Loading...
Clinton News-Record, 1966-09-29, Page 1-o- Promoted To news- extra door Column i A By S, J. K. A RECENT int^rvfieiw with race Ciar driver uncovered toe ugly fact that most persons Who gather to* watch these speedy, brir-raising track events, are secretly waiting for a spectacular accident to occur, It seems car race spectators are pot interested in to<p’sport for ' .the sport alone, but in toe ' gorry accidents Which may ac­ company the contest, Newspapers’ receive reams of material on. safety *^ach week, and when space is hard to fill, one or more of "these safe driv­ ing “filers” are printed for toe _ possible edfififoation of top feW readers who will take time* ,;to look at them. Generally, 'this stuff makes dull reading t- maybe because it *is just a repetition of facts , wo should already know. z This time, though, we got a / pews* item from toe Statistical Research Department of Dom­ inion Automobile Association which we at. ithe News-Record agreed1 was the sort of safety feature that most ptople would stop'to read, lal^e car racing audiences who devour devasta­ tion, so newspaper subscribers look for something sensational, even gruesome, in • the weekly news budget. '' **■• Here it is, folks. You niiay or may not know toe' victims. All resemblance to persons living or dead is actual. After ponder- ance, you are encouraged to become a convent to toe Doc- ' trine of the Three C's — cour­ tesy, care and common-sense. Some of the facts of life and * death,; as they happened for Canadians last year: - — in 1965, one Canadian in each 120 was killed or. injured in an auto accident! . ,v — someone • was -injured every 3% minutes all yearlong! — between 5 and 6 o’clock in ’ toe 'afternoon is toe peal< tiine for motor accidents! — 25% or one quarter of all accidents happen during'hours of darkness: While traffic den­ sity is at its lowest! . , - . — male jdrivers. figured in NINE . out ”of TEN auto ac­ cidents! ... ’ — 30% of- alii accidents hap- pened--to drivers.m toe -age bracket, 15 to 25 years! 15% of all accidents happened in toe. 3 year age bracket —-16 to 19 years!, ‘— 60% of aM accidents oc-4 curred ’on* *dry roads in good weather ! ’ ’ • — 30%. of all accidents occur during toe late afternoon -and early ^evening, 4 p.m. to 8 p.md — there was an increase of over 9% in total. accidents in 1965 over 1964: the increase, 33,860 more .reportable ac­ cidents in 1965, compared with 1964, wito 11,000 more persons injured! —— one quarter of, all persons killed ,were under 15 years or over 65 years old! — Saturday, each week is the high point in frequency of accidents when 20%„ of toe week’s total occurs. ■ — every 1% minutes,,, day arid night, a traffic accident happened'in Canada which kill­ ed or injured humans, or caus­ ed property damage over\$100! ‘— August Was 1965’s Worst month from an accident stand-, point! .Nearly K 2,000 persons, were killed or injured more in ■ August than during any other month in that year. ■*— from January through Juhe, there were 73 traffic deaths per* week or,,approxi-* mately 10 each day while “from July through December, there were 115 traffic deaths per week or approximately 16 each day, in Canada! Keep these facts in rnuid When you. next enter toe -traffic stream! * >K * WHETHER you are happy or Unhappy during your appointed span upon this-planet depends .• largely on whether you count your blessings or take them for granted. According to Dr. C. H. Baylor, assistant medical di­ rector of The Texas Co., you can be certain of living a dis­ mal life simply -by following these-10 rules: 1) Forget the many good things you have and over-em­ phasize the few you lack, 2) Convince yourself that money is more important than it really aS. 3) Think of yourself as indis­ pensable. 