Clinton News-Record, 1950-11-02, Page 1THE M1l W ERA -86th YEAR
No. 44
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THE NEWS -RECORD -70th YEAR
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950
The Home Paper with the News
Huron County Health.. Unit Renders Services
Now in its second year, Huron County Health Unit, with headquarters in Clinton, is per-
forming valuable services for the housewife, the dairyman, the restaurant pwner, the expect-
ant mother and the ailing child. ABOVE is shown DR. ROBERT M. ALDIS, director of the
Unit and Medical Officer of Health for the County, at hie desk in his Clinton office.
-Engraving courtesy The London Free Press
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News -Record Stands Sixth
In Canada -Wide Contest
Results of the 1950 Better News-
* Papers Competition were an-
i pounced at the Stet annual meet -
A GAME -SIDE SHORT WAVE Ing of the Canadian Weekly
radio transmitter at the Clinton Newspapers Association in Que-
RCAF gridiron yesterday after- bee City last week.
noon gave Johnny Wilson; ill at As has beenthe case in re -
his home in Clinton, a play -by- cent years, CLINTON NEWS -
play account of the crucial rugby RECORD finished well up in the
match between Clinton District list of newspapers entered in
Collegiate and Goderich District Class III for papers having a
Collegiate Before the sea- circulation of 1,000 to 2,000 (The
son started, Johnny, an all-round C -N -R's is scraping 2,000).
athlete, was scheduled for the The NEWS -RECORD was tied
joint job of ceptaiti and haflback with The Virden (Man.) Empire -
but a serious illness intervened Advance for sixth piece for best
and he hes been forced to re- all-round paper in Canada in this
swain in beds u. ,m
G. W. McGEE, HIS SCIENCE
teacher, and some of his pals,•
conceived the idea of letting
Johnny in on the game vie short
wave ... A school set was used, All members of the Canadian
and the play-by-play description Legion were called upon to wean
was provided by "Toby" Taylor a poppy on Poppy Day, November
and Gerald Elliott ... Naturally, 4, in a special message issued
Johnny was delighted to hear today byRobert N. Irwin, presi-
that Clinton trimmed Goderich dent of Clinton Branch of the
13-6!' . . . How he would have Canadian Legion.
liked to have had a hand in it! .. Urging that veterans of both
m 'r 'u World Wars set an example of
YE ED HAD THE PLEASURE reverence for the war dead by
recently of accompanying Fire wearing the memorial flower
Chief Grant Rath on a fire alarm throughout the day, President
test at Clinton Public School and Irwin• said:
Clinton District Collegiate Insti- "The Flanders Poppy is your
Lute More than 300 young- Badge of Remembrance. Passage
sters et the Public School moved of the years has not dimmed out
out in orderly fashion in 55 sec- memory of those comrades of
onds=eight seconds better than ours who served Sy our sides
last year . , ,'But the Collegiate and who gave their lives for
"etudes" more than 250 of them, Canada. Let us then show that
clipped three seconds off that we remember them and honour
time to claim a big reduction their sacrifice by wearing proud -
from 70 seconds a year ago . , . lv our memorial emblem on
The boys and girls evidently are Poppy our,
pretty well' up on their fire
drill' .
"Weara Poppy" Urges
Local LegionPresident
class, Winning paper was The
Sidney (B.C.) ' Saanich Review,
published on Vancouver Island,
with 70 .per cent, The NEWS -
RECORD scoring 65 per cent. In
between were The Prescott (Ont.)
Journal, The Dryden (Ont.) Ob-
server, The Gananoque (Ont.)
Reporter, and The. Hanna (Alta.)
Herald. In all, 52 papers were
listed in the results.
In the contest for best front
page, The NEWS -RECORD fin-
ished 13th with 24 marks out of
40, the winner being The Dryden
Observer with 28.75.
