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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1952-04-17, Page 11'2,126 Copies A Week THE NEW ERA-87ib YEAR ewspw CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURS Homo of RCAF Station Na. 17,The Home Paper With the News ec THE: NEWS-RECORD,--72nd YEAR AV, APRIL 24, 1952 6e a call $2.50 a Year Total contributions to date for the Blind Campaign in Clinton district are $1,942.98. W. V. Roy, local chairman, stated that official receipts are being forwarded as soon as pos- sible. However, it may take a few weeks, as most of the receipt work is done by volunteer typists, This is so that every cent of donations will be used for bricks, mortar, etc., for the new Home for the Blind and not to pay hired help to get receipts out im- mediately. Mr. Roy said the Institute ex- pects that all receipts will be out by the end of June. J. J. STUART Windsor, president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, who will be the chief speaker at a dinner meeting of Clinton and District Chamber of Com- merce in Hotel Clinton Wed- nesday evening next, April 30. Mr. Stuart was born in Wind- sor, and has spent the major por- tion of his life in that commun- ity, He attended Public and High Schools there and later McGill University, Montreal, graduating in 1935 with a degree of Bachelor of Commerce. After graduation, Mr. Stuart joined the staff of The Royal Bunk of Canada, leaving that organization in January 1938. During his last year with the bank Mr. Stuart was in the sup- ervisor's department in Toronto. In January 1938 he joined J. T. Wing & Company Limited, Wind- sor, as a director and secretary of the Company, being elected vice-president some three years ago. Mr. Stuart has served as a director of Windsor Chamber of Commerce since 1949, and was president of the Chamber in. 1950 and 1951. At the national level he has been a member Of the Ontario Regional Committee of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce for three years, and has served on several committees. Bayfield Masquerade Proves Successful (By our Bayfield correspondent) The annual Easter Masquerade, under the auspices of Hayfield Agricultural Society, held in the Town Hall, Wednesday evening, April 16, was well attended with a large number in costume. The president, Carl B. Diehl, welcomed those present and act- ed as master of ceremonies. The Stewart Orchestra played for the dance, commencing with t h e Grand March for ail those in costume. Carl Houston was floor manager. The judges, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Montgomery, Clinton, and Miss Lillian Stewart, Stanley Township, awarded the prizes as follows: Boys and girls fancy, Helen Grainger (Easter Basket); Ruth- ann Scotchmer (box of cigaret- tes); Jerry Elliott (convict); boys and girls comic, Judy Cluff (lady); Jeannine Denby (tramp); National costume, open, Beverly Merner (Canada); Patsy Scotch- iner (Canada); Gary Merner (Un- cle Sam); youngest person in costume, Helen Grainger (Easter Basket); best couple in costume, Elaine and Helen Grainger (East- er Bunny and Basket); Mrs. J. E. Howard and Miss Ann Drouin (musical couple); fancy costume, open, Charlene Scotchmer (fancy paper costume); Miss Mildred Cameron (Queen Elizabeth); Mrs. Grant Stirling (gypsy); comic, Mrs. Charles Scotchmer (fisher- man); H. Torrance (Miss Bay- field); G. Stirling, (Leap Year), Campaign for Blind Reaches $1,942 Stanley Township Native Marks 90th Birthday Anniversary 'iereeedhe e.tget, ••4 Mrs, Margaret Johnston cele- brated her 90th birthday at the home of her son-inelave and daughter, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Middleton, It.R. 3, Clintore Bran in 1862, April 16, at Ben- nockburn, near Varna, she it a daughter of the late John Me- Naughton, Wain emigrated to Can- ada from Scotland in 1832, and Catherine MacDonald, also of Scottish birth, lArS. Johnston, as a young girl attended the Varna Public School, and on February 12, 1896, she married Mr. Johnston, in Clinton, She and her husband farmed at Goderich near Lake Helene Since her husband's death in 1936, she has resided With her daughter, Muriel (Mrs. Middleton), with the exception of several years When, although past 80 years Of age, kept house for het son and family at Gbderieh, following the death of her daughter-in-law, Besides her one daughter and one son, John MeNaughton John,- ston, she has ten grandchildren and three great-grandehildren. Of a family, of three boys and five girls, Mrs, Johnston end her twin sister, Annie, (now deceased) Who