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ClInton New Bra um tos of the ONP,.
lingsilay., February 221 1911.1
Bert Langford has ptirchased'
the Murray house and lot •on Bat.
tenlbury street, IVIr, Langford, of-
fers his old home, on TOWVend
street for sale.
'Ken °bowel], whricheS been
traveller with the, Jacksen Mfg.
THURSDAY, FEORUARY 2 • 1957 roctoriwilittsh adeocoetphteercl' 44411010,rifearnsIti:
Weo who 'Was reeentlY
yp FOR roany years been reeegniaetl
that Clinton, has a very fine library, and
One reading reorn. Stavely reading reom is
a.credit: to any town -and the :reading Pliblic
here make geed Use �iit.
'In the library itself, 'the growth of 'readers
as continned. There were 466 VOW' bacvica added
n the -past twelve months and there are' 1,140 „
embers of the inStitution. '
Recent work.by committees on tbe Beard
ave accomplished much to 'ensure the improve.
ent Jo the building itset, and the added eotri,
fort of those who use it- The Board is.an
fielent hard-working •Corteeientiotis ,grotiP.
But following all these nice things wbich -
e.say about our library we can hardly close
ithoUt saYiltg something on the other side of
he ledger, The people ot „Clinton are stingy -
Walt their library-, Illey're devenright stingy.
First let us erre/nine the .finaneing a' little.
e• town Pen 80,300 toward the, upkbep and
is is matched by a grant frost] the provincial
epartmeut of Bduca,tion totalling $1,579. 1411-
ary receipts bring in another $400, and
rom'$1:20 rent from 'the lodge rooms over the
eading. roam, that's it.
a es
tended to •San -WS Appleby Ms'
We haul the greatest ,Snowfall
of the winter here on ToeSdaY
:lightwhen about four inches fell.
The snow plows were out i'or the
first tinie this SeaSolit
Joseph Gandier, elder sen
C. and Mrs. Ganclier, has been
operating' his home built,glider
Attlee September. has readied
the Seeredeted altitude of 125 feet
and althOugh he has Made repeat-
ed 'flights he has necrer bed even
a miner aecident. He never had
inetriteticelo, Merobere of the
London, Flying club are consider-
ing taking Joe and his creatien
to Uticlon airport .for a public
dernonstratiOn. •
WI.B CLINTON
retiring' en pension from the sec.
THE °LINTON NEWS -RECORD
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CU 0.1' Amalgaluated` 1924
UBLISIIED EVERT THURSDAY AT CLINTON, ONTARIO IN ULE WART OF HURON. OUNTY
aoopuIation— gAGli (1950 Ceoalos of Callao:la/
SUBSCRIPTION' RAVES; Payable in advance...Canada and Great Britaint $30 a: year;
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Unitd Sates and Foreign; $4,00k Single Conies Seven Cents
Authorized as sand plass mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa.,
OUR 'FINE LIBRARY
-1 partnership' with A. Seeley, as
Now the province bases its payments on a
per capita figure, They take the amount of the
town's grant, divide by the number of people in
'1 Clinton, and find out what the town. pays per
cailta. Then they match that grant with one
based on a precentage per oapita. • ,
The town's grant has remained the same
• for some time, However, inereased pollination
'has made the per capita figure smaller and' the
province's grant smaller as well.
ConsTdering the good done by the Library,
the town'e contriblation of a little. over one mill,
could, we think:be easily raised an.eightli of a
mill,.wlith little hardship'to the taxpayers, One
Munediate result of this would be that the
Board /would be able, tO come up to the amount
which, the province feels is a minimum salary
for liaarians in libraries the size 'of Clinteres;
• $1,400. As' it is Clinton has net and is 'hot
paying their librarian, this mininann Suggested
It almost makes the local library come
under fie, same: general heading as a home
Mission church. Except, of course that the dif-
ference s not made up by other libraries,' but
is Just left out of the librarian's pocket.
TWO CHANal
.WO ituaiws ,....liptesenta:tives
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rilement have been, in the news- dUring the
ast Week, Both of *the have 'been extolling
he virtues of their !awn riding, while it, the
e•time doing their utmost to ave Soniethifig •
one. abut the unfortunate econernie* state in
hich this area is finding itself.
1.1urcai is red�fl1nant1y agricultural. Few
ther eounties can claim existence without the
cOnorny and accompanying benefits -Of- a -city: —
os t of us like "it -hat way, and few would
*sh for any „change which Would exchange the
riefite we enjoy as a rural community for some
the diffichlties 'endured. by city folk.
