Clinton News Record, 1955-02-03, Page 1 Gje frfst
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(By W. D. D.)
BRUSSELS HAS A SIMPLE WAY
of attracting interest and atten-
tion, to their fall fair . The an-
nual meeting follows a turkey ban-
quet seating 100 persons and a
guest speaker of some renown , , .
The event is one of the social
highlights of the village year , .
Fall fair dates were set at Sep-
tember 29 and 30 , Without
doubt the 100 folk who attended
the dinner are going to be inter-
ested in the fair',. .
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THE PEOPLE OF ,SEAFORTH
do not figure on waiting another
century to celebrate with a home-
coming Plans are underway
now for an Old Boys' Reunion for
this summer .. ,
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SEVERAL FALSE ALARMS have
been reported to the office of the
Clinton police concerning the big
dog, "Kurt .. The big German
Shepherd dog has been missing
from his home above the -News -
Record office for - nearly three
weeks . . Considered a valuable
animal . and a well -loved
children's pet, as well, 'his owner
is very anxious t .recover him...
As yet, any of the clues the police
have received have led to no sue
cess at. all , , ,
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A RATHER UNUSUAL THING
happened last week+.. A letter
from a -subscriber renewed her sub-
scription . and theri put a
P.S.: "The extra 50 cents is for
the exchange in money and hand-
ling of check, which I trust is in
order" , We certainly think
that this deserves comment , . ,
especially in an age when the mat-
ter of courtesy in adding sufficient
for exchange has generally been
overlooked Thank you
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WE SNIPPED THIS STORY from
the Dundalk Herald , , . It was too'
Rood to pass over without re -print-
ing, even though the three pub-
lishers of the News -Record are
"dour Scots" themselves ... "Why
do you rarely see bagpipes in pawn
shops?" asks a paragrapher ,
"Most likely," replied his 'Irish
counterpart, "when a bagpipe is
found to be of no further use as a
musical instrument the thrifty
owner fills it with onion and oat-
meal, boils it and calls it haggis."
Mrs. G. Saville, 91,
Celebrates Quietly
At Her Home Here
Mrs. George Saville quietly cele-
brated her 9Ist birthday on Satur-
day, at her home on Rattenhury
Street West. a. She lives alone and
takes care of her winter fires,
shovelling snow from the steps
and doing the other chores about
the house.
She is the oldest of six children
orn to Mr. and Mrs, James Web-
-ter, early immigrants from Scot -
and. She was married to George
dwin Saville, who died in 1946.
•ne brother, Joseph Webster, also
.f R.attenbury Street, is the young'-
st of the family, and Mrs, Saville's
n]y surviving relative,
About 65 friends called at her
ome on her birthday, and• she re-
vived many gifts of flowers and
rood things to eat, iucluiling a ear -
1 of fruit from Mr. and Mrs.
john Kennedy, Toronto. A tele -
tram was received from Toronto.
Assisting her in. receiving guests
ere Mrs. 3. Batkin, Mrs. J. Me -
a1, Mrs. T. J. Watt, IVJ;rs. Lock
art, Mrs. Laidlaw, Mrs. F. F)ng-
and, Mrs. George Beattie, Mrs,
-erah Radford, Mrs. William Rad-
ord and Mrs. Douglas Bartliff. •
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ar Accidents
ithin
The Town
An accident in Clinton Friday
afternoon as reported by Chief
Joseph Ferrand, resulted in $100
damage to a 1955 model car own-
ed by Ross McEwan, Clinton. A
car driven by Sam Spencer, RR 1,
Clinton, turning out from a park
ng space on, the east side of Al-
bert Street, pulled into the path
of the McEwan car, No charges
Were laid. The car was repaired
and, Mr. and Mrs, Ross McEwan
left on Saturday for .a winter va-
cation in Florida.
Last Thursday, some damage
occurred to a passenger car driven
by Stanislaus Smythe, RCAF Sta-
tion' Clinton, who was driving
north on Highway 4, jest north of
the railway tracks, drove into the
back of a wrecker owned by Knox
Williams,
On the same day, a truck driven
by Wallace Conkey, Galt, proceed-
ing east on Ontario Street„turned'
left into the path of a car driven
by Ray Potter who was preparing
to overtake the truck. About $91
damage was done to the car.
