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THE CkINTON NEWS-RECORD
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Amalgamated 1924
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
THURSDAY, 'JULY 31, 1952
25 YEARS AGO
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The .Clinton News, Record
Thursday, July 28, 1027
Master Lorne Brown fractured
his right arm an Friday last,
while cranking a car. 1-,le is carry-
ing it in a sling but manages to
"peddle his papers" as usual,
Mies Doris. Durnin is taking the
part of "Miss Clinton" in the Cen-
tennial Celebration to be held. in
Goderich next week. A number
of Clinton girls will attend her.
Scribbles. — Bennett -- In St,
Paul's Church, at six o'clock Wed-
OBITUARY.
MRS. JOHN FORREST
Mr, John Forrest, who has liv-
ed in the township of Hay all her
life, passed away on Saturday,
July 21 at the home of her sister,
Miss Agnes Cochrane, Clinton.
About a year ago Mrs. Forrest
received serious injury when she
accidentally fell and was confined
in Clinton Public Hospital.
After leaving the hospital she
lived with her sister at whose
home she died.
surviving the deceased are her
husband, one son, James, of Hay
township, and seven sisters, Mrs.
Hugh Cameron, Miss Agnes and
Miss Jessie, all of Clinton; Mrs.
Harry Fuss, of Hay; Mrs. Bruce
Walker, Hensall; Mrs. James For-
rest, Tuxford, Saske Mrs. Kate
Smith, of Moose Jaw, Sask,;
three brothers alio survive, Rob-
ert, Grand Prairie, Alta.; William,
Saskatchewan, and John C. Coch-
rane, Hensall.
The ,funeral was conducted from
the Bronthron Funeral home, Hen-
sail, on Monday, July 28, at 2 p.m.
by the Rev. John B. Fox, of the
Presbyterian Church, Hensall. In-
terment was made in Bayfield
cemetery.
t
a Horror Day
PAGE. TWO MINTON NEWS-MOM" -zaTJASPAY, !WIN 94 1902
SALESMANSHIP is, es ancient as speech
Itself. Not everyone is a professional sales-
man, but all of us Who come in contact with
other people are engaged in selling.
The moral qualities needed in selling are
the qualities of any good citizen as sincerity,
confidence, and enthusiasm, are a few of the
major factors in a good salesman.
At this time of the year most of us are
anticipating holidays. We expect /to divert
our minds from our daily duties and go out
to see or do something different. Whether we
travel in Canada or the United States, it is
CIVIC HOLIDAY ushers in the first long
week-end of the warm weather season—a per-
iod that calls for extra caution on the crowded
streets and highways. Up to now, the calendar
has been on the' side of safety—May 24 falling
On a Saturday and Dominion Day on Tuesday.
In spite of this, accident hazard on those oc-
casions was very high. But the August holiday
will see the roads teeming with cars from
Friday night to Tuesday mprning.
Past experience has shown that Civic Holi-
day is one of the worst periods of the year
for traffic accidents. Last year, 13 persons
were killed on that weekend alone, a sad start
to a month that ended with a total of 95
fatal casualties.
More ears travelling more miles usually
adds up to more accidents. Mixed into the
pulsing traffic stream this' weekend will be
people driving to and from vacation spots,
resident drivers on 'weekend jaunts, tourists
seeing the country, loaded busses, trucks and
transports, Sunday drivers a moving con-
PETER, of the BACK SHOP
Will the Civic Mild/ay Weekend be a Tragic One?
' Be A Salesman and Sell Your. ToWn
when we go on our vacation that we have
the opportunity to be a salesman. What are
we selling? Clinton, and the surrounding
district. To sell Clinton to the people we
meet is probably the easiest selling job that
any of us can do. We can speak of our town
with sincerity arid enthusiasm and we can tell
anyone with confidence that they will ' find
Clinton one of the better towns in which to
live.
Don't miss an opportunity to give Clinton
a boost. You never know when you are talking
to someone who may be able to bring some
new industry or business to our town.
glomeration of vehicles young and old. In
this mass will be drivers who are impatient.
There will be some who are hot-headed, others
overcautious. There will be "daredevils",
"show-offs", "one-hand" artists, and the ones
who "never have an accident", There will
be slow brains controlling fast,„ ears, and fast
tongues diverting the attention a drivers.
Some accidents are bound to occur. The
crux of the problem is how to reduce the con-
ditione that lead to accidents—carelessness, in-
attention, impatience, poor judgment, mech-
anical faults, etc. These conditions over which
every driver either has control or should take
steps to improve before assuming the respon-
sibility of driving. It is up to every driver
to know his driving ability and to realize that
good driving is not just a matter of turning
a wheel and releasing. a clutch.
