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Clinton News-Record, 1966-04-14, Page 1i Clinton News-Record THE NEyV ERA 100th Year The Home Paper With the News i Column CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1966 THE HURON RECORD 84th Year $4.00 Per Year—10 Cent? Per Copy—12 Pages (By W. D. »,) We’ll just have to try harder . , „ We fry to keep track of interesting bits of legislation, •and such, as it occurs through­ out the county, 'such as1 Han Murphy's unsuccessful attempt to ‘ beat a one dollar pax-king fine in the county town , . . but sometimes we slip up . .. , You may remember a $200,- 000 civil action case involving a Brussels hotel owner . . , Well, it was settled out of court at March 1, with a payment of $35,000 and costs ... and the hotel owner > agreed to pay $5,000 damages, to the plain­ tiff, a 22-year-old Listowel sur­ vivor of a head-on crash , . ’. We felt it was a bit of infor­ mation'that you may have had1 some interest in . . . We glean­ ed the results, strangely enough ■ . , from a copy of "Ftom Here and There” prepared by the Ontario Temperance Federation . , . You see, section .67 of the Liquor licence act prohibits a hotel from serving an intoxi­ cated person'. . . and places civil liability on the. hotel if some accident occurs . . . Jf:Sts * When the sun shines as it did1 yesterday . . . it’s pretty tempt- . ing to fling caution to the winds, and leave work for a day in the out-of-doors . . . • That’s just what most business people did, probably . . . but the staff of the News-Record kept on keeping on . . . just as hlas been done every Wednes­ day since the newspaper was founded 100 years ago ... That gives one a little thrill, in any case . . . tradition, and all that . . . Painting New Station. Sign Fred Weston, paint shop foreman- (left) and Wilf Castle, painter, put finish­ ing touches on the new ‘Canadian Forces Base’ sign. Two such signs are dis­ played in view of motorists passing station on Highway 4. Weston and Castle both live in Bayfield and both have worked in' the Construction Engineering Section at Clinton since 1951. ‘ • (CF Photo)> i * * The Note Ables . . . the new­ est trio at the Elm Haven, is a good one . . . Equipped with ' a Lowery spinet organ' which a chap by die name of Jerry plays well while singing, the group is a welcome relief from the usual rock and roll . . . and yeit when they feature Ken the drummer, the music has all the bounce that tire younger ' set craves . . . Ken doubles, on the sax, 'and does a good job of that, too . , . Our only com­ plaint was that a tail slim speaker was placed in front of the drummer, and obscured our view of the action . . . We may be too old fashioned, but we’d like to see young , Abbe, the third member of the group in a little more feminine costume . . . bell-bottoms, even if sparkly black,' slim and slit up the shin to show the scarlet lining, juslt don’t seem the pro­ per thing to wear at night and in a night spot such as the Elm . . . When entertainers wear ’em . . . then dancers come dressed in slims and the whole effect is that of a sum­ mer resort . . . not of the clas­ siest night spot in the county . , . Abbe plays the electric guitar, by the way ... * * * , You may ... if you read the statistics column . . . find an- nouncement of a baby boy bom in Exeter hospital, to Mri and Mrs. Ken Keller, Dashwood .. . and you may, or may not, know that Mrs. Keller is our own Shirley . . . Far eight months, Shirley wrote this col­ umn, while she was on staff here at the News-Record, and she went home at Christmas time to prepare for the arrival , this week . . . The little lad weighs nine pounds . .. and we don’t know yet, what his name will be . . ** * The fire alarm last night was to get the brigade down to James Street area to control a grass fire . . . # * * ‘There’s a lot of good things to read in this world . . . but for really up-to-date stuff, which is Wall conceived, well written, and properly placed before Us, you can't -belat the monthly letters which the Roy­ al Bank of Canada sends out to anyone interested , , . The most recent is entitled "Pros*- pectus for Youth” and has some marvelous tolhgs to say about education . . > in one place quoting Oanoix Cody who de­ fined education as "the pro­ cess by which persons grow and are enabled to live signifi­ cantly f..” One could do worse ■than spend an hour each month reading arid re-reading those letters, f, the Weather 1966 1965 High Low High Lbw April 6 37 28 41 3S T 39 30 50 34 8 41 30 43 33 &38 27 4$2& 10 28 54 26 it 44 24 59 38 48 2$54-36 4^Ftadin:.18” School, County, Garbage Force 11 Mill Rate Hike Due to the town.' taking over the garbage collection service, an increase din the County of Huron rate and an increase in both high school and public school rates, the town of Clin­ ton has been forced to increase the mill rate by 11 mills. The new rates1 are: 89 mills for residential and farm proper­ ty . and 99 mills for industrial commercial, . professional and business taxes. This is1 the first increase in the residential rate since 1959 when it jumped from 72 to 78 mills. The new fates break down as follows: Debentures .... Town General 2.75 31274 89 ser- four Residential Mills County ......................... 