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Clinton News-Record, 1950-10-26, Page 1THE NEW ERA -86th YEAR News-Recgrd1•on' e so-ecord CO YEAR No. 43 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1,950 The Home Paper with the News To Reside in Goderich Township Photographed after their marriage at the parsonage of the United Church, Holmesville, on Saturday afternoon, October 21, are WILLIAM JOHN COX, and his bride, the former, MARJORIE ADA (MOLLY) FINLEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Finley, Goderich Township. Her husband is the son of Mrs. Cox, also a resident of Goderich Township, and the late J. Leslie Cox. The bridal couple spent their honeymoon in Toronto and Niagara Falls, and will reside on the groom's farm in Goderich Town- ship. -Photo by Earl MecLaren e Orbe ,$trSt C011/11111.--- • OtU rl== THINGS SEEM TO BE •SHAP- ing up for a half -holiday only on Remembrance Day, Saturday, November 11, in Clinton_... Both Clinton Branch of the Canadian Legion and Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce -as rep- resenting the merchants - have gone on record as being in fav- our of the half -holiday in the morning, with the stores open in the afternoon and evening, and Town Council may follow suit Which seems a very sen- sible suggestion , . , a s a A. J. Mc1VIURRAY, . CHAIRMAN. of the Old Boys' Reunion, has called a meeting of all of the 180 shareholders to be held in the. Town Council Chamber Monday "evening next, October 30, to give a final wind-up to the Reunion It is understood that a por- tion of the original share money remains to be distributed at the discretion of the shareholders ... Every shareholder should make it a point to attend . . . k SATURDAY, ,NOVEMBER 4, IS set aside as "Poppy Day" in a proclamation by Mayor It. Y. Hattin published on Page Three today ... The proclamation urges all citizens to observe the day by wearing memorial poppies in honour of those who gave their lives in two awoarla wars . . SAMPLES OF WHEAT, GROWN around Dodsland,. Sask., were brought back by Mr. Miller . . One was Grade 5, worth about 85 cents a bushel and good only for feed . . Last year, at Dods - lend, no, I hard was the grad- ing Throughout many parts of the West, the story was sim- ilar . Itwas the poorest crop for many years . At first it. looked like a bumper crop, but the frost came far too early and down went the quality of the wheat 'crop . a' „ ,C SOMETHING HAPPENED TO the papers mailed to Bayfield last week, with the result that they were late and our subscrib- ers were put to some inconven- ience . . . The 'Bayfield parcel went out of the office with the others and left Clinton Post Of- fice, but something happened en route; we know not what . . a * * CLINTON LOOKS Nf 'E IN THE fall, Fred Sloman commented to- day es he prepared to take his family back up north to Cap- reol . . Fred was attending a convention in Sudbury where he also spoke to the Canadian Club As most of our subscribers know, he is teacher in a school car operating out of Capreol,., a a Planning. Expert Sees brilliant Future HURON COUNTY. JUNIORS W I N TRACTOR SHOW A junior farm team from Hu- ron County won the inter -county tractor safety competition at the provincial junior judging com- petitions held at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, Friday last. It was the first time in the history of the competitions that farm tractor driving and maint- enance had been a part of the program of events. Donald Murray, R.R. 2, Luck- now, and Bill Taylor, R.R. 1, Belgrave, representing the Dun- gannon club, had topscore in competition against two -boy tractor teams from ell across On- tario. A grain-judgnig team from Ex- eter Grain Club, representing Huron, County, had only 14th place in the inter -county grain- judging competitions, although the team was only a few points behind the winners in its final score. The Huron County entries, coached by R. Gordon Bennett end Fred Wilson, .Clinton, also included` beef calf judging teams from Seaforth and Dungannon. The team of Helen and Leona Johnston, from Walton