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Clinton News-Record, 1966-03-24, Page 1i s Column (By W, P. p.) A television crew here ’ on Tuesday morning from CFPL London, interviewed a number of persons on the street , , . asking for comments on whe­ ther or not the Truscott con­ viction should be re-opened . . . ■and whether or not the persons interviewed had read the Le- Bourdais book on the subject . . It was interesting to note that though all but one felt the subject should be re-opened . , , few, if any had1 read the book . '. , We feel that in th’ils case there is a danger in form­ ing conclusions on the basis of “what we read in the papers” . . . and in delving back in mem­ ory far details which may be dim after seven years , . . At the moment, probably less than 50 persons in town and immediate 'area have read the book . . , It would not appear that many others are know­ ledgeable enough to make an informed comment *. . . We rather expect that the present attention being paid to the area by radio, TV and daily ■ press, will grow rather than shrink in intensity . . . and it would seem to us that an hon­ est straightforward reply to those who would ask questions is the best way to handle the attention . -. . Most Clinton people were not personally involved in the ar- •rest, trial and conviction . . . We were observers, as was the rest-of the world . ,. . That it happened nearby does niot make Us all into oracles, nor should we be expected to answer with any particular wisdom, the curi­ ous newsmen who are keeping the story alive ... Yet, there is certainly a need for the story to be kept alive, if the purpose of the book is to be achieved . . . And so, perhaps it is up to us to be co-opehattive with those who seek to .be iin- > formed . . .• We do wish that the town fathers1 would see their way dear to cleaning up the Streets and sidewallcs soon, though . . . There’s going to be a lot of Visitors to town » . . and though it may be all right for the Strat­ ford Beacon-Herald to call Clfiin- ton a sleepy . appreciate the name .and we’d prefer that no one say we’re untidy, too . . ., . * * * ‘ Pibked up one of those pam­ phlets, in red type which the ‘Ontario Department of Trans­ port distributes, "Could . you pass Ontario’s driver tests?” is the title . . . We’ve often won­ dered, for we learned to drive on a beginner’s permit, and for months before we were 16, drove a car which acted as a bus to take high school stu­ dents to. Mitchell High School . . . Just how we acquired the permit to do this, or the cour­ age to take on such a job, we don’t rightly remember . . . But we’ve had considerable worry through the years about any . proposed re-^testing of On't- ahibc- drivers ... in all proba­ bility we’d not make it, we thought, and so we entered into the fun of actually answer­ ing the 100 questions in the small pamphlet, more out of boredom while in a draggy meeting, than out of any hope that we’d show great skill at driving knowledge . . . But we managed falirly well: only 13 wrong out of the 100 . . • And three of those were wrong, only because we second-guessed, and guessed wrong ... Sb, we’re probably something just undbr 90 percent efficient on the road, and we might make it on a re­ test . . . after all . . . s|: # * Received number seven of the CHSS Red .and Blue Review this week and it was a pleas­ ant gift, brought in by some­ one who made the trip on .pur­ pose . . . Trouble with us single girls, is, that we have no kids in school to bring home this sort of thing to us . . . Thank heavens for the thoughtfulness of Some other folks kids . . » Wie liked the poem .that went like tliis: "Roses are red Violets are blue Some poems rhyme And some don’t. '— ------o- Wiffiam Fleming, manager of Canada Packers1 feed mill at Clinton, told 65 Clinton Dions and farmer guests, that vertical integration is not much of a threat to" farming. ■ Then added, "But feed -’^mRany;;^ancing, is playing a* large role" in farm expansion.” The annual Lions1 rural-urban night1 was held in St. Paul’s Panish Hall, Tuesday evening, w<ith 34 guests, mostly area farmers. Lion Stewart Middle- ton was chairman and introduc­ ed farm guests and speakers. Mr. Fleming has: been man­ ager of CP feed mill for the past seven years; previous to that he was a fertilizer sales,- man for three years and was a dairy farmer for three years after graduating from OAC in animal husbandry in 1952. Since coming to Clinton he has been a most active member of Clin- The Weather 1966 . 