HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-01-02, Page 8damage of $1,550 to the
vehicles.
On Saturday, December .28,
on Highway 8 west of County
Road 27, Austin Matheson,
Clinton was involved in a single
car accident resulting in $100
damage to his vehicle. On
Highway 8 east of Goderich,
El-sier Stewart, Southampton
was .involved in a single car
accident resulting in $250
damage to the vehicle he was
driving. On Highway 21 north of
Bayfield, Beverly MeClinchey,
Bayfield was involved in a single
car accident resulting in $200
damage to the vehicle he was
driving. On Highway 8 west of
County Road 27 Joan Elaine
Fortner; 263 Warren Street,
Goderich was involved in a single
car accident resulting in $350
damage to the vehicle she was
driving.
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,•DRIVIINGtTlP 4 ,-;t
Drivers! Don't be ;bashful
about letting others see you in
early dusk, or whenever visibility
is reduced during daylight hours.
Turn on your headlights — low
beam — because when lights are
needed, parking lights are not
enough. Parking lights don't
show you up well enough or
soon enough, • So use your
headlights, low beam, It is an
offence under the Highway
Traffic Act to drive with parking
lights.
Clinton personal
Guests of Mrs. Ada Adams
for the Christmas holidays were
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Adams of
, Toronto, Mrs. F. E. Clysdale,
London, and Dr. Judith Brigham
of Louisville, Ky.
' Reg. Cook of London spent
the Christmas holiday with his
mother. •
Mr. and Mrs. David Johnston,
Kitchener, spent last. Monday
with his mother, Mrs. Sadie
Grealis, Maple Street.
A
Police Chief. Lloyd Westlake picks the lucky
winner of a colour television set in Christmas
draw at Pickett and Campbell's men's clothing
shop in Clinton. Bob Campbell is seen mixing the
tickets above while Ken Pickett looks on at right.
Customers at both the Clinton and Goderich
stores were eligible. The winner was an Auburn
woman and further details can be found in Mrs.
Wes Bradnock's news of Auburn on Page 5.
(Staff photo)
Clinton blackout skips house
Blame for power failures in
Clinton, Blyth and Seaforth on
December 22, a week ago last
Sunday, are blamed on
"gairoping" hydro lines.
An Ontario Hydro spokesman
said the freeling rain and wind
that night caused power lines to
"gallop" and come together to
cause the failure in electrical
service.
The blackout began at 6:10
p.m. It ended in Clinton and
Seaforth at 7:16 p.m., little
more than an hour later. Blyth
was left in darkness until 9:43
p.m.
One Clinton resident watched
his lights flicker and go out, then
peered up and down the street
and discovered all the lights out
— all that is but one a few blocks
away on Rattenbury Street
West,
There, at No. 91, lives John
McFarlane, former town
councillor and owner of his own
small electrical generator which
kept his house and Christmas
lights well supplied with current.
His independence placed .him
in a select group whose members
included only the hospital, Bell
Canada building and the town
water plant where an emergency
generator was in operation to
keep the pumps running.
Ontario works: on plans
to insure tomato crops
The Crop Insurance
Commission of Ontario
confirmed today that they have
been working on a plan for
insuring processing tomatoes.
Agreement An principle on the
outline of the proposed scheme
was reached at the annual
convention of the Ontario
Vegetable Growers Marketing
Board in Hamilton last week. It
only remains to refine some of
the details involved to make the
plan acceptable to the
Commission and attractive to
the growers.. Upon approval by
both levels of government under
the Federal-Provincial
agreement, the plan as finalized
will be introduced for the 1969
crop year.
Patterned after other crop
insurance plans, perils insured
will include drought, excessive
moisture, excessive rainfall,
'flood, frost, hail, insect
infestation, plant disease,
sunscald and wind damage.
Provision is also included for
replanting losses if damage
occurs up to the final date for
planting, which has been
tentatively designated as June
10.
This new concept in crop
insurance, a group plan based on
full participation of all growers
of processing tomatoes, has been•
initiated at the request of the
growers, It is not, however, .a
complusory plan.
The optional levels of
coverage will be offered, based
on the individual grower's
average farm yield. A 70 percent
level is intended to insure up to
full pre-harvest costs. A 50
percent level will be available to
growers wishing to cover their
out-of-pocket cash costs.
