Clinton News-Record, 1957-08-01, Page 1(Bar W. D-,10.)
WOIKEN0, UANESOMEN I11$
raw Coat et el,TY Paint , , the
Yal Bank's branch in two has
taken en a rather Austere —
o:0eVer, It ie a great improve-
4nent over the patchy appgarance
it did put forth to. view 4 week
age• And if a bank an not
look austere . then what build-
ieg can, for goodness sake . .
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WORK �N THE NEW =Du
Union building 'is expected to re
sume again tor -day • Holdup
has been in geting proper tests
of the soil, to make sure that
•shifting quicksand will net game
• Creeks in the building later . .
• 4. *
"MHZ PARKER HOUSE MOTEL
bee really gone all out; too . • .
'Mee/We put up five gay flags, on
iposts across the broad front Imes
. . Two are Union Jacks
biro are the Canadian ensign
end the fifth is; a Stars and
Stripes, . . They clo a lot „to
attract attention to the pace
daytimes, too .
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IN- DELHI '10 -YEAR -HELEN
was told by her elder sister that it
was wrong to work din Sunday .
Helen' wanWell to know ; . , f t
was wrong Why elkl policemen
werk on Sundays? Didn't theY
Want to go to heaven? "Of course
not," replied her sister .4. "They
aren't needed there',"
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THINGS REALLY movE
smutty, in Hayfield .e. . and it
leeks as if the 11 tion of
poetry speeds things! rip even More
than mull be anticipated
Two weeks ago we pnblished an
orighial set of verses complahneg
about the sad tate of the steps
'to Ithe.shares, of Lake Huron . .
leading d}own fr,atn, the village
Last week eve published a thank -
51011, poem, huanerbusly extolling
the virtues of the' summer reser%
and the pleasantipsteps, now prop-
erly fixed • . Late last week we
teceived tried peen' on. a Lon-
don, resident, about the terrible
stale of certain streets ie Hay-
field . . (this poem eel:fears in-
side this issu'e) , . and on Tues-
day we received word from the
same resident that exeensive) re-
pairs 'have been begun, and all
potholee, are to be filled and the
road made- safeefor4goodematoring
. . Anyone else have something
to write a poem about? . • .
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Here follows a story which or-
iginated in the \Vgib:am Advance -
Times . . . has: since been seen
in the London Free Paves . . .
and no doubt heard by thousands
over radio through Don Fair-
ibairn's neighbourly new broad-
cast . . . Still, it is a stow winkle
will be going for many years) . •
and we give it to you now; Father
mowing the lawn the other even-
ing, when his four-year-old son
came up the street with a bus-
iness-aike stride. . . StoPP'ing be-
fore the elder member of the tam -
lily he tugged a many -folded relig-
ious pamphlet from his pocket
and announced . . . "X have a
ern:all pack of heaVen here . . ."
The Week's Weather
1957 1956
• High Low High Low
July 25 76 51 79 65
26 75 60 80 56
27 82 56 80 -60
28 84 60 73 51
29 85 66 68 47
30 82 66 67 48
31 79 57 65 46
Rain: .05 ins, Rain: .11 ins.
THE NEW ERA -93rd YAR
THE NEWS-RECORD,77th YEAR
No. ale. The 'Nome Paper W$th the News
cl-INTON„ ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1957
7 cents a Copy — $3.004,1 Year
Huron's Dairy Princess
...*".'"'''•""*"* • ,14fe."' "*"."" '
Reran County's first Dairy Princess is Miss Betty Storey,
'.R.R 2, Seaforth. She was honoured to have her sash presented
by Eigton Cardiff, Hireen'e MP. Miss. Storey is "eligible to com-
pete in the Dairy -Queen contest being conducted at the Canadian
Nal:clonal Exhibition through the co-operation of the Ontario Milk-
Pr,oducers, and: the Toronto Telegram. Runner-up in the local.
contest, held at the Huron County Home. in "conjurection; with
the annual twilight meeting of the Huron Soil and Crop lee
provement As'socia'tion, was Marilyn Marshall, Kirkton,
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cool Nears_Corripletion;
leah-up Party Called
The building committee of .the
Clinton Community Swimming
Pool is calling a work party far
Friday- night, August 2 at seven
o'clock. Volunteers are requested
to bring either hammer and saw,
or brooms.
The, project is so near ectmele-
don that those bringing brooms
will be detalleds'to, sweep out the
poll floor, so that the- pool may
be filled with water. But, there
will be. no swimming until the
filtration plant is cernplete,d and
the same water properly filtered..
Those bringing hammers ,
help. built a ,75 -foot long, seven -
foot high board feriae along part
of the south side of the pool. mis
board fence is being built where
the proposed bath house will be
erected. New lumber is being
used, which will be re -used in the
bath house' later on.