1965 High Low High Low March 16 43 25 34 27 17 59 29 33 24 18 62 42 36 19 19 48 33 22 12 20 34- 30 22 13 21 52 27 21 6 22 56- 38 34 11 Snow 3” Ralin: .98”Rain:.52” A . The second meeting of 4-H Homemaking Club, Clinton Go-Go Accent, met at Mrs. Keith Tyndall’s home on Tuesday, March 22. There were eleven members present. Discussion was held on ac­ cessories for different types of girls. The next meeting will be at the home of Miss Maine Tre­ wartha on Tuesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. The leader is Mrs. Keith Tyhdall and her assist- ‘laht is Mrs. Bill Holland. Clinton News-Record No, 12—- The Home Paper With the News •THE NEW ERA — 100th Year %' Hospital Board Executives j At the annual (meeting of Clinton Public Hospital Board, Monday night, five governors were returned for a two-year term. Shown here are the board’s elected officers and doctor members, front, left to right, J. William Counter, vice-president; Joseph Murphy, president; hospital administrator Tom Steep who was appointed secretary-treasurer of the board; back row, Dr. F.‘ G.i Thompson, president of Clinton Medical Association and Dr. J. A. Addison, medical association member of the board. (News-Record Photo) ~ At Lions Farmers’ Night • I Don’t Fear Integration' ton Kinsmen Club. In arriving ait his conclusions, Mr. Fleming explained vertical 'integration and a- review of- eaoh segment of farming to show what -has happened and the reason, for . these trends" to larger, and specialized farms. Reviewed were chicken broiler,' turkey broiler, egg marketing, beef and dairy cattle and hog farming. "In each segment of poultry and livestock feeding, manage­ ment is. the key to success,’’ he said. In fact, after explaining each segment, Mr. Fleming, re­ peatedly said, "Again efficient management lis a big factor’’. Vertical integration by pro­ cessors. and feed companies takes a lot of the load of prop­ er i -management , off growers’ shoulders and over an average poorer results follow. "I think each segment of ag­ riculture should attempt to keep supplier financing to a .minimum and have expansion come, through increased profit potential on the part of the farmer and not allied lines,” said the speaker. He concluded by predicting an excellent future for fiarrn- ing in Ontario, saying, "I sin­ cerely hope all those connected with it can progress by doing their own particular job effici­ ently and concentrate .on man- The riighlt Percy under, Clinton Welcome To Springtime April showers have come early this year, and Easter is, just two weeks axyay. Carefully nand- decorated chocolate eggs, rabbits and other Easter sweet things, are being put oh sale at Bartliffs Restaurant on Clinton’s main street, as sooh as the bakers complete them below-stairs in the bake shop. Mrs. Shirley Taylor poses here with one of the pretty chocolate eggs, as a welcome to Easter­ time, robins, crocuses and other evidences of spring. (News-Record Photo) At a. special meeting on March 15, the Hulletit Town­ ship School Area Board accept­ ed the tender of Gordon Rad­ ford for the transportation of the pupils to the new Central School to he built at Londes- boro. Other tenders were received from’ Joe Murphy, Clinton; Ken Hulley, Londeislboito; Les Pah- kirk, Seaforth and lack Scru- toh, Clinton. Mr. Radford will use .five new 1966 model buses equipped wfiith two-way radio. Mr. Rad­ ford owns arid operates a gar­ age and service station at Lon- desboro. In other business the board engaged Donald Milter as prin­ cipal for the school year start­ ing in September, Five Appli­ cations were received for the position. Mt, Miller is fully qualified for the position, haying his B.A. degree and eight years experience, teaching in elemen­ tary and vocational schools in the Windsor area, Ho is 28 years of age, married and has three Small children. Glen Carter, chairman of the board, convened the meeting and all board members, Ude Anderson, Maurice Bean, Sfan- THE HURON RECORD 