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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1957-01-24, Page 1The Week's 'Weather High LOW High I..ove 1957 1956 jam 3.7 a •taZ. 4 la 3.4 -12 24 :9 24 7 24 16 20 .85 le 23 21, 42 43 29 2. o 3.ct 24 1,7 23, 1 7 22 14 1•4111 '19 in$' Slww: "No. 4-44 Homo Paper With the News: SAM: 6 ins. THE NEW ERA 92nd YEAR :THE,,hiEWS,RECORO-76th YEAR 'THURSDAY. JANUARY 24, 1957.. 7 c.pets. 0 copy 0.00 a Year Laying Out 1957 Membership Campaign • Net the Coffee Club, but Chamber of Corn- merce directors, rnet informally in Bartliff Bros. restaurant, on Monday morning fp r the serious. job of planning a, four-day membership sales campaign. From left to right, Bruce- Bartliff, •genial host, and also director on the Chamber; Carl Cbx,and Robert N. Irwin, president Robert .garAl.Arg%0 B.-Camprbell, John A, Anstett, past president M. McAdam and J. W. Counter. Mr. Anstett' holding a miniature of a large sign to be erected this spring by the Chamber, directing.the motor- ing public tb Clinton's modern shopping centre. (Two other directors, 0. L. Engelstad and Her,- • Bert Bridle' attended the meeting. (News -Record Photo) Adastral Park Enjoys Own Council And May_or • iCLINTON • This year's council .at Adastral Park (above) Watch while the new, mayor, Plight Lieutenant •P. W. A. McLennan (left centre) receives the mace of office from Squadrt Leader J. P, Dixie, who was mayor of the RCAF community in 1956. Other members of the newly -elected ctrunell are (Ietf to right) F/S. F. J. HamlYn, Corporal L, J. Fenton, Sergeant,R. A. Stamm, Warrant Offieer J. J. Frost, Flying Officer G.. D. Bruce, Flight Sergeant Y. Boissonnedult and Sergeant: H. L. Locke. ,The 12 -member 1956 council,retiring. —from their ofifibial capacity at the inaugural meeting of thieteax'S governing body,. are (left to right) Major J. E. Hughson, Sergeant, J. Hopaluk, Sight Lienteriant P. W. A. McLennan, Sergeant H. C. Easton, Corporal G., Yetman, Warrant Officer 2 L. J. Royer, Sergeant W. N. Elliott, Corporal J. W. Mercer, Squadron Lead- er J. P. Dixie, Sergeant W. A. Meehan, Corpor- al R. H. Gillmore „and 'Elight Sergeant F. Bur - ,gess, • •• (RCAF Photo) the Yinst Cotunirt:r= (By W. D. DJ WELL, l'HE MIGHTY RIVERS flowed, all right..., . . right down main street. . . Thehard working streets men took advantage of the January thaw. . . and pushed those huge piles of snow from the edges of the road out onto the bare black street. . . Then mother nature took .over. . . and sun and traffic soon reduced the lumps to• slush and then rivers. . . 'Twos hardly safe tp be a pedestrian. . • because if the'cars didn't run over you, they slashed you good, any- how. . . * * * AT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL Board meeting last week. . . mem- bers, the principal and the press. were treated to a feed of soft- shelled pecans, which George LaviS had brought back from the sunny south, Luscious things they were. . . and had the same effect asr salted peanuts. . . it was • hard to stop eating them, . , The other ' Members were unanimous hi mak- ing George chairman of* the board. * * RA'IIHER UNUSUALLY §0: :en seems, . . the ProgresSiVe Conserv- ative party in Huron County is shoWing a good deal of activity . After all. . .. with both • sitting Members in Huron. on the Progressive Conservative side of the houSe. . it would sem more essential for the Liberals to he getting interested in proineting their side of the political world, • * * SPEAIttNG OF GAME LAWS. . and only in. connection with fox bounty . we note that Andrew Vico, a member i of the Attsable Conservation Authority, living in Exeter, finds thorn. furniY, . He Says; "I have to have a licenee to • kill the groundhogs and the rab- bits that do considerable damage to nty Orchard and on the ether • hand municipalities