Tuckersmith federation
plans its annual meeting
The Tuckersmith Federation
of Agriculture' is making plans
for its annual meeting and
banquet to be held at Brucefield
United Church on January 27 at
7 p.m.
At a meeting last month in
the home of federation president
Bruce Coleman, RR 4, Seaforth,
it was announced that George
Prins of Chatham will speak at
the banquet.
Mr. Prins, who graduated
from Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology in 1956
and now works for Shell Canada,
Limited, was formerly employed
at the Entomology Laboratory
in Chatham and was one of a
team sent by • the federal
government in Ghana to help
find a way to control insects
which were killing cocoa trees.
The Chatham man has been
invited to show slides and tell of
his experience in Africa.
It was announced also that-
applications are being accepted
now for the farm management
course being sponsored by the
Tuckersmith, Stanley and
McKillop federations.
Anyone who wishes to enroll
in- the course which opens
January 15 is urged to contact a
federation director immediately..
Classes will meet in 'Huron
Centennial School, Brucefield.
At the December meeting,
members approved payment to
the Department. of Agriculture
and Food in Clinton the amount
required to ,• sponsor the
Tuckersmith 4-H Corn Club and,
also agreed to reimburse the
president for mileage to county
meetings. Lunch was served by
the hostess.
Lean hogs bring premium'
in attempt to raise quality
Arena Schedule
THURSDAY, JANUARY 2
8:30 Clinton Colts vs Listowel
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3
Public Skating, 8 to 10 P.m.
Teen Town Dance, 9 to 12 pan,
SATURDAY, JANUARY 4
6:30 p.m. Midget Hockey
Clinton vs Zurich
8 to 10 p.m. Public Skating
SUNDAY, JANUARY 5
2 to 3 p.m. Tots Skating
(children under 6 years)
3 to 4:30 p.m. Public Skating
7:10 to 9:30 pan, Skating Adults Only
MONDAY, JANUARY 6
13 to 10 p.m. Industrial Hockey
. TUESDAY, JANUARY 7
4:15 to 5:15 School Skating
Grades 1 to 5
8: Central Huron Hockey
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY
to 4 p.m. Public Skating
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9
4:-15 tb 5t-15 SchOol Skating
Oracles 5 to S
6:30 pan: Midget Hockey
Clinton vs Hensall
8:30 p.m. dtiotan dolts vs Winghain
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Mon., 9 a.m. — G p.m.
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Goderich office of the Ontario
Department of Education as.
secretary tg the area
superintendent of schools,
On December 17, the pew
county board chose John.
Cochrane, former principal of
Central lloron Secondary
Sehoot,, as its director of
education and permanent
secretary, Ile took over the
board secretary's duties from
Mrs, Bell yesterday,
Asked by The News,Beeord
how she decided to cast • a vote
rather than provide for drawing
of lots, Mrs. Bell replied on
Monday that "it was a matter of
distribution of representation,"
She would not elaborate,.
In reply to a query as to-how
she went about choosing
between the two men, she said.
"1 took A number of things into
consideration ,.. the distribution
of representation in the four
municipalities for one — that
was the main one."
She remarked that there are
four municipalities involved and
selection of Mr. Counter would
have left three of them without
representation. The choice of
Mr. Henderson, she added,
results in "more evenly
distributed .represen tad on."
The next meeting of the
county board is to be held
Monday here in Clinton.
It 'will be held at the Nurses'
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Clifford Lundy, Don Mills. Mr.
Lundy's wife, Emma, was
treated for head injuries at the
Alexandra Marine and General
Hospital, Goderich, and released.
Total damage was $540.
North of Kippen on Highway
4, a car driven by Nicholas Oud,
RR 3 Kippen, collided with a car
driven by Anne Wheeler,
London, Wednesday morning.
Damage was $400.
Two cars and a truck collided
Wednesday afternoon on
Highway 8 in Goderich
Township. The truck was driven
by Walter Mcllwain, Goderich.
The cars were driven by Laverne
Wolfe, Wingham and John
Royal, Goderich. Total damage
was $250,.
At 3:30 p.m. Wednesday on
Huron County Road 25, a car
driven by Robert Eedy,
Dungannon, was in collision
with a pick-up truck driven by
V., D. Cunningham, RR 5
Goderich. Damage was $150.
