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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-06-16, Page 1II $5,00 Per Year—-12 Cents Per Copy—12 Page* ill Decision Tonight THE HURON RECORD 84th Year Promotedto WO2 “BILL” REID • Training ’. Command heath quarters recently announced tire promotion to the rank 'of Warrant Officer Class Two for a member of the School of Food- Services Staff. WO2 Bill Reid, an instructor and supervisor, at the school re- cetved a letter of congratula? ? tions from Air, Vice Marshal ,F. R, Sharp; Commander, . Training Command jn ac- knbwledement of his proano- tidn. WO2 Reid, son of Mrs. George L. Reid, Varna, en­ listed in the RCAF in-Sept- ‘-ember 1952 for services as a cook tradesman. Presently on staff at the 'School of Food . ..Services, CFB’Clinton, WQ2 ,.’Reid has also served at CFB. . Centralia, Downsview, Rock- cliffe arid Puntzi Mountain. ... ’ - •-----------o^-r The Weather 1966 1965 High Low High Low 8 68 51 “ ( 9 53 47 10 62 -.44 11 71 12' 78 13 76 14 '71 82 73 66 . -74 ■50 ’ 71 61 62 57»> 56 58 48 39 47 37 64 , 40 No Rain C-.' THE NEW ERA-— lOQth Year No, 24 r— The Home Paper With the .News CtlNTQN< PHTAKIP, THMRSPAY, J)VNM.’1& Pool Will Open Soon The swimming pool commit­ tee of Clinton Recreation .Com­ mittee .has picked their staff for the season. ' If the, weather is warm enough, swlimmiing will start tomorrow. (Friday) evening. Season’s tickets will not be valid -until July 1. Doug Andrews, chairman of the pool committee, has alsb announced' that - registration will be held on Saturday mom- tog, June 18 commencing at 9 o’clock, for the various swim­ ming classes,. This year’s rates fpr season’s tickets are: children, $2.50; students, $3.50; ■ adults, $4.00 and family > season tickets are $12.00. If a large enough class of adults is registered another in­ structor will be hired for Tues­ day evening instruction. And if too many register for morn­ ing classes, the committee will' arrange to hold some of the instruction classes from 5 to> 7 to the evening; Chairman And­ rews says no Gne will be turn­ ed away this year. Rolfe Cook,. Who was an in­ structor at the pool last sum­ mer, has been hired as pool supervisor and chief instructor. His assistant instructors are Ann McKibbori and Brad Kemps ton. Life guards and also assistant instructors are Elaine Kennedy,’’ Pat Ball, Rowena Corey, Garry Deline and.Rick Fremlto.; . t 45-Member Pipe Band Practising In Library Park/ , Last Friday evening a 45-member pipe bind (32 pipers and 13 drummers) held a practise session in Clinton Library Park. . The Western Ontario: band is composed of pipers-from Strathroy to Luck­ now, with Exeter and Clinton Legion Pipe Bands supplying the most members. Hec Kingswell of -- —-— -----------------—,—.______t______ ___.... Will Dedicate BL * - 1 ■ Bingo Loses Money; Next Game, June 27 • * t' • ’ , I • . The first of a stetrtos- of bight bingos planned by the combined service clubs of. Clinton got 'off- to a discouraging start on Mon­ day evening. After an' all-day .rainstorm, only 250 bingo fans turned out. The' sponsors lest rqoriey, .but officials expect -to recover this and make -money for Clinton and District Community Centre Centennial .Fund to future games. The Lions, Kinsmen, Legion and Fish and Gam's Clubs are combining resources to promote the bingo series. Next big game is on Monday, June 27 at Clinton Lions Arena. The $500 snowball will -be worth $581.50 on June 27. This was half the money taken in on the share-the-wealth snowball bingo Monday night. The game had to be won in 50 numbers < but 59 had to be caiHed before Dori MicGuire, RR 3, Goderich, won the full card game. On June 27 the snowball ntoslt be won in 51 numbers; if not' the game .'reverts to a straight share-the-wealth bingo. Winner of the major cash bingos for $500 was Carl Grab­ er, Brusseto ’ ' Winners' of the • two' regular share-the-wealth ibtagos were: Mrs. William Chambers, Clin­ ton, $73.00; Ray Mahood, Gode­ rich, $71.00. -Winners of regular $30.00. bingos .wore:. Mrs.. R. J. Dixon, Clinton; Grant Swift, Hanover (Continued on page 12) Cenotaph