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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-01-27, Page 2Page 2—Clinton News-Recor^-—Thurs., Jan. 27, 1966 38 Persons MIDDLETON I Council, Town Employees Dine...and Play Euchre Thirty-six invited guests at­ tended Mayor Don and Mrs. Symons’ dinner and social even­ ing in St, Paul’s Parish Hall last Wednesday evening. Guests included councillors, town police, town public worlds • ■employees and press representa­ tives. ' At the dinner, served by the ladies of St. Paul’s -Church, Mayor Symons said he would ' . like to see the dinner get-to­ gethers as an annual affair. When1 introducing the air force people at the head table, the mayor remarked oh how fortunate the town was to have1 “our neighbours from the south” (air force personnel) meet with us on such occasions. RCAF representatives were the commanding officer of Sta­ tion ..Clinton, Group Captain K. R. Greenaway and Mrs. Green­ away; and Flight Sergeant Don Keri* and Mrs. Kerr. F.S. Kerr was representing Flight Lieu­ tenant Gerry Smith, mayor ol Adastral Park community coun­ cil. The commanding officer said he wished to be considered! a , part of the overall community in which he- is stationed, and F.S. Kerr reminisced about- working on a committee with 1 Mayor Symons when on a pre­ vious posting at ton in 1951. Others at the Reeve Duff and son, Deputy Reeve1 George and Mrs.1 Wonc'h, town clerk John and Mrs. Livermore, Councillor Cameron and Mrs. Proctor, Councillor Gordon 'and Mrs. Lawson, Councillor Jim and Mrs. Armstrong, Councillor Norman and Mrs. Livermore; 'Chief of Police Russell Thompson, Corporal Leroy and Mrs. Oesch,- Constable Albert ■ and* Mrs. Shaddick, town 'asses- ‘ sor Howard and Mrs. Harris, Rev. R. U-. and Mrs. MacLean; Town 'employees1 Harold Gib- bings, -Ivan Carter and. David Dales and their wives; and , press representatives, Mrs.- Clarence Trott oif the area daily1 papers and radio-TV stations, ■ and Mr. Trott; and A. Laurie Colquhoun, publisher of Clinton ’ . News-Record. Reeve Thompson thanked the ladies-for’• coming out to the | ■'dinner, and the mayor thanked i ' the -ladies of St. Paul’s who J served the dinner; Mrs. J. W. ; Counter replied for the St.- i . Paul’s group. i Duping the, social evening which followed, ten tables of progressive euchre were in play. Winners were: high score, lady, Mrs. Trott, man, Councillor Liv­ ermore; low score, lady, Mirs. Greenaway; man, Mr. Colqu- (houn.., r"— Station Clin- dinner were: Mrs. Thomp- i f % Ccmndlhr Wims T©p Euchre Prize Mayor Don Symons presents a gift to Council­ lor Norman Livermore for winning the highest score in progressive euchre. Mrs. R. U. MacLean. was Coun. Livermore’s opponent in the final game. Mrs. Clarbnce Trott won the lady’s high score prize. MW . W ■ | 7 -J ' |« < i fM >< ,X'- , z t 1 ;• I f' z? S ; ' .1' ! Low Score Winners Mrs. K. R. Greenaway and A. L. Colquhoun ■are shown here admiring their “booby” prizes at the mayor’s banquet and social evening. (News-Record Photos) i' The Women’s Auxiliary ,of St. James Anglican Church, Mid,* Teton will meet Wednesday .af- ■ ternoon, homo of rhe roll hymn”. Mr.,and Mrs. Stewart Middle­ ton attended tire Canadian Bal­ let in London Saturday and' also j the annual meeting of the Wes- rem Ontario Aberdeen Angus Association. February 2 at the Mrs. Fred Middleton. call is “my favorite Mrs. Letter To The Editor Why Not County P S Area? WA Card Party The Women's Auxiliary of "St, James Anglican’ Church, Mid­ dleton held a successful party in the old schoolhouse in Holm­ esville last Friday evening. 1‘here were 15 tables of euchre. Mrs. Charles Reid, Varna, won the ladies’ high prize and Mrs. I<. Miller, the ladies’ low, Joseph Storey won the men’s high prize and John Cole, the tow. Howard Currie won the mize for the most lone band's md Ray Wise the lucky.prize. Lunch was served and this was followed by a special an­ nual feature of the WA's parties: the auction by that auctioneer extraordinary, Ed­ ward Elliott. “Eddie” was in fine fettle and his Irish Wit in­ duced bidding on a large num­ ber of articles donated by the WA members. Included were baskets of rosy apples, hand made aprons, candy and roils, ___MRS. St MIDDLETON Phone 482-7325 pihh unmentionables, pop-porn, etc, A goodly sum was realized and Mrs. Edward Wise and her committee are to be congratu­ lated on the success of this, the. WA's first parity at Holmes­ ville. . Newlyweds Feted