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THE LOVELY CHINA CUP AVD
"•saucer which: can be seen in ,he
front window, of the News -Rec-
ord, .. kids quite a duty to do.
It is the door prize for the .annual
dower show, to be held inthe
council chamber this elm:Wier ee
,August 18 1\19t, of course'th'at
anyone .needs to be urged to see
this show, if they, have .ever at --
tended.. , but there may be• some
who feel that the trip to see* the
' flowers can be neglected without
any loss to themselves ,
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THERE HAS BEEN AN IN-
crease --e very subste,ntial one--
in the .growth of membership in
the Clinton Horticultural Soc-
iety, and. the group has done
much to enhance the beauty .of
Clinton. , , Dainty whits signslet-
tered in green have. been Paced
this year on the plots kept :up by
the Society at the Post Office
point . the CNR station . , and:
of course tthe. Society is respon-
sible for the riot of bloom in the
window boxes which greeed the
town hall,. , and are naw on the
curb at Library Park.... ,The So-
ciety also looks after the flowers
at the Hospitai, , • . and have taken
on the planting at the Clinton
public School*,
AS ONE O. F THE ACTIVE
men* rsk . and leaders in the
Society has said. , . "Your mem-
bership in the Society is a tangible
way of saying you are an ,epostie
of Beauty", . Aetendance at the
flower show will db this, too. .
And you'll enjoy every minute of
your visit with the fl'owers... .
^ * * *
GETTING" AWAY FROM
beauty for a moment... but still
in the line of Nature's;, handi-
work, If you're talking to Dave
Colclougb, Sr., within the next few
days. •.. get him to show you his
"petrified mouse"... the fact 'that
he picked it off his cherry tree
is the interesting
part
ofit. .,
and the quick -eyed will soon see
that it is made up of a •small bit
• of "black knot". . . but at nig
glance the thing is quite start-
ling. ,
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IT MUST BE -A RECORD FOR
Civic Holiday weekend , . and
certainly one which we wish to be
repeated. many : more times... Re-
port from the Provincial Police
office at Goderich is that over the
weekend there were NO. ACCI-
DENTS in the area... That's
really fine. . . and our heartiest
congratulations to all motorists in
the district .. , Clinton, ;of course,
had one collision , ori.. Saturday.
night •, but it was, of a• minor'
nature... ,, Let's keep up the .good
.work , •
* * *
ttXll�i''USSI. .00NTIN-
ues apace in Clinton. . You'4 'a1-
angst 'think -.the prune. minister• Was.
coming., , . In fact the fixing is
being done .at a faster rate than
the year he did arrive in: town..
Theblock of stores which includes
Ashton's Taxi, Groves Electric and
Ruby aed Bill's Snack • Bar has
this week . received a niee coati of
melon green . etlooks really
nice... House building is also .con-
e
. .
on -e.. we note .the excavation
for still another house out on
"Millionaire's.' Row" (Highway 4)
and we understand that D. G.
Crowe is planning a home there...
* * *
WILLIAM HYDE, 92, YRA.RS,
won first in his class at the Old
Time Fiddlers Contest in Kincar-
dine, Mondiay evening. . . This
snakes' 60 firsts so far in compet-
ition. .. Congratulations!
* * *•
SURE IS THE .:.WEEK FOR
strange happenings.. Ernie Van-
denburgh brought us a flock of
small green tomatoes growing
quite well on the branch of a pot-
ato plant... and say he has many
more of; them in his garden .
Passing experts' claim them to be
the actual fruit of the potato. .
anyone wishing to prove the point
might get ripened seeds from Mr.
Vandenburgh and see if they'll
grow into potatoes. . personally,
• we prefer to stay out of the ar-
gument. ,
* •* * •
ALSO TODAY WE WERE IN
conversation with an alderman of
Ward six in the Cit/Toronto.. .
