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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-09-28, Page 1.111111111111•11111 1.110111MMMIr Clinton, Ontario Thursday, September 28, 1972 20 Cents 107 Year - No. 3.9 Weather 1972 Hi LQ SEPTENII3ER 1971 Hi LO -79 68 54 67 51 20 72 45 65 $5 21 73 52 66 47 f 22 58' 35 68 42 23 60- 33 68 49 24 70 52 61 42 25 74 61 62 37 Rain .48" Clinton Kinettes help Arthritis campaign The board of governors of Conestoga College of AppNed Arts and Technology met et the Clinton Centre last Monday night for the first time. From left to right are: William E. Byers, chairman of the 12 man board; Professor James W. Church, president of Conestoga; and Ross Milton, administrator of the Clinton Centre. Open House at the Clinton Centre is tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. (News-Record photo) Clinton host bd. of gov. "You can see, therefore, that 300 severan- ces would give us revenue of $12,000 against a cost of $24,000," stated Berry, "meaning that the direct cost to the County would be approximately $12,000 or $1,000 per month." B.G.Eastwood, Regional Assessment Commissioner noted there are very few changes between 1972 and proposed 1973 apportionments, the major changes being in connection with Tuckersmith Township and Stephen Township as it relates to the Canadian Forces Bases. "The Tuckersmith situation will gradually be adjusted and worked into the regular assessment figures," said Allan Campbell, chairman of the Executive Com- mittee of council. "The Stephen Township picture, however, is different as the taxes are paid based on rents collected working through Ontario Development Cor- poration:" During the day, Spence Cummings, Please turn to Page 12 More deputy reeves possible HI MM I I IM I M I MM MI I I M MH I MU M II MM I MM I MI H M I IM f f i fi lM M M I I M M OI M The district meeting of the Ladies' Hospital Auxiliary was held in Clinton on Mon- day and a large number of ladies from all parts of Southwestern Ontario turned out to hear a fine guest speaker, Miss Angela Armitt of the University of Western Ontario and to install new officers. From left to right are: convener Helen Bartliff, Clinton; past chairman, Mary Hays of Fergus; Miss Armitt; and new chairman Peggy Menzies of Clinton. (staff photo) Hospital Auxiliaries Long known for its many important charitable undertakings in the community The Kinette Club of Clinton this year is lending its wholehearted support to the fight against the Nation's most serious health problem — painful, crippling• arthritis, it was announced this week by Mrs. Jean" Jewitt, president of the Club. "Here is a disease that affects more of our citizens than heart, cancer, tuberculosis and diabetes combined and for many years The Canadian Arthritis and Rheumatism Society has been providing its professional home-care services to many of those in the community and district afflicted with arthritis, and at no cost to the patient. Also, a few years ago The Society donated the basic equipment leading to the development of the modern physiotherapy department in our local hospital. It is for these reasons that we have decided we should volunteer our time and energy to helping this worthwhile organization", Mrs. Jewitt stated. The Kinette Club has set the week of October 2 to 7 as "Arthritis Week" in Clinton and will be calling on our Citizens seeking their support of the Arthritis Society's program. Mrs. David Corrie, 180 Raglan Street, has been appointed Campaign Chairman. Everyone knows someone with arthritis. More than a million and a half Canadians are afflicted, Nearly one-half million are limited in their activities in some way due to the disease and close to 95,000 of this group are unable to work, keep house, or carry on their usual major activity. Separate board backs plan BY WILMA OKE The Huron Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board meeting in Seaforth Monday again approved giving a $75 scholarship to the Kiwanis Music Festival in Stratford for the festival next April second to 14. The Board was informed there had been an increase of 200 entries in 1972 over 1971. A request was approved by Mrs. J. Grant of World Service Committee through YMCA and YWCA to allow the distribution of UNICEF boxes in the Separate Schools in Stratford to permit the students to par- ticipate in the UNICEF program on Hal !owe' en. Trustees John McCann of R.R. 3, Ailsa Craig, and Ted Geoffrey of H.R. 2, Zurich, will represent the board at the Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association weekend conference in Toronto on Novem- ber 3.5. Assistant Superintendent Joseph Tokar will attend as well. The conference is on the theme "What takes place in a Catholic school room from nine to four." Copies of the printout (budget balance to date) were distributed to the members of the board. These will be considered and then next meeting time will be allowed for questions on the budget to be answered. The property committee was appointed to investigate what has to be done to clean up the board's new property on Highway 4 in the eastern part of Seaforth so that it may be used as a play area by the students at St. James School. Estimates of bulldozing costs, (continued