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More than 400 Central Huron Secondary School students have signed this petition asking the
federal government to work for peace in Nigeria-Biafra. Holding the petition are Dale Gray, head
of the school's English department and students Bjarne Christenson and Judy Brown. — Staff
Photo.
Students seek Biafran peace
The 22nd . annual Huron
County 4-H Achievement Night
will be held in the Seaforth
District High School, Seaforth,
on Friday, Dec. 5, at, 8 p.m.
All Huron County 4-H
Agricultural Club members who
completed a project in 1969 will
receive• their awards on this
occasion.
Everyone who has an interest
in the 4-H program is invited to
attend the Achievement Night.
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It will soon be Farm Record
Book analysis time again,
according to Don S. Pullen,
agricultural representative for
Huron County. Anyone, who
wishes to have his 1969 book
summarized should forward it to
the Clinton office of the Dept.
of Agriculture and Food during
January. '
As before, the completed
book will not leave the local
office. The book will be checked
by the staff here and a summary
card forwarded for analysis by
computer at the University of
Guelph.
The books may be brought to
the Clinton office or mailed.
Assistance in completion of
books is available by
appointment. Every farmer in
the county who has completed
the 1969 book is welcome to
make use of the no-fee analysis
service.
A clinic for those who want
to learn how to keep the record
book will be held at the board
rooms of the agricultural office
in Clinton early in January. For
further information, call the
office at 482-3428.
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J. D. Thorndike, chairman of
Clinton's 1970 Winter Carnival
Committee, announced this.
week that a beard-growing
contest will be a feature of the
Feb. 9-14 event and anyone
who wants to compete must
obtain an entry form from Jim
Collins at the Community
Centre no later than Dec. 8.
Contestants must be
clean-shaven to start.
Chairman of planning groups
include: Doug Andrews, king
and queen contest; Huron Fish
and Game Conservation
Association, outdoor sports for
children; Kinsmen Club,
snowmobile events; Lions Club
(Stu Taylor), finance; A. L.
Colqtzhoun, advertising; Mrs.
Clarence Neilans, figure skating;
Jim Snell, tug-of-war; Harry
Crich, parade; Turf Club, horse
races and Clarence Neilans,
dance.
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A Welland minister told the
annual meeting of the Windsor
West New Democratic Party in
Windsor that governments at all
levels should protect public
access to beaches.
The Rev.. Robert Wright,
active in the AssOciation for the
PreserVation of Erie East
Lakefront, said right of access is
embodied in British Common
Law, which is the basis for
Canadian law.
"The right of the public to
the beaches is an inheritance
from earliest times," he said.
"It (British Common Law)
assures that no man, no matter
how poor he may be, can be
denied access to and use of
certain common areas:
roadways, parks, the shore," said
the Welland minister.
Mt. Wright said that in spite
of these old rights, many
beaches are being closed to the
public through "exorbitant
admission fees" and through
actions of "selfish private
interests."
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Students at Central Huron
Secondary School Will sell,
chocolate bars this Coming week
to provide funds to aid Asian
orphans and to finance Student
Council activities.
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Central Huron Secondary
School students this week
showed their concern' for the
human suffering created by the
Nigerian Civil War 'when they
signed a petition urging the
Canadian government to do
more to bring about peace
between the African nation and
its breakway state, Biafra.
The petition carried the
tn .naes ..-, ,;of--..more than 400
BY WILMA OKE'
Edward Starr, director of the
Agricultural and , Horticultural
Societies Branch of the Ontario
Department of Agriculture and
Food, was the guest speaker at
the annual meeting of the Huron
County Plowman's Association
in Blyth last Friday night.
Mr. Starr assured the 125
guests at the dinner meeting
Kinsmen stag
More than $1,800 was raised
at a Kinsmen stag party last
Friday evening. The money will
go toward the service club's 50th
anniversary project —
refurbishing and improving the
ballfield facilities at Clinton's
Community Park.
