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Clinton News-Record, 1947-05-01, Page 1JOIN C. of C. TODAY •rN invon, News- ecord USE Nevvs.Record ADLETS WP('H WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE CLINTON NEW ERA-•ESTAI3LIS1YED 1865' No. 18 -69th Year; Whole No. 6251 CLINTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1947 Clintonians The Horne Paper With the News -Ten Pages Gratified With Reduction yin Income Taxes The 4 etlll a Berri 5 WA+S' UPTEN CENTS A pound today, as was expected, stocks now in the hands of retailers must be sold under tike ;old ceiling . Of the additional ten tents, 814• cents is accounted for by withdrawal of the subslidy on b+urftei,fat and, 1a/z cents is given the farmer in the hope that it will spur butter productionRa- tioning of butter remains nndistnrb- ed for the present, however• . , . Into the bargain, cheese was up four cents, * * * DR. H003138 TAYLOR. DASHWOOD MIA for Huron, has arranged a meeting for .Clinton Town Commit Chambers on Monday next, May 5, at 4 p,m., of the Staffs; Boards, etc„ of the foto hospitals in the County )t is expected that I -Ion. Russell T. !Kelley, Onbario Minister of Health, will have some announecments to make an regard to nurse training and financial asisstance to these hospitals, in lune with some of the suggestions made at last fall's meeting here. * * * SPEAKING OF NEW AUTO- mobiles, here are some this column has noticed around town lately: Dr. W A. Oakes, Buick; Ald. ,Robert Y. Hattin, Oldsmobile; George B. Beat- tie, Hudson; Lloyd Batltin, Studebak- er; John A, Sutter; Ford; Mrs. W. A. Oakes, Chrysler . . And there m+ay be others we have overlooked.. * * * BALL BROS. ARE .MAKING' EX- tensivea1te a r io t sto n the hardware section of their5P solo us strc • re . The wall 'between the two sections 5a being torn down and the two made into one, with a floor table display plan• in the offing. * * * POUR LOCAL BUSINESS changes are announced in this issue of The N•BWSeRECORD, which is really something , . They are by Murphy Bros. Garage, Horner's Ser- vice Station, Inttltley and Brown. and Clinton Grill. The last One are new bueiness names in Clinton.. * * *• EARL DOUCE,TTE, WHO HELD AN auction sale on his' Hullett Township farm yesterday, has completed the excavation for a new house on the vacant lot on the southwest corner of Queen and John ,Streets in the Vinegar Hill area. * * * HOW I8 THE ESTIMATED COST of the new wing to Clinton Pubiie. Hospital to be made ecu? Here are the figures: cash on hand, $18,000; Town of Clinton, $2,000' Huron County grant, $25,000; Provincial grant, $20,000; adjacent municipal- ities, $9,900; to be ar, anged, $5,100; total, $90,000. k * * AN EX -RESIDENT OF' THIS DIST- riot, and esteemed subscriber of The NEWS -RECORD, Dr. W. J.. Fowler, veteran member of the faculty of On- tario Agricultural College, Guelph, was guest of honour at a ceremony there when his portrait was unveiled in Momorial,Hail ... He is a brother of Dr, H. Fowler, Clinton, and Foster T. Fowler, teacher at S. S. 6, McKillop. • * * NORTH HURON, REPRESENTED by L. . Cardiff, Progressive -Con- servative, will remain unehanged in the present redistribution of seats in the House of Commons, but Huron- Perth, represented by William H. Golding, Liberal, will be augmented by the addition of the Town cd' Mitchell and the Township of Logan, Perth •County . .. The Redistribution Committee, predominantly Liberal, seemed to take •a great delight in (hanging or dropping •altogether, ridings held by prominent. Progres- sive-Conservatices . It +must have been something more than a coincid- ence , . Did anyone ever hear of the word "gerrymander." • * DAY,LLGIh(r ;SAVING IS NOW IN force in most of the urban .commun- ities of Huron County, including Aub- urn, Bayfiieldi, .Blyth, Brussels, Clinton, Exeter, Goderich, Gorge, Hay