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CLINTON NEWS-1tECORD
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, x.9 3
ClinLton News -Record
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
First issue June 6, 1865
THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
First issue (Huron News -Record)
January 1881
Amalgamated 1924
An Independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District
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Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County
THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1953
He Values The Red Cross, Do You ?
BOYS WILL BE BOYS and a trick or two on a fence
meant a broken leg for five-year-old Wayne Ronald Wuirch,
Winnipeg. Red Cross came to his aid with the loan of a pair
of crutches to help him get around until he was ready for more
exciting activities. Now, sound and sturdy, he is shown return-
ing the crutches to the Sick Room Loan Supply Service.
Little Wayne is one of many thousands of Canadians who
call every year for the loan of sick room supplies from the
Red Cross. All requests for loans of sick room supplies, which
are made absolutely free of charge, are checked with the family
physician for the protection of the patient, the doctor and the
Red Cross. It is possible to obtain on loan hospital beds, back
rests, bed pans, crutches, and wheel chairs. Linen, blankets,
air rings and others are also provided by local Red Cross
branches.
Local canvasser, A. J. McMurray reports that organization
is complete for an organized house-to-house canvass, which is
planned for next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, March 24,
25 and 26. Throughout Clinton, Londesboro, and their immediate
districts, willing persons are making personal calls upon each
household. Don't be backward with your contributions. Make
them as large as your heart tells you. Many little folk are wait-
ing for your help.
The Patron Saint Of Ireland
(By D. J. LANE)
ST. PATRICK, born in 396 A.D. was the
Apostle of Ireland and is still borne in the
memory of men. This only goes to show how
the name of one interested in the welfare of
his fellowmen finds an immortal place in their
memories.
History records the conflicts between the
Romans, and the Picts and Scots in Ireland,
and that in 411 a Roman boy of 15 was taken
prisoner by the Picts and Scots and •sold as a
slave boy, and remained as such for six years,
tending cattle and hogs, probably in the present
County of Antrim.
Enthusiastic and meditative, the lad whose
real name was Succath, succeeded in escaping
from slavery through the sea -rovers, who fre-
quented the West and North coasts of Ireland
in those days, and conceived the idea of devot-
ing his life to the conversion of the Picts and
Scots. This idea was strengthened by a vision
which the young man experienced, in which a
man, Victoricus, carried letters from the Irish
inviting him to "come and walk among them
henceforth forever."
In 425, at the age of 29, St. Patrick's
great labors among the Irish began. Through
a period of forty years or more, by preaching,
teaching and writing, and by overcoming great
difficulties, his work briefly told, resulted in
the acceptance of Christianity by many of the
Picts and Scots the establishment of places of
worship and schools and the building of mon-
asteries. From one of these monasteries, St.
Columba, he went forth to Scotland, to extend
the work among the kinsfolk of the Picts' and
Scots inhabiting Scotland.
The best authorities place St. Patrick's
death at 469 A.D. and accordingly he was 73
years of age, and had devoted 44 years to' a
great work among a people, who at that time,
was entirely pagan.
St. Patrick used the Shamrock as an il-
lustration of the doctrine of the Trinity—the
three in one God, and it is probable that from
this fact the Shamrock has been adopted as an
emblem of Ireland. He is fondly remembered
wherever the sons and daughters of Irishmen
dwell.
Hobby Night At St. Paul's Church
IT WAS OUR PRIVILEGE last week to
attend the first arts and crafts display conduct-
ed in Clinton by the Go -Getters' Club of Si.
Paul's Anglican Church. We understand that
they intend making the show an annual event,
and certainly it would be a wonderful thing for
Clinton and district. There was a good sampling
of the type of handcraft and hobbywork with
which Clintonians are interesting themselves,
and no doubt in future years more and more
interesting things will be displayed.
