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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-10-27, Page 1Ilrftt firot C1311111111--. 11n.I (By W. D. D.) 50 OFTEN WE START A NEW feature in the News -Record which we are sure will please ,a lot of folk and not one person ever mentions that they even read it . Perhaps this is to be expect- ed . . , We greatly fear for the' popularity of the X -word puzzle but we got quite a thrill from the fact that we were able to work the whole thing without peeking once . . Perhaps net a trial for real puzzlers ... but at least a quite favorable relaxation for ordinary folk like us .. * * WE ALSO GOT A THRILL , though of a different sort when We re -read the 23rd Psalm as it was published inthis paper last week . Certainly the story of that great comforting word has lost not a whit by this translation to the Navajo everyday under- standing .: . BUT ENOUGH OF ENJOYING our own newspaper •. there are many things • happening of more current`• interest . . . * * * CLINTON BRANCH NO. 140, Canadian Legion is coming to the aid of the Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce .. Realiz- ing the importance of the forth- coming Huron County Apple Fest- ival, on November 5, from a pub- lie relations angle, the Legion has decided ... to contribute $35 of their funds to the Chamber for help in producing it . . . More power . to the veterans . . . The Festival dance, by the way, is be- ing held in the. Legion Memorial Hall . and some lucky young damsel is going to get a chance to wear the ""Apple Queen" crown and take home a $10 bill as well Seems as if it would be well worth while to dress up in the prettiest . . . and ''come to the ball' . . * * * APPARENTLY SOME OF THE NATO nations found difficulty in managing the old phonetic system of "Able, Baker, Charlie" so famil- iar to signals conservation, and to the movies (Quote: "Roger, over and out") ... So we have a new list already in use . . . Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Fox- trot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, .Lima, Mike, Nectar, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu .. o-- BRUMFIELD IOOF TEAM INSTALLS SEAFORTH LODGE An installing team from Bruce - field IOOF headed by Fred Boyce, DDGM, and with Lindsay Eyre as deputy marshal, installed the of- ficers of the Fidelity 100F lodge in Seaforth. Marie l Eatoner. Returning After Hu s �. s b nd': Death Mr. and Mrs, T. M; Falconer, Vc'illiane Street,have received word of the death of their son-in- law, LAC Robert Macaulay, :24 years old, who has been stgtitene 3 with the RCAF at Groiitenquln, France, since September. He was killed in a car accident on Sun- day,. October 16, and was buried in France the following Wednes- day. LAW Marie (Falconer) Mac- aulay, 21, has been at Langan, England, with the RCAF since September, and she and Mr: Mac- aulay were married at Notting hem, England, on Monday, Sep- tember 28, just two weeks before the fatal accident. The young couple had met while stationed at St. Margerite, New Brunswick. Mr. Macaulay's home was in Van- couver, B.C. Young Mrs. Macaulay was flown by the RCAF to. Reckcliffe, last Friday, and is now in Montreal awaiting discharge from the ser- vice. Her parents expect her to be home in .two or three weeks. THE: NEW- ERA -91st : YEAR THE NEWS -RECORD -75th YEAR 6 cents a copy -- $2.50 a year No. 43—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1955 440,000 Estimated Damage To Property The east side of Pinger's 'Restaurant (left) was, not damaged extensively by the fire.: on Tuesday morning, but water and heat loosened paper on the wall, including scenic views. and ceiling, blocks •fell to the floor. Above, the bedroom where.11Ilss Bonnie Hoffman slept is seen through the window. Skirts and, dresses hung on the far wall were destroyed, and the entire room littered with soot, debris and water. One corner was badly: burned ;es the blaze madeits way to the roof. — (News Record Photos) Firemen Cut Holes In Floor As the battle against fire went on, firemen chopped through the floors in the Lawson apartment to reach the