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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1956-11-15, Page 2E TWO. 'CLINTON NEWS-RECOPP `i VIIS AX, NOVVKI5413,5, 954 Ir•�','.�•._ TH.�+CLINTQR.Nt.WERA. r (186°i) ABC Caw• NTON NEWS -RECORD ' (1881) sea AMalgeenate x924 * KRPISIINH EVEKT '1TPRIR$DAY AT 0144NTON,, ONTARIO, 1[N THE HEART QJ H1Th ON COUNTY Population -+, 2,865 .(1850 Qensus;of Canada) SUBSCRWTION RATES; Peyab1e in advence•.,-,Canada and Greet Britain: $3.00, Pyear; Urttted'States and Foreign:,- 3440; Single, Copies. Seven Cents Authorized as :second class, ixzajl, lost •Office Department, Ottawa *. THURSDAY,N.4VEM.R 15 1954 STILL A WEAKNESS LAST WEEK the .Councillors of the Towi' of Clinton expressed -their confidence end ane ,preelation of their ,police force, There is a definite weakness in the town's police force, which lessens the efficiency o f the group quite materially. This weakness should he receiving the attention. of the powers -that -be, before it is, xnat e,terribly .Obvious We have a three man force, *hick gives ,praoticaliy a 24, hour a day coverage, 'and yet• there are times. during the day, whena, call to the police office does not get an answer,. The reasoin for this is, eleePle. If the police - Man .en duty: Stays in the office to answer the 'phone he .cannot be on the beat, testing doers, eheeking traffic, etc, On the other hand if• he is on outside duty he cannot answer the 'phone.. During ,hast year's council term, the then mayor, M, J. 'Agnew, was considering seriously • r'' WITH THOUGH TIM WORDS of a writer In news- papers are always" considered to be 'written "with the wisdom of hindsight" it is notable that some have a wiser iiin'dsigiiit'than many others. Watching and reading the "words of wis-, • done" so-called, by writers over the recent Burl garian .and Egypt -Israel :crisis, it becomes ever more obvious 'that there as more than one side to a situation. . _ o We are now, as from the start, defenders of Britain and her a+ctioe with name over the .. Suez, Really there are no other nations with the knowledge of things as they are in that part of the• World: • It appears strange that our good neighbour to the' south should view the 'doings in the middle east with the horror that seemed so• obvious in the' past few weeks. -e` We are certainly aware Of the power of the • n the installation of radio equipment in the pollee cruiser , so that telephone ca11s can, be answered wherever the xnan on duty happens to be.' The idea, definitely had enertt. Another "'solution would be to have Calls. • relayed to some person on 24 -hear -a -day call, However this would still necessitate getting in touch with the cruiser -somewhere in town. Meanwhile, though -our force may be ever so efficient, `a baa weakness . exists vvh ch could mean serious loss to residents in town --someday. SQ THE ODDEST thing has happened. Last week, we challenged anyone . to say that the ,present -'council should not have a • second texun if they wanted it, • So far there have been no. takers. TNDSIGHT young giant among'nations, the U.S.A.; but there are a great number of things that same yotin;g nation has yet to learn, " For instance, the States wept at,honie when their by bers liquidated Hireshima, with the greatest ;holocaust the world. has ever known. • But the generals only fought firer with a second one, designed to -quench the first. It was successfdl, The action of England . and France was designed faf the same purpose but implemented only the' more acceptable kind of weapon. It looks as if it may be successful, tor. If so, then the .