HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-07-25, Page 1Bob Marescaux and Paul Holmes, summer employees of the
Department of Transport check the front end of a 1964 Chevrolet
that was put through the safety check Tuesday afternoon. The
safety check will be in operation until the end of the week.
staff photo
Recover bodies
at Bayfield
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Clinton pottal workerS began picketing Thursday
morning after the beginning of the postal strike,
Canada's 24,006poStal Workers are seeking a paV
increate 'of 75 tentS all hour adreSs the board. As
the talks progress, mail Ones up ana people Mutt
'use the telephone or go without, nevus from
friends or family Who are not in the district;
Staff photo
'Shaeffer pens, as momentos-of--
the occasion.
Four registered purebred holstein cattle were
killed by lightning during last Wednesday's
storm. Above, Bill Hough, right, owner of the
dead cattle, shows Alvin Betties, left, of Bayfield,
and Jim Millington of Georgetown where they
were struck. Mr. Millington is with Rockwood
International Livestock Limited and was in the
area last week to purchase cattle for export to
Trinidad and Italy.
staff photo
Clinton pipe band starts out frOrri the Legion Hall Friday Netting to parade to the library park.
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.Safety -progress.
Some cars taken off r MacNaughton roomed
to new :departments
through, and four returned after
minor repairs had been made to
receive stickers,
Acting police -chief . Leroy
Desch said no cars qualified fur
stickers Monday on their first
trip through the check. It began
Monday at 1 p.m.
"About one quarter of the
cars that have beer{: ebeeked have l
come, on a voluntary basis," Mr.
Oesch said. •
Owners of any cars that are
found to need repairs are given a
reasonable amount of time to
come back for a second check.
Mr. Gesell said cars that need
only minor repairs such as
defective lights and windshield
wipers usually come back the
next day, while others that need
More work can report to the
local police force within the
next week with proof of repair •
and receive their stickers.
Members of the local police
force are used to direct cars to.
the check line with department
of transport men doing the
actual checking, A member of
the Clinton police force who is.
at the site informs the motorist
of repairs that are needed or
removes plates, if necessary.
The first
column
With the increasing number
of motorized snow' vehicles using
the streets and roads of Ontario,
a special set of regulations
governing their operation has
come into effect. These
regtilations are included in a new
"Motorized Snow Vehicles, Act".
This act covers registering and
licencing of the vehicle, age of
the driver, insurance, offences
and fines, as, well as several other
aspects on the use of these
machines.
A turbo-blast blower
generates its own winds, up to
180 mph, clearing a patch up to
15 feet wide and depositing
trash or leaves in a long winnow
or in a handy pile is on the
market, the Financial Post
reports. Designed in the USA,
the blower is suitable for use in,
parks, playgrounds, construction
sites, parking lots. This
man-made hurricane was
designed to clean up man-made
mess in public places,
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Use of DDT (dichloro-
diphenyl-trichloroethane) has
been discontinued in Canada's
national parks and is being
replaced by less persistent
insecticides.
DDT is effective, but its use is
being discontinued in national
parks because of its undesirable
side effects.
The national' parks' decision
was influenced by , scientists'
reports from several countries
that long-lived DDT residues
have caused serious damage to
animal populations, particularly
fish. The residues build up in
animal tissue and become more
concentrated along food chains
-- from bottom-dwelling
organisms to fish, to gulls, for
example.
Canada's national parks will
now use non-persistent
insecticides, to reduce mosquito
and fly populations in the
vicinity of camp- grounds and
visitor service centres. Park
officials are seeking even more
satisfactory control measures
and hope eventually to be able
to avoid using insecticides of any
kind.
The School Planning and
Building Research Section,
Ontario Department of
Eudcation will be sponsoring a
design Workshop on September
4th and 5th at the University of
Waterloo.
Delegates will be provided
opportunities to discuss the
planning, financing and
functioning of Colleges of
Applied Arts and Technology
with other college presidents,
board chairmen and faculty,
representatives under the
leadership of architects,
educational planners and
members from the department
of education.
For the third year in a row,
Canadians in 1967 used more
petroleum products per person
than anyone else in the free
world, according to the latest
edition of "Facts and Figures
About Oil in Canada", an annual
publication of Imperial Oil.
