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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-09-01, Page 1The Weather 1955 1954 High Low High Low Aug. 25 79 57 82 68 26 77 64 76 58 27 80 64 73 46, 28 72 63 74 59 29 86 ' 63 73 62 30 80 58 ,67 58 31 69. 58 62 55 Rain: iul Rain:.12 ins. THE NEW ERA ---90th YEAR No. 35—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON THE NEWS-RECORD=74th YEAR Hundred Farmers Gather For Old -Fashioned Bee A. "real old fashioned" barn raising at the farm of Miss Rose Snowden, Blue Water Highway, was staged yesterday when upwards of 100 district farmers gathered to lend their muscle and know-howto the task of "getting her u_n." The familiar cries of "heave-ho" were heard on all sides as the men bent to the task of raising tall timbersand cross beams which 'will make a new barn for Miss Snowden. Her old one was burned in an unexplained fire some weeks ago. Mr. .Martin Wellesley, was in charge of the operation which entailed first the demolition of a barn, the -transportation if its timbers to the Snowden farm, and itsre-erection •yesterday. (News -Record; Photo) the jfirfit (By t4.D.D-► - IN THE WINDOW OF THE News -Record this week is one pike of the "Violet Charm" glad- iolus . which is the pride of Mr. and Mrs, Murray Tyndall, Brncefield . And well they might be proud . , . Not only did it bring them a bronze medal but it is a bonnyrfiowerrindeed .. BY NEXT SPRING TELE- phone numbers in Clinton will sound something like 'this "Hunter 2-5431" and they will be in use by early April . Dur- ing this month, Bell Telephone workmen will commence the job of equipping individual premises with the new dial phones , .. new phone numbers will be distributed and new directories will' be distri- buted at the time of changeover next spring a w x THE CONTRACT FOR, PAVING of 'the road around Court House Park in Goderich has been let, and the work is scheduled to be- gin next Tuesday , • The same eontractor has the job that did King Street here in town Cost of the job is $40,000 with the Department of Highways paying half... , * * ABOUT 44 PEOPLE TOOK IN the Cub visit to the Scout Jam- boree in Niagara Falls last week from town . seventeen were frown RCAF Station Clinton Also included in the trip was a veiw of the Valls .. The bus- load returned home in the wee small hours—tired and happy .. . The ladies say "never again'—but maybe when something of equal interest comes on the horizon they may'be persuaded .. . GODS ICH AND AUBURN ABLE bewildered by the four day mail service they get "to and from". . . When a letter is mailed on a rur- al route at Auburn at 6 p.m. one day it is three days later before it reaches a Goderich destine- tion estinytion . . . Similar situation exists between Clinton and the village on the hill . . We find it bad enough here when papers mailed to Londesboro which goes out of Clinton by truek one day ... and should certainly be in time for the carrier .' , gets left in the ort-ipost -office fora second day sort- ing. . . . ng.... * M M WHEN WE ANNOUNCED win- ners inners of Beattie Furniture's Sealy mattress last week :.. we pulled a boner ... Although there were two Clinton people winning, act- ually it was Robert Irvin . . not .Mrs. Robert Irwin that won (al- though in all fairness that was not our error ... we're laying the blame for that one on someonein Chicago) and the other lady won her Sealy from the Goderich thre "Blackstone's Furniture". . Miss Davies now is •a resideht in Goderich . Anyway they how each have "a .one-/5,000ths of a chance at winning the jack -pot of $20,000 cash in the national con- test Third prize of a Pack- ard Caribbean Convertible would not be too bad, either .. , We've seen one, and they're positively "creamy" . Legion g Cam ai:. n P Very Gratifying; FillsDefinite Da �n2ae Need J. W. Counter, president of the CiintoneBranch No. 140 Canadian Legion, reports that initial res- ponse to the sick -room equipment eampaignhas been very ,ratify- ing. The Branch is currently engag- ed in a magazine subscription drive in co-operation with the Crowell Collier Publishin g Company. "A definite need for a cement/i- lly, service of this type has been fent, . stated Mr. Counter, And Vie Clinton Branch ishappy to be the first to offer it on a county- wide, basis. The receipts from the first : two Weeks indicate that a very substantial amount of equip- ment will be made available as a reetilt of the campaign," Brucefield's