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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1956-08-16, Page 2AG TwQ Insure the "Co-op" Way W. V..,ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario , Phone Collect Office HU 2-9642--Res. HU 2-9357 H.'C. LAWSON Bank of Montreal Building Clinton • PHONES: Office ,HU 2-9644, . Res., HU 2-9787• Insurance - Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. Be Sure : : Be Insured R. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL. INSURANCE Representifive Sun life Assurance Co: of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building PHONES Office HU 2-9747-Res, 2-7556 a. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Bayfield 58r2 Car - Fire - Life - Aceident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance,. I Kaye a Policy THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1956: President, W. S. Alexander, Walton; vice-president, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; sec- retary-treasurer and manager, M. A, .Reid, Seaforth. Directors: John H. IVIcEwing: Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. 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' HOW •GOOD ARE VOUR EiRIVIISIO HABITS? bEPARTMEN HIGHWAYS N ARIO MortiTON Mr4W,SoltE;COOP UGUST 16 '1956 THERE- IS: A tendency among town councils, welfare organizations and other agencies who profess to be concerned about the elder citizens, -to look •upon the old age pension as a warm, comforting bosom on which the old folk can lay their heads and be happy ever after; says the Wiartan Echo "We have heard it often enough, but never fail to' find it distasteful when someone says: "Oh, she's all right. She gets the -old age pen- sion." "Today the Canadian dollar has reached an all-time. low in, .purchasing power. Forty dollars a month will pureTase the equivalent of a pre-war twelve dollars a month in clothing, food; fuel and other essentials. "We have no quarrel with the principle of old age pensions. They are a just and humane aspect of our civilization, But we question the wisdom of the manner in which they are dispen- sed, and their adequacy to keep _body and soul together. • . "In the .first place, they.are Atailable to everybody, which is' foolish,- An old lady with $100,000 in good ,Stocks or bonds no more needs the old age. ension than she 'needs a mink-lined rocking chair. Another, old' lady, whose only bonds are those' of sentiment, must take almost AND SO 0112,DNDA Fisher has' made the swim across the mighty. Ontario. We rather think that it was 'the_custoniary tepid tea and , biscuits of the English, which gave her the fort- itude to carry on and .set a new record for, the groat swim. - Of course the syrup, honey and, baby's cereal which are the mainstay of most of the marathon swimmers in this part of the world, stood Mari- lyn Bell in good stead two, .5/Ors ago, but they seem rather childish fare, don't they? Biscuits "and, tea have been feeding the English for many a year and they've made a rather sturdy race out of the lot of them'. Our congratulations 'to the "queen of .Lake Ontario" as she has been dubbed by her trainer, and consolation to - young Marilyn in her recent defeat at the waves of Juan de Fuca. She's a plucky youngster. We wouldn't be I bit sur- prised if the fact that- she was swimming away from • Canada had a geed deal, to do with her low -morale and-the cause of her defeat last week,- Marathon. swims have been called „every- thing under the sun lately, and since Marilyn's failure they've been getting quite - a razzing and being termed cruel and heartless. We can hard- ly concur with that, Marathon swims have been staged ever since man' and wemari, -first des- covered a of -emulating the finny creatures. Someone swam the .liellespont many long years .K141411$11EX.:0. EVERY TIWASDAV AT •VI-41119N, .QNTARIQ, IN THE III ART OP X-IiIMPN 00307NTY' ropoolop,,gmo SUBSCRIPTION" RATES: Payable advance-Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 .a year; United States and Foreign: $4.004 Single Copies Seven Cents Authorized as second class 'mail, Post Office Department, .Ottewa, Cliatort/ News-Record THE MINTON NPM ERA (iSO) THE OL,INWN NEWS-RECORD (1881) Amalgamated 1924 THE $40 OLD, AGE PENSION THURSDAY AUGUST' 16, 1956 MARATHONS desperate means to spin the forty dollars per month into an. existence. "There should be a means test for the old age pension, Those who don't need' it should not get