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Clinton News-Record, 1966-02-03, Page 1....."............................... ..■?■■■« (Column- (By W. D. D.) This column . used to be known at times as ‘‘apology corner” and we don’t want the nickname to stick . , . but there are a number of things the News-Record has done lately that we have to apologize for . . . and'this column is as good a place as any, possibly . . . Two weeks ago our lead edi­ torial was written by a former staff member, Shirley Keller, Dashwood . . . Mrs. Keller is at home these days looking aifltea* a family of seven and a half and doing some free-lance work for the weekly and daily newspapers, as she finds time amid her household duties . . . We intended to give her a by­ line on that Editorial “The Greatest Cure:- LOVE” and hope that we have now made some amends for the oversight . . . Shirley still contributes her “From My Window” column to this paper and to the Zurich Citizens News . . . and some- times does our recipe column for us . . . * S|t * Recently,, too, we printed a wedding photo by Kelvin Jervis and neglected to give him a credit line . . . There’s no ex­ cuse for this, except a break­ down of communication be­ tween our editorial desk and the makeup tables which are about 50 feet away . . . When we see how difficult it is to get messages • in understandable form to people, of our own cul­ ture at such short distance . . . we can surely understand the difficulty Lyndon B. Johnston is having with the leaders of Vietnam both South and North . . . We’re sorry, Kelvin . . . and though we can’t promise never to do it again — we will promise to try never to do it again ... * ■# * Then last week we did some­ thing even worse... we left out virtually all of the sports news . . . We had one chap condemn us most heartily and suggest we could have published one less “'beef” meeting, and thus find room far has kid’s hockey score . . . We know that there could be some argument about the greater value of one of these news items over the other — but in this case it1 was not the value of the item which made the selection . . . The News-Record as working on strict deadlines Since the first of the year in an attempt to get the staff home from work by midnight on Wednesday . . . There is a certain amount of space in each paper and when it is filled, there is not room for any more/. . . it’s”as simple as that ... .Of course, our sports writer was preparing for a motor trip to the sunny south and -.thus may have had many things to do which kept him away from the sporlts desk where such items are prepared for publishing . . . but the fact definitely is that the sports items were the last to be pre­ pared and so they, along with other ’late items, were left out of last week’s paper . . . * There is a moral to this story . . . altho the last shall be first, there seems no reason why sports news items should be the last ones delivered' by the teams1 press agents to the News-Record door . . . Ms * * Now that we have these a- pologies explained, we’d like to come right out and ask for help ... at least a continuation of the fine co-operation the com­ munity has given this1 paper in the 100 years of its existence ... Our boss and publisher, A. Laurie Colquhoun is taking a vacation (after 20 years in which he felt lucky to get one week off each year) and will spend the whole of February getting to, visiting and coming back from, Florida and some other Southern United States . . . He’s travelling by car with his ibrother-in-law printer John E. Robinson and sister Mar­ garet, Zurich 'and they don’t plan to come home till the1 end of the month * . . While Laurie is away (the staff is going to try to get the paper out each week in the usual way and we’U appreciate your coopera­ tion to this end . . .We want to do the jab well enough that he’ll be happy to take a Vac­ ation next year, but not so well that he won’t feel he’s unneces­ sary . . . if you know what we. mean . . « (Continued on Page Five) The Weather CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1966 THE HURON RECORD — 84th Year 1966 1965 High Low High Low Jan. 26 11 -12 40 29 27 17 -10 31 13 28 9 0 23 5 29 12 -2 7 2 30 17 0 13 3 31 20 11 19 13 Feb. 1 24 18 20 12 Snow;7’’Snow: 8’ Clinton News-Record THE NEW ERA — 100th Year $4.00 Per Year-—10 Cents Per Copy—10 Pages Bean Vote Next Week r ft nw Ontario Growers Will Decide on Whether Bean Board has Good Idea The Home Paper With the News - 1 > ■h ! t ■ -''L-..