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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-08-30, Page 11Recreationally speaking BY BEV WILTON utancentrallon was in order at the Bankers Lawn Bowling Tournament held in Clinton last Saturday. Officials repor- ted one of the best tourneys this season with a full green of 32 people. (News-Record photo) New .Goderich vet 1 builds modern clinic As of the first of August the former practice of Dr. M.W. Raithby was transferred to the hands of 27 year old Pr. Bill Schilthuis, Dr. Schilthuis comes, to Goderich after serving for two and one half years as an associate with clinic at Milverton operated by Dr. K. Pauly, A graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College at Guelph, Dr. Schilthuis moved to Hamilton in 1950 from his birthplace in Holland and attended school in Hamilton, before going to O.V.C. With his purchase of the Raithby Clinic the new Veterinarian intends to carry on the com- plete range of services previously offered in- cluding the treatment of large and small animals, making farm calls, boarding pets and supervising at the Goderich and Clintpn race tracks during the summer operations. For the moment Dr. Schilthuis will be operating his practice from the former Raithby Clinic premises but by mid-October it is hoped he will hive moved to his new facilities on Highway eight east of Goderich at the intersection of Concession 6. At the moment he is constructing a new 80 by 40 foot clinic from which he will conduct his practice at that site, The new facilities will provide, in addition to . offices and an operating room, boarding kennels to accom- modate 30 dogs. An additional sir large out- door runs are to be constructed as well, Dr/Schilthuis will be assisted in his work by his wife Stephanie. The third family mem, ben is 11-month old Trevor, "The practice at Milverton was very similar to this one," the new Vet explains. He advises he's on call to those who want him but prefers to see small animals between the hours of 2:00 and 3:00 in the afternoon and 7:00 and 8:00 in the evening. SPECIALIZE AS A MEDICAL OR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY! Did you know that Conestoga College offers a two year secretarial program at CLINTON? Ap- plicants with good typing and shorthand may com- plete the program In one year! To reserve your place in class...register now. Please send me an applicatidn form for the full-time secretariat program. Name Address Phone Please return to: Registrar, Conestoga College, 299 Doon Valley Drive, Kitchener. 653- 2511 Ext. 261. Mes, CNR Now Open Under New Management JOE'S B.P. 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LIST 7124.65 SAVE. 100's OF DOLLARS NicGEE PONTIACNBUICK GODIERICH 524439 l ,QUINITON NNWS-RNCOTHUKSPAY,.A.UOU$T 3a, 1978,—n W.I. acquires home of original founder rmiTtipAy PARTY A surprise birthday party was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert Thorn lest Sunday, August 26 for her two sisters, Mrs. Minnie Parrish of Listowel and Mrs. Mary Grigg of Clinton, The afternoon was spent visiting with each other on the lawn. Later in the evening Mr, and Mrs. John Farrish (Min- nie) Yarrish of Listowel were presented with a gift in honor of their 40th wedding armiver- eery, Those present were brothers and sisters of Mrs. Thom,Mr. and Mrs. Harold ood, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs. William Stirling, Goderich; Mr. and Mrs, Mel Good, Carlow; and Mrs. Mary Grigg of Clin- ton. ANNUAL PLUNKETT REUNION The 30th annual Plunkett Reunion was held last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Plaetzer. As the guests arrived they signed the register and received name tags, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Tyndall and Mr. and Mrs. Clare William conducted the sports with the following results. Rades, boys and girls, five and under, Kenny Millian, Angela Millian;, boys, 8 and un- der, Keith Hallam, Darryl Plunkett; girls, 8 and under, Brenda Popp; boys and girls, 10 and under, Anita Hallam, Keith Hallam; boys and girls, 13 and under, Sandra Popp, Greg Hallam. Young adults, Ronnie Plunkett, Sandra Popp; adults game- orange team won against the white; men's kick-the- slipper, Clara Millian, Paul Chamney; ladies' kick-the- slipper, Lynda Millian, Marie Millian. Eldest lady present, Mrs. Carrie Pattison; eldest man present, Milton Plunkett; couple married the longest, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Finnigan; couple travelling the farthest, .Mn' and Mrs Mabee-Plunkett; youngest person attending, Michael Millian; men's race, Donald Plunkett, Clare Millian; ladies' race, Laura Popp, Jean Plaetzer. After a