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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1957-03-14, Page 1No. 11,—Tho Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, ,HURSDAY, ..MARCH 14,c 1957 . • '1 • Board.MeMbers OLCDCI 11.ela*ed, Moment In the rather informal atmosphere of the Home Ecenomies room, thepinton District Collegiate Institute Board sits for a ,formal picture.e From left to right are George Reid, Varna; Walter McGill, RR 3, Blyth; Mervin• Richmond, Walton; Bernard Hall, Blyth; (and behind him, E. A. Fines, principal); H, C, Lawson, secretary, Clinton; Irvine Tebbutt, chairman, RR 2, Clinton; John Levis, Clinton; C. J. Livermore, Clinton; J, W. VanEgenond, RR 1, Clinton; Menno SteCkle, RR 2, Zuricheand George L. Falconer, past- president, Brucefield. (Dr. J.A.- Addison, Clinton, also is a member of this board). ' (News-Record Photo) Serious—And Gay, At Open' House , Something of the expressions often visible at .bargain counters, visible at the ODiat last week, when a tour of the building included cla'SS neon. Finished clothing was on Melee down the centre of the tion from the ladies—and from some qt the men, too, Or the first spring sales; Were this 'visit to the advanced sewing r*em, and it got earnest inSpete (NeWeeRedeed 'Mete) THE NEW ,,BRA —92nd YEAR THE NEWS-RECORD 76th YEAR 7 Cents q Copy $3,0Q. a Teat, ITYAYS TO KNOW THEE RIGHT `people Recently when the PUG delegates, were attending a con- vention an Toronto . one of the csainuissiorierS had the secondary task of getting some birth certif- icates cleared for youngsters wish-. Mg to qualify for a local hockey team entering the group play- offe , Approaching the powers that be, he was told that it would take a minimum of five days to eel them done , Nfinutes later, and after a conversation with Tom' Pryde, Huron member, the office of registry changed their minds, . . and five holed' later certifleates were ready to bring back to Clin- ton . Lions-Hold Civic Banquet; Hear Talk on RusiianForests The Rev. E. J. B. Harrison, Woodstock,ewill be moving ta.Bay- field on May 1, te take charge of the three-point parish of Bayfield, Middleton and Varna oh that date. Mr. Harrison entered the min- istry five years age after a career with Imperial Oil Ltd., he attend- ed Huron College and was ap- pointed to his first charge at St. David's, Windsor,- In 1952. One year later he moved to his present position as rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Woodstock. The Rev. Mr. Harrison will be taking over as rector, following a three month period since the move of the Rev. W. S. Outerbridge to Florida. are on a much .larger scale than in Canada. The Canadian delegation of seven were guided on their tour by 15 offic41s and interpreters. Mr. Halliday said they were roy- ally treated and banqueted at every camp. After a• tour of the village or site of a lumber.- camp, and a trip into the bush, they were guests at an evening banquet, which lasted anywhere up to four hours. These forest camps are complete towns evith hospitals, schools, arenas and culture centres, Unions in Russia are quite strong, and according to Mr. Hal- liday, differ greatly from the unions of the Western world. The Union urges workers to put out more than their quota,. For going over quotas, bonuses are offered in the form of trips• to Moscow, or to a aa shore resort on the• Black Sea. All Russian forestry (Continued oh-Page Veil' Baseball Convention Here This Wefikend Two fires on Tuesday night, caused upwards of $60,000 damage in Seaforth, and claimed the lives, "4 of about 90 pigs, yawing ages, on the former W. Nesbit farm east of Brueefield: The first fire alarm came at about 12,45 aan. in Clinton, when the loeal brigade was Called to.help fight the blaze in Seaforth which consumed the planing mill and lumber yard owned by Ball-Mac- aulay, Ltd. and gutted the frame home of Mr. and Mrs. George Mc- Gavin, Which is next to the lum- ber yard on the north, At the hight of the blaze, flames were visible at St. Columban, five Miles, to the east and at Clinton, nine miles to the west, and beyond. Five fire brigades, from Sea- forth (two), Brucefield', Mitchell, Clinton and RCAF Station Clin- ton, poured water on the fire through twelve lines of hose. A wind from the' south-west carried smoke and sparks across the nor- thern and eastern. sections of Sea- forth, and residents four blocks away were busy putting out spar- ks which fell on house roofs. 