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Clinton News-Record, 1966-10-20, Page 14THE HURON RECORD 84th YearColumn*CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1966The Home Paper With the News By S. JT. K. THE NEW ERA « 100th Year $5.00 Per Year—12 Cents Per Copy—-12 Pager Hank Snieder, 83 Walker Street, has found the most un- usuial brochure behind a mirror and we are most grateful to tom for. submitting lit to us for .comment, "■** As near > as we can figure, it was printed about 1886 by Free Press Print and is a folder ex­ tolling the virtues of a Fore- paugh’s Show, an extravaganza of “novelties and wonders com­ bining every style of enter­ tainment known to pleasure seekers”. According, to the little book’- left, now brown with age, the show was “positively” tp exhibit in Clinton on Monday, August 30 and boasted, “Incredulity perishes before the overwhelm­ ing evidence. There can be no question when the facts are in­ disputable.' Adam Forepajugh frankly and candidly admits that he never expects' to excel his present enterprise1 either in point of merit or magnitude, as the possibility of further ad­ vancement does not exist. The very best of everything has- been secured without any re­ gard to extra expense,^.and it is simply seeking the unattainable to even desire better results'.” Sort of a circus, The Largest Exhibit on the Face of the Earth” featured nine tableau elephants, six performing ele­ phants, seven trick elephants, (Continued on Page 12) Lions Initiate Harold Bondy ■Harold M. Bondy, manager of McKerlie Automotive Ltd'., Clinton branch, was initiated into membership .of Clinton Lions Club -at the regular din­ ner meeting, in St. FauL’s Parish ■ Hall, Tuesday evening. The 'impressive initiation crire- . -.mohy was carried out 'by past • governor Hal. Meir and Zone ' 3-S Chairman ’Len Ford, both . from Seaforth Litas; Also as- ] sis ting were Ltori (Rev.). Ron ■ Wenham, Lion, George; 'Lavis , and piast president Russ Holmes -j who was the sponsor of .the new member. • ■ * < Vice-president Don Colqu- ■ . houn reported that the Lions j had made $530 on their rum-- mage and auction sale on Sat­ urday. Many 'ideas were sug­ gested- to improve, this annual fund-raising event. The Lions will sponsor a mid­ get-age hockey team this win­ ter in the WOAA. Ted Roberts reported that he ’ hopes to have at least ten en­ tries in Lions International Peace EsSay contest; subject of the essay to be “Peace Is Attainable”. He also is work­ ing on a Lions public speak­ ing contest for secondary School students. Two fund-raising events were, ■ reported on: the dance to Lio­ nel Thornton and his Casa Royal Orchestra in CJHSS audi­ torium on Friday, November 11 and the Grey Cup draw on Sat­ urday, November 26. Gladstone Grigg won regular draw prize; Deputy District Governor Bill Conron, Wingham, form­ erly of Clinton, will make his official visit at the next meet­ ing on November 8. The No­ vember 22 meeting will ,be a civic night. ' The annual Central Huron Secondary School Commence- , ment on Friday evening, Oct­ ober 21, was,* highlighted by the presentation of the W. ' D, Fair Scholarships. The late Mr. Fair, a former book store own­ er in Clinton, arranged through a trust fund for ithe annual presentation of scholarships to pupils in, grades 11, 12, 13 at the local collegiate. The schpL arships. are given for general proficiency and for proficiency in various subjects; • Grade -13'W, D, Fair Scholar­ ship winners were introduced by Principal Robert. J. Homuth and were5 presented with the scholarships by school board member Robert Peck. Winners for general profici­ ency were: Brpce McBride, 80.5 'percent; Clarence Magee, 76,9; Robert Cooper, 76.4; James "Livermore, 76.3, and Barbara Pegg, 75,3. .Grade 13 subject profici­ ency winners were:-Clare Ma­ gee, English, 89 percent; Rich­ ard Steens tra, geography, 78; Linda' Murphy, history, 83; Bruce McBride, mathematics, 83.7; James Cole, chemistry and physics, 84; Joan Irwin, biology, 82, and French and Latin 78.5. W. D. Fair Scholarship Win­ ners in grades 11 and 12 were introduced by principal R. J. Homuth. The grade 12 winners were: Martin Montmorency. Gwen Hay, Joseph Van Rooijen, Murray McBride and Bonnie Cox. The grade. 