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Clinton News-Record, 1959-11-12, Page 1No, 45,-The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTAR10;.THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1959 $3,00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages Linton News- THE NEW ERA--93rd YEAR THE NEWS-RECORD? 77th YEAR Irbe jfirot Coltiturt=4;;; :Ittileb Church s: '—'4.-ff 110 FY)03 Mot* 1/504 fkir; Church Parade hi Remembrance The skirling of the pipers in the music to "stir men's souls" preceded the march- ing veterans Sunday as they went to attend morning service in Wesley-Willis United Church. (News-Record Photo) Six New Lions Initiated Into Clinton Club Clinton Lions Club gained six new members in an initiation ceremony at Tuesday evening's dinner meeting in St, Paul's Parish Hall, From the left they are: Maynard Carrie, huff Thompson, Allan Wh ite ., International Counsellor Nelson Hifi, Goderich, initiating officer; Feed Hulls, J. M. Mat-Donna and George Baird. (News-Record Photo) Outstanding Farm Leader To Speak At Credit Union An outstanding farm leader, in the person of Dan Stauffer, Bright, (Waterloo County) is to speak to the eighth annual meet- ing of Clinton Community Credit Union on Friday evening, Nov- ember 13 at St. Paul's Parish Hall at 8 p.m. Mr. Stauffer is a forceful speak- er, with a wide experience and di- versified interests, He is, at pres- ent, president of Co-operators In- surance Association, director of Co-operative Credit Society and a past president of United Co-op- eratives of Ontario, as well as be- ing an active and successful farm- er. Any interested person is invited to attend---and ALL members urg- ed to attend, It will be time well spent. ting company, and the drain was cleaned out. Work was done so that water would not back up on the property. Levelling still has to be done, and a crossing culvert put in. Engineer B. M. Ross was to look at the situation yesterday. Clinton Branch 140 Canadian Legion sent thanks for council's action in proclaiming a full holi- day on November 11, announced that they were sponsoring the Christmas treat and free show for the children this year, and this would be on December 12. The usual grant of $35 from the town was authorized. Don Smith Motors was given permission to erect a Volkswag- en sign at the Supertest Station on Ontario Street, provided he as- sume all liability. A loan of $1,500 was authorized to the Clinton Public Library for expenses connected with repairs to the front of the building. The job is costing only about $2,200 in- stead of the estimated $3,000. The library will pay back this cost over the next five years. Appreciation was voiced to Rog- er Jackson, inspector with the De- partment 'of Transport for his as- sistance to the town's police force on Hallowe'en night, when he pa- trolled the town, with police flash- er showing. This was credited with helping keep difficulties to a mini- mum on October 31, Councillor Edward Dale com- mented on a request received by the Fire Department from Alan Galbraith for removal of the siren from the roof of the Public 'Utili- ties Commission building. He ex- plained that they had told the new owner it would be far noisier to the building if it were erected anywhere else, and• the reason giv- en for needing it removed was that the architect wished it done. Council will investigate the possi- Assessment Roll Up $57,000 Over 158 Assessment of properties within Clinton has increased about $57,- 000 this year compared with 1958, The, assessment roll totalling $2,- 215,972,11 was accepted at Mon- day night's council meeting, The total Was made up of $118,- 553.65 for land;$1,839,216.75 for building; $198,201,71 for bUsiness. (B3r W. P. 13') AFTER WEEKS OF SLOW BE- the preparations for the cr.A. vote on November 30 have gotten into high gear „ No subject is being talked over as Much. nor with less imow- ledge of facts . . * o WE ATTENDED THE Warden's banquet in the county town last week and it was mentioned there "No wonder the people in Cer;derich are planning and work- ing for revocation of the CM , Their drinking water is such that they would prefer buying some- thing else to drink . . ' 5 5 * THE THRIVING MOVEMENT of Guides and Brownies has gone beyond all expectations . with nearly 70 girls in the Guide group, alone ,. The great need of the Guides .