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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-12-07, Page 1Z he Slot COttunng= OW W. 0. D4 RATHER INTERESTING TO note that on Monday when several of the male candidates for municipal office were rush ing about persuading people out to the polls to vote for then,. , . Mrs. Thompson was going about her normal routine and other jobs , , Monday was the Christmas Fair at kiuronview and Mrs, Thompson Is ^hairman of the Auxiliary to the Home , ..:So she was out there helping a lot of Huron's senior citizens ' have a. good time, and join in the Christmas joy of giving . and Mrs. Thompson got more votes than any of her opponents • . . or mayoral candidates, for that matter . , k * ,h IN 'THE PICTURE AT THE right . Mrs. Thompson is examining one of .the many items at .the Christmas Fair . , . * * *. DRIZZLY RAU' QN .MONDAY did ;not encourage the shy voter to Borne forth to the polls.. • , However, a fairly good per- centage of folk did snake it their business to cast a vote . The timid ones probably don't care what goes on in town, anyway , * * '' * DID YOU KNOW THAT THE first electric heater was invent- ed in Ottawa by Thomas Ahearn, a Canadian . . and the world's first demonstration of electric cooking took place in Ottawa in April, 1892.. . * * * • WE NOTED LAST YEAR IN the .daily papers that Toronto Township had decided not to continue licensing pinball mach- ines . . About this matter .. . we understand that the opera- tion of such machines is con- trary to the Criminal, . . .Code There have been corwictions in various places . ,. yet towns continue to license these rnaah- ines . . ,. According to an edi- torial in Februaay of last year in the Stratford Bea,con•Herald, the late Premier Duplessis .of Quebec said, "It does not make sense to impose a tax on some- thing that is illegal." Meeting Called For Planning Clinton's Minor Hockey Day Ars important ; meeting will lbe'helcr #0, ,,, eve g, . De. ember . 7, in the; Legion:.Menidrial Hall, Kirk Street, to plan for Minor Hockey Day. All those inter- ested in minor hockey are in- vited to attend. For the past two years, Minor Hockey Day in Clinton has meant a full day of the sport, with visiting teams from Dearborn, Mich. First Flight For Two -By Jet To California Mrs. James McGilland Mrs. Ed Farquhar left by jet from Detroit last Friday, December 1 for California to visit their daughters. It was the first flight for either of the ladies. Mrs. McGill will visit in San Francisco with her daughter, Mrs. A, C. Kelly (Helen Mc- Gill) and Mrs, Farquhar will visit with Mrs. Emery Biggs (Mildred Farquhar) in Los An- geles, until spring, Silver Wedding Dinner For Aaron Fishers Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Fisher, RR 2, Clinton, were pleasantly surprised by a dinner at .the home of their son and daugh- ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jam- es Fisher, RR, 4, Goderich, on the occasion of their 25th wed- ding anniversary. Several lovely gifts were presented by some of the chil- dren present. Many relatives and friends .attended to wish the happy couple many nitre years of health and happiness. Mrs, Fisher was formerly Ruth Noble, Brussels. She Mar , - tied Aaron Fisher list Decant - bar 4, 1936 and they have lived at Benniiller ever since. They have two tots, James, Betnnil- ter; Larry, at home, and one granddaughter, Sharon Heather Fisher, The Week's Weather • 1961 1966 tifgh t t* Itigit t.aw Nov. 30 39 34 22 " 24 bee, 1 44 29 $2 21 2 42 22 32 17 3 45 37 36 20 4. 64 46 4t 33 fa 50 30 Si 37 nal*: .(JJ���]J.'t■� 3 27 ,�y� 52(� }..85. nal*: 1Y. 6 ttall1: ,12 ins. Stan .6 ins, griow: 2 ins. Mrs. Fred Thompson Headed the Poll .1 1,056 Clinton Ratepayers Choose Six Councillors for 1962 Norman Livermore Second from Top Donald Symons Gained 100 Votes George RUM boll John Sutter Gained More Votes Popular Merchant George Wonch Clinton Bandmaster unto THE NEW ERA 96Th YEAR N ews- Record No. 49 --- The Home Paper with the News CLINTON', ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1961 THE HURON RECORD ---r 80th YEAR $3,00 Per Year --10c Per Copy— 12 Pages William J. Miller Mayor for 1962. 