were the oldest, married two brothers. Renaarkable Memory Possessed of a remarkable memory, this celebrant takes much joy in the young folk about her, On her birthday she recalled incidents of 'the fitst Mcgaugh- tons coming t6 Canada, John, her father, his only sister and four brothers, arrived at Welling- ton Bay, near Ilarnilton, with their parents, and at Dundas the sudden death of the father °attn.,- (Continued on Page Ten) APPIP_MIIIIPM.1.11.1411 ILK PRODUCERS SETTLE AT , Oddiellows,Rebekahs Attend Annual Church Service Members of Holmesville Con- centrated Milk Producers' Assoc, lation met Monday evening in the Board Room of Ontario Agricul- tural Office, Clinton, with a. large and representative attend- ance. J. C. Jenkins, President of the Ontario Milk Producers' Associa- tion, stated: -"In January of this year, the Association asked for a floor price of $3.30, but this was refused by the processors. The Milk Central Board was asked to arbitrate, and an award of $3.50 was made as floor price." "'The Board felt that this was not too much, but the processors refused to pay, and Colin Camp- bell, president of the Holmesville Association, stated, sent a letter to their patrons on April 7 stat- ing this fact, asking the milk producers to sign their agreement to pay.$3.25 only. On the same date, the Holmesville Concentrat- ed Milk Producers' Association mailed a letter to their members advising them not to sign the aforesaid agreement." Legality Questioned Mr. Jenkins said he met with the Minister of Agriculture on Tuesday, April 8, to discover whether the action of the pro- cessors was or was not legal. Be- ing advised by the Minister that upon taking the question to court, decision 'possibly would not be reached for three months, the officers of the Ontario Milk Pro- ducers felt that the farmers would not be able to wait that long for settlement. Milk is perishable and cannot be kept from the market indefinitely, it was' pointed out. The Minister called upon the processors and talked with them; then he allowed the producers and processors to discuss the matter together. As the proces- sors consistently refused to pay the $3.50 awarded by the Board, on the basis that they were un- able to pay that much and re- main in business, the Producers held out for $3.30 promising to take the problem to the Board once more if their price was pot met. This price finally agreed upon becomes legal retroactive to Ap- ril 16 and can be changed at any time by either the producers or the processors. When collective bargaining is asked for by eith- er party, the other side must meet them within three days. The agreement reached at that time becomes legal in seven days. Fieldman Speaks Herbert Webster, Woodstock, Zbe C01 11111n= OUR INDEFATIGABLE BAY- field correspondent, Miss Lucy Woods, has been investigating the phenomenon of Sunday's "fly- ing saucers" . .oo: She saye: * * "WE AR,E INDEBTED TO MRS. H. D. MacLeod, for a view of the vapour ribbon which streaked across the sky from east to west and then veered to the south- west on Sunday at 11.30 a.m. . . When we saw it, the mysterious ribbon was hanging in the sky from horizon to horizon . . . Mr. and Mrs. MacLeod heard a motor and paw the vapour trail but could not see What was making it „ * * * AFTER ALL THE COMMENTS on the radio and in the press about the mysterious object which pilots of No. 420 City of London Auxiliary Sqttadron, aloft on ex- ercises in Mustang fighters, could catch or see when they were detailed by radio to intercept it, it is rather comforting to know that it was the British Canberra twin-jet bomber which brought Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh /Lloyd, chief of RAF Bomber Command, to Montreal, on Sat- urday . . . * *T.* AND THAT INSTEAD OF THE speed of a thousand miles an hour which it was estimated at London, the jet was doing a mere 600 pines per hour on a friendly trip to Omaha, Neb, . . . But per- haps the start it gave us is a lesson to watch the skies and be prepared . . . * * THOMAS LEPPINGTON IS AT it again . . . He started at his old job for Dr. W. A. Oakes as caretaker for the 16th season . . . A tribute to something! . . * * A HEN ON THE FARM OF Robert E. McMillan, McKilloP Township, apparently resolved to double her egg-production efforts, but did it by laying one egg with- in another, each complete with shell . . In some manner, the large egg which measured ten inches by 71/2 inches, became broken, revealing the small come plete egg within it . . Bayfield Goes on DST Saturday Midnight Bayfield will go on Daylight Saving Time on Saturday, April 26, midnight. Church services throughout the village on Sun- day will be scheduled on Day- light Saving Time, Mrs. James Cameron returned home on Tuesday evening. We are pleased to report that Mr. Cameron and Evans are improv- ing in health. They will be in Hospital for a couple of months. .1•1•6mome1..