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Clinton News-Record, 1951-12-20, Page 1xw< y,Christmas Edition • THE NEW ERA -87th YEAR Nos. 51 -52 -The Home Paper With the News Factory Opening Shortly A new textile lindustry will Ideate in Clinton early, in the New Year, L. '0 .Winter, chair- man of the Industrial Commit- tee, reported, at the December general meeting of Clinton and District - Chamber of Commerce held In the Town Council Cham- ber. President R. S. Atkey was in tie chair. Mr. Winter stated that a Dutch couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob vari- Toilers, would settle here and would commence operations in part of the Sherlock -Manning Pianos plant with five knitting machines, and would manufacture sweaters. Experienced workers in Holland, they recently had been living. in Ireland where they operated their own factory, and had emigrated to Canada seeking better opportunities. Mr. Winter said that the couple had heard of Clinton through a brochure en file in.the office of the Ontario Department of Plan- ning and Development. Thi§ brochure was published by the Chamber of Commerce only a couple of months ego. G. E. Rumba•11, chairman of the Retail Merchants' Committee of the Chamber, submitted an ex- cellent report on the recent Santa Claus parade and made recom- mendati fh ons or t e future. A total of $517 had been raised from the business people of the town, and he estimated that there would be a deficit of about $40, which he asked • the Chamber to meet. A motion was passed accepting the report. Reports of the delegates of the Chamber to the 'recent annual meeting of the Ontario Chamber of Commerce in the Royal Con- naught Hotel, Hamilton, were re- ceived from Leslie Ball, H. E. Hartley, Harry Ball and R. S. Atkey. These proved most en- lightening. - Prior to his departure for St. Thomas, the first president of the Chamber and one of its most interested workers, R. Ralph Foster, was presented with a fountain pen, the President mak-1 Mg the presentation in behalf of the Chamber, and Mr. Foster ree plying. suitably. Following the business session, ' Secretary Clayton O. Martin. showed a film, "The Big Idea", supplied through the courtesy of , the Swift Canadian 'Co, The film' served to expose world cams -nun- I sm in its true light. ! I. The annual meeting of the Chamber and election of officers or 1952 will be held about the io CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1951 THE NEWS -RECORD -71st YEAR ^i. 2,126 Copies A Week 6c a Copy $2.50 a Year --C jr Oti aAlleE45eigetfrom t je. Clergy - air $a iiirfixx'o !irtti (By Rev. A. G. Eagle, B.A. BD., minister of Ontario St. United Church, Clinton, and Turner's Church, Tuekersanith) I saw the boy the . other day make a start on a job - but he never finished. It was a thing be liked to do,' as long as., it didn't continue.. He didn't bargain to pursue, the work to a silecessful conclusion. ' The anniversary of our Saviour's birth is somewhat like that to many of us., John Wesley said of his conversion: "I felt my heart some- how strangely warmed as T listened to the Scripture." We too at Christmas time feel our hearts warmed by the Scripture as we read of the wise men following the pointing light of the star --of the angel• appearing to the shepherds as they bivouacked by night. We thrill to the message: "For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour who is Christ the Lord" And the angels sang; "Glory to God in the Highest and on Earth peace, , goodwill toward men", And the spirit of dove does almost control us for this one,' day of the year, Christmas Day. You and' I are:at peace with ourselves and others, for the. God who stooped down to light., a; fire on the hearth of the world, kindles a flame in our hearts also. But we, like the little boy, grow weary and the flame in our hearts glows but dimly. It seems to me my fountain pen is nearly always dry. But that is my fault --.there is a plentiful supply of ink. Perhaps if we replenished our faith more often from