Clinton News-Record, 1961-03-09, Page 11 R 184 Cast _Ballots
Producers Throng Clinton.
To Elect 19 Committeemen
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CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1961 $3.00 Per Year-10c Per Copy-12 Pages
Farmers Ur
To Feed
ed to Produce i on s angry
THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR
The finals for Zone "C" 1,
in the` Canadian Legion Public
Speaking Contest were held in
the Legion Hall, Saturday after-
noon with three Clinton stu-
dents emerging victorious.
In the junior public school
section a winsome little miss
from Kincardine, Patty Tucker,
won first place with her talk
on, "My Favourite Pet". The
runner-up, Danny Perkins,
A/V/M Hugh Campbell Pub-
lic School told about, "A Trip
to Remember".
Grace Marie McAdam, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Miteheal
McAdam, Clinton, won top spot
in the senior public school class.
Her topic was, "The Canadian
Flag?", a controversial subject
of this era, Runner-up was
Paul Marrow, Kincardine who
discussed, "The Impact of the
United States on Canada".
In the junior high school see-
Skating Carnival
Friday Night
Big things are planned for
the Lions Skating Carnivta at
the arena tomorrow night (Fri-
day). Over $45 is being offered
in prizes for various costume
events and races, as well as
two big door prizes. A Clinton
merchant has donated a door
prize for children attending.
Novelty Act Coming
Four young people from Mit-
chell who have a "skating
cow" act, arid have won prizes
at district carnivals, have clan
stated to pat on their eat
here.
The evening begins with a
broom ball game between the
Licata and Kinsmen. The young-
er Kinsmen have agreed to
play with one skate and one
rubber boot,
Most of the prize money has
been donated by merchants of
the toWier, who are anxious that
the carnival will Again, become
en annual affair.
Grand Champion for Third Year
Bob Fotheringham, centre, Brucefield, has earned the grand championship for
the third time in a row at the Huron County Seed Fair. At left is Robert P.
Allan, also of Brucefield, whose Russell oats were the champion exhibit at the
fair. Luther Sanders, right, RR 2, Seaforth, received the trophy for champion-
ship in small seeds division at the show. (News-Record Photo)
speech on "When I Grow Up".
She discussed thoroughly the
possibilities for the world of to-
morrow, Miss Inder is the elder
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. S.
Inder. The second-place speak-
er in this section was Miss Gail
Hollands a student of Kincar-
dine District High School.
Judges for the event were,
L. P. Plumsteel, principal of
the Seaforth District High
School; Harry Shackelton and
R. Smith, principals of the
Goderich Public Schools.
Mayor Herman Young, a
former Zone Commander, from
Kincardine, presented certific-
ates and prizes to the public
school contestants, while J. D.
Thornlike, Zone chairman pre-
sented the awards to the sec-
ondary school speakers,
Auctioneer Coaxed $64 Price
For Huron's Champion Oat Exhibit
Clarence Shaw, Wingham,
president of the association,
"another success," in the as-
sociation's history.
Guest speaker Saturday after-
noon Was• John Moles, former-
ly of the CEC farm broadcast,
and now of Ontario Hydra He
was introduced to the large
audience by A. M. Knight, Clin-
ton, manager of the Clinton
office for rural hydro.
A report of the district direc-
tor, Ontario Soil and. Crop Im-
provement Association, Melburn
Greenwood, 11.11 1, Mitchell, was
presented.
Greetings were brought from
Huron by the warden, Reeve
Ivan Forsyth, Tuckersmith
township; by the chairman of
the agricultural committee of
Huron Connty council, Reeve
Tom, Leiper, Hallett Township;
and from the Orttartio govern-
ment by Charles Maellaughton,
Exeter, MLA for Iluren.
Ladles' Day
A program for the ladies,
arranged by' Mrs. Bette Miller,
horse economist for Huron,
was under the sponsorship of
Ontario Hydro, with. Miss Bare
bare Woodhall, home eeornaniet,
conducting a cooking school.
Held in the lunch room, of
the collegiate the attendafice
was disappointingly small, with
about 30 ladies attending,
14be "trot
COttininx::--gt
(Pa' W, Od
IN: CASE ANYONE IN THE
area is considering going into
the nutria, business', some facts
published tio the Globe and
Mail recently cOncerning the
small animate may be of inter-
est . . A lady an Manitoba
bought a pair for $750 a pair
because someone told her they
,sold for $70 a pelt in New
York „ The importation of
nutria into Manitoba can only
be done legally with a in
, .
