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Clinton News-Record, 1969-06-12, Page 1104th YEAR NO, 24 News -Record CLINTON, ONTARIO - THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1969 PRICE PER COPY 1.50 The first column The warmer days have helped growth a lot, according to Thomas W. Clapp, associate agricultural representative for Huron County, but the cooler nights have been suppressing maximum growth. The grain crops are all in and most have emerged, said Mr. Clapp in this week's crop report from the Ontario Dept, of Agriculture and Food. Most of the corn is in and some is up. There is a great deal of poor germination and yellowed grain and corn plants. Forage growth is good and a lot of cattle are out on pasture, he noted. * * * Scott McLean, son of Thomas and Donna (Lockwood) McLean of Ottawa, formerly of Clinton, was struck by an auto and injured seriously Monday night, He is in hospital, but his condition was not known at presstime, The boy is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Don McLean of Clinton and the great-grandson of Mrs. Charles Lockwood. * * * Informed sources report that Clinton Reeve James Armstrong and Usborne Reeve , Roy Westcott lost 10.0 in a short euchre game played during a break in a noon meeting of the Huron County Council's property committee one day last week. The winners, according to our source, were James Hayter, county warden, and John Berry, clerk -treasurer. * * * The Horticultural Society booth in the Clinton Community Centre last weekend held a bit of vegetation — actually a single, forlorn leaf — labelled as "Russian snake grass grown by Doug Andrews." But some observers said it looked suspiciously like the remains of a nondescript bit of greenery left in the recreation director's office some weeks ago and they suggest it was "planted" surresptitiously in the exhibit. * * * Good drivers keep in the middle of their driving lane, says the Ontario Safety League. It is a sign of careless or inconsiderate driving to crowd or straddle the centre line of a highway. People are funny. They want the front of the bus, the back of the church, and the middle of the road. Weather 1969 1968 HI LO Hi LO June 3 55 46 64 50 4 61 54 72 41 5 58 49 83 50 6 62 49 83 55 7 68 41 86 57 8 61 43 89 63 9 61 56 86 57 Rain .54" forces school opens in fall The new Canadian Forces Warrant Officer School at CFB Clinton is to be opened officially on November 7. The event will bp marked by a ceremonial parade and an aircraft flypast, It is expected that senior military officials from Canadian Forces Headquarters, Ottawa, and ,Training Command I-Ieadquarters, Winnipeg, will. attend, Lieutenant -Commander P. A, Stott of CFB Cornwallis has been selected as the first commandant of the school and will head a staff of an estimated 26 instructors and administrative personnel, Students attending the six-week course will all be of warrantofficer and sergeant rank. They will receive instruction in management and supervision techniques, service knowledge and leadership -- ribjects to prepare them for the responsibilities of the higher ranks of master or chief Warrant officer. About 100 students will be hi residence at the warrant officer school during each 'training Oye Co Huron's new dairy princess,. Marie Trewartha, 17, of RR 4, Clinton, centre, is flanked by her predecessor, Helen Good, left, and this year's runner-up, Donna Ritchie, of RR 3, Lucknow. Competition and crowning took place at the spring fair last Saturday. Marie will seek the Ontario Dairy Princess title at the CNE this summer, — Staff Photo. Trade show is hit at fair Maybe it was not the work of the midway roustabout who said he went to Goderich to turn off the rain, but after a week of wet weather, the clouds did part last Saturday and the bright, balmy afternoon made Clinton's 155th annual spring show a real success. The agricultural and trade fair this year for the first time featured displays in the Community Centre by businessmen from the district and already exhibitors are asking for more space in 1970. Events started Friday night with the judging of the women's division entries and opening the arena trade show. Mrs. -Donald Glousher • of Blyth received a silver tray for scoring the highest number of points' for domestic science entries. She attained top position in all categories but arts and crafts where she tied with Mrs. Wes Heimpel of Wroxeter. A parade Saturday afternoon drew a crowd to the Community Park for the official opening ceremonies followed