16.943 P.S. & Sep. School ....... 20.965 High School .................. 17.068 LATE SPORTS Clinton Eliminated By Delhi, 6-2 Clinton Kinsmen' peewee hockey team were eliminated late yesterday afternoon in the Goderich Young Canada Hockey Week Tournament. They lost a 6-2 decision to Delhi, after defeating Elmira 6-3 on Monday afternoon. 16.943 23.294 18.964 2.75 37.049 this Commercial County ............................ P.S. & Sep. Schools....... High School .................. Debentures .................... Town General .............. “I’m disgusted with county rate,” said Councillor H. F. “Pat” Noonan, Clinton town council finance chairman, after giving his budget report at toe council meeting Monday. “Thais amounts to two of our 11 mill increase,” he complained. The garbage collection vice accounts for another malls .and schools account for a three and one-half mill increase. This leaves less than a two mill increase for town general pur­ poses. This year the,town pays the county $47,391 and receives an estimated $11,464. In 1965 the town paid the county $42,268 and were rebated $10,852. The (Continued on Page 12) Lavis Contracting Company Ltd. Awarded No. 4 Highway Contract The Clinton firm of Lavis Contracting Co. Ltd. has been awarded the contract of a new roadbed and resurfacing No. 4 Highway (Victoria Street) from the town limits at toe Bayfield River bridge to toe old Post Of­ fice building. Completion date is September 16, 1966. The Davis tender was for $165,318.75. Other tenderers were Crosstown Paving Ltd. and York Steel Construction Ltd., Downsview, $189,019.94; Marantette Bro s., Windsor, $197,579.70; K. J. Beamish, Thornhill, $236,267.50. The prices did not include engineering fees or re-location of utilities. Power lines were moved last summer when Bot Construction installed a storm sewer on this street. Robert Tait, of the consult­ ing engineering firm of Proc­ tor and Redfern, was -in atten­ dance and answered inquiries from councillors. This firm1 al­ so handled the engineering dut­ ies for the reconstruction of No. 8 Highway and Storm sew­ ers on No. 4 Highway last year. The tender was accepted .sub­ ject to checking by Proctor and Redfern and approval' of the Department of Highways. NewsJ?ecorc/ Subscripton Price Increased This week toe Clinton News-Record1 announces a subscription price increase effective' the end of toe month, At that time toe an­ nual rate in Canada and the United Kingdom will be $5 per year, In the United States of America and other destinations, where postage must be affixed, the-mate1 Will be $6,50 per year. If picked up at newsstands, and other outlets', the stogie • copies of toe News-Record will be 12 cents, starting with toe May 5 issue. In 1950 toe News-Record sold for $2 a year, and five cents a copy. On December 1 of that year, an toerease was made to $2.50 and six cents. Five years later, on Decem­ ber 1, 1955, price increased to $3 and seven cents. Then on January 1, 1962 the rate went up to $4 and ten cents. Reason for the change is "increased costs” of .labour, 'materials, taxes, and every­ thing that goes into the job of making a newspaper. Your home paper is not toe first, nor only weekly to feel toe pinch' of costs, and make this necessary move toward increased1 revenues. The Wingham Advance-Times, is already charging $5 a year. Last week the Exeter Times1- Advocate made the announce­ ment, effective the end of the month. This week the Gode­ rich Signal-S.tar is announc­ ing a similar cliange. To soften toe impact of toe rise in costs, however, toe News-Record is offering up to two years renewals at toe present price of $4 per year. No matter when your sub­ scription comes due (and you can check this by looking at . your address label) you may 'obtain two years renewal at ■ 'toe $4 price. This is an easy way of sav­ ing $2! Those persons, who pur­ chase gift subscriptions at Christmas time, or on other . occasions, may sitall take ad­ vantage of this offer if they renew now. Just advise us at toe time of renewal that you wish gift cards to go ouit at toe proper tone. - ------------o------------- Huronview Aux. The Ladies Auxiliary ait Hur­ onview will meet next Monday ■afternoon, April 