Clinton News-Record, 1960-09-29, Page 1* *
WHEN THE TOWN DUMP
came up for' its bi-weekly
round of discussion Monday
night . . . mention was made
of the lovely big hole which
the town purchased for the
price of $500 . . . Seems as if
holes are very important to
the well-being of town dumps
. . One chap on council came
up with the idea that until such
time as this great hole were
needed . . . perhaps a bit of
money could be raised for the
municipal hank account by op-
erating a ski run or toboggan
slide this winter , . .
*
HOPE TO SEE A. LOT OF
you in -Hayfield to-day .
Their fall fair is one of many
in the surrounding area, with
which Clinton folk must substi-
tute in place of one of their
own . . . In case anyone wants
a particularly good project to
carry out annually in town;
why not consider sponsorship
of a good school fair for the
area . . With four townships,
town and Adastral Park to
take part, it should be a real
dandy , . And it would provide
'what a lot of children lack op-
portunity for . . . * *
AN IDEA WE GLEANED
while at the west coast . . .
and which we feel Ontario fir-
-xners could take 'advantage of,
.is the vie premOtien, of the
-BC apple indUstrY . Gifte Of,
four different kinds of juice
were given each delegate from
the industry . . . BC cider was•
provided for those who desired
it, sparkly and bubbly like the
best of champagnes, we under-
stand . , And in the cafeteria
of the convention hotel, for
breakfast, besides the standard
offering of orange juice, grape-
fruit juice, oranges and grape-
fruit, was of course apple juice
. . . and on the top shelf, right
at eye-level, plates bearing
well polished, and perfectly
,shaped BC apples, just as they
come from the tree . . All
very well to import these juices
and things from the United
States . . • but why not capi-
talize on the homegrown pro-
duct?
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LAST GAME FOR THE base-
ball fans this fall will be the
contest 'at .Ingersoll for the
Juvenile "C" championship of
Ontario . . . Clinton and Wal-
singham have each won a game,
and this is the tie-breaker . .
Date: Saturday afternoon . . .
Where's Walsingham? South of
Delhi, almost to Port Rowan
. . . Each team has good play-
ers . . each can play better
than they did when they lost
out . . Looks like a pretty
healthy hassle . . . * *
SessIsL WORK HAS started
to rise at the new Bank of
Montreal site . so it should-
n't be long before we can tell
a little about the shape of
things to come . , * *
THE NEW BREWERS ware-
house appears to be rising up
on the top of a man-made hill
. . . But doubtless when the
proper fill has been added,
the parking space will be quite
adequate . ▪ *
IN THE REPORT OF TOWN
council in action on page four
of this issue, a statement is
misleading . . . We indicated
that the Legion was asking for
black top ohs the street in front
of the hall . . . Actually what
they were asking for was
black top from the street to
the sidewalk, ,along the front
Of the hall . . Kirk Street was
included in the estimates for
this year, end it has been 'saes
ed . this leaves a gravel
Strip between the new black
top and the old cement side-
walk . . However, no doubt
it can be done at a future date,
(Continued on Page Seven)
The Week's Weather
160 1.959-
High Low High Low
Sept 22' 74 54 75 63
23 72 53 80 66
24 , 60 69 55
25 78 56 68 45
26 66 58 .79
Vt 10 44 71 60
28 64 43 70 60
Haint15,1t. lain: ,$7 an'.
Zbe.Stra
C011iningvcrg
(By W. D. P,).
A YOUNG MOTHER IN
town makes en urgent plea, . .
that those who burn leavee in
the back yard, do it in the ev-
enings , . She's had some
rather discouraging experiences
with having her wash of baby's
clothing smoked up by burning
bonfires in the 'morning or afs.
ternoon. , a beart-breaker
to have a clean white wash
change from the sweet-smells
of the out-of-doors . to that
of burning leaves . , The
thoughtful home-owner will
=skier his neighbours in this
regard „ * *
BACK FROM A TWO WEEK
holiday at Southampton . . .
Gus Harris, Huron Street re-
ports success with the fishing
line , Caught a rainbow
trout weighing in at seven
pounds, two ounces . . "Iarg- , est caught at Southampton this
year", said Mr. Harris . . and
he can well be proud of him-
self . . .
