Clinton News-Record, 1958-02-06, Page 1Frame Home Burns in Brucefield
Playing their hoses upon each new outbreak
of flame was about all the Brucefield and Bay-
'field firemen could do last Saturday, when the
frame home of Mrs, David Tough was found to
be afire. The building was completely levelled.
Most of the household effects, furniture, etc.,
were removed before smoke made the rooms
untenable. (NewseRecord Photo)
her 94th birthday at .her home
on Rattenbury Street west last
Wednesday, January with an
open' house for all friends.
29,
her
Work -Going Ahead
For March 31 Election
J. Kenneth Hunter, Goderich,
Returning Officer for the riding of
Huron, reports that materials and
plans for the forthcoming election
on March 31, are well in hand, and
enumeration will begin next Mon-
day.
Progressive Conservatives
As far as the Progressive Con-
servative Association in Huron is
concerned, no organization meet-
ing dates have been finalized loc-
ally, since the executive is wait-
ing the return of Elston Cardiff,
Brussels, the sitting member from
Ottawa, before making definite
plans.
According to Charles McNaugh-
ton, Exeter, president of the As-
seciation, meeting dates will pro-
bably be finalized this • coming
weekend.
Harry Sturdy, Clinton, is first
vice-president of the association.
Mrs. (Dr.) F. G. Thompson, Olin-
ten, was recently elected secret-
ary. Earl Mills, Walton, is treas-
urer.
Liberal Party
The vice-preSidents of the Lib-
eral Association of Huron will
meet in the Hotel Clinton on Th-
ursday, February 6, to •eet the
date for the nominating conven-
tion of that party.
Hugh Hawkins, Clinton, presi-
dent, reports that Andrew Y. Mc-
Lean, Seaforth, previous member
of the House, and candidate in the
two federal elections, would again
be available as Liberal candidate
in the coming contest. Mr. Hawk-
ins stated that he felt Mr, Mc-
Lean would be the party's most
logical representative.
Harold Shore, Goderich, is sec-
retary-treasurer of the associat-
ion. '
• Watchful
Fred McGregor, member of ,
the Brucefield. Fire Brigade,
keeps an eye on the fire Sat-
urday morning,
(News-Record Photo)
Contents of RCAF Quonset
Destroyed By Fire Monday
inton News- ecor
THE NEW ERA-93rd YEAR
No. 6—The Home Paper With the News
THE N EWS-RECORD-77th YEAR
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1958 7 Cents a Copy — *3.00 a Year
(By W. D. 02)
BLYTEI VILLAGE IS SOON TO
have a kindergarten class . 4 . in
fact we believe the first class for
17 children was to open on Mon-
day . Location is in one of
the rooms on the ground floor of
the public schopl , , renovat-
ing the place, workmen came up-
on a cache of five straps which
must have been hidden years ago
by slipping them down through
a crack between the wooden black-
board and the wall . . . It Must
have been years ago; for Bert
Gray, now principal, of Clinton
Public School, claims that he nev-
er lost a strap while he was there
. . . and Bert was principal at
Blyth for 22 years . . •
* * * • ,
A LETTER FROM MRS MUR-
ray Quaite from the sunny (?)
south reports cm the state of
things . and feels _that this
tale of rabbis is most interesting
•• . • We think so to . She says
that robins can be .drunk (and
the Temperance Act cannot do a
thing about their condition) . . •
Mrs. 1;itiaife watches for the rob-
ins to arrive ie .Florida in Dec-
ember or January . . Just be-
fore Christmas she was out pick-
ing a. bouquet of Florida's "Christ-
mas Holly"--really the Brazilian
Red Pepper Tree . . . and to her
amazement saw literally hundreds
Of robins in the tree and on: the
ground . . . They were having a
great feed, and Mrs. ,Quaife for-
got her bouquet to watch . •
Those robins 'who drank water.
after eating the tiny red berries,
immediately became intoxicated,
'and they staggered all over the
place . The birds look very
comical . • • and at the same
time, like people, in a ,sorry state
. . She had heard of sixth a thing
before but had not believed it . .
however, "seeing'is believing" . . .
And that, is what our sober worm-
eating robins do when they get
away from home . . away dawn
-south . . . in the winter . . . * * *
METHINKS THIS WINTER IS
Wonderful . . . we've mentioned it
before,' and we feel it's worth re-
peating . . . One of the best things
about it is that those horrid dirty
'piles of snow which used to stack
up on the lovely library park have
"nOt accumulated this year . . .
