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Clinton News-Record, 1965-12-02, Page 13THE HURON RECORD — 82nd Year • Discussing. CNR Passenger Service Clinton and area 'persons- were briefed on - a recommendation by a team of Canadian. ' National. Railway., officials -4last....-Thursdayrevaling, that-. passenger"-' Service from: Ociderich to- Stratford be terminated. Shown here at -the meeting in CHSS auditorium are, left to right, Pat Noonan, .Clinton councillor; Keith Hunt; London, manager. of all CNR services in Southwestern Ontario; Reg. Newcombe, London, area manager, CN passenger sales, and Robert McKin- 'ley, Zurich, recently elected member of parliament for Huron, who was an observer at the meeting. (News-Record Photo) Goderich To Stratford In Spring of 1966 Favour. Central School stees„ tanley Reev.es Returned iect ith cillor and deputy reeve and, thus was more than ordinary com- petition for 'Talbot in the township. Voters were reasonably def- inite in their choices for school hoard. Jack Taylor, Brucefield with 500 votes and- Bruce Keyes, Varna, 486, were return- ed as trustees. Trailing were Gordon Erb, RR 2, Zurich, 291 and James Cleave, RR 3, Bayfield, 272. Erb and Cleave were being promoted by the Save our Sbh- ,oal committee from the Bay-. field- edge • of the townshili- They favoured an addition to the • Bayfield two-room school and a smaller structure at Brucefield. Taylor and Keyes have been members of one of the trustee boards that had decided upon a 16 room (plus) central school , near Brucefield to serve the (Continued on Page Seven) Guests at Kinsmen Civic and Press Night The' Kinsmen Club of Clinton had municipal, service club, press and air force people as guests ai their annual civil and press dinner. Shown here are, front, left to right, Robert McKinley, MP HMCo, guest speaker,,, and Andy Peters. on, Kin president; standing, ir/L .Jerry Smith, mayor of Adastral Park, RCAF Station; Reeve Duff Thompson, president of Clinton Lions, and Bill tileming of the Kinsmen Club. (News,Recorti Photo Waiting Their Turn To See Santa Claus This photo shows part of the large crowd waiting to go through the town council chambers, Saturday, to see Santa and get their bag of candy, It took an hour and, a half for all to see Santa Claus. Yes, There is,A 5anta C k Brenda Butler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Butler, Huron Street, was one of the luckier little girls at the Santa Claus parade Saturday. 1,100 Sags of Candy Given Out Service plub members had to assist Santa Cla.uS giVe out over 1,100 candy treats in the hall. Parents accompanied the smaller children through, the line- ups. (News-Redpra Photos) .011101M•11M•11•=1/1 1...01.11•114, Tbe jfirt COltithi1= THE NEW ERA 98th Year No. 49 — The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1965 CNR Proposes Cutting Local Passenger Service After December' 15 Calf 524-8576 will produce ambulance service in Blyth, Clinton, Auburn and Goclenich areas. Ralph Hawes, Goderich will operate two vehicles out of Goclerieh on a temporary basis, meanwhile attempting to obtain county subsidy to support the service. According to John Berry, county clerk, the letter to county council will be disctiSsed on December 22 by the health Committee and recommenda- tions will be Made to Council session in January. Berry said he had not received application for subsidy from Mr, Hawes, In November the Bonthron funeral home in Ifentall ceased Operation and tails have, been transferred to Zurich where Heith Westlake operates two cars. Exeter has depended on Old- of-town Service since 1961, Last to Cease Operation there wag L, At, HarVey who claimed at that time a $8,000 annual , subsidy would be needed tO maintain: the service, Douglas Hail, at Ball alit Mulch reports a decline in rev- (By W. D. D,) Very often this gets written after every other job at the News-Record Is completed , . . sort of "the first shall be last . . and so ,at 1;30 p.m. on Wednesday it's rather Surpris- ing to see the First Column written at the top of the page and some time available for putting clown the words . Billy Brown Fund $40000 From Amerkans Billy Brown, three years old and convalescing in the Hono- lulu • Queen's Hospital in Ha- waii, has become something of a celebrity on the island, and has received the attention of cameramen and' photographers on both the Advertisers and the Star Bulletin — daily papers in Honolulu. Clippings dated November 29, which Billy's grandmother,'Mrs. Florence Wood, Clinton, has re- ceived via the British Consu- late in' • Honolulu, bring word that he continues to improve. Doctors were puzzled by • his illness which. turned out not to be pneumonia. offer all. Tom-. peratures `ranged' up to 104°. The i-Billy -bx!ai ii `:frail' •Which began on the • island under the care of R. T, Landale the Brit- ish Consul, had at that time reached $4,000 including $608,88 given by submarine sailors at Pearl Harbour. The