Clinton News Record, 1954-06-17, Page 1iEbe firt
THIRTY YEARS AGO THE
Woman's Association of Ebene-
zer United Church was formed
•, . Mrs. Ira Merrill was the first
President of the Association
• This week she was the only per-
son who attended the first meet-
... who also attended the
last meeting of the group ,
The ladies have 'decided to dis-
Continue the organizationnow
that the decision has been made
to close the chimer' So the
progress of time • makes its
changes
.i 5 t
DID YOU THINK IT WAS HOT
this past week? Well maybe
You're right ... At least in com-
parison with the temperatures
• of one year ago ... this week
• was really a hum-doozer ... Two
days with temperatures of 88
degrees ooly one oight down
• to 59 degrees ... Last year we
really had it comfortable
• one night the temperature was
• dowp to 46 degrees, and none of
• the days struck the over 80
' mak.
4 lc 1
THE BANNOCKBURN BOYS
are at it again ... Very abort
notice brought them out in full
• force to lead the music of the
PiPes to the good times in. Clinton
Lions Arena Saturday night ...
Though the Arena is not a very
good 'substitute for the ten acre
•'field that non-Scotchmen say is
the only place for pipers ... still
• the kilties looked fine ... the
pipers olid a very fine job in-
deed and the rythmn Of the
drums was good to hear ... Yes-
terday the _Band . did another
turn at the Clinton Races, enter-
taining the fans between heats.
PAINT -ITP TIME AT T. Paul's
Church these evenings ... when
good churchmen. are taking their
leisure hoots to point up the
• wood work of the fine old build -
Second Annual
• County Trade -
• Fair—A Success
The second annual Huron County
Trade Fair held last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday, was consid-
ered a success by both exhibitors
and • sponsors. The Clinton Lions
Club who inaugurated the Fair
last year will no doubt carry it
on in succeeding years,
Over 40 eichibitors displayed
their merchandise and services in
attractively decorated booths in
Clinton Lions Arena. The auto-
mobile and farm machinery dis-
plays were set up in the adjoining
lot and on 'Mary Street which was
partially fenced off,
John W. Nediger, reeve of Clin-
ton, officially opened the Fair
Thursday evening at nine o'clock.
The arena had been open to the
public since one o'clock that after-
noon. Other speakers at the open-
ing ceremony of_ the Fair„werei
-Iicede" neWIY-erected
1 president of the Lions Club, and
secretary of the Trade Fair com-
mittee, who acted as chairman for
the opening exercises; Mayor M. J.
Agnew and G/C H. C. Ashdown.
The Commanding Officer of
1 RCAF Station, G/C H. C. Ash -
1 down, MBE, CD, reminded the
large crovvd at the opening cere-
monies that the Clinton district
had the best industry' in the
•county right here -- in the Air
Force Station. He remarked how
the large construction projects
recently completed at the Station
Iti1d left a lot of money in the
toWn.
Mr. Ashdown quoted figures
• showing the large amounts of
mOney that stay in the eounty; a
large part of which, he said, Was
spent right here in Clinton. Ser-
vice personnel pay is nearly two
and one-half million dollars per
year, while civilian employees at
the Station were paid a half mil-
lion dollars in a year. At present
there are over 300 civilians from
all over the county employed at
Station Clinton. •
In dairy products alone, $40,000
was spent right in Clinton in the
• six-month period ending April 30,
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The Weather
1954 • • 1953
High Low High Low
June 10 84 62 , 74 49
11 82 50.70 46
12 80 64 77 58
13 82 57 64 52
14 88 59 68 50
15 88 64 76 46
16 31 64 79 55
Rain: ,28 ins. Rain: 1.95 ins.
