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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-03-17, Page 1(lit W. D. Da DUE. TO THE UNEXPECIISD" =mint o j advertising this weep mtastly on the pending Iigtlor vote, it .has been im Peesible to save mush sae for this columna , • Theugh it is Palled the fillet --- often it is 'fast written , •, * * * THE VOTE IS IMPORTANT . ; But, even besides that, the are- ports to the people given by the Legkel and Fish and Game' .Clubs , on pages seven and °twelve :are remarkable documents of service . Regardless of your feelings concerning the purpose of these publications.. the content can be appx!eel ted 'in 'the. ,light 'of a report , *. ICE IS, COMING ,OUT OF G' LIN- TON Lions Arena on Mare 27 . .. Get your skating • done now for it's going to be a long hot' summer .. *. *• ASFAR AS MOVING GOES , . we're right in the middle of the. muddle . . . First section of.,.:this .paper was printed on the "new" press at the new plant . . , Second section was printed on the old faithful, in . the old plant , There's been a great corning to and from , metal is carried back and forth . the boys are developing muscles or longer arms.. . but the Paper "is on time" . To -day the 'type•set- ting equipment is going to go out the back door at the old plant; 'and should be . ready to set • type for next week's issue .-,.. If we're a day late . • Cops, we caret be, not with the results of the vote 'available that Thursday mornthg , See :you again on March 24.,. •* * * PS—IF •YOU NFD TO CALL in at the office .if we're not here, we'll be across the street. THE NEW ERA ---95th YEAR "' No. 11 ----The Home Paper. With The News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, ,MARCH THE HURON RECORD --,-79th YEAR 17, 1960 $3.00 Per Yeao-- 10 Certs ,Per, Copy—.16 Pages ANOTHER FIVE MILLS $62,'c.00;For Public S.:h�cI Needed tcCover Increases It is quite probable that an ad- ditional levy of five mills will be required this yea.. to provide suf- fiicient funds' to operate Clinton. Public School this year• In ad- dition to the $3$,507 needed _ to retire the debenture debt, anoth- er $30,777 is needed for operatian. H, C. Lawson, •secretary, in presenting the summary of pro- posed expenses, indicated that an 'h crease of $8,000 for salaries to meet the requirements of the sal- ary „schedule, It is understood that the teachers on staff are set- LCBO Solicitor Says Affirmative Vote Needed on All Ballots In order to be assured that the three ballots placed before Clinton voters next week were the Minimum required to assure Clinton clubs the opportunity to apply for private club licences, Ool. E. C. Woodrow, Toronto, solicitor for the Liquor Control Board, was contacted by 'phone on Wednesday morning, by the News -Record. Be assured this office that . such was the case. Also he com- mented that ballots 2 and 3 were the common ones voted. upon • by municipalities . wishing to legalize sale in hotels.. is>;ied with the salaries thus pro- vided for. Although government<grants will be up ai bout $2,000, ncreeases oaf $400 for supplies, $800 for plant operation, $300 for plant rnainten ance, and deficit of $2,577 must also be covered, as well as an es- timatee increase of $700 for cap- ital expenses. Total cost of operation last Year was $76,x36. This year the estimate is $84777. The Ontario government grant of $54,000 this year will reduce this to $34,777.. Receipts from non-resident stud- ents will be $1,000. Enrolment at the school has dropped slightly to 538 at. the end of February, compared with 555 at .the end of January. Avetage attendance in February was only 89.6 percent due to mumps and flu in some grades, Principal Bert Gray reported $63 raised in a recent Junior Red Cross collection. Hockey series is planned with Blyth, and a basket- ball sreies with Goderich. Wednesday, April 13 was setas day for Open House to mark Education Week. Chairman K. W. Colquhoun• and one other member will try to at- tend a meeting of trustees and ratepayers in Preston, March 20. The next meeting will be on April 17. Fish and fine Chub Elects 16 Directors �Wo Clinton Speakers Go lnt°Ol . At `the March ,general meetmeetingnar'O itee Qn � a. S g of Huron Fish and Game • Conser- nation Club, 16 directors were elected as the executive for 1960- 61. Out of this executive corn- mittee the officersfor the a coming year will