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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-02-02, Page 1linton, New ecor THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR THE HURON RECORD--,79th YEAR No 5 The Home Paper with the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY?, FEBRUARY 2, 1.941 $3.00 Per Year 10c Per Copy-10 Pages Arthur Kendall, 50-year-old employee at RCAF Station Clinton, was arrested Friday morning as he arrived for work, and was arraigned before a justice of the peace in Walker- ton on a charge of murdering his first wife, (formerly Helen Cameron), Mr. Kendall is being held in Walkerton jail on a remand for a hearing today, February 2. The first Mrs. Kendall disap- peared from a summer cottage home in the Bruce Peninsula, in late July, 1952. No trace of her, nor of her body has ever been found._ At the time of the first Mrs, Kendal's dis- appearance, Mr. Kendall was working in a sawmill at John, ston Harbour near Tobermory. Her disappearance was re- ported first on August 6, 1952. RCMP were involved in the case, since the place where 'Mrs. Kendall was last known to have been is on an Indian. reservation. They conducted a search of the waters of Lake Huron following' a report of a woman's body being seen. Kendall and his children said the woman had just walked away from the cottage in wh- ich they were living. She said she would never return. In 1953, a dump and a gravel Pit in Elma Township, near Atwood were dug up and sear- ched without. _result. Mr. Kendall took his five children back to his farm home near Monkton, in, Elma Town- ship. The present Mrs. Kendall has been married twice before, and divorced once. She married Harris Hooey, who died in 1937. The next year $ilie married Thomas Hogue, and they were divorced in 1953. She later be- came Mr. Kendall's housekeep- er, moving her six children to the Monkton farm home from Wiarton. The second Mrs. Kendall (Beatrice), married Mr. Ken- dall last March, after the first •rris pronounced legally dead. The understanding was that their marriage would be dissolved if the missing woman ever showed up. For the past five years, Mr. Kendall and his falsely, and Mrs. Hogue have lived An article in the January 28 issue of Financial Post tells of the success of the firm of Tr- opic Refrigeration Ltd. in Mon- tego Bay, Jamaica. Partners in this fir= are Stewart L, Mac- Donald and George T. Hans- ford, both of Ontario. Stewart MacDonald is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald MacDonald, Clinton. The two have a thriving bus- iness in air-conditioning, be- cause they specialize in giving unmatched service. Hotels are the main customers, but banks, stores and theatres on the is- land are installing air condit- ioning, Any Canadian with some knowledge of the refrigeration business, or even one with ap- titude and a willingness to learn would be given a bright, sunlit welcome, Hansford says. Mr. Ilansford began his busin- ess early in 1958 after a holi- day trip to Jamaica. By the middle of 1958 he was asking Mr, MacDonald to come to help. Stewart moved to Jamaica and joined the firm as a. part- ner, I-Tansford believes too, that anyone willing to try Could sell a great many Mare Canadian goods in Jamaica. Most imports come from the US or the UK, but the duty rate is favourable to Canadians, he says. Canadians also get a wel.• come from E. B. L. Tomlinson, of the Montego Bay Chamber of Conimeree, "j•arriaica is currently in a Over 80 Birthday Club Mrs, Agnes 3. Baird, Bruce- field, a patient in QUeehSWAY Nureing Mete, Hentall for the past flee months Celebrated hem 101st birthday on Monday. Kinettes Count Up Campaign Receipts Totalling $808.05, the Mothers' March of Dimes in Clinton was a great suc- cess on Monday night, and Kinettes had a busy time of it, counting the receipts at the council chamber in the town hall. Mrs. Frank Fingland, right, was chief marching mother for the project. Mrs. Donald Kay next to her, was in charge of publicity and Len Riff, assistant accountant at the Royal Bank of Canada was in attendance to help check the money. Mrs, Pat Hardie is in the background. (News-Record Photo) For the second year in a row, Clinton had two teams from the City of Dearborn, Mich„ minor hockey association as their guests on Minor Hockey Day in Clinton. Four- teen teams, upwards of 200 boys, between the ages of six and 18 competed in eight gam- es last Saturday at Clinton Lions Arena. The American officials and players arrived early Saturday morning and had a practice session at the Lions Arena here between 10 and 11 o'clock, Most of the 30 Dearborn play- ers stayed with members of the Clinton teams over Satur- day night. At a luncheon at Hotel Clin- ton at noon at which all Dear- born guests were present, May- or W. J, Miller of Clinton, wel- comed the American* visitors. Don, Kay, chairman of Clinton Minor Hockey Committee was host at the dinner, Andrew Petrere, who headed the Dearborn group, said grace after the toasts to the heads of both countries. In, his grace he referred to the good-will be- tween the two countries, and asked that this same feeling be extended throughout the world. Later, Mr. Petrere in- troduced all officials, parents and players from Dearborn, and gave a brief history of minor hockey in his city. Two mothers of players were in the Dearborn group. M. L, "Tory" Gregg, former manager and president of the Western Ontario Athletic As- sociation, spoke to both the Clinton and visiting U.S. folk. To the Dearborn. players he said, "I know from past ex- perience with Clinton sports: men you will be well looked after here." He congratulated the Clinton service clubs re- sponsible for the minor hockey day being held as part of Minor Hockey Week in Canada. Mr. Gregg recalled his own professional hockey days in Pittsburg. He spoke of the ex- cellent good-will job being done by Jack Roxbrough, past presi- dent of C.A.H,A, Mr. Rox- brough is now on his second Clinton Boy Moves South Service Firm In Jamaica ho Gets the Surplus? C or Town of Clint n Foaming Sewage Trouble Too Much Detergents? WILL HE? OR WON'T HE? This column must be printed on February 1 . . So readers will know whether or not the ground-hog's shadow was: vis- ible on February 2 before we cam report it . . . This picture must have been made some other year . . . * THOSE WHO `A II ENDED the. events Saturday in the rink . • :also were compliment- ary about the progress made by the Clinton Concert Band . . . Those people look particu- larly fine in their bright blue uniforms . , and their music is quite good . . The rendition of the Star Spangled Banner, and God Save the Queen, while Boy Scants held both flags a- loft . . . was inspirational ,. . . County Home Grant Gets Approval Welfare Minister Cecile an- nounced Tuesday grants for homes for the aged totalling $472,941. Included was a grant of $108,682 for the Huron Coun- ty Home for the addition. The sewage disposal plant is suffering from a "foam" prob- lem which according to PUC superintendent Jabez Rands is common to similar plants these days. The foam on the Filtration beds is caused by the increasing amount of detergents being us- ed in wash water in the homes of Clinton. The quality of de- tergents in keeping their "aids" even in cold water, makes them a handy thing for the house- wife — but even sub-zero temp- eratures in Clinton's out-of- doors are not effective in keep- ing the foam down. Heaps of the foamy suds pale up in the filtration beds, sometimes to heights of eight and ten feet. Then a brisk wind will pick up the suds and fling it gaily over the land- scape, onto wash hanging on lines, and onto the unsuspect- ing passerby. Treatment chemicals can con- trol the foam, but Mr. Rands At The Hospital Mrs. Clarence Hugill expects to remain in Clinton Public Hospital f r another four Weeks. She had a bad fall at the Clinton Lions Arena, where she was skating on January 18, and fractured both ankles. Mrs. John E, Robinson is re- covering in Clinton Public EDS- pital. She was taken ill at the Clinton District Col- legiate Institute on January 25. Mrs. Robinson, who is head of the English department th- ere, will be unable to return to work for several weeks, The Week's Weather 1961 1960 High Law High Low Jan. 26 15 8 30 17 27 13 -10 80 18 28 12 0 34 27 29 13 0 34 26 30 15 32 17 31 18 0 31 6 Feb. 1 13 -5 32 1.7. Snow: 5 ins. Snow: 1 in, hockey referee. He was highly complimented by guest speaker Gregg, who said good officiat- ing