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Clinton News Record, 1954-08-19, Page 1t be fast €011411111 --- HERE'S A CUTE LITTLE maxim we picked up in our daily read- ing . . "These glowing bumpers are all right „ . but we still have glowing drivers . and the one counteracts the other . . ." Cute . . s but astute, as well * * "A ROSE BY ANY OTHER name Would smell as sweet" said the poet . . . and truly we thought of that on Saturday . . We had supposed that the reverse would be true . . . and that the council chamber by any other name would look as severe ... But on the day of the Flower Show when that room was being made an exhibi- tion room. , . rather than a coun- cil chamber . . . not only did the place look far from severe and official . . but it also smelled as sweet as any rose . . of any name . . . NOT ALL OF THE FLORAL• lovers in Clinton, by any means, made their exhibit in the council chamber at the flower Show . . not by any manner of means . . Actually the best flower show of all is that which anyone can see by takinga stroll through town . Driving the car is all right . . . but you really can't take in all the beauties of the sunken lawns, rose arbours, hollyhock stands, and the colours of peren- nial and annual beds . . . from a moving car THOUGH HE DOESN'T trouble to take flowers to the annual show . . . Tom Leppington enjoys the pretty things . •. and he's brought us a huge vvinte rose for our own little show here at the News -Record.. Thanks, Tom . . . WHEN WE WERE ENJOYING the scents of all the lovely blooms .at the Flower Show last week ... and looking at the just as IoVely display outside in the Society's bed . . . we were struck with a wonder. .. There must be a great many people who do not realize just what work the Horticultural Society is doing.. . There are the beds at the town hall. and, the Post Office . . and at the CNR station . . . and possibly some others . . Yet, there is not any way for the casual passerby to , knowwho is responsible for ,th beauty . . . The Auburn Society has the answer to the situation by placing decorous and decorative plaques in each of their flower beds stating: "Auburn Horticultur- al Society plot" . . . It rather helps in keeping young ones from desecrating the beds, too . . Of course there would still be the dog situation . . and probably they could not be taught to read s THE PAINTING JOB IS NOW complete at the St, Paul's Ang- lican Church the hard-work- ing parishioners applied some 18 gallons of paint, working 29 nights during the last two mon- ths ... now the job is done ... And the spire has received a new set of shingles, too . . Working for five days on this, alone, lVf. IVicAdam and his men did the rather ticklish job ... They found that the top of the spire is just 100 feet off the ground : ts'and the big ball, which is some five feet from the absolute top was quite riddled with bullet holes . . . "some pigeon hunter, no doubt" . . This was replaced with a new ball . . and the old church is ready to withstand the weathers of many years to come. * * WE'RE OFF ON HOLIDAYS next week . . We rather hope you don't miss the News -Record too much . . . but on the other hand, we do of course rather wish that you find it hard to do with- out . . . At any rate, on Septem- ber 2, the next paper will come off the press. . . and. well bring You all up to date on the goings on of two weeks intead of one. .* * AUGUST, 1954 IS GOING TO be remembered throughout the future history of Canada as the month in which final plans were laid for the St. Lawrence Sea -4 way • • . Truly an important date to remember. , . . We would have wished that it could have been an All -Canada route . . . however if the powers that be feel that co-operation with our southern neighbour is a must. well, sobeit . . . We would only caution them then . . for good- ness sake, let's not lean so very far backwards in this co-perat- ing that we are left with the small end of the credit and the advantages . • . * THE CLINTON COLTS NOW have the bit in their teeth . . . and the race with Mitchell may well. be a neck -and -neck affair . . . A. great number 'of local fans turned out to cheer the lads on at the contest Tuesday night . and the affair