Voices And Faces
News- ecor
THE HURON REcORP-79th YEAR
Lions Club Executive Begins Year Of Service
The 1960-61 executive of the Clinton Lions
Club held, the second meeting of the season on
Tuesday evening in the parish hall of St. Paul's
Anglican Church, From the left, E, Beecher Men-
zies, past president; Hugh R. Hawkins, tail twister;
John Livermore and Howard Brunsdon, directors;
John S. Scruton, third vice-president; Mitcheal Mc-
Adam, president; Herb Bridle,. first vice-president;
Stewart Taylor, second vice-president; F. B. Penne-
baker, treasurer; Duff Thompson, lion tamer; Harvey
Johnston, director. Absent were Allen White, secre-
tary and William Morlok, director.
(News-Record Photo)
To Live In Hamilton
MR. and MRS. JACOB LIE HAAN, Hamilton,
were Married, in the Clinton Christian Reformed
Church on Saturday, August 27, by the Rev, A. G.
van Eels, Exeter, The bride is Connie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cornelis Treffers, Huron Street, Clines
ton, and her husband is the 8011 of Mr. and Mrs,
Age de Haan, Dryber, Holland (Photo by Doerr)
Close to 250 parents of Grade
students visited the school
last night to gain first hand
, eietnatIone about ethei. type of
iristruetteretheir children' ave
receiving there.. -They were
welcomed by -Robert Homttth,
-vice-principal, who introduced
the staff of 27.
He commented on the serious
mariner in which the staff look-
ed upon 'their responsibilities
of being in charge of the child-
ren during their most impres-
sionable age. He reviewed' the
purpose of the handbook which
every student received at the
start of school, and advised
the parents to become familiar
with it.
Mr. Homuth also outlined the
need for late slips, and when
they could be accepted, reasons
for absence, etc,
Robert Hunter, who is prac-
tically full-time guidance teach-
er at the collegiate described the
reason for his job, and noted
that his task was to help stu-
dents get along with their 600
school mates. His responsibility
is to interview each student
twice a year in his office, help
with any problems, review stu-
dents marks, and if necessary
discuss them with the student.
Mr. Hunter looks after learn-
ing capacity tests, which have
Parents Visited CDCI Last Evening,
Tour Classrooms of Grade Nine
As this is written, Wednes-
day night, it appears that only
bad 'weather could stop the
Bayfield Fall Fair from becom-
ing a resounding success, to-
day (Thursday),
Visiting the indoors exhibits
last night, were numbers of the
residents of Hayfield and from
farther away, who came and
paid the smallfee of entry, just
so they could see the things in
a quiet atmosphere, before the
THE NEW ERA.----95th YEAR
Great Show in the Making
Pictured above are five regular announcers for
CBC radio newscasts, You've probably heard their
voices but do you recognize .them? Here are the
five names (not in the order of the pictures): Bob
Willson, Frank Herbert, Harry Mannie, Bill Lorne,
Lamont Tilden. (Answers on page 7).
Stanley Township Couple
Mkt. and MRS, GERALD LORNE HORTON,
Stanley Township, were married on Saturday after-
noon, September 24, by the Rev I. Currie Winlaw,
Henson, h Brucefield United Church, The bride is
Katherine Janet, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. John,
McGregor, Stanley Township, and her husband's
parents are Mr, and Mrs, Calvin Horton, also of
Stanley Township, The young couple will live on the
groom's farm ill Sttinley Township. (Photo by Jervis')
No, 39—The Home Paper With The News
Bayfield Fall Fair To-day
Linton
replaced the old IQ tests.
"At the Grade 9 level," said
Mr. ,Hunter, "we don't expect
stUdente to knew Where they
are going; but we hope to get
them talking about the $0,000
potential occupations in Can-
ada, with a View to finding out
which one is best suited to
him."
He welcomed parents to visit
him in the guidance office to
chat over possibilities for their
children, and to discuss any
problems which they might
have.
