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TH URSDAY, NOVEMBER 2,9, • 1956
THIS IS IT
(LINTON IS. ONE of1the4ew municiPartfleS
the area to have an eleetiOn this fall, Far
some reason this business of electing seems •to
go in cycles. Perhaps this is an argument for
two year terms for all municipal affiee holders. -
Unfortunately --both for the voters, and for,
• the elected risen—it is -not a Complete election:
.11hat is, only a reeve and two public utilities men
are required. All others received an acclamation.
However, there is just as mueh need for
strong participation this year as ever, Without
a strong electorate it will prove a poor and In.
decisive election.
- INCOMPL
WE READ with considerable interest an
article in what is, perhaps Canada's cheapest .
glossy magazine,' or' wliat are termed "Canada's
Loony LiqUor Laws."
The 'knowledge of thbic laws is all too vague
in ,the minds of too many of, our citizens. How-
ever it has been brought to the attention of the
reading public,tacently by a surVey taken by the
, Goderich Jaycees.
'This energetic group of young rnen, brought
out a short and unsatisfying ,report lecently,
which unfortunatel-Y said too little, while at .the'
same time- implying a great deal. -
To go back ,to our first mentioned magazme,
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WE'VE BEEN following .With interest the.:
situation In Grey County, where, an ultimatum
• leirelled by a weekly editor is' causing a bit of
fUss among the Townships.
• ;As you know representatjon oris County, '
Council is on a basis of -popidaticire .Each'
kipaJityis erkitledIo a reeve to. represent them:,
When popidatiOn'inCreaseS over a certain peint,-
• then they can send a dePuty, reeve also. •
Let there be no small talk that he caused,/
•an election." The eOst Of an election is .so small '
that this can be forgotten in the shadow of
benefits to the twn, gained lay 'wng the, dem.
erratic principles alive. ]very man (and all,
men) in a• democracy is free to stand and be
chosen if he desires'.
,you had two federal government men to
vote for—you'd make the -trip to the, pollsto
• /nark your ballot, ,Well, then, surely to vote for
men Who mean so much to you on, a local, "graSs
roots" and personat level is equally important. .
Don't fair to c'ast your ballots 1VIonda.y.
ETE. DAL
Well in Grey, qiiite, a few of the townships,
have deputy reeves. The week1yeditor at Or:
• pain charges that assessors hag; beer: Padding the ."
Voters list with names a non-existent or deceas-
ed residents, so that they could claim high, en-
ough population to justify having a deputy reeve.
•• Faced with investigations and threat af get-,
• • tion if something were 'not done, the assessors
article, We wore intrigued to note that: (Quote)
Ontario's, two 'remaining "dry" counties, Hu`ron
and Perth,' are responsible for a good percentage
Of that province'sliquor crimes," (unquote).
This May be so. Though we cannot recall
at the moment Shy murders in either countyln
the past several years, which, might be attribu-
table to the itsibibing.of liquor, the Cdtmties. men-
tioned probably have their share oIdrunk driv-
• ing, minors drinking, and etc.
The subject is an interesting one, and cer-
tainly a good manysnore facts—not estimates. --
•are -required if the Jaycees or anyone are, going
• to inform the people of Huron and Perth,..about
it.
ye: POP",
• have been busy ;this year. going over the lists to
check and doublecheck thy:. _It's quite pos-
sible they may have to lose Some deputy reeves.
Warden of. Grey has complained publicly
•that this is catising"the assessors more work 'and
time; and :that it -)s unnecessary: He advoca-
tes a chanke to representation by.: :value rather
, than population, and .that any municipality over '
one million in assessment should have a deputy
reeve.,.' • -
'jn arliwer to this the HartoverPost Suggests'
that .shiCe Hanover has nearly three millions' as-
• sessment, they should possibly be able to. have
Ihree.reeves at County Council! •
Which all makes us „vvonder about Huron.
