HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-10-13, Page 1An Unusual
Adv. Gimmick
The Bayfield Youth .Activi
ties Group used this scare
crow to advertise their first
'bake sale on Saturday, Oct
ober 8. Yes, it worked be
cause the fund-raisling event
was a success.
(Photo by
Audrey Bellchamber)
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By S. J. K.
IF YOU haven’t already
spent a day at the internation
al Plowing Match on the Scott
Farms near Seaforth, I would
advise that you go- either today
or tomorrow ...
, Maybe some. of you readers
are -much like I was •— -under
the -impression that a plowing
match was attended only by
rural folk, and mainly male
members of the farming com
munity at that . . . Glancing
through some of the advance
publicity about -the Internation
al, I find I aim quite impress
ed ... .
For instance, today (Thurs
day) press; radio, and television
personnel will' be competing
with their plows . . . you may
not ‘be interested in the type of
furrow they turn over but it"
, should be fun to watch them in
full, living colour . . .
Tomorrow, (Friday)- the big
horse shoe pitching contest gets
underway . . . good spectator
sport . . .
Each day there iis a parade
. . a tractor pulling contest
... ’a program of farm, home
inventions . . . the Hillside
Trickle Demonstration showing
how water from a wet area can
be collected and used' to water
live-stock ....
For the ladies, entertainment
galore .... master of cere
monies is handsome Ed. Allen
who does the exercises on TV
each morning . . . with Ed. is
Anna Lee Scott, home econ
omist for Maple Leaf Mills . . .
Anna presents cooking classes
each day .... there are. daily
fashion shows in which the
Bruce County and Maple Leaf
tartans are featured ... as well
as a demonsitration of hair styl
ing every day by one of Can
ada’s top halilr stylists ....
Continuous entertainment
will foe available each day in
the Ladies’ Program tent . . .
so there is no reason to be
bored while hubby looks at the
machinery display . . .
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SEEMS THE International
Plowing Match is a wonderful
way to get rural and urban
folk on the road to better un
derstanding ...
Even 'in this modhrn world
where every day people are be
coming more tolerant and less
discriminating of their fellow
man, misunderstanding still
surrounds the relationship be
tween the farmer and the ur
ban dweller . .'. rarely do the
two factions meet for intelli
gent discussion and observation
of the other’s world . . . The I-
ternational should provide this
opportunity . . .
Ms $
GARY PLAYER, the golfer,
who was chosen in December,.
19&5, for the fifth time as
South Africa’s “Sports Star”,
has opened the Sixth stage of
the road-safety campaign of the
S.A. Road Safety Council.
Mr. Player was dismayed to
leant, he said, that Over a
period of five years, 6,000
people in the age -group up to
24 years Were killed on South
Africa’s rbads and streets, and
warned that “Alcohol is South
Africa’s most vicious killer".
The golf star does nO,t take
alcoholic drinks at ail
Doesn't it make you feel bet
ter now that you know that
Canadians and Americans ate
not the only people with, -booze
problems?
THE HURON RECORD — 84th Year
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1966
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THE NEW ERA — 100th Year
No. 41 —• The Home Paper With the News
Town Of Clinton Display
At Int. Plowing Match ,
Qlintcxn and District Chamber was to have a float ip the daily
Of Commerce, with the backing parades, but with the soggy
of the town of Clinton and to. “Edition of the grounds the
forested local service dubs have
erected one of the tallest ex
hibits , at the International
Plowing match at Seaforth this
week.
The colorful pole with the
Indian head symbol and foot-
high lettering for the name is
nearly 50 feet high. The ply
wood wall (which also serves
as a windbreak in this week’s
inclement weather) advertises ■
Clinton’s excellent quality I
water. From the plastic tepee,
attendants are handing Qut lit
erature about the- town.
Attendants at the tepee on I
Tuesday were Antoine “Red”
Garon, president of the Cham
ber of Commerce, and Council
lor- John McFarlane. Other C
of C members and businessmen |
will be in attendance for the remainder of the match. ' |
Clinton’s original intention I
Legion Auxiliary
Discontinues
Bursary Award
The October meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Royal
Canadian Legion was held
Tuesday, October 11, with the
vice-president, Mrs. Don Mac-
Lean presiding.
Mrs. MacLean gave a report
on the Provincial Leigion Aux
iliary which she. and Mrs. Ed
Porter attended recently at
Windsor. Qno item she men-
ilioned was the ruling has been
made that auxiliary members
in order to participate in sports
must be members in’ good
standing and also must attend
at least four meetings a year
and help at banquets as much
as possible.
