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GENIAL "CAP" COOK HAD rea-
son on for celebration on Tuesday
evening , . , He Was :out that elect-
ion night to help the Clinton band,
The Bannockburn pipers . . to
mark the results of the election
• . the bell in the town hall was
rung with a right good will ... And
then the pipers, the drums and
"Cap" went across the street to
serenade the mayor -elect and
of course the deputy reeve
"Cap" tells us that he and the
town hall are the same age , . . he
was 'born in 1880, the very year
That the hall was erected ,
THERE'S A BIG TREE UP
ready for Christmas decorations
• . Right on the corner of the
:main intersection, in front of the
post office So, even though
snow doesn't blow. and we
rnay not have a white Christmas
still the spirit of the season
i�
s with us , . , A tree is the symbol
of many things to us all , ,
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Three Accidents
To Local Drivers
The Goderich detachment of the
Ontario Provincial Police investi-
gated two minor accidents on Mon-
day, both attributed to slippery
road conditions.
One occurred on the Benmiller
Bridge, when cars driven by Leon-
ard Brown, RR 2, Clinton, and
Stanley Youngblut, Goderich, col-
lided. No one was injured and
damage was light.
Earlier that day a car driven by
Allan Lightfoot, Clinton, skidded
on a gravel road near the Baird's
School near the RCAF Station
Clinton, and knocked down a tele-
phone pole. Lightfoot escaped un-
injured. The car suffered only
minor damage.
Yesterday morning, a car driven
h
by Ernest Palechuk, , 20 , RCAF
Station Clinton, was in collision
with three motor vehicles, before
Constable R. Timeleck apprehend-
ed the driver at the railroad cross-
ing in front of the Station. The
car, traveling east on Huron Street
struck the side of a Goderich-own-
ed car, and swerving from that,
struck the rear fender of M. J.
Agnew's car parked in front of the
pool room. Proceeding south on
Victoria Street, it struck a third
vehicle which was parked outside
the Pentecostal Tabernacle. The
driver will be charged with drunk
driving.
A Clinton Dairy truck parked on
the west side of Victoria Street
Wednesday morning, was struck in
the rear by a car driven by Jan
Kraszewski, Frost on the wind-
shield obscuring vision, was blam-
ed and the charge will be one of
careless driving. •
On Tuesday, an express truck
driven by Edward Dogherty, God-
erich, turned over on Highway 8
in Clinton after a tire blew. Dam-
age was slight.
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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1953
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With official election returns showing 789 people in Clinton
actively against the use of the old public school for municipal
offices, the town hall will be put .back in use. Since decision
was made to move the clerk, assessor and police department
offices to the old school, the fire hall at the rear of this building
has been occupied, and kept heated, Periodically the members
of the badminton club have held their practice sessions in the
auditorium, but otherwise the building has been vacant.
(Photo by Oliver)
Reeveship contested In
Township of ,Hullett
Hullett Township voters will council, will attempt to hold their
have the privilege of choosing their positions against newcomers to
Candidates for all offices in their Hullett's political field, Emmerson
municipal government. This was Hesk, Nelson McLarty and Arthur
the result of the nomination meet- Clark.
ing held in Londesboro Community George Cowan, clerk of the
Hall, on Friday, November 27. A township, read his financial report
unique feature of the meeting was and was then appointed chairman
that every man who Was nomin- of the meeting. He called Upon
ated, qualified. all the persons who had been nom -
Two for Reeve mated to express their intentions.
J. tra Rapson, a councillor in Reeve William J. Dale
1953, seeks to step up the ladder Reeve William J. Dale reported
and become Hullett's leading citiz- onhis activities on, county council,
He said that' they had had ae out-
standing year with more federal
and provincial aid than in past
years. He mentioned the Huron
County museum and told of the
great tourist interest in this instit-
ution. Reeve Dale served as chair -
The regular monthly meeting of
the Women's Hospital Atedliary
will be held at the hospital on
Monday, December 7 at three
o'clock.
reeve's chair from William J. Dale,
Six Seek Council
No less than six candidates will
vie for the four council, seats.
Thomas Leiper, William R. Jewitt,
George C. Brown, all of last year's
S Elections ina
Few Councils da
Results of some nominations in
Huron County already are known.