Actually the price in New
York is $8 if you're lucky, and
out of that the breeder has to
pay $3.50 for pelting fee and
transportation , , A few years
ago 11 persons in. Manitoba
sank $25,000 into nutria at
$1,000 to $1,500 a pair for ab-
out 18 pairs . . In the first
year 12 died . . . many of the
offspring died , . . they pelted
the last 17 animals end receive
ed $28,50 for the hides . „
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About Hog Vote
CLINTON RESTAURANTS
seldom had it so good . . . not
since the Orange Walk . , as
hog producers =stained the in-
ner man either before finding
their way into the hall to vote
. . . or after a two-hour stand-
ing wait for their turn at the
polls .
*
THE RESULT OF THE VOTE
is that four townships in the
county have lost all represen-
teflon on the committee for
this district . . . They are Turn-
berry, with two candidates;
Ashfield, Howick and Stephen;
with three each , . . Observers
wonder if this cannot be traced
directly to the fact that those
four townships are the farthest
from the voting centre in Clin-
ton, and friends and neighbours
of these candidates would find
it very difficult to make the
trip . . .
* * *
PREVIOUSLY TO THIS EACH
of the townships' has been rep-
resented . .
• * *
ALTHOUGH NO RESTRIC-
tons were placed on the age
or sex of voters . . we do not
believe there was one vote pl-
aced by a lady . . . and the
youngest lad we saw accepting
'a ballot was about 15 years
old . . Of course the dadies-
were all probably at home
(feeding the pigs?) .. and the
youngsters were in school . . .
* * *
THE CLOSENESS OF THE
vote can be interpreted in a
number of ways . . . one is
that people voted for their
neighbours regardless of the
outcome . . . This reasoning we
are inclined to doubt . . The
other reason most often heard
is that both sides: the Free En-
terprise Group and the Federa-
' tion . . . were organized com-
pletely . . .
* * *
ONE THING IS SURE . .
most voters came to the polls
equipped with a list, either of
the Free Enterprise candidates
, . . or of the Federation can-
didates . . . and they used these
lists at least to some extent
when they filled out their bal-
lots . .
* *
IF- ANY ONE EARNED A
day's pay on Monday . . . it
was employees of the Depart-
ment of Agticulture . , Faced
with an unexpected flood of
voters . . . the men and women
who were in charge of the vot-
ing, kept the whole affair in
good order . . and in good
humour , . Returning officer
Douglas Miles reported only
one voter causing trouble and
that was at the very end of
the day . . Apparently the
chap had tried out the hospi-
tality of a place of business
downtown . , and possibly
had waited too long for a
chance to vote . .
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WHEN THE COUNTING WAS
all over . and the Free En-
terprise group had been succe-
ssful an placing four of their
candidates on the committee
for this district . it Was
noted 'how close each of the
votes were . From Alex Mc-
Gregor who headed the poll
with 619 votes . to Graham
Campbell who squeezed out
long-time member Raymond
Blinnigan with a margio of only
two votes . , them was only
91 votes different. From there
to the bottom of the poll there
were only 23 votes difference..
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WHAT A rOler1R8NCE SIX
more carloads of farmers could
have made . either way . .
The Week's Weather
1991, 1960
High Uwe Aigh Low
March 2 45 27 25 4
3 43 35 19 10
4 44 30 16 5
5 49 32 20 9
6 59 32 23 -1
7 40 24 26 4
S 33 25 25 -16
Rain: .38 in, Snow: 3 'MS,
waiting till the situation bet-
itself, By this time .about
18 polling booths had 'been lore
pet:waseel inside the hall and
still the crowd grew. By .3.30
Mr. Miles closed the front doors
temporarily so that the men
inside could be cleared.
Good weather b)essed the
voters, with the sun shining,
and it was fairly -dry under-
foot.
Three scrutineers appointed
by their organizations were
Robert Taylor, RR 3, •Clintoa
chairman of Huron Chapter,
Ontario Farmers Union; War-
ren Zurbrigg, Wroxeter, past-
president of the Huron Feder-
ation of Agriculture and Char-
les S. 'Coultes, Beigrave, sec-
retary-treasurer of the Free
Enterprise Hog Producers of
Ontario,
Since Mr. 'Coultes was a can-
didate, he withdrew, and named
John Durnin, ex-warden of the
county, and president of the
Huron Progressive 'Conserva-
tive Association lin his stead.