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HALOWEN'EN HAS COME AND
gone, but as far as we can make
out, little damage was done in
this immediate neck of the woods
In fact, Chief of Police Leo
Kelly reports that he did not
receive one phone call . . The
kids had a big time at their party
in the Town Hell, and down at,
RCAF Station, the' Recreation
Centre was the scene of a really
large Hallowe'en "do" --one for
the children in the early part
of the evening, and another for
their parents later on . , . We
might remark that quite a num-
ber of windows in town got
"soaped". including pur own . ,
But apparently, little harm was
done in this area . ,
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ALTHOUGH THE WEATHER
seems to have taken a change
for the colder today, still it is
hard to believe that such fine
weather ; in the dying days of
October and the first day of No-
vember, could possibly occur , , ,
Actually, it has been more like
summer than autumn. Jahn
Snider, Albert St., recalls that in
November 1911, snow felt 'and
there was sleighing for three
weeks in the month, but that De-
camber. was mild likesummer
,
until New Year's , , . Perhaps
we shall have to pay soon for
the nice weather we have been
having . .
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FRESH RASPBERRIES IN NO-
veailber!!! What 'a glorious
treat!!! , , ,`'..Y'et such was the
treat enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs.. A.
T. Cooper yesterday . . Mrs.
Cooper picked a cup of large
red berries in, her garden, and
thought that there might be a few
more: if the weather continued'
its summer-like atmosphere for
a little while longer . .
MISS LUCY WOODS, OUR IN-
The Weather
1950 1949
W' h T,nw pus T ,...,
Oct, 26 46 . .30 46 38
27 49 34 50 29
28 62 46 59 34
29 61 44 63 39
30 66 45 5$ 45
31 70 48 53 32
• Nov, 1 75 56 45 27
Rain: .64 ins. Rain: .07 ins.
defatigable Bayfield correspond-
ent, observes: Flowers are bloom -
!pe, in the earden (we've picked
"the last rose of summer" several
times) . . The annuals haven't
been touched with frost and are
as gay as the chrysanthemums
, The crickets are playing a
merry' tune at night . . . A
"mourning bride" butterfly rest-
ed in; her flight on our window
screen on Sunday ... We've en-
joyed green beans out of the
garden at "The Hut" this week
, , So, despite the fact that a
large family of black squirrels
have been going a forty -mile -an -
hour clip over our r%iof for about
a month with butternuts from
our neighbour's tree, which points
to a severe winter, we are told,
we hope that the old-timers are
right when they predict that Fri-
day's thunderstorm means six
weeks'' open weather , And
if that is the case, we'll look
forward to roses in December! ..
REUNION HOLDS
FINAL MEETING
TO CLOSE SHOP
Fifty of the 167 shereholders
in the summer's Clinton Old Boys'
Reunion met in the Town Coun-
cil Chamber Monday evening to
hear the financial statement and
wind up affairs. Discussion wax-
ed rather stormy at times.
Considerable discussion took
place regarding payment of a bill
for special policing during the
Reunion, referred to the com-
mittee by the Town Council, and
also with regard to disposition
of the residue of funds remain-
ing in the treasury from the
$1,770 collected a year ago to
finance the Reunion.
A. J. McMurray, general chair-
man of the Reunion, congratulet-
ed` the various committee chair-
men and their committees for
work done.
K. W. Colquhoun, Reunion
treasurer, submitted the finan-
cial statement indicating a bal-
ance exceeding $880 with some
small bills to pay.
A. J. McMurray was voted an
honorarium of $50 for his ser-
vices es general chairman; H. C.
Lawson $25 for his services as
secretary; and K. W. Colquhoun
$25 for his services as treasurer,
By a vote of 25-23, the meet-
ing adopted a motion by Dr. G.
S. Elliott and W. E. Perdue that
the Old Boys' Reunion Committee
assume the responsibility for the
payment of mat -of -town police-
men amounting to $202.50, to be
deducted from the above balance.
The meeting' also approved a
motion by W. H. Robinson and
Frank Fingland that the balance
remaining be distributed pro
rata among the shareholders.
FALSE PRETENCES.
