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Clinton News-Record, 1966-06-09, Page 1I - Mi s ■ I THE HURON RECORD 84th Year At Clinton Spring Fair $5.00 Per Year—12 Cents Per Copy—12 Pages Many Guests At Huronview Tea and Bazaar Beairtiiful ■ iweatlier prevailed for the seventh anniversary tea qt Huropiview cq W-c’dhcsd^.y, .June 1, - spohisered • by the Ladies’ Auxiliary.' , \ Mrs. Louis Forest, preslident, and Mrs< Harvey- Johnston,, wife ef the superintendent, re­ ceived the rnany guests. The tea .was officially . opened by Mrs. C.” Trott, , The residents’' bazaar, under Mrs, Mary Meilis, Kippen, craft convener, and Mrs, 'Joseph Wild, Clinton> assistant worker was held in , the assembly room where ■ many tobies, of their crafts were displayed and .oL fered for sale, .1 ’ Tea roiQhi oonvaner was Mrs. W. C, Bennett, assisted, by Mrs. Logue, Blyth; ' Mrs, George Mann -and Mrs. ’B|U1 Managhan, Clinton; Mrs'. John Young, Blyth; Mrs. George Proctor, GQidierich; Mrs. .Mary Harmer, Goderich'. The tea .table dis­ played, a centrepiece of spiring ' flowers covered with a lovely crocheted cloth. Pouring tea were Mrs. Kenneth Stewart, ■ Seaforth, wife of Huron County Warden; Mrs. Ernest Snell, Bel­ grave, wife of Huronview board cha'ilman;- Mrs. Charles Mac- Nauighton,. wlilfe of Ontario Highways Minister, and MirS. Robert McKinley, Zurich,--wife of Huron M.P. Mrs. Walter Newcombe, Clin­ ton, won the draw on a quilt. ; Mirs. -Earl N'ofble, Blyth, had < charge of registering the guests and new memberships. . THE NEW ERA — 100th Year The Home Paper With the News CLINTON,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 9,.1966 Crowd Larger, Exhibits Down Most Unusual Pets IL L/"' ? ..........i /II; Gordie Gerrits, RR 1. Clinton, had the most un­ usual pets at Clinton' Spring • Fair on Saturday. He showed', two wild hawks, which have - turned into pets as shown above. Huron? County Farming Report Don S. Pullen, associate agri-, cultural representative '■■ "for' Huron County, has issued, the following report: “Crops already . planted(, are growing.' ■favourably'' but some ■, areas are in need of rain. Sun- ’day's rainfall was heavier in the southern part of the county. Most of'.,:^e. .corm. planting.-is. completed ahd the planting of white beans is in full swing. wRL 1 Township Heavy Horse Class Lining Up While the Clinton Spring Fair was being'offic­ ially opened, Saturday afternoon, by Gerry W. Mont­ gomery, London, former agricultural representative here, 21 heavy horses were being lined up for the special township class of three horses from a town- . ship comprising an entry. The class was won by Charles Halliday of Chesley. - - (News-Record Photo) . * Clinton Kinsmen .go . all out when they bring rin speakers for their annual minor sports banquet. . This year they had two otf the brightest . young ■Stars in the" National Hockey League. Paul Henderson, a winger wfith Detroit Red Wings and “Pit” . Martin, formerly ; with Detroit, and now with Boston Bruins talked to over 100 pee­ wee age boys and fathers and' Kinsmen -at' Tuesday evening’s. banquet. Bert Clifford, chair'-, man of .the, Kinsmen ■. minor sports committee was chairman, .. Henderson, who'-is a native off,. Lueknow,.'■‘wliegje -he' played' minor sports, played Junior in Goderich and Hamilton; he still makes his' home in Goderich. He introduced Martin, a former team-mate for six .years, at Hamilton ahd Detroit. Martin is • a native of -Norandla, Quo., and turned professional when he was .only 19 years old. The youthful looking Martin told the young athletes ‘ “There is nothing wrong, with having aspirations to become a pro-, fessional hockey player, . 'and' there are. more opportunities now with NHL expansion start­ ing next year”.* .. . • . ' He urged, the boys to Com­ bine education and .sports, ■'At the present time Miv Martin is- taking sumrner university class­ es. He- also said, “Maybe in. future, --professional. ^athletes ■will bavb’rto'5'have'-^college'’-edu= •cations.” ' . ' ' Mr. Martin and also Paul Henderson .reminded -the boys they should be grateful to the persons .Who take 'time to coach "and promote minor sports.' Henderson also said'NHL' ex­ pansion was good-for the game of hockey .and “good for you young players”. The expansion is doubling the number. .of players in NHL from 120. to 240. In a question period, Mr. Henderson said the >very first thing to. do to become a good ' (Continued, on page 12) 65 Member Pipe Band In Clinton Friday Night Hec Kingsweil, leader of . Clinton Legion Pipe Band, has: arranged f to' give Clinton and, district "’persons a "wee. bit of a. treat”, on Friday evening . in Clinton Library Park. Hec has been named pipe-* major ‘ of a •-dO-member pipe band (45, pipers and 15 drum-', mers) from this part of West*’ era Ontario.