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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1956-08-16, Page 1''THANKS TO MARSH MARii1;SH We have more copies of the Saska- toon SW -MOWN to skim through Saskatoon, has always seemed to us a very pretty city, . and we were Teased;' to. read of the .e newspaper folk •of Saskatchewan having their annual conventiott in the Bessbornugh Hatei there. Thanks, Marsh, for thinking of us.,, * LAST NI0I3T WAS A, SAMPLE of how busy things can get around a Small town. Over et the Lawn Bowling green the men's -doubles tournament was underway all are - texnoon- and till late at night... . there was a Peewee baseball game. Up at the Community Perk midget :game had to be postponed Tor lack of a playing. field..: The • Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion put on a crowd,..getting fro- Iic and draw up at the Legion Hall.,, * * * THERE'S BEEN SOME SLIGHT complaint about our choice of words with reference to the new housing, development on the south edge of town. , . Last week we had occasion to make some com- ment or other about the section.. . and called it 1V1i1lionaire's Row. ..• We understand; though, 'that cer- tain of its residents feel the more proper name should be Mortgage Row . And more lately we have had cause to suspect another term might, 'be'even more accurate, The stork has apparently made several all in the district since settlement in that region became fashionable, , . and this week there are four new mouths to feed... kit- tens, that is . . So some folk feel that the proper name would be 'Maternity Row. , . * * * AT ANY RATE - THIS SUBURB of Clinton shoulfl sometime soon be dubbed for certain... Clinton has its usual, number of nicknames • for different 'districts, .: "Up vine- gar hill". , "Hell's/Half Acre", . . "Little England"....They all mean a good deal to residents of long standing. and newcomers are soon acquainted with the names.... • * * * SOMETHING WE HAVE MISS- ed a good deal this summer has been -the cheerful falling of water from the fountain in Library Park. . . Throughout ' the rainy season it didn't much matter. . . but now with sun -shinier days... . and so many folk : attracted ' to watch what's doing at the town hall. it would be nice if the fountain 'could be set working again, . ; There's another two or three months in which it can help make Clinton beautiful.. » a * * * STILL ANOTHER BIT OF maintenance needs,doing. , . and that's •.a coat of..paint -.on ,:the floor of the wading pool at the Park, .:. That's a lovely bit of playground' for the younger child- ren in town. . and lately it does• n't look very nice to go in. , . A clean coat of blue paint some early morning -:Would be dry enorigh, by , afternoon to Arun the water in . . _. and it would look about 150 per- cent better than now .. » * * * RECR lATION ACTUALLY means re-creation. . . and -it is just that... People who finish with •the job at which they are making a living are generally quite tired out, sometimes physic- ally... sometimes• mentally... and what is needed for each individual in --recreation is the change which will make him feel happier. . re- lax muscles that need relaxing... . and resit brain cells which are be- ginning to feel strained . . . The field of . recreation is an extremely wide one... A lot of people need direction in: finding just the right area of endeavour in re-creating themselves, . . That is where the role of recreation director fits lit.. RCAF Station Boy Breaks Leg Iia Fall Seven-year-old, Royal Paulson says, _ "That's the last bridge I'll. climb," as he facesa long period• with a cast on his leg in 'Clinton Public Hospital. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Paulson, RCAF Station Clinton. Young Paul was playing on the bridge being constructed over the B4yfield river, just back of the, permanent married quarters at the Station, when • his attention was' called away and hefell about 30 feet to rocks below. Dr. T, K. Hackett accompanied him to hos- pital here, were he was given em- ergency surgery and the cast was put on; Dr. W. A. Oakes also at- tended. The boy has compound fractures of .the leg, and bruises. IIENSALt VILLAGE COUNCIL SETS 1956 iTAK RATES The council of the Village of Hensail have set the following tax rate for this year: County, 12 mills; village, 20.6 mills; public school; 13,6 mills; high school, 6.8 mills; community park, 1 mill; ,public library, I mills; fire equip- ment debentures, 1,2 Mills; water- works debentures, 1.2 mills; hyd- rant rental, 2.9 Mills. • • Total Mill rate for the year is 60 :mills, The Watther • 1056 , 1950 High LOW High LoW Aug. 0 Si 66 84 55 10 18, 59 84 G9 11.a 70 55 78 60 12 11 54 83 48, 18 '19 61 76 62 