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.