If enough:help carries out, other
clean-up jabs will be doire around
the .premises.
The chairman cia the pool pee-
ject requests that all children, be
wiarned to keep away from the
Pool until proper sw$rnming fa -
ties are completed.
A seven -foot wire fence was
erected around the outside of the
12400t concrete walk around the
pool, yesterday. When the board
portion is built, the pool will be
fully enclosedt.
The. heavy plumbing and work
in the, filtration room is nearly
done. Only two sanall 'parts, of
equipment are yet to be delivered.
Some plumbing and welding is
still to be came.
Lest Saturday. four Clinton men
and one from Hensall—pool chair-
anan "Bud" Schbenhals, Alf. Croz-
ier, Joe Reed and Cameron Proc-
tor from, Clinton and Nelson Pfaff
-from Hensall—worked a full eight
hours in the filtration plant, They
put the three two -ton tanks in
place, did all the heavy pl'ungb.
leg cormectingthe tanks, fitted
valves, and gauges. Then an Mon-
day evening, nitet of the same
crew axed others, filled the tanks
with the filtration compound
This entailed handling nearly 12
tons in 100-16. bags.
• The above men are doing this
work voluntarily to keep expen-
ses down and to assure the citi-
zens of Clinton that the pool will
be completed this • summer for
swhnnxthg.
Other work bees will be called,
as they are needed
Air Commodore 'Inspects Graduation Parade
Three stammers spent id training atRCAF St ation Clinton ended for this class of 'flight cadetS
i last Friday when the graduation parade was held Here Squadron Leader A. W. Stinson accompanies
Air Commodore, M. D. Lister, 0.11,bi inspecting, the class. Markel are either in the Regular
Ottificers Training Plan, and MIL be jeining the regular foree as conunissioned officers &Vele ete
caWing their degrees, or they belong to the Vnivrtity Reserve Tralning Plan, and will probably
be in the Reserve with CominissiOnerl Gaiters status, This is the seVerith uc1t Oats to totriplote
*ailing at Clinton, (RC1Ar Phcitol
A
TWO Young ,Girlis
Rewarded :For • •
Fin.dirig ?tope
Two little girls an town are
richer by two 'della-re each this
week. This was the reward given
by Corporal IVIcurice Poirier, R
CAe. Station when he regained
possession of a black puree eon -
tabling *65.
LiWe Misses; Jeanne 1Vtumley
(1,1, years) and Lynda Dae (9,
yea's) fauna the-pnrse near the
'Clorrernereial Inn Hotel, and turned
it in to Chief H. Russell Th,
son. Apparently Mrs, Poirier.,bacl
put the piinge, he the baby .carriage,
and had stopped to talk for a few
minutes. Haley Poirier had tossed
it out without his mother noticing,
Mr. ?airier was earching the'
sidewalk area when Chief Thomp-
son noticed -him entif.announced the
Puree had been found Apparently
the Corporal% father who has been
visiting hine had recently lost
,over $100 on the train., when his
wallet wee "pin:Cher.
Kitchener Youth
Injured Diving
in Bayfield River
Diving in sham, water at Bay -
on Sunday afternoon, Debbie
Becker, 15, Kitchener, received
neck and back injuries which left
him paralyze,d front the shoulders
down He was taken Sunday -
evening to Victoria Hospital, Lon-
don, where bis condition yesterday
was reported .as only "fair".
Sion of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Becker, Kitchener, and grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Becker,
Victoria Street, Clinton he was
swimming near the fish -houses at
the mouth of the Hayfield River,
Sunday, when he dived into shall-
,
low water.
He was given emergency atten-
tion% WM: 'E. A", *Matter, mayor
of Seaferth, who was at the Mc-
Master summer cottage nearby.
Ball and IVEutteh ambulenee was
called from Cilinton and he was
taken to hospital here, and then
to Vittoria Hospital, .London.
When admitted to hospital he
was conscious and able to speak,
Preliminary examination indicated
a possible broken n.eck, and unde-
termined back injuries,
AreYou
For the Pool?
