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Clinton News-Record, 1950-10-05, Page 1THE NEW ERA -86th YEAR ewspis No. 40 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1950 ecor l THE NEWS -RECORD -70th YEAR .,terra The Horne Paper with the New. j VOICE OF 11," GUARDIAN FREEDOM OF LIBERTY gibe ifirtt Q oittnnn=... EXPLAINING THE INSCRIPTION at the head of this column to- day, let us say that this week is known throughout. Canada as "National Newspaper Week" . May we refer our readers to Page Two today for several ref- erences to the fact . . . g ,4 ,k LET US TAKE OUR HATS OFF to 'the members of Clinton's volunteer Fire Department who did such a splendid job in help- ing to fight the disastrous fire which destroyed Knox Presby- terian Church at Goderich Satur-, day with a loss estimated at $300,000... Our grapevine tells us that the good folk of Goderich were very appreciative of the part played by the Clinton firemen under Chief Grant Rath, wet our fine equipment . . . We -en the call came in for help, there was no hesitation in providing what help there was available .. , * a a DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME OF- ficelly came to an end in Clin- ton, Seaforth and Goderich Sun- day, October 1, a week later than most other municipalities in this area . . 'Clinton was first, at 12.01 a.m.. Seaforth followed at I a.m., arid Goderich changed at 2 a.rn.. Many people are glad we ere all back to standard time again t A FORMER CLINTON BOY, Gordon R. Hearn, optometrist, .- now residing in Toronto, plans to continue the practice of his sister, Miss Ruth Ream (now Mrs. Murray Roy), at the same location, Huron StreetGor- don is coming to town 'Monday and Tuesday twice each month,. his first visit to be made on Monday and Tuesday next. Oc- tober 9-10 . * a a MAYOR HA'r,'IN AND FIRE Chief Grant Rath call attention in a proclamation published on Page Two today, to Fire Pre- vention Week, October 8-14 . This is done throughout Canada to help reduce the loss of life and property through fire , . ACCORDING TO MISS LUCY R. Woods, our indefatigable Bayfield correspondent. Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam L. Metcalf, Bayfield, were out hunting for puff balls in Stanley Township on Monday afternoon . . . They found some but were even more delighted to find a patch of wild raspberry bushes with large luscious berries hanging in quantities . . They picked a quart which they en- joyed at their evening meal , , . But the location of the patch is a secret for they hope to go back and pick more if the weather remains warmenough to ripen the quantities of green berries left on the bushes;. k ,t, 5 A FORMER WELL KNOWN Clinton resident, Mrs, "Hal" Ii. Walsh, writes from Ottawa (368 Blake Blvd, Eastview) :. "Greetings from the big city of Ottawa, We have finally found a place to live and settling down to being happy Ottawans instead of Clintonians : . I thought I would drop you a line and see what you could do about sending me The News -Record each week. I didn't think I would miss the news as I figured my friends .would keep me well informed. They do, but I still want to hear about the ball games end the RCAF Station activities and The News -Record can, do all that for me" Emergency Coni theti ins System Planned. S. S. 1 Winner At Fair Pupils of S.S. 1, Stanley Town- ship, again won the shield pre- sented annually by Bayfield Ag- ricultural Societyfor best aver- age of points amassed at Bayfield Pair last week. •This school had an average of 12.6 points per pupil. S.S. 4 Stanley" Township West, was sec- ond, with 9,6; Bayfield (Senior Room third with 7; Varna fourth with 4; and Hayfield Junior Room fifth with 3. Excellent quality and keen competition featured the schoo contests. A grand parade, led by CDCI Band, started the Fair off Thursday afternoon last Weather was ideal; and although attendance was slightly less than last year, it was excellent. Live- stock wes in greater display than previously. Public - School Winners Special prizes in Public School section were won., as follows: $5 -boy obtaining highest points in field competition, grades 2-4, Edward Broadfoot, S.S. 1; $5 - boy obtaining highest points in field competition, grades 