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ciosiag number 'Thank You Lard". Piano
acconipar+ineeat for the eveniiog was
provided by Mrs. Sharon Boersena.
The ladies of .the choir of the Christian
Reformed . Church served ,coflbe and
cookies in' the arena after 'the program.
Elmer Trick provided some rousing .1M-
promptu numbers: on the piano in the
arena.
A . silver collection was taken to cover
expenses with the remainder going to the
Canadian home Bible League for Bible
distribution.
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Thu y, July 31, 197
ntennial is just beginning!!
By CiaisZikir
The first halt - of Clinton's Centennial
ask activities • maY.IIave left you plumb
out, but don't start taking• your
off aad .Putting your feet up yet
because the best part of the town's bir-
• rty is yet to come! .
Uvely pace of Centennial continues
this ening at the, Clinton Community
Park • ndstand when the senior citizens
present . ; it "Musical Evening." Master
e ... , , ' , Albert Furtney of London,
will • to the melodic talents of
( who plays a'tune on a
set it bells) Mrs. .C. Moffatt of Guelph,
and the toe- hp� a ns of the Stratford
Festival City Senior Ci i s Rythtn Band.
Tomorrow, an h1istorica ' zee marking
'the founding of the town wil unveiled on
tee lawn ofWesley-Willis Ch at 2 p.m:
Ilse plaque, which is erected by Ontario
Heritage Foundation. will be unv - . by
Jack Gibbings of Stratford, i • • - i-
Arandson of •Jouas Gibbus one of the
!edsrs to . i toClialoa.
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Then in the evbning, beginning at 9:30
you Can catch.theball inside the Arena - the
"Down. Memory Lane" Costume Ball that
Is. Dress up In the costume of your
favourite era and come out for ballroom
dancing to the Chris Blade Orchestra.
Tickets are $S per person but you'd better
hurry because they're goinglast.
If ballroom dancing isn't "your thing," a
teenage dance begins In the Central Huron
Secondary School auditorium at 9 p.m.
Now hold on because here cones the
calendar of Saturday's events.
From 9-12 Saturday morning, It's Back to
School as forrtter students assemble by
decades (year% thy attended classes) at
Central Huron Sepoeary School for coffee
and donuts, but mostly to find out what
itpenedgood old Larry who always
used to bring his pet frog to class and scare
the teacher and to little Mary who always
made you giggle during math class.
At 1 p.m. find yourself a nice com-
fortablespot along Clinton's main streets
and watch the parade pass by. Rumours
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say the procession, which will be led by'
Canada's own pied piper, Bobby Glmby .
and 50 singing school children, will last `i'
almost three hours and will include a ,«�
number of top marching bands. An added f.
touch of .elegance to the parade will be the a -+;
presence of 11 -year-old Normande Jacques '
from Blind River, Ontario, the reigning'
Miss Dominion of Canada.
The parade begins at Percival Street, f}
moves south on East Street to Victoria; . -1
north on Victoria Street through -the town's
business section to Princess Street. Here .
the .,procession winds its way west on
Princess to Shipley Street where it will
proceed north to John. Turning east onto
John it will move through to Whitehead
Street, turn south an Beech continue on tri
Mill to end at the CommunityvPark grounds
which will then host a band tattoo com-
posed d the bands which participated in
the Parade.
The real birthday party, complete with a ,..
beef barbecue and birthday cake, takes T
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110th Year • No. 31:
Meohsries of the last M years came flooding bock last Friday as
these former Air Force men renewed old acquaintances. Left to
runt are Norm Shears of Vancouver, a 1941 graduate of the
Radar School; Jack FitalIen, of Toronto, a fanner instructor
at the Base; and
•graduating Causal
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4ir Force reunion recap!
Park.
Former Clinton mayors Bert Stanley and
Ken Waters ' addressed the assembled
crowds. but it was the remarks of Air
By Chris ?deb
About 500 former Air Force. personnel
"touched down" : in Clinton last weekend
for an R.C.A.F. Station Clinton Reunion. It