be appointed, Those elected,. were:. LouisaFor-, rest, Ivan Turner, Tom Oliver, A. Matthews, Barrett Taylor, Louis Freeman, Ken Harris, Don Swit- zer, C. J. Livermore, .Fred Tray ena, Eric Collins, Jack Carter,. Clarence Freeman, Howard Greg - is, George Falconer and Glenn Lockhart. Two Clinton students placed first in their class at . the public speaking.. contest for District "C" heIct by the Canadian Legion in Walkerton; ;On Friday evening, March 11. William McKim, son of the Rev. and Mrs. J. A. McKim, Clinton, placed first in the junior high school class, Runner-up was Peg - Juniors Debate Merits of Hog Plan 4. High Point In County Seed Fair Program Since the methods of marketing - • hogs under the present plan are receiving a close look at the pres- ent time, by farmers, their or- ganizations, the government and the processors, the debate oaraied out Saturday by Huron County's prize debating team on the pian, received an eager hearing. Ross Love, chairman of the Hog Producers Marketing Baazrd, whieh sponsored the debate at the Seed Fair, chaired the debat"e.' Jim Renwick, first speaker for the affirmative made the follow- ing point that some form . af or- ganization was required; of these involved, the packers, govern- mnent and producers, the latter seemed more logical to market the produce. He failed to see merit in the idea of the farrier stating ahead of time -what he had to'sell, and the price established on that basis, for if the -price were not strong the fanner might change his mind. "If there were no compulsion, the packer would not be assured of a supply." The plan is not meant to get high prices, but to get the beet price available ori any particular day. The agency is able to get adjustments on payments, in case of complaints by farmers. Bank interest on moneys raised by the agency now pays the cost of "et par ehequing," Stationery. Costs less because of the large ordexms me possible by big business. He asked, "Each thee a vote was held before, it took a two - Unite vote to put it into effect. Would it not.'be sensible for a re- quiretnent' of the same majority to oust it? Larry Wheatley, ,first speaker for the negative side said that at the agency office in Toronto you hear only one side of .the issue. rf they're so efficient they Could reduce the 40 cant levy. The at- titude that we are perfect and not above reproach will not per - The Week's Weather 1960 1959 High LoW High Lbw Mar. 10 22 $ 26 16 11 17 15 12 19 µ18 37 13 29 -9 43 31 14 30 0 33 22 15 26 -6 21 13 16 27 6 23 12 Snow:1 inch Snow, 3 itis, hair: ,35 mit us to do the best job for the farmer. If the agency would work as .hard for the farmer as they are working against the packer and the government, - then we would have something. Not right that producers are unable 'at tim- es to get the price from the as- sembly yard manager; not right that the packergets ' only one chance to .bid; agency should con- centrate on selling surplus, Even with one other ' method of sale, the plan would be more efficient. "Co-operative" in the dictionary does not indicate any element of compulsion. Lawrence Nesbit, second speak- er for affirmative, noted it was much easier to, tear somethinlg down, than to build something up. Packer birds on one lot of 150 hogs at a time, if he doemet get the first lot, he ban' assume his price was not right, and can raise it for the next lot': He reviewed the history of the association since establishment in 1941 until 1951 when packers said they would not meet with them again if price was to be discussed,, through until 1957 when first as- sembly points were set up. He urged drinking of the issues, not the personalities involved, and looked forward. to the . processing plants whloh Charles McInnis says can be ready to operate by 1962. There is compulsion in all things, even as to which side of the road' (Continued on Page Eight) gy Stoyle, Stratford Collegiate Institute. -Kathie._ Cameron, daughter of Group Captain and Mrs, K. C. Cameron, RCAF Station Clin'ion, placed first in • the senior public school clans., Runner hp was Mur- ray MCCannell, RR 2, Holstein. Other winners ,included Pauline -Wellwood, RR. 5, Stratford, See- bach's Hill Public School, in jun- ior public school; runner-up, Pat- ty Moll, Kincardine; Philip Wat- son, Dundalk, senior high school and runner-up, : Evelyn Ward, •Wiarton. high school. George Wakeford, Owen Sound, public speaking chairman for the district was in charge. Judges were Archdeacon It D. Mess, Walkerton Robert ° Spong, princi- pal of Walkerton Public School and Donald Bertancini, English Master at Walkerton District High School.. First place winner will meet the winners of District "D" and "E" early in April.