the never -failing Bower of God, our love and Passion for , God, end Mankind, would be more like••Christmas all yeaz through. A little girl standing before the picture of her absent father said, "I• wish Father would step out of that picture": That is exactly what the Father has done, your Father and. mine. The Word has bebome flesh." But it must become flesh again, pow, in you and me. Christmas will become real to the world when you and I each become a miniature Christmas all year round. So, my wish at this Yule -tide season is not only that it will be a time of merriment for you, but that also you may yourself become a Christmas message. COMING EVENTS Annual Christmas Dance, Cry- stal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell, this Friday night with Den Rob- ertson and his Ranch Boys. Santa will have treats for everyone. Admission 50 cents. 51-p Plan now! Get ,the gang to- gether, attend our New Year Dance, Frides, night, Dec. 28, r9ystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell, Jerry Rennie and his R)-iythsrr Jesters. Featuring Sally May, vocalist. 9.30 to 1 a.m. Admis- sion '75 cents.. 51-p Monster Lions Carnival, Clin- ton Lions Arena, Friday, Jan- uary 11, at 7.30 pen. Don't for- get the detel 51-1-b AT ANY RATE, IN THIS CASE the triumph of the tractor was shortlived , . . It happened thus: Donnie Beil contracted to supply Lloyd Maines with a Chrsitmas tree . He asked his dad to ewe the trailer at home for Mtn ed were: Department of Health, Dad had'other uses for the Victoria Hospital, London; Beck trailer . , . And so when he came Memorial Sanitorium, Depart - from school, Donnie had to go ment of Planning and Develop- ff without it to do the chores at merit, Colborne Municipal Tele- phone System. Accounts presented and order- ed paid: Miss Acheson, rent, $20; Frank Thompson, $2, Keith Cox, $2, Harry Cudmsore, $2, Doug, i Ch f middle of January. their barn an the outskirts of the •Ivillage ... Chores completed, he �eise-*-9.• scut the tree , . i! a !THE QUESTION WAS, HOW TO //, deliver it? . . . Not to be out- Sterling, $6, and Austin Harris, colY t `done bonnie went to the nearby $20, for fox bounty; G. A. Orr, 'In/nee= :dump and retrieved an old cut- relief inspector, salary and ex- ��{{// I ter . In it he placed the tree, penses, $16; Provincial Treasurer, fastened the shafts to the tractor insulin, $6.20; A. G. Grigg, coal and made the delivery on ached- for relief, $31.35; Municipal (By Lucy Woods, Bayfield) tile Then his sister, Mrs, World, supplies, $42.44; R. C. POOR OLD DOBBIN! ems Evelyn Beaton, wanted to go upthat Hays, fees, $25; E. A. Westlake, 5; gatedt noble beast really been dalhei town 'Dennieut the escortedwhers deep,tthe Clinton Negrant to w Record,ied etadvet,s- gated to the backwoodsor the sing, $12.74; A. H. Erskine,col- slaughter house?, ... The spirit- ,tractor -drawn cutter end drove ed animal who once took master • up Main Street lectrrug arrears o , taxes,•$8.70; Re - or mistress skimmi • , ver * * a County of Huron, per J, M. Ro- TOWNSHIP PAYS EXPENDITURES ON ELECTION Goderich Township Council met on December 14 in Holmes - vile at 1.30 p.m. to wind up the year's business. Wilmer Harrison was appoint- ed as a representative to Gode- rich Hospital Board. A grant of $15 was given to Bayfield Cemetery Company. G. C. Ginn was re-appolnied to Goderich District Collegiate Institute Board, and Irvine Teb butt to the Clinte}1-,hoard. , Rates of pay for the election were confirmed at $7 per polling place, $8 per DRO, $7 for each poll clerk and $12 for the return- ing officer. The Clerk was instructed to contact the CNR with reference to the light that is situated at the clam end the 14th Concession of the Township. 'Communications read and fil- ;tie 'Bare 011ixi carats, tip Mats# of . 