Glad Specialist Wins Bronze Medal Award "Violet Charm" a delicately col- oured mauve gladiolus won a bronze medal for Mr. and Mrs. Murray Tyndall, Brucefield, in the Canadian International Gladiohis Show last week. The medal is the trophy awarded the best spike entered in the "recent introduc- tion division" of the show, by the North American Gladious Council. "Ordinarily," says Mr. Tyndall modestly, "we don't enter the competition at this show. We us- ually just put on a display of our flowers. This year we didn't have enough blooms to /put on a good show, so we decided to enter and prove to ourselves and everyone that we could win some prizes." They certainly did just that, because the thick pile of prize ribbons indicate 14 first prizes, nine seconds arid ten thirds won by their glade. They also placed second for points in the Open Class. The International Show is spon- sored by the Toronto District Gladiolus Society, arid. this year was held In the Brampton Memor- ial Arena. Londesboro Doctor Represents Canada At Vienna Meeting Dr. E. Kirk Lyon, Leamington, son of the late William Lyon and Mrs. Lyon, Londesboro, has been appointed to represent Canadian medicine at the ninth general as- sembly of the World Medical As- sociation in Rienna, Austria, this year. The former Hullett Township boy gained his primary education in SS 8 Hullett, and also attended Clinton Collegiate Institute. After graduating from Toronto Medical College, he settled in Leamington where henow practices. The appointment was made in Toronto during the joint sessions of the British and Canadian Medi. - Dir. E. R. LYON sal "Association, in recognition of his distinguished service, and his broad understanding of Canadian medical affairs. The World Medical Association was organized in 1947, and its aims are to raise the standards of medical education and care throughout the world; to raise the level of public health; to improve the standards of industrial and occupational health programs in all countries; to speak for the practicing medical and allied pro- fessiohs before international bod. les such 'As the United Nations. Dr. Lyon will carry to the as- sembly a wide experience in Can- adian medical affairs. He is a past president of the Ontario Medical Association, and is presently a member of the council of the Can- adian Medical Association. He .is chairman of the Canadian .Com- mission for the accreditation of Hospitals, and; the. Canadian rep- resentative' of the joint United States, and Canadian Commission for Hospital Accreditation, leaveand Mrs.'Lyon :expected to cave Leamington about Septem- ber 1, for New York where they will embark for Rome. From there they will. journey north to Vienna,• for the assembly scheduled for September 20-26, and afterwards will visit Weatern'Europe before returning to Canada. Besides the especial prize to "Violet Charm" as best spike, the Tyndalls also brought home first prize offered for the best three spikes, 'won by "Rose Lustre" which was introduced to the mar- ket by them, • "Violet Charm" is a variety they have just recently introduced. Glad -growing is a year round job for both Mr. and Mrs. Tyn-. doll. They "live with thein". This year they say the large and jumbo bulbs will be in very scarce eupply, owing to the extreme dry weather. However, Mr. Tyndall was pleasantly surprised to see just how well the flowers stood up under the heat. Exhibitions are not new to them. They won grand cbampidk Popular associate agricultural spike at the exhibition in Oak- representative Harold R. Baker, ville in 1951, and also the, best is leaving the county at the end spike in the open class. ' Their of this week to enter the Uni- flowers are known throughout versity of Wisconsin, hi Madison, Canada and 'the United States, Wis., where' he will take post - and their gardens in Brucefield graduate studies leading to mest- ere known as "The Home of Won- der Boy", after the rich dark. purple, lightly ruffled and fluted glad which has won a good share of ribbons and Grand Champions for them. ' o• If You Want To Rent—Place "- A A Classified There has been a great de- mand for furnished and unfur, nished accommodation in Clin- ton. Am Apparently a large nuber Of RCAF changed personnel has been, g just within the past few days, and the young couples, with their families are in great need of finding a place to live. If you have a place to rent -- whether it is a house or an apartment or a pair of