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FOUND A NEW WORD LAST
week . , , after yearn of so-
ing hto school, teaching school,
and ten years pr oofergAding .en
almost unlbeiievabie variety of
worlds in ,the News -Record of,
Bice, this ma '1?he 'first time this
word eam,e to light Hom-
ologate , .. rtt means "concur"
or !agree with and where
did we find it? ie the minutes
which the Rev, Dr, D. J. Lane
took of one of the meetings of
Slum - Maitland Rressbyiter-y
of the Presbyterian Church ri
Canada ... There's a man,
who knows a lot of words.. .
'and Slow to lose them .. .
That's in addition to his preach-
ing, his ekilis at the clueing
rink, and at the press table . , .
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AND WE HOPE YOU HAD A
happy Valentine's Day
yesterday was the wedding an-
niversary of Clinton Liens Club
president Herb Bridle and his
wife ... And was a birthday
'for William Perdue, William
Plnunateel, Arthur Groves and
Torn Leppington ... and Mrs.
Joseph Shipley was 84 years
old yesterday, she celebrated at
Huroawiew . . Dr. B. C. Weir,
Auburn, was 85 . and to
all others who found it a sp-
ecial day, our best of good
wishes .. .
* * *
SOMETIMES THESE DIN -
MS where the menfolk serve
the ladies, have their humor-
ous side . . for instance when
the Ontario Street men play-
ed hots to the ladies, th.er'e
was a certain carefree variation
noticed in the way the serviet-
tes were distributed. Last week
when the Legionnaires served
their laely-folk, sharp-eyed aux-
diary ladies noted that some of
the candel-holders were upside
down ... Oh, well ... Their
efforts are certainly appreciat-
ed...
* * *
FAR FROM CONTINUALLY
receiving, increases ' in salary,
which .town employees often
are criticized for ... we note
that ten years ago salaries were
lessthan $500 a year lower
than this year .
* *' '*
GOOD NEWS ABOUT THE
post office :. No, we don't
'know where the new one will.
be ... But the postmaster
has announced that ball point
pens have been installed in the
customer's counter in the l'olb-
bY':$11k more Wi1I the scrat-
chy -cad-fashioned ones be in
* * *:
IF • SOME EAGER YOUNG
councillor wants to do a good
deed pretty soon ... we would
suggest he contact the powers
'that be in the Department of
Highways to have the popula-
tion figures brought up to date
on the signs leading into town
They say 3,000 ... ac-
cording to the census figures
of ]last June it should be 3,-
369.
,-
369... anybody who thinks
the town hasn't grown since
there just hasn't been around
much lately .. .
Lions Entertain
Their Ladies
Fatty members of Clinton
Lions Club brought their ladies
oat' to the annual ladies night
on Tuesday evening. The ban..
quet was in the regular meet-
ing place, St. Paul's parish. hall.
Entertainment was provided
by Vince Mountford and his
group from Brampton. Mr.
Mountford sang Scottish and
alder songs; his Son Al singing
the more popular ones. Others
in the group were Lorne Cun-
ningham, guitar, and Charlie
Mounitford, pianist. Mr. Mount-
ford, Sr. is a member of the
Brampton Lions Club.
Joe Murphy was ladies night
chairmian, and Bob Hunter wel-
comed the ladies. The presi-
dent's wife, Mrs. Herb Bridle
replied for the ladies.
Mr. ,and Mrs, Bridle who cele-
brated, their 24th wedding an-
nivefrsary yesterday (February
14) presented gifts to the fol-
lowing: oldest married couple,
Mr. and Mts. Caryl W. Draper;
Youngest married couple, Mr.
and Mrs. E. Beecher Menzies;
and the couple with wedding
anniversary nearest to the date,
Mr. and Mrs. John Li' erniore.
Over 8O Birthday Club
George WalSote RR 1, Bruce -
field, enntdred, the charmed dr'-
"ewe8
ale of "e0" in Salutary.
David Emit, 135 lireder'ick
Street marked his 84th birth-
; day oat Monday, February 12
with his (family.
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The Weather
1062 1961
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Pell; .8 18 irl
9 20 1
10 13 3
11 9 40
12 23. 2
13 24. -2
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rHE NEW. ERA.,,,94th YEAR
THE HURON ,RECORD 80th YEAR.
