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CLINTON, ONTARIO; TII[IRSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1949
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Im'E NICE . TO HAVE GOOD.
generouseighborss,. . And
where would you fino better than
in the County of ,rlfuron?
Arnold Dale, Hullemt Township
farmer, residing one King's High-
way 4, three miles Borth of Clin-
ton, lost his barn, crop, imple-
ments and some livestock by fire
when struck by :lightning three
weeks ago yesterday , . . It 'was
a terrible blow, and was accent-
uated as Thelma, daughter of the
house, was seriously ill in Clin-
ton Public Hospital
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IN NO TIME AT ALL, KIND
neighbors had started a fund to
help the Dales in their misfor-
tune. . The money rolled in
one -dollar bills, two -dollar bills,
five -dollar bills and ten -dollar
bills . A few days ago, Mr,
and Mrs. Dale were presented
with more than $1,400, which
should go a long way to help
them over the hump . . . Else-
where hr this issue, they express
their appreciation in a "special"
cards of thanks .
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SINCE THE FIRE, THE LIVE -
stock has been outside, and the
cows have been milked while
tied to a fence ... Lacking feed
for them and a place to keel
them, Mr. Dale may dispose of
his animals this fall, with the
idea in mind of re -building the
bern and re -stocking in the
spring . . IncidentalIy, Thelma
is making a good recovery in
Clinton Public Hospital and may
socn be able to return home .
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RIGHT EYES, HAPPY FACES
=rad abundance of health charac-
terize Huron County's new Can -
diens from The Netherlands' who
ttend the service of the Dutch
Christian Church, held in Clin-
ton Presbyterian Church every
unday afternuon , , They as -
amble here from as far lis#ant
'a 10 miles .
C 'e' e,
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LE VEN -YEAR - OLD ANNA
manse is one of these... She has
e'en in, Canada two years, speaks
ood English with hardly a trace
f accent, and is a pupil in Grade
of a school near Hensall. ,
.he is very proud of and happy
n her new home in Canada..
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NNA HAS ANOTHER ROLE
She acts as an informal
nterpreter for newly -arrived
bildren from The Netherlands..
s e of them is Jhonny Gittar, a
right-eyed, blonde, 12 -year-old
irl who has been in Canada
ust over four weeks''';'. .
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ITH ANNA'S HELP WE QUBS-
ioned Jhonny after church on
unday . . She was looking
'orward eagerly to starting school
n Tuesday in the country of her
doption .. . Was she happy at
he prospect? ... She was thrill -
d! . Already she had picked
up a few English words and ex-
pressions . . Anna said her
riend was going to start in
Grade 5 hut she didn't think she
would remain there long.
Fine settlers and fine Canadians,
these newcomers to our shores! ..
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CLINTON'S SKUNKS T HE
black and white kind - are be-
coming famous for their temerity
and general all-round attitude of
owning the place . . . During
the past few days, several of
these small striped animals have
been spotted in various parts of
town, one or two with rather
unpleasant consequenecs ... The
other day, one little girl in the
northeast section picked up what
she thought was a lovely "Hussy"
and carried it home . . . Ap-
proaching the house . . . Well,
you know what happened . .•
WE ARE INFORMED THAT
tomato juice is a good thing to
use to eliminate the stain and
the smell of skunk from cloth-
ing, but we haven't had occasion
to try it yet . . . In past years,
skt nks have been seen' in the
vicinity of the Presbyterian
Church, and; recently, at the
rear of business buildings on the
main street . , , A fine specimen
met its end when struck by a
car while ambling across Albert
St, near the Roxy Theatre, Sun-
day morning . . There were no
after -affects The skunk was
still lying in the gutter Tuesday..
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SATURDAY NIGHT - COMING
before a long weekend holiday-
was one of the busiest nights of
the summer in Clinton... Cars
were parked here, there and
everywhere, including the street
in front of the Post Office "V",
where King and Victoria Streets
come together. . That's the
first we ever have seen this spot
utilized for parking . , .
