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Clinton News Record, 1945-12-06, Page 1WITIf WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE CLINTON NEW ERA No. 6178 -67th Year CLINTON, ONTARIO DECEMBER,:; 6, 1945 The Home Paper With The News Keen Raee. Anticipated Town Council1 In Action All Members Present Mayor M. • J. Agnew and all mem- bers'•,of Clinton Town Council were present for the regular December meeting in the CeunciiChamber Mon- day evening,' A considerable amount of routine business was transacted. Town Sells Lot Mrs. J. R. Butler ley letter applied for the purchase of the part lot be- tween A. Husty's 'shop and the White Rose Station; it has 28 feet frontage. Council sold thee propeerty for $75. Parking in Theatre Area A communicationfrom the Chief Director of Theatres was read This letter had to do with the matter of parking within the theatre area, and Council directed this be referred to the Chief Constable. * Resolution Filed A resolution concerning the matter of transportation of hard coal from the Western Provinces was read and ordered filed. Appeals Filed An appeal from the Mothercraft Society was read and ordered filed. The appeal for refund of Town Hall rent from the Junior Farmers was read and ordered'filed. a * Fixed Assessment A letter from. Frank Fingland, K.C., Town Solicitor, defining clauses gov- , ening "fixed assessment" was read. * * f Seek Protective By -Late Inthe matter of a petition received and, signed by nine of the local gasoline dealers, the Clerk was directed to inquire if their request for a protective by-law,'limiting the number of gasoline service stations to ten, was in order, * * 4 Town Planning A letter ' was received from the Department of Planning and Develops menti 'vial.' a "schedule attached dictating the present authority under which municipalities may regulate the use-:'ef certain lands. Council referred. (Continued on Page 8) RED CROSS NOTES The' •National Clothing Collection under the auspices of Clinton Rea Cross Society, with' A. J. McMurray as convener, was a tremendous suc- cess and our thanks are given to all who tirade it seal. Clothing may still be left at' the Town Hall and will be shipped in 100 lb. lots. The Society wishes to thank Glen Cook for repairing sewing machines in our workrooms. The following shipments were made hi November: Hospital sup^lies—Evening Auxil- iary; 120 khaki comfort bags, 157 personal property bags, 100 whits handkerchiefs; Sewing Nov. 17-40 hospital sheets, 100 wash cloths, five girls comb'nations, nine boy.' jackets, nine boys' shorts; nickels/Altai—eight girls' 'bloomers, nine personal property bags. Nov. 29 -seven pair girls bloomers; Por. ter's HiP—ten girls' bloomers, five girls' pantie dresses; Holmesville `70 girls' undervests, 36 boys' under - vests, 20 girls' combinations: S. S. No. 4-71. infants' gauze diapers; Summerhill --39 boys' undervests; South. Goderich-15 girls' bloomers; Clinton—eight. pair girls' bloomers, ten 'girls' combinations; total 471 articles. Knitting Evening Auxiliary — . five boys' sweaters, four baby jackets; Goderich Township South Ehd four khaki H. N. sweaters, one boys' sweater, three pair boys • stockings, one pair A. F. gloves; Porter's Hill—two khaki H. N. sweaters, two boys' sweaters, three boys stockings; Holnlesvilie—three boys' sweaters, two pair boys' stockings, two pair service socks, one navy scarf; Sum- merhill—one boys' : sweater, two pair boys' stockings; London Road: five boys' sweaters; Tuckersmith — two pair boys' stockings; S. S. No. 4 -- one pair child's socks, size fear, one child's sweater, size four, one pair, ,< service socks.. ` two pair- boys' o - st cls Y ins one khaki H N sweater; Stitch g , N. s ei . St tch and Chat Clnb—six baby jacftets; Clinton Branch -six boys' sweaters, 21 pair ,boys' stockings, five pair ser. vice sacks, one pair baba -legging,; one child's sweater., four khaki H. N. ter swea s one baby`jacket, twopair k a ebildren's mitts donated >by�Mrs. Ken- nedy. 