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104th YEAR NO, 34
CLINTON, ONTARIO — THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1969 -Plaice RE R COPY 15o
MPP MacNoughton is
extremely 'disappointed •
about base phase-out
K. S. Wood of Clinton, a member of the Goderich Power Squadron, tows "treasure island" to spot
between Goderich and Bayfield to be hunted by squadron members on cruise last Sunday.
—Staff Photo
curfew, closing bylaws
being considered here
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The first
column
A sunrise White Bean program
will be held at the farm of Jack
Peck, 1.25 miles west of Kippen
next Thursday, Aug. 28 at 8
a.m.
The variety, herbicide,
fertilizer and white mold control
demonstrations will be discussed
by soils and crops specialists
from this area as well as from
the Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology and
Canada Department of
Agriculture research stations at
Harrow and Woodslea.
Another feature will be a brief
look at some "do's and don'ts"
with respect to the use of bean
harvesting equipment.
Of special interest will be
comments on the market
situation by Bob Allen of
Brucefield, chairman of the
Ontario Bean Producers'
Marketing Board. •
No one will go home hungry
for knowledge or food. Elanco's
bean pots will be operating and
coffee and doughnuts will be
served by area ladies.
All those interested in the
production and marketing of
white beans are invited to attend
this event sponsored by the
Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association and
the Ontario Bean Producers'
Marketing Board.
* * *
Cereal grain harvest is about
75 per cent complete, according
to Donald S. Pullen., Huron
County agricultural
representative, in his weekly
crop report.
Grain corn appears to be
doing well on the whole, said
Mr. Pullen, and heat units to
date are at a normal level.
A gentle rain would be
beneficial to most field crops,
particularly pastures, he added.
* * *
Malt Edgar's appointment as
vice-principal of the Petrolia
High School and the family's
imminent departure from
Clinton have prompted a
number of citizens to plan an
"Edgar Appreciation Night"
with a prOgram and dance on
Sept. 13 at 8:30 p.m.
Tickets are being circulated
and will be available at the door
of the Community Centre that
night. Refreshments will be
available and ladies will be asked
to bring sandwiches.
* * *
Don't miss the , Clinton
Citizens' Horticultural Society
annual flower show at the town
hall tomorrow from 3 to 9:15
p.m. There will be prizes
awarded in nearly 50 categories.
* * *
Mrs. Aida (MacDonald) Gray
tells us that today's recall system
for defective autos was needed
even in the days of the Ford
Model Ts — the steering wheel of
her family's new coupe started
to wobble while driving down
Wopdward Avenue in Detroit,
she recalls.
Examination showed the
steering post secured by only
one bolt in place of the required
four.
Weather
1969 1968
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13 84 54 72 60
14 87 60 74 41
15 89 67 87 64
16 82 65 81 58
17 83 67 75 52
18 84 66 76 55
Iiaih „36" Rain .70"
8-year-old
hit by car
An eight year old Goderich
girl is listed in serious condition
in St. Joseph's Hospital, tendon
today with injuries to her head,
leg, and pelvis, received when
she was struck by a car on
Highway 21. near Goderich
Tuesday Afternoon,
Heather Marshall, daughter of
Corporal and Mrs. Laurie D.
Marshall, 9 Berinkt Street,
Ooderieh, was riding her bicycle
along the highWay when she Was
'struck by a car driven by John
B. McLeod, 66, of Goderich.
She was taken to ,AlexEmdta
Marine and General Hospital and
later transferred to London,
Cpl, Itilaritall is stationed at
Cft Clinton,
"Hot" car
driver is
boy, 13
Slate fall
AF week
Councillor Clarence
Denomme is forming a
committee to plan for this fall's
"unveiling" of the CFB Clinton
radar antenna slated for
installation at the main corner in
town.
The antenna, given to the
town in Centennial Year, will be
put in place once construction
work at the intersection is
completed.
Plans are to have the
ceremony at the time armed
forces officials are here to open
the new Canadian Forces
Warrant Officer School early in
November.
It has been suggested that the
events be combined with an "old
home week" for air force
personnel who once were
stationed at CFB Clinton.
"Perhaps," noted Coun.
Denomme, "it will be the last
time the air force people will
come to Clinton now that the
base is closing."
An increasing number of
complaints about vandalism and
night-time rowdyism,
particularly on weekends, may
lead to enactment of a bylaw
imposing a curfew on Clinton
young people. Late-night noise
and disturbances around the
Crown Drive-In on Victoria
Street may bring a , bylaw
requiring, outdoor ,eeting places
to close early.
