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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-04-23, Page 1No. 16 ,The Home Paper With the News CLINTON,. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1959 FIRST SECTION ...Pages 1 to 0 $3,00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-16 Pages intoit News- THE NEW ERA-L-93rd YEAR THE NEWS-RECORD--77th YEAR • (By W.D.D. SPRYNG CAME OFFICIALLY more than a month ago . , . but it really didn't settle into Clinton until last Friday „ That was the day that Win Sheppard and 1.11, little cart first made their appear- ance in the downtown district . . . It was a warm and sunny day . and spring in Clinton . . . * * * THIS 'IDEA OF A CLEAN-UP week in town• is already having its effect on lawns and backyards . . Of course, many folk were only Waiting for these lovely spring days to come.. , . for them to take ac- tion . . Flowerbeds are springing up in gay profusion . , . Storm windows came off the library on Wednesday morning . . . The streets gang completed their sweeping of the downtown area ' (not washed down yet, but maybe that will come) . . . Some of the 'teenagers at CDCI went a little slap-happy last week and earned unfavourable names for themselves . . Yes, spring is definitely with * A COUPLE OF ASTOUNDING bits of information we have gath- ered in recent weeks . . One is that Canada's birthrate is now greater than some parts of India (we had always been taught in school and Sunday School about the under-clad and under-fed mil- lions in India, due to their idea of sacred cows, and their particu- larly high birthrate)— The other bit of information is that Japan now has the highest TV tower in the world , . It's higher than the Eiffel tower in Paris, and the CBC TV tower in Toronto . This •highest tower is 1,092 feet high on a hill-top in Shiba Park in the heart of Old Tokyo, and it cost $7,500,000 . . Then on top of that is a 246-foot television an- tenna . . Local Speakers Win 3 Awards in Legion Finals Mid-Victorian Masquerade Mrs. Donald Epps, King Street, vice-president of the Clinton Kinette Club models one of the lovely gowns on display by Mrs. A. M. Ball of the Stratford Shakespear- , can Festival, in the Legion 'Hall last week. Occasion was the inter-club of the Kinettes in the district, the - first time it had been held in Clinton. Mrs. Epps, who is a teller in the Royal Bank of Canada, Clinton Branch, was only one of those who admired the workmanship of the dresses used on Stratford's famous stage. For more pictures, and story, see page nine. (News-Record Photo) * THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION of Consumers is' carrying on a continuing campaign against the addition of premiums to retail it- ems . . . They note that many fir- ms don't use premiums at all, and they still maintain their share of the market . . . apparently the organized consumer doesn't want premiums and we assume this would , mean premium stamps, as well . . . But the individual con- sumer seems happy she is buying something' and getting an 'extra something "free" . . . Reminds us of the situation in agriculture . . where the organized dairy farmer is against the colouring and sale of margarine . . . and at the same time the individual dairy farmer's wife is apt to buy some of this cheap butter substitute . . and do her share of grumbling at having to colour it herself . . . * * THE PROMOTORS OF KNIT- ting machines have apparently mo- ved into Ottawa, and complaints from women who were duped by the salesmen are loud and long.. . One lady in the capital city says she knitted several sweaters, spen- ding 33 hours on the job . . . and then received a $2.50 cheque in return . . . Claims of the comp- anies are that women can make 75 cents to $1.00 an hour working on articles for them . . as of last Thursday the better business bur- eau in Ottawa-Hull had received 260 telephone calls, complaints and inquiries . . Troubles also have arisen in Toronto and Mont- real . . . We can only repeat our warning: if such machines, or any others, are reputable, and with nothing shady about them, then they will be available through local stores, through the businessmen you know and can trust . • . * OUT AT THE GRANT STER- ling Farm, about seven miles west of here , . . they found a large U,S. weather balloon on Sunday April 12 . „ Apparently it Was loosed on the American side of Lake Huron some time that morn- ing . . it was red plastic with a box inside about 10 x 12" with a Flint post office address attach- ed . . . The Sterlings have