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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1967-05-25, Page 1i Clinton News-Record THE NEW ERA—lQ2nd Year ' ■ .■ ' THE HURON RECORD — 86th Year A * The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO?THURSDAY, MAT 25, 1967 seams with 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. * WEEK success, to ■i $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 ijt :Js '• ‘ • ■ ■ 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 The Weather May 17 18 19 20 " 21' 22 ' 23 1967 ' 1966 High Low. High Low 66 69 67 60 50 53 60 Rain: .16”, Rain: .55” ■65 . 63 ■ 68 71 75 40 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) t 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 l 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 z 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 (Continued oh. Page Teri) 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; (Continued on Page Five) -----------o-------- 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 ,............... (Continued on Page Twelve) '—----—-— ---------------- ---- --—4 100.00 100.00 5.00 20.00 20.00 Insti- 14.43 10.00 2.00 10,00 20.00 2.0Q 10.00 10,00 5.00 ■ 5.00 20.00 5.00 5.00 30.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 2.00 15.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 10.00 28,00 50,00 2.00 5.00 10.00 20.00 15.00 5.00 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) ■ I '' 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)