by livestock judging, a baby show and selection of Huron County's dairy princess. The 1969 princess, Marie Trewartha, 17, of RR 4, Clinton, is a Grade 11 student at Central Huron Secondary School. She will next compete at the Canadian National Exhibition for the title of Ontario Dairy Princess. Active in 4-H homemaking and calf clubs, she lists sports, music, cooking and sewing among her interests and has participated in English and French public speaking. The judges had to make a difficult selection from among five contestants evaluated on the basis of an interview, a brief talk on the dairy industry and a practical demonstration of milking ability. Simon Hallahan of RR 3, Blyth, chairman of the Huron Councy Milk Committee, Please turn to Page 10 Lions Club installs new president, gives Community Centre timeclock Ted Davies, RR 5, Clinton, a civilian instructor with the Department of National Defence at Canadian Forces Base Clinton, was . installed as the 1969-70 president of Clinton Lions Club, at the last dinner meeting of the season, in St. Paul's Parish Hall, Tuesday evening. The installing officer was John " Campbell, Blyth, a past district deputy governor of Region 3. Other officers of the 33 year old local service club are: first vice- president, A, Laurie Colquhoun; second vice-president, Clayton Dixon; third vice-president, Harold M. Bondy; past president, Don C. Colquhoun; secretary.. treasurer, H. F. "Pat" Noonan; Lion tamer, Roy Tyndall; tailtwister, William Crawford; assistant tailtwister, E. Beecher Menzies; one-year directors, George Lavis and A. "Red" Garan; two-year directors, Charles Fee and Glen Price; greeter, Stewart Taylor. The installing officer instructed each in their duties, then presented the president's pin to Mr. Davies and a past president pin to Mr. Colquhoun. The out -going president thanked his executive for what he termed a successful year in Lionism and the new president announced he would complete any held -over projects and initiate some new fund-raising projects for community betterment. The Lions authorized the purchase of a Rotomatic Sportstimer clock to be installed at the north end of Clinton Community Centre and arena, Cost of the electric time which Pick apartment site for senior citizens A special committee of the Clinton Town Council it negotiating the sale of two James Street lots to Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation and Ontario Itousing Corporation which plans to build 1$ senior citizens apartments as soon aS a suitable site is obtained. One of the vacant parcels is the town -owned site of .the public works garage which bund l hurried last fall and n" the other'is aa an adjacent piece of property owned by St. Joseph's Rernan Catholic Church. Although the weekly bulletin distributed at St. Joseph's on Suncday said the land Was already "sold to the town," it was explained Monday that the council iS only seeking to bring. the church and OHC together for the transaction and to arrive at a fair price for the town land. Count Harold Lobb made the motion which, when approved, gave the special comniittee to agree on a price with the rovincial officials. "Get this thingM r, bb s Le aid terve going," g g�ft M have been hassling over it for a long time' will replace the cigarette - sponsored score board is $1,564,30 plus installation cost which will be borne by Clinton Recreation Committee. According to William Crawford, of the Lions sports committee, who had done all the groundwork for their project, and who worked with the recreation committee on it, the installation costs are minimal. It is matter justa matt of running cable from the clock to the control Please turn to Page 8 FO ballot is slated for June 24, 0,000 Huron farmers can vote With June 24 set as the date 'for a farmer vote on creation of 4a general provincial farm organization, final plans are being made for the balloting and last-minute information meetings and rallies are being arranged. Next week in this newspaper a complete list of all polling stations will be published, along with a ,sample ballot and other voting instructionsaccording to Huron Pullen, County agricultural representative and head returning officer for Huron. An advance poll will be held next Thursday, June 19, in the Clinton office of the Ontario Dept. of Agriculture and Food. Hours will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m, A meeting of township chairmen of the GFO campaign committee was held in Clinton Tuesday night and tentative plans °were