Clinton News-Record, 1960-06-09, Page 3W. Harris - Oakes,
.gori, of 'De. and Mrs.. Walter A.
Oakes, •Clinton,. has. graduated
from the 'School; of
University of Toronto, Convo-
cation IS on Friday,- june. 10,
1960.
Harris attended both: Clinton
Public School and CDCI. r He
was choSen .."Boy of the Year"
-1953. He was .interested in all
sports and young peoples activ-
ities, and is a member= of Wes-
ley:minis Church. He has been
an active member of Hart.
.House' Glee Club during Univ- •-
ersity. He has an, appointment-
'
on the 1Iouse -Staff of Toronto
- General Hospital.
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THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR
No. 23—The. Home Paper With The News
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Diamond Jubilee for Livermore Couple
Mr, and Mrs. James Livermore were married in
1900 by the Rev, T. J. Murdoch, Clinton and live at
138 King Street. Last Saturday they marked their
diamond wedding' anniversary with an " " open house
celebration in the Christian Edutation Wing at Ontario
Street Uhited Church, with members of the Huronic
Rebekah Lodge serving tea, Mrs. Livermore recently
spent some weeks in Clinton Public Hospital, however
both are now in reasopably good health,
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THE HURON RECORD-79th YEAR
$3.00 per year-10c per copy-12 Pages
(BY W. D. D.)
TULIPS PLAN TED BY THE
Guides for jubilee year are now
gone, along with those in flower-
beds throughout the town . At
the post office park this week, Mrs.
Clifford Epps and Mr. Joe Sileock
completed the job of re-planting
the. flower-bed They do this
for the horticultural society each
year, as one of the many beautify-
ing tasks around the public parks.
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THE POST OFFICE STAFF HAS
gotten the 'spirit of brotherhood,
and placed a park bench under the
cenotaph, so the weary may rest
and at the same time watch what
goes on in town , . .
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TOWN STREETS GANG ARE
housecleaning this week . . . and
have removed what must be tons
of gravel and mud from the paved
streets' . . . Getting the place all:
spanking neat for the Spring
Show
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YESTERDAY WAS THE 50th
anniversary of Canada's largest
integrated steel producer . . . The
Steel Company of Canada, Limited
. . . Looking for something new
to see this summer . . . Visit
Hamilton, and the steel plant . . .
take the children to see the huge
smelters and coke ovens . . . We
understand there are guided tours
all summer, in fact all year round,
with very short notice . . . You
may only have to wait a few min-
utes for your guide.
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DID YOU KNOW. THAT BY
writing to P.Q. Box 419, White-
horse, Yukon . . -and showing a
little bit of interest in that north-
ern and most westerly part , of
Canada . . . 'you can get regular
copies of the Newsletter issued
by the Yukon Travel Bureau ...
And from there you can get fur-
ther addresses, and plan an entire
.trip to those storied places such
as Dawson Creek, B.C.; Ketchikan,
Juneau, Skagway, etc.. . . Think
of travelling by the Glacier
Queen on an Alaskan cruise . . .
during the next heat wave here in
Huron . . .
AMAZING HOW STORIES GET
started . . . Remember back in
pUbliC school when we were taught
that all Eskimos lived in igloos;
Indians •lived in tents. and Dutch-
men wore wooden shoes, . . Well
somebody is making a good bit
of money selling leather moccasins
in the 'United Kingdom . . . be-
cause over there they think. that
Canadians wear them . . . They
have the same idea about us, that
we had about the Dutch . . .
Generalities taught to school chil-
dren have a habit of clinging on
into adult life . . . Seems to us
that motion pictures of other na-
tions (realistic ones, not Holly-
wood posed affairs) . . . and even
TV shows will aid in spreading
more knowledge of other nations.
