HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-04-02, Page 1No. 13- The Home Paper With the Hews
CUNTQH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959
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THE NEW ERA.-93rd YEAR THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR
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Blazing Building That Was Craig's Store at Brucefield
Two volunteer firemen pause in their task of laying hose, at the noise made by
falling brick as the walls of Craig's General Store fell on Easter Sunday morning.- The
light area in front of the fireman's hat (at right) is sky showing through the far side of
the building. Both walls collapsed before the main sections of roof fell in. The build-
ing, which also was a residence, hod a finished apartment on the second story. No one
was in the building at the time of the fire. Damage was estimated at $23,000 plus per- sonal belongings. (News-Record Photo)
Brucefield Village Poses Problems
Sides Have Different Fire Brigades
The dual personality of Bruce-
field, the village which straddl-
es Highway 4, and has half of
its area in the Township of
Tuckersmith and the other half
in the Township of Stanley,
showed up again on Easter Sun-
day morning, during the fire
which destroyed Craig's General
Store.
The Brucefield and Bayfield
Fire Departments drew water
from wells on the west side of
the highway (the Stanley side)
and the Clinton and Seaforth
departments drew water from
the Tuckersmith side. Stanley
Township contributes to the up-
keep of the two village depart-
ments. Tuckersmith contributes
to the Clinton Fire Department,
and their share of the rural fire
truck which has its headquart-
ers in Seaforth, as well .as the
13rueefielcl department.
Spectators and villagers did
a bit of contemplating on the
situation.
IF the fire had started on the
Stanley Township side of the
road, then only the Brucefield
arid Bayfield departments could
have been oiled to the scene.
Then, If the wind had been from
the west, and fire had threat-
ened the Tuckerstrilth side of
the village would trircefield
have had to Wait ninth fire act,
trally started on the Tacker-
smith Side before they tailed
the Seardith arid CHARM depart-
ments? 'or would the town
trucks have arrived merely if
the other buildings were threat-
ened?
For that matter, IF fire had
spread on Sunday morning from
the Tuckersmith to the Stanley
side, after the four brigades
were at the scene, would the
Clinton and Seaforth brigades
have crossed Highway 4 to fight
the flames, or would that have
remained the responsibility of
the Brucefield and Bayfield de-
partments,
The unusual state of affairs
in Brucefield is that the Stanley
Township Council does not pay
the $100 a year retaining fee to
the Clinton Fire Department,
nor do they contribute to the
Seaforth rural fire truck. Al-
though the townships of Eullett,
Goderich and Tuckersmith find
that the retaining fee is small
enough to pay for the assur-
ance of having $25,000 worth of
equipment on call from Clinton,
Stanley Township does not see
it that way. For what amounts
to five cents per resident in the
township per year, Stanley
township does not consider it a
good inVestinerit for fire protec-
tion purposes.
The situation in Brucefield is
interesting. So is the situation
With regard to residents within
a mile or two of the town of
Clintou. These people must re-
ly upon the depatiteente
Brucefield and Bayfield,
on, At the present ten cents per
gallon which the Department is
paying, the PUC finds that the
people of Clinton are subsidizing
the water users at the Station,
With this in mind, in November,
1957, 'a request Was made for per-
mission to increase the rate to
15 cents per gallon. Continual
delay in correspondence ever sin-
ce has occurred, and no approval
for the increase has been received.
The commissioners authorized an-
other communication through El-
ston Cardiff, now back at Ottawa,
for action in this regard.
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Brucefield Church
Interrupted By
Early Sunday Fire
Attendance on Easter' Sunday
morning in Brucelield United Ch-
urch was cut drastically, due to
the interest and concern over the
fire which consumed Craig's store
and residence at the main inter-
section.
Though the building had collaps-
ed just prior to church time, many
residents decided to stay home
and watch over their own homes.
The church bell which ordinarily
rings at 10.45 and again at 11 a.m.
was not rung, since it was felt
this could be confusing during the
fire. The service was carried out
with piano music, since hydro int-
erruption due to the fire made
it impossible to use the electric
organ.
