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(By W. D. DA
VALENTINE'S
DAY means
many things to
•If ' many people ..,
A
op mom A wife celebrate
NirA Councillor Herb
ii►Bridle and his
their wedding
antniversa.ry on that date ,
Several folk we know have a
birthday then . . , William Per-
due, William Plumsteel, Arthur
Groves and Tom Leppington
all were February 14 babies . „
No doubt there are many more
folk in this area who celebrate
their birthday on the 14th of
this month . . . and we wish
them all a happy day . . .
* *
WE WERE JUST A Lil i LE
disappointed when Queen Eliza-
beth and Prince Philip went off
to visit Pakistan without taking
Prince Charles of course his sch-
ooling is important . . . dsut
he would have learned so many
things about the commonwealth
. . . Now comes word officially
from Buckingham Palace that
young Charles has caught the
measles . Surely he wouldn't
have gotten them if he had
been in India . . .
FROM WATERLOO COMES
the information that the new-
est thing in packing materials
is unstated popcorn. . . Seems
that it is lighter and less apt
to catch fire than either ex-
celsior or shredded paper . . .
and it can be easily sorted to
use again ... Seems they treat
'it with a special chemical . . . * *
AND THEY HAVE A TEST
of shipping raw eggs from coast
to coast in cartons marked
"Handle Without Care" . . .
and the eggs arrive in perfect
condition snug in their beds
of popcorn . . . We ponder wh-
ether such •a label is just the
thing to insure that a parcel be
handled "with care" ... Though
such a perverse attitude is
hardly to be held by all of the
shippers who must handle such
a carton in transit . . .
Six inch Water Main Broken Friday
Men of the Clinton Public Utilities Commission battled an icy wind and frozen
earth last Friday morning, when for eight hours they worked at the job of re-
pairing a broken water main on Highway 4, south of town. This six-inch main
serves RCAF Station Clinton, and all those water users along the highway from
the CNR tracks to the County Home corner. According to Superintendent J,
Rands, this is the fifth such break in the 20 year old main. Apparently the
breaks are caused by strain and settlement of the road bed. Water delivery to
camp was interrupted, but was not an inconvenience, since the Station has a
reservoir of 290,000 gallons. Civilian users along the highway were without
water for about five hours, (News-Record Photo)
Linton Nwsiwitecor
Public Speaking Winners
ompete at Zone Finals
No. 6—The Home Paper with the News CLINTON, ONTARI?, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1961 $3.00 Per Year,-10c Per Copy-8 Pages
Tiny,Canary Club
Makes Donation
To MD Campaign
May Have Suitable Plan
Hog Producers Encouraged
To Expect Agreement
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Stanley Will
Build Bridge
To Cost $4,500
Stanley Township council on
Monday accepted the tender of
N. J. Corriveau, Zurich for the
construction of a bridge on ,the
8th concession, Line.
Contract price was $1,940
but, according to Mrs. Jean
Elliott, township clerk, the ov-
erall cost of the bridge will be
$4,500.
A grant of $25 to the Huron
County Soil and Crop Improv-
ment Association was made.
The clerk was instructed to ad-
vertise for tenders for 9,000
cubic yards of gravel.
Reeve Harvey Coleman, pre-
sided for the meeting.
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Hullett Grants
Total $325 For
Farm Groups
Hullett Township Council
provided for grants totalling
$325 and arranged to call ten-
ders for the road and warble
fly programs, when they met
in the Community Hall, Lon-
desboro on Monday afternoon,
Reeve T. Leiper presided and
all councillors were present.
A grant of $100 each was
given the agricultural societies
of Clinton, Blyth and Seaforth.
A grant of $25 was given the
Huron Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association.
Tenders for spraying cattle
for warble fly control will be
called. Applications for warble
fly inspector at 90 cents an
hour and five cents a mile will
be accepted until March 4. 800
pounds of warble fly powder
also will be tendered for.
The road superintendent was
instructed to advertise for ten-
ders for the hauling and crush-
ing of 12,000 cu. yards of grav-
el.
$52,000 for expenses on roads
has been recommended by the
Ontario Department of High-
ways and has been approved.
This is for ordinary road ex-
penditures, and if a special pro-
ject becomes necessary, then 'a
supplementary by-law will be
prepared, and special approval
will be requested from the De-
partment.
