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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-05-06, Page 10'PAGE TEN CI TNTON .NEWS-I;LEEOi D THURSDAY, MAX 6, 19544 :Fish- and Game Group Inducts Four New Members; ; Plan Activities Falconer,. reporting for Fours. new members were accep- GeorgeP t . intor the Huron Conservation: the property commttee stated that ed Association at the regular meeting the club house was rented for two on Monday, May 3, at Alma Grove evenings so far in,May,-and spoke club house. These were Russell of a start being made on the new Beyers, Clinton;_ K. W. Vander-; addition at the front of the club bur - Merrill Laycock, Seaforth house. He requested a good turn and Harold Glazier Clinton. They out of helpers for Wednesday ev- were welcomed into. the club on ening, to prepare for the founda-. motion of George Falconer and tion of the building proposed. Douglas Freeman. Miehael McAdam reported that The fairly well attended May the fry had been placed in streams meeting supervised ervised, by'Presi- around the country side Monday p dent Louis Freeman 'with• the and solicited from the members, secretary's minutes being adopted their experiences in fishing on the andthe' treasurer, Reg Cudrnore first day of the open season. One reporting a balance in the treasury member reported having caught of $986.44. All bills presented what he believed to be a eleven. with one exception, tion were ordered and a half inch speckled beauty— to be paid and $1'60.00 as part but sad to relate the trout was payment was made on that one, smart enough to release himself the motion being made by Earl before he was landed. Doucette. 'Mich" had on exhibition a case THORNE'S The World's Prern ier Toffee Packed in the finest range of Presentation Tins in the World. It's the lovely melting smoothness that has made Thorne's Toffee so justly • famous. English toffee has always been a great favourite, but Toffee made by Thorne's is absolutely unrivalled. --NOW- at McEwan's Gift and Stationery Store Phone 84 - - Clinton Hensall C of C • Elects President - R. d , . H. M1 ton dle The annual meeting of, the Hen- sall Chamber of Commerce was held last week. Twenty-eight members sat down to the dinner, arranged ok nd George Hess. Doug- las Coa Mark Drysdale was chairman for the election of officers, which resulted as follows: honorary pre- sident, T. Pryde, M.L.A., for Hur- on; past president, Lorne Eller; president, R. H. Middleton; .1st vice-president, Laird iVlickle; 2nd vice-president,, Ron Mock; secret- ary W. W. Jarrott; treasurer, Rev. W. J. Rogers; chairman of com- mittees: public and industrial 're- dations, •Walter Spencer; member- ship, Robert Drysdale; merchants, Alfred Scholl; special events and fund raising, William G. Parke; recreation, Howard Scane; social, Jack Drysdale; housing, Norman Jones. FLOWERS For Her - Special Day of beautiful mounted "plugs" av- ailable on order by members. Speaking in behalf of the gun club committee an annual sched- ule of practise and public shoot- ing matches was announced by Earl Doucette and Louis Forest. These were as follows: practice shoot, Friday, May 7, for Gliddon Trophy; Friday, May 28, Friday, June 11, and June 25, a merchan- dise shooting match. All these to commence at 7 pm On October 11, a Thanksgiving Match; Nov- ember 11, the annual monster match, and a Christmas match on December 18. The gun club committee was given permission to make the nec- essary preparations including re- moval of shrubbery and trees, for the future construction of a suit- able archery and rifle range. C. J. Livermore for the grounds committee suggested a "bee" to improve the grounds, by cleaning up, and burning trees and thorn bushes which had been uprooted last fall. He will order "a few loads of' gravel to fill in the low spots on the parking space. The bulletin prizes were won by John Anderson, Kippen, (tackle box); Rev. D. J. Lane, (baitcast- ing reel); Glen Gibson, Blyth (reel of fishing line). The entertainers for the even- ing were Clark Wallace, Walker- ton, who performs on the harmon- ica, and gave many selections, even playing the instrument through his nose; the McDougall brothers and accompanist, Hensall, with their stringed orchestra delighted the club with several selections. Arrangements for the use o the club house by the Boy Scouts have been made between the as sociation and the Clinton Lions Club. o- Garagemen Plan June Picnic At Seaforth Plans were made for the annua picnic which will be held in Sea forth in June by the Huron County Garage Operators' Association a the regular meeting held in Ex eter recently. ' President Harry Watkins con ducted the meeting with over 80 employers and employees enjoy ing the dinner and the entertain ment. Guest speaker for the meeting was Cecil West, Toronto, from the head office of the Garage Opera tors' Association of Ontario. Hi. topic dealt with the good point of the association and everyone enjoyed a very informative quest ion and answer period. e. K. o Cooke, FLORIST PRONE 66W CLINTON Court Sessions Yesterday; Convict Some Both Division court and magis- trate's court were held in Clinton yesterday