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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-12-10, Page 1THE NEW R YEAR linton News- THE NEWS-RECORD--77th YEAR No. 49--The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1959 $3.40 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Paseo %tit 4fir.ot .0011/11111.4;; In Province-Wide Contest MISS BEVERLEY BEATTIE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Beattie, was crowned Miss Huron Chapter Credit Union at a luncheon Saturday noon in Hotel Clinton. George Michie, Belgrave, president of the Chapter officiated. Miss Beattie is Huron's entry in a plovince-wide contest to sele6t Miss Ontario Credit (Photo by Barrett) Committee Will Approach Council For Vote To Repeal Local Option Members of the 4-H Clubs of Huron County achieved 89.9 per- cent completion of projects this year, with 26 clubs involved, and 366 young people taking part. At Wingham District High School last Friday, they received a total of $2,400 in cash awards, as well as crests, trophies, wrist watches, pen and pencil theta show blan- kets and leather halters. Chairman was Ron McMichael,. Wroxeter, president of the 4-H Club Leaders Association. T. R. Hilliard, director of extension, On- tario Department of Agriculture was guest speaker. Donald G. Grieve, assistant ag- ricultural representative for Hu- ron County, made the awards. He is in charge of the junior faun program in the county. Top prize for all-round 4-H Club member was Donald Lobb, The Week's Weather 1959 nigh Low Dec, 3 4 4 30 4 5 41 37 6 42 3 2 0 7 88 8 8 33 29 9 35 27 Reim .56" Silowl 1958 Hig 2 h Low 85 4 36 33 36 22 25 10 23 15 20 14 18 13 Snow: 4" Hullett Selects Four Councillors, - Adds Two New Men This Year With seven men hoping for a seat on the four-member council of the Township of Hullett, a spirited election was held, with 60 percent of the voters turning out on Monday to vote. Even the bad weather, and the fact that the Reeve's chair was filled by acclamation of Tom Leiper, did not discourage the voters. Veteran Emerson Hesk headed the poll with 362 votes, followed closely by Hugh Flynn, a council- lor of one year's experience, with 351 votes. Hugh is the youngest member of the Hullett council. Two new members, James Mc- Ewing and Clare Vincent polled 288 and 284 votes respectively. There was a total of 600 bal- lots cast, out of a possible 1,024 making about 60 percent of the voters taking part in the election. HOW THEY VOTED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Total E. HESK 55 47 33 104 20 66 37 362 H. FLYNN 63 45 69 82 31 44 17 351 J. MCEWING 46 69 22 82 14 40 15 288 C. VINCENT 38 32 13 83 19 58 41 284 J. BUNKING 15 20 13 58 n 53 51 221. R. TURNER 22 10 16 35 17 33 85 218 A. YOUNG 24 34 12 21 7 20 25 143 Harvey Coleman Successfully Defends Reeve's Seat In Stanley Township HARVEY COLEMAN REEVE OF STANLEY Harvey Coleman, RR 1, Zurich, was re-elected as reeve of Stanley Township on Monday with a sound majority of 223 votes over his op- ponent, Harvey Taylor, Bruce- field. Mn Coleman polled 534 votes to 309 for Mr. Taylor. Alvin Rau, RR 2, Zurich, was elected to the post of deputy- reeve in Stanley, with a majority of 113 votes over Jack Scotchmer. Rau, a popular Drysdale district farmer, earned 463 votes to 350 for Mr. Scotohmer, It was the first election in the history of the Stanley Township ALVIN RAU DEPUTY-REEVE OF STANLEY School Area Board. Five men ran, with John Aldington making a bid for a seat on the board. He was successful, standing second in the poll. A rather unusual situation oc- curs in this regard. Only the vot- ers within the School Area could vote on these men. The area is only in four of the polling sub- divisions. Even within these sub- divisions some people did not have a vote, if their school section did not come under the school area. There are four schools in the Township School Area. HOW THEY VOTED For Reeve 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Total HARVEY COLEMAN 51 39 48 97 HARVEY TAYLOR 56 56 26 66 For Deputy Reeve ALVIN RAU 68 56 57 107 43 28 52 52 463 JACK SCOTCHMER 30 27 14 49 42 81 1 106 350 For School Area Board GLEN SWAN 71 87 39 59 256 JOHN ALDINGTON 64 42 41 91 234 WARD FORREST 38 38 58 90 224 LLOYD HEARD 38 10 1W 32 92 , e Legion