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Clinton News-Record, 1953-08-20, Page 1Home of RCAF Station i NEW ERA -88th YEAR No, $ ' --The Hanle Paper With the News C .GNTON, NTA O, THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 10.53 2026 Copies A Week THE NEWS -RECORD -72nd YEAR R C a copy 2, Ya4;ir Potato Squad Wields Skilful Blade Here, mothers, is a sample of the work your young lad was doing cheerfully at summer camp, but who no doubt will show tittle interest in, the chore at home. Doing their bit to get the potatoes ready for dinner at Hiawatha United Church Camp, are: Douglas McAsh, Varna; Alien McNaught, Monkton; Gary McA.sh, Varna; Robert Galbraith, junior counselor, Blyth) Glen Coutts, Seaforth; Ronald McClinchey, Varna; Bran Binnendyk, Kippen; Dean McKnight, Exeter and Bob Grigg, Holmesville. Camp mother was Mrs. Harvey Sperling, Elimville, and Revs C. J. Scott, Blyth, was business manager. Xbe fErm ?Horticultural Society Show C0Iflfl Decks H;II ith Blooms VIOLENCE AND MOB RULE just don't seem to have a place in democratic Canada ... Yet, their existence was brought home to Clintonians this week ... One of our citizens, driving for a trans- port firm trucking goods out of Windsor, was forced off the road, just outside of the city ... Luck- ily, though thrown clear of the tab, he was not hurt .. * * * REALLY GOOD BALL GAMES we're seeing these days up al the Community Park . These juv- eniles may not be able to com- pletely fill the Colts shoes yet .. . but they promise of better ball to come , .. and right now they and their opponents provide the best entertainment to be had on a sum- mer's evening .. . A BIT OF EXCITEMENT IN Hayfield: "A pair of pet coons gave the Francis family a lively time over the weekend . , . The coons are kept,in a mink pen and somehow managed to escape while the family was at church ... Wil- fred Heard helped one of the boys retrieve one but the other could not be found . Next day Lloyd Francis noticed the dog sniffing around a hollow tree in the adjoin- ing Howard lot . . . Sure enough young Mr. Coon was located in it . Reg. Francis donned a pair of leather gloves and with the aid of a. piece of barbed wire . he pulled that snarling racoon by the tail out of his hideout in the hol- low tree ... Now he is back with his mate in captivity again. and quite a domesticated child- ren's pet once more .. , Nearly 400 persons visited the flower show sponsored by the Clinton Horticultural Society and held in the Council chamber of the town hall, Clinton last Sat- urday afternoon. Hundreds of lovely blooms were on display in every sort of arrangement, from a simple one in a left -over spice bottle to elaborate ones in- volving sparkling crystal, ribbon and candles. Of special interest at the show was the various . exhibits from school children. There was a fair amount of ingenuity shown, in this class and the first prize winner of the table bouquet was Miss Heath- er Winter, High St., who had placed a new pink rosebud in sett- ing of sweet allyssium and small blue cornflower to achieve a charming centrepiece. The winner for •the best table arrangement for adults was won by Mrs. Clifford Epps, North St. Her entry had everyone trying to name the numerous varieties of small flowers which were placed skilfully in a large tow bowl. Though there was no prize offer- ed ffered novel arrangements, there might be room for an addition to time prize list next year. Mrs. J'. M. Elliott, Victoria St., brought her "Kiddies' Delight", just for the fun of it. This was a child's toy metal stove, resembling the old- fashioned type of wood range, complete with removable lids, fire- box and oven on. hinges. Mrs. Elliott had arranged tiny flowers m the coal scuttle, and in the fire- box itself to make a charming con- versation piece. At 11 a.m. alr'exhibits were in the council chamber, and follow- ing the judging which was con- ducted by C. V. Cooke, Joseph St., the show was • open to the public at 230 p.m, and again during the evening. A door prize, a flower container, was won by Mrs. Evelyn Gaines, Flint, Mich. $50 was re- ceived by means of a silver collect- ion. Rev. D, J. Lane, Huron St., is chairman of the Society. Winners in the adult classes were as follows: For the dining -room table, mix- ed