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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-03-07, Page 1Members of the CHSS girls' gymnastic team which won the Huron-Perth championship are (front, from left): Diane Carter, Agnes Dykstra, Janis Galbraith, Maureen Johnston, KarenK art; and (rear from left) Diane Brecht, Mary Eastabrooks, Kathy Johnston, and Terry Richardson. CHSS Photos GIRLS OUTSPEAK . BOYS Colts do or die tproight. in fourth playoff ame Swinging members of CHSS championship girls' (right) is a Grade 12 student. Maureen Johnston gymnastic team show form.' Janis Galbraith is in Grade 9. CHSS Photos CHSS gymnasts win championship Working out on the trampoline is Kathy Johnston, a Grade 11 member of the CHSS team of gymnasts. MacNaughton speaks at MODA discussion Is it a rocket blasting for the moon? Or a meteor hurtling to earth? No - it's an icicle dangling from a wire behind Galbraith Radio and Television, Clinton. (Photo by Alan Galbraith) Clinton Easter Seal chairman issues annual appeal for funds -THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD,, THURSDAY, MARCH 7...1968. THE NEW ERA 1()1r4 Year - No. 10 WEATHER 1968 1967 Feb. 27 22 19 21 15 - '218 30 20 30 14 29 27 12 (Leap year) 1 28 12 21 41 '2 28 • 38 19 2 21 .6, 34 27 4 $5 10 39 13 Snow 6** 'Snow V THE fiURQN RECORD:4Mb, Year , $1NGLE: cows 12" It's true. Girls talk better than boys, Four girls swept the zone finals of the Canadian Legion public speaking contest held at Brussels, becoming eligible to enter the district contest at Walkerton March 16. Lone boy to make a showing was Wayne Gornall, of Grade 10, Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton, who placed sec. and in the junior secondary school division. Winners and runners-up were: Grades 1 to 6 division; Mary Ann ita,ckley, Grade 6, W. F. Thompson Public School, Kin. cardine ' • Linda Langendeon, Grade 6, Howick CentralSehool second. Grades '7 and 8: Joan Elliott, Grade 8, Brussels Public Sehobl; Marilyn Irwin, Grade 7, Witighain Public School, Sec. and. Junior secondary school: Linda Wilson, Grade 9, Wing. ham District High School; Wanye Gornall. Senior secondary sthool; Ar. Mate. Pollock, Grade 12, God. erich District Collegiate lesti. tote; Mary Sills, Grade 13, Sea. forth District High Sehool see. and. At Clinton, two girls beat The girls' gymnastic team of Central Huron S econdary School last Saturday won the Huron! Perth county championship for the second year in a row. Janis Galbraith,- of Clinton, won the cup awarded to the run- ner-up in total individual points, ,a field of 22 speakers to win in junior and 'senior divisions of a contest for Clinton area public school students. Senior winner Heather Mc; Adam, a Grade 8 student at Clinton Public School, and jun. ior winner Marguerite Snell, a Grade 5 studeht at Hallett Central School, Londesboro, went to the zone finals in Brus. sels, The girls lea night received The Women's Auxiliary to Clinton Public hospital met Monday aftetnooa March 4. Mrs, C. A. Trott, who did an outstanding job as reerriber. Ship'convener iii the recent cam. paigti, turned in $243.40 to the treasurer and reported that 816 membership cards had been di s. tributed. She said a number of Others dOnated without accent. ing carcie. In her report, Mrs; Trott praised to Many woman WIM 'had so Capably performed the thankleas task Of canvass. ing Miss Kathleen Elliott, Supers She earned two seconds and a third in balance beani, tumbling, and free calisthenics. Maureen Johnston tied for first place in free calisthenics, and Kathy Johnston and Mary Estabrooks tied for second in trampoline. -Karen Kerr was Provincial Treasurer C. S. MacNaughton will be special luncheon speaker tomorrow in Clinton at a public meeting to discuss regional development in Huron County. Starting at noon in the Elm Haven Motor Hotel, the meet. ing has been called by direc. tors of the Midwestern Ontario Development Area Council (MODA) to re-examine repre- sentation at the local and county level in regional development, Possible reorganization to ensure greater activity and a more representative voice on development matters within the county framework will also be discussed. Htiron County has been selec. ted as the first of the four counties to be examined in this manner, Implementation of sim. ilar activities in Perth, Water. leo and Wellington counties will be contingent on results of the March 8 