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Clarence DenOmme, chairman of the town's
industrial committee and Councillor Ted
McCullough placed a new sign on Clinton's
industrial building Tuesday afternoon, Council
hopes to sell or lease the fully serviced building
to some firm in the near future. The 80 by 100
foot, two storey building has 20,000 square feet
of floor space and is located 'beside the CNR
tracks oh a five and one half acre plot of land.
The proximity of the site to the CNR tracks
should attract small industry or some business
that is interested in storage facilities.
staff photo
Playing ball are Robert Penner, Clinton 13o Norrrnan, Sweden, and
Hiroyoki ILiawaii, Japan, Staff pilots
Dogs in Clinton had to look a little harder to find a typical red fire
hydrant in the town this week, The reason - Clinton PUC has painted
them silver. However, this isn't a new trend in fire hydrants. It's only
an undercoat designed to seal all the rust spots. PUC workers hope
to begin applying a new coat of red to the town's 69 hydrants by the
end of the week. staff photo
Couple returns
from Alaska
7 vehicles 'checked
Suspended sentence
for public mischief
The first
column
In the event the postal strike
continues past August 1, Clinton
PUC billS for the month of
August will be delivered to
homes by the :meter-reader in
time to receive regular discounts.
Analysts last week were
almost unanimous in singing
praises of the Canadian market,
,The Financial Post reports.
Especially they were pointing to
the values in the larger
companies, the e stocks which
have be labelled "stodgy" in
the past.
' They believe, The Financial
Post says, there is a swing in the
US away from glamour stocks
with high price earnings
multiples and that this will
benefit Canadian quality stocks,
This psychology some expect,
will spill over into the Canadian
markets. The effect will be to
slow the market, but it will be
much more firmly based. Some
believe a minor correction could
be in the offing, but they would
use this as an opportunity to
make new commitments,
confident it will be followed by.
an upswing,
When you are driving in
cottage country, be particularly
alert for pedestrians, Ontario
Provincial Police warn.
Pedestrians should be walking on
the left hand side of the road,
facing oncoming traffic, but
they may not be. Happy
holidayers from the city may
not be familiar with the rules of
safe walking on country roads
where no sidewalks are provided
for their convenience, or they
.•may be carefree and just a little
careless.
• Drivers are urged to slow
down and keep a special watch
for pedestrians in the cottage
country.
The 'US Federal Highway
Administration convinced that
"breakaway" highway signs are
effective • in saving lives, has
announced that this type will be
used wherever possible in future
along the federal aid highway
system.
The Ontario Safety League
says the decision follows a
survey in Texas over a 27 month
period which showed only one
fatality in 117 collisions
involving signs mounted on
supports designed to break
under moderate impact force.
The victim was in a car travelling
at an estimated speed of 75
miles per hour and was believed
to have his head out of a side
window, where it struck the
sheared off pole. Two persons in
the car were not injured.
By comparison there were 80
fatalities from collisions with
solidly embedded signs and poles
in Texas from 1965 and 1966.
The before-tax monthly
income of families 'of Japanese
workers rose 11.2 percent to
$224 (US) in fiscal 1967 over
the previous year.
This was revealed in a survey
by the Statistics Bureau of the
Prime Minister's Office which
also showed that the average
family in Japan consists of 4.2
persons. Average age of the head
of the family is 41.2.
Family increases should
continue to rise. The average of
increases offered this spring by
major companies was up 13.2
percent over last year's level,
according to the Japan
.Federation of Employers
Association.
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Hay r fever is usually caused by
the pollen of certain flowers,
Weeds or grasses. The
Membranes in the nose, tear
ducts and eyes become sensitive
to the pollen and an "attack''
occurs. It is characterized by
repeated sneezing, due to
irritation and swelling of the
membranes in the nose, and by
intense itching and watering of
the eyes, When pollen is the
cause, the hay fever is seasonal.
However, hay fever Is often
brought on by other things. It
may be catised, for instance, by
breathing in fine particles- of
softie sensiti2ing substance such
as feathers, animal hair, house Or
barnyard dust.
A .Clinton woman, was among
three persons who died as the
result of a two car crash Friday
night on Highway 6, two miles
west of Lion's Head,
Mrs. George Herd, 78, of 157
Albert Street, Clinton, and her
sister, Mrs. George Webster, were
passengers in a car driven by
Mrs. Webster's grandson, William
Sylvester, 24, of 46 Birmingham
Street, Stratford.
