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Clinton News-Record, 1959-04-16, Page 1inton. New ec r THE l\IEW RA-93rd YEAR THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR No, 15—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, °WARM, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1959 ,00 Per Yeor,--10 Cents Per Copy--12 Pager Tour At Library's Adult Shelves Grouped around the checking out desk in Clinton Public Library are Grade 8 stu- dents at the public school who came to hear the Librarian Miss Evelyn Hall (left) des- cribe the lay-out of the adult section and instruct them in the method of finding books there, This instruction is intended to benefit them in making use of the'library while en- rolled at the Clinton District Collegiate Institute. Above are E. Brubacher, M. Darling, C. Deline, C. Haasjes, B. Hamilton, D. Lockwood, J. Crockett, D. Cudmore, J. Cud- more, S. Dales, I. Garrow, M. Hayter, P. Horbanuik and C. Hoy, Mrs. Douglas Thorndike, teacher of Grade 8 English is at the right, (News-Record Photo) On the annual agricultural night, April 14, Clinton Lions Club was host to about 40 farmers of the district, The guest speaker, Gordon McGavin, Walton, showed films taken in Germany, while in that country as coach with' the Canadian Champion plowing team. Mr. McGavin is a director of the Ontario Plowmen's Association. In his commentary, Mr. McGavin compared farming here with that in Germany, and stressed the ef- ficiency of the overseas farmer. There a 25-acre farm was average size, and the owners were allowed to grow only the livestock that that . much land would support. Farm work was done by oxen, and although they are 50 years behind Canadian methods, production is higher. The speaker was introduced by Douglas Miles, agricultural repre- sentative for Huron County and was thanked by Lion Stewart Middleton. The Paul Bros, and Shirley from Kirkton, provided entertainment, Salaries Set Now At Public School, Teacher Wanted The Clinton Public School Board has received a resignation Iron , Mrs, Thomas Pryde, who plans to teach at the public school, RCAF Station Centralia this September, This means that one 'teacher is re. quired for the school staff, Salary schedule at the Clinton school has been fixed as follows: minimum $3,000; maximum $4,600, and annual Increment of $200, An allowance of $100 per year is given fat experience, up to eight years. This year salaries of all of the staff were revised, giving allow- /Alice of $150 per year for exper- ience gained in the Clinton school; and $100 for a year's experience gained elsewhere, This pneral revision of salaries, brought the local school more into line With those being paid• in ether Schools Conservatives Select Candidate At the nomination meeting held here in the Legion Half, Monday night, Charles MacNoughton, MLA, Exeter, was again named to represent the riding of Huron ih the next Provincial election, From the left are George Ginn, RR 2, Clinton, post president of the Progressive Conservative Association of Huron, and chairman of the meeting; James Donnelly, Reeve of Goderich and secretory of the ttssbtiestiOrt; Mt, MacNaughton ,rie AA re resmeliest i*Lettitrfi 4,014A .4.irro. Council in Action The by-laws committee has bees: quite active, as shown by those passed by town council on Monday evening. The session was a long one. After opening the meeting, Mayor Burton Stanley placed Councillor Herbert Bridle in char- ge, while he left for the • Legion Hall to offer official welcome to the Progressive Conservatives of Huron County who gathered for the nomination of their candidate. Two readings were given By- law 7-1959, which authorizes the issuing of debentures in the am- ount of $328,000 for the addition to Clinton District Collegiate In- stitute. These will be offered for sale at 5.75 percent. This by-law must be approved by the munici- pal board before it can be passed and become effective, Three readings were given By- law 8-1959 to amend 14A-1952, Which is a parking by-law, to in- crease the penalty for violations from el, to $2. This increase will go into effect as soon as approval from the Department of High- ways is received. (Continued on Page Silt) ache ,rot Ha THIS BEING CANADIAN LIB- rare" Week . , we're going to talk about two books, or sets of books . , One is the Canadian Diction ary which is expected to come out in 1961 , This is the first time that Canada will be in possession of a book which has definitions of purely Canadian words , , The idea fascinates us and what do you suppose it will do about spellings such as labor and labour? color and colour? This book is being prepared because education authorities complain they haven't found an adequate English pr ,Un- ited States dictionary for eehoel needs , . We can visualize some difficulty when teachers who are using approved text-books (prin- ted in the USA) and along with it, a Canadian dictionary which spells differently . . Which nne will they tell the youngsters is wrong . and which one is right . . • • * * BUT A BOOK IN THE HAND IS Worth one in 1961 . we will talk now of Catia,diana .