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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-03-10, Page 1Column (By W. D. D.) Understand they ’now have .an device? which can be qsedi to regulate .the feed intake of cattle ,. . The device is clip­ ped, to an, janimjal’s ear and is adjusted to a predetermined a- moiunt of feed , , . ■when each animal has; eaten its share, im­ pulses from the device would activate 'and close off an elec­ tronic valve (attached to. the automatic feeder . , . Tf an animal attempted to eat from another feeder the valve there Would not open, thus over-eat­ ing would be prevented . . The device was designed at a college in northern- England . . . We don’t believe it is in prac­ tical use as yet . . . Our informant has left some details, delightfully unclear . . , such as: are tire impulses gov­ erned by jaw movement — ip Which case an animal with a belief in 30 chews per mouthful would have a pretty skinny time of it; or perhaps by weight of food taken in — in which, case, the device should be attached somewhere (below the stomach, one would think, rattier than in one ear . '. . But then, science is a marvelous thing . . . * * Ms Good news at the post office . , . the doors open easily! .Who did it? Well, the chap Who works for the firm who makes closers for doors', that’s Who. His name is: Dudley, if memory serves us right. . . and he did the job on Thursday . . . What did he do? Changed the closers , , , They are an enclos­ ed 'unit, .and the OhOs hoW lli- btaUed are “recommended for doors up to two foot six . . . the ones Mr. Dudley took off were “recommended for doors up to three foot” . . . The size of .the doors on the post office? 2’6“ ... So whiat happened, was an error in judgment . . . accord­ ing to 'Dudley . . . the require­ ment Was for 3’ Size closers mainly because'they wanted to be sure the doors would close if we had a high wind ... He doesn’t know Whether the new closers Will keep the doors shut in a high wind, or not ... Why did .he change them? Well, there was an uhdeterm&n-' ed .number of telephone calls from Ottawa, and from the London office of the5 Depart­ ment of public works on Wed­ nesday of last ..week, to advise Mr. Dudley and his company which supplied closers, that it was time to get the door closers changed . . . That was the first word Mr. Dudley, or his com­ pany had of the matter . . Why this sudden activity in Ottawa' and London abbut the doors on the Clinton post, of­ fice? Well, Huron County has a member of .parliament by the name of Robert E. McKinley.., who represents the Progressive Conservative party .. . . and though this (is officially an op­ position party ... apparently it also is progressive . . . He mentioned the problem of the doors'to somebody in O ttawa... and action was 'begun . . . We are pleased to report that the doors are now swinging freely ... we do not expect any high winds , . . and the Govern­ ment of Canada and Her Majes­ ty’s Loyal Opposition are now free to get on with the Spencer spy case . . . the budget for the (Continued on page five)|------- ----------------*-----U---------- - March 2 The Weather 1965 High Low 37 38 41 41 42 39 39 Rain: • 1966 High Low 42 42 52 41 .31 21 28 Rain: .35’ Snow: 6” 24 31 35 29 20 9 -11 20 31. 33 36 36 29 28 .53” Clinton News-Record THE NEW ERA — JOOth'Year. , THE HURON RECORD CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSPAY, MARCH 10, 1966Ho. 10 The Home Paper With the News 1 Studebaker Cars secretary-treas- Friday Night Clinton Lions Club are put­ ting on ‘’possibly the last big ’ event” in the Lions Arena to- ; morrow (Friday) night. The • skating carnival starts at 7:30 with a peewee hockey game 'followed by figure skating ex- ■ hibitions, prizes for fancy and comic Costumes and races, A turkey has been put up as a door prize and there is also a draw on two more turkeys. (See advertisement on page three). Monday Afternoon Truck Fire Fire on Monday afternoon gutted the interior of a truck being used by Jack DeRuyter to clear snow from the parking lot at Elm Haven Motor . Hotel. The truck is owned by Roy Mann. Mr. De-. Ruyter and a' companion were in' the cab of the truck, when they noted flames coming through . the