Colborne Township
An election is needed only for
the reeveship of Colborne Town-
ship. Reeve E. Stanley Snyder
withdrew. Clarence Hunter and
Harold Montgomery seek the po-
sition, after qualifying from a-
mong six men nominated. Four
council members were acclaimed:
Anthony Vrooman and John Ker-
nigham, of the present council,
and newcomers Ralph Jewell and
Tait Clark. Charles Million and
Neil Lowey were acclaimed public
school trustees.
Hay Township
All members of Hay Township
council also were acclaimed, Reeve
Earl Campbell was returned. W.
L. Becker will be first deputy -
reeve of the township, While the
township has been eligible to have
a deputy reeve for a number of
years, they will make use of this
distinction for the first time on
the new council. L. H. Rader,.
Leonard Greb and Delbert Geiger
were acclaimed for council, and
Ray Fisher and William Haugh
were named trustees for the pub-
lic schools without opposition,
Ashfield. Township
Ashfield must choose among
Reeve EImer Graham, Cecil Blake
and Kenneth McKenzie for reeve
for 1.954. In the December 7 elec-
tions, choice also must be made
from among five candidates for
four council posts; John Bradley,
Andrew Ritchie, Donald McKen-
zie, Thomas Howard and Reuben
Wilson, Four men have qualified
Dr. T. E. Hull Will
Travel to Holland
Dr, Thomas E. Hull, Vancouver,
3.C,, has recently been appointed
to represent the University of
;British Columbia at the Mathe-
matician Congress to be held in
Holland for four months clueingg
the coming summer,
Dr. Hull, a son-in-law of Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Cuningheme, Cin-
ton, is the youngest professor a-
mong Canada's leading rhathetna•
ticians Chosen to represent the
universities of Canada at this
great Maths' Congress, '
Mrs. Hull, formerly Kathleen
Cirninghante, is also privileged to
aeeompatiY her husband on his int-
eresting mission.
The Weather
1953 1952
High LOW High Low
Nov. - 26 38 90 52 38
34 26 39 27
28 35 11 30 25
29 34 20 28 19
30 35 31 30 6
Pet. 1 41 31 2`f 0
2 41 29 30 20
,f`,now:; ins, Snow: 4.5 Ina.
tor the three trusteeships: Mar-
shall Gibson, Walter Alton, Gor-
don Finlayson and Jack Gould.
Blyth
Reeve: Reeve William Morritt,
Cecil Wheeler. Council (four to
be elected): George Radford
(qual.), Lewis Whitfield, Fred
Howson (qual.), Cecil Wheeler,
Carman Hodgins, William Riehl,
Public School Trustees (four to
be elected) : Mrs. L. M. Scrim-
geour, Carman Hodgins, William
Enmpey, Frank Tyreman, Walter
Butte', George Bailey. -
PUC: George McNal1 (accl.).
East Wawenosh
East Wawanosh Township chief
again is Reeve Orval Taylor, The
acclaimed councillors are Orval
McGowan, CIarence Hanna, Aldin
Purdon and John Buchanan, John
Armstrong and James Walsh were
made trustees without elections.
West Wawanosh
Unlike East Wawanosh, where
all council and school board mem-
bers were acclaimed, the twin
township of West Wawanosh faces
an election battle, Reeve Harold
Gaunt's and John Durnin's names
are both to appear on the election
ballots in the December 7 voting.
Councillors Gordon Struthers and
Harvey Culbert seek re-election,
while other council contestants are
Lorne Durnin, Eldon Miller and
Orval McPhee.
'Gown of Goderich
Reeve John H. Graham and
members of the public school
board of Goderich are among the
acclamations in the Huron County
seat. John E. Huckins seeks re-
election as payor, but is opposed
by 1953 council member Charles
Robertson. Deputy reeve Joseph
Allaire and John Vincent, also on
the present council, will vie for
Mr, Allaire's chair.
Other present councillors, Reu-
ben Besse, lernest C. Fisher, Ken-
ni
emetic Penngton and Frank Gal -
low willserve s ve another year, and
are 'joined by Frank; Walkotn and
Elliott Drennan, The PUC men
also are acclaimed. To serve two-
year terms are Dr, W, F. Callow,
a veteran member, and George G.
