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Clinton News Record, 1955-07-28, Page 1t! e C0111 11111== (By W. D. D.) "SALUTE TO SEAFORTH" IS A 15 -minute CBC broadcast to hear on Sunday morning at 9.45 'Brought as a special, item on the program for the Old Boys Re- union eunion .. the program -will orig- inate in the au.ditoriuxn of the high school at Seaforth . , . and will be followed shortly after' ten o'clock by the regular'Neighbourly News' ' broadcast origniating , from ' the same place This is the weekly broadcast produced through the co-operation of the CBC and the Canadian Weekly Newspapers As- sociation in which Dqn Fairbairn recounts some of the interesting happenings which are recorded each week in the newspapers of this part of Canada.'. DOINGS AT THE NEIGHBOUR town of Seaforth seem to be well at hand for the forthcoming cele Orations ... something doing every minute ... and at most times too much of everything to do to get it all done ... THE VILLAGE OF BLYTH re- cently had a session of Donkey Baseball and had a marvellous turnoutSaid one rabid sup- porter,: of the Legionairres (the regular town ball team). "I2 so many people can turn out to see a bunch of jackasses, why can't a few more turn out to support a good ball team like the Legion= airres"... WITH ALL THIS HOT weather the wading ` pool at the park is receiving the maximum attention. :. needless to say, with all the excitement some of the children have rushed home ... minus their bathing suit, T-shirt or shoes ... We know that their mothers will be happy to know that the miss- ing article may be among the many now in the box office of the park .,, The caretaker will be more than pleased to have you come and claim them , . . * * *• MADE A SWIFT LITTLE survey of the hot spots in town yesterday afternoon. and found that one part of the Clinton Hosiery Mill won the contest without even trying ... The boarding room, where steam heat stretches and blocks the hose, has been running a temperature of 120 degrees during these scorching days ... Somewhere in second place came the dry cleaning es- tablishments where "Red" Garon reported it unsafe to keep a thermometer on hand at all be- cause it would be discouraging to know the right temperature and Bert Gliddon was unavailable for comment, so we presumed he was trying to cool off somewhere , Then somewhere in along there we found Bartliff's bakery, where the official thermoineter- on the wall away from the ovens stood at 100 degrees .. , and they were wise enough not to•place one near the oven doors . : • * * ONE USUALLY HOT SPOT . the Cooke greenhouse ... luckily beat the weather tbis summer by taking off the roof for repairs ... They plan: to put in quite a bit of new glass, and make repairs to part of the woodwork. This means that breezes cat 'do their work and the heats stays beat .,. However, earlier this summer in that first hot spell we had C. V. Cooke tell us he'd been working for a few hours under glass at 110 degrees ,,, * NOW, APTLR ALL THAT TALK about heat , , , you feel much cool- er where you are, :don't you? Or is it hot enough? CHEERS FOR THE EFFORTS of the stunt drivers in the Kins- men sponsored evening at Clinton Community Park on Monday even- ing ...... were strong and not at all diminished by the fact that a couple of swift lunges at the poc- ketbooks of the gullible were quite successful .,. Noise, excitement and thrills there were a -plenty . , . One big bang announced that 20 sticks of dynamite were going. off beneatha daring stunter encased In a box some distance down the track It looked like a good crowd and,• another successful venture for 'the Kin . , Ontario Committee Visits Station Clinton Air Cadets RCAF colours flew high over RCAF Station Clinton, as 13 mem- bets of the Ontario Provincial Committee of the Air Cadet Lea- gue began their annual visit of the Air Cadet summer camp. Ac- companying the committee was Group Captain R. A. Ashman, CD, Senior Personnel Staff Officer for Training Command. F/L J. A. Davy, chief instructor at the sum- mer camp, acted as escorting of • Boer for the visit. J. B. Smith, Toronto, chairman of the committee, headed the oup, 'which landed by service ecraft at RCAF Station Cent- ealia, They were met by Group Cpatain A. M. , Cameron, Com- manding Officer of RCAF Cent- ralia, and were immediately trans- ported to. RCAF Station Clinton, where an inspection parade was held e Afterlunch the visitors were treated to a sports meet, which was put on by the cadets and the winners received awardsafter the events. ' An optional tour of No. 1 Radar and Communications School was initiated for the benefit of those on the committee who were inter- ested in • this famous technical school. Following the meet; members of the committeewere dispersed among :the cadets, and met later ir, the Officers' Mess, from which they departed' for RCAF Station Centralia. The Weather 1955 1054 . High Low High Low July 21 91 57 61 22 91 63 80349 23 88 70 74 45 24 82 58. 