HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-05-05, Page 1Washing Cars For Refugees
Malting a good job of cleaning the inside of Mayor
Herbert Bridle's station wagon on Monday, were Barry
McLaren, left, and Paul Brand, Students at Clinton
District Collegiate Institute, the boys are taking part
in a two-week long drive to raise funds for World
Refugee Year week, Every grade in the collegiate iS
taking on some project to bolster the fund,
(News .Record Photo)
B of M Ready To Move
Remodelled ready for occupancy of the Clinton
branch Bank of Montreal, the old Molsons. Bank at 25
Rattenbury Street East, own_eds by Roy Tyndall, will
probably, be occupiedby the bank staff within a week
or ten days. Equipped with the original vault which was
installed in 1879, the offices will have three tellers cages,
to serve customers. The move will be temporary, while
the present Bank of Montreal is taken down, and re-
placed with a modern structure on the same site.
(News-Record Photo)
Moving Into Former Home
B ol M to get New Building
Miss Dorothy Marquis, Reg. N., here studies the
"Book of Remembrance" which record the names of
benefactors of the hospital through the years since it
was chartered in 1908. The bronze bound book is
beautifully lettered on linen pages, and is a record
treasured by ...the Hospital Board. Bequests are listed
for 24 persons, and range from $71 to the all time high
of $45,500 from the estate of Harry Torr Rance.
Ken Scott New President Of Kin
Election Conducted On Tuesday
Supporting Funds Blitz for World Refugees
Planning the campaign for raising funds in Clinton as the town's share of the
Huron County World Refugee Year Blitz, are, standing, Ken Clynick, Orval Engelstad;
seated, from the left, Cameron Proctor, Harvey Johnston and, lyan Turner. At a meet-
ing last week in the home of Judge and Mrs, Frank Fingland, representatives from
across the county gathered to get facts and make plans, Dates for the Blitz are from
May 16 to 2.8, (Nowt-Record Photo)
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Students of Clinton District
Collegiate .Institute werequick to
'roll . up their sleeves and go to
work at the task of raising money
for the current campaign to raise
funds for the refugees of Europe.
Mrs. Frank Fingland,, chairman of
the. campaign in Clinton, is
nsiastic over the support . the
young folk are giving Huron
County World - Refugee Year
Clinton branch of the Bank of
Montreal will set the clock back
more than half a century shortly.
But the backward move will be
only temporary and will be follow-
ed by a big jump into the future
about next November.
William L. Morlok, the local B
of M manager made the cryptic
announcement this' week. He said
arrangements have been made for
his branch to move back into the
premises at 25 Rattenbury street
which it occupied from 1879 to
1903.
While there, the B of M's pres-
ent well-known home 'at Victoria
and Ontario streets (the main. in-
tersection) will be torn down to
make way for construction of a
spacious new building on the same
site which will be completed late
this year.
Mr. Morlok said the contract
for the new building has been a-
warded to Quinney Construction
Limited, London, and the branch
will move to its temporary prem-
(By W. P. D,)
INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT
in Mitchell tax rate jumped ten
mills . „ ,and Wingham rate
Went up 2.5 mills , That does-
n't do much for taxpayers here
facing the first instalment on. 1960
taxes, but there .is comfort hi
knowing that other local towns
need money, too . . *
WITH FOUR VOTES HELD IN
Huron-Perth since the Canada
Temperance Act was voted out. .
the ,wets hold three victories, and
the dries have one , Clinton,
Zurich. and Milverton voted in fav-
our of more outlets . . Listowel
last week said no thanks, to lic-
ensing of liquor and! dining loun-
ges . . And :they did so, with a
huge turnout"' .of . 83 percent
(thought to be a record) . . * .*
THE WRAPS CAME OFF THE
old Murray Block yesterday . .
and underneath were a quartet
of lovely store and office units...
'Alain Galbraith tells us it will be
a. little while before they'll be
ready to open in the new premis-
RS but opening, day is almost in
sight . .
* * *
JUST NOTICED THE SIGN AT
the Becker •trailer court . . . it
must be a new one, or else the
spring time makes one more ob-
servant .. . . and Peter's Modern
Meat Market is getting a new
coat of paint . . . and Ted Ryder'S
house-store is getting to look like
a building which might be a
house-store . . .
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Stanley Township
Contracts For
Two New Drains
Reeve Harvey Coleman conduc-
ted •the meeting of Stanley 'Town-
ship council this week, when ten-
ders of N. J. Corriveau, Zurich,
were accepted for two culverts.
One near the Baird's home for
$1,450.80, and the other at Can-
telon's, $1,350. Both are on Con-
cession 2.
Tender of Hubert Cooper, Ex-
eter, for application of weed and
brush spray was accepted at $5
per hour.
The first two applications for
loans under the tile drainage act
(recently passed) were accepted.
Council granted $25 each to the
Hensall Spring Show and the Clin-
ton Spring Show.