- At time of writ- ing, the place had not been set, In charge of the public speak- ing locally are J. Douglas Thorn- dike, and his wife, Etta. a . Over 80 Birthday Club Thomas Millar, formerly of Loamdeslboro, who is spending the winter with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs, J. A. Mc- Cool, 844 Jos. Janisse Ave., Wind- sor, celebrated his 91st birthday on Sunday, leiter-eh 13. Big Sho.ck: For Hydro User In Bayfield Village (By our Bayfield :Correspondent) Adam ;Flowers :got a shock direct from the Rural Hydro OAF- flee in Clinton . it Wasn't a 'ehort,', just a .few''extra digits! - • A member of the staff telephon- ed to :advise him that a clerical error : had' beere made in his bill for $1;550.40 for the Woollen Shop property, Mr. Flower s had looked at his bill casually; thought that it was for $15.50 and put it away. If he'd read it ooxxeetly, be'd have thought that he'd been billed for the whole Bayfield system, Fines Under LCA In Clinton Court John McNally, 18, RCAF Sta- tion Clinton;'" pleaded guilty in. magistrate's court here on Tues- day •afternoon, before Magistrate Glen %lays, qtg illegal possession of beer, while driving on Highway 4 in the Township of Tuckessmith on March 5. Constable Erie Signs testified that accused had posses - skin of two full pints of beer and two empties. He had been drink- ing, and he was driving alone. Magistrate Hays pointed out that McNally's willingness to tell where he had obtained the beer was a point in his favour, The fine was $25 and costs. John Richard Wasalesko, 21, also af• RCAF Station, pleaded guilty to ;having supplied liquor • to a manor (McNally among oth- ers) at a party held in a house trailer at Goderich on March 5. Crown Attorney Mr. Bushfield, Wiugham, pleaded that a jail term would be :a considerable hardship, of the accused; causing loss of credit in his profession. Reminding Wagelneko that she inight have ,pent. is money to better advantage, eennag`stlate took these special factors into consideration, and imposed only, a fine of $60 and costs instead of the maximum of $100, and an ex- tension until March 31 to pay. Miss Beverly Thies, 22, plead- ed guilty to illegal possession of beer, which had been bought in Stratford. Imnposing a fine of $20 and costs, Magistrate Hays advis- ed the young lady to take a. case of coke to her parties in the fu- ture. Past Mistresses, Enjoy Card Games • The monthly meeting of the Past Mistresses Club of Clinton Loyal Orange Benevolent Assoc- iation was -held at the home of Mrs. Henry •Sloman with a full attendance, After a short business meeting, euchre was played. Tap prize went to Mrs. T. Deeves and second to Mrs. W. Glazier. Lunch was served by the hosts. The newt meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Wilfred Glazier April 11. From the Huron Expositor, Match 13, 1885. The town treasur- er of St. Marys receives a salary of $225;. in Mitchell, the same of- ficer gets $50 and in Clinton the salary ,paid is $100, while in. Sea - forth it is $?5. „ Huron Grown Apples Are Feature At Fruit 'Growers Annual Banquet Meeting Delicious red apples at every plate in Hotel Clinton on Tues• day, was a feature of the Huron County Fruit Growers annual banquet and. meeting, They were brought by Lorne Woods, Luck- now, retiring presild'ent. At the meeting in the morning, William McKenzie, Exeter, was elected president. Custom is for a Hospital Gets fire Cioeks Fine electric clocks were presented turday, March h 12, to the Clinton Public Hospital by representatives of Clinton Chapter No,• 266, Order of the Eastern Star. At left is Worthy Matron Mrs, Leslie Peorstiri, RR 2, Clinton; Superintendent Miss Hilda Smith, -Mrs, A. Lbbb, Mrs. Frank Cook and Mrs, W.,t3. Wells. (News -Record Photo) 4,1 two year term. Others elected were vice-presidents, Donald :Mid- dleteri ' and Edward. Wise, RR 3, Clinton; secretary treasurer, Douglas H. Miles, Clinton, Hurorj agricultural representative. George H. Jefferson was guest speaker at the noon dinner. Say- ing that poetry has to be heard to be . enjoyed, he