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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1949-07-21, Page 1No. 29 • • .- t . THE NEW ERA -84th YEAR ' N ews- Recor THE NEWS -RECORD -71st YEAR The Home Paper with the Newt CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1949 int ,mist }* Co1u111-- - i 1 ACTING MAYOR G. W. NOTT. informs us that tenders have been eaiied, to close August 1, for the blacktop paving within the town limits on Highway 4 and 8 . . Thsee strips will be 22 feet wide and,, when completed, should be a big improvement to the appear- ance of the townHe also states that Vinegar Hill (Albert Street) will be lowered two feet, thus reducing the grade consid- erably . Enginering supervis- ion is lay County Engineer T. R. Patterson . * * * BALL AND 1V1UTCH HAVE JUST had the exterior of their Funeral Home on High Street re -decorat- ed , Harmonious colours used are French crown green..' with cream trim . A new sign, lighted at night, has green letters on a cream background . The grounds around the Funeral Home are now in first-class condition, the large butternut and two wal- nut trees being particularly at- tractive . . For .the benefit of oldtimers, this property was for- merly the George ' McTaggart Estate . . DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS, Clinton Public Hospital hes re- ceived a cheque for $9,119.20, being first payment of the. Fed- eral Government grant toward the cost of the new wing . The remaining $1,548.17— bring- ing the total 'grant up to $10,- 667.37— should be along within a couple of. months .It was expected that this grant would exceed $12,000, ,but .such was not the ease . . * * * THE CLINTON HOSPITAL ALSO will benefit from a tuberculosis control grant of $93,000 under the terms of the National Health Plan, it was announced from Ot- tawa Tuesday it .will finance a hospital admission X-ray chest programme in smaller hospitals in Ontario . . * * * AN INTERESTING VISITOR TO The NEWS -RECORD this , week was John Dodsworth, Claresholm, Alta., who took the opportunity, while in town, to renew his sub- scription ,. A native of Glade - rich Township, he left this district more than 30 years ago, and now lives in Southern Alberta, be- tween Celgary and MacLeod ... Mr. and Mrs. Dodsworth are spending a vacation with Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart J. Cree before going on to Indiana on their way home . HEARTY CONGRATULATIONS to two highly -esteemed Auburn residents who celebrated birth- days on Sunday last, July 17 — James W. Medd who was 80, and Jeremiah Tey'or, who was 771. , They were honored et suitable parties . . * * * HOLIDAYS AND ILLNESS DO not help get out a newspaper on time If your copy of The NEWS -RECORD is late, please accept our apologies as our me- chairicai staff was decimated this week because of "these two factors . . . NO FURTHER POLIO CASES FROM DISTRICT Although the poliomyelitis "scare" is still on in this district, no new cases have been reported from the immediate area of Clin- ton during the past week. Many persons, who at first were sus- pected of the possibility of hav- ing the disease, have been found, on observation, to have been suffering from flu, "strep" throat, or some other . ailment, To date, five persons have been removed from the Clinton -Lon desboro district to the Western Ontario polio centre et Victoria Hospital, London. Only two of these have been reported actually to be suffering from the disease, end even in the case of one of these, the information is not definitely affirmative. Another poliomyelitis suspect was admitted to Victoria Hos- pital, London, yesterday, thus raising the total to 21 in Western Ontario this season. Two fatal cases have been reported so far. Miss Grace Gilmour, 17, Wing - ham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. r Hugh Gilmour, Turnberry Town- ship, died in Victoria Hospital Thursday, after having complain- ed of being ill during the pre- vious weekend. She was an em- ployee of United Farmers Co- operative, Winghem. The second fatality occurred Tuesday afternoon when Lyle MacDonald, 29, Culross Town- ship, near Teeswater, died in Victoria Hospital, London, where he had been taken Monday af- ternoon from Wingham Memor- ial'Hospital. He had been con- fined to Wingham hospital for only en hour. A brother of J. Frank Mac- Donald, Clinton, Mr; MacDonald leaves his wife, formerly Flor- ence Leeson, and four children: Douglas, Lois, Barry and Ross. He had been employed for sev- eral years es a truck driver for Tinned Farmers Co-operative, Wingham. 