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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-12-03, Page 1lint THE NEW ERA-93rd YEAR No. 48—The Home Paper With the News NewsiogRecord THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1959 FIRST SECTION—Pages 1 tic) ft MAYOR-ELECT HERB BRIDLE ACCLAIMED gEEVE MELVIN cnicH RETURNS AS D. R. MDFiGAN J. AGNEW VETERAN ON NC WILLIAM• E. PERDUE TWO MORE YEARS HAROLD E, HARTLEY Grey Cup Draw Won by Douglas Morgan of HEPC Witmer of the $500 offered by the Clinton Lions Club in their annual. Grey Cup Draw was Doug- las Morgan, employee 'with the ru- ral hydra, here in Clinton. Mr. Morgan was holder of tick- et bearing the score 31-17 for the west. Actually the score of the game was 21-7, but since no tick- ets were sold with scores under 10 for either side, ten had to be ad- ded to each side'in order to arrive at the winning score. All of the 1,640 tickets were sold prior to the game last Saturday. ross the road from the school— remodelled cottages brought in by truck from Fernhurst Glen. It is expected that at least two more homes will be put there in the spring. HULLETT REEVE, 1960 THOMAS LEIPER Bayfield Must Hold Second Nomination Day (By our Bayfield Correspondent) Though -there were four men nominated to fill the three-man trustee board in the Police Village of Bayfield last Friday night, only two qualified. The result is that there will be another nomination meeting in the town hall on Mon- day evening, December 7. More interest in civic affairs• is hoped for on the part of the vil- lagers, at that meeting. George Castle presided for the nomination meeting last week. Named, followed by mover and seconder were: B. A. FEATHER- STON (W. H. Johnston, William E. Parker); J. B. RATHWELL (Grant Turner, Douglas Gernein- hardt); FRED P. ARKELL (Wil- liam E. Parker, George Little); RBG. PRAWN'S (J. B. Rathwell, J. M. Stewart). It was a quiet meeting, with a small attendance Only Mr. Featherston and Mr. Arkell qual- ified. Members of the trustee board this year have been J. B. Rath- well, Melvin Davison and chair- man E. A. Featherston. Winnipeg Officer Visits RCAF Station Clinton Group Captain E. Et. Johnston, AFC, CD has recently been ap- pointed Senior Ground Training Staff Officer at RCAF Ttraining Command at Winnipeg. He recent- ly visited RCAF Station Clinton as part of a tour to become famil- iar with ground training establish- ments. Group Captain C. S. Gil- Hatt, DFC, CD, also from Train- ing Command Headquarters, Win- nipeg, accompanied him to Station Clinton. New Village. School Gets Roof Assured of the approval by the Goderich 'township people for the new two-room public school at Halmesville, are the members of, the School Area Board. They received an acclamation into office again at the, nomina- tion meeting held here in Clinton .least Friday, Prom the right, *above shown at the site of the rapidly pFogressing structure, are, Frank Vert boorne, Arva, contractor; ,Ger- ry Damen, Wade), carpenter; Robert W. Welsh, .R 2, Bayfield, chairman. of the school area board and Howard McCullough, RR 1, Goderich, (News-Record Photo) HULLETT TOWNSHIP For Against 52 47 30 53 65 23 86 63 20 21 32 64 65 53 350 324 TUCHERSMITII TOWNSHIP Poll No. 1 101 60 Poll No. 2 121 59 Pall No. 3 45 60 Poll No. 4 74 63 Poll No. 5 46 32 Poll No. 6 47 32 Poll No. 7 148 9 Poll No. 8 29 42 Totals 611 359 Majority for Revocation: 252 Poll No. 1 Poll No.