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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1957-06-13, Page 1L. Elston Cardiff, BrnsselS, who has represented Huron County at Ottawa for the past 17 years,. won the election on Monday quite handily, turning in a majority of 3,667, aver his opponent, A. Y. McLean, Seaforth. He, with the other 112 Progressive Conservatives will quite proba'hly be on the gov- ernment side of the House. Lions 1957-58 Executive Installed by Sheriff N. Hill Standings in Huron Federal Riding For Last Three Elections, 1957, 1953, 1949 195'7 ro , .Ashfield 489 B1yth 261 Brussels 305 Clinton 854 Colborne 298 Goderich Township 517 Goderich Town, 1,689 Grey 538 Mettle 572 East Wawanosh 350 West Wawanosh 359 Exeter 913 Hay 533 He nsall 242 Hilbert 383 H011ett . 523 McKi afo li rth op 388 Se 491 Stanley 650 Stephen , 809 Tueltersniith - 523 tlsborne 530• 1953 1953 PC LID. 470 332 272 110 806 178 777 573 263 216 498 248 1,446 1,331 536 419 564 290 318 20/ 358 24( 783 499 468 748 212 187 804 502 465 423 387 474 403 755 614 351 693 135 416 640 472 285 1949 1949 1949 CCP PC law 22 436 442 114 2 131 239 83 216 41 763 13 18 224 262 32 499 278 1 31 W 1,500 217 1,4 4052( 4 21 516 836 4 305 2 13 348 313 86 198 680 7584 61 20 522 3 207 14 269 505 49 460 402 70 322 464 28 489 8 720 59 17 649 90- 7 41 28 462 497 31 446 325 789. 10,5 24 68 0,24 4 3 195'7 Lift 294 97 161 519 229 198 1366 201 180 205 462 631 1`V 411 337 371 661 295 688 653 231 Totals 12,222 12,555 10,975 9,763 Majority for PCs 3,667 1212 Among Clinton Voters on. Monday A record turnout of voters in. Clinton, Melted up a total -of 1;378 good ballots cast on Monday, This is 84.5 percent of the total possible voters, and is well above the national percentage, Pron., left to right, Mrs. B., iVilact>onald .and Mrs, Mary llott„ scrutineers at,the poll in the Legion Hal). Voters are Mr, and Mrs, Robert 3, Draper,- Mews-Record Photo) News- t tt e THE NEWS-RECORD-76th YEAR (By W. D. -04 EVentYla0iDY WHO GETS AN old age pension check. , last month also yeceived nicely prin- ted stiffer announcing the fact that an additional $6 weuld be forthcoming after the election. . . Though there is no legal law against it, . there does seem to be a moral obligation to obstain from undue pressure prior t6 an election. • . As the Letter Review notes; "recipients are likely to 'resent what, by implication at leastn is a hint as to the way in which they should shoW their gratitude. , truth is that social security pa3rrnents do not consti- tute the largesse of a single pol- itical party, but are paid for by every taxpayer, .. cost of printing ,the stuffers, to be sure, will not come out of party funds, but out of the pockets of Canadian tax- payers. . ." * * RECENTLY A NOVEL IDEA was brought to our mind-that of collecting the little red strips off cigarette packages. . . with the idea of amassing enough of the useless things to earn for the col- lector a seeing-eye dog for some blind person.. . We thought it was a fine thing, , ifeit worked. . This week, however, there has ar-, rived on our desk a note from OMB (that's the Canadian. Nat- ional Institute for the Blind) which completely debunks the whole idea. . . There never has been a seeing-eye dog earned hi this manner, and as far as CNIB knows, there never will be, They report that tobacco manu- facturers all deny that, they have ever promised seeing-eye dogs to anyone. . . Both CNIB 'and the tobacco people are doing all they can to stop the rumour that such is possible. . * * * A UNIQUE LI 1 ILE ITEM IN the daily press this week, was the announcement in big bold letters that "Campney opposes aerobat- ics" . . . and then over about six pages from this announcement was the information that Mr. Campney lost in the election by about 1,300 votes to Conservative Douglas Jung.. . THE NEW ERA---;-92nd YEAR Wins •Fourth Election In Huron Huron Riding Joins PC Victory Parades Honour . Elston Cardiff * * WHEN THE FIRE ALARM starts going off next Saturday at one o'clock... don't get too alarm- ed. . It will quite likely be only .a test. . In tie past, citizenunne, accustomed to the siren going off at one, . . with the coming of dial phones, however, the practice was discontinued. , . because there's no way of keeping the number of whines dawn from the 12 which is used for a true alarm. . . It was thought better, not to test the alarm than to bother people with the noise. . However, last Saturday an al- arm was turned in. . . and the sir- en would not go . . . The old bell on the town, hall had to be called into use. . . The reason was a fuse burned out. . . So, from now on a test will be made every Saturday to make sure everything is in working order.. . 