Charges for failingto signal will
be laid against Conkey,
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THE NEW ERA• -90th YEAR
No. 5—The Home Paper With the News
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1955
Officers Graduate from RCAF Station
Shown here are graduates of
the Technical Armament Offic-
ers course No. 28 during the
graduation ceremony held • at
RCAF Station ,Clinton last
Thursday. Kneeling (left to
right) are F/O W. Pullishy,
_F/L H. B. Smith, FJL R. Fowl-
er, F/O A. Tama (staff in-
structor), P/0 P. L. Day, F/0
J: Campbell and F/L W. J. Mul-
len. Standing (left to right)
S/L Z. R. Charko, G/C H. C. Ash-
down, Commanding Officer of
RCAF Station Clinton, F/L K.
T. MacKinnon, F/L G. C. West-
on, P/0 A. L. Crewe F/O E.
R. '.Chappell, and F/O J. E.
Savary.
Visible in the background is a
"Tiamat” Guided Missile which
the staff of the Radar and Com-
munications School unveiled dur-
ing the ceremony as a symbol of
the future , employment of the
graduates of this course.
The Technical Armament Of-
ficers Course is given in two
phases, the first part of four
months duration at RCAF Sta-
tion Clinton and the remainder
at RCAF Station Camp Borden.
At Clinton the graduates studied
Electronics and Radar as applied
to armament and at Camp Bor-
den they will complete their
course with practical work on
modern armament equipment.
F/O Savary has been a mem-
ber of the International Broth-
erhood of Magicians for a num-
' ber of years, and he will long
be remembered by many in the
Clinton district for his fine per-
formances in the art of magic.
S/L Charko and F/L Fowler
both received promotions while
on course at Clinton. F/O Toma,
with his 'wife and family live at
Bayfield.
Council Refuses Requests
Stays With Earlier Terms
In special session last Friday
night, Clinton Council refused a
request for a raise in wages to
the town's constables, and voted
six to two in favour of an earlier
agreement which lowers the per
hour wage (approx.) seven cents.
The motion made by Deputy
Reeve Burton Stanley and second-
ed by Reeve Mei Crich, stated,
"having due consideration to the
general wages in- Clinton, the in-
crease in the overall costs for the
police department in the last five
years and the mill rate in Clinton
be it resolved that the wages and
conditions as set out in the letter
to the police constables on January
14, be adhered to "
These conditions stipulate that
the annual wage of $2,450 per man
be raised $50; that each member
of the force maintain a telephone
in his residence at his own ex -
complete 24-hour three menA. give
completeday protection
to the town; two weeks holidays
with pay; each man on duty to be
in the office when not patrolling
the. streets. The agreement setting
forth these conditions had been
handed to the constables with the
request that they either sign the
agreement, or resign.
Following is a resume of events
leading up to this meeting, as pre-
sented to Council last. week:
Conditions had been set out at a
meeting of council in committee of
the whole on January 12. The
'police department did not approve
them, and sent a letter to the po-
lice committee requesting a meet-
ing to bargain. On the same morn-
ing that this letter was received,
a meeting of the committee was
called and the police were asked
to attend, Spokesman Chief Fer-
rand, asked for an adjournment,
and was curtly refused by Mayor
M. J. Agnew, chairmanof the pc -
lice committee. The policemen
walked out of this meeting.
A second letter went from the
Police force to the committee ask-
ing for permission to bargain. Con-
ditions they suggested were as fol-
lows; a 448 hour work week with
weekly rest days; statutory holi-
days and two weeks annual vaca-
tion with pay; a spare man to.