■ * ’ i alii 1 1 g Postmaster Serves Customer in New Building Arthur Ball, postmaster at Clinton Post Office, assists a customer at a wicket of the new building. The lady at the right is a Mrs. McBride and her . son, with their 3-month-old dog. They moved to Clinton just two months ago from Gananoque area. The post office was opened for service on Monday, after the staff spent the weekend moving equipment and furniture across from, the old building ' Z''T ” J(News-Record Photo)' Sorting Area is Spacious In the brightly lighted working area at the new Clinton Post Office, Robert E. Welsh sorts some mail into the bags standing ready to receive -it. Bob reports pleasure in the new building, al­ though the extra space means more walking, and there is still some arranging to do to have equip­ ment where it is needed. (News-Record Photo) Ont. Weeklies Mark Annual Convention Members of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association will be at Toronto’s Royal York on Friday and. Saturday this week attending the 15th annual convention. The convention theme1, deal­ ing with the future of the W/C Rev. Stuart Now At Kippen And Br-ucefield BRUCEFIELD — Rev. E. Donald Stuart has accepted pastoral charges at Brucefield and Kippen United churches. He was inducted on Tuesday. After 17 years service with the Royal Canadian Ait Force1, Mr. Stuart retired in January, with the rank of Wing Com­ mander. At the time of his retirement, he was command chaplain with the First Air Division, RCAF, Europe. Mr. Stuart was a chaplain with the Canadian Army for five years during the Second World War, serving overseas in Britain, Italy and Europe. A graduate of London pub­ lic and high schools and the University of Western Ontario, Mr, Stuart also studied at Em­ manuel College, Toronto, and the School Of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto. He was ordained at London in 1936, arid in the same year married the former Joyce Hawkesworth, of St. Marys. weekly press in this age of auto­ mation, will be introduced by David' Dills, of the Acton Free Press, president of the Associa­ tion, while A. Y. McLean, Huron Expositor, Seaforth, will moderate the panel discus­ sion. John James, Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, is the convention chairman. A subject high on. the list for consideration will be ap­ prenticeship training schemes as announced recently at Queen’s Park. Delegates will visit the new City Hall and lunch as guests in the cafeteria with Dominion Stores as hosts. In the Better Newspaper Cotopetitions, awards, go to Zurich Citizens News for gen­ eral excellence of paper in vil­ lages Of under 1,000 people; to the Exeter Times-Advocate for towns under 3,500 population and: to the Fort Erie Times-Re­ view for towns over 3,500 pop­ ulation. Awards for advertising excel­ lence, best front page, best gen­ eral picture, best sports picture and best advertising picture go to the FOrt Erie Times-Review. The Exeter Times-Advocate won second place for best ad­ vertising picture. We include the Fort Erie Times-Review in our list of lo­ cal winners, because the own­ er1 of that paper is David Scott, editor of the Clintori News-Re­ cord! for 8 months prior to tak­ ing over the Times-Review. Photographer at Fort Erie is John Visser, formerly oh staff at the Clinton News-Record. Needlepoint By Master Taught at RCAF Station With a registration of 16 persons, consisting of service, dependent and civilian person­ nel (and two people from Gode­ rich) needlepoint classes held at RCAF Clinton have proved to be a popular pastime. The classes were started four. weeks' 'ago. and are scheduled '$> provide a minimum of- 2 hours learning per week. The first lesson given by Sergeant G. W. Dawkins was' on a basic stitch, canvas description and practice. The second anid succeeding les­ sons, the class worked on a piece of work of toeir own se­ lection. .The choice is almost unlimit­ ed1, although most of the stu­ dents' chose work that will be framed' for pictures. Some are doing floral deSign for chair seats. The work is developed from a Navy