* * *
THE CHAiMBER, OF COMMER-
ce in town has reached a crisis
again . . . If the people, the.mer-
chants, the
,
businessmen, and the
residents of Clinton do not step
forward strongly in active support
of this body . . then we greatly
fear that this may be its last
year in existence . . . This is not
the. only town to suffer from lack
of attendance of members at Ch-
amber meetings . . We read that
in Comox, B. C., the directors
decided• they'd have to get the
local paper to run a big headline
. . . stating the Chamber was in
favour of getting rid of their air-
port . . That should get them
out . . . It Would appear that
some such startling device may
11* needed here, as well . . .
Fire Levels Frame House
Most of Furniture Saved
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WILL MEET FEBRUARY 11
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Girls'
Club will meet Tuesday, February
11, at 8.15 p.m., in the Sunday
School room.
Over 300 men and women from
Hay and Stanley Townships' heard
Janies Jacklin, fieldman of the
Federation of Agriculture, explain
what the organization is and what
the achievements of it are. Mr.
Jacklin told of haw the Federat-
ion of Agriculture is the joining
together of farm people all over
Canada. There are 82 different
organizations in the province all
working together under the feder-
ation in the interests of the bet-
terment of agriculture in the coun-
try.
Mr: Jacklin spoke of the rec-
ent death of Dr. Hope, econom-
ist, outstanding in the Federation
of Agriculture work, who will be
greatly missed, and how the or-
ganization would be set back
without him. 'In talking about the
recent Wheat Marketing vote, he
said only 68 percent of the eligible
voters voted, and out of these 60
percent voted yes. "By staying
at home the other 32 percent vot-
ed no," Mr. Jacklin went on to
say. "If any marketing board is
to be successful, it needs all the
farmers behind it."
In the talking of the achieve-
ments of the Federation of Agri-
culutre, Mr, Jacklin explained how
they were instrumental in bring-
ing about the Farm Products Act.
He told of how times are chang-
ing from the horse and buggy
days to the present method of
transportatien, and how automo-
biles have caused more deaths
than all the casualties in the war.
"Automobiles' are riskier today
The Week's Weather
1858 1951
High Low High Low
Jan. 30 30 25 20 -5
31 30 24 24 10
bleb, 1 28 6 27 6
2 24 16 25 8
24 11 33 18
4 27 22 ais, 10
5 32 13 24 2
Snow: 6 his. Snow: 4 ins,
Little visible„signs _the out-
side would indicate to passersby
that anything had happened dur-
ing the night of Sunday, February
2, at RCAF Station Clinton, but
46 shivering airmen, driven from
their shelter at 4.45 am, had a
different story. The entire in-
side of one -of the ,steel quonset
huts used as a barracks was An-
pletely gutted.
The fire started in the cross-
bar of an H-shaped barracks
where washrooms and boilers for
the two halves of the quarters
The regular monthly meeting of
the Holmesville Farm Union will
be held in the usual place,- and'
date, Holmesville Public School,
Monday, February 10 at 830 p.m.
Alfred Warner, secretary • of the
Huron County Hog Producers As-
sociation has been asked to speak,
and it is hoped he will be able
to oblige.
than aeroplanes were in the first
war," he said, "and the Feder et-
ion should do something abott,
the amount of deaths that are
caused by them. Such things as
protruding door handles and win-
dow cranks are very dangerous
and cause many people to be
hurt."
In closing out his adress, Mr,
Jacklin asked the cooperation of
all farmers to enable the Federat-
ion of Agriculture to carry out its
job.
Among guests were Jack Mor-
rissey, Warden of Huron County;
Vanlentine Becker, Reeve of Hay
Township; Harvey Coleman, Re-
eve of Stanley Township; Lloyd
Lamport, President of Stephen
Township F. eof A., and William
Rogerson, president of Tucker-
smith Township F. of A.
Entertainment was provided by
E. Miles, London, and the cater-
ers to the banquet were 'the ladies
of the Evangelical United Breth-
ren Church.
