Clinton News-Record, 1946-07-18, Page 1WITH 'WHICH IS INCORPORATED IIIE CLINTON, NEW ERA
No. 29 --68th Year; Whole No. 6210
CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946
The Home Paper With The News
Local Rural Hydro Area
15 Miles Under Way
75 More To Be Erected
A milestone in. the history a Clinton
operating area, Ilydro Electric Power
Cenunission of Ontario was reached
Tuesday when the 2,040th coneumer
was connected up. He is John Mar-
shall, R.R. 3, Blyth, who reside s in
East Wawanosh, two miles north of
Blyth,
The area now has 2,001 subscribers,
as, compared with 1,994 at the end
of June.
According to Arthur M. Knight,
distnet manager, there are now 361
nines of line operating in the area,
15 miles of poles are now being erect-
ed, and applications have been made
for more than )75 miles.
• Delayed By Strikes
Scarcity of materials and strikes,
have interfered to some extent with
recent coestruction work. The Rural
'Hydro Office here has been forced
e` to forward notices to the new sub-
' scribers on the 15 miles of new lines
ehat.there may be a delay in supply -..
solace" ai,6 strikes causing
abertage of materials.
' Load Increasing
'
M. Knight infonned , CLINTON
NEWS -RECORD that power loads in
the Clinton Operating Area are build-
ing up. It has been found necessary
to change the transformer station. at
Walton from 450 K.W. capacity to
1,000 K.W. capacity. At the Clinton
station at the present time, the load
is. above station capacey during peak
hours.
Serves Wide Area
Clinton Office serves a wide area
in Huron County ineluding all the
Townships of Stan'ey, G der:ch, Col. general store of Itestemayer and Mil -
borne, East and West Wawanosh, ler at the main intersection Dash -
Morris and Grey; and substantial wood and escaped with over $1,000 in
parts of Rullett bcKiIlop, Ashfield
FIVE-YEAR-OLD
RAZES ALARM
'AS BARN BURNS
Fire believed to have been caused
by spontaneous combustion, complet-
ely destroyed the large bank barn of
George Stephenson, a the Parr Line,
eight miles from Reese% Saturday
evening. The flames also consumed
the season's entire croa of hay and
grain.
Although the Hensall fire depart-
ment raced to the scene along with
scores of neighbours, only the pigs
and calves and a separator could be
saved. The remainder of tile live-
stock were grazing in the fields at
the time..
Loss is expected to run into several
thoueand dollars and is partially cov-
ered by insurance. •
Mr. Stephenson's five-year-old son
raised the alarm when he heard a
etrange noise irt are hay mow.
Stratford Boys' Band
To Be Heard Here Sunday
Citizens of Clinton are due fot an-
other rare treat on Sunday evening
when they will have the opportunity
=Ai
, M. KNIGHT of hearing Stratford Boys' Band which
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will be playing in Community Park
Manager, Clinton rural aperatine area, at 8.30 p.m.
Hydro Bleetric Power Commission of A good many remember with a
'Ontario, since November 1, 1930, who great deal of pleasure the excellent
reports that the 2,000th eonsumer, concert this band presented last sum
James Marshall, R.R. 3, Blyth, was mer.The conceit will be under the
cennected up on Tuesday, direction of David Brodhagen, who is
—..0— a distinguished musician in his own
right. One member of the Legion
Dashwood Safe i2racked
Band said they had gone to quite a
More Than $1,000 Stolen of, trouble to get this band to come
to Clmton and he hoped that Clinton -
lens would appreciate their efforts
morning eracked open the safe in the hear an excellent concert.
a
IL three-man gang early Monday and turn out in large numbers to
The magram will be made up as
follows. 0 Canada; .March, "Loyalty,"
by J. L. Xing; Overture, epreeelese
by W. L. Skaggs; Sacred Marcia
"Missionaire," by H. C. Miller; Waltz,
"Smilax and Roses," by W.L. Skaggs;
Overture, "Nugget Nell," by Jge
Soutthwell; March, "Imperial Echoes,"
by. Arnold Serena, Serenade, "Stilly
Night," by Will Hoff; Overture, "The
Vetaiart," by C. F. Thiel; Overture,
"Old Vienna," by K. L. King; Rpm,
God of our Fathers"; March, "Senep-
er Fidelis," by Sousa; God Save he
Ring.
