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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-02-20, Page 1Clinton N NEW ERA 104th. YEAR, NO,. The first cQ14mn on't forget the three-day am Hockey Tournament h begins at 6 p.m. rrow in the Clinton /unity Centre. wo dozen teams are duled to Compete, according Doug Andrews, recreation tor. * 'he' Clinton Public Hospital en's Auxiliary is looking for bitors for its craft and by show this spring. Anyone rested is asked to contaet Douglas Bartliff or Mrs. Ile Engelstad. * * * rs. Phyllis Butler reports "not . nearly half" the ton district motorists have fined their 1969 licence es. bout half the motorists in ario have left the purchase of plates to the last two weeks, rding to Transport Minister n Haskett. lose to one million sets still to be obtained for enger cars, dual purpose cles and motorcycles and Haskett repeated his ious statements that the ruary 28 deadline is firm and I. There definitely will be no nsion. he plates have been on sale 11 weeks — since December — at 281 issuing offices ughout the province. rs. Butler says she expects issue 2,300 or more plates year and half of them before 28th. But she says business been slow so far, though the vity increased somewhat this k. isitors at Central I-Iuron ondary School last week uded Al Deming and his pet tah. Mr. Deming is a widely elled wildlife expert famous his Alberta Game Farm. He last„in Huron County about n years ago. . Alexander of Londesboro, is a member of the Ontario 'greed Seed Section of the adian Seed Growers' ociation, has been presented h the association's tstanding Service Award” in ognition of his contribution pedigreed seed production in ada. * he rotating strikes against ario Hydro by members of Canadian Union of Public ployees again this week left y the female office workers management officials on the Tuesday in the Clinton ice, There were no reports of er failures in the area during work stoppage. * * * News -Record photos of ze-winning snow sculpture re printed and put on display the Community Centre only urs after the judging last iday, enabling many •nival-goers to see the rations although the originals ,re scattered about the town., e judging was finished in the e afternoon and the prints .re on exhibit when the nners were announced that ;ht during the ice skating W. * * * In some parts of Sumatra the fives believe that certain trees the residences of spirits of woods. It is not hard to derstand that a thing so tely as a tree which grows so ich bigger and becomes so ich older than men should win reverence Of early mankind. do not have to go that far, t a little of it would be a good economically, ;thetically, and for our ;servation. 1969 1968 111 Lb'/ kit Lbw b, 11 84 23 14 3 12 27 16 13 .12 13 18 9 19 40 14 17 4 24 17 15 20 •13 24 14 16 29 3 32 6 17 31 .4 10 0 Stiow 10' a" Snow 8"' Officials want Goderich site. ,Ci-.INTQN, QNTARI.Q - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1869 School board can use .HSS. as headquarters, says trustee The Huron County 'Board of Education, which had reduced to three the list of potential sites for its head office, was surprised Monday night with a new idea conceived last Friday by its chairman, John Luis of Clinton,. and presented by its vice-chairman, Robert Elliott of Goderich Township. Armed with rough sketches of a wing of Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, Mr. Eliott suggested that the school, with a capacity of 1,400 students and an enrollment of only 980, has sufficient space available to house the board offices. Mr. Elliott said he believes the cost of renovation needed at CHSS would be no more than a year's rent and tax for• any of the three sites already under consideration. The proposal came after more than an hour of debate over a unanimous recommendation of the board's three top administrators thatthe county board locate its offices on the second floor of the new Huron County Administrative Building (formerly known as the assessment building) in Goderich, In the report, D. J, Cochrane, director of education; James Coulter, superintendent and R9y B, Dunlop, business administrator, called for "immediate steps" to arrange for office space In the county -owned building. At the start of their study, the men decided only three available sites. were worthy of intensive examination. They were the administrative building, the Nurses' Residence in Clinton and a large hall in Seaforth owned by John Cardno. The three administrators, who comprise the board's executive committee, discounted geographical differences in the sites, but said they believe it will be advantageous to be near other county agencies which are already in Goderich. The committee said that, for instance; it may be possible to share equipment in a centralized tax billing and collection system at the county level. The report also noted County Council's arguments that Huron has a better chance of becoming the centre of a regional government with the school board in its. administrative nucleus at Goderich. Also mentioned was the County Council argument that rental paid by the school board would be spread back across the whole county, rather than benefiting any one municipality or person, Mr, Cochrane said that the study was based on the premise that the board's minimum staff will number 17 persons. The director said the Clinton Public Hospital Board of Trustees is offering to rent