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HAVE TWO SUG+GESTTONS FOR
the Department .of Highways , . ,
First ane is: Why not "bring the
Pepuletion lures up, to date on
the signs et the entrance to Cline
stone For years now those signs
halve been proel'ainaing population
total of 2,00. ,.. Well, Clinton's
macb, bigger 'then that .. At
time of the last official count ..
hi the town assessor and tax .col-
lector Jim Manning . , there'.
were 2,902 swab in Clinton . .
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SIDCOu D SUGGDSTION TS, Barer
ter lead: up to with a stare .
Date to the ever --hanging person-
• el at Station Clinton . . there
are always new people moving in-
to town .. , . We heard (after they
had Left for another Station) albeut
a French-Canadian couple who
Were . Iia-ing here and regularly
making week -end trips di ]Bayfield
. They went 'the round -about
way, up kngivway 8 to Ooderieh,
and then down Highway 21 to the
destination , , Well this had gone
on for three or four weeks
when finally they happened to
glimpse that teeny weeny little
sign out beside .the golif course , . ,.
which reads:. Clinton 9 .
SO, OF COURSE THEY DID A
rapid right wheel , and found.
'that the route to Clinton was
smooth and short . and they
•reported to. their landlady in town,
"My, we're glad we saw that sign"
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NOW OUR SUGGESTION . TO
the Department in tile regard is:..
Wliy not a sign in' Clinton.: •direct-
ing people to Baefieed .:.. and 'for
goodness sake, why not put up a
decent' sized sign on Highway 21,
or else let the Chamber of Com-
merce go ahead and .put up elle
that would let people know we're
over here .. .
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CARD PLAYING ON LIBRARY
Park has achieved almost a luxury
aspect ... This! summer the men
have gotten in the =Habit of using
a table to support their cards,
rather than the knee -balanced
playing board they used in the
pest . Wednesday (not the
warmest of days) there were 16 of
"the boys" either playing or leak-
ing on .
WORK ON TIE NEW CREDIT
Union bniI.ding-is progresrsinig .
and it is expected that if rain
lfai'ds off feeday.' and to -Morrow
tile: cement foundations will be
poured on Friday,.. Contractor
Cale Doucette plans to use featly -
mix cement front a Goderich firm,
' and all of the cement will be pour-
ed in one day .. .
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2t looks as is. John Sangster's
new building in this block .
will soon 'have a lot of other
places beat for modern• design,
at least . He is using quite a
novel design (in Clinton at least)
for the doorway ... and probably
when the whole thing is Com-
pleted the rest of the store will
match it for modernity . . .
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Those interested in' photos, and
who isn't . . . will be glad to
hear of an exhibit of pictures
taken by MraoLaren's Studio (former
erly of Oilmen) . . on display
in the Blue Room of the Shute
Institute, 10 Grand. Ave., Landon,
throughout September . : The
Waverly Gad is sponsoring the
showing, and It is "open to public.
view every Monday and Wednes-
day evening 7.30' to 9.30 starting
September 4, through to Septem-
ber
eptember 30 ... A number of portraits
of Clinton and district people are
included , .
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Ed Wendorf Sells
Blyth Store To
Woodstock Man
. Ed Wendorf, Ratterilbttry Street,
who for the past 11 years has car-
ried on the business'. known; es
"Wendy's 5c to. $1.00" store in
Blyth, has sold out to George S.
Felten, Wbodstoek, wile has tak-
en-immediate
'aken-inen.ediate posseasion.
Mr. Pelton has had a furniture
refinishi2ng and doll hospital bus=
Mess in Woodstock,. and will con-
tinue the doll hosplital - unit at
Blyth in connection with the,Store.
leis. Wendgnf, who is retiring
frons. business 'life segs he has
made no inunediate pians for the
future. •
The Week's Weather
157 1,056
High Law High Low
Aug, 15 82 51 74 58
1.6 71 55 62 61
x•1,7 70 45 81 62
.16 74 44 78 60
10 75 45 71
20 17 47 65
21 75 54 68
Thain: ,28 ins. Rain: .6
.Aug. 22 75 46 72
24 69 62 64
25 70 62 70
26 75 62 71
27 71 58' 79
28 67 49 78 60
,Ytttiri.. 1 ins. Rain; ,75
THE ;NEW ERA--2$rd YEAR
No. 35 -,.-.Title Home Paper With the News.