floorboards. They were unable to put out the fire, and called the fire department to the scene. (News-Record Photo) Stanley Township Awards Gravel Tender To Sandy Contracting Sandy Contracting Company Ltd., Goderich, was given the contract 'for supplying 14,000 oil. yds. of gravel applied on the road's, 'and 2,000 cu. yds. stock­ piled, by Stanley Township Council at their Monday after­ noon meeting in Varna. x Representative B, H. .Homan Widower Ernie Vanderburgh last week placed a two-line want ad in this paper, and in the GodteHch Signal-Star as well. Since1 then pictures of Mr. Vanderburg have appeared, in ddily papers, in London. and Toronto, he has been interview­ ed for radio, and film showing him in 'his home has appeared on TV. - Response to his advertise­ ment has been good. By Monday night he reports having 34. let- ■ ters, 12 telephone calls, and at least one personal call in an­ swer to his advertisement. Mr. Vanderburgh, who is 68 and a retired bread salesman, has at this moment another 20 answers waiting for him here at the News-Record, and he’s just not finding time to get in to the office for them. The wording of the advertise­ ment? “Wanted — Wife and companion for a widower. Write Box 91, Olinton News-Record.” His wife Greta died 11 months ago, and,Mr. Vander­ burg hats been lonely. The ad.- vertisement Was. placed at first in confidence, but Hater he de­ cided to talk to reporters who contacted! him for details. “I don’t know whether I’ll ever find time to get married if I have to keep- answering all these letters,” stated advertiser Vanderburgh on Tuesday. attended the meeting, to speak in behalf of his company’s in­ terests in doing a good job for the township. The Sandy firm had the contract last year as well. Successful tender price was 77 cents and 60 cents. , .Though. ..Btanjey ^.Town^bip makes a practice of awarding tenders to the lowest bidder, in this case, they awarded to sec­ ond lowest. Difference in the total .amount tendered on was $60. Lowest bid was George F. Elliott, Clinton, at 78c and 50c. Other bidders were Joe Kerr Limited, Grand Bend at 90 cents for both, . . Deputy Reeve. Elmer Hayter conducted the first part of the meeting, until, Reeve Ernest Talbot arrived. Grants were made as1 follows.: Huron County Historical Society, $10; Huron Central Agricultural Society, $35; Bayfield Agricultural‘Soc­ iety; $75. ■ Warble fly control tenders were opened, and Harvey Cole­ man, RR 1, Zurich, only tender­ er for inspector wias given the job. Hulbert Cooper, RR 1, Exeter, the only' tenderer for spraying was given the job at 10 cents per head per spray, Three tenders for- supplying powder were received, with M. Reid, Londesboro, the lowest at 40 cents per pound. Other ten­ derers were Milton J. Dietz, Limited, Winghiam, at 93 cents for both and R. H. Jennison, Seaforth at 44 cents and H. Cooper at '43 cents-. Council received word that Everitt Smith, Seaforth had been named Huron Construction Safety Inspector, by county council. - ■ By-law was passed to desig­ nate as a through highway, the “town line” (boundary between Hay and Stanley Town ships). This has been County Road 12, and is being handed back to tiie township. No change Will be (Continued on-Page Ten) Announcement last Friday by Studebaker of Canada Limited that they would permanently discontinue the manufacture of Studebaker cars' at the Hamil­ ton plant, put Studebaker own­ ers in the position of owning an exclusive product. Robert Dalrymple, Brucefield, whose service station and Stu­ debaker dealership has been run by him and hois father before him- for almost 27 years, has just 2 ^-cylinder models left on the lot. Bob reports that the .company will honour the full extent of the warranty term, and they have assured dealers that parts will be available years. There has been a flow of telegrams phone calls from other, car man­ ufacturers 'to Bob’s garage, of- 'ferihg’ franchises •'to him.’ He fe considering them all, but has, not made a choice as yet. ■ --------:—o----------- Barbara Symons Gets Honours In Grade Five Piano Barbara Symons, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Symons, Clinton has received word that she has passed her Grade 5 piano with first, class honours. Examinations were held in Stratford by the Western Con­ servatory of Music, London. Miss Lois Grasby is Miss Sy­ mons'’ teacher. At a senior citizens’ organiza­ tional meeting on February 21, Roy Cantel'on, a . retired farmer was elected president; Anson Coleman, another retired farm­ er is vice-president and Mellie J. Schoenhials, retired customs official is the lifer’ The group’s mittee is Duff Ellwood’and H. Mervyn Haniy. Howard Crich was chairman for the organizational meeting. . ’ The town council and1 recrea­ tion committee have approved funds to renovate a room in the basement of Clinton Public Li­ brary as a senior citizens drop- ih centre. • ' -----------Q,---.------- Farm Conference executive' com- Sturdy, Ernest Farmers Seek Answers for seven continuous and tele- At Exeter School . The Huron Soil and Crop N$ws, published annually by tiie Exeter Times-Advocate, was -distributed last week to farm homes throughout Huron. The 18-page newspaper an­ nounces the first Agricultural Conference for the county, to take place in South Huron Dis­ trict High School in Exeter this Saturday, March 12 from 10:30 a.m. throughout the’ afternoon. . Farmers are invited to lect­ ures on high moisture com, drainage, workmen’s compensa­ tion, Canada pension plan, farm accounts, swine housing and economics, farm sprayers, beef economics. • . ■ . The conference replaces the county seed fair. The condition of -bean mar­ keting in Ontario' continues to resemble the ice-,berg that is nine-tenths submerged below water, despite numerous at­ tempts to sort the situation out. The ohly direct communica­ tion with this office, strangely enough is from J. A. Irvine, president- of the Ontario Bean Growers Ltd. —- the company which Was Wtediby 'the'Ontario-’ Farm Products Marketing Board on February 24. Mr. Ir­ vine head's ithe three men. put in charge of the company by the new marketing board, which •itself was named by the Ontario FPMB. Mr. Irvine states: "The1 board of directors of the Ontario Bean Growers Ltd. 'are presently studying ways and means to re­ turn the company and all its assets to the bean growers of Western Ontario. It is hoped .that this can be accomplished prior to harvest time 'for the 1966 crap. The present board will be pleased -to relinquish control to . na - febftier-elec'ted board as: soon as the necessary details of transfer can be work­ ed out.” This statement was received by the News-Record on Satur­ day, March 5. There has been no announcement made to. this Explain Bean Takeover Demands Farm Union Tuckersmith Council Tuckersmith Township Feder­ ation of Agriculture asked for' a grant of $750 from the town­ ship council, when that • body met in Seaforth Town Hall' last week. Spokesmen for the Fed­ eration were John' Broadfpot and John MacKay. Councillors' discussed the ad­ vantages of 'a broader member­ ship base as opposed to a flat grant from the township, but Mr. Broadfoot recalled this had been tried and there had been a problem in carrying on a. campaign at the’grass roots in the early days of the organiza­ tion. It meant that F of A of­ ficials were spending -much of their time soliciting member-No Snow Members- of the Huron County Egg Market­ ing Committee are, from the left, seated, Gordon Blanchard, RR 4, Walton; Robert Broadfoot, RR 1, Brucefield; Ken Moore, Egmondville; Mrs. GoVen- lock, RR 5, Seaforth; James I» McIntosh, RR 3, Seaforth; Hugh FTyniij RR 1, Londesboro; standing, Egg Producers Elect Their Committee y * Gerald Vandenhengal, RR 5, Seaforth*, William Mor­ ley, RR 1, Granton; John Henderson, RR 5, Sea­ forth; Robert Armstrong, RR 2, Auburn; John Lockhart, RR 3, Blyth; Robert St, Maria, RR 3, Seaforth, These directors- were elected at the annual meeting here last week. (Wews-BconZ Photo) ships, and had time to do lit­ tle else for the organization. Agreeing with Councillor For­ rest that all ratepayers' in Tuck- ersmith were not farmers and therefore not directly involved in the organization, Mr. Broad­ foot said at the same time the farming element contributes to the welfare of everybody in the township. 