morning.. Judge T. M. Costello, Goderich, sat at the division court proceed- ings, with Tom Steepe, Clinton, clerk of the court.' Only one case was heard, and it was dismissed. In the magistrate's court con- ducted by Magistrate D. Holmes, a case of speeding and driving without a driving permit, against Donald Lawes, 17, fines of $5 and $10 were levied. Several;., other fines for speeding within the town have been paid during the past two weeks. Harvey Boyce, Varna, pleated not guilty to a charge of drunk driving, defended by F. Donnelly, Goderich, was convicted and sentenced to seven days. Junior Farmers Attend Annual Town Council In Action (Continued from Page One) Other By -Laws i A by-law was passed to arrange for the salary increase of the sec- 1 retary-treasurer of the fire brigade to $60 in accordance with the raise 'n salary granted earlier the other firemen. By-law 14-1954 govern 'ng the licensing of pin ball mach- ines at $10 per machine with a penalty for non -licencing of not ess than $20 nor more than $50 was passed. By-law 15-1954 governing the licensing of tradesmen and tran- sient traders, also was passed. Licence for resident tradesmen was set at $1 for residents and $2 for non-residents, 'with a penalty for non -licencing no less than $1 nor more than $5. Licence for tran- sient traders was set' at $150 per year, with penalty for non -licenc- ing at not less than $10 nor more than $200. (The by-law defines a transient trader as ;'any person commencing business who has not resided con- tinuously in the Municipality for at least three months next pre- ceeding the time of the commenc- ing of such business therein," and a salesman as any person who goes "from place to place or to a par- ticular place with goods, wares or merchandise, for sale, or who car- ries and exposes samples, patterns or Specimens of any goods, wares or merchandise which is to be de- livered in the Municipality after- wards.") Town Hall The deputy reeve commented on estimates received for proposed work on the town hall, which in- eluded replacing eavetroughs at $450; sandblasting at $750 to $950; widening the driveway, curbing it and putting in a drain in the base - ment, $160. He mentioned the use of the council, chamber by var- ous organizations in town, ; and suggested that since it was a pub - lo building and the public' paid for the decorating, they should not be asked to pay twice by ren- tal charges. t Trade Fair Lighting, Deputy Reeve Crich mentioned the need for lighting .on the main streets during the time of the Huron County Trade Fair, and at. other special occasions through- out the year. He suggested a .co- operative effort with the PUC to purchase •and` put up the ,lights. Councillor George Knights spoke of a surplus in the treasury of the Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, and that 'perhaps they would step in and help on this matter. Councillor Gliddon re- marked that the C of C had con- sidered this. Lloyd Holland, Clinton; Robert P. Allan, Brucefield; Marjorie Webster_ and Ruth Clark, Varna, with H: R. Baker, assistant agri- cultural representative for Huron County, attended the provincial conference and annual' meeting of the Junior Farmers' Association of. Ontario in Guelph at the OAC, last week. On Sunday evening, Bob Allan was in charge of the church service held in the war memorial hall, and featuring music and mes- sages from various Junior associa- tions. The Hupron County Junior Farmers are sponsoring a well- known cowboy vocalist, Wilf Car- ter and his daughters from Ten- nessee, in Seaforth Community Centre an Saturday, June 19. Pro- ceeds of this special evening will help assure that the Juniors' can stand by their motto, Self help and community betterment" NEW Taylor Forbes LAWN MOWERS Also a number of GOOD USED LAWN MOWERS Priced To Sell Nelson's MACHINE SHOP Stanley Federation Against DST; Asks County Support The April meeting of the Stan- ley Township Federation of Agri- culture was held at the home of Alex McBeath, on Monday, April 26, with Anson McKinley, presid- ent, in charge. Directors present were, Jack Scotchmer, Elgin Por- ter, Elmer Hayter, Gordon John- ston, Harvey Hayter, and Wilmer Jones. The directors went on record as being opposed to Daylight Saving Time, and passed a resolution to canvass the township for signatur- es against it. The resolution then to be sent to the County Federa- tion requesting it be done on a county basis, and if possible Pro- vince wide. No action was taken toward paying a share in the county pro- jector, as there is one in the town- ship available when needed. The request of the Canadian Cancer Society was rejected and J. C. Stratton; president of the Perth -Huron division unit notified of the decision. 