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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-10-06, Page 103t ifirfit C011111111=== (By W. D. D.) A SIGN IN A 'DOWNTOWN store :window which is ,getting quite a bit of . attention recently is the brain -child' 'of Reg. Smith .. . It says (quote) Cust- omen's wanted, no elmerience necessary . . * ONE NEEDS ONLY WRITE About raspberries in September to get a right tasty sample of them to eat E. A. Westlake, Bay- field, brought us,a pair of branch- es bearing the luscious sweet fruit this week .. , He has. lots of them Just wait until the middle of December : . . We'll write about raspberries then and dare anyone to come forward with a sample. * A PLEA FOR THE LIFE OF the mourning dove was phoned to us the other day.'. , There is an. open season on that plumy little bird ... but it does seem a shame that the species which was all but extinct a few years ago, may well be on the road to it again shortly And a plump little dove sitting. quietly is hardly a sporting shot for a serf -respecting hunter any- way * * * SPEAKING OF HUNTING, A fellow -columnist in the Wiarton Echo has taken it upon himself to jot down a few rules for hunt- ers . Seems he compiled a bunch of them last year and they didn't lose a marksman', : so he's taking a chance again . . We beg permission to pass along some of Ids wise advice . . * * * "WHEN YOU START OFF.ON A hunting trip, look down the barrel of your gun to make sure nothing has built a nest there during the summer. If you can't see through; put a shell in and fire it. That usually removes any obstacles. It sometimes removes the head of the hunter as well, but that is one of the uncertainties that make hunting a thrilling. sport. * * * "ALWAYS HAVE YOUR. GUN loaded wbile driving in the car. If there's an accident and they can't eut you out of the wreckage, you can always shoot your way out. Besides, you'll get a big laugh out of the look on the driver when he hits a bump and the gun goes off, putting some daylight through the roof of his new Eulek. * * * "YOU MAY FIND YOU HAVE to climb a fence, when you get there. A lot of hunters are killed trying to get through or over a fence, while carrying their guns, Don't take chances. Grasp your gun by the barrel, use it as a vaulting pole, and sail neatly over thefence. *.4 . * "NOW, HOW DO WE CARRY the gun? It should be held in the right hand, barrel pointing toward the ground. Always walk with the safety catch off, in case you have to get a quick shot away. If the gun is held in this way, and you stumble over a root, you'll only shoot off a toe. If you held it with the barrel pointing up, you might blow your head off. And lasing a toe, especially that one that's had an ingrown toenail for years, is much preferable to los- ing one's head. Ask anyone who's done both. * * * 'DON'T WAIT TILL YOU CAN see the whites of their eyes. 12 something moves in the bush, blaze away. It might be another hunter, but there's always a fair chance it's a deer or partridge. When yell do fire, don't worry what direction you're pointing. It'n teachsome of those other jokers to keep their heads down. • * * "ITS OLD-FASHIONED' TO wear bright red clothing in the bush. Statistics show that 98 per cent of the hunters who have been murdered in the past ten years wore bright red garments. So why not wear something that blends with the bush? You can sneak up on the game that much easier, and there's a good chance you can sneak past the other hunters, without them spotting you. If they. do, make sure you get your shot away first, then drop -to the ground, and let them blaze away. "IF YOU CHANCE TO BECOME lost in the bush, don't panic. Just run in elides as hard as you can, yelling at the, top of your lungs and firing your gun as fast as you can. When youhave run out of breath and ammunition, sit down quietly, light your pipe and take stock of the situation. If the stock -taking shows the shelves to he pretty bare, there's .one solu- tion. It works best if there's a good stiff breeze. Just gather some birch bark, pile it in a clump o: dry brush and start a goodbush fire. When the firefighters arrive, you are no longer lost. "ONE FURTHER WORD OF caution. When you bag your first bunter, don't brag; about it. It just isn't done,: in hunting circles. Don't even allow yourself a small smirk of satisfaction as you put the notch in your gun. After all, there's nothingso unusual about your feat. Hundreds of others have done it. Any needed can shoot a hunter, And ,quite a few do". . Sept. Oct. The Weather 'I. 1955 1954 High' .Low High Low 29 ' 70 ' %42, 68'` 64 ,30 6a 54 ' 78 65 1 67 37: -69 57 23 63 33 74 60. 