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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-08-25, Page 1beiiftrzt Column (By W. D. D.) SOMETHING NEW , . A N D ever so sensible , is being planned for the fair in Exeter this fall. The something new is a beauty contest. , and the winner will be named the Huron County Agricultural Fair Queen. • Entrants will come from the Junior Farmer organizations in Huron, ' who will elect entries to the contest' . . which will be open to all young girls in the county, whether , from town or country , , The girls will be judged in skirts and blouses Also, the grandstand show at the talent from the young farmers Variety Concert, and will, include talent fro mthe young farmers throughout the county ,- APPARENTLY RUTABAGAS. or turnips, as they are more fami- iarly known locally , , have been canned for househpld-use, just the same as 'carrots, peas and beans. . A. H. Wilford, ever ready to promote. the main product of farms` near Blythe has made the discovery that in the United States the experiment ,of canning turnips has been made , • , It re- mains to be seen just how success- fol the centore can be made .', but we may rest assured that Mr. Wilford will keep after the ruta- baga sales with a good deal of energy , He has lined up one company in Toronto which is in the business of supplying -peeled potatoes to the city hotels, to supply peeled turnips as well , , * * s THE OPENING OF KING Street to traffic on Friday even- ee ing promises to be a gala affair , 1 The last time such a cere- mony was held here was in early December, 1949, when the Hon. George K Doucett, Ontario Min- ister of highways at that, time, cut red ribbons to "open Highways 4 and 8 after the new pavements were laid through town . ; . The deeinton' Citizens' Band was out, and there was a parade which in- eluded the Cadet Corps from MCI and their bugle band . ,After the ceremonies here the of- ficial party moved over to Bay- field to open the new bridge over the Bayfield River , . . It snowed heavily that day .- * * * ' WE CONTINUE TO READ EDIT - oriels and comments on the craze of Canadian ,youth for the Davy Crockett legend ... a lot of people seem to think the youngsters are showing disloyalty to the native land . Some statements are made in disfavour of that Yankee Walt Disney who started the 'whole thing, However, we wouldn't be a bit surprised if that same Walt Disney couldn't be per- suaded to dream up a fantasy over some of ,our own national heroes ' because he wasn't a born Yankee at all , . No, his folks came , front Goderich Township near Holmesvllle , .. and he prole ably has a good bit of loyalty for his native land after all , , The whole trouble would be in finding a market which would pay well enough for him to bother with it after all Canada still has a long way to go to, attain the pop- -elation figures of which the Unit - 'ed Statee7en-boast * * x� SOMETHING THAT'THE WARM, warm weather of this summer has encouraged is the great armchair sport of cribbage . , and it is being played in the great out-of- doors under theshade trees at Library Park , , , Sometiines there's quite a group of kibitzers "fifteen -two" of theo rmen wl o like the•game well enough to transport board and cards out to the park benches.,. * * FROM THE MEAFBRD Express First Column, 'Canadians, those who can afford butter, are going to pay a Iittle more for the product which profits creameries more than farmers, just because they are Canadians . , , The new boost will not be for such out- landers as Czechs, Russians, Poles or other people beyond our bord- ers ... The government is upping the sales price of its storage but- ter two cents a pound . . . The economic sharpies of the 'govern- merit, -having failed to move the stuff at 56 cents a pound, are now going to sell it at 58 . , Looks w -+like the margarine industry is go- ing to have to take, on more worlt' men,.,' THE NEW ERA` --90th YEAR No. 34—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1955 Cornerstone Laid For Ontario Street Church Addition The on Sunday cornerstone of the addition to the Ontario Street United Church here was well and truly laid evening. The stone, which was laid at the point in the wall which joins the old section of the church, waslaid after some documents and papers of historical interest had been placed with- in it by B. J. Gibbings, (right). With•him are Rev. A. G. Eagle, minister of the church, who con- ducted the special service leading up to the ceremony, and D. Veenendaal, Sarnia, the contractor .for the addition. Principal's Mother (Narks 90th Birthday At Auburn George H. Jefferson, who has taught in the Clinton Public School for more than 25 years, attended a special• birthday party in Auburn on Sunday, in honour