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• WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE CLINTON'NEW ERA ---ESTABLISHED' 1865
No. 8 — 70th Year, Whole No. 6293
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY119, 1948
The Home Paper With the -News
Pryde Chosen In Huron By -Election By 682 Margin
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C. PERRY ESCAPES
AS CRANE DROPS
THRO' RIVER ICE
(By our Bayfield correspondent)
A Blyth construction company hoist
mg crane, which was being operated
INOID iNTAT.T,Y, THE NEWLY on tll,e ice on the river at the site of
decorated Town Clerk:a and Assess- the new bridge, crashed through into
or's Office is much appreciated by about six feet of water on Friday.
those gentleman and also the general Charlie Perry escaped from the cab
, public ... It is one of the brightest before it sank into the writer 'Phe Inc
spots in town, being finished in two at this point was 14 inches thick.
tones of green with three large 'fluor• In working to extricate the machin
escent light fixtures making it bright ery, Charlie f'srrry slipped into ° the
as day. Drop in and see it sometime ,. ley water and went down over his
* * * depth, ,The machinery was finally
A WELL DESERVED PROMOTION nailed out on Sunday morning and
from the rank of Flying Officer to iepairee. It slipped in again on Tnes-
that of Flight Lieutenant has come day but was pulled out vivant any
to G. G. Agnew, High St., Clinton, dttnaga being done. It wilt be used to
Sigmas and Entertainment Officer at unload six carloads of rock wbieh
RCAF Radar School ... Congratul- have been shipped to Btucefield and
ations! -witch will be ,^'anent at the base of
* * * the abutments.
A VERY LARGE EGG W A S At the time of the accident blocks
brought into The News -Record office of ice wore being removed in preper-
yesterday, having been. laid on the ation for this work.
farm of George Hunter on Tuesday, n
February 17 ... The huge egg, the
circumference • of which was eight Christmas Seal Drive
inches around the long way and five Nets$8,120 in Huroninches around the short, was laid by
a` Sussex X New Hampshire pullet .
Must bo some pullet to pull off a The 1947 Christmas Seal Campaign
stunt like that! t i . conducted by Huron County Tubereu-
* a * losia Association, is now officially
MAYOR A. J. McMUR•RAY WAS IN closed. Following is au account of
Ridgotown Wednesday last as met the receipts and disbursements in
of Ridgetown• Chamber of Commerce this appeal:
. His Worship addressed a public Receipts Etcpenses Net
meeting with referent° to Clinton 'a County .
erGperienee in connection with the in- Grant , . $2,000.00 $ $2,000,00
stallation of a sewerage system in Seafonth and
that town, and provided some val- District 902,13 28.59 873.54
uable pointers . Exeter and
District 1,049.54 34.66 1,014.83
Hon. Brooke Claxton Clinton
and
Dist1,147.40
Visits Radar School Goderieh and
District 1,802.46
Hon. Brooke Claxton, Minister of Wiugham and-
National
nd
National Defence, paid an official District 1,898,16 60.00 1,883.15
visit of inspection to the RCAF Radar
and Communications SNw01, Clinton,
today.
Accompanied by his aides, the Min-
ister arrived' about noon and was
greeted fo,7nally by the Commanding
Officer, Wing Comanmder A. C. Null,
and other officers of the Station, as
well as a guard of honour. His first
duty was to inspect the guard of
honour, after which he proceeded to
inspect the various sections of the
camp. '
It was the first visit to the Radar
School of the Minister of National
Defence.
Tickets Now on Sale.
"Ice Follies of 1948"
27.40 1,120.00
23,65 1,278.31
Clinton Lions Arena will be the
scoria of a gala event on Friday, Feb-
ruary 27, when the Ice Follies of 1918
will be presented by the Kitchener -
Waterloo Skating Club.
This demonstration, known as "Gla-
mour and Beauty on Toe", will have a
east of 40 outstanding skaters. Solos,
pairs, fours,,, groups, waltzhrg and
comedy will,be featured.
The event is sponsored by the Cale-
sten
lipsten Lions Club and the net proceeds'
will be used to provide better playing
space and new seating accommodation
in the .Arena. Reserved tickets, selling
at $1 per person are on sale at Panne -
baker's Drug Store. Bush seats will
be 75e, and 35o for children under 36
rare.
