Clinton News-Record, 1969-02-06, Page 1C
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CLINTON, ONTARIO — THURSDAY, FEEIRUARY 6, 1969 THE HURON RECORD -- 87th YEAR — SINGLE COPIES 12c
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Another victim of this'
winter's weather is the Canadian
flag which flutters in tatters
above the cenotaph in the town
library park.
Town police report they are
still investigating an altercation
last Saturday night at the Meay
Mee Restaurant on Albert
Street. Several of the youths
allegedly involved may be
charged, police said, but further
details are not available.
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Three babies were born one
night last week in Clinton Public
Hospital — all during the same
eight-hour shift when two nurses
had to handle obstetrical chores
and care for 22 patients on the
second floor.
* * *
An inquest at Town Hall
tomorrow will hear testimony
about the snowmobile mishap
which killed a Windsor man here
last month. The hearing starts at
10 a.m.
The Printed Word, a monthly
publication of a Toronto public
relations firm, asks: "How can
the postmaster -general say that
efficiency will be boosted by
discontinuing Saturday mail (in
larger centres)?
"Whose efficiency?" Whose
mail?"
"And for that matter, whose
post office?"
In another item, the same
publication says: "Mr. Trudeau
should give the back of his hand
to the voters not the reporters.
It is the public that is
responsible for his bad press.
People are more avid to read
about dates and dalliance than
about pedantic speeches. A
turned -on public is not easy to
turn off.
"The attitude of many
newspaper readers might be
summed up as: 'we elected him
because we enjoyed his style;. we;
shouldn't be denied our fun.'
"Mr. Trudeau, the serious
statesman, is having his troubles
with his image. How
old-fashioned of him to expect
that he can easily return to 'the
message is the message'."
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A volunteer canvasser will call
on Clinton district women this
month, enlisting members for
the Women's Hospital Auxiliary.
The 50 -cent fee for
membership is small and the
donation will help the auxiliary
which donates many hours of
service for the comfort of the
sick at Clinton Public Hospital.
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Free -running pet or farm dogs
are becoming serious problems
in the Lake Huron District,
according to J. G. Stewart, game
management officer of the
Ontario Department of Lands
and Forests.
At this time of year, he says,
deer winter in confined areas
due to the accumulation of snow
and they fall easy prey to dogs.
The Game and Fish Act, he
reminds dog owners, provides
that no person owning, claiming
to own or harbouring a dog shall
allow it to run at large during
the closed season for deer in a
locality that deer usually inhabit
or in which they are usually
found, and a dog found running
deer during the closed season in
such a locality may be killed on
sight by an officer without
incurring any liability or penalty
for so doing.
Dogs found running deer may
be shot and the owners charged,
says Mr, Stewart, because
warnings have not been enough
to bring about compliance.
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Our days are all the same
size, like identical suitcases,
But some people can pack
more into them than others.
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Wintry weather complete with blowing snow kept this column of
CHSS protest marchers walking briskly after they walked out of
Hydro strike starts,
Clinton office empty
The Ontario Hydro
Employees' Union called out all
31 of its members attached to
the Clinton regional office
Tuesday morning. The work
stoppage ended yesterday and
was part of a rotating series of
strikes planned by the union.
Each strike is officially to last
only one day, although union
officials have not guaranteed
that this will be true.
Tuesday's strike affected an
area bounded by Goderich,
Stratford and Aylmer and
extending westward.
Negotiations continue as the
publicly owned utility and
representatives of Local 1000
try to settle the labour dispute
involving higher wates and wage
parity for workers throughout
the province.
The sudden strike left the
office in Clinton manned by
Walter Palmer, the manager, and
;.one-F,othex.,.-.person classed as
management. A third man was at
the warehouse. But Ontario
Hydro moved in at least five
Clinton dryers
process wheat
from prairies
Three grain dryers from
Merelea Farms, RR 5, Clinton,
are among seven shipped from
Huron Con:nty to elevators at
the Lakehead for use on tough
and damp prairie wheat.
An offer of another 40 to 50
dr�yyers, now sitting idle here, was
prlesented to the federal
government in Ottawa last week
by Robert McKinley, Huron MP,
but was not accepted.
The offer was made in
response to an estimate that
217,000 bushels of wheat on
prairie farms could deteriorate
to feed grade if action is not
taken.
Paul Grunewald and his son,
Robert, operators of Merelea
Farms (about two miles west of
CFB Clinton along the Bayfield
River), recently had three dryers
towed to the Lakehead where
they have been rented and put in
service by Richardson Elevators
at Port Arthur.
