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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-01-29, Page 1Home of RCAF Station THE NEW ERA,88tYEAR N. -The Home Paper With the News THE NEWS- i ECQ A 72nd YEAR 24 - Copies A Week LINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MANUARY 29 1953 be a COPY $3.50 a Taw Who Owns The Antique Pumper? ss This is a photo taken of the old hand fire pumper which is believed at one time to have been owned by the Town of Clinton, and used to protect Clintonians from damage by fire. From left to right are the late Lock Cxee, Dr. J. W. Shaw, and Harold Fremlin. This may well be the pumper referred to in minutes of the corporation (written in the late 1800's) as "The Firefly," The pictured pumper is now in the tower behind the Town Hall, and is the subject of a dispute between Clinton Town Council and Bert Gibbings, Clinton, both of whom claim ownership. kL €�µ s, Lions Artificial Arena Officially Opened Members of Clinton Lions Club had one of their fondest dreams come true last evening with the official opening of their new arti- ficial ice surface in Clinton Lions arena. Dr. J. W. Shaw had the honour of cutting the ribbon to allow the citizens of Clinton and district many hours of recreation, There were over 1,100 spectators on hand to view the proceedings. Howie Meeker, MP for Water- loo, and a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey club, was the guest speaker. He recalled some of the games he had played in the arena as a member of New Ham- burg hockey clubs, He praised the sports fans of Clinton for their support of their teams and for the generous way in which they con- tributed to the artificial ice fund, and added that this would give the youngsters a great advantage in. hockey for years to come. Frank Fingland acted as chair- man, Other speakers were George Beattie, president of Clinton Lions Club; Hugh Hawkins, president of the WOAA; M. L. "Tory" Gregg; Mayor W. J. Miller; W/C B. G. Miller, acting commanding officer, RCAF Station, Clinton; Harold C. Lawson, past president of the Lions Club. After the opening ceremonies, J. E. "Cap" Cook took the opening face-off which was dropped by Howie Meeker. The hockey game between ' Walkerton Wunderbars and Clinton Colts delighted all the spectators. Walkerton winning 9-5 with both teams playing wide open hockey: Not one penalty was hand- ed out by referees Eddie Dale, Clinton and Archie Hubert, Sea - forth. Between the first and second period members of the Seaforth Figure Skating Club entertained with some very colourful exhibi- tions. Winners of the mammoth $2,000 draw which took place between the second and third period were; 1—Electric range, Gordon Sax - by, Stratford; 2 —Refrigerator, Jack Cree, Clinton; 3—Chester- field suite, James Wolsey, Petrol- ia (father of Mrs. G. W. Montgom- ery, agricultural representative for Huron County); 4 --Diamond Ring, Betty• Parr, London; 5—Electric Washer, Mrs. Francis Moore, Ot- tawa (sister of J. D. Butler, as- sistant agricultural representative for Huron County); 6—Elertric Washer, W. Pavlick, Toronto; 7— Oil Sace Heater, Eldon Yeo, R.E. 3, Clinton; 8—Hereford Calf, F. Toms, Stratford, 0 SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD r'.a.B. 6 A special meeting of Clinton Town Council will be held on Fri- day evening, February 6, 1953. This is a meeting open to the public. Lions To Vote On Question of Giving Arena To Town At the regular monthly meeting A huge Ladies' Night will take of Clinton Lions Club held in St. place on April 14, when the Lions Paul's Parish Hall on Tuesday will entertain their ladies, the evening, a challenge from the Kinsmen Club of Clinton and their Iadies. Clinton Firemen was taken up without hesitation. Ex -Colts St- reets, Rath and McEwan of the • Fire Department feel sure that they can defeat all the McAlpines, Browns and Hawkins' that the Lions can ice. The challenge half- hour hockey match is to take place in Clinton Lions Arena some tirne towards the end of the hockey season, when a gala entertainment is being planned by the Firemen. A favourable financial report of arena business was submitted by Howard Brunsdon. There was leng- thy discussion of the motion pass- ed at