HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-03-12, Page 1THE NEWS-REcORP-77th YEAR
THE 'LOST AND FOUND DE-
partmeiit in this office has sub-
sided a little . . . but we still have
a pair'Of spectacles, modern frame
and an a gray case, which must be-
long to somebody . .
The Week's Weather
1959 1,958
High Low High Low
March 5 31 15 38 31
6 37 28 36 31.
7 30 12 34 24
8 28 5 28 12
9 26 14 26 12
10 26 -8 31 23
1128 -8 30 22
Rain: .68 in.
Snow: 4 ins. Snow: 1. iii. ,
Brucefield Men Hold. Top Seeds Awards
Seen beside the champion seeds display at the Seed Fair at CDCI on Saturday, are
three young men from Brucefield whose sucesses in showing and judging good seed
have brought wide recognition. From the right, Bob Fotheringham, grand champion
of the Huron Fair, with 72 points, best malting barley, 4-H Club barley, field crop corn
and barley; Robert P. Allan, reserve grand champion, with 59 points and best early
oats,' field beans, hybrid corn, and graded oats; ,Jack Broadfoot, best medium or fate
oats, Bob and Jack were members of the championship junior farmer's team at the
Middlesex, seed judging competition. Robert P. Allan holds 1957 and 1958' field bean
championship at the Royal Winter Fair, the 1957 international championship for field
beans at Chicago and the 1958 World Championship for hay. (News-Record Photo)
Winners of Clinton Lions Proficiency Awards
Clinton Lions Club presented General Proficiency Awards for the 1957-58 year
to five COO students at the Liars clitinor meetirg Tuesday evening. Front row, from
the left: .lames Monaghan and Mork Bender; back row, from the left, Francine Grey.
Alan Cochrane and Gordon Tebbutt, (News,Record Photo)
ITarmers ARE EFFiciene!
Claims Spiaker at Seed Fair
"No other industry has recorded the inceeaSe in production
per man, that farmers have brought about in the 'pit 20 years,"
stated George McLaughlin, Beaverton, at Huron's 12th Seed Fair
here last Saturday. • "There are, 17 percent fewer Milking cows;
35 percent more production per cow, and 100 percent more pro-
duction per man in, that time," he said,
"Farming has become a very efficient operation," went on
IVIr, McLaughlin, "and those who are not efficient are critical
of emphasis upon production." Though he doubted anyone was in
the hall to whom this could apply, Mr. McLaughlin. said, "You
have no business criticising government programs of any kind
Until you have your own house in order." ,
"The government has all kinds of programs in operation,
costing public money. Hundreds Of farmers in every county take
no advantage of any of them. Yet ten chances to One, they turn
•out to be the kickers. They don't know what they're talking
about," said Mr, McLaughlin.
"If you have to make $3,000 a year are yoaretibitig it with
ten cows, ,or do you need .20? If it takes, you 20 cows," then
you're the biggest culprit in 'creating these surplusses'," he
finished.
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THE NEW ERA-93rd YEAR
No. 10,-The Home Paper With the News
CL.INTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1959
$3.00 Per. Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages
Spedal: Awards Won
'Trophies, Seeds and
Dollars Taker' Home
Pfister Corn Hybrid Ltd., one half
'bushel of hybrid seed corn to first
and second prize winners in the
corn class, Robert P. Allan, Beb
Fotheringham,
Hallett Township. Federation of
Agriculture, $5 to Hallett exhibit-
or with most pointe in seed grain
.clesses, J. Arnold Jamieson, RR 4,
Clinton, :$5 to aitillet.eXhibitor with
most points in small seed AP-Sses,'
'Luther Saunders, RR Seaforth.
Russell Holton, $5 'for highest
number of points at fair, Bob Fo-
theringham, 72 points.