The detachment investigated
half a dozen more accidents in
the period from December 15 to
December 21.
On Sunday, December 15, on
sideroad 4 and 5, Tuckersmith
Township, east of Highway 84,
David Smale, RR 1 Hensall, was
involved in a single truck
accident resulting in $400
damage to his vehicle.
On Monday, December 16,
on County road 31 north of
Highway 8,, Gerard Joseph
Gallant, Kitchener, and Peggy
Stotegraaf, RR 2 Clinton, were
involved in a two-car accident,
resulting in $75 damage to the
Slotegraaf vehicle.
On Tuesday, December 17,
on Highway 4 south of Air Base
Road, Peter Morley Dodds,
London, was involved in a
single-car accident resulting in
$500 damage to the vehicle he
was driving. Dodds received
injuries. 'On highway 4, south of
Kippen, David Bieman, 66 John
Street, Exeter, was involved in a
vote tie
Residence opposite The Clinton
Public Hospital. The residence,
only a portion of which is in use,
has been suggested as a site for
the county hoard's
administrative offices.
The meeting, slated to begin
at 7:30 or 8 p.m, will give the
new board members a ellanee
tour the facilities and look at the
surrounding area.
Food watched
for safety
Did you know that the use of
food colours,, preservatives and
other chemical additives is
controlled for your safety by the
Food and Drug Directorate of
the Department of National
Health and Welfare?
Before any food additive can
be introduced into the food
supply, specific requirements
laid down in the regulations
under the Food and Drug Act
must be met. This is to ensure
that nothing is permitted to
be added to food in any
quantity or under any
circumstances that Gould create
a hazard to the public health.
The directorate must always
bear in mind that even in a
normal, well-balanced diet, the
total amounts of chemical
additives must be caiefully
controlled. The amounts
permitted in each food is
therefore kept low enough to
avoid all possible hazard.
single-car accident resulting in
three dollars damage to his
vehicle.
On Friday, December 20, on
Highway 8 east of County Road
15, Paul David Brooks, Listowel,
was involved in a single-truck
accident resultingin $25 damage
to the vehicle he was driving. On
County Road 27 north of
Dungannon, Nellie Pentland,
Dungannon, was involved in a
single-car accident resulting in
$25 damage to the vehicle she
was driving.
On Sunday, December 22, on
County Road 31 south of
County Road 13 Robert Wayne
Stirling, , RR 3 Clinton was
involved in a single car accident
resulting in $1,000 damage to
his vehicle. On Highway 8 west
of Perth-Huron County Line,
Peter William Stiles, 33 John
Street, Seaforth was involved in
a vsingleocar accidentiresulting
$75 damage to his vehicle: On
Highway 8 east of County ,Road
27, Elsie ,Mabel Hulley, RR 6
Goderich was involved in a single
car accident resulting in $40
damage to the vehicle she was
driving. On Highway 21,north of
County Road 18, William Joseph
Taman, RR 1 . Varna was
involved in a single car accident
resulting in $125 damage to his
vehicle.
On Monday, December 23,
on Highway 8 east of Seaforth,
Hugh Lightfoot, RR 1 Hyde
Park and Elizabeth Krieger, RR
1 Monkton were involved in a
two car accident resulting in an
approximate total damage of
$95 to the vehicles,
On • Friday, December 27, on
HighWay 8 east of County Road
27, Corrie Rudd, 29 Whitehead
Street, Clinton was involved in a
single car accident resulting in
$200 damage to his vehicle. On
County Road 31 east of
Highway 21,` Cornelis Devries
RR 4 Goderich and George
Stirling RR 4, Goderich were
involved in a two car accident
resulting' in an approximate total
to. aid carnival
delivei'eci by Mrs. W. Lenuirs. of
the Christian Reformed Church.
Mrs. D. 13isback• -favoured-
withs several selections on the
mouth organ and then led in
carol singing. Mrs. J. Gibson gave
a Christmas reading.
The meeting closed with the.
Queen and the Institute grade. A
bounteous turkey supper was
served by Mrs. M. Wiltse and
her group. An exchange of gifts
then took place.
The next meeting will be
January 30. Members please
,note change oldate.
