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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1954-11-04, Page 7DAY; NOVEMBER 4, 1959 ' CLINTON'NEWS-RECORD PAGE SEVEN bridge gave away at X.30 a.mCl' El fltUii Man Weds Blyth Gii l Successful BingoToox aHU"CH SERVI1ClES fie'd 4 an and Fam'' fl Charlie Parker Sailed the Great AT WALTON ON`SUNDAY a 'Lakes for two 'years but, never •, Held T had he' such angry waters, as Held At Legion Brock'. Vodden,• a student, at in used by Hurricane 5 , Victoria. College,_ Toronto, and a OM' •Happenings Hazels flood ca •�•*iu�,..:F`Members of the Clinton Branch graduate of Clniton. District Col-�,0unt;FlO A helicopter came about, 7.30 .Y +, �4 •.'''`' '' �` hof the Canadian Legion held an- legiate Institute, visited recently on Saturday -morning. An aged: �Frsr s other successful r bingo ' in - the with his, parents,. Mr. and Mrs, Iarold Vodden, Blyth, P ur •Hayfield coitespondent) cries for help. Mrs. Parker said 'couple :were -rescued off one roof , ;.:-' Memorial Hall on Kirk;Street, on Y h, and reside at caries Parker' fairriharl that in their home on Tilden' top, > The machine had come back �;: �� .; "' a W over the church orreries in Y , z Thursday, Oct. 21. The jackpot of Walton, 'Union and M_ onerief in ve as ''Chuck'' didn't wish Crescent, near the ,top cries the for a mother.and two children en l�x� z3. 2 h leer people and talk about bank, she could hear the cries for another' roof, -It was': only ten' � �a•.�:�3 x � , � ; $ 5 was won- by Mrs, Elliott, Mit- the absence' of the minister, Rev.. Humber, Valley; disaster help. And when a Voice '' " " M• Thomas, who was takin anni- versary, nni- y Y a p, grew feet above them when .he house �' chell: Share -the -wealth winners g fainter 'andfinally stopped, one crumbled and disappeared into,the i he was home.: Fie. had. y ., ,; .:' . �� " ` were Mrs.. William Austin Sea - too services much; He found the knew that another house had rb"n floodwaters. Watching .this tragic forth; Douglas McDougall, Gode- "United Church, .Sarnia, for the �s of too many persons he. ; washed away with its occupapts. episode: was the husband and "' E i -, rich Township; ,Mrs, John Carrier- Rev, C. J. Scott,—Blyth Standard, He is trying to fgrget'' Mrs:"Parker, explained that all father . a salesman who had been on and Mrs. Wesley Van derbur t it, but,he still awakens` resident's in ; the its more area unable to return home the prey= _ Clinton (tied). Other nners of �tiOM e night thinking he hears, tvith't a eXce tion of two anvil ions• evening. He had to be re the regular games for $$p inciud- REOREATIONAL 'COMMITTEE I l„ h p f strained, forcibly, and removed > ed: Mrs, James: Cruickshanks, REQUESTED AT SEAFO]R?PiI of "Help Help , It was . les:' who, coufd not be -,contacted) vife, Myrna, who was in- and Gilhaven St. had been warned from the scene to prevent him fol h . , " Miss Lottie Sn, Mr Mrs; ur Ley- Called by the Seaforh Athletic I to tell the writer` some, 'e B' . t'e lowing them. All this the Parkers Mrs. McClellan, Mrs. Arthur Ley- Association to discuss the benefits, ` oat . , But. h Y res.- could see from their back door. burn, Mrs. Alvin Sharp,Mrs. of thea intment of a recreation,' it at time of twice tonevah ere trod been floods Harry • Gould' and Mrs. arvey directory n Seaforth, 'a ubue Boned that t ,- ie details of that before and they'd survived, so did homeless and `evacuated per Kennedy (tied), Mrs. K. ;W: , Col- meeting last Tuesday. has.diiected k had arrived home about not leave. There were 54 persons sons Were taken to the Westmount uhoun (2), Dorothy ,m. Saturday. As lie drove lost-. in, Westmount, Army and Navy' Hall. The press 9 y Reimers, the council to :appoint a recces• was finally -barred barred