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Sunday morning at 2 a.m. is
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ard Time, for Clinton and district.
This means move your clock
back an hour, if you intend being
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ing. You will gain one hour in
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Bingo October 5
For Turkeys At
Lions Club Arena
Weil Known Businessmen Make Up Lions Executive
cheal McAdam, first vice-president; John
Livermore, secretary; John S. Scruton, Lion
Tamer; Leslie Ball, one year director and Rus-
sel Holmes, past president. At far right is
Peter Anastasiades, guest speaker at Tues-
day night's dinner meeting. Officers not
pictured are Hugh R. Hawkins, Tail Twister;
two-year directors, William Morfock and How-
ard Brunsdon; one year director, Harvey C.
Johnston. (News-Record Photo)
Concert Band To
Play at Bayfield
Mrs. Irene Wolsey
Named "Mother" At
Nurses Residence
Clinton Lions Club is staging
a turkey bingo on October 5, in
the arena, in plenty of time for
the householder to plan for the
Thanksgiving dinner menu. Time
is eight o'clock, and two large
turkeys are offered as door priz-
es.
Admission will be 75 cents, and
this will entitle the player to 15
games, prizes for which will also
be turkeys. Special games will be
sold at 25 cents each, five for one
dollar.
Gladstone Grigg and Kenneth
McRae are in charge of the bingo
itself; H. C. Lawson is in charge
of publicising it; Mitcheal Mc-
Adam and Royce Macaulay are
in charge of seating.
Proceeds are to be used to boost
the financial status of the arena.
The club finds themselves with a
deficit of nearly $1,000 left from
this spring, and extensive repairs
needed to get the ice-making
plant underway.
F. G. Meek Hired
Temporary Principal
Enrolment at CDCI is now re-
corded at 516, according to F. G.
Meek, who has been supplying as
principal there since the second
week of school. The board of
CDCI, meeting last night in the
school, approved the hiring of Mr.
Meek as temporary principal, on
the basis of $8,000 per year. '
Mr. Meek has had four years
eXPerierice as principal in North-
ern Ontario, prior to that was on
the staff of Exeter District High
School.
Students Council has been given
permission to use the gymnasium
for dances, and 'Teen Town also,
if they so desire.
The 35th annual convention of
London Conference Young Peop-
le's Union of the United Church
of Canada was held over the we-
ekend at the Ontario Street Un-
ited Church, Clinton.
Ronald Steepe, Clinton, a past
president of Huron Presbytery
YPU, was the able convention
manager. Assisting him was Bill
Coultes, Belgrave, the present Hu-
ron Presbytery president.
Approximately 150 young peop-
le were present from the nine
presbyteries, including Algoma,
Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford', Lamb-
ton, Huron, Kent, Essex and Per-
th. The conference was' attended
by the national president, David
MacDonald, Charlottetown, P.E.T.
Theme of the conference, which
opened Friday evening and closed
Sunday afternoon, was "You and
Your Direction." Rev. W, S. Mac-
Leod, St. John's Church, Strat-
ford, was theme speaker.
Among the resolutions dealt
with was one which will be for-
warded to Canada's Prime Min-
ister, John Diefenbaker, express-
ing the conference's appreciation
of the fat:A that no alcoholic bev-
erage was served at the state ban-
quet for the Queen. Elizabeth wh-
en she recently visited Canada.
New Executive
The new executive for 1959-60
will be: Christian education con-
vener, Rev. ROSS D. Crosby, St.
Marys; Young People's counselor,
Rev. C. J. Scott, Sarnia, (for-
merly of Blyth); president, Terry
Chinnery, Aylmer; vice-president,
Bruce Lambert, London; secre-
tary, to be appointed; treasurer,
Miss Jeanette Seabourne, Wind-
sor,
Conveners are:• Faith and evan-
gelism, Wilmer Errington, Dun-
gannon; stewardship and training,
Miss Mary Howe, R.R. 1, South-
wold Station; citizenship and
Kick-off To-day
For CDCI Red Devils
CDCI Red Devils are meeting
Seaforth High School football
team this,afternoon on the Sea-
forth playing field, for the first
game of the season.
