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(By W. D. D.)
PLANS ARE WELL UNDERWAY
fox' the., second presentation of the
Clinton Ice Capades < ; and Miss
Hugo comments upon the faet that.
for a group of youngsters spend-
ing their second season on figure
skates, the Clinton 'kids are doing
remarkably well ., , . Though, she
says four -years is considered to be
the period needed before skaters
really develop,Miss Hugo says
that the ballt lessons many` of.
the. Clinton small fry have taken
have helped a great deal
THE TOWN STREETS GANG
was busy early this week putting
up signs on almost every light
standard to warn motorists again-
st parking for more than an hour
at a time on main streets between
midnight and seven in the morn-
ing This is, to make clearing
of the streets a bit easier during
• the snowy season.
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JUST AFTER THE SIGNS WENT
up, the Clinton and District Cham-
ber of CommerceRetail Merchants
Committee became. equally as
busy..'. and the small Christmas
trees" came down . . . Now Clin-
ton's main streets look just a bit
bare . , . but very businesslike
,.and the ever-increasing number of
neon signs adds colour in great
blobs :. The C of C lights on.
the main intersection are doing
their bit, too :... if all goes well,
plans are that four more strings
will be added this year
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COULDN'T KEEP FROM MEN-
tioning the Letters to the Editor
section this week , On page
three, there are 'a pair ,of quite
interesting missives ... of the type
any, editor would be proud to find
a half dozen of in the mail any
month of the year , . We very
much prefer them to the grumbly,
'axe -to -grind' type of letters which
seem to come our way so often .. ,
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SOMEONE WITH TIME :ON HIS.
hands mentioned to us that Clin.
tonstill boasts hitching rings . . •
They are iron rings embedded in
the cement at the edge of the
sidewalk ... and we know of the
location of at least three of
them . Though the sidewalks
need re -doing in the most urgent
way. still we wonder if the
old hitching rings could not be left
as a sort of symbol of Clinton as
slat used to be ... Might come in
handy for, the next generation to
tie . their "hopped -up" helicopters
to .
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FRUIT GROWERS TO PLAN
FOR ANNUAL MEETING
` Directors of the Huron County
Fruit Growers Association will.
meet in the agricultural office
board room; Clinton, at 1.30
o'clock on Friday afternoon, Jan-
uary 21, to plan the annual meet-
ing and banquet,
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TUCK. FEDERATION ANNUAL
PLANNED FOR JANUARY 19
The annual meeting' and banquet.
of Tuckersmith Federation of Ag-
riculture will be held in Egmond-
ville 'United 'Church at seven
o'clock, Wednesday evening, Jan-
uary 19. Bob Carbert, farm com-
mentator, CKNX 11adi'o Station
will be the guest speaker.
MEETING TO DISCUSS THE
CLINTON SPRING SHOW
The annual meetingof the Hur-
on Central Agricultural Society
will be held in the agricultural
office board room, Clinton, on Sat-
urday afternoon, January 15, at
1.30 o'clock. President of the so-
ciety is W. R. "Bert" Lobb, R.R.
2, Clinton, and secretary-treasurs
er is A. J. McMurray, Clinton.
Main topic for discussion will be
the annual Clinton Spring Show,
ordinarily held on the first Sat-
urday in May.
THE NEW ERA—=90th YEAR
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THE NEWS -RECORD -74th YEAR,
No. 2—The Home Paper With the News
CLINTON,. ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1955
Eorins Go Up In The Goderich Square As "Court Nouse Rises
6 cents a copy —"$2.50 a year
With the foundation poured, workmen are preparing and new building, slated to cost over $700,000 will replace the, 100 -
year -old building destroyed by.. fire last February. According
erecting forms the first storey of the new Huron C unty
to A. H. Erskine,
n , CountyClerk-Treasurer five". carloads of
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Court House and County building;being built in Goderich. The, cement have already been used in the construction of the building.
$20,000 Grant Coming
For Nurses Residence
Word that a provincial grant of $1,000 per hed for the 20 beds in .
$20,000 to the Clinton Hospital the new nurses' residence.
Board leas been authorized was re- Dr. McKinnon Phillips, ieinister
ceived here from Tom Pryde, of Health, made the announce -
MLA for Huron County. This ment of the grant officially at the
grant will be paid' on the basis of end of December. •
It is understood from A. - M,
Knight, chairman _, of the local.
