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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-07-21, Page 1Seaforth Mayor Bev. F. Christie Passes Suddenly Beverly F. Christie, Mayor of Seaforth, died in Scott Me- morial Hospital on Monday, July 18. He was in his' 53rd year. Mayor Christie, who was ser- ving his third term as mayor of Seafarth, operated the Chris- tie Meat Market, and had been on Town Council since 1946. He was a rnerriber of North- side United Church; an elder of the church and -treasurer of ithe Svinday School for the past 47 years. He was a. past presi- dent of Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club. Born in Maryborough Town- ship in Wellington County, he moved to Seaforth in 1932 from Moorefield, where he had been CNR 'station agent. Surviving are his wife, the former Luella Thompson; two daughters, Mrs. Eric (Gwendo- lyn) McCue, Seaforth; Miss Al- ice- Christie, London, and one brother, Clendon, Hensall. Service was -from the G. A, Whitney funeral home, Sea- forth, to Maitlandbank Ceme- tery, yesterday, Wednesday, July 20;-by the Rev.. J. C. Beit-- Results Given For Music Tests Results of examinations• re- cently- conducted by the Wes- tern Conservatory of Music in- cluded the following local stu- dents: Piano, grade VIII senior, hon- ors, Susan Wightman; pass, Nancy Ann Stirling, Carol Rob- inson; grade VI senior, first class honors, Carolyn Eagel- son; grade V junior, heelers, Clarence Magee, Deborah Thomas (equal); Gordon Mac- Murray; grade IV junior, first class honors, Gary Black, San- dra Cameron, Sharlene Turner (equal); Allan Leggett, Bar- bara L. Swan, Gloria Reed, Lynne Stuckey (equal); hon, ors, Elaine Dale; grade III junior, first class honors, Jane Day, Rosemary Gowing; hon- ors, Eileen Garrett; grade II junior, honors, Janet Irene Fal- coner; grade I junior, first class honors, Barbara Ruth Knox. Ready for Fun in the Sun Muscled and brown, these happy young ones find the pool a loi/ely spot to spend the summer hours. Learning to swim under instruction, these are but ten of hundreds of youngsters taking advantage of the new swimming pool. (News-Record Photo) First Prize Photo The only entry In the NeWs-Record Photo Con. test r n connection with the Clinton Spring Show, was this view of o block horse hoeing some work done on 0 shoe. Young photographer was Raymond Wells, son of LAC and Mrs. Clinton Wells, [soda Street. Since Only one entry was received, there was no work for the judges to do, and the first prize of $3.00 will be sent along to young Raymond at once. (Payfleld Correspondent) Tragedy struck suddenly at Snowden's Beach, five miles south of Bayfield on Sunday afternoon when Frederick Donald Leibold slipped off en inflated ,automobile 'inner-tube and drowned about 60 yards from shore. The 17-year-old son of Mr. and -Mrs. Ted Leibold, RR. 3, Zurich, 'had been floating on his back on the tube. He could not swim. At this spot a sand bar goes out very gradually and then edges off steeply into deep wa- fter. Near him at the time, about four o'clock, were Mrs. George Cana] bell's 'two grandsons, Ro- bert and Wayne Barber, Ham- ilton. They called for help but could not attract the attention of any of the numbers of people on shore or in the wat- er. Fourteen-year-old Robert tried to catch his leg. He did manage to get hold of Lei- bold's hand but couldn't hold him. Wayne went to shore and gave the alarm, The Provin- cial Police were summoned. Walter Westlake, Bayfield Fire Chief, answered a call and stood ready with the pneo- lator. • About 25 bathers holding hands in a human chain comb- ed the water out about 40 or 50 yards but could not find the body. A search -by the OPP from Goderich, assisted by Constable George Little and the Bay- field Fire Department com- menced about 6 a.m. Monday. Sergeant Harry Baker, of the Provincial Police detachment at Goderich was in charge of search operations, with Con- stable Donald Hobbs' and Cor- poral Sayeau, both of that de- partment directing the search. Dragging operations were halted in the afternoon to clear the water for skin div- ers, Skin divers from RCAF Sta- tion Clinton who volunteered their services were Donald Hickey, Carrie Boucher 'arid Frank Kelly, all of the