junior homemaking club, competed in the inter -county food demonstra- tion contests; The Walton entry was coached by Miss Jean Scott, home economist for the Ontario Department of Agriculture. RCAF EXPANDING VERY RAPIDLY OFFICIAL SAYS "Never before in peacetime has the Royal Canadian Air Force undertaken such a rapid expan- sion." Air Commodore F. G. Wait, CBE, Deputy Air Member for Personnel, AFHJ, Ottawa com- mented in the course of his re- marks to graduating class of Radio Officers' Course 18 at a ceremonial presentation of "wings" at RCAF Station Friday afternoon last. The ceremony was carried through without a hitch on the parade square, with weather con- ditions very favorable and a large crowd in attendance. The grad- uating class was in charge of F/L B. R. Thompson, and all executive positions were taken by officers, flight cadets and airmen under training. Air Commodore Wait declar- ed that "the days of experience (in the RCAF) are never over; there is always something to learn." He congratulated all on parade and stated that the par- ade was as good es he had seen anywhere. F/C James A. Eggleston, Cal- gary, Alta., headed the class and received en Honour Scroll. Com- plete list of the 11 graduates was published in last week's issue so will not be repeated. Fine Weather Proves Big Boon to Farmers Continued fine. weather is proving a big asset to livestock men. according to R. G. Bennett, Clinton!, agricultural. represent- ative for Huron County. Milk production is being well main- tained and beef men who have bought feeders are getting con- siderable gain off fall grass. Silo filling is not yet com- pleted although it is well on. Heavy frosts during the week have' dried corn up considerably. A number of acres of soybeans and white beans have been her vested. during the week. Soy- bean quality is fairly good al- though the yield is not es heavy as in some years. WE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF witnessing the Western -Varsity rugby match in Toronto Saturday afternoon as part of the 'Home- coming celebration of graduates of the University of Toronto . Everything was great for the old grads : except the game which Western won.by 41=8 before the largest crowd ever to see a foot- ball game in Canada (27,054 ppid admissions) The Weather 1950 1949 • • -1 'i h Low High Low Oct. 19 74 51 65 36 20 55 40 70 40 21 60. 34 70 • 46 22 54 41 65 46 23 49 42 54 41 24 46 - 35 45 36 25 50 39 50 29 Barn 10 ins, Rain ,44 ins. CDCI 1950 Graduates Seek Higher Learning Each year a number of grad- uates of CDCI go to -the various centres to take special courses to prepare them for their life's work. This year is no exception. Among the graduates who are taking such courses are Wil- liam Andrews, University Col- lege, University of Western On- tario, London, Mathematics; Les- lie Harding, Huron College, Uni- versity of Western Ontario, Lon- don, General Arts, leading to the ministry; Carolyn Campbell and Margaret Holland, Stratford Normal School; William Lemmon, Queen's University. Kingston, Engineering; Harold Madsen, at- tending school. in Nova Scotia; ,Norman Smith, diesel engineer- ing course; Donald McNeil, Ryer- son Institute of Technology, a Juniors Decide Winners Huron Junior Farmers' Plow- ing Match was held Tuesday at the Rivett Bros.' farm at. Dun- gannon, sponsored by C'olwanash Junior Farmers. 'It was open to all farmers or farmer's sons in Huron County under the, age of 30. • Coaching classes were held in. the morning for "green" plow- men. Gordon McGevin, Walton, was judge, assisted by Jack Kil- patrick, Wingham. The match was described as "highly .successful" with 22 ent- ries in all classes. Winners were as follows: Two -furrow -Fred Gibson, R.R. 3, Clinton; Tom 'Culbert. R.R. 1, Dungannon, and Alvin Alton, R.R. 7, Lucknow. Three -furrow, or more - John Wise, RA. 3, Clinton; Ken Pet- rie, R.R. 1, Dungannon, and Ray Wise, R.R. 3, Clinton. Tractor mounted plows -Donald Bean, R. R. 5, Goderich; Lloyd Holland. Clinton; Leon Chisholm, Auburn. - Two -furrow tractor, tricycle type - Elmer Hunter, R. R. 5, Guelph. Two, three