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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-10-15, Page 2IP .GE` Two lawn Newsiifie.o.rd THE CU.INTON NEW ERA First issue June 6, 1865 THE CLINTON NEws-RECon First issue (Huron News -Record) January, 18$1 algamated 1924 dtsa 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 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 centsaonOttawa;ven cents a copy Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Published EVERY THURSDAY at CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, In the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1953 Clinton Mannino: Board An Actuality q'LSEWHERE IN THESE COLUMNS is a borrowed editorial from the pages of the St. Marys Journal Argus, published weekly in St. Marys, There, is outlined the loss to the St,. Marys .community by the fact that in the whole of the town there was no immediately available land for industrial sites. • That same situation is true here in Clinton. Just where would it be feasible for- a new industry to locate? The Clinton Planning Board, set up now with members, John Lavis, E. McAdam, R. N. Irwin, Councillor S. Sciioenhals and Mayor W, J. Biller, has the job befgre, it of planning the nen uilt areas within the town to include proper areas for industry, for home sites, for parks, etc, The job is a tough one, and it will need the support of the council and of the towns- people, This business of the beginning of a Planning Board for the town has been pushed about throughout the ,whole of the summer, and now the men on it have but two months left before the elections, when the two members from Coun- cil may be changed, and two others put in their place, The five members of the planning board have our commendation. Any man who signified his willingness to act upon the board must be willing to put a good many hours work into it. Our hats are off to them. What is the Answer? 9r1HE SEASON OF PRE-ELE411,ON in most Communities, means a time for a bit of fancy side-stepping by ardent politicians, in their ef- fort to do the thing the electors would have them do. Just before the election there is often a good deal of activity towards getting some- thing done if it means a saving of money, and a sturdy putting -aside if the matter involved is apt to °touch the tax -payers' pocket. • There probably has not been any more of this sort of thing in Clinton than in other com- munities. Generally, the councillors are the gc od men and true that the citizens expect them to be. But if at any time this side-stepping . is evident, then it is in the pre-election season. Tuesday's council meeting set the date for Clinton's nomination day, and if elections are to be held, then the date for that is provided as well. At the same meeting the directors of the first Clinton Planning Board were appointed. Now the matter of the Planning Board is not likely to affect the purse strings of the town except slightly. But the question which has been in the minds of all Clinton citizens concerning what is to he done about the town hall, received but slight comment: An offer for the lot on which. the hall sits was filed, because after all, until the building is disposed of, there is no need to consider the sale of the lot. A more interesting figure was suggested as purchase price for the old public school building. In fact the amount quoted would go a long way toward renovating and revitalizing the old town hall into something the townsfolk could be proud of. But that offer was to all practical purposes refused, on the basis of the fact that an immediate reply Was requested, and council was unprepared to accept the offer. After all, that would mean vacating the property just after they'd gotten moved in, so to speak. So $18,000 was turned down. In the meantime, however, council passed a by-law which fixed the place for nomination meeting in the council chamber of the town hall. Since the meeting is scheduled for the third Friday in November, this will mean a mighty chilly meeting place. Unless of course they put a fire on. But it has been understood that the furnace in the town hall was not in working order. That's why the offices were moved to the present location. What, then, is the answer? Just Fill in the Cheque rrHE CAMPAIGN FOR FUNDS for the Cana- dian National Institute for the Blind, is going forward in Clinton and dietrict. It is regretted, however, that it is not going forward more successfully. CNIB's need is great. The person the Insti- tute is helping could be your son, or your uncle, your wife, or brother, or yourself. This business of being blind can happen to anyone. It be- hoves us to give the situation our greatest at- tention. Not because it could happen to us, but because we should be so very grateful to be well and employed, and with money to spare, however little, for