Clinton News-Record, 1969-09-04, Page 1:Catherine Hunt of Clinton haS Oneneil The Separate ShOppe at 6 Ontario Street, between Pickett and
tainpbett's and the Kurrl-tn kestaurant and is selling a Moderately priced assortment of skirts and
blotiSes in all sizes, She has Spruced 'up the inside. of the previouSly vacant store Whose exterior is also
stated for a facelift, ;-.Staff Photo,
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104th YEAR - „Q,. ?6 CLINTON', ONTARIO ee-THURSDAY, -SP-FWE3E-R 4, 10.69 PRI CE P. COPY .15q
County officials want CFB Clinton
as community., college campus site
H. C: LAWSON
The total was 8,577 last year., - .
and is 8,789 •thiiyear, with five
new- kindergarten - classes wit ea er
included.
The breakdown shows the dead' at 65
H. C. "Tubby" Lawson, in
the real estate and insurance
,business and active in
community affairs for more than
30 years, died of cancer in
Clinton Public Hospital on
Sunday. He was 65 years old and
recently spent several weeks in
hospital in London.
He was secretary-treasurer of
the Clinton Public School Board
for more than three decades, a
post he held until the local
board's dutiei were taken. over
by the new county, board of
education last June. He was also
sectetary-treasUrer of the high
'school board for Many 'years
before a ° business
administrator was added to* the
staff.
A member also of the Clinton
Public rioepitaV,bOard: for more
thin 30 -years, he was thairmaii"
when the new 'Wing• was' added
and held the post• for fiVe years.
A World . War II veteran,
volunteered for active duty,
overseas near the Start of the War
and rose to the rank of major in
the Canadian Army. He was a
long-time member and past
president of Clinton Branch 140
of the Royal Canadian Legion
and Wae an associate member of
the CFI3 Clinton Officers Mess.
The third president of the
Clinton Lions Club, in 1938-39,
he Was one of the last living
charter inernbers and oit the
club's 30th anniversary three
years ago he was honored as the
last active charter meinber.
He was a 'Member of Ontarie
Street United Church, was a past
master and member since 1920
of Clinton Lodge A.D', and A.M.-
No-. 84 G.R.C. add 00-yzas
long-titne, member and past ,
noble grand of the International-
Order of OdelfelleWs, '
PleaSe Etta to Pitgo
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Highway , 8 is in good
condition through town,
Highway 4 south of the main
earner was rebuilt not long ago
and work at the intersection is
well underway, noted Clinton's
Mayor Donald E. Syinons
recently as he suggested that it is
time to think of reconstructing
Albert Street.
At last month's council
meeting, the mayor said the ,
present project will make thei
south end "the envy of town"
while Albert Street is "in pretty
slack shape."
"It takes awhile to get things
done," added the mayor as he
urged that the proper committee
consider starting on engineering
for the north end of Highway 4.
* * *
Discussions on the future of
the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture, its structure and the
structure of the county
federation are ' slated for the
evening's meeting of the
directors of the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture.
Elmer Hunter, president, and
Jerry Carey, fieldman for OFA,
' will be the principal speakers at
the September meeting to be
held in the board rooms of the
Dept. of Agriculture and Food
in Clinton at 8:30 p.m.
* * *
Night-time intruders tried
unsuccessfully to force their way
into the vault at the Clinton
Legion Hall late Friday or early
Saturday, then in an apparently
unrelated incident Saturday
night, thieves made off with a
case of beer from the hall,
Windows were broken to gain
entry in both cases - the third
and fourth times the Legion Hall
has been entered in the last four
months. Three weeks ago seven
cases of beer were stolen.
Police said the Friday night
visitors broke the glass in a
washroom window high off the
ground, broke an office door
and ,did.., considerable damage
inside. Plaster was chipped in a
wall around the vault and an
attempt was made to remove a
concrete block from another
wall.
Saturday night, a kitchen
window was .kicked hi and the
tap room door forced open,
police said. They suspect
juveniles in the Saturday night
theft.
* * *
The South Huron Rabbit
Breeders Association will hold a
show in the church shed at
Woodham on Saturday.
