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Clinton News-Record, 1956-03-01, Page 1Minister of Health and, Welfare Visits Hospital Here sesseeSSS,,SVOs. The Hon. Paul Martin, Dominion Minister of Health and Welfare, right, visited the Clinton Public Hospital last Friday afternoon, and made a tour of the building, accompanied by the super- intendent, Miss A. B. Sinclair. On the wall is a picture of Dr. Gunn, founder of the first hospital in. Clinton. (News-Record Photo) Last Minute Touches "Make the Man" All is net accomplished under the glare of footlights, in this Matter of winning drama festival honours, Here directress Mrs. Francis Powell, RR 3, Clinton, makes some finishing touches to make-up for Stanley Johns, one of the Junior Farmers taking part in 'Bobbie Pulls Up Her Socks" here last Thursday. (News-Record Photo) The Weather 1000 Tii gu Lew 0.5o Tligh Low Feb.. 23 25 a 28 18 24 35 -4 36 6 25 40. 19 35 19 26 27 13 36 18 27 27 4 37 32 28. 24 6 36 30 28 25 4 lam New THE NEW ERA-91st YEAR THE. NEW$-RECORD--75th YEAR ec Rein; ,13 ins, Rain .29 ins Snow: 5 ins. No, 9---The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1950 7 cents a ;NI — $3,00 a year 16 Year Old Commended By. Chief ConstaNe. Sixteen-year-old David Brnd-. er received the commendation of Chief Constable H.. Russel Thompson this week, when he turned in to the .Chief a lady's purse, which he found in the roadway, where it had appar- ently been run over by cars and possibly a echoOl btle. The purse contained a sum of money, two wallets and personal papers bekinging to Mrs. D'Arcy Rathwell, RR 1, Brucefield. Young David, who is the son. of Mr. and Mrs. Earl 0, Brud- er, Erie Street, Clinton, is a student at Clinton District Collegiate Institute, This act of honesty by the young student is described by the Chief as one "certainly deserving of reward," Council Meeting On March 6 Clinton Town Council will meet in the Town Hall next Tuesday evening commencing at eight o'clock, Tenders for the purchase of the old public school will close next Monday, and discussion may be expected on this subject.. Council meetings are public meetings, Anyone and everyone who is interested in the governing Of the town should show their feel- ings of responsibility by attending 0 S-H MANAGEMENT ASSOC. TO MEET HERE ON THURSDAY The South-Huron Farm Manage- ment Association will meet in the Agripultural Office board roams on Thursday, 1Vlarch 8, at 1.30 p.m. Legion Pays Off. Mortgage Memorial Hall Paid For; Plan Addition Of Stage (By W. D.. D.) TOME WEEKS A G 0 THE 'eotehmen had their day and pre- ended to enjoy the, haggis in boo- ur of Bobbie Burns . . . Within wo weeks the Irishmen will be elebrating the 17th with the yearling of the green, and all hat . . . But today is the day for he Welshmen . . . and let all men ake heed. On March 1, the Wel- h celebrate St. David's Day, and very town. in Wales will hold a ocal Eisteddfod, or cultural corn- etition with contests in literature Ind music . . . Seems like a very ourse this is because of the short- o mark their own special day. ,i, 'I, T. WAS A SPECIAL DAY FOR ;firitcn Public Hospital last ycek . . when the Hon. Paul artin paid a call in town . . . 'irst Hugh Hawkins and A Y. cLean, Seaforth, met the Minis- er as he got off his train in Lon- Ion on Friday, and then they mot- red with him up to Exeter . . here they paid a call at the new south. Huron District Hospital, Ind Mr. Martin termed it "the _leanest hospital he had been Of course one has to make some uotable remark about any build- ng visited . . . and of Clinton this riendly man said . . "My, I on't know when I've met so many arried nurses in a hospital." Of oursethisi is because of the short- ge of these much needed lad- es . . . and the Clinton Hospital is very pleased to have the mar- ried ladies come in to fill a very ide gap indeed . . . in hospitals nurse numbers . . . Rarely have we met anyone as "easily talked to" as the Hon. Paul , . . He made a point of in- troducing himself to all the nur- ses he caught sight of . . . and also popped into a variety of patient's rooms as well . . . He made personal contact with young Timmy Oliver . . . a young lad of tender years who aceupied a crib in the upstairs hall, recuperating from a bad burn he'd received when he accidentally sat in some hot water in his mother's kitchen. Mr, Martin and Miss Sinclair led the way in, a swift but quite thorough tour of the hospital . , . and therest of us followed . , There