Monday evening's session of Clinton Town Council concerning the town's willingness to consider taking over the Arena if 75% of the Lions were in favour of the project. A secret ballot will be prepared and mailed to all Lions, these to be returned to the secre,L•y are not later than February 2, 1953, and to be turned over to the appointed scrutineers.. Walter Newcombe, of the mem- bership committee, introduced Boss . Middleton, school -teacher, Bayfield; George Knights, Lorne Brown Motors; Joseph Murphy, Murphy Bros,; Frank Haman, RC AF Station, Clinton, and called upon District Governor Vic Dihnin to initiate these r,. w members and give instruction in Lionisre. Lion Dinnin warmly welcomed the four new members into the active Cahn ton club. Since a great deal of time had been taken up in business discuss - loin L)istriet Governor Dinnin sug- gested that he would not take time for an address that evening. A tentative date of March 24 was set at which time he could make another visit. L. G. Winter spoke of the grow- th in the Cub packs and Scout Troops. The Cubs membership of over 40 now necessitates two meet- ing nights a week, Ken McRae asked for help at the arena on Wednesday • night. District Governor Dinnin made the draw, which was won by John Lavis. Guests of the evening in- cluded Mr. Gardiner; and Jacob Haberer, who accompanied the District Governor, Matters of Importance Discussed by Councillors Special Monday Meeting A special meeting of Clinton Town Council was held on Monday evening, January 26, in Clinton Town Hall. All members were pre- sent: Mayor W. J. Miller, Reeve J. W. Nediger, Deputy Reeve, M. Crich, Councillors, Agnew, Pegg, Draper, Knights, Schoenhals and Stanley. The resignation of Chief of Po- lice, Joseph Ferrand; a delegation from Clinton Lions Club; a deleg- ation from the '• Clinton Public School Board; ownership of a hand fire pumper; all were matters un- der discussion. A delegation from the Canadian Legion, Clinton. Branch No. 140, requesting help to complete build- ing the Legion Memorial Hall was referred to the next regular meet- ing. By-law No. 6 for 1953 to provide for the 1953 expenditure on roads and streets in the town of Clinton: "A sum of $20,000 is here- by appropriated from moneys rais- ed by levy, debentures and govern- ment subsidy for total expenditure on construction and maintenance of roads and streets under the jur- isdiction of the Town of Clinton. The said moneys shall be expended on work performed in accordance with the Highways Improvement Act" was passed. The amount of $20,000 was based on $14,000 spent last year, plus the $6,000 deficit carried for- ward by the Streets and Roads Committee into 1953. H. R. Hawkins Again Chairman of PUC Clinton Fire Department, on Tuesday morning saved a one -and - a -half -storey house on Albert St., Clinton, owned by Ernest Vander- burgh. According to Fire Chief Grant Rath, the building was damaged seriously by smoke and water. The alarm was rung in at 11.20 a.m. by Mrs. Vanderburgh when she found the frame shed at the rear of the house a mass of flames. Her husband, a bread salesman, arrived home at noon to find a group of citizens removing furni- ture from his smoke-filled home. The house which was purchased six years ago and which has been repaired and recently redecorated since then, is believed to be cover- ed by insurance. Origin of the fire is not known. 0 Robert Vodden is enjoying a visit in Los Angeles, California, where he resided for many years, Clinton Legion Ha This is the first of a series of articles designed to better ac- quaint the public of Clinton and surrounding community with Legion activities. The idea of building a Legion Hall in Clinton has been smolders ing in the minds of ardent Legion members for a long time now, This building was to be in the form of a Memorial Hall to be used for the benefit of the public, but most important, to be a fitting place in which everyone Could pay sincere tribute to all those vet- erans who laid down their lives in both. World Wars in detente of their country and our freedom. These nien came not only from Clinton but from the surrounding rural areas. Thev were all well known in this vicinity and most have left families and friends to mourn tl►alr loss to our commun- ity. It is hoped that you, the public, will not soon forget the supreme sacrifice made by these men. The 'Weather ...... The Hall was started on., April the 28, 1952, When the local Legion 1953 1952 Branch gave unanimous approval 11I1gh Lbw High Low to their building committee to Jan. 22 35 21 84 la start the hall providing the neves- 23 39 31 38 13 Bary materials were available or in 24 40 2& 19 6 sight. 