A by-law was passed authoriz-
ing the clissolving of Union School
Section No. 1, Stanley and Hay
Township. It will be sent to the
department for approval. No one
has attended this school for the
past seven or eight years. The
two children in the section are
going to another school.
Delegates Consider
Refugee Campaign
At County Meeting
At the residence of Judge' and
Mrs. Frank Fingland, 159 Ontario
.Street, last. Thursday evening,
representatives from most of the
municipalities in Huron County
gathered to consider methods of
raising funds during the Huron
County World Refugee _Year week, • May 16-23.
Intentions' are for a Blitz—a
door-to-door collection, in most
cases.
Mrs. Frank Fingl'and is chairs
man for Clinton, ,with' assistance
from Orval L. EngeLstad, Ivan
Turner, ,Ken Clynick, Harvey
Johnston and Cameron Proctor.
Chairmen, in surrounding muni-
cipalities are William Jewitt, Hui-.
lett Township; Clayton Laith-
waite, Goderich Township; Anson
McKinley,. Stanley Township;
James Doig, Tuckersmith Town-
ship; Charles Fiford, Hensall and
Earl Campbell, Hay Township.
Posters are being put up, edu-
cational work is being carried on.
TV programs planned include
an appearance on M'Lady, Wed-
nesday, May 11 front CKNX,
Wingharn at 3.30 p.m. when Mrs.
Fingland will be interviewed: by
Mis1 Anna MacDonald, Women's
editor.
Then on Monday, May 16, on
Panorama from CFPL, London
from 6 to 7 p.m. Mrs, Fingland
Will appear again. At the same
hour and the same day, over Fo-
cus, Wingham, the Rev. R. G.
MacMillan, Goderich, chairman of
the Huron County campaign will
be interviewed.
The Week's Weather
1960 959
High LoW High LoW
April 28 50 30 59 43
29 61 35 63 41
30 63 50 53 34
May 1 54 36 57 27
2 63 32 68 44
3 71 45 66 49
4 75 49 71 48
Rain; .20 in, Itain: .58
Red Cross Campaign
Raises $1,299.43
In Clinton Area
Chairman Adam J. McMurray
reports completion of the Red
Cross campaign for funds in this
area, with a total of $1,299.43 do-
nated. He expressed the grati-
tude of •the Red Cross headquart-
ers, and his own, to those who
gave, •and to the many canvas-
sers who made the campaign, a
success.
The fawn of Clinton contribut-
ed $815.80; rural collections am-
ounted to $271.80; Londesboro and
district contributed $55.40 and
from 'the RCAF Station gave
$156.43.
Mail. Departures
Listed at Post Office
With the change to daylight
saving time in this area-, it will
be of help to know the times: at
which mails going:out of the Clin-
ton. Post Office are closed. All
mail going east to Seaforth,
Stratford, Toronto and beyond,
closes at 3 p.m. and at 7 p.m.
For mail going toward London,
the bags are closed at 4.20 p.m.
and at 7 p.m. Leaving for God-
erich, and towards Londesboro,
Blyth and Wingham, the mails
close 'at 6 a.m. and at 12.30 noon.
o.
Legion Poppy Day To
Have D. Thorndike
As District Head
Douglas T. Thorndike, Clinton,
was named chairman of the pop-
py day committee for the district,
at a convention held in Exeter by
the Canadian Legion last week-
end. Delegates attended from the'
area bounded by Exeter, Tober-
mory and Galt.
Speakers at the convention in-
cluded Harold Eaton, Toronto,
president of the Legion's provin.
cial command and Charles H.
MacNaughton, MPP f,or South
Huron.
Parker House Motel
Sold Last Month
Mr. and Mrs. Norman White-
head, formerly of Teeswater, have
purchased 'the Parker House
Moteil Ltd., south of Clinton on
Highway 4, and since, the sale be-
came effective on April 9, have
lived there, operating the business.
Former owners were John and
Wilfred Parker, Clinton.
for $5.00. They're working at
noon hour, •and after four. Mon-
day, TV crews from London and
Wingham as well as "still" photo-
graphers recorded 'their work.
Girls from one grade are mak-
ing candy and selling it, with pro-
ceeds to make up their share.
Their slogan, "Don't Be a Bag of
Bones All Your Life!"
Grade 12B, is 'holding a dance
in the Bayfield Pavilion this Sat-
urday night, May 7, with the ac-
commodation provided by A. Gar-
on, owner. At this affair, pupils
of Grade 11C will be selling lunch,
Music is contributed by the Hill-
toppers.
Grade 12A is holding a raffle,
with the grand prize of $5.00 for
the winner. Special Coinmercial
will wash running-shoes for ten
cents each, and shoelaces are
washed FREE, with each pair of
shoes.
Grade 9A has started a chess
and checker contest, Entry fee is
25 cents and games take place at
noon hour.
Still other students are Involv-
ed in washing windows of house-
holder's in town. Another grade is
planning a dance, but plans are
not yet complete.
At least one enterprising young
man is offering his services down-
town as a sign-painter.
Girls of Grade 9C are staging
a shoe shine to-day at noon, with
charges ten cents for leather and
stiede shoes; 15 cents for white
bucks.
