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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-03-10, Page 1Zee Tir t COtii1H i=== (By W. D. D.) OUR BAYFIELD CORRESPOND- ent noticed a'strange phenomenon last Monday evening • .and has an equally novel explanation for it 'Believe it or not • • • radioactivity was . so strong in Bayfield on Monday 'evening fol- lowing the nuclear • test explosion in the Nevada desert , . . that when this correspondent picked up a sheet of paper off her pad the next sheet stuck to it and lift- ed up several `inches . t . She tried it two or three times just to, be sure that it wasn't an illusion" . Miss Woods is not the only one to report greater than usual amount of electricity or something in the air that evening . We wonder if :it could be the results of those Nevada tests • . • YOUNG BILI;Y TRICK HAD the; good luck" to spot a weather bal- loon caught on the fence on his father's farm .•.. With his dad's help, Elmer Trick,' they disengag-, ed the balloon from . the fence, and took it into the. garage: Then Billy, had what he thought at ,first was bad luck to have a father that realized. the •balloon should go to proper authorities It was easily identifiable as belongingto the U.S. Army So M. Trick" called the RCAF Station Clinton , .. and the men at the Station picked up the bal- loon . • . Before Billy got honfe from school that night ready to investigate the fascinating gad- get attached to the balloon ... it was gone Council In Action Word was received' by Council on Monday night, from T. Pryde, MLA for Huron, that the Depart- ment of Highways intended to nail for tenders for the purchase of the strip of re-forestedland along the west side of Highway 4, just north of town. Dr. H A. Mc- Intyre, speaking as chairman of the planning board, stated that though he felt the town should have the land, and preserve it as a park, as the board advised, he did not think they should pay too much money for It, nor did he feel that the town should compete against private bids. Petitions, Etc. A request from taxi drivers re- quested that a change be made in regulations which forcedthem to buy a $1 taxi drivers' license in addition to their chauffeur's lic- ense. On suggestion of the mayor, this was turned over to the by- laws committee for consideration. Th garage operators requested that a change be made in recent decision' of Council to tender for • gasoline for town vehicles. Their spokesman, Harry Watkins stated that then -garage .business- paid more`taxes to the town than any other, and that their wishes should be considered. He said, "You have enough worries now without bring- ing in the gas business," THE NEW ERA -90th YEAR No. 10 -The Hone Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1955 THE NEWS -RECORD -74th YEAR 6: cents ;a copy $2.50 a..•year Clinton Man's Exhibit Top's Huron Seed Show Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association -sponsored the eighth annual Seed Fair of the County last week in the Clinton District Collegiate Institute. - Three of the top win- ning ,exhibitors with their silverware are left'. to right, Arnold Jamieson, Clinton,• grand champion exhibitor; Norman Hyde, Hensall, new exhibitor with highest number of points in the grain and small, seeds classes, and .also the A. Y. McLean Trophy; Merton T. Keyes, Seaforth, grand champ- ion oat winner. New Diesel Grader Expected In Town ' This Evening Jack Woods, -streets foreman of the town, left yesterday for Ham- ilton, where he is expected to pick up a.newly-purchased grader for work in the town. Travelling at a speed of 15 m.p.h., he is expected. to drive into Clinton With thema- chine sometime this evening. Purchase of the second-hand diesel -type grader was authorized by council recently, and the deal was completed by the public works committee, for a cost of $3,500. Using fuel oil rather than gas- oline, the grader is expected to cost less for operation than the old machine, did. Coun. Irwin reminded him that there was dissection before and that one of the gas dealers had complained at not receiving any of the