'Ontario Bean growers Market-
trig Board, $10 for best bushel of
field beans. -(white)e Robert P. Al
Ian,
Jones & Mearaughton, Exeter, $5
for, best. half bushel of Timothy,
L. Saunders; $5 for best half bu-
shel of red clover, L. Saunders;
$5 for best half bushel of alfalfa,
R. N. Alexander, Isentleaboro.
Exeter Times-Advocate, $5 for
yeungest exhibitor with two or
more entries at fair', Billy Chart--
ers„„AR 3, 'Kippen 13 years old.
ar..7 MeLeati Tietaihsi; 1:958'
4-H: Club member with • highest
number of points, by exhibiting the
reel or more open. classes at • the
f
Bob Fetheringliana. with 72
ts,
tainada Packers, Eketer, $5 ..for
beef bushel of turnips; -Rene ,Del-
beraue, , RR 2, Brussels.
Goderich,. Township Federation
of Agriculture, to. exhibitor
from the township . with • highest
number of points, --Alvin Betties,.
RR •• 2, Bayfield; $2 'to, •eashibitor
with highest number of points_ (no
new exhibitor)", • , • "
Elmira Fertilizer LW., second
highest-. number of points at fair;
Robert • P. Allan, Brucefield, 59
points,
Jones & MeNanghton Perpetus
al Shield,. most pointS in:small seed.
classes, L. Saunders, RR 2, Sea-
Perth,. 11 points. • •
- Royal Bank of 'Canada, 'Clinton,
new exhibitor with most points
in grain and small seeds, jack Br-
oadfoot, 29 points.
Bank of Montreal; Clinton, $10
championship feed grain class, L.
Saunders. .
' Canadian Bank of Commerce,
Blyth, silver plated tray for Hay
championship, Oscar ,Kieffer, RR.
5, Wingham,
R. N. Alexander, one half bush-
el ,of commercial
`of Thalethaa for best bushel Of 'wheat Winner,
Walter Shortreed, .-RR 3, Walton.
alenean District Co-op, $5 to
youngest eXhibitere with ten " on
more points, Billy Charters, RFt, a
Kilepen' (16 Pointe),— `
• 'Simpson-Sears Ltd., 3 piece .Slas
etfield carving set; highest number
of •-points eateeeciefeofTh.' Bela sFatti-
eringhalta RR' 3, Seaforth , (72 'po-
ints) s ..•
The T. Eaton Ltd. -Special, Squ-
are waiter, %best - bushel of oats,
atcasert P. Allan, Brucefield, • `
Lorne Brewn Motork Ltd., Cline
ton, case of oil for best bushel
of barley, Robert P. Fotheringham,
RR 3, Seaforth.
Cann's Mill, Exeter, $10, for best
ten bushel Oats, Robert P. Allan,
Brucefield, o•
es for certain types of work, re-
gardless of quality, They tried to
do that to docters in England, We
don't want state medicine in Can-
ada for we want to be paid for
the work we do, •
"Teachers are homogenized. VVhe
en they go into the profession they
want a certain amount of pay, re-
gardless of their ability".
Dr, Addison urged the students;
who are the "cream of the crop"
not to be afraid to stay on top,
and to be "the best".
Inehided on the Lions Club Pro-
gram were four speakers from the.
Legion speaking finals, Alan Lowe,
junior pnblic school; William Mc-
Kim, senior public school; Barbara.
Inder, junior high school and Wil-
liam Trick, senior high school,
J. A. Gray and J. R. Middleton
were organizers of the evening's
program.
Wage Increases Total
$1 8,000 For 17
Teachers at: CDCI
Last night the Board of
Clinton pistrict Collegiate In-
ptitute endorsed a change to
the category syotern for tea-
chers salary eehedule, with the
understanding that the 17 tea-
chers all find if satisfactory.
s Minimums and maximums
are as follows,;, for Type B
teachers,, $4,500 $7,000; for
.Endorsed Type B., $4,700 to.
$7,7Q0; for Spec:tenets, $5,000
to $8,000. Teachers as yet do
not know 'what their Om cat-
egory will be, but this is based
upon qualifications,
This schedule is.the same as
at the South Huron District
High School at Exeter, The
increases brought about by the
change will meen $18,000 on
the total wage eOst.
