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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. ,
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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.. .
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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. ,
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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
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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),
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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.
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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)
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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
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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)