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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-11-13, Page 1Charter members of Clinton Branch 140 of the Royal Canadian Legion, all of whom were at last
week's annual banquet, are from left. Harold S. Turner of Goderich; G. M. Counter, Dr. F, G.
Thompson and Morgan Agnew, all of Clinton. — Staff Photo,
Clinton Newsp•Record
"You know the cost of war in
blood, tears and sweat," the
Rev: George Goth of London
told Clinton Legion men as he
exhorted them to help create a
world in which peoples trust one
another and wars do not occur.
the program. The Ladies
Auxiliary to the Legion prepared
and served the bountiful dinner.
Officiating at the opening and
closing ceremonies were acting
sergeant-at-arms, George
Campbell, piper, Hec Kingswell,
colour sergeant, J. Douglas
Thorndike and colour bearer,
Harold Black and Harry Crich.
Chester Merriam of Tara,
chairman of the Dominion
Council to the Royal Canadian
Legion, closed the meeting.
The ScOtt brothers, Jim and
Ken, of Londesboro, provided',
the entertainment.
Other guests and head table
personalities were: Clinton
The Rev, George London, second from left, was guest Speaker at fait week's annual
Clinton legion branch banquet. Branch President Percy brown is at left The Fiev. A. Mowatt,
Minister' of ClintOn'S WeSiey-Willit United 'Clitirch, is betide be, both with Cameron Proctor, past
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The first
New signs at the four highway
entrances to town went up this
week prior to the dedication of
the radar antenna monument at
the. main corner. No longer is
Clinton proclaimed to be the
Hunting Ground of the Hurons
(a claim shown some time ago to
be unlikely at best); — visitors
are now welcomed to the Home
of Radar in Canada.
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Clinton town council upped
its basic building permit fee to
$3 from $1 Monday evening and
agreed to leave unchanged the
present maximum — whatever it
may be. Several councillors said
they thought the fee to be $75,
but none knew for sure, so they
left a blank space on the motion
and asked clerk John Livermore
to look up the information and
fill it in later,
The $3 fee will be charged for
any work valued at up to
$1,000. And additional $1 per
$1,000 will be collected up to
that mysterious maximum.
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The Huron Fish and Game
Conservation Association's
newly organized Junior
Conservation Club held a
walkathon last Sunday and
raised nearly $400.
Thirty-one boys complete the
13-mile trek — the first in an
hour and three-quarters, the last
in four hours, 10 minutes.
The proceeds will finance club
activities. George Wise, adult
co-ordinator of the club,
organized the sponsored walk.
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The new 1969 Christmas Seals
were distributed to 27,700 area
homes this week as the 1969
Christmas Seal Campaign got
:under way for the 43rd year.
This year's seal features an
original gskimo design by
Canadian artist, William George
pariane of Toronto. Different
from any other seal in the
history of the Canadian
Tuberculosis and.• Respiratory
Disease Association, this year's
entry is very distinctively
Canadian.
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"We think these seals are truly
said Mrs. Beryl
Davidson, program secretary.
"Huron-Perth residents who use
the seals liberally will not only
be supporting the fight against
tuberculosis, emphysema and
other respiratory diseases but
will be making all their holiday
mail really attractive."
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The Huron-Perth Tuberculosis
and Respiratory Disease
Association (TB & RD) is
holding an open hoUse at its 121
Wellington St., Stratford,
headquarters at two o'clock this.
afternoon. Coffee and
doughnuts will be served.
Children will receive balloons.
Health education aids will be
shown and everyone is welcome.
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Postmaster General Eric
Kierans has announced extended
postal services during the
Christmas season to expedite the
movement of some 300,000,000
extra pieces of mail.
To assist customers in the
purchase of postage stamps,
money orders and • other
Christmas mailing transactions,
full wicket service will be
provided at all post offices for
three consecutive Saturdays:
Dee. 6, Dec. 13 and Dec. 20.
Letter carrier and parcel post
delivery service will also be
provided as one complete
delivery on two Saturdays: Dee.
13 and Dec. 20. This additional
service will ensure earlier
delivery of Christmas mail and
relieve the congestion at the post
deices.
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Mayor, Don Symons; Legion
District "C" Commander, Allan
Nicholson, Seaforth; Zone
Commander, William Chambers,
Clinton; Col. E. W. Ryan,
commanding officer, CFB
Clinton; Lt. Col, 0. Warner,
radar and communications
school commander, CFB
Clinton; Ina Miner, Inkster,
Mich., who last year presented
his uncle Harry Miner's Victoria
Cross to Clinton Legion; George
Wise, representing Huron Fish
and Game Conservation Club,
Clinton;
Clinton
layton Dixon,
representing i Lions Club
and Stephen Brown, president of
Clinton Kinsmen Club.
Speaking at Branch 140's
annual Remembrance Week
banquet Nov. 5, Dr. Goth
attacked the narrow sort of
nationalism which breeds war
and the fears and prejudices
which divide men.
