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Quick Canadian Quiz
1. What proportion & 'Canada's
area is in the northern Ter-
ritories? What is the total
population of the Territories?
2. How many new' dwelling units
have been built in Canada in
the last five years - 190,000,
320,000 or 500;000?
3. Do" Canadians now own one
passenger car for every 15 peo-
ple, every ten people, every five
people?
4. Name the principal mountain
ranges in British Columbia
5. Of the 5,823,000 Cana di a n s
witch jabs, what proportion are
labor union members?.
.ANSWERS: 5, About one-fifth.
3. One car for every 5.3 persons.
1.*. 39 percent of the country's total
area, population, 25,000.'4. Rocky
Mountains, Columbia and Cassiar
Systems; "Coast Range. 2. 509,000.
Material prepared by the editors
of Quick Canadian Facts, the poc-
ket annual of facts about Canada.
In the first half of its present
fiscal year the federal govern-
ment had a Surplus of $273 mil:
lion, compared to a surplus of $51
million in corresponding period of
last fiscal year.
In the first nine months of the
year thd United States sold in
Canada goods to the value
$3,105 rnilliori, bought from Can-
ada goods to the value of $2,114
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CLINTON - EXETER SEAFORTH
Thomas Steep, Clinton RepreSentistiY0
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40 YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
Thursday, December 21, 1916
H. E. Rorke Is now the neY,1 aut-
omobile agent in Clinton having
taken over the agency for the
Maxwell Car.
Lal Paisley has been apppinted
treasurer for the Liberal Club in
place of Will Plumsteel who ,had
been treasurer ever since the
Club has been organized.
Thornag Watts has won several
prizes at* Stratford Poultry Show.
D. L, McPherson, the town
treasurer, reports that he has re-
ceived up to date $24,995 of the
1916 taxes, leaving only a balance
of $979 still to be collected.
Thomas Greens is working in
Toronto at present.
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton_News-Record
Thursday, December 1.1), 1931
C. Mortimer Bezeau, a former
Clinton boy, was elected for a sec-
ond term as mayor of Kitchener,
on Monday, having a substantial
majority over his opponent.
The following from Clinton-ire
serving on the jury in. Goderich
this week: W. J. Nediger, A. T.
Cooper, Wilbert, IVIcIlveen; A.' L.
Cartwright, J. A. Rath, R. A. Reb-
erton, Ross Forrester,
Arthur Cantelon, when leaving'
after the council meeting Monday
evening, slipped on some ice and
fell and has been confined to the
house ever since.
Mr, and Mrs. Fred Mutch vis-
ited their r, daughter, Miss Jean„
who is a nurse-in-training at the
Stratford General Hospial, on
„Sunday last.
Clinton friends were shocked
on Sunday evening by the very
sudden and unexpected death of
Alexander Robert Mitchell.
DR. N. W. HAYNES
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10 YEARS AGO
• Clinton New-Reeord .
Thursday, December 19, 1946
One of Clinton's highly respec-
ted citizens in, the person of John
Derry, celebrated his 94th, birth-
day on 'Monday. • In spite of his
advanced years, MrODerry enjoys
excellent health, and• is able to be
around the streets almost every
day. '
'Clinton Colts are grouped with
Clinton R. and C. School, Seafor-
th, Goderich, Ingersoll and Strat-
ford. A schedule •will be drawn
up in a short time,
Gail Manning had the misfor-
une of breaking her collar-bone
on Saturday.
Tenders for snowplowing streets,
4n Clinton this winter were-"open-
ed at the council meeting and the
tender of Lavis Cc)nstruction
Companie for supplying man and
truck at $3.00 pet hour was accep-
ted.
The town treasurer's statement
indicated an estimated deficit of
approximately $1,000 for 1956. •
The remodelled Clinton Lions
'Arena will be in use within a few
days. The ice surface is now 61
feet wide by 173 feet long. This
represents two and half feet
greater than last year. The sur-
face will be widened fon.' next
year.
