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Clinton News-Record, 1960-05-12, Page 1Community fund Begun the second story, and gave the alarm shortly after five o'clock that morning. She is credited with saving the lives of the family, The children's father, Whitney, died about seven years ago, An appeal went out by radii) that same morning, on the suggeS- tit:in of Mayor Herbert Bridle 'for -clothing, furniture and supplies for the stricken family The response has been quite favourable, although many more things will be needed. Saved was .a washing machine and a TV set, Sole income is ,a widow's allow- mice, and the Smelly allowance cheques. One lady from Stratford con- . tributed Ei.bort $50 worth of new clothing to the use of the family, Residents "of Clinton were quick to respond • to appeals. From one couple were received mattresses and bedding By Saturday afternoon contri- butions of clothing and furniture made it Paaslble for the family to move into an apartment in town, until their home is once' more livable, • Taking on the family •as a pro- .ject„, the Kinsmen Club of Clinton have pledged themselves to -getting a tome ready by September. Along with the .insurance money avail- able, a, cansiderable sun" will be (Continued on Page 7) A .diskstrous fire in Little Eng- land (the southeast corner of Clin- ton) early last Thursday morning destroyed the .home, furnishings and clothing of Mrs,. Ruth Carteri 59 "Walker Street, and let her and five children, without a place to ' Swift action by Clinton firemen failed to save the dwelling, which though still standing, is gutted completely, The family which found ,refuge with Mrs, Lucy Beazo, 400 Matilda 'Street, and with other neighbours, , are: Janet,• 8 "years; Michael, 10; Rosemary, 11:- David, 13' and. Patricia, 15. It was Rosemary who found smoke and flames in a closet on Fern y of Six ,Burned but THE NEW ElIA--95th YEAR THE HURON RECORD-79th YEAR No. 19-The Home Paper With The News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1960 ,$3.00 Per Year-10 Cents Per Copy-12 Pages. Left Homeless By Thursday Blaze Spring Flowers Sent To Town Mayor From West Coast Council chamber was graced on Monday night by a huge arrange- ment of mauve iris and golden yellow tulips, which were flown here from Sidney, 'B:C., on the weekend, Two men posted to RCAF Stat- ion Clinton, coming from this vil- lage, about 18 miles north of Vic- toria, on Vancouver Island, picked the flowers on Friday, and by Saturday afternoon were carrying them into the grocery stoke op- erated by Mayor Herbert Bridle. They bore a presentation card from Reeve •Dr. C. H. Hemmings and Connell, Sidney, B.0 Looking up the village in Cana- diana, we find it has a high school, a hospital, and a weekly newspap- er called the Saanich Penisula and Gulf Islands Review. It Was first settled by people from . Britain around 1900. It is, connected by car ferry with Vancouver and Anacortes, Wash. Mayor Bridle and Council will send an appreciative letter to the Sidney Reeve. A similar •shovving of flowers was -also brought to Group Captain G. C. Cameron, Commanding Officer at RCAF Station Clinton. Huron group, and president of the Western Ontario Liberal Associa- tion, Mr. Pickersgill gave a' witty condemnation. of promises and poll- cies of the-Progressive Conserva- tive party, which found a receptive audience among the 150 Liberals gathered for the banquet meeting, Mr. Pickersgill said the Liberals had been in office long enough in 1957 for the party (if not for Canada), and commented that once in every generation . Canadians "have to learn for themselves - they have to have the Tory party in for 'a while, so the country has a chance to appreciate the Liber- als". He accused the conservatives of continuing to blame every thing that was wrong on Walter Harris Jack Pickersgill was guest speak- Hawkins, retiring president of the er at the Huron County Liberal Rally (for Federal purposes) held in the Legion. Hall here last Fri- day evening. Introduced by Hugh • Music competitions in the 9th music festival of Hullett Town- ship were held in Londesboro. Un- ited Church on Tixesday evening, and Wednesday. A concert to-night in the same place will feature the first prize winners. USS 10 placed first in the rhythm hand close with 84 points, followed by USS 2, 83 and SS 9, 82. Two part chorus; large schools,. SS 11, 85; USS 12, 79; SS 5, 78. Unison chorus, large schools; SS 8,.82; SS 5, 80; SS 11, 79. Double trio, large schools: USS 12, 81; SS 5, 80. SS 8, 78. Horticulture Group Blasts Town Men Over