, Carl Oestricker, chairman of the
nominating committee for Hay
Federation brought in the follow-
ing slate of officers for the com-
ing year: president, Ross Love;
first vice-president, Herb. Klapp;
second vice-president, Clifford We-
ido; secretary-treasurer, Clifford
Pepper;
Directors: George Grenier, Ja-
ck Faber, Wilfred Mousseau, 'Geo-
rge Coleman, Carl Willert; Harold
Campbell, Stewart Thiel, Elwood
Truemner, Elgin Hendrick, Joseph
Hoffman and Herbert Keller, Re-
tiring president is Lloyd Hend-
rick.
The slate elected by Stanley
Federation is: president, Elmore
Hayter, Ward Forrest, John Rob-
ter; secretary-treasurer, George
Reid.
Directors: Mel Graham, jack
Taylor, Hugh Hendrick, Harvey
Hayter, Ward Forrest, Jack Rbb-
inson, Clarence Parke, Leslie Arm-
strong, Jack Scotchmer, Ted
Dunn, Noel Laporte and Bruce
Keyes, Outgoing president is Alex
Authorization was given for pay-
ment of $25 grant to the Sal-
vation Army. Deputy Reeve N.
W. Trewartha spoke favouring the
grant, saying, "It is a very worthy
cause."
Also a grant of $25 was given
the Huron County Soil and crop
Improvement Association for use
in promoting the 12th annual Hur-
on •County Seed Fair.
William Mackinnon approached
council requesting information a-
bout what council was prepared
to-do with regard to concessions
for new industry. He was assur-
ed that when the industrial com-
mittee was aware of any potent-
del industry they would be pleased
to •meet with officials, and the
new firm would be "treated right"
As far as concessions sued as ex-
emption of taxes or even a fixed
assessment, the authority Would
have to be received froM the Peo-
ple.
Members of the Clinton Fire
Brigade were appointed.
First and second readings were
given a by-law permitting Union
Gas Company to lay pipelines and
serve- the town with natural gas.
This permission has already been
given the company 'by Huron Cott-
my Council to enter the county
as far as Goderich. It is expect-
ed the line when installed will
fallow as closely as possible the
route of the CN'R tracks froth
Stratford,
Canadian Bulls
Top Denver' Show
Earn High Price •
Ed, Andrews, Seaforth, has just
returned from a three weeks trip
into the United States, Charles
Smith, herdemari at Louada farms,
Peterborough, and Mr. Andrews
took a carload of Shorthorn cat-
tle to show at Denver, Colorado,
and then sold them before return-
ing borne, Four firsts and a sec-
ond' were earned and the champ-
ion pea of three.
This is the first time in many
years that Canadian Shorthorns
have been entered in the National
Western Stock Show and. Sale.
Average price for the 12 bulls was
$737.50 and' top price was $1,250.
CIA Officials
Will Support
Safe Driving Plan
Meeting in Hotel Clinton on
Tuesday noon, the Co-operators
Insurance Association endorsed
the rural safe driving campaign
being planned by the Ontario Fed-
eration of Agrictilturd, and. placed
Mrs. Gordon Greig, Wroxeter, in
the chairman's' place heading the
campaign in Huron.
J. Carl Hemingway, secretary-
fieldman of the county federation
is in charge of publicity concern-
ing the campaign which is hoped
will cause residents in Huron to
consider seriously the type of cars
being driven, with the safety fac-
tors gaining chief attention.
Jim Jacklin, Ontario Federation
of Agriculture, outlined the camp-
aign, and details of the planning
were left until next Tuesday, when
the directors of the county•feder-
ation will meet here in Clinton.
Murray Maxwell, manager of
the London office of CIA, predict-
ed no increase In rates of insur-
ance, except perhaps in the case
of the "underear old males"
Who are still a Using proposition.
The Association in 1957 was able
to add $70,000 to the reserve, thus
meeting requirements necessary
to cover a growing business under
Department of Insurance regul-
ations.
Sales of auto insurance dropped
slightly as a result of bad years
of 1955 and 1956, but prospects
are good for 1958. "Too many
farmers," said Mr. Maxwell, "fail
to realize the necessity of having
liability insurance."
In recognition of the careful
driver, CIA is sending cards of
recognition to those drivers in-
sured with them who have had a
five year claim-free record.
Commercial Hotel
Seven Apartments
The Commercial Hotel, is be-
ing converted into .seven apart-
ments, each with three rooms and
a private bath.
Business as the Commercial Ho-
tel, will be resumed later, at the
old Public School building.
a permission by-law at its next
meeting. The request is partic-
ularly from the new salt mining
company at Goderich.