••••• Case Histories Miss Elizabeth Wallace, Lon- don, district nurse, Ontario Soe defy for Crippled Children, has provided the following typical case histories: Both Hips Dislocated A two-year-old child was ad- :tatted to hospitel, with a 'history THE WEATHER Hi952 1951 gh Low High Low April 17 65 31 49 31 18 68 46 41 29 19 69 45 44 33 20 74 42 44 26 21 74 4/ 52 29 22 73 4'7 65 46 23 49 37 SO 32 taire 459 int, rain; .56 ins, RT, HON. I. G. GARDINER Federal Minister of Agricul- ture, who will be the main speaker at the annual Farm- ers' Night banquet of Clinton Lions Club in St. Paul's Parish Hall tomorrow (Fri- day) evening before a capac- ity crowd. Official Royal Pictures On Display in Clinton Clinton Legion Branch No. 140 has recently purchased a match- ed set of colour pictures of the Queen and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. It is understood that these are the first such set of pictures in Clinton, of which the Legion is justly proud. These beautiful pictures were taken by Karsh, the famous Ottawa photographer, and are the official pictures to be hung in all Legion • Branches across Canada. The public will be able to see these' pictures in the window of R. N. Irwin's store, where they will be on display for a limited time. . Couple Surprised The children of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Steep surprised them last Wednesday evening, April 16, on the occasion of their birthdays. Although Mr. and Mrs. Steep do not have birthdays on the same day, they are just two weeks apart, so a joint celebration was in order. An appropriate address of prose and poetry was read in the pre- sentation of an electric teakettle and electric iron. The honoured couple replied in four line verses of their own, thanking the fam- ily for their thoughtfulness, child's treatment. Cerebral Palsy A bright-eyed attractive little girl was born with cerebral palsy. For the first few years of her life she had very little speech, was unable to walk and had very little use of her hands and arms. When she was about three years old she began to take a few staggering steps alone and tried to grasp toys with her un- steady hands, This little girl' was examined at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and had an intelligence test taken, which showed that she was mentally alert. Regular physiotherapy and speech therapy was advised by the doctor. One year later she was admitted to the Cerebral Palsy Treatment Centre at Wood- eden. For the next two years this little girl had regular treat- ment under the direction of a professional staff. She was able to walk much better, her speech had improved and she is now attending a regular public schbol. This little girl will never walk Club Feet This little girl, now 13 years old, was born with bilateral Club feet. Treatment started early for her, She wag brought into the Orthopaedic clinic before she was one month old and a series of plaeter taste were applied to her feet. These casts were changed weekly, each tittle bring- ing the twitted feet closer to the normal position. Her feet were resistant to treatment and the tasting was continued over a per- iod of Yeats, Front plaster casts the went On to braces designed to hold the feet in posititm. Daily stretching and manipulation of the feet were tarried Out and the (Continued On Page Ten) Raise Fund f$44,000 For Church A total of $44,000 in pledges has beep 'raised to date by the members of Ontario o St. United Church, Clinton, for the erection of a two-storey recreation centre addition to the church's property on Ontario St. Members of the Building Com- mittee, 'under the chairmanship of George M. Levis, and the Fin- ance Committee, headed • by Roy Tyndall, met jointly last even- ing in the Parsonage to consider results to date. The committees decided to make slight alterations in the original plans drawn by Philip C. Johnson, architect, London, who also is` architect for the new. Knox Presbyterian Church, God- erich, and the new Lucknow High School, for which tenders closed Monday. Three-Year Pledge The sum of approximately $44,000 has been raised to date on a three-year pledge system campaign. Most of the funds were subscribed in a two-day "blitz" in which about 30 