Mr. llomuth spoke again,
commenting that Grade 9 in-
itiation had been postponed un-
til October 7. He said there
was nothing to be afraid of,
and the students would have a
panty that evening following
initiation.
The parents were led in
groups by student .guides to
classrooms where for eight min-
utes they were instructed by
teachers on the aims of that
particular subject. They were
given 'two minutes to get to the
next classroom where more
teachers outlined the aims of
another subject.
Coffee •and a snack were
served in the lunchroom (for-
mer gymnasium) at the close
of the evening.
bustle of fair day got under
way,
The number of apple exhibits.
seems to be down, but other
than that, the quality is ter-
rific. Names on the first prize
apples were Fraser Stirling,
Fred MeClymont and Fred
Middleton. H. Penhale joined
in for honours in the pears ex-
hibit, and among the grapes
are first prize for Alvin Betties
and Mrs, J. H. Johnston, Gode-
Town Council on Monday
night approved a motion by
Deputy Reeve M. J. Agnew and
Councillor George Rumball, ap-
proving the issue of ten-year
debentures at six percent to
Zone C-1 Meeting
At Clinton Legion
Sunday Afternoon
Clinton Branch 140 of the
Canadian Legion will be hosts
on Sunday, October 2, to the
Zone C-1 semi-annual meeting.
The affair begins with a parade
of Legionaires from the hall
at 1.30 to the post office cen-
otaph for a wreath laying cer-
emony, and back to the hall
on Kirk Street All Clinton
Legion members are requested
to attend, Doug Andrews, a
past president of the local br-
anch is deputy zone comman-
der.
Meeting Monday night, over
50 members attending heard
encouraging committee reports.
In the past five weeks the
Thursday night bingo games
have been most profitable.
The branch decided to hold
the request for the St. John's
Ambulance Corps for a dona-
tion until a later date. Town
Council was requested by letter
to consider proclaiming Nov-
ember 11, a full holiday in
Clinton. Council was also re-
quested to consider paving
roadway right up to the side-
walk along the frontage of
Legion property on Kirk Street,
B. W. =lett was given per-
mission to hold auction sales
On Legion property on Satur-
day afterneons.
The Legion Poppy Contrnittee
will meet Friday night, Sept-
ember 30 at 8 o'clock,
Len Arnston, reported a suc-
cessful Legion Golf Tourna-
ment last Sunday, Vice-presi-
dent Jim Graham was the win,
nor with president Ed. Dale
getting second money?
Ernie Hovey, Hayfield, was
not present to claint the Atterie
&nee prize, thus making the
October draW worth $15, Clar-
once Neilans won the regular
draw prize,
Proposal for a free library
system in Huron County has
received consideration by sev-
eral meetings during the past
few days. However, a special
meeting of the Clinton. Library
Board came to the decision that
they were not ready to take
part in the new plan, because
not sufficient information was
available on what it would real=
ly mean.
Deputy Reeve Morgan Agnew
pointed out to town council
on Monday that cost of the pro-
posed system would cost the
county $47,200 instead of the
present cost of $12,000, eper
year, and that e this 'wee _only,
estimated ,T'hettgle .inforrnatien
available was, v)aguk he index-
stood 'that the iirOviiieritArinekl
a grant of ,$3.8;000,""btrE You
never heard Of government giv-
ing money like that without a
spoon in the pie pretty thick."
Mr. Agnew commented that
the new plan would involve
dispensing with the local board
entirely, and having a coun-
ty board made up of 'the war-
den, three county councilloes
and three more representatives
chosen from the county at
large. This board would have
control of all of the libraries
in the county, administration,
purchase of books, etc.
"We'd have no worries, just
$47,000 to raise," said Mr.
Agnew.
Clinton folk at the meeting
in Goderich last week report
they were unable to find out
what peer of that $47,000 would
be dais in Clinton.
Reeve Melvin Crich raised
the problem' in discussion at
county council meeting at
Goderich on Monday, asking
"Why does Huron County have
to be the guinea pig for this
kind of scheme?" So far no
area in Ontario is operating in
this manner.
