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Clinton News Record, 1955-11-03, Page 1At The Right is a view of a section of the huge crowd of shoppers :downtown in Clinton for last Sat- urday's Appreciation Day draw. The, crowd extended to the, end of the block at the left and well up past Stoniforth's to the right. Still another. 75 to 100 people stood on the sidewalk across the street waiting to hear their name called. Winner was Mrs, Jenny Knapper, Clinton, and her husband, Joe (marked by the white arrow at lower left) picked up her share of the Treasure Chest: $20.66. This plan by 26 of Clinton's wide-awake merchants to show appreciation to their many customers ` is proving very popular. (See story on Page Three), (Photo' by Hedges) gibe ,firot (iCorurit=-= SATURDAYYWILL BE A BUSY day ; : For those who want to go, go, go, and enjoy' every min- ute of every day In the morning figure skating classes at the arena; first in the season ,. . right after dinner, the appleshow opens, and there's a chance at some fresh cider :. , good speak- ers tallying about one of Huron's best farm products, . , , and it's just a step downstairs to the Happy Workers bake sale where all gdod things will be on sale .. - and of Course somewhere in there, bay a poppy for remembrance , aed• a book of tickets on the Apple Festival bushels of apples draw . Then at three o'clock there's Appreciation Day draw outside the town hall , . and by shortly after four o'clock there will be anauction sale of apples upstairs at the Apple Show Now, • swiftly, home for supper and clean up for the .Apple Festival dance in the Legion Hall ... better buy another poppy , . and another book of apple draw tickets and then the big moment: Who will be the Apple Queen? Then have another helping of that fresh cider and home for a good night's sleep before Sunday , , . and the church services for all Legion members , , , and other church activities . , Who said life hi a small town is dull? . ek ST WAS A PLEASURE THIS week to meet Mr, Stewart, Blyth, pastor of the Church of God in that village . . , Our first acquaint- ance with this man was several years age, just as' he was deciding to leave his work as a fisherman out of Grand Bend . and to attend a training school for the ministry in the United States . Since then, he has married and has two little daughters and has charge of theChurch' of God in Blyth ... Mr. Stewart tells us of an interesting projebt this' sum= mer' in which his church members took part . One of the men donated land and the members got together to plant turnips . further congregational efforts during the summer kept the crop weeded . , and they have now harvested' 700 bushels .. . and the profits go tothe church Seems to be quite a practical way to accomplish the provision of finances . . . *.. SEEMS AS IF WE NEVER learn . . • With memories still fresh of that three and one-half year old lad being killed by a trsetor driven by his five-year-old brother . , . a plowing match run at Maple, Ontario went ahead with a special class (known as the Ford children's special) which of- fered a $20 prize for the youngest entrant , .. A four-year-old show- ed up at the wheel of a tractor and plow and' as the only entrant xwron the prize . His parents. e ate reported as being proud of his skill.. . , Let's hope the young one grows up tobe at least a six- year-old. and maybe even a year or two more than that , District Farmer Wins Cartoon Capers Puzzle Frank Falconer, RR 5, Clinton, is the winner of the fifth week Cartoon Capers contest. . Frank successfully found the hidden title "Which end do you want, ping or pong?" and his suggested title was "I haven't • played for, ten years." There were only seven correct answers from all the . entries re- ceived.this week. Several contest- ants ontestants found all the hidden words correctly but failed to assemble them in the proper order. Many others missed the word "or" in- serted in the Clinton Plumbing and Heating advertisement. This week's winner' is the first to enclose a sales slip from one of the participating merchants and he is therefore the only one eligible for the $30 feature prize at the end of the contest. AU contestants are urged to include a sales slip with their entry so that they become eligible for the feature prize if their entry is selected as a ;weekly winner. The Weather 1955 1.954 High Low High Low Oce. 27 64 32, 58 40 28 65 46 50 33 29 60 49 47 37 30 52 . '43 41 ' 32 31 46 34 37 30 Nov, 1 58 32 37 22 2 51 47 36 32 Rain: .51 ins. Rain: .17 ins. Snow: 9 ins. iinton Newsp-Recor THE NEW ER1st YEAR No. 44—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARJO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1955 THE NEWS -RECORD -75th YEAR 6 cents a copy $2.50 a year Pioneers Of