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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1950-04-06, Page 1No. 14 1 i THE NEW ERA -84th YEAR ecor THE NEWS -RECORD -71st YEAR CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, • 1950 1,3e Iliat (Column== I premises to be shot Winter appeared o night and heavy o .. business . * * a CLINTON'S NEW C.HIE F OF Police - Jack P. Hinchberger - moved into his new home on. Albert St., in the Snider apart- ment -on Friday, and assumed his new duties on Saturday The Chief has been doing quite a bit of checking up on traffic violations, which is all to. the good . , r o r SOME MOTORISTS HAVE BEEN using Clinton's •. main streets as speedways since the new pave- ments were laid, and it was pretty nearly time that somebody with a' fast car -it's a 1950 Ford -did something about it• . . . The lives' of innocent victims are at stake ... The new parking by- law is in course of preparation, but in the meantime, the High- way Traffic Act is still in force... SPEAKING OF THE POLICE, Constable James Thompson had a unique experience and proved himself something of a hunter When he was walking home from his nightly trick of duty early Tuesday morning, he notic- ed a small animal in front of The, NEWS -RECORD Office, appar- ently attempting to make entry to pay. its overdue subscription - or something Const ble Thompson swung his billy end aeon"investigation, he discovered that he had killed a muskrat... Later inspection showed t h e rodent to be in good condition end the pelt prime . . Page Mervyn Batkin and Joe Becker!., Easter 'Seal Drive Totals $853 to Date "THE MAPLE SYRUP SEASON t and sweet," comments our Varna correspond- ent Of late the nights have been cold but the days have not been warm - a requirement for a heavy flow of sap . . . A HULLETT RESIDENT a RE - ports seeing a pair of whistling swans last week . . The beauti- ful birds were swimming on a tributary of the Maitland River, near a bridge which spans the creek ... A rare sight indeed!... THE WEATHER HAS FOOLED us again! Just when we were congratulating ourselves that spring really was here -with spring floods and a all than -King n the scene once again this week . . . Result is thatit was quite 'cold last vercoats and overshoes were very much in order .. Snow for Easter Sun- day? . � that far, but Well, we wouldn't like to one thing of which we are very certain -we're through with going out on limbs in connectionwith this weather Clinton Lions Club is greatly encouraged by the response which is being made bythe citizens of Clinton and district to the Easter • Seal Campaign to aid crippled. children. Dr. J. A.. Addison, chairman of the Health and Welfare Com- mittee of the club, reported yest- erday that $853 had been receiv- ed for this worthy cause to date. The drive closes this weekend, so intending donors had better hurry! Demand for Good Seed Continues to be Brisk Weather conditions during the past week haven't given much indication . that farmers will be getting on the land very soon, R. Gordon Bennett, Clinton, agricul- tural representative for Huron County, commented today, "The demand for seed continues to be brisk, with most supplies of registered end good commercial No. 1 seed having been picked up," he said. "The maple syrup run to date has been very disappointing due to weather conditions," he ad- ded. The Weather 1950 a 1949 High Low High Low March 30 30 13 41 23 31 42 23 43 32 April 1 40 31 42 31 2 41 30 43 26 3 56 32 46 26 4 60 3'1 50 25 5 39 25 51 29 Rain: 2.03 ins, Rain: .39 ins Snow: 1 inch The Home Paper with the News Clinton's Tax Rate Struck, at 47 DR. JOHN W. SHAW RECEIVES AWARD FOR AGRICULTURE Dr, John W. Shaw, one Huron County's most wide known' and highly esteemed res dents, was signally honoured an informal meeting • of directors of Huron Central Aga cultural Society in Barth Thursday evening last when was the recipient of a Deparmerit'smental certificate "for merit ions service to agriculture" and complimentary address. A. J. McMurray, secretary treasurer of the Society, read th following address, and present the diploma, signed by Preside