Holding Election And Installation Tuesday Evening at December Meeting 67 75 42 115 534 18 33 11 43 309 The December meeting of Clin- ton Branch of the Canadian Leg- ion is being held on Tuesday even- ing, December 15. This is election and installation night; and mem- bers will elect as viceprseident, J. D. Thorndike or R. J. Schoen- hals; for treasurer, Gordon Dal- gliesh or Hobert Hicks. Twelve men are on the ballot for the eight-man executive. A feature of the meeting will be the presentation of 25-year membership pins. The installation ceremony will be carried out by a group, of past presidents of the local branch. Work Party Friday Night A weak party has been called for Friday night at seven o'clock in the Legion Hall to prepare for the Santa Claus parade on Satur- day. Douglas Andrews is chairman. Of this eohnnittee, which is, spear- headed this year by the Legion; other clubs in town help financial- The Legion Christmas Thhe and visit Item Santa Claus begins at two o'clock Sunday afternoon With a movie, at the hall. This party is for Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary members only; all members' child- ren 12 years of age and under will receive a gift front. Santa. No. Plans Ready For Rental Houses Here Tenders have not yet been cal- led by Central Mortgage and Housing for the 12-unit rental housing project to be installed along John Street, here in Can.,- ton. Sewage . work has been plan- ned .for, but as yet, the plans for the homes have not been finalized, New Truck Bought In Mullett township Mullett Township Council, head= ed by Reeve WilliaM R, JeWitt, met on Tuesday night, and award- ed the contract fora new ()ne- wt, truck to George McCuteliwn, Brussels. 'Feeder price is not aV-- affable. HOW THEY VOTED 2 3 4 5 6 Total WALTER J, FORBES 56 41 60 25 99 77 358 JOHN DEEVES 50 22 35 45 18 35 175 (BY W. IL Oh NOW THE TOWN C/113,1STMAS tree is upon the Library Park point , and it will be lighted an time to greet Santa Claus on Saturday , . , The , town council bought 24 Santee and Snowmen from Ball-Macaulay Ltd. for the dosontewn lamp posts . , Strong winds yesterdaY were causing some difficulty but it is expected a firm basis for erecting them will be found . Three Township Elections Waiter Forbes Returned as Reeve, Goderich Township Shows Confidence * * AT THE TOWN NOMINATION meeting, ex-reeve and ex-warden Nelson W. Trewartha warned future reeves to be on the look- out that the Cut Line be kept a county road . . He foresaw that it might be turned back to the township, and would not be as good an access road from Clinton up to the site of the new hospital school to be built on Highway 21 , . . He was wise in giving this warning . . . Although there have been assurances since that no thought had been given to turning this back, certainly something may possibly be in the wind, for both Mr. Trewartha and another Goderich Township resident have warned against it . . . * * WE'D LIKE TO GIVE A LITTLE warning ourselves to members of this present council, and to those coming into office in 1960 . . . There will be a time, and not in the too distant future, when the upstairs of the town hall will be required . . . We are quite sure that it would be in use several nights a week right now, if it were available . . . * * * THERE IS A MOVE TOWARDS getting the council chamber mod- ernized, still more , . . and since money is available in the budget for this work, we agree that it is a logical time to get the job done But we don't egree with the idea that the upstairs of the town hall should be forgotten when plans are made to modernize the downstairs . . . * CHANGES ARE BEING MADE in our way of For in- stance, with the presence of TV in homes, fewer people attend the theatre . . Now the theatre has been sold, and will be closed soon • . . We can foresee more partici- pation in amateur theatrical work • , . more public concerts . . bal- let recitals . . . farm meetings „ . labour union meetings . . retail merchants meetings , . . all such things, planned for the town hall auditorium . , . Of course sonic of these can be held in the council chamber . . . but somee are 'too large : . . and spine need a stage .. . and sometimee the, council chamber is already rented to someone , . * * BESIDES THESE USES FOR