Clinton News-Record, 1959-02-12, Page 1int News- ecor
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A rabid fox found at the Victor
Taylor farm on Concession 2, St-
anley Township, was shot early
Wednesday morning, by Mervyn
Batkin, Clinton, and the body, a-
long with that df the Taylor dog
which it had been fighting were
incinerated.
The family noticed the fox
fighting their small dog, and ph-
oned Mr. Batkin who is a hunter
and trapper. With Clarence Per-
due, he' drove out to the farm,
and saw the fox in the barnyard.
Approaching the house, they wat-
ched the fox go behind a shed,
and each of the men stood guard
at a corner of the building. The
diseased animal came round Mr.
Batkin's way, and when within
seven to eight paceS, he shot it.
The fox had been within ten,
yards of the door of the house.
This was the first rabid animal
which Mr. Batkin has seen alive,
though he has found some dead
while out on his trapping expe-
ditions. Ashley Gilbert, Conces-
sion 7, doderich Township, 'has
also seen one after death had
come,
So far in Huron County, accor-
ding to Roy Bellinger, game war-
den, there llave been 52 foxes with
CDC! Teachers Offered
$700 Year Wage increase
The study and welfare commit-
tee of the Clinton District Colleg-
iate Institute Board, headed by
John Levis, has offered 1.8 teach-
ers at the school an increase of
$400 in minimum salary, plus $300
yearly increment. This offer to
commence the first of September.
At the same time, the committee
offered an increase in the maxi-
mum salary of $500.
The request of the teacheas_ is
for a minimum of $4,800 for hold-
ers of a Type B certificate and
$5,200 for holders of a Spec-
ialist certificate; maximums of
$8,300 and $8,700 and increment of
$300, per year.
Also the teachers ask for a sal-
ary _adjustment based on years of
experience, at the rate of $100 for
each year experience in element-
ary schools, $300 for the first four
years secondary experience, and
$200 for each following year sec-
ondary experience, —
This would mean that a teacher
with three years in elementary
school and five in secondary
school, holding a specialist's cer-
tificate, would start at $5,200, plus
$300 for elementary school exper-
ience, and $1,400 for secondary
school experience, making a total
of $6,900 per year.'
The committee's offer is for a
minimum of $4,400 for either Type
B or specialist certificate, a maxi-
mum of $7,200 and $7,400 and 4tan-
nual increment of $300.
In the present school year, the
minimum is $4,000. Maximum is
$6,700 and $6,900 and annual
increment is $300. The committee
figured teat if the salary adjust-
ment requested were made, it
would mean $30,000 more in sal-
aries in the next school year than
is being paid during the present
year.
The offer of the committee was
not entirely acceptable, and an-
other meeting with the teachers
is being arranged. The Board
meeting Monday night supported
the committee in the offer they
had made.
Public Speaking"
The English teachers at CDCI
are co-operating with the Clinton
Branch, Canadian Legion, which is
again sponsoring a public speaking
contest in elementary and second-
ary schools in the area. The con-
test will be held in the Legion Hall
on Wednesday, February 25, with
winners of class contests taking
part.
Addition -
Principal Fines told the Board
that in September four additional'
teachers would be needed to ade-
quately take care of the increased
enrolment, He predicted that the
auditorium would have to be divid-
ed and used as two classroOms.
sports
A meeting is being considered
with school boards in Goderich,
and other secondary schools in the,
county regarding the amount of
school time taken up by sports.
Sponsored by the Goderich Board,
it is expected that the Clinton
school will be the site of the meet-
ing.
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UP IN THE BOARD ROOM OF
the 'agricultural office . , , they
appear to be disgusted with wea-
ther „ . When they're in meeting
they leave all the blinds down . 0 . *
TOM LEPPINGTON HAS A
birthday on Valentine's Day, Feb-
ruary 14 . * *
THE DRIFT OUTSIDE OUR
home in the village is nigh on to
ten feet , . our neighbours on
that side we rarely see at all—
except the smell dog does now and
then pay a call • , Surely this
winter can be reckoned with the
"bad one" in 1947 „ . That time
the roads were blocked in mid-
March and the telephone poles
were not as tall as the drifts in
some places . *
SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS GIVING
me something else to worry about
... this time it is this ponderable;
what would happen if an aircraft
carrying a nuclear weapon should
crash near me ? what would I do ?
Well, I don't know what I'd do,
and that's a fact . . , The more I
think. about it the more worried I
get . The thing is, they tell me
some of those weapons don't ex-
plode . but on impact . disperse
into small particles, and could be
inhaled, where they would cause
damage . . Protective clothing,
and stearing clear of the place en-
tirely seem to be ,the" best bet . . .
