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40 YEARS AGO are entertaining their young
friends on Friday evening of this
week.
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, February. 13, 1913
On Friday night of this week
the FATS and LEANS of town
will meet in Clinton Rink at a
game of hockey played with a foot-
ball and brooms. Following is the
lineup: Fats: J., Scruton, G. East,
H. Bartliff, 3, Reinhardt, Bert
Kerr, E. Scruton, N. Fitzsimons;
Leans: A. McLeod, A, J. Grigg,
Ed. Munroe, W. J. Tozer, J. Blan-
ey, E. Mitchell, Bert Hovey. May-
or Gibbings will referee and chief
of police Joe Wheatley will be on
band to arrest all offending play-
ers for such as loafing, resting and
talking to the spectators.
Hensall decided that they could
do well enough without taking
Clintons' fire engine for the presnt
so the deal, s off.
Miss Cora Cluff is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Dr. McBride at Well-
and. The Clinton News Record
Miss Luella Churchill intends to ' Thursday, February 16, 1928
Clinton Hardware and Furniture
has had a new floor put down in
the hardware department.
Ed. Carter has been confined to
his house owing to illness for the
past two weeks.
Clinton Bowling Club elected
leave for Detroit today Thursday,
to visit her sister ,and brother in
that city.
Mrs. Dr, Holmes, Saskatoon, is
visiting her parents, Mr, and Mrs.
W. Doherty.
Miss Madeline and Harry Shavi
The Clinton News-Recorsi
Thursday, February 13, 1913
A six inch cylinder Ross water
motor and a pair of large feeders
have just been installed in Wesley
Church for use in connection with
the pipe organ.
Mr. William Cantelon, the sen-
ior member of the firm of Cante-
Ion Bros., passes his seventy-four-
th birthday tomorrow.
Miss Maud Lyon, Londesboro, and
her cousin Joe Lyon, Brandon,
spent part of the past week as
guests of Mr. and. Mrs. J. G. Medd.
Miss Ida Boles, who has been
spending the winter in Florida,
has returned and is visiting Lond-
on friends.
25 YEARS AGO
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IL W. COLQUHOUN
GENERAL INSURANCE
Representative:
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Office: Royal Bank Building
Office 50 PHONES Res. 9W
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Clinton
PHONES: Office 251W; Res, 251.1
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Reid, Seaforth. Directors—S. H.
Whitinore, Seaforth; Chris. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trentar-
tha, Clinton; Rat. Archibald, Sea-
forth; 3oho H. Atfctwing, Blyth;
Frank McGregor, Clinton; Wm. S,
Alexender, Walton; 3. L. Malone,
Seaforth; Harv. Fuller, Goderich.
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3, F. Prueter, Erodhagen;
Leiner, Jr., Londesboro; S. Baker,
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1953
Our Legionnaires Are Gentlemen
1)04,$ ausine Need 8tiantliging?,
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PAGE TWO CLINTON NEWS-Rgcogn
Thi.113,SDAY, yg.13.1wAny 2, 19.0.
which the 1953 Council members have to deal.
We were pleased to see the gracious manner
in which the Legion delegates accepted this grant
although, without doubt, he must have been dis-
appointed, and the other members of the Legion
must also have been disappointed with the sum,
However, the delegate could see as his comrades
can see, that the situation of town finances
is acute.
As one of the councillors stated that night,
th e Legion request was proffered in 'an orderly
way; there was no pressure put on. for haste,
although the men are anxious to complete their
Hall as soon as possible; there was no flat
statement of the amount requested; there was
a gentlemanly wait of several weeks while the
new Council could get straightened around and
view the matter at their leisure. We offer the
Legion's method of approach as a rather good
model for future delegations to bear in mind,
big fires break out. Fire-fighting is expensive
and adds big sums to the tax burden.
More than 85 per cent of all forest fires
are caused by the carelessness of people who go
into the forest on work or for recreation. It
stands to reason, therefore, that there should
be 85 per cent less forest fires.
ering, he does so from a news point of view.
he is there to record what happens, and what
is said, with a view to informing the public
just what did happen, and just what was said.
No reporter worth his salt will knowingly report
any item which will cause harm to an individual,
nor will he divulge a confidence, unless he deems
such reporting to be in the public interest.
When statements are made at a public gather-
ing, although these remarks are already public
property, a good reporter will still refrain from
using them if he is asked to do so.
We feel, however, that these requests should
be made at the time the statements are made,
not some time later when the speaker feels he
has perhaps been slightly indiscreet and would
really rather his neighbour down the street did
not have a chance to pin him down on the
matter afterward.
How terrible, my dear Peter, not
to be able to eat when and what ! the Humane Society is in the eit-one wants, as we do: We were ies, speaking for those unable to quite shaken by the plight of these speak for themselves. Why is
there no inspection where most
gumbo-muck, no straw, no water—
and those poor creatures were tied
up tight. Never have we seen
such misery. Such dejection, no
contented cows, What a terrible
existence! No warm straw beds
no water, and the meals! Just
thrown hastily on the much so the
owners could set off to town gam-
es, and not enough food to go -
round. We would like to see such
owners thus tethered and forced
to spend 24 hours under such con-
ditions.