First home genie will be at
CDCI campus nest Thursday aft-
ernoon at 2.30 pm, when the God-
erich entry in the inter-school Ser.
ieS will play here,
Band Association Headed
By C. Dixon and Mayor
Taken To Hospital
For X-Ray Work
Mrs, Alice Dinsdale, Kippen, 89
years old, is a patient in Clinton
Public Hospital since September
21. She fractured her left hip ill
a fall.
Gerald Shaddick, son of Mr, and
Mrs. A. Shaddick, Victoria Street,
was taken to hospital for x-rays
on Saturday, following injuries re-
ceived at school. to his chest.
Siebrand Wilts, Londesboro waS
released on Saturday from Hospi-
tal where he has been since a tWo
car crash on a Hallett Township
road on September 14. His son
Dame, 8, was allowed to go home
on September 16.
Mrs. Wilts is still in , hospital,
where her condition is improving,
and a second son, Hendrick, 12, al-
so remains in hospital suffering
from injuries to the jaw,
ancial business of the band, and
along with the president to' sign
cheques, etc.
The Band is experiencing some
difficulty in locating certain of
the instruments presumed to be-
long to the former Clinton Band,
and would appreciate any know-
ledge of the whereabouts of these.
They could be put to good use by
the Band,
The next meeting of the Assoc-
iation will be on October 27 in
the Legion Hall after band prac-
tice, approximately 9.30 p.m.
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Clinton Concert Band will lead
the parade of school children from
Clan Gregor Square in Bayfield
to the fairgrounds in the village,
beginning at 1.00 o'clock Satur-
day afternoon, September 26. All
members should be in the Square
ready to move off at that time.
Bandmaster George Wonch re-
ports that supplementing the
Band's parade will be the Clinton
District Collegiate Institute's
drum majorettes: Misses Dawn.
Grigg, .Connie Smith, Mary Mac-
aulay, Sandra Addison and Chris-
tine Bridle.
Recruiting Officers
Visit Station Clinton
Nine recruiting officers from
various parts of Canada visited
Station Clinton last week, to get
up-to-date picture of life and
training there. These officers have
the job of advising those applying
for enlistment with the RCAF.
Mrs. Irene Wolsey, Victoria St-
reet, has been appointed house
mother at Clinton Nurses Resi-
dence. She has been on the staff
of the hospital for .four years, and
now will make her home in the
residence.
Mrs. Wolsey succeeds Mrs. Jean
Radford, who has been house mo-
ther since the residence was first
opened.
Appointment of a secretary-
treasurer for the hospital has not
yet been confirmed.
(BY W.
EVERY SO OFTEN A FAR-OFF
subscriber of the News-Record
Passes away . , . and we realize
that although they may be some-
one we have never seen . . , we
will miss them very much ,
One recently, was Tom Walker,
Denver, Colorado . . He was 81
years old and had left Clinton
years ago . . but he'd made a
name for himself in his chosen
city, and the reason for it, was
a background in the piano factory
here in town . , Torn sent along
a gaily coloured postcard with
every renewal of his paper, and
we generally stuck it up some-
where on the wall, where it ser-
ved to remind us that our words
were read far afield , . He was a
cheerful man, and one we hate to
lose from our subscription list...
* * *
THIS PENNY SALE SEEMS TO
be gding very well , .. There's an-
other whole week to buy tickets,
for the draw is on October 3. , .
There are more than 50 prizes,
each of which have been donated
by Clinton merchants . . They've
done their part to support the
Hospital Auxiliary . . . Now it's
your turn , . . * * *
THE LADIES OF THE HOSPI-
tal auxiliary are not a bothersome
group . . . They come to you only
twice a year for fund raising pur-
poses . . . the other time is on
Tag Day . . And last year the
penny sale raised $750 which
was put to use buying siderails
for beds, tray carts to carry food
to the rooms; and dispenser for
the operating room, 24 stainless
steel teapots and carafes for the
food trays . , and assisted in
furnishing the emergency opera-
ting room . . . * * *
MRS. B. MENZIES IS PRESI-
dent of the auxiliary this year...
Mrs. Duff Thompson is chairlady
of the penny sale itself . . . and
numbers of volunteer workers are
assisting . . • *
WE AGREE WITH NIKITA
Krushchev . . . it would have
been nice for him to see Disney-
land . . . and it was not nice of
Hollywood to present the CanCan
as an example of the best of their
art . . If Mr. Krushchev finds
it hard to understand the Amer-
ican way , . we can sympath-
ize with him . . . * * *
FOR 'INSTANCE, WE WERE
this week "selected" to receive
a colourful brochure of a new-
type magazine published by some-
one in the US.A. . . It was an
expensive one: $16.70 for six cop-
ies . . and the promotion was as
colourful as perhaps the book it-
self is . . . But one thing has lost
them a potential subscriber . . .
