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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-02-23, Page 1Column $ $5.00 Per Cents Per Copy—10 Pages THE HURON RECORD w 86th YearTHE NEW ERA — 102nd Year ■ By S, J. K. For anyone not satisfied to . grow a beard as a Centennial project or to sew. a 19th cen­ tury gown for Canada’s 100th birthday, maybe something more adventurous would appeal, Maybe Hie ■ Yukon River Flotilla will suit the tastes of some Canadians. who love' the great outdoors. If so, why hot join the hundreds of small boats which will leave White- .hoi'se on . August 7 for a trip down the 'fabulous Yukon River milesto Dawson City, 460 away. '. ,* .y. ' ■ ’And there on the marge of-Lake Labarge ( ' I cremated Sam McGee,” • The Flotilla will' traverse the length - of this beautiful lake made famous by Robert W. Ser­ vice, and it is expected the crew of small cruisers, motor boats, ,canoes, kyacks, scows, river boats and rafts will appreciate the view of Canada as it should b^ seen “without the hustle and bustle of city life”. Other spots; to be visited are Carmacks and Fort Selkirk ‘where an Interr Faith Chapel service is scheduled. On August 16, the Flotilla ar­ rives in Dawson City. On the following day, all hands will join in the parade and other day-long celebrations commem­ orating the discovery of gold in the Klondike. . , August 1.7 is a Civic holiday throughout the Yukon, and Discovery Day, as it is called, is Yukon’s biggest celebration. From Dawson where so little has changed since the days of, '98,. it is an easy day’s drive to Fairbanks, Alaska, where “A- 67” celebrations will be in pro­ gress. ’ ; ' * Certainly the Yukon is ari historic part of - Canada ' . .' but someone up there recognizes a chance to promote the country and make a dollar throughout Centennial Year,. . Of course,, the News-Record has been trying since 1965 to' impress the localities in this’ dis­ trict with’ the .possibilities af­ forded by Centennial Year to benefit .^ directly1 and indirect­ ly i— all residents of the ’ area. To diate, very little has been done right here'to capitalize on the chaiice of a lifetime. Clinton has not the glamour of the Klondike, to be sure, but with heads together in a few hours of intend thought, there just might be some way to take advantage of the remaining ' (Continued on page 5) The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THVRSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1967 • —---------- .T'i* ■■ ' - ' Century Plaques Presented by Two of Clinton's Centenarian’s Honoured - ■ . , - - * . . Robert E. McKinley, right, Huron MP, is. shown here presenting century plaques to two of the three residents of Huronview who are 100 years old in . this Centennial year. On the left, Duncan Stewart and centre, John Mitchell, both ^formerly of Hensail area. The presentation took place in the library at Huronview last Friday. ' (News^ecord Photo) At Annual Meeting Clinton Horticultural Society Elects Officers, Views Slides annual open meeting ofThe i the Clinton Citizens’ Horticul­ tural,; Society was held Friday evening, .'February 17, in the dirit'bn * GbUhciK Gh^mbier: with a large attendance. ' ’ The president, Miss Lu'ella Johnston, opened' the meeting with a lovely poem "God Re­ membered to Plant a Tree”. Mrs. Stewart Middleton gave the detailed secretary's report and Miss Johnston, the financial statements, in the absence of the treasurer, Fred Sloman. Cards of thanks were read from Mrs. Frank (Flingland and froifLMri and Mrs. Sloman. The annual meeting of the OHA will be .held in Guelph. June 21-24. • Master Paul Van Damme, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ceriel Vian Damme provided' a delightful 'in­ terlude by reciting by memory the flower emblems of all ten provinces' of Canada, also the Yukon and , N.W.T. • as Miss Johnston called them out in order. Mrs., Ceriel Van Damme pre­ sented the list of officers for Mait Edgar Honoured With Life Membership In Clinton