•. . that's ,a set of ten volumes which treats the stibjece of Canada in its en- tirety . . , with, of course, year books to bring it all up to date . . It's a good book . . . because Clin- ton is in it . . Remember how you used to scan any map when you were a kid to see if the home town were included . . it wasn't' much good if the familiar name was not there . . The same.. is true of Canadiana . . it seems to have included prac- badly everyone , and the first place we looked was for Clinton, the town takes up 14 lines of type . . We're not going to tell you what's there, for half the joy of the book is in broWsing yourself . .% and if you weren't born here, no doubt you want to look up your our home town anyway , We've hesitated to remark upon. Caned- iana before , . first because it was new . . then because we did- n't have it, for the English -depart- ment at CDCI had it on loan for essays, research, etc . . but nou we bear that the public library has a set . so you can do your brow- sing in the comfort of Stavel' Reading Room . T *, * WE HAD THE STREETS SWEPT this 'week . . . and the people on the east side of Albert Street were honoured to have that section at- tended to first . . . The streets de- partment reported that additional. revenue was very small . "Hoot" garnered only 11 cents, and one of his helpers gained one cent . . . They remarked that there was not much "loose money" in Clinton these days . . . $ * THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE spoken by the Very Rev. R. C. Brown, dean of St Paul's Cathed- ral, London, can be applied to manyeprojects , He was speak- ing to the Ontario Division of the Ontario Cancer Society . . "All service that endures, all service that has any meaning, that heals, is the pouring out, the expenditure of your essential virtue . . If you stop short of that, then you may be a good committee member . . . you may be a good driver you may be this or that, or tie! other . . but you haven't given service . . , because it has never cost you the deep essential virtues of your life ,. . . This is the first thing about service, truly conceiv- ed . . . that it is of the nature sacrifice in the sense that it costs you intimately, personally, a part of yourself , . ." The Week's Weather 1959 1958 High Low High Low April 9 45 34 46 23 10 40 31, 43 34 11 42 32 52 36 12 42 27 58 26 13 48 22 60 34 14 60 27 68 35 15 65 32 71 37 Rain: ,13 in. Rain; .37 in. Charles S. MacNaughton, Exe- ter,' who has been Huron's repre- sentative in the Legislative Assem- bly in Toronto, was re-nominated by the progressive conservatives of the riding at the nomination meeting held in the Legion Mem- orial Hall, Clinton, on. Monday ev- ening. There were no other nominat- ions. Mover was Mrs. May Moon- ey, Goderich, and seconder was William McKenzie, reeve of Exe- ter. Dr. E. A. McMaster, Seaforth, was named president of the assoc- iation to succeed George Ginn, RR 2, Clinton. Other officers are; vice-presidents Harvey Coleman, reeve of Stanley Township; Mrs. May Mooney, Goderich, and Doug- las Freeman, president of the Clinton Progressive Conservatives; Secretary, James Donnelly, reeve of Goderich; treasurer, for- mer warden, John Morrissey, Step- hen Township, Directors are Glenn Webb, Dan I3euerman, Caryl Draper, Ernie Ross, Luther Penhale, 13111 Eller- ington, William Dale, Elgin Mc- Kinley, Willis Dundas, Charles Rau, Gordon Block, Jerome Diet» rich and Fred Dobbs. Guest speaker was the Hon. Dr, M. B. Dymond Minister of Health, who spoke of the success of the Auxiliary to Home Meeting Ap.01 20 On Monday, April '20; a meeting to further the organization of the Ladies Auxiliary to Huron County Home for senior citizens, will be held in the auditorium ..ef the Home, at 2,30 pm. . 0 Library Week Is Marked by Special Tour by Grade 8 Special spring prdject in the Grade 8 English Classes at Clinton Public School is a visit to the Clinton Public Library, where un- der the guidance of the librarian, Miss Evelyn G. Hall, they have their first official look at the adult section of the library, Organized in co-operation by the librarian and Mrs. 3. Douglas Thorndike, the visit is planned just prior to the transfer of the stud- ents into MCI, so that they may 'become accustomed to the location of books and be able to find them more quickly for research work required in Collegiate English training. Split into three groups, the class of 44, 'visited the library on Mon- day, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. After a 'iota' of the various shelves, they busied them- selves in a practical demonstration of finding certain books. Hospital Set Record Mn Month of March. March has been the busiesi month yet experienced at the