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Clinton News-Record, 1966-08-04, Page 1/ Clinton News-Record THE NEW ERA —r 100th Year . - THE HURON RECORD The Home Paper With the News By S’ 3. K, Haven’t followed the route to Clinton for some months now . I thoa'oughly enjoyed the trip in on Friday morning . . , The countryside looks so given and fresh after the much needed rainfall , farmers will be grateful ■ for the precipi tation even if they were caught with their grain down . . . Strangely enough, vacationers were hoping for a rainy day . \ , holidays can be tiring if one roust keep on the go all the time . ., and when the weather is sunny and hot and gorgeous for- outdoor living, tourists feel as though they must keep on- the-m-oVe . . . after all, summer is short and the good days must not be wasted . . . Couldn’t overlook 'the changes along Highway 4 . . , noted with some apprehension that the road is police patrolled from the aii’ . , . leather a sneaky way in our estimation, to catch speeders . . , but it seems to be the only way . . . living on the very edge of a small village, we are keenly aware of motorists in’a hurry . . . complaints bring a police cruiser to. the scene to siit and waft and observe , . . suddenly, the- line of ’traffic be comes a wei'l-behaved, law-abid ing flowing stream of cars . . . until the cruiser leaves' . . . ,and the race begins anew with seemingly increased vengeance. New construction, too, chang es the horizon . . . several ’new homies are rising . . . additions to barns and businesses , • . . the giant” new Stanley-Tucker- smith school at Brucefield . . . the new wing <ait Huronview . . . At least two farm homes be tween Clinton and Brucefie'ld have 'been dressed up . . . per haps. for Centennial Year ... each has new aluminum '(we thli-nk) siding . . . and the adr diition of shutters and a fresh coat of paint here and there, makes the entire picture quite pleasing . . . congratulations to the owners ... One thing hasn’t changed . . . and for -this we are glad . . the Canadian Forces Base at Clinton Still remains and did not fall prey to the Depart ment of National Defence cut back -axe 'as did the OFB at Centralia . . . (There are many long faces and much to Write about lin that area of Huron) .r.. Clinton residents must be grateful at the news and we hope not “smug” and “compla cent” as ithe editor of Goderich Signal-Star o*f last week charg ed Y / . . Highway 4 south into Clinton is • still under construction . . . one wonders if the work will -ever be done . . . but there is solace in the thought that the- widened, resurfaced thorough fare of tomorrow will minimize the hardships of today . < . ’ Face of Clinton remains about the same . . . with a few exceptions . . . and a couple of askew signs ,. , like the one at K. W. Colquhoun’s office which reads K. W. Colquh . . . and the ‘oun’ hangs almost perpendicu lar at the lower left .... Things at the News-Record are about the same . . . (that statement is for the benefit of our vacationing bossman) . . *. there will be no shut-dbwn at .the local newspaper this sum- . mer . . . business will continue as usual, even though staff members will have 'their vaca tions . . . one or two at a time ... which iis, the reason for my limited engagement here . . julst sitting in (and that’s about all) for one week while A. L. ■ enjoys a change of pace ... • CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1966 BEGINNINGS OF 'NEW FACE IN EDUCATION LONDESBORO Hullett Central To Open Sept. 6 Even though construction at the now central school in Hul lett Township is running a bit behind schedule, school board officials are planning for clas ses in the building in, Septem ber. Glenn Carter told the News- Record Wednesday morning that the school board expects the 11-classrooms and the gym- torium at the Lonclesboro site will be “useable” by September 6. - The school estimated at a cost of $330,000 is being built by Logan Construction of Strat ford? . Donald Miller B.A„ Windsor, has been engaged as principal. Mr. Miller who comes, to Hul lett with eight years experience J. G, Burrows the has ap- Board of Education for City of Timmins, Ontario-, this week announced the pointment of J. G. Burrows, B.A., M.Ed., as the first Super intendent of Public Schools* for that city. This is a newly-esta blished position with the Tim mins School Board, arid the ap pointment becomes effective August 15th. Mr. Burrows has recently completed three years as In spector of Schools for the southern portion of Huron County. During this period, the establishment of -Central Sch ools in all -of the townships in this inspectorate, has been ef fected, Also formed, was Huron Gpunty -School Area No. 1, one Of. the first .'County Areas to be approved in the province. • Oveir the past two years, Mr. Burrows has chaired the Con servation Science School com mittee, which was instrumental in establishing