space in the Nurses' Residence for $9,000 yearly, with $1,000 extra for air conditioning (which the eNeeutive committee said should be provided, if possible). Caretaking ' and Hydro costs would be paid by the school board. Although the report did not give the figure, the debate discloses that 4,400 square feet of floor space is involved in the Dr. J.A. Addison retiring in June, physician "shortage" causes concern Dr. J. A. Addison, a general practitioner in Clinton for the last 28 years, plans to close his office at the end of June, He confirmed this information this week. His retirement from active practice comes at a time when the Clinton Public Hospital Board of Trustees is already concerned about heavy patient loads carried by local doctors. Some residents of Clinton and the surrounding district view the medical care situation with alarm and say that none of the Jack Watson, mayor of Stony Creek, right, congratulates Jack Alexander, reeve of Wingham, after Mr. Alexander's victory in snowmobile race for Huron mayors and reeves last Sunday during Clinton carnival. Mr. Watson was representing the Ontario Mayors and Reeves Association. doctors in Clinton can handle more work. ' Joseph Murphy, chairman of the hospital board,' was asked about Dr. Addison's retirement plans and said on Tuesday, "This is news to me. We will have to look into this." He said he knows of no doctor "definitely interested" in practice here, He added that the problem of finding more doctors has been discussed "a wee bit" by the hospital board which has been planning to bring the matter to the attention of Town Council. The council has not had a representative on the hospital board for several months Please turn to page 5 proposal. No lease would be required. Cardno Hall, where 5,000 square feet would be used, carries an annual price tag of $'7,200 with a five-year lease. The tenant would .provide heat, hydro and caretaking. The assessment building, with about 2,280 square feet available, would rent for $5,000 annually, plus $1,000 a year more for the first five years (to cover the -cost of partitioning), A one-year lease would be required and the school board would be required to pay any taxes, There was some disagreement as to whether the board would pay any tax. Mr. Cochrane said Please turn to page 5 ord THE HURON. RECORD -_ .88th YEAR ^-- SINGLE CQPIES 'f2G Regal lineup with Miss Dominion of Canada, Nancy Wilson of Chatham, includes, from left to right, Mary McFadden of Bayfield, a pupil at Huron Centennial School, who was chosen carnival snow princess; Henry Damsma of RR 5, Clinton, a pupil at Calvin Christian School in Clinton who was crowned snow king; the queen, Joyce Neilans of Clinton, a pupil at Clinton Public School, and the prince, Michael McNichol of Clinton, a pupil at St. Joseph's Separate School. Henry Ramsma is in seventh grade, the others are eight -graders. -, Photo by Cpl. E. Haviland, CFB Clinton. First winter carnival goes over big, planners already talking_ about 1970 The Clinton district first annual winter carnival opened last week to rave reviews and critics forecast a long run. After a few preliminary events early in the week, the first act curtain went up on an ice revue Friday night— and the house was packed. Officials called it the biggest crowd yet for Clinton's two-year-old Community Centre. About 6,000 persons watched or participated in carnival events • last weekend, with the biggest audience at Sunday's snowmobile races coordinated by the Kinsmen Club. Spectators under the bright, clear sky Sunday numbered at least 3,000. - Proceeds of the carnival activities are not yet tallied, but Douglas Thorndike, carnival • chairman, said Tuesday that he is sure the final figures will be in black. It was Mr. Thorndike, chairman of the town recreation committee for eight years, who proposed the carnival to the town council. "I've been worrying about, it ever since, but now I'm very happy," he said. He considers the carnival so successful he wonders why no one thought of the idea earlier. Mayor Don Symons praised the carnival committee this week and commented, "It shows the town what it can do." Members of the carnival committee last Sunday were already making plans for next year and talking of a torchlight parade and an oldtimers' hockey game. Some were already praying for weather as good as that enjoyed last weekend, A fresh snow cover set the stage beneath a bright sunlit canopy of sky. Temperatures were appropriately wintry, but not frigid. The Saturday afternoon parade through the business district to the community park was a highlight of the weekend and turned out Netter than even some of the carnival committee predicted. Prizes for best floats were Clinton girl is best actress, say Huron junior farmers At the 1969 drama festival presented by the Huron County Junior Farmers in the Seaforth District high school Saturday evening, the best actress award went to Janette Merrill, RR 1, Clinton. She was in the play, Nobody sleeps, presented by the Clinton Junior Farmers, directed by Della Allen, RR 1, Goderich, and Marinus Bakker, RR 3, Auburn: Miss Merrill was commended for her naturalness on stage and good use of her hands. Best actor award went to Mayor Don Symons of Clinton rips over the finish line in last position in a 'preliminary heat for the Mayor's and "reeves rate, but displays Winning political style at he Waves "Constituents. --Staff Photos, to