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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-12-01, Page 1News THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR THE HURON RECORD--79th YEAR No. 4B :.The Home Paper with the News CLINTON, ONTARIO„ THURSDAY, DECEMIBER 1, 1960 $3.00 per Year-10 Cents per Copy 16 Pages--First Section Dozen New B:ownies Enrolled A dozen Tweenies were accepted into the Clinton Brownie Pack on Monday night in a special ceremony at which Mrs. Cameron Proctor the area commis- sioner was in charge. From the left are, kneeling, Laura MacDonald, Brenda Kingswell, Denise Currie and Mary Ann Miller; standing, Judy Finley, Judy Carter, Susan Bellinger, Linda Nip, Madame Commissioner, Joy Finney, Sharon McKenzie and Bonnie Wade. Marilyn Johnston was absent for this picture. (News-Record Photo) Donors to Cape Fund Listed and Equipped for ante Parade Funds Swelled to 444 for Capes tunity to serve under John Fletcher, a fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, one of the finest musicians he ever had the privelege of working under. Mr. Agnew was cornet soloist in that band. After serving at Paaschen- dale and Arras, and Vimy, the East Ontario Regiment demob- ilizing point at Kingston, saw Corporal M. J. Agnew dis- charged in April of 1919, Clinton's doughty deputy reeve returned to Clinton, then went to Fort William with the (Continued on Page Eight) woo: •:ios Completing Rank of Montreal While cement for the new sidewalk at the Bank of Montreal corner was laid, the wooden bonier was temporarily lowered this week, for a preview of the new bank. building, Completion date is now estimated for mid-January, when the bank staff (now operating out of the old Molson's bank on Rattenbury Street) will move in, (News-Record Photo) 'Young Ballerinas These were but two of the young ballet students who presented a delightful program in the Legion Hall last Friday night. Since the instruction was begun a few short years ago by Mrs. T, Zablocki, her students hove progressed quite visibly, and the dancing at this latest festival was worthy of -C1 entiCh older and experienced group, (Now8,Rocord Photb) 0 Election Day Who Can Vote Where To Vote All offices in Clinton Branch 140 of the Canadian Legion were filled by acclamation at Tuesday night's general meet- ing, except that of executive committee and standard bear- ere. Election for the eight-man executive` and for four standard bearers will take place at a joint election-installation meet- ing with the Ladies' Auxiliary to the. Legion, on Monday, De- cember 12. Past presidents of Clinton Branch will again be the in- stalling team at the December meeting. Those acclaimed to office are: president, James Graham; past president, J. Edward Dale; first vice-president, J. Douglas Thornlike; second vice-presi- dent, Harold McPherson; sec- retary, R. D. "Dick" Fremlin; treasurer, Robert Hicks; chap- lain, Rev. D. J. Lane; sergeant:- at-arms, George Campbell; col- or sergeant, Gordon Dalgleish; Those seeking a spot on the eight-man executive committee are Cam Proctor, George Won- ch, Reg. Cudmore, Gordon Mac, Donald, Gordon Herman, Geo- rge Mothers, William Burdge, William Chambers, Stewart Freeman, Robert McVean, Art Mountford, Ernest Walton, Don Symons and Bud Graham. For standard bearers (four to be elected), the nominees are: Clinton Wells, Russell Beyers, tEbeltrot * WE'VE MADE A SPECIAL effort this' week to carry full reports of all of the town- ship nomination meetings dur- ing the past week. This is a task, particularly when there are three on one day, as oc- curred last Friday . . . How- ever, we feel it is a duty we must not shirk . . Being the hub at the converging point of four of Huron's most progres- sive townships, we feel a duty to our readers in presenting the opinions of their elected men at least once a year . . . Many times we wish we had the staff to man the council meetings of each of these councils throu- ghout the year . . . These are public meetings, just as the one in town is . Possibly some time in the future we may be able to extend our coverage that far . . * * NEEDI.FISS TO SAY, THE councillors would not all like that kind of a newspaper cov- erage . . . But it is not for 'them to say . . The business they transact is public busin- ess, and as such should be re- ported . * * WE RATHER LIKE THE idea of a city giving a recep- tion to a man such as Paul Martin . . . who has completed 25 years in public life . . , Mr. Martin is honoured by his friends, and is not considered a Stranger in his home town . . Clinton has some import- ant men in its midst, too . . . For instance, there's Alec Cudenore, who next year en- ters his 40th year on the school board . . . He's got a lot of other important achieve- ments in his ,history, too . . . This week, we found time, and material, to write a small paean in praise of the town's deputy reeve . . . We hope to do more of the same in the future, about more of Clinton's famous' men . . 