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Clinton News-Record, 1987-02-11, Page 5EXCEPTIONAL SAVINGS EXCEPTIONAL QUALITY I I I FELD NN WINDOWS AND D O O R S SAVE 37% ORDER BEFORE FEBRUARY 25, 1987 WINTER BOOKING FREE DELIVERY TERMS: 10% DEPOSIT, BALANCE DUE MAY 1, 1987 as Si.!a Ci E 7P .J • . SEAFORTH. ONTARIO NOK IWO TELEPHONE 527-0910 - DUALITY LUMBER AND SERVICE SINCE 1906 OPEN: 8-12, 1-5:30 MON.-FRI. 8-12:30 SAT. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1987 -'age 5 Rural school week celebrates 15th anniversary in Brucefield 5 years ago February 10, 1982 Brucefield School Celebrates Funding - Last week Huron Centennial School's 477 students and their teachers celebrated the 15th anniversary of school—.with a rural school week. The modern school, located just south of Brucefield, was opened on April 3, 1967 when 590 students from Tuckersmith Township, Stanley Township, Egmondville and Bayfield closed the doors of their one -room school houses and arrived at the school in eight new buses. By October of the same year, the school had 660 students. Council Approves Heritage Designations - Following the minutes of the last meeting on January 18, Bayfield Council reported on an additional meeting which had taken place on January 25. The new bylaw designating certain parts of the village as a Heritage district was passed, the culmination of much work and discussion over a long period. IODE Helps Hospital Fund - Since the February meeting, held at the home of Mrs. Frank Fingland the annual meeting, reports of the year's activities were read. The highlight was the raising of $1,000 which was donated to the Building Fund at the Clinton Hospital. The regent, Mrs. Florence Corrie, read a letter from finance chairman, Steve Cooke, thanking the Sarah Hale Chapter for its generous donation. 10 years ago February 10, 1977 Miller Moved, Court Case Delayed - A new energy in the form of Dennis Timbrell has entered the Health Ministry; a hearing to decide the province's right to close Clinton Public Hospital has been postponed until May 2; and Hospital Administrator Doug Coventry is gaining fuel for his optimism that the Clinton hospital will remain open.. Mr. Coventry told the News -Record Wednesday that last Thursday's cabinet shuffle, which moved Frank Miller from the health ministry to the ministry of natural resources, insured Mr. Miller would remain in the cabinet. Area Digs Out From Record Winter - Life is back to near normal this week as the area continues to dig its way out of the worst bliz- zard in 50 years that brought life to a near standstill in Huron County. After nearly two weeks of snow -blocked roads, cancelled school and no mail delivery, area people were busy this week cleaning up nature's wrath, and trying to get back to normal. a Early Files o,. Burned Out Plant Seeks New Building - The local members of the Union of the inter- national Machine and Aerospace Workers expect to learn the fate of Huron Acoustic Industries Ltd., within the next day or two following a union meeting, Monday. An early morning fire destroyed Huron Acoustics, Vanastra, about two weeks ago. 25 years ago February 8, 1962 Spring Show Will Continue - There will be a spring show in Clinton this year. That was the decision of a vote put to the directors of the Huron Central Agricultural Society in Clinton Saturday. No date has been chosen for the annual spring fair. $80,000 Addition At Holmesville Requires Municipal Board Approval - Goderich Township Council was approached by a delegal fon 'from the school area board, along with Inspector of Public Schools, J.W. Coulter, Goderich, to provide $80,000 to finance the construction of an addition to the school at Holmesville. Approval of the On- tario Municipal Board will be requested. A large delegation of ratepayers, headed by Roy Wilson, requested more sanding and salting of the township roads in the north west section. Lions Lose On Rubinoff Show Audience Gains On Enjoyment - Rubinoff and his violin played last Friday night in Clinton District Collegiate Auditorium, sponsored by Clinton Lions Club. His accompanist, gifted 25 -year-old David Burk, said of the school piano, "This is as good a piano as any I've ever played upon." It was made here by Sherlock -Manning Piano Co. Ltd., and is in use in the auditorium continually. Rubinoff met an enthusiastic audience though it was small in size. 50 years ago February 11, 1937 Day Of Prayer - The World Day of Prayer will be observed in Clinton in the Wesley - Willis United Church, tomorrow afternoon. The service will be conducted by members of the various missionary societies in town. All the ladies of town and vicinity are in- vited to attend the service. Hat Wouldn't Fit - Mr. H. was a prominent member of the Elks. At the breakfast table Deport on child care... • from page 4 toward the salaries of young people hired for new jobs. Northern businesses that app- ly for funding through this program will be given special consideration. In addition, Experience '87 will provide 7,500 career -related jobs in 26 Ontario government ministries and associated organizations. Twenty-three per cent of the Experience '87 jobs will be located in Nor- thern Ontario. CROP INSURANCE Final dates and locations are set for the crop insurancereview meetings, it has been announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The public meetings are the first phase of a review of the current crop insurance pro- gram to be conducted by a 10 -member review committee. Meetings begin at 10 a.m. unless noted otherwise. Dates and locations which may be of interest to local parties are as follows: February 25, Tillsonburg, Legion Hall, February 26, Stratford, Stratford Coliseum, Upper Kinsman Hall, February 27, Walker- ton, Walkerton Community Centre, March 10, Chatham, Kent County Council Chambers, March 11, Guelph, Col. John Mc- Crae Legion Hall, March 31, Toronto, Chelsea Inn - Wren Room A, B, April 1, Toronto, Chelsea Inn - Scott Room B, April 2, Toronto, Nipigon Rooms. As part of the review, the committee will examine federal and provincial legislation; protection farmers need in today's economic climate; programs in other jurisdictions; and a general review of the current production guarantee concept. All interested individuals and organiza- tions are invited to present written or oral briefs at the meetings. Written submissions will also be accepted by mail through the Ontario Crop Insurance Commission office until March 31, 1987. Background information about crop in- surance programs is available from the On- tario ('rop Insurance Co -cion, 5th Floor, 801 Bay Street, T 'ntario, M7A 1117. CLINTON FARM MARKET WEEKEND SPECIALS! Produce California BROCCOLI • the other morning he was relating to his wife an incident that occurred at the lodge the previous night. The president offered a silk hat to the brother who could stand up and truthfully say that during his married life he had never kissed any woman but his own wife. "And, would you believe it, Mary? - not a one stood up." . "Walter," his wife said, "why didn't you stand up?" "Well," he replied, "I was going to but you know how I look in a silk hat." Appearances Deceive - "Never judge a person by his outside appearances," says a contemporary. "A shabby old coat may en- wrap a newspaper publisher, while a man wearing a plug hat and sporting a gold head- 4-H'ers elect HOLMESVILLE - Surviving with style was the topic of this week's 4-H meeting for the Holmesville I Club. The meeting was held in the Township Hall, Holmesville on February 2. Members met with leaders Joan Crawford and Madeline Bartlett. The Junior Leader this year is Peter Riehl. Members had' an bunch Produce Ontario RED DELICIOUS APPLES Large 5 Ib. Bag' $ 99 411 Produce Ontario, Large Size TURNIPS 99 2 z F 0 O R • SPECIALS IN EFFECT TILL CLOSING TIME SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 14/87 Woo* our tlighway Vass for DIY SCI 212 Vittoria St. (Hwy. 4 South) Clinton OPEN: 7 DAYS A WEEK: MON.-TUES.-WED. a AM.7 PM; 114110s. A PM. 6 AM -'9 PM ATUi2D-AY' SDAY 9 AM -6 PM For the.. one you, love.; q Valentine Flowers With A Hug!! SENO THE VALENTINE Beam - ►ugiJet ^.i *Our own HUGS & KISSES ARRANGEMENT at $2650 or The Forever Bouquet at $995 and $1695 Don't Put Your Heart on hold. Order Early! K.C.. COOK FLORIST LTD. 61 ran, ► Street. 'S. i LINTON 4824012 ed cane may be a delinquent subscriber." - Goderich Signal 75 years ago February 8, 1912 It Paid Him - A well known farmer of near Londesboro, who recently tried the printed butter wrappers for the first time, related his experience to the News -Record thus: "Those butter wrappers you printed for me brought me more new customers than I could handle. I had been sending butter to two places and when my name went on the wrapper two or three people in each place wrote asking if'I could supply them also, but unfortunately we could not do so as we do not turn out enough butter for that." Tho. TOW fl Connell - The town c•onncil is do- ing well, at least so far as meeting promptly is concerned, and the citizen who wishes to see Mayor Gibbings ascend the dias must be on hand at eight sharp. If this commendable state of affairs is not kept up throughout the year it will not be the fault of his worship. The model school board presented its estimates, asking for $5,000 in round figures. In addition to this there may be an expen- diture of several hundred dollars on perma- nent improvement account. On salaries alone $4,365 is paid. Education is coming high even in the lower grades, but we must have it. No matter what it costs, so to speak, the citizens of Clinton are bound to keep their schools at the top notch of efficiency. new slate of officers election for the club figures first. The presi- dent is Stephanie Bush, vice president Adrienne Bartlett, press reporter Lisa Flynn and treasurer Angie Radford. Members discussed several topics such as how to change fuses, what to do if the hydro went out and how to tell signs of entry in your house. After,the break members did activities in the book. Peter showed everyone the Township Hall's Fuse box and explained all about fuses and cartridges. The next meeting will be held on February 9, same time, same place - until then I'm Lisa Flynn signing off for the club of Holmesville No. 1. r Specially For Valentines! FRAME CLEARANCE Our entire collection of ready-made FRAMES HALF Dozens to choose from! • PRICE NOW SALE PRICED FROM $1.50 to $14.95 WHILE THEY LAST �ttndw's (lIar 9 ALBERT STREET. CLINTON ' Open: Monday to Saturday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday evenings till 9 p.m.