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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1953-10-22, Page 2xtfloE Z ,.O CLINTON NEWS -RECORD THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2Z, 19$3 Clintoit INews-fleord THE CLINTON NEW ERA First issue June 6, 186e THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD First issue (Huron :News-iieeor4) January 1881. Amalgamated 1924 leu# Independent New paper 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 THURSDAYat CLINTON, Ontario, Canada, in the Heart of Huron County THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1953 For You To Consider TOWN COUNCIL this week took the initial step towards preparing a plebiscite which will give the citizens of Clinton a chance to state whether or not they wish the municipal offices in the Town Hall where they have been for the last 70 years, or whether they wish them to remain in the present location at the site of the old Clinton Public School on Ontario Street, The plebiscite will be held the same time as the municipal elections, in December. There are many aspects to the situation, which the councillors have been concerning themselves with for some time. There, must be a choice made between two buildings, neither of them now, each with unexploited possibilities, and each needing a great deal of expense before they will provide an adequate and dignified location for the municipal offices, There are five weeks before the plebiscite. Upon the ratepayers of the Town of Clinton, then, rests the responsibility of making the right decision, When the decision is made, it will probably be the right one for as Samuel Johnson once said: "About things on which the public thinks long, it commonly attains to think right." Time For Farm Forums FOR THE FOURTEENTH consecutive year, farmers all over .Ontario will be gathering with their wives, to listen to the farm radio forum broadef�, st on Monday evening. They will follow the bloadcast with a round table discus- sion and after arriving at their own, conclusions on the subject, will'wind up the evening -with a good old-fashioned get-together, Since the advent of the farm radio forum as a means of adult education for farm f}flies In their own industry, the• growth in numbers of groups participating in the forum has been 'rather astonishing. There - are several such forums in this district. These group meetings of farm folk in which they thrash out different problems in their way of living have proved so interesting, and are so •,well attended that they will probably be carried on for a good many years. Our con- gratulations go to the people who spend a good many hours every week preparing the reports of the various meetings, and in planning. the pro- gram.' Let's Be Sensible i,fu(' YEZ! OYEZ! OYEZ," the court crier is supposed to command as the judge takes the bench. The French word meaning "hear ye!" has in course of time been corrupted so that its meaning has practically disappeared, though its effect may be the same as in earlier times. According to a half -column article in The Globe and Mail the form now accepted in the best court circles is "0 Yes!" — a meaning- less, rather silly, bit of court procedure. Some- times the French pronounciation is attempted, • and the crier gives forth "0 Yea," equally foolish as a 'command for . attention. Why can- not common sense be brought into the matter and the ,medieval Oyez, 0 Yes or 0 Yea be discarded and the court opened with the crier's injunction in sensible English "Hear ye! hear ye!" --or if we wish to perpetuate court fashions of the past, why not wigs as they have in the court of Britain?—Goderich Signal -Star. Letters To Editor Iti3'tERE ARE ALWAYS two sides to every situation. A young lad may be involved in an action verging on°delinquency, or an ex- perienced body of men may be contemplating a change involving thousands of dollars belong- ing to citizens of a growing municipality. There are two sides to every situation. The purpose and policy of this newspaper is one of service to the community. To be of service we endeavour to bring our readers the news, social events, the rejoicings and tragedies, which write the history of our town. Our paper also has a deep reservoir of information in the advertising columns. • In addition to the columns of news and advertising, we also attempt in our editorial writings to present thought-provoking comments upon the important happenings of the world about us. It is never our intention to persuade our readers that what eve say must be' so, be- cause we have said it. Our editorials, some- times grave and sometimes gay, are printed for your