from interview- Mrs. Heskett (2), ..Mrs. - Frank tional committee. Huron Ex - the water was up to the Y board. of the ear in the Where Raymore`•Drive. and the ing persons here as many were so � � Dixon. � positor, 17 houses were. located,, is •now a emotionally upset and' distraught of the Lawrence Streets r hear thought it the ex riverbed ti flagstone. The cause" from their experiences and loss of, He - of this section being washed away y ramfail, but .realiz- was the colla loved ones, that they could not w -that it was' the river collapse of the foot bridge stand to be questioned: gg then. (only built two ,years ago) con- Tiny Si. Matthias Church sere CLINTON�i u t 2'.15 a.m., the were netting W. , It.' wit and `Weston at ed meals to the destitute, ' and. CLIMEMORIAL SHOP Y necti a.m. It' swung around in Led by. a friend who told the current and became lodged workers. It was also headquarters that Gilhaven St.;' ,below across the river. Trees; auto- for supplies for Red Cross work - da hehde o Charlie three mobiles, homes, clothing, debris y morning in the O PEN EVERY F R 110 A' Y ers in that district. Service wa Pe of. all _sorts piled upp a amst ' it, held on Sunda e Off roof -tops, forming a natural dam: • So the' Army and .Navy Hall. At other times contact. J. J. Zapfe, phone le was effected by pulling raging Humber sought another On Saturday evening at 10.30, Clinton 103. Residence Rottenbu and ladders across to ,the- channel and found it through Ra yy the Parkers were evacuated from ry. Street East. d persons, and took two more Drive.. The Lawzence St.' their home on Tilden Crescent. Everywhere they were Mrs. Parker said that at first it - • . ` seemed foolish, to her, to go,,that MR AND MRS. 14II7RRAY S. JOHNSTON, 'Clinton, are T. PRYDE and SON even.though there was a report of pictured following thein marriage on Saturday, October 16, in a 30 -foot crest - of water coming the manse of Walton United Church. The bride, is Dorothy (AINTON — t<J'%��'.=ry S�i'AFo$T down the valley, it wouldn't reach Louise; daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Cecil, Lyddiatt, Blytll, and their home, (This was later de- her husband is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Johnston,..Bay- nied. The water only rose ten field., Following a wedding trip to Niagara Falls, the young inches :above the previous level at `couple is living in Clinton. (Photo 'by MacLaren's] GRAIN Westmount), And` then she thought of all those who had not • heeded the previous •warnings. So Noble Grand Picks F R M E R S • ,'In the market for bU. kinds of Grain. Low " she took her purse a blanket each for herself Chuck, and their eight-, .Committees For ' ' ' we are' ew every Saturday for United year-old daughter Bonnie and co-operatives of Ontarlo'and sollelt your patronage. we will e -means poor demand — quality must' be good„ walked out. Rebekah Lodge pick on ' higher ground on Rebekah odge .them Up at' your farm. . grain a necessity; :will be pleased to test your., Scarlet road had opened their Following her installation as ]Please PHO]VP1t.adLiil@lOT not later than Friday nights homes. Mattresses were spread, Noble Grand of the Huronic Seaforth Farmers Coo in for moisture before delivery: on the floor. Mrs. Parker and :Rebekah Lodge . recently, ,Mrs: perative Bonnier stayed at a house where Ethel. McPherson named the fo1 Manager _ • 15 children we"re sleeping on the lowing committees, Finance, Mrs: 13• Hunt, t floor. Chuck tried to go back to Naida McClinchey, Mrs. Anna yo Pr Phone—Day 9, Evenings 481w their home but he wasn't allowed Moffat, Mrs. Mary Grigg; prop- Eq ¢o Fred O. j j �` to do so He worked for awhile erty, Mrs. Norma Ashton, Mrs. �Oer Txc p o and then stayed. with a friend un- Array