'Total 41 articles; total 96 articles. The Week's Weather Nov, 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 1 Dec. 2 Dee. 3 Dee...4.. Dee. 5 High 88 37• 35 34 '36 34 36 Low 30 27 17',, 22 32.. 25. 18 for Mayon, Reeve and Council McMirray is Candidate; Committee Falconer, Nott, for. Reeve Post Offices Closed i`Reports' emanating from Council , halls, streetcorner lawyers," and Christmas and New Years other authentic sources indicate that keen contests appear to be in the Postmaster G. M. Counter, offing for the, various municipal Clinton, has received the follow— ing instructions regarding service At Monday evening's Town Cann- on Christmas Day, December 25, cil meeting, Mayor M. J, Agnew stat; 1945, and New Year's Day, Jan- ed he,might be. •a -,candidate for the nary 1, 1946: office of Mayor, but he was non - Postmasters .are now advised committal. This paved the wayfor that approval has been given for other members of Council to express the closing of the office to the their intentions. public all day on both Christmas Reeve ., V. D. Falconer definitely and New Year's Days, stated that his name would appear While offices will be closed to again on the ballot for Reeve. He is the public all day en both Christ= a prospective candidate for the 1946 mass .and New Year's; trains will Huron County Wardenship. operate as usual. Coun. A. J. McMurray, an ex -mayor There will be no rural mail announced himself for the uiayorality delivery on either Christmas Day ., against all comers. or New Year's Day. 'Coun. G. W. Nott, a livestock deal - Street letter box collections, as er, stated to Tho NEWS -RECORD made on Sundays, will apply on that he "would leave no stone un - Christmas, and New Year's Days. turned" to secure his election as e Reeve. He pointed; out he had been in business in and around Clinton for Privy• Council 30 years, r. • /� In a statement to The NEWS- Hears EWS H e a r s C 1 A. RE'CO;RD, Coun. N. W. Trewartha, /^ r veteran legislator, said: "I am em - Case 1 eviewed phatieally not a candidate for Council - for for 1946, as I have been there for four years. However, I have not Huron County Temperance Fed- come to any conclusion, but I ani eration, at each of its annual con- going to take a municipal holiday, ventions held since 1930, has protest- Cans. Albert Shaddick, Ernest ed to the Ontario Government against Brown, and J. R. Butler, expressed the granting of beverage room themselves as in the field for the privileges in Huron County. six . Council seats. The Privy Council is again renew- Others Mentioned ing the question and its decision In addition to Mayor M. J. Agnew Iikely will be handed down very soon, and Coun. A. J. McMurray, the names Whether the Canada Temperance ee ex -mayor A. T. Cooper and ex - Act, passed 'by: the Dominion a+^ Reeve C. G. Middleton, have been liament in 1878. is still in effee in mentioned for, the Mayoralty. Peel, Huron and Perth counties and Ex-Coun.: Mel Crich as deinitely the district of Manitoulin, will bs announced that he will be a candidate decided , by the paivy council which for councillor. Others mentioned are opened its sessions on Monday in ex-Coun. Clifford E. Epps, Clarence London, England. Livermore, James Chowen and James The hearing was adjourned• when Turner, Lord Roche, one of the law lorde Other Offices for the case, was taken ill. 'Eris ill- • -e Two -Year terms of Trbstees Frank .h_Ss, tvaa-.ngt.baiieved,to itg; Ofl0tis,, ,. _ .Sie Cyril Radcliffe Ir C opened I mglaitcl;' Dr. Zir w. -flakes. •aitziylY FL tee.appeal, %n which' the Princes McInnes, are ibeingscompileted on the of New 'Brunswick, Saskatchewan of of Education. There is some 'with Ontario.talk of a woman candidate. Mrs. and Alberta have joined C. R. Magone of Toronto is assisting N. yV. 7`rewartha is the only lady Sir Cyril in presenting Ortario's member of the Board.' argument. W. E. Perdue is completing a two - The Dominion Government is op- Year terns as .member of the Public posing the appeal .and