Perhaps sonie of our townships are nearing the.
• number necessary to give them a deputy. reeve
as well as their reeve at County 'Council.
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PAINTING- TIIE LILY 1.
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1(Iiiugsville Reporter) -
• .AMONG THE unprofitable occupations -as
everyone knows. are -tha.sevof gilding fine gold or
painting the lily, in other words.' attempting to
improve on the efforts of a wise Providence.
Admittedly no Providence has provided the health.
services our government yearns. to improve, but
human agencies have succeeded so well that
there is little 'reason to assume that gmiernment
could do better.• '
We have been well - served and we have
shown our. appreciation by the amazingly rapid
-expansion of these services as :we assumed our
own Obligations. It can hardly be disputed that
what the individual helps to provide or himself
will be vastly more effective than benefitL im-
posed on ,him.
The argument that government intervention.
might result in more quickly achieving the wide-
spread results desired is plausible but the record
of existing benefits augg:est a doubt that govern-
ment, at whatever cost, could do better. -
Excluding the populations 'of Saskatchewan,
Alberta and B.C. which have their own plans
Of government sporiSoreci hospital care, in the
remainder of Canada as early ,hs 1954 some
6,228,000 persons, had arranged for hospitalization
when necessary, 5,18,000 had provided for' sur-
gical care and 3,946,000 for medical benefits.
• ' The only question seems to be whether the
desired goal is being reached quickly enough.. To
properly appraise this situation if must be re-
membered that before 1942 relatively little -had
been done to provide an adequate national health
• insurance. -Had the' same situation eidsted to- .
day government action in the matter might have
appeared reasonable and sound but, eight years
later almost four and a half million 'Citizens were
participators in hoipital insurance plans, more
than two and a half Million had added siniical
benefits, „and a million and three-quarters also
'had medical coverage.
But the estimate Mr the year just past
shows an even more striking gain—six and a half
million insured against hospital costs, nearly five
and a- half million -With added surgery benefits
and four and a half million with medical protec--
, tion.
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. That means that in five years prepaid hos-
pitalization has increased.50%, surgical protec-
tion has alinott doubled'incl medical benefits al-
most 'tripled,
It seems -that government prop6sed health
plans are indeed painting' the lily, so that we can
reasonably say: "Leave us alone. We. are look-
ing after otirselives."
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. FRAUDS -
(Exeter Thries-Advocate)
Police Chief Reg Taylor warns local resi-
dents to bi3Ware af itinerant "tradesmen" who
extract exhorbitant slims from susceptible house-
holders' for repair work. -
The police chief tells of one elderly woman,.
.who paid triple the normal price to have some
painting done to her house. ,As is the custom
in such fraud t the so-called "expert" found
many repairs which, were urgently 'required,
Before the job was completed, the price exceed-
ed $1,500.
The police chief suggests three sensible pre-
cautions which can be taken,to prevent this type
of fraud.
Call the police when approached by unknown
tradesmen --,most of the offenders havevecords
and are well-known to polith,forces.
A lawyer can be consulted to inspect con-
tracts. •
Get a bid on the work from a local con-
tractor.
It's cheaper., °
-A WORD OF ,ADME
(Hanover -Post)
Said the University of Toronto's President Sid-
ney Smith to his students: "If you choose to
work, you will sucCeed; if you donet, you will
fail. If you neglect your Work, you will dislike
it; if you do well, you will enjoy it. If you. join
little clique, you will be "Self-satisfied; if you
Make friends widely, you will be intereatin
you gossip, you will be slandered; if you mind
your own buSiness,.you will be liked. V you at
like a boor, you will be despised; if yoU met like
a hurntin being; you will be respected. If you
spurn wisdom, wise people will spurn you; if
'you seek wisdom, they will seek you. If yott
adopt 5 pose of boredoin, you will be a bore; if
yon show vitality, you will be alive. If you
spend your. free time playing bridge you will be
a good bridge player; 'if yo h 'Spend it in, reading,
distussing and thinking of things that Matter
you will be an educated person." '
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CUNTON nrAvs.Rux•no
From Our'
arly Files
40, YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
Thursday, November 30, 11116
J. H. Pax:man had.a big sign at
the top of his garage,
In W. D. Fair's, window, H. E.
