Clinton News-Record, 1959-09-10, Page 1ecor
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THE NEW ERA-93rd YEAR
No. 34—The Home Paper With the News
CDCI Over-Crowded
Public School, Too
The room which houses the
prize ribbons of Ephriam Snell,
RR 1, Clinton, must be a vvond'-
erful sight. He last week carried
off the grand champion ram and
reserve awards, and also grand
champion ewe and reserve awards
at the CNE. aa,
The herd of Leicester sheep
has been entered at the Western
Fair, where judging will take
place on Monday, September 14.
These Leieesters, and the prize-
winning herd of Dorset Horns,
winning at the ONE for Preston
Dearing, Exeter, will make an
interesting point of call in the
livestock barns at Western Fair,
for all people of this area.
Mr. Snell also won the Frey-
seng Reserve Trophy, one of the
most coveted awards among CNE
sheep exhibitors, for the best pen
of four lambs.
Second Murder Within
Three Months Time
The second murder within three
months, involving people from
this area, took place in London
last Tuesday, on the grounds of
Westminster Hospital. A. L. E.
Cranstoun, an airman at RCAF
Station Clinton has been charged
with murder of Ruth Buckley, a
nurse at the hospital, from Fort
William.
Miss Buckley died soon after
stumbling into the hospital, and
death was caused by knife wounds.
Cranstotm was taken to hospital
suffering critical wounds in his
neck, He is still in serious con-
dition.
Ephriam Snell Wins
Top Prizes
With Sheep at CNE
Miss Greta Bruinsma, RR 1,
Bayfield, was taken' to Clinton
Public Hospital on Saturday, Sep-
tember 5, suffering severe concus-
sion. The car she was driving
west on. Highway 8, at Holmes-
ville, was struck from behind,'
when she stopped and prepared
for a left hand turn.
Driver of the second car was
Alvin Fowler. Clinton.
Goderich detachment, Ontario
Provincial Police had very little
trouble over the Labour Day
weekend, reporting only five oth-
er accidents than, this, all minor.
Bayfield Girl Hurt
In Weekend Crash
At Holmesville
Peewees To Play
Bradford Here
Saturday Afternoon
Clinton's Kiri-sponsored Pee-
wee baseball team is still in
the battle for OBA laurels, and
will meet Bradford in the
Clinton Community Park this
Saturday, September 12, com-
mencing at 3 o'clock. This
promises to be an excellent
game, and well worth a trip to
the park.
Return game will be in
Bradford the following Satur-
day, September 19. It will be
a best two-out-of'three series,
Last Peewee game was an
exhibition bout at Goderich
last Friday, and they defeated
the county town's "B" clas-
sification team, 11-8.
Peewees In Action Sat urday Against Bradford
Ready to meet Bradford here on Saturday afternoon in Ontario Baseball Associa-
tion Peewee "C" semi-finals, the Clinton Kin-sponsored Peewees have a good record
back of them this season, They were unbeaten in league play to win the WOAA
championship, and so far have eliminated New Hamburg and Chesley in O'BA series.
From the left, back row, Chris Hoodspith, C. Magee, Borden McRae, Bob Pear-
son, Philip White; second row, George Archibald, Laurie Colquhoun, John Cooper,
Jim Livermore; front row, Larry Pearson, Doug Proctor, Larry Pickett
(News-Record Photo)
(TA Repeal Results Are
Queried By Huron MPP
EDITORIAL
OUR BOUQUET OFFERED
some people don't learn how to play the piano—.
but there is another year coming,
Swimming instructors gain their status by
first passing their senior swimming test. Then
they take a one week course to become a leader.
They are then able to assist an instructor, (At
the Clinton pool we have one instructor, and
three leaders), Then if they are 18 years or
over, a leader can take another week's course
and become an instructor. But from then on,
he must take a week's course every two years
to maintain that status. All of these courses
are taken at the person's own expense, and on
his own time.
The Red Cross Water Safety program is
just that. In addition to the swimming, there
is a good deal of theory taught, and methods of
life saving.
