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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-09-10, Page 1Hoe of RCAF Station hit NEW ERA -88th YEAR THE NEWS -RECORD 72nd YEAR 2,126 Copse$ A Week e House Paper With the ,lNTON, ONTARIO, Tile! DAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1953 Oc o copy $2.50 r `f ro Clinton Man Accepts Keys For Kinsmen Car t Imo COYttYtitt=== MOM OUR HAYFIELD COR - respondent "A scream rent the darkness! The city gal, wend- ing her way home . . . fled back in terror to the home which she was visiting gasping her breath . . The local constable was summoned ... Four stalwart :men stood at a respectful distance while the constable turned the sods by the beam of a flashlight Expertly he drew the intruder of the domestic scene, caught in a trap over to the pit . . , Bang! Bang! Bang! Three shots in quick succession failed to lower that tail poised for action ... A shovel full of. earth ... Two more shots .. . Thus ane of Hayfield's skunk pop- ulation was despatched from this world ... but he was buried with his flag up TOMMY LEPPINGTON . . avid ,gardener at home and at the home of Dr. W. A. Oakes . brought us a queer specimen of corn this week ... A large juicy sample of kernel -don, it was .. and at first glance appeared only to have an enlarged tassel -end... But after looking for awhile .. both ourselves and the many people who walk through the front office in a day • . noticed the resemblance to a hand . , . to two hands indeed, joined in Sia- mese -like manner, back to back and the unformed end -kernels looked like fingers . . . *** HOLLYHOCKS HAVE NOW breathed their last . . . with the exception of one hardy red one we saw on the roadside . . . which was stunted a bit, but now flaunts its colour ... The greatest colour addition in gardens seems to be the morning glories which ramble in clear blue beauty . . Local Men Charged; Fines Levied In Court In police court last week in Goderich, with Magistrate D. E. Holmes, Q.C., presiding, Alvin Fowler was fined $75 and costs on a charge of careless driving and $25 and costs on a drunk driving chaxge. Convicted on charges of drunk driving and common assault, Leslie Dale was fined $50 and costs. Marshall Young was found guilty of bringing liquor into Hu- ron County, contrary to the Can- ada Temperance Act. This was a second offence. He was sentenced to three months in the county ;jail. 0 Safety Patrollers Again In Action The Safety Patrol is once more doing its work for the children of Clinton. Working under the lead- ership of Chief of Police' Joseph Ferrand, these youngsters have Taken on the job of escorting their playmates, and especially the younger children attending Clinton Public School, across the busiest corners, on their way to and from school. Regular stations of the Patrol on Highway 4 are at the railway crossing; at the Commercial Hotel; at the post office; at the .main intersection and at BartIlff's ear- ner. At these points, the hogs are ready and willing to help the school children cross, when it is safe to do so. It would be of as- sistance to the patrol, if parents would instruct their little folk to make their. crossing of the high- way at these points, So far, quite a few children are crossing at Birk Street and at J. W. Counter's corner, where there is not Safety Patrol stationed, Captain of the patrol thisyear is Ross Cudmore, Thejudge court is Clayton Groves, and other mem- bers of the Patrol are David Beat, tie, Gordon Fulford,. Chprles 'Sart- liff. Ken Currie, Gordon Swan, Howard Edwards, Michael Spiller, Larry McGraw, Murray Lee, ken Cummings, Skip Carrick, Dill. Mar- tin, Barry McLaren and Wayne McGee. The Weather High 53 Low High $tbw Sr t. S 9 69 68 1-- p 4 88 65 73 47 5 71 58 16 52 6 69 52 663 41 68 48 79 38 51 Rain; .86 la, Rain' none Wes Holland, High Street, Clinton, smilingly receives the keys to his new car, .. from Mrs. Don Kay, vice-president of the Kinette Club of Clinton, who sold him his winning raffle ticket President.of, the Kinsmen Club of Clinton, George Rumball, watches the handing -over ceremony with great interest, since he is well