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Clinton News-Record, 1966-08-11, Page 2Clinton News-Record " THE NEW ERA — IOOth Year . THE HURON RECORD -^.84th Year • ... -rr - - ... ... _ . , .4 % No. 32 — The Home Paper With the News —- CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST" 11# 1966 — — - $5,00 Per Year ~ 12c Per Copy — 8 Pages Stn. Clinton To Mark 25 Years Of Radar Canadian Forces Base Clin­ ton wliil be the scene of the 25th anniversary of military ra­ dar training in Canada—whore it started—this September. Defence Minister Hellyer is scheduled to speak at a dinner of former commanding officers of CFB Clinton on September 15. Surviving members of the first class of Canadians who gradu­ ated from the radar school <in September 1941, are being in­ vited to return the base for various functions dluming the week of September 12 to 17. Many from the 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 Wais compos­ ed of U.S. Navy’ and Marine personnel. Between September 15, 1941, and the end of the Second World War 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 rad.hr and communications school, Cana­ dian Forces Base Clinton now consists of the school of food courses, established in 1954, and the school of insitructa'onal Varna-Brucefield Road To Be Reconstructed Town Council In Action // * part of between advised Clinton 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 Hudfe 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. -----------0----------- 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 Raiin:.35”Rain:.57” 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 After a shaky start in their series of eight major bingos, the service Clubs 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 AU 4-H Corn Club members and others interested in soils, Will take pant in a land judging competition in the LondesborO area on Wednesday, August 17. After registration at 10:0d a.m. in the Londesboro Hall, J. P. Fish,. Soils and-Crops Spec­ ialist for Huron and K. Mus- clow, Field Officer, Maitland River Valley Conservation Au­ thority, will provide the instruc­ tion on a road tour of the (area. They wliil comment on the vari­ ous (Soils as to their suitability and limitations for different cropping practices and lands 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 crops. 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 lit worth $1,079.75; This 'must be won ,in 55 or under calls. Mrs. W. Goddlard, Goderich, won the share-the-wealth pari of the snowball and received $173.75. .Winner of the .$500 bingo special was Wally Tienikamp. Mrs; Clarke, Clinton and Mrs. D. E. GUiddon each, won $5.00 door prizes. Mrs. Ken McNaurn, Clinton, Won one of the regular share- the-wealth games, worth $124.- 25, ’and Mrs. Don McDougall, Goderich, won the other share- the-wealth and received $116,50. Winners 0’f regular bingos, worth $30, were: Ed Little1, Hensall; Ed Worm,' Exeter; Mrs. Doug Jones, Brucefield; Mrs. Spencer Irvine, Bayfield; Harry Thompson, Clinton; Mrs. William Edgar, Clinton; Mrs. Keith Good, Goderich, Mrs; Clarence Relid,* Hensall; Nellie Burkholder, Blyth and Jim Watson, Seaforth. Those who spDit $30 regular bingos were: Mrs. Mattson, HensaU and Gloria Glanv’ille, Seaforth; Halda Harkes, Clinton and Mark Tlienkamp, 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 oult on that date to. nearly $2,400. CI in ton Student Home From Camp .Miss -Pat Bail, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 'Clark Bah, RR 1, Cllihton, has1 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 selected1 for the leadership training course •by the staff of CHS'S. Wesley-Willis UCW Adopts Korean Boy The United Church Women of W(Mey-WiMs United1 Church, Clinton, have financially “a- dopted” Chun Yung Shik, a ten- year-old1 Korean boy, through Foster Parents’ Plan, P.O. Box 65, Station “B”, Montreal. The “adoption” is financial, not legal, and costa $16 a month for a minimum of one year. Upon receipt of the,first pay­ ment the Foster Parent re­ ceives1 a photograph and case history of the child. Every month the child writes to his “Dear Foster Parent” and the Foster Parent writes to the child. The original and a trans­ lation are 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 group can support a child for a month. This sum provides a monthly cash grant of half the total amount, new clothing, hohsehoid equipment, complete medical care and education. Every Foster Child must attend school ahd education is Seldom free in thie impoverished coun­ tries where PLAN works. In the past 29 years Foster Patents’ Plan has graduated 84,000 children, a small army of educated responsible citizens of their countries, loyal friends of ours. Foster Parents’ Plan is a non­ sectarian, non-profit, non-propa- ganda, independent, govern­ ment - approved organization. PLAN has no professional fund­ raisers and its financial state­ ment is mailed with 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”, Montreal. Mrs.