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DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE
rush, the burglar alarm in the
Bank of Montreal started to
ring , . . A crowd gathered in
a trice and presently the police
Investigation proved that
a bank robbery was not under
way; only that something temp-
orarily had gone wrong with the
automatic alarm system ... The
crowd soon dispersed ,
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CLINTON PUBLIC LIBRARY
has been strengthened with a
new solid, concrete foundation
under the tower at the north-
west corner of the brick build -
The Weather -
1949 1948
High Low High Low
Sept, '1 61 50 73 43
2 70 45 78 98' loeal affairs, '
3 79 51 ' 80 - 53 Malcolm McTaggart
4 82 52 82 47 Malcolm 'McTaggart was also
5 75 58 85 54 an earlysettler, and one, to whom
6 62 51 82 68 the town owes a very large share
7 .59 50 76 68 of its early development; in fact,
Rain.:.27 inches .14 inches previous to his advent, the pro -
Clinton Colts Take first Game of Group Finals
{old Home
Week '50
Organized
Organization meeting for Clin-
ton Old Home Week 1950 was
head in the Council Member,
Town Hall, Thursday evening
last, with more than 60 share-
holders in attendance.
Officers were elected, and they
were instructed to hold a meet-
ing and nominate committee
chairmen and members. These
names will be submitted for ap-
proval to a further meeting to
be held in the same place at
8,30 tonight. 'The officers held
their meeting Monday evening,
so. will be ready with a list.
Officers Named:
Officers were elected as fol-
lows: honorary presidents, Dr. J.
W. Shiaw, N. W. Trewartha; hon-
orary vice-presidents, J. A., Sut-
ter, Harry Bartliff, J. J. Zapfe;
president, A. J. McMurray (who
held the same office for the 1925
reunion); vice-president, William
J. Match, secretary, H. C. Law-
son; treasurer, K. W. Colquhoun..
Dr. Shaw Chairman
A. J. McMurray, chairman of
the Old Home Week Committee
of Clinton and District Chamber
of Commerce, celled the meet-
ing to order, and asked for nom-
inations for chairman and score-.
tary for the evening. .
Dr. J. W, Shaw was chosen
chairman, and R. S. Atkey, sec-
retary.
Wonderful Response
Mr. McMurray presented the
report of the Old Home Week
Committee, of the Charhber of
Commerce, which was adopted.
(Continued on Page Ten)
SCHOOL AREA
BOARD ASKS FOR
GRANT OF $8,009
The committee appointed to
interview trustees of S.S. 1, Hul-
lett, re tuition fees, reported at
the regular meeting of Tucker -
smith School Area No, 1 Board,
that the interview had not yet
been arranged, but that the mat-
ter had been discussed with Ir`e-
specter Glen Gardiner.. He and
Inspector • J. H. Kinkead plat in
arrange an equitable scale of
fees for pupils attending schools
outside their own locality.
The board will requisition
Tuckersmith Council for $8,000,
which would melte the levy five
mills. It was agreed that the
salaries of music teachers remain
the same as last year. Trustees
James McIntosh and Howard
Johns were appointed a commit-
tee to consider overcrowding of
No. 7 school end ways and means
to remedy the situation.
Applications for caretaking of
No. 9 school were received, and
J. Upshall appointed at a salary
of $350. Harold Findlay was paid
$100 on account, end will be paid
the balance of $530 whenredec-
orating of S.S. No. 8 school is
completed and approved.
ingQuick send was en-
countered making the job a very
difficult one, with shoring neces-
sary and considerable brickwork
replaced . A. T. Cooper, who
was secretary of the Library
Board at the time, recalls that
the Library was made possible
through a grant of $5,000 from
the fund set up by the late And-
rew Carnegie, United States steel
magnate
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BROADCASTING FROM THE
Centennial Celebration at Pres-
cott Sunday morning, Don Fair-
bairn again mentioned The
NEWS- RECORD in. CB L's
"Neighborly News" .. . Feeling
that it was very apropos of the
opening of school, Don quoted
last week's "Smile for Today" . , .
