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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-02-15, Page 1Zbt CQtLU..flgrT 00 W. D.; 04. 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 . , . **** 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. • o The Weather 1062 1961 High LOW. High LoW Pell; .8 18 irl 9 20 1 10 13 3 11 9 40 12 23. 2 13 24. -2 .14 29 22 &ioon 4 ins - 3b 6 32 4 3 11 37 4 35'1 38 22 39 31 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. o 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 (Continued on Page 6) 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)