Clinton News-Record, 1950-01-26, Page 2PAGE TWO
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Published 'EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
R. , S: ATKEY, Editor ' A. L. COLQUHOUN, Plant Manager
Clinton Old Home Week, Saturday - Wednesday, August 5 - 9, 1950
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 2S, '1950
Edmonton's Oil Boom Fails To Excite City
DESPITE AN OIL BOOM that has made
Edmonton the petroleum capital of Canada and
brought 64 new businesses into town, the city
"takes the whole thing in stride," declares
Ronald Schiller in the February Reader's
Digest. No excited plungers throng brokers'
offices, no increase in drinking or gambling
has been noted, the night clubs are still absent
from the city. Soldiers in town on Sunday
have their choice of several churches — but
no movies or beer parlors.
Schiller's article, condensed from The
American Mercury. says that petroleum re-
serves uncovered thus far in the Edmonton
boom total a billion barrels, and a new pro=
third
dicing well kicks in every y de y. The
oil strike caused excitement in many places,
if not in conservative Edmonton. In Wash-
ington, military strategists breathed a sigh of
relief at the news of bountiful oil supplies
so close to Alaska end Arctic :oases,' Dominion
officials in Ottawa look forward to improve-
ment in Canada's entire • economy. The pro-
vince of Alberta, "gleefully watching oil rev-
enues
increase to $12 million last year," fore-
saw lower taxes and big appropriations for
new roads and schools. •
In all the excitement, Edmonton alone is
unmoved. The reason, according to Mayor
Harry Ainlay, is a previous "innoculation"
against booms. In 1905, when the transconti-
nental railroad reached town, men went land -
crazy. Jasper Avenue properties rose to $2,000
a front foot. People lined up to draw lottery
tickets entitling them • to buy lots at $20,000
apiece, sight unseen. But the following year
the boom collapsed in a wave of bankruptcy
.,and bitterness. "I guess we've just never
been able to catch the fever since," Mayor
Ainlay says. p-1
Need More People
THOUGHTFUL CANADIANS will heartily ' new industries, new processes and new ideas
agree with James Se Duncan, head of Massey -
Harris, in his contention that we need more
people, argues The Financial Past, We are
flirting with grave consequences so long as
we remain a sparsely populated country.
Thirteen million citizens scattered along
a 4,000 -mile line that seldom exceeds a hund-
red miles in width cannot hope to hold per-
manently an area that in Europe or Asia would
have three or four times that number.
We have only to look around our own.
country and the United States to see the
tremendous advantages of opening our doors
wide to immigrants. These people have brought
to this continent. They have been among our
leading inventors. They have opened new
areas. They have provided us with the great
bulk of our manual labor but also, if not in
the first, than in the second generation,, with
a large proportion of our leading scientists
and industrialists.
Name a score of really outstanding citi-
zens of this continent, men or women who
are world famous for their contributions to
civilization, and invariably you will find many
Who are 'not. more , than second generation
North Americans.
Requires Greater 'Care
STATISTICS SHOW that the mileage death
rate from traffic accidents rises as much as
50 per cent during the winter.
Longer hours of darkness and adverse
weather conditions causing pool' visibility
combined with slippely streets produce dang-
erous driving conditions, It is possible to
drive under such adverse conditions without
so much as a scratched fender, but it requires
defensive driving.
The knowledge and practice of defensive
driving enables the professional truck driver
to roll up -thousands of accident -free miles in
all kinds of weather. The average motorist
can well afford to take a leaf from the profes-
sional driver's book and drive defensively
as well. •
The basic principles of safe winter driving.
are: (1) Slow down on icy, wetor snowy
roads; (2) adjust your speed to that of the
general run of traffic; (3) avoid sudden changes
of speed and direction. It is the latter which
clauses the great majority of skids.
THOUGHT FOR TODAY—Three may keep
a secret if two of them are dead,
CLINTON IN IWS-RECORD
THUIISDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950'.
From Our .Early Files
.25 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
-Thursd;ty, January 39, 1925
Connell and Tyndall have
bought the butchering business
of Butler Bros. and have: moved
from the Normandie block to the
latter's stand on Huron St.
CCI hockey team defeated a
team from Goderich CI, Clinton
team was: Goal, McNeil; defence,.
