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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-12-12, Page 16. HAVE A GIFT PROBLEM? *hi HIGHWAY 21 SOUTH, GODERICH Invites You To Come In and See Our Wide, Unique Selection Of "GIFTS OF DISTINCTION" Difficult to select a suitable gift for that friend who has "everything?" * * * * * * * * SQUIRE GIFTS More fun to run son Here's the new snowmobile that's more fun to run. The Massey-Ferguson Ski Whiz. It's more fun because the seat is longer, softer, more comfortable. More fun be- cause of its stability and low center of gravity. Because you can adjust skis and track to snow congitions. Because Ski Whiz is built with the same ruggedness MF puts into its big machines. Come in and look over Mrs Ski Whiz. Find out how easy it is to own. Make this winter more fun than ever. ter Your Massey-Ferguson Dealer George Wraith Sicl Highway No. 8, RR 1, Goderich wiz BELL LINES by W.W.HAYSOM your telephone manager Somehow the last few days just before Christmas often turns out to be the busiest of the year. What with children home on holidays, pre-,Christmas entertaining and the inevitable delays caused by winter weather, you may find your telephone an indispensable step-saver. It can help you order things for the house, find out which store has what you want, keep tabs on the youngsters' whereabouts, plan ,and schedule the family's holiday activities. And, for a break in a busy day, what's more pleasant than taking time out for a telephone chat with a friend across town — maybe share a few Christmas decorating tips in the bargain. So keep you telephone in mind when you're planning how best to get everything done by December 25. * * * While a heavy snowfall may create a winter scene to equal any you'll find on a Christmas card, it's best appreciated if you happen to be indoors curled up.in front of the fireplace. If you're outside, you'll be too busy coping with icy roads and sidewalks, blinding snow, sleet and treacherous driving conditions to enjoy fully the splendor all around you. Whether on foot or in a car, winter weather requires caution when moving about outdoors. But for the motorist it's particularly hazardous. Here are a few reminders for safe motoring that many experienced drivers follow, Keep your car in top mechanical order. Drive smoothly, avoiding sudden stops, starts and abrupt turns. Keep more than the usual distance between your car and the vehicle ahead. "Pump" brakes lightly on icy or Wet streets to bring your car to a gradual stop. If you should skid, let up on the gas pedal and steer into the skid. Watch for thawing ice — you need twice as much stopping distance on slush as on glare ice. Turn your headlights on low beam during a snow storm or fog. Watch for icy patches on streets and frosty bridge floors. Keep windows clear arid clean and, above all, slow down. * * * Have you Wondered why the Word Christmas is sometimes written Xmas? The "X" in Xmas Is the Greek letter "Chi" written X — and "chi" is the initial letter of the Greek word for Christ, MERRY CHRISTIVIAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR rf — ,,,000le‘.10,4.7 ,ffianoww, 4...1947181%•1111• SEE IT TODAY RAY.6):I TTER SALES-SERVICE RENTALS 200 ACRES OF SAFE, CHALLENGING SNOWMOBILE RUNNING ' RR NO, 2, CLINTON 482-900/ Wedding Pictures JERVIS STUDIO Phone 482-7006 See The New Light And Lively WOLVERINE SNOWMOBILE Weights Only 147 Pounds $599.95 With speed to 40 m.p.h. the new WOLVERINE can be seen exclusively at HABKIRK TRANSIT. SERVICE LTD. [ $,,E4F.C)FITP1'=iii, ,,,%.,''.3::,1;.„.,.. LI ii: e ;f: • t,g ' ‘.1 a 5?2".V33,41. i . • • • 5011k Kips! SEE SANTA ARRIVE iN CLINTON TURDAY _1 4 Dec. 14 ATat 2:15 4 TOWN HALL ALBERT STREET (ANDY TREATS For All Children SHOP (UNDER 1 2 YEARS) IN CLINTON FOR • SELECTION • VALUE • QUALITY • SERVICE STORE OPEN HOURS DURING DECEMBER Open Ali Day Wednesday in December * Open Evenings Till 9:00 p.m. from Dec. 16 to Dec. 23 * - Closed Christmas Eve — Dec. 24 at 6:00 o'clock * Clos'ad Thursday, .Dec. 26 Boxing Day ..goemay*,. .1*3‘y.... • ••* „0,A A;,e--.7.;:e • 'CLINTON RETAII. MERCHANTS 'COMMITTEE 4B Gljrlton NOW§.