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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-06-25, Page 4"AGE FOUR CyNTON NEWS»RE aRD THUI$P4Z. jUNr^ 25, Xl •.• + +44-+-t•4-4+ CANADA PREPARES TO DEAL WITH DISASTER Iv 1 What You Can Do About These Bombs Your life may depend upon how you act if your community under- goes airattack, according to fed- eral civil defence authorities. In their popular handbooks "Personal Protection under .Atomic Attack," the experts give- some basic rules for action before, during and after a raid, and it all boils down to knowing what to do and how to do it. The: information in the prepar- edness manual is related to other material issued by Ottawa for dis- tribution through the provinces and municipalities to all Canad- ians. in the hope that, being fore- warned, they will escape death or serious injury even -under assault with the most modern war weap- ons. For, say the authorities, there are ways of protecting your- self and, if they possess. trained and equipped emergency services, whole communities can minimize the effects of disaster, whether enemy -inspired or of such natural occurrence as fire, flood, 'quake or °explosion. With Warning When an air raid warning sounds you may expect at least five min- utes grace before disaster strikes, if the raid takes. place. If you are near enough to a public shelter, go there quickly. If you don't GET SET teethe Big Job Ahead! aeS! Geta Detailed specifications of Gleaner 6 ft. See—and COMPARE! . LAvre THESE FEATURES Over 50,000 Gleaner Owners New—Low Grain Bin Model • Famous Direct Feed, Auger to Cylinder • Structural Steel Frame • Galvanized Steel Sheets • Full Jeweled • Over 10' Separating Length UTLER and COX PHONE CLINTON 680 24-5-b think you can make it, hurry to any nearby cover, such as a large building, Don't rush—speed is es- sential, but undue haste could cause panic. In the shelter, lie down flat near an outer wall or strong column. Press your face into folded arms, to protect your eyes. Don't leave the shelter until you know that it is safe to do so. If you are driving, park well off the road, so as not to impede dis- aster services, then go to Shelter. Inside, go with your family or fellow workers to a shelter, if one has been provided, or duck under a table, bed or bench.. If there is time, close and shutter windows. Anyway, keep away from glass, which will most certainly be shat- tered in a blast. Other details on what to do will be found in the government manual which, if you are a civil defence worker, will be given to you by the local Civil Defence services and which, any- way, you can purchase at nominal cost at a bookseller's. Without Warning If there is a sudden flash and you are caught outdoors, throw yourself down—anywhere, even in the gutter. Drop close to a big building, if you are near one. If you are driving, stop as safely as you can, turn off the engine and drop to the floor of the vehicle. Keep your face down and cover your head, even if only with your arms. InI tn - nstitu io s Special instructions have been issued by provincial and local au- thorities to such institutions as schools, on what to do in an emer- gency. Schools will be particularly safe places under air attack. Most of them are strongly built and have extensive protected lower areas. Teachers will know how to shepherd pupils to safety if there is warning and will have rehearsed the children in dropping under desks and covering up, if there is no time to reach a shelter. Big firms, like department stores, hotels, etc., have co-operat- ed with civil defence authorities .0065 MONEY yy ag,y foix CLINTON • altv I P4 M (0 - Geoff Bingle and Jack Bennett on CAN YOU NAME IT! 980 CFPL LONDON will be calling your community! Western Ontario's favourite "money-maker" pro- gram will dial into your community all next week! Each day, starting at 1 p.m., Geoff will place phone calls perhaps to you or your neighbor. If the mystery object or person is identified correctly, the jackpot of money is awarded. And here is a suggestion! Why not form a syndicate with your neighbor — figure out the answer and if you or your neighbor is called, split the prize between you — it increases your chances of winning! Also, each week you can win a big money prize by mailing in your answer to the special "Mailbag Question" so listen daily throughout the year to "Can You Name It" at 1 p.m. And for listening pleasure seven days a week, keep tuned to 980 CFPL LONDON June Marriage Ceremony MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM ROSS LOVETT are seen here following their wedding in Goderich, on June 6: The bride is the former Barbara Lenore Griffiths, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Griffiths, Goderich. Her husband is the son of Mr and Mrs. William Lovett, Londesbore. (Photo by MacLarens' Studio). .+.++.-*.-.