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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-03-26, Page 1Home of .RCAF Station THE NEW ERA -88th YEAR u No 12' ---The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ,MARCH 24, 1953. Chosen As High. school Leaders HARRIS OAKES, CDCI's REPRESENTATIVE ON LEADERS CLUB Harris Oakes has been selected by Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute as its representative on this year's Leaders Club. This is the sixth in the annual series fea- tured in The Free Press. Harris is a member of the school's football, volleyball teams, and a star on the senior boys basketball squad. He is also a member of the school choir and has been treasurer of the stud- ents'. council for the past two years. Harris has been an of- ficer in the cadets corps for the last two years. Football is the favorite sport of the Clinton leader. He enjoys the sport because, being a big fellow, it allows him to get into a game where big boys and men are not- iceable. It is also a sport, Harris says that demands top flight con- ditioning which is a must to any athlete. Harris feels that movies on var- ious sports would be beneficial to coaches in schools. The Clinton Leader feels too that communities should take a greater interest in high, school sports because then the athletes feel that their efforts are apprec- iated and not tolerated. Harris is pleased to have been selected to the Leaders Club be- cause this honor, he says, will al- low him to meet top boys from other schools in Western Ontario when the Leaders Club assembles in London for a tour of The Free Press and the University of Wes- tern Ontario. Tbe firgt Column= CORONATION IN JUNE HAS roused the instinct of mankiiia toward collecting souvenirs . . A department store in New York has been making a good thing out of mounting a complete set of Canadian coins . . . ranging through one cent, one nickle, one quarter, one dollar ... selling the whole thing' for $4.50 . . When the Royal Bank of Canada in Montreal began to be asked for the same thing they felt they had to refuse ... It didn't seem right to them to sell $1.91 worth of money for $4.50. * * * THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGH - ways planned the new Coronation Year official road maps which were made available last week . . They bear a color photo of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II . , The Weather 1953 1952 High Low High Low Mar. 19 45 32 41 '02 20 37 30 43 35 21 52 29 47 32 ,g2 55 41 35 31 23 58 46 35 29 24 55 41 34 25 25 42 32 32 26 Rain ,31 inch Rain .18 ins, Snow 1 inch Snow 31/ ins, FORMER CDCI STUDENT SELECTED BY NORWELL HIGH The choice of Murray Maltby by Norwell District High School as its representative to the Leaders' Club marks the third member cf the family to be so honored. Murray's brother Cam, now at Western, was selected in 1950 while another brother Clare was chosen last year. Murray was a student at CDC! until he moved to Harriston two years ago. He recently played hockey for Harriston against Clin ton and was one of the big reas- sons for Clinton's defeat. Track Star A grade 12 student, Murray has been a track and field champion for three years, a member of minor hockey clubs, played high school basketball for three years, WOAA baseball for five years and was a member of the champion- ship football team Iast fall. An excellent student, he has been active in Boy Scout work, has played in the boys' and girls' band and attended the Ontario Athletic Training Camp at Lake Couthiching. Hockey is the favorite sport of the' Norwell Leader. Murray feels that more equip- ment insmaller schools would im- prove'. athletic coaching. He would also like to see coaches less bur- dened with academic work so that they night devote more time to their teams. The Norwell Leader believes that interest in current event's can be stimulated among young people by bringing speakers to schools, more educational films and de- bates and discussions on current topics in classrooms and clubs. Murray is pleased to have been selected as a member of the Leaders' Club because it affords him the opportunity of meeting Leaders from other schools. and have complete coverage of roads in both Northern and South- ern Ontario . MEMBERS OF THE GOOD - Will Club of Wesley -Willis United Church are againplanning a Twi- light Musicale . It will take place on Good Friday afternoon, and will feature music by pupils of CDCI and also the Pulic School . , . This will be well worth the time of any Clintonian .. . PURPORTED TO BE A NATIVE of Clinton, Thomas H. Tay, 63 . , . has spent the last 14 years in a prison in California . . Parolled from a life sentence and deported to Canada. . . he found life be- wildering, and returned to be- troit to surrender as an illegal immigrant . . He now faces a charge before a federal grand jury... Somehow we find it rather hard to believe that any Clinton- ian, even if he left here at an early age could find life in Can- ada unbearable. , , Surely if auth- orities had brought Mr. Joy back to our town. . . he could have been made happy. . . However, since he was in prison in the first place on a charge of murder , . probably its just as well he had gone back to the United States, Willing Workers At Legion Holme Work on the new Legion Hall has been going on surprisingly fast, Mainly because of the ex- cellent assistance given by the legionnaires in strictly voluntary labour, to :say nothing of excellent advice, the opening bingo in the hall is scheduled for. April 9, The maple floor has ben sanded, has received its three eoats of shellac and three coats of tax (with polishings in between) and tile gleam on the surface would do credit to any lady's drawing room. The walls are finished in birch plywood most of the way up, and from there on have a sand plaster finish to match the ceiling. The main floor area is believed to be slightly larger than the Town Hall. A stage at the southeast end of the building is planned for, bat not yet installed, and when fin- ished will project beyond the end of the building. There will he two doors, one at either side of the stage to lend into dressing rooms. At the rear of the hall proper, is the canteen built to accommo- date a dumb waiter which will operate out of the kitchen in the basement; and there are two washrooms being installed at this north corner. On the other side of the main entranceway is a checkroom and ticket -office, and the stairway leading with wide steps down into the basement. Although the work on the down- stairs part of the Home is barely started, plans are made for a kitchen 20' x 16' opening directly into a long 20' x 64' banquet hall and meeting room, which will be made available for organizations wishing to hold their meetings, dinners, etc. there. Also down - (Continued on Page Four) 0 Holland Flood Film Shown In St. Andrews The Christian Reform Church presented a film depicting the flood havoc in Holland, in St. An- drew's Church, last Saturday ev- ening, before a congregation which completely filled the church. Secured through the Dutch Consul to Canada, the film port- rayed the effects of winds and waves beating into, and breaking great holes in the dykes, and pro- ceeding over the lowlands, des- troying everything in their path- way. It showed the effort of those people who in their haste to escape, and seek some shelter, left behind their earthly possess- ions, as if they counted for noth- ing, attempting to sate themselves from destruction. Cattle, driven before a n d through the advancing water ap- peared to know their fate, unless they responded to their driver's call as they appeared to do in the film. The whole picture made any person viewing it, fuII of pity for helpless man, facing terrific for- ces let loose upon him. .As this reporter looked upon the scene his heart was filled not on- ly with pity, but with a thankful spirit that it was not upon our home and people that this deluge had descended. An offering was taken at the door on behalf of the Flood vic- tims in Holland which amounted to well over the half hundred dol- lar mark. It will be forevarded throughout the Christian Reform Church to Flood Fund Headquar- ters in Holland. BRIGADE EXTINGUISH GRASS FIRE ON RATTENBURY ST. The local fire brigade was call- ed out on Tuesday afternoon to extinguish a grass fire in the vac- ant lot behind McPherson Bros, Garage. The fire started from a small bonfire in an adjoining lot that was fanned by the light wind and the brigade was summoned when the wind became stronger and it was feared that the blaze might sweep across the lot and. catch on to a nearby house. Mill Rate. undecided. Engineer To Quote Members of the Council of the Town of Clinton, met with the town engineer, IVIr. Colby, on Thursday nrorining last, to dis• - cuss •ways andOneans of instal- Beg a drain from the new pub- lic school, now nearing comp- letion at the east end of Holten- bury Street. Pending the arrival of quot- ations, Council has postponed holding a Meeting to bring down the budget for the town for, 1953, They are currently pro- posing a mill rate of 72 or pos- sibly 74 mills, as a means of balancing the fiscal budget, Vic Dinnin D.G. For Al Speaks To Lions On Official= Visit The annual visit of the District Governor was the feature of the regular dinner meeting of Clint- on Lions Club held Tuesday evening of this week in St. Paul's Parish Hall. Vib Dinnin, Zurich, District Governor for Al, spoke, outlining first the duties of the officers of the Lions Club gener- •all.y. He went ort to review. briefly the activities of the Clinton Club throughout the, past five years, 'luring which time he reported that the local organization had raised a total of over $33,000. 