Clinton News-Record, 1957-04-18, Page 1
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No, 16—The *Herne Paper With the • News ,CLI,NTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL. 18, 1957
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Fire Destroys Barn
t Ray Wise Farm
Ladies Bowling League Banquet
simit
• Mrs. K. C. Cameron ,(second from left, front)
made presentations of awards at, the end of sea-
son banquet held by the RCAF Ladies Bowling
League at Hotel Clinton. Monday night. With
her are (left) Mrs. D. J. (Mae) Matthews, presi-
dent; Mrs. (Jean) Mercer, secretary, and (right)
Mrs. H, A. (Chris) Ringrose. Standing (left to
right) Mrs, E. B. (Terry) Clark, Mrs. L ' S.
(Kit) Spilsbury, Mrs. L.. (Lil) Reynolds and Mrs.
H. C. (Flora) Easton. (News-Record Photo)
SERGEANT C. E. eleMINCHEY
747 Chapel Crescent, Ottawa
and Zurich, has been promoted
to the rank of Flight Sergeant,
Ills parenta, Mr. and Wirt.
liant McClinchey, reside on RR
2, Clinton., Ontario. He is alit=
played in theChief of Construe-
tien Engineering branch at Air
Force Headquarters.
people. A singsong was led by Ag-
nes Lane.
A 'business meeting was held in
the church auditorium after the
banquet with Stan McDonald in
the chair. The minutes .of the last
convention were read by June
klanning. A report on Camp Ton-
akela' was given by *the Missions
and World Outreach, convener,
William Coultes.., -
Ron Steep gave a -boost to the
newly formed Alma-Huron-Perth
Camp, inviting all young people to
attend camp this summer. Lloyd
Holland outlined his experiences
while on caravans last summer.
Recreation was held in the hall la-
ter, and. everyone thoroughly en-
joyed themselves. A hymn sing
brought everyone back to the chur-
ch.
A hyrnnary was placed in the
Belgrave United. Church by the
young people in memory of Cliff
Kelly. A -moment of prayer was
held for a young man who had
given so much to his church.
The Dungannon YPU took char-
ge of the worship. This led into
the theme "Dare To Serve Him,"
with Rev. C. D, Cox, Milbank, who
said that most people are standing
just inside the door ready to slip
out if necessary, because they are
not ready to accept the challenge
to serve Jesus Christ. "To accept
a dare takes nerve and courage,
and to serve. Him takes all that
we have. Are we going to pass
this challenge by? Let us be His
Witnesses an.d accept it,"
The Turner's Quartet sang, and
the convention was' closed with
benediction.
The officers of the Huron Pres-
bytery Executive for 1957 are as
follows: honorary president, Rev.
A. E. Eagle; president,Stan McDon-
ald; vice-president, Ron Steepe;
second vice - president, William
Coultes; youth counsellor, Rev, D.
MacRae; secretary, June Manning;'
treasurer, jack Tarriblyn; leader-
ship education, Gail Lear; faith
and evangelism, Helen Johnston;
stewardship and training, Donald
Cameron; citizenship arid commun-
ity service, Don Hemingway; mis-
sion and world outreach, Frances
Walker; recreation and culture,
Helen, Haines; publications, Bert
Pepper; Five Oaks representative,
Doug. May; members at large,
Maurice Love, Harry Lear, Bruce
D'elbridge.
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Hitchakers Plea
Of Guilty Heard
In Goderich Court
STANLEY McDONALD
County Festival
At Goderich
Starts May 2
637 entries have been, accepted
for the 16th. annual Huron County
Music Festival, which begins on
the evening of Thursday, May 2,
in the auditorium of the Goderich
Public School.
The festival, featuring the coun-
ty's most talented musicians, will
continue until May 10.
"'Nis year's total number of en-
tries is slightly higher than for the
1956 festival," says the preeident,
Miss Helen Videan, Goderich,
While entries are lower in the vio-
lin, brass and reed sections, there
are more entries this year in the
piano arid unbars music elasses.
Adjudicator will be John Cook,
Organist of St, Paul's Cathedral,
London, and composer and arran-
ger of music for the Stratford
Shakespearean Festival, 1956-57,
"We are very encouraged by the
support the festival is getting from
interested people in all parts of
the county," states Miss Videan.
