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Clinton News-Record, 1963-11-07, Page 1tito -.(tashes .Proye . Costly, .ut Drivers Escape injuries New Officer Pays Inform al Visit Air Vice Marshal C. H. Greenway, OBE, CD, accompanied by F/O Jim Lawlor, Guard Commander, inspects the color' party on an informal visit to RCAF Clinton, Monday. He was given a tour of the three "schools" at the local station by G/C. Greenaway and other senior officers and then enjoyed a dinner later in the evening. (RCAF Photo) Turn Down 39 Assessment Appeals, Warden Predicts Sewers for 'Culprit' Youths elect Teen Town Council Linda Murphyi seated; right, was elected mayor of Clinton Teen Town at the group's dance on Priday evening, Seated beside her is Brian Lavisi who wag hatted to the Oa of reeve: The councillors and other elected offielalS standing the left are: Margaret Jean Addisdny Mars Oliddori, Pat Reynolds, Keith Ashtoni Steve Cobke, Barry Elliott, Jilt Livermore, treasurers and Susan, Stnith, seeretary, (Nev)6,RecOrd PhOto) Abe .strot. C.01.1111Cng,-;;; 4.11500NO. freM the snow flurries of ja$t weekend, the weather in, the area meet be . getting back to normal—when anything can happen—and ueu,. .ally does However, the fine autumn apparently threw some things. hadly ..off schedule as' Mr. and 'Mrs, Herb Steffen, IP.. Erie Street, report an Easter lily is in, full bloom et their home , , Last week, we ere joyed some large, juicy straw- berries brotight into us by John Mulholland, Huron Street „ And that's not the only strange thing in the district either, There were no babies born at Clinton Public Hospital in the past week! WE'VE NEVER really been able to convince -too many folks that newspaper people, especially in the weekly busi- ness, had to toil through long, hard hours at their profession, often at. the very risk of their own health „ However, we are certainly getting more: backing for our argument late- ,ly, although it is not really the type of backing we would -wish to secure . . In fact, we hope it has not been through their work for this paper that no less than three of Our faithful correspondents are laid up in one way or another ., . The first to fall victim to ill health was Mrs. Robert Stirling,. who covers the "beat" out in Gode- rich Township South. After a lengthy session in hospital, we are happy to hear reports that Mrs;. Stirling is regaining her strength, and we certainly trust she may be able to assume her much appreciated duties. for us once again. Although Clinton police had little ,rouble on Hallowe'en, doe to thq fact area youths behaved thernSelves comparatively, well, the Iecal three-man force was kept ',extra busy investigating accidents over the past week, and 4111-nage has been estimated at over $2,500 in several mis- haps. Shortly after midnighi, on Hallowe'en night, two crashes were investigated, with one ve- hicle being involved in them both, Harold Lloyd Jantzi, RR 2, Hayfield, had left his pickup Air' Vice Marshal Tours Area Station Ming Informal Visit On Monday THE NEW ERA-97th YEAR THE HURON .RECORO ,81st- YEAR No. 4$—The Home: Paper With The News ONTARM, THURSDAY., NOVEMBER 7, 1903 $4.00 Per Year—I0 Cents Per Copy--12 Pogo At their meeting, Monday, Stanley Township council set Friday, November 29 as the date for the annual nomination meeting and if an election is necessary, will be staged on Monday, December 9. Clerk Mel Graham will be returning Officer and the Sites of the various polls and the deputy returning officers at each are as follows: Poll one, SS 1 Stanley, Law- rence Falconer; two,- SS 10, John Aikenhead; three, SS 14, Nelson Hood; four, Varna hall, Norman Smith; fiVe, SS 5, William Armstrong; six, SS 4 West, Leonard Talbot; seven, Louis Denomine residence, Phil- ip Durand; eight Bayfield hall, Mrs, Jessie Blair. ON THURSDAY of last week, one of our most energetic contributors, Mrs. Carl Diehl, better known as Lucy in her home town of Hayfield, inform- ed us she would be spending a few days in. Victoria Hospi- tal, London, to have her ail- ments checked over „ . How- ever, exemplifying the type of person she is, Lucy., wrote us a few articles before leaving and has left her chores in. the cap- able hands of Mrs. R. H. F. Gairdner . . It never ceases to amaze us to, see the quantity and quality oi Lucy's weekly budget despite her handicap (Continued ,on .page 12), , Stanley Twp. Sets Give Lower Assess Youth Wounded Near Bayfield On Hallowe'en Jatob E. DeRuyter, RR 1, Hayfield, a member of a group of nine youths, was treated in Clinton Public Hospital on Thursday for a bullet wound in his leg. Police report the youths were involved in Hallowe'en pranks on the property of Klaas Amsinga, RR, 2 Gode- rich, when the shooting oc- curred at about 7:00 p,m. on Thursday. DeRuyter was treated by Dr. L. P. Walden, Clinton. Police report the .22 calibre bullet passed through the bone in the youth's leg. Ontario Provincial Police at Goderich reported on Wed- nesday that charges would be laid against all concerned in the incident, They report Amsinga fired the bullet which struck the youth, and that the youths had damaged his property to a certain extent. Police in. .the area report it was the only serious Hallow- e'en incident, as the rain on Thursday apparently damp- ened the activities of youths. ' The Weather 190 1962 High Lbw High LoW Oct. 31. 