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Clinton News-Record, 1961-04-13, Page 1District Kinsmen. Hold Sunday Conference Here The Kinsmen Club of Clinton WSs host last Sunday to one of the most successful Zone "B" Conferences ever held in District 1 of the Associa- tion of Kinsmen ClUbs. Over 130 delegates attended from Chesley, Durham, Flestiertan, Goderich, liarriston, Hanover, Kincardine, List- owel, Marldale, Owen Sound, Shelburne, Walker- ton and Wingham, The Clinton club bad 22 of its 31 members present. Western Ontario Kinsmen Hold Spring Conference Here Clinton Kinsmen Club was host last Sunday to the Kinsmen Zone "B" spring conference, held in the Clinton Legion Hall. Over 130 delegates were present from 15 Kinsmen Clubs, as well as representatives from other zones and districts. Shown above are Clinton officials and the deputy-governor-elect. Malt Edgar (right) is the present deputy-governor, and had charge of the all-day meeting. Others are, from the left, Don Kay' and Pat Hardie, Clinton, co-chairman of the conference; Don Hoist, Markdale, elected as the 1961-62 deputy-governor on the first ballot, over two opponents; Ken Scott, Brucefield, presi- dent of the Clinton Club, and Mr. Edgar. (News-Record Photo) into n ' ewsPli e New Rector REV. PETER L. DYMONI) has been appointed, rector of St. Paul's Church, Clinton. Mr. Dymond, whose appoint- ment was 'announced by the Rt. Rev. G. N. Luxton, Bish- op of Huron,, is at present rector of St. Paul's Church, Kirkton; St. Thomas Church, Grantan; and St. Patrick's Saintsbury. He will move to Clinton in the middle of May. Born in Winchester, Eng- land, Mr. Dymond received his early education there. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War II and came to Canada after the war. His theological edu- cation was obtained! at Hur- on College, London, where he received the title of Lic- entiate in Theology in 1959. On ordination in 1957 by Bishop Luxton, he was ap- pointed to the Kirkton par- ish. Mr. Dymond is married to the former Linda Chalk, also of Winchester. They have two 'children, Hilary, 15, and Matthew, 3. At Clinton, the 'new rector will succeed Rev. C. S. Inder, who has been ap- pointed rector of Holy Trin- ity Church, Brantford.. -••••••••••••••••••.••••• Strot Coto- (133' W, P, u,) BOB AYERS (ABOVE) IS one of the members of the SCUBA Club at Station Clin- ton . . And in case anyone is in doubt (we had to ask our- selves), the letters SCUBA mean "Self-Contained Under, water Breathing Apparatus . . and enembene of the Club are either skilled or interested in .becoming skilled in the art of swimming and breathing under water . * * * THOSE WHO Ali eaNDED the official opening of the Clin- ton Swim Pool last summer will recall the exhibition by members of the SCUBA club in the pool . • Practically every member of the host club took part in the all,clay convention held in Clin- ton Legion Hall, Mait Edgar, the present dep- uty • governor, was over all chairman, and his conference co-chairmen were Don ICay and Pat Hardie. At 9.45 a.m. Rev. E. J. Roul- ston, of Wesley-Willis United Church, offered prayer to begin what turned out to be an eight and three-quarter hour meeting, Most of the morning session was taken up with presidents' reports from the 15 clubs, and Deputy-Governor Edgar's re- port, A dark horse nominee for the deputy-governor post was nominated at the morning ses- sion. Two candidates had pre- viously signified they were in the running, The campaign managers of the three nominees spoke in the morning, Guests at the session included Governor William Mickle, dis- trict secretary Jack Drysdale, district treasurer John Heal and Harold Knight, all of Hensall; Dr, J. Graff, district bulletin ed- itor, Stratford; deputy-governor H. Snow and Harry McEwan, Chatham; and Bob Burdick, St. Catharines, a candidate for district governor in 1961-62. (Continued on Page Seven) ec Mayor W. J. Miller voiced the need of Clinton for a re- vival of the town planning board on Monday night, follow- ing a deputation of two rate- payers asking for help in sur- facing a section of street with- in the town. The north end of Maple St- reet has recently had two new homes built upon it. with a promise of more residences in that area. Town council does net consider the section of st- reet as part of the town street system.. Under - the grant = ar- rangement from the provincial government, a street, or sec- THE NEW ERA-95th YEAR THE HURON RECORD-79th YEAR No, 15—The Home Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1961 $3.00 Per Year-10c Per Copy-12 Pages * * OUR LITTLE PICTURE WAS taken of Bob as he and George Gautier, another member of the club were setting off for an early spring swim down the Bayfield River on Saturday , They left the bridge north of Varna about 2.30 p.m. ,.