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Clinton News-Record, 1966-03-17, Page 1J A 1 Column THE HURON RECORD — 84th Year No. 11 r— The Heme Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1966 $4.0Q Per Year-r-rlO Cents Per Cqpy—12 Page* (By VV. D. D.) Don’t know about the rest of you, but we’pe sick and tired ■ of Ggrdip Tapp , , , and We’re getting mighty sick of OMSJP, too It must have been a particu­ larly fine contract that Tapp signed with the Ontario gov­ ernment, because the man, is everywhere , . . He’s on the radio, the TV, and likely even 'ip the printed word, where thank heaven, his silly hillbilly impersonations, can be ignor­ ed ,, , “We do read the papers , , . and we know that OMSIP means "Ontario Medical Ser­ vices Insurance Plan , . . and we know to ,a certain extent what OMSIP Coverage is . . , We know that our tax dol­ lars, which are extracted in de­ vious and countless ways . . . are to be apportioned back to doctors, by wiay of paying them 90 percent of their bills to their patients . . , 'and that if we really'want this coverage, we. have to enrol in OMSIP and keep sending in our payments ... as Gordie Tapp simpers, ’ “$15 every three months ...” But We retuse to accept gra­ ciously this spoonfed pap which is fed to us via Tapp, Who con­ tinually croons , , , “OMSIP Will pay your doctor’s bills.” That is simply not true . . . We’ll continue to pay our own doctor’s bills', the money will merely siphon through the gov­ ernment’s cash register - first, dosing a little on the way . . . The idea of OMSIP is prob­ ably a good one . ; . but surely it could have come to us in a straightforward Way . . . without so much of the glossy “hard sell” which, we’ve come , to accept from soap companies . Done in a phony accent that could never have been Canadian — most'certainly not of Ontario . . . They're plowing in the Rock- ' ' ieis this spring . . . While we get ready for the World Plowing competition here in Huron County for this fall , com­ petitions in the Canadian Cham- pionship contest is going on near Chilliwack, B.C. oh April 13 and 14 . . . Competitors, from eight provinces will,<M>mpete for ' the Esso' silver ;plbw '*. \ . - . . * * It may be a little early to. strive for “the lighter note” with regard to beans in Ont­ ario . . . But this little story we gleaned from the Lapeer County Press . . .It seems a New .Hampshire professor has accidently discovered a bean that is less gaseous than most . . The lady columnist at the County Press read the item to her husband, and he said, “Heck, an old farmer once told me how to overcome that prob­ lem, You just plant the beans upside (down. That way, you. get hiccups instead.”* * * And in the light of what is happening at Ottawa . , . these two lines come in handy for pondering: A statesman is a man who STANDS for something; A politician is a man Who RUNS for something. Clinton Town Council The annual meeting of Clin­ ton Hospital Board will be held next Monday, March 21 in the council chambers of the town hall, with chairman J. Murphy in charge. The public is welcomed to this meeting, When five gover­ nors will be eiected for a per­ iod of two years,' Completing their term of office, and eli­ gible for deselection are Orville Engelstad, Leen Rehorst, Mrs. . Frank Fingland, Arthur Aiken and Hugh Flynn. —------ -o-----■.------ Legion Contest At Bly th In Public Speaking A public speaking contest for Zone C 1, Royal Canadian Legion, will be held in Blyith Memorial Hall on Saturday ate ternoon, March 19, at 2 p.m. Contestants will report at 1:46 p.rh, The public is invited to at­ tend and support the 2d to 24tend and support the 2d to youngsters in this effort. ...'