were several Board mem- bers . . three representatives of the press . . . and two or three Liberals besides . . , We made a very impressive parade, indeed, as we toted cameras and tried to feel as "at ease" as the Minister of Health and Welfare obviously was . Of course, he probably has vis- ited a good many more hospitals than any of the rest of us had . „ Then We went along over to the old wing of the hospital which does need such extensive re- pairs . . • The halls are narrow. , the rooms almost too small to hold patients . . the stairways are dangerous . The place certainly can use all the "renovating" the Beard can do to it . . . We heard of plans for an, emergency opera- ting room special space for stoires — . extra patients' beds .. and it all seemed good „ , After a slippery trip across Queen Street , . which the weath- er had made treacherous with sloppy sleeted ice — Our whole inspecting party was welcomed graciously by the house mother at the Nurses' Residence, Mrs, Rad- ford . and we spent a few Min-, uteS enjoying the decor and corm, fort of the living MOM . Before the Minister had to take his leave and make his way to a meeting in Zurich Mow Attendance was down from oth- er years at the Clinton Figure Skating Club's annual carnival last Friday and Saturday evenings in Clinton Lions Arena. This was the first time the skating club had charge of the show; previous to that the Clinton Lions Club had promoted figure skating here. Many persons who had purchased tickets were unable 'to attend due to the stormy weather. One car- load of guest skaters from Strat- ford were unable to get through for the Saturday night perform- ance. Dennis Silverthorne, the profes- sional instructor of the Clinton club arranged the show, using all his 'Clinton pupils, assisted by skaters from Goderich and Strat- ford, where he is also the instruc- tor. "Under The Big Top" The opening part of the program "Under the Big Top" created a circus atmosphere. Seija Hinkkuri, from Timmins, now training in Stratford, was the first solo artist. Rabies In Bruce County Warn Of Possibility Here Discovery of a case of rabies in a fox found in the Tobermory dist- rict in Bruce County this week, points up the warning made by Harold Cantelon, Wildlife Manage- ment Officer, Department of Lands' and Forests at Hespeler, at the annual meeting of the Huron County Trappers Association here last Thursday when he spoke on the subject. Mr. Cantelon is the Wildlife Management Officer, De- partment of Lands and Forests for this area. Mr. Cantelon warned against hysteria with regard to these cases of rabies, and described the case of one man in Sheffield who was bitten by his dog, which was later discovered to have had rabies. The man has been treated for the dis- ease by a series of injections. "Do not kill the dog that bites you," said Mr. Cantelon, "even if you think he has rabies. Keep him under strict observation for 15 days at least. Notify the Con- servation Officer in your area. The only way to tell whether an animal has the disease is to examine the brain after death comes as a result of the sickness, If the animal is shot before rabies develops far enough, there is no way of proving the existence of rabies." Cantelon also warned against believing too much of the big headlines in newspaper, He said it was not that serious. Foxes, he went on are known as common carriers of the disease, and have been known to pass along the dis- ease to other animals. He said it was the most dread disease known, and that if it once reached a per- son's head, or an animal's head it would be fatal. The disease of rabies travels along the blood stream from where it is contract- ed through a break in the skin, He called Upon his listeners at the meeting to report all sick or dead animals found in the bush, to the district Conservation Of- ficer--in this area Roy Bellinger, Clinton, is the man to notify. It could possibly be an animal wt. feting from rabies, and discovery early enough could lead to the Saving of others from catching it. Assisting her were the following Clinton juniors as pierrettes: Jo- anne Aldwinckle, Mary J. Neilans, Peggy McAs'h, Julie Dixie, Glenda Mero, Bonnie Butler, Gail Nichol, Wendy Pokox, Margaret Muirhead and Shirley Spillsbury. The following juniors acted as clowns: Elaine Brown, Sally Deev- es, June McDonald, Louise Easton, Charlene Turner, Carol Thompson, Nina McDonald, Jean Ashton, Judy Graham, Patricia Harland, Mary Elliott, Wilma Billings, Sandra