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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1967-04-20, Page 1fe TThe Home Paper With the Hews THE NEW ERA — 102nd Year J Column^ Clinton News-Record f-" ; THE HURON RECORP — 86th Year CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1967 $5.00 Per Year —- 12 Cents Per Copy 12 Papes By S. J. K. YES, your News-Record is day late this week . e . The reason is- quite obvious , . , From 4 p.m. Monday afternoon to 12 noon Tuesday, there was no power in Clinton, Nearly 100 percent off our machinery is pperated by electricity . • . . darkroom and photo equipment, . picture engraver, typesetting, press • • • eyen our electric typewriter can’t be changed to manual operation. The Monday and TUesday .shutdown account ed for approximately 40 percent off our normal time 'spent on producing your local newspaper. Wie’re sorry! IT WAS coffee at 10 a.m. for toe working girls all up and down Clinton’s main street last Friday morning and Garrow’s restaurant was the site' of some ■ mighty important planning. . Talk that morning concerned Clinton Retail Merchant’s Com mittee Week which 'has been scheduled for Clinton May 15- 20. There’s little doubt that toe event will be a % huge success providing everyone gets behind it with, some pioneering spirit and a -bit of old-fashioned en»- thusiasm,.. ■It was' a good group of girls that started the ball rolling on Friday, although in all fairness we have to admit toe men made toe initial beginning before passing toe ball for the girls to carry. Idea is for a week long fun fesit with stores deciced out in Centennial regalia., clerks sporting -Centennial clothes, special Centennial displays set up throughout the‘business sec- * tion and hopefully as many , customers as possible in Cen tennial garb. ’ In short, for one week in turn'' back to another was very Tornado Twister Hits . , ,... Near Hensail and Dublin Provincial Government Offers To Match Local Funds For Damages -J ----- May, Clinton will the hands of time era ■ when Canada young.* the whole * * BEST PART of thing is the opportunity for citizens in and around Clinton to participate. The invitation is out to all men, women .and children in the area to plan special events to correspond with the Clinton celebrations _and- to contribute whatever •they have to toe . success of the. venture. ‘ There's talk of a street dance and antique .displays and fashion, shows and market stalls, and anything at ail in. a Centennial theme that will be fun .for the entire area. But it will take , (Continued on Page Seven) The Weather 1966 High Low 48 ~~ ’ 54 53 51 52 60 53 Rain: 1.1” . . 1967 V ' . High Low April 12 13 . 14 15 . 16 17 18 Rain: 1.25” 45 53 70 64 67 70 58 19 34 46 42 35 45 42 28 32 33 25 23 27 41 Former Presidents Attend Five former presidents of the Kinsmen Club of Clinton came back to the 15th anniversary and past ■members’ night in Hotel Clinton dining room Tues day evening; none of them are now,with the club, They are pictured above (with the dates of their presidency) , from the left, Don C, Colquhoun (1954- Kinsmen's 15th Anniversary 55), Harry McEwan, Chatham (1956-57), George Rumball (1952-53); Dr. G. L. Morgan Smith, Bay- field, who was guest sneaker at the anniversary night; Kenneth W. Colquhoun (1955-56) and- Tom Feeney (1964-65), (News-Record Photo) Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton The 'Ontario government will negotiate to buy Canadian Forces Base Centralia for the purpose of developing an indbs- trial-education al complex which will serve as' a pilot project' for regional development. The announcement was made this morning (Thursday) by Provincial Treasurer C. S. MacNaughton, Huron MLA, following cabinet decision. The 767-acre .former RCAF base has the potential of pump ing a, minimum annual payroll of 811,000,000 into the rural economy off Huron, Middlesex rand surrounding counties, ac cording to a management con sultants report on" which too cabinet decision was based. Federal authorities wil be ap proached immediately for pur- ■ chase of the base. Negotiations