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Clinton News-Record, 1956-12-06, Page 1• (DY WR D. P,). TRAGEDY STRUCK 1N THE. canine kingdem..:.and the house-. hold of Dr, and ¥rs, W, A. Oakes ,a, few days .ago.... when their big black dog was killed by a awiftly moving taxicab, .., The big fumy' eniznal was well known fn that section of town, • and was a friend to all who made his ntan ee, , Uefertunately sire was struck 'lay the cab,.., . whose driv- er, though aware of Bitting her. did not notify the folksat her home, .. Mrs,. Oakes searched all over for their pet whendark fell that evening... and much later found her dead in the snowy gar- den where she had crawled after tier injury, , . This is a •case of hit- and-run. , .. which if it involved. human would be -punishable by some of ,the strongest laws,. ,, However, the serffering :of the clog. and. „d have her owners:. . is great, a `nd .coni beenspar- ed . to and degree if they had .:known sooner what happened. * * * a CHRISTMAS FESTIVE DECOR - atolls are being erected gradual - 1y throughout the town, .. Last Wednesday the :big town tree went. up at the Post Office triangle, . . it is lighted beautiful- ly now at nights.... and .the Chamber has put up pretty pine trees at "each lamp post down town. 'Beginning _ to have the really holiday 'look. . WITH THE PRELCI RISTMAS resistance to sales talk at its. us- ual` low. . several. housewives in. Clinton andgarea have been taken in by fast -talking door-to-door. • salesmen..: The latest to come to light is the sale of • so-called "hand:painted" table' cloths • for the unlikely • price of ,t$25. . each... In January, or any mon- th of the year, this sort of sales talk' would very likely get short shrift by .the busy housewife.. . bid right now when .gifts' are a , problem... and the really limper- - tant• gifts are hard to decide up- • on. • this seems .the answer to, a Shopper's • prayer. ..:Be ye not de- ceived . These self -same •cloths, complete w i th hand -painting (which really isn't) are on sale In at least one Clinton ladies wear store for the reasonable price of 0 'under 1 each.. d * *. FOR. GOODNESS' SAKE.: k AND for the sake of, yourown pocket book. Don't. (and we rc- • peat that word). . Don't buy, from people'` you 'don't know. . . Buy from the people you know.', who are in business in town. . pay 'business tax, donate towards your cookbooks, 'your swimming pool, : your c"1 ildren's recreation, your church I and everything in Your : town: . You ' c'efe etrust them to ,give you -a, fair deal.. Hen .a: l s _ 11 E octroi • •Se: _H . es h Percent_ Of Voters Out •. Withr turnout a 55 percent ur out of electors in Hensel). , on Monday, the village re-elected three coun- cillors andnamed one new man to council. John Henderson : with • 184 •votes; Alvin Luker, 166; Gordon• Schwa- lm, 164 and James Sangster, 115,, were the four. men. elected. De- feated were David Sangster, 114, and Harry Hoy, 103. Reeve of the village is Norman Jones, ' who, succeeded the late William Parke in 1956, and re- ceived an acclamation to the post for 39570 Huron FilrCouncil Names W. V. Roy As First President Representatives• throughout the county from' Seaforth, • Brussels, Wingham, Londesbor.,o and ,Goderr- ich, as well as the hest town, Clinton, met in the agricultural office board room here last Thurs- day night and organized the nuc- leus of a County Film Council, W. V. Roy Clinton, was elected chairman -et the new Council: R. B. Cousins, reeve of Brussels, was named vice-president and the Rev. IL T. Colvin, Brussels, agreed to act temporarily as . secretary- treasurer. R. E. Taylor, Hanover, district representative of the National Film Board was present to help in the formation of the group. Warden 3. V. Fischer, reeve of Turriberry Township , was in at- tendance. In addition to the service of films being available, the Jilin Council will undertake to have machines available and train pro- jectionists to operate them. The plan also is for training in the important art of planning a pee - gram around films, So that those attending will appreciate the vol- ue of the film Shown. Ift time it is expected that a volume of films will be built Up in the County., The next county meeting will be held on Thursday, January 31. The ,Week's Weather 1956 19511 High Low High, Low Nov, 29 32 13. 