Clinton News-Record, 1950-02-02, Page 1No. 5
THE NEW ERA -84th YEAR
jt _first
CCoxtant=-
WE'LL ADMIT THAT KING
Winter is reigning today but such
was not the case last week, and
even over the weekend The
approach of Ground •Hog's Day
Day—
today, February 2 -may have had
something to do with it, but not
likely . .
e
HERE ARE A , FEW ODDITIES
of the weather in this district _-
George D. Roberton saw a robin
in a tree in front of his residence
on Whitehead St. on Sunday af-
ternoon.
. . As the weather be-
came frostier, redbreast flew off
into the orchard nearby and
wasn't seen again*
DOWN HENSALL • WAY, OUR
correspondent reports that Ger-
ald Regele, George Smith and
Don Smale; killed three garter
snakes in the Park bush over the
Weekend . ,
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IN THAT AREA, TOO, ARCTIC
owls, considered very rare in this
section, have travelled in from
the north and have made their
abode on some of the farms east
of Hensall . These birds have
a wing spread of two -and -a -half
feet, have huge claws, add are
known to kill chickens , Wil-
bert filling has noticed them on
his farm from time to time
a a ,a
UNDER THE HEADING "FLY-
ing • High," a picture of Fkt. Lt.
Robert McKee; astride an elephant
in Ceylon, was published in Mon-
day's Toronto GIobe and Mail
A graduate of R. and C. School,
Clinton, he is radio operator of
RCAF's North Star that is fly-
ing External Affairs Minister
Pearson around the world
His wife was formerly Miss
Agnes Combe, Clinton , . The
plane was reported safe Saturday
after blowing two tires landing
at Hong Kong .
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A FORMER RESIDENT, W. H.
Townsend, in renewing his sub-
scription to The NEWS -RECORD,
writes from Souris, Man.: We
look forward every Monday for
this paper; we both came from
Clinton., . We have had a very
cold January . , There Is
enough snow far sleighs and cut-
ters to slide along, but the cars
are still running . , , Wishing you
all the best in this New Year"
Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Town-
send, and the same to your. .
THIS IS NO*REFLECTION O
the discipline exercised in schools
in.. this district' but it could be a
commentary on the discipline
imposed on children by parents
, A teacher recently resigned
from a rural school board (not
in this immediate„ area).. She
said was was afraid of the prin-
cipal ... The principal was afraid
of the school board The
school board members were afraid
of the parents . The parents
were afraid of the children
But the children were afraid of
nobody'.
ONE PIECE4, OF ADVICE TO
parents who find their children
are not behaving too well is
given by Aunt . Susie:. "Switch
their interests and switch them
good!" . ,
IN RENEWING HIS SUBSCRIP-
tion for another year, a former
Goderich Township boy, Vener-
able W. A. Townshend, London,
secretary -treasurer of the Diocese
of Huron, . Church of England in
Canada, writes: "We look for-
ward to receiving The NEWS -
RECORD each week ., . It is
just like getting •a letter from.
the old home -town, and we feel
that you have made it a really
first-class weekly paper , ,
WE WERE PARTICULARLY
pleased to note that our old
home -town is having an Old Boys'
Week during the summer of
1950. , . I sincerely trust that
the local committee will arrange.
to have a special day for all the
Old Girls and Boys at Clinton
Collegiate Institute . . . Some of
its former graduates in London
here are preparing •lists of the
farmer students residing here..
I 'wild be most pleased to pass
them on to the committee at a
later date . ,
ONTARIO STREET
CHURCH SHOWS
GOOD PROGRESS
(By Rev; W. J; Woolfrey)
The a nn u a 1 congregational
meeting of Ontario Street United
Church was held on Wednesday,
January 25 in the Sunday School
After the supper, there was a
short programme of community
singing and. toasts.
The reports showed continued
interest in the work of ' the
church and substantial increases
for the year in all departments
of the church.
Two new members --Russell L.
Jervis and Leslie Pearson—were
+. appointed to the Session, and J.
Willis VanEgmond to thBoard
of Stewards.
The amount received for the
Missionary a a d . Maintenance
Fund was an increase of $170
over last year. Thetotal income
for the charge was $10,200,
The Weather
1950 ' 1949
High Low High Low
Jan, 26 60 27 23 17
27 30 16 23 15
28 36 17 38''. 22
29 42 26 ' 25 11
30 28 14 15 •6
31 20• 16 . 20 2*
Feb..1 26 9 24 12
Rain: .18 ins: , htaiin:.6 ins.
