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Clinton News-Record, 1949-03-24, Page 1i 'THE NEW ERA -84th YEAR ecorTHE N3 e -RECORD -71st Y YEAR The Home Paper with the News No 12 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1949 Ine'trot Coru.mn=== WELL, WHO EVER HEARD OF a couple of boys going swimming ix), March, with the snow still on the ground? ... Jack Moore, 13, and Bill Maneghen, 14, did just thet little trick after school on Monday afternoon, thus ushering in spring .:. The lads tried out the old swimming hole in the. Bayfield River just east of the bridge south of town .. . Need- less to say, the water was cold and the boys didn't stay in long But nevertheless they went int DURING THE PAST FEW DAYS, motor traffic has not been very kind to the asphalt surface of the main street, in the business section, and it has crumpled up rather badly in spots . No further evidence is needed that this street must be paved this spring—or there won't be much of a surface left . . We hope the Town Council gets some sort of definite assurance from the Department of Highways real soon . . And Albert isn't the only street in town that needs fixing tl. 4. VIC FALCONER, PROMINENT business man and former reeve of ,Clinton, underwent a serious stomach opeintion in Victoria Hospital, London, last week, and latest reports ere that he is get- ting along very nicely Re- port is thate he expects to be home within a few days, but, naturally, will be confined to his home for some time . . . A speedy recovery, Viet , FRED PARRY HELD HIS closing dance for the season in the Town Hall Friday evening lest with Ross Pearce and his Orchestra again supplying the music During the past few months, these Firday evening dances have proved quite pop- ular; they have been well-con- ducted and well attended . . . Mr: and Mrs. Parry have gone to Grand Bend, where they have a restaurant business, to get ready for a busy season ahead... Lloyd Moore has taken over the lease and will conduct the Fri- day evening dances, the first to be held tomorrow evening . . IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T SEEN some of the features of the Fed- eral Budget brought dawn in the House of Commons by Finance Minister .Tuesday evening, the highlights are published on Page Two of this issue .. . * * c. NORMAN COUNTER, PRESI- dei t"of the Chamber of Com- merce, passed the following along to us, and we believe it contains a good moral: "Mark Twain, in his early days, was editor of a Missouri newspaper. A super- stitious subscriber wrote to him, saying tbat he had found a spider in his paper and asked whether that was a sign of good or bad luck. -The humorist wrote this answer and printed it: "Old Subscriber: Finding a spider in your paper was neither good nor bad luck for you. The spider was merely , looking over our paper to see which merchant is not advertising, so that he can go to that store, spin his web across the door, and live a life of undisturbed. peace ever after- wards." We feel,that Mark Twain had the right dea , . 0 Youthful'Bandsmen Receive. High Praise Featuring the, Junior section of the group, Clinton Citizens' Band, miler the .batter of Frank Strath - earn, played ;to an appreciative audience at an, excellent concert in the Tgw•n. Hall Sunday evening. N. W. Trewartha, who, acted as chairman, complimented the Band on its prdgress,,,and. noted espec- ially that the younger'members were being provided a• real op- portunity to develop. Theaudience was favoured by the presence of two fine instru- mental soloists, . Stanley Porter, Stratford, who presented a con- certo on the French horn, ac- companied at thepiano by Mrs. Bert Boyes; and Stanley Porter, Stratford, first .prize winner at the recent Kiwanis Music Festival, ;n Toronto, who played pilano accordien selections. A highlight was the, playing by the junior bandsmen of two num- bers: "Presburg", by Handel, and "Vienna" by Ifaydei. The only girl member of the Band, Sheila Rogers, 11, played most attract- ively on the clarinet, her test piece at the Kiwanis Music Festival, Toronto. Other numbers by the band included:. Hymns, "Holy, Holy, Holy", "Dennis",, "God of our Fathers"; March, "Thunderbolt", "The Ambassador"; Overture, "Empryean"; Novelette, "June Dreams"; Selection, "King Ar- thur"- Novelty, "The Whistler and his dog." The Weather 1949 1948 High Low ragh Low March 17 30 13 38 23 18 28 14 42 15 19 23;, 11 57 35 20 35 +• 4 57 33 21 55 32 62 43. 