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Thursaay, February 0, 1972 107 Year - No. 6
Snow 9"
Bain 1.55"
Snow 5"
Strain shows on the faces of a Central Huron Secondary School exciting tournament when a Clinton wrestler was defeated in the
wrestler (top) and his opponent from Listowel in a match held at final match of the afternoon.
Clinton last Thursday. Clinton lost to Listowel by two points in the
Clinton Oddfellows celebrate centennial
Clinton Lodge No. 88,
Independent order of Oddfellows
celebrated its 100th anniversary
at a dintre5, on Monday night with
Bro. George Vanstone brand
Master of Ontario as the special
guest.
Noble Grand Norman
Trewartha read a sheet history of
the lodge including the name of
the original members and their
occupations.
A minute's silence was
observed for departed brothers,
A large birthday cake, bearing
100 candles and decorated in the
lodge colours was cut by Mr.
Varistone.
A ereeting was read from the
ifuronic ilebekali Past Grand
Association. Goon wishes anu a'
presentatipnyeregiven frem the
Huronic Rebekah Lodge by Sister
Carrie Lobb and from the Grand
Encampment by Bro. Benson
8utter.
A social hour and dancing and
fellowship was enjoyed after the
dinner.
There Were 150 members Of the
TOFF and Rebekahs of District 8
present for the evening which
combined the annual visit of the
Grand -Master with the centennial
celebrations, District 8 takes in
Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter,
Hensel', Brncefield, Brussels,
Goderith, Wingham and
Teeswater.
District Deputy Grand Master Murray Taylor of Clinton welcomes George Vanstone, Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of Ontario to CI inton whi le Norman Trewartha Noble Grand of the
Clinton Lodge No. 83 looks on. The Clinton lodge of the Independent Order of Oddfellows
celebrated its 100th anniversary on Monday.
Federation develops
plan to rule who gets
vote on ,farm issues
Some of the Mars of the Clinton Skating Club's Show, A Visit to
Manhattan are seen here, They are (leftto right) Me -Nacho Howse, Jo-
Anne Middleton, Darlene Cliowani, Cindy Middleton and Cheryl
Flynn.
Come to the Winter Carnival tonight through Sunday
The 1972 Version of the Clinton Winter
fijernival is underway.
The week of activity got underway Monday
night with a bingo and draw at the Community
Centre, sponsored by Branch, 140, Canadian
,Legion,
A broomball tournament is also underway
and will wind up Saturday afternoon with the
championship game.
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If you haven't got your ticket yet for "A Visit
to Manhattan" the Clinton Figure Skating
Club's ice show tonight might be your best
time.to go.
The show is on tonight and Friday but
according to a member of the club, many more
tickets are available for the Thursday show
than the Friday.
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The News-Record welcomes a new
correspondent from the Kippen area this
week, Mrs. Rena Caldwell,
We are still on the lookout for a
correspondent in Holmesville. PLEASE
someone, lend a hand.
In preparation for the National Dental
Week, Feb. 7 to 12, the Ontario Dental
Association in co-operation with the Huron
County Health Unit and other health units
throughout Ontario have planned a poster
contest.
This contest is open to each pupil in grade
five. They are being asked to make a poster
L: reference to the National Dental Week
during the week. The teachers will select the
best poster from his or her clas. There will
be a selection of the best posters in Huron
County. This wilt be done by the Huron
County Health Unit dental staff..
There will be a prize of $10.00 for the
best poster, a prize of $5.00 for the second
best and a prize of $3.00 for the third best
poster. The prize winning entries from all
the health units will be sent to the Dental
Association of Ontario and the best entry
will be selected and used as'next years poster
for National Dental Week.
A five-point plan for determining who is
eligible to vote on farm questions was
proposed at the monthly meeting of the Huron
County Federation of Agriculture held
Thursday in Clinton.
The plan was built around suggestions which
originated with the 16 township federations
Who each appointed a delegate to a committee
to draft the plan.
Now that it has been approved by the county
federation, it will go before the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture which had
requested county federations across the
province to come up with suggestions.
The purpose of the plan was to lay ground
rules as to who is eligible to vote in commodity
Marketing board votes and any future general
farm vote. It follows complaints that non-
producers were suddenly acquiring chickens
The carnival began in a big way last night
With theto-r-c-rlight parade and activities at the
Community Centre.