Band At CHSS As Part 22 School Tour Yesterday a Royal Canadian Navy Band played a one-hour program to the auditorium of the Central Huron Secondary School, as part of a two-week concent tour of secondary schools in Canada. Led by bandmaster J. F. Mc­ Guire, LRAM, CD, RCN, the band has more than 30 instu- mentalists. This is the RCN Band of HMCS Cornwallis, from Nova Scotia. During the tour they will play 22 concerts in 20. area secondary schools.. Late last year a similar con­ cert was played by toe Band of the Royal Canadian Regiment— and late in 1966 a Royal Can­ adian Air Force Band is sche­ duled! to visit this' area. The concert tours, arranged by the Canadian Forces1 Re­ cruiting Centre, are designed to stimulate interest in the Can­ adian Forces, and create a bet­ ter public knowledge and un­ derstanding of the Services. The free concerts enjoy con­ siderable popularity in the schools, for entertainment value and for toe interest they have provoked in school bands, music programs and courses. . ------------o------------ M-L Auxiliary To Meet Feb. 8 The February meeting of the Madeleine Lane Auxiliary of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church will be held on Tuesday even­ ing, February 8, at the home of Mrs. Royce Macaulay, 59 Rat- tenbury St. West at 8 p.m. Roll call will be answered by a verse containing the word “Love*’. All members are asked to attend this meeting as final plans will be made for the Val­ entine tea and bazaar at the church on Saturday, February 12 from 3-5 p.m. Next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, producers of Beans in Ontario, will have the opportunity of going to polling booths and easting a ballot in favour, or against,' the idea of the Ontario Bean Growers Mar­ keting Board' building storage and processing facilities in the southern part of Huron County for handling the harvested beans this fall and in future years. The Bean Board proposes to build the plant from funds bor­ rowed from a stabilization fund, made up each year from a 77 cent deduction per 100 lbs. 'of beans sold via dealers. in the province. They plan that the cost of the plant would be paid off in 12 years, from a. four cents per hundred additional levy made for that purpose. The ballot wording, is as fol­ lows: “Are you in favour of in­ creasing the license fee of 6 cents per cwt. to. 10 cents pel- cwt. for the purpose of building processing and storage facilities in the southern paid of Huron County by the ■ Ontario Bean Growers Marketing Board?” A 66% percent majority is required, and a "yes” vote will give 'the board an indication that the growers wiant the fa- chart using multi-coloured wool or embroidery threads. Pictures vary in1 size from the small 8 x 10” up to 32 x 28’” with subjects' .from small figures of Indian children to baskets of Red California Poppies. According^ .to -S>gt. Dawkins this handicraft has qualified as an excellent , hobby and the (Continued on Page Ten)i--------------------------------—------- Hog Meet A Quiet Event “Good Prices” the Reason Just 32 hog producers attend­ ed the annual meeting of Hur­ on County Hog Producers As­ sociation in the Legion Hall here on Tuesday afternoon, in sharp contrast to the over-flow crowds which attended such af­ fairs a few years ago. President Robert McAllister, who was re-elected to this post, convened the meeting. Vice- president is Gordon Elliott, Sea­ forth, and Elmer Ireland, Wingham was re-named secre­ tary-treasurer. Directors at large1 are George Campbell, Seaforth; John Sem­ ple, Bayfield; Mr. Ireland, War­ ren Zurbrigg, Clifford; Simon Hallahan, Belgrave and Frank Hill, RR 1, Varna. All 16 ' township directors were re-elected except in Hay Township, where Lionel Wilder will replace Ross Love. With hogs selling at 844.65 on the Toronto market that day, directors, appeared to. feel that the excellent price for hogs was one reason why not many producers attended the meeting. The following day, price went up to $45 in Toronto. Guest speaker, Howard Huct- Deadlines Still In Effect At The staff at the Clinton News-Record appreciates the good co-operation given in sticking to deadlines, by cor­ respondents, and advertisers since these were announced two weeks ago. We’re-, managing to keep over­ time to a minimum, and the help of