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Clinton News-Record, 1948-06-03, Page 1No. 23 -- 70th Year: Whole No. 6308 WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE CLINTON . NEW ERA —ESTABLISHED 1865 CLINTON, ONTARIO, TH1JA.SDAY, JUNE 3, 1948 Show Features Some of Canada's • First Section—Pages 1 to 8 Top Grade Livestock ell. lit,'" AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE various anglers through the dis- trict are telling their tall tales al bout the fish that got away being so— long and all the rest of the fish stories . . . However seeing believing and this is one fish that did not get away...Charles rown brought a Northern Pike to the NEWS -RECORD , office • thing this morning whieb. easured 34 inches long and wei- hed eight pound's . . Mr. Brown nd Melvin Schoenhals were fish - on Wednesday afternoon at e Railroad Bridge east of Cline •n when this fish struck. , . To d the huge fish an ordinary ing pole was used with a trout ook and a minnow for bait. . . Brown stated it was a tough ne to land and both men were eeessary to bring it in . . . At resent the fish is in Clinton • ker Storage and will grace the rown dinner table on Sunday . * * * 'S ALWAYS' NICE' TO . RE- ive subscription renewals from r -distant friends—or anyone, ✓ that matter but it's mo re couraging still if they have a ce word to say . . . A recent • e of these was , Elgin Mason, • s Angeles, California, renewing ✓ Mrs. Bertie Haber, Romeo, ich. . . . "The paper always ps the home town in one's emory." he says • . . * E HORTICULTURAL SO- ety's membership campaign progressing slowly but rely. and the membership 11 now contains more than 100 mes . . . One of the advantages belonging to this organization that the members will receive e interesting choices for fall nting at cost price . . . Re- anization took place too late in year for spring options . . . * RE IS SOMETHING PERHAPS t many of our readers have er relaized—that the most therly point in Canada, Pelee d, in Lake Erie, has the are- ximate latitude of Rome, Italy 1 degrees 41 minunttes—.and t it is south of the northern ndary of the State of Califor- which many people think is the south" . . . . AND MRS. W. J. NDREW MARK •LDEN WEDDING • and Mrs. William J. And - Brock St., Goderich, former • ents of this locality, celebrate eir golden wedding at their e on Tuesday, June 1. They at home to their friends afternoon and evening. tives took the opportunity of •uring them on Sunday, May when the nieces and neph- presented them with a basket olden roses and a purse of ey. uests were present from To- Timrnins, Windsor, Strath- Collingwood, Meaford, Shel- e and Clinton. and Mrs. Andrew were ried in Hullett Township, e 1, 1898, and several guests were present at the wedding spared to be gusts at the en wedding celebrations. Mrs, rew was a daughter of the Mr. and Mrs James G. Cart= t, Hullett Township, and Mr, 's parents were the late and Mrs. William Andrew, • more. r. and Mrs. Andrew have a ily of three children, Amos uburn, Miss Freida at home. Rae, Mrs. Alex McNevin. erieh. There are three dchildren, Eleanor, William ' Mary Andrew, Auburn. Mr. w has two sisters, Mrs. mas Brown, Vancouver, B.C., Mrs. A. McNeil in Saskatche- , both of whom were unable be present. Mrs. Andrew's r, Mrs. Bert Gibbings, Clinton, presentsat both Sunday's and • ay's celebrations. 11: nductor Retires; 38 Years' Service rant Komph, Stratford, con - •r on the CNR. Srtatford-to- rich way freight train, m - on pension Saturday even - e entered the service at Strat- as brakeman, February 1, and has seen CNR. trains out tratford ever since. He has pleted 38 years' service with Grand Trunk and C.N.R. 0 BACK IN CANADA /B Robert J. Steep, Clinton, rned to Canada from overseas rd Canada's newest aircraft 'the H1VICS "Magnificent," h berthed at Halifax, N.S., day atfernoon. He originally on the "Warrior." e Week's Weather High Low High Low 1948 1947 27 75 41 63 35 28 80 45 55 42 29 64 45 67 41 30 66 37 57 37 Among the fine horses exhibited at Clinton Spring Stew on Tu 31 68 36 67 37 , Citunty Horse Show at Stratford Wednesday, was the Percheron e 1 78' 39 63 53 will take place in the