is supported Utilities Commission. by the Ontario Temperance Federa- tion. The Moderation League supporta Town Council Grants the Ontario appeal. Presentation of the case is expected Permit to J. R. Butler" to take a full -week and it will be some time later before the judg- ment is made known. Clinton Town Council, at a speeia: Attorney -General Blackwell has re- meeting last night, granted a build- ceived notice from the lord chancellor, ing permit to J. R. Butler to ereet Sir William Jowitt, _ that a special an office on Huron St., east of White bench of judges has been arranged since the appeal of the provinces is regarded as an important constitu- tional issue. The Ontario govern- ment, in association with Saskat- chewan, Alberta and New Brunswick, is appealing against the verdict of the supreme cou •t of Canada that the G.T.A., which bars the sale of alcoho'lo liquor, is still in effect in the Ontario counties mined. Despite the decision of the Cana- dian courts, the Hepburn government issued beverage room and club licenses in Perth --and Huron, and club licenses in Peel, and the con-- tention of the Ontario Temperance federation is that in this the govern- ment acted illegally. The Drew gov- ernment continued these licenses. Cecil L. Snyder, deputy attorney - general, said that, the contention of the government is that when the C.T.A: was passed there was a na- tional emergency which gavejuris- diction to .the dominion government to legislate underthe peace, order and good government clause of the B.N.A. Act. "Since there is now pro- vincial legislation either regulating or prohibiting the sale of liquor, there is now no such emergency," he added. Rose Service Station, on land pur- chased by Mrs. Butler at Monday evening's, regular meeting.- Some opposition had been reported to starting work without a building permit. Mr. Butler stated the building would be 16 by 24 feet, one storey,. covered with insulbric and with asbestos partitions. It will be used as an.office for issuing' motor lie- i ences and as an insurance office, Bert Huller is the contractor. In making the motion, Conn. N. W. ,Trewartha referred to the fact in Goderich everyone was required to Mild a building' permit before cone- . evening work and he thought that ° should be the case in , Clinton. Coun. A. 3, McMurray declared "we are not- careful enough of the type of building we are erecting in the centre or ,our town." He main- tained that the standard should be kept up, and.that all buildings in the centre of „the town should be dis- missed with council. ' Mayor M. J. Agnew said he pre- ferred that a by-law be passed mak- c ing certain restricted areas. He fore-, saw some difficulties if suck matters`. p were left in Council's hands. c and asked for the loyal support of Addison an those present to -Hake this match A. Ce New Presidentthe most successful one. in history. Pegg Chosen For Plow Match Hugh Hill, Goderich, is chairman of a gtrong county -wide committee of the "Victory" International Plow- ing Match which is being held in Huron County in the fall of 1946. Other officers are: vice-chairman; George Feagan, RR. 1, Goderich; secretary, F. .1 . B. "Stewart, .Clinton agricultural representative for Huron County; assistant secretary, H. Er- skine. Treasurer and assistant treas. urer are to be appoieted. A decided attempt. to -secure per- mission to use the facilities available at Port Albert airport, is ".being made at Ottawa. This site, is considered. ideal for the purpose;.