E. A. "Buck" Little of
Hensall, winner of the $500
draw prize, said he was
approached by a Kinsman selling
tickets Friday and almost passed
up the chance. But apparently
he was blessed with the same
luck which helped him win
$1,000 in a Clinton bingo game
several years ago.
students Tuesday afternoon
when it was sent to Interpax, an
Ottawa-based group which has
declared today Biafra Peace Day
and which will present to Prime
Minister Trudeau petitions from
across the nation.
Dale Gray, head of the CHSS
English department, and student
Bjarne Christenson are among
the leaders of the local
movement. The Student
that, "As long as you have
people willing to put on a fair,
then you deserve to have, that
fair." He said that at one time he
thought the county fair would
be better than several smaller
fairs, but after being closely
associated with fairs he had
changed his mind.
"Over the years," he said,
"some fairs will amalgamate, but
that will be the choice of the
Nancy McCullough and Ena -
Cook of Clinton held two 'tickets
for $25 prizes. Ted McCullough
and Frank Cook held one.
Other $25 prizes went to
Craig Cox, Bill German, Howard
Tait, Jerry Cox, Percy Brown,
Bruce Collins, Roy Mann and
Gary Murray, all of Clinton.
Prizes of $25 apiece were also
won by Scott Campbell, RR 1,
Hyde Park; Louis Kirk, Kippen;
Weldon Tyndall, Londesboro;
Wayne Coliver, Lucan; Doug
Riley, Winthrop; Mrs. Jean
Dewitt, RR 1, Clinton; Doug
Wakely, 68 Yonge St., Toronto;
Council, headed by Judy Brown,
is assisting.
Huron MP Robert McKinley
has been invited to participate in
a Dec. 8 program at the school
along with Toronto newsman
Peter Worthington, who has
covered the Biafra fighting, and
cartoonist Ben Wicks. A
discussion open to, the public is
planned.
community. I shall make no
such recommendation." He feels
fairs serve a very useful purpose
and that agricultural societies
should be. cherished.
"With the shift of populatiOn
from rural to urban, fairs will
provide a common meeting place
of rural and urban people. Fairs
are a place that people will
return to year after year—to
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Pte, Reid, CFB Clinton and
Doug McDonald, Goderich.
The Kinsmen sold 485 of the
500 draw tickets — 127 were
reported sold by Frank Cook
and Ted McCullough last Friday
alone.
The club has already erected
a new screen at the existing ball
diamond, has one dugout nearly
finished and the grounds are
prepared for a new diamond at
the north end of the area inside
the race track, Lights for the
main diamond will be one of the
heaviest expenses in the ptoject.
A contract with, George E.
Levis for operation of a
:,Holrnesville garbage disposal site
by Clinton, Goderich , and
;Goderich Township is expected
n be signed by Clinton officials
;it the next town council
!v,rneeting.
The approval will end many
months of negotiations among
the municipalities and with Mr.
W.Lavis, a Clinton contractor who
?Owns the Holmesville site where
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runs
pal anilt .d and gravel pit and
Both the Town of Goderich
:anti Goderich Township have
:Ysigned the formal agreement and
Dr. G. F. Mills, Goderich mayor,
reported last week that Mr. Levis
'had consented verbally.
The agreement calls for
11.Goderich to pay 62 percent of
ri4he $18,000 annual operating
*cost. Clinton will pay 32 percent
Cable TV
in spring?
Two Strathroy men who
it Want to install a cable TV
system in Clinton and Goderich
are still waiting for a hearing
before the Canadian Radio and
Television Commission.
Ron McIntosh of Bluewater
Cablevision Ltd., an offshoot of
Strathroy's Airland
Communications, said the CRTC
has yet to schedule a hearing on
the company's application for a
license to serve the two towns.
"I've been to Ottawa six or
seven times," Mr. McIntosh said
this week, "I hoped the hearing
would be held this fall, but now
' they say it definitely will not
come before February."
Mr. McIntosh said he and
Dale McEvoy moved to
Goderich last summer and are
"all set to go as soon as they
(the federal government) lets us
go."