flames: burning the rafters. Water and smoke as well as fire damage was considerable. (News -Record Photo) Grund Head e server e� Corps is To Lions The 28 Lions who attended Tuesday evening's' dimer meeting liearcl one of the most interesting talks ever given before a iervice club here. The speaker was. O 1 pe F George grill, c b,e- P'acte ito tinx& officers, -at the London Filter Centre of the Ground Observer Ccrps of Canada, F/O Moll, who was introduced by Lorne Brown and thanked by George Levis, told of the organ- ization and functions of the GOC and what it should mean to every Cshaddhn. The GOC is a civilian Organization, • established and trained by the RCAF to assist the GOC posts are most important at radar networks across Canada. pieces where radar: beams can not erietrate, such as valleys and in between mountains. Mr. Moll traced the history of the Corps from its beginning in Ergland in 1916 against the Ger- man aircraft, through its 'forma- tion in 1951 in . the USA and in Carr da in 1952. At present 115,000 persons are participating in the STOLEN OAR FOUND ON BRUOEFIELD ROAD Provincial Constable Helmer Snell, Seaforth, spotted a 1939 car in the ditch on the Brueefield road between Egmondvilleand that 'village, bearing a license plate of a vehicle reported stolen from Mitchell. The car was out of gas, but not otherwise injured. Double Inquest in Lee, Harnwell ■ Deaths FindsWarnings �'arn. �g s Ads nate q Jurors at a double' inquest here Tuesday afternoon into the deaths of Willard Lee and John Harn- well, found that both men died of injuries suffered in a motor acci- dent on Highway 8, one mile west o[ ]Dublin on September 19. They further found that adequate pre- cautions' had been taken to warn teethe of the culvert construction, into which: the Lee car had driven. Dr. J. L. Penistan, Provincial Pathologist, Stratford General • Hospital, who conducted post mortems on both of the deceased following their deaths, gave evi- dence of the causes leading to their deaths. He said that Wil- lard Lee, who died in Clinton Pub- lic Hospital on September 30, the day following the accident. died from a rupture of the large art- ery leading to his heart, when his chest was crushed by the steering wheel during the accident. John Harnwell, who died in Scott Memorial Hospital, Seaforth, on October 7, died of coronary throm- bosis brought on by a blood clot originating in the left leg, which The Weather 1955 1954 High Low High Low Oct. 20 59 39 51 34 21, 57. 41 58 33 22 50 29 56 37 23 66 38 64 43 24 65 39 63 42 25 43 35 65 44 26 51 37 62 41 iR.ain:.81 ins. Rain :.19 ins. war, broken In the accident, ac- cording to Dr. 'Penistan. Dr. J. A. Addison, Clinton, who attended Lee and Dr, John A. Gortvill, Seaforth, who attended Hartwell, gave evidence at the in- quest. Witnesses, ' Mrs. ` Elia Woolven and Miss Laura Jervis, both of Clinton, who were passengers in tho car told what they remember- ed about the accident. Constable Belmar Snell, Seaforth, who in- vestigated, gave detailed evidence. Wilfred Maloney, Seaforth, who w.ar employed by Gaffney-:'Con- st.tuction Company to keep the barricade lit, testified . that the lanterns at this barricade had. been lighted by 5.30 that night. The accident is estimated to liave occurred at 6.20 p.m. Stephen Malone, also of Sea - forth, foreman of the construction job, stated ,that, he had driven through that detour at about six o'clock onthe evening of the ac- cident, and that everything had been in order. Juror's were W. N. Counter, John A. Aeste,tt, W. Merritt Nediger, Elliott 'Bartliff, and G. Rose McEwan. Coroner Dr.'F. G. Thompson presided' while Crown .attorney E. Glenn flays conduct- ed the inquiry. Mel Crichj Reeve of Clinton, was named a committee member' on the executive of the Ontario Barbers' Association at a session o: that group in Landon last Wed- nesday. '' GOC work Irr Canada. He remind- ed his hearers that the GOC rs not part of Canada's Civil Defense, but is a division of Ah' Defence r•V in f A. Gin ado ih .. '><! .-:',�:��, � n e,. `. 