Council approved paying $35
each toward township officials
convention expenses for those
attending either the Good Ro-
ads Convention or the Rural
Municipalities Association Con-
vention.
The Week's Weather
1961 1960
High Low High Low
Feb. 2 2 -25 20 -5
3 17 -2 19 -8
4 24 14 32 4
5 27 s3 36 24
6 26 3 35 32
7 28 2 32 22
8 30 0 35 20
Snow: 5"
Two dozen young speakers
from the district competed last
week in public speaking con-
test conducted by the Clinton
Branch Canadian Legion. This
is the branch competition, and
winners may proceed to further
battles at the zone level, and
then at provincial level.
It is expected that the zone
competitions will be held here
early in March.: •
Standings in the senior high
school division are: Barbara
Inder, Ralph Trewartha, Dianne
Hulls, Regena Horbanuik; in
junior high school division, Mor-
ris Darling, Douglas Wells,
John Turner, Elizabeth Inder.
Judges of this class were
Maitland Edgar and Miss Ag-
nes 1VIttlrocmey, both on staff
at A/V/M Hugh Campbell
Public School and Flight Lieut-
enant the Rev. C. A. Mac Lar-
en, the protestant chaplain at
RCAF Station Clinton.
In the senior public school
division, Grace McAdam, Clin-
ton Public School was judged
tops, followed by Kevin Henley
and Ron Hibbert, both of
A/V/M Hugh Campbell Pub-
lic School. Also competing were
Frances Blacker, USS 12 God-
erich and Hullett; Mel Jones,
Deborah Buck, Wayne Beaupre,
all of A/V/M Hugh Campbell
Public School; Penny Bateman,
Jim Livermore and Harry Cum-
mings, all of Clinton Public
School.
In the junior public school
division, Danny Perkinsled, fol-
lowed by Sharon Gillis and
Stephen Pierce. Also competing
were Louise Stewart, Carol Ann
Crockett, Rhys Jones. All in
this class were from the Stat-
ion school.
Judges were Ian S. Fraser
and Brian Heyes, on staff at
Clinton District Collegiate' In-
stitute, and Kenneth B. McRae,
member of CDCI Board.
Prizes were presented by
Harry Nesbitt, Seaforth, to the
Inquest Into
Airwoman's Death
Speed is Blamed
A coroner's jury in Seaforth
Friday found that Airwoman
Donna Edith Harrison, 19,
RCAF Station Clinton, died
from injuries received in a ear
Crash on highway 8 near here
last October.
Miss Harrison was a passen-
ger in a car owned by Clarence
McGraw, Clinton, The jury
found that the "auto was dr-
iven at an excessive rate of
speed, and in a reckless man-
ner, and — no blame, can be
placed on. the weather or road
condition at the time of the
accident."
Miss Harrison died in West-
minister Hospital, London, the
day after the crash.
Coroner Dr. E. A. McMaster',
Grand Bend presided. Crown
Attorney was 3. W. Birshfield,
Witigham, and Provincial Police
Constable Al Dowering, Seas
forth detachment, was lit char-
ge of the investigation.
junior public school winners and
by Jim Graham, president of
Branch 140 Canadian Legion, to
the senior public school win-
ners. J. Douglas Thorndike,
who was chairman for the, ev-
ening, presented awards to the
CDCI winners.
First place winners received
a trophy, which is competed
for annually, and is kept in the
school where the student is en-
rolled, with the student's name
engraved. They also' receive in-
dividual cups, which they keep,
Cash awards are given to those.
who place second and third in
each class.
Impetus for the competition,
in this area is given by both
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Thorndike.
Mr. Thorndike is first vice-
president of Clinton Legion,
and is particularly interest-
ed in children's activities in
Clinton. Mrs. Thorndike is an
English teacher on staff at Cl-
inton Public School, for senior
grades. They receive the contin-
ued support of the Clinton Br-
anch 140 Canadian Legion in
well-organized participation in
this public speaking competit-
ion which is' carried out by the
Legion right up to provincial
level.
The annual. meeting of the
Bayfield Agricultural Society—
twice postponed owing to in-
clement weather—was held in
the Town Hall on Wednesday
afternoon, February 1. There
was an attendance of 20.
Fraser Stirling was appointed
chairman for the meeting and
Mrs. A. M. Bassett, secretary.
Mr. Stirling gave a report
of the district meeting in Sea-
forth and thanked the members
for their co-operation through
the year.