THE NEW ERA -89th YEAR
No. 24—The Home Paper With the News
Mayor Agnew Accepts RCAF Ensign
Morgan J. Agnew, Mayor: of Clinton, is shown here as he
accepted an RCAF Ensign frorn, Group Captain H. C. Ashdown,
- MBE,CD, Commanding Officer of RCAF" Station Clinton. The
occasion was., the opening -ceremony at Station Clinton on Air
• Force Day, Saturday, June 12. •—RCAF Photo
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1954
Civilians And RCAF Personnel
Enjoy Sunny. Air Force Day
'Stockholders' Day" at RCAF tion, and we feel that -they are of
Station Clinton last Saturday was the highest calibre possible. Of
very well attended by upwards 'of course there is an irresponsible
a thousand citizens. This was the element here, as in any large
eighth annual Air Force Day, and group of people, but that irrespen-
certainly interest shown in the sible element is eantinually berng
work of the RCAF does not wane' weeded out."
in this area. •Speaking briefly, Li E. Cardiff,
Brussels, MP for Huron, said that
as a representative of the -parliam-
ent of Canada, he was proud to
have the RCAF in Clinton. "Hu-
ron was privileged to have five
airports during the war, and tyvo
Still, remain. We have men here
froxh all provinces of the Domin-
ion, and have had from practically
all nations in the world. The near-
by towns are to be congratulated
In finding accommodation for. the
personnel of. the Air Force," said
Mr. Cardiff.
Officially opening the after-
noon's proceedings, Group Captain
H. C. Ashdown. MBE', CD, Com-
manding Officer of Station Clin-
ton, spoke from a Specially built
dais on the parade square. He
welcomed the civilians, saying,
This is the day for the annual
accounting of what is being done
with your financial interest in the
RCAF and for you to see with
your own eyes the Tanner in
which the Canadiap an ,force is
working to protect the public."
Continuing, G/C Ashdown re-
viewed the work of Station Clin-
ton since it was built,by the RAF
In 1941, and spoke of the friendly
basis on which the Station and
the Town of Chilton get along.
There are between two and three
thousand personnel on the Sta-
T. Pryde, MLA tor Huroo, found
it refreshing to be reminded again
that the RCAF Station Clinton is
the nerve centre of the Air Force.
He recalled how the Station has
grown in importance since the
eariy stages of the war, wheo he,
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This Looks Better
Two of the business places on Albert Street should be awarded
a gold ribbon.. They have really done something about getting
cars off the main streets in Clinton. Ball and Mutch Hardware
and W. L. Johnsoki and Son have had the earth, trees and other
debris removed from the lots at the back of their stores with
the intentioo of using the space for parking their own cars and
those of their customers. Here Doug. Ball and Hill 1VIuteh give
an extra heave to one of the trees which is loaded on a truck
ready to be hauled away. A brill -dozer did the work of clearing
in short order. a •(News -Record Photo)
Kinsmen Sponsoring Variety Show,,
Proceeds for Kin Park South of Town
An enthusiastic case, is at work
on the forthcoming ' production,
You Can't Beat Fn," the big
musical revue rabic)) te Kinsmen
are sponsoring. •
Sam Castleiwill act as the mas-
ter -of -ceremonies, Lucky Lamson
in the Hiclie-Ho club and he will
introduce • the various specialty
acts, the ehorus limbers arid the
jokes arid • hijeliks that r u n
"Silver Dollar"
Essayists At
• Public School
Inside on page 11) is printed
a • prize -warming essay by
James Managhan, pupil of
Clinton- Public School. Con-
ducted annually byMrs. J. D.
Thorndike, the Silver Dollar
Essay Contest is important to
all Grade 8 students.
This year two essayists won
silver dollars. James was first
and Elizabeth Falconer
ed
-
ed second. Four other pupils',
shared a silver dollar, they
were Barbara Jopes, Mary
Livermore, Calista Counter
and Robert Dale.
Health Nurse
Granted Use of
PS Nurses' Room
Until further arrangements den
be made for permanent location
of the office of the public health
nurse in Clinton, • the Public
School Board has granted, a re-
quest from the County Health
Unit to use space in the nurse's
xoom at the public school. •Ar-
rangement vvill be made for ade-
quate rent to pay for any cost
incurred.
