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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-05-29, Page 10Miss Linda Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph fL Murphy, 78 Huron St., Clinton, graduated last week from the School of Nursing, Victoria Hospital, London. Graduation exercises were held on Friday evening at Alumni Hall, University of Western Ontario, Wayne A. Hamilton, RR 1, Varna, was among 150 University of Guelph graduates who earned diplomas in agriculture this year. Graduation exercises were held last Thursday. Sharon Middleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, 4, Ross Middleton, graduated from Stratford Teachers' College this month and has accepted a position with the North Yolk Board of Education at •Blacksmith Crescent School in metro Toronto. Clinton's Central Huron Secondary School produced a bumper crop of winning badminton players this year. CHSS took the Huron -Perth championships for both junior and senior boys and girls teams and captured individual championships in Huron -Perth and WOSSA competition. Players shown here in the front; row„ are, from left to right, San"dra Graham, Mary Estabrooks, Elaine Vincent, Diane Carter, Christine Hartley, Brenda Kingswell and Karen Kerr. In the second row are Cam Reid, Gordon Lavis, Nancy Pickett, Brian Edgar, Bruce Craig, Doug Cameron, Yolanda Amsing and. Fred MacDonald. In the back row are Dick Jewson, Ted Thompson, Ron Wise and Mike Graham. Scott Macaulay was ..bsent,•when picture..,was•.taken by,CHSS faculty member Jack Hunt. Provincial honours won by girls in Brucefield at 4-H achievement day. Provincial honours went to two girls and eight were awarded county honours at last Saturday's 4-H achievement day in Huron Centennial School at Brucefield. Margaret Stewart and Judy McBride won provincial honours. County honours went to Heather McAdam, Rhonda Rathwell,. Debbie Gibbings, Janet McClinchey, Darlene Hayter, Barbara Keys, Connie Robinson and Joan Finkbeiner. The achievement day ended the club's meat in the menu program and consisted of morning quizzes followed by skits, demonstrations and exhibits during the afternoon. Comments on the day's activities were given by Mrs. Ruth Marcou, home economist for Elgin County. Mrs. Mareou also presented a leader's award to Mrs. Doug Robinson. Debbie McKinley of Zurich I W.I. slates baking sale The Clinton Women's Institute met last Thursday in the Agriculture and Food Dept. building With Mrs, 0. Holland presiding. Roll call responses were hints for the home gardener and Mrs. C. Lockhart .offered the motto. In her report of the officers' conference in Guelph, Mrs. Holland recommended several changes in the local WI's procedures: Delegates were appointed to attend the district annual meeting in Goderich today. The draw was won by Mrs. W. Wise. It was decided to hold 'a bake sale at the nekt meeting. Lunch Was served by Mrs, Coielough's group. Walter Safety says, "Think, don't sink! BC water wise[ Learn find practise water safety every day." and Heather McAdam of Clinton I each presented exhibits on different ways to prepare one cut of beef. Members of Holmesville II, Zurich IV and Kippen clubs participated in demonstrations titled "Our Meat is Always Tender." The Varna club put on a skit Huronview holds There are three items of Huronview news this week — the annual bazaar, the May birthday party and a false fire alarm Tuesday. The annual bazaar and tea were held yesterday afternoon, too late for a report to be included in this week's News -Record, but a story will be published in the next issue. The fire alarm was triggered by a heat detector, but officials say there was no fire. Clinton's volunteer fire brigade raced to the county home early Tuesday afternoon as the siren blared, but the truck was quickly back in quarters. The birthday party was held on May 21 with the Wingham Women's Institute 'in charge. Included on the program were mouth organ selections by Mrs. Clintonp ersonais Miss Joan Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Edwin Cooper of Clinton, and Miss Linda Dietz of Seaforth have just returned home from a two-week vacation spent touring Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Fisher, RR 2, Clinton and Mr, and Mrs. Lawrnce Snyder, RR , 4, Goderich, returned recently from a motor triP - to Sault Ste. Marie via Tobermory and Manitoulin Island. On the route home they visited North Bay, Sudbury, Midland and Collingwood. Harry Cumniings of U,W,O,, son of Mr and Mrs. Prank Cuinrnfngs, Clinton, received