The last votes were received
tion, Morris Darling, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Darling,
Princess Street, Clinton, won
first place by speaking on,
"Automation". Runner-up in this
class was David Woolford, Kin-
cardine District High School
who chose, "Canada's Role in
the United Nations" for his talk.
A former provincial winner
when in junior high school, Miss
Barbara Inder placed first in
the senior high school section.
Despite an attack of laryngitis
Barbara delivered a top-notch
A most exciting seed auction
climaxed the afternoon pro-
gram of the 14th Annual Hur-
on County Seed Fair on Satur-
day. Auctioneer Ed. Elliott
coaxed an extra dollar from
each of the two bidders, stead-
ily building the price of the
champion Rus..ell Oats.
The new variety was sown
by a g eel]) of selected growers
his yea' and Bob Allan's crop
placed :at at the local fair.
(His exhibit was second at the
Middlesex show where the top
place oats brought $155 a
bushel). There were nine other
exhibits in the medium or late
oats class, '
R. N, Alexander, Londesboro,
paid $64 for the championship
bushel of Russell oats. The
price was the highest paid in
the county for seed in the his-
tory of the association.
Russell is a hew variety of
oats currently •bringing $100 for
three bushels. However it is
in short supply yet.
o aa Marshall, Kirkton,
bought the top 10-bushel lot
of barley for $2.25 per bushel,
This was sineWn by N. Ca
Clarke, Woodhairi. The 12.
bushel lot of oats, exhibited
by Jack Taylor, AR 5, Wing.
ham, sold for $2.30 a bushel to
Cecil Baternan, Hthel.
The fair was termed by
Juvenile Hockey
Saturday Night,
St. Marys vs. Clinton
Clinton's juvenile hockey
team which won the WOAA
Juvenile "B" 'Championship on
Monday night, now advances
into Ontario Minor Hockey As-
sociation playdowns.
Their first opposition is St.
Marys who play here Saturday
night, At time of writing the
exact time of game had not
been settled, nor arrangements
made for a second game. Game
time will likely be 8.30 o'clock.
a • ,.Elected. at nog .
Producers Vote
Elected were: Alex D. Mc-
Gregor, Kippen (Tuckersmith)
619 votes; Robert P. Allan, Br-
ucefield (Tuckersmith) 598;
Martin Bean, (Grey) 590; Al-
bert G. Bacon (Morris) 569;
Carl Hemingway, Brussels
(Grey) 562; Elmer Ireland,
Wingham (East Wawanosh)
553; •Charles R. Coultas, Bel-
grave (East Wawanosh) 551.
Ross Love, Hensel' (Hay)
548; Gordon Elliott (iMcKillop)
542; William Coleman (Stan-
ley) 538; Robert McAllister
(West Wawanosh) 536; Ross
Fisher (Colborne) 535; Harry
Hero (Usborne) 533; Harold
Montgomery (Goderich Town-
ship) 533;
Alfred' H. Warner (Goderich
Township) 532; Carl Gooier
(East Wawanosh) 530; George
R. Campbell (McKillop) 529;
Lloyd Stewart (Hullett) 528;
Graham Campbell (Morris) 527.
Also ran: Raymond Finnigan
(Aslualeld) 525; Harry Watson
(Colborne) 524; Harry Mulvey
(Turnberry) 517; Maurice Bean
(Hullett) 513; Mark Dalton
(Ashfield) 510; Gordon K.
Wright (Howick) 509; Jack
Ford (Stephen) 507; Donald H.
McKenzie (Ashfield) 507;
Wesley Nivins (West Wa-
wanosh) 505; Edmond Hendrick
(Stephen) 504; Morley MelVlich-
ael (Turn:berry) 503; Melville
L. Lamont (Grey) 500; Elmer
Harding (Howick) 500; Harold
Peterson (Colborne) 482;
Milton Pries (Howick) 476;
Robert Mayer (Usborne) 472;
Melvin Greb (Stephen) 465;
Haired Prouty (Hay) 463;
Ronald MacGregor (Tucker-
smith) 402,
Fire Damages
House on Maria Street
Fire alarm at 2.30 a.m. Sat-
urday morning brought the fire
department to the home on
Maria Street, owned by Fred
Pepper and occupied by Mr.
and Mrs, C. W. Kentle.
