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town, speu trouble for all cjttiz- No, 31—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, •ONTARIQ, THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1.958 12 Pages --7 Cents a Copy 83,40 q Yeo
ens in .that town , .. We recau
withno gloasore a pew tri Clin-
ton's recent pastda¢fiixsultn� 10 Barn Burned By Lightning:
in hiring policemen, resu'l'ted ap-.
thefts, etc. N .in brook., thefts, Man Saves Month Old Calf
pairettily nn a series oft
Gademl►c?h,
hand on the heels of 'the aeAlgn-l- A ;fume causing damage estimat- mocked off his feet, but ran to tl'e
tion of three of their policemen, ed at $11.,000 completely' razed barn and saved a mouth -old' call,
is the story of several brreak-ins 'the Ibaxn on the farm of Gordon which he carried to 'anotIver shed.
and fnerFt, . , Thlose, with a yen Turner, just north of the village He was able to pull various
to !break the law are rnalre than. of Boucefdeld on, Tuesday ev'enIng, typesi of machinery Clear of the
Observers report a rolling ib'lao1c blaze, but in 415 minutes from, the
pleased area where to fund 4n cloud' approaching the area, and time it began, the +blaze had' 'lev-
there is unrest in, ;the ranks Of a part'ioullarly sharp .clap of thin :ell>ed the bamn. Burned were rtwa
!those Owed to keep the llaw an- I der. A 'laarge� ball shaped lightn- kittens, cherished. by the Turner
tact . . . . ng thrust apparently set the fisie. children; about 20 it= of hay,
ALONG'NM LINE OF ONE OF
the front !page 'letter's last week
To Guelph, Anon-agerrs were
holding record bops . . . These
events were organized by the jun:-
aor batseball association as; a _ fund
.raising e�fifortThey; thei Kut'-
chener Musicians, Protective Asso-
ciation aslked therm to stolp using
records, The union threatened
ribs hotel where 'they were being
held with 'b1hek-Usting if they were
continued . The baseball as-
?sotdation was bold they could; con-
tinue M elither a; six— eee orchhes-
tra were madntad'queldd, or a $50 fee
was paid to the union ... Seems,
as if aidults (unions Included) are
not do1bg their share ,at !a11, in
the business of helping teen -agents
Bad 'Ssomething to did" during tllte
v'acartion . . .
CONDUCTED .A LITTLE. STAT-
is'tum survey ;of Ontan o weekly
papems, with the hag marketing
vote as the, m fin object .
FlourYd that of th'ose coming into
our office, 'seven carried front
page stories, about the vote; and
edntorriaW -one sat on the fence,
while six came out with a definite
urge to their fiann readers to vote
„yes" ... Seems to rine that when
edi-tors of rural. prap'ers;, close to
their read'erg a'nd interested in
their ,problems, -- dedidde 'that
a thing ils ego od, in all probability
the thing is good . . . At least
the rural we'ekkes are not ap!t
to be i riflluernced by money pr'es-
sumes to slanttheir editotried views
As it proved on Friday, the
producers, of hogs produceda good
majority In . favour of :the .plan,
and showed that those sic., eldiu'tors
were a+Sght .
READING OVER STORIES IN
last weeles, exchange weekly pap-
eirs:, we found many interesting
items . . . For instance in the
Mitc efll' Advocate-, an !ex -member
of parliam!etnt wase reported as
saying that the Shippers Associa-
tion hadbeen (instrumental in hav-
ing the July 25 vote called . .
We cannot help but wander why
the shippers should heave had any-
tlhing whatsoever to -do with how
the farmers wished to look after
the product they are putting on
the market . . . Of course, to
ttlhisy the speaker is, quoted asp re-
plying: "We have ra 'good amount
of mpney agvested. We have- often
advanced a fiarmer money to pay
his taxes, until hils 'hugs are ready
for the market. We can sell hags
as good las the men to whom; you
gave high pay " In )pondering
this,, we wornder If this matter of
obtaining money for the farmers
in need, might not beanother pro-
ject for the producers organization
to ta!olclee . . . Sort of a farmer
Credit Union . . .