Three additineel teachers
will be needed hi September
for the three extra, classes,
Also positions of three teach-
ers hired on probation will
have to be advertised.
Introduced as the "cream of the
crop" by Dr. J. A. Addison to the
Clinton. Lions Club, eight young
pealle were given awards on Tues-
day night for general proficiency
in academic subjects during the
Lions recognition of Education
Week.
They were students of Clinton
Public School and Clinton Pistrict
Collegiate Institute, and the a-
wards were- for 'the year ,1957-58
fot CDCI and 195657 for the pub-
ne.schoeh
Receiving awards were Nancy
Olde, daughter of Mr, and Mrs,
W. B. Olde, for proficiency in Gr-
ade 6; Paul Bateman, son of'Mr.
and Mrs. Morris Bateman, foi. his
work in Grade 7; Mary Jean Col-
qutioun, daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
K. W. Colquhoon, Grade 8; Alan
Cochrane, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Cochrane. Grade 9; Franc-
ine Greydanus, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. James Greydanus, RR 1,
Bayfield, grade 10; Mark Bender,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Elton Bender,
RR 1, Varna, Grade 11; James
Managhan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. 1Vlanaghan, RR 5, Clinton,
Grade 12; Gordon. Tebbutt, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Irvine Tebbutt, RR
2, Clinton, Grade 13,
Dr. Addison compared these top
students to the cream which rises
to the top in a milk bottle, and
remains there, saying that he be-
lieved it was quite probable these
students would win the top award
again next year, and the next. Con-
tinuing his comparison to the dairy
industry he asked the Lions Pres-
ident .Russel Holmes• for a defini-
tion of homogenized milk, encase-
ceived the explanation that under
homogenization the milk and
cream are so well-mixed that they
don't separate again.
"Our modern world," said Dr.
Addison, "is homogenizing' us, They
try-to keep us in grains of quality,
such as Grade A, Grade B,' etc..
Labour is being homogenized, with
the unions calling for certain wag-
At Monday night's council meet-
ing, the councillors approved in a
general way, the decision of the
Department of Planning and De-
velopment to 'place the 12 rental
houses on the Andrews farm fac-
ing john Street, between Shipley
pnd North Streets.
There are some aspects ,of the
site which need further discussion,
and council is preparing to meet
with representatives of the depart-
ment as soon' as facts and figures
are available.
So far, the share of the town
in building these homes amounts
to 71/2 percent of the total. That
total' cost is unknown yet, but is
estimated at about $10,000 per
home. This would mean $120,000
cost, with the town's share being
AGRICULTURE PROGRESSIVE
$9,000. This will be paid over the
next five years, and at the same
time, the town will be receiving
full taxation from the houses.
From the renter's point of view,
the maximum rent is estimated at
$67.50 per month. This includ-
es taxes, and repairs; Since taxes
on homes such as these would pro-
bably be about $200 per year, this
means 'the month's rent would be
less - than $51.
These figures are all just esti-
mated, and until full cost of in-
stalling services, including drain-'
age, sewerage and water is known,
plans will not be finalized.
In the next five years the mun-
icipality's revenue tax-wise from
these homes could be $12,000, less
the initial investment of $9,000.
Gusty winds, and steady snaw
most of Friday night and Satur-
day morning, whittled the crowd
attending the 12th Huron County
Seed Fair here to a minimum
attendance of 150. It had. been
expected that upwards of 500 pe-
ople would have visited the exhibits
in Clinton District Collegiate In-
stitute on March 7.
Vice-president William Clark,
RR 5, Goderich chaired the pro-
gram in the afternoon, during
which Burton Stanley, mayor of
Clinton and William R. Jewitt,
warden of Huron, brought greet-
ings to those assembled.
