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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 1955-11-17, Page 1tirbc t oturmn==- (By W. D. D.) SANTA CLAUS IS MAKING HIS first personal appearance in, Clin- ton on Saturday . Ball and Muteh Furniturehas made ar- rangements for his visit ... and have installed a letter -box espec- ially for carrying Christmas mail' to the jolly old fellow .. ; (Fur- ther details on page nine) . . ACTION THERE WAS AND plenty of it last night w=en the fire alarm went . Before two minutes had passed the street in front of the office here was jam- med with cars, packed bumper to bumper, waiting to see which way the fire engine went . .. In fact as the engine came down Ratten- bury Street from the station, driveway it was forced to wait a moment or two until a way could be cleared for it . . . a 4 4 LIGHTS OUT AT TI3E NFIWS- Record can mean a great long de- lay . . • Last night we were with- out power for about half an hour, which means that metal in the iinotype machines gets cold, and even after .power comes back on, it takes nearly an . hour before the metal is right to ,use again However, it was fortunate that the storm was not worse . . * * CONGRATULATIONS ARE DUE the senior volleyball team of girls at CDCI , . They go to London on Saturday to compete in the Western Ontario Secondary Schools finals ... and could well come back with' a title . . a' * * SURPRISINGLY ENOUGH --OR pew not so surprising . is the fact that people will continue to waste their time writing letters to us without putting a legible signature to them . . * o WHILE ATTENDING THE opening exercises at the rural community night school . up at CDC1 last week, we had an inter- esting talk with the Mr. Secord who represents the Department of Education at these affairs .. Ap- parently Clinton is mightily asleep at the switch when it comes to making use of services which the Department makes available to rural communities .. . Mr. Secord tells us thatonly one group in Clinton, so far has asked for as- sistance in any project . . , That one group was the Kinsmen Club who have in mind the develop- ment of the park at the south edge of Clinton on Highway 4 .. . But the Department . which works through the Community 'Programmes Branch would be very happy to help any group which desires assistance in plan- ning recreational programs for their own members or for groups of people within the community . This might mean in forming a senior citizens club ... a square dance training group . the securing of a conununity recrea- tional director such as Exeter has had for years ... the planning of courses in puppetry, drama, and such ... Xt's a matter well worth looking into . By the way the Lake Huron Recreational Council Is meeting on Wednesday, Novem- ber 23, in Walkerton, in the after- noon when discussion groups will consider various aspects of re- creational programs .. * * HAVE A N 0 T -I E R BONE '10 pick with the world at large .. . Canada's school systems are grow- ing rapidly .... Ontario's deputy minister says we're building 2,000 more classrooms every year . That's a lot of rooms and a Iot of money involved ... Yet we read last week of a town in Huron County, which found they could reduce the number of trustees on the public school board from eight to six . . because: the work of the finance committee did not have a very great deal to handle, and they could be integrated with one of the other committees , , . What's going on, here? Does this mean what it appears to mean? It seems to me that this is a rattier sure sign of the local governments losing control of their educational systems . . If there is less work to do now than there was a few years ago , who is doing the rest of it? .. . THE NEW ERA -91st YEAR No, 46 -The Home Paper With the News ecord THE NEWS -RECORD -75th YEAR CLINTON, ONTARIO; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1955 Excellent Parade on November 11 Des ' ite Stead 6 cents a copy - $2.50 a year Ramtops Hockey Under Way Steady rain throughout the cenotaph service last Friday, November 11 made the street at Clinton's main corner shine, even though spirits of the paraders were dampened. Middle front is the colour party of the Clinton Branch No, 140 Canadian Legion, and in the centre, wreath- ' •bearers. At the left is the company of veterans and members of- the Ladies' •Auxiliary. At the right is a company of airmen from RCAF Station Clinton, and beyond them are the' Cubs and Scouts. (Photo by Hodges) 83 Pupils Move Into Bayfield's New School Christmas Plans For Clinton Made By Organizations (By our