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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-08-11, Page 1v I THE NEW ERA — 10Oth Year 4 THE HURON RECORD 84th Year No. 32 — The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1966 $5.00 Per Year — l?c Per Copy *— 8 Pages 25 Years Of Radar Canadian Forces Bas'e Clin­ ton w/j/ll be the scene of the 25th anniversary of military ra­ dar training in Canada—where it started—this September. Defence Minister Hellyer is scheduled to speak at a dinner of former commanding officers of OFB Clinton on September 15. Surviving members of the first class of Canadians who gradu­ ated from the radar school in Septemlbei- 1941, are being in­ vited to return the base for various functions during the week of September 12 to 17. Many from tire first course of Canadian stayed at the school as instructors. Now. they are scattered around the world. Many of them have been back to ‘the 'Clinton base on refresh­ er courses and advanced radar training; • The Clinton radar school was opened by the RAF July 20, 1941. It was established in Canada because of the secrecy with which radio direction find­ ing was cloaked. The first course was compos­ ed1 of U.S'. Navy' and Marine personnel. Between September 15, 1941, and the end of the Second World Wai’ 5,750 Cana­ dians and 2.325 Americans grad­ uated from the school. It was taken over by the RCAF inz 1943 and became a permanent RCAF station in 1945. Besides the radlair and communications school, Cana­ dian Forces Base Clinton now consists of the school of food courses, established in 1954, and the school of instructional technique, established May 1962. Sergeant Receives Incentive Award At a special ceremony recently. Group Captain K. R. Greenaway, Base Commander, CFB Clinton, presented Sergeant F. J. P. Cote with a certificate and cheque for his suggestion to improve part of a Student Study Manual at the Radar and Communications School. His suggestion concerned soldering and wiring techniques. The award is given for practical /ideas that effect econo­ mies or improve the operation of a government department. Shown here are, left to right, Squadron Leader S. Dukes, Acting Officer Commanding R & CS, Sgt. Cote, G/C Greenaway, and Squadron Leader M. W. Garnett, the Base Technical Services Officer. (CFB Clinton Photo) Next Bingo August 22 Snowball Worth $1,079.75 Winners At Clinton Bingo -o- dinton town council, meet­ ing Monday, authorized $20,710 in* building permits to eight per­ sons, including two residences. These were presented , by Deputy-Reeve George Wonch. The house permits were is­ sued to Fred Huidlie for a $10,000 house and to' H. McKay for a $9,000 home. Other permits were: George Cox, sunporch, $350; James East, moving building, $135; Dr. L. P. Walden, porch, $800; Harvey Carter, basement at house, $300 and Co-op Insur­ ance office on -King -Street, a sign, $125. -----------o----------- The Weather 1966 High Low 1965 High Low Aug. 3 70 47 66 47 4 77 49 69 55 5 82 56 68 48 6 83 57 91 63 7 85 58 82 64 8 86 59 82 68 9 73 57 77 65 Rain:.35”Rain:.57” After a shaky start in thelir series of eight major bingos, the service blubs' of Clinton are now beginning to show a profit. At the fifth bingo on Monday night, the share - the - wealth snowball bingo which started ajs a $500 bingo on June 13, was worth $906 and should have been Won in 54 calls, did not v-----------—_;------------------------— Land Use Tour In Huron Next Wednesday All 4-H Corn Club members and others interested in soils, will take part in a land judging competition in the Dondesborb area on Wednesday, August 17. After registration at 10:00 a.m. in the Lond'esboro Hall, J. P. Fish,, Soils and Crops' Spec­ ialist for Huron and K. Mus- olpw, Field Officer, Maitland River Valley Conservation Au­ thority, will provide the instruc­ tion on a road tour of the area. They will! comment on the vari­ ous .sioils as to their suitability and limitations for different cropping practices and kinds of crops. Following lunch, contestants will place a number of different soil profiles in their order of preference for the growing of different kinds of chops. Prizes' will be awarded to the winners at the conclusion of the reasons for- placing by con­ testants and the official reasons by Mr. Fish. find a winner. The over-400 people present purchased $347.