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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-06-23, Page 1Engineer Preparing New Centre Plans I ' " At a special meeting of Clin­ ton town council last Thursday evening, the building committee of Clinton and District Com­ munity Centre was given the final OK to instruct their en­ gineer to proceed with plans and spectficaltions for the new centre, A E., Kiraly, of the engineer­ ing firm of A. E. Kiraly and Associates Ltd., Peterborough, who1 had been engaged by the cpmlmittee was present and1 an­ swered many questions for the councillors,. He was accompan­ ied by Jack Pearson of Peirson Buildings Limited, also of Pet­ erborough, whose firm had or­ iginally given the ' local com­ mittee a prjce of $167,940 for an arena building without aud­ itorium. Two- 'Hiemjbers of council — Jim Armstrong and Deputy Reeve George Wonph. were ab­ sent for the meeting. Mayor Don Synrons was chairman. Chairman David Beattie and Don Kay were spokesman for the community centre building committee. The town, already has tenta­ tive approval from Ontario Municipal Board for' a $167,- 000 expenditure on a commun­ ity centre. • Engineer Kiraly e^plaiped his sketch drawings of the centre and answered engineering and building methods questions. After the meeting he met with the building .committee for final instructions. The nevz centre will be erect­ ed in Clinton community park where soil tests have plready been taken and found satisfac­ tory, . The 'building will be 200 x 110 feet, with arena ice surface of 80 x 190 fedt. The arena floor Will be of a hard material suit- (Continued 'on page 7) Clinton THE NEW ERA — 100th Year No, 25-----The Home Paper With the News Clinton's Memorial Cenotaph Dedicated In Library Park CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 1966 • 4 The new cenotaph in Clinton Library ' Park was 'Officially dedicated.,on Sunday afternoon in a short but impressive cere­ mony. Erected the week pre- Huron Directors Elected To Bean Board .Ballots on the mail vote for four Huron County bean pro­ ducers to serve as directors on ■the Ontario Bean Marketing Board were .counted at the ag­ ricultural. office in Clinton on Tuesday. ' ' - . ' The four, Huron directors are Robert McGregor,. Kippen.; Rob­ ert Allan, Brucefiield'; Fergus Turnbull, .Dashwood and” Alex MoBeath;> Kippein.' 'Eleven per-, /sons were -named at the nom­ ination. meriting in CHSIS auld- itorium on May 3'0. At:, the .May 30 meeting, OharilesiRato Zurlich, was ^eledto ed' as Huron’s ■ director on the 'Ontario ’ Bean . Growers Co-op­ erative. He- will Serve for a two year term. There is one direct­ or from each of the six bean producing counties, Elgin, Kent, ■ Middlesex, Lambton, Huron and Perth. At a meeting in Strathroy," Tuesday, evening, this week, a director-at-large was elected. Huron being the largest bean producing county, is entitled to- four directors on the Ontario Bean Marketing Board;-.Kent has three directors and each of the other four counties1, one member each. Memorial Cenotaph Dedicated Mayor Don Symons is shown here saluting the memorial cenotaph in Clinton Library Park after he had placed the town’s wreath at the dedication service oh Sunday. , (News-Record Photo) vious to November 11,. 1965, the cenotaph honouring Clinton’and area men " who died in World Wars I and II, was unveiled ait the' armistice day’ service. Sunday’s dedication service was iri charge of Clinton and District Ministerial Association and Clinton Branch 140 of the Royal Canadian Legion. Town 'council attended the service in a body. A good gathering of citizens watched the service. A parade headed by CEB Clinton Trumpet Band, march­ ed from the Legion- hall to the cenotaph. In the- parade Were, a flight of airmen from CFB under command of Flying Of­ ficer E. A. Bolling, Legionnaires and Legion Auxiliary. George Campbell, sergeant-at-arms of BINGO MONDAY FOR CLINTON CENTRE FUND The second bingo in the • _series-r.of eight being held-by.c ' • the service' clubs of