Clinton News-Record, 1967-06-22, Page 1■ft
Gigantic Centennial Event
Stanley-Brucefield Man
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‘ THE HURON RECORD.— 86th Year
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THE new ERA 102nd Year
The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1967, By.S, J. K, ' '
IS THERE any elation
Huron County over the new in-
dpstrial-educational park which
is now underway at former CFB
Ceptralja? If not at the mo
ment, we predipt there will be
when the first industries move
jn and begin hiring men.
There seems to. be a great
deal of apprehension and skepti
cism over this deal at Centralia
. . . almost as though people
have the notion it is really too
good to be true, or maybe that
Centralia is so far from Clin
ton it will have little or no ef
fect on this town. There may
even be. a little jealousy, a
i twinge of envy.
Well, folks, if the Ontario
i’. Development Corporation does
what has been done in similar,
, projects throughout North Am-
;i erica, this will be the greatest
thing that has happened to
Huron County — and the neigh
bouring counties —- for many
long years.;, In one single spot
just 20 minutes to the south of
Clinton, something has been be
gun that could employ 2,000
men and women,
While most people are watch
ing and • waiting with bated’
breath to see what will actually
happen; work has begun to
renovate seven hangers and in
form the industrial public what-
facilities argz at Centralia. Al
ready, about 25 mpn are em
ployed at the site!
’ Hon. C. S. MacNaughton,
provincial treasurer, said last
. week, “Prospects ' for fairly
‘ rapid development of the base
appear excellent.” * 1 .
Put them all together, it
spells “Eureka”.
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THE SWIMMING; pool in
Clinton is open'*' for the sum
mer and kids will be taking to
the water to try to beat the
. heat. From previous visits to
. tlie pool, 'we know the. discipline
is good and most,'kids are
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Former Centralia
Base Commander
Going to Borden
Group Ciptain!lG.'F. O'cken-
den, 43, of Vermilion, Alta., has-
been appointed commander of
Canadian Forces Base Borden,
Ontario.
1 Now attending National De
fence College at Kingston, hi§
. new duties begin July 24. Group
Captain Ockenden succeeds Col.
H. C. F. Elliott, whose appoint
ment to command the Canadian
contingent of the UN force in
Cyprus, was announced earlier.
Group Captain Ockenden was
the commander of CFB, Cen
tralia When it ceased to be a
training base’earlier this year.
Hundreds Attended Goderich Township Centennial Churdh Service
ministers participated in the Interdenominational'
service "and Rev, G, J, Heersink, minister of Clinton
Christian Reformed Church preached the sermon.
(News-Record Photo)
, This photo 'taken from the rooF of Holmesville
public school, Sunday afternoon, shows the hundreds
of persons, many in old Style dress, at the Centen
nial weekend church service. Clinton and Bayfield
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This Group Was Behind Goderich Township Centennial Weekend
To put over sudh a successful Centennial Week
end as Goderich Township Had last Weekend,, takes
a lot of planning and hard work. Most of the
committee are shown here, left to right, Councillor
■ Gerry Ginn, master of ceremonies on Sunday after
noon; Robin E. Thompson, township clerk and one
of the chief .organizers of the event; John Semple,
of Holmesville PublicScHool Board; John Siertsema,
principal of the school; Councillor Harry Oakes;
Councillor William ,Jenkins; Deputy Reeve Everett
McIlwain, chairman of, the Centennial; Mrs. Gerry
- Ginn; Reeve Grant Stirling; Mrs. Grant Stirling;
Mirs. Don Middleton; Mrs. Don Lobb; Mrs. William
Cox and Mrs. Lloyd Bondr^a (News-Record Photo.)
A 75-bed, $750,000 addition
to Huronview was- officially
opened last Wednesday after
noon, June 14, by Nobel Drew,
Toronto,- director for homes for
the aged branch Ontario De
partment of -Social and Family
Services.
Mr. Drew speaking in the ab
sence of the Hon. John Yarem-
ko, who is. minister of that de
partment, said that Huron
County has been an example
to the province of Ontario in
The heavy rain pf last Friday
evening and nearly all day Sat-1
urday did ■ not <■, dampen ' the
spirits of jGpderich Township
residents as they -carried out
all event?'and activities of their
.Centennial Weekend-
<* The variety concert Friday
evening was .cut short' and com
pleted on Sunday evening.
Saturday’s huge parade went
on as scheduled and' the bar
becue in the evening wag moved
to Clinton’s ■ new .community
centre wberb’ over. 1,650 persons
had, their chicken dinner.,
Later .Saturday - evening it
was estimated -that 1,000 per
sons’" attended' X dance in the
community centre. /
Prominent Municipal Official,
Harvey Taylor Dies Here
Sunday was a. beautiful sun
ny day for the Centennial
church service- at Holmesville
school followed by sports later
in the4 afternoon
> Committees ,
The full committee ifi 'charge
of Goderich Township’s Centen
nial Weekend is as follows:
chairman, Deputy Reeve Eyer-
ett McIlwain;, Variety show,
Mrs. Don Middleton and Mrs.
