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CLINTON NEWSRECORD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1985—Page 3
.19 5 was eventful for Huron residents
MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM TOWNSHEND
- 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 an.d 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 W. Girl Guides. In honer 9f
this great accomplishment, Vickie and 75
Other young people received their awards at
Rideau Hall in Ottawa, from' the youth
award's sponsor PrincePhilip. - •
To. earn the award, Vickie completed five
categories of "excellence in achievement"
in a year and -a. half. She planned two Guide
camps and several, bus trit* she canoed 164
miles along Mattawa River, Lake Nipissing,
North Canel and the French River; she sang
in her church choir; she earned a gold
meclakingie canada.Fitness- Award; and,
she SpetitA 'Oen days in:Gindetraining at the
provincial level'
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HEATH CAMPBELL; 'LINDA
VG KIM MEDD - These three
areaeelerneg y seixidi students took part
in tinternatifcal fair held in Con'
Heather .c anipbelPanci 'Linda Verkeeg
from, East Wawanosh Public School' won
first place in the.Grade 7 'anc1:8 life sciences
division respectively and an honorable men-
tion in the same category.
Kim Medd, a Grade 7 student at Blyth
Public School, won three first, place stan-
dings in competition at local levels to earn,
her the privilege,of competing at the inter-
national level. Kiin's prolectwhich took 75
hours to cOmplae, demonstrated friction
and wind resistance. •
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CHSS TRACK TEAM Alkter than ever
showing gave the Central Huron Secondary,„
School 4 CHSS ) track team a bidin the Wed
Regionarneet in Kitchener iii Mai.
CHSShad:26. coninetitott lake part in the CLINTON BUSINESSES CELEBRATE
Lorne Brown Metors,
Western Ontario SecOndary School Associa- ANNIVERSARIES -
tipn kloVOSSAOrack nigt,in Goderich and „Groves TV and Appliance Centre, and Epps
F tilei:top athletes • :earned enough Manufacturing, .all, marked 50' years in
sevenof
ptatO go tifi further coMpefition. business in 1,985 ,while Andett Jewellers
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marked its 35th anniversary.
1Vietlal winners includeV4astin Roordd
whriplacedseqiind in the senipr boys', triple Lorne -B,. rovim started Lorne Brown Motors
jump,With a retord leap of 13-,314n. ., ; i-;„ with a rented Shell gasoline fratie.hise on
Scott Miller finished secOndin the'senior Highway 8 west of Highway 4 and achrysler
P1 ' uAfter"tlieAvar lie
boys' shot put .with a throw of 14.95 m. th dealership. ,
ac -
Byron Boyes finished third in the junior quired his present location and the General
boys' hign jump with a 1.85 m. effort. „ *tors franchise. In Ijovember of 1967,
Steve Brown
On the track, the midget girls 4 X 100 relay assumed ownership of the
t team of Heather Bauman, Susan Goiretilqk.." clealerslapkand Au% the summer, a third
' . rareicUST1 Inc:1"J ulle Tnclt lashed 'hithird ' generation Brown';--JefffAbegairworkinrat
place, setting a new school record of 53.2 Lorne Brown Motors.
In 1935 Arthur Groves started a small
seconds, over four seconds faster than the
previous school record. . business for himself at his Princess. Street
home to sell battery operated radios and
STANLEY AND ANNIE RULE - On May gasoline Waihing machines. When the use of
5, 1985 this Varna couple marked a rare hydro gained popularity, he expanded his •
business which has come
' milestone, their 65th wedding anniversary. a long way since.
The secrets to their long and successful Today, televisions, . satellite dishes,
marriage are love "and children who think microwave. ovens and video equipment are
the world.of us," Mrs. Rule noted, among the wide selection of inventory sold
• The couple has lived in Varna for the past by Arthur's son Clayton.
four years with their daughter Daisy and . Epps Manufacturing was started in 1935
son-in-law Don Barraclough. The couple by Clifford Epps in three buildings on Erie
raised 10 children and now have 33 grand- . Street. He began manufacturing single
children and 35 great-grandchildren. cylinder electric pumps for home and farm
fresh water systems. Bill Hearn and Don
OPTIMISTS CELEBRATE -- The year Stewart Currently operate the business on
• 1985 represented the fifth anniversary for Highway 8 at the east end of Clinton. The
the Clinton Optimist.Club. In that time, the company expanded its business in 1975 to in -
club grew from 20 to its current 40 dude high pressure cleaners which aug-
ment the sale 'of fresh water well supplies,
members. .
Over the past five years, members have check vahres and foot valves.
Determination, hard work and a good
worked on a variety of fund raising efforts to
the tune of $10,000 and the largest project business sense led John Anstett Sr. thrOugh
three decades of shccess. Analett's
undertaken by the club.has been the ongoing
• development of the Optimist Ball Park. Jewellers, which • began with a small
. jewellry business in Clinton, is now located
GWEN HOLLAND AND KAREN WHIT- in five area towns and is a prospering family
MORE - Two of the youngest members of business.