word on Monday that he passed his thirdyear in ho no y n n ura geography with first-class honours. called "Vary the Meat in Your Menu;" "Take a Pound of Hamburg" was the title of the Hensall girls' skit and Karen Tyndall of Clinton II displayed an exhibit on meat selection. Brucefield, Holmesville I and Zurich II clubs had exhibits with the title, "Savoury Dishes from Left -Over Meat. annual bazaar Bradburn, a reading- by Mrs. Charles Snell and a piano solo by, Mrs. Carruthers. Birthday gifts were given to R. H. Leishman, John Bromley, Miss Peart, Mrs. Dafure, Mrs. Grigg, Mrs. Porterfield, Mrs. M. Hay, Mrs. Dora Wright, Mrs. Harvey, Charles Jeff, Mrs. Margaret Johnston, Miss Almeda Miller, Mrs. Wagner, Henry Preiss, Fred Culbert, Lottie S lomen, Wilson Armstrong, Alonza Baechler, Mrs. Nickerson and Fred Alex. Liquor offenses lead to fines At a provincial judge's court session in Clinton this month, five persons were fined for liquor offences and four for traffic violations, All were assessed costs in addition to fines. A minor charged with consuming liquor, Donald Popple of RR 4, Seaforth, paid $100, Another minor, Calvin Scotchmer of Bayfield, paid $50 for having liquor. Illegal liquor possession ossession led to g q a $50 fine for Witold Chomieki of RR 4, Walton, and fines of apiece piece for Daniel Cronin, $25 RR 5, Seaforth, and Hugh Lightfoot, RR 5, Clinton, Careless driving resulted in a fine of $35 for Ivan R Pickett of Clinton anda $50 penalty for Richard Ostrom of RR 1, Varna. Douglas 0, Coulas of CPB Clinton paid a ,$18 fine for e noise with making; unnecessary n se his auto and Keith Rolland of 4 for RR Clinton,n o, paid speeding and $5 for driving with a defective emergency brake. 1 John J. Maaskant of RR. 2, Clinton, received his diploma in agriculture from the University of Guelph at the spring graduation exercises in • War Memorial Halt .fast week. CRSS fields top players in .badminton Central Huron Secondary School's junior and senior badminton teams this year each captured first place in Huron -Perth competition and individual players garnered many honors in the two -county play and in WOSSA finals. Chris Hartley was a junior girls' single finalist in Huron -Perth. Ted Thompson and Bruce Craig were junior boys' doubles finalists. Mary Estabrooks and Dick Jewson were junior mixed doubles finalists. Karen Kerr won the senior gids' singles championship in Huron -Perth play and was a WOSSA finalist, with the girls' doubles title going to Diane Carter and Brenda Kingswell who went on to the WOSSA finals also. Huron•Perth senior finalists included Gordon Lavis, boys' singles and Mike Graham and Nancy Pickett mixed doubles. Q uarter-finalists in boys' doubles were Royce Macaulay —and' 'Steve MacDonald. Doug Cameron was a boys' singles semi-finalist. Bert Dykstra of RR 2, Clinton, recipient of a diploma in agriculture from. the University of Guelph, was among 150 students completing two years of intensive study in the latest agricultural technology. Sheila Marilyn Henry, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry, Blyth, graduated this month from St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing, Kitchener. ;She is a graduate of Central Huron Secondary School. Lt. Col. Robert P. Ritter, commanding officer of the 21st Field Artillery Regiment in Wingham, observes "march past" at annual inspection of No. 339 Central Huron Secondary School Cadet Corps last week. Flanking the reviewing officer on the left are Cadet Maj. Brad Kempston and Lt. Carl Blackmore, CS of C officer. On the right are Capt. Dave Ferguson and Lt. N. E. Wilson. — CHSS Photo by E.F. Hunt. •.,,„s . .., . Bulldozer works to remove malodorous, remains of Clinton Feed Mill which was destroyed in a 5100,000, blaze May 14. Don Hunking of Clinton was hired by Canada Packers to truck the debris to a site in Huflett Township for burial. Shall fires were spawned by the smoldering rubble several times in the last two weeks and Clinton firemen went back at least four times to douse new fires. The Shur -Gain division mill is serving its customers temporarily from offices in the Wearwell Hosiery building on Mary Street. Town officials plans a visit to Toronto to urge Canada Packers to rebuild in Clinton, but not on the same site. —Staff Photo: Pick CHSS cadets to go to Banff camp Three members of No. 339 Central Huron Secondary School Cadet Corps have been selected to attend a cadet leader camp in Banff this summer. Cadets Digby Howse, Don Shropshall and Mike Burke, all master cadets, will