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Clinton News-Record, 1952-11-06, Page 1THe NEWS-RECORD 72nd YEAR •?, COMING EVENTS 2,126 Copies A Week Home pf RCAF Station THE N W ERA,--,88th YEAR No, 46—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON,,ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1952 6c a copy .$2,50 a Year Plan Cornerstone Laying After 'Remembrance Service Judged the best costumes in their age groups at RCAF Station, Clinton, children's Hal- lowe'en, party were; Back row (left to right) David Lamb, Dianne Miller and Brent Barkley; Centre row: Allan Clark, Cynthia Bury, Janet Cotton, Michael Bate and Caroline Curran; Front row: Terry Richardson and Jean Richard. Children Have Big Time At RCAF Hallowe'en Party TI)e jfirot /4ALLOWE'EN HAS COME AND gene . We are now all prepar- ing for the ;remembrance Day services on Tuesday of next week . , Special services fol- lowing the annual, one, will cul- minate in the laying of the cornerstone of the new Legion , * * WE HEAR THAT CLARE WEST- cott, Seaforthe has been elected second vice-.president of the Young Progressive-Conservative Association of Ontario . . Eke- tion was held at the two-day annual meeting of the party's On- tario organization, in Toronto last weekend . . More power to the Huron lad. * _; AND THE ELECTION IN THE United States is over again . for four more years they, and we, also . can get back to work again . . * a * HAVE YOU NOTICED HOW everything seems to have waited until the U.S. elections are over . • . At the agricultural meet- ings, farmers say . , . "the em- bargo won't be lifted until after \the elections at least butter ' prices will not be good until af- ter the 'U.S. election" . . . And delegates to the UN Were mark- ing time until the Americans de- cided upon their leader . . . Even Winston Churchill, in date in the House of Lords following its opening in s tate cermony by Queen Elizabeth II, said: "We shall have a clearer view of the world situation after the result of the election in the US" . . * * * NOW THE WHOLE WORLD can settle , back to the grind- stone . . . The tension will be lifted . . And we can get back to good interesting radio and TV without having to listen to cam- paign epeeches of every sort , . * * * DOUG BARTLIFF HAS BEEN invited to give a demonstration in cake decorating, before an assem- blage of pastry chefs . . .in Kitchener, this week • . Good hick to you, Doug . . We but wish we could be present, too . . the very thought of all that de- licious sweetness, under an expert caterer's care, makes our omuth water „ * * ,, REMEMBRANCE DAY IN HEN- sail will be observed through a half day holiday only . . . Busi- ness places will be closed from seven in the morning . . until one o'clock in the afternoon . This will allow, fur attendance at the cenotaph service in the fore- (Continued on Page Twelve) "Happy is' the day , When an airmen gets his pay" and twice a month there is a regular parade in the RCAF to which no sane airman objects— Pay Parade. To ensure that "pay day" is a happy one for all officers, airmen and airwomen at RCAF Station, Clinton, a number of specially trained personnel of the Sta- tion's Accounts Section are work- ing full time to account for every last shekel doled out. Pay, however, is only a part of the Many responsibilities of the Accounts Section, Station. Clinton, one of the largest, RCAF establishments in the RCAF, is a self accounting unit. As such, its Accounts Section is respon- sible for accounting for all Pub- lie equipment both in, use and in stores. This entails a daily audit of all stores transactions and the processing of public invoices for paythent by the Treasury Depart- ment. Although the administration of Nan Public Funds is the respon-, sibility of the Chief Administra-, Oct. Nov. The Weather 195/ 1951 High Low High iLew 30 50 30 58 36 31, 55 31 53 86 1 60 33 37 28 3 2 6 276 40 37 53 35 30 17 4 45 30 30 18 5 54 31 26 18 Rain ,26 ins. Snow 16 ins. Uri .72 Hullett Township Sets Nomination Nov. 21 Hullett Township will hold nominations in the Londesboro Commmunity Hall, on November 21, from 1 to 2 p.m., with the ratepayers' meeting following the nominations of candidates. If a poll is necessary, election date will be Monday, December 1. Court of Revision was adjourn- ed until the December meeting. In the meantime Huron County Assessor Alex Alexander, Goder- ich, will accompany the township assessor, George Carter, Londes- bore, in viewing the new buildings which have been erected since the township assessor made his of- ficial calls. Reeve W. J. Dale presided at the meeting and present were Councillors William Jewitt, Geor- ge Brown, Tom Leiper, Archie Young and Clerk George Cowan. tive Officer, the burden of the actual accounting of these funds falls to the