bouquet, Mrs. Clifford Epps, Mrs. T. R. Thompson and Mrs. R. M. P. Bulteel, This class was jud- ged for suitability, arrangement and general attractiveness. Cash prize of $10 for this class was don- ated by Mrs, Frank Fingland, Ontario Street, secretary -treasur- er of the society. , Shoulder corsages, Mrs. T. R. Thompson, Miss Margaret Holland and Mrs. Charles Nelson; best single rose, Mrs. T. R. Thompson, Mrs, Norman Holland and Miss Luella Johnston; best gladiolus spike, Mrs. Clifford Epps. In the children's class, prizes for the best table bouquet went to Heather Winter, Dawn Grigg, Bar- bara McMillan, Nancy Olde, Lynn E. Brown; petunias:. Heather Win- ter, Bobby Grigg and Ralph Holl- and; asters, Freddie Livermore, Ralph Holland and Lynn Brown; snapdragons, Freddie Livermore, Bobby Grigg, Nancy Olde; zinnias, Patricia Pegg, Heather Winter, Ralph Holland. First and second prizes for the. bird -house competition went to an 11 -year-old boy and his 13 -year-old Where Your Tax Money Goes In Clinton dream house, and a finethough Besides all these ervices ,rs , Clin- Should you ever wonder just where all the money goes that comes in the weekly pay envelope, we can show you where part of it, at least, is bound for. In 1953, the average Clintonian will spend $224.70 to buy various sorts of services and protections from the Corporation of the Town of 'Clin- ton, and its agencies. Mr. Average Citizen will get for his dollars, fire protection for his house and its contents, day and night all year round; he will get safe pure water delivered to his home, and all sewage removed; he will get police protection for him- self and family, his home and his car; he will get electric power delivered to his home for cooking, heating, operating his radio and other Appliances, and for lighting; he receives roads and streets for travelling convenience; he receives voting privileges; he gains health protection for, himself and family through food, milk, restaurant and sanitary inspections, and also per- iodical examination of children at school by the health department, At the same time, Mr. Citizen may get all sorts of valuable in- formation frotn the town clerk or from the tax assessor as desired. His children have the most modern mentary education - veritably a Wet Days Retard Harvest Progress "Wet weather again delayed harvest operations ih the Coun- ty," reports G. W. Montgomery., Agricultural representative for Huron County. "Many farmers took advantage of the wet days to refill silos with second cut grass silage:. It woold appear that a slightly larger acreage is being prepared for fail wheat this year. All trope are snakingsatisfactory growth more particularly corn, beans and sugar beetsY'. c Loaf that is available for etc" The Weather 1953 1952 High Low High Low up, 15 81 58 76 46 14 82 58 84 55 15 72 57 86 63 16 75 51. 1868 17 68 46 73 61 18 69 45 75 58 19 69 47 75 50 RAM ,01 iiia. Rairt .46 int, cramped, collegiate is waiting for his children to obtain advanced education. A break -down of these expenses shows: $44.50, Public School $36.20, Sewerage $26,20, flat rate water heaters 26,20, hydro for cooking and lighting $19.70, maintenance of roads and agencies of the county $16.05, roads and drainage in Clinton $1L25, administration and gen- eral purposes $10.00, police protection $10,00, high school education $ 6.50, grants to organizations $ 5.40, water supply $ 3.50, street lighting $ 3.50, fire protection $ 3.50, street cleaning and dump operation $ 1.62, library operation $ 1.33, hospitalization and wel- fare .65, relief • ton's average citizen could for a few more cents expense, gain the advantages of a municipally fin- anced town band. He could, in fact, change from paying a cer- tain sum per month for the re- moval of garbage, and under a town operated system, could pay at the rate of a few cents a week, in the form of taxes, for the same service, Really these municipal services appear cheap when compared to the federal and provincial taxes, plus all the hidden taxes, when and if they could be found, 0 • Mayor W. J. Miller, Deputy Reeve Melvin Crich; Councillor George Knights, end Clerk L. D. Holland, pianfp attend the 55th annual convention of the Ontar- io Municipalities Association bee ing held in Hamilton for three days next week. 0 Arthur