The conversation toak place in
one of the lovely air-conditioned
icoaohes with which the CNR, has
for sometime provided: her cus-
tomers: . . The alderman waa
lady (perhaps we should say j
derlady?) by the name ' of . May
Robinson.. , and the was cernin t-
ing from Goderi.ch to Tore/Ito. .
When asked what ' she ih'blight ,of
the proposed reduction ih train
service and what hope there was
of getting anything done about it,
she saki she had not much mier=,
ience with such things... but that
the Board of Transport had always
been very good to do things for
her, .. and had .fixed several era -
sings iii her Ward.. . Now if we
can just get the same level of co-
operation with regard to passenger
train service for the eounty,
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Judge Frank Frank Fingland, Q.C., and
Mrs. Fingland, returned last week
from a month lo#ig tour of Mtg.
,land, Scotland and France. Flight
across the Atlantic both ways• was
by.Trans Canada Airlines,
The Weather
1956 >)55
High Low High LoW
.Aug. 2 • 73 50 90 61
3 75 47 94 65
4 68 58 94 71
5 74' p 62 91 70
6 73 63 81 65
`7 19 55 79 66
S 89 56 13 51
Rein: 1.60 ire, Rain .90 lila.
THE NEW ERA•-•92rnd YEAR
Na, '32 ---Tho Home Paper With the News\
THE NEWS-R.ECQRQ ,• .75t.h YEAR.
CIrINTON, ,ONTARIO, THURSQAY AUGUST 9, 195
1 cenfs .a copy
$54).0 a year
Motorcycle Patrolman Constable (Groves
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• News for the County, thoughwhether it be exactly good
. news for motorists is as yet unknown, is the' motorcycle which
was recently. addedto the provincial ponce detachment fleet hi
Goderich, Constable Morley Groves, Goderich, is the policeman
riding the new machine which will be used to catch speeders in
Huron County, r
Swim Pool Definite Project:
Town Clubs To Raise Funds
•At a meeting last night plans would accept. the 'swimming pool
were.•made and the first ,commit-
tees named to go ahead and con-
struct a swimming ,pool -100 feet
br 35• feet in • Clinton Community
Park. On Tuesday evening, 'Clin-
ton Town Council had authorized
the. construction, and said they
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Town •Council'Teesday -night' ac-'
cepted' the responsibility 'for sup-
ervision and operating of the pro-
posed new swimming pool follow-
ing the joint request of represen-
tatives from the Lions; Legion,
Fish and. Game and Kinsmen
Clubs.
Cost of the pool is estimated by
the clubs to be about $30;000
which: they offered to undertake
raising, provided the Town Coun-
cil wouldassume responsibility
for the operation and'eri�aintenence
after it was completed. .
To be built under the Commun
sty. Centres • Act, the' pool has to
be on town property, and be gov ;
erned by a five man committee.
Then it is eligible for a $5,000
grant from the Provincial govern-
ment.
overnment. Council agreed to 'pass the
by-law necessary to• permit this.
Council representatives named
were Coun. Ed. Dale and Reeve
Burton Stanley.
According to spokesman J. Mur-
phy (Lions) and R. J. Schoenlials
(Legion), the pools now operating
in other towns are for the most
part self-supporting, with, a yearly
expense of perhaps $300 to $500
in; addition; in; some cases.
The proposal of the Clubs is that
the pool be located in the Com-
munity Park near the present
wading ;pond,, and that the fence
which will enclose the pool, shall
also, enclose the pond. This will
eliminate unsanitary conditions
caused by having dogs, 'bicycles,.
and even cars beim' washed in the
pond.
Merner,BarnBUrns
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••To SaveNadi*
(By (trace Middleton.)