The association held its
August meeting at the home of
Louis Masnica in Crediton' and
will meet this month at the
home of Angus Murray, RR 4,
Denfield, next Tuesday.
The Brucefield Ladies ball
club, the Bombers, beat
Shakespeare three games
straight, the last one Tuesday
evening, to take the WOAA
Southern division championship.
Scores in the matches were 6.4,
8-7 and 32-11.
The gals now play Milverton
at Hensall Friday at 8 p.m. in
the first of a 4-of-7 playoff for
the southwestern Ontario
championship. The second
contest in the Series will be in
Milverton Sunday,
The Here Dr. J. W. Grant
MacEw an, lieutenant-governor
of Alberta, will officiate
tomorrow at ceremonies opening
the 94th Western Fair in
Lon don.
* *
Dr. Maetwari, prominent hi
Canadian agriculture for nearly
40 years, will deliver his address
at the annual banquet marking
the official opening and Will
subsequently be introduced to
the grandstand audience on the
Friday evening.
BY R. S. ATKEY
Enrollment in the '39 public
schools in Huron County is up
`t.3 per cent over last year,
according to opening day
registration figures reported at
the prst fall meeting of the
board of education at Central
HOron Secondary School in
Clinton Tuesday evening.
J. W. Coulter, superintendent
of schools, said that 13,468
pupils were enrolled by noon
Tuesday, compared with 13,069
on Sept. 30, 1968. Elementary
Schools went up 212, retarded
classes 13 and secondary schools
174.
There were 8,789 pupils in
the 31 elementary schools this
week, 40 students in the three
schools for the retarded and
4,639 in the five secondary
schools.
,Mr. Coulter .said that
generally there was an increase'
in the secondary' schoo,e, 'with.
the elementary schools not
keeping pace. This situation.was
anticipated, he said,
Establishment of
kindergarten classes in Brookside
(northwest), Colborne Central,
The Clinton Town Council
holds a regular meeting next
Monday evening and on the
agenda under did business there
again may be discussion of a new
Honey processing plant OW-fled
by Fred Deichert of 214 Queen
St,
Council ordered the building
removed in July, arguing that It
violates a 1963 sebdieision
agreement Intended to restrict
berEatr) Queen Street lots to
residential use, Lawyers for Mr.
Deichert maintain that the
building was erected legally
because- no land-use restrictions
were included in the deed given
Mr, Deichert when he bought
the lot,
In A letter addressed to the
town and read at, last month's
tountil Meeting Daniel Murphy
Of the Goderich law firm of
berinelly and Murphy defended
Mr, Deiehert's action And
suggested that the town's
grievance should be taken tO
following changes in schools
around Clinton. The current
enrollment figure appears first,
followed by the 1968 total in
parentheses.
Blyth, 301, (289); Brussels,
265 (275); Clinton, 490 (518);
Colborne Central, 275 (228); E.
Wawanosh, 236 (253); Exeter,
522 (496); Hensall, 266 (263);
Holmesville, 310 (311); Hullett
Central, 370 (337); Huron
Centennial, 672 (692);
Robertson, Goderich, 492 (488);
Seaforth, 244 (264); Victoria,
Goderich, 569 (570); Walton, 74
(86); Wingham, 438 (454) and
Zurich, 209 (203).
There are 264 secondary
'school teachers, 327 elementary
school teachers,..five teachers for
the. mentally retarded and fine
itinerant music teachers in the
county.
Air Marshal 'Hugh Campbell.
Public School at CFB had a
registration of 379 pupils, up 15
from the end of June,
Frank W. Andrews the
subdivider.
After hearing Mr. Murphy's
opinion, the councillors referred
the letter to E. Beecher Menzies,
-Clinton solicitor,
When he purchased the lot
from Earl It, Doucette fOr $025
in May of last year, Mr. Deichert
retained a solicitor Who found
that the title was free of
encumbrances and Without
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H. B, Such of Goderich and
Frank Sills. Jr, of Seaforth. Mr.
Berry said the memo "reminded
them that the base will be
available and this might be a
good use for it."
"We've got to get something
in there," Mr. Berry said.
