HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-02-15, Page 1Girl Guide Catherine Freeman, 13, of the
3rd Clinton Pack, waits for town council meet•
ing to begin. Monday night, She attended council
to study procedure for her citizenship badge.
Left front is Reeve Jim Armstrong (hiding
councillora Clarence Denomme and Frank Cook)
Councillor Cameron Proctor, and at right is
Councillor Harold Lobb, Empty chairs in
background are for interested citizens wishing
to watch council in action.
CRASH KILLS TWO COUPLES
s is represented by (left to right)
Reigatiene teetribete of the thou were presented • Oliver "(
With silver pros to tettlittedierate their 'retiree years),
• t ft m ti 'e heft WO 4 k total Sett/fee of
During the recent annual cOngregational Meeting 10 Year
of Wesley Willis United Church, Clinton, three Mrs, Mall Necliger (45 years) Mts. Floren ce
41 years) and Mrs. Adele Jervis (33
(Staff Photo)
Area farmers inspect some of the beef cattle at the beef research Toronto. Sixteen farmers from the Clintonareaanda.b,out 20 from
center of the Shur-Gain Research Farm, near Maple, north of Walton were taken on a guided tour through the 515 acre farm,
Area farmers visit Shur-Gain
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'own council deplores
child "traffic menaces"
WEATHER
1968 1967
Feb, 7 32 23 8 ,
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10 11 4 36, 20
11 14 3, 34 '10
12 13 42 12 -8
13 10 40 23 -12
Snow '10" ' Snow -4"
Police Chief RUseell Thome.
son is reported resting comfort-
ably in Clinton Public Hospital,
recovering from a recent heart
attack.
* *
Councillor Cameron Proctor
returned to his chair at the
town council meeting Monday
after convalescing from sur •
gery.
*
On the subject of 'illness and
hospitals: Men 'won't like it,
but the pretty nurse who holds
hands to take your pulse may
soon be replaced by an elec-
tronic gadget', A Miniaturized
electronic indicator which al.
lows pulse rates to be read
directly from a meter has re.
tently been put on the market.
And it can take pulses in less
time than a nurse. All you
have to do is stick your finger
in a hollow cylinder and your
pulse rate is given by a beep
signal and recorded ona meter. * * *
Tholnas Leppington, Sr.,
celebrated his birthday onSaint
Valentine's Day, but didn'twant
to tell us his age.
*
Some of the Kinsmen spirit
showed at the town council meet.
ing Monday, New councillor
Clarence Denomme referred to
new councillor Ted McCullough
as "Kin Ted," Councillor
Denomme and Councillor Mc..
Cullough have been, amiably
slandering each other at Kilns.
men meetings for a lot longer
than they have been members
of council. Nothing wrong with
that, either. Council can use
that Kinsmen drive. •
* * *
Ever hear of a fog-broom?
No, it doesn't belong in the
same file with sky-hooks and
striped paint. A fog-broom is
an odd-looking whirling con-
traption, five feet high, three
feet square, an aluminum :tame
which houses a smaller rotat-
ing frame. Vertical nylon
strands slice through the fog
and collect drops of moisture
which then run down to the
ground, If they work, we could
use a few on the Clinton-God.
erich highway.
Diseases of the heart and
circulation are responsible for
More than 72,000 deaths inCan;
ada each year, more than the
combined total resulting from
all other diseases and causes
of death. In fact, these cardio.
vascular diseases account , for
'more than 50 percent of all
deaths.
* * *
The Huronview Auxiliary
meets Monday afternoon, Feb.
teary 19, at 2 p.m„ in. the Craft
Room,
Herb Oakes is another Cling
tOniali who celebrated a birth.
day on Saint Valentine's Day.
He was 82.
* * *
Did you know: Income from
the Sale of beverage alcohol
in licensed hotels exceeds the
combined Income from food and
rooms,
* * *
Here's a tip from , the God.
erich OPP detachment: Ontario
driVers who have paid the $25
uninsured vehicle fee have no
insurance protection whatever.