Kinsmen Club Edgar' was presented life membership in the Kin Club which was in 1952. This • dis the award a club can bo­ Clinton Kinsmen Club capat-, alized . on its celebration of Founder’s Night by honouring three of its charter members,, at the dinner meeting in Hotel Clinton dining room Tuesday. Mailt with a Clinton formed highest stow on one of its members. Two other chatter members, Don Kay,, a past president and Ken Scott were presented With honourary membership certifi­ cates. The presentations were made by Hal S. Taggart, Q.C., Lon­ don, national president of the Kinsmen Club of Canadia. ’Mr Taggart* Was guest speaker at the combined meeting t of the Clinton and Goderich clubs. The Goderich dub which is'20 years old, sponsored the Clinton Kins­ men when it started in 1952. Mr. Edgar is a past president of the local dub,' was deputy governor in 1961, and in 1964- 65 he’ Served as Kinsmen gov-' emorin District One. The governorship involved ad­ ministration of 74 clubs in Ont- ario. Mr* Edgdr, 38, is d geo­ graphy teacher of Central Huron Secondary School. Hc- has been a teacher for 19 years. He is finance drairman for Clinton’s Centennial project, a, 8225,000 community centre. A sports enthusiast in hockey and baseball, he has played for Clinton teams in both sports and coached minor hockey and ball teams. He as presently coach of the Kinsmen peewee team in WOAA playdowns. The Western Ontario Athfetiie, Association recognizes his work in athletics by presenting him with the O. W. (Mike) Weichel Trophy. Mr. Edgar is also funds cam­ paign chairman of the Huron Cancer Society. The honoured Ofrirhhii had the honour of introducing Presi­ dent Taggart at the dinner meeting. Mr. Taggart is, a ten-year Kinsmen member who has held nearly every office on his way up to national president. He is senior member,in his own law firm in London. He was edu­ cated at London, Toronto and Osgoode-Hall. The national president prais­ ed the Clinton club for its many activities, especially that of hav­ ing the complete executive of , 15 persons from the local club on District No. 1 executive (in 1964^65 when Edgar was gov­ ernor. The Kin president compli­ mented both Clinton and Gode­ rich clubs for the informative bulletins they put out. Bert Clifford is editor of Clinton Kin bulletin. In his remarks on the all- ’ Canadian service dub, at the (Continued on page ten) ■1 Vandals Damage Popular Winter Sports GroundsHuron M.P. - 'Two very proud gentlemen were honoured at' Hurenview ja$t Friday afternoon by Robert E. • McKinley, MP for H;ui?o(n County. Mr. McKinley presented Dun- 5 can * Sitewart and John Mitchell With century plaques an be- l h’ollf ! of Canadian govern^ ment- which is awarded all '19p7: centenarians with the bilin­ gual remembrances. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Mitchell celebrated their 100th 'birthdays earlier- this, year.. Beith men are from RodgerviUe, / a settlement •near Hensail which has vanish­ ed in recent years. The men were classmates at SS 1 Us- borne Township (Hurondale) -elementary school, , -A third classmate, h Mrs. Helen Dalrymple will celebrate her- 100th birthday at Huronyiew in ■.November. • The attractive plaques signed by .Secretary of State Judy La-. Marsh and bearing the Secre­ tary of State seal say, “Canada Honours you in your lOlisit year on - the occasion of the Centen­ nial of Confederation''. On hand for the brief cere­ mony in the library were Mrs. Mai’y Stewart, Hurenview, sis­ ter-in-law of Mr/ Sitewart; and Mr; 'Mitchell’s' childhen, son Stahley, daughter Mrs. Jarvis Horton , arid-daughter and son- in-law Mr. and Mrs. Mel Tra- quair, all of Hensail. - ■ • ;■ ----------2---------- ------------------------ Peewees Win Over Mt. Forest Last Night, 4-3 • Clinton .Kinsmen Ponies put Mount Forest out ;of WOAA. peew.ee “B” competition in a game in Mount/-Forest last <riight. This is' two Straight; , Clinton’ having won the firtit game, in Clinton, Monday evening by a 7-4 score. In the 4-3 victory last night (Wednesday) Paul Kelly scored three goals and Bill Cantelon one. .