furrow, open to all juniors -,Tarbes Chapman, R.R. 3, Kippen; Bob Allan, R. 1, Bruce - field; Merton Keyes, R.R. 3, Sea - forth. Special, youngest plowman - John Wise,. R.R. 3, Clinton, aged 12. ' Best crown -James Chap- man, R.R. 3, Kippen. Best fin- ish -Bob Allan. Best plowed lands -Bob Allan. Tractor Driving Ross Hodgert, Woodham, repre- senting South Huron Junior Far- mers' Club, won the final trac- tor driving competition of Huron County Junior Farmers' farm equipment project with a score of .288.5. • Mr. Hodgert will represent Huron County in the Provincial Tractor Rodeo at Toronto in January. It will be held in con- junction with the Ontario Crop Improvement Association annual convention. , Other winners in this competi- tion were Bob'Allan, Brucefield, with a score of 283, and Glen McMichael, Wroxeter, with a score of 282.5. Auburn Man Marks His 94th Birthday SMOKY HAZE UNIQUE SIGHT AT 'BAYFIELD (By our Bayfield correspondent) For an hour or so before the sun set on Sunday, Oct, 1, the smoke haze was such that one could view that self -luminous orb quite comfortably with the naked eye. It appeared to be pale yellow in colour instead of the proverb- ial red. A student of astronomy tells us that in viewing it through a tele- scope, he saw several ;sun spots. Quite the largest spot he has ever seen was situated at the upper left hand side, and below it were four smaller ones in a row, diminishing in size from left to right. They are erruptions on the surface of . the sun, •we are in- formed, and (take a period of several days to cross it. The black spot is a crater -like break in the layer of flaming gases enveloping the sun. Actually, these disturbances are thousands of miles in diameter: Sun spots appear in a cycle of eleven years from minimum to maximum. Last year a maximum number appeared. The display of Aurora borealis, which is as- sociated with periods of magnetic disturbances in the earth's atmos- phere, has proven definitely to be connected with the occurrence of sun spots. At present they are being closely studied by meteorologists relative to weath- er.forecasting. Considerable Success Reported In Campaign The annual meeting of Zone 6 of Ontario Cream Producers' was held In Clinton on Friday even- ing, October 20. Zone six in. - eludes the counties of Perth and Huron. . Harry' Gowdy, Wroxeter, acted os chairman for the evening. Mr. Gowdy is zone director on the Cream Producers' Marketing Board. Guest spearrer for the evening. was William %Bettie, Fergus, a member ' of the advertising'com- mittee of the Dairy Farmers' of Canada. In' his remarks, Mr. Bettie out- lined•the success of the June oet- aside in which farmers across Canada contributed approximat- ely $275,000 toward an advertis- ing campaign to promote the sale of dairy products. The far- mers in the Province of Ontario contributed $116,000, as their share of the campaign. An advertising -agency has been engaged to direct the campaign for the Dairy Farmers of Can- oda. They propose to use maga- zines with nation-wide circula- tion, daily newspapers, a select group of weekly papers and a limited amount of radio advertis- ing. Considerable money will be spent' to promote the sale of dairy. foods, .bypublicising mermen and PRESBYTERIAN ANNIVERSARY SUCCESSFUL Clinton Presbyterian Church celebrated its anniversary with well -attended services morning and evening on Sunday. The evening service was particularly well attended. A native of Scotland, Rev. John McLeod, now kirk minister at Southampton, delivered inspir ing ' messages at both services. In the evening he took' his text from I Corinthians 3: "For other foundation can no many lav than that is laid which is Jesus Christ.' He discussed the building of the early church, and urged his hear- ers to keep firm the foundation of the church. Special music was renderedat both services. under the direc- tion of Mrs: Bert Boyes, organist and choir leader. In the morn- ing, the choir sang an anthem: "Comfort, 0 Lord, the Soul of Thy Servant", and in the even- ing: "Blessed be the Lord". Miss Marilyn