The tee provides nothing eXtept
the right to operate• an (Minstar-
ed Motor' vehicle in this prow
\dime. Better by far to tarry
liability insurance than risk
epanding a lifetime paying a
heavy judgetnent,
Two fined $100
Cart JOhniton, of It. it, 5i
Clinton, was fined $166 and
Costa! in doderieh tnagiStrate's
Court for failing to rein:tin at
the Scene of in accident,
epoy Mitt, 0, of R, Ft, "2,
was fitierd $100 and 'caste
cot getning ligtiOr While A
mind!`.
Two Seaforth area couples
were killed last Friday when the
car in which they were riding
rammed a Kitchener hydro pole
north of Highway 401.
Dead are: Thomas Laing, 72,
of R. R. 1, Cromarty; his wife,
Gladys, 64; Andrew Moore, 69,
of R. R. 3, Seaforth; and his
wife, Fannie, 67,
They were the first fatalities
of the year in Kitchener. It
was one of the worst single.
vehicle crashes in Twin City
history.
Kitchener police Cpl John
Mitchell, who investigated the
accident, said the northbound
car, driven by Mr. Laing, hit
a patch of slush on a Fairway
Road curve opposite Fairview
Park shopping centre, and skid.
ded on the east shoulder.
The right front fender of
the brown 1966 sedan glanced
off a wooden utility pole. After
pkidding 106 , feet along the
shoulder the car slaritmed into
a second pole.
Force of the impact imbed&
ed the foot-thick pole deep with-
in the engine compartment of
the car.
Kitchener firemen pried open
a door to reach the car's oc.•
cupants,
Mrs. Laing was in the front
seat beside her husband, Mr.
Moore and his wife were in
the back.
Both couples were pro.
nounced dead on arrival at St.
Goderich votes
on beer issue,
Goderich voters will decide
April 17 whether they approve
sale of beer in beverage rooms
for both men and women.
Council received notification
of approval of the 'vote from
C. E. Woodrow, solicitor for
the Liquor Licence Board of
Ontario at their regular meet.
ing Thursday night.
3. Howard Aitken, of the Clin.
tort News-Record, attended the
annual meeting of the Ontario
Liberal Party held last week.
end at Toronto;
Other area residents who at-
tended the three-day meeting
Were: E, B. Menzies, of Clip.
ton; A. Y. McLean, of Seaforth;
Mr. and Mrs. D. 3. Murphyi
of Goderich; Mr, and Mrs. A. NI,
Harper, of GOderieh; IVanKalb.-
fleish and Paul Steckle, of
Zurich; Dr, and Mrs, Morgan
Smith, of Hayfield.
Atriong delegates lentil the
Winghain area ate accompanied
Murray Gaunt, MPP (Huron-
Briite) • were 'William Elston,
George Inglis, Colin Campbell
and Ed Edhighoffer
Caria.dais agrieulture
titer, J. 3: Greeee, put his
Greene stamp on the proceed.
logs with this quote:
"We surely serve neither
thesee We would seek bahelp, nor
Our country itself, If we at.
tempt to delude the people that
new social measures can come
like the green stamps at the
super-market, If we attempt to
OAS thiS off on the 'people we
are 'either Ignerhiit Of the'
datelining rule of the &Me by
which '00th Man and nations tenet
lime *hid SOS very sidiPly,-
if for too long you 'spend more
than you earn, Sonilethifit IS
Oink give'alternatiVelys
*e Play the Shabbiest of games,
We attempt to gain pblittcai
saredit•for A Progress We know
ihani3O
Mary's Hospital. Death was at.
tributed to multiple internal and
external injuries. Mr. Laingap.
parenfly was wearing a seat.
belt; the others were not.
Coroner Gerald Lynne-
Davies said he felt an inquest
into the crash should be held
and "some protection put up
so cars can't leave the road
at that point."
The crash victims were be.
lieved to be on their way to
Burlington to visit relatives.
Separate funerals were held
Monday.
Service was held for the•
Moores at 2 p.m. in Egmond.
vine United Church. They were
entombed in Pioneer Mauso.
leum for burial later.
