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Clinton News-Record, 1964-12-24, Page 5Jackpot Didn't Pay Off This is the safe which was smashed open Sunday night at the Princess ,'Street home of Mrs. Mary-Paisley. The 500-pound safe was wheeled from a small office to the living room where a crow bar (on chair at left) and a pick axe (right foreground) taken from Mrs. Paisley's garage were used to smash it open. The thief or thieves got two rings for their efforts as the valuables in the safe were for the most part non-negotiable stocks and bonds. (News-Record Photo by John Visser) The Nerve Of Some People! The above photo shOWs the Princess Street West hotne of Mrs. Mary Paisley Which was robbed Sunday night. The Paisley home is at left. At the time of the robbery during which the safe (Shown iri the above picture) was smashed open, Mrs. Paisley was next door in the white house., a supper guest of Mr. and Mrs. Don Symons. The safe was opened on the right side of Mrs, Paisley's home—the side nearest the 8yrnons home, but no noise Was heard. (dews--Record Photo by John, Visser) The their teneterazily khan-red Wih Turkeys doh d thoughts of going boccie', and pitched into the lunch of in Saturday Draw Christmas goodies and coffee which had been prepared by several Of the ladks of the church, o. Drive with care this Holiday Season Two district men and a. Clitngy ton woman Were winters Sat- ttrday of turkeys in a draw held by -the Ordea.'. Of the Eastern star at the Town Hell, Clinton. The Winner* were: MM. Torn Leppington, tlintion; Gerald reagah, Wdektith, and bonaki VV6tsoh, Allr 4, Oliiitob., "Whtst"if I Ask Him For T 1" Momentarily disregarding her treat bag, 184n,onth-old 15ebbie gives 8Atita, tt goody long look. The daughter of Cpl, and Mrs. Don 1-hnit, of teeker's Trailer ;Courts Clintoni, was One of almost 1,000 Children who Met ,of at the ,annual RCAF 8tation ClintOn Children's Party last Wednesday" (ZCAP Photo) Thurs., Nc, g4, 1904 lintori News-Record—Page 5 Reove- FIELD COUNCIL RACE . The Finishing Touches The above picture is a familiar sight to most parents these days—or is it Dear, Old Dad who does the work? These two young Clintonians were photo- graphed by News-Record photographer John Visser as they added the final touches to the family Christmas tree just a very few clays before the arrival of that genial gentleman pictured at the lower hight hand corner of this page. Burglars smashed open a 500- pound office safe in a private home Sunday night while the owner was having Supper next door, but they got only a dia- mond engagement ring and a plain, geld wedding band for their efforts. Clinton Police Chief Russ Thompson -said the robbery took place at the 'home of Mrs. Mary Peisley, 77 Princees Street West, between 5:30 A.m. and 9 p.m. "Professional Job", He said hie department "is of the opinion that this was a prafessional eafe-cracking job." The chief said an axe, crew bar and a pick -axe used to smash open 'the safe were taken from -Mrs. Paisley's, garage behind her home. A. total of $2,500 in Govern- ment of Canada bonds was or- igitially thought to have 'been stolen, but the two $1,000 bonds and a $500 bond turned up late Monday in Mess Paisley's home. The ibends are not negotiable as they are registered to the owner, Lives Alone Mrs. Paisley, en 83-year-old widow, lives alone in her house and at the time of the robbery was next doer having supper with mayor-elect and Mrs. Don Symons. She told police she left her house about 5:30 p.m. and re- turned about 9 p.m. to find her living room strewn' with pap- ers, thunks of concrete from the lining of the safe walls and the 'safe overturned And broken open, 50 Feet Away Police said the safe, had been rolled from a small office into the living room where it was, pounded open With tools front Mrs. Paisley's garage. Mr. %nations said no one was observed in the Paisley home between 5:30 „land 9 p.m., and 116 noise was heard. He esti- mated the distance between the houses at about 50 feet. 'The safe was smashed open On the east side of the Paisley home theside facing the Symons re- sidence. N`o Less Set Mat, Paisley said she cotdd net immediately place a value on the stolen rings. One, she said, Was an ertgagenterit ring With a sapphire in the centre. It originally had been flanked by two diamonds, but one of the diamonds had fallen Out. The ether Was a plain geld Wedding band, Chief Thompson said aft'et an exhaustive, search of the house it Was believed only the rings were taken, said no winclowSdeem appeared to have been forced. The investigation Under Odd Thomptott and Const, continueS. BA'S'SFIa..1)—Wigadier Fred Mitt' was elected peeve of :this roCentlY.' re-incorporated village Monday night ,41; riP4444t4P11 meeting in PayfieK 4144 WW1). saw 10 other persons proposed , Pour of the 10 wlil be chosen in an eloetion Pee:ember 28, The ..candidates are; Incnnt, ent. trustees Fronk McFadden ancl Leroy Path, Castle, • Edward W. .0dagif son,: Lee Smith,. Adam Flowers, George ollchaanber, Mrs. George Hop- son, Joseph Allaire and :Jack Sfeegeop, • Name Trustegs. Merton Merger was nominat- ed by awl:ems:leen as Bayfie sole Stanley .Township 001001 area trustee, Ile earlier had been elected to the • poeition eking with Jack Sturgeon, hut last week both were disquali- figa from the post in a ruling by the Ontario Department of Education and the Ontario Municipal Board. The departments ruled Bay- f ,y..1a- -which officially becomes. Dead is Norman 3, Malloy. Ontario Provincial Police con- stable Paul Petryshyn of the Goderich Detachment said Mr. Molloy's car apparently grazed a 'bridge abutment en County Road 12, and flipped into a creek. He said no time for the ac- cident , had been established, a Waage on Jan. t4. 