Several year± ago we were able to attend
a similar gathering on a much larger scale in
the town of Burlington. The folk there have
made their hobby fair a regular event. Besides
handcraft displayed for fun only, are displays
from those who wish to sell their product after-
ward, and although sales are not made at the
time of the show, orders were taken. Displays
of Boy Scout and Guide work were also included
in this project.
The main idea of hobby shows, as they are
sometimes called, is to provide a place for
persons with hobbies to show what they have
accomplished, and provide a market for their
produce. Directly, it is a Means of furthering
arts and crafts within the community.
In this, we of Ontario, seem just a little
behind our sister -provinces. As a feature of the
evening at St. Paul's Church we were shown
some excellent movies of weaving, model -ship
building, spinning, carving, etc., as carried out
in Quebec and in Nova Scotia. The people there
have great fun at community gatherings, where
the harder or more monotonous work is done
in the company of friends to the sound of folk
songs and lively music.
Our ladies are very active in the quilting
of quilts for needy folk, and to help raise funds
for their churches, as well in piecing lovely pat -
teens for use at home and as gifts. A great
many of our men are interested in woodwork
and metalwork, and our young people are grow -
ing to enjoy hobby work through their ,school
training. We sincerely hope that the peple of
St. Paul's will carry on with their good beginning
and hold another arts and crafts night next year.
This sort of thing is worthy of your full support,
and it is good fun, too.
Right Or Wrong, Decision Was Made
RATEPAYERS IN USS, 2, Hullett Town-
ship, have made the decision not to re -open their
79 -year-old one -room public school, and plan to
continue their present practice of sending 26
pupils into Clinton for their education. We are
not at all sure that these good people have
made a wise decision. If they should chance to
reconsider, here are a few points for discussion.
With the continuing increase of school enrol-
ment in their section, cost of sending the stud-
ents into Clinton will no doubt increase. With
the years, expense will be at least as high as
operating costs in their own school would have
been. At the end of a period of ten years the
section will have spent a good deal of money,
and will have nothing materially to show for it.
Of course the youngsters will have the some-
what doubtful honour of having gained their
education in a large new public school. I-Iow-
ever, with the startling recent increase in en-
rolment in the Clinton school, and the probable
future increases this new school will be over-
crowded. We venture to state, with little fear
of contradiction, that the one -room country
school with its one teacher, even if eight grades
are being taught, would be able to provide bet-
ter education to USS 2 pupils than those same
pmipils will receive in the over -crowded one -grade
classrooms of Clinton's new school.
We agree wholeheartedly with the Minister
of Education, Dr. Dunlop, who recently said:
"Experience shows that a local interest in
school affairs or even local pride in schools of
a community is so important in the progress of
education and in the development of democratic
self-government that it must be retained even
if it means sacrificing some of the advantages
of a single, all-powerful area -wide board of
education. The quickest and surest way of
killing local interest in the schools is to set up
such a large unit of administration vested with
all the details of school operation, that the par-
ents and other ratepayers will know little of,
and care less about, the school board, the teach-
ers or the schools."
Most certainly, the ratepayers, parents and
trustees of USS 2, Hullett, have very little con-
trol over the administration of the Clinton
Public School. If they should decide, even yet,
to re -open their own small school, give the build-
ing the attention and remodelling it needs, and
hire a teacher of their own choosing, they would
have a closer touch with the education of their
young folk. At the same time they would have
a building which could be used as a community
centre, helping to mould friendships between
neighbours. It is just such small communities
which have helped to build, and are continuing
to build a democratic and strong Canadian
nation.
The Hands Of State
THE FACT that the human hand is con-
structed with the thumb in opposition to the
four fingers, is given as the main reason for
Rian's superiority over other animals. The ability
to grasp, to hold, to pick up, all are made pos-
sible by this simple placement of the thumb.
There are many tales that hands will tell
wtien the observer has gained experience enough
to read them intelligently. Hands when used
properly have skill in building and in moulding.
