Clinton News-Record, 1969-05-22, Page 1'And it came
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"So the people shouted when the
and it came to pass, when the
trumpet, and the people shouted
fell down flat..." — Joshua, Vi,
The first
column
Workers this week .started to
builda base for the CFB Clinton
radar antenna which will stand
between Victoria and King
Streets just south of the main
corners.
A centennial gift presented to
the town in 1967, the antenna
has been adopted for use as a
symbol for Clinton as "The
Home of Radar in Canada" and.
will be erected at the centre of
town later this year.
The armed forces are building
the base ' now, to avoid
interfering with highway.
reconstruction work due to start
at the corner in the near future.
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The annual inspection of 339
Central Huron Secondary School
Cadet Corps took place at the
school in Clinton yesterday
afternoon and was followed by a
reception at the Elm llaven
Motel. The News -Record hopes
to publish pictures and an
account of the event next week.
The annual Clinton Lions
Carnival, formerly an outdoor
event, will be held in the
Community Centre next
Thursday evening.
Before the start of bingo,
children's games and
entertainment, there will be a
"mutt parade," led by the CFB
Clinton band, • from the post
office to the arena at '7:30 p.m.
Prizes will be awarded to
youngsters and their pet dogs,
but no specific classes have been
established for the competition.
With a request that her
subscription be renewed, we
received a brief note recently
from Mrs. B. Lovett of St.
Catharines. Mrs. Lovett, an
octogenarian, came from near
Auburn and about 40 year ago
she and her late husband ran a
grocery store down the street
from The News -Record.
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A teenage "Up With people"
Sing -Out troupe, from CFI)
Trenton, perform at the Clinton
Canadian Forces Base Saturday
evening at 7:30 o'clock.
Admission to the show in the
recreation centre is free and the
public is invited:
Wilfred J, E, Parker, son of
Mr. and Mrs, Wilfred Parker of
44 Mill St., Clinton, will receive
a bachelor of law (LLB.) degree
at the end of this month when
the Faculty of Law at the
University of Western Ontario
.holcls 203rd Convocation,
The law student is graduating on
the deans' honour list,
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priests blew with the trumpets:
people heard the sound of the
with a great shout, that the wall
20. Clinton's volunteer firemen
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toppled a fire -weakened wall at the Clinton Feed Mill Monday
afternoon and did it not with, moppets or great shouts, but with N,
pike poles and pushing. The: firefighters returned to the mill late
Sunday night and again The,
afternoon to wet down the
linton
104th YEAR — NO. 21
smoldering remains. Worried about the precarious condition of
the west wail, the firemen first knocked concrete blocks singly off
the top but finally decided the lower part was still too unsteady.
It took only three men pushing from inside to start the wall .
shaking and finally send it crashing down. Rubble hit a fence and
garage next door, but both had been damaged already by snow
sliding off the mill roof last winter.
— Staff Photos
ews-Record
CLINTON, ONTARIO — THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1969 PRiCE PER COPY 15c
Wood -bending press and other heavy machinery was unloaded in Clinton late Tuesday afternoon by
Fabian Furniture Manufacturing Co., the Milton company which is soon to start operations in the
former Canada Packers plant on Highway 4 adjacent to the railroad tracks. interior renovation has
begun and the company hopes to have the rest of its machinery installed and in use within weeks.
More than 100 tour hospital
More than 100 persons
toured Clinton Public Hospital
last Wednesday during the Board
of Governors' annual open house
held in observance of National
Hospital Day.
0. L. Engelstad, hospital
administrator, said that while
there were no special attractions
this year, the guests did see a
number of improvements made
in the past year and were shown
equipment donated recently by
the women's auxiliary,
The auxiliary's Florence
Nightingale Tea, a major part of
last year's open house, was not
held this year because National
Hospital Day followed so soon
after the auxiliary's crafts and
hobby exhibition. .
But Lhe women did serve tea
in the hospital dining room.
Arangements were made by Mrs.
Orval Warner, auxiliary social .
Convenor, assisted by Mrs. 1;. W,
Ryan, Mrs. H. K. Paterson and
Mrs. I. G. Wright.
Guests were received at the
door by Mrs. Frank Fingland, a
member of the hospital board;
Mrs. R. U. MacLean, auxiliary
president and Miss Kathleen
Elliott, director of nurses at the
hospi tal.
