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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1952-05-01, Page 1r Home of RCAF Station 2,1,26 Copies A Week WSJ THE NEW ERA-87th YEAR No. 18—The Nome Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 1 RECORD -72nd YEAR 1952 be 4 Copy $2.50 a Year ABOVE picture, taken at Clinton Lions Club's annual Farm- ers' Night in St. Paul's, Parish, Hall Friday evening last, shows a section of the head table. LEFT TO RIGHT—John W. Hanna, MLA for Huron-Bruce; G/C E. A. D. Hutton, commanding officer, RCAF Station, Clin- ton; Rt. Hon. J. G. Gardnier, Federal Minister of Agriculture, • while addressing the large gathering; Lorne J. Brown, president, Clinton Lions Club, the host organization. Gardiner Impresses At Farmers' Night Kindergarten Class Makes Itself At Home In New RCAF' School eseenaialet. MRS, CLARA CLAIM'S kindergarten class is already hard at work in the new one-sterey, six-room school for children of RCAr personnel at the RCAF Station, Clinton, The outside, of the new building, which was officially opened by its narnesake, ASV/M . Hugh L. Campbell, C131, op Monday, is a() par cent glass. The entire design. of the schoOl is modeled to induce children to study,- Entohnent is about 130. —Clinton RCAF Photo Rt. Hon J G. Gardiner in Characteristic Pose ISSUE $310,000 DEBENTURES C of C Head Commends Chamber A critical araYais of the costs of government at all levels was advocated by J. 3. Stuart, Wind- sor, president, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, in an inspirational address at a dinner meeting of Clinton arid District Chamber of Commerce in Hotel Clinton last evening, with about 50 members in attendance, Mr. Stuart was introduced by President H. E. Hartley, who was chairman for the evening, and was thanked in behalf of the Chamber by Vice-president Mit- cheal McAdam. The speaker complimented the Clinton Chamber on its splen- did ,work in the community, which, he said, was well known throughout Ontario, and urged it to keep up the good work. "There,is no mystery about 'the Chamer of Commerce move- ment- in Canada," he declared. "It is a voluntary group of busi- ness and professional men acting in their own interests and in the interests of •their respective com- munities," Each Chamber is a -basic autonomous unit, he stated, with Its own officers `andpolicy, serv- ing the community. Clinton is one of 700 such groups in Can- ada, Ontario Chamber of Commerce Is a federation of Boards of Trade and Chambers of Commerce in the Province, which represents these local groups at Queen's Park, and works with the na- tional Chamber in stimulating the movement in Ontario. Its policies include conservation, ag- riculture, and consideration of labour legislation and The On- tario Companies Act. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is national in scope, and speaks for the local Boards and Chambers on national prob- lems, in the interests of the 'tipsiness and professional m e n end welfare of Canada. Mr. Stuart declared that it was a "grass roots" movement, with policy decided in the first in- stance by Chambers such as Clin- ton, and with the vote of each Board or Chamber-equal, despite numbers of members. "Hitherto, in Ontario, business spoke strongly but individually," Mr. Stuart said, "Nowt the On- tario Chamber provides a col- lective voice, acting for all busi- ness, particularly small business. It works with the Government but is not dominated by the Government; we have our opin- ions and intend to express them, "In the national field, simil- arly, the Canadian Chamber acts for and in behalf of the local Boards and Chambers," the speaker stated. "Keep in touch with your local community and do not hesitate to let us have your opinions in the central or- ganization." Mr. Stuart declared that ser- ious consideration should be giv- en to present high taxation. There should be social progress but not socialism, he said. After President Hartley had extended a welcome to all, Secre- tary-Treasurer C. 0. Martin read the minutes of the last meeting, the treasurer's report, and the correspondence. Brief reports on the recent In- dustrial Promotion Conference in Toronto were given by L. G. Win- ter, H. E. Hartley and Mitcheal McAdam, delegates of the Clin- ton Chamber. THE WEATHER 1952 1951 High Low High Low April 24 57 33 47 38 25 65 36 54 41 • 26 64 24 54 39 27 70 36 54 29 28 70 43 75 49 29 73 41 70 54 30 65 45 65 45 Rain; .16 ins. This is the ninth of a series of articles discussing the need for Construction of a new ad- dition to Clinton District Col- legiate Institute, The articles are supplied by the CDCI Board. CDCI must grow as the student 'body grows. Under the heading of "General Accommodation", we may Maude 6torage room for caretaker's equipment, lockers, wash rooms, dressing rooms, and storage space for equipment used in all subjects and admirdstra- lion offices, Our caretaker should have a room to store cleaning supplies, paper towels, Soap, brooms, dust pans, garbage cans and many other, things too numerous to mention. Imagine how Mr. De- nornme feels now With just a broom and dust pail in the way of equipment, which he mug keep in the furnace room' Three hundred fullelezigth sixe foot lockers are believed to be forthcoming, and should be ready for use byeSepternber, They will have to be put in the preserit Cloak rooms, Which are far from meeting required specifications, When the preaent school Was 'built, it was thought necessary for the 180 pupils to have four cloak , rooms, Mewling 45 pupils 'for each. Sinde then One has been changed to a kitchen, While the enrollment has risen to about 290, roUgh,IY doubling the num. ber of pupilsusing each Mont. For instance, 120 boys nor& keep all their coats, hats, rubbers, ciltiner-pailt and tniseellaneetze A native of Huron County — Usborne Township to be exact— who has achieved world-wide fame in agricultural affairs, was the featured speaker at the 16th annual Farmers' Night of Clinton Lions Club, Friday evening last. Rt. Hon. J. G. Gardiner, Can- ada's Minister of Agriculture, made a deep impression on a capacity audience, comprising Lions and farmers in St. Paul's Parish Hall. With only a few scattered notes on a piece of paper, the Minister spoke for an hour to an audience of 150 in front of him, and to an unseen audience of many thous- ands as the address was broadcast. Lorne J. Brown, president of Clinton Lions Club, acted as chairman and head table guests as introduced by the agriculture representative for Huron County, G. W. Montgomery, included, be- sides Mr. Gardiner, Mr. Brown; A, Y. McLean, Seaforth, MP, Huron-Perth; Elston Cardiff, Brussels, MP, Huron-North; John Hanna, Wingham, MLA, Huron- Bruce; Thomas Pryde, Exeter, MLA, Huron; G/C E. A. D. Hut- ton, commanding officer, RCAF Station, Clinton; W. J. Dale, reeve of Hullett; W, 3, Miller, reeit of Clinton; and Harvey Johnston, Brussels, Warden of Huron County. Reeve Miller, Clinton, welcom- ed the guests who came from all parts of Huron County, Reeve Dale, in introducing Mr. Gardiner, pointed out that the latter was born in Huron County in 1883, had moved to the United States, then back to Canada, and had been in politics on various levels since 1913. His wife Was a native of Clinton, Canada's Problems Mr. Gardiner gave a clear and concise picture of Canada's agri- cultural problems at the present time, covering the foot and mouth disease in cattle, the close of the American market, the loss of the United Kingdom market and of the crisis facing cheese producers. "Canada is one of the largest farm producing countries in the articles in one cloak room, Proper lockers would be reces- sed in hall walls. Pupils, at present, must pass through the small dressing robins, which hone lockers, each used by two or three boys, to reach their washrooms. The girls' dressing room has no lockers. A proper set-up would have the pupils enter the dressing room; the door would be locked to pre- vent anyone else from entering, and the class would proceed to the gymnasium through another door. One central door would permit spectators to enter the gymnasium, while washrooms would be off by themselves. We have not sufficient space for projects in the present shop work and home economics rooms. The storage room for the science laboratories should be four times as large. Inspectors complain, and have for years, because of hack of storage space for cadet equipment. At present there are 120 cadet uniforms stored in the Physics laboratory, While ell cadet rifles, band instruments, cadet training equipment are stor- ed hi a robin eight feet square without a window. Last, but not least, the present office is headquarters for the principal, the secretary, film cab- inets, the telephone booth lot the whole ;school, and, as vela, cloak room for seven Men teach- ers, When a tree grows, its bark Must grow too. Surely a school, whose student body has increased Over 60 per cent, should soon start to grow. world today, but at the present time 'the is not able to sell her important food products outside her country. After 1941, United States regulations cut off our ex- porting western wheat into that country, and since the out-break of the foot-and-mouth disease early this year, we can't ship cattle or fresh meat into the States. However, we do export some canned meat, although a small quantity, to her. In our dairy products, we can't export cheese