Maltby, Nancy Schoenihals, Laurie Bates, Sharon Fenton, Diane Don- aldson, Diane Caron, Diana Lee, Linda Worell, Beverley Beattie, Mary Macaulay, Wanda Keasey, Christine Betty, Linda Ouimet, Shawn Smith, Donalda. Freeman, Margaret Pratt, Margaret Tre- wartha, Margaret Aldington, Bon- nie Smith, Karen Gattinger, Nancy Olde, Patsy Dyer, Heather Winter, Margaret Steinburg, Karen Ham- ill, Edith Dawson, Dora Hodges, Ruth Steinburg, Margaret Jean Addison, Maureen Hayter, Wendy McGee and Ann Shives. Four Clinton senior boys acted as clowns, John. MacDonald, John Turner, Peter Thompson and Bob Robinson, The Octette included the following senior girls: Sharon Cook, Mary Newcombe, Dianne Campbell, Ann Trott, Marilyn Mil- ler, Iva Glazier, Linda Jervis and Mary Jean Colquhoun. Wilf Pocock played the part of a shooting star, Larry Daw and Ron Cunningham, together port- rayed the horse "Man. O'War", dir- ected by Patricia Reynolds, as the pert little ringmaster. The circus act concluded with all personnel in a grand finale appearance. Guest Artists Solo and group skaters from Stratford who performed were: Lorraine O d b e r t and Arthur Bourke, Seija Hinkkuri; and Mr. (Continued on Page Five) 0 Kinettes Have Court Whist Night A court Whist party, sponsored by the Clinton Kinette Club, was held at the' Hotel Clinton, on Tuesday evening, February 28. The prize far the highest score of the evening went to Mrs. Win Mc- Donald, and for the lowest score, to Mrs. George Run-lb-all. Tick- ets were sold on a cake audit was won by Mrs. Dorothy Scott, God- erich, Lunch was served at the close of the games. Yesterday was a birthday for a number of folk, Who most years do not have a real birthday to cel- ebrate at all. Two young men of 23 such birthdays, are John McClure, Win- throp, and nobert Newcombe, who lives at the Huron. County Home, Mr. Newcombe was born on Concession 8, Morris Township, and lived at Blyth in his earlier years, He's in good health, reads a lot, and received several letters and card's of congratulation, One telegram Came for a nephew in Oklahoma, Mr. Newcombe says he thinks the cards should' have been sympathy cards, due to the many birthdays he has lost. Mr. IVIcCitite is grandfather to Mrs. Jack Taylor, Brueefield, 14e has seven., in his ._own, Huron Liberal, Association (Fed- eral) was re-organized east Friday night at the annual meeting in. Zurich Community Centre. Over 300 persons attended, the banquet at which Hon. Paul Martin, min- ister of National Health, and Wel- fare, was guest speaker. About 30 Liberals from Clinton attended the meeting. Hugh R. Hawkins, Clinton, who acted as chairman °tithe meeting, was made president. James Scott, Seaforth, a provincial organizer for the Ontario Liberal party, headed the nominating committee and brought in the following slate of officers' which was approved: Honorary presidents: Senator W. A. Golding, Seaforth; W. H. Robertson, Goderich; John Mc- Nabb, RR 2, Brussels; Pat Sul- livans Dashwood; John A. McEwen, Brucefield; Albert Kalbfleisch, Zurich; Charles MacKay, RR 2, Kippen, Murdock Matheson, RR 3 Goderich; Mrs. John M. Govenlock, Seaforth; Elmer Dennis, McKillop Township; Mr. and Mrs. W. • L. Whyte, Seaforth; Brown. Smyth, Auburn. President, Hugh R. Hawkins, Clinton; secretary, Harold Shore, Goderich; assistant secretary, Bruce Erskine, Goderich; treasur- er, Roy Lamont, ZurScl ; District vice-president's: 1---Exe• ter, Stephen and Usborne, Garnet Hicks, Exeter; 2-1Iay, Hensall, and Stanley, Earl Campbell, Hen- sail; 3—Town of Goderich, Col- borne, West Wawanosh and Ash- field, Robert Simpson, Kintail; 4-- Clinton, Goderich Township, Hul- lett and RCAF Station Clinton, Ephraim Snell, RR 1, Clinton; 5-- Seaforth, McKillop, part of Hib- bert Township, and Tuckersmith, Over 80 Entries County Seed Fair Welcomes Visitors Tomorrow night, well over 80 exhibits of the best seed grains that Huron County has to offer will be open for public inspection in the gymnasium of Clinton Dis- trict Collegiate Institute. These exhibits are part of the ninth An- nual Huron County Seed Fair. Al- so included in the fair are original displays from the agricultural classes of Huron secondary schools. This fair, which is held each year in Clinton, is the, second lar- gest of its kind in Ontario and prizes and trophies valued at $1,000 will be given to the winners of the many classes, A panel on "Soil and Crop Pro- duction" will be headed by Dr. D. N. Huntley, department of field