Both matters were discussed
by the town council at its
meeting last week and town
clerk John Livermore was
instructed to ask the Dept. of
Municipal Affairs for sample
bylaws on the curfew and
early-closing.
Even as the council was
deliberating, another incident
involving young people occurred
two youths poured out what
gasoline remained in hoses on
pumps at Scruton's Tire and
Auto Service on Albert Street
and set the gas afire. A man'
from Lucknow, reportedly a
member of the municipal
council there, spotted the flames
and stamped them out. He tried
unsuccessfully to nab the
youngsters.
Police Chief Lloyd Westlake
tells of several instances of his
police force being harassed by
youngsters between 10 and 1l
years of age. In one incident the
weekend before last, eggs were
taken from a variety store and
thrown at houses and cars -- the
police cruiser was the target of
one of the missiles.
Mayor Donald E. Symons said
the council will sanction special
enforcement efforts by police
and "more forceful checking by
more men" on some nights in
order to keep "others from
wrecking the town."
"It is unfortunate," said the
mayor, "that for five per cent of
mayor, "I'd pound them into
the street." He made it clear he
was advocating that police
abandon restraint.
The drive-in restaurant, the
subject of repeated complaints
by neighbors this summer, was
brought up at the council
meeting by Douglas McDougall,
a 79-year-old pensioner whose
home is next door.
Raucous youths gather in the
late hours, he said, and the
restaurant, termed a "custard
stand" at the meeting, stays
open on occasion until 5 a.m.
A six-month adult course in
woodworking trades may be
offered 'in Clinton under the
Ontario Manpower Retraining
Program this year, it was learned
Monday evening at a meeting of
the Huron County Board of
Education at Central Huron
Secondary School in Clinton.
Although it was not
mentioned at the meeting, it is
known that provincial and
federal manpower officials have
consulted Fabian Furniture
Manufacturing Ltd., Clinton's
new industry, to determine the
need for trained workers.
The retraining program's
co-ordinator asked for and
received the board's approval, in
principle only, for after-hours
use of a carpentry shop --
probably at CHSS and D. J.
Cochrane, director of edcuation,
was authorized to enter into
more detailed discussion before
a final commitment is made. No
specific information on the
proposed course was
immediately available.
It was noted by the board
that turning over a shop from 4
to 10:30 p.m. or from 4:30 to
11 p.m. each day for six months
would preclude use of that one
shop for any regular adult
education courses.
In other business, Melvin
Steep of 150 Gordon St.,
Clinton, submitted a low tender
of $2,400 per year for
Maintenance of the
administrative offices of the
county board of education in
the former nurses' residence in
Clinton,
Mr. Steep was hired with the
proviso that the quoted price
includes clearing snow from the
sidewalks before the offices
open each day.
Other contracts awarded
when the board met Monday
included one for $2,875 to Cale
Doucette Ltd. of Clinton for
strapping and tiling ceilirigs and
one for $885 to D. A. Kay and
Son of Clinton for painting three
classrooms, a kindergarten room
and a supply room at Clinton
Public School.
It was reported that
agreements with Wellington arid
Perth Counties have been
reached with respect to
secondary School pupils who live
in those parts of Huron County
which were parts of Norwell
High School bistrict and
tistowel High School District
until last January. The
agreements call for no change its
the status quo tor rive years.
Students in Schools outside
Huron . will have their tuition
paid by the Huron board.
Charles S. Maaaughton,
Huron MPP, Treasurer of
Ontario and Minister of
Economies, made the following
statement after learning of the
federal government's decision to
phase out CFB Clinton by
September 1971,
I am extremely disappointed
that the Canadian Forces Base at
Clinton, in my riding of Huron,
has been scheduled for
deactivation by the Department
of National Defence.
This is the second severe
economic blow suffered by the
Huron Community in less than
three years as a result of national
defence reorganization. It
follows rather hard on the heels
of the closing of the former
station at Centralia, whose
deactivation was announced in
1966.
For many years, these two
former RCAF Stations have
been a major element in the
economy of Huron, providing
the largest employment of any
non-agricultural enterprise in the
county. While Huron is an
excellent farming community, it
has experienced relatively little
industrial growth since World
War II and the defence bases
have been instrumental in
providing jots and revenue for
people in the area,
• Because of this, and
particularly in view of the
federal government's current
concern for regional disparity, I
had hoped that the defence
department would have
continued operations at Clinton
at least until the community had
Confirmed cases of rabid
animals reached a near-record
level in Huron County in the
12-month period ended last
March 31, reports Dr. W. J.
