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Clinton News Record, 1955-06-02, Page 11 t if trot (By W. D. D.) ELECTIONS, BOTH LOCAL and • provincial are getting more pub- licity than ever before . . and somehow they seem to be getting less of public attention than ever . Everyone seems to listen to what their favourite commentator tells them on the radio ,r . but then seem to take it as absolute 'gospel without any, examination of the situation themselves RAIN CERTAINLY RUINED the Saturday Spring Show How- ever, there was an amusing side When certain of the town's ladies who were helping with the bookkeeping for the event looked outside the small building used as an office near the track ..: they. found a good six inches of muddy water surrounding them .. Not to be daunted, Miss B. Sauer, tha health hurse . , , made her exit in bare feet The other two: Mrs. A. J. McMurray and Mrs. C. Trott were carried to safety by gallant Gerry Montgomery, the agricultur al representative for the county a . Gerry, with CKNX commen- tator Bob Carbert, who was to act as MC for the Fair made the trip without shoes and socks ... and Reeve Mel Crich . was carried to dry (7) ground by the ag. rep... Personally,.we missed the fun, as we were away from the grounds getting into dry clothes at the time . •:• • AN ANECDOTE FROM OUR Champion Correspondent .. "A stray brown collie pup of about nine months of age tried to get adopted at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Castle for a few days last week ... Apparently lost the dog seemed nervous, but persisted in attempts to ingratiate itself by bringing gifts to the owners it had selected ... Mrs. Castle found a' milk bottle'containing eleven"cents sitting on her doorstep . Upon enquiry she found that her neigh- bour, Mrs. 7, -McClure had set it out on her doorstep .. The p'Gp also carted Mrs. McClure's rubbers over to Mrs. Castle . . And not, to show partiality, it -brought an old vest and laid it on the lawn for Mr, Castle . Grown weary in well -doing which did not seem to be appreciated by the Castles, . the young male dog disappeared last Friday , .. It was last seen following' a summer resident . , ." Girls' Band Stages Concert On Street Delight Of Crowd The 40 piece girls' trumpet band from Durham High School made a distinct hit with music enthusiasts here last Saturday, as they played an impromptu concert in front of the Post Office before leaving for home. Their drilland intricate variations with the' instruments,., arid the ease with which fhe"maj- orettes mastered their batons had the supper -hour audience clapping enthusiastically. Earlier in the day the Band had taken part in the parade which in- troduced the Spring Show. Led by G. W. Montgomery with a loud- speaker, and a mounted troupe of down rthoe oMainthe St eotBand ofa own followed by public school children, hg Bannockburn Band, and two bets of four -horse hitches. When the rain Caine, the band got a thorough drenching, and all their smart blue uniforms were too wet to wear. They played evening concert in•"civvies", which hampered their playing not at all PUC OK's -Services For Wesley ,Willis Church Manse Members of the Public Utilities Commission Tuesday night .sanct- ioned hydro, sewerage and water service fox the new Wesley -Willis United Church manse being built on Townsend Street. Chairman W. E, Perdue was in charge of the meeting, and all commission ers were present except Mayor M. i 3. Agnew. The OK also was given for hyd- ro service fora C. A. Marley sign. A request from Town Council Mr an estimate of cost of mains construction for the next five years was read, and a meeting will be requested with Council for elarifi- cation of the request. Commis- sioners felt that the estimate could include a great deal, or very little. , Consideration is being given the matter ofcleaning and painting the standpipe, and tenders will be called for painting the ornament- al light standards along the main business district. 'A number -of letters were read from other On- tario communities giving details of operating sewerage equipment and machinery. ` Report was made of a committee meeting . held early in May, at which decision was reached to in- ' .stat a four inch water service to A. Garon's laundry to replace the present one. Mr. Garon accepted responsibility for cost of larger meter, and serviceinside the pro- perty line, 0 COUNCIL TO MEET ON MONDAY, JUNE 6 Regular monthly meeting of the Clinton Town Council will be held ' in the council .chamber on Monday, June 6. The Weather 1955 1954 High Low High Low May 26 69 40 58 31 27 82 52 63 47 28 78 , 67 81 52 29• 70 57 72 57 30 59 46 74 44 31 64 42 81 49 June 1 66 44 78 63 Rain: 26 ins. Ram .67 ins, THE' NEW