•.. The Weather 1965 Low • March 9 1966 High Lbw High Snow: 2” t » Inspecting Drawing of Clinton's Proposed New Community Centre David Beattie, left, who’ has been one of the most active men behind the new community centre project, is showing Mait Edgar, proposed chairman of the fund-raising committee, some new features in the revised plans. Mr. Beattie is on the building committee. New drawings arrived earlier this week from Peirson Buildings Limited, Peterborough, who submitted a 'price of $167,940 for an arena-type building. The revised plans include an arena, com­ munity centre room, an$. all necessary dressing rooms and offices. Price jb expected to be upwards of $200,000. The centre'Will be built in Clinton Community Park. (News-Record Photo) After Two Press Conferences The Ontario Federation of Agriculture, meeting in Toronto on: Friday; passed a resolution calling for the return'of auth­ ority for the administration of the bean marketing .board, to the bean, growers. They urged this be done as soon as the purpose- of the FPMB in separ­ ating the functions of the board and company is achieved. A statement issued by the OF A following their closed ses­ sion, stated that controversy over activities of the deposed bean- board’ was attributed to a misunderstanding of an agreement between the bean board and the Ontario FPMB. The statement said: “The agreement had to do with the separation of the bean In Action Clinton town council Court of Revision committee will meet at 8 p.m. Monday to consider two appeals. And at 8:30 coun­ cil convenes in the council chambers to approve the com­ mittees for the new community project. These committees were selected at a public meet­ ing on Thursday, February 24. Council approved a centen­ nial committee for the town of Clinton. Mayor Symons , had contacted the members and had their approval. They are, Stev­ en Brown, Royce Macaulay, Arthur Ailcen and Bruce Bart- liff. Two councillors volunteer­ ed to act on this committee, John McFarlane and Norman Livermore. The mayor said a centennial caravan will be stopped at Sea­ forth and Goderich and a mili­ tary centennial display is com­ ing to RCAF Station Clinton in 1967. Huron Central Agricultural' Society request for the usual grant Was referred to' a later' meeting. By-law No. 7 for 1966 ap­ pointed Fred Sloman to Clinton Cemetery Board. By-law No. 6 authorized the expenditure of $40,000 On roads and streets in 1966; half of this is for new construction and half for maintenance. Another by-law, No. 8 Was passed, for the expenditure of an additional $2,200 On roads and streets. Public Wonks chairman Jim Armstrong is arranging a meet­ ing With Edwin Cooper, Fred S’lomah ahd Cliff Lobb regard­ ing the “lake” which formed on Cooper’s garden after work on Matilda Street last summer. He WaS authorized to Call tenders for gravel, but met ob­ jection. when he requested aluminum, extension ladder tor the public works department. Coimcillor McFarlane cMihed ,:4 J n’?.' IO CHSS Needs Nearly Million For One Year’s Operation Z: •..J-,;.,;,, company and the bean board. The bean board 'had quoted certain amendments to the agreement pending further clarificataon. The FPMB inter­ preted this as an attempt to evade the board’s commitment to separate from its subsidiary company.” A press conference was call­ ed by the agriculture minister, the. Hon. William Stewart, in Toronto on Monday, March 14. (No word of this press confer­ ence came to this newspaper from the Minister, nor has any official statement on the sub­ ject .been made by the depart­ ment, to this newspaper. News of developments on the bean takeover have come to us sec­ ond, third and fourth, hand, via the Department of Labour would not sanction the use of 'aluminum. The mayor’ did’ not reply when McFarlane asked him if aluminum ladders were permissable. Mr, Armstrong claimed there is’ over 20 trees to come down on Clinton Streets this year. When Councillor Livermore asked what has been done a- sorne take some- bout re-plading trees, councillors thought the horti* cultural ' society could over the project. When thing is done, Councillor Liver­ more said' he Would offer his service as a “tree planting specialist”; then 'he added, “I can plant them but don’t know the names -of trees.” _ Reeve Duff Thompson asked “When can we gelt a report on parking at the new post office and in town of Clinton?”, then the mayor asked, “What do you Want?” The reeve said he want­ ed a report and recommenda­ tion. Public works chief, Jim Arm­ strong claimed Clinton's two larger grocery stores have help­ ed the parking problem in town.