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Arum, frgYiNG VAINLY FOR
weeks to do even slightly as well
with the topic, we give up . • • and
give you "SUGAR AND SPICE"
dispensed by Bill Smiley, on the
topic of agriculture versua ie-
dustry:
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"Some agricultural expert came
cut the other day with a epeeeh
which ,gained for him, as it was
obviously suppoeed to, some head,
Thies. ele told farmers to get ciff
the farm, said theee were too inane
people trying to make a livipg from
the' land under cultivation, and
suggested that a good portion of
our eons of the- soil should head
for the bright lights and the big
pay cheques.
* *
"Well, I'm going to make a spec,.
ial plea to farmers to ignore this.
advice. The fellow may have had
a pqinft. Perhaps there are too
many farmers. There are certainly
quite a few on Saturday night, on
main street.
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No, 17—The Home Paper With the News. CLINTON,. ONTARIO, THWODAY, APRIL 20, 1954,. I cents a copy — ;3,00 a year
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75th YEAR THE .NEWS-RECORP THE NEW ERA-91st YEAR
Legiortaires Watch Hall Mortgage Burn
on Sunday, May 6, leaving the
Legion Hall here at 12,30 p.m. The
Branch is taking the Bannockburn
Pipe Band. and the Legion Colors.
Due to the Legion sponsored
Girl. Guides using the hall Monday
evenings, regular Legion meetings
will in future commence at nine
o'clock.
The annual paper d aye is being
held next Wednesday afternopn,
with Cam Proctor as chairman.
The co-operatiai of all household-
ers and business places is asked,
in having their bundles of papers,
magazines, etc., securely tied and
out on the curb by one o'clock. •
Five dollars was donated to the
Clinton Branch of the Cancer Soc-
iety. Bob Campbell announced that
he had secured 35 volunteer can-
vassers from the Q.11 to work
on the mass TB Chest .X-ray sur-
vey beginning next month. Most of
the Legion-owned hospital equip-
ment is now out in use.
One :Initiation
A new member, Lloyd John "Dick"
Carter was initiated into the Leg-
ion. Officiating at this were ser-
geant-at-arms George Campbell,
president W. J. Denomme, viee-
president D. A. Andrews, and past
president J. W. Counter.
Memorial Cominittee
Tuesday, May 2, is the lest day
to enquire about and add names
to the honour roll and list of vet-
erans, from Huron. County, to, be
placed in the memorial room in the
new county court house at Goeer-
ich. The eleven Legion branches
in Huron are furnishing the mem-
orial room in the new building,
If anyone knows of any person
who enlisted from Huron county
or was a native of the county, who
would not be on a municipal or
church, list of veterans, are asked
to get in touch with one of the
persons listed in an advertisement
on page three of this issue.
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Remember!
:Daylight Saving time begins at
a.M. Sunday morning. Set all
clocks- ahead one hour,
Self-satisfied smiling faces on these four men as they watch the mortgage on the Legion Memor-
ial Hale Kirk Street, go up in flames., were mirrored all over the hall last Friday night, when about
200 Legion members, and members of the Auxiliary gathered for the "burning" and a social evereng
in celebration of the. fact. Left to right, President W. i "Dinah" Denoname; Poet President Kelso.
"Kel" Streets; Past President G. M. "Morley" Counter, and his son, Immediate Past President J. W.
"Pete" Counter, (News-Record Photo)
At the monthly meeting of Clin-
ton Branch of the Canadian Leg-
ion, past zone commander J. D,
Thorndike -introduced a resolution
calling for a uniform service at
Remembrance Day programs on
November 11, The.meeting passed
the resolution, which will be prop-
erly drafted and presented to the
zone meeting in Kincardine on
May 6,
The resolution read, in part:
Be it resolved that the Dominion
Command of the Canadian Legion,
B.E.S.L., in conjunction with sen-
ior clergymen of the three armed
services, be asked.-to draw up an
interdenominational program to
cover all Remembrance Day Ser-
vices."
