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Clinton News-Record, 1968-08-08, Page 1Huron County's newly appointed Home Economist, Susan Heard has scheduled a diverse summer and fall program for her students. A recent graduate of MacDonald Institute in Guelph, Miss Heard, hopes there will be good response from Clinton girls. Home economist plans extensive 4H program Three American guetts left Clinton Friday Morning after spending bie) weeks in Canada as guests of area families. The visitors Were taking. Part hi the '1968 4—H teen Caravan to Canada. Front row, left Janeli Sue Richardson, Verdun, Oklahoma; bon Walker, Farmington, Arkansas': Nancy Anne Avriett, Georgia. Back row, Nancy Ginn, RR 2 Clinton; John McKenzie, AR I bungannon; Marilyn Keyes, Rk f Varna. Staff photo THE .(NEW,ERA ni.$t YEAR No..92 The Clinton ThurSclay, Au9i.,iq 1968 THE HURON RECORD. 07th Year SiNag cows 12c: torrn A large branch fell on the home of Mr. and Mrs, Douglas Bartliff, Rattenbury Street Clinton, in Monday night's storm. staff photo The first column Fun is in store for Clinton. 911, Wednesday! August 14, when the Clinton Liens present their annual summer street carnival, Featured' during the day will be pony rides for the children, carnival games, games of skill, and bingo. Highlight of the day will be the draw • for eight gold sovereigns, to be made on the main street at 11:00 p.m. The gold sovereigns are valued at approximately $15, and can be seen on display at Anstett, Jewellers. • The do-it-yourself trend • is alive and well — More in winernaking. More than 33 percent of all the wine Canadians drink (equivalent to $60 million retail) is home brewed. You can make a drinkable ' bottle of table wine for 25 cents to 40 cents. It takes an outlay' of only $10 for equipment to get started. Ingredients for a five gallon-- batch cost about six dollars. They can be grape and other fruit concentrates, or unpressed grapes for persons who use the more traditional method. A turbo-blast blower that generates its own winds, up to 180 miles per hour, clearing a path up to 15 feet wide and depositing trash or leaves in a handy pile is on the market. Designed in the US the blower is suitable for use in parks, playgrounds, construction sites, parking lots. This man-made hurricane was designed to clean up man-Made mess in public places. Plebiscites on fluoridated water indicate more than half of all Canadians don't want it. About a third of Canadians now drink fluoridated water.-In 1967 the percentage increased to 31 percent — up from 26 percent in the previous year. Manitoba, with 62 percent of coverage, leads the rest of Canada with the chemical in the water. A. Victoria builder has big sales hopes for portable motel cabins, The Financial Post reports. They can be trucked from seaside to mountain top to serve alternate swim and ski seasons. Architect John N. Woodworth of Kelowa has designed an A-frame type chalet, easy to assemble, which' can be transported, assembled or packaged on a car or truck. The chalet, which Woodworth calls the Volkswagon of the mountains, is 24 feet wide, 30 feet long and 15 feet from ground to roof peak. The A-frame chalets sleep five, have complete hot and cold water systems, staves, showers, sinks and cost under $5,000. The money Canadians budget for food bills, has declined steadily in recent years. Twenty years ago consumers spent nearly 25 percent of their take-home pay to feed themselves and their families. Ten years ago food accounted for 21 percent. Today the figure has dropped to the point where consumers spend only 18 percent of take home pay for food. Next to the mining and construction industry, farming is the most hazardous occupation in Canada, says the National Safety, League of Canada, The League says there are More than 100,000 people from Canadian farms involved in accidents each yew?. About 30;000 of these receive permanent injuries and more than 2,200 lose their lives. WEATHER 190 1,0 HI Loll 111 LoW 1e68 1967 JUly 30 75 55 78 63 31 79 55 76 55 Aug. 1 73 51 77 46 2 75 47 80 56 3 80 52 81 61 4 84 59 72 59 5 84 60 72 43 Rain bp, to Aug, rr Rain night of Aug4 Rain 1.21." Huron County's newly appointed home economist has already prepared an extensive 4-H junior extension program for girls. Susap Heard has her summer and fall program all set for the girl's in the area. Next week she wilt start a course for girl leaders from Winghanty Clinton,,Hensall and Seaford'. "The Clinton classes Will be held August 19 'and 20," said Miss Heard. She expects More than 20 girls to'attend the leader program, where the girls, learn group organization and leaderShip, The fall Project, •called "Cottons May be Smart," will teach the girls hew to make cotton dresses by following. instrtictiona