was well worth any- ody's time . . , uniors Church ervice Here t Wesley -Willis It has become the custom every ear for the Huron County Junior armers Association to hold a hurch service. This year it will e held on August 22 in Wesley- illis United Church here in Clin- , on. Arnold Alton, well-known Dun- atmon Junior, will give the ad - ss, and the entire service will taken by various Junior Farm - ✓ and Janior Institute members roughout the 'County. The 25- oice choir, including members rom the six Junior Farmer Clubs the County will be in attend- ee. Following the service a Fireside our is beingheld, and at this 'me the Association plans to hon- ur Miss Jean Steckle, who has een Home Economist in this Unty for the past two years. All embers and their friends are eleome and a special invitation is standed to their parents. The Weather 1954 1953 High Low High Low Aug. 12 65 55 82 61 13 72 45 81 58 34 . 73 53 \82 58 15 79 63 72 57 16 76 61 75 51 17 69 44 68 46 18 68 41 69 45 RainS: .12 ins. Rain: .01 ins. THE NEW ERA-9Qth YEAR THE NWECORD-74th YEA No. 33—The Horne Paper With the News - CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1954 Pretty Girls and Pretty Flowers Misses Sharon and Patsy Thompson pose with the president of the Clinton Citize s' Horticul- tural Society at the annual Flower Show held here last Saturday. The girls' mothersMrs. T. R. Thompson, is an annual exhibitor at the show, and this year went home with first prize for the best shoulder corsage and third for best single rose. With, the girls is Rev. D. J, Lane, president of the Society who won first prize for the best basket of gladiolus, 12 spikes, one colour. Horticultural Society Flower Show; Town Hall A -Bloom inside and Out 4' The hardy begonias and other arrangements were presented by Mrs. C. H. Epps. By using a variety of small containers, includ- ing a china shoe, and two small irnitatian English mugs, and a great many different kinds of tiny flowers and fern, Mrs. Epps creat- ed a conversation piece for all who attended the Show. Judge for the winners, was C. V. Cooke, Clinton,retired florist. A pair of hand-peinted vases of- fered as door prize was won by Mrs. E. J. Trewartha, Clinton. The ticket was drawn by two-year-old Cheryl Steepe. Winners in the adult classes were: best basket of mixed flow- ers, Miss Luella Johnston, C. H. Epps and Mrs. Myrtle Tyndall; best basket gladiolus one colour, 12 spikes, Rev. D. J. Lane, Sam Riddick; single rose, Mrs. Frank Yeo, Mrs. Sam Castle, Mrs. T. R. Thompson; single gladiolus, C. H. Epps, C. 3, Livermore, E. J. "Dick" Jacob; shoulder corsage, Mrs. T. R, Thompson, Mrs. C. H. Epps and Mrs. Charles Nelson. Winners in the children's classes were: most. artistic arrangement of any seven blooms, Bud Yeo, Heather Winter, Eleanor Yea; table botieuet, Sharlene Turner, Robert Grigg, Nancy Olde; asters, Fred Livermore, Robert Grigg; zinnias, Fred Livermore, R. Grigg, Shirley Dupee; pettuitas, Robert Grigg; pansies, R. Grigg, F. Liver- more, Patsy Pegg, Mary Olde; best bird house, Bud Yea, R. Grigg, Patsy Pegg. New Main Will Take Surface Water At Hall perennials planted yearly by the members of the Clinton Citizens' Horticultural Society, at the Town Hall, vied for attention with the gorgeous blooms shown indoors last Saturday afternoon and even- tng..ss Slightly revised classes this years, allowed for an excellent showing of all current garden blooms, and. some quite unusual and rare items also were shown. Dressing up the severe lines of thc curved witness box in the council hamber, a display of International' President :MONROE L. NUTE Monroe L. Mute of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, was elcci- ed' International President of Lions International at the As- sociation's 37th annual conven- tion in New York City. Lions International with more than half a million members in 11,000 clubs in 58 countries as d geo- graphical locations is the world's largest service club organization. 