0 The Weather 1949 1948 High Low High, Low July 24 77 57 80 69 15 78 50 83 51 18 82 51 81 17 83 60 86 63 18 86 66 83 62 19 81 67 79 56 20 '77 58 83 61 Rabe ,75 inches Rath: 1.06 inches Army Worm Danger Recedes as Grain Ripens Summer School of Religious Instruction St* Joseph's Church Pictured above are the children of St. Joseph's Parish who participated in a two-week summer school held at Clinton Collegiate Institute and concluded with a picnic held at the school grounds on Friday afternoon last. LEFT TO RIGHT, Front row: Janet Sharp, Maxine LeBeau, Patsy Heffron, Reymond Garen, Peter Garen, Frances Flynn, Donald Scruton, Denise Wade, Giles Pigeon, Rosalie Watkins, Maureen Doyle, Sheila Doyle, Karen Campbell. Second row: Tommy Sharp, June Goldsworthy, Dorothy Flynn, Joan Sharp, Thelma Dale, Eddie Chambers, Diana O'Brien, Marie LeBeau, Roger Cummings, Kenny Campbell. Third row: Maurice Medd, Lyle O'Brien, Freddy Lynch, Boy Seriously Injured • Miss S. Courtiee Returns John Sharp, Bobby LeBeau, Leonard Kelly, Pat Shanahan, Lary LeBeau. Fourth row: Jack Watkins, Kenny. Cummings, Donna Sharp, Connie Scruton, Betty Hallahan, Marilyn Medd, Lucien Pigeon. Fifth row: Danny Shanahan, Marjorie Goldsworthy, Louise Pigeon, Mary Dale, Lili Pigeon, Mike Hellahan. Sixth row: Mary Goldsworthy, Kay Sbarp, Hazel Flynn, Joan Benniger, Anna Medd, Seventh row: Tommy Shanahan, Donald Kelly, Frank O'Brien, John Cronyn. Eighth row: Wayne Watkins, Gordon Chambers, Name Cronin, Carl Cummings, Bobby Garon, Donald Denomme, Terry Doyle. In Fall From Tree Top (By our Hayfield correspondent) Little six-year-old Walter Orr, son of Mr. end Mrs. William Orr, is in Alexandra and Marine Hos- pital, Goderich, suffering from a double fracture of his left arm, internal injuries and possible in- juries to his head and back. The X-rays did not reveal any other broken bones but he is very ill and his parents are stay- ing with him, The accident occurred last Saturday morning when Walter fell from the top of a tree which be had climbed while his mother was picking berries in their bush lot. She heard him fall and rushed to field him injured. As there was no one near, she car- ried the lad half a mile to their home and then went for help. Their many friends wish the little boy a speedy recovery. 0 Bayfield Fall Fair To Be Held Sept. 27-28 J. A. Carroll, superintendent of Agricultural Societies for On- tario has announced 1949 district Fall Fair dates, as follows: Bayfield, September 27 28; Blyth, Sept. 7-8; Brussels, Sept. 29-30; Dungannon, Sept, 29; Exe- ter, Sept. 21-22; Gerrie, Oct. 1; Kirkton, Sept. 29-30; Lucknow, Sept. 27-28; Mitchell, Sept, 27-28; Seaforth, Sept, 22-23; Zurich, Aug. 30-31. Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto, will be held August 26 -- September 10; Western Fair, London, September 12-17; Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, Novem- ber 15-23. I interviewed Japan Empress Through the courtesy of Miss Helen G. Day, editor of "The Missionary Monthly," published by the Woman's Missionary So- ciety of the United Church of Canada, The NEWS -RECORD is able to reproduce herewith an article in the August issue of the magazine regarding an interview by Miss Sybil Courtice with the Empress' of Japan, as well as an article from "Nippon Times," daily newspaper published in Tokyo, Japan, issue June 10. Miss Courtice arrived in Van- couver, B.C. Tuesday morning, and is expected to reach her home in Clinton Tuesday next. The Missionary Monthly reports* A personal interview with the Empress of Japan was accorded this month to Miss Sybil Courtice, a worker of the Woman's Mis- sionary Society of The United Church of Canada. First Canad- ian woman church worker to re- turn to Japan in 1946, Miss Cour- tice has written concerning the interview, it was "an honor Which I received on behalf of all us missionaries and of the home Board and Church." "It was a tremendous respon- sibility as well