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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-07-12, Page 39Clinton's Second` Head It for all 's worth SPECIAL EDITION Clinton, Ontario - Thursday, July 12 ly4y 4,11111. "Moonlight Madnes Strifes Clinton Gigantic 2 Day Sales Event - this Thursday and Friday, July 12 and 13 Most Clinton Merchants -open till 12 midnight both nights For the second year in a row, Clinton merchants will be burnig the midnight oil,as they put on a big,"Moonlight Madness" sale. It's all happening 'in Clinton this Thursday .and Friday, July 12 and 13. Two big days of bargains and zany events downtown. Most Clinton merchants will be keeping their doors open from 9 a.m. until 12 midnight. Along with the extended hours to allowmore shopping time, merchants will be offering tremendous sales, and bargains galore, outlined in this twenty - page special. edition. Clinton merchants report prices so low they have to be seen to be believed! . So come to Clinton; take in the sales, and 'all the zany events, this Thursday and Friday at Clinton's Moonlight Madness. Bikes and clowns fill streets on Thursday night Thursday, July 12 starts off Moonlight Madness in Clinton. Stores will be open all day and night, 'til midnight,. for bargain hunters. By evening, downtown will really?, come alive as kids, • clowns, bicycles and tricycles will make their way' down Albert Street. Children will start Clinton's second' --Moonlight Madness activities on • Thursday night at 7:00 pm. Pre-school aged children will ,ride along main street in a special Tricycle. Parade, starting in the lot beside Ball & Mutch Ltd. Home Furnishings. Cash prizes, in the form of silver dollars, will be given to the best -decorated tricycles. Also at .7 pm, public school aged• children will ride along, in a Bicycle Parade starting in the same,location as the trike parade. Cash prizes, in the form of silver dollars, will be given to the best decorated bicycles. • yam•«;,.,,,�:... • The children will be accompanied by the famous Shriner's Clowns,, spon- sored. by the Mocha Shrine Club. The Shriner's clowns will march along with the parades, with free candy and balloons for everyone. To take part in these special parades, just fill in the entry form, found on the. back page"of"Thiis,edition; arid take it 'with you to.the parade site. Then, at 8:30 pm, the air in downtowh Clinton will' he filled with the sounds of ukeleles, as the "Ukeleles Unique" band and choir perform in the library park. Under the direction of Doris McKinley, "Ukeleles Unique" are from Huron Centennial School in Brucefield, Just around the corner on Rattenbury Street East, the Clinton Lions Club will' hold their "Frolic". Opening at—9 pm on both Thursday and Friday night, the Lions will be holding outdoor Bingo and various other games of chance. "Bargain Hunter's Delight", This viewshows Clinton, the site of a gigantic "Moonlight Madness" Sale, this Thur- sday and Friday, July 12 and 13. The town's merchants have "gone crazy" offering hun. dreds of great bargains...on quality Merchandise...to price - conscious shoppers. One of the more successful events from last summer's Moonlight Madness, the Clinton Bed Racing Championships, is back. The races will be held on King. Street, opposite the Post Of- fice. on Friday night. Bed Racing Championships on for Friday .night Clinton's b'ig "Moonlight Madness" sale continues all day Friday; Joiy-13.` Lucky bargain hunters will be able to shop in most Clinton stores 'til 12 midnight. Special Moonlight Madness activities start at 7:00p m, with the Children's Teddy Bear Shirttail, Parade, up and down main. street. Both pre-school and public -school aged children, dressed in their pajamas • and with their favorite, teddy bear or blanket, will parade up and down. main street, accompanied by special music. The children will meet and start from the lot beside Ball & Mutch Ltd. Home Fur- nishings, on Albert Street. Cash prizes in the form of silver dollars, will be given to the best -dressed children, in both pre- school and public s•choolage _categorie.s_.To . take part in the Teddy Bear Shirttail Parade, just fill in the entry form, found on the back page of this •edition, and take it with you to the parade site. Then, make sure you get a good spot at Jr. C. Mustangs Summer Fest' Dance As the finale to Clinton's Moonlight Madness, . come to the "Summerfest Dance", sponsored by the Clinton Jr. C Mustangs.. hockey _club, .on..Saturday., July 19 at the Clinton. Community Centre. This, fun -filled night will feature dancing to "Star Trex" from 9:00 pm to 1 am. Tickets are available downtown, at Campbell's Men's Wear, Clinton Home Hardware, Shirai Department Store, and the Clinton Commercial Printers, or by phoning 482-9241. 8:30 pin to watch' the Clinton Bed -Racing Championships. Teams will -battle forthe honor of being Bed race champions on King Street in Clinton, right by the post office. - The winners of the bed races will receive a trophy, donated by the sponsors, the Clinton Business Association, as well as $50 cash, and a large deluxe pizza, com- pliments of John and Joan MacKeigan of the Pizza Express. The second and third place finishers will receive cash prizes of $30 and $20. Then, at 9:00 downtown, the Clinton . Lions Club Frolic .opens again, on Rat- tenbury Street East. . Also at 9:00 Friday, on the other side of the stoplights, enjoy the Clinton Legion Pipe Band as they play in the Radar Park. The Clinton Legion Pipe Band was part of Ontario _Massed Pipes and_Drumswhen they played in the Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California in 1978. SUPPLEMENT TO: Mitchell Advocate, Lucknow Sentinel, Exeter Times -Advocate, Blyth Stan'. dard, Wednesday July 11: Goderlch Signal -Star, Clinton News -Record, Seaforth Huron Ex- positor, Thursday July 12.