The four-hour tour will visit
feedlots on farms of Jack
Wheeler, Brussels; Murray
Cardiff, RR 1, Exeter; Eldred
Lathers, RR 1, Wroxeter and
Bob Hastie, RR 2, Gorrie.
The banquet is slated for
5:30 p.m., with the annual
meeting scheduled to start at
6:30. G. S. (Bert) Moggach,
agricultural engineer for Perth
and Huron counties, will give an
illustrated commentary about
strong and weak - points of beef
feedlots.
John A. Wiley,
secretary-manager of the Ontario
Beef Improvement Association,
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The federal government is
paying a quality premium of $3
per hog carcass with an index
score of 103 or higher since the
new urhogl—earcass • -valuation
system went into effect on
December 30.
The hog valuation policy is
the outcome of several years'
effort by producers working in
close co-operation with the
processing industry and
government. It has the
enthusiastic backing of all three
groups.
The present grades A, B and
C will be replaced by an index
scale based on the scientific
will speak on current activities
and will be available for a
question period. The program is
expected to end by 8 p.m.
Tickets are available on a first
come, first served basis, from
township association directors.
Deadline for obtaining tickets is
this coming Wednesday.
Teenagers often choose food
with "empty calories", that are
low on protein or vitamins.
Supplement regular meals
with well-chosen snacks to
round out the teenage diet to
help meet the recommendations
in Canada's Food Guide for
Health, say Home Economists at
Macdonald Institute, University
of Guelph. Suggest fruit instead
of a sweet in the afternoon, or a
cup of hot chocolate in the
evening.
Plenty •of nutritious snacks,
readily available when he wants
them;, will help the teenager in
your -home to develop good
eating habits,
principle of appraising care
merit on the basis of backfat an
weight measurements. • '
Canada. Department o
Agriculturesresearch.stedies ha
demonstrated that lean mea
yield can be predicted by Lakin
specific backfat measurements a
the shoulder and loin. It is th
percentage of lean meat relate
to weight that decides the valu
of a carcass.
Since the pricing policy o
meat packers will be based o
this premise, the immediat
result will be a greater rewar'
from the market place to th
producer who sells hogs thh
yield a relatively high propordo
of lean meat. The longter
result should be an increase
production of higher qualit
pork for the consumer.
To provide initial impetu
toward achieving this objectiv
the new $3 premium is $1 highe
than the present rate for grade
carcasses. It applies to a smalle
percentage of hogs and is
effect until further notice.
Stratford aske
to clear street
of snowmobile
Stratford Police Chief E,
Anderson recomrnende
Saturday that snowmobiles
completely' banned from cit
streets. City 'council
sub-committee concurred wi
his recommendation and will
that the city pass a bylaw to
effect.
Listing his reasons f
banning the vehicle Chi
Anderson said he fe
snow mobiles are complete
incompatible with wheel
vehicular traffic.
He said the requir
equipment on the machines
inadequate. The headlights
too close to the road and may
obscured by drifitng sno
There is ho requirement
horns, turn-signals, or ream
mirrors.
The type Of clothing worn
snowmobile operators ham
hearing and restricts vision s
the chief.
Ile said there is no screen
of operators as to compete
or physical ability.
Theoretically a d
paraplegic can operate one
these maeliiii6S,
The chief said the Sh
stopping distance o
snowmobile can be a hazard
car drivers, Cars may require
to 200 feet stopping dista
compared to a few feet for
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Clinton WI set
The `Clinton Women's
Institute met in the board rooms,
"of the Agriculture and Food
building on December 19 for its,,
meeting and Christmas party.
Mrs. W. Colclough opened the
meeting, Mrs. H. Murch read the
minutes and Mrs. M. Batkin gavE
the treasurer's report.
The W.I. plans to sponsor a
project at the Spring Fair. It alrp
hopes to help with the Clinton
Carnival next month.
Mrs. E. Hoggart had the town
on home economics. A very
inspiring Christmas message v,:as
The Huron County -3eef
Improvement Association is
planning a January 15 tour of
beef cattle feedlots in • the
'northeast sector of the county,
with a banquet and the a nual
meeting to follow in the
Belgrave W.I. Hall.
The tour will begin at the hall
where members will board a -bus
at 1 p.m. Those Who wis to
meet the bus at Brussels' rain
corner may do so ht 1:30 fp.m,
Set deadline for beeflot tour tickets
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