For the Laings, service was
held at 2 p.m. at the Heath.
Leslie Funeral Home, Mitchell,
Temporary entombment was in
Woodland Cemetery chapel for
burial later in StaffaCemetery.
The Clinton congregation of
Jehovah's Witnesses begin this
week a door-to-door campaign
to make the public aware of
shocking atrocities being cone,
mitted against members by sad.
istic mobs in Malawi, Central
Africa.
Calling the acts a shame on
Africa, Hari McNally, presiding
minister for the Clinton con.
gregation of Jehovah's Witness.
es, said eyewitness reports
showed many have been beaten,
robbed, some killed and their
homes burned.
More than a thousand women
Witnesses have been raped,
often before their own husbands
and children who were forced
to watch.
In, the Mianje area of the
country 40 women who were
thus abused were pregnant.
Mr. Greene added: "To im-
plement new measures of in.
come distribution before the
nation has earned those nene.
fits through its collective pro.
ductivity is a cynical political
hem, For we are not then pas.
sing on social benefits, a bet.
ter way 'of life, a more equal
justice and opportunity. We are
passing out dross. Fool's gold!
The benefits of such polity will
turn to dust in the hands of
the recipient, amid the econ.
omtc reality of inflation and
ultimate devaluation which Such
a policy will bring."
Faces 12 counts
for bad cheques
A man charged with false
pretences in connection with
cheques pegged in Clinton
stores was remanded in cuss
tody until February 26 When
he appeared hi Goderia
gistrate's court Monday,
Bail for Bernard Alexander
Pettipas, 58, of Don Mills, was
set at $1,000 cash or $2,000
property,
Ile faces 12 charges Of false
pretences'as a result of chequeS
accepted by 'Clinton merchants
during October` and November,
PettlpaS was arrested Feb:
(Vary 7 in Nitchener by co.-
Leroy Oeteh, who is in Chargé
of the itiVeStigatitin,
Mr. and Mrs, Moore are
survived by two daughters, Mrs.
Elmer (Elizabeth) Koehler and
Mrs. Robert (Margaret) Heuer,.
man, both of R. R. 4, Walton;
and a son, Kenneth, of Egmond.
ville.
Mr. Moore is also survived
by .a sister, Miss Annie E,
Moore of Toronto, and a brother
David of Port Carling. Mrs.
Moore, the former Fannie Doug-
Ias MacKenzie, has one surviv.
ing sister, Mrs. Harry (Mar.
garet) Collins of Sarnia,
Mr. and Mrs. Laing are sur-
vived by sons, Robert and Gor-
don, both of Cromarty, and a
daughter, Mrs. Howard (Hazel)
Eves of Moose Jaw,
Mrs. Laing, the former
Gladys Coleman also has three
surviving brothers, George of
Moose Jaw, Harold of Seaforth
and Clarence of Cromarty and
a sister, Mrs. William (Mar.
'gatetr Caldwell, of Brucefield.
Each one suffered a miscar-
riage.
"The atrocities have been
committed by persons inflamed
by the spirit of nationaliSm,"
Mr, McNally explained, "most.
ly by mobs made up of mem-
bers of President H. Kamuzu
Banda's Malawi Congress
Party."
He claimed the Youth League
resembles China's Red Guards
who have terrorized so many
there,
"The only 'crime' of
Jehovah's Witnesses in Malawi
has been their refusal to join
Banda's political party, buy a
membership card and wear
Banda's picture on a badge,"
he said.
The Malawi News of Nov-
ember 24, 1967, quoted Presi.
dent Banda as saying: "If any
one of these people are in
trouble they should not go to
the police but should go to
church and pray,"
Hence, there has been little
or no action on the part of the
police to stem the tide of vicious
persecution, McNally added.
"It is hoped that people who
love justice and freedom will
Write to the government of
Malawi to protest this cruel
treatment of harmless Chris.
tians "
Town council handed a verbal
spanking Monday to a group of
Clinton children who persis.
tently flout traffic laws and
endanger lives.