The controversial cleric who is
a regular broadcaster and
newspaper columnist told the
veterans that by just going back
and singing the old songs they
break faith with those who died
in the Second World War.
"You must," he said, "pick
up the torch and move one step
or you are not worthy of the
sacrifices of a quarter-century
ago."
"We have to rid ourselves of 'a
certain kind of patriotism," he
said, ,"... the old kind of
nationalism is dead, we have got
to find higher loyalties than our
tribal instincts."
Too many bigots, he said,
trust their own kind alone or
only their own particular version
of Christianity. These people, he
asserted, "are not fit to survive
in the new world being born of
the agony of today's troubles."
Blacks and whites must trust
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Schools want
more police
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
The Huron County Board of
Education wants police to patrol
in the vicinity of Central Huron
Secondary School and Clinton
Public School from 11:30 a.m,
to 1:30 p.m. on all school (Jaya
and is asking the town to install
sidewalk oh the north side of
Princess Street between Raglan
and William Streets.
The request was Made by the
board at its meeting in Clinton
!Mt tducation Director
John Cochrane said that at a
meeting with town officials and
students !ast month it was
generally acknowledged that
drivers of cars on the streets
adjacent to Central Huron .
Secondary &hoot at noon were
in many cases "youths who had
ceased attendance at ached and
Were using their noon hour to
show off an'attempt to linpreSs
The mayor, a member of
council since 1960 and in his
present post five years, said he
enjoyed working with this
council and had endeavored to
do his beat. He said that if he is
re-elected it will certainly be his
last term.
Reeve James Armstrong's
siccinct comment was: "I think
my political career has come to
an end. That's it"
Asked if he just `thought" it
was over, he replied, "I know."
Councillor Clarence
Denomme said he had enjoyed
his two years but "I regret to say
that it would not be fair to my
business or to the town to stay
on. I can't find time for both.
Ths is a regretful farewell."
Councillor Frank Cook,
seemingly in jest, said to Mr.
After recent disorders in the
Town of Seaforth, the council
there urged pre-set sentences to
assure uniformly harsh penalties
for such violence. •
Clinton town council
endorsed the Seaforth resolution
Monday evening and revealed
that it voiced similar sentiments
in a letter to Provincial Treasurer
and Hurom MP? Charles
MacNaughton sometime late last
month.
Mayor Donald Symons did,
not disclose the contents of the
letter in detail. He said only that
"members of council wrote ...
stating that they were wondering
if something was going to be
done in this regard."
The mayor said the decision
to send the letter was reached in
a committee of the , whole
meeting on Oct. 20. The minutes
of the secret meeting do not
mention the matter.
In other business arising out
of the committee of the whole
session, council ratified its
previously announced decision
to appoint Lloyd Westlake chief
of police on a permanent basis
without requiring that he live in
town as had been stipulated
when he was named chief on a
probationary basis a year ago.
BY RICHMOND ATKEY
Pupil-teacher ratios in the five
Huron County secondary
schools were discussed at last
week's board of education
meeting in Clinton with board
chairman John Levis suggesting
that staff could be reduced by
increasing the number of
students per teacher in several
schools.
Commenting on a report df
September enrolment, F. E.
Madill, assistant school
superintendent, said"I think the
type of operation in the school
is important, based on
Denomme: "That sounds like
your nomination speech. That's
how you got votes the last
time'
Mr. Cook went on to say: "I
committed myself to all the
boys here that I won't run. But
my arm could be twisted. If the
meetings could be shortened up
a little, I believe I would
reconsider and think Mr.
Denomme would too.
Councillor Cameron Proctor
said he would stand for
re-election, He noted that this
term will be only one year
because council is trying to
synchronize its elections with
the school board and said he
hoped maybe some young men
would consider trying the job
for a year.
Councillor Harold Lobb said:
The committee minutes also
show a decision to pay the chief
a $100 bonus and Sgt. Leroy
Oesch a bonus of $85 this year.
Council did not vote on the
bonuses in regular session.
Council tabled until
December a Town of Barrie
resolution concerning shelter
grants and also held off acting
on a Mississauga resolution
asking that municipalities be
empowered to license
community antenna (cable)
television systems and to charge
for use of public land and
facilities.
The meeting Monday was
attended by all nine members of
council .and opened with a
minutes of silence beth because
it was the eve of Remembrance
Day and to hOnor Gordonarigg,
Clinton businessman who died
Oct. 31. .
Mayor Symons noted that Sgt.
Oesch has been ill and off-duty
19 working days and is again in
the hospital. He said he was sure
all the council wished him a
speedy recovery. Constable
Clarence Perdue, who suffered a
broken bone in his foot when
attempting to arrest a youth at
the Community Centre, has been
numbers." He said he felt the
Seaforth ratio of 20 pupils to
each teacher was reasonable in
view of the fact that there are no
technical classes. A 17-to-1 ratio
is preferred in other schools, he
said, with Wingham's 18.5-to-1
considered high.
"Why bring down the
Wingham ratio?" he asked,
"Why not bring up the others to
the Wingham level?"