4 76 -.49 68 5 a2 5 68 58 55 45 Rain: ,62ins, Rain: 2.38 ins. THE NEW ERA-9ist YEAR ecorTHE NEWS -RECORD -75th YEAR, No. 40—The Horne Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1955 , Champion 4-11 Grain Cluh Exhibitor At Bayfield Norman Cartwright, RR 1, Londesboro, left, .-showed the champion sample of grain in the Clinton 4-H Grain Club competition at Bayfield Fall Fair last week. Withhim is Jun Alexander, also of Londesboro, who exhibited in the class. (News -Record Photo) Penny Sale Earns Over $500 For Hospital Renovation Approximately $540 was raised ling convnittee to bring in the 1956 in Clinton at the second annual slate of officers at the December Penny Sale sponsored in the Ball meeting. Mrs. William Morlok was appointed to represent the auxiliary at a special meeting of the Huron County Rural Com- munity Night School. The annual affiliation fee of $5 to the reg- ional conference of hospital aux- iliaries which is to be held in Stratford this week was ordered paid. and Mutch furniture store by the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary Last week Proceeds will be used to assist the Hospital Board in fur- nishing new hospital rooms when renovations are carried out in a section of the hospital: A . detailed report of the sale was given by Mrs. William Mor- lok, convener, at the October meeting of the auxiliary held Mon- day afternoon in the nurses' resi- dence. The sale actually com- menced eight days prior to the draw, ' with the result that 2,118 envelopes of tickets were sold. Appreciation was expressed to the business men and firms who donated cash and prizes for the sale, to the Ball and Mutch store, to A. M. Knight, O. L. Engelstad and Ray Gibbon, 'who assisted at the draw, and to the public who made the event the success that it was. Assisting Mrs. Morlok was a .committee including Miss Win O'Neil, Mrs; Mitchell Shear- ing, and Mrs. Walter Newcombe. Members of the Auxiliary were informed by the hospitai.superin- tendent, Miss see.. Sinclair, of the presentation of le wheel chair and fixtures to the hospital by friends of the late Miss Frances Potter, as a remembrance. The late Miss Potter was a practical nurse at the hospital for five years prior to her deaths two months ago. In place of the usual floral tributes, her friends purchased a memorial for the hospital. Mrs. D. J. Lane and Mrs, Frank Fingland • were named as the strik- Mrs. M Andrews First Winner In "Cartoon Capers" Mrs. Marian Andrews, Clinton, is the first winner of the Cartoon Capers contest Her winning title is "Women, Phooey". The hidden title was "Gosh, sounds like my husband". Mrs. Andrews will receive $7 in merchandise certificates: Her en- try wasnot accompanied by a sales slip from one of the stores of the advertisers who are spon- soring the contest. Therefore she is not eligible for the $30 .prize which will go to the best title that is submitted during, the con- test, The judges would like to point out tc those who plan to enter future contests: 1, You must find the hidden title, assemble it cor- rectly and list the title with the names of the advertisers in whose ads the hidden words were found. 2, You must write another title that you think is suitable to the cartoon. 3. Accompany your entry with a salesslip from one of the merchants who is participating in the contest, if you wish to com- pete for the $30 prize. 