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DIGGING INTO SOlVIE AN-
cient lore brings to mind a bit of
a find that merchant R. Fettia,
trucefield made • some • months
ago. . . He very kindly presented
us with the information then and
until now the matter rathet slip-
. ped our mind. . . Mr. Fettis last
year purchased the hardware bus-
iness that had been operated by
the late H. F. Berry, and in the
process of remodelling the build-
ing he came upon an ancient sign
stuck to the wall . . . Apparently
at one time a J. R. IVIcLaren had
his office .in the building, for the
sign reads as follows:
* *
"Mr. J. R. McLaren, B.A.,
B.C.L. . Advocate of the Bar of
Lower Canada .. Barrister -at
law of the bar ofUpper Canada
. . Solicitor in Chancer, Attorney-
at-law, Conveyancer, Notary Pub-
lic . s . Commisaioner to take af-
fidavits in the Superior Courts of
Justice U.C., &C, &C. . . Clinton
Centre, , Clinton, Co. Huron
One of the United Counties a
Huron and Bruce. . . N.B. Special
Attention devoted to Chancery
and Cenveyancing. , . Deeds and
Agreements carefully drawn up,
. Mortgages foreclosed, and Debts
collected in any part of Can-
ada.
Unfortunately there is no date.
included on the sign. . . and the
only clue we have to the age is
that it was printed by "Courier
Print,, Clinton". . . However, even
there We are at a loss. . . since
we are not sure of the date at
which that firm was in operation
` here. . .
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RATHER A HANDY MAN,
though. . . That promise of debt
collecting in any part of Canada
• rnust have been a large order ev-
en in those days. . . An individ-
ual now would hardly undertake
Barber Sells To
"New Canadian"
Melvin Crich has sold his barb-
er -shop business to John Vantoo,
who gained experience in hair-
cutting ,in Holland, and who has
been living in Canada for about
six months. For the last four
years Mr. Crich has operated the
barbersifop in the basement of the
H.otel Clinton. He intends to con-
tinue working in the shop for some
time, with Mr. VanLoo.
A barber of many years exper-
ience, Mr. Crich learned the trade
in Seaforth in 1906, and came to
Clinton the.nextyear-to work for
John Medd in the store now oc-
cupied by the T. Eaton order of-
fice. After three years he was
able to buy .out the business and
continued to operate it for some
years. In the spring of 1920 Mr.
Crich moved onto the farm on
Concession 2, Tuckersmith Town-
ship, now operated by William
Pepper. In 1936 he returned to
the barbering trade in Clinton,
this thne in the shop now operat-
by Groves, and contin-
ued there until moving to his pres-
ent location,
Deputy Reeve of the Town of
Clinton, Mr. Crich has found time
also to be very active in the work
of the Barbers' Assiciation. He
is secretary of the Huron County
Association and is quite active in
the work of the Ontario group.
THE NEW ERA -89th YEAR
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No. 9—The Home Paper With the News
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURDAY, MARCH 4, 1954
"And The
Salvation Army Served Coffee"
Clinton firemen turned out last Friday night when the alarm was turned in for the fire which
destroyed the Huron Aunty Court House, Goderich, and kept firemen busy all night and cm into
Saturday morning. Above, a group of Clinton smoke -eaters take a breather when two Goderich Salva.
tion Army girls came by with hot coffee. From the left are Ken Cooke; Chief G. W. Rath; Lieut.
Jessie Mayo; Mrs. Albert Wolff; Royce Frernlin; and Frank 1VIcEvvan.
Auburn Couple
Celebrates
59th Anniversary
(By our Auburn correspondent)
Mr. and Mrs. Ezekiel Philips,
quietly observed their 59th wed-
ding anniversary at their home in
Auburn on Sattirday, February
27. Mr. and WS. Philips have a
family of three, Robert J. Philips,
Mrs. (Ellen) T. S. Johnston and
Miss Laura Philips, all of Au-
burn. During the afternoon and
evening many friends and neigh-
bours .called to offer congratula-
tions and best wishes. Dainty re-
freshments were served by their
daughters and daughter-in-law.
