HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-12-28, Page 1THE NEW ERA — 102nd No. 52 THE HURON RECORD 86th Year SINGLE CORIES 12dlTHE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1967
night before Christmas,
Clinton centennial year
earlyfulfills promisefield during the holiday season.of happy helpers are Derek and Barry
A group of young Bayfield carol-singers prepares to go dashing
through the snow in a one-horse open sleigh on the Saturday
A pair
Grime, who visited their grandparents in Bay-
column
BY G.C
The Canadian National Insti
tute for the Blind has appealed
to Clinton residents for sup
port in its annual fund drive.
Jack Clements, of London, CNIB
field secretary, pointed out that
a house-to-house canvass pro
mised by volunteers for Clinton
failed to materialize due-to un
foreseen circumstances, and
the appeal for funds had to be
conducted by mail. He said that
donations returned in the pink
envelopes would be used to help
provide many services for the
blind, and to continue the-pre.
vention of blindness program.,
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Evangelist Jack West, found,
er and director of New Life
Crusades, will speak tonight at
Calvary Pentecostal Church,
Clinton. His service will begin
at 8 p.m. Rev. West’s subject
will be “New Life in the New
Year,” He will also show color
slides of his 1967 crusades con
ducted in Washington, D.C., Mo
bile, Ala., and Charlotte, N.C.,
including several scenes of his
visits with the mother of famous
evangelist Billy Graham. Rev.
West’s crusades in Canada dur
ing centennial year were held in
Ottawa, Montreal, Halifax, Sar
nia, Brantford, Fort William,
Toronto and Winnipeg,
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Here’s a tip from the Ontario
Provincial Police: When driving
in falling snow,after dark, it’s
easier to see if you use the low
headlight beams- - not the hifft
beams. The low, or passin6
beams, light the road ahead
below the falling snow. The high
beams hit the white snow-flakes
and create a vision-reducing
dazzle effect. So remember- «
in frilling snow at night, low
beams give you better visi
bility.
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Young hockey players of the
Kinsmen pee-wee and Huron
Fish and Game Conservation _
• Wtams -had to-jump out of ■■ S^FrW ighTTn''a "tao^ar
bed mighty early Thursday to -
leave at 6 a.m. for Clinton,N.Y.
. During the international hoc
key weekend, the 35 boys, spon
sored by the minor hockey
league committee, will play
teams from Clinton, Ithaca,
Syracuse, and Rome.
Travelling with nine adults,
'‘the boys will return Saturday.
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Those kids who failed to get
the walkie-talkies they wanted
for Christmas can blame the
Department of Transport for
whispering in Santa’s ear.
Santa was told by the depart
ment that walkie-talkies (like
those stolen from Clinton stores
recently) are not toys and their
irresponsible use is against
radio regulations.
These rules prohibit use of'
walkie-talkies as “a diversion
ary or recreational activity” or
for “transmissions of a fri
volous nature.”
Since the walkie-talkies
operate in the GRS (general
radio service) wave md, used
by police and firemen among
others, kids playing games with
them could be a menace.
As a result, the department
■ is “re-evaluating requirements
for the licensing of low-power
units. Users may be required
to Indicate the use for which
communications are required.”
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Some tyinheirS In the riedent scrripbook boniest held by the
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority in area schools are
shown recbivirig their cash prizes iri Holmesville Public SdhooL
W. J, Kelterborn of Milverton, Authority executive, congratulates
first-prize Wihneri Glenda Blakri. Other winiterri Wrire Dianne
Tyndall (toft) ahd Helen Colclough, Behind Mr. Kelterborn is
field officer K. g. Musdow, school principal j, siortsmaisht
right,
CAR CRASH KILLS TWO MEN
A Goderich man and his son-
in-law from Strathroy werekil*
accident at Concession 9 of
Caradoc Township and the 20th
Sideroad.
Dead are William Tucker, SI,
of 45 Elgin Avenue East, God
erich, driver of one car, and
his son-in-law, Donald Sharp,
39, of Strathroy, a passenger.
Driver of the second car,
Kenneth Stanley, 22, of R. R. 1,
Strathroy, suffered head in
juries, and was admitted to St.
Joseph’s Hospital, London.
Strathroy provincial police
said Mr. Tucker, a painter and
decoratort and Mr. Stanley, a
carpenter, were returning home
from a job renovating an area
house when the accident
occurred.
WEATHER
20 high 26, low
’ on Dec.20i high 42,low
26;On Dec.21 high 60,low
35;On Dec.22 high 51,low
19;On Dec.23 high 33,low
19;On Dec.24 high 27,low
19;On Dec.25 high 33,low
.20;On Dec.26 high 19,low
14.Rai n 1,26 in ches.Snow 7
inches.