The sympathy of the entire
community ,goes out to Mr.. and
Mrs. Kenneth Merner and family
On the itoss of their barn, dtie to
a_. disastrous • fire, which suddenly
enveloped the whole building in a
rase of flames around 11 o'clock,
Friday night,
Ne one was home at the time
but in a few' minutes cars aped
from ail directions to the fire and
with, the aid of -the Bayfield Fire
Brigade it Was confined to the
one building. Although, the air
was still, blazing ernbers landed
ore roofs of near -by buildings and
were a constant menace,
Lost in the barn were a'quantity
ttf baled hay, two calves, a tnilk-
ing machine unit, the threshing
thachlne that had threshed out at
trimly neighbor farms for several
years, etc. A ° tractor etanding
elose to the barn was badly dant-
aged, The total loss is partially
covered by insurance:
There ' are few sights more sick-
ening and terrible than a bad fire
in the country in the ,night, It
strikes terror dear intofernier's
Heart.
when completed. Council is
drawing up a ' by-layv, : under the
CerRnunity Centres ^ Act, which
will be ready next council meet-
ing,, This along with the blue
prints will be submitted ,to the
Ontario Department of Agrici l
tures with an application for a
grant under the Community
Centres ACt: •-
R. J. •• • "Bud" Seheen'hals, . •vho
has been instruinental in organize
ing thie project so far, was named
interim over-all chairman of the
project. Cameron Proctor' had
r nr namedr
p gvz 'oust y bee sec clary.
treasurer a meeting On July- 27.
- Finmtucing
Representatives of the • four
clubs at the Meeting intimated
that their clubs would each give
$1,000 to start the fund. The clubs
are: Kinsmen, Lions,' Legion and
Fish and Game Club, •.
The finance committee: appoint-
ed was: R. D. "ISick", P'remlin,
chairman; J. E�"Eddie" Dale, and
William Edgar, This committee
has the power to add to their
number.
To work with the finance com-
mittee, a waysand means' com-
mittee was nettled, including Frank
Cook as chairman; Ken McRae,
A. L. Colquh.`o,Ein, Harold Glew and
Percy Brown, This group also will
be added. to with 'representatives
from other organizations in town.
Immediately after the meeting
the ways and means committee
met• and made tentative arrange-
ments for a huge bingo to be held
early in September, as the initial
fund-raising event for this new
project.
, $5,000 Bingo,
This Dingo will be the largest
ever put . en in this area, with
$5,000 in prizes. The money would
be split as follows: $2,000 ak the
major bingo prize; a $1,000 bingo;
two $500 bingos and \ ten $1.00
bingos. Admission will be $5.00,
(continued on page five)
Loses Finger hi,
Circular Saw,
Nine year old''Larry Hugill, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hugill,
Isaac Street, lost the index finger
of his left hand in, a: power saw,
es he was cutting out a part for
a model airplane. Dr. F. M. New-
land, Huron Street, treated the
injuries and young Larry is a
patient in Clinton Public Hospital.
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A .rather curious tieing was re-
:piorted to Council 'by Councillor
Geonge Beattie at the regulae,coun-
cil Meeting on Tuesday night.
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New eave troughing has . been
'Installed all 'wheal; the , Town. Hall
'and as -t�'s; what 'vas ple
ted
Mr. Beattie,. who.'ischairrnan
of
the .general government committee
in •charge of the renovations, was'
advised that the. conductor. pipes
leading the roof water off the
roof, needed some investigation.
It was found that these two
pipes,• which lead off the roof on
the south side of :the hall, were
just stuck into the ground, with
no connection whatever with a
drain. . This meant that -the roof
water had—no escape route after
reaching the ended. •the pipe, and
this had been running through
the wall, into thebasement where
a sumppump was• kept in opera-
tion to pump the •basement dry,
e (Residents and, sidewalk super-
mtendents in town will remember
that last year . excavation was
made in the alley between the
town •hall and Staniforth's store
to correct just such a situation.
Apparently the work was not com-
pleted properly, for the conductor
pipes were never connected to the
storm sewer put down the alley).
,Coup. Beattie reported that the
town workmen had dug dowzl sev-
en feet at each pipe and made the
proper connections.
Mayor Mille", asked (chuckling)
"Is it connected to the sewer
main, Coun. Beattie?" and Coun.
