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No. 2—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1953
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The officers of the newly-formed Huron County Weekly Newspaper Association are, left to. right:
secretary-treasurer, Barry Wenger, Wingham Adv once Times; J. M. Southcott, Exeter Times Advo-
cate, who acted. as chairman of the meeting; presi dent, George L. Ellis, Goderich Signal Star; and
vice-president, Robert Southcott, Exeter Times Ad vacate.
Newspaper Association Officers Elected Mill Rate May Be
increased To 72
Clerk Warns Council
Goderich Twp. Telephone
Subscribers Vote To Sell
. Subscribers of the Goderich
Township Municipal Telephone
'System at a special meeting in the
town hall, Clinton, Thursday afteie
noon, voted by, ballot in favor' of
selling their system to the- Bell
Telephone Company of Canada.
No actual negotiations have yet
taken place with the company.
Of the 300 subscribers of the
system, 77 per cent attended the
meeting with 135 voting in favor
-of selling, and 96 in favor of main-
taining the system.
Bert Rowden pointed out that
the system, which has no debts,
had been handed down to the sub-
scribers from their forefathers,
who built and paid for it when
times were hard.
He stated that most subscribers
would find themselves faced with
paying toll charges for all cross-
township calls if the system were
sold. The system's trunk line
from Clinton to Goderich, now en-"
ables subscribers from either end
of the township to phone across
the township without a toll charge.
He remarked that absolutely
nothing would be gained, and that
subscribers could in fact lose all
that they had accomplished.
Charles E. Wise, Clinton, is sec-
retary-treasurer of the system.
The hall was well-filled with not
only subscribers but many interes-
ted citizens in attendance.
George L. Falconer
Named Chairman
CDCI Board for 1953
George Falconer, Brucefield, was
named chairman of the Clinton
District Collegiate Institute Board
at the inaugural meeting held
Wednesday night, January 7. He
is the official representative of
Tuckersmith Township.
Dr. G. S. Elliott, Clinton, rep-
resentative of the Clinton Public
School Board, was named vice-
chairman.
H. C. Lawson, Clinton, was re-
engaged as secretary-treasurer.
Regular meetings of the board
will be held on the second Wee-
nesday night of each month,
The inaugural meeting of Stan-
ley Township Council was held in
Varna on Monday, January 12.
Reeve Alvin McBride presided,
Councilors present were: Harvey
Taylor, Harvey Coleman, Alvin
Rau, Carl Houston was absent be-
cause of illness.
Clerk Fred Watson administered
the oath of office. The annual
grants were made including $15 to
the Huron County Soils and Crop
Improvements Association, and
$35 to the Salvation Army.
Join Association
The township joined the Ontario
Good Roads Association as well as
the Rural Municipal Association.
H. M, Hanley, tax collector, pre-
sented the tax roll, which amoun-
ted to $111,000 to the council, and
reported outstanding taxes were
$8,000.
Mr. Hanley was renamed tax
collector and assessor; W. L. El-
liott tax collector for Bayfield, and
J. Cameron as assessor for Bay-
field,
Ask for Subsidy
The clerk was instructed to ap-
ply to the Department of High-
ways for the balance- of the sub-
sidy of the 1952 road expenditure,
which amounted to $35,333.
A by-law gave approval to the
spending of up to $40,000 on town-
ship roads for 1953.
The reeve and clerk was author-
ized to borrow up to $30,000 for
current expenses.
C. P. Corbett Was re-engaged as
township engineer.
FRUIT GROSVERS' ANNUAL
SET FOR. MARCH 19
The executive of the 'Huron
County Fruit growers' Association
set March 19 for the annual meet-
ing and n0011 luncheon to be held
in Clinton. Rev. W, A, Young, of
the Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph, Will speak. Fred Middle-
ton, MR. 3, Clinton, is president
Of the association.