- When Clerk John Livermore informed council that a two- hour parking by-law has been passed for years, Councillor McFarlane inquired it sbme businesses did not Want these Signs Up in ftont Of, their places. Mr. Armstrong is inquiring about 'renting a sweeper from Seaforth or the county. Public works can get provincial sub­ sidy on street sweeping (one sweeping Within a threo-mohth period). A building permit for $200 was issued to C. M. Shearing for a storage shed at the rear of KumMh Restaurant, Ontario Street. « General government chair­ man; Deputy Reeve George Wonch is having the police of- CContinued oh page 12) / | 1 $1 daily newspapers, and farm leaders.) According to Bill Stewart,’I farm reporter at the LOndbn Free Press, on Tuesday, the Minister’s explanation went like this: * He had been under the im­ pression that the bean board would go along with an agree­ ment with the' FPMB to sep­ arate the company and the board. However, a September agreement covering 11 points, including separation, was mere­ ly tabled by the bean board at a meeting November 25. The Minister said he did not learn of this action until February after the bean vote. * Mr. Stewart said that if he had known the bean board had tabled the separation agree­ ment, he would not have per­ mitted the vote on building more storage facilities. * Mr. Herbert Arbuckle, chairman of OFPiMB said his board has “labored for years' to obtain the ' co-operation of the white bean,' board.” Mr. Ar­ buckle accused the London company of failing to follow the market price during the mar­ keting of the 1965 ca'op- “According to reports, this loss to white bean growers ranged from $1,250,000 to $2,- 000,000. Beans, were selling on a basis that should have return­ ed growers $9.25 (per 100 pounds) rather than $7.25.” Arbuckle also s'aid the bean company was piling up profits at the expense of the growers. Mr.' Stewart denied that pol­ itical. pressure from dealers was a factor in his decision to replace the board. “Talk about the dealers, -I don’t Imow if they are out of Grade 1, as far as political pressure is con­ cerned,” he said, and noted had never been subjected such political pressure as Was from bean growers maintain the board and com­ pany. On Tuesday night, Bob Allan, RR 1, Brucefteld, the chairman of the producer-elected' bean board, called a'press confer­ ence in >Dondbh, at Which three radio stations, several dailies and two Weekly' newspapers: Exeter Tiimes-AdivOcate and Clinton News-Record Were rep­ resented. Mr. Allan discussed in tum( each of the reasons given by the FPMB and the govern­ ment foi’ the takq-Over. ’ Points made included: The board’s motion to table certain itemfe, which ocurred at the November 29 meeting, was forwarded in approved copies Of the minutes to the FPMB and amved On Decem­ ber 20, two days before proval for holding the produc­ er-vote Was given by the FPMB, (Herbert Arbuckle has stated that he did not tell the minister of Agriculture about the tabling motion Until after (Continued on page 12) he to he to •t. On motion of Deputy Reeve George Wonch and Councillor Norman1 Liver­ more, Clinton town council 'accepted the list of members as suggested1 by Clinton Recreation Committee. * The names submitted by J. -Douglas Thorndike, chairman of’last years committee, is as follows: Hec Kingswell, Or­ ville Engelstad, Douglas An­ drews, Robert : Mann, Don Kempston, Percy Livermore, Don Kiay, Malt Edgar, Len Fawcett and Mr. Thorndike. Councillors Gordon Lawson and Norman Livermore are council’s representatives on the rec committee. -----------o----------- Farmers Went To Conference For Wide Education Aboht 300 farmers' and agri­ cultural officials attended the first Huron County agricultural conference, which was held in Exeter on Saturday, co-sponsor­ ed by the Huron .Federation of Agriculture and the Huron Soil and" Crop Improvement Association. Billed as an educational af­ fair, the conference went on with no “entertainment” fea­ tures and a minimum of dis­ plays. However, according to Doug­ las H. Miles, agricultural rep­ resentative for the county, “it was the most potent fact-dis- pensiing set-up that could be arranged.” He felt that the farm people who wanted to gain informa­ tion attended, whether they had to drive the length