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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-12-07, Page 1Clinton News-Record THE NEW ERA SINGLE COPIES 12eTHE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1967 THE HURON' RECORD Five new men elected, from perpent or more or not department License issuer asks public buy * * * * * New members of council are (left to right): Wes Holland; Harold Lobb, Frank Cook, Ted McCullough and Clarence Denomme. mayor in, reeve out column BY G.C. Clinton Womens Institute WH1 meet at 2 p.m. Ph Decem­ ber 12 instead of December 14 in the agricultural and food board rooms. Holl call will be an exchange of gifts. Guest speaker will be Rev. R.W. Wen- h&m. The program is in charge of Mrs. M. Nivens and Mrs. Art Groves. Hostesses are Mrs. M, Batkin, Mrs. C. Elliott, Mrs. C. Sturdy, Mrs. M. MacDonald , Mrs. E. Cornish and Mrs. F. Cummings. Dishes and cutlery should be brought for a pot* luck supper. Cigarette smokers are twice as likely to have a heart at­ tack as non-smokers, reports the Ontario Heart Foundation. This likelihood is indicated by a population study that has been going on at Framingham, Mass, since 1949. The study also in­ dicates that smokers who give up cigarettes reduce their risk .to nearly the level of people who have never smoked. It was also found that pipe and cigar smokers have no more risk of a heart attack than non- smokers, Another group twice as susceptible to heart attacks is that of middle-aged men who are 20 overweight. Believe it There are now more than seven million licensed vehicles in Canada, with eight million persons licensed to drive them, and 41 percent of the drivers are, women. Automobile bus­ inesses - 80,000 of them - represent one of every six firms • in Canada. A hand-tooled leather wallet containing valuable papers turn­ ed up missing from the arena dressing room during midget practice Tuesday evening, Dec­ ember 5. Anyone knowing its whereabouts please telephone Mrs. J. Leppington, 482-9789. Blyth arena gets ice-maker Opening of a $35,000 artifi. cial ice-making plant in Blyth Community Arena was the prize for two years of fund-raising and hard work. A centennial committee* was formed in March 1965 to boy artificial ice-making equip­ ment for the arena, which was built in 1949. After about $6,000 was rais­ ed, the campaign faltered, and the money was turned o^er to the Lions Club which had promp­ ted formation of the committee. Since then, Lions have raised an additional $21,000, Included in this total are centennial grants from Blyth and the town­ ships of Hullett, Morris and East Wawanosh. The Lions are also holding an $8,000 bank note for the remaining cost. Demonstrations of waltzing and square dancing on skates and a. broom-ball contest added entertainment to the official opening. Broom-ball teams were made up of Lions Club members and Hullett Township residents. The Blyth Teen Town demonstrated square dancing and waltzing on skates. Harold Cook, Lions Club pre­ sident, gave symbolic keys to Lundy MacKay, representing the community's recreation committee, which now takes over operation of the plant. Zurich bachelor burned to death An elderly bachelor, Robert Williams, was burned to death last Saturday in his small frame house on Mill Street, Zurich. Mr. Williams, a retired flour mill operator , lived next door id the Zurich firehall A Withers to the 6 a.m. blaze, Herbert Turkheim, said thOrd wAS ho way anyone could get into the house to save the fire victim because the flatties word too fierce, Although the Zurich volunteer fire department had only to back their trucks out of the firehall to get at the blaze, by the time the alarm wdS turned in, the house was destroyed. The fire Is being investigated by the Exeter detachment of the provincial police, Fuhehhl service was heldSun- dhy at Westlake Funeral HotoB, Zurich. Burial was in Evangel­ ical United Brethren Cemetery, Hay Township. Mayor Don Symons gets a victory kiss wife. Florence. ■’’-p When the pollingresults from the saints came marching in — _ from St. Andrews, St. James, St. Johns and St. George-Clin­ ton had retained a mayor, lost a reeve, and picked up five new council members. Mayor DonSymons, elected to his third term (his second two- year term) expressed delight at his new council, for its-youth and expected enthusiasm. “With this council,” the Reeve-elect James Armstrong. One of the highest per­ centages of project completions in the history of Hur on County’s 4-H program was achieved in centennial year. Making the announcement during the 20th annual Huron County 4-H achievement night, Don S. Pullen, of Clinton, as­ sociate agricultural repre­ sentative, said the 94 per cent completions total was a tribute to the leadership given by 50 volunteer leaders. Members of 4-H clubs won a total of $1,000 in cash, to­ gether with certificates, awards and prizes. D.H, Miles, county agriculture representatve, presented special awards. Bruce Lamb, of R.R. 4, God­ erich, with 946 points out of a possible 1,000, won the