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Clinton News-Record, 1953-07-09, Page 1( Home ' ReAr station • THE NEW ERA --Kit YEAR Na, 21 ---The Home ?!peer With the News Clinton Couple Celebrate Soth Anniversary T NEWRECORD- ;72nd YEAR 2,126 copies A Week 1,.UNTON ONTARIO THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1953 MR. AND MRS. W. J. J LUMSTFF.r,, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, June 80, with a reception held at the family residence on Ontario Street, Clinton. Over 150 guests called at the house during the day. • Mr. and Mrs. Plutnsteel, who have spent most of their married Iife in Clinton, have three daughters and four grandchildren,_ (Photo by Doerr, Exeter) IGlje "trot Cotutnn= ONCE AGAIN A POLITICAL meeting of moment has been held in Clinton . .. We are lucky in- deed to be ,Situated in the hub of Huron County .. where a cent- ralized position ,Makes it easy for folk from all over. the county to attend meetings . Again the band, with a martial air ... this time led by a bonnie wee blond Scotch lassie . . . and again, the open car and gracious hand waves to curious prospective voters . . 'Tis a great wide wonderful land, to be sure . , . where our leaders can campaign freely for our atten- tion, without need for armoured car nor guards of any sort, at all, atall ;, * * MANY OF OUR TOWNSFOLK are gathering the fruits of their springtime labours . . One day recently; Margaret Davies, Huron Street, was rewarded in a differ- ent way ... While working in the garden, she picked up a three dol- lar gold piece . ,.. minted in the United States . . which will be 100 years old next year . , , Surely that is a case of finders keepers, for the loser is not very apt to weep about his loss .. . z* * * NOW AN UNUSUAL BIT FROM our Bayfield correspondent . "Have we bears, or haven't we bears .. , A11 signs point to them, but' still there are numerous scof- fers who think it all a big joke , .It is no joke to the apiarists ... ** "JOHN OSTROM, VARNA, HAS lost 43 colonies of bees in the last month. . He first discovered bruin's depredations on June 14, when he found 30 hives broken into, numbers of bee's killed and -Shoney comb gone ... These were on the property of Sam Oesch on the Goshen Line, Stanley Twill.- ship owiiship , . . Two weeks later, ten more hives in the same location had been mauled by some big paw Also on Concussion 5, Goderich Township, on the farm of Mrs. Howard Cox, three of his hives were destroyed in the same man- ner ... Unhatched.obroods had of course been demolished and where the queen had been killed the re- mainder had to be added to other hives. He estimates his loss at $430 * * "HABERER BROS., Z U R I C 13, also have suffered a loss of about $300 by similar raids on their col- onies of bees ... (What else but a bear would brave swarms of angry bees to steal' their honey? ) "A Zurich sportsman is re- ported to have sighted a bear and two cubs in the Snowden bush on the Bronson Line . .He took a shot at, and hit the she -bear, but did not kill her ...': Being alone, he deemed discretion to the better part of valour, and didn't follow her up .. , for a wounded bear is vicious and a lone gunman might not be able to withstand her at- tack . especially if a mate Joined hi the fray . . * "THE GAME WARDEN , .. PAY Bellinger, Clinton, has visited the locality and seen other signs such as rotten stumps being torn apart . Next to honey, bears do relish juicy grabs) . . which point to at least one pair of the species being in this district ... 14e has debided to set bear traps which are very dangerous ecntraptions bothfor man and beast They will be marked plainly _ (let us hope that bruin is not educated) But it might be wise if par- ents advised children to give the berry patches and woods a wide berth this summer .'Me The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears could be reenacted quite realist, Scally and without suety a happy ending . Albert Vadden and Mrs, Robert Scott visited their brother and sister-in-Iaw at Waodhat i one day lust week. The Weather 1w 9r�3 1952 High LOW High h oLow ,i iy 2 80 51 88 61 u 3 74 50 89 68 4'et 47 82 61 5 86 56 84 58 6 74 64 88 54 80 662 89 61 { Rain; .35 iris. Rain: 1.29 Mg. Town of Clinton Hires Two New Constables The special council meeting cal- led for eight o'clock on