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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1947-10-09, Page 1I 64~~414,44~0~1448,141.041400 Support Lions ]Frolic October 17 into WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE CLINTON NEW ERA--ESTAI3LISHID, 1865 Sworn Circulation 1,839 No. 41 — 69th Year, Whole No. 6274 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, '1947 The Home Paper With the News Bayfield Fair Attracis record Crowd; Fine Weather Prevails S. S. 4, Stanley, Takes 'Shield for Dasplay • Town Council In Action Colinton Town Council held its Oe ober meeting in the Council C11amb ailonday -evening , with all member present except Ala. 0. J. JLivermo B4ayoe A. J. tMCMerray presided. Forr Building Permits Four applications were received alter, build or erect, were recei end granted, J. Edward Ball, ere dwelling on Albert St., 82,500;' Re Smith, work shop, corner East an High Ste., $825; Frank Rains, alt building for residen8e .on Isaac 5 $1,000; T. •J. Riley, erect garage o Victoria St., $200. Taxi Refund .C.Councilapproved refund of $14.6 to -D. 16. Wheaton as a result"of di continuing his operation of taxi bu Mess for a aeriod of aeven month of the 12 months eovered -by , Beene no, 184. Proclaim Holiday Nov. 11 Council' -approved pupurchase:ef wrea th for presentatiol. to Clinton Legio Branch Ne. 140 for 1947 Rene branee Day to amount of $16.65, an also instructed the Mayor to mocha November 11 a public holiday as re . quested by the Legion, to be celebrat ed by the usual service in the Tow Hall and parade to the Cenotaph. Tag Day for ]Blind Act. 25 :Clinton Lione Club was grante permission to hold a tag day for t Canadian National, Institute for the BIind on Saturday, Oetober 25, 194 Election Bylaw Passed Bylaw No. 13 for 1947 was passed to authorize naming the time, dates etc., for 1947-48 nominations and el mama. Sanitary Conditions Considerable discussion arose ave the sanitary condition of the Switz premises on Huron St, occupied b several Mainere and residential ten ants. AM, Mich said the. $'Iediea Officer of Health had been notifies writing.Ald Agnew asked if th MOH had made a report; if not something should be done about it Mayor Mol'furray said he would in. terview the' MOH eoncernieg.the mat ter of having this condition rectified 1V1.0,11.Ali. Hattire asked when the MOH had reported to Council•—every meet- ing or annually. He thought it was up to him to report once in a while Ald. Agnew didn't think :the, M011nust make a report to Council, but sanitary conditions 'were definitely up to lain. Town Olerk M. T. Carless said samples of, milk and cream had been sent away and a fairly favor- able report had been received. Extensive Gravelling Ald. Ernest Brown, for the Street Committee, reported the opening and eleaning of each basins and. ditches. He thought there should be a lot of gravelling done this fall, speeding $500 to $700, and urged a closer: tally on all loads delivered on the streets. In this he was backed up by Aid. Crioh. The latter suggested' that money lie spent on grading and gra- velling and 'would like to see the highwn centres levelled do, Ald. Agnew ooemplained about gravel being, dump- ed on the sidewalks in eonnettion with the, ihousing project. All these matters were referred to the Street Committee. joy Scout Apple Day Saturday, October 11 er re. to ved g. er t„ as 0 s- s- s e m- d m t -1 u d he 7, 1l e , r y e• • Boy Stout '•'Apple Day" is being heki throughout Canada again, this year, on Saturday, October 11, and the local Bay :Scouts and Wolf Cubs will be on the streets in force. Funds will 'be used to advance the work of the Boy Scout movement. Open Season Declared from October 11 to 18 0)nen season for grouse, spruce Attridge and ptazmtigan, is from Ot;to'ber 1+1 to 18 in the whole of Ontario except the counties of Brant; Elgin, Haldimand, Halton, Kent, Llannlbton, ,Ianco4ht, :Middlesex, Nor. folk, Ontario, Oxford, Peel, Waterloo, Welland, Wellington, Wentworth and York and the townships of ?iekerieg, t 8hitby and Whitby East in Ontario County. Birds are limited to five `a day and 20 a season. Open season for squirrels any- where in Ontario is Nov. 14 and -15 with a. limit of five a day, HOCKEY MEETING Winter must be coming; for balk of hockey is in the air. The annual meeting of Clinton Colts intetmtediate Hockey Club will be •held in the town council chamber, Tuesday. Oc- tober 14, at 8 pm..All players and: ewe/slime are ,welcone. The Week's Weather h, 1947 1946 October 2 57 37 63 43 3 67 39 .73 ' 48 4 75 57 79 47 5 69. 