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T,HE NEW ERA-98r4 YEAR
No. $—The Home Paper With The News CLINTON* ONTARIO* THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4
THE NEWS-RECORD. 77th. YEAR
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CLINTON'S SKATING MAYOR,
Herb. Bridle was not to he out-
done by the visiting hockey Men
from Dearborn, Mich, on Satur-
day , Herb. dropped the first
puck for the six-game hockey
tournament and made his ap-
pearance in good control of the
silvery blades . . , * * *
ANDY PETRERE, IN CHARGE
of the Midget team, watched this
happen in the early afternoon . . .
and though he had forgotten his
own skates, decided he would not
go on the rink that night in his
rubbers . . By game time that
evening, he was sporting a •brand
new pair of skates he'd bought
over at Ellwood Epps Sport Shop.
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BOTH ANDY AND CLINTON'S
mayor made their speeches before
the i'nal game, on the ice, and
on skates . Mayor Herb. stat-
ed that he planned to accompany
Clinton's teams when they go to.
Dearborn for a return event . . . * * * •
AND ABOUT THE NEW PLANT
. . Wiring was to be inspected
this morning . . . and then the
carpenters can complete the wall-
ing in the stock-room, the cast-
ing room; and the office . . . Also
they can get started on the editor-
ial office, which is of prime hre
portance to WDD • . .
Above—Sandra Addison and Pat 'Irwin put finish-
ing touches to the Chinese pagodas.
-Above.—Ron • Demaroy, - David 'Constable, Norman •
Peterson and Mike Michalski show their skill with the'
brushes. (News-Record Photos)
Olympic Set:tins For Minor
Hockey Day in .Clinton
(By our Brucefield correspondent)
Mrs. Agnes 3. Baird received
over one hundred guests on Sun-
day, January 30, when they came
to honour her on her 100th birth-
day. Mrs. Baird was born in New-
ark, New Jersey, on January 30,
1860, and one year later moved
with her parent's, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Dunbar, to a farm on Con-
cession 2, Ashfield Township. In
1879 she married Thomas Baird
and moved to, the Baird homestead
on Concession 2, Stanley Town-
ship.
Mrs. Baird lost her husband in
PubhctNuisance is
Charge Against
Young - Clinton Men
Youths from Clinton will be
charged with causing a disturbance
in a public Place, according to
Chief Co/1St:able H. Russel Thom-
pson.
The incident occurred early Sun-
day morning sometime between
one and two o'clock in the Meay
Mee Restaurant on Albert Street.
Two coupleS of airmen and air-
women alsoiwere involved, and an
argument br$ke out. Seine blows
eTertieherag:ed Proprietors of the
restratant call& Pelicerand ap-
parently,: knowing this, the group
left.
The civilians carried the argu-
ment, out of town, and followed
the couple to the main gate at
RCAF Station Clinton. Clinton
police picked up the town boys
there.
Robert it. Middleton
Assists Druggist
In Hospital Here
Robert H. Middleton resigned
as clerk-treasurer of the village of
Henson in, order to do a job of
work for Clinton durggist F. B.
Pennebaker.
When Mr, Pennebaker fractur-
ed "a bone in his hip ten days
ago, he faced long months, in hos-
pital, and the prospect of having
to find 'a druggist to look after his
Albert Street store,
Mr. Middleton, who ran the Hen-
sail drug share before selling it
a number of years ago, has filled
in for Mr. Pennebaker during holi-
day _periods in the past, He is Well
known in town. Mr, Middleton is
owner of 'the business block which
houses the Steadman store, and
the apartments above it,
The Hensall man •had only 'ac-
cepted the clerk-treasurer job a
few Weeks before this emergency
arose. A special meeting of Hen-
Sall council was held last night
to consider applications for his
successor.
Over 80 Birthday Club
Mss. George Saville, Rattehlaury
Street, celebrated her 90th birth-
day on Friday, January 29. Mangy
of her neighbours and friends
conveyed congratulations to .her,
and she received a number of gifts,
including one from Mr. and Mrs.
joint Kennedy, Toronto, The even-
ing before her birthday, she was .
guest at The home of Mr, and
Mrs, Douglas' Bartliff, and a birth-
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WHEN'S MOVING DAY FOR the
News-Record? Well not very long
. , but it will be done •hy degrees
No definite date for •anything
is set yet . . but we. Woudreh be
much stfrprised if the new news,
paper press were to arrive about
next week . . . After that, it won't
take long .
