HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1977-09-01, Page 17. • •
Clinton volunteer firemen quickly responded to a blaze
last Wednesday morning at the Lippencott residence on
Huron Street and quickly put out the smouldering fire in
Aia garage behind the home. Some furniture and rugs were
destroyed in the fire of undetermined' origin. (News-
4' Record photo)
WI visit new museum
On Thursday of last week, a
group of Clinton WI ladies
nd friends enjoyed a tour
with Murphy's Bus Lines,
under the leadership of the
president of the local society
6 Mrs. W. Colciough.
Travelling Hwy. 86, a stop
was made at Elora to view
the wonders of the famous
gorge, and visit the quaint
little shops along the
waterfront of the Grand
R iver. Travelling on to Milton
ae picnic luncheon was en-
joyed in the outdoor picnic
area - at the new Milton
A. Agricultural Museum
grounds. ''Mr. Bob Carbert,
the general manager since
May 1975, met the° group,
lunched with them, and gave
' a very interesting account of
'the purpose, of the museum,
told of the work done thus far,
and what will be ac-
complished in the future.
Mr. Carbert will be
remembered by many in this
area, being Farm Director on
CKNX Wingham from 1949 -
1958. The idea for the
museum was sparked by the
Hon. Wm. Stewart, former
Minister of Agriculture on
Ontario, when he visited a
like museum in Saskatoon
' and plans were started at the
Milton site in 1973. The first
ivisory board was corn -
prised of seven men and one
woman, namely Mrs. Edith
Charlton who had been on the
board of the Federated
Women's Institutes of Ontario
when both the Adelaide
Hoodless Homestead at
Stoney Creek and the Erland
Lee Homestead at St. George
were established.
The land consisting of 92
ilres will represent farm
'ldings and farming
ethods and traditions
through six different areas
dating back to the 1830's. The
main museum building is
completed, and with the help
of students is being stocked
with any pioneer implement
or item used in the process of
agriculture.
• Mr. Carbert stated that the
project is under the spon-
sorship of the ministry of
agriculture and food of
Ontario and is being built on a
budget, so will take several
'year _to complete the site.
Mr. Garnet Pattenden is
restoration officer at a
restoration depot between
Barrie and Qrillia, at
, wkestone, where im-
ents are prepared to find
ndit place in the museum at
.Milton. ,
Miss Cindy Rene and Miss
Mary Robertson acted as tour
guides and a tour of the farm
by bus, and a walking tour of
the museum were very much
enjoyed. When .completed,
every phase of pioneer and
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Husband to wife in
restaurant: "Would you
prefer sirloin steak, lobster
. tails or electricity the rest of
the month?"
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Monster bingos raise 5,OOO
present day farming,,will be
exhibited.
A farm home setting of the
'60's moved from Burlington,
Ont. is now being completed
and will be the first to be
opened to visitors. At present
16 , buildings are nearing
completion and , a shingle
factory and a saw -mill are
under construction. A
building for the use of visiting
Women's Institute members
has been assembled and
should be completed this
year.
The building core itself
dates back to around 1820.
(formerly a church). and
with the addition of white
clapboard siding, should be
completed in 1977. Donations
of . any agriculture im-
plement, tools, furnishings,
books, magazines or other
artifacts to this museum
would be greatly appreciated.
All articles will carry the
donor's name, along, with
pertinent facts about their
place in Ontario's
agricultural history.
The group travelled back to
Kitchener to the Highway
Market thento the Ponderosa
Steak House in that city to do
justice to a good square meal.
Then home again. after a most
enjoyable day.
Early to bed and early to rise
simply means you'll be sleepy
t the wrong times.
Monday night $1,140 was
brough in at the Clinton
Monster Bingo, which proved
to be the biggest windfall of
the season.
However the ,bingo
revenues dropped in 1977 and
the $10,000 aim is not likely to
be met. Although the final
total is still to be tallied, Percy
Brown noted that the bingos
probably raised somewhere
around the $5,000 mark.
In 1976 the summer, bingos -
raised $6,500 for the pol fund
and presently there is over
00,000 in the fund for the new
pool.
Mr. Brown noted that all
the service clubs in town who
were involved in the bingos
are anxious to get the new
pool built and estimates are
to be made soon on the new
structure.
For the last evening of
bingo, Mildred Fbster and
Joanne Bell, both of Hensall,
split the final jackpot of the
year of $1,000. Other big
winners included Susan May,
Bayfield and Leonard Steep,
Clinton who split $204; Vera
Colquhoun, Clinton who won
$206; Mrs. Arnold Beach,
Goderich; who won $204,75.
.In the regular $50 games,
individual winners were;
Nancy Falconer, Clinton;
Mrs. Arnold Beach,
Goderich; Ruby Willis,
Sarnia ; Loreen Robinson,
Goderich.
In other regular games
those -.-splitting the winnings
included: Rose Lindsay,
Sarnia; Alma Bassett,
Goderich; Mary Ann Strati',
Oldcastle. In another garrie
Grace Wurm, Exeter;
Francis Ayotte, Dashwood
split a game.' Janet Daer,
Goderich; Valerie Miller,
Clinton and Gertrude Kew,
Grand' Bend won a game
while Leona Littleton, Kippen
and Mrs. Jack Hart, Clinton •
won another. Shirley 'Smith,
Goderich; Gladys Pride,
Mitchell and Cecil McNeil,
Gbderich took a game.
