HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-02-22, Page 1Karen Jennison, 12A student at Central Huron
Secondary School, Clinton, won the title of
"School Queen" Friday night at the annual
"At Herne" dance in the auditorium of C.H.S.S.
Miss Jennison's escort for the evening was
Paul Wardle of London. Other candidates in
the competition for school queen were Lee
Gulliver, Pat Bali, Linda Hill, and Agnes
Dykstra.
(Staff Photo)
Bayfield defies demon rum
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Peekers Pay No Price Outside C.H.S.S. "At Home" Dance
14owl. c.,o'rci4A1 Cynthia Dumont, 5,- daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. ierry Dement, {er Street Clinton, grasps the pest
Preparation for a frawhinceded rest, ,A .bout 05 kindergarten
children Were treated to an afternoon of skating at'the Clinton
arefie feet Wednesday, (Staff Photo)
better closing day,
Customers were lisedto'Wed-
nesday • afterneon closing, Mr.
Campbell explained, and traffic
In stores was fairly light in
the morniegs.
Of all. days, it was felt by
the Teeechants that Wednedday
closing offered the least
ruption of service.
The retell merchants come
mittee was formed 12 years
ago after the Clinton Chaney•
ber of Commerce was closed.
Its nucleus was the retail
merchants committee of the
Chamber of Commerce, kept
in action as a continued liaison
'between .merchants and custo•
.raers,
,Members of the committee
are active in town promotion,
and played. a key part in or.
ganizing last yearts centennial
celebrations.
Each year, the committee
sponsors the Sent; Claus Par.
ade, and is responsible for
decorating downtown Clinton.,
Other store hours will re-
main unchanged a. m, to 6
p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays, and
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Fridays.
When the Clinton Cross Trailers square-dance club held its
Valentine dance recently, members were asked to select a
Valentine "queen" from among three lovely contestants. The
three beauties using the names "Geraldine", "Bunny" and
"Madame X" waged vigorous campaigns throughout the evening.
When the ballots were counted, "Bunny" was crowned "Val.
entine Queen. '68"-and presented with an appropriate bouquet.
The winner is shown above (centre), flanked by runners-up Geral.
dine (left), and Madame X, with caller Earl Bowles at the
microphone. The Cross Trailers Club, which meets each Thurs.,
day at CFB Clinton, is made up of service and civilian couples
from Clinton and surrounding areas.
HENSALL
$500,000
A Michigan firm plans to
start building a $500,000 drain.
age manufacturing plant on
Highway 4 about one mile south
of Hensall.
Lowell Kraft, vice-president
of Eric Kraft and Son Inc.,
of Pidgeon, Michigan am-tome
ced at London that the firm
will be called Big 0 Drain
Tile Company Limited.
' As president of the new firm
Mr. Kraft said the '0' is for
Ontario, province of op.
portunity.
Big 0 was formed six months
ago by Mr, ,Kraft with the in.
tention of producing concrete
and plastic drainage tile for
the Ontario and Quebec mar.
kets.
Market potential of Ontario,
particularly the Western On.
tario area, is the main reason
GETS
PLANT
the firm decided to invest in
the area, Mr. Kraft said.
When the plant - to be built
on a six-acre site purchased
from Robert Rowcliffe, of R,R.
Hensall - is completed, the
firm will hire between 10 and
20 men.
"I would really prefer not
to say just how many workers
will be hired," Mr. Kraft said,
"I don't want to get everyone
in Hensall optimistic." •
The parent firm in Michigan
sells equipment for installing
drainage tile.
Both concrete and plastic tile
will be manufactured in the new
plant, and part of the machinery
is to be purchased in Canada.
Production is scheduled to
permit fall sales to farmers,
and plastic tiles are expected
to be ready first.