The Auxiliary Bursary of $50
has been discontinued, but a
$50 award Will be made for
the top ’history student in
Grade 12 . at CHSS.
The ladies will again sell pop
pies at Canadian Forces Base;
Clinton, this year on Thursday,
November 3.
Mrs. Tom Leppington won
the attendance draw of $5.00.
Lions Request Town Council
Take Over Arena Operation
"would go along with this idea.
If arena was operated through
a central body, such as rec com
mittee, Mr. Lavis said he could
see better co-operatlion.
The arena structure is not
dangerous or condemned in any
way and the ice plant is in
working shape.
The town’s four service clubs
A delegation from dinton
Lions Club approached Town
Council, Tuesday evening, re
questing the town to assume
operation of the Lions owned
arena on Mary Street,
The delegation included Lions
President Ken Flett, vice-pre
sident Don Colquhoun and Geo
rge Lavis, a long time member
of the club’s arena committee.
Mr, Lavis was spokesman for
the Lions;
For the past ten years the
town has given $1,000 to the
Lions for arena operation. Last
season tire Lions put up over
$2,300 of their own money to
operate the arena. This is in
addition to monies collected at
arena from ice rental and skat
ing and hockey revenue. Over
$6,700 was. used last season to
operate the arena.
Lion Lavis said “This is quite
a burden to our club”. It has
become more of a burden in re
cent years. He said, “Monies
that go to arena should have
gone to more charitable respon
sibilities."
The Lions Club purchased
the arena in 1952 and installed
artificial ice and1 some renova
tions, and added a small build
ing to house the ice malting
plant. Of the $33,000 cost of
ice plant and renovations at
that time, $28,000 was raised
and’the remainder put out on a
mortgage, The mortgage has
now been reduced to $2,500.
Lion Lavis informed council
that Lions members personally
contributed over $5,000 at that
lime and the rest was raised
by canvasses and donations.
The proposal from the Lions
delegation was for - the town
(or its recreation committee)
to take over operation of the
arena, With up to $250 (or more
if needed) from each of four
service clujis in town annually.
Mr. Lavis’felt the other clubs
are: Lions, Kinsmen, Legion,
and Fish and Game Club.
The Lions Club has not1 at
tempted to make money, said
Lion Lavis, We have given
much free time to public school
children for Tuesday and Thurs
day after four slcating sessions.
He added, “Maybe we have not
charged enough for ice time
and skating.” He also said
there was a possibility of a
good intermediate hockey team
this winter. The arena usually
opens the first week in Novem
ber for a six month season.
Meeting Tuesday
Mayor Don Symons has call
ed a meeting for Tuesday even
ing, October 18 with town coun
cil, the recreation coimmittee
and representatives of service
clubs. It will be held' in the
council chambers at 8 o’clock.
The Mayor said the town is
indebted to .the, Lions for oper
ating arena. “I know this is
not service olub work," he said1,
“but we must have the 'arena
open this winter.”
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permanent display will.,
the purpose much better,
Most Clinton businesses who
are dealers or .agents for nation
al products with exhibits at the
match, are helping to man
their product’s booths. The two
Clinton banks have represent
atives at. their bank’s; booth.;
local
their
local
farm
Members of the Department
of Agriculture staff are assist
ing in the headquarters build-
■ ing, where the. agriculture rep
resentative, Doug Miles is sec
retary of the Huron County
Local Committee.
Clinton and • district, ladies
are'helping in various catering
booths,
The town of Clinton; display
is on Third Street, midway
between Headquarters Ave. and
Centre Ave. in the seven street
tented city.
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automobile dealers -are at
company’s exhibits as are
dealers for the . various
machinery displays.
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Separate School
Area Winners
At a recent meeting of
Clinton Council In Action
. Town council has three extra
meetings in .the near future:
Monday, October 17, court of
revision; Tuesday, October 18,
meeting with recreation com
mittee re taking over opera
tion of Clinton Lions Arena
and Thursday, November 3, a
meeting to arrange centennial
projects far the town of Clin
ton during 1967.
Only 15 persons (mostly
councillors) showed up at a
centennial meeting last Wed
nesday evening.
Half Holiday, Nov. 11
A request from Clinton
Branch 140 of the Royal .Cana
dian Legion asking for a full
holiday on Friday, November
11, prompted council to pro
claim the day a half holiday
up to 1:00 p.m.