0
A forger is a guy who gives a
cheque a bad name.
Mr. Turner, who was In rthe house and 400 fbushells of lgmau'►, Makro'
at the dime, said he was almost •chucck'en5 also were left homeless,
Legion Gives $1,000 More
To Pool Fund; Total E5,000
Clinton Legion authorized . an-
other $1,000 donation to the Clin-
ton Community Swimming Pool
Fund at the general meeting of
the branch Monday evening. This
makes a • total of $5,000 given. by
Branch 140, since the pool fund
began.
After the above motion was
passed by the Legion, R. J. "Bud"
Schoenhals, chairman of the pool
committee, thanked the branch,
saying that this donation would
likely put the roof on the bath
house, now being erected. He also
asked for volunteers to help erect
the roof and any other labor re-
quired to complete the bath house
this year.
It was also revealed at the meet-
ing that the Ladies Auxiliary to
the Legion had donated a total of
$400 to the pool fund. Council and PUC Planning To Meet To
Cameron Proctor, first vice-
president, chaired the well -attend- DlScusc Building and Sewerage By-law
ed meeting, There were 89 mem-
bers present. The attendance draw
price, which had been building up
for the past ten months, went to
James Graham. It was worth $50.
Chairman Proctor, who is also
secretary of the swimming pool
committee, revealed a survey he
had made of donations to the pool
fund by Legion members. Taken
from the treasurer's official list
of donations, Mr. Proctor found
out that a total of $3,194.62 had
been given in individual donations
by members of Clinton Legion.
This, along with the Ladies Aux-
iliary donations, makes a total of
$8,594.62 from persons connected
with Clinton Legion.
(Continued on Page 12)
Council To Hear
Of NNA Housing
AtNext Meeting
0@�vllilghlt of the next coun•-
cll meetantg, will be the pres-
ence of a ,gWerpment repres-
antative. According to Mayor
W, J'. Miller, e4s, calcia'1 is
interested Srn a&*nrg coumAl,
and tho public vrifllth the !pos-
sibl ties of building under the
National Mou!si, lg Act, and
having a home of t'hei'r own
with reasonable #na.ncial sr-
rangemenits.
Council meets in the Town
Hall on Tuesld'ay, August 5;
commencing at 0ght o'clock.
Survey Expected On
Rental Housing
For Town of Clinton
,Progress towards! .having a group
of homes biAlt in Olinton under
,the National Housdnig Act, for ren-
rtal to those people, in need, has
been going forwaWd.
At present the Councdill, is wait-
ing for a survey of the town to
be made wfvth view to finding.
-out the number of hmnes needeld,
and' the income rarl!ge ofthe citi-
xens There, so ghat; ithe tyfpe of
house may be deeded tupon.
Men Knocked
Down
A meting of the two senior
municipal bodies in Clanton has
By
stIR to be held. Tuesday night,
aightningd
William E Perdue, claa,irman of
t It
hiss
One Suffers
Burns
opinion was
stated his. opinion Chart It tiva5, up
stated
to the 'Councilto take' the initiia-
Two men. stooling grain near
time and set the date for a meet-
ClIntoqawona Tuesday .aftemnoon were.,
,ing.
(mocked to the ground when; light-
Tbpdcs for discussion by tole
ening struck )them both. The boat
PUC and CSouncil are the .possi-
aplparently travelled to therm
'biil!it'ies of selling, the -office ;Nbad-
t'hrough the forks; they were us-
ingand ore-arranging sew-
,
erage by-law to permit -better
Tam Turner, owner of the farm,
financing.
was able to +get to his, feet within
Applica'tiong for hyd,rq, water
B, short time, and lend assistance
and s'ew'age service was granted
to Ch:arleg Lee, rth!e second man.
to, Lawrie Slade' (manager of aln-
Mr. L'ee was "knocked cold" and
ton ,IGA Marmket) for his new
was in a state of shock. He was
home ion Townsentd • Street next
baker to has homeand put to bed.,
to Ws. H. Jenkiin's ,home. This is
Later -in the evening Dr. W. A.
on the ;old public. school pllay-
Liakes attended )vim. Mr. Lee Sty -ground.