'board that this provincial grant
automatically makes-. possible a
federal grant of an ' additional
$10,000, for the the Dominion Gov
eminent in this case pays just 50
percent of whatever grant Outer,
Marie Fraser, Food Editor its authorizes. •
of the Dairy Foods Service Chairman " Knight reports also
Bureau, begins her new mon- that C. J. Telfer, chief inspector
thly food feature of tested of hospitals for Ontario plans to.
dairy ;food recipes in this is- . visit the Clinton hospital within a
'Sue. The Dairy Foods Service short time to see the plans for the
Bureau, a division of Dairy renovations be the old section of
Farmers of. Canada, is financ- the hospital which will be vacatee
ed by the annual June Adver- as soon as the residence is com-
tising Set -Aside, a voluntary plete. This move into the ersidence
contribution made by produc- will gain about eight beds, an/
ers during; the month of June other badly needed „space in the
right across Canada. hospital.
G. Falconer Gets Third Term
Chairmans 11 -Man Board
George L. Falconer,' R.R. 5, Clin- Farmers on occasion for .dances,
ton was re -appointed last night, but that these affairs were well
Chairman of the Board of organized and well supervised by
the Clinton District Cal- the agricultural representative and
legiate Institute for the third con- his assistant and there was no
secutive- year. Vice-chairman is complaint concerning them.
Irvine Tebbutt, representative A request from the staff for a
from Goderich Township. - hearing with a committee or the
Other appointments were Harold whole of the Board with view to
C. Lawson, Clinton, as secretary- ,discussing salaries, was received,
treasurer and Lawrence Denomme, and decision was reached to have
Clinton, caretaker. the study and welfare committee,
headed by I, Tebbutt, to meet with
the teachers as could be arranged
and bring in a report at the Feb-
ruary meeting of the Board:
One new member was welcomed
to the Board by,Chairmam Falcon-
er. John Levis, representative
from the Clinton Public School
Board, was introduced to the other
members of the Board,
The striking committee, compo-
sed of the. chairman, vice-chairman
and J. Willis Van Egmond, (rep-
resentative from ' Hullett Twp.)
brought in their recommendation
and the following committees were
named (first in each case is chair-
man: agriculture, M. Richmond,
Morris township; George Reid,
Varna; Menne Steckle, Stanley
township; Irvine Tebbutt; proper-
ty, Dr. J. A. Addison, Clinton, rep-
resenting County Council; Tebbutt,
Steckle, john - Levis, Clinton and
Robert L •MdEwen, Clinton, rep-
resenting Town Council; Bernard
Hall, Blyth; study` and welfare,
Tebbutt, Levis, D. McKenzie, East
Wawanosh; . finance, McEwen,
Richmond, Tebbutt and Van Eg-
mond; transportation, VanEgmond,
Reid, Hall, 'Tebbutt, "Steckle, Rich-
mond and McKenzie.
Meetings will be held on the
second Wednesday of the month.
A motion authorizing the bor-
rowing of up to $50,000 to meet
current expenses was passed. Per-
mission was granted the Huron
Soil and Crop Improvement Assoc-
iation to hold the eighth - annual
Huron County Seed Fair in the gy-
mnasium of the school. Advice from
the Department of Education con-
cerning the rental of school build-
ings for the use of outside parties
was read, including a warning of
trouble that might arise.
Concerning this advice, principal
E. A. Fines stated that the aud-
itorium: w_as rented to the Junior
Reeve DeevesMosts Council
At Inaugural Day Dinner
The Council for the Township of A nuinber of rate -payers expres-
Goderich for 1955, met in Holmes- sed their opinion re the boundary
ville on Jaeuary 10, at 11,00 a.m., of the Clinton and Goderich High
and subscribed to the proper School Areas. No action was tak-
forms. Rev. Outerbridge made a en at this time.
few very fitting remarks in ad- o
dressing the council, and led in
suitable prayers. The members
then adjourned tilt;1.30. Reeve J.
W. Deeves treated the members
to dinner at the Commercial Inn,.
Clinton.
Councillor K. C. Merner replaces
former councillor Deeves as relief
officer. .