McEwen. Thomas Taylor and Rod
Johnston both have another year
to serve on the utilities board, and
the mayor of the town is auto-
matically a fifth member, Mem-
bers of the public school board for
two-year terms are Harold Shore,
;Sines Naftel, Donald Aberhart
and Robert Rae.
Hen.satii t�fllsi.ge
All members of %tensall Villa e
Council for 1954 were brought gin
by acclamation,
The 1953 Huron Warden, Alvin
W. Xerslake, again is reeve. Pres-
ent council members W. 3, Park,
Lorne Luker, Harold Hoy and
Norman Jones_ were returned;
school trustees Lorne l-Thv Harold
1;'3onthren, and Peter lVlelauf%hton
were aes;'lainred, s:s tears Public
titities Commissioner R. E. Shad -
dick.
man of the Good Roads Commiss-
ion of county council and during
the past year this commission had
the largest bridge campaign ever
undertaken in the history of the
county.
Reporting on the county home,
Reeve Dale said that the new ad-
dition had been started and it is
anticipated that the building will
be completed some time in May of
1954. He said that the county had
been able to raise from various
sources approximately $55,000 to
help the farmers of the county
who were so hard hit by wind
earlier this year.
Councillors Report
All four of the 1953 council gave
their report of the work done and
the progress made in the area of
the township over which he was
in charge. J. Ira Rapson thanked
the men who had given him the
opportunity to contest the reeve -
ship and asked the support of
everyone to help him be success-
ful. Councillors Jewitt, Brown and
Leiper all expressed their desire to
sit in council for another year.
Of the three new men nominat-
ed, only Arthur Clark had definit-
ely decided to allow his name to
stand. Emmerson Hesk and Nel-
son McLarty made their decision
after the meeting.
Other Speakers Heard
Other speakers heard during the
afternoon were: Willis VanEgmond
Oliver Anderson, Arthur Grange,
Hullett representatives on the C.
D. C. I., Seaforth High School and
Goderich District I -High School
13oards. Road Superintendent
Leonard Caldwell also made his
yearly report to the ratepayers.
Official Results Anna
FOR MAYOR;
i 1 2 3 4 Totals
MORGAN Ji. AGNEW ....... 141 3.56 186 117 600
William 3, Miller 93 76 74 85 328
FOR DEPUTY REEVE:
MELVIN CRICH 150 144 144 112 • 550
Burton Stanley ... , 83 85 1.18 87 373
FOR PTJBLIC U7l'ILEJ IES COMMISSIONERS (1954-05): '
W, E. PERDUE , 146 123 158 94 521
GEORGE RUMBALL 70 103 79 54 306
Harry Watkins 63 59 96 65 283
Antoine Garon 74 60 63 49 246'
John S. Parker 57 42 59 51 209
C, M. Shearing 41 19 24 17 101
Other members of the PUC are IT, R. Hawkins, A. J. Mc-
Murray, and Mayor M. J. Agnew .(ex officio).
FAIL PLEBISCITE;
NO 199 194 224 172 789
Yes 36 41 41 27 145
FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD (1954-55)
A. F. Cudmore, L. Haughton, J. Murphy, ReV. R. M. P. Bulteel
(accl,), Other members are Clayton Dixon, George Levis,
Royce Macaulay and Leslie Ball,
COUNCILLORS;
Schoenhals, George Knights, N. Livermore, A. Shaddick,
McIntyre (accl.). One seat yet to be filled,
dg a copy 33.50 a Year
unced, Agnew, Mayor
Crich DeputyA Reevote of 953 ve,;
FOR
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H.
Top Price $395 At'
Shorthorn Sale
More than 30 head of Scotch.
Shorthorn cattle , were sold Tues-
day at the fifth annual sale held
by five local mer) in the Commun-
ity Park Fair Barns in Clinton.
Total price brought at the sale
was $8,400, an average of $247
per lot. This is in comparison with
an average of $335 at the 1952
sale, and $439 average the year be-
fore that. Top price of $395 was
paid Robert M. Peck, Kippen, for
a cow purchased by Luther Mor-
ley, Ailsa Craig,Top bull was for
an animal from the Clifford H.