it. Those who have something, but not much, strouyi. get forty a month, to make life worth, living, Those who have nothing should get more', enough to make their old age some- thing more than slow starvation." I. ago and was made famous, because of the feat, -The' fact that personally We can't remember who did it„,tioes not diminish the thrill and sense of achievement that that swimmer had. pint= an4s will continue to force their bodies to the limit in all manner of activities' and we wager that the young Marilyn. was, no more tired after her 12 hours in the cold waters of the Strait, than many a young mother with two or 'three children, who has finished a day of washing and ironing for them, herself and .her young Ws, band, Yet, who gets the $20,000 for effort? • THE Ltow.TAmEro Froiii the West Window FOREVER BRITISH THE LETTER REVIEW continues to bring forth some, of the, better stories about the human race. This week it concerned a certain section of Callertonc Northumberland, England, where 'teen-age daughters of the miners have "voiced strenuous objections to their fathers watching TV while tubbing'in front of the, flPe when they come off shirt." ' All of us who saw "How Green Was My Valley" or any one ,of a number of good British films can picture the dusty black men cheer- fully washing off the grime, and the while get- ting a good look at the latest news and listening to the best music. We would wonder, however, what will become of that wonderful Welsh music if the miners there should decide to forsake their singing, in the bath for the spectator enjoyment of the TV. Going on with the chuckling about the min- ers in Callerton, the Letter Review notes that "every one of wheat, owns a TV"- and then re- 'ports that they. "have now appealed through their union to National Coal Board, for bath- rooms to be built at taxpayers' expense in every ' one of the 40-odd houses in the village." Isn't this' old world a fantastically amusing pot in which to live? flourishes, I will be' brief." Polonius (in Hamlet): since brevity is-the soul of wit, and tediousness the limbs and outward Plates for the printing of Biaille Bibles, as others, wear out in time} They are costly and , dif- ficult to manufacture. During the „ war metal for this purpose was in short supply, As a project, in con- nection with its 150th anniversary celebration, the British and For- eign Bible Seciety appealed for some $25,000 "towards the making of Braille Bible plates and espec- ially plates incorporating the new CODE'S apprOved in February 1951 by UNESCO". This work is now well Under THE BIBLE TODAY Muggs and Skeeter ANYBODY WANNA PLAY 'SOME CATCH? •Ib. vViV 111 4. NOW 'MO ABOUT NOT.ALSWIMMING? oistinft446,A.,*1 . CREEK NO WATERY • Huron County Crop:Report (By „ARTHUR S. BOLTON, 'Assistant Agricultural Represen- tative for Huron County) "Rain Storms occurring last Saturday, August 4 and through, the week have damaged the late grain craps in the county consid- erably. Many excellent fields of oats have been nearly flattened by the Storms, This, of course makes harvesting difficult and re- duces the yields. "Approximately one-half of the wheat crop in the southern, half of Vie county has been threshed, while the'fe are still a few repliers finishing haying operations. Hay aftermath and pasture continued to make rapid groWth. "On, Monday afternoon, August 6, approximately 8,000 people at- tended the Morris Township Cen- tenn14 in Brussels, Ninety floats took part in the large Centennial LET'S ALL GO SEE A Moyle 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, August )0, 1916 Mrs, Robert Mutch has sold her house and property on Ontario Street .next the public school, to Mrs, Elizabeth- Kennedy. The frame building used for, ,,.a garage next Josh. Cook's,residence on Ontario Street, -is being remov- ed and A. J. Holloway will use it for his coal office at his 'scales at GTR. William Wheatley has the contract of moving the Wilding. Harry' 13artliff was in London on Wednesday. • !Mrs. E. Jervis and children, Weyburn, Sask.,' will make their home in Clinton. Control Promotion? Our Provincial legislators in On- tario know what dangers lie in un- controlled liquor sale, They know too that there is little use. expect- ing social responsibility from brew- ers and distillers; Over, and over again they' have proved their real. interests to be 'in profits, not people. One of their specious pleas is that because. their business is legal it merits