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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1967 $5.00 Per Year*-—!?; Cents Per Copy—10 Pages
By S, J. K-
I had the distinct’' pleasure
last weqk, to sit in on all four
seissipns <xf Huron County Coun
cil in the Court House at Gode
rich. I say pleasure because I
found the company of legisla
tors there to be friendly, com
geriial people,
On Thursday at the final
session a group of school'cJlikL
nen from the town of Goderich
were on hand to observe County
Council in action. I had to feel
just a little sorry for them.
Being students of Grades 7 and
8, and eomling to the discus^
sions “cold” with the under
standing of inexperienced young
people, the session must have
been confusing to them, apd
really hot all that interesting.
If, however, they gleaned a
smattering of knowledge about
the way in which County Coun
cil functions and noted the pre
sence of their own representa
tives within the rail, the outing
would have
young minds,■ *
PERHAPS
important lessons anyone could
learn from attending County
Council sessions, is that the
workings of government are so
Well organized and so complete
ly regulated that decisions are
difficult to make and action
even more difficult to take.
Certainly, this is not the
fault of County Councillors.
Each man there will give freely
of his .time and talent to pass
legislation and! implement exist
ing legislation for the good of
all.
Still it is evident that a high
er power — sort of a majei&tic
mysterious master somewhere
out there no one knows quite
.Where — calls the punches and
keeps a finger in the local pie.
Huron County Council serves
purpose for the residents there
in, but only so far as Toronto
or Ottawa deems wise.
We are not self-governing.
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FROM A woman’s point of
View, the niew Warden Donald
McKenzie is perhaps the hand
somest warden Huron has had
in some years. .
From the standpoint ’of rate-
payers, Warden McKenzie Will
be an asset throughout the
coming months of Centennial
Year, both an entertaining
. speaker and an informed host
jto County visitors.
" As Rev. J. Donald MacDonald
observed in Ins'opening remarks
to-County Council, “You can’.t
go too far wrong with a man
by the name of Donald Mc
Kenzie.”*■ * *
A REEVE who has gained
a great deal of respect in the
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Ten New Members Join Clinton Legion Branch
At the first meeting in 1967 of Clinton Branch
140 of the Royal Canadian Legion, Monday evening,
ten new members were initiated into membership
by a group, of past presidents. The new members
are, seated, left to right, Tom Colman, John Carty, •
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10 New Members Join Legion,
Committee Heads Named
With only 35 regular mem
bers present at Monday night’s
meeting of Clinton Branch 140
of the Royal Canadian Legion,
an initiation team headed by
Cam, Proctor, initiated ten new
members into the branch.
The new members are shovyn
in the picture above. Other
past presidents on the initiation
team were Hec Kangswell and
Doug Andrews; they were as
sisted by Sergeant-at-arms
George Campbell, Padre Rev. R.
U. MacLean, President 'William
Chambers and Piper Peter
Malcolm.
Chairmen of the various com
mittees were announced by
President Chambers. The chair
men are to pick their own com
mittee personnel.
The chairmen and some of
the full committees are as fol
lows:
Bulletin editor, Percy Brown;
dues secretary, Gord Herman;
Colour Sergeant, J’ D. Thorn
dike; Sergeant-ait-Arms, George
Campbell; service bureau offi
cer, H. E. Harley; property,
George Won ch; canteen and
hall rental, Stewart Dick and
Ivan Hoggarth; ways and'
means, Percy Pugh; entertain
ment, Harry Crieh; member
ship, Doug Andrews; sick and
visiting, Padre MacLean; sick
room equipment, J. W. Counter,
J. Cree, G. Herman; recreation
council, R. D. Fremlin, R. Dra
per, J. D. Thorndike; poppy, G.
Harland, Bob Burke; relief, J.
W. Counter; by-law committee,
County Road Engineer Hopes
To Hold Rate at 9.3 Mills
(By Shirley J. Keller)
In these days When the living
is “expensive” rather than easy,
the highlight of the Road Re
port ait the January session of
Huron County Council was the
statement: “It is anticipated
that our 1967 budget can be
financed without an increase in
the 1966 County Road mill rate
of 9.3 mills.”
Engineer James W. Britneli
Who presented the report, fold
Council that people who expect
improved roads without increas
ed expenses are unrealistic, but
added that if costs of gravel,
etc., are in line with 1966 prices,
the Todd budget can probably be
held for another year.