18 in the arts and crafts room at 2:30 p.m. Ail ladies interested are wel­ come. Judge Hetherington Listens Lions to Operate Old Arena Until New Centre Is Open After an hour of discussion Tuesday evening, dinton Lions Club passed a motion to "con­ tinue to operate toe arena as in the past”, Tills was toe revised wording of a more lengthy motion pren posed by Lions George Lavis and Royce Macaulay, which read, in part, "that Lions retain ownership of arena and con­ tinue to operate until we defin­ itely know that there will be ice in toe proposed new arena for ’66-67 season.” After agreeing to toe revised wording, Mr. Lavis added," We do not want to be in opposition to a new community ..centre, but we must'assure that ice is a- vailaible next year”, The regular Lions dinner meeting in St. Paul’s Paiash hall gave all club members1 a chance to speak out .on club activities. 28 Lions and three guests were present. Dr. Gra­ ham Bowker, who is planning on opening a dental practise here on April 25, was intro­ duced by President .Duff Thompson. The Lions will hold their annual chicken barbecue in June, a summer street carnival, and. continue -their rummage sales in early fall. Mait Edgar, finance commit­ tee Chainjnan of the 'proposed new community centre, will be invited to the next Lions meet­ ing to outline hits fund raising program. i • Arena Discussion r J. Howard Brunsdon, who for 15 years has been on arena committee (mostly as chafaman) and who, over the years, rarely missed an afternoon or evening VliResurrection" Is UCW-3 Topic Unit 3 of Ontario Street UCW met inf the church par­ lour op April 11. Mrs. Vic Dar- asch’ led in devotions and Mrs. Grant Mills1 reviewed the chap­ ter m the study book leading up to the Resurrection. Debbie Patterson played two piano selections. Mrs. Orval Stanley presided for business discussions, and lunch was serv­ ed by Mrs. Anson Coleman and her group. On April 19 and 20 C of C Ont Organizer In Clinton Next Week An effort to revive Clinton and District Chamber of Com­ merce will be made next week. On Tuesday and Wednesday, April 19 and 20, E. P. Chiasson, Toronto, Ontario representa­ tive,’ organization services of the Canadian Chamber of Com­ merce, will be in town to con­ duct a “Community C of Q De­ velopment, Clinic,”................ The offer by the Ontario C of C to conduct this “visit in depth” for Clinton chamber was made ■ in November, 1965, by the Ontario manager of C of C. Antoine “Red” Garon re-or­ ganized the* Clinton chamber in 1964 and "was elected presi­ dent. Douglas Ball is the pre­ sent secretary. At a general meeting called for last Wednesday evening, only eight persons showed up; no meeting was convened but the eight men talked informally Off the future of a local cham­ ber, Oh Tuesday, Mr. Chiasson Will .talk with businessmen and individuals, then in the even­ ing will show films, and talk to a general meeting. On Wed­ nesday he will interview offi­ cers and prospective officers and committee chairmen for a I invites C of C in Clinton. He will com­ pletely analyse the local situa­ tion *and recommend solutions to come up - with a stronger C of C in Clinton. Chairman Garon everyone out to the Tuesday evening meeting at 8 o’clock in the council chambers. The Clinton C of C has a sizeable bank balance, but. more inter­ est and enthusiasm is; needed by businessmen and1 citizens, claimed Mr. Garon. If enough persons are interested and will­ ing to work on C of C projects, new officers and executives will be eleoted. trip to toe arena, explained present conditions there. "The building is not in very good shape, floors are done, new heating needed, nets are done,” he said. He spent twice as much on fuel this winter. Mr. Brunsdon said toe com­ pressor and ice plant are good, and there is lots, of .ammonia for two. years. He suggested toe Lions sell toe ice-making plant but retain toe arena building for toe pre­ sent. . This suggestion brought forth pros and cons from near­ ly every Lion present. President Thompson said there is a new recreation com­ munity' centre on the horizon but a lot of problems yet1 to be worked out. Jack Scruton, a former mem­ ber of toe new arena fact-find­ ing committee asked, "Some­ body should be able to tell us if we are going to have a new arena.” He claimed that now is1 the time to sell toe ice plant and possibly the arena building. Must Have Ice Bath Mr. Lavis and Royce Macaulay, who seconded toe motion to operate Lions arena until new arena' is ready for op­ eration, stressed thaib Clinton Lions have an obligation to pro­ vide skating and hockey ice to Clinton land area. Mr, Lavis re­ viewed toe funds drive and in­ stallation of artificial ice in the Lions 'arena in 1952. At