freedom in advertising. But there is a vast difference be- tween beer and bread, or whiskey and wheat. Why control laws for alcoholic beverages and not for food and ftirniture? We are all coming to realize more and more that all kinds of people are getting hurt through insufficient control of the liquor business. Indeed, we are led to ask whether we have "control" or "promotion" when we read such figures as these. Last year the Ontario Government re- ceived 55,000,000 dollars in liquor revenue-an increase of 10,000,000 over 1954? HURON COUNTY TEMPERANCE FEDERATION 33-b DR. N. W. HAYNES Dentist Across From Royal Bank Phone HU. 2-95'71 29-tfb INVESTMENTS Get The Facts Call VIC DINNIN Phone 168 - Zurich Investors Mutual Managed and Distributed by Investors Syndicate of Canada Ltd. OPTOMETRY G. B. CLANCY Optometrist - Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optbmetrisb) For appointment phone 33, Goderich I. E. LONGST.AFF Hours: Seaforthi Daily except Monday & Wednesday-9 a,m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Thursday evening by appointment only. Clinton: Above HawkinS & Jacob Hardware - Mondays only 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. PHONE 791 • SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT RONALD G. ModANN Public Accountant Royal Bank Building Phone IIIJ 2-9677 Residence, Rattenbury St. Phone HU 2,-9544 CLINTON, ONTARIO - 4-tfb REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker High Street Clinton Phone Illtj 2-6692 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, AuguSt 13, 1931 The Misses Beattie of "The Vogue" are in Toronto this week, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Ford have moved into their new home which was recently occupied by Mr. 'and Mrs. Sidney Thompson. Miss Isabel Holmes is' spending a holiday with London friends. Mrs. Cree Cook and 1ViisS Viola Fraser have returned from a mot- or trip through. Muskoka. Mrs, F. A. Axon and Master Fred are, spending a fortnight' at Ba,yrield. Bill Mutch and Miss Dorothy Mutch motOred to Midland last weekend. 141 Years. Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD -Thursday, August 15, 1946 C. V. Cooke, local florist, had his automobile stolen shortly after 10 p.m. Monday, from a parking place on Albert Street, in front of Churchill's store. It was recover- ed the next day, abandoned in a ditch, on the Blue Water High- way, south of Goderich. A pleaiant 'evening was spent at the home of Mrs. Fred' Hanley on Thursday, August 8, when she entertained at a shower in honour of Miss Shirley Turner, bride-elect. Misses Doreen and Dorothy Mc- Guire, Margaret and Grace Lobb, Helen Crich and Mildred Wiltse spent the latter part of last week holidaying at _Deer Lodge, Bay- field. Jahn R. Cook has completed his summer.-course at the University of Western Ontario, London. Mr. and' Mrs. Milton Steep and children, Mavis and Ronald, left Saturday afternoon by .CNR train for a• trip to Western Canada and the Pacific Coast. (By CATHERINE "A rosrts Sweeterlri the budde than full blowne." Except for the quaint spelling, this quotation from a 17th century writer might have'b'een written about the .per 'tea rose on the' sill of my west window as I write. It is a deep glowing crimson of a quality which defies description„-except in words that have already been used so often that they do not convey the freshness I wish to capture. could write "velvety glowing petals, pearled with .,early morning -dew," but it does not tell the whole story. I could write "the noonday sun is absorbed and transformed into a living, shim- mering glow „by the delicately folded petals which hide the heart of a half-ppenedi crimson rose," There is that word "glow" again -it 'seems to come nearest to 'describing the striking beauty of a red rose, The dictionary defines "glow" as "vehemence of ,color". My New Yorker rose is vehement in calor- yes, that's odd-but it is also soothing to .the eye. Vehemence 'is apt to be disturbing-and the. only disturbing thing about my rose is that it will not last, long enough. I have already waited more than a Year to, see it in bloom. I plant- ed three last - year-my first ex- perience with growing tea roses. One' only, a yellow one,- survived the' baking heat, of last summer. COMMUNITY SALES HENSALL, AUGUST 9 (By our Hensall correspondent) *Weanling pigs, $7.35 to $11.50; ,$12.40 to.$16; feeders, $18 to $30.. Durham cows, $124 to $160; Holstein calves;$8.50 to $13; Dur- ham calves, $15 to $40. . There, was •a keen demand for good grass cattle. 