"Preliminary festivals have 'been
held in some communities to• select
winners to ge into the county fes-
tive."
The adjudicator, Mt. Cook, will
give an organ recital, in St. Georg-
e's Church, Goderich, On the ev-
ening •before tifit opening of the
festival,
Baylield, Fire Brigade arrived
and took over the job of putting
out the grass fire. The flames
spread into dry fence posts, and
continued for some distance from
the burning barn.
-Grass Fire at Varna
While at work at the Wise, farm,
the Bayfield firemen received an-
other call to the home of Mrs.
Dorothy Rohner, RR 1, Varna,
where a grass fire was threaten-
ing her hoine. Mrs.. Hohner, who
lives alone, had been burning grass
around her house, with the help of
neighbours, when the fire caught
ie. the base of a hollow pear tree,
and through grass. over a field
next to her home. Leaving one
fire truck at the Wise farm the
other one and. some men sped to
the Hohner home. They extinguish-
ed the blaze, and cut down the
tree, making, sure- the flames were
out. Grant Turner was in charge
of this group, of Bayfield firemen.
Another Grass Fire
Here in Clinton, about half an
hour after firemen returned from
the Wise barn fare, a call came to
attend a grass fire back of the
Legion Memorial Hall. This blaie
which was threatening- nearby
buildings was soon under control.
RCAF Lady Bowlers
End 01 Season Party
Twe hitch-hikers .from Halifae
last Thursday pleaded guilty in
Gederieh, •to three charges in con-
nection with an attack on Murray
Grainger, Verna e. farmer who
had befriended them,
Thomas 'Welborn, 26, and Doug,
las Weaver, 18, pleaded guilty to
armed robbery with assault, car
theft and illegal possession of an
offensive weapon,
Magistrate bUdley Holmes re-
manded them one week and they
will appear for Sentence today,
Belgrave United Church was the
scene of much activity on the ev-
ening of Wednesday, April 10,
when the Huron Presbytery
Young People's Union of the Uni-
ted Church of Canada held' its
Spring Rally with the president,
Stan McDonald' presiding.
In elections held-during the ev-
ening, Mr, McDonald; Clinton, Was•
re-elected president for, the second
year.
Approximately 263 young people
were served a delicious banquet in
the hall close to the church. The
ladies of the Belgrave United
Church had the tables attractively
decorated. Eleanor Walsh, presi-
dent of the host local union,
brought., greetings to the young
top team all year. The captain
was Mrs. Gladys Long.
Individual trophies were won by
Mrs. Kitty Banville (to whom
hearty congratulations go for top
bowler of the year), Mrs. Eileen
MacDonald and Mrs. Jean Mercer.
Consolation trophies, were given
to the "Safety Pins". Team cap-
tain was Mrs. Jean Haiward.
Many interesting a n. (I varied
prizes were given out, and bingo
was played.
To those who made the banquet
such a success, the ladies all say
thanks, and sent a special applause
to the entertainment committee.
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(AY W, P. 0.)
rN ouR wgiEect:4 y NEWSPAPER,
readings we came across this apt
little gerri , . . "Spring is here the
grass is rie, Where last year's
carelesS driver is, ."
LOVELY DAY YESTERDAY
It seemed as if everybody was try-
ing to get some work done that
had been waiting for a long, long
time , We took a stroll down to
the Post Office shortly after lun-
ch, and found leattenbury Streeet
a shambles, and men with trucks
prepared to uproot a house whieh
had been resting comfortably on
its location ever since it. was built.
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AFTER A QUICK TRIP TO GET
the camera, to record these events,
we were just lining , things up,
down on Ratten.bury Street . .
when the fire siren went . . That
created the opportunity for a,
picture of firemen rushing pen-
men to the scene of disaster . ,
so we did what we could with the
situation „ . Actually there was
about five seconds delay, while the
fire truck made up its mind how
to get going . . . You see Ratten-
bury Street had been torn up by
bull-dozers, so the usual path was
not open . The •police car was
parked on its driveway, and so
that avenue was not available . . .
The only direction left, was
through the public parking lot at
the rear of the town hall .