Buses are being chartered to go
to the zone meeting in Kincardine
Small Crowds
Mr. Lavis pointed out in his re-
port that although• the crowds
were below the level of other years
that the team had still finished
we:h bank balance of over 1800:
total receipts amounted to $2,118.-
67, of which $609.62 was realized
from scheduled games, $927.57
from playoffs, and the balance
made up of receipts from the tur-
key, draw and $232.48 held over
from the 1953-54 season.
Major expenditures went• to
equipment and repairs, $685; and
the WOAA share of gates $222.
Ba,'ance for the year's activities
amounted to $858.11.
To Purchase Equipment
President Russell Holmes, in
charge of the meeting asked for
ideas on the disbursement of the
money. It was the unanimous de-
cision of the players and executive
that the profits be used to pur-
chase new equipment for the team
for next season. Talk of new
sweaters, pants and any other ad-
ditional equipment needed was dis-
cussed+ but no definite plans were
made,
Suggests Uniform Services In
Remembrance Day Program
Farewell to the Sergeants' Mess is made by five former NCO's and Warrant Officers of RCAF
Statiim Clinton upon promotion to commissioned rank. Bidding adieu to the president of the Serg-
eants' Mess are (left to right) Flying Offleer (formerly Warrant Officer) S. L. 13. Lloyd Paulson,
Winnipeg; Plying Officer (formerly Flight Sergeant) Kenneth N. Jones, Aurora; Flying Officer
(fortnerly Warrant Officer) Hugh H. McTaggart, Stettler, Alberta; Flying Officer (formerly War-
rant Officer) M. MaeLeritian, Canning-ton and Peteebore, and Plying Officer (formerly Plight
Sergeant) Leslie Halliwell, Calgary. Shaking hands with Plying Officer 1-talliwell is Warrant Of.
fleet H, 11. "Ray" Gibbon, Clinton, president of the Mess. The, three first-mentioned officers are
in the Telecommunications branch of the 'RCAF while MacLennan is a donstruetlori, engineer and
Hallivvell was appointed, to the personnel Administration branch. All have served at.'RCA:. Station
Clinton for Varying periods up to four. yearS,
Farewells Are Said To Sergeants' Mess
Sir Ernest Cooper Has
bit To: Birthplace.
"You do' not realize what you arena.
have done' to help hockey and the
arena Tn Clinton," said George
Lavis when he presented his fin-
ancial report to the members of
the Clinton Colts hockey club on
TUesday night.
Aids Arena
Commenting on the effect of the
team on the arena stated that
without the $1,400 received from
the hockey games played by the
Colts this season the financial
status of the arena would be not
a bright one. He stated that to
have the arena on a paying basis
was 'a feat of which We should be
proud. Mr. Lavis cited some aren-
as in the vicinity, pointing out that
they had cost their respective
town councils large sums to keep
them in operation (one was up-
wards of $14,000). The only mon-
ey received by the Clinton Lions
from the town was , $1,000 which
was used to pay on the mortgage
and not for the operation of the
"Homebrew" Is Hockey Solution;
Team Shows Substantial Profit.
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"But that 'doesn't matter. What
I'm worried about is the individual
farmer who might be seduced into
industry. I can't bear the thought
of the horrible .degeneration that
would set in, morally, physically
and mentally, should any sturdy
countryman join the forty-hour-a,
week. boys..
* * *
"Look before you leap, Mr.
Farmer. Let's have a closer look
at the gravy train before we jump
aboard. Before you Bell yourself
down the river, let us have a look
at the rapids and waterfalls ahead.
And justeto round it off, all is not
gold that glitters.
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"How does the industrial worker
start his day? It's ghastly. The
alarm goes off. He groans. His
eyes are sore from sitting around
watching Tee His mouth tastes
like "a glue factory smells, from
that beer he drank last night, and
the overheated room he slept in.
