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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1957-03-21, Page 1(VW W, D D,) ZT WAS O. YrfAt A iO, TH4AT Clinton suffered under the on* slaught of a rather terrific :sleet storm ., .., and hydro and telephone. creves worked the clock around about Once and, .a half a . befpre they got a Sern!blance of Service back to their eu,, tomaers'.. Souses how we feel that the Winter of 1956-57 tins, not been so bad after all. , * * AWS ON THE FARM FRONT, to many . , will be the research under way towards control of warble fly by ca2stde, rather than by spraying , ApparentlY, in - steed of 'the tedious method , of scrubbing .cattles' backs, or spray- ing them with a solution , , . it May seen be possible to just give the beast a pill , . , and the job is done , , , Research has been car- ried arried en VI the United States, and ' in Ontario, Pattie in Halton Coun- ty are being used; as testing ground• for the capsules ... We have this (rain W, P, Watsgn himself , . Of course the new idea is still in the experimental stage .... and may take some years before being used to any great extent.. . * * *� AMONG THE MANSE MIGHTY' important subjects • discussed in. the Federal House at Ottawa was .a recent discussion between a CQF member fox* Kootenay West and .Agriculture Minister Gardln- er . The e'er says he can tel. a fruit grower .from a cattle raiser when, he sees thein at conventions, because the cattle raisers are "fat and paunchy-looleing" while . so - percent 4f fruit grfi�as are"lean and hungry -looking.', . We won- der just what he woud do, if ,he met a man who was both a 'fruit grower and also a cattle raiser.. . 'WE'VE BEEN REMISS APPAR ently in not reporting the . first robin seen in thearea,, in this col- umn . . Well it was rant through any neglect sof our .local 'birdwat - caers . . for tiay were prompt and on time with their notes to us :. But somehow; although we thought wehad told, ever ybo dy • about the first redbreast . . a search of our last three' papers' fails to come 'up with any mention of the same ... The first one seen during the last Week in Feb- ruary', . , It must have been that long ago, because. We personally ',saw our first one this Monday and . it is usual -that (since our •bird - watching. skills are at low ebb) we are -about three weeks date. , * s • AS ONE LADY SAID, "IT'S ,nice to see the robins back ear-, ly . but itis sure hard on the bread supply ," Apparently, at her house the •kids Jake• pity. on the bird life when it's sOwy out•= ,°•Sade he, BIu :._lI ebe s , Hold Founding Ceremony Mar. 23 n The Founding Ceremony for the 131uebeals, will be held in the Coun- cil Chamber of the Town Ball, Clinton, on Saturday morning,. March 23 'This is an interdenom- inational group of young. girls and women, who meet every fortnight in the dining room of the Hotel Clinton; "" They give voluntarily of 'their time and labour, doing something for the aged and alone, those who, are shut-in, and need the kind friendship Winch the Bluebells are willing to give. The service will be 'conducted by Rev. D. J. Lane; given the hon- our of, this position, in tribute to his seniority among ministers Clinton. He will beassisted by Rev'. C. S. Inder. The Bluebells are inviting as- many friends possible to attend the service. Drama Champions Q, Go To" OAC For Ontario Finals The Huron County funior Farm- ers drama competitions ehartipions vein go to Guelph on.Apri19, when at 710 'p.m., in the War Mexnor- sal Hall, they will take part in the inter -county dram$ festival finals. Other Counties ,particip4ting will be Waterlclo, Peel, Wellington and Halton. Tickets for this, drama festival are available at the of- fice df the agricultural representa- tives here in 'Clitnten, Parise pating hi the play are Miss Lois Jones, MiSs Huth Brown, Ivan iMcClyznont a n d Stanley Johns, all memtberS of the Clinton Junior Farmers. ` Wafting for the finals the play- ern have not been idle. Several presentations of the winning play have already been made. They are to Islay in Goderie , Brucefield and Summerhill, as well. The Week's Weather 1957 1956. ITigla Low firgh L0W 14far. 14 . 