HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-11-20, Page 2There were .plenty of .dignitaries present at the annual warden's banquet, held this year In North
Street United Church hail Friday evening. Guest of honor was 1969 Warden .1ames ,Hayter
(centre), Dashwood, reeve of Stephen Township. On his, left is Usborne Township Reeve-Roy
Westcott, to date the only avowed candidate for the 1970 warden'S race. On his right. is Hon. C. S.
MacNaughton, provincial treasurer, who was on hand for the festivities.
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TODAY'S CHILD
BY HELEN ALLEN
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Clinton NeWOOPOrci, Thqrscipy, November 20, 196P
Thieves smash Use snowmobiles in form work
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John Strum. RR 2, Clinton,
WAS involved in a single car
accident on Highway west of
county road 27, Damages
amounted to $400.
A car-truck accident resulting
in an aPprOxirnate total damage
of $105 to the vehicles
happened on Highway 21 just
north of l3ayfield. Drivers
involved were Edwin Hayden,
28A Anglesea Street, Goderich
and Ian Benedict, RR 2,
Sombra.
Two accidents Thursday
resulted in damages totalling
$1,025.
A car driven by Gerald
Vanstone, RR 2, Goderich, went
off the Goderich Township 4th
concession just south of county
road 13. Both the driver and his
passenger, Ralph Gillis, 160 St.
David Street, Goderich, were
injured. Damage was listed at
$400.
A Windsor woman, Matilda
Smith, was involved in a
single-car accident on Highway
21 north of county road 18.
Damage to the car was estimated
at $625 and the driver received
injuries.
There were three accidents
Friday, two single-car mishaps
and one involving a car and a
truck.
Hendrikus Hendricks, RR 3,
Goderich, Was involved in a
single-car accident on county
road 25 west of county road 8.
Damage was $500.
The other single-car mishap
involved Casey Schouten, Sarnia.
His vehicle suffered damages
totalling $200 when it went off
Highway 21 north of county
road 10.
Alan Emmerson McKiml
Lucknow, and Charles Garry,
Little, RR 1, Seaforth, were the
drivers of a car and a truck
which collide& on Highway 4
east of Clinton. Total damage to
both vehicles was $425.
There were five accidents on
Saturday, November 15, three of
them single-car mishaps and two
involving parked vehicles.
Donald rtaYPIOnd Ryan, RR
1, Walton, was involved in a
single-car accident. The car
suffered datnages totalling $575
in the mishap whieh occurred on
county road 25 east of Highway
21. •
A single-truck accident
resulting in $500 damage to the
vehicle took place on county
road 25 east of county road 22.
John Hallam, RR 1i Auburn,
was the driver in that incident.
Damage totallitig $65 was
recorded following an accident
on Highway 8 west of county
road 27 involving a single car.
Lorne Alvin Garrow, Mary
Street, Clinton, was the driver.
On county road 3 west of
county road 31, an unknown
vehicle struck a parked vehicle
owned by William Gabriel Clark;
Varna. Damage to the Clark.
vehicle was $50.
In Bayfield, a parked car
owned by John Lindsay, '
Bay field, received damages
estimated at $850 when it was
struck by another vehicle.
RC schools
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Trustee James Morris of
Stratford questioned whether
the Board should be in the bus
business.
The Board deCided it did not
have sufficient information for
the trustees to rule on what
should be done and instructed
the bus committee to get more
offers on a new bus and to get
the cost of running a bus on the
Zurich route.
A donation of $10 was made
to the Seaforth Chamber of
Commerce for Christmas lighting
on Main Street—the, chamber
asked for 50 cents per foot for
frontage from each business on
the street. The board's
administration offices are on
Main Street.
$nowmohiles have become
Part of the recreational scene
during the long Canadian
Winters) but many farmers are
considering using them for
Practical Purposes around the
farm,
Professor Ross Irwin,
extension co-ordinator, Echool
Of Agricultural Engineering)
University of Guelph, helieveS
that snowmobiles could be used
for pulling sleds loaded with,
bales of hay to the feedlot,
getting out in deep snow to
Inspect the stock, or collecting
the mail from otherwise
inaccessible mail boxes. There
are probably many other uses
for these winter transports.