Thompson, sub-district
veterinarian for the Canada
Dept. of Agriculture's Health of
Animals Branch office in
Seaforth.
To reduce the hazard to dogs
and cats, the federal branch and
the Huron County Health Unit
will cooperate in holding
anti-rabies vaccination clinics
starting Monday and ending
Sept. 18.
Rabies cases involving both
domestic and wild animals
totalled 89 for the 12-month
period, said Dr. Thompson. This
is 63 more than in the previous
year and only four fewer than in
1958-59, the record year for
rabies.
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
When Huron County's public
schools reopen Sept, 2, buses
will operate on the same basis as
last year, but the whole
transportation picture is being
studied by the board of
education and changes in the
system may be made later in the
year.
At a board meeting in
Clinton's Central Huron
Secondary School Monday
evening, board chairman John
Lavis of Clinton named Donald
recovered fully from the
Centralia setback, The recent
establishment of a new warrant
officers' school at Clinton
suggested that the federal
authorities anticipated the base
would remain active for many
years to come.
While I am most concerned
about the announcement to
close Clinton, I am relieved to
learn that a two.year phasing-out
period has been provided by the
Department of National
Defence. The closure date of
September, 1971, will give
governmental authorities an
opportunity to investigate
carefully the best alternative use
to be made of the facilities at
the base. I hope this will result
in much less disruption and
hardship than was the
experience with the abrupt
closing of Centralia in 1966.
Sometime after the Centralia
deactivation, I wrote to Defence
Minister Leo Cadieux to express
my concern over the method of
closure there and urged him to
consider a procedure which
would minimize the problem of
adjustment. I note that his
department will co-operate with
other federal departments, the
provincial government and local
authorities in planning for future
use of the facilities.
The Ontario Government,
through its Development
Corporation, has made every
effort to replace the Centralia
loss through the establishment
of an industrial park and
agricultural school there. While
this development has been quite'
During the last year, more
than 3,912 dogs and cats were
vaccinated against rabies at 28
free clinics. The number of cases
involving domestic animals --
dogs, cats And farm livestock --
rose to 37 from six the year
before. Huron County continues
to be among the counties with
the highest occurrence of rabies.
In reporting statistics, Dr.
Thompson notes, one must
always consider the effectiveness
of the reporting system. It is
very difficult to obtain any
accurate reporting system on
diseases in wild animals because
of their nature and habitat.
Therefore, one can assume that
there are many more rabid
animals in a given area than are
reported.
It would ,appear, believes the
veterinarian, that rabies in
Huron County will continue to
McDonald of Brussels to head a
special bus committee whose
members are Mrs. Marian Zinn,
Dungannon; Gordon Moir,
Gorrie; A. Garnet Hicks, Exeter;
John Henderson, Seaforth and
Daniel J. Murphy, Goderich.
Using as a starting paint a
report presented Monday by L.
R. Maloney, manager of
purchasing and Services, the
committee is to make
recommendations on
transportation policy at the
board's Sept. 2 meeting. Mr.
Maloney is attending a two-day
successful, the transformation is
still in process and the
adjustment will not be
completed for several years.
The Clinton base, which does
not have runway or hangar
facilities, does not lend itself to
industrial uses as did Centralia.'
It should be well suited,
however, to institutional or
educational needs, since the base
has been an outstanding training
centre for many years.
I hope that Ottawa will give
every possible consideration to
employing the base as an
educational centre for some
other federal program. My
colleague, Robert McKinley, MP
for Huron, is working actively
on this possibility. It seems
eminently sensible, during this
period of inflation and concern
over public spending, to utilize
these existing facilities as an
alternative to investing capital
funds in new construction.
I can assure the Clinton
community that the Ontario
Government is prepared to
co-operate fully in efforts to
minimize the loss. I am confident
for example, that Clinton itself
will continue to be designated
under the revised E.T.D. program
to provide forgivable loans and
conventional financing for new
or expanding industries. I have
assured a number of local
authorities, including Warden
James Hayter of Huron County,
Mayor Donald E. Symons of
Clinton and Reeve Elgin
Thompson of Tuckersmith
Township, that I am prepared to
assist in every way possible.
post a hazard to dogs and cats.
