Clinton News-Record, 1962-11-15, Page 1$irst
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THE HURON. RECORD 01# YEAR
20.Ton Truck In Ditch
About 20 tons of shelled corn was shovelled in-
to the rain-fined culvert on Highway 4, between
Brucefield and Clinton on Saturday, to allow the
broken trailer half of the truck which had been car-
rying it, to be winched from the watery resting
place. Details of the accident which occurred early
Saturday morning, are printed on page three. Char-
les Brigham, RR 1, Belgrave, was treated in Clinton
Public Hospital. (News-Record Photo)
Two Young People Dead
Carbon Monoxide Fumes
Ontario President William Tilden Here
Guest speaker at the annual meeting of Goderich Township Federation of
Agriculture last week, in Hohnesville, was William Tilden, left, who is president
of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. He predicted continuation of good
times, and "more of a feeling of hope in agriculture". Wilmer Riddell, president
of the township group and Mrs. Riddell, are to the left of the speaker.
(News-Record Photo)
odd Hay Champion
Again From Brucefield
Photo
on
THE .NEW ERA — 97th YEAR
All of Town Council
Ready to Serve in 1963
(By W. P. 04
zinss SUE HILTON WHO
has made headlines' lin Cooed?
this .Suttnner due to her Skills
on the golf links , „ may have -
chance to compete in Anst-
nalla pleat July in the .second
Commonwealth golf champion,
ships . She has been named
as one of the three niternate
players to accompaoy the team
. . Sue has played on the
Bayfield - Clinton _golf -course,
during her early career . .
WE'VE A COMPLAINT „
Why do the merchants who own
such lovely bright and spark,
ling cOloured signs and gaily
decorated: front windows . . .
not leave the lights on at night
. . and why do they not tern
the lights an in late afternotin
. . . probably .about 4.30 pm
That is the time that people
are going home from work . .
end the lights would be of in-
terest . . Also, of course, to
the motorist going through . .
the Added colour would do Cl-
inton no harm , . * *
WAY OVER ON PAGE FOUR,
there ts a story of the bazaar
and tea which t h e Catholic
Women's League held recently
. From among the names Of
the ladies at work on the hake
table e.„ that of Mrs. Van
Ninhuys was left out in elver
. We ;hasten to make this
correction . .
SOMETIMES WE T H INK
this column would be better
known as "excuses and apolo-
gies" but somewhere such
things have to be printed . • .
and where better than in the
editor's own small space . . * *
ONE REASON NOT MUCH
damage in this area was re-
ported following the Hallow-
e'en week, is that people seem
to think if they ignore such
things, they will go away . . .
maybe so . . . but we hear of
$500 damage done in such and
such a village, $40 damage
done on such and such a farm,
and we know down deep that
this type of damage will not
go away just because we ignore
it . . .. The way to stop crime,
for surely that is what this
sort of thing is, is to punish
wrong-doers on Hallowe'en.. just
as severely as if, they had done
the „same thing,Onolialn 17; • a S
or any other date in the year . *
WE CAN'T HELP BUT PON-
der on the news story emanat-
ing from London which reports
that Perth-Huron area has
bought more Canada Savings
Bonds than ever before . In
fact the area has attained 105
percent of its objective already,
and stands, second in all Ontario
for bond purchases . Why?
Could it be there really is more
money here? Could it be that
this area, is conservative in
other things besides politics
Could it • be that these two
counties are- expressing a sin-
cere confidence in the Conser-
vative administration . . .
* PA *
WHILE NOT COMING TO
any conclusions . . . and know-
ing that well once more be
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The Weather
1962 1961
High Low High Low
Nov. 8 46 30 40 30
9 46 27 36 29
10 47 42 37 26
11 47 35 52 28
12 41 28 55 40
13 40 34 53 42
14 41 35 53 29
Rain: 1 inch Rain: .41 ins,
lots 15 and 16, about three miles
from Blyth. The car ignition
switch was on, but the' motor
had stalled.
