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THE WINDSOR DAILY STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 19585 I 1. I I Hold 2 for Given ScHool' Vandalism Board Rejects Spraying Creek Inspector Says McGregor Drain Constitutes Hazard to Health CHATHAM A recommendation that the stagnant surface waters of McGregor's Creek be sprayed to eliminate "a definite health hazard," was turned down Monday by the city Board of Health. I r-( ad i I If Ifels -HwiS II Jwf Sl I Board members felt the cost of spraying, in relation to the good it would do, was prohibitive. It was pointed out that one good rain would wash away all effects of the spray, leaving conditions the same as before. ff Juveniles Arrested Tuesday Workers Start Cleaning Rooms For Second Time CHATHAM Two Chatham boys will be charged with malicious damage in connection with the weekend breakin at the John N.

Given Elementary School, police said Tuesday. The boys, ages 10 and 11, will face juvenile authorities possibly Thursday. Police would only say the pair was apprehended Tuesday after "a lot of investigation." Meanwhile, ma intenance workers started cleanup operations at the school Tuesday. The school, which had been put in first class shape by these same workers shortly after the close of the school term, was ransacked over the weekend. The outbreak was termed along with an earlier episode at Winston Churchill school, as the most serious outbreaks of vandalism in this area in recent years.

Workers moved in at about 10 a.m. with cleaning equipment to gather debris left by vandals; scour paint, paste and ink from floors and walls, and rearrange toppled desks. It is expected the operations will be continued until completion of the summer holidays. Maintenance workers, it was explained, had just Jobless Up Over Last Year But June Figures Show Decrease Compared to May CHATHAM Unemployment 'From prices that were quoted I think removal of scum is out of the question for the board," Dr. W.

H. Johnston, Beatty circus sponsored by Chatham Kiwanis on the old golf grounds. Their eyes glued on activities in the centre ring, are, from left: Wendy Forbes, Alan Carey and Diane Forbes. (Star Chatham Bureau Photo by Ron Stotts) CENTRE OF ATTRACTION Sharp crack of the black bull whip echoed through the big top Tuesday afternoon as, to the approval of hundreds of youngsters, Clyde Beatty held ferocious lions at bay. He was star performer at the one-day Clyde CLEAN UP SCHOOL Cleanup operations started Tuesday morning at the John N.

Given Elementary School, Stacey Subdivision, near Chatham. All but two of the 10 classrooms in the three-year-old school buildings were ransacked over the weekend. Sweeping up piles of debris left by the vandals is Patty Thackeray, who helped out in cleanup operations. (Star Chatham Bureau Photo by Ron Stotts) figures for June show that the number of jobless in Kent County has more than doubled Chatham Socials CHATHAM Ideal golfing weather, plus the enjoyable experience of being in a beautiful new clubhouse, made the first luncheon of the season an event to be remembered for members of the Ladies Section of the Maple City Golf Club. Women played both, morning and afternoon with Mrs.

Chester Dawson as games captain and Mrs. Bagnall as her assistant. Youngsters Jam Circus Kiwanis Sponsor Civile Beattv Show medical officer of health, said. Paul Gosselin, sanitary inspector, requested the spraying to kill mosquito larvae which he said breed in the scum of the slow moving water near the downtown area and are a threat to the city's health. During a discussion of other methods of remedying the situation, Mayor Garnet Newkirk pointed out that the creek serves as a natural drain for Harwich Township and that interference with its normal flow would likely result in lawsuits from township residents.

The alternative of building a new creek in the industrial area and under railways would result in "astronomical cost," said Mayor Newkirk. One estimate placed the cost at a million dollars. "The long term solution is the installation of interceptor sewers," the mayor said. The sewers, first step in the city's proposed new sewage disposal-plan, would draw the "sanitary sewage from the creek but would not solve the problem of things thrown in by residents, he said. Around Chatham By BLAIR McKINNOX CHATHAM A great Irish gentleman passed from the Chatham scene this week in the death of Harold O'Brien.

