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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1958-12-18, Page 1Air Marshall Hugh L. Campbell, CBE, CD, 'chief of the Air Staff, ;did a visit to RCAF _Station Clin- ton on Monday to inspect the fee-. Having Guests? Tell Us About It For Next issue tap Grade Students Receive bursar es Court Clinton_ • Two arias of $10 and'costs were levied in: magistrate's court bete Tuesday 'afternoon: one of failing to stop at a stop sign, and one of speeding. Walter McCallum, 32, Espanola!, was found guilty under a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, and was given a suspen-' ded sehtence far one year, posted, a $100 personal bond, Made full reStitution.and paid court costs. McCallum had purchased a -dress at Lee's Ladies Wear last Thursday presenting a cheque for M42.50 to be cashed for the item priced at $33.90. Tbwri police ap. prehended him the following day at Hotel. Clinton, gild lodged him In county jail at Geddieb, 140 , Was released on ball 'until the Thurs- day Court here, Air Marshall H. Campbell At Station Clinton for Visit Nci. 51 The Home Paper With the News . Young Lady Meets Santa • This young lady is just a bit hesitant about her first meeting with old Santa Claus. Santa had made his visit to the Town Hall on Saturday, where this picture Was taken, and where hundreds of bags of candy were distributed to youngsters in the district. Santa visited in Clinton tbe. next day, too, at the Legion Christnias party in their ,own hall. (Newa-Recorcl Photol 'OsTARIO, THUMP" DECEMBER 1 ttawa s elegdtio 'Succesful 12 Rental HousesApOroved 7c percopy-0,00 per yeror-,--12 Pages Are you having guests for Christmas, or are you going travelling yourself for the holi- day? Either way, your friends would like to see a personal item about your holiday in the paper. Call us at the office— HU 2-3443--and well`write up a little item for you. No charge of course. If you live in the country' you may wish to phone your local correspondent. The num- ber appears after their name at the head of their newt col- uinn, Or, if it's handier, tell us here, and we'll put it idthe column you prefer. or, Prances McCullough, Mary Helen Yea and James Managhan, Principal A. Pines made this presentation, .P,ecord Photo) Dominion-Provincial bursaries presented to Grade 13 students at MCI &it/1010100116M Went its f loft) Igugene Pentler, Xatheritio slack- Zhe ,Jfirot . cep W. rr 41..) BROWSING THROUGH T H E latest issue of the Canadian Cam- Mentator , we found a protest against the mediocre programs which continue to be broadcast over TV . . The writer wants to know why the unthinking majority should be allowed to monOpolize the air-Waves and "deny the thin- king minority the imaginative atirradation possible if the miracle Of television' is used intelligent- IY", a He, says "How hideous that men with imagination behind the TV scenes Must placate the Swinish Mob with hourt of tenth- rate trivia' desigped to arrest its intellectual development. . * THIS SAME WRITER IS A staunch supporter :of the CBC , , he says 'the U.S. has no network in existence .which can approach the quality standard of the CBC . . U.S, television is so far be- hind that enjoyed by many Can- adians that it is hardly fair to dis- Cuss the two systems in the same context . ." Who -says these• things? a man named Raymond Varela, . ' NOW THAT WE HAVE INDUL- ged in quoting someone . , . we'll go on and quote someone else. , This came from Time and bears the stamp of that "smart" .Weekly: printed in the Law Soc- iety's „Gazette in England, in an attempt to point up the rather monotonous English style in leg- _al documents . . was this letter written by, an Indian lawyer to a client: "Dear Sir, Unless ,you s pay the rupees within seven days, we shall take such steps as will cause you the utmost damned astonish- ment. ." We contribute -that to sonie aspiring collection agency who•dares to be different... . * * SAD STORY JUST BEFORE Christmas . Out in the snowy wilds of Stanley Township, a young lad stood on the gangway of his father's barn and watched a car stop at the gate . . Then -lie saw a man in uniform get out and drop off three kittens into the snow . . . and drive away . The young man spent considerable time rounding up the little anim- als . . . which were naturally frightened . and making sure they had a• warm place to live, and something to eat . , We're not suggesting that only a uniformed man could have