the help of our less fortunate neighbours. When a sudden disaster strikes, such as the tornado of this summer, or the floods in Sask- atchewan and Holland of last year, we all are swift to lend our helping dollars in the cause of rehabilitating the stricken people involved. The blind people of Clinton, of Huron County, and of Canada have suffered a like tragedy. The situation in which they find them- selves cannot be mended through the healing of nature: It is a continuing and lifelong trag- edy for most of them. We cannot think of losing our sight, but that we think how terrible it would be not to see the beauties of autumn colouring in the trees again. For what pleasures our sightless citizens can have in a world without light and colour, we should be pleased to be able to help them along. Reach in your desk drawer, your coat pocket, (or your waste -basket if you have to) and fill out that blank cheque. Or better still, call in at the office of the local chairman, W. V. Roy, Albert Street. Get your dollars working for you to the good of the CNIB. Be a Boy Scout Booster THIS SATURDAY IN CLINTON, the mem- bers of the Boy Scouts, assisted by their little brothers, the Cubs, will be out on the street, in their annual campaign to raise funds for their year's programs. �• Apple Day throughout Canada is now prac- tically an institution, and there are many who put off their apple buying in the autumn until the time for Boy Scout Apple Day comes along and they can buy a bushel or more of the good Canadian fruit. But besides these larger purchases the main purpose of Apple Day is to provide a way to give in small amounts. The price of one apple, given as a donation, would equal not more than the price of a soft drink, a package of cigarettes, a sundae, or a cup of coffee. This gift, which helps the youngsters along with their projects, certainly does not entail a sacrifice. But when put together the gifts pro- vide tools for handcrafts, equipment for outdoor camping, assistance if necessary to lads unable to buy their own uniforms, and a dozen other things which help our young Clintonians along with other young Canadians in their growth toward becoming good citizens. You can all do your part toward helping this campaign by buying the apple that is of- fered to you on Saturday. Do your bit to "boost the Scouts". They are Clinton's future citizens. Welcome Awaits Any New Industry (St. Marys A PROSPECTIVE' NEW SMALL industry has just finished giving St. Marys the once-over and if industrial sites or buildings had been immediately available the Stone Town might soon have , had a new small industry within its environs. Local citizens co-operating with the Indust- rial Commission and the Chamber of Commerce gave every help possible to the individual who was seeking to start this new venture here. Un- fortunately another Western Ontario community -with factory space immediately available was chosen ahead of St. Marys by virtue of this ;(atter circumstance alone. Several things are apparent as the result of these happenings. First of all, the alert business Journal -Argus) people of St. Marys and other citizens of the town who want to see us progress and prosper are fully aware of the need for one . or more small industry to become established here. They are ready to welcome any approaches made by interested concerns or individuals. Secondly, the need for town planning is readily apparent. An industrial area, or areas, should be designated and a plan made for future growth of the town. Make no mistake about it—Canada is go- ing ahead by leaps and bounds and all small towns, particularly in Southwestern Ontario, are bound to grow a lot in the next decade or two. Will we be ready to take it—or will we turn into another "Topsy"? Sound is the Pattern ,OUND Is the pattern little children live by; The look of things is not enough for them. So they must find, with clever lip and finger, The music hidden in the hollow stem Of reed or willow, till the stalk becomes, As well as tangible, articulate. So, sealed within the silver on a table, 'Notes fly like sparks when fork or spoon strikes plate. So, in the treads and risers of the stair, Is sound that will emerge when hurrying feet SloW down to squeak and scuffle for a moment, A bottle, blown, will whistle deep and sweet, There is no frozen music for a child. It flows out at the magic in his hand, The limpid soul locked in familiar beings --- 'Windowpane, bedspring, floorboard, rubber band. All the world talksaloud to little boys, Whose mind is motion and whose life is noise. —Louis Owen. Simply Add Water (Wingham Advance -Times) home- -11- RECENT FALL FAIRS exhibitors of .home- made bread have dropped off, almost to the vanishing point. For people nowadays, appar- ently, are able, willing or ready to master what is admittedly one of the most difficult