will be' undertaken by the de partment of public works in col laboration with the departments of treasury and economics and development. .. Mr. MacNaughton said the posed industrial - educational park will be operated by the ■Ontario Development Corpora tion, a provincial crown agency. The treasurer said that al- ready some two dozen com- .panies haye shown- an interest in locating at Centralia and that several government depart ments are considering part of toe base ' fox'" educational facil ities. Earlier this year, treasury board authorized Toronto' man agement consultants, Stevenson and Kellogg Ltd., to conduct a feasibility study on toe base, which was de-(activated July 13, 1966. The reiport strongly .recom mended purchase of toe base by the provincial government to capitalize on its- potential for improving the economic status of the area, which is primarily a farming community. “The County of Huron, nor thern part of Middlesex and ■surrounding districts , have not shared in many of the advant ages- that have accrued to other sections of Southwestern Ont ario”, said Mr. MacNaughton. “Careful estimates indicate that toe economy will, suffer a loss of some 85,000,000 an nually by the •de-activation of CFB Centralia.” The treasurer said the pro posed industrial . park would New Air Force Arrivals Active in Community Work Having just returned- from a . four year tour of duty in' Zweibrucken, Germany Flight Sergeant and Mrs. Donald Stemp have just re ceived a Community Service Award 'in recognition of their outstanding work with toe Boy Scout Movement. The Stamps reside’ at 132 Vic toria Street North in. Gode rich with then four children, . Douglas, 18, Roberta, 16, ■ Laurie, 14 and Bill, 12. In a brief ceremony at CFB Clinton, Group Captain K. R. Greenaway presented Fit. Sgt. -and Mrs. Stemp with their awards. Accompanying the presentation plaques Was ■a letter from toe Base Com mander at 3 Wing in Zwei brucken. The letter compli mented toe Stomps as public spirited individuals whose hard work and freely given time and effort, had made their community a better place in' which to live. Fit, Sgt. and Mrs. Stamp worked as Wolf Cub leaders: with toe 3rd Maple Leaf District in Germany. Both have been active in the Boy Scout Movement for over 13 years. No strangers to Goderich, the Stamps Hived there'" be fore proceeding overseas in 1963. Already they have be come active members of the ■ community. Fit; Sgt. Stamp is now an assistant ‘Scout Headier with the 3rd Goderich Troop. An active St. John Ambu lance member, he recently re ceived1 recognition .for over a hundred hours of work dur ing the recent Young’ Canada Week, in Goderich. ’ < An Avionics Technician by trade, Fit. Sgt. Stemp’s new duties involve reselection and release procedures for airmen trainees in Clinton’s Radar and Communications School. Receive Community Service Award Recent arrivals in this area, Fit. Sgt and Mrs. Donald Stemp receive Com munity Service Awards from Group Captain K. R. Greenaway, base command er of CFB Clinton. The awards were made in recognition of their outstanding Work with CubS While based at Zweibrucken, Germany. Left to right, Fit. Sgt. Donald Kerr, Mayor of Adastral Park, Fit. Sgt. Stemp, Annette Stemp and G/C Greenaway. (CFB Clinton Photo) help to balance toe local econ omy 'and provide a growing . source of employment for people in the area. Even at a low-level develop ment,' the consultants estimate "the park has the potential pf creating 2,250 jobs. Treasurer MacNaughton said the plan for Centralia is being . considered a “.pilot project” in regional development. . “Tills provides us with, an other faqet for our extended re gional promotion program and •it’s directly related Ito ‘ toe'g<ntA ernment’s “Design for Develops ■nent” policy announced lost year by economics and develop ment minister, Hon. Stanley J. Randall.” The consultants investigated several U.S. industrial parks, created out of abandoned de fence establishments, and their report was enthusiastic over the possibilities of similar promo tion at Centralia. They said the