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Clinton News-Record, 1961-01-12, Page 1tie.firot (By '4W, Ix, D,) LATE IN THE YEAR QF 1960 we received a oh'eerful note from Mrs, May Rance Mackie - non . and' until now, have failed to find space to report to our readers on the wonder fill experiexnees she has been having overseas. , . Mrs, Mac- kinnon is spending a year in Germany , The traveller tells of the fasoin.atieg customs in that country She vieiited the "Chriet Kindlrzuar+ket" in Nur- emberg , "There is displaced the finest examples of German toymaking. ' writes. Mrs. Mae- kinnon ... "It is also the home of the famous Christmas Angel, which, takes the place of Santa Claus. There is a delightful story back of it: Once upon e time, 300 years ago. a doilmak- er lived in Nureanlburg. Juslt beforeChristmas his little girl died, Both parents were /neon - salable, One might, while walk- ing, walking, he thought of a way to conefort his wife. He re- turned home to find her asleep at last, He went into his work- shop, cut and painted and glued until he made a little angel with crown .and robe . , , He laid it in his wife's arms and when she wakened, smiling through tears, said, "It locks like our little girl." Neighbours saw the angel and asked for one, and throughout the city and so around the world, The Nurembe2 g Angel became quite famous. Mrs. Mackinnon tells of pro- cessions, choruses, gay and wonderful lighted effects, dur- ing g the Christ Kind). celerbra- taon. Nuremberg ginger. bread, too, is .famous. This is the home of Purer, famous painter, and many "middle ages" buildings; also where Hitler built his party stadium and ,from which he delivered his many speeches. "Am. taking in the medieval town of Rothenlburg," writes Mrs. Mackinnon, "with its cas- tles, etc. Castle hunting is very interesting. I saw the Oberam- mergau. Play in September, given in a quaint Bavarian town, set in the Bavarian Alps. The whole trip was unique. The whole country is so tidy, but oh, the women work in fields so diligently, digging, planting, lifting hay loads and forking manure -- the gold of the coun- try. One sees farmers sowing by hand, cutting hay by hand, shepherds guarding their sheep and oxen, nay, real caws, pull- ing their homemade wagons. The cows work all clay, give milk night and morning." Mrs. Mackinnon speaks of a wonderful week in Munich; a visit to Heiidelberg, great cen- tre of learning. "We are living on top of a hill with a magnificent view," reports Clinton's May Rance, "The road to Base is lined with destroyed pillboxes grim reminders of the war. The city of Zweibrucken is in the valley and Americans are on another hill 'beyond. Flowers bloomed bill late in Nevember. The traffic on the road winding up the hill never ceases, day or night. It is like the boats on the Rhine. Much, much building going on in Germany, Of course, so much was des- troyed .. " After reading her letter, we can look forward to her re- ',uen,, and the m rvealous th- ings she will have to tell . , . * * AND THEN THERE WAS the .lady Who happily parked her little car beside a lire hy- drant . . When the police officer told her she couldn't her repay was, "Why neat? the sign says 'Eine for Park- ing" „ which is probably why some police officers go gray... Or possibly a sign of the troublesome aspect of English words having more than one meaning .. . Six Promoted At Centralia To Flight Lieutenant In the New Year's promo- rtioon list six officers at Cent- ralia RCAF Station received promotions from rank of Fly- ing Officer to Flight Lieuten- ant. They are Flight Lieuten- ant D. F. C Garland, FIight Lieutenant M. Gabeil, plight Lieutenant L. Halliwell, Flight Lieutenant A. N, Morin, Flight Lieutenant G, E. Steward and Flight Lieutenant A. 8. Turn- bull. urnbull. There were no promotions granted at RCAF Station Cain- ton, The Week's Weather 1960 1959 High Low High Lbw 1961 1960 Jain, 5 27 17 22 18 6 37 80 25 9 7 36 24 36 21 8 34 1.9 86 20 9 22 -11 24 14 10 26 13 32 18 11 32 12 82 15 • Srieee 1.1 ins.:Sean 1 itt. )fain; .58 THE NEW .ERA -,-95th YEAR No, 2-�--Tbe Home Paper with the News 1ti wsA -icor CLINTON, ONTARIO THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1961 THE HURON RECQRP — 79th YEAR $3.00 Per Yeor-100 Per Copy,10 Pages New County Home Wing Datestone Laid Officiating at the datestone laying ceremony in the new wing of Huron County Home, just south of Clinton, was Warden