These are the final names in
the long list of donors to the Clin-
ton Community Sevimaning Pool
Fund. If your name, has, been
missed, don't hesitate to call our
attention to it, for we would not
like to omit anyone
On the other hand, if your name
is mimed because you have not
given—it is not too late. See John
Livermore, secretary of the fund,
at the Town Hall any time, and
give him your donation. He'll give
you an affieial receipt. When ten
or more names have been added
to the list, we'll publish them
D. A. Yotteg $ 2.00
Kenneth J. Pickett
G. M. Counter
Arthur .Aiken
L. Denonune
Ernest Walton
Clinton Cu! and
Stout Auxiliazy 25.00
Douglas Ball 15.00
Anonymous .50
Donald Andrews 15.00
Garnet Harland 5.00
Dewar Nonnan 5,00
IVars, 3. Hewn 2.00
Diek ,Freeman, raffle •• 0,43
Wells Auto Electric 25.00,
Fred Riiinbaill 10.00
Mrs., Maeguenite MolVlillan, 2.00
Airs, J. Fax 2.00
Minima/ E. Coltethoun 5.00
Williaati Fleitschaner 20.00
Kenneth Gibbings ,.....„..„..„ 5,00
1Vfr. and Mrs. N. Shepherd 5.00
1Vars. RalPh Cantelon 2.00
0. L. Engeletad ,, .'.
PeHe„ ' ''''' ''''''..' 10.0000
ed nnumen
0, R. Shaw
L, Dutoit , ..., 2.00
ItCook ,. .......... .......,.... ,,,,,,,, ,2,00
R. Frearilin , 10,00
Albeit "Carter —..."— '''''' 2:350
Don Ifeirley ........ .
Centel VanDamme ' 10.00
Clayton.EIIIis ,
5.00
IL .E. Hartley 10,400
John. Sangster 5.00
Russell Neal . 5.00
2.00
2.00
•t• 2.00
5,00
aqayor W. J. Miller 25,00
LOW, 10.00
E. r, Clinton.,„ Ceertite 10.00
Jack Setton ' 10.00.
Z Sherwell 2,00
Otter Pt4tp • 5,00
Xelso Streets 6.00
r,}01 Livertriere 1040
25,00
10.00
30,00
2,00
4.00
J. T. Graham „.. ,
Mrs W. K. Gray
Abe Orpcit
Ross iVierrill
• Gay ,Crowd Folk
Nearly 2,000 Join in Games
Laughter, Fireworks at Lake.
• Post Office Sets
Holiday Hours
Postmaster Art Ball has an-
eroneced the bouts during which
the poet ()Mace will be open on
lYfondeee - Civic Holiday. For
mil delivery .only. the wicket
wli be open from ten until 12,
o'clock neon and again' froni
1,30 to 3,30 for,. The -lobby
Will be on until six .c.'clock,
for service to .bexholders,
A crowd . ealerateti at nearly
2,000 peeple thronged the com-
munity park at Hayfield last eight
for the annual frolic staged by
the Lions Club of the lake village
Starting* wall a ball,game in
the early evening, played by the
Belgrave and Helm:ore softball
teams' (Belig'rave won 5.4) the
feolie• included games ,ot many
ttendance Doubled; Soils
Group Meets Outdoors
!Attendance at the annual twi-
light meeting held at the Hinon
County Horne on Tuesday ,evening,
surprise4 everyone, inoluding the
farm, folk ,themselves, and 'caught
officials unprepared With neither
enough chairs for everyone ta sit
upon, nor a. Dean large enough for
them to sit', in if there had been
chairs.
When nine o'clock came, and the
men folk returned from a tour of
the teet plots and ether interests
on the Comity farm, they found
that the ladies, numbering well
over 300, already, filled the audit-
orium eompletelY,
However; those in charge of ag-
ricultural meetings and programs
are resourceful in the face of al-
m:ost any situation, and they prov-
ed themselves equal to the oc-
casion
The hien trooped around to the
front of the buildings, and sat
comfortably on the sloping terrace
which rises gradually at the front
of the Home. 'Men the ladies
carried their chairs, out front, also,
and arranged themselves in rows
on the gentler slope at the foot
of the terrace.'
The screen which Bob Cadent,
CIKNX Farm Editor had brought
from Wingharn, was much too
Small for the aecasion, so a hur-
ried trip to town netted the larg-
er one from the agricultural of-
fice, plus an additional supply of
paper dupe for lunch After all,
the Jiu,nior Farmers had only fig-
ured on 350 people at the very
outside. By the number of cups
used, however, they estimate the
group at wellt over 800, Elston.
Cardiff contemplated the throng
before •him, and suggested 1,000
as a good guess.
By dint of using car lights', hast-
ily rigged extension cords, flash-
lights and patience, a well con-
ducted program was carried out.
No one is prepared to offer the
reason for the swelled; crowd (last
year about 325 attended), espec-
ially since the weather was par-
ticularly gond for harvest work.
Perhaps it Was the added atitrac.
tion of the Dairy Princess; cone
petition: Hetty, Storey, .RR 2, See -
forth, was suecessfulf -perhaps it
was the promise of , coloured slides
shown by Bab Carbert, o his re-
cent:trip to Venezuela when he
accompaered a carloadpf register-
ed Canadian cattle to that coun-
try; perhaps it was a realization
of the need foe knowledge of soils
and crops and good practices; per-
haps, any nurnber of things. Never-
theless the crowd was there.