smorgasbord supper, the president Wayne Millian conducted the business. The picnic will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Hallam next year. BRIDAL SHOWER Pink and silver paper parasol and rosettes decorated the Sun- day school room of Knox United Church when friends and relatives gathered to honor Miss Donna Beechler with a bridal shower prior to her marriage, Mrs. Kenneth Scott was chairman and corsages were pinned on the bride by Mrs. Marian Sproul and on the britle.tenbe's mother, Mrs, Harold Beechler by Mrs. Ken- Once there was a giant whose mother was very tiny. She worked hard to buy food lot hint Once she saved a whole quarter for a treat. Giant skipped off to spend his quarter, lie met an old Woman with a basket. But he had lost his quarter. Giant started to cry, Soon there was a pool around him. The roman was afraid she would drown. --Stop!" she cried, and she gave Giant a bean as big as an orange. Giant took the bean bom to show his mother. But she was so angry, she threw the bean out the window. The next day there was an 'enormous bean stalk in the back yard, growing up into the Clouds. Giant climbed the bean stalk and found a new land. lie peeked into the window of a house and saw a boy playing with a ben that laid golden eggs. But then Giant broke the window by mistake and out his finger. He rushed home crying to his mother, She fixed Giant's. finger with neth Scott. A contest given by Joanne Hickey was won by Mrs. Barbara Chapman, . Lynn Turner played a piano solo. A contest, "How good is your memory?" was given by Mrs. William L. Craig and Mrs. William Robertson, Mrs, Thomas Haggitt was the wire, ner. Donna and her mother were escorted to the platform to decorated chairs where Joanne Hickey read an address of congratulations. Gifts were presented by Mrs. Donald Young, Miss Connie Hickey and Debbie and Nancy Chap- man, Mrs. Allan Craig made an attractive ribbon bow hat and tied the hat on Donna. . Donna thanked all for the gifts and a delicious lunch was served. AUBURN W.I. The August meeting of the Auburn Women's Institute was held in the Community Memorial Hall with Mrs. Thomas ' Haggitt, first vice- president in charge. She welcomed the 70 guests present. It was decided to send a gift to Miss Catherine Hunt, Thanks was given to Mrs. Leonard Archambault for bud vases given to the W.I. Report of the Huronview Auxiliary was given and told about the bazaar and bake sale which will be held this fall. Mrs. Gordon Taylor reported on the bus trip and by secret ballot a trip to Collingwood had the majority. This journey will be taken on September 18th. A committee of Mrs. Donald Haines, Mrs. Thomas Haggitt and Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock was named to meet with the U,C.W. ladies to discuss meal prices, A lively sing-song was led by Miss Nancy Anderson with Mrs. Robert Phillips at the piano, The collection was taken by Mrs. Leonard Archambault and Mrs. Eleanor Bradnock. Mrs. Gordon Chamney was in. charge of progressive court whist. Prize winners were Mrs. Ed Davies and Mrs. Torrance Tabb and Mrs. Robert Phillips in crokinole. The draw prize was won by Mrs. Mary Robin- son, Lunch was served by Mrs. Kenneth McDougall, Mrs. Gor- don Chamney, Mrs. Frank Raithby and Mrs, Arnold Craig for Mrs. Norman McDowell. Guests present included Mrs. Eric Anderson, Londesboro, Mrs. Norman Coultes, Belgrave; Mrs. Gordon Keit- ting, Colborne; and Mrs. John Banter, Goderich Township. SOCIAL NEWS Mrs. Raymond Israel of Kit- chener and her daughter, Mrs. Peter Xlessen of Waterloo visited on Sunday with her un- cle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. An- drew Kirkconnell and an atten- ded the memorial service at Hope Chapel Cemetery. Congratulations to Miss , a 'hundred bandaids, Thep he climbed up the bean stalk again. lie found the boy, Jack, chopping at the bean stalk with an axe, Quickly Giant told Jack he was sorry about the window., and he used some of his bandages to fix it. Jack was so happy to have a new friend that he promised to share his golden eggs with Giant. So Giant would never have to ke hungry again, Copyright AVS Tecitnical Services, 1972. Maryanne Blake of Brussels Who was awarded a $500 scholarship to continue her studies from, the Seaterth District High School, She plans to enter the University of Western Ontario in September, Dr. and Mrs. A.R. Duval of Wingharo visited last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth McDougall: Mr. and Mrs. Stanley McNeil of Welland were guests last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Johnston and Miss Laura Phillips. Miss Maryanne Blake of R.R. 2 Brussels visited last Friday with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kirkcon- nell. Mr. and Mrs, Clayton Rober- tson of Copper Cliff visited on the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Straughan. They all attended the Beadle Reunion held in Wingham at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jardin. Forty-two descendants atten- ded from Kitchener, New Dun- dee, Waterloo, Goderich, Cop- per Cliff and Auburn. Miss Diane Kirkconnell of London spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. An- drew Kirkconnell and she also visited with her sister, Mrs. Louis Blake, Mr. Blake and daughters at RR 2 Brussels. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas` Lawlor and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd McLarty of Goderich returned last week from a trip to Sudbury, Sault Ste Marie and through the United States. Robert Daer returned last weekend from a three week vacation at Lakewood, Califor- nia, with his sister, Mrs. Robert Seiler, Mr. Seiler and family. He accomPanied his two nieces, Nancy and Susan Seiler to their home after they had visited their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Daer and other relatives for the month of July. Mrs. George Reuger, Danny, Terry and Wendy of London, William Reuger and Carol of Clinton were guests on Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Cart- wright, David, Derrick and Lorie. Mrs. George Millian returned last weekend after a week visit at Kintore with Mr. and Mrs, Charles McGee, Jane and Susan and another week with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Thomson, Mark, Cheryl and Pamela Sue at Stratford. Mr. and Mrs, Lorne Hamlyn of Belmont visited last Tuesday with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Albert McFarlane, Mr. and Mrs, Ben Hamilton returned last weekend after visiting at Windsor and at Montreal with their son, John. Guests on the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Duncan MacKay were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shaw of Sault Ste Marie, Mr. and Mrs. John Running of Sarnia, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Shaw and family of Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. John MacKay of London at 1 Mr. John MacKay of Kin- tail. Misses Trudy Meehan, Joanne Hickey, Marie Einpey and Lynn Turner attended 4-H training classes at Clinton last week. All girls 12.26 interested in this fall project, "A World of Food in Cenada' ere asked to report to the leaders and come to the first meeting on Septem- ber 5th at 7 p.m. in the Sunday school room of Knox United Chutch. Recent guests with Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Lapp were Mr. James Wood of Montreal, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lapp and son Robbie of Chapleau, Miss Marjorie Hay, Mrs. Wilfred Linder of London, Mr. and Mrs, V.G. Lapp of St, 'Thomas and Miss Hazel Elliott of Toronto. Pastor and Mrs. Alfred Fry have returned from their holidays which were spent touring Northern Ontario in- cluding the Polar Bear express to Moosoriee and a week on Manitoulin Island including Whitefish Falls in the Rainbow country. They spent another week in the Muskoka district including a day at the Canadian Keswick Conference on Lake Rosseau, . Rev. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson and Rev, and Mrs, Donald Dees and children were visitors last week with Pastor and Mrs. Alfred Fry. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hamlyn of Lambeth visited last Sunday with his uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. Albert McFarlane, Services en the Auburn Charge of the United Church will be resumed on Sunday, September 2 with Donnybrook at 9e45 and Ithox, Auburn at 11:15 a.m. Women's Institute History was made in August 1973 when over 400 people gathered at the Erland Lee Home, Stoney Creek, for the Official Opening. The occasion was to celebrate the acquisition of the property by the Federated Women's In- stitutes of Ontario in June of 1972 and to honour Erland Lee and his wife Janet. With Adelaide Hoodless pro- viding the idea, Erland Lee and his wife Janet helped found the first Women's Institute in 1897. The first constitution was written by Janet Lee on the beautiful dining room table still sitting in the dining room of the Home. The last of the Lees to reside in the house were Frank, son of Erland, • and his wife Katie. Among the special guests were Frank's sisters, Miss Marjorie Lee and Mrs. H. C. Freal, both of Stoney Creek; daughters, Mrs. R. L. Davis, Mrs. Frank. Ryan and Miss Allison Lee, Hamilton and Mrs. Leslie Tulk of Newfoun- dland. The crowd gathered under - the shade of the whispering pines in front of the