W. J. Dale and Mr. McMurra "For more years than any o us, you have been interested i the life of this community, both urban and rural. In spite of th busy life you have led in you professional capacity as town an country physician, you have nev lost your interest in fine animal and their improvement., "You have served for many many years, en the Board o Management of our Spring Sho giving freely of your experienc in advice to our Board of Direct ors. It is a great pleasure fo us to know that your good wo in agriculture finally has bee recognized by the Department Agriculture, and that you hay been awarded "The Agriculture Service Diploma for Meritoriou Service to Agriculture" in on province. It is' a sincere tribut of appreciation for services we] and truly rendered,' and we, you fellow members of the Board, ar truly happy to present to' yo the award made by the Depart ment. May you long be spare to us." In reply, Dr, Shaw recalled th early days of the Society who "we started without anything and' ended up with paying ou own way. Now everyone want the Government to pay and the takes away from those who are running the show." He stated that the Society got half fares on the railways for everyone and everyone attended. He was not deserving of this diploma, he stated. Dr. Shaw recalled how the Society got started 48 years ago with Ephraim Snell's father as first president. W. J. Dale, president of the Society, spoke in congratulatory manner, and R. Gordon Bennett, agricultural representative'for Huron County, congratulated Dr. Shaw in behalf of the Depart- ment. Others who spoke briefly in- cluded W. L. Whyte, Ephraim Snell, W. E. Perdue, Dr. G. S. Elliott, Stuart McEwen, Jack Clegg, Ernest Brown, Alvin Betties, Jim Snell, E. 3. Jacob, and R. S. Atkey. Mr. McMurray stated that the successful history of the Spring Pair proved that if there is co- operation and some work and ingenuity, a fair still can be built.' It paid out more money than Stratford last year, and could still go further if there was a hall in the park. No fair around has a better feeling with the exhibitors than Clinton; it al- ways has paid 100 cents on the dollar. COMING EVENTS of Wide i - at trhe ffs' t- he r - a ' ade nt yf n e d er s f W. e rk n o e 1 s r e 1 r e u a e n r s t Four cents a word; minimum 75 cents Be sure and attend Big Friday Night dances at Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell, and enjoy dancing to music of Don Robert- son and Ranch Boys. 14-15-p Watch for the Presbyterian Girls' Club Easter Tea, Saturday, April 8, 3-6 p.m., 35 cents. Apron, homemade baking and candy booths. 13-14-8 Easter Dance, Monday, April 10, Town Hall, Clinton, Norm. Carnegie's Orchestra. Sponsor- ed by Huron Fish and Game Club. Admission 50c. 14-b Baster moving pictures, Pres- byterian Church, Easter Monday, April 10. auspies Men's Club, for community. Adults 35 cents. children 20 cents. 14-x Junior Farmers and Junior In- stitute meeting, CDCI, Tuesday, April 11. Speakers: Den Finnie, USA Farming Expert and Bob Caxbett of CKNX. • 14-b Don't miss concert by Schneider Orpheus Male Choir. Kitchener, in Ontario St. United Church. Clinton, Wednesday, April 12, at 8.30 p.m. 13-x Dance, new and old time, Town Hall, Clinton, Friday, April 14, admission 50 cents; auspices Murphy Lodge 140L. Ingenious Mo Finds Good ther Racoon SpotPerhaps (By our Bayfield correspondent) We liat+e'hbard of "Bats in the` belfry" before this, but we have not heard ofa racoon giving birth to young in a chimney. That is exactly what happened at the home of ,Victor Falconer, concession 4, Goderich Township. Members of the family heard noises in the chimney last week and concluded that an owl had gotten down it, but as nothing seemedto interfere with draft from the new furnace which had been installed last year, they did not' investigate. Then one morning, Mrs. Fal- coner entered the living room to find soot all over the chester- field end furniture. The cap that sealed an old stove pipe chole i o the chimne had r d been sh- ed out and the wallpaper around it was all torn, She cleaned up the mess, doubtless muttering imprecations under her breath against that owl or whatever had done` the damage. Next morn- ing, there was the same disorder again, Mr. Falconer got to work to oust the marauders on Saturday. Imagine his surprise to find a racoon and four little ones at the bottom of the chimney. They, had a nice warm nest in the pit below the smoke pipe, thus nes- sing all the smoke. The little ones' eyes were not opened so they were only a few days old, and in the night Mrs. 