31 -1 30 25 13 33 28 Dec, 1 33' 21 30 22 2 34 25 35 26 3 38 29 35 33 4 33 28 42 82 5 30 23 84 24, R;aim .60 ins, l'Ialp:.50 ins, Snow; 20 Pits. SnOw: 3 tris' in THE NEW .SRA -92nd., YEAR 4 , 0 No. 49 ..:...The Home, Paper With .the News CL,.INTONP ONTARIO,. THURSDAY DECEMBER 6, 1950 /l" r THE N.EWS,REcQRD •-75th YEAR 7 cents 0. copy $3.00 a jaw? CflIy 16,-Peoce.ht Turnout In Clinton On Election Day' A lovw percentage 'of voters, but Surprisingly' good in comparison with other .years, and considering the fact that only three men were to. be elected, turned out on Monday for the municipal elect- ions. 788, or 43 percents of then possible voters made the trip to the' polls, The electorate made no change in the Reeveship under which the town was administered: in 1956, o Stanley but returned Burton, S nl y t o this position with a• majority of 98 votes, . He polled 443 in com- parison with 345 votes for Melvin Crich. This conteet betvveeo .'Stanley and Crich, has . run..• a :fairly long pourse, In 1953 Crich defeated Stanley in :a rape for deputy reeve, with a majority of 177,. The' next year Crash moved up in- to the Reeve's position, defeating J. W, Nediger.end Stanley was ac-. claireed deputy reeve. In 3,955 Stanley defeated Crich with a. majority of 35 votes, and became Reeve of the town, - Charles W. Brown, who has been a member of the PUC for' returned the past tire years, wasu ned to office at the head of the poll; 471 votes, Next in the PTTC vote, stood Antoine "Red" 'Garen, who polled 372 votes. Others contest- ing were Hugh' Dawkins; 2971 and Donald Symons, 216`. ' - r • For Mayor; ▪ WILLIAM J. IVITT Jae, (accl,), • For Reeve: y 1 BURTON STANLEY 118 Melvin Crich ..,:•......,•..,. 113 For' Deputy Reeve: N, W. 'I'+1 EWARTHA (acct.). 2 10 3 116 75• • 4 Total 104. 443 ' 77 345 , For Council: GEORGE, BEIATTIE, HERB.t tT BRIDLE, EDWARD DALE, ROBERT N. `L1laW2N, NORMAN LIVERMORE and JOHN A. , SOWER- (acct.). For Public-Ut.lities Commissioners (1957-58); fOH.AIRLES, BROWN 147 116 117 91 • 471 ,ANTOINE "Red" GARON 105 88 88 91 372 Hugh Hawkins • 83 76 73‘ 65 297 Donald Symons...,., 62 41 57 56 • 216 ' Other enemibers of the PUC are W. E. Perdue, H. E. Hartley and Mayor ' W. J. Miller,ex-officio; • 'For Public School Board (1957-58):. K. • W..CO]. UHOUN, . CLAYTON DIXON, GEORGE LAVIS (accl.), Other meenbei?e of the board are A, F. Cudmore, L. Haughton and William ; Hearn, Fie'1dr�ps Man Says Hur�n is "No Garden Of Eden" • C. H. 1'Cingsfury, Field Crops Branch , of -the _Ontario . Depart- ment, df Agriculturetold the 150 farmers in Lonidesboro, Tuesday night that if they thought that Huron County, was any . "Garden of Eden" that they Mistak- en. He: was,.spea'king at theean- nual• meeting • of the Huron Coun- ty Soil , .and . Crop Improvement Association.: "You rdduce more hay grain and livestock pr.oducts in Huron ,County," • he stated, "than any. other county in 'the province, yet in a recent .seeddrillsurvey, on- ly one-half of all. samnple taken rated No. •I`; seed. If ' you can PUC For :1957-58 ANTOINE GABON CHARLES BROWN Goderh i - Twp. To. c Vote For Reeve,. New Nomination ''n • Goderich Township Monday, voters will select their reeve for the nerd year. John beeves, the present reeve, is having his posi- tion .challenged by the senior member on doitnhil, Wilmer Har- rison. Mr Harrison has five years experie>ice hi municipal work. ' However, for council, a sedand nomination in the township is re quired. Though five mien were named last Friday, only three