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No. 43 The Home raper With the News C4INTQN, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1957 7 Ceots a Copy $3,90. a Year
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Number of cases of 'flu in
this area is increasing steadily,
Worst day so far at the Col-
legiate was 80 pupil absentees
last Thursday.
Bert Gray, principal of the
School reports that
there were 81 away from
school yesterday, and it seems.
to 'be on the increase.
Meanwhile, Pr. Rf.- Aldis,
Medical Officer of Health, re-
ports that the troe.•Asian 'fin
virus has been identified in
county laboratories'' as. such,
He indicates the worst part of
the 'flu epidemic will be dur-
ing this week and next,
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Gord. Hill Named
President, Ontario
Farmers Union
Gordon am, Varna, active work-
er in the Ontario Farm Union
since its beginnings in this part of
the province, was yesterday named
president of the provincial organ-
ilation, following the well-known
Albert Cormack, .Arthur, who has
completed a four-year term as the
°F IT leader.
The appointment came at the
annual 'meeting of the OFU held
at the Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege, Guelph, this week.
(Complete details of the, pro-
ceedings are not available as yet,
but further information will he
presented in next week's issue,)
Mr. Hill was president of the
Varna Local when It was first
organized, and has served two
years as president of the Huron.
District of the OFU, receiving a
re-appointed to this latter posi-
tion at the county annual held
here in. Clinton last week.
The growth of the OFU in the
province has been ra414.er remark-
tre. "It was an ()ingrowth of the
Farmers Unicm in Western Can-
ada. Since its beginnings only a
few years ago, the movement has
grown oto include 600 locals form-
ed throughout most parts of the
province.
Absentees,Up
In The Schools
Due To Ttu
Federation Selects "Royalty"
Selection of-Prince and Princess of Huron County was made;
by the Federation of Agriculture last week, at the same event
during whith the Junior Farmers speaking contests were held.
Here is Miss Joan Wilson, Seaforth, the Princess; 3. Carl Hem-
ino,vay, Brussels, the secretarya fieldrnan of the Federation and
the new Prince, Ross Smith, Brussels. (News-Record Photo)
"Shell ut For UNICEF"
ew Cry on ctober 31
The Week's Weather
1957 1956
High. LOW n igh Low
Oct, 17 60 53 61 48
18 69 43 62 45.
19 48 36 53 34
20. 55 35 64 A0
21 59 34 65 53.
• 22 60 44 66 50
23 57 51 65 42
Rain: 1..84 ins, No. rain
Hog Men Meeting in Exeter
To Clear Up Opposition
Last Late Train ixpected1 several weeks ago 'by the Board of
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CNR Decision Is Delinite
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(By W. IL 0.)
HOUSEHOLDERS WILT, WEL-
come the news that the Clinton
Legion members 'are sponsoring a
paper collection again this fall .
Further details anneal?. .ipside xiat.
Page 12 . • Since collection date
is just the day before. Hallowe'en,
a word to the wise should be suf-
ficient . . After all, a bundle of
magazines would be fairly telfiPt-
lag meat for young Hallowe'eners
out one day early . .
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THE WHOLE COUNTRYSIDE IS
going to heave a contented-sigh of
relief late Saturday night . . .
when all the psi'. people set their
cloaks back to normal EST, and
the EST folk finally find the TV
and radio programs back in their
usual time Slots m . . We've been
having a glorious time ourselVes
since the office is running on
EST and the farm to which we
go each night has all its clocks
set by DST . . What withlittle
side-trips into Seaforth and Gode-
rich, the DST towns . . and
others to Hensall and Exeter,
which have been EST centres
life has not been dull'. . no-
thing else was at hand to look
after . . , one could always check
one's. watch . .
WE'VE HAD TTIE USUAL COIVI-
rnentabout times some folk
get very upset about the whole
thing . . . Guess it's just one of
those things we'll have to put up
with and make jokes about . if
we ean , . 't• "
THE 'FLU BUG SEEMS TO BE
on its way . . It's been about
two weeks now since London was
hardest hit . Now we hear of
schools ciostl. in Hensall and Zur-
ich, because of the top being taken
of pupils and teachers . Though
probably not all eases of 'flu are
of the Asian variety, that partic-
ular virus has been identified by
laboratory testing in the county
and it does exist among
THIS COMING W1MKEND, then
will mark the end of Daylight Sav'
ing Time among our neighbours
„ the end of early morning and
late night passenger- train service
through Clinton from. Toronto „
and the start for Many of a four
day session with the Asian .