in Sewing pamphlets, Miss Heard IS very enthusiastic about her job and hopes there will be good response from the girls in the Clinton area. The new hbrne economist is also involved in a farm-home survey sponsored by the University of Waterloo. The survey is aimed at collecting data about fanners and their values, attitudes, and family structure. The survey is a follow-up to a sociologicalsimilar e project carried out in 1959. "We like to know the difference in attitudes after nine yearg," Miss Heard Said. She doesn't find ninth differenee between her hometown, Acton, and Clinton. ."The people in Clinton are cooperative, outgoing, friendly and easy to talk to'," she said. Miss Heard is a recent graduate of MadDanald Institute in Guelph, She holds a degree in Bachelor of Household Science and majored in home ecohennies, Clinton and area was• hit bard by two severe thunderstorms early this week. Heavy rains were accompanied in some areas by violent wind squalls that uprooted trees, dragged down power lines, and damaged houses and other property. Ontario Hydro reported they had worked all Tuesday night to restore power to rural areas. Some areas of the town were still without power Wednesday morning. Isolated thunderstorms developed Tuesday evening as the area was recovering from Monday night's storm, Several trees,, large branches, and wires covered Clinton streets Tuesday morning. A large tree was hit by lightning and damaged the' house of Mr, and Mrs. Doug Bartliff, r 217, Rattenbury Street. Another large tree blocked Wellington Street at the corner of Isaac. Many people had branches, leaves and wires on their lawns when they awoke Tuesday morning. Torrents of water washed gravel onto many town streets, Mullett Twp. accepts budget A 1968 budget of $273,434 was discussed and accepted by Hullett Township Council at their regular meeting held August 5 in the Londesboro Community Hall. - A financial statement to the end of June was presented at the meeting, and showed borrowings for the current year of $50,000. A report from Burns Ross Associates showed the estimates for four culverts for the township as $20,900, in place, Building Aaf the road will cost (Continued on page 5) McKinley to Ottawa Huron. Progressive Conservative incumbent 'Robert McKinley left for Ottawa Tuesday for the next session of parliament. In a statement Friday, Mr. McKinley said he would attempt to get some action on a postal strike settlement. He has sent a telegram to Prime Minister Trudeau dernanding action for a settlement. The government has to make at least a sensible offer, and the union must accept a sensible settlement, he said. He said the treasury board's offer is not sensible, Mr. McKinley would not say 'what he considered a'sensible offer, "I am not the government", he said. He said he would recommend the reconvening of parliament and government intervention, if necessary, to end the strike. Mr. McKinley said the strike is causing financial difficulty for Huron county milk producers who have not received their cheques. He said at least one County industry, Par Knit Hosiery Limited, in Clinton, has had tta lay oft staff because of delay of Orderg caused by the strike. Clinton Town Council approved the purchase of a new fire truck and renovations to the fire hall at a cost of $28,500 at a special council meeting Tuesday night. A by-law was passed at the meeting to authorize the issue of debentures in the aggregate of $28,500 to cover 'the costs of the new truck and renovations. Council must obtain approval from the Ontario Municipal Board for the issue of debentures. Clinton police reported three breakins in town last week. Attempts to enter the booth at the swimming pool and the arena were made 'early last Thursday morning. Thieves attempted to enter both buildings by breaking the locks and forcing the doors. Recreation director Doug Pump water from hospital As a rule) firemen are called to pump water on afire. But the tables were turned early Tuesday morning when the local fire brigade waa called to Clinton Public Hospital. Rather than pouring water into the hospital, they were asked to pump water — about three feet of it — out of the engine and boiler room. The water collected in the room during the torrential rains late Monday night. A spokesman for the hospital said Tuesday afternoon all motors and electrical equipment were in working order and electrical panels . which malfunctioned during the storm had been replaced. Answering service The Clinton police answering service is now in operation, Constable Lloyd WeStlake reported this week. "We are now much more accessible to the public and will be able to provide improved service to the community'', he said. • People are now able to reach police at any time. If there is no one in the office, the answering service will radio the patrol car or report to pollee When they return to the office. bine, and pieces of tin from barn roofs were scattered throughout the area. Area farmers suffered crop damage as a result of the high winds and, ,heavy rainfall. 