'Clinton linton will ,S0011 have a GOC post, according to Mr, Mo11, who is now working to get authority to use a site south of town for the post. Percy Brown, an RCAF aircrew veteran; has been acting as Clin- ton area supervisor for some time. Heis presently recruiting observ- ers to bring the strength of the Clinton post up to 3.5 inen, R, D, "Dick" Fremb'n, now a Clinton businessman, Who had 13 years in RCAF aircrew, is the Chief Ob- server for the Clinton area. Clinton is Area 18 of the Lon- don Filter Centre, which includes oval' 82,000 squares miles in West- ern Ontario. There arefive offic- ers and five airmen manning the London Filter Centre at present, Ontario GOC headquarters are at. North Bay. The speaker explained at great length the phone network and how calls are put through to the filter centres from the observation posts. He explained how the mes- sages are taken at the filter centres and placed on the filter centre maps; also how the prog- ress of an aircraft is followed by the chain of GOC posts. The Bell Telephone Company are co-oper- ating by giving through lines to recognized observers. He estimat- ed it would take about five sec- onds for a Clinton observer to get a message to the centre in London. Mr. Moll related some incidents where the GOC had saved RCAF training aircraft and aircrew members -frompossible crashes, President Ken McRae told; of the recent meeting with other agencies in town, and the decision not to put on any entertainment for the children on Hallowe'en but: that a meeting would be held on. November 14 to plan for a huge Christmas party. Royce Macaulay explained ` how the Clutton Figure Skating Club was formed. He outlined how in- dividuals can help by becoming social or associate members for a small fee.' - Jack A. Webb, of the National Automobile' League of Canada, new residing in Clinton, was a guest 'at the meeting. Thanks was received from the •Kinsmen Club of Clinton for use of thearena for their recent car bingo. Joe Murphy reminded all Lions to be out Wednesday and .Thurs- day nights this week to sell light bulbs, profits of which are to:. be used for child welfare. The presi- dent said that Ed. J. Atkin, Dist- rict Governor would be at the November 8 meeting, and that a zone rally is being held in Zurich on November 17. On November 22 the Lions entertain the mem- bers of the Lions -sponsored 4-H Poultry Club. _ a At1SABLE RIVER, BRIDGE OPENED BY COUNTY WARDEN The $55,000 bridge spanning the Ausable River at Crediton was of- ficially opened by Huron County Warden Karl Campbell in a spec- ial ceremony October 17. Peter Royr'Hurt As Motorcycle Slips 'On Pavement Peter Roy, son of Mr. and Mrs, W. V. Roy, Clinton; .is in 'Clinton Public Hospital suffering,.. from severe back injuriesa'esultingfrom an accident near Kipper last Sun- day evening, on Hig1W.ay 4. According to PC Morley Groves, Goderich, Roy Was going north on his motorcycle when' the _car he was following slowed down sud- denly. Roy applied his brakes and the motorcycle skidded un the wet pavement throwing him off. The side of a car, 'going south, driven by John Robert Reid, 104 Barker Street, London, struck him. Peter,' whois employed at the Superior Store, Clinton, is report- ed to be coming along nicely and there are no internal injuries. He is expected to remain in hospital for at least three weeks. Boy Scout Mothers Urge Attendance, "Help l' , Piens for hold'>� elida ,,bn yd 3onban`lct 31u . , ma' '• the Cubs annd <„��,otit Mothers' Auxiliary. Meeting at .the home of Mrs. A. Dales, decision was, made to hold the banquet as soon as accommodation is available. New group leaders were nailed: Mrs. Draper, Mrs. Mairs, Mrs. O. Engeistad, Mrs. T. Darling, Mrs. Ilerbert Bridle and Mrs. Moodie. Since it is difficult for mothers to get away in the evening, it is piaimed to hold meetings in the future in the afternoons. Novembers meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Hacold Black, James Street on the tenth. All mothers of Scouts and Cubs are asked to take notice, since there wilt be no further notice of this meeting. All mothers are invited to belong. ' Fees are only 25 colds a year and ten cents a meeting. Please attendand show en inter- est in your son• Eph Snell Judge At Royal °' i ; ter Ephriam Snell, RR I, Clinton, veteran sheep breeder and exhib- itor, will be one of the internation- ally -famous judges at the Royal Winter Fair next month, when he will make. the decisionsin the class for Dorset horn sheep•. It is with a renowned group of judges that Clinton's breeder Will be. associated. They include the Earl of Dalkeith, MFH, St. 