84th. Year CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1966 Clinton Bantams Undefeated, Scored 200 Goals i)id you know that Clinton has. an undefeated hockey' tefym tills winter? The Huron Fish and Game bantams, managed by Don ■ Jefferson and coached by Clarence Nellans, liave won 23 games, in regular schedule, playoffs and exhibitions. They have been tied twice. The team has scored over 200 pg'oaJs, The Bantams are now in the midst of two playoff series.; They are leading the WOAA best three, of five series over Whigham by one game. At the present time they are advancing in OMHA Semi-finals. They played Ayl­ mer in the Lions arena here last night and go to Aylmer on Sunday afternoon for a five o’clock game. This is a two-game total-goal series. -----------o----------- VanBussel Gets aging their own operation with­ out integration or supplier fin­ ancing.” The speaker was1 thanked very humorously by George Da- viils, who claimed he iS' starting to do -some farming, Wheh^pfe-'’ sented a gift to Mr. Fleming, Lion Lavis said "you talked, in a language every one dif us understood.” Slix six-quart baskets of ap­ ples were supplied by the chair­ man, Stewart Middleton, and' these were won by Ross Middle­ ton, Bill Gerrits, Wm. Bakker, Paul Aggenholm, David Middle­ ton and Merv. Falconer, regular Lions draw prize won by farmer guest Deeves. The. was Ed. Guest List guest list, at farmers included the following: Gibblings, Norman Alex- , Warren Gibblings, Willi­ am J. Miller, R. E. Thompson/ Bob Gibbings, Dr. J. A. Addison, Doh Pickard, David Middleton, Dean Aldwinckle, Gordon Mc- Gavlih, Wm. Bakker, Fred Le- Beau, — Lamb, Ernest Brown', Don Bill Gerrits, Charles Brandon, Merv. Falconer, Ed. Deeves, Joe SOcoick, Roy Tyn­ dall, Hugh Flynn, Leen Rehorst, Gordon Grigg, Watson Reid, K. S. Wood, Doug B'artliff, Irvine Tebbutt, Tom NeelandS, Don Hall, Bill Jenkins, Wm. Pepper1 and Don Lobb. (Continued on Page 12) Contract For Area One School •Frank VanBussel and Sons' Ltd., who built Goderich Town­ ship's public school at Holmes­ ville, Clinton’s federal building and is- now completing an addi­ tion to the Zurich public school, has been awarded the contract for the new sixteen room school being planned at Brucefield. The board of Huron School Area No. 1 met at SS 10 Stan­ ley Township (a mile west of Brucefield) last Wednesday niight, to open tenders, led by chairman Vem Alderdice, RR 2, Kifppen. Other members of ■the board are W. D. Wilson, Brucefield, Bruce Keys and Jack Taylor, Varna, Brigadier Morgan Smith, Bayfield..... t.J. E. Caldwell, Hensall, is secretary-lreasurer of the board, which has jurisdiction' over the elementary education facilities for the townships of Tuckersmith and Stanley, the village of Bayfield, and the hamlets of Varna, Brucefield and Egmonidville. Approval of the Lucan build­ ing firm’s Contract at $698,622 is subject to approval of the Department of Education and the Ontario Municipal Board. A 32-acre site has been pur­ chased from Robert P. Allan, Brucefield for $16,000, on the west side of Highway 4, a mlile south of Brucefield. Principal Arnold Mathers, Exeter, has been hired. The board is advertising foir kindergarten, junior 'and senior class teachers and opportunity class teacher, to be considered at the April meeting, and hir­ ing is expected to be completed during Easier week. Hope is for the school to be ready tor oc­ cupancy by Christmas. Plans for the new school were drawn by architects Blackwell, Hagarty and Buist, Londbn, and the building will cover 37,330 square feet. ley Lyon and Charles Scanlon, were present. Harry Tebbutt is secretary-treasurer of the board. Construction on the new 11 class-room school is to start in late March and the completion date is September 1; The Logan Contracting Co. of Stratford have the building contract at the price of $330,000, and the firm of Dunlop, Wardell, Miat- sui and Aitken of Islington are the hfchitects for the project. -----------------O——_: ’ Cancer Society To Campaign For $19,000 Fund. The Huron Unit of the Can­ adian Cancer Society Will Un­ dertake a $19,000 campaign in the county during April. The goal Was set at the Unit’s meeting here Friday night, Lloyd Hem, Exeter, is cam­ paign chairman. Sub-chairman