(which are sponsored by the Legion) is for ladies to as- sist in the supervising of their meetings. . Any volunteers for . this -task will be welcomed by Guide Captain Mrs. Bud Graham. ALSO OF IMPORTANCE is the need for a Ladies Auxiliary to the Guides and Brownies Clinton is one of the few towns pot to have the advantage of this type of auxiliary group . . Mothers of Guides and Brownies are particularly requested to take pant . . but anyone interested will be welcomed heartily . . . An organizational meeting for this purpose will be held on Monday evening, November 16, in the Le• gion Hall . Remembrance Service Held During Continuous Rain The largest number to be initiat- ed into the Clinton Lions Club in many years were initiated and in- structed in Zionism by Internation- al Counsellor Sheriff Nelson Hill, Godenich. Mr. Hill also officiated at the charter night of Clinton Lions Club in 1936. The new members are Maynard Corrie, operator Red and White Groceteria at RCAF Station Clin- ton; Fred Hulls, owner-manager of the two-year-old Bayfield-Clinton Golf Course; Duff Thompson, salesman for The Hearn Whole- sale Ltd., Clinton; George Baird, contractor, Clinton; Flying Officer J. M. MacDonnell and Flight Lieutenant Allan White, both at RCAF Station Clinton. Jack VanDyne, manager of Steadman's, Clinton, has trans- ferred his membership from the Gravenhurst Lions Club to Clin- ton Lions. In his remarks Mr. Hill remind- ed the new Lions of the past good record of Clinton Lions and out- lined to each their duties as a Lion. He read to them, in part, the Lions Code of Ethics. Presi- dent E. Beecher Menzies welcom- ed the new members and present- Announcement by Mayor Burt- on Stanley at the council meeting on Monday night of his intention to withdraw , from municipal poli- tics and also from his grocery and butcher shop business carne as a surprise and shock to councillors and observers. Mr. Stanley has been active in the work of the community for seven years, serving councillor, four years as reeve, and one year as mayor. He has operated a suc- cessful butcher and grocery store on Queen Street for about 11 years, employing a large staff, supplying produce and service to his customers. His intention is to sell out his stock in the store; enter hospital for surgery, and then with his wife, to travel to Florida for a winter's holiday, Voicing their intentions at this, the final council meeting before nomination day on November 26, there were three councillors also stating they intended to withdraw. Councillor George Rumball, who is continuing to recuperate from injuries received in the summer, will not be able to carry on the work. Councillor Edward Dale, who has worked for Leslie Ball Auto Howard Pym, Exeter, was re- elected president of the Huron County Temperance Federation at the annual meeting held in Ont- aria Street United Church here Tuesday night. All officers were appointed un- animously, and include: honour- ary president, Frank Howson, Wingham; vice-presidents, Roy Cousins, Brussels; Harry Hoffman, Dashwood; Donald Aberhart, Goderich and C. M. Robertson, Goderich; Mrs. Nelson Trewar- tha, Clinton, secretary and Fred McClymont, Varna, treasurer. H. Gordon Manning, Clinton, will continue to produce the e"voice of temperance" a reader-type ad- vertisement which is published periodically by the Federation in all of the weekly newspapers in the County of Huron. At the suggestion of Robert P. Watson, Brucefield, a committee was established on law enforce- ment and legislation as follows: Elgin. McKinley, Zurich; the Rev, Dr. J. A. Semple, Egrnondville; H. G. Manning, Frank Howson and Robert Southeott, Exeter. ed each with his Lions lapel pin. A feature of the meeting was the presentation of 20-year mon- arch chevrons to Lorne Brown and "Red" Garon; 15-year chevron. to George Beattie and ten-year chevrons to William Morlok and Orville Engelstad. Guests at the meeting were Terry Carter, vice-principal of Clinton Public School; and Eric Anderson, Toronto, a public rela- tions officer who is in this district as an advisor to the Huron Citi- zens Legal Control Committee. He was introduced by "Red" Garon, who is the local chairman of this group, which is sponsoring the re- peal of the Canada Temperance Act. Another guest was Lion Bill Young, past president of London West Lions Club and represent- ative of a Western Ontario distil- lery. He showed two entertain- ing films. Mr. Young was intro- duced by John S. Parker. Next meeting on November 24 will be the official visit of Dist- rict Governor Harold. Forster, of Barrie. The club's annual Ladies' Night is being planned for December 8. Rental Houses To Be