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Clinton News-Record, 1981-08-26, Page 2_I 527-0104,4 REPAIR hAGh, 2 —THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26,1981 Much has been said and written about the explosion at the Huron Day Centre last Thursday - it is only left for this column to praise the ef- forts and efficiency of all concerned. Our senior ,citizens are made 0:t"good stuff" - I was spe. r :: to Mrs. May Gibson on Mo day when she brought her Huron - ,view Auxiliary report into the office. Still bearing the evidence of her cuts and bruises she brushed theca off as nothing. To Rosemary Armstrong and, Sandra Davidson, two of the Day Care staff go our best wishes for a quick recovery.` + + + Don't crickets ever get laryngitis? - But then that's not right either. It should be don't they ever get arthritis - since all their chirping comes from rubbing their wings together. Anyway, it's a pretty noisy way of cour- ting - if that's what they're doing. +++ When we make snide remarks about Canada's postal system we never in- tend them to refer to our Clinton Post Office. When the News -Record has postal problems we have always received wonderful co-operation. This has been in no small part due to the ef- forts of assistant postmaster, Ken Dobney. Ken is leaving Clinton to become postmaster at Ex- eter., The staff at the News - Record are sorry to see him go - but wish him every suc- cess in his new position. +++ If we mention pets in this by peggy gibb column it's usually for a good reason. This time it's a five year old spayed female, jet black with a white spot under her chin. She's a house cat who keeps any mouse population well under con- trol. Good with children - loves to be petted. But her owners are moving this weekend and unless "Kitty" finds a new home she will have to be put to..sleep. If you have a soft spot and would adopt `Kitty" please call 482-3548 by this Saturday. Thanks from "doomed". + ++ Last Friday, August 21, Ed Porter received a surprise birthday party. Friends and neighbours gathered at the Porter residence to enjoy a cook -out, play charades and partake of not one, but three birthday cakes. Over from St. Marve to enjoy the fun were Mr. and Mrs. Bill Porter, Ed's brother, and Mr. and Mrs. Bob Bushfield, his nephew. + ++ Mrs. Lucy Bezzo has returned from a two month holiday. in B.C. and the States. She had a wonderful time except for the last leg of her journey home when the plane on which she was travelling received a bomb threat, but only that. + ++ The following was sent to us from John Stevely of Sur- rey, B.C. formerly of Clin- ton. It is copied, in part, from an ad in a B.C. paper. "The Village of Clinton, B.C. is located 377 km nor- theast of Vancouver, B.C. on highway No. 97. The climate of the village is described as, WISHES A HAPPY -BIRTHDAY To On Denise Gross Londesboro Aug. 27 Brenda Tide$,well Clinton Aug. 28 Mitllael Carter Clinton Aug. 28 Karla Boland Clinton Aug. 28 Michelle Fremlin Clinton Aug. 29 Toby St. Louis R.R..4 Clinton Aug. 29 Andrea Postma R.R. 4 Clinton Aug. 29 Melanie Ann Knox Canton Aug. 31 David Westerhout Clinton Aug. 31 Kelly Watson R.R. 2 Clinton Sept. 1 A PLACE FOR KIDS 410 At.. ifs" ,Ay f Daniel Dong's First Day of School Daniel R. Dong hung down his head and groaned as he sat on. the edge of his bed. "School," he moaned, "I'm shaking inside, I don't want to go, I just want to hide. The first day of school — there must be a way to change it into the second day. No one will like me, they'll think I'm a fool. Oh how I hate the first day of school." He groaned to his feet, he moaned to the floor, he groaned down the stairs, and he moaned out the door. Daniel R. Dong trudged into the yard, he couldn't believe that life was so hard. "No one will like me, I won't have a friend. Tlus first day of school is surely the end." His plan was to stand facing the wall, and there he stood when he heard someone call. "Hey Dan, how are you? Hey Dan, it's me! " He turned slowly around and who did he see? Kim, his friend, his friend from last