appointed are: Mayor Dewitt Miller, Winghatn.; N. T. Ormancly, Coderikjhj Robert Spittai, Seaforth and . Peter Astles, Clinton. Joseph Murphy Was returned this week to a second term as president , of Clinton Hospital Board of Governors. Suggested by H. C. Lawson, since hits con­ nection with the new District School of Nursling .at Strafford would be 'invaluable to the board, Mr. Murphy accepted the position though remarking up­ on the time it took. J. W. Counter was returned, a$ vice-president and Tom Steep, administrator 'of the hos­ pital, was appointed to serve as secretairy-treaisurer. ,•J . Personal Soul Searching Wilma D. Dinnin - Seldom, if indeed ever, have we found a story more difficult to write than the current one about the reper­ cussions following publication of the book "The Trial of Steven Truscott.”, The very important discussion of Capital Punishment in 'Canada which is before the House in Ottawa this week, merely emphasizes the 'complete soul-searching which Cana­ dians must make if the laws of the land are to be respected <and receive more than lip service by us all. Of her book, Mrs. LeBo'urdais says, "I suppose you could say it has been a labor of conscience. We’re responsible, you know, when things like this happen. We’re all responsible.” . Perhaps one of the reasons we feel this story so diffi­ cult to write is a personal feeling of inadequacy in 1959 and up to the present time—a feeling of frustration that we have not known'what to write about the subject either then or now. And 'though we feel relieved that the book Mrs. De­ Bourdais has written has now been published, and some attention is being paid to the situation, we feel a sense of guilt that , little was done sooner. A letter to tlie editor in the Toronto .Star on Tuesday night from a Downsview woman says: "it seems incredible to me that the press, covering the trial, did not put up a fight at that time.” We can only answer that to have commented during the trial the press would have been in contempt of court, since the Criminal Code states that when an accused person is under the age of 16 years his trial shall proceed without publicity. Following the trial, and the appeal which was unsuccess­ ful, and the further appeal to the Supreme Court which was refused, then -it wias possible for someone—for anyone to investigate the findings more completely. Mrs. LeBourdais had thq-'time/'th<=! tal'eht,- .the- interest, and the-.background,, ^ knowledge to'db this. ‘ It is unfortunate that the book which she has written took so long to complete. It is unfortunate that for the past 'three years, though it was completed, she found it impossible to find a publisher in Canada willing to print it. Refused in this country by several publishers; frustrated by the fact that she was continually asked to make changes in the book which she felt would weaken it, and lessen the chances of it doing good for Steve’s ca.us,e, Mrs. DeBourdais finally shipped the original manuscript to Viator Galiancz Dtd'. in Dondon, England, and it was accepted for immediate publication. Searching for a co-publisher in Canada, Gollancz con­ tacted McClelland and Stewart in Toronto—a publisher that had already refused to issue- the book — and found them ready and willing. To-day is the official publication date set by Gollancz. Yesterday was the official publication date set in Canada. Already McClelland has sold 15,000 copies of the book and has ordered a third printing to bring the total up to 40,000. And arrangements are made with Dippincott, in New York to publish the book this August, an the United States. With the eyes of the nation, and soon of the world, trained on us here at the hub of Huron County, it is under­ standable that people here are resentful and uneasy. We are a peace-loving people, and we like to maintain the status quo. Yet one of the .thinking men in town, who knew both of the children well, said to us, “Certainly we pre-judged him. We’re all as guilty as rats.” The people of Huron County do not want to see an in­ justice done, any more than anyone else does. We are lay­ men, plagued with not sufficient knowledge of our courts or of the law. We depend too much perhaps on authority, without checking out the situation