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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-10-29, Page 1ititton). New ecor THE NEW ERA-93rd YEAR THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR No. 43—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1959 $3.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Paget Official Opening Of Hogsback Bridge Seen at the official opening of the $18,000 Hogsback Bridge on Concession 8, Huk lett. Township, are officials of the township. From the left, George W. Cowan, retired clerk who helped with early plans of the bridge; Leonard Caldwell, road superintendent; Warden W. R. Jewitt, reeve of Hullett; R. M. Dawson, consulting engineer, Stratford; Councillors Hugh Flynn and Thomas Leiper. The bridge was built by Seaforth Concrete Company in 1958 over the Maitland River, about two miles east of Highway 4. (News-Record Photo) About 25 persons became char- ter members of the Clinton Retar- ded Children's Association, as it was formed in an open meeting in the council chambers of the town hall Monday night, Vice-president J. A. 'Bert" Gray chaired the meeting. Officers are: president, George H. Jefferson; treasurer, Mrs. Douglas Bartliff; recording secre- tary, Mrs, Donald Kay; corres- ponding secretary, Mrs. Helen Pearson; vice-presidents, Bert Gray (education); the Rev. J. A, McKim (membership); Flying Of- ficer G. L, "Bud" Hayter (recrea- tion). Meetings will be held on the third Monday night of each month, in the auditorium of the Clinton Public School. All inter- ested persons welcome. Speaker at the meeting Mon- day was W. R. Kirk, Toronto, who is the executive director of the Ontario Retarded Children's Association. He said the Clinton Association was the 59th in On- tario, all formed since the first one was begun in Kirkland Lake in 1949. It was 1953 before the Ontario Association was formed and the government took an inter- est. Since then one-third of the cost of capital expenses of special schools is' borne by the provincial government, plus $250 per child per year, for half-day instruction in special schools. "Anyone of us could have been mentally retarded," said Mr. Kirk. Give Your Share To UNICEF On Hallowe'en Night Another UNICEF Hallowe'en is being planned by the Clinton Min- isterial Association. On. Friday the ministers' will call at the Clin- ton Public School, and-distribute official badges and specially dec- orated UNICEF collection cans to those who Wish 'to do this work for UNICEF relief. Proceeds go to the needy children overseas. A warning to householders is that they should be sure the col- lector has the official badge and proper collection can, before they give them money. Proceeds will be gathered at the town hall, on Saturday night. Association Formed Here To Aid Retarded Children She had not yet regained con- sciousness. Miss Jean McClinchey, 15, also in Clinton Public Hospital, is in much improved condition. Concus- sion was feared, but was not found, although lacerations and bruises occurred. Ten month old Joanne McClin- chey was thrown from the car and was picked up from, the ground several feet away. She was found at the hospital to be unin- jured. Mrs. Bruce McClinchey and Mrs. Grace Munro, Clinton, both had stitches taken in forehead and cheek, but were not admitted to hospital. • The accident occurred shortly after 7 p.m. while the congrega.: tion was 'gathering for the even- ing anniversary services at Bruce- field United Church on the south outskirts of the village. Gordon J. White, RR 4, Goderich was pro- ceeding north, and struck the rear of a car driven by Mrs. Bruce McClinchey, RR 1, Brucefield. Mrs. McClinchey had stopped to let passengers out of the car at the church. Mrs. Talbot had open- ed her door seconds before the impact. The McClinchey car was swung around, and Mrs. Talbot, thrown from the car, was found underneath it. The White car bounced off and damage resulted to four other cars, owned by,Archie R. Parsons, RR 2, Hensall; Kenneth G. Mc- Cowan, Brucefield; Jack Mustard, Brucefield; Robert McLean, RR 2, Kippen.. Constables Ross Ball and Ro- bert Sims, OPP, Goderich, investi- gated. Charges are pending. 