Town- ship, Hensall, ;Seaforth, Winghatn, Wroxeter, Zurich , It went into. effect in Clinton at midnight Satur- day without a hitch, although some church -goers arrived late, 5•t is re- ported.. * * * THEY'RE WORKING DIAci' AND night on the construction of the fine, new highway bridge at Bayfield, The double shift started this week and will be continuedit is anticipated, to get the structure ready for use as quickly as possible. * * * FOR THE 11TH SUCCESSIVE season, Toni Leppington has hired ,vvth Dr. W. A. Oakes as caretaker for the doctor's spacious grounds . , Tom must be giving satisfaction. * k e HERB'S A FREAK ',ACCIDENT for you! Mrs. Roy Lawson, Hensel, fell from a table in her home, frac- tured her right wrist and scalded her left arm, all at one .time , She was removing paper from the wall and stepped from a table to a chair • She fell to the floor, her left arm going into a pail of hot water. The Week's Wether High Low April 24 65 35 25 47 , &3 26 53 25 27 52 . . 30 28 51° 24 29 67 37 30 66 •54 Rsinfall - .52 inches. Ontario Buttermaking Championship Comes to Clinton GLIA T.AND ON I7SPEOIAESPECIALLY CLINTONC+T,INTON CtiIEAMD,1l,', operated by Canada P'acker's, LimSted, have gained considerable prominence through the fact that George Braithwaite, head buttermaker, has won the Ontario Championship in keeping -quality competition in which buttermakers from 48 cream- eries participated. He scored 97.33 points. ABOVE, left to right, are: Milton Griffin, Stratford, 4th prize; Gerald Agar, Staffa, 3rd prize; George Braithwaite holding the trophy; Roy Mulcahy, Millbank, 5th prize. Hospital Aid Bridge Marathon Comes to End Winners of the group play-offs of the Iiogprital Aid Bridge Marathon Were Mrs. H. C. Scheilenberger and Miss Dorothy Streets. The plait' -off game between the Winners of the two bridge groups. Mn. Boit Boyes and Mrs. J. M. Elliott, and Mrs, Sehellenberger and Miss Streets, took place at the hone of ,Mrs. W. A. Oakes, Tuesday even- ing, the latter pair winning by 300• points. Final results of the tomnnament were as follows: Bridge Group No. 1 --:Mrs. Bert Boyer and ales. J. M. Elliott -43,390; Mrs. Edward Halsey and Miss Freda Sehoenhals36,640; Mrs, Kenneth J. Pickett and Mrs. G. R. McEwan- 34,350; ,Mrs. Harry Bartliff and Mrs. John Hartley -33,060; Mrs. Fred Ford and Mrs. R. S. Atkey-82.080; Mrs, M. R. !McKinnon and Mrs. H. Elvidge-.31,290; Mrs. Fred Thomp- son and Miss Agnes Combe -81,030; Mrs. E, J. Gray and Mrs. George Knights -30.630; Nis. Alex Haddy and ,Mrs. M. Shearing -28,550; Mrs. N. Carter and Miss A. Stee,pe- 28,110; Mrs. M. McTaggart and. Mrs. D. J. Lane --•26,980; ,Mrs, Wiilian 5. Elliott and Mrs. W. Cowan 26,110; Mrs. G. W. Nott and Mrs. H. W Gould --23,760; .Mrs. D. Maltby and Miss E•. Pluansteei--,18240. 'Group No. 2 -Mrs. H. Schellen- berger and Mess Dorothy Streets --- 41,400; Mrs, Cree Cook and Mrs, Gordon Miller -40,&10; Mrs. C. Ven- net- and Mrs. George Walker -32,940; Mrs. George Jefferson and lMlrs. W. +A,, Oakes -22,620; Mrs. Frank Ping - land and Mrs John Zapfe-20,090; Mrs. Harold &van and Mrs. Morley Counter -29/740; Mrs, W. H. Robin- son and Mrs, A. ,M. IK.nnght--29,320; Mrs, J. Addison and Mrs, W. Match -48,550; 1VIrs. Reg. Ball and Miss Helen Cook -28,040; Mrs. Sam Castle and Mrs. 0. H. Epps 6,670; Mrs, W. T. Herman and Miss Dolly Shaw -26,580; Mrs. George Elliott and Mrs. John Morgan -26,090; Miss Madedeline Hawkins and Miss Evelyn Hall -23,410; Mrs. Joe •Silcoelt and Miss. Sloman-22,940. Five Hundred In the"500" the results were: Mrs. Wilson and Mrs. Wilson, 24,490; Mrs. N. •M. Wannoelt and &les. Ronald MacDonald, 21,600; Mrs, Irene Hemi and Mrs. Edward Nickle, 16,130: Mrs. Bruce Bartliff and Mrs. Gam. eron Proctor, 15,070; Mrs. Gordon Soribbins and Miss Audrey Congram, Hospital Meeting RON. RUSSELL T. KELLEY • Ontario