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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1967
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. FIRST SIGNS of the'annual
Spring breakup began over the
Fasten weekend fhri year, and
while many folks. are glad to
see ah end to the Wfersqme
snow, others wish it could leave
without leaving such trouble
some amounts of water. .
• Early Monday morning,- a
■friend was out'with*shovel and
rubber boots in a frantic at
tempt to find an escape for the
steadily rising puddle' which
threatened his heme. With each
thrust of the shovel, -it was
more’ evident, there .was no
place for the water to go; There
was a drain, somewhere . , .
under this snowbank ... by this
stump . . , behind that rock ,
Gladness of Easter disap
peared as the battle waged on.
When man is pitted against th'e
elements of Nature, man is al
most always hopelessly out
classed. ’ Human weakness is
heightened by frustration, and
gives way to a barage of futile
cuss words which do little more
than give man the feeling he is
.. doing something.
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WHILE OLDER folks
cursing the water seeping into
the basement, youngsters are
blessing the water gathering
into ponds in the driveway,
over the sidewalks; under the
clothesline and ’beside the gar
age. Beautiful, big, broad pud
dles, so good for wading and
splashing are everywhere and
this is a child’s delight.
For the next few days, there
will be more wet feet and
soaked shoes than mothers wiilf
care to imagine. Th^re wall, be
the occasional spanking and
frequent admonitions . . . but
normal children will persist un
til the- water has subsided..
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. HEARD THAT the next few
, years of research might develop
a product to . save the lives of
people too weak to. save them
selves. Word is'* that scientists
are working to produce a sort
of synthetic cigarette which
will be harmless to smokers.
Trick will be to. reproduce
the samp flavour as cigarettes
of natural materials and dupli
cate the lovely 'floating sensa-'
tiqn one gets when today's, cig
arette smoke "/js inhaled deep
< into the ltvngs. That should- be
quite a feat, but scientists ?are
steaming ahead '"with, all the
excitement they might muster
for a campaign to stamp out
any killer.
Although it may >be years be
fore a suitable product is de
veloped, smokers can be sure
help is on the way ... if it
doesn’t arrive too late.
CENTENNIAL, YEAR is a-
bout, one-third gone now and
-we are amazed at the shortage
of beards to be found in Clin
ton and area. But we spied’two
of the town’s: barbers, who are
growing healthy and well-,
groomed facial decorations.
There is only one beard at
the News-Record, office. It'has
been grown by one of the back-
shop boys who lives in Zurich'.
That village is fairly bursting
with Centennial fever and Allen
Brokenshire .has only one of the
several dozen, fine beard's to be.
found there.f $ * *
HAVEN’T SEEN many 'Cen
tennial costumes in Clinton and
area either.
While shopping in Exeter a
few weeks ago, I noticed one
lady dressed in a most becom
ing black gown, wrapped in a
striking beaded'' shawl arid' bun-
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Women's Institute Supports Arena
Mrs. Mervyn (Doris) Batkin is shown here
presenting a $100.00 cheque to Ted McCullough
from the Clinton Women’s Institute. Mr. McCull
ough is co-ordinator of the funds canvass of Clin
ton and District Community Centre Centennial
Committee. The local WI was unanimous in its
decision to donate to Clinton’s major Centennial
project. . (News-Record Photo)
March 22
The Weather
1967 1966
High Low High Low
Brig. G. I. Morgan Smith Community Centre Committee
Liberal Nominee
For Provincial Election
1 .paofoi* G. L., Morgan Smith,
Bayfield,, retired' <Bhig^diery.'pf'
the ■ Canadian. ’' Arpiy Modi pal
Services,• was nominated, as
Liberal candidate, for Hy^p
riding in the next Provincial
election, at xa meeting in- Hen-f
sail Town • Hall, yesterday
(Wednesday) afternoon., , . :
.Nearly 150 delegates attend-’1
ed the nomination meeting,af
which Robert Nixon, leader of
the, opposition in the Ontario
Parliament,, was’ guest speaker.
Brigadier Smith was nomm-
afed by L, Robert Maloney,•
Bayfield and Elgin Thompson,
Kippeh, reeve of TucImrsmSith
Township, .