MILK-50c A QUART
If the nutrients in milk were to
be purchased at the current rates
of beef rib roast or' pork tender-
loin, 'a quart of milk, would cost
almost 5Cr cents. Here's how it
breaks doWn: protein, 45.6 cents;
fat, 2.4 cents; carbohydrates, 1.4
cents. Total, 49,6 cents. The aver-
age price of Milk to the consumers
across Canada is about 21 cents a
quart.
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ROY N. BENTLEY
Public Accountant
GODBRI011, ONTARIO
Tele. 1011 Box 478
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PAO TgN
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WE ARE NOT too terribly impressed With
the idea that in the near future the Government
is going to take over health care as a federal
worry. In fact we are so little itnpreseed that
we •become very depressed at the thought,
We've become sick and tired of the idea
that about half of the money-We earn and spend
Is given , to the Government to use in taking
care of this that or` the other little thing that
somebody in Canada wants done "free." .
These things pre not done "free" at, all, but
are paid for by us, and by you, and by every
other person in Canada who earns or spends'
Money. The fact is, that by persuading the
Government to do our spending for us, we are
finding a good many •things more expensive
than if they were done privately.-
,After all, we're',paying people to collect the
taxes we so eagerly pay! We're paying other •
people to see that the taxes are collected prop-
erly. We're paying 'Still 'other people to spend
TI-10113GII TOWN ELECTIONS are far be-
hind us now, and the PC norniriltions for their
leader no longer make TV news, and• the federal
eelecticins are not due until next June, we are
still all very much in the middle of nominations,
and elections. •
`The Townships of ,Tuckersmith and Stanley
have yet to choose their leaders for 1957. Gode-
rich Township still has to select one councillor.
Hayfield must appoint their trustees. All of ,
this will somehoWeget - done during the coming
two weeks of holidays. and hijinks.
The excitement of elections and electioneer-
• ing is probably just as strong in the rural
communities as it is in the urban centres. They
01,
WE ARE ,NOT ALONE in our belief 'that
more attention should be, paid to the work of
the boards' 'entrusted with the supervision of,
our schools. Within the past two weeks, .edit-
. oriels in the same vein as ours of December 6,
emphasize the lackadaisical attitude which pea-
. ple generally are showing our school system.
In the Listowel Banner: Ratepayers never
received a. face slapping more vigorously than
that which was handed them by the two school
boards at the recent nomination meeting.
er 'the District High- .School nor the Public
School trustees apparently thought it necessary
to give an account of their stewardship during
the months of 1956 which now lie behind. Their
• inexcusable behaviour profripts two questions. Is
this what can be expected under a dictatorial
set up? Is it the apathy associated with a
threatening dgadent democratic system? •
In the Goderich Signal-Star: In years past,
on many occasions, similar complaint might have
been made of the lack of any representation of
the school boards at civic •nomination meetings
in Goderich. As a matter of fact, however, it
was'.-usually the case that when the candidates
for the Town Council had „ all had their say
*A WEEKLY editor, in VegreviIle, Alberta;
has this to, say of a patriotic gathering 'he at-
tended in the east:
"0 Canada was played and sting at a slow
tempo and a more doleful dirge• yciu never did
hear. There we were, men, women and' children,
standing on guard,for thee, 0 Canada, as if we
were about to fall flat on our faces or else sag
at the knees and ,collapse. 0 4 ",Sung as slow time, 0 Canada is next to
impossible to sing-it intones. Halfway through
it, you see the celebrants swallowing moodily
and giving up to stand thr§ugh the rest of the
anthem glancing sadly around at their fellow
citizens,"
YULETIDE CHEER
GOODWILL AND thoughtfulness come to
Us with 'the yuletide season, And the Hon James
N. Allan, provincial oninister of highways, rd- ,
minds everyone that much et that happiness,
which is expected in the Christmas Season de-
pends 'on our relationship with our fellows.
"Avoiding accidents," says Mr. Allan, "is
largely a matter of -personal responsibility.
The fine example of one and three quarter mil- •
lion Ontario men and women who will drive
throughout the year without a single mishap is
very convincing.. The. care and attention needed
to create this fine redord is surely building ,a .
tradition of good road, behaviour. Upon WS we
depend in our work towards accident-free road'
travel in this province.
