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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-04-04, Page 9tkig, 14,The .Hgnle raper With the News. CIANTON, ONTARIO, -THIMPAY, A PRU, 44 )90 $4.00 Per Year-10 "cents Per copy---FIRST KTIoN—payes 1 to Oft -wspoRee.,_ THE HURON RECORD— 81st YEAR THE NEW ERA-97th. YEAR. Charming Springtime Ensembles Seen at the 1963 Kinette Club Fashion. Show last night were this charming pair of ladies, Mrs. A. J. Langdon, in laminated grey coat and petal hat, with six-year-old Cynthia Morel, in dainty black and white checked spring frock. Theme of the show this year was quite appropriately, "Spring at Last". (News-Record Photo) Goderich Township Cut Off Fair Grant, Question Increased Conservation Tax REFUSE TO TALK POLITICS DRAW IRE OF CROWD Cardiff Says 'Fresh Air As 'Goo'd As oney, "Friend" Backs 'Plant Used For Margarine With less than one 'week to go before the federal election, Huron's two "friendly" candi- dates still stubbornly' refuse to become embroiled in political is- sues and it appears the local contest will be strictly a person- ality fight. This attitude was very much in evidence when the two, Els- ton Cardiff and Gordon Mc- Gavin, appeared at the political meeting staged by the Huron Farm Union in Seaforth, Mon- day. Only heated words that flew at the meeting were not from the candidates, but from some of the 150 in the audience who appeared to be slightly dis- gruntled with the candidates' refusal to discuss their policies. Cardiff set the stage for the "friendly" meeting when he told the audience he was running against a good friend in the person of McGavin and would not comment on any subject "that would hurt him in any way, shape or form". "I think more of my friends than politics," he candidly re- ported. Noting there would be a ques- tion period following the 15- minute address by the pair, People may, if they show up at the CNR station in large enough numbers on Saturday afternoon, see and hear the Prime Minister of Canada, as he proceeds to a speaking engagement in Gode- rich. Though no stop is actually scheduled at the Clinton sta- tion, the special train bear- ing the Prime Minister and pulling his private car, is ex- pected to be arriving here at about 12:20 p.m. IF there is a group of people at the station; and IF there is sufficient time for Mr. Diefenbaker to stop and still get to Goderich by 1:00 p.m., he' MAY make an ad- dress at Clinton. Station agent Henry Carter received word yesterday of the route the Prime Minist- er's train will take. On the return trip via Exeter to London, the train will not be in the Clinton Station, but will switch onto the London track about a quarter mile north of town. Diefenbaker May Stop Here IF the Str.s.t (COlintirigg;-, WE $901,g fail to see the reason for the.current Popular pastime Of engaging in gruel- hag 50-mile walks, but we're glad to. See that Clinton yopthS Are no different than their Counterparts across the nation and a walk" has been ached- pled for this Friday and Satur- day (Sunday for some?) to take place between Clinton end Wingharri . . A report receiv- ed at the News-Reeord office indicates the jaunt will com- mence at midnight on Friday at the gates of RCAF Clinton and will probably terminate, there after the enthusiasts have hiked to the Winghain post office and back, IT IS NOT known whether the organizers have lest faith in the physical abilities of their elders, but the imitation has only been extended to any youth who may wish to indulge in this worthwhile (??) and blistering trek . However, we have no doubt but what they would welcome anyone feeling up to the march . . Personally we can think of bet- ter ways to spend half a day, but then that's probably .be- cause we have trouble bending over to tie up our shoes to get going anyway. WHILE WE in Canada have become very aware of "medd- ling" in our affairs in the past few weeks, it should be noted this craze was probably an-off- spring of a suggestion by Prince Philip that we Cana- dians are in poor shape . . Further, the walks all had their start in the United' States and they gained prominence when Robert Kennedy, brother of the President, and U.S. Attorney General, indulged in this popu- lar business a few months ago ; . . So, while we complain, we appear to be quite willing to follow in footsteps made first in the U S To get this thing back on a Canadian basis, we would be quite willing to challenge anyone to a sleeping or sitting contest, because this walking bit