was badly needed in all classes of hockey. (continued on page 10) near St. Josephs. Last year they built a small six-roomed cedar block house near Bayfiekl on the Brucefield - Bayfield road. At present, living in this house have been Mr. and Mrs. Kendall; James Kendall, 21; Wilfred Hogue, 16; James Hog- ue, 10; Mary Kendall, 10; Jean Kendall, 14; Shirley Hogue, 14; Barbara Hogue, 12. The five youngest attended SS 3, Stan- ley. Investigation into this case is believed to be the result of a decielon by the attorney gen- eral's department last Decem- ber to check all unsolved mur- ders in the past 25 years, However, Inspector H. H. Gra- ham of the provincial police, reports that the file. on Mrs. Kendall's disappearance has never been closed, although the investigation has been inter- mittent. Inspector Graham was assign- ed to investigate the Lynn Harper murder here in the summer of 1959, and spent several weeks in the territory. Assistant OPP Commissioner Wilfosd Franks, Toronto, said that police action followed re- ceipt of information this week from a witness whose name is being kept secret. Police have seized a diary kept by the first Mrs. Kendall, from the Hayfield home, but have not diralosed the eon'. tents. It is believed to cover the period up to shortly before her disappearance. The present Mrs. Kendall is reported as saying "he was a gentleman who couldn't pos- sibly have done these things he is charged with. I know him well enough to know he would- n't do anything wrong. I'•11 stick by him. Even if he is convicted I wouldn't believe it." The first she knew of his arrest was Friday morning when a police officer came to the home with Kendall's money and his lunch pail. He told her the arrest had been made. Beat- rice Kendall said she had never known the missing woman. The accused man is a carpen- ter and market gardener, He 'has a sister, Mrs. J. C. Bill- ings, Stratford. A brother of the missing woman is Ross Cameron. RR 5, Brantford. esesese llMI Mary Carbert Is Crowned Queen Mary Carbert, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Carbert, Rift, 1, Clinton., has been crown- ed queen of the Mount St. .Tos- eph Aeademy in London. The ceremony tools place at the gra4Uation prom, "Sayonaxa serarwle" held in the Academy last Friday night. This year's prom took the then*. of the Orient, with col- orful e lanterne, a rickshaw, a pagoda and traditional sampans of Japan. There were seven other'' eendidatee for the hon-'• our of. being queen. Clinton's First Mothers' March Nets $821.05 "I want to say a personal word Of thanks to all who vol- unteered their services for Mon- day night's Mothers' March of Dimes, said Mrs. Frank Fine- land, Chief Marching Mother for Clinton, The -response of the women of Clinton was gratifying and the support of the community showed the same enthusiasm. The first Mothers' March in town was a resounding success. A total of $821.05 was collected. The Kinette Club of Clinton also expresses thanks to all those who donated and helped with this, the first March of Dimes to he held in Clinton. The group of young Kinette ladies are sincerely apprecia- tive. If anyone wee missed Mon- day night, and would still like to contribute, donations may be sent to Mrs. Kenneth Staf- ford, Clinton, or may be left With the Clinton . News-Record. Though the March of Dimes is the concerted effort to raise funds, contributions will be ac- cepted the yearround, and will be sent in monthly to the Re- habilitation Foundation. Hog;Men Plan Meetings For Annuals and FAME Next Wednesday afternoon in the Clinton Legion Hall the an- nual meetings of the Huron Hog Producers Association and the Huron Hog Producers Co- operative will be held. The Co-operative meeting will start at 1 o'clock, and the Associa- tion meeting at 2 o'clock. Thursday night, February 9, a meeting will be held in the agricultural office board' room, Clinton, by the Farmers Allied Meat Enterprises Co-operative Ltd. Dr. Monieson, the econ- omist 'who has been working on much of the research which ,has directed the Ontario Hog Producers groups, will be the gtiest speaker. Monday, March 6, is the date for the election of representa- tives from the county to the Ontario Hog Producers Market- ing Board. Cancer Unit To Raise $16,000 Dr. W, R. Inch, a radiologist with the Ontario Cancer Foun- dation and lecturer at the Un- iversity of Western Ontario was guest speaker at a meet- ing of the Huron unit of the Canadian Cancer Society in Ex- eter. Dr. Inch discussed modern concepts and practices applied in treatment of malignancies. It was announced that the quota for the April fund-rais- ing campaign' would again be $16;000. 