Minister of Health, who will speak at a meeting in Clinton Town Council' Chamber Monday, May 5,. at 4 p.m., of the staffs, boards. etc. of the hospitals located at Goderich; Wingham, Seaforth and Clinton. Paper Collection Planned Tomorrow Clinton Branch, Canadian Le- gion, is conducting a paper thrive, tomorrow, Friday, May 2, when trucks will call all over town. Alex Haddy is in charge, phone 221. Householders are requested to have paper tied neatly in bundles, end rags also are being collected. Parcels should be at the ouirb by 1 p.nt.. as collection is expected. to l,e much slower than formerly on account of road conditions. Proceeds of the sale of the paper and rags will be applied to the Legion's building fund, 13,210; Mrs. Tom Riley and Mrs. William Murch, 13,180; Mrs, Clar-. nee •Connell and Mrs. Wilbur Welsh, 13,060; Mn. William Wells and Mrs Orval Lobb, 12,750; Mrs. John Fras- er and Mrs, Ceeil Ashton, 10,750; Mrs. Henry Sloman and Mrs. Thomas O'Connell, 9,360. Successful Games Night The big games night sponsored by the Hospital Aid an the Town Hall took place Wednesday evening, and was considered a great success, About 50 tables played games throughout the evening. Dr, J. W. Shaw pre- sented the prizes for the evening's play which 'were: Bridge: Mrs. A.E. Haddy; "500': Mrs. Wilson; Euchre: Lloyd Butler; Cribbage: nibs. Nick- erson. Other prizes given were: Highest graduate, Jean• Hearn; tallest man, Larry Haughton; Shortest Woman, Evelyn Hall; Luck chair, Mrs. D. Glidden, Holmesville; Lucky table, Mrs. H. Bartlrff; Lucky number in score, Mrs. George German; lucky member in score across, T. J. Riley. A lively sing song was led by Mrs. J. G. MacKinnon with Mrs. W. E. Perdue at the piano. Receipts of $314 Mrs. Oakes amounted that $263,40 had been made out of the Marathon and that the door receipts of the ovening were $51 which meant that $314.40 had been raised for the or- gahndzation. She also .presented the marathon prizes to Mrs, H. C. Sehellenberger and Miss Dorothy Streets for the bridge .and to Mrs. Wilson and ,Mrs. Wilson for the "500". These had been donated by Mrs. Irene Henri and Mrs. M. D. McTaggart. A very interesting qudzz was con- ducted by G. Ralph Foster, with Mrs. Reg. Ball, Miss Mamie MacKinnon, Miss Jean Hearn, Cyril Cornish, J.G. Moiety and 514C. Lawson, taking part. The door prize, drarm by Mrs, A. J. McMurray. was won by Mrs. F. Hanley, and the Mucky draw whiolt was draw by Mrs. 11 A McTaggart, was won. by Jack Leiner. Mrs, Mclfinnon thankedthose who lead given pries and who had .assist- ed with the decorations. A very pleasant evening •was brought to a close when the social committee served delicious refresh- ments. The entire evening was most gratifying to the committee In eharge. An omission was inedwerteclly made at the Town Hall when the lint of donors of prizes 'was announc- e cpm that the namea ., l of H. T. Ranceh wo donated two be ti 7 plates was missed. The Hospital Aid are indeed sorry \for this omission, him HAVE WINDSOR SUB -CONTRACT W F,;. Monaghan, local plastering contractor, is engaged in carrying out a plastering .sub -contract on twopublic schools at Windsor for Sterl- ing Construction Co., Limited, gener- al mints -actors, Windsor. Arnold Johnston, Clinton, is associated. with i,n the work, Local Oddfellows Visit Monkton A number of members of Clinton Lodge No. 83 IOOF• visited Golden Rule Lodge No. 420, Monkton, on i Tuesday evening when the host lodge conferred the second degree on seven candidates of the Clinton T.ailge as, well as on candidates front Seaforth, Atwood and their own lodge. A pleasing feature of the evening was the preseittatio a of the travelling Bible by DDGM. G. H. Jefferson, on behalif of Clinton Lodge, to the alonkton• Lodge. Several brothers gave short speeches, Following the evening delicious re- freshments were