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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1956-11-01, Page 1Zbe Stria .,- (treoittinti:._=,, (BY Ur. D. P.) THE ANNUAL HnIsLOWEMN =Ss:1404de dance aponagred by the Fish and Gane QUI), is really gin g to be something this year, ' Besides the funnand da- cing (at the Legion Hall this yenr) . The Fish and Game mast are holding a drew on a 1957 ear , Proceeds trolls this draw Were originally planned for the building fund and for junior con- Servaticm. . . however, now that the 'swim pool is underway, . , no dot* the finds will assist the club With their contribution to- wards it.. * * * SEEMS FUNNY . . WITH ALL the delightfully warm weather we've 'been having , . to start talking really seriously about ice skating , However •the season is upon us . . The rink manager started making ice this week , . . and it is expected that first skat- Mg will be next Monday , . To- ney is registration day for those wishing to take up hove skating „ . and their classes begin on 'eek from Saturday , . . • * *.•* THE RED MEN ARE- DOING quite a fine job of rugby 'playing this fall ; . Next Wednesday they meet the Wingharn team on hone ground up at CDOI . and it's •rather a crucial game' . Wingham might just happen to win—in. that case the season is over for Clinton . . . However, if the Re men come up with the win that all theirsfans predict and ex- pect . then' there'll be' more games of rugby for the home team. * * TWO BLA;CK CATS AOCOIVLP- anied bss three stately- ladies visited the News -Record shop last night. . nIn fact a. lot of strange objects were patrolling the streets • • • Early in the' evening, there were "little' men" travelling in shy Iita‘ bunches . . . As the night *ore on, they grew in stattue and expanded their scope . . . Certain- ly make n one hope that . if in the future anyone does visit earth from the planet Mars, that they ehoose another . night than Han: lowe'en . • My, what a. strange impression they would 'get of the place . . . * * * SPEAKING OF STRANGE LOOK- ing objects . we understand that there was a Legion and Aux- iliary masquerade at their hail last Saturday night . . . and one of the ladies showed up dressed as Miss Clinton News -Record.. . . Unfort- unately she arrived rather late in the proceedings, and so was- not in time to compete for a prize . . However we'd personally like to send along thanks for the added publicity . . . and express the wish that we'd been there to see. * * * SUNDAY MORNING VIE LEG - ion and AuSciliary •have been. invit- ed to hold their church parade to St. Paul's Anglican Church.. and. this invitation has beenaccepted . • . This is snhe annual parade prior to the Remembrance Day Service on November 11 . . . This year, with the 11th on Sunday . . the special service will be held in the Legion Memorial Hall as usual. * * * IN CASE THAT EUROPE , and the dangers inherent in the recent uprisings there seem far away.. . it would do no harm to re -read what Dr. Hugh L. Keen- leyside, Canadian director-general of the United Nations Technical Assistance Adininistration. . •. said on Monday. . . "In conventional warfare civil defence had some meaning. Today it has very little. tomorrow it will have absolutely none." He said "everyone would be dead within four days if a real world war broke out." * * * MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT Canada make her the chosen home of many ,folk \from outside her borders. . . Some folk look for big city life and find it. .. Others look for broad acres they can till 'at a profit. . . Others look for an in- dustrial fierd whjch they can "snake their million". . . now there is another asset which at least one young couple is making a' neces- • sity, if they' are to be persuaded to live in Canada.. . This young married' pair from Britain won't come unless they are "able to join a nudist summer camp - and go there every year. . ," Luckily (?) Ottawa was able to send a list of 17 nudist camps in our countrn. . . THE NEW ERA -92nd YEAR No. 44—The Home Paper With the News V. THE NEWS -RECORD -75th YEAg SUWON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,, 1956 s• • 7 cents a copy $3.00 a year ostmasta M. Counter tires: • Presenlation of a smartly styled pen and pencil set to retiring Postmaster G. Morley Counter, was made on Tuesday afternoon at the Post Office. Gordon Sutcliffe made the pre- sentation no behalf° Of the staff. Mr. Counter yestenclan .coin- pletens2S' years of rservieeas postmaster for the town of Clinton, (News -Record Photo) ,Fire Destroys Johnston Barn Fire- at the farm of 'Carl Johfiston, Concession ,2, Hullett Township, completely, levelled his large barn, in a matter of a few minutes. Cause of the fire is unknown. Here one of Clinton's volunteer; firemen stands