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April 1 to 7
"Festival. of Carol's"
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EXtlIBITION GROUNDS
,April 1 to 6
National Home Show
O'KEEFE CENTRE
April 15 to May 4
Canada's National Ballet
MASSEY HALL
April 4
A. Watts, piano concert
April 1 0
Toronto Symphony Orch.
April 11, 12, 13
White Heather Concert
April 25
Eugene Orrnandy and,
Philadelphia Orchestra
April 27
T.S.O. Jazz Series
with Benny Goodman
ROBERTS GALLERY
April 8 to 20
Paintings by M, Houstoun
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COMFORT — Entertainment Is Our Business
TONIGHT — THURSDAY — APRIL 4
20th Century-Pox presents
"THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY
MASSACRE"
IN COLOR
Jason Robards — George Segel — Ralph Meeker — Jean Hale
(Adult Entertainment) Show Times: 7.30 and 9.05 p,m.
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FRIDAY, SATURDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY—April 5 to 11
NOW A MOVIE!
EASTER SCENERY
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Officials six area counties
et in PeclericItTueSdaY ter a
n day workshop to dieetiss a
Itleprint for lgeal g9vernrnent
0,-Organization,
About 160 delegates frern
luron, Perth, Middlesex; Pruee
rev and Wellingten counties
ttended the workplipp at the
iarbonrlite Inn; sponspred by
the.Association Of Qn tart°, G ono.
ties-
During the course of the cllS•
eussion, delegates were teld
police villages stionld be ON
liShed and their administration
should revert to the townships
in which they are located.
The statement_ cattle from
Peeve Donald Rodgers, of
Stirling, who was agreeing with
a similar statement in the re,
organization blueprint adopted
))3' the association Oeteber 25,
His Call for abolitiOn ef police
yillageS WAS unopposed by the
delegates, who did not include
any pollee village trustees; but
which did include offieials re.
presentatives of the separate
Municipalities of London, Strat,
ford, St. Marys; Guelph and
Owen Sound.
Mr. Rodgers said the ass&
elation's committee on region.
al government, which original.
.ly proposed the abolition, had
difficulty in justifying the con.
tinuation of se many small
municipalities.
In ,Hastings County for ex.
ample, he said, 25 of the 29
municipalities had populations
in 1966 of less than 2,500. In
Prey county, 24 of 27 munici-
palities had fewer than 2,500
residents,
Mr. Rodgers, one of several
members of a panel discuss.
ing the blueprint, also corn.
mended the proposal that boon.
dories of both counties and
their municipalities be re.
viewed every 10 years by the
provincial minister of munici.
pal affairs, He said individual
counties or mrnicipalities
should also have the right to
request such reviews between
10—year intervals when neces.
sary.
Warden Theodore Isley of
Waterloo County, another pa•
nelist supported the associa.
tion's stand on regional govern.
ment. Ile said- every field of
jurisdiction which could best
be handled on a regional basis
should be turned over to reg.
ional authorities.
He felt situations might vary
from county to county and jur.
isdictional fields which were
obviously best handled on, a
regional basis in one county
might best be handled on a
municipal basis elsewhere.
Powers of the new regional
governments should include all
those, now allocated to county
councils, plus many of those now
belonging to individual munici.
palities, he said.
Other panelists included as.
sociation director Michael
Johnson, clerk—treasurer of
Renfrew County; ex—warden
Wilfred Gould of Ontario
County; association second
vice—president Ralph Hunter of
Alliston; Reeve Archie C ecchi.
rib, ail association director; and
'James R. Themson, assistant
superintendent for the depart.
ment of education.
The association's annual
meeting is to be held in Strat.
ford in October. The date has
not been decided. The announce.
ment was made by association
president Carl Bateman, clerk.
treasurer of Hastings County,
and Perth County Warden El lar d
Lange, reeve of South EasthOpe
Township.
Clinton delegates were Reeve
James Armstrong and Deputy.
reeve Gord Lawson.
Representing Goderich at the
workshop were Dr. Frank Mills
mayor, Reeve H. B, Such,
Deputy—reeve Harry Worsen,
and Town Clerk S her man Blake.
"You cannot put a great hope
into a small soul." Jenkin
L. Jones.
If you had driven by the
Keller household one night re..
cently between the hours of five
and six in the evening you
might have noticed that a tent
was rising frnm the inner con.
fines of a trailer, If voti had
stopped to investigate you would
have learned fiat ma and Pa
Keller had not taken leave of
their senses — nor were they be,
ing cast into the streetintlialse•
shift quarters.
