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Clinton News-Record, 1961-11-23, Page 1(AV W,IXA- OUG 'IW HANDS. F °acrge CoWan, apt I,ondeshean , we have •at hand .a sheaf• of. papers about 50 years old One of them is 60 years Apparently Jack Lee bought budding from Fred Johnston at Londesbero, and in removing some papers from benhaf a mirror, apparen+tly put 'there for packing, discovered that they were too olds to throw away He also found a ,book a- bout. buggy man;ufaeturing,, dat- ed 1$84..., * * GEORGE COMMENTS ON the difference in prices , . we note thatshirtwats (nowadays they are blouses) were priced at $3.00 at Newcombe's, with specials at 35 cents ... Hodes gears Bros. offered straw hats at 25 cents and boys wash suits at 75 cents ... Boys bathing trunks were 15 cents, . * * THEY COUNTED VOTES PR- etty closely in 1903 , .. Ap- parently knowing how many liberals 'there were in any one riding ... A note in the News - Record states that a gerry- mander which threw East Wa- ss h into Huron East riding wanhIi on would add at.least '75 votes t the 'liberal; strength, in the Hu, ron West . . *� * HERE'S SOMETHING ELSE that happened in 1903: A. T. Cooper went to Port Huron by the 4.15 pan. train Tuesday to meet a New York Commercial man and reached home on the 10,15 train the next morning. It was e. quick run and in or- der 'to make a connection at . Sarnia he had to engage a boatman to row him across the river to Port Huron, the hour being too early for the ferry ... * * * ONE OF THE ECHOES IN "The Blue Bell" suggests, "Th- ings could be worse ... Sup- pose your errors were counted and published every day like those of a baseball player .. . * * * HAVE A IE`1 ot:;tL FROM Mrs. D. W. M. Ross request- ing information about Joseph Whitehead ... member of par- liament in 1867 . • and a Clintonian . We know he was the first reeve of the in- corporated village of Clinton . back : in 1858:..:." and he is reported to have been "a great power in the development of the community ... the father in-law. of Mrs•...Ross. is a grand- son of this Mn Whitehead; and in his a81s't year as fascinated by the hobby of ancestor - hunting . This grandson lives in Edmonton, Alberta ... And so, with Canada's centen- ary coming up, Mrs. Ross, his daughter-in-law is doing some researching for him. be- cause this ancestor Whitehead was in Canada's first parlia- ment .. . * * * NOW WE HOPE WE'VE ST- raightened out that relation- ship ... without making it mare confusing . . , Mrs, Ross has a classified advertisement in this week's issue of the pa- per ... and any help Clinton- ians can be, she will much ap- preciate .. Busy Building On Albert Street For Laundeteria This week Antoine "Reda, Germ began work renovating the former premises of the Cl- inrton News -Record at 63 Al- bert Street. This 'two-storey building has a modern two- bedroom apartment upstairs. Mr. Garan, Who owns and operates Clinton. Laundry and Dry Cleaners Ltd.. and the Speed -Wash on Kung •Street, plans to move the Speed Wash equipment to the new location, as soon as rposaible. He will then be able to offer more space to custoniers making use of the electric washers and dryers, and probably be able to install; more units. The property was purchased from Richmond S. Artkey, Anna prior, r - prior, who sold his interests in the Clinton News -Record tri 1952, The ,lower floor has been vat:ant since the News -Record moved • accents the street in the spring of 1960. Open House! Mr. and Mrs, frank W. An- rews will be at horiie to their friends and acquaintances at 45 George Street, on Satthrday, Decentber 2, frons 2.30 to 5 pan. and 7 to 9 p.tn,, on their 50th wedding anniversary, (No gifts' please). The WIN`eek`s Weather 1961 1960 I#igh `Lew 1ligh Low NOV. 16 57 84 58 46 17 47 30 48 35 18 35 28 45 32- 19 20• 10 46 30 20 32 23 47 36 21 87 23 •48 32 22 88 25 52 32, Rain: .62 int Akin .10 1riS. Shove: 5 ins. THE NEW ERA,,- 94th YEAR r THE HURON RECORD Eoth YEAR No.. 47 -- The Home Paper with the News • CLINTON',ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMSER 23, 1961 $3,00 Per Yeer--]Dc Pet Copy --,12 Pages Former Store to be Moved Paterson's Store, as this building has been known in recent years, at the corner of Highway 4 and the county road at Brucefield, was recently sold by Cecil Simpson to the Ontario Department. of Highways. Aspart of a plan to clear the corner of buildings which were too close to the highway, the Department has now sold the store to George Clifton, Kippen. Mr. Clifton will move the building onto another location, probably in the village and plans to remodel it into an apartment house. This is the last of the four corners to be modernized at Brucefield (News -Record Photo) Championship Ball Team Feted by Legion, Town A particularly well run even- ing in the Legion Memorial Hall, Kink Street, Saturday night was staged by- Clinton Branch 140, Royal Canadian Legion, to honour the Juvenile baseball 'team which brought Clinton its first OBRA champion- ship this summer. James Gra- Large Conference On Education Now in Windsor Onesof the biggest' and most far rea.ahing educational con- ferences ever held in Ontario is being held. in Windsor from Wednesday, November 22 until Saturday, November 25. More than one thousand teachers, school trustees, other educators and representatives of business, labour and agriculture meet. Chairman of the conference will be John A. Eaman, master of the Landon Teachers College Staff and president of the On- tario Association for Curriculum Development. The OACD was asked to set up the conference and has been assisted by near- ly every other major education- al group in the province. Delegates from Huron County will include Clarence A. Trott, principal of A/V/M Hugh Campbell Public School; Hen- derson King, principal of the J. A. McCurdy Public School, RCAF Station Centralia are at- tending the conference from the Huron Local of the Ontario Public School, Men Teachers Federation. ham, president of the branch was chairman of the affair. Members of the team took part. Ron Livermore offered the toast to the Queen and John Jacob the toast to the parents. Charles Bartliff of- fered the ,treani'm thanks to the Ladies Auxiliary for the ban- quet meal. Ken Engelstad thanked the guest speaker. Introduced by Hugh R. Hawkins, 0: W. "Mike" Wei- chel made an 'impressive and interesting .addres'si: He was an athlete in his youth, play- ing senior sports at his town of Elmira before World War. 1. He ',earned °•the Distirigu1shed Conduct Medal and the .Coron- otic= Medal, and he also wears the Legion's top honour, the Medal of Merit, Mr. Weichel is a Boy Scout official and an eider of his church, and has served official- ly on 'the OMHA and the OBA. In his capacity of Member of Parliament .for Waterloo North Mr. Weichel is credited with making the ozdginal speech in the House of .Commons which brought about the five million dollar grant system to promote amateur sport in Canada. The WOAA trophy and crests were presented by Jim Inglis, president of the WOAA. The OBA trophy and crests were presented by J. Douglas Thorn- dike. Mayor William J. Miller an- nounced the intention of the town to present rings with the town crest to each of the anem- bers of the team. Gifts of jack- ets were presented by 3. Gra- ham from the Legion, (Continued on Page 12) Leader of New Democratic Party Will Address Huron Federation Donald C. MacDonald, leader of the New Democratic Party will address members, of the. Huron Federation of Agricul ture at the annual meeting in Londesboro ;Community Hall. The program for the day in - eludes a dinner for directors of the federation and their wives' at moon. •Follow ng this the meeting will proceed 1n rbhe hall upstairs, with the speaker ` placed early tri the Pregrar , Following the address by.11Mr. MacDonald, (member .for York South) there are sepattate meetings planned for the 'lad- ies and men, during which i`ut' - Cher discussion will take place, and then officers will be elect- ed. Warren Zubrigg is coinplet- ing his second' year as president of the Huron group. Two years is the customary term for president. Other officers are: first vice-president, Gordon Greig„ Wroxeter; second