0 Hospital Auxiliary Members Drive Begins Next Week The •annual drive for mem- bers in the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary will be carried out next week. Canvassers Will call on households, asking for the 25 cent membership fee. Mrs, J. A. Addison is their- man Of the membership corn- mittee. Chairmen of canvassers in the various town wards are: St. Ceorge's, Mrs. Douglas An. clrewsl• St. Andrew's, Mrs, Can- oron Proctor; St, James', Mrs. Donald Ito and St. John's, Mrs. Douglas Freeman. Mrs, Maynard Carrie is in charge of the membership canvass in Bayfield. federation with the other Brit- ish islands in the Caribbean," he said. "But I think we should be in a federation with Can- ada. "We produce goods that Can- ada can't. Canada produces goods that we can't. And we were both reared in the British tradition," 0 - Water Shortage Shows Up As Serious Problem Shortage of water in farm areas is becoming a serious one, Two tank trucks have been kept busy In the village of Zur- ich, hauling water to cattle on farms in that area. Farmers mid-way between Brucefield and Clinton and east and west of that area, also have found their wells to be dry. They have made arrange- ments for temporary supply of water from neighbours who are in better situation. At least One well north-west of Clinton has also gone dry, John Lindsay is having difficul- ty, and is faced with a $2,000 cost for a drilled well. -Iis farm on the corner of Highway 8 and the 16th of Coderlich Township is about one mile past the last town water serv- ice, but his thought is that ob- taining town water would solve his problem. He would install the main, instead of drilling the well. At the Ptiblie Utilities Meet- lag this week, commissioners Were dubious about eetending the town waterinain network that far. and -put it into, general acConot and, spend it.". .,'• • Mr. Perdue • clahned that down through .the yea's, swat erworks surplus had been wr- ongly spent by the council of the town. When it should have been kept separate, and used for additions, neWeinerlee; etc. Mr. Perdue • claimed'that the surplus had beene,esed to. re, duce „taxation,. . The PUC stand, is .14sae,,sur7 plus in waterwerk.s,,lif•qtot need, ed for the use of We' poninils: sion, should eventually be 're- turned to the water users, who paid it in the first place. Tag opinion also holds true for the sewerage surplus. The healthy situation the sewerage department now finds itself in, is due mainly to an 'additional monthly 50 cent maintenance charge On each service. The original 20-year sewer- age debenture will be paid off in 1966. A second, smaller 15- year debenture will be paid off in 1964. Annual payment to retire this debt is now a- bout $21,000. The year 1964 will see a reduction in this by about $1,200. Meanwhile the Public Utilit- ies Comission secs a number of things that should be done with the surplus, before con- sidering returning it to the water users. Superintendent J. Rands warns that repairs to pumps are an immediate nec- issity; continued planning must go into increased capacity at the disposal plant; some sort of standby power must be es- tablished soon to supply water to the town. Also plane to improve water service in various sections of town were outlined by the sup- erintendent. Areas mentioned were low pressure areas, at the end of King Street on the Bay- field Road; at Spencer Street; at the McKenzie Street area (new part of town annexed last year) on highway 8. Also the need to lay another main to the fire hydrant near the hospital was noted. At the present time this hydrant is the "end of a line", and should really have the added security of another connection, in case of an emergency. 