300 pigs and 40' cattle and' calves passed through the ring. This Year, with replacements and a wet season, I have had better luck. Even so, the first two buds on the New Yorker unaccountably disappeared while still very small, My cat may have sampled the tip ends of the branches - she has been known to playfully, but none the less thoroughly, eat the blos- soms off an African violet in, the Winter when greenery was scarce. Or perhaps a bird nipped them off-unlikely as' it seems, What- ever the reason, I have had to wait until August to see my crim- son rose in bloom. It is well worth waiting for, * * Still on •the subject of the flow- ers which grace my west window just now, I have been wondering if , the firm-stemmed climbing plant which drapes the lower sash has' any name other than the one I know. It has always been just "the 'wax-plant" in our family, a name which probably comes from the texture of the flowers' it bears occasionally. It does not bloom often, but this year - it has made a thorough job of it, Earlier in the summer it produced six or seven clusters of tiny waxy blossoms, oozing with honey and, diffusing a rather heavy perfume. These lasted about two weeks and then dropped off, leav- ing dry-looking stumps. Recently these stumps' have each produced another set of buds; just as dainty and well-formed as the first. It seems unusual- certainly it never happened before on any of the wax plants we have had. The. current plant is a new one, a direct descendant of the, one my grand- mother had over eighty years ago. The West Windqiw, of course, has become a centre of produc- tion. I hope my wax plant's suc- cess proves a good omen. Weekly X-Word Puzzle - wart- THE JONESES • TAKING 'A yardstick to measure up the average family picture in •Clinton witty that of the rest of Canada, and using' the Financial Post as .our authority, we doubt very much if many Clinton families will be keeping up with the Joneses for the next little while. For, according, to the Post, to keep up with the Joneses next year, you'll need a family come of more than $5,000. "Average family income in. Canada went up eight percent last year to '$4,460, will go up 6.4 percent this year to $4,745 and to $5,077 in 1957, assuming we manage a 1957 increase Of seven percent. U.S. Department of Commerce has just announced U.S. family income rose a little more than three \percent in 1955 to $5,520."' THE SWIMMING POOL HEARTENING rrtoormrm is being made in the matter of rousing interest in the build- ing, of a swim pool for Clinton, This week conies announcement from the Clinton Fire Brigade that they will volunteer half a thousand towards the cost. This' with a predicted' four thousand, pledged by each of the sponsoring service clubs looks like a very fine start in the campaign for funds. This project of the swimming pool will 'be a community venture in the fullest sense, for with everyone pitching in, to do his utmost in' promoting it there is little doubt that the pool will be built and paid for. Frotii. Early Files way and is in the hands. of experts at Bible I-Iouse,' London: In Jan- uary 1956 Mr. E. Robinson and Mr. R, Hagger began work on the new Codes. These men have had many years. of experience in their field, the latter having formerly directed special projects for the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Plates ,at present in preparation will be used in producing Scrip- tures- for 'the blind in Tamil, Ara- ble, UltiOli Shona, Burmese, Kuoyti and -other languages. The Bible has been printed for' sightless readers, in over 40 lang-. pages. Some of these .are now discontinued.. It is expected that more will be dropped if an Inter, national Braille is perfected. Suggeited Bible readings for the week: Sunday Judges 5: 1-31 Monday Judges . 6: 11-40 Tuesday Judges 7: 1-23 Wednesday., Judges 11: 1-40 Thursday Judges 14: 1-20 Friday Judges 151 1.20 Saturday Judges' 16: 1.31 parade," SAY: I'VE CBOT ► AN I DEAH • Si WE. 4 f ,f, Business and Professional - Directory DENTISTRY • INSURANCE WHOSE MOTHER ISN'T 14a.ieta FEB. SOMETIONG EAT!! Run 44 arlin 414 I ,4214/Ac r441 C.76 18. Land- measure 17. Mother 18. Eskimo knife 19. Back 20. Choose 23. Water craft 24. A creeping plant 26. Siamese coin 28. American general (d. 1876) 31. National god (Tah.) 32. Type of plane 33. Greek letter (14th) 34. 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