Total road construction in the
county during 1966 amounted
to $410,890 with bridge and cul
vert building accounting for an
additional $246,766.52. Mainten
ance of roads cost $427,851.96
with bridge and culvert main
tenance expenditures reported
at $4,444.86.
Questions from the floor re
garding the report included one
from Clifford R. Dunbar, reeve
Of Grty, who wondered if
sanding and salting was over
done. He noted the cost for
this item alone was $50,184.65.
Britneli told hiim most people
preferred to travel on a sldd-
free road ahd that there were
nd hard and fast rules regard
ing the amount of sand and salt
on county roads, he declared,
and said it Was left to the dis-
pnoved the moist satisfactory
Way to determine the quantity
required to keep them that way." Specific road work scheduled
The trial and error method
of salt and sand to be dumped
on county roads, he declared,
and said it was left to the dis
cretion of the road foreman and
the drivers.
Council learned that an item
marked “Signs” on the Road
Report and costing $25,784.58,
included almost $10,000 for
centre line painting. County
Road markers are now general
in the County, reported Britneli,
who said the route markers
were necessary because of the
increased traffic on county
roads.
"The average stop sign on a
post in the ground is worth
$20,” Brittle!! remarked.
for 1967f"said Britneli, include
hot mix paving on seven miles
north of Nile; grading on five
toilets south of Lucknow; grad
ing from Hillsgreen to Highway
84 ((two and one-half miles);
100-foot Kinburn Bridge on
County Road 15; 40-foot bridge
on County Road 20 in Ashfield
Township.
Council approved a salary in
crease of $1,000 per annum for
County Engineer Britneli; an
increase in speed from 50 to 60
miles per hour on County Road
4 from Highway 4 to Highway
81, County Road 13 from Clin
ton to Highway 21 and County
Road 16 from Highway 4 to
Brussels.
Councillors Make Suggestions Only
For County's Centennial Year
Big Minor Hockey Weekend
Starts Tonight; 3 U.S. Teams
Starting tonight (Thursday)
at 7 o’clock, Clinton and district
persons are in for a full week
end of minor hockey. The last
game in the Minor Hockey
Week celebrations is at 8:30
on Saturday.
This is the eighth year that
a group of. service club men,
town officials and sportsmen
have promoted a minor hockey
day or weekend in Clinton. It
is held in conjunction with
Minor Hockey Week in Canada.
The original slogan of the Can
adian Amateur Hockey Associ
ation’s minor hockey week —
“Don’t send — take your boy to
the arena — and stay to see
him ploy” is still the best ad
vice that can be given.
• The Clinton Manor Hockey
Day Committee, headed by Wil
liam “Bill” Harris has a line
up of 15 games in the next
three days.
To add an international at
mosphere to this year’s minor
hockey weekend, Clinton will
be host to three American
teams — Peewees and bantams,
from Clinton, New York State,
and a team of bantams from
St Sebastian Catholic School at
Dearborn, Mich. This is. the
eighth year that a team or
teams from Dearborn have par
ticipated in Clinton’s minor
hockey weekend.
Two teams from the Kinsmen
four-team Squirt league play
the first game in the semi
finals for the Hotel Clinton
trophy at seven o’clock.
Contractor at Community Centre
Site; Finance Meeting Tonight
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1967 1966
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(By Shirley J. Keller)
While Huron County coun
cillors seem, agreed that some
effort should be made by
them to celebrate Canada’s
•Centennial Year and the Cen
tennial Anniversary of Huron
County Council, very little in
the why of imaginative plan
ning Was evident at the Jan
uary sessions in Goderich last
Week.
Centennial committee, Del
bert Geiger, deputy-reeve of
Hay Township and Howick
reeve Harold Robinson, ap
pointed at the final meeting
of 1966 County Council, ask
ed this year’s council for
some direction.
Alvin D. Smith, Turnberry
reeve, said his first suggest
ion for a Centennial worship
service was in keeping with
the thought that County
Council should take the lead
in maintaining Christian prih-
ciples in Huron.
Discussion from the floor
showed that most communit
ies hi Huron County were'
planning Centennial worship
services of their own. Zurich
Reeve Lbroy Thiel wondered
if County Council would only
be duplicating the intentions
' Of others.