'The necessary hole was 25 29 20 32 8 soon dug out, and the footings 28 24 2 35. 32 !soured for the wail. Then the 27 35 20 33 25 slaw, tedious work of puttingup 28 84 23 27 the forms for the dement walbe+ itairl:.53 iris. Snow: 8 ins, gait, This was culminated by the StoW:2 ins. 1141)1.81 itss", pouring of that terrrent wall in 11 Building Project July of last year. Legion mem- bers and many local citizens turn- ed out in large numbers and ac- complished the tremendous job of mixing and pouring the cement wall all in one afternoon and evs ening. This wall is 12 inches thick, 8 feet high, and 80 feet long by 40 feet wide. A big job, as those 'Who live nearby will tes- tify, Many thanks must go to local builders for their help and also to several business men who Loaned equipment and to tall Bros, who generously supplied us with a large mixer and a man to run it for us. Work seemed to go slow at tim- es, but no one gave up hope, Soon we had the basement floor in and a centre wall of 8 inch dement blocks built to help carry the huge wooden beams, There are 8 of these laminated wooden beams, 20 feet long, by 22 inches deep, and 7 inches thick, each weighing beµ tweets seven and eight hundred pounds. These comprise the main part of the main floor, Its between these beams there are five "bays" of 41 floor joists each, each joist measuring two by 12 inches, A contractor from Detroit who was visiting in Clinton at the time was heard to say "Boy that's built to last." The September general nieeting of the Legion was held right at the new hall, In between show. ars of rain, alnnost the entire Mitt. floor'. of 3,200 square feet was laid (Continued on .Page TWO) Ownership Of old Fire Equipment strongly c isputed Search for proof of the legal ownership of a hand fire pumper now in the hands of Clinton Fre Department, is going forward. Council maintains it belongs to the corporation, Search of minutes so far, provides the information that a hand pumper was purchased on June 28, 1862 for $190.80. By 1878 a steam engine was purchased and arrangements began to be made for the sale of the pumpers then in the town's possession. In May, 1885 the minutes record that R. H. Walker was paid $5 for his ser- vices in disposing of "The Fire- fly." No record was made at that time of whoreceived this pumper. As far as Bert Gibbings, Clin- ton, knows, he is the legal owner of the pumper in question. In No- vember, 1925, he purchased the estate of John and Richard Bans - ford, consisting of 400 acres. The purchase included the land and everything on it, including pumps, with the exception of .a few per- sonal belongings of the Ransfords. This Ransford property was or- iginally taken up by Henry Rans- ford, and for over 100 years has been known as Stapleton. The Ransford$ operated the Stapleton Salt Works for many years, At ane time there were 122 men on the payroll, To provide fire pro- tection for this business, they pur- chased a hand pumper, which Mr, Gibbings believes he purchased when he purchased the land. Shortly after Gibbings obtained ownershipof the property, a dele- gation from Clinton Fire Depart- ment asked for the loan of the pumper for use at a Kincardine Firemen's Tournament. Permission was granted and the pumper was used at AKincardine and at least one other time since then. How- ever, although Mr. Gibbings sev- eral times suggested return of the (Continued on Page Ten) 2 Is Spring This Close? Spring is just around the corner, and Ground -Hog Day will rapidly be upon us. In fact the ground- hogs are out already. Ben Riley, Londesboro brought us a proof to- day. One of the furry animals had the misfortune to get. in the way of a car and thus ended his life before the big day arrived. We hope his brother is still at large, where he can peek at his