78 47 25 82 52 81 48 26 91 62 85 53 27 90'.- 71 82 56 Rain: .17,, ins. Rain: none. THE, NEW ERA -90th YEAR No. 30 -The. Fiore Paper With the News CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1955 Dial Exchange Building Takes Shape In Clinton Brick work at the new. Bell Telephone dial exchange building on Rattenbury Street, here, had just begun when this picture was taken. In about one week, the workmen have reached nearly to the second -floor on two sides of the building, and window frames are going in. Built ina unique style for Clinton, the completely fireproof building is of reinforced concrete, even to the floors. Cement brick, with Hawley American face brick imported from Pennsylvania, make.eip• the wall structure. Les Scott, London, foreman for contractor Ellis 'Don Ltd., says there :.will be- a few wooden window frames. All other construction will be metal, even to hollow metal doors. . The dial exchange is expected to be in operation by next March. (Photo by Hodges) Kippen Farmer Fractures Arm In Farm Accident (By .our Hensel" correspondent) Robert Thomson, Kippen, while assisting his son Bert (who lives on Highway 4, north of Hensel') with the threshing, suffered a fractured arm on. Monday after- noon, an was taken to South Hu- ron District 'Hospital, Exeter, for x-rays and treatment. A tractor operated by Bert Thomson was pulling a threshing machine, steered by his father, into the barn with a cable .when the chain broke, letting the tongue fly quickly around breaking lis arm. Injuries could have proven more serious to Mr. Thomson as the machine almost ran, over him, o Birthday 'P„rty Surprise For Honoured Couple A surprise birthday party was held at the home of Mir, and Mrs. Ephraim Snell on Sunday, July 24 for Charles Josling, Detroit, and Mrs. Alvin, Betties, Porter's Hill. Guests included Mr, and Mrs, Ed- gar Alexander, Decker, Man.; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alexander, Owen Sound; Mrs., D. Locking, Port El- gin; Mr. and Mrs. Bert Snell, Brampton; Miss Mary Snell, Ham- ilton; Miss Jayne Mary Snell, Stratford; Miss G. Bainton, Myth; Bob McDonald,.Parkhill; Mr. and Mrs. Warren Gibbings, Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Jones, Mr. and Mrs. L. G. "Skip” Winter, G. Howes, Mr, and Mrs.. Howard Snell, Mr, and Mrs. Jim Snell, all of Clinton. TWO -OAR 'COLLISION CAUSES MINOR DAMAGE An accident occurred at the corner of William and Rattenbury Streets, last Thursday evening, when an English model car driven by Robert H. Managhan, was in collision with another English model car driven by Richard Mil- lette. Both drivers are from. Clin- ton. No one'was hurt, and damage to the two, vehicles was estimated at $160. Chief H. Russel Thompson investigated the occurrence, 0 H. Hawkins Moves Store Location To Victoria Street. Hugh R. Hawkins will to -day complete' a move of his hardware business from the well-known lo- cation on Albert Street, between Herman's and Aiken's. He has moved to the store once occupied by Stedman's Store on Victoria Street, between Martin's and Ir - wires ladies' wear stores. .- People who have been accustom- ed to shop in Hawkins Hardware from Hugh, and years ago from his father Tom, will also find buying at the new location a pleasure. A ,cool green paint on walls and ceiling, with cream coloured coun- ter space and storage cupboards, has made the store pleasant. Mr. Hawkins 'plans to keep his small, tools on a modern peg -board at the right of the front entrance. A complete paint centre, where everything needed by the amateur as well as professional painter is handy,, will be located at the right rear, Shiny pots and kettles line the left counter space, and island- ed counters kept low, down through the centre of the store, will prove: easy to shop from. The repair and workshop which in the old location was crowded. at the rear of the store now will have a special