0 Clifford Lobb Is County Appointee On CDCI Board Clifford Lobb, owner of the shoe store on Albert Street Clinton known by his name, has been appointed by the Hur- on County Council, as repres- entative on the Clinton District Collegiate Institute Board. Mr, Lobb succeeds 1)r. 3. A. Addison, who is retiring folloW- ing mote than eight years ser- vice, The new board member is not without experience. He Was a representative of the Public Sehool board about 15 years ago. the Week's Weather 1966 1959 High Low High Low NOv. 24 46 21 45 36 25 45 29 40 25 26 56 35 32 25 27 52 49 38 24 28 55 42 36 21 29 58 25 25 19 36 82 24 33 19 Snow: 4 his. SnOW: 2 Ins, gain; .08 iii, The Legion will again spear- head the Clinton Christmas par- ade and treats for children on Saturday, December 10. The Lions Club, Kinsmen Club of Clinton, Huron Fish and Game Club ,and town couneil 'all con- tribute to this annual affair. Bud Graham will be in charge. The committee are to approach the Lions arena management re renting of ice in the after- noon for the children, after the Santa Claus parade. This is in lieu of the theatre party as in former years. MAYOR-ELECT WILLIAM J. MILLER Morgan J. AgneW, was not opposed in his position of dep- uty reeve of Clinton for a sec- ond year in a row. Mr.. Agnew helped 'arrange for approval of the town's qualifications for deputy reeve some years ago, and last year served there for the first time. 1961 will be his second term, This is just one of the ac- complishments of Clinton's dep- uty. Mr. Agnew has been mayor of the, town--and may well be again, some time. Born in Hay Township at Blake (he neglected to tell us the year), Mr. Agnew has lived in Clinton since he was three years old. He attended public school here under Principal Lough, and teachers, Miss Wil- son and Miss O'Neil. From there he went on, through the "university of the world." Mr. Agnew remarks that he was always of an inquiring nature, and his education was self-attained. He enlisted in 1915 in the 33rd Battalion, and trained at London and Quebec before go- ing overseas where the unit was disbanded. He was in the machine gun section, and was an instructor of the Lewis gun, In England a band was or- ganized if members of the 2nd Battalion Company Machine Gun Corps. He remembers it as a most outstanding oppor- Date: Monday, December 5. Time: polls open from 9 am. to 6 p.m. WHO CAN VOTE? Anyone over 21 years of age and who is a British subject by birth or naturalization -and who is a property owner with assess- ment of $300 or over, or a, ten- ant on such property, or wife of either owner or tenant of such property. WHAT IF a name is not on the voters' list? The require- ment is that your name be on the 'assessment roll, If it is on the assessment roll, but not on the voters' list, a certificate may be obtained from the town clerk on or before election day, which provides for the voting privilege. BALLOTS. Each voter will receive two ballots at the poll- ing booth in his Ward, One will bear the names of candi- dates for reeve. The voter sh- ould mark his ballot for one man. The seemed ballot bears the names of ten candidates for council. The voter should Mark his ballot for NOT MORE than six names. tf he wishes he may vote for fewer than six. HOW? Mark ballot the tame way as for provincial or fed- eral elections, with an "X", DO not use a Cheek mark, nor a "cross". This will spoil your ballot, and it will not be count. ed. Ballots wilt be Counted fol., lowing the dose of the -polling places at six o'clock, and re,, Stilts will be available (tillOf4 fically) that evening. Official announcement will be made Tuesday, Decerfibei' 6 at 12 0. Mail your Christmas parcels early. To be sure of delivery in time, to the United States, Mail before December 8; 'to Newfoundland, and British Columbia, by December 10. . If you are mailing to Alber- ta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba get the parcels in the -mail- by December 12, to the Maritim- es, by December 14; to any place in Ontario or Quebec, by December 15, and for local de- liverY; December 17, The post office has deliver- ed special labels to help you help them with the rush. at cbristnias.