He gropes his way to the gas stove
and turns it on to warm up last
night's coffee. He, drinks a cup of
the foul stuff, smokes a cigarette
and coughs like a hyena. His wife
never stirs, in the bed.
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"He makes his lunch: four slices
of bread spread with a nauseating
canned meat; a hunk of hard
cheese; a stale tart; the rest of
that filthy coffee, • No Movement
from the bed. He shaves, cutting
himself. He puts out the milk.
bottles and wanders off into the
cold gray morning to find a street-
car, after saying goodbye to his
wife, who answers only "unkh."
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"Compare this ordeal to the
happy matutinal exercises of the
jolly farmer. He leaps from bed
in the pitch dark, about five ia
the morning, clear-eyed, breath
like newmown hay, and hustles
downstairs to light the fire. He
has to hustle to keep warm. A
blazing fire going in the kitchen
stove, he strikes out briskly • on
that healthy jaunt to the barn,
only a hundred yarde away, No
streetcar to catch. Only a foot
or so of snow.
"When he's fed and Watered the
animals and changed their diapers,
he goes back to the cosy warmth
of the kitchen. Mother is bustling
around the stove. She's not in a
sloppy old housecoat, but in a fresh
dress, Bacon smells. good. Fresh
coffee fills the air. Eggs in butter
sputter. Mr. Farmer eats the
equivalent of a three-dollar break-
fast in a restaurant, and enjoys
every bite of it. No time clock to
punch. No ulcer-making worry
being late for work.
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"After breakfast, he twists a
smoke and lies down on the couch
in the kitchen, switches on the
radio and listens to Jolly Jack, the
disc jockey, whose hearty morning
wit can be appreciated only by a
farmer with a full stomach.
* * *
"By the time, his breakfast is
thoroughly digested, he's bored. He
doesn't have to, but he thinks he
might as well take the cream into
town. With the shopping list in.
his pocket and a huge cream can
in either hand, he strolls non-
chalantly through the snow the
quarter-mile to the highway, where
his truck it parked. I-ye drives in-
to, town, hemming "The yellow
Rose of Texas" or whatever. He
hasn't shaved to-day and he doesn't
intend to.
• * *
"Let'S' return for a moment to
that poor wretch in the pitsle At
this very moment, he's standing in
a long line of poor wretches-, wait-
ing to punch in. He gets into his
smock and takes hie piece in the
production line, The machinery
starts. For two hours he bores
little round holes in little square
plates or something equally silly.
He has a morose ten-minute coffee
break, just long enough to quiet
his ulcer with a glass of milk. He
goes back to the little round holes..
Later he gags over his lunch.
* *
"And what's our farmer friend
doing right about now? He's
standing around in the grocery
store, telling another farmer how
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The Weather
1956 1055.
High Low High Lew
April 10
20 38 24 51 .42
41 25 56 45
54 ,e26 60 44 21
42 31 55 44 22
44 20 60 34
23 40 22 51 43 24
49 25 52 48 25
Snowt 11/4 ins, Rain: 53 iris,
94 Yeai:ns Old, Mrs.
Sarah Cooper
Mrs. Sarah Cooper is 94 years
old today, Thursday, April 26.
Actually her birthday was cele-
brated last Sunday, when her three
sons, Dr. Bert Cooper, Toronto;
Earl, Goderich, and Charles, God-
erich Township, with their famil-
ies, joined in a family party at the
home of her son-in-law and daugh-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Bond, East
Street.
Mrs. Cooper has nine grandchild-
ren and 12 great grandchildren,
Highlight of he party was a
special birthday cake brought
from Toronto for the occasion.
Mrs. Cooper, who still reads the
Clinton News-Record, has been
gradually giving up her other read-
ing. Through the past winter she
has not been too well, and has not
gained back her usual good health.
She lives with Mr. and Mrs, Bond.