vice- president, Elmer Ireland, Wing- hani lady director, Mrs. Alex McGregor, Kippen; Junior Far- mer director, Murray Gaunt, Wingham, Each township has one direc- tor and one lady director. Board Ccntinues Plans For New Hospital Wing Members of the board. of Clinton Public Hospital are continuing plans for the new wing of the building; to begin construction in the spring. On Monday, •chairman Harold; C, Lawson, with Robert B. Camp-' tell ansuperintendents . lyf; W. R. Phinney and Miss Tay Elliott visited Huronview toslee especially the kitchen, and laundry arrangernents. Plans; are •also being made to visit hospitals at St, Marys and at Listowel, which have recently completed sections with modern kitchens and nth+ er new equipment Superintendent Mrs, Phut, Will Receive No Emergency Kits Tilt` Town heady Emergency kits available from the Department of National Defence at, Ottawa, could be obtained by. the Clin- ton Public Hospital,.:, if ;the town were organized : praperiy; with art Emergency Meas n• ori do. ,, Or. iza " n ',Comment t situation was • made at the meeting of Clinton Public Hos- pital Board on Monday even- ing. Lengthy discussion was held concerning the •advantage of organization for disaster here. 3, Murphy pointed out that probably the need here is for organization to deal with re- fugees coming from the city of London, or other metropolitan areas. "What would we do, with 50,000 people corning into this area, without plans made for direoting them, and people trained in the manner of direct- ing traffic, and emergency sup- plies of food," said he. "There would be possibility that these refugees had been exposed to radiation we should have a plan for action." Mr. Murphy also pointed out that when the town was or- ganized, emergency kits would be .available to •the Fire De- partment, the Police Depart- ment and other official groups. ney reported a busy month of October . with 24 babies born, and an overflow of patients ,re- quiring use of beds in the hall at banes. She reported that • the staff had presented Ray Fear with a Gladstone bag at his retirement. Mr. Fear has been assisting his successor Fired McDonald, as relief on Mr. McDonald's days off, Registered nurse Mrs. Carl Powell has Ieft the staff of the hospital to work in Dr. J. A. Addison's office, Miss Marie Lee, Reg. N., has join- ed the hospital staff. New beds and furniture have been added to one of the semi- private rooms. Beard member J. Murphy suggested contacting the On- tario ntario Department of Highways at Stratford to erect signs on Highway 8 and Highway 4 in- dicating the location of the hos- pital. He noted that a new blue sign which the Depart- ment was using for this pur- pose seemed quite effective. E. Beecher Menzies was to attend the County Council meeting yesterday, November 22 to have theni consider mak- in fwther. func>s..availaible for. t'he neOzwin, -.�. g,w . 'Christmas decorations anthe hospital were authorized, in- cluditng several lighted 'trees in- side the building, and other lighting, outside. J. Murphy and the superintendent were Ieft in charge of this project. The staff party will be held in the nurses residence on December 20. Congratulations! Mr. and Mrs. Bert Alien, Londesboro, are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary on Thursday, November 30, WINS PRIZES AT .ROYAL WINTER FAIR Robert Fotheringharn, RR 3, Seaforth won first place with his white field beans at the Royal Winter Fair. William 3. Dale, RR 1, Clin- ton, of Dalevista Farms, earn- ed a first prize riibbon at the Royal Winter Fair with a senior bull eal'f named Dale - vista Peerless. Time to Select Officials Townships, Clinton and Bayfield All Nominate Nominations for officials in five rural municipalities • and the town of Clinton will be held this coming weekend, In all cases there will be nomina- tions opened for council and in most there will be school board members needed. In Clinton the public utilities cam- missionera ,also must be select- ed. To -,morrow nominations . will be held in the afternoon for the Townships . of Goderich, }Juliet and Stanley, all between the hours of one and two o'clock. In the evening Bay- field 1 e d vzl age will' name oaixdi.