E. ’ Beecher Menzies, Clinton,
president of Huron Liberal
(Provincial) . Association and
Harry G, Strang, Exeter, who
has run in two previous pro
vincial elections, were pro
posed, but refused the nomin
ation. Mr. Menzies- .was- chair
man of the business meeting,
yesterday afternoon.
Brigadier Smith, who h^
had some municipal experience
in school boards, '.promised to
do his utmost for the liberal
party and concluded his aepep-
Brig. G. L. Morgan Smith
... Liberal Candidate
’The cornefefone laying cere
mony at Clinton's new coni-
munity centre has again been
postponed to’Saturday, April 15
at 2 o’clock p.m. By that" time
it is hoped the area 'around the
front of the new arena, will 'be
sufficiently dried up for the
public to attend the event,
, On that date, Clinton and dis
trict persons are invited to-
participate and inspect the big
Centennial project which, up to
this time is being constructed
on schedule.
The cornerstone has been
donated by Jack Pryde of T.
Pryde and Sons, owners' of
CJinton Memorial Shop, Albert
Street,
On hand for the cornerstone
laying will be representatives
from Clinton and District Com
munity Centre Centennial Com
mittee, Clinton Town Council,
Clinton Recreation Committee
and Huron members of parlia
ment.
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In Young Canada Tourney
, Clinton Kinsmen Peewees
seem .to thrive on n. busy sche
dule, as they played two games
in one day . - at • the Goderich
Lions- Club Young Canada
Week and won both by convinc
ing scores. The local team is
entered in the- “B” series at
the Goderich tournament along
with 17 other teams.
'. The next game for the local
peewees is slated for.3:00 p.m.
Friday, against St. Marys. This
will be a good chance for local
minor hockey enthusiasts to see
the Kin Peewiees in action.
Some’ wfell deserved fan sup
port ' could be the difference
between winning or losing.
Clinton 7 — Exeter 2
In ithear first game played
at 8 am., the 'Clinton team
drubbed the Exeter peewees by
a 7-2 score. Clinton took an
early lead ion a shot from the
blueline by Edgar which de
flected into the net 'off an
Exeter defenceman. Brian Lan-
gille put the locals two up as
he" teamed up with iPaul’’ Kelly
on a good passing play.
After Exeter scored,. -Langilty
netted two more goals on
breakaways to put the Kins
men Peewees three goals’ahead
by the end of the first period.
Colqulioun assisted on Lan-
giillle’s second goal, and Edgar
and Oolquhoiun assisted on the
third.
With only 6 secondls gone in
the second period, Paul Kelly
scored from Tom Murch To put
Clinton four goals up. Lan-
gille scored another breakaway
in the third period on a lead
pass from Edgar, and Kelly
got- Ms second of the game
from Bill Canteion to round
out the scoring. Exeter scored
their second counter in the
third period.
Last weekend Clinton’s
square dance club, the Cross
trailers, hosted a -monthly
meeting of the South Western
Ontario Square Dance Associ
ation ' (SWOSDA) at CFB Clin
ton.
• Over
from 12
attended -----------. -
got underway at 2:30 Saturday
afternoon.
During the afternoon work
shops were conducted in both
square and round dancing. The
M.C. for the day’s events was
Corporal Earl Bowies He was
assisted by various callers who
were able to keep the proceed
ings lively.
After lunch a, business meet-
170 square dancers
Ontario communities
the activities which
ing was held Which was attend
ed by three representatives
from gach of the participating
groups. Chairman of this meet
ing was Cecil Downing of
Stratford, President of SWO-
SDA.
In the evening, the Physical
Training Centre'was filled’ with
dancers participating r in the
varied
dances.
The
service
Anyone is welcome to join the
group. Dances are held every
Thursday evening at 8:30 p.m.,
Building 107A at CFB Clinton.
Further’ details mdy be Obtain
ed from the' Club president,
Warrant Officer H. Hibbert at
482-3312.
and tuneful/ square
Crcsstrailers have 36
and civilian members.
seers
Snow i 3
Clinton 5 — Stoneybrook 1
At 5:30 p.m. the Clinton
peewees played their second
•game of the day and<gained
Yenge on the Stoneybrook
(London) peewees, who had de
feated Clinton in a tournament
in London recently. The Stoney-
brbok team looked as if they
would repeat their previous
win as they scored after only
43 seconds of the first period.
However this proved to 'be their
only goal of the game.