aware of the hours of work which the Kin put on ticket selling and, general preparations for the second annual Kin Karnival held on Clinton's main street on Monday evening. The draw for the lucky ticket on the car was the climax of that evening. Proceeds from the car raffle, and from other projects at the carnival will be used for community projects, including the Kin Park development on the Bayfield River. Kin Karnival Again Success Mutt Show Wel! Attended The Kinsmen Club of Clinton staged its second annual carnival on main street, Clinton, on Mon- day evening, September 7. Cold weather following the extreme heat of last week, cut the crowd considerably, but a fair number was present for the fun and frolic. Wesley Holland, High Street, was the winner of the new car, for which he paid one dollar, with- out arguing at all. Mrs. Don Kay, a member of the Kinette Club, which assisted with the Karnival., sold the Iucky ticket. Winner of the doll, complete with wardrobe. which was raffled by the Kinette Club for the occas- ion, was Jeannie Snyder, R,R. 2, Clinton. Feature attraction for the young- er set was a pet parade and mutt show, at which some 40 entries included a monkey, a rabbit, and dogs of all ages and sizes. The children which entered win- ning pets were: for best of show, Susan Jasper; largest ,dog, Charles Bartliff, Barry Elliott'etied), Sus- an Smith; smallest dog, Susan Jasper, Donald Sirot; longest tail, Susan Smith, Barry Elliott, Susan Brown; best trick dog, Randy Glew, Doug Mann; eating contest, (large dogs), Barry Elliott, Mich- ael Spiller; (little dogs), Susan Jasper, Gordon Moody and Connie Smith; best dressed animal, Mary Jean Colquhoun (who. entered a monkey) and Teddy l3ezzo. Proceeds of the Karnival are to be used by the club for community projects. The big job' which the Kinsmen have set themselves re- cently is the development of 13 acres beside the Bayfield River just south of town, into a usable park, will no doubt gain a bit from the 1953 Karnival, 0 Dr. H. S. Hillyer, general secre- tary of the Baptist Fcreign Mis- sion Board is spending this com- ing weekend with Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Ostrom. Dr. Hillyer was 'for many years a missionary in Boliv- ia, South. America. He has re- cently returned from a world wide missionary tour which included visits to India, Japan, and Africa. He is the anniversary speaker at Auburn Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon and evening and •Mon- day evening at eight o'clock. L. f. Cardiff, MP, Presents Honour Scroll to Graduating RCAF Student The sweltering weather last Friday did not prevent a gradu- ation ceremony from being held at RCAF Station, Clinton for 40 Flight Cadets. One of the larg- est groups of cadets to graduate from here, it included a course of Air Radio Officers and a course ofUniversity Reserve training ,plan Telecornrriunicnt- ions Officers, The reviewing of- ficer of the parade was L. Elston Cardiff, 1\IP for Huron, who pre- sented the awards to the gradu- rates, and pinned the wings on the • Air Radio Officers, he congratu- lated the graduates for the efforts they must have put forth to graduate. The :following were the gradu. ates of the Mr Radio Officer Course: '/C T. C. Garen, who was the honour graduate, Davi ,son City, .Y. f'., andr. Vancouv-, 11,C., and 1 /C J. G, Roulet,, Mon- ttnagny, 'dire., who both proceed on flying duties •with the ii,CAF Air vittisport Comirttsnd. P/C 11, Stasiuk, Melford, Sask. arid P/C 1W, D, Glover, Leamington, Ont,, who both proceed on flying dut- ies to 11,0AP Station, Greenwood, N.S. The following were the USIA'. P. Air Radio Officer graduates: F/C C. H. Casson, Stratford, Ont., F/ C It, C Day,Toronto; F/C / , G. W. Dandle, Hamilton, and F/C 3. W. McCaslin, Moose jaw, Sask. These cadets are returning to their respective Universities. Of the U.R.T.P. teiccommun- lcation.s officers who graduated the following come from Ont- ario: P/C V. I . Hutton, London; P/C D. M. Lever, Windsor; F/C ]VI, A. Smith, Sunderland; P/C Ii. M. Davies, Lindsay; P/C X. W. Brown, Dungannon; ,F/C ". N. D. Gilbert, Brockville; F/C's L. H. Walsh, G. 