A remiest from one of the
teachers who plans a summer
course, for financial assistance in
this matter waS answered with
the statement that l the Board
would father consid* the worth
of the increased traTing
when next year's salary was set.
The Principal, G. L Jefferson,
made his report which included
463 pupils on the roll; during May.
An estimate of $450 was pre-
sented for the cost of laying drain
to remove water standing on the
playground. A motion was made
that the flag be raised and lower-
ed every school day.
STANLEY 'MP. CONSIDERS
LICENSING REGULATIONS
Stanley Township Council has
iiwtrooted its elerloWed Wai,aon,
tc; contact the townsthp solicitor,
Frank Donnelly, Q.C., Goderich,
regarding the licensing of dine
•and dance spots in the township.
Council, under the chairmanship
of Reeve Alvin McBride, awarded
the contract of spraying weeds
throughout the township to Jack
Little, Clinton,
• Coming Events
4e a word, Minimum 75e
Dancing every Friday night,
Hayfield Pavilion, Ken Wilbee Or-
chestra, Hayfield's favourite Sum-
mer Dance Pavilion. For private
parties and reception phone 658r6,
Seaforth or 684r31,..Hensall.
22-25-b
Thursday, ;Tune 17 --Final Bingo
of the season in Legion Memorial
Kirk Street, 9 p.m. $65.00
jackpot must go. 23-b
Mace to the music of Clarence
Petrie and the Night Hawks every
Friday night from 10-1 at the
Crystal Palace, Mitchell.
22-25b
Mr.' and Mrs. G. W. Nott will
be celebrating their Golden Wed-
ding Anniversary on Saturday,
June 19, 1954. They will be glad
to have their relatives and friends
call to see them from 2 to 4 p.m.
and from 7' to 9 p.m. Please ac-
cept this invitation, 23-4-x
Wed., lune 28—Bingo, Miklmay
Community centre, $2,300 in cash
prizes. Super special $1,000 bingo
must go. Three special prizes;
$200, 14 games, prizes $50, Admis-
sion $1.00, extra and special cards
25c or 5 tor $1.00 Games start at
9 p.m., doors open 7.45 p.m. Spon-
sored by Mildmay Firemen,
24-b
through the evening's entertain-
ment, Ken Scott will imperioriate
Diamond Lil and Wynn Merser-
eau as his partner, Oil Well Wil-
lie, will be two of the prominent
gueats at ringside at the famous
club opening night
"You Can't Beat Fun" promises
to be one of the most hilarious
home talent offerings ever staged
here. Not only does it use the
club scene as a means of introd-
ucing fun packed acts, but it fea-
tures many prominent business-
men dressed as Broadway Butter-
flies and Butter and Egg Men who
are backers for the mythical
nightspot.
Bill Hearn ivill impersonate
Minnie the Moocher and the part
of Wall Street Same will be tak-
en by Claude Dew; Frivilous Sal
will be represented by Don Col-
quhoun and Good Time Charlie
will be portrayed by Pere Brown.
Senator I Kissern will be played
by Gord Grigg and George Rum -
ball' appears as Hig Bertha. Matt
Edgar has the part of Bull Moose
Malloy and Klondike Kate will he
taken by Frank • Cook. These
men Will appear in flashy comedy
costumes, and those impersonat-
ing women will wear blonde,
brunette iand red hair wigs which
have curls, braids and pony tail
hair styling.
Eighteen teen-age girls will ap-
pear on the stage to complete the
ensemble and they will be featur-
ed in fast stepping dance routines
and production numbers.
Music for the show offers every-
thing from old time folk tunes
and songs of the gay. 90's to mod-
ern swing numbers and also are
included are .riopular ballads of
today and yesterday. The accom-
panist for the show will be Frank
Ramon. '
.THE NEWS -RECORD -73rd YEAR
6 cents a copy — $2.50 a year
Chairman Unseated
People Vote 139-86
A vote of 139 to 86 by the sub-
scribers to the Gocierich Township
Municipal Telephone System, has
removed W. R. Lobb from the
directorate of that System. Fol-
lowing the announcement of the
results •of .the closed balloting,
Jcitth G. Watson, H.R. 2, Clinton,
farther, was appointed to rill the
vacancy on the board.