Aliso hydro service to the
feted a burned leg. He was amble
,bail, on the Property of William
ba be out of bed yesterday.
Madkinnon on ,the Bayfield Road.
The incident occurred about fu!ve
Wbod has been received ,by the
o'clock during the, thunderstorm
pUC that .Howard Brwnsdon has j
in connection with :the sudden
rain-stoann at that time.
had an offer of purchase on the
garage ion Princess Street now be-
ing rented by ,the PUC for stor-
The Week's Weather
'ng trucks and equipment. This
is one of the buildings which
High Low High Low
would be no lbnrger needed by the
1958 1957
Commission if they were able to
July 24 84 55 72 50
dispose of their present office
26 82 60 76 51
tiro, and ,replace it with a joint
26 84 53 75 60
office, warehouse and garage, as
27 86 55. 82 56
they hope to do;
28 83 68 84 60
Several weeks- ago ,the PUC cal -
29 81 62 85 66
led for tenders on the office build -
30 80 61. 82 66
ivg at the corner of Albert and
Rain: .42 ;ins. Rain: .05 ins.
Rattenbury, but received no cf-
Youngsters See Fire Where Kittens Died
Loss of an estimated $11,000 to Gordon mains, thinking of the two kittens which died
Turner was the fast result on Tuesday night, in the flames, Loss included 20 tons of hay and
when lightning struck his barn, Four of the .400 bushels of grain,
Turnor children take a look at the blazing re- (News -Record Photo)
fens.
Superintendent J, Rands. asked
for early knowledge of any de-
cis:lon concerning the location of
the proposed: new. homes under
the, prlolposled NF]A rental housing
scheme, so that he could be, pre-
pared, with proper 'sewerage mains,
etc.
0
Lavis Starts Paving Job
Victoria St., Goderich
Lavis-Construction Company
started" work -this week an panning
Victoria Street .in Goderich. Than
is� a •connecting hinik on Highway
21, which, pis to be pawed from.
,the Bayfield Road, (along Briitain-
:nda Rd.) and' along Victoria Street
to Napier Street.
Estimated cost is- $32,000, of
which the Department of High.
ways w111• pay 75 percent.
is This Where We Change ? ? "
Brian Cox and Paul Ladd are in a bit of a
fix, and so are the other boys and girls who use
the pool. This is the new bath house 'in the
making. A lot of work, and about $4,000 is
needed yet, before the youngsters are able to
use the new building as.intended. This week the
local Legion branch voted to give another $1,000
to the pool, making a total of $5,000 given by
Kippen Man Has Help
Barn Raising Bee Held
(By our Hensall Correspondent)
Nelghibours of Campbell Eyre,
whose barn'burned down recentay,
pitched in on Saturday to help
Mtn moth, a 'barn -raising bee.
The neighbours neededonly one
day to erect the superstructure
of a building 36 X 75 feet. An-
other section, 36 X 5.4 feet, wirll
be added after the harvest to
complete an L-shaped barn.
Me rbe nv h'ad been completely
lost do a fare a couple of months
ago, and the wank was rushed
along .to be finished in time for
the harvest.
Elgin Porter Escapes Serious Injury
When Explosion Damages Machinery
(By our Bayfield correspondent)
Elgin Porter, Bayfield Conces-
sion Road North, Stanley Town-
ship, received burns to his right
forearm and hand, and had his
eyebrows singed in a flash fire
at the gas well on his farm on
Thursday, July 24.
When he opened the door of the
small building which houses the
dehydrator, before 8 a.m., he smel-
led gas, and immediately opened
the windows. This precaution
probably saved his life either from
asphyxiation or a fatal blast.
He had turned off the burner
and was endeavouring to stop the
leak when the escaging gas ignited
from the pilot light which was still
burning.