Tonight and Friday night will see the Clinton
Skating Club's presentation "A Visit to
Manhattan" at the arena,
The two big days of activity will be Saturday
and Sunday, Saturday will start with the public
School skating noes, the parade (which will
feature Miss Dominion of Canada, Lana
Droullard and Bruce Love of CFPL) and
activities of all kinds at the arena. These
activities include judging of the king and queen
contest, a tug o' war, log sawing contest and
the finals of the broornball tournament,
The evening will see the ice carnival at the
arena with prizes for the best costumes and
skating races. Later in the evening there will
be three dances in the community,
Sunday will see the snowmobile races run by
the Kinsmen Club which will probably draw the
biggest crowd of the weekend.
Wesley- Willis
holds service
.for blind
"White Cane Week" will be remembered
this coming Sunday with a special service at
Wesley-Willis Church at 11 a.m. Members of
the local branch of "The Canadian Council for
the Blind" will attend.
Mr. Alan Reid will read the lesson and Mrs.
Gwen Watson will have a display of books in
Braille, a C.N.I.B. Talking Book and other
items of interest.
The Guest Speaker will be Mr. Arthur
Davies of Kitchener. Before lie became blind,
Mr. Davies was stationed on the Clinton Air
Base and attended Wesley-Willis Church. Dr.
Mowatt, local representative of the Huron-
Perth Advisory Board for the C.N.I.B. will
conduct the service, and Mr. Bill Craig, a
soloist with the Wesley-Willis Choir, will sing
"The Blind Ploughman".
prior to the egg marketing board vote which
was to have been held recently but was
cancelled due to these irregularities.
The five points of the proposal are:
1. The majority required for approval of a
marketing board should he 55 per cent,
2, A majority of the income of the farmer
should come from farming to be eligible to
vote.
3. The voter must produce a 'commodity for
two years prior to the vote to be eligible to vote
on a commodity board vote.
4. There should be a graduated system of
voting on commodities much like the share
system in a public company. One vote would be
awarded for every "X" number' of units
produced to a maximum of five votes for any
one producer.
5. Ina general farm vote, all voters must be
active participants in farming to be eligible.
drainage accounts, $7,149.02 in road accounts
and $902.16 in administration costs.
A special meeting of council was held on
..Jan. 19 when council met with a representative
of Ontario Hydro, Mr. Fracer, to discuss the
proposed hydro line from the Bruce Nuclear
Power project, through Hullett to the Seaforth
Transmission Station.
Several owners of property on lots 1 and 2 on
concessions 3 to 14, the land through which the
line would pass, were present at the meeting.
Mr. Fraser said he did not have the
information on hand to deal with their question
Junior Farmers
elect executive
The joint meeting of the Clinton Junior
Farmers was held recently at the Clinton
Department of Agriculture and Food building.
The election of officers took place with
Jamieson Ribey in charge.
They are as follows: Girl's president, Lois
Jones; Vice-president, Nancy Lapp;
Secretary, Faye Merrill; Treasurer, Kay
Hovins. Boy's president, Douglas Trewartha;
Vice-president, Walter Denys; Secretary-
treasurer, Keith Lapp; Joint secretary, Lynda
Reed; Joint treasurer, Glen McNeill; Press
Reporter, John Hickey; County Director,
Grant Jones.
A committee was set up to arrange a
Valentine's dance on Friday, Feb. 11 at the
Auburn hall with the Country Boys.
since he had expected to deal only with the
council at this meeting. He was present to find
out if council had any municipal projects
planned in the area.
Also at the special meeting was Henry
Uderstadt, drainage engineer who had
requested a meeting with ratepayers involved
in the Hallam Drain. He explained that the
depth of drain and size of tiles required to
drain several low areas would greatly
increase the cost, but that these could be
drained if the owners wanted them drained.
The owners are to decide if they wish to bear
the extra cost and inform the clerk.
Co-ordinating
committee
conducts survey
The Social Services Co-ordinating
Committee for Huron County has been granted
funds for salaries and overhead expenses
through the Local Initiatives Program, Dept.
of. Manpower and Immigration, Federal
Government, to conduct a survey throughout
the county. The project began on January 31
and will be completed by the end of May.