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Rev. S. J. McDonald
Addresses Lions Club
$8,294.68 $174.30 $8,120.38
"The Committee desires to express
its sincere appreciation to Huron
County Council of the generous grant
given this year. In this campaign aur
policy was changed from 'last year,
for this tine we did not solicit grants
from the councils of the urban centres
and the townships.
"The Committee also feels very
grateful to all those who made con-
tributions and although the great ma-
jority of those receiving seals did
contribute to the fund, in some eases
seals were not returned, and we trust
that people rising these will give us
Support in the campaign,noxt year.
"We wish, too, to say Thank You
to the editors of all the local papers,
to the manager of CKNX, to the
dbiters' who spoke on the radio on
behalf of the campaign, and to those
who did the clerical work."
Automobiles Collide
In Blinding Storm
Oars driven by Forest R. McClure,
R.R. 1 Bayfield, and Harold Pepper,
Detroit, wore involved in a head-on
collision Saturday afternoon on the
Bluewater highway, two miles south
of Godorich. The aceident oecnrred
during a blinding snowstorm when
visibility was almost nil.
Mr. McClure suffered severe carts on
the nose, and Mrs. Catharine Pepper,
a passenger in her husband's ear, re-
ceived.injuries to her mouth and was
taken to the offiee of Dr. N. ,Tacicson,
Goderieh, for treatment. Her young
on, Gary, escaped injury although he
was thrown from the rear to the front
eat.
Damage to the ears was estimated at
$1,200 Provincial Constable James
Culp Goderieh' investigated.
Church. Destroyed
3y Fire at Exeter
District Governor Lloyd E. Lrclig-
hoffer, Mitchell, will pay his official
visit to Clinton Lions Club on Tues.
day evening neat, February 24, when
a oleos of candidates will be iniiti•
abed.
The Club had a very good attend -
ante at last week's mooting when Rev.
Roman Catholic Church, Clinton, and
St. Michael's, Blyth, delivered a very
interesting and informative address on
'Sex Education". He was introduced
by Rev. R. M'. P. Bulteel, rector of
St. Paul's Anglican Church, and was
thanked in behalf of the Club by Will-
iam
illlam R. Robinson. '
William E. Perdue, president of
the Club, was chairman.
J. George McLay. reported that
plans were well under way for stag-
ing "Ice Follies of 1948" in Clinton
Lions Arena on Friday, February 27,
for -which reserved seats want on sale
today. The Kitchener -Waterloo 'skat-
ing Club will provide the exhibition
with a east of 40,
S. J. McDonald, rector of St. Joseph's
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High Low High tow
February 12 25 10 27 0
13 82 8 37 9
14 32 1230 26
15 241 1* `38 25
16 41 21 20 17
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18 30 27 89 16
Rein: .20,inch
Snows .3.inehes &err: limb
"-below zero.
Fire of unknown origin destroyed
the Pentecostal Tabernacle Exeter,
eyrly Sunday. Only the cementwblock
walls were left standing.
Church members declined to 'esti-
mate the loss, but said the church,
which was completed only six months have been living inemergency quare
ago, was valued at $25,000. tors in the Station Hospital.
The Victor in Huron
Scottish -born Thornes Pryde, 59, the
now Member of the Ontario LegisIa-
ture for Huron, has been interested in
community affairs all his life, and the
high eeteem in whieh he is held in his
own bailiwick of Exeter 5s evidenced
by the size of his vote there. In buss
nese Iife, he is a memorial craftsman,
and is head of the firm of T. Pryde
and Son, Exeter, with branches at
Clinton and Scaforth,
Mr. Pryde was born in Pifeshire,
one of the mid -counties of the east
coast of Scotland, on October 26, 1888.
a son of the late Thos. Pryde aqui
Isabella Bruce,
He came to Canada in 1910 and re-
sided in Toronto and London, He en-
listed in the ranks of the 135th Mid-
dlesex Battalion' CEP at London and
served overseas with that unit io
World War I. He transferred to the
Royal Air Force toward the end of
the war, and retired with the rank
of lieutenant.
After World War I, and his retur't
from overseas, Mr. Pryde moved to
Exeter in 1913 to become associated
with Walter Cunningham in the mon-
ument business, and has lived there
ever since. In World. War IT, he.served
"as recruiting officer with the RCAF
with the rank of, Flight Lieutenant.