Town Hall,' Hunter, Clinton. ABOVE Mr. Hunter is seen with his choice ani 2 80 47 58 50 commencing at 11 p.m, to the tnu- •tn the class for Percherons and Belgians, foaled in 1944 or prev t; none .39 inches de of Ken Wilbee's Orchestra. It also was in the money at Stratford. —Engraving cou Man Drowns Another Faces -Serious Charge Charged with manslaughter in connection with an accident near Varna Wednesday night, in which Patrick (Patty) Kennedy, 64, Goderlein was drowned, Joseph Webb, 44, Goderich, appeared be- fore Mrs Mabel Gray, Justice of the Peace, at Goderich Thursday. He was not asked to plead and was remanded one week. The charge arose following the accident about one and a half miles south of Varna, when a tractor, said to have been driven by Webb, and a wagon loaded with furniture toppled from a bridge 15 feet into waters of a creek which flows into Hayfield River. Pinned Under Wagon Both tractor and wagon landed upside down in the creek. Ken- nedy apparently was pinned be- neath the wagon, and drowned. A third man, Charlie Bleach, of Goderich, who was riding on the wagon with Kennedy, managed to free himself and crawled from the water uninjured. Bleach found Webb lying on the bridge, and it was not known whether he had jumped or fallen from the tractor before it plung- ed. The entire left railing of the bridge was taken out by the two vehicles. Police said Wehb was driving the tenter, which was pulling the wagon loaded with household effects owned by Bill Forest; of Goderich. The three men were moving the articles from Cede - rich to Forest's farm south of Varna, in Stanley Township. Body Located en. When police reached the acci- dent, they totrid'beth tractor and wagon upside down in four or five feet of water, with only the wheels visible. After a tow truck had moved the vehicles, police searched for an hour before find- ing the body of Kennedy, Provincial Constables Prank Taylor, Clinton, and James Culp, Goderich, investigated. KentedY Was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kennedy, and was born in Goderieh. He is survived by two brothers, Mich- ael Kennedy, Goderich, and Jos- eph Kennedy, Port MeNicoll; and a sister, Mre. Tames Vurnin, God- erith. Funeral service will be held at St, Peter's Catholic. Church, Goderich, Saturday at 9 a.m. Burial will follow in Col- borne Roman Catholic Cemetery. "Air Force Day" Saturday, June 12 "Air Force Day" will be ob- served for the second year at RCAF Station, Clinton, on Sat- urday, June 12. This will be the second time that the Radar and Communications School will be open to public Inspection since its top security restrictions were removed. As one of the most advanced radio and radar schools on the North American continent, the Clinton school is of great im- portance in the national defence picture, and is the centre about which the entire radio and radar training plan of the RCAF re- volves. The staff of the school have prepared a day -long programme to mark the event, Beginning with a parade in Clinton and the laying of a wreath on the ceno- taph at 10 a.m. Wing Commander Chester Hull, DFC, Commanding Officer of the Station, at 2.30 p.m will welcome the visitors and in- vite them to see the wartime hush-hush gadgets and devices that will be on display. Power- ful radio transmitters, loran and Many other equipments, also will be demonstrated. A• precision drill display, a swimming and diving exhibition and a league ball game, also will take place during the afternoon and evenhig. At 9 p.m., a flag lowering ceremony will be held, and the day will conclude with a danae in the spacious drill hall. All visitors to the station will be given a free ticket on a draw for a radio. There is no admission charge to the Station. Legion Celebration Wednesday, June 9 Clinton Branch No. 140, Can- adian Legion, will go all out in their celebration of the King's Birthday, having chosen Wednes- day next, June 9, as the most appropriate occasion for the cele- bration. The event will get under way at 6 p.m. in Community Park with a fastball match between Whig - ham and Clinton RCAF. A band parade will assemble at the' Post Office and proceed down