es a pri ilege,"' writes Miss Courtice. "I as giv- en a whole hour and being urged to speak in Japanese by those who made the arrangements, I did so, thus saving the time that would have been lost through interpretation. Her Mejesty ex- pressed her thanks for the long years spent here and asked ques- tions, not only about the work and our missioneries here but also about the Canadian women of the Church at home, She was Former Clintonian Recalls Polio Or "Spinal Disease" Epidemic 1872 (By C. Mortimer Reseal', Kitchener, formerly of Clinton) "The demon poliomyelitis hes raised its ugly he d in this dist- rict during the pest few days," Those words,°'which opened your First Column of July 14, turned the hand of time back three- quarters of a century; and many of the older of the old-timers must have revived memories of a period fraught with fear and death. Many of the present genera- tion seem to believe poliomyelitis to be a modern disease; and I believe that only • during quite recent times has it been known by that name. I am not quite certain how far back medical records of this disease go; and perhaps that is accounted for by the fact that so little is known, even yet, of its cause and cure. Recalls 1872 Epidemic However, es far beck as 1872, something in the nature of this dread disease struck terror into the minds of many people in some sections of Ontario, partic- ularly in Huron County; and it struck with redoubled fury in Clinton, At that time it was celled "spinal fever," but because of its prevalence in this town it was called "Clinton Disease" by many outsiders. Since that time it has been variously called spinal meningitas, infantile paralysis, and polio. It was during the epidemic of 1872 that a young medicai man, Dr. Worthington, who will be remembered by many old-timers; first came into prominence be- cause of his comparative success in treating those suffering, from this ailment, It is true that the majority of attacks proved fatal. Dr. Worthington did not succeed in caving the lives of all those afflicted under his care; but his suocesses were sufficient in num- ber to entitle him to a place high on the honor roll of success- ful small-town doctors. Those who survived the ter- rible ordeal carried to the end of their days some mark of their experience. The writer recalls the names of many young people in and around Clinton who, in the eighties and nineties, were deformed; others who walked with canes or cruches; and others who were partially or totally blind or deaf as evidence of their contact with this dread destroyer during their early years, Someone, has said that during epidemics of this kind fear kills a more people than does the disease itself. To guard against this, one] Medical Officer of health warns against "the unreasoning fear and apprehension which always at- tends this disease •. . When a child is `off color,' tired, .not. hungry, or even sick in any way, put hito bed and give him' a mild sedative. The vast majority of children will sleep off a little upset. By doing this you ere doing all that the best medical authorities advise. Keep the child under observation, rested and re- laxed for a fewhours; and you yourself, keep a 'philosophical calm, If there is a .worsening, then call the doctor," If a further word of advice may be permitted from a'layman, mem it would be to emphasise the "philosophical calm" in - other T words, be careful, be cautions, �fudly so. L very gracious and kind and evid- ently interested in all I had to tell her. On retiring from the interview, I was given a message of greeting and of gratitude to our Church women. Everyone was much pleasedealeibt it—both Japanese and missionary friends." Miss Courtice, who comes from Clinton, and is a graduate of the London Conservatory of Music, went to Japan under the Woman's Missionary Society in 1910. As teacher and welfare worker and administrator in Tokyo end othe Japanese cities Miss Courtice ha given outstanding leadership i the Japanese Church. During the war she was repatriated on the Gripsholm after a year in intern - anent camp. Since her return to Japan she has travelled extensiv- ely in connection with recon- struction surveys and re-estab- lishment of schools and churches. She is a Member of