Twelve -Year -Old Girl
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and Tuckersuath.
Hydro Electric Power Commission
opened a (Istria office in Mitchell in
1927, and bui.t the first lines in Clin-
ton operating area in the same year,
'while part of the Mitchell area.
The Clinton Office was opened
November 1, 1930, with A. M. Knight
as manager, and he hae continued in
charge ever since. Mr. Knight joined
Hydro in the slimmer of 1925. He is
a member of the .Association of Pro-
fessional Engineers of the Province
of Ontario.
FERTILIZER PLOTS
cash, bonds and checks.
Duncan Snider, a relative of the
store -owners, who live next doer to
the store, heard the men smashing
the safe, but believing the noise to
be coming from the operators working
in the building, did not souna an alarm
until the men had left the scene.
Investigatern showed that the gang
forced the side door of the store,
tarried the safe on its side and mash-
ed open the bottom with axes taken
from stock in the store. One axe
handle had been broken in half.
The automobile used by the sale -
was driven onto the side-
walk at the side entrance to the store
and tracks were clearly distinguish -
Prof. Henry G. Bell, associate pro- able. The tracks were traeed one and
lessor of soils, OAC, Guelph, visited a quarter miles south of Dashwood,
Huron County on Tuesday,taking a similar distance west and then four
tests of fertilizer plots with fall miles north where the train was lost
wheat at Keith Tyndall's and J. W. upon reaching the Blue Water High-
VanEgmond's farina Ammonia nit- way.
rate was the chemical used in these In their hurry to leave the scene,
experiments. the thieves left behind a pair of pliers
and a hammer evidently taken from
their own ear. A. notebook, a part of
The Week's Weather Ihne ji000tn ttceenhfrwaytheovesrafeo: I'Vnt
south of Dashwood.
July 11
High Low HOLSTEIN MAN HERE
91 66
July 12 78 59 J. E. Terry, Brantford, well known
July 13 79 46 fieldniari of Holstein -Friesian Assoc
-
Jelly 14 84 56 iation of Canada, has been in the
July 15 73 45 district this week in preparation for
July 16 75 43 the "Black and White Show to be
July 17 80 . 48 held in connection with Blyth Pall
Rainfall—nee inches. Fair September 11.
Helps Rescue Another
A courageous act of heroism is
reported on the part of Joan Rivett,
12 -year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Rivett, Dungannon. Joan and
her cousin, Edna Rivett, Crewe, have
been visiting at a cottage at Port
Albert with relatives.
Many were enjoying the water and
beach on Sunday afternoon with a
number of them swimming in the Nine
Mile River, where it, empties into
Lake Huron. Ruth Mary Tootell, 10
year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. Tootell, Filnt, Mich., who was just
learning to swim, got out of her
depth' and lost control. She had gone
under twice, when Joan Rived, who
had been a good swimmer for some
time, gave her a hand and kept her
above water until Clifford Hoy, God-
erieh, who was swimming a little
farther away, heard the alarm and
completed the rescue.
C000e.o.:$ Up 2,000th Consumor::.
Clinton. gurphy
Largesi Lodge
InBlyth.`"Walk"
Murphy Lodge L.O.L. 710, Clinton;
enjoyed the honor of being the largest
lodge in the big Orange "walk" at
Blyth Friday afternoon last. The
group was in charge of Thomas
Deeves, Worshipful „Master.
Varna L.O.L. received the prize for
best banner.
Thomas Culbert, 92 -year-old Dun-
gannon resident, was the oldest
Orangeman on pa,raile.
Woodburn fife and drum band,
smartly uniformed iat white with navy
e.aps and trouser stripes, and orange
ties and sashes, carried off the prize
as best playing band. Winners of
individual fife and drum paying were
Charles McQuillan, Lucknow, fife, and
Eliner Webster, Verna, drum.
Lucan ladies in thair all -white attire
with red . banners, won first piece
ernong the worneras organizations.
Miss Gladys Collins, Seaforth, was
bese-dressed lady.
The celebration alas attended by
about 3,000 people., A gala parade
along banner deeaed streets gave
spirit to the marking of "the glorious
twelfth." Enthusiastic throngs hailed
the two prancing white steeds and
four CM of L.O.L. tofficaals, and the
uniformed, from Clinton, Bayfield,
competing lodges and bands, gayly
Heins% Seaforth, Varna (Varna fu-
ture lodge of a score of six to ten
year olds, in the approved white shirts
and orange trimmings); and Lodge
1035; Greenway, Lucan, Woodburn,
Auburn, )3elgrave, Gerrie, Brussels,
Wingham, Bluevale, Belfast, Nile and
Blyth.