= But — the fact remains that there's not
trOugir of Canada'e wealth being channeled IMO
he rural areas to ineke'the standard of living
ere. a* 4igh as1t shorild be h comprisOrowith
hat G other parts cif Canada, •
QNS 011. TaUlION
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Elston Cardiff, in the. Commons at Ottaila,
asked for the DorninionGovernra4nt to establish
• a tribunal to. adjudicate fann land valueqn
behalf of applicants for far/A.104n% Be said
that the existenceof the Faxon Loan Berard
worked .against the farmer peeking to obtain.
credit eiSewitere, and suggested that the
apli-
cant be given some avenue of appeal when he
believed: „his f.rAi :had been aporaiSed too low.
elVfeanWhile TOM PrYde, in the Provincial
- House'continueehis urging for the new Hospital
St;hool to 'be ituilt in Huron County, thus in.
Creaeing the money conainginto this area, At
the sameetifne he made the paint that although
there were now fewer farmers in the 'country,
these fewer,farmers were providing food for 1$
people per tuna worker ildriein comparison to
• ten people in 1906, or six, people one hundred.
years ago: This, Tom:contended, indicates that
the farmer Is 'becoming increasingly important
a
• - .; • • s'.••THE.110SPi
• THERE HAS, BEEN 'a goectdeal of lobby:.
in lately oVerthe location o a proposed hespa,
tal setXial for„Tretarded ehildrere. ;and „ there- have • ,
been' almost. ,as many conjectures about :that
oCatiell as there have been Suitable' locations
TAL .SCTIOOL
or it—perhaps,.evyt mole..., • •
Seidein,„ 4. ever e.tileie been more : cielee
aliens 4er:tete: Toronto liver one -item. ; One
eel& sometimes wonder if the' delay- and-
eeision 'of'the goverimient”: were lirsorne \oak,
°meet, ed•-zto" the ed:sh registers of the -)fiatels
onsiriteted .-ti4t fair CleY, Certainly' if the
de1ay are not a necessity in.,..6rder to fa' tho,
casl-i ieglatera, then the hotels .nnisVbe y'rietee-
Ity in fate:a:of. the delaYs.
1-16wever, toget ilown•to• caes. :There ha.ye:..::
been bays or three alarms,in. Which: ane.,,pair
ticulae centre has proclaimed that deeiSion-has
been made, and the said hosOttil school is going
to -be built in their town,' or their township:
So. far Huron has not made such a: claim, and
• NVIAT'S IIAPPE
THE'SAVING, "Law s are made to be brok-
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en," has ,*always meant to us the optimum of
rreeponsibility „on the pat of the'person who '
says it. •
- And yet, it would appear' by even .a casual
glance about us that such is the case. Our
gaMbling laws seem to be merely words, with
little to back them up, .
But the most flagrant violation of law which
must be evident to every adult, and even to the
smallest' school child is the one which siysin
held black letters every few hundred feet along
all our main highway, "Speed 50 lVfiles."
That one's a laugh, But it has a tragic note
in it,
Talk to anyone you, know and you will find
that more than • half of. them. think little of
cruising the highways at 60 to, 75, "The car
travels better", they ,s49",Wellstrange as it
may .seem, some of them actually do.
But why? Well, the main reason is that
• it would seem that in Silence is - the.. eater '
glory, for Huron ha's just as good a chane of
• receiVing,this large and its acaOmPanY- •
irig salary cheques, as an other -Area in Ontario.
'certainlyitthe, Minister can be *sure of. onei-
. th1ng In Huron Cotinty those little Children
whO.inesp.desperatelY need good fresh air and 7
•gobc1 care, can get 4311enty` of both, and .the,rest
. of the good fresh fOod in the 'bargain.
• . Our own /neither, Thomas Pryde, in his
dddress' in reply tethe speech from tlie Throne
last week, was practically Iyrical in his praises
of Huron County. We agree with Torn a It is
-hard,ta. talk about the County without getting
a hit:flowery hi language!because there are so
many Pod things that' can be said about Huron.
And Of course,..one thing liuron (lees net,
hare is an adequate share in the general pros-
perity of the proVince. This•`Could be _helped in
part at least if this particular , provincial enter-
prise could be located in the-- county.
Somehow we think that it will. be.
NED1 TO REASON?.
manufacturers build their -leers continually strong-,
ger-and bigger, heavier and faster. And the
result is that they da seem to terfvel easier when
they get up to a certain cruising speed. ,
But why- can't we be consistent about out-
thinking? On the one hand we encourage this
type of improvement in cars, arid on the other
hand We say. "Tut, tut, mustn't driae over 50."
We would appreciate ,a manufacturewho
spent his time and research money on elimina-
ting all those pockets an the outer frame of the
car which hold water, salt andslow, and in-
evitably cause rust which destroys 'theentire
looks of the vehicle,
We're sure that mechanics would appreciate
the manufacturer who woUid Wine up with a
• • sensible was of installing metal's, so that one
does riot have to be either a long -limbed giant
to reach them, or a curled up pygmy erouching
`under the, 'hood. * .
