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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-04-02, Page 2For This eek Only Listed are a few of the items to clear during our renovating of furn- iture Store 6 PIECE BREAKFAST SET Natural finish, ALL FOR $43.00 2 ONLY -2 PIECE CHESTERFIELD SUITES and 1 Only 3 -PIECE BEDROOM SUITE NO REASONABLE OFFER REFUSED Our Table and Floor Lamps are Really Good Value PAGE 'TWO. Clinton 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 Population, 2,543; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, .04 per line flat Sworn Circulation 2,126 Horne of Clinton RCAF Station and Adastral Park (residential) MEMBER: Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Division, CWNA; Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $2.50 a year; United States and Foreign: $3.50; Single Copies Six Cents Delivered by carrier to RCAF Station and Adastral Park -25 cents a month; seven cents a copy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, 0 ntgrio, Canada, in the Heart of Huron .County THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1.953 Easter And Still No Peace AS EASTER COMES AGAIN we find the world still bus;, beating' its ploughshares into guns, tanks, airplanes and other weapons of war. Eight years after World War II the world is still • restless; there is no peace, nor in the foreseeable future can we hope to find the peace which 'Christ hoped two thousand years ago would permeate the hearts of His people. The Cross which Christ found heavy has not lightened with the years. Jesus faced the Cross with a faith that made the symbol of defeat a symbol of triumph. This is the faith that challenged a civilization in disintegration to build up a newer and finer civiliza- tion, and to make that faith dominant. Emerging from the new day which dawned with the Resurrection of our Lord, men, through faith, became aware of forces working towards the crea- tion of a better world, a deeper instinct to spiritual needs and a newer conception of their relationship to God and to their fellow men. This is the faith which challenges the world today: "The faith that we can do'*away with War and poverty and disease must take pos- session of us before we can move into a world set free from these ancient scourges," says an eminent divine. "Quite unlike our feverish fears and restless anxieties and short-sighted plans is the • calm expectation, the confident hope, the courageous adventure, inspired by such a Christian faith." It is evident in a rapidly changing world that racial hatreds, industrial strifes, inter- national wars, religious controversies, cannot go on much further. Nor can we much longer sur- vive conditions brought about by fear and greed. We must either rise above them or be sub- merged. Wherein has man failed over the two thousand years since the light of the Resur- rection morn flooded the world? We know .. his eyes have strayed from the light. Instead of having the shadows fall behind him, he has turned and mingled with the shadows, and through the powers of darkness the world is becoming a perilous place; and • all because man has not kept faith. - The remedy is so simple—just intelligence and fidelity to the teachings of Jesus. Nothing stands in the way except the obstacles we have either put in the way or permitted to remain there . Few of us appreciate Lhe possible splendor of the human life at its best, and few of us seem to believe that the best is within the reach of the ordinary. At` this Eastertide, let us rededicate our- selves to the cause of Christ; let us turn again towards the light that will lead the world frori the dangerous path it is travelling; that a long and lasting peace may again return to the world. The Old Sad Story JUST TWO YEARS AGO an editorial was printed on this page, wherein was expressed a good deal of concern with the fact that Can- adians all were aiming for shorter hours with longer pay, and the 40 -hour week that was, even then, becoming more general. The editor then, acclaimed the 40 -hour week as a good idea—but only as an idea.• The question was raised, "Can we continue to develop Canada on the basis of this short week?" and doubt was expressed that Canada could continue to progress without a move to working a good many more hours, and pro- ducing a good bit more in those hours. Inflation has not been checked. Prices continued to soar, because with each man work- ing fewer hours, and thus producing less, at the same time asking for increased pay, less goods were offered on the market, and with scarcity of product, prices were raised again. Meanwhile we have gone on our way re- joicing. We have continued to raise salaries, irrespective of whether the employee actually was turning out the goods to warrant raise. We have continued to raise prices on products of practically all sorts, and no doubt will con, tinue to do so. • Recently the John Inglis plant in Toronto has been given a going over by editorial pages the country over, because of a wage agreement whereby they promised to pay $46 for a 3612 hour week's work done by their office boys. It doesn't take