'Bayfield Road To Be Black - Topped Next Year Work is continuing along the two-mile stretch of county road west of Middleton Church on the Hayfield Road. The road allow- ance is boing widened to 100 feet, and the road surface is be- ing graded ready for gravel..0%s Present plans are for a con- tinuance �f the job to include straightening of the west end, to eliminate all but one turn, and to put black to on the entire stretch to the Blue Water High- way, However, this latter job will not be done this year. When work is completed as presently planned, the Hayfield Road will an longer join, the Blue Water at the bridge, but will crsmP out at Deer Lodge Park, instead. Streets foreman Jack Woods and 1;:iis men are at work on a variety of projects. An eight -inch draM has been installed down the lane between the Town Hall and Staniforth's ShOe store, and replaces two old and inefficient four inch mains. This drain is expected to remove a good deal of surface water from the area back of the town hall, It has been found that too much water is being diverted in- to the sanitary sewage system, and this is causing back-up of sewage into cellars of some res- idents. Because of this, the con- nection to the sanitary seer at the rear of McEwan's and the Bell Telephone office, has been stopped, and this water is ex- pected to be drained through the newly laid main. Another lateral will be installed up to- wards the post office, to gather more of the surface water from there. The Streets gang is also at work clearing storm sewers and catch -basins, cutting the summ- er crop of weeds and grass and generally keeping the town ship- shape. Young Dutch Couple Weds Annie van den As - sem and Piet Reinsma, who met in Canada ten months ago, were mar- ried in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Clinton. Rev. G. T. Hoyterna, pastor of the Christian Reformed Church, here, officiat- ed. The bride, who re- sided at Blyth, is the daughter of John van den Assem and the late Mrs. van den Assern, Werkendare, Holland. The groorn is the son of Mrs. Maria Dijk- man, Andijk, Holland, and the late Lauwer- No Clinton .News -Record Next Week The office and shop at the Clinton News -Record will be closed from Augutt 23 to 28 inclusive, and there will be no paper published that week. However, there will be someone on hand at the of- fice throughout most of that period to accept news, and of course, money. If there should happen to be some- thing urgent come up and no one is at the office here, then a phone call to either 682R or 485M sheuld get an. answer. Correspondents are asked to send in their news budgets as usual, and this material will be included in the issue of September 2. Predicts Old Section of CDCI Ready i Sept,5 "Good Progress" is being made on the addition and renovations to the Clinton District Collegiate Institute, according to Dr. J. A. Addison, chairrnan of the com- mittee in charge. It is expected that the "old" part of the school will be ready Sor use by Sep- tember 7, opening day. .0 Since, however, the old shop room has been made into show- ers and storerooms, and the new shop will be included in the now section, arrangements for anoth- er location of the shop room will have to be made. When investigations were made under the gymnasium floor, (which was torn up in June), it was found that the draM away from the school was plugged and had been backing up under the floor. This was corrected, and a new drain is being laid to serve old and new sections of the building. New wiring throughout the school is practically complete, and acoustic ceiling has been installed in the hails. Some painting will be done before school opening day, and the out -door paint job will be accomplished after that. The cement for the floor of the gymnasium was being poured Yesterday, and it is expected that mastic tile will be laid there by the end of the week. Terazza floor is being used in the halls, and in the walls and floor of the new washrooms. Seaforth Man Lifts Blanket At Farm Patrick Burns, Seaforth, was arrested by London police and tak- en to the county jail at Goderich last week on charges of theft of a blanket and 77 from the resi- dence of Mr. and Mrs. C. Dale, R.R. 4, Clinton. Police charged that Burns took the blanket from a barn on the Dale farm and the money from the hanse. He is scheduled to ap- pear in court at Goclerich, to -day. Pleading guilty before Magist- rate A. F. Cook, Stratford, he was remanded in custody until August 18. COMING EVENTS 'ftsriirstas.2 4e a word, minimum 75o Thurs., August 16 .