- 2 Poll No. 3 Poll No. 4 Poll No. 5 Poll No, 6 Poll No. 7 Totals Majority for Revocation: 26 o Election In Clinto II Acclamations Hector Kingswell was chairman of the nomination meeting for the Second year. He noted that with a quarter million spent by coun- cil in one year, it was' necessary that the best men possible should be administering affairs, Speeches were limited to 15 minutes for Mayor and reeves, ten minutes for all others, Three for Mayor Burton Stanley said he would not run this year, owing to health reasons. Re commented that it had been a heavy year, and the first one he could remember when they had money to spend, (Continued on Page Eight) Clinton voters surprised every- one, probably themselves the most, on Monday when they pro- vided a 70 percent vote in favour of the revocation of the Canada Temperance Act. The general feeling was that the majority of people in Clinton would favour the old Act, •because of the reputa- tion for being "dry" which the town had had for years. Though Clinton is the only "dry" town in the counties of either Perth or Huron, under the local option vote, this was brought in 47 years ago, with a small majority of five votes over the required 60 percent at that time, Some townships in Huron and Perth, also are "dry". Lawrence Taylor Wins Bursary at OAC, Guelph Lawrence H, Taylor, forrilerly Student at Clinton District Col- legiate Institute, has been award- ed one -of the Robert Arthur SOW,. art 13ntaaries at Ontario Agricul- tural College. Mr. and Mrs., Stew- art are both graduates of the erg- lege, and .the award is offered to assist students- entering the first year of, the OAC degree course. For Poll No. 1 136 Poll No. 2 ... : . 55 Poll No. 3 67 Poll No. 4 45 Poll No. 5 55 Poll No. 6 29 42 Totals 367 192 Majority for Revocation: 175 Poll No. Poll No. Pall No, Poll No. Poll No, Poll No. Poll No. Poll No, Totals Majority Against 18 19 22 31 60 Harvey Coleman, RR 1, Zurich, sitting reeve of Stanley Township, is defending his title next Mon- day at the voting places in that township, against Harvey Taylor, Brucefield. Mr. Coleman has been reeve of Stanley for five years, after win- ning an election in 1955 against the late Alvin McBride. The next four years Were by acclamation. Reeve Coleman has had eight years experience in council. work, He is director of the Ontario Bean Growers this year, and also a di- rector of the Bayfield Agricultur- al Society, where he has served for many years, He is also a mem- ber of the Bayfield Lions Club, Mr. Coleman is chairman of the Tuckersn-tith Municipal Telephone System this year, Also, during 1959, he has been chairman of the Good Roads committee in Huron County coun- cil, completing his third year en this committee. Harvey Taylor has been deputy reeve of Stanley Township for two years, ever since the town. ship has qualified for this office, He had served ten years on With- TOWN OF CLINTON For Against St, Andrew's 214 98 St James' 205 91 St, John's 221 91 St, George's 176 79 Totals 816 359 Majority for Revocation: 457 Surrounding townships all vot- ed for the revocation, although there were six townships in Hu- ron and one in Perth, which gave a majority against the revocation, STANLEY TOWNSHIP .For Against 1 57 25 2 56 27 3 35 23 4 81 63 5 46 32 6 53 38 7 37 7 8 153 37 518 252 for Revocation: 266 Though all indications at the ornination meeting on Thursday vening pointed to a spirited elee, ion for all Positions in municipal fe (except reeve), by late Fri-ay night, only enough persons ad qualified to nicely fill the late required, Herbert Bridle, Huron Street, s Clinton's new mayor, by accla- at.lort, He has had four years xperience in council work, and as made the move to top posia on in a leapfrog jump over both eeves. lVIr. Bridle operates hie wn grocery store on Albert St„ d is active in the work of his hnreh, St. Paul's Anglican, in Melt he is a member of the and of management and super- tentlent of the Sunday School or eight years, He has been tieularly active in his role of ouncillor' often taking on respon- tbilities which were by rights hat of someone higher up in unicipal affairs. He led the poll ast year in election for town uncil. Melvin Crich, the present dep- ty reeve, was unopposed on min- nation night in his bid to move to the reeve's seat. Though he as ill for several months this simmer, he is recovered, and re- from his business of barber- he