0 PVC Completes 5-Year Plan For Re-Wiring The five-year plan for re- wiring the town of Clinton is nearly completed, reported J. Rands, superintendent, at the PUC meeting on Tuesday night. This plan was begun in 1954, with an estimated cost af 880,- 000. The actual cost is in the neighbourhood of $100,000, HOW- ever only a small section re- mains to be done, in the area of the transformer station. Commissioners will attend the three-day hydro convention in Toronto at the end of Feb- ruary. The next meeting will be held Thursday night, Feb- ruttry 23, the „lira COitintri4;74-, (Ay W. P. 0.) THERE lYfAY .BE, THOUS- and$ of miles of undefended border between Canada and the United Stet-ea , And we may talk in ',the friendliest terms with those fine folk to the south of us . However, when you pet two hockey teams of 'teen-aged boys into a rink, together . one from the USA and one from Canada „ And let those teams each be unde- feated in their own home lea- gues . . the results are the same as if they were battling for an Olympic championship, * ro IF ANYONE HAD SUGGEST- _ed to us that we should stand for four hours in freezing temp- eratures . , we would have objected strongly . . • But those minor hockey teams put on a show complete with excitement, 'aotion and suspense, from. which we couldnot escape ... 4, 4, THE NUMBER OF HORN blasts, in a traffic jam is equal to the sum of the squares at the wheels . . . figures $160 every ten days would be needed to slo it ef- fectively. The alternative is to install a'. system of water pipes, to spray water on the , foam and control it that way. For Second Year Clinton Minor Hockey D Host to Dearborn Teams trip this year to Europe with Canadian hockey teams. Also introduced at the lunch- eon was Duncan MeNab, Jr., of Dearborn, who has his sights set on being a professional Wharf Repairs Manned For Lakeside Towns -L. Elston Cardiff, M.P. for Huroe, announced he has been informed by the Honourable David 3. Walker, Minister of Public Works, that it is expect- ed harbour improvements will be carried out at Goderich and Bayfield during the 1961 - 62 fiscal year. The work will cost about $80,000 and this has been allocated in the new 'estimates Ats-Goderich. about $50,000 will be spent to reconstruct the south pier to provide improved facilities for the mooring of boats. Repairs to the wharf at Bayfield are expected to cost about $30,000. Winners, Last Night's Public Speaking Bout First place winners in each of the four classes in the Legion - sponsored contest last night were: public school, jun- ior, Danny Perkins, RCAF Sta- tion Clinton; senior, Grace Mc- Adam, Clinton; collegiate, jun- ior, Morris Darling; senior, Barbara Inder. Bayfield Man Arrested, Charged With Murdering Wife 8 Years Ago Clinton Entertains American Sportsmen On Saturday, January 28, the Clinton Minor Hockey Committee was host to players, managers, coaches and a few parents, of two teams from the City of Dearborn, Michigan minor hockey association, at a luncheon in Hotel Clinton. Above, from the left Mciit Edgar, secretary of Clinton Minor Hockey Com- mittee; Andrew Petrere, manager of Dearborn Bruins midget hockey team, and Dearborn's perennial "good-will ambassador" to Clinton; Mayor William J, Miller; James Haunclier, manager of Dearborn Mfc-Mac Juvenile hockey team; and Don Kay, chairman of the Clinton Minor Hockey Committee, Over 50 per- Sons attended the luncheon, at which all Clinton and Dearborn officials and players were introduced, (News.Record Photo) Ownership of the, ' surplus funds in the sewerage section of the Clinton Public Utilities ,Commission was hotly discus- sed at the meeting of PUC on Tuesday night. Mayor W. J. Miller sees the surplus as properly belonging to the town, since in several years past,.PUC was unable to pro- duce enough money to fulfil obligations to retire its share of the sewerage debenture. The result was that in those years the funds had to be raised out of general taxation. Now that a surplus does 'ex- ist, (due so the PUC men claim, to wise handling of fund's!), Mayor Miller figures it should be handed over to the town in order to help keep the taxation rate steady this year. Mr. Miller said, "You can't legally keep that money and put it into bonds." On the other hand, William E. Perdue, veteran chairman of the PUC, told the mayor, "You can't legally have that money