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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-08-11, Page 1Linton News Recor THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR THE HURON RECORD-79th YEAR No. 32-The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, .ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1960 $3,00 Perlfecir-10; Per Copy-10 Pages Gala' night at the Clinton Community Park next Wednes- day night is planned by the Clinton Lions Club. This is the annual summer ea.rnival which has been held in the 'past on the main street, downtown. Development of facilities at the Park has made it the most logical place to hold the carni- val. Featured will be the Clin- ton Citizens Concert Band, performing in uniform and di- rected by Bandmaster George Wonch, The Band will proceed to the park in parade through J. Doug. Jamieson Wins Scholarship Camp Miniwanca J. Douglas Jamieson, a stu- dent 'of OAC, Guelph and son of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold' Jamie- son, RR 4, Clinton, has been awarded the William H. Dan- forth Scholarship for 1960. This scholarship is 'awarded each year to an outstanding student who has completed the first year of the degree course art OAC and provides for two weeks of leadership training at Camp Miniwanca, the Christian Leadership Camp of the Ameri- can Youth Foundation at Shel- by, Mich. This camp is known through- out the world for the extensive program Of mental, social, re- ligious and physical develop- /tent which it carries out each stun/net At Mlniwanca each year are represented every state of the U.S.A, and several foreign countries, which have large agricultural colleges and the OAC. Douglas will attend the camp from August 15 through Aug, ust 28 and will be one of the 500 young men who are expec- ted to gather there for train- big and fellowship, Fire Fans Hinder Firemen Penalty Could be Severe COUNTY nolvtt AMIL/Arot IsMET AlthaTIST The regular Meeting of the Huron. County Home Atndliary will meet at the home this Monday afternoon, August 15 at 2,80 parr, tyctyone welnotne, Huron Member to Open Swimming Pool Aug. 17 Gala Lions Summer Carnival Planned At Community Park "Fire Fans" last Saturday night created a problem for the Clinton Fire Department 'as they rushed pellrnell after the engine when the call came to a fire out in Tuckersmith Township. Fire Chief Grant Rath made a request following the fire, 'that those interested in attending such alarms', be careful not to obstruct the work of the firemen. Visibility on the way to the fire was very poor. The fire chief reports that he had to slow almost to a stop at Um-, es to see his way through the dust on the country roads. Ar- riving at the farm of Clarence (Jiggs) LeBeau they entered the laneway, thinking it was the closest way to the barn the $itot Colutung:p (By W. D. D.) N4WS OF THE LOCAL dis- trict travels to the far corners Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Brawn bought a daily paper in Val- paraiso, Indiana while on their holidays . . and found a com- ment on the activities of the chime clock in the court house at Goderich . . . It was about the time when the county town was having trouble with a wat- er main, that the clock started chiming the hour every 45 min- utes . . It made the daily press in these parts . . and was picked up in Indiana with the note that Goderich must be a pretty fast town . „ * * * SOMEONE UP IN GODERICH has taken to writing cute lit- tle stories about everyday hap- penings around the square . . and the latest, of the provins cial policeman who had the task of finding parents of a two-year-old miss wandering in the nude on her tricycle, has been printed in at least five daily papers we have read so far . . . Probably the item will go on across the nation, and south into the United Stat- es as well . . Might even make the columns of some of the papers in the U.K. . . . It's one way to Make the town famous . . * * * HAVE SEEN A LOT OF things for the first time, lately . . . Strange how so many things one realizes must be done sometimes, but if they are not actually seen they don't mean much . . . Like the sight of •firemen from the Clinton brigade out for a practice run Monday night to test equip- ment and hydrants . . There's a lot of joking goes on . . and we understand at the fire in the boiler , house at Sher- lock-Manning two weeks ago . . . firemen (probably new to the job) were •trying to at- tach hoses to objects that look- ed like hydrants, but were not . . . They were just not certain of where the hydrants serving the piano factory actually were located . . . So practice runs are necessary . . and try-outs of hydrants just as necessary . . . Seemed unusual to see the two engines travelling in a leisurely way along a back street, with no siren going... * * * RECENTLY, TOO, WE SAW members of the Ontario Dep- artment gang tidying, up the highway on a Monday morn- ing . . On the weekend many small animals meet their end before the mighty motor-car, and the corpses clutter up the pavement in a very ugly and unfortunate way . . . We 'al- ways had a feeling that they must be tidied up by someone, but did not ever actually see the job being done until this July . . . The Ontario SPCA reports that the auto rivals the shrew, weasel, fox, dog, house cat and coyote in its de- struction of wildlife . • . * * PLEASURE IN OUR NEW quarters this summer is made more enjoyable by all those many friends who comment favourably . . . This week we have a message from Willis C. Cooper from his home in Tins tern, Esher Close, Esher, Eng- land . . . he says, "I hope you are happy in your new premiss es, and with kind regard to you all." That sums up the general feeling of many who have indicated personally and by letter, their best wishes to us 'at the News-Record . . . We are quite happy here . . , with few complaints: More space means more floors to sweep, more windows to clean, more space to keep tidy . . . These are feminine complaints, and are heard only in the front of- fice . . . * THE RUTABAGA KING called at the office last week with samples of sliced rutabaga . . . They looked for all the world like the slices we used to Sam- ple as they came from the old hand-operated root pulper on the farm . . . and the aroma was equally as tantalizing . . Of course we called them tur- nips in those days . , But the idea is to have these slicing machines in the stores, where a housewife can. pick out a turnip She likes, and have it sliced electrically . . Then when she gets home, the fresh vegetable is ready for the pot The rutabaga slicer is im- ported from Holland Where it was deVeloped, and it will need considerable promotion before it is readily seen in the stores . But the result is a lot easier on the housewife's chop- ping arm. . . The Week's Weather 1960 1959 High Lew High Low Aug, 4 77 66 76 64 5 73 53 76 62 6 80 47 80 55 7 79 55 80 61 8 71 62 75 62 9 65 45 74 60 10 70 .55 78 56 Rain; , nai.a.6" Official Opening Of New CDCI Addition Postponed 'Till Oct. At last night's (Wednes- day) meeting of Clinton District Collegiate Institute Board, it was decided to hold off the official open-. ing of the new wing of the school until late October. The opening had previously been planned for Septem- ber 16. The new auditorium and classrooms could not be fully completed by that date. Pastor and Family Out From Holland Live In New Manse Fifteen months of waiting came to an end for the Clins ton Christian Rammed Church when the Rev. Lambert Slof- stra and his family arrived in Toronto on July 29. The former minister of the church, Rev. George J. Hoy- tema, left in March, 1959, to serve the congregation in Dann- vile, Ontario. After calls to several other ministers were declined, a call wee sent to Rev. Slofstra in Hengelo, the Netherlands. The news that he had accepted was received in May of this year and after sev- eral months of preparation the journey was finally made. The church has purchased a new parsonage on Ontario St- reet, two blocks from the church (formerly Cale Doucet- te's home). While waiting for their furniture to arrive from Holland, Rev. and Mrs. Slof- stra, and their family of five children, Peter, nine; Burt, eight; Grace, seven; Johri, five and Sane, two, are using dif- ferent pieces which members of the congregation are lending to them, The family is rapidly learning the English language and the children are eagerly awaiting the opening of school. Beginning on August 28, after stantaer student R. Breeks latizen has left, Rev. Slofstra will follow the usual practice of the congregation of preach- ing one Dutch and One Erteisli Wilton each Sunday, Rev. Slofstra Will be official. lat installed in his new dengres • early in September. New Assistant foSuperintendent Hospital Addition? Mrs. W. R, rinnie has been named assistant superinten- dent at Clinton Public Hospi- tal. Decision was reached at a meeting of the hospital board in the nurses residence on Mon- day evening. On the staff for the past two years, Mrs. Mary Finnie began work in this new capa- city on Tuesday morning. She lives at RCAF Station Clinton. Harold C. Lawson, chairman of the hospital board, reports that . preliminary talks have been held concerning an addi- tion to 'the present hospital. At the time the wing was ad- ded to the present building, provision was made to add a third storey. If the addition goes forward this