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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-02-19, Page 1New Way to Buy Stamps MRS. COLLEEN FERGUSON is making use of the stamp dispenser _erected this winter at the Clinton Post Office. Provided for the convenience of customers, at night and on Sundays, the dispenser will sell automatic- ally five four-cent stamps and five one-cent stamps in a small booklet, for a 25-cent coin. Mrs. Ferguson is em- ployed at Lee's Ladies Wear, Her husband is a Sergeant in the Canadian Army. with ,.the Postal Corps at RCAF Station Clinton. (News-Record Photo) Harry H. Strang, Hensall, New Liberal Candidate Unto:ft News fag THE NEW ERA-93rd YEAR THE NEWSRECORD-77th YEAR $3.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy,--, 12 _Paget No. 7—The Home Paper With the News CI.INTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1959 o Change in Sports Program t Huron Secondary Schools "eSeesSeee Huron Wheat Producers Officials Attending the Huron County Wheat Producers Association's annual meeting in Clinton, February 11, were, left to right, front row„ Reg, Myers, Chatham, president of the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing Board; Russell 'Belton, RR 1, Dublin, choir. man of the Huron County ,board, arid Robert Welsh, right, RR 2, Boyfield, delegates to the provincial meeting in Toronto rn March; back row, Alex Chesney, RR. 3, Seaforth, and Robert Taylor, RR 3, .Clinton, altomoi* delegates-. Huron Children's Aid Society Elects 1959 Officers The Children's Aid Society 'of Huron County held their annual meeting in the Court House, Godes rich, on February 11, when the following were elected to the Board of Directors: President, Rev. R. G. MaelVlillan, Goderich; first vice-president, Dr. K. E. Taylor, Qoderich; second vice-president, Hugh Berry, RR 1, Woodharn; honorary secretary, A. M. Robertson, Goderich; secretary, John G. Berry, Gedericb; treasur- er,. B. G. Hanly, Clinton. Direct- ors: Mrs. Kenneth Johns, RR 1, Woodharn; Mrs. F. Fingland, Clin- ton; Fred Davidson, Wingham; Frank Sills, Seaforth; John Wint- er, RR 2, Harriston; R. B. Cous- ins, Brussels; James Doig, RR 4, Seaforth; William McKenzie, Ex- eter; Mrs. Howard Klumpp, Dash- ovood; Miss Etta Saults, Gode- rich; Mrs. Albert Taylor,, Gode- rich; Mrs. George Johnston, Gode- rich; Lewis Taylor, Goderich; W. M. Prest, Goderich; Mrs. Bruce Erskine, Goderich; municipal rep- resentative, Melvin Crich, deputy reeve of Clinton. Aesociate members are: Miss F. Falconer, R.N., of the Public Health; a representative of the Salvation Army, Mr. H. McCreath, Goderich. Mrs. Mary P. Chaffee, the Local Director,= submitted a report of the activities of the staff and B. G. Hanly presented the treasurer's report and the budget for 1959 of $47,225.00. William McKenzie paid tribute to the board members who have given so generously of their time to the work of the organization for over ten years and called upon Melvin Crich and W. Ball, who are on the Children's Aid Committee of County Council, to make pres- entations to Rev, MacMillan, Mrs. Albert Taylor, Mrs. George John- ston and Fred Davidson. Four Hospitalized By Head-on Crash During the blinding snow and drifting which occurred through- out Monday morning, a two car collision on Highway 8, about two and a half miles west of Clinton, sent four men to hospital, and in- volved another vehicle. Driver of one car, proceeding east to Clinton, was Robert Spoon- er, and his passenger was Thomas Wilson, both of Goderich. In the, car going towards Goderich, John Drost, RR 4, Goderich, was the driver and his passenger was Ger- ald Larocque, RCAF Station Clin- ton. All four were taken by .ambu: lance to Clinton Public Hospital. Mr. Larocque was later trans- ferred to the hospital at Station Clinton, The other three are still in Clinton hospital, where ehey are reported to be progressing favourably. The accident, in which the cars met almost head-on, with the left front corner of each ear coming into contact, involved a tractor trailer truck which approached the scene, and jack-nifed, doing about $400 damage to the vehicle. The driver of the truck, which was owned by Fisher Feed Mills, List- owel, was not seriously hurt. Both of the cars were described as being totally wrecked. Cons- table D. Weston, provincial police, Goderich, investigated. Both Wilson and Spooner suf- fered face fractures. Wilson also had fractured ribs and back, and deep lacerations to his scalp. Drost suffered lacerations to the head. Blood transfusions obtained th- rough the "walking blood bank" were used in treatment at the hospital. Charles MacNaughton Comments on Policing Charles MacNaughton, member of the Legislature for Huron, in parliament Session last Friday, accused provincial police of sett- ing speed traps in areas where they are sure they will catch a good crop of speeders. The member said there are ham- lets On highways in this area which have a 30-mile-an-hour speed limit which drivers are through, before they realize speed sheltie be reduced, "The OPP concentrates on these areas because they know they can pick up plenty of speeders", Mr. MacNaughton declared. "These