'Coon evidently had been exploring. If she hadn't . done so, they might have lived to a ripe old coon's age., As it was, she and her family were despatched to • another world. Perhaps it was the need of an incubator in this changeable weather which attracted her to the, chimney! "I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVET,H" • (By Rev. Hugh C. Wilson, secretary, 'Clinton 'Council of Churches and Minister of Wesley -Willis United Church. Nineteen centuries ago in a despised corner af;: the Roman Empire a little group of people with swollen eyes and broken voices were discussing the collapse of `a great hope which had lifted them for a brief period out of the monotony and narrowness of peasant life, into the prospect of a splendid future. But now their dream was broken. In a new made tomb sealed with the official seals of the Roman Empire, and guarded by -Roman soldiers was the cross -torn body of the One who had planted this hope in their souls... Trembling for their own safety they were waiting for an opportunity to slip out of the city of their enemies and find -their way 'back td lives of poverty and toil. The Roman Empire with its vast armies is only a memory now. The Jewish nation which crucified Him is scattered through the world. The Name once so despised is now above every name..' On Easter Morning tens of thousands of people will be singing with a joy that defies analysis. Africans in tiny villages, Indians in jungle clearings, Chinese 'in swarm- ing cities, Eskimoes in the frozen north, South Sea Islanders in blazing sunshine, five hundred million Christians will be singing because nineteen hundred years ago, in the garden of Joseph of Arimathea, Jesus the Christ, crucified by evil, was raised by the power of God. It was the changed lives of the early Christians that carried belief in the living Christ to a hostile world. They saw a new power at work among men and were forced to the cgnclusion •that it did not flow from a dead Christ. A living Christ could be the ' only explanation. Heroic lives, transformed lives were the product of the rapidly growing Christian Church. Tertullian wrote of this time. `Every man who witnesses these transformations is struck with mis- givings. He is set on fire to look into and find the cause of it and when he learns the truth at once he follows it himself." This is one of the strongest arguments for the resurrection of .Jesus Christ. This argument does not belong to the past alone, but is a present day fact. The present life of Jesus, pushing aside everything that opposes it, flooding human souls with its divine vitality. is a present fact which we can study at first hand. As we see Jesus lifting men above pettyness and vanity, as we see Him taking the 'poison of bitterness from those who have 'suffered great loss, as we see Him healing the broken-hearted, giving courage to these who know that the end of life is near. As we see Him lifting people up out of bad and wasteful ways of life and making fine and useful men and women of them. As we see Him stirring men's hearts to their depths, We know that we are witnes- sing the constant miracle of His deathless life,' I know, then, that my Redeemer lives. He is Risen indeed. • . Grow Coarse Grains 1VIcCubbin Advocates With seating accommodation in St. Paul's Parish Hall oversold; Clinton Lions Club's annual Farmers' Night proved an un- qualified success Friday evening last. More than 150 attended. Lion Robert McCubbin, MP for Middlesex West, Parliamentary Assistant to the Federal Minister of Agriculture, in the main ad- dress of the evening, reviewed the future of the agricutlural in- dustry in Canada. He urged Ontario farmers to