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Clinton News-Record, 1966-01-13, Page 1Column- Clinton News-Record THE NEW ERA —- 100th Year 1 ' THE HURON RECORD — 84th Year --------------------------- 4—___________________________ ___ r (By W. D. D.) Remember us talking about the Gunner Index a couple of weeks ago? It was a method of measuring the educational level at which a particular piece of writing could be understood easily .•, , We thought at the time it was a good thing . . . and we 'still do . ••, . But the best of writing, written even at grade 5 level, still does not get its message across as long as sneaky public relations people put important tilings at the bottom of a three-page news re­ lease . . . while filling the first 2^ pages with unnecessary chatter ... We recently 'stumbled along through an announcement from the .government that workmen’s compensation would now be compulsory for farmers . . . And it was not until well along toward the end that • the com­ pulsory nature of the thing be­ came evident . . . and even then', the word “compulsory”, was not used ... We can under­ stand Same shyness on the part of those in charge, to shy away from the word compulsory . . . because farmers’don’t like it . . Workers of any sort don’t like it, and we don’t like it either . . . But if a thing is being made compulsory, then' it aS essential -that the people for whom it is being made Compulsory, Should know it. And the facts should j be made altogether dear to | them ... . ■ ’ Pussy-footing about it won’t help ... Now, today, we come upon an announcement from Ontario \ Hydro — that organization which is gradually changing the fiery red colour of its vehicles to white (the 'better to hide in snowbanks with, we suppose) ... that'they are “streamlining” rural rates . . . The report takes only ’one and three-quarter pages, to explain 'all of the things on which there is no rate change . . . and to mention that decreases Will be “experi­ enced” iby some 173,000 persons of 71 cents per month . . . and increases to 165,000 of 51 cents per month ... Then at the end, it comes to the really interesting part about a decision to change, bill­ ing methodise? ' We’ve long appreciated that ten percent discount one gets on hydro bills ... It always made us feel good to get it . . • and when we were.late, we did not begrudge the money to Hy­ dro, for we felt that just this once they were getting their due payment, and were not losing that 10 percent ... We knew that this was not alto­ gether fact . . . but we con- inued to delude ourselves . . . The psychology of the whole thing was sound ... Now, we hear that Hydro is changing from the 10 percent discount idea, to a five percent late payment 'Charge . . . This makes us angry . . . We will never feel, just the Same friend­ ly way toward Hydro . . . They are going to penalize jus, in­ stead of give us something . . . and the world will not be the same everzagain . . . * * * Sure enough, as soon as we wrote an editorial for this fam­ ily journal, which talked1 about pavement that was bare, and covered with junk ... the glor­ ies of nature in January came down in great fluffy amounts to cover up the litter . . .We still believe in the sentiment which last Thursday caused us to suggeist to the council that some of the money saved in snow removal could1 well be used to dean the streets in the downtown area . . . Just because all has since been covered in snow, is no reason to forget that the junk heaps are there . . . * The boss week from Atkey . . . Readers will remem­ ber him as the owner of the News-Record for the' ten years (Continued on Page Five) had a letter still this Richmond Secord No. 2 — The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY"^ 1966 $4.00 Per Year—10 Cents Per Copy—10 Pages Beef Farmers Annual On January 25 Lawrence Markusse, well- •known Beef Producer of Wy­ oming, Ontario,, will be the guest speaker at the annual toeeting of the Huron County Reef Producers in the board room, Department of Agricult­ ure,' .Clinton, on Tuesday, Jan­ uary 25 at 1:45 p.m. Mr. ■ Markusse will discuss '!How he personally operates ,a'nd manages his beef enter­ prise and why he does things the way he does?’ '■ Election of officers will be held. Need an ambulance? Call 524-8576. Ralph. Hawes has two cars available, and four men oh call 'to staff them. Hiis home base is Goderich, and he will come as soon as possible — just don’t expect miracles. There are two ambulances in S’eaforth, no doubt available to ■RftCM Eli Top Executives Of Spring Fair Board John T. VanEgmond, RR 1 Clinton was named president of Huron Cen­ tral Agricultural Society on Tuesday ni ght at the annual meeting of that group.