on page 1'2) . The social and economic cost of the disease is staggering. Annually, they account for an estimated thirteen million days' lost work and about a $457 million loss to the Canadian economy. • Despite the belief that nothing can be done for arthritis, the Arthritis Society now proclaims that Canada is today on the threshold of the best arthritis control Because the age of the voter has been lowered, Huron County Council is facing an accommodation problem. There could be :4111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111I1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111L: received in Toronto and with extreme ingenuity, we are given the fearfulness of a rural winter, with its dual responses of cages and escapes. The fear that the actors might sen- timentalize farming is dispatched in Miles Potter's memorable monologue about a day'.s hay-loading. Cool looks are given to such furors as Orange parades and Jesus revivals. Miss Amos has a wonderful sequence about weddings, rising to the great line, "We laughed until we died at the stupidity of it all." Darker regions are probed as well. There are moving insights into farm tragedies and a sharp vignette about people drifting to the cities. Very fine, too, is the section devoted to the strange recluse Charlie Wilson (David Fox), with his religion, his en- cyclopedic knowledge of plants and his cruel, self-inhibiting facial tic. It is difficult to account for the ex- citement which this production brings. Partly there is the lucid beauty and ease of Paul Thompson's methodology, and the vividness of six actors - Anne Angline, Janet Amos, Fina MacDorinell, David Fox, Miles Potter and Thompson himself - perfor- ming with such versatility, tact and palpable compassion. The evening is filled with suble cross-references so that we come to discover a whole contained world. In The Farm Show, Thompson and his actors have helped us to know, under- stand and love a community of people beyond our sphere of familiarity. As artists, they can have no higher am- bitions. Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology has its first Open House at its Clinton Centre tonight (Thursday) at 7 p,m. and as part of the celebrations, the board of governors for Conestoga College met at the Clinton Centre for the first time last Mon- day night. at Column This Saturday is the last day of the baseball season as far as Clinton is concer- ned. The Colts take on Barry's Bay in the finals and Clinton are down a game. If Clin- ton wins the game at 2 p.m. then the rubber match will take place at 5 p.m. This is it; so why not get out and support your team and watch them bring home another championship. * * * Due to the untimely resignation of Clin- ton's. Recreational Director, Norton Irwin, all judo and gymnasium classes are suspen- ded for the time being. Attemts are being made, however, to get new instructors so watch the News-Record for further notice. * * We kind of slipped-up on printing of the results of the commencement at Central Huron S.S. last Friday, so hold tight and next week the complete results and pictures will be in the News-Record. * * As a service to our readers and to the town in general, the News-Record and Town Clerk will be starting a column to answer any questions on the up-coming municipal elections in Clinton. This year, all municipalities will be holding elections on the same day and a large part of the Municipal Elections Act has been extensively changed. Any question is valid and all questions will be answered but please include name and address with question. Either write to the News-Record or to Clerk, Cam Proctor, Clinton Town Hall.' Passe Muraille ; Play well Theatre Passe Muraille, 'which stayed at the old Bird farm on the Maitland Line in Goderich Township for six weeks this summer, opened their play about this area in Toronto last Thursday. The play, which is about people and places around Clinton and Holmesville, was very well received in Toronto. This review is taken from the Toronto Star of last Friday. BY URJO KAREDA Toronto Star The Farm Show, which is opening the season at Theatre Passe Muraille, gives a lot of pleasure for a lot of reasons, As a dramatic work, it is vigorous, informative, stylish and often insanely funny. But its' power arises as well from our communicados by which this production was put together. The Farm Show is a Paul Thomp- son-organized collective creation, a form which has been uniquely perfec- ted at the Theatre Passe Muraille and which, because this talented Man has chosen to work in Toronto, is now ours as well, This particular collective creation seems an advance on the past because the performers have had a much more direct relationship to the material. As a result, there it a richness in the per- formances which adds depth and color to the whole eXperience. For six weeks this summer, Thomp- son took his actors to live on a farm near Clinton, Ontario, with the object of creating a production about, and for, the farmers of that region, INII II IIII111I1111111I1111 . 