served and a social half hour enjoyed. FRED SLOMAN CRASHES PAGES OF MAGAZINE ,Fred Stotnanl former Ciintonian, son of the late Mr, and Mrs. J. SIo- man, "crashed" The SaturdaY Even- ing Post in a recent issue when an article was published under the head - in, "Here Comes the Sahoolhousel", with an .appropriate pieture shoving Mr. +Sloman instructing lids !class. The aatiele is as follows: Through Ontario's northern forest plods a &eighet train. Incongruously hitched to the last boxcar is a mod- ern steel coach, shedding its cheerful light into the snowy night. Soon after daybreak the coach is uncoupl- ed on a siding at a tiny settlement and the train rumbles on its way. Presently a dozens children, from six to sixteen, come 'whooping out of the Miele take their places at the desks in the coach, sing a .greeting to the teacher, and sehool - the only schwaof its kind inthe world - begins. It will last for a week. Thenthe pupils will be given a month's homework, to occupy ,them until the traveling schoolhouse is again dropped, at their siding. Ontario's R'dueation Department operates seven sdhools on wheels to serve children of trappers, lumber- men, section -gang laborers sand other bush dwellers whose work keeps them migrating back and fonth throu- gh the Canadian bushland above Lake Superior. "The school on Whole wasn't in operation a full term," Says It D. Keefe, Director of ,School Gars, we knew that at last we'd solved the problemm of these young• stern \vho might move around for ears w i ht wt au lilabefore Y t settling within • a school." g read) of What the kids think of this educat- ional opportunity is shown by the pride they take in doing good work and their amazing attendance records !Although it is mighty haul for some Many Fear However; That Prices Going Too High Merchants Voted To Stay Closed The Retail Merchants' Com- mittee of .Clinton and District •Chamber of Commerce conducted a secret ballot of the local mer- chants on Monday morning in connection with the Wednesday morning closing. The question on the ballot -was: "Are you in favour of staying open until 12.30 pan. Wednesday?" Results of the ballot showed 25 voting "no" and 78 voting "yes." Only the merchants dir- ectly affected by the closing were requested to vote. The results are being placed before the Chamlbeu' of Commerce at its next meeting. It is understood that a move- ment is on foot to pass a petition among those business men who were not requested to vote on the question. Five Changes Of Ministers End of June Five ministerial transfers are ex- pected to take place at the end of June in Huron Presbytery. United Church nr Canada. The P cs''yte":y, at a meeting in James St•'nct United Church, Exeter, 1' ursday last, sustained end passed of the children to get to the cam an to the Settlement Committee, calls ;of just doesn't exist. The stud- to Rev. Ralph H. Turnbull, Oodeviate lent attitude is typified by Johnny from Bea ad Park, Toronto; to Rev. Nelson, a 14 -year-old Indian, who, 11 A. S. Trueblood, Crediton, from Peek- hearing about the sehool, peeked a Iview Church, Stratford; to Rev. Ar - week's supply of food in a canoe and ithur Sinclair, 131yth, from St. James, started a 82 -mile trip down a wilder- Windsor, ness river. When he was ten miles Requests Sir ohange of pastoral from +the sehool at the Ayer froze relations \etre made by Rev. G. H. over. Johnny cached his canoe for Dunlop, Feigrave; and Rev. N. J. tile winter and finished his journey on Woods, Main St., Exeter, and were snarwshoes, passed on to . the Settle: eve Com- mittee. ''Elected Chairman Rev, A. B, Irwin Exeter, was elected chairman of Presbytery, for the conference year to began July 1, 1947• Rev, A. W. Gardiner. PEgmond- ville, and F. S. Savauge, .Seaforth, were re-elected secretary and treas- urer of the presbytery. Rev. Wiaiiam