Conestoga College serves the
counties of Waterloo,
Wellington, Perth and Huron, so
the second campus also would
mean relief for many students
from this area now attending
classes in Kitchener.
Two Walton area men were
killed in a two-car collision
north of Seaforth on Huron
County Road 12 about 10:30
p.m. Sunday.
Dead are William George
Waddell, 64, of RR 4, Walton,
the driver of one car, and his
passenger, Leslie A. Pepper, 54,
of RR 4, Walton, The coroner
who pronounced both dead at
the scene was Dr. Paul Brady of
Seaforth.
The five people in the second
car, three brothers and their two
cousins, are all in satisfactory
condition in hospitals in London
and Seaforth.
Gordon Harold Smith, 19,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Smith of RR 3, Clinton,
drowned when he slipped into
about eight feet of water while
wading along 'the edge of a
private gravel pit in Goderich
Township about 2.5 miles
southwest of town about 3:30
p.m. Sunday.
Provincial police from the
Goderich detachment said the
youth was wading across a
30-foot stretch of shallow water
along the edge,of the George F.
Elliott gravel pit when he
slipped. He was wearing only a
pair of dungarees, but could not
swim, police said.
Laureen Thompson, 15, RR
4, Clinton; Barbara Little, 16,
RR 3; Clinton and Trumin
Milloy, 18, of 215 Mary St.,
Clinton, were swimming nearby
at the time and attempted to
rescue the youth. When they
failed, the two girls ran to the
home of Ray Potter. Mr. Potter,
his son, Gary, 18, and Ronny
Tyndall, 18, and John Hudie,
17, both of Clinton, who had
been swimming at the Potter
The college president, J, W.
Church, said the proposals gave
"added impetus to a study on
continued education now under
way."
He said also that educational
facilities now at the base could
be co-ordinated to provide
schooling from kindergarten to
college graduation, all in one
location. •
Mr. Such said that there has
already been "some
investigation" of the possibility
of using the base as a campus
In Seaforth Community
Hospital is the driver of the car,
Randy Duffy, 17, of RR 1,
Dublin, with face cuts, and his
cousin, Glen Dietrich, 14, of
Stratford, with a broken left
foot.
In St. Joseph's Hospital,
London, are William Duffy, 16,
RR 1, Dublin, with a broken
jaw; Thomas Duffy, 6, RR 1,
Dublin, with broken legs, and
Brian Dietrich, 16, Stratford,
with head and neck injuries. All
three were transferred to
London late Sunday night.
Seaforth OPP Constable Ray
Primeau said both cars were
property in a private pool, went
to the scene and also tried to
reach the youth, but failed.
"The girls ran up," said Mr.
Potter, "I •jumped ire. the..truck,
left them at the pit and went for
the boys who dove in but
couldn't see in the murky water.
Then I went back up to the
house and called police."
Clinton Police Chief Lloyd
Westlake got the call about four
o'clock and relayed it to the
OPP. Constable W. J. Kreps of
the Goderich . detachment
borrowed a bathing suit from
Mr. Potter and recovered the
body about 4:20 p.m. in water
abotit 10 feet from shore and 10
feet fram where the youth is
believed to have slipped,
Smith was pronounced dead
by Dr. N. C. Jackson of
Goderich, a county coroner. He
told investigating officer Cpl. C.
A. Hardy that no inquest will be
held.
Owner of the 150-by-70-foot
pit, George F. Elliott of Clinton,
said the area is fenced and the
entrance is barred. He said police
are aware "no trespassing" signs
had been posted and torn down
site. He voiced the opinion that
there will now be a more
concerted .effort to have college
officials meet with provincial
and federal authorities.
He told the hoard last week
that base facilities would be
ideal for a community college
campus. -
"Since all the bricks and
mortar are there," he said in a
brief interview this week, "it
would be a very easy transition.
The college could just step right
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believed to be southbound when
the accident occurred practically
in front of the Pepper residence.
Mrs. Pepper reported the crash
to police, not realizing her
husband had been killed in the
accident. The Duffy car hit the
rear of the Waddell vehicle,
police said. The doors of the car
were pried open to take out the
bodies.