Monday evening of this week, finally got under way at .ten -fifteen. Reason for the delay was a prolonged meeting of the committee of the whole, then of the police com- mittee, and again or the commit- tee of the whole. Ali members were present with the exception of Councillor C. W. Draper. Two police constable were hired. Robert Quayl, 46 years old, Lon- don, began work that same night, at a salary of $2,300. He has had no previous experience in police duties, but after 21 years working indoors in London, Was advised to give up his position in favour of one affording more outdoor work. Richard Timieck, Port credit, will commence his work on July 26, following the retirement of Constable John McNichol. Mr. Timlech is 24 years old, has had no previous experience in police work, and will commence his duties at a salary of $2,300. His wife and daughter plan to stay' at their home in Port Credit until housing for them can be arranged in Clinton, A bylaw authorizing the sale of debentures to cover the dist of building the two -room addition to the new Clinton Public School was given third reading and passed. This followed approval received from the Municipal Board of On- tario for the building of the two rooms. Discussion of the need for a piece of land, .33 feet by 66 feet along the southeast side of Perci- val Street, where it joins Princess Street in front of the new public school, was held, This land, now owned by J. R. Cooper, will have to be purchased before Percival Street may be widened as planned. Mayor W. J. Miller: How would it be to let this go to the Public Works Committee for investiga- tion? . Coun, M. 3. Agnew: What in- structions do you want tc give this committee? Do you want them to buy the land, or what do you want them to do?. Reeve W. J. Nediger: (chairman of the Public Works Committee) We've 'already acquired Iand 33 feet wide from the highway to the end of the • school property, on that side of Percival Street. Mayor Miller: Mr, Fingland said the owner didn't appear anxious to sell. Apparently they wanted some fill or something. Reeve Nediger: Apparently they want fill to bring up the leve] of land to the same level as the school property. When we put in the street we'll be raising the level of it, so that to make the lots on that side of the street valuable as building lots, they would have to be raised,. My good- ness, the amount of fill that would be needed. Mayor Miller; Understand that Mrs. McKenzie felt there would be fill available from,the school prop- erty. Coun. Agnew: Is this land neces- sary? ..• Reeve Nediger: Yes. Otherwise the street would betonnarrow for traffic turning onto.Percival from Princess Street. The matter ware., left in the hands of the comiriittee to investi- gate and report back to the coun- cil at the next regular meeting -on Monday, July 13. Percy Brown approached coun- cil with a request for tile to drain his driveway. He stated that he hacj, several,,, times .last year and again this year, approached coun- cillors individually for help in this regard, and had been put off re- peatedly, He felt that he had bet- ter approach council as a whole. He was advised that the matter would be looked after. R. G. Shortreed Head of Nati. onal : Civil Service Fed. R, G. Shortreed, Dunlop Street, Clinton, was elected president of the National Defence Employees' Association at a convention held by the Civil Service Federation of Canada, at Quebec City, recently. Incidelitally, this is a newly - formed association representing National Defence Employees' Af- filiate Organizations all across the Dominion. Currently, Mr. Short - ,reed is also the president of the Clinton (RCAF) Association of Civil Service and Prevailing Rate Employees, an organization em- bracing the majority of the •civil- ian employees at RCAF Station, Clinton. The election of the Clinton as- sociation delegate as first presi- dent of the national association is considered indicative of the esteem held for Mr. Shortreed by fellow delegates and reflects also the prominence held by the Clinton (RCAF) Association in this vast Dominion -wide organization. To Reside in Goderich MR. AND MIS. EARL WESLEY NIV1NS, Goderich, are shown hereshortly after theit. marriage in the United Church parsonage, Goderich,'on Saturday afternoon, July 4. The and Is the former 'Thelma Janet MacDonald daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Robert A. MacDonald, Goderich. Her husband is the son. of Mrs, Melinda Nivins GlititonY and the late William Nivins, Following their wedding trip Mr •and Mrs. Nivins plan to live in�Gederich. (Photo by MaeLaren s Studie) Cardiff Explains Boundaries Of New Huron Riding Speaking. atthe political meet- ing ing held in inton Community Park rester,da evening, L. Elston _Cardiff, progressive conservative candidate for the riding of Huron explained the boundaries of hie riding, which this year were changed. The riding includes all of the County of Duron with the exception of Wingham, Turnberry and Rowick Townships, plus the township of Hibbert in Perth County, This was not the original plan of the government, when they commenced tq eliminate one mem- ber from this district, Mr. Cardiff explained. The first plan had been to split off various sections of the county and attach each section to each of several surrounding rid- ings, leaving the name of Huron out entirely. One Saturday Mr, Cardiff said, he had addressed the house and had stated that he did not feel so badly about himself being pushed about by the re -allocation, but that he felt that Huron County did deserve its name in the house, since it had given just as much or more to the war effort as anyone had, and probably more men to the service of the country than any other county in the province. The. following Monday, went of Mr, Cardiff, the government had re -distributed the area. He said that the logical thing would have been to keep Huron intact. Stating hia, qualifications for re- election, Mr. Cardiff reminded his hearers that he had served the area for 13 years federally, and before that, 12 years locally. He said he did not feel that he needed to spend money advertising him- self, since if his back record were not good enough to re-elect him, then he did not want anyone to vote for him. He told his hearers that last year the government bad spent $10 millions of "your money, telling you what good boys they were."! Mr. Cardiff, said that when he was on the council of Morris � Township hehad felt personally responsible fpr every cent of tax- payer's motley that had been spent, that my governing body should feel ,the same way, and should be able to give a detailed 0 Township Council Drafts New Fire Protection Bylaw Goderich Township Council drafted a new by-Iaw for fire pro- tection wk-" 'f the Town of Clinton at their regular monthly meeting held in Holmesville on Monday evening. The by-law results from a spec- ial meeting held in June of offic- ials from both municipalities in an attempt to solve all fire protection problems. The by-law will be for- warded to town officials for their approval and signature before it will come into effect. Main portions of the by-law are as follows: 1. That the Town of Clinton Fire Brigade will attend fire calls in the Township of Goderich from Clinton out the Bayfield Road to the llth Concession; on both sides of the 11th Concession to Holmes- ville; west on Highway No. 8 to the 9th Concession; south on 9th Concession to Cut Line and down to Holmesville; from Holmesville east on Maitland Concession; also 14th Concession, 16th Concession and Base Line. 2. That the charge for such a service shall be at a rate of $75.00 for a call; and an additional $25.00 for the next hour or fraction thereof, providing however that if the said fraction of an hour is less than 15 minutes, that the compen- sation shall be arrived at by mu- tual agreement. 3. That the Township of "Gode- rich shall be responsible for ser- vice charges for the first or second hour only. 4. That the charges for service rendered beyond the period of two hours shall be the responsibility of the party suffering the loss by fire, and at a rate of 325.00 per hour. 5. That the first fire department arriving at any fire shall be in charge and if any other fire de- partments should arrive there, after, the said second or third fire departments shall immediately ask for orders from the first depart- ment. 6. That, in case of urgent neces- sity, the Town of Clinton fire de- partment will respond to fire calls in any other portion of the Town- ship of Goderich, at the said rates of pay. The clerk was instructed to for- ward copies of the by-Iaw to the Town of Clinton for approval. 