enjoyment, your information, and if need be, for your criticism. We do not wish to gain the reputation of publishing an opinionated newspaper. Our aim in news columns is to present what has hap- pened, factually and completely, from every angle of which we are aware. But in our editorial columns we give you our studied opinion of matters which we feel are important enough to warrant time spent upon them. Our Ideas may be right, they may be wrong. Which- ever they are, we give them to you, to ignore or comment upon as you see fit. We sometimes feel that an editor of any ipublication must be ' e most criticisedperson n existence. For example, the Clinton ews- Record is purchased by upwards of 2,000 homes. it is reasonable to presume that at least an average of four persons reads each issue in each home. That gives even this small pub- lication a readership of over 8,000 persons. And each one of these persons is a critic in his own small way. Perhaps we are more conscious of these critics than is necessary, but it was installed 1:0 us early in our newspaper training, that these thousands of people were looking over our shoulder at every word we write, and at times this thought makes us nervous, indeed. Now there are those among our critics who rather envy the editor. We've heard some mention how nice it must be to be able to say, just anything we like, and get it in .print. It is nice in one sense. But every time an editor sits down to write some word he is voluntarily "sticking his neck out" and' asking for criticism. If his words are read at all, then someone will be able to find fault with, at least some of them. 1 To write, a writer must have ideas. They need not be good ideas. But in order to have essays, editorials, news items, or sentences of any kind, the writer Must first be provided with ideas. Now the editor of practically any journal published to -day is well aware of the fact that his readers appreciate an opportunity to express themselves concerning some of the ideas he has presented. That is the reason for a "Letters to the Editor" section. That is the place for the criticisms, the praises, the comments, the suggestions, which readers may wish to present. There is another purpose to which this sec- tion of a weekly newspaper is sometimes put, and that is when a Citizen of the community may have some complaint or praise to voice concerning the work of their elected men in public office. A ratepayer may have some sug- gestion to make concerning the way his muni- cipality is being governed. Then he may bring his ideas. before his neighbours and the other ratepayers. He may request the editor of his local newspaper to print a letter from him ex- plaining the case as he sees it. The columns of editorial matter may be considered sacrosanct. There is no use in ask- ing for your writings to be printed in the editorial columns of a paper, unless you have first persuaded the editor to your view of the situation you wish discussed. Editorials must necessarily be the opinion of the editor of the paper. But, he is more than whiling, in fact anxious to present your ideas, and if you give him the opportunity, will do so in the "Letters to the Editor" section of the paper. The publishers of the News -Record always are willing to publish "Letters to the Editor". They believe it is a service to their readers, and whether they be in criticism or in praise, the letters will find their way into print. There are several requirements, though, All letters to the editor must be signed, and the writer must be known to the !editor. (If. the writer wishes his letter to be `published under a pen -name, then that request will be complied with, but each letter must be signed by the writer with his own name.) Also the editor reserves the right to withold any matter which he considers to be libelous or slanderous. With these few instructions, we offer a hearty invitation, to each and all of our readers to let us have their ideas. Remember, though, that what you write will have 8,000 critics, leaning over your shoulder. . October Octave COME,let us dance for the piper October Vivid in colorful Carnival raiment! Time and enough .for our hearts to be sober, Surely, when winter comes whistling for payment! Pocket this dance score, a leaf of vermilion Penciled in gold, for a day to remember! Conte for a whirl in October's pavilion, Even across the threshold of November! —By Irene Stanley BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY CHIROPRACTIC OPTOMETRY . D. I#. McINNES Chiropractic -Drugless Therapy Foot COrrectioti Office Hours: Commercial Hotel, Seaforth Monday, Thursday Afternoons and Evenings INSURANCE maitre the "Co-op" Way W. v. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone G'olleet Office 557 Res. 8243 I. E. HOWARD. Barfield Phone Barfield 53e2. w idea Oar Irir+s:.nsuraLi�-Aco t i d Insurance 11 you need lnsuranoe, X have a Policy Be Stere . Be 1tistlred 1t. W. COLO IIII0'GN GENERAL INSURANCE ' 1 erireeentative: flat* LIM As'stiisence Co. M aimed* Office: Royal Batik Building, Office 50 - P1N'ONgs Res. 9W H. C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton PI-tOWES: Office 251W; Res, 251J Iasirrance -- Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance :Co. T1!IE McIULLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Officio: Seaforth Officers 1053; President, 3. L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, 3. 11. McEwing Blyth; manager and secretary -treasurer, M. A. Reid, S i ea orth. Directors: afore.: S. H. Whitmore, Seaforth; C. W. Leone hardt, f5ornholre; E. J. Trewar- tha, Clinton; Rbbt, Archibald, Seaforth; J. II. McEwing, Blyth; 3. E. Pepper, Beucefield; Wm, S. Alexander Walton; J. L. 117:alone, v Seaforth; Alexander, Walton; .G�oderichr Agents: J', 1~, E'rueter, 13rodhag' en' Wm. teiper, Jr'., Londesboro; SeI.wyn Baker, , Brussels; Eric Menthe, Scafotth, A. L. COLE, R.O. Eyes Examined .and Glasses Fitted Goderich a Phone 33 GrORDON It. HEARN Optometrist 1028 Danforth Ave„ Toronto, Ont, S. E. LOt•lGSiAll•F HOURS; S1 A.r'ORTU: Weekdays except Wednesday, 0 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Tues., Thurs., Fri„ 0 A.M. to 5.30 p.m. Saturday, 0 eat, to 0 li,rn, CLINTON: MtteI. rev's Studio Mondaye only, front 0 ELM, to 5.30 p.m. ,. PHONE ' 91 S>JAroivrl 1 From Our Early File$ 1 40 YEARS AGO The Clintons New Era Timrsciay, Qeteber-16, 1913 Charles Bartliff purchased the house and lot, owned by L. Sutter, now of Glencoe, and will take POs - session as soon as present tenant moves out, On Wednesday of this week a quiet weddings topk places at the home of Mr. and Ma's. Henry Car- ter, when their daughter, Minnie Charlotte Plewes, was married to Melvin Crich, of town, by Rev, S. J. Allen. They will reside on. Vic-- toria. Street. Mrs. Mcllveen fell on Tuesday night and broke her arm. Mr. Caruso, a native of Italy, has opened up a wholesale and re- tail fruit store, in the store re- cently occupied by W. A. McCon- nell, druggist. Mr. Caruso states that he is a cousin of the world- famous tenor Signor Caruso. Mrs. A. T. Cooper has returned from Toronto, where she attended the Wheaton -Holmes wedding. REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and, Business Ilrekei' SLOAN Office4 0; hits 50 house, Huron Street, Champions of the CCI field day held last week were; Senior boys, Stuart Keyes; runner-up, B. Big gart; intermediate boys, Kelso Streets; runner-up, B. Middleton; junior boys, J. Gaudier; runner-up, J. Cluff. Mr. and Mrs, John Radford and two daughters have taken up resi- dence in town, having moved into Clinton from Londesboro last week. Mr, and Mrs, Glen Cornish and family of the Base Line and Miss Rena Pickett motored to Detroit and spent the weekend. Fred Steel was in London over the weekend. F. C. Coombes of the Collegiate staff was at his home in London over the weekend. Clinton News -Record Thursday, October 16, 1913 N. J. Tyndall has disposed of his house on Mary Street to Mrs, Elias Ball, Hullett, who intends moving into town. Mr, and Mrs. Ed Johnston and family are this week settling upon the farm on the 3rd concession of HulIett, purchased from S, • A. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston are both natives of the Goshen Line, Stanley, but . have been in Dakota a great many years. During the course of the service on Sunday evening last, Rev. Mr. Grant, for the past couple of years pastor of Willis Church, intimated that he would resign and' retire from the pastorate in March next or, it may be sooner. Thomas Dennisen spent a few days near Chatham last week. Mr. and Mrs, W. Rathwell spent a few days with friends near Lucknow. Miss Anna E. Foster, Varna and John Foster, Pigeon, Mich., spent Friday as guests of their sister, Mrs, William Ford, of town. Miss Edna A. Beatty, teacher of SS No. 7, Stanley, spent the week ena with her friends, Misses Em- ma and Fannie Diehl. 