14 81 50 68 64 1+5 14 58 80 84 Twill: ,78 in"a din .76 int 010 33.eita • TME' •NEW ERA -92nd YEAR No. 33—The _ ... . . Home Paper With. the Neal THE NEWS -RE :QR nth YEAR G� tNTON, ONTARI. THURSDAY, ,AUGUST 16,,f 1956 7 cents •o copy -- $3.04 a year Clinton S*imrning Pool f and LaukKhed aeitie- � ,..?.4f' Enjoying an afternoon Splash in the wading pool at the Com- munity Park these young folk are, looking forward to thetime when a big pool will be ready for swimming, Stakes already mark the 'spot (just beyond. the wading pool) where the bigger structure wilLbe put in. The wading pool is a very popular spot now that warmer weather suggests a dip to the Small fry. Older folk, too, wilt be attracted to the thought of a full-size pool next , spring.' (News -Record Photo) till Three Drive-ln erv-k�s To Attend There are only three Sundays left in which tiiy attepd. the sum- mer's evening church services held each week in Brownie's Drive-in Theatre. Next Sunday service will beginLat eight o'clock, under the direction of the Rev. C. S. Inder, St. Pa(dI.'s Anglican Church, Clin- ton, For the last two Sundays, Aug- ust 26 and September 2, the ser- vice will • begin at 7.30 o'clock, ung to earlier coming of dusk. Rev. IL C. Wilson, Wesley -Willis United Church, - will be in charge of the service on August 26, and. the RCAF Station Clinton chap- lains will be in charge of the final service, • - These non -denominational out- door church programs are' made Flower Show Opens' Saturday . Exhibits to the Flower Show are to be in place on Saturday morning, August 18, by 11 in the morning, and by 2.30 in the afternoon judging will be completed and . the show will be open to the public., r Competitions are much- the same as in previous years— details ' of these are to be found elsewhere in this paper. A special door -prize , of a fine'bone china cup and saucer (on display in the. window of the Clinton News: Record) has been provided and the draw will beanade.at the end of the show, Saturday night. possible through the generosity and' thoughtfulness of. Lorne J. Brown, proprietor of Brownie's , Dr Who gives iv the theatre Drive -In ve- n I and its facilitiesalong with.°per sonnei to look after the loud -speak- ing system, free of charge to the ministerial association. The programs which have been held throughout July and August have received increased interest, and from 300 to 400 persons have' attended each one, depending on weather conditions on Sunday ev- ening. However, the rains have not brought,, any of the -services to a halt, and the ministers, organists and song leaders have carried on even in threatening bad weather. It has been said by one; and this expresses the feeling of many church -goers, that "It's the nicest thing that has happened to Clinton for a long time." Goderich Twp: x. 1956 Mill Rates The, following is a breakdown of the rate struck last week for the ratepayers' in the Township of Goderich: - County of Huron( 12 mills Township general) ... 10 mills General school .3 mills Clinton DCI ,. 6 .•mills Goderich DOX'p7 6 mills Township School Area 7.2 mills SS 2 " SS 5 SS 8 SS 9 Union SS 2 .................... 14.1 mills Union S'S' 12 12.5 mills Union SS 10 12.8 mills 11 mills 7.8 mills 5 mills 8.4 mills • Mary St.'Draifl Cost Estimated At $15,000 Progress is being made in the matter of enlarging the Mary Street Drain. According to Reeve ' Burton Stanley, chairman of the public works committee of ° the Town Council, the estimated cost of the necessary enlargement will be $15,000, This is'rnade up of $10,- 000 for tile, and includes engin- eeringfees, municipal board fees, legal, fees, etc'. According to specifications now under preparation by engineer D. M. Ross, Goderich, the drain will be of 30 -inch tile from the Clin- ton Lions Arena on Orange Street, across to North Street. • Then it will increase to 33 -inch over to Osborne. Street, and from there to the end of the drain and the be- ginning of the open ditch at Erne Street, the tile will be 36 -inch, If plans can be completed and cleared with the Municipal Board intime, it is, proposed that the work be done this fall. Soil And Crop ,tour -Reservations (lose To -Morrow) Make Yours Today Deadline for resertiations for the one -day .bus tour into Simcoe County by the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Associa.. tion is to -morrow, August 17. All members of the. Association and their wives are asked' to send their 15 fare to G. 