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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-06-30, Page 1■I! I] /. ,D CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1966 rr Holmesville Local Farmers' Union Have Held Two Special Meetings If THE HURON RECORD 84th Yeqr ~T Retail Merchants Wesley-Willis Church Honours Departing Minister silver dollar 'presented to him; Mrs. Park receiving the $300 cash gift from Robert N, Irwin, church treasurer, and Mait Edgar, clerk of the session. Mr. Park’s replacement, Rev. Andrew J. Mowatt, who is retiring as a Royal Canadian Navy chaplain, will ■be inducted into the Wesley-Willis Holmesville charge on Sunday, July 31. (News-Record Photo) On, Monday (evening the congregation of Wesley- . Willis United Church presented its minister for . the past five years with a $300 gift. Rev. and Mrs. C. G. Park are retiring to Byron where Mr, Park will have pastoral responsibilities at Glendale United Church. Shown here at the reception in the base­ ment of Wesley-Willis are, left to right, William R. Hearn, recording steward; Rev, Park, holding a Clinton Service Clubs Second Bingo Winners The snowball' bingo in Clin- \ton Lions Arena on Monday ■ -'evening was not won in toe 51 calls, so" the next bingo on Monday, July 11 will be worth $661.70. This was 'the second in a . sienes .of eight major1' bingos,, sponsored by the 'service' club’s of Clinton in aid of -Clinton and District Community Centre Centennial Fund. The sponsor­ ing clubs, are Clinton Legion Branch, Clinton. 'Lions Club, * Clinton Kinsmen Club and Huron Fish and Game Conser­ vation Association. On Monday night, $1,172.75 Was paid out an prize mbney, but' the crowd was not b'ig enough to cover'the expenses:. The games included 15 games for a $30 prize each; two door prizes worth. $5 each; two share-the-wealth. bingos ’ at $67.30 and; $65.25; a major; bingo for $500 which’was split, two Ways; and the' snowball Sh'are^the'-weaith ■ bingo worth $581,50 which, was not won, in the ‘advertised 51 calls, so half the share-ithe-wealtih ($80.20,) was paid out and1 the qtiher half is added to the July 11 snowball making at worth $661.70 in 52 numbers called. Mrs. H, Johnston won the $80.20 in the snowball share- the-wealth bingo. , (Continued on Page Teri) At Monday’s: meeting of Clin­ ton branch of the Royal Caoia- di'an Legion, the 22 members present - voted to discontinue regular meetings during July and August. The executive was authorized to db such business as was necessary during the summer. Also the two meeting nights, July 25 and August 22 have already been reserved by the service clubs of Clinton, for; major -ibingos - for the dew cbm- rriunity1'centre? '& . • The small attendance also authorized (that $500 be paid i on the Legion hall mortgage. Most of this amount was real­ ized* from the branch’s ctaive- in bongo- ion May 17. Approximately $150 profit from a recent stag night at the Legion will be turned over to Clinton and District Cenotaph Fund. © I IV* Vf ■ Il’IyU The Legion will have the plaques that were taken.:off the. old' post office building, erected outside the front doors? of the Legion hall. Wiinners of the regular draw prizes were:' Wi'Ri-am ■ .Mutch, $30; Robert Morgan, $15 and Gordon Jenkins, $5. The mon­ thly draws will be made^at ex­ ecutive meetings during July and August and announced in the monthly bulletins. to* ■Harold’ Black, ''’’s’pdHS'b'dhair- man, announced that -branch match play -golf is underway, and that September 18 is the date of the annual fall golf tourney at Grand Bend. He re­ ported on a District “C” sports meeting • at Exeter on June 18 when only 14 out of the 57 branches were represented. He was the only one attending from Clinton branch. Itolmesyille local of the On»‘ tario*- Farmers’ Union has held two special, meetings recently in support of the tractor dem­ onstrations objecting to milk prices in Ontario, - . A Goderich Township memb­ er of ithe OFU, Mrs. Helen Rathwell submits the following report: * “While haying operations iri many counties have caused a slowdown in tractor demonstra­ tions, 'the fartmers- are by no means lulled into complacency by the clatter of their "mowers, '-At a second special .moot­ ing at Holmesville on Monday, June 27, district farmers freely discussed thelir continuing dis­ satisfaction with recent events in the agricultural business. “Reports of demonstrations held in Dublin, Ashfield and Goderich Townships were given by representatives from these areas. Dublin-area farmers 'de­ monstrated '.twice and slowed traffic on 'three roads using over 80 tractors.. Goderich Township had