William Cox; parade, Reeve
Grant Stirling, Mrs. G, Ginn
and Councillor William Jenk
ins; sports, Councillor Gerry
Ginn and Holmesville school
principal John Siertsema;' '
• Barbecue, Mrs. G. Ginn and
Mrs. L. Bond; dance, Mrs. Don
Lobb and Councillor William
Jenkins; church service, Mrs. L.
Bond and Mrs. William Cox;
Displays, John Siertsema and
township clerk R. E. Thompson;
grounds, Councillor Harry
Oakes and John. Semple; booth,
Mrs.'Grant Stirling. . ■
Former 'Stanley Township
councillor and deputy reeye, J.
Harvey' Taylor of Brucefield
died Friday evening, June 16 at
the Clinton'Public Hospital. He
was in his 70th year.
Mr. Taylpr was ■'born in Hay
Township near Grand Bend, son
of the late Mr. and-Mrs. John
Taylor, He farmed in Stanley
Township till moving to'Bruce
field about 15 years ago.
As a semi-retired farmer,. at‘
the time of, his death he was
Huron County chairman of the
Co-operative1 Insurance Associ
ation; a member of the Ontario,
Bean Growers’ Marketing
Board and a director of the Hay
-Mutual Fire Insurance Com
pany. . ■ •
He was a former township
school trustee of SS 10 Stanley.
He also served -as secretary of
Baird’s Cemetery board. He
was amember of the Brucefield
United Church;. Brucefield
IOOF No. 210; Samaritan lodge,
.Seaforth; ’and .Clinton Branch
140, Royal Canadian Legion.
Surviving are his wife, ‘ the
former Ruth Caldwell, four
sons, John and Douglas, - both
of Brucefield; William and
Morris, both' of ’ • Varna; six
•daughters, Mrs. James (Cora)
McFarlane, "Breslau; Mrs. Jo
seph (June) Potter, Clinton;
Mrs. Ross (Donna) Corbett,
Hensail; Mrs.’ Fred (Barbara)
Preston', of Sundridge; ! Mrs.
Ross (Ina) Brown, Newtonville;
Mrs. John (Mary Lou) Driscoll,
of Walton; one brother, Victor'
of Clinton; one s'ister, Mrs. Wal
ter (Rett a) Baird of Brucefield,
and. 35 grandchildren.
Funeral service was at 2 p.m.
Monday, June 19 at the Beattie
Funeral Home, .Clinton, with
Rev. Donald Stuart officiating.
Burial in Baird’s Cemetery,
Stanley Township.
Pallbearers were Lindsay
Eyre, John , Brdadfoot, Jack
Scotchmer, » Watson Webster,
Bruce McClinchey and Robert
Dalrymple. Flpwerbearers were
.Morley and Arnold. Taylor and
Robert and Ken Caldwell,(Continued on .Page Seven)
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COMMUNITY
CENTRE
DONATIONS
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During the past week $842.81
was donated to Clinton and Dis
trict Community ’■Centre Cen
tennial fund. This brings the
full total to $34,394.48 collected
in donations and fund raising
events. z
Donations may still'be made
to any member, of the com
munity centre committee; your,
canvasser, or to! Ted McCul
lough,- canvass. co-ordinator, at
his office Huron Co-operative
Medical - Services, 82 Albert7
Street.
This Week’s Donors
. .'$100.00
.. 5.60
.. 150.00
.. 25.00
.. 100.00
15.00
10.00
50.00
15.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
25.00
(25.00
5.00
’ 10.00
50.00
Proud Hunters To Collect Bounty
. Mervyn' Batkin and Clarence Perdue, Clinton,
trapped this wolf on the farm of Bruce' McClinchey,
RR 2 Goderich on Monday might, June, 19. It
, weighed 32 lbs. Seen in the photo with the'dead
culprit are (left to right) Clarence Perdue, Bruce
McClinchey and Mervyn Batkin.i-ecognizing its duties to its
elderly population in moving
progressively with the times,
and providing good homes for
the aged accommodation.
“Records show,” said Mr.
Drew, “that . Huron was one of
the first counties to establish
a'home for the aged.
“That was in 1895 when there
were only a dozen municipal
homes in all Ontario. The home
then was built at local expense;
there was no 50 percent Subsidy
to spread the. cost.”
The speaker said that the
population of Ontario has grown
by 50 percent in the past 15
years. At the turn of the cen
tury only 6 percent of the popu
lation was over 65 years of age.