government’s' development . corporation was the only agency which Could uridertake toe project. The report proposed a five- zone development for optimum land use, promoted by a full time manager and superintend ent: • An airfield of 375 acres, with the existing three runways, to1 handle -small business and private aircraft and to take advantage of too 'increasing use of flying by business executives; • An educational area in toe northeastern section, containing the instructional facilities o>f( toe former base, toe officers’ mess (for a student-faculty rec reational centre), and'toe arena, curling rink and swimming pool in the nearby industrial area, capable of handling 400 to 500 students; • Main industrial area, basi cally the western half of toe property up to toe airfield', which includes seven hangars with 42,000 square feet of floor Space each, for light manufact- (Continued on page 12) Kinsmen Hold _ Past Members' Dinner Meeting The Kinsmen Club of Clinton held a 15th anniversary and past members night (in Hotel Clinton dining room Tuesday evening. George foumball, toe second president of the club from 1953 to 1954, cut the birth-' clay cake. Other past presidents no long er with the club, who were guests .at the meeting included Don C. Colquhoun (1954-55), •now a vice president of Clinton Lions Club; K. W. Colquhoun 1955-56); Harry J. McEwan (1956-57) now residing in Chat ham and Tom F.eehey, president in 1964-65. Other former' mem ber guests included. Getry CoXf Gordon Henman, Percy Pugh and Percy Brown. President David Beattie pre sided for toe -anniversary din ner meeting. Guest speaker was Dr. G. L. Morgan Smith, a retired Brig adier of the Canadian Army Medical Corps, now making his permanent home in Bayfield. Dr. Smith was introduced by Mait Edgar.. He showed a film on cancer and spoke briefly a- bout the disease. COMMUNITY The provincial government has acted! quickly to oiffejr as sistance to victims' of the tor nado which- swept South Wes tern Ontario Monday. Minister of Agriculture -and Food, Hon, W. A. Stewart announced Tues day in the legislature that the province will match dollar for dollar every dollar raised, lo cally for the purpose -of reha bilitating the damaged proper ties. The offer was supported by provincial.treasurer C. S. Mac- Naughton, the member for Hur on, who* was in Fort William at the time. In addition, the Provincial Government is making repre sentation to the Federal Gov ernment to participate as they did 'in 1944, 1953 and 1956 when tornadoes swept through this 'section of the province. Fanns near the villages off Hensall and Dublin were hard est hit. by the tornado; the de struction was mostly in the townships of Logan, Hibbert, Tuckersmith and Hay. The tornado-type twister struck, at •four o’clock Mondlay afternoon. James Donnelly, 2 Dublin, died Monday evening in St. Joseph's Hospital, London, of injuries he received when his bam collapsed on top of him. Dozens of bams, farm build-, ings and homes have been left completely damaged. A service station in Hensall collapsed, and a ” car was thrown against a home in that village. Most farmers agreed they couldn’t eVen begin to estimate the damage. . Tornadoes struck toe same area on May 27, 1903, May 21, 1953,u, and Aug. 4, 1953. On Oct. 16; ’ 71954,C Hurriicahe Hazed "hit the region. - In Clinton •Hydro power went off at four o'clock Monday and was back on by 12 o'clock noon oir Tuesday. During Monday night the power was on in part of the town 'for tour hours, A Goderich township farmer, Frank De Putter of the seventh concession, connected an alarm clock to the power, When it ■oame on at one a.m. Tuesday morning he got up and did his bam chores. At Hospital ». The auxiliary power unit at Clinton Public Hospital auto matically took oyer four sec ond's after the Hydro failure. Clinton Public Hospital Board met Monday night for their reg ular monthly meeting. The hos pital had power up to 75 per- cent of normal all through toe blackout, This is the tost test for toe new auxiliary unit in stalled last year. Hydro Statement’ Ontario Hydro informed toe Clinton