60 81 ' 28 15 is 52 33 27 15 16 35 25 25 14 178.9. 24 25 0 18 35- 23 26 5 19 84 28 28 3, 20 34 29 32 2 l#.aiif►:.40 ins. Snclw; J. in, SriotwT; 2,5' itis. THE NEW IRA92nd YEAR Np, 1Z-41 ' :Home Paper With the .Mewa ;Ln THE NEWS-.RECQRD 7Eith Y ?Aid, LLINION,r ONTARIO), THURSDAY/ M4.RCII '21. 1957 7 .Cents a -copy $5.00 a Year Babies Were Out Lasti Thursday • 'Twos a 'great day for babies, when the sun came out strong last Ttursday, and baby carri'ages"thronged • the main streets in town. Here are two young mothers enjoying the spring weather, Mrs. P, Reinsma (left) and Mrs. John IHoytema,.both of Clinton. (NewwSeRecord photo), Rt TOM PRYDE REPORTS ON NEW GRANTS X38,440 Mire For Huron Under New GrantScheme The new provincial .grants to ed to roughly 411,000, making a municipalities, Will total an ap- net cost to the County of $33,000, proximate $38,000 this year, ac- which was levied against the cording ,to T. Ptyde, MPP ,for, municipalities. Huron. These are as a result •. of h rider. the new system the an amendment to the. Municipal County will have to take 'care of Unconditional Grants Act, as --Made the - full cost, which, abased 'on last during the present sitting of par- year's figures, would be $44,000 'lament. •the •result will be an. Increase in Pryyie: writes: "Witis respect the 'County rate totake care of to u the new' Grants for the admin- the differenee 'between;,.$33,000; and istration of justice($`so far 'as:; can $44,000. To offset 'this, each muni- figure uni- fi re it in, its ,ielat n the..er, alit will receive 1. per capita . gu .A to., . p „ Y v � luta County of ,Huron, the • following of `the population to meet this will he the result: .. • extra levy by the County.,. 'Last year in. round. figures the "Xou.will, note.then that instead. '"cast"of ado inistration'6f justi'Ce In' nf the County r"•e<eic>r1ng *11,000' ,Huron County was , $44000; the. from. the iFrovince .this year`which rebates from the 'Province •amount was ;paid direct to the County, the municipalities this year will re- ` ceive collectively approximately $49;000. (which ds the population of the County). The net gain to the Co u nt y will be roughly. Colts Slated `Team ted to Play ." From North$38A;i r, Pryde goes on to describe the Unconditional Grant which has Here Friday Night been paid to municipalities for several years. This is paid at the rate' of $2,- per capita for muni- cipalities under 2,000 with a ten cent per capita raise for towns, villages and townships with a population of over. 2,000 and un- er 5,000. •• It is in this bracket. that Clinton, and most of the• tbwtis in`•Buron will fall. ,Tor Clinton, this grant will total $5,909. In Stanley Town- ship approximately .$3,972; Gode- rich Townshifi, $3,048; Hullett Township, $3,752 and Tuckersmith, $3,954. Manager Bert Gliddon of the Clinton Colts Intermediate Hock- ey team has received word from the Western Ontario Athletic As- sociation that the -first game of 'the playdowns will be played in -Clinton on Friday night The Colts, idle for two weeks,. Will meet the winner of, the Han-. overZWiarton series. These two teams have played six games and were tied up with three wins each. It is unknown just when and where the deciding game was to have been played. ' • Hanover eliminated Kincardine in four games to enter the group finals, and Clinton fans' w ill remember the thrilling• games be- tween Kincardine and the Colts in last year's semi-final round. It is expected that with the closeness of the Hanover-Wiarton teams that no matter who wins the S, will prove to be very strong opposition for the Colts. A large crowd should be on hand for the Friday night gamerin Clin- ton to help thein in