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HOPE YOU'VE NOTICED, and
complimented the streets commit-
tee for it , . Snow has been re-
moved from downtown streets this
winter . . almost before it was
necessary , . . That's •really some-
thing . . Wonder if the money
saved by lack of snowplowing this
winter, could be put towards re-
newing the auditorium of the town
• hall? Of course, it may all be used
up in the liquor vote which is to
come next month . , . that will cost
something . . .
TruscOtt Now In
Guelph Training
School; To Appeal
'Sherriff Nelson Hill, 'Goderieh,
conducted 15-year-old Steven Tru-
scott to Kingston on. Monday,
where he received a warrant to'
transfer him the following day to
the Ontario training school at'
Guelph. The young bey will com-
mence his life imprisonment •sent-
ence their with other boys nearer
his own age.
Ordinarily persons convicted of
murder are sent 'to d federal pen!.
tentiary.
Steven has been in the Huron
County jail at Goderich since his
arrest last June 12. He was con-
victed by jury on September 30,
and since that time has been kept
in close confinement, with 24-hour
a day guard. Since his sentence
was commuted from death to life
imprisonment on January 21, the
guard has not been kept.
Meanwhile an appeal to the
' Supreme Court of Canada will be
requested, probably' on Monday,
February 22. It is understood that
the appeal will be sought on six
points of law.
BARD'S
Mr. and Mrs. Allan lelinklierner,
MIS. Alma Baird, Mrs. • Mabel
I-earrieon and Mrs. Arthur Staf-
ford, Detroit, visited at the home
of George Baird and also attended
the open house of their aunt, Mrs.
_Aloes Baird, who celebrated her
100th birthday last Saturday,
The Week's Weather
100 1950
• High Low High Low
Jan. 28 34 27 31 10
- 29 34 26 35 24
80 32 17 26 6
31. 31 6 10 -14
Feb. 1 32 17 13 -20
2 20 . 34 5
3 19 -8 24 14
Snows 1. in. Snow: 2 ins,
Norman Hill, school principal
at New Hamburg, and president of
Western Ontario Athletic Associa-
tion, told those attending Satur-
day evening's minor hockey week
performance, "This day has had
an Olympic setting." Over 400
hockey fans saw Clinton's bantam
and midget age groups pitted ag-
ainst teams from Dearborn, Mich.
The Union Jack and the Stars
and Stripes shared a place of van-
tage at the end of the rink. Both
"God Save the Queen" and "The
Star Spangled. Banner" were play-
ed, as the players' stood, at atten-
tion ready to start their gimes.
When congratulating Clinton
minor sports sponsors, Mr. Hill
said, "The WOAA always counts
on a full list of entries from Clin-
ton." Four .games in the after-
Mass TB Survey
in Huron County.
Planned .For July •
A mass TB survey in. Inuron
county is being organized by the
Huron County Tuberculosis Assoc-
iation, of which Harvey McDer..
mitt, Fordwich, is president, Head
.
e
ing the survey committee Will be
a young Seaforth lawyer, Donald
Stewart, who will appoint various
Huron county citizens to his com-
mittee. The survey is to run from
July 19 to,„Anguat_e.
„ The last such survey in this
county was held four years ago.
'Dr. W. D. Se Jamieson, Toronto,
of the division of TB prevention
for the 'Ontario Department of
Health, 'attended a meeting of the
directors last Tuesday night in the
council chamber, Clinton.
Tuberculin Test
Following his talk on the use of
the tuberculin test, the .11 direc-
tors, unanithouslY-voted in' feVour
of the. use:of this test in the mass
Survey.
The tuberculin injection is giv-
en at the first clinic, and then,
between 48 and 96 hours later, the
test is checked at a second clinic.
If the test reads positive, an X-ray
picture is taken there and then.
This type of clinic takes in ev-
ery age. However, Dr. Jamieson
emphasized that all people over.
40 should have a chest X-ray at
the second clinic, not only to de-
tect possible TB, but also in case
of cancer or irregularity in the
heart.
Receipts Lower
Mrs. J. B. Russell, Seaforth, ex-
ecutive secretary, . reported the
Christmas seal sale receipts to
date as $11,763, compared with
$12,191 last year.
Attending Tuesday night's meet-
int . were president McDermitt;
Mrs. Russell; Judge Frank .Fing-
land, Clinton, honorary president;
Harold C. Lawson, honorary sec-
retary; Dr. R. M. Aldis, Goderiah,
director of the Huron County
Health Unit; Don Stewart; Russell
Knight, Brussels; Mrs. Kenneth
-McRae, Clinton; Dr, J. C. Ross,
Goderich; Elmer Bell, QC; Exeter;
and Elgin McKinley, Zurich.
noon included Weewees, Squirts,
Peewee:4- and Juvenile , contests,
(For full record of scores and line-
ups, see Page 11, of this issue).
