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Clinton News-Record, 1974-05-30, Page 88,-„CLlsrroN NEws-Rgq.wk THURSDAY, gAy 30, 1974 Girls made nearly a clean sweep of the new students council which was elected last Friday at Central Huron Secondary School. Seated left to right are Marlene Cunningham, president; and Brian Lobb, vice-president. Standing are Brenda Talbot, treasurer; and Jo-Anne Palmer, secretary, (News-Record photo) Vouraolommilamole' YES Please send me the Clinton News-Record for the next year. I enclose $8.50 Meals bill me fl Name ,W.".1 NMI 41•164 Street or P.O fox 'MA •••6 ii•Im *v. wavala • .01 •ion. iwinl..4% Towri er tity.„ 16.= 111•4• 10,64 MOW ita. i•ike0 rolf 11166 46. ...6 1.1011,444 *Ws YES Please send me the Clinton News-Record for the next year. I enOlcre. $8.50 Please bill me r— Name • .1..1 0.11 10.16 strait or P.O, Box wow! ..61 NJ« . Oldll 1•11.11 .•146 ON. ••••k. anik NV, 1.• oimoi 'own dr City limm aril We Isillro ilo.•••••4 trim it* ' irnie 4.1m• 'owl. las !Neville* •"6" AMMO 11•610 41•1 MY. MOO 11101,111 .111•4 0011.1 rowyl emisi rAmi ahem marl imk, For over a hundred years people have been subscribing to the News-Record WHY DON'T YOU? Clinton News-Record $850 per' year $10.00 to USA Fill in and mail this coupon Subscription by mail Anywhere in Canada in advance Grades 7 end a • Excursion to Ottawa On Tuesday, May 21, the students of the grade 7 and 8 class arrived with luggage in hand at the school. We were so excited that work could not -be mentioned that morning. But in spite of all this, our teacher ,managed to occupy us until 11:45 a.m., when we departed by a Scruton bus to Stratford. After we got off the bus, we waited for about 10 minutes, which seemed like a• half hour. Then we were on our way to Toronto at 1 p.m. The scenery was very beautiful on the way.' We talked, played games, and just had a lot of fun. Then at 3 p.m. we arrived at Toronto Union Station. We had ap- proximately two hours to wait, and what a better way to spend it than to go to the top of the Toronto DoMinion Tower. We walked to the tower and when we looked up to the top of the 56 stories a few didn't want to keep going, but on we pushed. It was a magnificent sight looking out, but even bet- ter with the high powered telescopes. Some bought souvenirs at a souvenir', shop. Time had run out we had to leave. At 5;30 p.m. we departed for Ottawa. The coach was very comfortable and seeing parts of Lake Ontario made it even bet- ter, until we saw a derailed freight train between Oshawa and Coboug. After sitting five hours on the' train, some star- ted getting restless. When we arrived, we couldn't believe we were finally there. While the bus transported us to the YM- YWCA we were ready to drop off to sleep. We were up bright and early at 7 a.m. on Wed. morning and went down to the Y cafeteria and ate a, delicious breakfast. Then we proceeded on to the National War Museum. There we saw weapons from the time Gail Charlene Cook, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cook of St. Thomas, has accepted a position in the Canadian Navy starting. June 7th at Cornwall, N.S. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Lucy Bezzo of Clinton. of the Indians, bows, arrows, etc., to the middle of the 18th century when Canada had her famous redcoat soldiers. We saw guns, ammunition, tanks, planes, ships, uniforms, medals, etc. from World Wars I and Our next interesting part was going through a Wprld War military trench. Anything that was used in the war must have been there. Next we went to the Royal Mint, which was a guided tour. In the lobby we saw hundreds of coins. Then we went into a room where giant rolls of cop- per were being punched to make penny slugs. After this we saw them being printed, thousands and thousands of them. After lunch, we went to the Parliament Buildings. ,Everything there was filled withsplendor. In the main corridor the walls were of car- ved limestone, and the floor was made of black and white marble, Our guide took us first into the House of Commons. The benches etc, were made out of hand carved Canadian oak. Each stained glass window represented a province. Then we went on to the library, most of it was made of hand carved Canadian oak. There were ap- proximately a half million books for the members of parliament to use. We had a long, wait to go to the top of the Peace Tower. But when we finally got up we had a look down on part of the city. The Senate was our last stop. It was something like the House of Commons, only it was done in red. The ceiling had the em- BY JENNY RUSSO A meeting of the Vanastra Community Association was held last Tuesday May 21 at the community centre and as usual, very-few have attended,- the meeting biit some commit- tees were formed and members will be called to participate. - Vic Evans gave a summary of the constitution of the association which was studied by the executive and a seven man committee. Head office is Tuckersmith Township and the fiscal year ends Dec. 31. There will be nine on the committee. There will be an annual meeting and anything that hap- pens requires quorum of majority present to pass. The constitution can be amended in the, future if the committee is not satisfied. Anyone 16 years of age or over can belong. Plans were discussed for a day care centre and when we get a committee interested Mr. K.M. Streich, field represen- tative for the.Ontario ministry of community and social ser- blems of the countries from which people emigrated to Canada. That evening we had a splash party ,in the Y pooh Thursday morning we went on a two how' sighteeeing tour of Greater Ottawa. We saw the homes of many 'Ambassadors, the Prime Minister, etc,, We also saw the Dominion Ex- perimental Farr& Vincent Massey Park, Confederation Heights, Rockliffe Park, and others, After lunch we went to the Museum of Science and Technology. Most of us were