-The 'band is being' 'formed jo- take'-part in. a cen- tennial celebration at Sherrill, NeW York State on July 29, 30' ahd 31. They have also been invited .to play .-.at. Bakersfield, N.Y. sport field?’' •" ;' The~: Exeter Legion Pipe Band of which Mr. Kingsweil helped. fo form are the- nucleus- of the big band.-• Pipers, and drurnmers are being recruited from Clinton, Forest, Stratihroy, Goderich,'. Brussels, Lucknow and other district points. James Kennedy, from CFB. Centralia, is drum major. '. a . The concert in Library . Park .here, Friday evening, is one of the; weekly [practice -sessions planned in. various, towns. The band will parade frprn .Clinton Legion Hall,' ..north .on Kirk Street .• to Ontario ’ Street, to Library Park. ..The concert is expected- to be started between 7:30 ahd 8:00 o’clpck. - This band played, ip the re?- cent paradfe-at London of lions from Ontario and Quebec, Telephone Operator Honour at CFB Instead off the annual dec­ oration day service at Clin­ ton Cemetery, a. dedication service' of the new cenotaph in Library Park and' a" short service .at the cemetery, is planned for this year. On Sunday, June 19, Clin­ ton. Legion, in conjunction with Clinton and District Ministerial Association are holding a dedication service ■ at 3:00 p.m. at the cenotaph. Rev. Donald -Stuart, recently appointed "to tire Brumfield-’ Kippen charge of the'United Ohurch/ has been secured as speaker.- - The trumpet band and a guard of/.honour have been .invitedfrom CFB Clinton. The band will lead a parade of legionnaires ■ from the Leg- ion Hall at 2:3Q. 1 ■ Town council, service clubs and .fraternal. organizations are' being invited to attend .the.-service-.in a body, and all citizens are invited to the ■ ceremony. Legion - padre,. Rev.. R. U. MacLean will be in charge of. ithe dedication service. After the dedication? a short. remembrance service-Will be held at- the veterans' plot in Clinton Cemetery. Persons are requested tq- have rela­ tives’ and. friends’ graves1 at the cemetery decorated prior to the service there. ' ------—--o---------. Iris Marshall, 18 year .'.old daughter of Mr. and. Mrs. Ross Marshall, Kirkton, was named Huron County Dairy Princess, in competition with only one other entry; at Clinton Spring Fair, Saturday. She will represent.. Huron County at the Canadian Na­ tional Exhibition in Toronto' for the title off Ontario Dairy Prin­ cess, 1966. Miss ■ Marshall, fol­ lowing the contest,-was nam'ed by Martin Baan, Walton, chair­ man of the Huron County Milk Committee of the’Ontario Milk Marketing Board, which, spon­ sors the;contest along with,,the Huron County Cream Produc­ ers. ,.. ( The contest "'thiis year• aroused- very, little interest; the other contestant; was Miss Barbara Doig, Molesworth. ‘---------r-0----------- > ■ . ' Mrs. Gordon Edwards Graduates Af* UWO The overrtO degree weather' op Saturday brought an in­ crease in attendance to Clinton Spring Fair; .gate'receipts were yp considerably over last year,'' . 'The cioiol drinks., ice. cream and lunch counters operated by the wives of directors of Huron Pehtrail Agricultural Society, did an overwhelming business, And,' Jbyes-, Midway various, ridies had queues all afternoon. Entries, in most classes, of livestock, pets and parade were on a par with former years. ., This all added up to- one of the finest spring fairs ever held in ■ Clinton. ‘ Entries ip dairy and beef cat­ tle were slightly dfown but sheep and swine’ pens had been ■added' this year and director's had to borrow additional pens from Seaforth Agricultural So­ ciety. If these classes still in-’ crease additional pens will still have to be * built in Clinton Communis' Park. The baby show, held in the swimming pool club house, un­ der the direction of Mrs. Har­ old Weittlaufer,. again was a big success wiitii 23 entries. More exhibitors than ' usual took advantage of the fair to display their wares, from heavy farm: machinery down to the presently popular’small motor­ cycles, . float prize went to the George Wise family with their fiesta pony cart; second, Doug and Bob Riehl’s wheelbarrow float and third to the, tods1 on Clin­ ton and. .District Community Centre (arena) float. Decorated bicycle prizes were won> by .ten years .and over, Freddie Bird, Bonnie Johnston,' Tom, Leppington and Dennis Fleisehauer; under , ten years, David Bird, Debbie Johnston, Debra. Hart, Bobbie Hart and John Harb ‘ Judges for the floats and children's eiitries in the parade Were Rev, C. 