News-Reeord by tele phone on Tuesday afternoon. that temporary repairs had. been made to all lines damaged . by Monday’s tornado and that service had been restored to most of toe area by ‘about noon that day. " Spokesman for Ontario Hydro felt the hydro crews had done a remarkable job in the face of muddy conditions which nec essitated toe utilization of (Continued on Page 12) Community Centre Dedicated; Corner Stone Is Unveiled Only 44 persons (including officials and press represent atives) turned up at the dedica tion and unveiling of toe corner stone Of Clinton’s new 8225,000 community centre1 and arena in Clinton Comniuity Park Satur day afternoon. Huron MP Robert McKinley, Zurich, and Clinton Mayor Don Symons jointly unveiled toe cornerstone embedded in the. brickwork at the western cor ner of toe new building, i Prev ious .to- this, Rev. Rom Wenham, rector of St. Paul's ' Anglican Church, spoke a prayer of dedi cation. Bert Clifford, publicity chair man of toe Clinton and District Community Centre Centennial project introduced the three persons who spoke, Mayor Sy-, mens, Mr. ’ McKinley and Rev. Wenham. Mr. McKinley reifajinisced a.-- bout playing hockey in Clinton’s- old arena a few years ago, and said he was proud of the com-1 munity Spirit which was behind the new arena. After his talk he handed Mayor Symons a personal che que for 8100 to the community: centre fund. ‘ Mayor Symons reviewed toe events leading up to the build ing of the new arena. He said it was a.personal satisfaction to. (Continued on page 12) MERCHANTS HOLD DINNER AT HOTEL Thirty-five local merchants attended a dihner meeting at 6.30 Mond&y1 evening in Hotel Clinton dining room. The meeting was called by Clinton Retail Merchants Com mittee to arrange a Centennial promotion wbek for Clinton businesses, Robert N. Irwin is' the chairman and Robert Camp bell, secretary of the merchants ootomlittee. ■ ; At a previous meeting on 'March 16, twelve merchants proposed the Centennial week and appointed the following Committee to make plans and suggestions': R. B. Catppbell, chairman, John Abstatt, Clay ton Groves, Willard Wasson, R. N. Irlwiri and Arthur Aiken. Last Friday afternoon the women store owners, managers and clerics held a coffee meet ing and Will support toe merch ants committee in promoting the week. Chairman of the ladies committee is Mrs. Rosa mond Garrett. Five ladies were present at Monday’s dinner. During the past week, an other $1,733.50 was donated to Clinton and District Commun- 10.00 100.00 ity jCentre Centennial Fund. • .Added to toe total of a week j ago, this brings total donations and contributions from clubs,; and groups up to 816,437.17. We want to make another plea on behalf of the canvass coordinator Ted McCullough, for more Clinton and district canvassers. Mr. McCullough is in his office at Huron Co-opera tive Medical Services every, Monday and Thursday evenings Until' 9 o’clock, H. R. “Mike” Kilty, Is lington ................. Jack Cree .................... George Yeats ................. Gwen Yeats ........... Roh z Worth ............. J. Carter .....'.............. Joie Reid .......... Wayne Johnston .....; Geert Greydanus ....... Mrs. I. McDonald' ... Russ Hof f me yer William Bhck .......... George Wise ......... . Summerhill Ladies Club Joe Wild ............... Leen Rbhorst ............... Don Lockhart, Matach- ewah . .................... Robt. E. McKinley, Zutr lehj MP, Huron ..... W. E. Mason, Los Ang eles, Calif,. ............. William H. 'Stirling...... Union Gas Company .... Raymond Whi.tmdre Alcide Corriveau .......... J. Mac. Cameron ....... Miss Kathleen Elliott Mrs. McIntyre Eriiest Eliwood ............. DoUg Miles ......... . E.' Deitois ,...................... Grayaon Neal.......... OmtOnian Club .a......... Hugh Flynn ...... George ColcloUgn ....... Alfred Goldsh’orthy ...... Bill Roest ......... Jaimes Howatt ............... Jim Cartel' .................. Kfeess Dyk&tra Charles Nelson .......... Frank Mlifch ........... Annonymous .................. Joseph Reid ......... , . 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