Trete ("liken high school '$tth Weeked.off
with the heinitirS at the finals of the Illtrou
COMity Public :Speaking Contest held at Cieder i
bistrint Cellegiate institute last Wednesday,
terry Sewell, tat, grade 1i student at Central.
littron Secondary School, Clietoie won the MI,
Peobitit Mei:tote of the contest, and Wayne
(*Hell, grade student at e, 11.8 took toll
liOnours in the prepared
(Staff Photo;
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Eight lovely contestants have
entered the Ice Queen compete
ition to be held during Cline
ton's winter carnival, reports
Doug Andrews, manager of the
Community Centre, gifts for
the winner have already been
pledged by the. Clinton Recrea.
Lion Comenittee, Martin's De.
partment Store, Irwin's Ladies
Wear and Dry Goods, Lee's
Ladies W ear, Newcombe's Drug
Store, La Patrician Hair Style
ing, and K. C. Cook .Florist.
* *
Teen Town has donated $50
to help sponsor Clinton Legion
Juvenile hockey club. The
money will be used to pure
chase sticks.
* * *
Joke: A sweet old lady dres.
sed in cloak and bonnet showed
up at Western Fairetaceway one
Saturday afternoon to place the
first bet of her life. She
obviously disapproved of racing
in general, and betting in parti.
cular. But her horse won and
paid 20 to 1. She tapped her
foot as she waited at the mutual
window to collect her winnings.
As the clerk handed over the
loot, she said severely: "I hope
this will be a lesson to you,
young man!"
* * *
Notice to readers: A number
of "coming events" items have
been reaching this desk as news.
When an event actually happens,
it is news, printed free of
charge. Before it happens, it
is a "coming event," handled by
the News-Record advertising
department.
•
Long-haired students work•
ing in school shops at the Paul.
ine Johnson Collegiate in Brant-
ford were given the choice of
either getting their hair cut,
or wearing hair nets. Technical
director P. A, VanNest reports
that since the hair nets were
distributed the long hair pro.
blem has disappeared. A hair
cut was preferred to a hair net
by most male students.
* * *
There's a real Dick Tracy
style outfit on the Canadian
market now, and not for kids,
either. It's a combined AM
radio, flashlight, Swiss-made
watch and cigarette lighter. The
electronic package features a
styrene case with detachable
strap, a built-in recharger
operated by plugging into any
AC outlet; speaker or earphone
operation; luminous dials,on the
dustproof shock - resistant
watch; and battery operated
cigarette lighter. All this costs
about $50.
* *
SMOKING IS BAD.
* • *
Triangular "no draft" wine
dews are being dropped from
some model cars, and may
disappear altogether, says the
Ontario Safety League. In cere
lain conditions they are a
hazard, because they help bring
deadly carbon monoxide into
the car. These vents extract
the air in the tar, which must
then be replaced by other ale
entering elsewhere, /f theregu.
lar side windows are shut
tight, this replacement air may
come in through leaks in the
floor, bringing exhaust fumes
with it. An almost certain way
to build up carbon monoxide in
a car is to have one or both
vents open and the trunk partly
open (because of a large pack..
age). In e. Stollen wagon driven
With the back, or back window,
open carbon monoxide will be
eutked into the interior Steadily
if the side windoWs are shut,
and the vents open, Roy Haeus.
ler, Chrysler's chief safety
engineer, makes these reeorn.
mendetione. Always have aside
window open If a vent is open.
Standing in heavy traffic, keep
the heater fan running at
inaitimuni. This brings in relax
lively fume-free ale from just
below the witi dehi eId (Older ears
Used to have the intake down
by the headlights), Withtheheae
ter fan going it 'ewe helps if
all windows are kept shuts this
builds up air pressure inside
the ear, arid rfilhimieee any in.
take thrOugh floor eta.oke,
tinplUgged drab' holes in the
trunk,
116 against.
The other ballots: brewers'
warehouse store, 130 for 119
against; wine store, 114 for
133 against; men and women's
beverage room, 109 for, 137
against; men's beverage room,
102 for, 145 against; beer and
wine with meals, 127 for, 123
against; cocktail lounges, 121
for, 129 against.