Accounts Section. This envolves the accounting for the Officers', Sergeants' and Flight Cadets' Messes, the Corporals' Club, and the only Institute, Sta- tion Fund. These accounts are composed of monies which do not belong to the public, but to the officers and airmen on the Sta- tion. Station fund, for example, embraces the finances of the bowling alleys, tennis courts, miniature golf course, snack bar, theatre, .station entertainment, etc.; facilities which are avail- able to all Station personnel and whose costs of operation are borne by those who use them. The job of "keeping the books balanced" at such a large train- ing station is vital and exacting. The staff of eXperts in the Ac' counts Section is composed of 31 service personnel and four Civil Service employees. At present evert province except Newfound. land is among them. F/L Ram Waldron Directly responsible to the Commanding Officer for the ef- ficient handling of all account- ing duties at Station Clinton is V/L Ron Waldron. the Senior Accounts „Officer (SAO), Born in England and educated in Cal- gary, he now resides with his wife and daughter in Adastral Park, F/L Waldron has had 1/ years, accounting experience in the RCAF both as an airman and an officer. He joined the XtCA1 its 1930, Was cenirnissioned 1941 and served until 1945. dri 1946 he was appointed to the RC:AP Regular and has held Ac- count Officer or staff positions at the fanner No. 2 Air Com- mand Administrative Unit, Wine nipeg; Station Whitehorse; the former North West Air Com- mand Headquarters, Edmonton; and Station Winnipeg, Iii July of this year he replaced S/L T. L, Newton as Senior Accoutits Officer at Station Clinton, W02 Erie Ziegler Warrant Officer Erie Ziegler, Toronto, ie the Warrant Officer in charge of the Accounts Sec- tion, He is responsible to, the SAO for the operation and ad- ministration of the Accounts Sec- tion in general and all aspects of Supply Accounting in par- ticular, WO2 Ziegler has 12 years accounting experience with the RCAF. His son, Buddy, is at present a student at Seaferth High School and is the Com- manding'°Meer of the sehool's Cadet Corps. Buddy is an sate ateut magician of no ill repute and has displayed his talents at numerous entertainments In Cline ton and the surrounding centres. F/0 Wally Burton The Pay Accounts Officer it WO Wally Burton of IterifreW, Ont, He is responsible for nand. ling a monthly payroll of approks imately $225,060, for ail setvice and eivilianpersonnel at Station Cif P/0 Burton, who Bees with his Wife and son in Meat- Sal Park has , had 12 teats con* (Continued on Page nvo) members, all veterans of eith- er war, and members of the Ladies' Auxiliary to the Can- adian Legion, will meet in the Legion Hell at 10.30, and the parade foreried will march to the Baptist Church for a special Remembrance Day service. On Tuesday morning, follow- ing the public service in Clinton Town Hall at 10,00 a.m., when Rev. J. E. Ostrom will be in charge assisted by some of the other ministers in town, a parade consisting of the ex-service per- sonnel, and a detachment of ap- proximately 75 men from RCAF Station, Clinton, headed by the RCAF Bugle Bated, will lead the nay to the Cenotaph at the Post Office. Some twenty different lodges and organizations, including the Boy Scouts, sCeeeS, and the Lad- ies' Auxiliary, will attend and lay wreaths at the foot of the ceno- taph. Instead of the usual march- past held at Library Park, fol- lowing the cenotaph service, the parade will proceed to the salut- ing base in front of the Com- mercial Hotel, 0/C E. A. D. Hutton, CD, Commanding Officer in charge of RCAF Station, Clin- ton, has been asked to receive the salute, supported by Mayor (Continued on Page Twelve) COUNTY HEALTH UNIT TO SURVEY ALL ABATTOIRS Mrs. Edith Morgan, Clinton, has been engaged by the Huron Coun- ty Health Unit Board, as a spec- ial clerk to assist public health nurses' and relieve them of con- siderable office work, Meeting at Clinton, Thursday, October 30, with chairman W. A. Galbraith, Wingham, presiding, the board instructed the unit to make a survey of existing slaugh- ter houses in the county with a view to creating community-type abattoirs when indicated. Coder- ich already has an approved ab- attoir with meat inspection ser- vice, Dr, R. W. Aldis, director of the unit, .expressed appreciation to the board for the privilege of attend- ing the convention of the Americ- an Public Health Association in Cleveland last week, when the highlight of the convention for officers was the presentation of the results of recent polio experi- ments carried .on in the United States. Board members attending were Earl Campbell, R.R. 1, Exeter; Frank Sills, Seaforth; Murray Johnson, Wingham; F. S. Snyder, MR. 2, Clinton, and secretary- treasurer, A. H. Erskine, .Goder- ich eeeeeneeaseoeeeme.;eseeMVgsmgt Wednesday, Nov. le—Opening dance and draw, in. new Fish and Genie ',nlub House. Good orch- estra, reasonable rates, Proceeds for building fund. Everyone wel- come,. 