Arree�sted in Toronto by Provin-
cial Clinstabel Helmer Snell, Sea -
forth, C. Hollingsworth, 35, ac-
cording to Chief of Police Leo
Kelly, Clinton, will be charged
what false pretences in connec-
tion with alleged fraudulent
cheque passing on merchants
located in 'Clinton and Seaforth:
Rev. Herbert J. E. Webb
Begins Pastorate Sunday
REV. HERBERT J. E. WEBB
Clinton
Gets
A Deputy Reeve
ASSESSMENT
LOWERED;'$1,985;
NINE APPEALS
`„Total reduction ;of $1,985 in
the 1950 assessment of the Town
of Clinton was made, by the Court
of Revision, meeting in the Town
Council Chamierr Wednesday
evening last.
Nine appeals were heard, posi-
tive' action being :taken on''' six
and negative artier on the re-
maining three.
Mayor R. Y. Hattin acted as
chairman, and the other members
of the Court were Reeve G.
S. Elliott, Ald. M. J. Agnew, Ald.
Antoine Giron dud Aid. H.
E. Hartley, with Town Clerk M.
T. Corless as clerk, Town Solic
itor Frank ringleted, KC, County
Assessor Alex , Alexander, a n d
Town Assessor W. Manning,
as 'well as about' 20 ratepayers
also were present,'
The first appeal to be called
by the Chairmani was that of
Harry Corey wh(a appealed a-
gainst a raised end' improper as-
sessment and complained that the
Court wasnot properly consti-
tuted, in that the Mayor could
not act as Chairman of the Court,
'town Solicitor Fingland cleared
this matter briefly,
The Court did not sustain the
appeal of Mr. Corey, which was
against an increase of $5 in as-
sessment over 1940.,
The second appeal to be heard
was that of A. M. Knight
who demanded to know why his
assessment was raised $205. After
considerable discussion and com-
parison with certain properties,
the Court reduced the assess-
ment on building $100 to $3,100.
Land assessment remained at $75.
Reduction gi $200
Miss Emma Levis complained
of house value depreciation by
way of comparison with other
properties, After comparison by
the assessors :of certain other
properties,' the decision of the
Court was a reduction on build-
ing of $200 to $2,700. Land is
$300 with $100 business assess-
ment.
The appeal of Mrs. Mabel
Nickerson against her assessment
of $2,180 on her new cottage and
land was not sustained by the
Court.
J. S. Parker, for the Par -Knit
Hosiery Limited, made an ap-
peal to have the assessment low-
ered•to an amount near the 1949
value and the Court sustained a
reduction of "$770 on building to
$4,000. Land is $600.
Percy Town appealed against
too, high • assessment on his
dwelling, making comparisons
with two other properties—that
of E. A. Fines and C. M. Shear-
ing. The cards depicting the de-
tails of the assessment of these
properties were presented by the
assessors, and the decision of the
Court.. was that the 1950 assess-
ment of $4,190 should not be
reduced.
The local assessor presented to
Council a statement of three dif-
ferent properties suggesting a re-
ducion in building assessment, as
follows:
Frank McEwen, dwelling, as-
sessed in error reduction of
$145; Albert Seeley Estate, build-
ing dismantled, reduction of $480
and $200 business assessment;
Harry Bartliff, building destroy-
ed by fire—reduction of $90.
The total of these reductions
amounting to $915 was sustained
by the Court.'
BAWDY HOUSE
AND LIQUOR
CHARGES LAID
Rev. Herbert J, E. Webb, a
minister. in Northwestern Canada
for 14 years, who 'has been ap-
pointed to
ppointed;to. the parish of Bayfield,
Middleton and Varna, will begin
leis duties Sunday next, Novem-
ber 5,'
Rev. Mr. Webb graduated from
Wycliffe College, Toronto, in
1930 and was ordanied that year
in the Diocese of Rupert's Land.
