HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-01-01, Page 3NWs and features
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD,1t!IsONDAY,DECEMBER 30, 1985—Page 3
19115 was eventful for Huron residents
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAMTOWNSHEND
— In June, this Goderich Township couple
received an OPP Commissioner's Citation
to recognize. the life-saving measures they
took. On October 4, 1984, the Townshends.
happened upon a car, crash in which a vehi-
cle driven by Darryl Johnston left Highway
4, struck a tree and burst into flames. Mr.
Townshend pulled the victim from the car,
without regard for his own safety, and his
wife went to a nearby home to summon help.
VICKIE CANTELON —,A young Clinton
resident, Vickie Cantelon won the highest
award in Canada Ln Girl !Guides- la honor of
this great accomplishment, Vickie and 75
other young people received their awards at
Rideau Hall in Ottawa, from the youth
award's sponsor Prince -Philip.
To earn the award, Vickie cdrppleted five
categories of "excellence in achievement"
in a year anda. half. She planned two Guide
camps and seyeral btjs trios; she canoed 162
miles along Mattawa River, Lake Nipissing,.
North Ca 1 d the French River; she sang
in her hunch choir; she earned a gold
medal in;. tie -Canada,. Fitness. Award; and,
she spent a Cit days in'!Guide training at the
Prov lciallevel:'
.IIEATHER CAMP LEi LINDA
VERSTFE,G`'s,;I 1M WO These three
are elernen$ary setioo'l students took part
int ieainternatilaal science fair held in Cor,
Heather Cariipbell and 'Linda Versteg
from East Wawanosh Public School" won
first place in the,Grade 7 and:8 life sciences
0 division respectively andan honorable men-
tion in the same category.,e
Kim Medd, a Grade 7 studet at Blyth
Public School, won three first la a stan-
dings in competition at local vels to earn
her the privilege.of comp in at the inter-
national level. Kiiin's projec ,;.wlhich.took 75
•,. hours to complete, demonstrated friction
and wind resistance., '
CHSS TRACK TEAM - A better than ever.
showing .gave the Central Huron Secondary
School .lCHSS) track team a bid in the West
-Regional meet in Kitchener in May.
CHSS`had 26 corripetftors-take part in the
Western Ontario Secondary School Associa-
tion (WOSSA)'track mcet.in Goderich and
seven of theiltop athletes .earned enough
points.te,,goto further cornpptition. '
Medal winners.included' Austin Roorda`
who placed second in the senior boys' triple
jump -With a *Cord leap of 13,3;1°}tri •
Scott 'Miller finished second din the senior
boys' shot put with a throw of 14.95 m.
Byron Boyesfinished third in the junior
boys' high jump with a 1.85 m. effort.
On the track, the midget girls 4 X 100 relay
teanf of Heather Bauman, Susan Go'erdok,
Karen-Jy1 and'"Julie Melt finished nithTrd"'
place, setting 'a new school record of 53.2
seconds, over four seconds faster than the
previous school record.
STANLEY AND ANNIE RULE - On May
5, 1985 this Varna couple marked a rare
milestone, their 65th wedding anniversary.
The secrets to their long and successful
marriage are love 'and children who think
the world of us," Mrs. bale noted.
The couple has lived in Varna forthe past
four years with their daughter Daisy and
son-in-law Don Barraclough. The couple
raised 10 children and now have 33 grand-
children and 35 great-grandchildren.
OPTIMISTS CELEBRATE -- The year
1985 represented the fifth anniversary for
the Clinton Optimist Club. In that time, the
club grew from 20 to its current 40
members.
Over the past five years, members have
worked on a variety of fund raising efforts to
the tune of $10,000. and the largest project
undertaken by the club has been the ongoing
development of the Optimist Ball Park.
GWEN HOLLAND AND KAREN WHIT -
MORE - Two of the youngest members of
the Clinton Horticultural Society took top BESS FINGLAND - In honor of her
awards at the 1985 flower shows. • longtime, voluntaryefforts, Bess Fin land
Gwen won top honors at the annual Rose was•awarded a service in and plaque from
Show. She earned the highest number of the London Branch of the Ontario Red Cross
11) points in the show, the highest number of Society in the summer of 1985. For more
points in the arrangement classes and she than four decades, Mrs. Finglaarr��d has led in
If displayed the Reserve Champion Rose. the area fund raising drives for the Society.
Karen was among the 28 exhibitors to take
part in the annual flower show held by the BENT COLQUHOUN - Clinton resident
Horticultural Society in August. Karen top- Kent Colquhoun set a new 100 metre frack
ped th competition with highest marks to secondrecord during the Ontario Games for the
win thehighest hgnor in the show. Gwen Physically Handicapped held from July 11-
took place. , 14 in Windsor. He also did wenn the field
Fire Chief Don Warner received a 25 year
medal and a five year bar for his service to
the Bayfield Fire Department.