The accident occurred Itt,
11:50 p.m. Friday. Mrs, Herd
and Mrs. Webster died in the
crash. Driver of the other car,
Edward Martin, 56, of R. R. 4,
Galt, and Mr. Sylvester were
taken to Earl R. Harris Red
Cross Hospital at Lion's Head
and later transferred to Owen
Sound where Mr. Martin died
Saturday everting. Mr. Sylvester
received a fractured skull, brain
damage, broken ribs and
multiple bruises.
The sisters had been
holidaying at Mrs. Webster's
summer hothe in Lion's Head
Pop machines
suffer damage
Clinton police reported two
soft drink vending machines
were damaged over the weekend.
A machine located at
Brownie's car wash on Beech
Street was tampered with on
Saturday night, but no entry was
gained; Lorne Brown, who
notified police, also reported
that the towel dispenser at the
car wash had been forced open
and a small quantity of change
taken.
Another pop machine was
damaged at Corrie's Red and
White Food Market Saturday
night. Police said the machine
was pushed over on its side but
no money was taken.
Two visitors from across the
sea were welcome guests at the
home of Mr, and Mrs. John
Penner during the weekend.
Bo Norrntan of Sweden and
Hitoyoki KaWail of Japan, both
11, attended the Children's
International Summer Village of
Waterloo this Month And inade
the trip to Clinton on their free
weekend.
"The children fit, in Very
well,' Mr. Penner said, "They
Were out tithing this Morning,
and loved it, even though they
didn't catch anything,"
The Children's International
Summer Village Was established
to proMote better friendship and
understanding through children,
One of the three in Canada, the
and Mr, Sylvester had been
visiting for the week-end,
They were returning to the
cottage in a car owned by his
father, Dr, a E. Sylyester of
Stratford when the mishap
occurred.
The sisters came originally
from Dyer Bay, a settlement
about 12 miles farther up the
peninsula from Lion's Head.
Both were widows.
Mrs. Herd was the former
Police arrested and charged a
17-year-old Hensall youth with
armed robbery Saturday two
hours after a woman clerk was
robbed at knifepoint of $131.
William Hastings was arrested
in a Hensall house by Ontario
Provincial Police from Goderich
and Corporal W. J. Mitchell of
the Exeter detachment.
Mrs. Pearl Passmore 60, a
clerk at Irwin'st Ladies' Wear,
Main Street, Hensall, said a
youth entered the store about
5.55 p.m. as she was pulling
curtains across the store
window.
The young man pulled out a
knife and demanded money
from the cash drawer. After
scooping the money from the
cash drawer, the young man
asked Mrs. Passmore where the
cheques were. She said there
were none.
She said she was warned not
to follow the youth to the door.
He left the store and fled down
an alley beside the Canadian
Waterloo village has drawn 40
boys and girls and 10 adults
froM 10 countries, Sweden,
Denmark, Austria, Prance,
Philipines, Japan, Puerto Rico,
Nicaragua, United States and
Canada.
The Japanese boy spoke no
English, and what the Swedish
boy could not eXpress in English
he Said in Swedish Mrs. Penner
Said
"Although they rani
communicate, they are not
scared or shy and catch on to
games very quickly," she added,
"They are just regular kids
Arid enjoy the activities alt kids
get a kick Out 'of," Mr. Penner
said,
Margaret Tackaberry, She is
survived by two daughters, Mrs,
William '(Marjorie) Cooke of
London, and Mrs. Clarence
(Jean) Ball, of Clinton, a son,
Jack, of Chatham, a brother,
William, of Owen Sound, and a
sister, Mrs. Harry (Mildred)
Redden, of Timmins,
Funeral services were held at
2 p.m. Wednesday at the Ball
Funeral Home, Clinton, with
burial in Teeswater Cemetery.
Imperial Bank of Commerce.
Police said the money has
been recovered.
Police recover
stolen tools
Provincial police have
recovered tools stolen from H.
Lobb and Sons Equipment
office July 17.
Most of the stolen tools were
recovered by the Sebringville
detachment on a farm in the
Cromarty Staffa area.
Goderich Provincial Police
recovered a quantity of the tools
in a, manure spreader near the
outskirts of Clinton.
