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Clinton News-Record, 1969-02-27, Page 1Chin HE' NEW ERA t 104th YEAR,. The first column An Qntario Housing orporat1on representative from oronto .has already visited to Tipton to check several sites commended by the Town ouncil as possible locations for he planned senior citizens' partments. The Huron County Board of duration is still investigating he suggested use of Central iuron Secondary School in linton as a site for its dm i n istrative headquarters. ost estimates for renovation are xpeeted at Monday night's oard meeting in Goderich, * * As noted in this column veral weeks ago, the flags ying at the cenotaph in the brary park were badly tattered d torn this winter, The Town ouncil has had the flags wered and plans to replace hem when weather improves. * * The Clinton Town Council his month approved payment of 12,395 to Lavis Contracting ompany for work done last fall t , the Community Centre to orrect drainage problems. The ontracting company's bill does ot include an expected ngineering fee of several housand dollars. * * * Miss Dominion of Canada was olding a bouquet of flowers hen Col. E. W. Ryan, CFB Linton commander, greeted her nd was photographed at linton's winter carnival two eeks ago. The photo caption aid he was presenting the ouquet when, in fact, the ouquet was given to Nancy ilson by Janie Symons, aughter of Mayor Don Symons. * * * Mrs. H. F. Berry, our orrespondent in Brucefield, was ospitalized in London recently or minor surgery, but is ported recuperating quickly nd is expected home this eekend. * * * Representatives of the ntario Dept. of Tourism and formation visited Central uron Secondary School last eek to present a programme on e tourist industry in the idwestern Ontario evelopment Association ODA) Region, The stop was one of a series the area and was intended to ress the value of tourism to the mmunity and , the province d to encourage hospitality to isitors. * * * Names and addresses of yers are not required on new, mplified purchase order slips ut into use by Brewers Retail ere and across the province, lint stomers at the Clinton store is week have been hard to onvince and many sign their aures somewhere on the forms nyway. * * * The Ontario Farm Account ook analysis service is nearing ompletion for this year, This service, set up by the ntario Department of griculture and Food in ooperation with the Economics epartment of the University of ttelph, provides a management analysis report to the farmer, enabling him to take a better look at his business and also show him where weaknesses are and what he may do to Correct them. The Huron County office has summarized 60 books, and it is expected all will be completed by the end ot this week. If anyone still requires his Farm Account Book summarized, he is advised to take it to the Department of Agriculture office, Clinton, as soon as possible. 1969 1968 1II LtdI lir LOW 87 0 13 6 82 4 22 5 88 0 20 1 87 6 9 2 84 24 24 7 8530 24 S" 1 34 8 21 8 Snow V Snow 4 0 CLINTQN, ONTARIO — THURSPAY,, FEBRUARY Record TH:E > URQN R.i"CQR.P, _— $$th. YEAR -.COKES: 12c Furniture manufacturer negotiates for plant site in • town Canadian' _forces may increase number trained at Center .base Huron MP Robert McKinley disclosed last week that aeronautical and armament. officer training, conducted at CFB Clinton since the base at Centralia closed in 1966, will move to CFB Borden this summer, but may be replaced by training groups from other bases. Mr. McKinely was i11 and unable to attend the Clinton Industrial committee's dinner last Friday evening, but sent a letter which was read by Jack Hunt, committee secretary. In the letter, Mr. McKinley said the Dept. of National Defence has advised that there are no plans to deactivate the Clinton base in the immediate future. Col. E. W. Ryan, CFB Clinton base commander, said Saturday that the shift of armament officer and aeronautical engineering officer training programs will leave the communication officer program at Clinton. Colonel Ryan said the move will involve about 20 instructors who will go to Borden. Both programs involve about 60 officer trainees a year, he said, and they also will go to Borden. Colonel Ryan said the bulk of aircraft trades training for non -officers is conducted at CFB • Borden and the switch of the officer training program was a "matter of putting officer training there, too." The bulk of personnel training at Clinton is for non -officers — primarily privates — in electronics and radar. At least 1,700 men a year are MacNaugh tofl if -base here In, a talk at last week's Clinton Industrial Committee dinner, Charles S. MacNaughton of Exeter, provincial treasurer and minister of economics, urged that the federal government play a bigger role In redeveloping deactivated military bases. He promised that if the Canadian Forces Base at Clinton were to close like the one at Centralia did in 1966, the government "would again address itself to a solution," but hopes that a harmonious arrangement with the federal government could be arranged "the next time" because the province "can't go on investing in deactivated air bases." If the deactivation is initiated at the federal level, Mr. MacNaughton said, then "I graduated from the school's courses, he said. The communication officer training program which will remain here involves about 40 officer -trainee graduates a year, Colonel Ryan said, Mr. McKinley said that last year, as a result of a general reduction in the size of the armed forces, the student population at the Radar and Communications School remained