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Wit-nt8 TAIL ON THE TOPIC
Of the '11.t1 . we might mention
the difficulty pcopld are getting
into when spelling it - . The
connect way it was an apostrophe,
Since the word is a short, form for
"influenza" .
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WHO SITS ON A ZACK
better off ,
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WHEN 'WOE TROUBLES SEEM
endless and you feel over-Burden.,
ed, remember that a diamond
Was once just a piece of Coal that
had been hard-pressed for soiree
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A meeting of the Hog Producers
Association •of Huron County has
been called far next Wednesday
night, in the Exeter High School
commencing at 8.30 o'clock. W, R,
"Bert" Tapbb, president, and A. H.
StCrelary-:ttreaSurek are-
calling the meeting.
The reason for it is to clarify
the quite apparent confusion which
exists for most hog producers in
the county.
Last week a "protest meeting"
was held in the Hensel Town
Hail, arranged by Theodore, Park-
er, Stratford. The protest was
said to be against the compulsory
part of the Hag Marketing scheme.
Actually the petition which was
circulated, amongst the audience,
and was signed -by 74 of those
present, was worded as follows:
"We, the undersigned, request the
Farm Products Marketing Board
to terminate immediately its dale-
ga,tion of power, and 'to ask the
Lieutenant Governor, the Hon. L.
0. Breithaupt to dissolve the On-
tario Hog Producers Marketing
Board and the Ontario I-Tog Pro-
ducers Co-operative Marketing Ag-
ency as same was never approved
by a producer vote."
The petition was circulated' af-
ter an address by Theodore Park-
er, and during one by Leonard
Grebb, councillor for Hay Town-
Great Missioner
Ontario Street United Church,
Clinton, is the setting for the
nexik phase of The SpirituhI Lift
Mission, being carried out in this
district. Sponsored by the Huron
Presbytery of the Whited Church,
services will be held each evening
at eight o'clock from October 27
to November 1.
Missioner is 'the Itev, Dr. Ernest
Thomas, Nashville, Term., and the
song leader will be Rev, Gordon
Hurtle.
Tthorrias is director of Spigt-
ual. Life of the Methodist Church,
USA, and one of the most out-
standing speakers in the United
States, is in Canada to conduct
thIS Spiritual Life Mission, He is
a noted author, and the United
Church has published a special edi-
tion of his book, "The Holy Mb.?
its of Spiritual Life".
ship (who is one of Parker's five-
Man committee seeking the aboli-
tion of the board). After the
petition had made its rounds, then
a question and answer period was
held.
Parker claims that the compul-
sory terms are contrary to the
democratic way of life which the
Ontario farmer is entitled to. "We
should be able to market our hogS
where we want to," he said.
Grebb warned that "Were go-
ing
,
back to the Dark .Age'sbefore'
1100 A.D., and the signing of the
Magna Carta!'
Gordan KUL:Varna, (since nam-
ed president of the Ontario Farm-
ers Union)' asked, "If a vote is
what we', need, why do you not
ask ,for a vote in your petition?
instead of asking that we throw-
the 'whole thing out. Perhaps it
would not be right to get rid of
all of it."
Parker replied that he had sev-
eral times taken petitions asking
for 'a vote, right to Premier„ L,
Frost, and had gotten no action.
He accused Jim Boynton, Federa-
tion of Agriculture fieldrnan for
Bruce County had sabotaged those
petitions. "I would not go out
and ask for a vote while men like
that are running loose," said Mr.
Parker.
to Frost instead of to the Farm
Products "IVIarketing Board, and
Parker replied that the Board. did
not know what to do with the
.petition When he took it to them.
Questioned as to salary that
Charles McInnis, president of the
Ontario Hog Producers Board re-
ceived, Parker conjectured thus,
"Kohler gets $12,000, but he's just
hired htlp. Generally . the boss
gets more than the help, so I'd
guesS McInnis gets three times
that."
• Hill was on his feet again, and
said that although the farmer had
lost some of his freedoms, he still
had more freedoms than store-
keepers, for instance, or truckers.