Clinton Couple
Mark 50 Years
Married Life
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Freeman
quietly celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary on April 11,
at their home on Victoria Street,
Clinton, with a family dinner.
The former Sarah Marshall and
Robert Freeman were married by
the Rev. ' Manning, minister of
Wesley-Willis United Church in
1906,
They farmed in Hullett Town-
ship until retiring ten years ago
when they moved to Clinton where
they now reside.
Mr, and Mrs. Freeman have one
daughter, Hasel, (Mrs. William
Fotheringham) of Tuckersmith
Township; three sons, Wilfred and
Roy, Clinton and. Ross, London;
one grandson, Robert Fathering-
ham.
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13 Graduates
Attend Course
A Red Cross course given in
Wingham for graduate nurses, is
being attended every night this
week by 13 ladies from Clinton.
They are Mrs, R. Robinson, Miss
Blaelt, Mrs. Hugh Ball, Mrs, Wel-
ter Forbes, Mrs. Alex Haddy, Mrs.
E. S. Jacob, Mrs, W. C. Newcombe,
Mrs. I. C. Cooke, Mrs. L, Haugh-
ton, Mrs, C Brown, Mrs. '1',
Hackett, Mrs. Gordon Steepe and
Mrs. A. E. Bond..
Sponsored by the Department of
Health and Welfare, Ottawa, the
course Is an intensive one. The
ladies expoet to try their final ex*
seta in it tomorrow evening'.
Clinton Lodge, A,F,, & A.M. No.
.84, G,R.C., played host to a its,
thigulahed nativeehorn. Clintonian
On Monday, April 23, in the person
of Sir, Erneet Cooper, yotinger
brother of the late Albert T. Coop-
strong enough team with seven or
Eight men added."
The teams that have represented
Canada have done an excellent
public relations job for Canada in
other cbuntries, Canadian athletes
are held in high esteem in Europe,
according to the speaker.
In summing up his talk, Mr.
Roxborough said, "Sport is every-
one's responsibility, both players,
sponsors and club officials,"
Alf. Lockridge, Wingharre busi-
ness manager of the WOAA, also
spoke and highly congratulated
Clinton Colts for starting on the
home-brew brand of hockey this
year. He gave a brief history of
his organization which started in
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Fire Siren Was
Result Of False
Alarm Yesterday
The prolonged ringing Oethe fire
s4en yesterday afternoon was the
result of a test of the new tele-
phone hook up recently put into
operation in town.
The first call was genuine as far
as the firemen were concerned but
when they arrived at the fire hall
no one one-the fire circuit had re-
ceived a call and there was no ex-
planation for the alarm, It was
decided to test out all of the swit-
ches in the four homes to make
certain that they were all in good
working order and that the appare
ent false alarm would not re-occur.
'Power of the siren was brought
out when the. News-Record receiv-
ed a call from a fireman in Bruce-
field inquiring as to the sizee of the
fire. He said that he could hear
the siren quite clearly and that
with the long alarm had thought
that the fire must be one of major
proportions, Oddly enough fire-
man Royce Fremlin working near
the railway on No. 4 highway did
not hear the alarm.
'R. S. Atkey, former publisher
of the Clinton: News-Record, and
now publigher of the Arnprior
Chronicle, has been elected presi-
dent of the Lanark and Renfrew
Counties Press Association. That
association corresponds to the
Western Counties 'Press Associa-
tion, here.
Illuminated Address To
Dear Sir and Right Worshipful
Brother
We, as citizens of Clinton and
fellow members ,of the Noble Or-
der of Free Masonry, welcome you
upon your brief visit, after the
passing of many years, to Clinton
your "Old lIonee Town."
