Clinton News Record, 1954-04-08, Page 2AGE l`WO
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
First issue June 6, 1865
NewsRecori
THE CLINTON, NEWS -RECORD
First istate (Ruron Nestrs-Reeord)-'
January- 1881
Amalgamated 1924
An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
• Population, 2,543; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, 4.5c per line flat
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
DST, Regardless
(INCE AGAIN, CLINTON, the hub of our
fair County, and therefore in the middle of
rich farming area, has followed •the lead given
by larger industrial centres and has decided
upon daylight saving time from April 25 until
September 25,
Not such a terrible action, true, especially
when Clinton is herself a thriving industrial , then the same decision regarding it would pos-
centre and a. good many people here enjoy the sibly have been reached. But the main thing
added daylight hour at the end of the day, - would be that Clinton's farm ,neighbours would
not have cause to feel slighted.
ton's councillors shows "bad form", to say the
least. I
Surely in a farming community, it is but
the better part of valour, to consider the wishes
of the farming people. If in the course of dis-
cussion inicouncil, the conclusion was reached
that there are more advantages . than disad-
vantages to the Daylight Saving Time plan,
when a good work-out in the garden is some-
thing to look forward to after eight hours in-
doors.
But in the face of a resolution coming
from the Huron County Federation of Agri-
culture, endorsing a reduction in the length of
time during which Daylight Saving Time will
be in force, this unconsidered decision by Clin-
When a request is made of anyone, whether
individual or organization, it is the gentlemanly
thing to consider it seriously. Of this the coun-
cil of Clinton should be quite aware, since not a
month has gone by from the time that a sug-
gestion of theirs, and indeed of this newspaper,
got very short' shrift indeed.
When is a Joke?,
THERE IS A TIME for seriousness, just as
there is a time for jest.
Surely we would be the least to say that
the monthly sessions of the governing body of
the Town of Clinton should be solemn, sober
- things of stern business.
On the other hand, however, we would
make haste to assure these august businessmen
that we. do not believe Monday night's levity
becomes the important matters with which
Council must deal.
Already we have mentioned the DST ques-
tion with which Council dealt swiftly. In the
same meeting the councillors received one lonely
bid for the old school property from another
group of still more hundreds of residents of the
town- and community, and spent about one min-
ute on the offer befere filing it away in their
archives.
Later still, and for some reason becoming
quite serious, the council did a rattier swift
right about in the matter of catering- to the
town's customers, and made a big do out of
planning to try angle parking again in an effort
to supply more parking space for out-of-town
shoppers.
This was an important matter receiving
serious thought, But proper action in this re-
gard' does not lead us to condone the lack of
consideration given the other two matters,
Cancer Society Supports Research
TM A RECENT statement in Regina, F. G.
Butterfield, National President of the Can-
adian Cancer Society, Said that support -of fund-
amental research is accepted by the Society as
"one of the privileges of its relationship with
the National Cancer Institute of Canada."
Mr. Butterfield pointed out that the gradual
increase in the cancer death rate and the baf-
fling growth of such forms of the disease as
lung cancer make fundamental research of
"prime importance". The Society spends about
one third of the money raised in its annual
Cancer Campaign in the support of research.
(The balance is spent for public education and
Welfare.) Most of this money is expended
through the National Cancer Society which has
been described as the "Professional arm of the
Society."
The Institute is made up of doctors and
scientists and has representation from every
professional group in the country that is inter-
ested in Cancer Research. Last year the Insti-
tute provided over $350,000 in grants-in-aid to
the country's leading researchers working in
Canadian hospitals and universities. "It is upon
just such men that we must depend for any
real advancement in our fight against this
dreadful disease that strikes down both young
and old", Mr. Butterfield said.
No Other April
ANOTHER APRIL . . Those who use the
phrase.
The unconsidered casual words, with light
Inconsequence, have surely had but slight
Experience of April in all their days,
They have not stood in breathless awe, to gaze
Upon a land new-born and petal -bright
And felt their hearts and all the world unite
'Into one infinite universe of praise.
Another April? Those who truly know
April are always poignantly aware
This April is the first, the pristine one,
And that this luminous evanescent glow
Of fresh young innocence in earth and air
Can never come again beneath the sun.