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THE NEW$ -RECORD -77th YEAR
CLINTON!. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1957
7 "Cents a
a Yew
Children Enjoy Exhibit.s
Young and .old en4oy the loveIyP flowers on display at' the
annual Clinton Flower Show. From the left are Nancy Seruton,
Gonne and Susan .Smith and Margaret Jean Addison, as they
hook over some of the •hundreds or prize •browns in competition.
,. " (News-liecord -Photo)
One corner of the special exhibit of items from here;,' there
and everywhere, at the annual Clinton Flower Show, caught the
eye of young Penny Bateman, • daughiter of Mr. and Mrs'. Maurice
Bateman, James Street. Included were items from Holland, from
.Florida, an especially pretty :fungii from a tree . near Bayfield,
wooden salt and .pepper set made of selected Canadian woeds,
a painting of .a scene from 'Holland, Dutch shoes and windmills,
and part of a Polish national costume. (News -Record. Photo)
Ontario Soils Group Visits
Industries
Huron Farms,
The summer meeting of the dir-
ectors of the Ontario Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
was held on Monday, In the • mei-
.cultural office board rooms here
in Clinton, with delegates from
all Parts of the province.
The men planned for the annual
convention held each January in
conjunction with the Ontario Re-
tail Implement Dealers Associat-
ion convention in Toronto. They
discussed the various projects than
could be carried out by local or-
garrizations, of a provincial nature.
During the tour taken by the
ladies. on Monday, they visited
the PareKnit Hosiery Ltd., and
had a conducted, tour by John
Parker. Goring on to Goderich,
they visited the County Court
House, the County Museum, and
the factOrles of the Sheafifer Pen
and Slfto Salt Ltd.
That evening the entire delegat-
ion enjoyed an outdoor picnic at
the home olf kr, and iVirs. Ivan
Kalblfleiseh, and then ,many of
them visited the Shakespearian
Festival at Stratford. •
Tokeday, a tour of the county
i eluded a visit to the Stott
Farms, Seaforth, where the visit -
Ore ' saw 25,000. laying hens, and
eorrre et the Kimber chickens, a
nen; hybrid 'type Leghornfor
which Mr, Scott is sole distributor
hi Eastern.. Canada. They saw the
excellent dual iaurpese shorthorn
herd, and"tthe bull which was,
sported from Ireland. Interesting,
too, waw the rlaethed Mr_ Scott
wet to keep the 420 acre farm
_Ruttier Complete record.
ICann;s mill in gketer showed
46 the tour what is probably the Moat
40 modern e]evator in existence, coati.
3na. 'piete with automatic stales.
50 "Andy" Dixon, teacher of agricui-
56 tura at the Exeter high school des.
53 ttibed the program at the school
45 and their methods, of financing,
40 and displayed one half acre of
55 elite senilae beans grown. en the.
eehool'a property,
At. lti:endyke Gardens CG,op,
RR 2, Grand Bend, theysaw the
warehouse where Carrots and pot-
atoes are .graded, and also toured
the marsh. At the IT.aig Farms
nearby,, they saw the largest chis-
el point plow in ,.Cahada, 34 feet
wide. Drawn by a "cat" the front
chisels go down, 10 inches: The
tour saw this plow in action. It
was imparted 'rem Texas.
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Bursaries Earned
By Student At
Clinton Collegiate
The girds earned the honours
at Clinton District. Collegiate In-
stitute last year, and walked off
With four. Dominion -Provincial
bursaries. These awards are made
each year with Canada and Ont-
ario governments paying harlf the
:Cost. Mise Margaret Howard,
daughter of Ur. and Mrs. ,lack
Howard, Bayfield, has been award-
ed the $400 'Dlo2ninibn-PProvinaial
bursary at Clinton District Col-
legiate Institute. Margaret, who
completed Grade 13 at CDC in
the spring is entering. University
of Western Ontario next month,
and will s ielciaiize in l nglish and
French,
MIs., Ruth hvterrili, daughter of
Mr. and M'rs> Merles Merrill,
Ttat 3, Clinton, ha won d $200
bursary. She intends entering the
one year course at Stratford Tea-
cher. College next rnenth.