of culin- ary arts—the baking of bread. It's a sad thing, Perhaps our children will never know the thrill of eating fresh, homemade bread, hot from the oven and drooling with melted butter, Perhaps they'll never know any- thing better than the mass-produced modern product with province -wide distribution and all the flavor of pressure -cooked sawdust. With more and more labor saving devices available to the housewife, maybe she'll find time, once again, to make bread like Grandma used to make. But somehow we doubt it. The world is probably waiting for a bread mix. CLINTON NEWS -RECORD 1 From Our Early riles 1 40 YEARS AGO Clinton H Ws-MC1 r<4 Tiiui'sday, •October 9, 1913 James Johnstoe and family have moved out to the Torrance farm on the Huron Road. Lyard Hill is moving this week to the house which he has rented on Albert Street. Mrs. Thomas DE acorn has purchased the housti which Mr. Hill has been occupying ern Townsend Street. • The preliminary arrangements have been completed and work on the new rink has begun. The beilding will be '180 feet long with a width of 90 feet. The location is on Mary.Street next the centre as was desired, but the owners of other lots would not sell. ,Supplies for hydro are arriving and shortly the wire gang will be along. Of course they can not come too soon for hydro at the earliest possible moment is what is desired, but there being such demands upon the Commission we will have to take our turn. The Clinton New Ere Thursday, October 9, 1913 Rev. Thomas Neal, pastor of Bathurst St. Methodist Church, Toronto, will be conducting the anniversary services at Ontario Street Methodist Church on Oc- tober 19. The Doherty Piano and Organ Company have organized a fire company and the officers are as follows: chief, •A. F. Cudmore; captain, Theo. Fremlin; lieutenant, Thomas Grealis; secretary, H. Pennebaker; H. Alexander, S. Kemp, M. Agnew, Bert Kerr, W. Cochrane, H. McBrien, C. Cooper, A. Finch, J. Cook, W. Pickett, N. Nickle, W. Ladd, D. Livermore. Since our last issue Mr, Doig has shipped six granite monu- ments from the Granite Works. One went to Stratford, two to Goderich and three to • Bayfield. Two of these monuments were of an exceptionally substantial char- acter, each weighing about five the church on. Monday evening. A demonstration of fire fighting apparatus will be given by the: Lorne Fire Engine Co. of Mitchell in the Recreation Park on Friday afternoon. The truck that will be used will be the one that the municipal council here contem- plate buying. .As many citizens as can possibly do so should turn out and see the demonstration. n D. A. Andrews, who l'or some time, as assistant agricultural rep- resentative, was a resident of Clin- ton, has been appointed to the position of district supervisor for the London Life Insurance Co., with headquarters at Wingham. Mrs. S. G. Castle was in St. Catharines on Saturday attending the wedding of her daughter, Mild- red Lucille, and William Cook. Mr, and Mrs. W. J. Miller, Jr., spent the weekend with relatives in Flint, Mich. 10 YEARS AGO The Clinton Flews Record Thursday, October 34, 1943 Sub -Lieutenant Bill 'Counter is visiting his parents, Mr, and Mrs. G. M. 'Counter of town, and ex- pects to leave shortly to serve with the British Navy iri European waters. Mrs. G. R. Harris, Blyth, re- ceived a cable last week from her husband, Cpl. Gerald R. Harris, stating that he had arrived safely overseas. Cpl. Harris is the young- er son of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Harris, Huron Street. Wren Mary Gayden of HMCS Stadacona at Halifax, N.S., is spending -part of her leave in town as the guest of Mrs. B. C. Hearn. Miss Gayden was formerly on the staff of Clinton Public Hospital. Wing Comxnander K. R. Patrick, 28, chief radio instructor at No. 1 Wireless School, Montreal, since June 1940, has been posted to No. 5 Radio School RCAF Clinton, as commanding officer, Lac and Mrs. Leonard Caldwell Toronto, were weekend visitors tons. Cree Bros. did the teaming. with their families in town and Londesboro. Miss Wilhelmine Trewartha, To-. ronto, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Tre- wartha. Mrs. Ralph Foster and son Ralph are visiting in Toronto this week. Miss Agnes Agnew, Toronto, was a visitor at her home in town during the holiday weekend. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday, October 11, 1928 The Golden Jubilee celebration in connection with Ontario Street United Church, which extended over two Sundays and throughout the intervening week, culminated in a grand supper and concert in PETFJR, of the BACK SHOP THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1958 1NtH.t►moiM.