The Weather
1958 1952
Nigh Low High Low
Jan. 8 25 9 28 24
9 27 21 32 24
1 32 26 82 20
11 83 21 28 16
12 81 5 88 26
18 86 28 34 22
14 38 21 36 .32
SAW: lite" Snow: 1"
Rain ?; .65"
Minor Accidents
Reported by Police
While backing out of the drive
at his home on Wednesday, Jan-
uary 7, C. J. Livermore's truck
struck a young lad, who among
others had climbed or were about
to climb, unto the rear of the ve-
hicle.
The boy was taken to hospital
where it was discovered that he
had sustained a cracked rib and a
bruised head, He was detained in
hospital for a day and allowed to
go home.
A 1951 Oldsmobile driven by
John Clegg, High Street, was pro-
ceeding south on Victoria street on
January 8, when at the junction
of King and Victoria Streets, his
car came into collision with a car
driven by Sidney Lansing, Lon-
desboro who had stopped at the
stop sign. Damage is estimated
at approximately $170.
Tuckersmith School
Area Board Has
Three New Members
The 1953 Tuckersmith Town,
ship School Area Board held its
first meeting in the Town Hall,
Seaforth, January 9. Township
Clerk E. P. Chesney, took oath of
office from new members, Rose
Forrest, Chester Neil and D. Day-
man,
The school board elected Wilf ,
red Coleman as chairman and W.
Broadfoot vice-chairman. W. P.
Roberts, secretary, and Rody Mc-
Lean and Gerald Bell, caretakers
of SS 8 and SS 1 were re-appoin-
ted,
The Board renewed the General
Accident and Liability Insurance
for pupils, and, the secretary's
bond with Watson Reid, Seaforth,
Teachers' reports were considered
and a number of small accounts
were passed for payment,
The question of providing an hie
cinerator for SS 7 on account that
school, using an oil burning fur-
nace needs a means of disposing
of rubbish, was tiven considera-
tion and it was decided to obtain
one. The Board adjourned at 5:30
p.m. The next meeting will be
held in SS 2, Oh rtbrtitry fia, at
8:30 p.m.
Huron Weekly Papers
Organize Association;
Goderich Man President
George Ellis, of the Goderich
Signal Star, was elected president
of the newly formed Huron County
Weekly Newspaper Association at
a meeting held in The News-
Record office last Saturday after-
noon.
Only the publisher of the Brus-
sels Post was unable to attend this
meeting which revived an associa-
tion that has been dormant for
some time. Other officers elected
were: vice-president, Robert
Southcott, Exeter Times-Advocate
and secretary-treasurer, Barry
Wenger, Wingham Advance-Times.
Representatives were on hand
from Blyth, Zurich, Exeter, Wing-
ham, Clinton, Goderich and the
two weeklies in Seaforth. Brus-
sels, although not present, will
also belong to the association.
J. M. Southcott, Chairman
J. M. Southcott, Exeter Times-
Advocate, was appointed chaiffnan
of the meeting and expressed the
need for an organization of this
nature in the county. He also
invited the members to hold their
next meeting, which was tentativ-
ely for June, at his summer home
at Southcott Pines, near Grand
Bend. "
It was decided that a $2 fee
would be charged to defray the
cost Of operating the organization
and that a further charge •would
be made if the executive deemed
it necessary.
The chief function of the or-
ganization will be mostly of a
social nature with the idea that
all the publishers will be able to
meet from time to time and dis-
cuss their problems,
ALEX F. CUDMORE
BEGINS 11th TERM
AS P.S. CHAIRMAN
Alex Cudmore was named chair-
man of the Clinton Public School
Board for the 11th consecutive
year. At the inaugural meeting
held in the Public School on Thur-
sday, January 8, most of the need-
ed committees were appointed.
All members of the board were
present. at the meeting, including:
Fred' Ford, Royce Macaulay, Jos-
eph Murphy, Leslie Ball, Lorne
Brown, George Lavis, and Clay-
ton Dixon. H. C, Lawson was re-
appointed secretary-treasurer.