This action follows many mon-
ths, in fact years of dissatisfaction
amongst the subscribers to the
system. Mr, Lobb was elected a
director in February when the an-
nual meeting of the System was
held, and his actions since elected
had aPparently not met with the
approval of the subscribers.
been called by ten per cent of the
$73,00 1n Taxes
Paid By Last
• Day: Tuesday
Tuesday was the last day
on which discount will be al-
lowed to persons paying the
second instalment of taxes in
Clinton. It also Was the last
day for the payment a the
first instalment of taxa§ and
from now ,on a penalty will be
charged on those taxes out-
standing -
Approximately 873,000 of
the 1954 taxes have been col-
lected to date, compared with
a little over $84,000 at the end
of June last year. Discount
• allowed on payments of sec-
ond instalment amounts to
8325 in comparison with about
$500 allowed for early pay-
ment last yeac-
Welcomed To No. 1 R. & C. S.
subscribers, and was attended by
nearly 150 men and women. Some
of the vciters present carried prox-
ies which enabled them to vote
for others not present.
Robin E. Thompson, R. R. 2,
Clinton, clerk of Goderich Town-
ship, was appointed chairman of
the meeting, and called in turn to
the platform, Ewan Ross, (acting
for W. Lobb, who was un-
avoidably absent); Robert Welsh;
Robert Taylor, who made the
motion for the removal of Mr.
Lobb; Ciarence Sturdy, senior
member of the • board; Edgar '
Rathwell, third member of the '
board; Clayton Laithwaite, mem-
ber of the Goderich Township
Council; Charles E. Wise, • secre-
tary -treasurer of the Board.
Throughout the meeting which
lasted well oh to one o'clock in
the morning, there was givep a
review of events leading up to the -
request for Mr, Lobb's removal.
Commissioner Ifathvvell read a de-
tailed account of the work of the ,
commission this year. Each of the
speakers was asked a number of
questions, and though at times
the situation threatened to get out
of hand the chairman kept good
order.
Mr. Lobb's proxy, E. Ross, in.
traduced an amendment to the •
motion before .the meeting, and
suggested by it that it was a
matter of proving some illegal
action on the part of Mr. Lobb
be,fore he could be removed. Bob ,
Welsh seconded the amendment
stating as his reason the fact that
the subscriber had been summon-
ed to remove a man from_office
with no proof of conduct leading
to the necessity for the action,
Dealing with this matter, the
chairman of the meeting ruled
that the proof of legality would
have to be made in a court of
law, and that all the meeting
could concern itself in was a vote
of confidence.
Clarence Sturdy spoke at some
length, reporting on his difficul-
ties with working with Hr. Rath -
well on the board. He stated that
he had made a motion to hire an-
other secretary -treasurer because
Charles Wise no longer lived in
the Township.
When secretary -treasurer Wise
was called upon to read certain
letters transacting business be-
tween the board and the Ontario
Municipal Board be was interrupt-
ed several times by the audience,
and finally the chairman of the
meeting did the reading for him.
Ewan Ross, Alt Warner and
Robert Taylor were appointed
scrutineers for the voting, and
Howard Sturdy and Ben Wight -
map assisted the secretary -treas-
urer In recording those persons
who voted.
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Hospital Board
_Advised Of
Sizable Grants
•
Members of the Clinton Public
Hospital Board have learned
hat $30,000 in Government grants
s forthcoming for the proposei
20 -bed nurses residence for which
the contract is being awarded
Thursday night.
Frank Fingland, QC, chairman
of the board's finance committee,
said the Federal Government
will pay $500 per bed while the
provincial grant vvill be $1,000
per bed.
