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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-09-03, Page 2PAGE TWO CLf1V"ISN NEWS•.[iECORD THAT c i -re R.y u iftt N -e' THE IR.UNTON NEW ERA First issue June 6, 1866 smitpeorcl THE CLINYON NEWS -RECORD First Issue (Huron . Newss+Record) . January 1$81 ,AmaigaMiated 1924 Alt'R independent Newspaper devoted to the Interests of the Town of Clinton and Surrounding District Papulation, 2,543; Trading Area, 10,000; Retail Market, $2,000,000; Rate, .04 per line flat Sworn Circulation - Z126 home 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, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County T3LTRSDAY. SEPTEMBE1R, 3, 1953 For the Benefit of All "e signal light traffic system installed at 4" Clinton's main intersection last year, has come in for a great deal of .discussion, pro and eon, We've mentioned them in these columns before, and at that time we stood with the en- gineer's original plans for their installation as they.are, 'This we still do, as fax as.the place - Ment of the lights upon the standards is con- cerned. As far as we know there have been no accidents at that corner Caused by the fact that drivers could not tell which light to go by. This, to us, shows that the light placement is a good one. On Tuesday, however, slight accident caused the lights to be out of order for practically six hours. For two of those hours one of the town's constables stood in the blazing 92 degree heat directing rush-hour traffic. For the rest of the time motorists and pedestrians took their charm - fes, Since this is the third time that such an accident has taken place, it seems to us that there is room for some thought on the place- ment of that particular standard. If it could be moved back from the corner two or three feet, perhaps that wol!ld be the answer. But to us the main question that rises out of the situation on Tuesday afternoon is this. The lights were off for six hours. Was this length of time necessary? Who is responsible for seeing that the,lights get fixed? Who tells whom to do what, and couldn't it be done fast- er? We are anxious to see that' some move be taken` to see that the signals system be looked after as swiftly as possible in sthe future. As long as the lights are not operating, the motor- ist is not getting the proper protection at the corner, The townspeople of Clinton have paid for the system's installation, and they should be getting the benefit of its proper operation. Another Year; A Clean Slate TT IS OUR PLEASURE this week to present you with a few words which appeared in the 1952-53 issue of "De Schola", as advice from the chairman of the Clinton and District Collegiate Institute Board, to the students of With the new school year beginning next Tuesday, after the Iongest vacation students have enjoyed for some years, there are some 450 youngsters beginning the term at the new Clinton Public School, and approximately 275 students enrolling at CDCI. These words from Mr. Falconer will bear attention from each of the youngsters and from their parents. "ANOTHER YEAR HAS PASSED" "A new year is a time for new beginnings as well as a time for searching back over the past year for mistakes and omissions. A new year is a chance to begin with a clean slate,, a correction of errors and improvements; for no matter how well we have done in the past, we are all ambitious to beat even our own records. "We are living in a wonderful age of in- ventions. All of us have a chance for a future filled with every opportunity and facility for a fine education. We should •make the most of our time during the few short years available, for time cannot be turned back, and a year wasted is a year lost. Along with education, however, we should learn to mix social activities, sports, and fun in the proportions necessary for a balanced life. • "I wish all of you success both in this school year and in all future undertakings." "A Priesteraft in Its Cups99 E ARE INDEBTED TO A Winnipeg daily for much of the subject matter, and essen- tially of the title of this treatise. Bruce Hutch- inson stands high in our regard as a Canadian writer, and we can certainly do nothing to improve upon these following statements. We find them especially appropriate in this town of Clinton, as we go forth, even pn the hottest days, to find the coffee drinking clan meeting in the various coffee shops down the main streets. "The courts of Ontario, which know all about the law but have hardly begun to