CDCI Teacher
Heads Department
J. L. Tierney who has been the
efficient French teacher at Clin-
ton District Collegiate Institute
for the past three years has been
appointed head of the Modern
Language Department at the new
Belleville Collegiate Institute
which will be opened this Septem-
ber, This is a well-deserved pro-
motion and the best wishes of the
staff and student i at CDCI go
with Mr. and Mrs. Tierney,
Clinton Council In Action
Grants Considered
Requests to Town Council for
grants received at Monday's meet-
ing from the Clinton Citizens'
Horticultural Society, the Central
Agricultural SocietYt and the Hu-
ron County Industrial Promotion
Board, were referred to chairman
of the finance committee, George
Knights for consideration and pos-
sible inclusion in the 1954 budget.
Sell Lot
Ori motion of Reeve 3. W. Nedi-
ger,' seconded by Councillor S.
Schoenhals, Council accepted an
offer of $350 from L. D. Holland
for the lot on Ontario Street,
• across William Street, from the
old Public School.
• Bell Donated
A request from the Public
School Board for the bell in the
old public school for use in a
cairn to be erected on the new
school •property was granted on
rnotion of Nediger, seconded by
Deputy Reeve M. Crich, provided
costs of rennaval and erection of
Sante are assumed by the board.
Joins Federation
Receipts of a second invitation
from Mayor Allan J. Rush, Lon-
don, zone chairman of the Canad-
ian Federation of Mayors and
Reeves of Rural Municipalities, to
join that Federation, and follow-
ing discussion of the merit of be-
longing to the Federation, Council
authorized payment of •the $35
membership fee.
M. T. Corless spoke on behalf
of a good many of Clinton' citi-
sons, whom he felt were in favour
of the town being represented at
meetings such as this. He said
that he had always, been of the
opinion that representation there
was a fine thing.
Painting Job Awarded
• Tenders for the job of painting
the council chamber, the police
office, vestibule, cells • and ent-
rance to cells, were opened, and
that of D. A. Kay and Son for
$398.50 was accepted. Other tend-
ers were from Gordon Lawson,
• $422.55, and from Grant Rath,
$375.
• ganitoi- Tenders
Tenders for the position of jan-
itor were opened from E. C. Judd,
' X. VanRiesen, James A. Fletcher,
• John Guetter, J. Start and J, G.
Brown. No decision was made on
the hiring of a janitor for the
combined duties of caring for the
town hall, library and ladies' rest
room.
The Weather
1954 1953
High LoW High Low
Feb. 25 35 29 35 26
26 32 26 39 30
27 37 28 35 27
28 45 32 30 20
Mar. 1 33 • 26 23 9*
2 32 30 20 1*
• 3 32 • 16 34 20
Rain: 1.18 Inc. RaM: .9 ins.
Snow: fi ins. Snow: 6.5 ins.
* Below Zero
Building Permits
Building permits totalling
$20,000 were authorized as fol-
lows: H. Glazier, residence North
Street, $4,000; F. W. Andrews,
chicken house, $6,000; H. D. Ball,
residence, Raglan Street, $8,000;
Harold Emmerson, residence,
Maple Street, $2,000.
Coun. Dr. H. A. McIntyre re-
ported for the planning board and
advised that a recommendation
would likely be coming from the
Board that building permits be
given more thorough investiga-
tion, end that none be issued Un-
less the proposed building exceed
or equal the average worth of
buildings in the locality. He men-
tioned the interest the Board was
taking in seeing that certain areas
be reserved for parks and recrea-
tion areas. "Further growth of
the town will make it necessary
to include outside areas," said Dr.
McIntyre. "Our children need play
areas off the streets."
Licence Granted
Supported in his quest by a let-
ter from a Goderich lawyer,' C. L.
Stanley at Monday's Council meet-
ing requested again a license for a
fourth taxi, and was granted the
license on a recorded vote of five
in favour and Reeve Nediger,
Councillors McIntyre and Shad -
dick and Mayor Agnew against
the motion.