business. Watkins explained that one man had not known how many garages there were in town and that it took 18 months to get around to all of them at a month apiece. -Deputy Reeve Stanley suggested that each garage be giv- en 100 gallons in turn. This was ' agreeable, so on motion of Stan- ley, seconded by Gliddon, (who had made the original motion) council rescinded the motion which ached for tenders. A. J. Deseck renewed his peti- tion that council consider filling ah open ditch running past his property,; suggested planning for installing sidewalks, by moving telephone poles which were not in the proper location; and suggested the official naming of. the road past'his property as the Base Line Road. This petition was left with Sperling, society president; At - the public' works committee to wood, Grosert Inglis, and Mrs. study, Nelson Cowan; Gowanstown, Mrs. " Unit'sobjective is. $15,000: Sponsors Ft ]tit No set formula for the cam- The Good Will Club of Wesley- paigns is set up, since as John H. WillisUnited Church sponsored Stratton,. chairman of unit states, p different conditions exist in dif- the showing of the film, "Welcome fcrent communities. Stratton re- the Queen" oh Tuesday evening, ported on the meeting of the On- March 1, with 3, G. Peacock of tario Division in Toronto last CDCI, operating the projector. week, and explained why the ob- Later, 15 members of the club jective was raised Last year the met in the church parlor with the Perth -Huron Unit's objective was president, Miss W. O'Neil in $12,000. A great deal of the mon charge. The meeting opened by ey, in fact a little over 60' per repeating the Lord's Prayer in cent of all money raised is devot- unison. The minutes were approv- ed to research. ed as read by the secretary, Mrs, Local objectives have been set M. Steepe. tentatively for Clinton $600; Hul- In the mail were notes of thanks lett. . Township, $400; Stanley including a letter from the Unit - Township, $400, malting a total arian Service Committee for a for the branch of $1,400. The ob- bale sent earlier. Alsa a letter jective of the Goderich and List- from the Clinton and District owel branches is . $2,000 each. Chamber of Commerce asking for Stratford has an objective of financial assistance in the per- 57,000. - ' chase of a resuscitator. It was Present' at this organization decided to respond to this appeal meeting were: from Listowel; The president reminded the Mrs. Wilfred Swift, campaign members of the Twilight Xusicale chairman; Mrs. Blake Hay, society to be held on Good Friday after - president;, Miss Hazel Naudett, nobn. The meeting closed by re- education chairman and campaign peating the. Mizpah •'benediction. assistant;. ' from Goderich, Ed. Stiles, campaign chairman; Bob 'Sky'Bakery BSecond Andy Dusty Suffers Loss Of; Fingertip Andy Hussy, working with a windlass on the killing floor at Stanley Abattoir on Tuesday, accidentally was caught in the machine, eru_shing the end of one finger. He was taken to Clinton Public Hospital, and remained there over- night. On Wednesday an operation was found necessary and the end of the finger (back past the first joint) was removed. It was the middle' finger of his right hand. Andy had been working at the abattoir since last fall. Owner, of the establishment, Deputy Reeve Burton Stanley explains that such an accidenthas happened before. 0 The Flu -Aff ecting- School Enrolment ' An, epidemic of flu in Clinton and district . has -affected enrol- ment in mostclasses in the public school and the collegiate. Though not yet so serious that the schools must be closed, it is estimated that about one. third of the public (' school pupils am presently at IceShowHas Successful Run home with flu or are just re- cuperating. Young Skaters Show Skills seeTmheed atmoouhnavt eofgrtohwen dwisiethien has the Portrayal. of Alice by Miss Ann Field, Weston Skating Club, To- ronto, guest skater at the second annual- ice show held here last Friday and Saturday, was done very imaginatively, and received the enthusiastic applause of the audience on both nights of the event, "Winter Wonderland, 1955", as