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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1958-03-13, Page 1The Week's Weather mgb. Low Lose 1958 1957 39 21 35 24 34 15 31 23 36 20 50 35 52 32 Snow; 1 in, Rain: .32 Snow: .5 ins NW. 6 36 31 7 34' 24 8 28 12 9 26 12 10 31 23 4 30 22 n 32 ZT I nit() THE NEW EM—”rd YEAR . THE NEWS-RECORD-.. .77th YEAR. Young David Wheeler, enjoyed looking at the prize exhibits at the Huron County Seed Fair here oh Saturday. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Wheeler, Brussels. (News-Record Photo) Set $50,000 Fire at Station Sentenced to Two Years A court martial at RCAF Stet- ion Clinton, on Monday, sentenced AC2 George A. Morrice, 18, to two years imprisonment and dismissal with disgrace from. Her Majesty's service when lee was found guilty of setting a $50,000 fire in one of the quonset style .barracks at the Station. Fire occurred on Febru- ary 3, Dismissal is subject to approval of the minister- of national defen- ce.• The mother of the accused took the stand on her son's behalf be- fore sentence was handed down. She gave evidence 'di past ses. The defence pleaded for just disrnmissal. The young airman from Medi- cine Hat., Alta„ had pleaded inno- cent, and, in defence had claimed loss of memory on events about the time the fire gated a barrack block. President of the full-dress court martial was Group Captain H. G. M: Colpitts, of RCAF Station, St. Johns, P.Q. Other court members: W/C G. R, Truemner, RCAF Station Cen 7 trail& S/L G. L. H. Goodall, RC- AF Station Aylmer; F/L W, M. Houser, RCAF Station Trenton; F/L S. M. Keon, RCAF Station Colts Meet Forest In Group Final, Here Saturday Clinton hockey fans are assured more good hockey this season, now that the Colts. meet Forest in a best three- out of five series, for the WOAA Intermediate "B" Group 2 championship. Forest, had two wins' over the Colts during the regular season's play, and put Blackwell out in the semi-final round. f - The first game is in Clinton Lions Arena Saturday night at 5,30 o'clock. London; F/L G, V. Frosted, RCAF Station St, Johns, P,Q. Prosecutor was Captain A. W. Patterson, of Camp Borden. De- fence counsel was Hugh Harrison, a Toronto lawyer. Hugh, Harrison agreed that statements made by the accused were baffling. He said they' "smacked against credulity like a wet rag." He added; "I watched in awe and pro secution as'he was led by the prosecution through the state- ments, admitting parts of it to he true, rejecting some of it, ,tes untrue and claiming he 'ebieldn't remember other parts!' Accused Baffled Too Mr. Harrison said Morrice was as baffled as anyone and honest- ly couldn't remember certain ev- ents. "The accused, unknown to him- self, was marching along like a character in a Greek play toward such an accounting as this." He claimed the prosecution fail- ed to prove the wilfullness of the fire-setting and said that if the court saw any possibility of lack of intent it was duty-bound to ac= quit him. Capt. A, W. Patterson, of Camp Borden, prosecutor, sought to dis- credit alleged blackouts suffered by the accused, AC2 George A. Morrice, of Medicine Hat. Alberta. "There is evidence he is a path- ological fire - setter," the captain said. " I say there is evidence he is a -pathological lie teller." The young airman claimed he had a blackout while on fire pick- et the morning the barrack block was destroyed and could remem- ber nothing about a confession which was used as key evidence by the prbsecution. "If this type of reasoning was accepted by the public, the ma- jority of people frequently would be having blackouts," charged the prosecutor, He stressed that Morrice related in detail events leading up to the fire and after it, but could not re= member things which would be de- trimental to him. Win Top Prizes at County Seed Fair Showing off the silfver tray which was one, of his rewards for high points earned at littrOn County Seed Pair, is J. Arnold Jamieson, grand champion of the show. His trophy was present- ed to him by S. E. Stothert (in the Stetson), who was the fleet agricultural representative to serve in Huron Cottnty. At left is tob Eroailfoot, runner-up for grand championship and at the right is flobert Allan, •president of the sponsoring organization, the Huron County Soil and Crop- Improvement Association, and also lean ling Of the County Pair. Ur. Allan'st beans also won the grand championship at the Chicago Livestock Exposition and CI the Royal Winter Peir last fall. (Newe4teeord Plioto), Na, 11—The Hume Paper With the News CIJNTON, ONTARIO( THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 1958 7 Cents a Copy — $3,00 a Year Council OK's $40 000"A ddition 505 Pupils Overcrowd