At present there are a num-
ber of small libraries in Hurs
on, besides those in the major
towns. The County Library
service has books which are
distributed via bookmobile each
month to the various libraries,
and to the schools participat-
ing in the service.. Eadh parti-
cipating library arid school, pays
a Certain fee. to the county
iibr*,'Under" the proposed
new plans all "Of fire -^funds
would be raised through taMb.:-
tioir and presumably this would
mean that even those centres
not wishing to take part would
be paying a share,
Councillor L. G. Winter com-
mented at Monday night's town
council meeting that "We'd
Named Chairman
Huron Presbytery
The Rev. Grant Mills, Albert
Street, yesterday was named
chairman of the Presbytery of
Huron, United Church of Can-
ada. He succeeds the Rev. E.
A. Eustace, Goderich, Mr. Mills,
who preaches at Ontario Street
United Church, is also on the
House Committee of Westmin-
ster College at the new United.
Church residence in London.
have no worries, except when
they wanted $1,000 for new
drapes in some library, they'd
just ask for them, like the high
school boards do now, and we'd
have to raise the money."
Cecil Wright, chairman of
the Middlesex County co-opera-
tive library board is reported
to have outlined facts in Mid-
dlesex, that the new plan
there would need an $85,000
budget, and that the people
would pay 65 percent and the
province 35 percent.
The previncial government
supports the new plan, in that
they' will, double grants under
the_ feeposed system. At pre-
sent grants range from $4,000
to $6,000e:
Neither Bruce, Kent, Elgin,
Lambeth, Victoria or Welland
forsee any chance of adopting
the new plan in the near fu-
ture. However, Middlesex, Hur-
on and Peel are reported as
more likely to take early ac-
tion. This was visible from a
roll call taken at a meeting in
Goderich •on Friday with rep-
resentatives from 14 counties.
Others attending were Water-
loo, Oxford and Essex. Person-
nel were county librarians,
Staff Changes At
County Home
Some changes in staff at
Huron County Home were re-
ported by William Morritt, ch-
airman, of the committee, to
county council on Monday, Mrs.
J. E. "Dick" Jacob, R.N., RR
5, Clinton, has: been hired at a
salary of $3,300 as head nurse
at the home. She replaces Miss
Parke, who has been head
nurse.
Reason for the change was
that Miss Parke does not have
her R.N., and the Department
of Welfare insisted that a reg-
istered nurse be hired immed-
iately, or the subsidy would
be terminated at once.
Salary of Miss Parke has
been reduced from $3,300 to
$2,160.
In addition to J. Anstay,
chief engineer in charge of the
heating plant at the Home, two
more have been hired, William
Thuell, Blyth, with third class
papers and W. E. Young, God-
erich, with fourth class papers.
Both are hired at a salary of
$3000 per year.
Hurt in Two-
Car Accident
(Hensall Correspondent)
An accident south of Hensall
involving two cars early Tues-
day morning, resulted in three
young people being taken to
South Huron District Hospital,
Exeter, although all were re-
leased later that day.
Injured were Mr. and Mrs.
David William Ball, (nee Chris-
tine tridle) iri one car, and Ali
vin Campbell, 18, Hensall in the
other,
Both cars were travelling
north and the Campbell car
crashed into the rear of the
Ban vehicle, After impact it
went into the east ditch, Mr.
Campbell suffered chin beaa-.
tuns and multiple britises. 1Vrr.
and Mrs, Ball were shaken up.
Damage to Me Campbell car
was estimated at $700 and to
the 13 all ear $400, Coust4le
1), Vt. Westover, OPP, meter,
investigated and charges are
pending?
rich.
The flower show is very well
laid out this year, and _someone
should receive high commenda-
tion for tbe way in which each
type of flower is labelled.' 4-
racing. winners are Mrs. S. I.
Bryant, Hayfield; Mrs. John
Grigg, RR 3, Clinton; .Hill
Oesch, Varna; Mrs, S, Middle-
ton, RR 3, Clinton; Forest Mc-
Clure, Varna; Mrs. Stan Cols
Ens, RR 3, Clinton; Mrs. Herb
Klopp, Zurich; Diane McKinley,
RR 1, Zurich.