done, such a thing, or any Melt' prejudiced thought :.. The fact was he was in uniform • . but if he'd been in -civvies that sort of man would have been' eq- ually apt to drop kittens off in a storm . . . The best we t, can hOpe for him is that some weary day when he's parachuted to ground from a crashed aircraft, nobody goes to look for him . . . and he has to walk -all the way home alone . . * NOT ONLY IN CLINTON' HAS there beern some difficulty with persons selling knitting machines .Way mirth in Kirkland Lake the township council is hoping to raise the pedlars licences from $10 (Continued on. Page Seven) 0 Open. Christmas Eie Most of the stores in Clinton will be open Christmas Eve until .9,30 for the convenience of last- minute shoppers; The Weeks Weather / High Low High Low 1958 1957 Dec. 11 19 8 27 10 12 20 2 19 -2 13 - 23 1 32 8 '14 23 2 '35 22 15 20 '8 35 10 16 20 „ 8 37 32 • 17 32 ' 17 84 26 Snov.,7 14 its. Snow: 3 ins. Rain; .29 ins legion 61V0 Party for Nearly 100 children at Bag Nearly 300 children received gift and bag of candy from Santa Claus at the. Clinton Legion Christ- mas tree in the ball on Sunday afternoon. The auditorium of the, hall was filled to oVerflciwing for the annual party. Before Santa arrived the child- ren pajoyed, ,three. short films; 'Branch° Busting", "The Night Be- fore Christi-flea" and "So this is Hockey". Hector Kingswell was master of ceremonieS ter the after- noon, with Doug Thorndike doing' a ,good job of his role for' the oc- casion, Jack Cree, 'caretaker of the Legion Hall, ,was the, recipient of a gift from Santa. 4'" A committee of BiltHarris, Har- old Black and Ed, Porter was in charge of the affair:. CON' ICTION OF AIRMAN , QUASHED` BBC' ArPIDAIL. COURT The court martial appeal board has quashed the convietion of for- mer RCAF. Aircraftnaan George A. Morrice on a phew of arson, Morrice, now ;living in Medicine Hat, Alta., was convicted last Mar- ch of having set fire to a barrack block at RCAF Station Clinton. He was, sentenced te.tWo years in penitentiary and to dismissal from the air force • . Early Copy Needed For Next Issue Of News-Record Holiday on, both Thursday, and Friday next week, make it necessary for the News-Record to appear in your mail-boxes - two days early. We are plan- ing to have it in the town post- office by' noon on Tuesday, Your co-operatiOn in getting news- and advertising to us, just as early as possible rex' \that paper will be 'Very much appreciated s ,is .defv initely Monday noon, so if yeti have any items you want pub- , lished, pick up the phone now and dial HU 2-3443. The office will be open all day Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and closed on. Thursday and Friday. Then on Saturday, we'll be accept- ing adVertising and news for the New Year's paper, which will be available to you on Tuesday, DeCember 30 at noon. 0 1958 Car Stolen While .Owner Visited at Hospital A 1958 Chevrolet ear stolen in front of Clinton Public Hospital ,on Saturday night has not yet been recovered, Chief H. R, Thompson reports that William .MutCh left his car parked while he visited his mother in hospital,• abopt nine o'clock. When he, came out the car„ was missing. ' The vehicle is white and black two-tone, with licence number 863630, 0 Elizabeth Inder Wins Essay Contest By TB Association Miss Elilabeth bider won $15 with her prize.winning essay in a contest carried out in Huron Coun- ty by the Christmas Seal corm-nit, tee of the Huron TubereuloSis As- sociation, It placed ahead of 64 other entries, Second spot was Wan by a Clin- ton Public SchoOl pupil, MiSS Sh- aron Martin, who earned $10. Of three, other top winners, Richard Neil, also of the Clinton school, won $5, along with Margie Ifowey, Exeter Public School and Ferne Stee4le, SS 4 E, Stanley Township .Judges were Mrs. K. Diggon, Godeticii; Miss Marion Davis, Winghatn and Mrs, Alin B, 11415- inson, Clinton—all High School teachers. Honourable mention in the con. test was awarded Edna Ducharme, RCSS No, 1, Stanley Township; Marilyn Campbell, SS 5, Morris; Lila Martin, SS 4B Stanley; Shun- dra Pleasance, Marilyn Jackson, both of RCAF' Station Clinton; Nancy Waiters, Goderich Public School; Nancy Olde, Sharon Gray arid Llby Ann Rutherford, Clinton Public School; ris Armstrong, 58 9, Howick Township and Susan binneyt Exeter Public School, .Topie written -Upon was "How Can Help the Crusade Against TR”, betallA of the contest were given to every schoel in the county and it Was open to