rooms— whether it is furnished or un- furnished, heated or net—place an adiet in the Clinton News - Record. It will reach the people who want to rent. You'll be do- other General D. W. 13. Spry ing them a service, and of (World War I), of Calgary and course, yourselves as well Ottawa. ONTARIO, .,THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1955 Post Office Fours On Labour Day; I-Iours at the poet office• on Monday Labour Day, eatie been announced • by G. Ml. Counter, postmaster, as follows ; . Wicket -service between 10.30 and 11,30 a.m. and froin 1.30- to 2.30 p.m. < The• outer lobby will remain open until, six o'clock, Early Copy Tease For' Next Week Correspondents and advertisers are asked to please have copy in as early as possible next week. The Labour Day holiday on Mon- day, coupled with 'thefact that staff members are rebelling vac- ation beginning Wednelday even- ing makes the job of gaiting your home paper to you on time quite a big one, Please maki3 Tuesday your absolute deadline, wherever possible. There, will be 110 issue of this paper on September 15, owing to vacation arrangements. However the aftice and job printing shop will be open as usual to receive orders, advertisements and news copy. Safety Patrol Boys To Meet All members of the Safety Pat- rol who will be going back to Public School this fall, ^ are asked to meetin the Town Hall tomor- row morning, Friday, , September 2, at 10 o'clock. Chief H R. Thompson has asked . for this meeting in order that arrange ments may be made; for the school term opening. ; CLINTON TOWN COUNCIL TO MEET SEPTEMBER 6 The regular September meet, of the Clinton Town Council is to be held' ors Tuesday evening, September 6, in th council chamber of the Town H ll. Post- ponement from the usual date was made necessary due to the Labour Day holiday on Monday. 6 cents a copy $2.50 a year, Three Block Long Stretch Is t$o sTrtd King's " Y ,Street Bandsplayed, people danced in the street, the . weather was fav- ourable—the only thing lacking wbs fireworks, when King Street was Officially opened last Friday night. I. the words of Mayor M. J. Agnew it is "truly a King's Street, now". Completed after many weeks work, and a period when the en- tire three blocks were closed to traffic, the length -of Ring -Street now has a widened surface of black top, with modern cement surface drains on each side,. smooth boulevard and. new side- walk along one side. A number of treeshad to beremoved from one side of the street, and it has been 'promised that replacements will be made of suitable shade trees. Warden Earl 'Campbell, Reeve of Hay Township, along with Mayor Agnew, cut the red ribbon which stretched across the ,north end of the street. Then led' by the Fire Track driven by lIe,� C. Cooke, and the Bannockburn -Pipe Band, all members of the Town Council and a number' of citizens walked to the CNR Stat- ion end of the street and back. Councillor N. W, Trewartha re- called that in 1918 the Good the town are in excellent repair Roads system in the County was and the secondary streets are the inaugurated and at that time best in my experience in Clinton. Highways 4 and 8 were a part. of He mentioned the fine aecorr>r it. Three years later at his sug- modation At both. public school gestion the Bayfield to Clinton stretch was addedIn 1949 an and collegiate, the new nurses' . opening ceremony was held to mark the completion of new pave- ment on the two Highways. Judge Frank Fingland in a significant review of Clinton's growth' stated that he felt the town had had her fair share of prosperity in Canada and that much of this had been due tom good leadership. "If the sewer- age system had been put in now it . would cost 50 percent more," said the speaker. It was a inaj- or operation at the time, but now it was done, the five arteries of Principals. At Official Opening Officials at the opening of King Street included (front row, left. to- right) ,Councillor N. W. Trewartha, and Mayor Agnew, Clinton:; Warden Earl Campbell, reeve of Hay Township; Clinton; Warden Earl Campbell, Reeve of Hay Township; Judge F. Fingland; (centre row), Deputy Reeve Arthur Gibson, Wrox- eter, chairman of the County Good Roads Committee, and Dep- uty Reeve Burton Stanley, public works. committee chairman, Clinton; (top), Reeve John Morrissey, Stephen Township H. R. Baker Replaced y Huron County OAC Grad. May. Gen. Sri Is Connected To Clinton Family Of interest to 'all Boy Scouts, and