'Park; ‘ Flight Lieut. G, R. Smith, mayor of Adastral Park, and Ken Rea- ney, • • v » ' ,• Fair secretary William G' Riehl had the whole family working at the .fair and were rewarded by winning the larg- (Cpntinued on page 12) Speaker Says Spring Fair Worth Million Dollars In Town Advertising “There’s a million, dollars worth of advertisirig for Clin­ ton in this show here today’’, said Gerry M. Montgomery,, when officially opening Clinton MISS LUCY levy on her last day at G/C K. R. Greenaway, i3a®ei OotrimaridCr; F/O D» X Davis, and F. if. Miller, Civ* liliaii Personnel Officev, of* ficiatod at a recent prcsonta- tioh ceremony, when Miss Levy was awarded' a Long Service Certificate. Miss Levy lives at 337 TtomctS Street, Clirutoin. fCW OUntdii Photo) SWITCHBOARD Having served CFB Clinton aS a telephone’ operator since October 3, I551j Miss Lucy Levy'retired lbcehtly from her position, and 1st Oh termite al leave until June 12. Additional Spring Fair Ntovs and Pictures On Pages 3,. 5, 9,. 13 0>f by. First of Bingo Series Starts Next Monday - The first ■' in a Series . stx major bingos' planned Clinton and District Commu­ nity Centre Centennial Ftihd on Monday evening, June 13, beginning at 9 O’clock in ' Clinto'ri Lioiis Arena. ' « The other’ dates are June 27, July 11 and' 25, August 8 and 22, and September 5 and 19, The series of bingos are called snowball bingos, iri ' which one-half Hie sharc-the- Wealth fe added to the $500 snowball if bingo is het Wdn (Continued on page 7) ----... -. ,,'bu-- - . June 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 The Weather 1965 High Low 70 45 65 40 65 39 70 35 78 47 88 61 • 76 63 Rain: .10” 1566 " High Low ;‘ 55 68 74 85 84 83 74 ttoirif 3b 32 47 54 55 52 51 .57” .Mrs, Gordon D. Edwards, nee Karen Rogers, Port Credit, re­ ceived her Bachelor of Arts de­ gree. at the University of -West­ ern. Ontario convocation ..on Thursday,' May 26, She is' the wife of, Gordon D. Edwardsf a mathematics lecturer, at West­ ern. Gordon as a son of Mi;s. Edwards and. the late A. ;W. Edwards/of. Clinton. , Always the,.main attraction in the horse show 'is the special class of . three heavy horses from the-,same township. This year1 there were seven entries. Winners were: Charles Halli­ day; Chesley;' J. ‘W. I-Iowell, St. George; OrVille.Bestard, Thorn­ dale and P. L.' Graham, Ilder- ton. With M. L.-“Tory” Gregg as master of ceremonies for- the horse show apd grandstand events, everything went, off on schedule. ’ , . The parade ait one o'clock from the Legion Hall to Com­ munity Park was headed by CFB trumpet band, and was watched by hundreds, along main street. The colorful float.made up by the Cross Trailers Square Dance club took first1 prize. Other [prizes went.toi.the Kins­ men Club plowing match rock-' et and Murphy. Lodge float.. . ' The public school children's Opens Fair ■ Gerry W. • Montgomery,. former agricultural Tepresen- ’ tative for Huron;- Who offici­ ally opened ‘Clinton- Spring ■Fair on Saturday., • I • ■ General employment •oppor­ tunities throughout.;. most of Huron County continued on.the upward trend during the month' of. May,, according, .to figures just released by-C. M. Jutras, manager of -the National' Em- ploymient- Service at?Gode­ rich. • . At the end of May, 96 male and 871 female workers were actively . registered with the Goderich office, compared to a total of 292 at the end ,o)f April1 1966. Mr. Jutras stated that this steady decline • in unemploy­ ment can be attributed mainly to increased co n s t r u c t ip n throughout Hunton County and to continuing stable employ­ ment in the ^manufacturing in­ dustry, -A total of 202.vacancies were listed with the local Na­ tional Employment Service dur­ ing May, of which 153 Were for male Workers. Placements by the Huron office totalled 145 during the past month. • . :■ Within’ the next few weeks, the influx of high school. stu­ dents into' the 'labour' market is expected to alleviate tempor­ arily the current short supply of applicants.,In order to’avail themselves of summer help, em­ ployers requiring students for part-time or temporary.