56 81 ' 43 6 75 55 85 46 7 '78 59 74 40 j 8 67 8:1 59 42 Rainfall:' None recorded; Nil Members of Clinton Hosiery Mills "Family" Enjoy Birthday Party The employees c4 Clinton Hosiery ,Mills Limited had a most enjoyable tunes -on Saturday evening when they were the guests of their employer, Herman H. Harriss, and Mrs. Harriss, at a delightful banquet and dance in the "Roo£ Garden, Royal York Hotel, Toronto, when every detail was ar- ranged for a complete "good time" for all. The special occasion was Mr. Harriss' birthday, Two buses were chartered, and 67 persons left promptly at 2 p.m., the only non -employees being E.G.•McLay' manager of the :Royal Bank, and R. S. Atkey, editor of The NEWS -RE- CORD. Arriving ,at the Royal York Hotel, the party were taken to the firm's fine new offices at 584 ]fin 5t. West, where they wet• through fpr Mr. Harriss and Harold Shaine, manager. ,Returning to the loyal York, a banquet was served in the Roof Gard. en, with Mr. Harries as chairman, and I"Des" Simonds, Toronto salesnnan for the firm, as master-ofceremonies Several business guests were present, land the oldest employees of the coin- , pany occupied places at the head ,table. After ,Mr. Harn;iss had stated how glad he was to have the firm's employees as guests, and that the main ' purpose was to get better a- cquainted, the orchestra struck up i"Ifappy birthday to you" and "For TAGESISWINWEINNIMINIANICaVilfr g ' he's a jolly good fellow". An informal dance took place until midnight, after whieh the buses returned to Clintou with their precious load. During the evening, a number et informal pictures were taken 1-•-Sboklieeper Mies Dorothy Match was charged with the respoeisibiIity of seeing that all employees going on the Torosto trip were ehecked in and. out on arrival and• departure from Toronto. 2 --Surprise gift to all the female employees from Mr. Harriss was a one -pound jar of especially cam - pounded face cream. Norma Streets availed 'herself, of the nearest n:,irmor to try it out, eases. 3111DIMS1 8—:Herman Harriss (right) presid- ent of the firm, pins identifca4 on tag on old employee, Miss Lilly Rands with other old employees, Morwennow Judd (left» and Maisie Grealis (centre) looking on. 4—Some of the older male empioy- ces pose with the eharming wife of the president. Left to right: Andy W. Steep; Mrs. Herman Harriss; James McNeill (with 42 years' serv- ice); and L. 7. Cook. 5—A veteran employee and two others just starting to learn the besiness. Left to right; Thomas, Churchill, superintendent of the mill; Thelma hands, 15; and David Colci- ough, 17. ullett Plans Revision Court Novem. bier 3 Hullett Township Council held its regular • tonally meeting in the Com: enmity Hall, Londesbore, Monday ev- ening, October 6, with Reeve J. W. Armstrong and all members present: The minutes of the •last regular meet. Ing and special meeting of Septem- ber 29, were read and adopted. lifetime adopted included; Brown -Hopson — That theclerk write the district engineer requesting the transfer of $3A00 from new ma, shiner, requisition to maintenance. Rapson -Jewitt --- That the assess- ment roll be accepted and a •Court of Revision be held an Monday, No- vember 3, ab 2.30 pan, Dale-Jewitt—That accounts, as pre- sented, be paid. - Jewitt -Rapson•- Phat . we do new adjourn to meet Monday, November' 3, at 1 pan. ACCOUNTS — W. A. Brunsdon, power mower, $10; Janes W. a/Wool, street light bulbs, $8; Thomas Hal- lam, bridge light, Auburn, 33; Sea - forth Agricultural Society, grant, $85; .Clinton High School Area, re-: mainder of .assessment, $93822; God- erich High School Area, remainder of assessClintonmmnt $22.92; C1 News -Re- cord, advertising, $910; Huron Ex- positor, advertising, $7.98; Frank Kirby, Taylor dran, $233; Geo. W Cowan, part salary, $70; Bank of Montreal, stationery, $24,69; Ralph Thomson, tile, $488.75; Ben Riley, mower repair, 33,50; George - Goode, mower repair, gas, $32,66; Hareld Deacon, trucking tile (Taylor drain), 32.50; Gordon Radford, gas, oil, re- pairs 3144.98; ,Glen Carter, culvert, $9.50; Gordon McGregor, culvert, $6.50; Hugh ;Miller, culvert $15; Bert DEMONSTRATIONS ON LARGE SCALE AT INTERNATIONAL Demonstrations of new types of farm