* Here he confers with secretary-treasurer William G. Riehl, Clinton, left> while immediate past president Frank Falconer, RR 5 Clinton, looks on. Mi?. VanEgmond was vice-president during Mr. Falconer’s term of office. ' j z (News-Record Photo) Spring Fair Board Elects Clinton Fair moved ahead in­ to its 112th year on Tuesday night, when directors, elected John T. VanEgmond president, succeeding Frank Falconer. Mir. VanEgmond takes office the fair rests securely $403.88 in the bank. Personnel in the two* presidents’ chairs yremain indef­ inite at present, although Bill Gerrits, and Fred Vadden, both of RR 1, Clinton, were elected by the. directors;. Since neither were present, it was not known whether they would definitely accept the jobs. ) . Exeter Man Heads A VC At CHSS In 1966 Jim Taylor. Exeter, while with vice- _____, was named 1966 chairman Monday night by the Advisory Voca­ tional Committee of Central Huron Secondary School. Wil­ liam Hearn, Clinton, is vice- chairman. No changes take place in membership on committees within the AVC, except that on those committees where Mr. Taylor served last year, he will be replaced by Ed Dearing, the immediate past chairman of Secretary-treasurer, Riehl, Clinton was re-hired at $200 per year. Directors of Huron- Central Agricultural Society for 1966 are: Hullett Township, Thomas Leiper, Ross 'Lovett, Jamies Snell, John VanEgmond, Doug­ las Farquhar and Bill Flynn. Tuckersmith Township, Har­ old Pepper, Frank Falconer, Elgin Thompson, BUI Haugh and BobiFotheringham. Goderich Township, Mervyn Lobb, David1 Middleton, Bill Gerrits, John DeeveS1, Fred Vod- den 'and William Jenkins. Stanley Township, Cal Hort- On, Edward Broadfoot, Bob Glenn and Arie Verhoef. Town of Clinton, Donald Mc­ Lean, Gordon Lawson, Harold Wettlaufer 'and Don Symons. Junior directors are Bob Vod- den, Bruce Falconer and Don Young, with three to be added from the Junior Farmers. Representatives on Clinton’s New Arena Committee are Wil­ liam J. Dale and Frank Falcon­ er. The directors approved sign­ ing a contract with, the Hell­ drivers for the third consecutive year, and this show 'is1 schedul­ ed for August 9. The February meeting of the Society is on February 8, in the agricultural office board room. Ephri'am Snell 'and William J. Dale will be in Charge of pre­ paring a 100-word history of (Continued on Page Five) ------------------------------------------1 Blood Clinic January 18 At RCAF Rec. Hall RCAF Station Clinton will host London Area Branch of the Canadian Red Cross for a Blood Donor Clinic in the Phy­ sical Training Centre, January 18, 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The Red Cross visits the sta­ tion twice a year and the last Clinic was in July, 1965. The Women’s Auxiliary has volun­ teered to serve coffee to the donors' and attend them after they have made their contribu­ tion. There is an urgent need for' blood at this time of year due to the large number of acci­ dents which occurred over the Christmas and New Year’s per­ iod. • ----------------------0---------------------- Kinette Club Accepts Four New Members Clinton Kinettes met in the IOOF Hall on January 11. In­ itiation was conducted by the past presidents for four new members: Mrs. Bill Groves, Mrs. Don Hail, Mrs. Ron Morri­ son and Mrs. Doug Norman. '■ A motion was passed to don­ ate $15 to the March of Dimes. The Kinettes are to serve lunch .to the boys on “Minor Hockey Day.” 'Mrs. Bill Fink is to be in Charge. The draw prize1 was won by Mrs. Don Hall. Lunch was served by Mrs. Gordon , Gragg and Mrs. Bill Fleming. -----------o----------- Employment In Huron County In Good Shape , Employment in Goderich and throughout most of Huron County generally remained good during the month of De- r ^dbfber, following a trend" .set 'earlier in the year. Figures released by C. M. Jutras, manager of the Nation­ al Employment Sea’vice at Gode­ rich reveal that at the end of December 1965 there were 389 applicants registered for em­ ployment against 494 at the end of the same period in 1964. . This substantial decrease of 105 persons or 21.5% in appli­ cants registered for employment with the Goderich NES over- the previous year is indicative of the continued 'stability in the manufacturing industry and also of the marked increase in construction projects in the area over the previous years. As 'anticipated, normal sea­ sonal lay-offs in (road construct­ ion, commercial fishing and Great Lakes Shipping occasion­ ed a noticeable rise in un- employimieant from November to December 1965. The employ­ ment outlook for the beginning of 1966 however remains very good, with numerous job oppor­ tunities being listed with the Goderich NES in service, man­ ufacturing and construction oc­ cupations. . Despite the season of the year, a total of 104 