Mayor Herbert. Bridle,. dropped
the first Plick at the opening game,
arid in the evening issued a hearty
welcome to. the visitors from Dear-
born. The American players were
handicapped, since their home rink
is but two-thirds the size of Clin-
ton's, 'Dearborn has • no covered
rinks, but has three open-air skat-
ing rinks. -
For the return visit to Dearborn,
which .Clinton's Minor Hockey Day
committee is planning, Dearborn
team must rent a covered rink in
the city of Detroit.
Mayor H. Bridle introduced An-.
drew .Pettere., manager . of the
Dearborn Bruins (Midgets) as a
"top goodwill ambasSador" and in
his reply' "Andy" talked of the
free interchange between people
on, both sides of the "longest un-
defended border in the world", Mr,
Petreres yetihg son Pat dropped
the puck for the final game of the
day. • • Jack Roxburgh,' Simcoe, first
vice-president of the Canadian
Amateur Hockey Association eon*,
Relented Clinton on its promotion
of minor -sports, and "nn. the idea
of inviting American teains to .play
insacit a tourney, He $aid, "There
is-_ no better medium' to promote
good international relations, than
through aport." .
Mr. and Mrs. Roxbuih'Stityed in
town until StindaY noon, when they
left for Kitchener to' participate in
a send-off forthe.KitchenenDutch-
Tmeeanme. Canada's `Hockey
- Donald Kay, , chairman of . the
Clinton Minot Hockey Day. com-
mittee thanked Mr. Roxburgh for
taking time to attend the event
here, and presented him with a gift
inappreciation. Mr. Roxburgh was
introduced by Hugh R. Hawkins,.
past president' of 0
S. Middleton Is
Again Head Of
Black Angus Group .
Stewart Middleton, RR 3, Clin-
ton, was re-elected president of
the Western ;Ontario Aberdeen-
Angus Association at their an-
nual banquet and annual meet-
ing, held Saturday, January 30, in
the administration building, West-
ern Fair Grounds, London.
T. 0. Robinson, manager, Lon-
don Branch, London Life Insur-
ance Co., and past president of
the Western Fair Association was
the able guest speaker. His topic
"Observations' In Russia-1959".
He travelled extensively in, RuS-
sia for a month and was very fav-
ourably impressed by everything
he saw and he repeated "Every-
thing".
A discussion on Beef Cattle tes-
ting was directed by Jim McDon-
ald of the Ridotown Agricultur-
al School staff.
Entertainment was proVided by
the Hughes' Bros., seen recently on
A $70,168.87 contract has been
awarded by the Department of
Public Work-a to the Ontario Mar-
ine and Dredging Limited of Tor-
onto,, for the construction of a re-
1927, but continued to reside on
the farm until five years ago. She
then made her home with her only
son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas B. Baird, in the vil-
lage of Brucefielld.
Mrs. Baird has one grandson,
Stewart, who lives on the home-
stead; (one granddaughter, Marg-
aret Jean, died in infancy), two
great grandsons, Orrin and Gerald
Baird and one great granddaugh-
ter Dianne Agnes.
Guests attending the open house
oh Saturday 'came from Detroit,
St. Thomas, Goderich, Port Al-
bert, Seaforth, Hensall, Clinton
and from the surrounding com-
munity 'as well as the village.
She received over 130 cards, in-
cluding congratulations from Sen-
ator W. H. Golding, and flowers
and gifts.
The house -was tastefully decor-
ated, and a three story birthday
cake centred the dining room tab-
Ie.
Mr, and Mrs. T. B. Baird and
Mrs. Stewart Baird received the
*guests. IVIrs. J. Lednor, Port Al-
bert, cbusin of Mrs. Baird and
Mrs. Gladys Dustow, Goderich
special friend of Mrs. Baird, pour-
ed tea. Mrs. Jessie Lane, Mrs.
Anna Aldwinckle, Mrs. Lindsay
Eyre, Mrs. Norman Baird, Mrs,
Mac Wilson and Mrs. H, F. Berry
served.
The usual family dinner was en-
joyed in the evening.
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Goderich Township
To Continue With
Re-Forestation
taming wall and some dredging at
Bayfield. This was announced
Friday, by L. Elston Cardiff, MP
for Huron, on behalf of the Hon-
ourable ,David J. Walker, Minis-
ter of Public Works,
The firm was the lowest bidder
of four in response to the calling
of tenders by public advertising.