(See pieture on page 2) intending to swim to the mouth of the river at Bayfield . . . How- ever, the way was longer than they hoped . . . and the going a bit tougher . . . Bob reports a lot of silt coming into the river, in places a foot deep And anyway Bob's jacket came open, letting in considerable chilly wetness . . . So at Fred Thompson's about six o'clock, they called it a day . . . walk- ed out to the house, phoned for a taxi and come home in style . * * * SWIMMING IN COLD water is no problem apparently as long as the swimmer is dressed for it . . . In fact they get quite warm inside their rubber suits . . -The -men • also did some swimming underwater in the Maitland River on Sunday afternoon at Piper's Dam, near Goderich . * * * IF ENOUGH PEOPLE ARE interested , . . there is a pos- sibility of a SCUBA Club in connection with the town swimming pool this summer ... * * * FOR A QUARTER OF ONE hundred years . . . the trim lawns and hedges at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Walter A. Oakes have had the tender care of a practiced gat:drier ... a man who takes pride in his work, and enjoys the thought of starting another 12 months act the same task . . Tom • Le,ppirigton has spent 25 sum- mers as caretaker of these ground's . . . a showplace of Clinton, and an attraction which coupled with the fine white residence, makes the Oakes home one which is point- ed out with pride to visitors to Clinton . . The Week's Weather 1961 1960 High Low High Low April 6 45 30 39 22 7 35 30 41 27 8 37 29 42 26 9 40 26 35 28 10 39 33 37 24 11. 47 32 44 29 12 46 27 56 39 Snow; 3 ins. Snow: 1 in. tion of street must have the approval of the town engineer and be a part of the street system, in order that grants may be paid on the construc- tion and maintenance of such a street. The extension of Townsend Street in L. G. Winter's sub- division at the southeast side of town has not yet been ac- cepted as part of the town st- reets system, and must be br- ought more into line with stan- dard of streets in town before the town will accept- respons- ibility for maintenance. Elliatrt Bartliff, who was. one of the deputation, asked for some gravel to be laid on the north end of Maple Street. When it was refused he asked why not, when the block south of Mill Street, past the brew- ers warehouse and the new liquor store, had been built up and improved, and the coun- cil new proposes hard surfac- ing it? Council felt that this block was in reality part of the town streets system. Mr, Bartlifr, who. has dived, in the north end' of town for many years, cannot recall that the north end of Maple street was ever closed. There was a house there before, and a chic ken barn, and traffic was cus- tomary over that section of the street, as well. But the block south of Mill was not a street until the pond was' drained and fill was put in. However, Mr. Bartliff sug- gested 'that 'the use of local improvement act be made to pay for the cost of building up the north part of the street. Council contended it was the task of the subdivider: in this case Mr. Bartliff himself. Councillor Bridle suggested that more study be made of the conditions of local improve- ment work before this type of financing was entered into. Bartliff felt the whole thing was "poor promotion". He did not think it fair that he should 'be asked to go to the expense of putting in roads and sewers, possibly to 'a cost of $5,000, and as soon a,s it was done, then the town would take over, and collect taxes off the improved land thus made available for residences. Mayor Miller promised to find out if this section of maple Street had ever been accepted into the 'town street system. Murray Johnston, the other petitioner, said that since he had a lot number, and had been given a permit to build on Maple Street, then it must be a part of the town. Fire Burns Out Machine Shops Building Saved Fire in the Clinton t'arni Supply and Machine Shop 'Tuesday at noon was swiftly brought under control by the Clinton Fire Brigade. Though a good deal of the inside of the machine shop was burned out, the machinery inside . was net damaged greatly. Moat damage, according to Cherie'. Nelson, proprietor, ap- pears to be in water-damage to stock of grain and feeds, The Purina calf, .which is i he present livestock growth rroject 'at the Farm Supply ,eas gotten out safely before nuke, could suffocate it, and nee small _:animal is. once more back in his pen, Alarm was turned in .by men at the Central Cities Service Garage next door, which is op- erated .by Elmer Hugill and Peter Hathaway. The 'fire attracted quite an audience, as children on their way back to school, and bus- iness people on their way back to work, took time to watch the 'activity. Mr. Nelson gives considerable credit to the Fire Brigade for their prompt and efficient