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Clinton News-Record, 1967-06-29, Page 1No. 26 Th© Horne Paper With the News * «Ptje Jrirsft i Community Centre Opening \ 1. out that today’s , is not just the next* house or concession, Im- 12 Cents Per .Copy -X 12 Pages ' THE HURQN RECORD 86th YearTHE NEW ERA « 1 02nd Year By S. J. K. ■ ■’ THIS summer don’t be sur­ prised if .Canadian drivers seem more polite — anxious to. let you have that last parking place < ready to yield the right of • way >—just real, friendly fep . Iowa* If it turps, out that way, give a pat on the back to the Can­ adian Highway Safety Council, Their Centennial safety pro­ gram is. “hospitality on the highway” and they’re promoting it for all they’re worth. / The idea ' is that,- with many visiting ■ motorists Canada this year, it will win friends for, Canada — and make our ,highways safer •— if we \ drive “like "good’ hosts.” , Sounds like a good idea and worth giving a . try. So next time you meet a boorish driver who wants to hog the road, instead of getting mad and try­ ing to outhog him, surprise him With a courteous wave ahead. He’ll • probably bp.'so surprised, • he’ll turn over a new leaf. No doubt about it — courtesy is contagious. >* ¥ HERE are 12 ways car driv­ ers pan show hospitality on the highway: Be ready to give directions, when, asked. Make allowances for a visitor who does not know local traffic rules.: > Stop to see if you can help when a motorist seems to be in trouble. Always lower your high beam lights when* meeting a car. . ’ • Always lower- your -high beam lights when close be­ hind a car. ’ - » 6. Don’t tailgate — don’t cut in. 7. Always use directional.sig- 1 nals or, hand signals when moving from lane to lane, , or turning. (Continued on Page Seven) 2. 3. 4. 5. PostOffice Announces Holiday Hours Because of the Dominion­ wide holiday on Saturday, July 1 — Confederation Day — pos­ tal service for Clinton and dis­ trict will he "curtailed. There will be no wicket or rural route service. The lock­ box and lobby will - be open ■from 4 p.m.- to 8 p.m. for the convenience of those patrons who rent a lock-ibox. Street letter boxes will be ■ cleared at 4:15 p.m. Mail will . be received at 6:45 p.m. and de­ spatched at 6:45 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. . J / CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 1967 Three Cabinet Ministers Officiate At New a ! New Arena Officially Opened Yesterday Hon. John P. Ro harts, Premier of Ontario; Hon. George J. Mcllraith, Federal. Minister-,-of Public Works and- R. B, Ingalls of the Special Projects • Branch of the Centennial Commission, left to right, simultaneously cut a red.rib­ bon in Clinton and District Community Centre at 3:45 Wednesday afternoon to officially'open Clinton’s $225,000 Centennial project. (News-Record Photo) If. was a .proud stirring mo­ ment for the people of Clinton and area ^vhen the ribbon was. cqtijpn Wednesday afternoon to” signify that the new Clinton ^artd ipistrict CbmMumty Centre )¥&’. officially operie'd. ■jfrispirijng oratory from visit-; •ing’’ dignitaries; clear, true young singing voices of Clin-’ top Public School children, um d<(r the direction of Miss Lois Qr^sby;, resounding shots from-' a.21-guri salute by four CHSS cadets; and the cheers, and ap­ plauding of a crowd of happy Clintonians on hand for the ceremony echoed through the .lovely, though practical new building, which has been a dream for a decade. ■ X Ontario Premier John. P. Ro­ berts congratulated Clinton and district people on the erection of the centre, He said that - just as Canada’s gigantic birth­ day party all during Cente.nnial Yean yas helping to draw Cana­ dians together, so Clinton’s new community centre will bind the townfolk and their neigh­ bours into a closer-knit unit fqr years to come, “It will be the beginning of U new era ' for the people of Clinton,” v he promised'. “It will generate a new spirit.” “At the time of Confederation 1Q0 ’years ago,” Premier Ro­ daris continued, “Clinton was, 12 years old, You’ve prospered and you’ve grown throughout the -many years.” z The, Premier was introduced by Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, I-Iuron MPP and Provincial Treasurer, i as a Huron Courity ratepayer who spends “as much time with us in Ruron County as at his home’in London.” Robert E; McKinley, Huron MP, introduced Hon. George J, * Mcllraith, Federal Minister of Public Works,-. Mr. Mcllraith caught the true spirit of the hour in a speech directed at the young people in attendance, He said the occasion should, be “one of real significance that they wil| remember with pleasure and . pride as they grow older.