'Bos- wells, Roxburghshire, Scotland,. as well as Duncan M. Stewart, 'Mili- hills; Grieff, Scotland and Gwilym Evans, Aberystwyth, Wales. A number of 4-H Club young- sters from this county also can figure themselves in with this distinguished company as they compete with each other in judg- ing, as well as showmanship and the placing of their animals at Canada's showplace of Champ- ions" from November 11 to 19. ire Guts Shearing Iok Restaurant, Barber Shop, 2 Apartments, urned Lions Will Sell Bulbs In Town. The Clinton Lions' Club annual electric light bulb sales drive is now on. Lastnight part of the town was canvassed with good sales reported. Chairman. of the committee =Joe Murphy requests that all Lions come out to -night and complete the sales canvass. Pro- ceeds of this project will be usedfor children's welfare this coming winter, The Westinghouse light bulbs are packaged in cartons of ten assorted 40, 60 and 100 -watt bulbs, for $2.00. Smaller lots and other size '.bulbs may be purchased also. If you are not at home to- night or the canvasser misses your house, you may purchase bulbs at Murphy Bros. Garage or at Howard Brunsdon's shop, Rattenbury Street, for the next week or so, at this low price. CLINTON'S REEVE ATTENDS HEALTH UNIT MEETING Reeve Melvin Crich, Clinton, attended the meeting of the Hu- ron County Health Unit commit- tee in Goderich yesterday, when a report was received from Reeve McKenzie, Exeter, on the three day convention in Schumacker, Northern Ontario, of the Canad- ian Institute of Sewerage and Sanitation. Fire raged yesterday morning through the C. M. Shearing block at the corner of Albert and Ontario Streets, completely gutting the interior of Pinger's Rest • aurant, and the apartment above it in which Mr:' and Mrs. Elgin Hoffman and their daughter Bonnie lived. Also damaged was an upstairs apartment rented by, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lawson and the J. L. Heard. Barber Shop downstairs. - PUC Raises Wage To Employees A salary increase of 25 cents per hour was granted all linemen and men on the waterworks, hired by the Clinton Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday evening, except to the man in the power house. ' This involves eight em- ployees. At the same time a $200 a year increase was given Superintendent J. Rands, and $3 per week to each of the office employees, Frank Mutch and Cameron Proctor. The raises are effective November 1. The PUC also granted a request foe hydro and water to a proposed house of A. J. Deseck, and auth- orized a renovation'of the superin- tendent's office. Apple Festival Nov. 5 Prizes; Apple Queen., The sight of a basket of bright- the Festival officially open. These ceremonies will take place at two o'clock. Fieidman, fruit and vegetables branch, Russ Chard, Forest, has been very active r getting the y t o in apple show organized, and he, too, will take part in the opening ceremonies. In the evening the Apple Fest- ival Dance will be held in the Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk St., and five draws will be held during this event, for bushel baskets of choice county grown apples, for which ticketswill be sold throw h- 8 at the day. v: .v L” sou ••;r, :Festival i . e t -1 x It d r .a 1' l b , ,w i call colli e lir,aui:n e n 4 Y pl plate' w G -u e and the App e Festiva most suredly will crown one, t o; Hu- ron's Apple Queen will be piclted from the dancers at the Festival dance, and will receive her crown in official ceremony, as well as a $10 award donated by Glidden's Cleaners, Clinton. This Apple Festival will be the first time that a County apple show has been held in the past 25 years. Veteran fruit growers can recall the last such events in the agricultural