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Clinton News-Record, 1957-11-14, Page 1THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR r into THE NEW ERA--,-,nrd YEAR The Week's Weather 190 3.956 High Low High Low Nov. 7 47 35 55 35 3 52 41 52 3.5 9 42 30 42 33 10 32 25, 36 22 11 40 32 4? 27 32 32 25 45 32 13 40 - 16 .43 28 Rain; .8 ins, Snow:, Veins, Snow; No. 46—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1957 7 Cents a Copy — $3,00 a Year Visit Cenotaph After Wreaths Laid Clinton .Easteen.Str, Installs At the cenotaph following the wreath laying ceremony on Remembrance Day are (left) Douglas Macaulay and his spaniel "Penny", lelelvie Crich and Michael Cowan, A total of 24 wreaths were laid here Monday morning, by groups representing nearly all organizations in town, and several from RCAF Station Clinton, (News-Record Photo) Clinton Horticultural Society Sees Busy Season; Decoration Contest First real snow of the season last weekend saw a • good deal of shovelling done. Here Fred Pepper is doing his (bit for the good of pedestrians as he cleans out a footpath in front of the Roxy Theatre where he is employed. (News-Record Photo) First Snowfall Means Work e ifirfst Column=== (By W. D. D.) CildNTON'S NEWEST BAND, we understand, ac-quitted themselves quite well at their premiere in the Legion Hall.. . This Is ,theeTenrior Boys and Girls Band, which is being instructed by A. C. Robin- son, London. . . Choral numbers and individual selections were ap- preciated by their audience. . . * * ONE OF THE TOWN'S BAR- hers suffered a painful accident, early this week. . . as he was making a wooden tray in his home workshop. . . John Plurntree had the misfortune to cut his left hand rather severely with the cir- cular saw. . . The blade cut into four of his fingers. . . and 60 stit- ches were needed to close the wound.. . * * SOME YEAR THERE. WIT T. BE a 'bright and sunny Remembrance Day . . when we can try to cap- ture the grandure of all the par- ade on film. , . For instance, if the sun were shining, and one were perched on the balcony over Clin- ton Cab, with lens pointing to- ward the cenotaph. . . and could encompass entire scene, including post office with its tall roof mer- ging with the sky. . and on the ground the colours of the airmen's blue, the Girl Guide blue, Brown- ie brown, and the Scout blue and kahki, the dresses of the auxiliary ladies, and the Vetrans, each with a scarlet poppy in their caps. and of course the Colours th6m- selves—all shades possible, there, and the wreaths of maple leav- es . . . the glint of sun on the trumpet as reveille was played. . . Wouldn't that be a fine picture in- deed? However, we seem, fated to have dull days, and rainy days, and sometimes snowy days, for November 11.. . 44 * THIS IS, jet SEASON FOR annual mee ings.• . EVeryone is electing officers, appointing com- mittees, etc. „ For instance the Clinton Community Credit Union is holding its annual tomorrow night in the agricultural office board room. . . and the Huron Co- op Medical Association is planning theirs for next Tuesday night, November 19 . . This date is rather important, since advance publicity which Was mailed to members had an error hi it , Directors of the Co,op Medical in- vite all members to attend this Meeting„ . * * THE GOVERNMENT SAYS EV- eryone should pay their taxes with a smile. . tried it... but they Wanted cash. We were intrigued by a heading in one of the local dailies. . It reed: Highwaymen Iteld Annual Banquet.. Delving further into the story we found they were ad- tially comity highways emplOy- tes. . Mrs. Helen Elliott was installed as Worthy Matron of Clinton Chapter No. 266, Order of the Eastern Star, here. Mrs. Esther Wilkes, PGM, London, the Instal- ling Grand Officer, presided for the ceremony. Other offiters installed were: Worthy Patron, Bert Irwin; As- sociate Matron and Patron, Mrs. Willa William's- and Harry Wil- liams; secretary, Mrs. Annie Jer- vis; treasurer, Mrs. Ruby Haddy; conductress, Mrs, Aileen