W. Hovey, Muech; centre, Rorke;
wings, McEwen, Higgins; subs,
Greats, Dodds, Carter. C. Draper.
was referee
Philip Potter'. died Suddenly on
Sunday. Surviving, as well as
his wife,' the former Grace Rich-
ardson, are one son, George, and
one daughter, Miss Muriel; three
brothers, 0. W., Thomas and John;'
six sisters, Mrs. George •'Huller,
Mrs. Holdsworth, Mrs. Joseph
Cook, Mrs. Ii„ Gliddon, Mrs.'
George Kemp and Mrs.` George
Makins. Rev. C. J. Moorhours
officiated at the funeral, the pall-
bearers being George Mair, Rees,
Harvey and Herbert Jenkins: D,
A. Lindsay and Fred Leonard,
Reeve C. G. Middleton has been
appointed chairman of the County
Home Committee -for the County.
Alex Mermen and W. A. Bea-'
corn have been appointed' audit
ors for the County.
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Clinton's notorious F>.reme'n'
of August 5 last, entertaine"
itheir husbands to a dinner at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. I
Paisley. Included in the program
were: a duett by Mrs. Frank
Clew and A. • J. McMurray; a solo
by A. D. ,McCartney; a trio by
Miss Bessie Watt, Milton Wiltse
and O. L. Paisley.
Markets were: wheat, 31.60 'to
$1.65; buckwheat, 85c to 90c; bar-
ley, 85c to. 90c; oats. 55c; butter,
25c; -eggs, 33c to 56c; live hogs,
$10.25- and up.
Citizens of Clinton were Breat-
ly disappointed on- Saturday la
because the day was so dull tlr
were not able to see the eclipse
of the sun.
An oil furnace has been i
stalled in the School of Co
merce.
Mir. Milton Cook has returned
to her home in Sarnia after 'visi
ing her parents, : Mr. and Mrs.
John Sohoenhals.
Reeve C. G. Middleton, S.
B.
Stothers and N. W. Trewart
have been in attendance
County Council this week,
Rev. A. A. Holmes has been
giving an Illustrated lecture on
Labrador where he laboured f or
several years, to large ;audione
in Goderich this week,
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Historical Sketches of the County of Huron
$110,000; and when it is explain-
ed that from 15 to 20 per cent
of their value is annuallyy ex-
pended in keeping them in re-
pair, it becomes questionable
whether the "responsibilities" al-
luded to do not outweight the
'dignity."
The goods roads of Huron are
not an expensive luxury. The
nature of the surface, which is
generally level or nearly so,
renders .the constructionof high-
ways comparatively easy, while
the nature of the soil is such
that it does not retain the water
on its surface to any great ex-
tent; in which respect it differs
materially from the soil in the
counties further south, notably
that in the vicinity of the River
Thames; and added to these ad-
vantages, is the still greater one
of having ainple beds of first -
Crass gravel located in all parts
of' the county within convenient
distance of each other, only a
drive through the different town-
ships being necessary to demon-
strate the fact that a liberal and
beneficial use has been made of
the product of these beds. In
Short, there is probably no, county
west of 'the Bay of Quinte that
can' boast, such uniformly good
highways at all seasons . of the
year throughout its entire length
and breadth As can the County
of Huron,
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where Carronbrook is now situat- I
ed, whence it took its course along
the southern boundaries of 1VIc-
Killop and Hullett, and through
the southern part of Goderich
Township in an almost direct
line to Goderich Harbour; con-
sequently its original location in
the vicinity of the town was fur-
ther south than at present. It
was over this road that most of
the. early 'settlers came in, many
of them before it was chopped
out, until which time the; "blaz-
ed" trees were the only guide -
boards.
The next important highway
constructed was the Goderich
and London Road, running from
the former place, through Clin-
ton, Brucefield, and Exeter, to,
Landon, This road was cut
through by the Government, but
Its construction was only imper-
fectly accomplished until it was
assumed some years later by the
county, who gravelled it in what
they' termed second-class style;
end from Brucefield they con-
structed two branches—the one
to Bayfield on the shore of Lake
Huron, and the other through
Seafortli and the present Village
of Brussels to Wroxeter, both of
these branches being constructed
in first-class style, and toll -gates
placed thereon. The only privete
corporation who ever controlled
Huron . County roads was the
"Northern 'Gravel Road Comp
Lucknow Highway, 22 miles in
length. The county, however,
bought out the interest of this
Company, and abolished those
local scourges known as toll-
gates which had been located on
the line; and there being still 80
miles of "first-class" county roads
on which toil was collected, a
by-law was passed by the County
Council in 1878 abolishing all tolls
throughout the county.. In ad-
dition to the first-class roads al-
luded to, the county owned 100
miles of "second-class" road
which had been gravelled, but
not in strict conformity with the
statute providing for the imposi-
tion of tolls; though we would
remark in this connection that
their condition was and is gener-
ally superior to the majority of
toll road's in other counties,
Among the second-class roads
might be mentioned the Goderich
and Kincardine' Road,' which was
opened by the Government at a
comparatively recent date, but
afterwards 'assumed by t h e
county, and the Goderich and
London Road, before referred to,
which, along with all the. Other
county roads, were subsequently
transferred to the respective
townships through or between
which they run; reserving, how-
ever, the control of all bridges
on what had formerly been county
roads, together, of course, with
the responsibilities which attach
to the dignity of ownership.