that time Lions members pledged nearly $4,000 themselves and canvassed the area for toe re­ mainder of toe $30,000 project. The project was $5?000 short of its goal and there is still a $3,- 000 mortgage on toe artificial ice plant. Many members questioned the new arena committee’s pro­ cedure on accepting a “package deal” of toe proposed- new com­ munity centre. Some thought an architeot should be hired, plans drawn and tenders called. The Lions were warned 'by John Lavis, member of CDd (Continued on page 7) Word on Truscott Case To Cabinet To-day Solicitor General L. Pennell was expected to make a report to the cabinet this1 morning at 10 a.m., concerning his investi­ gation into the Truscott case. On Tuesday night in London, Mr. Pennell told a meeting of the London Life Men’s Club that he has studied the trans- Request Union School: Seaforth & Tuckersmith toe township of $2,929,582, made up of $2,622,682 for pub­ lic school supporters. He said that the assessment of the des­ ignated area (hamleits of Har­ purhey and Egmondiville, plus part of toe township) was $1,- 093,900. Population of Tuckersmith, stated Mr. Forsyth was 2,074, and he gave the break-down by ages. Mr, Forsyth, who was formerly reeve, and warden of toe county, as well as secretary of toe former Tuckersmith School'Area board, stated that population in toe township for toe past ten years was up slightly, altoough there were more people id hamlets, and fewer on farms. Mr. Forsyth marked bn a map and entered as an exhibit, toe boundaries of toe hamlet of Egmondville, according to the built-up area. Mr. Forsyth gave evidence which outlined toe way in which children in Tuckersmith Almost a full courthouse at Goderich on Tuesdlay heard the first 15 witnesses in what pro­ mises to be a three-day hearing of arbitration by Judge R. S. Hetherington. Judge Hetherington was ap­ pointed by County Council to arbitrate an appeal by a num­ ber of ratepayers in Tucker­ smith Township, against the council of Tuckersmith, "to either deal with, or release, cer­ tain lands from County of Hur­ on School Area No. 1, for the purpose of forming a union school section with, the Town of Seaforth.” - J. K. Hunter, Goderich, is so­ licitor acting for the petition­ ers, and! Others, and Ban Mur­ phy, also of Goderidh, is acting for the Townships of Tucker­ smith and Stanley, and the school area board, Early in the hearing, Judge Hetherington ruled that the councils of Seaforth, Tucker­ smith, Stanley and Bayfield, plus' the several petitioners as a group, all are parties to the action. He based this ruling Oh the fact that a detachment of part Of Tuckersmith would af­ fect all Of the rest. Petitioners were Warden Haney, Cleave Coomb, Frank Hulley and Bruce Coleman, all of whom were called by Mr. Hunter as witnesses; During the hearing, witnesses are worn, and all idles of law ate adhered to. County clerk J. G. Berry, the fact that the ap- peal had been received from petitioners, asking that the union school section be formed between a section of Tucker­ smith and Seaforth. Tuckersmith clerk,. James I. McIntosh* RR 3, Seaforth, gave evidence that the petition ask­ ing for a union school section had been received just prior to $ / ■ $ ap­ his Town of Seaforth clerk E. ,M. Williams reported that hils council had received toe peti­ tion, cailedi a special meeting, accepted the petition, and pointed an arbitrator. Counsel Murphy stated opinion that toe appeal to county council was premature. It was made an February 22. Murphy argued that because the appeal Was made, then oh the meeting date, March 1, Tuckersmith was in the posi­ tion of not being able to take action could hat appoint ah arbitrator. Judge Hetoerlington ruled that the hearing would proceed in toe following Order: first the ratepayers, then toe town of Seaforth, then toe Town­ ships . of S tanley and Tucker­ smith, then' toe village of Bay- field, and then anyone that wishes to make a statement, Ivah Forsyth, assessor of Tuckersmith, produced figures to show a total assessment in Hearing Goes on Today Judge R. S. Hetherington the February 1 meeting of council, was referred to the consultative committee of coun­ ty council, and was again dis­ cussed at the March 1 meeting, No had been ap­ pointed by them, although this was requested by petitioners. Juilge R. S. Hetherington adjourned the hearing into the schools question until this morning at X0:30 a.m., and indicated that the mat­ ter Would continue through­ out today and tomorrow. J* K. Hunter, solicitor for ratepayers in Tuckersmith requesting a Union School section with Seaforth, will continue to call witnesses to­ day, Dan Murphy, solicitor for the Townships of Tucker­ smith and Stanley and Huron County School