the community is ap­ preciated. In case anyone has forgotten, however; here are the deadline times agalin: Display advertis­ ing, Tuesday noon; classified advertising, Tuesday 6 p.m.; news copy, Wednesday 2:30 p.m.; correspondence and ma­ terial for women’s' page, Mon­ day night; raw film for pic­ tures; 10 a.m. Wednesday; last prints, ‘Wednesday noon, cilities built, and financed in "beans for farmers who do not toe way proposed. An informatiion meeting call­ ed by toe Ontario Bean Board in Zurich Community Hall for January 31 Was cancelled! due to bad weather, and this has been re-scheduled for Monday, February 7. Similar meetings were held in Exeter last night, and tonight in Seaforth. Opposition to the plan con­ tends that storage on the farm is the best method and that those who want to build1 co­ operative storage should do: so under the method of the co­ operative, not through toe mar­ keting board. They contend that those who have home storage, should not be compelled to con­ tribute ’ to the cost of storing CN Decision Contested As Area Forsees Loss "Give us a chance to prove we need you,” will be the theme of a brief being prepared by J. K. Hunter, Goderich barrister, fat presentation by local muni­ cipalities 'in a strong bid to re­ tain passenger train service for the Stratford to Gode-rich Can­ adian National lane. Meeting here on Mondlay night, representatives of Sea­ forth, Clinton’ and .Goderich town councils: and Chambers of Commerce, drafted the brief which will put forward suggest­ ions and wishes of this area. • Mayor Donald E. Symons chaired the meeting. Late' in 1965 the ONR an­ nounced plans to drop the pres­ ent siix-day, one trip a day ser­ vice on the line. Last week, the municipalities proposed a ^boycott of CNR freight in the area unless plans for ending the passenger service were rejected. Discussing the pros and cons with, Forest, who is president of the Ontario Hog Producers Association, suggested that far­ mers should not be afraid of subsidy if this is necessary. He noted that toe CNR is susid- ized by government to the tune of 850 million1 a year, for toe purpose of paying good wages to toeir employees, and to sub­ sidize industries that ship freight by train. The shipping industry,” said. Hu'ctwith, “is subsidized in toe same way.” He suggested that the floor price for hogs should be pro­ duction cost — and that 32 cents was a realistic figure at the present time. (Support price now is just 822.95.) “I believe it is1 only right and reasonable .that those who pro­ duce food should' be subsidized also, for the same reason: for fair wages, and profits for the industry,” said I-Iuctwith. He explained that surveys had shown consumers have no real desire for cheap food at the expense of the farmers. “Con­ sumers can afford the in­ crease,” he said.’ He urged that government money be used for research into ways to increase efficiency, since cheap food benefited city folk as much as the farmer. Giving Blood Pays Off Pictured here against an attractive scenic .background, trainees at Station Clinton were presented with an award for their substantial contribution at a Blood Donor Clinic recently held at Station Clinton. The Commanding Officer, Group Captain K. R.- Greenaway, presented the “Dracula Trophy” to Aircraft­ inch J, Eng who accepted the award along with members of the students- lounge committee (from left) Aircraftman G. M. Leadbeater, Sergeant J. H. Lyndon (comriiittee secretary), Aircraftmen G. E. Riddle, C. C. Gillieson, G. J. Cook and R. A. Beadle. (RCAF Photo) have home storage. One Kent grower for the past 35 years, plans to take legal action ■ to prevent his" deduction money to be used to- build an elevator. He. contend's that the selling of shares is the only way to finance it. Herbert Arbuckle, head of the OFPMB, states that it is quite legal to use the funds for the proposed plant, and “it is up to the growers to decide if they want their money used for .this purpose.” Agricultural writer Bob Boughner of the Chatham Daily News especially , in the January 14 issue, talks of a “rotten bean, smell” and suggests some col­ lusion between the Hon. Charles of the situation during Mon­ day’s meeting, several of the men scored the CNR for the “useless” service which has been in effect for'the past nine