Single Storey SemliDetachedUnits Changes have been made in plans for the 12 housing units on ,Joh.n Street, The department of planning and development has ta- ken an option on another 75 feet of ground on. North Street. Instead of two-storey homes with part brick construction, they will be one-storey semi-detached houses, For this reaspri the extra land was• needed. It was explained that a better contract price could be gotten for the single storey buildings. No satisfactory tenders were re- ceived for the homes as first plan- ned. Tenders will be called again on the new styles, and it is hop- ed that work may get under way early in December. O • Leadership Course In Planning Here By Kinsmen Club In keeping with one of the aims of Kinsm.enship, which is to pro- mote civic leadership, the Kins- men Club of Clinton is planning to sponsor the project of having a Dale Carnegie Course: held in Clinton. To be successful at least 30 persons must enrol, An organizational meeting will be held next Friday, November 20 beginning at 8.15 p.m. in the Legion Memorial Hell, Kirk St- reet. This is a course for adult training in effective speaking, lea- dership skills and human rela- tions which has world-wide fame and success. Since this is a widespread or- ganization with courses going on in all of the major cities of Can- ada and the United States, and many of the smaller toWns, spec- ial arrangements are made for travellers and vacationers. For instance, if you enrol for the course,. and then spend "a month in Florida, you can arrange to at- tend classes there for these'; four weeks, picking up hems/m.1*e you left off, withatit losing "time. The course lasts for 14 weeks. 0 Harbouraires Journey To Toronto Big Sing When the Harbouraires Male Choir, Goderich, sang in Massey Hall, Toronto on Saturday, Nov- ember 7, three men from Clinton took part: Dorian Rutledge, Rob- ert Irwin and Donald Andrews. The occasion was a Big Sing, when choirs from Kitchener, Ni- agara, Toronto, Erie, Pennsylvan- ia and Cleveland, Ohio, joined voices. G. W. Nott, former mayor of Clinton, requested an extra white line on the pavement at the Royal Bank corner, so that cars' will stop far enough back that trucks can make 'a safe left-hand turn onto Albert Street from Huron Street. He also asked' for a "No U Turn" regulation at his corner. Three streets — Cutter, William and High, all come together at Highway 4 (Victoria Street) caus- ing a hazard for pedestrians. A petition signed by 11,people was presented in this latter request. Councillor Herbert Bridle ex- pressed sympathy with these re- quests and promised new lines when the white paint was put on again, and on. the other matter pending approval of Department of Highways. Reeve W. J. Miller spoke to a letter from Donnelly, Donnelly and Murphy, Goderich, concerns lug drainage of the Mackinnon property. He noted that levels had been taken by Lavis Contrae- BlytkiWalton Road Officially Opened H. Coleman Presides Harvey Coleman, reeve of Stan- ley Township, and chairman of the highways and road committee of county council, was chairmen on Tuesday for the ribbon-cutting ceremony which opened Canny Road 25, between Blyth and Wal- ton, The ceremony took place at the south limits of Blyth, at the inter- section of the county road with Highway 4. N. E. Neilans, Strat- ford, of the Department of High- ways, officiated. The 7.8 miles of road were prepared in 1958 and hot mix laid this year at an esti- mated cost of $80,000. This opening climaxed one of the largest road. programs ever undertaken in Huron. County en- gineer J. W. Britnell notes that a million dollars worth of work was carried out in 1959 in connection with roads, and inclUded $150,000 alone for bridge construction, The greatest outlay was for the CPR overpass bridge near Blyth which cost about $104,000. Wet, cold and miserable weath- er yesterday morning greeted those attending the Remembrance Day' service' in' the- Legion Memor- ial Hall as they came out to make the yearly parade to the cenotaph. Drizzly rain which al- most held off during the service, came down in earnest as the par- ade moved off. There were few observers as the wreaths were laid at the ceno- taph, and the brief ceremony there, conducted by the Rev. L. E. Reed-Lewis. Hugh R. Hawkins laid the Province of Ontario wreath. Cameron Proctor presi- dent of the Clinton Branch 140, Canadian Legion, placed that wreath, Group Captain Kenneth C. Cameron, commanding officer of RCAF Station Clinton laid a bilities of