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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1956-05-24, Page 2ID TWO Clinto.n. News-Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA (xse5) and THE CLINTON NEWS- RECORD (1881) Amalgamated 1924 1.VIBNIPER: Canadian and Ontario Weekly Newspapers • Assoeiatitaie' and. Western Ontario Counties Press Association Sworn Circulation 2,021 ,PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT CLINTON, oNTAUTO, IN WE HEART OF HURON COUNTY PainilatiOn-g,$28 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Payable in advance-Canada and. Great Britain: pm a year; • United States and Foreign: $4,00; Single Copies Seven Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THU RSDAY, 'MAY 24, .1956 CLTNTON .NEVV*WPCMP, Letters to the Editor TI-IURSD From the West Window CATHERINE IIAnYiTmg) NAT 24, 195% AZIM .r7 t An adherdif of Jainism 15,- Prison 0.` Beige 10. Leather flask for oil ii, Ash-colored 12. Flowers 14. Shoshonean Indian 15. Not many 16. West Africa harvests (abbr.) (It.) 17. Northeast 8. Room for (abbr,) action 18. Sacred (Conoco boil 11. A relative (Egypt) 13. Droops in 20. Ugly old the middle woman 15. Suitable 21. Three- 18. Birds as • legged stand a class 23. Purchases 24. Encount- ered 25. Mediter- ratnean boat 26. large snakes 28. Ben Hogan, for example 31. Fortify 82. A deep dish 33, Behold! 184, Public notice 35. A latge roll of money • • (slang) 186. Man's nickname 37. Pry 34 39. With the mouth wide 37 open 41. Military 41 8881.9tant 42. Light 43 bedsteads 48. 'toting girt 44. ttelieVe of the Niger River sting 5. Pierces with priest horns . of a 6. Below mosque (naut.) 23. Inventor 7. Goddess of of the telephone 25. At the present time 26, Local deity (Semitic) pe,ople) 27. A trying experience 28. Supreme Being Il 2. A dull pain 20. Sudden 8Pioronfaele -clown animal -- swell lshed of Weekly t4v,...iAnigeefr mouth anger 22. Offici- 20 % 21 17 14 27 9 y/. 38 22 24 2 3 4 8 ie azi/e(//1 / /7 39 40 7/2, 25 28 /7 5' 44 10 i2 X-Word Puzzle / 70 6 29. Slip away 30. Part in a play 32. Discloses 35. Marries 36. Head coverings 38. By way of 39. One-spot card 40. Tibetan gazelle 7 29 e0 10 8 .1;/;./:-..," 13 IF Z WEAtE YOLI: JUNIOR, rd STAY OVINE FIRST'. FLOOR uNrit. THESTAIR CARPET • COMES SACK FROM NE CLEANERS!!. y:41 11-zt ear 1 0"" 00' WAtCI-1 our: THESE STEPS AR SLIPPERS') HEALTHY GROWTH HEALTHY SIGN of growth on Clinton's part is to be seen this week with the opening .of the Parker House Motel south of town. The much needed increase in facilities for temporary accommodation will be appreciated by tourists and travellers in this district, and is a distinct improvement in the service which Clinton can give her visitors.' That the building went up Under the Manage- ment of local businessmen and with local labour is a importance, and the further fact that the couple managing the motel are local people, also is to the advantage of the community, This sort of recognition of a town's needs- by her residents, and the filling of those needs is what makes a community strong, PROUD THOUGH WE ARE in Canada's weekly piess, it is well to remember that it is the readers of weeklies who make our Papers important, says The Canadian Weekly Editor, national magazine for weekly newspapers. The C.W.E. continues: History has taught us the "country folks" are stable_ and sound. _,When the community is small enough so thatt Mr. Average Citizen "knows everybody in town", there is a factor in human relations which tends 'to bring out the best in him. Tile feeling of interdependence and of being, "my- brother's keeper" is apparent in most communities sewed by the weekly newspapers. Rural electrification, better highways, im- proved communication and prosperity have com- bined to make the country cousin a mighty up- to-date fellow to be reckoned with. When city bred people try to figure out . why small town and rural resident's seem better informed and more responsible than their city cousins, a few elementary reasons become ap- parent. The city worker. has to waste more time travelling between his home and place of emplOyment. City people have more opportunity to dissipate time, on entertainment pursuits which' the country cousin doesn't seem- to desire or require. Because of. their sheer numbers, city people tend to become impersonal and to,forego citizenship responsibilities which are. second nature to those 'living in the little places. CANADA'S ANY 'COUNTRY that is alive Ito its future should be interested in its past, but