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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-03-01, Page 1No. 9,-,The Home Paper With the News • cl..INTPN., .ONTAR1 .:;Tfrii4RSDAY. iffiARcH 11 1942 $4,00 Per Ygq r 114 per Cop)f• _Pogo first Uolion THE NEW gRA,,9.011 WAR THE -HVRON .REcORP—..Nth YEAR • Former Noimandy Hotel Site To Be Rebuilt This postcard view of King Street looking up-town, past the post office ony the right, and the Normandy 'Hotel on the left, was taken in 1907. The old hotel was torn down a number of years ago, and the lot has been vacant George and John Lavis are now planning a two-level building, which will house the Department of Agriculture offices. (Photo supplied by Ed, Diehl),, The new building will be constructed on- the lot at left. Few other changes on main street are evident. (News-Record Photo) ew Office Building Pending In Old Sloan Block, King St. Kinettes Host Mardi Gras Dance Codetich and Clinton Kinsmen and Kinettes were Welcomed to the Mardi Gras dance held last Saturday at the Harbotirlite Goderich, seen here is the receiving lino:• (left to right) Peter McCauley, Goderith Itinsinen president; Vr. and Mrs. 13ruce Sully;' Mr, and Mrs. Frank Walkom and Mt and Mrs. J'ohn Curti-0111gs. Mrs, Curintings IS`the ;resident of the Goderich Dinettes and hostess of the Mardi Gras • dance. A London orchestra provided the musical and vocal' entertaillitent, (.WeWs-kecOM Photo) eiedeeee Officers Chosen At Meeting Huron County Junior InStittite and Junior Farmers chose their 1962 offic- ers at a meeting held in Clinton District Collegiate Institute Friday night. Pictured here (left to right) back row oto: Tom Cunninghathe, secretary burn; Bill Strong, past president, Seaforth; Ivan Dow, firgt vice-pretrclent, Wingharn and Jim Dougall, second vice,president, Homan. In the front row are: (left to, right) Joanne Alton, first vice-president, LuCknOW; Murray Gaunt, president,Wingham; Marjorie ?apple, president i Seaforth and Doreen Strong, second vice-president, Seaforth: (News-Record Photo) IV; Pe N D W E UNPERSTAND that life isn't just a bowl of cherries . . a bunch of re es' raisin' heck, raiaire lzid and raisin' Money . * MONDAY SWEn OVER US all with 'the begleeings of a FebeUarY , ..thaw Why the customary Blue Monday should • also be :saddled with a wet at- mosphere, and a pea soup Tog, even the weatherman probably Mild not explain = = as, bad as Friday the 13th catniane ed with a bright and sunny groundhog day • . MANY LONG YEARS AGO, when we were very young and hving on a farm . , and 100 acres was as big as the world to us, . .• . our family had a partkedarly fine winter game . . It was known as Fox and the Goose . . and consisted of several wonderful pleasures , , • * * MOST THRILLING, ;OF ALL was to be allowed to make the track, Which was a curly thing in the new ;fallen' snow, which much resembled the track or a-snakes and ladders game . . . The idea was •to make-the loops come close to other loops, so that the goose could' step over . . . but the fox who was hot in pursuit was made to run the long way round . . Generally someone led the way and every- body followed, to help pack the track . . . * WHETHER ONE' WAS PLAY-' ing the fox, or the goose, how- ever, one was not eupposed to make any more marks in the snow . not after the first pattern was laid out • • . There was the thrill: 'to be allowed to make the 'track on Which a game was played, and a ;track least to childish views . . : which was permavent . . . at * THE GAME WAS A GOOD one, for 'the little folk made good geese, and the longer-leg- ged people had the chance to show their speed on long loops and sharp corners . When a goose was caught (and you could have any number of geese) he was stored away in` some corner of the' playing area . . and of course when. they all were. them someone else had a try at 'be- ing the fox, •end.sbelt. went, on: 1.)c,,h..."a4ong.....tirrie,Islinte,. rve seen ;that game' played, much less took part in it . . . * * RUMBLINGS OF ELECTION time are growing closer . . . With a ladies political dinner 'last night , . . and a young people's 'political group to be' organized next week . . And what will be the results of an independent