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Young New Zealand Lad Soon Makes
Friends of Canadians Aboard Ship
A visit to a Canadian warship and other treats and taken home
hlossomed into a series of never- in the ship's jeep: That, however,
to -be -forgotten experiences for an was just the beginning of his, ad -
eight -year-old Dunedin, N.Z., polio ventures._ Members of the ships
victim, When the cruiser HMCS companyobtained -the permission
Ontario held "open house" while of
CaptainD L. of the Ontario,'
coin -
visiting Dunedin in late February, g officer
one of those who went on board and of Alistair's parents, for him
was a crippled boy, Alistair Mc- to go along as guest of the ship.
from Dunedin to Wellington, N.Z.,
the, next port of call.
In Wellington, the boy was tak-
en on a sightseeing tour of the
city, which included a visit to the
zoo, and' then was placed on
board a commercial airlines 'plane
and flown home to Dunedin. In
addition to paying Alistair's plane
fare home, officers and men of the
Ontario presented him with a,
cheque for $500. The money was
raised by voluntary subscriptions
for the welfare of Alistair and his
four brothers and one sister, two
of whom also are crippled.
LW. A, sailor on duty, AB Orville
(Curly) Cairns, of Port Elgin, On-
tario, saw that Alistair was having
trouble getting around in the ship
and so he picked the boy up and
carried him from one point'of int-
erest to another. They became
firm friends and when the rest of
the visitors went ashore, Alistair
stayed on board as a supper guest
in the engineering mechanics'
mess.
Afterwards, Alistair was fitted
with a naval uniform, provided
With an ample supply of chocolate
TENDERS FOR GRAVEL
Township of Stanley
TENDERS will be received by the undersigned until
12 o'clock noon, May 1, 1954, for Crushing and Hauling 5,000
cu, yds. of gravel crushed to 3/4 -inch size. Gravel to be put
on the road under road superintendent's supervision.
Contract to be completed not later than October 15.
Marked cheque of $200 to accompany tender. Lowest or any
tender not necessarily accepted.
FRED S. WATSON, Clerk,
Township of Stanley
15-16-b
Notice
APPLICATIONS for the position of "Fire Hazards
Inspector" for the Hay Township Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Co., will be received by the undersigned
secretary of the company up till noon April 30th, 1954.
Applicants must be able to supply their own transpor-
tation. Please state qualifications, experience, age and
salary expected.
HAY TOWNSHIP FARMERS' MUTUAL FIRE
INSURANCE COMPANY
Reginald G. Black, Secretary -Treasurer
Box 59, Zurich, Ontario
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15-16-b
CLINTON YRV(WS-RECORD:=
The Thrill of a Lifetime
,
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1.4545
Eight-year-old Alistair McLay is shown here with some of the Ontario sailors who decked him
.out in a real navy uniform. Left to right are AB Lloyd p ArthurEislerDayton,, Ontario;
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Donald E. Perry, Winnipeg and Victoria; Alistair McLay,G.
Victoria; AB Orville Cairns, Port Elgin, Ont., and Victoria, and PO Naltei(atio Defers Photo)
The Top Sheif..
(By BENJAMIN BEVERIDGE)
The come-on gimmick in the
selling field—the give-away radio
program—has been taken to court
in the United States. The Federal
Communications Commission ban-
ned "give-aways" because they
were 'nothing more than lotter-
ies"; but a federal court in New
York has ruled that only certain
types of audience -participation
programs would come under lot-
tery legislation.
Ten years ago the chairman of
FCC was perturbed about the
standard of radio broadcasting be-
ing destroyed by programs g which
attracted listeners not by quality
but by the hope of winning a prize,
preferably something for nothing,
but possibly, for answering a ques-
tion so trivial that it .might have
been considered an insult to the
enter-
tainment rather than an opportun-
ity
ppotun-
ity to get rich quick. "We are
opposed to money and prize give-
away programs as parasitic and
undesirable", says the magazine
"Broadcasting -Telecasting".
cry John" by his enemies. D'Arcy
McGee was given the name,
"Great Patriot", by history;
William Pugsley, one time premier
of New Brunswick, was called
"Sweet William" to his face, and
William McDougall, one of the
Fathers of Confederation, was cal-
led "Wandering Willie"., There
were some colorful
people like Louis TaSchereau, but
they were not always called these
names to their faces.