'Two parade; entarshalse riding
abreast, were on white horses in the.
King William tradition, in the parade.
Thomas Adams, Londesboro, acted as
marshal for North Burma while Rob-
ert Golley, Windham, county grand
master for North Iron, rode with
him. The parade was lined up under
the direction of Robert Wallace, Barth.
The program of speaking at the
Blyth Public School grounds followed
an "Orange Walk", which began at
1.45 a.m. at Blyth Agricultural
Grounds, and wound through the vil-
lage by a zigzag three -quarter -mile
route.
Several Speakers
"I can eee a Aare when it might be
illegal' to held thlea celebration in
Blyth," said Rev. L I. Hunter, minist-
er of Westmoreland United Church,
Toronto, principal speaker.
"Now, as much as at any time,"
said L. Et Cardiff, Brussels, MP. for
North Huron, "there is a job for the
Oeange order to do."
Other speakers were; Reeve Frank
Bainton, Blyth; Daniel Alton, Van-
couver, 65 years an Orangeman, son
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BEEF CALF CLUBS
SHOW ACTIVITY
IN HURON COUNTY
Blyth Baby Beef Calf Club held
an interesting meeting at the farm of
Edwin Wood, Lendesboro, Monday
evening when all eleven members were
aresent: '
William Taylor, William Young,
Roy Young, Murray Roy, James Wil-
son, Cameron Craig, Margaret Craig,
Ella Nethery, Jack • Nethery, Boyd
Taylor, Maurice Callaltan.
A. class of Shorthorn cows was
judged, with ' reasons, and various
phases of club work were diseussed
under the direction of Gerald Ee Nel-
son, Clinton, agricultural representa.
tive for Huron County.
Tile business, part of the meeting
was in charge of President Ball Tay-
lor, and Secretary Bill Young read the
minutes and conducted the roll call.
It was decided to hold the next meet-
ing at the farm of Frank Little, Lon-
desboro, on August 7- Achievement
Day will take place at Blyth Pall Fair
September 11.
• -Dungannon Beef C'alf Club met last
evening on the farm of Heber J. L.
Eedy, Dungannon, when a class of
Herefords was judged.
Tonight, Grey Township Beef Calf
Club is meeting at William J. Turn -
bull's farm, Brussels, when a class of
Shorthorns will be judged.
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COUNTY CHEEOE
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COMING EVENTS .
3c a -word
Minimum Charge 50c
Clinton Turf Club Rates, Comm-
unity Park, Clinton, Wednesday, Aug.
21. Neev track, new stands. Bigger
and better than ever. 27-b-tfb
PRODUCTION UP
Middle School Results
At Clinton Collegiate
Viscount Alexander
To Open "Victory Match"
Previously invited and expected
to attend, Viscount Alexander of
Tunis, Goverpor-General of Can-
ada, will preside at the opening of
the International Plowingealatch
—"The Victory Match"—at Port ,
Albert Airfield, Huron County,
scheduled for October 15-16-17-18.
Announcement was made yest-
erday by J. A. Carroll, secretary -
treasurer, Ontario Plowmen's As-
sociation, who stated that good
progress is being made in pre.
p.arations for the huge event. It
will be the first International
Match since 1941.
Burned by Gasoline,
Improves in 'Hospital
A patient in ,Alexandra, Marine and
General Hospital, Goderich, condition
of David McCumbe, 30, is reported as
satisfactory. He was badly burned
wi,th gasoline when it exploded while
he was working on the Blue Water
Highway, on concession 4, Ashfield,
DESPITE TREND Frg
ea. Atewas carrying
the gasoline
— past a paving machine, where a torah
Although production of cheddar was being used to clean asphalt off
cheese showed a decline in the Pro- the roller, when the gasoline benne°
vince as a whole in June and for the ignited. Fellow workmen seized a
first half of 1946, the opposite was blanket and smothered the blaze, but
true in Huron County, according to not before McCumber was badly
the monthly dairy report of the On- burned.
tario Department of Agriculture,
In Huron County, cheese production
increased frora 185,887 pounds M June Return to Canada
1945, to 245,199 pounds in June 1046, On Board the "Georgic"
and from 654,443 pounds in the first
half of 1945 to 761,637 pound in the
Eirst hall of 1946
In Ontario, production declined in returned to Canada aboard the hner
June from 19,545,037 pounds to 18," "Georgic," wbieh docked at Halifax,
156,846 pounds, and for the first six N.S. Tuesday were: •
months from 47,141,487 pounds to ate." C H. F. Chase, Goderich; Cpl.