this the WOAA h o m e b r e w semi-final round:, Softball Story 1'N> Suiprise Ending-m,Rats (By our Bayfield eor?respendeet) This one is right off the bat! The recent Mild weather in- spired ,the •school children to splay softball et ngon, . One slay Douglas D,arnhoroj gh 'picked up a medium sized, rat on the play- hig diamond and took it into the school to show it to Mrs, Wil- Barn E. Parker, and then to the principal, Mrs, Leroy Petit. It was still quite warm, . and had evidently 'been hits by the hall, This. is'1a new way' of eXterm- orating rats. Well wager the Junlior- Farriers never heard of this ,one, in their recent camp; aign In 'Huron , Co'unty. i P. Watson In County -To Start Warble Campaign Wiratees Over OBA.Ilelds Annual Although winter. still 'holds Ontario in its ley grip these men are happy planning another successful year for the Ontario Baseball Assoc iation. Pictured above are the men who played imiportaut parts in. the 39th annual convention h„ld here in Clinton last Thursday, Friday and aturday. From, left to right: Mayor W. J,. Miller, James R. Scott, guest speaker; Alf Lotkcridge, secretary -treasurer of the Western Ontario Athletic' Association, the hestassociation; M, La "Tory" _Grigg, London James Millman, Londbn, third vice-president and master of cere- monies for .the banquet; Hug R. Hawkins, con- ,vention chairman; Peter McMullen, Milton, new president of the OSBA. (News -Record Fhoto) W. P. Watson, =livestock com- missioner for Ontario, was in Clip - tort :yesterday, to address the meet- ing of . Huron County inspectors and sprayers under the Warble Fly Control Act. Also attending this gathering in the agricultural office board room,.•"were clerks of townships' and councillors. Each spring, prior to the open- ing of the control "season, an in- formation meeting such as this is called. Farmers are advised that within ' a matter of weeks, -•"they should a 1 o expect oa7, from the warble fly inspebtoh in their town- ship, and the sprayin'g'will fellow, shortly of tern; that. , ' e Mr. Watson said that the dis- couraging thing about': warble fly control, is that there will never be entire extermination of the grub, as long as" there is .inter -provincial movement of cattle, to and from places where spraying is not car- ried out The . encouraging thlifg is that the ';population of warbles is going ,down considerably every year, with : the program as wide- spread;• as it is. now. Al'I of. 'Huron County is under the Warble: Fly Control Act. Far- ther south :parts Middlesex anti: 'Oxford : •E1 i . t of„an' and the counties of Kent :and. Essex, are notorganized under the -tact. How- ever,, each. year, :more townships, are added. Allan Canrnpbell, Seaforth, 'Prov- incial . Warble Fly Inspector, was on. hand to answer questions. Juniors Choir At OAC Service The Junior Farnfers massed choir of over 40 voices, provided the music last Sunday at the Jun- ior Farmers Conference• church service held in Guelph in connect- ion with, their annual meeting, The Huron County .choir, which is in its second year, has for two years in a succession led .in the music at the Guelph church ser- vice. 'Their leader is Mrs. Carl Douglas,' Belmore, and the young members of the choir come from all, .parts of the county. Minton Kinsmen Entertain Three Clubs, Joint Meeting kinsmen from Hensall,' Exeter and Goderich attended a joint meeting 'staged by the Kinsmen Club of Clinton on Tuesday night. Over 60 were present at the meet- ing which, was held• in Hotel Clin- ton and conducted by president Harry Me van, C inton's Newest Queen's Scout Clinton's Seeolyd Queen's Scent, )'Lewis Ling, received his badge at the regular meeting or the Boy Scouts last Friday night, • Scoutmaster Percy Brown, here makes the presentation. Young Lewis is 'following 'h the footsteps 'of” his father, b1yi►i(g Officer iPtar►.b Vint who al is a Queen's Scout; •(N'ews4tteortl li etO) • Guest speaker for the