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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-05-30, Page 1Huron County Junior Farmers chose their first King and Queen at Londesboro Saturday evening. Contestants from four clubs were judged on three-minute speeches, personality and appearance. Fred Uhler, R. R. 3, Walton, was named King, and Barbara Watkin, 11,R, I, Londesboro won the honours for Queen. (E. Bradnock photo) RLPORT Bonnie SteWart Nancy Lapp Anti de Greet Sharon Fischer, Helen Good Emma Gobbink The Dairy PririCese of Iluton County Will be chosen Saturday afternoon at the annual Spring Fair in Clinton. Master of cerenlen. lea for the ceeteet,- sponsored by the Heron County Milk COMmitiee, will be Cliff Mc. Ilea, ox CKNX, While judges will be Bob Vex.* gnSon, Welke...Igen, Ken airey Kitchener, and Mrs, bon Pullen, Clinton;• SpeecheS will be made at the grandstand, milking demohateaa Hoes at the arena. Six entries heed been received. They are Bonnie Stewart, 18, R. H. 5 See/oath; Nancy H. R. 1, Auburn; Ann de Greet,. 17, R. R. 3 Myth; Sharee 'Fischer, 17, 11.11, 3 Brussels; Helen Good, 18y R.R. 1, Londes. 'bare; and Emrne. Grebbinla 18, R. R. 3, Wah. top. The winner will receive a $40 first prize, the second place contestant will take home $30 and the other contestants will each re.. ceive $20, 7ariotts other peites have been contributed by Huron County merchants and dairy organizations, The Parade leaves the Legleti Hell at one O'clock Saturday few the fairgrounds. The baby Show; livestock parade, fatal thachie- ery display and dairy Princess Contest high light aftisrnooe activities; , Saturday eVeriing's pregearn Will include aide- of twins 11.11t116$S iit aront of the grand- etand and the Junior Farmers Square trance Competition. THE NEW ERA 1210 YEAR , NO. 22 TNE, fi.VRPN, REc.PRP. BIth Yeor 41NPI,E Q"PIES •1Zc Huron County Junior Far. mers chose their first King and Queen at Londesboro last Sae. urday evening when contestants from four clubs were edged on three-minute speeches, per. sonality and appearance and 4-H and Junior Farmer Achieve. meat. Fred Uhler was named King and Miss Barbara Wat. kin, R.R. 1 Londesboro was named Queen. George T owns end of S eafor th, second vice•president for the county was master of ceremon- ies. Between speeches, music was. supplied. for dancing by the Ramblers orchestra of Exeter with Maurice Love, a past county Junior Farmer director as leader. Contestants for Queen were Barbara Watkins, Clinton Club, Mary Sills, Seaforth, Sharon Passmore, Exeter, S outh, Huron. Yvonne Connelley of Brussels for North Huron was unable to be present due to sick. ness. Fred Uhler, R. R. 3, Wal. ton for Seaforth, Paul Sereda Exeter for South Huron, Murray Hoover, Beigrave for North Huron and Bob McNeil of God. County Junior Farmers Select King And Queen erich area for the Clinton club, competed for the King's crown, The judges for the speeches were Miss Judy Hasson, Pro. vincial Director for Wellington County and James Jenkins, ex. tension assistant, department of agriculture and food, Hal. ton County, Judges for the interviews were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Staf. ford, Don McKercher , R, R. 1, Dublin, Junior director repre. stinting Huron County on the pro. vincial board of Junior Far. mers, Della Allen, Goderich and Jamieson Ribey, R. R. 6, Goderich. ' Both the King and the Queen are very active members of the Junior Farmers organization and in community work. Fred Uhler is the son of Mr. Ernest Uhler and the late Mrs. Uhler After graduation from Seaforth Collegiate he at- tended the Western Ontario Ag. ricultural school at Ridgetown from where he graduated in 1965. He is now the first vice. president of the Seaforth club and represents his club on the county executive. He is also a 4-H club leader and a Sun- day school teacher. Miss Watkins is a Bell Tele- phone operator at the Clinton office. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Watkins, R.R. 1, Londesboro, She is a junior director representing Junior Farmers and Junior In. stitutes of Ontario on the Fed. crated Women' s Institutes of Ontario board, and represents Junior WI's on the Junior Farmer provincial board of On. tario. Miss Watkins received her diploma from OAC when she attended an associate's course in agriculture for two years. She is also president of the Clinton Junior Institute. Over 150 young Junior Farmers attended the dance last Saturday evening to see their first King and Queen crowned by Jim Jenkins and Miss Judy Hasson. The Junior Farmer guest from Scotland, Miss Anne Gra. ham, was introduced and pre. sented with a gift. Last week she stayed with the Fortune family near Winghaia and went to visit near Dublin this week. Stanfield to speak in Wingham tonight National Progressive Con. servative party leader Robert Stanfield will visit Huron riding this