Beattie replied, w"No, the storm
sewer, your worship."
Auxiliary. Frohn
A legion Hall
Wed •r August 15
A miel-eintener frolic at' the
Legion Memorial Hall, on Kirk
Street is being sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary to the Canad-
ian Legion next Wednesday eve
ening, commencing at eight
o'clock, • -
This is the first time the• lad-
les have attemhted'•such an eve
ening and the evening promises
to be fun for everyone. There
will be 'bingo, wheel games and
pony rides for the children, A
draw for five big prizes will be.
held at 11 o'clock,. and dancing
to the music of Carruthers Or-
chestre. -
President of the Auxiliary is
Mrs. K. C. Cooke.
Post 0.-ffice Rrepares
lail Trucks Service
♦Indications that the Canadian
National Railway intends to stop
one otf the trains which comes
from Stratford to Goderich and
.back each day were seen Gast
week, when the Post Office De-
pertinent advised local contractors
their services may not be require
ed after September 30,
Only one man has received hie
notice here in .Clinton. He is Jim
Makins, who has the contract for
picking up mail at the CNR Stat-
ion, taking it to the post office,
and taking other mail back to the
Station. Mr. •Maims also picks up
mail from boxes situated' through-
out the town. ,
choo1 Additi�n OK'd For
,uI • ■fifi�.
Tenders for the construction of
an additional classroom and alter-
ations to the basement .of the Eg-
mondvllle school were opened by
the Tucker'srhith School Area
Board last Monday - evening.
Reeve J. Doig, clerk -treasurer;
E. P: Chesney and publie school
inspector G. J. Goman were pres-
ent, together with board members,
chairmen; Ross Forrest, M. Fal-
coner, C. Neil, J. Landsborough
and Wilmer„ Broadfoot.-.
Bids were received ` from the
Sea:forth Concrete Products at
$21,590; and J. Lansink, 8eafarth,
at $21,475. , The tender of J. Lai
sink was accepted subject to ap-
proval by the Department" of Ed-
ucation.
A committee consisting of R.
Forrest, M. Falconer and C; Neil
was appointed to meet with the
beard of management,. Egmondvil-
le ;United Church to explore the
possibility of usingg the church
abasement as a temporary class-
room. It is expected the new
classroom. `will be constructed by
December, -
Tenders for supplying f arra ce
coal and fuel oil were also. opened:
The coal contract was •a5'arded to
A. J. NLustard, Brucefield, and the
fuel oil,. to W. M. Hart, Seaforth.
' The Clinton - Public ; School
Board requested - the school area
to make. tuition • arrangements e1- .
s'?'iwhere for ;the. pupils -of S$ No.
4, who ,hav,eeie past years attend-
ed the town school, owing to the.
lack of classroom space which will
prevail in the Clinton- school in;,
bei Inspector September. Ixi pec or Goiiian was
Renovation
Hall
Continues • Soon
To Start Bricks
Bricking on the outside of the
:town hall will likely begin by
the end of the week," reported
Coun. G. Beattie to Town Coun-
cil on Tuesday night.
A payment of $2,355 to Mitch -
eat McAdam on his contract for
remodelling, the hall was auth-
orized paid„ out of the special
account (revenues from. sale of
the old public sehool). Conn.
Beattie explained that the $335
was for cleaning off the four
chimneys and repairing the roof
with slate.
• A good dealof the brick from
the chimneys has been used in
renovation work inside the hall
(filling up doors) and left -over
brick will be replaced withnew
brick for the new construction
at the front;'” -
Clinton Town Council In .Action
All members of Clinton Town
Council"' took part in T•tiesday
night's session in the council
chamber.' Mayor W. J. Miller ,pre-
sided and John Livermore, clerk,
recorded the minutes, •
Ashtoh's Taxi which. last mon-
th. rntWed frail -tilts customary lo-
cation on Victoria Street opposite
the 'Post • Orffice".and 'had space
ten park two cabs in front of the
shied there, was .given permission
to park ;one. car only in front of
the new place of—business. (the for-
nier Musty shoe repair). Though
councilregretted' having to cur-
tail
urtail the limount of space, council-
lors felt they cotild rot give the
firms parking space infront of any
other finis.