The Clinton and Goderich
town councils both gave
, approval to the Blue Water plans
last spring. It was said then that
the system would supply at least
nine television and six FM radio
channels plus a weather
forecastinf channel with
background music.
While the company awaits a
CRTC go-ahead, Clinton Council
is considering a Mississauga
resolution urging the provincial
government to allow
municipalities to establish fees
or collect a percentage of the
gross revenue of cable TV
operations to pay for the use of
public streets and rights-of-way.
The resolution also askes that
municipalities be given more
authority over safety
requirements and other aspects
of CATV systems.
Licence plate
sales start
on Monday
Ontario's 1970 licence plates
for passenger cars, dual purpose
vehicles and' motorcycles go on
sale Monday at 281 issuing
offices across the province.
Registration fees for the
plates are the same as. for 1969
plates. For passenger cars and
dual purpose vehicles having
eight cylinders, the registration
fee is $35; six cylinders, $27.50;
fotit cylinders, if manufactured
after 1933, $20; four cylinders,
if manufactured in or before
1983, $8; motorcycles, $10.
The plates will be blue on
white, the reverse of this year's
colors. Deadlhie date for having
the new plateS will be Saturday,
Feb. 28, when 1969 plates will
expire. There will be no
extension.
The total number of motor
vehicles to be registered in the
three-month period before the
deadline is estimated at more
than 2,200,000. Dept, of
Transport officials noted that
m tO Hats can gain in
convenience and peace Of mind
by getting their plates in the first
few weekt, avoiding the last
minute line-ups.
In caws where the ownership
of a used motor vehicle is being
transferred et the time of
registration a Certificate of
mechanical
,
fitness is required to
get new plates, No 'certificate is
needed for hernial purchases of
pl ates, renewing existing
ownership With no transfer
involved. Used motor vehicles
licensed preVidusly in 'another
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and the township six percent.
An initial expenditure of
$6,000 for fencing and other
preparation work will be repaid
to Mr. Levis by the three
municipalities in instalments —
$3,000 by Dec. 31 of this year,
$1,500 in 1970 and $1,500 in
1971.
The agreement reportedly
guarantees the municipalities the
use of the land for three years,
but the contract will be reviewed
Police say a Clinton man was
knocked unconscious and
robbed in the alley on the south
side of the town hall about seven
o'clock last Saturday evening.
The victim, Gordon Rumley
of Isaac Street, suffered a
broken rib and face and head
cuts. He was reported in fair
condition at Clinton Public
Hospital Tuesday. Police said
they did not know Mr. Rumley's
age.
Chief Lloyd Westlake said the
injured man recovered
consciousness after about 20
minutes and walked into the
police office in the town hall to
report the attack. His wallet and
$65 it contained were missing.
Early last Saturday, at 2 a.m.,
a two-car collision occurred at
Erie and Huron Streets. Drivers
were identified as Ronald Farrell
of RR 4 Ripley and Theodore
Flynn of RR 1 Clinton. Damage
was estimated at $200—$300.
No one was reported hurt.
In other police matters, the
chief reported this week that
T. Gordon Scribbins of
Clinton and Robert J. Burke of
RR 5, Clinton were elected to
fill newly created positions on
the board of directors of Clinton
Community Credit Union Ltd.
last week.
The new directors were
chosen after members ratified a
bylaw to expand the board to
seven from five members. Both
Mr. Scribbins and Mr. Burke will .
serve two-year terms.
Arthur Ball and Antoine
(Red) Garon were re-elected to
three-year terms and Sgt. Rick
Cameron, who had been
appointed to the board when
Capt. Ralph Kromrey moved to
Kingston, was elected to a
two-year term.
after two years, The third year
would then give the
municipalities an opportunity to
seek an alternate site. An earlier
proposal would have permitted
cancellation by the landowner
after a year, it was reported.
Plans call for the liolmesville
site to be a sanitary landfill
operation, with refuse being
covered daily with clean fill and
eventual restoration of
"mined-out" sections of the
Sgt. Leroy Desch is out of the
hospital and recuperating at
home. The sergeant has been ill
and off-duty since Oct. 14.