Need Tractor
Reeve Nediger, reporting for the
Public Works Committee, stated
that the bill for plowing of side-
walks in the town had been re-
ceived in the amount of $227. In
view of this cost he again suggest-
ed the need for a tractor,
Licadoes
The report of the chief.. con-
stable requested the authority to
issue licences of certain types,
Such • as those . for pin -ball ma-
chines, tobaccoe, etc., since his job
included the supervision of the
men in possession of them. Custom
has been for the chief constable
to investigate applicants, make a
report to council, and upon its ap-
Prove], the cletk issues the lic-
ense. .The.by-laws committee was
asked, to investigate the practices
of other towns in this tespect
By -Laws
Some discussion took place reL
garding the need for a better filing
system for the by-laws of the
town, and a general teview of ex-
isting by-laws. -
Drainage
Letters received from H. E
Itorke and front Mrs. V. Lampman
concerning the inconvenience and
discomfort caused by sewerage
back:pressure and excessive sur-
face water were left in the hands
of the public works committee to
investigate. Personal requests
from Joseph Murphy on behalf of
himself and Ur. Sheppard, and by
A. , E. -Bond x:egarding troubles
with drainage and surface water,
were heard and left with the same
committee,
Huron County Court House
Razed By Fire Last Friday
Termed by some, "most opportune", fire last Friday evening
consumed most of the contents of the 98 -year-old Huron County
Court House in Goderich. The Goderich Fire Department was
assisted by the Clinton Fire Brigade, and by pouring literally
tons of water into the burning building, they were able to save
the sheriff's, engineer's, crown attorney's and the clerk's office
from total destruction, and by playing streams of water on the
seven brick and steel vaults which contained invaluable papers,
assisted in saving their contents.
Of the upstairs (which housed
the court room, jury room, law-
yers' and judge's .chambers and
the magistrate's office, nothing
was saved, and tons of debris from
the upper storey, crashed through
into the centre offices on the
ground floor, including. the clerk's
treasurer's, judge's office and the
law library. Contents of these
rooms was totally destroyed.
County Clerk A. H. Erskine
gave the order to direct efforts
to save the corner offices and
their vaults. He. said later,. "I
knew as soon , as I saw flames
coming from the tower shaft,
which runs up from the basement,
that the building could not be
saved. I thought immediately of
all the records so I asked the chief
to do what he could to save them.
I had a personal reason too. All
my own papers were in that vault
in my office."
A great number of the citizens
of Goderich, and many from Clin-
ton, as well as the surrounding
rural district flocked to the county
seat. Visible for some distance as
they raged through the upper
parts of the Court House, the
flames were kept under control by
members of the two fire brigades.
The scene of the famous Court
House Park resembled that of a
gap picnic suddenly gone awry.
People walked about rather aim-
lessly stepping or stumbling over
the snaky hoses leading from the
edge of the square to the blaze.
Small groups gathered for a fetv
words, and then silently drifted
apart to form other groups a few
=lutes later. It was dark. It
was wet. And it was cold. But
many looked with friendly eyes
upon the old building and took
time out to mourn her passing.
Small screams, and gasps could be
heard through the crowd as beams
and rafters gave way. When the
tower and clock plunged into the
interim beneath, a sound almost
like a sigh, went over the crowd.
None were there who were not
familiar with the kindly fade of
the old clock steadfastly keeping
track of the hours.
"Well, She's gone," was the re-
mark heard from -more than one
watcher. '
May Not Be Able
Chairman of the finance com-
mittee of the Town Council,
George Knights, reported only a
tentative budget set up, and owing
to the fact that it was going to
be extremely difficult to maintain
the 74 -mill rate of lest year, he
requested a meeting of the Coun-
cil as a whole to go over the
budget closely in an attempt to
cut it as much as possible.
Coun., Knights mentioned that
word had been received regarding
the percentage recoverable on the
grant to the library, and that if
the municipality paid 80 cents per
capita or more, all that would be
paid by the province would be 60
per cent.
The finance chairman went, on
to request strict adherence to the
figures accepted in tenders in the
future. So far expenses in the
town hall repairs had amounted to
$2,586.65, a figure niore than $500
in excess of estimated costs.
Deputy Reeve Crich reported
that after the council chamber and
other stnall rooms were painted
and the chairs in the council
chamber were repaired that was
all the expense to which his com-
mittee intended to go this year.
Councillor McIntyre suggested
a complete listing of all work
needed on the Town Hall, and
estimates received, and the total
cost spread over several years, so
that no large burden would be felt
in any one year.
To Maintain
74 -Mill Tax Rate
Papers in current use are the
greatest loss experienced, since
these had not been placed in the
vaults. Engineer Peter Patterson
made a last moment trip to his of-
fice to save precious plans and a
watcher reported in awed tones,
"He had just come out of the of-
fice when the roof fell in!"
Perhaps one of the greatest
losses is that of the old pictures
of venerable judges, early corm -
(continued on page 10)
Brueeficld Man
To Represent
Huron Juniors
Robert P. Allen, Brucefield, has
been named by the Huron. County
Junior Farmers to be interviewed
in Toronto for the overseas trip
scheduled for May, June and July.
If chosen, he will be one of four
Juniors to make the trip as the
guests of the British organization
of Junior Farmers.