- as it would, provide plenty of parking space for cars and facilities 'for feeding the vast numbers who would attend the match. } Meeting in Clinton A. representative group of men from the County of Huron met in the Council Chamber, Town Hall, Clinton, Friday evening last for the purpose of discussing the organiza- tion relative to the Plowing Match. F. K, B. ;Stewart, secretary, gave an outline of what had been amoral). fished so far, intimating that the nominating committee preferred the open meeting to elect a chairman un- til the slate of recommended officers should be voted' on. ,Gordon McGavin, Walton, president, of Ontario Plowmen's Association, was the only nominee. Mr. McGavin gave a general outline of the O.P.A. and International organization. Followingthe minutes, Warden Alex Alexander, chairman of the nominating committee, presented the report, detailed above and also the three departments and their co-ord- inators. Co-ordinator Harry L. Sturdy, Auburn—Teams, Horse Show, Tract- ors, Grounds, Horse Shoeing, with the following ehairmon Teams,'W. J. Dale; Horse Show,,Hugh Berry; Tractors, A. J Mcilfui.`ay; Grounds, W ii'aaek ; ;11. rse ?tioenrg, Rus's . ..'., ., r • ... Bolton " Co-ordinator—T " m -s ho Pryde, Ex. eter-Banquet, Lunch, Reception, County Exhibits, Maintenance, with the following chairmen: Banquet, to be appointed later; Lunch, Roland Williams; Reception, Alex, Alexander. Stan Tudor, Hensali; County Exhibits, Bert Hemingway; Maintenance, Joule Eckert. Co-ordinator—L. E'. Card'bf, Mini, Brussels—Billeting. Publicity, Local, Day Parking, Traffic, with the fol- lowing chairmen: Billeting, to be an - pointed; Publicity. W. T. Cruicls- shank; Local, Percy Passmore; Day George Armstrong. George Fengan stated that it was the wish of. the nominating committee that there should be nen discussion on the officers, and if other men were snore suitable, the suggested • names could be changed. Hugh Hill and Elston Cardiff spoke in similar manner. Russell Dorrance, McKillop, moved that the slate be passed as presented I J. F. Daly, Soaforth. seconded the notion. Alex Alexander moved n amendment that each nominee be discuseed and passed by the meeting, bat his - motion did, not receive a sec- onder, • The original motion :carried tenni. nously. Hugh Hill took over •chairmanship f the meeting and made a few ap- propriate "remarks.. He mentioned: particularly the recognition returned men should have by way of accom- modation and classes at this, the Victory Plowing •Match, Thomas Pryde, Exeter, suggested hat R. E. Pooley, Woodham, be chair- man of returned men's classes and accommodation. The meeting was unanimous on this suggestion. The chaieman then reslled on the o-ordinators .and chairmen of the var.- ous classes to expre,s's their view- oint. All those who:espoke in this apacity were willing oto work hard Mr. Hill explained the financial Piano and Organ ,Manufacturers position; .as left over; from 3942, stating that all contributions had A.DDIS,ON A. PEGG Addison A. Pegg! president of b Sherlock -Ma nin Pt Li it d Clinton, was elected president of the Canadian Piano and Organ Manufac- tures' Associatioe at the annual us1 meet- ing ing in Toronto last week. The Association is now in its 46th year. Associated with the organization for the past quarter of ea. century, Mr. Pegg was peoinoted from the vice-presidency. Mr. Pegg has had many years' experience " in the piano and organ business which he entered in 1899 with Nordheimers in Toronto, This 'firm sold: out to, Heintzman's in 1927, He joined SherloeksMannink Pianos Limited in 1927, and when he and Caryl' W. Draper took over the (SheYnock=Manning• business he be came president of the flair- July ;1, 1936. ' The firm, originally' the Doherty; Organ Co;.has been in business in Clinton for more than 50 years. It manufactures. Sherlock:- Manning, Weber, Gourley, Karn and Doherty. pianos. `•A' new boiler is being in- stalled and theplant has been put ten returned, (Continued on Page 8) COMING EVENTS 3c a word Minimum On- tg a 53e Dance, sponsored by Clinton Fire Department, Town Halle Friday, Dec. 7. Admission 50 cents Christmas Dance and Turkey'.Ref- fle, Drill Hall, R. and C. S., Clinton, Tuesday, Dec, 18. Scotty McLachlan's London Band, 78-79:x -Dance, Town Hall, Clinton, Wednes- day, Dec. 12, proceeds for, Nave League. Modell and Old, Time. Danc- ing, Admission 50 Bents. 78-x Christmas Carol Service, sponsored by Wesley Wi1lis.YP U „Church Ann. itorium, Sunday evening, Dee. 