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Clinton News Record, 1955-06-23, Page 1trbe , trot COttintil (By W. D. D.) • THE SILVER FOUNTAIN IN pretty library park has been ,run- ning gaily , The cool water falling through the warm . air makes a most pleasant setting for afternoon relaxation or morn- ing contemplation orn-ing'contemplation . , :,The benches are all used a good deal these days HORSE RACING AT ITS BES is a display of man's control ove the animals It is very seldo that the horses run happily an of their own enthusiasm . , Th endresult is a win for the owne congratulations for the driver . . and preparation for another rac by the horses , Strong dis pleasure has been expressed ev the conduct of one of the. drive at Clinton races last week As explanation for his beating o the horse throughout' --the entir race was that "he's a' lazy horse so I beat'him". . Then th horse, (who came in at the last) was z;llowed to stand in the ho sun . , , (remember the heat that day?) with great welts standing out on ; his -body where the whip had' been laid on . - A sad com- mentary indeed on man's superior- ity in the animal kingdom , * THE NEW DIAL SYSTEM build- ing is well on its way , steel and lumber for the second storey iS going into place , .. Not a ter- ribly impressive building, . in: size at least ..' . the place when com- pleted will mean a good deal to Clinton and the district ... Every- one will have a new phone num. ber . And the old numbers which have been retained by busi- ness. places since phones began ... will be pomore ,. * STRINGS OF COLOURED lights at the main intersection do dress up the town , It is to be hoped that the,.Chamber of Commerce• will be able e t o Continue the pro - jest of buying more as time goes on But, it is interesting to note that on' the nights when most people are in town . the lights are .never switched on at all , . T r m. e r,, e er rs' e e t COCl Commercial Students Take • Dictaphone Test In modern offices the dictaphone frequently takes the place of the stenographer. With this in view „stenographer. CDCI Board this year auth- orized the commercial course in- structor, J. G. Peacock, to rent a dictaphone for the use of the stud- ents in the course, The rented machine was found most useful and beneficial, be- cause after a course of instruction on its operation and use, the stud- nets°werr'eligible-to 'try en -exam- ination set by the Dictaphone Corporation in New York, For transcribing accurately a minimum of 125 lines an hour, certificates of proficiency are awarded. These certificates are enclosed in an at- tractive blue leather pocket book. The following students have re- ceived certificates: (figures indi- cate the number of lines per hour) Delphine Erb, 240; Marion Mak- ins, 208; Patsy Murney, 160; Mar- ilyn Ashton, 146; Doris Cooper, 146; Ellen Boyce, 146; Louis Rau, 144; Doris Postill, 142; Barbara Oliver, 138; Roni Waldron, 126. The manager, Education Divis- ion of the Dictaphone Corporation, in returning the papers states that Population in the County is Le- aside from some difficulty in spel- corded at an increase of 722 due- ling, the errors were undoubtedly ing • the past year. Of these 203 due to nervousness at taking a are in the town of Clinton, bring- test. Five students failed to make ing the total population of this the grade. town . to 2,828, rather than the previous figure of 2,625. Code - Mr, and Mrs. James Livermore rich gained 313, to have a total and Mrs. Jackson will return to- of 5,988; Exeter gained 41 and morrow, Friday, from a very now has 2,646 people; Seaforth pleasant holiday at Grand Bend, gained 18, to total 2,146 and Wing - THE NEW ERA -90th` YEAR No. 25 -The Home toper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, 1TIHURSDAy, JUNE 23, 1955 Boats At Aberdeen -Angus Picnic The joint efforts of a number of the neighbours, along with Stewart's work, have made Stewart Middleton's pond a beauty spot ie the district. Where once a/email spring bubbled, and the creekambled off to the lake -now a dam has been con- structed and the water has built up into a sizeable poliid. A trifle muddy for swinnning, the pond is excellent for boating in small craft, and is stocked' with 600 fish for