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Clinton News-Record
THE NEW ERA—lQ2nd Year ' ■ .■ ' THE HURON RECORD — 86th Year
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The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO?THURSDAY, MAT 25, 1967
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Fashion Show Raises $'200 for Community Centre
By S. J. K.
SOME WEEKS when we
down to the typewriter to com
pose’ this column, we find it
difficult to think of items of
interest to our readers. This
Week, there is so mtjdh to
said there just will not
room to say it all hero.
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WEEK
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$54)0 Per Year 12 Cants Par Copy w 12 Pages
' CENTENNIAL
Clinton - was • a
put it mildly, Qintomans are
to be congratulated for their
enthusiasm and effort, With
out that, the everit wotfld have
fizzled out to a disappointing
end.and nothing could be ac-
.compilisiied to mark Canada's
100th birthday, •
Instead, "the whole town was
bursting 0t the
people caught in the, spirit of
things,,. business^'’ people and
shoppers were jn costume, de
corations were put, displays
were set Up, some cases, prices
even matched 1867 pocketbooks.
There are those wiho have
K said that. never before have
Clinton merchants banded to-.,
gpther in such a united force
■to make things hum in the
hub of Huron County, x
We’d like to add that sel
dom do residents of. -a town
have the opportunity to- have
so much fun'.in such congenial
company. y
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■ WE COULDN’T 'help feel
ing that Clintonfe Centennial
Week did for this town what,
some folks say Expo :is. doing.
‘ for the Province of Quebec.
In some quarters, Canadians
pre certain that separatism y in
our French-speaking province
is djead! Expo has. performed
the magical fete of binding
all ten provinces info a- single
showcase where people of one
lourpose are seeing — perhaps
for the very first time — whiat
it means, to be a Canadian.
One’could say that Expo pas
done what 100 years of gov-
•( Continued on Page Seven)
Up to Tuesday evening the
fund for Clinton and ' District
Community - Centre Centennial
project had $29,540,46 in dona
tions' and revenues' from fund
raising events,
Total collected in the past
Week was $2,784.37, some of
Which was monies from events
held during Clinton Retail
Merchants Centennial Week.
Tradesmen and sub-controc-
tors are rushing ithe. work at
the $225,000 arena in commun
ity park. The first event which
will use part of the new arena
will . likely be Clinton Spring
.Fair on Saturday, June 3.
Draw Winners
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So successful was the Centennial Week fashion
show in the Legion Hall last Wednesday evening
■that the retail sales ladies committee, who promoted
the event, had $200 "profit to turn over to Clinton
/and District Community Centre Centennial Fund.
The show was the highlight of Clinton Retail Mer-
‘ chants Centennial Week — May 15 to 20. Shown
above turning over their money last Friday at . noon
to David Beattie, chairman of the community centre
building committee, are, left to right, Mrs. Mary
Freeman, Mrs., Helen McLean, Miss Barbara Camp
bell, Mrs. Rosamond Garrett, and Miss Freida
Schoenhals. The sixth member of, the retail sales
ladies committee was Mrs. Dorothy Crozier,
(News-Record Photo)
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One lone SurvivorSuspect Murder-Suicide
Funeral services were held
Tuesday • for six members of
the McNee family, RR 3S
Auburn, who police say, were
victims of a multiple murder
suicide last Friday: v
Seven area funeral directors,
including the Ball Funeral,
Home and the Belattae Funeral
Home, both of Clinton, assisted
Goderich funeral director Ed
Stiles, with, the funerals;.
....-People lined Goderich Streets
as. the funeral procession‘pro
ceeded from- the- Bethel. Pen
tecostal Tabernacle to Colborne
Township Cemetery outside
Goderidh.
The service was1 held in the
Goderich church because the
McNee family church, Nile
United Church, where Mr. Mc
Nee was a steward, was too
small to- accommodate the six
caskets. Their minister, Rev.
Glen Wright, Officiated.
The bodies' were found at the'
McNee home on concession 2,
West Wawanosh, between Au-
burp . and ■Nile,, by the lone sur
vivor of the’"family,’ Miss Helen
McNee and two friends ^vho
drove her home from Goderich
Fpiday evening. Miss; McNee is
Agnes Moon, Supervisor First iri Ontario
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Industrial Therapy Training Program
Industrial therapy — a tried
and proven method for treat
ing many forms of mental ill
ness — was 'introduced this
spring and1 is working well in
the Ontario Hospital near Gode
rich.