Clinon pool has a good record so far. We
have not had any serious accidents at the pool,
and this is due to the teaching and watchfulness
of the instructor and leaders, and of their at-
tention to detail.
Nearing the close of the third season of
the pool, the structure has been paid for; hund-
reds of children have learned to swim; a good
sensible, and very cheap baby-sitting service is
available to mothers of town and country; young-
sters have a chance to swim and stay physically
fit,
The pool is good, The instructors there are
good. The record is one we should all be proud
Of and happy to support.
(By RV, iC). 0.1
THE SPACE AGE MAY BE
with us, but not too many people
have yet taken thought of the
air age We've said before
that an air strip near Clinton
would be a good. thing , , and
we become ever more convinced
of it . . Probably that's the
only way we'll find time to learn
the art, ourselves 4: *
WHAT GOOD WOULD IT BE?
Well, here's a for instance . .
Of course you'll have to forgive
the fact that one of the principal's
in the story is a brother . . after
all, these air minded folk are a
shy lot (too much so, for the
furtherance of their own type of
hobby) and if this hadn't happen-
ed to a brother, then we wouldn't
have heard of it . . . *
ONE OF THE. MINOR BALL
teams at Petrolia is involved in a
series with the GOderich team of
the same age . . ‘. One of the
games was played last week . .
and the Petrolia coach could not
get off work in time to make
the motor trip , , . so the boys
came up by car . . . the brother
picked up the coach in his. two-
seater 'plane, and flew to Gode-
rich in time for the opening pitch
of the game . . . Petrolia kids
trounced Goderich 14-1 , . . Re-
turn match was in Petrolia Tues-
day, and we don't know the out-
come .
*
BUT THE BOOST TO MORALE
in the first game was evidently
the result of having the coach on
deck . , and the air age made
it possible • . .
* *
THERE'S FLY-IN AT THE
Goderich air strip this Saturday.
. . . Over 100 planes are expected
. . . and the visitors will have
luncheon at Sky Harbour before
taking off for home . . . A fly-in,
in case anyone wonders, is an
event peculiar to pilots . . . They
don't do much more than congre-
gate at one air strip, and talk
the weather over, and the planes
as they come in . , talk through
dinner . . . talk some more . . ,
and then take off for home . . * * *
THIS EVENT IN GODERICH
will be the annual fly-in of the
Ontario division of the Canadian
Owners and Pilots Association . .
But to get back to our opening
remark: Clinton could certainly
use a landing strip of its own
*
HEAT IS SOMETHING YOU
just can't get away from . . At
Station Clinton the order for a
general stand-down went out at
three o'clock yesterday. because
it was too hot to work . . In
civilian language, that means
everyone was allowed to quit
work, . .
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Holmesvilie School
Debentures Sold
On Six Percent Bid
At the last regular meeting of
Goderich Township Council, four
bond companies tendered for the
purchase of $40,000 debentures,
which are required for the con-
struction of the new two room
school. The tender of R. A. Daly
was accepted at six percent.
Two claims for livestock dam-
age were submitted, one at $50
for cattle and one at $160 for
sheep. The provincial police are
investigating several instances of
dumping garbage on township
roads. It was reported some def-
inite action is being taken in these
cases.
At a recent special meeting of
the council five tenders were op-
ened for the construction of a.
cement bridge on the 14th conces-
sion. The tender of Looby Con-
struction, Dublin, was the lowest
at $7,406, and was accepted.
There were 11 applications for
the position of road grader oper-
ator, This position has been made
vacant by Gerald Blake's resigna-
tion. The application of Elmer
McClinchey was accepted at $1.05
per hour.
Air Force Day
Next Saturday
RCAF Station Clinton is hold-
ing Air Force Day this year, again
in co-operation with the RCAF
Station at Centralia, The famed
Golden Hawks team of Air Force
aerebata will perform. The date
is September 19 .
The Week's Weather
1959 1958
High Low Binh Lew
Sept. 3 73 60 '73 64
4 78 58 75 45
5 77 52 64
6 84 56 71
80
67
7 86 68 63 51
8 86 69 65 45
0 89 68 65 51
Rain; none Rain: 2.37 ins,
Conditions at Clinton District
Collegiate Institute are badly
crowded, and acting Principal W.