11. Snowden, and T. S. Kiilup, Toronto, and F/C L. B. Smith, Weston. F/C Smith was honour graduate and receiv- ed the honour scroll. This corn- piete course. Will return to their respective Universities. R Whitmore, Ephraim Snell Win At CNE Ephraim Snell and Sons, R.R. 1, Clinton, swept 13 of 14 titles in judging of Leicest- er sheep at the Canadian Na- tional. Exhibition in Toronto last Thursday, September 13. Mr. Snell had the champipn and reserve . champion rani and championand reserve champion ewe. His entries also won; ram, two shears and over; ram, shearling; ram lamb;. ewe two' shears and over; ewe shearling; ewe lamb; pen of one ram, two ewes, two :ewe lambs; yearling pen and Fest pen awards. Raymond Whitmore, R.R. 2, Clinton, has reason to be proud of '"Palmer -May", a dual purpose Red Poll cow which he entered in the CNE this week. Palmer May won the first prize in the classfor cows five years old, (among the eight cows entered). She went on to win the senior championship e again five other cows, and then won the Grand Champ- ionship of the Red Poll class. Results of junior Farmers judging competitions brought two prizes to Huron County. John Clark, Goderich, won sec- ond prize hi the heavy horse class. Gerald Dearing, Exeter, won third prize in the sheep class. - o PS Official Opening October 8 Advice has been received through T. Pryde, Exeter, MLA for Huron, by the sec- retary of the Clinton Public School Board, I. C. Lawson, that Dr, Dunlop, Minister of Education for Ontario, will be able to be present in Clinton for the official opening of the , school on Thursday, October. 8. Further plans for the opening will be made known shortly, 770 AtClinton Schoois Public School 458; CroCi 312 Attendance at the new Clinton tin, grade 6;; Francis Huisser, This year there are nine male lac blic School on opening day, grades 4 and 5; Miss Luella John- teachers on the staff at CDCI and Tuesday, was just about 450 pupils. ston, grade 3; Mrs. Jefferson, four ladies, They are Principal E. By Wednesday, the figure was re- grade '2; Miss Grace Goodfellow, A. Fines, teaching mathematics; corded as 45$, and Principal Geo. grades 1 and 2; Mrs, Bessie Fal- G. W. McGee, mathematics and H. Jefferson predicts that when toner, kindergarten and Mrs. 3. D. science; W. B. Olde, science; N. P. those children who are still away Thorndike, for part time work. Garrett, mathematics, guidance, on vacation begin school, the en- New teachers on the staff this geography; W. le, Watson, history, rolment will level off at between year ,are Miss Winnifred Gray, physical education; J. L. Tierney, 460 and 470. grade 5; William Nediger, grades French; J. R. Gilbank, shopwork; These pupils are distributed 2 and 4; Mrs. Norman Dixon, P. L. A, Humphreys, physical edu- through the grades as follows: grade 1 and Miss Olive Johnson, cation and agriculture; J. G. Pea - kindergarten, 60; grade 1, 82; grade 1. cock, commercial; Mrs. Jean Stein - grade 2,78; grade 3, 42; grade 4, CDCI burgh, home economics; Mrs. John 37; grae 5, 38; grade 6, 40; grade Opening day at Clinton District Robinson, English and physical 7, 35; grade 8, 36. Besides the 60 Collegiate Institute saw a total .of education; Miss Jean Ferris, Latin new pupils in kindergarten, there 311 students .enrolled, and one and Music; Miss Joan Graham, are 36 pupils new to Clinton Pub- more was expected this morning English and physical education. lib school, scattered through the making a total of 312, or 38 more other grades. than were enrolled in September Teachers at work in the new 1952. school are. Principal George H, These pupils are distributed Jefferson, teaching grade 8 (in- through the grades as follows: eidentally this is Mr, Jefferson's special commercial 9 (all girls); 27thear as principal of the Cline grade 13, 25; grade 12, 40; grade ton Public School); Miss Edna 11, 71; grade 10, 58; and grade 9, Jamieson, grade 7; Clayton Mar- 108, Dr. and Mrs. P. Yates Leave for Nigeria Dr. and Mrs. P. Yates are leaving to -day on the first leg of a journey which will take them via New York, and an ocean voyage aboard the Queen Mary, to England for a five