members visit- ed the homes of the 'members of the church. The campaign was conducted under the auspices of the Official Board, with Rev. A, Glen Eagle as chairman. The new building will be two storeys high, of insulated block construction, and with dimensions of approximately 55 feet by 70 feet. It will replace the present church shed which will be torn down to make way for the new building. The west half of the building, two storeys in height, will be a recreation ball, The bottom floor of the east half of the structure will house a board room, beginners' and primary departments of the Sun- day School, a new heating plant, and men's wash room. The upper part of the east half will have a vestry, a chapel, and a meeting room for young peo- ple's groups. Basement Renovated The present basement of the church will be changed. The kit- chen will be divided into ladies' parlour, choir room, and Sunday School rooms. - „ Repair Pipe Organ Work on the pipe organ will be done this year. The action will be ,electrified, and the organ moved, Changes are made necessary through the growth of church and Sunday School, and in the latter case, especially t h e beginners' and 'primary departments. Cur- rent Sunday School enrolment is about 150. 0 Seeding Under Way On Huron Farms "Excellent spring weather dur- ing the 'past week has helped to dry up the land, considerably, so that some seeding of spring grains already has been done on the higher, sections of land in the county," G. W. Montgomery, Clin- ton, agricultural representative for Huron County, reported to- day, "A considerable amount of grass and clover seed was applied to fall wheat fields this week," he said. Members of the Qddfellows' and Rebeltahst Ordera to the number of about 100, attended the annual church parade to On- tario St. United Church Sunday evening, occupying the central Pews of the church auditorium. Under the diregtion of Mrs. Ed. Wendorf, the choir rendered special music, including an an- them and a ladies' chorus. The minister, Bev. A. Glen Eagle, discussed the three links of Oddfellowship — Fellowship, Love and Truth, He pointed out the necessity of human beings possessing fellowship, that love is the basic element behind all fellowship, and that that must be if fellowship is going to be suc- cessful, Mr. Eagle stated that love and truth go hand in hand for the proper fellowship. He showed the impossibilities of 'fellowship hanging together on a purely human level. The minister said that in order to have a brotherheod, people must acknowledge a fatherhood. They cannot adaquately love one another unless they realize the love of God. , From Luke 10 :27, he quoted: "Thou shalt loVe the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." "You can't ,know the truth about youtselves or God, with- out knowing 'God," Rev. Mr. Eagle concluded. 0 Poultry Vote Is Reported As Light Although no official figures as yet have been announced, obser- vation would indicate that the vote on the proposed egg produc- ers' marketing scheme — which took place throughout Ontario and Huron County Thursday- Friday-Saturday last—was light. Huron County votes were counted in Alia 'office of G. W. Montgomery, Clinton, agricultur- al representative for Huron County, the first of the week, and the results were forwarded to Ontario Department of Agri- culture, Toronto. Results from all counties in Ontario will be tabulated, and may be made public by the end of this week or the first of next. Voting was concluded at 16 polling places in Huron County, with Mr. Montgomery acting as returning officer, under the aus- pices of Ontario Farm Products Marketing Board, The ballot bore the following questions: 1. Are you in favor of the pro- posed Ontario Egg Producers' Marketing Scheme being ap- proved? 2, If the proposed Egg Scheme is approved, are you in favor of similar regulations covering the marketing of live and dressed poultry being approv- ed at a later date to be deter- mined by the Ontario Egg Pro- ducers' Marketing Board? field man for the Producers, has just completed a three-day test, which compared. favourably with those tests made at the Holmes- , vine plant. His findings show that the testing done there has been well and fairly carried out. Situation considered by Mr. Webster was that though $3.50 was little enough to receive for milk, nevertheless markets were theimportant thing, Last year the cheese producers had set up a good organization to give high quality produce at reasonable prices. They taxed themselves three cents per 100 pounds to re- move surpluses. Then the