Mair, Thames Road, and Rev. H. C. Wilton, Brussels, were named to the settlement committee. The presby- tery session was conducted by Rev. Harold Snell, Auburn. Permission was granted to the Goshen congregation, to erect a new churolr building at en estimated cost of $15,000; a request from Westfield tongregvttion for permission to sell two small sheds at $100 each, was G. Braithwaite • Is Champion n po Buttermaker George Braithwaite, head butter - maker at Clinton Creamery ,operated. by Canada Packers' Limited, is the 1947 winner of an Ontario -wide com- petition among head butternakers of 48 ereaneries. He scored 97.33 points for the keeping quality of his butter, and received a beautiful silver trophy which he will held for one year, The competition ,vas- sponsored by the Ontario Creamery Association, jointly with the Ontario Depalment of Agriculture, the Dominion Depart- ment of Agriculture, and the dairy department of Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. In second place was Irwin Inglis, Wiarton, 96.38; third, Gerald Agar, Staffa, 95.75; fourth, Milton Griffin, Stratford, 95,17; fifth, Roy Mulcahy, Millbank, Others in •the first nine were from Sydenham, ,Shelburne, Waterford and Chesley. The keeping -quality competition required each creamery competing to submit a seven -pound sample of but- ter each month during May, June, July and a.Altagust 1946 --four samples in all to CAC. The samples were held in ;below -zero storage until March 1947, And were then graded by three •experts-D,M. Beattie, Ottawa;, 0.H,3% White, Toronto; and R. 3.. Quinn, London. Mr, Braithwaite is a graduate of OAC dairy course and has been with Canada Packers here for the past eight years. He • was elected to the executive of the Stratforo District Buttevmgakers' Club at a meeting in Stratford last week. John Hotham, Seaforth, also was named to the ex,. native. 0 C. of C. OFFICERS SEAFOSSTFI - Nelson C. Cardio was elected president of Seaforth Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night. Others named weve: 1st vice- president, A. Y. McLean; 2nd vice- president, D. Sills; secretary -treasur- er, E. C. Boswell. COMING EVENTS Minimum Charge '50c 30 a word i Oid Time Dance, Town Ball, Clin- ton, ] I' a• 2 tr endo May ,. sponsored Y, , by Y L B,A• Dancing 9 0 1, p.m. to 1a.m. Admission 50 cents. 17-18-b 'Teen Town, 00I., Friday, May 2, at 8 p.nn. 18-x •General meeting, Huron Fish and lep.ecial Dance, Town Hall, Clinton, Saturday. May 3. Farrier's Orch- estra. lAdnnission 50 ceras. 18-x I' . Blink •Cos e ot, Town. hall, Clinton, Sunday, May 11. 18-b Game Club Ellwood Epps Sport Shop, Tueeday.' May 6. Juniors at 7 p.m;,,_'Senior at 8 pan 18-x The sohooI cars are former sleeper or clay eoaohes, supplied and hauled by the railroads after remodeling at the expense of the Education Depart- ment. Teachers and their families live on board in compact but comfort- able quarters, and the classrooms are as -well equipped as city schools. Travelling a total of 2,000 miles a month, the seven cars being the three "R'6" to 220 pupils, The teachers, all :nen, must hold first-class certificates or better, and are paid a maxinwn of $2,240 a year, with their living expenses thrown In. Resides teaching, they act es bankers, letter writers and final courts of appeal for the adults of the wilder- ness settlements. They love their ' jobs ---Fred ,Sloman, dean of the trav- eling fatuity, says he wouldn't swap anted. his post far a chair at Harvard. i Requests for retirement on the ° grounds of ,ill health, made lay Rev. C. of C. Directors J. L. Foster and Rev, William T. Cleave, were approved. A memorial am -vice for Rev. B. S. Attend Conference Smillie. mssionars, to India, was con - Meted by Rev. at. A. Brook, Henna. Eight members of the Board of Rev.A. Murray Stuart, London, Directors of Clinton and District