Clinton News-Record, 1956-10-25, Page 1Accounts totalling $6,262.50 for
the Clinton Community Swimming
Pool were passed by the Board at
their first meeting Thursday night
in the council chamber of the town
hall,. at which all members but one
attended.
Reeve Burton Stanley' was nam-
ed chairman of the board, and
John Livermore, clerk of the town
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Local Teadiers
Earn Degrees
Two local school' teachers re-
ceived their Bachelor of Arts de-
gree at the 172nd annual autumn
Convocation held in Convocation
Halle University of,WeeteereOntee-
lo Fri'd.a.y'afterrein'
They are Maitland Edgar, on the
staff of A/V/IVI Hugh Campbell
School, _RCAF Statical Clinton, who
is a graduate of Toronto -Normal
School and Ross Middleton, 'on the`
staff of Clinton District Collegiate
Institute, whO is a graduate of
London Normal School,.
Both men achieved their degree
through study at summer School,
and through correspondence and
extension courses.
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Holstein-Annual
At Ago Off ice Nov.
The annual meeting of the Hur-
on County Holstein Club 'will be
in the agriCulturaI office board
room here on Friday evening,
November 2, commencing at 8.15
E.S..T. There will be a guest speak-'
er. Bert Dunn, Bayfield is presi-
dent and Vsr.. Hume Glutton, RR 5,
Goderich, is secretary of the club;
A meeting is being held P in the
auditorium of the Legion Memor-
ial Hall on Kirk Street, next Tues-
day evening, commencing at 7.30
p.m.. for the organization of a
boys and -girls band, All interest-
ed :boys and girls, eight years and
up are asked to attend this meet-
ing with - their parents,
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Homer Andrews
Injured In
Fall From Truck.
Homer Andrews' was taken to
Clinton Public Hospital for x-rays
on his neck and observation as a
result of a fall on 'Tuesday mOrn-
ing.
Mr.„Andrews, employed by Can-
ada Packers, was loading 'chickens
on- his truck when he fell approx-
imately 10 feet to the ground.-The
injured man -drove back to Clinton
and he reported the accident to
his employers:, He was- taken to
Dr. J. A. Addison who ordered him
to hospital.
Dr. Addison reported to the
News-Record that the x-rays show
nothing has 'been broken and that
Mr. Andrews' hip was -bruised sev-
erely. He will remain in hospital
for a few days.
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IOOF Notes
Clinton Lodge ,
Notes
No. 83 will
hold its annual fowl supper in the
Lodge Room on Tuesday, October
30. Supper will be served at 7
o'clock. All inembers -of the Lodge
are cordially invited to attend'.
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Legion Men Toss ,Paper, Bundles Into Truck
Legion Members maae- short shrift of the papr, collection last Wednesday, when they loaded
-over 16,000. pounds into this huge truck, Seal- at the job, of stacking in the .last two tons, (which
have been stored in a building behind Stanley's Red .and White store .for the past two years Ante
a former collection). are Bobv,. catoben, Woe and Clayton-Dixon. with. the driver Of the truer
(Nows4tecord Photo)
Since this photo of the new swimming pool was taken last Friday, the forms have all been
removed. The main section of floor was poured on Monday, According to workman Alf Ross,
there remains only the job of "eta/tine or polishing the inside walls of the poll by hand to make
them smooth. Foreman on the job, Guy Payne predicts that this will be a fine pool. He will have
the. machinery for purifying the water at the site on Monday. This machinery will be Installed in
the basement- of the equipment room, and then prefabricated cereent blocks will be cemented in
place to make a roof over it. (News-Record Photo)
Bird's Eye -View Of Swim Pool Construction
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER .2$, 1956
The regular monthly meeting of
Clinton' Branch No. 140
d
of the
Canadian Legion was-hel on Man.
day, October 22, with the rpesiz-
The winter season for a var-
iety of cqurses in a number of
skills is' getting under way
smartly in Clinton this year.
Registration is' open for bal-
let and tap dancing today, for
figure-skating next Thursday
afternoon; for night school's
variety of courses next Thurs-
day; and for boys and girls
-band next Tuesday,
The dancing classes are being
held by Madame Marie de Kurthy,
formerly a member of the Vienna.
Opera, and who is •conducting sim-
ilar classes in Goderich for the
second year. Madame de Kurthy
plans to be in the Legion Hall
on Wednesday and Thursday aTter-
noons from four until eight o'clock
each week, and from there she
goes to Goderich, for classes on
Friday and Saturday.
She accepts Pupils from, five
years of age, up. As ,she says her-
self, "I have pupils from 5 to 45."