Council gave Clinton Boc king
Alley permission to erect an over.
hanging electric sign, providing
the proprietor, Reg. Cudmore, as-
sume' all public liability for same,
$500 advance on the one shill
grant to. the Clinton Community
Athletic Field Board to meet curs
rent expenses Was authorized,
A, M. Harper, Goderich, was ape•
pointed auditor for ,the town for,
1956, at a salary of $750.
` The police report for July show.
ed nine prcSccutions and one ten.
viction •under the Highway Traf f ie
Act,; ten etininiorrses served; .55
investigations; $46 , collected in
fines; 19 wariings given tinder the
Highway Traffic Act; nine places
of business found' insecure; two
motor vehicle accidents; one as-
sault; one break and enter.
Reeve B. Stanley reported that
about half elle work of checking
catch basins and. faulty 'drains had.
been completed, that no further
word had been received regarding
plans for enlarging -the Mary
Street drain, that the pond east of
Community Park had been dug
Com ty
out as far as possible and more
would be done as soon as the
grotind dried up enough. •This
pond digging is in preparation •for
a drain which will lead from the
Park, thus draining, off a great
percentage of the surface water
which• has been going down
through town arid eventually into
the Mary Street drain.
Building permits granted were
for R. Shipley, private garage,
$125; C. 'VanDarnme, alterations,
East Street Drivers
Warned AgainstSpeed
A:. delegation et two residents
on East Street Waited upon, conn-
eil on Tuesday slight to request
that something be done about
speeders on that street. This is
the short cut from t fgheray 4 to
Highway 8, going past S'herloick-
Manning Piano.Co. Ltd.
Conn. 11. N. Irwin, ehairrnan of
the police conanittee, reported
that the police have been giving
special attention to that street,
and that he could assure the past
Street residents that the speeders
would be apprehended. Ile Said
that plans were to install a 30
mile "per hour 'sign on the street.
•
$700; B.A. 'Oil 'service station,
$1.4,00; Bight Hoffman, house,
$8,000; Dave Kay, store' front,
$600; Ray Cantelon, move house.
and place on lot, $4,000y ]J •Gal-.
achuik, house, $4,000; I...G. Short -
reed,
Robert
El-
liott,
rch
$500; Ra e
s
,
liothouse$4,000;,1Vtayor W,` J.
, ,
Miller, . stores, $.2,000,• . Towno f
Clinton, . alterations, $4,600. .
Changes in the insurance ori. the
Town lean,were approved. At
present the hall4.is insured for
$82,000 and over. a three ,year'per-
sod, premiums' - paid amount to
$1,505.10. Under .the new arran-
gement by , Councillor George
Beattie, the general government
committee and the town's insur-
ance broker, It W. Colquheun,
(appointed a month ago), the
building will be insured for ,$50e
000, contents for $1,000 and the
premiums over a three year per -
fed will be $2$1.40, Than will result
in a saving to the town df $1,223,-
70
1;223;70 over the next three -years.
In addition a fleet vehicle policy
'ivil1 be placed on: the police cars,
public works vehicles and the fire
trucks which will,save the teem
$9t yer year. This!•policy wilt al-
so include coverage on firemen
and employees eh route to and
front their jobs for the town..
Colin. Beattie reported that
work on the chapel at the Cent.
etery was pritgressiiig favourably
and Work• Would probably be fin
1shed title Montle
Court, Irwin requeSted that Bav-
field Read at King Street be made
(Cirsntintied on page eight)
asked to arrange for admission -.of
these pupils at the RCAF public
school if this accommodation is
available owing to the large en -
(Continued on Page Five)
a
J. Grainger Fund.
Totals $307 For
Waiting Room
A total of $307 has been receiv-
ed to date for the.'Jessie Grainger.