The work is scheduled for comple-
tion in eight months.
The work consists of the con-
struction of an easterly extension
to the existing steel sheet pile wall
along the south bank of the Bay-
field River, consisting of a 410-
foot tied back sheet pile wall with
a concrete cap arid a 10-foot re-,
turn wall. The 'new wall will pro-
vide additional mooring space for
commercial fishermen and will al-
so serve to protect the roadway to
the south pier. Under the same
contract dredging will be perfor-
med to provide a five-foot depth
in, the inner harbour area.
Plans and specifica.tiOns were
prepared by the Department's Dis-
trict Engineer's Office in London.
Supervision of the work will be
under G. N. Scroggie, District En-
gineer.
Hensall Fair May
Have Evening Show
The South Huron Agricultural
Society, sponsors of the Hensel].
Spring Fair, are seriously consid-
ering changing theirdannual show
from an afternoon performance to
an evening performanee.
This decision was discussed at
the annual meeting held in Hen-
gall on Saturday afternoon. A
committee is to bring in a repori
of the advisability of making the
change, at a later date. June 10
was set as the date for the stag-
ing of the Annual Show.
Earl Dick was re-elected to his
third term as president. Jim Doig.
Seaforth, and Otto Willett, Dash
wood, were named vice-presidents
Secretary Jim McGregor an
flounced his resibriation, and it wa
decided to advertise for a succes
Sor
Directors and committees wen
appointed as follows:
Directors, Hay Township--Wil•
tam Decker, V. L. Becker; Tuck.
erstnith, Stan Jackson, Jim Doig.
'Osborne, Sam Dougall, 'William
Lamport• Hibbert, Jack Kinsman,
Eat' Dick; Stanley, Harvey Tay-
lor, Bert McBride; Stephen, Otto
Willett, Russell Brown; Hensall,
Le/the Hay, Norther' Jones, George
Armatrong,
Committees: Horses, Bill Decker;
cattle, Jim Doig; machinery, Verne
Alderclice; gate, Norman Janet:
entertainment Russell Brown; Calf
'club, Jiro McGregor,
The annual "At Home" of CDCI
will be held this year in the Leg-
ion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street,
to-morrow night, February 5. In-
vitations have gone out for the
affair, and the collegiate students
are looking forward to a gala
party.
Faced with the prospect of hold-
ing 'the At Home in the Legion
Hall instead of at home in the
collegiate,students made the best
of it, an pitched happily into the
task of preparing murals to dress
up the hall. Their theme Is "Ar-
ound the World in Eighty Days".
Since the auditorium has been
converted into locker room and
typing classroom, there is little
enough space for such a job as
mural painting. Much of it was
done on the floor of the stage,
which was left intact at one side
of the typing room. Dote in pos-
ter paints, the .big pictures have
to be handled with care, and kept
flat.
In charge of the At Home is
the students council, this year led
by Thomas Logan, president and
Steve Seotchmer, vice-president.
Christine Bridle is secretary and
Elvin Parker, treasurer,
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Tuckersmith Names
Mrs, Chesney TO
Succeed Husband
Reeve Ivan Forsyth presided for
the council meeting of Tuckersmith
Township on Tuesday afternoon,
.when Mrs. Cora Chesney, RR 3,
Seaforth, was appointed clerk-
treasurer. Mrs. Chesney, has been
acting clerk-treasurer since the
death of her husband last summer.
Council plans to ask the Ontario
Hydro to install two more street
lights in the Brucefield area. Ch-
arles Eyre, RR 2, Kippen, was ap-
pointed weed inspector at the same
rate of pay as in 1959. Wilmer
Broadfoot, RR 3, Kippen, will be
warble fly inspector at rate of 90
cents per hour and ten cents per
mile travelled while on official
duty.
Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvethent Association was giv-
en a grant of $25 for the seed fair
next 'month. Travelling expenses
of $25 for delegates to the Associa-
tion of Rural Municipalities and
the Ontario Good Roads Conven-
tions were authorized.
Tenders will be called for 12,-
000 cu. yds. of gravel; 600 lbs. of
warbicide and for spraying for
warble fly. Advertisements will
appear in this paper the last two
weeks in February.
Kenneth Carnochan and Milton
Dietz attended and requested
council to pass a by-law author-
izing that Farmers Union requisi-
tion forms be signed and they be
added to tax roll for collection,
The clerk is instructed to report
to council at the March meeting
re: requirements as contained in
the statutes. At that time council
will report their decision to the
Farmers Union. •
Court of revision 'on the Wil-
liams municipal drain was set for.