shadow next Monday. Vanderbugh Home Razed by Fire Tuesday At the inaugural meeting of the Clinton Utilities Commission, Fri- day, January 23, Hugh Hawkins was named chairman for the sixth consecutive year. A. J. McMur- ray was renamed secretary and E. A. Rumball, treasurer, Other board members are C. M. Shearing and W. E. Perdue, May- or W. J. Miller is a member ex - officio. Mr. Perdue was absent from the meeting due to serious illness and Mr. McMurray is holi- daying in Florida. Regular meetings will be the Iast Tuesday in each month. Local Fall Fair Dates Set; Historical Meeting At the first meeting of its kind in the history of Huron County, members of the agricultural so- cieties in the county met on. Tues- day, January 27, to arrange dates for fall fairs. The meeting held in the Agricultural Office board room was arranged by G. W. Montgomery, agricultural repre- sentative for Huron County, Huron is the third county in Ontario to hold such a meeting. F. A. Lashley, director of the Agriculture and Horticulture So- ciety branch, Toronto, was guest speaker. Dates planned are as follows; Bayfield, September 30 and Oc- tober 1; Belgrave, September 22; Blyth, September 22-23; Brussels, October 1-2; Dungannon, Septem- ber 22; Exeter, September 23-24; Howick, October 2-3; Lucknow, September 29-30; McKiliop, Sep- tember 19; Seaforth, September 24-25; Zurich, September 28-29; Clinton, May 30; Hensall, a spring fair, probably the end of May. - - ass aeartOs COMING Elf ENTS 4c a word, minimum 75c Friday, Jan, 30 -- Euchre and Dance, Varna Hall. Sponsors: LOL No, 1035, 8,00 o'clock. Lunch counter in hall, Good music. Draw for a motor rug. 4-b Friday, Jan. 80 ---Dance in Lon- desboro Community Hall. Good music, Admission 50c. 3.4-b Friday, Jan. 30 -- Hard -time Dance and Euchre, Town Hall, Bayfield, euchre begins at 8.30. Good music. Proceeds: Bayfield Lions Arena, 4-p I+ridny, Jim. 80 --- Dance, Town Hall, Clinton. Sponsored by Kins- men CIub of Clinton. 9.30 p.m, to 1 a.m. Admission 75c. Frank Hammond and his Orchestra, 4-b Thiilrsitzly,Feb- 5 ---Dance, Town Hall, Clinton. Dancing 5.80 to 1. Music by CKNX tarn Dance Gang. Sponsored by local organi- zation. Popular prices, 4-b Frklay, Feb. 6 -- Dance, Fish and Game Club House, Clinton, Good orchestra. Everybody wel- come. 4-55-b Saturday, Feb. 7 --• 'Bazaar and sale of home baking, candy and aprons. St. Andrew's Church school room. Auspices: Girls' Ciub. From 3 to 5 p.m.' Afternoon tea will be served. 3-4-5-b Saturday, Mar. 21 --- Rummage and bake sale sponsored by Clin- ton Kinette Club. 4}b You will enjoy that dateable, lovable Music as played byClar- ence Petrie and his_ Night Rawles at the popular Crystal Palace 3.11r0m` every "rico night. 3.4p X41 Tv.O: AdditIonai Ro P1S1 $35,000 Debenture Approved Royce S. Macaulay presented rug old school, the case of .the Public SchoolI QNAT>iQNS S'I'ILL $EINt} Gardiner: On any school, there Board to 'Town Council Monday ACCEPTED FOR CHRISTMAS is no grant for maintenance, how - evening and rec3uesied two acct- SEAL CAMPAIGN FEND ever the usual ones for attendance, tional rooms for the new public If you have forgotten to give instruction, etc., would prevail, school now under construction at to the Christmas Seal Fund, Clerk: What is the inp dinuin the east end of Rattenbury Street. there is still time before the number of pupils that can be ac- The Board believed it would be campaign closes. Your donation commodated in the new school? more economical for the town to can be mailed to Box 190; or can Gardiner; 35 per room, plus 70 add two rooms to the new building be left at either bank, drugstore, in the l indergarten. 420 in all.. now, than to continue to operate or Scottie's Furniture Store. Janztorship and administration the old building. a For receipt for income tax pur- is lesscostly in one location. Rent The enrolment at January 1, poses, be sure also to indicate now paid for three extra rooms 195a}was 464 pupils, It was impos- your name and address. amounts to $2,200 a year. He sible that the ten rooms now un- str=essed the fact that the addjtion der construction Would accommo- school, 34. Therefore an expected would have to be approved quick- der these children, Work done 490 to 500 students expected in ly, so that the contractors could now could be done with .mini- 1953. This is an average of 49 do receive a go-ahead signal at once. mum of adjustment to walls or 50 pupils to a room. Contract Coun, Draper: How many pupils halls already built. A tentative price is not exceeded: $286,000 now enrolled are from out of price from Ball Bros, for the con- lus architects' fees. town? struction of the two extra root G. G, Gardiner, Znspeetar of Gardiner: 52. Cost per town was !