The special apple exhibit was.
particularly interesting. Prize
winner is Mrs. Alvin Kettles,
RR 2, Bayfield, who has built
around the theme "Any Time
is Apple Time", and a small
picket fence around the display
of different pies, puddings and
juices, all made of apples, has
an apple-shaped "Gateway to
Health". Other winners were
Mrs. William Clarke, Varna and
Mrs. Eldon Yeo, RR 3, Clinton.
Mrs. Douglas Gemeinhardt
has out-done herself in the
special honey exhibit; showing
liquid floor wax and paste floor
wax made out of honey, as well
as the more standard items:
honey comb, liquid honey and
beeswax. She also has a large
shapely bottle of mead, which
was a favoured drink in some
parts of England; and still ap-
preciated by many.
Baked goods are kept under
glass, so that inquisitive fingers
will not poke too solidly. Wine
ners include Mrs. K. Klopp,
Zurich, with vegetable salad,
baked beans and white layer
cake; sandwiches by Mrs. Eldon
Yeo; eggs shown by Russell
Oesch, Varna; cottage cheese,
chocolate fudge and biscuits
from Mrs. William Clarke's
kitchen in Varna; chocolate
layer cake baked by Mrs. Ken
Brandon, Bayfield ,and delicious
looking cocoanut tarts by Mrs.
Donald Harris.
(John Howard reports.;, he
was official taster for the*
hibits, and someone else
him, "Do you get paid for that
job?").
Mrs, Alvin Betties and Mrs.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Clinton Approves • Issuing 10-Year
Debentures to Finance CDCI Wing
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1960
$3.00 Per Year --,,10c Per Copy, 12 Pages..
raise $40,000 for the Clinton
District Collegiate Institute ad-
dition, to be levied on all rate-
payers in the district.
The deputy reeve suggested
that these be sold through the
town clerk's office, without the
added expense of brokerage.
He expected that sale at this
rate of interest would be easy.
Before the debentures are is-
sued, approval will have to be
received officially from each
of the municipalities involved
in the district.
Though approving the deben-
ture, council had some reserva-
tions about the need for the ex-
pense in connection with the
school. Deputy Reeve Agnew
commented that "things here
seem awfully funny. I've never
yet seen a school without toilet
facilities. Yet, they deleted
them from the original contract
to save money, and come within
the tendered price. They knew
they'd have to have those
things, and a number of other
things they took out and put
back in."
Commenting on what Mr.
Agnew figured was a "funny
thing", Mayor Herbert Bridle
said "All the smart men aren't
on council — some are on the
collegiate board."
"One thing they did' assure
us," said Mr. Agnew, recalling
the meeting last week at the
collegiate with representatives
of other municipalities, "and
that one thing was that when
the school was finished, then;
we would be proud of it."
Councillor L. G. Winter said,
"This is all Very well, but if
this sort of thing continues,
we'll have a, race between mun-
icipalities to get the best
school. We'll be aisle to say for
a little while that our schOol
is the beet, and then Mr, Smith
at Seaforth, or Mr, Jones some-
where else will say they're go-
ing to have one better."
Deputy Reeve. Agnew stated
firmly that he did tot want
to accuse the board of buying
foolishly', "but, they can ask u8
for any 'amount and We have
to give it to them. Though
council raises the money we
have no control over it, And
We Will have no control over it
until the municipal 'act lays
down the fact that we are rot-
ponsible."
DST Change Over
In This Area
End Of October
Annual commotion over ch-
ange from Daylight Saving
Time •has begun. Several towns
in the south of Ontario changed
back to Standard time last
weekend.
However, Clinton, and as far
as is known, all of Huron Coun-
ty, will remain on Daylight
Saving Time until October 30.
Changeover time then will co-
incide with that of London and
Stratford, and is expected to
take place at 2 a.m. Sunday
morning.
Persons intending to take in
the International Plowing. Mat-
eb near Springfield in. Mehl
County on October • 11-14, sh-
ould note 'that times- at the
affair are on Daylight time.
However, the county of Elgin
will be on Standard time.
Counties Ponder Project
"Free" Library Plan Suggested