the main street. to the Park at 7.30 p.m., the bands taking part to inleude Stratford Boys' Band, Clinton Collegiate Bugle Band, and See - forth Highlanders. The carnival spirit will reign on the grounds with bingo and many other games. Topping off the celebration will be a monster fireworks display operated by experts. The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Legion will op- erate refreshment booths. A dance Goderich Township Sow Comes First W. R. Lobb and Son, RR. 2, Clinton, were among the chief exhibitors and prize winners in the swine section Of Clinton Spring Show on Tuesday. ABOVE is shown Jim Lobb, the junior member of the firm, with the Yorkshire sow which won first prize in its class. Tuberculosis Free X -Ray Clinic Here June 15 -- 16 Every man, woman and child (high school) in the Clinton are will be given the opportunity o safeguarding their health by hav ing a free chest x-ray at a com- munity x-ray survey here on Tue day -Wednesday, June 15-16, The survey will be conducted by Hur- on County- Tuberculosis Associat- ion, Christmas Seal Committee under the auspices of the Ontario Tuberculosis Assodation. The announcement was made by Dr. F. G. Thompson, medical health officer, who expressed the hope that every citizen of Clinton district over Public School age would take advantage of this special opportunity. In order that every citizen may be registered for the survey, a house-to-house canvass will. be made before the actual survey gets under way. The clinic will be held in'the Town Hall and will be in operation from 1 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, June 15, and from 10 am, to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 16. The Clinton survey is part of the war on tuberculosis begun by the Ontario Tuberculosis Assoc- iation in co-operation with the Ontario Department of Health to cut in half the incidence of this disease in Ontario within the next ten years. An x-ray will take only a few moments of each person's time, Dr. Thompson, pointed out. The most up-to-date mobile equip- ment, which uses 70 mm. film and can handle 100 persons an hour will be used. These miniature pla- tes, when read by experts, are just es accurate as full-size x-rays An improvement in the taking of mass survey films has been in- troduced in that it is not necessary to remove clothing. However. woman are requested to wear, as far as possible, simple upper gar- ments without ornaments and buttons. They will be required to remove only their coats. Men will be requested to remove their suit coats and vests, dropping suspen- ders over the shoulders. Tuberculosis of the lungs, if found in the early stage and treat- ed, is almost always completely curable. Nevertheless, nearly as many Canadians died from this disease during the war as were killed by enemy action. More persons die from tuberculosis in Ontario than from all other infect- ious diseases combined. Many of these were needless deaths, Dr. Thompson stated. Tuberculosis is a disease that can be controlled he said. But it is highly conertun- Bayfield Man Wins a f Duel With Skunk! s (By our Bayfield correspondent) We've known for some time that skunks were taking up residence in the village, but on Monday we heard a tale of ad- venture . with. a. sad ending for Me. Skurik. It happened this way. IVIrs. S. Richardson smelled a peculiar odour in her back kitchen for several days, so after eliminat- ing this and that as the possible sources, she took the flashlight and looked at the cistern under the back kitchen. And she found it! Mr. Skunk was sit- ting placidly on the wooden top of the cistern which was floating on the water, probably having tipped andeatallen in with him When hes`began in- vestigating. Mrs. Richardson appealed to E. A. Westlake for help. It was a delicate operation to dispose of Mr. Skunk without being sprayed with "concentrated es- sence of violets." Deftly wield- ing a long pole, Mr. Westlake knocked Mr. Skunk from his improvised raft several times, but Mr. Skunk only swam around in the cistern and climb- ed back out of it again. - Finally, a 'knockout blow was dealt, and Mr. Skunk drowned without