- They ask you not to put. Christmas seals on the address side of mail. All Townships Give Councils Acclamations The four townships :adjoin- ing Clinton held nomination meetings during the past week, and in each case those named received acclamations. One new councillor in Hullett, Donald Buchanan, is the only new name to show up in, the town- ships of Hullett, Stanley, Gode- itch and Tuckersmith. Also in Hullett, Hugh Flynn, probably the youngest member in council work in the county, Certainly in this area, at 23 was nominated for reeve, as well as for his council position, However, he preferred to re- main as senior councillor, und- er Reeve Tom Leiper. Othe, councillors are Clare Vincent and Jim MdEaving. Staaleyn R e e v e Harvey Coleman, has a deputy reeve Alvin Rau, and three council- lors, Ernest Talbot, Elmer Hayter and Melvin Graham. School area trustees are Hugh Hendrick and John MacGreg- or. In Goderich Township Reeve Walter J. Forbes: now has a .deputy reeve Grant Stirling and three councillors Everett Mcllwain, John Yea and Harry Oakes. School area trustees are Jack Tebbutt and Gerald Orr. In Tuckersmith, Reeve Ivan Forsyth is working toward' the wardenship of Huron County in 1961. Councillors are Frank Falconer, Victor Lee, Arthur Val-ley -and Elgin Thompson. School area trustees are Ross Forrest, Cleave Coombs and Robert Gemmell. Full stories of these four meetings are elsewhere in this paper. 0 Power Failure Caused By Car Crashing Pole Power failure in the area.on Monday night was due to an accident a mile south of Win- throp, in which a car missed a -curve, and struck a hydro pole. The impact broke the crossann, allowing the wires to come in contact. Jim Graham, area foreman, was on his way out Highway 8 to do some switching to get power through to Clinton and the RCAF Station Clinton, When he saw a flash toward the Winthrop area. Realizing where the trouble was, he con- tinued to Seaforth, doing swit- ching there to cut power off in that direction, and correct- by it for this area and for Blyth, Power was off at Winthrop and Walton until about 11 p.m, before repairs could be made, • Home and School Hold First Meeting Cameron Proctor, president of the Clinton Home and School Association was in charge of the first meeting Of this group, held last Thursday in the aud- itorium of the Clinton Public School. Since the date coincid- ed with one Of the commitintlY concerts in Gederich, only nine of the teachers attended, There was a good turn-out, and more parentx paid their registration fee and became members. Regular meeting date was changed officially to the fourth Thursday of each month, The next, one will be held on January 26, A film "Family Circle" was shown by Clare Magee', and after discussion in small groups, lunch and a social time was enjoyed. clock noon by clerk and re, turning officer blin. Livermore, in the town Lawrie Slade IGA 2.00 Clinton Meat Market 2.00 Steadman's 2.00 Fitzsimons Food Fair 1.00 Beattie Furniture 1.00 Sutter-Perdue Ltd. 1.00 Aiken Bras 2.00 Bartliffs, Bakery Ltd. 2.00 Gordon Cuchnore 2.00 Beautyland 1.00 Pepper's Barber Shop .25 Clinton Electric Shop 2.00 J. W. Counter Builders Supply 2,00 Martin's Dept. Store 2.00 Irwin's Ladies Wear 2.00 W. C, Newcombe 2.00 Lee's Ladies Wear 2.00 Hotel Clinton 2.00 Central Cities Service 2.00 Chief H. R. Thompson .50 Boyes Transport Ltd. .25 Sherlock-Manning Piano Co. Ltd, 1.00 Parker House Motel Ltd 1.00 Moore's Upholstery 2.00 Milt and Mabel's 1.00 Dory Rutledge 2.00 Becker's Trailer Court 1.00 H. B. McAlpine 2.00 Ted Ryder TV 1.00 Lloyd's BA Station 2.00 Par Knit Hosiery Ltd. .25 Clinton Laundry and Dry Cleaners 4.00 Wise Plumbing and Heating .50 Hudie's Saw Mill .50 Wettlaufer's Feed Mill , 5.00 Gus and Vic's ......„ ........... .50 Hanover Transport .25 Emmerson Septic Tanks 2,00 McPherson's Garage .25 Ray's Sunoco Service ,25 Kingswell Welding .25 Mhay Mee Restaurant .10 Peter's Meat Market .25 Jack Plumtree 2.00 Sangster Plumbing and Heating .50 Galbraith Radio and TV „ .50 Unknown 1.00 John VanLoo .25 H. C. Lawson 1.00 Clayt, Dixon 2.00 Staniforth Shoe Store „ .50 Lovett Specialty Shop , .25 MclEwans Stationery ..„„„ .25 Robert Campbell „,...., . 5,00 Pickett and Campbell Ltd, 5.00 L. Heard 1,00 Pinger's liestaurant 1.00 Anonymous .62 Charles Nelson 5.00 Wells Electie 2.00 Ball-Macaulay Ltd, 2.00 Epps Sport Shop 2.00 Gliddbn's Dry Cleaning 2.00 Herb Bridle 5.00 Lorne Brown lVfotars 10.00 Contributions to this fund are Still being received, Since $81. is still needed to cemplete payment for the new capes. Over 80 Birthday Club J. Smith, Raglan Street, Celebrated his 93rd birthday at his home yesterday, November 80, It is believed that Mr. Smith is the oldest man living in Clinton. The bank account of Clinton Citizens Band has risen to $444 as every effort has been made to raise $525 for new capes for their uniforms. The capes will be worn as the band competes with ten others at Seaforth on Saturday in the annual Santa Claus Par- ade of that town. Three prizes have been offered, and Band- master George Wonch reports that Clinton is seriously going after one of them. All band members should meet at the Clinton Legion Hall art 12.35 p.m. on Saturday, December 3, to travel by bus