ERA -90th YEAR No. 22—The Hoene Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1955 THE NEWS -RECORD --74th YEAR 6 cents a copy — $2.50 a'year Rival Candidates In Good. Humour Inmost genial mood, though a few minutes before they had used all powers of oratory to convince their audience of the dis- crepancies in the other's party, Torn Pryde (left) and Jim Scott (right), shake hands after the official nomination meeting in'Hen- sall last Thursday. Looking on• is Albert J. Kalbfleisch, Zurich, who was chairman for the meeting. (News -Record Photo) uartet Of Junior Actors Principals it -t the short play presented at last week's public School concert are: Ralph Holland, the landlord; Ann Trott, the voice of the old armchair; Winifred. Bird, the fairy, and Susan Ann Finley, the.oldlady. , (News -Record Photo) "Hee'" Demonstrates For Doctors Rector Kingswell had aninformed and listening audience last week, when he demonstrated the intricacies of the new resus- citator to the doctors of town and RCAF Station Clinton. From left to right: Dr. Vie A. Oakes, Dr. F, M. Newland, "1 -Tec" Kings- well, Dr, J. A. Addison, Dr. J. G. Fraser, Medical Officer at• the station. (News -Record Photo) PS Pupils Display Talent In Music,Choral Readin. "This shwsould be called Toast of the Town'," was Inspect- Chief Ferrand Has or G. G. Gardiner's comment to the audience in the Public School Accepted Post auditorium last Friday night. it At S''t Marys was the occasion' of the second 'Ii. night of the annual music concert Chief of Pollee J. Ferrand has which is presented. by all pupils of accepted the position of chief of Me School under the direction of police in St. Marys, and. will take Mrs, M. R. Mackinnon, music over his duties in that town by the supervisor, first of August. A special hearing of the program was given last week on Tuesday, when the pupils had the pleasure of sitting in on the event. T,he auditorium is not large enough for both the student body and an audience at the same time, Choral 'reading from some of the grades came between the mu- ds numbers. , A short play, "Such a Friend" was enacted by Susan Ann Finley, portraying an old lady who had not enough money for the rent; Winifred Bird, a fairy who persuaded an old arm chair to part with 820 which had gone down behind the seat; Ann Trott, who provided the voice for the chair and Ralph Holland, who was the stern landlord,' demanding his rent. A special class song, written by. Grade Eight pupils climaxed the evening. Trophies Awarded In Stock fudging Winner of the highest aggregate score in the noviceclass of the 4-H Club Livestock judging corn- petiiron in Seaforth Last week, was Bill Rettinger, Wingham, High man in.the entire competition was Kenneth Campbell, RR 1, Dublin, Champion swine judge was Bill Taylor, Belgrave, and the champ- ion dairy judge was Mary Dermis, Walton, , Winner of the trip to Chicago for the 4-13 Club Cohgress is La- verne Godkin, RR 2, Walton, and of a trip to Eastern. Ontario, is Frank Alto r, Lucknow. . Further details of prizes award- ed at this competition in which 208 4-1-1 Club members took part ap- pear inside this paperon page 3. - Chief Ferrand will 'head a three• constable police force which St Marys is forming to replace th present Ontario Provincial Police detachment. He will work in co- operation with the Council to assist. in selecting the'three constables from a field of 64 applicants, Clinton's police force has ` been headed by Mr. Ferrand since 1951. with the exception of a. few months early in 1953. Prior to that he was a guard at the Ontario Re. formatory, Guelph, for a year, and has 25 years police experience, geined mostly in Liverpool, Eng- land, Speaking Contest Won By Students From Kitchener The young people, from Canad- ian Legion Zone C-2, the area around Kitchener and Guelph, last night. topped the'district public speaking ,contest which was- held in' the Legion Memorial Hall on Kirk Street, One' of the judges, Tim Roebuck, English teacher at Ieitehener-Wat- erloo College, challenged all Leg- ion members and teeehers to take up the job of promoting the con- test for another year. He said, "It is so. vitally important to our whole society, If our Youngsters are not able to talk: convincingly about Canadian citizenship, for in- stance, and other problems, they are not very well fitted for the future." Other judges were Edward Jen- kins and H. Gordon ,`Manning, RR 3, Clinton. Winner of the Senior High School competition was Mary Anne McInnes, St. Marys' High School, Kitchener; and runner-up was Alan Scott, Port Elgin. In Junior High, winner was Brenda Wallnski, Kitchener -Wat- erloo Collegiate, anti runners up were John Lodge, ` Wiarton and Gwen Shorey, of CDCI