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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-04-02, Page 1No. 13- The Home Paper With the Hews CUNTQH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1959 $3.00 Per Year,--.10 Cents Pei Copy-12 Pages inton New THE NEW ERA.-93rd YEAR THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR .eeefeeseeee eseeee*mo 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. 0 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 zbt jfirot COtaning !*1 (131, W. D. 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. 0 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