£ Peewee manager Bert Clif­ fordhopes -to start the WOAA peewee finals in Clinton on Monday evening against Dur­ ham. One of this area’s most popu­ lar winter playgrounds — the ski and' tobaggan -hill at Ken Tyndall’s .farm ;—- nearly didn’t open to the public last Sunday. Between 6:30 and 7;25 on Saturday evening,' vandals en­ tered the property,, smashed one end out of the, small building used for storage, broke ,up sev­ eral pairs of skills and drove Mr. Tyndall's tractor ■ around and. damaging- it. N ' . Ken roughly ’estimated it wiill take up. to $1,000 to repair trac­ tor', building and1 other damages and ’put the popular winter spprts area back in shape. If it were not for the extra work and efforts of neighbours who worked until midnight on Saturday and 'again early on Sunday morning, the ,area could not have been used on Sunday, Stewart Broadfoot _ and 'Don and • Bill McGregor played an important.. part >in getting the tractor and building jn: shapf? for Sunday's activities. . I Mr. Tyndall is1 anxious tp find the person or persons respon­ sible for last wpehend’s van-” dal'ism Iff any person noticed cars or anyone in the area ait Ithe above .time’ on Saturday they should .report it to Mr. Tyndall or the Provincial Ppliice at Goderich who are also work­ ing on the incident. - The resort area was started as a family playground and has grown info a'popular spot for skiers, toboggan and snowmo­ bile enthusiasts.' Mr. Tyndall does not charge a fee for use of .the facilities but is most ap­ preciative of donations which go back into the resort. In re­ cent weekends he has had win­ ter sports enthusiasts from as far away as London and Grand Bend. $102"Saved" By Students For New Arena Over 500 .children at Clinton Public School tihri year showed where their hearts Were on Val­ entine's Pay — and. fortunately for the Clinton ’and District Comm'unity Centre Centennial Fund, their hearts were in the right places, Principal Beit Gray told the News-Record liate last Friday afternoon ■ that pupils at the. school had ^collected $102 which will be turned over to the com­ munity 'centre fund,. The money was realized when the young­ sters brought pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters.' rather than Valentines,. to be exchanged in the classrooms. the Horticultunal Society Tor 1967 as fallows:' " ,‘#1 - Honorary - president, - JOpug. MileS.;' president, : Miss Lue.Ua. Johnston; first vice-president,. Mrs. Frank Fihgland; second vice-president, Charles Cook; Secretary and press secretary, Mrs. Stewart Middleton; trea­ surer, Mrs. Fred Sloman; Directors for- two, years,/Mrs. H. McIntyre, Mrs. Ed, Farqu­ har, Mrs. N, Forbes, Gordon Scribbins, Mrs. Ciaiflord'Epps; Directors for one year, Stewart Middleton, Miss E. Jamieson. Mirs, R-. McCann, Mrs. Harry ■Ball, Miss D. Marquis ^During 1966 the. horticultural society donated 22. Rose of Sharon shrubs to citizens on Huron and Ontario Streets, as a Centennial project*. The society also maintained spring and fall plantings, of sax prominent town flower beds, window boxes at Library Park, and also -bed's at the nurses’ residence and the hospital. v (Continued on page 9) The Weather 19661967 High Low High Low Feb.' 15 43 29 34 18 16 35 4 34 22 17 21 6 24 12 18 21 8 .16 4 19 22 ;15 9.-4 20 31 ■21 14 6 21 27 17 21 14 Snow: 4”Snow: 8” 1 Public School Kids Give to Arena Fund . In lieu of exchanging Valentines in the classrooms at Clinton Public School this year, the students pooled their money-and gave it to Clinton’s new com- ‘ • munity centre fund. Shown here is Peter Cameron, left, and JoAnn Bates, grade eight pupils, handing a ibag containing $102.00 to Andy Peterson, treasurer of the community centre finance committee. (News-RecordPhoto) '• ■ ------------------O---------—— Goderich Twp. Looking For Centennial Ideas Reeve Grant Stirling acted as chairman when Goderich Township Council held a meeting in the