year. Daniel's heart was shaking with fea r. He moved his mouth and croaked out a "Hi." Kim stuttered out, "I feel so shy." "Me too," nodded Dan, "I feel like a fool! It's always so hardthis first day of school." "Oh well, "laughed Kim, "It isn't the end' At least I know that I've got a friend." Dan giggled, he laughed, he chortled with glee — "And you," he gasped, "are a friend for me!" The first day of school wasn't bad afterall — to think that he'd wanted to face the dumb wall! "Dan," Kim said, "do you want to play catch?" "Sure," said Dan, "we're an even match!" (c) Canada Wide Feature Services Limited by MacKay Fairfield Tate upland continental with an average rainfall of 60 cm a year. The main industries of this area are tourism, logging and ranching. Unfortunate- ly, on July 30, 1980 a disastrous fire destroyed the only hotel in the village." + ++, The Huron Perth Lung Association is sponsoring- a "Breatheezie" Rally at the Perth District Health Unit, Stratford on Monday, September 21 at 7:30 p.m. when Dr. Thomas Wood, Lung Disease Specialist of St. Joseph's Hospital, Lon- don will speak and as well will present some marijuana facts. Physiotherapist, Janice Parsons, will discuss fall classes. The public is in- vited. + ++ 1981 marks the 10th an- niversary of the Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Awards Contest, originally a Centen- nial project of the Kitchener Public Library and named in honour of its former chief librarian. Eminent Canadian author, John Colombo, will be judg- ing entries in both the prose and poetry categories. The contest is open to all residents of the Region of Waterloo and Perth, Huron and Wellington counties. En- try forms for the contest are available at participating public libraries in Well- ington, Perth and Huron counties, and the Region of Waterloo. The deadline for entries is October 1, 1981 and the awards ceremony, at which it is expected the judge will °be present, will be held Fri- day, November 27 at the Kit- chener Public Library. + ++ CLINTON LAWN BOWL- ING NEWS: Another busy week at the bowling green. At the local jitney August 18, L. Matthews was the win- ner for the men while Lois Haines was for the ladies. August 15 Dave Colclough and partner went to a tour- nament at Owen Sound and came home with a prize. At. the August 20 jitney there was a good turnout with Bert' and Jean Gray the winners. At Atwood, Bert and Jean were again winners along with L. Matthews. On August 22 the Clinton club held its Bankers' Tour- nament with 64 bowlers tak- ing part. Dave Colclough and Rose Wilkes won the tourna- ment. Other local winners were Bert and Jean Gray, Harvie and Doreen Mc- Callum and Walt Newcombe and partner Della Slavin. They received silver dollars for prizes. The ladies of the club served lunch at noon and a buffet supper at night. The Clinton Bowling Club wishes to thank the following for their donations of silver dollars - Clinton Community Credit Union, Bank of Mon- treal and The Royal Bank of Canada. On August 23 at the Mit- chell tournament, Don and Lois Haines were among the winners. The next outside tourna- ment here in Clinton 'i is September 13. Ken Dobnei, right, assistant postmaster at the Clinton office, is taking over the post master's chair in Exeter, and was honored this week by fellow employees. Here Greg Burns makes a presentation. (James Fitzgerald photo) Only one week left as bigwinners Clil�ton Ino h The big winner at Clinton's Monday night Monster Bingo was Ann Field of Exeter. She paid for her drive to Clinton with the $1,000 jackpot prize she won. Jean Elliott of Goderich took home the special $229.75 share -the -wealth prize while Diane Fay of London won $217.25 and Ellen McKay of Goderich and Ruth Gowing of Listowel split a third special game valued at $223.25, In regular $50 games in- dividual winners included Marilyn Chappel of Seaforth, Annie Cronin of Dublin, Donnie Dungale of Nile, Nancy Wolliston of London and Barb VanDamme of Clinton. Carol Cooper of Kippe.n and Helen Sootheran of Clinton each won $25, while Guido