Elementary contest was won by Gordon Moynham, Guelph, and runners-up were Judy Haiward, A/V/M Hugh Campbell Public School, RCAF Station' Clinton; Ev- elyn Ward, Wiarton and . Lenore Bowman, Harriston. ' Taking part in the music pro- gram while the judges made their decision was Miss Sylvia., Carey,. soloist, accompanied by Mrs, E. Radford; Budd Boyce, sang ac- companied by his mother, Mrs,. Bert Boyes; .lane Batkin and Bev, Boyes played e piano duet. Chairman of the evening was J. Douglas Thorndike, commander of Zone C-1, Nomination Day Hears Huron's Candidates Discuss Platfoi Huron riding' is one of the few fence the' grants which the provin- in the province where a straight fight between two candidates will take place during the Ontario Gen- eral Election next Thursday, June The two named in official nom- ination at the Town Hall, Hensall last week, were Tom Pryde, mer- chant, Exeter, and James Scott, teacher, Seaforth, Returning officer J. Elgin Mc- Kinley, Zurich, received nomina- tions until two o'clock, and at that. time, announced that the candi- dates would be allowed to speak" 20 minutes each, with a reply of five minutes for the first speaker, Albert Kalbfleisch, Zurich was chairman for the speaking part of the program. He stated that it was the fiffh time • that he had had that honour. Mr. Kalbfleisch commented on the great interest shown locally in the election. In 1951 just 20` people had come• to the nomination meeting. This time the hall was nearly filled with en- thisiastic voters. • Mr. Pryde reviewed for his aud- clal government is giving for ed- ucation, roughly 75 percent of the two and one half 'million used; to build new schools, as well as .the News -Record To Give Election Returns, June 9 In keeping with' our usual custom, the News -Record of- fice will provide °up-to-date election returns next Thursday evening, for all, those readers who wish it. Since the polling booths do not close until eight o'clock Daylight Saving Time, no returns will be available until sometime after that hour, Just Phone 4. " This service was appreciat- ed, and greatly used- during the provincial elections of 1948, 1949 and 1951, and the News -Record office is anxious to be of like service'to/the , electors this year. Spring Show Horses Judged Here To -Morrow; Midway An excellent horse show will be staged in Clinton Community Park on Friday 'afternoon, as a sequel to the downpour which made much of the festivities at the Clinton Spring Show impossible last week. Plans are for the -scheduled official dedication of the memorial plaque,. and the opening of the Fair to be carried out as originally planned, and the majority of the horse classes are yet to'be judged. Downtown Furniture Store Display, Shows Work of CDC! Shopwork Class An effective display of modern g comfortable furniture is on display Ifensall Accepts in the window of Ball and Mutch .,C Y furniture store throughout this Gift Of Trailer week. Every piece in the display is a project of some member in the shopwork classes at Clinton District Collegiate Institute. ')31I'Cdsig, formeri''" of Auburn, is the shopwork instructor. He has upwards of 100 boys taking' the classes, which includes training n blue -printing and planning, as Wel lag in the practical phases of the work. Mr. Craig explains that the re- sults in. the display are obtained through the medium of providing industrial arts in an academic manner of teaching, based on this method: the students are confron- ted with a problem. To solve the problem -'-in this case to find a way to make something—he .is forced to use knowledge which he has gained in .a theoretic way in other parts of study, such as mat- hematics and chemistry. The instructor emphasizes that the work in the shop room is plan- ned to help the student become a useful member of his family and working group, to develop. Skills, to understand whether he wishes to follow a career in the skilled trades, to foster interest in and respect for skilled manual work as a hobby or an occupation, to sat- isfy a need for accomplishment, and to develop a capacity to an- alize, plan and construct useful ar- ticles of good design. 