are ttualified, , Grant Stirling, lien- neth Merner and Walter Forbes received an. acclamation. Cine More councillor is required, and no date Tor this nomination day ,has yet been set, excel in 'so many respects, there is no reason -for your seeds for not ;being good—good seeds pro- duce good. crops. "In the results of , the survey, which was conducted -•, by the, Field 'Crops Branch, with samples collected by the Huron" County Soil and Crop Improvement .As - sedation in all 16 toweiships, Mr: Kingsbury reported., there were 41 Seeds he; had neverheard of, •'A total of 279 samples 'from approximately five_ percent of the 5,700 farmers.. were obtained, for the survey. ; •ti "Hullett Township, with 16 sam- ples : out of 20 graded ,.No. I—• "was a fair„ indication that this township would not have to take a back seat," said the fieldman. One out of every five sample tak- en in the survey were rejected be"ccause of weed seeds., ,';In Nor: thein Ontario, the Thunder Bay. district produeed,71 percent No. grade-, Sudbury 51 percent, Marie itoulln, 68 percent," he 'quoted. In the Huron County survey, one out of every five samples of cereal samples `were . rejected, 60 percent were No. 1', while, 24 per cent, were, rejected because of weed seeds. 'W 1d buckheat weed seed was found in 97 ,percent of the cereal sample seeds. Under, the plant -cleaned class, 70 percent registered No. 1, while 27 . per- cent went rejected. In the farm grown seed class, 35 percent were •rejected, while those purchased from dealers rated 60 percent No. 1, and ten percent were rejected. Mr, Kingsbury told the farmers that this, past year, four out of five- farmers in Huron County; did. not know what grade seed they were planting.• His remarks were backed by those of the agricultural repre- sentatives of the county, G. W. Montgomery whosaid that "it is a sad situation—which— unfortun- ately exists all across Ontario. Farmers are negligent in the mat- ter of selecting good sed. The old slogan ••-"sow the ,best and feed the rest, can still be appied," feed the rest, can still be applied." Guest speaker for the event, Dr. H. L. P'attersen,' Director of the Farm Economics Branch of the Ontario %Department of 'Agricul- ture, gave a summary of the mar- ket outlook for 1957. "We can exlrect a slow level •ppswirig in. prices for,another 12 years,': said Dr, Patterson, addingthat this however will not apply, to all com- modities. Elston Cardiff, Brussels, M,P,, Huron, 'told the meeting that far- - (Continued on Page Twelve) DecorationColtest Pians Ca �ete , Enter Your %ome'--Win• $25 :Prize The Clinton Horticultural Sop- iety jn conjunction with Clinton and. District Chamber' of Corn- mre ce are staging in a. Christma s .. Decoration. Contest ths year, Elsewhere in this issue of the News-Reeprd there ie. en entry form that can be, filled out if you wish to enter, the contest. With the entry form are, all the rules and deadline ,for decorating is December 22, with the judging to be done by outside judges on that date. Prizes to the winners are first, $25,00; second, $15:00 and third, $10,00, with the winners to 11'0 -an- nounced in the ,dews -Record .on December 28. Help the sponsors of this con, test put Clinton in the Christmas spirit and send Yeur entry in to- day. TownCouncil- In Acton With all members of town co'un- cil, present for the final meeting of the year on Tuesday night, the assessment roll for 1956 was ac- cepted, ° showing •totals for lands $173,687.65; far buildings, $1,675,- 308.50, and. for business, $169,664; 96. Total assessment is $2,018,- 661.11. • Council set the date for the first meeting for January 7, at 11 Give Clothing Direct ---To - Refugee Needy , For those wishing to . make, a direct contribdtion for those refugee, • Hungarian , people who are • arriving daily in Toronto, an -exe nllent oppor- tunity is here 1 Clinton. Madame Marie deKurthy, a native of Hungary, who is' teaching ballet • two days a week in the Legion N efnor al Hall, is staying at the Com.