areas put drivers in a position where they violate the law without knowing it." Mr. MacNaUghton's complaint was supported by other members of the agricultural committee of the Legislature. The Week's Weather 1950 1958 High Low High tow reb, 12 37 .5 12 -1 13 89 25 16 1 14 36 22 16 6 15 36 14 16 -/ 16 82 15 8 .4 11 34 28 26 -6 1.8 26 12 22 9 now 1 inch Snowl 18 Rain: .84 iriS. Mr. Huffman stated that Huron was very unfortunate in not hav- ing Mr. McLean returned to gov- ernment, saying, "Whether you folks know it or not, Mr. McLean was one of the most valuable me- mbers at Ottawa" The speaker also spoke in pr- aise of John Wintermyer, who had gone. visiting in all parts of the province, seeking the needs of the people. Commenting on the 22 point program brought in by George Drew many years ago, Mr. Huff- man recalled that the program included plans to pay 50 .percent of education costs in Ontario, and so far the Conservatives had not done this. He also remarked that the Conservatives "pull down the curtain" whenever anyone wants to get the answer' to anything, The speaker was thanked by Hugh Hill, Goderich, E. Beecher Menzies, Clinton, president of the Liberal Associa- tion, was chairman of the meeting. Platform guests included Rae Wat- son, Liberal candidate for Huron- Bruce, against sitting member John Hanna, Wingham, in the next election. On Monday and Tuesday, six pints of whole blood were used at Clinton Public Hospital through the services of the "Walking Blood Bank" recently organized there. Two pints were obtained from RCAF cadets, and four from mem- bers 'of Clinton Branch 140, Can- adian Legion. The purpose of the "walking blood bank" is to have persons- in the area who are willing and able to give blood donations, to have their blood "typed" at the hospital, Then, when need for it arises, they are called in, and the blood taken for transfusions, According to Miss Hilda Smith, superintendent of the hospital, 38 people already have been typed. There is need for more, since there is always the chance that certain types of blood will be needed in quantity, arid after a person has given blood, he cannot do so again for a period of 30 days, Opportunity for the blood bank was Set tip toward the end of Ion, and the boost toward the present Clinton.FireMen Assist At Harpurhey Firs Early Tuesday Morning memb- ers of the Clinton Fire Brigade were called out to Harpurhey, just this side of Seaforth, to help con- trol a blaze which destroyed build- ings at the. Seaforth Concrete ple ant, The portable pump was used to draw water from a nearby creek, Local Hospital Board Re-elects Harry Ball Harry Ball was re-elected chair- man of the Clintorelleepital Boerd at the annual meeting this week. A study to determine if ex- pansion is needed in view of cur- rent overcrowding of the instit- ution, will be made by the prop- erty committee of Clinton Public Hospital. The 'committee, headed by A. M. Knight, has been asked to sub- mit its' findings at the next meet- ing of the hospital board early in March. Just this week, the children's ward was converted into a men's ward to handle an accident ease, Provision for the expansion. was made when the south wing of -the hospital was constructed in 1945. In further business, the board authorized purchase, of a new $15, 000 X-ray machine to replace a smaller unit in operation for the last 12 years. 'Kinsmen Celebrate , Founder's Night Celebrating the a9th birthday of the Kin movement on Tuesday night, the Kinsmen Club of Clin- ton, had for speakers the deputy governors of two Zones. Paul Mills, Hanover, spoke about the anniversary of the organiza- tion, and the growth from the first club in 1920 to a present membership of 11,100 men in 336 clubs across telfttla. William Mickle, Hensall, talked .inspiringly of Kinsmanship. The meeting was also an inter- club between Clinton and Seaforth, when Clinton initiated three new members into the Seaforth club and one into Clinton. The latter was George Thomas, on staff at the Bank of Montreal here, The Clinton club will sponsor the sale of "at home" bingo cards, being distributed by the London Kinsmen. These can be obtained at Finger's Restaurant and the Fine Lunch, 0 Two Clinton Youths In Goderich Hospital Two Clinton youths were admit- ted to hospital in Goderich on Monday night following a two-car crash north of Saltford on a sharp curve ,on the Blue Water Highway, Robert Robinson and Frederick Edwards received lacerations, Ed- wards has a broken foot and frac- tured jaw. Others treated by Dr, G. F. Mills were Jeremiah Eckert and his wife Marie, RR 3, Goderich. They were in a car driven by Mat- thew Foley, also of RR 3, Gode- rich, Paul White, 17, Clinton, was the driver of the second car, in which Robinson and Edwards were passengers. These four re- ceived only minor injuries. Constable C. A. Hardy, provin- cial police, investigated. healthy numbers now taking, part in the plan, was given by Gordon Dalgleish, an employee of the Bell Telephone Company, Mrs. Dalg- leish, who is a member of the Clinton Vire Department, and a qualified St. John Ambulance man, as well as a member of the Clin- ton Branch of the Legion, approa- 'died his