of his mgther, Mrs, Christina Jef- ferson, efferson, who was 90 years . old on Tuesday. Herself `a,'school teacher for a iii' number,of yeareeezrior to her mar- riage ,1888,' 11Vfrs: Jefferson is the mother of 12 children, seven MRS. C. JEFFERSON Building, New And 'Old, Proceeds Throughout Town Work f on various public* and the old part of the 'school build - other buildings in town is proves- ing immensely, and along with sing steadily: modern lighting ' fixtures which Following the laying of the were- installed even in the old cornerstone for the addition to classrooms, has really mondern- the Ontario Street United Church ized the school. ' The auditorium on Sunday evening, workmen have has received a face.•,',l_ifting, with continued with the laying of brick, ceiling and woodwork • done in which will be light yellow to mat- light blue, and the walls in a ch the older part of the building. strong peach shade. • Birch plywood is rapidly going on o the walls and ceilingof the audi- torium in the addition; two oil furnaces are being installed to Inquest Into serve both sections of the church and many more of the rooms are Goderich Death steadily growing towards' comple- tion. 1 p Is Post' oned The manse ,being constructed for the Wesley -Willis United A coroner's' jury ;last Friday in Church minister and his family on Goderich adjourned for one week Townsend Street also has reached an.ineuest,into the' sudden death the bricking'stage, . The garage of ;Mrs. Lorne Broadley, 36, for - is nearly completed, and part of merly Ada 'arrant, Which occur - the house has been bricked: ` red in •Goderich on Wednesday Meanwhile the brickwork at the evening. new Dial Exchange Building on Coroner Dr. lel. C. Jackson stat- Battenbury Street West h a s• ed that he ,had found the woman reached to the roof, and in the dead but would not give the cause words of one onlooker, is ' begin- of death until extensive tests' were ning to look like something," completed, He said these expel - Workmen are still hard at it rinents wooed'take about one week, at the Public School, getting the stage completed in the auditorium, and at the Collegiate landscapers are levelling and seeding the cam- pus. Tnside, paint` has changed The Weather 1955 1954 iligh Low High Low Aug. 18 89 65 68 41 19 91 61 " 79 60 20. '91 66 72 50 "21 93. 73 ,78 59 80 67 82 54 23 70 53 88 i '60 24 74 43 85 71 Rein: .16 ins. Rain: ,82 Inc. Services were conducted Sante - day in, the Stiles funeral homeby the ' Rev. Dr, K. R Taylor, ' St. George's Anglican Church. Burial was in Maitland Cemetery. 0 SOIL AND CROP BUS ,TOUR" TO PEEL COUNTY AbolIt 40 women are expected to accompany their husbands on a one; day bus tour to Peel County to -morrow, when the Hurbn Coun- ty Soil and Crop Improvement Association takes their annual trip. Three busses have been ar ranged for. of them teachers. The teaching members of the family, besides George, are Gordon, Owen Sound; John Fullerton; Margaret, Aube urn; Irene, Dunnville; Joseph, Port Arthur and Samuel, New- market, Other living members of the family include two registered nur- ses, Gladys, Woodstock and Mrs, George (Olive). .Reeves, Toronto and two sons, Charles, Donny- brook and Hilliard, Auburn, An- other son, Cameron, died two years ago, Mrs, Jefferson has. 29 grand- children and eight great grand - Children. She, and her sister, Mrs. Florence Hinglenian, London, are the last surviving members of a' large family, and her parents were the late Donald Cameron and Margaret McLaren. Born in West Wawanosh Town- ship, near St. Helene, she attended the public school there, and after teaching for a while, married John Jefferson, who dibd a number of years ago. She is a rnetnber'of Donnybrook United Church and is "a life mem ber of the Women's Missionary Society. Up until the Iast few months, she has . enjoyed good health. For the reunion, which was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hil- liard Jefferson, all the family but Joseph, Port Arthur, attended, Simpsons -Sears To Have. New. Clinton Store Simpson's Sears have rented the store adjoining Herman's Men's Wear and owned by Gordon Her- man and will commence at once to have the building completely remodelled and new front install- ed, It is expected that local Worktnen will be engaged and the store is to be ready for occupancy by the first of October. This is the stove on Albert Street occupied by Hugh R. Haw, kins Hardwar Until last month, when he moved hiss business to the old Steadman store on Victor- ia Street Town Crest= Is Mounted In Council Chamber The town crest in full colour has been added to the decor at the front of the Council Chain- ber. It is mounted below the framed pictures of Her Maj- esty Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh, in