months course in tropical medi- cine at the University of Lon- don, and from there to Nigeria, Africa, where they will be en' - gaged in missionary work. The doctor and his wife came to' Clinton just one year ago on September 15, and since then Dr, Yates has been working as an assistant to Dr, W. A. Oakes, Before coming to town he and his wife had lived in Vancouver for two years. Dr. Yates is a 1950 graduate from the Univer- sity of Western Ontario Medical School, and his wife is a grad- uate of Victoria School of Nurs- ing, London. They have one son, David Paul. CNRLineInt e C RCAF Stasi ext ¢ t.e lete Completion of "1}'e railroad spur• line into RCAF Station Clinton is scheduled for one week from Sat- urday, according to T. C. Leader, the foreman of the extragang, now engaged in laying the track. Temp- orary crossings have been arrang- ed, and traffic along Highway 4 will proceed at minimum of inter- ruption, while the track is laid to- day across the highway itself. The siding reaches from the CNR track, across farm land, orig- inally owned by Mayor W. J. Mil- ler, Clinton, across Highway 4, and into the .RCAF Station proper. Here it crosses close to the Cent- ral Warehouse, branching off East of this into two sets of track, to allow for shifting of cars up to the loading ramps. The road ex- tends 1,000 feet into the Station, and then each of the tracks reach another 550 feet east of that. Work commenced just one week ago to -day, when the extra gang from Stratford moved into the area to do the job. Assisting them are members of the CNR gang working out of Hensall, with fore- man C. Maxwell, The Stratford gang numbers 37 men, who are living in twelve railroad cars .at the intersection of the two CNR lines just outside of Clinton. The twelve cars include kitchen, din- ing, tank, ice, and eommisary cars as well as five boarding cars. Purpose of the siding is to allow for swift handling of supplies des- tined for use at the Station, whe- ther it be food, clothing, fuel, or other materials, This will no doubt clear the railroad station in Clin- ton of much labour and paperwork, and thus make for more efficient service to everyone concerned. . o .LADIES' AUXILIARY WILL MEET ON SEPTEMBER 14 The Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion will meet in the basement of the Legion Hall on Monday night, September 14, COMING EVENTS. 4e a word, tninimuni 'Sc T+Tri,, Sept, 17. — Horticultural Society, open meeting. Council Chambers, To w n Hall, eight o'clock. William Brown, Elora, president of Ontario Assoc„ speak- er. 35-b Fri., Sept. 18---I3enefit. Dance in Londesboro Comm un i t y Hall. Everybody welcome. Ladies please bring lunch, 35-6-b Saturday, September 10 — Air Force Day at RCAF Station Clin- ton. Everyone Welcome. Sat, Sept. 26 ---Bazaar, Connell Chamber, Town Hall, Clinton, 3 p.rn. Horne -made baking, candy, apron, novelties. Auspices, Clinton WL Members please note, 35-6-b For an evening of fun and en- joyment, bring your friends to the Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell, every Friday night and dance to the music of Clarence Petrie and his Night Hawks, 34.5.6.7-b Saturday, Oct„ 3--- Ilasaar and afternoon tea, Sunday School room of St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church. Auspices: Girls' Club. 5.30 part. J. D Thorndike Is Installed as Le i.on Zone Cornrnander The autumn meeting of Zone Cl, Canadian Legion B.E.S.L. was held on; Wednesday, September 2, in the new Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street. Mayor W. J. Miller gave an address of welcome, and Frank M. McEwan, president of Clinton Branch No. 140, Canadian Legion, conducted the opening exercises. District commander H. J. Gel- latly, Kitchener, installed the fol- lowing zone officers: Zone Com- mander, J. D. Thorndike, Clinton; deputy zone commander, Herman Young, Kincardine; secretary, Geo- rgge Wilson, Brucefield; treasurer, H. S. Turner, Goderich; sports of- ficer, Edward Bell, Blyth. Guest speakers of the evening were Group Captain H. C Ash- down, MBE, Commanding Officer of RCAF Station Clinton, and Earl Burgess, St. Thomas. 