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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-02-16, Page 1I; I r. W & J- K- A marvelous spmit prevailed lart Friday at Clinton Baptist Churjih where women of all faiths gathered to pixiy_ for ithe' world. There was no divisfon bes twd^n denominations ait the meeting w just one common bond which held flart acioss the wprld. ' , , The World Day of Prayer an annual event and is- a 'time set aside for women to over 30 countries throughout thq fuiti- yerse to unite, with one voice to offer a petition for world peace t— and to give thanks for the many blessings we all enjoy, This year's prayer service was .prepared by the late Queen Salote of the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific. For many years, the Queen led heir people in an observance of toe World Day of Prayer there. . # >H * It is. unfortunate that more ladles from. Cltoton and district did not attend. We are certain there are many who would have gone had it been possible, Per­ haps some shunned the open invitation because it "was just another women’s church meet­ ing”. More may not have cared. Those who were on hand must have been aware of the strange force, at work. Many must have thought,- as I did, that other women in other lands with fiton- ilies like ours and homes to keep and jabs to do were read­ ing the same scriptures and re­ citing the same prayers and singing the same hymns. They must have realized for a while that color and race and religion and situation are really of little consequence after all. It doesn’t really matter whe­ ther the lady .wears mink or a sarohg, she can long for peace and-pray for world brotherhood. Speaker Miss Muriel Israel from Hamilton was a smiling, gracious lady who brought a message befitting toe occasion. She'urged the group to care' . . .,. for, she said, the, whole world is divided into,two main classes of people — those who care and those, who do not; She ^illustrated; her thoughts by indicating that Christian people without Compassion for. other humans are merely adrift in the world — something like sailboats without a wind. Her- reference to the song-: "Where Have All The Flowers Gone” pointed out' the futility of a life without purpose — and every lady there knew what she meant when she spoke of a life of service,. . * * * It struck me that women to the church play a mighty role by participating to a World Day of Prayer. By joining hands across the world, (mothers and career women and homemakers and executives show what can be accomplished when there is a common desire. It should carry hope to all quarters of the globe Where people wait for the time when monstrous weapons of swar can be thrown into the depths of the sea; when the hungry are fed'; the homeless are housed; the naked are clothed; the un­ loved are loved; the rick lare' healed.; the cold are warm; the - helpless are strong; the lonely are happy. It isn’t impossible as a World Day of Prayer shows. It is just improbable in a world where people don't care, . ■ # * * One of the very nicest aspects of the event, for me "alone I suspect, was the opportunity it afforded to return to the church I attended as a child. I could almost relive, tire time when I sat between my mom and dad to onC of the left-hand pews; very nearly see my dad as he used to look when he stood be­ hind the lecturn oh a Sunday v morning fulfilling his obliga­ tions as Sunday1 School superin­ tendent; just about feel the wicker on the choir-left chairs. I remembered too the time I played the organ for a church service when the regular organ­ ist was ill. Some of the familiar faces were there There’s hew carpeting; and new paint; and new lights; ahd some new furniture. But there are the s;ame benches; the Same1 windows; the same platform; the same cradle roll; the same entry way, A delightful combination of old and new greets the voter toside But outride, things fe- main about the saihh . > . . and I’M grateful for memories are more pleasant in familiar sur­ roundings. 