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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1950-02-16, Page 1No. 7 ICI THE NEW ERA -84th YEAR ecor THE NEWS -RECORD -71st YEAR The Home Paper with the News Town Advertises for Polieemen lItl'i'ON,, ONTARIO, 'FFIURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1950 Unique Moving Job at Par -Knit Mill Here THROUGH THE EFFORTS of a moving ging with highly sneciaLized experience and • equipment, a new knitting machine -45 feet in length and weighing ten tons- was installed in the local, knitting mill of Par -Knit Hosiery Limited Monday, constituting a feat of no mean consequence, Brought by a crew of five men from'North Carolina with truck and trailer, 350 miles from St. Joseph, on the west side of the State of Michigan, to Clinton, the huge machine was moved, in one piece from the second storey of a factory in the former 'city,' end • installed through a window on the north side of the local mill after the; steel window frame had been removed, a triumph of patience and perseverance. Moving cost to the Clinton firm was $1,013. ABOVE, reading from foreground into the distance, are: Ale. Antoine "Red" .Caron, superintendent; William Parker, knitter; John S. Parker, proprietor, all of Per-Kniteflosiery Ltd. Xbe „trotNeed Old Boy s' Names Column.-• Now for M 1 • 2 , Mailing List. IN COMMON WITH THE REST of Ontario, this .;district "took it on the chin" in the matter of a violent sleet storm the first of the week, which resulted in in- terruptions galore to hydro and telephone service and motor and rail traffic , , +k 5 TODAY, HOWEVER, EVERY - thing appeared to be tranquil again, although the hydro and telephone gangs likely will bekerelatives Finance Committee for prawn Indicating busy for several days , . . taing that the storm was g 9 D. general meetingMarch l3 worse elsewhere then in this 1 district, a gang of men from the tom at once The card the chairmen of most o£ them Iocal Rural Hydro Office went to The names of,"Old Boys" and meeting of the shareholders in "Old Girls" of Clinton and the Board Room, Ontario Agri - district are needed now in order cultural Office, Monday evening, that they may be added to the but what the crowd lacked in mailing list. Harold C. Lawson, ;numbers. it made up in enthiisa secretary of Old Home Week, ham.. Chairman A. J, McMurray stressed today. He said that presided. the official invitations would A motion by W. L. Moore and be issued enmity, and that a R. S. Atkey was passed that the deadline of March 10 h a s chairmen of all committees meet been set. at once, decide on their course of An ,announcement to this effect action, draw up an estimate . of is published on Page Five today. expenditure and submit• to the Mr. Lawson advised and friends of prospective visit- tation in a report at the next ors to Clinton August 5-9, 1 5 Ter g on C. of C. Gets :Top :Counsel Activities of ' Clinton a n d Disrtict Chember of Commerce for the current year were given a big boost at a dinner meet- ing t' Hotel Clinton Wednesday evening last when Charles K. Bantock, Toronto, field repre- sentative, of t h e Canadian Chamber of Commerce, gave an inspirational talk: on the work of the organization. Eighty banquet tickets wem sold. Chairmen of Standing Commit- tees, as selected by the directors, were announced as follows: Town Planning; Dudley M. Pegg (Iater replaced by .1, W. Counterat the "former's request); Membership, K. W. Colquhoun; Industrial, Harry . Bartliff; Con- stitution and Bylaws, Frank Fingland, KC; Public itelations and Civic, G. R. Foster; Tourist ane Publicity, Albert Kirby; Rea ° tail Merchants, Robert B. Camp- bell; National Affairs, W. H. Robinson; Agriculture; Claude Dow. Committee personnel was chos- en st a meeting; of committee chairmen end directors the fol- lowing evening. President Leslie "Ball, who was in the chair, expressed apprecia- tion for the good turnout of members, and outlined some of the problems confronting the Chamber during 1950,. Vice-president R. S. Atkey in- troduced Mr.' Bantock, who was. thanked in behalf of the Chamber by J. G. MeLay. Excellent 'Talk C. K. Bantock ` delivered an excellent address on the oppor- tunities that racist in Clinton or any other small community in Chamber'work. One reeson for the existence of 634 Chambers of Commerce in Canada was the realization that our country is in the throes of great expansion, end the presence here of a Chamber augurs well for the future of Clinton. .