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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-04-20, Page 12TRANSISTORS ( Clinton Ontario Desk Blotting Pads In Blue, Green and Brown, corners. Blind tooled with Size 19 x 14 In Green, Brown .and Black. corners. Gold Tooled with Size 19 x 24 Padded Blotter. el ./i/ 7c 41 Padded Blotter. $2.50 In Green, Brown and Black. sides. Gold tooled with Size 19 x 24 In Maroon, Green and Brown. Leather side panels. Padded and Gold tooled with Blotter, Size 19 x 24 $2.75 $4.50 FOR SMALL HOME DESKS-in size 12 x 19, in Black, Green, Blue, Maroon and Brown with Pad corners and gold tooled. Price $2.00 - $2.25 - $2.50 - $2.75 McEwan's Padded Blotter Shop at Herman's This Weekend and SAVE 30 MEN'S SPRING JACKETS Il lelg.Sig6.95 NOW ONLY $7.95 MEN'S SHIRTS and SHORTS Buy Your Summer Supply At This Price ONLY 59c ea. MEN'S DRESS SLACKS Sizes 30 to 40 - Reg. to $12.95 $695 Thur.-Fri.-Sat. ONLY . PLUS A COMPLETE NEW RANGE OF BOY'S 'T' SHIRTS, JEANS, SLACKS Sizes 8 to 18 Herman's Men's Wear (Open Friday Evening) HU 2-9351 CLINTON STEERING & BRAKE SPECIAL FRONT END ALIGNMENT- To correct caster, correct camber, correct toe-in or toe-out; tighten and adjust steering. Saves dollars on tire wear: Regular cost $8.00 WHEEL BALANCING- We balance wheels, install necessary wheel weights. Eliminates steering shimmy. Saves tires. Regular cost BRAKE INSPECTION- We remove front wheels and inspect brake linings; clean and repack front wheel bear- ings; adjust breaks; add necessary fluid. Regular cost $2.00 NOW YOU GET ALL 3 FOR ONLY (Parts extra) 9.50 Lorne Brown Motors Ltd. Your Friendly Chevrolet - Oldsmobile & Envoy Dealer Ontario Street - CLINTON -- Phone HU 2-9321 $4.00 age boys from Clinton's minor sports teems will be guests. The remaining 150 tickets are now on sale for $2.00 each at Bartliffs Restaurant, K. W. Colquhoun's insurance office, Clinton Bowling Alley and at Hotel Clinton. Tickets must be picked up by Wed., April 26. The Kinsmen Club of Clinton are promoting the minor sports banquet. Teams invited to the banquet are the Legion Juveniles, WOAA "B" hockey champions; Clinton Midgets, WOAA "B" champions; the Fish and Game Club Bantams; the Kinsmen town league Peewee champion team; Kinsmen town league Squirt 'champions; and the Kinsmen Peewee baseball team Which last summer won the WOAA championship and were OBA finalists. Huron County Farming Report (By D. H. Mites, Agricultural Representative for Huron County) Good weather lasted suf- ficiently long for a number of people to get a start at seed- ing-some have finished. Cool wet weather with some snow will keep farmers off the land for a few days. Winter wheat is not looking good in a num- ber of areas; there is very lit- tle growth to date. There ap- pears to be ample feed far livestock till grass time. . . OFTEN; UNTIL HE REALIZED THE MODERATE PRICES AND FAIR DEALINGS OF ATING OILS-CASON GAEASES,A10100010. "one small area". Reeve Coleman commented on the fact that both Seaforth and Wingham now refused to let their town fire truck out of town, and that possibly Clin- ton should not be in the mar- ket of selling fire protection either. Chairman Harland said he did not feel it was their place to bring this matter up to Clin- ton, but when the protection was being offered, they felt they should be able to have it. A motion was passed to the effect that as many ratepayers as possible will attend the next meeting of Stanley on Monday night, May 1, and in Tucker- smith on May 2, with the re- quest for the decision to be reconsidered and the requested $200 retaining fee be paid. The meeting was conducted in a friendly fashion. Toward the end, Mervin Hanly, asses- sor of Stanley asked if there was any chance of annexation. "I'd like to see some of you pay Clinton taxes." Percy Brown, who acted as secretary for the meeting, said there was little difference in cost of living. What he saved in the township on taxes he more than spent on hydro rat- es. "I •pay $60 now, compared with $23 in town," said Mr. Brown. Other ratepayers not- ed that by the time they paid fees for their children to at- tend the town school, they soon paid an extra $100 in taxes. Reeve Coleman commented, "Well, you can't blame us that you moved out into the town- ship." Mr. Harland brought the meeting to order then, stating that the discussion was out of order, and that the mat- ter of taxes did not enter into the situation. COMING EVENTS Wednesday Noon - Last Chance to place advertisements in this column. Phone before 12.30 p.m. 41x-tfb Thmsday, April 20--BINGO in Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street at 8.30 p.m.