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Clinton Council Engages Engineers
ictoria -Street. Reconstruction or
At its Meeting Monday night, Clinton Town Cokineil passed
Motion to engage Proctor and
Redfern, as consulting engin-
eers,: to survey and prepare
PrOhilnarY . plane and estimartee
,ttlo.°1K“ ria.thSe.trileeers(Htrigahewti°an of Vie- y frore
the 'town limits art the Bayfield
Titiver bridge to the- present
Poet office.
'‘This firm than been the con-
stiNing engineers on the On-
tairia and Hutson Streeii (High-
way 8) prajeot, and also on
the storm sewer project •on
Victoria Street. John AtkinsPn
has •been resident engineer on
the projects.
At a snecial meeting on
Thursday, 'September 9, council
awarded Lavis Contracting Co.
Ltd. the contract for reconst-
ruction and resurfacing of ger
tab' streets in town. The Lamle
firm w, th tenderer.
when the tenders were first
called last month. On -the ad:
vice of the Barns Ross engin,
.eering firm„ Goderich, the sole
tender was rejected and tend-
ers recalled, At last week's
meeting two tenders wore sub-
mitted,
Streets to be reconstructed
are parts of James, Gordon and .
Walker; anti, resurfacing on.
RattenbqrY, from Albert to
Grange,
Harold Lobb who recently
purchased the former Lloyd.
Holland property on the Bay,
field ji,ead, just beyond the
town limits, requested a fire
hydrant nearer his property.
The nearest hydrant le at the
corner of King and Maria
Streets, -north of the CNR
crossing op King Street,
He !is Goderich Town-ship
taxpayer, .but is hooked up to
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Clinton Lions Plan Fund-Raising Events,
Membership Drive To Begin Season
Pictured here are ,five Lions making plans
for the annual fall rummage sale 4rid auction to
be held in Lions Arena on Saturday, October 16.
They are, from the left, J. Howard Brunsdon,
chairman, arena committee;. President W. Duff
Lions hi A Serious-Mood — Discussing Fund-Raising
Over 1300 Pupils At CHSS
A Discipline roble
For ':cho
said Proctor, "but to': some
people in this immediate area,
it seems more like a detriment.
The problem is getting worse
each year and' as the school
expands. it is going to be a
problem a block and a half or
two blocks .away."
The delegation, 'enlarging on
the complaints, charged that
the students Were 'eating, sinok-
ing and drinking in their parked
cars. They said paper and other
garbage was throWn "out onto,
the streets' and private proper-
ty while the school grounds
remained neat and tidy.
Since the inference was that
the studentso- were &inking
something other than solft-
drinks, Principal IRolloert Ho-
questioned triembens of
the delegation further. Lawson_
donors who. wish to have items
picked up at their homes,
The arena will be open from
7 'to 8 p.m, next week, 'Mon-
day to Thursday for persons
wishing to place used items in
the sale. The arena also will
be 'open Saturday morning,.
September 25. A 'staff will be
on duty to help unload the
items.
-trey Cup Tickets
The other major funcl-rais-
the convenience of used article (Continued on Page Seven)
At the first Clinton Lions Club meeting of
the season on Tuesday evening, tickets were dis-
tributed On the .club's mull Grey Cup Draw,
This is one of the major fund-raising events of
the Clinton Lions, Pictured here, from 'the left
Thompson; Clayton Dixon; second viee-president
Maynard Corrie, who is chairman of the rummage,
sale committee, and E. Beecher Menies, chairman
of last year's rummage sale.
(News-Reoora Photo)
Integrated Manpower Study, Team Visits Clinton'
Left to right, Wing Commander G. A. White, RCAF; Commander R. N.
Smith, RCN; Commodore R. L. Hennessy, RCN; Warrant Officer 1 J. T.
Eadie, RCAF, President of the Sergeants' Mess Committee; Lieutenant-Col-
onel A. L. MacDonald, Canadian Army and Flight Lieutenant J. V. Ralph, RCAF.