We only knew Harold for 13 years, but in that time he often dug down deep into his Chatham and Kent lore to help us out with a feature. On March 17 it was his wont to wear the loudest, greenest tie he could find, and proclaim to the world he was a true son of ould Erin. Kent Eyes Winners for the day's play were Mrs. Donald Olson, Mrs. Grant McKeough, Mrs.

Kenneth Wanless and Mrs. Jack Peifer, in low net competition for morning and afternoon. Convening the luncheon were Mrs. Wayne Kiser and Mrs. Ralph Hux.

Good Crop over the same period last year. A total of 2,842 persons, 1,909 men and 933 women were unemployed at the end of June, compared with 1,355 persons, 74S men and 609 women, unemployed on June 30, 1957. Although unemployment has risen by 1,487 for the last 12 months, the June figure shows a decline of 102 over the total for May of this year. Unemployed on May 30 totalled 2,944, composed of 1.C92 men and 952 women. June was the fifth month this year in which unemployment figures have shown a decrease over the previous month.

The lone rise occurred in May, with the cessation of tobacco processing. Owen Cook, manager of the Chatham unemployment office, said there are no definite large construction projects in view to provide any sudden, solution to the county's high unemployment figure. But he added that a gradual seasonal decline is expected t-j continue through the summer due to increased processing of agricultural products in this brought the school to "A-one condition" and were prepared to take a respite from the steady janitorial work, when they were told of the episode. Vandals smashed their way through two plate glass doors early Sunday morning and ransacked all but two of the 10 planter, claimed Ralph was brushing up for this column's best dressed man's listing next February. In all the years we have He had the true wit of the Irish, the look of the Celt was in his eyes and the twinkle mixed with the blarney, was a joy to beheld.

Harold O'Brien had no side. All men were kin to him, he was forthright. If Normal Growth For Corn, Soybeans CHATHAM Although corn and soybeans are about two weeks behind in development on CHATHAM There's some-thins fascinating about a circus to a young child. And there wes something fascinating abcut the Clyde Beatty Circus to the hundreds of younsteis who entered the big top on the old golf grounds in the city Tuesday. Under sponsorship of the Kiwanis Club of Chatham, the giant circus arrived in the city early Tuesday from its one-day stand in Windsor.

Hundreds of bright-eyed youngsters watched the fabulous Clyde Beatty, show-owner and top performer, hold ferocious lions at bay with his black bullwhip. Thay watched the colorful procession of elephants, laughing clowns, midgets, giants, high-wire stars, fire-eaters and muselemen. They watched the freaks of nature which were confined behind the large entrances lead The condition of the creek the basis of last year's figures, he had no use for a person which was very rare he said so, he pulled no punches, but water is caused by a combination of "sanitary sewage" drained from Harwich Township, and garbage thrown into classrooms in the three-year-old brick building. School officials voiced opinions that in addition to nuisance caused by the outbreak, real damage resulted They referred to the smashed windows, damaged school equipment and stained floors and walls. Total damage has been estimated at $5,000.

Broken blackboards will have to be removed, windows replaced and wooden furnishings repaired. Damage is covered by insurance. at the same time if he could spare a person hurt, he, went out of his fc the creek by residents in the vs. Mr. and Mrs.

Douglas Scurr and sons, Tim and David, of Toronto, are visiting this week with Mrs. Scurr's father, Mr. C. A. Fewster, Prince Arthur Ave.

Mrs. John E. Howell, of New York City, is in Chatham visiting with her mother, Mrs. Spencer Stone. A visit to one of the historic spots of Southwestern Ontario was a highlight of a recent bus trip to the Amherstburg district, made by 36 members of the Fletcher Friendship branch of the Women's Institute.