-- League howling starts at Clintori I3owling Alley. Names to be in by Septem- ber 6. Register early at the Alley. 33-5-x Aug. 23 to 28 — News-Retord staff on holiday. No Paper tintiI September 2. 33-x Wed., August 25 --- Supper in Hayfield United Church, from 5 to 8 p.m. Sponsored by the parson- age boards 4 Hayfield and Port- er's Hill. Danclng every Friday night, Hayfield Pavilion, Ken Wilbee's orchestra. Hayfield's favorite sum- mer dance pavilion. For private parties and receptions phone Sea - forth 658 r6 or Hensel) 684 r 31. to34b ens R e i m a. The I ' Every Friday night is dance nite young couple will re- MtitellielleryCZienDiPtierieBVirduTe side in Clinton. , NighteHaWks in attendance, 31to39b Friday the 13th Fire Causes $1,500 Damage Friday, the 13th did prove un- lucky for Mrs. John Turner, Rat- tenbury Street, when an unex- plained fire broke out near the stairway in her home, and quickly spread to cause $1,500 damage be- fore the Clieton Fire Department could extinguish the blaze. /1 Norman Griffiths, son-in-law of Mrs. Turner, was asleep upstairs on Friday morning, when he heard the crackling of flames and went downstairs te investigate. The heat stopped him at the foot of the steps, and he was forced back upstairs, where he escaped unhurt through a window. Mrs. Turner and Mrs. Griffiths were in the kitchen at the time. Origin of the fire is not known. Damage to the stairway, 'a back shed and two bedrooms was exten- sive. Fire Chief Grant Rath reported that the damage was covered with insurance. The Clinton Fire De- partment w'as' credited with stop - pm the blaze froni spreading. rash On Farm At Brucefield No Fliers Hurt ' An RCAF instructor and a uni- versity flight cadet trainee escap- ed injury Tuesday when their Harvard training plane crashed on the farm of Jack Taylor, a mile west of Brucefield,s` The instructor, eir the controls, skimmed the craft into a belly landing and avoided serious dam- age to the plane. Names Unavailable Names of the fliers, from the RCAF Station Centralia, on a low level landing approach training flight, were not available at the station. The plane is reported to have had engine trouble. An RCAF work crew carted the plane back to the base by truck. Light Session At Court Yesterday Morn A light session greeted Magis- trate D. E. Holmes yesterday mor- ning, here, following his summer vacation. Two cases of impaired driving resulted in fines of $50 and costs. These were levied against Robert Carrick, Clinton, and A. R. Hub - ley, RCAF Station Clinton, who both plead guilty to the charge. Young Jack Merner (18 Years) Was fined $5 and costs for care- less driving. Merner had appar- ently fallen asleep at the wheel early August 7, and his car went into the ditch. No other car was involved in the accident. Edward Waddell, who plead guilty to a charge of driving a car on August 8 while his driver's and owner's licence was suspended was fined $40 and costs, "Dick' Ferrand Stationed At Cornwallis, N.S. Richard "Dick" Perrand, only son of Chief Constable and Vas. J. Ferrand, Clinton, has joined the Royal Canadian Navy and has commenced a three-year apprenticeship course, stationed at Cornwallis, H.S. After his grad- uation as Petty Officer, he will serve a four-year term, Before leaving for Cornwallis, a presentation was made "Dick" at the Llashmar Drive -In Theatre, where he has been employed since that theatre opened last year. The proprietor Bob Mar - hall, presented him with a Ronson lighter; Miss Snell, a watch bracelet and Mr, and Mrs. Har- old Morrell presented him with a toilet case. ART CLUB Exuma - RAS MANY PATRONS The summer exhibition of paint- ings at the Goderich .Art Club, July 29 to August 2, inSluded 81 contributions by local artists, The exhibition was well attended on all five days. The 19 painters showed pictures in various media — oil, water -color and pastels. -- Gode- rich Signal -Star. GODDRICH *MAYOR URGES HOUSING FOR AGED FOLK Mayor J. E. Simkins is calling for the Goderich Town Council to take the initiative in Huron In planning low rental apartments for elderly people. This followed up a similar proposal made in his inaugural