5 -8 -- Jack -8 -Jack McGregor, S.S. 1; $5 -girl obtaining highest points in field competition, grades 2 -4 -Mary Grainger, S.S. 4; $5 -girl obtain- ing highest points in field com- petition, grades 5-8 - Elaine Grainger, S.S, 4;. $3 -for pupil obtaining most points in section 7 - Margaret Howard, Bayfield Senior room; $3 -- for pupil obtaining most points in section 8 - Elaine Grainger. $1 -pupil obtaining highest number of points in section 4 - Mary Grainger; $1 -pupil obtain- ing highest number of points in section 5 - Margaret Howard: $1 pupil obtaining the highest number of points in section 9 - Mary Grainger; Best vase, class 32 - Donald McKenzie, Hayfield Junior room; best vase, class 33 -Shirley Bran- don, Bayfield Senior room; glass painting, grades '7 and 8 -Doreen McKenzie, Bayfield Senior room; glass painting, juniors -Donald McKenzie; plesticine model - Judy Couillard, S.S. 1; (last three Prizes donated by Mrs. J. How - d). (Remainder of prize list is published on Page Seven). ' ,, .t t CLINTON'S FLORAL ENTHUS- iests are finding the Easter lily blooms more beautiful than ever this; year . Mrs. David Laid- law reports that she has had four very lovely blooms . She gave one to a neighbour who; is not enjoying the best of health, while the others also are really things of beauty, especially at this season of the year . , 0 MERCHANTS' MEETING R. B. Campbell, chairman of the Retail Merchants' Committee of Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, has called a meet- ing of all merchants, of Clinton to lee held in the Town Counci Chamber ;on. Tuesday next, Oc tuber ' 10, at 8.30 p.m., ,when say oral matters of importance wit be discussed, including Remelt trance Day closing, and new schedule of store hours. 1 u toter 10, 8,30 p.m. in. CDCI. 40-b Dance, Town Hall, Clinton, Friday, October 13, Desjardine's Orchestra, dancing 9.30-1. Ad- mission popular prices. Auspices LOL No, 710. 40-b WESLEY-WILLIS CELEBRATES ITS ANNIVERSARY Wesley -Willis United Church held well -attended anniversaey services on Sunday morning and evening, with Rev. Stephen J. Mathers, principal of Alma Col- lege, St. Thomas, as the guest preacher for both services. Rev. Hugh C. Wilson, minister of the church, extended a wel- come to all the guests, and also introduced Rev. Mr. Mathers, en outstanding Preacher and a col- league at Victoria College in student days. The preacher took as his text for his morning sermon, Mat- thew 16:18: "And I say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." He discussed the two interpretations of this verse of scripture. In the evening, Rev, Mr. Ma- thers preached on the meaning of "a sense of shame" as indicat- ed in Jeremiah 6:15 seq., and Romans 1 :16. "Are we ashamed of our present economic way of life, our race relationships, our own national attitudes?" he asked, Special -Music Special music, under the direc- tion of A. R, Person with Mrs M. J. Agnew at the organ, was provided by the choir. In the morning, .the anthem chosen was "The Heavens are Telling" (Haydn) with Mrs. Benson Sutter, Harry Holmes, Harris Oakes and Donald And- rews, taking the "Angel". parts, Mrs. W. M. Nediger sera a very pleasing solo, "Jesus, Lover oe my Soul," At the evening service, the anthem chosen' was "Let Mount Zion Rejoice" (Herbert) with Mrs. W. M. Nediger and Re N. Irwin taking the solo parts. Miss Viola Fraser and Harry Holmes sang a very lovely soprano and tenor duett, "Hear My Prayer." COMING EVENTS. Don't forget Lions Bingo, Lions Arena, Friday, October 6. Prizes ;total $500. 38-9-b Clinton Junior Verniers and Institute meeting, Tuesday. Oc- Apples? Why We CroW Thi Finest! The section between Clinton and Lake Hun on is regarded as one of the finest apple - growing areas in Ontario. Above, MRS. ALVIN BETTLES, R.R. 2, Bayfield, is showing a basbet of Mclntosbes which formed part of her first prize exhibit in the special commercial display at Bayfield Fair last week. It netted her $35 cash. Engraving courtesy The London Free" Press SAM CASTLE, JR. PRESBYTERIAN CLUB PRESIDENT A splendid opening meeting of the Presbyterian Men's Club was held on Wednesday, September 27. The executive of the Club was the sponsor of a real dinner with