any," the only road owned by The value of the bridges at
them being the Goderich and present owned by the county is
Doughnuts have holes in the
centre to keep' them from be -
:ming soggy,'
Miller; recorder,' D. S. Cook'
treasure', H. Hill;. prelate, J. T
McKnight; warden, D. MacDon-
ald; marshal,, J ._ Irwin guard, D
Barr; sentry, W. A. Mason; aud-
itors, R. J,•.Draper, R.' Govier.
George Nott died suddenly as.
the result of an accident of Wed-
nesday- last, Surviving as well.
as his wife, are one son, Wesley,
add five daughters, Mrs. W. Cun-
inghame, Mrs. Lewis Crich, Mrs.
W, Townsend, Mrs. Newton Crich'
and Mrs, J. E. Johnson:' Rev. T.
W, Cosens officiated at the fun-
eral and the pallbearers were
Isaac and Amos Fisher, Jahn
Rodgers, John Covet, A, Hooper
and D. Tiplady.'
Those playing carpet balls this
week were: W,O.W.: T. Cattle, J.
B. Hoover, C. Witte, O. Crich, W,
Ladd, George Cook, R. Sweet, R.
A. Bell; I.O,F.: M. Kaufman, John
Cook, W. Cochrane; C. Oliver, G.
Humrnelll, W. Walker, J. J, Mac-
Donald, T. Greatis,
Lorne Murch has been trans-
ferred from the Stratford Branch
of the Jackson Manufacturing Co,
to Clinton, and he and Mrs. Murch
are being gladly welcomed back
to town. -
Mrs. Chowen sang a solo at the
morning Service in' Willis Pres-
byterian Church and Miss Zada
McRae. at night. On account of
the severe storm Dr. Stewart was
not able to exchange pulpits with'Dr. Sowers of Brucefield at the
evening service, but instead ex-
' changed with Rev. T. W' Cosens
Iof Ontario St. Methodist Church.
Markets were: wheat, $1 to
$1.02; peas, 85c to 87:c; oats, 35e
to 38c; barley, 53c to 55c; butter,
21c to 22c; eggs, 52c to 28c; live
hogs, $8.15.
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, January 27, 1910
Among those entertaining this
week include: Mrs. J. Nedige'r,
Mrs. G. D. McTaggart, Mrs, A. 0.
Pattison, Lloyd Rice, Mr, and Mrs.
Tozer, Mrs. C. C. Rance, Mrs. S.
C. Armour, Rohbig Fleming, Mel-
ville Ransford.
Officers of -the Senior League
of Wesley Church are: honorary
president,' Rev,. W. Joiliffe; presi-
dent, Edgar East; first vice-presi-
dent, Miss E. Andrews; second
vice-president, Miss D. Miller;
assistant, Miss E. Ross; third
vice-president, Miss L. Wilkin;
fourth vice-president, Cyril Hoare;
fifth vice-president, Miss L. Reid;
secretary -treasurer, Carl East;
organist, Miss Gladys Cantelon;
assistant, Miss Retta Cook,
B. J. Gibbi.itgs and M. McTag-
gart met County Council in be-
half of the' hospital, and James
Seott, A. P. Gundry and Rev. C.
R. Gunne in behalf of the Col-
legiate:
Goderich defeated Clinton boys
playing hockey by the decisive
score of 31-1. Clinton players
were; goal, Johnson; point, Rum -
ball; Cover, Twitchell; centre,
McClure; right wing, Draper;
left wing, Forrester; rover, O'Neil.