11 II "It is the policy of the board of governors to meet at least once a year at each of Conestoga's seven centres", said William Byers, chairman of the board. Ross Milton, Administrator of the Clinton Centre, which is located in the former Air Marshal Hugh Campbell public school at Vanastra, said Monday night that the public response to the Clinton Centre has been overwhelming. "We have nearly twice the number of students than was forecast." Currently, the Clinton Centre has nearly 150 full-time students and about 225 part- time students. Many of the courses offered are credit courses and non-credit courses range from powderpuff mechanics to human relations. Don Hayward, manager of Information services for Conestoga, said that the night courses offered at the Clinton Centre would be different than those offered at the secon- dary night schools. Visitors to the open house will be welcomed by Mr. Milton and Conestoga President Professor James W. Church. Charles MacNaughton, MPP for Huron and provincial treasurer will also officiate at the Open House. Administrator for Huron County, John Berry, told "council last Friday at its regular September neeting that the majority of budgets are well within the original estimates as of June 30, 1972. "Total revenue to date is $1,493,401.25 with expenditures .of $1,443,137.18, or a sur- plus of $50,264.07," said Berry. The working capital fund now sits at $200,000, the employee benefits fund at $60,000 and the hopital reserve fund at $55,600, he added. The Land Division section has handled approximately 190 severances so far this year, and by the end of the year it is estimated that 300 will have been before the committee. Estimated cost to the end of December, said Berry, should be about $24,000. Working through both a subjective and objective response to the en- vironment, joining farmers at their tasks, meeting local residents and listening, always listening, the com- pany developed the dramatic material which was first presented in a barn to the farmers themselves and has now been transported to Toronto. The performance in Clinton must have been electrifying in its im- mediacy. In Toronto, we receive the data not with a shock of recognition but with a glow of familiarization. The Farm Show is performed on a raked acting area, the floor of which is a large map of the rural area in- volved, with the names of the in- dividual farms boldly labelled. Some very nice entertainers from the area - Russ and Dorothy from Teeswater - provide preliminary music, and though the fire marshal has vetoed bales of hay, the atmosphere is un- believably evocative, That authenticity is the triumph of the performers, who also, of course, created the material. This is by no means a conventional documentary, but it is certainly realism of a magic intensity. Through mime, song, narrative, sound poetry, monologues - the whole range of possible com- munication - we come very close to the heart of their experience, There is a succession of inspired ideas. A farmwife (Janet Amos), prat;- Cling happily about her cleaning chores, sits in her wringer-washer, and eventually ilbtaTfeS the machine itself. There is a stirring heroic drama (iti verse) dbout the mythology of tractors. We have a hilarious, plowing Match several new deputy-reeves at County Coun- cil next year after the fall elections. It was learned that if a municipality has over 1,000 voters, a deputy-reeve must be named. Townships which could be affected are Morris, Grey, McKillop, Hullett and Usborne. And county council is also feeling the pinch as far as "pin money" is concerned. "In view of the fluctuation in the price of gold at the present time," the executive committee report said, "the Committee feels the cost for County Council pins is out of line and recommends no further action." Apparently Huron's councillors had plan- ned to spruce up, for at the end of the coun- cil session Friday it was learned that the cost of jackets for county councillors was $90 each. "Now we know how much money the fellows have who wear them," said one councillor. • There was no act;.on on the jackets, either. Racing ends Racing at the Clinton Raceway ends this Sunday but the Kinsmen are finishing the 1972 season with a bang. Nearly $5,000 in purses will be distributed for the ten race card with $2,000 up for grabs in the featured tenth race, an In- vitational, Matching strides in the seven horse pacing field will be J,R. Grattan, Miss Pal, Ainbro Kernal, The Cape Man, Danny Dee, Midnite Brad and Popular Brad. With such a classy field, the track record will be in jeopardy. If Sunday is a good day weather-wise, the winner of the Invitational could take home an extra $50 just for going faster than 2:05 4 /5. As well as the big purses, there will be other prizes given away. Molson's is giving away $50 arid a silver tray each to both the top percentage of the meet and the driver with the most dash wins, Melchers is presenting a blanket to the winner of the ninth race' and the Kinsmen are presenting a blanket to the winner of the Invitational. The Old Mill will present 10 pairs of gloves to the top ten drivers of the Meet. Harness racing has gone over big in the Clinton area and the Kinsmen hope to do bigger and better things next year. BY WILMA OKE Mrs. Beecher Menzies of Clinton was in- stalled as chairman of District No. 2, Hospital Auxiliaries Association of Ontario, at