Tulip Bed Irbt lira • C0111111t1.41-4-, (By W. D, D.) Plans are continuing in prepara- tion for the SS' 3 Stanley Centen- nial on Saturday, July 2. Several replies to invitations have been re- ceived and more are expected in the near future. To ciliate a few: Mrs, E. H. Schnell, Detroit, Mich., writes "I accept with pleas- ure the invitation to attend the centennial at the old school. It sounds wonderful." Mrs, Margaret Furter, London, writes, "As a former teacher, I hope to meet my pupils of old, and all my old friends." Clifford Clarke, Hamilton, writ- es, "Thank you for your invitation. I am reaming to attend with my wife." Mrs, Laura Duncan, Sarnia, writ- * "If at all possible, I will be there." Mrs. Harold Taylor, Detroit, Mich., writes, "It is indeed a great pleasure and honour to have been invited to your centennial. Due to the fact this falls in the middle of Harold's vacation, at which time we intend to be in Massachusetts, we will be unable to attend. If, however, you ever have another, or any other get-together, we would just love to be there." Fred Hess, Elkhart, Indiana, writes, "My wife and I will be pleased ,to attend your centennial. I am very pleased to be remember- ed in your list of former pupils, as I have some happy memories of my school days there." The invitation committee has made every effort to make a com- plete invitation list and it is their sincere hope that no name has been inadvertently missed, If you were a former pupil, or teacher of SS 3 Stanley, and have not received your invitation, please notify the secretary, James McGee, Bayfielf.1, or tie president, Mrs. Bruce Keys, RR 1, Varna, and feel that you are doing them a big favour. They would appreciate hearing from you. TOWN OF CLINTON, Council In Action Mrs. M. Mackinnon Resigns as Schools Music Supervisor • •. Paster H. T. Kendrick, Sea- forth, is taking up the cause of the Pentecostal Church on Victor- ia Street, in the matter of having the town do something about damage to the church basement floor a year ago. As a result , the chairman of the public works committee Councillor L. G. Win, ter, will Investigate the matter. Mr. Kendrick's letter presented at Monday night's council meet- ing read as follows: "A year ago the . Pentecostal church was flooded through the, fault of a blocked catch basin drain, and floor of same church Was Mined.: In Ilse replacing. of 'the tile salter cleaning same, the floor was left in a very dangerous condition -which has to 'be fixed, Possible you gentlemen are not, aware that at the building, of this church that the council at that time tried to recall the building permit, but on the investigation Of our lawyer we found that the town had no flooding rights. All councillors attended the first May meeting of Clinton Council Monday evening, which was open- ed in customary prayer by Mayor Herbert Bridle. Clerk John Liv-; ermore read the minutes of the April 25 meeting. Councillor George Rumball ur- ged strict enforcement of dog by- law, This restricts the running at large of dogs after May 1, in or- der to safeguard floivera arid gar- dens, One suggestion would be a larger licence fee to raise funds for enforcing this particular law. A request from Acousticon; of Canada for permission to bring their mobile hearing aid trailer to town once a month to serve hard of hearing in this area, was re- ceived. The firm will be requir- ed to find a place to park the trailer at a garage or other busi- ness. place, and to procure the pro- pee salesman's licence. Councillor Norman Livermore called upon the town to show Sympathy and give' essistanee to Mrs. Ruth Carter and family, who were burned out last week, He remarked that cost of moving the siren was $412, about half what was estimated last •fall. Building permits approved were for V. A. Cya, a house $5,000; Gordon, Grigg, house, 813,000; K. C, Cooke, addition, $1,500; J. Par- ker, addition, 8300; MitCheal Mc- Adam, alterations, $100; Eli Gal- Unconcern for the hard work of the Horticultural Society was shown recently when the town Christmas tree was 'removed from the Post Office park cornereRev. D. J. Lane, president of the SOc- lety reports that the town trac- tor, at that time, Was driven into the floWer bed, forcing abottt 40 of the 400 tulip bulbs planted there, down a bout 8 inches below 'the surface of the bed, MM. Clifford Epps, had plan- ted the bed for the Horticuultural Society. fit is a welcome sight each spring for tourists' and townspeople, as the bright flowers bloom in the well tended bed. Though Mr. Lane asked for and got assurance