1VTr. Dinnin recalled that the Clinton Club had been organized in 1936 through the efforts of the Goderich Lions, and since then had, itself, been responsible for the organization of Clubs both at Wingham and at Palmerston. The District Governor stressed the importance of sending dele- gates to the conferences in Ham- ilton and in Chicago, and ex- plained clearly the Lions Inter- national set-up in Chicago. Foll- owing the meeting Mr. Dinnin showed scenes filmed during a trip taken last summer to Mex- ico City to attend the convention of Lions International there. Introduced by Hugh R. Hawk- ins, the speaker, was thanked by Dr. R. M. Aldis, who presented him with a small token in- ap- preciation of his service as Dis- trict Governor of District Al. During the meeting at which 33 Lions attended, George Beat- tie, president, and later Dr, Aldus was in charge. Since all of the hockey teams that were using the Clinton Lions Arena have stopped their play, and interest in skating pro- jects was waning, it had been decided to close the arena, and the last skating took place there on Saturday, _March. 21. The Pee- wee team which was to enter THE NEWS -RECORD -72nd YEAR 6c a copy 2,12 CQp es A Week $2.50 a Year ueen Mary Is Dead ueen ,.arp, x.867=x.953 competition with others- in God- erich were to be taken to neigh- bouring rinks for practice per- iods until their season was over. With $3,000 still to clear on the installation of artificial Ice in the Arena, the Lions Club plans to hold regular Bingos starting sometime in May, which it is hoped, will help to clear the debt. Ke ninttr st Fret ro ors The Huron Fruit Growers' As- sociation met in the dining room of the Commercial Hotel on Thur- sday afternoon, March 19, for its annual banquet. The election of officers took place in the morning at the agricultural office board room and resulted as follows: Fred Middleton, RR 3, Clinton, was re-elected president. Other officers named were: Wil- liam McGuire, RR 2, Bayfield, first vice-president; Fraser Stir- ling, RR 2, Bayfield, second vice- president, and G. W. Montgomery, Huron agricultural representative, secretary -treasurer; J. W. Joynt, RR 2, Lucknow, district director; Thomas Salkeld, RR 1, Lucknow, past -president. Directors Directors are Stewart Middlet- on, RR 3, Clinton; Benson Sower - ley, RR 2, Goderich; Don Middle- ton, RR 3, Clinton; George Johns- ton, RR 2, Bayfield; Ross Middle- ton, RR 3, Clinton; Donald t. Smith, RR 2, Bayfield; Philip McKenzie, Kippen; L. V. Hogart, Exeter; Lorne Kipp - Woods, RR 2, Lucke i now; Bob Archibald, RR 4, Sea - forth; Victor Jeffrey, Exeter; Goderich Twp. Residents Form "Bee" To Clear Cemeter Interested residents of Goderich Township formed a "bee" on Monday, March 23, to clean up the abandoned Heithesville come» tery, Seeri here standing In front of a rrremorial cairn at the cemetery, are James Lobb, Ray WhrtnYore, Harvey McCartney, BrlI Reuger, Edward Grigg, Reeve of Goderich Township; Edward Trewartiia, Beet TreWartha, Either Patter, Lloyd Bond, l errneth Trewartha and Charles Wise. The men responded to a suggestion from the Goderich 'Downy ,ship Councillors, led by the reeve, to clear the brush from the Cervi, etery+ which had been 'abandoned for nearly 15 years. It is not quite e. quarter .of art are in size, and le located a quarter of:,a mile west of 11olnresville on Highway 8, between Clinton and God, erich, Totnb*tones there Mark the saves of early settlers of the roti 'r5raet at1n aux 'far back as 1851. i the �as 3.'raditiob Irak It that Ilolmesville Methodist Church and the Church of England are r-aeh responsible for the care of one half of the cemetery. The Anglicans had a fund set aside to tare for their part while the United Church lacks records to show ownership and verification of its responsibilites, Among those early pioneer* that lie in Holirtesville Cemetery, are ancestors of Hollywood's Walt Disney. In 1947 the cartoonist Visited the graveyard to examine the stones and take photos. It is believed that his great-grandfather, Bliss Disney, Who Carne from Ireland ter Huron County in 1848 to settle at Halmesville,. is buried there. glias Disney operated the first grist. mill and first sawmill in Holtnesville. Plant are made to spray the thick undergrowth in the cent- etery, and do further trimming and general work on the Upkeep of the plot, George Joynt, Lucknow; Claytcn Laithwaite, Goderich; Harry Mit- chell, RR 2, Goderich; and Wil- fred Smith, RR 3, Goderich. Alvin Kerslake, Hensall, warden of Huron County, speaking at the banquet, referred to the few re- maining orchards in the county. He said 90 percent of the farms didn't have orchards. He remetn- bered that when