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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1967-02-09, Page 11 Jfirst (ColumiL $ By JS. J. K. ' 'I read a poem recently writ ten by W.' H, Auden entitled “But it’s an ideal", It deals with man as he really is in the eyes of toe government statistic. The man discussed in the lit erary masterpiece to which I refer was pictured as a saint because he: — worked at one job all his life and wias never fired; — paid all his Union dues; -r- held no views which were contrary to the popular ones; —was psychologically sound of mind and' well received by his fellow workers; —reacted to life around him in the normal way; —- had sufficient life insur ance; • —< took care of his health and was ill' very few times in a year; ' — didn't get too deeply in debt although he purchased things on the instalment plan; owned one of each of toe modern conveniences without which it is deemed so difficult to live; -— had thoughts which jived With current public opinion; —~ he was happy to fight for his country if the country sent him; — was fond of peace if his country was at peace with all nations; <— was married and had the correct number of children — five — not too few to keep the country adequately populated and not too many to pose a feeding problem for another generation; — agreed with education just as it was, no matter how many times or ways it was changed; — was a stalwart member of the community, the backbone of the nation. The final questions asked were “Was he happy? Was he free?” But of course, the, ques tions were absurd for “Had anything been wrong, we should certainly- have heard’/, said the poem. . * * * Although the poem was writ ten .with.,.longue-in-cheek for pure fun, it is also true that the individual Canadian 'has very little chance to make his (Continued on page 8) -----------o----------- Flower Society To View Filins Of Greece, Italy The annual open meeting of Clinton Citizens’ Horticultural Society to be held Friday evening, February 17 in the Council Chambers promises to be of great interest. Charles Brown of town will speak on “begonias” and Alan Galbraith, Clinton mer chant, who is an amateur photographer and traveller, will show colored slides he took on a trip to the Isle of Greece, Italy, etc., last year- With his wife. The public is invited to attend. Forget the winter as you feast on Mr, Galbraith's marvellous Medliteranean area slides. There will be door prizes.' . -----------o----------- The Weather 1966 Clinton News-Record THE NiEW ERA — 102nd Year The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1967 THE HURON RECORD w 86th Year Firemen Entering Smoke-Filled Building 24 Clinton Mother Writes Drives Children to School; Afraid For Their Safety News-Record, Clinton, Ontario. Dear Editor, I have a complaint in connect ion with our fair town of Clin ton. The plowing of roads and sidewalks is terribly slow. Ontario Street sidewalks are so deep with snow the wee children are walking on' the road to and from school. We know, because, we choose to drive our children to school four 'times a day rather than see them walk in traffic! I see the situation huge, fast transports, where heavy EDITORIAL Fire Destroys CF SIT Classrooms Yesterday Afternoon at Local Base Building 24 at Canadian Forces Base Clinton was practically a total loss by 6 o’clock yesterday evening after fire broke out at 3:30 p.m. The eight persons in the building at the time all got out safely. . The south end of the 50 by 150 foot one-storey frame building had caved in and left the structure a charred shell. According to firemen the blaze was under control , within two hours. It’s thought the fire started in the | Centre of the building. . This is one of two buildings used as classrooms and offices by the Canadian Forces School of Instruc- ' tional Technique. $ Five of the 21-man CFB fire brigade were on ■ duty at the time the fire broke out, and Fire Chief . Sergeant Gordon Ebel immediately called the full : Clinton Library Has Small Surplus, ■ Lower Circulation and Membership Feb. 1967 High Low High Low 1 34 29 24 18 2 28 0 27 8 3 23 -9 28 6 4 32 23 28 10 5 31 3 19 -9 6 4 -9 22 -9 7 8 -8 29 9 Show:.5”Snow: 4” Snow Removal on Some Sidewalks Could Be Money Well Spent I 1 ■ THERE is some doubt in our minds as to the wisdom behind Clinton’s economy-minded council which apparently agrees to a man that plowing Clin ton sidewalks is a waste of the taxpayer’s precious dollars. This office has received numerous complaints from Clinton citizens who are asking — maybe plead ing is the word — Clinton council to spend money to keep Clinton sidewalks free of snow for easy walk ing and safety for children. At the January meeting of council, the Mayor suggested that the Public Works Department keep the sidewalks on East Street clean. Just last week, at least one motorist found a group of children spread out across East Street enjoying a particularly dan gerous game of “frighten-the-driver”. Object is, to stay out on the road in front of the car as long as possible and then as it passes, grab the aerial, the door handles, the bumper, anything that protrudes. Parents in Clinton can argue that if a child is killed or injured while engaged in