax
increase on beer and liquor:
Of the $4.29 paid for a 24.,
bottle case of beer, 45 cents
goes to the sales agent, 67
cents to the province, $1,11 to
Ottawa, and $2.06 to the brewer.
Of the $5. paid for a bottle
of Canadian whiskey, $2.31 goes
to the province, $1.86 to Ot•
tawa, and only 83 cents to
the distiller. Of the $6.65 paid'
for a bottle of imported Scotch,
$3,50 goes to the province,
$1.97 to Ottawa, and $1.18 to
the distiller.
* * *
Thousands of Canadians still
don't know that the Canada Pen.
sem Plan is cbmpulsery. One
national revenue official attend.
ed a plowing match laet yeat and
mingled With a group of far.
Met's, The farmers thought the
Scheme was voluntary, and they
didn1 think that they wanted
to join up. After spending many
tax &lilts ohpeblicity,
Venue Offidials are still Scratch.
ing their heads,
"We now enter our second'
century of Confederation,"
Mayor Don Symons said at the
inaugural meeting of Clinton
town council, "and I am sure
that the rest of the elected
reereeentatives feel as I do,
Mat we are now faced with new
challenges to ensure the cite.
tens of our town that the gene
orations to follow will be able
to enjoy the democratic pried.
leges that we have."
Making the traditional in.
augeral speech, Mayor Symons
stressed unity as the first step
to progress. His theme was
particularly apt, because five
members of the council were
newcomers.
Mayor Symons added: "At
this time I would like to stress
once again the fact that otir
town employees are a very in.
tritate part of our system of
government, and that our line
of communication is always
open to them so that we may
work together as a team in our
united endeavors."
Changes these days are ae
Clinton Lions Club presented
a cheque for $1,000 on Tues. -
day evening to the London and
District Crippled Children's .
Treatment Centre. The money
excess funds held in the local
club's trust fund for crippled
children's work. The money has
accumulated over the past two
years from the sale of
Easter Seals.
Clinton Lions Club is one of
Over 230 service clubs in On.
tario which promotes the sale
Of Easter Seals to finance the
work of the Ontario Society
for Crippled Children.
Lions President Maynard
Corrie presented the cheque
to Jack Antill, a member of
London West Lions Club, who
is chairman of, the speakers'
Committee of the London and
District Crippled Children's
Treatment Centre. Mr. Antill
spoke to the local Lions about,
the centre which opened in June
1959 and serves seven counties
in Western OnMrio. He also
'showed coloured slides of the
treatment and training fecal.,
ties et the modern centre. Me,
Aiitill invited the Lions Club
to visit and tour the centre,
The London treatment centre
had a budget of $210,000 for
1667 of which over $100,000
had to be raised by the centre
board. A 50-tnember beard ad.'
ministers the centre which has
a staff of 27 persons. In spOels•
ing of the staff, Mr. MIMI
olaireed it included "some Of
the Meet dedicated people lit
the world."
Cerebral palsy is the most
cerieneh .effeetioh treated at
the London tentre, There are
approximately 1,000 treatments
per rneritil given at the centre;
most are out or day patients.
Iii the London &tea the children
rapid, the mayor said, that
coueeil members are often un.
able to grasp their magnitude,
But it still remains for them
to establish a goal, a plateau
of accomplishment which the
team as a whole will endeavor
to achieve in the coming term„
"Some of these (projects) will
take considerable time, thought
and money," Mayor $ymons
maintained. "Every council
tries to do the utmost with the
taxpayers' dollars, and I can
assure you that this council will
try to 'do the same, and also
I can assure you that it isn't
just a trend of the times if
we find we must raise the tax
burden. We will do our utmost
to see that it is well Mended."
Projects mentioned by the
mayor as being on 'the top
priority list were:
Completion of the downtown
area, the old post office area,
and , new lights at highway in.
tersections.
An active industrial commit.
tee to solicit new industry for
the town.
ate brought in by the centre's
buses and 'transportation for
others outside London is pro.
vided by parents or Easter
Seal service clubs.
The speaker was introduced
by program chair man Ken Flett
and thanked by A. Laurie Col.,
quhoun, chairman of Clinton
Lions Easter Seals and Crip.
pled Children's committee.
(continued on page 8)
An extensive drainage pro.
gram,
Consideration of low-rental
housing for senior citizens.
Planned sidewalk extension.
Continuation of the street re.
building program,
Expressing his thanks to
members of the last council,
Mayor Symons said: "I feel
quite certain that we will find
the results of their planning
making our work load easier
this year .'+ .,?