He said, "I don't support assembly
yard method at all, but I believe
with the' Farm. Products Market-
ing "Board we have taken a step
forward. To suggest a return to
the old method of simply dumping
your hogs in the packing plant
Yards, is a step back. Perhaps
the Board is'not working entirely
to the best advantage, .and it has
cost Us more than we 'have got
from ft."
Parker mentioned that the Board
was in operation for past five
years, and they have an office in
Montreal, but their financial gate-
meat does- not show the cost of
operating It.
Gray Asked: HOW can you fig-
ure that the Marketing Board as
done you any good?
Hill replied, "I didn't say that,
but I said we have taken a step
forward in setting up the Board.
Parker Said he thought that
after five years of collecting front
the people, up to two millions, it
Was long enough for the Board to
shoW their mettle, He went on,
(Continued on rage Twelve)
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Cliff Eiixps, Clinton, will be a
guest on "M'Laci.y", cva\rxJrv,
Wingharn on Monday, 'October 28,
speaking on "Timely Pall Garden
Hints", Programme time is 3.15-
4.00 p,m, Pot
Effectii;e October 27, travellers
of this district will no longer be
able to catch the early train down
to Toronto, spend the day there,
and be home again by midnight,
A family of 20 is considered
pretty big, and is sure to rate
headlines in the newspapers.
But can yoU imagine a family
of over 39 millions?• That is the
present size of UNICEF's family.
This year the United Nations
Children's Fund will bring much-
needed aid to over 39,500,000
children and mothers ln 95 coun-
tries of the world, With our help,
that family can grow even bigger,
for the sad fact is that over 600
million children of the world suf-
fer from malnutrition and disease,
Will you please remember this
on Hallowe'en when the little
ghosts and goblins call at your
door with their cry of "Shell Out
For UNICEF'? Your .contribution
to the United Nations Children's
Fund can do so much for so many
of God's children who are doomed
to early death or sickly maturity
unless they get food and med-
icines.
As little as one dollar may start
some needy child along the road to
health and usefuradulthood. By
giving to UNICEF you help pro-
vide milk, medical supplies and
public health equipment( to the
children who need it most in the
Under-developed areas of the
world.
A.ppa'rentiy there is to ,be no
'change in the decision of the CNR
!Officials to curtain passenger son.
vice on these two runs.
Following a meeting held here
Nickles, Dimes, QUarters, Dol-
lars-what will they do? They
will do more than you think when
you give them to UNICEF because
aided governments match UNICEF
contribution, Right now they are
spending an average of $2 for
every UNICEF $1. Therefore your
donations double and triple by the
time they reach a child,
Our nickels and dimes add up
to dollars, and here are some of
the things .our dollars will do: $1
will provide enough powdered milk
to give 80 chin...en a glass of milk
every day for a week. $5: enough
antibiotics and sulfa drugs to
cure 17 children of trachoma, an
infectious,- blinding, eye disease,
$10: enough penicillin to treat 200
children tor yaws, a widespread'
tropical crippler. $50: enough
suifone tablets to treat 50 people
for leprosy for three years. $100:
enough DDT to protect a village
of about 750 people from malaria
for one year.
Our nickels, dimes and quarters
will help with a work very .near
to the heart of Jesus Christ, the
care and feeding and healing of
millions of His children, Please
support Clinton Ministerial As-Y
sociation in this effort. Shell out
for UNICEF,
!lobar 16 from the Board advising
that, "It is noted that in the
event of these trains being remov-
ed, adequate express truck service
will be provided and the extent to
which the ;travelling public will be
affected by the company's proposal
is the only matter left for con-
sideration.
"In dealing with questions of
this kind, it is necessary for the
Board to weigh the economies
which will be realized by the Rail-
way Company, against the incon-
venience which 'may be' caused to
the patrons under the proposed re-
duction in service,
"In this particular instance the
Board, on careful consideration of
the factors;' does not feel it' would
be justified in requiring the Rail-
way to continue to operate this
unprofitable train service.
"However, you will appreCiate
that the Board has the power to
investigate any 'complaint that
may arise in respect to the inade-
quacy of the service being pro-
vided after the serviog has been
given a fair trial,"
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Miss Cathy Haig
Chats With Prince.
