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Clinton News-Record, 1957-12-05, Page 5TO THE RATEPAYERS OF GODERICH TOWNSHIP: After spending 11 years in municipal work in the "Township and participating in many other projects in our community, I sin- cerely solicit your support to return Mme to your 1958 Council as Reeve. VOTE ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 for Clayton E. Laithwaite For Reeve For LADIES CARDIGANS PULLOVERS PYJAMAS NIGHTGOWNS SLIPS PANTIES NYLONS , SCARFS BEDSPREADS PILLOWSLIPS SHEETS BLANKETS TOWELS g-o•i4f-esn. For GIRLS BLOUSES SKIRTS SLIPS PYJAMAS CARDIGANS PULLOVERS • SLACKS SLIM JIMS WOOL BONNET and HATS GLOVES, MITTS Ott "4- **. itr +4 4 2. 4; fref,g0egfeg-rocgi.$ Ns IN. A' GIFTED CHRISTMAS-MOOD Letter T o The Ed itor TVVQ,'-gIESTIONS-„ To the E4itor, Clinton News-Record; It's "yes" and "no" to two questions brought up your pap. "Yes," I like your .green colour for the Paper, even the texture seems smoother, and there's isr DO fuzz to make me sneeze . The green is restful to the eyes, and heeideSolt is Original (practically'), "No," T do not think the Town Council should g&„ in by acclama- tion, Wily? It makes the tax- Payers lazy and indifferent. 13e, sides we have a right to say .who Since 1939 the proportion of working Canadians emplOYed in manufacturing has increased from 12 percent to more than 25 percent. should be elected from Year to year„ as we have found these men competent, or not. Often not, For example, big street projects must come first, Lots of praise for the hardworking (7) •council- lor who is responsible, When: some' of us poor beggars in the IMMIPPF- - tant .sideetreets have pleaded in vain for years (yes, years) to get the sidewalks Made less danger- ops to walk on-on the east Side. of Maple street for instance. At night the street is black dark half Way along, and the ends .of cem- ent blocks sticking up several in, cbes are a perfect menace to ped- estrians, Council, take warning before someone 'breaks an ankle or wor- se, . tours truly, MAC Clinton, Ontario, December 5, 1.057. ( SERVICE . - STATION CARL G DOUG CANTELqN 7,4 "THE PLACE WHERE (tVt!L '4 YOLL10 4V"Y=A:410 Grt.;•4' " -3•,41.*/ g CLINTON • rte NI/2-9032 For Pre.Christmas Shoppers A Limited Quantity of SEALY Smooth-Top $59.50 Nattresses or Box Springs SPECIAL CHRISTMAS i$44=50 (The Finest Mattress Ever Built) A Quantity of FOLDING ALUMINUM CHAIRS Ideal Christmas Item for Mom or Dad 7.95 9.95 10.50 _12..95 15.95 --44e-ere-440--weeel4-440-epeee-ereelreeeeeer;see BEATTIE FURNITURE .•44•+44•-++•+e-.4o, "ORLON" PULLOVERS $3.98 - $4.98 CARDIGANS $5.90-$6.95 All Colors SPECIALS "Kitten." ORLON Pullover „, $6.95 Cardigan „. $8.95 Novelty Neck Styles Colors, Angora. Trim, etc, PULLOVERS $4.98 - $5.98 ALSO Women's Cardigans WOOL or ORLON Sizes; 40-42-44-46 DEPT STORE !?01-7%,;11,0-014MY1.40-00-20.'6040000-IttsileAteMi: 6.95 $7.95 MA.RTINS OUR WQRKNIAN51,11P 'THE PEOPLE euy, iMCAUSE. OU skILL IS RATED HIGH! Decorate Your Home Rules lor the Great Christmas Decoration Contest 1. All entries to be judged according to originality and attractiveness from the street. 2. Ail decorations to be definitely of a Christmas nature. Decorations must be ready for judging by 12 noon Saturday, December 21 at 6 p.m. 4. Any resident of the Town of Clinton is eligible to enter the contest, S. Decisions of judges are final. 6 All intending contestants must use the entry form, and leave with Miss Dinnin, at News-Record Office, not later than December 16, , 7. Last year's first prize winner not eligible to win first prize money, but will be allowed second place if judged first, TfitTRADAY, DEC.ENMEIR 5, 1?57. CILIMON NMTS,,MC'Oftl) kGE 140-4 49-p Vote Deeves for Reeve IN GODERICH TOWNSHIP I Sincerely Solicit Your Full -Suppprt on Election Day, Monday, Dec. 9. JOHN DEEVES 7 5, Attend Township .Nominotion. Contest For Reeve is Indicated M-04-01V7` ,-440kAt ' • • ting ?r replacing them would see an 80. percent grant from the gov- ernment, 'Grant H, Stirling, a 1957 coun- cillor, reported that as the town- ship relief officer, he had come to the conclusion that relief is "quite a headache. With the Ontario Government paying- 60 percent grant, you do the dirty work-- and they'll tell you what to do-- but you can't see people starving," he said. Cost this year for relief has 'been $285, and up until the present there have been two fam- ilies receivng relief. .Another has been added to^the list just recent- ly. Referring to W. J. Forbes' sug- gestion re by-law• re dumping of rubbish on side roads, Mr. Stir- ling claimed that when the" side roads. were cleaned up, there shouldn't be any problem. • Mr. Stirling said there was a need of fixing up the three rail- way crossings in the township. (Later in the meeting road super- intendent Roy Tyndall reported this should not prove to be too costly as the Board of Transport pays 60 percent,. the railway com- pany 15 percent, leaving the town- ship with only 25 percent