A delegation from the Bayfield
Fire Department gave a detailed
report of their equipment, and ask-
ed for a grant, Special mention
was made of the availability of the
two trucks and their total gellon-
ege, fog nozzle, special masks for
the firemen, and the pneolator.
The latter can be operated by any
of the firemen, but only a Medi-
cal • doctor could advise when it
should be put into use.
Bylaw No. 3, to approve a sub-
division plan of Mr. and Mrs. Le-
Roy Poth was passed.
By-law No. 4, to _approve of tree
planting agreements with six land
owners of the township ,was pass-
ed. Once again this ' township has
reached the maximum of 50 acres
per year for re -forestation under
this agreement.
By-law No. 5, to authorize the
borrowing of up to $25,000 for
current expenditures was passed.
The committee in charge of the
brucellosis campaign in the town-
ship will be G. W. Montgomery,
E. Mcllwain, Robert Stirling and
R.,Thompson. The inspectors re-
appoihted.were 11. Tyndall and H.
.McCartney:.
Robert. Welsh requested further
grants from the township for the
school area as a result of having
to transport certain pupils from
an overcrowded school.
The Weather
1955 1954
High Low High . Low
Jan, 6 32 28 _ 26 20
7 35 25 26 11.
8
3 22 17 10
35 . 27 . 34 14
10 35 23 31 2
se 31 27 13 .1 ton, G. W. Montgomery, Roy Pep -
12 28 21 15 4 per( Robert McGregor and E. P.
Snow: 1'I ins. Snow: 1% ins. 'Chesney.
Tuckersmith et.
S s
Pay Rates For
Township Labour
Tuckersmith Municipal. Council-
lors met in the Town Hall See -
forth, on Monday, January 10, for
the inaugural meeting, and sub-
scribed to the Oath of Office be-
fore the clerk. The council con-
sists of James Doig, Reeve; and
Councillors Forsyth, Garrett, Fal-
coner and Lee.
Rev. Milroy, Egmondvillz United
Church attended the meeting and
invoked divine .guidance upon' the
deliberations of the council, for the
ensuing year.
Adrian Timmermans attended
the meeting and again complained
that the McCullie Drain was not
sufficient through •his property
and council promised- to investigate
the matter.
Council joined the Association of
Rural Municipalities, Ontario
Good Roads Association, and the
Association of Assessing Officers,
and, ordered, fees of $10 each paid.
The clerk was instructed to sub-
scribe to eight copies of the Mun-
icipal World for use of council
and officials. A grant of $10 was
made to the Huron County Soil
and Crop improvement Association
Rate of pay for ordinary labour
was set at 70 cents per hour;
grader operator $1.10. By-laws
were passed authorizing .entering
into agreements with owners for
tree planting in the township and
for borrowing a maximum of
$90;000 at such times as required
throughout the year.
Roy Bell, Hensel', was appointed
as member from Tuckersmith to
the Ausable Valley Conservation
Authority. The following were
named as Brucellosis Control Com
mittee for 1955: Dr, Harold Wor-
The principal's report showed a
total . of 344 pupils on the roll.
Principal Fines requested several
changes in plans for the :new
rooms, and for the furnishing of
the old ones including a suggestion
for more auditorium chairs.
William Craig, shop teacher, re-
quested some provision be made
for erecting a partition in the shop
room at an early date, since how,
before the ceiling was . finished
would be the proper time to have
it done.
Stanley Federation
Of Agriculture
Names Delegates
The Stanley Township: Federa-
tion of Agriculture held a direct-
ors' meeting in the Varna Hall on
December 27, withthe president
Anson McKinley in charge. .Elgin
Porter was appointed delegate to
the provincial annual meeting in
Toronto. George L. Reid was ap-
pointed secretary -treasurer f.or
1955 at the same salary.
The following were appointed to
theifferent eomm groups:
odity g ps.
Elmer Webster, Hog Producers;
Robert McKinley,. Poultry Produc-
ers'; Allan Armstrong Cream Pro-
ducers; Les Armstrong,, --Wheat
Producers'. ' e
It was decided to hold an open
meeting in the Varna Hall and.
have some one frau) the Hog Pro-
ducers' Association as speaker.
It was moved by Alex McBeath,
seconded by Gordon Johnston that
the meeting adjourn to meet at
Anson McKinley's for the next
meeting.
Magician Savoury Entertains Lions;
Reports In From Committee, Heads
Practically every . phase of bias baskets to needy families.
