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PAGE 2--CLINTON NEW-S,RECORD, THURSDAY JULY 12. 1979..
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A new _season of foot-
ball on TV: Mist and rain-'
enveloping the fields.
July—Sales e-verywhere.
There seems to be a.
message corning through
loud and clear.- summer
is a -fleeting! What
summeri, Did it ever
arrive?
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Thereis • . an ad-
vertisement in both the.
Goderich Signaln,Star and
the Clinton News -Record
this, week which"' should
pull' at eVeryone's
heartstrings. It concerns
-1-1cloomed ' dog-": A
beautiful Golden
Retriever was picked up,
in Go4derich and is now in
the pound due to be
destroyed on Friday, the
13th.
If
If anyone is interested
in giving this four -footed
friend of man a home
please phone 565-5034 and
thank -you on his behalf.
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Back • from attending
the International
Association of Lions
Clubs 62nd annual con-
vention held June 20-23 in
Montreal are Mildred and
Eugene McAdam.-
• The gathering was
welcomed by Montreal's
Mayor Drapeau.
Highlight of the three and
one half hour parade
were the 2000 Canadians
bringing up the rear and
each-Carry.ing a Canadian daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
flag. The main address to Dyke Wheatley . Was
the delegates and their .successful in passiiig: her
escor0 was delivered toY music eicarnihation with
w r'10 renOw.ned honors. She -is a student of
oceanographer, Jacque S M. Don Carter,
Cousteau, speaking on Seaforth,
wntario.
the state of the ,oceans of
our world. A tour of the * -The 22nd anniaal Reid •.
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OlyrripiO site was also reunion was held • on•• • -
part ofthe progratn. '- ', Sunday, July 8, at the George Rumball ,pregclly.. displays the plaque
The .,. incoming Seaforth Lions ?ark with, presented to hith by his fellow.employees.upen his
president, Lloyd Morgan apPrOXimately 42 family retirement recently afteralmoit .12 years with the '
of Ne,w Zealand rnembers present. • Clinton Pt Offite:Ills wife Minlue, seated next to
presented his project : a A silver dollar was him shard in•the teitivities,
fund • raising drive for presented to the. new ' - •
research on and .care of
baby of the year, GrahamPostal worker retires,
leprosy.
Robert, son of Ervin and
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Mr. and * Mrs. Ed Marion , Hunt of •
The Clinton Post.Office
Gibson of Stettler, McKillop .conducted a
lost
Alberta have been short sportg-prograrn for ' one of its senior
employees recently with
visiting with the former's the children. Fred Reid of the retirement of George
sister Miss Bea Gibson of Clinton, the eldest
James Street. They are
returninfto their home in
Alberta after visiting
Boston and Cape Cod.
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Mrs. Mabel Haghard
and Mrs. Helen Manning
were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. • Lee McConnell,
Princess Street , on, the
weekend of July 1 and
attended the Stephenson
Reunion.
Mr. and. Mrs. John
McConnell were guests of
their parents, .,Mr. and
Mrs. -Lee McConnell
durinthe past week
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Dublin girl receives
honors. .Jill Wheatley of
D'Ublin, Ontani.
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• WISHES A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
To
• .Bryan Beattie
Laura Roy
.Nancy Wallace
On
Clinton July 12
Varna
Londosboro July 13
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tleman at the gathering is The entire staff,of the
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the only surviving Post Office turned out for
Member of the'Reid clan a retirement dinner at the
with the Reid name. White Carn.atio.n 1.95 Mr.
Stewart Keyes of Rumball on Friday, June
and Jennifer Lang of
Brampton and Marilyn followed with much
8. An enjoyable evening
Mississauga -tied for reminiscing about
having come the farthest several happenings over
distance to attend the the ' years during Mr.
• picnic. : Rumball's tenure as an
Jeff Falconer174 •
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Fulton Street, graduated .Following the meal the
from the Electronics •
festivities continued at
FanshaweCollege on
Engineering Program at the ...Legion until mid-
June, -night, with 'Several more
, 2fst. Jeff isci-,za ..... -1
anecdotes being brought
graduate of CHSS. to light in the con-
versation.
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On Wednesday, July 4 —
m r. Rumball
the Clinton Bowling Club
held its. Hiram •Walker
Annual Tournament with
the greens all full and the
weather good. There
were • entries from.
Stratford, Exeter,
Seaforth, Wingham,-
Lucknow, Atwoo.d,
Goderich and Clinton
competing for the Hiram •:including the postmaster.
Walker trophy. •
Mr. Rumball was
The tournament winner
formally presented with a
'was Elmer Murray and
plaque by his fellow
his partner Frank
Cummings from Clinton. employees, c om -
memorating his service
Mel Brady •and Lorne with' the Clinton .Post
Dale of Seaforth were
Office, however, the real,
secon.d.' Walter goodhyes had already
Newcombe and Bert n rn
beesaid at an i -
Garrett from Clinton prOmptu party held 'in the
came third --and Syd Post Office. lunchroom,
Thompson and Hugh after hours, ,on his last-
• Norman from ; ,Stratfor0 day of duty: •
'fourth. The consolation' Mr. Rumball whose
prize went to Roy
family have been long-
tiTh'e--re"•§"irefits'WtTi'eaf-e• a "—
McFarlane of Goderich.
remarked, aloud enough
for Postmaster Wayne
Wigelsworth to overhear,
that he liked to let the
postmasters—ho,--worked
for think they were
running the -show, but -he
did the job his ownway.
This drew a laugh from
all his fellow employees,
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• " When asked what he
planned to 'do to keep
himself occupied now,
Mr. Rumball stated that
he could now devote all
the time he wanted to.one
of his first loves; gar-
dening. Also he said that
• he and his wife Minlue
would probably travel
more. •
Joe • Atkinson,
previously proprietor of
the • Clinton Crown
Bowling Lanes, and later
of Crown Sports and
Trophies, and former
town council member,
has replaced Mr.