Nat, 7,r4The Home paper With the News
CLINTON, QNTAR IO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14 1962
:$4,00. Per Cents Per .. opy,12 .P09es
Ready To Welcome At Home Guests
President of the Students Council of Clinton District Collegiate Institute
Ralph Trewartha and Miss Theresa Goldsworthy headed the receiving line at
the At Home last Friday night. Here Miss Goldsworthy experiments with fire-
place heat, in the rather frigid temperatures of the collegiate foyer, which was
decorated to resemble a ski lodge. The owl? a contribution from the :collection
of Ellwood Epps. (News -Record Photo)
uburn gain Manchester4?.
of $o, Mate the Villagers
(By MRS. E. BRADNOCK)
AUBURN— Would you like
the name of our pretty little
'village of Auburn turned back
to Manchester?
That is the question faced
last week when postmaster J.
Kenneth Scott received a let-
ter from the district director
of postal service, J. A, Flaher-
ty. Mr. Scott turned the letter
over to the village trustees.
The letter was as follows:
"The postmaster:
The Canadian Permanent
Committee on Geographical
Names ' has suggested 'that the
name of the Auburn post of-
fice be changed to Manchester.
The reason given is that Man-
chester is the official name
recognized by the Ontario De-
pantrnent of Municpal Affairs
for the police village in Huron
Electoral District, Which is
designated Auburn for postal.
purposes. The committee also
points out that Manchester is
accepted by the residents as
the name of their community
which was established in rec-
ords about 1875."
He continued on in his let-
ter asking the village council
to consider this . change of
name but they wrote back ask-
ing that no change be made
now.
Within the past ten years
the village trustees have visit-
ed the Department of Munici-
pal Affairs, Parliament Build-
ings, Toronto, ;to look into this
business of changing the name
and found that it would cost
over $500 to have the bill pass-
ed through the legislature,
Spring Fair Board
To Elect Officers
John. Deeves, chairman of
the Huron Central Agricultur-
al Society will lead a meet-
ing of directors on Saturday
afternoon, as officers are elec-
ted and preliminary plans for
the Spring Show are laid. The
meeting will be held in the
agricultural office board room,
Clinton.
The Legion's Versatile Zone Commander
Lone Commander Doug Andrews displays an-
otherskills
his while waiting (in the head table
_
of
at the Legion banquet honoring the Ladies'Auxil-
iary last Saturday night. Auxiliary president Mrs.
William Watkins, right, shows delight• as does vice-
president Mrs. Bob Burke, left, • More pictures and
story on page 5.1. (N6tos RLccord Photo)
No one seems to know how
the village was named Man-
chester but itt is believed to
have been changed when the
post office was located here
and there was another Man-
chester which would confuse
the mail.
According to the Historical
Atlas of Huron County, pub-
lished in 1879, the village of
Manchester was situated in the
townships of West Wawanosh,
East Wawanosh, Hullett and
Colborne. It was originally laid
out by George Fulton on the
Wawanosh side and by E. El-
kin on the Hullett side, who
settled on the farm where the
village now stands.
Two hundred and ninety-
eight lots were laid out for the
village at that time, 89 lots on
the Elkin. plan, 189 on the Ful-
ton plan and 20 lots on the
Macdonald plan which was sup-
posed to be used for a park.
At that time the nearest rail-
road was at Blyth and the vil-
lage consisted of two stores,
four blacksmith shops, one
wagon shop, one tailor shop,•
two shoe shops, one harness
shop, one tannery, one cheese
factory, four churches (Pres-
byterian, Methodist, Episcopal
and Lutheran), four hotels and
was served with a daily mail
from Goderich, 12 miles dis-
tant. The Montreal Telegraph
Company had an office here
also. .
(Continued on Page 12)
90,000 Post Office For
Clinton; CardiFF Says
Mayor Will Ask
Towns For Backing
A new post office is seen in the 1962 federal
budget for Clinton, It is not known the exact loca-
tion of the new building nor when construction will
begin.
In a telephone conversation Wednesday night
with L. Elston Cardiff, member of parliament for
Huron the News -Record 'learned the nature of a
$90,000 budget item announced as a public building
for Clinton.
DEPARTMENT MEETINGS
"There have been meetings
with the department in London
on this matter," Mr. Cardiff
said. "I'nv not ut on the com-
plete picture as yet although
1 had tried 'to see the minister
on it."
Art Ball; local postmaster,
said Wedatesyday night that he
had not been informed by Lon-
don area postal department of
the nature of the allotment.
It was learned through a us;
uaily reliable source that a
land appraiser had been in the
district recently checking sites.