years. "As* an alternative they will ask that schedules are such that a train leaves Goderich for Stratford early in the morning, to’ meet with the fast train service from that city into Tor­ onto, and that one returns from the city to this area in the evening. “They haven’t been catering to this area at all,” said one of the men. “They’ve been cater­ ing to the cities'. If a business­ man leaves Goderich, or .any other of these, municipalities to do business in Toronto, he must stay overnight in Toronto two .nights, in order- to make .the trip-by train..This' is unrealis­ tic.” Clinton Reeve Duff Thomp- ('Continued on Page Five) “Farmers’ money would be geared to research the profit angle,” he said. Resolutions: passed at the meeting decided to repeat a “shoat show” in this area, which had proven successful last year at the Stratford Fall Fair.' Another resolution calls for: “That no director elected to the Ontario Hog Producers As­ sociation and the Ontario' Hog Producers Marketing Board shall serve more than nine con­ secutive years, nor six consecu­ tive years on the executive.” Resolutions committee chair­ man M. Davidson', Brucefield, explained that after nine years, a man had had time to make his contribution, and it was time for others to make use of their ideas'. He also felt that an older man has not as much vested in the future, and should be replaced by younger and more aggressive producers. These resolutions must be passed at the Ontario Associ­ ation1 level to come into effect. Mr. Davidson also- reviewed plans for the Hog Producers exhibit at the International Plowing Match near Seaforth, where a building 120x36 will be Used for the purpose. S, MacNaughton, Minister • of Highways and Charles Rau, Zurich, the manager of toe Ont­ ario Bean Growers Limited, London. Both MacNaughton and Rau have denied any such thing. Boughner proposes a Royal Commission into toe situation. Alden McLean, Mudrkirk and Gordon Hill, Varna, resigned1 on Monday, January 10 from toe Ontario Farm Products1 Mar­ keting Board which they had served for toe past four years, in protest against the idea of toe vote on this question. Both gave as toeir reasons1 that it was wrong to have a negotiat­ ing-type marketing board own facilities that operate1 in the market in competition with toe trade. “This leads only to con­ fusion and lack of harmony in toe industry,” said McLean. Mi'1. Hill has stated that the OFPMB should be permitted to handle toe present bean mar­ keting problem. “Political pres­ sure should not be permitted to introduce measures that are harmful to the agricultural in- diusitry,” he said. W. Darcy McKeough, MPP for West Kent, opposes1 the plans of toe Bean Board, and is quoted in the Chatham Daily News as saying “I thank it’s wrong that there is a vote.” Other opinions are’ expressed inside this, issue of toe News- Record in toe Letters to the (Continued on Page Ten) Dimes Count Up To Over $900 The Mothers March of Dimes carried out in .town and .throughout .this1 area over thes weekend, and specifically on Monday night, tended to strag­ gle a "little,. owing to. the deep snow and blustry'weather. However givings were gener­ ous, and the goal of 8850 was passed with dollars to spare. On Wednesday morning, with money still coming in, over 8900 had been received. There were 126 mothers on toe job, and at Londesiboro, toe Marcdi was carried out by mem­ bers of the Canadian Girls In Training. More details about re­ ceipts1 should bfe available by next issue.-----------o----------- Dracula Trophy In Return For Blood Giving For toeiir valuable contribu­ tion at toe Blood Donor Clinic, trainees stationed at RCAF Clinton have been presented with >a rather unusual trophy. The clinic was held two weeks ago at the physical train­ ing centre and' a total of 258 donors gave blood. A final count revealed trainees the best to staff 'and ■ junior that per capita, the on the Station''made contribution1 compared airmen, staff senior non-commissioned officers and commissioned offi­ cers. A trophy consisting of a "model Dracula enclosed in a glass case, was suitably in­ scribed and presented to toe trainees by toe Commanding Officer, Group Captain K. R. Greenaway. Members of toe student lounge committee accepted the 1 award on behalf of all the1 trainees.