by while the flames complete their work, Mr. .Tolinston had insurance on the building. ' (Clinton Studio) Barns •,,,h Two Barns burned In Area Last Week; Both Insured Two barns, were destroyed by, fire in this area during the week- end. On Sunday, the Clinton Fire De- Partnlent responded to a call to the farm of Carl Johnson, RR- 4, 'Clinton, where in a mattersof 20 minutes, fire destroyed the large barn and all its contents. . infra. Johnson, who lives on Concession 2,' Hullett Township, reports that the blaze Started on the east,'the windward side at about 3.15 p.m. The blaze was noticed by Mr. Johnon's eight-yearold son. '- Destroyed with the 40 by 50 foot barn Were 18 tons of hay, 600 bushels of grain and a half mow of straw. All livestock were out in the fields at the time. The loss was covered by insur- amen. Nedr Kippen Fire at the farm of Arthur Fin- layson, near Kippen, destroyed his frame barn, 200 hens, 11 pigs and new machinery. The house was saved through the efforts of the Seaforth Fire DepArtment which was called to the. seene. Mr. Finlayson was at the barn when flames shot from the hay- mow and raced through the build- ing. He had -rounded up ten pows outside the barn,and went inside to get feed. When he• went out again to take the cows into the Progressive, Merchants In Clinton Join Forces For Advertising , Town This Week Is' the beginning of what many merchants in Clinton are hoping will be an extended program on their part to promote the assets of Clinton's shopping district throughout the area. Already you may have heard spot announcements over CKNX Radio, in which Clinter, the Hub of Huron County, is being men- tioned ai VIE place to shop. This issue of the News -Record carries a full-page do -operative ndnertise- Silent published by;42 merchants, in which they offer a good many 'bar - The Week's Weather 1956 1955 High Low „High Low oa, 25 55 38 43 35 26 66 40 51 27 57 39 -64 32 2,8 5884 65 46 29 a 4a 60 49 80 66 45 52 43 a 66 51. 46 34 gains.1 It will pay the wise shop- per to' scan this page even more carefully than they are accustom- ed td read the advertisements. This co-operative plan of the merchants of Clinton is an out- growth of the previous Apprecia- tion Day plan. ,A change was made by the busiriettamen When they found that quite a high sum of money was going out of town each month, as a result of paying for the privilege of using*the Apprec- iation Day Scheme. ' Adhering to principle of "shop at home and save," they are doing just that themselves, and hope to continue offering'good service and particu- lar bargains to the Shopping pub- lic, Sustained advertising in news- papers 'has been proven by big business to be well worth the mon- ey, Clinton has one of the most modern shopping, districts to be found anywhere in 'Western On- tario, outside of the data. Clin- toniang are rightly proud of this fact, and are making anopportun- taint' .15 ins. /taft i: .51 Ina, ity to tell others of it, building he saw flames shooting from the second storey. The sows meanwhile had wandered back to pasture. The barn . and contents were covered by insurance, 'Yesterday G. rie$ Count '(better known as x,",Pete" to his hundreds Of frien4in town) cow.; pleted his last slink as postmaster for the town of Clinton. \ After 23 yeara oft service'to the community., he reniarked proudly, "I've got the best' doggone staff in thetipprec inart of, 4inc ofe"h sA )(Ithe staff feelings i f ors them. At noon on ,Tnesdan when all of them and the rural mail couriers were jn he post office, they presented Mr .Ciatinter with a beautifully designed !Ornstein pen and vneil set, with Gordon Sun. cliffe making theti,resentation on their behalf, ' 'Though born in Seaferth, "Pete" Counter has made his home in Clinton since he w..s 12 years old. His Meier William, 'operated the jewellery shop on' *Isaac Street. This shop is now owned and man- aged by hi S.' brothOr W. Norman Counter (the second generation of Counter's in this location). In his teens, "Pete" helped his father in th-shop befone takipg on a full time job with the Clinton Knitting Company (now Clinton Hosiery Mill). was heed shipping clerk at the Knitting Camper's' when World War X claimed his attention, and he was overseas with the 161st Huron. Battalion. In 1920 he mar- ried Mabel Swarts, Wingham, and found a job in Buffalo, New York State, -where he remained until 192'7. Then he again found em- ployment with the' Clinton Knit- ting Company and three years tat, er was in business With hip broth- er Norman- operating the - Clinton Boling Alleys, until in 1934 he went into the post office. Mr. and Mrs. Counter lie on William Street. Through the years Mr. Counter has been a itaunchi'rnember of the Canadian L egi 4r1 Clint on Branch No. 140. Ie 'Was the third, president which the local branch had, following in the' footsteps of Col. a H -Combe -and Dr. W. Shaw. Then in 1955 he had the pleasure of seeing his pn, J. W. "Bill" Counter occupy the same post.' This is probably' a record of some kind in 'the Legion, as far as is krtowh here there had never be- fore been an instance of 'both a father and son being president of the same branch. 