In the report, Clinton's ratio
was given as 16.1-to 1. Goderich
was 17.5-to-1, Seaforth 20-to-1
and Exeter 17-to-1.
More students can be
"I intend to be in the running
with Reeve Armstrong quitting,
my intention is to run for
reeve."
Councillor Ted McCullough
said he wanted to run again, but
could not for reasons he could
not disclose yet.
Councillor Norman
Livermore, a runner-up in the
election two yeas ago who got a
seat on council when Wes
Holland resigned, said: "My wife
she don't want me to sit here
any longer, but if enough
ratepayers come along and want
me to run I will."
Deputy Reeve Gord Lawson
said he coula not make any
commitment for another 10
days to two weeks because of
"health and other reasons."
off 14 days, the mayor
commented.
The chief and Constable Ab
Shaddick accumulated 92 hours
of overtime last month as a
result of the men off duty, the
mayor said, adding that the two
regular men plus the two
auxiliaries are "doing a very good
Job. On Hallowe'en, he said, "we
didn't have any big riots as
might have "been expected from
reports on the grapevine."
Council discussed making
Rattenbury Street one way in
the block east of Albert Street
or restricting parking to one side
to enable cars to pass in both
directions, especially when the
road is narrowed by snowbanks.
No action was taken.
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Members of council also
agreed to seek information
about the plans of Canada
Packers for use of the Huron
Street site of the Clinton feed
mill which burned several
months ago and heard Deputy
Reeve Gordon Lawson say that
progress is being made toward
agreement for a waste disposal
site to be operated jointly by
Clinton, Goderich and Goderich
Township.
accommodated per teacher in
arts and sciences classes than in
business and commercial or
science, technology and trades
courses, it was said.
Mr. Lavis suggested that if the
Wingham ratio were applied to
the other schools, the Clinton
teaching could be reduced from
63.5 to 55.5 and Goderich
District Collegiate Institute from
48 to 42. He said as many as 24
teaching postions could be cut.
With an average annual salary of
more than $8,000, the potential
saving could be more than
$200,000, the chairman said.
CI INT.ON, -ONTARIO TOURP.DAY, NQVU/Ifigg 13, 1909
Maj. Gen. W. K. Carr, commander of armed forces training
command, inspects members of master warrant officers qualifying
course at ceremony in which he opened new Warrant Officer
School at CFB Clinton last Friday afternoon. The school's
Commandant, Maj. P. A. Scott, is at left with sword. Other
members of the inspection party are Chief Warrant Officer P. F.
Gagnon and Capt. H. W. Leafloor. — Staff Photo.
Legion honours charter members
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Mayor, two councillors
say they will -.run again.
BY A. L. COLQUHOUN
At its annual Remembrance
week banquet Nov. 5, Clinton
Branch 140 of the Royal
Canadian Legion marked its
40th anniversary and honoured
the six remaining charter
members of the branch.
The local branch was
chartered on January 10, 1929
with the late Colonel H. B.
Combe as the first president.
• At the banquet in the Legion
Hall last Wednesday evening,
attended-Thy 130 war veterans
and guests, four charter
members: G. Morley Counter,
Dr. Fred G. Thompson, Morgan
J. Agnew of town and Harold S.
Turner of Goderich were
present. Fred O. Ford, also of
town, was not able to attend,
and George Murdock, now of
Hagersville, was visiting in town
but did not attend the banquet.
Guest speaker at the dinner
was the Rev. George W. Goth,
for the last 21 years minister at
Metropolitan United Church in
London, who was speaking for
his first time to a Legion
gathering.
G. M. Counter, the oldest
living charter member, and
retired Clinton postmaster, told
the gathering, "My 40 years in
the Legion has more than repaid
me." He urged all members to be
active in and take office on the
Legion committees. He paid
tribute to Harold Turner, the
original hard-working secretary
of the local branch and organizer
of other branches in western
Ontario.
Mr. Turner, a retired customs
officer from Clinton and
Goderich, reminisced about"
early Legion activities and said
he was very proud to have
helped start the Legion here..
Dr. • F, G. Thompson, a
medical practitioner here for 44
years and Morgan J. Agnew, a
retired tobacconist and
municipal officer, both recalled
their Legion work.
Clinton • Legion president,
Percy M. Brown was overall
chairman with past president
Cameron Proctor, chairman of
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Mayor Donald Symons addresses gathering at ceremony
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dedicate radar antenna Monument at
Main Owner following Remembrance Day parade and wrea-laying service at the Cenotaph. Col.
E, W. Ryan, tomniander of CFB Clinton, is seen to the mayor's tight, with an aide, dant. H. W.
Leaflo, to the rear. Officialt at edge of grass are, from left to right, Councillers Norinan tir
Livermore and deed Lawson, Previticial Tteastiter, diaries MacNaughton, County Warden, James
Hayter, Hureiti MP Robert McKinley and the Rev. A, J. MOWatt, minister Of Wesley-Willis United