Const. Clarence Perdue,
whose foot was broken in a
scuffle last month, returned to
duty Nov. 17.
Tne sergeant's absence has
resulted in the chief working
unusually long hours -and two
auxiliary policemen are assigned
to regular shifts through the
week.
Six accidents, five of them
single-vehicle mishaps, were
investigated during the last week
by Ontario Provincial Police,
Goderich Detachment.
The only two-car accident
reported involved vehicles driven
by Woble Bylsma, RR 1, Blyth,
and William Little, Londesboro.
The mishap occurred November
16 on the 13th concession of
Hullett Township just east of
Highway 4. Resulting damage to
both cars was estimated at $90.
Also 'November 16, Barbara
Hector Kingswell, president,
chaired the annual meeting and
in his opening remarks pointed
out 'that the credit union has
become an important business in..
town with more than $100,000
going back to the members as
dividends and another $50,000
as salaries and term deposit
interest that would otherwise
not be earned here.
Members approved the-six per
cent dividend recommended by
the board — that means six per
cent (plus life insurance in most
cases) paid on a minimum
monthly balance, retroactive to
Oct. 1, 1968, on a total sum of
$103,520.49. The auditors
report showed assets up more
than $500,000 during the last
year.
gravel pit. Mr. Levis will be
responsible for this work and the
contract stipulates that the
dump will be operated in a
manner acceptable to the
provincial health department.
Councillor Harold Lobb, who
with Deputy Reeve Gord
Lawson negotiated on behalf of
Clinton, said this week that he
foresaw nothing which would
block final acceptance' of the
agreement by the town.
hall
Collings, Queen Street, Blyth,
was involved in a single-car
mishap on the fourth concession
of Goderich Township just south
of Highway 8. Damage in that
accident amounted to $250,
A Dashwood youth, John
Braid, was involved in a
single-car accident November 19
on county road 12 south of
county road 3. Damage to the
Braid vehicle was estimated at
$200.
Gary Koyle, RR 5, Lucknow,
was the driver of the vehicle
involved in a single-car mishap
on county road one south of
Highway 86 November 21.
Two single-car mishaps were
reported November 22, one
involving William Henderson,
RR 3, Kippen, on county road ,3
south of Highway 4, and another
involving Otto Erwin Weber, 195
Julien Street, London, on
concession 9 west of county
road 22.
Damage in the first accident
was estimated at $500 while
damage to the Weber vehicle
amounted to $75.
Good plowman, good farmer
night raises $1,800
Clinton Kinsmen are ditcOVering how much work it involved in their 90th Anniversary prOjedt
improving the community park bell diamonds so the club has been out recruiting more help.
Initiated last week were ftOrn left to right, Arnold Riley, Peter Kelly, Paul Castle and Bud Walker.
staff Photo.
Assault man at town
Credit union hikes dividends
A minute of silence was'
observed after Mr. Kingswell
read the names of the 27
members who died during the
„ year.
After the general meeting, the
directors held a short meeting to
elect officers. Hec Kingswell was
re-elected president with Ernie
Williams again being chosen as
vice president. Art Ball was
re-elected as secretary.
Reappointed to the credit
union staff were Fred Gibson,
manager; Andy Peterson,
treasurer; Don Jefferson, loan
officer and Cliff Parke, manager
of CFB Clinton branch.
Door prizes were won by Mrs.
Charles Brown, Mrs. Frank
Konarski, Mrs. Joe Read, Frank
Konarski, Major Small and Red
Garon.
Dallas, left; of BrUcefleid accepts the Cockshutt Challenge Trophy from David A. Stewart
of Brantford', director of advertiting -and publiO, relations for White Farm Equipment,
inantitecturerS of docksitutt and Minneapolis-.1Vietine farm eqUinnierit. Presented at the Royal
Agricultural Winter Pair in TOronto Nov', 19, the trophy' for the world thartiplan hay eittry hat
been held for the 'last two years by a U.S.- farm,