Clinton SetKeynote. In Huron 1 "Clinton .has.. set the keynot the modern phase of civilize tion in Huron," said James Scot in his address to the' Kinsm Club of Clinton at their annua civic and press night held in Hote Clinton on Tuesday evening. Professor 'Scott stated tha when he first started to study 'th history of Huron he wondered wh the pioneers had ever built 1 Clinton and how it had ever sur vived, He explained that pion settlements were always near a source of waterpower and ye Clinton had been settled where there was no such power.. "Joe Whitehead is perhaps re- sponsible for the development of Huron," the speaker said. "He was the one who first settled on the site of Clinton and he brought special gifts with him:" The speaker recalled James Watt and his famous "Rocket", (the first steam engine ever to be developed) .and said that the same Joe Whitehead had been the fireman of the "Rocket" on. its history -making' first run. "Joe Whitehead's gift to this new land was the knowledge of steam and Clinton developed be- cause of his particular skill for steam," the speaker continued. "Joe was honoured for his work by being made Clinton's first reeve. Nothing happens without an. explanation and ,it is tl?is, acme_ pattern which underlies the de. veloprnent of Huron," Professor Scott thought that it was very wise to combine a civic and press night. He said that a responsible press was important to any community. "Clinton was fortunate in having a newspaper that is responsible and one that has recently brought honour to Clinton by being suitably recogniz- ed as one of the best papers in the weekly field in Canada." "A responsible press is a tra- dition in Huron," continued the speaker, "almost all of the major men who helped settle Huron were in one way or another work- ing journalists. Joe Whitehead, John Galt and Dr. "Tiger" Dun- lop were all men who wrote for Blackwood's Magazine in Scot- land. It was their job to get the story back to the old land when ■ to help was needed, Huron was - fortunate in having these men t who wrote the story of the new en land and encouraged new settlers 1 to .come out " 1 Professor Scott told of Thomas McQueen who was the first editor t of the Goderich Signal in 1848. e He said that McQueen was a man Y who believed that a newspaper n should stand in defence of very - definite ideas and thus Huron had er started with a lively and quarrel- some press. t "McQueen's creed was the fin- est creed of service for any man, or organization," Professor Scott added. "He dedicated his news- paper to freedom, justice, peace, our country, Huron and our Queen", The speaker said that the Kinsmen may well remember this creed', "Your motto is service and you must know the good and desirable things to foster in your community. If you follow Mc - Queen's creed you will in every way exemplify that early ideate. In conclusion Professor Scott remarked that "Nothing is ac (Continued on Page Twelve) Painters At Work "Smoke Sale" Has a 21500 Patrons "All but the shouting" is cer- tainly not over when the firemen leave the scene of _a blaze, as merchants on Clinton's main cor- ner have been finding out. Work, commenced the following day in Pinger's Restaurant, where equipment that 'could 'be salvaged, was removed, and . a gigantic cleaning operation got under -way. Though fire itself did not. do much' damage to the J. 1 Heard barber- shop, still 'the• water and smoke made it untenable. By Thursday last week, • painters,. carpenters. and plumbers were hard at it, re- doing the i'hole establishment. Pickett and 'Campbell. ' Men's Wear foiled ;'that Smoke .dgrinage was their greatest worry, and' re- mained closed: Thursday and' Fri- day • assessing; their losses; and preparing, .for, Smoke Sale". Olinton people . Weee: • oie their toes to. the passibility' of bargains, and by nine o'clock 'Saturday more - ng,. proprietors Ken Pickett and Bob: Campbell were forced • to lock the doors to:liave morn enough to cope with the customers- inside the store. • The crowd kept up all day long, and: it was rare indeed when there were not a -dozen or two, people, waiting on the doorstep "for their chance to go inside. Though there Ws no way of counting the num- er of customers, they have been estimated at 2,500 during that one day, at least. Sales slips showed visitsof people from ardine, Listowel, Seaforth, Erin, London, Exeter, Goderich, Blyth, Aulburh, Lucknow, Belgrave', Tees - water and Wingham, and a lot of ther places in between. The sale continued throughout his week, apd the store was kept open: until nine o'clock on Monday nd Tuesday nights to cope with he demand;, b c 0 t a Receives Degree WILLIAM (BILL) ANDREWS B.Sc., M.Sc. Last Friday, October' 28, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Andrews