12 Special Com­ mercial scholarship was won by Patricia Brodie. Gwenneth Hendrick and Janey-Roest were- presented with the scholar,? ships for grad!e 11. .Bruce McBride, son' of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley McBride, RR 1, Varna, gave the valedictory address at tlais year’s' com­ mencement. Bruce is presently attending Guelph Agricultural College and is enrolled in the agricultural ' science course.' CJHSS’s only Ontario Scholar of last‘’.year,"-'he . was presented with his7 diploma by principal' R. J. Homuth. Bruce also won the Mrs.' Mabel Moffatt. Mem­ orial Award in agriculture, the E. A. Fines Memorial Award in mathematics and the Sir 'Ernest Cooper Scholarship for the highest standing in grade A3, The grade 12 general profici­ ency award's, donated by CFB Clinton, were . presented to: Gwen Hay,- arts and science; Cheryl Toll, business and com­ merce, and Larry McKinley, science, tech, and trades. Grade 12 subject awards were presented as follows: the Clinton News-Record Ltd; a- Ward in English, to Bonnie Cox; the. Dr. D. B- Palmer award in geography, to Nick Poppenk; the W. Q. Newcombe award in mathematics to Nick Poppenk; the Hat’riston Fertilizer award in science, to Murray McBride; the Clinton • Kinsmen award in foreign languages, to Gwen Hay, and the’ E, B. Menzies award in history, to Penny, Bateman, The grade 11 general profici­ ency award, donated by Anstetf Jeiwcbei’s Ltd., was won by Janey Roest', Harold Newland won the grade 10 general pro*-, ficiency award,' donated by Fairholme Dairy Ltd., and Ker- 'ry. Toll won the grade nine' award, donated, by Bartliffs Bakery Ltd. • ' ' ' Special Awards , ■ A number of other jSpecqal awards .up for coanpeititinri'Wl!© Won by the following.: Joseph Van Rooijen, 'the Bank of Montreal award in business .and commerce; Martin Montnioa’- ency, the Asmussen award in • Science, teoh. and trades; Harold Newland, Cheryl Me-’ Nall and Gail Viestrurp,, -the ■Norman and Verna Carter me­ morial award in science; Harry Cummings, the George Jeffer.-. son ' memorial scHiolairshlipp' Cheryl Toll, the Gregory Photo­ graphic Studio award; ‘ ! Rolfe Cooke, trie Woiribri’s Auxiliary tp- the Royal Cana­ dian. Legion Branch 140 award; Frances Blacker, the' Layis Contracting Co. Ltd. Grace McAdam, the Murphy Bus Lines award; ' Fred Eckel, the Additional Photos and List of Diploma Presentations on Page Two Canada Packed’s award; Robert Cooper, the Carnation Co. Ltd. scholar­ ship; Clara Martin end Mary Ellen Andrews, the 1 Clinton Public Hospital WA bursary. Miss Martin is presently in (Continued on Page 12) award; ValedictorianOntario Scholar Bruce McBride, the only Ontario Scholar at CHSS in the 1965-66 term, is being presented his certificate by Principal Robert J. Homuth. Mr. Mc­ Bride was also the valedictorian at the commence­ ment exercises. W. D. Fair Scholarship Winners Some of the Grade 13 W. D. Fair scholarship winners are shown here, left to right, Richard Steenstra, geography proficiency; Barbara Pegg, James Liv­ ermore and Clare Magee, general proficiency winners. Winners of Special Awards From the left, Fred Eckel, who was awarded the Cahada Packers Limited award; Bruce McBride, who won numerous awards; Gwenneth Hendrick, a grade 11 W. D. Fair scholarship winner, and Grace McAdam, who was award­ ed the Murphy Bus Lines special award. Clinton Rec Committee Appoints Doug Andrews Lions Arena Manager At the’ Clinton RecreationTson, The arena manager will Mnanittee meeting last Thurs- work with the above commit-Committee meeting last Thurs­ day evening, Douglas Andrews Was 'hired' as manager of the Lions Arena,, supervision ocf Clinton Community- Swimming Pool and maintenance* man for Clinton Community Park and the two smaller playground paries. • The rec committee accepted the management of Clinton Lions Arena, at a special meet­ ing of town council ’ and the rec committee on Tuesday, Oc­ tober 18, .Previous to that the Libns Club had requested the town’to take over operation of the arena on Mary Street. Mr. Andrews, who has work­ ed with minor sports most liis life, will be responsible an arena committee set up last. Thursday’s meeting. Members of the new com­ mittee within the rec commit­ tee, are, Jack Irwin, chairman, Percy Livermore, Don Kemps- 'ton and Councillor Gordon Law- tee re finances, major repairs, ice rental rates, season’s tick­ ets for skating, and other pro­ blems that occur. Maurice Maguire, owner of • Huron Laundry, Beech Street, has , been retained as • engineer of the ice plant at the arena, J Doug AndrewsMerchants To Promote Santa Claus Parade "Groves, Eugene, McAdam, Lawrie Slad'e and R. N- Irwin. Othbr business discussed in? eluded: all day closing on Mon­ day instead of the Wednesday afternoon at present; a cen­ tennial project for the mer­ chants and' some concern over the the increase in empty store's in business section., •------;—o—,--------- Only 12 persons turned out to a Retail Merchants Commit­ tee meeting in the council chambers Tuesday evening. The meeting was called by R. N. Ir- wliin, chairman and R. B. Camp­ bell, secretary. Others present were Art Colson, Lome