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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1975-07-24, Page 111• .1$21 thecbarter r another .100eflitiort. This nslilttted by Mrs., F. Grand Mistress tar est. and ibis Itedge Toxon LosiAM o.477. of 1t0dies Orange he velenMsOciatien. first (Mem of the new e W rt:e: W.M. Alm Roy Ball; Mrs . Paionan; chap. Wan (Potter Dippell; Rec. Sec. rs Cap Cook; TreasViol, Se; Fin. Sec. Mrs. Wm. rtha) ShohrOokeP Dr. TC. s. Lam -once Stevenson; Le. Olive Fisher; 0.0. Wesley Slmbrooke; COM., YiCtOria laZier and Margaret Clark,sork; wird Laurence Stevenson; Aud. ,• V. Wailer and Margaret qarkson. The• first regular meeting was held June 22, 1921._ The first . banner was painted by Lucille Grant and is still in our lodge room. The first church parade Ne..3.77 Participated in as JUIY Othtrirarto Street United Chureh, At the Jul'y 4th megtingh was beantbTheat4thtbeTrauegsuAlYr meeting Dippellmeenothtdatoyhna. t ,rwtiety bu26ytha, biot x was Itegalla and this box is still being moved by Mrs. Cook and Mrs. • in 1922, Mrs. Ball was the first ,YL.M. of No. 377 to attend Granli-Lodge, held in Sarnia. On April 2Sth, 1922 a motion was made that the, lodge meetings be held the Ind and 4th Tuesdays of each month. This still our regular Meeting nights. On October4Oth, 1922 a mite box Was introduced in Lodge proceeds to help with theerection of True Blue and Orange Herne in Rtchmond Hill. Gowns for use of officers were to, be made by Mrs. Mcainclury at a cost of $21.60. W. Mistress to hold office over the years are as follows: Mrs. Roy' Sall; Mrs. ,/as man; Mrfl. Gee. flanley; Cap COolt; Mrs. mativenna ,,tuctri; mrs„ Wilbert MuliVeett; Mrs.1 WeSleY Shobrooke; Mrs. Mottle Walltiaal Mrs. G. Taylor; Mrs. Norman Miller; Mrs. Tom DeeVeS; Mrs. Waldhy Burton; 'Mrs. Wesley Vanderhurgh; Mrs. Henry Sternal); Clara Harrison; Mrs. Wilfred Colclougb; Mrs. Corine Bell; Mrs. Wilfred Glazier; Mrs. Geo. Wilson; Mrs. Tom °Ton. nell; -Mrs. Peter Harrison; Mrs. Emerson Heard; Mrs. -Clayton Hodgins; Mrs. Bill Malwaln: Mrs. N.W. Heard; Mrs. Don Pickard; Mrs. Chas. Locldsart. Over the years No. 377 has supported The True Blue and Orange Home, Richmond Hill; Trillium Home, °Mlle; Cancer Fund; Heart Fund; Help to Retarded: and many others. Also the Project the M.W.G.M. chose for her term of office.' Cemetery land cleared in 1853 In early writings we find the name of Robt. Brown as the man who is, mentioned as t having gleured the land for the first plot for a cemetery, coming to Hullett •• Township lit 1853. The first burial in the cemetery was a man. ' Ooneld- Buchanan, 'buried May at, 1861. Bodies were moved out - to the cerpetery from the first burial ground at the Anglican Church, Clinton. th 1881 lOts were sold for the price of $6.00 for one- quarter lot. A full lot in the old • part of the cemetery is 16 ft. square. Deeds were issued for cemetery lots in 1900. The town had full control of the cemetery until 1953 when a By -Law was passed to have a Cemetery Board take over control of the cemetery. The Chairman of the first beard was Bert Glidden, and his committee consisted of Doug Thorndike. Art Groves, C.V. Cooke and John McFarlane. Ed Craig was earetaker and John Livermore, secr.-treas. - Chairmen slace, they have .rieen - George Beatty, Doug Thorndike, and bon Kay(present chairman)., The Mausoleum was built-in 1956, and just prior to that time land had been purchased bor- dering on Hwy. No. 4, from the late Willis VanEgmond. Mr. Ed Craig laid out the lots in the new northern part of the cemetery. Lots are single size six feet by four feet, and sell for $65.00 per single lot. plus $65.00 for grave The last train trip . Made Saturday April 26, 1941 • Clinton to Wingham Raihvay Line Will Be •' Future - When C.N.R. train Ns*. 603, • London to Wingham, the last passenter train to bne run over • the Clinton.to Wingham railway • line, arrived at Clinton on Saturday afternoon. there were a number on the station *demi who had come to see the last run of the train to Wingham. Among them were John Rath, Clinton; ' former resident of the Belgrave clistrict, who was four years old when the first train ran over the line and remembers it well; J.R. Robb, Clinton. a pensioned for- mer employee of the C.N.R. of 'the Galt Division, also a former Belgrave district resident came tk, the station to be a passenter on the last 'run over the familiar district. Passenbers thronged the ph4form as the two tiiiins were being made ready for departure. Reversing the usual custom. the Wingham train was the first* to pull out. The last 'run to Wingham was made with the sun •7ffining•wartn and bright in green fields and cattle out to pasture, trees opening into early leaf and farmers at workon the fields. •',The crew- of No. 603 was com- pOsed of Conductor --L. C. S Steele; Trainman -A. Sherloek;-. 