++4-o S • • Obituaries RALPH STEPHENSON Ralph Stephenson, 91, Hensall, died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. David Johnston, at LaRiviere, Man., where he went two months ago for a vis- it. Born on the Goshen Line, Stanley Township, Mr. Stephen- son , farmed for many years on in planning what to do in an em- ergency. They will try to shelter transients who rush in off the street for cover, as well as provide for their own staffs and patrons. After A Raid Official publications like "Per- sonal Protection under Atomic At- tack" advise against rushing out- side immediately after a raid. There may be lingering radio- activity about and there is always danger from collapsing buildings, exposed wires, etc. Even if you are caught outside when the blow comes, it is wise, say the experts, to "stay out" for awhile, until you are sure that danger is past and you may move safely. There is also special advice from the 'ivil defence experts concern- ing use of food and water and of public utilities, such as electrical and plumbing fixtures, after a raid. It is all contained in the pocket -sized manual, which is available to all. Perhaps the most important ad- vice in the government's prepared- ness booklets deals with measures to be taken to prepare the home, the office or the factory against a blast. The books contain detail on the construction of air raid shelters, such as one may con- struct in the ordinary basement or in the back yard. How to build a shelter will be explained in this Civil Defence series, issued for the Federal Civil Defence Co-ordinator by the In- formation Services Division, De- partment of National Health and Welfare, Ottawa. You can't qo ALLOUlI IF you feel LL -1 r'{ These days most people work under pressure, worry more, sleep less. This strain on body and brain makes physical fitness easier to lose—harder to regain. Today's tense living, lowered resistance, overwork, worry—any of these may affect normal kidney action. When kidneys get out of order, excess acids and wastes remain in the system. Then backache, disturbed rest; that "tired -out" heavy - headed feeling often follow. That's the time to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's stimulate the kidneys to normal action. Then you feel better—sleep better—work better. Ask kr Dodd's Kidney .Pills at any drug counter. 53 the Parr Line of the same Town- ship. He was a member of Var- na United, Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Johnston, Mrs. Wesley Cock- erline, Pilot Mound, Man., and Mrs. Alva Reid, Seaforth; a son, W. R. Stephenson, Hensall. The body will be at the Bon- thron funeral home, Hensall, af- ter two o'clock Thursday after- noon. Private service will be held on Friday afternoon at two o'clock and burial will be in Baird's Cemetery. MRS. JANET ROSS Funeral service was held from the Ball and Mutch funeral home, High St., Clinton, on Fri - 1 day afternoon, June 19, for Mrs. Janet Ross, 82, Brucefield, who died Wednesday morning at a I Wingham nursing home follow - ng several years' illness. Rev. W. J. Maines, Brucefield United Church, officiated. Interment was in Baird's cemetery. She was born in Stanley Town- ship, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Gilxnour. Fol- lowing her marriage to William Ross, she lived in Tuckersmith where they farmed until Mr. Ross' death in 1948. She was a member of the United Church, Brucefield. Surviving are one son, Seldon Ross, R.R. 1, Brucefield; two daughters, Mrs. Margaret Hast- ings, R.R. 1, Wingham; Mrs. Mab- el Monteith, Vancouver, B.C.; one brother, Sandy Gilmour, Vancou- ver. WILLIAM 3I: AGNEW - Services for William H. Agnew, 75, who died at Jarvis on June 9, were conducted in St. Marys on Friday, June 12, in the Ball fun- eral home, and interment was made in St. Marys Cemetery. He was born at Blake, and was raised in Clinton where he learned the baking trade. Later he had his own bakeshop here. Since 1923 he had been looking after power machines in Toronto, Brantford and Cleveland. He resided in St. Marys for several years, and since 1945 at Jarvis. He was twice married, his. first wife being Lou- ise Stewart, St. Marys, who died in 1944. Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Leonora Allen, Jarvis; one son, Robert, Boynton Beach, Flor- ida; one daughter, Mrs. Kenneth Mills, St. Marys; one brother, Morgan J., Clinton; and four sis- ters, Mrs. George Phelan and Mrs. Robert McEwen, Clinton; Mrs. Harry Clark, Stratford, and Mrs. David Sours, Toronto. 0 -0-4,-4.-4-41-84-0-11-4-0,^0,.9-0-4-4.-4-4•4-4-0.-+ GODERKH TOWNSHIP e Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Middleton, Catharine and Charles, spent the wl_ekend with Mrs. Charles Mid- dleton. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Middle- ton; Mr. and Mrs. Ross Middleton attended the Western Ontario Ab- erdeen -Angus Association picnic and field day on Saturday at Pros- pect Farms, owned by D. B. Wel- don, London. TOP -SEAL YOUR SILO—STOP FEED WASTE with the NEW B.FGoo • * Shuts off air from silage * Reduces top.fill decay * Lasts for years * Pays for itself Oa St small, ten -foot silo, some 6,000 pounds of feed can be saved by using one of these Silage caps! Moro on large silos. Usually the fVIA Goodrich Silage Cap will pay or itself in one or two seasons. With care It will last for years. It'a a two-piece covering,"Blanket" goes over tophi!, tube fits *round silo edges. Filled with armee, k kelps cap in Idaeb. Both "Blanket" and Orders noW being filled... fU US TODAYI tube are made of plastic material (not rubber). Reduces rotting, mould growth. Stands sun, air, sil- age juices for years. Easy to install and remove. Complete instructions with each cap. Now in use on thousands of American farms. itoW much feed did You lose last tiear7 SIZE SILO *LOSSES PER FOOT Or DEPTH *ACREAGE WASTE 10 foot 4,000 lbs. y4 12 feet 5,500 lbs, 14 feel 7,500 lbs. TA 16 feel 10,000 lbs, sA, *Approximate (8 foes per acre) J. W. VanEgmond Clinton Ontario Paper Man At England's Derby This is another in a series of Coronation. Year letters from overseas written for Clinton News -Record and other members of the Ontario Division of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association. (By Its .G. SEVIPKIN) At the Royal Derby keeping records. It was impossible Only by the courtesy of mem- to understand the method but we bars of the press and of the firm were told they never refused to of Public Relations, Bonney and pay a winner. David of London, could this story There are Tote machines --- or have been written. Pari-Mutuel — but these do not While having dinner with a by- have the popularity of "bookies." line writer of London's Sunday They were spread among the Express, M. E, French, I was ad- crowd so that not many who de- vised to contact the above firm. I sired need miss a chance to wager, was to get a pass to the press No actual record is available of gallery at Epsom to see the race the amounts these brokers handle. including the 3.00 p.m. race known If all did as well as those within all over the World as the Derby, our view the amounts must have The press gallery was on the been fabulous. same level as the Royal Box, sep- arated only by a glass partition which gave us not only a splendid view of the whole field but also close-ups of the Royalty. In the back fields the silver money changes hands more than the paper. The smallest amount in paper is a ten -shilling note, similar in size to our dollar bill. Million Jam the Commons The note is larger, even larger Epsom Commons is just what than our old dollar note. The £5 the name implies: a public com- bill is larger again and very thin— mons. According to those in auth- nearly the size of a folder letter- ority no one can be prevented head. These notes could be prom - from going anywhere at any time, inently seen in the hands of the free. This still applies to the por- would-be wagers. tion within the oval of the tracks. The Queen's horse was getting Those half a million people much favoritism for first but more for show. The winner of 'third place was almost an outsider, paying 33 to one. No. 2 horse on the list, owned by E. P. Taylor of Canada, promp- ted us to wager a pound note to show which he did not, so we did not collect. A horse from Ceylon was heav- ily backed by some Ceylon press representatives in the gallery who also did not show in the winning. Sunny Weather at Course The first sunshine of over an hour's duration greeted the Derby Day. It was a lovely day and top coats which had been very• desir- able, were unnecessary. The drive from London to Ep- som once was made by carriages, mule carts and farm wagons. Then the slow-moving procession was badgered along the route by ur- chins who lined the sidewalks cal - there were not charged any ad- mission. They saw the race from the top of the small hill from the race -track side or from whatever point they favored. Some came by bus and saw from the top of these. However, the grandstand, which is larger than the Woodbine tracks and has three decks, is owned by a corpor- ation whom I was told have squat- ter's rights there and do charge admission. There is also a company which has parking privileges and handles that at various prices up to a pound per vehicle. There is also standing room charge for near the grandstand. Track Covers Mile and a Half The present track, which is a grass -covered course, extends not in a direct oval. It has one sharp right turn and several lefts, all of which tend to lose horses their place and allow others to get out in front. Races are run at various dist- ances according to their point of starting. Inside the oval of the track there are spectators, bookies, re- freshment booths, parked vehicles and a couple of temporary bleach- er stands holding several hundreds of people each. Television cameras and the broadcasting equipment are locat- ed at various points around the track and controlled from a tower opposite the main grandstand at the finishing