Mr. Pryde was Reeve of Exeter in
1935 and 1986, and has served at one
time or another on every public body
in that town. He isa member and
older in the Presbyterian Church; a
charter member of Exeter Lions Club;
past president of the Canadian Le-
gion, Branch 167; a Postmaster of
Lebanon Forest Masonic Lodge and
District Deputy Grand Master for
Sottth Huron in 1930; a past Noble
Grand of the I00F.
Mr, Pryde's wife .died iu Tune,
1947. Ice has four sons: Ray, 35,
manager of a Kresge store in Toron-
to; Jack, 33, associated with his fa-
ther in business for the past two
years; Douglas, 28, e. priutor with The
hecto Tithes -Advocate;" and Robert,
21, a carpenter in London.
Soon after his . discharge from the
RCAF, he contested the Federal rid-
ing of Huron -Perth in Time, 1945,
and was defeated by W, R. Golding,
Scaforth, by a majority of 475.
light Municipalities Vote
For Pryde, Five for Tuckey
1 tudeipality
Towyn of Goderieh
Village of Exeter
Town of Clinton
Pryde Tuekey Majority
P.C. La'b.
1,280 1,226 54 P.C.
922 388 534 P.C.
748 577 171 P.C.
14 L.
163 P.C.
41 P,C.
380 L.
165 L.
183 L.
267 P.C.
Tewin of Searfor'tkl .........537 551
Township of Goderich 451 288
Village of Hensel' ' 216 175
Township of Hay 456 836
Town..hip Huliett ... 324 489
Township of McKillop 262 445
Township of Stephen 917 650
Township of Stanley 498 444 54 P.C.
Towshlp orf Tuckers/nth 441 582 141 L.
Township of Usborne 564 283 281 P.C.
Grand Portals' 7,616 6,934 682 P.C.
Majority for Prryde-682
Plurality for Taylor in 1945-1,931
Majority for Taylor over two candidates -718
Four Families Homeless
In. Fire at Radar School
Four families were rendered horne-
Iess temporarily 'When fire damaged
their Irving quarters in the Married
8yluarters building at RCAF Station
Saturday morning.
Repairs have been rushed during the
past few days, with the result that
cull are expeeted to be able to return
this week -end, In the meantime, they
Ninety -One Telephones Added .
In Clinton Exchange Last Year
Telephones served through the Olin -
ton and Goderieh exchanges increased
last year by 282 to an all-time high
of 2,813.
J.
NI, Goodwin.
Bell Telephone man-
ager here, said today that this in-
crease "reflects the continuing in-
tensive efforts of Bell Telephone men
and women in all departments to catch
up on inereasing public demand for
more and more telephone service."
Substantial inoredses
For 1946, the records show, the net
increase in telephones installed m
these communities totalled only 257
Or 25 fewer than for the year just
closed. Clinton exchange alone added
91 telephones is 1947 while the in-
erease fa Goderieh accounted for an
additional 191 telephones in opera-
tion in this district.
Last year's progress was due, Mr,
Goodwin said, hider er installation
work that resulted from improved de-
liveries of manufactured materials.
Despit? the substantial' increase in
telephones in-service , there arestill
about 18 unfilled orders from this
region on the Company's waiting list..
Plans aro being prepared for con-
strnetion work this summer.
"Bell workers in every department
will not rest until this backlog of de-
ferred application for telephones has
been willed out and they are able to
offer service to anyone, anywhere, and
on demand", the manager declared.
The blaze was discovered in one of
the laundry rooms in one of the apart-
ments, about 9 a.m. Saturday. The
RCAF Fire Brigade was quickly on
the scene, but quickly had the fire
extinguished- by the time the Clinton
Fire Brigade reached the comp.
Th fire was confined to one small
room, but there wee considerable
smoke and water damage to two up-
stairs and two downstairs apartments.
With Squadron Leader. H. F. Men-
nen, Station adniiniatrativeofficer, in
charge, a court of inquiry was opened
at camp yesterday morning. Its find-
ings; have not yet been made public.
The` families of Cpl. K. T. Rourke
and Cpl. T. W. J. Strachan dost all
their personal belongings; they wore
°capaate • of the upper apartments.
Those occupying the lower apartments
were o S$'t . Major Pinch and Pit Sgt.
T. Savage.
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COMING EVENTS
Dance in Town Hall, Clinton, 'Fri-
day, February 27, auspices L.O.B.A.
Admission 50c. 748.9b
C,C,I. Basketball Dance, Friday,
February 20. Ross Poaree's Orchestra.
9.00' p.m. -12,30 am. Admission 50e.