Memorial Fund which has been in-
itiated by the .Clinton Graduate
Nurses Association in honour of
their late well beloved superinten-
dent.
Since it is expected that reno-
vations at the hospital will be
completed by the end of the mon:
th, and that furnishing of the new
waiting room will then be done,
the Association is anxious that all
donations be made by • that time,
Individual donations will be much
h
appreciated ,from eny`whet wish to
contriibut& .
Plans are for a memorial plaque
and a tramad photograph of Miss
Grainger, to be hung in the wait-
ing rte, •
Donations so far'haye been,re-'
eeived 'from Mr, ..J:.)i.,;Addison,_
William Perdue; Ladies Auxiliary,
teethe Canadian Legion; Canadian
Legion, Clinton 'Branch No. 140;
Dr. "Myers, Rru`ssels; Mrs. Russel
Jervis; .Htiro ic RebekahLodge;-
G.
LOdge ,-
GMCounter, Burton Stanley,
MisSi Maude ManIntosh, Frank nk
Gong,Blytl, Mrs. Edith Mcag-
girt;
.Mrs. Fred F. Tisdale, Toron-
to; WA •of Bayfield United Chur-
ch;
humcfr Kinette Club of Clinton; Mrs.
Jackson Felker, Burlington; Mrs.
William : Wright, Jr:, ' Seaforth;
Mrs. Blake Richardson, Strathroy;
Mrs. .George Hetherington, Blue -
vele; Mrs. Gerald Hamilton, Ex-
eter; Mrs; Howard Elliott, Thed-
ford; Mrs. Joseph krtin, Zurich;
Mr. and Mrs. Cree • .. k and Nor-
man; C. V. Cooke; Mrs. Agnes
Metcalf; Happy Workers Club,
RR 2, Seaforth; Porter's Hill Club;,
Huron Lodge LORA No. 377, Clin-
ton; SS 4 Community Club, God-
erich Townshp; .Miss Edith Stan-
way, Toronto; James Adams, Chic-
ago. . o
Furnace Repairs,
OK's For Winter.
Season At $350
Need for extensive repairs to
the furnace in the town • hall was
reported to co'uncil on Tuesday
evening by Coun, G. Beattie, chair-
man of the general government
committee.
Failure to clean the furnace reg-
ularly throughout the winter mon-
ths was btlamed for the fact that
the:'heating plat- t. (tee to 11 years
old) had 'burned out. 'The- stoker
is in good shape, • but the dome
would have to, be , relined, and
plans were to use -three quarter
inch steel, at an estimated cost
of $.275. .The retort, beatings in
fan, etc., would probably .coot an,
additional $80. '
Count Irwin asked if any attest=.
ments were planned to cut off the
heat to the auditorium and Beat-
tie replied that there was. •Cohn.
Livermore ezlpressed the opinion
that the caretaker should have let
council know that the furnace
needed attention, Cour. Sutter
stated that the stove should have
peen cleaned more often, and he
emphasized that the fuel to a
stoker4ed furnace should not be
sh ledd "All the
avec i "n by hon.
fuel the furhade burns ehould ger
through the stoker," said
Coon. Heeler bridle Suggested
that the furnace be cleaned up
and fixed, and that Court, Sutter
be asked to check up on the treat-
m' tit the equipment was being
given next winter. "2t wouldn't
take yeti long' to slip across the
street now and then and look at
it," said Phut, Bridle, "No, X
guess I• eotild do that," said Court.
Sutter: •
The job of fixing the„ ftirnace
was given to Wise and liatentar
(the firm that hes been leaking
after the fuenace repairs in the
past) at the proposed
The Postal department in Lon-
don has received noticefrom the
railway that service would be re-
duced at the end of September,
and the Post iffice was forced to
prepare arrangements for a truck
service to carry the mail in that
event, Other lines affected are
the Kincardine -Palmerston and the
Southampton -Palmerston lines,
Expected plans are that the
early morning train Pram Goderieh
east and • the late night train from
Toronto would be eliminated
Meanwhile local- CNR employ-
ees have received no word about
the proposed move. However, ,it
has been known for several years
that such action was beiing con-
sidered.