- “And they will grow older,” be noted. “This community centra was brought about by a whole lot of people —- ajl the'people in the area; municipal bodies; provincial and federal govern­ ments,” he said, He stressed the importance i Five New Members Join Legion Monday evening at the ■ First Woman W0 J. T. Eadie Remains at Clinton As New Base Warrant Officer On _ regular June1 meeting of Clin­ ton Branch 140 of the Royal Canadian Legion, Mrs/ J. M. (Margaret)' Wood .became the first woman member - of the branch. Along with ,her hus­ band, J. M. Wood and three, other RCAF.,, men, the ■ group was initiated into the Legion by past presidents Hec^ Kingswell, Ed Porter1 and’ Ed Dale -and Cliff Saundercock. Besides the Wood couple, the other new members are Neal Elliott; L. P. Priestley and R. L. Cournoyer. ■ The Legion’s oldest member, George ’Wilson, presented the . five members with their Legion pins. - , At the end of the business session, President William Chambers read excerpts from resolutions and recommenda­ tions passed at the Ontario Provincial Command convention in Sarnia earlier this month.. Some of these were: Legion branches must have "a service bureau officer; in future, nom­ inations must be opened up again on election night in ad­ dition to the regular nomination for new officers; armed service­ personnel can join tfye Legion with eight years of service. The CJinton branch' has adhered to all the. above regulations for some years. Another resolution June 21 22 23 24 25 * 26 1 27 The Weather 1967 High Low 75 72, 77 77 64 68- 78 Rain: 1.98” 56 69 50 58 50 >46 51 1966 High Low 79 84 87 87 90 90 76 55 57- 60 61 61 62 57 was that the branch poppy com­ mittee chairman must be an officer of the branch. ’ ' With Clinton branch'--just ad­ mitting its . first woman mem­ ber, President Chambers' also read the report ■ of the ,, ex- service women’s representative on Ontario Provincial mand. ’ . Gordon Ebel v^as appointfejdBo complete the teriiil'of^Willi'am Reid on the Legion- executive committee. Mr. Reid is leaving" Clinton. President Chambers present­ ed Stewart Freeman, M. Lapan- see and R. Dolson with Legion Centennial pins in recognition of their sponsoring new mem­ bers into Legion membership during Centennial year. The meeting tabled a request, from George Cull, director of the Clinton-based Huron Cen- tenriial Choir, for a donation to- (Continued on Page Twelve) • - , ■ x To Goderich ■ i Warrant Officer J, T. Eadie of Arcola, Sask., has been named CFB Clinton’s new Base Warrant Officer. He assumes the position from WO1 Jack C. Reid who re­ cently retired from the air force, s ■Joining the RCAF in 1937 WO1 Eadie was trained as a Telegraphy Operator < Me­ chanic. He subsequently derwent training as an gunner. During World War Warrant Officer Eadie served overseas with No. 6 Bomber Group and on the staff of the Trade Test Board in London, England. In 1949 he was seconded to the' Royal 22nd Regiment arid became a qualified paratroop­ er with 20 jumps- to his credit. During 30 years of service he has been stationed at various bases in Canada and' overseas. Since^his arrival at „___ ____ __ ________ •Clinton dn.