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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
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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.