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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-03-07, Page 1Pespite haying trouble. holding down her etenien and cerrying a bpuceset of roses, CiieS "At-Home" queen, Cleo Langdon and her escort, DeWayne El- iiott, start off the first dente after the popular le-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aub hang- don, Clinton, was crown-. ed. Stanley Calls Tenders For 2 Bridges, Estimate Cost At Close to $30,000 Stanley Township ,council ap- the two structures, although proved a motion, Monday, to final approval has not yet been THE HuRQN RECORD ---8ist YEAR HOW THEY VOTED . Exef. Or MARTIN BAAN, Grey 115 ROBT, P. ALLAN, Tuckersmith 116 ELMER IRELAND, E. Wawanosh 107 At tlERT BACON, Morris 112 WM, COLEMAN, Stanley 115 LEONARD FISHER, Colborne..., 110 GEO. CAMPBELL, McKillop 114 A. H. WARNER, Goderich 118 ROSS LOVE, Hay 116 LLOYD STEWART, Mullett . • . 113 GORDON ELLIOTT, McKilloP 102 ELMER. HARD/NG, Howl& .„. _ 106 ROSS LOVETT, I-Iullett 108 CARL GOVIER, E. Wawanosh —, 109 PAY. P/NNIGAN, Ashfield 105 HARRY =INEZ, Turnberry . „ 106 R IVicALLISTER, W. Wawanosh 107 HUGH RUNDLE, I.Isborrie 116 ALEX IVIeGREGOR, W. Wawanosh 106 Ron McGregor, Tuckersmith.., C. R. Coultes, East Wawanosh — 72 James Adams, Morris 75 Ja,mte Dot, Tuckersmith 71 George Adams, Turnberry 73 Melville Leinont,, Grey 67 Gorden Wright, Howie:It 72 AndreW Cro2ier, Htillett ,.„ ...... .„ 66 Alex• Pearson, Grey , ... . 87 Edgar Wightman, F. \Xiativiniosh 67 tlugh Johnston, PreY 88 Jewell,, Colborne 66 Sohn Gordon_ tindan, Ilsborne 74 Gordon Nicholson, Morris Melvin Grob, Stephen 73 Stephen Dundas, Stephen 77 Milford Prouty, Hay 755 TOTAL BALLOTS..........................195 Dun. g4tMoh Tofu) 104 726 107 721 110 717 108 714 108 708 110 708 106 707 107 706 104 692 105 696 101 691 102 688 101 688 108 687 112 686 105 683 112 683 101 682 102 666 67 415 77 . 403 68 894 70 394 11 389 72 375 65 375 68 371 65 365 69 363 64 360 72 355 62 354 81 853 81 352 64 3 848 1951476 Gor- blin- fOn rie ton 140 107 130 106 134 110 133 108 125 102 129 103 131 103 126 101 123 105 122 104 128 99 124 115 118 106 124 101 120 102 123 116 119 104 113 106 115 103 125 82 131 86 130 94 125 87 123 94 124 82 124 84 120 75 125 82 125 80 125 77 112 75 112 75 110 77 115 73 116 76 109 '72 272 203 260 262 256 253 258 256 253 259 20 252 255 241 255 247 245 241 233 246 240 63 87 27 41 28 30 30 42 26 22 28 29 31 31 30 25 .28 805' Robert P. Allan, Huron's per- ennial winner in seed exhibits at the major shows, continued his winning ways last week at the 25th annual Western On- tario Farm Show held at the Western Faiegrourids, London. Allan placed first in three major divisions of the competi- tion and also picked tip one Second, In the inter-county class for a bushel of Russell oats, the Erudefield farmer waked off With a hest and duplicated the feat in the inter-county compe- tition for the champion bushel of oats and the inter-county clasS for the Ontario Bean GrOWers special in white beans, Allan was judged the inter- county champion for his exhibit of field beans. He placed second in a compe- tition with a display of 10 bush- els of registered or certified oats. Only other IIttrori Count:; Whiner was Robert Fathering- ham, RR 8, Seaforth, The Weather 1965 190 High LOW High Low Feb, 28 16 02 27 12 March 1 24 18 414 ' 29 08 12 -44 3 37 18 15 .0 4 35 '3O 16 ,03 5 85 24 '81. 09 8529: 881 28 ,15" itarint .33" PC's Pick Cardiff For Eighth Try Some of the platform guests at the Huron PC nomination are, from the left: Doug Freeman, presi- dent of the Clinton PC's; Hon. C. S. MacNaughton, Exeter, minister of department of highways; Elston Cardiff; Mrs. Cardiff; Cam Miller, PC candidate for Middlesex East and Clinton Mayor, W. J. Miller. Cardiii Blasts Opposition Obstruction, 'Big Powerful Press' Also Reprimanded (rift ,.