School Young Brussels "Cowboy" at Fair • -Mr "4 U. ANY FISHERMAN IN. THE: el'Ovvd? Having a rather direct line with the • Chamber of Corn- Merce . , ; we have at .hand 44019,AtitY of copies of the fishery regolattims for 1958 „. These are published 'each year by the De- partment of Lands end Forests, . arid they Make them available, free of charge , . . to anyone in- terested in the sport. . . Call in and 'see them. , ,ANY IVLUISICIANS IN THE,. crowd? or anyone interested in music? We also have on hand a limited quantity of the syllabus ::for the Huron County Music Fes- tival . * THIE • GLINTON SPRING SHOW is finding things a little more dif- ficult than usual this year. . . The directors are attempting to lift ' the Fair from a deficit which was incurred through a couple of bad years. and also present a Fair which will be, acceptable in the light of fine standards in the past.. Their request to the rural areas has been particularly, good . . .The townships of Gdderich, Hallett and Tuckersmith have in- creased their grants substantially . . . The town of Clinton, mean- while, is hedging a little. and will. continue to give their cust- omary grant of $150. . * *. SUPPORT OF THE SHOW from exhibitors is good . . . Sup- port by the merchants of the town, who traditionally have lent a strong hand to the Show. . . has also been good . . . It seems that the main drawback, if any, to the Fair as it has been through re- cent years . . is the lack of par- ticipants from the local area . The fame of the Show has spread too far, apparently, and many feel that it is useless ,to exhibit again- st the stock which is brought here eacheyear. Surely there is some wayeel which-`,while. retainingthe. fine quality of stock . . , there could be local classes which would attract the exhibitor from with- in a ten mile radius of town, „ ANOTHER DRAWBACK FROM making the Clinton Show as all others are. , is the fact that we have no large show-building at the fairgrounds, at which the lad- ies can shoe/ their manufactures, .. We have no eoultry exhibit There is no opportunity in the spring for vegetables, etc. . How- ever, the Spring Show is practic- ally the last of its kind . . . and somehow we feel there are enough good points, that .every effort should be made to work from these to build a better and more financially stable Show . THE CLINTON- SPRING SHOW is the finest show of horseflesh to be seen this side of the Royal Winter Fair and the ONE in Tor- mete . . Nowhere else can be seen the marvellous show of power and grace in a four horse, six horse and eight horse hitch, which ex- hibitors put on for those who go to the Spring Show. . The ex- hibit of cattle, sheep and pigs is !as good as can be seen any- where, .. In these classes the com- petition is local . . . and it is good . , There is some lack of inter- est on the part of the young peope -1e, since the time of year is not the best for the work of the 4-H Clubs . But those who do come out, show very fine stock. . . and they do it very well. . . Champion PeeWee Team in. Kinsmen League keeltey J„oigue, these youngsters were managed by K. W. "Danny" ColquhOUn, right. The play- Grand champions of the Kinsmen PeeWee Wednesday night, offs were held h ciintom Lions Arena Test (NewsltecOrd Photo) Cancer Society The Huron Unit of the Canad- ian Cancer Society elected Mrs. Kenneth- Johns, Eketer, president. Mrs..-Johne' appointment follows the sudden death of the president, Fred Sturdy, Goderich, Floyd Lodge, Goderich was nam- ed first vice-president, President of the Clinton and District branch, Mrs. William Morlok, who pre- sided at the special meeting, paid tribute to Mr. Sturdy. Farm Union Local At Hoimesville Holmesville Local Farm Union met March. 10, in Holmesville school with a fair attendance. Re- solutions' were discussed and sev- eral items of business were dealt with., A report on, tile draw for a M ottle rug held at the reeent, dan- ce was. given , by the secretary, Robert Taylor, County director, who attended the Ontario: Concen- trated Milk Producers Convention in Hamilton, February 2.6 and 27, gave a splendid report on the meeting.. A brisk discussion was held, on this re-port. Legion Auxiliary Accepts Three New Members Ladies Auxiliary of the Canad- ian Legion Branch No, 1.40 held their regular meeting in the leg- ion hall on Monday night, March 10, with 40 members present. Three new members were initiat- ed, Mrs. Stewart Dick, Mrs. Jam- es Graham, Mrs. George Currie and one member Mrs. William Chambers by transfer from the Exeter Auxiliary. The auxiliary is catering to a banquet far ;the RCAF Ladies Bowling League on April 15. An invitation to attend the birthday party of Seaforth Auxiliary, April 1.6, was