Heard, Mrs. Etta Hugi l - 3 - til' morning. press, Miss Marion Pickett; degree What' the authorities feared captain, Mrs.. Mary Nediger; cov-. NE 123W CLINTON when they evacuated those on Til- enant, Mrs. Jean Kyle, Mrs. Rose den Crescent, "was that water Nickle,.Mrs. Mable Batkin; benev- pouring down a ten -foot ditch, olent, Mrs. Mae Cook, Mrs: Laura _ which had been Jigged down the McAlpine, Mrs. Doris Batkin C. street for a sewer, would under p and T, committee, Miss Winnie mine the houses on the bank. Grey, Mrs. Betty Stanley Mrs. However, it was pronounced safe Lorraine Webber; membership, " lair ✓'� �l� _ in the morning and the- house- Mrs. Maxy Nediger, Mrs. Mable \ �/ holders. returned. Nickerson, Mrs. Edna Patterson The Westmount Army and Navy Mrs. Marjorie Smith, Mrs. Cleta Club oHolland; �% • _ Ho f which Charles Parker is r /] les, member, d er organized search part- and art- lland; social, Mrs: Isobel Free• , r- g man, Miss Marion Pickett, Mrs. in one of these he: worked Addie Sturdy, Mrs. Sybil Palmer, 897o' of urban all day Sunday and Monday. Once Mrs. Ruth Jenkins, Mrs. Phyllis the water started to recede, ". Tyndall, Canadian M Mrs. Annie Shepherd, a- went down very quickly. By four r / Mr's. Beatrice Shaddick. housewives o'clock Sunday afternoon, the i, ®�A •C \ A Humber River was down to its prefer Buller usual spring level. But as it re,- to an others read ceded, •ft left a silt which made it Federation Met --�" ' l-•-r�` Y P very difficult for the workers. y WAS. Chuck told his wife that once he In Zurich. For looked behind him and a man Was _ sitting in muck up to his hips. Thus these searchers worked, Annual. Banquet� ` dy'h° hunting for bodies, seeing. an aim The Huron County Federation here, or a'leg there, of one partly of Agriculture held its annuarl 1 �� - buried. banquet in Zurich Monday, Oc,. i Nearly allthe bodies were nak- tuber 25. ed, The furious waters had suck- 1 ed Attendance was reduced from the clothes right ,of those they the number anticipated because - caught, In one place Chuck found many. farmers had taken advant- " the trousers to a friend. The ' �- SERVE THEM HEALTH! • age of the good weather to work � Naturall you refer butter braces were attached and the belt, late in the fields. YY p { still buckled. The Rev, George Goth, Metro< Mrs. Parker was shocked that d �i • it's a natural dairy food, made of rich politan United Church, London, SERVE THEM persons would take advantage of was guest speaker. He outlined � wholesome cream, delivered to your this terrible disaster for personal conditions in Europe as he found t creamery. While it country -fresh. who, gain• in inT e despicable creatures them on his trip earlier this, year. I • the words of the old He was Introduced by Douglas Butter's Savor is all its own... adage, `would steal the coppers McNeil, Goderich, first vice-presi- off a dead mans eyes,' moved dent. Head table guests included mild, delicate, creamy. For into -the scene. She' told of an Warden William J. Dale, Clinton; 9 '! cod esti instance in their vidinfty where a Thomas Pr de, MLA, Huron, Exe- g ng, good living, Y man had come with a -truck to ter; Marvin Howe, MP, Welling- house. elling- Y� there's nothing like butter] take furniture from an abandoned ton -Huron, Arthur; president Wil - truck k nn +left the motor of the t. fred Shortreed, Walton; past For abookleto y truck cunni g Which attracted he resident R. S. McKercher, Sea- foodofgrand recipes, write to Marie Fraser. tried to claim that it was. his forth; Winston Shapton,' second house. After that the, authorities vice-president, -Exeter; Mr. and DAMP FOODS SERVICE DYRSAU stationed armed guards in all the Mrs. Robert Carbert, 1Vingham, ro flood -ravaged areas. and the