0 Excavate For CDCI New $296,000 Addition Work was begun this week on the addition to the Clinton Dist- rict Collegiate Institute. Excava- tion has been started. The addi- tion is expected to cost about $296,000, Also construction is well along the way of the new ptiblie rash- room being built between the lib- rary and the town hall. Contract price for it is $3,200, "The hands of 'the police de- partment are tied," said Antoine Garon this week, as he explained why he accepted the job of chair- man' of the Clinton section of Hu- ron Legal Control Committee. "The police find it very difficult to enforce the law, as it is laid dawn under the Canada Temper- ance Act." Mr. Garon, who is a member of the Clinton Public Utilities Commission and an ex-councillor, as well as being successful in the dry cleaning and laundry business, states that the reason he became interested in repeal of the CTA was due to his experience in the last year handling the Jowett's Grove picinic area and Bayfield Pavilion. Under the CTA, says Mr. Garon, it is extremely difficult for the police to prove sale of beer or liquor. The actual purchase would have to be proven, with ,marked money, possibly, and a" volunteer who would undertake to "get the goods" on those illegally selling. Though under the CTA it is il- legal to sell alcoholic beverages in Huron County, proof of the sale is quite difficult to get. If the CTA were repealed, and Huron were-placed under the Ont- ario Liquor Control Act, then it would be possible to lay a charge, and get a conviction, if an open case of beer or liquor were found in a car. That is a violation of the OLCA. "This would 'be an improve-: merit," said Mr. Garon, "and would lead to a better situation at my own, and other entertain- ment establishments throughout the county". From among eight applicants for the job of vice-principal at Clinton District Collegiate Insti- tute received by the board, David John Cochrane, RR 1, Erindale, has been hired for the position: Mr. Cochrane is presently vice- principal at the Thomas L. Ken- nedy School in South. Peel. He will take over his duties here on Jan- uary 4. It is probable that in Sep-. teniber Mr. Cochrane will become principal at CDCI, member nations; there are now 82 countries represented. The numerous languages are not as bad a barrier as one would think, with modern translation methods. The basic languages at the UN are English, French, Spanish, Russian and Chinese. "We are too much inclined to take the daily press headlines as the entire work of the UN," said Mr. McLean. He added, "This is not true." Then he told of teams of UN specialists working in all the backward countries of the eastern part of the world. Mr. McLean's thoughts were that the UN was doing a good job. He said, "We tend to be too impatient of UN accomplish- ments." He again reminded his listeners that 14 years was not a long time in the struggle for peace. The speaker was introduced by program chairman Ross Middle- ton and thanked by Royce Mac- aulay. President E. B. Menzies present- ed a past president's pin to Russel Holmes. Original plan was for an initia- tion at this meeting, but UN night was observed instead. Guests present were Lion Bill Conron, Wingham; Maynard Cor- rie and Fred Hulls, Bayfield; Walter Smith, Varna; Mayor (Continued on Page Twelve) 0 CDC! Getting New Principal Jan. 4: D. John Cochrane Clinton Branch of the Canadian Legion held its annual nomina- tion night banquet on Monday evening and had as guest speaker, George H. Jefferson, retired prin- cipal of Clinton public school. Mr. Jefferson was addressing many of his,foriner pupils in this organiza- tion. 'The Legion was highly compli- mented by the speaker who said "My personal' thoughts of the Legion speak very loud in. this community," He said he knew of many cases in the Clinton district where the Legion had helped needy folk, Mr. Jefferson went on to say, "You have recognized the needs of the community and put these needs to material good." G. H. J Fierson Addresses Annual Legion Banquet "There are at least 70 known causes of retardation. Surveys show that 30 out of every 1,000 people will be retarded to some degree. Out of that 30, one will be severely retardedi four will have an IQ of less -than 50 (these are the ones our program is de- signed to help) and. the rest are in the 50-80 IQ bracket, and are (Continued on Page Twelve) Brucerield Lady "Critical", Six-Car Accident, Sunday Six cars were damaged in a multiple collision on Highway 4 in the village of Brucefield on Sunday evening. Mrs. Mary Tal- bot, about 70 years' old, Bruce- field, was reported last night as being in critical condition from injuries received in the mishap. Stratford Teachers Alumni To Hold Reunion November 7 Alumni of Stratford Teachers College will hold their annual autumn reunion on November 7, with a banquet in the Victorian Inn at 5.30 p.m. and a ball in the Stratford Armoury beginning at 9 p.m. the same day. Special attention will be given to gradu- ates of the classes of 1933-34, 1943-44 and 1953-54, along with their escorts. PUC Grants Services For Four