Bayfield correspondent) them began their studies. . Mrs. Clinton will again have a Santa Monday, November 14, 1955, is Poth talked to the' pupils • and Claus parade -on Saturday, De - a day which is going to live long told them what they were to do. cember 17. The uptown iamp in the memory of the pupils at- On the door of the new school she 'posts. will, be decorated with ever - tending U.S.S. No. 8, Stanley. It had placed a large red satin ros- green trees and each will be light was the day when they moved ette. She said that this new school ed. This was planned at, a meet - from .the old school into the new was a Christmas gift for them, a ing of two representatives of Elin- one. little in advance — a very fine ton Lions Club; two Legion mem- The principal, Mrs. LeRoy Poth, Christmas gift. bers, one Chamber of Commerce a former pupil of Bayfield public Howard Scotchmer, an eighth man and a representative of the school, planned a little ceremony grade pupil, had the honour of Kinsmen Club of Clinton, in the to mark it in the Children's minds. bearing the Union lack. With council chambers Monday evening. On this day, Robert Blair (one Mrs. Poth and Mrs. William E. Clinton Fish and Game Club had of the trustees) went to the new Parker, assistant teacher, he led previously voiced its approval at school, unlocked it, and invited the children as they marched, such a project. the teachers in to see their re- three abreast, to the door of the It was suggested that the spective rooms. new building. Here Mary Eliza- Chamber of Commerce, along with Then the teachers assembled all beth Ervine,, daughter of the the town and PUC, look after all the pupils in the Junior room of chairman of the School„ Board, street decorating and lighting. the old school, where most of stepped out from the line and Charles Wilson, chairman of the saluted the flag. She also repeat- Lions community betterment "coin- ed the pledge of allegiance. Mrs. mittee, offered to give enough Parker read Psalm 24 and all join- small cedar trees to decorate 28 ed in the Lord's Prayer, lamp posts. This will be commene- The scholars and teachers then ed on Friday, November 25. A went back to the old school for large lighted Christmas tree will. their books—and found that al- be set up at post office square. ready the wreckers were busy in- The Legion, Lions, Kin and Fish side. and Game Club will sponsor two rulc c .00 Projector Missing From Premises All members of the Clinton Public School Board were in at- tendance last Thursday evening, to hear reports of equipment tak- en from the school the weekend before. Apparently entrance had been gained through windows that were insecurely fastened, and all the classroom doors had apparent- ly been open. Among articles missing from, the school was the film projector (about $800 value), the screen was not taken; a small classroom radio; several pitch pipes from a number of the classrooms; money in small sums from a number of the classrooms. A letter was authorized to the principal, advising him of the de- sirability of having all doors lock- ed when the teachers leave the school. Discussion of 'installing lights at the rear of the school was held, and it was decided that this be done. Decision was made to buy suit- able furniture for the principal's office to the amount of about $450, and for bicycle reeks. A meeting of the teachers and the study and welfare committee was to be held last night to dis- cuss problems of noon hour super- vision. Of the four members whose term on the Board expires this year, A. F. Cudmore, Clayton Dixon and Lawrence Haughton indicated that they would stand if nominated. Rev. R. M. P. Bulteel, who has resigned his .position as rector of St, Paul's Anglican Church, effective early in 1956, will not be available to' serve in this capacity. • Mrs. C. 0. Martin Wins $16 At Appreciation Day Draw Second coupon drawn at the Appreciation Day event on .Satur- day was the winner of five per cent of the treasure chest. A total of $16.15 was won by Mrs. C. O. Martin. The first coupon was that of another Clinton lady, who hs it turned out was ineligible accord- ing to rule Nine of the promo- tion's rules and regulations. How- ever, she was not present to re- ceive any winnings. in any case. Next week the total a the treasure chest will be $381.77, as announced by Emcee Bob Camp- bell at the conclusion of the draw. The Weather 1955 1.954 High Low High Low Nov., 10 46 30 40 13 11 45 37 55 32 12 51 37 48 31 13 54 40 47 29 1,4 56. 