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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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