husbandry, Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph, on Saturday af- ternoon. Others appearing on the panel will be Prof. N. J, Thomas, Department of Soils, OAC; Dr. Jsek Roe, skiwood and three Hur- on County farmers, William Turn- bull, Brussels; Alvin Betties, Bay- field; and Robert Allan, Bruce- field. Climax of the fair will be the auction sale of the fair's top seed on Saturday afternoon, family, 36 grandchildren, 70 great grandchildren an d nine great great granehildren, Mrs. J, E. McDonald, Clinton, marked her 11th, birthday at her home yeste, qtly. Gorden Elliott, Brocefield, also had his 11th birthday yesterday, Mrs. Bruce McClinchey, Bruce- field, had her tenth birthday on John Broadfoot, Seaforth; 6—Bly- th, East Wawanosh, Grey and Morris and the village of Brussels, William Bison, Gorrie. Also acting as vice-presidents will be Cliff Dunbar, Ethel, presi- dent of the Huron-Bruce Provin- cial Liberal association, and Ivan KalbtfIeisch, Zurich, president of the Huron provincial Liberal as- sociation., County President HUGH R. HAWKINS, co-partner in the hardware business known as. Hawkins and Jacob, here in Clinton, last week was named presi- dent of the Huron County Liberal Association (Federal) as this group was re-organized at a banquet meeting in Zur- ich, the 29th, according to her s:eter, Mrs. Elmore Stephenson, Seaforth, Young Ken Armstrong, Londes- boro, marked his 6th birthday, too. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs, Jack Armstrong, Lonclesboro, a graduate of CDCI, veteran, Colts hockey clefeneernan, and now a constable with the •Ontaria Pro- vincial Police detachment at Sob- Two eight year olds, Carol Anne Thompson and Douglas Wayne Leibold have passed their second birthday. Douglas is a ten of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Leibold, RR 2, Clinton, and a pupil at Halmeenille public school, There Were no new "Leap Day" babies born in 1052, in Clinton, and so far there have been none reported this year in this area. Less than a week after Clinton Branch: No. 140 of the Canadian Legion paid off the final mortgage on the memorial hall, Kirk Street, the general meeting on Monday night accepted the recommenda- tion of the executive that the property committee proceed with the building of a stage at the hall. Final plans• are not yet complete, but it will be a 20x40 foot addition. Upstairs will be a stage for the hall, and the downstairs portion will be used as dressing rooms and storage space. Treasurer E, J. Dale paid the final payment on the hall's mortgage on. February 22, 1956. Further renovations include til- ing of the lower part of the walls in one of the downstairs meeting rooms', and painting. A contractor will supervise the building of the stage addition, and it is hoped that most of the labour will be volunteer help from the members. The memorial hall was practically all built by volunteer labour. Miss B. Hamilton Wins Right To Spell At Finals The relentless business of find- ing the "champion" speller in the public schools of Inspectorate 2 of Huron County yesterday after- noon narrowed the field down to Miss Bonnie Hamilton, 12 year old daughter 'of Mr. and Mrs. John Hamilton, Albert Street. Miss Hamilton now has the opportunity to go forward to zone finals in Stratford, which will be held next Tuesday. Runner-up in this contest, for which words were given by Glen Gardner, Goderich, inspector of public schools, was Miss Nancy Hughes, Goderich Public School, who is the daughter of Dr, and Mrs, Ray Hughes, Goderich. Nine contestants showing up for the event were Egbert Backker, SS 8, Hullett; Jim Alexander, SS 9, Hullett; •Carol Hindmarsh, SS 1, Goderich; Robert Chamney, Goder- ich Public School; Phyllis Bryans, Seaforth Public School, Shirley Dolmage, SS 10, McKillop; Jean. Hillen, SS 6, McKillop, besides the top two contestants. Tough words which were the downfall of the contestants were laundry, holiness, incense, aboli- tion, absess, admissible. Inselube, was a word which stumped both of the top contestants, and both accommodation and accumulate proved too much for one each of the top contenders. S. Middleton A Director; Watson Predicts Up Trend Stewart Middleton, RP, 3, Clin- ton, is among the directors of the Western Ontario Aberdeen-Angus Association, which met in. Toron- to last week. W. P, Watson, livestock com- missioner for Ontario predicted a slight upward trend in the beef market, and said that the price level hit in 1955 should last for another year with chances that it might lift slightly. 