Keys and Sons .herd, Varna, at
$320.
Other herds were those from
McKinley's Farm and Hatchery,
Zurich; John Ostrom, Varna and
Roy F. Pepper and Son, Seaforth,
Other purchasers were Morley
Johnston, RR 2, Auburn; Joseph
Blake, Clinton; Robert W. Camp-
bell, Clinton; R. H. Blake, Wat-
ford; George Wright, Lucknow;
H. Gordon and Son, 'Seaforth; Jack
Peck, Kippen; T. C. Edwards,
Watford; George- Regier, Zurich;
William E. Stubbs, Brussels; A.
M. Easton and Sons, Exeter; Wal-
ter Roulston, Ripley; J. Ernest
Crich, RR 3, Seaforth; G. H. Oke,
Clinton; `A. M. Crunican, London;
John F. Bell, Seaforth; Ewart
Taylor, Lucknow; Maurice Tolton,
Walkerton; John P. Wild, Bay-
field; William G. Clark, Varna;
Andrew Gaunt, Lucknow; Allan
Armstrong, Varna; W. J. Dennis,
Walton; Harvey Oakes, Clinton;
Leonard Fisher, RR 4, Goderich;
Alvin Irwin, Lucknow; R. M. Peck,
Kippen; H. M. Hanley, Clinton;
Howard E. Johns, Seaforth and M,
McIntosh, Listowel.
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Christmas Seals
For TB Campaign
The annual Christmas Seal sale'
sponsored by the Huron County
Tuberculosis Association has open-
ed again, and according to Mrs. J.
B. Russell, Seaforth, 12,500 letters
with 200 seals enclosed have been
sent out into the county. Appoint-
ed committees of the Lions Clubs
throughout the county are assist-
ing with the campaign.
Christmas seals are the main
support of the association's year-
round fight against TB. In 1952
approximately 13,000 X-rays were
taken in Huron County in the
mass X-ray survey. In eight
months of this year approximately
800 X-rays have been paid for by
the county association to referred
clinics.
F. J. Snow, Seaforth, is the as-
sociation's president, and Frank
Fingland, Q,C., Clinton, past presi-
dent, is chairman of the campaign
this year.
0
Achievement Night
County 4-11 Clubs
Huron County's 4-H Club Ach-
ievement Night will be held at
South Huron District High School,
Exeter, to -morrow night, Decem-
ber 4. The 24 clubs will be rep-
resented by nearly 400 members
and prizes and special awards for
the year's work will be presented.
Proceeds from a draw for a
Shorthorn heifer and Yorkshire
sow will be used by the association
to purchase a sweater for each
4-H Club member.
Executive Plans Program
Horticultural Group Work
The executive of the Clinton
Horticultural Society met an Fri-
day evening, November 27, at the
home of the secretary -treasurer,
Mrs. Frank Fingland,
It was reported that the mem-
bership for the year was 112, and
the society was in a splendid posi-
tion financially.
Plans were made to hold the an-
nual meeting on Friday, Vanua ry
29 with a film of interest to be
iper-
iod.
n following the business
shown,
R..M P. Butted nd
1Virs. B. Olde were appointed to
bring in the slate of new officers
for 1954.
An open meeting, educational in
character, to which the public will
be invited will be held in late Feb-
ruary.
The society's executive sanction.
ed a leeal contribution to the J.
F. Clark Memorial Fund" which,
together with donations from the
191 societies in Ontario, will be
used in some suitable way by the
Ontario RIoriicultural Society, to
recognise the outstanding work
of J. P Clark, Ontario secretary,
during a long. period of' years giv-
en to horticulturalro r�ess in this
p g
province.
A social half. hour was enjoyed
around the coffee table while rye•
freshrnerts were r•crved,
COMING EVENTS
4o a word, rrrinirrrnm 78e
Saturday, Dee. 5—Bazaar and
Tea; candy, borne baking, fancy
work, aprons, produce, Sponsors:
WA, Girls' Club, Ontario Street
United Church. Tea, sandwiches,
cookies: 25c. 47.b
Monday, Dee. 7---1OOl<" Christ-
mas Party, 8,30 p,rn. All members
of the Order invited. 47-b
Wednesday, Dee. 0 — Monster
Turkey and Chicken Shoot. Fish
and Game Clubhouse, Clinton,
starting 12:30 sharp. Special clas-
ses for all `shooters, Trap and
target shooting. Shells and targets
2.25 per 25, 47-b
Friday, Deas. 11. -- Dancing in
Varna Township Hall, Sponsored
by Varna LOT., Popular orchestra,
)uncii counter. Admission 50c.