line. Derby—Third Race The Derby Race, made famous by Lord Derby, who usually had horses entered but who had none to qualify this year, of course, was the main race of the day. In fact after it was run most of the crowd began to disperse. Money Poured Into Bookies From our gallery we could watch the bookies at work taking bets from the public who pushed and scrambled to ,get the pound notes and five pound notes into their hands, screaming and calling their names and the horses they chose to win, second, or place. These chaps, who are Iicensed, seems to have a canny way of ling on all tp throw 9Ult then ",musties" meaning the copper pennies. It was presumed to be unlucky to carry pennies to the tracks and hope to win. Today many go part way by underground railway and double- decker buses meet the under- ground to convey passengers to the course. Then there is the train to Epsom station where taxis and walking complete the trip. Bicycles which mingle with the moor traffic sometimes make better time, Parking Problems Well Managed- 'Die anagedThe parking authorities akded by the police and 'Roads Patrol, have stickers which may be plac- ed on windshields to have vehicles directed via various routes so as to terminate at certain points where parking is arranged. There are several roads leading to the course, However, when one looks across the downs and sees all the vehicles which, have gath- ered it would be anticipated that the home -going would be slow. But this was not the case for police were stationed at intervals all the way to the city and where intersections were crossed they prevented delays. There were additional police available at the course as it had been arjcipated that if the Queen's horse had won, the enor- mous crowds might have endeav- ored to push around the tracks when the horse and jockey were being brought back. As it was, all was very orderly, The winning jockey, Gordon Rick- ards, who had only this week been made a "Sir" was greeted by the Queen and complimented; the crowd cheering lustily. It was a grand day—a wonder- ful spectacle of scenery, grandeur and Royalty. We watched the face of the Queen as her horse was beaten. She sat with her mouth slightly open, hoping to the last but beaten by four lengths,. Next week we start our tour of rural England. The little car looks big here and is performing splendidly. Tower--thrustEE5T s•4 4i14-* -11 1951 METEOR CUSTOM SEDAN— built-in radio, air-conditioning. 1950 AUSTIN A-40 SEDAN - 1950 MORRIS OXFORD SEDAN— motor recently overhauled, excellent condition. TRUCKS 1952 FORD 1/2 TON EXPRESS— low mileage. McPherson Bros. Aero-Willys Sales and Service Front -End Alignment — Wheel Balancing Phone 492 Clinton r♦ Bell service Meets the Challenge of the Tornado • through SARN IA!S worst nigh.,. Truly there are times when no price can measure the value of your telephone service — ready when you want it most. Such a time came to Sarnia on May 21st when the tornado ripped through the downtown area. That night, Bell equipment — the telephone building itself — built to stand up in emergencies, came through one of the toughest tests. An emergency power unit kept building and equip- ment alive. Dial mechanism, properly housed, re- mained undamaged. Light from the Bell -- shown above streaming through the building's shattered doorway—was for hours the only electric light in downtown Sarnia. It became a beacon that told of service working for nearly all of Sarnia's 12,000 customers. Less than 1200 telephones were put out of action and by the end of the next day all but a few of these were back in service—thanks to telephone men from Sarnia, Windsor and Chatham. Outside wires suffered little damage because they were either under- ground out of harm's way or overhead in rear -lane areas, safer from falling trees. When the tornado hit, window glass, dust and debris blasted into the room where operators were working at the long distance and information switchboards. Some of the girls were cut by the flying glass; all were ordered to another floor where it was safer. Even before they were asked to go back, Marna Levan (left above) and Pear! Rober•ts (right) returned on their own to their switchboards. Chief Operator Alice Ed- wards (shown here directing an off-duty volunteer to her post at the switchboard) found all but those more seriously cut anxious to go back to their switchboards, and when the room was made safe by plant men, they did. In addition, girls off duty came in without being called, and rendered first aid, gathered food, cooked meals, and refused to leave until they were no longer required. One girl from Quebec on vacation in Sarnia came in to help, As one newspaper columnist wrote, "Nie Bell opera- tors were the heroines of the Sarnia disaster". Toronto Telegram Photo THE MORNING AFTER — the Bell building stands as symbol of continuing telephone service. THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF CANADA •