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THE NEWS-RECORD-77th YEAR
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Huron D atiry Princess Selected
Posed with Delbert Geiger, president of the Huron County Soil and Crop improve-
ment Association, ore the four contestants in this year's Dairy Princess competition.
From the left are Doris Cornish, Woodham; Patsy Marshall, Kirkton, the princess;
Mr. Geiger, Sandra Wright, runner-up; Yvonne Sparling, Gorrie, The contest was held
at the twilight meeting of the Soil and Crop group at the County Home farm on
Tuesday night. (News-Record Photo)
Fortner Londesboro oy
Honoured By Prince
Dr. E. Kirk Lyon, Leamington,
has brought great honour to Hal-
lett Township where he grew up,
to Clinton District Collegiate
where he attended secondary
school, and to his family, His
mither, Mrs, Lyon, lives in the
village of Londesboro.
When the Duke of Edinburgh,
Prince Philip, was installed as
president of the Canadian Medi-
cal Association in Toronto earlier
this summer, the Prince turned
over the active duties of this
position to Dr, E. Kirk Lyon.
Present at the event were Dr. and
Mrs. Walter A. Oakes. Clinton
This week there is a meeting
of the joint organization, the Can-
adian and British Medical Associ-
ation being held in Edinburgh,
Scotland. Prince Philip has
accepted the invitation to become
president of the joint group, and
had every intention of attending
the meeting.
However, recent press reports
state that the prince has sent
his regrets, saying that, "noth-
ing in this life is entirely certain,
and I am at present in Canada
due to circumstances quite be-
yond my control,
"I am particularly sad not to
be with you, because this meeting
of British and Canadian medical
men is just that kind of Common-
wealth co-operation which can do
the most good."
The Prince, who takes an inter-
est in the work of the medical as-
sociation, as he does of a number
other practical organizations, nev-
ertheless will not be able to
undertake the active leadership
of the association.
It is expected that this week
he will turn over the active part
of his duties to Dr. E. Kirk Lyon,
Who is at present in Edinburgh,
attending the meeting.
Dr. Lyon practices medicine in
Leamington. He is a past presi-
dent of the Ontario Medical As-
sociation and has been on the
Council of the Canadian Medical
Association, He has a sister, Mar-
jorie, who is married and living
in Hamilton and a brother, Dr.
Arthur Lyon in Windsor.
Miss Marilyn Potter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs, George Potter,
RR 3, Clinton, will teach at SS 4,
Mcleillop Township in September.
She is a graduate of SS 2, Gode-
rich Township; Clinton District
Collegiate Institute and Stratford
Teachers College..
Clinton Boy at Cadet Ctirill
While at Air Cadet Summer Camp at RCAF Station
Clinton, many of the cadets, like John MacDonald, Clin-
ton, spend their evenings "doing it themselves" in the
station Hobby Shop. John is the son of Mr. and MIS.
J, E. MacDonald, 69 Joseph Street, Clinton. He is a
member of No. 52 Goderich Air Cadet Squadron.
(Natieitai D
No. 29—The home Paper With The News
New Home Economist
Chatting with Mrs. Harvey Johnston at the Huron
County Home, is Miss Bette Tillman, new home econo-
mist for Huron County. Bette arrived in the county on
Monday and is working with Mrs. ian McAllister until
the end of the month when she will take over her new
duties. (News-Record Photo)
THE NEW ERA---9rd YEAR
CI,iNTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, mix 23,19.59
guard rails and a telephone pole
before rolling into the ditch. He
tested the signal lights of the
Brandon truck and found that the
left signal did not work. He said
Fr. Wallace had alcohol on his
breath.
Donald Wallace admitted to
having some drinks before the
accident. He claimed the Brandon
vehicle had shown a right hand
turn signal. He said he was not
going much more than 50 m.p.h.,
and felt the Brandon ti uck was
going about 30 m.p.h.
Mr. Donnelly based his. plea on
the fact that a man dazed or
under the influence of alcohol
would not make up a story such
as Wallace told the constable
immediately following the acci-
dent, that the right si:mal was
showing,
Crown Attorney Glen Hays bas-
ed his stand on the fact that the
left signal light could have burn-
ed out at the time of l'ae impact.
He felt that Wallace's faculties
could have been blurred by his
drinking. He said force of habit
would have practically insured
that Mr. Brandon would indicate
a left turn properly.
Douglas Layton was convicted
of careless driving and was fined
$50 and costs. His licence was
suspended for one year,
Two cases resulting in convic- had apparently broken three
tions on careless driving, took up
the two and a half hour magist-
rate's court sitting here on Tues-
day morning, and charges of care-
less driving and impaired driving
against a 16-year-old Blyth boy'
were adjourned to a Goderich
court on July 30. Magistrate D.
E. Holmes presided, and Frank
Donnelly, Q.C., Goderich. was de-
fence counsel for all three.
Donald J. Wallace, $t. George
Street, Seaforth, was fined $25
and costs, on careless driving
charge laid following an accident
on Highway 8 in which the Wal-
lace car struck a truck driven by
Charles Brandon.