Area No, 1 Board, Ims yet to present their case. This is h ptibjie hbarftig', at which people wltit ?tib- ' missions to make arc wel­ comed. Sessions are in the court room on the top floor of the Huron County Court House in the square in Gode­ rich. were distributed throughout the township one-room schools with two grades taught in each class-room. r In the east section, at Eg­ mondville, Grades one and two, and Grades 7 and 8 are taught; at No. 7, Grades 3-4 and at an­ other, Grades 5-6. In the west, Section, ait No. 3 Grades 1-2; ait No. 2, Grades 3-4; at No. 10, Grades 5-6 and at No. 9, Grades 7-8. A shuttle service of buses is in operation, transporting chil­ dren to the school • at which their grade is being taught. Mr. Forsyth stated that mill rate in Tuckersmith in 1965 for public school purposes was 9 for farm, and residential and 10 commercial* He did hot know Seaforth’s public school rate exactly but thought it was 19. something for farm and residential. "Do I assume tHartr a student might go to four different schools to- complete all grades in the Tuckersmith system?” asked Murphy. Mr. Forsyth a- greed. Mr. Forsyth estimated the distance from Harpurhey to the furthest school at about $ miles; from. Egmondville to furthest school, 6 miles and from Egmondville to the pro­ posed school at Brucefield at 10-11 miles. He agreed that the Bruce­ field site was at the approxi­ mate centre of the area it was designed. to serve: ' Tucker- smith, Stanley and Bayfield. Mir. Forsyth also- stated that the earliest tithe lat which a Child now boardbd a bus to1 get to public- school was about 7:40 a.m. Bruce Coleman, RR 4, Sea­ forth, who is a public s chool supporter living 2.5 miles from Seaforth, waisi one of the peti­ tioners. When J. K. Hunter at­ tempted to enter a petition taken.' in 'the township prior to last November’s election as an exhibit, Judge _ Hetherington stated: "This is hot a township election. I won’t admit it with­ out proof of the signatures.” Coleman identified three sheets of the petition as those he had witnessed. Judge Heth­ erington said, "I don’t think this sort of petition is of any use, unless we have a firm un­ derstanding of what people were told at the time they signed it. Feotple will sign any­ thing.” Then he accepted the three pages of the petition, aS he said, "for what they’re Waith.” Mr. Coleman estimated the distance to the Brucefield school site- as 6 miles and' from Seaforth school as 3 miles; noted that a neighbour’s child­ ren were leaving home by bus no<w at 7:25 to 7:30 0.10, He didn’t know when they got home. He has three pre-school children, but none in schooL He did not know about transpor­ tation costs. He admitted no knowledge of separate school bus times, nor costs nor any idea; of the pro­ posed schedule for the Bruce­ field school. On cross-examim ation, Mr, Coleman admitted that it would be quicker to go by bWsl to Brucefield than to (Continued from page 2) cript of the trial, read' the book and conducted' other investiga­ tions. He did1 not elaborate. A recent issue of the Can­ adian Baptist, the newspaper of the Baptist contention of Ont­ ario and Quebec, has published an editorial saying that noth­ ing less than a royal commis­ sion will be satisfactory to an already aroused public. The v editorial praises author Mrs. 1 Isabel LeBourdais’ book, as an “intensely sincere, determined and brilliant effort”. A petition calling for an in­ quiry, and signed by 250 stu­ dents from six Toronto-area high schools was presented to Mr. Pennell on Monday at Brantford. This Monday’s Toronto Tele­ gram printed an answer by Mrs. LoBourdais to two Tele reporters who wrote "The Other Side of the Truscott Case” in a two-part feature the Weekend before. ,Mrs. LeBour­ dais pointed out the impossibil­ ity of preparing with one week’s study by the reporters, anything like a complete study of the case, on which She. had worked1 for several years. On Saturday night at Brus­ sels, Huron County Kairos young people will discuss the case during their regular meet­ ing, at toe United! OhiUrch. The. executive has been asked that all post-high school girls and boys be well versed on toe case, so they may enter toe dis­ cussion. ■ --O—• a---'-* ■ Two Car Crash At Brucefield A two-car crash at the inter­ section' of Highway 4 and the Mill Road ait Brucefield, result­ ed in damages of $550 estimat­ ed to the two cars. Mrs. J. K. Cornish, a passen­ ger in one of the cars, driven by her husband, J. K. Cornish, 75, Brucefield, was treated at Seaforth clinic for suspected fractured ribs and minor con­ tusions. The second car was driven by Elizabeth. Tiackeray, 42, of Chatham. Constable John Plnl- lips, OPP detachment, Cfedierich, investigated.