4ngineer-William Rowell; Expressman -Roy H. Steinberg; • and malt clerks-N.S. Fletcher • and-W./I.Acres. • There' were seven paying passengers from • Clinton up, as reported by conductor Steele. There was A, small group at the Londesboro station' as the train pulled in, also at Blyth. The • Belgrave group was more nuinerous and included some ladies. There was considerable ,ae- tivitif at Wingham station. The ,1, train from Kincardine pulled out , et 145 and five minutes later ' Conductor Steele gave the alt - aboard signal for the departure of the train for Clinton. Passengers on the return trip included Mrs. Alvin Guse, St. Thomas, who was returned from a vitt; Mafry Carter, Helen Hamilton, Lucknow and Etta Mae Mae - Mod. Ripley, Stratford Normal students; Aircraftsman A. Gordon Bali, Ottawa. reporting for duty. An interesting group from Blyth boarded the train, They were Mrs. Ben Mason, 76. who was 10 years old when the first train went through over the Clinton-Wingham division. Her son J.E. Muscat Goderich and . William Mason, Myth were with her; the former having driven from Goderich to take his mother on the last run of the old line which she had been so familiar with since her childhood days. The two youngest passengers on Saturday's south -!hound train were Mrs. Mason's grand- daughters -Gloria Sibthorpe and Ann Jeanette Watson. A grand- son -Paul Watson-- and -,a cousin Marion Mason, were a !so passengers. At Lendesboro-Nliss Mary Scott and William Fairservice came aboard ticked to Clinton. Mrs. Albert Green . was also a passenger from Blyth. Hats were raised and han- dkerchiefs waved ar all the stations from Wingham to Clinton. in salute to the passing of an old friend. • We wilt reirnember Those who laid down their lives in World War ir — F.O. Alvin Corless. Fit. Sgt. Ernest Mitten, W.O.Charles E. Mutch. Capt. James Owen Combo. Sgt. W. E. flunking. F.O. John D. Hawkins. Keith Ward Jenks. Robert D. McKenzie Special awards were won in World War 11 by the following — William Francis Cook, D.F.C.; Thomas C. Cooke, A.F.C., D.F.C.; Robert M. Aldwinckle: D.F.C. opening (this includes perpetual care). Mr. Fred Tideswell is Supt. at the cemetery since June 8, 1965. The old -reference map that is in use is dated 1886. In looking Over the old records there was • one section set aside at the beginning called "Strangers - Field," ,and another called •"Potters Field." The prices varied to be buried there sometimes it cost $1.00 and at other times sup. In the year 1923' the Clinton Women's Institute had a fence, the stone pillars and the iron gates erected at the main en- trance to the Clinton Cemetery when Fred Jackson was Mayor of the Town. Researched and compiled -by Mrs. M. Batkin " tri:ONSa.. ,auctogR! • , 7.. 4 Dance Club began modern -.squar dancing •in October 1.963 with Pp,. Earl Bowles ,from the Clinton Air Force Base as their caller and • met at the 1.0.0.F. hall in Clinton. In January the dancers • moved to the. Central. Huron Secondary School, Where they danced weekly until May of the same year. On March 2Ist, 1964 twenty-four couples received their graduation .-diplomas and 'Pins. Many of these couples are still dancing with this Club. In February 1966 The Wheel Dealers,. moved out to the Canadian Forces Base where they joined the ,Cjjaton Cross Trailers. Flight Lieutenant Art Sheppard was the first to in. troduce modern square dancing in this area in 1962. In July -1965 Mr. Sheppard and his family moved to New Zealand whdre he introduced square dancing to the Southern Hemisphere. • For the neat four years square and .round dangers from the area danced in building 107 C.F.B.. Clinton with callers: Cpl Earl Bowles and Egbert Jacobs. Brunner; with Larry Sieves. C.F.B. and Jack Fairfield. Centralia assisting. Earl and Marie Bowles and Les and Hilda Hibbert taught the round dances. During the years we have been favoured with many guest callers. including: •Dick Leger. Rhode Island U.S.A.; Tiny Henderson and Dave Taylor, Detroit; Earl Park, Yorkton, Sask.; • Johnny Davidson. Hannon. Ont.; Ronald Schneider, Ohio; Lorne' Hay. Barrie; 0rphie Easson, St. Catharines, and manyothers. Many area square dancers will remember the bounteous meals served following special dances held at the Recreational Hall C.F.B., prepared and served by the air force chefs. In Feb. 3967, our Club -joined the South Western Ontario Square Dance Association (Swosda) and hosted this group several times, the most recent being on March 23rd, 1974. During the phase-out period of the Base in 1970-71 the dancers moved to . the Clinton Public School where they once more assumed their original name of Clinton Wheel 'N' Dealers. Glenn Patterson began calling for these Wednesday night dances which are still enjoyed by many -from the Clinton,. Goderich, Seaforth and Landesbor6 areas. Edward and Lois Wise - instructed' the round dancers. In January 1975 another class of beginners was started in the Hullett ,Central School at Londesboro. On July 26th .we hope to bring tbgether many of our square dancers at a Clinton Centennial Square dmice• in„„lhe Central Huron Secondary School Mr. and Mrs. Ross Merrill Mr, and Mrs. Ross Trewartha ONTARIO MINSTRY of AGRICULTURE and FOOD HURON COUNTY Since i9)8, when the first Agricultural Office was established in Clinton, staff members have been pleased to provide assistance to t rural cninniugitv. in the management of available resources and in the ad- justment resulting from the introduction 01 new tarrning technology. • HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY to Clinton congratulations Pullout, Agricultural Representative for Huron County R.G. Bennett Deputy Minister ' Wm. A. Stewart Minister • ..,;"•->. • ",r, ' I* •