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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-05-19, Page 1CJe first Q otumr1== (By'W.- D. D.) YES, WE VISITED OTTAWA, last week : .visitedr the House of Commons . , lunched with the members , heard; George Drew. tell of the wonders, of Canada's nox'th :: listened to Prime Min-, ister St, Laurent, and shook his hand , , Climber to the top of the Peace Tower and visited the` Niers rial Chamber . , . Smelt the tulips , , , toured the City and visited the Swedish embassy talked shop . , ` ate in the sumpt- uous dining room of the Chateau Laurier and enjoyed the courtesy of porters, waiters -and redcaps of the CNR , .. and to tel thetruth, we are glad to be back in Clinton, OUR CHAMPION COUNTY COR "respondent (that's better than being called indefatigable, isn't it Lucy?) has, done a fine job of tell ling you her experiences r. , the story begins on this page , and her trip was much more eventfuI than our own, so we will leave you with her, MISS . WOODS LOST NO TIME in getting back to work as this issue of the paper testifies ... and included in this column is her story of a horse " . . The story of her championship made the wires of 'Canadian Press, and under the dateline Ottawa,' has appeared in daily papers from coast to coast 'This week, too, Arthur Ford, -4 the editor-in-chief ' of the London Free Press' has made Lucy and Bayfield the subject matter for one of hiss'•interesting colunms 1IOW THAT. WE ARE BACK IIS Clinton, however, we find ourselves very 'ihtetested;in.the local hap penins , . For instance, Premier Leslie' Frost will: speak in -our old Town ]Iat1 to -night . . this is the first appearance:he• has made in this section of Ontario and we are honoured to be able' to hearhim . '.5: •..5 .q SECOND OF IMPORTANCE ON the horizon is the coming Spring Show' scheduled for May 28 at the Park .. . and all of us are doing a ,spot of extra prayer that the Weather will be good , The Hon. F. S. Thomas, minister of agricul- ture, will be here to unveil the memorial plaque ... The Bannock- burn Band is expected to play and we recall mention in another weekly of Thomas' remark at the nomination meeting in his own rid- ing He admitted that while he likes the bagpipes he thinks one can appreciate them better at the `"proper distance" . , , Reminds us of theoldgimmick of asking a piper to play "Far, Far Away" , , . At any rate the Bannockburn lads should not take this amiss the wide reaches of the Commun- ity Park can absorb a mighty lot of the stout piping music . WE ALSO BECAME~ VERY INT- erested in the road making' down on King Street . . , so interested indeed, that we promptly wrote a rather scathing editorial 'on the subject of what we thought of those who cut down trees'. . Un- fortunately the thing was in print before we had opportunity to check with Deputy Reeve Stanley and now we are rather sorry we had not written it differently :.. We are still very much perturbed about the cutting of the trees but we understand that each of them has been tested and only those considered to be past their prime, apparently, are to be cut down .. , d * AND FROM OUR CHAMPION Corrirspondent "Pinto is just what his name suggests ... a pinto pony belonging to George and Don Bell On Wednesday this beautiful pet decided that life was too, lon- ely and uninteresting in the Bell barnyard.. , . so he ventured forth to greener pastures..'.. He found them at Maynard Conies home on 'the Bayfield concession road , , where he nibbled chrysanthemums and grazed a few shrubs,. . . A hasty call from Mrs. Corrin to Don Bell, working in Clinton , brought him here in a hurry to rescue the pony ... In the mean- time Pinto had been chased off the. Corrie property . . cleared Joe McEwan's fence : , . and was captured by the driver of a bread wagon who got a rope around his neck ... Don Bell and his father, Charles Bell whowas tilling a field . •arrived on the -scene about the sarne time .. , Now poor Pinto will have to be tied up in the barn :e CAPTURE OF A 15 -INCH TROUT , species: German Brown was the great good luck, of