The trustees appointed a com-
mittee including Joseph. Murphy,
George Lavis, and Royce Macaul-
ay to approach the Clinton Town
Council for approval for the ad-
dition of two classrooms to the
new $310,000 public school now
being built, The board is faced
with an expected enrolment of
500 pupils next September, while
the new school which will open
then, has facilities to accommo-
date only 400. The estimated cost
of the two additional classrooms
is $35,000.
William Corson was named as
the board's representative on the
Clinton Library Board replacing
Brock Olde.
Meetings of the board will led
held on the second Thursday of
each month,
Committees named were: prop-
erty and building, Macaulay,
Brown, Levis, Ball; finance, Ford,
Murphy, Dixon; study and welfare,
Brown, Lavis, Murphy; purchas-
ing, Ball, Dixon, Mcaulay; sports,
Murphy, Brown, Ford,
ce—
School Closed Since
1947, Trustees
Continue To Serve
Ratepayers of USS 2, Hallett
township, met in Clinton on Wed-
nesday, January 7, for their an-
nual meeting.
Ross Trewartha was named a
member of the board to succeed
Fred Vodclere who had resigned,
Mr. Trewartha also was named
chairman of the board, which ha,
eludes Keith Tyndall and Willis
VanEgmond as secretary-treasur-
er.
The school, which is located on
the third eoncession of Hallett,
and which is some 60 to 70 years
old, has been closed since 1947,-
when the attendance dropped to
two pupils. These were transfer-
red to the Clinton Public School
daily by taxi. Today there are
some 28 pupils attending the town
school from the section.
Trustees admit 28 children re.
present sufficient enrolment for a
country school.
But USS 2, located on eeneee.
eleii three, Hallett, was built
Sortie 10 years ago, and is judged
unfit for operatiou without ex,
tensive renovations,
Official Opening
On January 28
For Lions Arena
Official opening date for the
artificial ice plant in Clinton Lions
Arena was officially set for Wed-
nesday, January 28, at a well-at-
tended dinner meeting of the Club
in St. Paul's Parish Hall Tuesday
evening.
A special programme is being
arranged by the opening commit-
tee, Walkerton Wunder Bar hoc-
key team are being invited to play
a match with the Colts; Clinton
having given Walkerton a game
last season.
Tickets Still on Sale for Draw
Tickets on the $2,000 draw for
eight lovely prizes'are still on sale
and may be obtained from any
Lion.
Considerable discussion took
plaCe at the meeting regarding the
administration and financing of
the arena. Lion Treasurer F. B.
Pennebakdr gave a report on the
finances of the ice fund. Over
$21,000 has already been paid out
on the artificial ice plant and
other repairs, with more than
$4,000 now outstanding.
First vice-president R. M. Allis
was in charge of the meeting.
Many guests were present includ-
ing S/L G. G. Agnew, a former
member of the Club, now station-
at Halifax, .N.S. with Maritime
Group headquarters of the RCAF;
Mr. Agnew spoke briefly. Other
guests included Mrs. Bert Irwin,
who acted as pianist; George
Knights; Ross Middleton, and Sgt.
Frank Hamon, RCAF Clinton.
The Club received a thank-you
letter from Mrs. Jacob, matron of
Huron County Home, for gifts and
entertainment to the residents of
the Home at Christmas time. Also
a thank-you letter from Mrs. E.
A. D. Hutton, RCAF Station.
' See TB Film
Allan Ideson, assistant executive
secretary of the Ontario TB, As-
sociation was present and showed
a film depicting the dangers of
tuberculosis. He gave a brief oat-
line of the Ontario and national
TB. Associations. Mr. Ideson and
Dr, Aldis answered questions con-
cerning local and national TB. As-
sociation work.
Lion Jack Zapfe won the reg-
ular prize draw.
Next meeting of the Club on
January 27 will be the official
visit of the District Governor, Vic-
tor Dinnin, Zurich.
H. Clutton, Goderich,
Speaks at Annual
Federation Meeting
Hume Clutton, RR 5, Goderich,
president of Huron County Cream,
Producers' Association, spoke at
the annual meeting of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture held in
Toronto last Thursday on the
question of synthetic dairy pro-
ducts.