The members of the .MiniSter of 'National' Defence's Integrated Manpower
Study Group are pictured prior to dining at the. RCAF Station Clinton ,Serg-
eants' Mess where they were hosted by S tation Clinton Senior Non-Commission-
ed Officers. ' (RCAF Photo)
(New84?ecorot Photo)
are, herb bridle, chairman of the Lions meth
bership cormnittee; Steve Taylor, co•,chairrnan
Grey Cup Drawi Mitch McAdam, chairinan, Grey
Cup draw, and president W. Duff Thompson., about
to distribute tickets to all L ors.
Two major fund - raising
events and plans for an exten-
sive membership drive were
thoroughly discussed at the first
meeting of the season of UM-
i5tt :1(tOt.
Ccititinoz:•..
(By Shirley Keller)
* * *
AS SOMEONE hastened to
the Office to Correct the life-
less PA, one sweet young thing
turned in her seat and spoke
disgustedly 'to her friend.
"We'll do well if we're out of
here by 2 o'clock"
But her disgruntled predic-
tion was swiftly nullified by
Principal Homuth who announ-
ced that he had a few things
to say before bus time art 11:45.
It was quite noticeable, to me
at least, that thiS new principal
aft CHSS did indeed have s'orrie-
thing to say . 'and he
wasn't going to mince around
for half an hour to say it.
In a voice that was quiet yet
authoritive, the former vice-
principal laid out in plain, easy
to under:Stand terms the do's
and don'ts that would govern
the • students for the coming
year. He tempered his dis-
course With a feW humorous
remarks like," I just know
every student here haS had
enough of holidays for this year
and is just waiting to get back
to his desk." *
WIWN THE Grades nine and
,ten, assembled in -the. auditeri-
um were divided off into 'two
groups for division into classes,.
I found myself with about 350
Grade ten students.
As the students' names were
read off, classes and teachers
left the auditorium for their
respective rooms. Starting with
Grade 10A and working down
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The Weather -
}-zigh Low High Low
1965 1964
Sept. 8 73 57 86 67
9 74 54 83- 88
10 74 53 86' 84
11 63 43 76 36
12 L 44 58 36
13 72 83 62 33
14 70 52 70 40
Rain; t04" Rain; .18'
Coun.ailIors Cam Proctor,
Gordon Lawson and Jim Arm-
strong formed a three-man del-
egation from Clinton Council
at last- Wednesday's regular
Meeting of cuss Board and
asked the hoard's co-operation
to find a satisfactory solution
to a trio of problems facing
council.
Mr. Proctor, spokesman for
the group, told board members
that numerous complaints from
citizens had been received by
council concerning students
from CUSS Who are parking
their cars on the boulevards
and side streets adjacent to the
school, smoking on• the side-
walk opposite the school and
walking to and from school on
the travelled portion of Prin-
cess Street.
"It is our feeling that this
Tender Approved
For New CHSS
Playing Field
The tender has been let
and engineer Burns; Ross,
Goderich has been instructed
by the ,CHSS board members
to hurry work along on the.
school playing field which will
'feature a quarter-Mile dirt
track.
It. H. Barnsley, Guelph,
submitted the lowest tender
for $14,895 which was accept-
ed, The only other bidder
Was Charles Hay, Varna, who
quoted a price of $16,575.
Work calls for cleaning end
grubbing, Stripping and re-
`placing tap 'soil,' earth exca-
vation, restorration of tile
drain, seeding, sodding, and
the placing of a track rail,
More Donations
To Cenotaph Fund
In keeping with the Clinton
and Distriet Cenotaph °Orrin-lit-
tee'S policy to print the names
of all donors to the fund, the
following list ,of contributions
is acknowledged.
Robert Steep, $5; Milt and
IVrabel Sclarieber, $10; RUstell
Neal, $5; Ken G. Flett, $2;,
Mit, Olive Bali, $10; Robert
Vodden, $1 Fred SloMan, $1;
Gordon Dalgliesh, $1.