- work are asked to contact the Gode­ rich office of the National Eim- ploynient Service at 35 East Street. Plow Match Sod Turning On Saturday The 1966 International Plowing 'Match com|es alive this week when Ontario Man- , iister of Highways, . Charles • MacNaughton, and - the- .Min­ ister off Agriculture, William . Stewart; will co-operate to plow a first furrow /at the . match site at Seaforth. The-.-ceremony, ■ to" wihlicih • ; the . public is invited, takes ' place at 3:30 p.m. Saturday afternoon on what will be- ; come the tented city on Scott '' farms; weslt .of Seaforth. ;; Seaforth' District 'High' School Trumpet Band, a feature at plowing matches across Ontario for several years', wilj ’.take part. in. the short program. Guests will include local - and' district municipal officials, as well as members of the Ontario- Plowmen’s Association. Spring Fair on Saturday, As he was making this state'- ment, 21 heavy horses1 on hal­ ters from seven townships in Western Ontario, were lining; up to be judged in the special class, The class called for three horses- from a township, but didn't have to be. the property Of one man; prizes. were $15, $12, $9, $6 and $3 for pach ad­ ditional. ' entry. Charles Halli; day’s entry from Chesley was tops in this class.-' .•»■-■ Mr. Montgomery was agrh cultural representative in Hur­ on County from 1951 to 1957, then' became Ontario agricul­ tural representative for the ONR in. Toronto,1 and is now a representative, with the Mqtual Life of Canada at its London office. - - • t • He Was ,agr. rep. here in 1954 when 100 years of fairs in Clinton was' celebrated. He re­ minisced1 about this, event1., Fairs bring ■ rttrai. and, unban people ^together,, he. saiid, . then added, fThis^ * Spring shew shout'd ,be’ promidt'ed, -developed and' extended?’. • '■ ' . ■ Now that he is out of the ag­ ricultural service and govern­ ment jobs, Mr. Montgomery, said he could talk more about politicians. Thiis he did, as there, were three,pemibers of parlia­ ment on the stands at -the" of­ ficial opening.. He told, them- "that ■ “agriculture is still the backbone of our country and quite definitely in this county”. He reminded them, "Don’t get too far, .removed from, agricul­ ture”. ■ He said some politicians are clouding the agriculture issue," and that we need’ national agriculture policy? Th‘e,?i family farm is here to' stay, biit.there^ will be changes and government guidance will be needed. ‘‘More; capital and ■ good map'agement will definitely : be ■ needed in future farming.’L'he said; • : Mr. Montgomery began and ended, his talk fry ''.‘suggesting th!at the fair wag'U-inilliiJori dol­ lar advertising promotion -for: the town of Clinton. The .'politicians, who’were pre- sent, each gave a; short‘talk;: they were Hon. Charles S.-Mac-’ Naughton, Huron MPP and- minister; of highways; Murray Gauht, Huron-Bruce MRP; and' Robert- McKinleyt Zurich,. Huy/ on member at Ottawa. ■ Others who spoke at the opening ceremonies, were;. (Continued on page 12) Sharon A. Carroll Coming Here As Home Economist EVcrctt Biggs, Deputy Min­ ister of Agriculture arid Food for Ontario, announces the ap­ pointment of Miss .Sharon A. Carroll, B,H.Sfc, as Home Econ­ omist for Huron Cddnty, to re- place Miss Diane Liddiard who IS leaving the service to' be married.-' Miss Carroll Comes from an Ontario farm home in Elgin ahd is a graduate of Macdonald Institute, University of Guelph. In her home Community she has been active in 4-H Home­ making Clubs and farm youth orgauixatidhs. Miss CairoH’s Work in Huron County Will commence abound June 1 with headquarters at the -agriculture office, King Street, 'GiiMdiri;- Hl ->:s I International Plowing Match Site TraveUers along No. 8 Highway west of Seafoirth Will have nd trouble identifying ithe location of thd 1966 Iiiterniational Plowing Match, October 11* . 14. A large sign shdwn here as it was being erected by the Publicity Committee points the way to 'the site of the Tented City on Scott Farms where the firist furrow will be plowed at a ceremony Saturday afternoon. Ontario Minister of Highways, Charles MacNaughton and Agriculture Minister, William Stewart, Will officiate at the ceremony to which the public is invited.