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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-06-02, Page 212 -DO "'NJ 1 PAGE 2—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1977 A week° from this publication date, June 9, will be election day in Ontario. A free vote is one of the greatest gifts of our democratic way of life - it then becomes both a duty and a privilege. The following quotation by Abraham Lincoln pretty well sums up the situation of elections either past or present:. "It is the people's business. The election is in their hands. If they turn their backs to the fire and get scorched in the rear, they'll find they have got to sit on the blister." +++ A number of members of the Clinton Lions Club at- tended the 57th Annual Multiple District A Con- vention for Ontario, Quebec and Labrador held from Friday, May 27 to Tuesday, May 31 at the Holiday Inn, City Centre in London. Guest speaker on Monday morning was the third International Vice President, Lloyd Morgan from New Zealand. Attending the International Ball held at the London Gardens last Monday evening were Clinton Lions president Hugh Flynn and wife, Donna, Kay and Harold Wise and Mildred and Eugene McAdam. The Clinton branch was well represented in the Saturday parade with a fine float reminiscent of Huron County:Members on the float were Dennis Hutton, Murray Garrett, Gord Harkes and Larry Gibbings while clowning alongside were Budd Kuehl and Steve Clark. The Clinton Pipe Band provided the finishing touch to a very fine effort from our town. + ++ The residents of King Street Villa, Clinton are most grateful to the Bradley boys, Damian, Eugene and John who spent most of last Saturday digging the flowerbeds around the Senior Citizens home. The plants put in are courtesy of the Clinton Horticultural Society. + ++ In a news release received from the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, we have been informed that . *.*****"* ii-AtPr ttek; Kf� \ 4t1 .4' teiS NI,1rt -C 4. ter+ sly • :t'4 Ns 4r qo ho 4o r$� $(4� \1/ %i]ti NtG deo HiQ \�f '. kfe* • A 4 WISHES A HAPPY BIRTHDAY To Kevin Armstrong 4, Donna Lynn Haugh Donna McLeod tti- j• Debbie McLean C/A' Dori Doer Susan Lee Patti Maguire Ztc Julie Ann Carter To Join rust come into Albert St. Clinton or phone 104 name entered in the Birthday 4\ button. Vb.** 14 10.4:44.04 ‘f, Clinton Clinton Clinton Clinton Clinton Goderich Clinton Clinton On June '1 June 3 June 5 June 5 June 5 June 6 June 7 June 8 the News -Record office, 53 482-3443 and have your Book and get your FREE CHILDREN'S CORNER LITTLE PEOPLE'S PUZZLE 8 -DOWN 1 •sem137. 411110,0 1 -DOWN tiPit 9 -ACROSS 4 -ACROSS 1 -ACROSS 6 -ACROSS 0 3.8 • i 3-DO`VN 5 -DOWN 'NOaI '9 '1:13ONIJ 'S 'MOS -13 • '1NY JOAN ' l —uMoa "8000 '6 'olava '9 'Jd31 ' ' '3SaOH ' I. —SsW° 7, d £ '1d300na 'Z 'ONIM 'L V :Sa3MSNv QUIZ WHAT AM I? Clues: 1 amfor all ages I am for two legged people four legged animals and birds I last for three days 1 happen once a year - in Clinton ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S MIX-UPS - Open, Shop, Earth, Homo Spells: SHOE Wilhelmina Booker will be conducting examinations for the Conservatory in Clinton on Saturday, June 25, 1977. + ++ Also the various univer- sities and colleges are com-mencing to notify us of their graduates. From The Georgian College of Applied Ar.ts, and Technology - Kathleen Jade Guilbault of Clinton graduated in Resort and Hotel Operation. Niagara College at Welland, graduated Fred Reinink of Walton as a ' Horticultural Technician. + ++ At the secondary school level an honour came to Charles Mustard • of Central Huron Secondary. School who was one of the two top students for our zone in the University of Waterloo Descartes Mathematics Competition for grade 13 high school students. The Dominion Life Assurance Company of Waterloo provides cash prizes to the top two students in each of the 20 zones of the Province. Congratulations to Charles. + ++ Sunfieid Acres School of Equitation held a' Clinic Day at its arena in Benmiller Saturday, May 14. Over 30 students participated up through juniors, in- termediates and advanced levels. The clinic was presented by Mr. Brian Henderson of St. Catharines a leading teacher, trainer and showman in Ontario. - Among the participating students were Lynne Cochrane, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Cochrane, Adrienne and Jennifer Wood, daughters of Dr. and Mrs. Ken Wood, Janice Elder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Elder, Mrs. Elaine