pay a bounty for shooting k foX that befit Me to lid ity 'orchard of the groUnd• - hogs and rabbits", ,We Would draw atteetibri to the 'fact that • part of the rrtaney which the Inun- icipalities use to pay this •bolri- ty. comes out of Mr. nixota OWn. taxeS, . NO Wander he thinks game laws are funny. FUNERAL TODAY Former Weekly Publisher G. E. Hall, 81, Passes Former owner and publisher of The Clikton News -Record, 81 year old Geote Edward Hall died in Clinton Public Hospital on IVIon- day afternoon, following a stroke •suffered about ten days ago. The funeral service will be con- ducted this afternoon, Thursday, January 24, commencing at two o'clock, in the Ball and Minch funeral home, High Street; by the Rev. Charles S. Inder. Last night fraternal service was held at the funeral home, in the charge of the members of Clinton Masonic Lodge No. 84, and inter: n'lerit in Clinton Cemetery will bet under the auspices of the lodge. Pallbearers will be Morgan, J. Agnew, Joseph Hart, Harold Lawson, Edward Gibson, Willard Aiken and Frank Pennebakera all Masons. Born at Sirncoe. Mr, Hall learn. ed the printing trade with The Simcoe Reformer and later work. ed at Michell& and Oakville. He came to Clinton in 1906 and bought The NewS-Reeord four years later. Then in 1924 he bought The New Era, also ''ptib. fished In Clinton from 3. Leslie sister, Mrs. P. MrhY• New Lis - item 'ticearcl. '1Xvo of the present publishers, Laurie Colquhoun and Frank Mc - Ewan, as well as Clarence Coop - on. staff, learned - the printing trade under the guidance of Mr. Hall, beginning work with him many years ago with part -time after school. Mr. Hall retired in 1945, when the paper was sold to Itichmorid S. Atkey and Herman Tomlinson, but •he continued for some time to assist in the press- work there. An active member of St. Pauls Anglican Church, Mr. Hall had served there as •people's warden and as, rector's warden. • In cointnunity life, he was for several years a member of the Public School Beard, and he was the first chairman of the short- lived Board of Education, which administered :both 'public and col- legiate ' schools until- the Clinton District Collegiate Institute Board was' formed. He Vas always interested in sports cjivitie iil tewri, and for a number of years sponsored 'Jun- ior hoeke and baseball teeth& Known to contemporaries as "Teddy" Hall, he was an ardent fisherman. It was since his. actual retirement that he showed his fishing skill by winning the perch derby condtteted by the Weekly Newspapers of Western Ontario, at Goderich. Interested in lodge work, 1Vir. Hallwas once a member of three in tovvn, the LOL, the IOOF and the Masons. • At the time of his death he was a member in good standing •of Clinton Lodge A.F. and A.M. No. 84, of which he was Master in 1933. .He was a past Noble Grand of C1pton IOOF No, 83. His wife, 'the former Marion E. HutchingS, South Middleton, died in 1940. Survivitig are two sems, Ernest, with the MaeLea.n‘Huriter Publish- ing Heuse, Toronto; Gordon L., oWlier-ptiblialieF of The Heldiffiand Advotate, Conga, Ontario; one ctaughter, Evelyn„ librarian of Clinton Public Library, and a twih • Clinton. Folk On View Ower CKNX Clinton induStr alist, C. took •part in the 4`11/1'1.4ady" pro, gram over CENX.TV with Marg- aret, Brophy, on Tuesday after- noon, January 22. The subject of the program wa's °water soften. ers," f111,4141 A weekly feature on 4.1.