—By Jane Merchant
Mrs. Stanley Lyon Made President
Of Londesboro Institute Branch
Members of the Londesborb Wo-
inen's Institute met in the Com-
munity hall, with Mrs. Lorne M.
' Scrimgeour, Blyth, past district
president installing the new of-
ficers for 1954-55 as follows:
President, Mrs. Stanley Lyon;
ist vice-president, Mrs, Clarence
Ball; 2nd vice-president, Mrs. Ar-
thur Colson; secretary -treasurer,
Mrs, Arthur Clark; press repres-
entative, Mrs, Harry Durnin.
Conveners of standing committ-
ees will be Agriculture and Can-
adian Industry, Mrs. Clarence
Crawford; historical research and
current events, Mrs. William Man-
ning; citizenship and education,
Mrs. Joseph Shaddick; community
activities and public relations,
Mrs. Lorne Lawson; home econ-
omics and health, Mrs. Glen Car-
ter,
1VIrs, Lyons presided for the
meeting which followed, with Mrs,
Arthur Clark, secretary, report-
ing. Thank you cards were read
from William Cowan and Kenneth
Armstrong. Final arrangements
were made for the .Auburn Sun-
shine Sisters banquet to be held
in the Londesboro Community
Han, April 20. The members de-
cided to cater to a banquet on
May 12 for the Huron county mun-
icipal officers. A donation will be
given to the Clinton Public Hos-
pital, and Mrs. Clarence Crawford
and Mrs, Clarence Ball were app-
ointed to the hospital auxiliary.
A committee including Mrs. W.
Manning, Mrs. Emerson Hesk and
Mrs. Joseph Shaddick was appoin-
ted to be in charge of the decorat-
ing of the hall basement,
Several members of the branch
volunteered to collect for the Red
Cross campaign.
Roll call was answered by each
of the 45 members present paying
her institute fees, after which Mrs.
Arthur Clark gave an excellent
review of the year's activities of
the branch,
Introduced by Mrs. Leonard
Shobbrook, Miss Sean Steckle,
home economist for Huron and
Bruce counties, spoke on the act-
ivities of the 4-1-1 Clubs.
Guest speaker at the meeting
Mrs. R. G.. Eckrnier, Goderich,
Huron county librarian, who talk-
ed on citizenship and education.
She was introduced by Mrs. Ar-
thur Colson.
A vote of appreciation was ex-
tended Mrs. Belo/nor and Miss
Steckle, by Mrs. Joseph Shaddick,
Mrs. Thomas Allen gave a piano
instrumental, and Mrs. Lloyd Pipe,
gave a reading,
Lunch was served by the host-
esses with Easter decorations as
the theme. WO visitors attended
the meeting.
The Canadian Cancer Society
supports the National Cancer In-
stitute of Canada which selects
and give financial assistance to
most of the brilliant workers do-
ing cancer research in Canada to-
day.
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
CHIROPRACTIC H. C. LAWSON OPTOMETRY
D. IL MaNNES
Chiropractic -Drugless Therapy
Foot Correction
Office Hours:
Commercial Hotel, Seaforth
Monday, Thursday
Afternoons and Evenings
INSURANCE
• Insure the "Co-op" Way
W. V. ROY
District Representative
Hoz 31001inton, Ontario
Phone Collect
Office '557 Res. 3243
3, E. HOWARD, Hayfield
Phone Hayfield 53r2
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GENERAL INSIDIANCE-
Representative:
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Office: Royal Bank Building
Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W
Bank of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHO -(ES: Office 251W; Res, 2515
Insurance -- Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
THE MeRILLOP MUTUAL '
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1954: president, John
H. McEwing, Blyth; vice. presi-
dent, Robert Archibald, Seaforth;
secretary -treasurer and manager,
M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors: Sohn H. McEwing;
Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon-
hardt, 13ornholm;.E. 5. Trewartha,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-
ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har-
vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper,
Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea -
forth.', •
Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes-
boro; J. F. P,rueter, Brodhagen;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric
Munroe, Seaforth.
A. L. COLE, 15.0,
Eyes Examined•and Glasses Fitted
Goderich - Phone 33
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HOURS:
SEAFORTH: Weekdays except
Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Tues., Thurs., Fri., 9 a.m.
to 5.80 p.m,
Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
CLINTON: MacLaren's Studio
Mondays only, from 9 am.
to 5.30 p.m.