will have time to spend town affairs. He entered =LUTA- ipal life in 1951,, 1952; deputy eeve, 1953 and 1954; reeve in 955; deputy reeve in 1959. Morgan J. Agnew returns to unieipal life after an absence of ur years. He was removed then then unceremoniously in the lection which saw Burton Stan- y victorious in a battle to be- reeve. Mr. Agnew is a teran of many years of service the town. He was mayor in 49, 1952 and 1954. He operates pool room and smoke shop on uron Street, close to the main tersection, Mrs. Agnew is or- ist at St. Andrew's Presby- rian Church. Councillors acclaimed are pres- t members Norman Livermore, rge Rumball, Don Symons; rmer members Leonard G. Win- r, George Beattie, and new ember, J, Douglas Thomdike. School Board members will be eran Alec Cudmore, with 38 ars behind him, (now the oppor- ity• of completing 40 years), id new members William Riehi d Dr. Kenneth Woods. Mbe "trot COltinin===- The Kinsmen Club of Clinton at their meeting in Hotel Clinton on Tuesday night, voted to give $200 to the newly formed Retard- ed Children's Association in Clin- ton, This project had been begun by the Kinette Club of Clinton, and then was expanded to take in the entire community. George H. Jefferson is president of the Association. Also, the Kinsmen sent a gift of $10 toward the (Muscular Dys- trophy fund, being collected by the Clinton. Fire Department. A peanut drive will be held to- night in town, with a Kinsmen calling at each door. To-morrow night, December 4, a similar can- vass will be carried out at Ades- tral Park, RCAF Station Clinton, A variety of nuts in gaily color- ed packages are offered, some be- ing very suitable for •Christmas gifts—or for party favours, Appreciation of the work the Kin do with minor sport was re- ceived from a rural couple. Their letter, addressed to Don. Young, secretary of the club, read in part: "Will you please express to the members of the Kinsmen Club the sincere appreciation of at least one set of parents far the oppor- tunity their boys had to play in a Peewee baseball league last sum- mer. It is gratifying to parents to know that busy men like Malt Edgar and Don Young take so much time from their own inter- ests to organize and coach these young lads. "We know that the sponsorship of the Clinton Peewee team was the responsibility of the entire club and hope that you were pleas- ed that the boys went as far as they did towards the Ontario play- downs. "While the appreciation of the boys themselves rarely shows,• I am sure they will in the future realize just how much it meant to them to be able to participate in organized sport under a capa- ble coach and manager. "Speaking personally, our boys enjoyed the entire summer—they would Sooner play baseball than eat, almost, and we parents en- joyed the games as spectators. Keep up the good work! The respect and affection of the boys for their leaders will be a sure reward." The writers did not wish their names publicized, ell and four years on school board, as well as three years on the Township School Area after it was formed, Mr. Taylor is a past chairman of the Ontario Bean Growers, and a member of Clinton Branch 140, Canadian. Legion. He is a past gr- and master of the Brucefield TOOF lodge. Along With his four sons, Har- vey operates 500 acres of land, With 100 head of cattle and rais- es 40,000 turkeys each year. Deputy Reeve Contesting the Deputy Reeve's post John. Alvin timer,tt. 2, Zurich and Scot RR 3, Bay,. field, Mr. Rau has been on council since 1953. Re has eight years experience on the school board. Jack Scotehnier cattle on Coun- cil in 1956 when the first election in eight years was held in Stan- ley Township, Re headed the poll at that time. Standings were as followsl Seotebrner, 444., Har- vey Taylor, 441; Ernest Talbot, 418 and Alvin Rau, 416, Mr, Scot., crater has had six years exper- ience on school board Holmesville Will Have New School By