cover weekly rest days and all
holidays; a phone in . each man's
residence to be paidfor by 'the
town; consideration forr changing
the present annuity plan to ;a
straight pension plan; a raise of
$250 in salary to bring each man's
wage nearer to that paid in other
centres; a salary schedule for fu -
Clinton Branch of Cancer
Socxet
j Hold
.1 ,
Annual Meeting;See Educational '
anal Film
'''Learn and Live" is one slogan
by which the Cancer Society of
Canada lives. The Clinton Branch
of the .Perth -Huron Unit of the
Society is fast gaining more know-
ledge of the work with which the
society deals,
At 'the annual meeting of the
Branch (which was formed last
fall), John Stratton, Stratford,
showed an educational film on the
growth and treatment of cancer,
Then he explained in detail many
of the phases of the work which
the branch may expect to do. He
stressed the importance of telling
the general public the danger signs
and the method of going about
getting treatment. The purpose of
the society is to make people con-
scious of the disease so that more
cases may be, caught in their early
The Weather
1955 1954
High Low High Low
Jana 27 17 8 32 14
28 12 4 16 2
29 13 9 30 0
30 16 10 31 1531 '
Feb. 1 28 15 8 32 108
2 16 *1 33 21
Snow; 12 ins. Snow: 8 ins,'
' Below Zero
stages when cures can more,easily
be effected.
Mrs. N. Forbes (representative
from the Summerhill Ladies' Club)
vice-president of, the branch, was
in charge of the meeting. Secre-
tary Benson Sutter (representative
from the IOOF) read the minutes
of the organization meeting, Presi-
dent Ross Merrill (representative
from the• Happy Doubles Club. of
Ontario Street United Church)-re-
ported
hurch) re-
p kited on the regional conference
which he had attended in London.
on December 18.
Stratton mentioned that last year
the Perth -Huron Unit had raised
$15,181,' making top collections
percentage -wise amongst all other
units. This year the quota is
$15,000.
George Reid; (representing the
Stanley Township. Federation of
Agriculture) was appointed that
township's representative on the
executive.
John Stratton conducted c d an in-
stallation of officers: Ross Merrill,
president; Mrs,. N. Forbes, vice-
president; `Benson Sutter, -secre-
tary-treasurer; Ken Armstrong,
Hallett Township; George Reid,
Stanley Township, and charged
the rest of the members: present
that they should not leave all the
work to the executive.,
ture years; a one -day -a -month
cumulative sick leave.
These figures were presented:
In 1954 the police force cost Clin-
ton $11,000, and the mill rate was
74. In 1955 the County has al-
ready asked for one more mill,
meaning approximately $1,900 to
(Continued on Page Ten)
Fire Brigade Elects
Officers; Inspects
Resuscitator Work
Clinton Fire Brigade, at their
regular monthly meeting nn Mon-
day evening re-elected their offic-
ers for another year. ' Those who
were ' re -appointed were; Chief,
Grant Rath; assistant chief, Frani:
Dixon; lieutenant, Robert Draper;
secretary -treasurer, Prank 34c -
Ewan; engineer, George Hanley.
Members of the eire company are:
Percy Livermore, , Theo Fremlin,
Royce Fremlin, Robert'Sehoenhais,
Joseph Murphy, Hector Kingswell,
Thomas Twyford, Dennis Bisback,
Robert Carter, Earl Reynolds,
Howard Cowan; Harry McEwan,
Alex Cudinore, Ken Cooke, Car-
man McPherson,
1tesuscltatoa Demonstrated
Graham Matthews; . National
Fire Equipment Company repre-
sentative, demonstrated a resus-
citator and stressed the manyin-
stances where this machine might
save a life. The company voted
to . give $25 to the Chamber of
Commerce who spearheaded a
•drive .for funds to •purchase a
resuscitator for Clinton.
Car Plates To Be Purchased
Identification plates sthat will be
attached to the Licence plates of
cars belonging to the membersof
the company will be purchased.
The plates are designed to help
police who are directing traffic
near a fire to identify firemen's
cars and so aid thent in traffic.
Chief Rath was directed ,to purch-
ase the plates as soon as a supplier
could be contacted.
' Fines Increased
A motion was approved whereby
fines to members missing a meet-
ing or a fire will be doubled from
50 cents to $1. Pay to firemen
attending out-of-townfires was
increased from $1 per hour. to $2,
was also passed.
Supplies Needed
Albert Shaddick, fire and water
chairman of the Clinton Town
Council attended the meeting and
was asked to approach council far
some new equipment for the brig-
ade. Items needed were: Scott
airpack, one coat, two pair of rub.
ber boots, two 50 -foot lengths . of
two and orae -half inch hose, a rope'
for the tower and a new nozzle
for the two and one -halt -inch hose.
lf'ay Increases Sought'
Firemen also voted to ask. the
council for an increase of $10 per
man per year.