4 r *'" - i* 1 -f' it- ■ M <“■' V.nl . •' s, " CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1967 At CFB Rec Centre Next Week The above scene is taken from the Toronto Children’s Theatre production of “ the “Tinderbox” which is scheduled for presentation to Huron County school children at CFB Clinton Recreation Centre on Monday and Tuesday, February - 20 and 21. The “Tinderbox’*- company, David Clement, Marylu Moyer, William Copeland, Richard Ayres, Hamish Robertson and George Windkfield, with Pat­ ricia Grant as the Queen, are shown watching Robert Aarron as the dog hold­ ing the magic tinderbox itself. In addition to the children’s performances there will be one showing for the general public at 7 p.m. on February 20; admission is.25 cents. .. Toronto Children's Theatre Group To Play at CFB Rec Centre First of a number of Cen­ tennial projects to be under­ taken by 'CFB ’ Clinton will take place on February 20 ■and 21 when the base spon- ClihtonMan Receives Edmonton Post TT T Valentine Money . Goes to Arena Fund - Instead of buying and ex- (toanging, Vtieritines 'this year, m^ny of the’ rooms at Clinton Public School eoillccitcd, funds for .'(^toton’s. new community centre fund, The monies that pupils ' would normally have spent on .Valentines was brought tp'-’ School’ on Tuesday. This money will be turned over' to the .community centre fund on Friday, ■ ‘ .• O Community Centre Finance Meeting Every Thursday . Clinton and District Com­ munity Centre Centennial Fund finance , committee will - meet every Thursday evening in'Clin- ton Legion Hall at eight o’clock to disepss and plan - for the general canvass for funds early to March. Last week, representatives of the project visited the surround­ ing township councils request­ ing permission to canvass pant of each township. • , Sub-committees - of the fin­ ance committee have held meet­ ings seeking canvassers for the March funds campaign. " Any group interested to-hear­ ing .more about the new com­ munity centre and . its financing should get to touch with finance ’chairman Mait Edgar ahd he will supply a speaker for the meeting. -o- Jim Armstrong Resigns From Clinton Council Clinton’s Public works Chair­ man, Councillor Jim Armstrong tendered his resignation from Clinton ’town Council at Mon­ day evening’s regular meeting of council, There was no reason given dn the letter and Mr. Armstrong was nipt present at council; he had attended the council’s committee of the whole, meeting the previous Monday, Mayor Don Symons,' who ap­ parently had been talking to Councillor Armstrong, said the decision was final. The mayor explained that an editorial in last week's issue of the News-Record had, prompted the resignation. " . The mayor regretted losing such a good man on public works. He Said "Mr,, Armstrong had the town’s interests at heart at ’all times.” Then the mayor ispoke of the' two recant heavy snowfalls ahd that snowplowing equipment was out or order. He warned that if we are to have full snow plowing on sidewalks and. streets it would add at least, three mills onto taxes. • Most of the councillors ex­ pressed regret at Mr, Arm­ strong’s resignation. Jim Armstrong whs begin­ ning his third year on council having been elected, to Novem­ ber 1964 to the 1965 council. In 1966 and this year, when the council selves for a two year term he had been public works chairman - (streets committee). Mayor Symons appointed Councillor John McFarlane as acting public works chairman. Thanks from CFB A letter was read from Can­ adian Forces Base Clinton, thanking the town 1 volunteer fire brigade for helping at the fire at the base last Wednes­ day which-destroyed one of the Canadian Forces School of In­ structional Technique buildings. Who’ll Be 100? The treasurer of Ontario re­ quested council to submit names of any or all persons in the town who will reach their 100th birthday in 1967, If any citizen will be 1Q0 or knows of anyone tn town who will be, -they ape requested to give the name and birthday to town clerk John Livermore, A letter from the local de­ partment of agriculture office ’ requested^ town participation ip a two-day agriculture confer­ ence. at CHS$ auditorium on Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11, The town had received an earlier request for a grant to this conference. In the police chief's yearly report there were 76 traffic ac­ cidents noted and the mayor wondered if this was quite a lot. There was $2,087 to fines during the year. The estimated damage in the traffic accidents was $22,746. The mayor reported that Chief of Police H. R. Thompson was off duty for a week or ten days after being bitten by a dog. The dog was- shot and the head sent to Hull, Quebec, to check for rabies. The repdrt was that the dog was not rabid, (Continued on page 14) March Is Campaign Month entre resentatives of .the four sur­ rounding townships: Goderich Township, Councillor William Jenkins; Stanley, Clerk Mel Graham; Tuckersmito, Frank Falconer and Hul-Iett, Councillor Hugh Flynn. . Ted McCullough, treasurer of • Huron Co-operative Medical Services, is canvass co-ordinator for the town of Clinton. He can be