everything from tomato juice to cake end coffee for dessert. New officers were elected as follows: Honorary President, Royce Macaulay; president, Sam Castle, Jr.; vice-president, "Dick" Jacob; treasurer, Bob Morgan; 'secretary, Walter Newcombe. The four group captains ap- pointed are Norman Gregg, Alvin Sharp, Kenneth Colquhoun and John Hall. These leaders and their chosen corporals are to be, responsible for 'the programs at the succeeding meetings during the winter season. The meeting was in favor of joining the Lions Club for a joint showing of the Bell Tele- phone film and talk, on Decem- ber ecember 5. Other prospective forms of activity for the future were discussed. The wash-up squad in the kitchen performed the function of mopping up, in a very satis- factory manner. The next meeting is to be held on Wednesday, October 11, at eight o'clock, as the Club decided to conduct the meetings every other Wednesday, instead of Fri- day as last year. The Weather 1950 1949 High Low Fligh Low Sept. 28 72 51. ' 57 47 29 75 57 50 36 30 76 53 63 35 Oct. 1 75 52 67 36 2 76 56 70 48 3 67 46 ♦ 64 56 4 50 • 42 88 51 Rain: .48 ins. Rain: .53 ins. Cam Maltby Heads Students' Council Cameron Maltby, versatile ath- lete and student, has been chosen as president of the Students' Council of CDCI for 1950-51. Other officers elected were: first vice-president, Bill Nediger; second vice-president, Bob El- liott; secretary, Marguerite Hall; treasurer, Bill Shearing; Girls' sports representative, Joanne Castle; Boys' sports representa- tive, Clare MaTtey. 'Form representatives to this council include: lac A, Donald Ross; Ix B, Terry Jenkins; lx C, Bill Parker: xA, Rickey Elliott; xB, Jerry Holmes; xi A, Ken Howes; xl. B, Barbara Middle- ton; x11, John Wilson; x111, Ken Woods. Harris Oakes Named Mayor of 'Teen Town 'Teen Town has started its weekly activities in Clinton again and the Friday evening sessions in CDCI already have been quite well attended. Election of officers featured the meeting Friday evening last, resulting as follows: Mayor, Harris Oakes; Councillors, girls: Joanne Castle, Anne Fairservice, Lorene Garon. Jane Hartley, Barbara McDonald, Beverly Smith; 'Councillors, boys: Ken Ashton, Jerry Elliott, Robert El- liott, Ken Gibbings, Ron Riley, Harry Pinch. HURON FARMER HAS TOP YIELD WHEAT TITLE Top yield of entries in the 50 - Bushel Wheat Clubs of Ontario was X2.2 bushels per acre, ac- cording to the Crops Branch of the Ontario Agriculture Depart- ment. • The high yield was obtained by Harry I•I. G. Strang, B. R, 1, Henson. Of the 269 entries, five others recorded more than '70 bushels per acre, and 44 more obtained more than 60. Average yield of fall wheat in the prov- ince this year was 32.1. The high men in each of the 16 counties participating now will enter two -bushel samples in the special inter -county competition et the Royal Winter Fair in No- vember. Eldon Bradley, R. R. 3, Goderich, also is entered from Huron County. J. A. Sutter Re-elected Hardware, President Stratford and District Hard- ware Association held its annual meeting in Mitchell on Monday evening, October 2, when a Clin- ton man, John A. Sutter, was re- elected president. Other officers elected were: secretary, Hugh R, Hawkins; Clinton; vice-president, Albert Traquair. Exeter; directors, Lynn Mair. Stratford and Carl Faust, Mitchell. • Boy Scout Apple, Day, Satur- day, October 14. 39-b Bazaar, Council Chamber, Sat- urday, October 14, auspices Ladies' Auxiliary of Canadian Legion, Booths and - afternoon' tea. 40-1-a Fine Church Destroyed By Fire , The foundation and brick wells' alene were left standing after fire roared through; Knox Presbyterian Church, Goderich; Saturday. Smoke and flames pouredd,. from the building as Goderich and Clinton Volunteer Fire Departments, aided by, citizen f'olunteers, fought a los- ing battle. A new church is to be bine, Collapse of the tower occurred shortly after the above picture was taken. -Engraving courtesy The London Free Press 25 PROMOTIONS IN : FALL LIST RCAF STATION Effective October 1, 1950, twenty-five personnel of. Clinton RCAF Station have been pro- moted to higher rank as non- commissioned officers in the fall list" just released by Station Headquarters. W01 