some playful prank such as the one just described, Clinton Council could be held responsible. Who can rebuild a crushed body ? Or give life to the lifeless? Prevention of a tragedy is the most sensible measure. Town Councillors should find some way to plough Clinton sidewalks — especially on busy streets — regardless of cost. Other municipalities manage. Parents must do their part by making it their business to know what their children are doing on the way to and from school, for even when sidewalks are ploughed some youngsters will try a thrill ride just for fun. Motorists must remain alert, ready for the un expected, knowing that the occasional boy or girl will disregard all attempts to keep him or her alive until of an intelligent age. brigade on duty. The CFB firemen were assisted by ten members of the Clinton volunteer fire brigade under Fire Chief Grant “Red” Rath. Each brigade had their 840- gallon pumpers in action. Two of the students presently attending the SIT course at the base are firemen and assisted the twp brigades. They are from CFB Chatham, N.B. and CFB St. Hubert, Que. Equipment and records in the second SIT class room in Building 23, only 50 feet away, were removed and taken to safety. The building was not seriously threatened, but this was done as a precautionary measure, Destroyed in the fire were personal effects of students and instructors such as clothing, text books and note books. traffic and little children all use the highway — and it near ly scares me to death. It's just like a jungle at noon and at four o'clock. No matter what street I drive, the children are all over Rattenbury or Prin cess Street like flies. The cars try to wind’between them . . . a horn is of absolutely no use. Please kids, don’t slide her hind cars. Other housewives. liRe myself will be a nervous wreck before spring! Please Clinton, plow the side walks. I realize the snow has been extra heavy recently but just once a day it wouldn’t take that long to plow two or three blocks of sidewalk on Ontario Street, would it? Thank you. JOY FINK. February 7, 1967. Clinton, Ontario. /j Members of Clinton Public •Library Board held their annual meeting in the library on Fri- day evening, February 3. G. Morley Counter presided1 over the meeting. The treasurer’s report, pre sented by John Livermore, showed a .small balance, after tpe year’s expenditures. . The librarian, Miss Evelyn Hall had attended a meeting in Goderich on Wednesday after noon of all county librarians and the newly-appointed Huron County Public Library commit tee. She, presented her report Which Was dicussed by toe members. . Members of toe library will be pleased to know that in future their tickets wall be free. They will still be responsible for any overdue fines. / The change to a county pub lic library system will be a .slow process and everyone is asked f^yibear with the , current conations- until further directives are received. The librarian’s report of toe year’s statistics showed a lower membershin and circulation, due in part to the decreased popula tion in town. Miss Hall’s yearly report Showed 1,521 subscribers — 648 juvenile and 873 adult — of which 388 were rural or out of town persons. The total circulation of 29,306 books was broken down as fol lows: juvenile, 8,423; adult fic tion, 17,599; non-fiction, 3,284. During the year there was 199 juveniles, 161 adiuit fiction and 58 non-fiction books added to the library stock. During the same period the following books were discarded: 89 non-fiction, 106 fiction, 177 juvenile non fiction and 269 juvenile fiction. Members of Ciinton Public Library Board are: G. Morley Counter, chairman; Gordon Phillips, Dudley M. Pegg, Bert Gray, Mrs. J. D. Thorndike and Mrs. L. G. Winter. Town clerk John Livermore, is treasurer of the library. Hospital Auxiliary To Spend $800 On New Equipment The second meeting in 1967 of the Clinton Public Hospital Auxiliary on Tuesday, February 7 had 17 members present and two representatives from the Kinette Club of Clinton in the persons of Mrs. Pait Mann and Mrs. Jean JeWiitt. It is hoped that toe increase in attendance at this meeting is Brucefield Man, Walter McBeath Honoured As Telephone Pioneer Many Guests at Kin Civic and Press Night Clinton Kinsmen had a 75 percent attendance of members, three prospective members and 16 guests out to their annual Civic and Press Night in Hotel Clinton dining room Tuesday evening. Rev. A. J. Mowatt, D.D., minister of Wetsley-Willis Unit ed Church, was guest speaker and gave a very humorous talk on fox hunting. He was intro duced by past president Clar ence Denomme and thanked by Larry Jones. Included among the guests were Russ Archer, Paul Kerri gan and Gordon Charters, pros pective Kinsmen members; Ron Golding, a Kinsman from Port age la Prairie, now at CFB Clinton; Gordon Wood, a visit ing Kinsman; Don Kay and Ken Scott, honourary members . ; ' ' --------- •—S—— I Clinton Officer Promoted to Squadron Leader Newly promoted Squadron Leader Colin Copeland (centre) receives con gratulations from CFB Clinton’s Acting Base Commander, Wing Commander B. R. Rafuse (right). At left is Squadron Leader John Woodrow*, Officer i/c oLthe Officer Training Division, ... (CFB Clinton Photo) Canadian