fellow Legionaires with the details, With their promised support, Mr. Dalgleish arranged for taking groups to the hospital to have their blood "typed", and on two differ- ent occasions Legion men have visited the hospital for this purp- ose. Those offering their blood as donors, are from Londesboro, Sea- forth, .CAF Station Clinton, as well as from town. Sonic of the donors are employees of the rural hydra, Since the first Of January 12 eases at the hospital have taken advantage of the blood offered by the "Walking 'Mood 11600 Meeting here on Tuesday night, representatives of the secondary echool boards of Goderich, Sea- forth, Wingham and Clinton, de- cided not to change the arrange- ment operating with 'regard to the inter-school sports competi- tions, but that they would favour reducing the numbers of spectat- ors sent off from the school to games played away from home. The gathering of boards and school principals was arranged through the Goderich District Col- legiate Institute Board, and was caused by several complaints re- ceived in that town about too much time involved in sport in the schools to the detriment of the academic studies of the insti- tutions. The proposal from Goderich was that basketball could be played on Friday evenings, possibly follow- ed by a dance, and that football could be scheduled for Saturday afternoons, None of the other boards, nor principals favoured this idea. Sea- forth delegates felt that it would divorce the sports program entire- ly from the academic courses, The Wingham board felt that in school was the proper time to learn to win, and to learn how to lose pro- perly. Dr, McKibbon, from Wing- ham said, "If you look about your town, you will find that the "hot- heads" are the men who took up sports late in 'life, and did not get their training in it when at school". Clinton principal E. A. Fines commented that he found the best athletes were quite often the best students academically, and that the extra sports program did not seem to influence their standing in the other subjects. Last week this paper published an article regarding the proposed salary schedule at Clinton District Collegiate Institute. Since the in- formation was entirely the school board's point of view, the tea- chers felt it necessary to publish unknown facts concerning the is- sue. The teachers' presentation is as follows: "The board's offer changes our minimum salary from $4,000 to $4,400 and our maximum from $6,700-$6,900 to $7,200-$7,400. This means an increase of $700 for all except the really experienced tea- chers. The increases at the max- imum for theist being $500. "The board's offer includes the annual increment of $300, which is not new, having been in effect for some years . "We do not feel that this sched- ule will attract the quality of tea- chers desired, The reasons are ob- vious—a minimum below average, a low maximum, and a complete lack of allowance for specialist standing. "Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute does not compare favour- ably with area schools in three respects—minimum and maximum, specialist differential and exper- ience adjustment. The average minimum for the province is ex- pected to be at least $4,500 for non-specialist and at least $400 higher for specialists. Fergus and Elmira, both smaller schools than Mr, Fines outlined the method used to allow for inter-school sp- orts. Game time in the afternoon was 2,30 p.m., and all games are played on Wednesday afternoon. Six days are allotted to the bas- ketball series and six for football, When the girls have an at home game, the boys are away playing in another school. Ordinarily the school day is made up of nine tea- ching periods of 35 minutes each. On Wednesdays each period is shortened by five minutes, making six periods in the morning; and three in the afternoon, thus clos- ing the school day at 2.30. Play- ers .going away were allowed to Caretaker Hired To Assist At Public School Job Tony Zablocki, who lives on Ontario Street, next to the school property, has been hired as part time caretaker for the Clinton Public. School. Salary will be $1.00 per hour, with a limit of 30 hours per week. Principal Bert Gray reported to the school board meeting last Thursday evening, that one addi- tional teacher will be needed on the staff, to be assigned to the extra classroom now nearing cam- Pletion. Enrolment at the school in January was 519 pupils. The school is planning for an Open House early in March—prob- ably in connection with Education Week, March 1 to 7. Clinton, have already settled on salaries. Fergus has a minimum of $4,800 for non-specialist—$5,200 for specialists and maximum of $7,600 and $9,100. Elmira has a minimum of $4,600 for non-spec- ialist and $5,000 for specialist with maximum of $7,600 and $8, 000 respectively. "A specialist differential of at least $400 is needed not only to keep specialists on the present staff but also to attract new ones for the three additional positions next year. Clinton is one of the very few schools that does not allow for the additional university year of a specialist. "An adjustment for experience in the salaries of teachers is nec- essary for one