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Revisiting scenes of World War I fighting in trip several years ago,
John 0. Carter of Clinton and his wife (at far right in photo above)
survey the remains of Canadian trenches at Sanctuary Woods where
Mr. Carter's unit saw action. The Carters' daughter, Mrs. Fern
Martell, and her daughter, Fern, are at left.
Photo above Was taken at rear of Ypres in 1916 and saved by John
Carter of Clinton, a World• War I veteran. Shown standing, from left
to tight, are Dick Walton and Williaffi Walker, both Clinton iberi
killed in 'action, and Bert„ Poiston -of Toronto wh& later was
wounded. Sitting, from left to tight, are 'On. Cattet, and the late
Edward McDonald, both of Clinton, and Bill Pontane of Nova Scotia
Who als6 Was later livoondett
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.entndia is Ontario's ifirst . flyan industrial park
In -a modern-day version of
heating swords into plowshares,
Ontario is converting an
abandoned nillit4rY base into a
thriving industrial community.
• Centralia Indnstrial Park, 20
miles south of Clinton, is a
former air force base where
thousands of Canadian,
Commonwealth and NATO
pilots won their wings during
and following the Second World
War.
Today the- steady hum of
industry has replaced the
raucous sounds of training
aircraft. Eight manufacturers at
Centralia turn out Products
varying from raping yachts and
bicycle tires, to automotive
lighting components and plastic
plumbing fixtures.
Aircraft again roar down
Centralia's runways, however.
Now they are mainly turboprop
executive aircraft on ,missions of
commerce, For Centralia is
OntariP'S only fly-in 1014000
park, and one of two in all of
Canada.
Phased out as an air base in
September 1-966, federal
authorities mothballed the
707-acre facility, intending to
strip it and return it to
pastureland. To nearby 1-luron
County communities it meant
the loss of $5,000,000 annually
in the base's service-civilian
payroll.
But weeds had barely begun
sprouting along Centralia's
stilled runways When the
Ontario government bought 'the
base, including 80 buildings and
368 houses, for $600,000 and
named the Ontario Development
Corporation to develop it for
industry.
ODC — a provincial agency
devoted to stimulating economic
and regional :development in
Ontario through business
advisory services and an
industrial loan program *-
Promptly set. about promoting
the facility, across North
America and in Europe, Work
began refprbishing hangars to
industrial needs,
Centralia's amenities would
be envied by many Ontario
communities Of comparable size.
With fully serviced land, the
park's facilities include a hockey
arena with ice the same size as
Maple Leaf Gardens, a .movie
theatre, a 17-room school,
bowling alleys, tennis courts,
churches, swimming pool;
baseball diamonds and trim
lawned and treed residential
streets.
With eight companies now
manufacturing at Centralia and
All hangar space occupied, Phase
One Of the Park's development is
virtually complete. Plans for
further development of the base
are under study,
More thall 300 perSons are
now employed at Centralia,
some,commuting from such
centres as Clinton, Zurich,
Grand Bend and London.
Employment is expected to
double by next spring.
The -first new tenant,
Centralia College of Agricultnral
Technology, moved into the
former officer cadet school and
took over the women officers'
quarters for student
accommodation. Now in its
second academic year, 150
students are• enroled in two-Year
courses in agriculture and home
economics. And to meet the
educational needs of Centralia's
expanding younger set,
surrounding Stephen Township
school boArd this yoar reopened
the park's elementary school to
a total of 250 students,
Provincial treasurer Charles
MacNaughton, who initiated, the
Plan to convert Centralia into an
industrial park, is convinced the.
Project will not Cost Ontario
taxpayers "one red cent."
"A second sum of $600,000
was voted to refurbish the base
for industry, but the cost has
been kept well inside that
amount," he states. "The entire
project will be self-liquidating in
terms of cost in a relatively short
time."
Trade and Development
Minister Stanley J. Randall,
whose portfolio includes the
Ontario Development
Corporation, is confident that
when fully operational in three
to five years the park will
ernploy some 2,000 peraolls With
direct payroll of $11,000,900,,
"Centralia is Ws'? COntdbuting to
our policy of encouraging the
decentralization of industry," he
said,
Meanwhile the •military
atmosphere fast disappears at
Centralia. Drab grey buildings
take on bright colours.
Attractive mini-skirted co-eds
saunter through the streets to
classes at the agricultural school.
Reminders of Centralia's past,
however, remain. There is,
fencing around the airfield and a
barrier and guardhouse at the
gate. Signs on hangar doors warn
pilots to watch their wing tips.
And plaques commemorate the
unnamed service personnel who
contributed to some of the
recreational facilities through
their canteen funds.
Clinton News-Record
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Need young craftsmen
A 'television programme
broadcast last month as part of
the Remembrance Day
observances revived memories of
Mr. and Mrs: John 0. Carter of
155 James Street, Clinton.
Mr. Carter, now retired, was a
member of the Fourth CMR
Battalion and served in Belgium
and. France from his 1915
enlistment until World War I
ended in 1918.
He saw action at Ypres,
Passion dale; Vimy Ridge,
Sanctuary Woods and other
fronts and, in 1964, revisited
some of these places with his
wife, daughter and a
granddaughter.
While in Europe, they visited
the grave of Private Louis
Stevens, a brother of Mrs.
Carter, who,was killed in, action
while serving with the 31st
Infantry Battalion and buried at
Rosierres.
AGASSIZ, — A research
scientist here may have hit on a
method) to weed out weak chicks
before they hatch.
If Dr. It B. Buckland's
explanation of a phenomenon he
observed earlier this year proves
correct, hatcheries could prevent
the hatching of chicks that don't
grow well and therefore don't
lay as many eggs or produce as
much meat.