the auditorium, could be a bad- minton club, such as flourished here some years ago . . . and could flourish again. . . . Scouts, Cubs, Guides and Brownies . . . youth groups of various kinds . . . More and more meetings are be- ing planned every year . . . More and more meeting places are needed . . . Mary could make use of the public auditorium if it were made modern and usable . . . * * PERHAPS RIGHT NOW IS NOT the right time . •t but we should plan to re-open the auditorium some time soon . . . Run Away Auto Crashes Into Window A run away car crashed into the lenge plate glass window at the front of Earl Doucette's ap- artments on Albert Street 'last Wednesday night, shattering the glass. The crash awoke Charles and Jerry Shanahan who were asleep inside. No one was hurt. The car was parked by Mrs. Harold East on the east side of the street, and she went into the Meay Mee Restaurant, thinking she had left the car in gear, The vehicle crossed the street, and struck the window on the west side. The mishap occurred about 11 o'clock that night, Constable Perdue was on duty. Art a public meeting Monday evening in the council chambers, over 30 persons accepted a slate of officers for the Clinton Local Option Repeal Committee, as sug- gested by a striking committee set up a week ago. J. W. "Bill" Counter is chair- man of the organization; Cameron Proctor, secretary, and Walter C. Nevvcornbe, treasurer. The execu- tive committee is A. "Red" Gar- on, Frank Cook, Robert Draper, Wilfred Parker, John Sangster, John A. Anstett, Clarence J. Liv- ermore and John Scruton. Mr. Counter was chairman of the meeting and fully explained Clinton's position. Clinton is the only urban municipality in Huron County that reverts to the local option law as soon as an order-in- council of the federal cabinet is published in the Canada Gazette officially revoking the Canada Temperance Act. The gathering authorized the committee to approach town coun- cil requesting that a vote be held to rescind the local option law and thereby put Clinton in line for government stores and legal outlets. Many of those at the public meeting were officials and mem- bers of two Clinton organizations, Legion Branch 140 and the Huron Fish and Game Club, who would RR 2, Clinton, who received the Elston Cardiff Citizenship trophy. He also took home the Charles S. IVIachlaughton trophy for ob- taining highest score in Huron: 963 points as head of the Bayfield 4-H Dairy Calf Club. Don also won the A. Y. McLean trophy for champion dairy show- Man. The 20-year-old eon of Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Lobb, AR 2, Clinton, he is a second year stu- dent at Western Ontario Agricul- tural School, Ridgetown, special- izing in veterinary •science. At the school he recently won three top awards: prize for high student in veterinary science; best '86091 citizen, and a junior fernier scholarship. Sandra Finnigan, Dungannon, won the Warden's novice. trophy; Kenneth Dapple, Rre 5, Seaforth, Won the John W. Hanna trophy for charnpion swine showmanship; Donald Mct'(ereher,' R.H. 1, Dublin, won the William. A. Schmid tree phy .fOr outstanding achievement in 441 Grain Clubs. Jack Broadfoot, RR 1, truce- field, won the Marvin Howe tro- phy for high score in swine clubs. Marion Turnbull, art 2, Brues eels, took the Savauge trophy for chain ion gilt, William Kieffer, RR 1, Winatre won the Russell T. Belton trophy for champion grain eXhibit. be interested in club licenses for their halls. If a local option vote is held, a 60 percent majority would be re- quired to revoke the law. It was reported at the meeting that neighbouring towns in Huron were already working towards re- questing government retail store outlets. The committee felt that Clinton should at least be in the same position as the other towns when the Ontario Liquor Control Board and Brewers Warehousing Ltd. begin setting up stores in Huron County. 