They also arc used as a primary aid in instruc-
tion
nstruction of others and in leadership of both individ-
uals and groups.
'The hands of a basketball or hockey referee
signal their message to players and audience so
that there is little need for voice at all, The
skilled hands of the concert pianist are a marvel
to the beholder, and the expressive hands of a
music conductor lead entire symphonies into per-
fected harmony capable of touching the errr--
tuns of vast Crowds of people, (To us the main
thing lacking in radio presentations of great
music is that the deft leadership given by the
c ori,ductor is left only to the imagination. TV
may be the answer.)
We feel it rather a scurvy trick to bring
the name of Stalin into this discussion. But
we would like to express our thoughts as we
viewed one of the few pictures we found which
included Stalin's hands. They appeared quite
strong, almost stubby, without the unhealthy
white appearance that the hands of men in
public life sometimes acquire. They seemed ef-
ficient, capable of brutality, and had a rather
passive waiting quality, as though prepared to
make the proper move when Stalin's mind
should request it,
The fact that those hands made gestures
and wrote orders which caused misery, heart-
ache and death to many does not alter the
fact that they were strong hands. The Russian
people learned to obey and to cower before them,
hut they also learned to trust in the strength
of purposez the efficient control and absolute
power which their master had over them.
Doubtless, their new chief of state will be as
ruthless, but will his actions prove as depend-
able? will his commands be even , as worthy of
obedience as Stalin's?
Etopi Oiur Early Files
40 YEARS AGO
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, March 20, 1913
Dick Tasker has signed a base-
ball contract with an independ-
ent ball team at St. Catherines
at a good salary, He reports on
May lst and the season lasts un-
til September 30.
Mr. Will Harland, who is man-
aging a store at Belleville, is
spending the Easter holidays with
his family here,
The penalty for hiring teams
for carrying voters to the polls
at municipal elections has been
increased from $20 to $200 in the
revised Municipal Act now before
the Ontario Legislaturea Perhaps
with the higher penalty this por-
tion of the Election Act will be
better observed.
Mr. John Ransford attended
the quarterly meeting of the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Synod
of Huron at London last week.
The Clinton News Record
Thursday, March 20, 1913
Mr. William Cook, who has been
living on Victoria Street south
of the track, has rented Mr.
James Cook's cottage on Orange
Street.
Mr. J. W. Elliott has rented the
Hill livery barn from the owner
Mr. D. B. Kennedy and will carry
on the business in both places.
The rumour which has been
current for the past fortnight
that Mayor B. J: Gibbings was
contemplating leaving town, hes
now been verified and much re-
gret is expressed on all sides. Mr.
Gibbings has accepted a position
in Winnipeg and will leave about
the first week in April.
Mr. Bert Johnson of Fulton is
spending the Easter vacation at
his home in town.
Mr. and Mrs. William Rath
have become citizens of Clinton,
moving from HoImesville. They
are living on Fulton Street. Mr.
Rath has taken a position with
the Piano Company.
Miss Kate Ford of the teach-
ing staff of Alma College, St.
Thomas, is spending the Easter
vacation at her home, Wesley
parsonage.
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
Mr. Henry Joyner, leaves to-
morrow for Kitchener, where he
will visit his granddaughter, Mrs.
1
W. C. Mead and where he will on
Tuesday next celebrate his nine-
tieth birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Cook, cf
North Street, on Monday, Marek
12th, celebrated their golden wed-
ding.
Mr. John Nediger, Jr., has pur-
chased the garage business of
Mr. J. Mclntosh,next the Graham I
House.
Mr. T. F, Gillies of Kitchener,
formerly of Clinton, has estab-
lished an airplane landing field
at Kitchener.
Mr .and Mrs. James Scott spent
the weekend with Toronto friends.
Mr. J. T. McKnight has sold
his farm on the sixteenth conces-
sion to Mr. Isaac Jones. Mr. and
Mrs. McKnight have only resided
in the neighbourhood for a coup-
le of years but they have proved
good neighbours and their rem-
oval will be regretted.