The friendly little mass-produced
letter they sent us was clearly
not written for a Canadian read-
er . . it went (at one point)
this way: "You are on our list be-
cause we believe you are one of
those adult Americans . . . etc."
. . and right away we backed
up . . If our Canadian $16.70
subscription is worth anything to
the promoters of this' American
book, then it is worth a friendly
little note, even if mass-produced,
aimed at a Canadian reader . . . * * *
THIS IS THE KIND OF THOU-
ghtless lack of tact . . which
was ,shown bluntly to the Amer-
ican people by The Ugly Ameri-
can, •a novel written for that ex-
press purpose . . . Apparently it
has not taken effect . . . nor have
the general American public
learned how to treat an invited
guest . , Mr. Krushchev may, or
may not be, a man the American
public wishes to honour .. . never-
theless he has been invited to
their country by their president
. . and in this capacity should be
treated •as a guest . . . not as a
foreigner to be baited . . .
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Murray K. Roy
Enrols at OAC
for Degree Course
Murray K. Roy, Londesboro,
has enrolled at Ontario Agricul-
tural College, expecting to gradu-
ate in 1963. Mr. Roy is married,
and his wife and two sons will
carry on the family farm while
he it at college.
Mr. Roy is not new to farming.
Last year he topped Huron in a
pasture competition sponsored by
the Soil and Crop Improvement
Association of Ontario, and this
year served as judge for the Hu-
ron pasture competition, results
of which have just been released,
He Will be among 450 freshmen
and freShettes attending OAC
from Canada, Europe, Asia, Afri-
ea, South. America and the West
Tndies,
The Week's Weather
1959 1958
High Low High Low
Sept, 17 51 34 61 55
18 51 45 65 48
19 65 36 68 55
2() '?4 48 68 46
21 80 63 72 44
22 75 68 76 56
23 80 66 78 61
Rain: .62 in.
Executive of the town's senior service
club, the Clinton Lions, from the left, Frank.
B. Pennebaker, treasurer; Stewart Taylor,
third vice-president; Herbert Bridle, second
vice-president; E. B. Menzies, president; Mit-
Lions Need Help to Open
Rink For Skating Season
Clinton Lions Club decided to tickets will be available well in
ask for assistance in getting the advance of that game.
arena open in time for skating The Lions. are beginning a
this fall. Apparently one of the membership drive, and hope to
motors burned out this spring, swell their ranks considerably.
and a cost of about $800 will be President Beecher Menzies called
needed to replace it. for "at least ten" new Lions for
At present the Lions record ov- initiation on October 27.
er $980 deficit in arena operation.
Official •attitude of RCAF Station Peter Anastasiades was introduc-
Special speaker of the evening,
Clinton is that the arena is still ed by Herbert Bridle, and after
out of bounds to Air Force per- his interesting address, was
sonnel. This condition has existed thanked by Kenneth McRae.
since mid-winter, Station officials
Mr. Anastasiades, who is a staff require an engineer's certificate member at CDCI, was born in In-
concerning the building. dia, and completed his college. e:d-
The boys ,and girls committee uoation here in Canada. This is
is studying the problem of loca- his second year at, tit Clinton col-tioh -for 'Teen Town dances this legiate. His topic was "Travel in
winter, since the auditorium at India" and he told in a most in-
CDCI has been partitioned off for teresting manner of holidaying in use as a permanent classroom and Kashmir, to the north of India
locker room. proper, when he was nine years Mitcheal McAdam, first vice- old.
president of the Lions is heading
Kashmir has 4,400,000 people,
the Grey Cup draw project, and approximately, he said, although
the government has never been
able to take an accurate census of
the people. Whole villages can dis-
appear in one month, Import of
beef, even in tinned form is pro-
hibited, and all such is confiscated
at the border.
The speaker showed 'the con-
trast between countries, by men-
tioning that a bricklayer would
work 12 hours a day in Kashmir
for $1.00 for the entire day. The
people are happy, he said, al-
though poorly fed and with little
in wordly goods. They believe in
re-incarnation after death, and
that if they live this life as well
as they can, then the next one
will be better.