those who like the finny sport. These young lads were enjoying the Aberdeen - Angus picnic held. at the pond last Saturday. (News -Record Photo) ounty Supports PIea For More Assistance • County Council supported a re- - quest made by G. W. Montgomery Leaves, Clinton at the June session ;last Wednes- day, when he asked for assistance in getting g an additional on a] man to help as agricultural' representative. Warden Earl Campbell noted that Iast year the County Council had made a request for an additional man, but no action had resulted. G. W. Montgomery, Clinton, the present representative, pointed out that Hurpn County has 5,700 farmers with himself. and Harold Baker to serve them. Simcoe County has 5,400 farmers and there are four representatives. He said that help from organizations and individuals in advancing agri- cultural' programs had been ex- cellent, but the task in Huron, in his "opinion, was too big for two men. Presents Chain A chain' of office was presented to the County by A. H. Erskine, county clerk -treasurer. The gild- ed chain which consists of 66 gild- ed maple leaves, supporting a medallion with the Huron coat - of -arms, is to be worn by suc- oestive' •everdens• while presiding over the sessions. First Warden to wear it ie Earl. Campbell, RR 1, Exeter. Deer Season Recommendation that deer sea-' son inthe counties of Grey, Bruce and Huron be on November 23, 24 and 25, will go forward to the Department of Lands and For- ests. Council refused to commence paying fox bounty again. Trees Marketed The public forest lands in the County are beginning to show a profit. Last year a total of about $1,500, ' Population Increased Gilfillan Boy Pinned Under Tractor In Freak Fatality While school children watched in horror during morning recess last Thursday morning, Douglas Gilfillan, 16 -year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George A. Giflillan, was fatally injured when the tractor he was driving upset in .a ditch just in front of his RR 1, Auburn home. Several of the students at East Wawanosh USS 11 had been talk- ing to the boy "just seconds be- fore" he was pinned beneath the heavy farm vehicle, Ontario Pro- vincial Constable D. H. Whitfield, said. The boy's parents, police said, returned from Clinton "about 20 minutes" after the accident occur- red to find their son pinned be- neath the tractor, They had been in to visit Mrs. Gilfillan's mother whowas dangerously i11. The accident occurred oil No. 25 Huron County road, the boundary of Rullett Township,' about' one- an -a -half miles west of Blyth. The tractor was pulled -from the boy's body by a logging truck which had been passing the scene and stopped. The body was taken to the Tasker funeral home by a Gbderich ambulance. Theboy was pronounced dead The Weather 1955 1954 High Low High, Low June 16. 80 51 81 64 17 87 ' 53 79 66 18 ' 88 . 572 8 62 19 87 ' 65 80 58 20 80 57 80 63 21 78 61 88 66 22 74 55 76 65 Rain: ,54 ins; . Rain: .53 ins, by the coroner, Dr. N. C. Jack- son, Goderich, Surviving besides his parents, are three brothers, Lorne in Western Canada; Jimmy and Ray (both students at the school 'near the accident scene), Council Selects Streets Foreman; Awards Tenders In re -arrangement of the town streets department, made neces- sary by the retirement of the fore- man Jack Woods, last week, the Town Council has appointed Fred Trevena as worldng foreman of the department, at a salary of $50 per week, and Harold Gibbings to• work with him et a salary of $45 per week. These salaries are retroactive to June 17, 1955; - • - At the special council meeting on Monday evening, when these appointments were made, Council also authorized advertising for a utility man (part time) and/or a relief constable (part time). Ap- plications • for either- or both of these positions arse to be received by the Clerk John Livermore until five o'clock on the evening of June 27. Tenders were accepted for coal from A. G. Grigg at $17.20; per ton; for sidewalks on King Street from Henry Young, at 33 cents and 53 cents per loot, as outlined by his tender, and from the Clin- ton Community Credit Union for the town lot known as the old public school lot on Ontario Street, at $550. CHIEF 4. FERRAND put in his last day