Reg Smith ,last Wednesday,:. It weighed one pound,seven ounces, . Reg, doesn't let memory, do the jobof bragging of his fishing prowess . ;IR promptly; takes the fiery'fortune to „a phetpgl'aph er and „lies . all its length,- and, breadth ;recorded for prosperity... Just irhease you Have never .seen, an actual. German Brown,. Reg. ' would' be glad to tel you and show you all about it o. CANCER UNIT HERE TO BUY NEW 'PROJECTOR The, -Perth-Huron Unit of the Canadian Cancer. Society recently decided to buy a projector for use m Huron County and it is antici- pated that a course of instruction in operation will be given to sev- eral of the members later. The Weather 1955 1954 Miss Mary,, Hamilton, Camp High Low High Low Borden, has been hired to fill the May 11 67 38 48' 40 lath position on the staff of 13 ' 12 71 42 58 37 teachers at Clinton Public School. 13 75 : • 44 63 34 Teachers here will receive the 14 70 `49 70 39 usual annual increment of $200 15' 72 41 71 40 - this year. The salary' schedule 16 68 42 72 38 rules that the minimum salaryis 17 58 • 33 59 40 57,,400 Marh-n s i '<a,s-+r- l'8 70 32 56 33 mei, herewhile hr tvo- er. is, 5;3,200,-�v.�rle that' of Rain: nil Rain: nil men- is $3,400, THE NEW ERA --90th YEAR No. 20 --The, Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1955 Young Scottish Junior Visits In Huron • Mary Martin, from Ayrshire, Scotland, is pictured here with her hostess in Huron'Count Mrs. Robert Allan, Brumfield. Miss Martin is one of four Scottish junior farmers_ now .tbutiirg'•rrural, Ontario as the guests of the Ontarlo Department of Agriculture. Last year, when Mrs. Allan's husband was on a similar tour in the British Isles, he was a guest on'the Martin Tarin' in Ayrshire. Clinton Kin Entertain Kids; "Sports Night" Dinner Hugh Hawkins, acting president your sponsor and your town." of the Western Ontario Athletic Addressing the Kinsmen, the Association was the guest speaker speaker told of hearing that too at the Kinsmen "sports night" on muck is done for the youngsters Tuesday evening. Honoured guests and that they do not appreciate it. were ,the "Canadiens", ohampions' "I; do not agree with this," he of the Kinsmen Peewee hockey said, "We cannot do too much. league and the players who repre- 11 we can save one boy from juven- sented Clinton in Young Canada ile delinquency then it is worth Hockey Week in Goderich. all the time, effort and money that is put into the project." K, W, "Danny" Coiquhoun, in, ,ehatge ofthe program, provided'. an amusing half hour with the use of a tape recorder. He replayed several Interviews -with the peewee players the quick answers to his questions left even the "MC" gasping. : President Don C. Colquhoun was in charge of the meeting, Serg- eant -at -arms Was Don, hay. • o , The speaker pointed our that they should appreciate all that the service clubs were doing foe thein., ''The members of the Kinsmen spent a great deal of time and money to give you the opportunity to become hockey players and to enjoy the game of hockey. You can help them by showing interest and giving your best. Be manner- ly, both on and off the ice," the speaker said. "You will be respect- ed for it and will be a credit 'to Residence Opened Under Sunny Sky Under blue skies and a cool- ing breeze, the official opening of the new $90,000 Nurses' Res- idence here went off last Wed- nesday without a hitch, and the ceremony was concluded by Eld- red 3. Archibald, Montreal, under the watching eyes of nearly 500 p sons. n his address,'' Mr. Archibald praised the community for its active participation in the growth of the hospital. : He said, "The Clinton people of -my, day were not satisfied with Clinton as it was. The, community lives ar. dies by the amount of faith its people have in the community's future: The initial gift. of ..the home was evidence of faith in what Clinton would become, but it; takes more than a generous impulse to make a gift useful— It takes en 'active community spirit." He completed his talk on the theme, "You have something in. Clinton more` precious than gold —you have tradition," and ' men - 'doped thename of Miss J. Grain` ger as symbol to hitn of a great lady in' , the' nursing profession, Chaff:Man of the Beard"- A. M, fi n"ight" paid tribute =to • four` for- mer •Chritoncit"izen"s who were sjrmpratlietier 'toward the,' hospital the Bate Major M. I5, M`eTagg Ar",` w'ho donated, fhe • original lhos'pital' bufliling 'and.'