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ELECTION OVER .. , AND ALL
is calm'.. , that is to say, except
for the usual small town hurry
and scurry before Christmas .
Never; let it be said that life in
a small town is dull . , and
especially not during December
There are only 14 more shopping
daze
HADA PLEASANT CHAT THE
other day with George Thomas
Robertson, age 77, now' of, De-
troit He told us that he was
born in Clinton, at the old CNR
depot, . . where his father was
agent ... way back in 1878. . .
Then he was brought up in
Palmerston and went to Detroit
sone 40 years ago to .make his
living ... He is now a citizen of
the U.S.A., but - he remembers
Clinton when the town was much
bigger than it is to -day
5,000 people in those days
He had stopped ,in to' buy a copy
of the'paper to find out what is
new in Clinton ... and we almost
had to refuse him . , . somehow
demand over -stepped thesupply
last week ... and there is only
one bedraggled copy of the once
"snoozin' " record to sell him ...
We need copies of -last week's
paper, December 1, rather badly;,
so if any of our readers: have
one in fairly good repair, we'll
be glad to buy it back for the
a, purchase price of seven cents ..
We need . about 20 of them , .
*EWE BEEN GETTING SOME
ofr:the pleasantest letters lately
Many people' 'have nice
things to say .. and. somehow
as it nears Christmas, they find
time to put their good wishes
down on paper.... Thank you
everyone .. , It was particularly
trice this week to get 'a request
to reprint . an article from our
neighbour, the Exeter Times -
Advocate .
imesAdvocate.. . . The editor of that
paper had written in praise of
Harry 1VIcEwan, co -publisher and
sports -editor of the News -Record
. and really we appreciated
the suggestion from a Clinton
citizen to print it (Page 15) :. .
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WE, HERE, ARE QUITE PJEiOUD
of ;the good sportsmanship on the
rink -by ','Cooney", or "Hank" as
he is often known . and it
would seem highly probable that
his experience with Clinton's
otherwise youthful" team, might
well mean the difference between
success and 'great success this
season . . Though personally,
we missed the main part of the
Lucan-Colts game on Monday
night, we were definitely on
deck last Friday . , and found
the game good . . Experience
on the ice means as -much as in
any other business . , . and we
were thrilled when "Fighter Dan"
put on a brilliant. display and
neatly escorted the puck through
a line-up of about four St, Marys
players :.. skilfully sidestepping
each, hooking the puck past
them, and finally making a goal
whilethe defense .stood amazed
That is the type of hockey
learned only after years on the
job and it is the stuff of
which sparkling hockey and ex-
citing thrill -packed- games are
built . . With Cooney and Dan
for great experience ... and the
younger players with their quick
enthusiasm and growing skills
Clinton is well on the way
to a really good hockey season
with the Colts
* * *
WE WERE HAPPY TO BEAU
in the Stratford daily this week,
the following bit in Staff John-
son's column, "Queen's Bush
Now"... and thought you might
enjoy it too ... •
"Fifteen years ago,.,this past.
'ssunener, Private Thompson, H.
R„ was a name on the recruit list
"o8 the Elgin Regiment,; which
-Was -in training in barracks at
Queen's Park, London, .
From among its 900 recruits,
the regiment's oeficers wanted 12
picked men to form a battalion
sniper section. The •mien were
watched when they went to the
rifle 'ranges for target practice,
and their scores on the rifle tar-
gets were checked and:eempared','
to find crack shots front among
the. 900 prospects•
'Among the 12 finally selected'
to make up the "sniper Section
• was ,'Private Thompson,
frons the urrtt's 'Tee company,
which was recruited in the God-
erich-Seaforth area
"Now that IL Russell Thorp
son is the new chief of: police- at..
Clinton, criminals, at .-Clinton
would probably be well advised, -
:not to tryshooting it out with
the local boss cop." - •
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(COUPLE ARRIVES SAFELY
AT SCOTTISH AIRPORT
A telegram received by Mrs. T.
G. Scribbites here, reports the
safe arrival of Mr. and Mrs, Cer-
ie1'- VanDamme at Prestwick Air
Port in Scotland. The couple,
who are the proprietors of the
Commercial Inn, left on Sunday
for Toronto, where they were pre-
pared to leave Tuesday by air for
the British Isles. They intend a
visit of three menthe-, totheir
native countries.
The Weather
1955 1954 -
:High Low High Low
Dee. ' 1 30 22 $6 30
2 35 • 26 32 18"
3 35 33 26 -3
4 42' . 32 34 24
5 .34 24 30 5
6 29 18 U1. 4
7 34 14 50 6
Rain; .50 ins, Snow: 12 -ins
Snow: 3 ins.