'Snow: ih inch Snow: 10 ins.
Beiriw Zero
CLiN'FON , ONTARIO, THURSDAY,. FEBRUARY 2, 1950
Police seek
Perpetrators
Library:
Readers
U1i113
As time progresses, • Clinton-
ians are becoming more omniv-
orous in the field of reacting,
the 1949 report of• Clinton Pub-
lic Library indicates.
In figures just released, the
number of subscribers increased
during the year by 113, a jump
from .901 in 1948 to 1,014 in 1949.
The totals comprised 289 juven-
iles and 612 adults in the first
category and 322 juveniles and
692 adults in the second. New
members totalled 263, and total
circulation, et 21,677, indicated
a big increase over the previous
year.
Both B. J. Glbbings, chairman
of the Public Library Board, and
Miss Evelyn G. Hall, the capable
Librarian, were well pleased with
last year's interest in the facilities
offered by Clinton's fine Public
Library.'
263 New Members
New members for 1949 totalled
263. Circulation: Non-fiction,
4,471; Juvenile, 5,937; Adult fic-
tion, 11,269; Total, 21,677.
Expenditures on books were as
follows: Juvenile books, $149.52;
adult fiction, $225.74; non-fiction,
2159.94; mending materials, $24,51;
Total, $569.71.
Books discarded or lost: Juv-
enile 183, adult fiction 47, non-
fiction_ 6; Total, 236. Books gd-
d'ed: Adult fiction 135, Juvenile
131, non-fiction 63.
Number of subscribers was
1,014, made up of: juvenile, 322;
adult, 692.
In 1948, membership totalled
901; comprising 289 juveniles and
612 adults.
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BAPTIST CHURCH
REPORTS PROVE
ENCOURAGING
The annual business meeting of
Clinton Baptist Church was held
in the parsonage on •Thursday,
January 26, with the pastor, Rev,
A. Forsyth, presiding.
Very encouraging reports were
received from all departments,
especially the Ladies Aid', Sun-
day School, and Mission ,Band,
increased interest in the activities
if the church groups chanarteriz-
ed each report. Pians for the
future were discussed, and higher
objectives for the coming year
were accepted. The pastor's sal-
ary was increased.
The following officers were
electedfor the ensuing year: Dea-
cons, W. Cochrane and H. Pickett•
Trustees, the Deacons; Clerk, F/L
P,. 0. Jones; treasurer, J. R. But-
ler; financial secretay, Mrs. W.
Aikenhead; ushers, H. Cochrane,
Ed. Greens; organist, Mrs. W.
Aikenhead; assistant organist,
Mrs, E. Roberts; choir leader,
F/L P. O. Jones,
Property committee: Messrs H.
Cochrene, J. Murray, E. Grealis,
and H. Pickett; Flower commit-
tee: Mrs. J. R. Butler, Mrs. T.
Leppington; Sunday School sup-
erintendent, H. Cochrane; assist-
ant Sunday School superintend-
ent, W. Blacker; Mission Band
leader, Mrs. R. J. Gemmell; Jun-
ior church leaders: Mrs. R. J.
Gemmell and Miss E. Pocock,
Officers of the. Ladies' Aid are:
president, Mrs. A. Forsyth; vice-
president, Mrs. W. Cochrane; see-
rotary-terasurer, Mrs. R. Clif-
ford; parsonage committee;• • Mrs.
William Pickett; pianist, Mrs. W.
Aikenhead.
Lunch was served at the con-
clusion of the meeting.
Congratulations to Mr: and Mrs; George King!
•
Couple's
Bayfield es
P
59th Anniversary
nary
(By Lucy R. Woods)
Mr. and Mrs. George King,
Bayfield, will have been married
59 years on Saturday, February
4, 1950. They aren't setting much
store by this anniversary but are
looking forward to celebrating
their 60th anniversary next year.
Through the years, Mr. and
Mrs. King have retained that
youthful spirit which enables
them to sympathize with and en-
joy the confidence of their grand-
children and other young friends.
They take a keen interest in
current events and are great hoc-
key fans.' The Maple Leafs have
no more ardent followers than
George and Annie King
During the year, they both
havesuffered accidents,• Shortly
before Easter, Mrs, King broke
her hip when she lost her dalence
while attending tothe stove. °(She
listened to Foster Hewitt's broad-
cast on the way to the hospital).