Mervin Dietz, RR 1, Dublin,
and Glen McNichol, RR 4,
Walton, each sent two dryers by
transport truck to Fort William
to be used by Saskatchewan
Wheat Pool No, 8.
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other management men to help
alleviate the shortage.
Don Symons, mayor of
Clinton and steward for the
union here, said the union
employees would be available if
an emergency cut any power
service.
The Clinton Public Utilities
Commission will not be affected
by the strike if Ontario Hydro
maintains service to the town.
Huron schools
name Coulter
superintendent
Huron County Board of
Education has announced the
appointment of James W.
Coulter of Goderich as
Superintendent of Schools for
the county. The. appointment
becomes effective April 1.
The decision was made at the
Monday meeting of the Board
-and the announcement was
made Tuesday by D. J.
Cochrane, director of education.
Mr. Coulter was Area
Superintendent of Schools for
Huron from 1960 to 1968.
'He was born in Morris
Township in May, 1925, and
attended schools in Morris
township and Wingham. He
attended Teacher's College in
Stratford from 1946 to 1947
and received a Bachelor of Arts
Degree from the University of
Western Ontario. He received his
Bachelor of Education Degree
from the University of Toronto
in 1953 and his Master of
Education Degree from the same
University in 1959. He received
the Elementary School
Inspector's Certificate the same
year.
Mr. Coulter has taught at
schools in St. Helens; in the
Parry Sound district and at
Kitchener and was a master at
Stratford Teacher's College from
1955 to 1960.
The appointment follows
approval by the Board of the
formation of a supervisory
structure recommended by Mr.
Cochrane a week ago. The
structure provides for a
superintendent and ' two
assistants. The positions of
assistants have yet to be filled.
This system would be
comparable to the three man
inspection staff that existed in
the 'county prior to the
formation of the new board.
Contest -winning model ear is held by Clinton Police Chief Lloyd
Westlake who .judged entries in Stedmati's Departnkent Store's
third annual modelhbu%idin3 ntirnpetitio i last Saturday, Top prize
m year in a row to Albert Pepper, 14, of RR 1,
dentfor
itis r the third year entail this year was of a 1951 Thames truck called
.
Srtnple St ons pre wagon. Second place was taken by Jdhn A.
lloggart, 114. of 251 Huron Street, for hit green Ford Tarantula.
In third spot wasFred Bird, 13, RR 2, Clinton, who built a
replica Of a 1941 Lincoln Continental. Staff Photo
class Monday to demonstrate against recent decision to extend
the school year in all Ontario high schools. Staff Photo
Walk out and climb in seemed to be the idea for this truckload of
protesters at Central Huron Secondary School Monday. The truck
drove around the building, following marchers who twice circled
the building shouting encouragements Mr other students to leave
the school. — Staff Photo
Do away with fall fairs
4-H leader suggests
Will small fall fairs be a thing
of the past?
That question drew both
"yes" and "no" answers at last
week's meeting of Huron
County 4-H agricultural leaders
in Clinton.
Richard Etherington of
Hensall, who said agricultural
societies "smack of the . horse
and buggy days," said small fairs
are "milking the community dry
Hensel!! factory
gets ODC loan
TORONTO — A $54,167
interest-free loan from the
Ontario Development
Corporation has assisted in the
establishment of a plastic drain
tile industry at Hensall,
Treasurer Charles MacNaughton
announced today.
The loan, granted under the
province's Equalization of
Industrial Opportunity
programme, contributes toward
the cost of the $174,500 plant
built by the Big "0" Drain Tile
Co. Ltd. The company started
production in September and
marketed over 1,000,000 feet of
its product before the end of the
year.
Principal use of the plastic
tile, which is being produced in
diameters of up to 4 inches and
in 250 -foot lengths, is farm
drainage in Southwestern
Ontario, where drain ' tile has
been in short supply. However,
the almost unlimited uses for the
product have prompted
enquiries from all across Canada.
"This is the third E.I.O. loan
for Huron County outside
Centralia Industrial Park," noted
Mr. MacNaughton, MPP for
Huron. "I am pleased to see
development in nearby centres
and I anticipate that the
industrial park will encourage
other industries to locate in
neighbouring communities."
"As I have indicated on
previous occasions, our intention
is to allow for a period of
consolidation at Centralia
Industrial Park before Phase 2 of
the development is launched:
During the interim period, I am
hopeful that a number of
prospects will consider
establishing new operations in
the surrounding area," Mr.
MacUaughton stated.
The Hensall firm plans to.
produce larger sizes of tile in the
future, from 8 inches in
diameter upwards, and wilt
construct ah office addition to
its plant this spring.
to stay alive." He agreed with
the leaders who advocate
replacing the smaller fairs with a
single county fair.