Boyes and daughter Lorena, Judy Wise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Wise all of the Clinton area. +++ While John Keats im- mortalized the saying "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," - he might have rewritten it today if he could have seen a few of the tree planters which grace our main street courtesy of The Businessmen's Association. One instance - .after pain- stakingly planting petunias around one of the trees a business owner arrived at work the next morning to find some of the plants removed and tin cans shoved down in the soil instead. Members of the association maintain these planters ,at no srpall cost - they do so to enhance the attractiveness of the main street. There are garbage receptacles placed strategically around town - so there's no excuse for using the planters instead. + ++ • While speaking of The Businessmen's Association, don't forget it is sponsoring the new Farmelr's Market which is to commence this Saturday morning along King Street, between Mary and Isaac Streets from 6:30 a.m. to 12 noon. + + + Mrs. Wilfred Glazier of Huron Street was the lucky winner. of the $1,000 draw for the Silver Jubilee at the Canadian Legion. Also at the Legion Bingo held on May 26 two winners split the $250 jackpot - Vera Colquhoun and Phyllis Mountford. + ++ The Sarah Hale Chapter Clinton I.O.D.E. recently held a draw for $100 and $50 worth of groceries from Corries Red and White Foodmaster. Proceeds of the draw were for the Huronview lift fund. Winners were J. Amsing and Mrs. Kay Hanly respectively. - +++ - Family Care Workers held their May meeting in the Board Room of Clinton Hospital when the guest speaker was Mr. V.P. Roy of CIAG Insurance. The speaker for the June meeting will be Mrs. David I,,ongstaff of Kilbarchan Nursing Home, Seaforth, who will talk on care, habits and diets. Prei icer William Davis made a campaign trip into Huron -Middlesex riding on Friday_ whenhe attended a picnic in Exeter's Riverview Park. On hand to greet Davis on his arrival were PC candidate Anson McKinley, centre, and Exeter Mayor Bruce Shaw. (Exeter T -A photo) Goderich Twp. refers drain protest Goderich township council heard a protest from owners in the Yeo Drain that one landowner along the municipal drain was dumping too much water into it. A number of owners met with council to protest what they believed to be an excessive. amount of water being em- ptied into the drain by Evert Ridder of Lot 29 Concession 10. Council referred the matter to the drain engineer C.P. Corbett for in- vestigation. The preliminary report for the Welsh Drain was presented to council by G. Brand, William Brand and Robert Welsh. Engineer C.P. Corbett was present to an- Eber Lewis was welcomed to the Home at Monday af- ternoons old time music and dancing program. Mrs. Driver, Molly Cox, Norman Speir and Cecil Skinner provided the music and the 'Goderich Township Institute volunteers assisted with the activities. Elmer Farrish of Gorrie and Albert Craig of Bayfield shared the Family Night program. On Tuesday evening Mr. Farrish showed colored slides taken while on trips'to Africa, Norway and Iceland, and gave a very interesting commentary. Albert Craig sang several favorite numbers and led in sing -a -long. Miss Caroline Palmer formerly from Gorr -ie thanked those responsible for the entertainment on behalf of the residents. Forty Grade 7 students of the East Wawanosh Public School visited the home on Thursday afternoon and presented a program in the Auditorium. The students sang several familiar songs and provided their own guitar. Twelve students presented a skit, "Pollution on Parade". Following the program the residents were each given a lovely apple. The money for apples and expenses of the trip had been raised by the students. • Mrs. Wheeler expressed the appreciation of the residents for the program and lovely treat. From up here by Shelley McPhee What do you do with a chicken? Obviously you collect its eggs, eat its meat and use its feathers for stuffing_ However for several Clinton people, there was no easy answer to dealing with a chicken, as my lookout showed late last Thursday evening. In the middle of my pre -bedtime nap, I was awoken by squealing and shouts of, "Catch him, catch him." Upon closer inspection from my window near Clinton's main intersection, I saw two teenage girls frantically chasing a chicken up the street. After pinching myself to be sure I wasn't in the middle of some deep