grow their own coarse grains so that they would not be depend- ent on Western Canada. "Grow your own oats and barley," he advised. "We will never have a depres- sion in this country, so long as we have good grain prices," he said. "If wheat ever becks up on us, then we are in trouble and we have a recession right away," Mr. McCubbin also advocated. building up cattle herds to take advantage of the latent frozen meat industry, a big demand for which exists in the United States. Lion L. E. Cardiff, MP for Huron North, who introduced Mr. McCubbin, with whom he enter- ed parliament for the first time in 1940 stressed "Huron far hospitality." Lion W. J. Dale, president of Huron Central Agricultural So- ciety, expressed the thanks of the gathering to the speaker, C. H. Epps, president of Clin- ton Lions Club, welcomed the guests in behalf of the Club. R. Gordon Bennett, as master -of - ceremonies, introduced the head table. in .g capable manner. RCAF Personnel Assist Flying Officer J. H. Lynch in traduced a group from RCAF Station, Clinton, including Wing Commander R. F: Miller, AFC, commanding officer, and the fol- lowing talented personnel who provided high class vocal and instrumental entertainment: Fit. Lieut. C. L, Harding, chap- lain and conductor of the Choral group, who also Ied the sing- songs; Flying Officer Hugh Pat- terson, accompanist; F/.O W. J. Robertson, Fit, Sgt. Girard, Fit. Sgt. Charbonneau, Sgt. A. R. Persan, Flt. Lt. P. O. Jones, A/C E. C. Matheson, Cpl. George Cooper, F/O Drake, Flt. Lt. R. A. B. Ellis, F/O Jerry Fulton, Sgt. Sullivan, Mt. Sgt. LaFleche, Crowning of the "Kings" A highlight of the programme was the crowding of "the Kings": It. H. G. Strang, Hensall, the "wheat king", and Alan Walper, Parkhill. the "corn king", based on their scoring the most points at the County Seed Fair. ' This ceremony was carried out by E. .1. "Dick" Jacob, a former "wheat king," A draw for prizes resulted as follows: James Bowes, London Free Press reporter; J.E. Pepper, Stanley; Fred O. Wilson, assist- ant agricultural representative, Clinton; Percy Gibbings, R.R. 1, Clinton: R. S. Atkey, chairman of the committee in charge, introduced the other members of the com- mittee -H. C. Lawson, Dr. J. A. Addison,R. G. Bennett and C. H. Epps -and expressed heartfelt ap- preciation of the Lions Club to the farmer -guests; the RCAF choral group and commanding officer; and the ladies of' St. Paul's Church who had prepared the banquet. HULLETT GRANT TO LONDESBORO 'HALL IS $200 Hullett Township Council held its regular meeting in the Com- munity Hall, Londesboro,- on Monday, April 3. Reeve W. J. Dale presided and all members of Council were present. A grant of $200 was made to the Community Hall Board. By- law No. 6, 1950, was passed. It was decided to take out insurance on the grader with the National Ben Franklin Insurance Co. on its three-year policy for fire, theft and collision,t h e premium being $480. The $10 fee to the Ontario As- sociation of Assessing Officers was ordered paid. The tax collector Was instruct- ed to collect the arrears of taxes before May 1. The following accounts were ordered paid: Salaries, $90; grants, $200; Londesboro Fire Area. $63.75; roads, $2,401.60; drains, $103; miscellaneous, $46.43. Council adjourned to meet May 1 at 8 p.m. n. TUCKERSMITH HAS SURPLUS REPORT STATES Tuekersmith Township Coun- cil met in the Town Hall, Sea - forth, on Saturday, April 1, et 8 p.m. All members were pies.. emit and Reeve Arthur Nicholson presided. Insurance was taken out with the British American Assurance Company through its agent, M. A. Reid, on the three -quarter -ton truck recently purchased and premium of $38.38 was ordered paid. Council members also will be co"eyed by Workmen's Com- pensation during the discharge of their duties, Township Auditor James Love presented his 1949 repdrt, which was •adupted. It showed an op- erating surplus for 1949 of $1,270.51: total current assets of $65,544.86; current liabilities of $50,720.02; and a current surplus of $14,824.84. The. Clerk was instructed to notify the interested parties of the Etue Drain and the Stanley Jackson Drain