those, adults who are inter- ested in the work, is the fact that Major General Dan Spry, the head of the International Bureau of Boy Scouts, is a brother of Constance Spry, who married Roy East, an old Clinton boy'. Mr. East is a brother of Mrs. G. W. Cun- inghame, Clinton. During the Jamboree, Major General Dan Spry stayed with his wife and family the guests of his brother-in-law and sister, Mr. And Mrs, Roy East, in Toronto. Major General Spry has shown a goad deal of interest, first of things military, and more lately in the work of the Boy Scouts, During World War II he was the youngest high ranking officer in the British Army. No doubt he comes by his interests naturally,. for he is the son of the late Brig - Awards Contract To Clean Standpipe Pending Satisfactory Recommend With all members present at rayed to him. This service will the regular meeting of the Com- coat approximately $15 per mon- mission held on Tuesday evening, th and will be installed shortly. the PUC awarded the contract When accounts were presented of cleaning and painting the for payment, Commissioner Geo - standpipe to the Diamond genet'- rge Rumball queried one in the al contractors firm, which is amount of about $52 to Wise and managed by Ted Munn, Kitchen- Bateman, and on the motion er, formerly of Henson. Tender to approve payment of accounts, price was $1,290. was recorded as being against the Before making the contract de- ailproval. finite tate superuttendent J. Rands On request of Mayor M. J. Ag - Will contact St. Marys where a new, monthly reports of reeeiptss similar job was completed recen- in addition to those now regularly tly by the same firm. The tender presented of disbursements, will includes cleaning by sand -blast- be received at each regular meet- ing, application of creosote and ing" two coats of aluminum. The PUC accepted the respon- Four other tenders were open- sibility of repairs and maintenance ed, ranging in price from $1,150 to the signal lights at the main to $2,100, intersection, and the town will be billed for this as expense occurs. A request for sewerage to a pair of;proposed houses. on North eA tender for n feet of ren Street from. Me. Gawley was.re- frontete sidewalk un R wasan Streetpd fused since the PUC has not the atom Henry Young accepted funds available at' the present a rate piecef of6 peralineal foot. This time for such a job, which would s is a walk broken up entail . about 180 feet of main ex- by equipment at the time sewers tension were laid. The PUC received .a request Request by Milton Wiltse for from the Town Council for some water to a dwelling on Highway moneys from the sewerage ac - 4 also• was refused until present; count surplus forthe purpose of commitments to RCAF Station paying off part of the debenture Clinton. for water supply has been debt, and agreed to transfer abut clarified. According, to a motion $6,000 at the present time. of the PUC no new water service Commissioner Deseck brow ht konnections will be made in this to light the fact that an earlier area at the present time. agreement by him (before he be- The superintendent has been came a member of the PUC) to authorized to proceed with the pay 85 percent of part of the wat- purchase of a conveyor belt for er main to his houses. on the Base the removal of sludge from the Line Road was by his, interpre- sewage disposal unit. The east tation illegal. He asked for . a will be about $300. - review of the situation, and a new Mr. Rands explained a new sys- arrangement m ad e. He has: al, tern of emergerney telephone calls, ready paid $300 of 'the 'cost which which will enmploy four tele- by his present agreement amounts phone' sets installed in the homes to'about. $500. Since interpre- of employees.' When the office tation of the sewerage by-law staff 'leaves in the evening they differed, it was decidedthat a will be able to plug in the phone special, meeting should he called of the mare on calla for that ev- ort, decision of Chairman W. F. ening, and all calls after office Perdue to discuss the matter. hours will be automatically re- er's and Ph.D. degrees in agri- culture. ARTHUR S. BOLTON has been appointed assistant. agricultural representative for Huron County to succeed Har- old R. Baker. Mr. Bolton, who is a recent graduate of the On- tario Agricultural Co 11 e g e, Gueph, is a native of McKillop Township, son of Mr, and Mrs. Russell Bolton, RR 1, Dublin. He attended Seaforth District Collegiate