Informal. 6.7-85
St. Patrick's Tea: tinder aaapiees of
W.A. of Wesley -Willis IInited Chureh,
in .Church Leetnre' Room, Saturday,
March 13, . 9b
POLL -BY -POLL.
BY-ELECTION
IN HURON
"DOWN OF CLINTON'
Polling Saab. Pryde Tuekey.
1—Town Hall ....174 157
2—Glidden 's Press Shop 192 161
3—Munro 'a Shop ... 2141 133
4 --Jervis' Store 157 124
Advance Poll... 11 2
Totals ,;748 577
Majority for Pryde-171
TOWNSHIP OF G•ODI+3RICI
Pryde Tnekey
1—Orange Hall, Con. 4 100 57
2-0, Sturdy's house 85 42
3—G. Hopson 's ]rouse 79 59
4—A. Ratherell's house 62 85
5—H, McCartney 55 house 65 52
6-R. E. Bowden 's house 60 48
Totals 461 288
--Majority for Pryde-165
TOWNSHIP OF HAY
Pryde Tuekey
1--Sehool. House S.S. 2 61 71.
2—Sebool House S.S. 14 32 80
8 --Tanen Hall, . 87 213
4•—Hess Shop, Zurich 77 158
6e-Sehool House S.8. 12 26 82
d-Tieman55, Dasltwoo6 124 96
7--Sehool House S.S. 3 26 55
8—St. Joseplt . 23 81
—
Totals 456 830
Majority for Tuckey -330
TOWNSHIP OF MULLETT
Polling Sub. Pryde Tuckey
1—For. Tiali Constanee 4d 121
2—School House. S.S. 6e 81. 61
3 --School House S.S. 2 86 45
4—Hall, Londesboro . , 79' 91.
5--13011, Summerhill , 27 29
6—Hall, Londesboro , 48 68
7—Fbr, Hall, Auburn 56 71.
Totals • 321 489
Majority for Tuckey -1.65
TOWNSHIP OF McHILLOP
Polling Sub. Pryde Tuekey
1-5 tore, Beechwood 85 159
2—Scott's house, non. 4 74 96 :
3—Smith house, eon. 13 76 101
4—Lotadbuy Sehool, 7 • 79 89
Totals 262 445
Majority for Tnekey-183
TOWNSHIP OF STEPHEN
Polling Sub. Pryde Tuckey
1(a)—Store, Centralia 137 43
1(b)—RCAF, Centralia 83 32
2—Penhale house, 0001.2 91 33
3—Clambers, Crediton , 79 74
4—Twp, Hell, Crediton 28 107
O'Roarlce's house 40 60
6 Wolfe's, Dashwood . 138 82
7—M.Siveiteer55, Shipka 44 63
8—Poiloek55, Greenway 79 29
9—Store, Grand Bead 127 127
Totals 917 650
--Majority for Pryde-267
TOWNSHIP OF STANLEY
Polling Sub. • Pryde Tuckey
1 --School house S.S. 1 50 40
2 --School house S.S. 10 41 4e
3—School house SE. 14 34 73
4, ---Twp. Hall, Varna 152 39
5--Sehool house SE. 5 60 ,28
6 --North School S.S. 4 51 83
7 -School House U.S.S. 1 9 55
8—Town Hall, Bayfield 101 73
• Totals 408 444
—Majority for Pryde-64
TWP. OF TUCKERSMITII
Polling Sub. Pryde Tuckey
1—Boyes', Egmondvillo93 85
2—School house S.S. 8 85 76
3 (a)—School house S.S. 4 35 88
3(b)—RCAF R. School 59 86
4—School house S.S. 3 68 85
6—School house 8,5. 1 66 80
6 -School house S.S. 9 41 83
Totals 443. 582
—Majority for Tuckey -141
TOWNSHIP OF USBORNE
Polling Sub. Pryde Tuekey
1—Eden School S.S. 4 84 50
2 --Stewart's residence 76 57
3--S.S. 1 School .. , , 53 62
4—Tyyp, Hall, Farquhar • 72 18
5—Twp. I;a11, Melville 108 54
6—R. Horn's residence 73 13
7—Morrison's, Kirleton ' 98 44
Totals - 564 283
—Majority for Pryde-281
So .th Part of Riding
Accounts for Majority
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Congratulations On
100th Birthday!
Mfrs. Harriet Ackeraviller will
celebrate her 300th birthday on
Monday, February 23, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. 3. 13. Rath -
well, Goderieh Township.