the V formed by the Union Jack and the; RCAF Ensign. Artist for the- crest is Ree. Smith, who worked (rain copies•,of'-the orig- inal which were made up from the coat of arms of Lord Clin- ton in England. Teams WO A Title t To A , ewe - it Seaforth? Rapidly becoming known as Clinton's winning ball team; the Peewees took the first game' of the WOAA finals from_,Sea'forth last Monday with the decisive score of 16-4, playing an the Clin- ton diamond, - Tb -night they meet; again on Seaforth ground, when a win: for Clinton would mean the WOAA Peewee - Championship, Winners of tli s Championship will be one of =.fur teams left to corripete, for the Ontario Baseball Association championship, Charles Bartliff ,pitched "six -hit ball Monday night and struck out. seven. He was only :in trouble in the third, inning when with the aid of three errors, Seaforth scor- ed three of their four runseChuck pulled his mates out of the jam by striking out two men to end the inning, Clinton batters found the offer- ings of Terry Ast and Bill Camp- bell to their liking. They collected 12 hits including a triple by Frank Ladd and doubles by. Jim Dales, McLennan and Ron Livermore, McLennan had two doubles and Ron Livermore hit a double and two singles to pace the Clinton barrage, Two Winners Of Mattresses In Town Of Clinton Two Clinton residents who en- tered limericks in the Sealy Post- urepedic Contest, conducted loc- ally at Beattie's Furniture Store, are eligible for three national grand• awards. They are Miss Margaret Davies and Mrs, Robert Irwin, Each of the ladies will receive a, mattress from the company, and their entries will be considered for the national awards. First prize is $20,000 cash, or $100 a month for life. Second prize is a two- week ,all -expense vacation for two in Paris, plus $300 spending mon- ey and air travel, Third prize is a 1955 Packard Caribbean Con- vertible. Announcement of the three grand winners will be made early in September, THE NEWS -RECORD --74th YEAR 6 cents "g copy $2.50 a year Enter After Seaforth had scored their -first run in their half of the open- ing inning Clinton roared back with four in return, Ladd led' "oft with a lusty triple fdllowed by a double by McLennan, a single by Livermore, a walls to Cummings and an error. Seaforth tied things up In the third with three runs, resulting from three errors, a single by Campbell and a triple by Ast. From that point on., it was all Clinton, they scored six runs on Six, hits in the third, added rive more in the fourth and one in the fifth before the 'game was called. (Lineup oss Page 8) King Street To Be Officially Opened :Aug.. 26 A ribbon stretching across King Street, at the beginning Of the new pavement, will be cut at each end simultaneous- ly by Warden Earl Campbell and Mayor M. J; Agnew to- morrow evening, in public ceremony which will officially open the new stretch of high- way., The ceremony will be- gin at 7.30 p.m. Judge Frank Fingland, Clin- ton, will speak. Rev A. G. Eagle will offer the dedic t- ory *prayer. The Bannockburn Pipe Band will lead a parade up the en- tire length of the new street and back, and speeches by dignitaries, including Warden Campbell and Engineer Peter Patterson, Councillor N. W. Trewartha representing ,the council, and Tom Pryde on be- half' of the province will be heard through -the courtesy of a sound truck on loan from RCAF Station Clinton. All workmen on the road, the Goderich Township Reeve and Council, and the super- visor and foreman of the War- ren Paving Company will re- ceive special invitation to the ceremony. Deputy Reeve Burt Stanley is in charge of arrangements for the gala event which, will markthe end of more than 15 weeks work for the County roads gang and town work- men. Included in the program will be piano and violin numbers by Mr, and Mrs, Bert Boyes; violin and banjo selections by "•Sky" Baker and Howard Turner and step dancing to the music of Nelson Howe, Qromarty. A dance will fol- low in the town hall with Reeve Melvin Crich in charge.. finals Dresden en -ere atur ay For Finai Series Clinton's Junior baseball ,'team meets Dresden in the first game of the Ontario Baseball Association Junior "C" finals here on Saturn dateafternoon at 3 o'clock. The final series will be a best of three series with the second. game to be played in Dresden on Sunday, September 4 at 2.30: The site of the third game, if neces- sary will be decided by the .toss of a coin before the game here Saturday afternoon. The Dresden nine ale fresh from eliminating •Wheatley and Harrow for the Western Counties junior group honoursand are ex- pected to be very stiff opposition for the young Clinton team. This will'be the first time since 1948 that Clinton has been repre- sented in an OBA baseball final. series. The