Doubles Pay
Council passed a motion, au
thorizing Publfc Utilities Com
missioners be paid $120 per
annum commencing January,
1967. The' commissioners 'have
been receiving an honorarium
of $60 per year.
A letter from the commis
sioners asked for $200 per year
for commissioners and $250 for
the chairman retroactive to
January 1966.
A letter from H. Bridle,
Mount Forest, of the Western
Ontario committee set up to
get this part of Western On
tario pro-claimed a depressed
area, was read. The letter had
detailed plans of a trip to Ot
tawa to interview and submit
a brief to Hon. C. M. Drury,
Minister of Industry. The .'let
ter said that copies of the
brief would be given to dele
gates on the train to Ottawa
to keep it out of the hands of
the press before the interview.
Clinton has already paid'their
$200 assessment toward expen
ses of this committee.
Members o f the ' industrial
committee of the town of Clin
ton Will be the local delegates.
They are Reeve Duff Thomp
son, Councillors Pat Noonan
and Cameron Proctor. No de
finite date was set for the
presentation-of the brief.
The October meeting of SS
4 Community Club met at the
new home of Mrs. Walter
Forbes in -Clinton. The presi
dent, Mrs-. Jim Lobb opened the
meeting with the Creed and the
Lord's Prayer repeated in
unison.
The minutes of the Septem
ber meeting were read and ap
proved. The assistant treasurer,
Mrs. Jack Tebbutt reported a
balance oh -hand of $35.66.
A motion to donate $10 to the
CNIB Was passed. Eleven mem
bers and one visitor were pre
sent.
The November meeting will
be held at the home of -Mrs.
Don Forbes when roll call is -to
be answered with a gift worth
$1.00 to be donated1 to the
Children’s Aid Society.
Plans were made for a Tup
perware parity to ibe held at
the Township Hull in Holmes
ville bn Wednesday afternoon,
October 19. .
The meeting teas closed With
the Mizpiah Benediction. Lunch
was served by Mrs, Irvine Teb
butt add Mrs. Jim Loibb assist
ing the hostess.
Lions Entertain
Two Judges
From Plow Match
Two judges at the Interna
tional Plowing Match at Sea
forth this week were guests at
Clinton Lions Club dinner
meeting in St. Paul’s Parish
Hall Tuesday evening.
Lion Ray Montague, past
president of the Jarvis, Ontario
Lions, was keeping his perfect
attendance record intact.
The other guest Was Fred
Timbers, from Stouififville, who
was introduced by President
Ken Flett as “a world renown
ed plowman”. Mr. Timbers
had represented Canada a few
years ago in world plolwing
competitions overseas.
Both these men had plowed
at the international match in
Huron County in 1946 at the
former Port Albert RAF air
port. They have always been
active in competition and ad
ministration of international
matches.
Entertainment at the Lions
meeting was colored slides
shown and commented on by
Hec Kingsweli of a trip his
family took to the Prairies, and
West Coast last year.
Winners of draws were: reg
ular draw, Lome Brown and
a special draw was Won by H.
C. Lawson.
Tuckersmith 4-H
Discuss Milk
The Tuckersmith Girls
Club met on Wednesday,
ober 5 at the home of ___
Erlin Whitmore. The meeting
was opened with the 4-H pledge
and each member answered the
roll call with a good! food habit.
The discussion was on the
Canadian Food Guide and why
we Should follow it for our own
health. Also discussed were
ways milk can be used for sup
per.
The group work Was making
white sauce, cream soup, crou
tons, and one scalloped dish.
The meeting was closed with
the Queen.
4-H
Oct
Mrs.At a recent meeting of the
Father Stephen Eckert Council,
Seaforth, announcement, was
made of scholarship winners in
the various' Separate Schools
within the Council area.
These scholarship awardls
have become an annual affair
and is offered to the boy and
girl in grade eight obtaining
highest marks.
Following are the winners of
1966 awards: St. James’ Separ
ate School, Seaforth, Lynda
Bedard and William McCurdy;
St; Joseph’s Separate School,
Clinton, Rita De. Groof and
Kafhy Wild; St. Mary’s Separ-
.ate^Scbool,' St. v.Joseph, ...Brepda,
Rau ‘ and Gerard' Ducharme;
Grand Bend Separate School,
Jane Back and George Couck-
uyt; Precious B'lood Separate
School, Exeter, Henriette Reur-
ink'and.William Dietrich; Our
Lady of Mt. Carmel, Mt. Car
mel, Rita Anne Carey, and
Joseph O’Rourke; St. Patrick’s
Separate School, Dublin,' Mary
Margaret Rowland and James
Meagher; McKillop SS 1, St.