- rhercial Hotel, She has, offer- ed to+ receive. clothing for the incoming refugees, con Thurs-� day and Friday evenings, in Room 2 at the: hotel, and is _able to deliver, them direct to the people who; need it. - rem. Fixed ..the assessment for lands within the town; gave flrst readings' to an amendment of By- law 15.1952, to make the intersec- tion at Albert and Princess streets (J. W. Counter's corner) a place Where no U-turn may be made, This latter by-law must be ap- proved by the Department of Highways and signs must be er- ected before it will go' into ef- Teat, Three • building permits were authorized for H. Kuiper, garage, $300; C. Williams, sunporch, '$125; R, Cantelon, .garage, $200. Boning Day, Wednesday, Dec- ember 26, will be proclaimed a holiday. Third reading was given to authorize borrowing 530,000 for PUC purposes. - Roy Elliott was given permis- sion to operate a 'taxicab in Clin- tbn. A request from A, C. Rob- inson for use of ,the Council Chamber each Thursday for junior band practice between 4.30 and 5,30 4p.m. was refused. • FIRE ,BRIGIADE HELPS AT CxlODEBICH •BLAZE The Clinton Fire Brigade, head- ed by Fire. Chief Grant Rath, as- sisted the firemen at Goderich early Monday morning, at'the fire which consume&,_ the 113 -year-old British- Exchange Hotel. Three known dead, and two misting . is the' count fallowing search theough'the :ruins after the fire. !Mai.l arl ,4n d Oft en I For Delivery o Before Christmas Day With Christmas mail already beginning to make the work at the post office twice as great as normally;';it,.es important" for.. those who, -wish te have early delivery, to take some pains to assist the staff, there. Postmaster J. P. Cairns sug- gests that mail be bundled. That is, that first class mail nd business, mail be packaged para tely f r o m Christmas •cards' There- is a separate de- posit box in the post office for mailing.. of Christmas cards. , Also, he says it ,will help if local mail (that • is all letters, parcels,, etc. ,for delivery in Clin- ton or rural routes) is bundled Ontario St"Feet WA Donates $1,000. To Building Fund One thousand dollars toward the church building fund will be donated by the Woman's Assoc- iation of the Ontario Street Un- ited Church. Decision to give this amount was made at the Christ- mas meeting of the group on Tuesday. j Mrs. M. Wiltse was 'in charge of the, devotions, assisted by Mrs. D. Carter and Mrs, N. Carter. Mrs. A. G. 'Eagle contributed a reading entitled i"Christmas Eve," The program included a piano duet by Miss E. Wiltse and. Mrs. Radford; a Christmas reading by Mrs. M. Wiltse and Christmas duets siting by Mrs. 3. Mc11night and -Mrs. D. Symons. Lunch was served by the ladies of St. Georg- e's ward. Bazaar Raises $350 For Church (By our Hensel!, correspopEtent) The Ladies Aid of Carmel Pres- byterian Church sponsored one of their moat successful bazaars, bake sale and chicken supper on Saturday, December 1, realizing over $350» Hostesses for the ,af- ternoon anti evening were Mrs. S. Dougall, Mrs. D. MacDonald, Mrs, B. Edwards.. - separately from the out-of-town. mail. Of course the usual prac- tice of piling your envelopes with the • .addresses all" facing the same way, is ' a great help, too. • The Post Office slogan, "Mail Early and Often" will help speed your mail .:to its destine ation. 