0 Other Post Offices Being Planned Though announcement was made in the daily press this week that Ottawa has decided to build numerous small post offices across Canada to give winter work, no definite word has yet been receiv- ed concerning the federal build- ing planned here to house the post office. Building will begin in Grand Bend and Zurich, soon. However-, it is definitely expect- ed that word will be received con- cerning Clinton's' post office very soon, probably early in 1960. Frank Yea, art 3, Clinton was awarded the J. A. Anstett wrist watch for highest score in beef calf clubs. The Senator Golding trophy went to )3111 Strong, RR, 2, Dublin for champion beef show- man. Morris 1tenney, Crediton, won the Huron Hereford Association trophy; Gloria Boyd, RR 2, Wal- ton won the Canadian Bank of Commerce wrist watch for high score in dairy calf clubs, Murray CoUltes, RR 5, Wing- ham and Sack Broadfoot, won pen and pencil sets for high scores in their own, Swine Clubs. For five years voluntary ser- vice, 441 Club leadere awards were presented to Earl McSpecl- den, RR 1, Seaforth; John Strong, Gorrie; Ted Dunn, 11.11 3, Bay- field ; Ross Marshall, RR 1, Kirk- ten; Howard Pyni, RR 1, Centra- lia and Tom Todd, RR 2, Luck- now, Two Brucefield boys distin- guished themselves. Robert Fath- eringhtun earned 926 points, to top the South-Huron 4-H White Bean Club. Jack Broadfoot had 958 paints at the fop of the Tuck, eternith 441 Corn Club and 926 points at the top of the Seaforth 4-11 Swine Club. Jack was the only boy to head two clubs hi numbers of pointe. He was vice- president of both. CDCI Graduation At Public School Tomorrow Night Families and friends of the graduating classes •at Clinton Dis- trict Collegiate Institute are in- vited to attend the graduation exercises, to be held on Friday night, December 11 in the audi, twit= of the Clinton Public, Opening hour is 8 pm. 13ureariee .and awards will .be presented. Still a secret' will be a couple of athletic awards, one pre- sented by the Girls Athletic Club and the other by K, S. Wood. Eugene Bender, now a student of Stratford Teachers College will deliver the valedictory address. Guest speaker will be Dr. J. Reidy. LoCal Young Folk Form New Hi-C Club A newly formed young adults group is attracting -quite a num- ber of members and, a good deal of activity is planned. Known as the Wesley-Willis Youn Adults and Hi-C, the group is made up of young working people and peo- ple of High School age, Although meetings are general- ly held in Wesley-Willis United Church, other locations have been used, and all young people inter- ested will be Welcomed. 0 Low Thief Stole Christmas Lights "Probably the lowest type of thief possible," was the comment of Chief Constable H. Russel Thompson, as he told of the theft of about 80 outdoor Christmas lights from the newly decorated tree at Harold C. Lawson's home. The bulbs were unscrewed from their sockets, and the strings left at the scene. This theft took place sometime during Saturday night. Mrs. Marie .L.eRrit Hospital Aft0iCtaih Mrs. A. Marie Leitch, Hayfield, on her way to work at RCAF St- ation Clinton, lost control of her ear on Highway 4 Tuesday morn- ing, December 8, when it hit a patch of snow and slush. The car 'skidded and struck a tree in the ditch. Mrs. Leitch is in Clinton Public Hospital suffering some concus- sion and lacerations to both legs. Pierre Gaudet, Station Clinton, is a patient in hospital with a fractured right wrist. He was admitted last Friday, December 4, for treatment. Mayor Burton Stanley conduct- ed the second last regular coup eil meeting of his term last night in the council chamber, with all members of his council present but George Rumba, who is still recuperating from injuries receiv- ed this summer and Councillor Royce Macaulay. Clinton concurred in a request from Orangeville to ask the Ont- ario Department of Education to rule that future public school buildings be two-storey in order to save in educational costs. Council accepted with regret the resignation of Mrs. Lillian McKinnon from the Library Board after nine years, Mrs. Mc- Kbmon has been a valued mem- ber of the hoard and a letter of appreciation will be sent to her. Ed. Flotian requested action be taken to repair the drain at his corner—East Street and Pugh's Terrace (this is an extension of Rattenbury Street West), He said he had asked several times that something be done. Mr. Florian also related how he had gotten permission to cut weeds and thorn trees from town property at that corner in order to improve the corner. He had been promised these trees would be drawn away by town workmen, but so