Craig; as- sociate conductress, Mrs. Helen Pearson; chaplain, Mrs. Muriel Middleton; marshall, Mrs. Ruth Newcombe; organist, Mrs. Floren- ce Symons; Adah, Mrs. Jean Craig; Ruth, Mrs. Maxine Aiken; Esther, Mrs. Shirley Vincent; Martha, Mrs, Irene Wolsley; Electa, Mrs. Mar- garet Carter; warden, Mrs. Edith Lobb; sentinel, Alvin Labia. _ Other installing grand officers present were David Kennedy, POP, London; Mrs. Evelyn Thorp- pson, MGM, Parkhill; Mrs. Marg- aret Kennedy, London; Sid Thomp- RCAF Weather Reports On Monthly Basis With this issue we are introduc- ing a new monthly feature, which will supplement the regular weekly temperature recordings which will continue to appear on front page. Flight Sergeant J. G. Calvert, Meteorology Supervisor at RCAF Station Clinton is preparing a re- slime of weather conditions as they are recorded on the Station and this is released to the News-Record by Group Captain K. C. Cameron, Commanding Officer at the Stat- ion, Born in Montreal, Flight Serg- eant Calvert has been ih the RCAF since July, 1939. In October of that same year he went 'into the meteorology branch and has con- tinued in that work ever since. He is married and lives in Adas- tral Park with his wife and two daughters, In addition to keeping records of the weather, changes, F/S Cal- Vert is instructor In Meteorcilogy at Station Clinton. Each Month the records will be published ShoW- ing comparisons wih conditions one year age for the same month, We Will continue providing the daily temperature highs and lows as recorded by George Baird, Stan- ley Township, In connection with his work for the Dominion Weath- er Ilureau, son, Parkhill; Mrs. Jessie Hart, Clinton; Mrs. Sadie Clayton, Thameeville; Mrs. Helen Wells, Clinton; Mrs. Stella McRae, 'Clin- ton; Installing Grand Chaplain was Mrs. Ella Middleton, PDDGM, Ex- eter; installing grand marshall, Mrs. Bela Roy, Clinton; installing grand organist, Mrs. Ruby Philp, Blyth and the soloist was Mrs. Betty Craig, Auburn. Honorary grand officers were Mrs. Ena Clarke, Miss Thelma Forbes, Mel Clarke, Andy Croz- ier, all of Seaforth; Mrs. Myrtle Vodden and Mrs. Edith Phillips, Blyth; Mrs. Jean Lunn, Whigham; Mrs. Dorothy Bell, EXeter; Mrs. Mildred Taylor, Parkhill; Mrs. Ol- ive MacDonald, William. Roope and Everett Harris, Goderich; Joe Hart, Clinton. Mrs. Jessie and Joe Hart, retir- ing matron and patron, were pre- sented with their past matron's and past patron's jewels by Mrs. Vera Fraser and Alan Fraser, EX- eter. Reeve Burton Stanley was ac- ting mayor at the regular meeting of the Council of the Town of Cline- ton, held last Thersday evening, Though he had been kept to his bed all day and had seen the doc- tor' at five o'clock, Mr. Stanley kept good control of the meeting and wielded the Mayoral gavel with a will, ,Mayor W. J. Miller was ill with the 'flu all last week, and this caused the postponement of the meeting from the usual Tuesday date, "- Christmas- Treat Upon a request from the Huron Fish and Game Conservation As- sociation for the customary assis- tance with regard to the Christmas treat for the town's youngsters, the council ok'd a contribution up to a total of $35, This amount to in- clude cost of erecting the large tree at the Post Office and lighting it. Sign OK'd Authorization was given 'for er- ection of a 25 foot panel sign on the south side of Oscar Switzer's building en 11nroh Street, by the C, E. Marley Company. Taxi Transfer A request from Don Switzer that the taxi cab operator's Ecorse previously issued to Roy Mann, be transferred . to hire was received and granted. Bianging .Sign -Cities Service 011 Co., was ;grans Oldsters Find Support For Card Room Project The problem of finding some place for Clinton'S older men to have a game of cards, and a chat this winter has been getting some attention by the Kinsmen Club, The Club. has it in Mind to help out with decorations if, the council will -assist by finding a suitable room for the oldsters to. use. A request has