announced for information meetings in Auburn next Thursday and in Blyth on June 23. Rallies are to be held in the Exeter Legion Hall and the Belgrave Community Centre at eight o'clock next Wednesday evening. There was also an announcement yesterday from the Ontario Farmers' Union that Walter Miller, OFU chief, will speak tomorrow night at Huron Centennial School in Brucefield. The Farmers' Union has attacked the GFO plan as it is being presented and is urging a "no" vote on the opinion poli. Mr. Miller's stop in Brucefield will be his only one in the county and the meeting is the only anti-GFO gathering announced so far in Huron. Elmer Hunter of RR 5, Goderich, chairman of the Huron GFO campaign committee,,,•stressed'that wives 'of farmers and other relatives actively engaged in farming are eligible to vote. Armed Forces Day is Sunday The public is invited to CFB Clinton's observance of Armed Forces Day this Saturday. The program opens at 1:30 p.m. with a precision drill team and the base band in a show on the parade square. A gymnastics display will be presented at 1:45 p.m. in Building 21, followed by. the sailors' ' "crossing the line" ceremony at the swimming pool. Massed pipe bands with more than 70 musicians will perform at 2:30 p.m. and at three o'clock there will be an aircraft flypast with plane crossing over the parade square from north to south. The square dance club puts on a show at 3:30 in Building 21 and at four the 21st Field Regiment from Wingham will hold an exercise on the parade square. Closing the program, at 4:15 p.m., will be skydiving display by military personnel from the London Skydiving Club, The skydivers will drop in an open area on the north side of the e offi .' n officers' mess. Refreshments will be available to visitors and admission is free. While the exact number eligible in Huron is not known, there are 4,500 census farnis in the county so the number who can vote may well be over 10,000. Mr. Hunter told the GFO backers that the Huron organization was stronger than in other counties and must get out enough "yes" voters to offset possible small turnouts Councillor Councillor Cameron Proctor submitted his resignation as town representative on the planning board at Monday night's council meeting and walked out after a heated debate over issuance of building permits. But the written resignation was tabled on a motion by Coun. Harold Lobb who said it should not be accepted until the next meeting "in hopes he will reconsider his decision." The wrangle developed when council realized that a permit was issued for construction of a new home on Erie Street at a site. not serviced by sewers and one which county health authorities have indicated not suitable for a septic tank. A similar situation on Maple Street which has kept officials busy for several months prompted council in March t� change permit issuance procedures to try to prevent a recurrence. Youth, 17, dies in Carlow crash An Auburn youth was killed,. and four area teenagers injured Friday evening, June 6, when the car in which they were riding collided with a second car on County Road 25 at Carlow. Dead is 17 -year-old Lawrence H. Smith of RR 2, Auburn. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. N. C. Jackson of Goderich, Huron County coroner. Detained in Alexandra Marine and General Hospital in fair condition with multiple injuries are Janice Vanderburgh, 13, Port Albert; Norman Stephens, 16, Dungannon and James Granger, 17, the driver of the car, from 258 Huron Road, Goderich. Treated for lacerations to the nose and face and released was Nancy Vanderburgh, 15, of Port •Albert. The driver of the second car, Roy Wallace Hardy, Belgrave, was not injured. The accident happened at 8:30 p.m. Friday when the southbound car driven by Granger failed to stop at the intersection of Huron Road 1 and County Road 25 and was struck broadside by the Hardy vehicle which was travelling west on County Road 25. Police said the car tore down a pole and struck a guy wire on a second pole before coming to rest. - The dead youth was in the rear seat of the vehicle. Ontario Provincial Police from the Please turn to Page 8 Overturned tractor's missing left rear Wheel Was torn off in collision With an Auto Iasi Saturday oln County Road 8 a half -mile south of Auburn, An Aubtrlt farmer riding a sprayer hitched to the tractor s stabled Serious injury to his left le and a Myth griding ih the car suffered -minor injuries, u 1 y g Y girtg 1 '.