In conjunction with the
Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food, Professor
Irwin suggests that the large 25
horsepower snowmobiles are the
• most practical for farmers.
Snowmobiles are sized by their
track width: the usual size track
is from 15 to 18 inches, but the
larger tracks over 18 inches have
better traction on deep, soft
snow.
Because considerable Prover is
needed tp pull a aled, the
higger-engined snowmobiles are
a better buy- Many snowmobiles
have 2-or 4-cycle engines with
upwards of 7.5 horsepower. The
standard 15 horsepower engine
has been largely replaced .by the
-20 horsepower engine. These
more powerful engines are the
ones best suited for heavier farm
work. .
The snowmobile takes a
pounding because of the terrain
over which it travels, so a farmer
should examine carefully the
warranties offered with the
ma chines available. Some
warranties only extend for a
three-month period, but some
do offer a season's guarantee.
Warranties are important, as
snowmobile repairs can be
costly.
It is particulary important,
says Professor Irwin, that the
engine be properly cared for,
with the right oil and fuel
mixtures behig used, and other
engine needs looked after-
With goPd care And careful
handling) a snowmobile could be
a valuable addition to a fames,
equipment.
Safe way
Rushing any job may cost
more time than it saves. Hal
'Wright, Farm Safety Specialist,
Ontario Department of
Agriculture and Food,
recommends that before a
machine is used, the safety
instructions that go with it be
read carefully, and time taken to
carry, them out.
The farmer who reaches in to
oil a machine without shutting.
off the power may be in a hurry
to get a job done and is taking
the quickest course, But if he
becomes an accident victim, he'll
lose more minutes than he might
have saved.
"More haste, less speed,"
holds true even where simple
operations are concerned.
A few extra days
can mean so much
That's why, this year, the Christmas shopping
season will begin NOW to give
us all that extra time we need to choose wisely,
to shop appropriately and to mail without anxiety.
"Never again." (Next year, we'll get it all done earlier,
won't we?)
"I hate to ask this, but I'm airaidyou'll
all have to think for about an hour."
Here Is Frank, fottr months old. You can tell from his
expression /t at he's a happy baby, a pleasure to look after
beeattse h s healthy, he eats well, sleeps all night and erica
only When something is serieusly wrong. He's an alert little
felloW Who wants to watch everything going on. He likes
children and is very friendly With dogs and cats. IN a little
soon to make forecasts, but it would appear Prank will
be a typical boy. He hates his bath! He is a good-loOking
child with lovely brown eyes, scanty dark hair and olive
skin, Ms Mother's background Is Polish. Very little 15
known of his father; except he Was perhapS part-Negro.
To inquire about adopting Prank please *rite today's
Child Department of Social and Pdmily 86140, Parlia-
ment Ilrtllclings, Toronto 182, rot g01001 adoption lam'.
*motion ask your Childrn's Aid Sol*.
Those two words—"Never again"—we say to ourselves
almost every year. How,. did we ever squeeze in
tlic4itinero-gee-greeiing cards, intO.:the.iriail :for tho'se
almost-forgotten friends? How did we ever manage
to buy those last half-dozen presents, let alone get them
wrapped? Christmas is surely a most wonderful and
exciting and stimulating and inspiring season. Yet, it
can -sometimes become hectic and nerve-wracking.
When this happens, the real joy of, the season can easily
be lost. Obviously, the only remedy is time itself — time
to plan properly for all of the many aspects of Christmas.
Time to eliminate those frantic "last minute"
preparations.
That's why, this year, gift suggestion advertising will
begin early, to let us know earlier about the wide and
wonderful range of choices available to 'us.
That's why, this year, hundreds. of mailmen at the
postoffice will be thankful for those extra, early days.
That's why, this year, thousands of salesclerks will be
better able to serve us, without the extra harassment
of last-minute purchases caused- by ,a shopping season
which otherwise would have been shortened by
alniosta week.
That's'why, this year, all of us will be able to spend more
time enjoying the really significant things of the
Christmas season that have to do with home and
children and church.
A few extra days can mean so much.
So let's all relax, and take a little more time. Then
the 1968 Christmas shopping season will be a time of
greater friendliness and more fun — and certainly no
less inspiring or personally rewarding.
Presented in the interest of better public understanding of why
' holiday'season advertising is appearing earlier this year.
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
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