`Here's A Real Crop Of Soybeans!
Farmers in the southern part of Huron County, up to the present. always have been
looked upon as the leading growers of soybeans in the County. But this year, the northern
part Is coming into its own.
ABOVE is shown ELMER ROBERTSON and: -his daughter, EMMA ROBERTSON, in a
fine field of soybeans on his farm in. Colborne Township, at Carlow. Mr. Robertson, who is
the energetic- president of Huron Crop Improvement Association, has pioneered the growing
of soybeans in the northern part of the Countv,,.and is still carrying on many experimental
projects, both for commercial' firms .and governnins "Experimental work. His daughters, Emma
and Shirley, are both prominent in Junior Institute work, and his son, George, is president
of Huron County Junior Farmers' Association,
STANLEY COUNCIL
SETS VARIOUS
TAX SCHEDULES
Stanley Township Council met
on Friday evening, September 2,
in Verna, with all members pres-
ent and Reeve Elmer Webster in
the chair.
A by-law was finally passed
setting the various rates for the
municipality: County, 10.8; Town-
ship,7' general school, r ge ra s oo , 3.5;
trustees, 3.5; separate schools, 16;:
Union No. 1, 8.7; No. 3, 4.8; No:
4, 5.5; No. 5, 6.7; Union No. 8,
5.2; Union No. 9, 6; No. 13, 3.9;
High School rate, 3.9; Federation
of ".Agriculture, .02.
Ross Scott, Brucefield, inter-
viewed the Council on behalf of
Brucefield Fire Department re
purchasing a new fire engine. The
matter was discussed and it was
decided to meet with the Tuck-
ersmith Council to disduss the
matter jointly.
Stanley Road Voucher o
$1,114.77, Bayfield Road Voucher
of $497, and Stanley - General
Voucher of $63.19 were ordered
passed.
Council also petitioned the Be-.
partment of Highways to erect
30 -mile per hour speed signs on
No. .4 Highway. at Brucefield.
Council adjourned to meet on
Monday, October 3, at 2 pan.
enisormonolereemme
Historical Sketches
OF THE COUNTY OF HURON
III - Town of Clinton (cpnt'd )
This is the seventh of a series
of historical articles on the
County of Huron and the local
municipalities in this area, taken
from "Historical Atlas of Hur-
on County," published in 1879.
Rance Brothers
Among the earliest and most
enterprising settlers in the place
were Samuel and Thomas Rance,
who came about 1852, started a
store, kept the Post Office, and
built a mill -the present Fair
Mill (1879) -which gave quite an
impetus to the village. The Post
Office had been previously kept
at Richard Twaites', a consider-
able distance up the Huron
Road. As early as 1832, Henry
Ransford (now in England),
whose sons now carry on the
"Stapleton Salt Works," settled
on the next lot to the corner of
Tuckersmith. He took up several
thousands of acres from the
Canada Company, and was for
many years a very active man in
the conduct of private business
enterprises tending to develop
the prosperity of the place, as
well as being largely identified
with the management of public
mise of a successful future in
store for Clinton seemed a wild
prophecy. He established an ex-
tensive fanning -mill factory,
which gave employment to a
large number of men. This es-
tablishment continued to grow
and develop, and at the name
time to add to the growth and
development of Clinton. It is
now considered one of the larg-
est and best establishments of
the description in the country.