$35,000• The original Cost of Public Schools, Goderich: Probably pupil is $76.83. Out of town stud- somhe e u$50,00had been elimina elimination by 1955 there would be 564 pupils. beenttsure, e, cost perut the onew up de $ However, if the town continues to of one room and reduction of some expand the figures will not level would be approximately $135. items of decoration,off. The $35,000 price for the two If a school in Hullett re -opened, Joseph Murphy gave further rooms was the most favourable probably 40 pupils would leave. figures: At the tinge of original that had been received lately for However, this does not have too much bearing on the case. The quotation of $310,000 there were school construction. The cost of 354 pupils. At present in Grade 8, construction would work out to a situation is acute without them. 34; Grade 7, 37; Grade 6, 40; little under one mill. If addition Coun. Pegg expressed concern Grade 5, 41; Grade 4, 55; Grade 3, were not built, temporary space hat t t had he not been incrbrouzhteto 46; Grade 2, 50; Grade 1, 83; would have to be provided for g kindergarten, 71; expected enrol- which there was no grant for the attention of Council before. "I ment in kindergarten in 1953, 70. maintenance nor improvement. rather feel that the question could Expected 'graduation, to hi g h Clerk Holland: What about us- have been put before us before the election. George Lavis, school board repre- sentative, urged action at once since construction could not wait any Longer. Price of $35,000 was offered last year for one room. Now we can get two for that price. In two or three months Ball Bros, predicted a raise in cost of 30 per cent or more. Coun. Agnew stated he did not want to criticize but felt that the school board, knowing of a short- age in accommodation last spring, should have asked then for $360,- 000 rather than estimating cost at less than $310,000. Royce Macaulay stated that a minority in the school board who saw need for 11 rooms were over- ruled by majority who did not see this need. Coun. Agnew asked what the members of Council who were ap- pointed to sit in on School Board meetings knew of the situation. H. C. Lawson, school board secre- tary, accepted responsibility for the absence of these councillors from the meetings since he had neglected to notify them when meetings were being held. Several interested ratepayers voiced their approval. Ex -Coun- cillor L. G. Winter advised that even if two rooms were added that the old school should be kept. W. N. Counter was in favour of a four- or five -room addition if this would satisfy the need, otherwise he favoured running the old school, and making no addition. Tax Collector 3. Manning warn- ed that if takes were too much higher some of the townspeople would be unable to pay them at all. Mr. Murphy mentioned that it was difficult to get capable teach- ers to work in an old school or in a .basement. Salaries would be higher. Lions Club Offers Town Debt -Free Skating Arena George Beattie, spokesman for the delegation from Clinton Pons Club to Council Monday evening, presented the proposal that the Town of Clinton take over the ownership of the Arena, free of capital debt. He asked if there were not some ways and means of doing so and then obtaining a lease from Council. There is at present a capital debt of $5,739 against the building. With the town own- ing the Arena a grant of $5,000 would be forthcoming from the Department of Agriculture, and the further $739 could be taken care of by a committee of seven men composed of two council members and five Lions. The Lions Club proposed to stand behind their two representatives in the matter of clearing this debt. Coun. Agnew asked what equity the Lions have in the