a wizard at mathematics to figure out that this is more than $1.25 per hour, and this for youngsters just starting into the busi- ness world. There is something that does not seem entirely wholesome in this sort of thing, when rewards get out of touch with effort and in- dustry. There is something here that must breed discontent and laxity and a general low- ering of morale. No person or community can secure an advantage from wages that have represented no commensurate service. In all fairness, we should point out that the short work week is not common in the small towns of the nation, except in the case of those workers who are employed by certain national firms. It is utterly out of the ques- tion on the farms of Canada. It may be that Canadians—all Canadians— will be forced through the pressure of the int- ernational situation to work tremendously long hours to protect themselves from aggression. Let us not wait for that. The Not -So -Velvet Streets of Clinton WE ARE STILL WAITING with bated breath for the final decision of the town fathers concerning a mill rate that will assure balance to the 1953 budget. Requests to the school boards to pare their requisitions as much as possible, we understand, have not met with too much success. The problem of planning for the increased operating costs in the sewage disposal system, as well as for capital expend= itures on that system, is a real poser for the councillors. However, we would hate to see that the streets of Clinton are the losers on the year's planning. The plan of the Public Works com- mittee which was to buy a truck this year and hire a man fulltime to run it, would have in- sured good care of the roads. Now, with the town racing a high mill rate, there may be a decision made to drop this plan, and by cutting dollars off the Public Works requisition, the budget may be Iowered slightly. This will result in a lowering of the stand- ard of roads generally within the town, and all ;the pride and comfort we get out of the "velvet" qualities of our main streets, will be more than offset by the corduroy and moth- eaten conditions of the other ones. We are not the only town in the province to have a high mill rate. Recently report was made of an 81 mill rate in the town of Petrolia. Of course, we do not know whether the assess- ment of property there is lower than ours. However, if we Clintonians want to keep our town progressing; if we want to attract in- dustry and new citizens; we should do well to dress up our town a little more. As an invest- ment in the future, when new industry and greater population will pay off with taxes and prosperity, we should be doing all within our power to encourage visitors to remain, and should be smoothing the way for them to build, as well as smoothing the streets so they will get a good impression of our town. Grass Fires In Spring (By: 1. For a few weeks each Spring there arcs numerous grassfires and too often fires of this type spread to buildings. There is an urge to clean up in the spring and bonfires are common —an owner may decide to burn off a small plot of old grass. Fires such as this get out of control easily and there is the danger that they may cause damage to fences, buildings, plantations and woodlots. The grass is tinder dry and a fire often will start from a match that is dropped after lighting a pipe or cigarettes. Forest plantations have been ruined by Spring grass' fires that have burned over the area, and practically all the trees have been kill- ed. There is usually a heavy mat of several years growth of grass that has accumulated and a very hot fire results. C. MARRITT) Spring is the only season that a fire will run through a hardwood bush, as the dry leaves provide fuel. Extensive damage results as seed- lings and saplings are destroyed and it quite often scars the larger trees. The smoker should not throw matches and cigarette butts out of car windows but they should be placed in the ash tray. A match or cigarette butt should be dropped and ground into the earth by the heel of the shoe. It is advisable to plan in advance if the grass on a vacant lot or field is being burned off. Burn the grass when several people are around with shovels or water to keep it under control. The tractor or team with a plow could be ready to plow a furrow as one or two fur- rows will stop a grass fire. Russia From R. J. Deachman's Mr, Stalin's passage beyond the affairs of men occurred nearly a month ago, an event: which somehow seems to have already passed Into history's melting pot where the dross of human action is spewed up to the surface and only eventually dispelled, while the separating ore remains hidden, to be funnelled out little by little, A much forecast occurrence resulting from Mr, Stalin's demise strangely enough nev- er happened; neither the world stopped, nor did the moon fall from her accustomed. place. Dia- lectical materialism is not so powerful a force as had been supposed. Them has been rather ° h ' too much Made of the Russian bogey, and not nearly enough of the Communist horror, for fortunately the. f two have river become confused in the public mind. The