This acceptance of his true ability as a
driver and his constant awareness of driving
rules should do much to reduce the highway
carnage that turns holidays into horror days.
MRS. J. W. ELGIN PORTER
(By our Bayfield correspondent)
The sudden death of Mrs. 3.
W. Elgin Porter which occurred
in Victoria Hospital, London,
July 20, 1952, shocked, and hung
as a pall over the 'community.
The deceased woman had only
been ill about ten hours. She
was about her household duties
as usual on Saturday. In the
afternoon she developed a severe
headache and was taken to Vic-
toria Hospital, via ambulance,
leaving home about six o'clock,
She died. at one minute past
midnight of a cerebral hemorr-
hage.
Formerly Sarah* Elizabeth Reid,
only daughter of Adelaide E.
Davidson and the late William
Reid, she was born March 25,
1910, on lot 7, Hayfield Conces-
sion Road, North, Stanley Tow*
ship, where she lived her entire
life. As she grew to young
Womanhood, she took an active
part in all phases of farm work.
On April 4, 1931, she was mar-
ried to J. W. Elgin Porter, and
the young couple took up resi-
dence on the home farm with
her widowed mother.
A kindly, industrious person
!who realized to the full her re-
!siecneeibility in the home, the
church a a d community, this
young mother's passing to a high,
Service leaves a void here
which cannot be filled, She was
'a inerither of st. Andrew's United
Church and et:6k an active part
in the Woman's Missionary So-
' ciety and the Woman's organiza-
tion...
Besides' husfsanef and moth-
er, Mrs. Adelaide E. Iteid, she is
sawived by- a son, William Gor-
don., aged 16; fora' daughters,.
Anna Elizabeth, ' 18; Adelaide
Kathleen, ten; Margaret Ruth,,
'eight, and Marion Frances Jean,.
four years.
The remains rested' at her'
late heine until Tuesday after-
noon, July 22, whenthe cortege'
proceeded' to St. Anditeve'S United
Church. 'The funeral service,
Which was very largely attended
was conducted by the pastor, Rev.
Peter Renner, at 2.30 o'clock, and
interment' followed in Bayfield
Cemetery:.
The pallbearers were; Murray
Grainger; Arthur Peck, Leslie
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY .A.rmstrong; Allen Armstrong,
William ;E. Clark and Emerson
Heard. Members of ;;thv Hay-
field Lions Club acted as flower-
bearers for the many beautiful
floral WI:lutes:
Friends and relatives from a
distance who attended the• funs.
eral included: Mr. and Mrs. David
Davidson, Mrs. William Steven-
son, Windier; Mrs. George 'Stove,
Brantford;. Mr. and Mrs. Frank
'Ward, Listowel; Mr, and Mks.
Arthur Have, Atwood; Mt. and'
Mrs. Peree- Cleave, Georgetown;
Mr. and? Mrs. Silas Jehnston,
Warden and Mrs. Harvey John-
ston, Mrs. Bert Johnston, Wal-
ton; Mm. William Peacock and
Mrs. Sea ali Peacock, Richard
Johnston; and Miss Enema John-
ston, Miz. and Mrs. Ed' Johnston,
and „Mrs, Arthur Shaw, Bluevale;
Mr. andfMrs. Sam McHurney, mt.
and Mrs', Gordon McBurney, Mrs,
John Ireland, Mr. ands Mrs. Elmer
Ireland;, Mx. and Mrs. Charles
Shows:, Mr, end,' Mrs, Vie.
Showers, Miss Violet Showers,
Mr. and Mrs, Alkin„Haetings, Mr.
and VIre. Robert Sohnston, Elgin
Johnston, Witignain; Mrs. hazel
MoreNinney, Irene, end Iva. Carr
and, Mr. Carr, Duegannone Mr.
and! Mrs. G, WO/lams/in, Forest;
Last year Canada's' sugar beet 110., and Mrs, Gordon Elliott; l irhectiorct;
'factories Produced 241 million and' Pert Davidson,
pounds Of beet sugar from thel fightl 1Vl4/1' . The of all
c6nntrY's Vol) of 90000 tons os,:'
1
to, those
ayrripatley
se berefeeegd.
oea out
sugar beets,
While bandying words with
some country cousins recently,
I heard that certain definite
progress was imminent on
Queen's Highway 4, between
Kippen and Clinton. My in-
terest was so aronsed, that I
hopped a fender and rode out
to take a look, myself. In-
terest has run fairly high con-
cerning this stretch of road
for some time ,in fact, not a
traveling salesman nor com-
muting workman, but has had'
some . word or words to say
concerning it.