4) ’ Think that you always have too much to do. • 5) Be convinced that yb*U are (Continued On page 7) The Weather Sept, t I 1366 High Low ' 53 53 44 42’ 35 34 36 :,21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ' Rain: L28T 57 61 ' 58 57 57 56 61 4 THE NEW ERA 100 th Year The Home Paper With The News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1966 I S1 ’■ Hl Guests at Lions 30th Anniversary. Dinner The Lions officials" grouped around the birthday cake'at Clinton Lions 30th anniversary, Tuesday evening are, left to right, District Governor Ken Waines, Owen Sound; Harold C. “Tubby” Lawson, who was the distinguished Lion a*t the event, being the only Charter member still active in ‘the club'; J. C. Shearer, Bright, who was president in 1943-44, and came back as guest. ^speaker, and Ken Flett, the present president; who was chairman of the anni- versary meeting. ’ ' (News-Record Photo) T Another $1,000 Bingo On Monday Night The service clubs of Clinton .are promoting another huge bingo in aid of CTtotob and Dis­ trict Community Centre Cen­ tennial Fund. It will be held Monday night, October 3 in Glinton Lions Arena beginning at 9 o’clock. If toe weather stays cold, the ppmm'Rtee ,h*as arranged' to have tour ga? heaters in operation.* during the, afternoon and .even­ ing,- ■ ■ The major prize will be. a $1,000 game Which must foe won.' There will be three sbalre- toe-wealth games and 15 regu­ lar bingos for $30, A .copy of the advertisement appearing in -many area papers entitles you to Chances op two $5.00 prizes. * Bring Your Centennial Ideas To October 5 Meeting ' . . t . * ”T'" A meeting has been called for Wednesday evening, Oot- ober 5 in. the town hall council chambers “at eight o’clock to .po-. ordinate centennial ’projects in the town of Clinton.Representatives t of service clubs,, civic bodies , and other groups will be present. Alsb ideas or •suggestions, from indi- viduals and business people will be welcome, Mayor Den Sym* ons reminded council at the meeting of September 20 that time was running short to make our centennial plans. Bert ■ Cane, an organizex’ oi centennial projects, with toe Ontario department of tourism and publicity ( will be present. I He will speak on plans in other communities and make suggest-' ions to Clinton groups and municipal Officials, Clinton Kinsmen District Cancer Group Holds Meeting Here Centennial Trees The Kinsmen Club of Clin­ ton have started on their cen­ tennial project — they’re now accepting orders for the Red AJaney Flowering Crab — des­ ignated as the Canadian Cen­ tennial tree. An order form on page five of this issue may be filled out and sent to Larry Jones, in charge of the Kinsmen’s cen­ tennial project. Included1 in toe price of toe .trees — selling at $5,95 each — is the sales tax and planting anywhere on your property. - The Red Abney Crab is a truly Canadian tree, a 'brilliant red. colour and hardy enough to withstand Canada’s extreme weather conditions. The Kinsmen hope to order these trees in the four to five feet' high range. According to Kinsmen Larry Jones they should be planted in 'the fall; he says late October would be the ideal time. There is no time limit for ordering your Kinsmen centen­ nial trees, but early orders would be helpful to the Club, so they can plan planting dates. z tee, reported toe anti-smoke, program carried put in most secondary schools in Hurpnia district has been, particularly effective where health nurses have co-operated. The district's service-to-pa- tients program, under the con­ venership of Mrs, R. B. Freure, Guelph, was extended to 544 patients in toe past year, while pain-relieving drugs were sup­ plied1 to 58 patients. Mrs. Freure said noit all doctors or druggists are aware of toe so­ ciety’s services, especially its drug service. Attending Mrs. Freure’s, workshop were two top division officers, Mrs. J. H. Stephenson, Windsor, and Mrs, Joseph Beechie, London. • The president, Professor Townsend expressed regrets that Mrs. Douglas Bavtliff, chairman of Huron Unit’s ser- (Continued on page 12) The 1965-66 objective, of the Ontario division, Canadian Can­ cer Society, was exceeded by $100,000, Roy Delaney, Toronto, a division field secretary, said Saturday, September 24, at a meeting in Wesley-Willi's Unit­ ed Church ip Clinton. He was '.speaking to delegates attending toe annual meeting of toe Huronia district council of the society. The day-long workshop-conference was at­ tended *by 80 ■ volunteers repre­ senting Walkerton, Grey, Bruce- Huron, . Perth, Wellington, North Waterloo and South Waterloo units. A breakdown of the district campaign by units showed all objectives exceeded, with the exception of Huron County, Which fell ' 30 per cent short- of its quota of $19,000. Mrs. Jack Young, 86 HUI-' crest Drive, Stratford, chair­ man of the education commit-_ the public IClub Honours ®BII _ r L 1 ■ SIBSi Ciinton Lions 1 Past Presidents, Charter Members On 30th Birthday Former Clinton Dions from as far away - as 200 