51 42 44 32 Nov, 1 45 37 45 34 2 41 31 30 28 3 46 32 42 34 4 55 88 44 36 47 42 40 30 6 53 45 41 22 Rain, .66" Rhin: 1/5" ShoWt 8" The $1,500,000 vocational ad- dition at Central Huron Secon- dary School, a project that has demanded a vast amount of time and effort by school of- ficials in the' Clinton, Seaforth, Goderich and Exeter areas, will. be officially opened on Friday night. Guest speaker at the event will be A. H. McKague, B.A., assistant superintendent of sec- ondary school education with the department of education. Dues to the limited seating facilities at the 'school, and the fact that four areas are involv- ed, attendance at the opening will be by invitation only. Business administrator, L. R. Maloney, reported this week perty is practically impossible, "This will be attested to by property owners who have at- tempted to sell," the report went on to state. The delegation also pointed out that the chief factor con. tributing to the beach condi- tions is the supply of nutrients from the Goderich sewage flow into Lake Huron, which be= cause of natural cerrents, is car- ried toward. Bluewater fleach,4 "This means that the problem is not one which will disappear in 1964, but which will continue and even increase until the sewage source is eradicated or corrected by means of a proper (Continued on Page Seven) Robert Hunter, bead of the vocational guidance department at CHSS announced this week that the annual commencement would be staged on Friday, No- vember 29. Dr. George Goth, minter of Metropolitan United Church, London, will be the guest speak- er. Dr. Goth has done consider- able travelling and is one of the most popular speakers in London. Graduation and intermediate certificates will be presented at that time, as well as awards to the scholarship winners of last term. Long Holiday 'This weekend, the students at CHSS will enjoy a four-day rest from the classrooms, The annual teachers' conven- tion is being staged in Elmira on Friday and on Monday the students and staff will have a holiday to mark Remembrance Day. mander N. H, Jeffries, Squad- ron Leaders P. D. Ross, J. A. Galbraith, J. E, Palmer, E. A, H, Bacon and Flight Lieutenant S. R. Peck, Executive Assistant to the AOC, 0 Announce Date And Speaker For Commencement , Although their property values have "fallen away dras- tically", 39 cottage owners at Bluewater Beach lost in their -fight to have their assessments appealed at the annual sitting of the court of revision in Gode- rich Township, Monday. However, 15 men who showed lip at the meeting to plead their case and present the facts of their plight to the council, were told that letters would be writ- ten to. the Ontario Water Re- sources Commission and the Town of Goderich, requesting that action be taken on the situation. "I do feel it won't be too ing before something is done," commented reeve. Walter Forb- es, who added he felt sorry for Goderich Youth Fined Heavily . Over Fatal Crash In one of the lengthiest court sessions held in Huron County for some time — concluded on Monday — 18-year-old Gerrie Glenn, RR 2, Goderich, was fin- ed $250' and costs of $80 and had his driver's permit suspend- ed for one year on a charge of dangerous driving. Glenn was the driver of the car which carried a young Blyth girl, Dianne Annette Sie- ling, to her death when it ram- med into a bridge south of Londesboro early in the sum- mer. Some 80 pages of technical evidence were given by engin- eers, who calculated the speed of the Glenn car at between 73 and 95 miles per hour. They were able to estimate the speed due to the fact the (Continued on page 12) Nomination Date, ment To Three The deputy returning officers Choose their own poll clerks. At court of revision, which was held prior to the meeting, council allowed three appeals, making changes of $100 for two residents and a Out of $150 for a third. Victor ttue and Mrs, F, L. Potter, who own land along the lake, were decreased by $100 and Louis Den:mune, Zurich, received. a $15O tut due to the fact a building had been torn down on his property. in other business, Council.; Paid the Zurich Agricultural Society $28 for prizes for the Seven Members from Stanley ToWnShip in the 4-H club Which competed at the Zurich fair this year, Each entrant received $4.00. Received a petition from 'loc- us Faber, Kippen, to clean out the'Cooper' Municipal drain and accepted seine, appointing the filen of C. P. Corbett, Lucan, to draw up estimateS for the Werk. Authorized the Clerk to draw UP the necessary bylaW for the planned construction of the Swan Municipal hi Vice Marshall C. H. GreAvay, 