Reci
ettins
:eation Season
Into High Gear
THE NEWS-RECORP 75th YEAR
7 cents a copy $3.00 a year
Five hunderd and six boys and
girls from 4-H• Clubs all over On-
tario took part in the Annual In-
ter-Club Competitions in Guelph on
Friday. Fifty-two of these, young
people between the ages of 16 and
21 were from Huron County. The
competition is divided into eight
sections representing the various
4-H projects= which are conducted
in the Province of Ontario.
Huron County was well repres-
ented at this Competition with sev-
eral of the teams placing in the
top few in each section. Thirty-
four teams took part in the 4-14
Inter-County Tractor Competit-
ions. The Seaforth 4,11 Tractor
Maintenance Club represented by
Bob Lawson, RR. 5, Clinton, and
Charles McGregor, RR 2, Seaforth,
placed second in this competition
with a score of 1,048 out of a pos-
sible 1,400 points. nab Lawson
did particularly well in ithe com-
petition obtaining the highest
number of points' for any ledivid-
ual in the competition.
Other placings by county teams:
4-H Inter-Club Poultry Compote
itions-(13 teams), Clinton Lions-
4-1-1 Poutry Club, fifth, Howard
Cartwright, RR. 1, Lonclesboro and
Thomas Cunningham, RR. 1, Aub-
u'r'n.
:
Exetet‘ Kinsmen 4-1-1, Pottle
try Club, sixth tie, Marilyn Matta
shall, RR 1, Kirkton and Donald
Balientyne, RR 3, Exeter, Sea,
forth Lions 441 Poultry Club,
twelfth, Jack and Mary Broad,
Moot, an 1, Brucefield.
4,14 Inter-Club Beef -Calf COM-
petitions, (41 Teams competing),
Exeter 441 Beef Calf Ca, seventh
Norman Hyde, ?,f 1, Rensall and
Donald Hendrick, RR 2, Crecliton,
MALE CHORUS TO SING
OVER TV SUNDAY
The Harbouraires with members
from Goderich arid Clinton; will be
seen an CKNX-TV from 5 to 5.30
p.m., Sunday afternon. Assisting
artists are to be Mrs, Bonnie Gow,-
man, Goderich; and the Auburnet-
tes, a girl& quartet from Auburn.
(4 W. D. D.)
ralE DOWN TOWN GRAMME
lute been working •emoothly of late
• and as far as we can figure
obit
something ".rre.a-1-1-y
b-i-en as Ed Sullivan often says
is about due for Clinton and
district . .• the progressive
Merchants of town have gotten
together (we Mean that literally)
. . . and are about to launch an
advertising, campaign to sell Clin-
ton and its many benefits as a
41apping centre . . . to the town's
1)00Ple . and to' the county . .
Full details of the plan `we do not
have . but we understand the
plans• are being laid with a year-
long basis . , . and probably over
40 business firms will ,be taking
Part We' have a suspicion that
this means:` big -bargains for shop-
pers, too . . .
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LITI/LE FAY JOHNSTON
brought us a treat and a novelty
this week , four Delicious apples
whibh her grandfather George
Johnston had given her . . . and
each of the apples had a second
small apple, with perfectly formed
stem end, growing out of its side
Thanks, Faye . . ,
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THE SEASONS ARE STRANGE
... Mr. and? Mrs. James Livermore
report enjoying fresh raspberries
from their garden this week . . .
and they hope to have more of the
big beautiful fruit if the weather
holds fine . . . Mrs, Melinda Nivins
brought us a branch of raspberries
from her, garden . which looked
as though they might ripen up
quite well, too . .
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THE HUNTER S ARE BACK
from the north • . some with
game and some not , s . HoweVer,
all were ,game to go . . . Clifford
Epps who made the northern trip
to Cochrane by car . . . to Moos-
onee by train and then by plane ,o
the hunting camp, with Jim Scott,
Seaforth . . reports that each got
a moose . and saw eight more
. , . Cliff ehot 2(1 partridge and
got his full -count in duck and
goose . .
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JOHN LEPPINGTON ALSO WAS
successful in the moose country
. . and is *proud possessor of a
picture to prove his skills .. . John
learned a lot about hunting from
his maternal grandfather, Mr.
Tompkins, . who uied to make
regular deer hunting trips into
Northern Ontario . . .
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Fire' of unknown origin' extens-
ively daenaged.the borne- of Mayor
W. J. Miller on Ontario Street
early Saturday morning.