enthused with the machines there and wished we could have stayed longer to test our- selves and learn things with the machines, We went to the National Arts Centre next. The centre is used by the performing arts which include dancing, drama, music, etc. We went into the beautifully designed opera . house which wasn't in use. We saw a tree fountain and a crystal sculpture. Last but not least, we went on an Ottawa River Cruige. We saw the Prime 'Minister's horee, the Parliament Buildings, the city of Hull, and many other sights from the boat. Faces started to grow dim when we had to go home, But the train ride wasn't that bad, because we slept through most of it. When we got to Stratford a bus took us to school. We arrived at school about 11 p.m. and then proceeded home. Thelma Boon and Eugene Beadley. and some other things to get ready for the children in the park. Mr. Hatfield has donated a croquet set so we have a very good starteenelpts gee, te,,,.yeorke) and get things set up so our children and ourselves have something to do. A committee has been in- structed to proceed with the wading pool so the children have a place to cool off on hot days. A tennis club is to be formed at Vanastra and anyone in- terested is to call John Duddy at 482-6652 or attend a meeting on June 4th Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Centre. Well to all you people 'who belong to the 'association, we are trying to please all of you so if there is something missing or your not satisfied, it is better to come to the meeting and air your views, than to tell your , neighbours. This is all hap- pening for you to enjoy so come and tell the Association what is missing or what you would like done. Many people worked' on Saturday and Sunday trying to get things done and driving' around Vanastra, I noticed Mr. E. Hatfield found a new way of • getting a tan. He was riding a lawn mower around the Com- munity Centre, getting two things done at one time. Thanks. My thanks to Mr. B. Argyle for the small things he has been doing for the community. Many of us think it's not much, but put all the small things together and you realize what it adds up to. I wish we had more people as interested in this community and things would be a lot easier for everybody. Personals Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Robson have moved to 20 Quebec Rd., .Vanastra from Meaford in the month of May. I hope you enjoy your new community. Mr. and Mrs. A, Jeffery of 11 quebed Rd., wish to announce the arrival of their son, Murray Alexander, on April 11th at Victoria Hospital in London. A baby brother for sister Tine. Mr. and Mrs. H. Hammond and sons Trevor and Tyler' visited Tilltionburg on the weekend to attend a shower and a family reunion. Motor vehicle accidents are responsible for almost half of all accidental deaths in Canada. Experience indicates that 80% of all people who die from sevete bleeding as a result of automobile accidents could be Saved if the person at the ac- cident. scene applied emergency first aid meaeutes, o you remember? 8Y 4ABEZ RANDS (As port of Clinton's upcoming Centennial celebrations next yeor, Jahez Rands of Clinton is writing o weekly column on the histdry of the town,) Do you remember when the Oakes Organ Factory was in operation in Clinton? The Oakes'Organ Factory was located on the south side of Mary Street on the lot east of the new Bell Telephone Works building. It was originally a frame woollen mill owned by Messers Corbett and Boles and was built in 1882. This building was three storeys high, 100 feet long and 36 feet wide, with a one storey brick engine and boiler room to the west side. The building was put up for sale by public auction on August 8, 1884 and was bought by David Graham for $6,500. Mr. Graham leased the building to the Oakes Organ Com- pany in 1889. It ran under this name for about a year, and then the name was changed to the Clinton Organ Company, In August 1893, fire struck and the frame building was burned to the ground and the engine room considerably damaged. The large frame building was never rebuilt, but since the engine room also housed the electric generators which supplied electric power for the lights in the town, it was repaired and carried on business as the Clinton Electric Light Company until Clinton took it over in 1913. CLEAROUT DAHLIAS GLADIOLAS REG. 65c EA. REG. BULBS 99c 1,:z. 99c DOZ. Box Plants 65c STILL TIME FOR Shade, Ornamental and Fruit Trees READY TO PLANT ROSES PATIO POTS with assorted flowers ART'S LANDSCAPING NURSERY & GARDEN CENTRE BENNETT ST., GODERICH 524-9126 OPEN 7 DAYS A' WEEK PSAM:r4St:t.6till dark EVERYTHING FOR LAWN & GARDEN vices will gladly come to Vanastra to outline steps to be taken in order to set up a day care centre. A committee been set up to lea ne the .eommun ity centre: i consists 'of Mr. B. Argyle, Mrs. Gonie, Mr. Hatfield and June McLillan. Again the members will be notified when they are needed for help. Mr, Dave Nicols has been ap- pointed to get a baseball com- mittee, and all things }we been ordered so the sports sec- tion has its start. Good luck to you and all your players. The'board of management of Tuckersmith Township for the Vanastra recreation committee have ordered wood for the pic- nic tables and they all have been cut and are waiting to be assembled. Other things were ordered for badminton, volleyball, softball and tum- bling mats for those who are looking for things to do. Wood has been ordered for a wood ladder, hitching post, palisade block house, palisade sand box YOU ARE INVITED TO A v HOT BEEF BARBECUE LUNCHEON on Saturday, June 8 from 12 to 2 p.m. TO MEET THE HON. ROBERT STANFIELD at Pineridge Chalet, Henson west of floasall ea Highway $4 to second corner, 1/2 mile south Brucefield This Suqday June 2 is the Young People's Anniversary at Brucefield United Church. The Rev. T. Hancock of Egmond- ville will deliver the sermon.