of duty as Chief of Clinton's police force, yesterday. After one week's vacation he will take up his duties as Chief of Police :in St. Marys. (News -Record Photo) ham gained five, to make a pop- ulation of 2,717. At the same time, assessments in the county increased about X800,000 from that of a year ago, 11 Mills Building of the Courthouse is the greatest factor in causing the raise of one mill in the county rate this year. Clinton's share of the $615,058 needed is $20,729. County Home Renovations to the County Home have . been completed and payments authorized to a total of $476,066. At present there is ac- commodation for an additional 30 people. Policy in the future will be that indigent patients for the most part will go to the Home rather than to private nursing homes. A piece of land across from the Home, south of Clinton/ with a frontage of 400 feet anda depth of 250 feet was recently sold for $2,000, --o Plan To Rearrange Presbyterian Charges In Area Charges (By our Hensel. correspondent) Rev. R. J. McMillan, represent- ing Huron-Mattland Presbytery Met with a representative group at Carmel Presbyterian Church, Hensel], on Monday evening, June 20, to further discuss the joining of Carmel Church with Bayfield Presbyterian Church. A commit- tee had 'met with the, Bayfield congregation previous to . this :meeting. Both congregations were agree- able to the arrangements. made. A vote gave a substantial major- ity in favourj'of union. This will take effect in September. • Bayfield Church had previously been joined with the Clinton charge which in the fall will be joined with Blyth and Auburn. A re -arrangement in the 'Presby- tory was found necessary to re- lease Ministers /for other charges. According to D. J. Lane, Clin- ton, clerk of the :Huron -Maitland Presbytery, there •;was a meeting. of the Presbytery in •this regard. on Tuesday evening, and a recom- mendation was passed to set Han - sail and Bayfield churches up as ate charge, provided that after the Auburn and Blyth congrega- tions are consulted by a commit- tee from Presbytery, they agree to join with the Clinton congrega- tion as one charge. If they are agreeable,, then it is possible that the change . may, be made some time this fall. Aberdeen -Angus Association tlas . Field Day At 1'iddleton's Pond• , Field Day for the Western On- tario Aberdeen Angus Association last Saturday alsp was the Mita - ton of the newly -formed farm park and pond at Stewart Middle- ton's farm, RR 3, 'Clinton, Nearly 200 people were, on hand to'eat dinner under the trees -served by the Trinity Guild of the Bayfield Anglican Church, and to enjoy boat rides, aCball game and cattle judging contests, Lee Leachman, co-owner of the Ankony Farms, Rhinebeck, New York, was guest speaker, Ile was introduced by -Alex Edwards, of Anoka, Farms, Alva. -ler. Leach- man urged the breeders to keep in mind the fact that their busi- ness was initially that of raising cattle for- the nierket,and though they were at first hand purebred breeders, they shpuid keep in view the"type of animal which the man, wanted to buy for the red meat market later on. t Youths beak • Irl At Public School The new public school was .brok- en into some time during last weekend. 'Apparently. juveniles gained entry through an insecure Window on the east side of the selfooI. Though the door leading from the hall into the principal's room was unlocked, the youths forced the door: into the wash- room, and from 'there gained ae; cess to theprincipalis room. They forced open a steel cab- inet, but didn't • take the boxes, inside which contained small sums of money. Evidences of a good deal of- chalking on the black- boards was found, but it had all been rubbed off. Nothing was token from the school. Henk Ha deVries Is New Zone Forester In Huron Henk H. deVries, 27 -year-old man from Stratford, has been ap- pointed zone forester for Oxford, Perth and Huron . Counties, He will take over his duties at the first of July, Mr, deVries succeeds Stuart R. C, Hamilton, also of Stratford, who has served the district since the spring of 1951. DeVries is married and has one son. Gaining experience through work with 4-H Clubs in Halton County, deVries completed the forestry course at the