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Clinton News-Record, 1968-09-19, Page 1service clubs, and all the people of Clinton." A Snow Queen will be crowned, Mr. Andrews said, and the week's program will have snowmobile and horse and cutter races, skating parties and other entertainment yet to be worked out. Doug Thorndyke is chairman of the carnival committee. By carnival time, it is hoped that the Clinton Centennial Community Centre and Arena Will own a new lee-conditioner, and it is hoped that the rest of the money needed can be raised at a stag party to be held at the arena Nov,. 29. , Tickets for .the stag, are $5 each, and Frank Cook is chairrnan of the committee planning the event. Refreshments will be served and various games of skill will be played. neighbours and the Wesley Willis Church with gifts, cards and beautiful floral arrangements. The couple was married in 1918 and have been life-long residents of Clinton. Mrs. Pinning was the former Mary Biggin. Mr. Pinning was.an employee of Sherlock-Manning Pianos for 50 years and retired in 1959. London providing a band concert, A flypast of aircraft from the United States Air Force followed with C119 transport aircraft; a Canberra bomber and CF1O0 interceptor aircraft taking part, The 0119s were from Selfridge Air Force Base near Detroit and were flovvn by reserve' pilots, The CIS 100s and the Canberra were flown by Air Guard pilots and were from Battle Creek Air Force Base, Michigan, Major General Hull inspected the guard of honour which was under the command of Captain A. Smith and Chief Warrant Officer Eadie of C1B Clinton, Captain B. Mailloux 'was master of ceremonies and (continued on page Hi THE NEW ERA 121st YEAR — N.Q. 38 CLINTON NEWS-RECORD THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1968 THE HVRPN. !WORD 07th Year SINGLE COPIES 12; TOWN ETS WINTER ARNIVAL Dolls collected and made by Clinton United Church Women stand on brass tabletop in home of Miss Billie Stewart. Members of the doll band in the background are from Italy, made of ceramic baked on wire frames.. STAFF PHOTO UCW makes doll festival Miss Billie Stewart displays a doll made of palmetto and banana leaves from Bermuda. STAFF PHOTO Councillor Clarence Denomme, chairman of the industrial committee, says that the town's new industrial brochure, designed to give information on Clinton's advantages to prospective industrial settlers, will be ready next month. * * Members of the Huron county Road Superintendents' Association went on a bus trip to the Uniroyal plant at Kitchener. After a tour of the tire , factory, the Uniroyal management sponsored a luncheon at the 'Granite Club. The group then toured the Valley Blade plant, at Preston, and later held a meeting at the Flying Dutchman Motel. * • From the Globe and Mail: "A plan,, according to our friends at City Hall, is a quasi-official document that is official when and asks if we have one, "and quasi when it tends to interfere with the established policy of ad-hoc decision.. -making." Quasi means not really or not quite, and come from the Latin for as if. For instance, one could be quasi-married, but not quasi-pregnant. * * * With the Goderich Safety Month still two weeks away from completion area residents are really getting into the spirit of the thing, especially when it conies to trying to nab the two Kinsmen Safety Men who are patrolling the area. The vouchers they carry are worth over $100 and well worth catching them for. Last Friday night on The Square, children, teenagers and adults' alike packed stores looking for the walking man and the pavement was packed with cars — observing the rules of the road generally — the drivers of which were attempting to locate the Safety Driving Man. Both men are still around and will be in the area each day. The Square will find one of the men on it Friday and competition is again expected to be fast. Remember the clues — the walking man has dark hair and wears a gold ring. He is five feet ten and a half inches tall and all you need to do to get at those vouchers is ask "Are you the Kinsmen Safety Walking Man?" The Safety Driving Man will answer to the same question, replacing DRIVING for WALKING. He is the same height as the other fellow and will be driving one of the more well known name brand cars. September 24 has been set as the day for the Safety Month Award banquet and it is expected to be a big night for the town. According to Constable Tom Fortner traffic safety officer of the Goderich Police Force, "The news you will hear that night will knock you out of your seat. Nothing like it has ever happened in a town safety program in Ontario before to our knowledge." He won't reveal yet what it is, but we will be keeping you informed. Entries for the Safety Essay Contest are pouring in at such a rate that no one has had time to count them all yet, The prize list is mounting and this week it was disclosed a bicycle will also be one of the grand prizes. Among the others will be cameras, transistor radios, and watches to mention a few. So keep those entries coming kids. Everyone had'a chance. `WEATHER 1968 1967. HI tql Hi Low Septa Sept, 10 69 58 65 40 11 65 51 69 34 12 65 43 72 42 13 69 48 77 46 14 77 46 78 44 15 79 53 80 44 16 78 58 79 45 Rain ,47 No Rain United Church Women of Clinton are having fun playing with dolls again as they plan their Doll Festival to be held October 26 in Wesley-Willis United Church. Mrs. Andrew J. Mowatt, wife of the church minister, suggested the festival as a "fun'-rather than "funds',' project but she said that money raised would be put to good use. Her own collection of dolls, gathered over a period of about 30 years, will