4. Have your entry in the judges' hands by the Monday following publica- tion. Afternoon tea, provided by Mrs. D. J. Lane was poured by Mrs. Cliff Epps and served by Miss Sinclair.. P.O. Hors For Thanksgiving Open hours at the Clinton Post Office on Thanksgiving Day, next Monday, October 10, are as. follows: Wicket service from 10:00 to 11 a.m. and from 1 to 2 in the after- noon. The lobby will be open until six p.m, for the conven- ience of boxholders. Mrs. Eccles, who has been here with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Karol Manko, RCAF Station, for the :past two years, plans to return to her home in England. She will leave here Mon- day and sail on the Ascania from Montreal on Wedhesday. Community Night School To Offer 14 Courses, 16 Weeks Rural Community Night School will begin in Clinton District Col- legiate Institute on Wednesday evening, November 2 with a var- iety of classes being offered. A meeting of representatives of various organizations of town and country met in the school on Mon- day evening, to discuss plans and form a management committee. E, A. Fines, principal of CDCI is chairman; Benson Sutter, vice- chairinan; Miss Lois .?ones, sec- retary -treasurer; and five direct- ors are Anson' McKinley, Mrs. Neville Forbes, Irvine Tebbutt, Gordon Grigg and Mrs. Stanley Lyon. Suggested courses are: faun management, w el di n g, public speaking, typing, bookkeeping, blueprint reading and construc- tiode oil painting, leathercraft, aluminum or copper metalcraft, sewing, tailoring, eooking, photo- graphy and English- smocking. There must be an enrolment of ten or more persons in a course before it can be given. An enrolment fee of $3 was agreed upon for all courses except Jr. Farmers Add Carling To List Of Activi• ties Curling will be taken up ser- iously by members of the Huron County Junior Farmers and Jun- ior Institute this next. winter. They propose to meet in Seaforth the second and fourth' Monday of each month at the curling arena. Miss Lois Jones, president of the Club presided at a recent meeting when it was announced that the provincial debating and public speaking contest as well as the music competition will beheld again. Especially of interest this year is a trophy for the club in the county which has the best series. of meetings throughout the com- ing season. Judges will attend the meetings, "incognito" and will keep, score cards of the various points which make up a good meeting, Tuckersrnith Twp. Assessment Up $122.0.00 By 1956 Roll Presented d Tuckersmith Township Council ok'd a grant, of $25 to the'South Huron Plowman's Association, and another of $50 to the CNIB at the regular meeting of that body on Tuesday ''evening at Seaforth, Reeve James Doig presided. W. P. -Roberts, assessment com- missioner attended the meeting and explained the assessment for 1956, which .shows ,an assessment of land, . $1,492,26; buildings, $1,142,350; business, '$4,650, Iess bush exemption of $34,700 leaving, a total taxable assessment of $2,604,500. This is $121,800 more than the• 1955 assessment figure. Mr. Roberts salary 'of $800 was authorized: Court of Revision mi the 1956 roll was`set for November 1,',1.955 at' two o'clock, Ross Chapman and James Mc- Naughton attended the meeting with regard to a drain on the roadside opposite their properties on Concession two and three, LRS and the matter was referred to the road superintendent for at- tention. . ^ Annual Hereford Sale, December:l Plans have been made for the annual fall sate of Herefords by the Huron County Hereford As- sociation. At a meeting held in Clinton at the eall of president Stahley Jackson,. Kippen, the date. was set for Thursday, December 1, in the Clinton fair barns. James Coultes, a member of'the associa- tion will be sales. manager, The annual meeting and. ban- quet .will be held on December 6,. and the place has yet no be de, aided, for welding which will be $10. The school is jointly sponsored by the Ontario Department of ,Agrieul- ture and the Department of Edu- cation community programs branch. Application forms will be sent into every rural and urban home by elementary •and' secondary school children -WW1 as through advereising en the Clinton News - Record, after final plans are made. else management cdmntittee is meeting on October- 24 to com- plete plans. Applications for en- rolment will not be accepted until after further notice. Chairman of the meeting on Monday night was E. A. Fines, and secretary was G. W. Mont- gomery, agricultural represent- ative'for