Clinton ’ is scheduled, for Monday, • June 27 in Clinton Lions Arena at 9 p.m. In 'the first-bingo on June 13, the crowd was less .than expected and the committee lost less than $100, but all prize money was paid. ■ The big feature of 'the . series' is ' a snowball $500 share-the-wealth bingo. It should’ have been won in 50 calls, but wasn’t, so one-half -of the share-the-wealth is added to the $500. Monday’s snowball is worth. $581.50, bu)t must be won in 51 calls:. the Legion, was parade mar­ shal. • Rev. E. Donald Stuart, who recently retired as an army chaplain and now minister of the Rrucefiield-Kippen United Churches, gave the dedication address. Rev. Stuart’s address is as follows: “War,. as such, is a dirty business, for 'the essence of war is , violence. ■ “Once let violence become an instrument of policy and the values of Christianity and1 common decency are discard-, ed. Unfortunately, there have been times in our nation’s history when it has become necessary for us to resort to' violence; not because wO wanted to; not because we ■believed- in violence as such, ■but because 'the only way to stop the aggression of those who believed in violence, was to overcome their violence with greater violence. • “In the memory of many of us here, there have been three such occasions,- World- Wars I ’ arid1 II* and the KOr- T ean police . action war. ' In each case, we have had’ to overcome violence with great­ er violence, not for the sake of conquest or of national, gain, but in order that we might restore peace. Evein now, we have men serving on peace-keeping missions in Crete and the Gaza -Strip, and it is a lonely and -thank­ less job. “But the cost of open hos­ tilities and of trying' to keep the peace has been paid by men- and women who- believe •that might does not make (Continued on Page 12) Cruickshanks) on of TV shows. first of a series of ten, “Great Outdoors" is seen on CKNX-TV ELLWOOD EPPS CO-HOSTING SPORTS SHOW ■Clinton sportsman and’ re­ tail and wholesale sporting goods businessman, • EhWpQ’d Epps will be co-host. I with John series The called to be Channel 8 Wingham on Mon­ day, July 4 at lit 30 p,m. The first show wlill be: of particular interest to Clinton district people as the film has already been shot at Elmer Trick’s, farm. Mr. Trick-’has a private trout farm, and also raises mink. • ' •? a.. Huron County Remains In Emergency Measures (By R. S. ATKE1) GODERICH — Turon County . officially remains within the Emergency Meas­ ures Organization but Cliunty 1 : '• Jbhh•Tu;rher, Clinton Boy In Two Stratford Plays John Turner, son- of Mr. and ’Mrs. James Turner, Mary Street, and grandson of Mrs. Edward Farquhar, James Street, is acting in two Shakespearean plays at the Stratford Festival this sum­ mer. John is a 1964 graduate of Central . Huron Secondary School, Clinton, and has juslt completed his1 second year arts course at the University of Waterloo. The former Clinton boy plays a soldier in the cast oif Twelfth Night and is listed as an understudy to' a Sea Captain (played' by Neil Daii- nard), in the Same play; John’s name also appears in the list, of courtiers and guards. In the Henry VI cast, John Turner’s name also appears in the list of minor players. The University of Waterloo newspaper “The Coryphaeus” carried a Story in its June 10 ■ program if it deems it advas- issue about John’s acceptance as a Stratford Shakespearean player. The story sayS: “Dur­ ing 'the school term here at the university, he is one of the most active participants in our drama group. People will, remember him as the wise (and alcoholic) judge in “Ch'alk Circle” last fall, or aS' the lead James Thurber in “Thunder Carnival” > during the Spring term.” Late Donations To Cenotaph Fund Recent donations to Clinton and District Cenotaph Fund are recorded here: ReV. - R. U. MacLean, 5.00, George Wonch, 5.00; Adam' Suska, 5.00; Nip Honfongedi, 5.00; Alex Inkley, 5.00; Boyes Transport Ltd., 5.00; Clinton Fire Brigade, 20.00; Clinton Community Credit Union, 25.00; _ Albert Livermore, 5.00; Town­ ship of Goderich, 100.00; Miss “Marie' J.”, Sacramento, Calif., 5.00. The News-Record has tempted to to date to stil'l being Livermore, treasurer of the fund. . at- record all donations the fund, and are accepted by John town clerk,' who is Council will consider the mat­ ter again at the September' Session. After receiving a report of a special committee1 headed by Deputy Reeve Elmer Hay- ter; Stanley,' and hearing a verbal" report of Stuart Forbes, County EMO Co­ ordinator, council discussed the matter with Reieve Reg. Jewell, Goderich, in the chair, ■and then adopted the follow­ ing resolution by a^vote of 23-12: Cook-Dalton — That Hur- ion County Council give con­ sideration to withdrawing from the Emergency Mea­ sures Organization; and fur­ ther, that this matter be re­ ferred to Emergency Mea­ sures Committee of County ■Council, (Deputy Reeve George Wondh, Clinton, chair­ man) with a full report to be presented at the September Session of Council■. > The report and various ■speakers1 who followed, in­ cluding Reeve Duff Thompson and Deputy Reeve George Wpnch, Clinton, stressed the apparent .apathy of the gen­ eral public to the EMO pro­ gram. This problem exists not only, in Huron County bult in many areas. That did not make it any less necessary. “The program is not with­ out its faults. It meets resis­ tance in slome. sources. The County is not obliged to be in the Emergency Measures able to withdraw. The provin­ cial authorities stress the im­ portance of protecting the general public even though ■the public may be very re­ luctant to accept the pro­ gram. “In order that we may re­ ceive frill subsidy for the pro­ gram, we must adhere to the’ rules and regulations as set forth by Federal and Provin­ cial authoritiles'?’ $5.00 Per Year—12 Cents Per Copy—12 Pages Cutting St. James1 WA Anniversary Cake The finale to the 75th anniversary of St. James’,' Middleton, Women’s Auxiliary last Friday afternoon was the cutting of the, pink and white anni­ versary cake during the tea hour. Rev'. E. ,J....B,'Harrison, rector of St. James’ and Trinity Anglican Churches, assists Mrs. Fred Middleton, a past president and life member of the WA; watching is Mrs. William Wise, senior member of St. James’ WA, and Mrs. Don Middleton, president of this 75th anniversary year of St. James’WA. (See story by Mrs. Stewart Middleton and additional pictures on page five this issue. (News-Record Photo) CLINTON C. of C. TO MEET NEXT TUESDAY Antoine “Red” Garon, president of Clinton and Dis­ trict Chamber ■ of Commerce, reports that the Chamber will hold a general meeting in the Clinton town hall on Tues­ day, June 28 at 8 p.m. I • Purpose of the meeting is to discuss the pros arid cons ■of the parking meter question which will come up at the . July 12 town council meeting. Also up for discussion will be ways and means of promot­ ing Clinton at the Interna­ tional Plowing Match to be held near Seaforth during October. Mr. Garon stated that there must be a good representa­ tion of members at this meet­ ing to discuss these two im­ portant' items 'if the C of C Js to survive. The Weather 1966 1965 High Low High Low June 15 68'53 67 47 16 64 49 64 49 17 66 45 70 61 18 62 43’70 41 19 80 49 79 43 20 79 61 84 49 21 79 55 78 56 Rain:.23”Rain .24” (By R. S. ATKEY) GODERICH — Orvai M. Jantzi, Zurich, has been ap­ pointed assistant superintendent of “Huronview”,, the Huron County Home at Clinton, it was reported 'by the Board of Man­ agement, Reeve Ernest Snell, East Wawanosh, chairman to Huron County Council. Mr. Jantzi was introduced to County Council by Harvey C. Johnston, superintendent of “Huronview’’, who spoke in glowing terms of the new ap1- pointee. Mr. Jantzzi said he was happy to accept the challenge presented,‘“‘anid felt that his pre­ vious experience and qualifica­ tions should be of value in fill­ ing the position. ■ The superintendent informed Council that there are 231 guests at “Huronview” at the present time, made up of 97 male and 134 female, with ad­ missions siricei January 1. Youngest person