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.
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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