rink. Beat- tie: Original cost of $4,000, plus additional $13,000 put into it over the years, plus the recent addition of artificial ice; approximately $43,000. Agnew: Presuming the possibil- ity of a $5,000 grant, Council is being asked to buy the rink for $739? Miller: You feel we're get- ting too much for nothing? Agnew: As an individual would suggest that the Lions hold on to the rink. He referred to the Wes- ley -Willis church shed which had been given to the town with the verbal agreement that the shed be kept as a shed. However, the deed was clear. With new councillors in office, the original agreement was not known and the shed was sold when opportunity presented itself. What is to prevent the same thing happening to the arena? Knights: The only reason for the offer is the $5,000? Crich: It is too bad for the Lions to lose $5,000, but if the town leases the rink to the Lions, and the Lions operate it at a deficit, would the town be respon- sible for that deficit? Nediger: How long would the arena have to remain in the hands of the town to secure this grant? Beattie: 20 years. Miller: There's no danger of the Lions operating it at a loss. There's no possibility of them do- ing that and have all their work for nothing. Beattie: Oh, no, your worship. If we received a lease from the town, we'd not have to pay any taxes. Pegg: Suggested that the Lions would do better to keep the rink. Lion Ken McRae: Many Lions went out to canvass in the sincere belief that the donations would be deductible from income tax re- turns. Now if the arena stays in the hands of the Lions they find that receipts given will be of no use for that purpose. (Continued on Page Ten) Legion to Sponsor Frolic Coronation Day Clinton Legion Branch No, 140 of the ; anadian Legion held its January meeting on Monday, Jan- uary 26, with President Frank Mc - Ewan presiding. There were sev- eral guests at the meeting, includ- ing Zone Commander Geo. Inglis, Zone secretary H. Wylie, and Com- rade Harris of the Howick Branch of the Canadian Legion. After some discussion, it was decided to hold a monster street frolic and draw on Coronation Day, June 2, of this year. In con- junction with this, the Legion is planning to hold a church parade to St. Paul's Anglican Church, Clinton, on the Sunday preceding the Coronation, May 31. A public relations committee has been formed this year to keep the public better informed on Legion activities and projects. 0110 of their first acts was to endeav- our to bring the people of Clinton up to date on the Legion Memor- ial Hall on Kirk St, It was felt that too many people were aware only of the fact that the Legion has this building under construct - lore and not fully acquainted with a lot of the more pertinent facts about the building, An article, the first of a series aimed at acquainting the general public with Legion affairs, appears else- where in this paper. Alex Inkley, a farm dealer, and A• motion by Knights, seconded obviously a very • good amateur by Nediger, "that Council ap- photographer, was present at the prove the issue of a $35,000 de - meeting. He brought with him a benture to cover the cost of two new classrooms on public school if passed by municipal board," was passed. All members voted yea, except Agnew, who voted' nay. projector and a great number of coloured slides, pictures that he has taken locally and on fishing trips around the country. Police Chiu Joseph Farrand Tenders His Resiqnation Chief of Police J. Ferrand stated at the special Council meeting held on Monday evening, that he was resigning from his position. It had come to his notice several months ago that discussion had taken place within Council concerning possibilities of having the provinc- ial police take over policing of Clinton. Mayor Miller stated that as far as he knew, no contact had been made with . provincial police regarding any such plan. Retired -clerk, M. T. Corless, when asked whether he could re- call Council at any time discussing the possibility of the provincial police being contacted, said that as far as he knew no such discussion had taken place in council, but he County Council Standing Committees Standing committees of Huron Airport J, Graham, Moffatt, County Council for 