Salz­ man, Harold Swan,. Lawrie Slade, Arthur . Aiken, Jack Prick, Gordon Herman, Eugene McAdamr • Clay ton Qroyps'« and. A-.' Lr /olquhouri:/cr <the'press. The group decided to’have a Santa Claus parade ;on Satur­ day, • December 3 at 1:30 p.m. The business section was- split into seven blocks, and each block was requested to enter "a. float. Other clubs, groups or individuals are also requested to enter floaty The parade will precede Santa’s vjsiit to the council chambers where treats will be given out. The retail merchants have over $1,400 ’invested in colored lights and decorations; no fur­ ther capital - expenditure is be­ ing made this year for addition­ al decorations or lights. Tentative committee hea^ls mem- Santa Clause float, Willard Wasson; advertising,' John Anstett; bands, R. B. Campbell; parade committee, Jack Peck, Clayton were picked as follows: bership, Bert Garrett; CiWnnrat’1 Meeting Nov. 3 Two other,'new committees were appointed at-last week’s meeting bn the suggestion of rec committee chairman J. Douglas Thomdiike.. They .are: planning commit­ tee, Hec Kingswell, chairman, Mait Edgar, Leri Fawcett and Don Kay. This committee was formed to plan and budget for the future of parks and recrea­ tion in Clinton. An executive committee was formed of the chairman of .all • .committees . within ’. the rec group. The president is1 an ex- officio member of all commit- . j tec/ ’ - ''. ' • ’ ’ ■J The’ rec committee decidJed to advertise for someone to rent and operate the booth in the arena. Tenders close on’ No­ vember 1 and1 will be opened at the next meeting on Novem­ ber 2. -o- Parents in the town of Clin­ ton have once more turned thumbs down on a project de­ signed solely for the benefit of ' their ' children. Due to the apathy of mothers and fathers ’of elementary school children enrolled at Clinton Public School, the officers of the Home and School Association have served notice , that the activities of the grotip will be 'discon­ tinued immediately, President Roy Wheeler noti­ fied tlie News*Record on Tues­ day that lack of interest has forced the local association to disband; With association goes several excellent oppor­ tunities for the youngsters at the public school, particularly those in Grade 7, The sihali group Of enthUsi- Oct, 19 The Weather 1965 High Low 1966 High Low astic Home and School sup­ porters' has worked hard to provide a proficiency award to the top student in Grade 7 each year as well as an educational trip to the county town, Gode­ rich, Where the children were taken on a tour of the court house, several manufacturing plants and the harbour area. Far the past two years, $100 bias been presented1 to the sch­ ool to be used for the purchase of • additional equipment. The major fund-raising event of the year for the Home and School Association has been the Fun Fail’, Which will alSO' be curtailed with the dissolution Of the local association. Mr, Wheeler said' interest has run high at the event, particularly among the children, blit added that too feW adults are willing to assist. Recently, a letter requesting helpers within the Home and School executive was sent home to every \sihgle family haying children at the school. Of 350 Or more families reached, hot •one mother or father has a- greed to pai’ticipato in Home and School work. •*. Attendance at meetings has beeh Apathetic” according to Mr. Wheeler. On several-occa­ sions, only 12 people have dome out to the gatherings for -which top speakers are sought. Even school board members are con­ spicuous by their absence, says Mr. Wheeler, and the teaching staff aft the school -seems un­ interested. “We just can’t operate any longer,” Mr, Wheelei’ told us. “Last year we forfeited all our voting rights in 'the provincial association because only two people were willing to register as a member of the Home and School Association. Registra­ tion fee is $1.” .. Second To Fall The Home and School Associ­ ation is the second Organiza­ tion to fall Within as many weeks. Clinton Brownies has beeh forced to disband because of lack of interest and concern among Clinton mothers. Mrs D. J. Carmichael, CFB Clinton, thsitrict Commissioner for Guides and! Brownies in Clinton and Adastral Park says three women have Volun­ teered to work With Clinton’s 64 Brownies, but because they •are inexperienced, the packs cannot be opened until training sessions have been completed, At least two more women are urgently, needed and Mrs. Oarmibhael says she has been withholdling a format announce­ ment of, Brownie disbandment in hopes that someone would offer to help. She described as "shocking” the lack of interest among par­ ents in Clinton. She said! the Guides from