While all this was going on .
we were busily, snapping pictur-
es. . •
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THEN, INSTEAD OF RUSHING
after the fire engine . . . after all,
there were two people on it al-
ready from this office. . We took
in. the house moving scene, and
snapped a few pictures 'over
there . < . Spoke a few words with
the mover, Mr. Parsons, who
comes from our home township of
Hilebert . . , and then prepared to
go to the fire. e
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BY `ME TIME WE'D ARRIVED
on the scene, the barn was near-
ly flat . . . the big timbers were
all down . . . the hay, straw and
grain was blazing furiously .
and there was nothing left for man
nor woman to do, . . but look on
sadly, and think of how nice- the
day had been only an hour be-
fore. . .
Y- TH1S,„TME4-- W.OBID was received of a fire near Var-
na. . . and rumor had it that it
was Murray Grainger's barn . . .
Now, not that we would wish her
any harm, at all . . but it, was
a relief to us upon arrival there.
to find that it was not a barn, nor
a house, but Mrs. Hohner's pear
tree. . .
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AFTER HAVING TAKEN Pic-
tures of the Wise barn . . and
of Mrs. Hohner's pear tree . . . we
got back to the office, nearly
three hours and 25 miles after
we'd started off down the street
to get the mail.. .
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DOBBIN HAS BOWED OUT OF
the picture at the Blyth fall fair
this year . . Fair officials felt
that interest in the classes was
falling off . . . and so they're go-
ing to put the money on expand-
ing the junior section of the fair...,
Time was when the family horses
were the friend of all the young-
sters . . . Now very few of them
even knoW how to hitch one up.. .
and now the tractor classes: are
given as much attention as horse-
manship in area fairs. ..
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TO SEE A FAIR LADY ON A
fair horse . . . however, one has
only to be around Clinton on
Spring Fair day . . May 29 and
the palominos, the shetlancle, and
the heavy old .plodders will be seen
in all their gay trappings on the
main streets of town—and later
in. the park Proud owners will
be showing them. off . . and from
the pony colts to the six heavy
horse hitches they'll be good to
see...
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IN CASE ANY OF OUR YOUNG-
er readers would like a pen pal.: .
a young lady by the name of
Daisy Bryan has' written to the
Chamber of Commerce here for in-
formation about Clinton — and
about Canada . . She's doing a
notebook on the subject and would
appreciate aity help she can get. ..
We don't know what grade she's
in, but probably about Grade 5
and 6. , and her address is 307
Valley Road, Fayetteville, North
Carolina, U.S.A, .
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HOLDING OUR BREATH
about the weather this week. . .
Last time we mentioned spring. . .
it snowed, and snowed and snow-
ed. .3
The Week's Weather
1957 1956
High Low High Law
April 11 44 30 53' 31
12 38 23 59 29
13 35 23 44 29
14 38 25 52 32
15 47 20 53 27
16 50 32 43 33
17 60 42 41 31
Stew; 2.5 ins, Rain: 2 ins.
"The biggest little hockey series
in the world" will get underway
Ca Friday in Goderich, When the
first two teams faceaff it will
commence the 8th annual Young
Canada Week Hockey Tournam-
ent.
The growth of this tournament
has been nothing less than
astounding. The firsebyear it was
started 12 peewee teams took part;
this year 74 clubs will participate.
New teams entered' for the •first
time are Montreal, and St. Lam-
bert, Qiiebec; Petenboro, Central-
ia, West Lorne and Trowbridge.
The tournament is now sponsor-
ed by the Goderich Lions Club in
conjunction; with the WOAA and
the OM.HA and is open to teams
anywhere, Teams entered this year
are coming from as far away as St.
John's, Newfoundland; Port Hu-
ron, Mich.; and Winnipeg, Man,
A new trophy has been added to
the already large group of trophies
this year. The Lorne Wakelin
Challenge Trophy was received in
Goderich recently and it is expect-
ed that the St, Johns, Newfound-
land and Goderich teams will corn-
ttete for it. A similar trophy is
competed ' for between Goderich
and Winnipeg. Other trophies are
the D. D. Mooney Trophy which
goes to the grand champion; the
Goderich Lions Club Trophy to the
"AA" winners. The Town of Gode-
rich Trophy to the "A" winners.