The alarm was turned in, about
midnight arid the firemen fought
the blaze for over one hour before
extinguishing the flames; Heavy
damage resulted to the kitchen,
dining room and downstairs bath
along with- 4rnok& damage to the
entire two-storey brick dwelling.
The 'occupants were roused by
the housekeeper Mrs. 'Dunbar who
was awakened by the dense smoke.
Mr. Miller attempted to reach the
telephone but was'driven back by
the smoke and intense heat. He
rushed to. C. D. Connell's, (a
neighbour) and caned the fire, de-
partment. •
Mrs. Dunbar awakened the May-
or's son, Ross, and both escaped.
New Phone "e
Mayor W. J. Miller cannot be
reached at the phone number lis-
ted in the cement eelephone direc-
tory:
Due to the fire at his house last
week he has been forced to move
until the necessary repairs can be
made and the house restored to
living condition.
Mayor Miller has requested; the
News-Record to let the people of
Clinton know that if they have
cause to call him to please phone
HUnter 2-6653 until further notice,'
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Hensall Kin.Make
Presentation
The Week's Weather
1956 1956
High Low High Low
Oct. 18 62 45 54 43
19 53 34 52 41
20 64 40 59
21 65 53 57 41
22 66' 50 50 29
23 65 42 66 38
24 - S0 3.5 65 39
NO rain Rain: .81 ins,
was Made secretary-treasurer: This
was the organization Meeting of
the board.
Other members are Councillor Ed
Dale, who with Reeve Stanley re-
present the town, council.; R. J.
"Bud" Se.hoenliall and Douglas
Andrew, Legion representatives.;
Donald, Kay,. Kinsmen- represent-
ative; Ross Middleton,. Lions re-
presentative and Harold Glew,
-Huron Fish and.Game Conservat-
ion Aesogiation representative.„
The accounts passed included
payment of part of the contract
for G. F. Cormack who is build-
ing the pool. The pool is being
fine need by ethe Legion-, Kinsmen,
Lions and .Fish and Gagne Clubs,
and an estimate of up to .$35,000
for-the"project is expected.
Deputy District Governor J. J.
"Mac" McLaughlin, St. Marys,
made his official visit to Clinton
Lions Club Tuesday evening. The
DDG, who- has been a Lion far 17
years and holds a 16 year perfect
attendance record, presented 100
percent attendance pins to 20
members of the Clinton club for
last year.
Other guests at the dinner meet-
ing were, International Counsellor
H. G. Meir, Seaforth, Herb Bridle,
Bert Grey and F/O Bud Hayter;
all of town. President Joe Mur-
phy was in charge of the well-at-
tended meeting.
Grey Cup Prize
President Murphy explained anti
urged the .Lions I to put their full
Seaforth 4-H Beef Calf Club,
twelfth tie, Agnes. Hicknell, RR
5, Seaforth and William. Strong,
RR 2, Dublin.
Hayfield 4-H Beef Calf Club,
nineteenth, Gerald Keyes, Varna,
and Mary McCullough, RR 3, Clin-
ton.
Warning! ,for
Noon Drivers
Parents of 'teen-agers and,.
'teens themselves are asked by
the police department to be more
careful driving in 'the vicinity
of the Collegiate and the Public
'School. -
,A number of young folk who
drive their cars to the school
have been known to drive off
with them at noon, and to be
careless in handling the vehicles
Some young men who are not
students there have been in the
habit of visiting 'the Collegiate
at noop hour, and ate careless
of traffic signs.
There le a good deal of pedes-
trian traffic on the roads in that
part of town, and police are
anxious to prevent an: accident
before it happens. Chief Thomp-
son promises that he is- ready to
take action if the careless driv-
ing habits; continue,
effort to a fund:ralsing project
which the club is promoting. This
is a prize on which tickets are
being sold on Canada's Grey Cup
football game on NoveMber 24.
Proceeds from this' draw will be
the Lions Club's first major dona-'
tion to the Clinton Community
Swimming Pool Fund.
DDG's Talk
The deputy governor did not
.give an address on any particular
subject but stressed participation
by every Lion in all activities Of
his. club. He himself is an active
Lion, a town councillor, a member
of the Mid-Western Ontario De-
velopment Association, and belongs
to clubs in London. He said "Each
club should put up men for zone
and region officers."
Lion McLaughlin referred to the
Distict A-1 rally in Exeter the
previous evening, when the second
vice-president, Dudley L. Simms,
of West Virginia, was the speaker.
At this gathering of over 300 Lions
from Western Ontario, Interna-
tional Counsellor Nelson Hill, God-
erich, received a 20-year perfect
attendance pin from Mr. Simms.