Six years later he transferred to
the Diocese of Athabaska and
four years later to the' Diocese
of Toronto,
In 1946 he'r'b&urned to the
Diocese of Athabaska and was
rector of the Parish of Fairview,
Whitelaw and Hines Creek.e
is married, with two young chiydd-
ren.
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—Engraving courtesy
The London Free Press
Provincial police raided the
home of Joseph Nelson, Stanley
Township, near Brucefield, Sun-
day morning and charged him
with being the keeper of a com-
mon bawdy house.
He was also held on two charges
of bringing liquor into Huron
County and. keeping liquor for
sale, contrary to the Canada
Temperance Act.
Four men were charged with
being found in the house.
Two women were charged with
being inmetes. All appeared be-
fore Mrs. Mable Gray, J.P., at
Goderich, were remanded, and
will be tried at Goderich, Nov-
ember 9. All were released on
cash bail.
Congratulations
On 88th Birthday
One ' of Clinton's older axed
most highly respected' citizens,
Mrs. :Annie Brown, celebrated
her 88th birthday on Sunday,
October 29, 1950, at the home of
her son-in-law end daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. William Hoggart,'
George St.
As well as Mrs. Hoggart other
members' of the family present
were Mr. and Mrs. Ed Yungblut,
Londesboro; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon
Carts, Arkona; and Mr, end. Mrs,
Wesley Hoggart, Base Line,
The NEWS -,RECORD is happy
to join with. Wit's. Brown's' many
friends in extending heartiest
congratulations.
Clinton
Defeats
Godexich
(By Richmond Atkey)
The well -drilled Redmen of
Clinton District Collegiate Inst-
itute toppled the gallant Blue
and White of •Goderich District
Collegiate In5titute for their
first lois of the season' in the
Huron Secondary Schools As-
soel tion rugby ;footbsilll' serie's
on the RCAF gridiron yesterday
afternoon. Final score was 13-6.
Cam Maltby's educated .. toe
kicked all the Clinton points—a
rouge and four field goels—while
Goderich's total came on one
touchdown with convert in the
last quarter.`,
Clinton now leads Goderich by
one lone point, so that next Wed-
nesday afternoon's match et God-
erich will be all-important — so
important that it will decide the
championship of the four -team
loop. Clinton must win or tie;
a, loss will give the County
Towners the title.
College Style
With the weather almost too
warm, the two teams delivered
a high-class brand of football.
And they looked the part of good
teams for, both were smartly
equipped from head to foot. A
casual onlooker might have taken
Goderich for the renowned Blue
and White of Toronto Varsity,
and Clinton' easily could have
been the big Redmen of Old Mc-
Gill.
The college rah -rah also was
there in the petite cheerleaders
who ere proving quite an at-
traction at these games.
' Good Generalship
There wasn't much to choose
between the two teams on the
play,,, but the edge definitely was
with Clinton in the style of play
adopted. Quarterback Cam • Malt-
by chose a kicking game with
the wind, and this style paid off.
The Goderich line was g little
too strong for the Clinton run-
ning attack, so kicking for field
goals seemed to offer better
chances of success than major
score attempts.
The danger from Goderich
rests in the forward pass, attack,
as the Blues have a good passer.
And forward passes successfully
completed, are capable of upset-
ting any game any time.
There was no score in the first
quarter. The Redmen got their
first point of the game in the
second.. quarter when Cam Nfait-
by's kick behind the goalline was
rouged. A field goal followed
and the halffime score stood
at 4-il.
In the third quarter, the only
score was a field goal by Cam
Maltby. Toward the end of the
quarter. Goderich started to press
for the first time during the
game and this continued for a
porton of the third quarter.
The Blues counted a touchdown
when Tom Campion plunged over
the line on a third down, the
convert being a pass from Camp-
ion to Skelton, who ran over for
the point. Score then stood at
7-6 for Clinton.
The big break for Clinton came
in the fourth quarter on a God-
erich fumble in their own ter-
ritory, which opened the way for
another field goal. Then gains
by Clare Maltby and Ron Carter
frepared the way for the fourth
ield goal of the match.