of the cost to pay. Kenneth C. Merrier, also, a 1957 councillor, spoke very briefly. He' said that relief in the township "might be a problem," and that he Robert Welsh who has been a when it repurchased a second grader. Ray Cox, nominated for council, spoke briefly and so did Howard McCullough, named for the school area board: R. Johnston, also named for the school board was not. present. Robert-Welsh, of the schol area, member of the school area board the longest, said that all six school in the, area have cap- six schools in the area have cap- able teachers, whose salaries are in line with other municipalities in the county. No. 10 school has had some repair in a new wall un- der the school, No. 1 has a new oil furnace recently installed, all schools have had playground' equip- ment added. In general, he reported that the schools are on a par with others in some parts of the province. The assessment for the six schools is $1,260,000. It was necessary, he remarked toll-I:crease the mill, rate for school purposes, from 7.2: up to 7.5, within the past couple of yaers-due to the expense of mov- ing surplus pupils from No. 10 school to the RCAF Station Clin- school. A new furnace is 'needed at No.-11 school, but it is the hope of the board 'that this won't be necessary this winter. "Hohnesville school has: been greatly overcrowd- ed-end it might have been a real problem had it not 'been for the good capable teacher we have there," stated Mr, Welsh. "The general trend in school population," said ,the trustee, "is an increase each year in' enrol- ment. Very few trades or profes- sions today are open to young peo- ple who have. not a grade 10 edu- cation at least. Not all the child- ren that we are educating are go- ing to return, to the farm," said Mr. Welsh, "and even if they do it is not' fair to suggest they do not need a good education." He pre- dicted that in the not too-far-off future, specialized teachers will be here to stay, that is that a teach- er will specialize in either senior or junior work. "Whether we like it, or not, consolidated schools Are going to' give our children a good education„ We are going to have to bring our classrooms together," he said, A question from the floor re- garding installing telephones in the schools, brought the reply that such a move would have its good points-hut that it would not be practical in the classroom. Wilbert Harrison, the township's representative on the Goderich Hospital Board, reported that the new addition contract was for $423,800, and reviewed the financ- ial situation in detail, Neither Irvine Tebbutt, repre- sentative from the township on the Clinton and District Collegiate In- stitute Board, nor Barrie Walters, representative on the Goderich District Collegiate Institute Board were present to report. On hand at the meeting was Goderich Townshilft last warden, Wilinot Haacke, who spoke briefly. Greetings were "extended :from the town of Clinton by its mayor Will- iam. J. Miller; from the township of Hullett, by P,eeve William Jeev- itt; from the township of Stanley by Ileevo Harvey Coleman; from the town of Exeter, by Aeeve Will- iam McKenzie, Former township of Goderich reeves who spoke were: James Stirling, George Ginn, Gordon Orr and Edward Close to 75 people Friday after- noon attended the nomination meeting of the township of Goder- ich held here in the council claim her. Clinton's.Deputy-Reeve Nei- son Trewartha, a, Goderich town- ship taxpayer and former Town- ship reeve, was chairman for the ratepayers meeting which followed, In his chairman's remarks, Mr, Trewartha referred to the town- ship's healthy financial status, With a "very substantial surplus on band. "Our township is grad- ually cbanging,". said Mr, Trewar- the ' . "Just a few years ago we were all Anglo-Saxnn, Today, we have a large number of New Canadians -most of them from 'Holland. They, are good, law-abiding citi- zen's who believe in farming in a large way." he said. He went on to remark that of the outstanding taxes owing in the township, he has been informed by the tax col- lector that none of them• are owed by New Canadians. John,Deeves,'who has just com- pleted 'three years as reeve and his tenth year on,the township council, stated his intentions to be a can- didate for the warden, if success- ful in the run for reeve. He is" being challenged by Clayton Bo Laithwilte, who also has several years of municipal experience and wa sa councillor in 1957. Deeves told the meeting that in spite of the' mill rate having been dropped by one mill, that the township experienced a, surplus. "Our council has done a good job this year," he commented. On County Council, he served on four committees: Forestry, of which lie:+was chairman. ' legislat- ive; agriculture; and the good roads Huron County has ten tracts of land that are reforested with sev- eral thousands of trees, said Deev- es. A Goderich Township farmer, Torn Rathwell, has been the recip- ient of a tree-farm . certificate, which are now being awarded t,) tree-farmers 'who qualify. Although the Legislative Coin- mittee was not a busy one, Mr. Deeves said that the Equalization Committee had a busy year, He referred to the court case in which the county was successful when the town of Goderich appealed its' county assessment rate, Goderich Township was success- ful in getting four miles of the nine miles of .hot mix laid this year by the county. The fact a hot mix plant is now located in the county, makes the price of such 'Work more reasonable, he Said. He reviewed other ctiv- ities of the county council men- tioning that five or six miles of grading had been completed; three large bridges eontstruoted; three large culverts built at a total cost of $8,000; in two more years time the county court house will be paid, and that when it is the coun- ty will be debt-free; the county museum is a paying proposition-- but more Space will be needed there in the spring; the Children's Aid Society is doing a wonderful job; the farm at the Huron Coun- ty Home saw a profit this year; there are now 98 residents at the Home ,of whom 60' are paying through the Old Age Pensions, "Road expenditure in the county has certainly increased, and it will probably mean an increase in mill rate, if people continue to demand better roads," he warned, In eon- clusiqn, Mr. Deeves told the rate- payers that it had been 20 years since the township has had a war- den. Clayton. B. Laithwaite, who is op-, posing John Deeves for the reeve- ship, revealed that work on the Goderich Area Planning Board, of which he has been a member re- presenting the Goderich Township Council, has been diffichlt and in- tricate work. He reviewed the ac- tivities of the 1957 council-par- ticularly road work, He said that the council purchased a new road grader later for $6,100. "Trucks qader, only to buy ,back the old grader later for $6,100. "Trucks do not seem to do a 'satisfactory job of snow-plowing, and so with the two graders, we sheuld be able to give better service- but it tak- es planning," he said, „adding that he felt that a system was lacking in general road work, Mr. Lai.thwaite, recalling that it was over 130 yaers since his fore- fathers came to Canada, sentimen- tally•aeked if any of the township residents, ever thought it fitting to build a township hall, as a mon- ument to Goderich township fore- fathers. Walter J. Forbes, e'dPorting on his work as a councillor this past year strongly urged that a bylaw be drawn up prohibiting the dump- ing of cans, stones, etc., on town- ship roads. Although the township has a municipal dump, Mr. Forbes said he felt there was the need of a second one, He favoured the purchase of the second grader-as it would prove to be a more use- ful piece of equipment than a truck. Stones and brush along the sides of the township roads, made the cutting of weeds a difficult job, he remarked, adding that when the roads are widened, he would sug- gest that "We should clean up as we go along-removing stones and brush." When `the township mill rate is lowered after the town- ship's share to the addition to the Goderich Hospital is paid', Forbes suggested that this money be used to fix roads and "do" bridges. He felt that the township brid- ges were very much outdated-and that the actual cost of reconstruc- H4] 'WORKERS TO MEET ON PEO.M1v..R, 12 The regular monthly meeting of the Happy Workers Club wilt be hel don December 3.2, at UO Atthe borne Of Mrs, Hugh Bal„ Roll call will be answered by an exchange of ..Chritsmas.gifts, Group 4 will be in charge ofsitMeh, 1111E W PLUMBING CLINTON Having served for 3 years as your Reeve, offer my services and ex- perience (including four years as a councillor), as reeve for another term, If elected, I will en- deavour .to bring the Wardenship of Huron County to Goderich Township next- year. Education The Answer "I have been concerned with the salvage of alcoholics for 10 years, and I have come to believe that many alcoholics need never have become addicted to anything They had established the habit with absolutely no knowledge of the dangers involved," Dr. R. G, Bell, medical director of the Bell Clinic in Willowdale for alcohol and drug addicts, was quoted recently in a Toronto pap- er. He declared that adult alco- holies in Ontario have increased at a rate of 91 percent between 1946 and 1956, The statistical risk of becoming an alcoholic is greater today, he said, than the risk of contracting diseases like polio and cancer, Part of the re- habilitation involves comprehen- sive instruction on the effects of alcohol, As one part of his alcohol edu- cation program Dr. Bell is spon- soring a public course on alcohol and drug addiction. Twenty lec- tures._ .are being given, free of charge, to physicians, nurses, soc- ial workers, clergy, high school teachers and others. The public will be charged $25.00 for the en- tire course. HURON COUNTY Need A Home? 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