Fleur Clinton Lions attended the
Exeter tally, president Murphy,
Ken McRae, A. L. .Colquhoun and
Mitcheal McAdam.
During the DDG's talk he re-
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With 20 'students, she will be able
to start regular classes, and if en-
ough interest and talent, she will
plan a show in. Clinton, -possibly
with assisting artists from Toron-
to and Stratford. A similar con-
cert in Goderich at the end of the
season there Ibis spring brought
out a full house, and over 500
spectators.
Mrs, de Kurthy began ballet
herself in Vienna when she' was
three years old, and then in Bud-
apest she taught ,daticing. For
some time she had her own ballot
company and with 25 girls travel-
led over Europe and in Egypt. Fol-
lowing the war in 1948, she was
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Registrations
For Night School
The application form for this
year's Clinton C'ommunity Night
School will not be published until
next week, November 1, persons
wishing to enrol should fill these
in and send to E. A. Fines; Clin-
ton, principal of the Night School,
who will number and file them as
they come in.
In case of overcrowding classes,
they will be filled on the basis of
first ape -first served. ,
Owing 'to several requests for
instruction from youngsters in
Clinton and district, Mr. A. C.
Robinson, London-, bandmaster of
the London. East Lions''-Boys and
Girls Band, has- consented to at-
tempt the- organization of a band
in Clinton- for youngsters of Clin-
ton and district. :
The London. 'band which he man-
ages Was junior champion at the
Waterloo festival last year and
this year took home the intermed-
iate title:
Mr. Robinson is not unknown to
aintonians, having led the Clin-
ton Citizens Band here for 12
months some -years ago. He pres-
ently is leading the Zurich Lions
Boys and Girls Band and the Lis-
towel Boys and _Girls •Band. A
number of his pupils are gold med-
alists at different musical festiv-
als.
He is a member of the Board of
Directors of 'the Ontario-Quebec
Chapter of the Canadian Band-
masters Association, is a member
of the Contest Committee for the
CNE band contests; is Second vice-
president of the Landon Band and
Orchestra Association (he organ-
ized -this association and is a past
president of it); he is- a member
on the Executive Board of the
London Musicians' Union- and is
managing director of the Band
Festival in London,
Mr. Robinson plans to proceed
with the Band if enough young-
sters indicate their interest. At
the first meeting next Tuesday 'he
will explain his 'plans for the Band„
and will answer any questions. of
the parents. He will advise what
instrument is best suited to the
children,
If the Band is started, Mr. Rob-
inson promises a Band concert four.
months after the organization day.
dent W. 3, Dennome presiding ov-
er a good attendance.
Special guest for the evening
was District Commander Roly Fall,
Galt, who gave a brief address' in
Which he stated that the Canadian
Legion is making an all-out effort
to increase the membership 100
percent this year. He also eon-
grattelated the Branch on the
building of their fine hall, which
he stated was as fine a legion hall
as any he hhd seen.
The district commander then
presented the following-past presi-
dents with their past president
lapel pins.: G. Mt CountereeDT. F.
G. Thompson, Gelerge Murdock, J.
L. Heard, Alex Heady, J, I, Corn-
ish, T. G. Scribbins, George Wil-
son, H. R. Hawkins, R., N. Irwin,
Other past presidents attending
but who already had received their
pins were: If. B,
Streets, F. M. IVIcEware X, C.
Cooke and 3, W. Counter.
It was decided to hold the chur-
ch, parade on November/4, to St.
Paul's. Church, members to meet
at the hall at 10.30 a.m. The Pipe
Band will -be in attendance.
The November 11 Rerriernhtence
Day Service Will be held in the
Legion Hall at 9.40' a.m. sharp,
All members and veterans are ask-
6a. to assemble at the Old Public
School grounds at 9.0 aces.
Clinton- RAJ;'` band will
parade,
The November raetth
changed to November
dinner meeting
De-dent:bet 12,
able to move from' her war-torn
home city in Austria, to England,
She was refused permission to give
dancing lessons there, and in or-
der to make a living, she trained
for a nurse. Four years later she
came to Canada and for two years
nursed in Baycrest Hospital, Bath-
hurst Street, Toronto. She is now
proprietor of the "Little Studio of
Toronto," where she teaches bal-
let, acrobatic and tap dancing,
modern ballet, Scottish dancing
and dramatic movement, These
she will, offer on request in the
classes here,
' Skating
Clinton Figure Skating Club has
announced that classes this fall
will begin on Saturday afternoon,
November 10, from 1.30 to 5.30, in
the Clinton Lions Arena,
The club has• made arrangements
for Instructor Dennis Silverthorne,
Stratford, to return to Clinton this
Season. He was British junior
champion in 1939, and with his
sister was senior British champion
in 1946 and 1947, His wife Mich-.
elene is a Belgian gold medalist.