Since the program was begun
early in February, an, increas
ing number of patients have
been employed in useful en
deavours until now about 80
men and women staff the three
•industrial therapy units a,t the
hospital — the woodworking
shop, the car wash and in
dustrial therapy one which is
a type of needlework factory.
. Dr. Michael F. Conlon, a
psychiatrist who came, tai
Ireland last' December te be
come superintendent of r the
Ontario' Hospital at Goderich
says, “Industrial therapy ds
primarily designed for patients
who are not yet fitted., because
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Best Centennial Costume in Grade 6
Robert N, Irwin (in his Centennial Week at
tire) rights chairman of Clinton Public School
Board, is shown here congratulating Bonnie John
ston of Grade 6 whose costume was judged as the
most authentic Centennial dress in her grade. Pub
lic School Principal Bert Gray is shown in the
centre. A winner Was picked ;in each of the 18
rooms at the public school on Friday afternoon iri
conjunction with Clinton Retail Merchants Cen
tennial Week. Photo)
of their illness, to work in com
petitive fields- outside the hos
pital, but are capable of doing
a satisfactory job of work with
in their capacity,”
“The primary object of such
a rehabilitation regime is to
help people when they do come
to be discharged to adapt and
adjust more easily to the de
mands of society outside,” Dr.-
Conlon continued. “It is also
recognized' that prolonged stay
in hospital tends to create a
dependiancy on the hospital.arid
very often a secondary illness
develops wfaictois nowadays re
ferred to as 'anstituitlionaliz-
ation’.”
Patients at the hospital Which
serves Huron County, Perth
County and part of Bruce
County are enjoying the oppor
tunity to , work. Mrs’. Agnes
Moon, LondefebOTO, supervisor of
industrial therapy one, reports
that the shops’ are open five
days a week from 9 am. to-4
p.m. with time off for lunch as
well as’ morning and afternoon
Coffee breaks.
“Often there ds a line-up in
the hall before we open,” she
declared, “These people are
much happier now that they
are able to do something with
their time. One man who works
in -this department used to stand
dlorie all day and talk to no
one. Now he smiles and is be
ginning to Open Up, Just listen
to the workers chattering
among themselves. I like to
hear that,”
Mrs. Miaou, dearly loved by
all 50 patient^ working ffiri in
dustrial therapy one, is respon
sible for designing and planning
the articles made in her de-
partmeht. Most popular items
are ■ attractive pouch bags and1
tote bags fashioned of the latest
materials and made entirely by
the patients. Throw decorator
cushions, mats, Coasters, aprons
and a variety of embroidered
linens are turned put daily and
piit on display ready for sale to
the public.
“All the items made must ba
saleable,” Mrs, Moon Said, “Iri-
dustrial therapy isn’t new in
the province, but usually pa
tients are employed at packag
ing products made by various
industries in the hitea of the
hospital. Here, we are making
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a bank clerk in Stratford and
had come to Goderich by bus.
• Police think Charles * McNee
shot his wife, Lillian, 50, sons
Grant, 20, James Charles (J.C.)
16, and Fred, 7, and'has daugh
ter, Jeian, 12, about 3 a.m. Fri
day then killed himself about
6' p.m. the same day. •
Goderich funeral diireefor,
Edward Stiles, who is thought
to ■ be the last person to have talked to Mr. McNee, said' Mrt
McNee phoned and asked him
to' pick up Helen when she ar
rived in Goderich' from Strat
ford and to bring her to the
farm. .
Miss McNee visited wifi} the
Stiles wihen she arrived and
later went to -the farm with
Larry Park and Miss Melba
Stiles. They called Mr. Stiles
who went out to the farm with
police.
Mr. McNee, who worked h'is
farm and was a' carpenter in
the area,' is survived, besides
his daughter, Helen, by two
brothers, Graham, of RR 3,
Auburn, whose farm is two
houses away,< and Earl, of Bel-
-miore; and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ross McNee, of Nile.
Mrs. McNee, the former Lil
lian Sproul, who was1 born, in
a farm home directly across
from her married -home, is
surveyed, besides her daughter,
' , Mrs. Mary
Garness, of Wiillowdale; and
•Mrs. Ben Mugford, of Lucan;
six brothers, Clifford, of Lis-
towol; -Elmeir, Auburn; Wil
liam, Cooksville; David, of
West Wawanosh Township;
Harvey and Joseph, Dungan
non.