1966 on Dec. 20 high 26, low
18; On Dec. 21 high 29, low
22; On Dec. 22 high 26, low
14;, On pec. 23 high 26, low
11; On Dec. 24 high 26, low 22; .
On Dec. 25 high 25, low 15;
On Dec. 26 high 26, low 13.
Rain 9 inches.
Born July 14, 1906, in Britain
Mr. Tucker was a son of Wil
liam Tucker and the former
Beatrice Locke.
. He was married to the for-
. mer Helen Jermyn.
Survivors are: his wife, sons
Raymond, of Kitchener, Elmer,
of Goderich, Wayne, of God.
erich; daughters, Mrs. George
(Marjorie) Sutherland, of Bel.
mont, and Mrs, Donald (Esme)
OPP says violations
mostly traffic act
Highway Traffic Act viola
tions comprised the majority
of the charges issued by the
Goderich detachment, Ontario
Provincial Police last week.
In the weekly release for the
period ending December 23,
it was stated that the number
of charges in violation of the
Ontario Highway Traffic Act
totalled fifteen.
The total number of accidents
reported in this period was
five, and the number injured
two.
Honor Dick, RR 5, Clinton,
and William Hutchins, RR 3,
Clinton, were involved in a two-
car accident on Tuesday,
December 19. Total approx
imate damage to the vehicles
equalled $800,
On Wednesday, December 20,
-Sharpe, of Strathroy; brother,
Fred, of Mount Forest; sisters
Mrs. Leslie Hill, of Essex,
England, and Mrs. Flo Dunn,
of Southampton, England; mo-
ther, Mrs. Beatrice Tucker, of
Southampton, England.
Service was conducted Dec
ember 25 at Lodge Funeral
Home, Goderich, by,Rev. G. L.
Royal. Burial was in Maitland
Cemetery.
Leny Kuperus, RR 4, Goderich,
and Laura White, RR 4, God
erich, were involved in a two-
car accident resulting in total
approximate damage to vehicles
of $95.
Two accidents occurred on
Friday, December 22: A single
car accident involving Robert
S. Farquhar of Clinton, total
approximate damage to the ve
hicle of $650, and a two car
accident involving Antoinette
Cecelia Dalton of Detroit, Mich
igan, and Barbara Buchannan,
RR 6, Goderich.
Kenneth A. Slade of Clinton
and Kenneth Elliott of Mount
Forest were involved in a two-
car accident on Saturday, De
cember 23, on County Road
13, 4-1/2 miles west of Clinton.
Damage resulting was approxi
mately $2000.
Clinton’s centennial year cer
tainly fulfilled its early promise
of development and excitement,
and here’s a lightning hop-skip
jump through the major events.
Ushering in the year, the first
baby born at Clinton Public Hos
pital was Walter Neil Johnston,
a first child for Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Johnston, of R. R. 1,
Walton. He arrived Jan. 2 'and
• was presented with an engraved
silver cup.
An unhappy event, however,
was the April tornado-twister
which struck the area, tearing
down barns, houses, hydro lines
and smashing crops. One farm,
er was killed when his barn
collapsed on top of him. Farms
near Hensail and Lublin were
hardest hit, Clinton suffered
some inconvenience when power
was cut for about 20 hours.
Also unpleasant in the same
month was town council’s de
cision to increase the tax rate
2 mills to 91 mills for home
owners. Business and commer
cial property
the bite of a
to a record
102.80 mills.
Clintonians
round the centennial flag during
their May 15-20 Centennial
Week, many of them dressing
in vintage costumes to take part
in various entertainments. R. B.
Campbell, secretary of the Clin
ton Retail Merchants’ Com
mittee, described their enthus
iasm and co-operation as “noth
ing short of fabulous.”
And June was a big month for
the town. It was honored at CFB
Clinton on Armed Forces Day
as the home of radar training in
North Am erica with a plaque and
radar-antenna. The gift will be
erected on the site of the old
post office and customs build
ing. Group Captain K. R.
Greenaway (later promoted to
Air Commodore and posted to
owners felt
3.08 mill rise
high rate of
really rallied
PUC GETS NEW STANDBY GENERATOR
Clinton Public Utilities Com
mission has installed a $15,000
Standby generator to supply em
ergency power for water .pump
ing equipment.
The Commission have been
working on this for about ten
years. At that time a great
amount of checking, studying
rind pricing was done to as*
certaih the proper type and
size of unit heeded to operate
the water pumping equipment.
The prices received at that
tiine Were from $25,000 to
$27,000.