attended the 169th •Convoca- .tion at Thames Hail, Univer- sity of Western Otario, Lon- don, received his1ch Mastheir ofsScience degree. He is at present at tenting College of Education at University of Toronto and will complete his studies next M'ay. Johnson Reports On Furs, Beat Mink From H'uron.Area A large group of trappers at- tended the semi-annual meeting of the Huron County Trappers' Association held in the Council Chambers last Friday night. Robert Johnston, RR 2, Clinton, reported on a fur management meeting held in Owen Sound that he had attended on behalf of the association. He explained that the Owen Sound meeting was design- ed to find out the conditions of the fur animals in all districts. He said that a good part of the meeting dealt with the care of furs and how they should be pre- pared to obtain top prices on the market. He stated that the best mink . furs at the Montreal fur sale had come from St. Marys in Huron area. Mr. Johnston emphasized the size of the trapping industry in Ontario by saying that one third of all the furs taken in Canada are from Ontario. He added that in 1952-53 in the ten counties that comprise the Huron area there were 96,000 muskrat, 1,500 mink, and 7,500 other furs taken. A lengthy discussion took place regarding the advantages. "of hav- ing or not having a fox bounty. It was generally felt .that with no bounty that there was no encour- agement to trap or shoot the fox. It was also felt that all town- ships ' and counties should mark the pelts ht the same manner and that the same rules should apply everywhere. Harold Cantelon, representative of the Department of Lands and Forests said that bounties were fine when widespread but when checkered they onlyencouraged dishonesty. Ile felt that bounties were not the answer and that the fox was blamed for a lot of work of the 'coon. In response to the question con- cerning the year round 'coon sea- son, Mr. Cantelon explained that it resulted from damage caused by the animal and a petition, from the Department of Agriculture, Deer Season Mr. Cantelon stated that there would be a deer season from No- (Continued on Page Twelve) Cancer Society Plans Meeting Next Tuesday evening in the agricultural office board room (upstairs, across from the town hall), in Clinton, the district branch of the Canadian Cancer Society is holding a public meet- ing Guest speaker for the evening will;be Dr. J. A. Addison, Clinton, and a film of interest on cancer topic will be shown. Light refresh. znente will be served at the con- clusion of the meeting. Ross P. Merrill, president of the Clinton branch, announces that the meeting will begin at 8.15 o'clock, and he extends a cordial Invitation. to all those interested in the recognition and treatment of cancer and .the other work of the Society 'to be present. Three Airmen Fined; Clinton en Remanded -Tiff Nov.i5 Three young men from RCAF Station Clinton. pleaded •• guilty In magistrate's court • here ' on' Taes- daet to charges df •catising a public disturbance in a Clinton restaur+- ant last Saturday night. They :were Augustin J. Morin, J. 1. Gagnon and A. J. ,Abut. Ac- cording to the Crown the three men had continuously gotten nois- ter and more abusive, until the wife of the restaurant proprietor called the service police. By the time the service police arrived, the three men had left, but they were picked up later by the town police force, in levying their fines, Magist- rate Holmes remarked, "If you can't handle your liquor, that's your ndsfortunc. We can't allow this sort of disturbance th restaur- ants." Morin, who was also charged with impaired driving pleaded not guilty, He was released on his own bail of $200, and will appear again in Clinton court on Novem- ber 15, Drunk niacin Frank Jones, RR 2, .Chntoe, was remanded on :$1,000 posted ` by himself and his wife, and will ap- pear in Goderich to -day, to answ- er to a 'charge of drunk driving. According to Crown Attorney Glen Hays, "Goderich, Jones was already facing . a drunk driving charge in the county town, when the second charge was laid here. The Clinton, charge Was ,laid fol- lowing an accident -on Albert St„ Clinton, when school -girl, Bonnie Joyce Hamilton, was knocked from her bicycle by a car driven by Jones. Both charges will he read in Goderich court to -day. Needed Interpreter Hubartus Zonday, Mary Street, Clinton, who is a Hollander re- cently arrived an Canada, was charged with careless driving fol- lowing an accident in Clinton on October 10, when. he failed tostop at a stop sign,and struck a car driven by K, W. Colquhouu at the corner of Mary and Orange Streets. Since Zonday speaks little Eng- lish, the case was held over until November 15, when an interpreter and an attorney will be present for Zonday. 