The tea and cookies were
provided by the hospital's food
service staff under the direction
of Mrs. Bert Johnston, dietitian.
Mrs. George Walker of Hensall,
on the hospital nursing staff,
won a chair in an
auxiliary -sponsored raffle run by
Mrs. F. G. Storey,
Several hurt in local auto crashes
A baker's dozen of auto
accidents have been investigated
by Ontario Provincial Police and
town police in the last two
weeks.
The most recent serious crash
occurred on Tuesday evening
when an auto driven by Gordon
Smith, .1$, of RR 3, Clinton,
overturned west of Highway 4
on the third concession road
north of Clinton in Hullett
Township.
The OPP. Goderich
detachment reported that Smith
suffered a broken nose and
injuries to his right leg. An
unidentified male passenger
sustained bruises, The ear was
said to be badly damaged.
A London youth, Larry D.
Campbells 20, broke his right
foot and was admitted 10
Clinton Public Hospital early
Sunday after his car overturned
on Highway 4, one mile sonar of
the Canadian Forces base, His
auto was demolished, •hut a mate
passenger was uninjured.
The driver and one of two
passengers were thrown from a
ear which raninied a utility pole
on Huron Street near North
Street early May 10.
The driver, Larry O Lee, 21,
55 Osborne St., Clinton,
sustained cuts on his right arm
and hip. A passenger, Judy
Brown, 22, of the same address,
cut her left arm, A second rider,
Robert Schultz of the same
address had a cub chin. The three
were treated at Clinton Hospital.
Damage to the car was extensive
and police said the pole damage
was about $250. ,
Richard Ostrom of RR 1,
Varna, cut his left hand, arm and
knee on the afternoon of May
15 when the motorcycle he was
riding collided with an auto at
Mary and Xing Streets in
Clinton. The car driver was
Harold Adams of 146 Isaac St.,
Clinton,
Glenda Bowers of 21 Elgin
Ave., Goderich, was injured
Monday afternoon in a two -car
collision at Isaac and Mary
Streets.
Town pollee said the injured
woman. was a passenger in a car
owned by Doug Bowers of
Goderich and driven by Sharon
Little of tond'on, The other ear
was driven by Robert J,
Humeniek of Waterloo. The
llumenick Car's front end was
demolished and the Little Car
also sustained front end damage,
Cars driven by Budd W.
I3oyes of 38 Princess SL, Clinton
and Douwe Wilts of RR 1,
Auburn, sustained minor damage
in a collision on Ontario Street
at Albert Street last Saturday
evening. No one was hurt.
The following accidents were
also reported by the OPP in
Goderich:
On Sunday, May 11 on the
first sideroad • in Colborne
Township west of County Road
25, Kenneth W, Wilson, RR 2,
Clinton was involved in a
Single -car accident resulting in
$1,000 damage to his vehicle.
Oh Sunday, May 11 on Hwy,
21 south of Bayfield, Kenneth
George Dunn, Goderich and
William R. Talbot, Sr,, 272 Hill
Terrace, Bayfield, were involved
in a two -car accident resulting in
an approximate total damage of
$400. to the vehicle$.
On Monday, May 12, on
County Road 31 south of
County Road 13, Gerharda
Broeze, Varna was involved in a
single -car accident resulting iri
$1,500 damage to the vehicle
she Was driving. Gerharda Broeze
received injuries:
On Saturday, May 17 on
Hwy. 21 south of Bayfield,
Alvin Emrrsoli Wigle, RR 3,
Cottani was involved in a
Please turn to page 1.1
Minister gets
Perth charge
The Rev. Grant L. Mills,
minister of Ontario Street
United Church in Clinton for 12
years, leaves June 30 for his new
c h age, Thainesview-Fullarton
United Church, six miles south
of Kitchell. No successor has
been named. •
Thamesview-Fullarton. is a
'newly organized pastorate
resulting from the year-old
realignment of several charges in
the area and the closing of five
churches.
Mr. Mills, past president of
the London Conference of the
United Church of Canada and a
former chairman of the Huron
Presbytery, serves on the
London Conference executive
and is a member of the vacancies
committee of the General
Council in 'Toronto. He served
for seven years as secretary of
the' London Conference's
settlement committee.
REV. G. L. MILLS
A native of Mossley,.
southeast of London, Ont., he
attended Ingersoll Collegiate and
Woodstock Collegiate, received
an honors degree in physics from
the University of Western
Ontario and went on to the
College of ' Education in
Toronto.