22 48 41 59 35 23 47 30 49 30 'Rain: .36 inches: Rain; 1.21 inches snow:* inch. Local ed Cross Campaign Exceeds Objective New Bayfield Exchange, 'Cuts Irl" ,126'` Subscribers New Rink Awaiting Council Residents of Clinton and district ere studying, tvith a good deal of interest and en- thusiasm, a plan to erect a community memorial hall and ice arena, presumably in Com- munity Park. Estimated cost is $100,000, including artificial ice. Called by the special arena .committee of Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce, an en- thusiastic meeting of more .than 200 was held in the Town Hall Thursday evening last and voted by a large majority to authorize the committee to proceed with a fivanciel campaign to raise the necessary funds. Teh committee comprising B. 11, Pocklington as chairman; Hugh R, Hawkins, Harry Bartliff and W. E. Perdue— also was instructed to add to its numbers as it sees 'fit. —Special Council Meeting Several meetings of the com- mittee have been held within the pest few days, and Mayor R, Y. Hattin has agreed to call a special meeting of the Town Council for Monday evening next to decide whether or not the town, as such, would be interested eventually in owning and operating the building.. It Is only in this way that various grants may be secured. All Local Organizations Pending decision of the Town Council, the committee has de- cided to get in touch with all load organizations that might be interested and have them each appoint a representative to a general committee, representative of the community es e whole. The Chamber of Commerce has agreed to finance preliminary. expenditures until this general committee is formed. One member of the committee stated that it rested on Council's decision whether or not any fur- ther steps would be taken to con- duct a campaign, as this seemed to be the first requisite. Weil Attended The meeting. Thursday evening last was well attended, with the four committee members' con- ducting the gathering. B. B. Pocklington, chairman, outlined the proposal, and cited the Paisley, Walkerton, and Hespeler arenas which had been inspected. He was of the opinion, that by utilizing free labor, the cost could be kept at $100,000 or less. As far es the committee could ascertain; there was no worry about meeting the costs of operation, Dr. J, W. Shaw stated the big- gest proposition was to raise the money. The next was where were you going to build it. It wouldn't' be wise to go ahead until you (Continued on Page Five) For the first time, telephone users, in the Hayfield area are able to make calls through a central in their own community . Snipping of a wire at 12:30 mm., Wednesday, March 18, by Reeve ARTHUR NICHOLSON, Tuckersmith, marijd the ..opening of service on the new Bayfield exchange of . the . Tuckers'nnith Municipal Telephone . System. ABOVE: Commissioners of the Tuckersmith company are, from the 'left, BERT PECK, REEVE NICHOLSON (chairman), and ED. MUNN. BELOW: MRS. MALCOM TOMS, chief opeeetor at the new exchange, had help from MISS L. GALE, London (formerly of Clinton) telephone switchboard instructor, during the first few hours after the exchange opened for business: JUNIORS HEAR FATHER -AND -SON 'AFFAIRS REVIEW Clinton Junior Farmers and Junior Institute held their reg- ular meetings in Clinton Colleg- iate Institute. There were about 100 present, and it was indeed inspiring to see so many parents in the midst. The clubs realized then that the parents were inter- ested in their activities. The main feature of the Junior Farmer meeting was a special talk ebout "Father and Son Agree- ments" given by Frank Fingland. At the conclusion of his address, Mr. Fingland led a discussion period. The roll call "How many acres of grain do you plan to sow this spring?" was answered by 40 members. The Junior Institute president, Lois Wiltse, extended a hearty welcome to the guests of *this group. The theme of the meet- ing was Citizenship and the hostess of the evening was Mrs, Don Crich. The roll call "What it means to be a Canadian Citi- zen" was answered by 20 mem- bers. Edith Pepper gave an in- teresting paper on Current Events. Talk on Citizenship Following the business discus- sion, Dorothy McGuire gave an excellent talk on Citizenship. She gave the typical character sketch of a Canadian citizen and discus- sed citizenship in the home, in the school and the community. A very appropriate quizz con- cerning the set-up of our Can- adian government was also con- ducted. Mrs. Bob Irwin and Joyce Weeks gave a demonstration of work which is being done in the Sewing Club. An interesting talk on the organization and pro- gramme of the Folk School held at the home of Mr, and Mrs. Bob McMillan was given by Grace Lobb. The meeting was closed by singing the Institute Ode after which the girls assembled with the boys for the joint meeting. The joint meeting was opened by singing 0 Canada, with Verna Miller at the piano. Glen Wise,. chairman, introduced the subject for debate and also the members of the teams. BAPTIST CHURCH HEARS REPORTS OF GOOD YEAR The annual business .meeting of Clinton Baptist Church • was held in the parsonage on 'Tues- day evening with