'Council read tiie Finlayson, drain report, prepared by En­ gineer E. H. Uderstad, covering works in lots 18 to 21,conces­ sions 3 and 4, LRS, and set a court of revision for April'5. Problems arose following the reading of the McCully drain report when those in the area suggested there would not. be advantages, from - the work in keeping with the cost. Discuss­ ing the matter with council and the engineer, A. Timmerman, John Sinclair and Charles Eyre recalled action that had been taken in' connection with the drain since it was first-con­ structed in 1928. Certain work had been car­ ried Out in 1946 and a proposed scheme in 1954 had been aban­ doned after some repairs Were completed. Mr. Uderstad, fol­ lowing an hour and a half dis­ cussion agreed the matter could be adjourned. until the next meeting of council and 'in the meantime he would have a fur­ ther look at certain of the lev­ els which it had been suggest­ ed did not properly reflect the actual situation. Council endorsed a resolu­ tion protesting a proposal of the CN.R to abandon passenger service between Stratford and Goderich aiid discussed With Andrew Crozier charges Cover­ ing the provision of a deed for a' Street in I-Iarpurhey Which Mad been closed at his request. A grant of 8100 was approv- (Continued on Page ’i’eh) Huron County directors of the Ontario Farmers Union last week took action to dis­ cover more facts about the Ont­ ario government's .recent take­ over of the Ontario Bean Grow­ ers Marketing Board and the Ontario Bean Growers Ltd. ■ The motion passed at the county meeting here in Clinton, will request the provincial ex­ ecutive of OFU toi request the Ontario Government for a full report within 30 days, explain­ ing why the take-over was made. ■ Edgar Rathwell reported to the Holmesville Local 219 at their meeting Monday, with re­ gard to this decision. ► Ken Tyndall, president of the local chaired the meeting. Mr. Rath well reviewed' a brief which the OFU had presented to the Ontario government and considerable discussion arose regarding Medicare, s'ales tax, milk and traffic laws relating to the operation of school buses. Plans were made for the- cir- oulation of petitions for the mass delegation going to Tor­ onto. ta support of demands for better farm prices. Mrs. Robert Taylor read an article, ‘‘Parable of the Corn” and Mrs. Edgar- Rathwell con­ tributed a poem which, she her­ self had composed, “This Week Ha's Seven Days”. Several family memberships were turned din during the lunch preparation ' by faithful ladies. office by the Ontario. Depart­ ment of Agriculture1, nor by the Ontario Farm Products Market­ ing Board. On Sunday the Roy Jewell TV show interviewed Bob Allan, Brucefield, president of the for­ mer bean board, but'Mr, Jew­ ell stated that his attempt to air both sides of the question had been in vain ,» . '■”? “If is d'iffiwiFfo find respon­ sible persons willing to make factual statements at this point,” said Jewell. He did ’ announce the gist of Irvine's message, and quoted a’ member of the new board as stating the 77 cent levy would be. held in trust, and would' be returned to (the farmers, at the customary- time -of-year.’- Also on Sunday, BobCarbert touched on the subject ■ over CBC-TV, but had no live in­ terviews.r He • expressed hope that “time Will heal the wounds caused by unilateral action of the government’’, and concluded with “the crux of; the' question is whether the Ontario Govern­ ment should retain control of the marketing board' poiyers — ah'd most responsible persons believe that it should.” ; On Monday,*a closed.confer­ ence on'' the matter was held by Agricultural Minister Wil­ liam Stewart, when', he and Herb Arbuckle, chairman of the Ontario Farm Products Market­ ing Board and Everett. Biggs, assistant to the minister, at­ tempted-to explain the govern­ ment. position. The mieieting ‘ was closed to the press. In defence of this the minister said it was so members of the various, boards ‘ (Continued on Page .Five) Clinton Team Wins Zone Bowling Last weekend* the Clihtoil Legion bowling team won the Zone Cl cham­ pionship for the third consecutive year. Front row, left to right, Alex Riley, ' Harold McPherson holding the Molsons trophy, .Leu Arnston; back row, left to right, Bill Coffel; Dave Hackwell, Molsons Brewery representative; Cliff Sundercock and Jim Armstrong. fVews-Becord Photo)