In the latter part of 1951, mot-
orists became aware that ,some-
thing new was afoot. For years
they had to drive slowly at inter-
vals while workmen applied hot
black poultices to the gaping
wounds No. 4 exposed. Some time
back, our government got around
to planting some sturdy little
white stakes with a surprised
looking black "0" painted at the
top, evidently summarizing the ex-
clamation, "Oh, oh e fellas, we'll
VETERINARY
DR. G. S, ELLIOTT
Veterinarian
Phone 203 Clinton
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Photo Collect
Office 557,, Res, 824J_
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Representative:
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Phone Itaerfield 53r2
Cra e Fire Life e Accident
Wind Insurance
If you need Insutanee, I have
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11, C. LAWSON
Bank of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 2513
Insurance -- Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
THE MeKiLLOF 1103TUAL.
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Bead Office, Seaforth
Officers 1952—Pre3ident, L,
Malone, SeafOrth; vice-president,
J, H. Mawing, Blyth; manager
and secretary-treasurer, U. A.
Reid, Seaforth. DirectOrs—S, IL
Whitmere, Seafcirthe Chris. Leone.
hardt, Hornbeam; E. J. Trewar-.
tha, Clinton; Robt. Archibald, Sea-
forth; Sohn H. ]\'i Ewing, Blyth
Prank McGregor, Clinton; Wm,
Alexander, Walton; J. L, Malone,
Seaforth; Harv, Valet, Gieclerioh,
Agents--J. B. Pepper, Bruee-
field; R. F, IVIcKercher, Dublin;
S. F. Prutter, Brodhagen;
Lelper, Jr., Londesboro; S. Baker,
Brussels.
Kippen. At the top of each was a
brave red band, serving as a ban-
ner proclaiming that "Now things
are really going to happen, we
think." About three weeks ago a
sign appeared midway between
Brucefield and Clinton, "Drive
slowly, road under construction,"
and motorists knew that soon No.
4 would be smooth and delightful
to travel.
Fears concerning the wel-
fare of trees has been allayed.
Those to be removed were the
scrappy bits of shrubs, trees
with twisted limbs' and the
older trees due to fall soon
anyway. Bulldozers have
been busy. ,The trees have
been uprooted, and in some
cases have already been clear-
ed away.
Just about two weeks ago the
dinkiest tittle plain stakes were
put up about four feet from the
edge of the highway, in line with
the orange numbers, each trim-
med with black figures. Motor-
ists maddened with the suspense
of watching No. 4 get all these
trimmings, seem to take great sat-
isfaction in Mining these poor'
little defenceless things down.
Don't worry, though, the new sur-1
face will be there soon, regardless
of stakes and figures. Already,
this week, trucks have been busy ,
dumping gravel to the west and
east sides, building up the should- ,
er for pavement which will reach
ten inches farther each way. ,
Twenty more inches is the planned I
increase in width, Oh boy, a sup-
erhighway indeed.
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Missing persons reported to the
police in Canada he 1950 totaled
.9,921, an average of about 28
persons a day; in that year police
located 8,820 missing persons.—
Quick Caned Zen Facts,
OPTOMETRY
A. L. COLE, R.O.
Eyes Examinecland Glasses Fitted
Goderich Phone 33
GORDON R. HEARN
Optometrist
. 2hone 69,
Huron Street., Clinton
-JOHN g. LON0STAFF'
(Optometrist.
Phone 791. Main St., Seafeath
Hours:. 9. am -' 6: pin,.
Wed, 9 - 12.30;. Sat. 9 um- pea
REAL. ESVME
LEONARD 0, WINTER.
Real Estate and Business Seeker
SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON
Phone: Office 448; Res. 5991
Salesman TITOTVI.ASz A, STEM",
Phone. Clinhare
LEGAL
ROBERT It; BARNES
Bierrister and Solieitot
West. Street Gederich
Te4mlione .
Gederich 1.257 (tall charge)
nesday morning, July ZT, 1.927,
Miss Eva M, Bennett, daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Ben-
nett, Birmingham, England, and
T. G. Scribbinsi son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. Scribbles, Liverpool, N.
Devon, England , Corner stones were well and
truly laid at Grace United Church,
Porter's Hill, yesterday. Rev.
Gale, new pastor of the Hayfield-
Porter's Hill charge, presided, as-
sisted by Rev. J, E. Hogg, Clinton.
Florence Lindsay, Beth Cart-
wright and Grace Gibbings, are
enrolled in the Summer School
held at Goderich by the United
Church of Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Noble Holland
and family, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs, Fred Elliott, Goderich
Township.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Courtice,
and Miss Betty Hamilton, visited
the former's sister,Miss Hattie,
for a few days last Week.