'f>estinaster Counter's, Leg‘on in- terest led him to set other records: For eleven years during his mem- he missed' no meeting, either executiveArngeriesil. He was on the executive, for 20 years, and saw the club through the per- iod between" wars when member- ship was low, and with a variety of meeting places, interest was los 'Mr. and Mrs. Counter's only son, Bill, was born in Buffalo. How- ever, he has spent his lifetime here in Clinton, except for -the war years when he served overseas in the Royal -Canadian Navy, and fol- lowing that a year at University (Continued on rage Twelve) Pool Equipment Now Installed The pre -cast cement blocks which will farm the ceiling of the equip -nerd room; at the new swim- ming pool, are to be laid in place Wan. This will be practically the last work to be done tit the pool this fall, n Yesterday the huge pumps which will be used to fill the tank, and to continually pump it through the filtration equipment, were lowered by crane into the equip. Mont room, Each; of these weigh- ed approximately one ton, Spokesman' for the Clinton Cerh- niunitn Swimming Pool Fund ex - Pressed the belief yesterday that there would be enough money this tall, to pay for the work done. so fax. This favourable situation' re- flects the enthusiasm of the com- munity for the pool, and offera good possibility that with contin- ued support there will: be little danger that the structure will not be paid for, ' as planned, Bayfield Maselut;rade Party Held Last Night (By WerBayfield correspondent) About 100 in, costume attended the Hayfield Lions Hallowe'en Masquerade heldin the village hall last night, Alf Scotchm'er, acted as master of ceremonies and Les- lie Elliott operated the phblie ad- dress system and record player for the parade, and under, girls fancy, Deb- orah Turner (old fashioned lady); Cathy Weston (harem dancer); Lynn Brandon and Patricia Payne (pirouettes); boys fancy, Clare and Nicky Sager (Merry Christmas and Happy New Year); Ricky Westlake • (Hallovveen pumpkin); Calvin Scotchnier (Peter Pan);, ' Girls comic,' Janis Galbraith (HallOvve'en• cht); Marion. Francis (fisherman); Wendy Greer.. (cow- boy); boys comic, Alan Armstrong S. Hallahan Heads (ream. Producers Figures Show 13 An Hour Earned 11,R 1, Helgralre, is the new presiderr of the Huron Comity' Cream ProduceM AssoC- iation, following Hume Clutton, RR 5, Goderich. New officers for United Church- ... Elders Meeting • On Sunday evening, October 28, a large gathering of United Chur- ch Elders met -in the Wesley -Wil- lis Church. The meeting was con- ducted by Elgin 'McKinley, newly' elected president of the Huron County United Church men. Ad- dressing the meeting was Profes- sor Laurie Cragg, MelVlaster Uni- versity„ Boys And. Girl& Band Gets Off To Fine Start More than 25 children with their parents met in the Legion Memor- ial Hall on Tuesday evening with A. C. Robinson, London, in hopes of taking part in a Clinton Boys' and' Girls Band. The interest shown in the band is consiaerable, and it looks as if it will be form- ed. Practices are to be from 4.30 to 6 ,o'clock every Thursday after- noon in the Legion hall. Four months after instruments are "put into use, promises Mr. Robinson, the Band will be ready to put on a public concert.' Founder OF Fine. Arts School Fiers Drama Course In Clinton Fortunately for Clinton, and those here who are, interested in the theatre, Mrs. Nelson W. Haynes has a great love for "the East" and likes this part of On- tario in particular. When she and her husband, Dr. N. W, Haynes, were looking for a place in Ontario for him -to locate his dental prac- tice this spring they settled upon Clinton as the perfect location. /Known hi theatre as Elizabeth Sterling Haynes she has accepted the role as instructor for the course in drama being offered this winter in' the rural community night school at Clinton' District• Collegiate Institute. '(Application forms for this3and other courses at the school appear elsewhere in this paper.) This is a start in what may' be- come a: growing effort towards work in the theatre in this area. One thing is sure, the students who eerol for this course will have the best instruction available, Four of Mrs. Haynes' pupils; acted in. the Stratford Shakespearean Festival this stunnier. When Mrs. Haynes left Edmon- ton last November, she had com- pleted 32 years of service in Al- berta. She had, as the Edmonton Journal' recorded, "encouraged