The plebiscite, the first
quor vote ever held in the
village, brought out 261 of the
270 eligible voters. It took 4 3/4
hours to count the 2,088 bal-
lots..
Judy Valiance
tops speakers
Judy Valiance, a brussels
Public School pupil in Grade
8, won the Huron County elem.
entary public speaking contest
held Tuesday at Clinton.
A (laugher of Mr. and Mrs.
James Valiance, Judy defeated
14 other contestants. She will
compete in the zone final at
Strathroy, for which no date has
yet been set.
Runners.up were Marilyn Ir.
win, a grade 7 pupil at Wing-
ham Public School and Betty
Ann Brown, a Grade 7 pupil
at Howl oh Central Public
School,
The competition was spoil.
sored by the Ontario School
Trustees and Municipal Coun.
enters Association.
Remand pair
of suspects
in bank holdup
Robert Stewart Smith 20, of
R. R;. 4, Drussels, charged with
the January 3 robbery of the
Bank Of Montreal at Bruceteld,
was remanded until Monday
when he appeared in Goderich
magistrate's collet, lie hae been
Unable to post bail of $10,000
cash Or $20,000 property and
is Meg held in Huron County
Jail.
Charged with possession of
Money stolen in the robbery,
William Jerhes Yuill, 23, of
Kitchener, was retirended until
the seine date, lie is free
bell,
more than $5,000 of the $0,i,
144 stolen in the robbery has
been reeevered,
Dorothy Dilee Derfey, 18 of
London, was sentenced to six
months indefinite iii Mercer
geformaiory after pleading
guilty to stealing $ttO ttoto is
dresser deaevet in the home of
Robert ileihi, 66i:fetich; where
She was staying,
Clinton's retail merchants
have voted to "close all elay
Wednesdays instead of just
'afternoons, starting March 6,
At the best-attended meet*
ing in the history of the retail
merchants committee, about 98
percent of 48 members pre.
.sent voted in favour of the
ehange. There are 65 mem•.
beep of the committee, but not
all are owners of retail stores,
B, Campbell, of Pickett
and Campbell. Limited Men's
Wear; chairman of the cone,.
mittee, said closing hours were
extended because the trend in
yarmers this year will be
treated to the biggest edition of
the Farm Show ever offered.
Starting next Tuesday, Feb.
ruary 27, at London the show
will lie open daily from 10:30
a.m, to 10:30 p.m., until close
ing on Friday, March 1, at
4:30 p, m.
A new area, opening this year
for the first time, will be the
second floor grandstand level,
This new area will 'house both
the main theatre and a special
ladies' demonstration theatre.
Also in this area will be special
educational exhibits of future
istic farming Methods by the
federal and provincial departe
meats of agriculture,
Special farm education pro.
grams will be held during the
first three afternoons, design.
ed to aid the progressive farm..
er. Tuesday, February 27 is
Soils Day and a panel starting
Graham Caney
writes for
The Canadian
An article by Graham Caney,
editor of the Clinton News-Re.
cord, appears in the current
issue of The Canadian, a meg-
azine with a national distribu•
lion of 2,000,000.
The Canadian is distributed
as a weekend supplement by
daily newspapers, including the
London Free Press.
Mr. Caney's article, on the
building and flying of gyro.
copters, is hiS second to appear
in recent issues of the mag.
azine,
During a 20-year journalism
career, Mr, Caney has worked
on newspapers and magazines
in Britain, the U.S., Mexico
and Canada.
In recent years, he has been
a reporter, editor and feature
writer with the Maclean-Hunter
Publishing Company, the Globe
arid Mail, and the London Free
Press.
Among other publications,
Mr, Caney's work hasappeared
in Weekend, the Star Weekly,
Saturday Evening Post, Argosy
and True Magazine.
He has also written for radio
and television and published
two hovels.