` Property„ tire, late Al. H. T. Rance,• who, reit the beeiest which Made the'. zt uses kesidence possible; 'tole. L. •Paisley' Who ;worked for: years in .fhe'' interest of. the,hes Pita': and to the late Dr. !haw, who ' also has left the hospital a Iegacy,. Commendation also was 'offer- ed the Auxiliary for their work in connection with'' the residence and the hospital. Clinton FS 'Staff Inas Full Slate Judge Fingland To LayStone At Court House r Judge Frank Fingland, Clin tonrwill officiate at the laying of cornerstones at the Huron County Court -House and County , Building, Goderich, next Monday, May 23, The Judge will lay. the 1954 stone, and an 1854 stone from the old court house will be laid by the County Warden, Earl Campbell, reeve of Hay Towe- slip. - The 1854 +cornerstone was salvaged from the ' former court house. ' Ceremonies are scheduled to • begin at .two o'clock. In Lcy Hurried Trip; (By our Bayfield' correspondent) The , excitement all commenced three weeks ago this evening. The doorbell -rang and A. L. Colquhoun and Miss W. D. Diann .were ush- ered in. Their countenances wore broad smiles: :as - they ; entered, the Mr•; Colquhoun _handed us a flor-- ist!s •box ,';What's this? we ask-' ad. , Jt s -inside he replied. And there ,on,top .of,a dbzen�beautiful red roses lay an envelope. Open- I•t,,,we. read:-,"Good:Work.. WE have just heard, that: you are the Champion ;Rural, Correspondent in Qntario-Congratulationss from the folks at: the, Clinton News .Record" • If we'd been on our feet, our knees would .probably have -gone from ' under us. But we were sit- ting in our accustomed arm chair, at the dining -room table, and so only gasped With:`, astonishment. Breathlessly, -we tried to express our appreciation of toe flowers. And then in an effort to recover our equilibrium, we giggled like a school girl! The Next question was; . should we go—could we' go -to Ottawa to the meeting of the Ontario Weekly Newspapers Association' to receive the honour? (Thirteen years ago when we returned from Tucson, Arizona, we .had vowed that our travelling days were over, and that henceforth we would stay invow, ) our own comfortable bed. Com- mon sense told us to stick to that It` took our mother and sister, our uncle, aunt and cousins, and HORT`ICULTURA}J SOCIETY DONATES THREE SEATS. TO CLINTON L1tsRARY PARK The Library cry' Nark Will have accommodation'fdr,several more weary shoppers ' this summer. Thanks to the efforts of the Clinton' -Horticultural- Society three new seats have been plac- ed in the park acid are now in almost constant use, Holland Case To Be Heard May 24 Magistrate D Holmes, refused the suggestion of a postponement of the hearuzg of L. Douglas Hol- land (former clerk -treasurer of Clinton) on Tuesday morning, say- ing that • "We dont want the public to get the' idea that this case is being adjourned Mr some mysterious purpose." Holland's solicitor, James '13on- Helly, ,Goderich, had asked for an adjournment "for two sessions of court, which would mean a hearing mid-June, but was told that in a matter of this importance, the sooner it was cleared up, the better. The case is proving of much int- erest'to. the people- of Clinton, since the former clerk -treasurer is charged with stealing $5,622, the property 01 the corporation and its boards. He served as clerk -areas, urer since January 2, -1953, until his suspension by town council two months ago on March 16, ' which' followed report by A. 41 Hsrper;; Goderich,' who in auditing •the, books of the town found certain.'