government, ape parently, through lack of fore- sight, allowed cheaper surplus to be brought on 'the market from foreign countries, which ruined the Canadian cheese in- dustry. There is at the present time no market for Canadian cheese. In view of this Mr. Web- ster deemed it unwise for the milk producers to go into a pro- posed subsidizing of six, eight, or ten cents per 100 pounds of milk to remove surpluses. Turn to Processing Charles Milton, Manager of the Ontario Concentrated Milk Pro- ducers' Association, 'explained that the skyrocketing of milk pioduction was caused primarily by the embargo on cattle being shipped to the United States. Since cattle no longer could be shipped, there were more and more farmers turning to milk processors for markets, On top of this increase in pro- duction, the government saw fit to bring in New Zealand cheese, better and skim milk powders, at lower prices than Canadian processors were able to produce. Canada's prices now are higher than anywhere else in the world. , Taken from the cost of produc- tion point of view, $3.50eprice is warranted, but no market for the finished product is available. Last year the higher prices were caused by the war scare which persuaded manufacturers to buy milk to build up stocks, They lost money then and are afraid of doing the same thing again. Milk Comparatively Good Mr. Milton felt that although milk seemed poor, considering the cost of production, it was nevertheless good in comparison with other dairy products. The condensed market had been in- cieased by the high prices now asked for fluid milk. Beef sales were good last year, but are very frontinued on. Page: Ten) The play was well-directed, well-acted, and, all in all, was a credit to the members of the cast and their directress. Plans already are made for producing it in Thedford and Auburn, with oth- er engagements in the offing. The cast of characters, in order of appearance, consisted of the following: Warden, William Gibbings; Lyle Flower, Ross Merrill; Mrs. Herb- ert Flower; Lois Elliott; Rosebud Brown, Edna Wheeler; Violet Flower, Helen Finck; Marjorie Pryor, Joyce Powell n Mrs. Clara Colby, Florence Syme`rite Charlie Pleaser, Roy Wheeler; Paul Har- vey, Alex Powell; Ward McIn- tyre, Don Symons; Mrs. Lyle Flower, Verna Gibbings; Miss Ima Weed, Marion Colclough; Lincoln Garfield McKinley Jones, Ivan. Hoggarth. Committees were as follows: Property, Rev. A. Glen Eagle, Willard Aiken; ushers, Charles Maybee, Cecil Elliott, Gordon Murdock; tickets at door, Gwen, Murdock, Betty Maybee; sound effects, George Colelough: make- up, Rev. A. G. Eagle, Mildred Merrill; promptress, Mi ldred Merrill. Dr. W. T. Mustard Has Brilliant Career (By our Bayfield correspondent) Friends here follow with pride the brilliant career of Dr. William. T. Mustard, Toronto, soh of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Mustard. "13111", as he is familiarly known, has spent many holidays at the family's summer }Untie here. Twice within a week his skill and ingenuity with surgery at the Hospital for Sick Child- ren, have been cited in The To. ronto Globe and Mail: First, in the use of a monkey's %rig to provide oxygen in the blood of babies with congenital heart conditions, while undergoe lag experirnerital surgery to cor- reOt the defect. ^ These babies could net have lived but the feet that Dr. Mustard kept one alive for three hours, has led to new hope in that field of surgery; Second, in the transplanting of a good muscle to replace a dead One, in the hip Of a boy who had been a victim of polio, noW he Will walk naturally. ratnily came from California to live in Termi- te tee their son Wield have this operation, A small but active group—the Happy Doubles Club of Ontario St. United Church, Clinton—stag- ed a very successful play to full houses in the Town Hall, Clin- ton, Thursday and Friday even- ings last. It was a three-act comedy, `Anything Might Happen", very capably directed by Mrs. A. Glen Eagle, wife of the minister of the church. As a result of its efforts, the Club cleared a substantial amount of money for various worthwhile purposes. The prologue showed a corner of the Warden's Office in the "Seaforth jail", on a summer's morning. The three acts proper were laid in the living room of the Flower home in Clinton a week or so later. Between Acts I and II, and II and III, Ontario St. Church Or- chestra played selections, and Leslie Pearson sang appropriate solos, accompanied on the piano by Mrs. James Lobb. The CGIT Girls of the church also sold homemade candy to the members of the