setting up a rental ar- rangement, for the siren. Approval was given of the pur- chase of a copy of the Revised Criminal Code for use of the Police office at a cost of not over $40. Reeve W. J. Miller reported that Levis Contracting Company had begun 'work excavating the Maria Street next to the School of Commerce. The street name (Continued on Page Twelve) Harry Lear, RR 1, Blyth, has been named president of the Hul- lett Township Federation of Agri- culture which held the annual meeting in the Londeeboro Com- munity HalI last week. He suc- ceeds Lloyd Medd who has held the position for two years. Vice-president is Lloyd Stew. art, RR 1, Clinton and Percy Gib- bings, also of RR 1, Clinton is sec- retary, Lloyd Medd chaired the meeting which followed a fowl supper serv- ed by the ladies, Mrs. Clarence Crawford received the thanks of the gathering for it, which were offered. by Mrs, Lloyd Pipe, Carl Hemingway, Huron Fed- eration roleldrnan explained defic- iency payments for hogs and poultry as the government pro- posed paying them. He noted that it was bated upon an average across Canada for the year. Sup- posing the support price was $23. During the year some hogs sell for $17 and some sell for $25, The average could be $20. Supposing that the deficiency payment works out to $3. This is paid to all producers. The man who sold his hogs for $25, will get 08 and the one who sold them for $1/ will get $20, 11/1r, Medd pointed out that no payments will be made on pigs sold. through en abbatoir which kills less than 50 hogs per week, Agricultural representative D. H. Miles warned the farm people to be on the lobkout for anything strange happening on their farm amongst the animals. A type of wreath for the station and Mayor Burton. Stanley, laid one for the town of Clinton, ,, Other, eveeathe" were :.laid . bye Mrs. Cameron Proctor; Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion; J. Douglas Thorndike, National Defence Employees Association; Gordon E. Dalgleish, Clinton Fire Department; Mrs. Lloyd 13.atkin, Clinton Women's Institute; Har- ry Williams for Clinton Lodge A.F. and A.M. No. 84; Mrs. Leslie Pearson for Clinton Chapter No, 266 Order of the Eastern -State Norman Shepherd for Clinton I.O.O.F. No. 83; Mrs. R. E, Bow- den for Huronic Rebekah Lodge No. 306; Harry Crich for Murphy Loyal Orange Lodge No. 710 and Mrs. George Wilson Jr. for Clin- ton Loyal Orange Benevolent As- sociation No. 377. Kenneth Scott laid a wreath for the Kinsmen and Kinettes of Clin- ton; Frank Yeo, ft.R 3, Clinton, for the Goderich Township Federation, of Agriculture; Barrett Taylor for the Huron Fish and Game Conser- vation Association; Thomas Logan for Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute; Laurie Bates and Heather Winter for Clinton Public School; Judy Hudson and Brian Crockett for A/V/M Hugh Campbell Public Schl Steven Cooke and Suzanne Bartliff laid wreaths for the Clin- ton Scouts, Cubs, Guides and. Brownies. Joseph Murphy for the' Clinton Lions Club. Joining the parade from the (Continued on Page Twelve) diahhrea, known as johnes dice no, has been found in Huron County and one man has lost 19 of his herd, ..Lepter sclerosis is another one noticed recently, Winston Shapton, president of the Huron Federation of Agri- culture spoke briefly. Guest speaker was Vaughn Douglas of CKNX-TV and radio on the topic of Public Relations, Publicity and Advertising. He ex- plained some of the problems found in TV work, and noted that while the Dairy Farmers of Can- ada spent $40,000 in publicity rei. leases of various kinds, the Fed, eration of Agriculture had spent only $14,000 on an office of in- formation. He said, "The Ontario Federa- tion of Agriculture could spend $50,000 and that would not be enough to do the publicity job well enough. You could have pro- fessionally trained people doing this, job for you. "When Doc Cruikshanks kept his radio station and put a TV station on top of it," said the speaker, "he made this area un- ique. If ever a group of farmers was well informed, you folk in this area ate." Warden William Jewitt told of attending at the Western Univer- sity when five Huron. County young folk were picked tor cowl, ty scholarships. "President Hall told us," Said Mr, Dewitt, "that the calibre of young fOlk, and their scholarship from Huron is better than of any other county .,1(1* se-0,1 students to Western thiversity," Temperance Group Names Exeter Man As President LAST MINUTE DISCOURAGE- ment was the fate of the Legion leaders this week when