Mr. Warner became chief of the Bayfield
Fire Department in 1972, replacing Reg
Francis and becoming tie fgltrth fire chief
hayfield.
CANOEISTS CAPTURE GOLD - Dana
Klossand Kim Rathwell,1potla•of Brucefield,
took,;first place in the,
Canoe Championships he
at theend of August. Th
Women Under 18 category,
Dana and Kim were coached by Dana's
dad; Dick Klass who also:had a strong finish
in the competition.
WENDY McFARLAN - This Clinton
.woman brought recognition to the local
Kinette Club when she received the Kinette
Junior Bulletin Trophy, te'top award at the
Kinette National Convention held in Toronto
in August. It was the first time that the Clin-
ton Kinettes had earned the award.ist t
As Bulletin Editor, Wendy won the d
level award earlier in -the year and went on
to the national finals.
ational Marathon
d in Peterborough
y Competed in the
CLINTON BUSINESSES CELEBRATE
ANNIVERSARIES - Lorne Brown Motors,
Groves TV and Appliance Centre, and Epps
Manufacturing . all. marked 5b years in
business in :1985 • while Anktett Jewellers
marked its 35th anniversary.
•-••Lorne Brown started Lorne Brown Motors
with a rented Shell gasoline franchise on
Highway 8 west of Highway 4 and a:Chrysler
Plyrtiouth dealership. After ;tiierwar t' he ac-
quired his present location and the General
Motors , franchise. In November of .1967,
Steve Brown assumed ownership of the
dealership -and `during the summer, a third
generation Brown,-Jeffrbegan"workhrg' at
Lorne Brown Motors.
In 1935 Arthur Groves. started a small
business for himself at his Princess Street
home to sell battery operated radios and
gasoline washing machines. *hen the use of
hydro gained popularity, he expanded his
business which has come a long way since.
Today, televisions, satellite dishes,
microwave ovens and video equipment are
among the wide selection of 'inventory sold
by Arthur's son Clayton.
Epps Manufacturing was started in 1935
by Clifford Epps in three buildings on Erie
Street. He began manufacturing single
cylinder, electric pumps for home and farm
fresh water systems. Bill Hearn and Don
Stewart currently operate the business on
Highway 8 at the east end of Clinton. The
company expanded its business in 1975 to in-
clude high pressure cleaners which ,. aug-
ment the sale of fresh water well supplies,
check valves and foot valves.
Determination, hard work and a good
business sense led John Anstett Sr. through
three decades of success. Anstett's
Jewellers, which began with, a small
jewellry business in Clinton, is now located
in five area towns and is a prospering family
.
17°11:4,LAST
,80PAP 2
�
#
iEN , DAYS!
4
, —
SES®o
'INO' 0/0
okk
*S° r-
tiv0'51
QM
,00P®r' ,°tc
Rug
PLEASE NOTE,
The Board and Batten will be dosing its
doors Tuesday, December 31 .
Watch for our re -opening In "The Board
& Batten Room" at Groves T.V.
THE BOARD 88 BATTEN diFt SHOP
BURY ST. EAST, CLINTON
ents,
ev
winning two tHlydplace medals in
•
the discus and javelin. He competed in a
total of five events for athletes with cerebral
palsy.
HF ALICE - Bill Fleming's three-year-
old pacing filly made aname for herself dur-
ing.' the 1985 harness:'.,racing season. HF
Alice, trained by BUtchflElliott of Clinton, set
a Canadian recor j for leer age, sex and gait
at Flamboro Downs
on the half mile t a
last August. �•
:'Mr. Elliott belie, ,s t ere' are better things
;head for the h r Sling,' `She was kind
Oft'impresSive las ear but we didn't expect •
her to set the recon ";this year. °
During an Onta ro= Sires Stakes lane on
August 11, in front of her hometown crowd;
HF Alice charged across the finish line six
lengths ahead of her competitors, giving the .
crowd What they. had come to see:
Farewells
RCY PUGH -Abe year Marked a ma -
lo change for Clinton's Brewers' 'Retail
Store with-, the retirem nt of Percy Pugh.
Percy retired after -tvong at the brewery
outlet for the past 25 years. He was the first
manager at the store after Clinton voted to
go "wet" in 1060.
CHERS�Y In.the schools, 1985 marked
recantild e r changes for many
Ohne teachers. can Boussey of .Ai>¢ton
•. re • aftera, 3 teaching -nareer at
ea" t 111'ublie' ch f, .
Anggt� MacLenna , principal fot43 years
apt` Hullctt Cerltral' chd'ol, . sawili career
change"to Godericihi at the 'end dee school
year. • ,
Well --known area teacher, Edith Swan,
was honored forher h'2 YeaVeareir in June
An open house, held at 'Huron Centennial
School in Brucefield was attended -by -more
than 200 people.
Longtime principal at Vanastra Public
School, John Ross, accepted a position at
Colborne, Central ' School. Vanastra
residents held an appreciation day for him
on June 2 and some 150 people attended.