persons were placed in employment by the Goderich NES during Dec­ ember. people ip the Clinton area. Tele­ phone either’ the Box or Whit­ ney funeral, home. The difficulties in getting an ambulance for an emergency, or for even a routine trip to hospital, are considered rather large in this area, since funeral directors in Clinton,. Goderich, --------------------,---------------------1 C//nt on’s 'Winter Sports' Mayor Accepts Stratford’s Challenge Mayor Donald Symons has taken up the gauntlet flung by the Mayor of the city of Stratford and plans to enter and win the snowmobile race which is being held for may­ ors during the Stratford Win­ ter Carnival. Post time is 2 p.m. on February 6, near the Shakespearean building. Stratford’s Mayor “Dutch” Meier is quoted as saying he feels himself to be the cham­ pion mayor snowmobiler — “I’ll run them all into the. snow,”- Meier is in Florida practising with an electric golf cart. But — he’s apt to come up with some tough .competition from Clinton’s mayor. Mayor Don has been get­ ting some practice with the toboggan . . . and expects to Check himself out with snow­ mobiles in this area, long be­ fore competition date. “I’m. going to win that race,” he said confidently. ■ Auburn and Blyth made the de­ cision to stop operating at a loss, and discontinue their am­ bulance service. The News-Record talked with Mrs. W. R. Phinney, 'superin­ tendent at Clinton Public Hos­ pital, and asked what she thought of the situation. “I don’t think it’s good,” said Mrs, Phinney. “It’s very unfor­ tunate, the way things are. County council has left the pro­ blem up to the municipalities to deal with.” Then we talked1 with hospital administrator Tam Steep. We asked what his thoughts would be on establishing an ambulance service in connection with the hospital. “Ambulance service,” said Mr. Steep, “depends on the1 lo­ cality, and how many calls1 one needs to make. Some hospitals buy their own ambulances, and ■staff them. In some areas the ambulances are bought by the municipality and are staffed by the hospital.” (Continued on Page Ten) Mayor Don Symons Outlines Nine-Point Program For Year At the opening of Monday night’s first general meeting of Clinton town council, Mayor Don Symons read his' inaugural address which we publish here in full. The mayor stressed nine pro­ jects that he would like to see accomplished in the com­ ing year. Mayor’s Speech ’Our term of office'for 1965 has just ended, and I feel as humble now as a year ago at being elected or, acclaimed .your. mayor to head the council which you also acclaimed for a two-year term. As before, we will endeavour to uphold the faith you have placed in us: “As we have completed a term together and familiarized ourselves with the workings of council in our separate posi­ tions, I feel we will be able to “i continue our objective of better­ ing the Town of Clinton by making it more prominent and united. “Again, I would like to point out that I feel our objective can be accomplished by our con­ tinued efforts toward a better and more efficient communica­ tion system. In the past year, I feel our line of communica­ tion has been directly respon­ sible for the co-operation, we, in council had from those who are not elected members, who were willing to assist us in any’way iri which they' could whenever asked. "Our new cenotaph is an ex­ ample of what can be done by an efficient communication sys­ tem, and it is my sincere hope that this will also be a true symbol of the ever-present challenge .of problems which News-Record Must Adhere To 9 A VC. Mr. Taylor as chairman will be a member ex officio of all committees. A vote of thanks and appre­ ciation was made to Mr. Dear­ ing by the committee for his excellent leadership during 1965. The first meeting of the year for the ODCI board was held .last night at CHSS. Warn Parents Of Dangerous "Fun" Sought By,Little Folk Parents, please see that your • youngsters are not getting their “kicks*’ out of catching rear bumpers' or sides of cars for swift rides oh slippery pave- The Weather 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 I 21 24 10 -2 10 13 7 Snow: 3.8’f 1965 High Low 34 36 38 56 56 26 33 19 27 23 37 21 1*7 20 metnt. One of these rides Could well be thelir last. Chief H. R. Thompson reports that some of the public school youngsters are trying this little stunt, and his warning about 'it being dangerous comes at a good time. . i Motorists who are giving these free rides usually don’t know about it. They can’t see a little child clutching the car. When such a little rider lets go, either by decision, or because the speed of the car is such that he carl ho longer hold on, then it is difficult for Other cars following behind to get stopped in time. Please warn