PHONE 791 SEAFORTH
PUBLIC- ACCOUNTANT
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD'
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:lirho's Got the Big Mad of the Bottle!
British United Press reports that of every dollar spent on
liquor in Canada, fifty cents goes to the government in
taxes. .„
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IFrom Our Early Files
ROY. N. BENTLEY
Public Accountant
4 Britannia Rd. (corner South St.)
GODERICHiePh°ne NU ONT.
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate and Business Broker
SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON
Phone: Office 449; Iles. 5993
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, April 2, 1911
G. McGregor, who has been ac-
countant at the Royal Bank for
the past eight months, was moved
to Westmount branch at Montreal,
and left on Wednesday.
In closing up the estate of the
Carter M. King Co. at St. Marys,
the two stores occupied by A. F.
Lofft, was purchased by Mr.
Lofft for $14,000.
The furniture etc., of the Wav-
erly Hotel is offared for sale on
Saturday afternoon.
From 10 hens, less than one
year old, Edward Hall got 207
eggs during the month of March.
George Warraner celebrates his
80th birthday today,
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, April 2, 1914
The prizes at the arnateur com-
petition at the Princess Theatre
last night were won by James
Moffat, Ed McGuire and Robbie
Shrenk. .
Fred Lockwood has rented the
house on Erie St. commonly known
as the Cree house and has taken
up residence therein.
Mr, and Mrs. J. G. West and
family moved to Rattenbury street
west last week and are now com-
fortably located.
Brenton, the two-year-old son of
Mr, and Mrs. W. H. Hellyar had
an unusual experience on Saturday
morning. A screen fastened in an
upstairs window yielded when he
leaned upon it and fell out, the
child tumbling after and fell to
the ground below a distance of
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sAf.
The Editor,
Clinton News -Record
DEAR SIR:
Since the first settlers came to
this land, Canadians have worked
together to solve their problems.
During this month of April we
see further evidence of this as we
join with the volunteers of the
Canadian Cancer Society to make
the annual cancer campaign a
success.
In universities and hospitals
across the land, able men and wo-
men work tirelessly to discover the
cause of cancer and to find more
effective forms of treatment. Their
work is vitally important to all of
us. Their success depends largely
upon our support.
Research, however,. is only part
of the story. Our present forms
of treatment can be most effective
when the disease is discovered in
its first stages. Through some
1,400 local units from the Atlantic
to the Pacific, Canadian Cancer
Society volunteers are informing
our people of the importance of
early diagnosis.
The Society also devotes its en-
ergies to a welfare programme in
aid of cancer sufferers. Sick room
supplies, transportation to and
from clinics and family care are
provided by volunteers. These men
and women give- freely of their
own time.
Research, education and welfare
services are expensive. The Can-
adian Cancer Society receives its
income from voluntary contribu-
tions only. We can all share in
this good work by supporting the
cancer campaign.
Governor General of Canada
"VINCENT NIASSEY"
Government House,
Ottawa
April, 1954
The Editor
News -Record '
Clinton, Ontario.
DEAR SIR: '
Herewith is my last and final
report from the Legislature and I
hope you have found them useful,
if not very interesting.
Please let me express iny ap-
preciation to -you for your co-op-
eration and courte,sy in this re-
spect.
With kind regards, •
Yours sincerely,
TOM PRYDE,
IVI.P.P., Huron.
Parliament Buildings'
Toronto, April 2, 1954
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t.S..Canada 'Group
Dr. Kirk Lyon, Leamington, and
formerly of Londesboro, has been
appointed as one of the three Can'-
adians on a Joint Commission on
Accreditation of Hospitals recently
formed to keep close track of Can-
adian and United States hospitals
in order to prevent unnecessary
operations, and other improper,
practices. There are 17 US hos-
pital experts on the 20 -man com-
mission.
As a spokesman for the com-
mission stated, "the standards of
THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1954
law
aecreditation provide authoritative
and acceptable •directives for
measuring ni edic al practice."