Brock Olde reports there are 506
students enrolled. This is 44 more
than at opening of school. in Sep-
tember of 1958.
Tenders received for the addi-
tion to the collegiate, which has
been estimated at $326,000 have
been found to be too high, and
the architects are in the process
of "whittling" specifications to
come within the price for which
debentures have been issued.
This addition will contain a
double gymnasium to open into a
auditorium, classrooms, another
home economics room, another
shop room, and another science
room,
In the meantime, there are 20
teachers coping with the largest
secondary school enrolment that
Clinton has ever had.
Principal E. A. Fines is still in
St. Joseph's Hospital; London,
with no definite word as to when
he may be expected back on' the
job. Brock Olde is acting as prin-
cipal, and H. Gordon Manning is
looking after Mr. Olde's classes
temporarily. It is expected that
a supply principal will be secured
shortly.
A partition has been built
across the auditorium of the
school, and the section closest to
the hall is fitted with lockers.
The front section including stage,
with windows, and fire-escape
doors, is fitted for a typing room,
and Mrs, Norman Alexander is in
charge there. She has 11 pupils
in special commercial, and will
MARK BENDER, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elton Bender, RR 1,
Varna, is Clinton District Col-
legiate Institute's top scholar-
ship winner. Besides the Sir
Ernest Cooper scholarship of
$50, he has been awarded a
Dominion-Provincial Bursary of
$250 and an Ontario Govern-
ment scholarship of $400. He
has entered Stratford Teachers
College.
teach several of the other classes
in typing and bookkeeping.
The old home economics room
which has been used as a care-
taker's storeroom since the 1955
addition was built, is once more
in use,
The school could well use an-
other teacher to deal with the
classes being offered at CDCI,
and more teaching space is des-
perately needed.
Clinton Public
More children than ever before
enrolled at the Clinton Public
School on Tuesday, making a
total of 546 pupils. There were
512 attending at the end of the
school term in June. There is now
15 teachers compared with 14 last
term.
Though kindergarten enrolment
was not particularly high (the 57
beginners will be split into morn-
ing and afternoon classes) there
was a huge enrollment of 88
youngsters in Grade 1. The next
largest class is Grade 6, with 75,
representing a number of pupils
in an accelerated program from
Grade 5.
Other enrolments are: Grade 2,
54; Grade 3, 58; Grade 4, 62;
Grade 5, 38; Grade 7, 57 and
Grade 8, 57.
Principal Bert Gray is teaching
about 40 of the Grade 8 class,
while assistant principal Terry
Carter is teaching 17 Grade 8,
and about the same number of
Grade 7.
The total number of pupils in-
cludes 37 new enrolments in
grades outside of kindergarten.
RCAF Station School
Enrolment at A.V.M. Hugh
Campbell Public School has in-
creased slightly to a total of
420 pupils, according to Principal
C. A. Trott. There are 14 teach-
ers on staff.
Mrs. M, McCurdy, formerly of
Galt, now of Seaforth, is replac-
ing Miss Kay McCarthy in Grade
5, and this is the only teacher
change.
Others on staff are Maitland
Edgar, Jean M. Walsh, Garfield
Baker, Marion Triebner, H. D.
Blair, Edythe Beacom, B. Nichol-
son ,Agnes Mulrooney, G, Ander-
son, Mrs. Gladys Talbot, Marg-
aret Rogerston, Mrs. June Irving.
Bayfield School
(By our Bayfield Correspondent)
Wilbert Fralick, Wingham,
commenced his duties as principal
of Bayfield Public School on Tues-
day. A graduate of Stratford
Teachers College in 1931, he has
considerable experience and came
here from Lower Wingham school.
Mrs. William E. Parker resumed
her duties as assistant. The en-
rolment in the senior room is 33,
and in the junior room 34,
Little folk who entered school
this year are: Robbie Irwin,
Brenda Makins, Kelso Fitzsimons,
Linda Sparks, David Leitch,
Randy Simons and Coleen Merrier.