Baby Chicks are Fluffy Friends
Easter time is the season of spring, end young things growing. The young lody
above is the daughter of Mr. arid Mrs. Bob McKinley of McKinley's Chick. Hatchery,
Rfk 1, Zurich, and she enjoys getting acquainted with some of the fluffynew chicks,
(Tunes-Advocate Photo)
Five fire engines from four Fire
Departments were called on Sun-
day morning at about 9.15 to the
scene of the blaze which complete-
ly destroyed the general store and
residence of Lloyd Craig, on the
north-east corner of the Bruce-
field intersection. The fire had a
good start when the firemen arriv-
ed, and most of their effort was
directed to protect the other buil-
dings near-by,
The building has been a famil-
iar landmark since it was erected
in 1893 by William Scott, grand-
father of Rose Scott, Sunoco dis-
tributor. Loss was estimated at
$23,000, plus personal belongings
Huron Assured of Hospital
May be Change in Residents
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SPRING TIME BRINGS SPRING
cleaning-time „ First indoors,
and then when the mud dries
the out-of-doors needs attention
The wonderful part of it is,
that work done in the spring
seeroe to go very much easier than
if we had. been set the same task
.in mid-January. ,
IN THE FAMILY HERALD THIS
week one of the cartoon char-
acters is made to utter these
words . When spring comes, I
feel that I have upset the balance
of nature, by living through an-
other Canadian winter . . . and it
gives me a great sense •of accom-
plishment. . "
CANCER IS NOT NECESSARILY
a hopeless disease . . , often the
growth can be successfully remov-
ed by surgery, or destroyed by ra-
diation . 1 . The earlier treatment
is begun the better the chance of
a cure. . .
Indications of home building
planned as soon as weather per-
mits was noted at the meeting of
the Clinton Public Utilities Com-
mission on Tuesday night when
the commissioners authorized the
installation of water, sewerage and
hydro to a home planned by Ro-
bert Corbett on Kirk Street.
Mr. Corbett• plans to build a
prefabricated home on the site
of the old tennis court which was
in use during Clinton's pre-war
days on the estate of the late Dr.
Gunn,
Several other requested for in-
formation regarding availability of
sewerage and water service in oth-
er parts of town have been re-
ceived at the PUC office;
Two tenders were received for
the proposed new building for the
PUC, and they were opened and
scruitinized by the. commissioners.
The tenders have to be viewed by
the H.E.P.C. before the PUC can
accept one. ,
The PUC still has had no word
from "the Department 'of Neter-rat
Defence with regard to increased
rate for water supplied to the
RCAF Station 'and the residents
of Adastral Park. All of the wat-
er pumped for the station is pro-
vided by the equipment in. Clint-
The Week's Weather
.1959 1958
High Low High Low
March 26 38 27 46 31
27 35 20 48 25 .
28 27 12 50 32
29 36 10 51 29
30 40 30 51 32
31 49 33 52 34
April 1 44 36 55 25
Snow: 3 ins. No rain
No snow
which cennot be replaced.
Mr. and Mrs. Craig and, their
two small sons,_Gordon (3 years)
and Gary (2 years) had left for
Hamilton early in the morning to
visit Mr, Craig'e grandmother,
Mrs, Fee, who has been bedridden
all winter. They, were unable to
state how the fire had gotten its
start.
The Craigs reached their dest-
ination before word could be got-
ten to them of the disaster to their
home.
Excessive smoke was noticed
coming from the Craig store by
several residents. It was Mr, an .
Mrs. Robert Dalrymple who turn-
ed in the alarm. They had been
preparing to leave the village for
the, day themselves, and after tak-
ing a little girl visitor at their
home, to T. B. Baird's residence
they returned to the corner, in-
tending to proceed south on High-
way 4. They noted the smoke com-
ing from the eaves of the build-
ing and Mrs. Dalrymple turned
in the alarm to the Brucefield
Department.