Went through a wide variety of poems, ranging front the delight of children, "The lady that swallowed a fly!" through Abou Ben Adean, the squirrel and the mountain, Gray's Elegy in a Country Ohurchyard„ some Scripture, "As , Red Men Die", by ,Pauline Johnston; "Beats" and "If", by Kipling. He was ititroditced by Stenarrt Middleton, RR. 3, Clinton, and Was thanked by Bill Mckenzie. Guests included Warden and Mrs, John Duttlin; Reeve and Mrs. Melvin Crich; Mrs. George Jefferson; Russ Chard, fruit and vegetable fieldntan for the area; Steven Stothers, Lecknow,- first ag. rep, ire Huron County; spray and supply then. , A singsong was led by Doug Miles, with accompanist Mit. W. G. McGuire. One minttte s allenee was observed in memory of Dani. et R.. Stirling, ,a resisted trienm- ber who dried mince the last 'an- t1uaI reeetit*. First Stone at Ladies Bonspiel Throwing the first stone at the first Ladies Bonspiel to be held in the curling rink at RCAF Station Clinton, Mrs. K. C. Cameron, wife of the commanding officer, steadies herself in good form. (News -Record Photo) Liquor Vote Details CanVote;Whatuestions The "X" used in all elections, should be placed opposite either yes, or no. The three ballots voters will receive at the polls in Clinton next Wednesday ask the fol- lowing questions: - ho May Vote; Where You In 1912 Clinton became a "dry" town because of a municipal vote which gained 60 percent • vote ban= ning-sale of liquor by any .type of outlet. Now 48 years later Clinton electors will go to the Dolls next Wednesday, March 23, to: vote on three questions under the . Liquor Control Act. Detail of the three- questions appear in the adjoining column e Each question will be on, a dif- ferent ballot, That is, each voter will receive three ballots at the poll Eachballot will be a dif- ferent colour. If the voter feels able to answer only , one ballot, then' he needs only nark one bal- lot If he feels sure of only two of them, then he needs to ,mark only two. Or, he may mark all three. Are you in favour of the est- ablishment of Government stores for. the .sale'.af liquor?: Are you in favour of the sale af liquor under a dining loun- ge license for 'consumption with meals on licensed prem- ises? - • Are you in favour of the sale of liquor under a lounge lic- ense for consumption on the premises? Council In Action Members of Clinton bwn Council allowed themselves to be talked out of payment for com- mittee meetings of the whole, without a whimper on Monday night, In fact many of them were still chuckling aver the sallies of Deputy Reeve Morgan Agnew, while they voted for a change to two council meetings each Month, and no pay for any other meetings. Dates set were second and fourth. Monday . nights'. Motion for this was made by Ag- new, seconded by Reeve Melvin Crich. Mayor Herbert Bridle presided for the meeting, More of an aud- ience than .has been customary lately, was present. Salaries were set at $8.50 per night for councillors;. $12 for the mayor. Last year Clinton council held a total of 22 meetings. Reeve Crich stated that he did not believe councillors should have to sit in a meeting and not get pandL .that was why he fav- oured the two meetings per month. George Beattie did not favour the change, slaying there were too many meetings to, at- tend, now, Deputy Reeve Agnew asked to be notified of meetings. Clerk John Livermore quoted .by-law 5.1922, which sets forth that council not be advised of regular meetings. • Test Sale Mayor Bridle was authorized to. sign a warrant to hold tax sales on vacant lots in town on which talc arrears are beyond the three year linilt. _. Salaries Set Volunteer firereen Will receive $95 per yeti , Fire Chief Grant Rath receives $210; Robed -t Drap- er, assistnnt thief, $130; Hector Kingswell, iiesitenrant $120; Oar- i -nen McPherson, engineer, $175 and. .Frank McEwan, secretary - treasurer, .$110. Other members are John R. Schoenhals, Howard Cowan, Roy- ce F'rentlin, Petty Livermore, Robert Carter; Harry McEwnn, Carl Cantelon, Merry J,Reynolds, Donald Epps, Thomas 'Twyford, Dennis 33isbaek, Gordon Da]g leis ch; Howard Fate -Site Jr.