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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-05-28, Page 17. ?SAGE SIXTEEN CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, MAY 28, 3.953•: Town Council In Action (Continued from Page Nine) Annexation Councillor Agnew suggested that it would be wise for some members of the council to attend the meeting of Hullett Township Council, which was to meet on Monday evening, June 1, when the request for annexation could be discussed. Clerk Holland reported that through conversation with the clerk of that township he had un- derstood that the township fav- oured annexation of the whole block of land, rather than just the few lots requesting annexat- ion. Councillor Agnew. and Pegg re- ported having gone out to invest- igate the land in question, and ex- pressed concern over the difficul- ty of providing water and sew- erage service to dwellings erected on part of it. One councillor stated it would be a fine thing if it were possible to persuade an industry to locate there. Councillor Agnew promp- tly answered that the area in question was of necessity a resi- dential one, because of the locat- ion of the new public school. Members of the general gov- ernment committee, consisting of chairman Councillor Stanley, Pegg and Agnew, with Mayor W. J. Miller were appointed to attend the Hullett Township Council meeting. Summer Uniforms Chairman of the police com- mittee, Councilor Agnew, reques- ted approval for the purchase of summer apparel for two of the policemen. Granted, Three By -Laws The parking by-law which res- tricted parking on main streets of Clinton for more than one hour at a time during the night, was amended to read, between Dec- ember 1 and March 31, inclusive, and given first two readings. The traffic by-law Was amend- ed, making Shipley Street be- tween Huron and John Streets, and John between Shipley and Albert St., through streets. This will facilitate emergency traffic to and from Clinton Public Hos- pital. Two readings only were given. Section 5 of by-law No. 8, 1951, known as the taxi by-law was re- pealed. This section had stated that all accounts of taxi firms with the town and PUC. must be paid before licenses could be is- sued. Tuckersmith Fire Agreement An agreement between the Clin- ton Fire Brigade and Tuckersmith Township, similar to those already in existence with Goderich and Stanley Township was approved. This allows for a payment of $75 for the first hour at any fire, and $25 for the second, payable by the township. Councillor Agnew asked for clarification of the payment for any subsequent hours. Councillor Draper explained that it would be up to the Fire Chief to make (end 'aiir (Qum CLOTH FLAGS 89c and $1.00 COTTON FLAGS on Stick 15c to $1.15 (Union Jacks and Ensigns) STRING OF 8 FLAGS $1.15 STRING OF 16 FLAGS $1.50 UNION JACK SHIELDS - 75c PLASTIC STREAMERS $1.75 (Red, White and Blue) CREPE STREAMERS 2 for 35c (Red, White and Blue) CREPE PAPER 20c and 25c (Red, White and Blue) an's Clinton's Police Chief on the Job: CHIEF OF POLICE+' JOSEPH FERRAND Trim and correct in his new uniform received last Saturday, Chief of Police Joseph Ferrand stands that day ready to operate manually the signal light system at the main corner in Clinton, where Highways 4 and 8 intersect. Rush hours are at noon, and shortly after five o'clock when traffic from the RCAF Station, Clinton, is at its height. The chief, or one of the other members of Clinton's three ma,D police force, is generally on the corner at that time, regulatirfg the lights to clear traffic as swiftly as possible. 50 New Water Meters Cost PUC Close To $1200 All members of the PUC includ- ing chairman H. R. Hawkins, com- missioners W. E. Perdue and C. M. Shearing attended the regular meeting of that body which met in the PUC office on Tuesday evening, May 26. Mayor W. J. Miller, superintendent A. E. Rum - it clear to the property owner that if the brigade stayed on the job more than two hours, the owner would have to pay for the extra time. He requested that Tucker - smith Township be asked to de- fine clearly the areas of that township which the Clinton bri- gade would be asked to cover. Proclamation Motion was made by Deputy - Reeve Crich, seconded by Reeve J. W. Nediger that the Mayor should proclaim Coronation Day, June 2, a public holiday. Carried. Pension Plan • Dissatisfaction of town employ- ees' with the present system of pension plan