Mrs. Aekersviller spent abuost
her entire lifetime in and aromrd
Stratford, coming to her daugh-
ter's home a few years ago when
ber advanced years ale longer per-
mitted her to keep her own home.
Although very frail, Mrs. Ackers-
viller has very good health consid-
ering her years and takes a keen
interest in the lire of her family.
The NEWS-R.000RD joints with
the many friends of the family in
extending heartiest congratula-
tions to this esteemed centenarian,
Recreation
Director Plan
Is Endorsed
Judging • by the interest shown in
the proposal at the public nieeting
hold in the Town Council Chamber on
Tuesday evening, Clinton may be well
on the way to possessing a Recrea.
Count Director for the community.
Called by the Clinton and District
Chamber of Conuneree, it was presided
over by the president, G. Ralph Foster.
Close to 100 attended.
Fixplanatory.addroases of the plan
wore given by 32. A. Garland, super-
visor of Community Programmes for
the Ontario Department of Edueatian,
Art Campbell, recreational director at
Exeter for the past year-and-a-ltal8,
and Frank Fingland, 31.C., chairman
of Clinton High School District Board,
which would pay half The salary.
Following considerable discussion in
which •various questions were asked
and euawered, the following motion,
by Mr. Ragland and' John W. Nadi -
ger, Tr., was carried unanimously:
"That this meeting go o n record as
favoring the pnrsuauco by the exam-
tive .of the Chamber of Commerce to
further the project with interested
groups in the community."
Mayor A. J. McMurray, when ask-
The"famous Huron by-election of
1948 has paseed into history,
In Monday's heavypolling—uncle
greater than 'expeeted beeanse of the
winter weather—Thomas Prydo, Exe-
ter business, roan, Progressive. Censer,
waive, defeated Benson W. Tuekey,
Liberal, also an Exeter business man,
by a majority of 632, for the seat in
the Ontario Legislature left vacant
through the death of Dr. R. Hobbs
Taylor. The vote stood: Pryde, 7,616;
Tuekey, 6,934.
The weather broke ray mild over
theweek-end with the result that Mon. -
clay was a balmy, spring-like day,
a state of affairs which undoubtedly
brought: out such a heavy vote of
14,550, without courting. spoiled hal-
ide.
In the 1941 general election, the
total vote was 13,446, including 552
soldier votes cast away from the rid -
hag. The results then were: Dr. Tay-
lor, P.C., 7,082; James Ballantyne,
Liberal, 5,161; J. E. attains, COP,
1,218,
Biggest Majorities
The successful candidate had bis
biggest majority proportionately, at
the Township Hall, Varna, in Stanley
Township, the count being 152.39,
while it was 73-13 and 72-13 at two
polis in Usborne. On the other. head,
Mr. Turkey's best poll, proportionate-
ly, was also in Stanley, at USS No. 1
school house, where the count was
555.9: Another of his strong polis was
at Beechwood, MoTfillop Township,
where the score was 159-39.
One Tic Vote
An. unusual oeeurrenee took plane
at one poll in the riding, at Grand
Bend, Stephen Township, where each
candidate received 127 votes,
The two RCAP Stations voted as
follows: Clinton (No. 3B, Tacker -
smith)— Pryde 59, Tuckey 86; Cen-
tralia. (1B, Stepheu) — Pryde 33,
Tuckey 32; total--Pryde 142, Tuckey
118.
Oldest Voter
The oldest voter—at least in this
district—was Hoary Cooper, RuIIett
Toustship, Wllo was ill his 92nd year.
He voted at Constance and admits
that he did not Imo his voto. He has
been. a Conservative in politics all his
life.
Mir. Prydo secured majorities in
eight of the 13 municipalities, while
Mr. Tuckey was ahead in five. Mr.
Prydo rolled up big majorities in the
ed to give the Town Coun0il55 view- urban sections, while Mr. Tuckey was
]point, stated that the financial sihia• slightly ahead in the total for the
tion was holding up the town, but if townships.
the citizens wanted a Recreational Di- Pryde in South
rector, he would. back them up. The strong support- accorded the
In his address, Dir. Garland said if winning candidate in his home town
the Recreation Commission was to of Exeter and neighbouring township
draw grants, there must be a bylaw of Stephen upset the Liberals' hopes
passed by Town Connoil to appoint a in that sector, while the northern
Commission. These commissions vary part of the riding did not go ae
from place to place, he stated. A group strongly for Mr. Pryde as many of
could get up to one-third of the cls- his eupporters had ]toped, This was
rector's salary and also something for particularly true of the Town of God -
an assistant director, also a certain erich.
amount on maintenance of buildings.