main reason. The board's practice has changed in The Senior and Junior girls basketball teams at CDCI won their games yesterday afternoon in the local gymnasium, from Wingham, The seniors trounced the Wing- ham girls 31 to 14, with the fol- lowing players getting the points: Gwen Campbell 8, Susan Cann 6, Gloria Rumball 6, C, McGregor 5, Eva Verhoef 3 and Ann Trott 3. Joan Johnston with 11 points, miss the last, or last two periods to get to the other town in time. The other schools followed a similar program. The Wingharn board felt it was easier to supervise the students during the afternoon hours, and felt they would have many com- plaints from parents in rural ar- eas if their children were taken away at nights for games. Besides in the winter, weather was not helpful for night games. Principal L. Plumsteel, Seaforth, noted that for three years, stn. dents at Seaforth were not per- mitted to go to games away from their home school. He felt this eliminated a good many comp- laints. Mr. Plumsteel also noted that the 50 percent average re- quired in academic studies before a student is allowed to partici- pate in inter-School sport was an incentive. Clinton students may pay their own way on buses to and from games, unless they are on the team, Wingham school board re- ported that since their bus driv- ers were hired on a ten-month a year basis, and they did not drive for the full time, they were happy to give the board two free trips away, each year. This allowed for the trips to out-of-town gam- es at no expense to, board or pup- ils. The idea behind having no ch- eering sections go to other schools, is that cheering sections and the general school body is encouraged to , cheer for both teams. The principals of the four schools felt this encouraged a better feeling between the teams now 'than there used to be. "The pupils are learn- Mg how to lose as well as how to win," said one. hiring new teachers from allowing for only six years of experience to, unlimited allowance to the maxi. mum. Under the preserit arrange- ment an experienced teacher could be hired starting at the maximum salary, whereas present teachers with even greater experience would be much below the maxi- mum. Neighbouring schools made such adjustments when they be- gan unlimited allowance for ex- perience some years ago.' "It the public aware that, the Department of Education grant is approximately 70 percent? The total cost to the taxpayers is therefore lightened by this per- centage. "To attract the best teachers.• should be the goal of the com- munity." Mary Jean Colquhoun with eight and Wilma Billings with three, led the COI junior girls to a 22-13 victory over Wingham jun- iors. Wingham scorers were Davis 6, Groshorth 4 and Naismith 3. Over 80 Birthday Club Dr, B, C. Weir, Auburn, celee brated his 81st birthday at his home on Saturday, February 14 Harry Strang, prominent farm- er in the Hensall district, was named candidate for the coming election in Ontario, to contest the riding against the sitting Conserv- ative member, Charles S. Mac- Naughton, Exeter. Mr, Strang was nominated by James Taylor, Hens- el]. and Hugh Hill, Goderich. The nomination was contested by Ernest Fisher, Goderich, who was named by James Bisset and John Armstrong. Others named who did not allow their names to stand were Dr. A. J. Addison, Clinton, the unsuccessful candidate in the by-election last year; W. G. Cochrane, 'Exeter and Gordon McGavin, Walton. Mr. Strang', who is assessor of Usborne Township, is an active progressive farmer with two dau- ghters and a son, living on Con- cession 2, Usborne. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian' Church, in Exeter. Mr. Strang is past pres- ident of the Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association. Speaking to the 200 supporters of Liberalism attending the meet- ing in Hensall Town. Hall, Mr. Strang, noted that there was a growing opposition to the Conser- vative government in Ontario. He said the Conservatives had been in power too long, and people to- day are looking to the Liberals for leadership in Ontario. He said he had hoped Dr. Addison would have been the candidate, but since he had declined, he was happy to represent Huron. James Scott, Seaforth, claimed that the newly appointed Liberal candidate would give Mr. Mac- Naughton a good run, commenting that the sitting member was hav- ing trouble, not because of him- self, but because of the party he represents. "Never in the history of the province has the Conserva- tive party in Ontario been in as bad shape as it is right now," said Mr, Scott, Hugh Hawkins, Clinton, brought greetings from the Huron North Liberal Association, of which he is president. Andrew Y. McLean, Seaforth, former MP for Huron, introduced the guest speaker, Blake Huff- man, former Kent member of par- liament at Ottawa. Mr. Huffinan urged his hearers to support Liber- alisin and their candidates. He paid his respects to the late 'I', L, Kennedy, stating that the late member, was a fine gentleman. 'Walking Blood Bank' Used For Accident Victims Here s • Teachers of CDCI Speak of Salaries Both CDCI Girls Basketball Teams Win Yesterday Afternoon, Over Wingham