Huron County. Bushel Baskets Hold Ads Clipped . From News -Record Who says that nobody reads the ads? Last week, just to create a bit more interest in, their Car Binge, the Kinsmen Club offered a free ticket on a $500 door prize to everyone who turned in a copy of the Bingo advertisement at the asena door, They ended up with three bushel baskets full of the clipped adver- tisements. The News -Records dat- ed September 22 sold like hot- cakes, and that issue is now just about as scarce asthe proverbial hens' teeth. Of course people read the ad- vertisements. Lots of times they Fre more futi and make better reading even than the stories, Lady Delegates To Stratford Guided By CDCI Graduate Mrs, Harry Bali and Mrs. C. A. Trott attended the fourth regional meeting of the Ladies' Hospital Auxiliaries in Stratford yesterday as the official delegates of the Clinton Hospital Auxiliary. Following a tour of the city end irinch at Victoria Inn, the dele- gates were taken on • a tour of Stratford General Hospital, Avon Crest Hospital, and the nurses' residence. It was a pleasure for the ladies to:find a Kippers girl, (graduate of CDCI) Miss Donna McBride as their guide on this trip. - During the program the ladies were again 'pleased to find 'local girls, Miss Jayne Mary Snell, Clin- ton, "singing, accompanied by Miss Ruth Clarke, Varna, providing a musical treat. - 0 SMOKE FROM NEW FURNACE CAUSES EXCITEMENT AT ONTARIO STREET CHURCH CIinton Fire Brigade responded to a call last. Saturday afternoon when it was reported that Ontario Street United Church was on fire. Arriving on -the scene firemen found that the new oil furnace hadjustbeen started and' smoke from this source .had filled the church ' and was billovhing out Pram` the eaves of the building CNIB Campaign Falls Short Of Blind Kids' Need Only about one third of Clinton's objective in the campaign for funds for the CNIB has been reached. In fact Huron County's whole effort has only reached 40 percent of the objective set. Mean- while Middlesex and Perth count- ies have gone up over 60 percent of their aim. This is no far off appeal for money, It is of vital local im- portance. There are at least twa little children front the County receiving help and training at the Ontario School for the Blind at Brantford. One of them comes from Parkhill, the other is from the Varna area. These little people face a life- time of going without the myriad pleasures of sight which most of us enjoy." With the funds for the work their enjoyment of life can be increased. Give generously, and give soon. Local chairman for the CNIB is W, V. Roy, Clinton. Fi cents a copy --- $2.50 a year Wet Canteens May Be Hegai Under CT Act It may be illegal to have wet canteens in any military station within Huron ' County," was the pronouncement aP Magistrate D. L. I3olmes in Clinton court Tues- day morning. The statement was part of his summing up before pronouncing s'entenee for careless driving of air 18 -year-old airman who had just been acquitted on impaired driv- ing charge becapse ofinsufficient evidence. 'It is too bad," -said Magistrate Hohnes, "that .these young boys are allowed into the wet canteens. They are allowed to drink and then take a oar, out on the high- way. The young boy who can do that safely just has not appeared on the scene yet. "A youngster is affected more by much less alcoholic beverage than is an older man who has been drinking on and off for years. The older man can consume a cer- Population Increases By 50 Persons Assessment Up Too; Goderich Twp. - The population of permanent residents in Goderich Township has increased from 1,587 to 1,637 in the past year, according to the tax roll presented by assessor Carman W. Tebbutt at the council meeting on Monday night. At the same time an increase of $16,000 was shown in the total taxable assessment which appears as $2,324,700 on the .1956 roll. Council will request that the woodlot on. Ed Jenkins farm be replanted next spring. This town- ship farmer reported that 75 per cent of the trees planted on a reforested five acres of land had died due to the fact, In his opin- ion, they were too dry when planted. Mr. Jenkins requested that some assistance be given it replanting the lot next year or cise that he be released from his agreement to keep the lot fenced for 'the usual 20 year term. Marie Falconer Now In Langar With RCAF Unit A 21 -year-old Clinton girl,. Verna Marie Falconer, has arriv- ed at . 