THE NEW ERA -91st YEAR
No. 49—The Home Paper With the News
THE NEWS -RECORD -75th YEAR
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1955
First Section
7 cents a copy - $3.00 a year
W. Townshend Consecrated
Suffragan Bishop of Huron
(By Grime Middleton)
Full use bf the : ancient ,and
beautiful` ritual of the Church of
England, was employed when the
Venerable William Alfred Towns-
hend, D,D., F.C.I,S.,' Archdeacon
of Middlesex was elevated to the
position of Suffragan Bishop in
`t, Paul's Cathedra], London, on
Wednesday, November 30.
Archdeacon Townshend became
the. 29th active bishop of the Ang-
lican Church in Canada; ,;the
eighth elevated to the Episcopate
in the Diocese of Huron.
Consecrated
Suffragan Bishop
W. A, TOWNSHEND
Principals in the consecration
service were Archbishop W. L.
Scaife, Bishop of Western New
York and the Bishop . of Huron,
the Rt. Rev. George N. Luxton.
The solemnity, color and beauty
of this service were reminiscent
o f th e Coronation. Sunlight,
streaming through the stained
glass windows lighted the,kaleid-
escope of rich reds, greens, purples,
blues and golds of the impressive
procession of church dignitaries
from Canadaand the U.S.A. wear-
ing their varied robes, of office.
The procession included Archbish-
ops, bishops, clergy, theology,
students, ' lay delegates, canons,
choir and chaplains.
Highlights of the long, symbol-
ical ceremonies were the singing
of the Litany by the Rt. Rev.
Walter E. Bagnall, the Bishop of
Niagara, with the whole congrega-
tion joining in the responses and
the laying on of hands (the core
of the consecration) and thepar-
taking of the bread and wine by
the bishops, the new bishop and
15 members of his faintly.
After the Nicene Creed, the
Bishop of Toronto, the Rt. Rev.
Et W. Wilkinson, delivered the
sermon. Bishop Wilkinson referr-
ed to the new Bishop as "a man
of God, revered, beloved, chosen
and emineentlysworthy to be a
consecrated bishop."
"Ourgeneration has become al-
most adolescent in its reaction to
the call of duty' or a word of
sound advice," he said, "The prim-
ary task of the Christian Church
and especially of Bishops, is the
pare of souls." He quoted Arnold
Toynbeee-It will be hard indeed
tie refill the spiritual vacuum
which has been hollowed! in our
(Continued. on Page Nine)
Safety Patrol Boys Banquet, Guests
Of Merchants And Legion Members
Members of the Clinton Safety
Patrol' last Friday night were
treated to a father and son ban-
quet in the eining rooni of the
Legion Memorial H all, Kirk
Street, the guests of Clinton Mer-
chants and the Clinton Branch No.
140, Canadian Legion.
Formed in April 1952, be Chief
J, Ferrand, the patrol of 16 public
school boys have continued their
work a guiding pupils across busy
corners, four times a day, under
the guidance of Chief of Police
H. Russel Thompson,
Chief Thompson acted as chair-
man of the brief meeting follow-
ing dinner which was served by
members of the Ladies Auxiliary
to the Legion, and introduced the
speakers. Mayor M. J. Agnew
stated that he saw the patrol as
a chance for the bays to learn to
help their fellowmen, and to Learn
proper driving habits, "You're
doing a good job and were aw-
fully proud of you," he said.
Councillor N. W. Trewartha re-
called his school teaching days,
and remarked upon one of his
pupils, who is now Minister of
Welfare of Saska,te5ewan. He
said that bows grow up to be men
much like the boys they once
were, and learnihig''to' obey regu-
lations now, gave them a very
good chance of continuing. to obey
them in later life. He said, "You
are doing a good job, ,second to
none i„n the • County, and Huron
County is outstanding in the pol-
ice records of the province ashav-
ing good citizenship." He con-
gratulated the Chief on les work,
Deputy. Reeve Burton Stanley
also congratulated the boys and
Chiee Thompson, and urged their
continued co-operation. He men-
tioned that the streets department
was going to try to keep the side -
'Walks cleared off during the win-
ter, so that the school pupils,
could use them instead of walking
on the road, and asked the patrol
to help see that this was flare.
He mentioned plans for a swim-
ming pool in town soon, and that
the service clubs and the town
would co-operate hi. building one.