-.vJune 1964..he .has .Nova Scotia; .they have four, been the' school warrant of- children. The Eadie's "reside’ * ficer at the Radar and Com- at 108 Arthur Street in Gode- munications School. His pre- rich. sent trade specialty is avi­ onics technician. Warrant Officer Eadie is married to the former Mar­ garet Eadie of Dartmouth, that young people' understand, what it is possible to do when everyone works together, lie reminded the crowd that pion­ eers of 100, years ago had to work together to get along, and that the key to prosperity in a . nation is still co-operation, He pointed “community” man in the on the next proved communications have made the community the entire country, the whole world. Speaking on behalf of the Special Projects Branch of the Centennial Commission, R. B. Ingalls said it was gratifying to see “the culmination of your efforts”. . “You take a back seat to no one in your Centennial project,” he concluded. Chairman for the occasion was Bert Clifford of the pub­ licity committee, who was in charge of arrangements for the day. Other platform dignitar­ ies included Mayor Don Sym­ ons; Group Captain K. R. Greenaway, Base Commander of CFB Clinton; Rev. Ron Wen- ham of St. Paul’s Anglican Church, who gave .the dedica­ tion prayer; and Gordon Hicks of Shantz & Hicks Construc­ tion Ltd., Waterloo. Mayor Don Symons spoke briefly and recognized Mait Ed­ gar, chairman 'of the finance committee; David Beattie, chairman of the building com­ mittee, and Bill Counter, also of the building committee. Others taking part in the program were Ricky Porter and Doug Fawcett, two Clinton Wolf Cubs who held the ribbon for the ceremony; Jackie Por­ ter, Paul Herman, Bruce Kempston and Don Peterson collected donations from the crowd amounting to $78.26’; and Billie Irwin and Robin McAd- . am, who distributed programs.’ ThevCubs were in the charge of. Assistant Cubmaster Jack Por­ ter. ft Huron County Council Takes Tours To Western and Zurich Rest Home EMO Still In Force Assistance Is Available ency and Police By R. S. Atkey The 37 members of Huron County Council and one or two officials did considerable travel­ ling during their two-day June session in the QfiUnty Building, Goderich, Wednesday and Thursday last. They took the bus to London on Wednesday to pay a visit to the University of Western On­ tario (to which the County of Huron makes an annual grant). They ’drove south again to Zur­ ich on Thursday to have lunch­ eon and inspect the Blue Water Rest Home in that village. In the meantime, they held a Additional Huron County Council Stories on Pages 2, 5 and 9. morning session Wednesday, and morning and afternoon ses­ sions on Thursday. Sandwiched in between the Wednesday session and the bus trip to London, was the formal unveiling ceremony of the pla­ que on the new Centennial of Confederation wing of Huron County Museum in Goderich. To Expo? And then, in the closing min­ utes of the Thursday afternoon session, the councillors discuss- ed a proposed trip by members of Council- (and relatives) to Expo ’67 -for four full days: September 25, 26, 27, 28. When Warden Donald Mc­ Kenzie, Ashfield, asked for a show of hands on" who were going, six or seven members stated that -they would not be going on the trip, either through previous visits to Expo, or other reasons. , At Western Twenty-nine members and officials of Huron County Coun­ cil joined similar representa­ tives of seven other Western Ontario counties at the Uni­ versity of Western Ontario’s an­ nual “County Council Day”, when it played host to about 200 from Wellington, .Perth, Middlesex, Lambton, Kent, El­ gin, Oxford and Huron Coun­ ties. . Dr. G. E. Hall, retiring presi­ dent' of 'UWO, welcomed the County Councillots in ' a brief address. ■ • Dr. E. G. Pleva, head of the university’s geography depart­ ment, discussed the much- publicized subject of “Regional Government”; he maintained that the. county unit was the starting point for this system. Following Dr. Plevh's speech, UWO'entertained the guests at the Canadian Forces Base of­ ficers’ mess at Wolseley Bar­ racks, London, followed by din­ ner in the Great Hall at Som­ erville House. Museum Plaque Carl Dalton,. Seaforth, chair­ man of the Property Comittee, presided at the ceremony for­ mally unveiling the plaque on (Continued on Pagex Twelve) Bruce Collins,. son of' Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Collins, RR 3 Clinton has graduated from Fanshawe College of Applied Art and Technology, London, in the two-year mechanical drafting and engineering .technicians course. He is now employed at Dominion Road Machinery Company Ltd., Goderich, as a draftsman. • (News-Record Photo) -----------o----------- Lions