Grade 9B girls will wash and
iron gym suits for 50 cents (girls)
and 35 tents (boys) in the home
economics r6i5trl.
Grade JA boys are going to
mend text books for a fee. Grade
9D is staging a bingo.
Grade 9C boys are bolding
(continued on Page 7)
Hammered bronze cover, with
engraved words "Clinton Public
Hospital" protects the Book of
Remembrance which is a prized
historical document at Clinton
Public Hospital, There, in care-
fully lettered pages, is a record
of donations from estates and
otherwise, of persons grateful for
the care given at the hospital, and
thoughtful of those who follow
them.
Presented by the late Mr. and
Mrs. William. Brydone, the first
page of linen explains that "to
record the beneficence and to keep
in memory the generosity of those
who of their effort and of their
estate have contributed to found
and maintain the Clinton Public
Hospital, this' Golden Book is dedi-
cated."
Mr. Brydone was a King's Coun-
cil, and had served as a board
member, while his wife was presi-
dent of the Ladies' Hospital Board
in 1919.
Incorporated by Ontario Char-
ter on November 13, 1908, Clinton
Public Hospital has had many be-
quests, given generously by per-
sons it has served!. The building
for it was donated by Malcolm
Douglas McTaggart. On the page
devoted to this is' the quotation,
"To look up and not down, to
look forward and not back, to look
out and, not in, and to lend a
hand."
Among the contributors, record
of which began in 1924, is $500
from the estate of the late Isaac
Dodd; $400 from the estates of
Ellen, Eliza and Clara Mount-
castle; $2,000 from John Howson
in memory of his mother, Jane
Howson, to be used in the radio-
graph room in 1926; $2,000 from
Nurse Elizabeth Hunter the fol-
lowing year.
More recent contributions in-
clude $1,000 from the Charles
James Peacock estate in 1937;
$1,000 from John Franklin Grant
in 1948; $1,359 from Mary Ann
Diehl in 1949.
Then in 1953 from the Harry
Torr Rance estate came $45,500,
which was put to use in building
the Nurses: Residence, directly
across from the hospital. This
building is used by the hospital
Auxiliary for its meetings and
work parties, and by taking the
nurses out of living quarters in
the hospital, has permitted exten-
sive remodelling, to produce a
modern hospital building for Clin-
ton and district.
From the Dr. J. W. Shaw estate
came $1,000 in 1956. Dr. Shaw
was one of the town's best-loved
physicians, and practiced until
shortly before his death, when he
was considered the oldest practic-
ing physician in the country.
(Continued on Page 12)
THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR
THE HURON RECORD-79th YEAR
No. 10—The Home 'Paper With The News
CLINTON ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1960'
$3,00 Per Year--10 Cents Per Copy-1Z Pages
Blitz.
For the next two weeks, the 16
classrooms are vieing with each
other to raise the most money;
and they're coming up with some
very good and novel ideas.
Probably involving the most
muscle power, are the boys who
offer a complete oar wash, which
includes a thorough cleaning in-
side, •for $1.00, and a simonize job
ises a block north of its present'
location early this month. The
present office will then be demol-
ished and construction twill start
as soon as the site is cleared.
Completion of the new building is
expected by mid-November.
Plans for the B of M's new air-
conditioned building call for in-
creased facilities compared with
those of the present office, inclu-
ding a streamlined counter-line
with six tellers' wickets' set 'in
low bronze and glass screens.
There are two wickets at present.
Two Booths
For the convenience of safety-
deposit-box customers, two coup-
on. booths' will be located at the
rear of the office, close to a steel-
and-reinforced-concrete vault whi-
ch will be housed in a special an-
nex. There is a single booth in
the present building.
With a floor space o fsome 1,700
square feet, the B of M's new
building will be fully air-condit-
(Continued on Page 7)
Election night was conducted
for the Kinsmen Club of Clinton
by past president George Rum-
ball, assisted by past president
Donald Kay, and Percy Brown, at
the regular meeting in Hotel Clin-
ton on Tuesday night, May 3.
Officers to be installed this fall
are president, Kenneth Scott;
vice presidents, Clarence Denom-
me, Frank Cook; secretary, Ken-
neth Clynick; treasurer, Andy
Peterson; registrar, Fred Radley;
directors, Bill.German, Bill Chow-
en, Pat Hardie.
The suit draw for May was won
"Book Of Remembrance"
Records Gifts to Hospital
by A. "Red" Garon, for the sec-
ond month in a row. Five dele-
gates to the Seaway Convention
in Windsor on May 20-23, will be
president Donald Epps; president-
elect, Ken Scott; District Deputy
Governor Maitland Edgar, Wil-
liam Chowen and Percy Brown,
with their wives.
HOLMESVILLE OFU TO
MEET NEXT MONDAY
The Holmesville Local of the
Ontario Farmers Union will meet
Monday evening, May 9 in
Holmesville school at 8.30 p.m.
CDCI Pitches In
Students Helping Refuges