The Reg, McGee and Sons Trophy
to the "B" champions. The Elston
Cardiff Trophy to the "C" winners.
The ?trimmers Bros. Trophy to
the rural champions and the Gode-
rich Kinsmen's Trophy to the run-
ner-up in the final series.
This year's record entry of 14
teams will bring approximately'
Cancer Campaign
Complete Here
With final totals still not known
for the district, the Clinton Brandi
of the Canadian Cancer Society,
reports that at least $400 has been
collected in Clinton alone, during
the three-day funds campaign ear-
Tied out this week,
Anyone who happened to be mis-
sed in the Canvass, Who would like
to make a donation to the work,
may leave their money with either
one of the banks in Clinton.
IA, very successful year of bowl-
ing was topped. off Monday even-
ing with a. banquet held at Hotel
Clinton by the RCAF Ladies Bowl-
ing League.
Special guest for the evening
was Mrs.. Val. Cameron, wife of
Group Captain K. C. Cameron,
Commanding Offieer of RCAF Sta-
tion Clinton, who presented. the
trophies' and prizes won by the
ladies.
The team taking top honours in
the playoffs was the Bulldozers,
who also took an weld for being
1,300 boys, of peewee age, under
12 years' of age, to the lake-port
town which is preparing far the
biggest celebration ever known.
There are 76 games scheduled to
take place during the tournament
with genies starting at eight a.m.
each day and going through until
quite late at night throughout the
entire week. There is action morn-
ing, noon and night until a' grand
champion is declared.
Probably one of the more inter-
esting games of this tournament
will be the exhibition, game be.
tween Port Huron, Mich., and
Goderich. Plans• have been com-
pleted whereby the opening cere-
monies will take on the aspect of
an international game.
Friday, April 26, will have the
top teams of each division playing
as four championships will be de-
cided. Saturday, four game* in
the grand championship will be
run off. • The "D" series title will
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Rattenbury Street
Torn Up To Make
Smoother Surface
Peewee
Baseball
Starting
Baseball chairman Doug Walton
of the Kinsmen Peewee baseball
-league is starting to organize the
town league for the coming season.
An application form which ie to be
completed by all interested, play-
ers will be found on page 10 of
this newspaper.
It is expected that after the
success of the all-star team last
season that the league will have
four coniplete teams.
This season it is expected to
start the. schedule as soon as the
diamond is ready and the teams
picked.. The all-star team will be
picked: by the time school ends in
late June so that the all-star team
can enter the playdowns.
The Kinsmen are 'planning an
evening in May when the WOAA
trophy and crests will be presented
to last year's winners.
To play in the league this sea-
son a player must be 13 years of
age after May 1st, 1957. This is
the only requirement, there is no
age minimum especially for the
town league.
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Thieves Net Goods
Worth Over $200
At Hudie's Mill ,
Police are investigating a break-
in and theft which occurred at the
Fred Hudie saw mill last Thurs-
day morning, The break-in must
have been made before or during
the snowfall which laid two inches
on the ground before morning. No
tracks were visible.
Two employees of the mill dis-
covered the entry when thew ar-
rived for work, and noted the loss
of a jockey grinder (used for
sharpening circular saws), wren-
ches, a level, brace and bite and
other tools. Total value has been
estimated at $200.
The thieves broke the lock into
a store room where cement, etc.
was stored, but took nothing. The
stolen articles were in another sec-
tion of the building, Chief H. R.
Thompson investigated.
-4uveniles
Juveniles,- probably two boys Of
11 or 12 years, are 'being question-
ed in regard to a broken window
at the home of Mrs. M. Nivins, Al-
bert Street. Mrs. Nivina heard the
glass break on Friday night, but
could not locate it then.
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ATTENDS POST GRADTTATE
COURSE IN TORONTO
Douglas Ball, of Ball and Mutch
Funeral Home, attended a post
graduate course in funeral service,
held in Toronto last week for two
days, April 10 and 11.
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House Moving
Proves Fun
For Watchers
Sidewalk superintendents had
fun yesterday . watching the
work being done to raise the
former Douglas Kennedy home,
on. Mary Street, preparing to
move it. W. R. Parsons,
Staffa, is in charge of the job.