The atnottrit of money now in
the fund stands at $1,121:64.
The cenotaph to be built in
Library Park, has been Ordered
and, vvtill be completed by Nov-
°tam- 11, 1065,
GAMES NIGHT
FRIDAY FOR
CENOTAPH. FUND
If you want to have a lot
of fun •and fellowship, and
at the same. time help fine
ante the cenotaph to be erec-
ted in Clinton Library •Park,
you should attend the games
night in the Legion Hall to-
morrow night, Friday.
The Clinton and 'District
Cenotaph Cominittee are al=
so offering two good door
prizes, as well as lunch for
the $1.00 admis'sion, The
draws take place .at MOO
p.m. sharp.
Junior Hockey
Champions
To Be feted
Clinton's 'Junior "D" hock-
ey team, Ontario champions,
will be honored at a dinner
to be 'held ,in the Clinton
Legion Hall on Friday, Sept-
ember 24.
Parents of the players as
well as other interested hodk-
ey enthusiasts are welcome.
to attend to see the presen-
tation of: jackets and hear a
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Huron Liberals
To Nominate
Thurs., Sept. 23 ,
The Liberal Nominating,
Coriventio'n is set for next ,
Thursday evening, Septem-
ber 23 in the auditorium. of
Central Huron Secondary
School in Clinton, at which
time a, candidate for the Nov-
ember 8 federal election will
be Chosen.
Speeial speaker for the
evening be.. the Hoar.
Larry fennel, MP for Brant-
Haldimanci and.. recently ap-
pointed Solicitor General in
the Pearson government. .
most effective and economical
manner.
They will be examining such
areas as training, physical stan-
dards, pay, trade structure, re-
tirement policy, fringe benefits,
recruiting, etc:
The team itself is an -example
of integration of the Canadian
Military made up 'as it is of
members of the three services.
It is chaired by Commodore R.
L. Hennessy of the Royal Can-
adian Navy. Member for the
Royal 'Canadian Navy is Com-
mander R. N. Smith; for the
Canadian Anny, Lieutenant-
Colonel A.- L. MacDonald; and
for the Royal Canadian Air.
Force, Wing Commander G. A.
White. The team is accompanied
by Flight Lieutenant J. V.
Ralph who acts as staff Officer:
The members of the group
are at Present touring training
bases., of the three services here
in Canada. Following this, they
will proceed to operational bas-
Canadian. National Railroad
officials painted a dismal pic-
ture of the future of passenger
train service through Clinton
and area when they met 'with
'Clinton councillors Jim Arm-
strong and Pat Noonan, A.
"Red" Garcat of the Clinton
and District Chamber of Com-
merce and Drnest
clerk-treasurer of SelafOrth,
laSt ThursdaY -morning in Clin-
ton.
Keith E, Hunt, manager of
CNR. in the Landon. Area, Rog.
NeWcoinbe and Jack 1'ry, both
CNR passenger Sales Managers,
Rodger Snelling, CNR analyst,
and joint Noel, CNR, pate re-
lations manager of the Great
takes Area, were :111 present
for the discussion which "centred
around MR's findings of the
passenger traffic situation in
the Clinton district.
A steady decline in Passen-
gers has been noted since 1.058
and 1930. liventhe "Red, White
and Blue fare plod instituted
in 1963 has not brought The
revenues and eXpenseS to a
Marginal & break.even paint,
CNR -officials said operating
expenses have increased princi-
pally due to Wages, while Clin-
ton representatives agreed that
one of the chief factors in the
decline of passenger 'traffic in
this district has been the 'steady
decrease - in overall personnel
at the RCAF' base.
The suggestion that more
people would Use the line if the
train left this end in the morn-
ing, was allowed to stop-over
for some hours in Toronto and
then rettirn in the evening; was
made at the Meeting. The same
suggestion had .been made at
similar meetings in Mitchell
and Goderich„
Officials pointed Out that
there could be Po guarantee of
passenger increase of any von-
nine and that such a change in
schedule Would increase oper-
ating cost,s, very canSiderably.