grasp the inner processes of our society, have entered a solemn caveat against the morning coffee hour. This caveat -holding that an employee cannot claim workmen's compensation for in- jury suffered while he is drinking his morning coffee -no doubt is sound law but it will do no good. The coffee hour all over America has gone far beyond the control of the courts. "It is too much, I suppose, to expect the courts to understand that the coffee hour is the foundation of the North American economy and unquestionably is responsible for our high standard of living. It is much mere than that. It is the central mystery of our life, "Not being a coffee drinker, having vainly tried to cure my aversion to the stuff, I do not pretend to understand that mystery. As a result, I am forever barred, as by an iron door, from the fellowship of human kind. I cannot speak their language. I shall never know what is happening around me. I have abandoned any hope of getting on in the world, 'But I do know -I can tell by their look of concentration, by their radiant air of dedication to a high purpose, by their earnest murmurings in a secret tongue - that the morning coffee drinkers have not left their offices to escape work, as the Ontario courts seem to imagine. No, it is over the coffee that the real work of the nation is done, the great plans made, the 'bargains, struck -and the whole mighty machine of commerce steered on its course: "Indeed, it is only over the coffee that the better minds of North America can think at all, and their hours in the office are purely incidental, a kind of empty ritual, a ceremonial. flourish to impress foreigners and tea drinkers like myself. "Thus when I enter a coffee bar at the magic hour of creation I always find the rulers r of the land apparently engaged in an innocent discussion of the baseball scores or the horse races. Oii, they are clever in their tactics of evasion and disguise. They have fooled the courts but they can't fool me. "As soon as my back is turned they , will revert to their secret tongue and coded com- munication. Hunched over a steaming cup, a priestcraft prostrate before its shiny idol, they. will pursue their inscrutable designs, they will reach their deadly decisions, they will decide their verdicts on men and events, they will pass the unwritten and invisible Iaws which all of us must obey from which there is' no appeal. "In short, a secret government laughing into its cup at the empty posturing of courts and Parliament. "Then, in the final act of deception, they will return to their desks and pretend to treat the rest' of us as equals. "Not for us to complain when the system works, when the economy, borne on stronger shoulders than ours, continually grows in wealth as less,visible and more secret labor is applied t,o it, when we idlers, who contribute nothing but our useless physical presence (an 'indiffer- ent ornament), are still granted our full share of the dividends of other men's genius. At one remove, though we cannot taste it, we drink the brimming cup of mystery. "Like all dictatorships, this one may go too far. Its slaves may rise, worms turn. One of these days the rest of us, with patient experi- ment, may learn to drink coffee, we may shoulder our way up to the counter, even learn the language and venture an opinion on our own fate. "Then comes the revolution, with no one left in the office to perform the outward mo- tions of work and fool the foreigner. But that kind of useless work being obsolete, I suppose it will make no difference. The real work, the real revolution, the emancipation of mankind will be safe sp long as coffee beans grow in Brazil and the priestcraft can find a cracked cup to worship." BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CHIROPRACTIC • OPTOMETRY D. IL McINNES Chiropractic -Drugless Therapy Foot Correction Office Hours: Commercial Hotel, Seaforth Monday, Thursday Afternoons arid Evenings INSURANCE Insure the "Coop" War w. V. ROTE District Representative Box 1110 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office 557 Res. 3243 Jl, E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Hayfield 53r2 dim - Plre- Life - Accident Wind 'Insurance 'Et you need Insurance, I have t a Policy., _ Be Sute - " Be insured g. W. iOLQUIIOUN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative: Seel Life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building Office 50 - PHONES lies. 9W 11. C. LAWSON ' Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PHOT IES: Office 251W; Res. 251J Insurance -- Real Estate . Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. THE McIKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCEE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1953: President, J. L, Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, 3. H. McEwing, Blyth; •nnanager 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. IL 1VIc wing, Blyth; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Wm. S. Alexander Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Marv. Goderich. Agents: J. F. ?raker, Bresdhag- en; Wm. l..eiper, Jr., Loi desboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. A. L. COLE,f R.O. Eyes Examined .and Glasses Fitted Goderich - Phone 33 GORDON R. HEARN Optometrist 1028 Danforth Ave., Toronto, Ont. J. E. LONGSTAFE HOURS: SEAFORTH: Weekdays except Wednesdaa, 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. tb 9 p.m. CLINTON: MacLaren's Studio Tuesday evenings --7.30-10 p.rtr. Wednesday morning -9 a.m.-12.30 PHONE 791 SEAFOR`rH REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate ,and Business Broker SLOAN BLOCK, CLINTON Phone: Office 448; Res. 5995 4x.r.1Ii(nsfa ,Y',. SES a, Ma 3 RN 1 From Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton New Era Thursday, August 28, 1913 The young laity friends of Miss Helen Doherty ` gave her a mis- cellaneous shower at her home on Tuesday afternoon of this week. The Clintdn lacrosse team drop- ped out and Winghain and Goder- ich fought it out here on Wednes- day with a win for Goderich. The largest 'blaze Goderich has experienced for some years occur- red here early Friday morning when the factory of the Kensing- ton Manufacturing Company was completely gutted. Only bare walls remain of a fine structure and a heap of debris mark the site where the factory stood. Dick Tasker pitched on Friday and Brantford defeated Guelph in a ten inning game by a score of 7-5. Dick retired., because of a split finger. He struck out six and assisted in a double play. A big kick is made at the high tax rate here, but the kickers have little to kick at. Why at Kincar- dine they have a rate of 32 mills on the dollar. People are wondering when the hydro will be here. The men er- ecting poles are near town now, Work has to be done here to the local circuit and also the trans- forming station to be built and nothing is started yet. Some say that it will be Christmas before the power will be here. t The Clinton News Record Thursday, August 28, 1913 James Scott entertained the young men and boys of the Willis congregation at his home yester- day evening. An interesting tennis tourna- ment was played off on Mayor McTaggart's court on Saturday afternoon last. Broder McTaggart won the championship from Fred Tisdall. Chester Marshall, who has been employed in a business office in Toronto since Easter and who was spending a vacation at his home in town, met with an accident the other day which will prolong his holiday somewhat. He was en- gaged picking apples when he fell, breaking a bone in his wrist. .As a consequence he now carries his left arm in a sling. 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record . Thursday, August 30, 1928 Clinton won from Goderich in Goderich yesterday, the score be- ing 9-4. This was the first game of the semi-finals. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Downs, 'who have been residents of Clinton for the past 19 years will move to Toronto on Saturday, September lst. Their friends also regret their departure but wish them success in their new home. Harry Sartliff has taken W. S. Downs' house on Ontario Street and will move in as soon as it is vacant. C. E. Carbin has taken the Ir- win house, Huron street, furnished. Howard I Venner, ledger keeper in the local branch of the Royal Bank, leaves on Tuesday to relieve fora month in the Melbourne branch, Miss Myrtle Armstrong has re- turned home after spending the past few weeks in Detroit. Mrs. Frank Layton is spending this week in Toronto attending the Eehibition and visiting rela- tives. Misses Isabel and Winnifred Draper returned last week from a trip to the west. • Norman McNeil, Detroit, has been spending a holiday With his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Mc- Neil. 10 YEARS AGO The Clinton News-Recarcl Thursday, September 2, 1943 Pilot Officer Reg, Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Cook of town has returned home from overseas OF MAIN STREET MGUMPH ' ZIGG-L F NZ. BLOXV'N l r•••!