013E, CD, Air Of- ficer3 Commanding Training Comt4and, Winnipeg, made a familiarization visit to RCAF Clint ti on Tuesday, A/V/111 Greenway was ac- comppied by seven Staff Of- ficeree from his command, At 9:30 4':m. he inspected a Guard of HOrour under the command of Flking Officer "Jim" Law- ler, The Cominand party then vis- ited the three schools resident at Station Clinton. Squadron Leader F. E, "Bette" Bell, OC School of Food 'Services conducted the group 'around her school. Squa- dron Leader D. A. Dolan, CD, OC School of Instructional Technique briefed the visitors on the role of the Air Forces famous Instructors School. After luncheon, Wing Com- mander B. R. Refuse, CD, OC R a da r and Communications School welcomed the visitors and conducted them through the many phases of training at the big radar school. In the evening, Clinton and Command Staff Officers join- ed in .a "Dining-In" night at the,"etficers Mess. group Captain K. R. Green- e-Way, CD, Commanding Offic- er, RCAF Station Clinton acted as Conducting Officer for the station 'tour. Accompanying AIV/M Green- way were Group Captain R. E. Porter, AFC, CD, Wing Corn- that close to 800 invitations had been mailed out. The proceedings will get und- erway at 6:30 p.m, when the CHSS board and the Advisory Vocational Committee will host the "honoured" guests at a buf- fet dinner at the Elm Haven Motor Hotel, Clinton. • From there the officials will leave for the school and the 8:30 p.m. ceremonies. Those taking part in the op- ening will be Rev. S. E. Mc- Guire, St. Joseph's Roman Cath- olic Church, Clinton; John La.vis, board chairman; R. Del Philp, Blyth, AVC chairman; Edward Dearing, Seaforth, vice- chairman; Rev. J. C. Boyne, Exeter. truck parked on King Street, on the east side, when it was struck by a 1,953 Plymouth driv- en by William Thomas Boom- er, RCAF Clinton. About 10 minutes later, when the accident was being in- vestigated, Samuel W. Glidden, Clinton, ran into the Boomer car. Police report it was raining quite heavily at the time and visibility was poor due to the heavy mist. Boomer was taken to RCAF Clinton hospital for treatment to facial cuts and bruises. His 1953 Plymouth sustanied about $400 damage, while the Jantzi and Gliddon vehicles were damaged in an amount of between $300 and $350 each, Three More Cars On Saturday night, about 10:15 p.m., three cars were in- volved in an accident at the main intersection. Police report that James Douglas Bell, 18, RR 1, Blyth, and Ryan Sanford McKenzie, RCAF Clinton, were both stop- ped on Ontario Street, waiting for the lights to change so they could proceed across the inter- section. A third west-bound vehicle, driven by Allen Ross Lightfoot. 23, RR 5, Clinton, smashed into the rear of the Bell vehicle and spun it around on the road, its rear end smashing into the rear of the McKenzie vehicle. Lightfoot's 1957 Chev. kept on the inside of the other two cars and ended up some 250 to 300 feet away, around the cor- ner in front of the Clinton Cab office on the corners of Isaac and King Streets. His car was a complete wreck and police estimate dam- age at, about $800 to it. Bell's 1963 Comet sustained $600 in damages and the 1938 Chev be- ing driven by the 20-year-old airman suffered about $100 in damages. • No charges have been laid as yet. The third accident inveStigat- ed was of a minor nature, tak- ing place at the corner of Rat- tenbury and Albert Streets, shortly before 5:00 p,m. on Sat- urday in heavy traffic. Maitland Edgar, CHSS teach- er, was proceeding south on Al- bert when his car was struck by one being driven across Rat- Area Firemen Answer Call To Goderich Blaze Firemen from RCAF Clinton and the Clinton volunteer bri- gade aided those from Goderich and Seaforth in fighting a stub- born blaze in Goderich early Monday morning that caused up to $75,000 damage before it was brought under control. Destroyed in the blaze was a three-storey storage building owned by Sifto Salt Company and two buildings owned by Upper Lakes Shipping Ltd., a half demolished six-storey flour mill and a smaller grain mill Loss in the latter two was negligible as they were to be razed anyway. Most serious aspect of the windswept blaze was the threatened destruction, which was the main reason why the area brigades were called in for assistance. The fire threatened to engulf two large grain elevator coin- plexeS and to spread to a resi- dential area where residents used garden hose and formed bucket brigades to dampen down roofs which were being covered with sparks. Winds gusting to 40 miles per hour carried the blaze directly towards nearby buildings and at the height of the blaze, flam- es from this building leaped higher than nearby grain ele- vators and the reflection in the sky could be seen for up to 30 The fire waS discovered short- ly after 10t00 p.m, and the Goderich brigade was called. They appeared to have it under control when a wind blew tee and Wafted flames toward the adjacent buildings. At 1:00 