reached at the office, 82 Albert Street or phone 482-9751. Sub-committee chairmen are: K. W. Colquhoun who is con­ tacting clubs and organizations in the town and district; Bert .Clifford, who will be contacting out-q^-tqwn businesses and companies whs have''l$hal out­ lets or do business to Clinton; A. L/ Colquhoun heads a, com­ mittee to contact former Clin- tonians requesting donations to­ ward the new arena. All canvass chairmen are re­ quested to have their full quota and a list of canvassers for the meeting on Thursday, February 23. . • The month of March -has. been designated as xfunds campaign month for Clinton and District' Community Centre Centennial Fund. The finance committee, head­ ed by CHSS teacher Mait Ed­ gar meets every Thursday even­ ing at eight o’clock in Clinton Legion Hall to review the past week’s'"'activities - and.-plan ■ for the canvass.. Other committee members and any -interested citizens are invited to these meetings. The committee hopes to raise $100,000 by canvass, donations, etc., and by using the govern­ ment winter works program. The new community centre .and arena which has been started in Clinton Community Park has been-let to a Waterloo firm'for $224,660. The town of Clinton has received approval from the Ontario Municipal Board to issue debentures up to $175,000. But as Mir. Edgar explains at all meetings and to the various groups he or members of his committee speaks to, that for every dollar we raise now, will be a saving of another dollar over the next 20 years on de­ benture interest. Canvass co-ordinators and committee sub-chairmen have been selected. They include rep­ Valentine Dinner Held by CFB Office Workers ; /Thirty-five female office/em- ’ ployees from ' Canadian Forces' Base Clinton gathered in the .Hotel Clinton dining room on Valeritihe’s Day, Tuesday for a Valentine Day dinner. This was the first Valentine dinner held by „the ladies end it was sug­ gested that it be an annual event. The dinner was. arranged by Mrs. Edith Baker, secretary to the base commander. During the dinner, donations were collected1 to purchase books for.the children’s library which is being set up at the CFB library. Three of the ladiies at the dinner had spent a month this winter in Florida and they ail spoke, giving their impressions of' the south, the night life, horse and dog races, ete. The ladies were Mrs. Marion Seeley, Clinton; Mrs. Doreen Anderson, Kippen and Miss Mary Mc­ Millan, Goderich, /. theatrical groups. .. The only show open to the public will >be held at 7 p.m. 'on Monday, February 20; ad-, mission is 25 cents. .. Four other shows Will .be present­ ed for grade school' children • in the surrounding districts. The children’s performances will be held at 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Monday and Tues­ day the 20th and 21st of Feb­ ruary. Attendance at .these performances is being eo-or- ’dinated by the school inspect­ ors for the three Huron County school districts. Other western centres in­ cluded in the itinerary tor the Toronto Theatrical Group are London, Sarnia, Chatham, Palmerston and Walkerton. sors a visit by the Toronto Children’s Theatre, This well-known profession- ‘ al company will present the play- "Tinderbox” to the Base Recreation' Centre. This par­ ticular production ’ Which is ' 'based on'*a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, has been translated into more modem ' approach-for 1967's children. The author and director, Dorothy-Jane Goulding, who‘ -is the wife of Stratford actor William Needles, has been associated with Children’s Theatre for many' years. In addition to writing the play, she has composed the music for the "Tinderbox” herself, and has written several musi­ cals and songs for various Home and School To Meet " Thursday, Feb. 23 The next general meeting of Cltoton Home and School Asso­ ciation will be held to the Audi­ torium of the Public School on Thursday, February 23 at 8:30 p.m. An address entitled "The Smile of Health” will be given by the guest speaker, Dr. Gra­ ham Bowker, a Clinton dentist. Entertainment will be provided by'Mrs. Mary Lee James who will sing folk songs, accom­ panied by Mr. Hollenbeck on the guitar. Parents are once again re­ minded that the Honour Banner will be awarded to/the class­ room which has the miost par­ ents in attendance at this meet- * planning, small rangements can be made. Letter To The Editor 1&7 High Law 1 a and held p.m. will I nv w ®cui!w '1^66 Kight Low First Ptace Team in Kinsmen Peewee League Kenneth G. Knights Kenneth G. Knights, a former Clinton resident, has accepted