The home of Mr. and Joseph Postill of the Bayfield Line, Was the scene of a gay social evening when over 50 friends and neighbors gathered together to honor newlyweds Mr, and Mrs. Frank Postill. Euchre was the order of the evening. Prizes were ladies' high, Mrs. David Middleton; low Pat Postill; men’s high, Frank Thompson; low, R-on Postill; wst lone hands, Fritz Smith. Following lunch the honored couple, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pastil! were presented with a lovely bedroom lamp and a laundry hamper. The neighbors also had plan­ ned to honor Mr. and Mrs; Jake Buruma (nee Stoegstra) at this party but 'they are residing in Sarnia and were unable to at­ tend, They were presented “in ab­ sentia” with a lovely coffee table and an end table. The gbiod wishes of the neigh­ borhood are extended to' these two young couples. The Editor, Clinton Nows-Reoord.- Dear S5iy: I am enclosing a further ar­ ticle on local education, which again, is timely when our County Council is considering the petitions of ratepayers to jump the fences' that enclose our school, areas in the County. I shall not comment on Bay­ field’s case because cf my fri­ vol Yemeni in the village. How­ ever the issue around' Seaforth seems to be clear. There are about 100 children who reside in Harpurhey and Egmondville PORTER'S HILL Church at the Harris. Chester Mirs.. Mrs. Book was uow The UCW of Grace met last Wednesday home of Mrs. Donald The president, Mrs. Sturdy gave the call to worship and the devotional period was conducted' by Mrs. Tom Sower­ by. Scripture was read by William Townshend and Sowerby led in prayer. A chapter in the Study "The Kingdom of God” taken by Mrs. Elgin Cox. Roll call was answered with the pay­ ment of membership fees. The' secretaries report was read by Mrs. William Towns­ hend and the financial report by Mrs. Tom Sowerby. The various committees reported on their work. Fund raising projects for 1966 were discussed and among ’them were holiday bells, tra­ velling apron, July supper, bake sale, birthday can and col­ our of the month. Lunch was served by the hostess. Church Annual The annual congregational meeting of Grace held on Tuesday church basement. Maines conducted and Argyle Lockhart acted as secretary. Reports from the various organizations were dis­ cussed, all showing a good year. Official's elected for the com- Church was last in tire Rev. W. J. the meeting ___MRS. DONALD HARRIS Phone 482-3362 ing year are: session, Austin Sturdy, Chester Sturdy, Argyle Lockhart; board of stewards, William Cox, Wilmer Riddell, Allen. Bettles, Austin Harris and Donald Harris; trustees, Alien Bettles, Ray Cox and James Young; parsonage com­ mittee, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Sturdy, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sowerby, Ray Cox. Auditor, Allen Bettles; chur­ ch treasurer, Donald Harris;/ M & M ‘treasurer, Larene Cox; organist, (Mrs; William Cox; as­ sistants, Mrs. Chester Sturdy and Mrs. Austin1 Harris; Sunday School superintendent, Mbs. Mary Manning; assistant, Mrs. Elgin Cox; fire committee, Tom Sowerby and Wilmer Riddell. -----------o----------- . Gordon Gross President of Clinton Juniors By Mrs. Bradnock Clinton Junior Farmers met in the Clinton Town* Hall with the past president, Donald Young in the chair. Roll call was answered by each member telling if they liked the way that the meetings had’ been run in the past year or not. Don Young spoke to members and then called Tom Cunningham to install new officers: president, Gordon Gross; vice-president, Jamieson Ribey; secretary, John Black; treasurer, Marinus Bakker and press reporter, John Redmond. Guest speaker of the evening was Tom Cunningham, county president. He told about the Junior Farmers of Ontario and their activities across the pro­ vince. Gordon Gross presided for the joint meeting held' with the Junior Institute at the agri­ cultural board room. Committees were formed for the coming year and officers elected were, president, Gordon Gross; secretary-treasurer, Marian Hi'ckey; county director, Bob Hickey; press reporter, John Redmond. The Junior Institute annual meeting held in the Board rooms of the Agricultural office had Sharon Ball in the chair. Miss Diane Liddiard, home economist, presided for the elec­ tion of officers: past president, Sharon Ball; president, Carol McIlwain; first vice-president, Beatrice Munch; secretary-trea­ surer, Joanne Cook. the on the DO NOT MISS