miles came home for Tuesday ^v’ening’s 30-th anniversary of, the club held in St. Paul’s Parish. Hall, the original meeting! place o'f the club. The honoured -Lion of toe .event ^wa^^HaroldrCA‘‘^bb'y^ Lawson, toe only chanter mem­ ber still active in Clinton Lions. He was the club's third president in 1938-39. The chiar- prsjidbnt, Judge Frank Two Early President's H. M. Monteith, Kitchener, left, the second, president 'of Clinton Lions Club, in 1937-38, and Fred O. Ford, Clinton, right, president in 1939-40, are shown here with Deputy District Governor Bill Conron, Wingham,-a former resident of Clin­ ton. (News-Record* Photo) Fingland, now retired, - sept>af . congratulatory' letter, 'WFiem president Ken Fletlt read. ■* , .. Invitations had been sent to all former presidents and char- er members of toe diub. ’ President- Ken Flett -spoke of the service past president Law- son had given to- -Clinton Lions Club over the past 3,0 years and. requested him to light - toe 3,0 candles on the two-tiered an­ niversary cake. The second > president of toe Dions, H. M. Monteith (1937- 38), a former manager of Clin­ ton branch of the Bank of Mon­ real, now retired in Kitchener, spoke for the former presidents. He said it lis a source* of satis­ faction to the older members to have the club still carried on successfully. The club’s eighth president. James C. Shearer, who was president in 1943-44 while serv­ ing as agricultural represent­ ative- in Huron, was guest speak­ er of the 30to anniversary din­ ner. Mr. Shearer is now a far­ mer- near Bright, Ontario. Other’ past presidents from out of own attending the anni­ versary were: AV. L. Whyte, Seaforth, 1941-42; J. George McLay, 1948-49, former man­ ager of the Royal Bank branch here, now living retired in St. Marys; Dr.* Robert M. Al dis, 1953-54, the newly-appointed Medical Officer of Health for Perth 'County and former M.0H in Huron, still residing in Gode­ rich and Ken McRae, 1955-56, now residing 'in St. Marys. Former presidents still resid­ ing in Clinton, but not mefo- '' bers of the Lions at present, at- (Continued on page 12) High LOW 85 84 70 61 61 51 57 Rato: 70 63 58 48 47 87 27 ,89if Old Lions Talk Things Over . There were many such gatherings at the 30th anniversary of Clinton Lions Club, Tuesday evening. Shown here ard, left to right, GdOrge MoWr St Marys, president in 1948-49; Basil B. Pocklington, London, a fomier member; Stewart Taylor, president in 1962-63 and Orville Engelstad, Clinton Lions treasurer* (NewsPPecord Photo) •* —GPL;. -GEORGE- B’ROW-N^ * Who has • been at CFB Clinton since 1963 has been ■ promoted to toe rank of Sergeant. Sgt. Brown hails from Port • Burwell, Where’ his parents, ■ Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brown are still residing. Enlisting in the RCAF (in 1949, he has been posted to a number of Ont­ ario bases ihcluding Camp Borden, Centralia and Ayl- • mer. ’ At' Canadian Forces Base Clinton, he is in charge of toe publications section, a component of the Base Sup­ ply Organization. With his wife Betty and three children, Judy aged 13, Shelley 11, and Wendy 9, Sgt. Brown lives at Apart­ ment F-l in married quarters, Adastral Park. ----:------o------------ OBIT. G. Reg. McKiel R-ev. A, J; Mowatt of Wesley- Willis United Church conducted the- funeral service Monday at Beattie Funeral Home for George Reginald McKiel, RR 4, Clinton, who passed away Fri­ day, Sept-ember 23 in Clinton Public Hospital following a lengthy illness.' He was in his 69to year. Born at Gananoque in May of 1898, he was married to Thelma Gladys Skerritts' on August 18, 1926. He was for .30 years sec­ retary of Maxon Incorporated Advertising, Detroit, but has resided for many years at RR 4, Clinton. His registered Holstein herd was well-known across South western Ontario-. He is survived by his wife; a son, Bryce of Toronto; a daugh­ ter,-* Judith Anne, Mrs. Rudolph Rust of Hacienda Heights, Cali­ fornia; a brother, Harold L. of Gulfport, Florida; two* sisters, Mrs. J. M. Moore, East Lans­ ing, Michigan and Mrs. Hamish MacDonald, Toronto. . Following toe funeral service, cremation Was at Woodland Crematorium, Rondon. Family and friends of toe de­ ceased attended the funeral from Toronto, Hamilton, Stouff- ville, Wobdsley, East Lansing, Detroit and Fraser, Michigan and Ohio. ’’ ' ■C^ihifoh‘km'ay6r;’-Dbb" Symo^ had one o*f the happiest mo­ ments of his