Reflecting Canada's climate,
travel distance and growing
industrial strength, the nation's
estimated oil product
consumption for the year
'averaged 800 gallons per person,
compared with 775 gallons in
1966.
During 1967, motorists paid
about 2() per cent More for
gasoline Sold through service
stations in principal cities across
Canada than they did in 1949.
ilut the amount the oil company
received dropped more than nine
per cent. The increase was due
to federal and provincial gasoline
taxes, which rose by more than
50 per cent, and by dealer
Markups, which rose by 61 per
cent.
WEATHER
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The department of transport
safety check is in full swing in
Clinton this week. Up to 2 p.m.
Tuesday afternoon, six cars were
found to be in such poor
The bodies of two men
drowned in a boating accident
'near Bayfield last 'Sunday- =were
recovered last week,
The body of Jack Dallas, 31,
of RR 1 Brucefield was
recovered about a mile
northwest of Bayfield harbour
last Wednesday afternoon.
Gordon Rumley of Bayfield
and a companion, Rob Erickson,
were patrolling the area in their
boat when they found the body
about 4;15 p.m. Wednesday.
The body of the second man,
Howard Ferguson Coombs, 38,
of Egmondville was recovered
Thursday from Lake Huron
about a mile from shore.
The men disappeared after
the 16 foot fibreglass motorboat
in which they were passengers
Due to extended co-operation
of subscribers in both Clinton
and rural routes served by the
Clinton post office, distribution
of the News-Record in the first
week of the postal strike was
near normal, J. Howard Aitken,
vice president of Signal Star
Publishing Company said
Tuesday.
Approximately 1500
subscribers in Clinton and
condition they had their licence
plates removed.
Of the 30 cars checked before
Tuesday at 2 p.m. six received
safety stickers the first time
flipped about a mile from shore
near Bayfield.
— • —Mr. Dallas is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Dallas of RR 1 Brucefield, and
two brothers, Preston, of RR 4
Seaforth, and William of RR 1
Brucefield
A private service was held at
4:30 p.m. Thursday at the G. A.
Whitney Funeral Home,
Seaforth. Burial was in
Maitlandbank Cemetery.
Mr.- Coombs is survived by his
father, Herbert T. of
Egmondville, brothers Palmer,
London Raymond and Cleave,
both of Egmondville, Kenneth
and Wesley, both of Seaforth.
Funeral was held at 11 a.m.
Friday at, the R. S. Box Funeral
Home, Seaforth. Burial was in
Egmondville Cemetery.
district who normally receive
their papers at the Clinton post
office or by rural route service
from the Clinton post office had
received papers by the weekend.
Again this week, and for the
duration of the postal strike,
subscribers in town and on
Clinton rural routes may obtain
their papers in the News-Record
office, Albert Street, Clinton.
Receives term
for theft
A 21 year old Clinton man
was sentenced to' four months
definite and 18 months.
indeterminate Thursday when he
appeared in Goderich
magistrate's court on a charge of
break, enter and theft.
Peter Brian Walker received
the jail term from Magistrate H.
Glenn Hays when he pleaded
guilty to a break-in July 9 and
theft at the George Radford
Construction Company lot
outside Goderich. Police said a
quantity of gas and oil was
taken
Accident victim
reported fair
Edith Boyd, 26, of R. R, 2
Walton, whose left leg was
severed above the ankle by a hay
mower Saturday, was reported
in fair condition in Victoria
Hospital in London Tuesday.
She was on the farm of
Harvey Taylor when the
accident occurred. She was
helping Mr. Taylor's son,
Lawrence at the time.
The girl, who also suffered
cuts on her right leg, was taken
to hospital in Seaforth before
being transferred to Victoria
Hospital.
Edith is the daughter of John
T. Boyd.
In surrounding communities
where post offices are still
operating, papers will be
delivered to these offices for
pick up by subscribers.
Also available at the
News-Record office are
Goderich Signal Stars and Huron
Expositors which may be picked
up by Clinton and district
subscribers.
Acting police chief Leroy Desch
installed in the police office
Pye Electronics Limited,
spring. Clinton police are able to
Seaforth with the new equipment.
staff photo
With the accompaniment of
his talented daughter, Mr. Mann
provided old-world and
Country-Western music,
Connie Mann's rendition of
"Rocking Alone in the Old
Rocking Chair" • and "Beyond
the Sunset" was received with
tremendous applause.