place in the base- meni of the new building. -A cool place, and a spacious one will make repairs swifter and better for the Hawkins customers. • Also in the main floor is an Office high at the rear, and an estimating centre- well lighted by windows opening onto Ontario Street at the rear of the store. Gay paint an the front, a now sign which is expected sometime in August, and the enforced :house- cleaning which the move neces- sitated, has made Hawkins Hard- ware one of the smartest places to shop in town. . Small Heavy Roller Levels. Patches Fred Trevena, foreman of the town streets- gang, operates the heavy roller used to level "hot -mix" patches, applied to the pitch - holes in..Rattenbury Street. This repair job was completed early this week, by the men, of tile streets gang.--(News-Record Photo) Soil A d Ci� t uron County Farms The annual twilight meeting of the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association was well attended last Thursday night when farmers their wives and children gathered at the Huron County Home, just south of Clinton. Mrs, • Howard Filsinger, home economist for Huron and Bruce Counties, conducted a program of films and film strips, pertaining to kitchen planning and home freezing, which the •ladies and Leaves Clinton CONSTABLE R. (WAY.LE, who has been a member of the Clinton Police Force for . two years, will terminate his ser- vices here on Saturday. (Photo by Trott) their daughters enjoyed in the auditorium of the Home. Mrs.' G. Greig, Bluevale, assisted. . Later they toured the Home. The men visited and examined the long-term pasture plots seeded by the Association in the spring a 1953. C. H. Kingsbury, fields crops, Department of. Agriculture, discussed the relative merits of different grasses and clovers for hay and pastures. A company from Aylmer demonstrated the applica- tion of anhydrous ammonia for pasture and corn crops. The men also examined the rod row oat and barley variety test plots, white bean plots and field test plots of grain and silage corn, sown this spring in co-op- eration with the Field Husbandry Department, OAC, Guelph, Prof. W. T. Ewen, soils depart- ment, OAb, Guelph, and soil field - man for Norfolk, Brant, .Oxford Middlesex, Elgin, Essex, lent ancd Lambten Counties spoke of the latest developments in these areas. He discussed irrigation, which is :common in tobacco -growing areas, and said that though good, it was expensive. He praised liquid fertilizer, especially to :supply a manganese deficiency. Ewen also praised anhydrous ammonia, be- muse it was not costly, and was good on corn andcotton in the Southern United States, The four most important prin cites of pasture improvement, said Prof, Ewen are commercial fert- ilizer, rotational grazing, mowing and harrowing. Dick Proctor, president of the association, was chairman for the evening. Warden Earl Campbell, Hay Township; welcomed the group to the auditorium, mention- ing that it was an ideal place, handy to all pants of the county. Others speaking at the event were E. J. "Dick" Jacob, manager (Continued on Page Eight) Monster Carnival At Legion Hall On Civic Holiday.. Two television sets complete with aerial, and a television chair Will be given away at the Monster Carnival being staged by the Clin- ton Branch No: 140 Canadian Leg- ion on Monday evening, The carnival will be held at, the Legion Memorial Hall " Grouds Kirk Street, commencing. at 8.3d p.m. Bingo and other games- of chance will feature the evening, and dancing will be held in the Hall from 10.30 p.m, until one o'clock Tuesday morning. Music for the Carnival is being ockblirn Pipe Beard by rich wilBbethe i on, hand for the event. Proceeds from the evening are to be used for Legion, welfare, Civic Holiday Hours At Post Office Post Office hours for the Civic Holiday next Monday, has been announced by Postmaster G, 34. - Counter: The wicket will be open from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m, and from 1.30 to 3.30 p.m. The outer lobby will remain open until six o'clock. Building Started For - CKNX-TY Excavation work in Wingham on the new studio wing, to be built alongside the -old high school build- ing for the CKNX television .sta- tion has begun. The new wing will be 71x49 in size and in ad'- 'ditto to the television studio, will house' a number of offices. The studio portion of the wing. will be one -storey and the office part two- storey.. Work at the site of the trans- mitter