The Week's Weather
- 1960 1959
-High Low High Low
June 2 73 57 66 42
3 74 54 77 39
4 82 52 80 52
5 78 54 80 52
6 60 40 70 55
7 67 '38 83 46
8 68 40 88 55
Rain: .47 in. Rain: none
Guiding in Clinton got off to a
fine start in the late 1920's, but
little is on record of these early
troops. Then in 1936. Mrs. Sam
Castle organized the troop again
and served as Guide Captain. Mrs,
Lonnie Matthews was Brownie lea-
der. Then . in 1938 Rangers were
begun and Mrs. Sam Castle was
Ranger leader. War broke out,
and the companies were •closed
down again. while their leaders
went away from town to 'join their
husbands in the service.
At this time Sam Castle 'and
Clarence Rozell were in charge
of Scouts; Percy Gunn of the
Cubs and Hovers were organized
by M. J. Schoenhals and Alex
Haddy. There was no district
Huron County Rally
For All Guides
At Clinton Park
Approximately, 300 Girl Guides,
representing 12 companies in the
Huron area, attended the annual
Girl Guide field day in Clinton
Community Park, Saturday. The
program commenced • with a° par-
ade, three blocks hi length, and
led' by the Clinton citiiens' Con-
cert Band
The program consisited of flag
raising ceremonial, inspection,
games, supper and campfire, the
presentationof cups, lowering of
flag and taps. To mark 50 years
of Guiding in Canada each com-
pany enacted some aspect of the
growth of the movement in Can-
ada by tableau, song or skit.
Cup Presented
For having earned the highest
number of points at the field day,
the First RCAF Centralia com-
pany received, a cup presented by
Miss Lauretta Siegner, Exeter,
division; commissioner. The award
was accepted by the company's
patrol leader, Ann Grayer and the
company carptain,,,Mrs. Olive Am-
os.
Runner-up was, the First Code-
rich company, with Susan Sale,
company leader, and Mrs. N. T.
Ormandy, captain.
Attending 'the event were three'
district 'commissioners, Mrs. Cam-
eron Proctor, Clinton,- Miss Una
Macdonald, oclerich, and Mrs.
Ray Destabel, Centralia.
Mr. and Mrs. James Livermore,
residents of Clinton for the past
60 years, observed their diamond
wedding anniversary on June 4.
Open house was held from three
to five pni; at the Christian Ed-:
ucation Wing of the Ontario
Street United Church.
On June 6, 1900, the Rev. T. J.
"Fly Up" Ceremonies In
'Jubilee Year tr ove
Special For BrOwnies
Very thrilling Arid hnportant
ceremony was epndueted on
Monday night in Clinton Legion
Hall, in which 'these ton Brown-
ies (at right) ''fleW: tip" into the
First Clinton Guide• Company.
From the left are Connie
Beck, Lynda. Cooke, Joy Gra-
ham, - Linda Switzer, Dianne
Switzer and Guide Commissioner
Mrs, Cameron Proctor; back row,
Penny Bateman, Rowena Corey,
Joan Lobb, Jean Dale and Hea-
ther van Riesen.
This is the last time the girls
wear their Brownie uniforms,
and then they graduate into the
grown-up blue of the Guides.
They are welcomed into the
Guide circle in all impressive
ceremonial, each with one Guide
in particular receiving her into
membership.
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IOOF MemOrial 'Service
On Monday, .June 13
A memorial service in honour
of all departed Brothers of Clin-
ton Lodge IOOF No; 83, will be
held in conjunction with'the next
regular meeting of the lodge on
Monday evening, .June 13,, in the
Orange Hall above the Clinton Li-
brary. Members are urged to at-
tend.
Kin Give $200 To
Help, Finish Work-
On Swimming Pool
What may well be the final $200
required to complete the Clinton
Community Swimming Pool was
provided on Tuesday night by the
Kinsmen Club of Clinton holding
their regular _meeting in Hotel'
Clinton. Some more finishing on
the •grounds is re qUirK4before.•the
pool can be turned, over., to the
town in completed state.
The Kinsmen also, approved- $65'
gift to send a retarded child fora`
holiday at the camp at Guelph.
Four new membe,rs were initiat-
ed Tuesday: Bill Fleming of Can-
ada Packers; Bruce Abbott, mem-
ber of RCAF; Tom Feeney, Bell
Telephone Company employee and
Ken Stafford of the Royal Bank of
Canada.