Meeting here in Clinton the
executive of the Huron County
Juniors set the date for the annual
meeting on Thursday, March 18,
in the Clinton District Collegiate
Institute. The annual At Home
will be held on Thursday, April 22
in either Exeter, or Clinton.
Inter -County field day will be
held at the Seaforth Lions Park
on Saturday, June 12 and the an-
nual Junior Farmers' livestock
competition will be held on . Sat-
urday, May 22.
A junior Farmer leadership
training school for the 1954 ex-
ecutive for the purpose of assisting
in better program planning and
stressing parliament y procedure
will be held in C1lntd March 31.
Carnival ied
By Kinsmen Club
The Kinsmen Club of Clinton
began their plans for their annual
KIN-Karnival on Labour Day, at
their regular bi-monthly meeting
held at Hotel Clinton on Tuesday
evening, Members of the club ap-
pointed a committee to bring in a
full report on the cost of a 1954
car, as well as other prizes, which
Will be raffled on that date. It is
eXpected that this year's carnival
will be a much bigger event with
programmes possibly both /after-
noon and evening. .
• Another plan discussed was a
"Scotch -lite safety campaign." Kin
Bill Nediger was instructed to in-
vestigate the possibilities of this
suggestion.
Guests at the meeting were Earl
Reynolds and Edwin Heaths The
latter is at present conducting a
show in the Town Hall which the
club is sponsoring,'
Coming Events
40 a word, minhnum 75e
Friday, March 5 —Educational
films, Clinton Public School, 8.00
p.m. Auspices Cub and Scout Lad-
ies' Auxiliary. Silver collection.
' Monday, March 5 — Ply,
Maina's Baby Boy" presented by
Seaforth Junior Farmers in Bay-
field Town Hall. Auspices Hay-
field Agricultural Society. Admis-
sion 50c and 25c. • 9-b
Thursday, March 11—Don't miss
it! Play, / "Deacon Dubbs" at
Brucefield United Church at 8.15
p.m. An enjoyable evening is as-
sured. Postponed from March 2.
9-b
"An invitation is sent to all to
come and enjoy dancing at the
Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell,
every Friday night to the music
of Clarence Petrie and the Night
Hawks." • 9-12-b
Saturday, March 13 — St. Pats,
ricks Tea. Booths: candy, home -
baking, novelties. Delicious menu.
'Further announcement. Auspices:
WA of Wesley -Willis Church.
Seventh Seed Fair
Here; March 5-6
The Seventh Annual Huron
County Seed Fair is bentg held
tomorrow and Saturday in the
Auditorium sponsored by the Hur-
on County Soil and Crop Improve-
ment Association. PIarined with
the express purpose of stinturat-
ing interest in better seed the
Seed Fair has been growing with
each successive year of its exist-
"ee
Special educational exhibits bas-
ed around "Farm Management
and Cost of Production" are being
displayed by each of the five high
schools in the County. Last year
these -students displays gained a
good deal of attention, and were
inspected eagerly by farm and ur-
ban dwellers alike.
The program begins on Friday
with judging of all closes during
the afternoon, and awards pres-
ented that evening, inspection of
the exhibiteqn the evening open-
ed to the public from 7.30 on, and
coMments on the schools eichibits
by R.• IT.: Wallace, High School
Inspector, Department of Educa-
tion, Toronto.
The junior seed judging com-
petition will be held Saturday
morning, and in the afternoon a
panel discussion on farm manage -
merit: Prof. D. R. Campbell, Prof.
A. C. Robertson, Dr. H. L. Patter-
son, E. H. Strong and Stewart
Strong, Gorrie; William R. Cruick-
shank, Wingham; Elgin Rowclif-
fe, Henson and George Robertson,
Goderich, will be followed by an
auction sale of ten -bushel lots' of
grain.
EDWIN IfEATII, HYPNOTIST,
GIVES HILARIOUS SHOW
TO CLINTON AUDIENCES
One of the most amazing stage
shows ever to come to Clinton is
currently playing in the Town
Hall under the sponsorship of the
Kinsmen Club of Clinton, Edwin
Heath, M.B.H., proves to one and
all that the_science of hypnotisln
can be employed to give the most
hilarious form of entertainment
ever produced. His show is a fast
two-hour program with appeal to
both young and old, it is exciting,
amusing, fascinating and it cert-
ainly must be seen to be believed.