Clinics are planned on the
following dates in Central
Huron:
Aug. 28 -- 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at
the library in Brussels and 1:30
to 4:30 p.m. at the community
hall in Walton.
Aug. 29 -- 9 to 12 at the Blyth
arena and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at
the Beigrave arena.
Sept. 3 .- 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at
the Auburn community centre.
Sept. 9 -- 1 to 8 p.m. at the
Clinton Community Centre.
Sept. 10 -- 1 to 8 p.m. at the
Seaforth Community Centre.
Sept. 11 -- 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
at the Brucefield Fire Hall and
from 1:30 to 4:30 at the
Bayfield Town Hall.
Sept, 15 -- 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
at the Hensall arena,
school transportation seminar at
York University in Toronto
today and tomorrow.
Contracts for bus service for
1968-69 have not been signed, it
was learned Monday, and the
board directed Mr. Maloney to
arrange to have contractors
operate on the same terms as last
year. Mr. Maloney is to seek
from the contractors letters
acknowledging that bus terms
will be the same as in the past
until new agreements are
reached this fall,
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A car reported stolen from
Blyth last Friday evening was
recovered in Clinton early
Saturday afteeit swung around a
turn at the main corner so fast
that it skidded sideways into the
curb and knocked the motor
loose,
A 13-year-old boy was at the
wheel when town police arrived.
He and a 14-year-old passenger
were held for provincial police
from Wingham. Owner of the car
is George McClinchey of Blyth.
Further details were not
immediately available.
In a separate incident the
same night, police searched for
and found a car which a man
said his 14-year-old son had been
driving. Police that night also
chased an auto which had been
reported stolen. The driver was
identified, but the car eluded
police. The owner later decided
not to press theft charges, but
the driver faces traffic charges as
a result of the pursuit.
Police said a teenaged girl was
treated at Clinton Public
Hospital Friday night for cuts on
her foot suffered when she
stepped on glass from a bottle
which had been thrown at her in
the Clinton Community Park.
The girl was identified as Nancy
McClure of Wingham.
At 2:30 a.m. Saturday, police
noticed glass in the front door of
Bill German's Bowling and
Billiards broken. Police said
blood was spattered around the
scene, indicating that someone's
hand or arm had gone throtigh -
the glass. There was no evidence
of entry.
A coinbox at Corey's Car
Wash on Victoria Street was
pried open and emptied between
1 and 6 a.m. Saturday, police
report. The theft was not
discovered and reported until
later Stielayr morning, —
Three juveniles reportedly are
being charged with mischief as a
result of damage Friday night to
a pickup truck owned by James
Flynn of 79 Albert Street.
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Sgt. Art bierolf, second from right, receives from Col. E. W. Ryan', CFB Clinton bate dornmarider, a
plaque honoring for outstanding Work on the Adastral Park Youth Sports Program. At the left is
Matter. Warrant Officer Len Palmer, hiaybt of Adattral Park, Looking oh at right it Master Warrant
Officer Harry Sewell, deputy Mayor, Sergeant Dieleaffi a supply technician at the base from 1964
until his retirement last Month, deviated practitally all his Spare time to organiting and directing
sports programs tot the boys of Adastral Park, He is neiN living in London With his family and
working for tho University of Western Ontario, Canadian Fornes Photo
the population we have to do
this and it will cost you and me
money to curtail this nonsense.
One or two policemen
working Friday nights are not
enough "during this sort of
thing," the mayor said, relating
details of an incident in which
an auxiliary p.m, constable was
subject to verbal abuse. "I won't put up with it any
wouldn't have taken it," said the longer," he said, "I will have to
• get the old rifle out and start
shooting or something."
In reply, the mayor said,
"Rest assured, a bylaw is coming
to curtail this activity."
Councillor Harold Lobb said
the police asked the drive-in
proprietor, Ward Knox, to close
earlier, but did not get
co-operation.
The mayor also noted that it
is his belief that such eating
establishments must provide
washroom facilities. He
promised to check on the
regulations.
He said the drive-in
washrooms are locked in the late
hours, so his back yard is used
instead. Litter left after the
drive-in closes attracts dozens of
birds in the morning and blows
all over the neighborhood, he
asserted.
May teach woodworking
Will hold anti-rabies clinics
School bus cost under study
Charles East Of Clinton takeS tumble during the Huron Trail Riders" first rodeo held laSt SundaY at
Dungannon Fair Grciunds. vent drew more than 500 spectators and 54 contestants. Staff Photo