that the reports on the said drains will be read on Saturday, April 15, 1950, at 8 p.m. A delegation from Seaforth. and .District Community Centre attended the meeting and request- ed that the Council give consid- eration to assisting In completing financing on the project. No ac- tion. was taken on the natter. Council acknowledged receipt of petition signed by Jemes Brown and others to have Lot 3, Concession 3, H.R.S., and cur - rounding area drained, and in- structed the Clerk to request Township Engineer, S. Archi- bald, to report on the same. Accounts passed were as fol- lows: Fox bounty, $2; salaries, $365; postage, $7.14; relief, $80).90; hospitalization, $23.60: supplies. $14.78; O,A.P. applications, $2.50; printing, $1.50; roads, snowplow- ing, $1,791.52; roads, general, $940.21; sundry, $10. POST OFFICE HOURS Hours have been announced at the local Post Office by Post- master G. M. Counter covering the two days, Good Friday and Easter Monday. Two-hour ser- vice will he given on Good Fri- day when the wicket will be open from 10.30 to 11.30 a.m., and 1.30 to 2,30 p.m.. Four-hour service will be given on Easter Monday with the wicket open from 10.00 a.m. to noon end from 12.30 to 2.30 p.m, The lobby will be open for the usual holiday period. Drowning Tragedy Narrowly Averted A near tragedy 'was avert- ed at Bayfield . on Tuesday evening when Toni Kestle, Jr., was able to effect a rescue which saved the life of Jack Cameron. 1Vir. Cameron was paying 'a visit to the Bayfield River when he fell accidentally in- to the swollen, swirling wat- ers, It was only through the valiant efforts of Mr. Kestle that Mr. Cameron is living today. HARRY STRANG, Hensel!, for the second con:,_,.. ... ,wheat .a._.. .:.,. ,�.e wheattking of Huron county, was crowned at Clinton Friday night in a ceremony performed at the annual Farmers' Night banquet net of the Clinton '._ i qq ton Lions Placingthe crown is Dick w Jacob,C. ��ton Who was himself countywheat king in 15+48 r n and was dethroned King! 9 by Harry in 1, 04, New Assessment Up 50 Per Cent:. Clinton's tax rate for 1950 is 47 mills on the dollar on the new equalized assessment, They new levy compares with 62 mills on the dollar in 1949 on the old assessment. The new asessment is approx- imately 50 per cent higher than the old, so that the 1950 levy represents an increase in dollar value, as indicated by figures published herewith. One of the chief reasons was the deferring of payment until this year of the town's share of the new pavements on the high- way streets, completed last fall. In presenting the budget at Monday evening's Town Council meeting, Ald. H. Hartley, ehnir- man of Finance Committee, com- mented that the committee mem- bers had worked long hours over the report and recommended a levy of 47 mills, which would produce a small estimated sur- plus, all other things being equal. A point still at issue is the fin- ancial responsibility for the top that must be laid on the base laid in 1949 on Rattenbury- Orange -Mary Streets. He pointed out that the audit- ors' statement for 1949 indicated a surplus of $721.85. Details of receipts end expenditures will be published in next week's issue. • How the Tax Rate is Divided Amount Needed 1950 Mill Rate County Rate $ 9,554.60 6.1 mills Debentures 23,821.45 15.1 mills Public School 13,900.00 8.7 mills CDCI . 4,500.00 2.8 mills Relief 800.00 0.5 mills Park 1,056.00 0.7 mills Town General 20,727.43 13.1 mills Totals . . $ 74,359.48 47.0 - mills Recapitulation Estimated Total Expenditure $102,915.91 28,556.43 Estimated Revenue - Balance to be raised $ 74,359.48 47 Mills will raise '74,448.11 Estimated surplus . • .. County levy Public school Collegiate Institute Public Library General Debentures Interest Grants . Salaries and Allowances . Legal Fees Property expense Streets Fire Department Street Lighting Hydrant Rental Cemetery Insurance Hcspitalizatton Community Athletic Field Printing and Stationery , Bank interest Sr exchange General municipal expense Taxes remitted at Court of Revision Sewerage debentures Sewerage debenture interest Fire equipment debenture Fire equipment debenture