His committee is already making
plans for the Eteier`Seal funds
drive which the Lions have 'al-
ways"sponsored in the Clinton
area.
Lions Club activity was discus-
sed at Tuesday evening's dinner
meeting of the ' Clinton Lions
CIub in St. Paul's Parish Hall.
The club was honoured in
having r%O Ed. Savoury, RCAF
Station Clinton, as an entertain-
er. Mr. Savoury, a„ member of
the International Brotherhood of
Magicians, entertained with a few
ofhis feats of magic. He is at
present on a"short course at the
Clinton Station after 16 years in
the. Air Force. The magician
was introduced by 11. C. Lawson
and thanked by Bill Morlok,
Lion Jack Sutter reported
that the club's health and wel-
fare committee had given Christ -
Six Injured In
Highway 8
Accident Friday -
Six persons were inured in a
three -car collision on Highway 8 a
mile west of Clinton late last Fri-
day afternoon.
Injured were Herman F. Schoe-
maker, R.R. 1, Clinton, a severely
cut upper lip; his two brothers,
Wicher, a fractured left wrist, and
Gerrit, an injured right rooter/8
Syd Bullen, Goderich, severe chest
injuries and face injuries; Miss
MIldred Smith, face and leg in-
jilries, and Miss Pauline McKay,
a fractured nose.
Police said a car driven by )3u1 -
len was skirting a car ahead which
made a right turn, when it collid-
ed with a car driven by Herman
Schoemaker. Thethird car, driv-
en by Jack 'Dietrich, Clinton,
crashed .into the other two shortly
after. .
Miss . Smith apd Miss McKay
were passengers in the car driven
by Bullen. Injured were taken to
Clinton Ptteic Hospital after being
treated at the scene by two Clin-
ton doctors. All were allowed to
return to their homes that night,
except Miss Smith, who still is in
hospital, recuperating. .:
Provincial Constable Arnold
Summers, of the Goderich detach-
ment, investigated. Damages to-
talled about $1,300.
Judge F. Fingland
Feted ByHur n
Bar Ai
��®Flat ®n
Newly -appointed Judge of Huron
County, Frank Fingland, Q.C.,
Clinton, was signally honoured on
Tuesday evening of this week,
when fellow members of the Huron
County Bar Association gathered
in Goderich to mark his appoint-
ment to the bench.
Present at this dinner meeting
were The Hon. Mr. Justice J. M.
King, of the Supreme Court- of
Ontario, who earlier in the day
had .beenpresented with the white
gloves. The gloves were presented
by Sheriff Nelson Hill, following
notification by Crown Attorney
Glenn Bays that there werea no
criminal cases on the docket,
Others attending the dinner in-
cluded Crown Attorney Glenn
Hays; R. C. Hays, Frank Donnelly,
James Donnelly, Goderich; E.
Beecher Menzies, Clinton; P. D.
McConnell, Seaforth.
Boys' and Girls' Activities
The boys' and girls' committee
have been very activethis sea-
son,' according to chairman Bill
Grigg. He said that a profit of
over $300 had beenrealized from
the recent light bulb sales drive.
1Vfr. Grigg called on other mem-
bers of his committee to give a
resume of activity accomplished.
Lion. "Skip" Winter summar-
ized the activities of the Scouts,
Cubs; Girl Guides and Brown-
ies. The Scouts now have a
permanent meeting place at the
Fish and Game club house, for
which no rent is paid. The 28
Scouts are under Scoutmaster
Bob Vezina, •with two assistants
Ivan McKenzie and Win Mes-
sereau. Although sponsored by
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CORRECTION, PLEASE!
By mistake the name of Coun
cilloeGeorge Knights was left out
of the lists of committee members
in last week's paper: Hie name be-
longs with Mayor M. J. Agnew,
Deputy Reeve Burton Stanley and
Councillor Bert Gliddon on the ex -
executive and police committee,
4e a word, minlnium 750
Thursday, Jan. 13 to Sat., Jan.