Mr. Brandon gave evidence that
he had signalled a left hand turn
some distance from his gateway
(about two miles east of Clinton)
on the evening of June 6, about
9 p.m. He had pulled to the left,
and did not notice the Wallace
car behind him until the • impact.
The right rear side of the Wal-
lace car struck the left front side
of the Brandon truck.
Kenneth A. Johnston bad been
playing horseshoe at his farm, and
noticed the Brandon truck go by,
with a left signal showing. He
did not see the crash, but heard it.
• Constable Eric Sims, OPP,
Goderich, investigated the acci-
dent. He said the Wallace car
Cooling Dip in Public Pool
Steaming around in the tool waters of the swimming pool in Community Park,
may seem like a lot of work for most people. But to these youngsters, it's fun, indeed.
In fact several hundred of the young folk in the fliotrict take advantage of the pool
every day. Life saving courses are given here, which may some day mean the differ
enlife and death to some person, (News Renard Photo)
P-
MAYBE SOME OF THE OLDER
businessmen in Clinton will re-
member one, William Carl Huen-
moerder, who about 1927 and sin-
ce then , . . Made axehandles and
said them at hardware stores
during the summer . , He cov-
ered the area from Wiarton down
to Clinton . Mr. Huenmoerder
is one of Canada's more spry cen-
tenarians , , and at his 101st
birthday feels that he may make
it to 110 . . He's still making
axe-handles, too--when he can
get time from doing odd jobs
around the farm . He claims
that "early to bed, early to rise,
work hard, go to church and
don't drink or smoke" is the an-
swer for would-be centenarians, .
He lives at Ayton with his son
and family . . Mr. Huenmoer-
der's first job after coming to
Canada from Germany in 1910
was in a Hanover furniture fac-
tory for nine cents an hour „
ANOTHER FIRST FOR CAN-
ada, was the Royal William—
the Canadian made and Canadian
steamship which was the first to
cross the Atlantic under steam
power . . On board was Samuel
Cunard, a resident of Halifax .
one of the owners . . ,. and out of
his observations came the famous
Cunard Line . . , The world's fir-
st trans-Atlantic service started
from Halifax in 1840. . .
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DOG DAYS DO NOT SEEM TO
come to Clinton this year .
Usually due in mid-summer . . .
when nothing seems to be mov-
ing . . Dog days here have be-
come very active days for many of
the males and a good number of
the females of town, too . . The
Clinton-Bayfield golf course es the
busy spot which attracts many to
the time-honoured sport which in-
volves slugging at a little white
ball .. . and then following it into
the undergrowth' or onto the
green . . only to slug it again..
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'BEST THING THAT COULD
ave happened to Clinton . . ." is
ow one hard-headed gentleman
town put it . . . He was talking
bout the swimming pool'. . ,
ere, hundreds of youngsters
Ind their way into the water each
ay , . . and many more, with
dults take their dip in the ev-
ning. . . *
VER PONDER ON THE
umber of business-men in Clin-
on who operate a second enter-
rise in some neighbouring or far-
ff town . . . Just tick them off on
our fingers . . . you'll need both
ands . . *
EADING IN A VERY STA.TIS-
Ical red book which was recently
sated by the department of Lands
d Forests . • . we came upon a
ecord of the number of flying
ours in the Department's service
y a number of the pilots, . . Tom
(Continued on Page 12)
The Week's Weather
1959 1958
High Low High Low
uly 16 87 56 71 48
17 88 60 77 56
18 80 66 69 51
19 78 64 70 44
20 79 65 77 51
21 86 53 80 56
' 22 89 60 80 55
Rain: .68 ins. Rain: .03 ins.
Pool Work Party Lays
Walks To Rath House
The last work party to be call-
ed by the Clinton Community
Swimming Pool Building Commit-
tee was a resounding success on
Mnoday night. About 50 work-
men turned up and the complete
project of laying cement side-
walks around the pool and to the
bathhouse door was finished.
Fruit Growers To Have
Twilight Next Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stratychuk,
Brussels, will be hosts to the
Fruit Growers of Huron County
and their friends at the annual
twilight meeting next Tuesday,
July 28. Russ Chard, "the apple
boy" will escort visitors through
the orchards from 7 p.m. on.
There will ,be a film, and the
fruit growers expect the "triple
threat" Irishmen, Messrs O'Goble,
O'Kelly and O'Teskey from OAC,
Guelph, to be on hand to add to
the fun. These three professors
and instructors gained their Irish
names at the Fruit Growers ban-
quetDring.and annual meeting this
spring.
Lorne Woods, Lucknow, is presi-
dent; William McKenzie, Exeter,
is first vice-president and Donald
Middleton, RR 3, Clinton, second
vice-president of the Fruit Grow-
ers. Douglas H. Miles, Clinton,
the agricultural representative of
the county, is secretary-treasurer
of the group—Huron's oldest
farm organization.