is 37 years of age’and oldest is 93, with an •average of 80.4 years. Reeve Snell reported: “The Board felt the' advisability of engaging an assistant superin­ tendent should be c’onsidei'ed. We realized Mir. Johnston has a heavy load to carry and this will increase with the new wing in operation. Furthermore, 'Mr. Johnston is nearing retirement age and we felt this would be an opportune time to consider such a move. , “We advertised in the local papers, The London Free Press, and The Globe and Mail, and received 25 replies. We called in five of the applicants, four of whom appeared. “Subject to the approval of the Department of Public Wel­ fare, we have engaged Orvai M. Jantzi, Zurich, to be assistant superintendent, commencing as soon ais' possible, at a salary of $5,000 per 'annum. With Mr. Jantzi’s qualifications, we feel he will be well suited to the job and he has been so employed on (Continued on page 7) MERCHANTS TO MEET TO-NIGHT Clinton Retail Merchants Committee has called a meet­ ing for tonight (Thursday, June 23) in the town hall, to discuss lioms of business, main street parking and bus­ iness promotions. All mer­ chants are welcome. Meeting time is 8:30. CFB Commander Outlines Base Future “Integration of the Canadian Arimied Forces is- ahead of ex­ pectations in some areas, and integration is - going to work out”, Group Captain K. R. Greenaway, base commander of Canadian Forces Base Clinton, said Saturday evening. Mb. Greenaway Was speaking to the officers of CFB, honor­ ary members, district municipal officials and members of the press, attending a civic bight dinner in the officer's mess. ' Prior to the dinner a. number of the guests Were conducted on an hour’s tour of the base arid its training facilities. A New Antenna at CFB Clinton for Radar Training See Story on Page Two On April 1 this year the new base structure under the Can­ adian Forces ‘came into' force at Clinton. It took only 15 min­ utes, the base commander said, to' integrate the Service Corps (Army) at Clinton, into the new set-up. Mr; Greenaway dwelt briefly on training cbmltnandi under Air VicO Marshal Shai'lpe, with, headquarters at Winnipeg, Man. There are nearly 100 sctools hi training command. 2,000 Graduates During the year—■April 1965 to March'1966—training schools at the Clin tori base turned out over 2,000 graduates. These wore 1,350 from, all phases of training at R & OS, 515 from. School of Instructional .Tech­ nique and 160 from School of Food Services. The base commander said the commitments for the present year are about the Same. “We are not using Clinton base training facilities to their full extent,” Mr. Greenaway said, “and'Studies are still being car­ ried out,” he add'ed. He said training command is slbudying faci'lities here regarding re­ location of Central Officers School from Centralia to Glm- ton. Based on 1,000 personnel *— which is the' present number of armed service persons at Clin­ ton—it cost $441,800 a month to operate the Clinton base, iri the past year. The group captain praised ■his training staff. When he said there was less tilan 15 per cent Mures iri courses at Clinton base last year. The average age of trainees at Clinton is years. Then he; added, “Our interests here ate to pro- (Continued on page 7) District Officials Attend Civic Night At CFB Clinton Last Saturday flight, Civic Night was held ifl the Officers’ Mess at CFB Clinton. Amongst those attending were left to right, Elgin Thompson, Reeve, Tuckersmith Township; James Haytei’, ReeVe, Ste­ phen Township; Mrs. Minnie Noakes, Reeve, Hen- Sail; Duff Thompson, Reeve, Clinton; Flight Lieu­ tenant G. ft. Smith, Mayor, Adastral Park; Robert McKinley,, Zurich, MP Huron; Ken Stewart, Reeve, McKillop Township and Warden Cf Huron County; Ernie Talbot, Reeve, Stanley Township; Group Cup- tain K. R. Greenaway, Base Commander, CFB Clinton; John Flannery, Mayor, Seaforth; Don Sy­ mons, Mayor, Clinton; Frank McFadden, Reeve, Bayfield, and Squadron Leader E. McCoflfldL president, Mess Committee. ' (Canadian Forces Photo)