343 Enrol At Night School ' Most Classes Filled As Eager 'Apple Festival Saturday Has 190 Entries Entries for the Huron County Apple Show which is being held in the : auditorium of the town hall, Clinton this Saturday, have been• very good. G. W. Montgom- ery,. agricultural representative for'the county, reports that more than seventy bushels have been entered in the bushel hamper cias- ses,.: and over .120 six -quart bas- kets of the county -grown fruit also have been entered. Word. also Is that 35 gallons of choice Huron County cider has been procured from apples donat- ed by William McGuire, president of the Fruit Gidwers' Association, and this will go on sale by noon Saturday, as a feature of this first County Apple Festival, Plans are well in hand for the auction sale of apples which will climax the .afternoon program, and •the dance " committee has (largest is the farm business man - everything In order for a gooci 1 agement, in which 44 farmers re- tiree up at the Legion Hall at i right. It is expected that fresh cider will be provided there as well, and the draws on five bushels of apples, as well. as the crowning of Huron County's Apple Queen will be attractions at that event. Music is by the Huron Ramblers. An addition to the prize list for apples, which will total cash awards of $168, is the prize of a Golden Arrow white dress shirt to the man who has the best bushel 1 of apples in the show.' This Is being provided by Pickett and Campbell Men's Wear. Gliddon's Cleaners is providing an award of $10 for the Apple Queen. Students Begin 16 -Night Course "This is excellent," exclaimed ceive instruction from Fred Hill, , ' Gerry Montgomery last night, as Department of Agriculture, . To - the enrolment figures for Clinton. ',onto. Welding is being instructed Rural Community Night School by Tom Murphy and T. M. Fal_ totalled 343 people, and showed cover, with 32 men enrolled; evidences of becoming still great- classes in this course will be held. er. in a downtown garage, rather Conducted under the joint Spon- than at the school. sorshlp 0f the Department of Ag- The advanced sewing class is riculture, the Community Pro- over -subscribed with 20 students, gianunes Branch of the Depart- and more requesting it; Mrs. Joy meat of Education,' and the Clin- Hicks is the instructor. Mrs. G. ton and .District Collegiate Inti- Vr, �nghame is introducing 18 tute Board, the night school is people to the art of Faiglish scheduled to run for 16 weeks, smocking and Mrs: Jean Stein - with classes for two hours every burg is teaching 24 the fine points Wednesday evening, in the Colleg- about cooking. iate Institute. Miss Lucille Grant, Clinton, has I There are thirteen courses be- 18 pupils in a course of oil ng conducted; with ••one of them paint - (elementary sewing) split into 'ng` Ronlit, G. McCann, Public Ac - (elementary groups under the instruction countant, Clinton, has a class of of Mrs, Jack Stevens and Miss 13 takingct book-keeping, and Florence Elford, Seaforth. tames Scott, Seaforth, has aa class This is the second largest of 28 enrolled tor public speaking course with 43 enrolled, The and paniYvonne l procedure. 1VIiss Yvonne McKee's typing Cartoon Begins As A New Feature To -clay Another different'feature is be- Ing added to the pages of the Clinton News -Record this week, The cartoon about Muggy and Skeeter is replacing the one which vas been provided For more than five years. It is the hope of the publishers that you will enjoy laughing with them about the adventures of these two, youngsters, HogProducers (ontroversy Continues Over (o -o . A report that.a hog producers stated that nothingofficial has" vote on the desirability of the been decided as y present Hog Producers Co -opera- The plan to have a vote came tive has been unconfirmed, to about following the widespread date. Officials at the office of controversy which has resulted the Minister of Agriculture have over the new direction program organized by the co-operative. Main argument against the :sch- eme is that it is dictatorial — it tells producers where they must sell their hogs and the truckers where ,they must deliver them. Endorsed By Federation The Ontario Federation of Ag- riculture meeting le Toronto this week unanimously endorsed the Ontario Hog Producers Co-opera- tive. The action was taken following a report that Theodore Barker of Ellice Township, Perth County, Hollanders Buy Former Shaefer's Store; Open Nov. 5 aloe VanderHeide and his wife have taken possession of their store on Albert Street, which they have purchased from W. J. Plum - steel. Opening day for this new business, which is specializing in work -clothes formen, everyday clothing for women and girls, and children's footwear, as well as babies' clothing, has been set for Saturday, November 5, (See