4-11 Grain Club • Met Monday e d y The Clinton 4-13 Grain Club met in the agriculturaloffice board room at Clinton on Monday night. President John Shaddick opened the meeting with the 4-H pledge, Norman Alexander described the preparation of seed grain and therroduction of registered seed. A quizz followed. A class of oats was judged and members ' gave reasons, Bob Allan showed coloured slides on the Royal Winter. Fair at To- ronto last year.. '4t a special meeting of Hensall Village Council; held hest week it was decided to accept the donat- ion -of a trailer from the General Coach Works. The trailer is to be sold with the proceeds to be used to defray the debenture charges on the artificial plantin the arena. Representatives of the Kinsmen Club, LegionChamber of Com- merce, Masonic Order, 300F, Lad- les . Auxiliary to the Legion and Women's Institute attended o - Nursing Class At Win rhat n. Hospital Mary Hudie RR 2,Bayfield, and Geraldine Reynolds, CAF Station Clinton are among those girls at Wingham General Hospital enrol- led in the second class for nursing assistants which started this week. Also enrolled are Misses Gail. Compton, Kintail; Wilma Hillis; Barbara Spitzig, RR 4, Walkerton; Audrey Ste. Marie, RR 2, Wing ham; Margaret Sweeney, RR 1, Markdale; Lillian Van Hoorn, of Holland; and Verna Wheeler, RR 2, Bluevale. Unexplained Fire Destroys Torrance Shed, Frame Barn Fire of unknown origin comple. tely destroyed a frame barn and straw shed on the farm of Harry Torrance, Porter's Hill, on Tues- day evening. Clinton Fire Brigade were called but could only stand by to guard the house which was endangered, Lost in the. fire, which did be- tween $10,000 to 315,000 damage, were about 15 tons of straw in the shed, 125 hens, 450 baby : chicks, three calves, and a quantity of hay and straw in the barn. The loss is partially covered by insur- ance.h The blaze, first noticed by Mrs. Torrance, took only 20 minutes to l level the buildings. Horse races for the event have been cancelled, since most of the animals booked. for the Clinton tracks were ' racing. at Godericil yesterday, and would not be ready for another race so soon. The evening performance has been cancelled, since it would interfere a great deal with the Western Ontario Fiddlers Champ- ionship contests being held in Hen - Sall that- same night. A parade has been arranged for and the RCAF Station Clinton prize-winning Trumpet Band will head the march from the Post Of - flee through the main street and up to the Park. Unfortuately the parade of school children is not possible singe it is a school day. Indispensable .in Clinton for any outdoor event, the Bannockburn Pipers will be in attendance, led by "Cap" Cook, and presenting their stirring Scottish airs. - The . midway, with ferric wheel, rides and lunch booths will be there, and . the main part of the program will take .place before the grandstand. The best in On- tario horses are expected to make an appearance, and one of the most impressive of /he. classes is the Township special, which last year saw 36 heavy horses on show at once. Of prime importance to , this celebration and show is the official opening of the fair do be carried out by Fletcher Thomas, . Ontario Minister of Agriculture, In con- nection with this is the. smelling am of the memorial plaque, Rev. A. G. Eagle will offer the dedication prayer. . A young lady will present her "Australian Whip" act at various times throughout the afternoon. it is expected that a gymnastic team of girls from - MCI will present their performance which won" strong applause at this spring's Cadet inspection. share in maintenance and instruct- ion. He championed the theory of issuing debentures for educational institutions, saying "" "Debentures are particularly good for then the children have a chance' to pay;a share of their own education. I think this principle is sound." Speaking of public' health insur- ance, Ur. Pryde said that it was coming gradually, but the first thing' web to get sufficient beds to accommodate patients in the hos- pitals. Throughout the past five years, some $724,000 had been granted for hospital construction, in the riding. Jim Scott, the Liberal candidate, Criticised the government for their, failure to post voters'` lists. "It is the first time that I can remern ber-•that the time-honoured cus- tom of giving a voter a chance to see where his name was on the list, was not followed,' He warn- ed of voters being unable to vote because of this'change. Mr. Pryde said there was no chance of anyone' losing his vote because of any oversight of the'en- 'umerators. In the rural ridings, it is necessary only that a voter be Vouched for by two others of the same riding. Mr. Pryde said, "It is strange that there were no ob- jections made by the Liberal party during the time that amendments were made to the voters' act, That was the time to do it." Mr. Scott campared the high cost of a section. of 'highway 8 on which he lived, at $80,000 per mile, which has taken three years to build, and still. is not complete, with the first highway to be hew- ed through the forest over a hun- dred years ago, which cost $5,000, and took only nine months, all the way from Guelph to Goderich, Mr. Pryde termed this as "so much nonsense," to compare road - building of