Clinton News-Record, 1950-01-19, Page 4PAGE TOUR
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD.,.
Clinton's
Great
Progress
in Past Year
(By It. S. Atkey)
The. Town of Clinton, "The
Hub of Huron County," faces
the year 1950 with confidence
in the future and with 'a sense
of destiny about to be ful-
filled.
During the past two or three
years, great progress has been
made .in many ways. Chief
among these were the develop-
ments with regard to municipal
improvements,; which include
a new sewerage system, new
firefighting equipment, a new
"flasher -and bell" warning sy-
stem at the Canadian National,
Railways level crossing in the'
south end of the town; and the
new asphalt pavement on the
connecting links of King's
Highways 4 and .8. In addition,
a new modern hospital additions
erected at a cost of $146,000, Is
of great importance.
Fine Sewerage System
The new sewerage system
and sewage disposal plant have
been operating long enough
now to demonstrate their great
value to the community. Al-
though the expenditure involved
exceeded $360,000, repayable
over a long period through de-
benture financing, still all cite.
izens are agreed that it was a
mighty fine investment.
Model Sewage Plant
In fact, Clinton's sewage dis-
posal plant is considered a
model for towns of its size
throughout Canada. It is op-
erated by Clinton Public. Utilit:
fes Commission for the Town
of Clinton, and sewerage rent-
al rates raise •about• two thirds
of the annual requirements to'
retire principal and interest
payments.
New Fire Equipment
Early in 1949, the Town
Council was faced with the
problem of possessing old and
antiquated equipment for the
very serious purpose of fight-
ing fires.
It was decided that entirely
new equipment was necessary
to cope with the situation as it
existed. A new truck, fully
equipped with modern fire-
fighting equipment, was order-
ed. Delivery was made in Nov-
ember 1949, and by the end of
the year the wisdom of the in-
vestment had been, vindicated.
The uniformed voluntary fire
brigade now takes a 'new in-
terest in the serious business
of fighting fires, should they
occur.
Shortly after the new truck
had been placed in operation,
Clinton Fire Department assist-
ed in battling fires in the ViIl-
age of Brucefield, seven miles
south on King's Highway 4, and
in Seaforth, nine miles south-
east on King's Highway 8,
where a very bad fire otok
place in the main busbies sec-
tion.
Residents now have a sense
of security that they never
possessed previously.
"Flaasher-and-Be1P! System
After months of negotiation,
the proposal of Clinton and
District Chamber of Commerce
that a warning signal system
be installed at the level cross-
ing of King's, Highway 4 and
the Canadian National Rail-
ways, in the southern section
of the town, finally bore fruit
when installation of a "flash-
er -and -bell" system took place
in October 1949.
The four sets of flashing
lights, together with ringing
bell, help to protect a danger-
ous crossing where traffic is
Ivery heavy, particularly since
RCAF Station is situated only
I two miles south of the town
i on that highway.
Costs were shared by the
grade crossing fund, Canadian
National Railways, the Town
of Clinton and Ontario Depart-
ment of Highways. It has
proved a great boon toward the
protection of traffic on a, busy
main highway.
New Pavements
The new asphalt pavements
on the connecting links of
King's Highways 4 and 8 thro-
ugh' Clinton, a distance .of a;
-bout three miles, have proved
a source of great satisfaction
to motorists and local residents
They replaced, in November,
ver) bad highways which had
been made so through the con-
struction of the sewerage sy-
stem and -the resultant tearing -
up of the Streets.
The Town of Clinton and
surrounding municipalities cel-
ebrated the formal opening of
these new pavements at a
function Dec. 8, 1949, when
Hon. George H: Doucett, Ont-
ario Minister of Highways, for-
mally opened the thoroughfares.
Clinton now boasts "the
smoothest streets in Ontario".
The cost was borne by the
Ontario Department ,of High-
ways for the central 22 feet,
with the Town of 'Clinton pay-
ing for the width In excess of
22 feet.