evening, to address a rally in Wingham. The rally will be held in the auditorium of the Wingham Public School, John and Frances Streets, beginning at 8:30 p.m. Mr. Stanfield, accompanied by his wife, will arrive in Wing. ham by helicopter, landing just west of the Wingham District High School, between 3:00 and 3:30 this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Stanfield will be introduced to students and will tour the library and other sections 'of the school, before proceeding to the CKNX build• ing for taping of an interview for radio and television. Broadcast of the interview will be seen on CKNX.TV at 11:40 this evening. Official welcome to the rid- ing will take place at 8:00 p.m., when the party leader will be escorted by a band and cavalcade of cars from the south entrance to the town, up the main street to PatrickStreet Others will include John Loney, PC candidate in Bruce; Marvin Howe, Wellington•Grey candidate; the Hon. Charles MacNaughton, treasurer of On, 'tario and provincial member for Huron; and Elston Cardiff, retired Huron MP. Robert McKinley, Progres- sive flonserva.tive candidate for Huron and incumbent MP, will be among the platform guests at the rally. and eventually to the public school. Armed. Forces Day will be served across. Canada onSata day, Jun ?. The aini of Armed arcee Day is to inform Cane diens on the roles and missions f the Canadian Armed:Forces d to provide Canadians with an pportimity of recognizing the chievemeats of the men and omen lathe Forces. On June 8, CFH Clinton will old open house between one "dock and 4:30 p.m. Static and ction displays by the Radar d Communications School and e School of Instructional Tech. ique will be complimented with illery displays by the 21st field Artillery (Militia) and a hree-plane flypast from CFB ondon and CFB Clinton is cheduled for the afternoon. The public is invited to at, nd open house at CFB Clinton n Jiine 8 in recognition of rmed Forces Day. * * * Shell Canada Limited has an. ounced the introduction of an ntirely new concept in insect ontrol; a strip of plastic that ills flies, mosquitoes, gnats d other small flying pests ywhere in a room without thing them. Originally designed for farm se, the product 'has been dapted for use in the home d is packaged with a decor.• tive gold-foil cage that can be wig or stood on its base any.• here in an enclosed area. single ten inch strip meters t minute quantities of vapors to the air at a rate that con. ols the pests effectively for p to three months in a 10 by 12 y eight foot room. * * * The Ontario Safety League ports that most 1969 GM cars • 1 have a new device to pro- ct driver and passengers from roadside collisions. It is a 1 guardrail, built inside the oors, out of sight. In a side collision the effect f the steel bar is that the hit tends to be pushed side• ays, and the hitting car tends deflect along the side of the ear it runs into. The extra steel being used to strengthen the doors will weigh 49 pounds on afour-door model, * * * Look for influx of goods from countries with unfamil. ear names, if Canada decides to have its trade commission. ers help poor nations find ex. pert markets in Canada, the Financial Post suggests. Under the plan, Canadian 'trade experts would spend at least part of their time with exporters from under developed countries. They would conduct market surveys in Canada, line up potential buyers for .export goods, and help generally with marketing problems in a sort of trade commissioner service in reverse. OMISSION In the report on the Hospital Auxiliary Tea held May 15 we regret having omitted to men- tion the display of hand-crafted articles which were the work of Miss Anne Fairservice, pro- prietress of the Country Studio at Blyth. Included in the variety of crafts she showed was an assortment of glazed vases, a smart-looking lamp, four paint- ' ings, a multi-coloured braided rug and a chair which she had caned, TlIAIRSOAY, MAY 30,. 19.68 The man who spends more ublic money than anyone in 911uron County was the guest eppeaker at Clinton Lions Club ;dinner meeting Tuesday. James W. Britnell, road en- 'gineer for Huron County, in- formed the Lions how and where the near $2,000,000 roadbudget , was spent. The county pays ',35 per cent and the province ,of Ontario 65 per cent of this 'amount. - Mr. Britnell is a past presi- dent of the Goderich Lions. He ,::graduated from university in 1952, when he wrote his thesis on "Asphalt". He came to Huron in 1956 to take over the engineer's position after it had been in the Patterson family for three generations. The county engineer gave the background of the county road system and how it is admin- istered under the provincial Highway Improvement Act. Huron county road committee consists of five members of county council and the warden. He explained development `roads' where a road or a por- tion of