RCAF; and Mel Melanson, civilian em- ployee there. They joined with other skin divers, Bruce MacDonald, God- erich; Jim Valiance, Brussels and Provincial Constables Joe Maitre and Art Lacing, Grand Bend detachment. Also taking part in the search were fishermen from Bayfield with their boats, a tug from. Goderich, cottagers and others interested. Sergeant Barker, who re- cently succeeded Sergeant An- derson hi charge of the Gode- rich OPP detachment, com- mented in appreciation of the great deal of co-Operation giv- en by people of the area in volunteering their help. Shortly after six o'clock the Provincial Police left the scene. But a few boats and helpers decided to remain. Constable Little, Percy Renner, William Talbot, Sr., were in one boat. Ronald Westlake had his boat. Clinton Lady Wins $100 at Goderich Mrs. Norman Van Dongen, RR 3, Clinton won $100 at the recent draw held in Goderich by merchants of the county town. Her lucky number was drawn two weeks ago. Another lucky number has been drawn, now worth $500. •.1,4,11,1 • n.111,1711141,.,,,, Vinton News pig ec r THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR THE HURON RECORP-79th WAR No. 29—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, 04:f*R10, THURSDAY, JUL.)" 21, 1960 $3,00 Per Year-10; Per Copy,-.-1 a Pogo Zig jrirtit COitiran7;7--; (By W. P. oi rtE=VFD A SHORT POST- card note from Mr,. and Mrs. A. J. McMurray . They've been out ie Western 'Canada • , . among other things et'- sending the Calgary Stampede Along with 140,000 other people . * * * A VISIT TO THE SITE OF Broadview Acres shows contin- uecl progress . great heaps of earth are evidence of sew- ers ,and drains in the procese of being laid , , Six of the units are framed in, and rooms are taking shape . . That leaves six feundatiene yet to be built upon . * * PEDESTRIANS IN CLINTON are mighty few and far be- tween . . . Possibly the only time they can be seen in num- here is to and from the swim pool . . . and to and from work , . Other than that pe- a destrians seem to be a forgot- ten race . . of course there are a few folk who "take a stroll" through the streets "to see what is going on" . but they are a minority . . * * * ATTENDED A "FARM meet- ing" the other night . . In this season those are a rather rare thing . , . and need the cvintroversy of the hog produc- ers . . or some other thing to rouse out a good attendance . . . But this particular meet- ing was of those farmers af- fected by the settlement of easements for the Hydro power line between Ceaforth, and Clin- ton . . . And those people are certainly interested , . . *** DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE lady who went into Galbraith's . . , or was it McEwan's : , to buy some stereo records 'to go with a record player she won at a raffle , . . She cone fided, "All I know about music is that AM is American Music . . . and FM is Foreign Music, Salvation Army Offers Thanks To Clinton Folk Salvation Army Captain Roger Petersen, Goderich, cal- led in the News-Record office on Tuesday to request us to express his thanks to the peo- ple of Clinton for their genere ous support of the Army's re- cent door-to-door funds cam- paign. He remarked that it was sincerely appreciated by the Salvation Army, and by the people it would 'help. Captain Peterson has also ar- ranged that anyone missed in the canvass of homes may leave their contributions at either 'the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Bank or at the Cre- dit Union office. WOMEN'S INSTITUTE PICNIC ON JULY 28 The annual picnic of the Clinton Women's Institute will be bed in Clinton Community Park on Thursday, July 28, in- stead of on July 21 as before mentioned, Sports committee is Mrs. C. Sturdy, Mrs. F. Tyndall, Mrs. W. S. R, Holmes, Mae. H. Trewartha and Mrs. Cummings. Hostesses are mem- bers of the social committee. There will be a penny sale. Please bring dishes and cutlery and a picnic lunch. BAIRDS Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson (nee Baebara Graham) and Linda, Billy, Cathie and Bruce, Toronto, are visiting at . the home of their mother, Mrs. Goklie Graham. Mrs. Fred Stoneman (nee Tena Ross), Chiliwack, and son, Plight Sergeant Ger- ald Stonewood, Greenwood, N.S., are