we are tempted by the pressures of the present to relax our grip on remembrance of what has been. Someone has said that the greatest mistake made by the contemporary generation-any con- tempbrary generation-is that it does: not read the minutes of the last meeting. It starts its course with the handicap of having to learn all over. , again in practice what it could have learned readily from the records Of its ancestors. Our past is preserved ln memoranda Made up of stonework and earthwork, weapons and uten- - "IF EVERY PERSON in Canada drank just four ounces, more of milk a day there would be no surplus of milk nor of milk products . . ." That quotation from a view expressed by the Dairy Farmers of Canada says a lot in a few Words. ' That is not a very large margin of surplus in dairy products. And, of course if Canadians did drink that extra four ouncea they would be better nourished, and with more prosperity head- ing the way of the• farmer, all business in the country would profit. Next month. is nationally known as Dairy Month. In June approximately three and a half million cows will bey, coming into full milk production, Outside after a long, winter, and SPRING SHOWING (The Printed Wortl)en, THIS IS THE TIME of year When the great Canadian artistic revival occurs. The song sparrow, lately returned home: to *his familiar fence post, practises to get his voice just right again. The woods and the trees along the street stir as small musicians of varying talents sort themselves out and take their places in the orchestra. These absorbed little fellows cannot read music and never heard of culture, but they hurry about in preparation for another great season of outdoor concerts, Meanwhile the scenery is being painted and hung up on boughs and branches. In a revival of sculpture, the outlines of trees and whole hillsides are being altered by leaves and grasses. Bushes begin to look like something by Henry Moore or Barbara Hepworth. The stage direc- M u ggs and Skeeter CONGRATULATIONS! IT IS a great pleasure for Us here to note the successes of our neighbour weekly to the south, The Exeter Times-Advocate, in excellency competition with other weeklies in. Ontario. In the, class for weeklies published in towns with population 1,500 to 4,500 the Exeter paper placed first and won the Albert B. Nolan trophy for general excellence. The T/A. also placed first for the E. T. Stephenson trophy for best front page, and came third in competition for the Cockfield, Brown and Company trophy awarded for advertising excellence. This three-place win is perta.inly one to be proud of, and our sincere congratulations to the three Southcatts and their staff is heartily given. Stability of the country cousin is reflected in his shopping habits. For example, the city housewife will go to no end. pf trouble to take advantage of loss-leader grocery bargains, where- as the non-metropolitan homemaker tends to deal faithfully with the retailer who has served her well through goo' times 'and bad. People outside the big cities are much better informed than they used to be. We believe that they outshine their city counterparts in their knowledge and appreciation of world and national affairs. And it is a good thing they do, because of the tremendous influence, and power they held in government matters. Because of the type of representation in Commons •and legislatures-, it might be said that the balance of political power is vested in the rural and small-town ridings. Comparatively small representation at Ot- tawa and our provincial capitals comes from Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Quebec, Ottawa and Hamilton, Even if a cut-off line is drawn at the 15,000 Popalation level, Canada's , big cities account for only about 25 per- cent of the MP's and -MPP's, So it is that the people served by our weekly newspapers are important . . . very important • . . . in charting Canada's destiny. And because these • readers are important the weekly news- papers are important and influential. These readers have the time to read . . . and they do read their weekly newspapers, from cover to cover. enjoying the fresh June grass, the cows are able to produte much more milk than people will drink. It is at this time that milk is channeled into creamery butter, cheese, concentrated milk and ice cream, and dairy butter. Throughout June the increased sales of milk are used to good advantage by the dairy farmer by using a set-aside of one cent a *pound on each pound of butterfat sold, regardless of the market