pUplis of Grad. es Mad 8, • Word was received last night from Charles S. MacNaughton, MLA, Exeter,, that the plan tor 12 new homes in. Clinton to be' built under the full recovery project, has been'approved by-both the pro- vincial and federal governnients, • This result has followed a fetir. man delegation to Ottawa last week, accompanied by Elston Car- cliff, 1VIP,' Brussels, Mayor, W. J, Miller, Reeve Burton Stanley, Councillor Robert N, „Irwin and clerk-treasurer . John Livermore made the trip td: Ottawa, arriving there early Thursday morning, De- The officers of Clinton Branch of the Canadian Legion were in- stalled in an impressive ceremony on Monday evening by a 12-man installation team from 'the Exeter Branch. Previous to the installa- tion, an election was held for sec- ond vice-president an .which Jim Graham won out dyer Ed. Porter; and for the eight-man executive committee from a slate of 13. Those re-elected to the executive were Bill Counter, George Camp- bell, Laurie Colquhoun, Bob Drap- er and Ed. Porter; new members of the executive are Harold Black, Reg. 'Cudmore and Doug Thorn- dike. All other offices in the Legion were filled by acclamation at the October and November meetings. The installation was carried out in the following order: Sergeant- at-arms, George Campbell; secre- tary, Robert B. Campbell; treasur- er, K. Wt., Colquhoun; Chaplain, Rev. D. J. 'Lane; Service Bureau officer,. Cameron Proctor; the ex- ecutive; vice-presidents, Ed. Dale and Jim Graham; `past ,president, Art Leyburne; president, Cameron Proctor. Members of the Exeter Legion team were: Andy Bierling, as chairman, H. Holtzman, Reg." Mc- Donald 'and Bert Ostland, all past presidents; Graham Mason, presi dent, Exeter branch; Lloyd Rey- nolds, president-elect; Jerry Cann- bell and Peter Durand, vice-presi- dents-elect; Harvey, Pfaff, deputy Zone Commander, and G. Shipman, Exeter sergeant-at-arms, who acted in this capacity for the evening, Bob Sanders and Jerry Wurm, in fall kilt, were the pipers. Cam Proctor was in charge of the business part of the meeting, at which a $15 donation was given to the Canadian Legion Christmas Tree Fund at Westminster Hospi- tal. Garnet Harland and Art Mountford were appointed auditors of the' 1958 books. The meeting thanked the mem- bers in charge of the. town Christ- mas tree on Saturday afternoon which was spearheaded by Legion- aires. Bud Graham was overall Chairman. Those 'in charge of the branch Christmas party on Sunday afternoon and the social committee which decorated the hall 'were also thanked for their efforts. Because Judge Frank Fingland was not present when his name was drawn for the attendance prize, next month's draw will be increased by $5, to $35, The general meeting endorsed the following ration from the ex- ecutive committee: "In answer to an inquiry as to Whether the Leg- ion would back and help build the proposed SCout House in Clinton, that; Due to the branch's obliga- tions to assist in the final comple- tion of the swimming pool; and due to obligations to the trainten- time and completion of our own hall and parking lot, the branch' wishes to go on record •as sug- gesting that the building of said Scout Hall be laid over for at least one year," Many officers and members cember 11. They were received by Howard Green, Minister of Public Works and acting Prime Minister. Although the men had heard that the provincial department of pub- lic works had passed the request for some 25 homes, they discover. ed in Ottawa that it might not be possible to get all of these, In' fact, upon arrival in the cap- ital city, the delegation heard that the case was closed. As far as the Department had determined, the need for homes was ca ed by the 'RCAF, and such being the case it was •tile responsibility of the De. spoke in praise of the project. But, as one member said; "The motion yoti have just passed clearly gives the Legion's viewpoint." Clinton Legion will again spon- sor public speaking competitions, This season the speaking contests will be held in February to ac- commodate contestants from the CDCI. 3. Douglas Thorndike again accepted chairmanship of the pro- ject, with Garnet Harland and Hoc Kingswell on his committee. 