the fall conference held in Ontario Street United Church here Monday. She succeeds Mrs. William A. Hayes of Fergus who has served for the past two years. Other officers installed were: Mrs. Orville G. Oke of Seaforth, first vice-chairman; Mrs. Kemp Thompson of Waterloo as second vice and Mrs. Kenneth F. Marshall of Wood- stock as third, Mrs. Howard Porter of Clinton, secretary-treasurer. All aspects of the work of hospital auxiliaries were studied in a successful day- long session which attracted 109 delegates, Clinton Hospital Auxiliary members were hostesses for the conference and many of them were on hand to greet the volunteers from other hospitals, and to dispense hospitality led by the convener, Mrs. Douglas Bartliff, Greetings were extended by Mrs. L.P. Walden, president of the Clin- ton auxiliary and Miss Kathleen Elliott, director of nursing. The morning sessions on various aspects of education in a hospital drew an excellent response. Six areas were covered by the following panelists; Education of Children by Mrs. W.C. Benriett of Seaforth Com- munity Hospital; Education in Careers for Students by Mrs. Ralph Batten of South Huron Hospital at Exeter; Education of Auxiliary Members by Mrs. G.W. Becker of Guelph General Hospital; Education of Volunteers by Mrs, H. Winterburn of Kit- chener-Waterloo Hospital; Education of the Community by Mrs. G. Standish of Graves Memorial Comtntinity Hospital in Fergus; and Educational Publications and Other Source Material by Mrs, A.G. Edmonds of Palmerston, a past president of the Ontario association. Mrs. Bennett speaking on the educational t childrenreada therlti rgef:frorktihndaeurxgial irateryn, lesttepornfsroormedthbey kindergarten teacher at the Seaforth Public School, Mrs. Raymond J. Boussey of Clinton to the Huron Expositor and also carried by "The Volunteer", the hospital auxiliary publication in Don Mills. In the letter, Mrs. program in the world. Treatment programs have been developed which can prevent serious disability in four out of five patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, In addition to professional care of home- bound arthritics in Clinton district, the core of the Arthritis Society's entire program is the network of Rheumatic Disease Units Please turn to Page 12 week, is 31 years old and if from Grimsby. He is married and the father of three children and has experience on Hagersville, Grimsby, North Grimsby Township, and Niagara Regional Police forces. Mr. Armstrong, 32, is married with two children and brings with him six years ex- perience on the Edinburgh, Scotland police force and six months experience on. the Lon- don, Ontario police force. He is presently with London Life Insurance Co. Mr. Arm- strong who is no relation to Clinton coun- cillor James Armstrong, starts working in about three weeks. Boussey had told of the experiences of her students and their reactions to the tour, which it is hoped will make it easier for any child admitted to hospital in the future. Mrs. Batten outlined her hospital's ex- perience in taking high school students to the hospital to be told of the various careers open to them in the different departments in a hospital. Mrs. Becker, Mrs. Winterburn, and Mrs. Standish spoke on orientation meetings for volunteers and public relations for the citizens in the community in relation to the local hospital. Mrs. Hayes, who presided for the meeting, gave a detailed report of the activities of the twenty auxiliaries in the district which stret- ches from Guelph on the east to Goderich on Please turn to Page 12 Venereal Disease increases in Huron Dr. Frank Mills, Medical Officer of Health for Huron County,says his depart- ment is not interested in the morals or the private actions of people. "We're only interested in the control of venereal disease," said Mills. He said according to the national averages, Huron should have about 200 cases of VD. "There are 26,000 cases in Canada • the ones we know about," said Mills, "and we have our share." He said it had come to attention that people go "out of the county" for treatment rather than risk people knowing their afflic- tion. Medical practitioners, he said, were duty bound to report cases of venereal disease to the local health department, "For one reason or another then," con- eluded the doctor, "only a small percentage of the actual number of cases of venereal disease in Huron are reported to our office." The MOH also reported that rabies is on the increase in Huron, The disease is up by about 52 percent, he said, He urged people to take advantage of the free rabies clinks throughout the county, Please turn to Pate "12 Huron budgets within bounds Clinton has .beefed-up its police force to five men Mayor Don Symons announced Tuesday with the hiring of two new first- class constables. . The move comes after the police commit- tee and Clinton Police Chief Lloyd Westlake decided that the town was not adequately protected. One of the men hired replaces Sgt. LeRoy Oesch who resigned from the Clinton police in early Sept. to take up work as a cabinet maker. The new policemen are James Donald, (Don) Armstrong and Frank Draper. Mr. Draper, who starts his duties next Two policemen hired Fall conference inClinton