into which their milk goes. This set- aside is expected this year to total over $400,000, `and will be used for advertising purposes'. Since the late 1940s this program has been used„and each year they put this money into advertising' in a successful attempt to increase and stabilize per capita consumption of their product. a tens seem to be a vast jumble, but gradually, things begin to assume some kind of order. A new sky is brought on, done in pastels. Pres- ently the literature of spring is being called out with Hi Fi accuracy. As it is modern, the meaning is unclear, but there seems to be a meaning. Certainly there is a warmth of feeling, a deep and com- pelling emotion, for this is the Canadian spring, which needs, no exams as it once more amazes its audience. OUR CIIOICE•-•-• God gave us two ends with a connecting link; With one we sit, with the other we think, Our success depends upon which we Use- Heads we win, tails we lo.set (Good Impressions) DEFENDS F. OF A. The Editor, • Clinton News-Record, (This is a copy of a letter sent by us to the Ontario, Union Far- mer at Arthur, which we felt might be of interest to your read- ers.) Sir: An article appeared in your paper written by F. Von Pills, that has been drawn to my attention by a reader of your paper, As Mr. Von Pills was not at the Hog Producers' meeting,- he has made reference to in his written article, I would like to have the opportunity Of acquainting you with some facts that have not been stated but have some bearing on,the election in• question. The election of township and county representatives to the On- tario Hog Producers' did not just start in the election of 1956. The organization was established back in the 1940's • and since that time the Directors in our county have been elected at .Township Federa- tion of Agriculttire annual meet- ings, the same as other groups op- eratin.g in this county. The 1956 election was the first election that concerned the Ontario Hog Pro- ducers' Co-operate. The Townsips elected the IIog Producers'. Dir- rectors in the fall of 1955 as usual. At the county Hog Producers' Annual meeting a mot- ion was placed before the meeting to have the sixteen township Di- rectors elected as voting delegates to the Ontario Hog Producers' Co- operative. By =a majority vote of over 70 percent the motion was carried. The motion was in order; the vote was taken as a standing vote and I can inform you that not all the Farmers' Union members in attendance at the meeting op- posed the motion. The election was conducted by a person well versed in .Parliamene-- ary Procedure and in the opinion of the majority of people attend- ing the annual meeting the men named were bonifide producers and capable of being representat- ives at the Provincial anneal meet- ing. If Mr. Von Pilis wants to become technical there was na one in at- tendance at that meeting that was a member of the Ontario Hog Pro • ducers' Co-operative other than the representatives on the Provin. cial Board. If we are to stand on our legal rights as suggested by Mr. Von Pills only those who have membership cards will be permit- ted to vote in the 1957 election. for county, delegates to the Provincial annual meeting. GORDON M. GREIG, Secretary-Fieldman Huron County Fed. of Agr. May 17, 1956, Clinton, Ontario. FROM OFU LOCAL The Editor, Clinton News-Record, Dear Sir: In much the same way as an eld- erly -auntie looks upoie a parnpated child, so, apparently does the Clin- ton News-Record cast an affect- ionate eye on the Federation of Agriculture. Is this condition healthy? Surely after 20 years this. pampered child should be able to stand on its own, Where are the accomplishments? After 15 years of steadily increasing prices due to war and threat of .war the bottom suddenly dropped out of the farmers' income. In the last four years the average net income of farmers has been cat in half. What Support do we get from the Federation'? We get vague prop. hesies about the future, talk of stabilization ,funds, Marketing con- ferences where the executive tells the farmers what the farmers want, and advice to keep away, from Governments. Is this what, we are to expect from an organiz- ation after 20 years of experience? Where is the constructive action? The seemingly rather insidious way the, country' has been infiltra- ted by the leaders of the O.F.U.