Mrs. A. M. Bassett in her
report pointed out that domes-
tic entries had been up, ladies
work down, fruit down, with
only four entries in the special
commercial feature in the ap-
ple project; the flower class
was filled at the fall fair. Out-
side entries were about as us-
ual except in the cattle class
where entries were down,
Mrs. Bassett gave Russell
Grainger's financial statement
which had not yet been audited.
It showed that a total of
$1,145.01 had been paid out in
prize money, $130.35 of which
went to the school children's
section. There was a discussion
concerning small cheques which
had riot been cashed thereby
leaving the accounts incomplete
but the report showed a healthy
balance on hand.
Lloyd Scotchmer and 3. Stur-
geon Jr., were again. appointed
auditors.
The following directors were
named: honorary directors, Mr.
and Mrs, F. Middleton, Mrs.
Thomas Snowden, Ben Rath-
Well, Bert Dunn, Sr., john E.
:Howard; directors, Carl Diehl,
Robert Stirling, Howard Mc-
Cullough, 0. McClinchey, Grant
Stirling, Tom Penhale, F. Mc-
Clure, Edward Grigg, Carl Hort,
Goderich Twp.
Relieves E. Jenkins
Of Tree Contract
sten, Harold Penhale, Allan
Armstrong, John Aldington, Fr-
aser Stirling, Alvin Rau, John
Deeves.
Committee members: Mrs. J.
Alclingtorr, Mrs. J. E. Howard,
Mrs. Edward Grigg, Mrs. H.
Penhale, Mrs. R. Blair, Mrs. R.
Stirling, Bert Dunn, Jr., Mrs.
F. McClure, Mrs. 0. McClin-
chey, Mrs. J. Lindsay, Mrs. H.
McCullough, Mrs. C. Houston,
Mrs. Alvin Rau, Mrs. R. Grain-
ger, Mrs. F. McEwen, Mrs. J.
A. Cameron, Mrs. J. Sturgeon
Jr., Everett McIlwain, V. Ocs-
ch, H. Dressen, Mrs. 0. Oesch,
Mrs. Grant Stirling, Tom Rath-
well, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Tay-
lor, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yea, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Yeo, Mrs. Allan
Armstrong, Harvey Coleman.
Robert Taylor was appointed
chairman for the election of
officers at the directors meet-
ing which followed. Alvin Rau
Was named president to succeed
Fraser Stirling who declined the
nomination, first vice-president,
John beeves; second vice-presi-
dent, Edward Grigg.
Mrs. A. M. Bassett retired
as secretary atter filling the
office faithfully for 13 years.
It was then decided to combine
the offices of secretary and
treasurer. Russell Grainger who
has been treasurer for the past
few years declined to take the
office, and Robert Stirling was
appointed secretary - ttreasurer
for 1961,
Fraser Stirling suggested that
the society construct shoW
tables for use in the, arena on
fair ,days. After' some discus-
sion re time and work of carry-
ing in the tables from Clan
Gregor Square, Alvin Ran and
Carl Diehl were appointed a
Committee to investigate the
cost of new tables.
Late returns for the museu-
lar dystrophy fund, reported
:this week by Gordon Dalgliesh,
inelude $1.31 contributed from
the Canary Club of Varna.
Six youngsters saved this a-
mount from their club for the
'poor children on' Christmas",
and it finally found its way
to ;the hands of the committee.
Signers for the Club are Frank
Alclington, Karen Webster, St-
even Clark, Janis •Clark, Di-
anne Breeze and Joanne Broeze.
A cheque from the Kinetite
Club for $15 and $6.94 from
a canister in Pinger's restaur-
ant, bring the total receipts
of the muscular dystrophy cam-
paign up to $190.74.
Fire on Sunday night robbed
another bride and groom in
Hayfield of everything except
the clothes which they wore,
when Robert Orr's trailer home
arid contents were burned or
damaged beyond repair with
smoke and water,
William Orr noticed the fire
in his son's trailer parked on
the adjoining lot and turned in
the fire alarm at 10.30 p.m. The
Bayfield br igade answered
promptly and extinguished the
flames which filled the vehicle.
The cause of the fire is
thought to have been overheat-
ed electric wiring. Bob had
Spring Show June 3
A. J. McMurray Hired
The first Saturday in June
has been selected for the Clin-
ton Spring Show this year.