For the Meantime at least,
CNR, officials have stated def.
initely the status-quo will
main in effect, Itewerver, unless
revenues litipreVo, it Amy be
that railway linftig01" tet'Viee in this' area will be discontinued
in the not „too diStant ratite,
Bap-image Sale
Saturday, October 16 has.
been set as the date. for the
Lions, annual rummage sale and
'auction of used articles. The
first attempt at a rummage
sale last fall.' was a suecess-
ful fund-raising affair.
Maynard Conte is chairman
for tars .year's rummage sale.
His fUll committee and their
phone numbers appear in an
advertisement in this issue, for
in possession of a "mickey"
their car. All conneillons agreed
they had seen or heard of simi-
lar incidents.
"If the students are drink-
reported Honnith, "It is a
problerh for the police and the
parents."
"Do the police have to search
everycar?" asked Proctor.
"Do the teachers have_ to
.search every ear?". replied Ho-
muth. •
Principal • Homuth told the
board and the .councillors' that
in his opening address to situ-
dents of ..CHSS, .he had stressed
the '-fact that cars were to, be
left at home. He said he would
continue to encourage._ This
practice and noted that if cars
were driven to school, •the stu-
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Members of the Minister of
National Defence's Manpower
Study Team 'have Completed a
visit at Station Clinton A sim-
ilar team has recently complet-
ed a Manpower Study for Of-
ficers for' all three services of
the Canadian Forces. The pre-
sent • group is .working on a like
study for all other ranks of all
three services.. -,
Their purpose is to eventu-
ally, outline a career manage-
melt plan for enlisted men that
will meet - the long term needs
of the Regular Forces in the
THEY SAY that curiosity
killed the cat. Still I was curi-
ous to see how CHSS. 'teachers
would handle 1,300 Apr so stu-
dents all in one lump last Tues-
day morning at the opening of
school:
I 'arrived at the aruditorium
a little past 10:15 am. Every-
thirigwas amazingly quiet . . .
not even a hint of the bedlarn
I had ,expected. All the students
were comfortably seated in neat
rows with only a few perched
on bleacher-type accommoda-
tion on the sides.
Principal Robert Homuth en-
tered the room. "Boy I'll bet
he's nervous," I thought, re-
mem(bering this was his first
day as captain of the ship:
Again. I was surprised. Mr_
Ilomuth's face was smiling and
relaxed. Hestrolled to the mic-
rophone and began shis remarks
• to the student body. It didn't
even fluster him when it was
evident that the public address
system was not turned on and
hiS words were floating ina.uel-
`' ibly over the heads of his au-
dience.
ton Lions Club. President W.
Duff Thompson chaired the
meeting in St. Paul's Parish
Hall on Tuesday evening. Twen-
ty-three of the 37 ' members
were present.
'President Thompson outlined
1
the meeting' at which each
committee would be in charge
of. The committee, chairmen
will •co-operate with program
committee chairman Royce Ma-
caulay hie obtaining speakers
and entertainment.
a
well-known speaker. ,
- Teen Town dance be
' Following the dinner, a
'enjoyed. - ' '
school is an asset to the town," reported lie had seen four girls
es to get a viewpoint on the
product of the various service
training systems.
During their stay at Station
Clinton they were briefed on
the roles and functions of the
different schools at the Station.
They then held interviews with
various groups of Station en-
listed personnel.
. In the evening they were
hosted by the Sergeants'. 1VIess
at a 'dinner. Commodore Hen-,
neisy in his after-dinner ad- •
dress to the senior NCOs re-
viewed the purpose for which
his group had been set up. He
emphasized that .his and his
group's basic need was for first-
hand information, and he en-
couraged active discussion be-
tween the members of his group
and the 'senior NCOs present,
Following the dinner Commo.-
dore Hennessy and NS associ-
ates remained at the Sergeants'
Mess and carried on discussion
with Station Senior NCO's,
CNR Passenger Traffic
Declining From Clinton