$1rot AIEMBER$ OF the Qntario Street United Church choir can be excused for raving about the choir that preeeeted the "With Hearts and Voices" program over CFPL radio on Sunday night, as it was certainly a very fine performance. For readers Who failed to hear the program we should note that the choir the Ontario Street members were listening to was none oth- er than their own. .A feature of the station's Lenten pro- gram the broadcast is sponsor- ed by - the London Conference radio and television committee. Meditations on the program were read by the minister, Rev. Grant Mills, and the choir was under the direction of Miss Elva Wiltse, and the organist is Miss Lois Cerasby. TUE PROGRAM was record-: ed in the church on February 24, affording the members the opportunity - of listening to themselves perform. /Solos were taken by Mrs. Don Kay and John Lavis and a male quartet of Elwin Merrill, Don Symons, John Lavis and Don Mills also performed. For what it's worth this "tin-eared" music expert passes along congratulations on a job well done by the choir. Having performed in a similar service several years ago (a sweet boy soprano) we know the amount of work the local choir had to put into the pro- gram and the exactness that had to be followed to fill the required air time. * * Si' WE'VE OFTEN heard people talking about their "bout" with the flu, but that word certainly takes on a clear meaning after seeing our local agriculture representative, Doug Miles. The cigar - smoking heavyweight looked as though he was doing alright until about the third round, but from there on it was definitely a losing battle. At his home, Doug was trying to fulfill his busy work schedule despite the flu, but it gained the upper hand and he un- fortunately passed out, UNFORTUNATE as well, was the fact Doug was stand- ing up at the time, and when he keeled over he landed on his face. Result: two beautiful black eyes and a new twist to his smelling apparatus. While this double knockout combina- tion would have been enough to stop most, Doug was up and at it shortly after to fulfill his duties as returning officer for the hog vote and to complete arrangements for the Seed Fair this Saturday. It just goes to show that there are still some people who are too busy to be sick, whether they are or not. Huron's hog producers once again gave their overwhelming support to 19 committeemen who favor the present system of selling hogs All 19 men were elected, de- feating the 17 candidates pro- posed by the Free Enterprise Agriculture Producers, who do not favor the compulsory aspect of the present scheme, Heading the poll was Martin Bean, Morris Township, who amassed a total of 726 votes out of the 1,170 cast. Tuckersmith's Robert P. Al- lan regained the second place finish he picked up last year by polling 721, while third place went to Elmer Ireland, presi- dent of the Huron County Fed- eration of Agriculture. Low man on the 19-man elected slate was Alex Mc- Gregor, Tuckersmith councillor, Who polled 866 votes. However, he was still well ahead of his nearest Free Ent- erprise competitor, Ron Mc- Gregor, also of Tuckersmith, who finished With 415. • Support for the Free Enters He placed second behind Al- lan in the White bean competi- tion, also second in the soy- bean class, and picked up a third in the class for timothy seed. In the oat competition he placed fourth. Fotheringham also entered the corn competition, placing eighth in the inter-county shel- led core competition, and 12th in the cob corn division, The two competitors were among the hundreds who gave the judges ari arduous task of eXamining the many samples of grain, hay, seeds and field crops. Robert Man call for tenders for the building of two large bridges which have been estimated at a total cost of between $25,000 and $3Q,000. One of the bridges will be built on lots five and six on concession four and will re- place the present structure com- monly know as Lemon's bridge. The other bridge is on the Bronson Line, on lot 11 of con- cession 12 and 13. Plans have been drawn for prise men dropped all the way to 343 votes, the number picked up by Milford Prouty, Hay Township. The supporters of the present scheme picked up their biggest margin in the Clinton poll, where their lowest man was picked on 233 ballots. In comparison, the highest Free Enterprise backer only re- ceived 63 votes. The voting was much closer in the other four polling areas, and at Walton there was only 31 votes