HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-12-18, Page 1Winners of the annual News-Record Christmas coloring contest
received their prizes Tuesday from' J. Howard Aitken, general
manager. George Collins, 8, of RR 3, Clinton, won first prize of
$10, followed by 10-year-old Kathy Smith of Adastral Park,
right, who received $7.50 and Barbara Gross, 5, of RR 1, Auburn,
centre, who won $5. George is the son of Mrs. Stanley and the
late Mr. Collins and is in third grade at the Holmesville school.
Barbara is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carmen Gross and is in
kindergarten at Hullett Central School, Londesboro. Kathy is in
fifth grade at Air Marshal Hugh Campbell Public School, CFB
Clinton. She is the daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Gordon E. Smith.
The coloring contest is sponsored each year by local businessmen.
Mom's word good as MD's
for most student absences
The first
column
Clinton Mayor /Donald Symons, left, and Huron Warden James Hayter, right, listen as William
Anderson of T. E. McLaughlin Development Associates of Ottawa outlines the company's idea for
a countywide industrial development program, The three conferred after Mr. Anderson, a former
Goderich town councillor and Industrial Commission chairman, spoke to about two dozen Huron
municipal officials at a meeting in Clinton Tuesday evening. — Staff Photo
Police report five auto accidents
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.Huron may .hiro matchmaker
to bring industry to county
Reeve Ross McPhail of
Hibbert Township wasn't quite
as convinced that Seaforth was
the wrong place for a central
office for the combined health
unit. He suggested the
committees involved continue
with negotiations and try to
work out a solution.
professional opinion attesting to
a student's fitness to participate
in the school program, and may
be required after an absence
from school only in such
circumstances as serious illness,
prolonged absence from school
or return to school after a
communicable disease when
there is doubt concerning the
student's freedom from
infection.
Otherwise when doubt occurs
An industrial development
program for Huron County was
outlined to two dozen county
and local government officials
by an Ottawa firm at a meeting
in Clinton Tuesday evening. The
pricetag $42,000 a year.
In related matters, Huron MP
Robert McKinley disclosed this
week that the federal transport
department is not interested in
taking over Canadian Forces
Base Clinton when the armed
forces move out in 1971, Mr.
McKinley said also that he is
asking the government for more
data on the base phase-out,
including the cost of renovating ,
CFB Kingston facilities to house
the Radar and Communications
School now at Clinton.
After Tuesday's meeting in
Clinton, Huron Warden James
Hayter of Dashwood said the
proposal by T. E. McLaughlin
Development Associates Ltd. of
Ottawa would be discussed by
County council's executive
committee tomorrow, A
recommendation may be put
before the full council next
month.
One of the two Development
Associates representatives sent
to tell Huron about the
company's services was William
"Bill" Anderson who served on
the Goderich Town council in
1952 and as chairman of the
Goderich Industrial Commission
for five years.
Perth again is ready
to merge health units
The next two issues of The
News-Record will be published
on Tuesday, Dec. 23 and
Wednesday, Dec. 30. News and
advertising for next week's paper
can be accepted no later than 5
p.m. tomorrow, Friday.
Deadline for the Dec. 30 'issue
will be 5 p.m. Dec. 29.
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The combined junior and
senior choirs of Ontario Street
United Church, Clinton,
videotaped a Christmas concert
Sunday for broadcast this
coming Sunday afternoon on
CKNX-TV's "Sing Time."
The choirs were directed by
Miss Lois Grasby and Mrs. Bill
Hearn. Miss Carolyn Hibbert
assisted with the music.
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Brotherly love department:
The Gold River, British
Columbia, district council wrote
to the Town of Clinton recently
to "extend appreciation to your
police chief and recreation
director for their time and
assistance given to one of our
aldermen who visited your town
last month. .
"The valuable information
given in respect to policing and
recreation, in particular - your
area complex, will greatly assist
our council to establish policies
of operational management in
these functions.
"Again, our thanks for the
interest and co-operation given
our council member."
The council member's name
appearing on the bottOrn of the
letter was G. Westlake. An
article in 'this journal some
months ago, we recall, told of
Clinton Police Chief Lloyd
Westlake's brother, Gar, winning
a seat on a Municipal council
somewhere in B.C.
Elmline Aimer's Let -311340-
Very Good, owned by Alec L.
Ostrom, Clinton, and bred by
Thomas W. Rathwell, Clinton,
has just been issued a lifetime
production certificate by the
Canadian Jersey Cattle Club. In
nine lactations, she has produced
83,512 lbs. Milk and 4,257 lbs.
fat.
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RelaXt. Take life a little more
calmly, the Ontario Safety
League tecomniends. Don't drive
yourself to drink. Or after.
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BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
Huron County doctors got a
break Monday evening when the
Huron County Board of
Education voted in favor of a
policy discouraging principals
from requiring medical
certificates from pupils as proof
of illness during absence.
The policy outlines that
medical certifiCates should be
regarded as statement of
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Perth County council is
prepared to have the Perth
District Health Unit amalgamate
with the Huron County Health
Unit. Reeve William G. Hill of
Logan Township presented the
motion for the proposed
amalgamation to Perth council
last week.