the pastor, Rev. A. Forsyth, . M.A.,, B.D., in the chair. A pot luck supper was enjoyed by those present. Encouraging reports were re- ceived from all organizations, the Ladies' Aid especially receiving congratulations from the chair- man. The clerk was instructed to write letters of ±hanks and appreciation to J. Murray, E. Robertson and G. Raithby for The subject was "Resolved that 'their valuable services in instal- ling the new bathroom at the women gossip more than men." The members , of the affirmative side were Bob Irwin, Fred Van - Emend, and for the negative, Mrs. Bob Irwin and Doris Tyn- dall. Judges were Mrs. Bert. Wise, Frank Fingland and Gordon Bennett, Criticisms and the de- cision of the judges was given by Mr. Bennett who awarded the unaniomus decision of the judges to the negative side. A very humourous Club paper was read by Mrs. Leonard Bodges. Jim end Grace Lobb favoured with a duett and Grace Lobb also eonductd a lively sing -song. New Telephone Directory Is Issued; Contains Many New Listings, Changes The new 1949 edition of the, telephone directory hes just come through the mail to.•Clinton sub- scribers, C. B. Symonds,Bell, Telephone manager hersaid today. The buff -covered direct= ory, which contains more than 5,230 new and changed listings, replaces the green -covered edition issued in March 1948. "Discard the old edition as soon as thenew one arrives," is the advice of Mr. Symonds, who points out that keeping the out - doted directory may lead to get- ting a wrong number through. consulting it in error. The manager also cautioned. subscribers to ` look through the pages before throwing the old book away; directories have often been used as repositories for papers, money and love let- ters, and discarded directories have been found to contain such items es bonds and, even the deed to a house. "Bring your private list of numbers up to date by checking it with the new directory," is another piece of advice to sub- scribers. Lists of ,frequently - called numbers, kept on office desk -pads, in pocket notebooks, and on cards pinned to the wall by the home telephone, may con- tain numbers that have been changed in the new directory. The new edition .,is fatter than its predecessor, oontainiug 140 pages in the alphabetical section as compared with 132. in the pre- vious edition. It lists numbers for. Stratford, Goderich, Mitchell, centres. St. Marys, Seaforth and other Issuing directories is a 'large- scale publishing operation, the manager said. Last year The Bell Telephone Company of Canada published one or more editions of 38 directories, containing 1,611,175,000 pages. If the 2,500 tons of paper used could'be turn- ed back into trees, they would cover more than 500 acres , of timberland. parsonage. A vote of thanks also was tendered to H. Cochrane for his• services at the Church. The following officers were appointed for the ensuing year: trustees, W. Cochrane, H. Pickett; deacons, W. Cochrane, H. Pickett; clerk, F/0 P. O. Jones; treasurer, .1. R. Butler, financial secretary, Mrs. Aikenhead; Sunday School superintendent, H, Cochrane; as- sistant, W. Blacker; props committee, Ii. Cochrane, J. Mur- ray, W. Pickett, Ed Grealis; flower committee, Mrs. .Butler,. Mrs. • Leppington; ushers, W. Cochrane, Il, Pickett, Ed. Grealis; organist, Mrs. E. Adams; choir leader, J. R. Butler; auditor, Rev. A. Forsyth. NEW RECTOR NAMED Rev. G. Murray Wyatt, 1948 graduate of Huron College,' Lon don, appointed rector of the, Anglican ehurches at Blyth, Au- burn and Belgrave, is a son of Mrs, James Wyatt, London, and the late Mr. Wyatt. COMING EVENTS • ' Donee, ° Town Hall, Clinton, Friday, March 25, Ken Wilbee's Orchestra. Admission 50 cents plus tax, 12-x Grand Frolic and Dance, Opera House, Exeter, Saturday, March 26. New Year's Eve in March hats, horns, balloons. It will be a thriller. Clayt. Steeper's Band. 12-b. Show and Dance, Crysbat Pal- ace, Mitchell, Saturday night, March 26, with Bob Mason, radio's tallest singing cowboy and West- ern Swingbillies. Now featured every noon hour over station' CFPL; London. Show starts 8 p.m.',' dance 9,45. Admission: adults 60 cents, children 30.eenta. Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lobb Feted on Anniversary A complete surprise was given to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lobb on Saturday evening, March 12, when 25 of their family gathered at their home in honour of their 15th wedding anniversary. The evening was enjoyed with music and games, after which a very bounteous lunch was served, The wedding cake, prettily de- corated in pink and white, made an attractive centre 'piece for the table. After lunch, Mr. and Mrs. Lobb were presented with two lovely pieces of crystalware In corn- flower pattern, They both re- plied fittingly, thanking every- one for the lovely gift and also for the whole evening, which had been planned .entirely a sur- prise to both. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Mervyn Lobb, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lobb, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lobb and families, all of Clinton district; Mr. and Mrs. Don Crich, Seaforth; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon MacFarlane, St. Thomas; and Grace and Jim, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Docking and family, who were unable to be present Saturday evening, visit - at their home on Sunday. D. J. LASSALINE RETURNED HEAD FRUIT GROWERS D. J. Lassaline, R.R. 2, Gode- rich, was re-elected president of Huron Fruit Growers' Associa- tion at the annual meeting in the Board Room, Ontario De- partment'of 'Agriculture, . Clinton, Thursday last, Other officers were re-elected for 1949 es follows: Honorary presidents, George Laithwaite, Goderich;: J. R. Stirling, Bay- field; R. J. McLaughlin, Brussels; J. W. Joynt, Lucknow; Stewart M..Middleton, Clinton; first vice- president, T. Salkeld, Lucknow; second vice - president, George Johnston, Bayfield; secretary- treasurer, R. G. Bennett, Clinton. Directors: Clayton Laithwaite, Goderich; Harry Mitchell, Gode- rich; Ben Sowerby, Goderich; Fred Middleton, Clinton; William McGuire, Bayfield; Donald A. Smith, Bayfield; Fraser Stirling, Bayfield; Ed Sowerby, Goderieb; Lorne Woods, Lucknow; Robert Archibald, Seaforth; James Gard- iner, Kirkton; George Joynt, Lucknow; William McKenzie, Kipper. Delegates Report A business session was held in the morning with President Las- soline, in charge. Delegates to the annual con- vention of the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association m Toronto in January, reported. They were George Johnston, Ed Sowerby, Clayton Laithwaite and D. J. Lassaline, Representatives of various spray companies spoke regarding their products and new discover_ ies in orchard protection. Enjoyable Banquet At the noon recess, an enjoy- able informal banquet was held in Hotel Clinton with W. P. Roberts, Tuckersmith, as chief speaker on the subject, "Our Best Customers," in which he stressed the importance of retaining the British market for Canadian ag- ricultural products. President Lassaline was chair- man, and music was supplied by 11. G. Bennett at the piano, Stew- art McEwen on the vif fin, and Lyle McKee mi the mandolin. Brief speeches were given by- (Continued y(Continued on. Page Five) 0 Air Force to Mark Silver Anniversary Two of the five members of Canada's RCAF, who were in the force when it was Organized 25 years ago, will be interviewed on Canadian Cavalcade, Tuesday, Meech 29. They are Air Vice - Marshal C. R. Slemon, Air Mem- ber for Operations and Training at National Defence Headquart- ers, Ottawa, and Air Commodore D. E. Macken, Deputy Air Mem- ber for personnel. Their Canadian Cevaloade ap- pearance comes just two days before the RCAF celebrates the 25th anoiversary of the day the force received its royal charter as the RCAF on April 1, 1924. When chartered, the RCAF had a little more than 300 members, rising to a wartime high Of 215,000. Its present strength is approximately 14,000. W. I. Carroll Outlines Lions' Responsibility The responsibility of a Lion to himself, his club and his com- munity was stressed in an ad- dress by Past District Governor W. I. Carroll, Mitchell, to Clinton Lions Club in St. Paul's Parish Hall. He based his remarks on the Lions "Code of Ethics" to which every member subscribes when he joins a Lions Club. The speaker was introduced by J. G. McLay, and was thanked in behalf of the Club by B. B. Pocklington: Chairman for the meeting was C. H. Epps, first vice-president. The draw was. won by G. W. Nott, J. J. Zapfe, chairman of Com- munity Betterment Committee, tated that arrangements were well in hand for holding the annual Farmers' Night on Tues- day, April 12, with Rev. (Capt.) Norman Rawson as chief speaker. "Top Quality" Hogs Required to Keep Canadian Market in United Kingdom If Canadian farmers desire to keep their market for bacon . is the ignited Kingdom, they must product. "top quality" hogs, I3, E. McGill. Toronto, fieldman, On- tario Department of Agriculture, declared in en address at a well attended meeting of Huron County Hog Producers Commit- tee in the Board Room, Ontario Agricultural Office, Clinton, Fri- day afternoon last, Mr. McGill emphasized the importance of hog producers turning out Grade `A" animals, and pointed out that the ,per- centage of these in Ontario was only 40 per cent. "Take time with your pigs," he advised, "A little time spent looking after them will pay big dividends in the long run, and, make you better satisfied with the job you are doing. Mr. McGill, with the aid of slides, delivered a very interest- ing