of the county, or not, and despite tlie slippery and foggy weather that prevailed on Saturday. Morning and afternoon ses­ sions featured panels On grain, drainage and farm accounting, farm management, spraying Op­ erations, workmen’s compensa­ tion and pension plan legisla­ tion, beef and swine operations. ■————o—------- 13 Graduate At ; Clinton R & CS Thirteen airmen were re­ cently presented with gradua­ tion Certificates by the Com­ manding Officer, Station Clin- tbnr Group Captain K. (Ft. Greenaway. The students hiad just com­ pleted 27 Weeks of training at the Radar and Communica­ tions School, seventeen of these were on the Basic Elec­ tronics Course and the other ten, to qualify :as Ground Com­ munication Techniriiahs* Graduating are aircraftsmen Tierney, Doyle, LaVoie, Camp­ bell, Woffer, Rutley, Higgins, B'atcheiet, Richardson, st. Pierre, Nelson, Dogan and LAC LaFountaiin. Budget Is Approved Chaired by Walter New­ combe, the Clinton District Collegiate Institute Board ap­ proved a budget for $930,955 for operation of the Central Secondary School for the year 1966, Work on preparation of the budget total had been carried out in committee, and no com­ ment was made by any mem­ ber when the approval Was ask­ ed for. At the same meeting approv­ al for the 1966-67 salary sche­ dule was given, as negotiated by -the study and welfare com- Customers Put To Extra Cost I Deceptive Curb Catches Cars Last Wednesday, for the sixth tune since the new . highway, and curbs were put in on Highway 8 entrance to town, a passenger car made Meeting Here On Cenotaph AH present members of the Clinton Cenotaph Committee, representatives of service clubs, and any other local organiza­ tions are requested to attend a meeting on Wednesday evening, March 23 in the Committee roam of the Clinton Town Hall, at 8 p.m. sharp. Purpose of the meeting is to discuss a Ceno­ taph Dedication Service, land­ scaping of the present grounds and a fund-raising evening. ---------—o-----——* - Asa Deeves. Honoured At Retirement HENS ALL — Over 40 em­ ployees of the CNR', and friends, from Clinton, Seaforth, St. Marys, Granton, Ailsa Craig, Camlachie, Exeter and Hensail, honored Asa Deeves, Hensall (formerly of Clinton) at a party Friday night in the Legion, Hall. They presented a gold wrist watch on the occa­ sion of his retirement recently after 31 years service as sect­ ion man of the CNR. Mrs. Deeves was presented with gold earrings and pin. A social hour was enjoyed playing cards, with dancing an added feature. Music was sup­ plied by Cecil Maxwell on the violin, Don McCurdy on the banjo, and Miss Marilyn Max­ well at the piano. Lunch was served. In charge of arrangements were Mrs. Cecil Maxwell, Mrs. Doug Maxwell, Miss Marilyn Maxwell and Mrs. Garnet Allan. In Show Friday Night These four young ladies will be in the Clinton Figure Skating Club revue tomorrow night (Fri­ day) at Clinton Lions Arena* They are pictured here after an exhibition at the Lions carnival last Friday, From the left, they are, Vicki Lou Finch, Mary Jean Nellans, Joyce Ncilans and Phyl­ lis Fremlin. (News-Record Photo) Figures in brackets, indicate the minimum and maximum figures in effect last year. miittee w 1 rwx/a •nth the staff, a s fol- Category Minimum 1 (48Q0) 5300 2 (5100) 5600 3 (5700) 6200 4 (6100) 6600 Maximum, (8500) 9000 (8800) 9300 (9800) 10500 (10200) 10900 Bob Elliott, chairman of the committee reported that the teachers had asked for $700 in­ crease across the board, but had agreed to the $500 indicat­ ed above. an abrupt stop atop the curb in front of J. S. L. Cummings’ Esso garage. On the east side of the highway, the garage is a 2- bay structure, elevated from the road ..surface because the new road was engineered at a lower level than before. Entrances to the garage rise fairly abruptly. To enter dither bay for repairs, a car must be backed into position first. Drivers of cars parked on the" west side of the pumps find the entrance to the high­ way deceptive, and are not aware of the abrupt drop to the road surface. When they turn too sharply, they go over the curb and are stopped when the car’s" undercarriage rests on the curb. A wrecker with hoist is needed to lift them