By your services to the Craft in
the country of your adoption you
have been exalted to one of the
highest offices, The Most Worship-
ful The United Grand Lodge of
England can bestow, that of Pres-
ident of the Board of General Pee-
poses,
Your-e- Meritorious services to
King and Country during World
,,War II have earned for you
Knighthood at the hand of our
then Most Gracious Sovereign Gee-
rge VI; of loving memory both as
ruler and as Our Most Worshipful
Brother Mason', Honours accorded
you for your outstanding achieve-
ments in those causes are reflected
upon this community where you
were born and where you Eyed
through the early years of your
life,
Your interest in the school where
er, former mayor of Clinton,
On invitation of the lodge, learn-
ing of a scheduled business trip by
Sir Ernest to U.S. and Canadian
cities, to visit his old home town,
the distinguished native-bdrn con-
tented to make the side trip to
Clinton, Plans for his reception
were formulated by a committee
of officers arid past masters of the
lodge headed by P.M. His Honour
Judge F. Fingland. Air mail cor-
respondence was carried out by the
secretary with Sir Ernest, acquain-
ting him of proposed proceedings.
Arrival at Clinton took place ore
schedule at Hotel Clinton, at 3
p,m., where Sir Ernest accampan
ied by John Cooper, a nephew
from Toronto, was welcomed by
His Honour who after a brief rest
period for the visitors, took them
on a tour of the town. This tour
was the first taken by Sir Ernest
since he had left upon a disting-
uished career in Masonry and in
Empire service, 60 years ago.
The about-town tour included a
visit to the collegiate, new to the
visitor (who obtained his matric-
ulation in the old building) and
where (for the years following a
brief visit eto relatives here a de-
cade or more ago) he established
and maintains a scholarship known
as the Sir Ernest Cooper Scholar-
ship,
As part of the reception a com-
plimentary dinner was given at
6, pm. to the visitors. Masons who
sat with them at the dinner were
the D.D.G.M. of South Huron dis-
trict, Rt. Wor. Bro. Frank 'Wright,
Kippen; Past D.D.G.M's, Rt. Wor
Bros. G. H. Jefferson, R, E. Thom-
pson, H. E. Rorke, the lodge sec-
retary; P.Ms, V. Wor Bro. T. G.
Scribbins; Wor. Bro. H. C, Lawson,
wardens Harry D, Ball and D. E.
Symons, all of Clinton.
Lodge was opened in regular
form by Wor. Master AldWinckle,
at 8.30 p.m., after which the hon-
oured guest was received and for-
mally introduced. Sir Ernest's ad-
dress upon Masonry as-practiced in
England was heard with rapt at-
tention by brethren of the lodge '
and district visitors, An introduc-
tory resume of Sir Ernest's. career
in Masonry and in service for the
Empire was read by V. Wor. Bra.
Scribbins • and an illuminated ad-
dress prepared by members of the
'committee was presented by Rt.
Wor. Bro. Jefferson.
The flight of time and the chan-
ges that take place during that
time flight was referred to by' Sir
Ernest who remarked that the on-
ly persons' in Clinton whom ...he
now has knowledge of are his old
time friend Hugh Rorke and Mrs.
Rorke, who was then Rose Cue-
ningharne. Mrs. Lillian McKin
non (formerly Lillian Johnston, a
schoolmate) is also remembered.
Sir Ernest and nephew left for
Toronto at 9 a.m. on Tuesday,
Montreal also is on his schedule of
business calls.
PUC Postponed.
Until Tonight
The Clinton Public Utilities
Commission regular meeting was
post-paned from Tuesday until to-
night, owing to the convention of
the Canadian Branch of the Am-
erican Waterwotks Association be-
ing held in London at the first of
this week.
Easter •Seals Sale
Nets $877 To Date
Melvin Crich, treasurer of the
Easter Seal committee for the
Clinton Lions Club reports that he
has received $877.25 to date and it
is expected that this total will be
Substantially increased before the
end of the month. He asks that
all persons who have not made
their contribution as yet to send
their donation as soon as possible.