regaining con- sciousness. Then the body had to be recovered by means of a punctured pail fastened to the selfsame pole, and duly inter- red. The scent around that corner is gradually fading! TO RESURFACE HIGHWAY The Ontario Department of Highways has called for tenders to close June 21, for 14 miles of hot mix resurfacing on King's Highway 4, north and south from Exeter. DUTCH COMING A large troup of Hollanders who will work farms in the area of London, Chatham, Woodstock, Aylmer, Norwich, Clinton and Sarnia, is expected to arrive hi the district next weekend. The individuals were aboard the im- migrant ship "Tabinta" schedul- ed to dock at Quebec City. cable, and too often it is not dis- overed until it has reached ad- vance stages. Only the x-ray plate can discover the disease at this early stage. TOWNSHIP PLANS TO SPEND $30.000 ON ROAD sYrgai .Goderith Township Council met in Holmesville on Mon., May .31. Doug McDougall offered $20 for some scrap iron, refuse from a celvert. His offer was accepted, Depth-lane/it* of nlighevays sent approval ofby-law to spend $30,000 on highway improvement. Queen Alexandra Hospital, London, sent notice that a resi- dent of this Township was in that institution. The Clerk with in- structed to acknowledge. Department of Highways sent approval of by-law to increase the salary of the Road Superin- tendent Department of Agriculture sent notice of a drainage demonstra- tion showing all types of drain- age in Lanark County. Council though it was too far to go, so it was filed. By-iaw No. 6 to borrow $15,- 000 from the Royal Bank for cur- rent expenses, was read and pas - Sed. The Superintendent was direct- ed to get the sideroad between Iota 30 and 31, from con. 4 to eon. 6, improved. Messrs Town- shend and Betties to help free and to supply free gravel. Accounts paid: Jack Little, bal- ance on spraying cattle, $1,168.40, Everett MeIlwain, help spraying cattle, $233.50; Municipal World, dog tags and stationery-, $12.54; News -Record, printing, 88.90: Signal -Star, printing, $3.15; De- eartment of Health, insulin, $5.13; Miss Acheson, use of house, $7: Fred Mulholland, relief account, $3.99; Raymond Ginn, wood for relief account, $5.50; relief ac- counts a' per relief administrat- or, $15; fox bounties to John Pot- ter $3, Leslie Jervis $16, Will Stephenson $3, Alvin Betties $6, T. H Rundle $4, Roy Tyndall $2, Thomas Sowerby $2. The treasur- er will have the fax payments refunded frorn. the county. Superintendent's pay roll No. 6 for $1,766,35 was also paid. Council adjourned to meet on Monday, July 5, at 1.30 p.m. LOCAL STUDENTS GRADUATE WITH HONORS UWO Clinton and district students have again graduated with hon- ours at the University of West- ern Ontario, London, and receiv- ed their degrees at graduating ex- ercises yesterday atfernoon, Among these were: Huron County Scholarship, highest man Peter Fraser, Exeter; highest wo- man, Doris MeEwen, Bayfield; Albert 0. Jeffery scholarship for second year honours, Biology, Margaret Tamblyn, Blyth; Albert 0. Jeffery scholarship for third year honours, Biology, by rever- sion from Doris McEwen to Doug- las Soper, London. Miss Joan Sioman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Sloman, Cap- reol and Clinton, won second class honours , in Mathematics and Physics, Mathematics Option; Miss Elizabeth Middleton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton, Goderich Township, won first elass honours in Biological Science, obtaining her Bachelor of Science degree, and has ac- cepted a Government position at Ottawa; Ralph S. Devereux, Lon- don, obtained his Master of Arts degree. Mr. Devereux.is a former instructor at R. and C. School, Clinton, and while here both he and Mrs. Devereux were active in Wesley -Willis United Church 0 TWO SECTIONS. TO -DAY CLINTON NEWS -RECORD is published in two sections to -day; be sure you get them, both. The first section consists of Pages 1 to 8 and the second of Pages 9 to 12. Due to pressure of space, a number of news items had to, be held over until next week. Clinton Horse in Top Spot esday and again at Perth' gelding, ciwned by Leonard mai, which won first .prize ious, at the