++, *. • The Top Shelt.. �+*++rs ► sem ¢ ...... s.t.i . _. , ..., Apparently someone bought that little doggie in the window that had everyone's nerves on edge a few weeks back, but Oscar Peterson is quite happy about it. He is one of the few popular entertainers in America who re- fuses to play novelty tunes of the "Doggie" calibre. Oscar is going up the ladder fast, and at 27 the tall Montreal Negro pianist — already among the world's ranking jazz artists ----is close in the footsteps of other Canadians like Guy Lombardo and Percy Faith, who both did well in the popular dance field. America has been waiting for an- other Fats (Tea for Two) Waller, and perhaps Peterson is that man. He has just completed record- ing his own arrangement for 38 tunes used in a Fred Astaire bio- graphy and his trio is scheduled to cut an album of Christmas re- cords this month. The bass and the guitarist in the trio are both Americans, but Oscar Peterson is creating a new precedent in trying to get them to become Canadian citizens instead of him- self becoming. an American cit- izen, as so many other Canadian entertainers have done. Nothing too much new has been happening here in the back shop of late. Of course, there's work. But really, now, these fall days are of such superb colour, how can any- one be expected to work? As someone was heard to remark at the official opening of the new school last week, "I love work. I could lie down and go to sleep right beside it." C�7 We say, "Everything in its season. Work should be con- fined to the days when the weather is just too horrible for even a dog to be out and about." E a E You know, they talk about the "mad dogs of Englishmen, who go out in the mid-day sun", but we maintain that 'tis better to be outside and suffer a slight sun- stroke perhaps, than to stick in- doors day after day and" forget that the sky is blue, the grass is green, and Old Mother Nature these days has been filling the air with the sweetest of scents. This warm fall weather we've been having is what makes a mouse feel glad to be alive. E a a (Shh, we're sorry we men- tioned the weather. We're perfectly aware of what re- sults that is apt to bring. If it rains or something equally as drastic tomorrow, then this mouse is going looking for a place to stand in the corner.) o E E My, or, my, is 'our town ever growing? We wandered about a little on. Thanksgiving Day to see what we could see. Why, there are.new houses, practically every- where one looks. And not only within town, either, but reaching far out into the hinterlands of the townships; as well. That's a fine modern stand of homes being erected between Clinton and RCAF Station Clinton. And up and around the new public school, on divers streets, there seems to be more and more brand new houses. ®E Q Not having had enough of the great out-of-doors on Monday, we journeyed out again on Tuesday evening, to enjoy the smell of burning leaves, and the feeling of plenty, that autumn always brings us. El © E ti: With no particular destination in mind, we were astounded to find ourselves in front of the Municipal Building, way out on Ontario Street. Now there's an example of long range thinking for you. No doubt the councillors heard a bit of the discussion among school board members con- cerning the best grass seed for use at the new school. It is evident that the councillors, and visitors to the Municipal Building will be parking all over the front lawn there. No problem of seeding, at any rate. That's a saving in tax- payer's money. OFFrNrE • YOU'VE BEEN A HALF HOUR LATE FOR LUNdH EA0I-1 DAY THIS `WEEK! 'AND TODAY YOU'RE' FIFTEEN MINUTES LATE AGAIN! 4E'E, x'SORRY M MOM - I3y' JOE DENNETT Of course when we got in- side, we were struck with one pleasant thought. That was of how reall y warm the hall was. And then we were more please ed than ever about this thought, for we saw several taxpayers sitting there on a bench, enjoying the warmth. They had come, .of course, to attend the council meeting, as was their democratic privi- lege. They waited outside in the hall until a few minutes after nine o'clock waiting un- til the councillors got around to holding their meeting. a a "Rat -hole sessions," we heard them mention as they sat dis- coursing comfortably in the hall. "The business of the town should be public," said someone else. "If they're going to spend the town money, they should let us know what they're doing with it," said still another. Now that's really good thoughtful grousing, and this mouse will be the first one to stand behind their views on the situation. El But then an even more thoughtful citizen spoke up. "It's our own fa •ilt that Coun- cil is holding a closed commit- tee meeting, at a time when a regular meeting is scheduled," said this citizen. "It is our fault, because we do not take great enough interest in the affairs of our town." E a E And that was true, too. There were only five men attending the council meeting on Tuesday night. There were no women, other than two press reporters. There was one other man, there, but he is not a ratepayer. That is the total interest shown by a town of 2,600 people. Five attended council meeting. 