March 1 at 1.15 p.m. When Reeve
Forsyth found it necessary to leave
early to attend a meeting in To-
ronto, Councillor Victor Lee was
appointed chairman for the bal-
ance of the council' meeting. Next
regular meeting will be held on.
March 1 at 1 p.m.
Hullett To Build
New Quigley Span
Across Maitland
The Quigley Bridge, located
three and three-quarter miles east
of Highway 4 and the same dis-
tance north Of HighWay 8, in Ilule
let Township, is the next struc-
ture to be re-built by the roads
department of that municipality.
Council reached agreement on this
at their regular meeting in Lon-
desboro Community Hall on. Mon-
day.
Reeve Tom Leiper presided for
the meeting. Estimated cost is
$25,000. Plana will be requested
from Robert Dowson, Stratford,
engineer, and it is expected that
the structure will be of concrete
and reinforced steel, with two main
Spans of 50 feet each, with a
centre pier.
Hallett Council gave $25 to the
Huron County Soil and Crop Im-
provemeht Association in support
Of the Seed Fair in March. Also
they authorized allowance of $35
for officials wishing to attend eith-
er the good roads, or rural =Mei.
palities conventions,
Tenders will be called for 12,-.
000 cu, yds. of gravel, by Marry
Tebbtitt, clerk-treasurer, Closhig
date for tenders will be 'March 5,
At The HOspital
Fractures ;Axe Set
Kenneth Caldwell Was trea-
ted at -Clinten Public Hospital
yesterday for'Ardnries to his right
hand which he received while at
work in the pant of the Clinton
News-Record. a
Six stitches Were required, and
though no bones were broken, the
hand was severely. bruised.
Mrs. 13., Y. Sehoenhals suffered
a fractured ankle, and it was put
in a cast on MOnclaY, at the Clin-
ton Public Hospital,
o
CarelesiDriving
Fintof $50 For
Driver, Death, Car
Gordon Zanies White, 20, Code-
rich, was foirfld guilty on a charge
of careless driving in. Tuckersmith
October 25, 1959, and
fined $0 •and posts. He appeared
in police court in Goderich last
week before' Magistrate A. D.
Barron, Kitchener.
Evidence revealed a car driven
by White was. in collision with a
ear on highway 4, at Brucefield.
Mrs. Mary Talbot, Brucefield, a
passneger in the second car, died
in Clinton Public Hospital a week
after the aaident.
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Gov't to Spend $l0,000
redging:%y'field
Around The World In BO Days
t Home" Away From Home
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ALL SORTS' OF SHELVING AND
small cupboards are making their,
appearance . . . There's going to
be a' place for everything, if the
staff can just get the habit . . .
of 'everything in its place a . * * *
GOING' TO THE ONTARIO
Weekly Newspapers Convention to-
day, in Hainilton . . , partly be-
cause George Ellis, of the Signal-
Star in Goderich is president . . .
partly because the Zurich Citizens
Newspaper is Picking-up a small
award in corapetition with others
. . . and mostly to meet with peo,
pie who are in the same business
as we are . . . and strangely, en-
ough have problems much like our
own , . In fact after a convention
. . . we generally feel that the
problems of the News-Record are
not so bad after all „
Youngest Minor Hockey Players
Among the award winners at the Minor Hockey Day
here an Saturday, were these two beaming' WeeWeeS.
Judged the best players on their tentne in the first public
appearance of this classification in Clinton (ages 6 to 8),
are John Anstett, left and Charlie Chambers, Their
hockey sticks were presented by J. Douglas Thorndike,
Charlie scored the one goal in the 20-minutegame, which
gave his Blue team the victory. (News-Record Photo)
100 Years Olt Mrs. Agnes Baird
Receives Callers At Son's Home
Councillors of the Township of
Goderich agreed to continue with
a tree-planting program which has
been under way for several years,
and is more extensive than in any
other township in Huron County.
J. C. klindMarsh and M. It, Mote
were given permission to plant 20
and 30 acres of trees respectively.
Also at the meeting on 'Monday
in Hohnesville, councillors Made
a grant of $25 to the Hilton Coun-
ty Soil and Chop Improvement As,
sociatio'tt foif the Seed fair in
March. and $250 to the Bayfield
rite Department, Another grant
clay take baked by Doug. was 0. of $25 was made to the Huron
highlight of the party. I Mennen's ASsociatioti,