yodng club need your tt if oeito hehetilet's everyone home for Clinton Community Park on Saturday afternoon and give the team the support for which Clin- ton is famous, 4-11 Clubs Hold Pot -Luck Picnic - 125 members of the five 4-H Clubs in the Bayfield and Clinton areas met at the site of Stewart Middleton's farm pond on Monday night for a pot -luck supper and joint meeting. Boyd Taylor, Blyth; was guest speaker, and during the evening • classes of beef and dairy cattle and swine were judged by the club members. Elmira Man Moves To Clinton Reuben Brubacker, Ehnira is planning to move to Clinton with his wife and five children, with the intention of devoting a good deal of time to Sunday School work, He will be associated with the Maple Street Gospel Hall. Until yesterday, Mr. Brubacher was a partner with his brother Urias, in the Brubacker Shoe Store in Elmira "There Is much to do in the field of Sunday School organization," said ' Mr. Brubacker in explaining his dic- ision to move, Fruit Growers Enjoy Evening Event Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Middle- 3. 3. Johnson, supervising in - ton acted as hosts last Thursdaylspector, Canadian Department of evening for the first twilight Agriculture, London, mentioned meeting in the long history of the crop and market aspects and mar - Huron County Fruit. Growers' yelled at the way orchards this Association, The oldest farm or- year have withstood the dry wea- ganization in the county began then, "The foliage suffered dread - their evening with a visit to Mr, fully during the hot summer of Middleton's- 20 -acre fruit .orchard 1936, but this year seems to be and then a call at the site of remarkably healthy," he said. their host's farm pond. W. B. Fox, Vineland, associate Adjourning to the spacious director of fruit and extension for home of Mr, and Mrs. Middleton spoke Ontario, also s ke briefly. Hope and with the aid of loud speakers set up and operated by Gerry was expressed by Russ Chard that Montgomery, agricultural repre- Mr. Fox would be able to attend sentative for the county a pro- the Apple Day which is to be gram was enjoyed. A highlight sponsored by the Clinton and Ills - was the presentation of a silver trict Chamber of Commercein tray to Mr. and Mrs. Russ Chard. Clinton this fall, Mr, Chard is the fruit and vege- table fieldman , for Huron and Lambton counties, and has mar- ried since the last meeting of the emaciation, Mrs. Chard was warmly welcomed into the group. Mrs, . William McGuire made the presentations. Prof. H. W. Goble, who is pro- vincial entomologist from the OAC at Guelph, discussed fruit in- sects and their control, mentioning in particular the use of DDT to protect the fruit from coddling, moth. Prof. C, B. Kelly of the botany department of OAC, discussed fruit diseases. He said that most of the, fruit was showing some scab, especially towards the tops of the trees, and at the blossom end of the fruit. Special ,Bell Telephone Exchange Serves Scouts At Niagara Jamboree A Bell Telephone exchange has exist only for the ten days—Aug- been established near Niagara -on- ust 18 to 28—that the Scouts will the -Lake, Ont., -to serve the mile- be in- camp. It will then be dis- square tent camp which inhousing mantled. the eighth World Scout. Jamboree. About 10;000 Boy Scouts •and, Appropriately named 'Jamboree, their leaders from about°. 50 •corm- Ontario, the exchange, which has tries are attending the Jam - required weeks of planning, en- boree. To accommodate: them,. a guieering. and construction, "Will temporary town has beenset up on the camp site, an army training centre along the Niagara River, The temporary Bells exchange is listed at every longdistance centre . on the continent. To reach the camp by telephone, a caller+.need only call long distalice. and ask for "Jamboree, Ontario." The call will be received at the telephone exchange, located in the Niagara -on -the -Lake Recreational Centre building, and the individual Scout will be contacted through one of the ten sub -camps and in' formed there is a call at the ex. change efor him. A microwaveradio relay circuit has also been set up by the Bell,` to enable television broadcasters to transmit television programs from the camp. Although Scouts have come from about 50 countries and they speak about a score of languages, half are residents' of North America people are planning on the trill'. and most, are English-speaking. Juniors. Will Tour To Detroit $ � Fins By The Junior Farmers of Huron County have planned a bus tour to Detroit, Michigan, next Wed- nesday, August 31 and either brie. or two busses will make the, trip. Included on the itinerary is a vis- it to the Larro Research Farm, a visit to Greenfield Village and the Ford Museum, supper in Detroit and the