He approved the action of the
Federation, when it planned to ask
legislature to prohibit the manu-
facture and sale of sythetic dairy
products in Ontario and proposed
an amendment to the resolution,
which would call upon industry
and labor to join the farmers in a
drive to get the manufacture and
sale of oleomargarine and other
synthetic products "which might
compete with the dairy industry"
banned in Ontario.
There is no great threat to the
ice cream industry, Mr. Clutton
said. He also said pressure had
been put on him to refrain from
mentioning oleo "because if we did
we might get no action from the
Government at all."
However, he said he felt oleo
was "the only enemy we have to-
day."
"The only thing that stands' be-
tween the dairy industry and ruin
today is the floor price on butter
— and how long will we have
that? he asked. "Oleo is a malig-
nant growth."
Other opinions put forward at
the meeting were that thb oleo-
margarine problem should not be
kept separate from the whole syn-
thetic dairy products problem;
that a heavy tariff imposed upon
imported vegetable oils would help
both the dairy and the' soy-bean
industry.
From the Soy-bean Growers'
Marketing Board came one com-
plaint:
"As an industry we feel that the
sale of products of agriculture
should enjoy freedom of movement
in their natural state and color,
and since the natural color of soy-
bean oil is yellow, it is a little
hard to understand why this oil
must be bleached before it can be
sold."
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BRUCEFIELD UNITED CHURCH
SETS DATE FOR ANNUAL
CONGREGATIONAL MEETING
At the meeting of the .Brucefield
United Church Official Board held
on Tuesday evening, January 13,
in the school room of the church,
it was decided that the annual
congregational meeting would be
held there just two weeks later,
On Tuesday, January 27,
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COMING EVENTS es.
Births, Marriages
Deaths, All Showed
Increase in 1952
According to Clinton's clerk-
treasurer, L. Douglas Holland,
the stork experienced a much
busier time here in 1952 than in
the year previous.
Last year, 286 babies were
born at the Clinton Public Hos-
pital, an increase of 33 aver the
1951 figure.
Marriage licences were issued
in 1952 to 81 couples, an in-
grease of 25 from 1951. There
were 91 deaths recorded last
year, compared with 60 in 1951.
TOWN COUNCIL
NAMES MEMBERS
OF COMMITTEES
At the inaugural meeting of
Clinton Town Council for 1953,
held on Monday evening, January
12, a re-organization of commit-
tees was announced to accompany
a revised system of book-keeping
installed to bring the work of the
town up to date.
Members of the new committees
with the duties for which each is
responsible are as follows:
Mayor's Committee — Reeve J.
W. Nediger, Councillor M. J. Ag-
new. Advisory ?committee, where
expediency is necessary to handle
emergencies.
General Government Committee
—Councillors Burt Stanley, Pegg,
Agnew. Executive, Mayor, Reeve,
Deputy Reeve and Councillors Sal-
aries, expenses and supplies; Ad-
ministrative, clerk, stenographer,
assessor, auditor, solicitor, Other
general government expenditures,
town planning, recreation services,
markets, weigh scales. Utilities
and other municipal enterprises,
Public Works Committee —
Reeve Nediger, general chairman
and chairman for St. Andrew's
Ward; Councillor C. W. Draper,
St. James' Ward; Councillor S. J.
Schoenhals, St. John's Ward;
Councillor Stanley, St. George's
Ward; sanitation superintendent,
Deputy Reeve M. Crich. Admin-
istration. Streets and roads, side-
walks, operation and maintenance
of equipment, snow and ice re-
moval. Drainage (not sewers),
work shops, yards and small tools.
Sanitation and waste removal,
street cleaning, sewer system, gar-
bage, dump.
Health, Welfare a n d Special
Committee —Deputy Reeve Crich,
Councillors ,George Knights and
Schoenhals. Public health, medi-
cal services, hospital care, grants,
aid to aged, blind, unemployables,
mothers' allowance, child welfare,
organization of parties and special
work.