Clinton Show: rtesy. The London Free Press William J .Dale, Hullett, Presents Best Exhibit i • Phone News -Record For Returns Monday • Following its usual custom, • CLINTON NEWS -RECORD will • endeavour to provide up-to-the- minute returns on the Ontario election. Monday, with particu- lar reference to Huron riding, 'The polls do not close until 7 p.m. (DST)) th that there not likely will be many returns available until around eight o'clock. If subscribein wish to avail themselves of this service, all they need to do is to telephone Clinton No. 4, making their re- quests in as few words as pos- sible. Deputy Returning Officers and other poll offiicals are ask- ed to cooperate by phoning in their results as quickly as pos- sible, Record Vote Is Expected Next Monday It is expected that a record vote Will be polled in the Ontario election in Huron riding on Mon- day iext, when polls remain open froth 8 am. to 7 'p.m. (DST). In the February by-election, Thomas Prede, Prgoressive Con- servative, defeated Benson W. Tuckey, Liberal, by 7,615 to 6,961. a majority of 654 The total vote cast was 14,576 plus spoiled bal- lots. In the 1945 general elec- tion, the total -vote was 13,446. There are 1,859 names on the voters' list in Clinton, as com- pared with 1,740 in the by-elec- tion, indicating an increase of 119, The by-election vote was 1,325, made up of 748 for Pryde and 577 for Tuckey, indicating a percentage of about 76.5 of the possible,' An 80 per cent vote on Monday would mean nearly 1,500 ballots cast for the two candidates. Stanley Township has 1,230 names on the list, a decrease of 19 from the by-election, and God- erich Township has 1,003. Sea - forth has 1,479 voters, an increase of 85; lefeKillop, 1,013 an increase of 13; and Tuckersmith, 1,118, a decline of 322 due to a drop in number of RCAF voters at liCA.F Station, Clinton. The two candidates, Thomas Pryde, Progressive Conservative, and Frank Fingland, KC, Lib- eral, are both confident of the result, but it has all the earmarks of a close contest, judging by past performances in this contituency. Temperance Questionnaire Huron County Temperance Federation submitted a question- naire to the candidates, with the following results: To the question "Are you in favour of strict temperance en- forcement of the Canada Temp- erance Act in Huron County?" Thomas Pryde answered "Yes." Frank FIngland, KC. said all laws on the statute books should be strtetly enforced, including temp- erance laws. To the question "Are you m favour of the repeal of the leg- islation of 1947 that deprived Huron county of the protection of certain restrictive sections of the Ontario Liquor Control Act?" Mr. Pryde stated that the legistlation referred to was introduced on the advice of the highest legal auth- orities in the province andthat he supported the Government in this matter. Mr. Fingland said that if elect- ed to the Legislature to repre- sent Huron he would be pleased to meet with the Temperance Federation to discuss this matter. He endorsed the temperance views of his leader, Farquhar Oliver. BAND CONCERT JUNE 13 Clinton Citizens' Band will pre- sent the first of its open air con- certs of the season on Sunday evening, June 13, at 8.30 o'clock. This concert will be held in Cline eon Community Park under the leadership of Frank Strathearn. There will be no admission and cars may be parked on the track immediately before the band stand. The Band, Tattoo is being held Monday next, June 7, COMING EVENTS Band Tattoo, Monday, June 7, sponsored by Clinton Citizens' Sand and Clinton Lions Club in Clinton Community Park, featur- ing CNR Employees' Band, Strat- ford, and RCAF. Central Air Command Band, Trenton, with other bands. 18-19-20-1-j Monster King's Birthday Cele- bration, Community Park, Clin- ton, Wednesday evening, June 9, sponsored by Clinton Branch, Canadian Legion, Admission 50 cents. 22-23-p Royal Wedding pictures at reg- ular meeting of Goderich Town- ship Federation of Agriculture, Porter's Hill, Friday, June 11. 28-b Don't forget Huron Federation of Agriculture Field Day in God- erich, Wednesday, June 16, Sports for everyone. 