University of Toronto in May of 1952, and since then worked for the Ontario Department of Lands and Forests at Hespeler, before coming to Stratford in 1952 as assistant to Mr. Hamilton. Working as assistant to deVries will be William K. Fullerton, also a graduate of the University of Toronto, 0 Four Youths Are Apprehended For, Entering Shanty (By our Bayfield correspondent) Four youths were arrested at Cayuga on Saturday and charged with breaking and entering ,Toms Brothers fish shanty on Thursday night. They were apprehended quickly because one of the youths, Avril VanSlack, , aged 17, had worked for Charles and Malcolm Toms for a few days last year. He asked for work again on Thursday but was refused, The others involved in the theft of be- tween 85 and 40 gallons 'of gas- oline were Alfred VanSlack, 19, Lawbank;, Robeet Woolley, 19, Selkirk; and William Dolan, 16, Dunnville. The four were brought to Huron County jail, Goderich, by Cpl. Harold Sayeau and Constable D. el, Whitfield, of the Goderich de- tachment of the OPP.. They will appear before Magistrate D. E. Holmes in court there on Thurs- day. y re ale , Guelph, gave a type demonstration of an Aber- deen Angus steer, He said that "the variety of appetite gives us a chance to utilize the whole car- cass of beef. The price of beef is determined by how much there is of it. Housewives call it, shopping, and economists call it the law of supply and demand," He men - toned that the time of year has a great bearing on the price of beef. In the 'summer the tourist trade desires steaks in great quan- tities. This tends toraise the prices. The picnic was held on the 500- acre farm of Mr, and Mrs. Stew- art Middleton, where apples are considered the •main ,crop, and Aberdeen Angus cattle ' are de- veloping into an interesting and profitable hobby. The pond, on which boating and fishing are en- joyed is, the result of a community. project, for several of the local farmers banded together to help build the dam which produced the pond. Last fall when Hurricane Hazel threatened the entire pro- ject, a voluntary group of the farm men got together and patch- ed the structure up again. In addition to the sports pro- gram gra which was keyed to child- ren's and adult tastes, was bag- pipe music provided by Piper Peter Malcolm, Seaforth, who re- centlycame to Canada from Perth, Scotland. THE NEWS -RECORD --.74th YEAR 6 cents a copy $2.50 o year N. ,. . Trewartha �� Fills Vacant Seat N W. Trewartha, veteran councillor, ex -mayor and ex - reeve' of Clinton will complete the 1955 'term on Clinton Town Council: He replaces Coun, Dr, . el, A. McIntyre, who died on May -22, Mr, Trewartha was the only man of four nominated who was qualified for the position by the deadline on Tuesday ' _night. N. ,W .TREWARTHA Varna Youth Fataily Hurt in Auto Crash William: Ge;'ald Coleman, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anson Coleman, RR 1, Zurich, was instantly killed in a car accident north of Varna Sunday evening. He was driving alone to Clinton and is believed to have lost control of the car while driving on the gravel road, His car went off the left shoulder of the road, through a deep ditch and landed up against a tree, His body was thrown into the feld, Gerald was a member of Varna Piano Pupils A Public School Give Recitals On Friday evening last a group of parents and friends gathered at the Clinton Public School. The purpose of the gathering was to witness a demonstration by the pupils of Mrs. May Rance McKin- non, who have been studying piano under her instruction. ' The lessons have been given to groups or classes of eight pupils for a period of approximately five months. The demonstration in eluded piano solos and duets, not- ation, sight reading, scale forma ition and rythmn, The children also demonstrated their ability to conductthe class in rhythm and singing. At the close of the demonstta- tion one of the children played "The Queen," after which awards and cards of merit were presented to the children who had done out- standing work, The classes have been conducted in the Public School, with the permission of the School Board and under the Can- adian Bureau for the Advancement of Music, • The Tnapector recently visited the