visiting Miss Isabel Glen and Miss Tena Baird and other friends en the second concession of Stanley. Hayter Reunion The Hayter reunion was held at the Lions Park, Seaforth, on Sunday, July 17, with 44 pre- sent. An enjoyable afternoon wee spent which ended with a beautiful picnic lunch. They attended from Vero Beach, Florida; Landoll, Lecan and the surrounding community, The picnic was in honour 'of Mr, and Mrs. Marvin, L. nottt- zon (rleo, Flarenee Hayter), Vero Beach, Florida, who have been on holidays with her two sisters and sister-ibelave, Mr. and Mrs. Alf Moffatt, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Dawson -and Mrs. Minnie Rayter, The Week's Weather 1960 1959 High Law High Low July 14 72 54 84 54 15 78 42 85 57 16 83 52 87 56 17 82 64 88 60 18 79 63 80 66 19 78 61 78 64 20 10 49 79 65 halm .03 in. Mita: .68 in, 4, 4 In Cool Wading Pool Stepping stone to the tinio that swimming in. struction can be taken hi the big pool, these younger ones spend hours happily splashing in the water and Seel. (News.Retord Photo) (This summary is taken from the Ontario Farm Acci- dent Survey conducted by farm .people in Huron County and the Extension Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture for :the period from March 1, 1959 to -Febru- ary 29, 1960.) (prepared by G. E. Chamberlain summer assistant) Statistics of accidents to Huron County fanners for the past 12 months have now been completed and the picture is not very bright. Although Hu- eon's -record is no worse than other counties, on file are the rather grim details of 390 re- ported accidents during last year. These 390 accidents re- sulted in nine fatalities, 13 per- sons injured for life and 283 more temporarily injured. The injured persons lost a total of 4,675 days of work, their medical bills amounted to almost $25,000 and the pro- perty damage realized -through accidents was a staggering $234,000. Space would not begin to permit a detailed analysis of why each accident happened or how it could have been pre- vented. The most that can be accomplished here, is to point out some of what appear the greatest hazards confronting the farmers of Huron as indi- cated) by the figures which are on hand in the agricultural representatives office in Cline ton, Ever since the invention of the motor car, traffic accidents have continued to -be the great- Robert N. Irwin, acted as: chairman for the event. Other merchants were responsible for calling this first meeting, . A second meeting will be' held next Tuesday night at 8.30- at 'the same place, July 26. Those attending were cone skious of the fact that it was' -time to start making plans for the fall -season, and to pree pare for brightening up the downtown area for the Christ--•• mar season. They were coneeee ned with the necessity of keep,' ing Clinton the forwardmove ing, leadership-setting town, history has proved it to be, in' so far as merchandising and: promoting is concerned. trol and -the body lay in about six feet of water, Corporal Harry Sayeau and Constable Donald Hobbs, OPP,: returned to the scene of tit"' drowning with Coroner Dr. Ni C. Jackson, Goderich. '11170 boy's mother identified the body before he was removed to the Westlake Funeral Home, Zurich, by 'ambulance. Death of this young man is a double blow to his parents. His father is in delicate health and- Fred was his right hand in operating their market gar-`, den business, widely known in the district. 4,fl Grain Clubs Will Meet At County Home Farm Members of the grain and field crops• clubs in Hu- ron County will meet at the Huron County Home term bext Monday night. Previously this event was combined with the -soil arid crop twilight meeting at the game place. Donald G. Grieve, associate agricultural representative for Huron County, explabis that they Will be able to discuss the demonstration plots at the county farm much more thor- ()uglily than if done at the twi- light Meeting, The demonstration plots on fertility, varieties and weed control Will ;be viewed, The annual twilight meeting viewing the rod raw tests of of the Huron Soil -and Crop Improvement Association will be held next Tuesday night, July 26, beginning at 7.30 p.m. Clarence Shaw, first vice- president of the association