- 50 on 'the: share-the-wealth part of the snowball and half this amount ($173.75) will be added to the August 22 snow­ ball, making it woaith $1,079.75. This must be won in 55 oi’ under calls. Mrs. W. Goddard, Goderich, won th'e share-the-wealth part of the snowball and received $173.75. Winner of the .$500 bingo special was Wally Tienkamp. Mrs. Clarke1, Clinton and Mrs. D. E. Glliddon each, won $5.00 door prizes. . Mrs. Ken McNaiirn, Clinton, won one -of the1 regular share- tihe-wealth games, worth $124.- 25, 'and Mrs. Don McDougall, Goderich, won the other share- the-wealth and received. $116.50. Winners of regular bingos, worth $30, were: Ed Little1, Hens all; Ed Worm, Exeter; Mrs. Doug Jones, Bracefield; Mrs. Spencer Irvine, Bayfield; Clinton Student Home From Camp .Miss -Pat Ball, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Clark Ball, RR 1, Clinton, has returned home fol­ lowing two weeks instruction at the Ontario Athletic Leadership Camp, at Longford Mills. Pat has resumed duties as a lifeguard and instructor at the Clinton Community Swimming- Pool. Miss Ball was selected for the leadtership training course by the staff of CHS'S. Wesley-Willis UCW Adopts Korean Boy The United Church Women of Wesley-Wallis United Church, Clinton, have fihahcially “a- dopted” Chun Yung Shik, a ten- year-old Korean boy, ‘through Foster Parents’ Plan, P.O. BOX 65, Station “B”, Montreal. The “adoption” -is financial, not legal, and costs $16 a month for a minimum of one year. Upon receipt of the, first pay­ ment the Foster Parent re­ ceives a photo-graph and case history of the child. Every month the child whites to- his “Dear Foster Parent” and the Foster Parent writes to the child. The original and a trans­ lation aTe forwarded each time through the Plan’s offices. Be­ fore long there is a warm per­ sonal relationship. The child wants to know all about the Foster Parent — his family, his community and his country. For $16 an individual Or groilp can support ia child for a month. This sum provides a monthly Cash grant of half the total amount, new clothing, household equipment, complete medical cate and education. Every Foster Child must attend school and education is seldom free in the impoverished coun­ tries where PLAN works. In the past 29 years Foster Parents’ Plan has graduated 84,000 children, a small army of educated responsible citizens of their countries, loyal friendis Of ours. Foster Parents’ Plan isanon- sectahiian, non-profit, non-prbpa- ganda. independent, govern­ ment - approved organization.. PLAN has no profesSstanial fund­ raisers and its financial state­ ment is mailed wliith pride to anyone who asks for it. Child­ ren may be selected according to age, sex and nationality. For CHUN YUNG SHIK information write to Foster Parents’ Plan, P.O. Box 65, Station “B”, Mohtreial. Mrs.’Percy Livermore, secre­ tary of Wesley-Willis UCW, re­ ceived the .following letter from the Foster Parents’ Plan about Ohun Yung Shik, who was bom on January 27, 1956: “Yung Sihlik’s family stayed in Seoul throughout the worst off the terrible days of the Korean War. The father worked hard as a day labourer 'to - provide for his family’s needs. When he fell ill he could not manage to work the long hours - he had managed before and the family was nearly destitute. The father grew increasingly depressed1 and one day disappeared. Search has revealed no trace, end there has never been word of him. “The mother tried to be the mainstay of the family. When the plight‘Of the family was made known to PLAN, aid was extended, contrary to our cus­ tom, to both Tung Shik and his 'brother, Yung Chin —-• thelir need was very desperate. Yung Shiik’s kind Foster Parent can. no longer sponsor him. Your own timely “adoption” assures the continuation of all benefits, Still sorely needed. “The Chun family .of jsix boys and ohd girl, lives in a wretched (Continued Oh page 5) Harry Thompson, Clinton; Mbs. William Edgar, Clinton; Mrs. Keith Good, Goderich, Mrs, Clarence Reid,- Hensail; Nellie Burkholder, Blyith and Jim Watson, Seaforth. • Those who split $30 regular bingos were: Mrs. Mattson, Hensall and Gloria GlanviUe, Seaforth; Hilda Harkes, Clinton and Mark Tienkamp, Clinton. A group of nine persons split one regular bingo; five persons won another ’and four -persons had to split another. The next bingo in support of the Clinton and District Com­ munity Centre . Centennial Fund will be Monday, August 22 when /the snowball will be worth $1,079.75 but must be won in 55 calls. The $500 bingo