Officers pf Clinton Lodge IOOF
No. 88 are: N,C., W. McEwen;
V.G., James Tucker; recording
secretary, B. J. GIbbings; finan-
cial secretary, J. Wiseman; treas-
urer, H. B. Chant; warden, H.
Kerr; conductor, H. Alexander;
N.. Kennedy; L.S.S., F,
Watson; R.S.N.G., H. Gould; L;S.-
N.G., A. Castle; R.S.V.G., A. Con-
lit ; L.S.V.G., K. Wilkin; LG.,
W. Johnson; O.G., W. Cudmore;
Chaplain, W. Moore,
Miss May ' Davis has returned
home after visiting friends in
Exeter for some time.
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TIIE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, January 27,:,1910
Officers of Clinton Council of
Chosen Friends are: chief coup-
tiller, George Hanley; vice, W. J.
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ALL ABLE MEN WILL CtiAW
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OF SHIPS ORSEARGN PARTIES.-.
THERE WON'T BEANYTHNG roe
ME 10 BE. CAPTAINS OF, IF NOTAIHG
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A SMALL BARQUE IY SIGHT, "'
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TIME TO LOSE, AND:
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Chevrolet Produces
Good Initial Showing
KIPPEN
Clinton citizens were introduc-
ed to the new 1950 'Chevrolet
last weekend—elhen the new
model was on display in .J. H.
Brunsdon's display room, Ratten-
bury St. E., by Lorne Brown
Motors, Ontario St.
The car, an Annapolis green
Special Stylelinesedan, was
viewed by about 500 people, and
all expressed pleasure at the
beauty and comfort and spac-
iousness which this new model
possesses.
The new car was purchased by
William E. Jervis, R.R. 2, Clin-
ton, end he took possession of it
after the display on Saturday,
evening. Mrs. Humphrey R.
Snell, Clinton, was the winner of
the door prize, a pair of fog
lamps.
The display was in charge of
W D. Wells and Oscar Priestap
for Lorne Brown Motors.
Hullett Township
Kippen East WI
Mrs. Thomas Kay was hostess
at her .•home Wednesday after-
noon, January 18, for the January
meeting of Kippen East WI. Presi-
dent, Mrs. John Sinclair,` was in
the chair. Mrs. William . Caldwell
was co -hostess. Roll call' was
answered' with "Current events
that go down:in • history." Motto,
"Example set for us by past gen-
erations and mesuits7 Miss Marg-
aret McKay who gave a demon-
stration on antiques. Current
events were reviewed by Mrs.
William Kyle; topic, story of the
pioneer harvesting,Mrs. Hugh
McGregor; poem, Mrs. 1. Forsyth;
'Mrs. H. Broadfoot favoured with
a piano solo,
Over $60 was realized at their
last dance which was donated to
the piano for the Legion Hall.
Welfare work was discussed 'and
a benefit dance will be held Feb-
ruary 17. Mrs.' Kay directed con -
Fireside Farm Forum
The regular meeting , of the
Fireside Farm Forum group
was held at the home of Mr.
Robert Jamieson on Monday,
evening with 18 present. Fol-
lowing the radio broadcast there
subject "Parity and Floor Prices."
Interesting contests were con-
ducted by Eric Anderson. The
winners of the euchre that fol-
lowed were: ladies' high, Mrs. 0.
Anderson• low, Fern Dexter; lone
hands, Mrs. H. Taylor; men's
high, Bill Jewitt; low, Eric And-
erson; lone hands, Don Budhanen.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Bill Jewitt.
BRUCEFIELD'
Miss Hannah Craig, Hassall, is
with Mrs„ H. Dayman for some
time.
Mr. and Mrs, 0. Johnston at-
tended the funeral of their cousin
in Lucknow on Sunday.
Friends will be sorry to hear
Mrs. A. Rohner is again in Scott
Memorial Hospital, Seaforth,
Mrs. Roy Brock, Exeter, is.
visiting et the home • of her' par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Cornish.
Mrs. E. 'R. Stanway was taken
to Clinton Public Hospital Bun
day night. Her many friend's hope
for a speedy recovery from her
illness
Returns front Hospital
Suane Haugh has returned'
home from Scott Memorial Hos-
pital, Seaforth, and is recuperat-
ing after an appendix operation.
tests. Lunchcommittee were Mrs.
F. Jarrett, Mrs. R, Love Mrs. R.
Peck, Mrs. J. McNaughton, Mrs.
R. Chapman.
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