George McLaughlin, Elmcroft
Farms, Beaverton, who is one of
Ontario's foremost authorities on
pasture and hay, was the main
speaker for the afternoon. He is
a Holstein breeder, and was one
of the judges in the pasture com-
petition, held for the first time
in Ontario last summer.
He said that forage should be
the right mixture, processed and
harvested at the right time to
provide the feed needed for the
farmer involved.
To get this quality forage, he
advised using fertilizer following
soils test to determine the need
of the soil; good drainage, Cert-
ified seed, the use of a cover
crop to control weeds and top dr-
essing with manure and fertilizer,
McLaughlin advises early harv-
esting. He felt that a delay of
three to four weeks in harvesting
reduces the protein 35 per cent in
alfalfa and 50 per cent in grass.
This means harvesting early in
June, even if rain would appear
to be a reason not to cut hay
then.
Quoting figures to substantiate
this claim, he stated that hay cut
early, under dry conditions, pro-
duced 1,440 pounds crude protein
per acre of alfalfa, and with two
inches of rain after hay is cut
before it can be taken into the
barn there is 1,040 pounds crude
protein per acre of alfalfa, This
seems like quite a loss, but in
that season, hay eitt three to four
(Continued on rage Twelve)
Scouts Meet Again,
Plan Hike March 21
About 15 &Mate turned out for
the first meeting of the season
held last Wednesday, March 4 in
the auditorium of the Clinton Pu-
blic School. They Met again last
night.
A Scout hike IS being planned
for Good Friday, March 27, and
any boys who Wish to aoin the
Snouts are welcome to attend the.
Wednesday night meetings. and get
in on the program.,
granted permission to hold their
tag clay on May 9 this year.
Nip Honfonged, owner of the
new lithay.Mee restaurant on Al-
bert Street, next to the Clinton
News-Record was given a litense
to retail tobacco and cigarettes,
Melvin Crich, deputy reeve, and
chairman of the Industrial Com-
mittee was authorized to proceed
with preparing up-to-date broch-
ure of town for distributing in
appropriate ways. Miss Wilma
Dinnin and Clerk John Livermore
tb collaborate in this work.
Councillor E. Dale, chairman of
the protection to persons and
property outlined several requests
for equipment by the •fire depart-
ment,
He also noted that four-foot
fluorescent lamps would replace
the two-foot ones put up last
month in the block of Ontario
Street next to main intersection.
Annexation of 12 acres of nut-
let on Highway 8,, will go forward.
Council expects that this area may
be used for future rental housing
projects.
Tenders for lowering ceiling of
council chamber will Ise opened
at next council meeting.
Apparently a couple of rumours
got started, There's no knowing
how, or who, exactly, started them
but they went something like this:
1. "Mayor Stanley persuaded the
Department of Planning and De-
velopment to place 12 rental hou-
ses on the Andrews farm so that
he'd have more customers close
at hand to his grocery store."
2. "Camellia Bridle wanted a
bad hole at North Street filled
Up, so he wouldn't have to shove
any more cars out of it, and Re-
eve Miller said, 'Oh, it's not too
bad, they can drive around it,"
Those two rumours, with added
ideas and development of side is-
sues worked themselves up to V-
ito a site over the past few weeks.
At the close of an hour's dis-
ettssiat Of the two.matters, both
Reeve Miller and Deputy Reeve
Crich, who were in the thick of
the aittiatien, (probably because
they are on the streaa and hou-
sing committees) had eletited the
mayor of any suspieteh,
cillor Macaulay will meet with
the Clinton Library Board Mon-
day night concerning placing a
public rest" rooni in the library
basement.
Council approved the proposed
$328,000 addition to the Collegiate
and authorized the Clerk (after
all municipalities concerned had
approved the addition) to premed
to issue debentures to cover the
cost.
Building permits were approved
for the new . Texaco garage, 20,
000; house and garage, Mrs, Fred
Hudie, $8,000; office, Fred Hudie,
$250,
East Street will . be the next
street to be paved in the con-
tinuing plan to blacktop all streets
in town. At present there are 10.5
miles of gravel streets in Clinton.