"Th help Make his holiday season a -happy
One for ourselves and others," he urged, "let
US all be determined to net with good Sense and
eare when walking or driving,"
the taN money, and more and more people to
think up new ways of spending it.
The time j4 coming, and we think it may
be not too far off, when we've persuaded our
Government into spending all of our money,• Ire
return we'll get a house to live in rated accord-
ing to our power to earn, food to eat of the
type which the Gogernment wishes us to eat,
eldthing which the Government. feels is the best
for us 6' wear-and so on.
Do we want this? Does any _Canadian
really want this?, You may be sure that no New
Canadian wants any such state of affairs. This
is what he has run froth, in the "old country." It
is what thousands' of more people are running
from .at this very mindte.
After all the name democracy means noth-
ing without the lbelief In its principles, the
willingnessote work /or its• principles,and a clear
knowledge of What those principles are. Under
the name democracy - a truly •autocratic and
dictator-like syStem may exist.
have elections less often, perhaps because they
have fewer men to elect, and are more apt to
be satisfied with the leadership 'they select for
a longer time. Perhaps they are just. a more
canny group, and are more apt to look to
saving their election cash.
However, it is in these same rural com-
munities that democracy begins. Here, where
the influence of big newspapers, and small, radio
and TV is felt but little, the people find their
own way to the government they chOose.
,As long as the small rural cannmu_nities
are interested in their elections and in their
chosen • •leaders, so long Will our democratic
process remain strong at the grass roots where
it counts.
there were few electors left in the hall to listen
to what any school trustees might have to say
if they had been present.
In the Wingham Advance-Times: (corn-
mending the public school board and though not
mentibning"them, possibly censuring the high
schopl board in absentia). In' the case of the
public School board the voters of the town of
Winghain are much more fortunate. Not only
do the board members appear at the nomina-
tion meeting, but we have heard one member
of the board state publicly that he thought it
was time the public school• board's members
were permitted to speak earlier in the evening,'
before the crowd has started to thin out.
These all echo our thoughts on the matter.
If any think this is a rather drear subject
to bring up just before the Christmas holiday,
then consider this: What good will the Christ-
nias holiday be to us,' if we continue to let our
freedoms slip through our fingers, and at the
same time continue to refuse our responsibilities
in keeping those freedoms alive? After all, for
_our children we. celebrate •Christmas, perhaps
we should put as much sustained energy into
thought for their education.
Two days later, 'the same editor was in
Battleford, Saskatchewan, 'at a similar activity.
But this time the prOceedings were led by the
vigorous North Battleford band, which"he con-
siders a very fine aggreggion of young bands-
. men. His comment is:
"Well, they opened the proceedings with 0
Capa do., And, ladies and gentlemen, I came
close to weeping, For they played it joyously
and -proudly. So swift, and gallant in tempo
that you could hardly get your words out in
time, and you suddenly found the old Wads new ,
and strange in your mouth. And you sang,
everybody sang, trying to belong to thiS rousing
band. „ And when you came to .the final words
"on guard", you ,gave the "G" the diaphragmatic,
thud like those six tubas theniselves.
"As a long time listener to, and a some-
. times weeper for, 0 Canada,' I suggest the
whole wide realm learn to sing it the Saskatch-
ewan way."
THEY SAY-
"A little nonsense now4 ancl then is relished
by the-:wisest men",
A VISIT FROM SENT NECKLACE
(Opening Stencils) •
Twister knot before crispness
End• old Tinily house
Noble stricture Was touring,
Nut evening a mouse!'
The, stork ends were i rung
Bottle chitriney wet care,
In *open Sent Necklace
Zoomward be dare.
-Dave 1VIerrah,
News?-.Re.cord
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ORSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 19.56
"LET THE GOVERNMENT DO IT"
TOWNSHIP ELECTIONS
WE ARE NOT ALONE,
0 CANADA -. JOY OR LAMENT?
BONALD Gt. McCANN
I'llblie Accountant
Office and nesiclence
llattenbury Street Bast
Phone MI .0-967/
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Iluron. County
Crop Report
(By G. W, AIONTOOMERY,
Agricultural Representative"'
for Huron County)
- "Fifteen applications have gone
in from Huron County for the
Winter Short Course at the On-
tario Agricultural College. Fall
meetings and banquets of farm
organizations have been well at-
tended. Christmas concerts and
parties are now the order 'of the
day in rural communities.
