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Clinton News-Record, 1963-06-20, Page 1Youth Takes Own Life Twelve district persons were graduated from the second Dale Carnegie Course held in Clinton. The final session of the 14-week course was held last Thursday. Shown ABOVE, from the left are: John Russell, Goderich; Tom Feeney, Clinton; Mrs. Harold F. (Donna) Wettlaufer and Mr. Wettlaufer, Following Quarrel, Drinking Session More Dale Carnegie Graduates For Clinton and District Clinton; William Campbell and John Henderson, both of Seaforth. BELOW are: William Norman, RR 3 Clinton; Harold Blackstone, Goderich; Ed Bauer, Wingham; Ken Thompson, Londesboro; Milton Dietz, RR 3 Seaforth and Howard White, Goderich. (News-Record Photos) Clinton ewsPo .eeprd flOme Paper With the ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ,IVNg 2D, 1962,,Pcio?$It9, GODERICH — Ronald James Petrie, 17, committed suicide on his parents' farm after an aft- ernoon of beer drinking and an argument with his 16-year-old girl friend, a coroner's jury ruled here Tuesday. A. string of 10 witnesses, many of them teen-agers, told of events leading up to the discovery of Ronald's body in the machine shed of his par- ents' Ashfield Township farm. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Petrie, RR 1, Dungannon. The jury found the cause of death to be a ruptured heart, caused by a .22 calibre bullet. Evidence indicated Ronald had intended to lake his girl friend, Janet Riseborough, a grade nine student at Goderich District Collegiate to a drive-in .theatre but changed his mind. A short time later his body, was found. Mrs. Norman Petrie, Ronald's Brussels car dealer, George McCutcheon, has again been named to carry the Progressive Conservative banner in the rid- ing of Huron-Bruce in the next Provincial election. He was named at a nominat- ing rally held in Wingham, Thursday, defeating two other candidates on the first ballot. McCutcheon, former warden of Huron County, was defeated in a by-election in the riding by Liberal, Murray Gaunt, in a PC upset. His defeated candidates at Wingham included Grey Town- ship farmer, Chester Emmet ton and Turnberry Township clerk, John Fischer. Three nominees withdrew be- fore the election. They were Huron Township farmer, Lloyd Ackert; former Wingham may- or, R., E. McKinney and Luck- now reeve, George Joynt., More than 200 spectators and 305 voting delegates crowded the Wingham town hall for the meeting. MaeNaughton 'tints Speaking at the meeting, Hon, C. S. MacNaughtoh, min- ister of highways, indicated an October election in Ontario, ' Said that the _Roberts gay- eminent would Still be in pow- er ""after the Oetober eleetioxi", sister-in-law, said there was "some pushing and shoving" be- tween Janet and Ronald over the disagreement. She said Douglas Brown, a 15-year-old farm helper, broke up the quar- rel. She said Ronald and others had been drinking on the after- noon of May 19 and that she had seldom seen him drinking. Lloyd Wolff said after the two were through firing at tar- get practicing with clothes pins there was .22 calibre ammuni- tion left over which Ronald took. After a trip to Port Albert for cigarettes, Wolff said there was an argument between Jan- et and Ronald in the car. He quoted Ronald as saying he wasn't going to take Janet to the drive-in. Then, he said, they went into the house where there was an- other argument. Ronald went out to the shed and when visit- It was the first time that a member of the government has hinted when the provincial elec- tion might be held, although it has generally been agreed it would take place this year, He did not elaborate on his passing reference and no men- tion WaS Made of an election date by Public Works Minister, Ray Connell, who as guest sneaker outlined the Work of the Roberts administration and his department in particular. ed about five minutes later was pacing up and down. "He told me," Wolff said, "to go out and wait in the car and he would be out in a few min- utes." Brown found Ronald's body two to five minutes later. No one had heard a shot. Dr. J. L. Penistan, Stratford pathologist testified there were .76 parts of alcohol in Ronald's blood, indicating four or five pints of beer or drinks of liqu- or had been consumed. "It might not affect his ap- pearance to other people but he would not be strictly sober," Dr. Penistan said. In his address to the jury, Dr. N. C. Jackson, Huron County coroner said: "We have evidence that there was drinking going on that day and that Ronald Petrie had been using firearms earlier in the day. We have evidence he had a quarrel with his girl friend. We have evidence that this boy threatened on several occasions to commit suicide if his girl friend ever stopped go- ing with him. And we have no evidence of any serious quarrel between Petrie and anyone else who could possibly