4-H Clubs Receive wards For Ye:ar- Toinorrw evening, Friday, Dec-. .ember 7, is the all important day of the year for .the 502 members of Huron's' 4 -II Clubs who will receive prize , money, awards, crests, etc., pn their annual Ach- ievement Night, Held in the South Huron. Dist-, riot High School, this event marks Majority; 8 9 REEVE BURTON STANLEY the completion of work for the 32 4-H Agricultural Clubs in the County during the past year. There were 593 young folic be- tween the ages 'a 12-20 who be, gab a 4H Club project in 1956. and 502 completed their assign- rnents. This is 84.5 perecent come pletion, a record for the county_ Last year completions were at 3u•st -Under 80 percent, Arthur S, Botton, .assistant .ag• rieul•tural representative for the county; G. W. Montgomery, agri- ' cultural representative are able to parry out their huge. jai? of supervising this program, through the co-operation of the more than. 70 Club leaders. Robert P. Allan, Brucefield;, president of the Club Leaders As- sociation, will be the chairman for the achievement night program tomorrow night... Charles Mac - Naughton, ' ac -Naughton,' chairman of the host school board d will welcome those present to the school, and G. W. Montgomery also will welcome visitors and the members. W, P. Watson, livestock com- missioner, Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto, is the. guest epeakeir,. Following a sing -song led by- Harry y 'Harry Hern, RR 1, Granton, spec- ial and cash awards Will be pre- sented by A. S. Bolton. Lunch will be served .and, the evening will finish off with a dance. • - DA Hears Plan. For Water resource Idea Representatives of Huron muni- cipalities taking part 'in the Mid - Western Ontario Developfnent As- sociation 'were host at a dialer meeting in Hotel Clinton .last night, at which municipal leaders from interested Perth towns at- tended. Subject of the meeting, was water resources and• censer- vatidn, with the program planned by Dr. E. A. McMaster, chairman of that particular; committee within Zone 1.. (Huron) in the Association: Guest speeaker' was Brian Lar - moue, secretary of the • Ontario Water Resources. Committee, who, outlined the birth of that organiz ation some six months ago, and the aims toward which he and others on the commission work. Recognizing the extreme im- portance of conserving water, and 'procuring enoughfor all the many. Dutch Couple Hcn�ured' Or; Double Anniversary Last week was a very special one` for Rev. George 3. Hektema and -his wife, for they not only celebrated 25 years • of married life, but it also was' the anniver- Local Groups Do Bit To Help Hungarian Folk The plight of the thousands of Hungarians who .have fled from Russian tyranny has touched the hearts -of Christian people throughout the free world. • A call has gone out for money to buy food, medicine, clothing and other necessities. The Can- adian Council of Churches has a Committee working in Vienna. The demands made upon this Committee are many and urgent. It needs the' support of Canad- ians. Something" has been done in Clinton towards this end. On Saturday evening last; Mrs. C. VanDamme• and L. G. Winter sponsored a card party, the whole of the proceeds going to the Re- fugee Fund. $43.30 was realized by this effort. Then, on Sunday, a special of- fering was received at St. Paul's• Anglican Church, This amounted to $93. A total of $136,30 lies therefore 'been sent to swell the Fluid being administered by the Canadian Council - of Churches. The people vvio have made this posssible are --to be commended for their help. Public School Board Members Get Acclamation R. W. cout1inot1i - J t.„&v OiV` Dt tl" x 6Z1010Itteih I AVIS sary of 25 years in the minstry for Mr. Hoytema. An. ann versary,service• to mark the occasirin was held in the Christian Reformed • Church on Sunday, when the Rev.' G. Hoy- tema made a speech about his 25 years service in the church. He thanked God that He had given him those years, and that God had used him t`o bring the Gospel to all the people. He concluded his talk with the one wish, that God would give him strength and pow- er to continue telling of His word for many years. Following the service a recept- ion was held in the church hall with about 200 people present. Representatives of the church from Lucknow and Ebceter thank- ed the Rev. G. Hoytema for all the work lie had done. The . followirig evening, Novem- ber 23, the couple"•celebrated their 