ac- tion which saved the building, and much of the contents. A- bout half an hour elapsed be- tween the time the alarm went in until the firemen were ready to pack up hoses and return to 'the firehall. Hon. L B. Pearson Speaking Here At Liberal Rally The Hon. Lester B, Pearson, leader of the Liberal party, will be in Clinton on Thurs.. day evening, May 4. He will be the speaker at the annual dinner meeting of the Huron Liberal Association being held in' the Legion Hall that even- lag, President of the Huron Lib- erals is Andrew Y. McLean', Seaforth, publisher of the Hur- on Expositor, and former mem- ber for Huron at Ottawa. There will be no change in tax rate for taxpayers in the town of Clinton this year. Res- idential will continue at 78 mills, and commercial at 84 mills. There was no discussion of the budget when it was brought in for approval at council meeting on Monday night. This rate will raise a total of $190,142, required for 1961. The Hospital Auxiliary was given permission to stage a tag day in May, Building permits were auth- orized for John S. end W. Parker, liquor store on Maple Street, $35,000; to W. 13 akela- ar, for basement, $1,300; for L. Salzman, store front, $500; to W. Lee, eunporch, $150. The county rate is 13,506 mills; public school 23.95 mills; collegiate 14.54 mills; debent- ure retirement 4.31 mills, Councillor Norman Liver- more put hi O. word again in hope that something could be done to give residents in the trailer camp the, vote, Clerk a'ohn Livermore said, "You can't do it." Deputy Reeve M. S. Agnew asked for work done on the traffic lights at the main cor- ner So that they could be of some use to pedestrians, May- or Miller promised to see that something was dote, Councillor Donald Symons, head of the protection to per- sons and property conunittee, suggested nrrangenlent be Judge Frank Fingland, -char- ter president of the Clinton Lions Club, which was organ- ized! 25 years ego in April 1936, was one of the speakers at a Charter Night held by the club in the Legion Memorial Hall, Clinton, on Tuesday night. The Judge noted that 25 years is hot long in the life- span of an organization but it is a long time in the life of a man in service work. He spoke of three charter memb- ens of the club, H. C. Lawson, A, D. McCartney and F. B. Pennebaker, who are still ac- tive members. Frank Pennebaker deserved special mention, noted the Two Plead Guilty In Clinton Court Magistrate James Barnes, Toronto conducted court here on Tuesday, in place of Mag- istrate Glen Hays, Goderich. Crown Attorney W. Bushfield, Wingham was present. James McClure, 52, RR 4, Goderich pleaded guilty to 'a charge under Sec. 67 of the Highway Traffic Act, coming from a private driveway and failing to yield right of way to highway traffic. He was fined $20 and costa. An •acci- dent had occurred on Victoria Street near the Post Office. Phillip Jensen, 19, RCAF Station Clinton had driven a 1951 car in collision with a 1961 vehicle ,at the corner of Huron and Orange Streets on March 23. He pleaded guilty to failing to yield the right of way ,and was fined $10 and costs. made to instal a lavatory for the use of the fire department. He also asked that a proper survey be made before the new street lights ere installed. He felt. that to put them on the present poles would not be too efficient. Councillor George Rumball, head of the streets department reported that $446 had been paid to cut down 80 trees. Northing had been received for the sale of wood, in fact Mr. Rumball felt the town was for- tunate in having the wood hauled away without that costing more, Deputy Reeve Agnew com- mented, "What are you doing with those trees, pensioning them off?" Councillor Symons brought up the subject of $40 spent to make an office in the town garage,. for use of the streets men. He noted that signposts had been cut up and used to build this office. "We should have spent that money to buy gravel for the part of Maple Street that a delegation asked for to-night." Judge, because he has been treasurer every year since the club was -chartered, except one year when he was president (1940-41) when H. M. Mon- teith, then manager of the Bank of Montreal branch here served as treasurer. Judge Fingland also recalled Ed Reacting and Hal Meier, who were present the the char- ter night 25 years ago, and also were attending this an- niversary. "In 1936 we were gradually crawling out of a depression," commented His Honour. "A Mr. Lachance was sent to Clinten by the Ontario division of Lions International to work up interest in a club here." Ac- cording to Judge Fingland, this Mr. Lachance was a re- markable man for his efforts in bringing Lionism to Clinton in the '30s. The Judge read the names of the deceased members of the Lions Charter members .and a minute's' silence was