Chief Thompson thanked the
Legion, the merchants and the
ladies. W. D. Dinnin, editor' of
the News -Record spoke briefly,
urging the boys to •remember that
they were next to the constables
in town hi the matter of seeing
that traffic laws were obeyed, and
asked that they conduct themselv-
es properly while in uniform, since
both citizens and the other phild
ren looked to them ; for an ex-
ample.
1956: Execiiutive For Farm Federation
DouglasM.ct' eii, 1R11,' 6Goderich (left front) last week was
named president of the 'Huron County Federation of Agriculture,
moving into the position' held by Wilfred Shortreed, RR 1, Walton,
for the, past two years. Back row, left to right, Winston Shap
ton,. RR 1, Exeter, first vice-president;N,Gordon Greig, B1uevale,
secretary-fieldman and Warren Zurbrigg, RR 2, Gerrie, second
vice-president,
TB, Objective In
SetHuron t
At
$12,000 This Year
Objective, for the sale of 1955
Christmas Seals in Huron County.
by the County Tuberculosis As-
sociation is $12,000, according to
ofi'ioials.
The, Objective was increased this
year to health into consideration
the mass chest X-ray .planned for
all in 1956. This year the assoc-
iation, 'headed by F. E. Madill,
GVingham, provided almost 950
chest, X-ray examinations in Hu-
ron County at some 57 free dirties.
Mrs. J. 13. Russell, .Seaforth, is
secretary -treasurer.
Mayor For 1956
• Mayor -Elect
WILLIAM J. 'MILLER
Elected Reeve
•
peeve of Clinton
BURTON STANLEY
Fined On Charges
Under G &Z.F'Aet,
Ken Merner, RR 3, Clinton,
paid fines totaling $20 and costs
Tuesday on two charges laid un-
der the Gaspe and Fisheries Act
for having two loaded guns In his
car on Sunday, November v20, at,
ter half an hour after sundown,
Conservation Officer Roy Bell-
inger, Clinton, preferred charges,
Merner who is a Goderich Town-
ship councillor, paid the fines be-
fore magistrate's court opened.
The accused was apprehended
by Constable Hardy of the OPP,
stationed at Goderich, when he
apparently failed to stop at a stop
sign.
REEVE OF RULLETT HOST
TO TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS
Reeve and Mrs. W. Jewitt, RR
1, Clinton, on Tuesday night, en-
tertained members of the Town-
ship Cotteee. and the appointed
township officials to dinner at
theirhome. This is an annual
event in Hullett Township, during
the pre -Christmas season.
Positions Reversed;
Elect Miller, Stanley
Clinton citizens, did a right
about' face at the polls on Mon-
day,_ to, gree William 3. Miller, a
decisive -majority en the race for
the niayor's.position on council,
end +so 'reverse the result of the
1953, municipal election, +when
1Vlorgan J, Agnew put out Miller.
In 1953•M'iller was completing
one year as mayor when his posi
tion. was • challenged by Agnew.
The result' of the election, was
Agnew: 600, Millers 328 This
Monday the result was Miller
637, Agnew 320.
A light vote of only 49 percent
of the .possible electors going to
the polls is unexplained; ,There
was a good number of men put
forward for each of the positions
to be contested.
Also, in the competition for the
reeveship, the citizens showed
another about face, when a ma-
jority of
ajority-of 35 was tallied for Bur-
ton Stanley,the present deputy'
reeve. Reeve Melvin Crich had
served, in that position for only
one 'year, and feeling himself in.
line for warden within a short
Some Of Huron's
Best Cattle :Sold
To Mexican Buyer
Some of .Huron County's best in
registered shorthorn cattle left
their homes here last week for
Mexico, where they will be used
to cross with the Mexican cattle
and improve.the strahn,
The well known sire, Ashlar
Royal Command, jointly owned by
Clifford 11. Keys and Sons, Ehn-
adorph Farms, Varna, was one of.
the animate, purchased by the
Mexiean Government- after per-
sonal selection by the Secretary
of Agriculture of Mexico. This
sire has done well as herd sire in
the Keys herd for a number of
years.
Also making the trip south is
Royal Jason, a 15 -month-old bull,
owned by Bruce T. Keys, Varna,
and one purchasedfrom the herd
of Roy and Harold Pepper, Oak
shade Farm, Seaforth.
All of these animals are white
shorthorns, chosen because of
their excellent qualities, and also
for their colour, since they do
better In warmer temperatures,
than da the red and white -facer
cattle.