machinery and equipment on a Marge Seale will be an outstanding feature of the International ]slowing Match' to be held at Hemlock Park Farms, near .Kingston, October 14- 17, it is reported by J. A, Carroll, Secretary -:Manager, Ontario Ploty- men's 9eseel:Mon. Last year, when the Match was held at Pont Albert, it was found that denio,vsitrationsattracted the keen interest of the farmers who at- tended, and as a, result, mare attetnt. ion has been given to this feature for fire 1947 mach, The .den. nitrations and special features which are on the programme are as follows:' Special: attentionis being given to the demonstrations: en surface drainage, in view of the appeal of the Minister of Agriculture for a million more acres of vain to be grown in 1948. At a recent meeting of Oroe Improvement Aaaociation officials, the need for more adequate drainaga. to make this objective possible was stressed, and Mr. Carroll intimates that demonetrations of new and elf. icient surface drainage r aehineay will he a spamal feature of the program, -0 , ,POST OFFICE HOURS HolidayhoursClinton at Cl Post OP- face on Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 18, indicate a four-hour ger: vice, from 10.30 a.m. to '11.30 a.m.; and from t 1 2 .3 0.m p to 8,30 p.m, ownship Tax Roll Stands At New High Goderich Township Council met on Monday, October 6, for a Court of Revision, but only a few very .small adjustments were made on lake pro- perties whieh comprised the only ap- peals. The asesssor was instructed tovalue one property which •apparently had been mi3°sed, Canadian Pacific Tele gea,phs sent notice that they had taken down their line and asked that their assessment be cancelled, which was granted. Canadian National Rail- ways drew attention to their assess- manit, which was not divided in sellout sections, the same as their re=. - cords show. This was retmeted .to the asseseor for correction, J..4, Sully, Goderieh,'in :behalf of- the fthe 'Salvation Army, •asked a ventxi- bution, and council granted $15.' Belt Telephone .Company sent no- tice .of some improvements it intenders to . nnike •en the line through the township. Ontario Department of Highways forwarded] statement of subsidy due amounting to $7,025,65, which will come shortly. North Huron Plowing Match was granted $25. Township clerk R G. Thompson l� t on presented the completed tax roll, showing total taxes of $53,527,70, a new high for Goderich Township. Council ,adjourned to meet on Mon- day, November 3, at 1.80 pan. Accounts paid; H. C. Lawson, bal. anee due Clinton High Scheal Dist- iriet, $819.84; A. R. Scott, balance due Goderich High •School District, $387.98; Department of Health, insulin, $5.86; li. C. Lawson, premium of collector's bond, $30; Reg, 'Sturdy, valuing sheep $10,80; Arnold Sorter, sheep ©lean, Hoggart, culvert, $2; William Gaiter, road superintendent, $26.40; Ben Riley,' power mower operating, $55,50; Charles Mann, ditching, $10; Artaare Weymouth, grader operating, $129; Geo. W. Co -wan excise stamps,. $1.50; Faulk Phillips, Taylor drain 314.40. 1 Apple Picking - is Now General in the County "Tile picking of apples is quite gen, era] throughout the County and some fruit growers have already harvested and disposed of their early fall var- ieties, such as Wealthys, Graven- steins and McIntosh," LeRoy G. Brown, Clinton, agricultural repre- sentative for Huron Cohniy reported today. "In most cases ,the quality of the fruit is excellent and with the strong demand, prices are remaining at a favourable level". The three 4elegates—Miss Marg- aret Lobb, t,R. 2, Olunton,. B$.11 Young, R -R, 1, 131ytih, and Jim Snell, RH. 1, Clanton -deft early Monday morning on the Junior Pannier Bus Tour. through Eastern Ontario and Quebec. Some of the main points of call will be Kingston, Cornnyala, Mon- treal, MacDonald College,' Ottawa, Central Experimental Farm, Kenept- ville Agricultural College azul Peter- borough. The delegates on this tour were ohosen..tien Junior Farmer Clubs throughout the 'Counties of Brant, Iisaldimand, Huron, Kent, Norfolk, Waterloo, Wellington, i ,Middlesex; Elgin, Grey and Bruce. This tour will take five days, and the delegates are expected( to return some tine Saturday evening. 0 NEWS -RECORD Classified's coat little but produce big results., $110; Miss A.ohesoit, use of ..house, $10) L. E. 