New owner of the building is
Jack Elliott, who plans to have
it moved to-day to Wellington
Street, and installed on. the lot
next to Tom Deeves' home.
The moving operation is ex-
pected to take place some time
this afternoon, so sidewalk
superintepdents should be able
to have some more fun watch-
ing, 0
Promoted
One of Goderich Township's
largest, and possibly the oldest
barn,, was levelled by fire• yester-
day afternoon, at the farm of Ray
Wise, RR 3, Clinton, The T-shaped
structure consisted of a main barn,
100x72 feet; the other section,
46 x 66 feet, and a sheep shed,
about 70 x30 feet, also was dest-
royed. The barn was built 78
years ago by the grandfather of
Charles E. Wise, Clinton (whose
son now operates the farm,)
Taking advantage of the first
real seeding weather, Mr. Wise,
and his, neighbours were some
distance away from the buildings.
However, they were able to get
most of the cattle from the barn.
Don Middleton, who figures all of
the animals were out, but possibly
one calf, received severe burns to
the left hand.
Clinton Fire Brigade answered
the call to the blaze, and found'
they could do nothing to save the
barn. However, fire was spreading
in the dry grass through a young
prchard, (end the firemen bent
their energies' towards beating out
the flames there and standing by
to protect the house. Fortunately
the wind' was away from• the resi-
dence.
Huron YPU Belgrave Rally
Re-elects Stan McDonald
All offices in the Kinsmen Club
of Clinton with the exception of
president will be contested at. the
first meeting in May. This, results
from the nomination- night held in
Hotel Clinton on Tuesday. •
First vice-president Don R. Kay
seems assured of the top -office in
Kin 'by acclamation although the
members have until the next meet-
ing to nominate another candidate,
A report from ways and means
chairman Jack Clegg indicated
that the Stanley Cup raffle had
met with great success.
Borden McRae, the .guest speak-
er was introduced by Kin Doug
Walton and thanked hy Clarence
Denoname. Borden spoke on "My
Life's Ambition", -
Plans were made to take the
peewee - hockey teafetoe Goderich
to practice if ice time is available.
The first game for the . team is
Wednesday morning at 8.30.
John Hartley was sergeant-at-
arms for the fine session.
Weekly Feature
Sugar and Spice
Anew column started in the
Clinton News-Record at the
first of the month, Probably
you have already-read the first
two instalments, wider the
title, "Sugar and Spiee." Dis-
pensed by Bill •Smiley; editor
of the Wiarton Echo, the eal-
.timn• has become- more and
more popular .acrose, the con-
tinent.
tAlready weekly, newspap-
ers carry ,"Sugar and Spice,"
We've been reading it for
some time, and finally were
forced to the conclusion. that
'we were pretty stingy to keep
so many laughe from, our read-
ers, For that reason we've
become the 31st Weekly to
carry the column, It appears
on PageeTwo.•
We hope you'll enjoy it as
much as we do.
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Kinsmen Present
Nominations;
Hear B. McRae
Young Canada Week
Biggest One So Far
The Public Works committee of
the 'Town Council, headed by
Reeve Burton Stanley, yesterday
came to the conclusion that some-
thing had to be done about the
pitch-holes growing deeper every
day along the Library Park block
on Rattenbury Street.
Some of the holeS measured
down to 15 inches, and every now
and then some motorist found one
unavoidable, and the result Was a
broken epring.
Yesterday morning, a,btill-dozer
was' used to break up the pave-
ment, loosen up the bigger blocks
of black-top, (which 'were dravVn
away) and then the whole thing
was spread out smooth again. To-
day, plans are to use the grader
to, smooth it doWn tome more, and
then, though not perfect, the
street surface should be a little
better, until permanent repairs can
be made.
The scarifying process has been
carried out over the first block
east of Albert •Street, only,
CLINTON WI PLAN
SUNSHINE SISTER. 13ANQUET
The regular monthly meeting of
the Clinton Women's Institute
will be held on Thursday, April 25,
in the agriculture office' board
room. Roll call will be answered
by pinning a flower on their Sun-
shine Sister, Installation of offic-
ers will take place, and the annual
reports will lie given, AftetWatele,
a Sunshine Sister banqUet will be
held in, the Commercial Inn Hotei,,'
det 6.30 p.m,