•' The speaker mentioned four points in community building: (1) ,Agriculture; (2)11 Civic; (3) Industriol; (4) Cf`earieecial.._ The rural area is most import- ant to a community like Clinton, Mr. Bantock pointed out, "Too !often, the fernier is the forgotten man, so that whatever you can do to build up goodwill with the farmers is all to the good," he said. The community should be in- dustrial expansion -conscious, the speaker averred. "On no ac- count, become discouraged," he advised. He pointed out that in- dustry has a tendency to decent- ralize, which presents a great op- portunity to the live small town. Mr. Bantock declared in fav- our of some system of town teetering, sponsored by the Cham- ber, because Clinton is going to grow. Foresight was needed, he said, because of the growth that is coming in Canada which he estimated would double in pop- ulation in 25 years. On the commercial aide, Mr. Bantock suggested that the mer- chants had enjoyed a good way of doing business during the past en years, and perhaps some of them have become careless, a the lax in their commercial practices, A great many com- nunities have adopted a com- munity survey plan to ascertain he truth of what customers think of their town. In closing Mr. Bantock pointed out the advantages of the free enterprise system and democratic form of government and urged the members of the Chamber of Commerce to hold fast to their principles, He declared the tend- ency to depend on governments and stated that the Canadian Chamber of Commerce is help- less unless there is a strong hack- ing and very deep conviction that our type of life is the best. "Let us know what we want end stand up for those convic- tions," he declared. COMING EVENTS • Four cents a word; minimum 75 cents Dance, Bayfield Town Hall, Friday, February 17, music. by The Shamrocks, Door prize. Ad- mission 50 cents. Auspices Trin- ity Club. , 6-7-b Euchre Party, St. Joseph's Church Parish Hall, Friday, Feb- ruary rua17, 8.30 p.m., sponsored by Ladies' Altar Society. Good prizes. Lunch served, Admis- sion 40 cents. 7-b It's so different, dancing art Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell. every Friday night to music of Don Robertson end Ranch Boys. 7-8-p Bingo, Town Hall. Clinton, Saturday, February 18, grand prize $50, and three spet•ials. Doors open 8.30 mm., play com- mences 9 p.m. Auspices Canadian Legion, Admission 75 cents, ex- tra card 25 cents, 7-4 Euchre and Dance, Varna Hall, Thursday, February 23. Admis- sion 50 cents. Lunch counter, Auspices Varna LOL. 7-b to svelte out their names and send A few committees reported, but themt h' mailing list is growing, weren't even present at the meet - Four names have been added ing. on in that sector , . The to the roll of Honorary Presi- Melvin Crich, Decorations, re - Clinton district was considered dents: L. F. Cardiff, MP for North ported the use of cedar arches int to have escaped as well as any Hb • • Th area in the Province , , . a n a PRIOR TO THE BIG STORM; signs of spring again were in evidence , . Norman Counter and "Skip" Winter heard two rn ;attendance at the February avows babbling away at each Kitchener yesterday to help the son, omas Pryde, MLA for some centres, and said the com- Huron; Cecil H, Johnston, Warden mittee world cooperate with of Huron; Robert Y. Hattin, Mayor other towns in securing arches of Clinton, and other decorations. Very unfavorable weather con- Hugh R. Hawkins, Sports, re - dittoes resulted in a small crowd ported a well attended committee (Continued on Page Four) other from tall trees in their section of the town on Sunday end again on Monday morning Both are wondering where the poor crows went to when the blizzard struck Monday afteroon end evenings s *' WHILE LARRY POWEIee SON of Mr, and Mrs. Francis Powell, Goderich Township, was walking along Potter's Creek on Sunday, he espied a live mud turtle sun- ning himself on the surface of Rahe creek's bank -very unusual for February 12 in any year!.,, One would have expected M. Historical Sketches OF THE COUNTY OF HURON XII -Village of Blyth This is the 28th of a series !door and blind factory, woollen of historical articles on the ;factory, furniture factory, two municipalities in this area, taken . wagon and four blacksmith's Prem "Historical Atlas of Ilur 'shops, four hotels. two schools on County," published in 1879. (three teachers), four churches (Presbyterian, Methodist, Epis- copalian' and