Hospital Fully Paid
Recently, it was announced
that the new $146,000 wing £o
Clinton Public Hospitals had
been fully paid for, which was
a matter of much gratification
to the citizens generally and
the Hospital Board.
The. Hospital now is one of
the most modern in Canada,
with 25 beds, including a very
up-to-date maternity were.
Official opening took` place on
May 12, 1949, with Thomas
Pryde, MLA for Huron, offici-
ally opening the new wing.
In addition to the above,
Clinton possesses fifty Central
Mortgage and Housing dwell-
ings, all occupied, with tlis-
tenants happy and contented.
RCAF Part of Community
Clinton RCAF Station, where
is located the only`Radar and
Communications School in Can-
ada, is situated within the Clin-
ton community and is very
much a part of it. Its personn-
el contribute greatly to com-
munity life and many of the
married personnel have their
homes in Clinton Itself.
The finest spirit of cooperat-
ion exists between the RCAF
Station and the town of Clin-
ton and its residents, as evid-
enced by many actsof, mututal
assistance.
A large building ' and con-
struction project now is under
way at RCAF Station, with the
erection of 145 houses by Cent-
ral Mortgage and Housing
Corporation, a government-
owned company. Although
none is yet occupied, the pro-
ject is well under Way, and
many houses should be occup-
ied by spring, They will be
useei, by the married personnel
of the RCAF"
Plan Fine New School
In this connection, so great
has been the increase in the
yqunger population of the
Station, that Central Mort-
gage and Housing Corporation
plans the erection of a six -
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Tenders for this project dos- ,
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Although not: included in
population figures for the Town
of Clinton proper, whose pop-
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hundred more residents to the
Clinton community and to the
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HISTORY OF HURON •
SEAFORTH Prof. Wilfred
Brenton Kerr, who died at Buf-
falo Jan. 12, was recognized as
an authority on the history of
Huron County and of -the adjoin-
ing districts of Western Ontario,
and was the author of several
books on the history of this reg-
ion. His last book, "From Scot-
land to Huron, A History of the
Kerr Family" was published only
last week.
FEDERATION NEWS
(By Gordon M. Greig, Secretary
and Fieldman)
Attended OFA Annual
The annual meeting of Ontario
Federation of. Agriculture that
was held in the King Edward
Hotel, Toronto, was well attend-
ed by members of Huron County
Federation. It was a very in-
spiring meeting with many resol-
utions being presented and ac-
cepted by the voting delegates.
The most interesting resolution,
from the standpoint of Huron
County delegates, dealt with price
support for farm produce.
Poultry Producers Organize
During the Ontairo Federation
of Agriculture annual meeting,.
a fact was placed before the
delegates that the poultry pros
ducers have no organization to
represent them, similar to the
hog producers or the cream pro-
ducers. It was agreed that some-
thing should be done immediately
toward organizing the poultry
producers of Ontario. Poultry
farmers of Huron should prepare
themselves to support this or-
ganization. It may be too late
to aid much in the present finan-
cial disaster; but if we had had
just such an organization previous
to the loss of the British market,
we could have brought pressure
to bear on the Government to
find new markets and give us a
satisfactory floor price so we
would not have . to 'operate our
poultry flocks ate a loss.5.
Directors to Meet.
The Executive and Directors
of Huron County Federation of
Agriculture will meet on Tues-
day, Jan. 24, 1950, at the Agri-
cultural Board Room, Clinton.
The executive will meet at 1.30
p.m. and the directors at 2.30 p.m.
It is planned to discuss the re-
solution presented by the . Mon-
crief Farm Forum group of Grey
Township, regarding the proposed,
change in the educatoinal system,
as planned by the Minister of
Education, Hon. Dana Porter.