and we haven't enough "butter for ourselves." "Our price on hogs is higher than that of the United States by two or three cents per lb., and our beef price is lower — so, generally speaking our price range is the same as that of the 'United States," - "But," Mr. Gardiner added, "we are not permitted to take advant- age of the American market with 'our surplus. Ten Per Cent Beef Surplus Mr. Gardiner said that last year Canada sent 20 per cent of her beef to the U.S. in live form, and this year she might have ex- ported ten per cent, had no foot- and-mouth disease developed. "Our problem is then, that we have a ten per cent surplus. We must therefore increase our do- mestic consumption and as well decrease the marketing. The co- operation of the farmers who are raising the livestoSk must be given," he said. "If you flood the markets, you will be lowering , the prices of your own product." At this time Mr, Gardiner congratulated the Huron County farmers on being heavy hog-producers as well as top-grade hog-'producers. "Our problem of marketing hogs is much more difficult than that of beef. We set our price of hogs at 26 cents per pound, while the U.S. price was 17 cents. We didn't expect to experience any difficulties. We can't send any pork to the U.S. unless it is put into a can. Pork Surplus Too Great "Instead of a 15 per cent sur- plus, we now have a 30 per cent greeter surplus than one year ago." We have /only so much storage space, and if we had had only a 17 per cent surplus in pork we could have canned it. Fork* costs, 64 cents a pound in cans, too high a price for the average consumer," Stewart Middleton, a Lion far- mer, expressed the thanks of the gathering to Mr. Gardiner. In behalf of the Lions Club, G. B. Beattie, first vice-president, made the presentation' of a suit- able gift to Mr. Gardiner, R. S. McKercher, Dublin, presi- dent of Huron Federation of Agriculture and a Seaforth Lion, said the gathering was deeply indebted to Clinton Lions Club for making it possible to hear the Minister of Agriculture. Warden Harvey Johnston, Brus- sels, spoke briefly. Very enjoyable entertainment was provided by Sgt.g Prank Hammon's troupe from Clinton RCAF Station, the group iinelud- ing:' Eileen Archer, vocalist; Steve Serede, guitarist; Dexter Zink, violinist; and Sgt. Hammon, pian- ist. The numbers were greatly appreciated by the audience. COMING EVENTS Whet is a Credit Union? Heat Donald Smith, May 8, at 6.30, Depatterient of Agriculture Board Doom,, Clinton. 17-p CHNX Barn Dance, Town. Hall, Clinton, Friday, May 9, under auspices Clinton Lawn novvling Club. 17-18-b Faye write old tyme dente bend. Don Robertson ,and his Ranch Heys. Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell;every Friday night, 9.80 to 12.30. 17-8-p National Hospital Day will be Obsert'ed on May 12„ from three to fiat o'clock at the load hoS- pita tag bay on May 10, tin- der the Woinen's AtOtiliary. inonen Receive Charter It was a "red letter" night in the history of the Kinsmen Club of Clinton when the newly-or- ganized Club received its charter at a large and enthusiastic gath- ering in The Pavilion, Goderich, Tuesday evening. ' Attendance was about 130, with the following clubs repre- sented, in addition 'to Clinton: Owen Sound, Durham, Kincar- dine, Listowel, Wingham, Han- over, Walkerton, Goderich, EX- eter, Stratford, London and To- ronto. Joint chairmen were K. J. Pen- nington, president • of the Gode- rich Club, which sponsored Clin- ton, and T. B. Tango, presidek of the Clinton Club. Following the toast to th,e Queen and the invocation, intro- duction took place of the head table guests and Club presidents. t Governor W. D. Colby, Jr., Chatham, made the presentation of the Charter to tPresident Ian- son, .and delivered the main ad- dress of the evening, outlining the Kinsmen programme and ob- jects. . Charter Members J. .F. Knechtel, Hanover, past president, National Association of Kinsmen Clubs, conducted the in- stallation of officers of the new Club, as follows; President, T. B. Janson,fOrm- erly a member.. of the otlerich Club; vice-president, G. B. Rum- ball; secretary, R. E. Fletcher; treasurer, P. J. McCauley; reg- istrar, L. F. Cook; bulletin editor,. M. M, McCarter: directors—Roy Sorrell, S. J. Schoenhals, K. A. Scott. • Other charter members are as follows: K. W. Colquhoun, T. 3. Bangs, Frank Speaight, George Buckley, D. T. Hartliff, D. R. Kay, C. G. Whittington, 3. H. Grisdale, J. E. Henry, P. M. McEwath G. Herman H. 3, McEwan, P. M. Brown, G. J. Irwin, G. A. Grigg. The Club starts of with a charter membership of 24. Several Presentations Deputy Governor of the Nor- thern Zone, Ron LeLiever, was in charge of various presentations, including the following: Speakers', stand, Clinton Lions Club, pr'eWlited 'by President Lorne J. Brown; gavel and gong, Goderich Kinsmen Club; banner, Owen Sound and Kincardine Kinsmen Clubs; dinner buttons, Hanover and Durham Kinsmen Clubs; flags,. Exeter and Wing- ham. Kinsmen Clubs; gold lapel buttons, Listowel Kinsmen Club, Clinton President lanson ex- pressed the thanks of the Clinton members to the various clubs for their gifts, and thanked especial- JY, the members of the sponsor- ing Goderich Club, and more par- ticularly, W. J. McGrath, Gode- rich, who had a large part in the organizational work of the Clin- ton Club. TUCKERESMITH LADIES' CLUB The May meeting will be held at Mrs, E. Crich, on May 7. The Ladies' Club has accepted an invitation to Brucefield on June 3, at 2.30 p.m. 0 ONTARIO ST. WA The May meeting of the Wom- an's Association of Ontario St. United Church will be held on Tuesday, May 6, at 3 p.m. A picnic lunch will be served. Firec,rackers Are Fun Perhaps Sometiines This One Wasn't (By our Hayfield eprrespontlent) Firecrackers are aun—usually, But when a man is minus a pair of overalls and has 11.111 the risk of having his son's light F9rd truck burned, and the gasoline tank exploding and spreading to his home, it ceases to be amus- ing. It happened on Saturday at noon that Charlie Bell was giving up work at Hudie's Saw Mill, Clinton, to plough arkl till the soil, Some of "the boys" at the mill gave him a send-off by throwing a firecracker at him as he drpve out of the mill yard. He looked back, saw nothing amiss, and drove on without giv- ing it another thofight. When he arrived home, he parked the truck near the, house and went in for dinner. Mrs. Bell happened to be in the gar- den next door and In a few minutes, she noticed smoke com- ing from" the back of the truck. She hurried home to give the 7larm Charlie smothered the flames with an old sack and pulled the burning overalls out of the truck while his daughter, Joyce, got a pail of water. When the blaze was extinguish- ed all that was left 61 the over- alls was two muddy cuffs. The fire was right over the gasoline tank. What a trail of disaster could have resulted from a tiny firecracker thrown in innocent fun, if the ignited clothing had not been discovered when it was! Such an incident should be a warning to children and adults alike to exercise the utmost care Children Warned Regarding Driving (By our Hayfield correspondent) An accident occurred on Thurs- day afternoon, April 17, on Main St., when a tractor hauling a load of wood, driven by Ronnie Smith, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Smith, ran into a 1941 Dodge sedan owned by W. E. Radford, Clinton, which was parked on the Highway near George Foote's home. Lindsay Smith and Thomas Bailey were on the wagon, which was bringing the wood into the village. Both fenders and one wheel of the car were damaged, 'estimated at between $40 and $5u. The tongue of the wagon was broken and the wagon broke loose but, fortunately,: did 'not upset. Constable George Little investi- gated the accident and warnings have 'gone out to all children under 15 years of age in the habit of driving tractors, to keep off the roads. Young Man Arrested On Entering Charge Chief of Police Joseph Ferrand reported today that a young man was arrested last night and would be charged with office-breaking. The chief said that the Town Council Committee Room, off the Council Chamber and adjoining the Town Clerk's Office, had been entered during the dance In progress upstairs, the door having been forced, and that the cupboards had been forced open and various articles taken. Later, the Chief stated, the alleged culprit was picked up by police on Victoria St,, near Hotel Clinton, Mayor G. Nott 'summoned a special meeting of Clinton Town Council? Monday evening to,rrieet Members of the Public School Board in connection, with the financing of the new public school. The School Board presented a resolution which had been adopts ed by it, and explained various matters to members of Council, The resolution was carried un- animously, as follows: "Whereas a contract has been made for the erection of a new school in the amount of $286,822, subject to the finances being pro- vided through the Corporation of the Town of Clinton; And whereas the architecte' fees will amount to approximat- ely $17,000; And whereas in connection with the undertaking there 'will be, incidental expenses of legal fees, Municipal Board fees, printing and selling debentures; Egg Marketing Scheme Loses In Light Vote The proposed egg and poultry marketing scheme, voted on by the commercial egg producers of Ontario during the three-day per- iod ended April 19, has not been approved, according to an