Paul, manager of the. Molson's
Bank, has the original painting of
the charge of the Canadians at
Ypres in 1915.
George Spotton, Wingham, and
formerly proprietor of the Clinton
Business College, has torn,pleted ar-
rangements for the opening of a
business college in Toronto.
Mrs. Albert Townsend', Cainfofn,
spent a couple of days visiting
friends and relatives in Goderich.
• 25 YEARS AGO_
Clinton News -Record
ThlFadaYi November 19, 1981
At' a meeting of the , central
sports, committee, last, week, it
was decided that only one hockey
team • would be organized for the
'coming season. The oeficers were
elected" as follows: president, G. T.
Jenkins; Secretary, Cisryl ,Draper;
treasurer,'1.rold Lawson; manag-
er, Jock': 11ediger; trainer, T. W.
Morgan. ,•
Jamepwson has been removed
to the hospital and is quite 111.
In a :recent examination T. W.
Morgan was promoted' to the rank
of major in .the Canadian militia,
DriNcIntyre to that Of captain
and Harold C. Lawson to that of
lieutenant. -
S. G. Castle, R. Tasker,. T.
Churchill, F1 Milleckand Bert ikea-
corn went up north on a deer hunt-
ing' trip last week.- • „ '
'Mrs. l`tels43n Hall was in Toron-
to over the weekend. ••
Clayton 0: Martin, prinapal of
the Ertgle4rt Public SchOol, Visit-
ed his aunts, Mrs. W. Higgins and
rs. Ti J. McNeil, last week.
10 YEARS AGO.
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, November 28, 1946
John Armstrong received an ac-
clamation as Reeve of Hullett last
week.
A well flnown and muchrespec-
ted figure in Clinton is John Wal-
ton; who 39 'years ago on Tues-
day, November. 19 ...arrived: at
.f‘Karview" - the residence of Mrs.
W. Jackson.'
Charles Johnson and Elwin Mer-
rill spent the Weekend in Toronto.
Goderich Township is in the
throis" of a, well -contested election
campaign to choose reeve and
four. 'councillors to carry on the
business of the township for 1947.
The candidates 'for the reeveship.
are George C. Ginn, who has held
that Office'for the 'past two years,
and Chun. James R. Stirling; a
member of council for a number of
years.
Huron County Federation of,Ag-
riculture re-elected its chief of-
ficers at the ranntial "meeting in,
Clinton, they are W. V. Rey, Lon-
desboro, seeretery-treasurer; RUs-
sell'13oltoal, Dublin, president; W.
R. "Bert" Lobb, RR 2, Clinton,
first vice-president. • •
GOODBYE WINTER.. THE
earth will continue to heat Op. . .
as itha been doing for 50 years,
reparts The Financial Post. . . if
following theory is correct: By
burning coal and oil, man is re-
kasing extra CO into the atmos-
phere. . . thi inhibits loss of sun's
heat by Earth, thui bringing war-
mer climate. . . Theory, 'suggested
50 years' ago and being re-exaniin-
ed today, holds earth will con-
-Untie to get,„ warmer long as
smokestackskeep belching.
The Bible Today
Stades; of 131bles, and the people
who use them vary perhaps, more
than those of' any other book.
A6cording to "Guidepost" a taxi
driver, IVIilton Bronstein; Chicago,'
111.,•!affers free ride,s to people go-
ing to church or to vote who can
answer correctly a Biblical quest -
'Um' posed on a sign ix his cab.
After the question has been ans-
wered correctly it is changed. The
driver conducts his Bible qUiz to
encourage more regular church at-
tendance. ,"My way of serving
-God," he says.'