Protection to Persons and Prop-
erty Committee: Council as a
whole, Sub-committee for fire,
Councillor Draper. Fire protec-
tion, police protection, law en-
forcement, correction, protective
inspection, street lighting, destruc-
tion of pests, elementary and high
schools, capital expenditures pro-
vided out of revenue.
Finance Committee: Councillors
Agnew, Pegg and Knights. Pre-
paration of budget, control of com-
mittee finance.
By-Laws Committee: Councillors
Pegg, Agnew and Stanley. Pre-
paration of all the by-laws that
Council desires to consider.
Court of 'Revision. Committee:
Councillor Draper, Deputy Reeve
Crich, Reeve Nediger, Councillors
Schoenhals and Knights,
The firs't member named in each
committee is chairman of that
committee.
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Junior Institute and
Junior Farmers., Meet
The regular meeting of the Jun-
ior Institute was held in the CDCI
auditorium on January 13. Each
member answered to the roll call
by giving her New Year's Resolu-
tion,
It was decided that each mem-
ber make an apron for the March
meeting. The topic "Etiquette"
was given by Marion Jones. She
told good manners in eating, dres-
sing, travelling, visiting, entertain-
ing and introductions.
Collection was taken and the
meeting adjourned.
The joint meeting with members
of the Junior Farmers was open-
ed with the singing of "0 Canada"
and the "Junior Farmers' ,Song".
It was decided that there would
be a skating party instead of the
regular February meeting.
An executive meeting was plan-
ned for Monday, January 19. The
club paper was given by Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Elliott. Slides were
shown by John D. Butler on dif-
ferent events which took place in
Huron County during the past
year.
The meeting closed and lunch
was served.
A rough estimate of the 1953
budget was presented to mem-
bers of Town Council at the
initial meeting of the year, held
in the Council Chamber on Mon-
day evening. This estimate, pre-
pared by Clerk L. Douglas Hol-
land, intimated a minimum mill
rate of 72 mills even if nothing
more was spent in 1953 than
had been spent in 1952. Approx-
imately eight mills of this 17
mill increase is accountable
through the public school de-
benture payment. The deficit
of a, little over $8,000 at the end
of 1952, and' the fact that coun-
cil has not the $10,000 surplus
with which last year's council
commenced its term, account
for a good bit of the balance
of increase.
Clerk Holland warned that if,
along with unavoidable expenses,
any additional expenses arise this
year, it will mean an even higher
increase in the rate of taxation.
He suggested that this was a year
for members of council to be ex-
tremely- careful in their budgeting,
and to pare all costs to a mini-
mum,
All Members Present
Mayor W. J. Miller, Reeve J. W.
Nediger, Deputy Reeve Melvin
Crich, and Councillors M. J. Ag-
new, Dudley M. Pegg, Burt Stan-
ley, George Knights, C. W. Draper,
S. J. Schoenhals were all present
at the inaugural meeting.
Mayor's Inaugural Address
In his inaugural address, Mayor
W. J, Miller stated that he was
always open for suggestion from
Council members. There were sev-
eral projects to be considered dur-
ing the year, he reminded: to pave
Rattenbury Street from the Public
Library to the new Public School;
to consider repairs to sidewalks,
conditions at the town dump and
development of the public parking
lot at the rear of the Public
Library.
Although visitors to Clinton
were apt to complain at the un-
handiness of parallel parking, the
mayor stated that he felt it was
just as handy in Clinton as in any
of the larger centres. "However,"
he suggested, "we should make an
effort to make our visitors feel at
home when they come to Clinton.
Our police force could help by.giv-
ing instruction in the method of
parallel parking, if anyone was
seen to be having difficulty."
Devotional SerVice
Rev. J. E. Ostrom, Huron Street
Baptist Church, conducted a brief
devotional service, basing his re-
marks upon excerpts from the
psalms. He advised members of
Council that "you will get out of
your work, just so much as you
put into it".
Building Permits
Application for permission to
add to a building at an estimated
cost of $5,000, was granted Mrs.