87,336,851 pounds. L. W. Heaman, Exeter; Sgt. J. A.
Huron County followed the general Labelle, Seaforthe LAO R. W. Sang -
trend in creamery butter production, ster, Henson; LAC G. E. Wilkinson,
however, with a decline from 676,759 Seaforth.
pounds to 559,632 pounds in June,'-- i a
a ) Others on the same liner included:
2,414,642 to 1,904,976 pounds in the Mi Maria la. J. Ross, wife of Pte
first half of the year. 1 II Ross, en route to her mother -in -
Provincial figures showed a drop law, lelts. Henry Rose, Wingham; and
Among 1,360 RCAF personnel which
Following are the Middle school
Results for tlie school year ending
June 1946 for Clinton Collegiate In.
stituFatiler:ires in the Grade XI subjects.
of Eeglish, Latin, French, Shop Work
and Home Economics are placed in
brackets:
DOREEN A.ReaSTRiONG — English,
Mod. Hit., Geom., Chem, Latin,
m.ch
MARGARET COLQUHOUN — Eng -
GEORGE DURHAM—English, Mod.
JEAN ELLIOTT—Eng., Mod. Hist,
ROGER, GARON --Eng., Geom.,
ELINOR 'GLEW—Enge Mod. Hist-,
rRIE GLIDDON—Anc. Hist., Alg.
,
lphishlys,Mod. Hist., Geona, Mena.
Hist, Geom., Ohm., Latin,
Latin, French.
Geom., Chem., Latin, French.
MAFrench.
Geom., Chem., Latin, French.
Chem, (Latin).
DONALD HADDY—Eng., Mod. Hist.,
,Georn., Chem, Latin, French.
BeLLIE HANILY--Eing., Mod. Hist.,
Geom., Chem., Latin, French.
WILLIAM HEAR(—Eng., Mod. Hist.,
Geom., Chem., Latin, French.
A.RDYS,S' INELEY---Eng., Mod. Hist.,
Geom.'Chem., Freed:, Home Ec.
JAMES, JACJILSON — Geom., Chem,
Shop Work.
ELEANOR JOHNS—Eng., Mod. Hist.,
Geom., Chem., Latin, French.
GRACE, LOBS—Anc Hist., Alg., Phys.
JOHNoheM:cDONA:LD Eng., Med.
JUNE McCARTNEY — Mod. Hist.,
Hist., Geom., Chem., Shop Work.
DORIS McCOOL—Anc. Hist.
DOUGLAS NfeDONALD—Eng., Mod.
Hist., Geom., Chem., Lalin,
French.
DOREEN McGUTRB—Anc. Hist, Alg.,
Phys.
LOIS MIDDLETON — Eng., Mod.
Hist., Geom., Chem., Latin,
French.
ROBERT MILLER. --Shop Work.
MANX MUSTARD—.Aac. Hiet, Alg.,
Phys.
WILLIAM PALMER—Anc. Hist.
MARION PECK—Bag., Mod. Hist,
Geom., Chem., French, Home Ec.
SHIRLEY RAPSON—A.nc. Hist, Alga
Physi
ERIKA ,SCHULTZ—Eng., Mod. Hist.,
Geom., Alg., 'Chem., Latin,
French.
HELEN tSHADDOOK — Eng., Mod.
Hist-., re
, Geom., Chem, French,
H.
ALICE Loom Tamusomr—Ehg.,
Mod. Hist, Geom., Alg., Chem.,
Latin French.
FRED TFIORNDIIKE An. Hist,
(French).
CORONNA WENDORF--Eng.., Mod.
Hist., Latin, French, Musze.
MILDRED WILTSE — Mod. Hist,
Chem.
BETTY WOOLLEY—Anc. Hmst., Mg.,
Phys,
BEVERLEY YORK — Eng., Mod,
Hist, Geom., Chem, Latin,
French.