First Mill' Built
The mill built by the Rance
Brothers was the first in the
neighbourhood, the nearest pre-
viously being at Egmondville,
the next nearest at Heil.'s, near
the south boundary of Tucker -
smith on the London Road and
the next at Goderich. This latter
was often the one the people
hereabouts were obliged to pat-
ronize, on account of occasional
or frequent failures of the water
supply at the other places,
The first store in the place was
kept by "Yankee Read" previous
to the advent of Mr. Rettenbury,
and the next by the Rance
Brothers. •
First Male Child Born
William Gibbings was the first
male child born in the place,
though there' had previously been
a girl born in each of the Van-
derburg families. Mrs. Jonas
Gibbings i3 ' now the oldest liv-
(Continued on Page Two)
Town Council
In Action
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Clinton Town Council held its
September meeting in the Coun-
ciI Chamber Tuesday evening
with all members present except
Reeve G. W. Nott, who is absent
in. Western Canada. Mayor R. Y.
leattin presided.
Taxi Parking
Several taxi operators attend-
ed the meeting with reference to
tang parking. Mayor Hattin
promise eethat• 'the matter would
be cleatede., up withinfew
weeks on the completion'• pav-
ing, and after a ruling Nee been
received from the Department of
Iii� h,ways.
J:° Ht Brunsdon, D.M. J< 1$'.
Shaw, R. 3, Dixon and Clayton
Dixon petitioned regarding the
serious condition of Rattenhury
St. E., in front of their places
of business. Mr. Brunsdon ap-
peared in person to urge street
repairs. The Mayor said that de-
mands were many on the budget
for streets this year. It could be
that a year from now this street
might be paved. It was agreed
to make minor repairs to the
road.
Paving Work Started
Meyer Hattin announced that
the Brennan Paving Co., Limited,
was in town, and that work on
the new asphalt paving had start-
ed at 2 p.m, Tuesday.
Debenture Bylaws
Town Solicitor Frank Fing-
land, KC, wrote regarding the
passing of the sewerage and fire
truck debenture bylaws, re-
questing their passing and sug-
gesting methods of marketing the
two issues. The sewerage dee
benture is for $17,500 and the
fire truck debenture is far :$6,500,
a total of *4,000, with coupon
interest rater of three per cent,
payable semi-annually.
(Continued on Page Ten)
a -
New Comic Strip
Commences To -Day'
A new comic strip, "The
Adventures of Captain Morgan,"
is published for the first time..
on Page Two of this issue of
The NEWS -RECORD, With one
episode appearing each week.
The seriea is of an historical
nature, and should be of much
interest to young and old alike,
As this is the first venture
in "comics," The NEWS
RECORD trusts that this new
feature will be well received'
by .its readers. Comments will
be welcomed.
COMING EVENTS
You will find', the Crystal Pal-
ace Ballroom, Mitchell, a lovely
place to dance every Friday night
to music of Don Robertson and
Ranch Boys. 36-p
Band Concert by Stratford
CNR . Employees' Band, Clinton
Community Park, Tuesday, Sep-
tember 13. Also draw for special
pries, Auspices Clinton Citizens'
35-,6-x
and.
COUNCILS MEET
RE BRUCEFIELD
FIREFIGHTING
Tuckersmith Township Council
metin the Town Hall, Seaforth,
on Saturday evening, September
3. All members were present
and Reeve Arthur Nicholson
presided.
Members of Stanley Council
and Ross Scott, representing
Brucefield Fire Department, at-
tended the meeting with a view
to discussing ways and means of
increasing the fire fighting cap-
acity of Brucefield Fire Depart-
ment. A joint meeting was ar-
ranged of be held on Friday,
September 9, in Brucefield,
Frank Kling, George Johnston
and W. J. Finnigan appeared as
a --delegation representing the.
proposed Community Centre in
Seeforth and requested a grant
towards. same from the Township.
The matter was deferred at this
meeting.
Council ordered payment of
$75 to Hensall Fire Department,
re attendance at Harold Parker
fire and instructed the CIerk to
bill Harold Parker for $25 to-
wards the same,
The .Clerk also was advised to
advertise in local papers that the
Township will be responsible for
payment to only one Fire Depart-
ment called to a fire; the owner
No Paper Sept. 15 '
But Office Open
The 'NEWS -RECORD will
not be published next week,:
September 15, it being the an-
nual holiday of the paper. The
next issue willbe published
Thursday, September 22, and
advertisers, correspondents, and
contributors are, requested to
bear this in mind.