and President Walter T. Brown of DCirmberectors of .Commerce attended a Victoria University appealed for aid field service clinic conducted by the to the $2,000,000 theib campaign for atl- Canadian Chamber of Commerce in dittoes e to the library endowmbuilding,ents worat Mitchell Friday evening last. It took•err's residences and endowments at the form of a dinner meeting. VSetaiia. Those from Clinton who attended were 0. Ralph Foster, president; J. 0. McLay, vice-presiciont; B. B. Poek- linggton, secretary -treasurer; V. D. Falconer, G. B. Beattie, le N. Irwin, W. 15. Perdue and R. S, Atkey directors. Representatives also, were present from Hensall, St. Marys, Mitchell, Forest and Alvhiston. Speakers in behalf of the Canadian Chambers were T. al. Hamill and Charles Ban/bock, field sorvice repre- sentatives. Reports were received from each Chamber regarding its ac- tivities, and formation of a National Affairs' Committee in each was sug- gested. o borne township, from Mrs. Martha E SELLS STALLION Moulden, for reforestation purposes. 'Me property adjoins the Robertson 4. F. Halliday, Chesiey, Bruoe farm donated to the coviney for a re - County, leas purchased the young forestation plot by the Robertson brothers. TRANSFERRED TO LONDON Miss Sarah B. Lovett, who for the past number of years has been in charge of "D'Allairds Ladies Ready- to-Wear" eady to -Wear" store in Regina. 'Sask., has accepted a transfer to London, and will take over there on May 5. Miss Lovett's hone is in Clinton, and is a member of Hnronie Rebekah Lodge No. 306. Many will remember Miss Lovett hest b readings she gave while in the East at various social functions, COUNTY BUYS LAND The reforestation committee of Huron -Comity Council has bought 47 acres of land on concession 7, Col - stallion Lochdnvar Flash 29931, to head his long string of highelase Clydesdales. Included' are mares he purchased from ,Mitchell F. Hepburn, St. Thomas, and the OAC., Guelph. This stallion is said to carry •an nn - proved tyre of quality weighing over 1,900 pounds, considered a record for a Clydesdale not four years old. Ile was owned and fitted by 0. L Swit- zer, Tuckersmith Township, Hensall Tax Rate Remains at 35 Mills (By aur Hensel' correspondent) At a special meeting of Hen naVillage Council, •a tax rate of 35 mills was' struck, the same -rate as last year when provision was made be Council for best da siring. The rate included: Village, 16.2 mills; 'County, 6.5; High School, 3.0;chool Public 'School, 8,2; Park, one mill' Library, IA; total,85 mills , At a later meeting held with the drillers in the Council Chamber after testing the third well located at the corner of R, Bell's property with ;the fire engine art the tate of 135 gallons per minute for 1i/hours. it was de- cided to lusted' a 12 -inch pipe .and again test it, feeling sure that suf- ficient water will be secured. A sample wase sent to the Department of Health dora test as to purity and softness. Passes Suddenly FRED C. 'ELFORD Prominent former Dominion Govern- ment poultry official and formerly of Goderioh Township and Clinton, evho died in: Hamilton General Hos- pltal Tuesday when 'taken ill on leis way home front. Florda.. He was in Representative residents of this• district were :highly gratified that Hthe Federal Budget, announced in tie ouse of Commons at Ottawa Tues- day night, provided for sweeping cuts in personal income taxes, ef- fective- July 1, .1947. ,Aiverage treduetian in income tax is 29 per gent. More than nine out of every ten taxpayers ,will benefit. The, cut ranges from a high of 54 pee cent to six or seven per cent. For business, Finance Miais1er Abbottannounced that the 15 per cent excess profits tax would be abolished effective December 31, 1947. The 30 per cent tax on corp- oration incomes remains unehanged. There will be no changes in liquor and