Mr, Garland urged. the utmost pub-
licity for the plan and that everyone
get behind the movement.
Mr. Campbell said anything bo had
done in Exeter was because of the
good';pebtple he had to work with. Ile
described various duties performed by
him in Exeter, ineluding the time
spent as a teacher in the High Sehool,
Ms coaching duties, hockey organiz-
ing, and cultural efforts. His salary
was -paid, half by the School Board,
one-quarter by the Village Council,
and one-quarter by the Lions Club,
Mr. Fingland related that 40 ad-
ditional pupils were expected at the
Collegiate Institute this 2a11, and
that another teacher would be needed.
The. Board, at its last meeting, bad
decided to pay half the salary of a
Recreational Director if he could
qualify as a teacher of physical train-
ing.
A question period followed.
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SUPPLY MINISTER
DUNGAN*NON—Rev. C. W. Down,
Exeter, who recently retired from the
native ministry, is now supplying the
pulpit of Dungannon United Church.
Revival of Activity in Clinton
Marks Boy Scout -Girl Guide Week
This is "Scout -Guide Week" aeross Sam Castle and Arehie Douglas.
Canada, February 16-22, commemor The naw meeting place is the re-
citing the birth of the founder, the creation room of Wesley -Willis Church.
late Lord Baden Powell. This is an ideai apot for boys and
"The leaders of
ScoutsGuide
r, girls' activities.
ities. T
he Scott
and Guide
Browoies' and Clubs of Clinton urge organizations are very to
the citizens to give more guidance and Wesley -Willis United ' Church and
consideration to the problems of the Clinton Lions Club for making this
boys and girls to -day," a local leader possible.
declared. "These young folk will Group meetings will begin next week
carry on where we Ieave off. Let us on the dates and hours shown below:
encourage them in their ]projects, en- Brownies, Monday, 4.30 to 6.00 pan.;
tertain •their ideas and direct them on Guides, Tuesday, 720 to 9.00 p.m.;
a good course as we set examples for Scouts, Wednesday, 7.80 to 9.00 p.m.;
true citizenship." Cubs, Thursday, 7.00 to 8.80 p.m.
The local groups have been dor A Guide and Brownie Leadership
man, for the past four months but Training, couree will be hold here me
last Monday night, plans .were made March 8-9-10. ,Representatives from
for the future when the following..all, eetive Guide and Brownie groups
leaders met: •Mrs. Sam, Castle, Mrs.]. in Huron: County are expected to be
Alonzo Matthews, Mise Lois Connell, present, t„ :
Premier "Delighted"
Premier Drew said he was "delight- -
edi" with the result of the Huron
provincial by-election.
"Thomas Prydo has received a con
vineing endorsement from the people
of the riding and Huron County will
stave a splendid representative in the
Ontario Legislature" said the premier.
Farquhar Oliver, Ontario Liberal
Ieader, said reducing of the Progres-
sive Comeorveitive majority by two-
thirds was an,aehievement in itself.
"I consider the Liberal party made
a great showing in view of the air-
enntstanees involved," he added. Road
conditions had made it "quite lirepossible to get out into the riding as
ono would wish to meet °lectors, "
BILL HEARN IS
ACTING MAYOR
OF 'TEEN TOWN
At the 3ebtmary meeting of the
Clinton 'Teen Town column, Bill
Hearn, reeve, was appointed by the
council as acting mayor, and Mary
Thompson, seeretery, was appointed
aching treasurer. Beeause there have
been many activities, some of which
were sponsored by 'Teen Town, on
Friday nights, the nominations for
those vacant offices have had to be
held over for a number of weeks now
and will continue to be for a couple
of weeks in the future. The council,
therefore, has appointed two members
to these vacant offices until it is
rossible to hold an eleetion,
-The weather last Friday night did
not lie] the Tenn ors' skating
p a g g
party, but it did net turn it intoa
failure, There was a Iarge attendance
of 'teen -agars; the only ones lackingwere the adults.
There will be' no 'Teen' Town .this
friday night owing the HighSchool
Basektbell dance. Next week it is
hoped that nominations and elections
can be held for the offices of mayor
and treasurer.
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