'Cardiff, MP, grant to North Huron Piowimg Match, $25; H. 0IdCartney, assessing, $1:50; postage, 310; J. A. Sully, for ;Salvation Army, $15; Telephone System loan, $1,000; eluperinteudent's payroll Na. 10, $1,- 90187 Lions Require Funds to Complete Arena Clinton ,Lions Club again is ap, pealing for support at a Fall Frolic in the Lions Arena on Fri- day evening, Cetober 17, details of which are published in an ad- vertisement on Page Six of this 9ssue. J, iGeorge MeLay is general chairman of the committee. an the fall of 1946, the Lions Club purchealed the Arena at a cost of $4,000, and the property still eansies a mortgage of $2,000. Since then, the Club has spent on aerations and i1nprovemtnts the sum of 35434.87. Receipts last winter were 32,521.65 and cost of operation was 31,275. Funds of the Olub are now at d low ebb, and theestimrate of further ex- penditures to be made this year 10 $700, to raise which the sub- stantial support of the public is needed. Bayfield Man Loses His Life In Road Crash (By our Bayfield correspondent) Citizens of the village were shocked on ,Saturday to learn that James H. Lambert bad been • killed on his way to Sarnia to meet Mrs. Lambert who had been spending a short time in Detroit and was corning up for the week -end. Mr. Lambert was found created behind the steering wheel of his car; by a Sarnia couple, Mr. and Mrs. George .Moliter, on the 18th sideroad, Warwick, township, south of Forest, about ten -o'clock Saturday morning. It is thought that loose gravel was the cause of the accident and that Mr, Lambert, who sustaineda crushed chest and fractured Skull, had died instantly. The car had travelled about '70 feet in the ditch before crashing into a tree: - The deceased man was born in Al- vinston, but had lived in Detroit for a number of years before retiring two years ago to spend the summers in Bayfield in the home which he had purchased on Clam Gregor Square, Since coming to the village, Mr, Lambert had made a plan' for him- self and was held in high eateen by alt who' knew him. He was a devoted member of Trinity Church, and ac- tive in the Lions Club, He gave gen- erously of his time for any eivie af- fair. The sympathy of all is extended to his widow. The funeral was held n Detroit on Monday. 0 ATTENDED CONVENTION Dr. Denali C. Geddes left Saturday for Quebec City where he attended the annual convention of the Cama. divan Chamber of Commerce in the. Chateau Frontejiae as a delegate `from Clinton and• Dastriet Chamber of Commerce, The convention opened Tuesday and cloted to -day. Ile will make his report at the Oetober meet- ing of the Chamber, CLINTON JUNIOR FARMERS The October meeting of the Clint on Junior Harmers will be held in the Clinton Collegiate Institute on Tuesday, Oeto'ber 14, at 8.30 p.m. The special speaker for the occasion will be J. A. Darling, Univerisity of Western Ontario, London, An invit- ation has been extended to the Blyth• and Fa:eter junior Partners, Everyone is asked to please bring lunch. SUFFERING FROMI, OCKJAW Dorothy Howitt, three -and -a -'hall year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Howitt, Westfield, is a pa- tient in Wingham hospital suffering from lockjaw, •as a result of stepping on a nail' while playing. The child at first dad not complain of her in- jury, bat when lockjaw developed, she was rushed to. hosptal in a seri- ous eomdition. (By 1Sbalf Reporter). Favored with excellent weather, Hayfield Fall Pair had the largest at- - tendanee on record, with from 1,200 e - to 1,500 people on: the vends. After- ° on nogate receipts were $209,90, as against 3184.90 in . 1946, while the largest until last year was $198, in 1983, commenced Fair comenced Tuesday, with the matin show on Wednesday The Fair was featured by a fine new race track new judges' stand and new wire guard fence around the' in- side of the track—all erected by Hay- field, Lione Club. The track was, used to good advantage for bicycle races, trotting races, . saddle races, and mot- oroyeio races.: A. refreshment 'boobs was operated by the Lione Club In the evening, a London troupe staged a concert in the Town Hall, and a dance followed, with the Hay- field Valley Five supplying the music. Official Opening Led by 'Clinton Citizens' Band, which played,throughtout the after- noon for the enjoyment•of those pre- sent, a parade of 200 school children from nine schools formed up at Clan Gregor Square and `parched to