Township Hall last Wednesday evening for. ’ the purpose of making plans for a ’ township Centennial celebration. Representatives were pres­ ent from the School Board, Federation of Agriculture, Farmers Union and several women's organizations in the township. Many i suggestions were brought in which will be gone into further by a committee which is to meet the 2nd of March in the town­ ship office. Legion Public Speaking Draws 20 P.S. Entries Twenty junior’ and senior public school children competed in Clinton Branch 140 of the Royal Canadian Legipn’s public speaking finals in ‘-the Legion Hall Tuesday evening. This is an annual project of the Legion branch and local pupils have gone’as far provincial finals -in years. This public Robert _____, __ ____ ed by Garnet. Harland, pririci- pat of the Department of National Defence public, school at CFB Centralia. ‘ ? Winner of the senior division, as the former which takes in grade 7 and 8 students, was Miss Hartley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.. E. “Hal” “ ’ Christine Hartley, North-Street, Clinton. She is a Grade 8 student at Clinton, pub­ lic school. Junior division winner was Patricia ■ Cummings, a Grade 6 pupil at AM Hugh Oafhpbell Public School 'at CFB Clinton. She is the daughter of Flight Lieutenant and Mrs. R. S. Cum­ mings. 14 Winnipeg Road, Ad- astral Park.. , The top contestant in each division received’ the local Legion’s trophy which wall be kept in the winners’ schools for year’s chairman of the speaking committee is Burke, who was .assist- Tops in Senior Public School Speaking a year. They also received cer­ tificates as did the,, second and third place entries. Others com­ peting received honourable men­ tion certificates’. Four schools competed in this years* elementary public speak­ ing: AM Hugh Campbell-Public School, Clinton' Public School,, Holmesville Piiblic School and the Hullett Township Central School at LondesboTo. Senior Speakers Placing second (to Christine Hartley in the senior division was Jayne Snell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug Snell, a stri­ dent at Hullett Central; third was Cecilia Penner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John -Penner, Shipley Street, a student at (Continued on page ten) I Three Persons Honoured In Holmesville I J was the Christine Hartley, centre, is shown here accepting the trophy as top sen- ior public school (grades 7arid 8) speaker in the Clinton area, from Garnet Harland; on the left is Cecilia Penner, who placed third and on the right, Jayne Snell, of Hullett Central School; Londesboro, who placed second. ’ (News-Record Photo)* r* Junior Public Speakers at Legion These three junior public school girls are proud of their prizes in Clinton Legion’s annual public school public speaking competitions. From the left they are, Jeanita Snowdon, third place winner; Peggy Cooper, second, and Patricia Cummings who placed first and won the Legion trophy. Robert Burke, chair­ man oftheLegion’s public speaking committee is at the right. fWews-Record Photo) A very enjoyable evening had by all Who attended gathering in Goderich Town­ ship Hall on Saturday, Feb­ ruary 18. The purpose of the gathering was to honour two families who had resided in the former SS 11 for a number of years and are now residing in Clinton. - 1 . The evening Was spent in pro­ gressive euchre with Mrs. Roy Tyndall being high lady and Mrs, Francis Powell, low lady. The men’s high Was won by Edward Deeves and men’s low, * Roy Elliott. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Tyndall dnd Mrs. Donna Booth were then seated and ah address to ' Mr. ahd Mrs, Tyndall .was read by Mrs. May Gibson and Elmer „ Trick presented them with a picture. John Deeves read an address to Mrs. ’ Booth and Frank Potter presented her with stack drams ahd dec- . trie clock. ■ ! ' Both parties replied tiittihgiy, after 'Which Elmer Trick fav- cured the group with piano selections wliilc the ladies serv­ ed a delicious liiiieh. I ¥