Clin- ton Public Hospital. There were 205 discharges and admittances. According to superintendent Hilda Smith, March, 1959, record- ed 1,353 patient days and 193 nursery days, This is anew record in any one-month period, Ontario Health Service elan, "Nev- er in the history of humanity has there been a record of a single plan going into operation so smoothly. There are some kinks but the problems are insignificant beside the magnitude of the plan," he said. Dr, Dymond mentioned that the 1,200-bed provincial institution for the treatment of mental illness at Goderich would be Started around the first of July this year. He said that tenders for drainage sys- tems on the site would be called at that time and contract for con- struction of the power plant to serve the hosiptal would follow closely, The health minister said that the project had been delayed be- cause of difficulties in tying in construction of the new Goderich water system. He said contrary to popular opinion the •Institeition would not be a school for retard- ed children. "It will more likely be a multi-purpose institution cover- ing the whole field of mental heal- th." Speaking of a tour he had made prior to the meeting, Dr, Dymond was high in his praise for the stan- dard of care suplied by institut- ions at Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth and Exeter. Among the speakers at -the Meeting were Jobe Hanna, MLA for Huron-Bruce, Wingharn; Erne ie Fisher, Mayor of Goderich; Wil- liam R. JeWitt, Hullett Township, and warden of Huron County; Mayor Burton Stanley, Clinton. Nominee Charles MacNaughtori thanked his bearers for their no- mination, and reviewed the pro- gress in Huron County since he was first in office, last summer. He remarked upon the long-await- ed Sanford Bridge project north of Goderich, which would be be- gun this summer. He noted the highways work Which was planned, and stated that he hoped for the road from Seaforth through Wal- ton and Brussels and connecting with Highway 86, to become a "development road" similar to the one at Auburn. Reviewing the work hi his first session, Mr> MacN'eughton comb merited upon the serious way in Which the ministers carried Out their work, and noted with 'pleas, ure that although the per capita debt in Mardi was $67, in Ontario, this was only one-third, of what It was 15 years age. IVIacilaughton's prornises t Huron were for his continued em- ployment in support Of Huron, and his support of Prime Minister Clinton Town,. Council approved the transferring of two taxi lic- ences from the name of -Howard Grealis to Donald Switzer, the transfer of tobacco and cigarette retailing licence from Harry Wat- kins to Ray Hoggarth. Approval of Air Cadet Tag Day on April 25 was granted. $50 toward expenses for Harold Gibbings, streets foreman, to at- tend a two-day road superintend- ents school in Hart House, Toron- to, was approved. Clinton Lions Club was granted $1,000 toward maintenance of the skating arena. Councillor N. Liver- more remarked that the town was Police Car involved in Main St. Mishap On Friday evening, April 10, at about eight o'clock, a car driven by John D. Gibbings, RR 4, Clin- ton, was travelling north on King Street and stopped at Victoria Street, Then he proceeded to turn left on. Victoria, and was in col- lision wth an Ontario Provincial Police car driven by Harry M, Sayeau, Blake Street, Goderich. Constable Sayeau's car was going south on Victoria Street. Damage to both cars was estimated at $500. 0 Legion Zone Finals Here Saturday For Public Speaking The finals in public speaking contests for Zone Cl of the Can- adian Legion will be held in the Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk St,, Clinton, on Saturday, April 18, commencing at 2.30 •p.m, Contestants will take part from the Kincardine Branch of the. Legion, Clinton speakers include junior public school, Carol Robichaud, Adastral Park; senior public school, William McKim; junior high school, Barbara Index and senior high school, Catherine Welsh. Though Sherry Cochrane was first place winner in the senior high school class, she decided not to continue in the competition, and Miss Welsh who placed third, will continue. - Huron Farmer Now Heads Dairy Co-op Robert McKereber, Dublin, has been elected president of the Unit,• ed Dairy and Poultry Co-operative Limited. The tim5C is growing rapidly, and they are aiming for a 4,000 membership by the end of very lucky to get by with only that much expense each year for arena support. Inquiry will be made of K. W. Colquhoun, insurance broker for the, town, concerning progress of claims made by Mrs. D. Wilson and Mrs. A. E. Bond 'regarding in- jury from falls suffered on street and sidewalk during the icy part of the winter. Mayor Burton Stanley comment- ed that in the six years he had been connected with council, he could recall only two claims which were -paid off, and one of them had to go to a