-15 regular'. games for $5; Jackpot for $100 in 52 numbers, for every num- ber called over 52 the jackpot drops $10, down to a minimum of $30, jackpot must go every night; three share-the-wealth games (no jackpot); three, door prizes, $2.50 each. AdMission 50c. latfb Saturday, April 22-Annual sale used clothing etc., in Par- ish Hall, St. Paul's Church, auspices of the Go Getters Club. 1.30 p.m, 16p Tues., April 25-Huron Fish and Game Bingo. Jackpot $57 in 57 numbers, 3. door prizes. Special game $25. 8.30 p.m. Sat., April 29-Daffodil tea Ontario Street Church, 3.30 to 5.30 p.m. Home baking, candy booth and salad plate. Auspices Ontario Street Hearthside Club 15-16-17b Sat., April 29-Giant rum- mage sale, Council Chamber, Clinton, Auspices RCAF WA, 1 to 5 p.m. 15-6-7b HarbourIlte Inn, Goderich. -- Saturday night Supper Dance, Reservation only. Saturday, April 29--s ha Hi-Teen dan- ea to . mus c by the Strato- Prootea, leto Did You Know . SAT.-MON.. Apr. 22-24-Double Feature "NOOSE FOR A GUNMAN Bart MacLean -- Jim Davis "NIGHT FIGHTERS Robert Mitchum -- Ann Haywood - ONE CARTOON - TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY April 25.26 "THE FUGITIVE KIND" Marion Brando -- Joanne Woodward Adult Entertainment ONE CARTOON Coming-Mamie VanDoren in "VICE RAID", and Ernest Borgnine in "RABBIT TRAP" If A reasonable down payment puts you behind the wheel of these SELECTED SPECIALS. Marked down in price - they'll move out. DON'T WAIT. '56 MERCURY 4-Door Hardtop Power Steering and Brakes, Custom Radio, Automatic. Nice two tone. Clean inside. '56 FORD Coach This is a good buy. Was locally owned. '56 CHEVROLET 6 Sedan Marked down for this weekend. '57 VOLKSWAGEN 2-Dr. Deluxe Leather interior. Excellent paint. Portowalls. Radio. '58 OPEL 4-cyl. 4-Door Salon Finished like a big limousine. Custom Radio. See it! TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF THE ABOVE ONLY $950 SOMETHING NEWER YOU SAY? WE HAVE THEM! '59 CHEVROLET Bel Air Sedan Exceptional! One local owner, '58 FORD Convertible A car any young chap would be proud to own: '60 CHEVROLET Biscayne Sedan One owner only. You'll like the car-and the price. These, and many others, await your approval. See them on our Lot. Open evenings until 9 p.m. for your convenience. "Nine Filty" Specials $950 LORNE BROWN MOTORS Ltd. YOUR FRIENDLY CHEVROLET, OLDSMOBILE & ENVOY DEALER. NU 2-9321 CLINTON That the security of Free Life Insurance is added to the security of Saving ... and of Borrowing . in CLINTON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION LIMITED Brownie's Drive-In Theatre Ltd., Clinton. FRIDAY Only April 21-Double Feature "PHAROAH'S CURSE" Mark Dana -- Dianne Brewster "TROOPER HOOK Joel McCrea -- Barbara Stanwyck - ONE CARTOON - I/ This is the second in a three-part series of articles by the superintendent of Clinton Public Utilities, in which some of the history and, part of the services of the puc are outlined. Open House is planned at the new PUC office and ware- house on Park Lane a week from Friday, on April 28, Everyone is welcomed to this event. RCA Victor Model P338 Reg. $39.95 $34.95 For Model P339 Reg, $49.95 " $3Y.9 For 5 .Gallbraithr RADIO and TV Call HU 2-3841 Harry Williams. New President Of Lawn Bowlers .Clinton Lawn Bowling Club elected officers: end committees at a meeting in the town. hall on Monday evening, April 17, Harry Williams, Holinesiville, is the new president, succeeding W. C, Newcombe, Other officers are: vice-presi- dent, Bert Gray; honorary presidents, Judge F, Fingland, A. M. Knight, A. D. McCartney and G. Wes, Nott; secretary, John A. Sutter; treasurer, Fred Elliott, Committee chairmen: grounds, 3, A, Sutter; jitney, Harry Williams; tournament, W. C. Newcombe; finance, Fred El- liott; membership and publicity, Garnet Crowe; members to at- tend district meetings, Harry Sturdy and Percy Livermore. The bowling green grounds. Goderich. Winner At First Trap Shoot Manifold Dirblllf, Goderich, won the Lawson trophy at the Clinton Gun Club trap Shoot on Saturday. The Goderich shooters were guests at the affair. The win was accomplished in a. shoot-off with Ashley Gil- bert A number of other prizes were shot for and were well distributed. Rain ended the shoot during the doubles com- petition. The next shoot will be et Goderich, Sky Harbour on Ap- ril 22. There will not be a Clinton shoot on April 29, since this is opening clay for trout fishing, are in good shape; caretaker Norman Ball is busily putting the greens in. shape. A membership drive will be put on to increase the number of players. Only 25 persons joined the club last year, The usual four tournaments are planned again this year, and jitneys will be held weekly. 