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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-01-31, Page 1cor THE NEW BRA —97th YEAR THE HURON RECORD — 81st YEAR No. 5---,The Home Paper With the News CLINTON,ONTARIO, THURSDAY,. JANUARY 3l , 1943 $4.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Capy-12 Pages in the power bill was due to an increase in the number of elec- trical appliances now being used and the number of homes using electric heat as a supple- ment to their system during the colder weather. At an earlier meeting, Rands reported he was making in- vestigation into the advisability of rewiring some of present transformers not in use. These have not been used for close to 10 years, but he report- ed at the meeting the cost of getting them rewired for use Proceeds of 'March" Drop Slightly, 'Mothers' Hope Late Gifts Will Boost Future Stars Highlighted Minor Hockey Day Although there were many 'excellent and excit, they More than made up in determination, The sing hockey games over the weekend, the laurels for weary, but still smiling lads are shown here after Prdviding the -most atnusernent and entertainment one of the games. The lineupS and accounts of the Went to the two Wee Wee clubs who performed tilts can be found on page lo, th t the •tin stets lacked in OVetes,t4ophot Photo) Firemen Prevent Serious Damage At Auburn, Brucefield Blazes Although ,11/1 u r r ay Gaunt, Huron-Bruce MPP, has been missing from the list of officials at two important functions in the area in the past three weeks, it certainly hasn't been because he didn't try. At the opening of the agri- culture offices in Clinton last Monday, the younger member was unable to get through the snow-clogged roads to attend. A week earlier, on his way to the official opening of the On- tario Hospital at Goderich, Gaunt was in collision with an- other car in the Lucknow area during another storm. His 1961 Oldsmobile was al- most completely wrecked in the accident and he had to receive medical attention for a cut on his nose and lacerations to his knees. He was released the same day, but not in time to attend the Opening. Would like," he said, "and I have to work much harder at my job than those with a bet- ter education. "Don't let that happen to (Continued on Page 12) He Does Have Troubles! TO: Sim COLUTMIggr-7 YOUR 11CW ,EDUOR, Bill Batten, thought he had started off on the wrong foot when he answered the telephone on Thursday arid was confronted by a query front an irate fe- male whd wanted to know "what kind of paper are you running here?" . . Listening intently, he was relieved to find out the lady wasn't complain- ing about something he had written, but rather the fact that rip grocery store advertise» ments appeared in the paper , . , She pointed out, she always checked the advertisements to find where the best values could be attained and added it was no wonder people drove to Goderich to shop at the A & P because they advertised ... and the ladies always knew what they were going to pay for articles before they 'left home, * 40 * WHILE THERE IS naturally no question in our mind of the value of advertising, our opinion is not always shared by all, and it is certainly heartening to hear that our distaff readers do check over the advertise- ments in the paper before they do their shopping . , We trust a word to the wise will be suf- ficient and we will soon be able to furnish our readers with this service, * * THANKS TO Mrs. A. L. Rodges, 114 North Street, Clin- ton received some free adver- tisement on the "Act Fast" show on CFPL TV, Sunday. Mrs. Rodges submitted the slo- gan, "Clinton, the Hub of Hu- ron County" for the panel to act out and they failed, to come up with the correct answer in their two-minute time limit, re- sulting in Mrs. Bodges receiv- ing a $5 prize for her efforts .. With panelist, Geoff Bingle acting out the slogan, the panel quickly figured out "the Hub of Huron County", but couldn't determine what community it was that held the title . The only two guesses submitted by the other three panelists were Grand Bend and Port Stanley, neither of them Huron County communities . . . However, they'll probably know the next time and we are certain the viewers of the program will be happy to include this import- ant geographical note to their knowledge. * '' AGAIN, APROPOS of Robbie Burns day, which passed last Friday amid skirling pipes and the consumption of much hag- gis . . we have word from Mrs. Alda T. Gray, Goderich Township . . . that at one time a nephew of Burns taught school at SS 5 in that Township. * * Mrs. Gray kindly sent us a tattered copy of The Dumfries and Galloway Courier, publish- ed in Scotland