35 50 35 15 39 29 40 29 16 55 33 54 29 The maxitnuni amount 'that could be won would • be, $190.89, 1f the lucky person happened to be fort- unate enough to have a 50 per cent 'coupon drawn. If only ,a five per cent coupon is drawn, the share in the treasure chest would be $19.09, which would ;tie .a ,fairly good pre -Christmas present at that. Sponsors of the .: Appreciation Day, the ,Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, and all of the participating merchants were particularly pleased at the crowd whichattended last Saturday. The weather was good, and as a result the entire area of the Library Park was covered with Clinton shoppers, and out onto the side- walk as well. Numbers were esti- mated at more than 500 people. Again it was emphasized that to win, the person, whose name !s drawn must be present. Stores participating in the Treasure Chest all display the large blue and gold sticker somewhere on the front window or door. Look for the sticker if you want to Rain: .56 ins. Rain; .08 ins. share in the Treasure Chest. Chimney Fire At Fred Arkell'r Frame Residence 4 chimney fire at the farm owned by Fred Arkell, Bayfield Line, Goderich Township, brought the Clinton Fire Brigade out last evening about 10 p.m. • The occupants of the frame: hou'se were about to retire when they heard the fire roaring in the chimney. Their quick action avert- ed a more/sefious fire and by the time firertten' arrived on the scene the .blazewas well under control.' The young couple had extinguish- ed the fire in the stove, rushed to Counter, it is very important to the attic and•.. threw water into all those wishing to mail parcels the chimney; • for Christmas overseas to mail early and to insure delivery by Christmas • bay, it is necessary to get parcels off to Europe by next Wednesday, November 23. For delivery in Great Britain the deadline is November 29. To get delivery in the United States, par- cels should' be in the post office here before Decmbr 8. 50 Fans Show Enthusiasm Name 1955-56 Executive It was quite unanimous that Clinton get back into Inter- mediate hockey as evidenced at a• meeting of over 50 persons in the council chambers ' here last Thursday evening. Russel E. Holmes was elected president of the new Clinton Hockey Club. Clinton had no intermediate hockey last winter. Many of the players played in Zurich or Exeter, Postmaster TJrges Early Mailing Of Christmas Parcels According to Postmaster G. M. P.C. KEN ARMSTRONG POSTED TO'STRATFORD P.C. Ken ` Armstrong, 23 -year- old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong, Londesboro, and a for- mer Clinton Coit hockey player, has been posted to the Stratford detachment of the Ontario Pro- vincial Police, PUD COIMMMISSIONER IN OAR. ACCIDENT AT STRATFORD A. J. Deseck, Stratford, one of the commissioners in the Clinton PUC; was the driver of a station wagon in Stratford on Tuesday, when it was in collision with a pedestrian, Cyril Mann. Mr. Mann is reported to have suffered ser- ious head injuries and a fractured leg. Dates for other mailings are as follows: to Newfoundland or Brit- ish Columbia, mail before Decem- ber 11; to Alberta, before Decem- ber 12; to Saskatchewan and Manitoba, before December 13; to the Maritimes, before December 14; to Quebec and in Ontario, be: fore December 15, and to insure local delivery, mail„ before Decem- ber 17. Fine Parade November 11 Clinton Honours War Dead An exceptionally fine parade Mrs. E. Bell; IOOF No. 83, Alvin turned out on Remembrance Day, Sharp; Huronic Rebekah Lodge November 11 in Clinton to pay No, 306, Mrs. G, Beattie; Clinton tribute to those fallen in two Lions Club, Ken B. McRae; Huron great wars. Fish and Game Conservation As - During the service at the Legion sedation, Douglas Freeman; Kins- M e m or i a 1 Hall, Kirk Street, men. Club of Clinton, K W. Col - Flight Lieutenant the Rev. B. quhoun; Kinette Club of Clinton, Garrett spoke on the thence, "We Mrs. J. Clegg; "Clinton Women's have nothing to fear but fear, it -Institute, Mrs. M. Batkin; Clinton self." He compared hi this' .talk District Collegiate Institute, Miss he items of which we should be Barbara Jones; A/V/M 51ugh raid, such as losing our honour, Campbell Public School, Lorraine betraying our freedom, of fail- la Croix and Donald Ouimet; g our duty, bombs, men, gentle- Clinton Public School, Margaret as and decency, when many of McClelland and Jane Wood; are more afraid of losing our RCAF Scouts, Cubs, Guides and "--mfort, being betrayed by our Brownies, Dennis Loagan and lemies, propaganda, God, and the Fred Kelsey, Gwen Shorey and Public School Inspector.G. J, free Saturday afternoon shows for a Goman, Exeter,-.arrived.and help children at the Roicr Theatre, on