purchased through government annuities wap explain- ed by Clerk Holland, and a signed statement from employees con- cerning their wishes was present- ed. The Clerk was instructed to gather information concerning preferred plans, and present them at a future meeting. Truck Insurance Reeve J. W. Nediger broached the subject of necessity for in- surance on the new truck, and re- ceived permission for himself and the clerk to proceed to purchase same. Dog By -Law Concerning the dog by-law which provides for the restraining of dogs from running at large within the municipality during the summer months, the Clerk ex- plained that he had received sev- eral complaints concerning dogs running loose. He suggested that a system of pound fees should be established so that expenses of keeping the dogs 'in pound would be defrayed. Reeve Nediger: Rabbits have been eating our lettuce. Agnew: There's lots of cats around our place, too. Draper: Let's license the rab- bits! No action was taken concern- ing the clerk's suggestion. Big Line -Up of New Cool SPORT SHIRTS A new high in cool comfort and smart styling. See them soon,! Support the LEGION STREET FROLIC on CORONATION NIGHT. Herman's Men's Wear BILTMORE HATS Phone 224W • FORSYTH SHIRTS Clinton Letter To. AMS County Hog Raisers and Dealers The epidemic of Hog .Cholera which has broken out in Western Ontario has gained such serious proportions that every hog raiser, dealer, etc,, should be warned that while the veterinarians attached to the Canadian Department of Agriculture, Health of Animals Division, are doing all in their power, the hog raisers, and deal- ers, etc., must do their share to prevent the spread of this disease before it becomes more serious and only the wholehearted im- mediate co-operation of every hog raiser, dealer, etc., will stamp out this menace to the hog industry. ball, and secretary -treasurer A. J. McMurray also were in attend- ance. Payment of accounts was auth- orized, and special mention was made of the fact that 50 water meters had recently been purch- ased at an overall cost of close to $1,200. Permission to grant sewerage and water service to dwellings owned. by George Lavis on Prin- cess St., and M. Bateman at the corner of Walker and James Streets, was granted. Hartley Managhan requested the commission to extend the sewerage main and water service to his property on lot 60, Victoria Street. He reported that he could have sold three lots from the property last summer if sewerage service had been extended to them. In order to save the ex- pense of running the main around by the road, he proposed a ten - foot lane down the centre of—the block of land which would ac- commodate the sewerage main, and by means of is in the pipe, would serve from the back of each lot, dwellings erected anywhere on the block. W. E. Perdue again expressed his belief that the system of tak- ing capital expenses from revenue moneys was wrong, and would eventually break any community. H. Hawkins agreed that Mr. Perdue had sound reasoning, but since the system had been set up as it was ,and previous owners had not paid for service under the property improvement act, it would be unfair to begin that sy- stem now. Mayor Miller reported on anoth- er case within the town where a property owner could have sold lots if sewerage service had been available. Since cost of laying the sewer to Managhan's property was esti- mated • to cost approximately $2,500 and would at present not serve more than one dwelling, commissioners expressed their re- luctance to embark on the project. Mr. Managhan offered to pay the cost of digging the ditch if PUC would pay the tile needed for a main down the middle of the block. After some further discussion, when Perdue suggested that it was a matter for council to dis- cuss, and Hawkins replied that in all probability council would just turn the matter back to the PUC, Mr. Managhan announced his in- tention to lay the sewer himself, intending to regain his cost by the increased purchase price of the lots when he sold them. 0 Champion Fiddler At Hensall To Make Recording For Queen Last year's Western Ontario Champion Fiddlers' Contest was a grand success. This year it may be the biggest yet. The contest will be known as the Coronation Year Champion- ship. All the plans are made for the music of the grand champion to be recorded right at Hensall on June 5. The recording will be sent to Queen Elizabeth II with the