Vettorello of Chatham and Iva Reid of Hensall split the prize money in another round. Edith Craig of Goderich, Karen Harman of Bayfield and Iva Boyes of Clinton also won a game. In the fifth round the winners included Bill Brown of Port Albert, Robert Govelock of Clinton, Helen Beech of Clinton and Marilyn Chappel of Seaforth Bonnie Dungale of Nile and Marlene Hart of Clinton won the sixth game and Ivy Johnston of Goderich and Del Geddes of Goderich took home prize money. Kerry Pitblado of Clinton to hold. Terry Fox run Clinton will be the only community in this area to honor Terry Fox on Sep- tember 13th with a 10 km. run. Organized by Clinton's Elaine Townshend, and supported by several service clubs and organizations, the nationwide run will help to raise funds for the Marathon of Hope cancer research project. Terry himself raised over $24 million for cancer research last year when he attempted his one -legged run across Canada. Miss Townshend said that Clinton's run will cover a six mile route along the Base Line north of Clinton. She stressed that people can run, walk, jog or crawl and, "It's a route that people could even do in a wheelchair." In this area Elmira and Jim Shropshall helps in accident Jim Shropshall was able to open the car door and Feeney was pulled from the wreck just as the engine started to burn. It was rumored that a crowd was standing nearby but Shropshall stated, "There was really no one standing around. People started to pull in after we got Feeney out of the car." Shropshall is modest about his live saving actions and said, "I just helped somebody. It wasn't a big thing. Anyone who went by would have stopped and helped." While the 1971 corvette was completely destroyed, Feeney was fortunate enough to leave the crash with cuts and bruises. Clinton's own Jim Shropshall played an im- portant part in the rescue of John Feeney, 22, of Clinton after Feeney was trapped inside his burning corvette. Thanks to quick action by Shropshall and Dave Racey, 22 of London, Feeney was pulled from his car after it crashed in an early morning accident on August 16th. Shropshall reported to the Goderich OPP that he assisted Racey in pulling Feeney from the mangled car just as it burst into flames. "Racey was trying to open the car door, but sortie corvettes have a different way to open doors," he reported. Shropshall said he L SALE!' August 28 - September 12 POOL KIT INCLUDES •30 mil. vinyl liner •14 gauge gal steel walls •Bullnose coping *Return fittings • Main drain Sand filter with pump •Vacuum kit •Main- tenance kit •6' diving board •3 step ladder •Installation includes concrete and pool pad bottom *skimmer pool kits arid all i-nven- 1 00/ 0 tory including patio fur- niture, games, chemicals and accessories. Beat inflation! Order now for fall installation. 234 Main Sim North, Seaforth London will be hosting runs on September 13th, and across the country millions of other people will help to keep Terry's dream alive. Miss Townshend hopes that people from throughout Huron County will take part in the September 13th event. Registration will take place from 10 am until 2 pm at Central Huron Secondary School on Princess Street in Clinton. Sponsor sheets are available at town halls throughout the county and in Clinton they can be picked up at the Clinton Town Hall. It's a fact. What's a fulltime writer? Someone who spends more than 30 hours a week at writing is "fulltime", ac- cording to Statistics Canada. In a recent survey, 853 fulitime writers were identified of a total of 3,144 writers in Canada. Goderich and Christine McCallum of Goderich won a round as did Mryna Waterfiekl of Goderich and Judy Dykstra of RR 1, Bayfield. Cecille Meidinger of Zurich, .. Lily Dobbs of Exeter" and Helen Green- wood of Goderich won prize money a well. Winners in the 15th game included Moira Robinson of Vanastra, Amanda Hamilton of Exeter, Hiroshi Yoshikawa of Kobe, Japan and Muriel Byers. This Monday, August 31 marks the end of anot season of Monster Bing Clinton. 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