-1,,dae•Y starting on 1Vfonday, January '24, will be aseries of exercises star- ring 1VIrs, Beecher Menzies, Clin- fat, the physical education inst. ructress at the Wingham District High School. With Mrs. \Menzies will be the Misses IVIariehe Ma- hood, Ruth Fryfogle and Marjorie Moffat. George Lavis, New Head Of Six' Member PS Board George—Lavis was named chair- man of the Clinton Publig School Board, -Succeeding Joseph Murphy who retired from the board this year. This board is• now compos- ed of six members, the ,-president, Clayton Dixon as. vice-president, A. F. Cudmore, L. Houghton, WiU- iarr, Hearn and X W. Colquhoun. Until this year there have been eight ,members, with two named •frorri-each ward. From now' on the six members will be named from the entire toWn. • Secretary -treasurer Harold C. LaWson was, re -hired at a yearly. salary of $400, an increase of $50. 'Caretaker Percy Livermore was •granted a $100 inckease, to $3,000 a year. The following eorninittees Were named; study and welfare, C. Dix- on, K. W. Colquhoun, W. Hearn; property, parchase and finance, L. Haughton, A, CuOinore; sports, W. Hearn and K. W Colquhoun. The regular Meeting date was set for the seeond Thursday in each month. An application. from Mrs. J. A. (Jessie) Addison to be placed on the supply teacher list, was accepted. Permission was granted the Clinton chapter No. 266, 0,E.S, ,to hold their cooking school in the school auditorium again on May -7 and 8. Dates for the regular Scout •meetings were accepted as Wednseday and Fri- day, instead of Tuesday arid Wed- nesday of each week. • The principal's report showed 480 enrolled at the end of Deem- ber, with mora than 94 percent attendance in Viaatrnonth. Ile 'mentioned the:Spelling bee in God- erich on -1January 22, at which ifour pupils frOm the ,school would take part. The study and welfare Committee is considering the pos- sibilities of having some of the pupils attend a band concert at RCAF Station dinton on Feb- ruary41:3, given by,. the Training Command Band. The principal, Bert Gray was named to the Library Board for a three year, term, replacing B. J. Gibbings in' this position. G. M. Counter .(retired postmaster) was named' to fill out two years of D. G. Crowe's three year term. Mr. Crowe has moved out of town. John Levis was 're -appointed, to the CDC' Board at the last meet-. ing in 1956. 0 C OF C DIRECTORS BEGIN MEMBERSHIPS CAMPAIGN .An informal get , together over coffee in Bartliff's Restaurant Monday morning, preceeded the annual sale of membership tickets in the Clinton and District Cham- ber of Commerce, as directors sat down to lay out lists of persons to contact. The membership, cempaign close this evening, officially, how- ever, memberships in the chamber are always' acceptable. John Beeves Host At Reeve's Dinner Reeve John Deeves was host to - a municipal dinner last Monday at no0n, when he entertained the councillors and Clerk ' R. E. Thompson, and the Rev. W. S. Outerbridge, Hayfield. • At the inaugural meeting held the same day, the Bayfield Fire Department ' was awarded the usual annual grant of pm G. Stirling was appointed relief of- ficer. A 'grant of $25 was made to the Huron' County Seed Fair. • The council joined the Ontario GOod Road Association ,and is sending a delegation to the annual meeting in Toronto 'in February, Over 80 Birthday .Club Congratulations to Alfred A. Scotchmer, Bayfield, who is dein- brating his 8Ist birthday today, Thursday, January 24. Mrs. George Saville, Clinton's oldett lady, will celebrate her93rcl birthday quietly at her home next Ttlesday,- January 29. She was honoured recent -1,V by one of the Toronto dailies, Wheri in a feature story on Clinton, a large picture of Mrs. Saville, and 4 story of her active life were featured. Living on Rattenbury Street in the house in which her late husband was bOrn, she looks after herself, stiov* ellieg snow off her sidewalks, baldrig her own bread when she feels so inelined, and keeping in touch with her frienda by, tele*, Homeowners Spurred.: To .Action MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW FOR HOSPITAL AUXILIARY ORIDGE AND '500" PARTY 'Please burry, hurry and reserve your tables hy TuesdaY,NlanuarY 29, for the Hospital Bridge and "500" on