So far no industry in Clinton
has indicated any preference for
gas, but it is expected that some
may be able to make good use
of it. A motion was passed asking
that the• fuel board direct that
no vote of the people is necessary
in connection with the by-law.
Certain officers of the town
were appointed by by-law at sal-
aries as follows: John Livermore,
clerk-treasurer, $3,000 plus $500
office help allowance; H. Russell
Thompson', chief constable, $3,200;
constables Albert Shaddiek and
Clarence Perdue, $2,800; assessor-
tax-collector James Manning, $1,-
300; Harold Gibbings, public works
foreman, $2,800; James Edwards
ptiblie works helper, $2,500, (No
pay for overtime for last two of-
ficers).
The year end report of chief
constable H. R. Thompson was
presented by Councillor Herb Bri-
dle. It included seven charges of
of uttering forged documents and
One of false pretenses resulting in
two years suspended sentence;
three juveniles On break, enter
and theft, six months suspended
sentence; one juvenile on theft;
three adults on break enter and
theft; willful damage to property;
six cars stolen, all recovered; 166
proceeded' against under the high-
way traffic act: 45 accidents; 23
firearms registered; 86 suatnienia-
es; 80 reit&' 8-
AsSembly Yard
Clears 510 Hogs
• Volume at the newly establish-
ed hog assembly yards at Clinton
is steadily growing. Joe Corey,
manager of the yard, reports that
513 hogs went through on Tues-
day, selling at $29 per cwt, FOB
Clinton. Loads went out to Why-
tes, Burns, Coleman, Swift, Can-
ada Packers and Presswoods plan-
ts.
According to. Alfred . Warner,
secretary of the Huron County
Hog Producers Association, about
three quarters of the hogs receiv-
ed were brought in direct by the
farmers. The rest came in group
lots, brought in by truckers.
Clinton Farmer
Jailed Two Weeks
John Tyndall, 32, RR 3, Clinton,
pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk
driving recently in Goderich court.
He was sentenced to 14' days in
jail and had his license .to drive
in Canada suspended for one year.
His car was impounded for three
months.
'es suspended; $1,382 in fines col-
lected. In all 446 occurrences were
investigated.
Also the January report was
given which noted two convictions
under the HT and PCV acts;
one arrest; three summonses; 29
investigations; $20 in fines col-
lected; 12 warning8 under the
HTA; 11 places found insecure;
six accidents; one shop-breaking
and two thefts. '
'Coucillors voted themselves a
raise in pay, from $5 per meeting,
to $7.50, with a maximum of $202.
50 %within the year. The Mayor
also received a raise, from the $7
per meeting fee to $10 eabh. For
holding court of revision, the corn-
rnitte members will receive $7Z0
for each meeting held, (previously
no pay was allowed for this).
A building permit was granted
the Seaforth Concrete company
for an addition to the Bell Tele-
phone Company Building, for $14,-
000.
A Motion-was passed to auth-
orize a letter of sympathy to go
to the widow of Aivie Fletcher,
late, caretaker of the town hall.
James Cox Was appointed to fill
this position te'mp'orarily until a
permanent appointment can be
made,
The library was granted $600
of the year's grant.
Councillor R. N', /twin, report-
ing for the protection of persons
and property eorranittee, report-
ed that the fire brigade was re-
questing err auxiliary punip.whith
they could use itt thne of emerg-
ency, It would be used mostly
at rural b'it'es.,
firemen from Bayfield.
Owned by Mrs. David Tough,
the house was situated between
the residence of T. B. Baird and
the new bungalow of Jack Must-
ard. Nothing was left but the
foundation.
The alarm was given by John
K. Cornish, who noticed smoke
coming from the rear of the house.
He awakened Mrs. Tough, and
urged her to hurry and save any
valuables, for he could see flames
in the back kitchen through the
glass window between it and the
front part of the house,
Then Mr. Cornish notified the,
Mustards and Bairds. The Bruce-
field Fire Brigade was soon on
ed the event, or called on Thurs-
day ar Friday.
Mrs. Frank Fingland 'convened
the serving, assisted by Mrs. G.
Beattie, Mrs, D. Bartliff, Mrs.
Laidlaw, Mrs. Lockhart and Mrs.