A number of hockey fans went
to Stratford last evening to see
a match between Toronto and
that city. Fred Elliott is one of
the players on the Toronto team.
10 YEARS AGO
talk, and also read a "thank you"
note from Mrs, .Ivan .Jervis. Flans
were made, in regard: to the play
"Abigail ,floes Haywire," which the
society is sponsoring on Friday,
March 20,
The meeting closed with the
hYlnn, "A Charge to Keep I Have"
and prayer by Mrs. Cudmore. A
delicious lunch was served by Mrs.
W. Yeo and Mrs. Fred Mulhol-
land, hostesses for the day.
Nelson Brown, Detroit, Mich.,
was a weekend guest of Mr. and
Mrs. D, E. Gliddon.
Congratulations to Mr, and Mrs.
The Clinton News -Record
Thursday, March 25, 1943
Messrs Cunningham and Pryde,
Exeter, have purchased the monu-
ment business formerly owned by
the late John Grant and have lcrt
J. J. Zapfe in charge.
Reeve V. D. Falconer, fuel
dealer here, has purchased the
planing mill , and builders' supply
business carried on here for the
past twenty-five years by George
T. Jenkins. Mr. Jenkins will now
retire.
Mrs. Neil McLean broke her
arm last Sunday evening while
walking home from church ser-
vices.
Among recent enlistments in
the Canadian Active Army at
London are John Cree and George
Levis, of town.
LAC Harold McPherson of ti:e
RCAF at Fingal, spent a couple
of days in town last week with
Mrs. McPherson.
L. J. Snyder, Clinton, was
among the recent graduates of
No. 7 Bombing and Gunnery
School at Paulson, Manitoba.
LAC and Mrs. Jack Perdue, St.
Thomas were weekend visitors at
the home of the former's parents
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Perdue.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Liver-
more and sons Earl and Keri-
neth, of Chesley, visited last
week at the home of the former's
mother, Mrs. Fred Livermore.
PETER,
of the BACK SHOP
PETER of the Back Shop ,..
There's been quite a bit of talk
of late among the Men that
"Peter is not getting his copy in
early enough" and 'That mouse
holds us all up", and other such
remarks. We'd like to get the
record straight. Just because our
copy has to be used on an early
run of the press, and some other
folk—notably those in the front
office, can still get their stuff in
later, make us appear slow. That
is all. By holly, if we just had a
typewriter built to size, we'd
make a big change round here.
The strain of pushing down these
heavy keys is making an old
mouse of us.
0
We read in the waste -basket
the other day that the only per-
sons who could use the plural
pronoun "we" in reference to
themselves, were editors, men
of the cloth, and any poor in -
SEED FAIR OFFICIALS
The Editor,
Clinton News -Record',
DEAR SIR:
On behalf of the Directors of
the Huron County Soil and Crop
Improvement Association, I
would, at this time, like to ex-
tend our thanks to your firm ;for
again donating $5 for the young-
est exhibitor having two or more
entries at the been. r air.
The award this year was won
by Mr. Stuart Keyes, RR 3, Sea -
forth. '
Thanking your firm again for
their donation and support to
our County Seed Fair, we are,
Yours very truly,
RUSSELL BOLTON, President
G. W. MONTGOMERY, Secre-
tary -Treasurer.
Clinton, Ont.
March 12, 1953
RELIEF FUND TOTALS $7,000
The Editor,
Clinton News -Record
DEAR SIR:
The Huron County Overseas
Flood. Relief Fund now totals
over $7,000. More donations are
being received daily. However,
it is hoped to have the campaign
completed by March 15.
After all returns have been.
made, a complete list of all do -
rations received will be released
for publication.
JOHN G. BERRY, Secretary -
Treasurer, Huron County
Overseas Flood Relief Fund.