In actual fact; we were
ply putting up and taking down
our newly purchased summer
home — and like kids do when
they get a new toy we were
having a ball.
I think I told you last sum.
mer that we had been bitten
by the camping bug, Little did
Dave Beattie, past president
of Clinton Kinsmen Club has
been elected deputy—governor
of zone B, Kinsmen district 1.
He defeated Peter Ba.kelaar,
Mount Forest,- at the annual
zone conference in Goderich,
March 26.
Mr, Beattie has worked his
way up in Kinsmen from trea.
surer of the. Clinton branch
in 1963 to second vice—presi.
dent, first vice—president and
president in succeeding years..
Show TimeS:
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ADMIrTAWit
lertrkx4r,
isrbordrAor
CR WO
I think that TOY husband would
begin his quest for a camping
trailer between Christmaa and
New Years. Ile aid thong14 Let
me •tell you, it is difficult to
get enthused over canvas and
screening when icicles form on
the tip of your nose when you
walk outside the front (Igor,.
With feminine charms I eon.
vinced him to wait a few weeks
to begin the serious search, but
finally in mid—February I was
dragged through the snowbanks
to view the camping trailer
which now occupies our garage,
Since then it has been a strug.
gle to prevent my man from
answering the gall of the wild
at the slightest 'provocation —
and with the first nice day this
spring it became an obsession
He also was chairman of
the building committee for the
community centro.
At the annual conference,
Bert Clifford represented Clin•
ton in the Gard Harbinsan speak.
ing contest but lost to Clare
Dolittle of Mount Forest.
Rates increase
on CCCU loans
Shareholders borrowingfrom
Clinton Community Credit
Union Limited will face a one
'per cent interest rate increase
after April 1. '
The CCCU also reports, "We
have paid five per cent or bet.
ter — current rate 5 1/4 per
cent for the past three years
on savings and this along with
life insurance has been a good
return."
A new term deposit system
will come into effect April 1
which allows members with
more than •$2,000 in shares
to receive interest rates of
5 1/2, 6 and 7 per cent for
deposits in multiples of $100.
The CCCU blames the rate
increases for loans on the in-
stability of the money market,
and an increase in the interest
on government loaned money.
with him to See that tent grow
to. Its full height.
We bad never assembled a
camping trailer before. That's
the reason We had it tipside
down on the first trial and
SWAY—hacked. on the second at*
ternrit. But after a little cuss.
ing, and a hit of thought we
had the .situation under control
And were ready to assume the
headaches of ,deciding on the
vital eqnipment to make a tent
ing,holida,y more enjoyable,
,Froro our vantage point in
the empty tent we soon realized
that mattresses and sleeping
bags were in order— an expen.
diture of several more dollars
than we'd like to spend, no
doubt. (More oatmeal and vege.
table soup to stretch the bud.
get, I thought)
Then there was dishes and
silverware and a stove and 4
lantern and a table and some
chairs and a cooler anda.heater
and at this point my eager
beaver husband decided he'd
had enough camping for the
day perhaps the entire sum.
mer.
With heavy hearts we took
down the canvas and poles,
clesed up the trailer and plod.
ded to the house.
It is very possible that the
tent site occupiedby theKellers
in the Ontario trailer parks
this summer will look a little
strange. Stacks of newspapers
will likely take the place of
mattresses and sleeping bags
will bo' old blankets rolled and
folded to make a bed. The
family will most often be ob.
served as they huddle around
their open fire for scrambled
eggs served caveman style
(Pre-cutlery) P-110. lights gut Will
he oUserVed at the Setting of
the min,
Ptit vie, have the trailer and
the tent to p oyes it. 'We
know now how .to put it up and
take it clown - and we have
some of ie carnning Spirit left
after figuring put the total bill
for the gear,
There's one bright feature--
we're still young and, if we save
our trading stamps we may
be able to have'a super heavy,
duty flashlight next Season.
NOW
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Box Office Opens 7.45 — First Show at 8.15
— Double Feature Each Evennig
Weekend Shows Only Until May 9
FRIDAY and SATURDAY—APRIL 5 and 6
7A GIRL CALLED
FATHOM"
RAQUEL WELCH and TONY FRANCIOSA
Showing at 8;15 p,m. Only In Color
— SECOND FEATURE
'The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
(ADULT ENTERTAINMENT)
JASON ROBERTS — GEORGE tSEGAL — RALPH MEEKER
In Color Showing at 16;00 p.m. Only Cartoon
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