mailed this to Flint, but have not yet had any reply. Huron Makes Most Use Of Junior Farmer Loansr $1,946,110 'According to the budget state- ment of the province of Ontario, there have been 284 Junior Far- mer loans made in Huron County, totalling $1,946,110 since the loan corporation was established. This is the largest number, and the largest total amount of any coun- ty in Ontario. The next highest is Wellington, with 223 loans made, totalling $1,600,300, Clinton LOL Will Hold Past Masters" Night Murphy Loyal Orange Lodge No, 710, Clinton, is holding a Past Masters Night in the lodge rooms on Thursday, April 30, comtnenc- ing at 8.30 o'clock, All members are cordially invited, Three out of four of the top prizes in the Legion Zone Cl pub- lic speaking finals held here in the Legion Memorial Hall, were won by students in Clinton schools. Winners will now advance into district finals on May 9 in Guelph. Catherine Welsh, RR 2, Bayfield, daughter .of Mr. ,and Mrs. R. W. Welsh, and a Grade 12 student at Clinton District Collegiate Insti- tute spoke on "Canada's North- land", and won first place in the senior high school division. Run- ner-up was Fraser Downey, RR 1, Tiverton, Grade 12 student in Kin- cardine District High School. Barbara Inder, in the junior high school class, took top place with her subject "St. Lawrence Sea- way." Barbara, who is the eldest daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Inder, Rattenbury Street East, Clinton, competed last year In the provincial finals. Runner up was Heather Hamilton, Grade 9, Kin- cardine District High School. William McKim, son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. A. McKim, ToWnsend A tarpaulin stretched over the roof: of John A. Anstett's home on Irwin Trewartha Retires From' Milk Producers The resignation of Irvin Trewar- tha, RR 1, Seaforth, as secretary- treasurer of the Mitchell Concent- rated Milk Prdoucers was accept- ed with regret by the board on Saturday afternoon, April 18, at a meeting held in Stacey's Factory at Mitchell. Mr. Trewartha recently sold his farm and fine Jersey herd. Earl M. Oppenhauser, Monkton, was apointed to take over as sec- retary treasurer. Committees were named to ar- range to have the Home Economic class from the Mitchell and Sea- forth high schools to tour Stacey's factory. On completion of the tour each class will receive a credit voucher. of $20 for the purchase of butter and skim milk powder to be used in their baking elasSes. Some tithe was spent discussing the possibility of the floor on skim milk powder being lowered or eliminated and the government paying' a deficiency payment of 40 cents a cwt. on milk delivered to manufacturing plants. The board felt that this payment should ,not be paid on surplus milk, Arrange- ment was made to have this view presented to the secretary man- ager of the provincial organiza- tion. Street, won the senior public school Class. He is a student at Clinton Public' School David Woolford, Grade 8, Kincardine Public School was runner-up. Cheryl Emmerton , Kineardine, won junior honours in public' school. Runner-up was• Carol Ro- bichaud, Grp.de' 6, A/V/M 1-lugh Campbell Public School, RCAF Station Clinton. Judges were Mrs. Bernard Hall, Blyth Public School; H. M. Shack- leton, principal of Goderich Public School and M. Stephens, vice- principal, Goderich Public School. Chairman of the afternoon was J. Douglas Thorndike, Zone Pub- lic Speaking Chairman. George Inglis, Gorrie, provincial Service Bureau Chairman of the Canad- ian Legion, was present and assis- ted in presenting prizes to the contestant's. Lunch was served to the contes- tants and their families at the close of the afternoon of speaking and prize-giving, Mill Street, covers a six-foot hole burned there last Thursday even- ing in a fire which might easily have meant death to any or all of the five Anstett children. Harry Corey, who lives nearby, noticed flames from the roof of the house, just as he prepared for bed about 9.30 p.m. He rushed to the Anstett home where Mr. and Mrs. Anstett were in the liv- ing room watching the Stanley Cup hockey game being played in Toronto. Neither were aware that fire starting in the attic was gradually working down into the bedrooms where their children were asleep, and up through the roof. Sending in the alarm to Clinton Fire Department, the couple got their children outside, and neigh- bours rallied swiftly to take out furniture and clothing. By the time the firemen arrived, most of the furniture and personal belong- ings had been stacked out on