Porter was out of the building,
but it was when he tried to reach
inside for the fire extinguisher,
that the flames caught him.
He shut off the valves on both
wells and the burning gas died
out, but not before several explos-
ions had occurred.
The end of a heavy steel drum,
about one-third full of menthyl
hydrate was blown out, and the
end of the gas pipe burst in ex-
plosions.
Car. Stolen From A.
Found at Orillia No
(By our Bayfield Correspondent)
A. iF, Scotchmees car was stlwden
from, his home on the morph bands
of the river off the Ba+u'e Water
Highway sometime after 2 a.m,
on Tuesday.
Mr. and MMS. Scotebmer and
,three sons had been at the Drive-
In
riveIn Theatre in Clirntorcu and arrived
'luorcne
about that time, Alf'. forgot
,to, remove the kW from the car.
The theft wav riot discovemd
until' the morning whan the owner
went out to go to work. He had
intended doing some aiefrigerartibn
rrepeirs, and all, his valuable tools
and testem requited ih such wont
were
in the rtrun+k of the +54 k'bkd
coach,,
Bayfield firemen, summoned to
the scene, reported that flames
shot over 20 feet into the air when
the gaskets on the flanges of the
pipe line burned.
They put out the smoldering
remnants of the building with
chemicals, and brought grass. and
oat fires under control with the
hose.
The gas well is in a field of
oats which, fortunately was green,
otherwise the flames would have
swept to nearby buildings.
Elgin Porter is employed by the
Blue Water Oil and Gas Ltd., Lon-
don. He is responsible for the de-
hydrator and meter house and the
nine miles of pipe line which ser-
ves the RCAF Station Clinton. The
second well is on the adjoining
M. Grainger property.
Clinton RCAF officials switched
to an auxiliary oil burner for their
Plant when the natural gas was
turned off.
After 17 hours, gas was flowing
again, a temporary line having
been hooked up directly without
the dehydrator.
Company plans are in hand to
rebuild the dehydrator and its
housing.
F. Scotchmer
Damage Done
A ,oar had been shriven; in at
Char1!es Willis' faro,, three mtibes
nuo¢rtlu on; the Bluerwater Hig!hlwray,
during the Mghrt, the oil, chranlgW
and 30 gallons of gasp were stollen.
The tiro marks, resembled those
on he Seabchmer car and it is
thought that it might have bereh
the stomper vehicle.
PXfovinew Pio ke uawestilgartimg
the matter, found the Scotohmer
car +arband?oned at Orillaa Wednes-
day Morning, They reported it
in 'good condition,
Thd igcotrhmer .car was covered
by insurance but in, the nee nUme
the, towner was hiandrie+apped w4th-
out his 'taals and mteratm of t'rram-
pome' on.
the veteran's organization toward the project.
Last week, announcement was made of almost
$1,000 coming from the Fish and Game Club.
The $100 cash prize offered in the cement block
ticket sales draw originally scheduled to be
drawn for this Friday, has been postponed until
mid-August.
(News -Record Photo)
Good Crowd, Lots of Prizes
Bayfield Frolic is Success
A superb summer evening and
an excellent crowd combined yest-
erday evening to make a success
of the 11th annual frolic and draw
held by Bayfield Lions Club.
Bingo, games and the now fam-
ous turtle race were enjoyed by all
attending.
Twenty special prizes were won
as follows:
1—Electric fry pan, Albert Dur-
nin; 2—tea kettle, Anna Drouin,
Bayfield; 3—ice hamper, Mae Cole-
man; 4—Coleman camp stove, Will
Parker, Mill Street, Clinton; 5—
electric iron, Miss G. Skinner, Lon-
don; 6—scales, Keith Miller, RR 5,
Bayfield; 7—desk lamps, Bert
Brownlee, Stratford; 8—electric
fan, Mrs. Allan Armstrong, Varna;
9—door chimes, W. L. Morlok,
Clinton;
10—plaid hamper, Mrs. Fred
Telford, Bayfield; 11—barbecue,
Charles Johnson, Clinton; 12—elee-
tris grill, Edward Flagg, Bayfield;
13—heating pad, H. Gibbons,
Blyth; 14—electric clock, Joan
McClinchey, Varna; 15 — clothes
hamper, Doug Gemeinhardt, Bay-
field; 16—card table, Ken Bran-
don, Bayfield; 17 —juicer, John
Sturgeon, Bayfield; 18 — toaster,
Mrs. John Watson; Bayfield; 19—
wheelbarrow, F. Stewart, Bayfield.