John Durnin, right, who did the necessary trowel work. At the left is Roy Adair, Wingham, who is a member of the county home committee. The addition, which cost $1,0$7,300 is rapidly nearing completion, and an official opening ceremony will probably be planned later this year. The 1960 stone is laid in the new entranceway. (News -Record Photo) County Home Ceremony arden lel s Trowel Bad weather on Saturday cancelled hopes for a fine out- door ,datestone ceremony at the Huron County Home, and representatives of the townships within Huron County gathered in the as yet unlighted new entrance lobby of the Home. In one of his last official appearances as warden, John Dump Must Be Kept Closed For Money Reasons ' Reeve Melvin Crich explained why it was impractical to take action as suggested by Mayor William J. Miller in his in- augural address to Council last week, in the ' matter of open- ing the town dump for one more half day a week. Mr. Crich recalled that last year three men were collecting garbage in Clinton, and it was not a paying proposition for any of them. Henry Young, the present man in. charge had made arrangements' to have the job exclusively. In the past the dump has cost the town in the neighbour- hood of a mill and a half to operate. Now, with Mr. Young in charge, he dbets any of the bull -dozing and policing of the dump which is required, and since June the dump had not cost the town any money. "However," said the Reeve, "if we insist that he keep the clump open on Wednesday af- ternoon, as well as on Satur- day, then that will take money out of his pocket. If he feels he is not making enough mon- ey, then he will be justified in -refusing to +assume all costs of the bull -dozing opera- tion." Counotllor Herbert Bridle, who was: the 1960 mayor, com- mented that there had been better control of the dump since it was kept closed. Councillor John A. Sutter ex- pressed a complaint which was news to Reeve Crich. Mr. Sut- ter said that Mr. 'Young had not taken, junk from either his house or the store last summer. He Said that neighbour busin- esses dump materials at the back of the Sutter -Perdue st- ore, and they don't mind, ex- cept that they like to have it makes away to the dump, and the back yard kept clear, `frees and limbs at the Sutter home had been left lying all tsinmmer, and were not cleared away, Councillor rtumball praised M. Young, notthig that he had even taken away Christmas trees which were left but with the garbage, )Reeve Crich said it was the first ec plahtt he had received. of Mr, Yeung'e collection ser- vice, Ctruncillor Runiball noted that investigation in 1960 haat) show- ed eourrcil that if the town had taken ott the cellew tion pro- gram, lit would have cost $14,- 000, (Thal is the equivalent of almost seven mills bre towil takes,) Durnin received the silver tr- owel, and officiated at the lay- ing of the datestone. William Morritt, Reeve of Myth, and chairman of the county home comittee, was chairman for the ceremony. The Rev. John Agulian, min- ister of the Clinton Baptist Church, made the invocation. William Jewitt, RR 1, Clin- ton, who was warden in 1959 mentioned that at one time the addition had met with some opposition "but now that it is here, and we see the need for it, I'm sure we will appreciate it," said Mr. Jewitt. "The dif- ference between living in a Ch- ristian land and not, is shown in the way we care for our old people," Mr. Jewitt urged the 1961 county council to find another name for the Huron County Home, "We have forced inde- pendence upon people who need this kind of care, just by tag, ging these residences with un- happy names," ended Mr. Jew- itt. John. Morrissey, the 1958 warden commented upon the modern look of the County Home. "It has outgrown the name 'poor people's home' and has become a home for old peo- ple." Judge Frank Fingland, Clin- ton, noted that the reading of archaeology books was fascinat- ing. rt showed the pride in buildings of earlier civilizations and the way in which ;modern architects copy their examples. "These ,are buildings to the glory of our God, and in honour of mankind. In Canada we are just getting into our stride; we are such a short distance from the primeval forest." Charles S. MacNaughton, Ex- eter, MLA for Huron, com- mented on the great deal of work done by a great many people to achieve the building of the County Home ,addition. "It he wonderful for people to fined a place