-Record,ThprOpy, December i?c 1968 Parliamentary : report Obituary FERGUSON Funeral services for the: late Mrs., William Ferguson of Exeter, were held fronl Hopper-Hockey Funeral Home, Exeter, Saturday, ,with• ititerment in Exeter Cemetery, The Reverend W. S. Minor conducted the service. Mrs. Ferguson, the fOrmer, rtosenna pnice, passed ,away in South Huron, Hospital Thursday December 5, in her 76th year. Surviving are ' her husband, One daughter (Wilhelmine) Mrs. Oliver Jaques, wife of the newly elected reeve of •liensall; three sons, Wilmer Ferguson, Hensall, Norman and Roy Fergeson, Exeter; two sisters ' (Mary) Mrs. Gordon Peacock, St. Marys, and (Edna) Mrs." Clayton Watson, of Blanehard Township; 15 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, MRS, WILLIAM V. DI NNI N Mrs. William Victor Dinnin of 'Brucefield passed away Sunday, December 9, in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. The former Ella Julia Stoneman, she is survived by three sons, Victor, Zurich; Arthur, Clarkson % and Harry, Petrolia. One son, Albert, predeceased her in 1958. Also surviving are three daughters, (Wilma) Mrs. E. Jackman, former editor of The. News-Record, Rochester, Michigan; (Audrey) Mrs. E. Munn, Waterloo and (Laura) Mrs. R. Barr, Burlington; one brother, Carl Stoneman, OrOinarty; one sister, Mrs. Edith Barnes, Kitchener and 12 grandchildren, Mr. Dinnin Passed away in May 1963. Public funeral services were held from Bonthron Funeral Home Wednesday, December 11, at 2 p.m„ conducted by Reverend E. D. Stuart. Interment in McTaggart's Cemetery. WILLIAM G. TINNEY William George Tinney, 58, of Exeter, formerly of Hay Township, passed away suddenly at his home in Exeter Saturday, December 7. Surviving are his wife, the former Ella Pepper, of Hensall; one daughter, (Lois) Mrs. Gerald Prance, Strathroy; two brothers, Benjamin, Hay Township and Homer, Pendleton, B.C.; one sister, (Grace) Mrs. Campbell Eyre, Seaforth and six grandchildren. She was predeceased by one daughter, (Marion) Mrs. Donald Kestle. Funeral services were held from the R. C. Dinney Funeral Home, Exeter, Tuesday, with burial in Exeter Cemetery. Hensall Legion Hall, lovely in Christmas motif, was the setting December 3 for the annual Christmas party of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary attended by 26 members. President Mrs. Garnet Allan chaired the meeting. Ten dollars was donated to the Chamber of Commerce; plans were made for the NOW Year'a Eve party to be held at the local arena, and the children's Christmas party Sunday, December 15. Mrs, • Maude liecIden was presented with a life membership pin and citation by Mrs, Allan, Mrs. E. R. Davis, a past president, conducted the election of officers. Past president, Mrs. Harold Campbell; president, Mrs. Garnet Allan; vice presidents, Mrs. Grant MeClirichey and Mrs. Vie Stan; secretary, Mrs. W. R, Bell; treasurer, Mrs. Grant Bisback; executive, Mrs. Howard Smale, Mrs. R, Vanstone, Mrs. Mary Taylor, Mrs, Gordon Munn and Mrs. Stan Kochan; sergeant at arms, Mrs. Harry Horton; pianist, Mrs. Ed Munn. Prize winners were, mystery prize, Mrs. Harold Thiel and Mrs. Kochan. ' guessing, Mrs. Grant McClinchey and attendance, Mrs. Byran Kyle. Elected sports officers were Mrs. William. Smale and Mrs. Clarence Reid. Winners of draws were Mrs. William Smale, Mrs. Clarence Reid and Mrs. Vic Stan. Members exchanged gifts during the luncheon hour. Mrs. Davis convened the lunch. Two film strips "What can I believe?" and "Christian Commitment" formed the background for the discussion period at the "Hi-C" meeting in Fellowship Hall on , Sunday evening. The committee in charge of the evening were, Garry Alderdice, Bill Hoy and Joey Reaburn. "Hymns with a Beat" were used during the singing period. • Bill Hoy read a very timely article on our responsibility to the less , fortunate peoples around the world' at Christmastime. Mary Mack and Donna Forrest volunteered to trim the Christmas tree in the church foyer. The Christmas meeting will ,be on December 22 with Shirley Brintnell, Jean Cole and Nancy Traquair in 'charge. Games were conducted by Gary Alderdice. Lunch followedt Regular meeting of Amber. Rebekah Lodge was held December 4 followed by a Christmas party with the