He said that $60,000 in •cash
and securities is on hand towards
the building, which is being
made possible by a $45,000 be -
nest left to the board by the
ate CoI. IL T. Rance.
Nurses at the hospital have
een given ari increase in salary,
ccording to Dr. W. A. Oakes.
hey will now receive $7 in Place
f $0 per eight-hour day.
Nurses, other than staff, who
aye been working regularly for
he past six months, will receive
two weeks holidays with Pay.
The board learned that the hos-
ital is suffering from a short-
age of nurses, and that it is
hoped to secure two nurses frons
overseas.
Plight Lieutenant M. A. Brown, public relations officer at 1
RCAF Station Clinton is directing a group to the big new No, 1
Radio and Communications School building on Air Force Day. On
that day civilians and Air Force personnel joined together for a
glorious time inspecting the extensive buildings and projects
which make up thia biggest radio school in the world. From left
to right are Royce Macaulay, president of Clinton Lions Club;
Mrs. G. J. Bury and Squadron Leader Bury; Mrs. R. Macaulay;
and F/L Brown. • —RCAF Photo
Clinton Youth Faces Five Charges
Result Of Weekend Buggy Ride
Alvin Fowler, 21, Clinton, was Late Saturday night the youth
remanded into custody until to- took a horse and buggsr be- h
conneetion with a ride through t 1 nt a ItleeP °evil! Ta
morrow to face five charges in sloonur mg itioes•Jateck
town Saturday night. I overturing the buggy in Adam o
,
The charges are; Creating a IVIcCartney's flower beds,
disturbance,' assaulting an officer
With intentto resist arrest, theft cur alniadfftlatbleeding the ti d t
Mounting the horse, which was n
rode o owardnsgBayfield,aawah?re
of a horse and buggy, being he was apprehended by Const -
drunk while in charge of a ables Trinleck and Quayle. In P
horse, and wilful damage,
Fowler is also charged with
selling liquor in Huron County,
contrary to the Canada Temper-
ance Act. This charge was laid
the struggle which •followed.
Constable Timleck Suffered a
black eye.
Since his arrest Fowler has
been held in the County Jail at Mz's N W. Trewartha is on an
after police raided an establish- Goderich. It is expected that extended visit with her son-in-
ment in • Tuckethrnith Township he will appear before Magistrate law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs
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last week. Hohnes, there, to -day. Harold Mawson Vilna An
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Well Planned, More Colorful Exhibits Made Huron County Trade Fair at Lions Arena
'Better Than Ever"
Only one small part of the more than 60 displays which this year
made up the Huron Cdunty Taade Fair, was this novel display which
was produced through the co-operation of Ball-lylacaulay Ltd., who pro-
vided the materials for the masonry work, which was done by William
Harris, R.R. 2, Clinton. In the flower box so neatly assembled were
• growing plants donated for the occasion by K. C. Cooke, Boriet, Clinton.
Some of the signs are die work of the men in the back shop at the
Clinton News -Record
Proclaimed to be Clinton '± hottest night spot, George Beattie's furniture store provided one of the most
attractive booths at the Trade Fair. Showing for the first time in Canada' were the group of framed pictures
which deck the walls of the booth. These were filmed on kodachrorne, enlarged, printed on both sides of the
canvas, frame,d and then a light placed behind the picture.The result wil$ quite wonderful, and the sr‘Pnes
were quit beautiful. Other items on display were furniture pieces available at the store, rims and lighting
fixtures also available there. George Ithattth, who was president of the Lions Club in 1952-53 Was an active
t worker, in the promotion and achievement of the first Fair'ae well as of this year's achievement. •
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'raking his ease, as the framework of
the ,.rovvinf.c Trade Fair filially fell into place,
• is Kenneth B, McRae, general manager of
the Fair, and an active member of the Clinton
Lions Club. He is pictured in the ice cream
booth Which did an active business because
• of the low price (as indicated) and also be-
• cause last week had really ice cream weather.