end inspired countless young people With her own love of the theatre." snlerzi in County Durham, tng- land, she Spent her childhood in Ontario, and Wag educated at, the University of Toronto. She mar- ried Dr. Haynes hi 1922, and he opened a dental practice hi Edinorn ton, They have twochildren, Dr. Shirley Appleby,. Toronto, and Sterling, anmedical Student at the University of ,Alberta. Her broth- er, Wallace Sterling IS now president of Leland Stanford Unis versity, California. She has four grandchildren living in Toronto, and they may receiVe a good deal of the -credit for bringing Mr. and Mrs. Haynes back east to live. In Edmonton Ws. littyrieS Was. a member of the •first board of syndics Of the Edmonton Little 'theatre, whieh was organized in the fall of 1929, The year before + + .^• '1 + ' • ...• ' ••• •• •,,, •" • • • Elizabeth Sterling Haynes • (Clinton Studio) that, she and five other theatre enthusiasts held a meeting which led to the founding of the Alberta 'Drama League, and the beginning of the provintial drama festivala. Quoting from the Edmonton Journal: "Rovveven, Mrs. Haynes felt then the festivnls, even though they did good work, were sporadic efforts arid if drama were to make progress there should be a perman- ent training centre She suggested Banff as a_ Scheel sfie, and in 1933 under a grant from the Carnegie Corporation, the Banff School of The Theatre was opened with Mrs. Haynes as instructor. She hoped for 25 students, More than 100 came. From this beginning has own the internationally known. Banff School of Vine Arts, "In 1.932 she was appointed pro- vincial drama instructor of the ex- tension department of the Univer- sity of Alberta, and travelled the 0 province from Peace River to the Montana border. Some years she - covered 20,000 Intles by train, bits or ear, teaching' and stimulating knowledge of theatre in rural Alberta." Since coming to live in Clinton, where her husband (who grewup hi Mitchell, Ontario) has a dental practice With office on Albert Street near the main intersection, Mrs. Haynes has seen at least one local piny. She attended the sec- ond production of "Our First Hundred" written by Miss Lucy Woods, Hayfield and directed by Mrs. W. S. Outerbridge with local actors and actressea. Of this play, Mrs. Haynes, commented favour- ably on the excellent and witty dialogue, and the reality which was achieved by means of authen- tic props. Elizabeth Sterling Haynes has (Continued on Page six) the group were named at the an- nual meeting held in the agricul- tural office Jaoard room here last Friday evening. The other officers are vice -pres- ided, Russell Bolton, RR 1, Dub- lin; Gordon Greig, Bluevale, sec- retdrystreasurer; directors-, Hume Cli)tton,- Horace Deibridge, RR 1, Woodham; J. J. Elliott, Bluevale, James Simpson, Kirkton and Gor- don Richardson, Brucefield. In answer to invitations agnt out• to 3,000 cream producers in the county, only 16 Huron producers attended the meeting. Also in at- tendance were two visitors from Perth County -and the special speakers of the evening. Dr. Harvey Caldwell, Farm Ec- onomics Branch, OAC, Guelph, pre- sented figures' comparing the cost of production of cream with other milk products. These figures which were compiled from D.H.I herds in cost of production Sur- veys carried out in 1951, 1952, 1953 and 1954. According to these the producers learned that they' were getting' 13 cents per hour for their time spent in getting cream /to market In figuring this, the hours put into producing skim milk, which is a by-product of the cream, was tak- en into consideration. At the same time, thosefarmers shipping to the condensed and Pow- dered milk plants averaged 43 cents per hour; those to the cheese factories, 40 cents per hour, and to the fluid market, $1.04 per hour. When the total amount of milk produced per herd was studied, it was seen that those Alarming to, creameries ayeraged well below that of herds where shipping was to the other markets. Dr. Cald- well explained that this was not a result of -using beef herds, as some producers might expect, because most of thenerds in the study had been sinkry breeds. "Butter may become a luxury product," said Dr. Caldwell. Resolutions The meeting passed a resolution requesting the Ontario Cream Producers Marketing Board to work towards increasing the sell- ing pricesof cream. They felt that since the cost of production has increased and the floor price has remained at 58 cents a pound, the producer is receiving little or noth- ing for his labour. Excellent Butter Kenneth Parkinson, Wingham, representing the . Milk Products Board reported that over .96 per- cent of the butter produced in On- tario is first grade, butter. During September, he said, it reached 97.16 percent. W. B. Hotson, St. Marys, direct - • on the provincial board, said it mins important to stress the fact that they' were not -producing a luxury, but were giving good value for the money. • Charles' Turland ."