a comfort in their (continued on page 10) Elwood Epps To Appear on King Whyte TV Show Ellwood Epps, proprietor of Epps Sport Shop, King Street, Clinton, expects to appear an the King Whyte Show, Satur- day evening, January 14, about 10.30 •p.rn. Mr, Epps will have on display the making of a custom stock for a rifle, with, the various steps required in producing this quality product. Ellwood had planned for a similar broadcast on TV last season, but owing to the fluid arrangement under which King Whyte must program his shows, it was never given on the air. The length of the sport .broad - east depends upon the time used by the hockey game in Maple Leaf Gardens. This year, the King Whyte Show follows the Juliet anusical program, and must be completed in time for the CBC newscast at 11 o'clock.. Planning Radio Station in Area The Junior Chamber of Com- merce at Goderich received a request for their moral support of the establishment of a. 1,000 watt radio station in the coun- ty town. James Yarrow, now employed by Radio Station CHWO Oakville, and his fath- er, Joseph Yarrow, a Toronto business: man made the propos- al. According to a report in, the Goderich Signal -Star last week, if an application for a license were presented to the Board of Broadcast Governors, it would probably be heard about next June. At the same time, statements from other media in the area as to whether they believed the proposal was just - Jilted woulel be heard, it was pointed out. It was stated that the pro- posed station signal would be heard as far south as Bayfield, north to Kincardine and inland to about Seaforth. Goderich was mentioned as first choice Authorize $2P500 To Decorate Clinton Town Hall . s$ ,chs mmanu of the public w eiee committee in town counr it}is year, Deputy Reeve Ag, ne' r: has the opportunity of conepleting the renovation work be" in on the lower floor of itiiei Clinton Town Hall several . ago, . council meeting on Mom da ;:Deputy Reeve Agnew got ap • owl of spending up to $2 ¢Q on more renovations. proposes lowering the •ceallitg, at a. cost of just under $1,1 Q, and using a new type of ibreglas and steel struc- tut, „which would be approved ar as lack of fire hazard gncerned. (This was recent - 1y teetalled at Hotel Clinton) e proposes new fluorescent lighting in the council ehember ant in the committee room, with the present fluorescennit lighting in this latter room, tto. be aransferred tothe police of- fice, Al.'o planned is a complete paint job on the police office, maar lobby, clerk's office, com- mittee room and council cham- ber. Piens for the lighting have beenr, • prepared by the Ontario HEpC through the co-opera- tion of Jabez Rands, superin- tendent of the local Public Uti1i ales. Ailre being considered is the dispcsal of the nine captain's chaen used by council, and th- eir >:'tplacement with modern seat . O Ev 4f lett Ig s To Sp, k lege Tonite O : County Event it ;wrtt Biggs, who is the Dep' ;y Minister of Agriculture for ,<ttaeio, will be the guest Seeeker at a county meeting of the Ontario Farmers Union to- night (Thursday) at 8.30, in the board room of the agricultural office. Mr. Biggs has come in for some sharp criticism from some farm groups, and he has been much in the news during recent months. 240 Hurcn Conservtives Rally to Hear Kelso Roberts Nearly 200 supporterGs of the Progressive Conservative Parrty,. in the Huron riding, gathered in the Legion Memorial Hall, Kirk Street, Clinton, on Tues- day night for a rally attended by ;•nernbers at Toronto and Ottawa, Guest speaker was"the Icon, Kelso Roberts, attorney general of Onto. Following a beef dinner cat- ered to by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian; Legion, Cline ton, Dr. E, A. McMaster, Sea- forth was chairman for the program oaf speeches:. The doe - tor is president of the Huron Progressive Conservative As, sooiation (provincial). Those seated at the head table included; Mr, and Mrs. Douglas Freeman, Clinton, pr- esid'ent of the men's and yea - metes PC groups it town; Councillor Mrs, May Mooney, Goderich, vice-president of the Huron PC Association; Mrs, F, G. Thompson, past president of the Clinton Women's Progres- sive Conservative Association and Doctor F, Thompson; Mrs. Hobbs Taylor, Dashwood, wid- Stanley Inaugural Meeting Has Praise For Clerk Mrs. R. Elliott (Citizens News Reporter) Stanley Township Council held their inaugural meeting in the Township Hall, at