John Jewitt
wins race
Jewitt, of Clinton, won
the horse and "cutter race at
the Seaforth Winter carnival
lest Saturday.
Theee were only enough horse
and cutter entries for the one
event, which used to beawinter
carnival. favourite,
Snowmobiles have taken over
popularity from the horses and
cotters, A field of 15 entered
races at Seatortit.
More then 100 spectators dee
fled bad weather to attend the
etieriNal, sponsored by tlw
newly chartered Seater th Optie
Mist Citib.
Success of the carnival, the
&Werth Optimist's first pro
',feet, prompted the- chili to plan
It as an anneal terniiiiihity event,
Canada is toward a seorter
work week.
Retailers 10 smaller centres
where the labour force is not
large have experienced a help
problem because their hours
were too long, he said,
A feW retailers would have
preferred Monday as a close
ing day, Mr, Campbell said,
malting a two-day weekend. This
has been the trend among re-
tailers in centres north of
Clinton.
But the majority of merchants
agreed that for customer con-
venience Wednesday was the
at 1:30 p.m. will be entitled,
"Helping your soil to help you"
On this panel will be Bill Grieve,
Professor Tom Lane, Andy
Stewart 'and George Morris.
Wednesday, Februaxy 28 is
Corn Day and the 1:30 p.m„
, program that day, "Manage•
meat facts for profitable corn
production" will have as speak..
ers Dr. Sam Aldrich, Illinois
State University, and David
Garet, Coon Rapids, Iowa.
Bean Day on Thursday, Feb-
ruary 29 will have a double.
barrelled program starting at
1:30 p.m. on "Growing beans for
profit." Dr. Wayne Adams,
Michigan State University will
talk on white beans and Dr.
Stanley Young, University of
Guelph will cover soya beans.
• The new ladies' demonstra-'
tion theatre will host a variety
of afternoon programs designed
to appeal to women. On Tues.
day, February 27 there will be
" a hair styling demonstration
at 2:15 p m.
The afternoon program Wed.
nesday February 28 will come
mence at 2:30 p.m. with an
educational film which will be
followed at 3 p.m. by a cook-
ing demonstration, Two events
are also planned for Thursday,
February 29 with a floral are
rangernent demonstration schee
duled at 2:15 p.m. and a roll.
on embroidery demonstration
at 3:15.
Varied, programs with a wide
appeal will be offered evenings
in the main theatre. Tuesday,
February 27 evening program
will start at 8 p.m, with the
crowning of the Farm Show
Princess, the Baking Queen and
the Baking Princess, This will
be followed at 8:30 pm. by a
fashion show.
A junior amateur contest will
lead off the Wednesday, Feb.
ruary 28 show at 7:30 p.m. and
at 8:30 p.m. there will be an
elementary school Square dance
ing competition.
A special Junior Farmerama
program will highlight the even.
ing program on Thursday, Feb.
ruary 29. This entertainment
program by, the Junior Farm.
ers Will commence at 8:30p.m,
The largest display Of farm
equipment and machinery ever
exhibited has all space cram.
med to capacity. This gives
farm families a chance to shop
and compare most makes of
equipment without obligation, At
the same time they can enjoy
the entertainment features and
profit from the educational dis.
plays and programs.
Hayfield residents defied
demon rum last week, answe.
ing no to all eight questions on
the village's first liquor ballots.
So Robert Snell, a Goderich
sales clerk who led a "vote
yes" committee, will continue
to bring his alcoholic bever-
ages to Bayfield from Goderich.
And other Hayfield residents
will carry on carrying their
liquor from Clinton, and do most
of their other shopping in the
town,
On the dry side, the victors
congratulate themselves that
Hayfield will remain static, a
dormitory area in winter and a
quiet residential resort in sum-
mer.
Closest of the eight ques-
tions to the 60 percent vote
required for acceptance was
dining lounges - 137 for and
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FARM SHOW GROWS.
Town retail merchants
vote for all-day closing