-".)), tf6 ,m' P r'4 oiillillilii ° o LIKt KNOW WHAT GOES ON IN THAT CUTE LI'L HEAD/ 0y r; SLUMPFr • ,,1 K1TCHYKOO! A PENNY FOz. YDUIR THCUGHT.S, LI'L MAP-19/ lay ,10E DENNEiI a5XNZ UGES iN VLACHN *OH/ ;_(,f(71..H../.,;., i?ANLA1ON:-- hON-6i-i- HERE' CbMEE THAI' LADY T Dow/. LIK * ' SOY�, WOULD YOU, r7i 4r RkY ri' R.W,Uia N ,k, M14. * ''`Li'l'` 5S'E TNS. C6LOrz al YOUR MONEY/" **PEOPLE SHOULDN'T' MY PENNIES FO1 THOUGHTS 'AHD Nbl' PAY UP!" .t 1 and is in military hospital in Mon- treal, where he is undergoing treatment. Mrs. George H. Elliott received an airgraph letter last week from her elder son, Leading Fireman Edward Elliott, overseas, stating that he had transferred to the RCAF, and will train as an air - gunner. Eddie, as he is familiarly known here, went overseas in June 1942 with the Canadian Firefight- ers and it is expected that he will remain there for training as he is attached to the RAF. Mrs. George Campbell and daughter Diane of Niagara Falls are visiting in town with Mr. and Mrs. George Campbell Sr. Miss Rena Eleanor Johnston, Varna, is another nufse who his returned from South Africa. She ETER of the BACK SHOP "Man, oh, • xnan, 16 it ever hot!" Sure, we know it does no good to talk about it, and probably it is. not as hot here as some placesi but what else is there to taik of? when no matter which way you move, the heat meets you; goes out °of its way to meet you head on, and blasts at you in great warm soggy masses of air, that 'wrap you about and hamper even the slightest movement: * e'.., We've been spending a good bit of the evening hours outside in the back alley, where the crickets are busy trilling out the tune of September harvests, and the cool breeze make us want to stay,kd,Wre * theforever. This mouse sometimes wishes (and never more strongly than up- on a' hot summer's evening) for the quiet peace of the country, away from searching street lights and the continual rush of cars. We wonder if the people who created this town of brick and stone, cement walks and bare poles, glaring windows and sharp straight objects, ever give any thought to the wondrous world that God made in the beginning. True, we must have. a certain' a- mount of commercial activity to supply us with the needs of life. But there is so much gadgetry which costs men hours of labour to no good purpose. There is so much manufactured which is built to last only for a year or two, so new styles and gaudier trim may be added and a new -looking ob- ject may be sold. * * * We read with wonder of the olden times,. when objects were treasured for their worth and tradition, and were used with LETTERS rH EDITOR • Clinton News -Record Dear "Miss Roy": Enclosed find a stamped self- addressed envelope in which please send me your Leaflet No. SS -24-4. It is very nice to know where you can get such help, Thanks. Yours truly, DORA E. HEARD R.R. 2, Clinton August 17, 1953. has been stationed at Johannes- '"1'""-" Miss Kaye Nickle, who is onl burg for over a Year. holidays from the Telephone Of-, fice, spent Iast week in Toronto, the guest of LAC James N. and Mrs. Kennedy. Ker. and Mrs, Fergus Vap Eg- mond left last Thursday afternoon for Saskatchewan where they will reside for the winter months, on account of Mr. VanEgmond's health. Quick Canadian Facts 0 1. In Iand, buildings, equipment and livestock, Canadian farm- ers have an investment of how much capital in their business? 2. What is the height of the wat- erfall at Niagara? 3. Where does Canada rank as a world trader? 4. What is our leading export commodity? • 5. Of Ottawa's $4.5 billion bud- get, how much is being spent on social security and welfare? ANSWERS: 5. About one dollar in four of all money being spent. 3. In total trade, third in the world; in per capita trade, first. 1. $8.2 billion. 4. Forest products, notably newsprint. 2. 175 feet. Material supplied by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the hand book of facts about Canada. 000D PAINT FROM Clinton Electric Shop saves you money 'in the long run MUGU' Por outside use. Weatherproof. 77 decorator colors, 7 ready- tnixed grim colors, plus Self -cleating white. 1 coat only for repainting. 