Addison,
A special birthday cake was br-
ought for the occasion by Mr. and
Mrs. Douglas Bartliff. Gifts were
received from \many friends, in-
cluding the Judge and Mrs. Fing-
land and Mr. and Mrs. John Ken-
nedy, Toronto.
Born near Londesboro, Mrs. Sa-
ville is the daughter of the early
immigrants from. Scotland. She
married in 1893 and came to Clin-
ton, to live.
Mrs.- Saville has particularly
good health. She lives alone and
cares for her own home, tending
fires, and shovelling snow; plant-
ing and harvesting a vegetable
and flower garden. She is a mem-
ber of Wesley-Willis United Chur-
ch and of the woman's groups
of the church.
oil,
Many of the villagers gathered
to be of what help they could.
Mrs. Tough stayed with Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Baird until yesterday,
when she left to be with her
daughter in Delhi.
Aberdeen-Angus
Men at Annual.
Those from Huron County, who
attended the annual meeting of
the Western Ontario Aberdeen-
Angus Association, held last Sat-
urday at the Knotty Pine Inn,
London, included Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Miles, Stewart Middleton,
Cpl. Sidney Caswell and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Klopp, Zurich. '
The guest "speaker was Fred
Campbell, manager,. Ontario Stock
Yards, Toronto,
Donald Edwards, Watford is
president of the Western Ontario
Aberdeen Angtts Association. and
Stewart Middleton is first vice-
president,
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Bluebells Request Gifts
Of Magazines for Sick
Clinton Bluebells would be very
happy to collect used magazines,
or interesting reading, for the
sick patients at the hospital, and
for their old friends. Please ph-
one HU 2-6685,
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Ovir 80 Birthday Club
,Harvey MoBrien, Victoria Stre-
et celebrated his 80th birthday
on January 4,
Mrs. T. Baird, Sr., celebrated
her 98th birthday in Brucefield,
at her home with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr, and Mrs. T.
B. Baird, on Friday, January 31.
Mrs. William Stratighan, oldest
resident of Goderich Township,
celebrated her 101st birthday on
Sunday, February 2, She is in
the best of health and shares
housework with her daughter, Mrs.
Howard Sturdy.
Mrs, G. E. Saville hold open
house last Wednesday on her 94th
birthday. She lives alone; copes
with' her garden in the stunt ler
time, arid does her own house.
Work.
Two Townships' Combine To Hold
Federation Annuals; Elect Officers
ayeelocatedeee,e‘e . ..,. -
Officials estimated the loss at
about $50,000.
The alarm was turned in at
4.45 p.m. by AC1 H. A. Reid,'
Twillingate, Nfld., on his way to
the washroom.. Station firefight-
ing equipment responded but was
able to save nothing from the
building.
Two of the men roused from
sleep in the quonset said it was
a matter of only 8 to 10 minutee
before they driven out by smoke.
All equipment and all the air-
men's personal effects apart from
what sonic were able to carry
out with them were' destroyed. A
few managed to get dressed, more
were in' raincoats but many had
only their pajamas.,
The men were taken to the
Airmen's Mess for breakfast and
then to the sumly station where
they were completely outfitted by
9 a.ni.
The barracks is normally used
only during the summer to house
cadets in training, but. had been
used temporarily for 46 airmen
because there was an unusually
large- number at the base.
Reeve J. Donnelly; Goderich
has advised that the council of
IVIaeBeth, the county town planned passing
Clinton Town Council In Action
Mrs. George Saville, 94, Celebrates
With Open House for Her Friends
Mrs. G. E. Saville 'celebrated. About one hundred people attend-
Fire—completely leveled a two the scene, but experienced dal-
storey frame hoiuse in the village culty in getting the pump on their
of Brucefield on Saturday morn- truck to prime. They called upon
ing, despite the efforts of both the Bayfield firemen for assist-
the village fire brigade and the ante, and in the meantime got an
auxiliary pump rigged up, driven
by a Township. of Stanley truck.
With the water available they
were able to keep the flames un-
der control, and save the neigh-
bouring buildings, but there was
no hope for the house.
All the household furniture was
removed from the building, and
stored in T. B. Baird's barn.
Mrs. TOugh .had been visiting
with relatives for some weeks:
but had returned to the village
to attend the 98th birthday of her
neighbour, Mrs. Baird, Sr., on Fri-
day. Cause of the fire was un-
determined. There was no coal
or wood stove in the back, kitchen,
where the blaze apparently start-
ed, for Mrs. Tough heated with