The Police committee, headed
by councillor Bridle proposed some
changes in the parking by-law pas-
sed several years ago, and they
propose enforcing the 2-hour park-
ing section of that by-law. They
suggest a $2 fine for violations.
Also they plan to make a no-
parking area along the south side
of Rattenbury, between Orange
Deputy Reeve Crich said, "I
never eaid the mayor Was trying
to pull anything, and if I said
anything that Could be interpreted
that way, then I'm sorry,"
Reeve miller said, "The unfort-
unate thing was that the news of
the option got in the paper before
any of us knew abaft it. As far
as 1 can see, the 'mayor used no
influence to get the houses up
there."
In so far as the second rumour
went, it had a grain of truth in
it. The reeve and streets foreman
had decided there was room for
cars to drive around the hole on
North Street, Then the reeve went
out of town and when the hole
got bigger he eould not be reached.
To avoid similar trouble in fu-
ture, it was arranged that the
deputy reeve would be In charge
on those Occasions when the reeve
is out of town.
Camellia' Bridle proved to be
the man of the hour, svilen at the
beet pessible moment in the ar-
Musical Program
And Presentations
At P.S. Open House
Open House at the Clinton Pub-
lic School last Thursday night was
attended by about 90 percent of
the parents, and staff members
were quite pleased withthe inter-
est shown in the work of the child-
ren,
During the brief program held
in the auditorium, Mrs. M. R. Mac-
kinnon illustrated the progress
made in music "throughout the
eight grades, starting with simple
songs and simple lessons in theory
in Grade 1, and with 'some stud-
ents from each grade to present
the subject, followed the music
course right through to three and
four-part singing in Grade 8.
Awards were presented champ-
ions in sports activities, by Clayt-
on. Dixon. chairman of the board.
Speeches which won first place
in the Legion-sponsored contests,
were presented by Alan Lowe, jun-
ior public school, and William 'Mc-
Kim, senior public school.
and Albert streets, rather than.
the north side as'' had been plan-
ned before.
gument, he rose to his feet and
deftly turned the debate aside, at
the same time calling for har-
mony, confidence and restraint by
members of the council with re- -
gard to the way in which they
spoke of council matters outside
of council itself, o
93 Percent In favour
Results coming in on the survey
currently being taken with regard
to the test-and-slaughter program
for brucellosis 'control indicate
that there will be little opposition
to the proposed plan.
, So far, three of the 16 town-
ships in' Huron have reported to
the office of the Department of
Agriculture, arid 93 percent of the
producers have indicated they
were in favour. The three town
ships reporting are Stanley, Col-
borne and Grey.
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Over 80 Birthday Club
Mrs, Elizabeth Walker, Clinton,
will be 90 years old on March 31.
Mrs. Elizabeth Beatty, Varna,
passed her 94th birthday at her
home in the village on Tuesday,
March 10,
Thomas Millar (formerly of
Lotidesbero) celebrated his 90th
birthday this week at the •home
of his daughter, Mrs. James MC-
Caul, Witosup.
"CREAM OF THE CROP"
Lions Reward Proficiency
Shown in Academic Study
Town Council In Action
Clinton Hospital Auxiliary was Deputy Reeve Crich and Coun-
Council Approves Location of Houses
On Andrews Farm Facing John Street
There was a reasonably noisy hassle at councilemeeting on
Monday evening. Probably we should report verbatim, what
was said by everyone there. It would make interesting reading,
we Suppose, and would give townsfolk and the country at large,
items of conversation for weeks to come.
lattt we're not going to do it. For two reasons: first, be-
cause if anyone in 'town was interested in the actions of council,
we feel they should attend the meetings; secondly, because a
long record of the session made public would do the corn-
=nifty no good,
We Will, however, give you a summary of the' situation,
for the benefit of all concerned,
Reeves Cleat Mayor's Name
Definitely Quash Two Rumours