Cale Doucette To
Build School Rooms
Cale Doucette, who just this
year completed the constructim
of the Chhton Community Credit
Uaim?s, new home, has been given
the job of adding to the murild-
pa1 buildings in Mown.
,He has been awarded thio con-
tract for enlarging the Clintan
,Public •School, ,at a cosh of $41,360.
.A. special meetiivg of the, school;
board was held, with chaumn,ann
Clayton Dixon ,preslding, :and dies
contract iforthe erection, of a two -
mom addition rto the present build-
ing was awarded. Dead'l'ine for
completion is January 1, 1958.
Ube- contract is subject to the
approval of .the Deartrcnent of Ed-
ucation. The two .new rooms will,
be erected at the northeast corner
of the present building, .and wdll'
comprise a regular classroom. and
a new ki'nd'ergarten room.
The hallway will be extended
through. tithe ,present kindergarten
classroom, thus making it into ar
-regular size classroom; and them
the other ,two moms will be added.
Hog Scheme Voted In;
Huron Fails to Support
Official 'results for the province
erne the hog vote called under the
Ontario Farm Products Market -
trig Act were not .available yest-
erday.
However, 'pre1krifinawl' figures re-
leased shortly affter the last polls
were heard ,from indicated, that 68
Ontario of
vted do avoir
the hog marketing plan.
Record of results' of the voting
on Friday in Huron County by
Hog p oducera, has been com p. 9-
ed by AUred Warner, secretary -
treasurer of th,e county Hag Pro-
du'cem Association, as follows:
'township Yes No % in
favour
Ashfield ................ 109 92 54.223
Colborne .............•.. 80 31 72.85
Godear bli. .............. 89 21 80.190
Stan* ................. 98 V 72.59
Hay ..... ....... I........... W 47 67.41
Stephen ................ 78 `77 50.00
tJstboi 6 ................ 98 124 43.49
CMray .................... 143 93 60.08
Hwilott ................. 125 52 70.7.,2
M•ammop .............. 111 94 53.11
Tivakemnit h ....... 91 40 66.44
H We.wanosh ...... 117 71 60.68
W. WAwanosh ...... 97 40 64.88
1Vlmi5i09 103' 51.4x3
.................
T unftbe v ............ 69 M 57.50
Howl& ................ 1.49 Ill 56.1-0
There were 4,466 'farmers eaig-
ible, to vole in Huron County, and
of these: ionlly 2,782 went to the
polls. 29 spoiled ballots were das-
•carrrd'e'd. T(Niiere were a total' of
1,661 prolducem voting "yes'' and
1,092 vetting "mo"
In Huron County there was 59.7
percent of ,those voting, who
markedtheir ballots "yes" in fav-
our of the hog; marketing ,p1'am In
order to have the vote carry, a
percercntage 'of 66 percent was me -
e.
Security Guard For
Princess Margaret
Chief Constable H. Russe!l1
Thrdnvpsoni +and Congta'ble C. Per-
due have been invited to 'assustti
Stratford dity police next Thura-
day afternoon. That is tire. daps
that Prin!ces19 Margaret will be in,
,the
'Festhml `City.
The Chief reports -that he ex-
pects, to be among theme on, sea-
uavty duty at the CNR CtatioQal
when the Princess actives.
101fifadiails of the, dim have spent
a a'Ieporlted $60,W0' �toi nanovato
and dec'oratte the, Statim lett the
moyal visit,