the show was named, included scenes from Alice in,Wonderiand, depicted with excellent costum- ing and good skating. Under the direption. of Miss Isobel Hugo, the club instructor, many solo parts Cancer Society Branch Objective Set At $1,400; Unit Aim: $15,000 Easter Monday, April 11, is the Clayton Bender; from Clinton, ex- date xdate for the opening of, the cam- Warden W J. Dale, campaign paign for funds' by the : Perth- chairman and Ross Merrill, society Huron Unit of the Canadian Can- president. -• cer Society. This was decided at tf t lay1 for the a m meeting o eons Clinton Good Will Club campaigns for 'Goderich, CG and Listowel branches, held in the Town Hall, here on5 und ay: The brand Champion Exhibitor At Seed Faire A. Jamieson A Clinton man, this year was similar bushels was sold on Satur- premier exhibitor at the eighth annual seed fairpresented by the Huron County Soil and Crop Im- provement Association in the Clin- ton District Collegiate Institute. J. Arnold `Jamieson, RR 4, Clin- ton, was declared- grand champion exhibitor at the fair. • , a • Mr. Jamieson received the great - eat number of points by his 'ex- hibits and many entries. He tied with James McEwen, Hensall, for the Jones MacNaughton perpetual shield for most points inthe tirn- othy, red clover, alsike, alfalfa crosses, and. won the Hullett Township Federation of 'Agricul- ture special for the highest num- ter of points in the township, 'as well as the Blyth Co-operative 'special, for the exhibitor with the highest number of .pointsat the fair. The grand champion entry was a bushel of Larain oats, entered by Merton T. Keyes, Seaforth, a veteran exhibitor at the Huroir fairs, These oats; along with nine day for $7.25 per bushel. Norman Hyde, Hensall, took home a fair share of prizes, too, when he won a silver plated tray as the Royal Bank of Canada special for the new exhibitor with tl.e most points in grain and small seeds classes; the A. Y. McLean trophy for the member . of any' 1954 4-H Club who obtained the highest number of points by ex- hibiting tin three or more' open classes in the seed fair; and the Hensall District Co-op special for the youngest exhibitor with ten or more points. James McEwen, who• tied for first place and the award of the perpetual shield, was awarded the Read Bros. `Df Elmira special for compiling the second highest num- ber of points. The Clinton News= Record special was awarded -Ralph, Holland, Clinton for the youngest exhibitor having two. or more ex- hibits at the fair. ' Other specials went to G. P. Vanderhorst; Rae Houston, Nor- man Stephenson; Harry Strang, Roy Bros., Lawrence Jones, Mer- ton Keyes and R. N. ,Alexander. School F.';ehibits Educational exhibits were pro- vided by theagricultuea1 classes of each of the secondary schools in the county. These were very well executed, and provided an interesting sidelight for visitors of the fair.' Other educational and The- Weather 1955 1954 High Low High Low March 3. 32 ` 26 • 32 ' 16 4 30 23 19 1Q 5 30 20 26 17 6 29 1.727 16 7 20 11 35 22 12, 31 20 commercial exhibits helped to 8 29 . m P 9 45 26 36 19 make the Seed Fair an interesting Snow: 1 inch Snow: 3 ins: event to attend. In Fiddle Contest Leonard "Sky" Baker came close to winning' top prize in the fiddling contest staged at the Middlesex Seed Pair last week. Accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. n' Howard Turner on the banjo and � piano, "Sky", who is the popular fiddler with the Huron Ramblers, placed second in what the judge termed' a very close contest. were worked in with group skat ing to make a varied program. Solo skaters in this event in- cluded'"David Cunningham as the White Rabbit; the Duchess, Polly Jervis; the baby, Glenda Mero; the Cook, Sybil Jean Cle; the Cheshire Cat, Robert Robinson; Gardeners, Margaret Stove, Judy Ogston, Diane Campbell; the King and Queen of Hearts, Ronald Cun- nigham . and Pauline Taylor; the Knave of Hearts, Larry Daw; the Porpoise, Mary Macaulay. A group of tiny animals were acted out by Patricia Reynolds, Linda Cook, Rowena Corey, Barbara Ball, Pen- ny Bateman, Heather 'VanRiesen, Joanne