Mrs. Kunder, Stratford;
Karen Cooper, Exeter and '
Loretta Huggott, Egmond-
ville won another garrve. Fred
Seers, Goderich and Ruth
Gooch, Stratford wog a game.
Millie Johnston, .Goderich;
Ruby Willis, Sarnia; Dora
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Taylor, Seaforth; Lorretta
Ball, Crediton (two bingos);
Mrs, Norman Baird,
Brucefield; Mrs. Finnigan,
Wingham; Bruce Austin,
Seaforth split a game, while
Eva Taylor, Dashwood; Mrs.
Alfonse Cronner, Dublin;
Edna Atkinson, Clinton; Barb
Morneau, Huron Park;
Dorothy Smith, Grand Bend;
Faye Albert, Seaforth and
Betty Brown, • Clinton took
another,
Hazel Parker, Clinton and
Mrs. Bob•roek, Mitchell split a
game, while Millie Johnston,
Goderich; , Evelyn Van-
derburg, , Goderich; Kaye,
Racho, St,ratford; Millie
Hanley, Clinton and Helen
Craig, tlayfield took a game.
Couple attend Royal garden party
(by Janice Middleton
Stratford Beacon Herald)
"Finally the great day had
arrived. At 3:15 p.m. we
entered the side gates of
Buckingham Palace."
Harry Nesbitt's travel
diary of his trip to the British
Isles. this summer is filled
with the details of a royal tea
party,
Harry and Mabel Nesbitt,
of 335 Britannia St., Stratford,
both special education
teachers at Northwestern
Secondary School were
guests of Queen Elizabeth 11
and Prince Philip at the
Queen's Garden Party, July
26.
The Nesbitts agree the
royal tea was the high point of
their month-long tour.
An advertisement in a local
newspaper saying Canadians
interested in attending one of
the Queen's garden parties
could write for invitations
through Canada House,
Trafalgar St., London, Eng.
caught Mr., Nesbitt's eye, last
February.
Similar requests poured in
from all over the Com-
monwealth, Mr.' Nesbitt said.
"We were really lucky to be
chosen, it was a matter of
first come, first served,"
The Queen held three
garden. parties , at
Buckingham Palace and one
at Balmoral Castle in
Scotland this summer, Mr.
Nesbitt said.
It was a warm sunny day
but many. carried an um-
brella just in . case, Mr.
Nesbitt said. "In England it
can rain any time."
The time -worn cliche - it's a
small world was proven one
more time for the Nesbitts. In
a crowd of 8,000 people they
found themselves in front of a
couple from Hamilton.
Upon entering the gates,
guests were led through a
small courtyard and into a '
foyer. As they passed through -
the state room on the way to
the terrace, guests viewed
part of the Queen's art
collection.
"The paintings were huge,"
Mr. Nesbitt said,, "one of
Albert and Queen Victoria
was 10 x 12 feet."
Mrs. Nesbitt remarked
upon the Queen's china en-
cased in ceiling high glass -
faced cabinets set in each
corner of the state room.
The party was held on the
terrace and the 50 -acre
grounds at the palace. Green
and white striped awnings
shaded a long buffet table and
two regimental bands
provided a variety of music
ranging from marches to
popular songs like Yellow
Bird.
Dress was informal. "The
women were told to wear
afternoon dresses, hats and
gloves," Mrs. Nesbitt said.
The Queen, wore a navy
and white dress and coat
ensemble with - a wide -
brimmed white straw hat."
The men wore either
military uniforms or casual
suits. "There were a number
of men dressed in black or
grey striped • morning coats
with top hats," Mr. Nesbitt
said.
Hundreds of small cafe
tables were set out in rows on
the lawn and guests nibbled
at tiny crusted rounded
sandwiches of cream cheese
° with cucumber bits or
walnuts about the size of a
silver dollar. There were also
kippered herring and
mayonnaise sandwiches, tiny
buttered pancakes, cherry
bar cake and round one -layer
iced chocolate and caramel
cakes with vanilla ice cream.
The beverage, of course, was
tea.
At 4 p.m. the bands broke
into God Save the Queen and
Queen Elizabeth 11 and
Prince Philip appeared.
The crowd formed into two
avenues about four people
deep on each side, Mrs.
Nesbitt said. The Queen
strolled down the centre of
one and the Prince down the
other.
"There were about six
beefeaters surrounding the
'Queen but the crowd was very
loose around the Prince," Mr.
Nesbitt said.
Philip puts the people at
ease. He just wandered
around laughing and joking
with the people, hands in his
pockets," she said. -
"One of the most surprising
things about the party was
that many people we talked to
had been to several of the
Queen's garden parties. They
were hoping maybe this time
they could meet the Queen.
A lot of the local people they
met while on tour expressed
admiration and envy that the
Nesbitts had received an
invitation. "They said, we
will never get an invitation to
see our Queen at a garden
party and you have = when
you come from so far away."
"But she's our Queen too,"
Mrs: Nesbitt would explain.
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Elizabeth's garden party at Buckingham
Palace.(Stratford Beacon Herald Photo)
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