45-b Thursday, Nov, 13 a- Autumn Auction under the auspices of St, Paul's Co-Getters Club, at 720 p.m. hi Clinton Council Chambers. Di she 8, antiques, home-bak ing, Christmas gifts, household articles,45µb Friday, Nov. 14--Clieton Jan- ke: Farmers' Fall Dance, Bay- field Towil Hall, Good orchestra. Admission, 50 cents,. 45-6-b Sahli-day, Nov, 15---)3azaar and sale of home baking, in Connell C.heaneers, 3 p.m... Auspices; Happy . Workers' Club, Huron Road East, 45-b Saturday, •Nov, 22 ---,- Battier: eewing, farm produce, fish pond, baking booths. Toten Han, 3 to 5. O W I:1.m. Tea served. Sponsote! L, You Will enjoy dancing at the popular Crystal Palace Ballroom, a/Mellen, every Priddy night to the musk of the NighthaWks, featuring the very latest in West. ern dance tunes and the host in square dancing. 45-6-b Mr., Mrs. A. C. Fisher, Benmiller, Plan 50th Golden Wedding Mr. and Mrs. Aaron C. Fisher, R.R. 4, Goderich, a're celebrating their Golden Wedding Annivers- ary, on Saturday, November 15. Congratulations to them both. The family of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Fisher extend a cordial invit- ation to their many friends and neighbours to attend an open house in honour of their parents' 50th wedding anniversary to be held at their home, two miles east of Benmiller on Saturday, Nov- ember 15, from 2 to 5 in the after- noon, and from 7 to 9 in the ve- ening a - GALA HALLOWE'EN PARTY HELD FOR CHILDREN The Little England Jazz Band won first prize in the Jazz Band contest staged on Hallowe'en Night, Friday, October 31, in Clinton Town Hall by represent- atives from Clinton Lions Club, the Kinsmen Club of Clinton and the Town of Clinton. The Band promptly turned over their prize of $5, to the Clinton Lions Arena, artificial ice fund, Upon receiving payment of the ex- penses incurred in providing the film shown in the Town Hall, Epps Sports Shop turned over the amount to the artificial ice fund. The largest family in costume were four sons and daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Al sharpe, John, Jeannette, Tommy and Barbara. Mrs. Larry Haughtov won ladies' first prize, and Mrs. Albert Shad- dick won the second prize. "Cap" Cook tied with Bert Glidden for first place in the men's division. Other prizes ,were won as, fol- lows: under five years old, girls', Nancy Elliott, Grace McAdam; boys' Butch Elliott, David McRae; under six, girls' Shirley Pickle, Phyllis McCuskey; Zoys' Billy Mc- Call, Gordon McRae; under eight, girls', Heather Winter, Susan Brown; boys', Bobbby Trick, Barry Elliott; under ten, girls', Gail Orpen, Beverley Beatty; boys', Peter Garon, Wayne Ab- bott; under 12, girls', Ruth Ann Moore, Audrey McDonald; boys', Larry Daw, Howard Edwards; un- der 14, Elizabeth Striyker, Kath- leen Doherty; boys', Ken Currie, Paul Pickett. Soil and. Crop Group Plans Annual Meeting Members of Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Associa- tion will hold their annual meet- ing on the afternoon of Tuesday, November 25, in the Agriculture Office Board Rooms. The annual banquet is planned for Wednesday evening, Decem- ber 3, when Professor R. N. Rich- ards, Guelph, head Of the soils department of the OAC, will be guest speaker. Telephone Vote To S• Will Approach Bell Subscribers of the Goderich Township Municipal Telephone System, at a meeting held in the Town Hall, Clinton, on Tuesday evening, voted 134 to 59 in fa- vour of selling their telephone system to the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. The commisioners were in- structed to take the necessary legal steps and approach the Bell Telephone Company, who, as yet have made no offer of purchase nor have they expressed their desire to do so, and offer the system for sale. The proposal to sell was prof- fered because of the necessity of moving the telephone lines back from the roads throughout the township in order that the roads 'might be widened, The lines are in. very Poor condition, and all the wire along with some 300 poles would have to be replaced. This would involve a consider- able sum of money. To replace the line from Clinton to Gode- rich, on Highway 8, alone, would cost an estimated $31,000. There is also the problem of too many Parties on each circuit, which would have to be remedied in the near future, at further ex- pense. After the sale of the system, the "Bell" would have this responsibility. Method of Selling According to a communication from Mr. MacDonald, chairman of the Municipal Board of On- tario, read by Charles Wise, sec- retary of the township system, the method to be followed in