This show was witnessed by a
large audience on Tuesday even-
ing andit is unfortunate that the
inclement weather has forced the
cancellation of Monday's and Wed-
nesday's performance
Council To Ask Advice
Of HEPC Chairman
egarding
The Tovvn Council will com-
municate with Robert H. Saund-
ers, Chairman of the Ontario
Hydro Electric Power Commission
to ask his advice. concerning the
petition signed by 438 ratepayers,
asking in effect for the retirement
of E. R. Rumball, now assistant
superintendent of the PUC.
Following the compromise by
the PUC in which that body lower-
ed Mr, Ftumball's salary to $3,300
per year, and transferred the du-
ties of treasurer of the commisSion
to the hands of Frank Mutch, the
councillors felt that the request of
the petitioners had not been suf-
ficiently met, and they would
need outside advice in the matter.
Mayor Agnew—If council dis-
solves the commission then I want
five volunteers right now for the
job. The council will have to ad-
minister the work- if we have no
PUC. Perhaps we would» reach
the same end just as soon if we
waited until the next municipal
election for the, people's decision.
Coun, Dr. H. A. McIntyre —
Your worship, you are a repre-
sentative on the PUC. Mr. Rurn-
ball has run this thing for some
years, but is it compulsory to give
him a pension?
Mayor Agnew—No. Completely
out of order. I take exception to
Petition
the petition because it asks for
reversion to that motion of the
1953 PUC, I do not agree with
that thing:
Reeve Nediger—Well, it may
not be legal to give Mr. Rurnball
a pension, but it is certainly just
as legal as hiring him for $3,300.
Corm. S. Schoenhals—I'd sug-
gest we write the H.E.P,C, for
advice on thiS thing. They seem
to have quite . a bit of influence
with the PUC.
Reeve Nediger mentioned an ex -
councillor, who with,a member of
the commission had called on one,
of the head men in the HEPC and
had received his support in the
matter of the action taken by the
1953 Commissions -
Mayor Agnew—They say a lot,
but they don't put it in writing.
Reeve Nediger--Well, here we
have -438 signatures on something,
but we don't seem to be doing
much about it. I do feel that we
cannot ignore them. My sole int-
erest in this thing is for the 438
ratepayers and their wishes. .
Deputy Reeve Crich mentioned
that Mayor A. E. McMaster, Sea -
forth, was unable to understand
how the Tciwn of Clinton, could
afford to pay a combined salary
of $6,800 for the work done by the
superintendent and his assistant.
Clinton Offers Building Sites
For New County Offices
• The Council of the TOWYL of
Clinton is prepared to offer any
one of three sites to the County
of Huron for the erection of a new
County Court House here at Clin-
ton. A resolution to this effect
has been circulated to each of the
municipalities in the county, and
the support of each has been
solicited.
Worst Storm OF
Some Hydro and
Winter Hits Areal
Telephones Out
Sleet storm on Monday, follow-
ed byheavy wet snow Tuesday,
and the driving storm of yester-
day, have turned last week's sum-
mer climate into the wintryeat
yet experienced, Hydro and tele-
phone crews have been working
desperately trying to repair dam-
age and restore service to areas
affected.
According to A. M. Knight,
manager of the rural office of the
HEPC here, the &Linage to hydro
lines has been mainly in the Brus-
sels and Walton Area. Crews
have been working in East Waw -
nosh Township, and around Win-
throp and Walton, as well as near
Brussels, where the damage to
lines was heaviest. However, with
the exception of 25 or 30 custom-
ers out of the 4,000 in the district,
all service was in operation last
night.
Crews were called out as early
as five o'clock Tuesday morning,
and worked until midnight, only
to be upand out yesterday morn-
ing again at seven, and they
worked until well after six last
evening. Greatest worry accord-
ing to one of the crew members
was to save the lives of thousands
of baby chicks on farms where
hydro is used for heating. Lost
on one poultry farm was estima-
ted at about $600 owing' to the
death of the young chicks.
In town little damage was rep-
orted, except Tuesday afternoon
when 'a limb weighted with ice
broke some wires.
Yesterday, however, Clinton was
i
practically solated. Out of eight
telephones lines to London, only
three were in use, and these were
not dependable, It was impossible
to reach Winghant, Toronto, Strat-
ford or Kitchener, and there was
only one line into Goderich.
W. W. Haysom, manager of the
Bell Telephone Company for this
area stated that apparently the
storm took a path leading through
Chatham, up to Lucan, then
through Stratford and Vs/Ingham.