A VISIT TO BALL & MUTCH ‘CREST HARDWARE & FURNITURE* STORE'S BIG CLEARANCE SALE X I SOME EXTRA SPECIALS ARE: Letter To The Editor Too Late For Bell Music? Clinton News-Record, Dear Sir,: “■Bells are music's laughter" said 'by Thomas Hood more than a century ago. The message of the bell is a universal expression, appealing to t'he hearts of mein, since time immemorable1. All down the ages the bells 'have rung, call­ ing the people to' worship, sounding ia warning in times of crisis; in war and peace, in joy and sorrow in their daily lives. Our land has a heritage of Church B'ells which seems, cur­ rently, to be in danger of being lost. The progress of man, with the advent of the automobile has sounded the death knell of some of the sweetest sounding bells ever made: the sleigh bell. For many people, — The de­ lightful tinkling sound of sleigh bells ringing out on the frosty air ’ conjures up a nostalgia. You can date yourself by say­ ing that, you can remember when the coming of winter meant moonlight rides in open sleigh or cutter, snugly wrap­ ped in fur robes, and listening to 'the accompaniment of the pleasant jingling sound of strings of sleigh bells. And now, this vanishing bit of Canadiana has become a col­ lectors item and is fast becom­ ing more and more scarce, with their value increasing rapidly. But something is happening: Witness the revival of Beil ringer’s groups: The quickening and renewal of interest in Bell music; the forming of Bell as­ sociations in many areas where one' or more bell collectors are located. It 'is clearly evident that people are awakening to the value of something sweet and lovely, which has been almost lost to our civilization. Tire question arises — Is it too late? Can this precious me­ mento of our past, be restored to its rightful place in the cul­ ture of our land? or shall it be allowed to pas's into the lfrnibo of things past and forgotten? MARY E. McGILL -----------o----------- Letter To The Editor Thanks From Huronview Auk. To the News-Record Staff: Just a little “thank you” for all your coverage for us during the. past year, we. all appreciate it andl wish you the same con­ tinued success in 1966. Sincerely, HURONVIEW AUXILIARY. PAT BENNETT RR 5, Clinton, January 20, 1966. ( whose parents would prefer that .they walk to school in Seaforth, rather than be bused same miles to the pr oposed cen­ tral school in Brucefield. This will inicrelas’e the cost of educa­ tion by about $50 to $70 per pupil involved. Can we afford that luxury, when we continue to pay such low teachers’ salaries ‘ in the .urea? ' I should be happy for1 you to take an editorial side, either for or against this proposal, in order to keep up the County- ‘ Wide interest in .education. No matter how much we wish to improve education, the post is worrying all of us, We need new schools. ’Hie expense of their, replacement would as­ tound their builders, our grand­ fathers, Teachers’ salaries are continually ' rising. Equipment satisfactory in the forties is outmoded. We want new designs, new teaching aids, and a great deal of auxiliary assistance, such as medical and dental examina­ tions, nurses’ visits, aptitude1 and intelligence tests, libraries, sports and recreational facil­ ities. These are only available in a larger school system, thus we go into the transportation business. , ■ ’ Tax payers always consider that the limits of taxation have been reached. Then- elected rep­ resentatives seem, to spend more and more money. On the other hand, groups of citizens put considerable pressure on these officials, to spend' even more, whether on roads or in­ creased pensions, as long as it is in the group interest, and someone else pays. Let us re­ member, however, it is our money that is being spent. Locally it seems to be be­ lieved that only the landowner pays for education. On the con­ trary, this money comes from Federal and Provincial revenue, from money extracted from our pockets in many devious and ingenious ways. The big change came about in the last decade, and many are unaware of the huge Ot­ tawa grants to the provinces for education. These have en­ abled the provinces to assist the municipalities to the extent that land is not the major source of school funds. Provin­ cial revenues now pay most of our expenses. There is an old adage that “he who pays the piper calls the tune”. How long can1 we imagine that local school board's will have the whole decision on spending when