and 15 regular bingos for $30 each; plus two other share-the- wealths, . bring the total amount that-could be.paid out on that date to nearly $2,400. Varna-Brucefield Road To Be Reconstructed Ontario Highways Minister Charles S. MacNau'ghton, (MLA for Hurbn) has announced that he has. designated as develop­ ment roads for pre-engineering, two sections of county road mileage in Huron, One is ithe section of County Road No. 12 from Egmondville along the' main street of Sea­ forth as far as Goderich Street in that town. - The other is that part of County Road No. 3 between Varna and1 Bnucetield. Mr. MacNaughton advised •that this action has been taken as a result of the recently-com­ pleted county needs study car­ ried out by Huron County and ■is in keeping with the financial arrangements emanating from the findings of that exhaustive study. The minister stated further that the designation for pre-en­ gineering in Egmondville and in tlie town of Seaforth has been made to provide for the recon­ struction of this street by the ■ county following the installation of sewers by the1 town of Sea­ forth as part of .that town’s major sewer construction pro­ gram. Under the direct aid program of the Department of High­ ways, associate d wlith the coun­ ty road needs study, all. pre-en­ gineering 'and eligible physical construction costs are borne by the department. -----------0----------1x Huron County Crop Report Don S. Pullen, associate ag­ ricultural representative, .is­ sues the following crop report for Huron County: “The harvesting of oats and barley is. progressing at full ■speed in /the county. Reports .indicate /that yields are1 slight­ ly below average as a result of the prolonged dry spell. “Most field crops' are suf­ fering. for a want of moisture. Pastures continue to dry up ■ because of the dry weather. Many dairy farmers have had to increase supplemental feeding in order to maintain , .milkflaw. “Soil moisture appears to be more abundant in south Huron than in other areas of - the County.” Town Council In Action Clinton Mayor Pon Symons, who returned on the weekend from a motoring and 'camping trip to the. east coast, was not just on holidays, During Tuesday night’s res’- ular council meeting he refer­ red to various things he had observed in other towns which could (apply to Clinton. Ope of these was the good water which Wb have here, compared to other /areas. Traffic lights, signs, town promotion and pub­ lic relations were, other things he commented on. To Buy Old Post Office Council received an agree­ ment form from Crown As’sets Disposal Corporation for the purchase of the former post of­ fice on Victoria and King Streets. Council will purchase tire property for $4,700 with one-third., of the .price to be submitted with the agreement fo purchase and the balance over ia three-year period. No plans or. suggestions for the building were brought out at the meeting. Councillor Norman Livermore inquired about cutting of grass and weeds at -the old post of­ fice; he said, - ‘Now that We own the property, we should have weeds and grass cut.” It was decided at last month’s meeting to have Doug MacDonald, who cuts grass at Library Bark, also do the V in front of the post office. Council didn’t know Whether this had been done. Request For stoM Work Huron Co-operative Medical Services requested by letter, ■that council reptor a depression in the road in front of their CFB Clinton Administration Officer Now S/L; Posted To Goose Bay Canadian Force’s Headquar­ ters recently announced the promotion .of Flight Lieuten­ ant W. A. “Bud” Longley, C.D., to the rank of Squadron Leader. -S/L Longley has beenr the Personnel Administration Officer at Canadian Forces ■Base Clinton for the past three years; He will soon leave for CFB Goose B'ay, Labrador, where he will as­ sume the duties of Chief Ad­ ministrative Officer. S/L Longley joined the •RCAF in 1943 and trained as a wireless' air gunner. Dur­ ing the war he served on the east coast and also in Nor­ thern Ireland. At the end of the war he was transferred to Air Transport Command and during the critical days of the Berlin airlift flew a number of missions bringing badly needed supplies to the be- leaiugered1 dity. Since the war, S/L Longley has attended a number of courses given by the RCAF— the School of. Instructional Technique, Junior Officer Ad- S/L "BUD" LONGLEY ministration Course, the Joint Atomic Biological and Chemi­ cal