-by means of small poorly advertised meetings may be readily under- stood. The Farmers' Union is sup- ported solely by direct farmer memberships and have no funds for large newspaper ads. We leave the newspaper and television advertising to the Federations who have access to the treasury of County and Township councils. Co-ops, Pool Elevators, and com- modity groups, as well as a hand in the tax-payer's. pocket. We have however distributed handbills,• put up posterS and ad. vertised by radio and other mans to the ;best of Our ability. In ad- dition we have made every effort to have a representative of the press at all our meetings. Your paper has been repeatedly invited but seldom found time to attend. We sincerely hope this will be ac- cepted as a standing invitation and the press• will be represented at all meetings in the future. We would like to take this op portunity to compliment you on your reference to a "healthy shak- ing up of 'farmer policy." We would take this to indicate your agreement that such action is nec- essary. May it take place soon. Yours truly, GORD. HILL Varna, Ontario, May 29, 1956. "Spring came on forever -the quotation for which I was loolOng when I began last week's column, Those four words seem particularly appropriate to this spring Of 1956, It has indeed been coming .on for- ever with as slow a foot as I have ever witnessed. Several times in the past two months, I have been, tempted to write a column extolling the ha- deniable beauties of Spring. Each time, thwarted by a fresh fall of snow or by a wind apparently straight from the North Pole. I have concluded that the time had not yet come, It is almost •the end of May, and the westerly• view from my 'esk is as delicately green and lovely as one could wish. The new leaves on lilac bush and soft maple are a joy. to behold and the intricate pattern against the sky makes me long for talent as' a painter, the better to do justice to their beauty. But, as I write, the view at ground level is not so encouraging. The gardens which should be springing with all manner of new green shootg are still um:dented-a: with the exception of roses' and currant bushes, which don't seem to mind sitting in- the mud. My sweet peas are poking up in sur- prising places, washed• down the trench by the 'recent floods. The garden. on which my neigh- bor to the west has spent so much time has twice been a rippling lake, with his: wheel-barrow mar- ooned in the midst. It will dry up eventually, if the rain ever stops, but what a pity to see the newly fertilized soil awash in that lash • ion. 40, Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, May 18, 1916 Last Friday Rev. F. C. Harper went down to London on the morn- ing train and returned in the even- ing driving a new Dodge auto. Clinton is fast becoming air auto centre. David Centel= and a buyer from Toronto, have been around purchasing beans from the farm- ers. The price ranges from ;432.30 to $3.00 a bushel. James Stirling was"laid up with the grippe last week. Very little seeding is done in this district yet, as the ground gets just about dry when the rain coin- es on again. Pte. Will Greig, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Greig of. Clinton, laid up with rheumatism. His old friends wish him a speedy recov- ery. 25. Years Ago , CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, May 21, 1931 Sutter-Perdue arethis week mov- ing into their hew premises, the store recently occupied by the Miller Hardware Company. They will be well situated in the new stand, which has' been • all newly fitted up. In a hard-fought exhibition game of football played' at the park, Stratford CNR team won from °the local eleven by a score of 2-1. • Clinton lineup: H. Glow, Roz- ell, McKnight, Wright, Kew, W. Glow, Castle, Wilson, Dale, Reid, Nicholson. H. P. Plumsteel, T. G. Scrib- bins, C. H. Verner, and G. H. Jef • ferson, visited Stratford on Friday evening. J. Cuninghame and Miss Flor. We hear a good deal of talk lat- ely regarding drains. I do not pre-, tend to know anything about them, although there are some suMects, usually left to, the stronger sex, on which any woman can inform her self with some success. For instance, no one could fool me in regard to a certain tempers amental sump pump which lurks in the basement of the building where I work, The float which should start.it and shut it off is inclined to sail off into the corner of the sump-hole and sulk, I know its habits exceedingly well, and I have a private arrangement of •curved pieces ,of metal to persuade it to operate in an up-and-down fashion. Without these amateur aids, the fact that it apparently in- work- ing order at any given moment does not mean that it is safe to leave eitto