Sun., June 19 Plans are completed for the office! dedication of the vet­ erans cenotaph, honouring Clinton and district soldiers who died in the two great wars, on Sunday, June 19. The service at the cenb-' taph in Library Park will ■take place at 3:00 p.m. A -parade, headed by CFB Clin­ ton 'trumpet band, and in­ cluding veterans and service­ men, will leave• the Legion Hail, Kirk Street, at 2:30/A' The public and all clubs and fraternal organizations in town are invited to attend.' the service. ' After the dedication a short ■ remembrance service will be held at the veterans’ plot in Clinton Cemetery. Glinton is pipe-major and.Jim Kennedyxof Exeter i is drum-major. The band will go to Sherrill, New York State, at the end of July for a centennial cele­ bration-there. The above photo was taken, at 8:45 Friday evening from a, window above Herman’s ■ Men’s Wear by the News-Record photographer. ■' _____ > t ’ County Council Discusses Road Report in Detail (By R. S. ATKEY) GODERICH — Huron' County Council spent the major por­ tion of the opening session Monday discussing the report of the important Road Commit­ tee, headed by Reeve Donald McKenzie, Asihifield, f ' Clause-by-clause considera­ tion of the report was request­ ed by Reeve Wilmer Hardy,. Col-borne, after which it. was ■finally . adopted _ _as. orjg^ally' presented, although one of tthe clauses was questioned rather severely and underwent a re­ corded vote of council, losing 32-7. Warden Kenneth Stewart, McKillop, appointed Deputy' Reeve Everett McIlwain, Gode- Community Centre Group Wants Mayor Don Syipons has qa'L led a special meeting of Clinton Council for tonight, (Thurs­ day, , June 16) at 7:30, in an attempt to give the Clinton and District Community, C e p t r e building committee - the 'go­ alhead to instruct their archit­ ect to call tenders on a -new corpraupity centre (arena) for the -town and area. Building committee chairman David Beattie gat to on a -short special council meeting prior to the regular session, .and was joined by another member of ■his committee, Don Kay, at the regular meeting at 8 o’clock. Also attending the regular ses­ sion was town solicitor E. B. Monti e, At tonight’s meeting, which. is open to all ratepayers, -will be the consulting engineer en­ gaged by- the community centre committee. - . Another deputation at Mon­ day’s regular June meeting was Antoine “Red” Garon. He was seeking guidance to erect three signs at" entrances to Clinton, which have been purchased by Clinton and District Chamber of, Commerce. The C of C previously had permission to erect signs at‘the No. 8 High­ way east entrance to town tad on. No. 4 (Victoria S!t.) south' ■entrance. The other three signs will be erected on No; 4 north, the Bayfield Road and ' No. 8 west entrances. Mr. Garon and the , public works committee will pick the sites. The signs on No. 4 south and No. 8 east will be dllumfinated. No action had been taken on a smoke and fire nuisance to the' uptown area,- which was discussed at the May meeting. Also, no -action -had been-taken on last month's report. from Clipton Public Hospital board regarding the hospital operat­ ing ambulance service. . There is previnoial legislation pending pertaining to ' ambulance ser­ vices. Copies of the report will be sent to the reeves of the four surrounding townships, t ‘A letter was read"-from Geo- :fge? • Knights, “■■> Dunlop. Street, (Continued on page .7) Rabies Increases In Huron County (By R. S. 'ATKEY) GODERICH — Dr. R. M. Aldife, director of .Hurojn County Health' Unit presented his re­ port to the County Council Monday. “It -js difficult" to condense the;, accomplis'hmenits of ' your Health Unit since the last re- • port to Council. The tremend­ ous interest to your county’s geriatric study is most grati­ fying. The project Worker, Miss Margaret Atkinson, has begun the actual survey, municipality by, municipality. ‘ While results cannot be collated and analyzed until’ some time next year, many valuable personal con­ tacts have been madle’ by the Public Health, Nurses as a. small part of this work.'”'