the position of supervisor of Mortgage, Services tor-the Lon­ don Life Insurance Company in Edmonton, Alberta. Mr. Knights is a graduate of Central Huron Secondary School and was an employee of the Bank of Montreal in Clin­ ton, Haliburton and Simcoe. He joined London Life in February, 1964 as a correspondent to Mortgage Administrations, Pay­ ments Division. His wife, the former Ruthann Scotchmer of Bayfield, has also received a transfer to Edmonton from‘Head Office to., London where she Was a typist to the Policy Issue Department.' They assume their new pos­ itions on March 6, 1967. , Talks, discussions, panels and films on topics of interest to women will.be featured at the same time Farmers' Week is in progress at the Ontario Agri­ cultural College in Guelph. While the farmers are learning the latest aspects of forages, silages, grains, beef and dairy production, the women will have an opportunity to learn what’s new in their particular field of endeavor. • Specialists from the Home Economics Branch, of the Ont­ ario Department ofAgrioultuhe and Food, and.from Majcdohald Institute. University of teuelph, will talk on a variety of home­ making' subjects — textiles, laundry, credit buying, budget­ ing, nutrition, family relations, and communications as well as the kitchen equipment. Professor Edyth Bray will discuss the floor coverings and color to the home. Miss Helen McKercher, Director of the Home Economics Branch of the Ontario Department of Agricul­ ture and Food1, Will welcome the women both days. The two days of special pro­ grams for women are Tuesday, February 21, and Thursday, February 23, from 9:55 a.in. to 4 p.m. There Will be morning coffee breaks and coffee served at noon. Box lunches' will be .available- at $1, dr you may bring your own lunches. If you would like to go please contact Miss Sharon Carrell, home economist for Huron County, Box 159, Clinton or phone ,482'-'3428 sip further air- On Wednesday, March meeting of all' canvassers committee heads is being at 'the Legion Hall at 8 This is when canvassers be fully instructed in their duties and all details of the canvass. . ., 'Any person who would like to assist in this campaign for funds for the new community centre, is requested to contact Mr. Edgar or any of the above sub-chairmen. (Continued on page 14) Clinton Colts Hockey Club Needs More Fan Support Clinton News-Record, Clinton, Ontario. To the Editor: As the current intermediate hockey schedule is drawing to a close and the play-offs begin next Week the manage­ ment and players wish to ap-‘ peal for the support Of Clin- ton hockey fans. It is- our feeling that only a few loyal fans realize what is being done. We are trying to bring intermediate hOckcy back to. Clinton. We have lost most of our* games time, but we have not taken our losses lying down. Ask any fan who Was there. We do not, for instance in out first year expect to walk all over an organized team of long standing such as the Durham Huskies. We are looking forward to betted years ahead as we gain experience ahd confi­ dence. Just last yeah at a club meeting, a recommendation was made that We fold. The players', representatives did not go along with this in any way. They feel that it would be wrong to quit especially in view of the effect this would have on the new arena ptio- , gram. In order to finish the year successfully the team 'mem­ bers have elected to purchase . their own hockey sticks from now on..-This is an indication of the willingness, of our players' to continue. We heed* more support. Last home game We had more hockey players than fans. How about It?? The Clinton Celts have con- fidenee in themselves- they ate losing confidence hi the Clinton supporters'. We play hbme games Wed­ nesday, February 15, "Friday, February 17 and Wednesday,- February22. Management, CLINTON COLTS HOCKEY CLUB Clinton, Ontario, February 13, 1967. The Cougars finished the season in first place in the four-team Kinsmen Club of Clinton Peewee Hookey League. They are shown here in their new sweaters supplied by the Ontario Hydro Employees Union. Team manager Larry Jones and coach, Al May are both employees of Ontario Hydro. Clin­ ton’s mayor Don Symons, who is the Steward from the local hydro employees to the union, was hilt of towfn when this photo was taken. Members Of the Cougars are, front row, left to right, Robbie Stirling, Mike Anstett, George Allen, Bob Atkinson, Ray Lobb; back row, left to right, Richard Peterson, Randy Blake; Larry Jones, managed; Barry Edgar, Danny Colquhoun; All May, coach; Tom Murch, Brian Atkinson. fjP/ews-Reeord Photo)