„ Wal- liatrY chowen rind John Sangster', Chief H. R. Thempsen, '$3,600; • Constables Clarence Perdue and Albert Shaddick, $3,000 each; W. J. Manning, tax collector and as- sessor, $1,600; Harold Gibbings, public works foreman, $3,300 plus $1.41 an hour overtime; his assist- ant, James Edwards, $3,000" plus $1,28an hour overtime; caretak- er James Cox $42 per week. The two public works men will receive half a day per month sick leave. Daylight Saving Council concurred with Gode- rich on setting hours for Daylight Saving Tirne for April 24 to Oct- ober 30 at 2 aim. World Refugees --Permission was given. the Clin- ton World Refugee Year Commit- tee to hold a funds drive during the week.. of May 16-23. Taxi Licences Harvey Ashton was given per- mission to operate two cars as taxis. Fire Protection A request frown Stanley Town- ship for fire protection was grant- ed 'et the same rates as for other neighbouring townships: $100 re- taining fee, and for each call $75 the Ant hour, $25 for each ad- ditional hour° Council recorded the feeling that this was law coon - pared to worth of equipment made available. , Tree Cutting Councillor Donald Symons made a plea to get certain trees cut down before they fall down. He said the 'town. owned a chain saw, and it cost money. If the public works men can't run the saw, then sell it, Councillor L. G. Winter noted that the mien were busy removing snow, but would cut trees ,as soon as possible. Postpone JOinhrg Council postponed joining the Mid-Wcster i Orrtarkt •Develop ntent Association uhtal the next meet in g, Yearly fee is $170. Councillor Winter, head of the in- dustrial comnrnfttee, urged joining, saying that even five yearn was riot long enough to get resttit& With Goderich and Stratford, no longer meinbers of Mid-WODA, it appeared diet more tinie would be available bythe rh onager; for' corm. sideration of singlet. Centre* such tt Clinton. If a person is over 21 years of age, is a British subject, and has lived in Clinton since prier to January 23 (that is two months prior to. the vote), then he is'el- igible to vote in this particular vote. If your name is not on the vot- er's list, .and yet you . are qualif- ied to vote, you can do so. The. only. neguirement Xs,,:tbat you•,. -be vouched for at the polling place by some person living .in your ward. John Livermore, town clerk, is the returning officer for the vote. There will be four polls. People living in St. Andrew's Ward, bounded by Highway 8, (Ontario Street) and Highway 4 (Albert Street) will vote in the Town Hall. Deputy returning of- ficer there is Ed. Mittell and poll clerk. is Mrs. Define. Persons living ins- St James' Ward, bounded by Highway 8(On- tario Street) .and King Street, will vote in the Legion Hall, Deputy returning officer there is Mrs. Ronald MacDonald and poll clerk is Mrs. W. Burton. Persons living in St. John's Ward, bounded by King Street and . Highway 8, (Huron Street), will vote 'in the show room of Ball -Macaulay Ltd. Deputy re- turning officer is Ernest Radford, and poll clerk is Mrs. E. Radford. lemons living in . St, George's Ward, bounded by Highway 8 (Huron Street) and Highway 4 (Albert Street), will vote at the office of the Huron Medical Co- operative. Deputy returning of- ficer is Mrs. Douglas Andrews and poll clerk is Mrs. Frank Lobb. Polls will be open from 8 am until 7 p.m. There has been no advance poll, The returning officer urges that voters know what their house, number is, when they go to the polling place to vote. The lists have been: arranged geographical- ly (not according to the alphabet) and so the Rause number is nec- essary in order that your name can be found quickly. There are exactly 1,900 nantes: on the voters list. A 60 percent "Yes" vote is required on each question' to make it, carry. There- fore, if 1,000 ,people vote, there would need to be 600 people vote "Yes" on each question to make each carry. BRUCEFdEI.D Miss Beth Murdoch spent a few days last week with Mx. and Mrs, 3. W. Mcl3eath, Mrs,John McCowan, Sr., fell at her home and fractured her hip. Mrs. Simon McKenzie' returned home from St. Thomas, and is Much improved in health. Ronald Scott entertained a num- ter of his young friends to skat- Mg party on his birthday, Satur- day afternoon, Mrs. David Tough and Mrs. Jessie Lane were guests of Mr. and Mrs, T. B. Baird for a few trays last week, Mrs. M. Harvey is a patient in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. John Snelling and Mrs, Charles Kovac, Port. Col- borne, spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shelling, Mrs. Snelling returned with them for .a few holidays with her daughter,