difference between the top man and the low man on the entire 36-man slate. There was an identical differ- ence of 51 votes between the top and bottom man at both the Exeter and Dungannon booths, while there was a dif- ference of only 45 votes at Gorrie. This was similar to last year, when the supporters of HUron. County Warden, Wale ter Forbes, said Monday that if he had his way most of the small spring and fall fairs in the.county would be terminated. Commenting at the Goderich Township council, of which he is reeve, Forbes pointed out that the fairs were practically dependent upon grants for their existence and people were no longer interested in their, His comments came after council had received two re- quests for $100 each, one from the Clinton Spring Fair and one from • the Bayfield Agriculture Society, - don't care who knows it, I'd . shut- it down tomorrow," Forbes said of the Clinton event. At their regular meeting, Tuesday, Tuckersmith Town- ship council decided to comply with a request from the Sea- forth flee brigade to build a water supply tank in Egmond- ville also to erect suitable steps down to the river beside the bridge in that community. The request for these facili- ties came from Seaforth fire chief, Jack Scott. Scott pointed out to the council it was unfair for Sea- forth to provide water from their hydrants for fighting fires in the village, He pointed out that they had HOSPITAL EMPLOYEES COLLECT IlLANSIKETS Qiinton Public Hospital Em- ployees' Association held their monthly meeting on Monday, February 25 in the Nurses' Residence with the president, Tom Steepe' presiding. A card party was planned for the near future and it was de- cided to collect old woollens in order to buy woollen blank- ets for the new wing of the hospital. The nurses would appreciate having them sent in to the nurses residence by March 30. In accepting the Progressive Conservative nomination i n Clinton, Priday, 74-year-old El- ston Cardiff told his audience there was no other leader on.• the slate who could lead Canada through better times than Prime Minister John. toleferi- baker. "There's nts other leader with the capacity," Cardiff said of the Man with whom he was elected to the House of Corn- MOYIS some 28 years ago. Cardiff said he didn't mind admitting he had not intended to run for his eighth term, but said the way the PC's Were kicked out there was nothing else he eould do, "If I hadn't run you would haves aid Was as bad as the rest of thorn," he stated, with inference to the recent resigna- tier% of several cabinet Minist- ers, Tertritrig it the "most exag- gerated statement I ever heard" Cardiff challenged the state, He pointed out that 30 or 40 years ago the fair was a big day for Clinton, but people weren't interested in it any- more. "Some of these old things have to be given up," he added, pointing out there were new forms of entertainment that were attracting people today, He also pointed out that local exhibitors did not show any of their livestock or pro- duce at the fairs, but the prizes were being taken away from the area fairs by people on the "circuit" who made it a full time job during the fair season. He noted that at one time this was very much different and local farmers took pride in to use all their hose in many cases and this left them with none if a fire should break out in Seaforth. Scott noted that by building a suitable underground supply tank, insurance rates for rate- payers in Egmondville would probably be cut, due to 'the added protection it would af- ford. Scott suggested a 3,000-gallon tank could be sunk into the ground near the Egmondville United Church, and pointed out an amount of water such as that would last for considerable time at a fire. "It would be a good invest- ment, and it wouldn't be a big expense to , you," he told coun- cil. He requested the steps lead- ing down the bank to the river, because he told council many of his men refused to carry the 125-pound pump down anymore, due to the fact at least two men have been injured in such operations. "Some of the boys refuse to go down there anymore," he stated. Scott told council the Sea- forth brigade would co-operate