January 15 Quite probably the new two- room public school at Holmes- vine will be completed by mid- January, and it is the expectatien of Robert W. Welsh, chairman, and the other members of the school area board, that they will be 'able to move the students from the present Holmesville public school in there by that time. Holmesville's old school is pre- sently occupied by children from grades .1 to 6, while the top two grades are transported-to another of the school area's buildings for instruction. ' Mr. Welsh predicts that next year SS No. 10 will be closed, and pupils from that section will be transported to Holmesville. The new building has created considerable comment among the people of Goderich Township — especially those who hate to see their own rural school closed. The trend seems to :be that which is being adopted throughout the country as need for better accom- modation is seen. Tesethers pre- fat' teaching in a graded system, too. The school will have teachers' room, washrooms for boys, and for girls, and a general utility room, where a heating unit for the gas- fired hot water system will be in- stalled. Water will be supplied to sinks in each of the classrooms. The site appears to be satis- factory, for the ground slopes gradually in all directions. Nine and three-quarters acres was bought from Bill Norman, just to the west of the railroad tracks, and the Goderich Township barns, and meeting room, There will be room for expansion there. As soon as the new school was decided upon, other changes be- gan to take place in Holmesville. Already there are three homes ac- A comparison of how Huron County voted this time, compared with the situation in 1914 when the Canada Temperance Act was voted in, will- prove interesting,: 1959 1914 a) d o .44 E•4▪ 8 o • o boo t..04 Ifi t44 lxrU /E.4 Ashfiele 265 306 354 262 Bayfield •• 52 65 Blyth 251 94 99 7i. Brussels 274 107 118 91 Clinton 816 359 257 225 Colborne 287 184 291 70 Exeter 763 480 227 179 God, Twp, 367 192 326 125 Grey 356 254 493 170 Hay 754 249 246 405 Henson 302 122 90 80 Turnberry 221 255 276 141 HulIett 350 324 375 221 McKillop 368 196 254 225 Morris 300 278 357 205 Seaforth „ 718 241 226 211 Stanley 518 252 -308 121 Stephen „ 640 422 424 378 Tuelcrsm'th 611 359 318 118 Usborne 228 357 335 153 E. Wa'nosh 173 275 311 82 W,Wa'nosh 221 254 253 145 Goderich .2229 670 602 474 Howick 344 512 477 239 Wingham 707 613 296 243 Wroxeter 45 4S Ativ. Poll 17 1 Grand Total ..,.12,080 7,354 7,410 4,802 Majority for revocation in 1959: 4,626; majority for the CTA 1914: 2,608. There were 8,826 voting for the revocation in Perth on Monday, while 3,183 voted against. There were 12,080 voting for the revocation in Huron County, and only 7,354 against. Santa's Coming on December 12 Free Show at Roxy Santa Claus will pay hie official visit -to Clinton on Saturday efa ternoon, December 12, and will bring a treat .for all the children, of town and district. Patents who, want ,a feW hours shopping, while their youngsters are being taken care of, Can look forward to that afternoon. A free show is being planned et the Roxy Theatre; when "The Courage of Black Beauty" will be. shown. Santa Claus is due in town- at 1.30 pen.. The theatre will be open at that time, and. the children are welcome to come as soon as ;they wish. When the theatre is filled, the show will begin, A second showing will ,hegin. as soonea passible after the first group of children clear the theat- re. Children should be encourag- ed That to- attempt to see the show , This Christmas. treat 'is being provided this year by the Platen Branch No, 140, Canadian Legion, with support by town courted and other interested groups. Huron and Perth Decided. CIA Repealed By Voters Following are the names of those men who were nominated on Thursday evening for the var- ious municipal offices of the town, in the order in which they Were proposed. Following each is the mover