accepted. Arrangements for St. Patrick's dance, -March 14 were completed. The zone card games postponed earlier due to weather conditions, will be held Wednesday evening, April 9, in the Legion Hall. Any members wishing to play euchre, bridge or cribbage should contact Mrs. George Knight by Saturday, April 5. Tickets were sold on an electric perculator and draw made, Mrs, Thomas Leppington Was the lucky winner. A parcel donated by Auxiliary members was packed for a needy family. • o Stanley Township Will Share in Street Lights Cost Should any hamlet in Stanley Township decide to install street lights, the township treasury will pay 50 percent of the cost. Township council, meeting at Verne, heard from Township Clerk Fred Watson, Hayfield, that both Hrucefield and Varna are consid- ering the inetallatien of street lights. Stanley Townehip Federation of Agriculture was granted permis- sion,. as requested, to erect signs which will identify each of the 15 concessions of the township, Appointments made: William Ilayter as warble fly inspector; Herbeet, Cooper as warble fly sprayer, at 12 cents per head, and John Aldington, 8uppli6r of warble fly powder. Tenders also will be called for 6,00 yardg of greetel, Upon the request of the Olin- ton Public School Hoard., the coun- ell of the Town of Clinton on Tuesday eight gave their approval to the erection of a two room ad- dition to the town's $350,000 pub- lic school building. Estimated cost of the addition is WAG, Built in 1953, the 13,-room school has an enrolment of 505— just about 40 more than enrolled last September. According to re- search carried out by the . board, the prospects for a steady increase of pupils ,throughout the next four or five years at least are good, -Clayton Dixon, chairman of the school board presented the situ- ation first,- noting that serious overcrowding was being exper- ienced, and it 'would get worse. (The. ideal number of pupilss in a classroom is considered to be 30. All of the rooms at the local school average over 40, and the Grade 5 class has 48 students). George Lavis, in charge of the finance committee of the board, presented facts and figures, The Farmers of Huron County "took time to look and listen and learn" last Friday and Saturday as they visited the 11th annual Seed Fair held iii the auditorium of Clinton District Collegiate Institute, Har- ry G. Strang, Hensel', who is-pres- ident of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association, com- mended thein for their attention to soils and crops, the basic ele- ments 'of their industry. .Mr. Strang said that some folk feel that "crop improvement" is -overdone. "There is a crying need," he said, "for increased ef- ficiency so we can stay on our farms doing the work we- like to do best,"i. Robert • P. Allan, Brucefield, -president of 'Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Associat- ion, was chairman of the meeting on Saturday afternoon. Speakers included Warden John Morrissey, Stephen Township; William Mc- Bob Taynlor, president of the Huron County Farmers Union pre- sided for the quarterly meeting held here in Clinton last Thurs- day, Mrs. Gordon Hill was pian- ist. Mrs. Alfred Nesbitt reported on executive meetings: Mr. Taylor reported on various Union activ- ities in Huron and other parts of the province. He also stated that en March 4, Gordan Hill and Al- bert Cormack had met with the agricultural committee of the pro- vincial parliament and further presented their brief. Simon Halhahan, delegate to.-the Ontario Hog Producers Conyent- ;on, held recently in Toronto, re- ported on the meetings, and so provincial grant this year will be tip $10,000 over last year, making a total of $50,350. Cost to operate the school last year, according to Mr. Lavis, was $62,000. The estimate for this year 'is $67,000, due to some $3,000 in salaries' increases, and $2,000 for other items. Revenue from eight pupils, non- resident, was expected to he $900. With ,grants, all considered', it would be necessary to raise $11,000 for maintenance, pies $27,000 far the debenture debt, by means of taxes. An esttnate of cost to erect and furnieh rooms ready for ,use, is $5,500 making a total of $44,000 Deeded to raise by taxes this year. Last year it.. was necessary to raise $47,000. Actually the town can afford to go ahead with the new rooms, and yet have a lower mill rate for school purposes than was the ease in 1957. Mr. Lavis said, "Our thought is to give the children of this com- munity the hest in education. It Kenzie, reeve of Exeter, and chair- man of the Huron County egri.-, cultural committee. Special awards were made to winners in the- Seed Fair and in the judging competition. "Farm, planning" was the topic discussed by panel, whose model.