Then'she was just getting about
nicely again when an apple caus-
ed Mr. King's accident in Octob-
er; He was standing up on the
seat of his buggy reaching for
that tempting fruit when the
horse took a step and Mr. King
landed on his head on the
ground, sustaining a fracture of a
vertebrae in his neck. He re-
covered and is able to walk out
to the barn again, although it is
mighty lonesome out there now
that his beloved driver, "Jerry
Harvester," has gone. (The spirit-
ed horse,had to be sold when Mr,
King was not able to care for
him).
His neck still bothers him but
`come spring' he hopes that the
pain will disappear and he'll be
out working around the garden
again, Mrs. King still sews a
fine quilt block and takes an
interest in the women's organ-
izations of Trinity Church.
Despite their disabilities, Mr,
and Mrs. King resisted all ap-
peals to spend the winter with
their elder daughter in'Cimvale,
Mrs. King manages the' house-
keeping and they are so. happy
in their own comfortable cottage.
Although they call themesdves
"shut-ins" in the .bad weather,
they have kind neighbours who
see that they do not lack supplies,
The writer joins in congratuls,
tions to this bride and groom of
59 years, end is. looking forward
to their diamond wedding anni-
versary,
Historical Sketches
OF THE COUNTY OF HURON
XI --Railways
This is the 27th of a series !Government Railways, reports, as
of historical articles on the now owned and operated in Can-
municipalities in this area, taken Lada, 5,57414miles of road, of
from "Historical Atlas of Hur- i which 4,36miles are of the
on County," published in 1879, i"standard" or four feet 81,4 inch
The Wonderful
:gauge, 539% miles of the "broad"
progress made or five feet six inch gauge, and
by railways in Canada, when 672% miles of narrow, or three
once the building of them had feet six inch gauge. The total.
been entered into, is even at this cost of these railways was $326, -
late dray of stupendous public , 328,976,18, divided as follows:
works considered a most remark- Ordinary ' Share Capital, $113,
able epoch in the history of the 702,126.82; Preference, $68,876't -
development of the country. This 867.31; Bonded Debt, $79,676,
stage of development did not, 382.44. Loans and Bonuses from
however, , immediately succeed '-Dominion Government, $55,320,,
the "invention," • so to speak, of 802.28. Ontario' Government, $1,-
railways. In fact 20• years had ,733,817,02; Quebec Government,
passed since the memorable 6th $441,681.00; New Brunswick Gov -
October, 1829,' when the per- iernment $2,163,000.00;-Municipal-
formances of Stephenson's "Roc -'sties $5,689,299.00; Total - $65,-
ket" On the new line from :Man- 348,599.61, Less paid-up Sec -
Chester. to Liverpool first elec- l unities, above included, $1275,-
trifled the world, before scarce ,000.00; Total, $64,073,599.61; 1`otad,
a move was made in the direr- of $326,328,976.18.
tion of placing that great "mod-; These railways are laid with
ern civilizer," as the railway has 2,783% miles of steel rails, 2,7651/2
been aptly named. within reach 'of iron rails, and 251/2 of wooden
of the people of the North Am - 'rails. They owned and operated
erican Provinces; end even as late i 995 locomotives, 497 passenger
as 1850, there were scarce a half Coaches, 294 second -Class cars,
hundred miles irr operat=ion, 241 baggage, mail, and express
throughout the whole country, oars, 14,712 cattle and box cars,
During the fleet decade, however, 6,927 platform cars, 1,050 coal
the Grand Trunk, Great West- cars, and 13 grain elevators. The
ern, Northern, Midland, and a gross earnings for the year were
large number of others were $18,742,053.48; the working ex -
completed end put into running penes, $15,290,091.40; leaving net
operation; and ever since that profits of $3,451,962, the expenses
time the development ; has been swallowing up 81,59 per cent of
so rapid, that Mr. Brydres,'the the gross receipts, leaving the
late General Superintendent at' (Continued on Page, Two)
Hospital X -Ray
Has Spot Device
Members of, the Board and
staff of Clinton -Public Hospi-
tal are very proud of a new
single tube x-ray machine
with a mprovesai speff ctivent which ess-a
spot device for =doing -e-ray
work of thestomach, and
bowels, The machine, which
is valued at • $5,200, greatly
enhances the Hospital's facil-
ities,
The new Model R-38 Vic-
tor General Electric machine
replaces the old one which.
had "gone to pieces" almost
literally. It could not be used
because 'of r?rls eirterference,
Incidentally, 'the annual
meeting of' Clinton Hospital
Association is being held in
the Town Council Chamber
Tuedsay evening, February 14.