(Davy Crockett); Donnie .Lindsay (lien); Seven to 13, girls famoy, Ellen Lindsay (old lady); Helen Grains ger (skunk); Barbara Turner (gypsy); boys fancy, Douglas Tel ford nvvanch); Gary Talbot (Robin Hood); Nigel Benchamber Presley); girls comic, Gail; Turner (football piayer)'r; Mary Elizabeth Ergine (pumpkin, man); Jackie Weston (cavenroman); boys comic, Phillip Wu r ner', (cheerleader); George Lindsay (old man); Mich- ael Scotehmer (Woody Woodpecirn Or). Over 13, fancy, Mrs.. Reg Fran- cis and Mrs. Spencer Ervine (hun- ters); Margaret Howard ('Hallow- e'en); Lillian Higgins (bat). • 'Grand' 'prize for 'dyne not win- ning in other classes, Linda Gem, einbarclt (witch) ; Ted • 'Heard (Chinese); Terry Fitzsimons (maj- orette), A hearty vote of thanks was giv- en the Lions Club and the judges, Mrs. J. McKenzie, Mrs. 1 H. Cobb and Mrs, R. S. 'Roddick, who had a Most difficult task Choosing the wirolelros. wing' the judging, candy was distributed to the children 'Mr and a bushel of apples, donated by Grant Stirling was shared. The affair was under the supervision of the chairman of the boys and girls committee LeRoy Poth, s To Dedicate I Cemetery s - New Chapel The new chapel which has been completed this, fall at the Clinton Cemetery, will be dedicated in a special service to be held next Sun- day afternoon at 3.30 p.m. The service will be interdenom- inational, and will be conducted under the direction of the Clinton Ministerial Association. Rev. A. G. Eagle Of Ontario Street United Church will be in charge. The public is cordially invited to attend this service and tour the" new building.; o PUC Will Review Costs And Rents In Their Building Members of the Clinton, Public Utilities Commission are engaged in a review of the costs of opera- ting their office building, with the intention •of saving some money If possible. Superintendent J. B. Rands re- ported at the regular meeting of the PUC on Tuesday night that something would have to be done in the spring, about the window- sills on the upper floor of the hall,. since they were rotting away and letting in moisture to harm the 'rest of the walls. I Included in the PUC's investiga- tion will be that of rents to other ;organizations, The -town rents a, room for a public restroom, and upstairs the IOQF and Rebekah lodges have rented for well over 26 years. Costs of heating and in- surance will be looked hito, and decision reached on whether ren- tals are right. Services to the lot on Osborne Street, owned by G. F. Elliott were approved. 0 cadet W. J. Shearing, Royal Military College, Kingston,. and Miss Gail Shearing, St. Thomas Elgin General Hospital, spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. Shearing. • McCubbin Pledges When Farmers Ma (By special correspondent) The motion proposed in the House of Commons on March 12, 1956, by John Diefenbaker, Sask. IVLP., calling for payment of parity prices for farm prodpce was lab- elled "a lawyer's; pliony motion" 'by Robert McCubbin, MP, for Middlesex west and parliamentary assistant to agriculture minister Gardner at the Ontario Farmer's Union Convention held in Guelph last week. In a lively discussion following his address, Mr. MeCtibbin, agresed to support such a motion provided the Maim was sincere and put Mirth through. the proper channels. When asked if present Hoar prices could be enforced, Mr. Mc- Cubbin replied, "Only through the co-operallioti of the processor. As an. example the egg floor price is to' the processor rather than the producer, When the'processor sells eggs to the government he is' required by veihal agreement to pay the producer 2. dents," In answer to a question Mr, MeCub- birt Stated Oat it was his opinion that process milk should be 175 TolSupport Parity ke Formal Request ,per cwt. with 3.23 per cwt. an 'absolute minimum. In his address on Tuesday, John +Charlton, MP, Brant - Haldiman stated farmers had a just cause for cOmplaint. The Progressive Conservatives, had been trying for years to better agricultural condi- tions by means of floor prices bas- ed On a fair cost price relation- ship, The Agriculture Committee of the House or Royal Commis - Sion, If necessary, 'should investi- gate the wide sprisad between the producer and consumer, he said, Donald McDonald, Ontario CCF leader presented figures to show the positioh of the farmer today. While the over-all gross Income of Canadian farmers increased 13 percent In the flint six months of (Continued on Page 12) 440* Over so Birthday Club IVirs, Won Dalrymple, Ontario Street, Clinten, will quietly eeles brate her 39th 'birthday on Thits. day, govehiber 1, with menthol of her family.