appears to be a lot of nonsense to us. AREA RESIDENTS appear to be still amazed at the speed with which the snow left us in the past two weeks, but we doubt if they are complaining much . One of the early spring visitors spotted in this area was ao white swan , on the farm of Elmer bale, -R,11 4; Clinton . He reports he had a good look at the bird through field glasses, but when he tried to approach, it quickly vacated the spot. Not knowing any- thing about White swans, 'we don't know whether they go south for the winter or not, but if they don't they are just as foolish as a great many of the natives around here. WE TRUST area hockey fans will be behind the local juven- iles in their quest of the OMHA championship in the next couple of weeks, as they certainly de- serve the support — Not only that, the clUb needs the money . . At least this is what we would suspect after watching some of the boys go through a meal after the game in Hesp- eler, Friday . . With the "Chief" (the suspended one) offering to pick up the tab, four of the ' youths dug right into a full course meal with all the trimmings and topped it off with a large ice cream sundae . This can't be considered too bad by those who have wat- ched them exert themselves to such a great extent on the ice, but as we packed up to •leave the restaurant the four lads were just clearing the table to start all over again . The poor chaps must starve when they're not playing hockey! Swinging through Ontario in this last week of campaign be- fore election day on Monday, Prince Minister John Diefen- baker will visit Huron on Sat- urday, April 6, with an ap- pearance in Goderich at noon. He is expected to arrive in the county town by train by 1;00 p.m., and Will proceed to tour the Dominion Road and Machinery plant. A stage has been set up, and the Prime Minister will address employ- ees fn Goderich at noon. ees at the plant Then the cavalcade of cars Will move off via Highway to the Square, where they will be met by the Clinton ComMunity concert Band, and Will circle the square before going to the Goderich District Collegiate Institute. The Weather 1903 1082 High Low High LOW March 28 44 25" 58-30 20 86 88' 43 30 0 28 5'7 80 31 53 -32" 42 2$ April 1 GO 88 :83- 2 IN' 43 "88 gg" 3- 6/ 50' 41 21 -.10 After a lengthy debate that lasted for over two hours, Gode- rich Township council turned down a request from the Cen- tral Huron Agricultural Society for a grant for their annual Spring Fair, At the same meeting, how- ever, they did,authorize a grant of $75 for the Bayfield Fall Fair. , Mervyn Lobb, who recently resigned as president of the local Society, attended the meeting to seek a grant, but was turned down by council. Council were split on the de- cision as an earlier motion had been presented by councillor Everett IVIcIlwain and deputy- reeve Grant Stirling to give the Clinton group the same grant as the Bayfield organization. However, reeve Walter Forb- es sided with councillors Jack Yeo and Harry Oakes and de- clared the motion defeated. None of the councillors could be contacted in regard to their decision in' turning down the The public address will be made at two o'clock in the auditorium of the collegiate. Premier John gobarts, Lon- dok .also will be at this meet- ing, and will address the gath- ering, Ontario Minister of Highways, the Hon. Charles S. MacNaughton, Exeter, also is (Continued on page 12) Diefehbaker grant as they were touring the township roads Wednesday, but' Lobb stated that the main ob- jection to the making of the grant appeared to be their dis- approval of a letter written by Frank Falconer, president of the Central Huron,Agricultural So- ciety, that was printed in the Clinton News-Record. This letter attacked reeve (Continued on Page Five) 0 Advance Poll Down Slightly From Last June Russ Bolton, Seaforth, Huron riding returning officer report- ed this week the area advance poll was down considerably over last year, but he said there was no way of telling if this would indicate a poor turnout on elec- tion day. He said that circumstances vary from one year to the next and the number of persons us- ing the advance polls was not an indication of how heavy the vote may be. The voting was down by 51 persons in the five advance polls with only 110 persons casting ballots, in comparison to the 1'61. of last year. The numbers by polls were as follows: Clinton 17, Goderich 36, Exeter 19, Seaforth 22 and Blyth 16. Numbers Up Helton reported Huron would have 866 more eligible voters