The COUNCILLORS that the townspeople
of Clinton elected last December, as the men
they wished to entrust with the town's busi-
ness, certainly appear to be making an honest
attempt to cut down on the town's expenses,
There are so many absolutely unavoidable town
expenses this year, such as the payment of
the debentures on both the new Public School,
and CDCI, and last year's deficit to be cleared,
that the hands of the Councillors are tied rather
snugly before they rightly begin.
At the regular meeting of Council this week
a delegation from the Clinton Branch of the
Canadian Legion was received. It was with
regret that Council made its offer of a $1,000
grant to the Legion, • especially in the face of
• the grant given to the Lions Artificial Ice Fund
last year, This grant for the ice fund was
responsible for a good bit of the deficit with
FOREST FIRES DESTROY the homes of
wildlife, pollute rivers and streams and poison
the fish. They ruin the source of supply of
countless wood using industries, small and large,
and jeopardize this country's billion dollar ex-
port business in wood products and paper.
Extraordinary costs are often incurred when
A Visitor's
IT IS ALWAYS GOOD for us to receive
an opinion about ourselves from someone who
knows what he is talking about. This is the
view of the Consul of Norway when he discusses
our handling of Ontario's Forests:
'Even among very thorough and versatile
people in this country I have found one view-
point concerning forestry, which I cannot re-
frain from mentioning. When I have spoken to
them about the conservation of forests, which
is a favourite hobby of mine, I have almost in-
variably received a reply that "Yes something
has to be done about reforestation" or "Well a
considerable arnoent of reforestation is done both
by the Federal and Provincial Governments". I
have then pointed out, as I wish to point out
WE ARE PLEASED to note an ever-
increasing lot of "Letters to the Editor" and
commend our readers for their interest in the
work of their newspaper and in the community.
Our small friend, Peter, of the Back Shop, was
pleased to receive a letter all his own this week,
and the editor himself was just as pleased with
his letters.
We repeat, however, your thoughts do good
and are of good only when others hear them.
Without the sharing of thoughts they are of no
use at all. And to be of the widest possible use
thoughts must be printed so that others may
read them. If you have criticisms or praise to
offer, please do not hesitate to make your
thoughts known on paper.
Along the line of criticism, we have this
one thought of our own to offer. When a re-
porter is covering a meeting or a public gath-
By Special Mole Delivery
MY DEAR PETER:
You will be wondering why your
Country Cousin hasn't answered
your last letter. In it you advis-
ed me to get out more and see how
the "other half" lives. "Travel is
broadening," you said, and I am
as narrow as a church mouse, you
said. So I left my warm nest in
Farmer Smith's shed and sortied
out.
My dear, we mice are consider-
CHIROPRACTIC
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Chiropractic - Foot Correction
OFFICE HOURS:
Commercial Hotel, Clinton
Friday, 1 to 8 p.m.
etentnercial Hotel, Seaforth,
Monday, 1 to ,8 pm.
VETERINARY
DR. G. S. ELLIOTT
Veterinarian
Phone 208 Clinton
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W. V. ROY
District Representative
Box 310 Clinton, Ontario
Phone Collect
Office 557 Flea. 3841
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Phone 691W
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Representative:
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animals live: in the country?
"Travel is broadening," you said.
I Not content with this one foray
into the unknown, we slid in and
out of many local barns, protected
by our patron saint, Robert Burns,
no doubt, How few animals we
found comfortably bedded! We
rejoiced therefore in one neat,
tidy, painted barn, full of content,
ed cows knee-deep in straw, drink-
ing bowls before them, in an at-
mosphere of comfort. The fat,
sleek, mouse who lives there told
us this farmer has no help at all,
and never goes to a hockey match.
"He feels," said this smug mouse,
"that it is intelligent, as well as
decent and humane, to look well
after one's dependent animals,"
lie gets bonuses on his milk cheq-
ues.
We have got so much food for
thought from our travels, dear
Peter, that we are again holed tip
for winter (or whatever season
this is) shaken to our depths by
the way so many essential animals
are treated in a so-called Christ-
ian country, Do you remember
Cousin William, who used to prea-
ch in the stubble fields and Say,
"A tan's religion is a very poor
thing, indeed, if his horse, his cow,
and his dog aren't the better for
it," How he loved Burns!
"I'm truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken .nature's social union
And justifies that ill opinion That
YOUR COUNTRY COUSIN.
0 Cl 0
When we received this epist-
le .by special mole delivery,
and had shaken from it the
slight signs of travel dust
gathered in its coming, we
read with dismay the findings
of our Coutry. Cousin, We
have, in the past, read at odd
intervals of certain sadistic,
so-called farmers being taker'
to task for III treatment of
their animals. Certainly how-
ever, there is no need for this
in Huron County.
