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Clinton—' Home of Radar Trainins in
By S. J. K.
$QME very pipe things yvere
said at .CFB Clinton last Fri*
day afternoon in speeches made
by Base Commander. &•
' Greenaway, CP, ahd Clinton’s
Mayor Don Symons. They were
taking part in the program
during which a giant radar
scanner screen was presented
to the town of Clinton.
We couldn’t help thipking
that co-operation of this kind
between Her Majesty’s-. Forces
and civilians residing in Clin
ton has' resulted in deep, deep
ties which will never be totally
severed , . » particularly how,
with CFB’s gift to Clinton as
a . constant reminder of
goodwill which ^existed.
The crowd assembled on
parade square at. CFB. for
ceremony were told that 5 Clin
ton has* been designated “The
Home Of. Radar Ih North Am
erica". Base Commander Green?
away noted that since radar.
was held to. be a “top secret"
operation, the name of Clin
ton has been synonymous- with
radar. / ' . •
During the second world war,
• he said, the town of Clinton
was 'Well known around the
World as the training centre for
expert radar technicians.
It was a stirring moment as
the plaque was unveiled and
,the official presentation made
to the ’ town of Clinton . ... .
truly a ppoud^ moment.* * *
' WE READ that the tent
dresses which are so popular
this summer with the ladies —
waiting or otherwise are on
their way' out, In the fall, we
can ■ expect a return of the
more fitted fashion, according
to style experts. \
We’re' sorry to see this hap
pen. Never in our lifetime have
we come across more* comfort
able garments than these tent
ydresses. They’re cool and be
sides this, they make everyone
look about the same. The size
of your waistline doesn’t .really
matter under these’ wonderful
dresses.
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Mayor Accepting Clinton's Gift of a Radar, Antenna
Clinton Mayor, Don Symons at microphone,
accepting the radar antenna and plaque’as-CFB
Clinton’s Centennial gift to the town; the gift recog
nizes Clinton as the .home of radar training in North
A new phone has been in
stalled in Clinton’s new com
munity centre and you may
call-this number (482-773X)
for take-out orders at Clinton
i Lions Club annual chicken
barbecue next Tuesday even
ing from 5:3Q on.
. If the weather is good, the
luscious dinner will be served
optside at the community
park, but if it is wet, the
new community centre will be
available. ’
There are no advance ticket
sales this year, "but the Lions
will ,be ready to serve the
chicken starting at 5:30
o’clock.
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Goderich Township/
Centennial Weekend
This weekend — Friday,
June 16 to Sunday, June 18
— is Goderich Township’s
chance to show what it can
do for a Centennial entertain
ment project. And, from ad
vance publicity it is going to
be a really big affair.
. The feature event on Fri
day evening is a variety night
featuring many old style cos
at
at
America. Group Captain, K. R. Greenaway, base
commander and F/O H. W. Leafloor, centre, look
on. ■
• (CFB Clinton Photo)
DONATIONS
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" IT'S THE season for picnics
and maybe, time for a reminder
that if you like to stop at a
tidy:l-greensaVea^y.bd!''Sh6uld"'t&k^'
special care to leave it neat
and “picked-up” for the next
traveller. ' ‘ .
Promoting June as picnic
month, the Ottawa City Cen
tennial Committee has issued a
pamphlet of instructions on how
to make picnics successful. In
the brochure which covers
everything from how to talk
to a cow to what mosquito
spray is best, people are urged
to clean up after the feast and
leave the place in condition for
others to enjoy.
If it catches on, we would
hope the entire picnicking pub*'
lie could be re-educated to ap-
(Continued on Page Twelve)'
Alan Cochrane
Wins Scholarship
To U.S. University
Alan Cochrane, a graduate
this spring of Althouse Col
lege of Education, London,
Ontario, and a 1966 graduate
of the University of Western
Ontario in Honours Biology,
will attend Cornell University
Ithaca, New York, beginning
this Juhe. For each academic
year he has been given a
teaching assistantship valued
at $3,090, a Scholarship, and
free tuition, Alan will do
graduate work in Medical En-
tomology and work towards
his Master of Science degree.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Cochrane, Mary
Street, Clinton, and a gradu
ate of Clinton Collegiate.
The Weather
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tumes. This takes place
Holmesville Public School
8:30.
On Saturday there is
and sports
a
huge parade
events, followed by a. barbe
cue.
On Sunday there are special
church services and other
entertainment.
This Makes the Gift Official
Group Captain -K. R. Greenaway, Base Commander and His Worship Don
Symons sign the “Hand-over Certificate” for the radar antenna.
1 (CFB Clinton Photo) '
For Arena Opening \
Federal and Provincial
i 25.00
5.00
15.00
5.00
118.96
35.00
100.00
500.00
5.00
25.00
5.00
10.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
$
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Ing, persons are invited to in
spect the new arena. .