on Tuesday, September 14, 1852 . . . which had been mailed to this nephew, "Mr. Beggs, Goderich, Canada West, Via Halifax, N.S." by his mother, Mrs. Jennie Beggs, who was a sister of Robbie Burns (Continued on Page 7) Competing in 15 matches, the lads proved they could act like gentlemen on the ice and still serve up an exciting brand of hockey and this fact can be attested to by the vast number of fans who turned out to wit- ness the action. And, there was certainly no doubt they had heeded the ad- vice off the lee and it all went together to Make' the fifth an- nual event one of the biggest and best. For the fourth straight year, two Dearborn teams travelled over for the weekend activities and for the fir'St time managed to boast a win," The midget entry from the Michigan 'city won two genies here, clipping the Adasttal park crew in a Saturday morning fixture and trimming the Clin- ton sift by the tune of 6-3 in the featured Saturday' evening tilt at the local arena. RoWever, Clinton squads dame up with their Share of spoils as the pee wees, bantams and ju- veniles trirntned their opposi- AUBURN—Due to the quick response of neighbors and the Blyth District Fire Brigade, the large barn on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Ariel Duizer was sav- ed from complete loss Satur- day. The farm, situated on the 11th concession of Hullett Township is about four miles south of Auburn on the Base Line. The fire of undetermined or- igin was first `noticed abaft noon and immediately the al- arm was given and by the use of a garden hose the flames were controlled until help ar- rived. As the farm lane had been ploughed early that day for the milk to be shipped, the Blyth fire truck was able to get to the barn and with the aid of the Morris Township water supply truck was able to save the barn which measured 117 feet by 50 feet. tion and the squirts advanced to the final of the Kinsmen tourney before losing to Gode- rich. Reports of these games and other matches played during the Weekend can be found in this edition. Challenge for Kids At the banquet, Tory Gregg had other words of advice for the young pucksters, pointing out the sport was the greatest character builder they could ever have. "It teaches you to be able to take it", he stated, "because if you get knocked down you get up and go again", Over 100 Clintonians are ex- pected to accept the invitation of Dearborn hockey officials to pay a return visit to the Mich- igan city on Friday, Feb. 15. The invitation was extended when the Dearborn officials Visited here this weekend and plans were set; for the return trip. The trip will got underway on Friday night and is expected to arrive back in Clinton oh Sun- day, following a full schedule of events'. Friday night will be confined Mainly to a, Weleohie party and getting the local Minor hockey players Wetted bite' Dearborn Neighbors and firemen threw many bales of burning straw out of the barn and thus kept the flames from spreading into other parts. Besides a number of hens that were housed in that part of the barn, 65 head of cattle and 24 pigs along with the sea- son's crop were all saved from ruin. The damage amounted to a- bout $1,000, This farm was purchased a few years ago from Mr. Sidney Lansing and was known to the older folk as the Ball farm- home. Stanley Township Blaze Brucefield firemen were cal- led out shortly before midnight on Thursday to a chimney fire at the home of Jack McGregor, Stanley Township, and manag- ed to contain the blaze without 'any serious damage. ('Continued on Page 7) He pointed out there were many people who experienced failures, but if they were able to get back up they held one of the greatest assets there was. Gregg, who founded the WO- AA for the prime purpose of catering to minor sports about 20 years ago, pointed out that, only a few boys could expect to make the NHL and advised them all to concentrate on their schooling, "Schooling is the most im- portant thing in life today", he noted. He told them that when their hockey days were over they would have difficulty in getting a good position unless they had good schooling. While he admitted he had en- joyed being a professional hoc- key player he wished he had received more education. "I don't have as much is I homes and the adults into their hotels. Saturday morning will be free for shopping and sightseeing and the group will reassemble on Saturday afternoon and travel to the Detroit Olympia where they will Match the game between Detroit Red Wings and BOSteti During the evening, the Dear- born hosts will Stage a dance for, the Clinton brigade. There will be no hockey play, ed by the minor pick squads at all during- the