0 Repeat Ballet. Sees Increase In Attendance The repeat performance of Mrs. Zablocki's ballet class, given in the Legion Hall last night was anoth- er resounding success, with an in- creased crowd, and the youngsters giving their best, Borden 'McRae was announcer for the various items on the pro- gram. Additional performers were, on the piano, Nancy Olde, Cathy Draper and Jimmy Mc- Donald. Clyde Mock again plaY- ed several selections on the violin which were well received. Tiny Miss Plizabeth 1Vfanko, re- peated a recitation which she had given at the earlier performance. L. G. Winter, speaking for the Scout and Guide committee, spon-' sors of the event, voiced his ap- preciation of the willingness of the players to perform once again, and of the Scouts and Cubs, Guides and Brownies, with their leaders who assisted, He presented lovely nosegays to -each of the performers, and Brownie Grace McAdam presen- ted a nosegay to Mrs. Zablooki, (A correction the story of the first performante: It was repor- ted that Mrs. Brudnicki, Goderich, had presented her daughter Lucy with flowers after she had played a selection. This Was incorrect. It was Lucy's music teacher who made the presentation). The Week's Weather 1957 1956 High Law High Low June 6 75 '54 72, 42 7 65 45 79 60 8 69 39 72 56 9 77 44 80 SO 10 80 59 80 57 11 79 62 87 53 12 70 51 89 63 Raitt' 03 ins, 1141M G6 ins, The 1957-57 executive of Clinton Lions Club was installed at the regular dinner meeting on Tues- day night by International Coun- ellor Nelson Hill, Goderich, J. Ross Middleton, a teacher at CDCI was installed as the 22nd president of the club. Other of- - icerseaeet-firsteviee-president, A. Laurie Colquhoun; second vice- president, Russell E. Holmes; third vice-president, E'. Beecher Menzies; secretary, Orval L. Eng- eistad; treasurer, Frank B. Pen- nebaker; Lion tamer, Herb Bridle; ail twister, Hugh Hawkins; one- year directors, Wilfred Parker and Mitch McAdam; two-year direc- ' ors, Howard Brunsdon and Char- es Brown. Joseph Murphy, past president is also a member of the 1.957Z8 executive. In his parting remarks as presi- dent, Joe Murphy thanked his committees of the past year, es- pecially the boys and girls, enter- tainment, sports, arena and health and welfare: He said: "Clinton town council are to be commended on their foresight in providing financial assistance to our arena project." At last month's council meeting, $1,000 was given to the Lions-owned arena. International Counsellor Hill, in zis -remarks to the Lions, said, 'This money from the town is well. Easter Seals Sale Totals $750; Still - Will Accept Cash To date the Crippled Children's committee of the Clinton Lions Club has received $750.56 for the sale of Easter Seals, and money is still coming in, according to Mel Crich, chairman. Closing date for the fund is set for June 30, so if anyone wishes to make their contribution, mail t to Mel Crich, Clinton, or send t to either one of the banks in town before that time, spent, it keeps our young people interested in sports." He went on to say that in his official capacity as Sheriff of the County of Hur- on, he sees some of the kids who do not engage in,sports , activity. After accepting the presidency of the Lions Club, Mr. Middleton presented past president- Murphy, with -a past president's pin. The Lions were urged to support and attend the last two activities of the season: the• annual carni- val and draw next Wednesday night and a ladies night in Goder- ioh on June 25. Tickets for ladies night are available from Royce Macaulay, Hugh Haw- kins and Mitch McAdam, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Baird, RR 1, Brucefield, held open house yesterday afternoon for their friends and relatives, on the gol- den anniversary of their wedding day, More than 50 guests took part in the social afternoon, and enjoyed a cup of tea with them. Receiving at the- door were Mrs. Norman Baird and Mrs. Walter Baird, their daughters-in-law. Pouring tea from the prettily de- corated table were Mrs. Welter Moffatt and Mrs. Simon MaKen-, zie, and later in the afternoon, Mrs,, E. Deitz and Mrs, Barbelie Thom- pson took over this duty. Wait- resses were Mrs. William. Cald- well, Mrs. Mel Graham, Mrs, Stewart Baird, Mrs. Victor Tay- lor, Mrs. George Baird, Jr., Mrs. John Stanley and M. Douglas Jones. A three-tiered wedding cake in white and gold, was- flan- ked by gold tapers and white and gold streamers added to the fes- tive appearance. Last Sunday, 36 relatives were at the farm for turkey dinner, at Fire on Vacant Lot interrupts