Friday, February 8, at the nurses' residence, Door prize for )3ridge and two for "500" will be given. Telephone HU 2-9749 or HU 2-7007 for reservations. LIARBOURAIRS ON TV AT WINGHAM SUNDAY The Harbotireires, the male choir from Goprich will make another appearance on CENX-TY, eehannel eight, le,Vinghant, on Sun- day, January 27. The choir will appear from 55,30 p,m. Fire At Magee. Home Points Up .Risk For' North East Residents Of Stanley Fire Saturday night in the old W. E. Monaghan house just south of the Bayfielcl River, South of town, stirred 23 ratepayers in the section of Stanley Township near-, est -Clinton, to a petition addres •sea to the township eouncil„ dare Magee, new living in the house,. called the ,Clinton Fire Depart-, Ment for help, and help was re- fused. Ever since the Clinton Town Council has requested a retaining fee from the townships bordering the town in return. for fire pro - 3. Murphy Tells PC Women Of Conservative Convention Joseph 1V1urphy," secretary for the •federal organization of the progressive Conservatives, in Hur- on riding, told of his experiences as an official delegate to the nat- ional .party convention in Ottawa last year, at a meeting.,....ot the Clinton Won-ler:a Progressive Con- servative Association in the coun- cil chamber far. the town hall. Mrs. F. G. Thompson' is president of the local group. Mr. Murphy, who was one of 1285 voting delegates, spoke ap- preciatively of the address given by Mrs. John Diefenbaker f�iIow- ing her husband' S acceptance speech. He said it was a fine ad- dreas, capping off the convention. "It made us feel that we'd done right," said Mr. Murphy, "naning a, .man to lead uS, who had a wife like that." He said that the conventionr had done metre for the PC's since John IVIcDonald., and more for polit- ics than any other thing, because the coverage given it on TV (in- cidentally this was paid for by the government controlled CBC), had interested people in politics. At the -convention, Mr. Murphy went on, they had had an oppor- tunity at informal receptions to meet each of the three condi- dates and Canadians from coast to. coast, "The people from the prairie provinces and maritirnes, had more enthusiasm than we of Ontario, and the folk from 13,C.," said the speaker. "They had come to the convention to get some- thing done, not merely to attend a convention." Mr. Murphy spoke of the coun. ty nomination convention to be held 1. the Legion Hall, here on Tuesday afternoon, January 29, and suggested that the ladies group propose a member of the group to serve on the county or- ganization's executive. Mrs. F. G, ThOmpson was appointed to this position. Miss Bessie ' Sloroan thanked the speaker for his talk. . In closing the meeting, Mrs, Thompson announced that the next one would be on Friday, March 15. She quoted a question which Mr. Murphy. said people Mel Often asked him', "Why get mixed up in politics?" "Politics," •said Mrs. Thompson, '"means the court - try's business. So why shouldn't we -be interested? • We pay en- ough into it, goodness knows." -tection from. thei town bligade, Stanley Township has *steadfastly, refused to pay the required 5100 a year. As e result the Clinton brigade is not bound to answer fire calls within the township. The Brucefield Fire Department was called, and arrived on the scene about half an hour later. Fire had begun in the floor under the fire place, where fire had dropped flown through cracked cement. The beams and rafters be- low were on fire and smouldering when the Magees discovered the blaze, Mr. Magee and his sons trained their garden hose on the site of the fire, and held it under control until firemen arrived. However, it was believed that if flames had burned ,only eight in - 'dies higher they would have reached the lath and studding and would have been very difficult