``Newest Canadian" Tony Zabiocki
Tellsi
St®ry of War -Time Terrors
-Wednesday, February 2,-1955, to
many folk meaut anothersnowy
day in mid -winter, and the day
when sunshine was shunned for
fear some groundhog might step
out and see his shadow.
To Tony Zablocki, the day was
much more important. For on
Wednesday, he made a trip to
Goderich, and there received his
certificate of Canadian citizenship
before Frank Fingland, Judge of
the County Court of the County
of Huron.
Tony` is the genial steward at
the Officers' Mess at RCAF Sta-
tion Clinton, where he has worked
most of the time since he and his
Wife and daughter Theresa arrived
in the County in 1949. They live
near Londesboro, where they have
been welcomed into the community
life by their neighbours:'
To the casual observer, Tony is
a quiet, unassuming gentleman
with a slight accent, and a great
capagity for willing work. But the
storfof his life for the ten years
between mid -summer of 1939 and
May of 1949 when he arrived in
Canada, reads like a terrible ad-
venture story.
In 1939 this "newest Canadian"
was serving his country as a mem-
bei of the Polish Reserve Army,
and then was swept into that brief
and tragic five weeks of war be-
fore tiny Poiand was crushed by
the overwhelming forces of Ger-
many and Russia. After Poland
was captured, Tony tried to join
the Polish New Army being form-
ed in France, but. Russian police
caught him: at the border, and
Bnildi Program
ro r4$n1
Will g
B'ein
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In The Sprang
Regular voluntary donations to
the proposed building plan at On-
tario Street United Church have
brought funds to a level at which
it is considered advisable to begin
the work. Chairman of the build-
ing committee, George Lavis has
announced that work on the
$50,000 extension will get under
way as soon as weather permits.
The extension calls for a new
Sunday School assembly hall, lad-
ies' parlour, kitchen, chapel, vest-
ry and rooms for; Sunday School
purposes. A new heating plant
also will he installed. Besides the
extension, renovations to the pres-
ent S0 -year-old structure/ to the
total of $4000 to $5,000 are being
planned.
Other members of the building
cOmmittee are H. Ball, R. :Jervis,
F. Townsend, W. VanEgmond, D.
A. Kay, L. Batkin, B. J. Gibbings,
E. A. Fines, C. Doucette, B. Olde,
presidents of the WA, Girls' Club,
Happy Doubles, YPU, Men's ,Club,
Sunday School superintendent, and
chairman of the finance committee.
Elders appointed to the session
of Ontario Street Church at the
annual meeting held last week,
were Roy Tyndall, Bert Gibbings,
Francis Powell, W. x, Miller, W.
J. Piumsteel, F. Townsend and D.
A. Kay. They will serve until the
end of 1957.
Stewards appointed for three
year term to end in 1957 were A.
J. McMurray, A, M. Knight, R.
Wheeler. H. Squires, W. VanEg-
mond, Keith Tyrldal , G. Lavis, .
Merrill and Orval' SR
tanley,
without the 'privilege4., a bearing
in court, Tony was sentenced to
five years head labour in a Russian
internment camp. He was :in prison
for about a year before being sent
to Northern 'Russian (about 100
miles south of Ko]yma). In this
northern camp, Tony remembers
the short days, the long bitterly
cold nights, the shortage of food,
and the hard work he and his
companions were forced to do.
In the spring .of •1941, however,
the friendliness between Russia
and Germany changed to war, and
Russia (under pressure from the
Polish Government, exiled in Lon-
don, England) opened the doors of.
her prisons to free thousands of
Poles. Tony, half-starved", and.
worn by the heavy work in the
Russian bush, was released and he
joined" the Polish Army, which,
later moved to Iran, to Palestine,
to Egypt and to. Iraq.
As a member of the Polish and
Corps (part of the British Eighth
Army) Tony fought all 'through
the campaign in Italy, which fin-
ally took over the ruins of Monte
Cassino monastery and opened the
way to Rome for the Allied Forces.