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the Clinton Horticultural Society took ,top
awards at the 1985 flowershoWs. BESS FINGLAND - In honor of her
Gwen won top honors at the annual Rose longtime, voluntary efforts, Bess Ragland
Show. She earned the highest number of was.awarded a service pin and plaque from
the London Branch of the Ontario Red Cross
iipoints in the show, the highest number of
Society in the summer of 1985. For more
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t„ points in the arrangement classes and she
. , i displayed the Reserve Champion Rose. than four decades, Mrs. Fingland has led in
the area fund raising drives for the Society.
Karen was among the 28 exhibitors to take
part in the annual flower show heid by the
KENT COLQUHOUN - Clinton resident
Horticultural,Society in August. Karen top-
ped th competition. with, highest marks to Kent Colquhoun set a new 100 metre track
win the hthe how. Gwen record during the Ontario Games for the
ighest. honor in
„ Physically Handicapped held from July 11-
took second place.
•• 14 in Windsor. He also did well in the field
!:,41jeti.,,,tymm,FEr,ra„,,otreetetter Ift_Bigie147.,,events, winning two third-place medals in
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 the fourth fire chief
ii0ayfiela.
',,p4NoEigrs CAPTUKE GOLD - Dana
KlOss4ifid Kim RathwellAoth of Brucefield,
toekjirat ' place in the latienal Marathon
Canoe Championships he d in Peterborough
a the end Of ,Augest. They competed in the
• W9dieri Under 18 categoriy. , , •
• Dana and Kim were coached by Dana's
ad; Dick Mess who also:had a strong finish
ift5he competition.
WENDY McFARLAN - This Clinton
woman brought recognition to the local
Kinette Club w!Ien she received the Kinette
ry
Junior Bulletin phy, tbelop'award at the
Kinette National onvention held in Toronto
- in August. It was the first time that the Clin-
ton Kinettes had earned the award.
As Btilietin Editor, Wendy won the district
level award earlier in the year and went on
to the national finals.
service to the communications 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 cross
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
the discus and javelin. He competed in a him on October 11, 1985. The Egmondville
total of five events for athletes with cerebral man can now reminisce over more than 35
palsy. years of looking after township roads.
HF ALICE - Bill Fleming's three-year- /‘
WI ENDS ERA. - Due to lack of leader-
ship, the Clinton WOmen's Institute (WI )
was forced to disband in 1985 after 80 years
of active work in the community.
Organized in 1905 with Mrs. -David French
last August. •
as the first president, Mrs. T.J. Watt as its
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Mr. Elliott belie:WoO tPerearebetter things first secretary - and Mrs.. James Flynn as
'ahead for the httrikk'StAting,i`tShe was kind , treasurer, the WI can be credited with both
ef impressive lastiyeatbut we didn't expect . '
old pacing filly made a,name for herself dur-
ing the 1985 harpes,5_,-racing season. IIF
Alice, trained by BUtelMliott of Clinton, set
a Canadian record for her age, sex and gait
on the half mile track at Flamboro Downs
her to set the recorr this year.
During an Ontario., Sires Stakes race on,
August 11, in front of her hometown crowd,
lTF ,Alice charged across the finish line six
lengths ahead of her competitors, giving the
crowd what they had come to see.
Farewells
PERCY PUGH -,,The year marked a ma-
jor change for Clinton's Brewers' Retail
-Store with • the retirement of Percy Pugh.
Percy retired after,Working at the brewery
outlet for the past 25 yedia. He was the first
manager at the store after Clinton voted to
go "wet" in 1960.
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TEACHERS- In4beschools, 1985 marked
retirement and ta .eer changes or many
gt' &teaChers.'Jean Boussey ziOntOn,
Ir teaching*reer at
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.principal 443 years
atiligatt Centrak.Sch�oi, saw),,4 career
chnitgelo.Godericitit tlietnd ofhe school
year.
Well-known area teashsr,,. Edith Swan,
Was honorecrforW4iyear career in lithe.
An open house,' held abilurcin Centennial
School in Brucefiehihmw,attended-by -more ,-
tha_n200 people. •, •
Longtime principal at Vanastra Public
Scheel, John Ross, accepted a position at
Colbarne, 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-H and
CGIT groups; she served as president of the
Woinen's Missionary Society and was twice
elected president of the Auburn Women'a 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.
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 *lance
operators represented, almost 350 years of
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Publie Sch
aeLenn
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:-Wafter A. -
Oakes of Owen Sound, a well-known medical
practitioner in Clinton from 1933 to 1970,
died at University Hospital in London off
September 30, 1985. He was 88.
Dr. Oakes started his first practice in
Toronto 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 Hospital
Board of Directors fir 'iry years, retiring
41970, . , ,
In 1973„ Dr. .Oakes and his Wife "moved
from' Clinton to their Florida 'Winter home
and their siimmer residence An the
.Muskokas, and later to Owen Sounnvbere
they resided for the past 10 years.
Dr. Oakes is survived by his wife and two
chtldnen.
GOODBYE REVEREND PO( The
-Reverend Norman/Pick and his wifelilloteen
lieceived a 'handcrafted ,elpck from the •On-
tarioAreet 1Inited Churell -congregation at
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