'I U. Candlelight ceremony. ' 78-70-x Danee—Hensali Town .Hall -to -y Bert Worth and his newly enlarged CKNX Ambassadors "Orchestra, .on 'Werlr,es- day, December 12. Admission ,50 rn good working condition. cents, FRANKLIN BAINTON DEFEATS MORRITT FOR BLYTH REEVE' Franklin Rainton was elected ieeve of Blyth over W. Ii. Morritt, reeve for the past five ye,are, by a majority 'of 116 in Monday's election. The vote stood: Baititon 249; Merritt, 138. It was the largest majority ever given a. reeve in the memory of officials of the - village. 'Phe vote was the largest east in that village for many years, Mayor Re-elected Results in Goderich were: Mayor—D. D. Mooney, 1,060; Ray Buxton .Robinson, 211: Reeve R. E. Teener, 659; W. J. Baker, 618; Coun- cil' — (first six elected) — George Mathieson, 787; R. G. Sanderson, 679; Arthur Kaitting, 658;. Thomas Tay- lor, 651; Joseph Moody, 636; Albert Brereton, 608. Defeated, .1. E. Huck ins,,: 553; Richard H. Cornish, 357; PublicSchool trustees—St, David's Ward—elected, T. Roy Patterson, 258. Defeated, MTs. S. Argyle, 126. In `'Ashfield township, Reeve G. Bolton Heads Federation Bert Lobb Vice -President Boxing Day, December 26 Huron County Federation of Agri- culttne enjoyed a very successful To Be Public Holiday year, it was indicated at the largely attended annual meeting in the Towle Day; :Wednesday, Deena Boxing• D y, day following' Hall, Clinton Thursday afternoon last. 1 With the retiring president, Harry ber 26—will he a public holiday L. Sturdy; Auburn, in the chair, of - in Clinton. freers were elected as follows; Town Council Monday evening 1 'President, Russell Bolton, McKillop passed a resolution instructing ;Township; vice-president, Bert Lobb,, the Mayor to proclaim that day 1 Goderich Township; auditors—H,. I,, a civic holiday. This action was Sturdy,' Auburn; G. A. Miller, Clinton. in accordance with the practice A keert contest took place for vice usually followed. It will mean president, five being nominatedi El- that there will be only four busi- gie Bryce, Turnberry; Bert' Lobb, nese days in Christmas week Goderich Township; William Turn - Monday, Thursday, Friday, and bull, Brussels-; Charles Coultes„ Bel - Saturday. grave; Robert McItercher. All with - ° anew excepting Messrs Bryce and Lobb, and in the voting, the latter Presbytery Urges was elected. J .7 Successful Banquet Evangelism •St. Paul's Pariah Hall was filled Frayne did not enter the race ani v a g e l I. s m By to overflowing' for the' evening ban - Cecil Johnston was elected' in a two- Home visitation > net when the main speaker was Rev, man contest. W. J. Johnston, minister of Eglinton In Colborne Township where Reeve United! Church, Toronto. President Alex Watson was re-elected, it will The Presb ter of Huron United H. L. Sturdy presided and others who be necessaryto• hold another nom y y ' spoke included Hugh Hill, chairman, enation meetingon Dec, 7 in an effort Church of Canada, met in 0iztario Sty Plowing 'Match Committee; L. E. to get sufficient candidates to fill United Church, Clinton, on Tuesday, Cardiff, M.P.; V. S. Milburn secre- te 4, at 9,30' aim, with the chair- the council seats. The nomination man, Rev,- R. G, Hazelwood; Walton, meeting will be open from 7 pan. until presiding and the secretary, Rev. A. 8 pan, and if. an election is necessary W. Gardiner, of Egniondvilte, at the it will be held on Dec, 17, Two desk, members of the council were elected The agenda of the day gave special by .acclamation at the nomination prominence to the committee on meeting a week ago when other Evangelism and Social Service. The nominees failed to qualify. report was presented' by Rev. N. .1. ° Woods, Exeter, chairman of the come- Please Look at Label mittee. Rev. George ,Service, Lion Church, On This Copy of Paper Hamilton, spoke on, "Home Visite. tions E'vaneelisni" He testified to the effectiveness of this type of evangelism in various parts of Ham- ilton Conference and urged its use in wiping out the rep-oec"- of a Canaia with 60 per cent of her popu'ation unchurched. Rev. Mr. Serv'ce said success in the use of this method of evangelism could be achi-ved only if the minds and hearts of church ,people were ,gee a sb :t.' y. .pA�..