-- a tor was Stan Youngblut, Goder- suspervisor 'of the Veterans Land Act Administration. Taking part were Tom Lane of the soils department, Ontario Airicultural College, Guelph; Dr, Harvey Cald- well, economics branch, OAC; Bill Newton, Lotidon, with the. VIA; Juim Clark, OAC, and two Huron county farmers, Boyd Taylor, RR 3, Walton, and Ed. Miller, Exeter. The theme was developed along the idea of planning one particu- lar farrn for best use of capital, feed and labour, with best combin- ation of enterprises, etc. The OAC officials told of a service (-Continued on Page Seven) did Bob Armstrong, They both urged that the Farmers. Union give the present marketing scheme Jail Sentence Handed Out -to Zurich Youths Two Zurich youths Were each sentenced to 45 days, in jail and their driving 'perenite suspended for two years- in Exeter eourt last Felday, Charges of drunk .driv- • ing had been, laid against them following a Zurich accident last December, The youths were charged after an accident in which Sylvester Kends, 17, also ef Zurich, was killed. Magistrate Dudley F,, Holmes, who .paseed sentence found Clare Regier, 19, guilty of 'impaired dri- ving after he had 'pleaded not guilty to the more serious charge of drunk driving. Regier was own- er of the car, - Leo Zimmer, 17, was sentenced after pleading guilty to. drunk He had been driving the car. The youths appeared in court to plead, February 5. They had been free en bail since that time await- ing decision of the' magistrate. o New PreSident For County Farmers Union Urged to Support Present 'Marketing, Scheme J. A. Jamieson Champion 1958 County Seed Fair . is our intention to keep. e high standard 'of teachers and equip- ment." Glen Gardiner, Goderich, inspec- tor of public schools, reported that the board already has approval, from the Department of Educki- tion for the two rooms, Looking. at other alternatives, the board is aware that if accommodation is rented, there is no grant from the province applicable to such class- rooms. ,Two rooms rented would. in all probability cost as much ix the year, as the yearly payttent on the debenture, and so would be unsatisfactory, Some suggestion was to use the auditorium for classrooms, with temporary partitions, and mov- able desks. Heating proved Jo be a problem there, Heat comes from the ceiling in, that room, and the floor is too cold for youngsters sitting there all day. Mr, -Gardiner mentioned that on- ly one room would be necessary in the fall, but it was good busi- ness to build two rooms at the one time, He said that the "grow- th need" factor was taken into consideration in so far as grants were concerned. "A town such as this, with modern buildings and ideas, is more apt to. have a grant request looked upon with favour, than "a town that is stagnant," Several of the councillors spoke to the motion, including Robert N- Irwin, Nelson W. Trewartha, and urged that action be taken im- mediately so that work could com- manse. Approval must be obtain- ed from the Ontario Municipal' Board before work commences. 0 Council in Action Couneillors at their regular me- eting Tuesday -evening, postponed decision on' continuing the annual contribution of $170 toward the' operation of Mid-Western -Ontario Development Association. Councillor H, Bridle felt that . the Mid-WODA took a lot of cred- it for development with which they had nothing to do, saying that "If they have accomplished anything, then I have no know- ledge of it." (Mr. Bridle was chairman 'of the town's indust- rial promotion committee last ye- ar. There were no meetings of this committee held.) Mr. Bridle. felt that the town could use the money to better advantage in ad- vertising the town. Reeve Stanley asked if council were not more or less impelled to contribute, Mayor Miller ex- plained that there was only a a trial, and a lengthy discussion moral obligation. The council (wh- fol owed. ich was , made up of the same Carl Gorier thanked Mr. Halle_ members as in 1958) had agreed ban for coming to the meeting and two years ago to- go along with greivniln:igon h. is impressions of the ,con- N 5, V. Nixon of the Nixon Labor- atories, Orangeville, gave an in- formative address on animal dis- ease and prevention, and answer- led many questions from fhe floor. Over 80 Birthday (hih Carl Dalton moved a vote of thanks. to the- speaker, Walton local served lunch. The next meeting will be held on June. 5, and will start promptly at 8.30 p.m. -e Thomas Miller, 'is celebrating his 89th birthday today, March 13, at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter. the scheme for a period of three years. Councillor Sutter asked what the (Continued on Page Twelve)