Enjoy dancing to the music47• o&bf
the Night Hawks every Friday
night at ;the Crystal Palace Rail.
room, Mitchell.
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NOMINATIONS FRIDAY
FOR ONE COUNCIL SEAT
Second nominations are be-
ing held in the old public
school to -morrow afternoon,
between one and two o'clock.
One seat on the council must
be filled. Councillors for 1954
are: George Knights, Stewart
Schoenhals, Norman Liver-
more,,,Dx:.. H. A. McIntyre and
Albert Shaddick.
percent of the possible voters,
Mayor-Eleet turned out to the polis in Clinton
1 o Tuesday, to choose Morgan J.
l Agnew as mayor for 1954 with a,
majority of 272, Melvin Crich was
elected Deputy Reeve by 1.77. Two
commissionery for the PUC were
picked, W. E. Perdue and George
Rumball, and by an approximate
five to one vote the people decided
against making the 014 publie
school building the home of Clin-
ton's municipal offices.
For the Mayoralty
Few would wager a bet on the
outcome of the pursuit of the
mayor's seat this year, Agnew
was forced, if he wished to stay
in municipal work, to enter the
race, since he was not nominated
for council. In corning forth sue-
cessful, Agnew now is returning to
an office which he held before for.
two years. The vote stood Agnew
600, Miller 328.
Second Year for Crich
Getting his wish for another
term as deputy reeve and a chance -
to ;represent Clinton in the county
council for another year, Melvin
Crich was chosen deputy reeve
over Burton Stanley, a newcomer
to the field, with a majority of
177. Stanley made his bid for the
office following a year as coun-
cillor. The vote was Crich 550,
Stanley 373,
Perdue Leads PUC
W. E. Perdue, after more than
25 years experience as commis-
sioner was strongly in the lead of
the race for the PUC seats, with
521 votes to his credit. Second
place on the commission was more
closely contested, with George
Rumball coming first with 306 and .
A. Garon second with 246. Other
contestants were Harry Watkins,
283; John Parker, 209; C. M.
Shearing, 101.
re: eke
MORGAN J. AGNEW
save and Council Receive
cclamation by Townshi
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No election is necessary in God- the meeting, When discussion
arose concerning the situation in
the township of relief paid to two
New Canadians over 70 years of
age, Mr. Ginn suggested that a
resolution be forwarded to the
federal government department
objecting to immigrants being al-
lowed to enter Canada without be-
ing in a self-sustaining financial
position,
Reeve Grigg mentioned in his
address the fact that although the
township had lost . financially
through the annexation of prop-
erty by the Town of Goderich this
erich Township this year. Reeve
Edward N. Grigg was returned to
his post by acclamation, and the
four councillors were returned
with him. They are J. W. Deeves,
W. Harrison, C. E. Laithwaite and
K. C. Merner,
An the school area board, R. W.
Welsh, Howard McCullough and R.
Johnson will serve. W. J. Forbes,
who has been on the board for six
years, the last two as chairmen,
signified his intention of retiring.
George Ginn was chairman of
Deputy Reeve
mmovieam
MELVIN CRICH
William Rennie
Died in Hospital
An elderly couple was injured
Tuesday night, one of them ser-
iously, when struck by a car on
the Goshen Line, two miles north
of Zurich.
Their car was proceeding north
when it struck the blade of a
south-bound.Huron County road
grader operated by George Clark,
RR 3, Dashwood. William Rennie
stopped the car and walked back
with his wife to talk to the op-
erator.
They were struck by a north-
bound car driven by Russell Hay-
ter, RR 1, Varna, who appar--
ently didn't see them because he
was blinded by the strong light
on top of the cab of the grader,
police said.