A. H. WARNER
AGAIN HEADS
BAYFIIELD FAIR
The annual meeting of the
Bayfield Agricultural Sociees
was held and a very encouraging
report was given by the treasur-
er despite the bad weather which
existed on Fair day last year.
Officers for 1950 were elected
as follows: President, A. H.
Warner; 1st vice, Carl Diehi; 2nd
vice, R. Cornish; secretary, Mrs.
A. M. Bassett; treasurer,. John E.
Howard.
Directors: C. Diehl, R. Cornish,
A. H. Warner, E. Webster, 'Rus-
sell Grainger, Harold Penhale,
Carl Houston, Fraser Stirling,
Harvey Colemen, Ben Rathwell,
Forrest McClure. Committee;
Mrs. Prentice. Mrs. McEwen, Mrs.
Mack, Mrs. Houston, Mrs, Pen -
hide, Mrs. Warner, John Deeves,
Mrs, H. Coleman, Mrs, J: Howard,
Mrs. J. Sturgeon, Jr., John Camp-
bell, Wilmer Harrison, Fred Mc-
Clymont, Mrs. R. Grainger, Fred
Bell, Mr. and Mrs. Orr, Mrs. H.
Coleman,
Honorary members. Fred )Vidd-'
dleton, Thomas Snowden, Mrs, T.
Snowden, D. H. McNaughton, R.
Penhale, Frank Keegan. Auditors:
H. Stinson, Lloyd Scotchmer.
Buyers Outside Huron
Seeking Hay and Straw
At present time many farmers
are beginning to inquire as to
the availability of good seed
grain,and it appears that the
demand will be fairly strong, ac-
cording to R. Gordon Bennett,
Clinton, agricultural represent-
ative' for Huron County,
There is a fairly good demand
for hay and straw from buyers
outside Huron County, end those
who have any for sale are realiz-
ing a good price for this,
COMING EVENTS
Dance. old' and new, Town
Hall, Clinton, Friday, February
3, Desjardins orchestra. Admis-
sion 50 cents. Sponsored by LOL
No, 710. 3-5-b
The more you dance the more
you want to- dance at Crystal
Palace Ballroom, Mitchell, every
Friday night to music of Don
Robertson end ' Ranch Boys.
5-6-p
Dance, Modern and Old Time,
Bayfield Town Hall, Friday, Feb-
ruary 3, Irwin's Orchestra, spon-
sored'. by Bayfield Agricultural
Society. Prize for identifying Miss
Mystery, 5-b
Games Night and Old Time
Dance, Town Hall, Clinton, Wed-
nesdey, February 8, at 8 p.m.
Lunch, prizes, .75 per . person,
auspices Clinton Hospital Aid.
3-4-5-b
Annual Dance, Clinton Badmin-
ton Club, Collegiate Auditorium,
Thursday, Feb, 9 at 10 p.m, Ross
Pearce and his .Orchestra. Dress
optional,. $1.75 per couple.
Keep Thursday, June 15, oven
for Clinton Lions Frolic. Big-
ger and better than ever! 5-b.
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THE NEWS -RECORD -71st YEAR
The Home Paper with the News
of Daring
SCOTS OF KIRK
PAY TRIBUTE
ROBBIE BURNS
In true Scottish fashion. mem-
bers' of the Presbyterian Girls'
Club, their husbands, and a few
friends celebrated the birthday
of Robbie' Burns, January 25, in
the' schoolroom of the Kirk,
A gay company, many of whom
were dressed in ' the kilt, stood
around the festive board, and
saw the haggis piped in, to the
piping of William Mutch and
Hector Kingswell; both in High:
land costume, to ' the "Queen
Elziabeth" march, The address
to the haggis was made' by Jock
Wilson,
After a sumptuous meal, Rev,
D, J. Lane, in behalf of the Club,
acted as chairman for a program,
which was entirely related to the
"Land of the. Heather." Sam
Castle, in tartan dress, spoke a
few words of welcome to all
present, end Clinton's "grand old
man," Dr. J. W. Shaw, with a
twinkle in his eye, as he thought
of Burns, gave a delightful trib-
ute, to the' Scottish bard, in his
address, reminding the guests of
the immortality of poet's literary
gems.