meeting. Since this is a publie meet. ing, all Huron County- residents and organizations interested in development activities are en: couraged to attend, Yesterday, a spedial meet. Jag of the prOvincial govern: meat's recreation and tourist prornotiofial, program was held With representatives of the Lake Erie Regional Development Council and the MODA Council: Held at London, purpose of the meeting was to view ma* terial to be used by the depart. meat 61 tourism and inforniation in pronloting recreation and tourism in the province for 1968, Guest apeakers Inelucledj. A, C, Atild, minister, of 'Outlet:1 and information, Who Spoke' on "rho Recreation and Visitor Industry," and W. Darcy Me.' Colts do, or die against Mil. verton tonight on home ice. Weakened by injuries to key players the town team lost the first three games in the best• of-seven playoff series. A. win tonight will keep them alive. In the first game at Clinton February .29 before 500 fans, Milverton's captain, Murray Kerr scored the winning goal in overtime. There were only yi penal- 'ties in the game, but they proved costly to both clubs, At 1:56 of the first period, big Ron. Kipfer collected the first penalty for elbowing. Doug MacCauley faking a shot from the blueline passed the puck to Bud Boyes who flipped it in front of the net to Bob Livermore. "Little Joe" flashed the red light to give Clinton the only goal of the first period. In the second, with Bud Yeo in the penalty box, Kipfer from Kerr and Collings equalizedfor Milverton at 1:53 on a power play goal. , Doug MacCauley earned the next pepalty at the four-minute mark for interference. Bert Dube made two fantastic 'by BERT CLIFFORD time, both sides missed scot. ing chances. Again during a Clinton penalty - Daer at 5:51 for hoarding- Murray Kerr teamed up with Collings and Dietz for the wins ning goal, Milverton, showing signs of slowing down, got three penal. ties at 7:26, 7:53 and 9:26. But amazing skating and check.' ing by Murray Kerr stopped every Clinton rush and pre. vented a tie. In the second playoff game Sunday, March 2 at Milverton, the score was tied 3-3 after 30 minutes of play. Bob Livermore scored two for Clinton in the first period and Rick Fremlin scored un. assisted at 7:57 of the second. Murray Kerr, who again play. ed a strong skating game, gave Milverton the lead again at 9:05. Twenty seconds later S crime. gour picked up a five minute major for charging Bob Liver. more. The Milverton club, playing a man short, scored four goals to put the game out of reach for Clinton. Bud Boyes, assisted by Liver. more, scored Clinton's only goal with the one-man advana tage, Injuries to Don McDougall, Bud Yeo and Keith Allen forced coach Bud Scheonals to juggle his lines, and Milverton finished the second period with two more goals. With three more scored in the third, the game ended in a 13-4 rout in favour of Milver. ton. The one bright spot in the game for Clinton was the good play of Rick Fremlin, a juvenile player filling in for injured Keith Allen, - At Milverton, in the third game, Colts went down 5-3 in a thriller that was tough to lose. Two goals for Milverton in the first put the home team ahead, But Boyes put the Colts in the game with a goal at 17:03. The play was set up by Don Bartliff, who passed to Harvey Dale,, The, puck went to Liver- more, who pulled out the goalie continued on page 9 * * * Leroy (Satchel) Paige, the greatest negro baseball pitcher gave the followingadvice on hew • to stay YOUttga . L Avoid , fried tneetSwlticli.—, angry up the blond. 2. If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts. 3. Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move. 4. Go very light on the vices such as carrying on in society, the social ramble ain't restful. 5. Avoid running at all times. 