Clinton News-Record, 1967-05-18, Page 1All Clinton Businessmen Co-operating In Retail Merchants Centennial Week
Indian Joe" Murphy of J.
and T. Murphy Ltd; in
authentic attire.
Robert B. Campbell of Pickett &
Campbell, opens for business
Monday morning.
Corrie's Red & White Foodmaster
is being managed by "Parson"
Maynard Corrie.
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Bank of Montreal manager Ken Flett
talking big business with Don Scruton
of Scruton's Firestone
By S. J. K.
VICTORIA DAY will be cele
brated in Canada on May 22
this year which will mean the
first long holiday- weekend of
teie spring-summer season; a’
whole batch of traffic, a list of
tragic deaths and accidents in
Tuesday’s newscasts; and some
sunburned backs (hopefully).
It is supposed to be business
as usual at the News-Record
office Where the Big Boss in
sists that Monday holidays are
not conducive to keeping Thurs
day deadlines. Fortunately, the
governments and the depart
ment of labour are on the slide
of .the employees in tins in
stance so chop around on Mon
day and see just who won
out . . . ,* . ;
There will ■ be some. changes
in delivery service at the local
post office on May 22. There
will be no Wicket service and
no rural route delivery. .The
lock-box lobby will ’ be open
from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. for
the convenience of patrons who
receive their mail through a
lock-box.
Street letter boxes will be
' cleared at 4:15 p.m. and mail
will be received and despatch
ed at 6:40 pun. -
HEARD FRIDAY morning on
one of the American radio sta
tions that some persons are
considering the prospect of
making all holidays except
Christmas and New -Years fall
on Monday. It. has the advant
age of giving Americans seven
three-day weekends in each
year.
It doesn't sound too bad, ex
cept this regimentation of holi
days gets a little .tiring at times.
Sometimes it is refreshing to
have a Thursday off for a
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No. 20 — The Home Paper With tlje News
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Art Colson of Clinton Meat
Market displays "old
butcher" clothes.
THE NEW ERA — 102nd Year
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1967
“Nothing short of faJbulous
was the comment made by R.
B. Campbell, secretary of Clin
ton Retail Merchants Commit
tee, over the enthusiasm and
co-operation in the Centennial
Week — May 15 to 20 — cele
brations in town.
The idea of such a week was
put to a dinner meeting of 36
retail merchants " and sales
clerks a month ago; some were
enthused;- then last week a spe
cial. advertising paper was
published and by Monday morn
ing the whole main street was
bubbling over with Centennial
displays and clothes. The en
thusiasm is still snowballing.
The week will finish on Sat-,
,urday afternoon at four o’clork
When draws will be made in
Library Park for 47 prlizes .put
riip by the participating mer
chants. Tickets ■ will be picked
up between 3 and' 3:45 p.m. The
winners, donors and prize Will
be published in next week’s
News-Record.
>;-Not only .are most store
keeper's and sales staff in cos
tume, but there are special buys
in each shop.
The retail merchants Cen
tennial week committee had
great praise for Clinton’s re
tail sales ladies, who could be
termed as the backbone of the
entire promotion.
“This iis’ living proof of what
,47 merchants -can do for bus
iness — and. town of -Clinton
promotion — as a co-operative
venture,” said secretary Camp
bell.
The week got off to a good
start when over 150 persons at
tended a special Centennial
service in St. Paul’s Anglican
Church, Sunday evening. Dr. A.
J. Mowatt and Rev. Ron Wen-
ham were thu..speakers. . . .
Practically every store is dis
playing Centennial or old vin
tage items used in each par
ticular business. There are
many old Clinton pictures on
display, and the costumes of
clerks and ' shopkeepers are
worth coming uptown to see.
Throughout this week’s issue
we have tried to show only a
few of the costumes; there will
be more next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Herman of Herman's
Men's Wear leaving St, Paul's Church
after Centennial Service.
THE HURON RECORD — 86th Year
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1967
High Low
1966
High Low
$2,500 For Arena Fund
During the business session lat the annual sports
banquet in*the Legion Hall, Tuesday evening the
Kinsmen Club of Clinton authorized a donation of
$2,500 to Clinton and District Community Centre
Centennial Fund. Kinsmen president David Beattie,
left, then presented the cheque — the largest dona
tion to date — to Mait Edgar, a past Kin president,
who is. chairman of the finance committee of the
Centennial project fund. (News-Record Photo)
Goderich Twp. Planning
The publicist for Goderich
Township Centennial weekend
submits the following report on
the big weekend planned for
June 16, 17, 18:
“Little- dlid we realize When
this Centennial Year began just
hoW right Prime Minister
Pearson was when he said on
New Year’s Eve that we would
learn a great d'eai more about
the history of our country and
our own communities while get
ting to know our people better.
'‘His prediction was surely
right for the enthusiastic Cen
tennial Planning Committee of
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Most Clinton Stores Displaying
Old Items for Centennial Week
Almost every 19th century
adjectives known have been used
to describe the Centennial fes
tivities underway in Clinton this
week, but none can do justice to
the enthusiasm with which the
townsfolk have 'met the chal
lenge to revert for six stupend
ous days to an almost for
gotten era.
The whole idea began with
a kind of businessman’s gim
mick to increase sales, but from
the earliest moment of the
May 10
A Special Centennial Week Customer!