C.S. MacNaughton trophy for the highest 4-H score in the county. Named outstanding 4-H mem­ ber was Tom Papple, 18, of R.R. 4, Seaforth, He won the Elston Cardiff citizenship trophy, awarded annually for participation in 4-H home and community activities, rand earned a certificate for com­ pleting 18 club projects with at least 75 per cent standing. Graeme Craig of R.R. 1, Wal­ ton, won four special awards - the J.A. Anstett award,, for the highest score in beef calf clubs; the Toronto Dominion ' Bank award, for champion show­ man; the Victoria and Grey Trust Co. award, for cham­ pion* beef showman and the Huron Hog Producers Associa­ tion award, for champion swine showman. Huron County Warden Don McKenzie of Ashfield Town­ ship presented the Warden’s novice trophy to Glen McNeil, 13, of R.R. 6, Goderich. Other special awards went to: Marie Trewartha, R.R. 4, Clinton, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce award for the highest score in dairy clubs; Margaret Stewart, R.R. 1, Clinton, Marvin Howe tro­ phy, Canadian Imperial Bank of commerce award for high­ est score in swine clubs. John Leeming, R.R. 4, Walton, Bank of Montreal award, for highest snore in swine clubs as a first-year member; Robert Vodden, R.R. 1, Clinton, A.t. McLean trophy, for champion dttiry showmanship; William Sinclair, R.R. 2, Clinton, Sa- vauge trophy, for champion 4- H gilt. Paul Eedy, R.R, I, Dungan­ non, Huron Hereford Associa­ tion trophy, for champion Hereford calf; Neil Vihcent, HX 1, Belgrave, Huron Here­ ford award, tor high 4-H score, excluding score on Hereford naif; Theresa Dever­ eaux, HX. 4, Seaforth,- Linda McWhlhney, R.R. 1, Lucknow," Stewart Proctor awards tor Deputy reeve-elect Gordon Lawson. champion junior and the champion senior shorthorn heifer, respectively. Duncan Etherington, R.R. 1, Hensail, Bainton Ltd. award, for highest score in sheep club; Barabara Dougall, R.R. 3, Ex. eter,. Canadian Canners trophy, for highest score in corn club; ' Jim Broadfoot, R.R. 1, Bruce- Wingham CKNX radio to boost transmitter CKNX Radio, Wingham, will- boost it’s transmitting power to ten thousand watts next summer. The proposal was approved by the Board of Broad­ cast Governors in Ottawa last Friday. Commenting on the move, station manager John Cruick- shank said “The increased power will help to overcome interference and provide a stronger daytime signal over a wider area.” This will be the second power increase since CKNX Radio went to a thousand watts in 1941. In 1950 it was raised to the present 2500 watts. - The change will involve ex- tensivd alterations to the pre­ sent transmitter, located three c chairmanJabez Rands (left), tetirttig PUC manager, cocks ah ear to listen to his now radio, presented by Councillor Cameron Proctor field, Huron Soil and Crop Im­ provement Association award for outstanding achievement in grain corn clubs. Taking the top three posi. tions in the various 4-H clubs within the county during the year, with marks achieved, were; (continued on page 10) miles south of Wingham. Two additional towers will be added . and the existing towers will be heightened to two hundred and twenty feet. Inside work will be done during the winter months and outside construction will begin in the spring. Ontario Street UCW will meet Units 3 and 4 .of Ontario Street United Church Women will meet in the church parlour on Tuesday, December 12 at 8:30 p.m. Guest speaker will be Douglas Miles, agriculture re­ presentative, who will speak about his recent trip to Europe. not give yourself a plates '68 plates now Why not give yourself a Christmas present and save a New Year’s headache by buy­ ing your 1968 license plates now? . . This plea comes"from license 5--uer Mrs, Phyllis Butler, of 81 Rattenbury' West, who, re­ calls this year’s pre-deadline rush and hopes that Clintonians will avoid a repeat performance by buying early. “Things got pretty frantic in the last week,” Mrs. Butler remembers. Blue on white 1968 went on sale December 1, and expiry date for 1967 markers will be Thursday, February 29 giving motorists an extra day of grace because it’s Leap Year. Mrs. Butler sold licenses for Centennial year for about 2,600 cars, 600 commercial vehicles, 250 trailers, and 250 dual pur­ pose. Department of Transport of­ ficials promise that there will be no extension of the deadline. If sales follow the pattern of past years, more than half of the 2,200,000 licenses for pas­ senger vehicles, dual purpose vehicles and motorcycles will be sold in the last two weeks of February. Last year, licenses sold in December amounted to 6.6 per­ cent of the total; in January this year, another 17 percent were sold. The remaining 76.7 percent were sold from Feb­ ruary 1 onward. Licenses for commercial mo­ tor vehicles, trailers and con­ version units are not sold in the same period. They will be sale from March 1 to March mayor said, “we can move Clin­ ton forward as we never have before.” Mr. Symons defeated his op­ ponent, Deputy Reeve George Wonch by a crushing margin, 737 to 260 votes. In