Areas within this path were badly
hit. The Tuckersmith and, Sea -
forth lines and especially at Brus-
sels and Myth were bad,
Trouble began Monday after-
noon, when limbs weighted with
Me began to break. In some plea -
es :two or three inches of ice on
the limbs and wires was reported,
Telegraph lines as well are out
There was no indication of when
service would be restored, Mr.
Haysorn regretted. He indicated
that the linemen were doing a
good. job on repair, and the girls
on the exchange were doing an
exceptionally courteous job of ex-
plaining the difficulties to custom-
ers,
Fire Chief Grant Rath
With water streaming down his petch-cOat Fire Chief Grant
Rath looks up at the blazing Court House, as he and other mem-
bers of Clinton Fire Brigade assisted last.Friclay night in a vain
attempt to save the old building. The alarm went off in Clinton
at about 8.30 p.m. and nine, members of the brigade were soon
on their way to Goderich.
` Though they arrived on the scene before the tower and clock
went crashing into the centre of the structure, and began at once,
to combat the blaze, there was little hope that any of the building
would be saved.
Other men who took part at the fire were K. C. Cooke,
Royce Fremlin, Frank M. McEwan, Dennis Bisback, Hector Kings-
well, Joseph Murphy, George Hanley and Tom Twyford. , The
rest of the members remained in Clinton. as a safeguard in case
of a second alarm being turned in. •
•
"Whereas the Huron County
Court House at Goderich has been
destroyed by fire; and whereas
the county jail and registry office
are two seperately housed depart-
ments of the county similar to
the County Horne; and whereas a
by-law could be passed to allow
the moneys already raised to be
used on a building in another
municipality; and whereas it is
desired to house the County
Health Unit in the new building;
"And whereas the various muni-
cipalities in Huron County can be
more easily and quickly reached
if the new building was located in
the town of Clinton;
"Now therefore be it resolved
and it is hereby resolved—
"1. that the new Huron County
Court House be situated in the
town of Clinton;
"2., that this resolution be for-
warded to all municipalities with-
in the county and ask for their
support by ratifying the same and
returning to this council."
Mayor M. J. Agnew—It is the
people of the County. of Huron
that are paying for the building
of a new Court House, not the
reeves and deputy reeves.
Reeve Nediger—When this mat-
ter came before the County Coun
Cil to be debated clause by clause,
as was customary the Warden had
to ask someone to take the chair
during the discussion. Wardell
Dale asked me to do the job,
Therefore I could not say anything
in the discussion. Debentures have
been issued to build a new build-
ing, but I do not recall mention
that the location should be in
Goderich.
Mayor Agnew—A central loca-
tion would help in the matter of
financing over a period of 50
years. The saving in miles cover-
ed by reeves, jurors, judges, etc.,
in that time would mean quite a
lot.
Deputy Reeve Crich -- Last
month the bill for transportation
for the Health 'Unit alone was over
$400. That would probably be
doubled if the Unit were in Gode-
rich.
Mayor Agnew—We in our local
municipality have to consider cut-
ting costs. Why not the County
Councillors?
Reeve Nediger — This win no
doubt cause discussion, There will
be a meeting of County Council
shortly. At the fire the other
night I offered them the use of
our old Public School We would
only need to fill the boilers and
put on the +fire to make it ready
for extra. office space. However,
they already have the use of the
collegiate in goderich,
llullett Laves
Building Site
To County Council
Members of the Hullett, Town-
ship Council, meeting On Monday
afternoon in the CoMmunity Hall
at Londesboro, paSsed a motion to
the effect that "we in the Town-
ship of Hulled consider that the
Huron County Council being the
Body hi authority in Huron
County are competent to make all
decisions with regards to, the
Building and situation of tyle Hu-
ron County Court House end we
therefore take no action on the
Resolution proposed by the Clin-
ton Town Council."
Tenders for crushing and ,haul -
Mg approximately 12,000 yards of ,
gravel for the roads in the,town-
ship were opened and that of
George Radford, Blyth, at 66 cents •
a ethic yard was accepted. One
other tender from Levis Contract-
ing, Clinton, at 69 cents were re-
ceived.
A grant df $50 each was auth-
orized for the Huron Central Ag-
riculturai Society, the Blyth Fair
Board and the Seaforth Fair
Board, The township will donate
a shield for the school which ob-
tains the most points in the Hul-
lett Township Music Festival this
The auditors report for 1953
was accepted, and payment ,of
$300 for it was authorized,