in Carrick Township, Bruce County, was expected to start last week with preliminary soil -testing of • the ground on which the tele- vision tower is to be erected. The site has already been surveyed, THE NEWS -RECORD -74th YEAR 6 cents a copy - $2.50 a year Throngs Attend Frolic Enjoy Outdo�r Games Cool winds last evening, helped provide the perfect weather for the annual frolic held by the Hay- field Lions Club in the Commun- ity 'Centre 'Grounds in the lake village, Good crowds of local peo- ple as well as ,tourists, thronged the grounds to try their luck at the various games,, wheels, etc. Two CDCI. Leaders Going To Ontario Leadership (amp "Leaders" in their schoolesports,. Miss Marjorie Goldsworthy and Hugh Colquhoun, students at Qin- ton District Collegiate Institute, are this summer. representing CDCI at the Ontario Athletic Leadership Camp, -being conduct- ed at Lake Couchiching, Longford Mills, near Orillia. Miss Goldsworthy (left) is just completing her two weeks at the camp, where she is one of about 60 gi rls getting the advanced training in leadership, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Golds- worthy, RR 1, she will enter Grade XII,this Clinton,September, Last fall she won the Intermediate Girls sports championship at the Collegiate. l-Xugh Colquhoun (right) is the youngest son of Mr. 'and Mrs. E. W. Colquhoun, Huron Street Clin- ton. He leaves next Wednesday to join a group of over 50 other boy leaders at Lake Couchiching, for similar training. He, also will enter Grade XII at 'CACI this September. Wins Warm Wool Blanket Mrs, Alvin Betties was the lucky winner of a wool blanket, in a draw conducted by the Clinton Junior Institute at the Huron County Soil and Crop Improvement Association twilight meeting last week. Here, she receives . the blanket from Mrs, M. E. Jacob, matron of the Home. (News -Record Photo) Seaforth OId Boys Reunion Slated For Huge Success All arrangements are completed ir.. Seaforth for the Old Boys' Re- union and Centennial celebration. The town is bright with thou- sands of lights, and decorations are in evidence ori every hand, as everything possible is being done to make the thousands of visitors who are expected, welcome. Program arrangements are such that there will be few idle mom- ents for the returning Old Boys and Girls, according to Reunion Association president Andrew Y. McLean. The show gets underway on.Saturday afternoon with a civic welcome, and inthe evening the CKNX barn dance is expected to play to a capacity crowd in the arena. Twelve district branches of the Canadian Legion, together with their bands, are parading to a drumhead' service in Agriculture Park Sunday afternoon. One of the highlights of the five- day event will be on Monday, when a giant parade, featuring floats and bands and other attractions, will, proceed along Seaforth Main Street, Included In the parade will be the RCAF Training Command Band, the 'Stratford CNR Brass Band, Durham Boys' and Girls' Bugle Band, andother bands and attractions. Official opening ceremonies are scheduled for the arrival of the parade at Agricultural Park: and this, in turn, wiI] be followed With a program highlighted with out- standing attractions, including Moppet the Clown and other fea- tures. In the evening,eight bands take part in a gigantiband tattoo which will feature the RCAF Training Command Band. At 11 o'clock, fireworks will close the evening program. (Continued on Page Eight) Piles of Tile Ready To Go Underground in Clinton '•`3`K These are the tile soon to go underground as part of Clinton's ever-growing storm-sealer'network. Two thousand 12 -inch tile at the left, and one thousand, 8 -inch tile at right, along With a few hundred small 6 -incl- tile, are expected to do a great deal to eliminate flooding in various sections of town. Some will go in :�N'>''r2 h'�n: ''�a:�s`.i �) ..