The chairman, in Highland
dress, called for bagpipe selec- I
tions from pipers Bill Mutch and
E3eetor Kingswell, as they ';favor- t
Isl
edes.with" "Pibroch o' Donald Dhu"
and an encore, "The Road to the
A quartette, comnosed of the
lifuteh brothers, and Mrs. Frank
Mutch and Mrs. D. J. Lane, rend-
ered two songs which delighted
their listeners, "Annie Laurie,"
and "Auld .Lang Syne." The
whole company then enjoyed
community singing of "Loch Lo-
mond," "Bonnie noon," "Scots
Wha Hae," - "In th'e Gloaming,"
and "Coming thro' the Rye," to
the accompaniment of Mrs. John
Leiper at the piano.
aud-
ience Hectori"Just aeil wee (ld chaa d
Doris" unaccompanied. Harmon-
ica' selections,. that set the toes
of even the oldest guest present,
a -going, were rendered by the
chairman, who played "The
Campbell's are Coming," "A High-
land Schottisch," and for good
womeasureman "
, and without prejudice
threw in "The Irish Washer
While the tables were being
cleared, the pipers, to marching
music, favored with two more
selections, and idlecompany
mixed in several- Scottish games
of a social character and thus be-
came better acquainted with each
other,
A most delightful evening was
the verdict of every one, as they
all circled, and brought to a'
close, an evening full of warm
memories of Robbie Burns by the
singing of Auld Lang Syne.
Robbery
Tiny Baby Gains
Pound in Month'
Clinton Public Hospital has
a "baby patient weighing less
than five pounds; when
weighed on Sunday, the
weight was four pounds five
ounces. It will remain in
the incubator until its weight
reaches five pounds.
afteremidnibyght wasborn
25
to Mrs. Boy Elliott, RM. 3,
Clinton, about two months.
premature, according to Dr.
W. A. Oakes, Clinton, who
attended. At birth, the baby
weighed three pounds four
ounices: it has been fed mostly
with an eyedropper during
the intervening period.
The mother was critically
ill at time of the baby's birth.
FEDERATION
URGES DELAY IN
SCHOOL CHANGE'S
The director. of Huron Coun
Federation of Agriculture held
open meeting to discuss the p
posed change in the Education
Curriculum for Ontario seho
as proposed by Minister of Ed
cation, Hon. Dana Porter.
arten dalncee in tthernBo dwas
in
Ontario Department of Agricu
ure, Clinton, last week, rep
senting almost every school s
tion or school area in Hero
County,
S e'
p card
speakers were J.
Kinkead and G. G, Gardine inspectors for Hum
County; Elston Cardiff, MP fo
Huron North; Tom Prude; ML
for Huron: and John W. Hann
MLA for Hui<in-Bruce,
Speaking on behalf of the re
solutions presented were K
MacFarlane and Orvil Harrisc
of Moncrief Farm Forum, Ore
Township; and Mrs. Walter Soot
of Belgrave Women's Institute.
sit
uation freelr. ywiththe aaudien ,
and it was finally agreed the
what actually had been said b
Hon. Dana Porter in his spec
in sonieat St. h y4 este •n Oas end ntario at news
papers, was not the same.'
Mr. Kinkead had a copy of this
speech with 'him and he pointed
out that. at mo time during his
talk did Hon, Dana Porter men-
tion a third school to be set up,
or anything that would lead one
to believe that grades seven,
eight, nine and ten would be
grouped physically under o n e
roof. As Mr. Kinkead interpreted
it: "There Would be a gradual
transition period from grade
seven to grade ten eliminating
the great difference that has been
so apparent when a child leaves
primary school to continue his
secondary school education.
The advantages of eliminating
the Entrance examination were
carefully presented, In Huron
County, 95 per cent of all pupils
who tried entrance examinations
passed and 93 per cent went on
to High -School,
Mr. Gardiner confirmed Mr.
Kinkead's remarks and gave sev-
eral reasons why he considered
it unlikely that we would ever
have a three -school system set
up in Huron County. It might
be satisfactory in city schools but
not in rural areas.
Mr. Hanna suggested the Fed-
eration send a delegation to
Toronto to interview the , Hon.
Dana Porter,
It was finally agreed 'to have
the resolution redrafted and sent
on to the Minister of Education•
"We the Moncrief Farm Forum
and Belgrave Women's Institute
working through Huron Federa-.
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Thanks to the Girls' Club which
sponsored the entertainment is
clue, and their effort will be long
remembered. The president of
the Girls' Club this year is Mrs.