4 t the Week's Weather 1957 1956 Low Low Mar- / 35 24 37 29 8 35 22 31 16 9 34k4 15 27 15 10 31. Z. 32, 11 11 34 28 44 26 12 50 35 31 11 13 52 82 30 11 Reba; Snow: 2 ins. &low. in, • "The Russians have an over- whelming desire to catch by to the Western world in industry and culture," said Roy Halliday, To- ronto, when speaking to nearly"70 Clinton Lions, businessmen, lair force personnel and other guests at the Lions civic night banquet Tuesday evening. Mr. Halliday is immediate past resident of the Canadian Lumber- men's Association, and headed a group of seven ,Itinber executives• who toured Russia last summer. He is viceepresident and traffic manager of R. Laidlaw Lember Co., Toronto. Lion Royce Macaul- ay of Ball-Macaulay- Ltd., Clinton and Seaforth, introduced. Mr. Hal- liday., This local firm ainade all arrangements for the guest speek- guests. Mr, Halliday gave a'full account of his trip from the invitation giv- en to Hon. L. B. Pearson from the Ruasian, ambassador, through in- terrogation and customs, the. air trip via London, Ehg., the official welcoming banquet in Moscow and the tour of lumbering industries and forest operations throughout Russia. A Russian delegation of forestry' men later visited this country last fall. e The forest area of Russia is larger than all, forest area in the USA and Canada. And they work in the bush all year round, even in 40 .to 60 below zero weather in Siberia. One firm cuts . over a billion feet of 'lumber in a year. Women work side by side with the men in lumbering industry, as it is considered a "light" industry in the Soviet. There are many women. engineers. Their saw 'mills Fire apparently begun in the of- fice of Ball-Macaulay Ltd., and within five minutes after it was noticed, fire had burst through-the roof. After that it spread-rapidly through piles of lumber and build- ing materials. Large stocks of plywood, building boards and paint fed the Haines. Included in the loss at-the plan- ing mill was all of- the woodwork- ing machinery. Two trucks were in the storage yard arid Were com- pletely destroyed. Also melted down iii the fire was a large quan- tity of hardware items among the builders supplies kept in stock. Five houses across the street from the -blaze were Scorched by the intense heat. Mr, and Mrs. Brute McLean, who make their home in the Gav- in house are in Florida. Mrs. Mc- Lean is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 1VIcGavin. The fire alarm was turned in by Keith Huiaser, bn his. way home from an industrial league hockey game at Seaforth Memorial arena. No cause has been determined, At six o'clock when the premises were elated, everything was apparently, in Order, Hydro service. to a large part of the west side of . Seaforth' Was cut 6ff when the fire destroyed three transformers on a pole structure next to the lumber yard. Service Weseeestorecl by three in the morn- ing, The Brucefield 'tire Department had barely returned to their home village, when tt call tame itt at tour in the morning, for a fire in the pig pen at the fabler, William (Continues; on page 'ten) Second Accident On Highway 8 No Fatalities An accident amazingly similar to, the one in wilt;ch two women were killed on Highway 8 Friday,' occurred yes:terda evening, but resulted in no fat6lities. At least one• man was talten to hospital, where his injuries are •not. con- sidered dangerous, A car driven by Peter Roy, in which Gary Cooper, Tillsonburg, was a passenger, was in collision with, a car in which two airmen were travelling, , ebout two and one half miles east of Clinton on Highway 8 at aboat seven o'clock. Word of the accident reached 'Clinton, and while waiting for Provinicial Police to arrive, Chief H. Thompson and Constable Shade dick-were at the scene. OFF Con- stable IL D. Hobbs investigated, Neither Roy nor Cooper were badly hurt, Damage ,to both cars was ;extensive. •;• *la` Frank Trewartha Appointed Supt. Canada Starch Company Ltd. through their ,company newspaper have announced the appointment of Frank E. Trewartha as mech- anical superintendent of their plant at Cardinal. Frank is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Trewartha, RR 4, Clinton. He attended Clinton District Col- legiate Institute before going to Queens University where he ob- tained an engineering degree. He has been with his present employ- er since his graduation. e Clinton will be the first centre of its size ever to be honoured by an annual convention of the On- tario Baseball Association when that group meets hare from Thurs- day to Saturday inclusive, Head- quarters for the convention will be Hotel -eclinton. Sponsoring organization is the The Board also authorized the purchase of-five good used mic- roscopes from Queen's. University at bargain rates. These will be used in the science classes. • The principal's report presented by E. A. Fines, showed a total en- rolthent of 356 pupils and an aver- age .attendance of 340.7 in Feb- ruary. A forecast of, pupils en- rolled this year in Grade Eight throughout the, district schools, showed that possibly 160 students would be going into first form in the fall. This year there were a little less,' than 130 enrolled in first form at the start of Septem- ber. Sergeant Caesar, P,J., H 77000 is dead. • 'This black English, wirehaired terrier; who spent three years as mascot' with the 18th Armoured Car, Regiment XII, Manitoba Dragoons, Canadian Army Corps, and the past 12 years with Mr. and Mrs, Se McKenzie, Brucefield, passed away quietly in his, sleep on Sunday, March 10. Sgt. Caesar was purchased in England by Kenneth McKenzie, in 1942,4nd became the beloved Mas- cot of the Regiment. He travelled with the men across France and Germany following the invasion by the allies in 1944, and was a great morale •builder. At times he had to ride in a kit bag, and keep still to avoid detection—for a dog was not -always welcomed: When the regiment returned to Canada in 1945, aboard the Queen Elizabeth, Sgt. Caesar accompan- ied it. lie received his diScharge papers, signed (by the Lieutenant Colonel Commanding, stating that the Sgt. had seen action in the European theatre of operation. Arriving in Winnipeg where the regiment, was disbanded, Sgt. A double fatality as a result of a two car crash on Highway 8, about two and one-half niiles'east of here last Friday night, claimed the lives of two women. Dead are Mrs. Morley E. Lining- ton, 36, Saltford, who died in Clin- ton Public Hospital that evening and Mrs. Ralph C. Godfrey;, 53, RR 3, Auburn, who died at the scene of the accident. Pour other persons were injured in the accident. Both women were in a car driven 'by Mrs, Godfrey's husband, and they were on their way 'to attend a reception in hon- our of their daughter Gail, recent- ly married to David Livingston, Seaferth! Mr. Godfrey was taken to Clinton Public Hospital, suffer- ing from head cuts •and coricus- siOn. In the other car, driven by Ray Dill, Sefbringville, was a Mi. Itipfer and Miss Agnes Carter, all of Sob- ritigville. None are believed to have been seriously injured. Constables D. I. Tremblay was assisted by Constable T. J. liend- erSOn in the investigation, Funeral for the deceased women were held oil Monday afternoon, from the Stiles funeral learnt, Goderich. Mrs. Linington was tnairied in Clinton in 1940, arid had since lived in Saltford, She Was an adherent of Victoria street United 6"hurch. bes'des her husband are two sons', Morley Grant, paratrotsp er with the RCEIVIE, Soeat, Ger- Many, and Gerald Wayne at home; three daughters, Marlene, Mrs. Howard Godfrey, RR 3, Auburn; Charlotte and Sandra, at home; three sisters in Goderich and three brothers. Funeral was conducted by the Rev, S. A. Moote and inter- ment was in Maitland Cemetery, .Mrs. Godfrey was originally from Bancroft, and had lived at RR, 3, 'Auburn, for the past 14, years. Surviving besides her hus- band, are three daughters, Olive, Mrs. Clifford Sproule, RR 3, Au- burn, and Gail, Mrs. bavid Living- ston, Seaforth; two sons, John W., Winnipeg and Howard E., rt,R, 