HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-06-23, Page 1Engineer Preparing New Centre Plans
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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-
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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
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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
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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. • ' •?
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Huron County Remains
In Emergency Measures
(By R. S. ATKE1)
GODERICH — Turon
County . officially remains
within the Emergency Meas
ures Organization but Cliunty
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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.
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• 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
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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-
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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)