from W02 -J. G. Ultican. WO2 from Flight Sergeant --E. J..deBeeupre (now posted to St. Hubert, Que.); E. M. Williams, A. J. LaFleebe, C. M. Madsen, E. H. Knoblauch; Flight Sergeant froni Seargeant -G. H. Jackson, 'D. Hindson, E. R. Hatch, LT: S. Stewart, S. M. Estwick, T. E. Ellis, H. L. May- hew, A. B. Christie; Sergeant from Corporal -G, W. Cutler, J. F. Glass; ;Corporal from LAC _ R., S. Park, J. E, Blythe, W. R. Lamb, J, A. G. Hamelin, R. E. Shaw, IL Clay, F. V. Haehey, .1. E. Groves, D. J. Monroe. Permanent Commissions The following Clinton RCAF Officers have been granted per- manent commissions in the RCAF (regular): F/L Verdun H. Mun- ro, Goderich, and F/L Robert G. Thornclycraft, RCAF Station, both of Air Training Section; F/O Trevor Isnson, Clinton, Training Adjutant; Flying Officer Donald V. Kyle, Clinton, officer-in- -1'orge Examining Board, Fit Thorndycraft has been posted to Summerside, PEI, for a course before going to Rockcliffe. F/O David Osborn is now Junior Accounts Officer, succeed- ing F/O S. J. Livingstone, who is ill inSunnybroak Hospital, Toronto. F/O Osborn came from Trenton RCAF Station. Trucks in Collision East End of Clinton Chief of Police Leo Kelly in- vestigated a motor accident which took place on Kins's Highway 8, at the easterly limits of the town. about 5,30 p.m. Saturday. Ernest Brown, Clinton, was driving a tractor west on the highway and was meeting an eastbound truck driven by -George Glazier, R.R. 4, Clinton. An- other truck, loaded with five tons of gravel, westbound behind the tractor, was.owned by Cress - man and Reinhart, Elmira, and wasdriven by George Shaw, 16, Seaforth.' " • . • Police said the westbound and eastbound trucks came into col- lision, with $250 damage to the Glazer truck and, $175 to the other truck. The tractor was not involved directly in the accident. Gravel was spilled ell over the highway. Shaw faces a charge of 'care- less driving, police stated. "----- MAYOR AND WIFE. HAVE FINE TRIP THROUGH STATES Mayor and Mrs. Robert Hattie have returned from a two weeks' tour of the Southern States. Crossing the border at Lane- downe, Thousand Islands bridge, they visited Old Fort Henry, Kingston; The Skyline Drive; caverns and Natural Bridge all in Shenandoah, National Park Virginia, along the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway drive which continues through t h a great Smokies in the Carolinas, to Chattanooga, Tennessee, where they visited Rock City gardens and fairyland caverns atop Look- out Mountain in Georgia. Then they motored through the cotton fields of Alabama to Cumberland Falls, . Kentucky State Perk, and along the Ohio River drive for a day at the evening races at Wheeling, West Va. They travelled eppn'oximate ely 3,600 miles and drove through ten states, They enjoyed excel lent weather and had a very interesting and enjoyable outing. LOCAL FARMER'S BUY STOCKERS ON MANITOULIN A number of farmers in the district attended feeder and stocker sales at Thessalon and on the Manitoulin Island, and a number of carloads were pur- chased, according to the weekly crop report of R. Gordon Ben- nett, Clinton, agricultural repre- sentative for Huron County. "Cattle on grass are in espec- ially fine condition due to the continued good growth of past- fres," Mr. Bennett said "Quite sizeable amounts o f grgins were threshed the latter part of last week and threshing is finally nearing completion. "There has. been some frost damage to corn in certain sec- tions, of the county, while in other sections the corn is still green but very little has matur- ed to date. "There have been sizeable amounts of turnips marketed during last week. Growers re- port that turnips, in many cases, are 'getting too large for snip- ping. "Silo filling has been com- menced in the county, and some high quality second -cut hay has been harvested during last week." rl I.O.O.F. Notes D.D.G.M. Alex Boyce, Seaforth, with his installing team, will be present on Tuesday evening, October 10, and install the of- ficers for the coming term. All members ave urged to be present. Conduct Survey Oct. 15 Members 'of 'Clinton and dist- rict Emergency Corps, ' under the leadership of Alex Velleman, RCAF Station, Clinton, Emerg- ency