The committee in charge of ar-
aangements for the Huron contest
for Daley Princess, included Simon
Haiiahan, Blyth; Car1 Heaningfway,
Clinton, secretary of the .Haron
Federation of Agriculture; Ross
Marshall, Kirkton; Arthur Bolton,
assistant agricultural representat-
(Continued on Page Ten)
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Ex -Postmaster
Honoured By
P.O. Department
A presentation honouring G.
Morley •Counter, was carried out
last Friday night in the Post Of-
fice, with all members of the staff
present: The superintendent, H.
F. Murray, Walkerton, presented
a long service plaeue, to Mr. Coun-
ter on behalf of the Poet Master
General and the deputy Postmast-
er General.
Mr. 3/turnery remarked upon the
excellent relations he had had with
Mr, Counter :during his quarter
century as postmaster in Clinton,
and thanked him for a job well
done.
.alt BalI is the present post-
master in Clinton, and others on
the staff art Gordon Sutcliffe,
Robert Managlian John Hartley,
Rieba.rd Divan T Gordon Serlio.
bins and Mrs. William Edgar.
kinds, including bingo, and ended
With fireworks enjoyed by every -
This is the Main/fund-raising
event of the year for the Bay:
field Lions Club, and it seems
to get bigger and include more
attractions eacihr year.
On:l'uesclay night one of the
rnenlhers, Douglas Gemeinhardt,
had an idea that something should
be clone with a bunch of turtles
he had on, hand So with Mac
Melnaddee and others helping him
they constructed an affair with
plywood and wire, so that the
beetles could be raced. Kept in
water between races they were'
lively little fellows right to the
end, of the evening, and drew
more attention than probably any
other game en the grounds.
Draws were made for many
prizes, including, a trilite, won
by Bill Bennett, Hayfield Road;
per,eoleter, Monty Cameron;
wheelbarrow, Harry Fleming, Me-
nysville; electrie clock, Henb Jenk-
ins', Clinton; picnic basket, /Mike
Scotohmer, Hayfield; electric iron,
3. B, Higgins, Hayfield; serving
cart, George Aiken, London, boud-
oir lamps, Mrs. Bellehamber, Bay-
field!; two ]lawn chairs, Steven
Seattlimer, Bayfield; fishing tack-
le, Mrs. Charles PilgrineVarna;
electric corn popper, Norman Fitz-
simmons, Clinton;
Lawn barrow, Margaret Steph-
enson, leas ironing board, J.
Aiken, London; bathroom scales,
Wens, W. G. Clarke, Varna; kitchen
'Stool, Terry Worsen, Goderich;
banbeoue, 3. 3. Gardiner, Hayfield;
tea kettIie, Mrs, Harry Miller, Bay-
field; egg cooking set, Joanne Mc-
Donald, Winnipeg, Man.; table
lamp, Roy Elliott, Clinton; pin up
lamp, Jean Hell, Hayfield; five gal -
lens alit donated by Bill Clarke,
Varna, Mrs. Henry Miller'Hay-
field; case of oil donatla
ed yClIff
Utter, Reg. Kerslake, Seaforth.
Kerslake., Seaforth. .
Gate prizes also were, drawn
for.
Grant Fraser is president of
the Liens Club this year. Com-
mithtees in charge of the various
sections of the frolic were: gate,
Jack Scotchrner, Harvey Coleman;
softball game, S, Irvine; bingo,
.Clarke, Grant Turner; lunch
booth, Alfred: and Charles Scot -
chimer; cat game, Elgin Porter;
milk bottles, Roy Poth; turtles,
Douglas Gemeinhart; paddle game,
Marc McFadden; gun vane, Bert
Schilbe; another game, S. Ervine;
ticket sales, Leslie Elliott; change
maker, Lloyd Makin's ;ponies, Joe
Corey, Clinton
The ladies carried out a penny
sale. Members of the Boy Stouts
were busy selling peanuts.
Tons of Stone in•Rattenbury Street Roadbed
Stoney, 104 it? This is Pert of some 246
• yards of large Stone. wl*Jit was trucked to
atattenbuty, Street td tertebeft a bad quicksand
onditiOn in the bleek between Dinsaey and fib-
bingStreet That's Robert Rowelitlfe on the,
ibull,hozer, wild in the rear is Vex Vatalesen on,
the town, traotor, ithloadhig tfl which has &gle
been laitt along the Street. Fixing the road-beti
had made a vvonderital ,1.10.rtiaitty for both town' 4,
atreetg Item and the *U:0 to get Werk done
Which had been, atittotated for some tithe.
(Newia,,11,ecord Ishoito4