Institute and was a leader in junior farm club work in Huron County. Mr, Baker came to Huron County in. June 1953, and since then has served as assistant to the county's agricultural repre- sentative, G. W. Montgomery. Under Mr. Baker's direction have been the 30 441 Clubs in Huron, which this year had an increase of 128 enrolments over last year's record number. A total of 517 projects are in process of comple- tion by the clubs' members. A native of Merrickville, Gren- ville County, Mr. Baker is a 1950 graduate of Ontario A g"icultural College, Guelph, where he special- ized in animal husbandry. Prior to coming to Huron County, he served as assistant agricultural representative in Wentworth. Last summer Mr. Baker, with other agricultural representatives, toured the United Kingdom and HAROLD R. BAKEJS a number of the European coun- tries, with a view to. seeing the different types of farming meth- ods. Since his return he has had numerous engagements at which he has shown coloured slides tak- en during his trip, and has ,given interesting commentary en the subject, To -morrow evening, in the Clin- ton District Collegiate Institute, all 4-H Club members, Junior, Farmers, all farm groups . and friends are invited to (venour Mr. Baker with a presentation , at a farewell party. a Johnston on Girls Win At C.N.E. Two daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Johnston, Blyth, chanced thp high marks in competition at e CNE on Tuesday afternoon playing the alto horn. • Miss Doris Johnston placed first in the open class, with 95 marks, and received a'goid medal for her excellent playing. She was ac- companied by Mary Dennis, Wal- ton, Miss Joan Johnstonlaced sec- ond in the"under 17 class with 84 marks, She was, accompanied by her sister, Doris. Barry M. Ford is Appointed As County Registrar Ex-CIinton man, Harry M. Fold, has received official notice front the inspector of legal offices for Ontario that he has been nam- ed registrar of deeds for Huron County. Mr. Ford, who is a native of Goderich Township, and attended Holmesville public school and Clinton Collegiate Institute, and lived in Clinton fax some time be- fore "moving to Goderich in 1936. He has been a member of the collegiate trustee board, there, and for about five years was chairman of that board. He is in the insurance business. The appointment is by order - in -council and is effective Sept- ember 1. He succeeds J. M. Roberts, who died itt March of this year. Mrs. Frank Lobb was in -Oak- ville last Friday attending the funeral of her nephew who was killed in a car accident. 0 John Mulholland has just re- turned from art extended trip to the Western Provinces were he visited with F/O and Mrs. John Brydone, and also Roy Pickard, formerly of, Holmesville. residenee and the proposed ran - ovations in the .old part, of the hospital bkilding, the excellent water whiele has not gone up In price. "These- things don't just. hap- pen," said Judge Fingland. 'They come offoresight and co-opera- tion, by the public-spirited people who serve on the Boards for the betterment of all. Too often they are criticized, but those who serve on thesethoards have made a lot of improvements in town." Judge '-Fingland spoke in ap- proval of the labor leaders and industrial heads in Clinton. He said that they had made no ex- traordinary demands, and had produced large payrolls which in- creased the healthy prosperity which exists here. RCAF Station Clinton is. a great financial asset to Clinton and shows inunense, amount ,of co-operation with us," said Judge Fing]and, and he offered his thanks to all those on the Station and the farm population who pat- ronize the town for their co -oiler. ation with the governing bodies within the town. Speakers on the program in - eluded Warden E. Campbell, Ar- thur Gleam, chairman of the good roads committee and Jack Morrissey, also a member of that committee; Chief IL R. Thomp. Deputy Reeve Burton. Stanley, chairman of the town's public works committee was in charge of arrangements for the evening, He thanked the streets gang of town and commended them for their work. Councillor George Knights, finance committee chair- man proffered thanks to all those who took part in the program. Rev. A. G. Eagle offered the prayer which with "God Save the Queen" concluded proceedings. Numbers on the program in - eluded music from the Bannock- burn Pipe Band; a harmonica solo by Mrs, Helen Bisback, accomp- anied by Mrs. Bert