compliments of the fiddlers of Western Ontario and the Hensall Chamber of Commerce. Roy Jewel, CFPL Radio Station, London, will be chairman and re- corder. Classes are for fiddlers of all ages, step dancing and square dancing. Entries received on or before Wednesday, June 3, will receive $1 cash the night of the contest. Send your entry now, to W. Jarrett, Chamber of Commerce, Hensall. Entries also received night of the Contest. A new blast furnace brought into operation at a Hamilton, On- tario, steel mill is as large as any furnace in the world and will n a year increase the country's steel production by an amount that would build 162,500 new houses, 432,00 automobiles, or 43,000 freight cars, CALL IN AND SEE US ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS on: EAVESTROUGHING ELECTRICAL WIRING AIR-CONDITIONING GRAVITY WARM -AIR HEATING PLUMBING A FURNACE FOR EVERY JOB WISE and BATEMAN Phone 147—Clinton The following precautions, which are recommended by the authorit- ies, can only be taken by your- selves and must be taken if we are going to check this disease. 1) Keep all hogs under cover in clean, disinfected hog pens, sprayed with an approved dis- infectant (government approv- al shown on containers) and the entire pen whitewashed. 2) All doors should be closed and windows screened to prevent flies, etc., from entering the hog pen. 3) A container with a strong dis- infectant solution in which to immerse footwear before ent- ering hog pens, should be plac- ed at the entrance of the hog pens. Insist on its use. 4) Allow no one to enter pens where hogs are kept, except the attendant feeding hogs. Stay away from neighbours' hog pens. Do not visit, and do not have visitors. 5) Curtail breeding operations with neighbours' hogs as much as possible. 6) Keep hogs away from straw stacks as this is a place fre- quented by birds such as star- lings, sparrows, and pigeons, which may have come from an infected premises direct to your premises, bringing infec- tion with them. 7) Do not purchase feeder hogs from any source. 8) If you have your hogs serum treated by a Government Vet- erinarian, follow the instruc- tions given to you by the gov- ernment veterinarian to the letter. 9) Keep livestock trucks off your farm. If you have stock to ship load them at the end of the lane, or, better still, deliver them yourself, as disease bear- ing refuse, dropped f r o m trucks; might easily be. carried to your hogs. 10) Keep dogs out of hog pens. Keep your dog under control and tied up at nights. Keep stray dogs .off your farm. The above precautions, if taken to -day, will do much to prevent the spread of this disease tomor- row. Hog Cholera being highly contagious and easily spread takes from seven to 14 days to develop after hogs have become exposed, and a serious outbreak may be in your community before you real- ize it, then it is too late to take precautions as hogs may already be infected and in the incuba- tion stage. If any sickness occurs in your hogs, immediately notify t h e Health of Animals Branch, phone Seaforth 372. May 22, 1953 Department of Agriculture. 0 ROY McVITTIE HAS NARROW ESCAPE TRUCK OVERTURNS Roy McVittie, 29 -year-old truck driver, Blyth, (formerly of Clin- ton), narrowly escaped death at midnight, Saturday, May 23, when his heavy tractor -trailer transport truck is believed to have jack- nifed as he applied the brakes at the intersection of the Centre Sideroad and Fifth Line of Morris Township. The accident occurred ten miles south of Wingham, McVittie broke the windshield in the overturned truck and walked to the farm home of Jack Clark in a dazed condition to summon help and notify police. The driver was drenched from head to foot in oil when the vehicle overturned. The transport to up the posts and broke the cables along the left side of the road at the ap- proach to the ' bridge, struck a large cement abutment, then plunged 20 feet below to the marshy ground beside the Mait- land River. The truck landed upside down with all wheels in the air and the front wheels and axle of the trail- er wrenched off. The truck was completely wrecked. Gordon Wilkinson, a farmer liv- ing 2,000 feet away was awakened by the crash and rushed to the scene to find the driver walking across the bridge. The truck lights still continued to shine in the air after the impact. Provincial Of- ficer Charles Salter, Wingham, in- vestigated. 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