'W Montgom- ery, Agricultural Office, Clinton, not later than to'-rnoerow' if they wish to participate. Three buses are being arranged for and pick-ups will be made f'r'om Exeter, Hens'all:, Brucefield, Clin- ton (at 7 a.m,),. Londesboro, Blyth, 13e1'grave, Winghaire and Wroxeter (745 am,). Visits, will -include the Ontario Beef Pasture Demon stration Fart at Jeseepvitle; the farm of J. d. 1MYe'Cague, Holstein breeder, Alliston; the sod farm of 3313,3,33.331333331,3331,311,3.31 Bill Ruthven, Alliston: and a hot turkey dinner at the- Park Pavil- ion in Midhurst, provided by the Midhurst WI at a Cost of *toy per plate In the afternoon a tour of the Midhurst reforestation 'Station will be followed by visits to the provin- dal managed pasture plots, grass and clover adaptability tests and the pasture drainage 'de'rnonstra- tion at. Vasey; then a visit to the Indian Village- at Midland (35c each; ; the Martyrs' Shrine as the guests of Father McCaffrey and a trip to Collingtvood via 'Wasaga Beach, After a visit to the Sibart Bras, cannery or farms at Goliinga woad, supper will' be had at Col- lingwood and the buses will re• turn- to Hutch-Oounty, , A 'bank account- has been open- ed under the riimie of "Clinton Community Swimming Pool Fund",. The Kinsmen Club, of Clinton and the ;Huron, Fish aid Came Club, Clinton, have already pledged $1,000 each to the fund. The .Qin: Fire Brigade, at their monthly meeting Monday night gave $500 to the pool, project. Tenders have been called for the cement contract inn the Clinton Community Swimming Pool, These to be in the hands of -the building committee by Monday, August 20. The tender calls for the work to be done by October 15. At a meeting Tuesday evening,. the building committe chairman, Earl Doucette, released the above facts and announced hit full' com- mitte'e. They are; Mr. Doucette, chairman; Harry Ball, secretary; Joseph Reed, "Wiliam Hearn,. Reeve le rton . Stanley, Alfred Crozier, Hector 'Kingswell, Henry Young, Don C, .Colquhoun; , PUC Superintendent • Jabez Rands and R. J. Schoenhals, acting chairman of the over-all committee.. This 'building committee has helm split ifito sub -committees ea- ch with a specifid-part of the build- ing project to l6ok after.: It was also announced that volunteer work and work parties will be called for during the building of the pool this fall, And again next spring when the bath house will be built. The three filtration plant tanks have alrea'd'y been ordered. These are in short supply according to a committee 'nem ler.; Since the pool," is being built just east of -the present children's wad-ing pool in Clinton Community Park, plans are being' made by' the plumbing sub -committee to have the water in this. • pool gb through the filtration plant in the larger •pool. Otherwise the wad- ing pool is being :left intact. Town Clerk coli i• Livermore has been made treasurer of the Clin- ton Community Swimming Pool Fund, and Ronald..- G. McCann has been' added to .the - finance com- mittee, headed ' by -R. D. "Dick" Fremlin:-. ° • The income tax departement,was contacted and application has been made to the Department of Nat- ional Revenue, seeking exemption from income tax on donations made to the pool. fund. Lorne J. Brown, owner of Brownie's Drive -In Limited, has offered thethe luee,P of his theatre for one night, ,to' the: fund. All pro- ceeds fromadmission will go to the fund, - Members of the corp. mittee will soon be selling tickets for ' this Show. Plans are going ahead for the huge $5,000 bingo early in Septem- ber. No exact date has been• set for either of these fund-raising events: Itwas decided' to have progress meetings of the full swimming pool committee every Wednesday evening, unless notified otherwise.. 'The pool will be 35 feet wide by' 120 •feet long, and not 35' X 100' as erroneously reported in last week's issue, 'ublic School cr 500 In Due to increased number of pup- ils expected to attend the Clinton Public School thi's fail, the school board was forced this week to re- fuse accommodation to the 25 pupils of SS 4, Hallett Township this, fall. According to KC.. Lrawson, sec- retary of the board, there are 40 pupils registered for the kinder- garten room at the school, and with the regular increase in num- bers .of pupils in the ether •class- Enrolment September. zooms, based on growth of other years, it is expected that ever 500 pupils will be coming to the Clin- ton school in September. •There are 14 classrooms,. includ- ing the kindergarten, which will mean 35 pupils, in each room from Oracle. 