Rumball. •
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In addition, Dean
Ryan, son of Colonel
,Ed_ward Ryan who atone
time Was • --c-dmrnanding
officer of RCAF Clinton,
has recently been taken
on staff. •1 -
by IViart4°' D°uce"iz,ning Pc:Ms "plaaiugnnChfIr ao*ldsirnWilianjr, Tthwe..444411ceadiulaidnd,/C? nia end
Wrogatirrio' tni:kne-tv; tth4raitct twiOekemtsafyromtakliebrary Tweediedee, the Cheshire
aypythmeoroe-o..iaric; Patrons. It is otir h:foupiet mCaatd, thReaWttheirteRanadbbiotihtbeer
w°jtutirrieesSntl
governmenis spons.erinadvantage of this Half- inhabitants.of Won-
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rebate :back program, acquiring derland. Alice in Won-
programaaifbwahcickh 'turns old -new Canddian r-ecords fortzclerlanci is sponsored by
Wintario ticketsinto' our growing collectirms, the $0aforth Library and
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s.couri,t s: • Wintario, 'SQ, remember your non- fUnded through Outreach
winning Wintario tickets • Ontarioi; Adrnission is
ticket 4E40 April 12th to
September 27th, 1979 can
be thed to purchase any,
C,,an,,adian
• recording, Each., used'
Wintario ticket has *a
• value of 51) cents towards
the purchase of each
recerd ugs to a.maximurn
Cider the Halfback
schems„we are given the
incentile_t_9#9"-Canadian
recordings.- not just Anne
Murray, Gordon
Lightfoot or 'Paul Anka;
but the lesser knowns in
pop and classical ---and•
children's fields.
Last year a similar
scheme for discounts on
books and magazines ran
for three rribpths. During
that time the library was
able to appeal to patrons
to bring in their old
Wintario tickets in order
for us to take advantage
of this scheme and
acquire various Canadian
• books and periodicals.
This - summer the
Clinton Library along
• with all of the other
branches of the Huron
,County Public Library
of four ti kets or $2.Q0
.“George Rumball will
be sorely misged," the
.PoStmaster stated. "He
was one • of , the cor-
nerstones of the Clinton
Post Office. He takes a lot
of 'irreplaceable
knowledge of this corn,-
Munity, the surrounding
area and its people with
him."
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-ane, of' the other
clerks, Greg Burns, and I
told George on 'his way
out the door his last day
on duty that we would call
him if we got stuck ,on a
person...that no one knew.
We were joking at the
but you •never
know ... " ,• M r
Wigelsworth said.
•important-nOw..than-e,ver
that people, make sure
that all mail corning to
them is completely and
correctly addressed,
including Box or Rural
number; George had
knowledge of this corn-
munity that no one else at
the Post Office may
have," the Postmastee
stated. "Nine hundred
and ninety-nine times out
of a thousand it might not
cause a problem, but it's
the thous-ande•th time
we're looking at," Mr.
Wigelsworth added.
Last week at the, Clinton
bowling green there was
a good attendance with
good weather for the
regular jitney games.
Tuesday evening the
winners were R. Garrett
with ladies' high and D.
SlaVin with second. Men's
high went to Bert Gray
and Don Haines • was
second. Thursday
evening ladies' high was
Audrey Walsh and men's
high went, to .Lonnie
, Matthews.
Post Office from Sep-
tember of 1967 until May
of • 1979. Immedlately
prior to his employment
with the Post Office he
Worked at the local air
base. Prior to this, his
employment included a
stint with the C. E.
MarleySign (billboards)
Company, and he ran a.
grocery store where Ray
and Shirl's Supermarket
is now. Mr. Rumball also
served in the Royal
Canadian Navy during
the Second World War.
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30% to 50% off '
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Coret and Mr. Letinard
.Spoirtswear
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, by Tribal, Newport
and Mrs Leonard
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tarhartt Jeans ,
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Jibrary a winner.
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help to mate your local- Library received on lodn'
anymore, for they can°. Last week the Clinton
worooess ffrteepm. .th"e
Midwestern
'County Public Library fot:_a video playback unit.
Tomorrow • the', Huron RA:ecggit4oianigLitiblrisat:St y4:17 -07e
and Theatre Aquarius -
invite -you to join Alice on
a colorful •journey into
Wan-d-eria-n-d;“ 'whser
• things get '!curiouser and
curiouser", Theatre
Aquarius' Stage 2
Company wile be ap-
pearing for one per-,
formance only at.
Seaforth's District High
School at 2 p.m. Friday,
July 13. This colorful
adaptation of Lewis
Carroll's classic
children's novel is sure to
be delightful - en-
tertainment for the entire
family.'
This production,
directed by Peter Mandia •
and adapted by-- Clive
Endersby, a writer for
"television's Polka Dot
Door brings to life many
sumnie seyral vInc'd(enrot1: 411i Ot :Q. kr ear:n
sr nus
it
possible
• during July and August.
rosolde.4inttserienstrthebac-rinatann>i
area willbe a videotaped
performance of .
• Farm Show which in -
elude§ interviews • with
arolpawnliet linraet hd1 ii6svt ihpdiuoAagslrscahmlei dv4ni nni deg
others will .11e shown is
caunrdrttlayll beingih osoedt:w. unpv,
appear in this column
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of Lewis Carroll's Claira Davidson, right, who was the valedictorian
imaginative .4 n d at—Huron Centennial Public school graduatrith
delightfully bizarre , recently, •also received the best.. all-round .girl
characters. Children can award. Mrs. Moffat is giving the award.(School
journey with, Alice into • photo)
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