more than 30 ooi Highway 8 and Ashfield farm­ ers demonstrated on Highways 21. and 8 on two different oc­ casions. Complete co-operation between OPP and farmers was evident at all tipies. . . “It was observed that' the small business man is in a. posi­ tion similar to the small fam­ ily farmer, as both are caught in the cost price squeeze; being victims of the large business concerns who are able, through' their great buying power, to control, and in some cases dic­ tate the prices they pay to the processors or producers. In this ease it is the consumers who- pay the price which may bear no relationship to the price paid to producer. “Great favour was felt for a province-wide demonstration to take place simultaneously on an undisclosed date'. The impact of such a demonstration^would clearly point out the'great need fq|t. for a general farm policy. “While the milk problem has. peen more fully discussed, it is by no- meaps teie only farm pro­ duct recognized by the Ontario Farmers’ Union, as was brought out if -the brief presented in April at Queens Park. “The farmer finds it difficult to get the true facts concern­ ing his desperate situation across, to ithe urban dweller through the media, available to him.” Friday Holiday At Post Office On Dominion Day, Friday, July 1, there will be no wicket service or rural mail delivery at Clinton Post Office. The lock-box lobby at the post of­ fice will be open from 4 to 8 p.m. for those with boxes. Mails arriving 'at 5:30 p.m. will be sorted and outgoing mails will be despatched at 6:45 .and 8:30 p.m. There is an outside drop-in mail box and stamp dispenser outside , the north door of the post office. Reject Meters Fifteen, Clinton merchants at meeting in this council cham-a bens last Thursday evening., sent a resolution to town coun­ cil that they' do . not favour parking meters in the town. The meattag was eddied by the Ret-alil Merchants Commit­ tee, of which Robert N. Irwin is president; Harold Swan, vice- president and R. B, Campbell, secretary-• The committee had received a letter from council asking their views on meters. A resolution by Harold Swan and Grant Irwin, read, in part, “That .the retail merchants dp not favour parking meters, but that we request council to en­ force 'the existing two-hour parking by-law for a trial per­ iod”. It was agreed that the twq- hour parking by-law was not a strict law, but it would keep the consistent all-day parkers off main 'street. Another motion pertaining to Friday holidays was passed. When a holiday (such as July 1 this year and Good Fridays) are holidays, stores wlill remain 1 . • open on the ’ Thursday evening, The meeting authorized’ the secretary to contact merchant groups or businessmen commit­ tees, 'in t Goderich, Seaforth, Blyith. and' Exeter and get their ideas- on all-day Monday clos­ ing instead iof the present half day on Wednesday. ‘ It was announced that most- towns north of here are, now closed- Monday. One merchant said that if Clinton closed Mon­ days, Biyth stores would do likewise immediately. The vil­ lage Qif Hensail "has had Mon­ day holidays for some years. Soimie 'time was-spent talking about business promotions. Going To India As Missionaries Mir. andl Mrs. Fred Man­ nings ; and family left Clinton on Tuesday for New York. They will leave New York on July 4 to return'to the mission field in India aftef a two-year fur­ lough ‘spent in. this area. Grade Eight Graduates L '. o 'to' i' '1 Top Students at Clinton Publie School Awards were presented at the' Grade 8 . gradua­ tion of Clinton Public School, Tuesday evening, in the school gymnasium. Shown here are, left to- right, Wayne Gornall, who received the George H. Jefferson Memorial proficiency award for Grade 8, from teacher Mrs. D. Ball; Julia Walden, Grade 8 public Speaking winner, and Glenn Irwin, who received the Grade 7 proficiency award from Roy Wheeler, chairman of the Home and School Assoc­ iation, (News-Record Photo) Judy Finley, daughter of Mr; and Mrs. William Finley; gave the valedictory address at the graduation of grade eight in Clinton Public Schoo! gymnias- ium Tuesday evening. Over 40 graduation- certific­ ates were presented to grade eight graduates by school board chairman Robert N. Irwin. Special awards and sports tro­ phies were also 'gtiiven out. The 'gym was full of parents, teachers and friends, of the grads. The complete public school promotion list will be published next week. 'Principal Bead; Gray was chairman and public school in­ spector J. W. Coulter, Gode­ rich, spoke to the graduating class. Wayne Gornall was presented with the gradb eight proficiency award and the George H. Jef­ ferson memorial award by tea­ cher Mrs. R. Ball. The grade seven proficiency award went to Glenn Irwin and was pre­ sented by Roy Wheeler, of the j ■xAiiSbi B aton ' V.