they look- ed over the bronze plaques on the post office bearing the nam- es of those fallen in the two world wars , Apparently during the last painting job at the post of- fice, green paint was dribbled quite liberally over the metal pla- ques . . . Soap and water was of no use . . steel brushes just made ugly marks which looked al- most worse than the paint . The smaller plate, bearing the names of those who fell in the sec- ond war . was taken down, and at the Legion Hall was given a thorough cleaning . . . But the bigger one was a problem . . We understand it weighs about 500 pounds and arrangements could not be made to have it down . . So equipped with all materials needed the Legionaires went at the job Monday night under lights The result Remembrance Day morning was at least a clean plaque, although there was a cer- tain unevenness due to the condi- tion under which the ,job was done . . It was cold Monday night . . . * * IN THE STORES throughout the community you will find an hour- glass container in which to give your contribution to the muscular dystrophy fund . . This camp- aign is conducted locally by the Kinsmen Club of Clinton , . your assistance will be welcomed . . This is the fund supported by Gus Ryder and "Boom-Boom" Geof- frion . . Seven New Members Join Lions Club; Nelson Hill' Officiates At Initiation Clinton Council In Action Harry Lear, Blyth, Named President Hullett F. of A. Payments Discussed Mayor's Health Forces Him into Retirement Supplies for a number of years has decided that with a new firm owning the business, he should put his job irst, and at least for this year, refrain eem accepting a post on council which might take his time. Mr, Dale has been on council for four years. Councillor Royce Macaulay, a first year man on council, faces changes in the management of his firm, Ball-Macaulay Ltd., and finds he has less time to devote to town affairs. . Speaking to this matter, Mr. Macaulay congratulated the may- or, reeve and councillor Bridle for the many hours they had given the town. He said "more and more we need a town manager—some- one who would be responsible and paid well enough to warrant him taking some of the work off the shoulders of council. Many men would be able to take one or two nights a week, to give to the town, but cannot take time off during the day from their own work for that purpose. "If the ratepayers would stop and think what is being done for them, they would not be so quick to criticize." Councillor Herbert Bridle said (Continued on Page Twelve) The Rev. Keith MacMillan, Burlington, was the guest speaker. That town has just been success- ful in winning a vote brought on to gain permission for liquor loun- ges, Mr. MacMillan commented that there is a trend against liqu- or---more places have won a vote for the "dry" side in the last year than he could recall ever before. Temperance people, he went on, used to be considered fanatics, "but we can go out now with scientific facts to present." In Huron County there are 750 alcoholics per 100,000 population, the lowest of any county yet sur- veyed by the Alcoholism Research Foundation. Ontario, he said, has 5,000 new alcoholics per year. He said there were more persons ad- ‘mitted to mental institutions now than ever before, due to alcohol. "The 'wet' interests have to bribe people to work for them," said the minister. "In Burlington people got $5 a day, and ten cents a name for getting the petition ready. They used deception in getting deputy returning officers and scrutineers, paying them $10 a day, and offering another $10 a day if the vote went 'wet'. This I believe is a violation of the spirit of the law, if not of the word of the law, The 'wet' side cannot be honest, for if they were they would get nowhere. In Burlington the dry side had hun- dreds of volunteers." Bootleggers are everywhere, said Mr. McMillan, and are thick- er where there are more outlets. He remarked that the idea of try- ing to control liquor trade was like trying to control a wild horse. He said amendments to the CTA would probably be the best choice. A solo was sung by Gordon Turner. Rev. S. Davison, Bruce- field brought in the report of the nominating committee for the chairman, Rev. H. C. Wilson, who was absent. The Rev. Grant. L. Mills con- ducted the worship service prior to the meeting. 0 The Week's Weather 1959 1958 High Low High Low Nov. 5 65 54 54 39 6 60 33 44 32 7 36 30 48 30 8 38 28 46 39 9 45 28 47 38 10 50 35 51 34 11 52 37 50 34 Rain: .35 in. Rain: .73 in.