the bulk of their money comes from the pro­ vince? Ever since the provinces- be­ gan to assist the municipalities in direct costs of education, they began to see the marked unevenness of the local sources of revenue. Some areas teeming with children had very low as­ sessments. Some with very few children had wealthy landown­ ers, or high commercial taxes. Although the early grants were on a per pupil basis, be­ latedly the philosophers of Queen’s Park have seen that, they could not continue to make equal grants to rich .and poor alike. This could only result in the perpetuation, of two classes of .education. No longer could they justify the same grants to a village like Brussels, with an assessment of $4,000 par pupiil, when wealthy Bayfield and Stanley had almost $12,000 per pupil, Seatorth had a public school rate of over 37 mills as recently as 1962. This is now reduced to 19 mills; Each year the'De­ partment of Education has been ■increasing its1 grants. It. is not­ able, however, that the increase is relatively small for areas With low taxes, but very sub­ stantial where taxes are high. Some day we shall all be pay­ ing about the same on our sch­ ool millfr’ato. We cannot forecast the fu-. tore size of grants. Neverthe­ less the trend is there for all to see, Ontario can not tolerate pockets of second-class educa­ tion. The ARD'A studies, and Economic Council both point out the dangers of this to our future. I believe that the main rea­ son that many people resist the formation of larger school areas, with all their advantages of efficiency, economy, and im­ provement in education, is that they feel their taxes will rise. In this article I have tried to point out that senior govern­ ments are in the process of making taxes more equitable across the country. Moreover it 'is only a matter of time before the body of elect­ ed officials who have to collect the bulk of our expenses will demand that we account for it in the most effective and econ­ omical manner. Queen’s Park will undoubtedly issue an ordea- to.' enlarge our school areas. Why do we not act now to farm a Huron County Public School Area? Yours truly, BRIG G. L. MORGAN SMITH Friday, January 21, 1966, Eblana, Bayfield. SS 4 CluHT Jack Merrill's SS No. 4 Community Club met at the home of Mrs. Jack Merrill with 15 members and two visitors present, Mrs. James Lobb was in the chair. It was decided that $5 be sent for TB Seals. Mrs; Eldon Yeo gave a dem­ onstration of her' arts and crafts Which everyone enjoyed. Therfe was' an exchange of Christmas gifts1 and plans were made for a social evening at the former school at which films were shown as entertain­ ment for the evening. Lunch was served by Mrs. W. Forbes and Mrs. M. Forbes as­ sisting the hostess; The next meeting 'Will be at the home of Mrs. William Lobb. -----------o----------- There will be 225 bilingual hostesses to help visitors to Expo. Many of 'them ■ speak three or four languages. Open Bowlins Tuesday and Saturday Nights 5:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M. BILL'S BILLIARDS AND BOWLING CORNER OF ISAAC AND MARY STREETS 4p r The Clinton News-Record Deluxe rr NOW LIBERTY "SUITE OF MONTH Chrome KEM GLO —ENAMEL SUPER KEM TONE — LATEX REG. $3.95 M OFNOW.......... oZ.OJ REG. $3.35 M 4ANOW.......... OZ..jU OTHER FINISHES LESS THAN HALF PRICE The' Happy Worker's Club met at the home of Mrs. Elmer Dale with eight members pre­ sent. Membership fees were paid. Tea money was $2.00 and several thank you cards were read. The ladies drew names for their secret pals. The club de­ cided to get flannelet and yam from fhe Children’s Aid Society to make pyjamas and do some knitting. It was decided to don­ ate $5.00 to the March of Dimes. . 1 The next meeting will be held at Mrs. Joe Gibson’s on Febru­ ary 16 in the form of a Valen­ tine’s social with the members inviting theft husbands. Crbkin- ole and euchre will bo played. Let us assist you with your plans for that all important wedding day. COME IN AND SEE. OUR COMPLETE SELECTION OF • INVITATIONS ' • ANNOUNCEMENTS • JNFORMALS • ACCESSORIES Teur Aoice of variotupaptr HoAt, typt ttyluand^xti. tit for, •• BALL & MUTCH CHILD PORTRAITS JERVIS STUDIO Select yoar wedding invitation*, announcement* •nd accessories with complete confidence m la quality and corretinesa of form. ALSO HAVE PJERSONAUZED WEDDING NAPKINS, MATCHES?^ AND CAKE BOXES ’ ’ PHONE 482-9505 Phono 482-7006 CLINTON NEWS-RECORD 56 Albert St. Clinton/ Ontario