Reg. Ball, chairman of the Health
and Welfare Corninittee of the
Lions club, is in charge of the fund
raising campaign.
you matriculated .4as been proven
in a material way in the establish-
ment and maintenance of a schol-
arship ,conducive to intensive
student effort. e
We welcome you to our astern-
bly and trust that you have enjoyed
your visit to our lodge quarters, and
that the objective of lodge meet-
ings, that- of being happy and of
communicating happiness has been
mutually experienced at this time.
Please carry with you from this
assembly, fraternal greetings from
Clinton Lodge, A.P. & A.117. No.
84, G,R.C., to your home lodge,
Canada No, 3527, London, England,
Our sincere wish for you Sir
Ernest, is a long continuance of
health and strength, enabling you
to perform still further service to
the Craft, to Her Most Gracious
Majesty, Queen Elisabeth and
to that Great Commonwealth of
Nations of which England is the
head and centre,
May we hope for a return visit
or visits in the near future to your
Old Home Town where you will
find the latch string of Clinton
Lodge ever on the outside,
The speaker expleiried the recent
showing of the Russian hockey
teams in world competitions. "Hoc-
key has gone over in a big vgay in
Russia—the reason being that they
are making it a business," said
Mr. Roxborough, When Canada
was • beaten for the first time in
world hockey competition, it Made
hockey history. Canada introduced
the game to the European count-
ries. "We used to beat the Eurep-
ean teams by at least doubling the
score," he .said. Then the Canadian
Hockey Association began sending
teams of comparable calibre to
compete, thus the end of Canada's
supremacy in hockey. Mr. Rox-
borough gave some suggestions to
again regain the world champion-
ship. He said, "Our Allen Cup
champions of the past season are
not necessarily the. strongest team
to send to world competition next
Councils Debate
Fire Protection
Last night members of the -Olin-
ton Town' council, including Mayor
W. J. Miller, met in the town ball.
with representatives from' each of
the surrounding township eminent
to discuss .arrangements for a bet-
ter „egeelieetion of costs for fire
protection, Recommendations from
that meeting will be inede at .cptin- •
cil meetings early next month, . ,
Clinton Lions Club were hosts year, but was a good basis for a
Tuesday evening at their regular
meeting to members of the. Clinton
Colts hockey team and officials.
Also present were representatives
of the Kinsmen Club, and the
Clinton Legion Branch,
Jack Roxborough, Simcoe, past
president of the. Ontario Hockey
Association and the Ontario Min-
or Hockey Association, was guest
speaker. Mr. Roxbprough, who is
a ,fruit farmer near Simcoe, said
that "Red" Kelly, professional
.hockey player with Detroit Red
Wings. and also a farmer from the
Simcoe area, was unable to be
present. The speaker was intro-
duced by Hugh Hawkins, past
president of the WOAA.
In speaking to the young Clin-
ton intermediate hockey team, Mr.
Roxborough. said, "Although the
Richards, Kelly and Beliveau
are hockey idols to some leas, you
may not realize it, but the kids
next door to you here in Clinton
may be idolizing your hockey play-
ing." Mr. Roxborough said there
was a marked decrease in juvenile
delinquency in. Canada while reg-
istered nilnor hockey players are
increasing.
Lions Host To Colts, Kin, Legion
On "Hockey Hite," Sport Praised
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Welcome guest to Huron County last week was Robert Howie,
from Ballinbreich farm, Newburgh, Fife, Scotland, when he ar-
rived to spend some time on the farm of Boyd Taylor, left, during
his visit to Canada. With them is G. W. Montgomety, agricul-
tural representative of Huron County. The sign carried by Mr.
Howie is a stencil cut on a machine recently purchased by the
Huron County Junior Farmers. (News-Record Photo)
Scots Lad Visits Huron County
Sir Ernest Coaper
(Compiled by II. E Rorke Secretary of Clinton Lodge, No. 84, Cr.E.C.)