Buildings Four applications for water, hydro and sewerage service were processed on Tuesday night at the Clinton Public Utilities Com- mission regular meeting: Huron Murch, Mary Street; WO1 Thomas E. Ellis, Queen Street; Harvey N. Boyce, East Street and the Clin- ton Murphy LOL lodge hall, on Charles Street. Encouraged by word from the town council, through Mayor Bur- ton Stanley, that the PUC should take more responsibility for mak- ing their own laws and regula- tions, the commission is' under- taking to form a resolution re- garding the extension of water mains. "You are an elected body, the same as council iS," said Mayor Stanley, "And you have the' know- ledge to make the right decisions with regard to your work." Main problem at hand right now is to set up a regulation un- der which new mains can bt ex- tended, and the cost be recovered from the properties it will serve now or in the future. United Nations night was obser- ved by Clinton Lions Club Thurs- day evening, by having as guest speaker a former member of Can- ada's five-man delegation, A. Y. McLean, Seaforth, publisher and former MP for Huron. Mr. McLean briefly described the building and ithe countries making up the UN, Then went on to explain the workings of the various agencies which make up the UN. Of these the Security Council is the most prominent. At one time Mr. McLean was the sole layman on a court of justice committee, the others all being lawyers. This year being the 14th anni- versary of the United Nations, Mr. McLean noted the progress made since its beginning with 51 66 Girl Guides Enrolled, Second Company Needed To celebrate the jubilee in 1960, the Canadian Legion has given the Brownies and Guides permis- sion to plant 'lips in the pattern of a Trefoil in front of the Leg- ion Hall on Kirk Street, Mrs. Clifford Epps has offered to as- sist in the planting, and the 100 bulbs should produce a colourful display next spring. Last night the Guides held their Hallowe'en party in the au- ditorium of the County Home, Prizes were given for the most original costumes, and for best decorated luneh box brought by the Guides. Fairholme Dairy do- nated Chocolate milk, Some of the senior residents at the Home were entertained. Those in charge of the enter- tainment were: games 'and music, Barbara Corey, Barbara Irwin; songe, Linda Nicholson; amateur Show, Barbara Joan Irwin, B. Pegg. A vote of thanks was giv- en to Mr. 'and Mrs, Harvey John- ston for titixtigitig to have the Guides, and a bus from J and T Murphy Ltd., supplied the trans- portation. Zbe „Irina Cattintil=== (BY W. B. '1::0 MANY PEOPLE ARE confused and unhappy about the coining vote regarding the Canada Tem- perance Act „ Although over 10,000 signatures were received on a petition in Huron County to have the vote held, there are many people who do not under- stand what the vote is all about, * WE HAVE TRIED to place the situation as clearly as possible be- fore our readers . , Further in- formation regarding the vote will be published between now and No- vember 30 . . . We can only sug- gest reading this information care- fully as it appears, paying atten- tion to the sources from which the information is obtained . and then coming to a conclusion yourself as to whether you believe that particular point of view . . . * * THE VOTE IS NOT for or against temperance . . . It is only for and against the type of law under which we desire ourselves to be governed with regard to alcoholic beverages . . . If you decide you like the situation as it is, and has been for the past 40 years, then You should plan to put your X on the ballot next to the words, "Against the Revocation" . • . If you want the law Changed in Hu- ron County to the same law that is in effect throughout most • of Ontario, then your X should be next to the words, "For the Re- vocation" . * * * SO FAR AS CLINTON GOES even if the vote in Huron revokes the CTA, then our town will con- tinue to be perfectly dry . . There will be no legal outlets, not even a Government retail store, nor brewers warehouse in Clinton . . , To get these, or any other kind of outlet, a second vote would be required . . . * * OUR BEST ADVICE IS: read, consider, talk it over with your friends, with your church; with your children . . Then make your decision . . * * * SPECIALISTS IN ALL SORTS of things spend their time finding ways to make life more pleasant . . . Now specialists in safety are telling us we should wear safety belts when driving in our cars —that will take a bit of re-educa- tion, but it is what the driving public needs if it intends to save lives . . . Safe driving must be taught . . . and whether we