0 Many Guests At Kinsmen Meeting The Kinsmen Club will can- vass St. James' Ward in the forthcoming Red Shield funds campaign, it was decided at Tuesday's meeting of the club. A member of the Goderich Salvation Army Corps was guest speaker at the meeting. The three winners in the Kinsmen Stanley Cup draw were presented with their che- ques at the meeting, by Frank Cook and Thomas Feeney, co- chairmen of the committee. The winners and who they purchas- ed their tickets from were: $500 Stanley Cup prize, Harry Arts, RR 4, Seaforth, ticket seller, Andy Peterson; $250 Detroit-Toronto series Winner, George Reuger, RR 2, Clinton, ticket seller, K. W. Colquhoun; $250 Chicago-Montreal - series, Jack Hammond, Bayfield, tic- ket seller, Don Colquhoun. Guests at the dinner were. Dick Quance and Lloyd Shantz, from Exeter Kinsmen Club; and A. L. Colquhoun, of the News-Record. Another guest was Ray Anstett, Walkerton, former Clinton Kinsman, who will be manager of the recently acquired Ansitett Jewellers branch store in Seaforth. Jack Roxburgh, Simcoe, presi- dent of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, who was a guest at Clinton's 1960 Minor Hockey Day, is coming back to address a minor sports banquet here on Tuesday, May 2. Mr. Roxburgh will likely show films and talk about Canada's world champion hockey team, which he accompanied to Europe this past winter. With the CAHA president will be "Red" Kelly, the aging sparkplug of the Toronto Maple Leaf hockey team. Mr. Kelly is also from. Simcoe. Over 250 persons are expect- ed at the banquet in Clinton Legion Hall. About 100 '.teen- LAST DAYLIGHT SHOOT AT KIPPEN GUN CLUB (Hensall Correspondent) A practice shoot will be held at Kippen, Sunday, April 23 at 1.30 p.m. This is the last day- time shoot before time changes. Everybody welcome. Sponsored by Kippen Gun Club. CLINTON HYDRO (By J. B. Bands) A utility that is very import- ant in our modern way of life: Electric Power. The Town of Clinton has had electric light for many years. The first system was a series of arc lights, which started op- eration in January 1889. The electricity that operated these lights did not come from Niagara Falls or Ontario Hy- dro. It was generated in a steam-powered plant situated on the grounds east of the Lions Arena, on Mary Street. The new section of the former Clin- ton Hosiery Mills Ltd. is built on part of this ground. This electric system went through several changes from arc lights to the incandescent lights similar to what we have to-day. In 1913. the town council de- cided to take electric power from Ontario Hydro and signed a contract for 300 horsepower, which looked like a lot to some of the townspeople. (In con- trast, the peak load for the month of December, 1960, was 3,233 horsepower.) The town bought out the Clinton Electric Light Comp- any and operated it from June 1, 1913 until Hydro was com- pletely installed in early 1914. With the signing of a contract with Ontario Hydro the town voted on a Public Utilities Com- mission and they had their first commission meeting on Janu- ary 17, 1914, at 10 a.m. in Mr. Fred Jackson's store with the following commissioners pre- sent: Dr. J. W. Shaw, chair- man; Dr. C. W. Thompson, secretary; Fred Jackson was mayor and H. B. Chant, super- intendent. The first Public Utilities Of- fice was in what is known now as the board room in the Town Hall, and you entered the room through a door from the lane next to C. Staniforth's Shoe Store. Later the Commission moved to the office of Mr. John Schoenhals flour mill, where they rented office space and room in the basement for wir- ing supplies. This Is the build- ing on the corner of Albert and Princess Streets where Miss Shirley Bowden now lives. In 1923 the Commission de- cided to go further into pioneer- ing the sale of electric appli- ances and therefore rented part of the building known at that time as the Palace Block, on the corner of Albert and Rat- tenbury Streets, which Alan Galbraith has recently bought and remodeled for his radio and TV store, a barbershop and two offices. This Palace Block gave the Utilities a nice large store in which they displayed electric ranges, washing machines and smaller appliances which did help to get electric appliances on the lines, and helped use more electricity. In 1924 the Hydro part of the Public Utilities bought the building, which they occupied and made a great many chang- es and improvements. In 1958 the Utilities Commis- sion found that to operate the Utilities more efficiently they should design and construct a building to suit their needs. They were renting other build- ings since 1953 for trucks and line material and these build- ings were not conveniently sit- uated. ` Therefore plans were made for construction and the build- ing on the corner of Rattenbury Street and Albert Street was sold to the Clinton News-Rec- ord. A year later it was sold again to Mr. Galbraith. In the fall of 1959 the Public (continued from page one) While Reeve Coleman stated the case of the township quite clearly, the ratepayers nearest to Clinton made some strong points as well. Reeve Coleman said