far they had not been. He feared trouble with snow banks this winter. Deputy Reeve Melvin Crich, in charge of ,streets work in that ward, will look after the situa- tion. Building permits were authori- zed for Canada Packers Ltd. for boiler room, $2,200; Alec Cud- more, sunporch, $800; MCI ad- dition, $297,000; P. D. Hathaway, houte, $9,000; Suitio Motomure, Donna Sharp Wins Kinette Club Draw Draw for the chip and dip dish Which the Xinotte Club has had on display in Finger's Restaurant during recent weeks, was made in the News-Record office on, Wed- nesday afternoon. Winner was Donna Sharp, Queer' Street, an employee at the nen Telephone Company of Canada office, Olin- ton, WALTER J. FORBES GODERICH TOWNSHIP REEVE Band Concert At Station Clinton, Everyone Welcome A free Band Concert will be presented at RCAF Station, Clin- ton, Thursday, December 17, by the Air Transport Command Concert Band. The concert will be presented in the Station Recreation Hall, at 8.30 p.m. Ample parking facilities are available on the parade squaie beside the recreation hall. The public is cordially invited to attend. This band was formerly the Training Command Concert Band which has presented many con- certs at RCAF Station Clinton in the past. Popularity of the con- certs is attested by the constantly increasing attendance. The band, under the direction of Flight Lieutenant Clifford Hunt will play a variety of selections from classical, semi-classical and popular music from the Broadway Stage. F/0 McDonald'S Car Turns Over In Ditch Constable C. E. Tasker, OPP Goderich, investigated an accident, which occurred on Tuesday morn- ing just before 8 o'clock. Flying Officer John McDonald, was dri- ving south alone, in his German- made car, when it skidded, went into the ditch and turned over. The accident occurred near the Parker House Hotel. Mr. Mc- Donald was not hurt, There will be no charges laid. house, $9,000; Maurice Frame, house, $9,000; Levis Contracting Co. Ltd., storage shed, $1,000. 24 Christmas decorations from Ball-Macaulay Ltd., $79. Mayor Stanley explained the special price offered on. these by Royce Macaulay, chairman of the prop- erty committee and the decision earlier this week to buy them. Mayor Stanley suggested that since money was left in the bud- get, work on the council chamb- er could be proceeded with as planned earlier in the year. Ten- ders received in January of this year were considered. Mr. Stan- ley said that with the room used four nights a week on the aver- age, it should be fixed up some more. Plans were to lower the ceiling and put in modern light- ing. Deputy Reeve Melvin Crich commented that he had not fav- oured doing any work earlier, be- cause money did not seem to be available. He said that sometime a council will want to fix up the auditorium, and when this was done another steel beam would be needed to support the upstairs satisfactorily. He favoured re- modeling the council chamber now, though. Councillor Bridle mentioned the hot air pipes leading to the up- stairs, and suggested taking them out before fixing the ceiling. "If we're not going to fix the up- stairs, then they should be taken out." Councillor Don Symons said he did not favour closing off the up- stairs forever, and also that he did not think a good' enough job could be done for the price the tenders offered. Reeve W. J. Miller suggested that since the tenders: were a year old, the contractors should be ap- proached again to sea if the pie- ce would still be good. Council plans to get the ten- ders clarified and finalize the sit- uation by the last meeting on December 30. Chairman of the property committee Royce Macau- lay, was not present at the meet- .Mayor Stanley commented that in his absence, the council was overruling Mr. 1Vtacaulay's authority, by deciding to go ahead With this work. Huron 4-H Club Achievement Awards TOWN OF CLINTON Council In Action • Walter J. Forbes, again defeat- ed John W. Deeves at the polls Monday, repeating his victory of one year ago. At that time he unseated. Mr. Deeves as Reeve of Goderich Township, Mr. Forbes increased the num- ber of votes he got for himself (last year his vote was 245) by over 1.00. At the same time there was a drop in votes fpr Mr. Deev- es of about 40 (last year he got 214 votes).