classes and pronounced the work as excellent, the classes hav- ing covered an entire year's study in less than five months. • Mrs. J. E, Ostrom, speaking on behalf of the parents, thanked Mrs. McKinnon for the excellent work she had done with the children in such an' amazingly: short time, The group of young piano stud- ents presented a recital in St. Paul's Anglican Church Parish Hall on Monday night. Duets,. solos and rhythm work were in- cluded in the program Twin Grandsons University Graduates Cl. E. (TED) HALL, B.Com. • E. JOHN HALL, B.A. Twin grandsons of G. E. Hall, former owner of the Clinton News -Record, are university graduates. Their father is Ernest Hall, who is employed inthe plant composing room at Maclean - Hunter, Toronto.' G, E. (Ted), Hall (named after his grand- • father) graduated from Victoria College in 1952, with the degree of B,Com. He is an accountant, and is also interested` in music and bridge, He is secretary of the Canadian Federation of Film. Societies, and in the field of drama has appeared on the stage of Hart House, the Toronto Shakespearean Society and: on radio. On the right, E. John Hall, won his Bachelor of Arts (English) at the University of Western Ontario this spring. He graduated from Toronto Normal T Selioal before. attending University. At present he is at Coldbrook, N.B., training with the R.C.O.C, with' the rank of 2nd Lieutenant: He also: is interested in music and bridge; he was a member of Western's Inter -Faculty Bridge Championship team, United Church where. he attended church last Sunday morning and tool's up the collection. He played forward this year in the Hensall Midgets hockey team. Surviving are his parents, three brothers, Gordon, ` Hay; George, Toronto, and Jack, at home. According to Dr.. F. G. Thomp- son, Clinton, Huron County coron- er, there will be no inquest into the death. Funeral service was held from the residence, Lot 6, Concession 7, (Parr Line) yesterday afternoon, June 22, with Rev. T. 3. Pitt, Varna United Church, officiating, Interment was ih Bayfield Ceme-- tory, Pall -bearers' were Donald For- rest, Lorrie Love, William Consitt, Kenneth Stephenson, Repaid Cole- man and Wayne Taylor, ' The flower -bearers were William Dow - son, Floyd Turner, James Love, Russell' Taylor, Berne McKinley, Robert Meclymont, Russell Faber, Robert Webster, James Chapman, Wibner Turner, Robert Talbot and Murray Taylor, _ BRUME:FIELD MAN BECOMES DISTRICT DEPUTY MASTER William Sinclair, RR 5, Clinton, member of the Brucefield IOOF Lodge, last Friday was elected District Deputy Grand •Master for, this district. The appointment which is for the year 1955-56, Is one of many made at the ;100th annual session of the 75,000 -mem- ber 100F, Grand Lodge, held in Toronto last week. John G. Peacock was in Toronto atthe weekend, presiding over the summer convention of the Imper- ial Division, Ontario Command, Canadian Legion. The guest of honour and speaker was General Sir Neil Ritchie, GBE, KCB, DSO, MC. eneral Ritchie was Mr. Peacocks CO just prior to the fall of Tobruk (Libya) in 1942. William Riehl, 26 -year-old em- ployee of the CNR, and secretary of the Clinton LOL No, 710, also qualified earlier' in the evening, but when he found that Mr. Tre- wartha was seriously considering the job on council, Mr. Riehl withdrew, rather than cause • an election, Mr. Riehl, said, however, that he would come back 'in the• fall and at that time, would defin- itely stand for a place on the council Clinton's new councillor has had 24 years' experience in municipal work, 13, of these in Clinton, where he served for five years as councillor, five as reeve, and three as mayor. He was clerk of Gode- ;rich Township for seven years, and '' reeve of the same township for four years. In 1922 he was war- den of Huron County. At present he is president of the Past War- den's Association of Huron County, which holds regular meet- ings in the county town at the time of the county council sittings, Coun. Trewartha's last term on Clinton Council was during the year 1949. During this busy year the new fire truck was bought; the wig -wag signal was put on the CNR tracks where they cross Highway" 4; the initial planning for Old Home Week which was held in 1950, was