3, Auburn; -four sisters and three brothers, Funeral Was conducted 'by the Rev. George Watt, Dungannon, and interment was in Dungannon Cemetery. eel 60 Fruit Growers At Dinner To-Day Over lib registrations have been received at the offide of the On. tariO Departtnent of Agriculture, for the annual banquet being held in the Hotel Clinton today. li.ev. D. Lane, is to be guest, speaker at this event. Although the salary schedule for 1957-58 at Clinton DiStrict Collegiate is not definitely agreed upon yet, there is no indication that expenses at .CDCI will raise the mill rate. The request from• 'the collegiate will probably be 7.5 mills as it was last year. Several things are combining to bring atibut this stability in the mill rate, reported H. C Lawson, secretary-treasurer of the Board. One of the most welcome is an _additional payment in supplement- ary grants this yeer by the Prov- ince of Ontario. Last year these were based at $6 per pOpil. This year payments will be made at the rate of $25 per pupil. To Clinton' school this means an increase of about $6,000 to approximately $7,991.75. This year, too, there is a reduce tion in the debenture debt on CDCI. The old debenture debt on the original ;building Will be paid off this year. And the third item in favour of the tax-payer individually, is that the assessment of the CDCI dis- trict is up about $104,000. The town of Clinton has- an increase; Blyth assessment is up $3,000; Stanley, Township is up $37,000; Goderich Township is up $10,000. Both Tuckersmith and East We,- wanosh are up, Morris is down, and. Hullett is about ;fie same. The Board,- presided over by chairman Irvine Tebbutt, met ix the Home Economies roarn,ewhere long tables, and chairs gave .a more board-room like appearance than the classroom in which they have met in the past. They decided to support the Htiron CoUnty Film Council, which will cost $25 per year, and will en- title the school, to free use .of films available in the county film lib- rary. The Board authorized per- mission to the Clinton Citizens Horticultural Society to hold an open meeting in th8 CDCI audi- torium on March 28. Western Ontario Athletic AWL*, iation and it has been the untiring nual OBA, convention to this tow Hawkins that brought the 40th an- efforts of past president Hugh R. Baseball delegates from all over Ontario are expected to attend for the three days. It eis hoped by the executive of the OBA and WOAA that representatives of every baseball team an Ontario will be present' to .express their opin- ions on the important decisions to be made at the convention. Tursday night will have the registration of the delegates and a general get-together will be held The business meetings begin on Friday morning and continue through the 'Afternoon and even- ing. The election. of officers for the OBA executive will take place Saturday' morning and the conven- tion will end with a monster ban- pet in the Legion hall commenc- ing at 2,00 p.m. What the OBA Wails to do this year has not been released as yet. The financial report shows a sub- stantial increase in the bank 'bal- ance from a year ago and this would indicate that the association is in a healthy state. Hugh Hawkins, past president of the WOAA, who is in charge of the arrangements for the conven- tion, has released a list of guests and baseball dignitaries who will be present for the banquet.- Some of them are: Mayor W. J. .Miller; WliaarrrdyenGo7HdYUrortnRColun, tW y;roExisetteoen Cardiff, MP; John Hanna, MPP; Andrew McLean, Seaforth; James R. Scott, Seaforth, the guest., speaker; Thomas Rowden, secre- tary-manager of the OBA; Tim Torrow, OBA president; Judge Frank Fingland; James Millman, London, who will act as master of ceremonies. Nelson Hill, Goderich, president of the - WOAA; M. L. "Tory" e Gregg, London, well-known sports figure in Western 'Ontario as well as other members of the execu- tives -of the OB,A and WOAA will also be Present. ' A DEFINITION rOF INFLATION: when nobody has enough money because everybody had too much. .4 . * WE'RE FEELING VERY SORRY this week . . The reason is that we have a very nice letter to the editor, which we can't publish . And the reason we can't publish it, is because we don't know who wrote it , . . It's signed 'farther friend' and the letter has a -good many good things about it . . . However, a newspaper just Simply can't publish something without knowing the source of it . . If our 'farmer, friend' would drop us another** nate, letting us• know that he wrote this particular let- ter . . . then we'll publish it next week . . . Until then . we're sorry, but no can do . . . .