CerpOral Robert Kane, God-
erich' and Constables Jack Park-
ingots Wingham, both with the
OPP, were in .charge of the
investigation. Dr. F. G. ham-
pony 'Clinton, was coroner on the
case.
The young man, was the
of 'Mr. and Mrs. William Kolas-
man 1, Clinton. DOM! in
Holland and moved to Canada
his parents in 1950. He had.
been a student at Clinton Dist-
rict Collegiate Institute. Sur-
viving besides his parents are
a brother, Wiliam, at home;
two sisters', Mrs. Kees, (Sandra)
Dykstra, Clinton and Jane, at
home.
The young girl, who would
have been 15 on Friday, was
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
pouwe }Mom, London. One
of six !children 'she was' born in
Holland .and moved to London
with her parents' 'in 1950.
Funeral service f or both
young people was held in the
Christian Reformed Church,
Clinton yesterday afternoon; by
the Rev. L. Slofstra, minister
here and 'the Rev. Gerard Sou-
ma of the First .Christian Re-
formed Church, London.
Ball and IVItttch 'funeral home
was in charge of arrangments..
Interment was in Clinton 'Cem-
etery,
HURONVIEW AUXILIARY
TO MELT MONDAY
The regular monthly meet-
ing of Huronview 'Auxiliary
will be held Monday, Novem-
ber 19 at 2.30 p.m. at the home.
A partioulan effort to raise
funds emottoting to about $60,-
000 'assist with paying for
the newest west wing at Clinton
Public Hospital, is planned to
get underway the first week in
pockipber,
A:60Sether the new wing will
cost about $325,000, and the
major part of funds deceived
so ter have come from Ontario
and Huron County grants. Also
there-was A sizeable figure left
to the hospital from the estate
of a man, vitally intereated in
the hospital here.
Local organizations have got-
ten firmly behind this commun-
ity project. Staff at 'the hospital
Gasoline Once
More Alarms
Clinton Residents
Fumes' from gasoline again
alarmed a section of Clinton on
Monday afternoon. The odours
of gas were noticed in Gal-
braith Radio and TV store, 'at
Sterhnents Variety Store, Fit,
.zsimons Food Fair, the resid-
ence of Mrs. R. Holmes, 102
Albert Street and the office of
the Public Utilities Commission,
Fire Chief Grant Rath reports
the trouble was finally tracked
tie the Reliance service station.
on. Albert Street, operated by
Dory Rutledge, The • Seaforth
firm of Frank Kling -Ude had
installed as new .gasoline tank,
and somehow Water had gotten.
into it. Upon discovety-of the
water the plumber, pumped the
fluid from the tank into as near-
by catch basin. The fluid con-
tained a high percentage of
gaseline.
Fumes were found to be part-
icularly had at catch basins at
the corner of Orange and • Hu-
ron Streets.-(near the-J. and-TS-
:Murphy Garage)... Monday night
which was' 'a • fire 'depiartment
meeting night, the men took one
of the trucks out and spent
some time flushing out several
of the catch basins along the
Mary Street drain' that seemed
to be in worst shape.
By Tuesday night most of the
bad odours, had disappeared.
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Two Accidents
On Highway 4
Last Friday Night
Near Kippers, on Highway 4,
early Saturday morning, Nov-
ember 10, a ear driven by Ger-
ald Joseph Lynch, 29, RCAF
Station Clinton, left the road
and struck a hydro post. Mr.
Lynch received lacerations to
the left knee and was hospital-
ized at the station. Constable
Morley Groves, OPP, Goderioh,
invesigated.
Also that same night, another
accident occurred just south of
Clinton, in which cars driven
by Dan Peterson, Kippen and
Norma Lee, RR 2, Clinton, were
involved. Constable A. Twaddle,
also of the OPP at Goderich,
investigated this.
have raised $1,400 so ram, with
special events, and a gift out-
right of at least one entire
shift pf work each.
Clinton Hospital Auxiliary is
fumnishing a four-bed ward, at
a cost of $1,375, and also 'is
providing drapes for the entire
:neW wing.
Furnishing of the wards, in
the 'new wing is' being; under-
taken 'by several organizations'.