Tuokersmith Reeve Elgin
Thompson extended an invita
tion to the county to plan
.their Centennial activity In
Brucefield.
Mrs. Minnie Noakes, Hen
sail reeve, said she felt county
councillors with their wives
and her husband should make
an appearance in the Court
House Square sometime dur
ing Centennial Year to par
ticipate in a devotional ser
vice to pay tribute to pioneers
and dedicate themselves for
another 100 years.
Harry Worsell, Goderich
deputy-reeve, agreed the cele
bration could be held in con
junction with some Centen
nial function ih titte county
-teWh during 1967. He offered
to contact the Goderich Cen
tennial Planning Committee
ih this regards .
Ivan Kasiurak, Joe Mayman and Bob Dolan; stand
ing, left to right, Larryr LaPointe, Stew Dadsworth,
Pete Thuot, Legion President William Chambers,
Lloyd Sackett and Tom Gtflliver.
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Clinton Firemen
Collect S21080
For MD Fund
- Fireman Harvey Carter, the
new chairman of Clinton Vol
unteer Fire Brigade muscular
dystrophy funds campaign, has
announced-that $210.80 has been
contributed in the Clinton area.
\Mr. Carter -took oyer this,
chairmanship from fireman;
Gordon Dalgliesh who has held
the post for some years. Fire
men ail across Canada promote
and collect funds for the Mus
cular Dystrophy Association of
Canada.
Personal donations to the
fund came from: Miss W.
Thompson, Isaac Street, $10;
Henry Sloman, Walker Street,
$5 and Miss E. Huck, Isaac
Street, $5.
Organizations which gave
funds were: LOBA Lodige, $5;
Clinton Legion, $5; Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary, $5; Hurton
Fish and Game Conservation
Association, $5; Ladies Auxili
ary, to the Conservation Asisoci-
artion, $5; Huronic Rebekah
Lodge, $5; Clinton Women’s
Institute, $5; Clinton Masonic
Lodge, $5; Kinette Club of Clin
ton, $15; Clinton Lions Club,
$5; Clintonian Club, $5; and
Clinton Fire Department, $20.
Silver donations inthe lScan-
nisters . that were placed in
Clinton stores amounted to
$95.80; total of $210.80.
'H. Kingswell, D. Andrews, E.
Porter; sports, Harold Black;
bingo, Dick Freeman and pub
lic speaking, G. Harland and
Bob Burke.
’ The property committee head
ed by Clinton’s deputy reeve
George Wonch has made a sur
vey of the building and noted
repairs ,,to be made. There Will
be blinds put on the front doors
of the hall immediately and
estimates are being secured for
refurnishing one of the down
stairs rooms of the hall.
President Chambers express
ed thanks to the Ladlies Auxili
ary for a $500 donation at the
end of 1966 and also requested
a letter of appreciation be sent
to Exeter Legion installation
team which was here in Dec
ember.
Monday, May 8 was set as the
tentative date for the annual
VE-Day banquet. Other dates
announced were: Tuesday, Feb
ruary 21, the branch’s public
speaking contests will be held
at 7:30 p.m.; the zone public
speaking finals in' Seaforth on
March 15 and the District fin
als in Clinton Legion on Satur
day April 15 at 1:30 p.m.
The branch was warned by J.
D. Thorndike that the week be-
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A workshop and some mater
ial was moved onto the site of
Clinton's new community centre
in Community Park this week,
Contractors Shantz & Hicks of
Waterloo are expected to start
excavation for footings immedi
ately. The go-ahead on the
$224,660 ^structure has been'
OK’d by town council, the Ont
ario Municipal Board and the
various committees of Clinton
and District Community Centre
Centennial Project.
■ Matt Edgar, finance chair
man of Clinton and District
Community Centre Centennial
Fund has called a meeting for
tonight at 8 o’clock in the
Legion Hall to work out more
plans for a canvass tentatively
set for late in February.
On November 17, the com
mittee published donations of
$4,524.85 - in -the1 - News-Record.
Since then the only sizeable
donation has beeri\ $315.00 from
the Clinton Lions Club. This
amount was the rent paid to the
Lions Arena for use of arena
for eight bingos last summer.
The bingos were not as success
ful as hoped for; only $943.90
was cleared on the series.