15 --The Amazing Dement, hypno-
tist. Clinton Town Hall, nightly
at 8:30 Admission: 60c, children
35c.• Sponsored by the Kinsmen
Club of Clinton. 2-x
Reserve Friday night for danc-
ing hi Crystal Palace Ballroom,
Mitchell. The Night Hawks are
furnishing the music, 1-13-b
Thursday, Jan. 13 -Bingo, Leg-
ion Memorial Hall, 8.30. 15 reg-
ular games for $10; three special
games; share -the -wealth; $35 jack-
pot included in all specials; one
special game for $25. Admission:
15 regular , games $1.00; special
games, 2 for 25c. Sponsored by
Clinton Branch No. 140 Canadian
Legion. 1-b
Thursday, Jan. 20 --Card Party
in "Legion Hall. Auspices of Ladies'
Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion.
Tuesday, "Feb. 8 — "Valentine's
Tea, sponsored by Ontario Street
WMS.
Satuu•day,Feb. 12= Valentine
Bake Sale, 'Council Chambers,5-6 3-5-b
p,rn. Candy, home baking,, pro-
duce. Sponsored by the LOBA.
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Saturday, Feb. 12—Valentine
Bazaar, sponsored by the Girls'
Club of St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church. 2-b
Dates chosen by. the Guild for
Trinity Church (Bayfield) bene-
fits are as follows: teas, July 13,
August 10; bake sales, July 30,,
August 20. .2-b
Thursday, March 17 — St. Pat-
rick's Dance, formal, in Legion
Memorial Hall, Kirk Street. Spon-
sors: Ladies' Auxiliary to the Can-
adian Legion.
Saturday, March 19 - St. Pat-
rick's Tea, Rummage. and Bake
Sale in Town Hall. Sponsored be
the Clinton O.E.S. 2-b
Iitroducilig
Marie Fraser
Food Columnist
New 'Teen Town Regulations
Govern Dances- Held At CDCI.
Members of the Council of Teen
Town, the local youth organization
which holds social evenings in the
auditorium of CDCI, for 1955 are
as follows. Mayor, Kenneth "Ken"
Porter; Reeve, Don "Ding" Ladd;
treasurer, Dennis :"Denny" Way -
mouth; secretary, Mavis Steepe;
councillors, Margaret Ellen Law-
son, Glenyce Bainton, Catherine
McGregor, Janet Elliott, Bob Mc-
Alpine, and Richard Snell.
Recently re -organized under new
rules and regulations, Teen Town
has the backing of the Clinton
Lions Club. Since the dances have,
in the past, proved very popular
Reeve W. Jewitt
Presides For First
Council Meeting
• Hullett Township Council at it
inaugural meeting in the townshi
hall at Londesboro" Monday appoin
ted the following township official
for 1955: George Carter, assessor
Frank Tamblyn, auditor; George
W. Cowan, clerk -treasurer; Leon
and Caldwell, road superintendent
Arthur Weymouth, grader-oper
ator; Clarence Ball, stock and
poultry valuator and Leo Watt
school -attendance officer,
J. Willis Van Egmond will repre
sent the township on the Clinton
District Collegiate Institute board
Oliver R. Anderson, the Seaforth
nd District high school board;
Arthur Granger, the Goderich dis
trict high school board; Emerso
Hesk and Thomas Leiper on the
township community hall board.
A $15 grant for the annual Seed
Fair was given to the Huron Coun-
ty Soil and Crop Improvement As-
sociation,
The annual membership fee of
$10 each was ordered paid to the
Ontario Association of Rural Mu-
nicipalities and to the " Ontario
Good Roads Association, Council
in a motion decided to pay $25
to any member attending conven-
tions of either of these. associations
in late January and early Feb-
ruary.
William Jewitt, recently ac-
claimed reeve, presided at the in-
augural session at which Rev. T.
J. White offered prayer. Warden
of Huron County, W. J. Dale, re-
tiring reeve of the township was
in attendance. The council was.
tendered a dinner at the home of
Clerk and Mrs. George W. Cowan.
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MR. AND Hilt$. L MERRILL'S_
35TH ANNIVERSARY DAY
On December 31, Mr. and Mrs.
Ira. Merrill celebrated their 35th
wedding. anniversary quietly at
their home on the Maitland con-
cession, Goderich Township where
they have resided since they were
married 25 years ago in 1919, Mr.
and Mrs. Merrill received a lovely
dual control automatic electric
blanket as a gift 'from their fam-
ily. Their many firends wish them
continued happiness and many
Inore years of happy married.life
together.