at about one-third its normal level, but last month added 50 more students. The basic instructors' course at the School of Instructional Technique will increase its operations steadily in order to train about 1,000 instructors this year, Mr. McKinley wrote, With the spare accommodation available here, two separate training groups have visited Clinton to see if the facilities meet their requirements, he noted. Studies on the possibility of such expansion have been completed and are under review a t Training Command Headquarters, Winnipeg. Mr. McKinley reported that there are now 700, military personnel at CFB Clinton, with 280 civilian employees and 800 civilian dependents. Colonel Ryan was also unable to attend the meeting. He was host at a formal mess dinner for base officers and their wives, but sent a letter advising the Industrial Committee that he will assist in obtaining answers to any questions raised. promises aid does close wonder why the responsibility (for redevelopment) doesn't shift there." He complained that while the province negotiated with Crown Assets Disposal Corp. for purchase of the Centralia base, the "most valuable assets were going out the back door." All refrigerators were removed from the houses, air conditioning units were removed and theatre seats shipped to other installations, he said, While saying he would like to see a change in federal policy, he reassured town officials that the province "could no more allow Clinton to dry up than the areas to the south." He pointed out, however, that lack of hangars and other facilities left at Centralia make the Clinton base Please turn to Page 5 Corrie girl best speaker Betty Ann Brown of Gorrie, a grade eight student at Howick Central School, was awarded first prize in an Ontario speaking contest held at Clinton Public School Monday afternoon. Provincial treasurer and minister of economics, Charles S, MacNaughton of Exeter, takes his copy of Clinton's new industrial brochure, With "Home of The town of Clinton had adopted "The Home of Radar in Canada" as its official motto and intends to drop use of the former slogan, "Hunting Ground of the Hurons." With its new motto, the town's Industrial Committee has produced a new brochure which describes the community and the advantages it offers to industry. Copies of the illustrated brochure with its striking blue cover were distributed last Friday at the second annual Industrial Committee dinner attended by about 65 local businessmen. 'Phe cover of the brochure carries • a drawing of a radar antenna similar to the one presented by CFB Clinton Lo the town as a centennial gift last year. The antenna is to be used as a symbol of the town. Mayor Don Symons said the 'Town Council hopes to erect the antenna in the centre of town this year and to encourage use of the symbol and motto. One of the first places the new motto will appear ison highway signs leading into town, according to Clarence Denomme, chairman of the Industrial Committee and a member of Town Council. The I-Iuron Shopping News, published this week by Mr. MacNaughton are Mayor Don Symons, centre, and Councillor Clarence Denomme, chairman of the town Industrial Committee. Staff Photo Sn aU company outlines ideas at industrial c imm ttee dinner A Small furniture manufacturing company now located in Milton, . Ontario, is negotiating to rent or buy the former Canada Packers plant and five acres of town; -owned land on Highway 4 adjacent to the CNR tracks in Clinton. Disclosure of the still -preliminary plans came at last Friday night's Industrial Committee .dinner at the Hotel Clinton, :but Clarence Denomrne, committee chairman, stressed that nothing is final yet. Joseph Fabian of Fabian Furniture Manufacturing Ltd. said that if his company is successful in arranging financing and reaches agreement with the town, it hopes to add to the present building and begin operations with 25 employees here, Mr. Fabian saki the company produces chests of drawers and other home furnishings — mostly wooden "case goods" or items with drawers -- but is unable to compete with' large steel companies in the unionized labor market in Milton. He said the company had developed a patented wood radar in Canada"-- new motto Signal -Star Publishing Ltd., Goderich, reproduced the cover of the town's industrial brochure in black -and -white and The The "Skipper" Clinton News -Record has incorporated the slogan and symbol in its "masthead" on the editorial page starting with this is speaker 100 week's issue. Hotel Clinton is reportedly considering printing new letterheads bearing the slogan and symbol. Please turn to Page 5 Scouts and fathers attend Lions Club dinner A man who has spent practically 38 years in the Scouting movement, Lt, Cmdr. L. Wilfred Maundcote-Carter, presently stationed at CFB Clinton, was guest speaker at the annual Cub and Scout Father and Son banquet of Clinton Lions Club in Clinton Legion Hall, Tuesday evening. "The Skipper," as he is known in both military and Scouting, is Cubmaster of Clinton Lions Pack. In his illustrated talk on "What About The Boy,"• the speaker emphasized what Scouting at the various levels — Cubs, Scouts and Rovers — does for a boy, "Scouting all leads up to the boy's self -measurement," said The Skipper. Self -realization, self- development and self-discipline all come from doing for himself. This all leads up to the boy's in county contest here In second -place was Ernest McMillan, 200 Widder Street, Goderich, a grade six student at iiihners'bf public speak rig contest ale Froin left Eeriest ter right, Darlene Gouites of fill 6, tAtibgharii, Photo third; 'Betty Anti roviln 'bf dett e, first, and McMillan of dederith, setbnd, LL staff Robertson Memorial School. In third place was Darlene Coultes of RR 5, Wingham, a sixth -grader at East Wawanosh Central School (Belgrave). Judges for the contest in which 17 schools participated were Maj. George toumatoff, Protestant padre at CFB Clinton; Janes Coulter, assistant director of education for Huron County and Gordon Smith, a member of the counselling staff at Central Huron Secondary School, Clinton. The event was run by J. H. Rinkead of Goderich, retired area superintendent tor the Ontario Dept. of Education. Miss Brown will either go on to a regional competition or directly to provincial competitions in Toronto, according to Mr. Kinkead, Among the contestants were: Susan Hanna, Orey Central School; Genevieve Kinahan, Winghan Separate School; Alma Beard, Wingham Public School; Sylvia Stewart, Osborne Central School: Carl LeBlanc, St. Mary's Separate School, Goderich; Sharon Whitely, Colborne Central School; Connie Cook, Myth Public School; Susan Morley, Victor Lauriston School, Goderich; .Anne Dalton, St. Joseph's Separate School, Clinteri; Dorene Cardiff, brussels Public School; DCbble Johnston, Mullett Central School; Francis Vanbrutien, St. Colutnban Separate School; Heather Hawthorne, Victoria School, Goderich; Joanne Thompson, Brookside Public School and Jilt Riddell or Gnderith Township School., Y•Iolmetvilie, sense of values, said the speaker. Although changes have taken place in Scouting, the basic principles of Scouting have not changed since Lord Baden-Powell began the Scout movement in 1908 in England. Lieutenant Commander Maundcote-Carter joined the Scouting movement in 1931 and was a Cub, Scout and Sea Scout until 1939. He then became the youngest Rescue Party Leader in the London, England, Civil Defence and served through the first bombing blitz in World War II. He joined the Royal Navy in 1941, serving in the North Please turn to Page 5 lamination and bending process and prototype machinery which enables it to turn out both components and finished pieces on an assembly line system with a minimum of skilled labor. Mr. Fabian said he is proud of the company's product which "every manufacturer in Ontario should be using and will be," He predicted a market expansion into the United States and abroad. "Clinton is the best area we saw in months of searching," Mr, Fabian said, " .and we have not looked elsewhere since we started to negotiate here. We want to come to Clinton as soon as possible after settling matters in Milton." He said the present idea is to use 10,000 square feet of floor space on the first floor of the existing building and to build a 10,000 -square foot addition toward the railroad, The plant would start with raw lumber and turn out finished furniture ready for sale. Mr. Fabian showed the committee samples of the patented "u -bend" furniture components his company produces. In a drawer made by this process, the two sides and back are a single unit, with the two rear corners made with a smooth bend rather than a joint. The same type of bend, in various sizes, can be used also in producing the outside or "case" of a bureau, sideboard or other furniture. Chief advantages of the bending process are its greater strength and its lower production cost. Consumer acceptance of the company's new furniture has been good, Mr. Fabian said. Mr. Fabian indicated that, it "his" plant is opened here, 'it' would employ mostly unskilled labor — both men and women — and would be paying wages in line with those at other ` manufacturers in the district, He did not say how many people work for the company now, but did say that lack of enough workers was what prompted the company to think of relocating. Farmers' Union leader speaks here after breakdown of OFU-OFA talks Huron -Perth members of the Ontario Farmers' Union, at a district meeting last week in Clinton Town Hall, heard a first-hand report on talks between the OFU and the Federation of Agriculture, talks aimed at creation of one farm organization in the province. The report, a pessimistic one, was by Ellard Powers of Beachburg, a milk producer who is first vice-president of the (:rFU and its chief negotiator. His stop here last Thursday night was his first in Huron County in two years. The government said last month that the OFA. should unite with the more militant OFU so that farmers will speak with a single voice. A government -appointed committee that studied farm income also backed the idea. Talks between the rival groups began some months ago and there were indications of progress being made until, in a statement issued February 17, just days before Mr. Powers spoke here, the farm union reported a breakdown and said the federation was unwilling to negotiate further. Mr. Powers said here that he felt a verbal agreement had been reached at a meeting February 1, but that the OFA disavowed terms of the agreement when an attempt was made to put them in writing on February 15. IIe said the OFA position was that if the OFU didn't like its ideas, the federation would press the government to pass legislation enabling farmers to vote on an OFA plan. The OFA attitude, he said, was "We don't care about you. We are going to Please turn to Page 5 Eilard Pourers, right, first vide president of the at meeting Tri Clirifon: fihii bund of ZUrfch, bntario arers Union; diksses- farm ince._ e . Huron Berth 0=1district pres,d@it, it teen n of report with tilitidtiliti Davidson Of Ortt'cefield, a left. men'iber of the special fer'ni interne to1'nniiftee, Staff Phut(:.