The elderly couple were rushed
to 'London in, the Westlake am-
bulance from Zurich, -
Mr. Rennie passed away yester-
day morning in hospital He is
survived by his wife, Laura Brod-
erich; three- sisters, Mrs. Ed Brod-
erich, Mrs, Annie Rose, both of
Exeter, Mrs, Thomas Kane; Chat-
tanooga. Tenn., three brothers,
James, Zurich; Arthur and' Leon-
ard, Frobisher, Sask:
Resting at the Westlake funeral
home, Zurich, where funeral' ser-
vice will be held on Friday after-
noon at two o'clock. Interment
will be in Exeter Cemetery,
Clinton Lodge LOL
Appoints Officers
At the regular meeting on No-
vember 26 of LOL No. 710, the
following officers were elected;
Worshipful master, I) o u g 1 a s
Freeman; deputy master, Mervyn
Falconer; chaplain, Harry Crich;
recording secretary, W i 111 a m
Riehl; financial secretary, Albert
Shaddick; treasurer, Henry Ski -
man; marshal, Clarence Cooper;
first lecturer, Erwin Andrews;
second lecturer, Jack Henderson;.
committeemen, Charles Cooper,
Homer Andrews,, Eric Switzer,
Harry Watkins. Thorrras reeves;
inside tyler. Homer Andrews; out.
side tyler, lric Swifter; auditors,
Norman Sly, Nelson. 'rrewartha.
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Hymus, To-
ronto, visited with Mr, and Mrs.
Prank Potinebaker and Mrs, Wil -
ham Hi gins from Friday through
until Monday.
was apparently going to be made
up through developments .and
building in the township,
Also mentioning this matter, C.
E. Laithwaite stated his opinion
that rather than. assess farm lands
to bear the cost of putting sewer-
age and water services into a new
industry, and said, "Is it not bet-
ter to let the towns annex the land
and then spend the money?
Though we are squeezed into a
smaller area, I believe if we con-
tinue to keep a cheaper place to
live in we'll be better off. I say,
]et us stay as self-supporting farm
land area as much as possible. We
are free of debentures." Mr.
Leith waite also mentioned that
probably the township would pass
a,by-law in the near future which
would govern and restrict the op-
eration of trailer camps.
W. Harrison presented the state-
ment `of the Goderich Hospital
Board, and the intention of build-
ing a wing which would 'include a
'kitchen and a nursery at the pres-
ent time, and in the near future
a further addition was planned.
J. W. Deeves and K. Merrier
spoke briefly on the work done on
the roads during 1953, and expres-
sed their intention to stand for
office.
Councillor Laithwaite Contended
that the township should ask for a
representative to sit on the plan-
ning boards now set up in Clinton
and Goderich, with a view to pre-
senting the township's problems.
He said that the township could
form its own planning board, but
that they should work with the
neighbouring towns. Mr. Laith-
waite asked his hearers to con-
sider whether they wished to ap-
point such a representative from
the council or from outside the
council.
The chairman announced that he
had resigned from the Goderich
High School Board. He mentioned
the difficulties the board had in
getting teachers, and in connection
with the board chairman, Harry
Ford; he said that Harry Ford had
saved the district thousands of
dollars during the erection of the
new school.
Former reeves J. R. Stirling and
Gordon Orr spoke briefly compli-
menting the 1953 Council,
a
Livestock Now In
For Winter Months
"Colder weather coupled with
light snow fall has brought about
the stabling of all livestbcic last
week," G. W. Montgomery, agri-
cultural representative for Huron
County, reports. "Farmers report
shortage of water in some areas,
Livestock will be eoming into the
winter in good condition and re-
ports indicate that there will be
adequate feed supplies."
Auburn Society
Holds Annual Meet -
(By our Auburn correspondent)
Mrs. W. T. Robison presided for
the annual meeting of the Auburn
Horticultural Society held in the
Orange Hall on Monday night. The
meeting opened with "0 Canada"
with accordian accompaniment by
Mrs. G. R. Taylor. During the
business period it was decided to
sponsor "Best Decorated Prem-
ises" at Christmas with Mrs. John
Houston, Mrs. E. Lawson and Miss
M. R. Jackson a committee to con-
tact judges.