"The people live a simple life
amidst unparralleled beauty, in an
uncommercialized country."
The Clinton Band Association
was formed officially on Tuesday
night in a meeting held after
band practice in the Legion Mem-
orial Hall, Mayor Burton S. Stan-
ley accepted the chair of honour-
ary president, while Clayton Dix-
on will be president.
The Rev. J. A. McKim is sec-
retary-treasurer and his assistant
Scholarships Are is Miss Joan Johnston, member
of the band. The advisory com-
mittee is made up of Beecher Listed at CDCI
Menzies, representing the Lions
Club; Harry Plumsteel, fo rural
members of the band; Kenneth C.
Cooke, representing the Legion,
and two more to be named,
Purposes of the Band ASsocia-
Mon are set uot: to better the
musical education of town and
district; to produce a properly
administered music organization;
to promote public engagements of
the band and, to have a properly
led and musically trained group,
The sectetary-treastIter was
given power to deal with any fin-
CDCI Board Awards
Contract For Addition
Tenders have been let for the
construction of the new addition
to Clinton District Collegiate In-
stitute. Approval of this move was
received on Tuesday by II. C.
Lawson, secretary of the CDCI
Board, and John Hayman and
Sons, Ltd., London, is the firm
delegated to do the job, Tender
price was V96,867,00,
Directors of the Bayfield Fall
Fair are staging the big event on
Saturday this year, in an attempt
to make the fair available to all
the hundreds of people who look
upon the village as a summer
home. This is a unique idea in the
lakeside community, and many
are watching the outcome closely.
Another new feature is the pre-
sence of Clinton's newly formed
Concert Band, which will be on
parade for the first time, as they
lead the school children from Clan
Gregor Square into the fair-
grounds. With them will be the
drum majorettes from the CDCI
Trumpet Band.
Bayfield's Fairgrounds are situ-
ated in a natural setting, framed
by trees on three sides, and the
modern arena which houses the
dozens of indoor exhibits makes
that section of the Fair easy to
view. Special classes such as the
Herd Wins Fame
For Dalevista Farm
William J. Dale, RR 1, Clinton,
brought home a solid array of
prizes from Western Fair, London
last week, earned by his Guern-
sey herd. Mr. Dale's farm is
known as Dalevista Farm.
Leaskdale Bandmaster's Nancy
won grand champion and reserve
in the junior yearling heifer class.
Second prizes were won for junior
bull calf, three year old milk,
senior yearling heifer. Third priz-
es were won by yearling bull, jun-
ior herd and graded herd. Dry
cows won both second and third
placings. Fourth: four year old
in milk; sixth, junior heifer calf;
seventh, eighth and ninth on sen-
ior calves.
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Young Herdsmen
From Lobb Family
Two sons of Mr. and Mrs. Mer-
vyn. Lobb, RR 2, Clinton, were
active as showmen and herdsmen
at the larger fairs this fall, show-
ing Ayrshire cattle. Murray work-
ed with the herd of Alex Suther-
land, Dunvean Farm, Paris, at
Western Fair. Donald worked
with Sam Pattison's herd, Elora
View Farm, Elora, at the CNE,
Toronto.
Annexation Hearing In
Toronto Next Month
Progress towards annexing
land in Hullett Township along
Highway 8, has been continuing.
The Ontario Municipal Board has
announced that a hearing will be
held on October 28, in Toronto,
and all property owners affected
will be notified shortly of this,
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Guides Registration
Next Monday Night
First Clinton Company of Girl
Guides will hold registration in
the Legion Hall, Clinton on Mon-
day, September 28 at 7 p.m. sharp.
The age limit: beginners should
be in their 12th year,
Cancer Society Has
Annual Here Friday
Clinton Tdwn Hall will be the
site to-morrow night of the an;
nual meeting of the Huron Unit,
Canadian Cancer Society. All
those who are interested in this
work, either on the local level,
or 'otherwise, are invited to at-
tend, Meeting time is 8 p.m,
Linton News-Recor
London Conference Y.P.U. Has Annual
Here in Ontario Street Church Hall
Scholarships won by students at
CDCI were reported to the board
by Principal F. G. Meek last
night. They include the Sir Ern-
est Cooper Scholarship to Eugene
Bender, RR 1, Zurich; also a $400
Ontario Government scholarship,
and a Dominion-Provincial Burs-
ary of $250. Eugene is attending
Stratford Normal School.