The boys were returning from
a family reunion in the
Walkerton area and were about
four miles from the Duffy home
when the accident occurred
about 6.2 miles north of
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many times in the past.
Gordon was born in Goderich
Sept. 2, 1950, and was a
member of the Anglican Church
at Middleton.
• Besides his parents, he "is'
survived by five brothers,
William J. of RR 3, Clinton;
Robert J. of RR 1, Clinton;
Douglas of London; Lloyd and
Nathan, both at home; four
sisters, Mrs. Gary (Barbara)
Kilgour and Mrs. Larry (Elaine)
Kilgour, both of Preston; Helen
of Kitchener and Mary at home.
He is also survived by his
paternal grandfather, John F.
Smith of Varna, and his
maternal grandmother, Mrs.
Harold (May) Morrell of Clinton.
Funeral services were held at
Ball Funeral Home, Clinton,
Tuesday afternoon with the Rev.
E. J. B. Harrison of Bayfield
officiating. Burial was in Baird's
Cemetery, Stanley Township.
Pallbearers were Lorne
Tyndall, Ed Deeves, Glen Price,
Pete Postill, Frank Postill and
Gary Murray.
Flower bearers were Bruce
and Ross Elliott, John Hudie
and Dennis Yeo,
Bob Allen of. Brucefield, chairman of the Ontario Bean Producers Marketing Board, gets a hearty
helping of baked beans at last Thursday's sunrise white bean program at Jack PeCk's farm at Kippen.
Serving from the Elanco bean pot is Clare Burt of Toronto who, with the aid of Kippen United,
Church ladies, furnished breakfast' for more than 150 bean growers attending the program sponsored
by the Ontario Dept. of, Agriculture and Food and the Huron Soil and Crop Improvement
Association. -Staff PhOto.
School enrollments up
The Wind of guitars may
replace the bagpipes at CFB
Clinton if county officials are
successftil in an effort to have a
satellite campus of Conestoga
Commenity•College opened here
when the armed forges leave in
two years.
When plans for phase-out of
military training were
announced by Defence Minister
Leo Cadieux on Aug. 13, Huron
County Warden James Hayter of
Dashwood was among the first
to suggest use of the base as a
second campus for the
community College now
established in Kitchener.
And no time was wasted in
pursuing the idea. A letter from
county clerk-John Berry to the
college board of governors
proposes a three-way meeting of
county officials, the college
governors and three Ontario
cabinet ministers to be held at
the base and to include a tour of
its facilities.
The ministers invited to
attend are Provincial Treasurer
Charles MacN au ghton,
Education Minister William
Davis and Resources Minister
Stanley Randall.
Mr. Berry's letter came up at
a travelling meeting of the board
of governors in Stratford last
week. The letter was not
released since it had not yet
been formally received by the
board, but it was indicated that
the second-campus plan places
special emphasis on the
advantage of electronics and
communications equipment now
on the base for military training.
Mr. Berry said a memo went
from his office to the two Huron
members of the college board,
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Grey Central, Holmesville and
North Ashfietd elementary
schools boosted the opening-day
• totals, he added.
A new school has been
added- Huron Hope School at
Huron Park, Centralia, with 11
pupils on opening day. He said
there was too much work for
one teacher and a motion was
passed to give the
superintendent permission to
hire extra help.
Huron Centennial School,
south of Brucefield, with a drop
of 20, has four empty rooms,
two of which are being used.as
music and art rooms, and two
for storage.
Mr. Coulter said that the five
secondary schools in Huron
County showed an overall
increase of 174.
High school enrollments this
year are as followS, with 1968
tallies in parenthese: Clinton
• 1,000 (987); Winghern, 1,331
(1,299); Goderich, •840 (798);
Exeter, 951 (894) and Seaforth,
517 (487).
Thirty-one elementary
schools under the beard's
jurisdiction reported a net
increase of 212 on opening day,
Lawyer says honey plant OK
contends land use not limited
Two men killed in auto crash,
five young people in hospital
Goderich Twp. gravel pit
claims life of 19-year-old