In the meantime I'm going to do a
bit of wondering if such an event
is really apt to happen , • * *
WENT TO THE ANNUAL CON-
vention of the Ontario Weekly
Newspapers in the big Royal York
'Hotel last week . . . Do you know
that if you want to go shopping in
either of the big stores in Toronto,
you can do so without once going
out into the open air . . . That is
from the time you leave the CNR
station at Clinton, until\ you return
back again . . . There's a series
of underground subways, etc.,
which lead from the air-condition-
ed train, into air-onditionecl Union
Station, thrpugh air-conditioned
tunnels to the air-conditioned sub-
way . . which in turn is connect-
ed directly through air-conditioned
tunnels to the two big air-condi-
tioned department stores . . You
hardly need "a winter coat at all
. a and "galoshes". are' outland-jail
garb in the big city . . a * No Official Approval of
Proposed CDCI Addition
Homemaking Club Achievements
Achievement Achievement Days for the 4-H Homemaker Clubs in
Huron are proceeding. Mrs. Ian McAllister, home econ-
omist for Huron is' busy marking the 300 record books
used by club members, for notes and recipes. Results
are important to the final standing of each member.
Achievement Day in Blyth last Saturday was postponed
because of bad weather until. April 3. This Saturday is
the date for Wingham area, to take place in the District
High School there; another will be held in Hensall on
Saturday, February 28 for the clubs in that area.
(News-Record Photo)
MET GREGORY CLARK WHO
is well-known to everyone who
reads the inside back page of the
Week-end magazine . . He is a
nephew of the late Mabel Clark
who for so many years was editor
of the Clinton News-Record . . .
He is a very pleasant man . in-
troduced to the convention as the
"leprechaun of the newspaper
world . ." He told tales of the
life of his father, the late Joseph
T. Clark . .. and his "Uncle Billy". * * *
NOT ONLY IS THE ROYAL
York a big hotel . . . and soon to
be the bigegst in the Common-
wealth . but the cook there has
a terrific liking for lamb . . Had
it two meals in a row . . . and
very well prepared it was, too . . .
Was feeling very sorry for myself
and the inner man, until I heard
of the man who had ordered lamb
in a restaurant the day before the
convention, too . . * * *
ALSO ENJOYED A TOUR OF
the big Royal York addition . . .
Besides the additional 400 bed-
rooms . , . there is a special con-
vention room for each of the prov-
inces . . . The Alberta room is
panelled with leather, bearing the
brand of 342 Alberta ranches,.
The Canadian room, largest of its
kind in Canada has 15,000 square
feet of floor space . . . will accom-
modate 1,550 for banquets and
has on one wall a massive coat of
arms, which will be flanked by
five flags on either side, with
forced air currents to keep the
pennants undulating . *
MY GOODNESS, WHAT THE
Legion Auxiliary couldn't do with
a room that size and beauty in
Clinton . . . • *
ALSO MET NEWSPAPER PEO-
ple from as far away as Arnprior—
that's MIT: and Mrs, Dick Atkey
(former proprietors of the News-
Record) . , students of journalism
from British Columbia . . the
best rural correspondent this year
is a Canadian Indian from the re-
serve near Bracebridge . * *
ALSO HAD LUNCH WITH MR,
Chailes MacNaughton, Exeter, the
riding's MLA at Toronto . . He
and John Hanna from Huron-
Brude, both put in an appearance
at the president's reception held
prior to the convention „ .
The Weeles„ Weather
1959 1958
High LOW High LoW
5 29 16 33 11
6 18 0 30 16
7 34 -1 20 11
S 34 4 17 8
0 33 3 13 0
10 35 16 13 3
11 18 0 12 -12
snow: 3 ins, Snow; 11 ins.
Though voicing no disapproval
of the proposed $328,000 addition
to the Clinton District Collegiate
Institute, Clinton Town Council
refrained from making their ap-
proval official on Monday, for
two reasons.
When their representative on
the board, Kenneth B. McRae ask-
ed for their feelings in the matter,
council decided to strengthen the
hand of the delegation to Toronto,
by withholding their approval un-
til word of the results of this
meeting with the Minister of Edu-
cation could be obtained.
Warden W. Jewitt is heading a
group representative of the Clin-
ton Collegiate Board, and those
of other county secondary school
boards, to request consideration
of grants for rooms used for com-
pulsory subjects such as physical
training, which now are not in-
cluded in figuring grants. (This
meeting - with the Hon. Dr. W. J.
Dunlop, Minister of Education, has
The police report for the year
1958, as presented by Chief Con-
stable H. R. Thompson showed
a total of $1,777 fines imposed,
and 454 occurrences investigated
besides the routine police work.