done; and, the• paving of. Highways 4 and 8 with- in Clinton was completed, with the official opening , ceremony conducted in December of that year by the then Minister of High- ways, George H. Doucett, During that last council term, too, Mr. Trewartha served on the newly -formed police committee (James Thompson was Chief), and was also chairman of the Court of Revision, Mr. Trewartha was nominated for the position by Henry Corey, seconded by Ed. J. Welsh. Others nominated were ex -mayor William J. Miller, by H. C. Lawson, sec- onded by R. B. Campbell; William G. Riehl, by Gladstone Grigg, seconded by Ernest Vanderburg; Douglas Thorndike, by Ed. L. Mittell, seconded by M. T. Cora less. John Livermore, town clerk, was clerk of the nomination meeting. For the public meeting which fol- lowed, M. T. Corless, ex-clerk- treasurer, sclerk- treasurer, was chairman. William Riehl stated that he considered it a great honour for a man of his age to have his name put before the electors. At that time he fully intended to qualify, but. later changed his mind in favour of Mr. Trewartha. N. W. Trewartha spoke in mem- ory of Dr. McIntyre, and regret in his passing. With regard to the nomination; he said it glad been the habit in Clinton to put in an experienced man to finish off the term for anyone missing. He said that he felt a new man should start at the first of the year -however, he felt that any of the men nominated could make good. The old campaigner went on to ' wish the town every success. He, said, "Clinton has a reputation in the years gone by that few towns have had. V we can just hold expenses down it should be very attractive to industry. It is very (continued on page ten) Mr and Mrs. B Gibbings Mark 60th Anniversary Residents of Clinton all their lives, Mr. and Mrs, B. J, Gibbings, Gibbings Street, on Monday, cele- brated the 60th anniversary of their wedding. Dinner at the Commercial Inn Hotel was served to near -relatives present and two of their attendants of 60 years Credit Union Now Proposes Office Building In Town With its third birthday in view, the , Clinton Community Credit Union now proposes to erect a new building to house its offices. Or .Monday night their tender of $550 for the old public school lot on the south west corner of Wil- liam and Ontario Streets, was ac- cepted'by the Town Council. The young credit union, which last year was the fastest growing one in Ontario, Was formed 'in Clinton on July 12, 1955, and has developed steadily ever since.' This month the total assets have reach- ed $150,000, and the union has over $100,000 in member savings. There is over $140,000 now out on loan:, As a further service to its customers, and another step in its development the Clinton Credit Union this spring provided check- ing privileges similar to that in banks, and more recently has pro- vided the services of money orders. ago, Miss Elizabeth Gibbings, Clinton, who was bridesmaid, and Gillis Gilchrist, also of Clinton, who was groomsman. Mr. and Mrs. Gibbings were married on June 20, 1895, in Clin- ton, at the home of the bide on Mary Street, by the late Rev, W. G. Smythe. • Mr, Gibbings, who was born in , 3870, was a son of the first male child born in Clinton, John Gib- bings, and his wife. He was nam- ed Jonas Jaynes Gibbings, He was called after his grandfather, Jonas Gibbings, who as the first settler, felled the tree that marked the site of Clintop in 1831. However, as a young boy Jonas was nick- named "Ben" and today, 85 years later, the name still sticks, He attended both elementary and secondary schools in Clinton, after; which he enrolled in business (*liege in Owen Sound. Shortly after he joined the Doherty organ farm in Clinton, in which his father, John Gibbings, was at one time partner. In a short period;` he was appointed superintendent, and in 1901, he represented the firm (now• called the Sherlock - Manning Pianos Ltd.) which man- ufactured organs, at the World's Fair in Glasgow, Scotland, While overseas, in the course of four months he toured, all Western Europe, for his firm had agencies in Holland, France, . Germany, Denmark, Belgium, Poland, Italy and Sicily, While in Europe on a brief tour he visited the birthplace of his (Continued on Page TWo)