A reception is planned, for
early evening and a dinner in
the Legion .Hall at 6/30 p.m. to
which the public is invited.
Tickets at $2.50 per person ate
now 'on sale at the Cli'nton
Community Credit Union, the
News-Record office and from
Mait Edgar, finance chairman
of the. community centre fund,
At 8:-15 p.m. a variety con
cert and dance will be held in
the new $225,000 building, fea
turing, a massed pipe band, Hur*
on Centennial Choir and other
local talent.
The Community Centre com*
mittee “ ' "
bingo
which
prizes.
are promoting a big
on Monday,; duly 3. at
there will, be $4,'000 ill
1967
High Low
June 7
Another $873.96 was donated
to Clinton ahd* District Com
munity Centre Centennial Fund
in the past week, which brings
the total to $33,551.67. Further
donations may be given to any
member of the committee,
•Allan Finch ..,r.
Garth Brock j.
Gordon Steep .................
Miss Janis Galbraith ..
Mrs. M, Zablocki (ballet
recital) ..,........
Art. Mountford ........
K. W. Colquhoun Ltd. .,
J. & T. Murphy Limited
Bill Cochrane »<<...,,.
W« Normari Counter ..
Mrs. James Lovett .
Fred Miller ...........
Esther Kendall ........
Douglas Cantelort ......
John E. Pepper
OPENING JUNE 28
The Hon. John P. Robarts,
premier of Ontario; Hon.
George J. Mcllraith, federal
minister of publid Works ahd
R. B. Ingalls, director of special
projects of the Canadian Cen
tennial Commission, have a-
greed to come to the official
opening of Clinton and district’s
new. community centre on Wed*
nesday, June 28,
Also, ail ideal membets of
parliament Will be present when
the official fibbbn butting is
set for 3 p.m.. After the: open-
correction
In the list of donations
Clinton and District Community
Centre Centennial Fund pub
lished in the June 1 issue we
to
Swimming Pad
Opens Today
Clinton Community
.thing pool opens today (Thurs
day) from 4 to 6 p.m. and
from 7 to 9 p.m. Doug Andrews,
the pool supervisor, Informs us
that prices will be 15c for child
ren and 25c for high -school
students and adults.
Swim-
CFB Personnel Present
Antenna to Town
As Centennial ProjectI
wish to clarify one man’s giv
ings. Mr.' A. “Red” Garon made
his donation zin two cheques,
each for $250; one from his
personal account and one from
the . account of his former busi
ness, Clinton Laundry and Dry
Cleaners. Mr. Garon’s donation
should have read A. “Red"
Garon, $500.00. There are now
two businesses, Huron Laundry
and Clinton Cleaners,, each of
which made previous donations.
Officers Installed,
New Member Inducted
.. ..X''Maynard Corrie, Clinton gro
cer, was installed as president
of Clinton Lions Club - in St.
Paul’s . Parish Hall, Tuesday
evening by four members of
Seaforth Lions.
Headed by a past Lions Inter
national counsellor, Hal Meir?
the Seaforth installing team in
cluded Len Ford, zone chairman
of Zone 3S; Albert Whitney,
president and Orville Oke, the
president-elect, all of Seaforth
Lions.
•Before the installation cere-,
mony, the Seaforth .Lions in
itiated Clinton Councillor H. F.
“Pat" Noonan into membership
in Clinton Lions., Mr. Noonan
had, been elected as the com
bined secretary-treasurer of the
club. He was sponsored by the
outgoing president) Ken Flett.
The other officers were in
stalled in groups with Mr. Ford
introducing the new officers
and officially installing them
. and Mr, Meir instructing each
in their duties.-
Lion Meir had officiated at
' <the initiation of Clinton’s presi
dent-elect Maynard Corrie,
when he joined the Bayfield
Lions as a charter member 20
years ago.
President-elect Corrie said he
would' dispense with his, 30-
minute acceptance' speech due
to the hot evening. Then in a
more serious tone, he said: “If
we are to be a success -in life
and business w.e must give some
of our time to service club
work.” He requested the mem
bership to look for new mem-
'bers, saying “We could use 50
members”. At present the Lioris
have a membership of 37.
The new president and the
new.secretary, Pat Noonan had
attended an eight-hour Lions
District school of instruction in
Mount Forest'last Sunday.
The 1966-67 president Ken
Flett remarked that the Lions
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had accomplished many things
during ^the past year. He pre
sented William MacArthur and
Orville Engelstad with past
secretary and past treasurer
pins.
. Other guests . at the.. dinner
meeting were Bill Crawford, the
Metropolitan Life Insurance a-
gent in Clinton; Richmond S.
Atkey, who is a member of
Clinton Lions and also of the
Daytona Beach Lions Club, who
returned here- last week, and
. Clayton Dixon, a Clinton Lion
who has been attending univer
sity in London this past year.