0 Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Martin have returned from a motor trip to Ottawa, which included a conduct- ed tour of old Fort Henry, (where they heard the firing of the can- non) ; a trip among the Thousand Islands; a sight-seeing trip in Ottawa City and a day at the CNE in Toronto. North Huron Plowmen olding Match Sept. 28 The North Huron Plowmen's Association will hold a plowing match on the farm of Ben Chis- holm, lots 8 and 9, Colborne'Town- ship, Highway 21, west of Gode- rich, on Monday, September 28. Everyone is welcome, and if fur- ther information is required, a let- ter to L. E. Cardiff, Brussels, sec- retary of the association, will be answered promptly. - Youth For Christ Holding 13 -Day" Campaign Here A 13 -day campaign opened on Tuesday evening in the Legion Memorial Hall on Kirk Street, Clinton, when Evon Hedley, reg- ional director of the Youth for Christ introduced Don Lonie, evan- gelist from Detroit, and the meet- ing opened with the singing of a hymn and a short prayer. Clinton Area Youth for Christ is part of a world-wide organization which had its beginnings in Brant- ford, Ontario, as Iate as 1944, Formed as a natural growth out of post-war conditions, when ex - service men and women thronged city streets with little to do, and perhaps with some disappointment at the state of things in the country they had been fighting for, the Youth for Christ move- ment now has spread, into 76 .dif- ferent countries. Each year since 1949 World Congress has been held, and since the first one held in Switzerland, in 1949, these large youth meetings have been held in France, the* United States, Ireland, and this year, in Japan. Louis and Phil Palermo, who are attending the campaign in Clinton,' and lending their music to the occasion, have just come from the Congress in Japan. On Sunday morning, Aug- ust 30, the brothers were speaking to a group in a prison at Osake, Japan. Some of their musical in- struments are as yet not arrived in Clinton, but are on their way from the Orient. Others attending the campaign in Clinton are Barry Moore, Lon- don; and Rev. John McHardy, Bel- fast, Ireland, who was among those responsible for the organiza- tion of the 1952 Congress in Ire- land. Meetings are scheduled for every night during the two-week long campaign, and persons are attend- ing from London, St. Marys, Grand Bend, Wingham, Exeter, and points in between. Grain -Filled Barn Razed By Fire, Struck By Lightning Last Friday Shortly after six o'clock Friday morning, of last week, E. J. Tre- wartha, Holmesville, looked out- side to see his barn in flames, Seconds before he had heard an exceptionally loud crack of thun- der, and had suspected that some- thing nearby had been struck. $A neighbour, Mrs. Bill Norman, phoned the Clinton Fire Depart- ment for assistance, immediately, and also the rural office of the HEPC in . Clinton. The Hydro workers went out at once and cut off the power service, 'so further damage would not be done by a hydro short circuit. However, the fire department did not receive the word of a fire until an hour later. The firemen then respond- ed, but by the time they arrived at the scene there was little they could do. In fact, as Mr. Trewartha said, there was nothing the fire depart- ment could have done at the start of the fire either, since the light - Hing had apparently struck in the upper part of the barn and there about 66 tons of hay, 40 tons of straw and 750 bushels of wheat were burned. Two young sons of Mr. and Mrs, Hill Norman raced across to the barn in bare feet and pyjamas, and managed to get all the calves out that were stabled in the barn. Their father opened the door where ten pigs were quartered, and seven of them ran out. Those that remained were burned, Also a flock of 50 hens were destroyed. The pig pen near -by was on fire several times, but the neighbours were successful in putting out the flames each time. Mr. Trewartha reported that in the house on the side away from the wind, and clos- est to the barn, the heat was so intense that leaves of plants in the window were shriveled and brown. Mr. Trewartha does not intend to re -build, but will continue to live on the farm. CDCI Board Names Committee o Investigate For Addition The September meeting of the' science rooms, hnd an auditorium- CIinton District Collegiate Insti- tute Board yesterday evening was attended by nine members, presid- ed over by Chairman George FaT- coner. Secretary -treasurer H, C. Lawson, and Principal E. A, Fines also attended. A committee of five, consisting of Dr, J. A. Addison, Dr. G. S. Elliott, a L. McEwen, B. Hall and E. A. Fines, should arrange to travel to Toronto to interview representatives of the Department of Education with a tentative plan for an addition to the present school building. This committee was appointed following a lengthy discussion on the possibilities of re -making some of the rooms in existence, and building some new ones, to provide better facilities for all pupils. One proposal from principal E. A. Vines was as follows, Some years ago the Department of Edu- cation had approved construction of shop room, home economics room, cafeteria, commercial room, library room, and two science rooms, with the understanding that the existing two science rooms be turned into two elm - menu, Mr. Fines suggested using the present: auditorium for, two home economies rooms; the present gymnasium for a cafeteria; the present home economics room,. shop room and girls' showers, for one large shop room Then the addition could include a cnrnnier- tial roorrr, library roonf, two gymnasium. The present library could be used for a guidance room and hospital room. This plan would eliminate one unit from the orig- inally approved plan. It was emphasized in the meet- ing that the proposed addition was long needed. Built originally to house 180 pupils, without accom- modation for home economics, shop nor commercial, the CDCI build- ing now houses these classes and is expected to accommodate over 300 pupils, As Principal E. A. >`' ineS stated, "The school is burst- ing at the seams," The principal's report showed an enrolment on September 9 of 311 pupils, which is 35 more than rhe istered in September, 195. T various grades had the following pupils: Special Commercial 9 (WI girls); XIII, 25; XII, 40; XI, 71; X, 58 and IX, 108, One more pupil was expected to -day which would make a total of 312 pupils. The report also listed scholar- ships won as follows: Ken Arkell, Bayfield, the Dominion P'ro'vincial Bursary of $400; the Leonard Scholarship of $250 and the Uni- versity of Western Ontario Bur- sary of $200; Diane Speaight, now of Toronto, a Dominion Provincial Bursary of $400; Joanne Castle, Clinton, a University of Toronto Bursary of $530; Thomas Colqu- hour, Clinton, the Grade 13 Iiur- soy of $100. Contracts with three bus owners et a total rout of $23,658 for the year were e.:c pted. Discussion of the purchase of a ten -inch saw which has been a touchy question since last season once more arose, Since Mr, 3, R. Gilbank, teaoher of shop work was not on hand to explain need for the saw, no ac- tion was taken. A request was received from the South Huron District High School Hoard for consideration of the fact that some six pupils living on Highway 4 and south of Iippen, though belonging to Clinton Area, preferred tit attend the Exeter school. Since the grant system was revised last year, grants are not available for students coming from outside the area. CDCI has only one student enrolled from the Exeter area, The secretary -treas- ure was asked to obtain the cost of paying for these six extra pupils. The requisitions passed included extra equipment for the shop work and home economics room, and also for 12 extra lockers to ac= cornmodate the increased enrol- ment, Provision also was made to provide a wooden cupboard with sliding doors and hat rack. for the We of the :nixie male teachers on the school staff. Dr. G. S. Elliott reporting for the property committee stated that repairs had been Made to the foundation of the school, and that the roof over the auditorium had been. repaired, An estimate of $600 on the cost of pointing the school seemed too Youth higher than the board's suggestion of $400 So no work had been ordered on that.