The finance chairman is quite
concerned about getting as
much money as possible into the
fund through a canvass of Clin
ton and district, donations from
companies and former residents.
“The more we contribute this
way the less interest we will
have to pay over the 20-year
debenture issue”, said Mr.
Edgar, The finance chairman
of Clinton town council, Pat
Noonan was very strong on this
point at the meeting last week.
Mr. Edgar claims that for every
dollar we don’t contribute now,
it will cost us two dollars over
the next 20 years through in
terest.
The town has approval- to
issue up to $175;000 on deben
tures.
Mr. Edgar would like to col
lect $100,000 by canvass; grants,
donations, etc.
Art 8;30 tonight, Clinton
Legion Midgets host Listqwel jn
a regular schedule WOAA
game.
Friday Evening
After the official opening gt
6;45 on Friday evening, two
weewee-age teams from the
Clinton Kinsmen league put- on
an exhibition, then the recrea
tion director’s girl’s teams play.
Af 8:00 o’clock, Clinton and
Dearborn bantams play their
arjnual game for the Sit. Sebas
tian Trophy.
Clinton, New York, peewees
take on Clinton, Ont. Kinsmen
Ponies at 9 o’clock in the fust
of a two game series.
. All Day Saturday
Saturday's hockey activity
starts at 9 a.m. when the sec
ond setni-final game in the
Kinsmen Squirt league takes
place. At 10, Clinton, N.Y. play
the Adasitral Park bantams at
the Canadian Forces Base arena,
At 10:30 in the Clinton arena,
two teams from the Kinsmen
Peewee league play an exhi
bition.
At 12 noon, the three visiting
US teams and Clinton’s peewees
and bantams are guests at a
banquet in Clinton Legion Hall.
Adults and‘other children may
attend but will be required to
pay $2.00 for adults and $1.00
for children. There will be a
hockey guest speaker.
At 2:30 Saturday afternoon
Adastral Park and St. Sebas
tian, Dearborn bantams play.
Then at 4 p.m. is the champion
ship game in the Kinsmen
sqtert-age league for the Hotel
Clinton trophy.
Saturday Evening
The two, Clintons — New
York and Ontario — play the
feature games of the weekend.
At 7:30 the peeiwee teams
square off and at 8:30 the. two
bantam teams play the final
game.,. OWhe.; day.
There ' are many individual
awards and tqam trophies to be
handed out. These will be made
at the conclusion of each game.
Committees Named atCHSS
Also AVC Members for ’67
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The following‘ is a list of the
■fourteen representatives to Clin
ton District Collegiate Institute
Board:
Chairman, Walter Newcombe,
15 Raglan Street, Clinton;
vice-chairman, Robert Elliott,
RR 3, Clinton, representing
Goderich Township.
From the townships: George
Clifton, RR 3, Kippen, Stanley;
George Falconer, Bruceifiield,
Tuckersmith; Robert Marshall,
RR 3, Blyth, East Wawanosh;
Keith Tyndall, RR 4, Clinton,
Hullett.
Representing Huron County:
Norman Counter, 218 Princess
Street, Clinton; Ross Lovett,
RR 1, Londeisiboro; Robert
Peck, RR 1, Zurich.
From urban centres: Flight
Lt. Richard Allan, 107 James
Street, Clinton; Robert Corbett,
81 Kirk Street, Clinton, Sep
arate School Board; John Lavis,
26 Isaac Street, Clinton, Public
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Free Snow Rides
Dangerous
Chief of Police H.
School Board; George Bell-
chamlber, Bayfield; Donald
Young, Blyth.
Board committees are: study
and welfare, Elliott, Corbett,
Allan, Lavis, Young, Tyndall;
property, Peck, Clifton, Falcon
er, Marshall, Lovett, Bellcham
ber;
Finance, Counter, Allan,
Lavis; transportation, Clifton,
Elliott, Falconer, Tyndall, Mar
shall, Young, Bellchamber; ag
riculture and development, Tyn
diall, Elliott, Falconer, Lovett,
Marshall, Peck; cadets, Corbett;
Ways and means, Elliott, Al
lan.