Rome, Catholics, two weekly newspapers (Record and Review), twotelegraph of- fices, and Masonic (Blythe Ne. 303), Orange and IOGT'Lodges. The valuation of real property. in the corporation (1878) is $146,235; of personal. $11,900; and o£ taxable income, $400; a total of 5158,535. The number of rate•• payers is 261. The assessor's re- turns give no estimate of popula- tion; but in 187.7 a special census was taken in connection with the licensing of hotels, which showed it, to be at that time slightly in advance of 1,100, and it. is at the villa present estimated at 1,200 or 'a village with such force as to little over. It is perhaps not too elevate it since then from ' the late to remark here that the proportions of what we have al- corporation contains 500 acres of ready designated as a backwoods land taken about equally from village . to those of a busy and the sofith.ern corner of the Town- nrosperous little railroad town. ship of East 'Wawano,sh and the It now contains five general and weste+n corner•r of the Towniahip. one fancy goods stores, eight of Morris; and that it is one of The grist mill above referred Turtle to be well embedded in to had just been built by Joseph the muck at this time of year, Whitehead, elsewhere spoken of. Larry figures on keeping Mr. Quite a large sale was effected Turtle alive until spring by feed- and the piece soon afterwards as- ing it ap appropriate diet , surned a village eir. William Drummond came in during the year 1859, and established the nal was mentioned over the air mercantile business in which he in three different hmadoaets has ever since been engaged. From Sunday . . , Tn the morning, the that time the success of the place Straughan and Jamieson birth- seemed assured, though its de- dayo weee in "Neighborly Nfews" velopment„ if sure, was also slow; over CBL, Toronto' .' In the and as above intimated, it was afternoon, et 1.45, CHLO, St, nit'. till the building of the Lake Thomas, spoke of a birthday Huron and Buffalo Railway that celebration, and at three o'clock, it received a very decided en- CKNX, Wingham, quoted our pulse,, but when it came, it struck Beading editorial of lest week in i>r13 , - o The Weather 1950 1949 'High Low High Low groceries, one hardware, one boot the leading stations on the Lake Feb. 9 35. 28 40 24 end shoe, one flour and feed, one Huron and Buffalo Railway, dis- 10 32 27 31 9 terniture, one jewellery, one drug, taut from London 60 miles, from 11 34 28 24 5 two book, two tin and stove. two Wingham 14 miles, : and from 12 32 ,22 . 41 15 harness stores, two bakeries, but- Goderich about 16 miles. 13 29 20 42 28 chars, etc, etc., steam flouring The receipts of the municipal - 14 37 2" - 83 27 and grist mill, steam saw -null, ity for the year 1878 were $3,- 15 38 30 , 48 28 stave' factory, ohingle factory, 888,32, of w 78 which $2,9.01 were Rain,; ,09 ins, Rain: ,96 We foundry and agricultural ample- collected in taxes. Of the ex- Snow;2 inns.: Snow: l inch meat factory,, planing mill shy ; (Continued on Page Two) C M1 * 5 THIS GREAT FAMILY JOUR - Dance, old and new, -Tower Hall, Clinton, Friday, March 3, Desjardins orchestra.` Admission 50 carts. Sponsored by LOL No, 710. 7-8-9-b Keep Friday, March 31, open for Annual Farmers' Night, Clin- ton Lions Club; hear' Robert Mc- ubbin, MP. 6-7=ia BRUCEFIEI.I) UNITED CHURCH MAKES PROGRESS Brumfield United Church held its annual meeting in the school- room of the church with the minister, Rev. E. R. Stanway, as chairman. Accorditng to the report pre- sented, all the' organizations of the church have made advance- ment. The treasurer reported a bal- ance on head at the end of the year, and the M. and M. Fund went eightrly over the alloca- tion. All other organizations re- ported increases, with WA having a surplus of over $1,200. Mem- bership, too, showed an increase. The minister's stidend was in- creased by $100. Total contribu- tions for a41 purposes were $7,000. The trustees intend to increase the fire insurance on the church property, andthe managers are studying . low furnaces. Wes. Stackhouse Ives' re-elected treas- urer, Members of session are: Rev. E. R. Stanway, moderator; R. P. Watson, clerk; David Tough. Hugh Ailcenhead, Arthur McQueen, Walter Moffat, Robert Allen, Wallace Haugh, Fred Boyce, Nor- man Walker and John A. McEwen, Managers for 1950 are: Gordon. Richardson, chairman; Gordon Elliott, seeretary: Fred Rathwe'f, Janes McDonald, Robert Allen. Jr., John Broadfoot, Orland John - ton, W: D: Wilson, and William Burdge. The trustees are: Alton John- son, Ross Scott, and John A. Mc- Ewen. o= - TRAFFIC SIGNS ARE REQUESTED IN TUCKERSMITI-1 Tuckeremith School Aera Board met in No, 7 School last week with Trustees J. McIntosh, R. Me - Gregor, H. Johns, N. McLean, W. Colemen and Secretary -Treasurer W. P. Roberts, present. At the request of Chairman J, McIntosh, vice-chairman R. McGregor pre- sided. Letters received from M, A. Reid, Miss M. Dougall and Pub- lic School Trustees' Association were filed. Two tenders received for the caretaking of No. 1 School were given consideration. dontraetfwes awarded to the lowest tenderer, Clarence Dilling, who continues as caretaker. Accounts presented were order- ed paid. The danger to pupils from traffic at the approaches to No, 8 School was stressed by N. Mc- Lean who made .a motion, sec- onded by J. Nfelntosh, that the secretary write to the County Road Engineer regarding the placing of traffic warning signs on the roadway. Motion carried. The Board uttered ell cheques to be issued without the addition of exchange costs. The next meeting will be held in No. 5 School March 14. NOTES ABOUT TOWN: ALD. Morgan J. Agnew is proudly driving a 1950 Oldsmobile coach h which he purchased from Lorne r Brown Motors .. . Although not ;f completely recovered, Lo r n e net Brown is around again after a ' e month's illness with sciatica , , Hotel Clinton has a brand new combination neon sign in three in colours -green, red and pink , .. Council Increases - Officials' Salaries Two on Trial Today For Recent Burglary Held on one charge of levering and entering by day o January 28, the egg grad ing station of C.J. Livermore, Clinton, and theft of about $150 cash, and another of wilful damage to property, (a cash register), -Robert Carrick, 38, and Bruce Marshall; 19, both of Clinton, were sche-- uled to appear in Magistrate's Court at Goderich at two o'clock this afternoon.. Police expected a further remand. The pair were arrested in Clinton about 5 p.m. Friday last by Chief of Police James A. Thompson, Clinton, and Provincial Constable H. Stott, Goderich, and taken to Gode- rich . where they appeared before Mrs. Mabel Gray, JP, They were remanded in Hur- on County Gaol until today. 0 Lions Induct Four Members On DDG Visit Four .members -two new ones and two reinstated ones -w ea' e inducted into Clinton Lions Club at the semi-monthly dinner meet- ing in St. Paul's Parish Hall Tuesday evening. The new members are Dr. Ro- bert M. Allis, Huron County Meclicel Officer of Health and head of the County Health Unit; and Royce S. Macaulay, paaetnes• in Bail-MaeauLay, dealers in builders' supplies and fuel. Reinstated are C. Mitchell Shearing, grocer, and William N. Ball, partner in Ball -Macaulay. W. E. Perdue, chairman of the Membership Committee, was in charge of the ceremony, which was conducted by Deputy District Governor Dr. E. A. McMaster, Seaforth, assisted by Past District Governor H. C. Meir, Seaforth, end Past President Frank Fing- land, KC. Dr. McMaster stressed the Lions' motto as meaning Loyalty, Integrity, Our country, New Ideals and new hopes, and Ser- vice to others, and congratulated the new members on the step they had taken. President C. H. Epps was chair- man of the evening, andthe fol- lowing committee reports were given: Frolic (June 15), Hugh R. Haw- kins, with a piano first prize and 20 other prizes, proceeds lar children's recreational facilities; Easter .Seal Campaign for Crip- pled:Children, Dr. J. A. Addison; Teen Town, George B. Beattie, with 224 members as against 161 last year; sale of Tags for Blind, Frank Fingland, $124.22 net, with earty cooperation of the child - en; Christmas Seal Campaign or tuberculosis, W. H. Robinson, $848; 457 individual subscrib- rs; Programme until end of April, R. S. Atkey; Boys aid Girls, J.. A. Sutter, Scoutleacler eeded; Sports, A. Garen, Barit= (Continued on Page Five) To Reside in Clinton Pictured ABOVE, cutting the cake following their mar- riage at the Presbyterian Manse,: Clinton, by Rev. D. J. Lane, on Saturday. February 11, are MR. AND MRS. RAYMOND GEORGE LAMBT'E. The bride, the former Thelma Louise Currie, is a daughter of Mrs. Currie and the late John Currie, Dungannon acid Goderich, and her, husband is a son a& Mr. and Mrs, George Lambie, Midland. On their return from a honeymoon to points east and north, the young Couple will take up residence in Clinton, ..Photo by Fowles• Bros. Studio Clinton Town Council