the lawn. "Even the refrigerator," said Mr. Anstett, "The neighbours were marvellous to help, That's one of the nice things about living in a small town," Firemen applied Water, and ex- tinguished the flames. Most of the damage to the living quarters of the home were by smoke and wat- er. For several days the family slept on mattresses on the ground floor. Furniture Was all replaced in the house after 11.30, when the flames had been extinguished. Mr. Anstett is owner of Anstett Jewellery; With a Store oh Albert Street, Clinton, and another in Walkerton. He reports the house was insured against firO, ..DST This Sunday, Remember To • Turn Clock Back Daylight Saving Time will come into eTfect in Clinton on Sunday morning at 2 a.m., April 26, and will continue un- til Sunday morning, Septem- ber 27 at the same time. Most of the surrounding municipalities are changing • the same night, although some are making the hour at 12.01 ' a.m., or at 1 aan. Regardless of that, however, church Sunday morning will, begin one • hour earlier than usual—and if' you don't,.want to miss the sermon, you should turn your clocks back one hour before you go to bed • Saturday night. Accident Occurs On Vinegar Hill, Car Out of Control About $300 damage to two cars was estimated in an accident on Vinegar Hill (Highway 4) on Tuesday, April 14, when 16-year- old Wayne Johnston, Queen St., Blyth, lost control of his 1951 small English model car. The vehicle was travelling north when it left the highway, crossed the boulevard, the sidewalk and the lawn of J. A. Garneau, and struck the Garneau car, 'which had just been parked in the drive- way. Seconds earlier, Mr. Garneau might have suffered injury, either as he sat in the car, or as he left it. The Garneau car was knocked into the house on the north side of the drive, and loosened three boards on the side of the dwelling. No personal injuries resulted. Constable Clarence Perdue in- vestigated, --CliargWIlaVe: been laid. Again Hullett Township Music Festival has been planned to take place on two days, Thursday even- ing, April 24, commencing at 7.30 o'clock and all day Friday. Site is the United Church in Landes- born. First evening opens with the 12 rhythm bands of the township in competition. Schools in this class are taught by Mrs. Dorothy Pow- ell, Mrs. Mary Holmes, Mrs. Ruth Shaddick, Mrs Evelyn . Million, Miss Vicki Cluff, Miss Dorene Treble, Mrs. Shirley Lyon, Mrs. Viola VanEgmond, Miss Marion Hemingway, Mrs. Ida Livingstone, Wilmer Errington and Duncan MacKay. • , Chorus classes from the schools over 25 pupils, "The Bugle Horn", two part; double duet "In a Gar- den"; double trio "Now Thank We All" and unison chorus "The Flag" are also included. The girls solo, open and the boy's solo, 14 years and over, complete the even- ing. Adjudicator this year is F. W. Holton, ALCM, SM Ed., supervisor of music in Brantford schools. Sponsors of the festival are the Mullett Township Federation of Agriculture and the Women's In- stitute at Londesboro. All other classes in the festival will be completed on Friday, in- cluding one mammoth group of girls, nine years and under, sing- ing "Lullaby of the Iroquois" in which 44 entries will sing. Kinsmen Nominate; Announce Prizes In Stanley Cup Nomination night to select can- didates for election to office in 1959-60 in the Kinsmen Club of, Clinton, was held in Hotel Clinton, on Tuesday night, Winners of the hockey raffle the club held in connection with the Stanley Cup playoffs were; group of Clinton Laundry girls; Mrs. Vie Roy; Elmer Frey; Rosa McEwan and Royce Macaulay. ach won $25. The Kin are planning a monster spring cash bingo On Friday, May 29, at Clinton Lima Arena.. George Wilson,' 58, •I3lyth, was killed instantly shortly before noon Tuesday, when he fell from the roof of a Victoria Street house where he was shingling. Dr. F, G. Thompson, Clinton, Huron County coroner, said an au- topsy showed death was due to Shock and chest injuries. The post Prediction that the pending On- tario election may not take place until this autumn was made on Tuesday evening in the Clinton Legion Hall, by Al Hollingworth, ex-Mp for York Centre, He was the guest speaker at a "get ac- Liberal. Candidate A concert of winners is planned for Monday evening, April 27, com- mencing at 8 o'clock, also in the Londesboro Community Hall, when shields and awards will be pre- sented. quainted" rally held by the Huron Liberals, with their candidate, Harry G. Strang, RR 2, Hensall. Mr. Strang stated that he was "not overcome with enthusiasm by the crowd. (There