4 o E Man, alive! If no more mice attended our sessions than that, we would all have gone to the cats before now. And a lot of us would be sitting in rat -holes trying to figure a way out of an increasingly bad situation too. This demo- cratic principle of living. is only good when everyone takes a hand in it. If you are willing to sit back and let the councillors and board mem- bers figure their own way out of tight situations without your help, then that is what they will have to do. And if the townspeople of Clinton do not care, then they'll have to be content with the rat -hole sessions, and possibly a whole lot worse situations in the future. 1. -0--- Quick- Quick Canadian Facts Ranked by population totals, which are Canada`s five larg- est cities? 2. How many immigrants entered Canada in 1951? In 1952? 3. What lax has replaced the $2.50 annual licence fee forfn- crly charged on each rattle home? 4. What river in Canada has a depth of $00 feet? 5. Name Canada's first Prime Minister. ANSWERS: 5. Sir John A. Mac- donald. 3. The annual license fee has been replaced by a 15 per cent special exoise tax nn television and radio sets, and parts and ac- cessories for such sets. 1. Montes real, Toronto, Vancouver, Winni- peg fainilton. 4. The Saguenay. 2, In 1951, 194,391; in 1952, 164,- 498. Guy Lombardo's Royal Canad- ians, incidentally, have sold more than 25,000,000 of their record- ings. Guy (one of the five Lom- bardos of London, Ont.), had his own band when he was eleven. He once worked in a London bank. Percy, Faith, who was born in Toronto, played the piano as back- ground music for silent films in a Toronto theatre at the age of eleven. He was CBC conductor and arranger in 1933, went to the United States in 1940. His Col- umbia recordingof "The Song from Moulin Ruge" (Where is Your Heart) is the bestseller for that haunting. number from that picture. 'While the first novel (My Pride, My Folly) of Suzanne Butler, an Ottawa secretary who likes to write in her spare time, is a best seller in both the United States and Canada, Robert Fontaine .is doing quite well with his warm and humorous characterization of "My Uncle Louis", Mr. Fontaine is a Canadian author (The Happy Time") whose first two books are already an integral part of Can- ada's growing literary tradition. I have mentioned Lawrence Earl before, but since this talent- ed young Canadian author is con- tinually pounding out good books and good short stories, Canadians cannot become top well aquainted with him. Mr. Earl, who works most of the year for John Bull Magazine in London, was in Canada when I last saw him. He had just made arrangements with his Canadian publishers (McClelland and Stew; art) concerning his latest book, a personality story of adventure called "The White Crocodile Hun- ter". (His first books were "The Yangtze Incident" and the "Batt- le of Baltinglass".) This is a factual story—as all Mr. Earl's stories are—about a man who goes into the jungle and discovers the secret of capturing crocodiles. While the natives occ- asionally catch two or three croc- odiles a year on a pronged hogk anchored to an oil drum, the hero of this story manages to shoot as many as 23 in one night, at ten or fifteen dollars a skin. Since 1,000 natives are eaten every Year by crocodiles on the Zambezi river alone, the subject is an exciting one, well handled by this excell- ently good reporter. (Continued on Page Eleven) Quality Service Do For T r +CONTINI TLE r et aie the Remainder of the Week. Bargains tor Everybody 1 Article for the Regular Price and Another of the Same for .lc more. MO L THAN 250 .ARTICLES ON SALE° SHOP and SAVE at your REXALL STORE W. C. Newcombe, Phm.B. Chemist and Druggist PHONE 51 CLINTON M1N ICIPAL ELECTIONS Tuesday, December lst, 1953 Is Your Name On The Voter's List? This Information may be Ascertained— By examining the list at the Post Office, Clerk's Office, Public School or by phoning the Clerk's Office between, 9 a.m. and 5 p.m except Saturdays. If your name is not on the list, and you have the qualifi- cations of an elector,' telephone the Town Clerk's Office -130, and an appeal will be entered on your behalf. To qualify to vote at Municipal Elections, you must be. 21 years of age, a British subject, an owner or tenant, or wife or husband of an owner or tenant. NOT!;: Those Who occupy a domestic establishment of two or more rooms in which they sleep, prepare, and serve meals and qualify as above are entitled to vote. Roomers and Boarders are not entitled to vote, :.� * If you have ehanged your place of residuum* FUfiaa ybvr, cheep end nal mailo sure your name is on the list, The Last Date for filing appeals is Nov- ember 5th, 1.053. L. D. HOLLAND TOWN CLEM 1