ourselves. But are we any more at fault in this than other Canadians? As Canada approaches her hundredth birthday, fraught with the investigations of the Rivard affair, the Dorion in­ quiry, the Denis trial, the Victor Spencer case, the Munsinger scandals, and now the debate on capital punishment pro­ ceeding in the House—may we not hope for certain moves to be made by the statesnien of our land, to prepare the path more firmly, for the feet of our families and our chil­ dren to tread, so that justice may be done to all, and that no man shall suffer unjustly in years to come. Agriculture People at Lions Farmers’ Night ’ Clinton Lions Club entertained 34 district farmers and guests at the club’s annual rural-urban night, Tuesday in St. Paul’s Parish Hall Shown here from the left, William Fleming, manager of Canada Packers feed mill who was guest speaker;, Lion George Lavis; Gordon McGavin, Walton, co-chairman, In­ ternational Plowing Match committee, and Lioh Stewart Middleton, chairman of the Lions farmers’ night. (News-Record Photo) Aiso returned to serve in five governor seats available, were Arthur Aiken, Mrs. Frank Fing- land, Hugh Flynn, Leen Rehorst and Orval L. Engelsitad. The other five directors are H. C, Dawson, J, Murphy, J. W. Coun­ ter, R, B. Campbell apd Mrs. William Norman. Completing the board' of gov­ ernors are E. B, Menzies, ap­ pointed by the County of Hur­ on; Reeve Duff Thompson, nam­ ed by the to'wn of Clinton; ex officio Dr. Fred G. Thompson, president of the Clinton Medi- cal Association and chief .of staff at the hosplital; .Dr. J. A. Addteon, vice-president of the association, and appointed by it to' the board of governors; and Mrs. Robert Homiuth, president of fhe Ladies Hospital Auxili­ ary and ex officio to the board. A. M. Harper and Co. Ltd. were retained as auditors for 1966. The Hospital revenues were up in 1965 to $428,219.31, com­ pared wlith $379,561 in 1964, and most of the increase was* from in-patienlts. Though, the room rate at the beginning of the year was $19.80, by the end of 1965 it had risen to $21.30, and rate for 1966 is now set at $22.70. Mbs. Helen Bartliff' made an excellent report on behalf of the president of the Hospital Auxiliary. She reported 25 very active members among the 600 ladies belonging to the auxili­ ary. Included' in tire year’s work were vanishing parties, a hat show, a tag day, awarding of scholarship to Miss Eileen Garrett, Florence Nightingale tea, penny sale 'in October, an'd a total revenue of $1,826, Of this $1,000 given for equipping the physio therapy room', $450 in lab equipment, and many other small gifts and necessi- (Continued on page 12) -----------o----------- Author Has a Busy Schedule TV and Radio People who have been follow­ ing the developments in the Truscott story, may be interest­ ed to know that today from 1 to 1:30 the author; Isabel Le- Bourdais will appear on Elwood Glover’s TV program',, over .. ,CBL-T^f. .TOTontot;,-from,3;,30 ..to "4 ” jpjm. *on ''the’' T&ke "30' ’'Shbw over CBG-TV, and from mid­ night tonight until 1 am., will be interviewed bn the1 Don Sims OBC radio show; (live from the . Royal York Hotel). All day yesterday, Mbs. Le- Bourdaiis was in Montreal mak­ ing radio, TV and conference appearances. ■ On Monday at noon she ad­ dressed 200 law students at Osgoode Hall, and;-this was after a two hour session on CHUM’S open line. On Tuesday, she appeared on Perryscope over OKEY, Tor­ onto, which is a half hour in­ terview, half hour;question and answer program. Then she ad­ dressed the Women’s Press Club at dinner that night. On Friday she will address the literature section of the Haligonian dub, which ■ is a women’s1 organization, and on Saturday will spend 90 minutes on CTV Channel 9, the pro­ gram "Answering Service”. . She had1 hoped1 to visit Steve on Sunday, with Mr. and Mrs. Truscott but prison officials have restricted the young man's •visitors to his immediate fam­ ily. All next week, Mrs. LeBour- dais will be making appearanc­ es outside of Toronto. These engagements' are set up for her by McClelland and Stewart. In addition to these appoint­ ments, she expects1 to continue with her work as writer and public relations officer for the Registered Nurses Association of Toronto.