have been at the scene of the shooting . ." He told the jury "the most important thing" was that Ron- ald's shirt had not been pierced by a bullet. "Even if his shirt had been unbuttoned, it is highly likely that his shirt would have been pierced somewhere by a bullet if he hrd been Shot by some- c re But it would be nat- WM Paint Exterior Of Public School This Summer At their regular meeting, Thursday, the Clinton Public School board decided to call for tenders to paint the exterior of the building, The work will be done this summer when the children are on vacation. It was reported that 70 chil- dren have registered to com- mence kindergarten for the fall term. This is about the same number in the kindergarten class this year also. Principal J. A, Gray report- ed enrolment at the school at the end of May was 503, ural for someone shoOting him- self to remove his shirt from the way." Jury members were Cecil Blake, foreman, Ross Shields, Norman O'Connor, Carman Hayden, Chester Hackett, of Ashfield Township. Miss Eleanor Yeo, Toronto, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yeo. Mr. and Mrs. J. Murray, Dun- dalk, and Mr. and Mrs. A. Clifford, Weston, were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. J, Yeo. Mr. Ted McCullough, Beams- \dile, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Frank McCul- lough. Mrs. Harry Cudmore, Mrs. D. E. Gliddon, Mrs. Edward Grigg and Mrs. Frank McCul- lough were part of the group of members and friends of Huronic Rebekah Lodge, that travelled by bus to London to appear on the TV panel show, "Take Your Choice." ' The Messengers of Holmes- ville United Church held their June meeting in the form of a picnic at the junior school grounds with Mrs. Kenneth Trewartha and Mrs. Gerry Ginn in charge. A number of relay games were enjoyed and the seniors had a game of baseball, with Linda McClinchey as umpire. A short business period was conducted al, the Sunday School with Nancy Ginn as secretary, Randy Blake distributed the World Friends. A lovely lunch was served by Mrs. Trewartha and Mrs. Ginn. The next meeting will be in September. UCW Meeting The United Church Women of Holrnesville United Church met in the Sunday School room on Jane 11 with Mrs. Elmer Pot- ter and her group in charge of the program. Mrs. Potter gave the call to worship, followed by the sing- ing, of a hymn and prayer. The scripture lesson was read by Mrs. Jack Yeo and the Bible study on the parables of the "Lost Sheep and the. Lost Coin" was taken by Mrs. Elmer Pot- ter, assisted by Mrs. Kenneth Harris, Mrs. Orville Blake, Mrs. Les Jervis and Mrs. Reg, Miller, Mrs. Elmer Potter read a poem 'Tiles A Sheep." With Mrs. William Yeo at the piano, Mrs. Les Jervis and MrS, Reg. Miller sang "The Ninety And Nine"; Mrs, Ken Harris read a story, telling of the circtnnstanceS leading to the writing of, the, hymn, 'The Ninety and Nine," MrS, jelni -quest for permission to teach religious education in the school next term. The original reopeat for re- ligious education was presented by hoard member, Frank Burns, rerpesentative of the St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Sep- arate School, at last month's meeting. The Clinton Ministerial As- sociation was then notified of the request and asked fpr their feelings on the matter. .A letter read at Wednesday's Meeting from Rev. D. J. Lane, Pair Remanded Without Plea On Theft Charge George Peterson and Robert Simpson, both of Vancouver, were remanded in custody for one week without plea, when they appeared in Goderich court before Magistrate Glenn Hays, Q.C., Friday. The pair have been charged with breaking and entering the Farmers Dell custard stand in Brucefield last Wednesday morning with intent to commit an indictable offence. They were apprehended in Orangeville. In other cases in Goderich court: William Thomas Wayne Johnston, Albert Street, Clin- ton, was fined $5.00 and costs, or two days, for failing to pro- duce a licence to drive when requested in East Wawanosh Township on May 4. A charge of careless driving in Stanley Township on May 7 was dismissed against . Mrs. Roberta Nelson .Kupa, Sarnia. Huller read a story entitled "The Lost Sheep." The business was conducted by the president, Mrs. Jack Yeo. The minutes of the May meeting were read by Mrs. Frank McCullough and Mrs. Carman Tebbutt gave the treasurer's report. Mrs. Lloyd Bond reported for the steward- ship meeting and Mrs. Reg. Mil- mleritireeeported for the social com- Mrs, C. G. Park read parts from a letter received, telling of the use the money received from the sale of used stamps had been put to. Mrs. Orville Blake read an article on the "Church's place Mrs. Eldon Yeo read an article on community work with the Indians near Regina and Mrs. Les Jervis read an article on our Indian neighbors. The meeting closed with a hyemr npoatnider.prayer by Mrs. El- mer Potter. for the day were Mrs. Bert Finlay, Mrs. John Grigg, Mrs. Ray Potter and Mrs. Harold Yeo. Fete Teacher Miss Helen Potter, a bride- to-be of August, was honored last Monday night by the teachers of Riverside School, Oakridge Acres, London, when they gathered to present her with a miscellaneous shower. Mrs. Clutten, at whose home Miss Potter has stayed while teaching in London, also enter- tained at a miscellaneous dshaoywneirghfotr Miss Potter on Fri- The bride-elect's mother and sister, Mrs. Elmer Potter and Miss Cathie Potter attended the latter shower. 