Mrs. Harry -Bartliff spent some
time in Brussels this week attend-
ing Old Boy's reunion there,
The Prince of Wales; his young-
est brother, Prince George, and
Prime Minister Baldwin, are ex-
pected to arrive in Canada this
Saturday.
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News-Record
Thursdlay, August 1, 1912
J. B. Hoover with his rink of
worthy bowlers, E. G. Courtice,
Percy Towne and J. Taylor,
brought back the Tecumseh Trop-
hy from London, in the tourney
held last week. As individual
prizes each of the men were pres-
ented with handsome club bags.
Members of Wesley Church pic-
nic-ed in Hayfield on Tuesday.
They travelled in carryalls and the
big motor bus.
Local line-up of T. Hawkins, E.
Johnston, F. McCaughey, W.
Johnson, C. Kilty, H. Twitchell, C.
Draper, M. McEwan and H. Reid,
defeated Blyth baseball nine with
a score of 9-4.
To prove what bowlers Clinton-
lens are, a team was picked t
contest the Tecumseh Troph
winners. The rink consisting of J
Ransford, J. L. Courtice, H. E
Paull and J. Watts, defeate
Hoover's rink, 19-15. Mr Hoove
is seriously considering handiu
the Trophy over to Ransford'
rink.
The Citizen's Band gave such
good rendition at the Hohnesvill
lawn social that folk said they sur
passed even themselves.
e
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, August 1, 1912
A large number of Indians an
their families are employed pull-
ing flax for farmers in the district
The harvest will be' plentiful ant
of good grade.
-Clinton Citizens' Band delighte
the large congregation attendin
Varna Presbyterian Church picnic
held last week in T. J. McAsh`
grove.
Mrs. williarn Fair and Mis
Kate MeTaggart enjoyed the ex
cursion to Kincardine on Thurs
day,
3, B. Hoover's Clinton foot
made up of H. Courtice, P. Town
J. Taylor and J. Hoover, won the
Tecumseh trophy in a bowlin
competition in London. The final
score was 36-11 in favour of Clin
ton's rink,
Mrs. 3. W. Treleaven, Misses
Norma and it Gibbings, are speed
ing holidays with their sister, Mrs
Kay, Lapeer, Mich.
ke
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Town of Clinton
PROCL
a
AMATION
In accordance with the wishes of a
great many citizens, and following an
established precedent,
I hereby declare
MONDAY, AUGUST 4
• , as a
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Civic Holiday
and call upon all citizens to observe it as
such,
(Signed)
, k G. W. NOTT,
Mayor,
Town of Clinton
Clinton, Ontario
July 28, 1952 ' 31-b
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TENDERS *will be accepted by the undersigned
for the Pointing of the Public Utilities Building on the
corner of Albert and Rattertbury Streets, Clinton.
Tenders will close on August 11th, Further in-
formation can be obtained from the Chairman, H,
Hawkins, or secretary A, J, McMurray.
TENDERS
need to fix this one soon!" But in
1951, young'men equipped with
flags to wave and machines on
tripods to,,peer' through, began to
clutter up the middle of the high-
way. Cars continued to whistle
by, paying them little heed.
Another set of stakes, about
three feet high, were placed
twenty feet back from the old
fence line. They were sturd-
ily built, painted orange with
a six inch jet black top, decor-
ated with silvery numbers.
They were the signal for old
fences to come down and gov-
ernment specified fences were
erected in line with them.
The telephone company got
busy and is still erecting pol-
es, attaching crosser:els and
moving lines.
Gayly painted orange numbers
appeared in the middle of the
'road, each accompanied by a T-
like marking. A few timid slend-
er white poles were erected in
line with the orange ones, near
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GEN'ERAL INSURANCE D. H. MeINNES Representative: Chiropractic - Foot Correction Sun, Life Assurance Co. of Canada OFFICE HOURS: Office: Royal Bank Building Commercial Hotel, Clinton
c Friday, 1 to 8 p.m, Office 50 - PHONES -Res. 9W
Corerneeeial Hotel, Seaforth,
I Monday', 1 to 8 p.m.
CHIROPRACTIC Be. Sure : Be Insured
IL W. COLQUHOUN
a
6E0. H. Doucerr
MINISTER
Civic Holiday week-end is a time of added danger.
The increased likelihood of death and injury is a matter
of vital concern to all users of the highway and must be
offset by good judgment, courtesy, and extra care.
. . Watch out for children
. Drive at a reasonable speed—not too fast
nor too slow
I Keep in your own traffic lane
. Don't pass on curves or hills
... 8e courteous to others
Let us all combine our efforts to keep the week-encl
free from accidents.
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