o is just the old East-West controversy ndt dis- similar to the Infidel's invasion up to the gates of Vienna in the 'fifteenth centttry, while the Office ---V. 13. Fellows latter is an even older force in different guise, a more deadly force, for in essence it would vit- iate the soul of the state, and destroy the soul of man. The one cart be fought with slogans and arms; the other can only be treated like a disease -=tile victim either to be isolated, or giv- en an antidote of equal or greater force, Our Canadian Society, by its careful pres- erving of personal, political and religious liber- ties, by its well disposed concern for our culture, has done more for us in this battle against soc- ial rot, than, for instance, the 'Senator McCarthy "Witch -hunters, Inc,' in the US and by its splen- did poising into balance of the innumerable ec- onomics conditions, growing up with us, for the ever greater expansion of this common -wealth, secures as well against invasion from without, --- a state df things for, which we should all be grateful. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD - •oS+r•+ Srte..+4-4 From- Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton New Era Thursday, April 3, 1913 This week workmen are repair • ing the livery barn of Mr. Elliott, which was badly wrecked by the storm on Good Friday. This week Mr. H. S. Chapman of St. Thomas, has purchased the J. Twitchell and Son shoe busin- ess. The wind storm on Good Friday blew out a window in the silo of Mr. Perry Plumsteel on the Lon- don Road and carried it to the ground and placed it up a gainst the barn without breaking or cracking a pane of 'glass. Mrs, W. S. Campbell and son, Gordon, left this week for Aylmer, where they will make their fut- ure home. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McMurray have become settled in their new home on Albert Street, the one recently occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Morrell. The Clinton News Record Thursday, April 3, 1913 At a well attended meeting held on Tuesday evening a football club was organized with the fol- lowing officers: Hon. President M. D. McTaggart, President, H. Bartliff, 2nd Vice C. E. Dowding, 3rd Vice, A. J Morrish; Secretary - treasurer, J. J. Weir; manager and captain, R. McKenzie; committee, W. Layton, E. Torrance, A. Mitch- ell, L. Kerr, J. Sutter; patrons, W. Jackson, G. D. McTaggarr, Rev. Father Hogan. The Picture House will reopen on Friday evening with an en- tirely new machine and the best films that money can buy. , It will be under the management of Mr. A. MacDonald of Wingham. The handsome brick residence of Mrs. T. Beacom on Ontario Street has changed hands, the purchaser being councillor W. J. Miller, Hullett. The place is a well located and most desirable one in every respect and the war - thy councillor is to be congratulat- ed on his purchase. Mrs. Beac- om will continue to occupy the house for the time being, 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, April 5, 1928 Miss Marion Gibbings, who with other musicians will give a concert in the Clinton Town Hall on Thur- sday evening next will also asp - pear in Exeter on Tuesday even- ing and in Wingham on Friday ev- ening. Town Council has passed a motion to have Huron Street East and Victoria Street from the Post Office to the bridge paved. Tax rate for the year' has been struck and will be 46 mills. Mr. Neil driver for the Canad- ian Oil Companies has taken the Becker. cottage on Mary Strcet and has already taken possession. The stage of the Town Hall auditorium is undergoing alterat- ions and repairs. New ceilings and floors are being put in the stage and wings and the scenery is being redecorated. W. N. Counter has announced that he is the dealer for Pontiac Six cars. The showrooms for the the cars will be at Elliott's Gar- age. Miss Cleta Ford of the Ahna College staff is home for the Eas- ter vacation. Mr. Edgar Maguire left Tues- day to spend several weeks in Philadelphia, New York and At- lantic City. 10 YEARS AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday, April 9, 1943 Miss Fannie Levis has comple- ted her business course at the John Beal Technical School, Lon - 1 don, and has accepted a position with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, London. Pte. Ken G. Waters has received word that he has been appointed chairman of the Clinton and Dis- trict campaign in connection with recruiting in the Reserve Army in MD 1. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dixon re- cently received a cable from then younger son LAC Dick Dixon, stating he had arrived safely ov- erseas with the RCAF. Pte. Jack Cree, who recently joined the Canadian Active Army at London has been sent to Ot- tawa, where he will be stationed Mr. E. W. Colquhoun, rural line- man for the H.E.P.C. here for the past number of years has joined the RCAF and is now at Lachine, Quebec. Cpl. Gerald Harris and Mrs. Harris, Brockville, are visiting with friends in town and Blyth. Miss Vera Hoggarth and Miss Freda Hill, St. Catherines, spent Sunday at their homes in Clinton and Blyth. • Benson Sutter gave the address in Walton United Church last Sunday night. Leading in Lhc worship service was Corporal Nor- man Shears. Mrs. W. Conron read the scripture lesson. Miss Dorothy and Corporal W. Conren sang two duets with Mrs. N. Shears at the piano. Quick Calladian •Quiz THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1953 Nuformara from Quick Canadian Facts 1. How high is Niagara Falls? 