Two Speakers
At Lions
Dinner Meetin
■by two sisters,
Clinton Lions Club had Speak
ers from the London y office of
th&Tl Canada'' Pension' ”
the Kitchener office
come tax departmen
dinner meeting in
Parish Hall, Tuesday evening.
Russell Rush, a field officer
with the Canada Pension Plan,
who is a member of the Inger
soll Lions Club, explained the
new universal and compulsory
pension plan. Then Donald
Thompson, a rulings officer
with the income tax’ciepartment
talked about how the CPP and
tax department work together.
A lively question and answer
period followed their talks.
The men,were introduced by
Lions President Ken-Flett and
thanked by Royce Macaulay.
New Lion, Pat Noonan Won
the regular draw prize.
In the business session, the
Lions- set dates for their sum
mer activities: June 20, the an
nual chicken barbecue; June 21,
annual Lions golf tournament
at the Bayfield-Clinton course;
and August 16'is the date of
Lions annual summer street
carnival.
The Lions next meeting on
June 13 will be installation of
officers for the 1967-68 season.
'Flan "arid
of the m-
t at their
St. Paul’s
Forty-seven persons : who shopped in Clinton during the
retail ’ merchant's committee
Centennial Week won prizes given, by the, partirip^ting
merchants. t
The draws were#,|lk1q^|6, at
four o’clock Saturday ai™moon
at the town hall with the re
tail merchants chairman, ^Rob
ert N. Inwin, as emcee. Mayor
Don Symons and Royal Bank
manager Paul Aggenh'olm made
the draws. Value of- the 47
prizes was upwards of $1,000.
Following are the winners,
the prize and the merchant
who donated the prize:
Mrs. Mary Clairmont, God
erich, four steak dihners at
Lome Garrow’s Kum-In Rest
aurant
RR 2
escent light or coloured vanity
basin, _
Electric; Mrs. Hazel M. Shana
han, picnic table1, Ball-Macaulay
Ltd.; Menno Martin, RR 1. Clin
ton, car wash and lubrication,
Roy Mann’s Service Station;
Mrs. L. Cummings, RR 1 Clin
ton, $15.00 merchandise credit
at House of Bargains Ltd.;
Orval M. Jantzi, Zurich, electric
tooth brush, Groves and Son
TV and Appliances; Ross
Feagan, RR 2 Clinton, smoking
stah'd; Gordon' Lawson’s*• Billiard
’P-arlOur;
Clarence Sturdy, dinnerware;
J. W. Peck’s Wells Auto Elec
tric; Dennis Bisback, six mon
ths freehair cuts, Frank Vian Al-
Mrs. Murray Forbes,
Clinton, choice of flor-
Chuiteir Heating and
Hydro Manager
Arthur M. Knight
Feted at Banquet
At Kitchener
For Convention
'Seven Clinton couples attend-
”ed the Distri'd One convention
of Kinsmen Clubs of Canada,
held at Kitchener from Fri
day evening until Monday tins
week. ’
They were President David
Beattie and Mrs. Beattie who is
the president-elect of the Nin
ette Club, of Clinton; President
elect Robert Mann and Mrs.
Mann; Kinette President Mrs.
Robert VanRiesen and Mr. Vah-
Riesen; Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Jones; Mr. and Mrs. Don Hall;
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Charters
and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Clifford.
Mr. and Mi’s. Mail Edgar, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Chowen, Mr. and’
Mrs. Mervyn Webb and Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Irwin, all members
of Clinton Kinsmen Club, at
tended the Saturday sessions.
.The Clinton Kinsmen 'placed
eighth in the District competi
tions for the Jay Dunn Award
and placed in the top five for
the' bulletin award.
Mar-
Bay-
tena’s Barber Shop; Mrs.
garet MacDonald, RR 3 . .
field, $20.00 gift certificate,
Beatity Farm Service Centre;
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New Arena
Opening
WedJune28
Clinton’s' new community
centre and arena, now near
mg completion in the com
munity park, will have a
grand opening , on Wednes
day, June 28.
, Ontario Premier Hon. John.
P. Roibarts and the federal
minister of public works,
Hon. George J, Mdlraith,
have been invited to partici
pate. Also, a commlissiiioner
from Centennial -headquarters,
will be present.
Bert Clifford, publicity
chairman, is in charge of the
grand opening ceremonies.