1905---maY have Only One, :school. %VS- tPe, Mr. Werner was nennn- ated by Jack ,$ttIngeon. Stanlee Tow'nsh'ip • .Tr ee nie 'Whet. was Chosen as die*, 'man for the evening, end sleart- Prd proceedings by OSIciPg for remarks fTeri the nominator and seconder of each candidate. rieiced Qua Sturgeon and Walter Westlake who respectively .no- minated and SeCQ4(led CAlft were- the -fleet to speak, "'There were none others • proposed for reeve," Mr, Slur- g-gon said, "I guess I picked the best one." Mr. Westlake said he felt Mr. Sturgeon 'had summed up his feelings and that he would -make no cam- meat on the acclamation. Chairman Talbot was asking for remarks front the tor of the first candidate for comail when he was interrupt- ed by a question from the floor., Draws Applause "Mr. Chain-ewe" Merton lant it Is believed to have hap- pened during 'the early morning hours. The officer said the road was icy at the time. Mr. Malley was a traveller for "Cockehtitt Farm Equipment of Canada Limited. He is sur- vived. by his widow and, two daughters. The funeral was Saturday at Stratford. Approve Hospital Addition 'The Ontario 'Hospital Servic- es • Commission has approved 'basic architectural plans for a 44shed r -addition to Alexandra Marine and General Hospital at Goderich. Detailed plans should be ready in a few days, according to hospital board chairman John Schaefer, The additiop which will cost about $550,000 will replace the original hospi- tal building which is more than 65 years Mr. Schaefer said construction on. the new wing is scheduled to - start -in easily summer, The hospital completed a 41-bed ad- dition 'six years ago and now has a total of about 90 beds, 0 Interthurch Group Holds Vesper Service The annual CGIT Vesper Ser- vice was presented by the Chan 'Geri—Inter-Church Group for which 30 CGIT members and leaders filled the choir loft of St Andrew's Presbyterian Ch- urch. The girls wore their CGIT middles and the church was decorated with "evergreens, poinsettias and candles. The order of service sent out by 'the National CGIT coutlaii Was used. Brenda King-swell, Beverley Cudmore and Mrs. Donalda Bell read the Christ- mas story in scripture and verse and Patty Strong was the candletighter. The choir sang two anthems, "The Magnificent" with an In- donesian tune and the "Coven- try Carel", They were under the direction of Mee. Robert Homuth With Mrs. Morgan Ag- new' at the Organ. tishees were Bonny Butler and Glenda Cray. The offering was taken. Up by Rhonda Rath- well and Denise Currie. The service was closed With a candlelighting recessional and the congregation and choir singing "Joy. .to the World", On. Tuesday, December 22, the 'CM:7' Carolled throtigh the town. This Was followed by a party art the Presbyterian Church. -O Nonagenarian Club 1\frs. Clara 'wage of 44 North 8freelt quietly celebrated her 90th birthday Friday art her home where she resides with her daughter and eert-en-law, Mr, and Mrs, O. Proctor, She enjoys good health and takes pleasure In sewing, reading and chatting with her friends. A CHUCKLE Atemtedt o f tittra-Modern thurth Ministert "Ir.triokv What would be hide „ budtet Memner asked, "ean we not ea irninate these speeches from the ' Movers .and seconders? We, have a long list of candidates here. Can we ,not get on with hearing what . they have to say?" Mr, Merner's motion was applauded by Lire 70 per- • Brig, P. A. .Cliff NeW Bayfieki Reeve sons attending the meeting, and Brig. chit wars called upon to say a• 'few words. Brig. •Clif t thanked ratepay- ers for electing him by accla- mation and promised his ser- vices to the community, "I am a newcomer t'o the community," Brig. Cliff said, "but I have been very active in getting around 'here and I think I now have a pretty good knowledge of the village and the villagers." The reeve-elect said he would make certain he acquainted himself with the needs. of 'the village and villag- ees "and'I will do my very beet to keep costs dawn and my best to keep you all informed of what is going on." Historic Occasion The _Brigedier appealed to villagers to show the same in- terest in council meetings they had, shown in the nomination meeting and- invited all to at- tend council meetings so an in- telligent interest, could be tak- en in village affairs by the people of the village, In closing, he remarked that the meeting was an historic one because 39 years and a • Early Deadlines The Clinton News-Record will be published on Wednes- day, Dee. 30, next week, in- stead of Thursday. Advertisers, contributors