Coordinator of the Ameri- can Radio Relay League; will conduct a' Simulated Emergency Test on October 15 with the view of perfecting a community plan to provide Clinton and Goderich and their respective areas with communication facilities in the event that a disaster might dam- age or incapacitate all local com- munications channels, ' The local ARRL Emergency Corps (AEC) is a group of ama- teur radio operators who have volunteered their time and radio stations to the end that Clinton. and Goderich will never find themselves isolated from the out- side world es a result of failure of telephone and telegraph lines. Recent disasters in which the AEC in this area have played an important part are: (1) The Win- nipeg flood; and (2) the rail strike. In both these emergen- cies, local amateurs passed mes- sages to all parts of the country and received and relayed replies back to originators. During the Winnipeg disaster, about 200 messages for the Winnipeg area were handled. During the rail strike, some 300 messages were passed. Short Range Stations During the tests, a number of short-range radio stations will be set up at strategic points around both Clinton and Goderich in order to provide a local originat- leg point for messages, in order to provide local communication. Several high power long range stations will supply communica- tion with distant points. An in- teresting feature of the test will be the mobile radio stations op- erating from the automobiles of several of the participants which will be tied into a Canada -wide network of Amateur Stations. The Air Force Amateur Radio System (AFARS) will also work in co-operation with this scheme. This Simulated Emergency. Test Will comprise a portion of a series of nation-wide emergency tests being conducted during the weekend of October 14-15, and the criterion of successful plan- ning will be the speed and re- liability of communication, under simulated emergency conditions, with other parts of the country. Local , Amateurs The following are the names. and addresses of the local' ama- teurs who are planning to par- ticipate in the test; Fred Bisset, VE3AIU, Sanford Heights, God- erich; Jack McCellunn, VE3DHC, Goderich; Keith Saddlemyre, VE3AFC, 'Clinton; Bab Kirkby, VE3RL, RCAF Clinton; Palmer Thompson, VE3BHJ, Clinton; Lloyd Adams, VE3DHJ, Clinton (RCAF); Alex Velleman, VE3- BTQ, .RCAF Clinton; Clinton Amateur Radio Club, VE3BER, RCAF Clinton. TWENTY ONL Y HOUSES REMAIN UNOCCUPIED Within the next few days, no less than 125 houses situated in the fine new housing develop- ment at Clinton RCAF Station will be occupied by Air Force personnel and their families, leaving only 20 houses still to be filled. Temporary quarters, whioh have been occupied by families, are being emptied to make way for accommodation. for single personnel, and these families ere being transferred to the "town." Recent transfers from the SM - ton are as follows: W02 A. A, Davis, to St. Hubert, Que.; W02 E. J. deBeaupre, to St. Hubert, Que.; Cpl. J. McCaig, to Lachine, Que. Families most recently arrived at the Station are as follows: Cpl. J. L. E. Dubois, Clinton; FIS G. B. Kennedy, Hayfield; Sgt. H. A. Ringrose, Clinton; Sgt. M. H. Patton, Goderich; Cpl. M. F. Moore, Ottawa; Sgt. A. S. Brown, . Trenton; F/L R. A. Thomson, Hensel'; S/L N. St. G. Wade, RCAF Sta- tion; F/O J. M. Carpenter, Sea - forth; Sgt. A. H. Cole, Halifax, N,S.; Cpl, R. S. Powell, London; LAC C. L. Racine, Clinton; Cpl. R. L. Scott, Clinton; Cpl. G. C. Pratt, Clinton; Sgt. L. G. Mills, Clinton; F/L W. M. Gar- ton, Clinton; Cpl. A. Forkheim, RCAF Station. F/S W. H. Refausse, Clinton; F/L H. M. Miller, RCAF Station;. LAC E. '1; Bushell, Clinton; Cpl. J. L McGuire, Clinton; LAC L. Stengel, Stratford; Cpl. C. J, A. Arnold, Goderich; Cpl. G. C. Cooper, Clinton; Cpl. 13. IM, Nielsen, RCAF Station; Cpl. S. W. A. Latin, RCAF Stae tion; LAC B, W. Roberts, Clin- ton; LAC W. G. Hamilton, Clin- ton; LAC T. A. Burns, Clinton; LAC J. M. Chambers. RCAF Station. a CONGRATULATIONS! Congratulations are extended to Thomas M. Johnston who on Friday, September 29, passed his ninetieth birthday., A quiet din- ner at the . home of Mrs. Malcom Toms, with whom he resides, marked the occasion.