- x•, a.-e�.�i.e�tc7nv Stlons .- the'convicttons ;haf •religion is in dispensable to life, that men are` to be Seen and treated as ind:v'duals The mailing list of CLINTON NEWS-2E00RD' has been cor- rected up until November 27. As subscriptions are payable in ad vance, labels bearing a month and year prior to December 1945 indicate that the subscriptions are in arrears and remittance should be made as soon as pos- sible. Subscriptions due in Ipeeetrtbeik1945r-axonoW4l y€tllletsa: PLEASE CHECK ' YOUR LABEL; if there are any errors, please let us know at once. Thank you. --THE? MANAGEMENT Thomas Reeves Elected and not merely in the mass, that a taxy, Ontario Federation of Agri- eulture. The ladies of St. Paul's Guild served a splendid banquet, and' a clever group of entertainers from Toronto rounded out a good program. ' Afternoon Session The afternoon session opened with "0' Canada", Jim Scott, Seaforth,, at the piano, and an attendance of some 150 farmers, from all the County, Reeve V. D. Falconer welcomed the gathering in behalf of the Town or Clinton? complimenting the farmers on their wartime production record, achieved with 32 per cent less labour. The speaker outlined the new County Health Plan in the schools. .Harry L. Sturdy, Auburn, presi- dent, gave a review of the past year's work. Minutes.. of the last annual meet- ing and Financial report were given by the secretary -treasurer, W. V. 2oyeestentlesli io, --reported:eta Page', Seven of this issue. The president spoke on lack of co- oreration' by township units and stres- sed .the need. of appointing.good men in the membership of the church. to fill all offices in the Federation, }Io outlined with soma detail feat- especially, during the trying times uses of the plan of i•oeedure as fol- that leo ahead. W.M. of Murphy Lodge p p' Mrs, 0, G. - Anderson, Wingham, lowed in Hamilton Conference. spolse on farm radio forums, ° T}te Presbytery advocated the use F. K. B. Stewart, Clinton, agri- of this approach to evangelism in cultural representative for Huron all its charges. County,; talked on Crop Intproveieent Beverage Room Opposed and stressed the necessity of working The committee brought in a resolu- Ithroneh various organizations due to thin opposing the reposed opining the size of Huron County, ' of a beverage room, in the village of Hunte Clutton, Goderich, gave an I' elsan: .treasurer, George Potter; Dashwood. The court sustained the outline. of the case between the farm - Marshal, G. Cornish' chaplain, W. resolution and authorized Rev. G. C. ors o£ this district and Gocicerkb Weir, Centralia, to • support the seine grain elevator. before the Commission- corsideiing Harvey C. Johnston, Blyth, review - liquor •licenses, sitting in Kitchener ed work daring past year of National on Dec. 5 and presided over by Judge Fi'm Board. William Turnbull, Brussels, gave a summary of . voting on hog scheme to date and Cherries Coultes, Belgrave, outlined' the Warble Fly campaign and read the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted "Whereas the warble fly has been the cause of serious financial loss to the cattle industry in Otttario— be it resolved that this meetitig re- commend to the secretary of the On- tario Federation of Agriculture that be forwarded to the ,Minister of Agriculture, the Hon. T. L Kennedy', (Continued on Page .8)- o Three Property erty Deals p Indicate Local :Activity Thomas beeves was re-elected Worshipful Master of Murphy Lodge No, 710, Clinton, at the annual elec. tion of officers Thursday evening,last. Other officers are: Del:uty Master, W. Fulford; recording secretary, Corey; financial secretary, Charles Cook; tyles, D. Freeman; 'Fast Mast• er, 3, Turner; auditors, N. W. Tre- wartha, E'd, Morrison; 1st lecturer, F. Falconer; 2nd lecturer, H. Critten- den. Following the election of officers, Pastmaster William Falconer: conduct- ed the installation. e' Completing Arrangements To Operate Hockey Team Arrangemq'nts are still pros seeding in the organization of. Clinton Colts, which will operate in the D.H.A. Intermediate series this winter. The club has been entered, and all that 'remains is the final set-up to carry on for the season. The Colts will operate with the full cooperation of Radar and Communications School, RCAF, Clinton. It is expected- that a number of players will be avail- able front the Station. W. T. 