Varna, on Monday, January 9. Reeve Har- vey Coleman thanked the Coun- cil for their co-operation during the past year, and specially thanked Mrs. Harold Elliott, Varna, township clerk, for her keen interest in township af- fairs and for her willingness to assist council in the trans- action of township business. Alvin Rau, Deputy Reeve, said he had enjoyed working with the reeve and council dur- ing 1960. All .members of coun- cil were present, Council decided to decline the invitation of the Mid -Western Development Association to a banquet. The purpose of this organization is to promote in- dustry. It was felt that the Chamber of Commerce in the various towns adequately took care of this work. A letter was read from Els- ton Cardiff, MP, who is chair- man of the Plowmen's Associa- tion of Huron County. Council HEARING TODAY ON ZURICH SHOOTING Appearing in Exeter count on Tuesday, the charge of dis- charging a firearm with intent to wound, against Bruce Steep- er, Parkhill, was adjourned un- til today, January 12. Goderich Township OKs Subdivision Control Law At the inaugural meeting of All officials subscribed to the Goderich. Township council on declaration of office, and enjoy - Monday, third reading was giv- ed the traditional inaugural en By -lane 12-1960 to designate dinner, served at the home of the entire township as an area Reeve and Mrs. W. J. Forbes. of subdivision control. This is All officials of the township the first township to begin web received an • approximate ten a system, and it is an effort to percent increase in salaries. control the orderly development A grant was made to Bay - of the township. field Fire Department of $250. Each property owner is to This fire department will res - receive announcement of the pond to a call to any part of passing of this by-law. As clerk the township at any time, in re - Robert E. Thompson explained, turn for this grant. There is no "It in no way affects the ordin- hourly fee, such as is charged ary farmer, or those who sell by the towns of, Clinton and their entire property. But it Goderich tire departments. does affect those who wish to Other grants were $25 to the sell pant lots. They must ex- Salvation Army; $25 to the Hu - plain to the township council non Plowmen's Assoolation. for what purpose they are sel- Appointments included: clerk, ling, and get approval." d R. E. Thompson; treasurer, H. Mr. Thompson comments that 13. Whitely; assessor, C. W. Teb- it is an, attempt to control un- bunt; truant officer, Robert sightly areas in the township, Elliott; live stock evaluators, "some real shack towns develop- R.. J. Sowerby and Edgar Bath- ing near Goderich". well; Goderich District Colleg- iate tnstitiite, Barry Walter; for the location of the station Clinton District Collegiate Trr- with . Clinton as second. Adver- stitute, Trviirre Tebbutt; Gode- tieing to support the operation rush Planning Board, Clayton E. of the station would be expect- Laithwaite; Goderich Hospital ed primarily from Goderich and Board, Everett U. Mellwain; Clinton, Mr. Yarrow said. relief officer, Grant H. Stirling. Cknton Town Council In Action Requests from Clinton Com- munity Concert Band and the Salvation Army were filed on Monday night by Clinton town council, to be considered with other requests for grants be- fore bringing down the budget for 1961. Mayor W. J. Miller conducted the 90 -minute ses- sion with use of the gavel. on only a few occasions. Three members of the Indust. r i a 1 committee, Councillors Runiball and Newcombe and Deputy Reeve Agnew, were given authority to spend $2.50 for dinner and fellowship hotir at Goderich on January 11, in Connection with a meeting of Mid-Westere Ontario Develop. meat Association. The second by -lav of the year watt passed, and provided for dnhe increase of cemetery board nleinbers from five to seven. The third by-law ap- pointed Dudley M. Pegg to the library board for the next three years. On the Cemetery Board Councillors Sutter and New- combe will represent counci1 for 1961; George Beattie and C. V. Cooke were appointed for the nest three year's, and J. Douglas Thorndike for the next two years, Councillor Norman Liver- more, iver-more, who is chairman of the by-laws committee made a plea for change of regulations so t hat residents in trailer camps could vote. Clerk John Liver- more reported that it wound mean a change in municipal elections in Clinton, a; resident nnust 'be on