Groves was in Wind- sor yesterday afternoon attending a demonstration of television. Winning Trade Fair Display Dia Cornish proudly displays the award his booth won at the Lions Huron County Trade Fair, held in Clinton Lions Arena. The booth was judged by a prominent architect from -Winnipeg, H. 1-1. G. Moody. With Mr. Cornish, from left to right, are the ladies who graced the display, and no doubt were to a wide extent responsible for its success, Miss Ann I•Husty, Clinton; Miss Barbara Mien Toronto, representative for the sewing machine company; and Mrs. Harry Schellenberger, Clinton. ..Photo taken by Don EIltcoed, Clinton School Board Buys Projector For Visual Education Meeting for the fit time in the new Clinton Publi School on Percival Street, the Clinton Pub- lic School Board held{ its August meeting in the office of the min - civet on Thursday evening, August 13. Chairman A. F. Cudmore, and board anembers R, S. Macaulay, Clayton Dixon, Leslie Ball and George Laois were present. J. Murphy and F. O. Ford were ab- sent, A deed prepared by the town Solicitor, F. Fingland, Q,C., cov- ering the transfer of the old public school property on Ontario Street to the town of Clinton for the suns of one dollar, was signed. The board viewed again the film projector proposed for use in the classrooms and auditorium of the new school, and decision was made to purchase a projector corn - Pieta with large speaker, two lenses, film slicer and rewinds, at a quoted price of $483,85 and the machine presently in use. C. O. Martin, teacher in the school, and who has had some wide experience with projectors, was present to advise the board concerning this move. Salaries of two employees was raised, Mrs. May Rance MacKin- non, music teacher, raised $150 per year, Percy Livermore, care- taker, raised $200 per year, Discussion of the necessity for moving traffic signs from the loca- tion of the old school to the new site was held, and a suggestion was made that the police commit- tee be approached with regard to placing "Slow" signs on each of the streets leading to the school. Purchase of 300 nesting chairs, 100 each of green, red and grey, for use in the auditorium was au- thorized, along with a number of other stnall purchases for use in 'the new school, It was expected that the official opening of the school would take place toward the latter part of September or the first week in October, and announcement con- cerning this will be made shortly. Plans for a special speaker at this event have not yet been completed. R, S. Macaulay, chairman of the building committee, reported an additional expense, not anticipated, that of installing hand bells for use as fire alarms. He stated that they were preferable to the electric type, in case of an elect- rical fire. Mr. Macaulay suggest- ed that the board meet with the architect and builder to look over the school, and at that time be ready to suggest any changes they felt necessary. Secretary H. C. Lawson report- ed that non-resident fees for pup- lls attending the school from out of town would be $8 per month, and that they must be paid in advance, Also, Mr.s'L,awson made clear that any payments hi ar- rears of these fees for last year, must be made before pupils could be accepted at the school this term. OFFICIAL COUNT GIVES CARDIFF MAJORITY OF 953 The official count of returns from the 145 polls in Huron rid- ing was reported August 18 by returning officer, J. K. Hunter, Goderich. Listed are I1;045 votes cast for L. E. Cardiff and 10,092 votes for A. Y. 1VtcLean; that is, a majority of 953 for the prog- ressive candidate. An earlier report showed a majority of 259 votes more than the official one. A total of 81.5 per cent of the 26,179 persons listed on Huron voters' lists cast their votes. Only 194 ballots were rejected. The change in the Cardiff ma- jority was .brought about mainly by the armed forces voters who cast 83 ballots for him and 327 ballots for the Liberals. The other changes occurred due to changes in results reported for five of the polis in the riding.. The returning officer called attention to the good voting re- cord of the electors at the Hu- ron County Home. The voters at the home, cast 49 ballots, of which only two were improperly marked. The Dublin poll hi Hibbert Township recorded the