is adver- tising for the services of a Chief Constable, Assistant Constable, and caretaker for the Town Heli; in fact, for'•a whole new police. force. Applications must be in the hands of the Town Clerk be- fore Marchi I. That does riot mean, howevet, that the old members of the Force necessarily will not' be re-4hired' at higher salaries. Council considered the matter fully in Committee Monday even- ing and then held a brief formal meeting in the Council Chamber, It was made clear that the three men concerned had not resigned and were quite free to apply for their old positions. Action taken by Council has ' been brewing for some time, and came to a head in requests for increased' salaries, it is under- stood, although no written re- quests were, received by Council_ Whereas the town has been paying the Clifef Constable $1,300 per yeay( the night constable 31,150, and the day constable (evidently to be known in future as caretaker) $1,150, the adver- tisements call for 31;500 per yeer for the Chief and 31,350 for the assistant chief, with the care- taker's job on a tender basis. Mayor R. Y. Hattin presided at the special Council meeting, and all members were present except Ald. M. J. Agnew. It was announced that. the engineer representing the Ontario Department of Highways would meet Council at 4 p•n, today in conneetiou with the nein reguie- tions governing Highway 4 as a as augh""stop street ad t Highway business intersection. Council decided by motion that if satisfactory to the Bank of 3Vfontreal, the account of Miteheal McAdam for $4,031.98, being balance of Iibrary repair account, be held until the deputa- tion of Town Council meets the Ontario Municipal Board on Tuesday next, February 21. It is understood that Mayor Hattin and Reeve G. S, Elliott will form ihe deputation which will visit Queen's Park with re- gard to several matters while attending the Ontario Good Roads Convention in Toronto the first part of next week. eased Bylaw Salaries No. 4 for 1950, to ap- point certain town officials, for e year February 15, 1950, to February 15, 1951, was passed, providing for the following, the 1949M. salaries eris, Cin lerk and Tress_ urer, $1,750 ($1,650); Murray MC - Ewan, Cemetery Superintendent, $1,450 (31,350); J. W. Manning, Assessor and Collector, $550 ($550 plus extra 5500 •.for conducting next assessment); G. IV. Turner, Weighmaster et shack scales,.one- half fees collected (fees increas- ed for 1950); Frank Fingland, KC, Town Solicitor (fees for work done); Monteith and Monteith, auditors, $275 ($275). Among other things, the bylaw requires 30 days' notice in the event of dismissal, Sewerage Bylaw Amended Bylaiv No, 7 for 1950, to amend seweras amendeddybyvNo, 15 foe Bylaw No. 14 f4or 1948, was.passed. It provides that residents outside the muni- cipality, who have the benefit of sewerage, must pay four tines the water account, instead of three times, for sewerage rental. Other amendments include: singleat in all cases where a water account is rendered for a combined residential prop.. araertte and sewerage orentbusiness, l n accounts' and the )endered ror the amounts of he same shall be as herein provided. Ail residential properties, re- tail stores offices, lodges, schools and churches,which are locate$: adjacent to sewer mains and which have not installed a water service or which are not paying a separate water account there- fore, shall pay a sewerage rental equal to double the minimunq water bill charged by the Public Utilities Commission. "Provided, however, that the owner or occupant of a i'emi dential property may at his owe. expense and subject to the in.• mention and approval of the Superintendent of the Public Utillt es Commission, instal a water meter on any water Inci leading to an outside tap end all water passing through such meter shall be deducted from Inc groes (Continued on Page Five) Judge Lowers Two In Three Appeals Judge T M. Costello presided at a Court of Revision on the Assesemof Goderich, ch, t on Thursday morn- ingl of the last, February '9, in the Coun- cil Chamber, Clinton, Three cases were listed to be heard; viz: D. A. Smith, Lan. Chisholm, Robert Taylor. As a result of the evidence, D. A. Smith was lowered on his bt ng assessment a total of Leo. Chisholm was lowered on his land assessment, a total or $200, Due to the Pact that Mr. Taylor hid, not appeared at the Court of Revision previously to argue his appeal, it was ruled 'improper to open it at this time.