the Executive of the Woman's Department of the Church of Christ in Japan, and a member of the Council of Cooperation of the Foreign Mis- sions Conference of the United States and Canada. Nippon Times states; Miss Sybil R. Courtice, repre- sentative of the Women's Mis- sionary Society of the 'United Church of Canada, who has de- voted herself to missionary work in Japan for 40 successive years is scheduled to sail for home at the end of this month. Yester- day morning she was received in audience by the Empress at the Imperial Palace, Miss Courtice was born in 1884 in Clinton, Ontario, Canada. On graduating from the London Con- servatory of Music in Ontario,n'a she first came to Japes a mis- sionary and teacher at the Toyo Eiwe Girls' School at Azabu, Minato Ward, Tokyo. She was Dr. J. W. Shaw, 88, Mrs. Robson, 98 Two of Clinton's most respect- ed citizens, Dr. J. W. Shaw and Mrs. Alice Robson, celebrate an- niversaries of their birth on Saturday, July 23. Dr. Shaw --one who has made a very vital contribution to the life of the town for a great num- ber of. years—will celebrate his 88th birthday and does not ex- pect any great pelebration. To him it will be just another day of service to his community, as he goes about the daily duties as a medical practitioner. The doctor is still keenly interested in r sports, being the sponsor of s Shaw's Peewee baseball team. Mrs. Robson, who makes her n home with Mrs. T. J, Watt, Raft- tenbury St, W., although cele. }orating her 98th birthday, enjoys fairly good health sand takes a keen interest in the news of the town, and especially anything pertaining to her church, Wesley - Willis United. The NEWS -RECORD is happy to join with the citizens of the town and community in extend- ing congratulations and best wishes to these two revered citizens. Shizuoka prefectures for many years. She spent the years pre- vious to the war in Tokyo. Miss Courtice was !also engaged in wel- fare work at the Aiseikan, at Kameido and Kobokan at Tera - .Time, Suniida Ward, both Christ- ian welfare institutes. Miss Courtice returned to Japan 1n October 1946. She was the first woman missionary of the United Church of Canada to re- turn to Japan after the war. Her primary work here since her, re- turn is the rehabilitation of the two Canadian mission schools in Kona and Shizuoka, churches and kindergartens in all pests of Japan. Clinton EVENING Junior Farmers held a very enjoyable weiner roast at Bayfield on Friday evening last, when' a fair crowd' was in attend - nee to enjoy the food and fun. The executive will hold a meet - ng at the home of Mary eludie on Tuesday,. August 2. COMING EVENT Ye Olde Time Barn Dance, Crystal Palace Ballroom Mit- chell, Friday night, July 22, with Don Robertson and Ranch Boys. The • management reserves the right to refuse admission. 29-p Huron -Perth League baseball,Exeter at Clinton Colts. Monday, July 25, Community Park, Clin- ton, at 6.30 p.m. 29-b Bayfield Lions Club Carnival, Lions Park, Bayfield, Wednesdey evening, July 27. Tickets on Dodge Coach available from any her. 28-x ' Bingo!!! Every Saturday night, own Hall, Clinton, auspices Ladies , Auxiliary of Canadian 29-b •but - egion. —o ---- AGED LADY FALLS (By our Hensall correspondent) Mrs. William. Dougell, Sr., Hen- sall, well known and life long resident of Henson, suffered a fall Tuesday morning, July 19, vehen she missed a step while coming down the stairs. She was taken to Clinton Public Hospital in Bonthron's ambulance, where x-rays revealed no broken bones, but bad bruises. Mrs. Dougall, who makes her home with her son and daughter-in-law, Mn and Mrs. William R. Dougal{, will be 89 years of age in October. Outbreaks Still Being Reported VARNA CHILD -Development of the grain itself from the "green" to the "ripe" BADLY IN7URFD stage is having the effect of re- -, tarding the progress made by the CUT BY BINDER army worms in their ten-day in- vasion of Huron County. Whet might have :. proved a R. Gordon- Bennett, Clinton, much more serious accident oc-representative for curred at the farm of Mr. and. Mrs. Harvey Hayter, Varna, on Tuesday, when their only ehild, Joyce, aged three, was badly cut with a binder. The young child was sitting in the middle of the field, unob- Huron . County, reported