8 pc. Kitchen Tool Set. Boxed NEW PYREX DINNERWARE Col urs 'LIME FLAMINGO TURQUOISE GRAT Gloaming White! (olowfsI Borden, 20. PIECE SET $7.95 PYREX DINING%VARE 20 pc, set $7.95 PYREX COLOURED BOWL SET, 4 pc. $3.95, BATHROOM. SCALES $8.95 - $10.25 CORONET STAINLESS STEEL COOKING WARE $5.10 - $12.50 SUTTER PERDUE District Convener Instals Kin Officers at Hensall At the recent charter meeting of the Hensall Kinsmen Club, Iry Cantor district governor of zone number one was on hand to install the officers. Speaking to the 250 Kinsmen who attended the meet- ing he said that this was a step forward in strengthening the as- sociation, district, by doing a ser- vice to Hensall. Presentations - $44,000 Subsidy For Roads In Tuckersmith Tuckersmith Municipal Council met in the Town Hall, Seaforth, on Tuesday, May, 4, at 8 p,m, All members were present and the Reeve presided. Council acknow- ledged receipt of approval from the Highways Dept. for an expen- diture of $44,000 on roads and bridges in 1954, and also acknow- ledged receipt of a petition from Harold Jackson and Dale Dixon to have the Archibald Drain repaired. The matter was referred to the engineer. Tenders for spraying roads for weed control were opened from Jack Little, $5 per hour; J. R. En- geland, $6 per hour; and Fred Har burn, $4 per mile. The tender of Jack Little was accepted subject to approval of the Department, Upon receipt of a petition con- taining over two-thirds of signa- tures of cattle owners in the mun- icipality, council passed a by-law providing for Brucellosis Control and appointment of the required five -man committee will be made on May 21. The road superintendent was in- structed to purchase culverts re- quired from the Pedlar People and to have streets in Egmondville and Brucefield treated with calcium chloride. Upon application of Frank Rey- nolds, council ,will investigate the advisability of constructing app- roximately 1000 feet of new street adjoining his property. Grants were made to the Brucefield Fire Department, $200; Scott Mentor ial Hospital, $25. tudPpuil RADIANT CONTROL TOASTER Only the completely automatic Sunbeam toasts with Radiant Gondol. Moist bread or dry, thick slices or thin -always get -the same uniform toasting. Auto. matic Beyond Belief. "Be Wise—Buy fropi a Service Dealer" 111MERRILII RADIO & ELSSCTRIC Zara t.And Service PHONE 313 CLINTON light's looked. nice but questioned': that they would {i ring more bus-. iness to Clinton.' Councillor Knights spoke on be- half of the Clinton Lions Club. stating that they were not in thea Club for the glory of, it, but were strictly a service organization, and., many of the good works of .the, Club were not known to the pub-- lic. The mayor agreed in this matter - but mentioned that there were also Kinsmen and Legion, and "Don't you see that we can not finance them all?" The matter of street lighting• was left in the hands of the 'sped-- ial committee; chairman N. Liver-. more, Dr. H. A. McIntyre and' Deputy Reeve M. Crich. Convention Payment of the $15 membership• fee hi the Huron 'County Munici- pal Officers' Association was auth- orised, and some members and the clerk will attend the meeting of that association in Londesboro on Reeve Nediger said that the May 12, i Deputy Governor Wes Wright, Hanover made the presentations which included president's manual from National Executive; Kin Banner from District Executive; dinner gong and gavel from the parent Exeter Club; dinner but- tons, lapel pins and leeturn, from the combined clubs of Clinton, Stratford, London and Wingham. Greetings from Across Canada Another highlight of the even- ing was the reading of congratul- atory messages from various clubs across Canada. Good wishes were received from St. Johns, New- foundland; Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Hamilton, Simcoe, Pres- ton, Chatham, Leamington, Wind- sor, Brandon, Manitoba; Regina, Sask.; Saskatoon, Sask.; Edmon- ton, Alta.; Calgary, Alta., and Vancouver, B.C. Other speakers during the cer- emony included S. H. (Banty) Bantick, Toronto, General Secre- tary, Past National President; J. H. (Mic) McGuire, district expan- sion chairman; W. A. Kerslake, reeve of Hensall; R. H. Middleon, president Hensall Chamber of Commerce; Donald Dayman, pres- ident, Hensel] Branch, Canadian Legion and R. D. (Bob) McCorm- ack, Preston, deputy governor, (Central Zone). Representatives from 16 Clubs Representatives from 16 clubs helped make the charter night a success including kin from Clinton, Goderich, Wingham, London, Lea- mington, Delhi, Fort Erie, Exeter, Windsor, Toronto, Stratford, St. Thomas, Hanover, Waterloo, Pres- ton and Galt. SPECIALS FOR MAY 6 7 8 Strawberry Jam, Talisman, 24 oz. jar 39c Marmalade, 2 Fruit, Wetheys, 24 oz. 29e Tomatoes, Wetheys 28 oz. tin 2 for 35c Tomato Juice, Clark's 48 oz. tin 25e Beans, Libby's Deep Brown, 20 oz.... 2 for 35c JAVEX, 32 oz. bottle 25e Sugar, Redpath Gran. 100 lbs. $8.39 Shredded Wheat 2 pkgs. 33c Coffee, Kadana, 1 lb. bag $1.211 Pineapples, size 12s each 29c Raisins, Seedless lb. 19e THOMPSON'S FOOD MARKET Phone 40 • We- Deliver Men's Work Clothes TOP QUALITY WORK CLOTHING FOR RUGGED WEAR HAUGH'S "BIG 88" • OVERALLS • PANTS • SMOCKS WORK SHIRTS SOCKS - GLOVES Hermans Men's Wear PHONE 224W BILTMORE HATS FORSYTH SHIRTS Thanks For Your Business! CARS LISTED LAST WEEK REALLY MOVED OUT. Sale Continues! This Advt. worth $100.00 on any post-war model Used Car or Truck on the lot up to 10 p.m. Saturday, May 8t11. One coupon per customer only. C, REG. WITH THIS LIST ADVT. 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