an- nouncement, from the Ontario Farm Products Marketirtg Board. In making the announcement, the Board stated that an insuf- ficient number of producers reg- istered their vote on the propos- ed scheme. Before the vote was taken, it was mutually agreed with the representatives of the poultry producers that, since no complete list of producers in the Province was available, a favourable vote of not less than 33,000 voters would be necessary before the scheme would be considered or approval. The results of the vote indicate that interest fell far short of the degree of public support necessary to have it ap- proved. Reports received to date from 50 out of the 55 counties and districts of Ontario show a total vote as follows: "Yes" "No" Proposed Egg Scheme - 7,496 7,050 Proposed Poultry Meat Scheme 7,048 6,568 The Board further pointed out that at least a two-thirds ma- jority of favourable votes cast is required before a marketing scheme is approved. Thus, even on the basis of the actual vote ,cast, the scheme could not have been approved, Light Vote in Huron G. W. Montgomery, Clinton, agricultural representative for Huron County, and, who acted as Returning Officer, said yest- erday that although he was not permitted to release the Huron figures, he would state that the vote was light in accordance with the situation existing elsewhere in Ontario. 0 HOSPITAL AUXILIARY • The annual secondhand auction sale of the Hospital Auxiliary will be held September 27. Please keep your books, furniture and old clothes. Collection will be made later. And whereas certain moneys will be required for equipping the new school; Now, therefore, Clinton. Public Schoolh Board hereby requests the Corporation of the Town of Clin- , ton to issue debentures in the a- mount of $310,000. to provide funds for the purposes aforesaid, Connell Approves $$10,000 Upshot of all the discussion was the adoption, by Council, of the following resolution: ! "That in pursuance of the re- solution of Clinton Public School Board on April 22, 1952, the Town Solicitor be instructed to prepare a debenture bylaw for the a- mount of $310,000, and with the ,approval of the Municipal Board the same to be payable with int- erest at the rate of five per cent per annum over a period of 20 !years, on which the first pay- ment of interest shall become due and payable-after January 1, 1953, A: F. Cud more, chairman of the Board, introduced the deputation. R. S. Macaulay, chairman of the Building Committee, explain- ed that several "frills" and also, necessities had been cut off the original plans to get the price down below $300,000, These in- cluded a terrazzo floor. No pro- vision was made for furnishings, either. The Board would like Council to. go along for $310,000. Fred 0. Ford, chairman of the Finance Committee, said there was no doubt but that the school was' going to cost the town $310,- 000. The contractor was ready to start at once, but the Board need- ed a "green light" from Council, Town Solicitor Frank Fingland. QC, spoke briefly on the present market for municipal debentures, which he claimed was "very bad." The rate of interest on the de- bentures would have to be five per cent' Request of the Board for Coun- cil representatives to work with the Board on the school, resulted in the appointment of Reeve W. J. Miller and Ald. C. W. Draper, with power to substitute. Taxi Licences Renewal of four taxi licences was approved to company own- ers by Council, which was in- formed that the number of driv- ers reach almost 30. Pool room, bowling alley and cigarette lic- ences also were renewed. I A set of matched colored pic- tures of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip will be purchased. by Council from the Canadian. Legion V a cost of $25. Gravel Contract Let The town will purchase 1,000 to 2,000 yards of sit inch and screen- ed gravel from George P. Elliott for the town's streets, at 90 cents a cubic yard. Council approved the plan of paving an area of 200 square yds. as the town's share, in front of the Reliance. garage, Albert St. This area has been constantly used as a turn-about by motorists, A Mile of Blacktop Reeve Miller, chairman of Street Committee, announced the laying of about a mile of black- top this year, using county equip- ment, on Ratienbury St. E., from the Library to Raglan; William St., from. Rattenbury to King; Cutter, from Joseph to Isaac; Isaac, Joseph to Mary. 0 WESLEY-WILLIS WMS The regular May meeting of the W1VIS of Wesley-Willis Church will be held in the church par- lor on Thursday, May 8 at 8 p.m. Mrs. H. C. Wilson's group will be in charge of the meeting. Council Grants Plea For $10,000 Increase Student Body Groviring Rapidly So CDCI Itself Must Grow 184b