meaningful dream, I listened in on their conversation. "He fell off that, chicken truck," one said in desperation. Meanwhile, the .other, good Samaritan continued her pursuit on foot, yelling, "How do I pick up a chicken." Once cornered and after some thoughful discussion, it was decided that chickens should be picked up by the sides. Using this method, the girls moved their captive to their nearby car and everything seemed to be running smoothly until the girls realized that they were in charge of this bird's future. "We'll take him to a farmer," exclaimed one. "But we don't know any," retorted the other. However the solution arrived when the girls spotted two more truckloads of chickens coming up the street. Joyously and panicky the girls caught the truckers' attentions but received little satisfaction from the un- concerned drivers. Instead they were left abandoned with their ward. After a lengthy babysitting session on the side of the street, the girls finally gave up "their post and the chicken, and continued on their nightly tour of the town. I dilligently remained at my station -and playing .out ,my Candid Camera role, waited for some more nightly strollers or watchful drivers to eye the bird. Two more girls appeared and after recovering from the initial shock of finding a chicken on the main street, they attempted to communicate with their feathered friend. The girls gave their best renditions of cackling and chirping but failed to excite any response from the somewhat confused bird. With an unconcerned shrug the girls left the bird, saying, "They'll chop him up ,tomorrow for supper anyway." The chicken remained in her spot and soon a man came along, looked over the situation, and left. He later returned with a friend and together they discussed the chicken's future and walked away without a feasible answer. As nobody else came to the aid of the, lost and lonely chicken, I thought about what help I could offer the bird. I considered calling the police "-- too trivial; my boss - not quite a newsbreaking event; Buffy's Burgers - no, I couldn't see him in tomorrow's chicken burgers. Other possibilities popped into my head, maybe I could adopt her and sell eggs; I always wanted a pet; a chicken would make an unique gift; maybe the pigeons in the town hall could use her company. No answer seemed to be the right one and even though I'd always liked to think of myself as a great humanitarian, in this case I gave up my image because, what do you do with a chicken? Note- After going to bed my guilty conscience started getting the best of me. In a moment of sympathy for the poor bird I phoned the police with my less than earth shattering report. Moments later the local enforcers came to the rescue of the bird and I quickly went to bed to avoid anymore street gazing from my perch. swer any landowners question from or council and On page 8 Goderich Twp. rec. news • The Goderich Township recreation committee held its regular monthly meeting on May 18 after committee members inspected the weigh scale property. Members ,,attending were Grant Stirling, Joe Fritzley, Doug Yeo, Art Bell, Hazel McCre-ath, Diana Brand, Gerry 13ornath and a visitor Mary Brand. . . The first item of business was that of the township crests which were ordered by Doug Yeo and should be here in July. Baseball news • was highlighted at the meeting. Fortv-eight potential players for this year's baseball season have sent in their names for registration. The baseball team from Huronview wishing to use the ball diamond at . the Holmesville Public School will have to contact Art Bell as the matter was left in his hands. Art Bell listed the equipment which would be needed this year for baseball and he was given permission to buy the ,various articles. Our committee decided to apply for a Wintario grant of $1,200 to help pay for this equipment. Doug Yeo was appointed by the committee to represent , the Rec. Committee on the Goderich Recreation Board. The committee made a 4 recommendation that the township proceed with the levelling of the weigh scale property for the proposed new ball park. a . Our township picnic has ' been set for Thursday, July 14, so don't forget to mark this date on your calendars. The draw for the Goderic twp. quilt will also be made this time. The picnic will b barbecue style and will be held at the Lakeside Park on Blacks Pt. Road. Our next meeting will be held on June 15 at 8:30 p.m. by Diana Brand. 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