Butler, Goderich, sang "The Holy City" sa a solo in the morning, and Mrs. C. H. Ed- ward, Goderich, daughter of Revand Mrs. D. J. Lane, sang a solo, "I Walked with Jesus" in the evening. A quartette sang "For All Thy Care" at the evening service, the personnel being Frank Mac- Donald, Douglas Fleischeuer, Beverley Boyes and Bill Mur- ray, Rev. Mr. Lane took the service at Southampton in the morning, but was home for the evening service when he thanked Rev. Mr. McLeod and extended a hearty welcome to all. • ORLO MILLER TELLS OF TRIP TO LIONS GROUP Bayfield Lions Club enjoyed a dinner meeting at the Albior Hotel, on Tuesday evenidg, with the president, Charles Scotch - mer, in the chair, There was a good attendance of members and several guests. Orb Miller gave a very inter- esting talk on his recent trip to the eastern part of Canada and the United States,. Plans to erect a bulletin board to be placed in front of the Post Office, and for the starting of e movie for children to be shown each Saturday night from the first of November to spring, were discussed, LEGION ASKS HALF HOLIDAY NOVEMBER 1I Clinton Branch No. 140 of the Canadian Legion, B.E.S.L., held its regular monthly meethie in the Legion Hall on Monday even- inA large crowd, including visit- Executive Members Remembrance Day R. B. Campbell, for Retail ors from the neighboring branches at Goderigh. Kincardine, • Exeter, Executive members represent- Merchants' Committee, stated Hensel', Seaforth and Blyth, were ing the various committees in the that a meeting of the merchants present and heard a very inter- Huron -Perth riding are as fol- decided to recommend to Town esting report on the Dominion lows: Council and Canadian Legion Convention, held in Winnipeg on Stanley and Bayiiield, Alex closing only in the morning on Sept. 10 to 14. given by Comrade Waleth, Kip'oen: Hensel', George Remembrance Day, Saturday, No - Herman Young. president of Hess, Hensall; Usborne, William vernber 11, with the stores being MacDonald Branch No. 183, Kin -:Routley. R.R. 3. Exeter; Exeter, open in the afternoon and even- cardine. ,William Sweitzer and W, G. ing. It w4as decided to request the 1 Cochrane, Exeter: Fullerton, Don An. appropriate wreath . will be Town Council to declare a Sinclair and Orrnand McDougall, purchased from the Legion. day until l,p.m. on Remembrance j Fullerton; Hibbert, Robert E. Day, Saturday, November Ii. Burchell and Jerry Holland, Dub - The ceremony of initiation was Fn; Mitchell. Claude Horne. W. conducted by Comrade H. Young C. Thorne, D. P. Monahen, and on four new members - Alex Lloyd Edighoffer, all of Mitchell; Miley !and Keith Hesselwood. Logan, W. G. McPherson, R.R.. 2, Londesboro; P, L. Humphrey and Monkton. Russell Hill, Born - J. F. Wood, Clinton. President holm, Martin Dietz, Brodhagen, R. N. Irwin and vice-president and Willaim Haggerty, Bornholm; H, E. Kingswell assisted. McKillop, Elmer Dennis, R.R. 1, All veterans are reminded of Walton, and William Boyd, R.R. the annual Church Parade on 2, Walton; Hullett, Ephraim Snell Sunday, November 5 to 'Wesley- and James Flynn, E.R. 1, Clin- Willis United Church at 11 a.m. ton; Tuckersmith, Charles Mc - and the community Remembrance Kay, R.R. 2, Kippen, and ,Tobe Day service in the Town Hall on Broadfoot, Brucefield; Stephen, Saturday, November 11. at 10 am. (Continued on Page Five) William H. Campbell, Auburn, formerly of Hullett, quietly cele- brated his 94th birthday Thurs- day last. Mr. Campbell was born at Brooklin, Ont., on Oct. 19, 1856, and at the age of 14 years moved with his parents to - Hullett Township. - Later they moved to the farm in East Wawanosh, north of Auburn. After teaching school for a number of years, he was married to Fanny Harrison in 1879 and settled on the home farm. Twenty-nine years ego he said hit farm to his son, Albert, re- taining an acre of it. Establishing a home, he lived there until 11 years ago when Mrs. Campbell died. Since then he has made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Campbell. He has another son, Colin, Ot- tawa. and a daughter, Mrs. W, P. Crozier, London, also 11 grand- children and ten great grand- children, A man of sterling character, he has always been interested in his church and the better things of life. He is keenly interested in everything pertaining to farming; he also keeps posted on world - events and has a most re- markable memory. He is enjoy- ing good health. 