About half of the directors of
the Huron Central Agricultural
Society met in the agricultural
'offiCe board room on Saturday,
and set the date after deciding
to proceed with the Fair again.
Adam J. McMurray was per-
suaded to act as secretary-
treasurer of the society. He ac-
cepted on one condition: that
all the directors get behind the
project whole-heartedly, and
work to promote it.
Arrangements are being made
for a special draw, and prizes
are being contributed.
James Boynton', secretary of
the Ontario Hog Producers As-
sociation, Toronto, reviewed the
history of organized hog pro-
ducers in the province, yester-
day at the annual meeting of
Huron County Hog Producers
Association in the Clinton Le-
gion Hall.
He noted that the committee
studying a proposed change in
method' of sale feels they have
reached something which may
meet the approval of the rest
of the Farm Products Market-
ing Board.
electric light bulbs burning con-
tinuously under the water pip-
es to keep them from freezing.
The young couple were in
Clinton visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Don Bell on Sunday evening.
They came home to find cloth-
es, wedding gifts, souvenirs of
his tour of duty in Germany
with the Canadian Army, every-
thing gone.
The chesterfield was ruined
with smoke and water, and the
varnish which ran down off the
plywood panelling and ceiling.
A refrigerator and stove were
removed, but they, too, were
damaged with smoke and water.
Mr. and Mrs. Orr carried no
insurance and as yet have not
estimated their total loss.
At time of writing they were
undecided what to do. Bob feels
that the trailer is not worth
re-building.
In the meantime, they are
staying with his parents.
Kendall Gets
Another Remand
Arthur Kendall, 50, Hayfield,
was remanded again in Walker-
ton court When he appeared
there last Thursday. Crown
Attorney J. W. Freeborn, Br-
uce County, gave no indication
last week, of a definite date
for the start of the hearing.
The committee is made up of
three men from the Hog Pro-
ducers Marketing Board. and
two from the tels1VIB. Their
suggestion, if it meets with the
approval of the HPMB, will be
presented to the FPMB for ap-
proval.
The FPMB has stated that
the entire marketing plan will
cease to exist on April 1, if
a change in method of sale has
not been presented by that
time by the HPMB, and ap-
proved by the FPMB.
"However," said Mr. Boysis
ton, "our strong representations
throughout the last two years
have been made entirely in
vain. They have agreed to hav-
ing salesmen supervise the op-
eration of the sale and stimu-
late bidding all they can, Also
they have agreed that if this
new method to be introduced
is not satisfactory, then anoth-
er method may be approved,
or a return to the present me-
thod may be authorized."
Three Break-Ins
At Clinton Stores
Sunday Night
Thieves netted about $90 in
cash and a pile, of groceries on
Sunday night. Three break-ins
all apparently took place after
2.30 in the morning of Febru-
ary 6.
From Lavis Contracting Co.
Ltd., only a three foot pinch
bar was taken. This was used
to jimmy the door of the Clin-
ton Bowling Alley. Apparently
nothing was taken there, but
silver and bills totalling about
$90.
At Stanley's Red and White
Store, apparently the thieves
were out for just wilful vandal-
ism. They dumped sugar and
potatoes, and upset boxes.
Taken from the grocery store
were tins of salmon, sardines
and tuna fish; 15 pounds of
butter, six 'boneless hams, a-
bout 60 packs of cigarettes of
different brands, and different
sizes.
Chief H. R. Thompson and
Provincial Constable Donald
Trumbley investigated.
Mr. Boynton noted that one
thing which was embarrassing
to the HPMB is the supervision
of payment of moneys which
the FPMB claims they have
power to do. "There are some
iniquitous angles to this. Sup-
pose those we've been paying
grants to (such as county hog
producer groups) should dis-
please the FPMB, or if they
fear displeasure of the FPMB,
because they fear the loss of
fundls-sthen that is an iniqui-
tous thing."
"Of course," said Mr. Boyn-
ton, "they hotly deny that any-
thing like this will happen."
A question arose about a
$700 information account in-
cluded in the 1960 financial
statement. Mr. Boynton ex-
plained that this was in addi-
tion to the, 25 cent a hog pay-
ment made to the county, and
it was designed to be in the
nature of a directed grant. It
could' be spent for certain
things and the county was ex-
pected to use it. It will be
kept at the $700 level each
year, by having the county sub-
mit report of expenses, and be-
ing re-imbursed for them.