* * WE'RE SORRY ABOUT SOME- thing else • . ..There arrived in our office a copy of a radio -address given by L. E. Cardiff, MP for Huron, last Stlinlay . . We would like 'to be able to publish it this week . . . But there is' not enough room toedo so . . . And so we're putting that off until next Thurs- day , . . * WANT TO GET A REAL GOOD look at Spring'? Then the window of Clinton's own bakery . . . Bart- liffs, is as good a place 'to look as any . . . Chocolate bunnies, pussy willows, gaily coloured tulips, and a real going-around merry-go- round for the little folk to see ... Worth a trip downtown any day. ALSO SEE ,,BY THE PAPERS that there's soon to be a potato variety on the market,' cal- led the 'Huron' which will be pleasing 'to both consumers and growers . . , Supposed to be scab- resistant and after cooking the `Huron' retains light colour and meaty texture . . . Sounds good enough to eat . . . that country . . the stamp reads: "Why Wait for 'swing? Do 'it. now." A Communist paper in Hun- gary says this slogan invites Han- garians to -revolt against their government . . Actually, of course, ,,,taie slogan in Canada ties in With an,, effort by the Unem- ployment Office to get people to have' 'their remodelling work done in winter' to provide employment for the seasonal type workers, such as •builders •and contractors . . . Anyone reading Canadian newspapers of any sort, or mag- azines is aware of this . . . It is perhaps unfortunate that this incident has occurred, and •-t-that the Communists have taken a "dim view" of the whole thing . . However, it certainly points up the fact that it's very easy for nations to misunderstand each other —end the misunderstanding is generally born out of ignorance of each `others customs . . * * -* t. A BIT O' HUMOUR FROM A errs. visit. Fred Nicholas, also' of foreign land: The Hungarian gov- Laidlaw eathenee and Mr. Jaffrey, eminent is-finding greatfault with a Toronto roofing -executive, ac- Canada 'for placing a cencellation, COmpanied 4 the speaker to Clinton. - retatir'on letters being 'received en District lumber ilealers-Were'alsra Ball-Macaulay Yards Razed By Fire Early Wednesday Itev. E. J. B. Harrison' New Rector Bayfield, Varna, Midcpeton Circuit Receipts for Pool Donations: Are Deductible Time for making up Income Tax reports again. A reminder has been received from the Clinton Community Swimming pool committee that receipts given in exchange for donations toward the pool, are deductible. This may be of some help to' anyone making a return to get into a lower celegory. Costs Won't Force CDCI Mill 'Rate- Above 7.5 Famed Mascot of 18th Armoured Car Sergeant Caesar Dies At Brucefield Two Killed on Highway 8 As Two Cars in Collision Caesar was presented with a life membership in, the Winnipeg Soc- iety for Prevention . of Cruelty to Animals..' . Kenneth McKenzie 'brought the mascot home to Brucefield to live ' with his •parents. At first he did not take kindly to being without n, but as the years passed, hiS a~tection towards Mr. and Mrs. McKenzie became stronger Not three weeks before his, death he proved his protective instincts, • when a neighbour playfully tackled Mr. McKenzie. Though nearly blind and almost deaf the Sergeant lost no time in getting his teeth into the leg of the attacker. He was a good' watch dog, and never overly cross with anyone unless provoked. Raised from puppyhood in the Canadian Army, Caesar had many friends. During 'the first three ,years he was in Canada, he re-e ceived an estimated. 2,000 Christ- mas cards from his fellows in the regiment._"' His master, Kenneth, died some six years ago, as-the result of a fall from a scaffolding where he was at work en, an arena at Fort William.