attend the western camp while 11 other corps members go to Camp I p perwash for a six-week program. The • corps held its annual inspection last Wednesday at the CHSS playing field and Cadet Maj: Brad Kempston was chosen best cadet on parade. Best bandsman was Leonard Lobb. Murray Taylor and Tom Campbell won the rifle shot competition in junior and senior classes respectively. Troop No. 1 was chosen as the best unit overall. Observers also commended the color party. Demonstrations in hunter safety, bivouac, mapping, gymnastics and first aid were presented aspart of the afternoon program. Troop Commanders are: No. 1, P.C. Lt. Takser and P.S. Sgt. Newland; No. 2, P.C. Lt. Paulin and P.S. Sgt. MacGregor; No. 3, P.C. Lt. Howse and P.S. Sgt. Young and .. No. 4, P.C. Lt. Cooper and P.S. Sgt, Slade. Guests included CHSS Principal Robert Homuth, Clinton Legion Branch President Percy Brown and a representative of the county board of education, Who can vote on GFO ballot For purposes of the GFO plebiscite, the term "farmer" includes (i) A person, other than a body corporate, who is the owner, part owner, or tenant of a farm in Ontario or who is a shareholder in a body corporate that is the owner, part owner or tenant of a farm in Ontario and who is engaged on the farm in the production of agricultural products and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, engaged in the production of live stock, live stock products, poultry. poultry products, fruit, fruit products, grains, honey, maple products, seeds, tobacco, trees, vegetables, vegetable products or wood. (ii) his or her spouse, and (iii) any person related to him or her through blood relationship, marriage or adoption, of the age of twenty-one years or older and actively engaged in the operation of the farm of the person referred to in subclause i" If you are included in the preceding, you are eligible to vote on the GFO plebiscite. MARY -MARTHA UNIT The Mary and Martha Unit of Wesley -Willis United Church Women met at the home of Miss Billie Stewart, with 14 present, last week, Mrs. Davies flresided. Eight home and 20 hospital calls were made on sick and shit,ins. Memberswere reminded of upcoming events: the general UCW meeting on June 4 at $ p.nr, and a work meeting at Mrs. Beattie's cottage on June 12, The June 17 Mary and Martha meeting will be at Mrs. Wesley Holland's cottage and will take the form of a pot luck supper. The roll Cali was answered by each stating why they joined the UCW. Mrs. Nelson presided for the worship service. Miss Stewart read the Scripture, Mrs. Nelson, lesson thoughts and Mrs. Cole led in prayer. An amusing skit Balled "Apparently Hospitable" was presented by the committee in charge, with a discussion period following. Mrs. A. Popp, guest of the evening, showed some pictures on Florida which were much enjoyed. Mrs, Nelson expressed thanks for the entertaininent. The committee served refreshments. UCW units meet STANLEY UNiT The May meeting of the Stanley Unit of Brucefield United Church Women was held at the home of Mrs. N. Baird. Co -hostesses were MrS. W, Baird and Mrs. S, Baird: After a reading by Mrs. W. Baird, hymns were sung and scriptures read. Mrs. IL Scott offered a prayer and the study was taken by Mrs. II, Taylor,. Mrs, D, Triebner conducted the business session at which 22 members and Visitors were present. Mrs. J. Cornish gave a re ort on corresondence: p P Varna, Goshen and 1tmondville women are invited to the June 3 Visitor's' 11ay meeting. OIVTAHIO STREET Mrs. Mervyn Batkin presided at the May meeting of Ontario Street United Church Women and the worship service was conducted by Mrs, Carman McPherson and Mrs, Reg Smith. Mrs. George Potter and Mrs. Batkin presented Mrs. Popp with a UCW life membership pin given by her family, Mrs. Roberta Pluinsteel introduced Mrs. Popp who showed pictures of her trip to Florida. Mrs. C. L. Mills Was called to ;he front and presented with 'a going away gift from the UCW. An address was read by Mrs. N. Trewartha and the president, Mrs. Batkin, handed the gift to Mrs. Mills, TUCKtHSIVIITH UNIT Tuckersm'ith Unit I of Brucefield UCW met at the home of Mrs, Condon Richardson in Clinton. Mrs, Mac Wilson and Mrs, Patterson were in Charge of devotions. Mrs. Wilson opened with a poem and the scripture was read by Mrs. Patterson. Mrs. Norris Sillery'opened the business portion of the meeting. Roll call was answered by 23 niettiberS and six visitors. A parade of funny hats and a penny sale were held, Mrs. Ross Chapman offered her home for the June meeting.