1 to Grade 8, without the addition of any from SS 4. Pupils from the Huliett school have been -transported by bus to Clinton for the past six years, Last year the school section .:paid $11,50 'per 'rzes Won. L�caIiy ►t Last Night's Frolic Five lucky people took home prizes from the Frolic held at the Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street, last night. An electric frypan was won by Mrs. William ('Clara) Brugger, Seaforth, the second prize, an el- ectric -portable mixer : went to George Knights; third prize, an electric shaver was won by Mrs. Gordon Herman; fourth prize, pop- up toaster, .William ' Grigg; fifth, coffee maker, William Tideswell. Good weather helped to • swell the crowd which gathered to play bingo, take part in the games and many attended the dance which followed . the event. Mrs. K. C. Cooke was over -alt chairman -of -- the frolic, which was the first such evening to be held by the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Legiqn.. This year, when the Legion `members decided not Ito hold the usual .frol- ic, the ladies decided to take over the job. Conveners of the booth at which hot-dogs sand soft -drinks were dis- pensed, were Mrs. W. McAlpine and Mrs. B, Stanley. The , bingo was taken care of by Mrs. William Thkley and Mrs, Alex Haddy, The games were convened by, Wilfred Den4mme, Kenneth Cooke and Richard Freeman. Arrangements, for the dance were carried out by Cameron Proctor, Douglas And- rews and' Arthur Leyburne, Those in charge of tickets for the draw_ were Mrs. VI Habgood Ronald Mrs. and a n MacDonald The M draw was made by Wilfred Den:- omme, president of the Legion, as- sisted by Mrs. Cooke and winners, were announced by J.E. Dale. r OBA Meeting' In Clinton Next Year The . annual meeting of the On- tario Baseball Association will be held' in Clinton on 1Vlarch --14-15-16 next year. According .to •Hugh Hawkins, past president of the Western Ontario Athletic • Assoc lotion it is' expected that over 200 delegates • from points all over On- !tario will be attending the three day convention. • - Hosts for the first time Will be the WOAA and the executive have decided in..order to defray the cost of the meeting that a raffle will he held. Prizes will be awarded on Christmas eve with the draw for winners to be made'and announced over CKNX on the nightly sports broadcast of Ed. Blake. • Fire Brigade Gives$500 From Treasury And Pocke#TaPooE A gift of $250 from the treas- ury of the Clinton Fire Brigade towards'. the proposed new swim- ming pool was generously matched penny for penny on Monday night -by the firemen when they each gave $12.50 out of their Semi-an- nual pay. This will make'`$500 promised towards the cost of the pool. The Clinton Fire Brigade, made up of 20 volunteers from the town, is made the nominal sum of $55 per year. For every fire call to which they do not respond, $1 is deducted from this amount. The pay of the Brigade is small indeed Joseph Murphy, , Earl Reynolds, when the work they are expected Howard Cowan. to do- is considered. Their contri- bution toward the swimming pool may be considered a major one and must be appreciated.as such. Members of the Clinton 'S'ire Brigade are: Chief Grant Rath, as- sistant chief Frank Dixon, lieut- enant Robert Draper, secretary, Frank McEWan, engineer George Hanly, firemen Alex Cudenore, Percy Livermore, Theo Fremlin, Robert Carter; Hector Kingswell, Royce Frernlin, Thomas Twyford, Harry McElwan, Robert "Bud" Schoenhals,- Carman McPhbl.san, Kenneth Cooke, Dennis Bisback, Cemetery Chapel Nearing Completion Earl D'ouCetta} �ontrac it din • of the new' chapel , t: cto� for the »b'u ti g >� at Clutton Cemetery, is up top supervising the- cement work rapidly being completed on the building: The t'wa-storey struea, c • tire is designed to accost modate grave -side ceremonies during . wjnter and inclement weather: racittg the road, and at the font i', -of the new section of the Cemetery,' It can be seen-easily,'from Highway 4, (News4teeerd Mete) month per pupil for their .educa-• tion, and in 1950.57 term (if ac- commod'ation was available) the cost would have been $14 per pup - i1. These rates are based on, the' average pupil maintenance cost of the school, This -year's. non-resident pupil, fee 'will be $10 per month in coin- 0. paarison with last year's fee of $8; per month per pupil. The decision of the 'board in: this matter was rblanimous in the: face of the overcrowding, and the - township school board was advised' of the situation- on Tuesday morn-. ing, -o Centennial Cake Added - To Prize List At Ba field Calling all cooks! 