He taught high school in
Kenmore, in the Ottawa Valley,
for four years before studying
theology at Queen's College.
After his ordination, he spent
seven years in Saskatchewan and
then returned to western
Ontario. He spent four years in
Dutton and five hi Dresden and
then took the post in Clinton,
his fifth pastorate.
Though he won't be retiring
for several years more, Mr: Mills
has said he would like to spend
those years in a smaller church
and his decision to leave Clinton
will make way for a younger
Man to Work with the more than
400 families in Ontario Street
Church.
Mr. Mills and his wife, Vera,
have two children. Their son,
Don, is finishing his residency in
hospital pharmacy at
Westminster Hospital in London.
and returns to the University of
Western Ontario to seek a
tasters' degree hi pharinacotogy
neat fall, Their daughter, Joan,
graduated frorri Western last
year,, and lives in London,
Nurses .residence leased
for school headquarters;
CHSS plans dropped
Huron County Board of
Education will not locate its
offices and board room at
Central Huron Secondary School
after all. The offices will be in
the former nurses residence in
Clinton.
John D. Cochrane, director of
education for the county made
the announcement Wednesday.
Mr. Cochrane said the board
reached its decision during a
closed session Tuesday night.
Reasons for the switch were
given as excessive costs of
remodelling at C1 -ISS and the
Cubs tour
A visit last week to the plant
which prints the News -Record
was part of the Clinton Lions
Wolf Cubs' program to learn
more about the community in
which they live,
Members of the Group
Committee and the "skipper,"
Lt. Crndr. Wilf Maundcote-
Carter, accompanied the cubs on
a tour of the production
facilities of Signal -Star
Publishing Co. Ltd. in Goderich.
J. Howard Aitken, general
manager of The News -Record,
met the visitors and explained
the role of weekly newspapers in
Spreading the news of local
events and people and fostering
the sense of community and its
democratic workings. Some of
the cubs with fathers in retail
business pointed out the value of
these journals in acquainting
local people with goods and
services available in this vicinity.
uncertainty of future space
requirements of the board and
the school.
The nurses residence will be
leased for a two year term at
$2,500 per year with the board
to make its own renovations.
Original offer from the hospital
board for the quarters, made
earlier this year, was a rental of
$9,000 with an additional
$1,000 for air conditioning, if
required. The hospital board
would have undertaken
remodelling.
While tenders for the work at
CHSS had been received, neither
the names of bidders nor the
amount of the tenders were
revealed by the board.
Work of renovating at CHSS
had been carried out in part with
the relocation of a laboratory at
a cost of about $3;b00.
The new county assessment
building in Goderich had been
rejected as a possible site for the
board's offices because rental
fees were thought to be too
high.
News -Record plan
Others noted that events of the
scouts and cubs as well as
churches and other organizations
can be announced and reported
in local newspapers, but not
generally in those covering a
wider area.
The cubs saw the whole series
of operations involved in putting
together a modern newspaper
and showed special interest in
the electronic typesetting
machinery. The boys were
fascinated as John Buchanan,
shop foreman, restarted the
three -unit web offset press for
them and delivered into the
waiting hands copies of one
section of The News -Record
"Mt off the press" the day
before it was available in the
normal Way.
Neat in the cubs' program
will be a visit to Clinton's
volunteer tire department whose
role has been demonstrated all
too impressively in recent days.
On May 31, the cubs and
their parents will enjoy a picnic
together and the parents will test
the cubs in the work they have
been doing to earn green and
blue stars. This event, a new one
for the Clinton cubs, will bring
all parents actively into the
scouting activities and, since
each parent will test ail cubs in
one aspect of the prescribed
work, will insure that a
consistent standard is applied in
granting the coveted stars. It also
marks the end of the formal
pack meetings.
It is expected that the wolf
cubs of required age will "go
up" to the scout troop to
conclude the picnic and through
the summer the cubs will work
on earning badges with the help
of parents who have
volunteered,
John Buchanan, shop foreman at Signal -Star 'publishing Co.. Ltd, in Goderich shows Clinton Lions
wolf Cubs 'hove the modern web offset press prints copies of The Nevvs,Reoord. Cubs toured the
'prodtt tion plant last week, — Photo by Lt. Crndr, W Maundcute•Carter,