Warfare Course. Before OFB Clinton, he has been sta­ tioned at North Bay and Cen­ tralia. Students Can Earn While Learning, Program 5's Retraining Courses Architects Appointed For Regional School of Nursing; To Build in 1967 At a meeting of the building committee of the Perth-Huron Regional School of Nursing, Kyles, KyH.es and Ganratt, archi­ tects, of Stratford and Hamil­ ton, were appointed architects for- the 180 student-nurse resi­ dence and school to be built on a hospital site to be selected at a later date. When it reaches its full potential the school will have a yearly class of 90 stu­ dents. It is expe'eted that plans will be completed in time for build­ ing to start in the fall of 1967, With the school to be ready for its' .first'class in the fall of 1968. This is one of 23 sucn schools proposed by Dr. Matthew Dy­ mond, Provincial Minister of Health, last year. It is hoped that these schools will enable ■the Province of Ontario to in­ crease the present number of approximately 2,500 graduating nurses per year, to 5,000 per year by 1971. The Regional School will use the clinical facilities of the hos­ pitals in Stratford', Clinton, Ex- Correction! Centra! School In last week’s issue we erred in reporting that “approximat­ ely 57” students will be attend­ ing the Tuclcersmith-Stanlby Centennial Central School near Brucefield when lit opens early next year. The figure should have been “approximately 575”. The school is administered by Huron County School-Area One board. Also on new schools, the con­ tractors of the new public school at Blyth, MOnteith-Mc- Guath Ltd., Waterloo informed us yesterday that they are two Weeks ahead Of schedule on the Blyth Project, The school is schedualed for completion in November. This As the same company that is building the addition to Huronview, south of Clinton. eter, Goderich, Listowel, Sea­ forth and St. Marys. The members of the Building Committee are: Mr. L. C. Web­ ster, (Chairman), S tratford; Mr. J. L. Carter, St. Marys; Mr. Worn. Dennis, Seaforth;; Mr. G. O. Dickinson, Stratford; Mr. W. Gerth, Milverton; Mr. G. Leith, Listowel; Dr. J. E. Pyper, Stratford; Mr. R. W. Watler, Stratford; and Mr. J. L; Bate­ man, (Secretary), Stratford. -----------o----------- Hootenanny-Type Mass Held At CFB Church Last Monday evening a Hoot­ enanny Mass was held at St. Paul’s Catholic Church, CFB Clinton, by Rev. Father L. Lunney. The Mass, the first of its. kind tin the area, wlas an at­ tempt to adapt the standard mass procedure to the interests of a modem teenager. The em­ phasis wlas on singing; popular folk tunes, however, with the word's revised for Religious use,. replaces the standard hymns. Guitars accompanied the congregation instead of the tra­ ditional organ. An important part of the service was the offetatory pro- cesslion. A number of teenagers presented gifts •— records, a book, a Softball and glove in ad­ dition to bread and wine *— to Father Lunney, symbolizing the giving of themselves to Him. In addition to a large humbeiT of Base personnel and their de­ pendents, a group of student nurses from St, Joseph’s Hos­ pital in London attended the seirvice. They provided excelled! leadership.W the congregation dilrinig the singing. The Ontario Department of Education has announced the new schedule for training allow­ ances for students registered on Program 5’s' retraining pro­ gram. It took effect on Monday, August 8th. Every person properly regis­ tered on Program 5 will receive a basic ralte of $7.00 per night of attendance in school. If the trainee has dependents he or she will receive the fol­ lowing amounts in addition to the basic allowance of $7.00; one dependent, $4.00'per train­ ing night; two dependents, $6.00 per trainling night;’ three or more dependents, $8.00 per training nlilght. This means if a trainee has a wife and two children depend­ ent on him’, he will receive $15.00 per night. If a trainee lives over 15 miles' from Stratford and moves into Stratford to take the course he will be paid extra allowances on top of the basic allowance as follows: no de­ pendents, $1.00 per training night; one or more dependents, $3.00 -per training night. The maximum, amount a stu­ dent will be entitled to is one Who1 is married With, two child­ ren, whose wife does not make .over $1,000.00 per year' and, who lives lin Dublin or further but who moves 'into1 Stratford to take the course. He will be en­ titled to $7.00 basic plus $8.00 for having three or more de­ pendents, plus $3.00 for moving oyer 15 miles which, would to- tal up to $18.00 per training night or $90.00 per week. Anyone who is unemployed for any ‘reason, oven'' the age off 16 and has ibeen out of the nor­ mal school system may apply at their nearest N.E.S. office for a course on Program 5. Ne/w ’ courses will commence to the Stratford Northwestern School on September 12, 1966. This program is sponsored .jointly by the Federal and Pro­ vincial governments and is maintained locally by the Board of Education in Stratford through the Vocational Advis­ ory Committee. Mr. C. L. Searcy is the Co-ordinator. office at 82 Albert Street, 'Lhfe was caused when the PUC put in a larger water line a couple of years ago- Public Works chairman Jim Armstrong will consult , the Department of Highways to see who is respon­ sible for this work. Town Dump A letter from Eli Galachiuk, James Street, asked that 'the town dump in Hullett Town­ ship be open to the public on certain days. This request brought much discussion. Councillor Cameron Proctor went over many clauses in the garbage bylaw which came into force this year. It was strongly advised that persons with extra garbage should contact garbage collect­ or Clarence Nellans, who will take away this extra, refuse at so much a load. Coun. Proctox’ thought the dump could be .open a Wednes­ day or Saturday afternoon an September, to get rid of early fall refuse. He stressed that the dump is under control of the garbage collector. Tourist Council A letter from Mid Western Ontario Development Associa­ tion requested the town, as a member, appoint two, delegates to the Mid Western Regional Tourist Council. Coun. Gordon Lawson and Royce Macaulay are Clinton’s representatives on WO DA, wihlich includes the counties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and Wellington. ■ Here again. 'Mayor Symons spoke of his eastern trip. He claimed they spent money in every community where they stopped. When he inquired, “Are we doing anything for tourists?- or are we too far in­ land?”, Coun. Proctor answer­ ed “Nothing.” The mayor sug­ gested a good1 man as Clinton's representative on tourist coun­ cil; he will contact this person and try to come up with an­ other representative. Reeve Duff Thompson said the people who would benefit most from tourists is the cham­ ber of commerce, or a like group. He informed council that four signs had recently been erected1 on the four high­ way entrances to Clinton. Coun. Proctor spoke of the 'apparent lackadaisical attitude of many Clinton people, then he asked, “How can we snap our people out of this mood?” Deputy Reeve George Wonch claimed we had as much poten­ tial here in Clinton as any place ■and we should be represented by two good men. Taxi Parking Council granted William Whid- d'en two parking spaces on tlie west side of Isaac S.treet in front of Bill’s Taxi. The oper­ ator is1 responsible for his own no parking signs. Radar On Trial Mayor Don Symons of tlie police committee, reported that a traffic radar unit was now in use by Clinton Police Force. The unit is on a trial basis. Police Corporal LeRoy Oesch who came into the council meeting, offered to-make signs “radar in operation” and have them placed at town limits. Per­ mission must ’be” secured from the Department of Highways. He informed council that the (Continued on page 8) One of "Master Baird’s" Last* Classes Ed. Diehly who lives at 358 James Street, Clinton, sent us this prized smp- * shot postcard of part of the pupils attending SS 1 Stanley (Baird’s School) in 1909. The picture was taken by Albert Livermore, formerly of Clinton, /the year previous to “Master” George Baird’s retirement. Mr. Baird had taught from 1861 to 1910r A history of Baird’s School was published in the July 28 issue of this newspaper* Shown in the above photo are, front row, left to right, Clara Potter, Ann Stewart, Winnie Jervis, Aggie Glen, Kate McGregor* James Mc­ Farlane, Frank McGregor, Leslie Pearson, Ross Taylor and James McGee; back row* left to right, Mary MacDougal, Lizzie Taylor, Abbie Glen, Will McGregor, Neil Sparks, Ed Diehl, Gregor McGregor* Leslie Hanley and teacher “Master” George Baird* The School will dose in December (this year and present pupils will attend the Tuckersmith-Stanley Central School at Brucef ield. Former pupils Of Baird’s School are planning a big reunion oil Saturday* August 27 at the school.