will be in charge of the men's out- door program which includes Soil and Crops Folk will Attend Twilight Tuesday Kin and Lions Join to Hold Second Big Bingo Since 'the Kin- Cash Bingo held last Friday night was such a success, and drew attention 'by many in the surrounding area, and from far afield, a second bingo will be held next Friday night, July 29. This time the Lions Club is teaming tip with the Kinsmen Club of Clinton. Proceeds will ge to welfare work in Clinton undertaken by both clubs. More details of :the bingo will be `available next . week. barley and oats with comments by a professor from the field husbandry department, OAC, Guelph, and C. H. Kingsbury of the field crops branch com- menting on hay-pasture mix- tures. Jack Murray, regional soils supervisor, London -will com- ment on fertility of the soil, and demonstrations will be car- ried out by spray companies. Meanwhile hi the auditorium the ladies program will be go- ing on under the guidance of Miss Bette Tillman, home econ- omist for Huron County. Pro- fessor Jahn Weal], horticultur- al department, OAC, Guelph Will be the speaker. Beginning about 9.15 p.m. under the leadership of presi- dent William Clark, a joint meeting will be held inr, the auditorium, or if the crowd is too large, and the weather is favourable, it will be held out- doors on the lawn of the home. This has been done eorefort- able -at least two years mid the loudspeakers and lighting outside is guile satisfactory, Speaker in the evening IS Xerl Sievert, Lunch will be pro- vided by the association and served by the Clinton Junior Vatators. McKim family Moving To Newfoundland The Rev. and Mrs. J. A. Mc- Kim and family, will move back to Newfoundland .this summer. Mr. McKim, who has been minister at the Wesley- Willis United Church in town and Holmesville United Church, for the past four years, has, ac- cepted- a position at the Prince of Wales College, St. Johns, Newfoundland. The McKim family came from Newfoundland in 1956. Mrs. 1VIcKiin also will be as- sociated in the work of the college. They have three chil- dren, John in collegiate; Wil- liam, just leaving public school and Mary, in public school. So far the official board of the church has not yet found a replacement. Mr. McKim is on holidays in July, and will re- turn to his pulpit for August before taking up his new post on September 6. Hensall Lady Breaks Wrist at Ball Game Mrs. E, R. Shaddick had the misfortune to fracture her left wrist Friday while attending a WOAA Midget baseball game at the local park. The folding stool she was sitting on tip- ped over and she fell back- wards falling on her ann. Her wrist was placed in a cast at South Huron Hospital, Exeter. Dr. W. R. Read, Exeter, at- tended. Get Your Free Test TB Clinic Here July 26 There are 47,000 people in Huron County who should re- ceive the tuberculin test dur- ing the next two weeks. This test is free, and will tell an ex- perienced' technician whether or net the TB germ is present. Dates for the clinic in Cline ton is July 26 and 27. If you attend the July 26 clinic, you will be' asked to return on July 28, to have your test read: If you attend' the July 27 clinic, you will be asked to return on July 29 to have your test read. Clinics are planned in the town hall, In Bayfield the date is July 28, and the re-visit on Atigusit 2. • If your test shows positive, then a free x-ray will be taken on the day you re-visit the clinic, The first test is- merely a skin test. It will not affect the person having it. It will not stop children from going swim, ming, or from entering sports activities. Even. if you've had an x-ray recently, but have net had a skin test, -this is your op,poie tunny. The last county wide 1.13 sur- vey was taken in 1956. At that time 19,525 persons in Huron County were x-rayed. At that time 20 persons were found to have Tel, and three were sus- pects. All have since received treatment. Burt, as Mrs. J. B. Russel, secretary of the Huron TB As- sociation remarked at that time, "There must be more TB in the county than that. It must mean that those who have it are afraid to come out to. be tested, ..And they will continue to spread Tie among the healthy people in the county." Four years ago only 19,500 