• What has happened to reason in this age of
Automation and man-anade miracles?
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DEBENTURES
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TRUST
CERTIFICATES
Head Office
District Represeittitive
Purchitsed a blacksmith shop at
Preston And will movo there, at
cl1Peerineipal Bona and Mraily are
4-4014330 this week to the brick
house on High Street, lately oc.
qupled by W. W:alker,
..Clinton News,Recorci
Artpx;stlay, Pehruary 2, 1.90
Q. Twitchell get in a couple.of
-cars of coal on Monday, That coal-
was- Welconrie la, Clinton. but what
are a couple of cars among so
many.-
•
Nit-, Hewitt; boelekeeper for the
Piano' Co., has rented the house
of JohneGilabingS on ftattez*ury
Street. "? •
''Xiss Helen Gunn e returned to
her -.hqie ir London on IVIondaY,
Charles .Libby left yesterday on
a trip t6 IVIontreal, Boston, New
York and Lovvell,•11/fass,
• j.ohn Cartwright has received- s.
car/load of corn and is selling to,
the farmers. •
-25 IMAM AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, February 25, 1932 '
T, R, Jenkins, Huron Road, xnet
with a serious accident on Sunday
when he was 'kicked -by a eat No
bones were broken but as he was
'kicked in the adbilornen .it could
not be known just how serious the
injury might be.
CongratulatiOns are. being, ex-
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10 3T41..RS
Olinton NewS-Tteord,
, Thursoley, February 00, 1941
0, Ralph Foster has been elect.
ed president of the Chamber of
COM/tierce.
Clinton's volunteer firevjarigade
was called out ,,yeAterclay after-
noon to Bert Boys' residence, On-
tario Street, The blaze, in a rub-
bish head, was quickly extinguish-
ed.
Glerinie'e Iounch comprising W.
Glen.Cook and Frank L. Cook has
purchased dein 0, M. Shearing
that part of --the -McKay Block,
Ontario Street, new occupied as a
barber shop by L. J. Heard and
as a restaurant by Elite Cafe,
Mise aVfailaret Shoebottom, nur-
se -in -training, 'Victoria Hospital,
London, has been visiting her par),
ents, Mr. and Mrs: G, Shoebottorn.
A .feature of Monday evening's
hockey match betWeere Stratford
Legion and Clinton Colts was the
.reading of an address- and presen
tation to Clarence l‘kilanst de.
fence- player, who vas- married a
few days preVionsly to Miss Ruth
Sharpe.
r.,McGregor has 'been eleeted
head of the IVIeKillop 'Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. -
e Bihie Today
Tb, Bandung Xliiblo Secietieal
COnference agreed to conide' the!
reprinting of tho "Own Phonetic
Bible for •use•among; the 25,660i060
Chinese now living outside Red'
"China, „according to Dr Llayton:
Hohngren, American. Bible Society
Secretary for distdbution in Asia
and .Africa, ,•
I A monumental work of proper.
Ing the translation. af the- SoriP..
tures in phonetic •script was done
lay two wonten; one .Chinese„ the.
other American, Only a -small per-,
eentage of •Cbinese maple, -even
,Obristians,- are ,able i read their
national language. • Years of study
ar nec.essary t9 master the thou,
sands of ideographs in its ancient
forrro, •Ina the phonetic script 37
symbelsreplace- these Ootmtless
1-tdrye°g•rfo4lki)haca.ant aervne erriuna"
:.1.1eiv weeks, •
When sfiss _Christiana Tsai, •cal.•
led'Sister Seven -at birth, and Miss
Nary Leaman were forced to leave
Shanghai they had to leave behind
ail the matrices, type and papier
=ache shells needed for any future
reprinting, They luad finished their
work just prior to Pearl Harbour.
Only -through a .curiotia' pr,emoni.
ttott .ot. i -tending international up,
ettcrs
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• Editor
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FORMER AGR. REP.. WRITES-
OgilitOri'NeWS47teCOrd, ,
Clinton, Ontario,
Dear News -Record Staff:
You have, shamed' tine into IU
When lefound Dwould be off 'sale
airfer three years MY subscripe
tion • wasalet drop, but your, news
has persistently follovved to five
different addresses in the -last
year, even long,shiCe payment has
been overdue.
This -17-appreciatfe, end since 'I
Was to Ontario ovemitke Weekend
andhaveecw
a f.,:bana :ail bills in
rny pooket Whichare'deflathd in
value", .in most pUrchasing areas
down' here,' I've ete144ed three of
there.' 'Finally, I haVe decided one
of
afford• to de Without Your
aper.After a day of what 1 call in-
ten,sive study (others might not)
it is most pleasant to pick up the
News:Record and 'read about-soMe
of my old friends in Clinton and
the surreending• territory. Natur-
ally the activities .of the 4.4.1 and
the Junior:Farmers :attract most
of any, attention. 1 look forward -
to a visit to Huron as soon as I
can make it,' and Will make it a
point to drop in andtgee you.