Hazel S. Kerr, Also permission to
construct an office, proposed by
Clinton Dairy, Huron Street, was
approved providing building did
not extend into town property.
Coun. Pegg reminded those pres-
ent that building permits should
be requested before building com-
menced, since Council reserved the
right to refuse to allow building to
take place, or to arrest building in
any stage of progress, if neces-
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County Council Meets
Tuesday, January 20
The inaugural meeting of the
1953 Huron County Council will
be held on Tuesday, January 20,
at 2:00 p.m.
The most important business on
the agenda for the five-day ses-
sion will be the election of the
1953 warden.
There are three aspirants men-
tioned for the honor. They are
Reeves, E. S. Snyder, of Colborne
Township; A. W. Kerslake, Hen-
sail, and Harold Gowdy, Howick
Township,
THOMAS A. STEEPE, CLINTON,
DR. F. J. MILNER, EXETER,
RECEIVE APPOINTMENTS
As published in The Ontario
Gazette, official appointment has
been made by the Lieutenant-Gov-
ernor L. Breithaupt, of Thomas
Andrew Steepe, Clinton, to be
Clerk of the Third Division Court
of the County of Huron. Dr.
Frederick John Milner, Exeter, is
to be a coroner in and for the
County of Huron.
Goderich Township Council held
its inaugural meeting in Holmes-
ville, on Monday, January 12. Rev.
M. G. Newton, Holmesville United
Church, led in devotions.
A renewal of the $200 fire grant
was made to the Bayfield Fire De-
partment.
The township entered a refores-
tation agrement with Huron Coun-
ty and eight landowners. The
cost of planting, the use of mach-
inery and' labor will be borne eq-
ually by the township and the
county. 'The individual land own-
er will pay the freight on trees,
which amounts to $1.00 per 1,000
trees.
Reeve Edward Grigg and Clerk
R. E. Thompson were authorized
to borrow' up to $25,000 for cur-
rent expenses,
A by-law was passed approving
$35,000 for township roads.
Mr. Thompson was re-engaged
as clerk, H. B. Whitely was re-
appointed treasurer; Howard Stur-
dy as tax collector, and Carman
Tebbutt, as assessor.
Reeve Grigg presided, and coun-
cilors present were Clayton Laith-
waite, John Deeves, Wilmer Harri-
son, and Ken C. Merner,
$500 Damage Caused
In Stanley Garage Fire
(By our Bayfield Correspondent)
The Bayfield Fire Brigade an-
swered a call to the farm of Char-
les Marks, Stanley Township, on
Friday evening last and, by its
efficient and speedy work, saved a
fire in the garage from expliding
a tank full of gasoline. If it had
exploded the house about a 100
feet distant, and the, barn farther
away would have been in serious
danger in the opposite direction.
Dense clouds of smoke from pile
of tires, the tractor and felt roof-
ing, made the work of the firemen
especially difficult.
Mr. and Mrs. Marks and son
John had retired but a sh,ort time
when their attention was attract-
ed by the barking of their dog,
and they looked out ,to see flames.
John turned in the fire alarm and
then telephoned a neighbour Les-
lie Armstrong. He managed to
get the car out of the garage and
with Armstrong's help was pouring
water on, the blaze in an effort to
get at the tractor when the bri-
gade arrived and took charge.
They managed to save 'part of the
main building.
The fire had started in a lean-
to which housed the tractor. John
Marks had started the tractor
about eight o'clock and warmed it
up so that it wouldn't be difficult
to start in the morning, when he
planned to use it. He noticed
nothing amiss then, but it is
thought that there must have been
a short circuit in the wiring, spar-
ks from which caused the conflag-
ration.
The frame building and lean-to,
about 20'x40' estimated at $500
is a complete loss. The tractor
and some parts, tools, garden
tools, binder • canvas and various
other articles stored there were all
destroyed and were only partially
covered by insurance, so the Mar-
ks family sustained a considerable
loss by the demon Fire.