The motion which stated that
representation on the
amalgamated board and cost
sharing of the board would be
done on a per capita basis, was
passed by council '
Speaking of a meeting Dec. 8
in Goderich between
representatives of the two
counties' health units, Mr. Hill
said Huron seemed quite definite
on its stand to have the office
for such a combined unit in
Seaforth.
Mr. Hill said he didn't think
there was any good reason for
having such an office in,
Seaforth. He said if it was in
Stratford where the majority of
people centre around, it would
be hear the laboratory facilities
of the Stratford General
Hospital. There aren't the
facilities in the hospital in
Seaforth to do the tests a health
department requires, he added.
Conestoga
opens door
Conestoga College of Applied
Arts and Technology whieh
serves Huron, Perth, Waterloo
and Wellington counties from its
Doon campus in Kitchener, rolls
out the red carpet to visitors On
Saturdays Jan. 17,
From 1 to 5:30 pan. that day,
the two-year-old school Will hold
open house with students acting
as hosts and staffing information
'booths to answer questions
about the college.
The college has enrolment
at boon of More than 1400
students. Counting those In
adult education courses in
Guelph, gratford, halt and
Xitchener, total enrolment is
about 2,500
Mr. Anderson joined the
two-year-old private consulting
firm three months ago after
spending the last eight years as
industrial commissioner for the
City of Cornwall.
Development Associates was
described last summer by the
Ottawa Journal was a "marriage
bureau for towns wooing
industry," Among its present
clients are the Cape Breton
Development Corp„ a group of
communities around Trail, B.C.,
Four cars involved in two
separate accidents early last
Saturday sustained extensive
damage, but no one was hurt,
according to Clinton town
police.
In one crash, an auto driven
north on Victoria Street by
Harvey Carter of Clinton
rammed the rear of a parked ear
owned by D. R. Overboe.
The second collision occurred
at Albert and Huron Streets and
involved vehicles driven by
David A. Crich of 165 James St.,
Clinton and Raymond C.
Henderson of Seaforth.
Renfrew County in Ontario,
Boniface, Man. and Timmins,
Ont,
The meeting was arranged by
the Clinton Industrial
Committee and .chaired by
Antoine "Red" Garon, a
committee member, Fewer than
half the 26 Huron municipalities
sent representatives.
Hatold Lobb, a member of
Clinton town council who is
succeeding James Armstrong as
reeve, urged the county to
In an accident on Dec, 7 at
4:05 p.m. on Ontario Street,
cars driven by Melvin Hubert of
Seaforth and John Hummel of
RR 1, Clinton, collided and, the
Hummel car sheared off a gas
pump at Elmer Frey's service
station.
Last week's OPP report listed
a Nov. 30 accident on
Concession 9-10 of Goderich
Township, south of County
Road 18, involving an auto
driven by Lenus William Yeo of
RR 3, Clinton. It has been
learned since that Mr. Yeo's car
struck a sow on the roadway.
The animal was owned by John
consider the idea, saying: "It
certainly should be on a'county
basis and not done by just one
community."
Mr. Caron remarked that
$42,000 a year sounds like and
is a lot of money, but the coat of
the service is actually only 75
cents per capita. Mr. Anderson
told the group that the tax
revenue in one year from two
good industries would exceed
Please turn to page 2
VanWyk.
Only two minor accidents
were investigated during the past
week by the Ontario Provincial
Police at Goderich.
Ronald August Clarke, RR 3,
Zurich, was involved in a single
car accident on Concession 10,
Stanley Township, north of
Highway 84 December 7. Only
minor damage to the vehicle was
reported.
An Auburn area man, George
William Lubbers was involved in
a single car accident on county
road 25 west of Highway 4 with
only minor damage reported.
the principal should use the
services of the school nurse
provided by the Huron County
Health Unit.
Principals will also be
expected to use discretion when
dealing with students who want
to attend fall fairs. Policy
stresses the fact that the board
does not encourage the
cancellation of classes to permit
passive observation at fair events
nor does it encourage the use of
large blocks of school time for
preparation of projects designed
solely for competition in the
fairs.
"It is left to the principal to
decide whether it is a
worthwhile learning
experience," noted John D.
Cochrane, director.
New policy also makes
provision only for memorial
plaques in recognition of service
rendered by an employee who
died while serving as principal of
a school. Individuals or groups
wishing to institute a memorial
Please turn to page 2
News-Record
names editor
The appointment of Keith W.
Roulston of Lucknow as editor
of The Clinton News-Record was
announced today by J. Howard
Aitken, general manager.
Mr, Roulston succeeds Eric A.
McGuinness who is resigning to
accept a newswriting post at the
Oakville (Ont.) Daily
Journal-Record.
The new editor, a native of
Lucknow, is a journalism
graduate from Ryerson Institute
in Toronto. He has served as
editor of an industrial
publication in Toronto and,
more recently, published his
own newspaper for a short time.
He and his wife, Jill, live in
Lucknow and expect to move to
Clinton.
Mn Aitken also announced
that Mrs. Richard- Steep of
Clinton joined The News-Record
staff recently and is working
with Mrs. Ron Rudd on
classified advertising,
subscription sales and other
office duties.
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