$1,375 each has been pledged' by
the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary
and by the Employees Associa-
tion, at the Hospital,
• The employees have so far
raised even more t h an that
amount, through several events,
and the outright gift of at
least, one full shift of work.
each.
The four two-bed wards have
been furnished by gifts frern
the Huron Fish 'and Gamie Con-
servation Association.; the Cl-
inton ,Chapter No, 266, Order
ot:the )astern Star; the Ladies
Alkiriarty to the Clinton Branch
140, 'Royal Canadian Legion;
'Myth Chapter. No. 275, Order
of the Eastern Star.
The third 4-bed ward is being
fusnished ins .follows. Half of
the required east is being put
up by four downtown 'business
no-operating on 'the project:
Bantliffs Bakery Ltd., Clinton
News-Record, Vairholme Dairy
Ltd.. and Lawrie Slade who op-
erates the Clinton IGA Store.
The other half of this ward
(Continued' on Page Seven)
Robert P. Allan has again
beers awarded the World Hay
nionship at ethe Royal
Winter Fair, now in progress
at the, CNE grounds, Toronto.
This is the second time for Bob.
He won the title in 1958 the
first year that the Cockshutt
Farm Equinisent Ltd. Trophy
Was set up. "
The trophy 'is a grand One,
'appropriate for such as win.
Two draped' figures at one end
of the large base; standing' on
a modal of the globe, reach
almost two feet high, to give
height to the trophy, land di--
agar-JAW ,across the balance of
'the base', is a Cocksh,ott farm
Mr. and Mrs Ellwood Epps
will appear this week on Ernie
King's Great Outdoors show
over CKNX-TV Wit-wham, Fri-
day, November 16, at 10.30
p.m, Mrs. Epps will demons-
trate the preparation of wild
game for cooking and Mr. Epps
will show his .antique gun' AiS-
Play.
tractor drawing a wagon with
flat box heaped with bales of
hay..
- Bob'a evinning entry was 0-
second cut alfalfa.
Also at the Royal, Bob's ent-
ry of small white Medium field
beans placed first against all
corners. This' 'might 'possibly
also be termed a world champ-
ionship, but questioning pro-
duces' 'the news that all of this
particular kind of bean comes.
from the lin-nail, Kippen, Br-
ucefield area, and so they don't
give it such a grandiose' title.
It is 'surmised that if a trophy,
or continuing 'award were made
available, then the title of
"World championship" might be
made to this win 'as well.
A past president of the Hu-
ron Soils and Crop Improve-
ment As's'ociation, Mr. Allan has
for several years taken charge
of ;the field crops division at
the Royal Winter Fair. He
is 34 years old, married. Mr.
and Mrs. Allen have one son,
aril they live about a mile
south of Brucefield on Highway
4.
Other county farmers exhib-
ited prize winners at the' Royal:
Wilber Turnbull and Son, Brus-
sels, had the reserve grand
champion Lacombe sow, in the
swine competition,
William, J. Dale showed Dale-
vista N. Peerless for second
prize senior yearling Guernsey
bull.
All council members' on Mon-
day night anoounced their .ine
tentions of running for another
year in service to the commun-
ity, (provided the people nom-
inate them on the official night,
November 26.)
Mayor William J. Miller spoke
of his appreciation of the co
.operation evident in council this
year, and stated his wishes to
continue for • "another term in
order to 'continue negotations
with en industry desirous of
setting in . Clinton. . . .
"I'' am firni. now ',:tvithe-a
lot of the work going forward
in this matter," said: the mayor,
"and we forsee that we will
Another Change:
CDCI Will Be
Known as CHSS
On suggestion .of the Advis-
ory Vocational Committee of
the board, Clinton District Col-
legiate Institute -Board last
night again changed' the name
of the collegiate. Their decision
now is . for "Central Huron
Secondary School".
Previously this fall, the name
had been changed to Central
Huron Composite Sehool, and
this had been approved by the
Ontario Department of Edstca-
ton. However, a recent corn.-
mtmication from the same De-
partment indicated' a preference
that. the word "composite", not
be used.