Mr. Dalrymple proceeded to the
building and finding the door lo-
cked, broke it open, only to find
the inside so completely filled
with smoke it was impossible to
enter,
Fire Departments at Bayfield
(two trucks), Clinton and Seafor-
th were called to the scene. Wells
on the Hensall Co-op land and
Paterson's garage were used on
the Stanley Township side of the
village. Other wells back of Dal-
rymple's garage and the creek
which runs east of the village
were used on the Tuckersmith
side,
Quantities of water were avail-
able, though there was some de-
lay in getting hoses connected.
By ten o'clock hundreds of peo-
(Continued on Vage Twelve)
Organization of seven of the
4-H Clubs in Huron County was
carried out on Tuesday, March 31,
at meetings in Clinton and Sea-
forth, In addition to the following,
it is possible that a white bean
club will be formed, if sufficient
members are found.
Twelve members have signed
for the Bayfield Beef Calf Club,
with leaders Howard McCullough,
RR 1, Goderich; Bert Pepper, RR
3, Seaforth and John Deeves. RR
3, Clinton. President of the club
Marth is Biggest Month
For Babies Born Here
A record number 'of births
in any one month was reached
at Clinton Public .Hospital du-
ring the month of March,.
when 34 babies were born,
The previehe record in any
one month, was U.
Essay Writers:Win
Goderich Twp.. contest
Fudging has been completed in
the Goderieh Township Federat-
ion of Agriculture essay contest,
in which seven esseys were ent-
ered. Topic was "Advantages of
Belonging to a CO=oPetative."
Judge was Ed Jenkins.
Winners of the top three priz-
es of $3 each were Patsy Cox,
Bobby Pearson arid John Leish-
man. g_
Let 'Phone Ring
-At Least
For One Minute
It seems that the general pub-
lic is running• the members of the
police force a bit ragged. These
are the people who make use of
the phone to call the police office,
Apparently the !phone often
Stops ringing just as the constab-
les reach the office. We would
suggest that you wait the mini-
mum of one minute, as suggested
by the Telephone company, so that
there is some chance of the men
reaching the 'phone in time,
Maple Syrup TiMe
In Blyth Area Bush
Mr. Major Youngblut, the maple
syrup • specialist in the myth -dis-
trict, has again this year tapped
about 650 trees, He reports that
early runs 'were very light, but
hopes with improved weather con-
ditions, to have an adequate sup-
ply of sweet tasting syrup for the
residents in the district,
is Frank "Bud" Yeo, RR 3, Clin-
ton; vice-president, Ray Baxter,
RR 2, Goderich; secretary-treasur-
er, Barbara Watkins, Londesboro
and press reporter, William Black-
er, RR 1, Clinton.
Bayfield Dairy Calf Club has
17 members to date, Leaders are
Ted Dunn, RR 3, Bayfield and
Thomas Rathwell, RR 3, Clinton.
President, Robert Grigg, RR 3,
Clinton; vice-president, James St-
orey, RR 3, Clinton ;secretary-tr-
easurer, Barbara Yeo, RR 1, God-
erich and press reporter, Betty
Ann Gibbings, RR 4, Clinton.
Seaforth Beef Calf Club has 12
members, with Eric Anderson, RR
1, Londesboro and Kenneth Camp-
bell, RR 1, Dublin, as leaders. Of-
ficers are; president, Mac Stew-
art, RR 5, Seaforth; vice-presi-
dent, William Campbell, RR 1,
Dublin; secretary-treasurer, Don-
ald Mcicercher, RR 1, Dublin;
press reporter, Joan Pryce, RR 1,
Dublin.
Seaforth Swine Club has only
seven members to date, and no el-
ection of officers has been held.
Leaders are. Robert McMillan, RR
2, Seaforth, and Kenneth Stewart,
RR 5, Seaforth.
McKillop Grain Club has ten
members, and is led by Earl Mc-
Spadden, RR 1, Seaforth and St-
anley Hillen, RR 2, Walton, Pres-
ident is Donald McKercher; vice-
president, Gary Little, RR 1, Sea-
forth; secretary-treasurer, John
crainey, RR 4, Seaforth; press re-
porter, Robert Drummond, RR 2,
Kippen.