Weekend, but both the Clinton Ynidgot and bantath teams Will make the trip. P TJ C Superintendent J. E. :Rands, reported Tuesday night the present transformer capac- 4y had been almost reached and said preliminary surveys were being made for the in- tall.ation of a new sub-station, ' 'We're not over-loaded", he told the Commission, "but we're, riding on thin ice", This statement was backed up by the fact the PUC auth- orized a payment of $9,579.69 for power during the month of December, the highest figure any of the members could re- inember, , "That's a record figure," Chairman William Perdue, vet- ,',ran 30-year member, stated. The bill had a peak of 2,667.2 kilowatts used at 6.17 p.m. on December 20, only a bit short of the capacity of 2,746 kilo- watts shown on the name-plate of the existing sub-station. lands explained the increase RCAF Dancers Host Over 200 From WO Centres Cold weather could not dam- ;pen the enthusiasm of the over 200 people who attended a square dance jamboree on Mon- day night, January 28 at RCAF Station Clinton. . /Clubs from Port Elgin, Kin- cardine, Goderich, Clinton, Exe- ter, RCAF Centralia, London, Chatham, Stratford and St. Marys braved the elements to dance to Earl Park, well known caller from Yorkton, Sask. The spacious Recreation Cen- tre of Station Clinton took on a western motif for this oc- casion to provide a suitable back-ground for the many at- tractive and colourful costumes yfliich were in evidence. The Cross Trailers, as the club from Station Clinton is known, plan to play bast to an- other jamboree on February 23. The caller for the forthcoming event will be Marg Hough of Toronto, Ont. 0 Firemen Collect For M-D Battle Clinton Volunteer Firemen collected a total of $173.00 in their annual campaign to assist Muscular Dystrophy Associa- tion. Gord Dalgleish, who has been chairman of the local campaign for the past three years, re- ported $43 was picked up from the containers placed in sev- eral area businesses and the additional donations came from private citizens and service clubs. He reported the total was down slightly from last year, but added the firemen sincerely appreciated the donations wh- ich go to fight the dreaded crippler. For the third year in a row the RCAF Women's Auxiliary at Clinton topped the donors with a cheque for $25. The 102 "Marching Mothers" who took part in the annual. March of DiMes canvass organ- ized by the Clinton Kinettes re- ceived a warmer response from the residents of the area than they did from the weatherman and collected a total of $811.63, Monday. While the figure was over $100 lower than the total re- ceived last year, the Kinettes expect the figure will be about the same when the final re- turns are calculated. In recent years the club has received close to $100 in later donations that have been sent in from people who did not contribute on the night of the canvass. "We received very good re- sponse in the canvass", Mrs. Bill Fink, chairman reported, "and we certainly want to thank the people for their gen- erosity". She also paid tribute to the work of all the "Marching Mothers" who braved the cold to take part in the canvass and she also thanked the captains for their efforts, especially those in the other centres who secur- ed the canvassers and arranged the project. The amounts raised in the, other centres were 'as follows: Heads Shrine Club Harry Williams, Holmes- ville, was elected president of the Bluewater Shrine Club at a meeting held in Grand Bend last week. The area fuel man succeeds Ed Fink, Hensall. The area club was formed in 1959 and is assoc- iated with Mocha Temple, London, of which Clinton's John Parker was recently named potentate. Brucefield, $40.20; 13ayfield, $49.70 Holmesville, $11.70; Ad- astral Park, $85.33. Following the canvass, the "Marching Mothers" took their donations to the' home of the respective captains, who in turn assembled at the home of Mrs. F, G. Thompson, chief March- ing Mother, to count the re- turns. Members of the executive of the campaign were as follows: Mrs. Bill Fink, chairman; Mrs. Bill Chowen, publicity; Mrs. Clarence Denomme, finance; Mrs. Bob VanRiesen, supplies; Mrs. Don Kay, recruiting. The captains in Clinton and the surrounding communities were: Mrs. Ken Scott, Bruce- field; Mrs. Maynard Carrie, Bayfield; Mrs. Edna Atkinson, Holmesville; Mrs, R. W. Bush, Adastral Park; Mrs. Andrew Peterson, Mrs. Frank Cook, Mrs, Pat Hardie, Mrs. Malt Edgar and Mrs. Bill Chowen, Clinton. 