. discrepancies. The hearing is pow set for Tues- day morning, May 24, - at ten o'clock. THE NEWS -RECORD --74th YEAR 6 cents a copy — $2.50 a year Pr�mier Leslie Frost in Clinton Town Hall Premier Leslie Frost will begin at eight o'clock in the Town Hall, his. Western Ontario 'campaign in here. ,Arrangements have been Clinton tornight, when he speaks made for the Bannockburn Band PREMIER LESLIE FROST CDCI Cadet Inspection Carried Out Monday Despite Uncomfortable Cold Unexpectedly cold weather on , The Strathcona award for the Monday afternoon detracted some- best shot in the school was won what from the pleasures of spec- by Earl Livermore.- Other award' tators and particularly those talc- winners were Gordon Johns, Ar- ing' part the annual cadet in- thur Tyndall, Douglas Batkin, ;specter' of CDCI. *Held this year Barry Youngblet, and Walter on the Clinton Community Park Cunningham. since the CDCI campus has been Company ;officersconsisted of ;torn up with drain since last fall, Cadet Major Arthur Tyndall, Com - the inspection saw a record num- pany Commander; Cadet Captain ber of people attending. Margaret Ellen Lawson, Company Major C. R. Davidson, H.G., second -in -command; and Cadet S. London, was inspecting officer. He M. Richard Snell, Company Serg- commended the students for their eant-Major. • fine performance. Others present Platoon officers included Cadet were Captain A. P, Rankin, cadet Lieuts. Peter Jones, .Kenneth Por - training officer, H.Q., Western On- ter, Robert Read, Eugene MacLar- tario Area, London; George Fal- en, Mavis Steepe, Jacqueline Cliff, on ter, chairman of the school Patricia Scruton and Shirley board; J. W. Counter, president of Brandon. the,Clinton Branch 140, Canadian Platoon Sergeants were Walter Legion; E. A. Fines, principal of Cunningham, Gordon Johns, ' Ron - the school and Captain Garnet W. ald McKay, Willis Walpole, Elaine McGee, chief instructor. Grainger, Louise Hyde, Patricia A Talented Family Honours .did +hot ,come singly to the family of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Boyes, last 'week. Here Binnie, Bayne and Budd, smile happily,after coming home with awards from the Huron County Music Festival in Goderich last week. An older brother Bev, alsfestival. awardshechildren soth tm her s and ti eir m the Stratford or. See 'further details in story of the festival on page five. W. V. Roy Named To Diocesan Council Attending the sessions` of the Council for social service, Synod of the Diocese of Huron Mr. Roy is a member of the last week, in his capacity as one Board of Management of the,Clin- of the lay delegates from St, Paul's ton church. Also attending the Anglican Church, here, W, V. Roy Synod were Albert Kirby, the sec - was named for the third consec• and delegate from St. Paul's, and uiave year to serve on the Diocesan ! the Rev, le M. P. Bulteel: dr,, S4. A'� r Receive - friends by the dozens, to push us off to Ottawa? We dillied and dallied for a week (meantime Mrs. R H. Middleton who would have :to accompany us, had made reservations with T.C.A., "just in case"). ti Finally we made up our mind that we could do it by airplane. The trip would only" .be three hoyrs, ,We began to. look forward to :our first -.plane ride; to seeing, sometbing-.'of our beloved Canada from. the air. ,,We imagined our- selves ..zooming through space,` above or below clouds -in the great- est -of ease! "Flight No, , for, Toronto g Ot- tawa, Montreal. Gate No .i:,. Leav- ing in ten minutes." We heard not that call (wee _the loudspeaker on the morning' of .Itlay' 13; 1955, at Crumlin ,Airport for the simple reason that, we. were eating break- fast- in the ,station restaurant at Ottawa. • It seems 'that TCA has very rigid regulation abeut:anyone be- ing carried on board. A medical certificate from the incapacitated person's physician must be cleared by the TCA physician 24 hours ahead of time: And the required voluminous medical certificate was, in the Canada Post Office, And since Canada has gone backward in postal service and there is only one delivery a day, in the cities, it could not be obtained. • When Mrs, Middleton checked with TCA on Thursday morning she received this disappointing news. But the office manager at the Airport: began a game of, "wire'- pulling which lasted until the last minute, without the "current". ever really getting 'through. And so three-quarters of an hour be- forb the train left London, we were bundled into our brother-in- law's car. at Hensali. Yes, we "flew" alright! With R: il, Middleton at the wheel and Bobby keeping a spar"p• watch'' for Provincial Police cars,' the trip was a "fast one. The automobile e stalled' when omolil u stopped for. at red • light'at • the intersection` of Richmond'arid Dure das streets, "GrerrrrhlGierrrrh!" It wouldn't start! : Fourteen lain»' utes to train time! "Gmrrrh! Gmrr.rrrh!" Still 'it wouldn't go. Our sister and brother-in-law beckoned madly to a car behind'to push. It gave a gentle shove, 'No good! "Push .harder," they beck- oned. So the Good Samaritan got Us right across Dundas and then the overheated motor consented to pun ,again, Mrs: Middleton dashed for tic- kets. Bobby went with her for 4 wheel chair. Mr. Middleton helped us out of the can. In London, and all during the trip to and from Ottawa the per- sonnel of er-sonnel'of the CNA were most kind and helpful to us. There wasn't time to summon a porter at Lon- don station so: a man, from the office came with the Wheel chair, got us''acrose the tracks before the train pulled in, and saw us safely aboard. (Continued on Pane Eight) Thompson; Judy Ogston. Cadet Corporals were George Overholt, Thomas Shanahan, Gor- don Frank Scribbins, Nancy Web- ster, Lorna Barrie, Ruth Merrill and Glenyce Bainton, Cadet Lance Corporals . were Bart. Livermore, Gerald Colenlaiir Murray Neal, Neil McGregor, Ruth Jackson, Grace Harris, Alice Cald- well and Barbara Ford. Band Majorettes were Pauline Jervis, Marilyn Ashton and Mary Livermore, Flag -bearers were Ro- bertStewart, Kim Van denAssem, Robert McAlpine, Bert • Clifford. In the band, playing bugles were Dennis Weymouth, John Tyreman, John Watkins, 'Wayne Watkins, Ronald McCiinchey, David Beattie, Wayne McGee, James Managhan, Fred Lobb, Kenneth"Dutot, Doug- las Armstrong, Jack Finley, Wil- liam Morris, Stephen Brown, Claire Taylor, Marlene Walsh, Ula (Continued on Page 12) to greet the premier, and expecte- tions for a large crowd are strong. This morning Mr. Frost is 10 North Bay. He intends to catch a plane to Marton at about noon,' and from there will , fly to Cent- ralia, r.fter spending a few hours with the Huron representative, Tom Pryde, at his home in Exeter; they will arrive in Clinton in time for the evening meeting.. The premier's retinue will be small. It is expected that his private secretary will accompany him, and members of the . press will be in attendance. Nearly $18,000 Loss In Fire Near Londesboro (By our Londesboro correspondent), Forty pigs, two calves, and one cow perished early last Friday morning as fire of unknown origin destroyed a 40 by 80 -foot barn on the farm of John Miller, about 13e, miles east of Londesboro; on eon- cession ten, Hullett Township: Loss was estimated at between $10,000 and $18,000. Rushing into the flaming struc- ture, Mr. Miller managed to save only seven cows. In• trying to save another animal he suffered a gash in his forehead when he was "horn- ed". ITe was not seriously injured, however. Mr. Miller discovered the blaze when he wept to the barn to start his morning chores. As be opened the door to the building, searing flames and intense heat shot out at him. He ,ran to his house 200 feet away and told his wife who im- mediately called the Blyth fire de- partment. When firefighters ar- rived they were unable to save the structure and concentrated on preventing the flames from spread- ing to the house. There was very little wind to fan m burnedthe extremely flaesbut quicklythe,building it was reported. Music Lovers Afforded Treat • Music lovers are scheduled to hear some of the best artists in the world next fall when a series of Community Concerts in Gode- rich, is planned, The Comunity Coheerts Associa- tion of Goderich has announced that one concert in the forthcom- ing season will be the return of the world-famous De Paur In- fantry Chorus. Information and memberships may be obtained by calling Mrs, W Oakes, telephone 16 or Mrs, Reg. Bali, telephone 