Mrs. C. M. Straughan gave the
treasurer's report showing receipts
$287.71; expenses $163.10, with a
balance on hand of $124.61.
A review of the year's work was
given by Mrs. Donald Fowler. She
stated the society has 61 mem-
bers; two new garden plots, ane
on Loftus street and the other on
Goderich aveue had been planted
this year; also window boxes at
the public library and the flag
pole.
Mrs, Ed Davies showed views
'and gave a talk on Florida, that
were greatly enjoyed.
Mrs, Arthur Grange, first vice-
president, presided for the election
of officers. Mrs. Herb Mogridge,
convener of nominating committee
brought in- the following slate of
officers:
Honorary president, Mrs, F. O.
Mcllveen; president, Mrs. W. T.
Robson; first vice-president, Mrs.
Arthur Grange; second vice-presi-
dent, Mrs, G. R. Taylor; third vice-
president, Mrs. Harry Sturdy; cor-
responding secretary, Mrs. C. M.
Straughan; recording secretary,
Mrs, R. J. Phillips; treasurer, Mrs.
C. M. Straughan,
Directors to retire in 1954 are
Mrs, E. Lawson, Mrs. Ed Davies,
Mrs. T. Haggitt, A. Rollinson, Ar-
thur Yungblut. Directors to retire
in 1955 are Mrs. H. Mogridge,
Mrs. W :Straughan, Mrs. 3. Hou-
ston, Mrs. D. Fowler, Mrs, R. 3.
Philips and Mrs Bert Craig.
Mrs. G. R. Taylor and Mis Mar -
Mrs. G. R. Taylor and Miss Mar-
ion Taylor were in charge of the
games and contests. Lunch was
served by Mrs. T. Haggitt, Mrs.
C. Brown, Mrs. D. Fowler, Miss
Elmo Match, Mrs. W. T. Robison
and Mrs F. 0, Mcllveen,
WINNERS OF SUTTER-PERDUE
FREE DRAW PRIZES
Winners of the free draws at
Sutter-Perdue's hardware store on
November 28, were: Roy Connell,
1Vfis. Isabelle Haywood, Mrs.
Emilie Pierzchala, Mrs. Charles
Lee, Mrs. Fred Pepper, Henry
Young, Miss Mary Tyndall, all of
Clinton; Lawrence Falconer,
Brucefield; AC2 T. tJddenberg,
RCAF' Station Clinton; Miss W.
O'Neil, Mrs, A, Cantelon, Mrs, A.
T. Lucas, all of Clinton; Mrs.
Esther Kendall, Detroit, Mich.;
Mrs, Harry MCEwan, J. D. Wilson,
Mrs. Ralph Cantelon, R.R. 3, Mrs.
Ida Jones, Jaynes McGill, and Mrs.
George Potter, le.1t. 3, all of Clire
ton,
W.I. CornpleteslWorkron
Comrnur ity Park Gates
With Mrs C. Sturdy presiding
and Mrs. E. Radford at the piano,
the Clinton Women's Institute met
on Wednesday, November 25 in the
agricultural office board room
with about 40 members present,
and 26 members from Seaforth WI,
The meeting opened with the
singing of the ode, repeating the
Mary Stewart Collect and the
Lords Prayer and "The Marc' We
Get Together." The president
welcomed all present,
The minutes were read and
approved and the treasurer's mon-
thly statement given, The roll call
was �answered by "A Mendinmeg
I4immt . It was decided to rem-
ber• the shut-ins at Christmas time
as in the nest. Several' thanked
(heir Stenos'` -'w qia:tWrir.
1 It ':vas si:.fra that the parl7
gates would soon be erected and
that to cover cost of same,it was
suggested that each member be
responsible for raising one dollar,
before the nett meeting.
It was decided to have the
Christmas meeting on December
17 and to exchange gifts as last
year.
Mrs, O. Storey, Seaforth favor.
edmiwith two tap dance numbers
Which were much enjoyed. She
Was accompanied et the piano by
Mrs. A. Scott. Mrs, W. Coleman
gave two humorous readings and
Mrs. E. Radford played a piano
solo. A vote of thanks was ex.
tended to all taking part in the
program. The meeting closest with
the .National Atntherh and refresh.
»rents were served by the social
committee.