that the damage would be repaired, including the gaping hole from which the tree had been lifted, nothing was done by the town streets men. Harry Waymouth, caretaker of the post office,, is credited with the repair work. Angry Mr. Lane said, "Thole men need to get their heads read." -W,TERE WILL BE A GARDE1\.1 contest in ,Clinton and surroun- ding area this summer . , detalle can be seen in an ed.ver- tisernent in this issue, published by the Clinton Citizens Hotticule tural society . Everyone who is proud of :garden is urged to qualify, . • * * * 'YOU. KNOW, THERE'S PRO- bably 50 lonesome people in Cline ton who find it hard to occupy their evenings, . • Well for two nights a month, there could be .rio better way of filling up that, time; n 'ato tha' by payingvisit the council chamber, ..and paying at- tention to :the way the: town is run . , Find out how streets are paid for . . Where calcium to lay the dust comes from, and how much it .costs consider the problems inherent in enforcing the dog -hyslaWe , wager the evening will be better spent than sitting at home" watching the little magic TV box With all the canned programs from the United' States -of America.. • * * * SAX, THERE'S A GREAT BIG hole up in 'the south west corner of 'what used. to be: the playground at the: former public school . Lately it's been the backyard of the Commercial apartment , Now it's a potential spot for new house being built by Gordon Grigg. More Relief Need In Sight; Town Eyes Peacock Fund Clinton's special relief fund, made up of an $$00 legacy from the Peacock Estate, promises to come in very handy in the near future. Since 1936, when this be- quest was made to be used in sup- port of the needy of Clinton, only the interest has been used. , At the present time there is $200 in cash in the bank, accumu- lated interest, aid the principal of $800 is' intact in securities. Council meeting on Monday night showed every indication of using this interest, and if neces- eery the principal in support of the Carter family, which was bur- ned out last Thursday morning, Mrs. ,Rtith Carter and -hex six children are 'without ^a home, without clothing, or equipment of any kind. At present the family is living in an apartment with rent of $40 per month: Council authorized payment of this rent from,. the Peacock fund, plus $20 for' emer- gency care of the family by Mrs. Lucy Bezzo, following- the trag- edy until the apaitanent became available, Other Relief Other than this major 'need for assistance the town has at least two families ,according to Reeve Melvin Crich, in which the beead- winner is unable to work. • One man is under doctor's care, and will need an operation. soon. These families are apt to 'need consider- able in the way of relief pay- ments. Other avenues are being explored. Reeve Crich warned that more problems with relief were in the office. Some folks, now on un- employment insurance payments, would soon become an entire bur- den upon the town.. Mrs. F. Fingland on TV From London May .18 The appearance of Mrs. Frank Fingland en Panorama, over CF- PL-TV hae been postponed until Wednesday,. May 18 (not Monday as was announced earlier). This broadcast is in support of the World Refugee funds campaign for Huron Ceurife. World Refugee Year Week of- ficially begins in Huron on Mon- day, and continues for one week. Mrs. Fingland is the campaign chairman for Clinton. At The Hospital Billy Fleming, 7, was taken to Clinton Public Hospital on May 6 from the RCAF Station Clinton, when he fell off a Swing and frac- tured one wrist, He Was released the next day Linde IVIoOdie, 11, was treated May 5 for bruises to her fate, Which occurred in a fall front her bicycle. She was released the next day. The Week's Weather 1960 1959 High Lbw High Low May 5 77 54 77 48 6 75 56 83 51 7 63 51 77 44 8 52 V 53 33 41 38 58 32 10 48 37 71 50 11 48 40 75 57 Rain: 1.55 ins, Rain: 1.09 ins. achiuk, garage,: $250; J. A. Eadie, additional, $1,000. B. M. Ross, Goderich, was ap- pointed town engineer for Clin- ton. He will be asked to do his work early this year, and will be consulted about the drains on John Street 'at the new housing development. • Also at drains which are causing "threatening talk," L. G. Winter, chairman of the public works conrinittee rioted that the tractor needs an Ostens- ive overhaul, Councillor .1, D. Thornlike put in a word for residents of his ward, asking about stones on Frederick Street; a catch basin there; and the driveway at the Clinton IGA store, Councillor Winter asked for a ruling about driveways. The may- or