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sure you feed your herd National 24% Milkbilder and
National 32% Dairy Concentrate. Both these National
"fresh -mix" feeds are rich in minerals, proteins and
energy — and extra rich in molasses.
Depending on your grain supply you mix
1 bag of Milkbilder to 2 bags of grain or
1 bag of Concentrate to 5 bags of grain.
This way you are helping yourself to a
healthier herd and bigger profits.
See your NATIONAL Dealer today—
Look for the bright Orange and Black Sign.
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The legality of such programs
depends on what is required of the
participant in order to win. If he
is obliged to furnish money or any-
thing of value or have in his pos-
session. a sponsor's product then
it may be a lottery. The New
York ,court went along with that,
but declined to support FCC's ban
on programs which require audien-
ces to listen to shows as a condi-
tion of being eligible to win a
prize.
The British Broadcasting Corp-
oration does not advertise on its
programs, but the almost -hysteri-
cal popularity of such American
programs as "Stop the Music",
gives away as much as $25,500 and
more for just naming a popular
tune, has raised an issue in Brit-
ain, not as to. the validity of give-
aways but as to the desirability
of advertising on the British radio.
1953 Contracts
Let For Roads;
Stratford Area
Can you recall the famous Can-
adian figures was wereewhen by
the following
were alive? Old Tomorrow, the
Grand Old Man of Canada, The
Little Reffel, The bune of he
People, The Gr at Compromiser.
In order they were: Sir John A.
Macdonald, Sir Charles Tupper,
who died in 1915 at 94 (and Sir
William Mulock who died at 100 in
1944), William Lyon Mackenzie,
Sir Joseph Howe, premier of Nova
Scotia, and Mackenzie King. I
think, however, that Mr. Ring is
more apt to go down in Canadian
History as "The Incredible Canad-
ian", an apt name given the late
prime minister
biography o Bruce
a Hutchison
GOSNEN LINE
WMS Thankofferteg
The Goshen Vi onian's'Missionary
Soeiety held the;, ,Elaster Thankof-
ferdng• 'in the .church q>i? :April 7.
Guess 'Were •pre;;ent from Zurich;,
Varna and Clinton. "Crown Him.
with Many Crowns" was sung fol-
lowed with the devotional by Mrs,.
Roy McBride. Mrs. Richard Rob-
inson welcomed the visitors.
The octette from Zurich, in-
cluding Mrs. McClinchey, Mrs,
Merino Oesch, Mrs. Melick, Mrs.
Hoffman, Mrs. ,:O'Brien, Mrs. Rad-
er, Mrs. Fritz and Mrs. Jacobi,
accompanied by Mrs. Milton
Oesch, sang two numbers, Have
You Tarried in the Garden?" and,
"There is a Green Hill Fax Away."
The prayer was by Mrs. T. J.
son played the autoharp we hile She
"AnMrSnsee
lo.' s.Clare Stephenson.
(triunpet) and 'Mrs. William Tay-
lor (saxophone) ',played "Sweeter
as the Years go' by" accompanied
by •Mrs Bruce Keyes. Mrs +kli bort
Taylor, Varna, gave a readingg
Mrs. John McKinley introduced
the guest speaker, Miss M. A,
Stone, Clinton, Mrs. Elgin McKin-
ley thanked everyone who helped
in any way, Mrs, Robert Peck -and
Mrs. Melvin
lElliott meeting up
the
offering andthe eti closed
with :"Abide With Me",
The ladies gathered in the base-
ment,
ase-
East r colours,Wdecorated
asocial half
hour.
CLINTON MEMORIAL SHOP
OPEN- EVERY FRIDAY
At other, times contact J. J. Zapfe, phone
Clinton 103. Residence, Rattenbury Street East.