•.world will be thankful, but that will be hindsight. • The swift action .of Eden . and the „French leaders was the action of 'foresight and was made with • courage and determination,,• very • commendable inthis era of hesitating vacillation. we all hope there will the "peace h their time," two Minutes with bent heads, It will take• much more time and care than that if vs)'e are. to achieve "peace" in truth, -TWO MINUTES ONLY TWO MINUTES of silence on Sunday. Mid -Morning and a Cold wind, dull skies, and 'uniformed men marching • in Clinton'. attend tiwo minutes silence hi memory of'those thousands of . Canadians who died' sie that we; might have freedom. Two minutes to l'enieriillber- This year, in particular •the 'service was memorable. On one-. hand the cenotaph and the names of those who had edied. - Thenti in •• Men straight blue rows were the' uniformed en ready to 'defend Canada if they are needed. And there were the children, in mottley blues and browns of •their own . uniforms - knobby knees a little blue with the•'cold, hardly D'ealiz- beg what the day was for but conscious of the cold and the band and the banners flying. There were: the veterans, who truly knew what the day 'was remembering: • And the -townspeople. Mothers: end fathers , of those : who died, of those who are ready .to go if, needed, and of the yon egsters, for whom CARE AND (The Let TIMELY WARNING against plunging blind- ly*into taxpayer -financed hospital insurance` scheme comes front Premier Frost -of Ontario, ' who says thatunless "great care and jeruclence are exercised, an intolerable econoiiiie burden ' •will bc! imposed upon the province,. Premier Frost's warning about high cost of hospital insurance is supported byr-DBS publice- tion entitled "Hospital Statistics, 1954". Figures• in this 'official publication show that Operating expenses of Canadian- hospitals rose 13.5 per cent between 1953 and 1954. This increase, DBS' notes, is in keeping with "a general upward trend of the "last 25 years," .THE PUBLIC - (By Honey Wightnfan, ,Editor. :SCRUB HOCKEY THE LITTLE PEEWEES are getting their start this weep in the hockey world. See them individually and they are little boys. See them a montli, ffom now and they will be formidable Tattle whirlwinds in uniforms they're proud to wear,- working as a team to play the game. Young hockey players, yes. They have the makings of "sportsanen:. Men say the purposeorif hockey ixr a lad's lefe' is to teach them to "take a few knocks without complaint and to learn the rudiiments: of that }basic kind of good sportsmanship with- out which no -roan is worthy of the name" All moralizing aside, these young lads will continue with their enjoyment of • the es'port, providing many hours of fun for themselves . .and for, the folk who :•go to see them, -. PRUDENCE er-Review) • Trouble with estimates of cost by advocates of hospitalinsurance and other forms of state medicine is that they fail to take -into. account ;,steadily rising costs. °Nor -de advocates of state hospital insurance recognize thatvast number of Canadians already enjoy substantial protection against financial hazards of illness through exist- ing non profit voluntary health insurance sch- eines. already in effect, e-ee• Importance of health insurance cannot bee questioned. That is why efforts in this sphere should be directed towards extension of existing votantary insurance schemes;' rather than to- wards costly duplication of such schemes by .government. CON+SCIENCE of .the. Napanee Post -Express) convicted of public drunkenness? • Yet the fine of $10 and court costs is .:the . . same In both instances. The tan who is arrest- ed as a common . drunk is held up as all object of contempt because he is wrecking himself and his family. The high sj ed driver is considered:, a sort of devil-may-care dandy, This 'reckless disregard of the Highways Traffic Act a relatively new sin, It is rarely the subject of a sermon possibly because it is so 'novae" It is a young crime when compared with the foibles of the human race in the last 2,000 years, Yet to develop a public conscience similar to that existing against over -indulgence in alcohol strikes us as a challenge for the Church. Throughthe ages, the church has' proved time and again it can succeed where everything else has failed. dere in the 20th. Century is a new sociall problem, devastating in its cumula- tive effect, yet so far untouched fromthe point of view of nubile morality. - < es„ WHEN A DRIVER' is arrested for speeding' through a radar trap he is annoyed. The number of drivers•so arrested is testi- mony to the frequency with which the High- ways Traffic Act is broken. Feve