a.m. couribillor Bob I-lays declared ' an emergency and asked for help from the area firemen. They reeneiried on the scene until about 6:00 a.m. and were praised for their efforts by Trays. T-te said some "risked their lives' atop the grain ele, VaterS. tenbarY by Ruth Singer; Wood- stock. Damage totalled only $64, Charge Driver As a result of investigation of a crash that took place on Sun-. day, October 26, two charges have been laid against Jerry Becker, 18, Kitchener. He has been charged with (Continued on page 7) Receives BA Ruth Merrill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mer- rill, RR 1, Clinton, received her Bachelor of Arts degree at the fall convocation at. the University of Western Ontario, Friday. Miss Mer- rill is presently teaching grade six in an Etobicoke public school, 0 Blyth District Change Tolial Almost three years of plan- ning and extensive work by the commissioners and linemen of the Blyth Telephone Sys- tem were culminated on Sun- day, when the system was quietly changed over to dial. The decision to change to dial was made at the annual meeting of the System in 1960. Since that time, 'many lines in Blyth and rural areas have been changed and rebuilt, New telephones have been installed in the homes and offices. of all the 775 subscribers. A new brick building was erected at the rear of the pres- ent building to house the dial equipment, but it is planned to still occupy the old building for office and storage facilities. The numbers on the Blyth System will carry the prefix numbers of 523. A new fire system will be in effect with the change and the new number is 523-4211. Separate fire phones have been installed in the homes of five firemen, and the calls will ring simutaneously in each. The ' first person to answer any of the five will take down the details and the' siren will be sounded by a special switch on, the telephone and the fire- men answering the call will stay on the line until the fire- men arrive at the fire hall and he relays the message to them by ,means of the receiving tele- (Continued on Page 12) Pollution Expert Here Tuesday To Meet Council the cottage owners and the con- dition of their beach. "But that's (the problem) be- yond us," he explained. Most of the 39 appeals re- ceived from the beach area were written on a mimeograph- ed sheet, listing five reasons for their contention that the assessment should be lowered. President of the Bluewater Beach. Association, Ellwood Lemon, Ingersoll, acted as spokesman for the group, after council determined that prac- tically all the appeals were identical. The appeals noted that dur- ing the past several years there has been an increasing amount of algae growth which has made swimming on the main area highly' undesirable. "This condition reached such a point during 1963," the report stated, "that for most of the summer no swimming took place in that beach area." As well, the accumulation of algae creates a "most offensive odour" not only on the beach, but throughout the cottage area if the wind is in a westerly direction. Not Healthy From' a health standpoint, tests of the water taken at the beach area revealed excessive quantities of Coliform 'organ- isms and E Coll, indicating the presence of sewage which is recognized as emanating from the Town of Goderich raw sewage disposal into the lake, the appeal form stated. The residents noted that be- Cause of those conditions, pro- perty values have fallen away drastically and the sale of pro- OPEN HOUSE NEXT WEEK CHSS Opening Friday Night J. F. Gould, chief inspector of the air pollution control branch, Ontario department of health, hag confirmed he will be in Clinton en Tuesday to investigate complaints of soot and smoke from Sherlock-Man- ning Piano CO. Ltd. The cOmplaints have come Irom residents in the area of the piano factory. Mr. Gould Will tour the plant. on Tuesday and will then meet with council and other interest- ed parties on Tuesday evening. Mr. D, M, Pegg, president of the Clinton firm, has indic- ated in a letter to the Nevvs, Record that they have been studying the situation for Sorne time and will be prepared to Meet With council'. Whenever Meeting IS arranged. Mr. Pegg was on a trip to Western Canada when the last complaint Was received by town council from a delegation of 16 residents. The regular November meet• ing of council will be held on. Monday, November 11, Greetings will be presented by Kenneth McRae, CHSS board member and former AVC chairman; Elston Cardiff, Hur- on MP; Hon, C. S, MacNaugh- ton, Huron MPP; Walter Forb- es, Huron County warden; Clinton Mayor W. J. Miller; J. H. Kinkead, Goderich, repre- senting the Ontario Trustees' and Ratepayers' Association; Lt. Col. L. G. Vickers, 21 Field Regiment, RCA; Harland Steele of Page and Steele architects; Lavern Asmussen, general con- tractor. Several presentations will al- so be made and will be accepted by D. John Cochrane, CHSS principal. 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