the assessment roll, and be assessed for $300 er more, Trailers, amid the clerk, are net ,assessable. About $1,000 le collected from the town camp in a year, acid on the basis of a rental fee per tnonth, This takes are of edueartional costs. Councillor Livermore con- tended that when the assess- ment act was written there probably was ab such thing as trailer camps in existence. Polite Chief It. R. Thomtp- son's report was read by Mayor Miller, head of that coniittee. Reported were 25 prosecutions under the, criminal code: 18 under the Ontario Liquor Con- trol Act; 14 juvenile; 137 under the Highway Traffic Act; five bicycles stolen and four recov'ered; live cars stolen and all recovered; 25 fire al - Arms; 38 sttmnnonses; 25 prem- ises found .insecure at night; 27 licences suspended; $2,082 ce leeted time; $11,512 hl damage in Motor vehicle ace% dents. In ell 461 ocourences were investigated. bouneillor George Rumba)) chairman of the general govern., merit committee„ noted that they planned weekly committee meetings. They plan: to keep ,all corners clear of snow, and especially the area near the post office on both s cies oaf Victoria Street (Highway 4), where a water problem exists every winter, Reeve lefelvini Crich report- ed there was no relief being paid at the present time. Broadview Acres, the 12 - Unit rental housing project on John Street, will be completely occupied this Saturday, when the 12th tenant moves ie. Clerk John Livermore, se. rertary for the housling authority, reported that the average 'Monthly tent - al was $63, and abotyt two- thirds of the homes are rented by Air Forte personnel, The Clinton Reusing Author- ity as made up of lad men, appointed by the Department of Planning Arid % eveloprnenit, and according to Clerk Liver - More, are teSponsible only to the provincial government, approved a grant of $25 for the year 1961, for the association. Harvey Coleman, Alvin Rau and Allen Armstrong are directors representing Stanley Township. Council deckled to apply for membership in the Ontario Good Roads Association, and the Ontario Association of Rur- al Municipalities. Membership fees are $15 each. The clerk was instructed to secure reser- vations for representatives of council to attend conventions in Toronto, of each association. Reeve Coleman reported that he had been approached on the question of children riding bi- cycles on the sidewalks of some of the township hamlets. "Some elderly citizens are forced to step off the sidewalk to let the youthful cycilists pass," he said. Some ratepayers have also com- plained that dogs running loose are causing some damage. It was decided to write to Munici- pal Board for complete infor- mation regarding the necessary by-laws. Appointments Made Mrs. Jean Elliott was re- appointed as township clerk for 1961, at a salary of $1,600. This is an increase of $50 over last year. Council agreed to supply a set of shelves to be used for the storage of books and sup- plies. Mervin Hanly was re -appoint- ed township assessor. He will be paid $950. This is $50 more than last year. Mr. Hanley st- ated that his work is becoming more involved and time-consum- ing each year. Mrs. Elliott was complimented on her bookkeep- ing, by the assessor, who said that 1960 was the first time that he had ever received a tax roll that had absolutely no mis- takes. There was about $13,000 unpaid taxes in 1960. James Donnelly, Goderich, was appointed township solicit- or; A. M. Harper, Goderich, accountant; and C. P. Corbett, Lucan, engineer. Mervin Han- ly was •appointed truant offic- er, and will receive $15, plus (continued on page 5) Air Commodore Visits RCAF Station Air Commodore M. P. Mar - n, Chief Staff Officer from Training Command Headquart- ters in Winnlipeg, was at RCAF Station Clinton on Monday and Tuesday on a staff visit, ow of a former Conservative MP for Huron; Elgin McKinley, Zurich, former candidate in Huron riding and Mrs. McKin- ley; Huron County Warden John Durnin; John Morrissey, association treasurer, Mount Carmel; Reeve, and Mrs, Har. vey Coleman, Stanley Town- ship; grid Reeve Valentine Bec- ker, Hay Township; Mr. and Mrs. Harald Elliott, Varna.; Mr. and Mrs'. Elston; Cardiff, Brussels; Mr. and Mrs. Char- les MacNaughton, Exeter; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bell, Q.C„ Exeter. Douglas Freeman introduced the guests at the head table. Elston Cardiff, MP for Hur- on, spoke briefly, regretting