of the drivers feel any sense of moralguilt at all. The public does not scorn the \man, who breaks 'the.. traffic laws nearly so much as it scorns the cominon .drunk, We have no=statistics to prove` our contention, but we suspect the overall total of hardship caused bytraffic viola- tion is far, far greater than the total of hard, ship- occasioned by;over-consumption of alcohol. It all the traffic laws were carefully obeyed, the highway fatality would be a rarity. Can the public be convinced that it is just as im- moral to break the Highways Traffic Act as " the Liquor Control Act and far more dangerous? Is it not true that the cold sdber man Who w delves in excess of the speed limit is commit- ting a greater sin insofar as the security of his family is concerned than the xriart Who as ,FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS OF TIME i 1 Froin 'Oar Early Files 40 Years Ago CLINTON , NEW ERA Thursday, November 16, 1916 .: Mrs. William Coats and son mov- ed to the house recently oeeupied /by Mrs. Bolton, an North Street. E, Madell, who has been . in: charge of E. Rozell's milk route ever since it was started in.town has purchased the 'business. Mr. Rozeli will attend ,. to his farm duties. Thonhes Watts sent six entries to the Woodstock , Poultry ''Show and got four firsts, one second and ane third. Albert Palmer has opened up an establishment in Seaforth for cleaning and pressing clothes. . 25 Years Ago CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD'. nThurrsdiey, November 5, 1931 Miss Edna Turner, a ,former Clinton girl, and niece of George N. Turner, has been appointed to the staff of the University of To- ronto. • - On' Tuesday evening the CCI soccer team " defeated Goderich CI 3-0 on the latter's grounds in a playoff game for the champion eagueship of Huron_ County Soccer Lea- gue.** .•• ' Chief Sttong has; been in Gode- rich this week attending the assize court. Harvey 'Jenkins, James. Flynn, Harry Glazier, Frank Evans, Frank Dixon and Bert Fremlin were cal- led ,to Goderich for jury duty. , 'Gordon Manning, Stanley, has /been nursing a sprained ankle, dur- ing the past week; 'Miss Isabel Beattie spent a few days at her home at* Watford last week. a ' B. J. Gibbings was cin Toronto on business the latter pare of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Glen McKnight and Master Jack, spent Sunday with MoKil+lop friends. • 10 Years Ago Leadershigot Gids, .Studied By Huron Deanery A. leadership training day was held en November 3, in St. Paul's Anglican Church, Qii tpxi oi,lead- ers of the Gir1a Awciliary and the Junior Au ary " of Buren Dean- ery. Leaded. were present from. Goderich, D...blin, Seaforth; Arms,- sets and Wipe -ham, ea', well as Southampton.. Everyone asaenzhleci in church f(n- morning prayer conducted by the rector. Following the service the ladies convened in the Parish Ball where Mrs. V. • Mirehouse, London, the G.At Diocesan Secretary and Miss Helen Bugler, the 'd,A. Diocesan Secretary conducted a session on program plannning. Mrs. Cater the diocesan president of the WA gave a very interesting .and insisir- in'g ,talk pn work with young pee- ple. ' A delicious luncheon was served at the Commercial Hotel and an hour of fellowship war enjoyed. Mrs. YanDamane was assisted by Mrs. F. Hudie, Mrs. E. Switzer,. BMrsellin R. Cudinore, and Mrs. 13., ger. The afternoon Was spent in fur- ther discussions of Problems,. pro- gram planninfg and the teaeehing of handicrafts and recreation. • All were invited to the rectory • for tea, From the dining room. table, ••centred witji blue and yellow flowers, and yellow candles, Mrs-. Lillian McKinnon and Mrs. Clifford Epps poured' tea, Other members of the WA assisted as hos+tees to the out -of -+town guests. • 0 CUINTON. NEWS -RECORD Nod,ember 14, 1946 The Martin: Brothers' have pur- chased the Cooper Block, and also. a small parking lot at the rear from the` former' owner, A. T. Cooper. Mr. and. Mrs. Frank • Powell, concession 16, Goderich Township, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary oil Saturday, Nov. 9. The gallant • dead of two wars were honoured on Remembrance