been sent to the Libarary Board suggesting that some space in, the basement there could be- put to use in this man- ner, The reply carne back that the only teem, empty has no heat, and no practical way of heating it. Councillor Herb Bridle supper - ted the cause of the older men, by stating, "It may cost something, but I think it's up to council to do. something for these men. Other towns do." John Livermore, who is reasurer of the Library Board, reported that to put heat into the room there would mean going through a thick brick wall. Councillor Bridle ' remarked, "We're running into more brick walls in this thing than that one in the Library basement. I think if we looked into thig a little we could get a roam for them." Councillor A. N. Irwin men- tioned the dreSsing rooms at the arena. Councillor Livermore said,' "I'd hate to sit down in, any of the hockey rooms to play cards,". • . Councillor and 'Livermore were appointed to look into the problein Of finding the men a meeting roam., -s •-- 9 Lawrie Slade Coming To Run New IGA Store . Lawrie Slade, a partner in the firm of Remington Brothers, who operate IGA food -,tores.M.Kincar- dine, •Chesley a.nd -411iligham, will move to Clinton at the 'end of the year to assume the management of a fourth store now being erected here. The new store is being construc- ted on- the supermarket style, and will carry a complete, line of foodstuffs and a modern meat de- partment. Mr. and Mrs. Slade and their children have resided in Wingham since the Remington firm purchas- ed the former Smith Grocery there about two years ago. 0 "Bert" Gray Earns B.A. at U of WO J. A. "Bert" Gray, principal of Clinton Public School received his Bachelor of Arts degree at convo- cation at University of Western Ontario last month. Me. Gray has been principal of the 'Ideal 13-room school since September of 1956, and prior to that time was prin- cipal of the Blyth Public School. ted permission to erect a new sign at Cantelon's Service Station, the Corner of Queen and Mary Streets, provided the firm takes responsi- bility for same. Meet With Gas Co. - On communication, from Union Gas Company with regard to a franchise to serve the town with natural gas, council agreed •to re- quest a representative of the firm to meet with them at the next regular mecing, on December 5. Farm Lands By-law 14-1957 was passed set- ting assessments for farm lands within the municipality owned 'by E'. Brown, C. Elliott, J. Becker, A. E. and Annie Brown, John El- liott, W, Steepe, W. Wiltse, Daisy Holland, Ken McKenzie, Fish and Game, M. R. Mackinnon, F. W. Andrews, H. Fairserviee and Fred Reid, Assessment Roll Council accepted ,the asseSsment roll for 1958 which shows an in- crease in total assessments of about $44,000. The total of $2,062,691,13 is made uP of $175,': 302 for land; $1,716,473 for build- ings and $170,916 for business as- sessments. Clerk J. ,Livermore commented that the population was up a bit-- tO 2,920 from last year's count of 2,902. Lost $92 "The chap who Is looking after our insurance Mud have been Clinton Horticultural s Society Executive Committee, meeting on Wednesday, November 6, at the home of Mr. --and Mrs. Albert Livermore, gave special considera- tion to activities during November and the Christmas season. - Plans were made to a pub- lic meeting at the Town Halle on Wednesday, November 27. Every- one will be welcome at this meet- ing. A special program is being arranged, details of which will be announced later. Two door prizes will he giv'en, consisting of half:- bushels of select apples. The competition for house and lawn decoration last Christmas aroused so much interest that it was decided to make plans for a similar competition this year. The Rev. D. J. Lane, the Rev. C. S. Inder and Albert Livermore were appointed a-committee to begin ar- rangements. The meeting, under the chair- manship of the Rev. D. J. Lane, opened with the reading of min- utes by the secretary, Mrs. Stew- art Middleton. A hearty vote of