best turnout with 92,54 per cent of the voters at the poll. Bayfield Poll, No, 8 Stanley, showed the poorest turnout, only 200 of a possible 351 voters cast their ballots. R., E. Thompson Hospital Leo-hreak Serious Robin E. Thompson, clerk of Goderich . Township, and well- known farmer, had the misfortune to break his leg, while working with the combine. on Monday, Au- gust 10. Apparently, he had been adjusting some part of the ma- chine, when it slipped, landing on his leg, and causing a complicated break between the knee and ankle. Mr. Thompson was taken to Clinton Public Hospital for treat- ment, and it is understood that he will remain there for some time yet. Quite recently he had been ap- pointed Deputy District Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge. 0 Clint. nExperiencing Pkketing:1 Strikers More than 20 picketers, mein- was expecting the provincial pats bers of the .teamsters union which ice to be along shortly to accorn.- is presently striking in South pany him. However, before the Western Ontario for higher wages, provincial risen arrived, the truck have been picketing the premises was set upon. Edwards escaped of Hanover Transport on Albert injury,' though the truck receives Street since early 'Tuesday even- considerable damage to the cab. ing. Owing to the, strike and its Trucking traffic, according to effect on the larger cities, drivers spokesmen from both the Clintan at the local Hanover branch have transport companies has become been off work since last Tuesday, exceedingly difficult, especially in - IAA no pickets were stationed un- to Toronto and Hamilton, and til this week, most trucks, if at all possible, First strong local interest in the were travelling in convoy with pet - strike came when truck driver ice escort. Emmerson Edwards, Clinton, was Yesterday a meeting between forced off the highway near Wind- the union and the companies was sor, by a car carrying four men, in session in Toronto, but no word who pulled ins front of his truck, of the outcome is yet available, andthen failed to stop. Apparen- In the meantime local police are tly, Mr. Edwards had received a giving all possible assistance to police escort through the city, and drivers, PUC Will Request Town Issue $5,000 Debenture A special meeting of the Clinton quest the town of Clinton to issue Public Utilities Commission was $5,000 debentures against the as - called last Friday afternoon, at sets of the Clinton hydro electric which Chairman H. R. Hawkins, systemout foxthe the purposepropgsed ofbuildicarryng- ing xe- Commissioner W. E. Perdue, May- program of the electric distribu- or W. J. Miller, Superintendent E. tion system for the years 1953-54. R. Rumball and Secretary A. J. This was carried, McMurray attended. Commission- A further motion from Commis- er C. M. Shearing was absent, stoner Perdue, seconded by Chair. Several tenders submitted for man Hawkins, was made that the supplying a truck with low box PUC ask permission of the On - for the use of the PUC were scan- tario HEPC to use the hydro ac- hed. However, information was count surplus for the purpose of too scanty, and specifications giv- re -building the distribution sys- en did not meet with require- tem, and also ask permission to ments. The superintendent and issue debentures to the extent of secretary were asked to confer $5,000 to carry out the proposed with each of the tenderers and see work for 1953-54, This also was if a truck meeting the PUC's carried. needs could be bought. The next regular meeting of the A motion by Commissioner Per- PUC will be held in the PCC due, seconded by chairman Haw- building on Tuesday evening, Sep- kins was made that the PUC re- tember 9. Mrs. A. J. Mustard Leaves Hospital; Tractor Accident Mrs. A. J. Mustard Ieft Clinton Public Hospital last night to re- Clintonturn to her home near Brucefield. Pepper, was admitted to hospital Mrs. Mustard, formerly Doreen last Saturday, suffering from pain - i oard To Buy fui back injuries, bruises and shick following an accident invol- ving a tractor, which took place T' Morecies I on the family farm. ` woma Members of the Clinton Ceme-! fourThe younginjured children,n; was mothedrir vingof tery Board, meeting last week, de- ! the tractor and towing a heavy sided- to purchase three acres of load