de- tails on page five). Mr. and Mrs. VanderHeide are not new to this district, since they have operated a similar store in Exeter for the past year. They came to Canada with their three children,' Geer t, their oldest boy, and two daughters, Sytze and. Jetske, in 1951, and located first. at Wyoming. A fourth child, Wil- liam John, 18 months. old, was born in Canada, and so was given a Canadian name. Besides regular lines of Canad- ianmade goods, "Jill's s Clothing and Footwear as the store will be known, has entirely new styles of goods, especially in the child- ren's lines, imported from Hol- land. Announce Winners In Western Tire's Recent , Draws Ken McKenzie was the winner of first and fourth prize in a free draw conducted' by Western Tire and Auto Supply. recently. Other prize winners were George Beat- tie, William Landsborough, all of Clinton and Frank Swartz, ' Lee- dom ' First prize was a gallon of paint and ail other winners receiv- ed one quart. ., class has 39 enrolled and Mrs. Arthur Clark, Auburn, is teaching leathercraft to 24. George Hodges of the photography section, RCAF Station Clinton has a class of 18 in photography, Mrs. J. Ellis, Seaforth has 22 in a course of metal -working. The entire enrolment gathered in the auditorium of CACI for a joint meeting yesterday evening, when Principal E. A. Fines wel- comed them, and gave a brief In- struction on the times of classes,. Instruction to adults is a tittle dif. ferent from that of day classes, A slightly humorous note crept Into the picture when Principal Fines was explaining that there was to be no smoking in the class- rooms, but it was all right in the corridors, He saidthere would be wastebaskets placed outside the classroom doors where students could place their cigarette butts, cigars and corncob pipes. The committee members of the school and the shaft were intro- duced, and G. W. Montgomery spoke briefly. This is the seventh annual rural comniwuty night school to be held in the County, They were begun in 1949 in Wing - ham, and have been held, two years each in Exeter and Seaforth as well. The school is not to be confused with night schools, explained Mr. Montgomery. He said they were designed first of all to bring urban and rural people together 'for night classes. Mr, Montgomery said, "We had ped to have 150 to. 200 people this school, The response has en excellent, Classes for otography, book-keeping and siness management can accom- odate more registrations, though 1 of the others are completely ho at be ph bu al said he will start court action a- fi paint the Co-operative on grounds it is not legally established. th The Co-operative .is an agency gr established bytheprovince to a market hogs collectively. It has been in operation since last June i. Mr. Parker- said in Stratford Monday night that the co-opera- tive, did not.file an appointment with the Ontario farm products marketing board to operate and that members were not notified they belonged to the co-operative. • Mr. Parker caused a furor' in hog marketing circles two years ago when he started court action -against the United Livestock Sales and the hog producers mar- keting board, the agenoy that pre- ceded the hog producers' co-op- erative. He dropped the action after the co-operative was formed to replace the hog producers mar- keting board, d. Bob Secord, representative in, is area for the; Community Pro. amines Branch, was in attend nce, and spoke briefly. Truckers Notified Over 500 Ontario livestock truckers have been notified through the official bulletin ...of their Automotive Transport As- sociationthat they must abide by the regulations of Ontario Hog Marketing legislation. This legislation provides that "all persons who assemble, ship or transport hogs' for slaughter" must secure a shipper's' license from the Ontario (log Producers' Marketing Board in Toronto. Fee for the License is one dollar. The followiee is the policy an (Continued on Page Twelve) Goderich Editor s District' Head . • :trict ` Weekly P Grou • George Ellis, owner and editor of the Goderich Signal -Stat last weekend was elected president of the Western Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association at the fall convention in the Palmerston Le- gion Hall. Other officers named were: past president, Arthur Carr, :Palmer- ston; vice-president, Tony • Men- dell, Streetsville; secretary, Bud Lansborough, Gnand Valley; treas- urer, Willard Gardiner, Harriston„ directors, George Tatham, List- owel; David Dills, Acton; Don Southcott, Exeter. The first association of weeklies formed in, this district Was organ- ized on August 10, 1906, known as the Palmerston Press Club, B•'da h : . Club• Mrs. 3, A. Betties, Brock Street, Goderich, will mark her 93rd, birthday to -clay, Thursday; No- vember 3.