free. Mr. Cummings reports at­ tempts to get assistance from the town council in correcting the problem. Since the curb is on town property, he can do nothing himself. IJe has requested! council to instal two signs, indicating to mot­ orists where the entrances to the garage are. Ambulance Question Still Not Answered The ambulance question was thrown back to Clinton Public Hospital Board and hospital ad­ ministrator Tom Steep at town council meeting Monday night. The town has been offered an ambulance by Clinton’s two funeral directors, Doug Ball and George Beattie, who were both at Monday’s meeting. Hospital administrator Steep was requested to procure facts and figures on the operation of a 24-hour ambulance service out of Clinton Public Hospital. Then another meeting would be called at which Clinton and the four surrounding townships would be represented. Hospital board chairman Joe • Annual increment was also' held to $300, though the teach­ ers committee had asked for $400 at first. In addition to the salary scheduled, co-ordinators will re­ ceive $500 (was 300); depart­ ment heads will get $1,100 (was 900) and directors will get $1,400 (was $1,200). Salaries for office staff were set at: Secretary, (2700) 2700 (3700)3800 Clerk-typist, (2200) 2200 (3000)3100 Part Time, (1.00) -1.00.(1,50)1,50 Annual increments o‘f $200 for secretary, and $150 for clerk typists remained the same. Resignation of Mrs, Mary Lynn Morrison, as clerk-typist in the principal's office was accepted with regret. Mr. Mbr- ris'on has been transferred. Two other' resignations were accepted: from teacher Edward' Dennis and from Ewan Ross, Goderich, deputy attenance of­ ficer, who is moving from that community. A move from home econ­ omics into the guidance di­ vision, was approved for Mrs. Mabel Whetham. Principal Robert Homuith predicted that report card's for (Continued on page 7)i-------------------—--------------------- Opening Tenders New School By Christmas? Tenders were to, be opened . last night at'a meeting of Hur­ on Public School Board No.. 1, ’ at SS 10 Stanley school,, by •members'" of'' the board/ It' "is hoped that the 16-room build­ ing can be ready for, occupancy . by Christmas. / p ' f,,Arnold. Maithdr^ Exeter,’ how principal of Usbome Central School has been hired1 as prin­ cipal for the new school. Murphy, administrator ‘ Tom Steep, Hullett reeve Tom Leip- 'er, Goderich Township reeve Grant Stirling and councillors Bill Jenkins and Harry Oakes were all in attendance. Councillor Pat Noonan of council’s special committee, in­ troduced discussion on ambu­ lances. Joe Murphy said the hospital was not too anxious to get into ambulance service. He said it would require four extra men, a heated garage and other un­ foreseen expenses. “There is no financial subsidy from OHSC for ambulance service”, said the board chairman. The Clinton hospital have had no luck trying to hire male orderlies for 'heavier dut­ ies at the hospital, said Mr. Murphy, When it was suggested that male workers at Goderich hos­ pital drive the ambulance, it' was explained that Goderich ■hospital purchases’their steam from a neighboring manufact­ uring plant. At Clinton hos­ pital engineers are employed because the hospital bias its own heating plant. These men also do maintenance work. Reeve, Grant Stirling said ■his township pays Goderich hos­ pital $10 per call plus . 50c per mile one way on calls. “We need, hospital service and the township is prepared to pay far it,” said Mr. Stirling. Gode­ rich Township is also assured of ambulance service by the Zurich funeral director, said Reeve Stirling. Clinton Reeve Duff Thomp­ son said he had Contacted Tucker-smith Reeve Elgin Thompson who Said his town­ ship wals Whiting to Consider a fee for ambulance service for this ehd of the township. Clinton Fire Chief Grant Rath, who was meeting with his firemen in the fire hall next door was balled in* He said his crew didn’t think they could act as ambulance drivers. “We have two firemen leaving now and we’ll have trouble replacing them”, said the- chief. Clinton has a 20-man volunteer fire brigade. GedrgO Boattie estimated that the two funeral directors had from 175 to 200 calls a year.