that his council felt that all parts of the township should be treated equally- that without the Clinton depart- thent there were four .others receiving grants from the town- ship, and no part of the town- ship was more than five or six miles from a department. He also said, "As far as rur- al areas go, if they're four to six miles from a brigade, they don't have much protection, anyway." Garnet Crowe, who lives on the Tuckersmith side of the highway said, "You strength- en our point, sir." Mr. Crowe said that he wanted protection from the Clinton brigade and that acre for acre the area next to Clinton was paying on high- er assessment than many parts of the rural area, and also paid for many services in the town- ship, that by reason of loca- tion they did not get the bene- fit of: such as road mainten- ance, snow-plowing, weed sp- raying, etc. Garnet Harland, chairman of the discussion pointed out that to any home owner "there is only one satisfactory fire de- partment, and that is the one closest to you." Reeve Coleman suggested that the area concerned, clos- est to Clinton, could form a designated area, and enter into an agreement with the town of Clinton on their own. E. J. "Dick" Jacob felt that it was unfair for one section of the township to have lo share the cost of fire protec- tion for all the other parts of the township, and then set up a separate group and pay for their own protection all by themselves. Mr. Harland, who is on staff at A/V/M Hugh Campbell Public School asked that the decision be reconsidered. After all $100 over the whole area was very little, yet it gave the right of having $30,000 worth of fire equipment and firemen at the end of the telephone, Reeve Coleman said, "We feel the township has good average fire protection." Mr. Harland asked, "But is it good enough?" Reeve Coleman asked if there were chances of having fire hydrants installed along the watermain on the highway. Fire Chief Grant Rath said the cost' would be about $300 per hydrant, plus yearly rental fee, and of course, permission would have to be received from RCAF Station Clinton, since the main is primarily to serve the station. Reeve Coleman said the Stanley Township council felt it was unfair to ask for the same fee from Stanley as from 11ullett, since only one small area would be covered, in cOmpariSon. Some of the ratepayers took offence at this, feeling that there was personalities enter- ing Into the matter, When their location was referred to as Utilities moved into the new office building on Park Lane, It is handy to the waterworks and substation and there is room for the trucks and line material, etc. The new building belongs to the Hydro depart- ment of the Utilities, During this change, the Hy- dro rates were revised and for the most part are lower to the customers. To give some comparison from when your dollar was supposed to be worth every cent of it: In the summer of 1889 the Clinton Town Council contract- ed with the Clinton Electric Light Company for ten street lights at $660 per year or $66 per light per year. These lights were to be on 300 nights of the year, This meant that on moon- light nights the street lights were not necessary. The lights were to be on until 11 o'clock each night, and by special order of the mayor they could be left on until 12 o'clock. The street lights of to-day are on all night. There are 189 lights, at an average cost of about $17.60 per year. In the years before 1914 when Hydro was installed, the cost of electricity to a domestic cust- omer was ten cents per kilowatt hour and 25 cents per month meter rent. At this time elect- ricity was used for lighting and you used it sparingly, one elec- tric light at a time. When you went from one room to another you turned out the light as you left, Of course these lamps were of only two candlepower to 16 candlepower with an odd 32 candlepower. This kept the bill low. A domestic customer that now pays a bill of $15 for two months would have paid (for the same amount of electricity before Hydro came) $134.50 for two months. That is, unless he was able to work a special deal with the management of the Clinton Electric Light Company. Feed Undamaged In Recent Fire Work is proceeding rapidly at the Clinton Farm Supply and IN/Lachine Shop, and Charles Nelson reports that he expects to have the machine shop open and in operation within a week. Last week, lineation was made in this paper that feed stored in the building had been water.damaged, This was in error. The feed was in a sep- arate section of the shop, and was not damaged during the fire, Page 12 Clinton News-Record Thurs., April 20, 1961 Electric Light Here Since 1089 Hydro Still. Important Utility Jack Roxburgh, President of CAHA And "Red" Kelly In Clinton May 2 Ratepayers Will Request Councils Reconsider Fire Protection Plan