SOIL AND CROP BANQUET
TOMORROW AT LONDESBORO
The annual meeting and ban-
quet of the Huron County Soil and
Crop Improvement Association
will be held in the Conununity
Hall, Londesboro, to -morrow even-
ing, ,December 9, beginning at
seven o'clock. Prof. J. C. Steckley,
director at the Agricultural School
and - 13xperineental 'Farm, Ridge -
town, will be the speaker.
time, had avowed his desire to
be reeve for two more years at
least. In 1953, ,these two had
battled it out before, and at that
time Crich came forth after elec-
tion day, with a majority of 177.
This year the vote stood: Stan-
ley, 499;, Crich, 464.
The attraction to council seems
to have grown slightly over the
est three years. In 1953, a
second nomination was needed to
fill all the seats. Last year,
seven qualified for the six posi-
tions, and : this year there were
eight ,men qualified.
Councilor George Beattie, for
the second year in a row, topped
the poll with 184 votes, to be
followed by Robert N. Irwin with
665; Herbert Bridle with 622;
John A. Sutter, 803; J. E. Dale
polled 478 votes and Norman
Livermore received 471. Left out
were J. Douglas Thorndike with
369 votes and William Riehl with
267.
A three -sided battle for a posi-
tion on the Public Utilities Coins
mission saw George Rumball re-
tiring, and H. E. "Hal" Hartley
taking his place on PUC along-
side veteran campaigner W. E.
Perdue, who claims 18 years ex-
perience. The vote registered;
Perdue, , 658; Hartley, 559 and
Rumball, 328. Though new to
PUC, Hartley has a bit of muni-
cipal experience behind him,
having served several years ago.
on the council of Clinton.
Shopping Guide'
This` issue of the News -
Record comes out only 18
thiys before Christmas and
with only 14 shopping dayd:•
remaining before that magical
time: ". , the night before
Christmas."
And with Yuletime so near,
downtown Clinton is gra.dusi-
ly taking on a, holiday atmos.
pheveas'the stores and shops.
deck in their Christmas best
and bring out toys, goodies
and gifts for Christmas trade.,
This issue of the News -
Record, then, is aChristmas
gift guide. You'll find, by
reading the advertisements of
these local and district busi-
nessmen, •that there is as
much .and more advantage in
selection saving and . satlsface
tion when you gift shop right
around home.
homemakers' Club
Split Into Two
Separate Classes
With 28 members enrolled. in
the Thrifty IKipeenettes (4-H
Guts Homemaking Club). this
year, the leaders found it nec-
essary to split the group into two
classes, and meetings will be held
on Tuesday evening and Saturday
afternoon each week.
Officers for the Tuesday eingses
were appointed as follows: pres-
ident, Miss Marie Jarrett; secre-
tary, Miss Eileen IYIcLean; press
reporter,, Miss Margaret Woody
radio, Miss Bonnie Kyle. For the
Saturday meetings, president is to
be Moss .Pat Lovell; secretary,•
Miss Lois McLellan; press repor-
ter, Miss Ann Sinclair; radio, Miss
Elaine Bell.
Mrs. W. J. F. Bell, Kippen Was
hostess for the first meeting last
Saturday when all members met,
and began their project, "What
Shall I Wear?" with the first
subject, "Colour and textiles suit-
able to the personality."
0
Murray East and John Lapping -
ion, Clinton, each got a choice
beck during the open deer season.
Town Of Clinton Voters Choose
11 Officials At
For Mayor:
WILLIAM J. MILLER
Morgan J. Agnew
For Reeve:
BURTON STANLEY
Melvin Crich
For Deputy Reeve:
N. W. TREWARTHA lacch.)
For Council:
Polls Monday
1 2 3 4 Totals
188 168 133 148 637
73 79 110 58' 320
128 134 140 97 499
134 113 105 112 464
GEORGE BEATTIE ... , 226 207 191 160 784.
ROBERT N. IRW1N .... 192 1.71. 168 134 665
HERBERT' BRIDLE 184 147 177 154 662
JOHN A. SUTTER • 190 157 135 121 603
EDWARD DALE 147 99 122 110. 478
NORMAN LIVERMORE 120 152 104 95 471
J. Douglas Thorndike 112 65 108 84 369
William G. Riehl 83 66 63 55 267
For . Public Utilities Commissioners (1956-57)t
WILLIAM E. PERDUE 211 137 165 145 658
HAROLD E. HARTLEY ..173 105 150 131 559
George Rumba!' 95 86 81 64 326
Other members of the PUC are Charles W. Brown,
A. J. taeseck and the Mayor, ex -officio.
For Public School Board (1956-57):.