25th year • of marriage, and a dinner for 35 people was. served in the church hall. Then another reception was held for their friends and neighbours, and ,about 200 people attended. • purposes' for which it' is required; said Mr. Lamour, theCornniission is prepared to assist municipalit- ies by floating long-term deben- tures to pay for capital expendit- ures on water systems and sew-• erage disposal'. systems on a wide area basis. These costs vi'ill then be char- ged„bback to the municipalities re- questing the service. The ad- vantage is in lower costs due to larger debenture issues, over long- er periods of time than the inciiH vidual municipalities may ' issue, them, and in having expert engin-1' kering acid planning;.:,experien available. "The agricultural demand - fo water," said Mr..Lamour, "issur prisingly higher than that of th uriban request. However, the are ..a great many difficulties en countered yin trying to ''discover workable method of supplyin him. In order to supply water fo irrigation purposes, it is necessa to determine the amount require along the length of the pipeline and ' get a guarantee of use to a cer tain degree, before if is econom ically possible to install the pipe line large enough to suppl them." The speaker was introduced b Dr. E. 'A. tMcMaster; Mayor o Seaforth, 'and was thanked by G. Nickel, Listowel, . a director o the Zone 2 (Perth) section Mid-WODA. . Included among the speakers the evening were Mayor W. Miller, who welcomed the gather ing to ,Clinton; L. Elston Cardi MP, Brussels; Warden J. V. Fis cher, Turmberry Township; W. Wall, Trade and Industry Bran Department of Planning and De velopment; R. C. Drew, Stratfor general manager .of Mid-WODA G. W. Montgomery, agriculture representative for the county; R D. Jermyn, Exeter, president o the Zone 1, Mid-WODA and chair man for the evening. Guests attended from the mur icipalities of Listowel, Brussel: Palmerston, Seaforth, East We wanosh, Wingham, Stanley Towr ship, Hensall, Howick Townshi and Hay. The Middle-Maitlan Conservation Authority and ti' Ausable River Conservation Mitt ority were both represented. Three Running For Second -Vice OR Legion Executive For 1957 Terex There will be an election for two offices in local Branch No. 140, Canadian Legion on Decem- ber 10." Tlvie two offices to be contested are e2nd vice-president with Cam- Bron Proctor, Edward Dale and Douglas Thorndike in the running and 21 members are tryitig to ob- tain a post on the eig]it man ex- ecutie; All other posts have been filled by acclamation. This year the election, night meeting will take the form of a turkey dinner that will be catered to by the members of the Ladies Auxiliary. "'There will be a spec- ial speaker pec-ialspeaker and the cost, per plate has been set e.t $L50. The incoming president is Deng - las Andrews who steps up from• the ".first vice-president's post. Art Leylburne is first vice-president for 1957. The following is' the •complete list of nominations for the cern- ing year: Honorary presidents, G. Wilson, 3. B. Corr°sth, G. 11 I, Counter, .fudge F. r.nglarrd, Dr. 11'. G. Thompson; past president, W. Denomme; president, Douglas A drews; first vice-president, Arth Leylburne; second vice -,preside: Cameron Proctor, Edward • Dale, Douglas Thorndike; Secretary, R. B. Campbr treasurer, K. W. Coiquhoun; ch. lain, Rev, D. J. Lane; honor. chaplain, Rev. R. M. P. Bultee ,Exedutive (eight to be elect( George Campbell, A, Laurie 4 quhoun, Alfred Crozier, Rol Draper, Hector Kingswell, J, Counter, L. Haughton, lit Brown, James Graham,' E Porter, Jack Moore, boo Thorndike, Cameron Proctor, ward Dale, Gordon Herman Brophy, F. lord, R. Fremlir B. Freeman, H. E. "Hai" Her Richard Dixon. Sergeant at arms, George C. bell; standard bearers, G. GE Rumhall, Robert N. Irwin, old Black and Bdward i l colour sergeant, Douglas T dike; pension officer, Dr. 1 Thompson; service bureau of Cameron Proctor.