Joseph Flaherty, dittrict dime -
tor of the postal serices, London,
has been quoted as giving tenta-
tive plans for a truck service from -
Kincardine to proceed to Stratford
via Clinton, Seaforth, Dublin and
Mitchell, to reach Stratford about
6.30 p.m: ,daily. This trip would
be repeated in reverse , •leaving
Stratford approximately 3 a.m, •
41ady
A strong protest of the changes
was received here from J, Fred
Edwards MPP, Palmerston. lie
protests the changesvigorously
and reports increased employees
at the Palmerston terminal and
a.„shortage of power, •rathee than
a shortage of freight. ' -
Mr. Edwards. says, "Regarding,
mails; has it ever occurred to you
that towns and villages are being
discriminated against when we
consider the house'tg house aye -
tem of mail de hve
ry. Larger ur-
ban centers are from time -to time
having their deliveries extended
over a larger area. How do some
of our elder citizens who are un-
able to go to the offices receive
their Mail? Are we going to per,
snit further curtailment 'of the
mail services?”
He suggests letters of protestto
the Federal Member, (E. -Cardiff,
Brussels), to Hon George' C. Mar-
ler, 1 r, MP, Minister of Railways,
House of Carninins;; Ottawa,and to •'
N .A. Walford, general manager
of tie central region, CNR link= •,.
Station, Toronto.
oranto.
Clinton town council went on
record at their meeting On Tues.
,day of being ready to work with
other` .towns on the Stratford God
bitch MR line to'pprotest'"the cut-
taiig dcwi . of ON'R. service. •
Fire � Alarm
Causes Crisis
As Car Burns
Continuing difficulty with . the
fire alarm 4telephone syetem sin=
ce it was installed in connection
with the dial telephones came to
an effective climax . on Tuesday
night when a fire began in a car
just in front of the town hall.
Councillor R. N. Irwin and Cori -
stable C. Perdue were on hand,
and were unable to persuade .thy.
fire alarm switch at the town
hall to work. -
Failing to get results Irwin and
Perdue were able to get the
portable fire extinguisher off the
fire truck and extinguished the
blaze. Then they used the clerk's
phone to call the fire chief.
Chief Grant Rath watched the
Constable try to 'set off the alarm
without success. • •« : -
Aften the 'financial report of
the protection to persons and pro-
perty committee whose work in-
cludes supervision of the fire de-
partment,:
e-partment,: was given.. at Council
meeting that evening, Couii. Irwin
suggested that the telephone bill
for the -fire alarm phones be not
paid, since. the system was not
Working, .
Coen. , Irwin said that three
Weeks ago Chief Grant. Rath had
told him that the . switch , in his
home which war connected with
the. fire alarm system was not
Working, Irwin said he had re-
ported it to Courts. Beattie and
Sutter on the committee, and Mr.
Sutter stated that he had prion,
ed the Heli Telephone at that time
with regard,to the difficulty. He
said that workmen from Bell had
been at the hall investigating the
iphoae there.
Council agreed that they would
not pay the telephone bill until
the -phones were in working order,
Yesterday Bell workmen were
testing the connections,
Next Monday night, Auugst 13; •
during the regular. firemen's Meet-
ing the siren will be tested train
each , of the four- hon hooku� s
p e -p,
A series of siren call's may be ex-
pected then, IF' the connections
work.
0
floli esville OYU'
Me tin
ce �. August 13
The regular meeting of the IIoI-
mestiille Local.of the Ontario Far'.
niers' Viden will be held in Rol-
mesvilie School, Monday, August
13, at 8.30 p,irr., t'rhe ,c41.1bty lir-
ectors tepees oh the
F.U, Convention which was held
Saskatoon in duly, +•vorytifie
is welcome,