Firemen discovered that the
blaze began in a chair, and had
destroyed most of the furniture
in the room by the time they
arrived. Mr. Pepper estimates
$1,000 damage to the house it-
self.
Clinton Court
Fines of $145 arid costs were
levied in Clinton Court yester-
day morning by Magistrate
Glen Hays, Goderich. Crown
Attorney W. Bushfield,
Wingham, Presented the eates.
All three pleaded guilty.
Joseph Gary Freeman, 17,
Clinton was fined $50 and
costs for illegal possession txf
bear, James Allen Penner-ton,
22, Clinton, was fined $75 and
costs for supplying liquor to a
minor.
John Frederick &Were Sea-
forth was charged with failing
to yield Under the Highway
Traffic Act, and was fined $20
arid costs,
Charles H. Kingsbury, speak-
ing Friday at the Huron County
Seed Fair emphasized the need
for greater production. "If you
can imagine 8,000 counties the
size of Huron County," said he,
"that is all of the land available
to feed the people of the earth.
Huron should produce enough
to feed four billion people."
Reducing this to figures easier
to handle, Mr. Kingsbury said
that each 100 acres should pro-
duce enough feed for 125 peo-
ple, "Within 50 years, each 100
acres will need to produce twice
that much. An increase in pop-
ulation is coming, and it will
affect the entire world."
Mr. Kingsbury is soil and
crop fieldman for the area.
Jack Murray, soils specialist
Late
Sports
BLENHEIM DEFEATED
CLINTON MIDGETS
LAST NIGHT BY 11-4
Last night in. Clinton,
Lions Arena the Blenheim
Midget Hockey Team de-
feated Clinton's WOAA
Midget "B" Champions by
the score of 11 to 4. Blen-
heim had put out St. Marys
in a two-game series last
weekend.
Second game is schedul-
ed for Blenheim on Satur-
day night.
Meeting To-Night
Fire Protection
In Rural Areas
Representatives of f our
neighbouring township councils
will meet with Clinton council
tonight to discuss fire protec-
tion, for the rural municipali-
ties.
For several years, Clinton has
been supplying fire protection
to the townships of Goderich,
Stanley:, Tuckersmith and Hul-
lett, and to Ilurtato County for
the county home, a mile and a
quarter south of Clinton.
A retaining fee of $100 has
been paid by each of the town-
ships and $50 by the county.
For each out-of-town fire at-
tended ley the volunteer depart-
ment, the rate was $75 for the
first hour and $25 for each
succeeding hour.
The town claims increased
cost of maintaining two fire
tracks, the addition of equip-
ment and .firemen's wages,
necessitates a change in the
agreement, which has been in
force since the early 1950's.
Last year's council suggested
that the retainer be increased
to $250 for each of the teeti,.
ships and $125 for Huron
County.
0
Over 80 Birthday Club
Mrs. Mary Bruns-don, 146. On-
tario Street eelebrated her 94th
birthday on Tutsday, February
28.
with the Ontario Department of
Agriculture, was one of several
speakers at the seed fair. He
said that an efficient farm fer-
tility program should be based
on the results of a soil test.
"It is necessary to define pro-
duction goals—bushels or tons
per acre — what yield do we
need? The expected returns
from money spent on fertilizer
must be compared between craps
or between fertilizer and tile or
cattle," he said.
Mr. Murray felt that few
farmers are ready to test soils
every year, in every field, but
that the department had receiv-
ed twice as many requests for
analysis in 1960 than the year
before.
"A fertility program," said he,
"is the method you use to ad-
just the level of fertility in your
land. It is useful only as a part
of your over-all farm program,"
"Expect to get recommenda-
tions from your agricultural
representative," said Mr. Mur-
ray. "There is little reason to
fertilize to get more yield, if
you can't use it. That is, if you
can't handle more animals. Fer-
Barn Meeting
At Farquhars
All dairymen are invited to a
barn meeting of the Huron
Holstein Club next Thursday,
March 16, at the home of
Douglas Farquhar, RR 1, Clin-
ton, commencing at 130 p.m.
There will be a type classifi-
cation demonstration; judging
competition and discussion on
the care and feeding of calves,
yearlings and dry cows.
Members of the panel will be
Hardy Shore, Glanworth; Ross
Marshall, Kirleton; Ross Tre-
wartha, RR 4, Clinton; Mac
Smith, Listowel and moderator
will be Gordon Bell, fieldman.