he was a boy there was an orchard on every farm, and mentioned that young folk didn't seem to take the in- terest in fruit growing that they did in other farm projects. Mrs. William McGuire led in spirited group singing, and Stuart McEwen provided violin music at the banquet. Speaker Guest speaker was Dr. Norman High, director of the diplopia course, Ontario Agricultural Col- lege, Guelph, who was introduced by G. W. Montgomery, agricultur- al representative for Huron Coun- ty. Speaking of agriculture as a basic industry, Dr. High said it provided civilization with the maj- or portion of its food and a live- lihood, "Many years age people on ear- th appropriated in a direct way the food nature provided, by earn man hunting and fishing for his own need, Thenas some men decided to settle down and culti- vate, a ulti- vate„a certain piece of ground, our present type of society bewrn to evolve. Man found he could produce more food than enough for his own needs. He was able to support someone else who could (Continued on page ten) 4e a word, minimum 76e Friday, March 27 -- "Abigail Goes .Haywire” by Winthrop Yk'U in Londesboro Community Hall, 8;15 p.m. Adults 50c, children 25c. 12•p Sunday, March 29 --•- At morn- ing service the Choir of Wesley - Willis United Church will present Stainer's "Crucifixion": a inedita- tion on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer. 12-b Friday, April 3 --•- Twilight Musicale, Wesley -Willis Church, Musicale, the auspices of Goodwill Club. Good, Friday afternoon, 3.00 p.m. Featuring %#ugh School Choir and local artists. Silver collection, 10-1142-13,b Thursday, April 9 Monster Bingo, opening new Legion Mens- orial Hall.. 8:30 p.rn. sharp. Pro- ceeds; building fund. Sponsored by Canadian Legion Branch. N3. 140. 12.3-4,b With Spring in. the Air and Ito - maned hi your heart, the crowds at the Crystal Palace 1 a11 - room, Niltchell,e every Fridgyr night, and dance to the tuneful melodies, of Clarerree Petrie. and his Night Hawks. (N4 dance Geed 3),, 12.4-34i.ti L 100 Young Pearl Boy Struck a* y Car (By our Bayfield Correspondent) An accident which could easily have ended in tragedy, occurred on Saturday night about ten o'clock on the highway opposite the Baker property in Bayfield. Wayne Heard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Heard, aged seven years was walking home after having attended the picture show in the Town Hall, when he was hit by a southbound Chevrolet 1928 model car driven by a Goderich man on his way to Sarnia, The child was walking on ti.e wrong side of the white line and the driver, who was proceeding slowly, swerved to miss him, but evidently Wayne became confus- ed and ran into the path of the car. The headlight of the car hit his face throwing him to the pave- ment. Mrs. J. E. Howard and Mrs. Willard Sturgeon were at the scene of the accident and the for- mer went for help while Mrs, Sturgeon remained with Wayne and the driver of the car. The accident was investigated by Con- stable George Little who rushed the victim to Clinton Public Hos- pital where he remained until Monday. Besides shock, he suffered a laceration to his forehead which required stitches, and severe skin abrasions and bruises to his face. No blame was attached to the driver of the car. Too much emphasis cannot be placed on the teaching by parents of the rules for walking on the highway; and children should be continually warned against play- ing as they walk along. A thoughtless moment of fun or not heeding the traffic rules may mean a life snuffed out. Parents In. the village: Let us not learn' safety rules the hard way! The flag at Clinton Library Perk hung et half-mast yesterday in memory of the Dowager ',Queen eeri Maar y, 2p bo died Tuesday g pen, EST. Thro- ughout the Commonwealth flags flown at half mast were the mat- .erial symbol of the grief of a people who mourned the passing of Britain's grand old Queen, who I just two months before the crowning of her grand -daughter Esllizabeteepat th., dheiedage peaceoffully85. in her Her passing was not expected to' clelay the Coronation June 2 of her granddaughter, Queen Elizabeth 11. The decision' is the Queen's, but stern -willed Queen Mary told friends months ago, withwhile it, talkiNngothingof," the ceremony, that "nothing must interfere Queen Mary had been ill for more than a month with what her doctors described as a gast- ric ailment. The exact nature of her illness has not been disclosed Her death came within hours of a sudden turn for the worse in her condition. Only the day before she had been reported improving, In Britain's House Prince Minister Churchill, him- self only seven years younger than Queen Mary, gave the hush- ed House of Commons, and the world the first news of her death, "Mr, Speaker, I rise to move adjournment of the House. I