interest Police protection Totals Expenditures Estimated Actual 1950 1949 $ 9,564.80 $ 9,554.60 13,900.0013,781.00 4,500.00 ` 3,063.08 2,000.00 1,825.00 and 1,227.70 2,528,00 3,500,00 100.00 5,000.00 19,000.00 1,200.00 3,132.00 2,124.00 2,700.00 849.86 800:00- 1,056.00 1,056.00 450.00 1,000.00 1,600.00 100.00 14,000,00 7,398.75 1,000.00 195.00 4,000.00 ,00 $102,915.91 Receipts Estimated 1950 $ 2,430.00 9,000.00 350.00 1,368.00 12,500.00 1,200.00 300.00 400.00 Provincial subsidy Dept. of Highways subsidy Licenses Housing rental Water rental Cemetery . Stock scales Rentals Public Utilities Commis- sion lighting refund Provincial grant (special) Totals , 768.81 239.62 $ 88.63 Estimated 1949 $ 9,554.60 13,731.00 3,063,08 1,750.00 1,227.70 1,227.70 1,628.65 1,450.00 7,290.30 '7,250.00 81.00 100.00 5,354.15 3,500.00 7,876.49 8,000.00 737.00 700.00 2,620.12 2,700.00 2,124.00 2,124.00 2,336.94 2,700.00 904.5.1 'BMW"' 500.00 1,056.23 1,056.23 512.65 750.00 734.03 1,100.00 1,500.00 900.00• 48.41 13,000.00 7,166.25 100.00 13,000.00 7,166,25 $ 85,176.10 $ 83,204,80 Actual -Estimated 1949 1949 $ 2,008.03 $ 1,946.53 3,779.16 3,500.00 367.00 440.00 1,368.00 1,368.00 10,000.00 9,000,00 1,145.00 1,300.00 220.10 225.00 $ 28,556.43 $ 18,887.29 $ 17,779.53 Tax Arrears Principal interest Total $ 27.74 31.35 100.93 $ 11.33 3.61 $ 112.20 284.26 14,63 298.89 1,367.69 1,367.68 $1,780.62 $ 29.57 $1,810.19 1946 , 1947 1948 1949 , . Totals . ATTEND CONVENTION Representatives of Clinton Public Utilities Commission at- tended the 30th annual meeting of American Waterworks Assoc- iation, Canadian Section, in the General Brock Hotel, Niagara Palls, (Mario, Monday-Tu•'sday• Wednesday. They were; Hugh R. Hawkins, chairman WE. Perdue•, and A, E. Rumball, superintend- ent. Pay Dog Tax, Warble, ra �' y With Annual Tax Levy Goderich Township Council held its regular meeting on Mon- day in Holmesville at 1.30 p,m with all members present. G. C. Ginn presented the bud- get for the Goderich High School Area Board, 3. E. Howard presented the in- surance policy drawn up for the township by the Hartford Insur- ance Co., for their protection in the case of damage due to the Warble Fly campaign. It was decided to accept this policy. The Clerk was instructed to apply to Goderich Township Municipal Telephone System for a refund of $28.13, overpaid on one telephone account. The Assessor was instructed to list all dpgs in the township when doing the assessing and that owners would then be given the opportunity to pay their 1950 dog tax in their 1950 'taxes. In. this respect, the Clerk was in- structed to draft a bylaw giving the Assessor this power, and, to collect this tax in . the annual taxes. The Treasurer was instructed to bill the City of London for $32 which sum is its share of maintenance- n f a former re si dent of the City of London. A bill for the payment of the mempers ne the Court of Revis- ion, was laid over for one month. There were two applications before the Council for subdivis- ion, lots 79 B.L. and lot 36, con- cession 1. Approval was, given, subject to Departmental approval. After considerable discussion, it was decided to charge those cattle owners who spray their cattle for the eradication of the warble fly, 13 cents per head per treatment, which amount will be added to their taxes and collected. in the usual manner. The price for a team end man was raised from 60 cents per hour to 75 cents per hour, and weed cutting raised from one and one- quarter cents per rod, to two cents per rod. Accounts presented and order- ed paid were: O. Lobb, relief, $8.91; Stanley Bros., relief, $1.05; D. E. Glidden, relief, $7.35; Reg- istrar of Deeds, .85; Miss Acheson, rent : of house, $5; J, E. Howard, insurance premium, $37.50; H. McAdam, refund of taxes, $26;32; H. Sturdy, postage and exchange, $15.65; Post Sanatorium, care for one patient, $32; direct relief, $30; Clinton News -Record, ad- vertising, $11.55; Goderich Signal - Star, advertising, $7.25; Muni- cipal World, supplies, $11.16; County of Huron, indigent pat lents. $87.10; superintendent's pay roll No. 4, $856,81. Council adjourned until May f. at 7.30 p.m.