No further word is available
regarding plans for the post of-
fice. A letter from the Depart-
ment of Public Works advised
council that the garage next to
the present post office was not for
sale. Initial plans were for pur-
chase of that building, and ex-
tending the post office in that dir-
ection.
P ire Department
By-law 8-1959 appointed fire-
men and set salaries as follows:
Fire Chief Grant Rath $200; As-
sistant Fire Chief Robert Draper
$120; Lieutenant Hector Rings-
well $110; Engineer Carman Mc-
Pherson $1654 Secretary-treasurer,
Frank McEWan $100; firemen J.
R. Schoenhals, Howard Cowan,
Robert Carter, Harry Metwan,
Royce Vremlin, Percy Livermore,
Thomas Tvvyford, Dennis Bisback,
Carl Cantelon, Gordon Dalgleish,
Earl J, Reynolds, Donald Epps,
William Chowen, John Sangster
and Harold Fremlin, Jr.
,All firemen are to' retire at 60
years of age. The brigade is to
receive 50 percent of fees collect-
ed for attending out-of-town fires.
(not inclUding retaining fees.)
not yet taken place. Information
at hand last week, was that the
hearing was to be on February
4. It has since been learned that
this delegation was made by the
agriculture committee of county
council, also headed by Warden
Jewitt.)
Councillor. Herbert Bridle noted
that a number of the town stud-
ents must eat their lunches at the
school, for over 300 students ate
there, He felt that even with the
addition, classes would possibly be
staggered at the school, resulting
in about 40 minutes break for
lunch. This would further indic-
ate the need for a cafeteria, for
urban at well as for rural stud-
ents.
The second reason for withhold-
ing decision, was that council did
not want to take the lead, and ap-
pear to be pressing too strongly
for the addition. To date only the
Townships of Goderich and East
WaWanosh have stated their ap-
proval.
Rates this year indicate $10 raise
for, each man on the fire brigade,
Council and Employees
Council will receive $7.50 per
meeting, with a maximum of
$202.50; the mayor receives $10
per meeting with maximum of
$270. Court of Revision receives
$1.50 each per sitting of the Court.
These rates are all the same as
last year.
John Livermore, clerk-treasur-
er, $3,300 per year (an increase
of $300), plus $500 for secretarial
assistance if needed; Chief H. R.
Chas. MacNaughton
Appointed Head of
Forestation Group
Huron's member in the Legis-
lative Assembly of Ontario, Ch-
arles MacNaughton, Exeter, hes
been made chairman of the stand
ing committee on conservation.
There are 38 members on the com-
mittee,
Other committees on which Mr,
MacNaughton will serve 'during
this session are the committees
on agriculture, education, health,
private bills, public accounts, tra-
vel and publicity.
Town Copcursi With
County Request For
Uniform DST Change
Clinton CounCit agreed to co-
operate with the County Council
in its attempt to achieve standard
beginning and end to the Daylight
Saving Time period this summer.
Clinton will adhere to the suggest-
ed date of April 26 and September
27. ,
Liberals To Select
Candidate For
Ontario Election
A nomination convention to pick
a Liberal candidate in the forth-,
corning provincial election will be
held in the Hensall Town Hall, on
Wednesday afternoon, February
18, according to' word received
from E. Beecher Menzies, Clinton,
president of the Huron Liberal
Assoication.
Guest speaker for the occasion
will be Blake Huffman, former
member of Parliament for Kent.
All the municipalities in the rid-
ing will be represented at the
convention by delegates to be sel-
ected by the municipal organiza-
tions.
Lions. Hear History,
Of Three Members
Clinton Lions Club on Tuesday
night, introduced a new feature on
the program, which they hope
to repeat in future meetings. Three
of their number gave a five min-
ute review of their own lives, tell-
ing club members of their exper-
iences in other towns, in other
jobs, etc. The 'first such speeches
were given by Joseph Murphy,
Herbert Bridle ,,,,and Royce Mac-
aulay.
An excellent supper was enjoyed
by the Lions, catered to by the
Friendship Club of St. Paul's An-
glican -Church, in Owen Memorial
Hall.
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Finance Report
Of Horticultural
Group in 1958
The following financial state-
ment has been received in this of-
fice from Clifford H, Epps, treas-
urer of Clinton Citizens Horticul-
tural Society:
Receipts include $142 in grants;
$187 in members fees; $59.40 in
silver collections; $41.25 in dona-
tions and $3.10 in bank rebate,
totalling $432.75.
Expenses include prizes at show
$78.75; civic improvement $172,16;
cost of meetings $52.75; delegates,
expenses $25.30; cost of members
premiums $84.15; judges fees $12;
association fees, $10.23; donation
to Ontario Horticultural Associa-
tion $10; postage, etc. $7.13, total-
ling $452,47.