0 VARNA A good softball game was played here on Monday evening between Loridesboro and Varna with Londesboro winning. The annual Stephenson re- union will be held on Sunday, June 30 at the Lions Park, Sea-pfoitartlh. with -supper at 5 p.m. Mr.• Lloyd Keys is at, present a patient in Clinton Public Hos- A decoratiOn service, will be held, at Baird's Cemetery on Sunday, June 23 at 2.30 With RmeoVr.rtHao.n ZionhnSahatoign eah, d Rev. M. ed in conducting religious clas- ses for, one period during the week, This proposal was subse- quently discussed in a meeting of the study and welfare com- mittee and chairman, ,Ervine Tebbutt, reported back to the board that his committee thought it' well advised to shelve the. matter for at least a year. ' He cited the problems entail- ed in setting up a time-table for the 1,250 students expected next year and noted including religious instruction would only increase the already difficult task of getting the school into operation. The board approved the com- mittee's recommendation and advised L, R. Maloney, business administrator, to advise the Clinton Ministerial Association and Father S. E. McGuire of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, of their decision. Hire Teacher The board also approved the hiring of another teacher, Ed- ward Roberts, 32, who is pre- sently on the staff at Goderich Collegiate Institute. He has six years' experience and was named as intermediate head of the history department for CHSS. Named as department heads were the following, who will receive an additional $900 for their extra work: Ian Fraser, English; Brock Olde, science; William MacArthur, commerc- ial; Richard Harland, technical. Intermediate depart- ment heads, who receive an ad- ditional $600 are: William Ned- iger, mathematics; Ross Mid- dleton, geography; Robert Hun- ter, guidance; Robert Smith, foreign languages. Ken Clynick and Mrs. Beryl Harper were named as subject Denomme ,all graduates of the first course which was held in Clinton during the winter of 1959-60. Graduate assistants helping with the course were Bill Huff, Goderich; Jack Klinkhamer, Dublin and Tony Sanregret, London. Bill Payne, London, was assistant instructor. Graduates were Edward "Ed" Bauer, Wingham, a salesman with the Ontario Auto Associa- tion; Harold Blacksone, a Goderich merchant; Milton J. "Milt" Dietz, RR 3, Seaforth, who operates a farming and re- tail feed business; Thomas J. Feeney, Clinton, technician with the Bell Telephone Com- pany. John E. Henderson, Sea- forth afrmer; Bill Nor- man, RR 3, Clinton, plant man- ager with Carnation Co. Ltd.; J. 13. "John" Russell, credit manager with W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co. Ltd., Goderich; Ken L. Thompson, RR 1, Londesboro, salesman with K- Vet Laboratories Ltd., Galt; Mrs. Donna Wettlaufer, Clin- ton, listed as household execu- tive; Harold Wettlaufer, opera- tor of his own feed mill in Clinton; W. G. "Bill" Campbell, Sea- forth, salesman with Investors Syndicate; Howard W. "Kip" White, Goderich, service man- ager with Dominion Road Ma- chinery Co. Ltd. at Goderich. Weather Forces UCW Group To 'Picnic' Inside Unit four of the UCW of Ontario Street United Church held their regular meeting ,on Thursday, June 13 in the church with unit three as their guests, and with a good attend- ance. This meeting was scheduled to be held at Mrs. Lloyd Bat- kin's cottage at Bayfield but owing to weather conditions, plans had to be changed. • Mrs. Carman McPherson, unit leader, opened the meet- ing and a hymn was sung. Unit three ladies had charge of the Worship service. Mrs. Art Colson led the devotions, assisted by Mrs, Willard Aiken and Mrs. Alvin Cox, The two unit leaders, Mrs. C. McPherson and Mrs. R, Hunter then conducted separ- ate business meetings. Members were reminded that this, was the last meeting -Until September. Mrs. Wilfred Parker and her group took charge of the rec- reational period., when the lad- let enjoyed playing shuffle- board and square dancing. Mrs. Deatride Taylor conven- ed the km& co-ordinators for boys' and girls' physical education and re- ceive $300, Resignations from two mem- bers of the present staff were "accepted with regret" by the board. The two are Mrs. S, E, Hart and A Murray, In other business, the board: Named