. The rabies picture1 from Jan­ uary 1 to May 31 this year -in­ dicated 14 bovine, three dogs; nine foxes and ’eight skunks, as compared with, two bovine, no dogs, one fox and', three skunks for the sa-mlF'- period of 1965. “The epidemic has. been worst jin the- ■ Goderich arfea,” Dr. Aldis replied in answer to' a question. - - - The director, heartily com­ mended the County Board of ' Health for" it's "interest 'in'-' tihfe"' work of the Unit. ' ways before having the policy forced^upon them. , ‘‘Therefore be it resolved that the Council ■ of the • County of Huron strongly urge that the Minister of Highways reconsid­ er his directive and. make fair wages optional at the discretion of the road authority; and this resolution, be forwarded to the Minister- of Highways, Ontario Good Roads Associatiilon,-and to the. council of each' county in the- .prbvince.’\ ,t. ,<r * ‘ Reeve Clarenice’E/ Boyle, Ex- (Continued on page 12) rich Township, to the chair, and' County Engineer James ' W. BriJtnell piloted the report through committee. . The controversial clause was , to connection with. the “fair Wages” 'policy of the Ontario Department of Labour for varli- ' ous parts of the province. It pointed out that all municipal contracts, with ' an estimated tender value in excess of $35,000 myarded alter July 1, 1966, must contain labour conditions ’ ■ setting- out the minimum' wage to be paid to every workman if the contract is to be eligible for subsidy. Arguments, set forth in the resolution were that:, the “fair wage” for many classifications of workmen is far in excess of the rates being paid in the area; : contractors would .have to pay '“fair wage” on all con­ tracts regardless of tender value; - these higher 'wages would affectm. the labour mar­ ket to the entire area in all classes of industry; the munici­ palities. were not consulted: by either the Department of La-' hour nor the 'Minister of High-- Sr. Citizens* Room Opened reation. He recalled looking at, this' room years: ago with the late Rev. David Lane-, with this, same idea in mind as a min­ isterial association'project. Mayor Don Symons com­ mented to toe older gentlemen that this room is the same to' you as the proposed new com­ munity centre will be1 to the younger folk. The . mayor presented the keys to Senior Citizens Presi­ dent, Roy Oantelon, whose first comment was, , “It’s' a lovely- place .and We’re tickled to- get it.”‘ ' C, ' : Other officers of the senior men’s club are, Anson Coleman, vice-president and M. J. Scho-, enhials, secretary-treasurer.. There are 20 paid-up w mem­ bers at present but. with the new., facilities 1 many more can be accommodated One of the nicest and most impressive little ceremonies ever held in- Clinton took place last Wednesday evening, when a room in thebasement of Clin­ ton. Public Library was offici­ ally handledover to . the ■ local Senior Citizens Men’s- duib? Through the, '■ co-operation of town council and the- recreation committee, the room was: reho-• vated to its .present loveliness: at a coSt of hearty $3,000. The room 'is'' painted in ,t '& pastel green, gas heated,‘'lias a two-' piece-washroom and a ventilat­ ing fan. A* new concrete stair­ way with ‘hiandraiis were built •into the outside entrance. Hec Kingswell of Clinton Rec Committee' was chairman and introduced guests1, and alsio Don OolqUhoun, Harold- Wise ' and Don Kay who were responsible for the' renovations. t Mr, Wise Of for .the opening, committee chairman, Thorndike leading up to the seour- this room. Besides him- J. explained bad presented a bouquet 'mums Reic Doug events ing of self and Mr. Kinswedl, Deputy Reeve George Wonch and Coun­ cillor Gordon Dawson Were the committee who supervised the project. Mr. Thorndike thanked G. M. Counter, chairman of the library board for co-operating. Mr. Counter explained1 how the library operates on a lim­ ited budget and said1 he was glad' io see the council and red cqmndttee accomplishing the project. There were about 20 senior citizens present at the hand­ over ceremony. ' Rev. Grant Mills remarked how'happy he was to. seo oldei' folk enjoying their form of rec- Lions Barbecue Next Tuesday r> IO K- At Opening of Senior Roy Oantelon, second from left, president of the local Senior Citizens’ Men’s Club, is shown here thanking some of the persons <resikrfisibl6 for the new club room in the basement 6f Clinton Public Library.