‘Percy Livermore, secre­ tary of Weisley-Willis UCW, re­ ceived the following letter from the Foster Parents’ Plan about Chun Yung Shik, who was born on January 27, 1956: “Yung Slhlik’s family stayed in Seoul throughout the worst of 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 hie could not manage to work the long hours -he had managed before and the family Was nearly destitute. The father grow increasingly depressed and one day disappeared. Search has revealed no trace, and 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 Yuhg Shik and his 'brother, Yung Ohan — their 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 .six boys and one girl, lives in a wretched (Continued on page 5) At a meeting of the building committee of the Perth-Huron Regional School of Nursing, Kyles, Kyles and Garratt, 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 expected 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 such schools proposed by Dr. Matthew Dy­ mond, Provincial Minister of Health, last year. It tils hoped that these schools will enable the Province- of Ontario1 to in­ crease the present number oif 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- In last week’s issue we erred in reporting that “approximat­ ely 57” students will be attend­ ing the Tuckersmith-Stanlby Oethiteilnial 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-iMc- Grath Ltd., Waterloo informed us yesterday that they are two weeks ahead of schedule Oh the Blyth Project. The school is schedualed for completion itt November. This is the same company that as building the addition to Huronview, south Of Clinton. Ontario Highways Minister Charles, (S, MaeNaughton, (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 (the section of County Road1 No. 12 from Egmondville along the' main street of Sea­ forth as far as Goderich Street in that town. • The other is that County Road No. 3 Varna and Brucefield. Mr. MaeNaughton 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 the town of Seaforth has been made to provide for the recon­ struction of this street by the county following the installation of Sewers by the 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, assodiated wlith the coun­ ty road needs study, all .pre-en- gineiering and eligible physical construction costs are borne by the department. -----------o Clinton Mayor Pon Symons, who returned on the weekend •from a motoring and camping trip to the east coast, was not just on holidays. Duripg Tuesday night’s reg­ ular council meeting he refer­ red to various things he had observed in other towns which could apply to Clinton. One of these was the good water which we 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 Asset's Disposal Corporation for the purchase of the former post of­ fice on Victoria and King Streets. Council will purchase the property for $4,700 with \ Huron County 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, are slight­ ly below average as a result of the prolonged dry spell. “Most field crops1 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 .milkflow. ' “Soil moisture appears to be more abundant in south Huron than in other areas of the County.” eiter, Goderich, Lis towel, Sea­ forth and St. Marys. The members of the Building Committee are: Mr. L. C. Web­ ster, (Chairman), Stratford; Mr. J. L. Carter, St. Marys; Mr. Wm. Dennis, Seaforth.; Mr. G. O. Dickinson, Stratford; Mr. W. Gerih, Milverton; Mr. G. Leith, Listowel; Dr. J. E.- Pyper, Stratford; Mr. R. W. Watleir, Strafford; and Mir. J. L, Bate­ man, (Secretary), Stratford1. -----------o----------- Hootenanny-Type At CFB Church Last Monday evening a Hoot­ enanny Mass was held at Sit. Paul’s Catholic Church, CFB Clinton, by Rev. Lunney. The Mass, the kind lin the area, Father first of was an L. its. at­ tempt to adapt the standard mass procedure to the interests Of a modem teenager. The em­ phasis was on singing; popular folk tunes, 'however, with the words revised for Religious use,. replaces tire standard hymns. Guitars accompanied’ the congregation instead of the tra­ ditional organ. An important part of the service was the offeratory pro- cesSton. A number- of teenagers presented gifts —1 records, a book, a Softball and glove in ad­ dition to bread and wino — to Father Lunney, symbolizing the giving of themselves fo Him. tn addition to a large number of Base personnel and their de­ pendents, a group of student nurses from St. Joseph’s tlos- pital in London attended the SOrVice. They