Day. Miss Maude Torrance and Miss Dell .O'Neil left by motor,`Tupsday, to spend the winter in Florida. Miss Catherine Jefferson, • Mill - grave, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs, George H. Jefferson. Willis C. Cooper, son, of Mr. and Mrs, A. T. Cooper, -Clinton, and sales manager of Tette Indust- ries Limited, returned to his Home in England this week. Murray Roy, Londesboro, took the top award for the Myth Beef Calf Olubewith , 973 points.' The kindergarten class of -Clin- ton Public School inaugurated at, the opening of . the fall sch00% term now has an enrolment of 47. The BibIe Today One of the many 'plates in the world where the Biible is still scarce is. northern Argentine, according to a• 'Bible Society colporteur wh• visited San Antonio de los Cobre e recently. - "In all this: area, from Salta to the - Chilean/ frontier there is no rnassion", he. writes. People - are anxious- to secure. Bibles - in one place he records how they even fought far one. • "one morning;' he reports, "I visited a barber shop in the village of Tartagal in the province of Salta, When I 'showed the ,barbe. a Bible he said he had been want- ing one for a long time. I left one with him," , - Several days later the...Colport- eur called again. "How fortunate "that you returned" he exclaimed. "Do you know what happened to my Bible?" "We11,'f he continued, "the Bible was on thetable, in my shop when a' eusterer saw it and wanted to buy it. When I refused to sellit he struggled' to take it from. me. Just then a passing gendarme came in to stop the fight. Upon finding the cause of the struggle he too began to fight for its possession. Finally I sold it to him for text pesos which -he insisted an my -taking." "Now you see," concluded the barber, "once again I have no Bible Will` you please leave me another copy?" The Qolporteur offered the man the four copieshe had left. alhe marry gladly- paid the below, cost price at which they are sold by the Bible Society. Suggested readings for the week: Sunday' • Isaiah 2: 1-11 1VIonday _ Jeremiah 24: 1-10 Tuesday ......,. Jeremiah 31: 15-40 Wednesday . Ezekiel 2; 140 Thursday ..... •,. Ezekiel 18: 19-32 Friday Athos 5: 1.-24 Saturday '° Afrtos 8: 1-14 Quick Canadian Quiz 1,., Name the provinces in- which thei capital: is ,also the largest City . 2, Of total retain sales, wthiit pro- portion le handled by chain stores, what prepetition by in- dependents? 3. Lx value, What is, the principal catch of the Pacific fisheries, of the Atlantic fisheries,? 4.'••Canadiansin what occupation have theT•liig1 est average an- nual incomes? 5. In 1945 the federal .. oyerrxnent• collected $768 lumen in income taxes ftrom individuals, What was the 1955,total? ° ANSWERS 5 -$1,284 million, 3 -Of the pacific fisheries, sal- mon; of the Atlantic fisheries, lob- ster; 1 -Alta,, Edmonton; Sask., Regina; Man., Winnipeg; Ontario, Torahto;`N.S.; Halifax; PEZ,,Charr• lottetowri; Nfld., St. John's. 4 - Medical doctars,.with an average income of $11,258 an 1953; 2---A{ bout 18 per dent by chains, 82 pet' cent by independents. Material. prepared by the Editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the •pore•, ket annual of facts about Canada, Muggs . and Skeeter tHAt FRESH SAMMYU. ZILLION BM NOT To•WN1STLE AT ME'll Huron County Crop ;Report 4*By kie W4 MONTOOMEEX., Agricultural Representative for Maxon County) 'Farmers welcomed. the rainfall during the past week as'plowing conilltions will •bp somewhat better and alsp a cleaner job of hushing corn will result. Many fanners who picked their grain corn too early, report that in some cases the "corn is growing in the crib. "Three hundred and seventy; eight people enrolled in 14 courses of instruction, for the second year of the rural 'community night school classes in Clinton, Wednes- day, November 7." AMBER, IiEBEHAHS TO ENTERTAIN SEAFORTH (By our Herman • correspondent) The assembly Warden .and Dist- rict Deputy President will be en- tertained - by the Amber Rebekah Lodge in Hensall on Novefeber 21, when Edelweiss Lodge, Seaforth will also be special . guests. A penny sale will be held. - Mrs. S. Rennie is Noble Grand of the -lodge' Advertisers' Dictionary (7 know (no), tt,t. fie recognize- a* factx , e�atttpie:/A,BQ.