21-24-b Clinton Horse Races, 1.30 pm. (DST), Wednesday, June 23 Clinton Spring Show, staged by Huron Central Agricultural Society in Community Park Tues- day, was an outstanding success from every point of view. The weather was ideal; the at- endanee was better than last year; and the quality of the livestock exhibited was at a very high level. The horse show was one of the best seen here in years. William J. Dale, Hullett Town - hip, whose fine Clydesdale teeth did well in the heavy horse clas- ses, won a special prize of $20 cash for the best exhibit of live- stock from Hellett, Tuckersmith, Stanley and Goderich Townships. His four -horse tandem, second he the special class for wagon Or express horses, tipped the scale in his favour. Official Opening A. J McMurray, general man- ager of the Show, spoke briefly in which he said that the quality and quantity of the Clinton Show exhibits were getting better every year, and introduced W. P. Wat- son, Toronto, Livestock Commis- sioner of Ontario, who formally opened the Show. "The last time I attended Clin- ton Fair, it was held on the street," Mr. Watson said, "Spec- tators were standing around shiv- ering on a cold day in early spring and were forced to stretch their necks to get a glimpse of the animals in the ring. May I con- gratulate the officers of this or- ganization who had the foresight to change the date of the Fair and move it to its present set- ting. May I also commend the. Board of Directors on the splen- did exhibit that has been attract- ed to this, the 1948 show" Flee Beef Cattle The exhibition of Aberdeen Angus animals was largest in the cattle divisith and was declared by livestock men to be outstand- ing in quality. Edwards Brothers of Watford, won a silver tray do- nated by the Robert Simpson Co., for showing a champion beef herd of Aberdeen Angus. Dairy cattle were not prominent in the show. • Swine were of ex- cellent • quality. Commercial bacon hogs, on exhibit were sold in the pens for $32 per cwt. Excellent Horses Competition in the heavy horse classes was particularly keen and shared 'as much interest in the show ring as the high stepping,' hackneys in carriages, pairs and singles. The four -horse tandems were harnessed in equipment priced at $500 minimum per team. Running of the road horses and saddle stock enlivened the crowd throughout the afternoon. A midway attracted a large crowd throughout the day, espec- ially the youngsters. The ferris wheel proved very popular. In the evening, a dance was held in the Town Hall to wind up the day's festivities. (Through lack of space in this issue, the detailed prize list will be published next week.) Band Tattoo Here Monday Next, June 7 Under the joint sPonsorshiP Clinton Lions Club and Clinton Citizens' Band, the King's Blithe day on Monday next, June 7, will be celebrated in Clinton With a big Band Tattoo in Contrethity Park. Lions' proceeds will be de- voted to the Hospital Nursery, ' The Tattoo will feature RCAF Central Air Command Band, Trenton, and CNR Employees' Band, Stratford, starring H. C. Kelly, Canada's top - ranking euphoniuni and bell soloist. St. Mary's Citizens' Band and Clin- ton Citizens' Band will assist in the programme. A special feature is that (let- tere) election returns will be broadcast over a loudspeaker in the Park so that everyone may keep in touch With the election picture. Following the Tattoo, a dance will be held in the Drill Hall, RCAF Station, with the Central Air Commend Orchestra provid- ing the music. FIRE DESTROYS BARN, IMPLEMENT SOUTH OF VARNA A frame barn, owned by Clifford Keyes, Varna, was destroyed be fire about midnight Sunday. A corn binder, two seed drills, some wagons, and a quantity of hay and straw also were destroyed. The barn is on the Robert Ein liott place, about three miles south of Varna, on the Babylon line. Bayfield fire department respend- ed but the fire had too early a start. Cause was not known. Loss was estimated in thousands of dollars. A Smile for'Today A Sinkful "How long has your wife new away?" asked the barber, a bit wistfully. "Oh, about two sets of dishee," $1,200 in purees. Sponsored by implied the seasoned summer Clinton Turf Club. 21-25-p !widower.