BLANuzApHE
—Anc. Hist., Alg.,
Phys.
Graduate
The following pupils have beem
granted Graduation Diplontias:
Doreen Armstrong, Margaret Colqu-
houn, George Durham, Jean Elliott,
Elinor Glew, Donald Reddy, Billie
Hanly, William Hearn Ardyss
Eleanor Johns, John MacDonald, June
McCartney, Douglas McDonald, Lois
Middleton, Marion Peck, *Ike
Schultz, Helen Shaddoek, AliceLouise
Thempeon, Lois Wiltse, Coronna Wen-
dell, Beverley 'reek.
TUCKERSMITH
TRUKEES PLAN
NEW .SJDEWALKS
, The monthly meeting of the Board
of Trustees of Tuckersmith School
IArea was held in No. 8 school on July
9, with all the members present, and
J. G. Carnochan presiding, The min.
utes of last meeting were read by S.
II- Whitmore, secretary -treasurer, and
declared approved.
Communications were received
from Mrs. Jessie Keyes and Inspector
Staples and rase the monthly reports
and promotion reports of the teachers,
all ef which were ordered filed.
Tenders were received for caretak-
ing of the schools: from Bert Haney
for No. at a total cost of e125, and
from John Forrest for No. 7 at $150,
which tenders were accepted and the
secretary was instructed to secure a
caretaker for No. 4 at the same rate
of pay.
Mrs. Jason Dills, Seaforth, was en-
gaged as a supply teacher at the
same rate of pay as the regular teach-
ers, and 50 cents per hour was set as
the rate of pay for whose who as-
sisted in -sawing wood,
The secretary was instructed to ad-
vertise for tenders for constructing
sidewalks at Nos. 4, 6 and 7 echools,
and dipalsoto order more playgrouudi
eci
Accounts to the amount of $798.0
were approved and ordered paid,.
which included: Jack Hood School
Supplies'$504.47; 0. D. Simpson, $44;
Walter Pepper, $50; Merton Keyes-,
$50; Rod. McLean, $60; picnic expen-
ses, $16,97; Lions Club, Seaforth, $5;
labor, ; Carol Chesney, $4; Flora
Brown, $4; miscellaneous, $$9.53.
from 11,004866 pounces to 10,110,371
pounds in June, and 38,667,071 pounds
to 33,332,293 pounds in the first half
of the year,
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Four Ilours Missing
Woman Found in Bash
A. posse of 150 men found Mrs.
Ernest Johnston, Goderieh Township,
wandering about in a bush near the
Huron Road at 4.15 pan. Tuesday,
after an organized seatch of four
hours.
The woman, yam had been in ill
health for some time, had been re-
ported missing in the morning, and
the subsequent search party combed
the area between the river and the
Huron Road for a distance of over
four miles. Dick Porter and hen
Louzon finally located the woman,
who was taken to London for treat-
ment. 11
Mts. Bettlfa "lelay Taylor, wife of
L/Cpl, L. L. Taylor, on the way to
join her husband at Lucknow.
Mailing List Corrected
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venience. Thank you.
--THE MANAGEMENT
Beautiful Hayfield -- One of Lake Huron's Loveliest Summer Resorts ---- As Seen From the Air
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BAYFIELD FROM THE AEU — It's quite a place, isn't it?
Taken from a few hundred feet up, this aerial photograph of this
historic Huron County village gives a pretty clear idea of the
"lay of the land"—and water. At the right of the picture, no one
could mistake the Hayfield River as it winds its way to Lake
Huron where the pier and breakwater may be seen, while the
Bluewater Highway edges off to the north. The bluffs and the
lake beyond are in the background of the photo with the "Square"
in the left central area.
The picture was taken by a staff cameraman of The Landon
Free Press, Robert Turnbull, and for the engraving, CLINTON
, .
NEWS -RECORD is indebted to that paper. The pilot et the sleek
news plane, The News Hawk" is Bill Carfield, an expert flier and
reporter, who served with the RCAF and holds a commercial license.
The Free Press has photographed from the air nearly every town
axd village in Western Ontario.
A ShIlLE FOR TODAY
' Perhaps He Wouldn't
Stubborn Citizen: "I wouldn't vote
arm you if you 'were St. Peter him-
self,"
Political Candidate: "If I were St.
Peter, my friend, you wouldn't be in
My constituency,"
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