54 Percent Voters. At Polls For Mond Election Clintq�i voters Surprised them= selves ' :on Monday- by turns g. out in fairly good strength, Out of an eligible 1,967 voters there were 1,056 .ballots used, which means about 54 percent turn- out. This compares with about 43 percent last year. History is auade for the town in the election of .Mrs. Fred G. Thompson to the position of councillor. It is the first time that a woman has served Clin- ton in that capacity. Mrs. Thompson headed the ;poll with 730 votes cast in her favour: (Record for vote -getting :ap- pears to be George Beattie in 1.955, however, who the second time he ran for council found 784 people voting for him. M. J. Agnew headed the poll in 1953 with 754 votes.) Mayor William J. Miller is returned to office, with a 93 majority over present council- lor Herbert Bridle who chal- lenged the mayoralty. This is Mr. Miller's sixth term as may- or. He has' served in 1953, when he edged out Bert Gtid- d'on 532-507; ;then the next year Morgan J. Agnew trounced him 600-328, only to be trounced in return 637-320 the follow- ing year. Mr. Miller wit may- or in 1956 on the strength of this victory, then received an acclamation in 1957 and 1958. In 1961 Mr. Miller was mayor again by acclamation. Of interest is the fact that Walter C, Newcombe, who last year headed the poli for council (Continued on Page Seven) Clinton Mayor and Councillors Selected To Serve Town in 1962 For MAYOR: 1 2 3 Herbert Bridle 148 120 84 WXLLIAIVI J. MILLER 130 160 , 159 For REEVE: MELVIN CRICH For DEPUTY -REEVE: MORGAN J. AGNEW (accl.). FOR COUNCIL 1 2 3 .Allan Elliot 122 96 74 NORMAN LIVERMORE 160 185 139 Walter Newcombe 140 122 120 GEORGE RUMBALL 155 157 115 JOHN SUrIseIR ,."•,...,.,..152 130 122 DONALD SYMONS 192 143 113 ALICE THOMPSON .,.,212 191 163 GEORGE WONCH .138 124: 103 4 Totals 111 463 107 556 4 Tbtaf& 81 373; 132 • 616': 93 475s. 101 528; 106 510 149 597; ;- 164 730... 11T 482 For PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS (1962-63) HAROLD HAR.TLEY (acct.), W.XLLIAIVt E. PERDUE (accl.). Other members of. the PUC are Charies W. Brown and Antoine Garon and the mayor, ex -officio. For PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD: ROBERT N. IRWIN (accl.). ERIC' SWITZER '(accl.). KENNETH S. WOOD (acct.). , . ,, Other members are .K W. Colquhoun, Clayton Dixoi1 and :George Lavas,1.;. Traveller Wins $500 In Lions Grey Cup Draw Douglas Dunlop, the Colgate salesman, who calls on grocery stores in this area, won the major prize of $500 in .Clinton Lions Club annual Grey Cup draw. He held ticket bearing the correct score: West (Win- nipeg Blue Bombers) 21, East (Hamilton Niger-Cats),14when the west beat the east at CNE Stadium, Toronto, on Saturday afternoon in Canada's biggest sports spectacle. Dion Maynard Corrie, owner of the grocery store at RCAF Station Clinton, sold Mr. Dun- lop the ticket and wins him- self a $50 prize. Winner of the first quarter $25 prize was Orval Harrison, 1Vlonkton, who held ticket bear- ing East 7, West 0. He purch- ased his ticket from Lion Duff Thompson who also wins $10. The second quarter or half time winner was Willard Buch- anan, Hensall .garagenian, who held ticket showing East 7, West 1. He won $50 and pur- chased the ticket through Lion Laurie Colquhoun who gets $10, The third quarter score of East 14, West 7, was not said. But to select a winner, a com- mittee of Lions under the chair- manship of first vice-president Stewart Taylor, who was in charge of the fund-raising pro- ject, made a decision. They came up with four winners, by picking out the holders of tie- kets nearest to the exact 14-7 score, Fred Armstrong, Stratford, held ticket East 13, West 7; Walter Moffatt, Brucefield, had ticket East 15, West 7; Carl Cox, Clinton, held score of East 14, West 8, and Len Elliott, Goderich, held score of East 14, West 6. The committee