and Clerk John Livermore sta- ted that trucks backed in over the sidewalk at the IGA store, breaking the pavement, and the man who owned the property would be responsible for that, Reeve Crich asked who,was re- sponsible for black-topping priv- ate driveways, Depute Reeve IVI, 3. Agnew sug- gested that since the, roads be- long to the town, then If a house- owner wished to get access by driveway to his lot, then he should get permission from the town. to (Continued on Page 12) Mrs. May Rance Mackinnon, 271 Bayfield Road', is, planning to spend 'the next year in,. Germany with her son-in-law and daughter, Squadron Leader and Mrs. Ron Hunt. Mrs. Mackinnon has re- signed her position as music in- structor of the Clinton Public School; where she taught for the past eight year$ At a recent open night held at the school, Mrs. 'lgakinnon led all grades 'through an impressive des monstration, shOwing . the first training in action songs in Grade 1, te the introduction of ear train ing and the solta ecale; sight sing- ing and scales; the introduction of two-part singing in- Grades 4 nand 5; three part singing in Grades 6 and 7, and font. 'part singing Grade „8. Private commendations by par- ents were tendered ao Mrs. Mac- kinnon at that time, in apprecia- tion of the' work she has done. Also,- she conducted piano classes 'at the school for• three years, at moils and afteresehese through „.., the Canadian Bureau for the Ad- vancement of Mesic. Some of these youngsters have progressed in music through regular lessons, to the credit of their early train- ing with Mrs. Mackinnon. Gifted as on elocutionist, and actress; Mrs. Maleinnon has been in demand throughout the district for her comic readings,. She has given private piano lessons, and taught the schools in Stanley Township School Ar_ea No. 1, as well as other rural schools. Top Bull Brings $485 At Sale In Clinton Park , At the Huron Hereford Associa- tion's 11th annual spring sale of cattle at the Clinton Community Park on Tuesday, an average of $311,04 was earned for the 23 ani- mals offered. Top price of the day went to Hirtzel Bros., Crediton, for a bull bought-by R. M. Aitken, RR 2, Teesivater, $485. Close second was a bull offered by Heber J. L. Eedy & Sons, bought for $450 by Thomas Cronin, RR 1, Auburn. Lowest price bull was one consign- ed, by B. R. Thomson, RR 3, Sea- forth, for which $290 was paid by Bob nestle, Gerrie. Top price for bred heifers was $335 paid by Bert Alton and Sons, RR 7, Lucknow, to Allan Petrie, RR 1, Dungannon, and lowest was $215 paid by R. M. Aitken to 0. A. McCharles, RR 3, Lucknow. There were five offered, Top price for open heifers was $175 paid by N. lVfachel, Kitchener, to Percy C, Wright, Croknarty, the past president of the association. $320 was the price paid by Wil- liam Caesar, RR 1, Dungannon, and by Ahnira Hereford Farms, RR 1, Unionville, to George Ken- nedy and Ralph Fester, for cows offered. . A total of $7,465 was paid in all, to the consigners, which included Harold Wright, Mitchell; James R. Coultes, Belgrave; Ernest Brown, Clinton, president; Robert G„ Mason, RR 1, Ripley; George Kennedy, Lucknow; Stanley Jack- son, RR 2, Kippen, Auctioneer was W. S, O'Neil and sales manager Was Jellies R. Cold- te,5, Livestock Judging The 'Annual Huron County Live- stock judging competition will be held on Saturday, May 21, in the Seaforth community centre and fair grounds, beginning at 0 in the morning, Contests are open to all junior farmer Members, 4.1-1 Club members and leaders in Huron. Trevor Moon of SS 11, placed first in boys solo, 14 and under, with 86 marks. In the same class and from the same school, Robert S'haddick earned 84 points and Bryan, Bell, SS 7, was awarded 81. In 'the girle solo, open, Bonnie Snell earned 86 points, and Leny Westerhout had 80. Last year this class was won by Deanna Dale, SS 3, with 82. points, and Bonnie Snell' placed second with 81. Bonnie placed first in 1959 in the girls solo close, 14 years and under, and at that time Leny Westerhout again placed' second. Adjudicator is Lloyd G. -Queen, assistant supervisor of school mu- sic for Ontario. Accompanying their pupils were Miss Lois Gras- by, Clinton; Mrs. Emerson Rod- gers, Auburn; Herman DeJong, Goderich; Mrs. Catherine McDon- ald, Wingham; Miss Mary Lou Wright, Hulled; Miss Margaret Jackson, Auburn, Sponsor of the festival IS the Hullett Federation of Agriculture and the Londesboro Women's' In- stitute. Secretary is Mrs. Joseph Shaddiek and treasurer is Mrs. Arthur Colson, Londesboro. Chair- man Tuesday evening wis