Aldwinkle and Peggy Mc - Ash, Wendy Poxon and Robert Addison. The jurors were Bonnie Burns, Heather Winter, Kay Wat- kins, Margaret Jean Addison, Mar- garet Steinberg, Peggy Fraser, Nancy Sehoenhals, Frances Holt, Margaret Woods, .Janet Smith, Peter. Staniforth and Brian Levis. (Names of others appear with pic- tures elsewhere in this paper). The "Strawberry Festival" was a summery affair, in which Pam- ela Cameron as a leaf, imitated the -skating skills of sVolly Jervis as the Leaf, in a duo" number; three girls, 1Vfary Jean Colquhoun, Karen Gattinger and Chenille Mc- Lachlin did a polka dot number in which each skated solo; a schot- tische on ice `was performed by girls in scotch plaids, lead by Sher on Cook. Others taking part were Gail Hamilton, Mary Ann New- combe, Gloria Rumbatl, Katherine Carter; " Susan Jasper, , Loraine Caldwell, Irene Batkin and Emily Collins, An effective square dance. Was performed by eight; Sandra Addison and Robert Robinson, Mary Macaulay and David Cun- ningham, Gwen Shorey and Larry Daw, Pauline Taylor and Ronald Cunningham. The final production of "Salute to the Airforce" featured guest skaters from the Goderich and Seaforth Clubs, including Ruth Teal, Seaforth; Jack Alexander, Wingham, who perforemd on skat- es on stilt skates, Phyllis Hamil- ton, Harold Brooks, Irene Saint, Bruce McTavish acid Sandra Smith, Wingham; Sylvia Bullen, Paul Wilson, Goderich, and Judy Crich, Seaforth. For the final group number, Robert Addison was air marshal; his adjutants were Robert: Robin- son and David. Cunningham. The squadron (see names under pic- ture on front page) presented a quite effective sample - of precis-. ion skating, ending with a baton drill. A coine'dy slut by members of the Wingham figure skating club brought gales of laughter from the i (Continued ori Page -) 'last week or so, reaching a pea'k this week. Some of the teachers have had to take time off to re- cuperate from the flu. Police Wage Dispute emaores: Unsettled Though Monday night's council meeting' did notcornpletely solve the dispute between Council and the police constables, it did mark the first time that all councillors and all policemen sat down to- gether in an attempt td find la solution to the dispute... Reeve Mel' Crich, speaking" on the matter, expressed his ,thank- fulness, that the "thing, had come to a' head He congratulated the police for coming to talk the mat- ter over, atter-over, and he said thathe had changed his mind about the situa- tion. Mayor Agnew questioned the accurateness of the Reeve's statement that it was the first time council had met the police on the matter, but later agreed that this was correct. Over 50 ratepayers were on hand to hear council's delibera- tions, and waited over an hour for meeting to commence, SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING MONDAY, :MARCH 14, 7.30 P.M. To complete discussion of busi- ness included on the agenda for this week's council meeting, and to study budget figures for 1955, a special council meeting has been called..for next Monday evening at 7.30 o'clock. Mayor M. J. Agnew has extended an invitation to all interested citizens to be present. Will School Be' Replaced? The meetingfor: consideration of the• police question was .called for seven o'clock. The constables were admitted to the meeting at about 7.30 and for an hour and a halt - council in committee -of -the -whole (from which press was barred) the thing was discussed. Working con- ditions were considered point by point, and agreement on each was reached: When it came to salaries some: difficulties arose. Council's offer had been a $50 raise. The police asked for $250. After some discussion an offer of $150 and one week's holidays was made to the constables, and they were ask:, ed if this was satisfactory. They asked •for some time to consider the matter. Council went on with R. the regular meeting, later making an opportunity to meet again with the police. When Council withdrew for the second reading of a by-law, the constables were consulted, again, and they had found the offer of, $2,600 agreeable. However, in