25 YEARS AGO The Clinton News -Record Thursday, October 18, 1928 G. Bolton and family have mov- ed into the Becker cottage on Mary Street; Mr. and Mrs, Neil having taken Miss McLaren's 10 YEARS AGO The Clinton News Record Thursday, October 21, 1943 Cpl. Elliott Bartliff, RCASC, is home on leave from the West Coast, Aircraftsman Bob Hanley has been transferred from Calgary to No. 4, ITS, Edmonton, Alta. James Fraser, son of Mrs. John Fraser, south of Clinton, was a- mong the air navigator class to graduate on Saturday at the Crumlin wings parade. Mr, and Mrs. W. E. Perdue have received word of an accident in which `their son Don, who is with the RCA in England, sustained a broken arm and =broken collar bone, when ,the vehicle in which he was riding rolled down an em- bankment. An external affairs announce- ment last week gave the names .of 221 Canadians among the civilians being repatriated from Japan and Japanese occupied countries. A mong this list is Miss Sybil R. Courtice,• a missionary of the United Church for the past three years interned in Japan. Mr. and Mrs. William Jervis and daughter Lola, and Mrs. 3, A. Cox spent the weekend in Sarnia and Port Huron. Miss Erma Mair, Toronto, has been spending a two weeks' holi- day with her parents, Mr. .and Mrs. W. A. Mair. Douglas Bartliff, Stratford, was a weekend visitor at his home in town. The town and district got its first taste of winter during Satur- day night and the first part of the week, with snow flurries and cold, biting winds. More than an inch of snow fell following heavy rain- falls and hail. the JACK SHOP We read a bit of a poem lately about the joys of autumn weather —and the poet used the term, "the trees tented the busy street". And we thought at once of lovely Rat- tenbury Street, here in Clinton. 'Tis a broad avenue of beauty this time of year leading unerringly toward the main entrance of the new school. Clinton is lovely all the year 'round to this mouse. But right now the town seems prettier than ever. 0 G' The back shop is a lively place. The Men have just finished printing the voters' list for the town. There cer- tainly are a lot of names in there. Just thought we'd mention it in case you've for- gotten to check up and make sure your name is on the list, Q 0 a Something else, we've nearly forgotten, and that is to mention Christmas. Sure, and nothing is further from our minds these lov- ely warm days. But the signs point towards the day, The book stores are putting out their cards to sell, the stores are offering pre -Christmas sales, the young ones are starting to talk about Santa Claus, and more conclusiv- ely, the calendar is announcing that there are just two months left. H 4-•-• +-a Lellers to the Editor FRILLS AND THINGS The Editor, Clinton News -Record. DEAR EDITOR: I hope that the brave speech of Dr, Dunlop, Minister of Education in Ontario, at the formal opening of Clinton's new school, will have a wide publicity. It is refreshing to hear someone in his official position saying •what so many people are thinking and saying privately. He was bold enough to say that he disagreed with the so- called "progressive educators" who think that hard work can be taken out of the schools. "Young peo- ple", he said, "like hard work, and friendly competition is the greatest incentive in the world". And he also was old-fashioned enough—or wise enough—to lay down that the essentials of educa- tion are the three r's. But what a pity he did not go on to say that he was going to use his in- fluential position to insist that greater emphasis was laid on the essentials rather than on the fashionable "frills". Surely one cannot be happy with the present system when we find children more than six years of age who do not know the alphabet, can- not co-•nt up to 20, or know words of t%..ee letters. They seem to spend so much time with crayons, making weird and wonderful "pic- tures" which would not look amiss in a Futurist babies' exhibition. Don't put all the blame on the teachers; they are mainly the vic- tims in having to work to a syl- labus concocted by these so-called "Progressive" cranks who are do- ing so well out of it. It is striking coincidence that a book has just been issued by so great an authority as Dr. Hilda Ileatby, history professor at Sas- katchewan University, and a mem- ber of the Massey Commission, In an indictment of Canadian educa- tion in the book she calls "So Little for the Mind", she develops this thesis: "Bored 'Graduates' of our schools can't read, write or think; too often they cannot construct a grammatical sent- ence. They can emit platitudes, but they can neither explain nor defend them." Strong words, but people in the world of business will endorse them. If you doubt it get Some business executive to let you look at a sheaf of letters applying for a job. The caligraphy alone will amaze you, apart from the spel- ling and grammatical errors. And these are obviously the writers' best efforts. And how many short- hand typists could go a day or even an hour without consulting a dictionary?, They are good typ- ist, but they generally learn that at