Wins High Award
Oaida Heather Wiatero
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
L, G, Winter, High Street,
Clinton,_ received her All
Round Cord Award at the
Mother a h d Daughter
'Guide and Browhie ban-
quet in the Legion Hall
lost week,
tilizer is an insurance, It may
make the difference between a
loss or a break even situation,
or between a big loss and a
smaller loss."
Mr. Murray advised using the
lowest cost product that would
do the job on the farmer's par-
ticular land.
Len Webber, of the soils de-
partment of the Ontario Agri-
cultural College, Guelph, com-
mented on the great change in
methods of farming in the last
five years. "You have sold 22
horses every week for the past
five years. You have bought
five tractors every Saturday for
the past five years. For every
horse sold, you have replaced it
with 40 horsepower in the form
of mechanized power,
"Believe it or not," said Mr.
Webber, "there are more trac-
tors than there are farm oper-
ators. There is one for every
109 acres. And consider all the
other equipment you use be-
sides."
Mr. Webber felt that much of
the packing of soils was caus-
ed by the weight of machinery
put over it.
William McBride, Bruce
County associate agricultural
representative, said that for
winter feeding of cattle going
to grass for finishing "general-
ly a ration based on good
roughage and as much grain as
necessary to produce about one
pound gain per day, will result
in closest to maximum profits,"
Bill Strong, RR Dublin,
Huron County's Junior Farmer
delegate on the 1960 Ontario
soils tour throughout South-
western Ontario showed film
of the tour. Greetings were
brought by Clinton Mayor W.
J. Miller,
a
A. Kendall Will
Stand Trial On
Murder Charge
Arthur Kendall will steed
trial on a charge of murder-
ing his first wife, Helen. Pre-
liminary hearing was conducted
Friday in Walkerton by Maga
iatrate 0. C. McClevis.
Most weighty evidence
against Kendall came from two
of his daughters, Ann, 17 and
Mrs, Margaret Bell, 19. They
told the court that they saw
their father drag the body of
their mother through the &Nal'
of a one room Shack in which
the family was living at John-
ston Harbor in the Bruce Pen
insula, eight and a half years
ago,
The girls said they had been
told by their father to "be seen
and not heard" and "do as
you're told'''. The body of the
first Mrs. Kendall has never
been found.
Campbell Grant, QC, Welk-
Orton, assisted, by Crown At-
terney Zr. W. Freeborn, QC,
Walkerten, is conducting the
prosecution, M. A. Craig, QC„
SoUnd, assisted by Don-
ald Nellsoh, Hanover, ie acting
for
'by shortly after six o'clock and
counting of ballots began in
the .agricultural office board
room by about 7,30 p.m, A
team of ten began the took.
By 10.30 they were joined by
two more, and the totals were
arrived at by 2 lean, Tuesday
.Cerernente of Candidates
Each candidate was given
two minutes to identify him..
self during the morning ses-
ion, Some of the comments
were as follows:
Milfred Proutey; I stand a-
gainst compulsion in marketing.
I believe no one within five
(Continued on Page Seven)
Patient Voters
Fart of the patient crowd
at the Legion Memorial Hall,
Clinton' on Monday, waiting
their 'turn to vote for com-
mitteemen for the Huron-
Mid'dlesex counties for the
hog marketing board.
(News-Record Photo)
In the first government-con:
ducted vote for committeemen
for the Hog Producers Market-
ing Board on Monday, 1,184
producers thronged into Clinton
to the Legion Memorial, gall,
the one place in the county
where polling booths' were .set
up.
Geared for a much smaller
turn-out, with four polling
booths' set up at first, Return-
ing Offaer Douglas H. Miles,
agricultural representative of
Huron County swiftly trans-
formed the hall into a busy
arena where eight deputy re-
turning officers accepted signed
registration cards from the pro-
ducers, and handed out ballots.
At 1.20 in the afternoon,
there were about 125 produc-
ers present . , half an hour
later the count had risen to 185
inside, with the entry jammed,
and producers lined six deep
down the steps, along the side-
walk to the street, and half-
way up the sidewalk to the
Winter apartment building.
Other farmers sat in cars
No. 10—The Home Paper with the News
Three Clinton Speakers
Win at Zone Finals
14th Annual Seed Fair
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THE HURON RECORD-79th YEAR