Stanley Township Council Holds
Inaugural Meeting
Thursday, Jan. 22 --- "Abigail
Goes Haywire", YPU of Owen
United Church, Winthrop, in
Brucefield Church. Auspices:
Group 1, WA. 8.15 p.m. 50c and
25c. 2-b
Fridge', Jan. 23 — Dance, Fish
and Game Club House, Clinton,
Good orchestra; regular admis-
sion.
'
everybody weleome. 2-b
Wednesday, Jena 28 • - Official
opening of Clinton Lions Artificial
Ice Arena, $2,000 in draw prizes;
tickets still on sale from any Lion.
You sure will enjoy yourself
dancing to that Stimulating music
as played by Clarence Petrie and
his Night Hawks 44 the popular
Crystal 'Palace Ballroom, Mitchell,
every Friday night, 9.80 to 12.30,
Admission 50e, 1.2-p
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Goderich Twp, Council Enters
Reforestation Pact
Ruron County Publishers Attend Initial Meeting
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Pictured above are publishers of the Huron County Weekly News per Association which met
in the office of the Clinton NeWs-Recorci on Saturday. Left to rig , ht they are: A. L. Colohbuti,
Clinton NeWs.Retord; Oswald Snowden, earc-lit News; Keenetai Whitinete Iytn Standard; Chest-
er Smith, `Zurich Herald: Don Southcott, Neter Tittles Advocates A. MelLeitti, Seaforth8xpicisitor.
sary. In order to speed, up the
process of issuing permits, the
General Government Committee
was given authority to pass or re-
ject any applications it received,
without coming before general
Council meeting.
General Business
A routine by-law was passed
giving the clerk authority to bor-
row up to $67,774, from the Bank
of Montreal, to meet current ex-
penses of the corporation until
taxes have been paid.
Mrs. Lillian Mackinnon was ap-
pointed a member of Clinton Lib-
rary Board for a period of three
years, Deputy Reeve Crich, Coun-
cillor Knights were appointed to
the- Clinton Cemetery Board, also
ex-Councillor Bert Gliddon for a
three-year period. Reeve Nediger
and Councillor Draper were ap-
pointed to the Clinton Community
Centre and Wilbur Welsh will
represent the Turf Club.
The ousual grants were made to
the St. John's Ambulance Corps,
$25; to the Annual Seed Fair, $25;
and to the Salvation Army, $35.
A routine letter from Dr. R. M.
Aldis, Board of Health, was filed.
A request from K. W. Colquhoun
that Council consider purchasing
a fidelity bond to cover the new
clerk, was tabled. Request from
Canadian Legion, Clinton Branch,
No. 140, requesting grant for as-
sistance to complete the Legion
Hall was tabled until a deputation
makes appearance.
Clinton Women's Institute was
given permission to rent the Coun-
cil Chamber for one meeting per
month during the year. No extra
charge was made for storing of a
piao which the Institute proposed
keeping in the Chamber.
Two communications from fire-
works companies concerning sup-
plies for use on the occasion of
the coronation of Queen Elizabeth
II on June 2, were turned over to
the Chamber of Commerce,
W. H. Robinson, chairman of
the Clinton Public Hospital Board,
informed Council that the Board
was prepared to deed without
cost, an 18-foot strip of land
bordering the property of the late
Col. 4. T. Rance. This was accept-
ed, and instructions were given
that thanks be forwarded to the
Board.
Information concerning garbage
disposal, proposed by Arthur St.
Amands, was left in the hands of
the Public Works Committee for
action.
Transfer of the license for the
Clinton Bowling Alley business
was transferred to the name of
the new owner, Reg. L. Cudmore,
at the request of H. E. Hartley,
former owner.
As a start on paring the budget,
a motion was passed that Council,
would not this year become a,
member of the Good Roads Assoc-
iation. Also, payment of the am-
bulance fee for transportation of
an indigent patient to a London
hospital was left in the hands of
the Health, Welfare and Special
Committee, to investigate and pos-
sibly pass, on to County Council
for settlement.
Councillor M. J. Agnew propos-
ed that dispensing with as much
as possible of committee meetings
would facilitate getting more and,
more people into council meetings.