It was in Italy that Tony met
and married Miloslawa (Milly for
short) who Was, herself a Warrant
Officer with the Polish .Army.
Later they were both honourably
discharged in England, '
Very much aware of what life
in Poland under Communist rule
was like, they chose Canada as
their new home. Here, as Tony
says, -he is ''building a brighter
future for himself and his family.
When he picked +up his certifi-
cate of citizenship.in Goderich, he
became a, Canadian. After his ex-
perience under the tyranny of
Communist Russia, .Tony places
high value on the freedom and
the high standard of daily life in
Canada.
-COMING EVENTS
4c a word, minimum 75e
Friday, Feb. '4 --For your danc-
ing pleasure, new and' old time
music, Clinton Legion Hall, Kirk
Street. Beautiful floor; refresh-
ments; ample parking; music by
Huron Ramblers. Admission 50c
per person. 5-b
Reserve Friday night for, danc-
ing in Crystal Palace Ballroom,
Mitchell. The Night Hawks are
furnishing the music. 1-13-b.
Friday, February 4—Oyster Sup-
per, 6.30 p.m. Knox Church Aud-
itorium, Goderich. Outstanding en-
tertainment. Adults $1.00, child-
ren 50c. Sponsored by Knox
Church Men's. Club.4-5-b
Wednesday, February r9— Play
"Miss Molly", Varna Town Hall,
8,30 p.m. Presented by Turner's
YPU. Admission! 50c and, 25c.
Sponsors; Goshen W.A.' 4-5-b s
Saturday, Feb. 12—Bazaar and
afternoon tea, ' in St. Andrew's t
Presbyterian Church, 3-5. Admis-
sion 45c, Sponsors: Girls' Club.
Tuesday, Feb. 15 -- Valentine
Party, St. Paul's' Parish Hall; ..8
pm. Lots of prizes, lots` of fun,
Ladies please bring sandwiches for
two. Everybody welcome; silver
collection: Sponsors: Go -Getters'
Club, 5-6-b
Sat., July 16 - Baking Sale in
Hayfield Town Hall. Sponsored by t
Goshen WA. 5-b f
Read'About. The
Vicious Killer;
Begins This Week
On Page Two of thus week's
issue appears the first in a
series of five' articles originally
written for publication in the
Toronto Telegram, on the vic-
ious killer: cancer. In co-
operation with the recently
formed Clinton Era nch of the
Canadian Dancer Society, we
are pleased to present these
quite readable articles on a
most important subject.
CLINTON POLICE SEEK
HELP FROM ONTARIO '
POLICE ASSOCIATION
Clinton Policemen have placed
the matter of bargaining for
more'wages and better work-
ing conditions in the hands of
the Police Association of On-
tario. No word from the As-
sociation has yet been receiv-
ed.
THE NEWS -RECORD -74th YEAR
6 cents of copy = $2.50 a year
(DCI Student Suffers'
Fractured Lert L -
Popular
1 young basketball star.la truck, also going south,. when it
struck the boy,
The collision knocked Porter in-
to the snow at the side of the
highway, and scatteredtheschool -'
books, pencils and drawing instru-
ments he was' carrying along, the
way.
Porter was attended by Dr, J, A.
Addison, Clinton; and was taken to
Clinton Public Hospital, where it
was discovered -that the, left fibula
was broken, and he is at present
at home in a walking cast.
Charges will be laid...
at CDCI, and president this year
of Students' Council, there, Ken-
neth Porter suffered a broken leg
on Monday evening, when he was
in collision with a taxi cab.- He is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. - Reg.
Porter; RR 5, Clinton.
The accident occurredanear the
corner ,ot Victoria Terrace and
Victoria Street as the 16 -year-old.
boy. was walking home at about.
six o'clock in the evening. Porter
was walking on the left side of
the road, going south. The taxi-
cab, owned by Clarke Stanley and
driven by Wilfred Bezzo„was pro-
ceeding in the same direction. Ac-
cording to Chief J. Ferrand, the
text was in the act of overtaking
Quick, Thinking Constable
Arrests two Jail -Breakers
About 20 pedestrians who hap-
pened to be at the main, - inter-
section here this morning at 7.45
were witnesses to the single-hand-
ed capture of two men escaped
from the County Jail at Goderich.