6. Don't look back. Something may be gaining on you. MemSera. of the Clinton Die. irict Collegiate Institute Board met Tuesday night to consider the budget for Central Huron Secondary School. Chairman Walter Newcombe had called the meeting as a special Meet. ing of the board open to the public and the press. After die. cussion, members voted to con. sider the budget in committee, thus excluding public andpress. (Only three members voted in favour of an open meeting.) It is to be hoped that details of the CHSS budget, which affects the town mill rate, will be avail. able for publication in the next issue of the News-Record. * * * The Ontario Department of labour reports that Alvin L. Lobb has successfully qualified as a first-class chief stationary engineer in the provincial ex. aminations. - Any person requiring more information regarding milk price-pooling for Grade A ship. pets, which came into effect March 1, should contact Robert, A. N. Mercer, Ontario Milk Marketing Board, 31 Wellesley Street, E., Toronto 5. * * * There was a total of 28 motor vehicle accidents 'investigated by the Goderich OPP detach. ment in January of this Year compared. with 24 for the same period last year. • * * * OPP statistics show that in more than 50 percent of motor vehicle accidents, drivers have been drinking. * * * More motor vehicle acciaen involving animals were record- ed in 1967 than in 1966. In 1967 1,434 motor vehicle accidents involved animals. This repro. sents an 8.4 percent increase over the 1966 figure. Nine persons were kill ed (five in one accident) and 236 per. sons were injured and the esti. mate of property damage sus. tamed by vehicles involved in the accidents was%$504,901. The value of domestic animals kil. led or had to be destroyed was $170,844 for a total of $675,745. Although deer crossings are marked wherever possible, deer were involved in more ac. cidents than any other animal. Cattle who stray on to the roadways had the second highest number involved in motor vehicle accidents with 437 - followed by dogs, 196; moose, 153; horses, 151; bears, 45; ponies, 45; pigs, 22, and miscel. lanbous, 21. Most of these accidents oc. carted at night - 1,045 with 296 occurring in the daytime, 59 at dusk and 34 at dawn. The highest motor vehicle accidents rate involving ani. mats was recorded by the nor. them Ontario district of Thunder Bay, where 74 of the 84 accidents recorded involved Wild animals. Heavily populated York county had the Second highest rate of Motor vehicle accidents involving animals, with 57 ac. cidents - 39 involving domestic animals, * * * This year 2,000 highly trained armed forces personnel reach retirement. Many are ready for management jobs. But this bonanza for industry could be missed through short. sighted hiring politiee. Some employers are reluctant to hire them because of age, Others equate soldiering today with 25 years ago forgetting that Mil. itary life today tails for man: agement techniques of a high degree, Major Al ea Fall:net, 46i Who retiree this year, told The Financial Pest: "You buy loyalty and stability 'when you hire a soldier; Military people have a tradition Of being loyal to an employer. Because they have moved around so Much dur. ing theft service careers, they will be eager to Settle down fourth in trampoline and sixth in tumbling. Agnes Dykstra Was fourth in uneven parallel bars and fifth in pommel horse. Diane - Brochu was sixth in balance beam. And Terry Richardson was fifth in tumbling. cash awards 'and certificates. Second and third-place, win. nets in the senior diVision were: Gary Stevenson, Grade 8, A. M, Hugh Campbell School, Cana: dian Forces Base, Clinton, and Lynn Taylor, Grade 8, Huron Centennial School, Brucefield. Junior second and third-place winners were: Gisele LeBlanc, Grade 6, A, M. Hugh Campbell Scheel, and Larry Carter, Grade 6, Hallett CentralSchool. Via= of nurses, reported to the group that nearly all of the equipment the Auxiliary had agreed to purchase was now iti. stalled and serving a useful purpose, Still to come is the traction apparatus. It is the sincere hope of the Auxiliary that the Many persons served by the Clinton Public 116epital Will take advantage' Of the annual Open House and Tea On May 15 to visit their hospital and see the latest b.cquialtiene. The bursary committee whith deals With a littie.PtiblidiZed Continued on page 9 r skate saves on long Opts from the blue line. Both goaltenders made ex- cellent saves in the second period, The line of Boyes, Liver. more and Dale had several good sc or in g chances, put just couldn't, find an opening behind Mike Mohr Paul Draper slid a slow shot under Mohr at 8:22 to give Clinton the lead again. He also scored the next goal on a play set up by Keith Allen and Mait Edgar. Edgar drove a perfect pass up the centre to Allen, who broke around the defencemen. As he was letting his shot go, Milverton's No. 3 drove him heavily into the boards. But Allen had pulled the goal. tender and left the puck in the open for • Draper to knock. it into the net. Allen, playing his first game in