viewing of the evening performance of "Cinerama Holi- day." Applications along with fees were accepted at the office of the Ontario Department of Agricul- ture here in Clinton, and H. R. Baker, associate agricultural re- presentative for the ,Cointe re- ports that abotit 75 of the young President of the association, William McGuire, RR 1, Bayfield welcomed the group, and Mr. Chard acted as chairman for the evening. Fraser Stirling, vice- president, offered thanks to those who had assisted. The lunch com- mittee included Mrs. John 11/frddle- ton, Mrs. Fred Middleton, Mrs. William McGuire, Mrs. Fraser Stirling and Mrs. Don Middleton, assisted by the hostess, ,Mrs, Stewart Middleton. Miss Doris Johnston, Blyth (daughter of ex -warden Harvey Johnston) and her friend Miss Mary Dennis provided an hour- long musical program on a variety of instruments, proving their ver- satile talent. Talented Young Musicians Misses Doris Johnson (right), Blyth, and Miss Mary Dennis, Walton, provided a brilliant hour of mimic for: those who attended the Twilight meeting of- the Huron County Fruit Growers Assoc- iation last week, (News -Record Photo) Its Stillunmer. S But Hockey Is Not Far Away It onlay seem a little premature but hockey has definitely got un- derway in centres like Goderich, Exeter, Forest, ' •Strathroy and Point Edward', These are the towns that are expected to make up the WOAA Intermediate "A" group this year, On Monday night representatives of all the teams met' with the WOAA executive in Wingham. The purpose of the meeting was to get the balk rolling on the or- ganization of their league. Publicity Director Appointed The group appointed Don, South- cott, 'editor ,of Exeter Times -Ad- vocate, as publicity director for the league. They alsodecided to have awards for the scoring champion, most goals, most as- sists and" most valuable player as well as the goaltender's award that- has been in competition for two seasons, Deadline Set It was agreed that the final date for the signing of import players would be advanced to Oc- tober 1 instead of the November 1 ruling that is in effect in the WOAA. It was felt that the advanced deadline would protect the teams from players who were inclined to jump to other clubs just before the final date. A schedule will be setup in the near future with the first garne expected to be 'set for early in November. Other teams may be asked to play a single interlocking series with the group. -0 Mr. and Mrs. J, C Proctor and Mr, and Mrs, Herb Jenkins, at- tended the funeral of their cous- in, the late 0 ,A. Murphy, in. De - (=et, on Friday, August 12.. Miss Johnston contributed her • alto horn solo, which she will play in competition at the CNE next week, acclompanied by Miss Den-• His. The girls also played their piano duet which won first place and a $5 scholarship in competit- ion at the Huron County Festival last spring. Another outstanding number was their rendition of "No More," a spirited vocal duet,- for which Miss Johnston accompanied on the piano. Miss Johnson plays the marim- ba, the coronet, the alto horn, the piano (and the trombone which was not in evidence Thursday night) with great skill, and Miss' Dennis is equally skilled with the piano accordion and the piano. Any combination of these instru- ments, along with vocal solos and duets and pianoduets is introduc- ed in their performance. Miss Johnson announces each number. 0 News of Bayfield Miss Grace Vessey, London, is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Dunn at her cottage on Bayfield Terrace. •• Many Picnics Jowett's Grove was a popular spot this Sunday, Besides three large picnics, there were many smaller ones making a very, large crowd at the Grove.. .Clan Gregor Square attracted many picnicers, too. Anywhere to try to get away frbm the scorching heat; Family Reunion The eighth reunion with Mr. and' Mrs. Charles Toms of the Clark family (of which Mrs. Toms is a member) was held on Sunday, Those present included Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Clark, Union; Mrs. Nellie Clark, Mrs, Helen. Clark and. family, .it »Thomas; Mr ;and Mrs, W. H, Little and family Brantford; Mr, and Mrs. E. D. Bootee and family, Orillia; Mr. and Mrs, Merrill Brigden and family, Listowel; Miss. Cathy Freeman, Brantford, Dinner was served at Clan Gregor Square and for supper the family gathered on the laWn at the home of Mr. and Mrs, C. Toms. Birthday Club J Miss Barbara Barry, :formerly of Goderich, who has been a res- ident at the Huron County Home since 1952, celebrated her 91st birthday there. on Monday, Aug- ust 22. She is in very good health, for her age. Robert C. McGowan, Blyth, will celebrate his 93rd birthday on Wednesday, August 31. His dau- ghter, Mrs, Fred Reid, lives on Princess Street, Clinton,.