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H,
Clutton ikon: i
Wl1Be
Supported In Bid
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For Directorship
Hume Cluttppn, R,R. 5, Goderich,
has been delegated by directors
of the Huron County Holstein
Club as a candidate for the board
of directors 'of the Canadian Hol-
stein Friesian' Association. The
association holds its annual meet-
ingin r
Toronto, the first week. of
February, at which time four di-
rectors will be elected to the board.
Mit Clutton, as well as being
a master breeder, has been sec-
retary -treasurer of the county club
since its inception. Ile has been
outstanding in the work of the
club,' and has been the recipient of
numerous awards: with his Hol-
stein herd.
In an effort to support their can-
didate, directors plan on. charter-
ing a railway coach so that many
members may attend the annual
meeting.
With the new president, Simon
Hallahan, Blyth, in charge, plans
made for the year -include -Feb-
ruary 18, a social evening at Lon-
desboro; April 12, Ladies' Night
in the agricultural office board
rooms, Clmton,'with Harold Baker,
assistant agricultural representa-
tive as guest speaker; June 4, the
annual bus tour to Kent and
Lambton counties; June 10, the
annual twilight meeting at Ross
Marshall's farm, Kirkton; Septem-
bei 21, the Black and: White Show
at the Blyth Fall Fair; October
27, annual banquet at, Blyth; and
November 4, the annual meeting
at Clinton.
with the'young folk of Clinton,
and neighbouring towns, the org-
anization has' been financially self-
supporting, though the Lions Club
has kept an eye on its activities.
The following rules will be
strictly enforced: Members must
have membership cards and show
them at the door at every regular
Teen Town dance. The council
has the right to cancel the mem-
bership of any member if any of
these rules of Teen Town are vio-
lated. ALL airmen are excluded
from Teen Town except those es-
corted by a girl member who will
be responsible for the behaviour
of the gentleman throughout the
evening. No admittance without
paying. A person who Ieaves is
not allowed back in. No members
will be admitted after 10.15 p.m.
Price range from 8.30 to 9.45 pan.
is 15 cents from 9.45 to 10.15, 25
cents. Dance will be over,at 11.30
o'clock.
Neither the Lions Club nor the
Teen Town Council are responsible
s for the conduct of members after
p 11.30 p.m. GAMBLING, PROFAN-
s ITY and SMOKING are strictly
prohibited. Anyone under the in-
fluence of alcohol will be excluded
from the premises.
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Unknown Driver
Causes $50 Damage
- (By our Honsall correspondent)
An accident on Highway 4 be-
; tween Hensel]. and Kippen on Sun-
day, occurred when a car owned
by Cecil Dowson, Varna and driv-
- en by his wife, travelling north
n was struck by an unknown vehicle
(a pick up truck) causing $50
damages to the Dowson car, P.C.
Cecil Gibbons, Exeter, investigat-
ed.
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NO DECISION MADE BY
PUC AT TUESDAY'S MEETING
According 10 chairman of the
PUC, W. E. Perdue, no decisions
were reached at the meeting held
on Tuesday evening to review the
status of employees, It is expected
that 'another meeting of the Com-
missioners will be held this mon-
th, possibly in addition to the reg-
ular meeting scheduled for Jan-
uary 25,
Vital Statistics
For Year- 1954
Clinton Public Hospital, which
serves Clinton and' four surround-
ing, townships, had a busy time' irr
1954, when 286 babies were born -
17 more than in 1953.
Marriage licences issued by the
town clerk in 1954 went to 76
couples, six more than in 1953.
There were 83 deaths recorded
in the clerk's office, compared to
89 in 1953.
"The a
MilkyWay"
New Project For
Homemaking Club
Miss Flora D'urnin„ who was
once before home' economist for
Huron County, has again taken on
the responsibilities of that office,
pending the appointment of a per-
manent economist in the County,
Miss Durnin is presently Home Ec-
onomist for Grey, Dufferin and
Wellington Counties. She is a •
native of Dungannon.
The 1955 project for the Home-
making Clubs will be "The Milky
Way," and training schools of lead-
ers will be held on Thursday and
Friday, February 3 and 4, in the
agricultural office board room,
Clinton, between ten and four
o'clock each. day. This will be for
the South -Huron group. Leaders
In North -Huron will meet on Feb-
ruary 1 and 2 in the council cham.
bers, Wingham.