2 coats only for neir woad. No chipping. No peeling. Guaranteed, White for Tints: 6.50 3 9 Sart EASY,, ECONOMICAL COMA T110E MIXING `cave r Add color from handy tubes to base white paint. Obtain exact quantity re - geared for each job. No tress. No trouble. Easy as adding cream to your Coffee. reed care fpr it wasknown that they were good useful articles.. And when• some tool was completely worn, it was replaced with care, for people knew that it must last a long time and serve many persons.. * This may seem a rather thoughts Del topic for a small mouse• on a) suthmer's alight. But we're sud- denly saddened by the thought of a rushing world with so ]many new things within it,and' all people rushing madly to get more things, and then more things. Things are useful only when they are a means to an end: towards happin•. ess. When things' no longer sat- isfy then we are heading nowhere, for we do not take tine to enjoy life as it is. We are sorry for a man-made world; where the ob- jects men make are hard, unyield- ing substances, built to confine rather than to cherish the world of nature. * * * * We're pining tonight for the open country, and the peace which comes with space unliinit. ed. HENSALL ,•r..-r.-fH+ Mrs. Edna Cbrbett has accept- ed a position on the staff orSouth. Huron Hospital', Exeter. Mrs. Harry Faber had the-mis.- fortune to sprain her ankle in a fall she suffered' tills. week. Howard Scone, and employee' of Thompson's Grain Mill, had .the thumb of his left hand amputated at the first joint at South Huron Hospital, Exeter, following -an. accident. He was • moving tic cars when his thumb 'became caught between the post and the fender of his truck, injuring it so badly that it had to be ain•-• putated, Dr. J. C. Goddard,. Hensall, attended. First Degree Burns• LAC Donald Hedden, RCAF Station Whitehorse, is recovering in the hospital there of first degree burns to his hip and body. Hedden was smoking. in bed and' fell asleep, the mattress caught fire causing the severe burns. A number of skin grafting• opera- tions will have to be performed. Donald's home is in Clinton, but is a native of Hensel', grandson - of Mrs. Catherine Hedden, Hen- sall. AT LAST! OTHERS A NEW METHOD OF DIAPERING Try Ia-yt ry'-er THE WONDERFUL WATER PROOF PANTY WITIfe FLUSHAWAY PADS DRYPER. PANTY $1.69 100 PADS -Reg. Size - $1.39 100 PADS -Large Size -- $1.59 Easy to Change Just slip fresh Dry - per pad under cloud - soft nylon web of a clean Dryper panty. Close snaps, pin sid- es and presto! A dry happy 'baby. Easy to Diispoee of Shake out used Dry - per pads and flush away then rinse pants. School Opening Sodas. A New TONI HAIR -DO will start you' off right Regular ---- Super -• Gentile - Bm,MA Tonette Prom $175 KODAKS-Printing and Developing --FILMS Greeting Cards --•• Magazines W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 1 • • • • • • • • • • )' • • • • Needlecraft News by Pair' eBoy P LAIDS OR TARTAN TYPE clothe date back to the early days of civilization, along the Nile in Egypt. Early Roman garments were also made • of fabrics woven and dyed in what we now term. tartans. However, it wasn't until the raid -13th Century that the rest of the world became aware of the metier in which the Scot had adopted the tartan as his National Dress. The actual name Tartan was at that time given to this type of dress by the Spanish; the French derivation was Tire - 1 trine. Plaids And Tartans literally speaking, a Tartan in a pattern or design .in a fabric.„. either woven or printed ... consist - nig of :in arrangement of cross bars in varying colors and widths. The mime, however, has grown to designate a type of attire, and nnIi'i specifically, the complete :"'rot teal highland costume. ,Striae - le si't;aking, tt Tartan is not a. td:aid. Originally a plaid meant a , it :1; (.r n shawl for either men. or Ys;e •taeii; huf 1)('eaatse of the goner - el les of this typo of pattern iu t Intl. used to make the awl/tont, trait was a gr:nlual shifting ovor 911(..um, of 1lo' wo111 until, today,. a itIttiul is taken to mein ;i iy1n• there 1s a pow('rful fashion h'i'io1 t1)t'arr1 1ho PIM? Of Tal•t;lI1r.:,iid }•(tit 1.•411 .r, plaid lolit'he:t evt'rywher'(!. Tartans In 'less teite'lien The giv plaids of !he 8(.0 -WA! llltrlal tar, Levi, lu•cn 1 lrroW,'d for your kuchetl 1,otht)ItIF'r... 1't)11i• of tete,. ess dt ign, ere worked in single ermi et- t„ifr„vtn'' a tartan io ottr Pa11'llL TI(,- fi111 i' nla(ir from a c'rot'hett,d meds ;•.% '11 ftil't)TIC*,ll with ;'1lnt4tl• of 1,lii1,Yrta,'11'1ti 1•(11(111. filter` 1 0.1-4 or its 1,Ittttt'r Itt:tf lrt:ly In' tondo l, Ma.::,r 'v •axing pattern. If you would ties to have a tt':tflet well ilt"tttit'tioia. i,., ;puking 1ht':t' Potholdel,a, send a stela, .a 11, selfeehlriesetl omelets. rt, tht• ;Rt t,d}ework 1h'1 ,artluont of tines 1,4A•. and ask for [II;U1Il A N 1D 11.P't' 1 ruler No. 8-88.