Those who went on to Grade 9
on the bus at CDCI this year are:
Nigel Bellchnamber, Jimmy Fran-
cis, Jim Heard, Freda McLeod,
Roberta McLeod, Ramona Tel-
ford, Sylvia Fitzsimons.
Highway To Blyth
To Be Re-Built
Charles S. MacNaughton, MPP
Exeter, recently was notified by
people in. the- Clinton-Blyth- area
of the bad condition of Highway
8, from Clinton to Blyth, and he
has since taken the matter up
with the Minister of Highways.
Following investigation by de-
partmental engineers, the minister
has decided to include a reconst-
ruction program for this section
in 1961. Previously this was was
scheduled for the 1962-63 period.
"In the meantime," says the
minister's letter to Mr. McNaugh.
ton, "every attempt will be made
maintenance-wise, to ensure satis-
factory driving conditions."
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Jurors Notified For
Murder Hearing
Supreme Court Assizes open in
Huron County Court House, Gode-
rich. next Monday. September 14.
About 90 persons, including 15
women have received juror notices
for this sitting. at which time a
murder charge will be read again-
st a youth from RCAF Station
Clinton.
Mr. Justice Ferguson will pre-
side for the hearings. In addition,
three jury cases have been listed,
one of which has been transferred
to London, and the other two are
likely to be settled before the As-
sizes open. There are three non-
jury cases also.
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Two Watches Found
At Swimming Pool
At the close of the swim-
ming season, two wrist wat-
ches are still in the hands of
the committee, One was found
near the wading pool, and the
other in a basket in the bath-
house. These may be claimed
at the Police Office.
The first September session in
the history of Huron County
Council was held on Tuesday. A
limited amount of work was ac-
complished, Warden W. J. Jewitt,
RR 1, Clinton, presided.
The Library Board reported
that following the resignation of
Mrs. Profit from the staff, Miss
Mary Lou Sterling, RR 2, Auburn,
was selected at a starting salary
of $1,800 per year.
The property committee report-
ed awarding tenders for fuel oil
for court house -and registry of-
fice to Ross Scott Limited, Bruce-
field, at 14.9 cents per gallon. The
Overholt coal company, Goderich,
received' the contract for coal to
the jail at $23 per ton.
This committee also authorised
the clerk to purchase a luggage
Hullett Raises Tax
Rate By Half Sill
Tax rates for property owners
in Hullett Township are up half
a mill this year and are set at
8 mills for municipal purposes,
for residential and farm property;
9.5 mills for commercial, indust-
rial and business,
Assessment in Hullett is ap-
proximately $2,700,000, So that
half a mill will raise only $1,350
more than was levied last year.
rack and tarpaulin for the station
wagon at a cost of $35 in order
to allow sufficient space for lug-
gage when committees travel and
stay overnight.
A new adding machine will be
added to the clerk's office; a type-
writer to the registry office and
a filing cabinet for storing docu-
ments in the registry office. The
matter of county printing was
discussed at some length, and the
recommendation was made that
the printing be let on a tender
basis from year to year.
The county home committee re-
ported that pigs will be added to
the stock at the farm, and a
tractor will be rented when need-
ed, Fuel tenders were called, and
awarded to Sterling Fuels, London
at 11.35 ce*ts per gallon.
dates of the by-laws passed;
Ashfield Township , 1909
Clinton (Town) 1913
Colborne Township 1910
Grey Township 1910
Howick Township 1911
Hullett Township 1905
Morris Township 1913
Stanley Township 1907
Tuckersmith Twp. ., 1910
Turnberry Twp. 1913
Usborne Township 1.907
Wawanosh E. Twp 1906
"(b) in an area where a by-law
prohibiting the sale of liquor by
retail passed under any Act of the
Legislature was in force when the
CTA or the OTA came into force,
no licence shall be issued in respect
of an establishment classified as
an hotel, tavern, restaurant or
public house until a vote has been
taken in the matter provided in
Section 69.