submarin- ers gave generously because of the hospitality they -have re- ceived over the years when in New Zealand'. It was their way of repaying their kindness. - Billy's mother, the former Jane Wood, Clinton, had to leave him in Honolulu while she went on with three other children. to New Zealand to join his father. He has been in hospital since November 18. The British consulate feels that there is enough money to pay the mounting medical bins, and Billy's plane fare to New Zealand. He was expected to be' well enough to travel by last weekend. What the newspapers re- ferred to as the "Aloha Spirit” began to rally within a couple of claya after Billy's arrival in hospital; and. people continued to send along toys, gifts, and offers for help. 'Several persons including the consul and his wife, offered to take Billy into their 'home during his conval- (Continued on Page Seven) senger service on the route to London was stopped. The line via Stratford to Toronto has continued. Keith Hunt, manager of all CN services; Southwestern On- tario, replied that work would be reduced, and this could mean fewer men, and possibly the station would be closed ,in 1966 or 1967. However, Mr. Hunt also said, "We're not pulling up steel (lifting rails) nor closing out stations or agents." CNR officials had called the meeting here in Clinton, as one of a series. of three information a enues and the 'difficulty of get- ting payment for calls as, being the main -reason for ceasing. Beattie funeral home has op- erated with three men skilled to go out with the ambulance. One of them is on call at all hours of the day, They too, have had trouble with, collect- ions. "It's not so bad here in the country whore•weltnow most of the people," Mr. 33a11 said, "but across Ontario it is esti:Mated that Only ten percent of high- way ateident Calk eta ever paid for." M. Hawes expects to extend his SerVice and establish ambu- lances in Wingham, Marion: and Exeter: He Said, "Each centre should be able to cover a 20- mile radius :and ail vehicles coda then be merged if neeeS- sary," Harry Hoffatart at DashWood expects to Continue WS antlitt- Iante serviee. Ile operates two radio-equipped Car* With an- other available, They are kept in a heated garage, and hydro beatS the cots in the ambulance (NM:tinned on Page Seven) meetings to report to people the proposal CN had come out with following exploratory meetings held in the area in September, Jack Docharty, branch manager, passenger sales and services, for the dist- rict, was chairman of the event. Hunt said their recommenda- tions would -go before the Board of Transport Commis- sioners for decision', Reg, NeWcombe, area man- ager, passenger sales .arid ser- vices, Said plans were to close the Goderich-Stratford - line; the Kincardine-Listowel, South- ampton-Palmerston, Owen S o u n d-Palmerston, Listowel- Stratford and Clinton to Code- rich runs. He molted that an average of three persons go as passengers daily to each of the three start- ing points: Goclerich, Kineard. in% Southampton( and Owen Sound. He said that when Six passengers leave out of Gode- rich, the train arrives in Strat- ford with ten to 12 passengers. He reported that a $6 ex- pense in 1962 brought in one dollar of revenue. In 1964, it required $8 expense to bring .(Continued on Page 12) 15 Businessmen Interviewed By Consultants Fifteen Clhiton businessmen took advantage of the two-day free counselling serViee offered by the Ontario Departnierit of EcOntindOS and Development at Elm Haven Motor' Hotel on Thursday and l'Iriday. The program,. "Aid for Bus- incise was promoted locally by Clinton and 1:)iStri4 Cihainber of Continerce throtighlqidweSt-. ern Ontario DeV4opment Atsed- tatioft A series of programs WO held in Western Ontario 'by the Ontario Development Agency of the Department of ECoriondes and DeVeloprtent, 'The 15 local interviews were about twoAliirds setkice and re, (Oontinned 'on Page 12) SANTA CLAUS PARADE WAS HUGE SUCCESS C lin ton Retail Merchants Committee, the town, and the service clubs put on another terrific Santa Clans Parade last Saturday afternoon. Nearly 1,100 youngsters made their way through the town council chambers and met Santa and received their bag of candy. This treat is provided by a $35 donation from the Legion, Lions, Kinsmen and Fish and Game Club. This year the candy was bagged at the Fish and Game hall. Santa arrived on a float drawn by Jahn Jeffeoy's steam engine from Goderich. The re- tail merchants made the rein- deer and cutter float. Levis Contracting Co. made a big Contribution to the parade ,by transporting the Jeffery steam engine from Goderieh to Clin- ton. and back again, Grocer Harold Swan was overall chairman of the mer- Chants parade committee. Practically all entries in the, parade were home-made, ex- cept for the animal and clown costumes which were rented. Headed by the Legion Pipe • (Continued on, page 7) "Is this the beginning of the end?" asked