to The NEWS -RECORD todey that "every day the grain gets riper, the less danger there will be from army, worms. If the grain is green, the danger of attack is still there, he stated. served by her father end uncle, Attacks by army worm in Elmer Hayter, who were cutting fields of oats and barley are still grain with the uncle on the trac- being reported, Mr. Bernell said for and the father on the binder. Latest are one case from HuLlett The blade badly cut 'the child's Township; just north of Clinton arms before the machine could be anct two from Stanley Township, stopped. Part of two fingers of jest south of Clinton. the left hand were severed and later had to be amputated, the left arm was badly mangled and the right 'arm cut between the wrist and elbow. of Huron County; In fact, it has The child is now in Clinton been the worst there of any place Public Hospital with Dr. W. A. in the county, around Lakelet, Oakes the attending physician. It southwest of Clifford: The poison is expected that side grafting bait treatment has been used ex - will be started in about a week's tensively. This poison is either time. paris green or calcium arsenate. Some fields in Howick Town - Very Bad in Howick The "attack by army worms' has been very bad in Howick Town- ship, :in the northeastern section ship will show a total crop fail- ure as a result of the army worm's work, .Mx. Bennett stat- ed, Even though they may not be 100 per cent stripped of their crop, the demage done by the worm in the fields worst infested has been so great that the grain Old Home Week Plan. Up in • Air would not repay the cost of cut- ting and threshing, "In the fields where the worm appeared first," Mr. Bennett said, "it just looks like now as if it were a field of reeds—bare stems, and not a leaf left on them." The crops worst hit by the worm, said Mr, Bennett, will at the best yield some salvage value in green feed or extra pasture. Clarence Crawford Future of the proposal to hold en Old Home Week in Clinton in 1950 seerns a little obscure at the present time. A poorly -attended organization meeting was held in the Town Hall Friday evening last when considerable discussion took place. Finally, a resolution was mov- ed by AM. Melvin Crich and seconded by Percy Livermore, that another meeting be held this Friday evening, July 22, at nine o'clock, providing it ,was called by the Acting Mayor. Acting Mayor G. W. Nott stat- ed et the meeting that he would get in touch with the members of Town Council and discuss the matter. However, he informed The NEWS -RECORD Tuesday morn- ing that he had spoken to at least 25 people in townn who didn't want a reunion, the small crowd' (33 adults end two children) showed it and he wasn't going to do anything about the matter, He would leave it for Mayer R. Y. Hattin to decide when he re- turns from his vacation in West- ern Canada et the end of July. That's just the way the matter stands at the present time. There is some talk that there might be an informal meeting in the Town Hall Friday evening of those interested in seeing the reunion go ahead. Reunion Discussed A:ding Mayor Nott finally cal- led the meeting to order some time after nine o'clock, and ask- ed for nominations for secretary of the meeting, J. R. Butier was appointed. Mr, Nott then celled upon W. N. Counter, president, Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, to preside. Mr. Counter protest- ed rotested that this was a town affair, but finally acceded to the Act- ing Mayor's request. Percy Livermore suggested a committee of ten, Ald. Mel Crich said it would be (Continued on Page Four) Canadian Elected to Presidency" of Lions International Association Walter C, Fisher, Queenston, Ontario is the new president of The international Association of Lions Clubs, (Lions Internation- al). He was elected by unani- mous vote at the 32nd annual convention of the .Association which closed at Madison Square Garden, New York, today. Mr. Fisher succeeds Dr. Eugene S: Briggs, Enid, Oklahoma. Basil B. Pocklington represent- ed Clinton Lions Club; Dr, E. A, McMaster, Seaforth Lions Club; and Charles and Jack Scotchmer, Bayfield Lions Club. The conve;•itian concluded one of the most successful years in the history of Lions International, ,the