"Christmas turkeys are in plenti-
ful supply with growers receiving
60 cents per pound for small birds
and 58 cents per pound for large
birds. A Blyth area grower ship-
ped 4,000 turkeys to Northern On-
tario this week."
OPTOMETRY
One of the most popular Christ,
1119.S gifts, year after year, is the
Bible. The care given such a gift,
decides how long it will be useful,
Properly cared for It 'should last
for generations.
Tkie way a new Bible is opened
is of utmost importance, The book
should he placed on its back on a
flat surface. After opening 'the
front cover the fingers .Should be
run along, the groove where cover
and pages join, This procedure
then should 'be followed inside the
back cover, '
While still in the same position
the book should be opened at
about 20 to 30 pages from, the
front - the fingers again. drawn
along the centre groove. This
Should 'be done alternately from
the' back and front about 30 pages'
:apart until the centre of the boOk
is reached, This gives. both. supple-
:less and' longer life to the binding,'
Bibles should. `never be stored
near a radiator or other heat . -
G. B. CLANCY
• Optometrist - Optician
(successor to the late A. L
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment., phone 33,
Goderich
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6. Pocketbeikk
11. Griek letter
12, Drug
13. Diminished
14. Contests
of speed
15, Past
16. Writing
table'
17. Act of
retribution
20. Evening
(poet.)
23. Spigot
24. Asterisk ,
25. Cart
28. Philippine.
• island
29. River (Eng,)
30. Sailor
(Brit.)
31. Seize
(slang)
82. Baking dish
36, French
Socialist
premier
38. Single unit
39. Anklebone
41. customs
43. Catkin
44, Skillful
45. Outstrips
46. Thrashes
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2. Semblance
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4. Mature
5. Young boy
6. Skin
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10. Type
measures
16. Slope
18. Boy's school
(Eng.),
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21. Cistern
22. Before
24. Withered
25. Pale
26. Movie
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THE MoK1LLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1956: President, W. S.
Alexander, Walton; viee*President,
Robert Archibald, Seaforth; sec-
retary-treasurer and manager, IV
A. Reid, Seaforth,
Directors: John H. MOBwing$
llobert Archibald; Chris. Leon
hardt, Bornholm; a J, Trewartha,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-
ton; J, L. Malone, Seaforth; Har-
vey Fuller, Goderich; 3., B. Pepper,
Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea
forth,
Agentst Wm. /Alper Jr„iLondeS
born; 3. V. Prueter, Brodhagen;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Et
Munroe, Seaforth.
sources. A couple of Plrel?$, Cu more) of linseed oil rubbed int'
the hands and • on to' the cove.
will freshen it up from time t
A suggested list of daily Bibl
readings for 1957 may be,secprei
free from the British and Foreig:
Bible Society, Toronto. Many 'Min
isters of most ,denominations • 11P-VA a supply of these folders or ma;
easily secure them, -
'Suggested readings for the week
Sunday Luke 10: 23-4:
Monday , ...... Luke .11; 1.-1'
Tuesday Luke 12: 22-$'
Wednesday Luke 15: 141
Thursday Luke 151 114
Friday Luke 1: 1.-Z
Saturday Luke 1:24.31
LEONARD G. ;WINTER
Real Estate and Business Broke
High Street - Clinton
Phone IiU 2-6692
INSURANCE
Letter to the Edit°
THANK YOU
Clinton News-Record,
DEAR ritJENDS;
On •behalf of Mr. Bolton an
myself, who represent the Ontari
Department of Agriculture in tin
county, I would at this time lik
to thank you for the excelle
coverage and publicity giVen t
farm• meetings and agricultur
activities in 1956.
Trusting that we may continu
to enjoy this wonderful co-oper
tion and wishing you and th
members of your staff a Ve
Merry Christmas and A Happ
New Year. mrar. G moINITGomErty,
Agricultural Rep"resentati
for Huron County.
Clinton, December,15, 1956 o
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