affair was W. J. "Bill" Roberts Who asked his audience "Who is a Canadian?"" He pointed out that we are a ser- les of inconsistencies. We have' a. nation which is ruledby a Queen') who doesn't rule, governed by a Governor General, who doesn't govern, who have no flag of our own nor can we agree upon orae. We are not too sure what our national atuthein is and in the one 'that mentions Canada we bog down from lack of knowledge of the words in the second last line. The remarkable thing about it IS that we are working out. �. Mr, Roberts told the Kinsmen 'that everyone kito IS that John Bull represents Britain and Uncle Sari, the United States, but we aren't too sure whether John Canuok should be a lumberjack or ti, mounted policetrian although the linter was more generally ac- cepted. However, the speaker added, we in Canada wall not celebrate our 100th year until 1967, and why should we be in such a hurry^y. Canada is a land - tremendous opportunities, trrrnendous' resour-1 ces and a very bright future: Mr. Roberts felt that Canada should adopt a policy of immigrate tion of not "what can Canada give" but one in winds is asked' "what can you give to Canada:'?" :Bev Boyes entertained the gins - mon. with, three song arid WAS very tiiudh enjoyed. •- He was ac- companied at the piano by his mother, Mrs. Bent Boyes. aergea,nts.atarms for the Meet- ing were George numball, Dick Frenilln attd K. W. C'olquitothi. Winner of` the draw was timer M ride, Exeter, Kinsmen Peewee finals At which in the have have Thursday puck the s will 7.30: . the Meet the Co Hanover. 1 the Top' donated Pickett trophy will fain of ice,,immediately Hockeyis Tonight 6.30 The garb for the pee. wee' hockey •earns Kinsmen sponsored league been `'pre - ;paring themselves arrived at ;last. TonlgF t Th at 6.3Q will see` the dropped for first zrst game of semi-finals, , the second -genie start just one hour later at The : winners ofThursday night,- games will , on.,,Friday night just before1tssmeet Wiarton br The goal of al peewee teams., is the.Tip= Tailor tro- phy which was three years ago by, Camnbell Limited. This ill:be pre- sented to the scap the win• ning team, on.the fallowing the _ chs hip game. A.SSESSO S TO MEET IN GODERIOH THIS REAR 'e,. , •: i Th pati . � s' n oc on s O - A .. .. of .As_es g. ,f faeers . of Ontario, District four, Comprising Bruce, Dufferin, Grey, Huron, 'Perth and Wellington eoun- 'ties will meet in Goderich on. Mar- ch 26 for the annual Meeting.- • • As- sessors, clerks and elected officials lin"thearea will attend, FruitGrowers Annual Re-elects F. Stirling Fraser Stirling, RR 2, Bayfield, has been re-elected president of Huron County's oldest,farmorgan- ization, 'the Fruit Growers' Assoc-. iation, Other 'elections O ' e e ons at theinn uai convention of ,the group held here in the agricultural office board room last Thursday, included vice- presidents, Lorne Woods, RRR 2, Lucknow; William I4j Kenzie, Ex- eter; secretary -treasurer, Douglas H. Miles, agricultural representa- tive for the county; past president, William McGuire, Bayfield. Wes Joynt, RR, 2, Lucknow, was re -appointed district director on the provincial organization and dir- eaters are Donald and Ross Mid- dleton, RR 3, Clinton; Fred Bell,. RR 2, Goderich; Boyd Taylor,, RR 3, Walton;. Percy Gibbings, Clin- ton; George Johnston, RI?, 2, Bays field; Philip McKenzie,. Kipper;: L. V Howarth, r^ , ,Fists , John Bed - mond, RIR.3, Goderich; VicterJef- frey, Ebceter; George Joyn't, now; Clayton Laithwaite, ` RR 1; Goderich Harry Mitchell, RR 2, toderich; Stewart Medd, RR 3, Clinton; . D. J. Lassaline, RR 2, Goderich; Ed Wise, RFC -3, Clinton. Public School' Req Increase To Meet Estimates accepted at last week's meeting of • the Clinton Public School Board indicated that an in- creaser of two and one 'half mills would be required on . the tax rate to supply the' necessary moneys to operate the school. George Lavin is chairman of