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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1957-10-03, Page 1Week's Weather High High 956 H Low 28 53 39 60 45 "27 230 00 40 28 -57 30 64 38 2968 32 . 70 45 30 67 38 59 47 Oet, 3. 61. 45 60 31 56 .44 65 47 Rain: none lain: ,4e ns4 THE NEW .ERAS- 93r4 YEAR No, 40., The Home Paper With the News THE NEWS -RECORD -47th YEAR CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1957 7 Cents 0 -Copy :$3,(10 a Year Baptist Church Plans 68th. Anniversary Glowing .with new paint and nestled Came • Portably between neatly kept lawns and flower-, beds, the Ci'inton, Baptist Church cm Huron Street (Highway 3) is gaining considerable attention lately. John Aigulian, B.Th., has spent many hours throughout the summer assisting the con- gregation in reefurbishing the building. Next Sunday is the 68th • anniversary of the church • and that day will touch off a ten-day long " rangelastic .Mission featuring Mr: and Mrs, Reginald Greenway and their musical program. Next month also will be a special service in the Rhureh when the Clinton Branch No. 140, Can - adieu Legion conducts their annual church par- ° ade there, and at the same time dedicates the colours of the Clinton Girl Guides. (News -Record • Photo) FROZEN 'UNSHELLED •LED LOBST- er .. and a bicycle ride"around the council. chamber .. , were des- cribed; as'. part of evidence given in magistrate's = conee neige -• - week . . Sometimes the dullest af 'assignments can. be • lots of fun ... * * * 'WHAT'S HAPPENING T HI S year, With regard to night school . So far we've heard no rumour that it will be held` . . . On the other hand, it would be rather. a shame, and a disappointment' to many people, if the classes 'are not held agairi . Last year Clin- a ton" held one of the largest rural coon' nity night schools in the province, and many folk enjoyed -trying their hand at the skills for which specialized teachers were provided . . * * * I3IAD A SMALL, TREAT .T OF FALL raspberries the other day .. , Mrs. J. Livermore brought them to us and they were just like "a bit of spring" .. There are such things as fall respberries, apparently, and Mrs. Livermore is cherishing a few bushes * * * IT LOO'K'S AS IF THE TIRE - less Mr. Wilford is going to 'make sure that his friends the rutabaga are going to be seen and talked about . . Reportsare that he and Elston Cardiff are planning to install a sample on the desk of each of the Members of the house when. parliament opens this fall . . Feature that day . (with all due respect to the rut- abaga) . . . when her Majesty arrives ht all pomp and splendour for what promises to be the grand- est opening of parliament in Cana- da's history ... and finds a turnip an the decks of each of the meni.- bers ... It will give the Duke a chance for a good laugh . and the Queen ari opportunity for a good story, when she goes back to England with a tale of, "that quaint custom in Canada" .. o Airmen In Court Charged With Theft of Gasoline Tvo airmen from RCAF Stat- ion (Minton, LAC Boyd 0. Gust, 19 and 1,AG David L. Peersoii, 1$, were arrested ori September 22, by Goderich Police, and are to appear to -day before Magis- trate Otxdley H. tlolntes an a; joint Change of theft bf gasoline. The' two 'Mien were taken into custody when W. J. Vance, 158 West St., Goderich said he saw gasoline being siphoned front his car, parked in the driveway of his home. Constables Martin Iur'art and Louis Theirattlt Made the arrest, The men have beer" in dustotly of the Sern>'lee Polices Board Considers.CNR Plan to Stop Trains. Re'presentatives oe the Board of Transport Commissioners heard "discussion m the council charmer here en 0:'aesday';nigfit 'concerning thie4 '.•protest xof'the eiiuizieiial-.lead 7 ersof the area against the ONiR. for their move to cancel two trains, the early morning one out of Goderich to Stratford; and the late one frosn Stratford back to Goderich._ Late in August a meeting had been held by CNR officials to 'acquaint the people along the line • Clifford Ashton Sells Out to Don Switzer Atter 18 years inbusiness on Clinton's" Main Street, Clifford Ashton this weekend sold his taxi business to Donald Switzer. Don intends operating the taxi firm' under the well-known name af Ashton's Taxi. Cliff 'started in the taxi business in 1939, the first to tie organized in the town of Clinton. Trips to Sky Harbour and, Port Albert Air- ports were part of the early ser- vice, and later, when the RAF settled at