audience. (By our Bayfield correspondent) Mr, and Mrs. George Moss, 'De- troit, were at their cottage on the T. Elliott survey, south of the village, over the weekend. Recent storms and high water overturned their boat house and washed the boat out into the lake and finally brought it in. again a hundred yards down the beach. The outboard motor, windshield end winch were missing when the craft was found. The winch has turned up, but according to oth- er cottagers in the area, vandals had digged their way into the boat house last autumn. Police ere investigating. The last storm washed the boat house out and down the lake., L. Talbot hauled it off the beach to higher ground when it came in near his property. fruitage at Grand Bend (By our Orand Bend correspondent) Summer residents who soon will be returning to' their cot- tages at brand Bend will be in for a shoek. The waters of Lake Huron, now at their highest Peak in SO years, have carted hundreds Of dollart in damage to lakeshore proper- ties, particularly south Of Oland Bend. $3.30 PER CWT Price of $3.50 Sought Processors Refuse Minister ,Here Friday (rippled Childreri's Clinic Deferred until May 21 Due to the inability of several of limping since first learning to specialists to be in attendance on walk. X-rays revealed that the the earlier date, Huron County child had a congenital dieloca- Crippled Children's' Clinic will be tion of both hips. The hips were held a fortnight later, in Clinton, reduced and a plaster cast ap- Wedriesday, May 21. plied from the waist down and The main clinic will take place the child was discharged from in Huron County Health Unit, hospital. He returned to the but the eye and speech 'section Othopaedic Clinic every three of the Clinic is scheduled for months for x-rays and a change Wesley-Willis United Church of cast. This continued for a Hall, in order to ease the con- year and a half and at that time gestion in the Health Unit, the casts were discontinued and .'C. H. Epps, Clinton, secretary, the child wore night splints Huron County Crippled Child- only. Twie years after the first ren's Survey, reported today that admission to hospital x-rays were the total cases to be dealt with taken, which showed the disloca- at the Clinic will be 2'74, corn- tion of the hips had been cor- prising 142 orthopaedic, 26 hear- rected and the little boy is now Mg, 60 eyesight, and 46 speech. able to run and play with the It will be recalled that en the rest of his playmates, very successful Clinic held at A Lions Club sponsored this Clinton two years ago, the total number of cases was 132, so that apparently, the problem has en- larged during the past two years, and parents becoming more acut- ely aware of the excellent service provided. The children undergoing treat- ment at the Clinic will range up to 19 years of age, but the Com- mittee is anxious to held down the limit to 16 years, as far as possible. Huron County Crippled Child- ren's Committee met in Huron County Health Unit, Clinton, to consider the various applications. The Survey and Clinic are be- ing operated by the Committee under the Sponsorship of the On- tario Society for Crippled Child- ren, Huron County Health Unit, end the ten Lions Clubs in Huron County—Hayfield, Blyth, Bruse eels, Clinton, Exeter, Goder'ich, Bowl k, Seaforth, Wingham, Zur- ich—as well as the Grand Bend club in Lambtoe. County. Those requiring transportation to the Clinic on May 21 are re- quested to get in touch with members of the local Lions Club, or talk at well as the other which is co-sponsoring this worthwhile effort. children at school, but she has made remarkable progress in spite of her handicap. C. of C. Speaker COMING EVENTS Play, "Chintz Cottage",by Londesboro YPU Varn,a Hall On Wednesday, 'April 30, Stm- toted by Varna WA. 17-b What is a Credit Union? Hear Donald Smith, May 8, at 8,30, Department of Agriculture Board Room, Clinton. 17-p CKNX Barn Dance, Town Hall, Clinton, Friday, May 9, under auspices Clinton Lawn Bowling Club, Favourite old tyme dance band, ,Don Robertson and his Ranch ;Boys. Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell, every Friday night, 9.30 to 12.30, 17-8-p The office of D. McInnes, Chiropractic, Drugless Therapy and Poet Correction, in future, ;will be in: the CornMerelal Hotel, :Clinton, every Friday afternoon, 1 to 9 o'clock. 17-b The big paper drive sponsored by Clinton Branch, No. 240 of the Canadian Legion, will be field on Wednesclay, May 21, Please I save your papers, 17-b Players Score Big Success In OnemAct Comedy High Water on Lake Huron Does Heavy Damage