the park. A public address system proved very valuable. Dr. R, Holyb's Taylor,M Dashwood, A. for Huron, officially opened the Fair, congratulating the Society a£ its efforts. - Shield Won by S.S. 4 The ;Shield, awarded annually by the Society for best Wesel display, was won this year -by a -S, 4, Stanley, with 9.81 ,paints per pupil. It had been won for three straight years by SS. 8, Stanley. Other sehoals finished as follows: Hayfield Senior Room, 9.33; '5..5 6, Stanley, 6.5; S,S, 3, Stan- ley, 5,23; Bayfield Junior Room, 521; S.S. 1, Stanley, 3.2.3; S.S. 7, Stanley., 2.7; SS -S. 11, •Go Jeri eh. Highest individual points were won as follows: (1) 'boy, grades 1-5, Jack r, S.S.McGreS.S. 1, Stanley; (2) boy., grades 6-10, Donald Warner ,Bayfield Senior Room; girl, grades 1-5, Mar- garet Howard, Hayfield Junior; girl, grade. 6-10, i5u•ilyn Dawson, 5.5, 64 Stanley. M. Howard obtained special prize for most points in collections, and 'Diable Grainger special for most points in fruit, grain and vegetables, Taggers Active Under •autbices of the Lions Club, the following girls did a great job at the Fair tagging for the •Canadian National Institute for the Blind.: Grace Forrest, Barbara Bassett, Eve. lyn Bell (also best clown on grounds), Marion Making, Margaret Stirling, Joan McCool, Shirley Brandon, Bar- bara Brandon; Donna Sturgeon; Ether Blair, Mae Coleman, Marion Lemmata Grain Club 'Results Clinton Junior Grain Club held it$ Achievement Day at the Pair. Exhibit and judging of one bushel of Beaver oats by each boy was supervised by Gerald E. Nelson, Clinton, ashistant agricutural representative for -Huron County, The Club Is sponso ed by Clinton Junior Partners. Basalts of judging and exhibit only were as follows: 1, Murray Roy, Lendeaboro; 2. Robert Allan, Brute - field; 3, Joe Gibson, ,16,1. 3, Clinton; 4. Ken Rogerson, R.R. 8, 5ea►for4h; 5. Gordon Steepe, R.R. 3, :Clinton; 6. Roy Wise, 16 R.. 3, Clinton; 7. Donald 14Iiddeton, RR. 3, Clinton; 8. Fred Van Egmond, R.R. 1, Clinton; 9. Fred ale Gregor, iR R, 5, Clinton; 10. George Wise, H.R., 3, Clinton. Sixteen boys started earlier in the year. Pinal re - salts will be announced later. •'Lively Races In the 'harness races, "Vola Patch", owned and driven by Scott Kerr, ,Sea - forth, took :the $30 purse, and "Laura Benly", a Clinton horse owned -by Dr. George S. Willett, took second prize of $29. The third horse to place was "Simon Legree", owned by 3. Barna Seaforth. ' The ring race, tried far- the first time at Bayfield, was won by .Alvin Magee, Goderich. This is'a mounted game taken from the sports of the Bengal lancers in which the contest- aVeer nts attempt to ear four-ineh rings $namended from a rope run teases the traek, There were spills and thrillse dur- ing the motor bike rants. In the first ace, Bill Manduck, London, eiimin- a ell Harold Thomason, also of Lon- a. Sammy Arnie, Jr., Goderich, rove his machine for three circuits to defeat his two other opponents. Tet he final heat, a fine spirit of sports manshi•p was displayed. by Sammy Ar. yle when n the first lap of the eciding.race his opponent, Bill Maty duck, piled into the fence on a m dis- atria- turn. The Goderieh motorist cut the throttle and waited for a new start. The two machines( raced side by side through most of the four laps, then Argyle :pulled oat in front Y and crossed the line 25 ards in COMING EVENTS t Minimum Charge 50e d 8e a word Presbyterian Church • Girls' Club g Bazaar Chmrch Hall, Clinton, Satur- d day, (adobes' 11. 40-41x S. S. No. 4 Community Club Bazaar and ten in Council Chamber,October 11, at 3 pan. Home baking, sewing and farm produce booths. 40-41-p Clinton Lions Fall Frolic, Arena, Friday, ' October 17, at '7.30 p.m. Dance in town hall, ail, 10 P .m. to 1a .: m. 40-42a 1VCanduwc. Ledies' Auxiliary of the 0anadhan (dfrize�vtiiuters next week.) Legion Bazaar in -Council. Ohamber, October 18. Baking, knitting, apron and notion loathe, 40-b Bazaar, Town Hall, Clinton, Satur- day,. Disrobe` 18, auspices T.adies' Aux- iliary to Oanadaan Legion. &tpper served. - 41-42e Country Fair in Ieeture room of Feslay-Willis United church, under mistakes of W.A. and Gide' Club, an Saturday, November: 1, 41b A Srnile for Today ' "Higher" Mathemati'ds "Do you know how these econo. mists figure out ,the cost of living "Sure. They take your, income whatever it may be—tied add 10 P eon . - t ants Two Belle,