However, the office and print-
ing shop will remain open for
business as usual next week.
Increased
Attendance
Schools
Record enrolments for the
academic year, which commenced
Tuesday morning, are reported
by Clinton District 'Collegiate In-
stitute and Clinton Public School.
In fact, the increased attend-
ances pose a difficult problem
for the Boards. Especially is this
true in the Public School, where
classes have been opened in both
the Presbyterian Church Sunday
School end Ontario St. United
Church Sunday School.
Collegiate Higher
Principal E. A. Fines yester-
day afternoon reported, the fol-
lowing registration for CDCI, as
compared with the past two
years, at the same time:
1947 1948 1949
Grade IX . . . 72 97 80
X . . . 72 57 70
XI . . . 44 46 43
XII . .. 30 31 24
XIII . . 8 11 19
Special
Commercial . 6 13
Totals . . 226 248 249
There are 112 boys and 137
girls in the total of 249, as com-
pared. with 98 boys end 150 girls
a year ago. The boys are on the
increase.
Public School Up
Principal George H. Jefferson
reported an enrolment of 376 in
the Public School, as compared
with 344 in 1948, and 314 in 1947.
A new teacher, Miss Viola
Fraser, has been added, to teach
grades 3 and 4; and Clayton O.
Martin replaces Lyle McKee, in
grades 5 end 6. Mr. McKee has
gone to. Brantford.
Good Potato Crop
In Local Gardens
Potatoes seem to be a wonder-
ful crop this year according to
varoius reports received in this
office.
John Gibbings, Orange St., re-
ports that he has potato stalks
standing five feet two inches tall,
and underneath all this stalk are
excellent potatoes, a good num-
ber and of a good else in each
hill.
Mrs. James Livermore also re-
ports excellent growth in her
potato patch. She brought a six -
quart basket into the office and Townah.p.
it was filled to overflowing with The time has been extended for
only seven large potatoes. Mrs. the ratepayers of the Township
Livermore also stated that these to procure their dog tags, until
potatoes were of excellent qual- September 10, and after that
ity and so far she had not found date anyone found violating, will
any that were hollow -centred. be prosecuted according to law.
Accounts presented and ordered
to be billed for one-third of the $5;dCln on Acheson,
ws R corduse , print -
cost. ing, $4.20• Goderich - Signal -Star,
The Clerk was authorized to printing, $4,20; direct relief,$30;
apply to the Department of High- Fred Middleton, valuing live
ways of Ontario for interim sub- stock, $1.80; John Sturdy, cattle
sidy on road expenditures from
January 1, 1949, to August 31,
1949, amounting to $15,893.32,
Accounts passed were as fol-
lows: relief, $720.90; advertising,
$15.36; roads, $3,617.98; chickens
killed by dogs, $61,95; fire pro-
tection, $75; salary and allow-
ance, $125; postage, $5; O.A.P. ap-
plications, $2.50.
Play At
Hensall
Friday
Clinton Colts went one up in
their Huron -Perth Baseball. Lea-
gue finals with Hensall, whip-
ping the visitors 16-9, in Com- -
munity Park, Clinton, Monday
afternoon before the largest crowd
of . the season.
The return game was to have
been played in Hensall last even-
ing but rain forced a postpone-
ment to Friday at' 5.30 p.m.
The winners of the final will
advance into the Intermediate
"C" OBA •playdowns; Iikely
against Strathroy Dodgers, who
have won their group. The Colts
eliminated Strathroy from the
OBA playdowns lest year in a
two -out -of -three series.