SUPERVISOR SPEAKS
GODER.ICH — Inspector Vernon
Page, Supervisor " of Traffic of
Toronto police force. was the
guest speaker at Goderich Lions
Club meeting
PLAY RESUMES
IN BADMINTON
LEAGUE SERIES
Representatives of the variqus
clubs met at Stratford Badmin-
ton Club over the weekend to'
make arrangements for the sec-
ond half of the schedule in the
Western Ontario Badminton As-
sociation "B" aeries.
Clinton Badminton Club was
represented by Don Symons, John
Sorenson, Leonard Johnson and
Dick Atkey,
Schedule is as follows:
Thursday, Jan. 19—Stratford at
Exeter.
Friday, Jan. 20=,Seafogth at
Listowel: -
Tuesday, Jan. 24— Clinton at
Seaforth.
Sunday, Jan. 29 - Clinton. at
Stratford.
Wednesday, Feb. 1—Exeter at
Listowel.
Tuesday,•Feb. 7 -Exeter at Sea -
forth:
Wednesday, Feb. 8—Listowel at
Clinton.
Sunday, Feb. 12 —Listowel at
Stratford.
Thursday, Feb. 16—Clinton at
Exeter.
Friday, Feb. 17—Stratford at
Seaforth.
Play-off Arrangements
First four teams in the league
standing (sets won) will qualify
for the play-offs, with those
finishing first and second having
choice of matches. The first and
third teems and second and
fourth teams will meet, the win-
nerseof these two series to clash
in the finals.
In the play-offs, if a tie ex-
ists, it must be broken in the
second match of a series in the
usual manner.
Standing of the "B" league in
the first half of the schedule is.
es follows:
Won Lost Pts.
(Matches) (Sets)
Exeter 3 1 32
Stratford . 3 1 29
Clinton . . 3 1 27
Seaforth . 1 3 20
Listowel . 0 4 13
Tournaments Planned
Discussion took place regard -
Milverton 9—RCAF 6
(At Clinton, Jan. 12)
MILVERTON: goal, Schmidt;
defence, Yost and Meyers; centre,
Don Dale; wings, Doug Dale and
Tuer; alternates—Brenneman, C.
Kipfer, Btmdscho, Gropp, Mullen,
Gibbard, R. Kipfer, Attridge.
CLINTON RCAF: goal, Grant;
defence, Lamoureaux and Heney;
centre, Norris; wings, Butler,
Chaloux; alternates -Langlois (c),
Scarrow (rw), Singleton (1w),
Olynek, Oulett:e, Penny, Cantin,
Joel, McPherson.,
Referees. — Gordon Muir end
Ralph McFadden, Seaforth:
First Period
1—Milverton, Dale (Tuer, Dale)
2 -Milverton, Dale (Tuer, Dale)
3 -RCAF, Langlois (Scarrow)
4—Milverton, Yost (Bundscho)
5—Milverton, Brenneman (Mul-
len)
Milverton 4—Clinton RCAF 1.
Second Period
6—•RCAF, Chaloux
7—Milverton, Doug Dale( Don
Dale)
8 -RCAF, Singleton (Langlois,
Scars -ow)
9—Milverton, Kipfer (Mullen)
10 RCAF, Searrow (Singleton,
Langlois)
11—Milverton, Mullen (Brenne-
man, Doug Dale)
12—RCAF, McPherson (Gillette)
Milverton 7—•RCAF 5.
Third Period
13—Milverton, Gropp (Bundsoho)
14—RCAF, Scarrow (Langlois,
Singleton)
15—Milverton, Doug Dale (Kip -
Final score: fer)
Milverton 9—Clinton RCAF 6.
NEW VILLAGE CLERK
GRAND BEND—Jack Wither-
spoon, principal of the village
school and resident for the past
four years, has been appointed
clerk of Grand Bend, succeeding
W. MacLaren.
ing the holding of an invitation
"B" tournament at Clinton in
March under the auspices of
Clinton Badminton Club, and the
Western Ontario Badminton As-
sociation "B" tournament i n
Stratford later in the same month. •
Definite decision will be made
later.
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