be on display at the festival, among about 500 items. "Not all the items on display will be dolls," Mrs. Mowatt explained. "But they will all have faces, human, insect, or animal." In addition to the dolls, there will be bibs, aprons, covers for kitchen utensils, cushions — and Hugh M. Colquhoun, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. E.W. Colquhoun, 111 Huron St., Clinton, has passed final examinations to become a chartered accountant. A graduate of Clinton Collegiate, Hugh also graduated from Royal Military College, Kingston, obtained an engineering degree from University of Toronto, and spent S k y Harbour airport Goderich was officially dedicated as a National Historic Site and a World War II Lancaster bomber was dedicated as a war memorial Sunday September 15, during ceremonies witnessed by more than 6,000 area residents. Sunday was the 25th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain, Murray Gaunt, MLA,. aided by Ken MacPherson of the department of public archives, Unveiled a plaque Clinton Two Clinton young women were given proficiency awards during ceremonies marking the 70th nursing class graduation at Woodstock General Hospital, Eileen Garrett received the pyjama bags bearing the image of Prime Minister Trudeau. Some unusual dolls have been rounded up for the festival. There will be a doll made entirely of tiny shells, and another of feathers. A Mary Gleeson' doll 12 inches high is made entirely of banana and palmetto leaves native to Bermuda. The 50 pixies to be displayed can be twisted by their owners into any position because they are made on a baling wire frame. More than 500 feet of baling wire was used to make them. Mrs. John Sutter made a doll family of wool woven on a small hand loom. • Most of the dolls will be sold at the festival, but there will also be a display of rare dolls. Mrs. Mowatt said that as a result "we have all come to know one another better." three years in the R.C.A.F. as a jet pilot. Four years ago, he joined the Toronto office of Price, Waterhouse & Co., as astudent accountant, and received his CA degree this summer. He is continuing to work for that company. Hugh lives in Willowdale with his wife and two children. commemorating the use of Sky Harbour as a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan base during the last war. The plaque had been erected by the Historic Sites Board. A second plaque, dedicating the Lancaster bomber, as a memorial was unveiled by Colonel E. W. Ryan, base commander of CFB Clinton, assisted by Harold Chambers, president of branch 109, Royal Canadian Legion, Goderich. The local legion had purchased the bomber in 1964 and had it graduates proficiency in Maternity nursing award, and Linda Nicholson the award for general proficiency, Linda MaeDonald, of Seaforth, wort the first general erected at the airport as a memorial. Guest speaker for the occasion was Major General A. C. Hull, DFC, CD, who had spent many hours flying Lancaster bombers during' World War II and had been awarded• his Distinguished Flying Cross while on active service in Lancasters with 428 Squadron. Major General Hull outlined the BCATP beginnings and noted it was hard to speak of the Lancaster without recalling vivid memories of ",..long hours and win awards proficiency scholarship and the award for proficiency in bedside nursing care. Among 25 nurses graduating was Joyce Maureen Hayter, of Varna. many exciting times, in them" adding that the Battle of Britain was deeply impres.sed in the memories of those who served during that battle. Sunday's ceremonies were arranged and sponsored jointly by the Royal Canadian Legion, branch 109 and the Huron County Historical Society. Society vice-president, Brigadier General F. A. Clift acted as program chairman. Also present for the occasion was Robert E. McKinley, MP; Leslie IL Gray, Historic Sites Board of Ontario; Fred Hatch of the Directorate of History, Canadian Forces Headquarters; and the Reverend (Capt.) M. E. Brooks, rector of Christ Church, Listowel. Mr. Hatch gave a detailed account of the use of Sky Harbour as a BCATP base noting that there were 62 air training schools in Ontario including 12 Clinton's lively recreation committee plans a week-long winter carnival to be held in early February, Doug Andrews, town recreation director, said the carnival will, be kicked off on a Saturday with a colorful parade, including decorated floats. We're hoping for the full co-operation of everyone," Mr, Andrews said, "retail merchants, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Pinning of 177 Isaac Street, Clinton, quietly celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on September 5th and were honoured by relatives, friends, EFTS, Goderich. One of the most distinguished graduates of the school was Flight Lieutenant D. E. Hornell, who was postu ously awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry during an attack on an enemy submarine, The ceremonies began at 1 p.M, with the Royal Canadian Regiment Band from 'CF13 Hugh Colquhoun becomes accountant nursnig Lancaster bomber plaque unveiled Colorful profusion of flowers decorates the garden of Mr. and Mrs. Charles.Cook, 171 Victoria St., N. The blooms make one of the prettiest flower shows in Clinton. STAFF PHOTO A•11•1•11=IMIMINF SI<NO2.21:12 MR. AND MRS. PINNING Golden wedding Anniversary celebrated Col. E. W. Ryan, commander of• Canadian Forces, Clinton, takes salute as Harold Chambers, president' of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109 Goderich, unveils memorial plaque at Sky Harbour honouring the' Lancaster, mounted in background, the famed bomber of the Second World War. STAFV PHOTO •..