Station Clinton; the business grew. At first Cliff and Reg Shipley drove taxis out of headquarters based at the Supertest Stationre- cently e-cently apeziated ' as Mid -Towne Lunch and Tani. Then for a short time Cliff • was situated in the Hotel Clinton. From the fall' of 1944 until August 1, 1957, Ashton's Taxi headquarters were in a little office building on the Midler lot, where the new Newcombe drug store is ,,now built. Now Ashton's Taxi is situated on Highway 8, formerly the Busty Shoe Regain Drivers with the firm are Scott Pewson and George Mc- Gee, and they will continue to drive for Mr, Switzer.. Mr. and Mrs. Ashton: have two daughters, Shirley, Mrs, Jirn Cain- onford; Los Angeles, Calif,, and Marilyn, Mrs, Don Forbes, RR. 2, Clinton; and orte son, Keith, in Clinton Public School. .iin.smen. Arrange For Peanut $ale A work party. at the Clinton Lions Arena to getready far the bingo 'held there last night, followed the regular meeting Of the Kinsmen Club of Clinton. on Tuesday. Donald Kay, president of the Kin was in charge of the meeting at 'which plans cert' made for peanut drive in Novenaiber. The fall douneil is being held in Wocen stock on Ontober 19 and 20. The president end some other Snot - bets will attend. Cite Yiiw hlerrtber•, John Wilson, attended the meeting. with their findings with regard to a financial survey of the trains. They reported that the CNA could see a saving of over $37,000 each nyear,-sby discontiayuing..paesenger. service an thase'twa trainsenThey explained that the area would still have passenger service once a. day, and express wouldbe handled by truck in such a way that service would be tbetteredrather than worsened'.' However, at that meeting muni- cipal officials registered a protest againet the manner in which the decision had been made without giving the public a chance for ap- peal. This protest went • to the Board of Transport commissioners, and was the first word that this board -had of the CNR's• intentions. Apparently it is not considered necessary for the railways to ap- peal to the Board for permission to reduce service, but only if they intend to stop it entirely. Since the Stratford to Goderich line will sill have passenger service, the CNR was not obligated to obtain permission. However, it was understood at the meeting that if the enuni- cipalities could marshal enough reasons why the two trains should be kept on, then the Board of Transport would "go to bat" for the area in an attempt to retain them. • The meeting agreed with CNiR. ofificialsthat it was quite possisbly a non-paying . operation, but con- tended that on an all-round basis, considering expressand freighht, the CNR was making money on the line, and that the added ser- vice was' justified on this count. At this point the Board of Trans- port representative J. Le Borgeauit interjected the remark that reason was against making users of freight subsidise Abe passenger traffic,. and this could only result in higher freight rates. The point ably put forward by James Donnelly, reeve of .Gode- rich, and R. C. Drew, Stratford, manager of the Mitt Western On-. bario Development Asspciation, was that reduction In 'the passeng= er service reduced the :potential of the area, which- was already low in. the competitive battle to gain new industry. For this reason they felt that the service should remain in operation. Others giving their views were J. Eckert, °leek of 1VIcKiilop Township; Mr, Robertson, Gode- rich; Mayor Graham, Goderich arid ColincillorVeorge .Beattie; Clinton. Meanwhile the deecision: to taneel the trains remains definite, and an announcement to this meffee't is published in. this Paper. If, how- ever the Board of Transiport Cont- mOiohers• at Ottawa,decade that the plea for retention. of the • ser- vice„ is worthy, It is understood that the MR will be asked to re- consider their decisictri, and cease to put the plan into etfeet. Dr. D. A, McMaster, mayor of Seaforth acted as ehairxiian and John Liver:mere, Clerk of Clinton, wag secretary for the 1'neetieg.. Seaforth Returning To DST Sunday Confusion Grows s The plat thickens and confess- ion onfe s -ion grows, over changes: in times this weeds, with the ,announce- anent from Seaforth that they intend reverting' bacie to Day.- light Saving Time, ' Seaforth changed to Standard Time last weekend, along with' Bensall, Exeter, l3rucefield, Varna and Clinton. Now, apparently they have re- scinded, and will ..go' back to DST for three weeks returning to EST On Sunday morning, Oc- tplber 27, once more. ' With RCAF Statio Clinton 'proceeding on Standar"d Time, it would be particularly, difficult for Clinton to do anythifig else. but what they have One, How- ever, 'the resuating .