today : with that of a hundred years ago. His vehement reply following Mr, Scott's talk, brought a burst of applause from his hearers, Mr. Scott disagreed in the idea that ,children should be expected to pay a share in their' own educ- ation costs. He said "I am aston- ished to hear that it is the respon- silillity of a child to pay for his own education. I am not the kind of parent who would like to see the children saddled with a debt. Ontario pays less for education on the basis of wealth than any other province in the country." Mr. Scott charged Premier Frost had stolen a plank from the Lib- eral platform, and was now prom- ising a health insurance program, Mr. Pryde countered with the statement that' health insurance had been among the plans of the Conservative government, and had gone to the Dominion -provincial conference because the Premier believed in a co-operative approach ong all levels of government.. The Liberal charged that the government had abolished farm subsidies and 'that marketing leg- islation was being .challenged in the courts; the PC replied that the Federation of Agriculture and "good" farmers did not want sub- sidies --- they wanted marketing legislation and the Frost govern- ment has improved and revised the act to make it effective. Bayfield Folk Vote 32 to 11 Against Moving School Site "WHERE THERE IS NO VISION, THE PEOPLE PERISH" -Prov, 29 18, (By our Bayfield correspondent) At the meeting of the ratepayers r'lrn akfleld Public Schooi,'Thurs- day 'last, it was voted 32-11 to retain the same site for the new school, and to expropriate more property from the Dresser Broth- ers. The meeting was called to order by Spencer Ervine, chairman of the Trustee Board. Leslie Elliott was secretary and Roy Fitzsimons, c airman, It was stated that the Depart- ment of Education would allow a new building to be erected on the present site of an acre, if half an acre more ground were acquired. One-qua-teracrer' could be exprop- riated from W. and H. Dresser, and the .school board held an op- tion on an adjoining Tot of one- quarter acre. If a new site were chosen, the Department of Educa- tion required that it contain three acres. The Department would not allow a basement since an excava- tion of not more than three feet could be made and it would have to be six feet above ground. The cost would amount to $4,000—pro- hibitive here. Sad Faces Over Saturday's Untimel • Downpour Sober officials looked hopelessly at the mud and water at Clinton Community Park last Satur- day, as the torrent of rain forced the postponement of the Clinton Spring Show. Fletcher Thomas, Ontario minister of agriculture was to have opened the fair. The other men are Thomas Leper, vice-president of the Huron .Central Agricultural Society,centre, and - at right, Reeve Mel Crich, president of the Society. school. There was some crossfire, To her statement that Bayfield would grow, Howard replied; "Oh, yeahl" The suitability of the drainage of the present site was also ques- tioned. Spencer Ervine advised that an engineer had viewed the site and thought the sand adequate to take care of drainage from septic tanks. Asked that, if in ten years' time, it were necessary to add two more rooms,; would one and a half acres be considered sufficient, the Chair ' man referred the question to (Continued on Page Eight) Birthday Club Contributions for this column are welcomed, If you or sortie - one you know is having an 86th or over birthday, let the News- Record office know and we will be pleased to print the an- nouncement here. Joseph Webster, Rattenbury St. W., quietly celebrated his 81st birthday on Sunday, May 29. A ,few friends called on him" at his home, Edward Boyes,Victoria, Street, will be 82 years old on June 4 He is in excellent health, needs glasses The chairman asked for Com- only to read, and still drives a car." snents, and got them, Twice he has to rap for order. Mrs. R, J. Draper, St. Cathar- John 8, Toward expressed the Ines, formerly of Clinton, Celebrat- view that "we ought to build for ed her 92nd birthday at the home the present only -16 pupils would of her daughter Isobel McLeod, be going out of the school in an- this week. She is in good health other year, and only two coming and planning a visit to her son, in—and forget about SS 8, Godo Caryl W, Draper and family ; soon, rich Township, or pupils from other schools." • William 3. Blair, celebrated his This clashed with the stand tall- 94th birthday en by Lucy R, Woods tha • .w . at the Huroh County, t e Home, Clinton, on Thursday, May should think of the future and 26. Mr. Blair has a remarkable have ample acreage for What- memory and enjoys excellent hear- might be the .nucleus- of an area ing and good health,