Disagreeing with the
suggestion, George Kennedy of
Lucknow, a director of the club
leaders group, said no attempt
should be made to snuff out the
county's little fall fairs. The
quality of these fairs cannot be
judged by their size, he asserted.
The leaders disagreed with
sections of Ontario's recent
265 -page committee report on
farm income. Committeeman W.
L. Teeple's contention that
persons without a diploma in
agriculture by 1980 will be
"trapped" in farming was also
argued.
Leaders insisted that present
4-H programmes and various
career rallies already clearly
define other employment
opportunities apart from
farming. The farm income
committee had stressed the need
to emphasize job opportunities
off the farm.
Leaders generally concurred,
however, with the report's
recommendation that rural
youth councils be established to
model policy and co-ordinate
the activities of all rural youth
programmes in Ontario.
Murray Scott, RR 1,
Belgrave, was elected president
for one year, succeeding Robert
Fotheringham, RR 3, Seaforth.
Other officers: vice-presidents,
Don McKercher, RR 1, Dublin;
Ross Eddy, Dungannon;
secretary -treasurer, Maurice
Hallahan, Belgrave; directors:
Mr. Kennedy; Doug Fortune,
RR 1, Wingham; George Procter,
RR 5, Brussels; Wayne Todd,
RR 2, Lucknow; Donald Dodds,
RR 1, Seaforth.
Reports showed 283
members attending 24 county
clubs during 1968, including 58
girls:
D. G. Inglis, the agriculture
department's assistant extension
Officer for Huron County, told
leaders 4.11 clubs should be
flexible, a community effort
geared to the region's particular
heeds; and designed to cultivate
"effective living" rather than
simply promoting technical
knowledge.
NOTICE
To protect Huronview
residents from influenza, friends
and relatives are urged not to
visit the home Until further
notice. Next-of-kin will be kept
informed of the Condition of
seriously ill resident..
Want shorter schoo.I year
200 CHSS students
cut class in protest
At least 200 Central Huron
Secondary School students were
among western Ontario high
schoolers who walked out of
classes Monday to protest
Education Minister Davis'
decision to extend the school
year to June 13,
The walkout here, coinciding
with similar protests in
Goderich, Wingham, Owen
Sound and as far away as Sault
Ste. Marie, was hot sanctioned
by the Students' Council and
took administrators by surprise,
The calendar change means
that CHSS students not writing
exams will finish school June 13.
Last year, classes ended June 3.
The student demonstrators
complained the decision will
reduce summer job
opportunities and cut vacation
time.
The CHSS walkout began at
lunchtime. About 1;30 p.m., 15
minutes after all students were
due back in class, there were
between 200 and 250 grouped
on Princess Street, calling to
those inside to "walk out! walk
ou t!"
There were about 925
students in morning classes
before the protest. The school
enrolls close to 1,000, so the
demonstrators represented less
than a quarter of the student
body.
At one point a sizable
contingent entered a door at the
building's southeast corner and
were quickly turned back by
teachers inside, but not before
one of the protesters pulled a
fire alarm, disrupting many
classes which until then had
been relatively undisturbed.
An hour later, their ranks
thinned by the low temperatures
and blowing snow, the protesters
again began to crowd into a
hallway, but were halted by
Robert Hotnuth, CHSS
principal.
"Out," he said, "I want you
but of .this building, You're
strangers here. You chose to
leave."
Many did succeed in slipping
back, but attendance had
already been taken to give
authorities a list of those
outside. Despite the attempt to
identify the protesters, Mr.
Homuth said Tuesday that no
disciplinary action was planned.
During the demonstration,
students going from class to class
voiced disdain for those outside,
"It's utterly ridiculous," said
one girl, Others remarked that
the protesters were mostly
younger students with only a
very few Grade 13 students
involved. Teachers said several
among the protesters were not
students.
Plans for a coordinated
walkout in Huron County
schools were announced last
week in a daily newspaper story
which said the CHSS principal
expected no trouble.
Some students reportedly saw
the denial of unrest as a red flag
which spurred them to act just
to prove it wrong.
ROBERT HOMUTH
"What kind of student body
do you have?" Mr. Homuth asked
Terry Sewell, Student Council
president, as they stood
watching the group outside.
"Most are sane," was the answer,
"but there are about 200
doubtfuls."
"I'm surprised," the principal
said, "I didn't think our school
would do this."
Outside, the protesters were
shouting "We can't stand Davis'
two weeks" and were scornful of
the Student' Council for not
backing the walkout.