1953 are: Mclfienney. Executive -- Morritt, Allaire, Criminal Audit ---- Judge T. M. Smith, Gowdy, Taylor, Costello, A. H. Erskine, E. S. Legislative --- E. Graham, Ketr Snyder, J. Graham, Gibson, Mciinney. Consultative — Smith, Pooley, Morrissey, Historic — Allaire, H. Johnston, A, W. Kerslake, C. E, Asquith, II. McCreath, GEORGE H. JEFFER- SON, R - SON, Clinton. Finance Finance -- Hoist, Kerr, MEL - VIN CRICH, Clinton, Rowland, Alvin McBride, Stanley Township. Reforestation Rowland, E. Graham, Gibson, Patterson, G. W. MONTGOMERY, agricultural re- presentatives for Huron County. Property --- Campbell, Gowdy, lvfcKenzie, .1V1cBride, Tischer. County Home CbuSins, Mor- ritt, Gowdy, Beuerman, Campbell. Children's Aid Society—J. Gra- ham, Alfred Moffatt, Tuckers- mith Township, A. W. Kerslake, Hensall, the Rev. 1'., G. MacMil- lan, A. H. Erskine, J. G. Berry. Agriculture ---D. Beuerman, Ed- ward Grigg, Goderich Township, Smith, Heist, Taylor. Library Library Pooley, Smith, N. Scoins, Seaforth; CSrulekshanks, Munro; Cousins. Wardens ..- PI. Johnston, Graham, E. Campbell, J. Morris; sey, Pincombe. Equalfzation — Fischer, Cousina, yMyELVIN CRICII, Clinton; Hoist, Pintombe, Good Roads - •- Dale, J. W. NEDIGER., Clinton; Gaunt. Board Of Health - Snyder, H, Johnston, MELVX? CRICH, Min - tot; Melterizie, Galbraith. Congratulations Mrs, Agnes Baird is celebrating her 93rd birthday on Friday, Jan- uary 30, at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. T. 13. Baird, Brucefield. A family dinner will mark the occasion. Mrs. Baird, though slightly hard. of hearing, enjoys quite good health, and faithfully attends Brucefield United Church. �• • DELEGATION FI OM ItORON. ATTENDS UOLSTJLIN ANNUAL Approximately 29 men from Hu* rots County attended the annual meeting of the Canadian Holstein- Freisian .Association in Toronto yesterday. Among the men from Clanton who went by train to at- tend were H. Trewartha and Hume Cluttons. Pout" directors on the assodiatien were appolritedfront Western Ontario: Earl Meeker, Perth County; Lorne Reid, Ellice County; Robert Rowe, Oxford County anti Notelet Martin, St. *Metes. oti believed such had been done in committee. At that time, Chief Ferrand said, he had commenced looking about for another job as a matter of personal protection. .Also, recently there had been criticism of the use of the car, and the proper mileage charged to the car, the Chief said. "There has been some criticism of the use of the car," the mayor said. Some months ago, the chief went on, he had asked permission to regulate the hours between Jim Thompson, constable, and himself, and at that time he (the chief) had started working days, while the constable went on night duty. This move was felt necessary, the Chief said, because of the great deal of work necessary during the day, and that when he, the Chief, was working nights, he also found it necessary to work most of the day as well. The suggestion had reached him that it would be well if he should work nights himself. The mayor concurred and said that the public also felt that the Chief should work nights some- times. These with some other things, the Chief went on, made it impossible for him to continue on as Chief of Police. Coun. Pegg stated that he was sorry that the Chief was leaving. "I think he has done a very good job," Pegg said, A motion to accept the resign - Mimi was moved by Crich, second- ed by Nediger, "It is not easy to find a man to do the work. The town of Exeter found that putting the provincial police plan to work in their town would cost them $15,000 a year.„Reeve Nediger re- ported. Mayor Miller felt it was a mis- understanding between Chief Ferr- and and Council. He was sure that Council had no intention of taking provincial pollee protection nor even considering it. M. T. Corless, speaking as a ratepayer, said he was deeply con. vented over the resignation of the Chief. fie: have had polio. work such as Clinton has never had be- fore. We would like to make a suggestion that a special police commission be set up to lookinto police matters and avoid repetition in the future; Mr. Corless . said, Several other ratepayers spoke. N. Tte ar spoke w aip r tli from his ex - (Continued (Continue l! Page Ten) g