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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-10-30, Page 1into PRJCg FeR COPY 15c: poiRecord cLINTQN, QN,TARIQ--THURSDAY, 00TOEFR3(), 1969 104th YEAR —NQ. 44 Conversing after last weekend's commencement. program St Central Huron Secondary School are, from left, John Levis, chairman of the county school board; R. J. Homuth, principal: Norman- dartey of tile Ontario Dept. of Education and Ian S, Fraser, guest speaker and former CHSS Shgiish department head; Staff Photo. Sister Elaine, a member of London's Sisters of St. Joseph Concert Band, surprised the audience at CFB Clinton Tue3day with her baton-twirling talents. The band performed at' a "Cancer Can Be Beaten" rally sponsored by the Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society. Bandleader Martin Boundy announced Tuesday that the sisters will appear with the Salvation Army Band at Centennial Hall in London on Nov. 8 in the first such joint program anywhere in the world. Poppy fund helps local fire victims Harold Newland, valedictorian at Central Huron Sedondaty Scheel's annual commencement 'exercises last Friday evening, Calls for More "relevant" high school program with More choice left to Students. 11. j, Harlin*, principal, seen With his head back as he contemplates the Speaker% remarkt, later asked for a Copy of the speedy so that "Maybe We.can put some Of those ideas into forge: P Staff Photo Seven Ontario scholars among CHSS graduates An audience of 1,000 heard this panel discuss detection and treatment of cancer at Tuesday evening's "Cancer Can Be Beaten" rally at Canadian Forces Base Clinton. The panel discussion followed performance of the Sisters of St. Joseph Concert Band. Don ,Gray, left, director of educational TV for London schools and former broadcaster, moderated. Panel members are, from left, Dr. Kenneth Mustard, medical advisor to the Ontario Division of the Canadian Cancer Society; Dr. G. P. A. Evans, Huron County medical officer of health and advisor to the cancer society's Huron unit; Sister St. William, Ontario division education co-ordinator and Maurice Grimes, executive director of the division. — Staff Photo Charge two from here after Seaforth fracas A young Clinton man and another from Brucefield face charges stemming from a fracas in Seaforth early Sunday morning. Rodney S. Jervis, 18, of Clinton, is charged with causing 'a disturbance. He appeared in provincial judge's court in Goderich Monday and was remanded out of custody for a, week on $250 bail. Johannes H. Leppington, 20, of Brucefield, was charged with assaulting a policeman. He was —release& on $1,000 bail. Arthur Sutcliffe, 23, Seaforth, was also charged with assaulting police and is free on $500 bail. Wallace Leo Sprague, 17, of Exeter, was convicted on a charge of assaulting police and was given time to pay a $100 fine and $2,80 costs, Floyd Johnston, 19, of London, has been charged with possession of liquor while a minor. The arrests came after a series of scuffles in and around the Queen's Hotel involving both local residents and members of motorcycle clubs from London and Clinton. Members of the London-based Apocalypse club reportedly came to Clinton Saturday night at the invitation of the Pagans, a local group, and gathered here before going to Seaforth where they spent several hours in the hotel. By closing' time at the hotel, about two dozen club members, many accompanied by wives or girlfriends, had made their 11:30 o'clock. The FPS, 20 , long-range surveillance antenna, once in service as part of the North American Air Defence System, was presented to the town in 1967 as a centennial gift by personnel of Canadian Forces Base Clinton. The gift commemorates the establishment at Clinton of the first radar training school in North America and was installed on a permanent ,base after the intersection of Highways 4 and 8 was reconstructed last summer. The town council is working with the legion branch to arrange the ceremony on the 11th which has been declared a full holiday by Clinton. The first column In this week's report &Om the Offs Goderich detachment the following warning appears: "Parents! Are you planning your children's costumes for Halloween? The Ontario Dept. • of Transport urges you to make sure any fancy costumes they wear are light in colour. Remember that children are almost invisible at night if they wear dark costumes and black masks. For safety's sake, make sure your children wear light-coloured costumes or something prominently white when they're out on the street this Halloween night." * ar Harvesting of grain corn is progressing well, although yields in some areas of tile county are below normal, according to Huron agricultural representative Don. S. Pullen in this week's crop report. The turnip harvest is almoSt complete, with prices remaining favorable. Winter wheat appears to be making good growth. Recent rains should help with the large acreage of fall plowing which remains to be completed. Western feeder cattle are beginning to arrive in 'the county. Some herds of dairy cattle are being stabled. Stored feed supplies should be adequate for the approaching winter season. * * * Huron Fish and Game Conservation Association officials shot one of three dogs which killed two deer and mauled two others in the fenced enclosure near the clubhouse early Monday morning. The other two dogs escaped under the fence. Nine deer were kept in the 2 . 