Formed by medical and hospital'
associaticins, of both countries, it
is a "self disciplining measure for
hospitals antra method of combat-
ing inefficiency in hospital and
medical practice." ,
Through a routine inspection of
hospitals,, and regular reports and
samples sent in by surgeons, the
commission will accredit hospitals
of 50 beds or more, and in the
future, they will accredit hospitals
with as few as 25 beds if they
meet requirements. -
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Cancer of the mouth is four
times as common in men as in
women.
perhaps i6 feet. On examination
it was found that .the child did not
even have a bruise and half an
hour later was running about as'
if nothing had happened.
25 YEARS AGO
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, April 4, 1929
Mr. and Mrs. John Hall enter-
tained a number of young people
at a dance in the Knitting Comp-
any Club rooms on Friday even-
ing in honour of their daughter,
Miss Margaret 0. Hall. A very
pleasant evening was spent in
games, dancing, etc. Messrs W.
and F. Mutch and Mr. Rapson,
violinists and Mrs. W. Perdue at
the piano, furnished the music for
dancing.
Mr. Weldon Hovey, Who under-
went a very critical operation in
the local hospital on Tuesday, is
progressing favourably.
Elmer Paisley of the University
of Toronto was home for Easter.
Jack Scruton, Toronto, has been
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed. Scruton.
Miss Hazel Harris and Charles
Harris, Toronto, are spending the
vacation period at their home in
town.
Mr. and Mrs, A. Lucas have re-
ceived word that their son, who
Was injured in an accident recently
is improving satisfactorily at his
home in Edmonton.
10 TEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, Illarclt 30,51914
Commencing Saturday, April
1st, Reg. Shipley's Supertest Ser-
vice Station will be under the new
management of Basil Thrower,
popular proprietor of The Kozy.
Grill for the past five years. Mrs.
Trower, and her assistant, Miss
Lillian Elliott, will continue with
the restaurant business, which is
next door to the service station.
Thomas Churchill, well-known
citizen and superintendent of the
Clinton Knitting Co., has bought
out the shoe business of Miss Elva
Cluff, and takes possession the
first of April.
132 people responded to Clin-
ton's seventh blood donors clinic.
Mrs. Lorne Brown has received
a cablegram from her husband,
Signalman Lorne Brown, H.M.C.S.
Kenora stating that he has ar-
rived safetly at his destination.
0/Smn Kenneth Miller, H.M.-
C.S. York, Toronto, spent the
weekend at the 'home of his par-
ents Mr. and Mrs. Norman Miller
Cpl. Bruce Bartliff of Aylmei,
L/Cpl. Douglas Bartliff, Brant-
ford, were weekend visitors at
their home here.
Miss Elva McDowell, London,
spent last weekend at her home
here.
Donald Smith, Toronto, and
Sloan -Crest Farm, was a weekend
guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Fingland.
Robert Hale is home recuperat-
ing after an operation for append-
icitis at the Clinton Hospital,
Quick Canadian
Facts
1. What early explorer discovered
and gave his name to an impor-
tant U.S. river and an inland
Canadian sea?
2. In 1947 Canadians imported
$2.5 billion worth of imported
goods. How much did they im-
port in 1953?
3. The average factory worker
earned $30 a week in 1945.
What is the current average
wage?
4. Where is there a reproduction
of the first permanently con-
structed dwelling built by Eur-
opeans in what is now Canada?
5. The Canadian railway industry
moves how many tons of freight
a week? •
ANSWERS: 5. On the average
about 3 million tons a week. 3.
$60 a week, 1. Henry Hudson—
Hudson River and Hudson Bay. 4.
The Port Royal Habitation, at
Lower Granville, N.S. 2. Comm-
odity imports in 1953 totalled
nearly $4.4 billion:
Material prepared by the edit-
ors of Quick Canadian Facts, the
pocket annual of facts about Can-
ada.
Crop Report
"The demand for swine breeding
stock in Huron continues," reports
G. N. Montgomery, agricultural
representative for Huron County.
"Boar owners report increased sow
breedings. '
"The lamb crop is arriving and
some farmers have commenced
Shearing operations.
"Colder weather and four to six
inches snow at the close of the
week are a vast contrast to two
years ago when 'Seeding was about
completed:" •
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Cancer of the skin is the com-
monest form of cancer in men. It
can be detected early and often
completely cured
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