Clinton 19—Seaforth 0
Clinton walloped Seaforth in
pouring rain at Seaforth Friday
afternoon lasteez 19-0, the count
being 11-0 at halftime.
The brothers Maltby -Clare and
Cam—each scored a touchdown in
the first half, plus • a convert by
Cam. In the second half, 'Cern
Maltby pickeda field goal and
scored a touch on his own.
Just as the match ended, Ron
Carter was within one yard of
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COMING EVENTS
Dance, Town Hall, Clinton,
Friday, October 27, Desjardine's
Friday, Nov. '10;' Desjardine's
mission popular prices, Auspices
LOL No. 710. 42-b
Gordon R. Hearn, Optometrist,
will Pgactice at the home of Mats.
B. C. Hearn, Huron St, next Tires -
day and Wednesday, November 7
and 8, 4.4-b.
FIVE ESCAPE
AS CAR LEAPS
OVER FENCE
Five' youths had a miraculous
escape from death or serious in-
jury when the. 1949 model sedan
in which they were riding left
the road a few miles west of
Clinton at the intersection of the
Bayfield . Roadaawith the sideroad
to Varna, about 3 am, yesterday.;
Although the young men re-
ceived a severe shaking -up and a
bad scare into the bargain., no
one was seriously injured. Police
estimated damage to the car at
$400 to $500.
Chief of Police Leo Kelly who
investigated, reported that the
car, • owned by A. L, Shanahan,
BR. 1,. Clinton, and driven by
his son Donald, 17, was travelling
north from Varna when it fail-
ed to make the turn to the Bay-
field Road but careened straight
ahead, leaped a four -foot wire
fence without touching it, end
landed, heads up. in an orchard,
about 75 feet from the pavement
on the Bayfield Road.
In addition to the driver, the
other occupants of the car were:
John Pockitt, 18, Londesboro; Ken
Dale, 16, R,R, 1., Clinton; Ken
Gibbings, 14, R,R. 4, Clinton; and.
Bill Medd, 16, R.R. 1, Clinton.
Chief Kelly ,intimated that
charges might be laid.
Children Enjoy Real
Fine Hallowe'en Party
Clinton Town Council and
Clinton Lions Club staged a
really good Hallowe'en Party for
the benefit of the younger gen-
eration of town and district in
the Town Hall Tuesday evening,
with more than 250 chlTlren and
adults in attendance.
The affair was convened by
hardworking Ald. Antoine "Red"
Garon, a member of both groups,
and he was assisted by a strong
committee. ,Judges of the various
classes were Mrs. K. B. McRae,
Mayor R. Y. Hattin and Herbert
Bridle,
The youngsters were given a
treat and noisemakers, a picture
show, with several singsongs
interspersed, and needless to
state, they all had a wonderful
time.
Then, following the Town Hall
entertainment, Clinton Citizens'
Band—or at least a large portion
of it, particularly the younger
members -led a parade to Com-
munity Park where a huge bon-
fire proved a genuine attraction.
It was a great night for young
and old alike,
Prizewinners
Prizewinners were as follows:
Girls, four years and under--
ten contestants, all given prizes;
boys, four years and under—eight
contestants, all given prizes;
girls, five to seven years — 15
contestants—Joan Grey, Gail Or -
pen, Gail Wilson; boys, five to
seven years — 18 contestants --
Michael Cowan, Barry Elliott,
Gerald Shaddiek; girls, eight to
ten years -30 contestants—Beat-
rice Murch, Gloria RumbalI, Ed-
ith Drenpan and Marjorie Currie,
tied; boys, seven to ten years -
20 contestents—Beverley Aiken -
head, Douglas Fleischauer, Ron-
ald Clifford; special comic prize
—Gordon Scribbins,
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Four Persons Charged
With Poultry Theft
Charged with theft of one duck
and one goose from Nelson Cole,
Clinton, some time Saturday
night, four persons were sched-
uled to appear in magistrate's
court at Goderich today where a
week's remand was to be given,
Chief of Police Leo Kelly stat-
ed that the quartette are Murray
Lovett, Mrs. Murray Lovett, Ken
McLean and Ben Moore, all of
Clinton.\Bail was set at $50 cash
or $200 property for each In-
dividual,
Half Day
Holiday
Nov. H
Due to the fact that the Town
of Clinton now has in' excess of •
1,000 persons eligible to vote for •
such an official, it is entitled ,
to a Deputy Reeve as a membey
of the Town Counciland also to '
act as a second representative ,in
Huron County Council. •
For this reason, a special meet-
ing. of the Town Council 'was •
held Monday evening • at a call ,
from the Mayor to give consid-
eration to an amendment to By-
law No. 20 for 1950 respecting
the provision for.' nominations
and elections,
Mayor R. Y. Hattin presided
and all members were present
except Aid, Antoine Garon,
Bylaw No. 23 for 1950, to
amend Bylaw No. 20, was passed.