*3 $ Home and/Slchool Association. Julia Walden: was presented with a trophy as the top public speaker -in .the school. She went on to compete in Legion public speaking competitions. Sports (trophies were present­ ed by Inspector Coulter and teacher Ron McKay. Winners Were: senior iboys, John Mc­ Pherson;. seriibr '’girls, Grace VanLoo; intermediate boiys, Greg Jervis; intermediate girls., Lynn Shoard; junior boys, Brian LangiSlle and junior girls, Cathy Oolquhoun. Miss LoisGrasby, the school’s music supervisor, led the grade eight choir in several numbers. Other musical numbers were by Robert Kay, guitar and Becky Howse, accordion. The grade eight pupils put on a square dance demonstration. Ladies of the Home and School Association served lunch to the grads and parents. --------!--O-------- --- . Clinton Rose Show Friday, July 8 The annual rose show of the Clinton Citizens’ Horticultural Socieity wall be held on Friday, July 8, in the council chambers, Clinton, and will be open to the public that afternoon and even­ ing. Douglas H. Miles has offered a special prize of $5 for the best rose in the shew. This is an open show; anyone can compete and the society welcomes new exhibitors. The public is invited to attend and if possible to exhibit See page 3 for complete prize libt . —--------- --------—• The Weather 1968 High Low The ninth annual pitaac the Reid family was held at the Seialforibh. Lions Park on Sun­ day, June 26 with 57 in atten­ dance. Mrs. Ruth Canter and Mrs. Elsie Keys conducted a sports program. Silver dollars' were presented to the new babies of the year; they were the chil­ dren of Mr. and Mrs'. Bob El­ liott, Mr. and Mrs. George Can­ teflon 'and‘Mr. and' Mats'. Jack Mustard. Conveners for the 1967 picnic will be Mr. and Mrs. George Cantelon and1 Mr. and Mrs1. Gor­ don Hill. Mts. Francis Hunt Was asked to take charge of the book. . . Clinton Police Officers Assist Trucker . Cpl. Leroy Oesch, left, and Constable Albert Shaddick, of the town pol­ ice force, help John Craig Russell, 54, of RR 2 Granton, out of his overturned, truck on Victoria Street, Tuesday evening. Proceeding jnorth on Victoria Street, the gravel dump truck went through the lighted detour barricade opposite Vic­ toria Terrace'at 11:45 p.m. and overturned in the excavation for the recon­ structed street. Mr. Russell spent the night in Clinton Public Hospital. Lavis Contracting Co. Ltd. workmen righted the damaged truck and towed it away shortly after the accident. • ' Two members of the credit committee df Clinton Com­ munity Credit Union Limited, who are leaving Clinton, were honoured at a dinner in Elm Haven Motor Hotel dining room Tuesday evening. At­ tending were officers and members of the. credit com­ mittee • and their wives. Vice-president Hec Kings- Well was chairman of the dinner and president Antoine “Red” Garon also spoke. Torn Steep, administrator of Clinton Public Hospital, pre­ sently a director of the Cre­ dit Union and a member of the credit committee from 1952 to 1963, was presented with an engraved pen and pencil set by Art, Ball, a member of the board of dir­ ectors and secretary of the board. Mr. Steep is leaving to be­ come adhninistra/toir of the new tour counties hospital now being built near New­ bury in Middlesex County. The hospital will serve parts of Middlesex, Elgin, Kent and Lambton. Mir. Steep has served ‘ the credit - union since its incep­ tion. The other presentation was to Cpl. Mike Barton, a mem­ ber of the credit committee tor the past three years. He is going on an overseas post­ ing with the RCAF. Mr., Barton was presented with an engraved pocketbook by WO1 Jack Reid, also a member of 'the credit com­ mittee. Sports Champions at Clinton Public School Field day champions of Clinton Public School were presented with their tro­ phies at the Grade 8 graduation ahd awards night in the school gymnasium, Tuesday. Presentations were made by teacher Ron McKay and Inspector J. W. Coulter. From the left, Grace VanLoo, Senior girls champion; Greg. Jervis,, in* termediate boys; John McPherson, senior boys and Lynn Shoard, intermedia ate girls, (News-Record Photo) 1966 N6 Rain Departing Credit Union Officials Honoured From the left, Jack Reid presenting Mike Bar­ ton with an engraved pocketbook; Hec Kingswell, chairman of the dinner meeting; Tom Steep receiv- ihg an engraved pen and pencil set from Art Ball, secretary to the Credit Union Board of Directors. (News-Record Photo)