the first out door Conservation Science- School -in Western Ontario. This project, co-sponsored1 by the De partment of Education and the Department of Lands and For ests, has been most successful from both the viewpoints of ed ucation and conservation, and plans are underway to- establish a permanent 'school of this kind in the area. The past .two -summers Mr. Burrows attended summer school in Toronto, enrolling, in the Auxiliary Education cours es. His keen interest in Auxili ary Education has led to the formation and advancement of this type of class in the schools in his inspectorate. ------------------------------------- -----------------7--------------------- COLORFUL PARADE New System . Soon Reality When school, opens in Sept-' ember, the emphasis may Still be oh the three R’s — reading, ’litir.g and ’jrithmetic ~ but children in. the area surrounding Clinton are pre mised what we hope will be a brighter future,. , thanks to consolidated education. ’» Goderich Township School Area “pioheered” in this dis trict in the central school system which lias been oper ating there for almost a year now. This fall, youngsters in Hullett, Tuckersmith and 'Stanley can see the begin ning of their new schools and With luck, should be enjoying their benefits by early 1967. Not accomplished over- ' night, the new system lips been the subject of many dis cussions and some arguments '(luring the past few months. Taxpayers all, parents only a portion, people in the town ships circling. Clinton were . dubious of consolidation . . .Grade 1, Mrs. Susan Howson, and possibly are still. Blyth; 1-2, Mrs. Violet Howes, ' v ’ Clinton; 2, Miss Glenyce Jewitt,‘ -‘.pressing '"ahead,’ J Clinton; 3, Miss Martie Koop- that the new system is the mians, Auburn; 3-4, Mrs. Brendla Radford, Londteboro; 4-5,. Mirs. ' . ; 5, Bar-JK«qejlrn|ng. are rising — ,One at Snell. Londesboro; 6, , - UIlGcabui - - - • James Jamieson, Lonictesbor'o ; 7, ; south of William Millson, Seaforth;, 7-8,- ' Miss Eva Verhoef, Clinton; 8; Kenneth Scott, Blyth. Staff members will operate on a semi-rotary system. Miss Snell wdlll be muslic supervisor at the sohioiol and Mr. Scott will attend to the physical ediuca-r tion instruction in addition to teaching their regular classes. Principal MRler will assume some teaching duties in these instances. Transportation Will be 'pro vided .for the 315 students by. Gordon Radford who has pur chased five 60-passenger buses.,' Perhaps ten or 15 studtents * within walking distance cf the school will be required to reach the school on foot. -----------o----------- in the Windsor area, has taken residence, in .Clinton. All teachers have been hired. They are: Bly th; 1-2, Mrs, Violet Howes,! Yet,area school boards are , convinced £ best system. ■f" '■ Two new modern centres of Livingston, Seaforth; bara Snell, Londesboro; 6, ■* Londesboro and another just Brucefield. ’ Only time will tell whether the ex pense of change — and all its other factors — are worth the effort involved. At the present, however, residents in . those areas can watch with pride as their respective schools take shape. 906 $ BILLS IN SNOWBALL It may be August but Clin ton Service Clubs are rolling a snowball ... a big green snowball made of 906 crisp dollars!The Snowball Bingo is ’em tering its fifth week now and Still no one has taken home the jackpot. This -week some one must call a bingo in 54 . numbers or the $906 remains intact arid more money added for Augulst 22. All proceeds are to -be di rected to” community work. uccess The weather man who caused postponment of Bayfield’s Lions Club 19th annual carnival on .Wednesday- last, relented on Friday evening and ordered the Fair ground dried out by 8 p.m. Festivities started with the parade headed by the Ipper- wash Cadet Band leaving the post office-at 7:45. The colorful Junior Swimmers Poss Tests These Clinton junior swimmers posed proudly last Friday morning with their examiner F /Sgt. Gordon Wade, OFB Clinton and pool supervisor Rolfe Cooke following swimming tests at the local [pool. From the left (front row) Tom Campbell, Judy MacDonald, Kathy Bartliff, Leo Horbanuik, Frank Newland, Keith Crittenden; (middle row) Linda Riley, Cal Fremlin, Anri Crittenden, Sheila Philips, Keith Bottema; (back row) Jim McKenzie, John Guetter, F/Sgt/ Wade, Rolfe Cooke. (Complete story oh page 8). (News-Record Pittite) parade, which gets bigger and better every year made its way to tile Falifl.’ ground's where prizes were presented. Winners were: Decorated ibikes, “S.S. Rate payers”, Jeff Cantrick ant Brian Hendrick; "Batman” Mike Halpin; “Umbrella man” Steve Pence; “Dunce Cap” Beth Sberritt. Decorated trikes, “Super Ex press”, Tommy Telford; “Bay field Tours”, SCCItt Gregory; Richard Tillmann. Floats, “Months of the year”, Merner Family; “Ma and Pa Kettle”, Les Armstrong and fa mily; “PaiUl Bunyan Camp”, Bannister’s Cottages; (special prize) “Wheel of Fortune”, Mi's. J. Howard. Decorated cabs, “Mad'ame Lion President”, Wiayne Dupee; “Rbnnter’S TV”, Faith arid David Renner; “VollcsWagen Lightning Brig”, Charles Rogers. Miscellaneous carts, “Go-Go Granny”, Sally Walden arid Company; “Scooter”, Charlie Piruss arid Calvin Merrier; “Bayfield Express”, . Elizabeth Kuritz; “Red Gross Girl”, Donna McLeod.. ' CostUriTtes, “'Bayfield Library”, the Stephterisbri family; “Iri- dians”, Abby and May Lee Champ; “Biblical Friends” the Kalbfleisch family; (special prizes) “Hula girls”, Rebecca Ingram and Janet Ka.l1>flcisch; “Batman”, Pat arid Lynda Ma* lontey. Costumes, “Scare crows”, Phyl Maloney and B. Bruce; “Clowns”, Mta. Ed Stur geon, Rhea Sturgeon and Lyriri (Continued on page 5) BAYFIELD — There were 'approximately 60 members of 'the Bayfield Ratepayers Associ ation in- Bayfield Village Hall on Saturday for their third an nual general meeting. President, Alan Aylesworth, welcomed all present and out lined the agenda for the session. Secretary, George* Bellcham- ber, among other' .items in his report, read the official reply received in answer to- an associ ation letter which was- present ed1 at the July 4 meeting of Bayfield Council. In her letter, Mrs; Phyllis Maloney, clerk-treasurer, point ed out that .‘the OPP are quite willing to patrol the village and make* arrests if necessary where Metal Detectors Uncover Coins - Rare And Old BAYFIELD — Dr. and Mrs. J. F. Doering who reside in Kansas City are vacationing north of Goderich, Both he and his wife are numismatists and augment their collection with buried treasures disclosed by the use of metal d'eteqtors. (Photo by Audrey Bellchamber) Dr. J* F. Doering On Monday afternoon and evening in Clan Gregor Park they found a 1912 quarter and an 1854 Bank of tipper Canada token. Iri the past 4 days they have found to the area 30 large coppers and an 1883H. Victoria quarter, Among their rare finds have been an 1804 Quebec Bank token found ta Hariibal, Mon and ah 1807 Silver Real of tihe Reign found Dr. their hobby fascinating and have been pursuing it tor .the past three and one half years. Dr. Doering is. a professor at I Evansville University. Of Charles' XV Spain, in Evansville. and Mrs. Doering find BRUCEFIELD Dubbed zHuron Centennial School' An impressive sign at. the site of the Tuokersmith-Stanley Cen tral School just south of Bruce- field1 officially dubs the school “Huron Centennial School”. Vern Alderdice explained Wednesday morning that the Board of Huron -County School Area One'chose the name be cause the school will officially open . the first school d'ay in 1967 — Canada's Centennial Year — and is the first iif ilts kind for Huron County, A joint effort of Stanley and Tuckersmith Township folk, the school is being constructed by Frank Van Bussell and- Sons, Lucan, to include 16 classrooms, two kindergarten classes, one opportunity class, a library and a gymnasium. Approximately 57 students will be educated within the school’s modern framework, Cost of the school has been estimated at 8698,000. With construction about two days ahead of schedule at the present time, board membeirs appear optimistic that work will be completed by the deadline date of November 15. There are no plans, however, to- begin classes’ until the new year. Present schools in both town ships will be utilized for the fall term with grades one, two, three- and four operating in some schools and grades; five, six, seven and eight in others. No change for Tuckersmith children, the system will be- new for Stanley youngsters. Kindergarten classes will not begin until January. Mr, Aid- ' erdice indicated the board had agreed that a six-month course for this one year would be1 ac ceptable to parents of kinder-? garten pupils.‘He referred to a former practice where kinder garten candidates attended classes only from Easter until June. Arnold Mathers BA has been retained as principal of .Huron Centennial School. Formerly of Usiborne Central School in south Huron! Mr. Mathers is working this summer as an in structor at the elementary school .'teacher’s summer courses in Goderich. Ratepayers To Buy School? the laws relating to notise, speeding etc. -are contravened, but in. the absence ..of a-, full- time police officer the co-oper ation of residents in backing their complaints is vital. Full-time service of an OPP officer would cost $5,400 per annum. Answering a charge that little is done to control dust on unpaved streets, council pointed out that they could only pur chase calcium chloride economi cally by doing so* on a share basis with Stanley Township. As Stanley Township do the trucking it is done when con venient to them. • Regarding the use of oil, it was pointed out that the De partment of Highways had been contacted for advice and had recommended that calcium be used. Council declined to, disclose any long range1 capital works program but advised that they are at present installing cul verts and1 drains and continuing