tobacco taxes. The same applies to commodities. such as soft drinks and chinaware, candy and furs, radios.. liquor, tobacco, and many other such items: High Prices While expressing their pleasure that ineotne and business taxes would be reduced, residents in Clinton and throughout the country were hopeful that something might be done to curb the ris- ing tide of inflation, They were of the opimion that unless the price rise could be halted, there might be ser- ious consequences later on, if prices started to fall. It was painted! cu f thate, ,tint ter 'v e inflation at t on can have only one result- dafation and recreation in prices, and a consequent business recession or depression. Juniors Attend Annual Conference Headed by Gerald E. Nelson, Clin- ton, assistant agricultural represen- tative for Huron County, twelve members of Clinton and 'South Huron Junior Farmer .Clubs and Junior In- stitttbes, attended the annual cont•• ference of the Ontario Junior Farm- ers' Anse '• ' cratnon at Ontario Agricul- tu al College, Guelph, Sunday, Morn day and Tuesday of last week. They were: Junior Institutes - Margaret Lobb, Josephine Muir, Clinton; Agnes Bray, Lois Ford and Marion Rundle, South Huron; Junior ?amen -Mummy my Roy, Joe Gibson, Donald Middleton, Clinton; Kenneth Hero, Donald Rata, Robert Simpson, Arnold .Cann, South Huron. Wesley Down, Hilton,, was elected president for the ensuing year at the closing session Tuesday evening, ether officers being: vice-president, Ross Beattie, ;Stapler; searetary.- treasurer, IAti H. Martin, Ontario De- partment of Agriculture; ,executive--. Allan Poole, Lanak County; George Atkin, Halton County; Margaret Clement, Nortfolk County; director District No. 16, comprising the count ties of Perth and Huron, Arthur Drummond, Mitchell. The genes -al theme of the Con- ference and annual meeting of the Association, was "Citizenship." Wat- son H. Porter, London, editor, The Farmer's Advocate, discussed the subject en an international Scale, after which discussion groups functioned, "To be a good citizen of the world and of Canada, one must start being a good citizen at home in the local community," declared ,Mr. Porter, Hon. T. L Kennedy, Ontario Min- ister of Agriculture, speaking 1VTont day afterntoon, announced; that the first Leadership Training Canp for rural youth will be established this summer on the shore of Lake Simcoe. 'Great opportunity faces the young farmer today, opportunity to raise his family on a higher standard of living than ever before, the Minister averred. STILL • RAIN LOADS. The period for tarrying half loads in transport trucks through Southern Ontatiio has been extended to .May 15 it was announ.eed by J. D. Miller., Deputy Highway Minister. Late frost which has remained in the ground was cited as reason for the extension: The extension does not apply to Chat- ham, London or Hamilton divisions non to the heavy: pavement roads such as No. 2 and the Queen Elizabeth Way. _o Series of Articles Starts Next Week Commencing in next week's issue of The NEWS -RECORD, a series of articles will be publish ed by the Liaison Committee of RCAF Radar and Communica- tions .School, Clinton, with the object of creating a better un- derstanding between the Town ea Clinton and the Sehaol, Tine NEWS-RflJC'ORD is glad to cooperate in achieving such n relationship, A Smile for Today Families Pattern A proud and happy young man hurrying In t , Y g' da vat the h street tole ' sb.usr a '- mess, met neighbor Brown.'cC'on- gratulate rue, Brown," he •cried "we have a new Itaby girl in aur house." n "Andshe is to, veryubeauti5ul!" Brown, "Indeed she is," replied the young fatter, "And she is very intelligent" ad- de& Brown, ",See here, Brown," asited the now suspieoes young father, "how do you knew so much about Our baby?" "I have six of my own," was the calm reply.