of ed with the seating arrangements December' 10 and' V. These clubs in for 82 pupils. also will supply treats and ar- ine This compact new school has range all details for Santa's visit' us the latest equipment. A summer on Saturday, December 17. co resident told the writer: "We o i e have nothing like it in Stratford. Rise In Sub. Rates lo n is very well built," And the children like It, too. It is so bright and airy. The senior room is painted in blue and pink; the Junior room in yellow and green. The chalk boards are in green (remember, folks, there's no such thing as a blackboard, anymore, That dates one. It's chalk boards from now on.) There is plenty of shelf space under the windows and chalk boards. The boys' washroom is done in blue and the gids' in pmk. And they proved very popular spots on the first day. Practical Jackie Weston, aged nine, reported to her mother: "They've used far too much soap to -day, and they're wasting the towels." And because of the new drink- ing fountainin the hall, the'child- ren seemed' to be unduly thirsty.. The teachers' room which is also to serve the public health nurse, and the hall have not been painted yet. All the woodwork is ina blonde finish. And the new moveable (adjustable) combined seat and desks are in blonde birth. The school is heated by an air - circulating, oil -burning furnace. One of the features which pleas- es the teachers is the electrically - Advertised Here ss .of our present standard of Louise Powell; Clinton Scouts, Cubs, Guides and Brownies, Barry MacLare'n, .Kenneth Smith, Mary Jean Colquhoun and Heather Winter. The parade observed two min- utes silence between the sounding of the Last Post and Reveille, and then proceeded to march past the reviewing stand in front of the Commercial Hotel, and to dismis- sal at the Legion Hall. • living, Following the service which. vent off as planned, the parade to up and marched to the notaph. Here LAW Therese ortin represented the women in e armed forces'; Sergeant Tom w represented the Canadian rmy; LAC Bob Crossman and orporal Reid represented the Air arse, A short service was held in Lich Rev. J. W. P. Graham was ssisted by F/L the Rev. Wardell, nd then the wreaths were laid, The Province of Ontario wreath s laid by Mrs. J. R. Makins; Branch No. 140, Canadian Legion, Town of Clinton, Mayor M. J. Agnew;, RCAF Station Clinton, Group Captain H. C. Ashdown, Commanding •Officer; ` C 1 i n ton Telephone, construct!onacreww s are busyboth above nd belo J. W. Counter; Ladies' Auxiliary ground, in Clinton these days as to the Canadian Legion, Mrs. Bur- tonprepare Stanley; Clinton and District Brings' Response f Certainly it pays to advertise, g and here at the, News -Record that th fact has been brought very much to mind throughout' the past few A weeks, Ever since announcement C was made of the' rise in subscript- F ion rates, effective .December 1,. the savings -conscious people who w are our readers, -have been flock- a ing to the office to pay their sub- a scription and save. Some readers are taking this H,a opportunity to' lengthen their paid up period as far in the future as 1958. "I have no intention what- ever of discontinuing my "subscrip- tion," said one man, "so I might as well take advantage of this offer." It was with regret that the in- crease in price was announced. However, prices have continued to rise in all,. sections, For in- stance, in the last ten years cost of :newsprint ; has rise:r from $81 per ton (f.o.b. Clinton) to • the present rate Of $182 pm: ton (f.o.b. Clinton). This is more than doubled. On the other hand, the subscription rate of tate paper a vas $2 nine years ago, and it has not. controlled current of air which doubled, even at the $3 rate which (Continued on Page Ten) will go into effect on December1. Bell TdeP hon e Lays Cable To Replace p ace Old. Wires lof dial telephone service here next Chamber of Commerce, Bill Ed- spring, gar; Clinton Fire -Department, BY the time the . new Clinton Harry J. ' McEwen; Officers of dial exchange goes into operation RCAF `Station Clinton, Squadron ;Bell Telephone's outside construc- Leader' 3. P. Dixie; Sergeants of .tion men and contractors will RCAF Station Clintons Warrant have placed 46 telephone poles Officer, J. Leech; Clinton Lodge and erected nearly 10,000 feet of A.F. and A.M. No. 84, Dean Ald- !aerial cable, They will have °winkle; Clinton Chapter, Order placed 775 feet of new conduit of the° Eastern Star, Mrs. eo. under Clinton streets, made new Clayton. n,enholes and, buried more than Murphy Lodge, LOL leo. 710, 8,000 feet of cable, besides instal - Mervin. Falconer; LOBA N(3'' '377' clingable in conduit. nearly 2,200 more feet of Safety. Patrol Boys Pose With Chief of Police Russel Thompson Chief H. Russel Thompson (rear) poses with 15 members 13arry McLaren, Wayne" Ehbett, Howard Edwards, Paul Pickett of the ,Clinton Safety Patrol showing the various items of Roger Cummings, Jim Dales, Ron Clifford uniform and the hand "stop" signals, From left to right arearry Bertram, oP gn Wilfred was take is LewislBo Ling and Bobby Miller. Absent when Charles BartlifP., Tom Sharp, Ken Engelsiad, Wayne Stanley, � picture taken is Bob Robison. (Preto by 1VIacl.aren's) Approximately 20 players—both veterans and newcomers and some minor players—have showed up at practice sessions this past week. 'Hugh R. Hawkins, past presi- dent of the WOAA and now on the executive of the OHA, told the meeting of a recent OHA. meeting in Toronto, that gave a release to the Clinton Intermediate Hoc- key Club so they could enter in WOAA "home-brew" competition, Mr. Hawkins, who was chairman of the meeting, urged the gather- ing to organize a club and back. up the entry which bad previous- ly been sent into the WOAA. Following is the executive for the 1955-56 season: president, R. E. Holmes; vice-president, Don C. Colquhoun; secretary, R. D ."Diels" Frenilin; treasurer, George Levis; manager, Bob Draper; assistant manager, Bert Glidden. Other ap- pointments were: Reg. Ball, trans- portation manager; Hugh Ladd, equipment manager; and Frank Dixon, trainer. Considerable discussion took place regarding a coach, but no decision was reached. It was sug- gested that a committee of finan- cial directors be setup to promote some project to raise money to buy new equipment. George Levis, who was treasur- er of the club in 1953-54, gave an excellent report of that season's operations. He reported a bank balance of $232.48. Bert Glidden, who has been manager of Clinton Colt hockey teams formanyyears, said he could not take on the manager's job but would help in any way, He remarked that "he had been praised for starting a team and criticized for dropping it last year" The new officers held an exec- utive meeting afterwards. Players Practicing The following players have been out to practice the past week: in goal, 'Bill German, who has also been practicing with Seaforth Juniors, and Don Denomme. De- fencemen: Dan Colquhoun, 33 - year -old veteran, last year with Zurich; Mait Edgar, also with Zurich last winter; Jack Carter and Tom Colquhoun from last year's juvenile team; "Bud" Sch- oenhals and John Wilson, who played last In 1953-54; Bill Cow- an, from Londesboro; Stewart Broadfoot; and Ricky Elliott, who has played the past three seasons with Seaforth Junior "B" team. Forwards: Billie Handy and Jerry Holmes, who played for Zurich last year; Don Strong, a former Colt centre; Murray Col- quhoun, who was out of hockey last year, but had been practicing with Exeter this fall; Billy Mac- Donald, last year with Goderich and Owen Sound; Bob McDonald, who last played at Parkhill; Alvin Fowler, John Hartley, Bev Boyes, Lee and Bob Garan who all played minor hockey for Clintdn, Garan has been practicing with Seaforth Juniors. Manager Bob Draper has been on skates during all the practice sessions. Heavy Schedule The Colts first home appear- ance will be on Friday, November 25 against a now team in WOAA competition, from Watford. Be- fore this they play two games in Lucan against Ilderton and Lucan, The first half of the double schedule can be found on page nine today. Huron Entry •• Places Fourth Barry McQuillan and . David Kirkland, the Huron County entry in the Dominion Livestock judging competitions for 4 -ii Clubs at the Royal.. Winter Fair, placed fourth among the 18 entries " in their class. They were representing On- tario in this competition. On Tuesday the Huron •,4•H Boys and Girls took their calves' to Toronto for entry in the Queen's , Guineas : Class at the Royal. Over 200 different entries have been made in this. Judging wilI• take place to -day. 0 HURON POLICE LAX 115 CHARGES; 62 WARNINGS As part ofthe province -wide traffic safety campaign, Huron County Ontario Provincial Police have checked some 800 cars, laid 115 charges and issued, 02 warn- ings during the past two weeks, 0 GIRLS POOL EEF'ORTS TO WIN CONTEST Misses )Viae Coleman and Lois Jones, who are employed in the agricultural office; combined for- ces and came up with the prize winning title in the seventh car- toon capers contest, The winning title Was "Say 'Mac! I Thought You Said This rabbit Was Skin- ned." The hidden title was "Cust- omer Said He Wanted Turtle Soup.,,