sel- ling would be, "the commission- ers would approach the Bell Telephone Company and any of- fer which they considered to be satisfactory would have to be approved by the Municipal Board and the Township Council, then signed by the Reeve and Clerk of the township before it would become valid. The monies deriv- ed from the sale would go to the subscribers in proportions decided by the Municipal Board." In this way the subscribers would be protected to the extent that the system would be sold for a price that was fair to both parties conteened Several men were called upon by Robin E, Thompson, clerk of the township, who presided over the meeting, and the discussions that followed each speaker be- came at times quite heated. MI'. Thompson, on being chos- en chairman of the meeting, told the audience why the meeting was called. He proposed to call on some of the subscribers to express their feelings and in that way he hoped that the situation would be clarified in the minds of those present. The chairman of the commis- sioners NMI then asked if he would like to speak, Mr. Sturdy said that he did not know why the meeting had been called and that he would rather wait until some of the other people had been heard. R. E. Rowden, another commission- er, also refused to speak until later in the meeting. OliverEdward s Oliver Edwards, the last of the three commissioners, spoke of the events that lead up to the meet- ing. life stated that on Septem- ber 13 Mr. Wise had received a petition that requested that the commisioners call a general meet- ing for the purpose of voting on the sale of the telephone system. Mr. Wise duly' called the com- missioners together and he (Mr, Edwards) had made a motion to call a general meeting, There was no seconder to his motion. He related that a second petition was received and when the other two commissioners refused to act, Mr. Wise had been forced to go, over their heads and call the meeting himself. C. B. Symonds C. B. Symonds, Bell Telephone Company representative at the meeting, made his position very clear that he was in no way able to speak for the Bell Telephone Co. but that he would answer, to the best of his ability, any ques- tions that might be asked. He stated that the Bell Telephone Company had made no advances as to their intent or even interest in the purchase of the Goderich Township Municipal Telephone System. He could not guarantee, that his company would purchase even if the subscribers voted to, sell. wehe Bell Telephone Company has helped your system many times," Mr. Symonds continued,. "we have made some suggestions. and some recommeociations. Some have been adopted and some• were not", In the event that the "Bell"' took over, he thought the system. would be completely remodelled., The magneto service would Prob- ably be change to battery in or- der to expedite service. The "Bell" would possibly cut the number of phones on one line to- between six and eight in ac- cordance with the policy of the company. (There are 26 on one: line under the present system). In reply to a question from the audience inquiring as to the 'length of time it would take if the "Bell" were to take over,, Mr. Symonds replied that he could only guess but that he thought it would be four or five months before the offer would be. made. He explained that the money would have to be made available from some source, then the system would be appraised, an offer would then be made and' finally acceptance of the offer' would follow. Mr. Symonds again reminded' the audience that he had no auth- ority whatsoever to commit the. Bell Telephone Company in any way and that he was just trying; to help the subscribers. Gordon Orr (Reeve) Gordon Orr, Reeve of the' Township, said that the commis- sioners had asked council for $31,000. This would mean the issue of debentures which was in his opinion a mortgage on his farm. "The $31,000 would have to be paid by the subscribers• alone," Mr. Orr remarked, He said that before any action could be taken, the petition arrived and when the commissioners wouldn't eet, the meeting had to be called without their authority. He could see no other alternative but to. sell. W. H. Lobb "The system should have been, kept in better shape in the past. Our system is done, there is, no, alternative but to sell. This $31,- ' 000 is just the beginning. We service and I believe that the "Bell" will give that to us." i Clarence Sturdy "The lines should have been l kept in better h past. We have carried on up until now and I feel that we can still keep our system." "Bert" Rowden ? As one of the commissioners, 'Bert Rowden defended them in, their stand on not calling a gen- eral meeting. He referred to the last general meeting in April ' when a motion was made and passed to retain the system and authorized