"This means that in all other
municipalities in the County of
Huron except those enumerated
above, Government stores for the
sale of liquor, Government stores
for the sale of beer only and On-
tario wine stores may be estab-
lished without the necessity of a
vote in the municipality. Licences,
however, may not be granted until
the required vote has been taken.
September 2, 1959: "By virtue
of Section 67 of the Liquor Licence
Act, those parts of Huron which
have passed by-laws forbidding the
sale of alcoholic beverages within
their municipal boundaries prior
to the coming into force of the
CTA will be considered 'dry' and
those who have not passed (these
by-laws) will be considered 'wet'.
"In the 'wet' municipalities,
clubs and branches of the Canad-
ian Legion which can meet all the
requirements of the Liquor Licence
Act can then make application for
licences. These applications are
presented to the Chairman of the
Liquor Licence Board and it is
a matter for the Board's decision
as to whether . or not licences
should be issued to a particular
club or organization.
"At the present time there are
no clubs in . . Huron operating
under licences, Before licences
may be issued to clubs under the
Liquor Licence Act, the club must
establish to the satisfaction of the
Board that it meets all the re-
quirements of the Act. It must,
therefore, be incorporated under
the laws of the Dominion of Can-
ada or Province of Ontario; it
'must have for its objects definite
'purposes of a social or recreation
'or patriotic nature; it must have
not less than 50 members; all the
members thereof, upon payment
of dues in the manner prescribed
by the rules and by-laws of the
club shall have the privilege of
voting for, all purposes of the club
and it shall not be operated for
pecuniary gain,"
Over 80 Birthday Club
1Virs, Dr. Howard Fowler, Luck-
now, (formerly of Clinton) re-
cently celebrated her 90th birth-
day.
James R. Stirling, RR 2, Bay-
field, celebrated his 85th birthday
On Tuesday, September 8. He is
still under the doctor's care suf-
fering from a heart condition.
Top Student
LAST WEEK we published a letter from
an individual, or group of individuals who were
dissatisfied with the method of instruction at
the Clinton Swimming Pool. Let us hasten to
state that this is not our opinion at all, but
merely the opinion of the ladies responsible for
the letter:
We have high regard for the people who
operate the pool, and are quite aware of the
great deal of Work they do there. This is a
seven day a week job, for quite low pay, and
those who work there are involved mainly be-
cause they see a job and do it the best they
know how.
The job which the instructor at the Clinton
pool does, and in which she is assisted by the
leaders and life guards, is a particularly good
one. This we understand from the examiner
Don Hickey, who by the way, is experienced
in this, both here and in the Maritimes. He
recommends the local folk quite highly and
says they are as good as any in the area, and
better than most.
Mr, Hickey also -Leila us a fact which we
suspected was true, and that is, to teach swim-
ming, an instructor is advised not to enter the
Water. If there Were individual lesSons, then
individual treatment might be applied, but the
people Who are teaching swimming in the local
pool are handling up to 50 youngsters in a
class, Teaching is achieved by making a game
out of it, and the children do learn how to
swim, Of course, some don't learn, even as
Definite information with re-
gard to the status of the various
municipalities in Huron, when and
if the Canada Temperance Act is
repealed, has not been well.
known. In anticipation of this,
and for his own information,
Charles S. MacNaughton, MPP,
Exeter, has written to the Liquor
Licence Board of Ontario. An-
swers to his questions from the
Board's solicitors follows:
July 31, 1959: "Section 67 of
the Liquor Licence Act would be-
come the effective liquor legisla-
tion insofar as the county (is)
concerned.
"(a) in an area where a by-law
prohibiting the sale of liquor by
retail passed under any Act of
the Legislature was in force when
the CTA or the Ontario Temper-
ance Act came into force, no gov-
ernment stores for the sale of
liquor or for the sale of beer
only, shall be established, no On-
tario wine stores shall be authoriz-
ed and no licenses shall be issued
until a vote has been taken in
the matter provided in Section 69.
"In the County of Huron at the
time the CTA was proclaimed to
be effective there were a number
of municipalities which had passed
a by-law contemplated in this
paragraph. These municipalities
are as follows, together with the
County Has Short Session
Awards Fuel Contracts