Entertainment was provided
by Jim and Ken Scott, assisted
by the Lions regular pianist,
Mrs. Don Symons.
George Lavis won the regular
draw' prize and Mitch McAdam
and Harvey Johnston won spec-*
ial draws ‘.for boxes of choco
lates.
George Lavis announced that
one of the Lions Centennial pro
jects, a new sidewalk from Al
bert Street leading to the ceno
taph in Library Park was com
pleted, and used on Sunday for
the first time for the Legion
decoration service. He compli
mented Mitch’McAdam on the
London Cleric Speaks
Service
“If^we, with all our 'hearts,
walk mi the Way of God, We Will,
have peace”, Was the final mes
sage left with the war veterans
and persons At Clinton Legion’s*
decoration service in Library
Park, .Sunday evening. ,
The words were spoken by
Rev. Harold Shell, a former
Hulletf Township mah who left
this area 41 years' ago, and is
now minister of Riverside
United Church in London.
ReV. Shell said, “If brother
hood. was understood, there
would be peace in our world”.
He said the basic reasons for
war is greedy • followed by seif*
ishriess, then arrogance and
misunderstanding. He • urged
his hearers .to believe ih God
Uhd We will have peace.
The speaker referred to the
message on the back of the
National Veterans week pro*
gram which recorded.that 112,-
000 Canadians have given their
lives for their country since.
Confederation,1 they* are buried
in 70^ countries throughout the
world. He asked the audience to
read this part of the program.
In recalling some history of
Clinton and Huron County, Rev.
Snell referred to this area as
“God’s country”'. HO said this is
a beautiful part of the country
(Continued on Page Twelve)
The town of Clinton was re<x
ognjzed as the home of radar
training in North America on
Friday afternoon and was pre
sented with a radar antenna
.and plaque to. be erected on a
site in town. " ■
The presentation took place
at an Armed Forces Day cere
mony’at Canadian Forces Base
Clinton with a full ceremonial
parade. The entire complement
of base personnel paraded in
the special ceremonies with
Group Captain K.R. Greenaway^
Base Cohimander, taking the
salute, ■
This year’s Armed Forces
Day ceremonies were of par
ticular significance as a radar
antenna symbolic of .the long
association of the Town of Clin
ton with radar and communica
tion training in the • Armed
Forces was presented to the
town on behalf of the base per
sonnel by Group Captain Green
away, The antenna commemorr
ates the establishment of the
first radar training school at
Clinton in 1941.
In making the presentation,
Group Captain, Greenaway
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stated; “The names of Clinton
and Radar have been linked for'
many ■ years. In fact to some
people they are synonymous.”
The Base Commander com
mented on the establishment
Of the original RAF school here
at Clinton and what it has
meant to Clinton in the years
following. Excerpts from his -
talk are’as follows: .
“During World War II where-
ever Canadian, British or Am
erican radar technicians were
employed, and that was in every
corner of the free world — the
name Clinton was known — for
the vast majority of these men
received their training at Clin
ton.
“In the early days of World
War II, radar was highly classi
fied and because of this, a place
remote from the scene of bat
tle was needed so that training
in the highly specialized and
classified equipment could be'
conducted safely and securely.
Clinton was chosen.
“Construction started in
April, 1941. Tn July students
started arriving. By September
(•Continued on Page Twelve)
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Centennial Message
Following is the' exact inscription on the
bronze plaque which will be imbedded in the
concrete base for the radar antenna to be-
erected in the town of Clinton — a Centen
nial year gift from Canadian Forces Base
Clinton. ,
FPS 20 RADAR ANTENNA
PRESENTED TO THE TOWN OF CLINTON
BY PERSONNEL OF
■ CANADIAN FORCES BASE CLINTON .
ON OCCASION OF
CANADA'S CENTENNIAL
/1867 ---- - - 1967
, TO COMMEMORATE ESTABLISHMENT
AT CLINTON OF •
THE FIRST RADAR.TRAINING SCHOOL
IN NORTH AMERICA
T, - ' ' -
THIS LONG RANGESURVEILLANCE
FPS 20 RADAR- ' ’
WAS FORMERLY IN. OPERATION
ACROSS CANADA AS PART OF THE
NORTH AMERICAN XlR DEFENCE SYSTEM
/
(Continued on Page Seven)
At Sunday's Decoration Service
After the Clinton Legion decoration Service In Library Hark, Sunday
evening, these officials gathered around the year-old cenotaph. From, the left,
Rev. R. U. MacLean, padre of Clinton Legion and chairman of the service; Rev.
Uetold Snell, Riverside tlnited Church, London, a former Clinton area man,
who was guest speaker, and J. Douglas Thorndike, a former Legion presi
dent, end colour sergeant for the decoration service. (News-Record Photo)