a road is turned over to the provincial highways system (which pays 100 per cent of the re-development costs) then reverts back to the county. This summer the road between Brucefield and Varna is under this system, and the estimated cost is upwards of $200,000. Mr. Britnell said Huron has benefitted to the extent of a quarter million dollars per year under this provincial development road system. Huron has 340 miles of county roads, 204 miles of King's high- ways, 2,000 miles of township roads and 135 miles of roads in towns and villages, making a county total of nearly 2,700 miles. Maintenance and reconstruc- tion for the 340 miles of county roads requires a regular staff of 55, plus an additional 50 summer employees. Mr. Britnell fully explained each operation in re-building a mile of county road, which costs up to $80,000 per mile. Intowns and villages this per-mile cost could go up to $200,000, where storm sewers, culverts, fences, re-sodding and many other ex- tras are included. The speaker was introduced by George Levis of Levis Con- tracting Limited, who is in the road contracting business; he was thanked by Royce Mac- aulay. In other business, the Lions handed out advance sale tickets for the annual chickenbarbecue to be held Tuesday, June 11 (these advance sale tickets are cheaper than admission, at the gate); set the tentative date of next meeting (installation of new officers night) as Tuesday, June 4; instructed Royce Macaulay to arrange for the annual golf tournament to be held at Hay- field-Clinton Golf Club some Wednesday in June. Persons who wish to donate articles to the Lions annual rummage sale later this sum- mer, should take clothing articles to the new community centre. Other items will be stored in the former Lions arena on Mary Street. Special draws were won by R,S. Atkey and Pat Noonan, and the regular draw prize went to Paul Aggerholm, Rate Change Plans for further reductions in long distance rates were announced Tuesday by Bell Canada and the Trans-Canada Telephone System. Under the proposals, the maximum rate for late-night three-minute Direct Distance Dialed calls throughout Canada will be one dollar, (compared to the present rate of $1.95); for similar calls within Ontario and Quebec the maximum rate will be 75 cents. , The one dollar 'cross Canada late-night maximum rate will be for three minute DDD calls between midnight and six a.m. The new schedule is due to become effective September 15. Bell Canada's new schedule, slated for introduction July 7, includes a 75 cent maxi- mum charge for a three-minute DDD call placed between mid- night and six a.m. within Ontario and Quebec. Bell also plans a one dollar maximum rate for a three minute station to station call within Ontario and Quebec be- ween 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. and all day Sunday. The present maximum is $1.50; Bell also proposed a long distance package service which will begin August 18. Called Econo-pak, the service will permit individual-line resi- dence Customers to buy 60 minutes of DDD conversation time per month for a monthly charge of $10. The Econo-pak rate would apply to calls be- tween noon and eight p.m. to any Bell exchange within the home province. pattern In the area, why .not fellow??', one merchant said. Another answered, "If we close all day Monday on a trial basis, the Public will be con. fused. Switching every three months will take business out of toWil." Some merchants affirmed that they would remain open Monday regardless of the corn. mittee"s decision. Mr. CanIP• Three servicemen stationed at CFB Clinton were injured last Wednesday nightwhen their car struck a parked tractor, driving it into another vehicle. Injured in the crash were owner of the car Private Joseph 0, Maurice Leblanc,19, ofSher- brooke, Qu e., and Privates L eon Michel Berube, 19, Cabano, Que., and Allen James Will. lams, 19, Chateaugay, Que. The trio was taken to Westminster Hospital in London. The accident occurred about 6:30 p.m. at the junction of Huron County Roads 10 and 31. The Leblanc vehicle, trav- elling west, apparently went into a slide as it approached the stop sign at the corner. It swung around in loose gravel, hitting a parked cultivator and tractor Huron county has an unique role to play in the history of Canada Kenneth Stewart told the Huron county historical so- ciety at their annual meeting in Blyth Friday night. Mr. Stewart, a history teacher at La Salle secondary school near Kingston, told members local history should be studied by everyone. He said the real appeal of Canada is in its history. He said it is important today to know who we are and where we come from, and that both family and social history is important. History must be re- corded so that the next genera- tion has the facts. The speaker was introduced by Mr. Harold Turner of God- erich. History of the Stewart