Set Dates For Activities At an executive meeting Tuesday evening, Clinton1 Lions Club set dates for two of ’ its annual fund-raising events. On Wednesday, August 16, the summer carnival will be held on Clinton’s main street (Albert Street between .the main corner and RattenbUry). Tickets will soon be on sale for one hundred silver dollars to be drawn for at that time. Date for the annual rum­ mage sale was tentatively set for Saturday, September 16. This will be held in the new community centre and arena. (By R. S. ATKEY) ■ ■ Huron County Council, at its June Session in Goderich last week, ^attempted to “clear up” any “misunderstanding” that might have existed during the time of the tornado which struck the southern parts of the Counties of Huron and Perth this spring, and to “clarify” the role of EMO in the County. Everett McIlwain, Goderich Township, chairman of the War­ den’s and Personnel Committee, charged with the responsibility of clarifying what seemed to be a murky .situation, told the Council that even in committee there did hot seem to be full agreement as to the status of Emergency Measures Organiza­ tion in the County of Huron. “The members of the com­ mittee feel that we . should clarify our stand in this county, and hope the newspapers pub­ lish a full report of this for the information of the ratepayers of the County,” Ke declared. “There1 was a little misunder­ standing during the time of the tornado, and there was some criticism of the County of Hur­ on. We think this should be cleared up with a statement of policy.” Just A Reminder! Rose Show Friday Remember the open Rose Show on Friday, June 30. Help ■make the Centennial Year Show the biggest ever by bring­ ing .out your roses, pansies, Sweet Williams, delphinium, etc. See the prize list in last week’s News-Record or phone Mrs. Stewart Middleton, secre­ tary, 482-7523. The committee report, as signed by Mr. McIlwain and adopted unanimously by County Council, was as follows: “The Committee feels that the functions of the Emergency Measures, as far as the County of Huron is concerned, should be clarified to avoid any mis­ understanding. “Basically, the County stayed in the Emergency Measures programme to avoid having to repay monies to the Province of Ontario for equipment which was on hand. When it was de­ cided last year to curtail the Emergency Measures pro­ gramme, the initial thought was to disband the organization completely; however, upon fur­ ther investigation, it was dis­ covered that a more reasonable approach would be to curtail I (Continued on -Page Twelve} CFB Clintori Employee Honoured on Retirement Having been employed at CFB Clinton for the past 25 years, Bruce Holland, 49 Isaac Street, Clinton, was recently presented with his retirement ■gift. At the time of his retirement, he was employed with the Central Heat­ ing Flant, CFB Clinton as a stationary engineer. Seen here are (left to right) Flying Officer Fred Cook, Base Construction Engineering Section, making the presentation; Mr. Holland and Fred Millar, Civilian Personnel Officer. Mr* Holland was in Victoria Hospital, London when the presentation Was made. (Canadian Forces Photo) COMMUNITY past 71.28 2.00 Total donations to Clinton and District Community Centre Centennial Fund stand at $34,- 535.38, as of Tuesday evening. Donations Within the week included: Clinton Ministerial As­ sociation John Wubs /......*«»*« Clinton Public School Centennial Concert ... George Mann .......... Ron Jewitt Ray “Tim” Mason, Wirid- Isor * < ■ >'< > < i *«i * > ■.. Anonymous i 25.00 5.00 25.00 10.00 2.62 RBItx a* 1 Maffick Boarding the 11:13 Dayliner for Goderich Outing Severity kindergarten pupils from Clinton Public School,, the two kindergarten teachers, Mrs. Larry Jones and Mrs. Arthur Aikeh and six mothers boarded >the 11:13 dayliner coach at Clintori CN station on Tuesday. They took their lunch, ate- it at Goderich and returned on the train at 12:30. This was the first train ride for approximately 90 percent of the pupils. The mothers who went as chaperons were Mrs. M. R. Kromrey, Mrs. Robert McDonald, Mrs. A. Gibb, Mrs. Lewis Dutot, Mrs. R. Mitchell and Mrs. Feddema. (News-Record Photo)