Group' Ceielvatins4Here Clinton Fire Brigade quickly ex- tinguished a." minor' blaze in the vacant lot behind the Legion Hall on Monday night. How the fire started is a mye- telt but many believe that it Was the work of some over-exuberant election celebrant who poured oil over the old tires in the lot to get the blaze going, If this was the case the mission was accomplish- ed, es the alarm sounded just as the election fervor was reaching its peak. Fortunately no damage was done to cars nor was anyone in- jured in the rush of vehicles to the fire, The annual summer carnival and draw of Clinton Lions Club is being held next Wednesday even- ing on the main street in front of the- town hail, This is the Lions major fund- raising project and all proceeds go back into Clinton and district in the form of welfare work and the sponsorship of childien's groups. 5862.80 lai•a,w Seven major prizes are being offered in a draw to take place sharp cat 11 o'clock the night of the carnival. See compete list of prizes in adv, on page three this issue. Tickets are available from any Lion and at many places of business in Clinton. Free Pony Rides The younger children can all have -a free pony ride beginning at 7.30. Howard Brunsdon is in charge of the ponies,, loaned for the evening by Clinton's only pony breeder, Joe Corey, Bannockburn Pipe .Band Wade through town early in the evening and also play during the• evening. A big bingo game and other car- nival games will be set up for the public to play. Chickens, hams, groceries and other prizes as well as cash nrizes will be offered in all games. J. Ross Middleton, the presi- dent-elect of Clinton Lions Club The election scene in Clinton was quiet, Monday, at least until the Conservative tidal wave of victory which swept the country, reached Huron riding and A, Y. McLean, Seaforth, the Liberal candidate, conceded the contest to Elston Cardiff, Brussels, the vet- eran campaigner of 17 years at Ottawa. Excitement *inch had built up throughout the evening as returns were received in town via radio, and for the first time in Canadian history, by TV, worked up to a climax, when at one time there were four Huron County bands playing on the main streets, and Is chairman of the carnival. He requests that all Lions be on hand next Wednesday night at seven o'clock to set hp booths and gam- es, County Council Tours Huron. And Visits Industries Reeves and deputy reeves of -Huron County this week toured the county and other Western On- tario points, prior to the opening of council's 117 session: The session was officially open- ed yesterday at ten o'clock, by Warden Harold Gowdy. The service clubs of Clinton will make a complete canvass of the town of Clinton for funds to com- plete construction of the swim- niingepool in Clinton Community park. This was the outcome of a meeting of service club represent- atives last Friday evening. A tentative date has been set for the canvass on Monday, July 15. Farm residents and others in the immediate area bf Clinton will be canvassed later in the summer. HOW CLINTON VOTED Cardiff McLean St. Andrew's Ward, vat- ing in the town hall 200 135 St. James' Ward, voting in the Legion Hall .... 231 137 St. John's Ward, voting in Ball-Macaulay, Ltd -office 231 128 St. George's Ward, vot- ing in K. W. Coign- houn office 197 119 Totals 859 519 Majority for Cardiff 350 (It was 204 in 1953). over 1,009 people thronged the main thoroughfare, concentrating near the Progressive Conservative comrnittee rooms at the main corner. McLean, who served this riding in the House from 1949 to 1953, To Head Gov't. JOHN DIEFENBAKER, with six Months behind him as national head of the Conserva- tive party, may become Can- ada's next Prime Minister. The Progressive Conservative party holds 113 seats following the election Monday, compared with 51 prior to election day. The Liberals have only 103, a drop of 67 seats, CCF has 25 and Social Credit 19. Other parties make up the• balance of six seats. One other is deferred, and Yukon yet to hear from. To bring the public up to date on what has been spent on the pool, treasurer John Livermore. re- leased the following figures on June 10, 1957: G. F. McCormick, St. Thomas gen. con. . $9,546.20 G. F. Elliott Con. Ltd., . gravel and excavating 1,153.50 Laois Con. Co., gravel 726.95 The• Hearn, Wholesale Ltd., piping, fittings and plumbing supplies 838.28 Pumps and Softeners Ltd., London, t w o filtration tanks 2,200.00 Ken McKenzie exca- vating 500.00 Henry Young, manhole 126.00 Miscellaneous- - PVC, lumber, welding and small hardware 131.84 Total to date $15,262.77 According to the swimming pool chairman R. J. Schoenha)s over $9,000 will have to be spent before water can be- put into the pool. These costs include ,a concrete skirt around pool, sewerage, wet- ter, hydro, fence around pool, a retaining wall -at west end of pool, and more filtration equipment, as well as plumbing, fittings etc. conceded the election at 9.25 p.m. with about three-quarters, of the polls heard from. He congratul- ated Mr, Cardiff by telephone, and wished him success. Mr, Cardiff was busy with his wife and supporters in his farm home near Brussels,; totalling up returns as they were received oven the air. He left for Seaforth, driving his awn car, accompanied by membere of the Brussels Pipe Band, and 'an entourage which grew throughout the evening. He visited Mr. McLean, and took a- long on •his success cavalcade, a, message to the electors from the Liberal candidate for success in the future. Frorri"Seeforth the successful -candidate with his esupporters, proceeded to Clinton, Here they were met by a second cavalcade of cars and well-wishers arriving from Exeter, and the crowds of Clinton and.district well-wishers. Marching strongly and showing no sign of strain, Cardiff linked arms with two staunch Conservat- ives, and with 200 people behind them, led by the Brussels Pipe Band, and followed by the Sea- forth Highlanders, the shouting happy throng • moved up Albert Street to the corner of Princess- made a U-turn, and came back the same way. Happy pedestrians -followed along. Traffic was tied up for blocks, and anyone wishing to go through town, had to find a way. through back streets, until the celekration was over. (Continued on Page Ten) 0 Are You For the Pool? -Last week we reported donat- ions 'to -the Clinton Community Swimming Pool totalling, $4,057,67. Here is a continuation of that list: September Clinton- Lodge A F and AM (-Masons) 5.0.00 Raffle 11.05 Earl Doucette 50.00 George Relights , 25.00 Brownie's Drive-In 83.00 Brownie's Drive-Iin 148.75 Clinton LOBA No. 377 10.00 Mrs. Radford 2.70 Kinette Club of Clinton 200.00 John A. Anstett 20.00 Brownie's Drive-In 20.00 Herb Bridle • 185.00, Proceeds, Bingo, Sept. 21 3,659,35 Proceeds booth at bingo 150,00 October MaEwan's Stationery G. E. Rumball Additional proceeds, bingo 10.00 Bill Pinning 5.00. Reg. Shipley 10.00 Beecher Streets John Repson arl Bruder 0. L. Switzer Douglas Jones Edward Grealis B.. C. Biernan Mrs, M. Holland G. Shortreed. A. E. Fremlin- Peecy Livermore Miss Mary Turner Harold- Adams L. M. Hardy Clarence Cooper L. Gautreau J. D. Thorndike Kenneth McRae nee ......... William S Craig Roy Mann E. B. Pounder Arthur Fulford D. W. Cornish F. VanAltena William F. Corson William J. Vodden William Fleischaner Frank Layton L. Fawcett ........ ...... Harelcl Glazier Ed. Florian G. F, Grant Asa Deeves Thomas Deevee Jabez Rands Feed Hudie Gordon Nivins W. D. Thompson J. P. Slater Rev, G. Hoytehaa .... „ Mrs, Rodgers, „,„ ....... ..... Maurice Maguire William Piper Jack Cree • Harold W. Gibbings .....„, Kenneth Cooke Howard Currie Mack Mott ...„ ..... ..... „ C. V. Cooke PrAnk Thomas Oliver Mrs. A. McLeod Mrs. Aptita Steve Thomas Churchill 'Prank Pingland *r6tai SO, flit $9,151,54 Golden Wedding in Stanley Twp. For Mr. and Mrs. George T. Baird which Mrs. S. Baird and Mrs. V. Taylor served. Enjoying this get- together were two brothers of, Mrs. Baird, the bride of 50 years: Hugh McGregor in Detroit and Frank, Clinton; also two sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Deitz, Kippen and Mrs. Clara Dutot, Brucafield. An- other sister, Mrs. Ella McCowan, -Brucefield, is visiting at Stouff- villa, and was unable to attend. Also attending the Sunday gathering were Mr, and Mrs. Alan Klinkhamer and daughter, Carol, Mrs. Alma Baird, Mr. and Mrs. George- A. Klinkhamer, all of De- Unit. George T. Baird is the son of George Baird and Christina Scott, who homesteaded on the farm now operated by George T.'s son-, Nor- man. The first George Baird was better known as Master Baird, and taught for many years et SS 1, Stanley„ now known as Baird's School. He was a leader in the community, and began among oth- er things, the recording of high (Continued on Page Ten) Lions Summer Carnival n Main Street, June 19 Swimming Pool Committee To Make Canvass July 15 50,00 20.00 No. 24-The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO 'THVRSDAY, JUNE 13, 1957 7 Cents a Copy $3.00 a Year 5.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 5.00' 5.00 10.00 5.00 5,00 1.00 5.00 aoo 5.00 20.00' 3,00 5.00 2.00 5,00 5,00 5,00 5.00 2,00 5,00 5.00 1,00 5.00 15.00 3.00 ,20.00 5.00 20.00 3.00 4.00 5.00 240 1.00 .75 5.00 2.00 15.00 5.00r 50.00' 2.00 2.00 5.00 5.001 2,00' 1,00) 100,00