another Armageddon at the polls, former councillor James Armstrong swampedReeveDuff Thompson with 804 votes to 194, For deputy .reeve, Councillor Gordon Lawson polled 645 votes > Young actors take their near sals seriously as they prepare for the Festival of Carols to be held Friday and Saturday, December 10 and 11 An Ontario Street United Church hall. From left to right, they are; Peter and Paul Wise, Neil Falconer and Nancy Hearn, kneeling. Huron county gets ambulance service Huron County Council voted on Tuesday of last week to en­ ter into an agreement with the Ontario Department of Health to provide adequate ambulance service for the residents of Huron County ata cost of twenty- five cents per capita paidbythe county. Action was taken on recom­ mendation of Huron County Board of Health. Borden Cook, Blyth, board chairman, pointed out that the subject of ambulance service had been discussed from time to time, not only by the board but by many municipalities. He reported that a meeting had been held in Sarnia to which a great many of the surrounding municipalities had been invited to send representatives. The subject of ambulance ser­ vice had also been placed on the agenda of the Ontario Coun­ ties Association at a recent convention in Niagara Falls. Dr. N.H. McNally chief of emergency health service, On* tario Department Of Health, ad­ dressed County Council last Tuesday on the desirability of instituting tills service. He also A man Identified With the history and growth of Clinton was honored With a jpAfty on election night •-* Jabez Rands, retiring manager of the Public Utilities Commission. Mr, Hands, after 44 years With toe COrhinlSslbii, Will con* tinue to serve it In an advi­ sory capacity, Born and educated tn Clinton Mr. Rands joined the PUC on May 1, 1923, He worked as a meter man and ground man, and also repaired and serviced electric and Water maters. Speaker Hal Hartley, PUC to beat John McFarlane with 336. A veteran councillor, Norman Livermore, was defeated to make way for an almost en­ tirely new council. Only Came­ ron Proctor of the six-member council served the previous term. , Of the newcomers, Ted McCullough at 24 is the youngest councillor ever elec­ ted in Clinton. He polled 662 indicated how the proposed sys­ tem would work. The chairman also reported that the Board of Heal th recently had met with representatives from.Perth County in connection with the proposed amalgamation of the Huron County Health Unit and the Perth County Health Unit. “Although no commitment lias been made in any way, very interesting discussions have been held regarding the Clinton Lions sell 2,250 draw tickets Clinton Lions sold more than 2,250 tickets at $1 each on the annual Grey cup draw fund­ raising project. John S. Parker, local manu­ facturer, won Hie major prize of $500 when Hamilton Tiger Cats defeated SaskatchewanRe* gina Roughriders 24-1 in the Grey Cup football gameSatur* day in Ottawa. Mr. Parker held the ticket East 24 West L. Mrs. Frank (MurleD Jones chairman, noted that in those days the only vehicle owned, by the PUC was a two-wheeled hand cart. A team of horses Would be hired to; haul poles to holes dug with part/time labour. A lineman had to1 buy his own belts and spurs, Mr. Hartley said, and if he was replacing street lights, he rode his own bicycle. “Today/* Mr, Hartley said, “we send a lineman out in a modOfri vehicle Which is Scotti* bined cherry-picker and mix* master Which by the Use of hy* votes. Other results were: Top of the polls, Clarence Denom* me, with 805 votesj Wes Hol­ land, 729; Cameron Proctor, 699; Frank Cook, 676; and Har­ old Lobb, 612. Mr. Livermore collected 516 votes. Town Clerk John Livermore 'reported thatofl875Clintonians eligible to vote, 1028 took out ballots. About 54 3/4 percent of the eligible voters accepted their privileges. proposed move,” Mr. Cook stated. “A great deal morewill have to be finalized before a definite recommendation can be made by your Board.” In the meantime, Council ap­ proved a proposal that negotia­ tions be continuedwith the Perth County Health Unit Board. Dr, G.P.A. Evans, Medical Officer of Health for Huron, addressed Council on various aspects of the proposed amal­ gamation, of R, R. 2 Clinton, held the first quarter score East 7 West 1 and won $25. Winner of both the second and third quarter prizes of $50 and $75 respectively was Dale Steffer, of Kitchener, with a -17—1 ticket. Lions will use the net pro­ ceeds of about $1,400 for boys and girls work and welfare in Clinton and area. drttulto power can do every thing but (took breakfast. With four vehicles, We are better equip* ped than we have ever bean?1 Mr. Hartley said that Clin­ ton was first lighted by a pri­ vate light plant in 1686. tn 1913 the town took over the light plant expddtihg Ontario Hydro to supply power ih 1914. The waterworks was opened in 1910, With Vic Roy’s house oh Rattenbury West the first to be connected. First manager of the pUc was H, B. ChAnt, for whom Mr. Rands went to work. Mr. Hindi became manager In 1954.