0 FARM MANAGEMENT OBOTIP TO IVIBET h ERE INVXT WEEK The Notth-Huron Farm Man- agement Association will meet in the Agrieultural Office board rooms at 1.30 p.m, on Wednesday, March 7, A committee was formed to ar- range a special "mortgage party" night. The Ladies' Auxiliary and other gueets will be invited. To Sponsor Guides At a Legion executive meeting on February 20, president Ken Me. Rae and Stewart Taylor, chairman of the boys and girls committee, of Clinton Lions Club, interviewed the, Legion regarding taking over the sponsorship of the Girl Guides and Brownies. The Guides now have 24 members and the Brown- ies over 60 members; at present the Brownies have only one pack while regulations call for 24 in a pack. The Legion will take over spon- sorship of the groups, but they will still meet in St. Paul's Par- ish Hall. R. B, Campbell and past presi- dent W. J. Counter will act as scrutineers in the Huron County TB Association mass chest x-ray in May, as representatives of the Clinton Legion branch. The Legion gave $5.00 to the St. John's Ambulance Society. The use of the hall will be given free to a district Scout rally some Sun- day in March. This Friday night the last dance of the season will be held, in the memorial hall. Dances will be re- vived again in the fall, The Legion authorized the ex- penditure of approximately $100 as Clinton's share of furnishing a veteran's memorial room in the new county court house at Gode- rich. Architect's plans of the memorial table and other furnish- ings were on display at the meet- ing. In the glass encased top of the memorial table will be an en- graved book containing the names of all servicemen from Huron County who paid the supreme sac- rifice in the Boer War, the First and Second Great Wars, and the recent Korean conflict. Another book containing the names of all persons who enlisted from Huron County and natives of Huron who enlisted from other centres, will also be in the memorial room. A local committee composed of President W. J. Denomme, J, D. Thorndike, Reeve John Deeves of Goderich Township, and A. L. Col- quhoun, are working on this pro- ject, This committee will be ad- ded to.. • Each of the 11 branches in Hu- ron County sent representatives to a meeting of the county memorial committee recently held in the Le- gion Hall here, when the archit- ect's plans and suggestions were accepted. 0 Man Found Frozen In Snowdrift Now Recovering (By our Bayfield correspondent) Willard (Byrd) Sturgeon, aged 60, was found lying unconscious in a snowdrift at the bend of the road where Sydenham joins Sarnia Street at 7.30 on Monday morning. Harry Darnborough had been unable to start his car and was on his way over to John Bird's trail- er when he made the tragic dis- covery. When they learned of it, Mr. and Mrs. Bird, nearest residents, hur- ried to the scene with blankets in which they wrapped the stricken man. He was wearing light cloth- ing. Harry Darnborough went for Mrs. Sturgeon while John Bird drove down to notify Constable George Little. He in turn Con- tacted P.C. Lloyd Westlake and together they went to investigate. The unconscious man was lif- ted into the back of George Lit- tle's station wagon and he was rushed to Clinton Public Hospital Mrs. Sturgeon accompanied him. There it was ascertained' that his arms, legs, hips and part of his body had been frozen, (the temp- erature had been about 10 degrees above zero). The attending phy- sician, Dr. F, G. Thompson, is quoted as saying that he had nev- er seen anyone so badly frozen. The patient remained in a crit- ical condition all day but regained consciousness in the early even- ing. There was evidence that he had been ill on the way home on Sunday night. He thinks that it was about half-past nine o'clock, when he first felt sick at the top of the hill on Keith Crescent. But he kept on walking, thinking that he could get home. In the attempt, he must have blacked out. Mrs. Sturgeon and son Glenn were not unduly alarmed when he did not return home. She thought that he was probably spending the night with friends, At time of writing Sturgeon's condition was still regarded, as very serious, Birthday Club Mrs. 1iVilliam Bleinedeii, quietly celebrated her Sqth birthday, on. Tuesday, February 28, at her home Lianclesboro, Skaters Show Skills, Though BadWeatherReducesCrowd ti Huron Liberals Re-Organize; Name Clinton Merchant Their President Celebrate "Leap Year"Birthdays On 29th