office board rooms here in Clinton, and that "it was a long way up those stairs". The location in the town hall is'ex- pected to prove much more access- ible President of the Fruit Growers Association is William McGuire; Bayfield, and of the Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, Bert Glidden, Clinton; ly coloured red apples is a niouth- w:.tering sight the country over. Some of the tastiest and best of this well -loved fruit is grown right here in Huron County, where the Fruit Growers Association has been in operation more years than any other agricultural group. This year the growers arc ex- hibiting their fruit in a county Apple Festival . scheduled for Sat- urday afternoon, November 5, in the town hall at Clinton, There ni lli be a prize list of over $160, aid{ 1no re tem17 class es will h� vc ellnii.s1nyxias,ea d hampers Of µ vailOus varieties of the fruit will n1l be placed on public blic view. . Sponsor of the show is the Clip - ton and District Chamber of Com- merce, which .is attempting to make this initial Apple Festival, one that will be long remembered In . the County and even further afield. There will be freshly made Meet cider on sale, freshly pres- sed from juicy Huron apples. Judging of the apples will be completed by noon, and by one o'clock the show will be open to the public. At four o'clock an auction sale of these choice apples will be held, with Eddie Elliott, Clinton, volunteering as auction-' eer. J: J. Johnston, supervising in- spector, fruit and vegetables divis- ion, Department of Agriculture, will be on hand for the opening ceremonies, when he will declare Clanton Lions 4-H Poultry Team Places , es s Second Inter -Club Meet Two members of the Clinton Lions Club sponsored 4-H Poultry Club took second from top place honours ,at the provincial inter- club judging competition held at OAC, Guelph, last Friday. The team was Murray Neal, son of Graydon Neal, and Gordon Jen- kins, son of William Jenkins, both of RR 1, Clinton. The boys are students at MCI. There were seven poultry clubs entered in the competition, and the Clinton team. was edged out of first place by the Sydenham team from Frontenac County. The contest was to judge one class of dressed poultry, three classes of live poultry, and answer an ex- amination. This is the first year that Hu- ron County has had 4 -If Poultry Lions Prexy Congratulates 4-1I-ers MURRAY •NEAL"(left)'and GORDON JENKINS, won second place in the inter -county judging competitions al: OAC Guelph on Friday. With thein is KEN. B. Mcit,Ale, president of the Clinton Lions Club, sponsor of the Clinton 4-H Poultry Club in which the boys got their training. (News -Record photo) Clubs, and it is the first year that the Clinton Lions Club has spon- sored such a Club. The .Exeter Kinsmen and the Seaforth Lions, also sponsored poultry clubs, this year, and their teams placed four- th and fifth in the competitions. David Kirkland and Barry Mc- Quillan, members of the Lucknow 4-1i Beef Calf Club scared 961 points out of a possible 1,040, by placing first in competition, and thug winning the Farmers' Mag- azine trophy. This also entitles them to represent the province' of Ontario in the 4-H National Club Contest at; the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto, when they will com- pete against the top 4 -I -I Beef calf clubs frons, the other prov- inces in Canada. Other 4-H Clubs of the -aunty alre were in good standing. Also in the beef calf clubsBlyth-Bel- grave team placed third; Exeter placed fourth, Bayfield placed sixth and + Brussels placed tenth. There ` were 37 beef calf club teams entered. Brussels 4-H Swine Club team, Evelyn. Brodhagen, Brussels and Jean Smith, Ethel, placed third, among 27 teams entered. Exeter 4-H Grain Club team placed fifth among 45 teams ent- ered. Wingham District High School 4 -II Forestry Club placed fourth among 12 teams. Zurich 4-H Tractor Maintenance Club team placed 17th among 33 teams. Exeter 4-H Dairy Calf Club team tied for 28th place among 63 teams competing. Teams from Huron were pre- pared and coached for the com- petition by agricultural repre- sentative G. W. Montgomery and his assistant, Arthur. Bolton. There were 490 boys and girls taking part, and 54 from Huron mal g the largest entry- from any counity, w li Grey county the mark his 87th birthday on 5atur.