Forces Headquar ters recently announced the pro motion of Flight Lieutenant Colin Copeland to the rank of Squadron Leader. He is a staff instructor at the Officer Train ing Division at CFB Clinton/ A native of Liverpool, Eng land, Squadron Leader Cope land joined the RCAF in Jan uary 1956. He holds a Higher National Certificate in Mechani cal Engineering from the Liver pool College of Technology. After undergoing training as a. technical list officer in the aero-engineering branch, he Was posted to CFB Gimli, in 1957, as aircraft repair officer. He, subsequently held the same pos ition at CFB Saskatoon from 1960-62. In 1962 ho moved to CFB Cold Lake where he was a project engineer with the CEPE Detachment and Aircraft en gineering officer. In 1965 he Was posted to the Central Of ficers School CFB Centralia, and moved to Clinton in August last year when Centralia Was closed down.' of the Clinton Club and John CJook, a distillery salesman. Civic and press guests were: Don’ Symons, mayor of Clinton; Flight Lieutenant Alex Hannah, representing toe baise command er of CFB Clinton; Clinton’s Chief of Police Russ Thompson; A. L. Colquhoun of toe News- Record; William Chambers, president of Clinton Legion; Stewart Taylor, president of Huron Fish and Game Con servation Association; Ken Flett, president of Clinton Lions Club; Antoine “Red” Garon, president of Clinton and Dis trict Chamber of Commerce, and Rev. Mowatt. Kin president David Beattie was chairman of toe dinnei’ and business meeting that followed. The Kinsmen’s next executive 'meeting is on February 13; a skating party has been arrang ed for Friday, February 10 and the next regular meeting oh February 21, at which Goderich Kinsmen Will be guests, will be celebrated as Founders Night and it is hoped, to have the national president of Kinsmen, Hal Taggart, London:, as guest speaker. Doh Jewitt and Frank Cook won two special draws (During the ©Vetoing. Pegasus Players Seeking Actors Th i s' district’s theatrical group, the Pegasus Players will be casting for their-forthcoming' play, a comedy, “Sailor Be ware” on Sunday, February-12 at 2 p.m, at the Pegasus Thea tre, CFB Clinton. Everyone- who Is interested is welcome to at tends , duties, Squadron Leader Cope land is also a liaison officerwith 599 RCAC Squadron in Lon don. He is also vice-president of the Exeter Community Credit Union. He is married to the former Gladys Carson of Kelowna, B.C, They reside oh Pryde Boule vard in Exeter with their child ren, David, 4; Kathryn, 2; and Lynda, 6 months. , t /' J. Walter McBeath of Brucefield was the proud recipient last week of a Life Membership certifi cate and pin from the Stratford Club of Tecumseh Council of Pioneers of Telephone Companies of America. Presenting the award was Mrs. Arabell Bushell, president, who called at the McBeath home to honor the former lineman and plant superinten dent With Tuckersmith Municipal Telephone Sys tem. Mr, McBeath, who is presently recuperating from an illness which forced him into retirement, spent 44 years with the Tuckersmith system. (News-Record Photo) the beginning of more and more of the town and neighbouring communities coming out to lend their support to the local hos pital and having a say in the disbursement of funds raised by toe auxiliary. Last fall four special type (geriatric) chairs were bought to aid in the patients’ comfort and the staff’s Convenience, Also bought was a large freezer which means the food purchas er for the hospital Will be able to take advantage of bargain prices, thus helping to keep down administration, cosits. Miss Kathleen Elliott, Super intendent of Nurses, brought to the meeting a list of most- needed equipment and a motion was carried to purchase the fol lowing at a total cost of ap proximately $800: one commode chair, privacy curtains, portable sucti'on machine and a badly needed desk and chair to be used in the x^ray room. It was restated that too money raised by means of' the vanishing parties which are be ing held throughout town be used for the purpose of further equipping the emergency room. Incidentally, it would be appre ciated if 'anyone who lias been kind enough to attend or host a vanishing party on behalf of the auxiliary would turn in their contribution or proceeds to whomever was their hostess and so on down the line. In that way all the money raised can be more readily kept track of and properly banked. The Centennial Fashion Show which the Auxiliary had con sidered sponsoring was dropped due to the fact it would have fallen on Friday of the May 'holiday weekend, and it was felt there would be insufficient interest on that night to make lit a success. However, the aux iliary is planning a very special tea to coincide with Hospital Day in May and hopes to enlist the support of all the towns people on that day. The Lighter Side of a, Kinsmen Meeting This foursome are enjoying a story after the Clinton Kinsmen’s annual Civic and Press Night in Hotel Clinton dining room, Tuesday. From the left they are, Rev. A< J-, Mowatt, DJl)., . minister of Wesley-Willis United Church, who was guest speaker; Flight Lieutenant Alex Hannah, representing the RCAF; Kin President Oavkl Beattie and Kin Vice-President Robert Mann. (News-Record Photo) ■ik