- confusion with other neighrbour}ng towns ,promises to grow wo a instead of better. o_ touple Plans Year To Invest In Big Penny Sale The fourth annual penny sale, sponsored by the Clinton 1?ublie Hospital Auxiliary as fast becom- ing popular with the public. Mrs. Harry Ball, convener of the sale, and Mrs. Alex Haddy, , auxiliary president, report tine, week that one young couple' is playing the. sale in its •true fashion—They ar- rived . at the former Newcombe drugstore where the sale is being held, with. a 7" high pickle jar filled with pennies. After the last sale, with an eye to 1957, they split a hole in the top of the jar, and as each penny came into their possession, they dropped it in. Re- sult: they have approximately 400 chances on over 67 beautiful use- $ul• prizes, se, The sale climaxes on Saturday at 4 p.m. Standard Time when the draws' •are 'made. Prizes include TV chair, electric frypan, boy's holster set, $15 per- manent, blankets, table lamps, ba- skets cif groceries, free car wash, luggage, sports shirts', chicken, men's shaving kit, steak dinners, toy rocker,' nylons, fish' and chip dinner, dry cleaning, bushel of apples, 50 lbs. sugar, flashlight, su(bs!criptions, to News -Record, free lubrication, alarm clocks, beauty set, bedspread, 'bathroom set, cof- fee percolator, cigarette lighter, toilet set, vases, rear-view mirrors, milk tickets, bedspread and curt- ain set, jewel box, case of peas, carton .of cigarettes, credit slips, ehicken feeder, gallon of paint, baby bottle' warmer, ,turkey, din- ners, desk lamp, laundry basket, Kleenex dispenser, chocolates, fruit cake, bread tickets, pillowslips, bath towels, doll, bride's doll, elec- tric hair dryer, minute minder, picnic basket, onovelty basket, al- uminum tray. • 0 Adastral Park Residents Elect 1957-8 Council , The inaugural meeting of the new Adastral Park Con"innunity Council for 1958 was held on Fri- day evening, Septe'm'ber 27. The 1957 mayor and council attended the meeting and formally trans- ferred their duties to tee members Of the new council. The new couneilors are: WO2 G. A. Johnson, Mayor; WO2 K. Scott, ward 1; F/S, 3. Calvert, ward 2; F/S L. MacDonald, ward 3; Cpl. J, Maldoen, Ward 4; Sgt. A. Springate, ward 5; Sgt. A. Robb, ward 6; F/S K. Wadsworth, ward 7; Sgt. M. R. Anderson, Ward 8. The new council wag elected by popular vote of the residents in the Permanent Married Quar- ters of the RCAF Station Clinton with all Air Force personnel, their wives and adult nieniibers of their fainilieaa resident in the areh, eligible to 'vote. • CONGRA,TitL,ATI»N•$ lVIrs. Margaret Manning, L.olid- esboro, will be 90 .years old on Sunday, October 6. She will be at .holing to her friends on Sainte day afternoon; October 5 from 2 to 5 pen, Mr; and Mrs. Sohn A. Sutter will, be at home to their friends, at their residence, Rattenbury St, E., on Saturday, October 5, front 7.30 to 10.00 o'clock, the occas ion being their 40th wedding an- niversary. Winn:r. Take iOver $1,90:. t Kinsm.n Annual Fall Bingo A fairly good crowd in Clinton Lions Arena, braved reasonably chilly temperatures last night to play bingo, and took away up- wards of 31900, in prizes won, This was the Kinsmen Clulb of Clinton's annual fall bingo,.. There was spine confusion ab- out times, and seine folk reached' here at 6,45 p,an. However the Evening went off on schedule, and. all games were played by 11,30 pen, Winner of the jackpot prize of $1,000 was Mrs, Fred Small, Kin- cardine, who travelled to Clinton with friends. She had not won at a cash bingo ever before, and in fact hadnot attended one for the past five years, " Winners. of share -the -wealth games were. Mrs. Jimmie Draper, Clinton, $122.50; Mrs. Bill Adams, Brussels and Mrs. • Bert McKen- zie, Kincardine, shared $123,00; Gerald Shanahan, Clinton, • $129 and Murray - Taylor, Wingham, $112. Four door prizes of $25 each were won by Mrs, James Bryan, Brussels;; Mrs, George Haggitt, Blyth; Mrs, Murray Calquhoun, Clinton and Mrs, Ryerton, Blyth,' Regular bingos of $25 each were won by Mrs. Morley Laycox, Clin- ton; Mrs, Paul Patton, Clinton; Geonge Bailie, Blyth; Mrs, Chris Kennedy, Londessboroes Shirley Kramerss, Dublin and Mrs. Ross Milne, Listowel. $25 bingos shar- ed two ways went to Mrs, Stewart