Tuckersmith Deals
With Drains and
Bridge Repairs
Reeve Ivan Forsyth conducted
the meeting of Tuckersmith Muni-
cipal Council in Seaforth town hall
on Monday night Decision was
made to clean out the township's
portion of the Crich Award drain,
upon complaint of interested rate-
payers and the road superintendent
was instructed to engage a shovel
to do the work,
Alex McGregor was paid $4 as
valuator fee for chickens killed by
dogs. Accounts of Hubert Cooper,
sprayer, and Wilmer Broadfoot,
inspector on warble fly spraying
were ordered paid. Boyes Farm
Supply was paid for a tractor and
mower to work on township roads.
Complaints on the Elgie and
McKenzie drains were forwarded
to Archibald, Gray and McKay,
township engineers, with requests
for reports.
Repairs will be made to existing
bridges at Lot 27, Concessions 4-5,
\LRS, and plans will be requested
from the Department of Highways.
Township Trailers
To Be Licensed •
Stanley Gives $100
Both Stanley and Goderich
Townships took action this Week
to collect funds from persons Who
live in mobile homes, in lieu of
taxes, Councils meeting in reg-
ular sessions passed by-laws auth-
orizing the licensing of trailer
camps and for trailers.
In Stanley Township the rrienth-
ly rate for a mobile home is $10
and in Goderich Township it is
now $6 per month.
Stanley TownShip councillors
approved an application of Milian.
Oeseh for assistance with a drain
under the tile drainage act. This
is the third to be' approved in the
township since the Warren inaug-
urated the Act.
Stanley council also approved a
grant of $100 to the World Re.
fugeo Year fund being collected in
the county.
Promise for good weather, and
the biggest and best show ever
presented in over 100 years of
Clinton's history of fairs, 'makes
this Saturday's Spring Show an
event not to be missed. -
Starting off with 'a parade of
school children, led by the Clinton
District Collegiate Institute Cadet
Band, at one o'clock through the
main streets to Clinton Commun-
ity Park, the Show will continue
throughout the afternoon and un-
til the evening Stage show is com-
pleted.
Early this week the ferris wheel
was erected at the park, and other
rides for children and adults will
This year the yOung lady who
will represent Huron in the Dairy
Queen Contest of Ontario, will be
chosen and crowned at the Clinton
Spring Show, this Saturday, June
11. The contest is open to girls
between the ages of 17 and 26,
and the winner goes to the CNE
to compete for the Dairy Queen
title.
Winner at CNE gets an all-ex-
pense paid trip to the United'
Kingdom.
Sponsored by the Huron County
Dairy Co-ordinating Board, the
contest includes competition in
milking with electric milking ma-
chines, and the cows will be milked
in front of, the grandstand some-
time about 4.30 p.m. Judging will
be completed, and the crowning
ceremony will take place that even-
Judi Cluff, Bayfield,
Earns First Bursary
Of Hospital Auxiliary
The $200 bursary set up in
March by the Ladies Auxiliary
of Clinton Public Hospital has
been awarded to Miss Judi Cluff,
Bayfield, outstanding student at
Clinton District Collegiate Insti-
tute. Mrs. C. M. Shearing, con-
vener of the bursary committee,
has worked closely with Mr. D. J.
Cochrane, CDCI principal, in mak-
ing the award.
Mrs. Beecher Menzies, Auxiliary
president, was in the chair for the
meeting, held In the Nurses Resi-
dence on Tuesday evening, June
7. It was decided that the Auxili-
ary would work toward obtaining
a coffee urn by means of collec-
tion of labels from Canada Packers
products. Help would be appreciat-
ed from any person or group inter-
ested, since 6,000 labels are re-
quires, Mrs. Thomas Steep is
convener.
Final report on the tag day held
in May, given by the convener,
M.N. Alex Haddy, showed assets
of $203.65. Thanks are due to the
CGIT, Auburn, who sold tags in
that area and to the Girl Guides
of Hayfield and Clinton; also to
Stanley Ladies Club for a $5 dona-
tion, Total assets of the Auxiliary
at present stand At 8902.
The annual penny sale will be
held October 1, with Mrs. Duff
Thompson convening. A living
room chair will be first prim.