James Managhan, son of Mr,
and Mrs, W. E. Managhan, RR 5,
Clinton, has been awarded a Do-
minion-Provincial bursary type A,
valued at $500. He has entered
the faculty of Applied Science and
Engineering, University of Toron-
to.
Mary Helen Yea, Holmesville,
has won a Dominion-Provincial
bursary Of $250, as well, and she
is attending Stratford Normal
School.
Secondary school bursaries of
$100 each have been won by D.
Mark sender, Sherry Cochrane
and Thomas A, Logan, They are
students in Grade 13 at CDCI.
Community service, Miss Helen
Haines', London; mission and wor-
ld out-reach, Miss Anna Thomp-
son, Science Hill; recreation and
culture, Harry Greenwood, Mit-
chell; leadership education, Lloyd
Holland, Clinton; publications,
Miss Betty Cook, Sarnia.
Tour Air Station
On Friday evening Rev. Grant
Mills, minister of the host church,
extended a welcome to the dele-
gates, and reports were presented.
Saturday began with morning
worship. Group sessions were
held for discussions. Bible study
and resolutions completed the
agenda. At noon lunch was served
in Wesley-Willis United Church.
In the afternoon, following the
business period, the young people
were taken on a tour of RCAF
Station Clinton.
The official convention banquet
was held Saturday evening in the
host church, after which the new
officers were installed. On Sun-
day morning, after a communion
service, a meditation was led by
Kenneth Ashton, Blyth, (formely
of Clinton), a Huron Presbytery
student for the ministry.
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No. 38—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1959
Fair Time at Bayfield on
Saturday; Fun for All
Apple Display show hours of work
and great ingenuity. The general
fruit entries are a good example
of the excellent variety grown. in.
Huron County,
School exhibits at Bayfield are
the "talk of the county" for there
are often more than can be ac-
commodated upon the display
boards, and the work is of .excel-
lent quality.
There are two 4-H Clubs ex-
hibiting beef and dairy cattle.
The enthusiasm of the young folk
is outdone only by their families,
There will be a square dance corn.-
petition during the afternoon, in
which school children will com-
pete.
At night there will be a dance
in ' the town hall. Interestingly
enough, htis can 'be a real night
of dancing, even though on Sat-
urday night music stops at 12
o'clock. Intention is to start on.
Daylight Saving Time and dance
until one o'clock. That will be
midnight Eastern Standard Time.
The ladies will want to view
the baking exhibits, and the spec-
ial class for a fruit cake, uniced.
The men will enjoy seeing the
top-prize grain and vegetables and
fruit,
Everyone will enjoy the food
for sale on the grounds, the gam-
es to play and the good live stock
and poultry to see at first hand.
This is a "big" event in Bay-
field's year. It can be fun for you.
Library Extra Door
Ready For Use
Renovating Soon
As many people are aware,
work has commenced at the Lib-
rary to add support to the front
arch, which is showing cracks,
due to the quicksand in the area,
While work is in progress memb-
ers and friends are asked to use
the emergency door just off Rat-,
tenbury Street, Signs will be er-
ected to indicate when to use this
entrance,
Beginning on the first of Oct-
ober winter hours will be abserv-
ed at the Library. This means
that the Library will be open from
two until five-thirty, as usual, in
the afternoons and from seven
until nine in the evenings, with
eight o'clock closing on Friday.
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Hospital Records 35
Births In August
During the month of August
there were 35 births and two
deaths and a total of 203 in-pat-
ients. There were 14 major Kurgi-
cal operations and 74 minor Ones;
66 chest x-rays, 78 other x-rays
and 9, fluoroscopy, Out-patients
treated in the emergency ward
totalled 91. This was the biggest
month so far in lab work, and
533 units were done, according to
superintendent Miss Hilda Smith.
On Monday Miss Smith attend-
ed an administrators institute and
workshop in Toronto, which was
sponsored by the Ontario 1-lospi.•
tat Services Commission and the
Ontario Hospital Association. She
reports there are now ,fivo
Ontario people insured under the
plan, which is 92 percent of the
province's population.
The commission. now plans to
.send out second notices for de-
'invent .accounts, making it eas-
ier for those who might forget to
send in payments.