to extinguish without excessiVe. dam. age to the house, 'Three men, from the Cliaton Fire Department went to the Magee home, to offer advice, but without equipment. On Monday morning, following the fire, a petition to the Town- ship Council was begun, and 23 householders from the • edge of tdwn, south two miles, and west a mile and a half, have already signed it. The petition reads, as follows: "We, the undersigned, taxpayers of the north east section of the Township of Stanley, petition the Stanley Township Council for add- qUate fire protection by arrang- ing with the Clinton Fire Brigade. We are requesting this because of the kvation of our property, as we understand the Clinton Fire Brigade at the present time is not bound to answer fire calls in the township of Stanley." The Stanley Township Council has expressed their stand that the Clinton request. for $100 retainer is too high. The rural council contributes' to the support of the Brucefield, Bayfield and Zurich fire departments. , \ AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES Pring Shows, all rairs, rrepare or. Next Season'sExhibitions iUircI pruIMiow Has New President Thomas Leiper, Londesboro, was elected to the presidency of the Huron Central Agricultural Soc- iety yesterday afternoon, as the group held their annual meeting and discussed preliminary, plans for the 103rd Clinton Spring Show. Vice-presidents ore W. J. Mill- er, mayor of Clinton. and William Pepper, RR 3, Seaforth. Past president is Melvin. Crich, Clinton, and secretary -treasurer, A., 3. Mc- Murray. was re -appointed. Tentative date for the Spring Shaw is on Saturday, June 1, ire - mediately following the Hensall Spring Show which is on May 31. This has been fairly satisfactory in the past, making it easy for exhibitors to bring their livestock out to the two shows and stay overnight in the Vicinity without making - two trips. However, there was some suggestiolf made, which brought favourable support that the date should, be Wednes- day' previous to the Hensall show, So that with -stores elosed, more people would be able to attend. With a defied of over $1,100 to start off with in 1956, plus a des- perately cold da Y for the shovv, gate Teceiptt were considerably lower last -year than is custornary. However, practically the same tot- al of prizes were paid. The re- sult is that the Spring Show noW ,carries a debt of over $2,400. Considerable time was • spent. tertsidering ways to rain money, either during the Show, or at oth; er events, and a committee will be appointed to look into this pre::, biem. 1. Directors of the Society are: Hullett Township, 0•William Dale, Thomas Leiper, Howard ,Atm - strong and E. Snell; Tuekersrnith Township, Harold Pepper, W. Cribb, George Turner and William e ppe r; Goderich Township, Themes Rathwell, W. R. Lobb, Mervyn Lobb and Ed, Grigg; Stanley TOwnship, William ItOnly,- Hruce Reys, • Harvey• Taylor and Jack Peck; Town of Clinton, Dr, George Elliott, Melvin Crich, W. lVforlok, Dick Jaeob, 0, Engel- stad, Xen MeRae, Mayer W. 3.°, Millen Deputy 'Reeve Nelsen Tre- Wartha, Reeve Burton Stanley. Junior directors are jellies VVEStEY.WILIAS ANNIalti ii1,IANIYABY 24 • .The tengregatiOn of 147"sley. Willis Uelted Church will hold their annual church supper and meeting fli the blench tonight ThttrOday, •TariliarY 24, at 7.00 pall, Fa 1_,Faxr Boasis $700 In. Treasury 1 (By our Hayfield corresporident) Carl Houston, president, presid- ed for the annaat meeting of the Hayfield Agrichltuial • Society in the Town Hall, Bayfield, yeater- day afternoon. Mrs. A. M. Bas- sett read the minutes, • ' J. E. Howard gave the financial statement showing a balance of about $700. Prize money had been paid in full amounting to $1,300. 