356. Youngsters Place Well In County / Music Competitions At Goderich ' The Huron County music fest- beginners, Clyde Mock, Clinton, ival closed last Thursday after (second); violin, first position, ad- hopeful pupils from the schools all vanced, Keith Anderson, Hensall, over the county had come before (second) and Marie Sinclair, Hen - adjudicator Dr. Alfred Rose, for sail (third). his decision.. Girl's vocal solo, 11 years and Winners locally included the under, Aantje Bakker, Auburn, talented family of Mr, and Mrs. tied with three others for third; Bert Boyes, three of whom are boy's vocal solo, nine years and pupils of the Clinton Public School, under, nick Lobb, Brucefield; girl's and the oldest bay' is In Clinton vocalsolo, nine years and under, District, Collegiate Institute, They Barbara. Snell Londesboro; Mar - all .receive instruction: from their ilyn• Tebbutt, Varna, tied for sec - mother, in both piano and voice. and; boy's solo, nine years and Young Bonnie Boyes ;topped the under, Danny Enzensberger, RR scoring in the solo „class under 3, Clinton (second); David Lis- nine years; and brqught home a Bombe, RR 3, Clinton; Dick Lobb, silver bracelet as her, trophy, Brucefieid; David Welsh, Bruce - Budd, won the trephyi for, best field; boys vocal solo, 11 years singing in the solo olass. under 11 and under, . D e W a yn a Elliott, years, and his younger brother, Brucefield, tied for fourth; Ralph Bayne . pressed close ,with third Trewartha, RR 3, Clinton, third. prize in the same plays. Mary Bruder, Clinton, placed The eldest son, Bev ,placed third first in girl's solo, under 12 years; in the"Bach"' selection. competi- and Victor Conan, - Clinton, won tion. 19. years and ender, and third the • boy s -vocal solo,.• open, In in piano solo, 16 years and. under, this 'latter class "Gerald bobie, • at the_ Stratford KiWaris festival, Auburtt' placed' second; 'Murra last week, ,.With the:hel of 'Jane a obb; arra; third.' P �. ,�'3, rd• Ba i tk ]ri"... n .. ,the Huron ;Cunt , , Girl's+^voc ' " Q •, y, .,. ,... aI solo, under 15 (, festival he;,placed .third ,in the award:froml'1ODl:y Was won piano duet, Class 18 y ears , and, JoanneRLndesboro; and , , , under;`; •C Pepper Seaforth, tied wink' a. 'Other's, , winning top Iii@ccs in thin, L,, n; Liscombe; :Clinton, for sec: Godeii h is festa al "fib "t yynn m hist 'area or5'ct" Place.' a. • ,..,pace: Xn the bdy's and "girl's ihcluded grade ;'ten,,soprano 'solo,' d0bt 'under 14 ($5 award), Liom Mary Dennis,•, Clinton; piano, 15 Lisconibe and'Luella'Ball, Clinton, years ' anc('under, Nelson McClih-' placed first; Bob Watt and Myrtle they, Henson; cornet duet, - 14: Knox, Blyth, were second, and years and under, Joyce' Greer and Carol Pepper and Elaine Ball, Sed. ` Anne : Westlake, Bayfield;' violin, forth,` were third;' , Winner of the' girls vocal solo, open, went to Myrtle -Knox, Run- ners-up were Margaret Merriii, Londesboro and Marie Joh/sten.'• Neither primary nor secondary schools of Clinton competed ie the' county festival 'work in choruses, nor individual' Work, though - a ' good 'many pupils of music were entered by their instructors. (By our Bayfield correspondent) Bayfield school entries : resulted as follows: two-part chorus, 79; double trio, 78; duet by Francine Greydanus and Ruth Scotchiner, 89; solo; 14 years and under, Roy Telford, 79; eight years and under, Jackie Weston (second) 80; Mich- aei Scotchmer, 79; Douglas Tel- ford, •78; Roberta. McLeod, 79 junior chorus, 78, iY JOY -RIDING$ ,AND THEFT CHARGES WILL BE LAID Two youths who took a truck owned by Murphy Bros,; from the lot and drove about town, later returning the vehicle, will appear in court charged With joy riding. Theft of a chicken crate from the premises'' of Canada -Packers Limited, was discovered on Mon- day morning at about one o'clock by Constable R. Quayle. Cst. Quayle was making a routine check of the premises - on East Street when he noticed a vehicle pulling away from the rear of the plant. He gave chase, and upon searching the ^ar, found a crate in the trunk. The driver will be charged with theft.