The new bylaw includes the of-
fice of Deputy Reeve to •be filled
at the nominations on Mondayy.
December 18. The 1951 Council.
therefore will consist of nine
members --Mayor, Reeve, Deputy
Reeve and six Aldermen.
Remembrance Day
Council approved the purchase
of a memorial wreath Ito the
value of $13,65, including rib- •
bon, for presentation to Clinton
Branch No. 140, Canadian Leg-
ion, for the community Remem-
brance Day service on November
11.
Council also authorized the
Mayor to issue a proclamation to
have Saturday, November 11, ob-
served
as a public half -holiday
until 1 p.m., in keeping with the
objects of Remembrance Day.
1,951 Voters "-
Town Clerk M. T. Corless re-
ported that the 1950 Voters' List
had been posted up in his office
on October 21. Total number of
voters is scheduled at 1,951, made
up of 435 for Ward One; 545
for Ward Two; 504 for Ward
Three; and 467 for Ward Four.
Part One, contains 340 names for
Ward One; 451 for Ward Two;.
401. for Ward Three; and 331 for
Ward Four.
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STANLEY COUPLE
MARK GOLDEN
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. John McFerlane,
well-known and highly respected
citizens of Stanley Township,
celebrated their golden wedding
on Saturday, October 28, at their
home. Many friends called to
offer congdatulations endextend
best wishes for many more years
of wedded happiness.
Tea was poured by four nieces,
Mrs. D. Evans, Waterloo; Mrs,
George Scott, Penetanguishine•
Miss Isabel Fraser, Toronto; and
Miss Isabel Glenn, Stanley Town-
ship. They were assisted by Mrs,
M. McFarlane,, Stratford; Mrs.
John McFarlane, ,Stanley Town.
ship; Mrs. H. Noonan, Windsor;
Mrs. F, Daymond, Chatham; Miss
Billie Stewart, Mrs. E. Glenn,
Mrs, George Cantelon and Mrs.
R. Glenn, all of Stanley Town-
ship.'
Mr, and Mrs, McFarlane were
married at the home of the bride's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm
McEwen, on October 31, 1900, by
Rev. Dr. Stewart, now deceased,
and took up residence on the
groom's farm where they still
live. Former members of Willis
Presbyterian Church, Clinton,
Mr. and Mrs. McFarlane are now
valued members of Wesley -Willis
United Church.
Their family consists of three
sons: James, Noranda, Quer;
Malcolm, Stratford; and Sc/nn, at
home; and one daughter, Pat,
Mrs. Ken Taylor, Morris Town-
ship; and 11 grandchildren.
Regular Inspection Feature of County Health Unit
Routine .inspection of restaurants, abbotoirs, dairies, hotels and various sanitary installations
forms a large portion of the work ,of Huron County Health Unit, with headquarters in Clinton.
ABOVE is shown H. RAY GIBBON (right), senior sanitary inspector, discussing sanitary meet-
ures with H. L. Sherbondy, Wirigham restaur'tnteur,—Engraving courtesy' The London. Free Press