thanks was accorded Mrs. Clifford Epps for •her work in planting 'the town flower beds , with sprfirg bulbs. A letter from Mrs. D. J. Lane was read, thanking the soc- iety for its expression of sympathy on the death of her sister. Clifford Epps presented the fin- ancial report, To November 6, receipts for 1957 were $1,234.92; expenditures totalled $1,050.07, leaving a 'balance on hand of $184.85. Refreshments were served, and jolly talk went round the circle, In Action asleep—whoever he is," said Coun- cillor J. A. Sutter with regard to a claim for $32 which had been refused by the insurance company, The remark followed information given by Clerk J. Livermore that the claim had not been sent in for over a year after an accident when someone had struck the cruiser. The Clerk had been expecting Chief Thompson to look after• it, Recently he found it was not paid, and spoke to the town solicitor, who told him the mayor had said council did hot want to take act tion, and now the claim was over the one year limit for laying suit. For The, Future "The Bell Telephone Company is laying six conduits in that exca- vation on Albert Street," reported Reeve Stanley, "They believe in considering the future," The reeve said the work would be done "next week," Mgnal Costs JCoUncillor 3', A. Sutter, Chair- man of the protection to persons and property committee of the council, reported to council the large increase in cost of Operating the signal lights at the cm, tracks. Ile Said, "They're cutting off the trains, but our cost for that signal light is higher--over 50 percent ..than it was, As we get less texerice, we get more cost," Clerk Livermore Contributed the information that although the (Coritinilea .on Page Twelve) bringing to a close a very pleasant evening. Others present, beside those 'mentioned above, were: Miss L. Johnston, Mrs. D, g. Lane,..Mrs. Lillian. MacKinnon, Mrs. W. Bur- ton, Mrs. N. Forbes, Mrs. Holmes, Mrs. 'Fred Middleton, Mrs. Far- quhar. —0 Public School RernembranceDay Renieinbrance Day was made real for the pupils of Clinton Pub- lic School, wheh a program was held in the auditorium of the school at three o'clock Friday af- ternoon, Arranged by Principal J. A. Gray, BA, the program included two hymns, "0 God, Our Help in Ages Past" and "0 Valliant Heart". Two choruses were sung: "Pleasant are Thy Courts Above" by a group of Grade 6 and 7 pup- ils and "Unto the Hills" by a group of grades 7 and 8. The Rev. Grant Mills, Ontario Street United Church, spoke to the children for ten minutes, and followed wit ha short prayer. A wreath of Remembrance was laid followed -with a short prayer. A Brown; and this was followed by a minutes silence. 0 Huron WI Gives Annual Award Miss Evelyn Simpson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Simpson, RR 1, Listowel, is the proud win- ner of the Huron County Ontario Women's Institute Scholarship for 1957. The announcement of the Schol- arship was made at the Huron County Women's Institute Rally held on Nevember 12, in Landes- bore Community Hall. 0 Clarence Trott President Men Teachers Group Clarence Trott, Clinton, princi- pal of the A/V/M Hugh Campbell Public School, RCAF Station Clin- ton, heads the list of officers of District 15A Ontario Public School Men Teachers' Federation for 1957-58. He was declared presi- dent at a meeting of the federa- tion in Seaforth. Vice-presidents are Tom Wilcox, Stratford and Duncan McKay, Au- buin. Seaforth Public School Prin- cipal, John Talbot, secretary-treas- urer; Edward Little, St, Marys, past president. Committee chairmen are: sick benefits and insurance, John Op- per, Stratford; stiperaentation, Joseph Higgins, Mitchell; educa- tional finance, Garfield Baker, Meter; educational research, It C, Seale, St. Marys; education week, Leonard Johnson, St. Marys; public relationS, A. T. Davey, Stratford; legislation, George Far- nell, Centralia; teacher qualifica- tion, Mervin Stephens, OdderiCh; honorary membership, Derek Nind, Atwood; rural affairs, Char- les