Tom Murch, a sub-goalie-
tumed-forward put the locals
ahead as he scored two goals
in succession. Murth’s first
goal came on a clearing pass
from Paul Kelly from, behind
the Stoneybrook net and
Murch’s -shot bounced in off the
goalie’s pads. With only 33
seconds remaining in thie period,
Murch took a pass ifirom Kelly,
who had carried the -puck the
length of the ice, and slid it
in under the goalie. These were
Murch’s first goals in regular
play as' he has 'been in the
lineup as sub-goalie for most
of1 'the season. ■
Clinton scored twice - in the
second ' period; the first one
was deflected -in by Mike An-
stett on a long' shot by Bill
Cantelon, Langille also drew an
assist. With John Van'Loo ser
ving a penalty, Barry Edgar
■stopped a Stoneybrook rush and
fed a pass, to Paul Kelly who
broke into the clear and deiked
the goalie to put 'Clinton ahead
4-1. 'The locals 'also playteid well
defensively in the second period
as they held Stoneybrook score
less while playing with - two
mien, short for nearly two min
utes.
Bill Cantelon scored the- only
goal of the third period on a
Shot from the point, .set up .by
Langille and Anstett
Clinton lineup; goal, Robert
Andrews; defence, Barry Ed
gar, Randy Blake; centre, Brian
Lahgille; forwards, Mlike An
stett, Bill Cantelon; alternates,
James NeiWland, Cal Fremlin,
Paul Kelly, .Robbie Stirling,
Danny Colquhoun, Paul Anstett,
John Va.nLoo, Tom Murch.
tance speech by saying, “If
You and I canvwork together
tye can change the politics in
Huron riding.”
■/ Iii the. past quarter century
■when the Conservatives have
..beeh in power, Brig. Smith
said, "Education changes' have
been coming too late.” He said
Ontario has expanded im
mensely in recent years, with
tremendous changes, and thie
Conservatives think they are
responsible for the growth —
but V'it is just the changing
times we are living in,” com
mented the Candidate.
'.Brig. Smith would like to
•see one of the netw Ontario^
Colleges located in Huron.
M’i's. Minnie Noakes, Reeve
of; Honsaill, • in her Centennial
costume, welcomed the .Liberal
-'afe-legates fe’ her vffiage1;. “We're'
small in. numbers but proud
of our village,” said Mrs. Noa
kes, who also invited everyone
back to Hensall for the village’s
Centennial celebrations on July
14-15.
Murray Gaunt, MLA for
Huron-Bruce; Robert Camp
belt, Toronto, vice-presli'dent of
the Ontario Liberal party,
(Continued on Page' Eight)
Clinton WI
Need Canvassers
Tire canvass for. funds
lagged this past week due
shortage of canvassers,
persons who could canvass a few
homes are requested to contact
Ted -McCullough, co-ordinator
of the funds campaign -at Huron
Co-operative Medical Services
office, Albert Street, or phone
482-9751. Mir. McCullough is in
the office Monday and ’Thurs
day evenings until 9 o'clock.
Construction on the $225,000
community centre is progress
ing on schedule. It is being
built in. Clinton Community
Park where the main entrance
will be-off mill Street.
The fund received a surprise
donation on Tuesday from a
Mr. G.J. McKinnon of Oak
Park, Illinois. Mr. McKinnon is
has
to a
Any
’A. Spring .!$'■ Wtefel 1
When the weekend sailors come back to Bayfield harbour it’s a sure sign
that Spring is not far behind. Optimistic Don Coutts,• London, is shown above
painting his boat in readiness for sailing, By tne way, Whether sailor Coutts
noticed it or not, the Bayfield River was still frozen solid when this picture
was taken last weekend. ■ fB/wfe W
To New Centre
Clinton Women’s Institute
met on March 23 in the Agri
cultural Board Room. Mrs.
Popp took as -her topic “The
early history of Bayfield”. ‘
The Institute ' wlill make a
donation of $100 to the Clinton
Recreation Centre now being
built.
Mrs. Popp conducted the
election of officers and installed
them in office. The executive
for 1967-68 are:
Past president, Mrs. C. Nel
son; - president, Mrs. W. Col
clough; first vice-presd!dlent,
Mrs. L. Holland; second vice-
president, Mrs. C. Ldcjldiiairt.