lawyer. He said he did not think people were getting fair play. Councillor G. Rumbali rioted that he understood that icy conditions were different, that even the Department of Highways did not have to sand streets, nor plow snow, and the work was done out of courtesy. He did not believe that insuranec conditions were the same as for injuries received from other causes, Investigation on Tuesday show- ed that the Bond claim had been paid by the Insurance Company, Building permits were authoriz- ed as follows: Robert Corbett, a house, on Kirk Street, $8,000; L Murphy, an addition, $1,500; Thomas Oliver, a sunporch, $600; Herbert Bridle, a kitchen, $800 and a garage, $800; Earl Doucette, a house, $6,000. The tender of J. and T. Murphy Ltd. for supplying a police cruiser was accepted, and a Plymouth V•3 (Continued on Paeg Six) Clinton Kinette Club Host To District Kinettes Last Night Clinton Kinette Club members were hostesses last night in the Legion Memorial Hall here to the Most important 'evening in the year for the Kinette Clubs in this district, Clubs from Chesley, Dur- ham, Goderich, Hanover, Kineare dine, Stratford, Delhi, Wingham, Walkerton, Owen Sound, Meaford, Listowel were represented. The Wingharn Kinette Club won the attendance award by bringing 19 of their 25 members to the Inter-Club event. Mrs. Frank Mc- Ewan, president of the local club, convened the meeting, and offered thanks to Mrs. Cameron Proctor, president of the Clinton Auxiliary to the Canadian Legion for cater- ing to the banquet. Grace was offered by Mrs. Harry McEwan, past president of the gin- ettee, A sing song was led by Mrs. Donald Kay while the tables were being cleared, and Mrs. Ray Viii cent was pianist, Mrs. Vincent also Won the raffle prize, which was a coffee maker set. Numerous door prises were drawn for, all of which were do. hated by the Clinton Club, and most of them were made by the Otteat speaker Was Mrs. A. M. Ball of the ShakeSoeareaft Kin of 1959 K. W. "DANNY" COLQUHOUN, Manager of his own insurance and real estate business, here in Clinton, was voted Kinsman of the Year on Saturday, at the conven- tion of the Zone "B" District I of the Association of Kinsmen Clubs. 14 clubs, including Listowel, Owen Sound, Chesley, Kincardine, Gode- rich and Winghem, had- entries it the coinpetitiOn. Mr. Colquhoun is a son of Mr, and Mrs. B. W. Colquhoun, Huron Street. He ismarried and lives on Highway 4, south of Clinton, with his wife and family of six.. He is a past president of .the Kinsman Club; treasurer of the Clinton 'Branch Canadian Legion; superintendent of the Sunday School of St. Andrew's Presbyter- ian Church, and also an elder of the church; a member of the Clin- ton Public School Board. Bylaws Receive OK Some Need Perusal By. Municipal Board Mayor Proclaims Clean Up Week In Clinton, May 3 to 9 . The week of May 3 to 9 will be Clean-Up Week in Clinton. A proclamation' from Mayor B. Stan- ley announcing the event was authorized at council's meeting on Monday evening. Purpose 'of the special week is to encourage people of town to take an interest in sprucing un their own property. Particular attention to back yards, and to areas where "junk" is apt to ac- cumulate is advised either before or during Clean-up Week,. - BUDGET ACCEPTED axe p Two Mils Caused by Education • Though increased costs of educas tion, coupled with need for a new Ladies Rest Room, and the pro- posed plan for -putting up street signs, indicated an increase in tax- es of at least seven mills, Clinton Town Council have managed to whittle the rise down to two mills, This means that the tax rate for 1959 for residential purposes will be 72 mills and for business and commercial,' 78 mills. These rates will produce the needed revenue of $159,239,24, An increase in assessment of property within the town, of about $10,000, to the piesent total of $2,158,389.90, has helped to keep the mill rate down. Also addition- al grants forthcoming at -the pub- lic school due to increased enrol- ment, has helped offset the re- quest from that institution for $7,000 more than they needed in 1958. The Clinton District Collegiate Institute has requested an increase which means Clinton's , share will be $15,280 as compered to last year's share of $12,000. This does not include costs of the proposed new addition, which will only be- gin to appear in the tax structure in 1960, One mill levied in the town of Clinton produces $2,158. While budgeting has been kept close, the 'finance committee, led by George Rumball, has allowed for a continued. whittling of the deficit which has been bothering council ever since 1957, when un- expected costs in connection with the development of Rattenbury and Princess Streets ruined the budget. This deficit was halved in 1958,. and this year's budgeting will see the balance of $2,450 dis- appear. Conservatives Re-Elect C. MacNaughton to Lead Lions Host to 40 Farmers View Films of Germany