Mrs. .Anna Gillet Troy, N.Y., has
just finished conking the New Tes-
tament in long hand with fold ink:
She says she has gained much joy
froth copying the Scriptures. • 4
An aftermath of tragedy invol-
ving .a Mile is reported from
Grand Rapids, Michigan., While
hospitalized with five of her seven
brothers following a tornado which
destroyed their home and killed
their father, Ardith Payne, age
nine, had her Bibie-which had been
lost in the upheavel, returned to
her. She had won this Bible for
memorizinE Scripture verses. It
han been found by a telephone line-
man two miles from her demolish-
ed borne.
One half Million people have
seen the films, "How, Our Bible
Came To Us," during the two years
since its release by the American
Bible Society.. A decadg of re-
search went into planning the film,
and about a quarter of a million
dollars, especially donated for -the
Purpose, was' required • to produce
it. An abridged version of this
ifilm called "Bible Backgrounds,"
was released a'year ago by the
British and Foreign Bible Society.
Suggested readings for the
wee's: '
• Sunday .......... Psalms 46: 1-11
• Monday Psalms 103: 1-22
Tuesday Psalms. 121: 1-8
• Wednesday. Psalms 145: 1-21
Thursday. Proverbs' 3: 1-20
Friday Isaiah: 40: 1-11
• Saturday , Isaiah 55: 1-13
Quick Canadian Quiz
1. What part of Canada was once
- known ,,,by the name of New
Caledonia?
2„ What 'Proportion of Canada's
present population. is not native,.
born?
3 Under the British, North Amer-
ica Act:the provinces and mun-
• icipalities may not levy what
11 form of taxation?
4. The Right Hon. Arthur Meighen
firat served as Prime Minister
of 'Canada in what year?
5. Last year the federal gOvern-
ment spent $4,7 billion. What
-• was the total combined spending
by the, text provincial govern-
ments in the period?
ANISWERS: 5. $1.5 billion. 3.
An indirect, or "hidden", sales tax.
1. What is now British Columbia,
4. In 1920. 2. 4t the' time of the.
1951 census 14.7 percent were not
native-born.
Material prepared by the editors
of Quick Canadian Fats, the pock-
et annual of facts about Canada.
Total 'spending by govvnments
in Canada oil' social security and
health and welfare services now
amounts to about $2..5 billion a
year, about one-third of all goV-
ernmeht spending..
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Optometrist -- Optician
(successor to the late_ A. L.
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment phone 33,
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ROT N. 'BENTLEY
Public Aecoun4nt
• GODBRI011, ONTARIO
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• RONALD G. McCANN
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Royal Batik Building
Phette IflX 2-0677
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Phone MT 2-0544
()LINTON, ONTARIO
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER.
Real Estate and Business Broker
. High Street — Clinton
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INSURANCE
fir. C. LAWSON.
Bank of Montreal Building
Clinton
PHONES:. Office HU 2-9644,
Res.,. HU 2-9787
, Insurance — Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
'4 Insure the "Co-op" Way
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District Representative
Box 310 Clinton, Ontario
. Phone Collect
Office. HU 2-9642—Res. HU 2,9357
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• _H. W. COLQUIIOUN .
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Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1956: President, W. S.
Alexander Walton, vice-president,
Rebert A.I•chibald,' Seaforth; see-
retary-treatnirer and manager, M
A, Reid, Seaforth,
Direotors: John IL McEvVing,
RObere Archibald; Chris, Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; B. .1. Trewartha,
'Clinton; Wm. a, Alexander, Wel.
ten; J. L. 1%/fakitie, Seaforth; Harm
vey Puller, Goderieh; .1, t., Pepper,
nrudefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea -
forth,
Agents: WM. Leper Jr., Loucks -
beta; 3, P. riveter, Brodhagen;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Brie
1Vittinte, Seaforth.
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