have with great regret to make the announcement that Queen Mary has died." Churchill told the Commons he would make an address of condolence to Queen Elizabeth. Wednesday, then ask adjourn- ment for the day "as an expres- sion of our profound sorrow and respect." St, Laurent at Ottawa In Ottawa, Prime Minister St. Laurent announced the death to the Canadian House of Commons and it also adjourned. He term- ed the death "a personal sorrow for all . Canadians." Eisenhower's Message U.S. President Eisenhower sent his deep personal sympathy and recalled: "Queen Mary was a good, great Queen, Free peoples the world over will mourn her loss." Similar expressions from oth- er chiefs of state poured in to her monarch -grand -daughter at I Buckingham Palace. Men bared their heads and many women wept as the Queen's personal standard was lowered slowly over her resi- dence Tuesday night. "Every Inch a Queen" White-haired, stately, ram- rodstraight her aristocratic im- periousness softened by hum- anity and simplicity, the old Queen in her later years repre- sented what historian Arthur 'Bryant described as "the English 'sense of home, of quiet certainty, `of continuing standards." The millions of Britons loved 'her for these qualities and for her human touches—her tightly- rolled umbrella, the turban -like hats she always wore because "George liked them," her tireless shopping, her ardent needlework and all the other things made her a woman as well as a Queen. Clinton Kinette §ale Quite Successful The Kinette Club of Clinton held a successful rummage and hake sale in the Council Chamber of Clinton Town Hall on Satur- day afternoon, March 21. Reven- ue of $60 gained at the sale made it possible for the Club to turn over a cheque of $75 to the Kinsmen Club for use toward the Park Fund. This is the sec- ond donation the Kinettes have made toward this fund. Plans were made to forward the clothing not sold on Satur- day, to the authorities in charge of collecting for European Flood Relief. The organization of the sale had gone forward in the charge of, a committee headed by the president of the club, Irene Buckley. The new project of the Kin- ettes is to dress a doll and furn- ish its crib, then to hold a raffle for them on Labor Day. Completi n of Clinton's Mew P.S. Reaches Paint and Polish Stage Work on the two additional rooms to Clinton's new' Public School has not yet begun, pending completion of architect's plans and the finalizing of costs. How- ever, the work of painting the already finished classrooms is go- ing forward swiftly. When the News -Record reporter visited the new School at the first of the month the corridors and washrooms presented an all-over grey look. Since then the wails for the lower four feet or so, have received a coat of cement enamel. This process requires several ap- plications. First a sealer, with an appear- ance rather like shellac was put on over the cement base coat. Then silica sand was blasted onto this Slightly sticky surface, until the wall had a finish like rough sandpaper, anally a heavy ecru- ent»like yellow material was Sprayed over the silica sand, and left in bumps Just as it -clung to the wall. Before it dried another coat of white was sprayed lightly over the top, and the whole thing Was left to harden Into the hard glossy firtfsh it now shows. 'i'his cement enamel finish was used in the corridor and the girls' Wieehrooni, While the bens' wash- room was done In jade green rath- er than yellow, Color* in All of the elassrdoins have been thasort, end son* of the plied to the cupboards, window frames and other woodwork. When the rooms are finished, each of them will have four different colors. The ceilings in the class- rooms and in the auditorium are finished in acoustic tile in the new random pattern. This acoustic tile is a light fibre board, about half an inch thick, covered witn tiny holes, and applied to the 'ceilings in 10 -inch squares, They absorb sound within the room and help to make the classrooms soundproof, There tire eighteen light fixtur- es installed in the ceiling of the auditorium, each set flush with the surface, The lights. in the corridor are set into the ceiling with a shallow donne protecting the bulb. Each of the six entrances to the school is equipped with a grate sinker. This, to us, was a novel method of getting muddy feet clean, right at the Source, so to speak. There is a recess of about two inches deep and about 3'x3' sunk into the floor of the entry. Into this is fitted 'a metal. pan. with handles at either end for easy, lifting, and On top gees a metal grate, Set flush With the floor, to net as a foot scraper. The younsters scrape their feet on the grate; the mud falls into the pan; and perkelleally, the janitor will lift the grate, remove the pan, empty, clean and replace it. Won-