0 dishes containing foods such as milk, butter, cheese and ice cream. The success of this campaign during the next few months will determine the success of the June set-aside for 1951. If the adver- tising is successful in increasing consumption farmers will be pleased to contribute in 1951, but if little interest is aroused by the campaign we will find fewer farmers paying into the fund next year. Bob Jardine spoke ,for a short time on the activities of the On- tario Cream Producers' market - Ma Board and considerable dis- cussion tookplace regarding the Board stand en, the margarine issue. A short film on United States - methods of advertising and mar- keting was shown to a well at- tended meeting. Representatives from both Perth and Huron counties Were, elected to attend the Provincial annual meeting in Toronto on November 14. From Perth the representatives are W. D. Hot- son. Gourley Bell. Robert Hein- buck and E. Achersviller. From Huron the representatives ere Harry Gowdy, Wroxeter; G. M. Greig, Bluevale; Jim Simpson, ICirkton; and. Hume Clutton, Goderich. Rev. Charles J. Scott Inducted at Blyth Induction services for the .Bev. Charles J. Scott were held in Blyth United Church, Thursday evening last. Rev. S. H. Brenton, Londes- boro. and Rev. E. R. Stanway. Brucefield. "were in charge of the service. Rev. Mr. Scott succeeds Rev. W. J. Rogers as pastor of Blyth United Church and preached his. first 'sermon in his new charge the previous Sunday morning. He comes from Kennetcook. N.S., where he has been stationed. , COMING 'EVENTS Dance. Town Hall, Clinton, Friday, 'October 27, 'Desjardine's Orchestee, dancing 9.30-1. Ad- mission d mission' popular prices. Auspices LOL No.., '710. 42-h If you want the best there is in Old Tyne dancing then you will want to come to the Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell.•' every Friday night and enjoy dancing to music of Don Robertson and his ranch boys. 43-p Dance, Bayfield;. Theon Hall, Friday, October .27, music by the Shamrocks. Admission only 50c. Door prize. ' Sponsored by Trin- ity Club. 43-b Final shareholders' meeting of Clinton Old Boys' Reunion, Town Council Chamber, :Monday,. Oct 30, at 8 p.m,- All shateholders expected to attend, 43-b Clinton's Progress. In Next Ten Years Liberal Head IV. L. WBYTE Prominent Hullett Township farmer and business man, who was re-elected president of Huron -Perth Liberal Associa- tion at the annual meeting at Hensell Friday evening last. Hurn -Perth Liberals Pick Whyte Again Thefuture of Clinton and " other "middle towns" of Ontario is very bright, 'br. E. G. Pleva, planning expert, London, assur- ed the members of Clinton and, District Chamber of Commerce, at a dinner meeting in. Hotel Clinton Monday evening, with nearly -70in attendance,_ - Pointing out that decentraliza- tion of industry to the "middle" towns is absolutely necessary for the' well-being of the country, Dr. Preva declared: • "During the next ten years` of ` ' grace, you will see a tremend- ous -development of these 'middle' towns," ' The speaker said the advent- ages of living in a small town include accessibility, . services, such as good water supply and, sewage disposal, and honesty in dealing with industry. "In dealing with industry, be honest - with them. Don't give them anything free of charge. "Of all the towns in Ontario, you have the opportunity to ex- pand without blighting it," Dr. Pleva observed, illustrating his point with a coloured land -use. map made following a survey of Clinton during the past summer. Dr. Playa said hewould re- commend definite planning and the use of the Ontario Planning Act to form a Clinton and Sub- urban Planning Board, He would establish the Board here, as it is the ideal time with the town just starting to