Goderich, Ontario
March 10, 1953
I E HULLETT SCHOOL
The Editor,
Clinton News -Record
DEAR SIR:
Would you please send me two
copies of your last issue, March
5. Robert Phillips was my grand-
father, so 1 was interested in the
article about the public school in
Hullett.
Z remember seeing the old
school as a small child but it
was a smaller building than the
one in the picture. My home was ,
in the town itself not far from
where the new school is being ,
built now. I am enclosing cash
for the papers,
'9'ottrsr truly';
MRS. W. 11, WADE
227 'East Amelia St.,
Fort William, Ont,
Match 11, 1 053
dividual that was afflicted with
worms. We do not suggest that
we suffer that latter complaint,
and we will continue to use
"we" just as often as we see
fit. And apply it to ourselves,
too. So thee.®
You've no idea just how cramp-
ing it is not to be able to make
the odd comment on the weather.
You will remember that we swore
off such practice when the weath-
erman insisted on changing con-
ditions so drastically between the
time we tapped out our column on
Wednesday and the time on
Thursday when you folk eagerly
read it. So we are not going to
mention the perfectly glorious lot
of stars which hung in the sky
Tuesday night. We're not going
to even give their sparkling bril-
liance another thought. Man, but
they were pretty!
0 0
Another thing we noticed in
the waste -basket last week is
that "MBA", who for several
years was a columnist of this
fair newspaper, has commenced
to write for the Arnprior Chron-
icle. We regret to mention that
her cat, that indolent Siamese,
is still with her, and continues
to make its presence known in
the "Let's Chat" column. Some-
how, though, the hate we once
bore old Cleopatra, has decrees
ed a good deal. The lad who
wrote, "absence makes the
heart grow fonder" must really
have had something.
0 0
Something which irks us quite
dreadfully is that the folk over in
England are planning a rather
large cat show. And this year
being what it is, the grand
champion of them all will earn
the title of "Coronation Cat''.
Nauseating, isn't it? Do you sup-
pose a neatly typed note to the
Canadian embassy "over there"
would do the least little bit to-
wards suppressing such favourit-
ism? Well, maybe not.
HOLMESVILLE
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Joint WMS and WA
The meeting of the Holmesville
United Church Women's Mission-
ary Society and Woman's Associa-
tion was held at the home of Mrs.
William Norman, on Tuesday af-
ternoon, March 10. Mrs. E. J.
Trewartha was the leader of the
WMS meeting, and took as her
theme "The Community of Grace,
the Fellowship of the Church as
a Means of Grace." Mrs. Tre-
wartha read the Scripture lesson,
St. Matthews 28 : 18-20, and Mrs.
Elmer Potter led in prayer.
During the business period, it
was decided to hold a WMS church
service in April, with a guest
speaker. The hymn "City of God"
was sung and Mrs. S. Walter led
in prayer. Mrs. William Norman
played as a piano solo, "Star of
the East", and Mrs. Bert Trewar-
tha gave a talk on the "Big Red
Ox Arrives in Africa"; the big red
ox being a modern tractor.
Mrs. Reg, Miller read an article
on temperance and Mrs, M. G.
Newton had an article on Christ-
ian stewardship. Mrs, E. J. Tre-
wartha gave the chapter in the
study book, The meeting closed
with the hymn, "Jesus, United
by Thy Grace" and the Mizpah
benediction.
With Mrs, XL Cudriiore, presi-
dent, as leader, the WA meeting
opened with the, singing of the
theme song and ' repeating the
creed. 'Me president gave a short
Charles Wilson, on the birth of a
daughter on. Friday the 13th.
Master Ricky and Miss Valerie
Holland, Clinton, spent Sunday
with Mr, and Mrs. Lloyd Bond,
VARNA XVIII
In a recent report of the Varna
YPU meeting, the name of the
young lady in charge of the pro-
gramme should have been Miss,
Marjorie Dowson, instead of Miss
June McClinchey.
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