All rural girls between the ages
of 12 and 26 years are eligible for
membership in the project which
will cover the value of milk and
the many ways and means that
milk may be used,
The women's Institutes of the
County co-operate with the De-
partment of Agriculture represent-
atives in conducting this home=
making program each year in Hur.
on.
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COJ2RE(1TION PLEASE;
A grave error occurred inlast
week's report of the 1954 work
done by Clinton's police depart-
ment when it was recorded that
"crime increased." In actual fact
crime decreased considerably in
Clinton during the past 12 months.
Stanley Appoints Officers
Under Reeve H. Coleman
Foxes in Stanley Township are
becoming so plentiful that at the
inaugural -session of the township
council at Varna on Monday a re -
Solution was drafted, requesting
the Huron County Council to re-
store the bounty on foxes, Ac-
cording to clerk Fred Watson, rab-
bit hides bring hunters a small
return, while foxes are not worth
anything. ' Council felt that it
would be useless to apply a bounty
on a township basis; the bounty
should be county -wide.
union School
Council tabled for further study
a petition received from ratepay-
ers of S.S. 1, requesting the form-
ationof a Union School Section
with the town of Clinton. Accord-
ing to a spokesman for the 15
ratepayers concerned, the suggest-
ed seh000l section would include
the V.L.A. subdivision, south of
Clinton—on the west side of High-
way 4. The 14 elementary school.
Kinsmen. e SponP Sponsor
Hypnotist iio s -t
For
3 -Night Show
The Kinsmen Club are sponsor-
ing a three night show featuring
the amazing Damat, hypnotist.
The show will get under way to-
night. Thursday and will, play each
evening at 8.30 in the town hall.
The amazing Dement comes direct
from Montreal where he has been
working the night-club circuit.
The show promises to be fas-
cinating, funny and fantastic and
should be a real treat for Clinton
audiences.
Those who are skeptical about
hypnosis should see "Sleeping
Beauty" in Herman's Men's Wear
window. This,' lady will be in a
hypnotic sleep and in the window
from 12.45 today Thursday until
the time when she will be carried
to the town hall to. be 'awakened
on stage.
For an evening of good enter-
tainment plan to see the amazing
Dement in the Clinton Town Hall
eveon`ninThug.rsday, Friday or Saturday
pupils , in the subdivision are ex-
pected to attend Baird's school in
Stanley township, but 12 of them
attend the Clinton .public school
because of its proximity. The
tuition fee for non-resident pupils
at the town school is $8 per month
per pupil. It had been stressed
by the spokesman that if the un
ion school Section was farmed, the
ratepayers in the subdivision
would pay the same school mill
rate as taxphyers in Clinton.
$680 In Grants
With the newly elected reeve,
Harvey Coleman, presiding, grants
of $300 each were given the Bruce -
field and the Bayfield fire depart-
meats. The Salvation Army was
granted $35; the Huron County
Soil and Crop Improvement As-
sociation, $25; .and the usual $10
membership fee ordered paid to
th4 Rural Municipal Association
and to the Ontario Good Roads
Association.
A by-law authorizing the expen-
diture of $37,000 on township roads
during 1955 was given two read-
ings and will be subjectto the
approval of the Ontario' Depart-
ment of Highways. A by-law was
passed authorizing the borrowing
of up to $30,000 for the currents,.
expenditures until taxes are col-
lected.
Reforestation
The township authorized enter-
ing into an agreement with . the
owners, of land located in the
township for the purpose of refors'
estation.
Appointed to the brucellosie.
conunittee were Allan Johnson,
Russell Consitt, and clerk Fred
Watson, who will act along with
G, W, Montgomery,, Huron County
agricultural representative and
Dr. Worton, chief veterinarion for
the Ontario Department of Agri-
culture.
The . following re-appointinenta
were made: Frank Donnelly, Q.0 `-•
Goderich, township solicitor; C. 13. >:
Corbett, Lucan, township engineer;
Lloyd Keep; truant officer; -Harold
Penhal, weed inspector; Adam
Stewart and Russell Grainger,
sheep valuators; H. M. Hanly, as-
sessor and tax collector, and Fred
Watson, clerk -treasurer. Other
councillors are "; Elmer Webster, ;
Alvin Rau,' Carl Houston'and Har-
vey Taylor.,