life last Wednes­ day evening when he welcomed George Gath er cole, chairman of Ontario Hydro*, to* a convention at Elm Haven Motor Hotel. The occasion was toe annual meeting o*f Grand Valley Mun­ icipal Electric Association, which is District No. 6 of the Ontario- Municipal Electric As­ sociation. , Mayor Symons told Mr. Gatoercole he was in toe same ■ business', being a lineman with the Clinton -area office of Ont­ ario Hydro. Over 150 persons attended the eventing dinner after a full afternoon of reports, discus­ sions and election of officers. Other speakers at( the ban­ quet were: Group Captain K. R. Green­ away, commander of Canadian Forces Base Clinton, who boast­ ed to toe hydro delegates that the base was a big user of electricity. The base command­ er said he was pleased to have had wives of toe delegates tour toe School of Food Services at toe base during the 'afternoon and have tea in toe officers' mess. „ Hal Hartley, chairman of Clinton PUC, welcomed dele­ gates on behalf of his com­ mission. He remarked that the- Elm Haven Hotel was toe PUC’s *first alLeleotric installa­ tion in'Clinton. Mr, Hartley, as a dwector of district 6 of OMEA, made many of toe ar­ rangements for toe convention. Dr. J, E. Wilson, Barrie, president of Ontario Municipal Electric Association; E. F. Bur­ bank, president of 'the Associi- 'atibn ■ Of Municipal Electric Utilities and G. M. McHenry, London, manager of Ontario Hydro Western Region, all made short speeches-. Mr. Bur­ bank’s association, which in­ cludes 238 municipalities,*. * said, “Relations' have -never . been, better with Ontario* Hydro than at the present time-.” The Ontario Hydro chairman remarked that Clinton’s mayor was unique; ho is mayor, an ex-officio member of Clinton PUC and a lineman with Ont­ ario Hydro. “He doesn’t need to be at all modest”, said Mr. Gathercole. The Hydro chairman said this region -has much potential, and announced that Douglas Point energy plant would’ be ’in operation this winter. “District 6 combines agri­ cultural and manufacturing in­ dustries and to my mind this is a part of Ontario*.- that is mov- ing forward and, has a treiben- d’ous patenti-al," said’ the chair­ man. Gu-ttomer ^•mpkints, plant operations and billing were dis- russed by a panel at the* aftea-- noon session. George Shepherd, Elora, was re-elected president. Other offi­ cers are D’Orlean Sills, Sea­ forth, first vice-pr’esi'dent; G, R. Cook, Preston, second vice- president; D. M. Seath, Strat­ ford, secretary-itreasurer. Directors are H. M. • Scheif­ ele, Waterloo; W. J. Mills, Gode­ rich; Martin Fisher, Galt; W. J. Isaac, Mitchell; J. M. Lind, St. Marys; Hal E. Hartley,. Clinton; Archie McGugan, Pal* merston; H.* J. Shields, Guelph, and R. E. Mountain, Stratford, During tiie banquet, the Har- boiubaires Male Chorus from Goderich,’ which also includes Clinton persons, entertained on. two different occasions, Stanley Club Meets October 5 The Stanley Community Club will resume regular meetings. The first one at toe home of Mrs, Ann Bfoadfobt is on Wed­ nesday afternoon, October 5. Roll call Will be “What We Did This Summer*’* OBIT Colin MacDonald Colin McKeever MacDonald, RR 2, Bayfield, passed away Wedhesday, September 21 at Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich following a lengthy illness. A lifelong resi­ dent of Goderich Township, Mr. MacDonald Was. 'in his 78th year. - The deceased was born Dec­ ember 26, 1888, the Son of the late James and Helen Mac­ Donald. He was a member cf tlie Presbyterian Clmrch. 'He is survived by one sister, Mr£ Alda T, Gray, 45 Nelson St, Etist, Goderich. Funeral was fitom » toe Beattie Funei’al Homo, Clinton, with Rev* R, U. MacLCan hi charge. Interment Was in Maitland Cemetery* Pallbearers1 were Dan Glid­ den, Fred MacDonald,- GobdCin MacDonald, Wilfred Dhnomnie, PvObin Thompson and Dougk'is McIXnigan, ' . Wes®®J, Hosts at Electric Association Conference Keeping an eye on registrations at the District 6 conference of the Ontario Municipal Electric Association at Elm Haven Motet Hotel, Clinton, last Wednesday are Councillor Cam Proctor, a Clinton PUC employee; Mayor Don Symons; PUC Commissioner John Wise and PUC ohairmah Hal Hartley, officials of the host utility r The OMEA represents, elected officials of the municipally-own­ ed Hydro systems. More than 130 delegates attend­ ed the one-day meeting. (Ontario Hydro Photo)