Tuckersmith Corn Club has five
diembers and no election yet. Lea-
ders will be Larry Wheatley, RR
1., Dublin and Bruce Coleman, RR
3, Seaforth,
Seaforth Dairy Calf Club is the
largest so far, with 23 members
enrolled. Irvine Trewartha, Sea-
forth and William Boyd, RR 2,
Walton, are leaders. Officers are
president, Wilma Dale, RR 1, Cl-
inton; vice-president, Douglas Hu-
gill, RR 2, Seaforth, secretary-tr-
easurer, Kenneth Papple, RR 5,
Seaforth; press reporter, Linda
Papple, RR 5, Seaforth.
Zurich 4-14 Calf Club was to
Meet last night in the Zurich
Town Hall; Stephen 4-11 Calf Club
to-night; other meetings are plan-
ned ie. Belgtave on April 3; Leek-
now on April 6; Gorrie on April
7; BIteter on April 9; Goderich on
April 14 and Brussels on April 15.
Clubs should have at least ten
members to operate effectively,
and more members will be wel-
corned to each one of the clubs,
even though they were not able
to attend the Organization Meet-
Inge,
sintatthemis
emnt.atter and has issued this
"I am authorized to say on be-
half of Hon. M. B. Dymond, MD,
Minister of Health that there is no
changein the thinking on the part
of the Department with respect to
the size of the proposed Mental
Institution to be built three miles
south of Goderich on Lake Huron.
The only change is the result of
new trends and concepts affecting
the mental institutions to the ex-
tent that it might be multi-purp-
ose in character.
"Further, I am authorized to
say, that construction of certain
of the service buildings i.e. power
plant and so forth, will be under-
taken at the earliest date possible
in the summer of 1959. The value
of the institution to Goderich and
the entire Huron community will
be in no way impaired by any of
the changes referred to above.
"The minister, who will address
the annual meeting and nominat-
ing convention of the Huron Pro-
gressive Conservative Association
at Clinton on Monday, April 13,
will amplify the foregoing in terms
of greater detail on that occasion.
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Fruit Growers To Hold
Demonstration April 9
The Huron County Fruit Grow-
ers are holding a demonstration
meeting at the farm of Clayton
Laithwaite, Highway 8, next Thurs-
day afternoon, April 9, commenc-
ing at 1.30 o'clock.
Over 80 Birthday Club
Mrs. Mary Stevens, James
Street, will have her 86th birth-
day, on Saturday, April 4, at the
home of Mrs, jack Carter.
Mrs, William Reid, who has
made her home in Bayfield com-
munity all her life quitely celeb-
rated her 89th birthday with her
family, her son-in-law Elgin Port-
er, her four grandchildren (Anna),
Mrs. Roy' Scotehmer, Gordon, Ka-
thleen, Margaret and Marion Pot-
ter, Mrs, Reid was born in GNU-
rich Township and as a young we-
man was a teacher in Stanley,
Ladies Attend Cancer
Society Meet in London
Mrs. D. J. Lane, Mrs. F. Powell,
Mrs, F. Fingland and Mrs. Reece
Jenkins went to Hotel London on
Tuesday and saw the demonstra-
tion of cancer dressings, made by
the older ladies from the Tweeds-
muir School for the blind.
They took opportunity to tour
the third floor of the Hotel which
was recently renovated. About 600
women attended the event put on
by the Middlesex Unit of the Can-
cer Society.
Rumours that the capacity of
the proposed hospital for retard-
ed children at Goderich, had been
reduced to 300 beds, prompted
inquiries from the county town,
of Charles MacNaughton, MLA
for Huron County.
Mr. MacNaughton has conferr-
ed with the Minister of Health
More Clinton Homes Being Planned;
Tenders Opened for PUC Building
$23,000 Fire Razes Store,
Landmark For 66 Years
Seven 441 Clubs Already Organized•
More Meetings Planned Across Huron