address to council in January. As a model, he suggests the apartments recently completed by Stratford Kinsmen Club. 6 cents a copy -- $2.50 a year Revitalized Colts Oust RCAF In Three Games Colts, Mitchell Start Group Final Mitchell Tonight Clinton Colts, who have just eliminated Clinton RCAF Sta- tion baseball team have al- ready set the dates for the first two games -of the Huron - first game will be played on Perth group 'H" finals. The the Mitchell diamond tonight, Thursday, commencing at 5.30 with the second game in Clin- ton on Saturday afternoon at 3.30. Future dates have not yet been decided. , If ram forces the cancella- ' ton of any game it will be played on the following night. In the case of the Saturday afternoon garne it would be set for Monday afternoon at 5.30 egroupo'clock. The finals will be a best four out of seven with the winners advancing •into the OBA. playdovvns. AWARD WINNER • /7 SHIRLEY PROCTOR daughter of Mr. and Mts. Clif- ford Proctor, Clinton, has been awarded the SirSErnest Coop- er' Scholarship, This scholar- ship is granted to the Grade XIII pupil at Clinton District Collegiate Institute with the highest standing and is valued a 350. Miss Proctor, plans to enter Stratford TeacherS!Sql- lege this September, Reduced from 1953 Ilensall Sets Tax Rate /Considerable discussion took place before setting the tax rate for the Village of Hensall this year and the treasurer suggested there could be a reduction because of differeht grants which had and would be received arid also the re- duction of the waterworks debent- ure rate and the rate for the public school. 4/ The rate for 1954 Was set as follows: county, 9.4; village, 17.8; public school, 15.1; high school, 4.7: park, 1; public library, .7; fire equipment debenture, 1.3; waterworks debenture, 1; hydrant rental, 3; totalling 54 mills, or three mills lower than last year. At the regular meeting of Hen - salt Village Council held on Aug- ust 9, J. A. Paterson, clerk, report- ed re: trailer licensing, stating that he had contacted the Deputy Minister of Municipal Affairs, and had received permission to assess them. Considerable discussion took place regarding some safety meas- ures to be taken at the railway crossing on King Street. A mo- tion was passed that: "We request the CNA to install a wig -wag sig- nal at the railway crossing, having three tracks on King Street in the village." Taxi Business Is Big One Here In Clinton Clinton should be well in line for the medal offered for "rnost taxis in towns of 2,600 population, if ever such a medal is offered. There are at present 14 taxicabs operating out of Clinton through four establishments. This prob- ably means employment (full or part-time) for abbut 25 men., , Quite a business, indeed, for a small town. Local Couple Speaks Vows MR. AND MRS. INELYILLE B. IRVING 'Were married on Saturday, July 31, in Clinton at the home of the bride, who is Elfreide June, daughter of Mrs. Edward 1VLiller and the late Mr. Miller. Her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Irving, Kitchener. Following their wedding trip to Peints east, Mr. and Mrs. Irving plan to live tm Princess Street in Clinton. ' (Photo by MacLaree's) Any resemblance, to the Clinton Colts who were able to win only tivo games and tie one during the regular schedule and the team that ousted the RCAF Flyers is purely imaginary, It was an antirely different team that took to the field, there was new vim, vigour and vitality in every player and as a result they swept the baffled RCAF Flyers into the ashcan in three straight games Now the revitalized Colts set their sights on the powerful Mitchell Legions aires and the group title in a seri, ies that should be a "humdinger." Every Player There Perhaps the biggest and most important contribution to the Colts' sudden success is the fact that at long last all the- players are out for every game. Ken anti 13111 Patterson, 13111 McDonald, Bob Youngblutt and BM Craig have only been able to play an oceans ional game due to their various occupations and with the playoffs they have been making a special effort to play. Another Factor Another reason for the reversal comes from the hitting. During the season the locals often outhit their opponents