30 Air Materiel Base, Lan- gar, England, for a tour of over- seas duty with the RCAF as''a clerk typist in the station hospital, She is a Leading Airwoman, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. T. M. Falconer,: William Street, Clinton. Marie was born and educated in Clinton and last year joined the Air Force "to see the world", She was stationed at St. -Margaret's, N.B., and in less than a year was selected for duty in the United Kingdom. , With 30 days annual leave each year and RCAF aircraft leaving daily from her air base for France, Germany, and many other contin- ental countries, Marie's ambition to "see the world" is well on the way to realization. Council awarded a contract ' of 6,000 yards of gravel to the Sandy Company, Goderich. Officials decided to investigate the possibilities of procuring a suitable garbage dump for town- ship residents. The action resulted from a request for financial re- imbursement for the loss of a beast which died from eating poisoned garbage from a township road. Council felt they were in no way responsible for any garbage dropped -on the roads. tarn amount bf liquor and still operate a car reasonably well, 'I'm not a prohibitionist," went on Mr. Holmes, "but I don't ap- prove. It may be that they are illegal, too. The Canada Temper- ance Act applies to every square foot of land in the county, and it may be illegal to have wet can- teens in any Station within Huron County.,, Raymond Roy, RCAF Station Clinton, 18 years old, was fined $25 and costs on a conviction of careless driving in connection with an accident which occurred on Highway 4 on September 15, when; his car was in collision with one owned and driven by Edwin C. Judd, Clinton, near the railroad tracks. Judd had been getting, ready to make a left hand turn, and was waiting for the Roy car to pass, when the accident occur- red. His defence counsel was Jim Donnelly, Goderich. Fined also in the court were Ronald Nice, .Clinton, who pleaded guilty to a charge of careless. driving and Mrs. Mina Talbot, 11R. 3, Bayfield, who was found guilty of careless delving. Both were fined $15 and costs. Mrs. Talbot was involved in an accident last month on Huron Street, when a' car owned by Harvey McCartney and a Clinton Dairy truck also were involved. She had apparent- ly backed across the highway in - the act of turning her car. De- fense counsel was E. Beecher Menzies, Clinton. "There are altogether too many sloppy drivers on the highway," said Magistrate Holmes, and when a collision occurs they wonder why it has happened." Construction Worker Wins l955ModeI Carat Kin Bingo Don Boylan, an employee of Steeling Construction Company, was the winner of the new 1955 Chevrolet ear at the Kinsmen bin- go last Friday night, A crowd of well over 1,000 people was on hand to try to win some of the $3,500 in prizes and to get a chance on the free $500,00 door prize. Mr. Boylan whose home is in Thamesville has not always had lady luck on his side. He was re- cently alit out of business when fire destroyed his hotel at Stoney Local. Boys Attend OAC This Year Four Huron County lads are en- rolled in the two year diploma course being offered at the On- tario Agricultural College . this year. They are Lloyd Holland, Clinton; a N. McGavin and J. D. Crozier, both of RR 2, Seaforth and D. M. Dodds, RR 1, Seaforth, Also from the. County, and en- rolled in the four year degree course ars J. R. Flannigan, Sea - forth; J, D. Hawthorne, Goderich; S. R. Hiseler, Wingham and J. I. McIntosh, RR, 3, Seaforth. Winners At Car Bingo Don Boylan, RR 1, Thamesville (right) is handed the keys to the 1955 model car which he won at the Kinsmen bingo. here last' Friday right. At the same time, Ii. W. Colquhoun, president of the Kin passes over $500 to Mrs. Harold McPherson, Clinton, who won the money in a door prize featured at the event, (News -Record Photo) Young Falconer Lad Hurt In Auto. Accident — Robert Bruce Falconer, seven. year-old son 'of Melvin Faleoner, RR 3, Seaforth, was injured on Sunday when he ran from behind a combine on the west side of Highway 4, a mile south of RCAF Station Clinton, into the path of a car driven by Fay Hessenauer, 18, RR 3, Rodney. Taken to Clinton Public Hospi- tal for treatment, the hoy suffer. ed abrasions of the chest and left acme and possible concussion. Hoa- pital authorities reported hint much improved last ; night, and able' to Dr. Walter A. Oakes; Clinton, gave emergency treatment at the scene of the accident. Provincial Constable Morley Groves, Gode- neb, investigated. 