in every manner possible and • (Continued on page 12) merit made by sack Roxborough at the Huron Liberal nomina- tion that Diefenbaker had failed to keep well over 100 of his pro- mises. "The truth is he kept too many to suit the opposition," Cardiff charged. Motheis Watch Guides Enrolled Wendy Ranee, Gail Mc- Carty, Sharon IVICHerizie, Bon- nie McLean and Patty Strong proudly were their complete Guide uniform for the first time on Vebruary 18 at the regular Clinton Girl Guide meeting, being enrolled into the group by. Captain /twin, Lieu- tenant Fain and Company, Leader karen SChetter, Cookie§ and coffee were serv- ed to the mothers who came to see their' daughters achieve the first step hi Girl Guxdiitg taking their livestock to the fairs to compete against their neighbors for the top prizes. Forbes suggested that even those few people who . did at- tend the fairs now, were not particularly interested in the Walter Forbes Will Announce EMO Co-ordinator Today: J. 6. Berry John Berry, clerk of Huron County, this week quelched rumours that have been circu- lating that an Emergency Mea- sures Organization co-ordinator has been named already. Berry said an announcement will be eria-de -on -Thursday (to:- day) regarding the appointment of a replacement for Murray MacDonald, who resigned to accept a similar job in Toronto. At their January sessions, county council named a com- mittee on Emergency Measures, one member being reeve Morg- an Agnew, Clinton. Other members of the corn-, mittee are: Mrs. May Mooney, Goderich; Milton Oesch, Zurich; Calvin Kreuter, Brussels and Frank Walkom, Goderich. He said that if the govern- ment had been allowed to carry out their programs they would have fulfilled all their promises. "But we had nothing but obstruction — obstruction — ob- struction," he emphatically not- ed, "and for no good reason at Pointing out that Canada had the best economy of any coun- try in 1962, he said the Pro- gressive Conservatives did More for the' country in the paSt five years than What the Liberals did in 22 years. Predicts Win Predicting a Win hi the April 8 vote; Cardiff told his audience the PC's would go back With a majority government thiS time, '"Just you Welt and see," he remarked. However, he added it would- n't be easy nor would it be a Walk-away, but he said he Was not afraid. "I only want to be here as long, as the people Want ire,"" he exhibits, but stood around and talked to. their neighbors and friends most of the time. Commenting on the fact that exhibiting at fairs was a busi- ness for some people, he told of one area farmer, who finding it too hard to plow, loaded his cattle into a truck and took them to several fairs. Forbes reported the man "Circuit". earned about $40 a day on the "When I asked him if people looked at his livestock, he said that not many did," Forbes told his councillors. Cut Down Number Forbes said he felt there should only ,be two or three fairs in the county to replace the many small ones now be- ing operated. He 'even suggested that one large fair may be the answer. "These fairs are only existing from the grants they receive," he noted, "and I don't think the townships and the county should have to give them grants when people aren't interested," Backing up his statement that the fairs existed only through grants, he noted that the gate receipts at Clinton had been less than $600 last year, while collections and grants amounted to much more than this. Councillor Everett Mcllwain agreed with Forbes and said it was a good suggestion, and while it probably wouldn't re- sult in one or two fairs for two or three years, it would get the various boards thinking more on the idea. The discussion of the fairs came after Mervn Lobb, prese: 1.00 gdreannttof the Clinton group had requested their,usual $ Earlier in the meeting, Ed. Grigg, president of the Bayfield group requested an increase in their grant from $75 to $100. He told council that the fair was educational and good for the children. "If it wasn't, it wouldn't be worth carrying on," he admit- ted. However, he said there was less interest being taken by (Continued on page 8) said, "and I'm not ashamed of my past