and correspondents are ask- „ to please . bear this change in mind. Deadlines will be moved back one day. For advertise- ments, the dealliine will be 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 28. Fin- al deadline for news copy will be 10:00 am-1,, Tuesday, Dee. 29. We regret no news (other than breaking news) or ad- vertisernents received. after the deadlines can be publish- ed. few days. ago in a similar meet- ing in the town hall Bayfield had started off a's a village once. before. starting orir agairw, he said. "I hope We'll dO the jab In a manner that is the wish of the people of the vai-age,” Tax Run-Down Mr, 'Castle in 'a brief .speeeb said. if elected to the positive of -.eon-wilier be would attempt tO serve the' village to the best of his !abilities for the. good of .13ayfield, and wotdrl work with his fellow councillors—whoever they might be—to see that this VMS accomplished. Mx". McFadden thanked his nominator and eeld he was ems rows to serve the village as a councillor, "If you want any- thing, you have to _work :aft it," he said, "and we have some examples here of what can be accomplished when you work at it." Running - the affairs of a village is important business, he said, 'and it should- be treated as 'such. —1fa'rd At Work' The Kinsmen have been hard tut ,their annual Christmas pro- ject for, over a month now. They have been collecting and repairing toys, -trying to deter- mine the needs and wants of the children and packing large cardboard boxes full of good- ies. Headquarters for "Operation Santa Claus" is the office of Grover Campbell, local agent for Hinton the Mover. A corner of the warehouse has been converted -to a temp- orary adjunct 'to the North Pole operation, and the walls are lined with gleaming bicycles, sparking tricycles and kiddie cars, gaily-decorated sleds, and as of Sunday, a few of the same type of toys in somewhat less than mint condition. Wedneday Delivery. Only a corner of Mr. Camp- bell's desk could be seen; the rest of it was ' hidden under a stack of lists, telephone num- He gave a run-down of the source and allocation of taX 41001e$ in the year 1964 and concluder, ,q think we had good mileage wfth your money," He said, if elected, he and Cl4t and the other. three coup- eiliors would -"ocercise frugal., ity together, I'm for a tong buck." Long Buck Too Mr. -Odrlleifson said the nine, years: he has' spent in the ylt- lage make him a relative new- comer, "lett we like the village and I would like to be a pert of helping to build up the new village. If I am fortunate enough to be elected so I can be of assftance to the village, you can look for a long buck with me, too," Mr. Poth said 'he 'felt Mr. Mc- Fadden had covered the affairs of the village during the past year "pretty well. If 1 am elec- ted to council I will help to try to carry things on pretty much as they have been in the past." ''I was surprised when I was (Continued on Page Eight) bers and addressee, empty cof- fee cups, •a wind-up doll, a bro- ken roller skate, a wooden loco- motive set, and a stack of chil- dren's trousers. More pictures on Page 11 - By Wednesday of this week it should have been cleared off again. That's the day 'the Kins- men were to have delivered the boxes of toys and clothee. The Christmas cheer effort has not been carried on solely by the Kinsmen Club. This year the Clinton Lions Club is do- nating a turkey to each of the 20 families on the list, .and the Corporal's Club from RCAF Station Clinton has, donated a mountain of tinned foodstuffs to he divided among the gift recipients. Appreciate Support Operations. chairman Percy Pugh and Kinsmen Club presi- (Continued on Page Eleven) 0 ark Counts Wins Scholarship Marie Coultes, daughter of Mi'. and Mrs. James Coultes, Belgrave, has received word she is the recipient of the Huron County Scholarship. It is awarded annually to a first year 'student at Macdonald Institute, Guelph. Miss Coultes is a 1964 gradu- ate of Winghaa-n District High School. Surprise Snack Delights Choir Wren:them of the choir of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Chen- ii Were getting ready to go hOnie atter regular Practise Oh ''burs"- day When they found. a Siiteett had been prepared for them in the church basement, Iwo Rings For Their Trouble . . Burglars Crack Sale in Clinton Home Car Flips Into Creek; Stratford Man Drowns SEAFORTH — A 50-year-old Stratford man drowned Thursday two and a half miles north of here after the car he was driving was involved in an accident. Kinsmen Making Sure There Is A Santa Claus "Anybody got a spare fire engine?"; "Would this snow suit fit a two-year-old?"; "How big is a 16-yearzold girl, anyway?"; "Pass the 'roller skates, please." - The preceeding dialogue isn't from :the psychiatric ward of some hospital . . it's just sonic of the questions. Clinton Kins- men have been asking each other during the past several weeks, And they're not nuts either! Those are the sort of questions you, have to ask when you're preparing a Christmas basket for a needy family and you don't know Where to -find a spare fire engine or 'how big a 16-yearsold girl is.