Another postal matter is al-
so a top issue in the town, that
of delivery of mail locally by
carriers,
New School System?
Get Answers At
Meeting Thursday
What is this new three-level
system for secondary schools ?
Answers to .this question
will be available next Thurs-
day night at 8.30 p.m. in Clin-
ton Public School auditorium
when D. John Cochrane, prin-
cipal of Clinton District Col-
legiate Institute will address
the Home and School Assoeia-
tion.
Everyone is welcome to at-
tend this meeting, especially
those parents whose children
may be of the age to be •in-
terested in : the new vocation-
al wing to be constructed this
summer. The new 3 -level sec-
ondary school system will be
the topic.
Poultry Plant Here
Will Reopen
D. M. Maltby Says
D. M. Maltby, Harriston,
supervisor of Canada Packers
poultry plants in this area dr-
opped in to the News -Record
office on Tuesday night to give
assurance that Canada Packers
does intend to reopen the
poultry processing plant here.
Renovations 'are being contem-
plated, and possibility of a new
building is being considered
thoroughly.
Because these plans are in
the making, Mr. Maltby is un-
able to give any definite date
for reopening the plant.
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Free Enterprise Group
To Meet Here To -day
Charles R. Coultes, Belgrave,
has announced a meeting of
the .Free Enterprise farm group
in the agricultural office board
room to -day, February 15 but
2 o'etlock with Ross McTavish,
Perth, as guest speaker.
WINTER GOLF TALK
Fred Hulls Enthusiastic
Over Local Goircourse
Readers will Wonder why
We're writing about golf at
this Season of the year in Hur-
on County. Btit if you ever
run into Fred Hulls, the en-
thusiestie owner -pro of the
Clinton -Bayfield golf course,
you'll think nothing else for
aWhife.
And, judging by the nuttier
of members of hts club last
summer, golf's the fastest
growing sport in the area. Of
the 298 metnbership last stirih
icier, 80 men, 27 ladies and 14
junierS Were right from the
town of Clinton.
Mr, Hulls Started his courSe
in 1957 with only 40 members{
this was doubled In 1958; in-
creased to 150 in 1959 and 180
in 1960, Lastyear 298 perSons
_
had 'memberships
According to 1dr, Huts this
Js an ekceptioria•11y large nrieihi
bershiu for a nine -hole course.
Mr. Hulls is purchasing a
Weed spraying machine, main-
ly to combat dandelions. Last
fall he enlarged many of the
tees and added a few more
traps. A driving range Was in
use the latter part of the seat -
on.
increased keeS
The course owner was quite
apologetic that he is now forc-
ed to raise fees, Increased
maintenance and upkeep has
caused this.
The hew riiernbership fees
, .$ ; $15
will be, Mere ]renes,
and juniors (14 years and Me
der) $10. An additional fee
will be made When handicap
cards are Serviced at the club
house; gild also a charge for
use of the equipihent storage
room -
REQUEST DELIVERY
During the town council
meeting on Monday night May-
or W. J. Miller decided he was
going to take the bull by the
horns: and ask small towns in
Canvada to go along with Clin-
ton and request proper postal
delivery by meil. carriers.
"I'll prepare a resolution and
have it ready for approval, at
the next eawneil meeting,' he
said.
In an interview Wednesday
he :said, "it would be an easy
;thing, we can use a duplicating
machine to turn out the resolu-
ton and then address each one
to the councils in the town."
NOT QUALIFIED
Last month Mayor Miller
suggested this as a means of
reducing unemployment in Can-
ada. Towns with a population
under 7,000 'de not qualify un-
der present federal postal rules
to have carrier delivery of mall.
"Right at the town limits You
have mail •delivered to your mail
box, but there's none here in
Clinton," he declared.
The resolution request will
be forwarded to the district
members of parliament 'too, the
mayor add.
"It will, be .a good time 'to
mot it out," sug'gesfed: I)epwkY
Reeve Morgan J. Agnew, '
'Councill 's also heard that
two departments bad gone
head and ordered major repairs
to vehicles without autthoriza-
tion from the committee chair-
men.
LEAKY MUFFLER
The police cruiser had $62.81
of repairs to the exhaust sys-
tem during December and Jan-
uary.
"The chief must have been
trying •to set a good example",
joked Deputy Reeve Agnew of
the leaky muffler repairs.
When Deputy Reeve Agnew
read the list of $1,134.07 Jen
nary public works expenditures,
he Witted, "there were
only three items onthis list
that I knew anything about.