third storey will be added now. A meeting is planned for Monday evening to make further plans. Waterloo Cattle Staff Stages Picnic at iowetrs The Waterloo Cattle Breed- ing Association staff picnic was held in Jowett's Grove, Bay- field, on August• 7 with an at- tendance of 100. Committee members in charge were: chair- man Ray Huether and Mrs. Huether, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Parke, Mr. and Mrs. Donald Watson, Thomas Consitt, Ron Smith and John Bilyea, all on the staff at the Clinton office. Races were held, followed by a peanut scramble, tug-o-war, contests and everything that goes with a picnic. A barbe- cue chicken supper was serv- ed, after which the men had a softball game. Technicians, wives, families and girl friends were present from Kincardine, Formosa, Palmerston, Guelph, 'Kitchener and surrounding dis- tlicts. Hullett Awards Tender for $38,500 Contracts were let on Mon- day evening for the new Quig- ley bridge in Hullett Township. John Gaffney Construction, Stratford, has the job at a ten- dered price of $38,500, the low- est of five presented to the township council. A special meeting was called by Reeve Tom Leiper to con- sider the tenders. Others re- ceived were from Looter Con- struction Ltd., Dublin for $38,- 884; from Owen King, Wing- ham, $39,874.54; from Gibson and Sons, London, for $45,455 and from Graham and Graham Ltd., London for $46,740. Cost of the bridge will be supplemented by provincial grants of 80 percent leaving $7,700 to be borne directly by the township. Approval Of the supplementary by-law provid- ing for this construction, has been received' by the township clerk Harry Tebbutt, RR 1, Londesharo. Location is on Concessions 6-7, about two miles east of Highway 4, about two and a half miles south of Londesboro. Work is expected to begin this month. Construction plans ad- visedd by the engineer call for piles to be driven: A detour will have to be constructed be- fore work can begin. BONED LUCY R. WOODS, Phone Bayfietd 45r3 Mr, and Mrs. Ray Stone, Stephanie, Susan, Jeffrey, and Victoria, Amherstburg, visited Mr. and Mrs. George Bellcharn- ber on Friday, Mr, and Mrs. Percy Lewis and Charles Donaldson called on friends in the neighbottrhoed on Wednesday. They left today for their home in Ottawa after having visited the latter'S bro- ther Jamet DonaldSon and wife In Goderich. Mrs, S. Hohner and Miss Maria Rohner returned home on Monday after having spent a Week with the former's sister, Miss Tennie Bristow, Egrnend. ville. Their brother, William Bristow, Sarnia, was also guest of Miss BristaW. Mrs. Forrest Platten, Norway House, Manitoba, came on Thursday last to Spend a week with her brother, J. R. IL Wil- lock and fantily, Mrs. Platten is girls' supervisor ttt the United Church Indian Residential House. She has 83 Ciree girls, ages six to 17 under her super- vision. She is most enthusiastic about the work at Norway' Heim and spoke of the great need for helpers in this thiasien to the Indians. All flower lovers are remind- ed that the open annual Flow- er Show of the Clinton Horti- cultural Society will be held on Friday afternoon and even- ing, August 19, in the council chamber of the town hall, Clin- ton. This show IS open to every- one, Any who wish to compete and desire a prize, list, should contact the secretary, Mrs. Stewart Middleton, RR 3, Clin- ton. The executive of the society acknowledges with thanks the following prizes donated to the Plower Show: Eaton's Special for the whim ner of the most points in the show, a lovely silver bowl, old English reproduction valued at $10, Shripson's Sears Ltd. Special for exhibitor winning the most first prizes, a beautiful travel alarm Block in blue leather case. The Four Roses Award, for the best bowl of four roses, GEMS 27, a silver alloy vase, eleven inches high, The Swift Canadian Co, Ltd., through 1,• Livermore, toil, to the runtter,up in eon-, stalled in time for the official opening. During the afternoon, a spec- ial race program has been ar- ranged for, when local swim- mers will compete, and ribbons will be awarded to winners in each class. cations branch five years later, After serving at various units in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, he was made officer commanding the training sec- tion, No. 3 Wireless School, Winnipeg, in 1943. In 1946 he was, transferred to Western Air Command, Vancouver, after having completed tours at Riv- ers, Man., and Calgary. Following two years as an exchange officer in the United States, he returned to Canada in 1950 to serve on the staff at Air Defence Command Head- quarters before being transfer- red to AFHQ. Group Captain Cameron was born in England in 1911, be- ing educated