were only 17 including four members of the press, the candidate, speaker, their wives and three members of the executive of the association. How- ever, Mr, Strang stated that with seeding 'time in full swing he did not blame the farmers for not coming out. Mr. Strang, an Usborne Town- ship farmer and graduate of OAC in 1936, who married a graduate of MacDonald Institute, Guelph, and whose eldest daughter is now attending that college, is quite familiar with the problems of the farmer, He was the first president of the Huron Soil and Crop Im- provement Association, and was president of the Ontario Associa- tion in 1958. Also wise in muni- cipal affairs, he has been clerk of his township since 1947 and as- sessor since 1949. B. B. Menzies, Rattenbury St. West, president of the county Lib- erals, convened the meeting, and introduced the guest speaker. Mr. Hollingworth urged those present to •work tremendously, hard, for, he could see that for the first time in 16120 years, they had a good chance to win. "The same situa- tion exists in Ontario provinc- ially," said Mr. Hollingworth, "as did federally in 1957. The Ontario government is becoming increas- ingly complacent and arrogant." He predicted there would be a groundswell of feeling against the Progressive Conservatives in On- tario fairly soon, and the Liberal party should be ready to capitalize upon this. (Continued on Page 8) Mr. Wilson was self-employed as a part-time carpenter, He pre- viously farmed on the 7th conces- sion of Morris Township and was at one time a bus driver for the Clinton District Collegiate Insti- tute Board. Surviving are his wife,' the for- mer Mona Sowler; his mother, Mrs. James Wilson, Blyth, and a son, James, Morris Township. Service will be held at 2.30 p.m. Friday afternoon, from the Tasker funeral home, Blyth. 0 Adastral Park Boy Loses Fingertip Three-year-old Robert Baird, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Baird, 3 Halifax Road, RCAF Station Clinton, was rushed to Clinton Public Hospital on Saturday after he had managed to cut the tip off one finger. He was treated and discharged the same day. Mrs: Leonard Caldwell, Londes- boro, who was in hospital for sev- eral days last week, returned to her home on Saturday. 0 Mrs. F. 6. Thompson Again Heads Lady Conservatives The annual meeting of the Lad- ies ProgresSive Conservative As- sociation was held in the Council. Chamber . on Friday afternoon, with the president, Mrs Fred Thompson in the chair. A bus trip to Toronto to the Parliament Buildings was discus- sed and tickets on a hand braided rug made by a local lady were dis- tributed, ,Extra tickets are avail- able from Mrs. Thompson. Mrs. McGill presided for the el- ection of officers. New officers elected were Mrs. Fred Thompson, past president; Mrs. Douglas Free- man, president; Mrs. Thomas Steep, secretary-treasurer for the present time; Miss M. Sloman, press secretary. The next regular meeting will be held at the home of Mrs, Doug. Freeman at 3 p.m., on July 17. A dainty lunch was served, the meet- ing adjourned with all members enthusiastic to carry on the work. Zbe COltintit Fire at Anstett's Noticed By Corey; Damage Slight Music Festival Tomorrow Hullett's Singers Compete Liberals See Fall Election Need Active Campaign Bank To Be Replaced Fifty-six years old, the Bank of Montreal building at the corner of Ontario and Vic- toria Streets (Highways 4 and 8), will be razed to the ground this summer, to make way for a modern new bank building. W. L. Morlok, manager, has received word from the head office of the Bank of Montreal to proceed to request the architects to draw up completed plans for the new structure. It is expected that this will be done within the next six weeks, Then tenders will be called, the bank staff will move into temp- orary quarters on Rattenbury Street West (the former Molson's Bank) and demolition crews will take over. Molson's Bank in Clinton began business in 1879, It later be- came part of the Bank of Montreal, The B of M building houses areas once rented by H. C, Lawson, real estate and insurance; Jack Plumtree, barber; Modern Meat Mar- ket, 0, L. Stanley and W, C, Newcombe, drug store, These tenants have all found other locations, (News-Record Photo) Blyth Carpenter, 58, Loses LiFe Tumbles From Clinton RooF mortem examination was conduc- ted by Dr, J, L. Penistan, of Strat- ford. The accident happened about 11.45 am, while Mr, Wilson and BdWarc.1 Youngblut, Londesboro, were shingling the roof of a home occupied by Lloyd Butler and own- ed by Harvey Ashton, Blyth.