provided excellent leadership for the congregation during the singing. one-third of the price to be submitted with the agreement to purchase and the balance over a three-year period. No plans or. suggestions for the building were brought out at the meeting. Councillor Norman Livermore a'nquired about cutting of grass and weeds at the odd 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 Park, also do- the V in front of the post office. Council didn’t know whether this had been done. Request For Work Huron Co-operative Medical Services requested by letter, •that council repair a depression in, the road in front of their CFB Clinton Administration Officer Now S/L; Posted To Goose Bay Canadian Forces 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 been1 the Personnel Administration Officer at Canadian Forces Base Clinton for the past three years1. He will soon leave for CFB Goose Bay, Laibtfador, 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- l'eiaugered dity. Since the war, S/L Longley has attended a number of courses1 given by the RCAF-— the School of Instructional tioned at North Bay and Ccn- Technique, Junior Officer Ad-' tralia. S/L "BUD" LONGLEY ministration Course, the Joint Atomic Biological and Chemi­ cal Warfare Course. Before1 CFB Clinton, he has been sta- Students Can Earn While Learning, Program 5's Retraining Courses 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 baric rate 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 trafin- ing night; two dependents, $6.00 per training night;1 three or more dependents, $8.00 per training nfflght. 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 wliil be paid extra allowances on top of the basic allowance 'as follows: no de­ pendents, $1.00 per framing night; one or more dependent's, $3.00 -per training night. The maximum amount a stu­ dent will be entitled to is one who is married with. two1 child­ ren, whose wife does not make over $1,000.00 per year and, who lives lin Dublin or further but who moves into' 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 $90.00 per week. . Anyone who is unemployed for any reason, over the age of 16 and has Ibeen out of the nor- , mal school system may apply at thear nearest N.E.S. office for a course on Program 5. New' courses will commence in the Stratford Northwestern School on September 12, 1966. This program is sponsored jointly by the Federal and Pro­ vincial governments and is maintained locally by the Board- of Education in Stratford through the Vocational Advis­ ory Committee. Mr. C. L. Searcy ijs the Co-ordinator. * office at 82 Albert Street. This was caused when the PUC put in a larger water line a couple of years ago. Public Works chairman Jim Armstrong will consult the Department of Highways to see who i$ respon­ sible for this work. , Town Dump A letter from Eli Galaohiuk, 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' oyer many clauses in the garbage- bylaw which came into force this year. It was strongly advised tha/t persons with extra garbage should contact garbage collect­ or Clarence Nellans, who will take away this extra, refuse at (SO’ much a load. Coun. Proctor thought the dump could be /open a Wednes­ day or Saturday afternoon fin September, to get rid of early fall refuse, He stressed that the dump *i!s 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 D A, which includes the countries of Huron, Perth, Waterloo' and Wellington. Here again. 'Mayor Symons spoke of his eastern trip. He claimed they spent money in every coimmunity where they stopped. When he inquired, “Are we doing anything for tourists? or are we too faa* in­ land?”, Coun. Proctor answer­ ed “Nothing.” The mayor sug­ gested a good man as Clinton’s representative on tourist coun­ cil; he will contact thiis 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 erected on the four high­ way entrances to Clinton. Coun. Proctor spoke of the •apparent lackadaisical attitude o(f 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- den two parking spaces on the west side of Isaac Street in front of Bill’s Taxli. 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. Diehl, who lives at 358 James Street, Clinton, sent us this prized snap- ' shot postcard of par-t 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 1910. 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 J back tow, left to right, Mary MacDougal, Lizzie Taylor, Abbie Glen, Will McGregor, Keil Sparks, Ed Diehl, Gregor McGtegor, Leslie Hanley arid teacher “Master0 George Baird. The school will close in December Ithis year and present pupils Will attend the Tuckersmith-Stanley Central School at Brucefield. Former pupils of Baiid’s School are planning a big reunion on Saturday, August 27 at the school.