Gordon Grigg last week at a meeting in CHSS auditorium about pro- posed plans for stopping some of the service being offered in this area- by the Canadian National Railway. "Will it re- move personnel, or close the station?" Mr. Grigg was voicing a question phrased for the bene- fit of the people of the area, Who at present enjoy passenger service on only one - of two CNR lines which meet in Clin- ton, and, go on to Goderich as one line. Some years ago pas- We believe feW towns can boast any 'prettier decor than Clinton . •. take a walk south down Vinegar hill along Albert Street to the spot where five fine streets meet (corner of Highways 4 and 8) where the serene and dowager Past Office building. .works out its days in service to the nation ... where two of our banking in- stitutions sit firmly established on 'opposite, sides of the corner , Where vehicles bearing farm '.• produce, , livestock and marinfaCtured goods trundle by clay aid night . . And do the trip on a crisp moOnlight winter. evening . . . ,be Caught feeling a certain amount of pride . in your town end the country in which you live . '• -* We're proud of soniething else in Clinton these days which most of us take for granted — and that is the silent constant effidiency of the hospital staff . . . they go about bringing comfort to the troubled, gentle hands to ease pain and cheerful spirits' to aid the discouraged . . This is something we all take lightly, but is sincerely appreciated . •. In the last few clays we've made many visits' to the hos- pital and continue to be im- pressed by the atmosphere of, friendship and dependable good cheer which exists.— even in the corridors and waiting room . . * * A trio of clowns in the Santa Claus Parade on Saturday were enjoyed mightily by all . , Gord Dalgliesh (above) is a skilled comic in greasepaint and the other two (Ted McCullough and Barry McLaren) joined in the :fun merrily enough . . A parade is a parade --- Inn ti parade wish clowns is just a little bit better . * * Can't help but be a little proud of public buildings going up in the area „ Clinton Post Office Is just about rearlY to open. (by January .1#cslmeSville and Clinton Pane Schools each have ad,- itions BrUCeifield and Lon, leshoro will have anew prilinarY ch'bols „ Clinton is thinking tit a now arena. , Planet . The Weather xligh LOW High LOW 1965 ' 1964 Dec: 1 34 26 24 3 2 38 28 25 20 3 39 30 20 18 4 31' 29 25 19 5 37 V 21 14 0 37 24 20 5 7 31 14 23 10 Rain: .40" Snow: 2" Six more Huron County am- bulances are going out of ser- vice, as of next Wednesday, December 15, Ball and ,Match, and Beattie, here in Clinton, Tasker tit Blyth, Stiles and Lodge at Goderich and the Arthur Pun- oral Horne at Auburn have an- nounced, their decision to with- draw this service. A letter was sent to county council adVising of the decision, and an announcement adver- tisetnent was placed in the weekly papers of the area, in the issues of December 2, 9 and 16. After December 15, a tele- phone call to Gods- rich 524-85'76 $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages Elections in three townships and the village of Bayfield took place on Saturday and Monday as ratepayers were given the opportunity to select the choice of the majority, for councils and school boards. it was a departure from the custom in Tuckersmith, Stanley and Bayfield, where public schools provided the most controversy, and school board elections were held where in the past at times it has been difficult to find persons willing to serve, Stanley Township Ernest Talbot, RR 3 Kippen was re-elected reeve of Stanley Township on Monday, but by a slim majority of 8 over his op- ponent, Alvin Rau, Rara'''Zim: MIL Vote count was Talbot 433; Rau 425. Reeve Talbot who has been in municipal service for ' ten years is planning to contest the warden's chair in Huron Coun- ty. Mr. Rau is a former coun- l ew ,i P, cKiney N Speaker t Kin Dinner Robert McKinley, Zurich, newly elected member of parli- ament fOr Huron, was giiest speaker at the Kinsmen. Club of Clinton press and civic din- ner meeting in Hotel Clinton dining -room Tuesday evening. The MP pledged his support if-district officials. were going to protest to the board of tran- sport commissioners over the CNR's proposed recommendat- ion to stop passenger service on the Gorderieh-Stratford He suggested that local munici- pal. officials take their own sur- vey .ianc1 see where passengers come from and whether they would be willing to drive to a train. He inquired about a delega- tion to Ottawa about the RC- Alz stations in his riding. -"We should have some say in whether these two installationa stay in Huron", he said. He cited the services and' employ- ment at the Stations. "A dde ' gation would let the population here know what the future is," he concluded. In congratulating the Clinton Kin on their activities, Mr. Mc- Kinley revealed that he was a 13-year perfect attendance (Continued on Page Seven)