hit Fred Uhler, RR 3, Walton, for the third year in succession. He was in the play, Here Conies the Bride, presented by the Seaforth Junior Farmers, produced by George Townsend,. RR 3, Seaforth, and Fred Uhler. The Merton Keys Trophy for the best play was awarded to George Townsend and Fred Uhler. Only `two plays were presented this year. The adjudicator, Walter Armes of the Seaforth District high school staff, liked the play, 'Nobody Sleeps, better than Here Comes the Bride, but failed it because some of the cast did not know their lines and the prompting was said to be poor. Mr. Armes faulted the Seaforth play because of the old fashioned clothes of the bride making it out-of-date. Master of ceremonies was Maurice Love, RR 3, Exeter. Musical entertainment was provided by Grant and Ken Jones of Kippen and by a group of I-luron County Junior Farmers folksingers from across the county. Jamieson Ribey, Goderich, is president of the Huron Junior Farmers. Area students take honours in Legion speaking contest The 20 students taking part were from the A. M. Hugh Campbell School, CIS B, Clinton; Huron Centennial School, Brucefield; kiullett Central School, Loiidesboro; Goderich Township Central School in 1°lolmesville and Clinton Public School. Chairman for the contest was Garnet. Harland, Clinton, Judges for junior division: Hal Bartley, Clinton; Major G. Yournatoff and Sgt. W. G. Gagne, both at; CFB, Clinton. Judges for intermediate divisions The Reverend R. U. MacLean, Clinton; Commander 1-I, Irvine Stutt and Russell Bartley of CFB, Clinton. Students from five elementary schools in the area took part in a public speaking contest last week sponsored by Clinton branch- No. 140, Royal Canadian Legion. Mark Stevenson, a Grade 6 student at A. M. Hugh Campbell Public School, Canadian Forces Base, Clinton, won the junior division speaking on conservation: Mark was a runner-up in an elementary division contest Saturday in Exeter. Rick Snell, Londesboro, a Grade 7 student at Hullett Central School at Londesboro, won the intermediate division. His topic was Vietnam. Colts playoff today In their first playoff encounter, the Clinton Colts dropped a 10.3 decision in an away game against Crediton last Sunday nicht. scored two, A full squad will be out tonight for another match with Crediton this one at home in the Clinton Cornmuntiy Cen ire. The winter carnival activities Winner of the three out of affil a hockey tourney at CM five series will go on to play the Clinton proved to be Clintons winner of a Milverton -Listowel &wnfall as the men couldn't get playoff and the victor in that ah attack kgoing. contest will battle the North Clinton goals Were by Don group champ for the W,O.A.A. Me.Tloueall and Harvey Dale who Inlei•niediatt' "C"' titin. awarded on the basis of originality, colour and public impact. Two floats from CFB Clinton were probably the biggest and most polished, but received only honourable mention because the judges considered the resources available to the base groups. The Kinsmen float also won an honourable mention. First prize went to a group of retail merchants — Pickett and Campbell, Aiken's, Smith's, Garrett's and McAdam's. In second place, the judges declared. a tie and split the prize between the Scout and Guide floats. Third place went to a model car with Snoopy aboard the roof. Following the parade, Miss Dominion of Canada, Nancy Wilson of Chatham, officially opened the festivities in a ceremony at the Community Centre. Contestants from seven district schools exhibited their skating skill as three judges from Please turn to page 5 Harry Crich, parade marshal, and Doug Thorndike, chairman of the Winter Carnival Committee, in last-minute conference before parade Saturday afternoon Car. smashes apartment wall, damage $4,000, The driver of an auto which collided with a mail delivery truck and then plowed through the wall of a Victoria Street apartment house early Saturday morning is being charged with improper passing and careless driving, according to Clinton police. The driver, Cpl. James E. Britten, 23, of Adastral Park. CFB, Clinton, was uninjured in the 3:45 a.m. mishap, but his auto was damaged extensively and a gaping hole was cut in the stuccoed wall of an apartment building, formerly the Commercial Hotel, at the northwest corner of Cutter and Victoria Streets. The occupant of the apartment, Mrs. Lily Newman, was shaken up, but unhurt, according to Ceriel VanDanime, the building owner, wlio said Mrs. Newman had been asleep in no injuries a bedroom only a short distance from the kitchen -living room wall which was pierced by the auto. Damage to Mme. Newman's belongings was not immediately estimated, but the apartment is not habitable and she is reportedly staying with relatives in Wingham. Mr. VanDamme said it appears structural damage will be at least $3,000 or $4,000. Police say Corporal Britten's car was travelling north on Victoria Street prior to the accident. The corporal is said to have tried to pass a mail truck as the truck driver, Charles Boylan of Hanover, started to turn left into Cutter Street. The Britten vehicle hit the left side of the truck, jumped the curb and smashed into the building. Damage to the truck was said to be light. .. Photo by AI Galbraith of Clinton shows front end of car amid d splintered remainsbeams and of window frame after earl y.mornin g crash fast Saturday at Cutter and Victoria Streets in town.