the • attempt to re -convene: council as soon as possible, a misunderstand- ing developed. The police con- stables thought council was all in agreement on this ' amount. Some councillors also thought the mat- ter was settled. When this was put to a vote in open council, however, this was not found to be so. Coun. McIntyre spoke saying that several meetings had been held, costing money. He said that "if this isn't settled, it will cost us 'More". Coun. Knights warned;,} of increased mill rate (possibly 79) and said that advertising to get constables, plus uniforms and. (Continued on Page 12) The fate of this school, part of which is over 95 years old is to be decided in a ratepayers' vote next Wednesday in the Town Hall at Bayfield. it is the Bayfield Public School, which has recently become too small for the' enrolment. See story on page nine, by our Bayfield correspondent Fire At Hensall Guts Office Of ,.. Machinery Idea1 er (By ow. Hensall eorrespondent) .. Fire in the sales office of the Hyde tractor and combine firm in: Hensall late Monday for a time threatened damage to adjacent houses and mills, and extensive damage was,adone t� the building. Fire brigades from Exeter and Hensall attended the blaze, and owing to the extremely high wind, the Hensall firemen stayed on the job throughout the night. The office was completely gut- ted. Files and records fn the safe were saved, but all equipment was lost. Some tools were gotten out, and a wrecker operated by Arthur Traq fair was instrumental in sav- ing seven or eight tractors from. the basement. Water damage in the lower floor was great, and the main floor of the showroom re- ceived the most damage. The building will require a new roof. 0 COUNTY ROADS COMMITTEE STICKS TO STRAIGHT ILOUTF PLAN" FOR BAYFIELD ROAD Goderich Township Council has been advised that the Huron ad County geed roads committee is definitely eliciting to its decision regarding the Bayfield Road be reconstructed in a direct line from Clinton to the Blue Water High- way The communication wasre- ceived from County Engineer Peter Patterson,'_Goderich, Baton. Twilti lers Make Their "Salute to the Airforce" 1' Baton twirling -"under :the watchful gaze of their instructor Mrs. Maurice Bateman, these conjunction with dancing', young ladies stud,, the graceful art'in � lessons given also by Mrs. Bate- man, Last week - they, nut their training to good use When they tools part. in the second annual iceshow y -resented b the-:Clnton FiJure Skating: Club under the promotion of. the local Lions Club, p Dressed ,a5;, members of the Squadron they took part in the presentation of "Salute to the Airforce". Twirlers are:. Polly Jervis, "Pauline TaTaylor,Sybil Castle, Gloria Rumba, Katherine Carter, , 'Sandra Addison, Margaret Steinberg, Patricia Reynolds,Margaret Jean Addison, Heather Winter, Patsy Irwin; Chenille McLachlin, (Mary Ann Newcombe, Nancy Schoenhals, Susan Jasper, Sharon Cook, Jeanie 'Ashton, Owen Shorey and Sylvia Bell, (Photo. by Hodges) FORMER 'CLINTON BOY UENSALL STATION . AG -ENT Frank Ellwood, CNR agent at Beachville for the past year and a balf, has . been transferred to the CNR here and has taken over his new duties. Mr. Ellwood was agent at Fergus for five years, and at Seaforth for five' years also. He is married and has one son, Wayne, eight years old. Mr. and Mrs: Ellwood expect to move to Hensall on March 12. Frank Ellwood is the only son of Mr. and Mrs, Ernest Ellwood, Albert Street, Clinton, and began his work with the CNR. here.' 4o a word, minimum 75o" Thursday, Mar. 10—Bingo, Legs ion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street, commencing at 8.30. 15 regular games for $5; three special games; share -the -wealth; $50 jackpot on 56 number's included in all spec- ials; one special game for $25. Admission: 15 regular games 50c; special games, 2 for 25c. 9-10-b Fri., March 11 — Euchre and Dance at Varna Town Hall, 8.30 p.m. Lunch counter, Music: /Jur- or' Ramblers, General `Admission. Sponsors: CP, & T, Comrixi;ttee of IOOF, pp 9-10-b Sat., March 12 — St. Patrick's' tea in Wesley -Willis Church 3.00 pm. Sponsor: Wesley -Willis WA. 9-10-b Thurs., Mareh I7—St. Patrick's Dunce in Legion Memorial Hall. Dress optional. Auspices of Lad- ies Auxiliary to the Legion. b 10-b Thursday, Mar. 17—St. Patrick's Dance in Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street. Dress optional; Aus- pices Legion Auxiliary. Frank Hannon Orchestra. 