4e a word, minlinum 76e Tuesday, July 14 --Junior. Farm- ers, Ice Cream Social, in Seaforth Lions Park. Everyone bring cook- ies and bathing suits. 2'7:h 'Foes., July 14 -r- Rummage Sale, Town Hall, Bayfield, Donations received in the forenoon: Help the Pioneer Park Fund. 26-x Wed., July 15 — lawn Tea at Mrs, 1?.. H. F. Gairdner's. 3 to 5 p m. Auspices, Wornen's Auxiliary, Trinity Church, Rayfield. 27-b Beat the heat and enjoy a treat, dancing at the Crystal Palace 13allreern, Mitchell, every .Friday night to the music of Clarence Petrie and his Night Hawks 26; to 30-b Wednesday, July '2 --.. The an. nual "Crich Reunion will be held in Seaforth Lions Dark, at 1.80 p; n, 6e a copy $2.50 o Year John Diefenbaker Ends WO Tour Raps Arrogance of Government Diefenbaker' Piped Into Clinton The gay music of the Brussels Canadian Legion Pipe Band an- nounced the arrival of John G. Diefenbaker, in Clinton last night, Preceded by Mayor W. J. Miller driving his Car in which, also, were Reeve J. W. Nediger, Councillors M. 3. Agnew, Mel Crich and Com- missioner W, E. Perdue, and by the pipers, Mr. Diefenbaker drove through Clinton to the Community Park, in an' open car. With him were Len McGee, Goderich (driv- ing), Thomas. Pryde, MLA for Huron; L. Elston Cardiff, progres- sive consejvative candidate for Huron:in the August 10 election. Upon their arrival at the lighted and decorated speakers stand in front of the grandstand at the park, Charles MacNaughton, Exe- ter, acted as chairman of the meeting; Mayor W. 3. Miller welcomed Mr. Diefenbaker to Clinton. Elmer bell, Q.C., Exeter, made a brief address, predicting good progress for the Progressive Conservative party in Huron this year. "Never in any campaign have I seen such enthusiasm as in this campaign," said Mr. Bell. Others on the platform included Reeve W. 3, ..Nediger, Councillor Mel Crich, Thomas Pryde, MLA for Huron, and John Hanna, MLA for Huron Bruce. NOTICE This is a final notice to all win- ners of merchandise certificates in the recent contest conducted in The Clinton News -Record. These certificates must be redeemed, no later than Saturday, July 11. If any prize winners or merchants participating in the contest have these certificates in their posses- sion, remember: they are not us- able after quly 11. account of expenditure. Quoting the words of C. D. Howe, who had said, "Not one dollar has ever gone through my hands that was not wisely spent," Mr. Cardiff mentioned the expense of $18,600 used to pay for the collection of ashes in the Pete - wawa Army Camp last year, alone, The Huron candidate mentioned that Prime Minister St. Laurent had stated last month•in Clinton, that George Drew couldn't pos- sibly save millions. Mr. Cardiff said that he could quote figures and expenditures where money could have been saved, but would leave this to Mr. Diefenbaker, Introducing the main speaker of the evening, Mr. Cardiff said, ""I give you: a man more loved than any other in Canada, on both sides of the house. I have been close friends with him for 13 years. Anything he tells you is sincere and from the heart." John F. Diefenbaker spoke last night at Clinton Community Park to an enthusiastic crowd of up. wards of 500 persons, in behalf of L. Elston Cardiff, progressive con- servative condidate in the new rid- ing of Huron. With the climax in Clinton at the .end of a crammed tour of Western Ontario, Mr, Dief- .enbaker expressed his deep feel- ing about the warmth of his recep- tion, and expressed his pleasure in the opportunity of speaking for his friend, Mr. Cardiff. Of necessity, the PC represent- ative spoke briefly. He was sch- eduled to catch a plane to Winni, peg, where he would arrive today at noon and would reach his own constituency of Prince Albert . to- night. (Previous to the meeting proper, Mr. Diefenbaker was over- heard to mention that in his con- stituency, he would have to con- vert over 9,500 people Who were consistently , Liberal supporters, before he would be elected there. Mr, Diefenbaker made repeated reference to the apparent belief which the Liberal government has that it is indispensible. "Never In the history of the world, has there been a government, which after 18 years of power has felt that no. other group of men could do so well," Mr. Diefenbaker said. He quoted one of the Liberal speakers as