2. Direct taxes on corporations in 1926 took 8.4 per cent of prof- its. What is today's percent- age? 3. In 1951 how many people died hi Canadian road accidents every 24 hours? 4. Name the one Canadian city with more men than women. 5. Are more Canadians employed in agriculture, construction, manufacturing or mining? ANSWERS: 5—More Canadians are employed in manufacturing than in the other three industries combined. 3—Seven every 24 hours. 1-167 feet. 4—Windsor, Ont. 2—More than 50 per cent. Material supplied by tila editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the handbook of facts about Canada. VARNA The many friends of E. Chnter are sorry to hear of his recent ill- ness. Easter Services Good Friday service will be held in Goshen United Chureb on Sunday next, at 2 p.m. followed by the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and at 8:00 p.m. the lad- ies of the church are holding a special service of song and story, Lloyd Keys had a successful sale of livestock and implements last week. Misses Mary and Margaret Mc- Clymont, Toronto, spent the week- end at their home here. 0 Women are not eligible for Rhodes Scholarships. ++ 1,4-4,-0-11,4-41-4. 4+ Quality Service SEND AN EASTER CARD THIS WEEK Our Selection Will Suit your needs • 5c to 50c FROM THE EASTER BUNNY OUR SELECTION WILL PLEASE EVERY KIDDIE Chocolate Eggs •,.. 100 to 49c Bunnies 'n Eggs 590 Nests of Eggs .... 39c to 45c Novelty Bunnies. 80o GIANT SIZE CHOCOLATE BUNNIES 75e to $1.25 BOXED CHOCOLATES — EASTER WRAPPED $1.15 to $2.50 SPECIALS Woodbury Shampoo Colgate Shaving with Cream Jergens Coconut 011 Reg. 2 tubes 86c Soap Reg. 1.20 for 59e Both for 65c 4 cakes l5c YARDLEY SOAP with stick Cologne, all for $1.50 YARDLEY TALC and SOAP, new package, both $1.25 W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. o+-o-o-�•o-o-o-�• Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 ea BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CHIROPRACTIC D. II. McINNES Chiropractic -Drugless Therapy Foot Correction Office Hours: Commercial Hotel, Seaforth Monday, Thursday Afternoons and Evenings VETERINARY DR. G. S. ELLIOTT Veterinarian Phone 203 Clinton INSURANCE Insure the "Co-op" Way W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res. 3243 LOBB INSURANCE AGENCY Cor. William and Rattenbury Sts. Phone 691W -- GENERAL INSURANCE -- Representative: Dom. of Canada General (Life) Howick Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Co. J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Car - Fire_ Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy. Be Sure • : Be Insured K. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL , INSURANCE Representative: Sun Life Assuiw,nce Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 - PHONES - Res. 9W H. C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHONES: Office 251W; Res. 251J Insurance -- Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co, THE MoKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1953: President, J. L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, J. H. McEwing, Blyth; manager and secretary -treasurer, M. A. Reid, Seaforth. Directors: S. H. Whitmore, Seaforth • C. W. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewar- tha, Clinton; Robt. Archibald, Seaforth; J. H, McEwing, Blyth; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Wm. S. Alexander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Harv. Fuller, Goderich. Agents: J. F. Prueter, Brodhag- en; Wm. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. H. E. HARTLEY Life Insurance District Representative: Canada Life Assurance Go. North St., Clinton — Phone 454W OPTOMETRY A, L. COLE, R.O. Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33 GORDON R. HEARN Optometrist 1028 Danforth Ave., Toronto, Ont. J. E. LONGSTAFF Clinton and Seaforth HOURS: CLINTON: Tuesday Evenings, 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. SEAFORTH: Weekdays except Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m, PHONE 791 SEAFORTH REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON Phone: Office 448; Res. 599j Salesman—THOMAS A. STEEP, Phone Clinton 146-W By JOE BENNETT Mr I' IY1H11,1 0II A1i1:/ A TS MY UNCLE HUGOI HES ,� 1 ERY WEALTHY! A REAL VERY GENIUS! SUCH` FINANL�(At G N A NIDE r M O' GEEZER, RICK? . THE OLD OH,HIM! WHAT A CNA ACTEt2; THAT HONEYS UNCLE HUGO/ - I TELLYA,JIM, HE3 SROKE.► WANTS TO ALL -THE TIME/ .-; NASTY OLE � GUY, TOO/ 1, ALWAYS BORROW ,i . la _ HMMM--THINGS QUIET ALL OFA SODDEN,. HUH ;;vc' j JIM ? i GOT w �'+ KINDA " ti.t � VJ •({ UN ulit 13 11 .t I i f I' l V..tyr a ; ' ` MAN /'vij .k.•. , r5 X ! � ° n 1..1 I 'OM II ` t q � , �. �,I/F B4AN " ri - 1 , . ,,,.N9 am' ,. • .. 7•r... 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