work its own devices. It may, without any warning, get tired and decide to let the water rise about its vital parts without a word of protest. At other times, it will cast control to the winds and continue to pump long after the need is past. With a grinding, floor-shaking rattle, it will pump for the sheer joy of pumping, and keep it up until the exasperated workers upstairs rush to shut it off, or the motor gives up the struggle to pump out an already dry hole. As to where the water goes, when pumped, I have no idea. Could be 'back into the sump-hole, for all I know, The drain, which is not visible, is as much of 'mys- tery to me as the rest of its kind. So long as it works-and it does--- I have no desire to pry into its secrets. I enee Cuninghame went down to Fullerton to visit the Misses Baker , over the weekend. Vic Falconer was at Oshawa and other eastern places this last week, 10 Years Ago . CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, May 23, 1946 An injunction order has halted the sewerage and park project. Clinton's town fathers have been "served" as defendants in a legal action brought against the town itself and the members of Council personally, by 14 fellow-ratepayers. Briefly an, injunction Older is ins, effect until 11 a.m., Saturday, May 25, when it will be argued before a Supreme Coint Judge.at London. Rev. G. G. Burton, MA, ED, pas- tor of Ontario Street United Chur- ch, Clinton, has received a call from Moorefield, effect July 1. Rev. W. J. Woolfrey, BA, BD, pas- tor of the Moorefield charge has received an invitation to become pastor of Ontario Street Church. Miss Mary Lane, versatile Clin- ton Collegiate Institute student, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Andrew Lane, Clinton, finished third and topped four girl competitors in the Ontario final Lions Orator- ical Contest in Kitchener on Thurs- day. James W. Manning was appoin- ted Assessor and Tax Collector by Clinton Town Council at a special meeting in the Council Chamber, Monday evening. Victim of an accident at Huron County Home, Mrs. M. E. Jacob, the matron, was able to return home from Clinton Public Hospital Sunday. She fell last Wednesday and sustained a dislocation of the shoulder and a fractured right arm above the elbow. IT'S THE READERS WHO COUNT Marton Echo) 'MEMORIALS sits, pictures, sculpture, scratches on rock and scribblings, on paper. We cannot save every- thing, and everything is not worth saving. What we Save must have significance. It may be a painting in an ancient church, or a:bullet scar 'on a wall, or the signature on a document,' or a ifrayeadymap, but must have meant something in ts d We do not go back 'to our memorials to raise their broken walls as shelter for our families and parliaments ,today, but so that we may learn from them, so good in their time, what principles their 'builders used that are useful in our new circumstances.-(Royal Bank Letter). JUST FOUR OUNCES MORE GASOLINE TAX REBATE The Editor, Clinton News-Record, At a meeting of the Ontario Far- mers' Union, Holmesville Local, on May 14, I heard a discussion on the gasoline tax rebate due to farmers. Complaint was made that frequently months elapsed before payment was received. In view of the following facts: (1) That harvest weather in 1954 was disastrous. (2) That the long severe drought of 1955 coupled with the excessive length of the stabling "period and consequent heavy purchasing of foodstuffs this spring has been ex- pensive. (3) That to date the picture for 1956 is grim.. (4) That farmers' net income has dropped 48 percent in the last four years. It can be seen that many farm- ers are now short of ready cash. Surely the government is aware of this situation and realizes that the immobilization of the farmers' funds in this manner is simply not good enough. It is suggested that under these circumstances the department con- cerned should make a special ef- fort to increase its efficiency and that a penalty of five percent should be paid on alleaccounts not settled within, 30 days. There is a precedent for this. A few years ago a groin) of local farmers had a difference of • opin- ion with the HEPC and after the smoke of battle had cleared away the bureaucrats forgot to pay foe Privileges granted. After seven months waiting contact w a s made with the chairman of HEPC through our local member -payment was received forthwith plus five percent interest, This matter is urgent and should be attended to at once. COLIN LA,WSON R,R, 2, 13ayfield, May 21, 1956. From Our Early Files