than in the June election with 26,077 names on the voters' list in the riding. Polls open at 8:00 and close at 7:00 p.m. - There will be 144 polling sta- tions in the county and the DRO reported that anyene not know- ing where they Were to vote should check the Grant of Poll notices that are displayed in all post offices In Huron. It is also expected that e1ec. tors may phone any of the vari- ous offices set up as campaign headquarters by the two ean- dklatee to seetire•the same in- formation. Bolton explained that persons interested in finding the results as quickly as possible should tune their radios or TV's into either CitIVX Winghtun or CFt' tendon. Again this election, both sta- tiOnS Will haVe direct lines into the DRO's office in Seaforth (Continued on rage l Cardiff stated be would refuse to, answer any questions that would in any way embarrass McGavin. He kept his word too, refus- ing to answer many of the questions asked by the audience, noting on several occasions he had not had time to study the Progressive Conservative plat- form on some of the issues. Expressing the feeling of many in the disappointed aud- ience, Bob Taylor, RR 3, Clin- ton, told the candidates it "is a sorry sight to have a political meeting to sit around and have a friendly chat." Taylor noted there were two sides in the election and the people were interested in hear- ing the two explain their re- spective positions. "That's why we came here," he noted, adding that no one in the audience wanted to stir up any arguments that would have the two candidates leave the meeting as enemies. McGavin also failed to answer many of the questions asked, pointing out he had been very busy going around the riding meeting the people and hadn't had time to study some of the Liberal policies and issues in the campaign. Compliment Brief Subscribers of the Township of Tuckersmith Municipal Tele- phone System gave their unani- mous approval for an extensive construction program of an estimated cost of $175,000 when they met in Varna, Wednesday, to vote on the issue, They also authorized the is- suing of debentures for $150,000 to cover the major portion of the cost in an effort to rebuild farm group wished to ,see im- plemented to aid the agricul- tural industry in Canada. Both candidates politely re- ported the brief contained many worthwhile projects and com- plimented the group on their study of the situation. While he noted it was im- possible to digest all the parts of the comprehensive report, Cardiff stated he agreed with most of it, Give Tentative Ap For Ail Ditches in Meeting Tuesday, Tucker- smith council gave tentative approval to a weed spraying program that will cover the entire township, rather than the practice of spot spraying that Hensall Council Again Seeks Liquor Vote HENSALL — Permission will be asked by council for a vote on four types of licensed out- lets. Council has set a tentative date of June 26 for the vote. A similar vote in 1960 was de- feated. The questions that will be voted on if the provincial board gives its approval are: Sale of beer on licenced premises where women are admitted; sale of beer in licenced premises where men only are admitted; sale of liquor in licenced premises din- ing lounges; sale of liquor in a cocktail lounge, In other business council ap- proved a grant of $60 to the South Huron Agricultural So- ciety, the system to present day stan- dards. Only 36 subscribers out Of the 1,064 listed on the annual re- port were present for the meet: ing, but another 97 proxy votes had been submitted. All 133 votes cast were in favor of the project, and it re- quired that only 106 votes be cast with the majority of that number being in favor. However, he pointed out the difficulty in getting farm leg- islation through parliament due to the fact the farm representa- tives were in a minority in Ottawa. He said that he and other farm members had been trying to get improved legislation fnr farmers for a number of years and they had never succeeded in getting everything they (continued on page eight) proval to Spraying Tuckersmith has been conducted in the past. Although council agreed to the program they will wait to see if they will receive approval from the department of high, ways in view of the fact they do not plan to tender for the job. If approved, the spraying will be covered by a 50 percent grant. Ralph Betteridge, St, Marys, who will be given the job if it is approved, reported to council that he does considerable Work in other townships