t he commissioners to• raise the necessary funds to move. lines back from the highway be- tween Clinton and Goderich. He, said that the members of the commission had contacted Thos.. Pryde, MLA, and with his help' had had the Department of High- ways grant increased by approx-• imately $6,000. They had also called for tenders for telephone poles and when one of them had! been accepted the commission had been able to get the poles for $130. less than tender price. He praise• ed the commission for these . roves and said that with the in- i creased rates and a debenture the system could be retained. He. pointed out that if the debenture' were to run over a twenty year• period the cost would be ap- proximately $4 per telephone per i year. He explained how the system could be maintained and ,improved with not too great an: expense. "I also feel," he said, "that if we sell to the "Bell"' 1 that there will be a split in the. township, We will no longer be' able to call all over the township' without going through central and there will be a long distance. charge to call our friends who will be on the Gocierieh ex- change". (Continued on Page Twelve)' HURON MEDICAL SERVICES REPORT 13USINES$ Jamey C. Johnston, Blyth, pre- t sided over the fifth annual meet- ing of Buren Co-Operative Medie cal Services which was held in the agrienhural offices, Clinton, Thursday, October 30. The financial statement, pre- sented by P. E. Meehan, Toronto, fieldman-auditor for the Co-Oper- ative Medical Services Federation of Ontario, showed an increase in the husiriess, with membership and financial' standing improved' over that of a year ago. According to the• secretary-treas- urer, Bert Irwin, Clinton, 8,883 persons eee covered in 3,583 con- tracts from 169 groups. Total in- come for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1952, was $0,527.73 while total expenses were $58,336.97 in- cluding P7.60 for depreciation leaving a surplus of $5,190.76. A minute's silence was observed by the members present, out of respect for a former director, Henry Schilbe, Dashwood, who died in August; Bert Klapp, Zur- ich, was appointed to fill this vac- ancy. Warden Johnston; Clayton Elli- ott, Varna, Mrs. Lloyd Taylor, Exeter, and Russell T. Bolton, Dublin, retiring directors, were re- elected for the next year. Other directors are. Mrs. 0. G. Anderson, Wingham; Earl Whiting, Central- ia (vice-president); Fordyce Clark' Goderich; Walter Forbes, Clinton; Roy Strong, Gorrie; Gordon Kirk- land, Lucknow, and Here Irwin, Clinton. W, P. Roberts, R.R. 3, Seaforth, as guest speaker, reviewed the co-operative movement, which or- iginated in England in 1821. Mrs. 0. G. Anderson and Russell T. Bolton gave a summary of the history of the Huron Co-operative Medical Services from when it was first organized in August, 1947. RCAF Station, Clinton, Accounts Section, An Efficient Group of 31 Service and Four Civilian Personnel Key personnel of the Station Clinton Accounts Section are (left to right): F/0 Hec Duprey, Non Public' Funds Accounts Officer; Mr, Roy Fitzsimons, Civilian Supervisor of Non Public Funds; F/O Wally Burton, Pay Accounts Officer; F/L Ron Waldron, Senior Accounts Officer; and WOEtic Ziegler, Warrant Officer in charge of the Accounts Section, This year in Clinton, Re- Sunday morning, all Legion membrance Day will have a special significance to all members of the Canadian Le- gion, No. 140, Clinton Branch. On Tuesday, November 11, which was declared a full holiday in Clinton, by Mayor G, W. Nott, the members of the local Legion plan, to lay the cornerstone of the Legion Hall, now rapidly nearing completion. The public is cordially invited to this ser- vice, and to view the building itself afterward, Poppy Day on Saturday, No- vember 8, is the date set for the sale of the blood-red poppy which is symbolic of the sacrifice of Canada's fighting men. Citizens will be approached on the streets and in their homes on that day, to buy a poppy to wear in their buttonholes. Proceeds from this Legion project -am used for wel= fare work and provide direct re- 1'0 for Canadian veterans. Subscribers ell System Telephone Company Double Wedding Solemnized In St. Andrew's Church St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Clinton, was the scene of a double wedding recently when Rita Guetter became the bride of Peter Lazet. son of Mr, and Mrs. Peter 3, Lazet, Lon- ciesboto, and her brother, .the Guetter, was united in marriage to Johanna Veldhuis, daughter of Mt. and Mra. Wtrittus V elcthuis, Weterfoeci, Mrs, Leeet and Mr, Guetter are daughter and son of Mr, and Mrs. John. GUettet, Clintoe. Mr. and Mrs. Lazet on the kit, are planning fo live at R.R. 2, Clinton, while Mr, and Virr. Guetter, at the right, will live at RR. 1, Lon- desbeien —Photo by IVincLaren's Studio