Huron County used this ac-
count for information meetings,
FAME meetings, advertising,
hall rents, luncheons, the de-
bate at the 1959 annual and
expenses of presenting a brief.
Ross Love, RR 2, Hensel', re-
signed after serving for two
years as president of the pro-
ducers association,
Vaughan Douglas, CKNX
farm editor, made the need for
good public relations between
agriculture and the public, the
subject of his address. He was
introduced by Bartin Baan.
Mr. Douglas is president of
the Canadian Farm Writers As-
sociation, which he reported
was begun with nine interested
men in the farm writing field.
Now there are units in. British
Columbia; the Prairie Provinc-
es, Ontario, Quebec and the
Maritime Provinces. "Our ideals
never change," said Mr. Doug-
las, "We are seeking to find
how we can better serve agri-
culture in the public relations
field."
"Weekly newspapers," said
Vaughan, "probably do the most
of any media for rural Canada.
The farm press in Canada is
concerned over the, hedge podge
way in which information is
collected' :and disseminated. The
Market Place and the Rural
Co-operator, the breed organi-
zation books, and others are
doing a good job, but we have
not yet consolidated farm news.
Possibly there is a need' for a
central clearing house."
"More information is com-
ing to farm people and the farm
press than ever before, Apathy
is disappearing. People feel
they are better informed. If
you feel the stories you read
are incorrect, the best thing to
do is to sit down with the re-
porter or editor and talk the
thing out. Newspapers may
editorialise, but they don't
twist the facts."
Mr. Douglas commented that
"You would probably increase
the amount of publicity you can
get by 35 percent, just by hay-
(continued on page 8)
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Frozen Pipes
Get Attention
From PVC Men
Clinton PUC has thawed' the
water pipes in four residential
services in the past few days.
They make use of an arc weld-
er from Kingswell Welding,
which operates with 200 amps
of power, to heat the pipes,
and melt the ice.
Mr. Kingswell's equipment is
in popular demand, and -he has
been called -to Exeter, Blyth,
Londesboro and Mitchell on
similar errands. J. Rands, sup-
erintendent of the Clinton PUC
reports that the frost is deep-
er in the ground than in other
years', and thus is causing more
trouble than usual.
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FAME Meeting In
Holmesville School
The Federation of Agriculture
of Goderiob Township has call-
ed a meeting for Tuesday, Feb-
ruary 14 in the Holmesville
Public School, Mr. 'Pat Dickey,
Secretary of the Farmers Allied
Meat Enterprises Co-operative
Limited will be the guest speak.
or, and FAIVIE will be the main
topic,
Top Speakers in Legion-Sponsored Contest
Barbara Index, a provincial winner two years ago in junior class, has topped the
senior class this year in the Clinton Legion public speaking contest. She is
shown here with Douglas Thorndike, Legion chairman for the event, and Mor-
ris Darling, junior high school winner in the contest. Barbara is the eldest
daughter of the Rev. and Mrs. C. S. Inder, Clinton. Morris, a newcomer to the
ranks of winning speakers in Clinton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Darling,
Clinton. (Beacon-Herald Photo)
Because the trees in a refer,
estation plot died due to the
use of a weed spray, God:erich'
Township Council Monday re-
leased Ed. Jenkins, RR 3, Cl-
inton, from his contract under
the township's reforestation
by-law.
This is the first time a con-
tract has been released by the
township since the program
was put into effect 10 years
ago.
According - to the bY:laiv, are-.
one entering into the contract
must fence his property off- for
a period of 20 years.
The Jenkins tree lot became
infested with leafy spurge, one
of the most difficult weeds to
eradicate, and when the land
was sprayed last summer, the
woodlot was destroyed.
Council appointed ex-reeve,
EdWard Grigg as truant officer,
to replete R. M. Elliott. With
Reeve Walter Forbes presiding,
council approved a grant of
$100 to the Huron Central Ag-
ricultural Society for the an-
nual spring fair, slated for
June 3 in Clinton; a grant of
$25 to the, Huron County Soil
and Crop Improvement Assoc-
iation for a seed' fair March
2, 3 and 4 in Clinton,
Bayfield Fair Has New Officers
Alvin Rau is New President
(Hayfield Correspondent)
Newlyweds Lose Home in Flames
Everything They Owned is Gone
(Hayfield Correspondent)
THE NEW gRA--95th YEAR
THE HURON RECORD--79th YEAR