there and in To- ronto ,and Winnipeg before join- ing the RCAF in 1940, After serving at Dartmouth and Halifax, he was transfer- red to the U.K. in 1943, where he served as liaison officer with the RAF Costal Command. On his return to Canada the fol- lowing year 'he was posted first to Halifax and later to Western• Air Command. From 1946 to 1947, Group Captain Cameron served in the United States before returning for a tour of duty at AFHQ. He was again transferred to the U.S. in 1950, this time to the Canadian Joint Staff in Washington. Prior to his appointment as commanding officer at Clinton, Group Captain Cameron was assistant for telecommunica- tions programs and control at AFHQ, and attended the Na- tional Defence College course in Kingston. petition for most points, a 35- lb bag of golden vigora and a 15 oz. can of End-o-Pest. Mrs. Frank Vingland, cash prizes in the collegiate pupils section for novelty display de- picting any holiday season, 60 percent flowers. President's Award, the Rev.' D. J. Lane, cash prizes for the best basket of gladioli. Mrs. Harry Ball, cash prizes for coffee table bouquet. Albert Livermore, cash Init., es for best basket of assorted garden flowers. Rev, C. S. Index, Oath prizes for dining-room table bouquet. Mrs. L. M, lvtelcinnon, eash prizes for display of flowers in container, same colour of flowers. Mrs. S. Middleton, cash priz- es for chits 32, beat three dah- lias. the downtown area. There will be free pony rid- es for the children, on ponies from the J. , Corey pony farm north of town. Games of chance will, be operated by the Lions Club members, and bin- go will be played out-of-doors. Cash draws will be made at 11 o'clock for $100; $75, $50 and $25, with additional prizes Of $10 and $5 each. Each time a ticket is bought on this cash draw, the buyer gets a free bingo game at the carnival. There will be a lunch booth on the grounds. Council In Action Building permits authorized at the Tuesday meeting of town council included one for a work shop and garage, H. Cowan, $800; for garage, C. Epps, $250 and sunporch, R. Macaulay, $400. Councillor George Beattie re- ported the installation of 168 feet of flashing around the tow- er on the town hall, and that contractors found the roof had settled two inches around the tower. Clerk J. Livermore reported that changes in. operation 'of libraries would have to be ap- proved by 75 percent of the ur- ban municipalities in order for the changes to be made. Fur- ther detail would be available at the next meeting of county council on September 27, The proper by-law was pass sed authorizing the replace. ment of two firemen. Donald Epps and Carl Cantelon have left the fire department, and are replaced by Eric Switzer and George Peters'. A. M. Harper, Goderich, was hired as auditor for the town its boards and commissions for $950, the same salary as last year. Deputy Reeve Agnew asked for an explanation (for the benefit of new councillors) of the waiving motion which is passed following the first read-. ing of a by-law. Mayor H. Bridle explained that in 1922 a by-law was passed in Clin- ton prohibiting more than one reading of a by-law at a ses- sion. Deputy Reeve Agnew noted that council should understand that if they wished they could repeal that by-law 54922 if they wished, or they could argue the waiving of it at any time that their approval of a waiving motion was requested. Councillor J. D. Thornlike commented that greatcoats were needed this fall to clothe the police force properly. Councillor N. Livermore re- ported on the purchase of $40 worth of scotchlite material to be sewn on the firemen's coats, so they could be seen easily at nights, or inside a building during a fire. He also com- mented upon, the bad situation caused by the dozens of cars following the fire truck on call's. Reeve Crich commented that it was a ridiculous trip for the truck on. Saturday night to go out to the barn that was burn- ing, since it was isolated, and was vacant, anyway. Mayor H. Bridle noted that it was probably an expensive call for the person who Made it, but that the town would receive $75 for the call, the same as if they had been able to be of some use at the scene: He said, "It's hard to esti- mate a fire ahead of time, and it is a service we have con- tracted to give Tuckersmith." Councillor Livermore stated that it would do the truck good to take a trip of a few miles. He added off the record that one "fire fan" reported travel- nig. 104 mash on the gravel road following the truck. Councillor L. G. Winter re- ported that new tires would be bought for the town truck with money saved in transporting tile for sewer work from Sea. forth with the truck, rather than hiring