commercial and not State schools. Dr. Neatby makes an eloquent plea for "a return to disciplined scholarship. Teachers in normal schools should not be so much ef- ficiency experts expounding ped- agogical techniques and administ- rative processes as evangelists with a love of truth and an urge to instruct and inspire. Above all, they should not starve the minds of their charges". Another authority has described moderneducation as "no fountain, rather a bog where armies of school teachers have sunk" No sensible person opposes a first class system of education. What so many feel is that with the colossal cost of the present set-up neither the children nor the state are getting the benefits they are entitled to expect. Yours faithfully A. PARENT October 20, 1953 Clinton, Ontario. ANSWEE,S CHALLENGE The Editor, Clinton News -Record DEAR SIR: A few weeks back a challenge was made: who could beat in the driving of cars. TA men made the challenge. Now beat this one, who has the proof and the pic- tures. I started driving and testing care late in 1906 and 1907, .. and still am in the game at 71 years old. Mileage now 1,000 a month. No accidents. Clean chauffeur's licence. Did own trucks such as Tudehope 6, Studebaker, Repub- lics, Ford's Model T ears made into trucks, attachments such as from a Ford truck, Ensor attach - men to a Model T, Torbenson at- tachment to a Model T. Those were the days. I can remember back in the early days, no pavement from Windsor to London, when I had to carry enough gas and oil to get to Chatham, then load up again for London. Even had to lead horses past the truck. Speed limited to 15 miles per hour. This all happened when 1 start- ed to drive trucks and cars. But I still Rove the trucks and the highway, and I guess always will. Can anyone beat this? Yours truly, S. 3. SWEITZER October 19, 1953 Exeter, Ontario Stanley Township Mr, and Mrs. John Hill, Moose Jaw, visited Mr. and' Mrs. William Sinclair last week. Mrs. Norman Baird and Sharon, visited her Sister, Mrs. C. Cough- lin, in Strathroy on Tuesday. Miss Leola Taylor, London; Morley Taylor, Tbronte, spent the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor Taylor. Mr. and Mrs. Goldie Graham; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Graham vis- ited Mr. and Mrs. Fred Robinson, Toronto, on Sunday. Mrs, Goldie Graham is remaining for a visit. young couple with their first baby, is a weeny bit of a card to tuck inside your larger ones, And you can have the name of your son and heir, (or heiress, as the case may bel printed right in there. 0 0 C7 We'd advise coming in to the office pretty soon, and getting your special card ord- ered, for there's bound to be a bit of a shortage as the Big Day draws closer. You'd not like to be one of those who puts it off till the last moment and has to make do "with what they send", would you? Q CJ This mouse considered just set- tling back ,in his corner and not sending any cards at all. For a- while we felt it was all a bit of buncombe, and people didn't care anyway, But that was way back in August. Now with the occas- ional bit of cold in the air, we've changed our • mind. Of course, Millicent had something to do with it. You know how senti- mental women folk are, 0 0 Now for the reason for us drawing all this to your atten- tion is the fact that right here in the News -Record office, the fellows can supply you with the dinkiest Christmas cards ever. We leafed through the sample boqks just yesterday, and •though they've forgotten to put one in especially for a mouse to send to his grand- daddy, there's just every other kind imaginable. There are family . cards, and single lady cards, ' and puppy dog cards, and trucking firm cards, and newly -married people's ` cards. There are expensive cards in a glory of colour, and modest little cards for folks who want to just say "Hello". 0 0 Q And especially right . for the Quick Canadian Facts .. 1. What proportion of Canada's total population lives in its cit- ies and towns? 2. In what month is the .greatest number of Canadian weddings? 3. Name the largest all -Canadian lake? 4, In 1939 the federal government employed 46,00n, persons. How many are on Ottawa's payroll today? 5. In the first fifty years of this century Canada's population in- creased by how much? ANSWERS: 5. By about eight and a half million. 3. Great Bear Lake. 1. Six out of ten Canadians now live in urban areas. 4. About 160,000. 2. In recent years July has had the largest number of weddings. Material supplied by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the handbook of facts about Canada. • Quality JC.! 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