'Robb. Other committees, reported as fol- lows: Rev. Hugh Moorhouse, Ford- wiclr, for Christian Education; Rev. Harold Snell, Auburn. for Pastoral Relations; Rev. R. A. Brook,. Hensali, for the Crusade committee. - In presenting the Missionary and Maintenance report, Rev. 2 B. Irwin, Exeter, urged. that all congregations of the Presbytery do thein utmost to reach their allocations by the end of the -year. The ladies of the Women's Mission- ary Society, of Ontario 5t. Church served a sumptuous dinner in. the basement and music was broadcast from the tower during the noon inter- mission. The time and place of the next meeting was left to the discretion •of the Eyecutive of the ,Presbytery,' 0 Use NEWS -RECORD Adiets. Clinton Legion e o Band and Prow des g First ,Class Sunday . Concert Tlie Sunday evening concert pm.Reeve of Hensali grant, presented byClinton Legion : a Band from the stage of the auditor. rum, Town Hall, Clinton, before an audience of 360 persons, from far and near, met with outstanding suc- cess in every respect. Dr. F. G. Thompson,,ichairinan of the committee, set up by Clinton Branch of the. Canadian Lo 'o i2 in as. Legion band committee, commented on the history of•the band, following its re- organization early this year. The band opened the proven- with a march selection entitled,:. "The Thunderei written rtt n byJohnPhilip oh � Sousa followed "Overture w d bythe O crinis Lustpiel," (Kees- Bela), "Gems from tephee Foster," a medley; written y Stephen Foster which concluded he first part of the program by the and. An all girl vocal trio, namely: Miss Mary Lane, Miss Albe Lou hompson, and Misr Eileen 'Sutter. ontributed very fittingly Seignrond =berg's, "Serenade" to • the ac- ompa.inventof Miss Coronna Wen- oef, at the piano. The Song" of Elder Jones," and RICHARD B. SHADDICK , The Minister's Sermon," were the , Who has been re-elected• ;Reeve of ties of the.two readings chosen by Hensel by acclamation for his .tenth 1Vlrs. George McLey, who, in her °eve term. He is a` candidate for the (Continued on Page 8) Huron Comity Wardenship for 1946,. S b t T R c a tr 78•b Three ( Property deals of some im- portance are 'reported in Clinton. L. 0. "Skip" Winter, former prisoner -of -war in Germany, has purchased the spacious Dr. Gunn pi'oPerty in the south end of town, Oscar Switzer, R.R. 3, Seaforth, has boue•ht the business property on Huron St., went of the main inter- section, owned by the Cooper estate, and consisting of three stores oe- cupied by J, E, Johnston; Mel Criehls barber s':op;"" and Husty's shoe repair seen. Mrs. J. R. Butler has purchased' from the Town of Clinton, a vacant lot on Huron St., east of. the White' Bose service station, with frontage of 22 feet. J- R. Butler is erecting e one -storey torey building 16 by 24 feet to be used as a motor licenseissu- ing and insurance office. Building nertnit was granted by Town Council at a special meeting last night.` IV% SMItE FOR TODAY' Knots the Answer? A farmer had .been taking a kind- c:rgarten class through his up-to-date farm. Ire had explained to them how the milking machines worked; where the mills was cooled' and how the bottles weir. capped ready to send to children. When he had finished his talk he asked the 'Hey tots if there were any questions that they would like to have answered.. "Yes, please,'. one little fellow earnestly asked. "Why do they call a cow a bossy?"