lodge hall decorated in Christnias, emblems. Noble Grand Mrs, Earl Campbell chaired the meeting. A donation was given to the War Memorial Children's Hospital, London. The meeting. was informed: that a walker for benevolent work has been ordered. Christmas plants will be given to sick and shut-ins of the community. A cheque has been received from 'Act Fast" CFPL-TB. The Sunshine Secret Pal party will be held Wednesday, January 19. The January meeting which falls on New Year's Day will be cancelled, C.P. & T. committee sponsored a successful euchre December 9. After the meeting, a' Christmas programme and carol singing was held and a Christmas lunch served. ••••••••••••••••,..• Hensel], Branch 468 of the Canadian Legion met December 4 and elected its new slate of officers for 1969: President, Edward (Ted) Roberts; first vice president, Paul Neilands; second vice president, Vic Stan; immediate past president, E. R. Davis; Sgt. at Arms, Harry Page; secretary-treasurer, John Skea. Executive: Garnet Allan, Jack Simmons, Wilmer Dalrymple, Garnet McClinchey, Harry Horton, and Murray Traquair. Service Bureau, Fred Beer, Branch Padre, Reverend Harold F. Currie. A donation was given to Westminster Hospital Christmas Fund. Joint installation of officers of the Legion and Auxiliary will take place January 10th, 9 p.m. The Legion ' is sponsoring a Christmas draw December 23. Teresa and Tammy North of Fingal spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snell. Here are some tips for the chef. Potatoes cooked in their skins retain practically all their nutritive value. Potatoes are cooked when they are easy to prick, but still firm. Potatoes, of uniform size will finish cooking at the same,time. ,t R. E. McKinley, M.P. Huron In , the House of Commons much of the time the last while has been spent on the consideration of the estimate spendings' for this past year. Time has been spent on the Budget Debate and the Department of Finance. Also Public works spendings has been considered as well as the Department of Labour, Auditor General and Treasury 'Board Departments. This past week the Department of Industry estimates for 67-68 fiscal year were passed. Since the beginning of this session, all Parliament's time has been spent on legislation which has not been excessive considering •the number of Members there is in the House who wish to make contributions to the many pieces of legislation. Bilingual Statutes were passed one day, the Judges Act took two days, Prairie Grain Advances took three days, the Farm Credit Act took seven days, the Farm Improvement Loans Act took five days, the Post Office Act took seven days, Interim Supply took two days, the Budget debate took six days and the Throne Speech took eight days. It is not yet known when the House might recess for Christmas. In the hope that the Members will want to be at home for' Christmas with their families, it is the Government's intention to push legislation through, which disallows many Members from expressing their opinions on many of the estimates, as well as on legislation, that is to say, that time limits will be put on these considerations. This would not allow backbenchers to have any say whatsoever, unless the Members in the front row gave up their opportunity of speaking which is not very likely to happen. In my opinion, it is not a very proper way for the House of Commons to function and would contribute to the eroding of the Democracy we cherish. If the Government refuses to postpone these rule changes until after the recess, it might 'well be that we will be sitting continuously because I for one, will oppose anything that will curtail my right to speak to bring constituency problems before the House if necessary. This is the only means that a Member has to get satisfaction and public opinion when necessary. I might mention that the Federal Agriculture Minister and provincial ministers of Agriculture achieved near unanimous agreement on the principle of the establishment of a National Egg Marketing Agency. They have agreed that the objectives of the agency would be threefold (1) to foster a strong, efficient and economic poultry industry; (2) to provide stable and reasonable returns to producers and, (3) to provide a dependable supply of quality eggs to consumers at stable prices. They agreed that, should an agency be established and should it implement provincial, regional or national marketing quotas, it would be instructed to limit allocation of marketing quotas 'to production facilities established before the end of November. 