Roger Jackson was delegate
from St. Paul's Anglican
Church here, to the annual con-
ference of Huron Diocese' held
in ,Chatham last Friday and
Saturday,
have to depend a lot upoir our
engineers. Also we're working
with 'another industry for Clin-
ton."
- Both Reeve Morgan Agnew
and Deputy Reeve John Sutter,
stated that they . had only a
part of the year in these offices,
and would like to go on with
another 'complete year, repre-
senting Clinton in the County
Council.
When asked' by Mayor Miller
just when Clinton could expect
to have a warden of the County,-
Reeve AgrheW' Saitte"Well' there's
no politics up there now, you
have the whole county 'to in-
fluence. Personally, I would
like to see some. understanding
where there would be two year's
of rural warders, and then one-
of urban warden, but not all
county councillors see it that
way."
Mrs. Alice Thompson, now
completing her year, as Clin-
ton's :f irst woman councillor,
said she had had learned a lot
in the past ten months, ;but she
would like ,another term if the
people want her. In last Dec-
ember's! election, Mrs. Thomp-
son headed the council poll.
Other councillors present,
Nonulan Livermore, George
Rumlbali, George Wonch: and
Donald Symons indicated their
willingnesS to serve another
term. Alan Elliott was' absent,
but later indleaterl his willing-
ness to serve.
Councillor Wonch. indicated
that he still hoped to Obtain, for
Clinton 'those things on which
he based his' platform lest Dec- -
ember: a proper communication
service for the police; a proper
recreation centre for the town,
a proper bendshel/, and along
with these last two, better re-
creation facilities at the corns
munity park.
No. 46,—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, .ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 15, 1962
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CLINTON PUBLIC HOSPITAL,
Drive For $60,000
Early In December
Carbon .monoxide poisoning
caused the deaths of two 'teen
agers during Sunday night, was
the verdict of an autopsy per-
formed early this week. Dead
are 17-year-old Egbert Kollonan
RR 1, -011intori and 14-year-old
Stientje ."Sandy" Hibma, 63
Maitland Street, London..
' The youtig couple • had left
the home, of Miss 1-,Ilbtria's
tre, a t . Blyth, around .n in e
o'clock Sunday eight, 'promis--
ing to 'return about an hour.
When they had not arrived
back by 2 am. the sister re-
ported the fact and a search
was organized.
The 1953 car was found 'about
8 lean, parked on the sideroad
of Hu/lett Township between
Pipe Band Gives
Concert Sunday
Following the remembrance
day service. at the cenotaph in
Clinton on Sunday morning,
members of the Clinton Legion
Pipe Band proceeded to the
lawns, of the Clinton Public
Hospital, ,and played several
numbers.
Appreciation of the ; patients,
and of the nurses on duty was
expressed sincerely, This is an
added little gesture on the part
of the Band, which helps those
sick and shot-in to feel them-
selves, name nbered and a part
of the corninunity happenings,
At the, same time 'about 20
veterans !proceeded' to the Clin-
ton Onnetery, where :at the
Legion plot, they laid a white
cites in remembrance of those
buried
Mon
Biggest Remembrance Day Ever Held in Clinton Last Sunday
With upwards of 100 Clinton Legionaires and
members of the Legion Ladies Auxiliary, and a
squadron of 200 airmen from RCAF Station '
ton, last Sunday's Remembrance Day parade is
thought to have be the biggest ever held in Clinton,
Above Legion tend Auxiliary members await the
wreath-laying cereinony at the post office cenotaph.
On the left, Group Captain 3 G. Mathiesoh, MB%
GD, places the RCAF Station Clinton wreath. On
the right, Scoutmaster Wally Sansame and Stout
Robbie Campbell salute the cenotaph after laying
the Scout wreath, Hundreds of Clinton residents
turned out to watch the ceremony Most Clinton
churches put their regular Sunday services on in
11,80 o'clock. The wreath-laying ceremony' was in
Charge of Legion Zone COI/inlander Doug Andrews,
(NOtaikecota Photo) (RCA? Photo)