75 mem- berships had been retained again- st 88 the previous year. Art .Bolton, assistant agricultur- al representative, recommended that all 4-H Club leaders be re- appointed. They are, Beef, How- ard McCullough and John Deeves; Dairy, Tom Rathwell, Bert, Dunn, Jr.; Swine, Tom Penhale, Lloyd Holland, H. Johnston, He said that while the showing had been down in numbers in 1956, it made up for it in quality. Bayfield is the only place in the county having a building set aside for 4-H Clubs. He made Several suggestions for improving the fair, including the use of seed corn in- stead of oats in the field crop corn - petition. This Matter will be in- Vestigated and other stiggestions will be aalt with by the directors. Mr, Bdlton conducted the elect- ion of officers. .Auditor e appoin ted were Jack Sturgeon arid Lloyd Scbtehmer. :At the directors meeting, Har- old Penhale replaced Carl Hanaton a44freSident. Other officers elec- ted'are, first vice-presiclent„Fras- er Stirling; second viee-preSident, ,A/Viri,•Rau; secretary, Mrs. A. M. Bassett; treasurer, John E. How- ard; striking committee, Grant Stirling, John beeves, Mrs. J. E, Howard, Mrs. A. M. Bassett. Snell, Jarnes Lobb, Fred Othson, Lloyd Holland, Stewart Broadfoot, john Middleton and Bert Pepper. Direetors are the War- den of Heron County, Harry Gow- dy; chairman of the comity agri- cultUral tommittee, W. Jewitt; IteeVe of Stanley, Harvey Cole - Men; of Goderich Tovvnship, Jam beeves, of Tuckersmith, Ivan For- syth,. of Clinton, Burton Stanley and of Hallett, W. Jewitt. 14.6tierary presidents are John Thies Illphriare &tell, William IVICEWith, Roy Pepper and Dick jade)), • Last Year the total' prize money •paid ottt was $2',52ft at receipts Were 8720.84; grantk $1,113; 'don- atiOns• $60.9; total eXpenes, 41,445. 11 Honorary .directors, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton, Mrs. T. Snowden, Bert Dunn, Sr.; John E. Howard; directors, Carl Hous- ton, Carl Diehl, Robert Stirling, Howard McCullough, H. Coleman, Tom Penhale, Forest McClure, Orville McClinchey, Ben.Rathvvell, John Deeves, Edward Grigg. • Committee, Mr, . and Mrs. J. •Aldington, Mrs. J. Howard, Mrs. Ed. Grigg, Mrs. H..:F,*ihale, Bert Bick, Mrs. R. Blair, Mrs. R. Stir- ling, Mrs. H. McCullough, Mrs. C. . Houston, MrssAlvfn Ru, Mr. and Mrs. R. Grainger,. Mrs. F. Mot Ewen, 1VIrs. J. Sturgeon, Jr., Mr, and Mrs. Grant Stirling, Mr. and Mrs, V. Oesch, H. Dresser, Marg- aret Howard, Mrs. Forest Mc- Clure, Mrs. Orville McClinchey, Alan Armstrong, Harvey John- ston,-Thorrias Rathwell. The new president took the chair. The date set for the fall fair is September 25 and 26. It was felt that the celebration of the Centennial year had, on the whole. been a great success, and gave the society new impetus to embark on the next century of activities, • Spring Show At Hensall, May 31 (By our Henson cOrrespondent) Earl Dick, president, of South Huron Agricultural Society, pres- Icled for the annual meeting in Hensall on Monday. ' The society had a 'good financial year with a substancial balance on the right side of the ledger. Tentative date for the Hensel Spring Stock show was set for the last Friday in may. Members of the Hensall Feeder Club will show 36 calves at this show which. will be judged for showrnanShip and sold at atietion. The president and the setretary- treasurer, A. W. Xerslake, were appointed delegates to attend the Agricultural Society Convention hi Toronto on February 27 and 28. Officers appointed were; presi- dent, Earl Dick; Vice-presidents, Robert M8Gregor, jfin Dol; see. retary-treasurer, A. W. Eerslakel aSsistant, Jini McGreg'or; direct. ors, Hay Township, Wililani Deelv, er, Earl Campbell; Tackeraraith„ Stan JackSon, Hob Mearegor; Us - borne, Sam Dougall, William Lain. pOrt; Hittheit, Jack Mittman, Earl Dick; Stanley, Elgin Mot Bert lgetride; Stephen, Otto Wil lert, Russell Brown; Xsall George Arinstrorig, It, H. Midd teet, Lorne Luker.