Mrs. W. L. Whyte, Seaforth, and on Wednesday, Mrs. Edwin Wood. Huron Boys Graduate Degree Course at OAC Two students from Huron Coun- ty have graduated from the four- year degree course at Ontario Agri- Cultural College, Guelph. They are G. A. Proctor, RR 5, Brussels ' with first class honours and a 3, Rose, RR. 8, Goderich with second class honours. Mr. Rose, who has been summer assistant with the Ontario Depart- ment of Agriculture here in past Seasons, is nOW assistant agricul- tural representative in York Court- ty. Serving Huron County as a Sure/ter assistant this year is Ger- ald Charnberlain, RR 2, Shedder:, in Elgin County. W. Y. Roy Heads Local Campaign For CNIB Funds W. V. Roy will again head the appeal in Clinton and district for the Canadian National. Institute for the Blind. At its annual meeting held at Tweedsmuir Hall, London. on Ap- ril 27, the Tri-County Campaign of the CNIB set $15,300 for its 1960 fund appeal. 3. H. Kinkead, Goderich, chair- man of the CNI13's Huron County Advisory Board reports that this year Huron County will require $6,000 In addition to the Huron County grant of $2,000 to carry on CNIB work among our 68 blind Men, vvemen 'and children. Last year Huron, Middlesex and Perth counties rated $14,272.10 which represented 03 percent of the to- tal objective. Over 80 Birthday Club Mrs. Margaret Noble, High Street, Clinton, observed her 93rd birthday on SattridaYy, May 7. Pentecostal Church Insists Council Repair Flood-Damaged Basement A. Y. McLean New President Huron Liberals Elect Here Hallett Music Festival Nears Fine Singing; Prize Concert To-night Therefore, they withdrew their objection and we proceedFd with our building. We are not endev- ouring to stir up trouble but would prefer to settle peacefully in a Christian 'attitude. If 'you wish that, the tile continue there We would like the floor to be re- placed properly. We prefer that you should replace said tile with. a larger one, six feet over, down the -driveway. Hoping that you gentlemen will see your, way clear to attend to this. Rev. H. T. Kendrick, ' Sectional Oversight, Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada." Councillor ,Winter has visited the site, and! reports to council he can see no danger of flooding now at the church. He suggested reaching some agreement with the floor. It would be a minor job, compared to moving the tile, He will report further at the next council meeting. SS 3 Stanley Centennial Receives Many Answers From Former Students financing, and said they still acted as if they were the opposition in- stead of the gelvernment, "When the Tories took over," said Mr. Pickersgill, "the treasury was overflowing, there was no un- employment, and the country was so united, it could even stand the strain of a Tory government." He said the result of a Tory gov- ernment was more debt, more in- terest, more unemployment and less defense, Coming to the agriculture situa- tion, he said, "Don't tell me the farmers believe all the problems are solved, despite the honours that have come to the member for Huron." (Elston Cardiff, Brussels, MP for Huron, is secretary to the Minister of Agriculture of. Can- ada). "Mr. Cardiff," said Mr. Pickersgill, •"told me in the House (nqt in so many words, but this was the meaning of what he said), that nobody could understand' de- ficiency payments, so that no one could know how they would work." The speaker was thanked by Hugh Hill, Goderich. • Elected president was Andrew Y. McLean, former member for Huron at Ottawa, Seaforth; secretary, Harold Shore, Goderich and assis- tant, Bruce Erskine, Goderich; treasurer, Roy Lamont, Zurich. Vice-presidents are Cliff Dunbar, Ivan Kalbfleisch and E. Beecher Menzies, Clinton. Mr. Menzies is president of the Liberal Associa- tion in Huron for provincial pur- poses. Honorary presidents are Senator W. H. Golding, Seaforth; W. H. Robertson, Goderich; Pat Sullivan, Zurich; John A, McEwen, Brucefield; Albert Kalbfleisch, Zu- ' rich; Charles McKay, Kippen; Mrs. J. M. Govenlock, Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Whyte, Seaforth; Brown Smith, RR 2, Auburn; Hugh Hill, Goderich and Ephriam Snell, RR 2, Clinton. Representatives of the various districts are Garnet Hicks, Exeter, Stephen and Usborne; Earl Camp- bell, Hay, Hensall and Stanley; R. Simpson, Goderich, Colborne, Ash- field and West Wawanosh; William Jewitt, Clinton, Townships of Goderich arid Hullett, RCAF Sta- tion Clinton; John Broadfoot, Sea- forth, McKillop, Hibbert, Mitchell and Tuckersmith; William Elston, East Wawanosh, Morris, Grey, Brussels and Blyth.