having said, "Don't change horses in the middle of a wild torrent of world events," and Went on to say that following the widespread publicity given certain horses at Petawawa, it would be reasonable to suppose that the government would be the last to mention that animal. He went on to state that Iast winter in the House one of the members of the opposition had commented con- cerning some suggestions of the Liberals, "If you thought you could get away with it you would do it," and that Mr, Howe had answered, "Who is there to stop u8.,„ As another example of the ar- rogance of the government now in power, Mr. Diefenbaker recalled rvlr. and Mrs. E. Sturgeon 40th Anniversary Day On Saturday, 'June 2, a nice surprise party was given to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sturgeon, Bay- field, at their home by the family, in honour of their 40th wedding anniversary, About 36 guests were present from Grand Bend, London, Preston, Ayr, Mitchell, Clinton and Dashwood. The music was furnished by the Merner Orchestra of London. (The leader is a nephew of Mrs. Stur- geon). The table was beautifully decor- ated with a two-tier wedding cake, pink and white candles in silver holders and white streamers and bells. Their son, Stuart, read an ad- dress and presented them with a lovely gift from the family. Rev. D. J. Lane Preaches Impressive Sermon to Orangemen and LOBA A large congregation of wor- shippers, which included over 150 members of the Orange Order and associated societies, greeted the minister, Rev. D. J. Lane, on Sun- day evening at seven o'clock in St. Andrew's Church. The minister took for his text for this special service, the First Epistle of John 3:8. "For this purpose, the Son of God, was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the deviI." He point- ed out that one of the works of the devil in our generation is the efforts of communisin to claim the allegiance of mankind. The speaker classified commun- ism as a work of the devil, because of the three great elements upon which it seeks to build, viz., its doctrine of atheism, its emphasis an mere materialism, and its ach- ievement of the salvation of man by human power as diametrically conflicting with Christianity's be- lief in God, spiritual emphasis and and salvation by divine mercy.* Mr. Lane cautioned his audience that it is quite within the range of people on this side of the iron curtain, to align themselves on the side of communism, by adopt- ing the same attitudes for which it contends, and declared that by many signs, multitudes, even in Canada, by their indifference to the Word of God, and by making material possessions the end all, and be all of life, actually were sitting side by side with those who were working for the destruc- tion of the Christian faith. - The choir composed of 20 mem- bers of the Harboraires, Goderich, gave a strong background to the hearty congregational praise, ac- companied by Mrs. M. J. Agnew, organist. They sang three selec- tions, accompanied by Miss Elean- or Lauder which were received in the spirit of true worship. Following the service, the Or- angemen and LOBA members par- aded to their lodge room, and the Girls' CIub of the church served the Harboraires with refreshments in the schoolroom of the church. On Northern Ontario Honeymoon • MR. ANI) MRS. ILLI A. H. JENKINS, Clinton, are pictured here following their marriage in Ontario Street United Church, .Clinton on Saturday ,morning, July 4, by Rev. A. G. Eagle. The bride is the former Mary Marguerite Mehl, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs, George Riehl, Minton, and her husband is thelder son of Mr. acid Mrs. Clifford Jenkins, Wingham, After their return from a wedding trip to Northern Ontario, the young couple plat). to live tri Clinton. (Photo by M iCIAren'a ;Studio) the member, who at Port Arthur stated, "X understand that there was difficulty in getting money for the expansion of housing un- der the government plan there, so I just directed the treasury to produce the ,Money." That mem- ber, IVIr, Diefenbaker said, was not minister of housing, but he did have control of the treasury. And again as an example of that same feeling of indispensibility, he recounted the statement of the Right Honourable J. G. Gardiner, when he said that "as long as the three of us, the Prime Minister, D, Howe