The Social Services Co-ordinating
Committee has been in existence since 1968. It
is made up of Representatives from social
agencies such as Children's Aid Society,
churches, the Board of Education, Dept. of
Health, Goderich Psychiatric Hospital,
See page. 5
Flu bug
closes
Huronview
The prevalence of influenza in the county
has led to the closing of Huronview Home
for the Aged to all visitors.
C.A. Archibald, Administrator of the
county home announced Monday that the
Home physician had ordered the Home
closed to protect the residents from the
outbreak which has hit the rest of the
county.
Mr. Archibald stated that if an emergency
arose, families of residents would be
contacted by telephone.
The Home was closed two years ago for a
time because of flu in the area. "We
believe," Mr. Archibald said, "that it was
due to the public's excellent co-operation
that a serious epidemic among our residents
was prevented."
A similar decision to cut-off visiting
privileges was made earlier by Alexandra
Marine and General Hospital in Goderich.
Miss Kay Elliott, Superintendent of
Nursing at Clinton Public Hospital said no
such move has been made at the hospital.
She said there have not been a large number
of visitors and few cases of the flu.
Van Eginond
committee goes
to county council
BY SHIRLEY J. KELLER
The committee from Seafertki-Tuokersmith
attempting to restore the VanEgmond Reserve
in Egmondville as a tourist attraction in that
area appeared before Huron County Council
recently to solicit a donation for their project.
lject.
While no exact amount of money was
requested, council was reminded to be
generous since Seaforth-Tuckersmith is now
"demilitarized zone'' ' where the factories and
other industries are small and not all that
properous and where "charity is almost
necessary",
A complete history of the emergence of the
VanEgmond Restoration Foundation was
recounted in detail and it was shown that the
group is now affiliated with the Heritage
Foundation, a government-sponsored
organization dedicated to restoring and
refurbishing historical buildings.
Col. Anthony VanEgmond, the man
commissioned to construct the road from Galt
to Goderich, settled in Eginondville which was
named after him. This colorful figure from the
past fought in the 1837 Rebellion and was
widely known for Iris soldiering abilities,
Though he never lived in the VanEgmond
house, he built it while he resided across the
road, a property also under consideration by
the VanEgmond Restoration Foundation.
Twenty-five percent of the money for the
restoration project must be raised locally.
Local labor wil be hired to complete the work,
it was promised.
Hullett council hears more
on Hydro transmission line route
William and Keith Holland were present at
the regular meeting of Hullett township
council Feb. 1 to ask permission to operate a
wrecking yard in the township,
Council granted permission for the
operation of a class "C" junk yard in Bill
Holland's bush.
Council passed a by-law to prohibit parking
for 600 feet west of highway 4 on Con. 10 and 11
at Londesboro on the south side of the road.
Another by-law was passed to restrict the
weight of vehicles using a bridge in the
township.
The clerk was instructed to advertise for a
warble fly sprayer operator and supplies.
The council approved $11,159.60 in
Auxiliary
awards bursary
The Hospital Auxiliary met Monday, Feb, 4,
in the Hospital Board Room for its monthly
meeting with Mrs. Paul Walden, president,
conducting the business.
Minutes and correspondence were read by
the secretary, Mrs. Harvey Howard. Mrs. Ed
Porter gave the treasurer's report.
It was announced that two R.N.A. bursaries
of $75.00 each have been awarded to Miss
Eileen Poelman, R. R. 3, Seaforth and Miss
Grace Longman, Auburn.
Mrs, D. Ball, buying convener, reported
that all magazines for the use of patients had
been re-ordered. The hospital cart will be
staffed by 'members of the Eastern Star in
February and the Legion Auxiliary in the
month of March.
Vanishing Parties, under the convenership
of Mrs. E. Ryan, are the order of the day. The
proceeds from these enjoyable outings will go
towards the purchase of new x-ray equipment.
The annual Hospital Auxiliary membership
drive will get under way early in March under
the leadership 'of Mrs. Ed. Wilson.
Health record books, in which to keep an
account of immunization shots, vaccinations,
etc,, are being purchased and will be placed on
the cart for sale to new mothers or anyone
wishing them,
"Meals on Wheels" was the topic of much
discussion. Is there a need for this service in
Clinton? Do you know of people who are unable
to prepare a nutritious meal for themselves?
If so, would you contact Mrs, Alex Addison,
Mrs. C. M. Shearing, or any member of the
Auxiliary. We would appreciate this
information.