"The tools were not very well.
hidden. It was just a matter of
locating them," a Provincial
police spokesman said. 4t
No charges have been laid. 'A
William James Yuill, 23; of
Kitchener, pleaded guilty Friday
in Goderich court to a charge of
public mischief in connection
ivith the robbery of a Brucefield
bank January 3, and was placed
on two year's suspended
sentence.
Yuji', a garage attendant, had
been charged February 9 with
possession of money stolen from
the Bank of Montreal branch at
Brucefield.
Robert Stewart Smith, 20, of
R. R. 4, Brussels, who was
sentenced April 1 to a five-year
penitentiary term on a charge of
armed robbery of the Brucefield
bank, testified at a hearing April
o that he drove to Yuill's home
Otter the holdup and bought a
tear from: Yuji' for $2,600. cash.
Smitb told Yuill at the time
;Ile had withdrawn the money
By Mrs . Wes Bradnock
A local Auburn man had• a
close call with a lightning bolt
last week while operating a truck
for Radford Construction
Company of Blyth. He, had
stopped the vehicle on the side
of the road in the village of
Brucefield to wait out the storm.
While ' he was sitting there
lightning apparently hit the
OPP investigate
13 accidents
In the week ending July 27
the Goderich detachment of the
OPP patrolled 4919 miles of
highways and other roads. and
was on duty 504 hours.
During this period, the
detachment investigated three
thefts ; one : breaking and
entering, five other criminal acts,
13 traffic accidents, 11 property
damage and two personal
injuries.
On Sunday, July 21 on Lot 4,
Maitland Concession, Goderich
Township North of No. 8
Highway, John Paul Allin, 172
Nelson Street; Goderich was
involved in a single car accident
resulting in $175,00 damage to
his vehicle. Allin received slight
injuries.
On No. 31 County Road,
north of No. 3 County Road
(Varna), William DeJong, R.R.
3, Seaforth was involved in a
single car accident resulting in
$400, damage to the vehicle he
was driving.
On Monday July 22 on 14th
sideroad, Goderich Township,
(continued on page 5)
from a bank that morning, and
helped Yuill count the cash.
The charge of possession of
stolen money, to which Yuill
'had pleaded not guilty, was
withdrawn Friday and the new
charge read.
Crown Attorney W. G.
Cochrane said the possession
charge was dropped because the
public mischief charge was
"more appropriate".
He said Yuill was charged
with public mischief because of
his conduct toward police in
diverting suspicion of
involvement with Smith and the
robbery away from himself.
Judge Harold Lang of
Stratford ordered Yuill to keep
the peace and maintain good
behaviour. He was also ordered
to post a $200, bond.
vehicle, or something
immediately adjacent to it. As a
result of the blast, the window
on the driver's side of the truck
was completely disintigrated and
Ken was thrown unconscious to
the other side of the seat. The
charge from the lightning bolt
caused the siren to ring on the
nearby Brucefield fireball and
also knocked out telephones in
the immediate area.
Ken was able to pick glass
fragments from inside his shirt.
He was not seriously injured,
suffering only three cuts on his
hand. He still finds it difficult to
walk but the doctor told him
that the rubbery feeling would
leave in time.
Strikers receive
adjusted cheques
The following news release
was received Monday from the
Post Office Department.
"Strikers will be receiving
adjusted pay cheques for monies
earned, less payroll deductions,
including Union dues. In many
cases cheques are for very small
amounts or nothing at all. But as
this is a month-end pay cheque,
it is an accounting for both the
employee anti the Government."
WEATHER
1968 1961
ill 1,0V III 1,0%),
July 23 78 57 --
24 77 5n --
23 76 51
26 '78 56 7q 5i
27 17 55 '76 tiO
28 10 53 '73 61-
20 69' .41 10 4fl
Rain .07 in. Rain ,67;
Clinton, Police Department
has released a report On the
department .of transport safety
check held, last week at the
Legion Hall.
A total of 167 motor vehicles
went through the cheek,
ighteen of these vehicles
received safety stickers on their
first trip through the lane,
Forty,five more vehicles received
stickers their second trip, after
minor repairs had been made.
Seven more vehicles made the
grade after their third check,
The owners of 12 vehicles
had licence plates removed as
their vehicles were found to be
unsafe for use on the highway.