family in Huron county dates back to 1837. J.W. McLaren of Benmiller was re-elected president for the coming year. Other officers include honorary presidents, Mr. Edward Jenkins, Mr. W.E. Eliott; vice-presidents, Brig. F.A. Clift, Hayfield; Mrs. Ben Iltnnah, Goderich secretary- treasurer, Mrs. Otto Popp, Clinton; archivist and historian, Mrs. W,D, Mack, Crediton; Public relations officer, Mer- rill Cantelon, 'Wingham. Chair- men of standing committees: membership, Mrs. LeRoy Poth, Hayfield; projects, Mrs. Tait Clark, RA 6, Goderich; fleanee Mr. Bert Gibbing, R.R. 4, Clinton; personnel, harry Sturdy, Goderich; consti- tution, MagiStrate Glenn HayS, Goderich; editorial, Stuart Forbes, Goderich; auditor, G.B. Hanley, Goderich, Councillors named for 1968 Were: Mrs, Robert Simpsen, liensal4 A,'I,A. McLean, Sea., forth; Mas: William „Metcalf, Hayfield; Mrs. Frank ingland, Clinton; %I. Mervyn tiatkin, Clinton; Mrs. tdwardLaniport, ants bell warped that ,a dangerous situation could deVelea if Otero was a split. He said if other stores begin to open,• Monday, the public would be more eon. fused than ever, hope we're thinking of John Q. Citizen," hs said. "If ,it doesn't work out, we will have to try something else," he added. broadside. the tractor was driven ahead by the force of the impact and struck a parked car owned by Joseph Palsa, R. R. 2, Hensall. Keith Love, owner of the tractor and cultivator, was in the Hillsgreen store at the time of the accident. Palsa and his brother, George, had just re• turned to the car when the imw pact occurred. Neither was ins jured. There is a four-way stop at the corner. Hillsgreen store owner John Schwartz said' the vehicle slid approximately 150 feet before striking the culti. vator and tractor. Damage was estimated by police at $2,500. Berube and Williams are still in hospital. Leblanc was ree leased early this week. R.R. 2, Centralia; William Clancy, Goderich; Mrs. Wesley Bradnock, Auburn; Mrs. Robert Allen, R. R. t, Clifford; Mrs. Wilbur Turnbull, Brussels; Mrs. Douglas Ennis, Walton; Harold Turner, Goderich. Ex- officio members of council in- clude Huron county warden Cal- vin Kreuter of Brussels and Deputy-reeve Harry Worsell of Goderich, chairman of the Huron county property com- mittee. The Goderich detachment of the OPP investigated seven traffic accidents in the area last week. On Sunday, Betty Joan Dal. rymple, Brucefield, and Mar. guerite Grace Cameron, 422 Baker Street, London were in• volved in a two car accident on Highway 4 north of kipper:. Total damage to both vehicles Was estimated at $200. , , ( Continued ale'? age 5 ) WEATHER 1968. 1967 ill LOt Hi LOW May 228 6 1 :0 26 59 42 22 53 24 64 35 27 64 48 24 68 46 70 48 2265 43 43 , 69 41 21?ain 7; 54 5 60' 4 56 351tain4475-21 The first column ------ Six contestants eye Dairy Princess Title t; Clinton merchants Thursday closed all day Wednesday was night Voted 1$ to live in faver Passed finally by anarrow mare Of closing all day Monday for gin at the last meetieg, ad. atn trweialvegiebreirodwf.roni Jane first Inurnment followed, without ci cussing details of the plan. The three month trial period "We silly to have a 50.50 fOr all day Wednesday closing Split down the middle- some, terminates at the end of May, where?, somebody along the H Chairman of the Clinton e. line has to give in", he said. tail Merchants Committee, B. There is no point in trying 19, Cahmbell,stressed the to hold an organization for Pertance of the body. "We need gether that isn't organized", R4 Organization that will serve he added. as a llason between the mer. Alternatives offered to the chants and the customers", he merchants at the meetingwere: fold members. "We must in. to remain closed all day Wed, aa rmthe public what is going nesday; to close Wednesday . and when it's going on." afternoons, including weeks i'We certainly must have with a statutory holiday, to 4qme semblance of order,. We close all day Monday; or to peed a cut and •dried decision remain Japan six days a week. pr there is no use for this or. One merchant said that a ganization", he said. survey taken by a traYeller c He referred to the last meet. showed 30 area communities Jag as a "hassle", saying closed all day Monday, while aceveryone wanted his own way nonlesyeyisght were closed on Wed. da Out". When the motion to remain "If Monday closing is the Lions hear engineer e Clinton Merc o Close Monday Receives award Sergeant Donald Mohr is shown above left being presented with an originial suggestion award certificate and a cheque by Col. E. W. Ryan, Base Commander, CFB Clinton, for a suggested improvement to the radar equipment used in as• sisting aircraft in landing during poor weather conditions. Sgt. Mohr is employed as instructor at the Radar and Communication School at CFB Clinton. (Canadian. Forces Photo) Three Airmen Hurt In Crash Speaker Stresses Huron's History