A. F. Cudmore, L. Haughton,` J. Murphy, William
Hearn (ocd,). Other members are Clayton, Dixon,
George Levis, Royce Macaulay and IC ' W Col h
4-H Clubs Achievernent Hight, Wingham
Over one thousand Huron Coen •
-
ty 4-11 members, parents and
friends filled the large auditorium Receive Trophy Awards
of the Wingham District High
School -for the eighth Annual 4-H
Club Achievement Night on Fri-
daee November 2.
For 418 4-11 members in Huron
County who completed their pro-
gram this year, ,this marked the.
climax of it busy year's work.
Fourteen'; Calf Clubs; six Swine.
,Clubs, four; Grain Clubs, one Tree -
tor Maintenance Club, one Forest-
ry Club, three Poultry Clubs, • and
one White Bean Club' were repre-
sented.
R. Gordon Bennett, President
of the Canadian Council on „deli
Clubs and Direetor'ef the 4-11 Ag-
ricultural Program for the Ontar-
io Department of Agriculture in
his remarks as guest speaker for
the evening, traced the growth of
4-H Club Work on a provincial
scale. from the first chits organ-
ized. He outlined some of the
activities of his council in its, work
in. .correlating 4-11 Clubs across
the Dominion. "During 1955 there
were enrolled in the Province of
Ontario 18,908 4-11 Club Members
in 1,572 Clubs," Mr. Bennett poise
ted out. Mr, Bennett commended
the work of the 4-11 Club Lead-
ers' Association in Huron.
+Arrangenientand supervision of
the program was under the direc-
tion of G. W. Montgomery, 'agri-
cultural representative and Arth-
ur Bolton,
rth-ur•-Bolton, assistant agricultural 1955. The number of Clubs ;has
representative, Tine chairman was increased from 14 to 30 in the
'William Turnbull, 2111. 2, Brussels, past four years, with the total en -
president of the Huron County raiment increasing from 18£3; to
4-1:1 Club Leaders Association, 531," he said,
A. R. McTavish, Tceswater, $2,649 in prize money Was pre-
Sehool Hoard Chairman, welcomed sented. 80 percent completed their
those in attendance. project and seven clubs had 100
G. W. Montgomery traced the percent completion.
Three trophy winners ie Huron county who were honored
with presentations at 4 -HH Club Achievement Night in Wiilgham
on Friday were, left to right, Robert Broadfoot, Brucefield, win-
ner of the Harold Jackson Trophy for champion oats in the coun-
ty; Murray Gaunt, Lecknow, winner of the Senator Golding
Trophy for grand champion beef showman; Tom' White, RR. 2,
Seaforth, the Savauge Trophy. for 'Champion county 4-221 gilt. '
4-H Club Program from 1951 to Arthur S. Bolton was in charge
of the various presentations. He
thanked the 4 -II members and
parents , for, their excellent co-op-
eration during, the year; and es-
pecially the 71 4-H Club Leaders,.
who so 'generously donated their
time to the program.
(Continued on Page Nine)
•o qu Dun,
Clinton Couple
Wins Supreme
Court Judgement
A Clinton couple have received
damages of $2,154,75 in a Sup-
reme Court judgment delivered.
by Justice E. G. Moorhouse,
Allan Lightfoot was awarded
$1,154.75 and his: wife,. Clara,
$1,000 in an action against a
teen -aged St. Paul's youth, Bern-
ard Brodhagen, by, •the• official
Guardian. of Ontario,.,
The Lightfoots brought -suit as
a result of an accident last Jan-.,
uary on Highway 4, north of
Area, involving their car and one
driven by Brodhagen.
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WIFE OF GODERIOH REEVE
DIES IN HOSPITAL
The former Catherine Scott,
wife of Reeve John H. Graham,
Goderich, died in Alexandra-
Marine and General Hospital,
Goderich, on Monday. Funeral
service . was yesterday, afternoon
and interment was in Maitland
Cemetery.
W
T eek'. .
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Car ocan
Capers Winner
Mrs, Hazel Kerr
Mrs. Hazel S. ,Kerr, High
Street, Clinton, has been chosen
as the winner of this week's Car-
toon
toon Capers contest. Mrs. Kerr
successfully found the hidden tit-
le "Bad luck to . walk under' a
ladder" and used "Brother, Web
rare taking chances like that" to
win the seven dollars in merchan-
dise certificates,
leers. Kerr may pick . ttp her
prize by calling- at. the Newsy
Record office, to