house for a brief , ceremony. The Hon. William Stewart, Minister of Agriculture and Food, brought greeting and commended the Federated Women's Institute of Ontario for the great con- tribution it had made to the growth of the individual mem- ber, in the communities of On— tario, and now, in acquiring the Home for members all over the world. Greetings were brought from the Associated Country Women of the World, by their deputy president, Dr. Irene Spry, Ot- tawa. Congratulations were read by Mrs. Austin Zoeller, New Hamburg from Mrs, John McLean, Nova Scotia, president of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada. Mrs. H. L. Noblitt, Ottawa, president of the Federated Women's Institute of Ontario, chairman for the event, gave a short history of the Lee family. James was a staunch United Empire Loyalist, coming to Canada from the United States in 1792. She paid respect to the progressive, public spirited family who have played such a prominent part in the develop- ment of their communities, especially to Erland and his wife, for their part in the for- mation of the Women's In- stitute. Credit was also given to the Wentworth County for the enthusiasm in accepting the idea put forth by Mrs. Hoodless. Within 15 years the membership in Ontario was 29,000 and since encompassed the world. The ribbon was cut by Mrs. ,Russel Wise, Puslinch and Mrs, Allan Dickenson, Mount Hope, who were members of the 'committee when negotiations were begun, and also Mrs. Lyla Lymburner, Port Colborne, president of F.W.1.0. at the time, South Wentworth District had a Memorial plaque erected on a boulder in front of the home in May 1961. The Historic Sites Board erected a plaque in October, 1967, at the instigation of the F,W,I.O. Eight bus loads came from as far away as 350 miles to be present. Guests toured the house and drive shed and en- joyed refreshment out under a large marquee erected at the back of the property. Our summer programs are drawing to a close and it is now time for me to express some feelings I have had during my first summer in Clinton, The most outstanding aspect during the past few months has been the co-operation and par- ticipation by many organizations and groups in town and, most particularly, the various individuals who have gotten involved in our programs, For example, let's talk about our playground program. This program involved over 170 children. For a town our size, this is a very good turn-out and makes things look extremely good for the future. Throughout the summer almost 100 parents were in some way involved along with their children in the program. This is just what we like to see. Organizations such as the fire department, the P.U.C., the police, the Fish and Game Club, the newspaper, and the board of education have also been involved in some way helping this program, A total of 127 Red Cross and Royal Life Society awards have been given out to Clinton and area swimmers this year. This number will go even higher af- ter next weeks testing is com- pleted at the Clinton Pool. Over 350 children have enrolled in our lesson program this year and we expect to see this number increase by next season. More than 4,500 swim- mers have passed through the gates for public swimming and we have still one more week of lessons and public swimming remaining, John Brotherhood and Cheryl Soderlund have com- pleted their summer projects in Clinton and are in the process of returning to Ottawa to con- tinue their studies in the recreation course at Ottawa University. Their objectives for the sum- mer were to help organize ac- tivities and interested citizens in Clinton, to provide recreation services for the senior citizens of Clinton and for handicapped people in the community. John and Cheryl have both expressed their gratitude for the acceptance and co-operation Clintonians have extended them. Due mostly to town co-operation, we now have a Senior Citizens Club in Clinton that is getting itself off the ground and providing activities for its members..., 4 4 A special committee of in- terested citizens has formed to examine the needs of the han- dicapped in Clinton. You may have noticed the survey which appeared in last week's paper to which response has been good. Numberous volunteers have come out to assist in our swims, for handicapped children on Saturday mornings. We hope to expand this program next sum- mer, As Director of Recreation, I would like to express my ap- preciation to those who have been of help to me personally and to our program staff this summer. I am sure this spirit of helpfulness will continue to grow throughout the winter and summer months to come. DR. A'S MINI-TALES Giant and the Bean Stalk