Moving swiftly from the -police
cruiser parked beside the Bank of
Montreal,. Constable R. Timleck
stepped to the middle of the inter-
section to intercept a taxi ap-
proaching from Goderich on High-
way 8. He signalled the car to'a
stop, at the same time recognizing
one of the men as Joseph McKay.
As the car came to a stop the
second man, George ' Mulholland,
London, opened the rear door of
the cab, and began to. run down
Hume Street.
Constable Timleck drew his gun.
Mulhdiand stopped at once with
his hands up, and the constable
ordered both men to the cruiser,
Seating one in the beefs seat and
one in the front, Timleck drove
back to the police office. He phon-
ed the Ontario- Provincial Police
at Goderich, and by the time they
arrived had dompleted asearch of
the two escapees. Each man had
$60 which they had taken from
the guard t the jail,
James Joseph McKay was serv-
inga term of four months for ob-
taining merchandise and money
under false pretenses, here in
Clinton, He is wanted also, by
RCMP. in Western Canada, for
similar offences, and by authorities
Mrs. L. McKinnon
Now Chairman
Of Libras Board
V
The annual meeting of the Clin-
ton Library Board was held in the
library' on Tuesday evening. B. J.
Gibbings presided. Present were
Miss M, A. Stone, secretary; Mrs.
L. M. McKinnon, Dudley Pegg,
Melvin Crich, representative. of
Clinton Town Council; and the
librarian Miss Evelyn Hall: Absent
Were Miss Edna Jamieson and Wil-
liam Corson, -
The officers appointed for the
coming year are: honorary presi-
dent, B. 1 Gibbings; acting chair-
man, Mrs. L. M. McKinnon; sec-
retary, Miss Stone; treasurer, L.
D Holland.
Librarilui's Report
The librarian's report for 1954
showed' a total. of 1,111 readers
made up of 383 juvenile and 728
adults. The circulation of books
was: juvenile 7,709, non-fiction
4,552, adult fiction 12,940 with .a
total of 25,201.
Cost of New Books
New books added throughout the
year cost . the board $1,053.18,
There were 227 juvenile books
purchased at a cost. of $372.58;
220 adult fiction, $433.32;, 93 non-
fiction, $247.28.
During 1954, 299 books were re-
moved from the shelves through
damage, out of date contents or
loss. Only 22 books wore dost or
not returned which is a low -figure
when the circulation is considered.
- Titles •of New Hooks
Some of the new books added -
since the beginning of 1955: `The
White and'Gold”, 'Old Toronto",
"Northward My Calling", "Apples
Don't Just Grow", "Reach for the
Sky", "Son of the- North", • "Ben -
ton's Row", "Banners Against the
Wind", "The Benevent Treasure",
"Tell Her Its Murder", "The Span-
ish Bride", "Variable Winds at
Jalna", "The, hurricane", "The
Wise Brother"; among the juvenile
books, "Buckboard Stranger",
"Prom Trouble", "Green Three -
hold", "Hoot Owl" "To Have and
Not Hold', , "Fiddler's Crew",
"Trouble at Sweet Spring Ranch".
ages es Set For
g
Town Employees
Wages for town employees were
set by Council rneeting in - special
session last Friday night. The road
foreman receives no increase, but
receives two weeks vacation with
pay. Assistant to the foreman
works 46.5 hours per week, at $40,
and one remains on call over the
weekend. The janitor is to receive
$40 per week, assist in caring for
the Community Park and have one
made in remuneration for the as-
sessor.
A request from the road gang
asking. for. a 45 -hour week, with
permission to work,, early hours: in -
teed of late in the afternoon
especially through the winter mon-
las, and _ from November 1 to
March 31 to have two men on call
over the weekend, and one. during
the summer months: overtime for
emergency storms only, worked on
time arranged by the chairman of
the public works committee, was
received, Though co!ncillors agreed
that the reauest was reasonable,
they bad taken the stand of no
overtime for the police, and felt
hat no exception could .he iotde
or the road gang.
in North Dakota for obtaining a
new automobile under false pre
tenses.