the board: At a special meeting of the Public School Boarder called on Tuesday night, the proposed budget for 1957, was pared con- siderably. By eliminating some of the projects planned for the year, and reducing others, the board. was able to reduce re- quirements, so that only an ad- ditional 1% to lei mills willbe required rather than the 2% mills " predicted last week. Salaries to teachers make up the dor portion of estimated expen- itures, totalling $45,400 approx- imately for the year 1957. Last year salaries for instruction came to $42,640.. There are 13 teachers, plus the principal. - • uires '11/2; 'Mills Extra Expenses The salary schedule decided.up- on and accepted at the hoard meet- ing, was for a minimum of $2,400 (the same as it has been) and the maximum was raised from $3,800 to $4,000. An annual increment of $200 is included in the schedule; The Board is considering a plan for accumulative sick -leave bene- ifts, but as' yet have come to no decision. Clayton Dixon is head of the"study and welfare commit- tee, A total b>Rudget of $62,600 will be needed to operate ,the School, Gov- ernment grants will total an ap- proximate $41,584, and the balance of $21,016 wall be requested front the town. This need is up $5,000 from last year.. In' addition the town' will have to raise by taxa- tion about $27,755 for debenture payment on the school building. Though the provincial grant has been raised from $6 per pupil to $8, meaning an increase of $3,600, . (continued on page four) Rev. D. 3. Lane, St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Clinton, was the guest speaker at the' banquet ,held in Hotel Clinton at noon. His subject was "Building of Good; Canadian Homes." He said, "The— tome The•-- h .om e is the unit of our whole Can. adian Fabric of life; As our homes are, so will our nation become. "When the home declines, . so. does the nation, This. Is shown by all history. Strengthof our riat•, ion is inherent in the high .stand- ard of our hothes. "The .need for improvement of standards in the home in Canada is great," said the speaker. "In 1952-53, according to a report of the penitentiary committee, two iota -of every nine sent to peniten- tiaries enitentiaries was under 20 years old, and they came from Canadian' hones,"' '. "To build good homes, leader ship .in; the home must be good," . went. on Mr. ,Lane. . •..You, in: the fruit' grotv_'ing industry have ° bene- 4 fistedby the knowledge of others. In the build'i'ng of homes, as well," you can leant from others: Neg ligence . in the building of good homes' is as tragic as negligence of trees in the orchard." ,Speaking briefly at the dinner were Russ• Chard, fruit and vege- table fieldman, who introduced guests and Warden Harry Gowdy Mayor' W. J. Miller welcomed the convention to Clinton. The speak- er was introduced by Stewart Middleton and was _thanked by Lorne Woods. James Stirling, vet- eran member of the group, told (Continued on Page Ten) • Fire In Chimney Clinton's Fire Department made short work of a chimney fire at Clinton Bargain House, Isaac Street, last Thursday morning. The alarm was turned in about 8.30 and it was found that soot in the chimney had become ignited. Firemen cleaned out the soot and no • damage was caused to the stock in the store. — o 0 RED CROSS CAMPAIGN IN DISTRICT NEXT WEEK The annual campaign for funds for the Red Cross in this area, is scheduled for .next Monday, Tues- — day and Wednesday, March 25, 26 and 27, When a door-to-door can- vass Will be conducted. Chairman for the campaign is A, J. McMur. ray, Clinton. Fruit Men Re -Elect Executive for Second Term s Righlight of the 1xuit Gnawers annual con, 'eention is the banquet, served • this' ,year in the klletel Clinton, Nearest caixiera are (deft) Mrs.. Fred Middleton and Fred, ISR 8; Clinton and (right) 1Vtra. 1iVillini± into Suire,,' 1tt. 2; l3ayit3eld, arid. Mrs, 5, 1Vtiddleton, Itlt. a, Cl.iritbn. Mews—Record Photo)