Grade 13 bursaries were won IV
Pallge Phil2ffips, I3Iyth, daughter of
Mr. and Mi's. Harold Phillips, and
by Cornelia "Connie" Trete ors,
danlghter of Mr. and Mrs, C, Trerf,
fers, Huron Street Clinton. These
awards of '$1.00 each will aesist
the game in their year at Grade
13 at C(b201. After next year
"Connie" plans to attend ''Teachers/
College,
Gift. of China
Given Scouts
By Howard Lee
A number of pieces of china,
including three Vixen cups, and
ease/ens, plates, br'ea'd and butter
plates, etc., have.,;been gratefully
reeeived by the ail tom Lions Boy
Scents.. They are 'the • gifts of
Howard Lee, 1114. Avenue Road,
Toronto, fiorprrrer Protoloor of the
Elite C,a1fe (location now occupied
by Finger's. Restaurant),
Since Mr: Lee left Clinton, these
iters have been Stored with. Nor -
Man Fitzsimmons . proprietor of
Fitzsitmnon's Fond Fair, .and Mr.
FFitvainanaetis has""' acted for Mr.
Lee in making the • •presentatibn.
'Ile gift is much; appreciated by
the boys, according to Seoul Mast-
er Percy Brown; The troop has
little enough money to spend, and
the problem, of getting sufficient
equipment at their camp on the
Maitland ' Rirver . bas been a tlie-
ticult one, This sturdy ehuia will
sere the purpose very well., and
wile shave their pocket -books for
other expenses.
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Pete R.oy licensed
To Sell Insurance
• Peter Roy bee passed the ex
eminations required and now has
his license to sell auto and general
insurance. 20 years old and the
son of W. V. Ray (manager of
the Clinton CCrnirnunity Credit
Union Ltd.);, Peter' will gradually
take over from hia father the work
of selling for Co.olperative Insur-
ance Asset -tion. Peter is enePloy
ed at present at Herb's Food Mar
ket.
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PERTH'S MP NAMED
CABINET MINISTER,
J. Waldo Monteith, Stratford-
born member of Parliament for the
County of Perth, is that riding's
first cabinet rnenna,'ber. Prime 1V1in-
ister John Diefeelbacker announced
his appointment as Minister of
Health and We!llfare last week,
haIi.:sMi: Chippewa
Bantams eliminate Searorth;
Then Trounce Port EIgin
CH R ,(P roposes To
Curtail:Passenger
'train Service Here
A pulbllic meeting has been are
ranged for in the council chamber
of the town hall, here in Clinton,
at the request of the Canadian
National Railways, which proposes
sto, ,piping passenger service on the
line to and from Stratford and
Goderich—the early morning , and
the late night train.
Word was received here -by the.
Station 'Agent, Mr. Cartes, who
has since, at the request oe the
CNR contacted na'uniopal heads in
the towns. of Goderich, Seatorth,
Miltehell, and the village of DO-
lin, inviting theta to attend the
meeting. °^
It :will be' a public meeting at
Which all those people..interested
in this proposal will be welcome.
A. representative of the CNR wil1
be in attendance.
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At present there aretwo pass-
enger trains into Clinton and two
out each day. They are both trav-
elling on the Stratford-Goderich
line. Passenger service on the Lon-
ddneGoderich rails was discontin-
ued several years ago, and -only
freight and express is now Carried
by that route. Mail service Nvliiich
uveas once undertaken by the rail-
way has gradually been discontin-
ued an both the CNB. lines.
If the early and late passenger
trains are discontinued, it will no
longer be possible for a business
man to make tire train trip to
Toronto in the morning, complete
his business and return the same
day. He *veill be forced to stay
over for two nights, and lose two
fu:lt days of work at home, in
order to aeeomplish his business.
He will still, of course, be '.able
to travel to Stratford by car,
and entrain there .for the bigger
city.
Businessmen "Red"` baron:
Purchases Jowett's .Grove
A. "Red" Garon, proprietor of
the Clinton Laundry and Dry
Cleaning ,firm:, here; has purchased
the .well-known picnic resort at
Bayfield, known as Jowett's Grove.
Purchase was made through Har-
old W. Shore, read, estate broker,
Goderich, from Mrs. John Jowett.
Mr. Giron, who • came to Clintan.
from Quebec some years ago‘ and
began working with the hosiery
mils` now operated by Par -Knit
Hosiery Ltd., hasbuilt a laundry
service up from' "scratch" to a
firm now employing more than 20
people, and serving a wide area
outside of town. In addition he has
added a dry cleaning service, with
a downtown office for pick-up and
deliver: Recently he purchased Jet
Cleaners, the .dry -;cleaning estab-
lishment at RCAF Station Clinton.
Active in ciwvic .affairs, Mr. Gar-
en
aren is a member of the Lions Club;
president of the Clinton Commun.
ity Credit Union, Ltd.,; member
of" the Clinton PUC and was once
a councillor of the town.