We're just going along for the
ride here", he cautioned.
During January $491.16 was
spent on repairs 'to the road
grader.
33 Nominees For Hog Board
Make Known Their Platforms
Conducted by Douglas H.
Mires', agricultural representa-
tive for Huron County, nom-
inations for 19 committeemen
from Huron County were re-
ceived on Tuesday at the an-
nual meeting of the Hog Pro-
ducers Association here. They
will act with 12 from Middle-
sex, to select a man to repre-
sent them on the Ontario Hog
Producers Marketing Board.
Thirty-three nominees were
introduced and given one , nmin-
utte to 'address the. hall filled
with hog producers. Elected,
with indication of their stand
were:
Robert P. Allan, Brucefield,
for orderly marketing, with the
compulsory feature; Albert
Bacon, Belgrave, certainly not
Free Enterprise, but for self -
enterprise, supporting the com-
pulsory marketing; Alfred H.
Warner, Bayfield, favoured
orderly marketing, "We can't
go back 20 years."
Lloyd Stewart, definitely for
orderly marketing; Alec Mc-
Gregor, RR 2, Kippen, for ord-
erly marketing; Gordon El-
liott, RR 5, Seaforth, for the
present system.
George R. Campbell, RR 1,
Seaforth, Free Enterprise, but
for compulsory marketing —
"But I can't see the spread
in prices. I don't know wheth-
er Clinton yard is giving us a
Three Major Speakers Address
Huron Hog Producers Tuesday
Besides the election of 33
directors and the nomination of
33 potential :committeemen, Hog
Producers here on Tuesday
managed to hear three major
speakers' discuss various aspects
of farm problems.
Emmerson Ca ocker, Middle-
sex, who represented Huron and
Middlesex on the Ontario Hog
Producers Marketing Board last
year, urged more training in
marketing for young farmers.
"We train our young men to
produce the product, and then
we throw them to the wolves.
They do not know where to go
to market their product."
"In schools of business •admin
iistration," said Mr. Crocker,
"graduates are all hired before
graduation day. What do we
de for our young graduates?"
He charged, "About four men
control all the farm product
that goes into the consumers
market basket. We .must have
a marketing system, as well as
control of the product."
Gordon Hill, Varna, made a
good presentation to the pro-
ducers, to pay more attention
to the business end of their
farming. Mr, Hill, who was
president of the Coterie Farm-
ers Union for two years, served
on the agricultural marketing
enquiry committee of Ontario,
and has recently been named a
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raking or not." '
Elmer Harding, RR 1, Gor-
rie, compulsory marketing;
Ross Love, RR 2, Hensall, for
the present system; William
Coleman, Kippen, "Elect the
farmers who will protect the
farmers' interests."
Harry Hem, RR 1, Granton,
the present system has not yet
had time to do away with the
compulsory 'feature. "Let's stay
farmers, and not become hired
men."
Robert MC.Allister, RR 2, Au-
burn, for the present plan;
Carl Gooier, RR 1, Auburn,
"We've tried teletype for a
year and it has done a good
jab. Control of all the pro-
duct is necessary"; Raymond
Finnigan, RR 1, Dugarmon, for
orderly marketing.
Harold Adams, RR 3, Gode-
rich, for orderly marketing;
Milfor3 Prouty, RR 1, Exeter,
"All of us are interested in
getting the most possible. I
don't believe the assembly yard
system gives us the most we
can get"; James Adams, Blue-
vale, "I'm . opposed to compul-
sory marketing",
Carman Kerr, RR 5, Gode-
rich, "I'm against the hog
board. If we knew at the farm
what we're getting for the
hogs it would be better"; Gor-
don K. Wright, Clifford, "I'm
not happy with fluctuating
primes"
Charles R. Coultes, Belgrave,
"I'm opposed to compulsory
marketing until we have an
orderly vote across the pro-
vince. If it carried I'd go
(Continued on Page 6)
Hog Producers Register Nominations
IHog 'producers provided a busy nomination hour in the Legion Hall here
on Tuesday, when agricultural representatives (Douglas H. Miles and Donald
Grieve accepted nominations' for the 19 committeemen through which the
county of l`Ttitr
on obtains re resentation the xttarie Hog Producers Market-
ing on g
in hoard. Thirty'three natnes Were submitted, and an election will be held on
March 6, at five polling places ih the county. (News-Jecord Photo)