and three- quarters of them do not call for tenders. Betteridge agreed to do the spraying work at a cost of $11.20 per mile, supplying the spray and covering both sides of the road, With the township's 80 miles of road this means the price would be $895. Councillor Art Varley noted that it had cost up to $400 in other years to do only a spot check spray and many people complained that their area was not covered. Say e r al councillors agreed that the former prOiram had not been too effective as they appeared to be making no head- (Continued on Page 5) Main work of the extensive program will be the installation of a modern dial office to re- place the present manual ex- change at Bayfield and also a construction of new cable plant from Bayfield to Clinton and Hensall to replace the present open-wire facility which has been giving the system trouble in bad weather. This new cable will be of suf- ficient capacity to carry the substantial number of trunk circuits necessary to provide free calling between these ex- changes under dial operation. Also included in the work will be the completion of dial conversions of telephones con- nected to the Seaforth and Hensall exchanges together with the construction of necessary new cable facilities in these areas. No Added Bate The commissioners indicated 'that their comprehensive study (Continued on Page 13) Elderly Man Robbed, Beaten By Two Thugs Mr. Grant Ryckman, who will mark his 89th birthday this month, is recuperating after be- ing roughed up by a pair of thugs at his home, Friday. Mr. Ryckman, lives alone Oh miles east of Hensel/ and was struck in the face by one of the assailants while the second held his head. The pair robbed him of $53 his pension money, and ransack- ed the house apparently in search of more money. The intruders tore the tele- phone from the wall before leaVieg and Mr, Pycktrtan walk- ea the short distance to a neigh- bor's where police were nailed, He told police a man knocked at his door about 7t80 p.m, and Said he needed gas for his car. Then, Mr, Ityckman said, the Man grabbed hit, around the face and yelled for his com- panion. The elderly man said the pair Were about 3O years old and they kept their backs. him even when ransacking the house: OPP Constables D. At 'West- over and Cecil dibbengr Exeter, are investigating. Bine and White Charming in spring topper of laminated navy with spark- ling white piping trim, Mrs. Douglas Fleischauer, also models a matching navy hat of straw, which was one of many shown at the "Spring at Lait''' fashion 'show spon- sored by *the_ Kinettes last night. (News-Record Photo) Dainty Frock This is Mrs, Ian Fraser in one of the lovely spring styl- es she modelled at the Kin- ette Fashion Show last night. Styled of polished white cot- ton, with tiny rosettes, the dress is complimented by the large purse of black straw. (News-Record Photo) Thieves Enter Mensal! firm For the second time in two weeks, thieves broke into the A. Spencer and Son planing mill in Hensall, Making off with about $100 in Merchandise last Wednesday, In the first entry on March 18, about 5145 worth of tools were taken. In the latest episodd, entry was made through a rear door. An electric I drill, heavy duty stapler and 5,000 staples, a hand ehisel, two planes, a putty knife and a nail set were taken, Chief E. It, DAVIS of Hensall and OPP Constable Ceeil bons, Exeter, are invesitating. Diefenbaker Concludes Tour In Areas Will Speak At Goderich Meeting i With the Huron Farm Union president, Edgar Rathwell, Bayfield, acting as' chairman, the meeting started off with Mrs. T. Govenlock reading the brief drawing up the policy statements of the Ontario Farm Union. The report cited the need for the, preservation of the small farnily farm; the need for com- prehensive deficiency payments; a :concrete policy to aid the _.fniunclering dairy industry; re- 4 rated trading restrictions to en- able farm products to be ex- ported more freely; a $5 prem- ium on grade A hogs and sever- al other suggestions that the Now The Streets Are 'CAM...Dandy Although area residents were undoubtedly pleased at the sudden appear- slice ef gpring, the fresh air was slightly spoiled with the dust caused from the dirt left after the snow melted away. However, workmen quickly pursued the dirt with browns and shovels to give the town a bright atmosphere. Shown working ahoveo from the left aret ,Jim tldwards, Eminerton and Jilll Cox, (News-Record Mao) Approve Costly Modernization Plan For Tuckersmith Telephone System