The idea has continued to be
on the agenda ever since. The
value of a standby generating
unit Was brought back into the
foreground because of the re-
cent black-out in part of On
tario and a Urge part of nortli-
eastern United States, arid also
as a result of the small torn
ado which broke down thelld,0OO
veil lines south of Seaforth and
left us without power for about
twenty hours,
In Juhe 1967 theCommlssiorif
after considerable studying,
discussions arid more pricing
Malaysia), base commander,
took the salute during a full
ceremonial parade.
Also in June,, Nobel Drew,
of Toronto, director of the
homes for the aged branch of the
Ontario Department of Social
and Family Services, opened a
75-bed, $750,000 addition to
Huronview.
But the biggest June event was
the opening by Ontario-Premier
John Robarts of the $250,000
Clinton centennial project, the
Clinton and District Community
Centre and Arena. Premier
Robarts pointed out that 100
to
Sergeant Gordon Shoard, (centre) in charge of
Navigational Aids Maintenance at CFB Clinton
recently won a suggestion award for his invention
of a bearing puller which has been adopted
by the Canadian Forces for extensive application.
The tool, designed for removing the bearings
from the fan motors of electronics equipment
(Canadian Forces Photo)
utilization in the telecommunicationshas wide
field and in electrical workshops.
He is shown receiving his Suggestion Award
Certificate along with a cheque for $60 from
the Base Commander, Group Captain E. W.
Ryan while the Base Technical Services Officer,
Squadron Leader H. R. M. Paterson looks on.
accepted the offer of Sheridan
Equipment Limited for the pro
per size of unit to look after
our requirements, The price of
this standby unit is $15,000.
This will relieve the Public
Utilities of worry when hydro
fails for with this unit they
can keep up the water supply
for both domestic heeds and fire
protection,
This is the third ehgine that
has been used as a standby
unit in the water works depart
ment of the Public Utilities
Commission. When the writer
works system was first started
in 1909 they hrid a large Erig*
lisli-built single cylinder gas
engine which rah on gas pro
duced In the wafer works power
house from coal,
This engine was all the power
that was needed In the writer
Works for Some time. Theft an
electric motor was installed
which used electricity from the
Cllntoh Electric Light Company
to help do the pumping.
‘When hydro power Was turn
ed On in Clinton in the early
part of 1914 electric motors
X ■ «
'' fiat- •
years ago, at the time of Con
federation, Clinton was already
12 years old.
Perhaps not a major event
but one which still affects many
people, was the installation,
also in June, of 160 parking
meters to dscourage all-day
parking along main streets.
And in August, many worried
persons were relieved when
then Defence Minister- Paul1
Hellyer (he is now transport
minister) assured Clinton that
the Canadian Forces Base here
would not be phased out asCen-
tralia had been.
xere installed to do the pump
ing and the gas engine was
changed over to run on gasoline
and used only as a standby
unit. This engine could operate
one deep well pump and One
pressure pump.
In 1942 changes were made
in the pumping equipment and
the large gas engine was dis
carded and a second one in
stalled Which Was an industrial
Hits planning lack
Elmer Hunter, president of
the Huron County Federation of
Agriculture, said lack, of land
use planning Outside the county
is forcing up the price of Huron
farm land.
To protect farm acreage, he
Said, regional planning of land
use may be necessary.
Mi*. Hunter spoke at a meet,
ing during which chairmen of
tlie federation’s commodity
groups presented briefs to
Robert McKinley MP (PC
In the October provincial
election, predictably, Provin
cial Treasurer Charles S.
MacNaughton was a 2-1 winner.
As the year closed, civic
elections saw Mayor Don
Symons retain his seat, oust
ing challenger Deputy Reeve
George Wonch from council.
Councillor James- Armstrong -
defeated Reeve Duff Thompson.
And five new councillors were
elected.
Centennial year's first blizz
ard struck on Christmas Day.
And a Happy New Year to you
all.
type 6 cylinder engine. This
engine operated a pressure
pump. With Increased consump
tion of water however, this was
soon not very satisfactory.
This latest .engine is rated
at 340 horsepower and is driv
ing a 60 cycle, 3 phase gen
erator to supply power to op
erate all of our water pumping
equipment when hyd ’o fails.
Huron), and Murray Gaunt MPP
(L - Huron - Bruce).
“As farmers from other
counties are either forced off
or priced off their land/’ Mr,
Hunter said, “they crime to our
county to buy land, hence^ the
price goes up,”
(Ed. NOTE. Space does nbt
permit more extensive cover-
age of this meeting. A compre
hensive report oh ail briefs sub
mitted will be published latef;
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