talk on the results of a pro- vince -wide swine management survey undertaken in 1947 and 1948. Robert McMillen, Seaforth, one of the co-operators in this dist- rict, reported that 1.4 of 18 pigs he had marketed had graded "A". He had good stock, next thing to purebred, and fed some milk and hog concentrate. His hogs reg- istered a one -pound gain ter three -and -a -half pounds grain, George Michie, Morris Town- ship, described his experiences as a co-operator, Robert McMillan extended the thanks of the gathering to Mr. McGill for his fine address. Or- val Taylor, R.R. 1, Belgrave, pre- sided at the meeting, with Wil- liam Young, R.R. 1, Blyth, as secretary -treasurer. R. Gordon Bennett, Clinton, agricultural representative for Huron County, outlined swine producing activity in the county and told of a tour of the Whyte Packing Company plant at Strat- ford on March 16. He introduced the main speaker. Nearly X1,700 Raised Campaign for funds in Clinton and district for the Canadian Red Cross has gone "over the top". With en objective fo $1,5e0 set for the drive, the brief campaign has yielded nearly $1,700, A. J, McMurray, general chairman of the campaign, stated today. In fact, late contributions may place the total over that mark, he added. He stated that mem- bers of the committee and him- self were very pleased with the results attained in this community. No local Bed. Cross . campaign .. was carried on here in 1948, but the total raised in 1947 was about $1,380, so that this year's amount - is considerably in execss of two years ago. Results by divisions, with num- bers of contributors, were es follows: Town of .Clinton .. $1,193,60 526 . Clinton RCAF Station. ,191.28 118 Londesboro community .148.75 66 Goderieh Township and Bayfield Road 75.00 London Road 15.00 Donation from )3ruce'- field 5.00 Remitted direct 14.00 Total o ' $1,642.63 Sti Andrew's Leads By wards, Clinton results were as follows: . St. Andrew's $376.50 145 St. George's 276.85 141 St. John's , 283.00 124 St. James' 257.25 • 116 Totals $1,193.60 526 The average donation in Clin- ton was $2,27. Ward chairmen were; St. Andrew's, A. J. Mc- Murray; St. George's, J. G. Mc - Lay; St, John's, G. R. Foster; St. Tames', W. H. Robinson, At the RCAF Station, the average donation of those con- tributing was $L62. S/L Newton was chairman, Londesboro Showing In the Londesboro sector, the average donation of those een- tributing was 12.25. Canvassers were Mrs. W. Govier, Mrs, N. Watson, Mrs. Lillie Webster, and Mrs. Laura Saundercock, This group did exceptionally well. PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD NEEDS $1,293 INCREASE Clinton Public School Board will require a levy of •$13,731 from the Town of Clinton to carry on for the year 1949, it was re- vegled in the estimates adopted at the March meeting of the Board held in the Public School. This sum represents an in- cerase of $1,293 over the 1948 levy of $12,438. It is expected to make little difference in the tax rate clue to the fact that the town's assessment has increased in the meantime. The estimates for 1949, as pre- sented by Trustee Fred O. Ford, chairmen of the Finance Com- mittee, are as follows: Expenditures Instruction ...$18,000.00 Instructional supplies .. 1,500.00 Administration 350.00 School plant maintenance and operation 5,332.85 Auxiliary agencies 150.00 Capital outlay 1,000.00 Receipts Balance on hand $26,401.85 $ 401.85 Government grants .. .11,500.00 Non-resident fees 700.00 Town of Clinton' levy 13,731.00 $26,332.85 Chairman A. F. Cudmore pre- sided, and all members were present except Trustees C. M. Shearing and Gordon R. Roca. Use Playgrounds in Summer Mrs. N. W. Trewartha headed a delegation of four women rep- resenting the mothers, request- ing use of the school playgrounds during July and August. The matter was referred M the Prop- erty Committee, Trustee Wilbur Welsh, chairman. The Property Committee was instructed to investigate the pro.. curing of an additional classroom and report at the. next Board meeting. To Hire New Teacher It, was decided to advertise for a teacher for the junior grades for the extra classroom which will be opened In September. Poor Attendance Prinicpal G. H. Jefferson's re- port indicated an enrollment of 341 in February, with an aver- age attendance of 317,27, or 93.43 per cent. Principal causes 0± absence during the month were given as illness (nearly 90 per cent), home help, and parental neglect (less than ten per cent)., A Smile for Today Wei'! Half a dozen sight -seers were clustered before the elevator door at the top observation platform. of the Empire State Building in New York City awaiting trans- portation back to the land of ants. Among them was an old gentleman in a` broadcloth top- coat who, when an elevator .came, politely asked the 'operator, Dowd?"