George Mulholland was appre
bended in Clinton by Chief J. Fer-
rand some two . years ago as he
attempted to break-in to Anstett's
Jewellery Store. Since then he
had been in and out of jail sev-
eral times, and, had about two
months to serve at the time of
this morning's ail break.
Apparently the two men had
overpowered their guard at the
County jail this morning at break-
fast. After taking the guard's
,Honey and splitting it between
them they had left the jail and
gone tie a home where they re-
quested that a taxi be called so
that they might go to RCAF Sta-
tion Clinton at once. 'Meantime
the OPP had, alerted the taxi
drivers, and sent out a general call
to all local police stations con-
cerning the break.
Ron Glazier, driver of the Cur-
z'ie's Cab which picked the two
men up, was not certain who his
passengers were until some dist-
ance along the journey. However,
when McKay suggested going by
way of Bayfield, Glazier was Iucky
enough to say that ha had to pick
up something in Clinton. The
escapees were not armed, other
than with two large keys which
they had taken from the jail
Constable Timleck was justcom-
nleting the night shift from 12 to
8 a.m, when he received the call
from the OPP. He reported to
Chief J. Ferrand and said that he
was going out to capture the men.
He drove to a, garage and made
sure the cruiser had plenty of gas. -
Then he returned to the' main in-
tersection, where the arrest took
place. Within about 20 minutes
of his first call to Chief Ferrand,
he was able to report to the Chief
that the men had been arrested.
Provincial Police picked up the
two escaped men and returned
them to the County Jail this morn-
ing.
Taxi .driver Ron Glazier was re-
ported to have appeared highly
nervous, but was later reported
"very much relieved" when his
passengers were taken prisoner.
Police officers here and at God=
erich complimented Constable
Timleck's courageous" and prompt
action.
Huron County Sheriff Nelson
Hill said: "The Clinton police, and
members of the Ontario Provincial
Police detachment here did a won-
derful job. I compliment them
very highly."
DDGM Jones At
IOOF Past
Grands Night
Past Grands Night was 'celebrat-
ed by Clinton Lodge IOOF No. 83
at -the regular' meeting on Tuesday
evening. This was also the official
Visit of DDGM Norman Jones, -
Hensall. The meeting began with
a delicious dinner served by the.
members of Huronic Rebekah
Lodge.
Noble Grand George Falconer
was in charge and after opening
the lodge turned the meeting over
to. the Past Grands, who conducted
the remainder of the meeting and
closed the lodge.
Past Grands taking part includ-
ed. Junior Past Grand, G. H. Jef-
ferson; Noble Grand, •3. A. Sut-
ter; vice -Grand, C. W. Draper; re-
cording secretary, H. C. Lawson;
financial secretary, Barrett Tay-
lor; treasurer, J. E. Cook; warden,
Henson Sutter; conductor, George,
Beattie; inside guardian, Norman.
Counter; outside guardian, Jack
Sturdy; RSNG, W. M. Nediger;
LSNG, Charles Cook; RSVG, Wil-
liam Mutch; LSVG, 3. E. Dale;
RSS, Harold McPherson; chaplain,
A. E. Rumball; and the Noble
Grand, George Falconer, acted as
LSS.
Mr, Jones, in his address, stres-
sed the various activities which
are being carried on by the various
branches of the order, emphasizing
the work of the C.P. and T. com-
mittees throughout the jurisdic-
tibn. He also slioke of various
things in the district, He thanked
the lodge for the co-operation giv-
en him, and gave several good
hints whereby the lodge could be
bettered
George Jefferson spoke briefly,.
taking what the DDGM had said
about charitable deeds, and stated.
that "charity comprised four
things —giving, forgiving, loving
and living, and if we were not do-
ing all four, we were not doing -
the work that we were expected.
to do as a rilcmber of the IOOF:"
Grands'It
s decided to make Past
Night an annual event,
various past grands expressing ap-
preciation of being asked to assist
in this manner,
CLINTONC'V Ei N HEAR TALK
ON INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION
Three members of Clinton In-
dustrial committee attended the
Jaycee's Industrial Night in Gale -
rich Wednesday. Bert Gliddon,
George Beattie, Melvin Crich;
along with Clerk L. D. Holland,
heard 'Tim" Turnbull and Mayor
McKinney, Wingham, discuss de-
velopment of the "have not" areas
in which Huron County has until.
recently been included. Turnbull
warned that the minimum time
for entering into a promotion of
industry should be three years.