The group made a tour of the museum there to see Indian relics and mementos of Ford Maiden. A basket lunch was enjoyed on the museum grounds and the Women's Institute group also visited Christ area. Dr. Johnston said placards area. way to miss say ing the words.

had been posted asking people not to throw debris in the creek, but that these had done little good. A city bylaw also prohibits dumping of garbage in the creek. agriculture officials here are expecting normal crop growth for the rest or the growing season should normal conditions continue to exist. Doug Keys, assistant agricultural representative, said Tuesday recent rains have improved growing conditions considerably. Soil moisture is now adequate in the county and farmers are looking to continued warm weather for further crop improvements.

Commenting on other crop development. Mr. Keys said harvesting of winter barley has started in "scattered areas throughout the county" and harvesting of fall wheat may start in the county possibly by next week. With moisture conditions now normal crops should now advance along normal lines although at the present time they are still behind the growing schedule as a result of the earlier drought, he said. Church, built more than 150 ing to the sideshows.

The large circus one of the original three-ring big tops still in existence, was assembled early Tuesday as children got a first glimpse of the busy work crews and some of the 500 performers. But with completion of the final evening performances, work crews immediately began pulling down the big top in preparation for its next in Kitchener. years ago. known the former mayor, it is the first time we have seen him without a tie even when mowing his Victoria Ave. lawn, but he is a far cry from making the best 10 dressed list, so he can quit trying now! ERRORS OF OMISSION A card from our girl Friday, Mrs.

Helen Ansell, now rounding out a European holiday, said as we read it the first time, that she was going to Paris for a "lost" weekend. However when we re-read the card, it said "Am going to Paris for the last weekend." There's a difference? Kent Hog Producers Ask Vole Help CHATHAM A request from the Kent County Hog Producer's Association for assistance in carrying out the July 25 vote on hog marketing methods was endorsed Tuesday night by the Federation of Agriculture. The request was sent to all commodity producers and the matter has been turned over to the co-ordinating committee of the federation which will work with the hog producers in deciding the methods of assistance required. RETIRED BISHOP DIES TADOUSSAC, (CP) Rt. Rev.

Lennox Waldron Williams, Anglican Bishop of Quebec Diocese from 1915 until his retirement in 1935, died here Tuesday at his summer home. He was 98. A ferry trip to beautiful Bob- Lo, where members spent an eventful hour, was also a high light of the day. En route home the bus stopped off at Essex, where the group enjoyed a smorgasbord supper. Sees Better Wlieat Price CHATHAM Ontario wheat producers could make themselves an extra 20 cents a bushel if they had their own storage, R.

J. Myers, chairman of the Ontario Wheat Producers Association, told a Kent County Federation of Agriculture meeting Tuesday night. Mr. Myers said statistics show that during the last 10 years an average of 65 to 72 percent of Ontario wheat went right to the elevators from the farm, causing prices to drop. "Try to provide your own storage and don't dump it all on the market right at Mr.

Myers urged. He added that there is a good export market for wheat. If the Wheat Board went into operation and entered that market the Ontario price of wheat would jump 20 cents higher than the $1.45 minimum awarded Monday by an arbitration committee at Ottawa, he said. Fun Club Tours London Plants CHATHAM Seventy-five members of Chatham Community Y.M.C.A.'s Summer Fun Club left the city Tuesday morning for an industrial tour through London, Ont. The youngsters, under direction of Lloyd Brown and Janice Jackson, included in their tour a visit through city parks, and stops at some of the large food plants.

They returned to Chatham about 4:30 p.m. The tour was one in a series of several summer fun and educational activities for the city youngsters. Teeterville Man Top Tobacco Farmer Chatham Births CHATHAM Births in Chatham Tuesday and today were: GENERAL I To Mr. and Mrs. George, 539 Victoria a son.

LATIMER To Mr. and Mrs. Fred, Dresden, a son. CARTER To Mr. and Mrs.

Donald. 265 McNaughton Ave. a daughter. VAN KESSEL To Mr. and Mrs.