Having spent 37 of has 42
years with Ontario Hydro as
manager of Clinton area, Ar
thur M'.' Knight was1, honoured
With an appreciation banquiet
in Clinton Legion Hall last Fri
day evening.
Mr. Knight will officially re
tire later this summer. He and
Mrs. Knight plan to remain in
Clinton. They own thelir home
at 67 William Street.
Nearly 200 meh attended the
“Knight’s Night” dinner, at
which the guest of honour was
presented vrith an oil pointing.
Attending were, representa-
■ fives from businesses in all
towns, in the Clinton area, farm
ers,* municipal officials, service
club • representatives, Ontario
Hydro employees from GLirifoil
and London, PHO employees
and persons from all groups of
Which Mr. Knligfht had been as
sociated.
Organizer of the “Knight’s
Night” was <Tafo.es H. Graham,
area foreman of Clinton area,
Ontario Hydro; he Was also
ohaitmuri of the banquet .and
program.
Making the oil painting pro-*
sentation to Mr. Knight were
Harry Ball, Clinton, and Epih-
riam Snell, RR 1, dinton. Both
those men spoke briefly of their
business, social and community
service associations with Mr.
Knight. Others who spoke in
cluded Siimon Hallahan, Blyth;
John Craig, Blyifh; George
Huck, Goderich Township; Dr.
Walter A. Oakes, Clinton, and
Clarence “ Jiggs”'DeBeau, RR 5
Clinton.
Among the other persons at
the head table were Mayor Don
Symons, also an employee of
Ontario Hydro; Rev. Grant
Mills; Donald McKenzie, War
den of. Huron County; Gordon
M. McHenry, London, manager,
Western Region, Ontario Hy
dro; George Casey, personnel
supervisor, Western Region, On
tario Hydro and Mr, Knight’s
brother Jack Knight, from
Parkhill.
A. M. Knight is,-bring hon-
ourtd by the Western Region,
Ontario Hydro, along with
other employees Who are reW-
hig, at a diriner in London to
morrow. (Friday) night.
The hall Was decorated with
signs and drawings made by
Reg. Smith and by. enlarged
photo® of Mr. Knight,
(Continued on Page Seven)
Groves and Son Electric $100.00
T. B.’ Allen Ltd. ■..........
-H, Fa Noonan ..............
Mrs. L. M. McKinnon .
Miss Wilma Greidanus ■..
Glen Lockhart ..............
Wheel and Deal Square
Dance Club ...........
Oscar Priestap ..............
Doug Kennedy ..............
Sam Castle ....................
Don Pullen ...............
Barry Foster..................
Larry Walls'..................
Stew Taylor .................
Ralph Schefter ..............
W. Vriesinga ..................
Harold Fremlin ......,
G. Fairservice .......,...
Angus Robertson ...........
Wesley Willis Hi-C Club
Tom H. Leppiington .......
Miss Mabel Harvey.......
Mrs. Ada Adams..........
Miss Lillian Adams .......
Harvey Scott .......
Jim Flynn ........ t....
Jack Reid .............
Elmer Hugill ........
William Crawford .
George Glazier ......
Barry Young ..........
Goldwin Smith ......
Clintop Womens’ i
tute .....................
Art Huck .............
Mrs. James Makins
Mrs. Chas. Williams ..
Harold Pickett ............
Mike Hallahan ............
Keith Keyes ,...............
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This Guy Wasn't in Centennial Dress!
' Chief of Police H. Russ Thompson has just
handed A, L. Colquhoun, publisher of the News-
Record a “dress violation’ ’summons for not being
•in Centennial dress or wearing a beard during
Clinton Retail Merchants Centennial Week which
concluded on Saturday. The fine was 50 cents and
during the week the Clinton Police Force collected
$20.50 which will be turned over to the Clinton
■and District Community Centre Centennial Fund.
(News-Record Photo)
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Full House for Retirement Banquet
This shows the head table being piped lii at the appreciation banquet for
Arthur M. Knight who is retiring after 42 years with Ontario Hydro. 'Mr.
Knight is shown to the left of Pipe-Major Hee Kingswell of Clinton Legion Pipe
Band. Mr. Knight has been manager of Clinton Area, Ontario Hydi’o for 3?
years; Attending the banquet last Friday evening in Clinton Legion Hall were
persons from all walks of life in the district serviced by Clinton Area, Ontario
Hydro. , (News-Record Photo)