Mr, Layton was involved in a
serious accident on. May 8 on the
Base Line, just out of Clinton on
the way to Auburn. Evidence
showed that he and James Carter,
18, were racing ti'ibir cars and
Carter pulled in front of the Lay-
ton car. Layton lost control on
the shoulder of the road, skidded
91 feet sideways and backwards
across the paved road, and then
55 feet along the east side until it
wrapped itself around a tree,
Carter's car struck a mail-box
before it came to a stop.
Both Layton and a passenger,
Fred Edwards, Clinton, were hos-
pitalized. Layton was unconscious
for some time, and spent four
weeks in hospital.
Giving evidence besides Carter,
was his passenger, 16-year-old
Wayne Johnston, who told the
magistrate that he had been in
court in Clinton before, but did
not know whether he was convict-
ed or not of a charge at that
time, Mr. Vodden, farmer in the
area, told of watching the two
cars come over the brow of the
hill side by side, and he got his
tractor and trailer off the road
before they went by.
Ronald McClinchey, on a motor-
cycle proceeding toward Clinton
told of Carter swerving in front
of him earlier just before the
accident.
(Continued on Page Twelve)
On the gently 'sloping terraces
of the Huron County Home on
Tuesday evening, Miss Patricia
Marshall, Kirkton, received the
red and gold banner symbolizing
the honour of Dairy Princess of
Huron, presented by Warden Wil-
liam Jewitt, RR 1, Clinton. Miss
Marshall will represent the county
in the Dairy Queen contest to be
held in September at the Caned-
ian National Exhibition. At that
time one girl will be chosen to
represent Ontario in a cross-At,
lantie tour of events iri England,
Miss Marshall received a bou-
quet of long-stemmed red roses
from George Powell, on behalf of
the United Dairy and Poultry Co-
operative, This Co-op also gives
$100 toward the provincial con-
test.
Before a crowd of over 600 peo-
ple, Miss Marshall also accepted
a travelling bag provided by Pan-
American Airways and a cash
award from the Dairy Co-ordinat-
ing Boatel. Barrie Walters, presis
dent of the fluid milk prodUCers,
presented the bag, and Carl Hem-
ingway, Federation of Agriculture
secretary-fieldman, presented the
cash prize.
Cash prizes were else awarded
by Mr. Hemingway to the other
three contestants, Miss Sandra
Wright, Clifford, runner-up in the
Staff Holidays Are
Planned August 3-8
Staff holidays for the Clin-
ton News-Record are planned
for the week of August 3 to
8 inclusive, That means
there will be no issue of the
News-Record on August 6.
We regret that this is nec-
essary, but. hope for the co-
operation as in the past years
of the advertisers, subscribers
and correspondents,
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Large Eam Tree At
Cuninghame Corner
Large limb Spread
The large tree at the corner
of Shipley and Huron Street has
long been a centre of interest.
Miss Florence Cuninghame prizes
the tree highly, for she recalls
it as one of the original forest
trees, and has defended it from
the woodsman's axe on more than
one occasion.
Motorists have been known to
blast the elm, for the trunk does
obstruct the view down Huron
Street to some extent.
This week another look was
taken by Jim McGill, who is an
ardent horticulturist, Mr. McGill
took the trouble to measure the
tree some three feet up from the
ground, and found it to be 14.5
feet around, He also measured
the visible limb spread in two
directions, and found that the
large limbs stretch 56 feet to the
north and 50 feet to the south.
He feels that this is too much
weight for the old tree to carry,
regardless' of the size of trunk.
Mr. McGill has watched tree-
trimming work being done thr-
oughout the town, and he suggests
that this famous tree, be trim-
med at least to reduce the load
upon its limbs, before an accident
occurs there.
competition; Yvonne Sperling,
Gorrie and Dorish Cornish, Wood-
ham.
Miss Wright also received a
rose corsage from the Dairy Co-
ordinating Board, presented by
Russel Bradford, dairy fieldman
for Huron.
George Watt, chairman of the
Dairy Princess Committee of the
Dairy Co-ordinating Board of Hu-
ron, was chairman for this part
of the program which took place
near the close of the Sonatas] Crop
Improvement Association's twi-
light meeting.
Judges of the princess competi-
tion were Sim Needham, Ripley;
Mrs, Robert Gibson, FordWich;
Mrs. William Dale, RR 1, Clinton.
The competition consisted of
practical milking of one of the
registered Holsteins at the County
Home Farm, with milking ma-
chine, and was .followed after a
complimentary dinner in Hotel
Clinton with interviews between
the judges and contestants.
The four finalists were judged
,for their skill in milking, for their
procedure in sterilizing and as-
sembling the milking machine
equipment, for their knowledge of
sanitation in the handling of milk,
and for neatness, appearance, and
general knowledge of dairy farm
Work,
Kirkton Girl Chosen Dairy Princess,
Will Compete at CHE for Ontario Title
$3.00 Per Yecir---10 Cents Por Copy-12 Po9es
In Clinton Court
iwareiess Driving Convictions