-reports make it possible for our advertisers to know wha4 they get when they invest in this paper. • To buy advertising on the basis of eordecture is .an ex- pensive gamble at best. Knowledge. of the audience -for your sales messages pro- vides you with a sound four. dation- for your investment. Get the facts about our eireu- -lation without obligation, Ask us for a copy -of our latest A.B.C. report, Clinton News - Record , Member • Audit Bureoo of'Circnlations In in nom 'Lax n illmtiminnami • • ACROSS 1. Puffed 5, Witches 9. Bondsman 10 Elliptical• 12, Walking stick 13. Country 14. Sum up (5, Ana.) 15: Merriment 16. Go's highutdt notees • 17, Wed again 19, Measure (Chin.) 20, Hewing toots 21. Baking chamber 23' Small spar (neat.) 25. Lofty self-respect 28. Trees 27` Scorch 28. Greek letter; 29 Small brilliant piece • 3a24.. ExViperclam• tion of a rebuke 35. Man's nem 38. Cultivator 88. City (Okla.) 39 Near (poet) .W. Pan • 41, Kind of plum 42. Macaws I�OWN 1t. Spearrtere of a 2. Boundary 21. Seaport indicator (Al. 3. Girl's name guise 4: Pronoun, $2. South- 5. Callous • ern 6. Topaz. hum, , state mingbird 23. Musical 7. Stare compo - fixedly, sition 8. Silenced 24.Resting 9. Mark of 25. Kind a wound of - 1i. Girl's name fuel 13. Prickly 27. A envelopes side of fruit track 15, Worry 29. Cubic 1$. Asiatic deer 30. Dens % 1 9' 42` 3 -s 4 • s Weekly X -Word Puzzle 31. Finishes 33. Entreaty -37. Loiter meter 38. Audience 40. Father 6 7 i3 IS fie is • 20 74 21 22. t9 20 27 28 31. 37 3W' 37 29 34 +R- Business and Professional - Directory -- DENTISTRY • REAL. ESTATE AR.. N. DeWntist. HAYNES „Across From -Royal Bank Phone`HU. 2-9571 29 -tile eeeeeeeeseemeemeeeseeeeeseseseaee • INVESTMENTS - Get The Pacts Call VIC DINNIN Phone 168 - Zurich Investors Mutdal •" Managed and Distributed by Investors Syndicate 'of Canada, Ltd..- OPTOMETRY 4 , Q. B. CL:ANCY Optometrist --- Optician (successor to the late A. L. • „Cole, optometrist) . For appointment phone 33, Goderich p, J. E. LON(I;STAFF Hours/ Seaforth: Daily except Monday Wednesday --9 a.zp. to 5.30• p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.ni. to 12,30 pan, illeursday evening by appointment drily, • Clutton/ Above Iawldris & Jacob 11ai dware -- Mondays linty 9 a.m. to :5.30 pan. . . PONE 't91 . SEAPOR'TH Phone Irtlnter 22-7010 (Manton esesessaaameeeseteweeeemeseiteee PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT CLOY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODERIC R, ONTARIO Tela. 11911 Pox: 478 42-15•b RONALD lit. McCAN;K Pgblic Accountant Royal Bank Banding Phone' 011 2-9677 H©sidenee, R$*tenbitxy St. - Phone lEirl 24644 o rNTo r, ONTALR o 4.4fb LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker High Street ---- Clinton Phone HU 2-8692 knentmemoawnranowvor 'INSURANCE 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. Insure the "Co-op" Way - W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone. Collect Office HU 2 -9642 -Res. HU 2-9351 . Be Sure : t Be Insured `-" K. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL INSURANCE• Representative Sun life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building PHONES Office RU, ;2 -9747 -Rea. 2-7556 J. E. HOWARD,- Hayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Oar - Fire - Life - Accident Wind /romance • If you ,'teed Insurance, 1 have a Policy THE MeleILLOI' MUTUAL ItHtE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office' Seaforth Offteers 1956: President, W. S. Alexander, Walton; vice.president, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; sec'.• retary, treasurer and manager, M. A., Reid, Seaforth. Directors: John H. Matwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon, hardt, Bornholm; E, J, Trewartha, Clinton; Win. S. Alexander, Wal" tan; J. L. Malone, Se;tfarth; Hare Vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pe r, Brucefield; .Alister Broadfoot, Sots ° forth. Agents: Wan. Leiper Jr., Londeee ban J. F. eletueter, 13rodhagent Selwyn Baker, Rrussela; Erie Munroe, Seafortiu o