Anthony, 138 Thames a son. GOUGH To Mr. and Mrs. Ronald, 381 St. Clair a son.

EBERITT To Mr. and Mrs. William, 6 Redbud Drive, a son. HERBERT To Mr. and Mrs.

John. 189 Richmond a daughter. FREDERICK To Mr. and Mrs. James, 37 Arnold a son.

ST. JOSEPH'S DICK To Mr. and Mrs. Archibald, R. R.

1, Chatham, a son. BULLEY To Mr. and Mrs. R. R.

2, Fletcher, a son. Women of the Moose, Chap ter 304, will meet in Moose Hall Thursday, 8 p.m., for initiation. Puhlic Health Staff Enlarged CHATHAM Appointment of Miss Rosemary Tengelits, Reg. to Chatham's public nursing staff was approved Tuesday by the city Bor.rd of Health. Miss Tengelits, a 1958 graduate cf Chatham Deaths SLOAN Albert 66, died Monday at his home, 44 Indian Creek Chatham.

Mr. Sloan was a C.P.R. express agent until his retirement in 1954, due to ill health. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, and a charter member of Chatham Kiwanis Club. Surviving are: his wife, the former Hazel Townsend; a daughter, Mrs.

D. V. Emans (Ilene), Chatham; a son, Douglas A. Sloan, Toronto: his mother, Mrs. Margaret Sloan, Flesherton, Ont; and two sisters, Mrs.

K. R. Kimmerlay, Toronto, and Mrs. L. II.

Ferris, Windsor. Service will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at John G. Stephen Funeral Home. Burial in Maple Leaf Cemetery.

tit cnv'RTTPn trn Uor the University of Toronto, will VUYZ7 "7 ni. ini s.J; Ellington of Teeterville today begin her duties 15 July ft was named Ontario's champion grower of flue-cured tobacco. Dr. C. D.

Graham, deputy agriculture minister of Ontario, made the award at the first annual meeting of the Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers Marketing Board. Mr. Ellington was selected by Mr. and Mrs. Alan Cobb, and small daughter Jennifer, are vacationing at Sauble Beach.

Miss Donna Lou Allison, of Blenheim, will be attended by Mrs. Ross Parent, of Tecumseh, as matron-of-honor, when she and Mr. John Horak are married Saturday, 11 a.m. in St. Mary's Church, Blenheim.

Groomsman will be Mr. Frank Horak, a brother of the groom. Miss Allison is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L.

C. Allison, of Blenheim, and Mr. Horak's parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Horak of Blenheim.

A community shower in Miss Allison's honor was given at S.S. 4, Raleigh and Harwich twps. Making arrangements for the miscellaneous shower were Mr. and Mrs. Donald Allison, Mr.

and Mrs. John Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Rumble, Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Rumble, and Mr. and Mrs. Garnet W'alker. Mrs. W.

J. Goldring. Joseph is spending a holiday at Sauble Beach. He was a great McKinnon father. We remember the pride he had when Harold Jr.

tried his first case as a lawyer in a Chatham court. Again when, Don graduated into the legal profession and when Barbara, Mrs. Jim Rowlands, made him a grandfather. He did all he could for his service clubs and for his city. On council he tipped us off many times to things which ultimately proved good for the city.

Harold was buried this afternoon and we said our goodbyes to a great gentleman, well loved, respected. VANDALS What kind of kids go in for this ransacking schools? What do they get out of it except a sure and certain way of showing they are worse than morons? What do they hope to prove? Twice in one month little hooligans have caused thousands of dollars damage to schools in this area first at the Winston Churchill School in town, and the other at the John X. Given School in Dover Twp. Ron who viewed the mess at the township school and the cleanup which started Tuesday, said the janitorial staff was broken hearted. They had the school all shining like a guardsman's buttons, after the school term was over, but now they have to start in all over again.