In the meantime, ray best wish-
es to all the fellows (and you, too,
Wilma). Please also say hello to
those at the Ag. Office when you
see them..
Thank you for your geed ser.
vice.
Sincerely, -1
HAMM' BAKER,
P.S.:' I expect to be in Ithaca.
for at least one more year.
Editor's Note: Thanks, Harold,
and good luek. ,We think probably
all of Httron is rooting for you in
your studies "below the border!'
We'll be glad to see you: again,
though perhaps it will some
-
getting used to, to attach the
narrie,"Dr Baker" to someone
we've known as "garold."
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TRIBUTE TO MRS. WOODS
Clinton' News-Reeard
Clinton, Ontario
A host of people in 13ayfield and
vieinity, and in other plaqes, were
Made very sad recently by the
Passing away ()f Mrs. N. W.
Woods. It is not given to many
people to win and retain such high
regard, 'respect and affection he a
community over a' long period of
thne, as did Mrs, ;Woods. It is no
exaggeration ta say that she was
admired, honoured and loved from
the time he first went to Bay-
field in f006 to prattice her pro-
fession of nursing, and that these
feelings Wards her ;have increas-
ed over the years,
'If ever a life wee full of kind-
ness, love and unselfishness it was
hers. Those. high qualities were
not confined to her ,family, EIS is
sometimes the case with a loving
parent.' They 'really knew no
Itht-
its, for her helping hand was al-
ways extended • whbreVer there
was peed, solid her loving heart'
beat with kind- and sympathetk.
consideration for all. No (me Will
••ever ,know the extent of her gotid
works throughout a long life. of
In the 'first six months of 1956
farm cash income in Canada *as
percent higher than in the cot.
responding period of 1955,
In 1956 the value of Canada's
mineral production exceeded '$2
billies for the Mat time. In 1946
the value was Just over $560 rein -
selfless devotion.iit that is the
way she Wanted it.
'Mrs. Wood was a 'remarkably
capable woman,' 'There were very
few things she could not do, or
would -not attempt. To attempt a
thing with her usually meant, it
wa‘finaily accemplished. Any-
thing she did was well done; for
she could never be, satisfied with
anything poorly done.
Her devotion to her church and
to her Lord was constant through-
out the .3/ears. Nothing was ever
'permitted,: .te., intentere with her
church' worlo'Whethee playing the
organ which: she did for many
years, or any other,religious, duty.
Her life was founded upon loyalty
to holy and leible thingS:
avLany ChriStian.pdople will give
God thanks for her good life: and
a •multitude' of friends and
aequaintantes in many walks of
life will rise up and call her bles-
sed,: COnifort0 LOrd,. the souls of
thy servants who Moufm.
THE REV. F. H. PAII/L,
The Rectory, s, •
Lietovvel, Ontario
February 18, 1957
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heaval and due to precautions tai'
en them,it is possible that a :re.
print MO r.be mede now.
Ten sets. of proofa were rushed
through the .preSs ,on scarce., fine
white paper e These were Caehed
,different places — the
SWISS -Consulate, one in the gong-
Xong and Shanghai Bank, one In
Aloft in A German friend's: home.
After •Miss Leaman. was releaSed
from cOncentration •cianp- she
found three .setswere Intact. These
she ,brought to America.
them the proposed reprint will be -
made.
This -phonetic .script is used .41-,
most exclusively in. Formosa, to,..
day, The British and Foreign Bible
Society co.operates with the Am.
erican Bible Society in Asia,
Suggested 'readings- for the weeir:
•
'Sunday Luke -1-14
Monday %gelarews 4: 1-16
Tuesday Psalin.s 62; 142
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Wednesday,, Psalms 67; 1,•-• 7
'Thursday ...... „1 car, 6.; 16-27
• Friday Jeremiah 7; 1-28.
aturday 1 Kings: 8: .22,36
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-A TYPICAL employee of a well-established
•'Cana,diali industry is a married 'man with two
' or three children. He has an income o/ about •
, '$305 per month. (In Stelco the average -is ,$394
per month). Ile owns his honie, and the mort-,
iage, if any, is being paid off steadily. He has
an automobile and his home is equipped with:
almost every kind of convenience.
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Ao a father, this typical free, independent and. .
self-respecting Ca,nadian industrial employee
is anxious to see his children do well„ be ,
honest, grow up as good citizens. And the
- father believes in setting a. good example in
his home, in his neighborhood and in his job.
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