0 0 83
We sympathize wholeheartedly
with the poor animals which our
Country Mouse describes. Espec-
ially so, when it occurs in our own
County. Here, in the garden of
Ontario, where the best of agricul-
tural land is to be found, and our
leaders in Agriculture methods
and marketing repeatedly cont-
inent on our excellent crops and
opportunities, surely there is no
eXOUSO, other than laziness, for
such sloppy care given to dumb
animals,
al Q n
As a correspondent said in
a recent "Letter to the Editor"
that "Peter isn't merry, as of
old," we roust make haste to
refute the statement, Petets
does have a good bit of . fun,
in. the Beek Shop; the Front
Office, and. down the velvet
streets of Clinton.But there
are some things of which we
hear that drive our frivolous
thoughts into the background,
and we grasp at any oppose,
tunity to Advise People of
facts as they are,
These conditions cited by our
Country Cousin are certainly de-
Notable, and we sincerely hope
that some action is taken by the
owners at ende tet AO, that their
animals have a better time of it.
games committee, the executive,
G. D. 1:0bortoi. W, A. Gras
ground committee, a. Miller, W.
Grant and F. Rogerson.
Miss cininton, Exeter, is assist-
ing Miss Woods at the School of
Commerce. in the absence of Wee
Ward.
The Marriage took place in To-
iedo, Ohio, on Saturday, February
4, of Marion Isobel, only daughter
of Mr, and Mrs. Harvey MoBrien,
Clinton, and Mr. W. F, Gliddinge,•
Detroit. The couple will make
their home in Detroit,
Mr. Hartley, Government Inspec-
tor, has been in town and district
this week looking into the work
of the egg grading law,
the following officers for 1928:
president, Rev. A. Macfarlane;
vice, Dr. Axon; secretary, A. 3.
Morrish; treasurer, H. R. Sharp;
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here, that as the old saying goes "A stitch in
time saves nine". It is naturally of importance
to reforestate devastated districts, especially to
prevent erosion or the formation of sand dunes,
etc., but the most important thing is to save
forests which have been maltreated but still are
not so far gone that they can be considered
beyond help or cure, and also to regulate the
lumbering or the cutting of forests in such a
manner that the forests instead of getting poor-
er and of less and less value, get better and
better in spite of lumbering activities, so they
finally are like an orchard from which an inter-
minable crop can be gathered, at the same time
maintaining the productive values of the forests
intact."
Carelessness Is The Cause
Don't Say; It Write It
PETER
of the BACK SHOP
ed one of the lowliest of the Lord's
creatures, but when I tell you
what happens in winter to such
useful app. huge creatures as cows,
horses and porkers, we can thank
our lucky stars we are as we are,
We are publicly labelled as nuis-
ances, but Peter, we live the life
of Riley (whoever he was) compar-
ed to the so-called useful animals.
You won't believe me, but in one
propped-up shed we saw a whole
herd of cattle knee-deep in a cold
BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
multi-ribbed, starveling animals makes us startle" and his "Ode
bogged down in misery, and in to a Mouse."
such places we found no dearth Yes, dear Peter, travel is broad-
of help; just lack of humane in- ening, but in these times so up-
terest. We have heard how active setting, we prefer conditions in
our own hole in the hay. We can
thank the good Lord we are mice,
and not one of the larger creat-
ures. (Hope I'm not boring you).
What an exciting life you must
lead in the thick of things in that
owl's office! You don't give a
hoot, I'll bet.
Love,
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, February 18, 180
Matt Nediger, Clinton, was the
victim of a peculiar motor accid-
ent last Thursday evening when
he was knocked unconscious and
run over by his own car. He re-
ceived severe head injuries and
body bruises; The accident hap-
pened on No. 8 highway between.
Clinton and Goderich during a
snowstorm. ' Nediger had rammed
the rear of another moving ear,
which had kept going. Mr, Ned-
iger stopped to examine the dam-
age, if any, to his own vehicle and
while he was standing in front his
car was struck from behind and
driven forward and over him,
William Tinsley, a passenger in the
car, was uninjured,
Miss Sybil Courtice, sister of
Miss Hattie Courtice, and miss-
ionary for the Women's Missionary
Society of the United. Church has
been interned in Tokyo.
At a special meeting of the town
council held on Monday evening
A. E. Fremlin was appointed chief
constable and Bruce MacDougall
was appointed night constable.
Pte. Donald Smith, RCOC De-
bert N.S., spent his furlough at
his home on the Base Line. MrS.
Smith accompanied him on his re-
turn,
Pte. Jack West, RCAMC, Van-
cower, has been selected to take
a course in drafting at the tech-
nical school there.
It is most likely that a sun
porch will be built on the front of
the County Home at Clinton this
year. The County Council com-
mittee met last Friday and decid-
ed .-to have plans and specifications
prepared,
Por the third time this winter
this community experienced a tie
up in traffic, when a severe snow
storm hit this area. Saturday and
Sunday motorists found travelling
almost impossible due to the heavy
drifting and lack of visibility. It
was late Monday before traffic
was resumed. Monday morning
the mercury dropped to 30 degrees
below zero, the coldest it has been
here this winter.
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