record." lie noted he had always look- ed after his constituents, re- gardless of' their political af- filiations or their religion. "I've never refused anyone arid I've never taken a nickel from anyone," he boasted. Ile said that hi the past 23 years he had tried to 'bring honesty to Huron. "I think I've Succeeded," he stated, In Moving Cardiffe name for the post, Senses Donnelley, Goderich, urged the audience to let it be known they were biefenbaker people. "I have cOnfiderice in that Man and in that man's govern Merit," he stated. Re Challenged anyone to tell' hilt that the past five years had riot been good for the country 'arid the county. His motion was seconded by TOM Webster, nungithrion, and reerriihetione Were elefeecl iiat (Continued on page 71 received from the department of highways. Council will also call tenders for the supplying of 10,000 cubic yards of gravel to be der livered before June 15 and an- other 4,000 yards in the fall. Advertisements will also be placed calling for tenders for supplying 100 tons of calcium chloride for the roads Named as warble fly inspec- tor for the coming year was Victor Taylor, one of two ap- plicants for the position, who will receive $1.00 per hour and eight cents per mile for car allowance. Tender for spraying the cattle in the township for warble flies was awarded to Hubert Cooper, Exeter, who has done the work for a number of years, One of two applicants, his price was 10 cents per head. Cooper was also awarded the contract for supplying the powder at a cost of $4.65 per 15-pound bag or 41 cents per pound. His was one of seven tenders received at the meeting. In the only other business discussed, council made three grants. They voted to make a grant of $75 to the Bayfield Agriculture Society and grants of $50 each to the South Huron Agriculture Society and the Clinton Fair Board, the present system made their biggest margins at Clinton and were even defeated in many cases at Gorrie. The, number of votes cast- 1,170—was down slightly from last year, when 1,349 hog pro- ducers went to t h e polls to name 'their committee, "Pooele Aren't Interested" Warden Against Small Fairs, Suggtsts. Two or Three Only NOT AGAIN!! Storm Closes Area Roads At press time last night (7;00 p.m.) all, roads in the area were closed by area police officials and many Clinton resi- dents were among those strand- ed, Largest 'group was 45 CHSS students and four teachers, who attended the open house at On- tario Agricultural College, Guelph, They were stopped at Strat- ford by the OPP, mainly due to the fact there had been over 10 accidents in the stretch of highway between Stratford and Sebringville, Principal D. J. Cochrane was "sweating it out" at press time, waiting to see if the bus would be allowed on the road or whether he would have to phone all the parents to advise that the pupils would have to re- main in Stratford for the night. Mr. Cochrane reported late in the evening that the students were definitely stranded in Stratford for the night, Constable Johnston, Goderich OPP, described area weather conditions as "terrible" and said all roads had been closed throughout the area. He reported police in London were so busy investigating accidents they had no time to answer messages being sent by other detachments. 0 ---- Seek At Least 18 Instructors For Next Year The board of Central Huron Secondary School have join the competition for teachers for the fall opening of their new facili- ties. The bidding for teachers started last Wednesday and six full pages of advertisements on behalf of boards throughout the province appeared in a Toron- to daily newspaper. Advertisement for the CHSS requirements appeared on Thursday. It points out the school is a 1,300-pupil compo- site school just completing a (Continued on Page 7) Robert Allan Wins Major Prizes At Western Ontario Seed Test THE NM ERA , 97th. 'YEAR. Producers Back Present Hog Plan, Gain Most Support in Clinton Area -iinto11- New Plan Egmondville Storage Wells? Also Let Tenders • at Tuckersmith Na, 19,---The•.Hame Paper Wjth the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1963 $4,00 Per Yeor,10 .Cents for Copy-12 ,Page;