- Staff Photo elsewhere. But there is apathy here, he said, "and it is harder to fight than an enemy, a known opposition." The June 24 balloting will take place throughout the county from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. One fact noted by Mr. Pullen is that farmers will be able to vote 'in any poll and can go to the closest one whether or not it is within his township. Confirmation of the availability of some halls for voting on the 24th was still being awaited yesterday and a list of the polling places cannot be announced until next week. Township chairman in the central part of the county include Edgar Rathwell, RR 2, Bayfield (Goderich Twp.); Don Please turn to Page 8 quits planning post • The decision in March called for the planning board to be advised of applications for permits to build on certain unserviced lots. - Citing the issuance of the Erie Street permit despite the sewerage problems, Mr. Proctor said "The sooner we stop this way of doing things, and change it, the sooner we will have things done properly...it is high time we make some rules and make people stick by them." Mayor Donald E. Symons questioned whether it is the town's responsibility to do more than make sure the person building is aware of what services are or are not available. To that Councillor Proctor replied that it would be the town's responsibility "when we stand up and say it is our responsibility." Councillor Proctor called it a poor practice for the town to issue permits where a house cannot be serviced and complained that the building inspector has ignored the new procedure, When Councillor Frank Cook said a man would be a fool to build where there was no way to dispose of sewage, Councillor Proctor retorted "We are fools to allow it." The discussion went on at length, but Councillor Proctor seemed to be making little leadway in his arguments and finally said he was fed up "with the way things are not being done." He passed a written resignation to the mayor and said he was tired and would have to go home. Mr. Proctor, whose baby daughter was scalded by hot coffee last week and is in hospital in London, had arrived at the council meeting late after a trip to the hospital. Mrs. Don McLean, ladies' division president, left, presents silver tray to Mrs. Donald Glousher of Blyth who earned the most points in the division's competition at the Clinton Spring Fair last weekend.. Auburn man is injured in car -tractor collision An Auburnfarmer underwent ent emergency surgery at Clinton Public. Hospital for leg injuries suffered when a car ranimed a tractor and sprayer on County Road 8 a half -mile south of Auburn last Saturday afternoon. The injured man, Clarence R. Longhurst, 57 of RR 1, Auburn, was riding on the sprayer which was hitched to a tractor driven by Leonard Archambeault, also of RR .1, Auburn, Mr. Longhurst remains in hospital. His condition is said to be improving, Mr. Archambeault escaped harm. The driver of the car was Gordon W. Pickett, 20r of RR 3, Clinton. One of two passengers in the Pickett car, Nancy McClure of Blyth, Was checked at the hospital and released, The other passenger, Kenneth Leibold of RIt 2, Clinton, was unhurt. The accident occurred about 3;60 p.m. at point where the county road dips down, crosses the Canadian Pacitie It,ailway tracks and intersects with the Station Road: The tractor and s ra er `T e,. d p y... � Y.. wh h ad been workin in Mt rc h b M f g Lon h t s fields nearby, dove g Urs y, r clown the Station Road and crossed the county road from east to west as they headed toward the Maitland River for water, The Pickett car, travelling north on the county road, went out of control as the driver reportedly tried to avoid colliding with the tractor. The car veered to the left, crashed through the guard rail, angled down an embankment and hit the tractor and sprayer which Were already across and a few feet off the road, The impact snapped of the tractor's left rear wheel and overturned the David Brown 990 machine. The empty sprayer was hurled tome distance away and Mr, Longhurst was tossed in the air. Mr. Archambeault, who managed to jutnp clear as the tractor tipped, said the large tractor wheel landed on Mr, Longhurst's left leg. Ontario Provincial Police Constable Ray Primeau of Seafoith was in a cruiser northbound on the county road behind the Pickett car and was en the scene nionients atter the crash, according to Mr, Archambeault. The OPP pian a ce from surrinioned bu twian Y m l i GgMr, Lon"- burst and el torMY od rch later transported Miss McChrre to the Hospital,