Secretary, Mrs. A. Groves;
treasurer. Mrs. M. Batkin; Dis
trict director, Mrs. C. Nelson;
■alternate district director, Mrs.
N. .Tyndall.
Social conveners, Mrs. J. Gib
son, ‘Miss L. Langford, Mrs.; E.
Trick; flower conveners, Mrs;
F» Cummings, Mrs; R. Connell;
curator, Mrs. M. Batkin.
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Ontario St. Unit 1
Robert J. “Bab” Smart, pub
lic relations officer for Ont
ario Hydro's Western Region at
London, was 'guest speaker -at
Clinton Lions Club’s annual
rural-urban (Farmfea^s’ Night)
in St. Paul’s Parish Hail, Tues
day, evening. Mr. Smart has re
cently belen appointed public
relations • officer, Municipal
Electrical Utilities — a new
position in the. public relations
division »of Ontario Hydro —
at Toronto'.
Mr. 'Smart said he liked thesle
rural-urban evenings; “You
don’t get this in tire cities”, he
said.
He spoke on the subject “Be
yond the horizon in Hydro” and
supported his talk by showing
the Ontario Hydro, film, “The
Story Behind the ’Switch”.
With Ontario’s demand for-
electricity increasing at the
rate Of 500,000 idlowats per
year, Ontario Hydro has plans
to guarantee adequate power
for the next 10 or 20 years. The
1973-74 projects are now all
allocated, said Mr. Smart.
This increased
power comes from
in appliances -and
such as cable heating for farm
buildings, electric home heat
ing Which is just coming in,
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demand for
the increase
power uses,
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Trial membership in CFB
CHhtmi's. Officers’ Mess • will
ti’iple this weekend with the
arrival of 170 newly commis-
'danrd officers/
During the next five weeks
the officers will -attend the
Commissioned from, the Ranks
Indoctrin’ation Course "at. the
Hadar Communications School.
This is .the first time'that, this
partieitlaV course has been con-
duoted at CFB CJinton. The
move was eausied by the recent
closure of CFB CehtealiAWhere
the Course was previously held.
. Designed to better ctirip the
officers iri the performance of
a regular attender at the Ypung
Canada Hockey Week at Godla-
rich during Easter week where
he takes pictures of all par
ticipating • teams. Efe has taken,
a special liking-to the Clinton
boys and handed. Matt Edgar
$10 on Tuesday, Mr, Edgar- is
coach of the Clinton Kinsmen
Peewee team and aLso. chair-'
man of the finance ‘committee
of the Clinton and District
Community Centre Centennial
Committee which is trying to
raise $100,000 for the project.
The donations in. the past
week have put the fund over
$10,000 as can be seen on the
thermometer in the V in front
of the old post office. •
Pupils of Clinton Public
School have been Competing in
a poster and essay. contest on
the subject of. Otinton’s nefw
community centre. According
to Bert Clifford, publicity chair
man of the community centre
committee, there has been'more
entries than anticipated and rel
suits will not ibe completed" un
til this weekend. These- results
and1 the top essays will be pub
lished "in next week’s News-
Record.
New Donations
Including the following don
ations, the trial collected so
far amounts to $10,564.02;
0-aik
10.00
... 5.00
... . 2.00
2.00
... 25.00
... 25.00
... 25.00
... 15.00
... 2/00
... 5.00
... 5.00
.... 25.0p
... 100.00.
Lloyd Howatt
Bruce Holland ......
T. Mac. Falconer
Roy Wheeler ....:....
Erwin Reichert ......
Miss- Card RAeohert
Larry Jones ...............
Robert Graham .....
Harold Adams
Tlpmas Oliver .....
Beecher Streets .o....
Mrs. Annie' Vernier
Fred Pepper ...........
Clinton Women’s Insti
tute ..................................
The T. Eaton Co. Ltd.....
.... 10.00
20.00
10.00
15.00
5,00
5,00
50.00 ’
2.00
10.00
10.00
40.00
.... 5.00
.. 10.00
100.00
250.00
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Artificial Ice
Plan Favoured
G.J. McKinnon,
Park,.Ill., U.S.A. .
Charles Johnson ...
William Blacker ...
.David Col clough ... 'Edward Wise ........
Bay Wise .............
Donald Middleton .
Ken Tyndall
Roy, Crich ...... •.
Eybraah Haarbye .