0 Perdue Renamed PUC Chairman William Perdue, commencing his 30th year as a member of the Clinton Public Utilities Commission, NiV a s renamed chairman at the group's inaug- ural meeting, Tuesday. •Perdue has been chairman oC the COminission for the past eight years. • Hal Hartley was renamed secretary-treasurer of the group According to a recent item in the Petrolia Advertiser- Topic regarding Rev. Robert U. MacLean, Petrolia's loss cer- tainly appears to be Clinton's gain. The editor noted that Rev. MacLean, inducted into the three-point Presbyterian charge of Clinton - Auburn - Birth re- cently "has had a fruitful min- istry in Petrona for the past 16 years." "He has played an active role in community citizenship and will be missed not only by his congregation but by the public generally". Since moving to Petrolia, Rev. MacLean has served as Moderator of the Sarnia Pres- bytery and was its Clerk for Seven years. He is a past president of the Petrolia and District Minister- now may be as costly as purch- asing new ones. "It may not be worth while for what we get," he pointed out, "and we may be foolish to use them". Rands, who reported he is al- ready investigating a possible site for a new sub-station, told the Commission there shouldn't be too much delay in deciding about undertaking the work as it takes a considerable length of time to have the transform- ers delivered. • (Continued on Page Seven) Honor Scout Master F/S J. L. Barrett, RCAF Clinton, Scout Master of the Bayfield troop, received word this week he has been awarded a long-service medal for 10 or more years as a Scout leader. A former Boy Scout himself, F/S Barrett has been in charge of the Bayfield group for the past year and during a previous stint at Clinton, was a lead- er in the RCAF Clinton troop. He has also been as- sociated with the troop at Greenwood, Nova Scotia. ial Association and the padre of the Royal. Canadian Legion Society. Branch and the St. Andrew's A native of 'Scottsville, Nova Scotia, Mr. MacLean was grad- uated in Arts at McGill Univer- sity, Montreal, and in theology raetalpresbyterian College, Mont- i Former Wrestler During his university days, he was a member of the box- ing, wrestling and fencing teams for six years and held the college wrestling champion- ship. Also during his college years, he spent three summers in mis- sion fields at Hardrock and Geraldton mining communities in the Longlac district of Nor- thern Ontario and worked on the construction of a new Pres- byterian Church in the latter town. He graduated from the theo- logical college in 1937 and fol- lowing his ordination, spent three years in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, and then four years as Chaplain in the Royal Cana- dian Air Force. Most of this service was at Goose Bay, Labrador, then rec- ognised as the largest airport in the world. Upon leaving the RCAF he accepted the call to Petrolia in 1946. Rev. and Mrs, MacLean and one daughter, Karen, a grade eight pupil, will reside at the home of Mrs, Edward Farqu- har, King Street, Clinton. Another daughter, Janet, is a nurse in training at Sarnia General Rev. MacLean preached his first sermons to this three Con- gregations on Sunday. Seek Referendum On Fluoridation At Goderich A petition signed by 500 ratepayers was presented to Goderich council, Friday, re- guesting a Vote on flUeridation of the town water in the nest municipal election. The petition was presented to council oft behalf of the rate- payers by rtdel W. Pester, Les Pitblatle and Sid Lawson. Total March of Dimes Receipts A total of 102 "Marching Mothers!' collected $811.63 in their annual can- vass of the area on Monday night and members of the executive of the Kinette committee in charge of the project are shown here adding up their money at the home of Mrs. F. G. Thompson, who acted as Chief Marching Mother for the event. Pictured are, back row, left to right: Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Bill Chowen, publicity and Mrs. )3111 Fink, chairman. Front row: Mrs. Clarence Denomme, finance; Mrs. Ken Clynick, president of the Kinettes and Mrs. Bob VanRiesen, supplies. Missing from the photo is Mrs. Don Kay, recruiting. (News-Record Photo) lectrical Output . Reaches Peak, UC Plan Additional Transformers Tory Gregg Challenges Kids During Banquet Speech Minor Hockey Day Huge Success The Weather 1.963 1962 High LOW High Low Jan, 24 -13 32 14 25 2 -5 33 24 26 11 -1 36 25 27 15 -4 84 15 28 15 .2 22 6 29 rt -6 21 6 30 .17 .8 26 e Snow's his noWt. 6 Ins. -Be gentlemen on and off the ice." This was the final advice given by Tory Gregg, guest speaker at the banquet at the Legion Hall, Friday before the hockey started for the annual "Hockey Day" activities over the weekend, and the advice was soundly heeded by close to 250 boys. Plan to Watch NHL Crews Perform On Return Trip to Michigan City Area's New Clergyman Former Wrestling Star