L. R, Maloney, busi- ness administrator, as school attendance officer, He will be responsible for the compulsory school attendance in, respect of all children of compulsory school age, Paid accounts amounting to $6,547.21. Received a letter of thanks from the 50 adult and 30 teen- age members of the Clinton badminton club for the use of the gymnasium during the past season. • Read a letter of thanks from Richard Harland, technical director, for sending him to the recent conference in Orillia, He termed it "well worthwhile and useful" and noted that the di- versified training courses being planned for CHSS next year This morning John Anstett and staff at Anstett Jewellers Limited, are officially, greeting all customers and showing off their newly-renovated jewellery store. The open house con- tinues for nine days, until next Saturday, June 29. During the next nine days all persons visiting the Store will receive draw coupon on over $300.00 in prizes. The prizes were donated to the An- stett firm by wholesalers and suppliers., At 5 p.m, on June 29, A. "Red" Garon, president of Clin- ton and DiStrict Chamber of Commerce will make the. draws:- Modern Store The store is now perhaps the most modern in the area. A complete renovation has been done under general contractor Don C. Colquhoun. The store was partially re- modelled in 1946 (see.' cut on this page), and further mod- ernized in 1953. The building is owned by 'Frank B. Penne- baker. • The moc1,6nLfrent is glass and aluminutn•qdbing with neo- prene setting, a 30 inch glass door in full length. A steel beam was installed over the new front and new concrete base at sideWalk level. The maroon panels under the win- dows are enamel finish wall porcelain. A canopy (vas built over the front, in. which several spot- lights were installed to light the two display windows. New electrical wiring in the entire building was installed by Fink Plumbing, Heating and Elec- "is at least equal to the best". Were invited to attend the opening of the new Westmin- ster School in London on Fri- day, June 21. Learned that due to the en- ormous amount of work he will have this summer, Principal D. 3. Cochrane will be unable to attend the annual Headmasters' Conference in Hamilton. Were presented with a beauti- ful electric clock on behalf of the students' council by Peter Thompson. Learned that enrolment had dropped 'another six students during the past month, bring- ing the total to 737, The prin- cipal stated enrolment had dropped 49 since the opening of school in September. Were told that results of the final examinations would be published on June 27. Appointed Miss Nancy Pep- per, 19, Seaforth, as a steno- grapher for the principal's of- fice. A graduate of Seaforth high school, Miss Pepper also holds an executive-secretarial diploma from Wells Business Academy, London. trical Services Limited, of Clin- ton. Fink's also installed the new gas-fired furnace and warm-air heating system. A gas fired incinerator was also installed by Fink's in the base- ment. The entire store has been painted and redecorated and a new floor laid in the main store, This was laid in herring- (Continued on Page 10) 1946 Store Front During the recent mod- ernization of Anstett Jew- ellers Limited, the above "cut" was found at the store. It is believed this is what the front looked like prior to a temporary remodelling in 1946. Huron-Bruce PC's Pick McCutcheon, MacNaughton Hints October Election ‘‘. Under the guidance of effer- vescent Jim Auger, 12 Clinton and area people talked and demonstrated their way through the famous Dale Carnegie course this spring, to a success- ful conclusion last Thursday night. Following the graduation program held in the council chambers, a buffet' lunch was enjoyed by the graduates and instructors at the Elm Haven Motor. Hotel. The 14-week course was sponsored by the Kinsmen Club of Clinton under a committee all composed of Gordon Grigg, Frank Cook and Clarence NEWS OF NOLMESVILLE Correspondent — MRS. F, McCULLOUGH Last Wednesday night, the secretary of the Association, re- board at CHSS deferred a re- PArted the group was interest- Public Speakers Receive Diplomas As Dale Caniegie Course CorIcludes equest to Teach Religious Education. eferred for Time By Board of ( SS Beginning Today nstett Jewellers Ltd. oiding Open House Clinton's Most Recent Modern Store Front Anstett Jewellers Limited are holding a nine- day official opening and open house, beginning to- day, to "show off" their remodelled and modernized jewellery store at 11 Albert Street.' The new glass with aluminum sash windows, and full-length glass panel door offer a full view of the entire store from the street The show windows are flood- lighted by spotlights in the canopy, and also by full lighted panels over each window. An official invita- tion is published on page 11 of this issue, (Photo by Roy elyni6k)