1 London Car Hits Cornish ' House At B ucef ield Corner. Mr. and Mrs. Baker, London, narrowly escaped injury on Sun- day morning, when their car fail- ed to make the turn off Highway 4, onto the Bayfield Road and be- came wedged between a tree and J. K. Cornish's house. Mrs. Baker:evas driving, an re- ported that her brakes failed to grip when she applied them prior to making the turn. Going' too fast to make a proper turn, she steered between the house and the tree, and collided with both. Con- siderable damage was done both to the car, and to the house (which lost, a shutter off one window, and part of. ' the wall`is. caved in a few inches), but 'no one was seriously hurt, Creek. Incidentally this was the second time that he had ever played bingo. Mrs, Harrold McPherson was the fortunate winner of the special door prize of $500. This draw was an added attraction to the bingo and everyone in attendance was given a free ticket. s Major Bingo Winners Besides the car there were three $100 special games, These were won by Clifford Freeth, God- cinch; Mrs. Clem Reynolds, Clin- ton; Mrs. Lawrence Bridle, Clin- ton and, Mrs. Ivan Lauzon, God- erich (split). .A. share -the -wealth' valued at $164.80 was divided by Stair Collins, RR. 5, Clinton and, Mrs. Bohro, Formosa. Regular Bingo Winners Winners of the regular bingos of $25.00 were: Mrs. Harold Gib- bings, Clinton; Gladys Chapman, Kippen (split); Stewart Taylor and Mrs. Orby Cook, Goderich (split); Bill Bedour, Zurich, Lorne. Desjardine, RCAF Station Clinton. and Mrs. J. Faragher, Clinton (split); Mr. Pepin, RCAF Station Clinton; Mrs. Frank Mutch, Clin- ton and Mrs. Hodges, Goderich (split) ; Al Reid, Goderich; Mrs. Harvey Johnston, Goderich and Kay Rivers, Grand Bend (split);. Mrs. Lill Bryon, Durham and Mrs.. Evelyn Bartwell, Lucknow (split); Frank Flick, Benmiller and Mrs. Noble Young, Goderich (split); Mrs. Jean Colquhoun, Clinton and George Fisher, Wingham (split); Mary Sticock, Clinton and Frank MacLean, Seaforth. (split); Mrs. Peter Martin, Hanover, Bill Hill- bert, Wingham and Walter Crum - mel, Goderich (split) ; Mrs. And- erson, "Clinton; Mrs. Lloyd Wilds, Ripley, Mrs. Ernest Craig, God- erich and Stan Collins (split)- Mrs. James Henry, Wingham and Frank McClinchey, Zurich (split). "Beef Night" And Kin Propose Buying PA System "Beef Night" was the theme of the regular meeting of the Kins- men Club of Clinton on Tuesday evening. All members were given the opportunity of voicing any criticism that they feltwould bet- 'ter the club. A report on the successful bingo held last week was received. It was decided to obtain prices on a loudspeaker that could be used at regular meetings as well as any other function that the club might sponsor. Club Historian Malt. Ed- gar was authorized to purchase a suitable albumto be used as a historical record of club activities. Vice-president Harry McEwan was appointed no organize a group to, take the Raiding Trophy to Wing - ham. Kin Don Haddy (formerly of. Clinton), president of the Kins- men. Club of Caledonia and Kin Doug. Hastings, Lindsay Kinsmen Club were guests at the meeting- , O No Ballet Classe, z, Profits Divided Mrs. M. Bateman, who has suc- cessfully taught ballet- here for more than a year, has found the work too hard. for her physical strength and will not be able to continue them. Mr's. J. A. Adison, Mrs, K, B. McRae, Mrs. R. S. Macaulay and Mrs. L, G. Winter, who organized the 'classes and employed Mrs. Bateman, have decided to divide e profitsof the school evenly between th-e Scouts, Cubs, Brown- ies and Guides.