of grain up the gangway into land adjacent to the present cerne- the barn. Apparently the heavy tery in Hullett Township from load caused the front of the tract- or to raise from the ground, and then the machine fell sideways, throwing Mrs. Mustard down the side of the gangway to the ground. Willis VanEgmond. Cost will run around $500 per acre for the prop - sister, respectively, Bobby and { erHowever, the sale cannot be Dawn Grigg, children of Reeve and - completed until approval from the Mrs. Edward Grigg, Goderich Ontario Department of Health has township. Third prize went to been receivd. Douglas FremIin. Achievement Day for Garden Clubs, CDCI Auditorium Site for Displays Eight girls' garden clubs from South Huron held their achieve- ment day in the auditorium of Clinton. District Collegiate Instit- ute yesterday. Miss Jean M. Steck- le, home economist for Huron County, was assisted by Miss Lau- ra Phippen, newly a home econ- omist in Ontario. H. R. Baker, assistant agricultural representat- ive, also assisted in planning and conducting the day. Registration and placing of ex- hibits, followed by judging classes, filled the morning's program. Throughout the afternoon the clubs presented their skits and de- monstrations providing visitors as well as the members of other clubs with much pleasantly arranged in- formation. The work of the garden clubs is carried on throughout the summer, and includes work by each of the girls in planning and keeping their own gardens, which are judged previous to the achievement day. Yesterday silver spoons were presented to each of the 119 girls who completed their project this NOTICE Both office and printing shop at The Clinton News -Record will be closed from August 24 to 29, inclusive, Correspondents, sub- scribers and advertisers, please note that there will be no News - Record published next week. The next issue of The Home Paper With the News, will be dated September 3. However, any news item or advertising may be mailed to the office, or placed in the mail slot beside the front door. It will receive immediate attention for that is- sue of the paper. �� ,�kc;Wit",•. ;z;:. 4e a word, minimum Ise Wed., Aug, 26 ---- Bayfield Fire Department annual frolic. Games, bingo, Free admission, Proceeds for equipment maintenance. Fun for all, 33-x Fri„ Aug. 21.- Paisley "Search for Talent", cash prizes. Spons- ored by Rotary Club. Men„ Sept. 17-.. Kinsmen Carn- ival, Main Street, Clinton. Bingo, street dance, pet parade. Draw for "Bel -Air" car. Everyone we), came, 33 x s. You'll enjoy dancing at the pop- ular Crystal Palace Ballroom, Mitchell, every Friday, night, to the music of Clarence Petrie and his Night ,I•iawks. S1to34-b year. This included 16 members from Auburn; 12, Elimville; 42, Seaforth; 14, Hurondale? 7, Dun- gannon; 7, Carlow; 7, Kippen; 12, Blyth. In addition the 37 girls who completed two projects received certificates of achievement, and ten girls received county honours. These girls, having completed six projects, were Barbara Trewartha, Seaforth; Yvonne Kyle, Marie Jar - rot, Lois McLellan, Anne Sinclair, Elaine Bell, Kippen; Margaret Niv- ins, Marlene Easom, Ruth Deer, and Maurice Hallam, Auburn. Third year garden club memb- ers, who presented special projects and exhibited files, were Mavis McBride, Pearla Hern, Elimville; Mary Whyte, Betty Axtman, June' Smith, Alice Ann Nixon, Mary Broadfoot, Olene Godkin, Iris By- erman, Muriel Dale, Seaforth; Phyllis Cann, Marilyn Strang, Mil- dred Ballantyne, Hurondale; Mar- ilyn Anderson, Barbara Wilson, Dungannon; Barbara Buchanan, Carlow. To -day the garden club members in North Huron are holding their achievement day in Cranbrook Community Centre. Later in the fall an achievement night is plan- ned when some of the demonstra- tion from both parts of the county will be asked to present their work again, 0 Bicycle Damaged In Car Mishap About $40 damage was done to a bicycle owned by Doug Mann, which 14 -year-old Murray Lee was riding west on Huron Street at about ten o'clock Friday evening, August 14, without Iights showing, when a 1951 car driven by F. O. Ford, Whitehead Street, and going north across Huron Street from Orange Street, caught the rear wheel of the bicycle. This accident emphasizes the danger of riding unlighted bicycles and Chief