Irwin (and Cap Cook stepping) ; step dancing by two Cromarty gals accompan- ied by their father, Nelson Howe, on the violin. Following the public program a lunch was served and social ev- ening was held in the reception rooms at the Legion Hall, Kirk Street. Guests included all mem- bers of the County Roads Gang, 0 Clinton IOOF To Meet Sept 6 Clinton Lodge No. 83 IOOF will hold its first meeting of the fall season on Tuesday evening, Sep- tember 6, at eight oclock. A good attendance is hoped for as there is -important business to be trans- acted at the first few meetings In September. Bayfield Local Rate Raised One Mill; Means $4Q0 More The Bayfield trustees meeting in the village hall last Thursday evening set the 1955 mill rate for local purposes at 11 mills. This is an increase of' one mill over that' collected last year. Chairman of the/trustee board J. M. Stewart, stated that he was in favour of the increased rate, Since one extra mill would not be a great hardship to any of the ratepayers, and it would give the board some extra dollars with which to make much needed -im- provements in .the village. He mentioned the need for more money spent on the park in Clan Gregor Square, for benches, more tables, slides for the youngsters, etc. Trustee John Parker suggested that the park should be mowed every' two weeks throughout the summer to keep it satisfactory for picnickers. "Trustee Reg. Francis. concurred in the raised mill, sug- gesting that it be used for pro- moting recreation and the parks in the: village. Objection Trustee John Parker offered some objection to the increase. He said that on every' $2,000 assess- ment, the extra mill would mean $2 more in taxes, and he remind- ed the others that the cost of the school this year would mean high- er taxes. The increase of one mill will mean approximately $400 more for use on local improvements, making a total of ,$4,400. In ad- dition to the local rate the villag- ers have approximately .11 mills for county rate, plus publio and high school rates, Heated. Diseugsion A ' rather, heated discussion opened the meeting, when Parker disagreed with :the idea of paying for special calls at 50 cents each to Constable Little. The total ex- pense in this matter for the past three months, was about $15. Little receives an annuai salary of $225, and last year had a ear allowance` of $25. At an earlier session' this year it was decided. that the allowance would bere- placed with leo 50 cents per call, plus $4 expreeea for each time Little appeared in court in GodL&.. rich. Parker contended that this would amount to too much money altogether and that many of the calls on the expense sheet were not special at all, but were part of the Constable's regular duty. Upon Little's explanation of some of the calls, which included' several investigations of break-ins and attempted break-ins, it was moved by Francis, seconded Stewart, that the amount be paid, Stop Sign, A, summer resident, Rrnest Manness, suggested that a stop sign 'be placed at the corher of Howard and Tuyll Streets, in an effort to slow down traffic at that point. The board will consult with the Department of Highways re- garding this, and probably Tuyll Street will be left a througll street, with the stop on Howard. f Mannessta so inquired about the rxuto g a dram along Tuyll, and was advised that a man had been appointed to do this work. Repairs, To Cairn Trustee Francis reported that repairs to the cairn light in Clan' Gregor Square had been authoriz. ed, and also stated that • within a week, tile men would be at work on the ditching. John Howard, one of the rate- payers present, warned that some- thing should be done to stop mot- orists from driving through the park, and suggested that a low fence night be the answer. New Tool Shed The trustee board has perches- ed one of the cottages offered for sale at Marsvrlie,just south of the village, for $150 for use as a -teoi shed. It is to be moved to the town lot behind the town hall, and will house the village tractor. On motion of Francis it was de- cided that the school board be asked to meet with the trustees with regard to arranging for a right-of-way to the new shed, across .behind,_the. hall, Trustee Parker suggested sev- eral places in the village that would bemuch improved with ,e load of gravel, in order to make cottages more accessible. The next meeting of the trustee board is •see for Thursday evening, September 29 commencing at 8.30,