people were x-rayed. Now there are 47,000 people in Hu- ron. All ages are eligible for the skin test from six months of age and up. Let's make this year a greater turn-out than there was in 1956, to take ad- vantage of this free offer of goad health. The survey is financed by revenue of Christmas TB Seals and by the Ontario Depart- ment of Health. Over 80 Birthday Club Mrs. Annie Walper celebrat- ed her 90th birthday last week in Clinton with her daughter, Mrs. John Daer, Auburn; her granddaughter, Mrs. Norman McClinchey and great grand- daughter Cathy. Friend Finds Body Non pm Swimmer Drowned Albert Hess with Percy Bed- ard and his son Peter were just about to give up. They were the last of those who had cris- crossed in dragging operations all evening. Hess steered his boat farther north than the area designated by the Barber boys as the spot where the youth had disappeared. Percy Bedard remarked: "My! I'd like to get him," and his son Peter said almost instantly, from the other side of the boat, "I've got him". The grappling hook had caught the bathing trunks. It was about 35 yards from the area marked for pa- Twenty Town Merchants Favour An Organization About 20 merchants gather- ed in the town hall on Mon- day night and decided unani- mously that a merchants or- ganization of some sort should be started, and action should be taken, at once. However, they felt that their numbers were too small to proceed with electing officers and setting up an organization, Between now and next Tues- day, a volunteer merchant from each block will canvass the stores in his area, discovering the feeling of each businessman with regard to this type of or- ganization, and encouraging more 'attendance at a second meeting. Results of Huron County Farm Accident Survey est threat to the lives and pro- perty of any working group and the farmers of Huron have not been spared. Last year 91 traffic accid:ents, claimed fiye lives, permanently injured one and temporarily injured ten: Less significant was the fact that $32,500 damage was caus- ed by these accidents. Why did they -happen? For the same reason that people are losing their lives on high- ways and sideroads every day, namely: speed, intoxication, misjudgment, inadequate safe- ty precaution and other forms of carelessness. Ranking next to the road, the field is a likely scene of disaster to the farmer. No less than- 64 -accidents' resulting in eight permanent and 55 tem- porary injuries were reported. Most of these mishaps were the result of -the farmer get- ting caught in the machinery or in upsetting the tractor. The former was much more apt to be the cause. It is highly pro- bable that by following the safety rules clearly written on most machines fanners could have prevented some of these -accidents. The nature of the 108 acci- dents which took place around the farm buildings included fires, explosions, falls, stumb- les, livestock, stepping on ob- ject, handling object and fall- ing on objects, To assess pre- cautions against such acci- dents as these is extremely dif- ficult. Probably common sense is the only tangible guide in the handling of stock and equipment, in and around the barn. Not to be overlooked in a report such as this are the hazards which may befall the farm housewife who becomes too busy to do her job safely. 65 of the 390 farm accidents in Huron last year took place or around the house, Three of these accidents were fatal and three more left the victims per- manently injured. According to the survey the yard and garden was first in importance followed closely by the kitchen as far as numbers of accidents were concerned. The nature of mishaps in these -areas took the form of injury by power tools such as lawn- mowers, injury by non-power tools, uncovered holes or wells, ice and slippery surfac- es, while in the kitchen burns from one source or another played a major role in the Net of casualties. As rneationed the list of faete and figures on farm ac- ciclerits which occur each year are colossal and probably Woudn't mean much to you un- til such time as you yourself become -careless even for a, Inorrient, and become a stabs,. tic yourself. Benefit by the mistakes of others and don't let ,disaster have Its Chance at you or your