At New York Bali
"No dinner quite so glittering
as this has ever in the past been
held within the limits of this-city.
No list so lengthy of exalted guests
has ever graced one, single board
before."
That was the description of a
dinner at which Queen Elizabeth
II and the Prince Philip attended
in New York • on Monday night.
Afterwards the Royal, couple at-
tended a full-dress ball held by
the Commonwealth Societies of
New Yoyk.
This latter part of the Queen's
visit to the USA was televised;
and the event was particularly
interesting to Clinton people, since
Miss Cathy Haig, history teacher
at MCI was presented to Her
Majesty, along with some five
other ladies, and seven men, all.
presidents of the Societies involved
in presenting the ball.
Miss Haig was given leave of
absence to attend the ball, by E.
A, Fines, principal of CDCI. She
is a very popular teacher here,
and has been on the staff for the
past four years.
She attended the ball with her
father, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Haig.
Dr. Haig, who is a native of Scot-
land, has 'resided in the United
States for 43 years. He as presi-
dent of Ihe• St. Andrew's Society
in the State of New York -the
oldest of the Commonwealth So.
eleties. As such, Dr. Haig had the
honour of reading the address of
welcome to the Royal couple. He
appeared in full Scots dress for the
occasion.
Miss Haig wore pale pink brocade
with a scalloped neckline trimmed
with small rhinestones. The skirt
was accented with a bustle back
dotted with sequins. She wol
matching shoes and long whit
doves.
(Continued on Page Six)
Brownies Move Up into- Guide :Horseshoe
This smiling 'group of 11 Brownies, moved
up into the Clinton- Guide Company on Tuesday
night. With them are Douilas Andrews, presi-
dent of Clinton Legion Branch which sponsors
the Guides and Brownies, and who presented
compasses to the "Golden Hand" Brownies that
night. District Commissioner Mrs. S. E, Castle
attended the ceremony. The new Guides are
(left to right) rear, Shirley Fleet, Sandra Swit-
zer, Betty Jo Deeves, Faye Johnston, Nancy Olde
and Sharon Ann Switzer; front, Barbara Corey,
Barbara Mock, Dianne Garon, Coreen Snell and
Heather Winter.
(News-Record Photo)
Joe Flynn
W. Shanahan
C. Buruma
Austin Harris
William Harris
Wilmer Riddell
Ray Cox
Robert Harris
Lloyd Medd
Wilbur Jewett
Verne Dale
John Wammes
Lorne Lawson .... ........
John W, Medd
Robert N. Cole
W. H. Middleton
Russell C'olclough
Robert. Taylor
Adrian VanDongen
Elmer Trick
Elgin Dale
Carl Johnson
Archie Riley
'Carmen Dale"
George Postiria
Frank MacDonald
Louis Forest
George Bayley
Harry Plumsteel
Mrs. Fred Anderson, Sr,
1. J, Jacob
A. Dunham
Frank Roth
Stanley Collins
John and Bill Flynn
C. Reynolds
Sohn O'Gara
Carman'. Tebbtitt •
Les Pearson
anonymous
Harold Howard
Donald Forbea. . ; .......... „
Wilfred Glazier.
Warren Gibbino
T. and I. Willis
R, W,, Gibibings
C. J. Brandon .. . ...
Holland
Murray 3. Forbes
Jim Loth
Mervin Labb
anonymous
Jack Tebbutt
Franklin Jones
Lewis Asquith
John Lindsay
Jantes Turner
Howard Johnston
A. Haverkarnp
George Mann; .....
Hewenson
Grant Stirling ..,„ ...........
J. H. Torrance ...
One of the highlights of the banquet meeting
held In Ontario Street United Church hall last
week by the Huron District No, g of the /001r
of Ontario, was the presentation by the visiting
Grand Master of the Jurisdiction of Ontario, 3.
Grant Chambers, of a Past District Deputy
Presenting Oddiellows Jewel to Victor Lee.
Grand Master's jewel to Victor Lee, 8eatoith.-
Here Mr. Lee, standing, is accepting the jewel k
from• the Grand Master, In front of them, is
George Falconer, Bruaefield, this year's District
Deputy Grand Master, and Mrs, Falconer.
(I+Tews.aecord Photo)