Menno Martin ......
Clayton Ellis ............
Dr.. George S. Elliott
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and the number of televisions has had some effect on' the
increased demand, Mr. Smart
said.
There are three sources’ of
Hydro in Ontario: water pow
er, with Niagara being the
largest; cotal-firied generating
plants and nuclear plants. The
new Lambton steam generating
plant now being built 14 miles
south of Sarnia — which goes
into operation next year —
will use two and a half million
tons of coal a year. Mr. Smart
’said Ontario’ Hydro would pur
chase coal at the cheapest price
possible. At present coal is
imported-, from Kentucky and
West Virginia, and some comes
from (Oape Breton tin Nova
Scotia but is more expensive
than US coal. Ontario Hydro
uses four million 'tons a year.
Present cost is $9 per ton de
livered.
“Ontario’ Hydro is adding one
million kilowats in 1967”, the
PR man said. Comparing the
increased use of poWer, ' Mr.
Smart said Hydro produced 1.9
million kilowats in 1945 andzby
the end of 1967 ten million kilo
wats will be available. The
coal-fired generating stations
supply the extra power needed
at peak periods. At about 4:30
BAYFIELD — The inemibm
of the fact finding committee
for the ins.talla.tion of artificial
ice in ■ thh arena in Bayfield,
Robert MacVean, Merton Mar
ner, Yoe Koene and Joe Maty
man, met with the members of
the Bayfield Agricultural Com
munity Centre Board on Mon
day evening, March 27 to dis
cuss the possibility of installing
artificial i,ce in the arena. The
board members stated that they
favoured the proposal provid
ing there will be no additional
mill rate on the townships con
cerned.
The committee, members' were-
guests at the . regular dinner
meeting oL Bayfield Lions Club
in the Albion Hotel on Tuesday
evening, March 28 and present
ed their case to the Lions mem
bers and received approval,of
the project.' A public meeting
will be held very shortly in the
village hall, date to be an
nounced later. ' ,
p.m. daily is the peak load in-
Ontario.
Mr. Smart was introduced by
farmers’ night chairman Ste
wart Middleton and thanked by
Huron County 'agricultural' rep
resentative 'Lion Doug Miles.
Varna farmer Gordon Hill also
thanked the speaker and the.
Lions on behalf of the farmers
and guests.
The guest speaker was -born
and educated in Toronto, is a 1
business administration gradu
ate of the University of West
ern Ontario, London and joined',
the immigration department of
the Ontario government in Lon
don, England. In 1956 join
ed the information division of
Ontario Hydro, was' transferred
to London in 1959 and in 1962
was named public relations of
ficer tor Hydro’s Western Re- .
gion at London. He is present
ly president of the London City
Press Club.
Other speakers at the dinner
meeting 'were Don . Symons,
mayor of Clinton; Flight Ser
geant Don Kerr, mayor of Ad-
astral Park; Don McKenzie,
reeve of Ashfield Township and
Warden of Huron County.
„ Lions President Ken Flett in
troduced the Dions officers and
(Continued on page 8)
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Unit I o»f the Ontario Street
United Church. Women will
meet Tuesday afternoon, April
4, at 2:30 p.m. in the church
parlour.
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.their new duties, the course
includes periods of instruction
in service writing, -militjaiy
law, current affairs, military
management and public speak
ing. Selected- from many dif
ferent groundcrew' trades, the
majority of these officers have
spent several years' as* serving
airmen prior to being comjfnis-
‘ storied,
' Hquadroh Beader ' X M.
Geddes from Training Com
mand, ■ Winnipeg, will Be in
charge Of the new eoursb.’He
Will be assisted by 14 officers
■who will comprise the staff for
the indoctfihhfiOh' Course.
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Ontario Hydro personnel were among the-guests at Clinton •'Lions -Club/,'
annual rural-urban dinner meeting in Paul’s Parish Hall, Tuesday evening/'
From the lefL -Arthur M/Knight, area manager,/Ontario Hydro.Clinton area;
Robert X Smart; Public relations officer, Ontario’ Hydro, Western .Regions Lon* -r,;-
don; Ken Flett; president' Of Clinton Lions ,Club:ancL.Don Symons, Mayor of .-;- .
Clinton and a lineman with Ontario Hydro, Clinton area. , •« ■ . ■’ v
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