- next in majority,' 44 competitors, .day, October 29,. Smoke damage to the stock and interior of Pickett and Camp- bell Men's Wear on the corner, may total $10,000. Total damage to the block has been roughly estimated at $40,000. ,, Pinger's Restaurant had closed as usual at about midnight, and after cleaning up, the proprietor and his wife, Mr, and Mrs. Ross M. Colquhoun left at about 1.20 a.m, for their apartment over J, A. A•nstett's Jewellery Store and F. B. Pennebaker's Drug Store. Twenty minutes later they were brought back to the restaurant by an alarm sounded by Mrs, Hoffman, who is a waitress in Pinger's. Mrs. Hoffman had shelled smoke coming from downstairs, Ross Colquhoun went to the back door and opened it to find the kitchen, filled with smoke. It did not take long to speak to Mrs. Mary Jordan in the Bell Telephone office, whose back entrance is practically at the restaurant's back door. In very quick order the siren sounded, and the Fire Department responded promptly. According to Fire Chief Grant Rath, they discovered that the fire had started in the basement where an oil -burning furnace was in use. The blaze had travelled swiftly up the partition between the restaurant and the barber. ship, to the roof. • Fear for, the entire block prompted a call to RCAF Stattorx Clinton fire department which was swiftly on the scene by 2.30 a.m. and together the two depart- ments brought the blaze under control. About 100 of the towns- hpeople came out to watch the fire and stood about ready to lend a and. The two Scott Air Packs owned by the Clinton brigade b ' were g re pres- sedit i o use by Hector Kingswell: and Robert Draper, as the only means at getting through the Moire -filled id/filen to the. cellar stairs, Welcome indeed to the firemen was coffee and lunch served them in her apartment by Miss Annice 13artliff, who lives next to Mr. and: Mrs. Colquhoun. Work continued on the blaze ugtil seven o'clock yesterday morning, Fire Chief Rath termed the fire "A bad one.We couldn't get at its" The firemen chopped holes in the floors of the Lawson apart- ment to -get to the blaze beneath, and in the walls to get at the fire in the partition. The proprietors of the restaure ant celebrated the second mute versary of the opening of Pinger's on October 2, They were married last Christmas. Plans are to reno- vate as quickly as possible, and they hope to be in business again sometime this December. Mr. and Mrs, Hoffman, forced to vacate their ruined apartment, are living temporarily at • the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Vanderburgh until they find an- other home. They salvaged their TV and refrigerator and the clothes they wore out of their hcme. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Lawson, who lived in the front apartment;, are fortunate, They are now in the process of furnishing a new home, and will be able to move into it now, even though it is not completed. Mrs. o Mrs. Pero;y Pro. Cartoon Capers Victor This Week From the best group of answers ever to be submitted to Cartoon Capers the judges have selected Mrs. Percy Brown's entry as the winner of the fourth week's puz- zle, The prize winning suggested title was. "All rise and sing our National Anthem". Practically all the' contestants found all the hidden' words and assembled them properly. The judges report that answers were received from points as far owl: as. Woodbridge and north to Moult Forest. One word that was missed from the hidden. title "Any one good at untying knots" was "good" found in the Sutter -Perdue advertisement. Mrs. Brown may pick up her merchandise certificates by cal- ling at the News Record office. 0 Birthday Club Mrs, Annie Brawn,' George St„ Clinton, marked her 93rd birthday OA Sunday at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr, and Mts. William iioggart, William Lambkin, resident at the Huron County Home and for., nletly of Usborne 'township, will.