9-10-b Thins., March 17— Euchre and dance, Bayfield Town Hall, Spon- sor Bayifeld Firemen. usic: Hank Norris and his Ranch Boys. Special prizes.. 9b-l0x Thurs., March 17—Variety Con- cert, Hohnesville United Church. Sponsored by Wesley -Willis Men. Proceeds: Holmesville Church im- provements. Adnussion: 50c. 9-10-b Friday March 18 For your duncing pleasure, new and old time music, Clinton Legion Hall, Kirk Street. Beautiful floor; re- freshments; ample parking; music by Huron Ramblers, Admission; 50c per person. - Saturday, March 19 -- St. Pat-, rick's Tea, Bake Sale, Used Cloth- ing. Sponsors: OES. Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20.—,`Cooking School- sponsor-. ed by OES... Wednesday, March 23 -- Play "Where's Grandma", presented by Varna WA, Varna Hall, 8.15 pm. Sponsors: Varna WA. 10b Friday, March 25 cc Footlite Frolics, the RCAF Station Variety Show, in Town Hall, Clinton. Frank Hamon Orchestra. Benefit. night for Cubs and Scouts. Ad- mission 50c and 25c. Tickets on sale next week, 10-11-h Reserve Friday night for danc- ing in Crdsial Palace Ballroom, Mitchell. R" r Nicht Hawks are harmful to them. furnishing the music. . 1-13-b Prove E. Cardiff Warns Against Neglect Of Cancer Signs Elston Cardiff, MP for Huron, speaking in radio broadcast Suns clay morning, warned against neglect of cancer symptoms. "Cancer is still the great un- solved problem," he said. "It is'a, problem that is growing by leaps and bounds. In 1930 it killed 91 out of ,every 100,000. Last year it killed 123 out of every 100,000 citizens. Preventive education, is helpless against cancer itself. "However, in many cases edit cation, can prevent death from cancer. Early recognition of pos- sible symptoms and consultation with a physician, can save a life:" Stanley Council Approves Grants Totalling $300 The Bayfield Community Centre Board received a grant of $200 on Monday from the Township of Stanley meeting in regular session with all members present and Reeve Harvey Coleman, Varna, presiding. Other .grants were to the South Huron Agricultural So- ciety,. Exeter, $25; Bayfield Agri- cultural Society, $50; Clinton Spring Show, $25. II, M. Hanley was appointed to be the 'Township's representative off the arbitration board which will meet With regard to forming a Union School Section with the Clinton Public School. This is with regards to the request from a group of householders on Hlgh- way 4, just south of Clinton, who wish to continue sending their children to the town school rather than to the rural' school which is and one mile a a quarter'westof i the RCAF Station corner. Lloyd Keys was hired as 'care, taker' of the town hall, and the tender .of. Victor Hargreaves for the contract of spraying for warble fly in the township was accepted at the cost of nine and one-half cents per head per spray. Advertisements for tenders for gravel for the township were auths orized. , Clinton Men Buy Polled Herefords In Southern USA Robin E. Thompson, RR 2, Clin- ton and Ernest Brown, Clinton, returned Friday from a visit in the south central United States, - Taking a busman's holiday, the - ine6,, accompanied by Mrs. Thomp- son and Mrs. Brown, visited setae eras Hereford sales. ' Each of them purchased a reg- istered Polled Hereford bull and two heifers,.and plan to pick the animals up at the border to -day, March 10. Three were purchased at Senatobia, Miss., and the other three at a sale in Ohio. As far as Mr. Thompson knows this is the first time that -cattle purchased in Senatobia have been moved to this area, and he is look- ing forward with interest to note what the' change in climate food and management •inay make to them.. He says that these cattle have been fed only on Bermuda grass,_ and are not familiar with timothy, nor alfalfa. The cold may