View of the' rid- ings in Ontario? WilnHuren be expanded to include more area . . or ;will it 'be combined with an existing• riding with 'a .hy- phenated name . , . or will the name Huron be obliterated ene tirely , . In any ,case we look toward a larger percentage of people in; the rural ridings fol- lowing re-distribution 0 Clinton WI Meets In Council Chamber Clinton Women's Institute met on February 22 in the council chamber. Roll call was answered by 'stating "What I do on a stormy day". Mee. Wise .gale 'the topic on "Current Events". Mrs. M. Bat- kin gave a reading and conduct- ed 'a contest on "How well do I know Huron County", The WI ladies are invited to Carlow as guests at the WI meeting there on February 28. thur Colson; the area recently vacated' by the ;enema:tic lame dry operated by Clinton Laun- dry and Dry Cl: iners Limited; the barbershop operated' by Frank van Altena and the Clin- ton' Cab, operated by George, McGee. There are apartments upstairs over these business places. At 'the present time, no plans are made. for the rest of the vacant lot, nor for the existing buildings. Plans' for the new structure have been in progress for many months, in consultation with the agricultural representatives here, the Lavis Bros. and the various departments of the On- tario government. According to Charles S. Mac- Naughton Exeter, MPP for Huron, minister without port- folio, approval of the plaris.was given by the Department of Agriculture about three weeks ago. A long distance telephone call ;to Toronto yesterday from the News-Record office brought the information that the plans had been approved by the De- partment of Public Works'. The next step 'is epproval of the leasing arrangements by the treasury department. The new structure will house the offices of the agricultueld representative for Huron, Doug- las H. Miles; the associate eg- ricultural representative, Don- ald Grieve and home economist, Miss Isabelle Gilchrist; secre- taries Mrs. Orval schilbe and Miss Betty ;Duentri; a summer asSiStant and any other Mere- ber of the extension brahoh connected with the county. Alto ineluded Will be meeting rooms for 'the Many farm organixa- tions in the county. The present 'site of 'the .agri- cultural Offices, directly op- posite the tewn hall, a Con- verted store, rented front Mrs. W. 8i. 11Ohnes. They have been' there for many years, Three District Youths Entered In Farm Show Three district boye have been entered in theinter-county seed judging' contest at the London farm Show today. The, bays are Murray Scott, BelgraVe; Mac Stewart, Sea, forth and tarry Benertinan, Seaforth. • M • 1. innses e miner oiirs Sifto Mine -0, • q9pERMEI (Stefa— Mines ieter George C. Wardrope toured :the Sifto Salt Company mire - her Wednesday after- elope!: He was accompanied ba/ hrs wife, C. S. McNaughteri (14T-Huron), Mrs. MacNeugh- ten Mayor Ernie Fisher and Sifte President Gordon Muir, Werdeope, was touring Huron County and was to ad:- el:Mee leie Progressive Conserve- g'Xiadies•Aseociation. in Clire ton'Legion •hall in the evening, "I was very intrigued this afternoon by the Sift() Salt mine at Gederich, this mine is one of the,enoet upeo date I have ever seen," ;the mines minister said. . "The total amount of salt produced' in Ontario last year amounted' to 2,833,700 tons at a value pf 813,508,000, this points up. ;the fact that this great in- dueltry is a great benefit to the citye .of Gederich and Huron County. I want to congratul- ateMn. Muir and' his staff on thi:s'Afitie record," he said. eThenifficial party were guid- ed on the., inspection of the salt mine by Fred' Whidden, pre- cinctlab', supervisor. The Wardrope party arrived at the mine at 1.45 p.m., dor nett coverall jackets and hard hatS and were led to the ele- vanan where they were dropped eseicefeet to the, bottom of •the mite a matter of seconds. Mines Minister Wardrope wore a regelattoe miner's lamp with his 3104 hat and jacket, ie They' were shown the' opera- -14(.4;gs in, the different nelrafts,„ drilling, moving bulk salt in heavy diesel operated carriers, grinding and sorting machinery. Mr. Wardrope appeared quite amazed by the amount of heavy machinery at 'the bottom of the mine and said, "Some