ob- served in their memory. About 125 persons attended the silver anniversary of Lion- ism iv Clinton, with ten clubs in the are represented. Past President E, Beecher Menzies was chairman of the affair. President M. McAdam wel- comed the guests. Clinton Kinsmen Club presi- dent Ken Scott, Brucefield, in- troduced the members of Kin present. Mayor W. J. Miller attended. Also present were S/L M. Robertson, RCAF Station Clinton and Russell Grainger, R.R. 2, Zurich, Deputy Governor, George Fills, president of the Goderich Club told of 16 Goderich Lions coming to (continued on page 12) Councillor Rumball stated that the office could be of some use to the men. "It will be warmer in winter." Mr. Rum- ball said the men had used a bad day to take down a par- tition from upstairs in the gar- age, and this was used, but they had not •gattert permission to use the 4x4' for joist. Deputy Reeve Agnew com- mented. "Something should be done about our, streets; They're not like cats. They don't clean themselves." Mr. Rumball replied that this was the next project, now that the snow was away. (The st- reets were swept on Wednes- day.) There was conSiderable . dis- cussion about the work of the streets men: 'that they should be able to work outside more, regardless of the weather; that they should do things on their own, not waiting to he told every step of the way, etc, The tender of Levis Con- tracting Co. Ltd, was accepted for providing gravel, cold and hot mix, etc, for town streets this summer. According to IleeVe Melvin Crick there are no families on relief in town; and only one payment going to Ilamilton. A lot on Wellington Street was sod to J. H. Murphy for was sold to 1 H. Murphy for cost .of transfer of ownership. 'William Edgar was given a licence for One pinball Medi- irie, Planning Board Needed Growing Pains in Clinton Roads, Services-Who Pays? DISTRICT LIONS ATTEND Clinton Lions Club Hold 25-Year Charter Night Though the Township of St- anley has terminated its ar- rangement with the Town of Clinton for fire protection, and asked for return of the $100 retaining fee mailed to the town office, Clinton willreturn only part of it. Council de- cided to keep $25 for the pro- tection already given in the first quarter of the year. At town council meeting on Monday night word was receiv- ed from both Tuckersmith and Stanley Township that they no longer require fire protection from the town fire depantnient, Hullett Township has agreed to the increased rate of $200 a year retaining fee. Goderich Township has not yet reached a decision, The Council asked` for a copy of the agreement which ,Clinton ex- pected 'them to sign, before they made their decision. County of Huron, which un- til now has made use of the town tire department, with a direct connection with the al- arm system hi Clinton, has not yet 'agreed to increased rates for protection of the County Home. Fire Protection Contracts Still are "Hanging Fire" Lions International Speakers at Clinton Club's 25th Anniversary The 25th Anniversary Of Lionism bi Clinton was celebrated Tuesday evening when Lions International guests and 125 district Lions from ten clubs were present at the 25-Year Charter Night banquet, The event was held in Clinton Legion Hall and catered to by the Ladies Auxiliary to the Legion, Shown here are visit- ing Lions and their Clinton hosts, From the left, Russell Grainger, RR 2, Zurich, Deputy District Governor, :Region a; E. Beecher Menzies, past president of Clinton Lions Club and chairman of charter night committee; Prank A. Bartlett, Hamilton, director of Lions International; Morley McLean, Orangeville, District Governor, District A-0; and Mitch McAdam, president of the 25-year-old Clinton Club. (News-ttecord Photo) Delegate on FAME At a meeting in Toronto last Fri'day, J. Carl Hemingway was elected to a delegate to FAME, Fernier% Allied Meat Enterprises Ltd. A meeting will be held in Toronto on April 'to cleft officers for this co-operative. Town Council' in Action In order to be fair the other townships, Tuckersmith will be billed $25 for the coverage for the first quarter of the year. 0 Supply Teacher Hired at CDCI Because of illness of Miss Cathy Haig, which is expected to prevent her from taking up teaching duties at CDCI until the first of June, the board has hired Miss Patricia Diebel to teach in her stead until then. Absences of teachers from the CDCI during the past month has totalled 46 days, in all, Enrolment at the end of March according to Principal D. John Cochrane's report to the board last night, was 553, with an average attendance of 96.81 percent. Mr. Sneider and Mr. Fleming have resigned to seek positions elsewhere. Hired for the fall term are R. Mann to teach geo- graphy and history; Miss Bar- bara Boyd to teach girls physic- al training and junior history.