HORSE LAUGH Old Dobbin got the last laugh the other day. We watched while a matched pair of handsome greys pulled a mower on a big acreage a few scant feet off Richmond Street's industrial area. Where did the laugh come in? The horse-drawn mower was cutting grass in a lot where scores of farm vehicles were on display. This in Kent, the most heavy mechanized farming area in Ontario, if not Eastern Canada! STEEL SniRT The usually impeccably dressed Ralph D. Steele turned up for breakfast the other day, clad in a sports shirt with no coat and drew down on his bushy head comments not exactly fitting the head of a Q.C.

Ken Thompson, who had just finished taking us to task because we missed seeing the beautiful new nylon flag atop his Walker Stores building on July charged that Ralph, returning from the Kiwanis annual international mrrt in Chatham Theatres CAPITOL "The Young Lions," Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, today. CENTRE "Horror of Dracula," Peter Cushing; "The Thing That Couldn't Die," today. DRIVE-IN "Dangerous Exile Louis Jourdan and Belinda Lee, "Birth of a Baby," The board also decided to continue correspondence with Miss Viola Cook, who had applied for further information concerning a position on the city nursing staff. Miss Cook, a 1953 graduate of Owen Sound general hospital and a public health nursing grad from University of Toronto this year, will be considered to fill a possible vacancy on the staff in November. PROVOST Harvey Joseph, a panel of judges who studied 4,000 crops which passed through three board auction exchanges last winter.

fit I h. Miss Stephanie Radike, of California, is spending several weeks in Chatham with her aunt, Mrs. Jack Clements, Devon and Mr. Clements. Entries will be received until July 15 from members of the Kent Art Association for consideration for the amateur art display at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto.

Pictures will be judged by Dr. Adele Read, Mr. Gordon Lang, and Mr. George W. James at James Photo Studio, St.

Clair St. 48, well known River Rd. farmer in Raleigh, R. R. 5, Chatham, died at his home Tuesday.

Son of the late Alphy Provost and Mary Louise Couture, he was born in Dover and has lived in Raleigh since moving there with his family in 1921. Surviving is his wife, the former Clara Tetrault and six sons, Arthur. Robert, Lennard, Chatham; Donald, Raleigh: Hector at home, Lawrence at Teachers' College, Toronto, and six grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Eclid Tetrault, Dover, and a brother, Dominic Provost.

Chatham, also survive. Mr. Provost was a member of St. Joseph's Church. He had been in failing health the past two years.

Body is at Hinnegan Funeral Home. 156 William St. Chatham, until Friday when requiem high mass will be celebrated at St. Joseph's Church, Chatham, 10 a.m. (DST).

Prayers will be offered Thursday 9 p.m. (DST). Interment will be in the family-plot in St. Anthony's Cemetery, Chatham. GRANT APPROVED The $500 grant to the Essex and Kent Scottish pipe band was approved by City Council Monday night.

I'fe Mt 1 sr II; ft QV( 11 i. Chicago, was still tired after CHERRY CROP One of the heaviest cherry crops on nominating the national presi- record is being picked in Kent and from all appearances the KEEP RED CHINA BAN MANILLA, (Reuters) The foreign secretary, Felixberto Serrano, said his country will continue to ban all trade with Communist China. He was commenting on a proposal that the ent re-examine the question of opening cultural and commercial relations with China. dent and had not realized he crP is of top standard. Here in Harwich, sweet cherries was still wearing the top of are being picked by Barbara Smyth on summer holidays bis pajamas, while George from the John McGregor Junior High School.

Chatham, rennell. the old Southern (Suir Chatham Bureau Photo by Blair McKinnon) GOLF CLUB TEA Ladies' section of the Maple City Golf and Country Club held its opening luncheon Tuesday at the club site just east of Louisville. About 50 ladies were present. From left: Mrs. C.

E. Dawson, games captain; Mrs. D. L. Oestreicher, player; Mrs.

Wayne G. Kiser, convener, and Mrs. C. E. Bagnall, assistant games captain..