use, the logical step of teaching in the schools . . . or whether we wait until drivers get into serious trouble is our choice . . . We think a course in driver re-education should be made obligatory after every ten years of driving . . . even if no accidents have occur- red during that time . . . • * 8 'K SEEMS TO ME THAT NO MAT- , ter what the farming industry ▪ does to equalize prices, they will be forever plagued by the rise and fall of prices brought about by over-production . . . and by bad crop years . . . ' • 'K * * THE LOCAL SERIES OF SEC- ondary football games ended up with the Wingham team in the lead , . . As far as Clinton goes, there should be no bad feeling in- volved . . . for the Redmen just did not have the weight nor ex- perience to stack up against a better team . , . If the Clinton team could have had the services of several of their bigger stud- ' ents . . . the answer would have been different, possibly, but the rule of "over 50 percent passing grade in five subjects" was en- forced firmly in CDCI, as it should have been . , , and the boys who were left, did not have the required strength . . . Now Seaforth is contesting the eligibil- ity of a player on the Wingham team . . . on that very grounds- , . . It seems highly unlikely that any secondary school teacher, or ' principal would allow an unquali- fied student 'to play ... but if they have, then it is a strong indict- ment against the teachers, the team, and the student . . . That is, if the rule were fully under- stood . . , 0 Still Short Over $100 For CNIB Campaign This area is still short $100 in reaching its quota for the recent campaign for the Canadian Nat- ional Institute for the Blind. This is an unfortunate situation. Support of this campaign in Clinton and district is important because there are people depend- ing upon us, If you have forgot- ten or neglected to send your donation, mail it to-day to W. V. Roy, local chairman of the CNIB, Box 310, Clinton. The Week's Weather 1959 1958 High Low High Low Oct, 22 60 33 60 46 23 63 51 57 43 24 61 46 40 37 25 51 44 51 43 26 47 50 54 40 27 41 32 49 35 28 40 32 49 33 Rain: ,69 ins, Raim .43 ins. The executive of the Clinton and District Branch of the Hur- on Unit of the Cancer Society met at the home of the presi- dent, Mrs. F. Fingland on October 26, There were -ten members pre- sent. The welfare convener Mrs. D, J. Lane reported that more pat- ients have been' assisted in vari- ous ways, this year than last. Ov- er 920 dressings have been made by the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary, St. Andrew's Girls' Club, as well as individuals, Rev. J. A. McEim has carried on a vigorous campaign in the in- terests of education. There were 29 film showings and 60 films shown, which was' particularly gratifying. He presented ideas for future work. 0. L. Engeistad requested that a specific boundary for our dist- rict (which would greatly assist campaign and welfare conveners)" be outlined by the unit campaign chairman. Town of Clinton's con- tribution to the • campaign fund was $1,062.45. The treasurer's report, read by MO. D. Bartliff, showed a balance , of $47.01. Dis- cussion and questions followed the presentation of each report. The 1959 officers were re-elect- ed, as they had consented to act for a two-year term. Officers for 1960 will be: presi- dent, Mrs. Frank Fingland; first vice-president, Mrs. Harry Ball; second vice-president, Mrs. Doug- las Bartliff; secretary, Miss Esth- er Jamieson; treasurer, Mrs. Douglas Bartliff; 'welfare conven- er, Mrs. D. J. Lane; educational convener, Rev. J. A. McKim; cam- paign convener, Orval. L. Engel- stad; medical advisor, Dr. Frank Newland; and publicity, Mrs. E. Beecher Menzies, Miss Wilma Din- nin and Mrs. C. A, Trott. Past president is Mrs. William Morlok. Mrs. Neville Forbes, a past president, :p*sidede fore the election •of officers. o Telecom. Officers Graduate At Station Clinton Telecommunications Officers Course No. 18 today completed its training with graduation exer- cises at RCAF Station Clinton. Graduation diplomas were presen- ted by Air Commodore J. B. Har- vey, AFC, CD, Deputy Air Officer Commanding (Administration), Air Defence Command. These officers have just com- pleted 39 weeks of intensive train- ing in the telecommunications theory, equipment and administra- tion procedures used in the RCAF. For most of them, this course was preceded by a 15 week course in mathematics and physics so they have been under formal training for more than a year. The graduates include univer- sity graduates, ex-aircrew offic- ers and officers who have been commissioned from the ranks. The graduates