award- ed $20 to each, but did not award any money to the ticket sellers. The thirds quarter prize was worth $75. The game itself was a thriller for Lions ticket holders, as well as football fans. It was the first Grey Cup football game to go into overtime. The score at regulation time was 14-14. This was the most successful. Grey Cup draw the Lions Club has held. Over 2,200 tickets were sold, and after $720 in prizes and other expenses are paid the club hopes to net well over $1,400 which will be used for Lions welfare work in the Clinton area. Balloting in St. James Ward This was the scene in the Legion Memorial Hall on Monday, where the poi- ling. place for St, lames' Ward is set up for election purposes. Prom the left are Poll Clerk Mrs, Waldby Burton, Deputy Returning Officer. Mrs. Ronald ._ MacDonald droppingthe ballot into the box,and iter. and , Alan Bell- Chamber with young Debbie, as they prepare to leave for home. Out of an eligible 1,967 voters, there were 1,056 people accepting ballot in Clinton that day, (Ncw,s-1 ecord Photo) • Elgin Thompson New Reeve Of Tuckersmith Voters in Tuckersmith Town- ship were definite in their vot- ing in Monday's election, with about 66 percent of :those eligible turning out to -the polls. They settled the battle be- tween two councillors trying for the reeve's chair, with a 419 majority for Elgin Thomp- son. Frank Elgin Falconer Thompson Foil No. 1 — 23 106 Poll No. 2-14 142 Poli No. 3 — 72 55 Poll No. 4 — 26 126 Poll No. 5 --- 7 91 Pah No. 6 -- 27 68 Totals— 169 588 Jackpot Is VionlyArs., Kenneth C. Cooke Miis . K. C. Cooke, 111 Jos- eph Street, is richer by $5 as the result of Tuesday night's jackpot draw. Her lucky pur- chase was made • in the Clinton Meat -Market. There are still two more weeks deft in the News -Record Jackpot event. Draws for $5 will be made December 12 and 19, and on .-December 19 addi- tional draws will be m'ad'e for $15 and for $50. Make sure an your jackpot coupons are in the box in the lobby of the News -Record by the evening of December 19. Three Year Old Found in Pool, Climbs In, Out Reeve Melvin Crich has re- ported a peculiar experience at the Clinton Community Switn- ming Pool a week ago Monday. He had gone to the pool to mend some of the boards in the ticket ,booth at the en- trance. As he worked he be- came aware of a youngster cry- ing softly. Searching around he found a three-year old boy in the swimming pool. There was no opening in the six-foot high fence which surrounds the pool that the youngster might have managed; to get through. The only deduction Mr, Crich could snake was that he had climbed over the fence. Since Mr, Crich had no key to the pool gate, the Climbing method seemed best to get the little lad out again. So with Mr. Crich encouraging Win from outside the fence, the boy climbed up, acid the reeve help- ed him over the .jagged wires at 'the top, and lifted him down. Then the little fellow went off home, Isis name is not known. Parent late urged to keep track of their children, no neat; ter hoW small, to protect them from danger. ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mtn. 'William S'trattghati, Auburn, will ,be at hen te, friendSt incl neighbours on Wednesday, December 26. frown two to five and von seven to nine ti.m,, on the sac, rasion of their gekteit wedding eitaiver'sar"y, Gluts gratetast 4-H Achievement Night Top Award to Fotheringham Robert Fotheringharn, RR 3, Seaforth, received the Elst- on Cardiff citizenship trophy: at the 4-H Achievement Night held for' Huron County club members in Wingham District High School last Friday. This is based on his 'outstanding' work as a 4-H member, and also on home and community activities. Mr. Cardiff made this presentation. Huron Juniors To Debate With Middlesex Team The first round of the Ont- ario Junior Farmers Debating Competition has placed Huron County 'against Middlesex on the topic "Resolved that part til;oe Oat mars; ares ..getrmiexutal i to Ontario agricul.