spill out over its boundaries. The town also must have the cooperation of the sur- rounding townships. The speaker remarked that the Planning Ac -t provides democratic safeguards for the rights of in- eilrilfrid L. "Nick" Whyte, Hul- dividuals. The first step, he lett Township farmer and burl- said was to have the Town ness man, was re-elected presi- , dent ' of Huron -Perth Liberal Council ask the Minister of Association at the annual meet- Planning and Development to set Hensel, an urban development area. ing in the Town Hall, Hens - Friday evening last, with nearly New Industries 200 delegates in attendance. Queried regarding whether a Other officers elected were: town should get new industries Roy Lamont, Zurich, treasurer, first, then housing, -Dr. Pleva and Benson W. Tuckey, Exeter, gave it as his opinion that if in - secretary. Ivan Kalbfleisch, Zur- dustry came, then housing would ich,was re-elected 1st vice-presi- follow, just as it did at the time f dent;William Eisler, R. R. 4, of the establishment of the RAF Mitchell, 2nd vice-president; W. Station here in 1941. He said A. Sutherland, Goderich, 3rd vice- that the Town of Simoce had a Tuer, R. R. 1wonderful planningboard which president; W. A. Mitchell, 4th vice-president. 'had been instrumental in bring - Honorary presidents elected , ing In two new industries is were William H. Robertson, God- 'the pest three months. erich; Dr. J. W. Shaw. Clinton; Ald. Dudley M. Pegg introdue- Charles Fritz, Zurich; J. . M. ed Dr. Pleva, the letter being Govenlock. Seaforth; Mrs. A. D, •thanked in behalf of the gather - Cameron, Mitchell; Mrs. Howrie, ing by C. W. Draper. Additional Goderich; Pat Sullivan, R.R. 3, words of commendation were Dashwood; John A. McEwen, given by Mayor R. Y. Hattin. Brucefield; A. J. Kalbfleisch, President Leslie Ball presided Zurich; and Senator W. H. Gold- at the meeting and some com- ing Seaforth. mittee reports were presented. Newlyweds at Auburn Shown above are MR. AND MRS. ROSS NELSON PAT- TERSON, following their marriage in St. George's Anglican Church, Goderich. Formerly Evelyn - Edith Marie Welsh, the - bride is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Loftus, Welsh, Gode- rich, and her husband it a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Patterson, Auburn. • The young couple have taken un residence in Auburn. --•Pl:ieto ''ey Earl Mac/even Erect Street Signs The meeting adopted the re- commendation of the Public:Re- lations and Civic Committee, as submitted by J. G. McLay, that new metal corner street signs be erected one block each way from the main intersection at a cost not to exceed $150. A a O. FINAL LIONS BINGO PROVES BIGGEST OF ALL The third and final autumn bingo I conducted by 'Clinton Lions Club in Clinton Lions Arena Friday evening last, prov- ed the largest of the three. A large crowd was present and profits were reported: as close to $600. Major special cash prize of $150 went to Mrs. Thomas Butt, Kip - pen, while the second - special prize of $75 was won by Jack Stirling, Clinton. Prizes of $50. cash each were won by Mrs. C. V. Cooke, Clinton, and Mrs. Ed- win Dick, Cromarty. A special free bingo, with prize of $25 cash, was won by Ivan Colclough, Clinton. Winners of sixteen $10 cash bingos were:. Frank MacGregor, Bruceilield; Joseph Snyder, Wingham, and Mrs. ' .Douglas Andrews, Clintoe ($5 each); Ivan Colclough, Clin- ton, and George IVIathers, Port- er's Hill, and Stan Collins, Clin- ton ($3.35 each); Mrs, Edwin Dick, Cromarty, and Miss Eagle- son, Aberdeen, SD. ($5 each); Bill Rutledge, Seaforth; Bill Parker, Cromarty: Russell Bishop, Goderich; Bruce McDougall, Clin- ton; Eric Johnston, Goderich; Mrs. Jack Hostler, Mitchell; Gladys Habkirk„ Clinton; Mrs. Theo Flynn, RM. 1, Clinton, and Miss Eagleson, Aberdeen, S.D. ($5 each);, Tom- Watson, Kippen; Charles Johnson, Clinton, and Gerry Steep, Clinton ($5 each); Helen Hartman, Goderich; Char- les Pilgrim, Varna.' THE HOCKED' SEASON WAS ushered in at Seaforth last night when Clinton RCAF defeated At- wood 11-2, bet thecrowd was not as large as it might have been...