- dates for the trustee board :be- tween 7 and 8 p.m,. Nominations in Tuckea'srnith will be held on Monday, No- Vember 27 between 1 end 2 p.m. in the afternoon, In Clinton nominations will be received on Monday evening from 7,.30 to 8.30. In ,all cases meetings of the ratepayers will follow the period for nominations. Tradi- tionally this is the time when members of 'this year's councils, commission: an'd school boards report to the people their record of service. Those that are nominated state their in- tentions. to qualify, or not, and if they plan a campaign for an election, generally outline the platform upon which they plan to operate in 1962. Financial reports are gener- ally circulated during these meetings, so that ratepayers can discuss the various pro- jects, and consider whether or not they feel they have been receiving value for their money. All ratepayers have the pr iv- ilege of attending these meets ings. All have a duty of becom- ing familiar with the work be- ing .done in the community and the ,aims of those who are serv- ing them. Candidates must qualify for their positions before a stated time passsees, in other words they must sign qualification papers with the clerks of their municipalities. f'f this is not done then 'they forfeit the right World Council Speaker At Kin Civic -Press Night Bill Mickle, Henson, past Governor of District No. 1 and now chairman' of the district's World Council cammittee, was guest speaker at the Civic and Jackpot Won By Mrs, Cox Through Meat Market Buy Nina Thelma Cox, Princess Street, Clinton is the fortunate xvs lien' Of $50histhis week s big Jackpot dlraw • at the Clinton News -Record.. Mrs. Cox made her purchase at the Clinton Meat Market, one of the Jack- pot stares, The second big draw, for $15 was won by Milton Smith, 238 Victoria Street, on a ticket ob- tained with a purchase from Herb's Food Market. Both Mrs. Cox arid Mn. Smith may pick up their credit notes at the News -Record office any time, The weekly $5 cash draw was won by Mrs. D.J. Monroe, 6 Wiru ipeg Road, RCAF Sta- tion itation Clinton, on a ticket obtain- ed with a purchase at Beattie Furniture store. The final Jackpot is now un- der way, with draws to be made on November 28, December 5, 12 and 19 for $5 each. On December 19, the final 'big draws will be made for $50, and $15. 'Cheek the advertisements on page four to find the stores taking part in the News -Record Jackpot, Take advantage of the Press night of the Kinsmen Club of Clinton. His talk was "Kinsmen look forward—what does the future hold?" The speaker traced Kinsmen- ship insmenship from its beginning ire 1920 by Hal Rogers in Hamilton, to its, present 380 clubs with over 12,000 members. This is a Canadian service club only,' but bolds membership in the World Council of Service Clubs. The address was based on a World Council meeting in Toronto outlining the importance of service clubs in present world 'sitinstions~ i e' rlayed'recordings- of 'speeches made at this meet- ing. Mr. Mickle was introduced .by Malt Edgar and thanked by Percy Pugh. At . the business meeting which followed the banquet, Bill Chowen reported that aver $330 net profit was rearliaed from the recent peanut sales. Bob Welsh and Ken One -lick were ,appointed the Kinsmen members of the athletic as- sociation now being formed in Clinton. Mr. Clynick gave a resume of the sect -up as out- lined .art a recent meeting and announced the next meeting as Wednesday, December 6 at the Legion Hall. The Kinsmen have begun col- lecting used toys for repair, (continued on page 12) baztgains they offer. Make sure all of your tickets are placed in the jackpot 'box in the News - Record some time before six p.m. on December 19. That will mark the end of the event. to serve the municipality that -named them. If not sufficient of those nominated actually qualify, then 0, second nominaa tion day would have to be set, and the nominations• called again, Election Promised At Least One 'Newcomer' to Run An election was