-Columban, Willy Nyland and
Linda Feeney.
It was also 'announced by the
Grand Knight, Alvin Rau, that
the Supreme Knight, Dr,
W. McDevitt’s Columbus
■address' would be heard
the W'ingham station on
day, October 16 at 6:45 p.m.
The winner of the major
draw at the meeting was Maur
ice Rau, -RR 2, Zurich.
Clerk John Livermore said
this is the first communication
from this group since last
spring.
Reeve Thompson requested,
that the word depressed not
be used but that we say we
are . “economically a retarded
area as compared with the rest
of Ontario”. He said we have
practically full employment in
this area.
Houses Paid
letter from the Ontario
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Housing Corporation informed
council that their final pay
ment on the low-rental houses
on John Street was due. This
was authorized to be paid!, the
amount being $1,716.13 includ
ing interest. This gives the
town of Clinton a 7 %% paid
up interest in the homes. The
houses are nearly always 100%
rented.
A by-law was passed to have
Clinton join the Huron County,
Flight Lieutenant "Gibby" Gibson
Last Friday evening a mess
dinner was held in the officers
mess at Canadian Forces Base
Clinton to honour Flight Lieut
enant J. M. (Gibby) Gibson
who is retiring from the Royal
Canadian Air Force, after 21
years of Service,
Flight Lieutenant Gibson, a
teacher in civilian life, joined
the RCAF in 1941. He under
went pilot training in Victoria-
vill.e, Sky Harbour, Goderich,
and Camp Borden, receiving his
teings in December 1941, and
was. transferred overseas.
He flew Hurricanes and Spit
fires with 417 Squadron of the
Desert Air Force until he re
turned to Canada ait the end of
the war. After the war he
moved to Windsor, earned a
Bachelor of Science degree, and
taught high school.
. Flight Lieutenant Gibson re
joined the RCAF in 1951 when
hostilitiias broke out in Korea.
He served as a flying instructor
at Centralia, and later as a
Staff Officer at Air Force
Headquarters in Ottawa. He
completed his ait’ force career
John
Day
over
Sun-
Mutual Fire. Aid System.
When Mayor Don Symons
commented on Clinton’s display
at the International Plowing
Match at Seaforth this week,
Reeve Duff Thompson said
that “Monies in the Chamber
of Commerce treasury are for
promotion of Clinton.” The
Mayor said Clinton’s display,
with a revolving Huron Indian
■symbol and the word ‘Clinton’
revolving at J?he top of a 50-
foot pole was" a “different type
of display”.
Greenaway, . the Base Com
mander, paid tribute to Flight
Lieutenant Gibson and present
ed him with a gift from the
mess members. Mrs. Mel Gar
nett, wife of the president of
the Mess> Committee, presented.
Mrs. (Zella) Gifosoh with a
bouquet of flowers.
Flight Lieutenant Gibson was
the Clinton base public infor
mation officer and was well
known to Civilians in the local
area. On his retirement he will
be employed with the Depart
ment of Immigration, and is at
present, taking ' a Gaining
course in Ottawa.
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The Weather
1966
High Low
1966
High Low
with a four year tour at .the
school of Instructional Tech
nique in Clinton.
At the retirement mess din-
Group Captain K.
Oct. 5
Rain: 1.02”
Flight Lieutenant
JL M. Gibson
Mud and rain beSit describes
the 53rd International Plowing
Match ■ at Scott’s Farms near
Seaforth this week.
The match had barely start
ed on Tuesday when directors
of the Ontario Plowmen’s As
sociation announced that the
match would be continued' on
to Saturday.
Most of the scheduled plow
ing competition on Tuesday and
Wednesday was completed.
Winners of Tuesday’s events’
are as follows:
Tractors, open, mounted or
semi-mounted, Glen Gray, RR
1 Rockwood.
Tractors, utility class, two
ox- more furrows, mounted or
semi-mounted, Elmer Arm
strong, RR 2, St. Pauls.
Inter-school class, Seaforth
District High School team, of
Tom Learning, RR 4, Seaforth,
and Paul Patrick, RR 4, Sea
forth.
Boys or girls 16 and under
Murray Pryce, RR 1, Seaforth.
Tractors, three or more fur
rows, mounted or semi-mount
ed, Graeme Craig, RR 1, Wal
ton.
Tractors, two or more fur
rows, trailer plow, Donald W.