^ A handing-over ceremohy M; . Wednesday evening in the h&W Tdoht From the Citizens Club Room left, J. Douglas Thorndike, chairman of Clinton Recreation Committee; Mr. Cantelon; Hec Kings­ well, Tec committee member and chairman for ithe evening; Mayor Don Symons in his official regalia, and G. Morley Counter, chairman of the library board. CNews-Atecord Photo) Clinton Lions Club fourth ? . annual' chicken barbecuie is '..planned tor. next Tuesday, .. June’21 beginning at»-5:30. p.m^ -. .; , > This-year the fund-raising event is being held in ' the Lions Arena, ’ Mary.- Street, so there'is no need to worry about weather problems’? , . Lion Maynard- Corrie, whose store put on a gigantic free barbecue -latt ' Wednesday evening, is chairman of-the Lions barbecue, ’ Tickets are- available from all Lions at' $1.50 tori adults and $1.00 for children. 1-H ClubTrip To Manitoba For Miss M< Jef fray A 4-H'Centennial Trip is be­ ing organised to Manitoba this year. This trip is beliiig financed from the- grant roiceived from the National Centennial Com­ mission through the Canadian Council on 4*H Clubs, to be Used tor 4-H Travel and Ex- charige to 1966, Representing Huron County 4-H 'members xvill be1 Mito' Marjortio Jeffrey, '18, daughter of Mt*.- tad Mrs. Arnold' Jef fray ( RR 2,^ Wdng- ham. Marjorib has participated in 4-H Homemaking Club projects, and eight 4-H Agri- cultufal dub projects. She is. currently a member of the Tumberry Calf Club; tad the .Htiroih ' .County CbnsOryation Club, Marjorie plahs to enter training tor the nursing pro­ fession to the fall. : This Will be tot educational trip with the toetobeto travel­ ling to Winnipeg tad return by train. The six days to Manitoba wHl be' spent living With 4-H ftaiilito to ithat Province to the 1 Winnipeg htoa/ MP’s Turn Firs? Sod For International For the first time in- the history of International Plowing Matches a sod­ turning ceremony was held on Saturday at the, 1966 site on Scott Farms near Seaforth. Hon. Charles.S., MacNaughton, Huron MLA and Minister of High­ ways, and, Hon. William ^tewart, MinisW of Agriculture, officiated in the un­ ique ceremony with Mr. MacNaughton driving the 1920 Bell Industries frac* toy and Mr. SteWart plowing the first furrow, with a 100 year old walking ‘plow. - . MP’s Plow First Furrows V > I For the first time in the his­ tory df- feterhationdl Plowing Matches in Ontario, a sod-turn­ ing ceremony was held prior to the affair. This took place Sat­ urday afternoon. Arranged by Don Stephenson, Seaforth, publicity ohaifmah of Huron County Local Commit­ tee, twd Ontario -Cabinet toto-< isters, plowed the first furrow at' Scott- Farms, west of Son* forth,. tor .th© Itoornational Match Which is scheduled tor October 11 to 14. _ The Hon. Charles S, Mac- Naughton, Huron MPP and Minister of Highways, manipu- r ... "i' lat'ed the 46 year old Robert Boll gasoline tractor while Hoti. William A. Stewart, Minister of Agricultul-ei, guided, thfe dearly loo year old walking plow. Floyd A. LasWy, secretary- manager of the Ohttato Plow­ men’s Association was <)Uite en- thuSed over the eveiit. HO shid if 'the same enthUi'asm, keeps Up, tad requests' for exhibit Space totfnSf to at the- present rate, the 1966 riihtch Will be the largest ever held. ’ ’ 'Mta, Mti MacNaughton said 114S' County of Huron Was a most appi-opriate place to hold : aft Intcniational Ptowing [ Match. "We have the most typical agriculture County in Ontario”, he said. Then, added that Huron lead's in most farm products. Of the location of tire match he said; “There is no bettor site to be’ found.” Huron’s MPP introduced the Minister of Agriculture, Hom W, A. Stewart, as “a man who never stops working for the to-4 forests of all fatmots”. Mr. Stewart remarked that Huron has an agricultural re* cord all across- Canada. Ho also remarked on the locations “No site could, be more aptly suit* (Continued on page 12)