He will obtainpossession of the
Grove in mini -September, and,plans
to do little there until next spr-
ing. He will continue the picnic
facilities now available, and also
the dance .pavilion.
canton Legion Bantam baseball
team 'are weir on their way in On-
tario Baselb'all Association bantam
"c'' playdowns, Last night they
defeated Port Engin, Bruce County
champions, 18 to 12, in Port Elgin,
thus taildrig this playdewn round
by two Straight games. On Mon-
day of this week the Legion-spnn-
sored team: had trounced Port El.
gin 12 to 4 in Clinton C'ornmunity
Park,
To Mission Field
STANLEY McDONALD,
en the staff of Pickett and
Campbell, Ltd. • for the past
five years, has accepted an
aprpointnrent from the Horne
Missions Board of the United
:Church in Canada, to be lay
supply at the Tyvan and
Osage ::pastoral • charge in
Soutraern Saskatchewan.
Mr. McDonald, who is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carl McDonald',, RR
1, Ethel, begins his duties on
Selptenmlber 8, and will leave Clan-
ton on Tuesday, September 3.
",Stan" as he is known to his
friends in town, has, been very
weld liked, and his work in the
church has been very much ap-
preciated. He has been very act-
ive In the work of the Young
Peoples Union at Ontario Street
United Church, and has served
in various capacities on the exec-
utive there. He is now president
of the Huron Presbytery of the
YPU. A1eo he teach% Sunday
School in the church.
.Mr.McDorald has been d i
ng
a considerable amount of lay
preaching in the district, and his
services in this regard have been
well received.
Gashes will baa* be played
with the. Chippewa team, It
• is iexpected that •3, p.m, Sat-
urd'ay In ,Clinton, Park, is the
date for the first game, with,
the second " on Monday et
- Chippewa.
CLINTON 18 --PORT ELGIN 12
(Wednesday, August 2e) .
This was :a close game until the
fifth inning when both teams be.,
gan hitting and piling up runs.
Ken Engelstad pitched four in.
nings, striking out three in a row
in the second. Charles Bartlit'f
relieved him, with Ron Livermore
finally finishing on the mound for -.
Clinton.
CLINTON 12 PORT ELGIN 4
(Monday, August 26)
Witth. Charles Bart= pitching,
four -hit ball and striking out six,
this was a close game until the
sixth when Clinton got nine runs
on six hits, two walks • and many
errors by Port Elgin. Canton scor-
ed 'once .in the "second, third and
fourth; .Port Elgin scoring one in
each eac!h. of the 'first two innings,
Clinton 01.1. 109-12' 9 4
Port Elgin 110 002— 4 8 3
WOAA CHAMPIONS
After eliminating Mitchell in
two straight games in the semi-
finals, the team won the WQA4"
Bantam "C" crown by defeating
Seaforth two games to one. Each
team: won their home game and
played the deciding game in, Exee
ter on Friday night, August 23,
which Clidton won by 12 to 4.
Seafortii 10—Clinton 0
In the first, game a t Seaforth on.
August 19, Reith struck out 15
Clinton batters. Roger Cummings
pitched, for Clinton.
Clinton • 8==-Seaforth .3
At Clinton on August 21, Char-
les E'artliff allowed Seaforth .only
one hit, to tie the series at one
game each.
• Clinton 12—Seaforth 4
In the deciding game played on
neutral diarnon.d, •Clinton hammer-
ed out 14 hits off Reith and Die.
Jacob, Bar'tli,ff, Ron Livermore and
Engelstad were the heavy hitters.
Livermore and Engelstad were
Clinton's ;pitchers.
Clinton Youngsters Take
Part lin Aqua Show
Taking part in the Aqua Ch(I
Shone at Goderich. Harbour on
August 18, 12 -year-old John Mac-
Donald and his sister, Nina, aged
11, showed themselvesaccomplish.
ed skiers. Nina also• did a tandem
skiing act, perched on the should-
ers of Aldan MaeDanald,. Goderich.
RCAF and Civilian Roadeo Contestants
Shown are the Centestai is in the 'Truck Roadeo ha
IliCAV Station 'Clinton, August 14. 13aok row, left
LAC P. Jablonski; LAC D. Osborne; LAC O. D. G
plate winner; LAC L, S. Beeleebek, first plate I.
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rarneau, Front row, left to, right: J. M r~.
attend place winner; William Tnkl ;pey, not ar�;,rr e
Odd; first place winner.
Clintbiit, JakeReder, Bair.
(ttC.AP Photo.) .