5 - ac re enclosure, Four appeared to be unharmed. One fawn was not immediately located and the two injured animals may have to be destroyed, officials said. Evidence indicated that at least one of the dead deer tried to leap the eight-foot fence to escape the dogs. The other was found with its head and neck dragged under the fencing. * * * A portion of the false front of the Gliddon Cleaners building at 69 King St. was torn off early Tuesday when three overhead hydro lines were pulled down by a passing truck, according to police. The lines were attached to the Gliddon plant, to Blake's Welding across the street and to a hydro pole in front of the dry cleaners. The hydro pole tipped, but the welding shop was undamaged. Damage to the dry cleaning plant was estimated at $300 by Bert Gliddon. Police discovered the mishap, but the truck did not stop and has not been identified. * * * The Clinton Lions Club has rescheduled its rummage sale for Nov. 22 in the Town Hall, Lions members are seeking donations of clothing. Slated first for the arena, the sale had to be postponed because the skating season started earlier than anticipated. * * * CFPL-TV London, Channel 10, will be an all-color station by Nov. 3. * * * Litter can cause accidents. Broken glass on the highway can cause a blow-out, flying paper can abscure a driver's view `at a cruical moment and boXes or pieces of metal or wood on the toad can cause a driver to swerve. Do your part to help keep Ontario's highways clean and safe. Don't litter our highways, Weather 100 1068 HI LO HI Lb ch 21 4/ 35 51 38 22 86 28 65 41 23 35 19 55 37 24 46 25 53 36 25 54 3/ 47 41 26 56 48 45 37 27 45 36 53 35 Rain .63" Rain 67 Snow 3fe Members of Clinton Branch 140 of the Royal Canadian Legion will have an answer next month when they are asked: "Just what do you do with this poppy fund?" The poppy sales night is Nov. 4 and the fund is being put to work locally this year to assist the family of veteran Roy Piekett whose house in Goderich TownShip was razed by fire on Oct. 18. At a general meeting Monday. evening, members voted unanimously to pledge $1,000 to help house the Picketts. All Legion men have been asked to meet at seven o'clock on the fourth to sell poppies both in town and at Adastral Park, Canadian Forces Base Clinton. Neighbors of the fire victims are continuing to coiled funds and report that relatives have provided a two-bedrooth mobile home on the Picketts' 14th ,concession farm. They say that plans are to attach additional rooms to the trailer so there is space for the entire family. It NS been suggested that the legion's poppy fund money be put toward the test of the building, Mr, and IVIrt, Pickett, five children and Mr, Piekett's elderly mother all lived in the. house which burned. Among the dOdoi-oh Township residentS on the fundraising committee are Mr, and Mrs. Filmic Potter, Mr, arid Mrs. Olen Price, Edward arid A winner of fivo.011olo•rshipp, Harold: Newland, 19, son of Dr, and Mrs. • V, M. :Newland of Clinton, was valedictorian at the,. annual commencement exercises of .Central Huron Secondary School last Friday evening, A firSt,year student at the University of Toronto majoring in mathematics, Harold carried 10 Credits in his Grade 13 at Clinton and averaged 94.7 percent, one of the highest in the school's history. Records showed he achieved more than 90 percent in each of his five years in secondary school. He was presented with an Ontario 'scholarship, the Sir Ernest Cooper scholarship and three W. D. Fair scholarships for general proficiency in English, chemistry and physics. In his brief speech; Harold asked that high school be made a more relevant experience for young people. fie suggested that attendance be voluntary after the first or second year, asserting John Deeves and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Powell, all of RR 3, Clinton. Donations are being accepted by them at the Clinton Community Credit Union and at both'bank branches in town. that the best discipline is He called for schools to be moulded to the student rather than the reverse and said students should have more selections in their studies because in making more decisions they will be making their life and gaining maturity. The student speaker urged "more emphasis on the use of knowledge not absorption, more emphasis on making value judgments" and suggested credit courses on modern problems such as pollution to help train students to be critical of their environment. He said also that students should have a free press and remarked that hair and dress were irrelevant to education. Charles Trewartha, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Trewartha of RR 3, Clinton, who is majoring in mathematics at Waterloo University, also won five scholarships — an Ontario Scholarship, two W. D. Fair scholarships for mathematics and general proficiency, the E. A. Fines memorial award in mathematics and the Ontario senior mathematics award, Ian S. Fraser, a Windsor e d u cation consultant who formerly headed the English department at CHSS, was guest speaker at the graduation. Mr. Fraser urged the graduates to become "creative revolutionaries" and exhorted them to "build not smash, make the world better and fuller not shabbier and emptier." He said he would have preferred to reminisce and tell a few jokes, but felt compelled to deal with the real issues of the real world — war, racism, riots, overpopulation, poverty, the arms race and pollution. "We are inescapably surrounded