and seconder: MORGAN J. AGNEW, deputy reeve (Clifford Lobb, Arthur W. Groves), ALEC CUDMORE, public school trustee (W. E. Perdue, K. W. Colquhoun). H, E. HARTLEY, public utilities commissioner (Burton Stanley, Herb Bridle).. BURTON STANLEY, mayor (J. E. Dale, N, W. Trewartha). W. E. PERDUE, public utilities commissioner (Herb Bridle, Bur- ton Stanley). W. J. MILLER, mayor (D. E, Symons, J. E. Dale). MELVIN CRICK, reeve (3. E. Dale, Don Symons). ALAN GRAHAM, councillor (Herb Bridle, Dia Cornish). L. G. WINTER, councillor (H. E. Hartley, W. E. Perdue). HERB BRIDLE, mayor (W. E. Perdue, L, G. Whiter). GEORGE RUMBALL, council- lor (Herb Bridle, Melvin Crich). DONALD SYMONS, councillor (W. J. Miller, I. E. Dale). J. A. SUTTER, deputy reeve (K, VanRiesen, C. W. Brown). N. LIVERMORE, councillor (J. E. Dale, Don Symons). ROYCE MACAULAY, council- lor (W. J. Miller, Melvin Crich). WILLIAM RIEHL, public school trustee (14. E. Hartley, W. E. Perdue). 3. B. DALE, councillor (B. Stanley, Don Symons). N. W. TREWARTRA. council- lor (G. Beattie, B. Stanley). DR. KEN WOODS, public school trustee (X. W. Celquhoun, Alec Cudmote). .1- D. THORNDIKE, councillor (Erie Switzer, R. Bridle), ERIC SWITZER, public school trustee (Clayton Dixon, 1. D, Thorndike). GEORGE BEATTIE, councillor (W. J. Miller, 13. Stanley). 0 22 Men Named For Public Office 'OODERICH TOWNSHIP * .k E ENGLISH LANGUAGE does lot of cute things . . . For in- e note that in the descrip. under a picture of eleven of e lovely ladies who competed 3 the chance to be called Miss y 'Cup . . , was the sentence, o others remained to arrive" . . Which probably means that ere are actually 13 lovelies to mpete, and two had not yet ac- ed . . This occurred in a daily wspaper, of course , * E PRODUCTION OF A paper size of this one is quite a re . . We know you may not particularly interested in this d so if you want to hurry right ong . and read what lovely 'strnas gifts are offered for sale ide this paper . . .go right ahead . we won't mind . . * * * GOT TO FIGURING LAST ght . as we performed the eekly task of feeding sheet after et, by hand into the faithful d Gordon press . and we found t that we were picking up, and 'ding into the grippers on the just about 100 every six miles . . further figuring ought out the fascinating fact at the press was revolving at a- sit one sheet every 6.6 seconds, * * 'OTAL PRESS RUN WAS 2,380 epics .. and the process of teding sheets into the press was tpea.ted four times---four pages t a time . . Total time spent— ,5 hours . 0;*:* (EANIN.GLESS FIGURES, per- aps „ but something to keep Lie's mind Occupied while per- gelling the monotonously regular ask of feeding that faithful old Sess . . Thought you might like know that the •paper you hold one of the 2!380 which went unugh that routine yesterday and edgy . . N I) BRIGHTENING 0 U R 'oughts Of all this tediousness the knowledge of a newer, and reter, and automatically fed tWspaper press which the eats-Record bought More than a tar ago . It has been in stor- ;c evereince„ waiting the day hen We had room enough to have delivered and put into operation, The Week's Weather MO 1958 High' LOW High LOW 4ttet 26 32 25 31 22 27 33 24 .10 23 28 30 21 36 10 20 25 10 20 11 30 33 19 26 13 )ee, 1 34 28 29 23 2 36 30 35 24 Snow: 2 ins, SrloWt 23 his. (fly W. D, Do WAS ST. ANDREW'S DAY orr day, as all good Scotsmen will ow . .. and we wonder why se good Scots people don't e more of a hoopla of it ... obably they put• their all in to celebration of Robbie Burns y . . and St. Andrews must me a slow second in their af- tions „ Town Council Will Meet Next Wednesday The December meeting of the Clinton Town Council will be held in the council chamber of the town hall next Wednesday even- ing, December 9. Please note this change from the regular meeting time. 0 Kin Present $200 To Help With Retarded Children Stanley Reeves Ready To Battle For Chance to Attend County Council