three weeks, earned a rous. ing cheer for his efforts. The power play specialists from Milverton closed the score with a goal by Collings from Kerr at 19:18. Keough, minister of municipal affairs, who spoke on "On.. tar'o's Master Tourist Devel. opment Plan." In addition, the topic "Tourism and its signi. licence as an economic activity in Southwestern Ontario" was dealt with by Fred Boyer, ex. ecutive director, department of tourism and information. Mary.Martha U.C.W. unit holds meeting The February meeting of the Mary and Martha Unit of the UCW of WesleyWillis Church was held in the church parlour with 17 members and one vis. itor preaent. The president, Helen Davies was in charge and opened the meeting with prayer. The devotional exercises were taken by Billie Stewart, Clete Holland, and Phyllis Har. land A hymn was sung and the Scripture lesson was read by Clete Holland, The topic, "Youth" was tak: en by Billie Stewart: "In early childhood material things are not enough." "Babies of today are theyouth of tomorrow." Two piano solos- "Sweet Bye and Bye" and "Safe in the Arras of Jesttso by Cathy Pot. ter were very much enjoyed, The supply report by Viola Nelsen stated that a 00 pound bale had been sent to Blind' River; This contained three quilts pieced by the Meinbera along with some good used cloth. ing, Butch Murney had received a penaltY for tripping at 17:42. With the team back at full strength, Bob Liyermorepulled the goaltender to score and give Clinton a 4.2 lead. Bud Boyes started the play on a clearing pass back to Ken Daer. And Deets long hard shot rebounded out to Liver. more, Clinton's lead was shortalived in the third. Ron Steeky and Ron Kipfer tied the score 4.4 on power play goals at 3:49 and 4:36. Both goals came from long shots from the blue line, For about five minutes, the Clinton boys couldn't seem' to get rolling, either passing or clearing the puck from their own goal. Twice, the Colts defence put the 'puck out to Milverton de.. fencemen, Each mistake cost Clinton a goal. Raul Dietz scar.. ed the first, and Jehn Serime. gour the second for Milverton. Ken Daer closed the scoring gap to 6-5 with a booming slap shot into the top right hand corner at 10:02. Clinton's hopes faded again at 15:52 when Murray Kerr's hard shot rebounded off Dube to Glen Shackleton, who made no mistake with a quick shot, Less than a minute later, Butch Murney set up Don Mc.' Dougall for Clinton's sixth goal. McDougall flipped a backhand shot between Mohr's legs. Excited fans cheered as both sides missed chances to tie the score or put the game out of reach, At 19:05 coach Bud Schoenals pulled Dube in favour of an extra attacker. Several times, Milverton knocked the puck out o1 their end, but with some fast back. checking, Paul Draper brought the puck back in, With the clock ticking away the final secondsa•Draperaeip.--- ped the puck back to Daer, who blasted another of his wicked shots. The puck hitade. fenceman and bounced' to Bud Boyes who slammed the puck under Mohr to tie the score. In the early minutes of over. A, Laurie ColcinhOun, chair. man of the C linton Lions' Easter Seal committee, issues the fol. lowing appeal to town residents. One week frOm today, the an- nual Ea.ster Seal "campaign. opens With the traditional Mail. big of 2,500,000 appeal letters. There will be no door-to. door canvassing, telephone so'. 'citations or payroll deduction Methods employed daring the eampaign month Set aside 'to raise funds for 16,000 needy. Crippled children. Protriritial target for the1968 campaign Is $1,400,000,- a leap' sure of Money,- but eery much needed by the,. Ontario Society fOr Crippled Children and the 231 participating Easter Seal service clubs who with your help continue financing One of Hospital Auxiliary boosts bursary the largest most important coin. prehensive children's physical rebabilitatiOn prograths in the world.' This year's campaign has in. valved many months of organ: teed planning and preparation by countlesa theusands of vol. unteer service club members, hopeful that it will produce the highest returns in the society's 47-year history, An donations, large or sinall, will as %Seal help seine crip. pled girl er boy. Official income tax receipts Will be issued for every gift. The society' and each of 'the 231 clubs are all registered char'. table orgaiiitatiOna and have• established charitable trusts With the Depart:Pent of Nalional Revenue in Ottawa.