4 special • -class in the domestic section of the Bayfield Fall 'Fair has been added this year since 1956, is the Centennial Yeat of the, fair. This is for a three-tier fruit. cake, suitably iced for the occas-. ion and entered inthe class. Detail of the requirements may be had from A. M. Bassett, sec- retaryof the Ba field Agricultural total Y gi' Society. First prize is $50,1 and the win- ning cake will become the prop- erty of the Fair. Peewees Capture First Group Championship Clinton Kinsmen Peewees won their group championship last ev- ening when they took the second game of the best of three final against Seaforth 23-4, The first game played in Sea - forth on Monday night was won. by Clinton 11-8. Last night's game was a night- mare for Seaforth and the - stpecta tors. The Clinton kids got rolling after the first two men up fanned - and' before the third man was re- tired on strikes, 14 batters had trudged to the •dish and 13 circled the bases. Nine men batted in the second for five more runs and the homesixth. team finished things off with two in, the fourth and three in the Dave McLennan was out in front its the hit parade with four in, as many times at the plate. Bob "Little Joe" Livermore clicked for three hits. • Tong hits were clouted by Bill Murney and George Smith, each with a triple and doubles by Cum GODERICH . DODGERS WIN FIRST PLAYOFF GAME The Goderich. Dodger girls soft- ball team won. the first game last night in a best two -out -of -three series with Stratford Kroehlers, in a closely fought game under the lights on the Goderich diam- ond'. The score was 2-1 for the Lakeshore town. This playoff ser- ies isfor the Ontario Amateur Softball Association championship. rings (2), McLennan (2), Caron and Thompson. Budd? Bayes pitched the com- plete game for Clinton; gave up only three hits, - striking out four.. He did not issue a base on balls. An unfortunate accident to George Brown, Seaforth first base- man marred the .game. The young player attempted tb bunt and had: (continued on page 10) Stanley Township. J L ,Rate is 9 Mills; Name Road Super Tax payers in Stanley Township will !say a total of. nine •mills for support of the township this year, the same as in 1955. The rate, was set at the last meeting of'. council held in Varna last week. A, M. Harper, Goderich, present- ed the auditor's' report which an- ounced a surplus of $2,036 last year. William Taylor, Varna, was named road superintendent (tem- porarily) to fill the vacancy left in this position by the death of El- mer Webster. Reeve Harvey Coleman and the Township Clerk Fred Watson. were appointed to interview the Ontar- io Department of Highways re- garding, a permanent appointment far this job. Six. Hospitalized In Sunday Accident at Bayfield Curve Mr, and Mrs. James McAllister, 18031 Ardmore Avenue, Detroit, are in Clinton 'Public Hospital re- covering from injuries received in a teaffic mishap on the Blue Wat- Hal. Hartley Gets National Award For Achievement Harold E, Hartley, better known in Clinton as "Hal", this week re- ceived his framed certificate re- cording an award announced early this spring with regard to his work as an insurance -tales- man, ` - Known as the "National Qual- ity Alward," it is "A recognition of. quality life underwriting ser- vice to the puiblic as evidenced by an exdbllent record of maintaining in `force and. extending the bene- fits of life insurance," Noting at the foot of the cer- tificate a series of spots of which the first one is coverdd by a gold seal "1.955" it is evident that Hal's company, expects him to continue withhit successes and fill up the rest of the spots- as the years .go by. Mr. Hartley's record Has a +coni'- n uriity-Minded, Citizen, and his in- terest in municipal bodies and the progress of his adopted heti* toWii', ' Clrn.ton. wotild show every evidennte of ability to do just this. er Highway, at Bayfield on Sun- day afternoon. Both suffer from shock and abrasions. Also taken to hospital were Mr. and Mrs, Cornelin vandenHeuvel,. RR 2, Goderich, whose pick-up• truck was the second vehicle in- volived, Recuperating in Alexand- ra Marine and General Hospital; Goderich, are Mr. vandenl:•teuvel' with abrasions and head injuries; his wife, Annie who has a severely. injured right knee; their two-year-- old daughter Christine, who had art severe cut on the forehead over the right eye; and their son, five- month -old Laurence, who has cuts on his face caused by broken: glass, The McAllister car had been• proceeding north on Highway 21 (the Blue Water) and had just. made the turn in the road in front of the Old Forge, when it was in collision with the' front of the' pick-up truck. The car (a recent` model) was turned at right angles: to the road, and the truck was shoved slightly off the pavement by the force 'Of impact. Constable ,toss Balls, OPP, Goderich dee tachiment investigated, assisted by Constable Helmer Snell, Seaforth Dr. N. C. Jackson, Goderich at- tended at the scene. Ambulances from Clinton and Goderich were 'called to remove the injured. A rapidly growing crowd of cote Lagers, 'residents and motorists added • to the driving halzard of this busy point in the lake route, as people crowded to see the acci'.' dent. Constables and individuals worked hard keeping the one -lane traffic movieg: