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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-10-08, Page 2pAQE TWO CT2 TOIY NEWS -RECORD - THURSDAY, OCTOBER„ 8 1053 Clinton News-Recc.rd THE Ct INTON NEW ERA First wane Ju 6, :1865. THE CIJNTO.N NEWS -RECORD • First issue (Huron News -Record) January 1881 A#naigaml eted 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 Home of Clinton RCAF .Station and Adastral Park (residential) MEMBER: Canadian Weekly .Newspapers Association; Ontario -Quebec Divi"sion, CWNA; Western Ontario Counties Press Association SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in advance ---Canada and Great Britain; $2.50 a year; United States and Foreign: $2,50; Single Copies Six Cente . Delivered by carrier to RCAF Station and Adastral Park -25 cents a month; seven cents a copy Authorized -as second class mail, Pest Office Department, Ottawa Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON. Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THUR$DAY, OCTOBER 8, 1953 Imagine a Life in the Dark A S THE CAMPAIGN for much needed funds by the Canadian National Institute for, the Blind goes forward, we were saddened to -.Tear of the death of the Hensall lady who began the campaign locally with her donation of five dollars. Hers was a gift given with complete know- ledge of the work of the CNIB. It may be your good fortune not to know at first or• second hand the work that CNIB is doing for the young blind people of this district, But surely there is no one of us that has not thought of the pleasures which would be lack- ing in our lives without the miraculous gift of sight, Just before you open your eyes to -morrow morning, think what the day would be like if you could not 'open them all day long. Then reach out for that bill, or that blank cheque, and send along your gift to those who will never be able to see a sunrise, ever. As the Twig its Bent THE YOUTH OF CLINTON are housed in a building as modern as money can provide. The townspeople authorized the erection of this fine building to the time of $345,000, to be paid off in twenty years. By the time it is paid for the actual cost including interest wilt be double the debentured -for amount. This, the people of Clinton have done for their children. Directly that the old public school was vacated, a move was begun to locate the muni- cipal offices in the old school building. This is a direct result of the fact that the Clinton people, trusting blindly to the wisdom of a few elected men, have neglected their duty in keeping the town hall in good repair. It is all evidence of a lack of civic pride in the appearance of public buildings and public property. Show us a publicly owned lot any- where in Clinton, and you'll show us at the same time one of the most neglected bits of property anywhere in town. That is, unless the Horticultural Society has been thele first and done a bit of their excellent work as ex- perienced gardeners. This neglect of public property is shown rjght now in the shameful "lack of attention given the Library Park. Surely the care of the new municipal building and the grounds there will allow the caretaker time to clear up the park. The rubble there is not entirely the blame of passers -.by either, for the recently installed waste cans, for which the Kinsmen Club spent good money and entrusted to the town, have not been emptied in a good long while. The Clinton people who have shown such neglect, have provided an expensive public school for their children. If the youngsters show no more respect for their school than the people of Clinton have shown for their own buildings, should anyone be surprised? What Are You Going to Do About It? THE MATTER OF THE MOVE of Clinton's municipal offices to the old public school on Ontario Street seems to have received ac- ceptance from the people of Clinton. At least, there have been no reproaches of the move reach our ears. It apparently seemed the right thing to do at the time, and our nine elected men made the decision which was acted upon prompt- ly. As we have mentioned before, we but hope that those same nine good men will see their duty in a certain other matter and move as promptly upon it. At the moment the old town hall which has stood up fairly well under good times, fire, hoe-downs and political word -battles, is standing vacant, with the exception of the fire -proof vault, and the quarters used by the fire depart- ment. The tower at the back where for years the firemen have hung their water hoses to dry; where birds have nested, and small boys have played, is standing tall and to outward view, solidly. The belfry at the front of the hall looks just as firm as it has for the last twenty years, and it houses just as suitably the town bell that has for years rung the time of day, and the fire alarm in case of emergency. The council chamber is sadly in need of paint, and looks quite denuded since the old photos of mayors for the past century have been removed. (When last seen these photos were piled in heaps on a work table in what was once the grade seven classroom at . the public school) This room has seen many fiery episodes of verbal gunbattle between vehement councillors and irate taxpayers. Here have the details of many a tragedy been unveiled through the legal procedure of inquests and trials. This room has seen the history of Clinton made. Upstairs in the most neglected auditorium in the annals of any town, surely. The walls show years of dirt, soot, and thumb -tack holes. The curtains on the stage are such that any Clintonian should have been ashamed years ago to own them. The windows are loose in their frames, so that winds come right inside, while heat produced from coal paid for out of tax- payers' money has for the last several years, just as promptly, gone right outside. This sad state of affairs is not due entirely to the laxity of this year's town council, al- though no doubt some members of this council could have done something about it years ago. The onus of the deplorable state of the town hall rests right upon the taxpayers' shoulders. The people of Clinton are the 'people who have let their public building, deteriorate into a state they would not allow in their own homes, and yet have expected their employees to work in. This is not a math: of "The council should have done this or that", It is a matter for each person in Clinton to consider for himself. He must say: "This is .what I've allowed hap- pen in my own town. I've let this happen to the town hall which, centred as it is in the middle of my town, is in the view of all tour- ists and visitors to my town. I've let that building, which has been the seat of municipal works for over seventy years, become the centre of ridicule and conjecture. I've let it become a building which is spoken of as a "slowly settling 83 -year-old town hall resting on rotting oak planks on quicksand," as a local daily paper terms it." And when he has accepted this situation then it is the duty of each man and woman in Clinton to find an answer to the question. "What am I going to do about it?" Invisible in Airforce Blue A SITUATION of which we are made aware every evening' au, we drive home past RCAF Station Clinton continually worries us. And that is the habit of our neighbours in blue of walking nonchalantly upon the side of the highway on their way to and from the Station. We had suggested some time ago that per- haps some sort of luminous or white armband could be worn by these strollers as an assistance W. motorists. True, since the new highway sur- face was laid and the width of the pavement was widened there is almost room for a couple of people to walk along arm in arm, and still • miss an oncoming car. But that "almost room" may sometime prove just not quite room enough. There is a certain combination of wet pavement, bright oncoming lights and even the confusing yellow flasher at the entrance to the Station, which cut a motorist's vision to an absolute minimum. At these times it is impossible to see more than a few feet ahead. That is when the greatest danger is incurred by these unconcern- ed girls and boys in blue. After an accident on the highway it will be too late to do anything about it: It would appear that now is the time to make some steps to eliminatethe danger. Keep The Door Open VERY WEEK to our desk comes a number ber of the weekly newspapers from all over Ontario, and we take great pleasure in reading the bits and pieces that take our fancy in the short space of time we can spend within these pages. The editor of the Newmarket Era and Express mentioned the great pains which mer- chandisers on Newmarket's main Street take to dress their windows and display their fine wares well. "But there are always little incidents that offset one's best efforts. In the air force there are gremlins. In the newspaper business there are type lice. We don't know what the mer- chandisers have; maybe they are cotton ticks or north west ,bank draughts. "Our advertising manager called on a mer- chant twenty minutes before ten o'clock and found the door locked, He could see the mer- chant in his back office working over some papers so he rattled the • door with vigor. "The merchant unlocked the door and ex- amined the latch. For nearly an hour he had sat in his office wondering why there had been no customers in the store all morning. We imagine the incident is still bothering hint. "Our advertising manager said, 'Mr. Blank was so busy thinking about good merchandising this morning, he forgot to unlock his door'." We'd like to make a moral to the story, and perhaps a bit of neighbourly advice as well. The pages of the Clinton News -Record are read in over 2,000 homes, Arid more than 1500 of those homes are in Clinton or its im- mediate district, where the people are within the trading area of Clinton, For these people, Clinton is the logical, the handy place to shop. It is a good idea to display merchandise in a Store window so passers-by will come in to look, It is most certainly a good idea to have the door of the Store unlocked so those passers-by may come in. It is also a good idea to get word of your merchandise bargains to the folk who are not in town every day, and the easiest way to do that is to send them that word through the pages of their weekly newspaper. Russia's Wonder Children (14fitehell Advocate) RUSSIA IS LOOKING after its children's reading. According to a recent Tess re- bport eight million copies of new books have een issued so far this year inclusive of two entitled All About Atoms and Journey to the Atom published by the state publishing house in Moscow, It has leaked out that Russia knows a. 4.t about atoms, but until now we were not ,Iaware that they knew all about them and to bring this knowledge down to a childish level makes it even more astounding It gripes us 10 think that Canadian children still cling to lye comic book, when the Soviet youth have z.uch scientific knowledge crammed into their :'"boodles. What a group of wonder children ;Russia will produce! Or is this sbnie more of the propaganda that emanates from the Soviet state? Kitchen Chanty 11, rd pour out a bowl Of fresh, whole milk And stitch up a tunic Of russet silk And leave them both On the pantry shelf If that would coax One small brown elf To make it a point On his daily !rounds To empty my soggy Old coffee grounds! —Edith Shannon, From our Early Files 40 YEARS A„GO Cealifornia 4nd it is hoped the change will be beneficial to hex The Clinton New Erahealth, Thursday, October 2, 1913 Messrs, W. Paisley, Ike Rat- tenbury and Ray Rumball have circulated a list asking for do- nations towards a new rink for - Clinton. At press time they had over $600. guaranteed, Mr. Robert Trench, Teeswat er will build the new rink if the citizens will raise $700 and volunteer to help in the con struction. Mr.. Trench has pro- mised, that if the matter Is tak- en ak en up at once that he will buy a suitable lot and have a rink ready when skating time comes Blyth and Bayfield have, each held excellent Fall Fairs this week, Len Weir has been appointed choir master of Ontario Street Church. Mr. Weir has been leading tenor for years and should mAke en excellent fader. T, McKenzie is installing a new boiler this week at his planing mills. 25 YEARS AGO Canton News -Record Thursday, October 4, 1928 H. Bartliff and family last week moved into the house re- cently vacated by W. S. Downs. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Greig have taken Mrs. J. Copp's house, furnished, and have already taken possession. Our Chinese citizen, the pro- prietor of the cafe, has lately received word that his former assistant, John Tung, who left here fast fall, died a few weeks ago in Toronto. Messrs. Watts, Cudmore and Scribbles received word the other' day that . samples of their honey had been chosen by the Ontario- Honey; Producers Co- operative to be exhibited at the British Dairy Show, London England. Mr. and Mrs. James Scott re- turned the end of the week from a very pleasant, trip to Boston and the Maritime Pro- vinces. ' Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Hoare and family, Pembroke, visited the former's father, Mr. C. Hoare, last week. W. E. O'Niel, who has been visiting his parents in- town, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. O'Niel, left Sunday for Stratford on his re- turn to the Maritime Provinces. Rev. C. J. and Mrs, Moore - house, Mrs. Hawke and Mre. James Livermore motored Mrs. Green to her home in Tees - water on Tuesdey and went on to Harriston to visit Mr, and Mrs. A. J. McMurray, o Mrs. T. Cook accompanied her daughter, Mrs. Leslie Hanly, on her return to her home at Pasadena, Cal. on Tuesday. Mrs. Cook will spend the winter in eeeeeeeeeeeeeee.W°;' *""es 10 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record Major H. C. Lawson, Wood- stock spent a few days athis home in town prior to his leav- ing for a course at Royal lVeilit- ary College, Kingston. ignaiman Lorne Brown, RCN - VR, has returned to his ship 'after spending a month's leave with Mrs. Brown and son Step- hen in town. Douglas Kennedy received word on Tuesday from his brother, Pte Stanley -Kennedy, saying that he had arrived safe- ly overseas, PAPER IS LATE The Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: I just received my Clinton News - Record, winch is rather late in coming. When Mr. Hall and Mr. Atkey were owners, we people here in Toronto used to get our paper at the very Iatest on Sat- urday morning. At holiday time, say for in- stance Christmas, maybe it .would be Monday: Personally, I think we should get it* * earlier. * I hope you will accept this let- ter graciously, and thanking you for the "Record"; it is just like the "Town of Clinton" coming in my home every weekend. Best Wishes, MRS. PERCY BARRETT 479 Jones Ave., Toronto, Ont. October 6, 1953 Ed Note: Thank you for your kind letter, Mrs. Barrett, which we take pleasure in publishing in part. As you no doubt have no- ticed on our front page, we are endeavouring to get your News - Record to you sooner. It was a rather Iarger paper Last week than is usual. As for the other matter you mentioned, we have done as re- quested. Thanks again for bring - it to our attention. Iia 0 d CCI SCIENCE TEACHER The Editor Clinton News -Record DEAR EDITOR: I wonder if anyone there can remember Mr. E. L. Hill, who was science teacher in CCI in 1889. He is an M,S.A. and many things, minerologist, geologist, teacher, professor, and librarian. We knew him as a librarian and lecturer in Edmonton, He is celebrating his 90th birth- day on September 29, at his home, 29 Gorge Rd, East, He is well and active; a great gardener, stamp collector, a great reader, and loyal Baptist His wife passed away some years ago, and his daughter keeps house for him. She is a practis- ing architect and teaches hand Weaving, I Wonder have you any readers who Would remember this teacher who has covered so much ground since, MRS. F. H. HERBERT, 3907 Blenkensop Rd. Victoria, B.C. Mr. and Mrs, J. W, Cook of town have received a message from Ottawa stating that their only son Pilot Officer William (Blondie) Cook is missing after a bombing flight over enemy territory.. Jean Nediger, thirteen year old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. J, W. Nediger, Jr. was seriously hurt on Saturday evening, when of the :BACK SHOP Hear tell of a dace out in /lilt-. ish Columbia, where the mice are so thick that People are afraid of them, Imagine that now. ,Some- how, we rather, prefer it here in the comfortable old back shop riding her bicycle east on One. aria Street. Miss Marjolrie Henderson, Gpderich, who has been the competent stenographer in the Department of Agriculture office here for the past three years, commences her new work With the Canadian Broadcasting Core poration next Tuesday, Wallace and Stewart MacDon- ald spent the weekend at their home with their parents Cpl, and Mrs, Ronald MacDonald. Miss Eileen Sutter has taken a part time job in the post off- ice. Miss Edith Patterson has ac- cepted a position with an in- surance company in London. Miss Pearl Elliott, who has been svorkin'g in Kingstnilis Store in London for the past year has accepted a position as time -keeper in the accounting she collided with a car, while department at Crumlin Airport, where a eoupie of wee little mice are not noticed too much, and a fellow can spend his life in com- parative comfort. Just to show how People can become very excited over some thing that is. hardly worth bothering with, shows up in the staid old Globe and Mall when they write a head- line about this over -abundance of mice, The editors throw all caution to the winds and for- get themselves to the extent that the heading came out something like this: "Rocky Mountain House Houses Over- run With Mobs of Mouses", * * ,* Then after managing a tongue• twister such as that, the last paragraph of the story states that "Frost and cars killed them off by the thousands," That seems rather too bad that ears should be compelled to do the work that any other province would leave to cats, doesn't it? Oh, well, those Westerners are an enterprising lot, and have found a way to have ears replace cats as well as horses. Coming Next Week T H E Rexall le Sale Wednesday Thursday — Friday •-- Saturday OCTOBER 114 — 15 -- 16 — �7 Buy'One Article for Regular Price and Receive. 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