Advantage in having this profes-
sional instructor in Clinton is more
than just his skill on the ice and
his ability to teach. It means that
pupils will be eligible' to take the
tests as laid down by the Canadian
Amateur Figure Skating Associa,
tion.
Registration for the classes are
on Thursday afternoon, November
1, from 5 to 5.20 p.m. in the coma-
oil chamber of the Town Hall;
Clinton. Fees are $10, which can
be paid at once, or in two install-
ments, one on registration and the
other on December 1 at the arena.
Officers of the Clinton Club are
Mrs. Reg Ball, past president, Mrs,
Duff Thompson, president, Mrs,
Earl Reynolds, vice-president, Mrs,
Royce Macaulay, secretary-treas-
urer and Mrs. L. S. Spillsbury, re-
cording secretary; RCAF Station
Clinton. Inquiries regarding reg-
istration may be directed to any
one of these officers.
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Local Girl Earns
Huron County
chol.arship-
Huron County students at the
University of Western Ontario
have been awarded scholarships as
follows: John. F. Haberer, Zurich,,
in Honors-, Economics, the Men's
Award for the best record of stud-
ents from Huron County; Joanne
Castle, Clinton, in Honors- Physical
and Health Education, the Wont-
en's Award- for the best record of
students from Huron, County.
Four other awards intended to
assist students from the County
whose records warrant considera-
tion, Beth Boyd, Walton, RR 2, in
General Arts Course; William
Laidlaw, Wingham, RR 2, in Hon-
ors Chemistry and Physics; Kath-
erine Ondrejicka,•Crediton, RR 1,
in Honors Arts; Hazel Slavin,
Kippen, RR 2, in General Arts.
The committee appointed by the
Huron County Council consists of
Warden John V. Fischer, the
County Clerk, A. H. Erskine, the
Registrar, Miss M. B. Allison, and
3, H. Kinkead.
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Hensall Lad Will .
Attend 4-H Week
-Of Royal Winter-
Murray Dawson, RR 1, Hensall,
has been chosen- to be one of On- ,
tario's 14 delegates to the Nation-
al 4-1I Week 'held in Toronto dur-
ing the Royal Agricultural Winter
Fair, November 9 to 17.
Murray, who has been active in
4-H work for the past eight years,
also is an active member of the
South Huron Junior Farmer Assoc-
iation and hae`taken part in Many
community and county activities.'
-He was one of eight chosen from
32 nominees from South-Western
Ontario last Friday by a special
selection committee which inter-
viewed the boys and girls at OAC,
Guelph.
A delegate from Northern On-
lark, was chosen some time ago,
and five girls will be chosen to re-
present the 4-H Homemaking
Clubs in the province.
Over 80 Birthday Club
William H. Campbell, Auburn,
marked his 100th birthday last
Friday, and received a message
from Queen, Elizabeth.
Mrs. C, Josling celebrated bet
84th birthday on Tuesday, October
23, Mrs. Leslie Ball was hostess
to a birthday party given in hon.
our of .her mother on Sunday,
zeal), seaforth, eel-
day yester
the
ool's Expense Sheet
$6,000 $o Far.
THE NEW ERA,- 92nd YEAR
No. 43 The Home Paper With the News'
into
- Mayor Miller's
Home Struck
By Sudden Flames
To Dr. McKelvie
• (By our Hensall eekrespondent)
Members of Hensel]. Kinsmen
Club 'metet the home of Past
..President Hill Mickle on Tuesday,
October 16, for a presentation
honoring Dr. D. J. IVIcKelvie,
charter president of the Kin, who
left Thursday for Essex after prac-
tising here five years=. The Kin
gave him a set of gold cuff links
with the past president& crest on
-them, President L. 'Menlo ma-de
the presentation,
Twenty members' front Clinton
Kinsmen club Made a surprise vie-
it to Heesall following their reg-
ular meeting and presented Dr.
McKelvie with a, gift. Ratty Me-
Ewan, president of the club, made
the presentation, There were 35
present, A Steak dinner was ser-
ved.
HuronA-H Members Make
Good At Inter-Club Tests
'strict Deputy Governor
Visits Clinton Lions Club'
Past Presidents Get Pins
F rom Legion Commander
' ° Boys anci Band Proposed For
Area's- Interested Young Musicians