A blood donor's clinic will be
held Tuesday evening, July. 5, In
Ontario Street United Church, Un-`
der the direction of MN. Merlok
and IVIrS. A. J. NielVfurray,
arrive in time for the Show. Games
of chance, candy floss, lots to eat,
and lots to see, are promised.
Huron Central Agricultural So-
ciety, which now holds the only
afternoon and evening Spring Show
in Ontario has a long record of
achievement. The Centennial was
held in 1953, and throughout the
years emphasis has been placed
upon the agricultural aspect of the
fair.
Prize livestock which takes
championship prizes at the Royal
Winter Fair, at the Canadian Na-
tional Exhibition and at Western
Fair, will be on show in Clinton
Community Park. The prize Lei-
ing after the evening horse show.
Until this year the Dairy Queen
was chosen at the Twilight meet-
ing of the Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement Associatibn at the
Huron County Home. The change
was made so that 'more people
could see the actual milking eon=
test, and encourage more partici-
pation in the contest.
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Bring Your Cameras!
News-Record Offers
Prizes for Pictures
Excellent opportunities for fine
pictures to be made by the am-
ateur camera fan will be found
in Clinton on Spring Show Day.
Horses, children, baby calves and
lambs (there were twin lambs
one year), crowd scenes, your
best friend hitting a milk bot-
tle—all will be found, including
young love, children with sticky
faces, and oldsters out to meet
their friends.
- Clinton News-Record is offer-
ing $3.00 for the best amateur
photo taken of Spring Show sub-
jects on Saturday. Second prize
is $2.00. Prints must be entered
at the News-Record office no
later thari June 30. Judging will
be done by competent commer-
cial photographers, and their
decision will he final.
Join the fun on Spring Show
Day, and while recording it on
film, take the opportunity of
making some money for your-
self. Prize pictures will be pub-
lished in the News-Record early
in July.
0 Variety Show With
Lloyd Wright, CFPL,
Lots of ,Enjoyment
After 'the evening horse show at
Clinton Community Park on Sat-
urday, there will be a stage show
put on in front of the grandstand,
with Lloyd Wright of CFPL, Lon-
don, as master of ceremonies. In-
cluded on the program will be a
western roping act, and the Radio
Ranger Trio,
Also In the stage show will be
Lou Wahl, aceordionist from To-
ronto; Tex Starr, Western singer
from C.,`VPL-TV; Ventrillo and his
talking dummies; • ElectrO, ,the
fascinating lady of lights and Slim
McCloy, comedy juggler. Lin Yu
and Company, a comedy Chinese
magic team els° will pollen%
This stage show has been lined
Up specially for the Spring ShoW
crowd. look too good to MIN',
tester sheep of Ephriam Snell, RR
1, Clinton, and sheep brought from
the Dearing pocks at Exeter have
always been featured, Top show
horses from all over Ontario make
the trip to Clinton to take part in
Clinton Spring Show' each year.
Classes for dairy and beef cat-
tle for adults, for 4-H club mem-
bers and for other youngsters are
included in the prize list.
The township class- for horses is
a highlight of the afternoon, when
each. exhibitor parades three hor-
ses, all fran his own township (not
always from his own stable) on
the track before the grandstand.
Two, four and six horse teams are
shown as a climax to the show in
the evening. ,
This year the Clinton Citizens
Concert Band will make the sec-
ond paradp of the day, as they
march through the main streets i
the evening, to start off the twi
light part 'of the show.
Prizes will be awarded to th
best showing of rural public school
children and grades of urban
schools in parade at noon. There
is a pet show also, with prizes for
birds, dogs, cats, etc. This pet
show is a new idea for Clinton,
and is patterned after the pet
show held at the Seaforth Fall
Fair each year.
Tory Gregg is coming to handle
the direction of events at the
Spring Show. He was here last
year and termed the show the very
best yet, saying, "You won't see a
display of livestock like this, this
side of the Royal Winter Fair."
There will be an outdoor'display
of what's new in farm machinery.
Officially opening the fair this
year will be T. R. Hilliard, deputy
minister of agriculture, Toronto.