by these," he said, "...these things are all of our making — we'can unmake' them as we will," The Rev. J. E. Kelly, pastor of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, gave the invocation. Principal Robert J. Homuth said 1968-69 had been a good year at CHSS, but that he hoped the next would be better. He noted that the Student Council is 60-strong and all volunteers, that an active prefect system is in operation and that his aim is to provide better lines of communication between staff and students. He said he hoped to improve the status of students in the eyes of the public. The greater percentage of students, he said, are proud of their school and its activities and do not deserve the "type of publicity you hear now so often." The CHSS students deserve pats on the back and not criticism, he said, Mr. Homuth added thanks to the former CDCI board and its successor, the new county school board, saying the members are all dedicated to providing the best schools, equipment and atmosphere of training for Huron County. John Lavis, chairman of the new county school board, said the transition from 31 boards to one has not been easy, "We have had many problems," he said, "...but most are under control we think." lEditor's note — Full list of graduates will be published next week./ Diplomas and certificates were presented to 240 students. Other Ontario Scholarship winners were Casey Roest, Janis Galbraith, Lucille Bond, Barbara Ball and Leland Adams, General proficiency awards were received by: Cathy Benjamins, Grade 9, Bartliff's Bakery Award; Brenda Turner, Grade 10, Fairholme Dairy Award and Wayne Gornall, Grade 11, Anstett Jewellers Award. Canadian Forces Base Clinton awards went to three 12th graders: James Roy (arts and science), William Stirling (business and commerce) and Bjarne Christensen (science, technology and trades). Winners of Grade 12 subject awards were: Kerry Toll, Dr. D. B. Palmer award in geography; Shirley Stutt, W. C. Newcombe award in mathematics; James Roy, Harriston Fertilizer award in science, Clinton Kinsmen award in foreign languages and Clinton News-Record award in English and Florence Martin, E. B. Menzies award in history. Other award winners included: Barb Shepherd, Bank of Montreal award in business and commerce; Fred Stevenson, Asmussen award in science, technology and trades; Bonnie Perdue, George Jefferson Memorial Scholarship. Harris Snell and Brenda Turner, Norman and Verna Carter Memorial award in science; Ron Scott, Women's Auxiliary to Canadian Legion Branch 140 award; Gary Deline, Lavis -Contracting Co. Ltd. award and Diane Carter, Murphy Bus Lines award. Winners of W. D. Fair Scholarships included Wayne Gornall and Judy Finley in grade 11; Judy McBride, special commercial and James Roy, Kerry Toll, Florence Martin, Shirley Stutt and Barbara Shepherd, grade 12. , Awards were also presented to: John McKenzie, Canada Packers award; Evelyn Yake, Rosemarie Westlake, Michael Paulin, Alec Johns, CHSS Library awards; Glenn Hayter, Mabel Moffatt, memorial award in agriculture; Lucille Bond, Carnation Company Ltd. scholarship; Joanne Veldhuis and Hazel Collins, Women's Auxiliary to the Clinton Public Hospital bursary; and Judy Carter, Co-operator's Insurance Association driving award. Other Grade 13 winners of W. D. Fair scholarships were Janis Galbraith, Leland .ams and Lucille Bond, ror , general proficiency; Janis Galbraith, Gordon Merrill, Peter Land and Paul Gornall, for' subject proficiency. Plans for the annual Remembrance Day parade and services and for dedication of the CFB Clinton radar antenna at the main corner on Nov. 11 were announced at a meeting of Clinton Branch 140 of the Royal Canadian Legion on Monday evening. Following a non-denomina- tional service at the Legion Hall at 9:30 a.m. on the 11th, paraders will march to the cenotaph at Library Park where a second service will take place at 10:50 o'clock. Enroute back to the hall, the parade will form up at the antenna site for the dedication ceremony slated to start at Town making plans to dedicate antenna appearance. All came in cars. There were at least 100 area residents on the scene as well; some of them on their way home from a teen town dance: Word that the Pagans and the Apocalypse were coming' reached Seaforth ahead of time and town police called provincial police to assist if trouble occurred. When fighting broke out about 1:18 a.m , provincial police had all exits from Seaforth sealed off and quickie„ moved in on the cyclists and local residents. One report said there were 23 provincial police officers on hand at the start and an estimated 40 before things calmed down more than an hour later. In that period Seaforth Police Chief Gordon Hulley sustained head injuries and was later admitted to Seaforth Community Hospital. The outburst started, one officer said, "with some pushing and shoving” and then got a little rougher. That's when the police moved in to break it up. After the scuffles, the club members returned to Clinton, followed by more than 20 OPP men. One auxiliary constable was on duty in town and Police Chief Lloyd Westlake was summoned. The motorcyclists gathered on Albert Street where provincial police mingled with them until the club members left. A member of Rodney Jervis' family said the youth owns a motorcycle, but does not belong to the motorcycle club. One of the Pagans said Jervis is a former member. Police. identified Leppington as a member of the Clinton club.