people might not like to see men put out of jobs 'by this• machinery, but look at the tremendous 'a- mount of work that had to go into. the building of it." . When' the official party reach-, ed the outer working Where drilling was being conducted prior to blasting, Mrs', Ward- rope was Shocked to find that she was some 1,000 feet away from shore under Lake Huron. Fewer Women In Modern Air Force Owing ;to the installation of the Semi Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) System throughout Air Defence Com- Mend, the RCAF will net re- quire the, number of airwoanen Fighter Control Operators 'that have been needed in the ;past This specialized; training Which has been given at Clin- ton will graduelly slow to a ;trickle by May, 1962, thereby reducing 'the airwomen strength at Clinton; to Approximately 30 staff personnel who are employ- ed in other trades. 0 BRUCEFIELD norresoondent (fors. H, F. Berry, Miss Barbara Crowe spent the weekend with friends, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Smith, Bluevale were visitors with his sister, Mrs. H. Berry. Mr, and Mrs, Ellwood Stack- house, Wilton Grove, spent Sun- day with Mrs. W. Stackhouse. Newly elected elders of Brucefield United Church are Donald Brodie, W. D. Dilson and Elgin Thompson. Mrs. Peter Moffatt, Seaforth, visited with Mr, and Mrs. J.' X. Cornish for a few days, J. Waiter IVIcBeath is im- proving in St. Joseph's Hospi, tal, London, and expects to be home soon. The World bay of Prayer will he held in Brucefield Unit- ed Church on March 9 at 3 o'clock. Kipper ladies are M- elted and will take part in the program. Miss Margaret AldingtOn, Miss M. McAsh, Varna; Mr, and Mrs. Harold Horner, Mrs, Blake Horner, Zurich, Were Weekend guests with Mrs. Ings and Mrs, Krueger, Brucefield IOOF held their third euchre party on Friday night with a large attendance. Winners Were: ladies, high, Mrs. Mel Graharit; low, Mrs, Charles Ham; gentlemen, high, William Tayler, Varna;loW, Gorden Gorden Thompseri held the lucky ticket on the Mu t. HON. GEO., C. WARDROPE Ontario Mines Minister C Close to 100 persons saw ;two students from each of Clinton District Collegiate Institute and A/V/M Hugh 'Campbell public sehool take top honors Tuesday night' . at the annual 'public speaking• contest held in the Legion. hall, The ;contest- was organized by Branch 140 of . the Royal Can- adian Legion; J. D, Thorndike, chairman. Winners in the public ;school class were: Susan Cole, junior and Linda Spano, senior, both of A/V/M Hugh Campbell school,- RCAF Station Clinton and high school winners': Alan Lowe, junior and Joanne Hulls, senior of CDCI. The public school groups :were judged by: Ms's. John Robinson, Brian Hayes' and Robert Mann, while the high scheol judges Zig Stilt Co unity__` Levee Brothers; Clinton are awaiting . approval "from the Treasury Board of the Province of Ontario, for leasing arrange- ments on a proposed new office building in Clinton, a good part of which will be occupied by the Ontario Department of Agriculture. As soon as approval is re- ceived the Lavis 'Bros. expect. to, proceed without delay in excavation and' construction of a 'two-level office building. The site chosen is part of the empty lot on Mary Street, op- posite the 'Clinton IGA store which they purchased from the British-American Oil Co. Ltd. - The new Department of Ag- riculture offices will be on the site of the old Normandy Hotel, which was razed by the oil' company. The ;frontage along King Street has been used for bill-boards erected' -by Marley Signs. In a sense this will be a "homecoming" for the depart- ment offices. When the exten- sion service of the Ontario De- partment of Agriculture was set up, the first agricultural representative in Huron, Steve Stothers, had offices in what is now Aiken's Shoe Store. Then they moved into the diningroarn section of the old Normandy Hotel, The Normandy was built by the late Sam Cooper. George and John Lavis own the rest of the triangular shaped block on which the new building is; planned'. The old name for this section of down- town is "The MidWay" or more recently "the Sloan Iftcluded on the Midway is the Modern Meat Market, cc- capied by Grant Irwin and Ars 0 s; fig. OfFice