to Seaforth. Transportation is donated by J. -and T. Murphy Ltd. All members should be on time with instrument in good working order and cleaned, Interesting to note that the band has made $700 itself since it was organized, in concerts, parade engagements, tag day efforts, etc. Other receipts were $150 from the old band account and $300 grant from the town. Early donations to the cape fund included $10 from K. C. C000e, floalst; $3 from the Cl- inton News-Record and $2 from Merrill TV Service, as well as many unknown donors of large amounts, on tag 'day efforts. All of these are much apprec- iated. Following is a list of receipts of the cape fund blitz carried out in business places: Wentworth Studio $1.00 Groves' Electric 5.00 Ruby and Bill's Snack Bar 2.00 Superior Food Market 2.00 Ray's Shoe Hospital 1,00 Counter's Jewellery 2.00 K. W. Colquhoun 2.05 Arnold Riley 1.00 C. J. Livermore 1.00 Armstrong's Bowling Alley 2.00 Unopposed, MJ.Agnew Returns as Deputy Reeve (By W• 1)4 P,) AS CHIEF (THOU(H SELF, appointed) photographer for the News-Record . our skill, seems to be fading, by day „ « Of course there was no bank of professionalism to draw upon „ To those whose picture shook" have appeared in this week's paper, we apolo- gize „ . and it those whose picture appears, but is not flat- tering, we apologize, also . . This just wasn't the right week to take' pictures . . . * THERE'S A BIT OF A contest underway , . Reeve Coleman noted at nomination day. meet- ing irat Stanley Township, that he thought -his council was the youngest, possibly in the coun- ty . . . but a tally of ages and average was not made . . . Now Hullett has come' up with an average of 36- Years • • • and they say, if there's any contest with Stanley, "Tell 'em, to throw in the reeves, and we'll beat 'em, anyway." * s * WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS is a proper area of competition for township councillors • • • but since all four surrounding Clinton, were given an 'accla- mation by their ratepayers . it's probably as good a place to show excellence as any . . ' * DON'T USE THE PICTURES in this week's issue for com- parison . . . they are certain- ly not a fair way to judge . , . * * WE TRY TO BE FAIR IN our promotion of various pro- jects and plans in the dist- rict , . . but some may feel that our comments- editorially this week (Important but Ab- sent) are partisan . . Well, so what? If women editors don't work for the rights of wom- ankind, who will? Should we expect men editors to do so.. . Jim Graham New President Legion Officers Acclaimed, Organize Christmas Parade Sam Spencer, .Leslie Nice and Howard Tait, R. B. Campbell was appoint- ed returning officer with W. J. Counter and Hee Kingswell as his clerks. At the meeting, presided over by President J. E. bale, 'the branch made donations of $10 to the Muscular Dystrophy funds' drive, sponsored locally by, Clinton firemen;. and $15 to the Hospitalized Veterans Association. A letter of thanks was authorized to be sent 'to Harry Weymouth, caretaker at Clinton post office, for the work he did' on the cenotaph there prior to Remembrance Day. Hector Kingswell, who was chairman of the meeting fol- lowing nominations for town of Clinton municipal offices, re- minded the branch of their democratic duty to get out and vote in Clinton municipal elec- tion next Monday. He also re- quested that the branch adver- tise this in the local paper. Jim Graham, in reporting for his entertainment committee, announced the following social affairs for the month of De- cember: a euchre (games) night on Friday, December 2; a tur- key draw at the next regular meeting on December 12; the branch Christmas party for Legionaires families on Sunday, December 11 at 1.30; and the annual New Year's Eve dance on Saturday, December 31. J. Douglas Thornlike gave a partial report of the Poppy Day sales. A complete report will be given later. Mr. Thorndike also announc- ed that progress was being made on another year of public speaking participation by his committee. Clinton and RCAF students are now prepar- ing speeches for their elimina- tion contests' within the schools. The zone finals will be held in. Clinton this year. "This is the best public rela- tions job being carried out in Clinton," said Mr. Thorndike; who is the perennial chairman of 'the project. "Our branch is recognized as the top public speaking branch in the zone," he added. The branch approved a revis- ed list of rate for rental of the hall, as presented by Cameron Proctor, who looks after this duty for the branch. Garnet Harland and Art Mountford were appointed aud- itors of branch books for 1960. Ed Porter was present to win the $15 attendance draw. Next month's: draw will only be worth $5. Roy Vodden won the regular monthly draw. Mail Christmas Parcels Early