'e Hunte-" (By Rev. S. L. O'Rourke, B,A., parish priest of St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church • Clinton ,and' St. Michael's, Blyth) Clu'istmas is the home feast. No other feast' 'of the year , speaks • to' us so warmly of home. It is the day when families are united even though they are far apart. Home messages draw them together. Gifts go with the messages, for the heafrt that is wa Christmas' joy rings the note of home. It is right that it should be so, because' on this day God. made this world His home. It was 'always His world because He created it. It was always, His kingdom because He ruled it, It was always swayed by His 'breath, permeated by His power, held `in the hollow of His hand. But the world had never before been made God's home, because the world was never •beforetoday the place where God was born. Today He makes this world His home, And with a warmth of glory and the brightness of angel faces He makes His birthplace and His Birthday beautiful With Christmas joy. His was the first Christian Home and every truly Christian home that expects .to enjoy ,the peace and happiness of that first home of God. upon earth must have place for Him within its wells. In that first Christian home, there were all the essentials of a true home. There were two mother -hands. and a mother's heart. There was a father and a father's silent love in his face. Then -there was the last, the crowning' element of that wonderful, that. Divine• home. It was the infant Christ, gaz- ing out from a manger on Time and Eternity, gazing down, the centuries upon you 'and me with a message of love and Christmas joy. May we learn to appreciate and pattern our home on those things that made the holy home of Nazareth a place of beauty for all generations. nu with love, must give. And deep through all Ross M. Coiquhoun Home From Korea News -Record Plans To Skip Next Week The N•EWSR�ECORD will not be published next week, and the issue following this Christ- mas Edition, will appear im- mediately after New Year's. There was no other alternative to this course of. action, as Pte. Ron Pullman, Seaforth. All Tuesday and Wednesday next, December 25 and 26, coming three brothers served in the arm - right before publication day, ed forces dining World War II. will be public holidays arid, all The CoIquhouns are going to plaeeg; business will he tilos, have a real happy Christmas with ed."'We just' 'Could -not 'figure •how we could get out a decent newspaper, However, the. office will re - mein open as usual on the reg- ular business days for transac- tion of ordinary business, such as subscriptions. Correspondents are requested to send in their Christmas news right after Christmas, so that we can get a good start on the next ..issue..._, Legion Conducts "I'm sure glad to be back home again," Pte. Ross M. Col- quhoun, 20, exclaimed with fer- vour as The NEWS -RECORD chatted with him yesterday fol- lowing his return from army service in Korea. Three of his brothers -Laurie, Don and Ken -met Ross in Lon- don Tuesday afternoon and es- corted him back'to the native heath, ,together with a friend, Ross back..among the.clan again. He. was wounded on March 7 and spent a period in hospital in Kure, Japan, After exhaust- ing his 64 days' leave, he must report in London February 5 for discharge. He doesn't think 'he'll stay in the army; he plans other things. In the meantime, Clinton' will be his headquarters, Enlisted August 1950 Ross enlisted in the PPCLI (Princess Pats) yin. August 1950 at Calgary, Alta., for service in the4Second Battalion, the Special Force for Korea, and trained. at El Turkey Bingo Wainwright, Alta., Camp Sarcee, Big � g Alta., and Fort Lewis, Wash. He landed in Korea December 18, Clinton Branch No. 140, Can- 1950, and went into action the adian Legion, held a successful middle of February 1951, 20 miles turkey -and -chicken bingo in the .south 'of Youju in mid -Korea. Town Hail Tuesday. evening. It was. early in the morning A feature was that Mr. and of March 7 that he "got" a .303 hIrs. John Wilson,' were luclgy bullet in his left arm at the' el - enough to win three turkeys and bow. Ross is certain it was a a chicken in the Legion and the British bullet fired from a Brit Hoekey Club draw, , ish gun in