To PRYDL and SON
CLINTON EXETER — SEAFORTH
Provincial government contracts
were awarded in 1953 in the Strat-
ford Division of the Department
of Highways for resurfacing on
Highway 9, Harriston 1* miles
east of Teviotdale for nine miles;
construction of culverts on High-
way 18, north of Stratford; grad-
ing and culverts on Highway 4,
Seaforth to Clinton, 7.7 miles.
Hot mix pavement, Milverton
to Tralee to Dorking on Highways
19 and 86 for 15.5 miles; construc-
tion of one culvert at north limits
of Stratford on Highway 19;
Gravel on Highways 83 and 84,
Exeter to Russeldale and St. Jo-
seph to Hensel], total mileage 21:5,
used 20,000 tons; gravel on High-
way 86 for 25 miles between Luck -
now and Molesworth, used 20,000
tons; as well as others using about
65,000 tons of gravel.
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m w 4 '
put price the stamp collection obeen
King Farouk of Egypt. As the
fabulous collection has been on the
actioneer's block these past few
weeks it is likely that the phila-
telic accomplishment, will be
thrown right back to the beginning,
again with the breaking up of the
collection. Another royal collec-
tion which is so valuable that no
price has been put on it is that
compiled by the late King George
VI and now carried on actively by
Queen Elizabeth. It is still possible
to buy the official book on the
royal collection for something over
$140 a copy.
The outcome of the quarrel in
the U.S. will have an effect on
listeners all over the continent,
and in respect to, some 'of the
farcial programs, at least, there
may be some hope for those who
want a higher standard of radio
and television programing, who
look for more education, religion
and culture along with "synthetic"
entertainment. The onus on the
Supreme Court is not only to de-
cide whether give-aways are legal
but whether there is much hope
for an improvement in the mater-
ial which is being transmitted into
almost every home in America,
4. 4 N
A Winnipeg newspaperman re-
marks that Canadians are not as
fond of nicknaming their political
representatives as, they once were
He is probably right. Except for
"Uncle Louis", which will probably
he all onate
name foroMr. St. Laurent forf Canada's years
to come, there are very, few pub-
lic figures in this country known
nationally by nicknames. (It may
be that oifr public figures are to-
day not so colorful as Papineau
and Sir Sam Hughes,)
Of particular interest to stamp
collectors in Canada is the fact
that the post office department is
considering a new stamp to com-
memorate the Sth World Scout
Jamboree to be held in Canada
next summer. The. campounesite will
be on the military g
Niagara -on -the -Lake, on Lake On-
tario near the American border-
line, Boy Scouts from 57 countries
have been invited and up to 15,000
scouts may attend.
The scout stamp may De a new
idea in Canada, but up to this date
126 stamps have been issued in
various countries of the world.
Fifty-five of these are Roumanian,
and, of course, were all put out
before the war. The Russian youth
movement has laced the Boy
Scouts behind theeIron Curtain.
Once in .a while someone refers
to the defence minister as "Babbl-
ing Brooke", and to the leader of
the Opposition as "Georgeous
George", but this does not express-
ly identify the characteristics of
the men quite so exactly as the
old-fashioned sobriquets did. Al-
most everyone whose name was
John has been called 'Honest
John" by his supporters—or "Slip -
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TENDER
Township of Tuckersmith
TENDERS are invited for -Spraying Township Roads
for Weed Control in the summer of 1954.
Contractor to supply all requirements except spray material
which will be supplied by the Township.
Work to be done in the period between Junes 20 -June 30, 1954.
Tender to state a flat rate per hour.
Tenders to be sealed, marked "Tender" and in the clerk's
hands by 2 p.m., May 4th, 1954.
Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
E. P. CHESNEY, .
Clerk
15-b
MORTGAGE LOANS
under the provisions of
THE NATIONAL HOUSING ACT, 1954,
may now be arranged through
any branch
of the Royal Bank
•
Our Managers will be glad to
discuss details with you
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