Perrie, RR 3, Brussels.
Junior championship, Robert
"Brown, RR 4, Galt.
Intermediate championship,
Frank Lester, Brampton.
Tractors, mounted, two or
more furrows, open class win
ners not eligible, John Wilson,
RR 1, Norval.
Tractors, open, two or more
furrows, mounted or trailer
Ivan Legeer, RR 3, Mount Al
bert.
/ Official Opening
Canada must in the future
play a major role in feeding
the hungry countries of the
world.
The idea was advanced, Tues
day, at the opening cf the In
ternational Plowing Match, by
agriculture minister J. J. Greene,
“We in Cdhada,” he said,
“can not turn our backs' on
the rest of humanity, It a
great challenge the agricul
tural community will have to
meet.”
-He said that ways will have
to be found to allow Canada,
as one of the world’s gteat
food producers, to do more to
help the Countries with a lack
of food.
He noted that Canadian
farms have the highest pro
ductivity in the world.
He predicted great changes
in farming. lie shid more, fam
ily corporation farms will de
velop.
And farms will cost more. In
1.0 years, he said, 'farms will
be capitalized' at $250,000,
There will be fewer farmers
as time passes. Before the
Second World War, he said,
about 30 per cent of Canada’s
population was needed to pro
duce food1. In 20 years, he said,
only about five per cent of the1
population will be farmers.
Ontario’s minister of agricul
ture and food, William Stewart,
seconded Mr. Greene’s remarks1.
He said that recent large
sales of Canadian wheat to
Russia, may convince Western
farmers to grow more wheat.
In doing so, he • said, fewer
coarse grains for livestock
feeding and fewer pigs and
cattle may be produced in the
West.
But, he noted, 250,000 more
cattle and 600,000 more pigs
will be needed in the next 20
years to feed Canadians. Thus,
A Must At
Plow Match!
Joseph Read, Jaimes Street,
Clinton, is this Week acting aS
salesman"' for his son Robert
Who ownS; a shod stbre in Sea
forth. Joe has one product only
to sell at the International
Plowiiig Match hear Seaforth,
and that is a truckload of rub
ber boots. They are a must if
you are planning to attend the
match which has been extended
to Saturday,
he said, ways will have to be
sought to provide Ontario’s
livestock fatteners with more
feed and more livestock to fat
ten.
Huron County
Farm Exhibits
Among the /exhibits! in the
Huron County - building were
products and displays from
Siftoi Salt, Huron Bean Pro
ducers, Huron Federation of
Agriculture, Huron Wheat Pro
ducers, Ontario Cream Pro
ducers Marketing Board, Field
and Grain Crops, Huron Maple
Products, Huron Women’s In
stitutes, a Seaforth Apiary,
Huron County Fruit Growers,
a Huron 4-H exhibit, Huron
Co-operative Medical Services,
a display of flowers by Clinton
Horticultural Society and many
others.
The Ontario Hog Producers,
manned1 by Huron hog men
have one of the most informa
tive displays in their building.
This is worth seeing when you
go to the plowing match later
this week.
In the Huron County live
stock building, there are breeds
of all livestock raised in Huron.
The following livestock: was
selected for the show:
Swine — Yorkshire and La
combe from William Turnbull’s
Brussels; Landrace, Bob Mc
Millan, Seaforth.
Sheep — Dorset Hom, P. E.
Deering and Son, Exeter; Lei
cester, Eph. and James Snell,
Clinton; Southdown, William
Todd, Lucknow,
Lots of Cattle
Ayrshire — Clarence Clark,
Ethel; Tom Shortreed, Walton;
W. P. Lewington, Brussels.
Holstein — Plume Clutton,
Goderich; Fred Voddcn, Clin
ton; Ed, Bell, Blyth; Elston
Speiran, Brussels.
Jersey - Jack VanEgmond,
Clinton; Lloyd Dale, Seaforth;
Dan Snyder, Brussels.
Guernsey William Dale,
Clinton; Bert Gibbings, din
ton; Harold Findley, Zurich;
Andrew Berg, dinton.
Aberdeen-Angus — StevVart
Middleton, Clinton.
Hereford — Hintzel Bros.,
Orediton; Hebef Eedy, Dungan-
hoh.
Shorthorn — John Coates;
Centralia; Andrew Gaunt,
Lucknow; Mbtley MciMiChael,
Wroxcter.
Six of Aubrey Toll’s Clydes
dales from Blytli were also in,
the Huron Livestock building.