Three Home Runs
Home runs sparked the Colta
attack, no less than three being
knocked out. Bert White hit one
in the first with W. ' Craig on
base. In the third Laurie Colqu-
houn homered with Neilans on
base to tie and put the Colts one
up. Doug Bartliff hit a homer
in the fifth with no one on base,'
The starting pitchers were both
hit hard; Bartliff being replaced
by Bob' Craig in the second; and
Mickle for Hensall replaced by
Houghton In the third inning.
(Box Score on Page Ten)
Hensall reached the finals by
downing Lucan in a sudden -death
game in Exeter, Saturday, win-
ing 17-15 in a two hour and fifty
minute game. Both teams used
all available players. Lucan us-
ing four pitchers and Hensall
three. Friday evening the same
teams played to a 7-7 tie. The
sudden -death affair was called
after Hensel]. had protested on
Luean using an ineligible play-
er. Lucan had previously put
Hensall out in two straight games;
and had lost a league final game
in Clinton to the Colts 19-1 a
week ego last Monday.
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TIMES EXTENDED
TO SEPTEMBER 10
FOR DOG TAGS
Goderich Township Council
met as per adjournment on Sept,
1 in Hoimesvilie. Minutes of the
Iast regular meeting were read
and adopted.' -
Communications read and ord-
ered filed, included those from
Ontario Health Survey; W. C.
Becker Equipment Co.; Ng W.
Miller; Canadian Foundation for
Poliomyelitis; ' St. Joseph's Hos-
pital, Guelph; Canadian National
Railways; Ontario Municipal r1s-
societion; National Council for
United Nations.
The Clerk was instructed to
write to the Canadian National
Railways, Stratford, and ask
their re -operation in improving
the railway crossings in the
Mr. and Mrs.:A. T. Cooper
Mark Golden Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Thomas
Cooper, two of Clinton's best
known residents, celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary at
the home of Mr. Cooper's brother-
in-law and sister, Dr. and Mrs.
R. G. Struthers, 'Toronto, Tues-
day afternoon and evening.
The highly esteemed couple
were guests at a family dinner
-Photo by Fowler Bros. Studio
party and reception, when matey.
friends dropped in to greet them
and congratulate them.
Married in Kincardine
Mr. and Mrs. Cooper were
married in Kincardine on Sept-
ember 6, 1899, by the late Rev.
Walter Rigsby. The groom was
a son of the late Mr -and Mrs.
(Cont'
beast injured by dogs, $275;
superintendent's pay roll, No. 10,
$137.75.
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Stratford CNR Band
Concert Here Sept. 13
Clinton Citizens' Band are
bringing their summer activities
to a close by sponsoring a grand
concert end draw in Community
Park, Clinton, on Tuesday next,
September 13, at 8 p.m., and
have arranged for a visit of the
Stratford CNE Band.
This group, which is conducted
by Clinton's own bandmaster,
Frank. Strathearn, has made a
great reputation in the past two
years acid is considered to be
one of the top bands in Ontario.
They have won the Musicians'
Union Trophy at the Stratford
Festival, 1948 end 1949; the Nor-
wich Trophy at Woodstock Festi-
val this year; and took second
prize at the recent festival at
Waterloo; and also are entered in
the Canadian National Exhibition
championships et Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition, Toronto.
After the Clinton visit, this
band is hooked to play two per-
formances at the Western Fair,
London, Wednesday, Sept. 14.
The Stratford Band will feat-
ure two outstanding Euphonium
players: Cliff Kelly and John
Selland; also their solo clarinet
player, Paul Crass, will be feat-
ured in a concert fantasia.
;VIT. Snot/learn le arranging a
fine varied programme to suit all
music lovers on the night of
September 13 and the people of
Clinton and -district should not
miss this treat which has been
arranged by Clinton's town hand
for their uniform fund,
A Smile for Today
Ways and Means
"Why Jean, I never imagined
you would marry the men you
did," mid Marie.
"Neither did I," her friend re-
plied. I disliked his Ways, but
iniad. on, Page• Four) radon