(By Shirley J. Keller)
Early sessions in Huron
County. Council January sitting
resulted iin the appointment of
the following committees of
council for 1967: '
ROADS: Delbert Geiger, dep
uty-reeve of Hay Township,
chaiinman with two-year term
to complete; Stewart Proctor,
reeve of Morris, one year; Jos
eph Kerr, reeve of Wingham,
three years; James Hayter,
reeve of Stephen, four years;
Elmer Hayter, deputy-reeve of
Stahley, five years.
HURONVIEW: A. D. Smith,
reeve of Turnberry, chairman,
ohe year; Elgin Thompson,
reeve of Tuckersmith, one year;
Jack Alexander, deputy-reeve of
Wingham, tiWib years; Grant
Stirling, reeve of Goderich
Township, two years; Ed. Hen
drick, deputy-releVe of Stephen,
three years.
HEALTH; Borden Cook,
reeve of Blyth, chairman, one
year; Clifford Dunbar, reeve of
Grey,- two years; W J. CMthall,
delputy-reeve of Seaforth, three
years; Warden Don McKenzie,
reeve of Ashfield, one year;
Jack Morrissey, provincial rep
resentative;
LIBRARY: Duff Thompson,
reeve of Clinton, chairman, one
year; Frank McFadden, reeve
of Bayfield, two years; Mrs.
Minnie Noakes, reeve of Hen-
tJoreo .yfeiiaris}' W 'ife-
dale, one year; Mrs. X Mc-
Oonnell, two years; G. Me-.
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Cutcheon, three years.
FINANCE and EXECUTIVE:
Kenneth Stewart, reeve of Mc-
Killop, chairman, one year;
Harold Robinson, reeve of How
ick, two years; Leroy Thiel,,
reeve of Zurich, two years;
Harry Worsell, deputy-reeve of
Goderich, three years; Clarence
(Derry) Boyle, reeve of Exeter,
three years.
AGRICULTURE and RE
FORESTATION: Jack Corbett,
reeve of Hay, chairman, one
year; Ernie Talbot, reeve of
Stanley, one year; Gordon Boyd,
deputy-reeve of Ashfield, two
years; Clare Vincent, reeve of
Hullett, two years; Roy Piatti-
son, reeve of Easit Wawanosh,
three years; Douglas Miles, F.
Jansen, J. W. B>nitneH.
PROPERTY; Carl Dalton,
reeve of Seaforth, chairman,
one year; Wilmer Hardy, reeve
of Colbome, one year; George
Wonch, deputy-reeve of Clinton,
two years; Braife Talbot, two
years; Calvin Kratrter, reeve of
Brussels, three years; Harry
Worsell, three years.
WARDEN’S and PERSON
NEL: Everett McIlwain, depu
ty-reeve of Goderich Township,
chairman, one year; Jack Cor
bett, one year; H. Robirison, two
years; G. Boyd, two years; C.
Dalton* three years; K. Stewart,
three years.
EQUALIZATION: L. Thiel,
chairman, one year; Mervyn
Cudmore, deputy-reeve of Ex
eter, one year; Robert Lyons,
reeve of West Wawanosh, two
years; R. Pattison, two years;
Melville Allan, .deputy-reeve of
HoWick, three years.
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R.
Thompson is quite concerned
about children hitching rides
by holding onto the back
bumpers of cars and sliding
along on the icy snow cover
ed streets. This was quite
popular a week or so ago
when there was lots of snoiw.
The police can scold and
warn of the dangers, but the
chief is also requesting par
ents to talk to their children
of the dangers involved.
AVC
Advisory Vocational Commit
tee to Clinton Collegiate Insti
tute Board:
From Cffiiinton, Harry Ball, 187
Raglan Street; Counter (vice-
chairman); Ddvett;
From Goderich DCI, Gordon
Muir, 247 Elgin Street; Dr. R.
W. Hughes, 20 Wellington
Street;
From Seaforth DHS, Edward
Dearing, Staffa; James C. Mc-
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Army Instructor Promoted of CFB School
Oix>Up Captain K R. Greenaway, Clinton’s Base Commander C (right) con
gratulates Staff Sergeant Roy Aylesworth on his promotion to that rajik, Staff
Sgt. Aylesworth is on the staff Of the Canadian Foi'ces School of Instructional
Technique. Looking on is Lieutenant Commander Irvrin Stutt, Chief Instructor
Of Division At CFSIT. fCFB (WdH /