your youngsters against this "fun”'. Advertisers please note: Deadlines’ at the Clinton News-Record have been ad­ justed to meet with required working conditions for the staff, and with post-office mailing times. The publisher will appreciate your co-oper­ ation in keeping to these1 deadlines1. If at all possible, have dis­ play advertising copy in the office by Friday night. We appreciate that in some cases this' is not possible, and Mon­ day copy is quite acceptable. It is limpo’ssible to guarantee publication in the current is­ sue if copy is received after noon on Tuesday. Classified advertising must 1 wife r ■be (in ithe office by' 6 p.m. Tuesday. This is to allow for proper processing of this ma­ terial by press time on Wed­ nesday. Correspondents, and press reporters, please try to have all news in oiur hands on Monday. Of course1, details of .events1 occuring on Monday and Tuesday should be filed as 'soon as possible af ter they occur. No copy will be accepted for the inside pages of the paper after 9:30 a.m. Wed­ nesday. Final copy deadline for each issue is 2:30 p.m. on1 Wednesday. Deadline for pictures in raw film state is 10 a.m. Wednesday. Prints can be ac­ cepted until Wednesday noon. Thank you fur (helping us get your “home paper with the news” published early, and in an orderly fashion. lie ahead of us all, that of preserving our democratic pri- veleges which so many towns of our size in other countries do not enjoy today. .“As your mayor, I am quite happy to say that major pro? jects that Were proposed last year were all given serious consideration, and either com­ pleted or will be completed, I hope, before our present term is elided.” The Mayor remarked on the reconstruction of Highway 8, new lights, cenotaph, building code. “For the coming year, I feel we have some very import­ ant projects that can or should be carried out and, as your Mayor, I will endeavour to pro­ mote these and ask the whole council to co-operate in their promotion: (1) Continuation of recon­ struction of Highway 4. (2) Promotion of a new arena. ' (3) Off-street parking. (4) An active participation in. promoting Huron County De­ velopment. (5) Continuation of our uni­ form street lighting. (6) A centennial celebration for 1967. (7) An extensive study into proper planning and zoning. (8) Replacing of sidewalks and installation of new side­ walks in certain sections. (9) Industrial development and expansion. “Indeed there are many pro­ jects one could mention and I am sure we are all well aware •that present costs are ever rising, so once again we must endeavour to insure that the local tax dollar is buying the best possible service at the low­ est cost, and also that we are (Continued on. Page Ton) —————————————————( CUMTON COUMCIL COMMITTEES FOR 1946 Hullett Officials "Dine Out" At Inaugural Meeting Councilor Hugh Flynn, clerk Harry Tebbutt, Reeve Tom Leiper and Councilor Len Archambault. Back row, road superintendent Leonard Caldwell, coun­ cilors Donald Buchanan and Clare Vincent and assessor George Carter. ’ (News-Record Photo) Pictured after dinner, which they enjoyed at Hotel Clinton On Monday, after their swearing-in for 1966, council of the township of Hullett and guests, went on to their inaugural meeting at Lon- desboro that afternoon. From the left, front, are striking committee com­ posed of Councillor Pat Noon­ an, chairman; Reeve Duff Thompson, Councillor Jim Arm­ strong and Mayor Don Symons picked the following commit­ tees after a special session of town council on Monday, Janu­ ary '3. The first named is chairman: Special: Coun. Pat Noonan, Coun. Jim Armstrong and Reeve Duff Thompson. General Government: Deputy ReeVe George Wonch, Coun. Gordon Lawson and Coun. Nor­ man Livermore. Executive and Police: Mayor Don Symons, Cpun, Pat Noon­ an, Reeve Duff Thompson and Court. Cam Proctor. Public Works: Coun. Jim Armstrong, Reeve Duff Thomp­ son, CoUn. Pat Noonan and Deputy Reeve George Wonch. Health eihei Welfares Coun. Cam Proctor, Coun. Norman Livermore iirtd Court. Jolrn Me- Farlane, Protection to Persons and Property: Coun. Gordon Law- son, Coun. Jim Armstrong and Coun. Cam Proctor. Finance: Coun. Pat Noonan, Coun). Jim Armstrong and Reeve Duff Thompson. By -Laws: Coun. Norman Liv­ ermore, Coun. Gordon Lawson and Deputy Reeve George Wonch. Sanitation and Waste Re­ moval: Coun. Cam Proctor, Coun. John McFarlane and Deputy Reeve George Wonch. I ndustrial: Reeve Duff Thomp­ son, Coun. Pat Noonan and Coun. Cam Proctor. Court of Revision: Coun. John McFarlane, Coun. Jim Armstrong, Coun. Norman Liv­ ermore, Court. Gordon Lawson and,Reeve Duff Thompson. Cemetery Board: Coun, John MdFarlane and Deputy Reeve George Wonch. Recreation Committee: Coun, Gordon Lawson ffid Coun. Nor­ man Livermore.