William Duncan of the CtA insurance office, King Street, is getting. the
special Centennial Week treatment at his lunch hour on Monday at Hotel Clin
ton dining room. Waitress Mrs. Helen Bisback, quite cute in her Centennial cos
tume, is enjoying Clinton Retail Merchants Centennial Week, aS the happy
‘’innkeeper0 Frank Cook lodks bn. (News-Record Photo)
The biggest donation to date
for Clinton and District Com
munity Centre Centennial Fund
came this week from the Kins
men Club of Qlinton; $2,500
was handed over Tuesday even
ing. The past week’s donations
amounted to $4,257 which brings
the total to date as $26,756.09.
A final blitz canvass is being
held tonight. .
Last week’s donors:
Jack Roorda .................$
S. K. Jolley .......... .......
Fred Trevena ..............
Bill Falconer
Douglas Rozell ....
T. Wilbur Mantin ....... :
K. C. Cooke ...................
H. Lobb & Sons ....... ’
Joe Corey ......................
Mrs. T. R. Thompson
Theo Fremlin ................
Darwin Carter Jr. ........
Robert J. Smith ...........
ivan Carter .................
Don C. Colquhoun ....... :
Mrs, Gertie McVittee ....
Herbent Oakes ,.............
Lome Marshall ......
Mi's. Howard Snell ........
Mrs, Viola Lampmah ....
Mrs'. Wm. Lovbtt .......
William Lee ...................
Hbtef Clinton .................
Harold Wise Ltd.............
Mrs. D. Dales ...............
Jack Yeo ..........................’
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week-long event, Clmtonians
rallied round!, to produce the
finest Centennial; celebration to
date in this district. Everyone
from school children to senior
citizens are finding that the
best way to enjoy the fun is to
bq part of it . . . -and there
is every indication that by Sat
urday evening the whole town
will be buzzing with a Cen
tennial atmosphere.
On Tuesday afternoon, a
London couple formerly from
the city of Ottawa drove . to
Clinton to “see what was going
on”. They were delighted with
what they found, reported Mr.
and Mrs. George Skelly, 112
Arbour Glen Crescent.
“We’ve never seen anything
like it,”. Mr. Skelly told us.
“We’ve had, lunch here and
now we’re visiting most of the
stores. We’ve thoroughly enjoy
ed ourselves today. The cos
tumes and the displays are ex
cellent.”
“We’ve never been here be-
fore but it really 'isn't very
far,” added Mrs. Skelly. “I'd
like to come back this weekend.
They say it will be even more
exciting then.”
Main Street Transfoi'med
Clinton’s main street is truly
a showcase this week and a
leisurely stroll up and down
will provide an education and
a treat for the -viewers. Most
stares along the way have some
kind of a display in the Window
and in some instances, the win
dows of adjoining vacant stores
are utilized to show off prized
possessions.
At Simpsons-Sears, fox1 in
stance, the large show window
boasts a live quiitling party
with the workers all in Cen
tennial garb and surrounded by
a, collection of old ■ treasures
on display through the courtesy
of various persons.
Mrs. George German has
placed a 125-year .old baby’s
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Discussing Art Show
The Kiriette Club of Clinton is holding a display
of paintings by Clinton and area persons in the
former Red & White store at Clinton’s main corner
all this week during the Retail Merchants Centen
nial Week. The show was set for Monday only,
but the enthusiasm was so great the Kinettes de
cided to keep the paintings all week. Shown above,
Al Cameron, a civilian instructor at R & CS, CFB
Clinton, discusses one of Mrs. Ron McCann’s paint
ings with Mrs. William (Joy) Fink, chaii'man of
.the Kinette’s art display. (News-Record Photo)
Tonight for Arena
Clinton and District Com
munity Centre Centennial Fund
finance committee7 have called
for a final blitz canvass tonight
(Thursday) to get monies in for
the new arena project.
The fund now'stands at $26,-
756.09 out of an an ticapaited
$100,000. Not included in the
total amount to date is what
Clinton was allowed through
the winter works program or a
Centennial grant.
The $225,000 project is near
ing completion in Clinton Com
munity Park.
Canvassers are sitill badly
needed by the committee head
ed by co-ordinator Ted McCul
lough. Call him ait 482-9751 or
liome 482-7318 if you can come
out tonight.
Anyone who has not been
canvassed can still donate by
calling JVEr. McCullough, Mbit
Edgar (482-3892) or any mem
ber of the community centre
committees.
; 10.00
2.00
5.00
25.00
20.00
106.00
50.00
100.00
25.00
1.00
20.00
15.00
25.00
25.00
100.00
5.00
5.00
10.00
10.00
5,00
5.00
10.00
150.00
100.00
5.00
1OO.00
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Women Teachers
Hear About
100 Year Old Rules
The Women Teachers Federa
tion held their Centennial meet
ing bn Tuesday, May 9 at Clin
ton Public School with the
president, Mrs. Jane Groves in
the chair. All teachers were in
Centennial dress.
The meeting was opened by
Mrs. Groves reading “Rules and
Regulations” for ' teachers .in
New York 100 years ago. Some
of these were ds follows ‘ Each
teacher was required to bring
a pail of water and scuttle of
coal to school each day; no
female teacher, Was allowed out
in the evOhftlgs during school
week, but male teachers were allowed two evenings a Week
for courting purposes' it they
attended church regularly..
Guest speaker, Miss Kather
ine McGregor showed slides and
gave a talk oh heir trip to Japan.
Lunch was served in' the
Teachers Robin.
On Their Way to Mohawk!
Sportin’ Charlie Brown is a most popular man this week US he drives the
Centennial costumed ladies around town and has been accused by more than
one husband of lingering too long when he drives them home. Shown here
with public school teacher Mrs’. Dorothy Williams, .he was. coaxing her to
accompany him to the races. The horse is owned by Charlie’s brother Lome
Brown and the buggy is a keepsake of the VanEgmond
(News-Record Photo)
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