Cash on hand at end of Decem-
ber was $117.01,
Thompson $3,500 (increased $300)
and Constables , Clarence Perdue
and Albert Shaddick, each $2,900,
(this is $100 raise each).
James W. Manning, assessor and
tax collector received a raise of
$200 to $1,500 per year; Harold
Gibbings, public works foreman
$3,000- (an increase of $200) and
$1.25 per hour for overtime (no
overtime was paid last year);
James Edwards, public works
helper $2,700 (an increase of $200)
and $1.15 for overtime (none paid
last year). All overtime must be
authorized by the committee chair-
man. James Cox, caretaker, $42
per week (a, raise of $2 per week),
Total increases in salaries totals
$1,500.
Snow Removal
Council learned from William 3.
Miller, head of the public works
committee, that cost of hiring ve-
hicles and loaders to remove snow
from the main streets in January
was $591. Clerk-treasurer John
Livermore estimates cost of other
work done in January in connec-
tion with snow removal by the
streets foreman and helper, with
grader, truck and tractor as $1,056.
This makes a total of over $1,600
for snow removal in January.
Registers Births
The Clerk has registered 814
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Clinton Council in Action
Merv. Batkin Shoots Rabid Fox
Near Vic. Taylor Farm Home
is the lythrum. It is a fairly tall
plant, with a fine display of bright
colour when in bloom.
Included on the list are begonias,
spiraea, barberry, 'mums, dahlias,
tritoma and lavender.
The lists must be sent in to Mr.
Epps. not later than February 28,
so that all orders may eb filled.
There are 50 members already in
the society and last year .187
persons joined.
David Easom will be' celebrating
his 81st birthday on Thursday,
February 12.
Mrs. Joseph Shipley will be 83
years old on February 14, Valen-
tine's Day. She makes her home
with her daughter-in-law, Mrs.
Reg. Shipley and her granddaught-
er Lynne,
Over 80 Birthday Club
Miss Bonnie Boyes received hon-
ours, with a mark of 77, in a rec-
ent test in piano, taken through
the Roj'al Conservatory of Music
before the examiner L. Goodwill
in Stratford.
Bonnie received her early mus-
ic training from her mother, and
passed Grade 4 in Jtine of last
year. Then she began studying un-
der Mrs. Cora 13. Ahrens, Strat-
ford, and three and a half months
ago began work on the Grade 6*,
Material. Ten-year-old Bonnie is
in Grade 5 at Clinton Public
School.
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Bonnie Boyes Has
Successful Test
Grade Six Piano
Residents at the end of Isaac
Street have received an affirmat-
ive answer to their request for bet-
ter street lighting, and soon an-
other street light will be erected
in that block. It will be an in-
candescent light, similar to those
already in position on side streets
in town.
Also decided at the Monday
meeting of Clinton Town Council,
was to erect two more fluorescent
lights, similar to those at the en-
trances 'to the town, on Ontario
Street, between Chapman's Beauty
Shop and the main corner, One
of 'these will- replace an old-type
incandescent light now in opera-
tion.
Repairs were recently completed
to a street light at the vacant lot
next to the Roxy Theatre on Al-
bert Street. The standard had been
pushed sideways, and almost cut
through at the base.
Council is considering extending
the fluorescent bulbs for one block
each way from the main business
district, and would probably in-
stall the.short type in-those areas.
confirmed cases of rabies; one
sheep, 14 cattle and two horses.
Other animals probably infected
with the disease have been, incin-
erated, rather than sent in for
test, since there had been no con-
tact with humans,
There is apparently nothing
that can be done about the dis-
ease except all persons should
take care not to be bitten, nor
that their families be attacked
by the rabid animals,
Streets Lights Are
Approved For
Two. Dark Blocks
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.Ready to Canvass Cattle Owners
An information meeting held in the agricultural office board room here on 'Tues-
day wets designed to inform sPederatiori of Agriculture directors about the pending testt•
and-slaughter program to obtain a brucellosis certified free area. Douglas H. Miles,
agricultural representative, left, points out details to William Rogerson and Frank Yeo,
presidents of the Federations in Tuckersmith and Goderich Townships. In two weeks,
petitions signed by cattle owners will be returned. If a sufficient percentage of signa-
tures is received, the program of test.ortd.slaughter will be begun. (News-Record Photo}
Horticulture Group Oilers
Spring List of Flowers .
Members of Clinton Citizens
Horticultural Society are now re-
ceiving the spring list of roses,
shrubs and flowers, available
through the society. According to
Clifford Epps, treasurer of the
society, and zone director for the
Ontario Horticultural Societies,
there are some particularly nice
roses available thiS year.
Another plant listed, which is in
great demand, but hard to supply