the hands of the Chinese Communists, as the lat- Prize-winners were as follows: ter had taken all the equipment 1 -John Wilson; consolation, in the hands of the Chinese Ne - Ben Corless; 2 -Mrs. Donald'tionalists. He was' flown to Smith; consolation, Robert Drop- Japan and was in hospital at wintry roads in a one-horse open WHEN CHARLES BELS& HEARD bents $1.80; Signal -Star, adver- er; 3 --Stewart S'choeinitals; con- Kure until April 29; but his arm sleigh, to the jingle of bells, of it, he advised his son to take tiring and supplies $48.40; solation, Joe Steep, Mira John was in a cast until June 15. He would have been crest -fallen had. ,the cutter back to the dump Ward 1, election expenses, (Wilson, Mr's, HarolGlew; 4- was able.to play tennis with his he seen his place between the 'where it belonged . But next Orange lodge, $7, V. Falconer, Mrs. R.• E Holmes; 5 -Mrs. Bruce cast on. shafts usurped by a tractor . . day it was still "parked" in the $8: and H. Fuller, $7; Ward 2, Bartlifef; special turkey, Mrs. I Later, while recuperating, Ross (One could imagine WE indulg- garden, for Donnie figured that 'Cliff Sturdsy, $14, H. Sturdy, $8; Norman Baird, Brucefield; Mrs. ,was in charge of the men's can- ing in a horse laugh-bu.t "he he'd have some fun with it Ward 3, Oliver Hanson. $7, Class. Hartley Monaghan; 6- Mrs, Don- teen for 25 Canadian Reinforce - who laughs last laughs longest," Then they needed a Christmas Wallis, $8, end William 1, $14, In and, who knows, if the recent tree for the school concert, and $7; Ward 4. H. Tyndall, $14, E. storms continue Dobbin may take Donnie got it with leis cutter Trick, $8, Ward 5, H. McCartney, his place between the shafts tractor .outfit - $16, Les Pearson, $7; Ward 6, again _ . . * '* R. E. Rowden, $15, E. T, Tre- wertha, $7; R. E. Thompson, AND IT WAS WHIL l-3 'RLIVER- election expenses, $12; collecting ing the tree at the Town Hell Federation of Agriculture. $23.70; Bayfield special rates, $16.50; R. E. Thompson, O.A. pensions, re - Ports, statistics, $18.75; H. B. Whitely. postage and expenses, $12.34; H. B. Whitely, unemploy- The. Weather 1951 1950 High Low High Low Dec. 13 20 15 29 23 14 20 10 28 19 15 19 10 27 '29 16 14 5 28 18 17 15 4 25 20 18 23 11 24 2 1.9 20 4 24 7 Snowfall: 10" Snowfall; 8" that Constable John H. Parker spied the curious combination of vehicles . And he seconded Charles Bell's opinion..' and ad- aId Smith: '7 -Mrs. C. W Drasper; merit Group for five months. He 8 -Mrs. Clifford Ashton, 9 -Dr. !sailed from Yokohama, Japan, H. A. McIntyre; 10 -Patricia Ir- November 20, and upon arrival win; special turkey, Mrs. John at Seattle, left there Immediately Wilson; 11-K. Steffen; 12. -Mrs, for his parents' home in Calgary, H. Managlian; 13 -Charles Browin Alta„ which he reached Dec. 3. consolation, Mrs. C. Ashton, Mrs. I : After visiting at home, he Harvey; 14 -;Mrs. D. Leyburne; 'hitchhiked his way east via Idaho, 15 -Mrs, Taylor; 16-W. J. Mil -.Montana and other states of the ler; special turkey, Mrs. Whitak- (United Stetea. er, Hensall. "Cigarettes are the biggest Five turkeys were the prizes problem for the Canadian boys vised Donnie to keep it off, the in the Clinton Colts' turkey in - Korea," Ross said, adding roads as it was a menace to pub- meet insurance paid, $47.04; road draw, end were won as follows: lie safetySo batik to the superintendent's pay roll No. 18, Mee. John Wilson, J. A. Sutter,dump went -the cutter - but $6,839.91. both of Clinton; J. Sheardown, Donnie thinks that he may have Council adjourned to meet on Goderich; Mrs. Blanche McAllist' use for it egain before the snow January 14 at 11 am. to take er, Zurich; and a winner from goes! . . , the oaths of office. „ Seaforth. that "books would be welcome, too." , "The worst enemy we had over there in Korea was the country itself, it is so mountainous," he ' declared.. Building. Reaches X146,500 Buildings permits' issued in Clinton. this year to date total $146,500, according to figures supplied The S -RECORD by Town Clerk I12, T. Corless