and still lost the game because the safeties were spread out, now the team is buns ching their hits and taking ad- vantage of every opportunity. BOX SCORES ON PAGE 10 Colts 7 RCAF 3 The first game of the series was the story of Doug. Bartliff's steady seven hit pitching and Johnny Wil- son's timely hitting. Doug was only in trouble in the first when the Flyers combined two doubles with a walk sandwiched in between to score two runs, After that Doug set his op- position down with five scat- tered blows and one run. Johnny Wilson picked up three of the - Colts' eight hits, all coming with men on the paths. He drove in five runs with his double and two singles and also turned in a excel- lent effort at short. Bob Draper and Harry MeEwan found the range for long home runs with the bases empty. Defensively, both teams played well with the Colts having a slight edge committing only one error, Rick Elliott made the play of the ball game when he speared a line drive off the bat of Ray IVfiller the opposing first sacker in the fifth. Meade and Lafurgey, RCAF pitchers certainly did their share as they fanned 17 Colt batters. Meade also hit two doubles. Colts 5 RCAF 3 Playing on their home diamond In the second game the Colts con-. Untied their sizzling pace. Gerd - le Stock started on the mowdi and shut out the Flyers for four innings before running into troub- le in the sixth when he was re- lieved by Kenny Patterson who finished the game in brilliant style. The Colts built up a 3-0 lead scoring once in the first when Rick Elliott got on on Colemmes error and Bob Draper belted a long triple to right centre. They added two more in the fifth with Ken and Bill Patterson hitting a single and a double respectively with the latter taking third on an error by Garrow. Bill scored when Jordan threw out Edgar at firs t Three Runs in Sixth The Flyers exploded in their half of the sixth with four straight singles and all of their runs. The first three hits came off the slants of Stock and with the bases load- ed Ken Patterson was rushed into the breach. Miller immediately banged out a single and scored two runs, another crossed the dish when one of Ken's pitches got as way from brother Bill. Ken then shut the door by striking out the side. Ren allowed only one man to reach first and he was out frY, ing to steal second. Error Paved Way With the teams deadlocked 3-3 in the eighth Faulkner got Hartley and Wilson on routine plays. Cole, man let Elliott's hot shot get away from him and Draper and Me. Ewan hit back-to-back doubles that scored two runs and gave the Colts their margin of ;victory. COLTS 10 RCAF 6 Wally lVfeade, the RCAF fire: bailing righthander went to the mound for the third game of the series in a vain effort to evade el- imination for the air force crew. He pitched a good game striking out eleven but the five errors that his mates committed and 11 hits were too much. Bill Patterson must have proved most baffling to Master Wally as he clubbed his offerings for two doubles and three singles in five appearances driving M five runs. Johnny Har- tley also added a few grey hairs to the 'Flyer's pitcher's head with his two run double in the eighth, It was a very close game untii the last few inningS when the Colts added seven tmanswered runs and had a 10-4 lead going in- to the bottom half of the mnth. Two singles, a walk and Jordan's triple scored three runs for ECA.F in the ninth. Jordan scored after Bob Youngblet caught Coleman's high foul. Younblut making his first appearance in the Clinton lineup made a wonderful catch on this play racing sixty Met back of first to nab the ball over his shoulder going away from the dia- mond. He played exceptionally well at first at all times and will be a definite boost to the Colts. Bill McDonald was in uniform again and had a turn at first and third playing errorless ball. Bob Younghlut was hit on the head by a pitched ball but suf- fered no serious injury and was able to finish the game at first. And so it is on to Mitchell and the fight for the group chatnpions Ship. It should be a great series and if the Colts eontinue to play the brand of baseball that they have shown in the series with the Flyers they certainly cannot be counted out.