1988. This PROW! would remain in effect 'unt further expansion of / industry is necessary, A provinees were represented', the tremendous increase in .th us Another thing that has cause much' concern to Canadians cost of the Art Centre bein constructed in Ottawa. In 196 the original estimate of the cos of $9 million made. Once 01 planning began and a site o Confederation Square selecte this wasrevised upwards to $1 million. The cost at the mornen with the project still uncompleted is some $46 million, The soaring cost hai become a subject for public concern. Following continuing questions in the House of Commons, the matter was referred to the Standing Committee on • Broadcasting,, Films and Assistance to the Arts, Invitations were extended to the former Minister of Public Works, the Hon. George Mcllraith to appear before the: Committee -and also representatives to"4 the Treasury Board, Mr. Melliaitb and Treasury Board Officials chose not to appear. • ":" 't • The Department of "Public Works which was 'charged with the responsibility for carrying out the project • was given the unusual directive that quality and excellence were to take precedence over economy! Backed by this directive, which" in practise amounted almost ti; blank cheque, Treasury Board, gave repeated approval .to increasing expenditures until the amazing total of $46 million was reached.. AAs a result of this improvident and irregular fiscal procedure resulting in a misuse of public funds amounting to almost to "swuandermania" the Arts Centre has come under public criticism even before it is officially opened. ' ADASTRAL PARK The Catholic Women's League in Adastral Park held a. meeting of interest recently. As an added feature to the regular meeting, Beecher Menzies, barrister of Clinton, was a special guest and gave the ladies an interesting and informative talk,onitheaegalities of \wills hancl,pgatey4of )lb aqua An interesting discussion period followed, in which Menzies answered questions. Later a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all. Evening grosbeaks Flocks of chunky, yellovt; black and white evening grosbeaks are turning up throughout southern Ontario. It present trends continue it will. be an "evening grosbeak winter." Grosbeaks are already turning up, at feeding stations and can be seen eating Manitoba Maple seeds. They are especially fond of sunflower seeds. One large flock that visited a feeding station all winter ate over a ton of sunflower seeds — at considerable expense to a delighted bird-watcher. Evening grosbeaks are about the size of a starling, and have an extremely large, conical, whitish bill.. The male is largely dull yellow, with black and white wings. The female' is silvery-gray, but with jUst enough of the yellow and black to be recognizable. Their'call is a ringing finch-like chirp-."deer" or cleep—ip." ' During the winter of 1890 there was a large flight' of evening grosbeaks from the West into southern Ontario. There Was' a heavy invasion in 1942 *hen flocks of about 50 or more were seen about Toronto and another in 1947. People Wonder why they were called evening grosbeaks because they seem to be mdre active in the morning .than toward evening. When they were named they had been heard to sing only in the evening. Formerly this was primarily a western species, but in recent times it has rapidly puShed its breeding range eastward.:. Ontario it was first known to nest at Lake of the Wood's In 1920, first in the IViutkeka District in 1927 and first in Algonquin Park in 1932. It'liew breeds east to Cape 'Breton Island, Nova Scotia, A simple feeder made out Of a piece of plywood (12" x with one inch "railing" around may be attached to a Windew. ledge, The evening grosbeaks; will not hesitate to come right VP to your wintle‘v, if you stockpthe feeder With sunflower seeds,