3.56 inches of rain fell Monday night. Tuesday night's storm hit around 10 p.m. A special town council meeting was cut short when power in the town halt was' interrupted. Sections of the buSiness area were blacked out and street lights at Clinton's main intersection were not in operation, High winds once again blew branches, leaves,, and garbage bags across the streets. Several basements were flooded, and water covered complete sections of some back streets. Police reported no accidents during the blackout Tuesday night, The tender of Don Colquhoun for renovations to the fire hall in the amount of $4,800 was accepted, subject to OMB approval for the issue of debentures. Lorne Brown Motors Limited's tender of $6,085 for a Chevrolet fire truck chassis was accepted by Council,, subject to OMB approval. King-Seagrave Limited will supply the new fire truck at a cost of $16,067, pending 0MB approval. Andrews said nothing was stolen. Early Thursday morning thieves entered the booth at Brownie's Drive In. Entry was gained by forcing a lock on the south side door. A quantity of cigars, cigarettes, and confectionary goods valued at $30 were taken. A breakin at the Roman Catholic public school was reported August ,3. Thieves entered the building by smashing a window in a door on the north side. School trustees are assessing the damage. Police also reported a number of liquor seizures have been made in the past few weeks. A barn on the farm of Mrs. Fred Thompson, on the Bayfield Line was demolished during Monday night's storm. staff photo and caused a section of Rattenbury Street, at the corner of Orange, to collapse. A small tornado was reported to have hit a two mile section of the Hayfield Line, west of Clinton. William Brand, R.R. Bayfield and his neighbour Frank Thompson were hardest Mr. Brand estimated damage to his farm at $25,000. His barn 'was levelled, but Only one of the 25 calves in the barn was killed Mr. Brand said many of his fences had been ripped down. A barn and garage on the Thompson property , were completely destroyed. Monday ,night_. Mrs. Thompson used sacks for her children when their pajamas were ripped off on' a trip across the road to the home of Mr. Thompson's mother, Mrs. Fred Thompson. She received 20 stitches in her arm after being injured by flying glass from a French door. A car and truck on the Thompson Mann were also damaged. "At least the children are :safe. I guess that's the main thing," Mrs. Thompson said. The Thompsons are not covered by wind insurance,. Several large trees were uprooted along the Hayfield M Purchase of fire truck approved by council . Police report three breakins The porch on the house of Frank Thompson RR 2 Bayfield, was destroyed by high winds Monday night. A barn on the Thompson farm, was also demolished. staff photo Police link breakin with area vandalism Provincial police believe a breakin Friday night at Ilearn Wholesale Limited, east of town, is connected with a series of incidents involving terrorism and vandalism that erupted over the weekend. A spokesman at the Hearn's plant said "nothing of any value was taken", although he said a rifle was missing. Thieves gained entrance by smashing a front window, and ransacked the office, apparently looking for money. Also Friday night, provincial police reported a breakin at Butter's Hardware Store in Dublin, where a quantity of ammunition, three rifles, and a shotgun were stolen; an attack on the residence of Mr. and Mrs. the corner of this house on Rattenbury night's storm. staff photo Herbert Brown of Dublin; theft of five cars, a chest of tools, worth $2,000, beer from Seaforth liquor store and five cars. Provincial police arrested Michael Stapleton le, of Dublin, and. Thomas Krauskopf, of Stratford, formerly of Dublin, Saturday morning on a joint charge of break, enter, and theft. They appeared in magistrate's court in Stratford before a Justide of the Peace Tuesday and were remanded until' Wednesday when they appeared before a magistrate. Provincialpolice from Seaforth, Goderich, and Sebringville are continuing their investigation. Clinton PUC linemen worked from midnight Monday "01 Falling branches damaged 3:15 a.m. Wednesday morning, Street West du ringTuesday and• were back on the job at 8 a.m. after a few hours sleep. PUC manager Gus Boussey said damage from the storm will be at least $5,000, Clean up of the town will be a joint effort by the PUC and the town public , works department. alters inton area