M are Paving in Huron Santa Claus came early this year to Huron County in the person of Charles S. .11/1acNaughton, MPP-Huron. The MPP brought IgirieS Minister Geo- rge C. Wardrope and all sorts of wonderful ggt$ " for the county. He announced the designation of 211/2 mile , development road between Seaforth and•Wroxeter, the appointment of a Clinton man as chief engineer at the Ontario Hospital, a new' agriculture building for Clinton and that the Ontario Hospital near -"' Goderich will be /ready for occupancy ,and opera- tion by midsummer. • The road is being built to. King's Highway; standards. be- cause of the apticipated traffic count warrants this type of construction. The road will be tarried hank to the coenty, after , it is competed for maintenance. HOSPITAL, STAFF "When opened in July dr Aug- . ust, the staff at -the' Ontario Hospital near Goderich, in ade dition to sepervisory and eery,- -Gain executive personnel will number about 175," Mr. Mac:- Naughton declared, "At the moment the estab- lislunent has not been, compiet- ly set up although the chief 'engineer has been engaged and will commence his duties to- morrow," said' Mr.; MacNaugh- ton. The nev,v Chief engineer , 'is Alvin Lobb, Clinton. "This institution, when corn-' pleted will prOvicle complete mental treatment and is design_ ed primarily. te -serve the area. Out-patient services too, available," he told -the aun. ience. "The first' be a new type' Ot.,' mental institution, it is in keep' .' ing with the newe trends ,and.,,. concepts of treating the merit- . were: Rey. P. L. Dymond, Fit. Lt. Rev, M. Brigham. and Clay- toe Dixon. The ' children were given points; for delivery, material,. language and literary form. Junior 'public school contest winners' .were: Susan Cole, Tommy Koch and Michael Quesnel. Senior public school winners were: Linda Spano, Theresa Zablicko and a tie for third went 'to Judith Boys and Doreen Forrest. In the high school classifica- tion the winners were: junior high school, Alan Lowe, Phyllis Fyvie and Patsy Fletcher and the senior scorers: Joanne Hulls, Ralph Trewartha 'and Brenda Ilornuth. The winners will go on to the second round' of the contest in Kincardine March 10. The' district finals will be held in Mitchell on March 31. • • - GoderichMan..Found•..... Dead In . House Trailer. • GoDER!id4 .(Staff) —Albert' Johnetbn, 61, was found' dead in his trailer parked :at Tthe" McAllister trailer. Park, .three e miles south of Goderich Sun- day. He was discovered by George Fielder. Mr. Johnston appeared to have been dead for some time. Goderich coroner Dr. N. C. Jackson ordered an autopsy to be performed and A ivas . ducted by pronincial Dr. K. L. Periistan in Strattordn. OPP authorities said' the alai' parent cause of death .we.S, heart attack. Mr. Johnston's funeral Will:- be held Wednesday with inter- ment in Lucknow cemetery. OPP Cpl, Bob Keene and. Coast. Don 'numbly are investi- gating. 0 GUIDE MOTHERS WILT. MEET ON MARCH '7 The regular meeting .of Local Association for -,Guides and Brownies will be held at . the Legion Hall on Wednesday, March 7 at 8,30 p.m. All moth- ers of Guides and Brownies., are asked' to attend. The MPP and Mines Minister Wardrope were addressing the Huron County Progressive Con- servative Ladies Association. meeting in Clinton Legion hail Wedinesday night. "Plans for a new agriculture office building in Clinton 'have been passed by the , legislature and the department of agricul- ture and have been forwarded to the public works department for design approval and modifi- cation," Charles S. MacNaugh- ton said in his address. The building is proposed to be built on Mary Street between King and Isaac Streets. "County road 21 from High- way 8 in Seaforth north 'to Highway 86 at Wroxeter vil- lage will be developed and the province will pay 100 per cent of the construction costs," he said. "The development road' will run through the villages of Wal- ton and Brussels and a half mile of paving within the' limits of Seaforth. This is possible because this portion of the des- ignated development• read, has -ah•eady been primed: for paving MaelyAUGI:ITO tlY4e2ry*09. 11110P-Huron z grarn,'' the MPP said. 3 Girls, Boy Take peaking Honors •