These ceremonies will take place
on the bandstand following the
grand parade at noon.
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Twilight Show For
Harness Classes,
Four-Horse Tandems
Though 'horses will be judged
throughout the entire afternoon,
and the fine animals will be par-
aded before the grandstand and in
the infield, a twilight show is plan-
ned for the evening. This is when
the special dressed classes' will ap-
pear.
One of the most attractive is the
gentleman's turnout. In this the
driver must be accompanied by a
lady. They 'dress according to cus-
tom for such equipment and dress
counts in awarding the prize, as
well as the style of driving, and
the horse.
Percheron teams in harness,
heavy draught team in harness,
single roadster in harness and
carriage team also are included,
and of course, the teams of har-
nessed ponies, divided into two
classes according to size of the
animals.
Prizes are awarded the best
matched team in harness, the best
dressed team on the grounds, and
the team coming the farthest.
Most impressive, for sheer mas-
sive strength and skill in handling
the big horses, is the four-horse
tandem hitch, made up of either
draught, agricultural, general pur-
pose or expresS horses. The sight
Of eight Of 'the heavy animals in
shining jangling llarlieSS being per-
suaded up end down the track in
a Wide figure-eight is worth the
admission price to the fair, just in
itself.
Zvening price to the fair inditideS
the' horse show and the stage show.
Clinton Guiding Owes
Much To ,.Mrs. Caate
Jf trot,
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Come To The Fair
Spring Show Here Saturday
camp at that tine.
Again in 1.946 Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Castle were instrumental in re-
forming the Guides, Brownies,
Scouts and Cubs, Later Mrs. Cas-
tle became Guide Commissioner
which she resigned last year due
to ill health after many years of
devoted service.
Mrs. Cameron Probtor became
commissioner this year. Brownie
leaders at present are Mrs, Wil-
liam Jervis, Mrs. George Wonch
and Mrs. Douglas Ball.
Guide leaders are Mrs. H. A.
(Bud) Graham, Mrs. L. G. Winter,
assisted by 'Mrs. J. Smith, Mrs,
Duff Thompson and Mrs, J. B,
Nicholson.
Diamond Wedding Day
Held Inf Church Parlour
Murdock, Clinton, officiated at
the marriage of the couple at the
home of the bride at the Bayfield
Road. Their attendants were Mrs.
Lena Jackson, the bride's sister,
now of Clinton, and the late Will
Churchill, formerly of Goderich
Township. Following the wedding
the couple came to Clinton to live
where Mr. Livermore was em-,
ployed the next 47 year's es a
stationary engineer at the Doh-
erty Organ Factory — now Sher-
lock-Manning Piano Co. Ltd.
Staunch members of the Ontar-
io Street United Church, Mr.
Livermore is an honorary elder,
while his wife is a life member
of the Woman's Missionary Soc-
iety. Mr. Livermore has been a.
member of the 100F for 43 years
and a member of the Woodsmen
of the World for 56 years. His,
wife is a life member of the Clin-
ton Women's Institute and has
been a member of the Huronic
Rebekah Lodge since its organiz-
ing 30 years ago.
The groom was born 84 years
ago in Hullett Township, 4 son of
Joseph Livermore and Martha
Townshend. He is one of a, family
of 12 of which Mme, Jack Leith,
Hamilton, is the only other mem-
ber living. Mrs. Livermore was
born 78 years 'ago, one of seven
children born to Robert Marshall
and Elizabeth Gibbings. Her only
surviving sister, Mrs. Jackson, and
brother John Marshall reside in
Clinton, The celebrants live at
138 King Street.
Present to mark the occasion
Was their only son, Ernest S. Liv-
ermore, QC, London, and their
only daughter, Kathleen, Mrs.
Clarence Green, Exeter, their two
grantithildren and three great-
grandchildren.
Receiving guests were Mrs, Mills,
Clinton, wife of Rev. G. Mills, the
minister of their church, While
their daughter, Mrs, Green Wasi in
charge of the register. Pouring
tea WAS Miss Sybil Courtice,
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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1960
Huron Dairy Princesses
Compete at Spring Show