0 It's Not Too Late For That Always Perfect Gift It's still, not too late to send that gift 4hich will be enjoyed tar 52 weeks, in 1959. Just . di7op into our office and buy a gift subscription to the home Paper with the news. It's ohly This is a "gift that ilogn't need wrapping, and we'll mail it for you. Also, we'll send you a seasonal gift card (no charge) to tell your friend the News-Record 'is on its way. Free clinics for' innoculating dogs and cats against the rabies disease have been held throughout the county, and were completed yesterday. In Clinton town hall on Mon- day, over 340 dogs were treated, and well over 200 cats. Dr. Russell Bryans, Seaforth and Dr. G. S. Elliott, Clinton, assisted. Misses Mae Coleman and Helen Wilson, did the clerical work. Each pet received a certificate ' with his name, age, owner's name and date of dose, pertinent of National Defense to provide for more homes, According to one of the delegateS• they heard that "the case is closed". Federal member Elston Cardiff is reported to have said, 't0h, no it's not closed, We're here as a delegation, and we're opening 'it up again." After discussion of the subject for an hour, the four Clin- ton men came away feeling reas- sured, and confident that their favourable reeeption by the Minis- ter would result in approval of at least some homes. * , 10 Note:' The editorial appear- ing on Page 4 was written arid printed before this advice was received by the News- Record. It is a pleasure to get word' of the approval of the two senior governments, in time to announce it this week. This may well be con- sidered a "nice Christmas pre- sent" to the people of Clinton, and should lead to the easing of the serious housing shortage here, * • Under the full recovery project, all moneys invested in the houses will be paid back out of rent char- ged for them. The Dominion gov- ernment provides 75 percent of the capital; the provincial government provides 17% percent, and the town puts up the balance of 7% percetit. • As far as the town of Clinton goes, the municipality benefits by the'taxes received from the homes; from the added population factor. and in the end 'receives their in- vestment •money back. The homes will be available for about $65 per month rent. The lo. action for them is not yet definite- ly decided. It is expected that each house will be in the $11,00G bracket, making a total of $132,000 involv- ed. The town's share will thus be approximately $9,900. One thing appearss, evident, and that is the 'houses when Wilt will be made available to civilian resi- dents first. Only if there is not enough civilian demapd will they be made. available 'to the RCAF personnel, Dr. J. M. Mitchell, London and Dr. Keith Mitchell, Sundridge, both of the Health of Animals Branch; Canada Department of Agriculture were in charge of the clinics, which were free to all who brought their pets. Charles Horton, Sebringville, and Roy Bel- linger, both of the Department of Lands and Forests, assisted. For further details on the clin- ics, read the part of First Column contributed by Mrs. S. Middleton, and the -story on page eight by. Miss L, Woods. THE NEW ERA-93rd YEAS, THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR ilities of No. 1. Radar and Com- munications School, No, 1 School of the Food Services. Air Vice- Marshall Hugh Campbell public school, which was named after him, and which. he officially open- ed in April of 1952; also received a visit from the Chief on Staff. ' It was his first visit to the school since he became Chief of the Air Staff in September of last year. He was accompanied by Air Vice-Marshall J. G. Bryans, air officer commanding, Training Com- mand Headquarters, Trenton, Air Marshall Campbell returned to Canada early in 1944 to fill the position of assistant chief of the Air Staff, and in April of the follow- ing year was appointed air mem- ber for perSonnel, a, post he re- linquished in 1948 in order to at- tend the Imperial Defence College in the United Kingdom, After his return to this country, he was made AOC North-West (now Tac- tical) Air Command, and a year later was sent to Washington as Chairman of the Canadian Joint Staff, in which capacity he was in- timately associated with the brig. mai work of the military commit- tees of NATO. 1958 Legion Officers Installed By' Exeter Installation Team Over 500 Pets Receive Rabies Shots; Vets Have Busy Day in Clinton Nall tVir0 of Pets at calm Two of tho 'hundreds of dogs which received anti-rabies in- jections in Huron County this week, were these two terriers, brought in to the clinic in the town Council Chamber by their owners. The clinics were planned by the Canada Department of Agriculture, Health of Animals Xtranch. (News-Record Photo)