to- grade and build up streets “in preparation for possible future paring”. Answering a plea that Coun cil consider the acquisition of Bayfield Public School they stated “the people must decide iff 'they are willing to pay. A Vote wo<u!ld have to be taken and a money By-law passed.” A breakdown of assessments for 1965 showed 240 summer homes and 170 permanent with total assessments' of $312,000 and $303,000 respectively. The 1966 budget which was also provided was the final item •• read by the secretary. It dis- closed that of monies gathered in taxes,, subsidies, grants etc. only,. $21,3.60 vfjere controlled and spent by Cduncil. Of . this total, salaries ■ ac counted for only $5,750; street lighting, $1,200; insurance, $429; grants, $340; office equip ment, $300; office, expenses, $200; dump, $200; village hall (hydho etc.), $300; bank inter est .and exchange, $100; road construction, $7,800 (actually $10,000 less $2,200 of the Roads Superintendent's salary); gravel Local TV Host Gives Preview Local sportsman Ellwood Epps, host of the Channel 8 Wingham TV show “The Great Outdoors” announced Wednes day toils guest on this Monday evening’s offering will be Bert Platt, a popular Orangeville gun enthusiast. Mr. Platt Will be discussing modem and antique hand guns with EilWOod in what promises to be an interesting few -min utes. .......On Monday, August 15, Ell*/ wood will be hosting an arch* ery show with Miss Michile demonstrating the aft. The Weather ' 1965 High Lbw 50 45 47 49 56 58 54 Reverend Father Richard Bus'sey has been transferred to- No. 4 Wing Germany. He -held his final mass at Canadian Forces Base Clinton last Sun- Fr. Richard Bussey pit, $300; capital expenditure (road grader) $1,800; and allot ments for expenditureby com- mUtees’totalling $1,006leaving $1,640 as a reserve working fund. The 'treasurer’s report follow ed and showed approximately $275 in hand .and less than 50 membership fees received be fore* the* meeting commenced. Brig. F. A. Clift said hie; felt it necessary to point out that in many cases the $1 fee cover ed two memberships (husband and wife or joint .owners' being charged as one ratepayer). He* also- asked that the execu tive consider the need to repre sent all residents as it would lose considerable influence if it became principally the voice oif summer residents. He urged that a canvass be made to in crease membership among year- round residents as tlisere are still many matters worthy of concerted efforts. Among -other items mention ed were: .gravel acquired at the bare ’Cost of trucking after the harbour had been dredged; maintenance of Clan Gregor Park; road -work, drainage; purchase of a .gravel pit and a road grader. Reeve F. McFadden also ex plained why the road around Clan Gregor Park had been re- surfaced and answered qUesions from the floor. He said that obtaining stor age facilities for salt and cal cium was under consideration. He. listened sympathetically to complaints of jeeps -and hon- das roaring up from the beach at 2:30 in the morning and horses being wtashed and foul ing the water and beaches while swimming was in progress, z Tire president thanked Reeve McFadden and assured him (Continued on Page Eight) 1966 High Low 71 " 76 75 77 81 81 69 59 63 58’ 46 59 55 61 76 68 66 79 71 72 62 . Rain: 109” Father Bussey was ordained a priest at Sit. Michael's Cath edral to 1955 after graduating from. St, Michael’s College at the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and from St. Augustine’s Seminary at Scarborough with a Bachelor of Theology Degree. His career with the Can adian Armed Forces began in 1952 when -he became an Officer Cadet in the University Reserve Training Plan. After Ordination, ho served in the Supplementary Reserve, until 1959 When he be* came a Peguiliar Royal Canadian Air Force Chaplain. Father Bussoy came to Clinton in 1961 after two years at Moose Jaw. While at Clinton, Father Bus sey has been quite active in tihO' community, In addition to be ing Director of tile Catholic Women's League and Chairman of the Church Committee, he has served on Committees tor the Students* Lounge, the Ben evolent Fund, -and the Boy Scout Group. Clinton Court Short Session A brief court session in Clin ton was the result of a series of adjournments due to the ab sence of the Crown Attorney who >iS on vacation. Magistrate Glenn Hays, Goderich, ordered all cases held over until conns on September 7 and October 5. Cases to be heard at Septem ber session include charges of careless driving, speeding and failing to stop for a red light against Larry James Thompson, 388 Central Ave., London; a charge of driving Under sris* pension against Johannas Henry Leppingtoh, BrUcOfieild; disturb ance charge against Ronald Cleghorn, Wiihghrim; and a charge of making unnecessary noise against Arthur Ross Helm, RR 3, Lucknow7. , John Craig Russell, RR 2, Gtahton will 'appear October 5 on a careless driving Charge,