Challenges before the Indus.•
trial and planning committees,
the mayor said, if properly met
would have "a tremendous bear.
ing on the future of all of us
here."
"r am certain that with the
assistance that is extended to
Clinton's first baby of the
year took his time coming but
he finally arrived at 1.0'7 a.m.
Thursday, January 4 in the
person of William Garath
Devison, a 6 pound 8 1/2 ounce
first child for A/C Henry J.
Devison and his wife, Linda.
They live at 14 William Street.
Mrs. Douglas Bartliff, of the
Clinton Public Hospital Ladies'
Auxiliary, presented William
Garath with a silver cup.
As first mother of the year,
Mrs. Devison received the fol.
lowing gifts: Baby's first diary,
from M cE wan' s; free hair style,
Lori Lynn Beauty Lounge; char.
sis lube, Clayt's B.A Service;
free ride home, Clinton Cab;
six pairs of nylon stockings,
Par-Knit Hosiery Limited; two
movie tickets, Park Theatre,
Goderich; year's subscription
Adastral Park
gains award
Adastral Park, the married
quarters community, at CFB
Clinton was recently pedeeeteii
with the Province of Ontario
Centennial Achievement Award.
The town of some 200 families,
adthinistered by a council of
10 servicemen, received the
award "in recognition of an out.,
standing contribution by coma
munity leaders and individual
citizens to the 1967 Centennial
celebrations",
For some •650 young people
from Ontario and Manitoba the
Christmas season was high.
lighted by a trip to Niagara
. Falls and Vision 67. This was
a six.day Toc Alpha conference
December 28 to January 2, to
study alcohol, its problems, and
related questions affecting'
youth today.
Huron County and outlying
districts were represented by
a group of almost 70. Of these,'
48 boarded a chartered bus at
stopovers between Goderich and
Stratfor,c1 while the other 22
found their own means of trans.
portation. The group that could
be accommodated on the bus
found this a convenient,
economical way to travel, giving
members a chance to get ac.
quainted before reaching their
destination.
In Niagara Falls, an interest.
.ing and stimulating program
had been planned. Authorities
on alcohol problems from Win.
us by our eprovincial govern.,
meat, we can and will meet
these challenges, simply by
making full use of the joint
services that are at our die.
easel.
"We must not take the at.
diode of an every-man.
for-himself kind of politics.
At our level of government,
this attitude is not a virtue, but
rather a symptom of apathy,"'
Reeve James Armstrong gave
the report of the striking come
mittee.
Members of the various coun-
cil committees for the two-year_
term, (with chairmen named
first) are:
SPECIAL: Reeve Armstrong,
(continued on page S)
Clinton News-Record; sterling.
silver baby spoon, ' Anstett
Jewellery Limited; enough wool
for a baby outfit, A msing' s Var.
iety Store; case of Heinz baby
food, Corries Foodmaster;
clothes hamper, Ball andMutch
Limited.
Baking course
a sweet smell
if successful
The smell of freshly baked
bread will be waiting from On.
tario Street -United Church alter
1 p.m. January 17.
It will be Summary Day for
Clinton for the course "Baking
with Yeast" given by the On.
tario Department ofAgriculture
and Food.
Displays of plain bread, fancy
breads and rolls will be feature
ed.
Special features of the Sum.
mary Day programs are a film
demonstration of decorating
fancy breads and a display of
early Canadian bake ware. Miss
Barbara Foreman, Foods and
Nutrition Specialist, Depart.
ment of Agriculture and Food,
Toronto, will be present. A tea
concludes the program.
Everyone who is interested
in yeast breads is invited to
attend the local Summary Day.
nipeg, Windsor, Toronto, Roch.
ester and Buffalo, New York,
supplied the latest information
on alcohol and the alcoholprob-
lem.
(continued on page 8)
Breaks his fall,
gets broken leg
A wheelbarrow broke the fall
of Garry Alderdice, 14, of R.R.
2, Kippen, when he slipped from
a ladder 40 feet inside a silo
on the family farm - but he
still broke his left leg in two
places.
Garry son of Mr. and Mrs.
Vern Alderdice, was helping
his father With repairs to the
silo when the accident occurred.
He was' first taken to South
Huron Hospital and later trans.
ferred to St. Joseph's Hospital
London, where he was reported
in satisfactory condition.
FIRST BABY BORN
Young Toc Alpha delegates
study alcohol, its problems