Little honour, and all work is at-
tached to such a project.
Mrs. F. Fingland Receives yes Honour
At Horticultural Society Annual
Rev, J. W. Siebert, Elmira, dist,
riot eight representative, visited
the Clinton Citizens Horticultural
Society at the annual meeting last
Friday and addressed the company
present in a very encouraging way,
Ile brought three greetings from
the larger group of societies which
he represented, and • wished the.
local group much success in their
important work,
Mr. Siebert, on behalf of the
Clinton society presented a certifi-
cate of merit to Mrs. F. Fingland
whose work by the local. group,
was considered worthy of special
significance. sr
A slate of officers for 1955,
brought in by a committee, con'-!
vener of ,,which was Mrs. L. Mc-
Kinnon, was adopted by the so-
ciety: president, Rev. D. J. Lane;
first vice-president, Mrs. W. S. R.
Holmes; second vice-president,
Rev. R. AI. P. Bulteel; secretary,
Alvin Fowler
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Judged Guilty
Alvin Fowler, 21, was convicted
in magistrate's court Wednesday,
on a charge of assault occasioning
actual bodily harm, and sentence
will be handed down in Goderich
this (Thursday) /afternoon, ' The
occasion out of which the charge
arose was a fracas occurring in
the Brown Derby restaurant in
late November last year, when'
Eldon Glidden received concussion
and was1uospitalized for five days.
The deliberate hearing reviewed
evidence given by six witnesses
daring previous court sessions, and.
also heard Dr. F. M. Newland, at.
tending physician on the .case;
three men who were in the rest-
aurant
estaurant at the time of the dispute,
and the injured party as well,
Defence counsel was Frank Don-
nelly, Q.C, Goderich, who called
only two wGodenitnesses: the accused,
and the wife of the proprietor of
the restaurant. He based his de-.
fence on the opinion that Giiddon
was as much to blame for the
fight as was Fowler.
Holmes warned Fowler that such
conduct nzust stop, and suggested
that penalty „^ 'tame would. be a
two-year suspended sentence,'
Mrs. F. Fingland; treasurer, Clif-
ford Epps. Directors for two
Years, Mrs, W. Brock Olde, Mrs.
Stewart Middleton, Mrs. Alex
Inkley, S. Riddick, Mrs. L, Mc-,
Kinnon; directors for one year„
Mrs. W. Burton, Mrs. T. R.
Thompson, Miss Luella Johnston„
Sid Jones and Mrs,' C. Epps.
Membership fee remained at $1,
which entitles the member to alI
privileges of the society for the
year.
Mrs. E. Fingland, secretary,. tend.
the minutes of the previous annual
meeting and the minutes of the
executive meeting of two weeks
ago.
Treasurer Cliff Epps submitted
the financial statement, showing a
balance on hand of $260 after a
number of projects undertaken by
the society liadbeen taken care
of financially, including the cost
to the society of $90 in erecting a
curb at the town park in October,
and purchases iii horticultural sup-
plies for members of $990 from
the spring and fall planting lists.
Three competitions sponsored by
the Ontario Societywere set in
,notion by the local society at the
meeting, namely, bird house, post-
er and essay writing.
June,The''society'voted unanimously
in favor of a spring flower exhibit
(not competitive) at a date to be
set by' the executive, and a bus
trip to some place of horticultural
educational value, sometime in
The society, will sponsor a home
and lawn' decoration scheme for
the Christmas' season, with prizes
for this endeavour, and the same
will be advertised at ,the proper.
time,
The spring list of purchasable
supplies this year is to be limited
to a smaller number of specimens,
but the fall list will remain much
as in former years.`
Delegates to the annual meeting
of the ' Ontario Horticultural So-
cieties to be held in Toronto on
ilaiirch 10 and;11, were selected
and Mr, and Mrs, C. Epps. will
represent' Clinton society at. that.
convention.,
It was decided to have a public
meeting immediately following the
convention, so that those attend-
ing, might hear the report of the
delegates,
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