Now more than 8 percent of
Ontario’s population is beyond
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Community Centre Opening June 28
Charles Trewartha, '15,
Presented in Two Parts
After years of discussion and planning,
and a four-month building period, the new
Clinton and District Community Centre
•and Arena will be officially opened on
Wednesday, June 28 at 3:00 p.m. There
already have been some eVents held in the
new $225,000 building, in Clinton Com
munity Park. ‘ c
CeniennwZ Church 'Service
The Clinton Ministerial Association is
holding a Centennial service in the new
building on Sunday, June 25 at 3:00 p.m.,
with the collection taken at the service to
go th the Community Centre Fund. .•
Rev. Roy Cook, B.A., B.D., D.D., a
former Clintonian, son of Mrs, Cook, Isaac
Street, and the late William7 Cook, will be
guest speaker. Dr. Cook is presently minis
ter at Bethel Baptist Church, Toronto,
Official Opening
For the official opening on Wednes
day, June 28, the town will be host to the
premier of Ontario, Hon. John P. Robarts;
Hon, George J, Mcllraith, federal minister
of public works and a director of. Special
projects Of Canada’s Centennial Commis
sion, as well as local members of'fcarlia-
ment and Clinton and area dignitaries;
For a full schedule Of events Oil Sun-'
day and Wednesday, see advertisements on -
page five of this issue.
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REV* ROY COOK, BJU B*D*> D.D
Friday, June 30
It’s coming Rose Show time
again! 1
The annual open Rose Show
of the Clinton Citizens’ Horti
cultural Society will be held
Friday, June 30 in the Council
Chamber.
The Royal Bank of Canada
(per local branch manager Mr.
Paul Aggerholm) has kindly
donated a silver engraved tray
to be given to the exhibitor,
with the most points at this
show.
D. H. Miles has again kindly
donated the sum of 85 for the
Champion Rose of the show.
The Society -welcomes new
exhibitors as well as old. Let’s
make the Centennial Rose Show
outstanding.
A complete prize list may be
seen elsewhere in this edition
the News-Record.
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Evelyn G. Hall
Buried
Last Week
Evelyn Gertrude Hall,
last remaining member of
family of' George Edward
Marion Hall, passed away in
Clinton Public Hospital on Mon
day morning, June 12 at age 57.
Miss Hall was the town lib
rarian and had been in ill health
in recent years.
Born January 21, 1910, ‘the
deceased was a member of St.
Paul’s Anglican Church, Clin
ton. ShO was predeceased by
two brothers, Gordon and
Ernest.
Rev, Ron Wenham, Clinton,
conducted the funeral servioo
from the Ball Funeral Home On
Wednesday, June 14; Interment
was in Clinton Cemetery,
Pallbearers were Eric Swit
zer, Laurie Colquhoun, Wilbur
Welsh,- Williard Aiken, Bruce
Bartliff and Doug Thorndike*
wnanes irewartha, 15, a
CHSS student who will be in.
Grades 12 this fall won the Ont
ario Junior Mathematics con
test for District 10 comprising
about 14 high schools.
Of 9,300 students in Ontario
who wrote the contest paper,
Charles placed 52nd. His name
was put on the Ontario Mathe
matics Honour Roll a? being’ in
the top one percent.
This week hg is attending a
mathematics seminar at the
University of Waterloo.
He is thd son of Mr. and;
Mrs. Norman Trewartha, RR 3
Clinton.'
The variety show held to
kick off Goderich Township
Centennial Weekend had to be
presented'in two parts due to
rain on Friday evening. On
Sunday evening three of the
parts of the program were fin
ally presented. Both nights
played to large audiences be
hind Holmesville Public School.
The stage was set Up at the
large double" door rear entrance
to the school.
Chairman of the Centennial
committee, Deputy Reeve Ern
est McIlwain and Reeve Grant
Stirling welcomed the audience
and Township Clerk Robin E.
Thompsonzwas roaster- of cere-
inonies.
The program began with the
presentation of a Canadian Pa-
geant by the Holmesville Hi-C
group, depicting the early
pioneer life in Canada and the
people from other lands who •>
settled here.
The pageant was directed by
Mrs. Gerry Ginn with Shirley
Norman as the reader. Those
who took part were: Heather
Whitely, Gail. Fisher, Janet
Willis;, Randy Schmidt, Gary."
Potter, Jbh Ginn, Nancy Ginn,
Betty Durst, Lenus Yeo, Wayne
Tebbutt, Douglas Yeo, Dennis
Harris, Allah Fisher, Gerry
Ginn, Leonard Lobb, Brian Pot
ter, John Fisher, Norma Walter,
Pat Tebbutt, Jane.t Fisher, Bon
nie Cox, Sheryl Cox, Lucille
Bond, Julis CoX, Cris Harris and
John. Cox. , ■ ,
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UCTIONAL |
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U.S. Instructor Visits Clinton School
, Major R. C. Graves, centre/acting Commandant of the Canadian Farces
School of Instructional Technique welcomes Lt, Col.. L B. Wicker of the United
States Air Force. Looking on fe Lt Commander H, I, Sturt, Chief Instructor of
Division Lt Col. Wicker, a Staff instructor at the ^Academic Instructors
Course at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama, paid a five day
familiarization visit to CFSIT at Clinton last week, (CFB’Clint&n Photo)