Rev. H. E. Roppel, Zur- A Division of Dairy Tarmers of Canada And in this respect, Mrs. Parker: fey. o ., o 409 HURON STREET, TORONTO said that the Boy Scouts did, a It means a lot to mothers to know wonderful work in guarding prop- USE THE WANT AD SECTION erty. As they left their house at OF THE 10,30 p.m, Saturday, a red-headed Scout of about 17 years of age CLINTON NEWS -RECORD O that every -glass of milk ,they serve their was standing guard at the corner. She didn't know how long he'd children gives them o• big boost in health! been there then. When: they re- at the school and innoculated all - tda urned morning, hewas sill there, hasked er shot. ice en wereoidenxaiboost- ll © PASTEURIZED ' source h if he'dybeen theret a to What people away from the Fresh, delicious milk is natures richest and he replied: ''Oh, no I had of health rotecrin ener ion vitamins and ,�•, p district do not realize, is the ter- n HOMOGENIZED P 9r 9Y 9 9 two hours' Slee } p• • r°ble stench Which arose: from the There are still some houses debris left by the receding wat- minerals, Order Our dairy -fresh milk home Ny.> standing on Gilhaven St„ but they ers. • Apart from the decaying Q CREAM have been condemned. The Park- bodies of animals and barnyard " ers have taken a -family of four,' waste brought down from up,. y .delivered today --and serve it often! 4 people whom they did not know stream, many sewers were washed `,•t°• r previously, from one of these out. A sewage disposal plant f3 `WHIPRINCa CREAM n 3;€i"'<; arouses in to live. with them across the river from 4\restmount i D The h dro went off about 9 p.m. was washed out. It: is for this ,:..a Cts• o.<;•',• y e `.*,:.: • "'• ,. \ ;... ,,•, .,;:•;.> ,�•� reason that the army went in two on Friday and they had no water, O SKIM MILK 'C .gas or .telephone service after. weekends with flame-throwers to Lnto n Dairy noon on, Saturday. They used try and burn the debris before fruit juices for fluids. Hydro came disease became rampant, on Sunday afternoon. Water was Mrs. Parker deplored the fact 0 CHOCOLATE DAIRY �3 c ,� restored on Tuesday, gas on Wed -,that persons who were not entitled' DRINK HURON STREET PHONE 441 x;. " "1 `t nesday and telephone on Thugs- to it were putting inPor relief. • day. All water still has to be She knew of instances in their boiled for 'ten minutes. The De- neighbourhood. Such unscrupulous MILK IS GOOD " FOR ALL THE FAMILY' partmen of Health moved quickly I practises only delay help for those to prevent epidemic. They set up who are in dire need; ; The Cast @4' Ohs WINE* _ M60* By `Roe Farms Service Dept„ G, I'M HAVING WELL, BILL, THE FAULT• WHY, DOC, 1 FED YES, 1)I NOW THAT, YOU SEE, BILL- VITA -LAY PELLETS ARE SURE THING, BILL. *WE N�IA-MYEf6G U6LE WITH MAY BE IN YOUR FEEDING oP YOUR PELLETS ON, BILL, BUT YOUR BIRDS DANDY TO KEEP EGG PRODUCTION UP LATER I NEVER ROE'PELLE'T5'ARE JUSCME M. H�JBgLL 1HE GKiNG OR ALL PELLETS INSTEAD OF R �y AN6E.AND THEY WERE ON OPEN RANGE IN THE SEASON. BUT FEEDINGS ALL PELLETS THOUGHTOF TRICK FORC76TTIN6GREAT! R NNIBALISM REGULAR VITA -LAY 666 . DIDAWONDERFUL THEN, AND HAD -LOTS OF 'NOW WHEN PULLETS AREJU5TCOMIN6 INTO THAT, DOC! MASH CONSUMPTION WHEN M�jQr/i MY NEWLY MASH SUPPLEMENTED PPLIES tHEIR NEEDS TOO NOW THAT I IT 15 NEEDED' JOB OFFiROWING . GRA55 AND BU65T0 PRODUCTION 5U Y PELLETS. THIS FLOCK.. KEEP THEM BUSY. FAbS�TEEATH DAY. KNOW THE BUTUSETHEMONLY F�O� USED BIRDS.. B , T INTO MISCHIEFAND•STAI@T REASON FOR FOR" THAT PURPOSE. NEE�EO o r PICKING ONE ANOTHER. FEEDINGQ�- I` D 1It+N" PELLETS, J } I CANSEEDU��Qir THEIR REAL �. .T VALUE TOME, (^ ANY •' a 1j ./ • r�A� EGG MASH � fGe •, � J.ti,�t.��',�' ��f1 �d/rt/5 rpcuxMswwMcce r' -. p i H. Charlesworth CLINTON M/� t] r'� ASH _ EGGPELLETSA. J. -MUSTARD BRUCEFIELD