were: F/O L. P. MacDonald; F/L T. B. Axcell; F/O W. J. Blackman; F/O N. C. Bain; F/O J. L. Grant; F/O F. W. McGrath; F/O G. H. Stock; F/O R. E. Dorey; F/O R. F, Cain; F/O D. H. Lohnes; F/O J. W. McDavid; F/O G. J. Monag- han; F/O R. E. Neale. There are now 66 Girl Guides in Clinton. This makes it neces- sary to make application to form the second Girl Guide Company. Training day for Huron-Perth divisions was held on Saturday, October 24 in Stratford. Attend- ing from Clinton were Brownie leaders Mrs. DouglaS Ball and Mrs. George Wench and Guider Mrs. "Bud" Graham. The need for the Ladies Auxil- iary and their work in helping Guides was stressed at this meet- ing. Clinton is the only town in the area without a Ladies ary. It is hoped one will be organ- ized in the near future to help pass the Guides and Brownies on 'their tests for proficiency badges, camping, etc. The day at Stratford was under the direction of Mrs. Millar, Wat- erloo, for Guiders and Miss D, Iredale, Preston, for the brownie leaders. Signposts of Guiding were reviewed, International Guid- ing and the necessity of keeping accurate records were discussed, Mr. Jefferson, who knew boys who had fought in three major wars, who came out of his school, said he was always impressed by the Legion's observance of Re- Membrane° Day. "If I had to go through life over, again,. T._ would, again be a schOol teacher," -said' Mr. Jeffer- son. He reminisced of his exper- iences as a teacher and gave an outline of the Ontario school sys- tem. It is just 100 years since Dr. Egerton Ryerson began an organized education system in On- tario. Not until 1891 was attend- ance at public school compulsory. Exams were oral at that time, usually given by leading persons of the community. Mr. Jefferson was sorry that some old records were destroyed when the move was made from the Ontario Street school to the new modern school • at the east end of town. Mr, Jefferson remarked on to- day's complaint that modern day pupils can't spell. He said this is wrong, 'because he knew parents and grandparents that couldn't spell either, from the numerous absent notes he used to receive during his teaching career. He cited some of today's top educa- tionalists who are terrible spellers. In. olden days, the deaf, blind, etc., didn't have school to go to. But today we have schools for all these children. He remarked that "right at this present moment a meeting is go- ing on in our town hall uptown, to organize a teaching program for our local retarded children." He urged the Legion to consider this project in their future plane. Mr. Jefferson ended his talk by reciting two poems, He was in- troduced by W. J. Counter and thanked by Roy Fitzsimons. Guests at the dinner meeting included heads of other clubs in Clinton: E. B. Menzies, Lions.; Don Epps, Kinsmen; Barrett Taylor, Fish and' Game; and Mayor Burton Stanley; B. Boys, from RCAF Station, who acted as pianist; Stan Hardy, a former secretary of the branch, London; District Commander Kelly Koeh- ler, who officiated at the closing of the meeting, and Elgin Hend- erson, secretary of District C, both from Dundalk. Others pres- ent were Ted McCreath, from the RCAF Station and A. Fletcher, a retired U.S. navy officer, who was visiting in Clinton. Two Legion-sponsored minor sports teams — juvenile baseball team, which won the WOAA Juv- enile "C" championship this past summer, and last winter's midget hockey team (WOAA semi-final- alists), were special guests at the banquet. Doug Andrews, who was manager of both teams, introduc- ed the boys. Only three boys were absent, one of these having moved from the district. Dick Fremlin, assistant coach of the ball team and coach of the hockey team, and (Continued on Page Twelve) Over 80 Birthday Club Mrs. lames Hoberton Mark• eel her, 86th birthday in the Cline ton Nursing Home, Joseph Street, on 'Tuesday, October 27, "Red" Garon Tells Why He Supports Repeal of CIA A. Y. McLean Tells Lions UN Has Done Big Job Library Changes Over To Friday As Late Open Night At the recent meeting of the Library Board one of the items on the agenda was the matter of changing the hours when the Li- brary would be open on Friday and Saturday evenings. It was, decided to be open from 7 to 9 on Friday evenings when the local places of business are open and the hour from 7 to 8 on Saturday evenings It was plan- ned to start on the first weekend of November, November 6 and 7. Members and visitors are asked to note this change. The plan is started as a temp- orary measure and if it meets with approval will be adopted as a year round time. Cancer Society Has Executive Meeting At Fingland Home