it done, He said the sewer work was progress- ing steadily. Highway 4 was crossed oil Tuesday, and ready for traffic by night, He said invited tenders were out for black top for the streets to be surfaced, and as soon as that was well on the way, they would call tenders for eXcaVa. ling and re., btrilding the see. ticnt of John Street in front of Broadview Acres (the Pederel. Provincial housing project be-, hind the hospital), and the new section of Maple Street, where new homes have been built this sunnier. Reel* Crich praised the typo of drainage work being done as New Minister and Family THE' REV. and MRS. LAMBERT SLOFSTRA and their five children arrived in Clinton about a week ago, to take up residence in the home purchased from. Cale Doucette on Highway 8, RR 4, Clinton, by the Clinton Christian Reformed Church for their manse. They came from Hengelo, The Netherlands. The local church has been without a resident minister since the Rev. George J. Hoytema left in March, 1959. The children are, from the left, Peter, 9; in front of him, John, 5; Burt, 8; Grace, 7 and the youngest, Jane, two years old. (News-Record Photo) which was burning. However, they had to turn around and find another entrance, and the "fire fans" who followed the truck were in the way. Mr. Rath reports that the drivers following, were not thoughtful for the good of the farm they were on, but ran over fences, through corn fields, and had no regard for property. After doing what, was pos- sible at the scene, he Clinton brigade had to return by way of Seaforth and Brucefield, ow- ing to traffic congestion. Luck- ily no animals were in the barn, and apparently there was little loss in the way of crops. Both Brucefield arid Seaforth brigades attended the call. Penalties for persons ob- structing the firemen at work are severe, and according to the Highway Traffic Act or- dinary laws against speeding on the way to a fire, apply, The Highway. Traffic Act, Section 41. (18) provides that drivers of vehicles "upon the approach of ambulance, fire or police department vehicles ups on which a bell or siren is sounding, shall bring the ve- hicle to a standstill as near as is practicable to the right hand curb or edge of the roadway and parallel therewith and clear of any intersection." Also, Section 41 (19) states, "No vehicle shall follow any fire department vehicle when responding to an alarm, at a distance, of less than 500 feet." an ease that 500 feet does not Mean Much, remember that it is about one-tenth of a Mile; or the distance front Bartliffs to the t'ost Office): Authorities de not wish to stop interested persons from attending fires, because there are occasions when extra hands are needed, but when "fire fans" hinder more than they help, then Concern for private property is great. Official opening of the Clin- ton Community Swimming Pool will be held next Wednesday, August 17, commencing at 7 pan. Charles S. MacNaughton MPP for Huron, Exeter, will officiate. A display of swimming by students will be given, Also as a special attraction will be swimming, diving and lifesav- ing displays by a group from RCAF Station Clinton, coming to the event through the cour- tesy of Group Captain, K C. Cameron, commanding officer, RCAF Station Clinton. Planned for the same even- ing as the Lions Summer Car- nival, the program is expected to draw a large' number of spec- tators. It is expected that the new diving board will be in- Group Captain G. Mathieson, MBE, CD, 44, Vancouver, has been appointed commanding officer of RCAF' Station Clin- ton, Air Force Headquarters has announced. He will succeed Group Cap-, tarn K. C. Cameron, MBE, CD, 48, of Winnipeg, who has been appointed senior telecommuni- cations officer at Air Defence • • • Command Headquarters, St. Hubert, Que, Both appointments are effec- tive late this summer. Currently serving with the directorate of radar and data processing at AFHQ, Group Captain Mathieson was born in Vancouver. After receiving his education there, 'he joined' the RCAF in 1936 'and was com- missioned in. the telecommuni- Flower Show, Town Hall Many Prizes Open to All G/C J. C. Mathieson Commanding Ofe'icer Dorothy Keys Will Teach SS 10 Hullett Miss Dorothy Keys, RR 1, Seaforth will begin teaching this September at SS 10 Hul- lett Township, three miles' west of Londesboro. She attended SS 10 McKillop herself, and graduated from Seaforth Dis- trict High School and Stratford Teachers College. Mr. and Mrs. Jack VergliSon, Garton; Mr. Morton Elliott and Mrs. Prod Heard, Stratford; Mr, and Mrs. 13111 Elliott and arally, Montreal; Mrs. Lulu tniott, London, wore Vests of Mr, Ed Oibson and Miss mat. rite Gibson, Clinton, this past Week, (Continued ell Page 10)