John Wilson,
Extend Congratulat'ns
On 90th Birthday
A goodly number of friends of
Mrs. Agnes Baird gathered at home of her son, T. B. Baird,
in Brucefield, on Monday, Jan-
uaay 30, to join with her iii cele-
brating her 90th birthday, when
she received many beautiful cards
and gifts. Friends were present
from Port Albert, Goderich, Hay-
field, Exeter and Brucefield.
Suspect
In Theft
Grilled
Local and provincial police
are conducting a thorough in-
vestigation of a daring burglary
which took place in the main
'business intersection of Clin-
• ton, 'some time between 6 and
7.15 pen. Saturday last,
The egg grading station of C: J.
Livermore, Isaac Street, was bold-
ly entered, the cash register was
smashed up, and cash amounting
to about $150 in small denomina-
tions of bills, removed. . Small
change was left.
A suspect was picked up by
police Tuesday afternoon and was
grilled by the police for some
time• It is understood he Was
allowed to go, and at time of
writing, no charges had been laid.
He had been employed there on
a previous occasion.
How' Entry Was Made
The thieves—belied to be two
in number—entered the building
by smashing in a small pane of
glass in the front door, and reach -
ng in and springing the lock.
The culprits then proceeded to
remove the cash register from
the front counter to the back room
in the building, and smash it
with an axe which was standing
nearby. After rifling the tel,
the thieves made their exit by
the rear door, leaving it open.
Heavy Loss Sustained
Mr. Livermore sustained heavy
loss, which was not insured. In
addition to $150 cash actually
stolen, damage to the cash reg-
ister—purchased recently at $500
—is estimated at $300, as the keys -
were all bashed in,
Mr. Livermore. and staff had
left the building about six o'clock,
and discovered the robbery on
returning shout 7.15 p.m. Im-
mediately, he notified Chief of
Police James Thompson, who
rushed to the scene. He later
summoned Provincial Constable
H. Stott, Goderich, and both
forces are cooperating in the
investigation.
Police: are of the opinion' that
the culprits must have possessed
some knct"vledge of the where-
abouts of the Livermore staff at
the supper hour,
Nearly 83, Caretaker,
Retires from School
(By our Bayfield correspondent)
Robert Orr did his duty as
caretaker of Bayfield Public
School for the last time on Tues-
day, January 31.
Owing to failing eyesight this
energetic "young" man of almost
83 years tendered his resigna-
tion to the Trustee Board and it
was with genuine regret, on the
part of all concerned, that it had
to be accepted.
During his six -and -a -half yeg's
of caretaking at the school; Mr.
Orr took a pride in his work,. He
enjoyed his contact with the •
teachers and children and earned
the affectionate regard of many
of the pupils.
Two years ago he lost the sight
of one eye and now that the
other is fast failing, his activities
—marvellous for a man of his
years—will be curtailed. He was
sexton of Bayfield Cemetery for
21 years, which position he was
also forced to resign owing to
his handicap,
He resides with his elder dau-
ghter, Mrs. Walter Westlake,
Bayfield,
Chamber of Commerce Elects Officers
Prepares for Active Year During 1950
LESLIE BALL
President
R. S. ATKEY
Vice -President
K. W. COLQUHOUN
Secretary -treasurer.
—Photo by Fowler Bros. Studio
The 1951) officers of Clinton
and District Chamber of Com-
merce were chosen at a meet-
ing of the new Board of Direct-
ors in the ' Town Council
Committee Room Friday even-
ing last.
Leslie Ball, head of the Les-
lie Ball Automotive Supply
firm, was promoted from the'
vire-presidency to president,
succeeding W. Norman. Counter,
R. S. Atkee, Editor of The
NEWS -RECORD, who has been
a director of the Chamber since
its inception three years ago,.
was named vice-president. K.
W. Colquhoun, an RCAF vet-
eran now in the insurance
bueiness, was appointed secre—
tary-treasurer,
Remaining members of the
Board of Directors are; G.
Ralph Foster, H. E. Klrigswell,
IC. 3. Pickett. 'Gordon Herman,
C. W. D' •^er, Dudley Pah Pegg,
W. Noniron Counter, J. WI'lliam
Counter, Mitchem McAdam.
In order to get the year's
business off to a flying start,
It was decided to conduct a
membership drive at once, and.
to hold the first meeting in.
the form of a 'dinner meeting
in Hotel Clinton, at 5.59 p.m.,
Wednesday next, February 8.
The chief ' speaker will be
Marilee K. Bantock, field rep-
resentative, Canadian Chamber
of Commerce. Tickets are now
available.