Clinton have- been invited to join With the troops at CFB because no leaders Were available in the town. However only Guides’ already enrolled inay accept this invitationNo new Guides can be handled by CFB leaders Who are working Under crowded conditions now, Scouts and Cubs in the town are also experiencing difficulty tn securing leaders. Cubmastet Lem jlaWcett telephoned <th.e News-Record last week 'to Say he was sorry, but “I’just can­ not handle any more boys Who want to ’ join, with a limited number of Cubmasttoto, ft is impossible,” Three men are looking after 48 cubs at the present time, and two or three more men are required before any new boys can be enrolled although sev- (Cotninued on Page 12) Industry Minister C. M, Dru­ ry has promised to take a ‘brief presented to him Monday seek­ ing . designated area status for 45 Western Ontario municipali­ ties to' the parliamentary com­ mittee on ' industry, " Godterich lawyer D. J. Murphy said Tuesday. The group was seeking desig­ nated area status to maltah the success of the Owein Sound- Midland-Collingwood area in ^industrial re-establishment. They were given little en­ couragement by tiie minister, who said their plea indicated problems of slow population growth and economic d'evelop- ment. Mr. Murphy was a member of the delegation which presented the brief to JVlr, Drury. He told the minister he be­ lieves the designated area program should include aid to areas of slow growth in addi­ tion to-those which have an uri- employment problem. “In a private conversation with the minister afterwards I obtained his absolute assurance that'the brief and my submis­ sion would be presented to the parliamentary committee on in­ dustry and we' would have an opportunity to appear person­ ally if we wish,” Mr. Murphy said. Mr, Drury had told the dele­ gation ha considered the prob­ lem- of Slow growth outside the jtirisdictiori of federal aid and a provincial problem. .“Wh'il'e there is a Severe pro­ blem involving federal and provincial jurisdiction, I was Very pleased With our reception and am looking forward! to out appearance before the parlia­ mentary committee on indus­ try,” Mt. Murphy sftid, ‘The Clinton delegation in­ cluded Councillors Balt NoOnari and Cameron Proctor arid town clerk John Livermore; Huron MP Robert McKinley attended the mocitiug Huron County Warden I<en Bitewart; Mayor Frank Walkom of Code* rich; Mayor John Flannery, Reeve Carl Dalton and Coun­ cillor Mrs. Elizabeth pardno of Seaforth, Were' other delegates from this area. HURON COUNTY FARMING REPORT “A splurge of good weather is aiding the harvesting of white beans and grain corn. Moisture content is lowering satisfactorily. Fall plowing is progressing favourably. Mild nights are allowing all classes of cattle to remain on pasture. Clintonians have only sev­ en days to muster their ideas for Centennial projects and entertainments for next year — Canada’s Centennial Year. A meeting' has been called in the council chambers at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Novem­ ber 3 to co-ordinate Centen­ nial projects for the town. Municipal officials, service clubs, fraternal groups, church organizations^ business­ men and individual citizens are all invited to bring their ideas to this meeting. Town council appointed a four-man Centennial Com­ mittee earlier this year, to organize anti co-ordinate the various projects. Members are Royce Macaulay, Bruce Bartliff, Arthur Aiken and Steven Brown. An organizer from the On­ tario Centennial Planning Branch of the Department of Tourism and Information, Burt Cane will be present to assist in the organization. New Column In News-Record The News-Record is this week starting a new column, “From The Gallery”, a regular column of comment on -the par­ liamentary and Ottawa scene. The writer, Henry F. Heald has had many years experience in public relations work, writ­ ing and editing for smaller pub­ lications in Canada, United States and Great Britain; for the past six years he has1 been with, a medium sized! provincial daily newspaper. “From The Gallery” can be found on page four, in the fourth column. The non-poiitical column will deal with the more important and controversial pieices of leg­ islation in the week or two previous to publication. The Baking Booth Goodies At Lions Sale Mrs. Davies, wife of Lion Vice-President Ted Davies, and her staff had theft hands full when the baking booth opened at the Lions rummage sale in the arena Saturday. Opening sharp at three o’clock, th6 bountiful supply of food was all sold within an hour. This is a big fund raiser in the annual ruinm&g& sale. The afternoon realized over <$500 for the local Lions. (NeWs-^Mrd Photo)