MCQuilian, DashWeed. Bands arid Parades On November 11 Last week's strong fall of snow presented a Christmas-like decor- ation for the Remembrance Day parade and services carried out in the customary fashion here on Monday, with the co-operation of RCAF Station Clinton arid the town, Though fewer people than is us- ual attended, there was a repre- sentation of young and old, and people froirf all walks of life, Following a short parade from near the former Public School building, (now being remodlled to the new Commercial Hotel) an inter-denominational service was held in the Legion Memorial Hall, led by the chaplain of the Legion, the Rev. D. J, Lane. Assisting were the Rev. J..A. McKim and John. Agulian, The main address was giyen by the Rev. Grant Mills. New to the service was a selec- tion, 'Unto the Hills" presented by a mixed chorus- of children from the Public School: Margaret Glidden, Irene Garrow, Diane Cudmore, Elizabeth Inder, Ernie Brubacker, Douglas Wells, Mor- ris -Darling, Lynne Shipley, Craig Cox, Don Fremlin, and Teddy Bri- dle. Their music teacher, Mrs. • May Rance Mackinnon, who was pianist for the occasion, directed them. The wreath-bearers and coke- party retired, followed by the con- gregation, and another parade was formed up outside the Hall. Led -by the Bannockburn Band, the. . Legion marched first, followed by the RCAF Station Clinton Trum- pet Band, and 'a company of 150 Air Force personnel fro-in the Clin- ton Station. Then came the Guid- es and Brownies, Cubs and Scouts. Each different section of the parade was led by its own stan- dard-bearers, Arriving first at the cenotaph the wreath-bearers awaited the coming of the other sections of the parade, and then laid their wreaths as follows: Province of Ontario, Dr. F. G. Thompson; Town of Clinton, Mayor W. J. Miller; RCAF Station Clinton, Group Captain K. C. Cameron;. Branch 140 Canadian. Legion, Douglas Andrews; Ladies' Auxil- iary to the Canadian Legion, Mrs. Laura McAlpine; Clinton Chamber of Commerce, R. B. Campbell; Clinton Fire De- partment, Grant Rath; RCAF Cive ilian. Employees, Howard Tait; Kinsmen Club of Clinton and Kin- ettes, Donald Kay and Mrs. Harry Mclewan; Clinton Lodge A,F. and A.M. No. 84, Donald Symons; Clinton Chap- ter, No, 266, 0.ES., Mrs. Helen Elliott; Murphy Lodge, LOL 'No. 710, Harry Crich; Clinton LOBA No. 377, Mrs. Doris Wilson; Clin- • ton IO,OF No. 83, R. E. Rowden; Huronic Rebekah Lodge, No, 306, Mrs, Douglas Andrews; Huron Fish and Game Conser- vation Association, Harold Glew; Clinton Women's Institute, Mrs. Mervyn Batkin; Clinton Lions' Club, Ross Middleton; Clinton Dis- trict Collegiate Institute, Gordon Tebbutt; Clinton Public School, Elaine Brown and Ruth Ann Lew- is; A/V/M Hugh Campbell Public School, Sharon Daum and David Desjardine; RCAF Scouts, Cubs, Guides and Brownies, Michael Michalski, Gor- don Logan, Karon Gattinger, Lou- ise Nickerson; Clinton Scouts, Cubs, Guides and. Brownies, Paul Bateman, Jeffrey Dixon, Patricia Harland, Kathy Draper. The short service at the ceno- taph was conducted by the Rev. J. W. P. Graham. Reveille and the Last Post were played by a trumpeter from the RCAF Stat- ion band. Parade inarshall was • George Campbell, and Colour Sergeant was J. D, Thorndike. The four flights of RCAF personnel were in the charge of Squadron Leader S. A. Brightwell. Following the two minutes sil- ence and Reveille, the parade mov- ed off smartly to return to the. Legion Hall, and as they passed the Commercial Hotel, Group Cap- tale K. C. 'Cameron, Mayor W. J. Miller and Douglas Andrews, pres- ident of the local Legion branch took' the salute. At the saluting base were Guides Diane Campbell and Joan Johnson ,bearing the ree cently dedicated Guide colours. Wreaths were placed on the vet- erans' plot In Clinton Cemetery by' Squadron Leader Austin for tho Sergeants' Mess and Warrant Ofhe flcer Johnston for the Officers' Mess at Station Clinton, and by Douglas Andrews for the Clinton Legion branch. Clinton Town Council ,