that more younger men had not the opportunity of going to parliament,. He congratulat- ed the county council inn their planning so that all county buildings are paid for but the 1960 wing of the county home, now in construction. Charles S. MacNaughton, MLA for Huron, introduced Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Epps as stalwart Progressive Conserva- tive folk in Clinton, from as far back as he could remember. Mr. MacNaugMon comment- ed that the new hospital near Goderich was well underway, and would be completed within the next 24 to 30 months. When completed, Huron can boast that it es tame first of its kind for hospital care for mental patients. The whole concept of the building was changed as a result of surveys taken, and this resulted in some delay, "but the resulting build- ings are well worth waiting for." Also, the contractor on the new bridge across the Mait- land River near Goderich is three months ahead of ,shed- ule, reported Mr. MacNaugh- The Huron member at Tor- onto, spoke in praise of Prem- ier Leslie Frost. Then he ad- ministered a slap or two at the Liberal Party, now in con- vention :it Ottawa. "They've been bragging about 1,200 at that meeting," said Mr. Mac - Naughton. "well, here in this one riding we have gathered 200 Conservatives. The Lib- eral meeting is a country -wide affair." Mr. MacNaughton also an- swered a suggestion by the Lib- erals that the benefits of the unemployment insurance fund be extended. He said the thing that has placed the fund in the unfortunate position it now holds is the "abuse of the fund." This statement brought forth possibly the strongest applause of the evening. The Hon. Kelso Roberts (in- troduced by Mr. MacNaughton) gestured emphatically at Mr. Cardiff, early in his address, saying, "You men at Ottawa would benefit greatly if you would realize that Ontario sh- ould +have a better deal financ- ially. If the province is per- mitted to progress and devel- op as it should then in the long run, it will be of greater ad- vantage to the nation." This was stated in another (continued on page 10) Ladies Auxiliary To Legion Welcomes Zone Commander; Name Committees On January 9, the Ladies Auxiliary to the Canadian Leg- ion held their first meeting of the new year, starting with a delightful pot -luck supper, en- joyed by members and guests. Following this, the new presi- dent, Mrs. William Chambers opened the meeting with the presentation a flags and the minutes of the last meeting. Zone Commander, Mrs. Wil- liam McCann, Fordwich, instal- led Mrs. William Watkins on the executive committee. The president then initiated three new' members, Mrs. Reg. Smith, Mrs. Jack McCabe and Mrs. William Burdge. The auditors, Mrs, Sam Castle and Mfrs. Arthur Mount- ford gave their report. '11he see- retary reported total receipts for the year were $3,510.50, total accounts were $2,852.62, and there is naw a balance of $685.03. Reports were heard from the veri'aus coanzriittees, then the president read, the tames of the new committees: press secre- tary, Mrs, lL Truell; pianist, W. Holland; property, f. i-iad- dy, M..Dutet, B. Black; can- teen, $, Crawford, 1). Burke; buyer, G. Harris; flower, L. Leppington, E. Butler; check roorn, executive comtaittee; banquet, V, Mantaghan, T. Leper pington, A. Thompson, R. Had- dy; dining roam, F. Porter, H. Hayward, L. Ransom, P. Ben- nett; pie, D. Burke; social, O. Watkins, E. Hartley, P. Mount- ford, V. Knights, B, Black; Saturday night socials, M. Prae- tor. It was announced that a ban- quet for the Progressive Con- servatives would be catered to the following might; and that a zone card party wbuld be held in Clinton on January 18. All members who would like to, are invited to attend, and please contact Mr`s. Williarr). Holland ar Mrs. Ronald MacDonald, There was a discussion on the annual St. Patrick's dance, and it was left to the executive committee to hire an orchestra for same. It was also let idea. to have officers and social com- mittee cards printed; and to donate $600 to the Legion. Mrs. McCann gave informa- tion front the ooiwen'tion in Windsor last summer as Clin- ton .Auitiliary had no delegate there, and closed her remarks with a Svelt-chosen poets called "Y'esterday', Tomorrow and To- day." Mrs. pied Thiel' present- ed Mrs. JVIeCalin with a gift en behalf of the group. The monthly draw for $6 was won by Mrs, Ed. Porter. The meeting was adjourned, and lunch enjoyed.