and myself remain where we are, I am satisfied to remain because although two of us may make mistakes we have a leader that makes no mistakes." The speaker went on; The gov- ernment has gained power to pass emergency Iegislation, to override the constitution, to take over every business, every farmer, every laborer and every institu, tion. "We said, what do you want these powers for?" and Mr. Howe said, "We want them". From this, said Diefenbaker, the government inferred that they want the power to act as a dictatorship. Speaking an the agricultural predominance in the Huron riding, Mr, Diefenbaker stated that the strength of agriculture in the rid - Mg could not be equalled any- where in this country. He stated that the date of August 10 was chosen for the election, because it was necessary to offset the effect of the continual fall of farm pric- es, and the government cared not at all that it had disenfranchised many by setting it on that date. He quoted figures to show the startling decrease in the overseas, particularly the British market for farm produce, in response to which decrease, Mr. Howe had said, "We have not lost the markets; they are still over there," He con- demned the government for their failure to do anything at all to protect the foreign market, and quoted Mr. Gardiner as saying, "When itics a Canada its British market, they do not know what they are talking about." Mr. Diefenbaker stated that the government would have been accomplishing more if they had spent time protecting the far- mer's market, rather than spend- ing time taking the "Dominion" out of the "Dominion of Canada" and the "Royal" out of "Royal Mail." Then Mr. Diefenbaker recalled that on March 23 of this year he had introduced to the floor of the House a resolution providing for immediate consideration of a sys- temof floor prices on farm pro- ducts, based on a fair priced cost basis. The government voted un- animously against it for "when Howe and Gardiner say vote, they vote," Of course, went on the speaker, these members of the government tell us afterward that they wanted to vote for us but were unable to do so, for if they defy their party, the party thret- ens not to play ball with them, (Continued on Page Ten) Exchange Officer Arrives At RCAF Station Clinton Major Donald Lake, 36, United States Air Force, arrived to take up instructional duties at No. 1 Radar and Communications School Clinton. Major Lake replaced Ma- jor L. P. Michaud who returned to duty in the United States after a two-year tour of duty here. Major Lake reported to Station Clinton from Griffis Air Force Base, New York. He was commis- sioned in September, 1941, and has served as telecommunications of- ficer in various bases, in the U.S. and AIaska. 0 HOLLAND TAMILYY PICNIC SUCCESS AT SEAFORTH PARK The Holland family picnic was held in Seaforth Lions Park on Wednesday, July 1. About 70 per- sons belonging to the family* at- tended, and the person coming the farthest was from Ottawa. Offic- ers appointed for the next picnic, included president, Wesley Hol- land, and vice-president, Lloyd Holland. RCMT Releases Results of Music Examinations These are the successful candi- dates in examinations held recent- ly by the Royal Conservatory of Music of Toronto in Clinton, The names are arranged in order of merit. Grade IX --- honours, Marlene Jervis. Oracle. VIII— honours, Stephen Brown, Verdi Watson; pass, Alda Grant. Grade V11—first class honours, Bev Boyes, Judith Ann Ogston; honours, Sandra Williams, Eliza, bcth IVIcGaviin; pass, Maja Roobol, Marilyn Taylor, Grade VI— first class honours, Kathleen RatIr0(.4l, Carol Pepper; Grade V ---honours, Fane Batkin, Dawn Grigg, Jane Horton (equal), Jimmy MacDonald, Beth Goddard; pass, Elizabeth Grange, Alvin Parker,. Grade IV --- first class honours, Iva, Glazier, Catherine A, Welsh; honours, Melva Boyce; Donna Murch, ",Eleanor Yea (equal); Douglas Jamieson; pass, Marjorie Currie; Grade IH --first 'class honours, Joan Mills; honours, Christine bridle, Kenneth Currie, Mary Helen Yeo,.David Beattie, lSileeti Rosanne McLean, Shirley Bosman. Grade II — first class honours, June Mills, D a r 1 e n e Stanley (equal); honours, 13everley Beat- tie, John' Slavin (equal); Donald Allan Johnson; pass, Betty Diurnin. Grade-- first class honours, Edward Bridle; honours, Franklin Yeo.