>:iazY v:ML's�n�tw, f'xiit'�a44 '•?a,y.. a ,..sae at East Street, from the Sherlock -Manning Piano Co. Ltd. across Highway 8; other tile will be used past the Clinton Laundry and Dry Cleaners, owned by A. Geron. Pictured herewith the town truck are Karl Skov, and Ray Gibbings, of the'streets gang. 1: (News -Record Photo) The attraction in the early evening was the girls' softball ex- hibition,game played between the Goderich Dodgers and Wingham. Goderich won the game 28-10. The RCAF Trumpet Band from Station Clinton was an acceptable musical treat, and their 'precision and music ability was much ap- preciated. Pony rides for all the children kept the small fry occupied, while many of the adults played bingo at the long tables outdoors, - To climax the evening a series of drawswas held, with winners. being; Sport boat (made and do- nated by Max Mote, Bayfield) won by Kathleen Moore, % Miss L. C. Morley, Bayfield; kitchen set of table and four chairs, Ellen Hayes, 281 Spruce Street, Lon- don; boy's or girl's bicycle, Mrs. Bert Ruston, Mitchell; pair wool- len blankets, John Ostrom; Varna; electric kettle, John Cardno, Sea- . forth; fishing kit, Mildred Fraser, , Bayfield; Merchants' prize, of two tele- vision chairs, Mrs. Sadie Hart, Seaforth; farmers' prize, 11 -pound turkey, . Mrs, J. E. Robichaud, 14373 Mansfield, Detroit, ' 27,' Miele; nine -pound turkey, Barbara Stephenson, Toronto (and- Bay- field); eight -pound ham, Earl Weida, Zurich; two chickens, Lenora Orr, Bayfield. Door prizes were awarded as follows: electric steam iron, Harry Baker, Bayfield; bathroom scales, W. Eckert, RCAF Station Clinton; table lamp, Mrs. Alma Bassett, Bayfield Area Board Puts Off Building SS 8 Addition Certain of the ratepayers in Tuckersmith Township School Area No, 1 have expressed dis-• satisfaction over the move by the•' Area Board to proceed with the building of an addition to the scliool at Egmondville. A petition signed by more than 50 ratepayers was presented at the meeting of the board last week, The petition states: The under- signd ratepayers of Tuckersmith School Area No, 1, request the Tuckersmith School Area Board to call a ratepayers' meeting to discuss the proposed addition at Egmondville panninSchool, said addition be done, and that no building con- tracts be signed until the rate- payers have given their approval of constructing said addition. Heading the list of petitioners is • James Doig, reeve of the town- . ship, and included on the list are two other councillors. The Tuckersmith Township Council had previously turned down the board's request to issue debentures for the addition to SS 8 (.Egmondville) at an estimated cost of $20,000. The board then appealed to the Department of Education to build the addition out of current funds, reported to be about $12,000, and was given permission -to proceed with the building. Chairman of the board Wilmer Broadfoot, said It was the respon- sibility and duty of the board to provide necessary accommodation and to determine how best this might be done. He said that the proposed addition provides only the bare necessities for proper ac- commodation. Certain ratepayers apparently feel it is not necessary to build an addition to SS 8 when •85 6 is closed, and some believe there is sufficient accommodation even without re -opening SS 6 (the School three miles and three quart- ers west of Egmondville on Con- cession 2). It is almost ten years since SS 6 was closed. The 60 -year-old building was built in 1895 and at present is without plumbing or hydro. Since the building was, closed, only minimum maintenance work has been done, it is said. Renovation necessaryto bring it Last year a new roof was put on the building. to prevent weather from getting into it. W. P. ltoberts, secretary of the board estimates that from 1956 to 1960, EgmondviIle school enrol - (Continued on Page Eight) 0 Three -Year -Old StruckByCar Three-year-old Guy Boissoneault, son of Mr. and Mrs. Yvon Boisson eault, Mary Street, Clinton, was , struck by a coupe car on Tuesday .•., evening, as he ran across the road Driving down Mary Street, John D. Holmes, RR 2, Clinton, watched the youngster run across the road from the south•to north side, just in front of the home of Mayor M. J. Agnew. Then as the lad reached the edge of the roadway, he turn- ed suddenly and started back across the road. Holmes was un- able to avoid the collision. Mr. Holmes, according to •Con- stable Robert Quayle, who investi- gated, was able to stop the car in amazingly short space, and avoid- ed hurting the child badly. Young Guy was taken to Dr. F. M. New- land for treatment, where he was found to have bruises about the body, and a cut alongside one eye, 0 Birthday Club William Hyde, Hensel], celebrat- ed his 91st birthday at his home a mile and a half south of HenSall on Highway 4, on Saturday, July 23. Mr. Hyde is the renowned old-time violinist, who has played by ear since he was 11 years old, and now has to his credit 59 first prizes in competitions through the years.