Public school pupils who hitch
rides on the rear bumpers of
automobiles,' and older pests
who march abreast blocking
roadways were the two groups
wider fire,
An irate woman driver who
stormed into the town ball seek:
ing pplice help to clear children
from around her car put the
item on council's agenda.
She said the you, gsters not
only refused to stop dragging
along behind her car, they in.
suited her when she stopped to
protest.
Councillor Cameron Proctor
left his chair to hear her corn.
pla.ints. ,
When he returned to the coun,
cil chamber, Mr, Proctor said:
"We have a problem in Clin.
ton with kids hanging on to
Sixteen Clinton area farmers
and about 20 from the Walton
area were taken on a guided
tour through the 515 acre Shur.
Gain Research Farm .sear
Maple, Ontario, last Wednes-
day, From Clinton area were
Fred Kleinharr, Gerrit Zondag,
Irvine Tebbutt, William Reuger,
Ray Ranger, Don Lobb, Murray
Forbes, John Gelling, Wayne
Snyder, Neil Lowery, Bob Law.
son, Stan Johns, Elmer Trick,
Bert Branderhorst, and Gerry
Boersma.
The purpose of the tour, spore
sored by Stan Paquette, man.
ager of the Clinton Feed Mill,
and Herb Travis, manager of
the Walton Feed Mill, was to
acquaint the farmers with the
newest methods of farming and
agriculture,
Bob Robson, assistant man.
ager of the farm, and son of
Research Farm Manager, G, R.
Robson, guided the group
through each of the dernonstra-
the bumpers of cars, There is
a bunch of kids doing this,. and
it's dangerous, I've seen a
couple of close calls myself,"
Mr. Proctor .said he wonder.
ed how many parents knew that
their children were breaking
the law In this manner. And
if they knew,' did they care?
"Do we have delinquent child.
ren or delinquent parents?"
Mr. Proctor asked. "These
children should be reported to
police. If it saves a life, or
an injury, it's worthwhile,"
Later, Corporal Leroy 0 esch
of the Clinton police said child•
ren attaching them selves to
vehicles can be prosecuted un.
der Section 96-1 of the High-
way Traffic Act, and their par.
ents fined,
"We've had numerous conic
plaints of children sliding be,
hind cars," Cpl, ineech repot.
ted, "This is dangerous aswell
as being against the law. But
the police cannotbe everywhere
tion buildings, explaining the
new experimental implements
and features, and answering
questions from the farmers.
The Shur-Gain Research
Farm was first established by
Canada Packers Limited, in
19401 on a 100 acre site near
Toronto. At that time the farm
was called the Shur-Gain Ex.
perimental Farm. Due to the
rapid growth and expansion of
Metro Toronto, it was neces-
sary to relocate the fnern in
1953.
PriOr to Canada Packers'
purchase, the farm at Maple was
the "hobby" farm of the late
Mr. N. L, Natheson, owner
of a large chain of Canadian
theatres.
Mr. Natheson had kept a reg.
istered herd of 220 Jersey cattle
as well as a stable of race
horses,
Today this farm is a corn.
at once, We need the co-oper-
ation of parents. We urge them
to tell their children to use
the sidewalks instead of the
roadways as much as possible,"
At the council meeting, Mayor
Don Symons said that Clinton
public school principal 3, A,
Gray had lectured all grades,
against interfering with traffic,
know it's a problem be.
cause I almost hit akid myself"
the mayor remarked. "And this
was late at night when the child
should have been home in bed.
Why weren't the parents con.
cerned? If they showed the pro-
per attitude, there would not be
the need for so many juvenile
courts,"
Present while the criticism
was aimed at town youngsters
was Catherine Freeman, 13, a
Grade 8 student at Clinton pub.
lie school. A Girl Guide of
the 3rd Clinton Pack, she was
studying for her citizenship
badge,
mercial research experimental
station; the "middle man" be.
tween Canada Packers' re.
search laboratories and pro-
duction plamt facilities,
A full time staff of approx.
imately twenty men are
employed at the Shur-Gain Re.
search Farm to maintain the
continuous schedules of live.
stock and poultry research test
work. The projeets at the farm
are under the guidance of Chief
Shur-Gain Nutritionist W. K.