to the report made by. Melvin Jones, Chicago, Illinois, Secertary-General and founder of the Association. He reported the addition of 757 new Lions Clubs and 23,282 men to the roster of. the Association during the 12 - months period ended June 30, 1949, for a total of 7,427 clubs and 381,426 members. He statedalso that during the fiscal year Lions Clubs were estab- lished in four additional count- ries: France, Bolivia, Philippines and • Norway. Lions internation- al, he added, is the largest, strongest end most active club organization in the world, with Lions. Clubs in 26 countries on five continents. International Problems Mr. Fisher, in accepting the presidency, said; "During the past few years, we have become more fully aware of the Inter- national implications of the old truth that man ' cannot live unto himself, and that security for the individual is impossible as long WALTER C. FISHER as there is national or interna- tional insecurity anywhere 1 n the whole world. To that end we, have raised our sights seem, ingly higher with each succeeding year ante. we now include in our. Lions program the international problems confronting all nrations,. particularly* those intimately re- lated to the maintenance and preservation of world peace. "Our responsibilities, es Lions,. are heavier and more complex than ever, but at the same time there has been opened to our view a new vista of glorious opportun- sty since we have in the past wi, (Continued on Page Seven) Heads Shobbrook Clan The Shobbrook reunion was held in Seaforth Lions Park, Sat- urday," July 2, with 66 present, Those coming from a distance were William Shobbrook, Van- couver, B.C.; Mr. and Mrs. Gor- don Sprung and family, Manitou, Man.; Mrs. Minnie Booth, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.: Mrs. Angeline McCauley, Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Willard, Buffalo, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Shobbrook and family, Toronto; Mr. end Mrs. Harold Crich end family, London; Miss L. Cartwright, Stratford; Mr. and Mrs. Lorne Shobbrook and family. Oshawa; and George y Powles, Lindsa. Supper was served and there was in minute's silence for the late Mrs. Fred Shobbrook. Mr. and Mrs. Willard, Buffalo, were in charge of the sports. There were sports for everyone from the smallest to the oldest. Everyone enjoyed them as Mr, and Mrs, Willard are the best of sports themselves, Officers for next year were then appointed as follows: president, Clarence Crawford; set:Vetere. Percy Gibbings; treasurer, Mrs. Bert Shobbrook, The picnic for next year will be held in Seaforth Lions Park, CATTLE STATED IN GOOD SHAPE HURON COUNTY Cattle, on the whole, are in very good shape, because of the excellent recuperation of pasture since the weather improved about a month ago, R. Gordon Bennett, Clinton, agricultural representa- tive for Huron County, informed The NEWS -RECORD today. Wheat cutting is almost com- pleted, except fields which ase to be combined, and in earlier sections of the county, the cut- ing of spring grain is general, Mr. Bennett declared. Farmers in the north parts of the county, where grain is not as far advanced, have been quite alarmed this week.with outbreaks of Army worms. This outbreak seems to occur in spots all over the field and is quite difficult to control with poison bait, stat- ed Mr. Bennett. He went . on to add that the turnip crop is still suffering aphid, infestation, however, a numbers of farmers have, during the past week, reseeded a num- ber of patches, in the hope that the second crop will escape this pest Speaking of the labour situa- tion, Mr. Bennett concluded by stating that a report from the d!strict labour office revealed that they had placed a number of men during the week . and that more were still available. 0 Collegiate Board Holds Routine: Meeting Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute Board held its July meet- ing in the Collegiate Institute with chairman A, M. Knight, presiding, and all members pres- ent except Trustees G. R. 'Foster, Clinton, end Frank Tarnbayn, East Wawanosh. The meeting was brief and routine in nature. Accounts were passed. There was no principa'l's report for June. Bus routes will I be discussed at the .rAugzrst. t g.