promised last asweek by Councillor Herb Bridle at the foal meeting of Clinton council prior to nomin- ation day, Though Mr. Bridle chid not indicate for which post he intended to compete, the 'presumption is, either for councillor, or for the mayor's chair. At least one newcomer is intending to look for a seat on council this year. Allan E11'iot�t 204 Tawnsezxd Street, who was a candidate last year, and pal- led a total of 175 votes, pians to carne out again. Mr. Elliott is a civilian in- structor at RCAF Station Cl- inton and has lived in town for four years. He is deeply'inter- ested in the well-being of the town, from the paint of view of the ratepayer. He feels •there is a "great amount of expenditure where the full val- ue of the dollar is not being obtained," and his thought is that there will be no need to increase taxes, if full value for the dall'ar is obtained. Mr. Elliott feels that a lar- ge percentage of businessmen • upon council is not good, and that council should be made up of a cross section of the peo- ple living in town, "He would like to make the .town more favourable place for the loca- tion of industry Registered - P Pugs Die in Fire At Len Hunter's Mr. and Mrs. Len Hunter, Mary Street, lost two register- ed female pug dogs on Tues- day night when fire broke out in the kennel. The tenby-ten foot building was destroyed. Lights had gone out in the Hunter kitchen and Mn. Hunt- er went to replace the fuse. The second :fuse blew and he went outside to see what was wrong, He found the kennel smoking, and when he opened the door the structure burst into flame. The telephone at the Hunter home was out of working ord- er, and they went next door to call the fire department from the Graydon Neal home. Fire- men quelled the blaze, but were unable to save the dogs. FALLING BRICK ON MAIN STREET CRUSHES CARS in the middle of a heavy rain squall on Thursday morning, November 16, a section of the wall of one of the Larger buildings in Clin- ton's ,buSiness section crumb- led and fell, narrowly missing at least one man, and caus- ing damage to the roofs of three cars. Norman Counter had been dawn the street from his jewellery shop on Isaac Street, and had renamed through the rain. He stood in his door -way undecided for a moment whether to go in or not, and had ,just reached With his key toward the lack, When suddenly brick and timber fell on the sidewalk behind h th. Mr. Counter re- ports the sound Was like thunder, end the dust x•istng roundhim, made him think first of an earthquake. Mr. Counter's building was not liffeeted, About three feet of the top of the building owned by ltoy Tyndall, and for a distance of 30 feet tloxig' the top, had don* tinnbliang down. 'This la a mak wait •Styled with a sif 1 t Writing, in the man- ner of construction 80 years ago. Mr. Tyndall was in the building at the time, in one of the apartments upstairs. One of the damaged cars Was owned by Mr, Tyndall. The other two belonged to Mrs. Eva Welbank, Londes- boro and James Donald Scott, 18, RR 1, Blyth. Total dam- age was estimated, at least $2,000. At right Mr. Tyndall stands in Counter Jewellery Store doorway stirveying dam- age. The damaged stere includes en the ground floor the Sup- erior hood Store operated by Reuben Brubacher and a vac- ant store, forreerly occupied by Ray Dupuis, the Shoe Hospital. SeVeral apartments are oh the second floor. Cn recommendation of Mayor W. J. Miller a Cheek of other buildings' was made Saturday by Building Thence - tor Grant Rath, Who is also the town's Sire Chief. Assist- fang hint were assistant Chief Ittobert Draper and I•Ioward Cowan, carpenter, ,iso a member of the Pire Depart - moat. Mr. Rath reports that they found nothing in need of major repair, but found sev- eral items which he will draw to the attention of building owners. The noise of the falling brick and timbers was quite loud, and folk in the Post Office a block away, report their first thought was that a ,bomb had been dropped. Repairs were started yes- terday on the building. The area has been barricaded from pedestrian traffic since noon on Thursday,