of Police Joseph Ferrand advises that from now on the law governing this will be enforced. At approximately half past four yesterday afternoon, a car owned and driven by Marshall Young, R.R. 4, Clinton, was in collision Huron 4-H Clubs Tour Wentworth In II Bu.s-Loads Eleven busses were necessary to carry the 375 4-H Club members and their leaders on an especially planned bus tour to Wentworth County and the City of Hamilton, on Tuesday, August 18. G. W. Montgomery, agricultural repre- sentative for Huron County, and his assistant, H. R. Baker, were responsible for the planning of the trip. The tour itself, with special features of interest to the young- sters, was organized by W. G. Mar- itt, Hamilton, agricultural repre- sentative of Wentworth ' -County. The program included a tour of Hamilton Bay aboard the SS Lady Hamilton, and a view of the Canal Bridge, tours of industrial build- ings uildings and the university grounds. While driving the 11 pusses through the cities of Stratford and Kitchener, the 4-H Clubbers were escorted by the city police. Then at Peter's Corners the provincial police force met them, continuing the escort to Hamilton, and for the tour throughout the city. To -morrow, Huron County is to be host to over 50 Junior Farmers from Kent County, who plan visits to Bill Etherington's cash crop farms and Gib Dow's loafing barn and milking parlour near Exeter, followed by a visit to Goderich harbour, the county museum, the salt plant, and a visit to the poultry farms at Seaforth. The evening will be finished off with a ball game at Lions Park, Seaforth between the Kent and Huron Juniors. with a truck driven east on Huron Street owned by George Ells iott, Clinton, at the corner of Or- ange and Huron Streets, No one was hurt, and minor damage to the car is reported. Charges may be laid, Wesley -Willis Sunday School Picnic Featured By Big Sports Programme 'The annual Sunday School picnic Linda Turner; boys, Billy McCall, of Wesley -Willis United Church Elwyn Kingswell, Eric Stevens; held at Lions Park, Seaforth, on seven years and under, girls, I:l'el- August 12 proved a huge success en Livermore, Susan Brown, Lyn - with close to 150 adults and child- da McDonald; boys, John Cooper; ren attending. Keith RathweIl; nine years and The sports, Committee was corn- under, girls, Carolyn Hoy, Lynn posed of Mrs, D. Andrews, Miss Shipley, Connie Hoy; boyS, Bruce June Miller, Miss Margaret Hol- Cooper, Ronald Livermore, John land and William Andrews and the Cooper; 11 years and under, girls, prize winners are as follows: Gloria Cooper, Shirley Cooper, Races: five years and under, Kathleen Rathwell; boys, Wayne girls, Sharon Brown, Fay Carter, Stanley, Bob Marshall, Bruce Cooper; 14 years and under, girls, Kar@n 1Vloodie Darlene Stanley, Couple Celebrate Golden Weeding raA., - Mir. AND MRS. W. J. FALCONER celebrated their 50th edding anniversary at the home of their son.in-law and deligh- t r, Mr. and Mrs. Erlin. Whitmore, RAI. 3, Seaforth. Mr. and Mrs. falconer have lived most. of their life on the homestead of Mrs. Falconer's Barents, on Highway 4, near }3rueefielcj, with the exception M a few years spent in Clinton just after their mar- riageits 1003. Marilyn Miller; boys, Wayne Stan- ley, ta ley, Kenneth Currie, Ronald Liver- more, Young ladies, Karen Moodie, Gloria Cooper, Marilyn Miller; young men, Ken .Carter, William Andrews, Wayne Stanley; married ladies, Mrs. D. Andrews, Mrs. H. Kingswell, Mrs. H. Turner; mar - rigid men, Norman Livermore, Mr. Stevens, Joe Cooper; three-legged race, Thelma Moore and Ken Car- ter, Marian Andrews and Karen Moodie, Norman Livermore and Joe Cooper; children's three-leg- ged race, Wayne Stanley and Ken Currie, Gloria Cooper and Shirley Carter, Jack Warner and Jim. Mc„ Donald. Ladies kick -the -slipper, Mary Sutter, Karen Moodie; wheelbar. row race, Wayne Stanley and Ken Currie; thread the needle, Mrs. H. Kingswell and Mrs, H. Turner, Mrs. 11. Currie and Jack Warner; soda biscuit race, Kon Currie, Wayne Stanley, 13ob Miller. Oldest lady present, Mrs. I). Laidlaw; oldest man present, J. McGill; youngest child present. Stephen Dade; birthday on day of picnic, Gordon Moodie. Picnic tables were arrtingad by Mrs. Reg, Shipley and Mrs. Wit- fred Jervis and a wonderful sup per was enjoyed by akti.' •