today. The figure includes two small churches with permits totalling $25,000, Town Council, at its. December meeting last week, approved per- mits totalling $12,500, as follows: Ritchie Construction Company, dwelling, Mill Street, $5,500; William Grigg, garage and work - ship, Queen Street, $1,000; Eugene lV sAdann, dwelling, Joseph Street; $6,000. Percy M. Brown, president of Clinton Badminton Club, request- ed as many free Monday evenings in the Town Hall. as possible. Council promised him attention to his request when possible. Three residents were -granted assistance in the form of direct relief, Report on Fire Siren Ald. C. W. Draper, reporting for the Fire and Water Commit- tee, ommit tee, stated that the new fire siren had been removed to Community Park, which has one -phase wir- ing, but said that installation there was' not yet complete en- ough for a fair test. Grave Openings Aid. Bert Glidden reported for the Cemetery Committee. This was centred around the discus- sion pertaining to a price for grave openings, and it approved that an $8 price be adopted for openings other than the $3 and $17 openings covered under the present by-law. Deputy Reeve W. J. Miller re- ported for the Property Commit- tee and advised that men had finished the shearing directed by the Building' Inspector for the Department of Labour. Sidewalk Plowing The only tender received for the contract of snow -plowing sidewalks was that from Arthur Fulford and it was moved by motion No, 5. Carried, Tdiv Indusiry-,. Aid. L. G. 'Winter reported' a new industry which soon wino be starting to operate in the manu- facture of sweaters. Santa Here Dec. 21 A special committee was ap- pointed to plan a Christmas tree, Santa Claus Parade and treats on December 21, The town is to, share in expense for this up to epproximately $50, Adopt Town Crest • It was approved that a town crest be adopted for use on office stationery. Ald. M. Crich rendered a note of sympathy to Mayor Nott in the loss of hie only surviving sister. Meetine adjourned until Jan- uary '7, 1952, for the final meet- ing of the 1951 Council. JUNIOR INSTITUTE The monthly meeting of Clin- ton Junior Institute was held in the Collegiate on Tuesday, Dec. 11, led by the president, Mrs, Melvina Irwin. The roll call was answered by "a symbol of Christmas." The girls decided to correspond with a group of girls in Great Britain. A few pointers were given by DoreenMcGuire, which she heard et the "Leadership Training School" in Stretford on Noveme bar 26. Christmas gifts were then ex- changed, and the girls met with the boys for a box social. PLENTY OF SNOW Residents of Clinton and dist- rict -and for that matter, Ontario and Canada -are getting almost too much snow for Christmas. According to the official weather record, published elsewhere on this page, no less than ten inches have fallen during the past week. Highway traffic -is dangerous, and Toronto traffic has been practic- ally tied up. Clinton 'Girl In First Four Cali Club Winners Livestock Judging Whiners Rewarded WP3 IT WAS CLOSE FIGURING :to determine a county champion among members of seven. calf clubs in Huron. Leading four among 85 :boys and girla who completed calf club' projects in 1951 were, from the lett: Robert Plein Grantee), Exeter Calf Club, 899 points of a possible 1;000; Lorne Hackett, R.R. 7, Lueknow, Dungamiron Bony Beep• Club, 900; Jayne Mary Snell, R.B. 1 Clinton., Blyth-B..lgrave Calf Club, 89$;' William Taylor, A.R. 1, Belgrave, Blyth- Belgrave Calf Club, 903, These three extra points made Bill' Taylor the winner of an $85 wrist watch, presented. by John. A. Ana -tett, right, Clinton. . TROPHIES WON in 1951 livestock judging competitions were presented Friday night ata Herron Junior Fanner club gathering in Clinton District Collegiate Institute, Winners included, from the left, Bob Allan,,Btuicefield, dairy cattle judging; Don Dodds, Seaforth,' novice winner; George Turner, RA. "•3 Seafo.•.i, swine judging; Maurice Hallahan, Bel grave,. all-round livestock judging: cliasripion.