Dr. Buckland observed that
eggs produced heavier
six-week-old chicks if he lowered
the temperature to 41 degrees
for eight hours on the 17th day
of incubation.
Be thinks that the cold stress
killed the weak embryos.
Because only the stronger
embryos produced chicks, the
survivors were heavier by the
time they were six weeks old.
Only 83.7 percent of the
cold-stressed eggs hatched
compared to 94,5 percent for
the control group, but there was
no difference in death rates after
the hatch was complete,
It took about six weeks for
the chicks to fully recover from
the cold spell. In fact, when they
were two weeks old, the males
weighed 1.2 percent less than
thd control group. By the time
they were four weeks old, the
Three men from the Canadian
Forces Base, Clinton, were each
given one,year suspended
sentences Thursday after
pleading gnilty in magistrate's
court to charges of breaking,
entering• and theft.
, Brian 4iimeS.Weiisley, Roger
and Allen James
Abet, in their 20s,
sought after and bought by
industry.
"In Europe, industrial firms
give recognition to their
designers... for instance, a piece
of glass, a textile pattern,
flatware, a Piece of furniture,
kitchenware, -will be shown with
full credit to the designer.
This rarely if ever happens in'
Canada; designers work
anonymously and the firms take
the credit. This is hardly
encouraging for the designers,
particularly when there are not
many jobs for them to begin
with."
This situation has resulted in
some bad industrial design in
Canada, "Our stainless steel
ware, for instance," says Miss
McCullough. "Why is it trying to
look like old-fashioned silver
instead of like itself?
There seems to be a feeling in
Canada that stainless steel is not
good enough for a beautifully
laidout table; this is a tendency
not found in Europe, where the
best artists compete to design
such tableware."
However, it is becoming
generally easier for craftsmen to
earn their living at their crafts in
Canada, although usually by
means of teaching instead of in
the craft itself, Miss McCullough
notes,
There are exceptions:' the
weavers of Quebec, for instance,
strongly fortified by New
Canadian weavers who have
settled in other parts of Canada,
cold-stressed chicks weighed 4.3
percent more and at the•
six-week stage they held a strong
advantage of 7.3 percent.
Other temperatures and
exposure times had less
pronounced effects.
Dr. Buckland says it is likely
that the stronger embryos
survived the cold stress, but took
four to six weeks to outgrow the
deleterious effects of the
treatment.
They likely outgrew the
control group because the
weaker, slower-growing chicks in
the control group had not been
eliminated by a treatment.
"Cold stress treatments of
this sort could have a definite
place, not only in broiler
production, but also in egg
production. That is, the stronger
birds may stand up better over
the laying year and therefore lay
more eggs," Dr. Buckland says. •
Much mere experimental
work will be needed before Dr.
Buckland will recommend that
industry put the discovery to
practical use.
In the meantime, his research
will continue with the hope. that
he can provide more definite
answers as to shy cold stress
created the conditions he
observed.-
Ouinitted breaking into ari
unoccupied house near
Dungannon. They took an
electric motor, three handbags, a
lamp, a fur jacket and 15 old
phonograph records.
They were placed on bond of
$500 each and ordered to
apologize to the owner of the
house, Rbss Eedy,,
sell their work as quickly as it is
produced. Jewellers also,
especially in Vancouver and
Montreal where they have
reached a high degree of
professionalism, find not only
appreciation for their designs
but also a ready market.
"Some of this jewellery holds
its Own anywhere," Miss
McCullough says. "Our jewellers
work with precious stones and
metals as well as with
semi-precious stones particular
to Canada, and their work can
be very beautiful,"
She described the market for
'crafts in Canada as well as
elsewhere as "huge".
Miss McCullough was with
the National Gallery since 1958.
Before that 'she was executive
secretary of the Saskatchewan
Arts Board from 1947 when it
was first formed; she has also
worked with Arthur Lismer on
the• Educational ProgramMe of
the Art Gallery of Toronto.
•
Colonel E. W. Ryan, Base Commander CFB
Clinton, buys the first apple from Cub Patrick
Smith, son of Cpl and Mrs. M. L. Smith, to start
off the CFB Clinton Scout Apple Day which
took place last month. Looking on from left to
right: Cub Michael Pageot, son of Cpl and Mrs
G. Pageot Corporal G. Poire, secretary-treisurer
of the CFR Clinton Scout Group Committee, and
Scput, Leader Ernest Bradshaw, son of Sgt and
Mrs. E. Bradshaw. feanadian Forces .Photo)
Can'adian crafts are
flourishing but room for
development is great and the
-need to encourage young
craftsmen even greater,
according to a woman who has
devoted a large part of her
working life to fulfilling these
needs.
Norah McCullough recently
retired as western liaison officer
for The National Gallery of
Canada. Blue-eyed and youthful
in appearance, she has always
had a special interest in crafts,
although her work has been
more closely associated with fine
arts.
In 1959 she played a key role
in developing the Western
Canada Art Circuit, which
circulates exhibitions for the
National Gallery of Canada's
extension programme.
Crafts are slowly gaining a.
place in Canada as a valid art
form and not just as a hobby,
Miss McCullough observes. Fine
arts departments in universities
are including crafts among their
subjects: for instance, pottery is
now a subject for a fine arts
degree at the Universities of
Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
However, Canada lags far behind
Europe where art schools and
industries co-operate closely.
Miss McCullough cited the
example of the Central School
for Arts & 'Crafts at Holborn,
London, where the textile
designs of the students is eagerly
Weak chicks
weeded out
CFB men admit theft
rotective linings for rail and highway tankers and industrial pipe
sed for transporting acids and other chemicals, are installed by
Dunlop Chemline Division at Centralia Industrial Park. Dunlop also
operates Canada's only bicycle tire factory at Centralia.
TV show revives
memories of war