Cross, Walkerton and Fred Tel- ford, elford, Bayfield; Clayton Boyce, Varna and John Rau, Bayfield; Regular bingos shared three ways went th Mrs. Ronald Mc- Pherson, Port Elgin; Mrs, Harry Powell, Goderich and Mrs. Tom Milock, Owen Sound; Mrs. Clara Kramers, Dublin, A. Plante, Brus- sels, and Mrs. D, Vallillee, Gbde- rich; Mrs. Bert Boyes, Mrs, -Don Haply, Clinton and Mrs. Harold Scott, Walkerton. Two bingos were split seven ways, one going to Josephine Hod - gin's, New Jersey;. it3i11 Craig, Walkerton; MWS, Fred Wheat7nanr Hanover; Mrs, Boyce, Mitchell; A. Darling, Exeter; Carl Leonhardt, Walton and D. R. Demser, RCAF Station; and the other going to Mrs. Lawrenee Brisson, 'Zurich; Ken Moore, Ayton; Walter Car- penter, Delblin; Clarence John- ston, Blyth; Albert Druar, Water- loo; Mrs, Wes Vanderburgh, Cline ton and Mn.sCarl Wilkinson, Hen - Another went to five people, Mrs. Clarke, Clinton; Mrs, George I•Iammer, Listowel; Henry War- nock, Seaforth; L. Elliott, Godes rich and Mrs. McCullough, Mit- chell. Another split four wiays to Mrs. Sully, Goderich; Mrs.' A. Vander burgh, Goderich; Mrs. leariiey Hildebrand, Seaforth and Mrse B. Jeffery, Goderich, 'Maitland Edgar was chairman of the committee in charge ,of the bingo, held to raise funds for corn muhity service woik, New Council at Adastral -Park' Adastral Park Community Council for1,958 in their inaugural session. Left to right: Sgt. A.. Springate; Sgt. A. Robb; F/S K. Wadsworth; Sgt. M. R. Anderson; W02 G. A. Johnson, Mayor; WO2 K. Scott; F/S J. Calvert; F/S L. Mac- • Donald; Cpl. J. McIldoen. The Council was elected last week with 93• percent of eligible voters at the RCAF Station Clinton casting their ballots. (RCAF Photo) Bayfield Fall Fair. Was SuccessFul InSpite of .Cold 'Windy Weather Strong, chilly winds the day of Bayfield Fair dampened enthus- iams of some, but the fair was reasonably well attended. The par- ade of 14 rural schools was lead by the Goderich Pipe Band. In the evening, a concert put an by the Paul Bros., Kirkton, assist- ed by Mrs. Frank Boyce and Jack Armstrong, was enjoyed by those who attended, and aftvards a dance to the music of Norris' orch- estra was enjoyed. President of the fair this year is Harold Penhale, and secretary, Mrs. A. M. Bassett. Competitions were strong • in many of the classes and comments on both indoor and outdoor ex- hibits was that they were• excel- lent Winner of the Simpsons -Sears special in the women's work was, Mrs. Edgar Darling, Grand Bend, • Field Crop Totals of field crop competition in the field, and on exhibit, show- ed Ivan Mcclymant, Varna, the winner; then. John Grigg; EEldon, Mustard; Robert R. Stirling; Grant Stirling; Les. Armstrong, Wilmer Reid, Elmore A. Keyes and Alex Ostrom. More than 850 -exhibits in the school children's- section of , the Baytield Fa11 Fair attested to the interest shown by the junior.meni- berg. The Bayfield Agricultural Se- ciety shield, awarded to the school wh'os1 pupils earned the most paints, was won this year by the Bayfield Junior room. Pupils had tried especially hard to win this shield, which for the past six years had gone to SS 4W Stanley Township. This year, although the SS 4W pupils had marched in the parade they did not enter any of the competitions, Their. teacher, Mrs. Ray S'cobchmer, presented the shield to, Mrs. Gardiner, teach - e rof the village junior room. Steven Thompson, won most • points for boys, (Gr. 1-4) with Jackie Colquhoun and- Raymond Rueger tied for second places Douglas McCullough won most points for • the shield- (Gr. 5-8) with Donnie Colquhaun runner-up. Karen iaitzsinions was top girl in (Gr, 1-4) competition, closely followed by' Linda Gemeinhardt. In Gr. 5-8 Ann McCowan and Cathy Potter tied for top spot, with 40 points each. In sections 3, 4 and 10, Ann McCowan earned mostpoints for i the girls. Steven Thompson war; top' one in Section 6; Douglas: McCullough in • Section 9; Karera1 Fitzsimons in Section 7 and Ann Gemeinhardt in Section 8. Lobb Brothers Among. Top Winners r • • The Labb Brothers (from the left) Murray, bon an,d Bruce' aid a creditable ,job of showing at the Bayffield 1! all Fair. They Walked off with ..the top three prizes for their Ayrshire calves, standing second, first and third both for their animals and for their showmanship,. bon arid' Murray placed first.and second, respectively in. the 4-1 SWirie Club Show, .aa well, with their gilts. bon was first and Murray Was fourth for showlinanship in this class. (N'ewseRecord Mete)