ELEANOR BRADNOCK - A rural
newspaper correspondent for 25 years, and
a woman whose name was synonymous with
the Village of Auburn, died on April 19. She
was 70.
Mrs. Bradnock was Auburn's best known
resident. She was involved in countless
organizations, clubs and community events
and in 1984 she was honored for her work in
the community with a special Bicentennial
medal.
Mrs. Bradnock was involved in 4-11 and
CGIT groups; she served as president of the
Women's Missionary Society and was twice
elected president of the Auburn Women's In-
stitute. She was a village trusteee, a
member` of the Horticultural Society and the
Historical Society. She was also well-known
for her weekly newspaper reports to the
Clinton News -Record, the Goderich Signal=
Star and the Blyth paper.
service to the conunications company.
BARBER RETIRES - After 52 years,
Clinton barber Frank Van Altena retired
from the business in 1985. His shop on Rat-
tenbury Street opened for the last time on
November 30 and he said he was going to
miss the chats with his regular customers
he has come to know over the years.
WARDEN PAUL STECKLE — There were
gracious accolades, toasts and greetings as
elected and appointed officials from across
Huron County gathered in Goderich on
November 1 to say good-bye to 1985 Huron
Warden Paul Steckle.
Steckle has left municipal politics and did
not seek re-election.
ALLAN NICHOLSON RETIRES
Tuckersmith Township's Road Superinten-
dent Allan Nicholson received a gift of lug-
gage at a special retirement party held for
him on October 11, 1985. The Egmondville
man can now reminisce over more than 35
years of looking after township roads.
WI ENDS ERA - Due to lack of leader-
ship, the Clinton Women's, Instie (WI )
was forced to disband in 1985 after 80 years
of active work in the community.
Organized in 1905 with Mrs. David French
as the first president, Mrs. T.J. Watt as its
first secretary - anc- Mrs. James Flynn as
. treasurer,. the VVI 'can be credited with both
carrying out and assisting with many wor-
thwhile projects in Clinton, and has assisted
with many world-wide humanitarian pro-
jects through the district and provincial
levels.
CLINTON DOCTOR DIES — Dr. Walter A.
Oakes of Owen Sound, a well-known medical
practitioner. in Clinton from 1933 to 1970,
died at University Hospital in London on
September 30, 1985. He was 88.
Dr. Oakes started his first practice in
Torontb in 1930 but at the urging of another
Toronto doctor,' he came to Clinton in 1933.
He was the first doctor to introduce the
technique of . hip pinning at the. 'Clinton
Public Hospital.
° Along with his medical practice,' r.
Oakes served on therlinton Public Hos ital
Board of Directors for'many years, retiring
ill, 970,•
, .
In ).973,. Dr. Oakes and his wife moved
from Clinton to 1)heji r Florida winter home
and their sunhner residence in :the
Muskokas, and later to Owen Sound where
they resided forthe past 10 years.
Dr. Oakes is survived by his wife and two
children.
L�
GOODBYE R1f VERF„.ND PIiCKI— ;The
Reverend Norman,'ick and his wiffTot;een
deceived a -handcrafted d ck from the On-
tario Street 'United Chur congregatiop at
Turd to pagg 1L
•
GOODBYE OPERATORS - Clinton was
one of the last Bell Canada offices in Ontario
with long distance operators; but the end of
an era was completed at 4 a.m. on March 30
when the last of the new equipment, replac-
ing the operators, came on line.
The change came as part of Bell Canada's
move to the Traffic Operator Position
System which will enable most telephone
users to dial their own long distance calls
with little or no operator assistance.
The changeover was witnessed by 15 Clin-
ton operators and their superior on March
30. The gathering of } the long distance
°operators represented almost 350 years of
OUR ANNUAL
STOCK REDUCTION
Y�<
INT OR
Of f986
OFF
3 Men's, Women's
and Children's
LEIAIM III p►R
:by Adudas,NNIke,
Osaga, and Penmans
% OFF
is) ALL
Men's, Women's,
and Children's
SKI WEAR
Suits, Jackets, Pants,
Mitts, Gloves, Toques,
and Neckwarmers
' 'SKI PACKAG
from.... $7699 0 _.
10... 513989
COOPER PRO
HOCKEY STICKS9
3 for $2899
TITAN PRO
HOCKEY STICKS
3$2999 2•
99
O/j OFF All Rade !hack
GAMES and TOYS
eywood sMiff
MAIN CORNER, CLINTON Raab Stack
Sans Centre
40-30S0
t a�c"�Y n"x1
• Ftp
IS NOW "
IN Ftp LL.SWIG r
Sensational markdowns On fine furnitur
fOr every room Kiln your hottati: Shop early! : .
This is an outstanding Annual urritiOt saieHrentt"
FINE FUflld'II"OltEAND DEO
O A'
ft ST . L[kiTONe482 sSb5
'•,•