Meyer and Manager G, R.
Robson.
During the summer months,
the Research Farm employs
student labour from agri-
cultural colleges as far away
as Finland and Japan.
Programs of testing and
development in feeding, breed.
ing and management are carried
out on the farm, All major
classes of livestock are repre.
sented. Research centers have
been set up on the farm for
dairy, swine, poultry, turkey,
and beef production industries.
The Holstein Friesian dairy
herd consists of 125 head, with
an average of 55 in the milking
herd. The average milk pro•
duction per cow is 14,700
pounds, Total annual production
is about 1,050,000 pounds.
The Swine Researeli Center
is one of the largest in North
America, The basic herd con.
sists of 200 registered sows
and 8 boars.
The ,building contains three
separate specialized buildings
designed to accommodate dry
saws and board, farrowing sews
and litters, and hog finishing
but tie, tie,
Clinton Bantams came up w I th
an unprecedented third tied
game in their playoff hockey
aeries with LiStowel. (Story
on the first two pines inside),
in the 2-3 saw-off,
Robe!' and Barry Edgar were
the scorers,
Her presence prompted Mr,
Proctor to comment: "Thekide
who are causing all this trouble
don't have the gumption ittalceS
to be Guidee or Scoutsno
In other business, .council
voted $25 to the Salvation
Army's Bethesda home for un.
wed mothers, and $15 to the
Huron Cpunty Soil, and Crop
Improvement Association,
Mayor Symons thanked Olin,
ton Kinsmen, for their gift to
the Centennial Community gen«.
tre and Arena of a 4,700 pube
lie address system,
Appointed to the Clinton In..
dustrial commission were
David Beattie, A. (Red) Garon,
Donald Kay, Jack Hunt and Paul
Kerrigan,
Councillor Clarence Denpm,
me, chairman of the industrial
committee, said all the appoine
tees had agreed to serve, and
other names would be submit.
ted to council later.
pens. EngliSh Yorkshire (or
Large Whites) dominated this
'herd. The foundation stock was
imported from England and
Scotland, Cross breeding trials
are conducted here also, using
Landrace stock for commercial
purposes, Approximately 2,500
pigs are marketed annually,
with a 75 percent Grade "A"
average; about 500 pigs are sold
for breeding purposes,
The Chicken Broiler barn
contains 64 individual pens hold-
ing 50 birds each. With a ca.
pacity for 16,000 test birds, an
assortment of broiler rations is
constantly being studied for im•
proved ,feed conversion and
lower cost gains.
Another building beside the
broiler unit houses a 2,500
bird cage layer flock.
A laying flock of 7,000 birds
occupies the three upper floors'
of the center of the dairy barn.
These birds are maintained for
feed testing purposes. Assorted
types of flooring, nesting and
feeding equipment are utilized.
There are 75,000 dozen eggs
produced on the farm annually,
The Turkey Research Center
consists of brooding, growing
and finishing barns, Each year
approximately 50,000 turkey
broilers and 20,000 heavy tur.
keys are markted. There are
tacit i ties' for research tests and
feeding trials for turkey broil.
ers, heavy turkeys and a hatch.
ing flock.
The Commerical Beef Re.
search Centre is the most re-
cent addition to the farm. This
includes a completely enclosed
pole-type barn of sheet metal
construction, This unit has the
capacity to handle 520 head of
(continued on page 5)
tie again
Listowel tied the seer* with
only 35 seconds remaining in
the game,
The two evenly tnataed
teams meet again in the Ctin,
ton arena toMarrow, Frida.y
eight at 7 lean,
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BY G.C.
Aitken attends annual meeting
of Ontario Liberals at Toronto
Jehovah's 'Witnesses
beaten, raped, robbed
BY BILL MACDONALD
Bantams try, fry, fry