�ture' , " .. The Huron -Middlesex -Debate will take place on Monday ev- ening, December 11 at the Mid- dlesex County Building, London at 8.30 p.m: Debaters repres- enting Huron County will be Jahn Wightman, Belgrave and Bob Higgins, Brussels for the affirmative side and' Murray Hoover and Jim Spivey, Brus- sels, for the negative side. Two People Fined In Clinton Court John Devereaux was convict- ed in Magistrate's court here yes'terd'ay on a charge of drunk- enness, and was fined $20 and costs. Sgt, Allan Grainger, Goderich entered! a plea of not guilty, and argued his own case on a ch- arge of deriving through the ins terseation of Highways 4 and 8 in ,Clinton on a red light. He was convicted by magist- rate Glen Hays and fine was $5 and costs. Constable Clar- ence Perdue laid the charge. Bch, now 20 years old, is the son of William Fathering - ham and the late Mrs. Fother- Ingham. He excelled this last year in the grain clubs of the county, receiving the Russell T, Bolton trophy as county champion grain exhibitor. He is also a -former world bean champion, winning this honour at the Royal Winter Fair in. 1960. Bob was also runner-up for the William Schmid, Lucknow, trophy for outstanding • achieve-, meat in grain clubs this year. Winner was Donald McKerch- er, RR 1, Dublin, McKillop Grain Club. A total of $2,100 in cash, prizes was presented Friday night, as well as trophies, awards, crests, certificates, wrist watches, pen and pencil sets, plaques and leather show halters. George Underwood, RR 1, W'inglipm,4 president of. the 'l limn County 4 -Ii Oa:letfltural" club leaders association, was chairman. Rev.- Bruce A. Miles, Knox Presbyterian Church, Lis- towel, was guest speaker. Donald G. Grieve, Clinton, Lock Your Car When Out Gift -Shopping In the rush of the Pre -Christ- mas season, Chief H. R. Thomp- son has a warning for shoppers: "Be sure to lock your cars when you leavethem on the street," he says. "Leaving par- cels on the seat of an unlocked car is an invitation to those who might steal them." Also, Chief Thompson sug- gests that merchants be on the look -out for shoplifters, who take advantage of the rush of Christmas buying to lift some item without the clerks notic- ing. associate agricultural represen- tative for the county is in charge of 4-H activities in Huron. He presented the spec- ial and cash awards. Douglas H. Miles, agricultural repre- sentative, expressed the greet- ings of the department. Kenneth Pappie, RR 5, Sea- forth, was named for the fourth time, the county charn- (continued on page 12) Tuckersmith Acts to Save Brucefield Well Tuckersmith Township Coun- cil -met in the town hall, Sea - forth, on December 5, All mem- bers were present and Warden Ivan Forsyth presided. A,,peti,tion frons -residents of thte illagerdt=13rtteefieid, : ;heti - tioning the Department of Highways to help retain- the water well on the property re- cently purchasedi by the De- partment of Highways is to be presented and! supported by the council. This well can be use- ful in refilling the tank of fire- fighting equipment Court of Revision was held for the Nash Municipal Drains Improvement, 1961. No com- plaints were received. There- fore, the by-law was finally passed by council. Court of Revision was also held on the Archibald Munici- pal Drains Repair and Improve- ment, 1961. One complaint was received by the clerk in regard to the benefit assessment. The court of revision did not allow the appeal, and council sum- marily passed the enabling by- law. The remuneration of the deputy returning officer was set at $8 and that for the poll clerk at $6, for the recent municipal election. Rent of $5 was paid for each polling place. Buying for Christmas at Huronview This was part of the scene of busy activity in the craft morel at Ht iroriview on Monday afternoon, when residents took advantage of the chance to purch- > s0 itetrig for Christina gifts, Using play money supplied for the purpose, they were able to buy a variety of items from hand-niade aprons, to shiny necklaces, pet`urne and tiecllps. (Notvg.1ccor4 Photo)