By 3 o'clock some of the
demonstrators were aboard
buses which left early, others
had gone into town or were
sitting in cars near the school.
CARNIVAL SET TO GQ
It's carnival time — and as
Clinton gets ready for next
week's fun a lot of help is
coming from personnel at the
Canadian Forces Base.
The CFB Clinton
contribution includes use of the
base band for next Saturday's
parade, a coffee house in .a tent
at the town park where pancakes
and coffee will be sold, and two
float entries in the parade, one
depicting integration of the
armed services, the other on a
radar theme.
Other base personnel are
working through civilian service
clubs and Adastral Park Teen
Town members have volunteered
to serve food in the coffee
house.
A Clinton Winter Carnival
Base Participation Committee,
under the guidance of Capt.
Hank Reid, is responsible for
coordinating the efforts
undertaken by those at the base.
Any "profits" realized from
the coffee house will be donated
to the Clinton Recreation
Committee to support
community facilities, according
to Capt. Reid.
Huron ranks
The Huron County
Hog Producers Association
reported Tuesday that
production rose from 188,000 in
1967 to 192,000 last year.
Huron was the only county in
Ontario to show an increase in
1968 and now stands third in
hog production, outranked only
by Waterloo and Perth Counties.
Turnout for the annual
producers' meeting at the Legion
Hall in Clinton was
disappointingly small due to the
weather, but those present said
the meeting was "really a good
one,"
A pancake eating contest will
be held in the coffee house next
Saturday at 10:30 a.m. with no
age limits on contestants and
cash prizes for the winners.
One of the first carnival
events will be next Wednesday
night's hockey game between
the Ontario Provincial Police and
Lake Huron Zone Recreation
Directors. Start of the game is
set for 8:30 o'clock in the
Community Centre.
Doug Andrews, Clinton
recreation director, is team
manager, with Pat McGarity of
Waterloo as coach. the lineup
includes Jim Connelly of
Hanover, formerly a player on
Canada's national team.
The team will include
recreation men from Exeter,
Clinton, Listowel, St, Marys,
Kincardine, Wingham, Walkerton
and Owen Sound.
A highlight of the carnival
week will come next weekend
when the schedule is filled with
events, among them the
crowning of a king and queen
from contestants entered by
district public and elementary
schools.
third as
Gifts for the winners have
already been donated by W. G.
"Bi11" Riehl, Irwin's Ladies
Wear, Martin's Department
Store, Newcombe's Drug Store,
Anstett Jewellers, Keith Family
Clothing, Pickett and Campbell
Men's Wear, Herman's Men's
Wear, Aiken Bros., K. C. Cook,
Florist; Charles' House of
Beauty and Frank's Barber
Shop.
The Kinsmen Club has had
scouts at a number of
snowmobile races in recent
weeks and hopes to put the
experience to good use here to
make the events as enjoyable
and safe as possible. Races are
slated for 1 p.m. a week. from
Sunday.
Spectators will be able to
watch from the grandstand,
assuring a good view and keeping
the crowd safe from errant
snowmobiles. Refreshments will
be available at the grandstand.
A novelty race in which each
snowmobile is timed individually
and there is no danger of
collisions — ideal for those
without racing experience — is
on the schedule as is a mayors
and reeves race in which there
are already 19 entries.
hog producer
George R. Campbell, RR 1,
Seaforth, was reelected president
of the association. Also returned
to office for a second term were
James McGregor, RR 2, Kippen,
vice-president, and Lloyd A.
Stewart, RR 1, Clinton,
secretary -treasurer.
Art Bolton, RR L, Dublin,
was guest speaker. He showed
slides and talked about a recent
trip to Europe. Don Pullen,
Huron agricultural
representative, also participated
in the meeting. ., .....
Campbell noted that the
association sponsored a 4-H
swine club last summer and a
4-H sale of 1967 sows last March,
The boost in production last
year led to the addition this
week of a new assocation
director, bringing the total to
24.
The new man is Harvey
Winkel of Howick township. He
will serve as a director -at -large.
Barry Mulvey of Turnberry was
named to replace Warren
Zurbrigg as a director at large
and John Taylor replaces Bruce
Falconer as a director and
delegate for East Wawanosh
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Humin hog producers held their annual meeting
in Clinton and reelected the three top officers
who are shown with Art Bolton, far right, guest
Speaker at the meeting in the Legion Hall.
Officers are, from left to right, Lloyd Ste -Wart,
secretary -treasurer; George R, Campbell,
president and stint McGregor, vide-oresaderrt.
- Staff Photo