Twenty-seven drivers must
still report with their vehicles for
recheck ' after repairs,
recommended by the staff of the
department of transport, have
been made,
Constable Lloyd Westlake of
the Clinton police department
said some drivers Ic'ept their
vehicles off the road during the
week to avoid the safety check.
However, he warned that
under section 47 of the Highway
Traffic Act, a car can be checked
at any time by a police officer.
Section 47, subsection 1:
Every constable and every
officer appointed for the
purpose of carrying out the
by Joy Langdon
Many people don't live to see
their 91st birthday, and most
people won't see Alaska in their
lifetime. But A. J. (Mac)
McMurray has seen both,
although he saw his 91st
birthday before he saw Alaska.
"I'd never been in that part
of the c,?tintry and wanted to
see what it was like," he said.
So he and Mrs. McMurray
departed for Alaska on July 2 of
this year, along with 38 others,
as part of Midnight Sun tour.
Mrs. Ernest Ellwood and Mrs.
Thelma McKeil, both of Clinton,
also took the tour.
Their 22 day excursion took
them from Toronto to
Fairbanks, Alaska and back. But
encased between these two
cities, Oil swaying train and dust
laden road, there exist many
unforgettable memories to be
savoured and enjoyed.
Both Mr. McMurray and his
wife agree the primitive, frontier
centre of Dawson City, in its
original state, Was the highlight
or the tour, although they saw
such sights as the church on
which Pietro Burton based his
book, '''n he Comfortabl e Pew",
They were delighted with the
animals Moose, black bear, and
dal! sheep - which were in
abundance along the roadside,
rplTr°avffisicilonAs cot) t inliasyAcrteq(unlirgehwth4Ye
driver of any motor vehicle to
submit
together
wsut tchh tsmeocituoi pr m ev he ht e,
and
any trailer attached thereto, to
such examination and tests as
the constable or officer may
deem expedient,
Subsection 2: Where any such
vehicle, equipment or trailer is
found to be in a dangerous or
unsafe condition, the constable
or officer making ' the
examination or tests may require
the driver •of the vehicle to
proceed to have the vehicle,
equipment or trailer placed in a
safe condition and may order
the vehicle or trailer to be
removed from the highway and
may prohibit the operator of the
vehicle or trailer on the highway
until the vehicle, equipment or
trailer has been placed in a safe
condition,
Subsection 3: Every driver of
a motor vehicle who refuses to
submit the motor vehicle,
together with its equipment and
any trailer attached thereto, to
such an examination and tests as
may be required by a constable
or officer under subsection 1 is
guilty of an offense and
summary conviction is liable t4.r.;,k
fine of not less than $10. and
not more than $50,
and the one remaining trapper's
hut, preseryed by the
government.
In Alaska itself, they visited
the sight of the first Klondike
gold strike, and travelled the
streets of modern Fairbanks.
They attended the Dawson City
theatre where they were
entertained by a group from
Vancouver.
"The mountains were almost
constantly in sight", Mr.
McMurray said,
"At one point, several people
left the bus and rolled snowballs
from the snow On top of the
mountains," his wife added.
Approximately 1 200 miles
of the trip was over dirt and
gravel roads, "The cars always
had their headlights on, and you
couldn't see a thing for dust
when a car passed the bus," Mrs.
McMurray said.
Accommodations on the tour
were "as good as at home", and
everyone on the tour enjoyed
themselves thoroughly.
"We returned safely, and
that's the main thing," Mts.
McMurray Said,
Asked about plans- for trips in
the future, Mr. McMurray said,
"1 don't know Where we'll go,
but I don't think it will be this
year,"
Three killed
Clinton woman dies in, crash
Overseas visitors spend weekend in Clinton
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Hensall youth arrested
two hours after robbery
One of the several -cars which had licence plates removed belonged to
John E, Campbell of Seaforth, Mr. Campbell volunteered to take .the
plates off his 1955 Chevrolet.
Auburn man has close call
,Stamp machines
won't accept
new quarters
Post Office stamp vending
machines will not accept the
new nickel 25 cent pieces issued
after August 1, 1968,
It will he a month or more
before new modified meehanisin
is available, The public is
requested to use only old
coinage issued before 1 August
1968,
At, present the machine will
reject the new coinage