Vernon Hewitt sang the
original version of "The Green
Grass of Home" and played the
guitar.
Sharon Whitely, 12, Cathy
Young, 13, Lisa Whitely, 8,
Judith McPhee, 10, Shelley
McPhee, 13, all of Goderich,
danced a well performed
Highland Fling and a Shean
Truibhas.
At the request of the
audience, Rossie Mann played
the nostalgic "RecrWing" and
"Mocking Bird." These \ were
followed by the Canadian
version of Woody Guthrie's
"This Land is Your Land" sang
and played by Douglas Gilmore
and Vernon Hewitt.
Deb Shewfelt introduced Ken
McGee, president of the
Kingsmen's Club, who presented
gifts to the oldest Woman
Thieves get tools
Thieves made off with nearly
$1,300 worth of tools from the
H. Lobb and Sons Equipment
office in a Wednesday night
break,in.
They apparently forced their
way through a door in the rear
of the building after jimmying
,the lobk.
A truck belonging to the
company was driven into a tree
and suffered $550 damage,
They also stole a 1962 model
car from the parking lot but
abandoned it on the 16th
concession,
This is the third time in two
years the Lobb firm has been
plagued by thieves or vandals.
The building Was broken into
about two years ago, and this
spring, several tires Were slashed,
Goderich proVincial police are
investigating.
the new radio,
was made by
and has been on order since
contact Goderich, Wingham and
The il;:on. Charles S.
MacNaughton was sworn in
Tuesday as minister of the two
Ontario Government
Departments created out of the
former Department of Treasury.
The Huron MPP's new title is
Treasurer of Ontario and
Minister of Economics as head
of the Department of Treasury
and Economics. He also is
Minister of Revenue, in charge
of the new Department of
Revenue.
The two departments were
proclaimed Tuesday by Order in
Council and approved by the
new Lt. Governor The Hon.
Ross Macdonald at the
prorogation of the first session
of the p8th parliament of
Ontario.
The new Department of
Treasury and Economics will be
responsible for government
policy on revenue and
expenditure programs related to
broad economic planning for
Ontario's • growth. Its
responsibilities will include
provincial and municipal
taxation reforms now under
active consideration.
The Department of Revenue
will concentrate on equitable
and efficient administration of
taxation statutes and other
revenue legislature.
The division of responsibility
was recommended by the
Ontario Commission on
Taxation and follows similar
developments in the federal and
other provincial governments.
Mr. MacNaughton will
continue to serve as Chairman of
the Treasury Board and as head
of the Department of Civil
Service. He also reports to the
legislature for 10 boards and
committees associated with the
treasury and civil service
functions.
MacNAUGHTON
Fire destroys
shed's contents
A fire early Sunday evening
damaged a storage shed, owned
by John Parker, at 70 Shipley
Street.
A neighbour turned in the
alarm around 6 p.m., but the fire
had destroyed contents of the
shed before firemen arrived.
John Penner, who occupies
the house on the property, said
he and his family were in the
house at the time of the blaze.
Cause of the fire is not
known, but children were
reported to have been playing in
the area at the time of the blaze.
Several garden tools and
storm windows were destroyed.
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Effect of postal strike
on News-Record distribution
less than expected
The 20th annual
Octogenarian Picnic, sponsored
by the Goderich Kinsmen's
Club, was held at Harbourlite
Inn, Essex Street, Goderich,
Wednesday, July 17 at 3 p.m.
The picnic, attended by more
than 90 elderly Goderich and
surrounding area residents, was a
,, rousing success.
Entertainment for the
`'''"%accasion was provided by-Rossie
Mann of Wingham and his
daughter, Connie, Vernon
Hewitt, 12, of Wingham,
11-year-old Douglas Gilmore of
Gowanstown and the Mary
Lynne Telford Dancers.
Deb Shewfelt, past president
of Kinsmen's Club, welcomed
the patriarchs and matriarchs of
the community and introduced
the master of ceremonies; Rossie
Mann.
demonstrates use of
last WednesdaY. The radio
London,
Auburn resident
oldest octogenarian
at annual picnic
octogenarian 94-year-old Mrs.
George Hamilton of Auburn,
and the oldest male
octogenarian 93-year-old Robert
Smith of 93 Park Street,
Goderich,
The entertainment program
was followed by lunch and
desserts.
The women were presented
with broaches and the men with