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THURSDAY, MAY 2,. 1957
TRIBUTE TO A FINE CANADIAN
SEARCHING FOR, words in reeniory of
Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, we can find none
snore suitable than these, as they appeared in
the editorial columns of the 'Edmonton Journal,
written for the people of that city who benefit-
ted so much, along with Canada, by her pres-
ence:
"In an age when human institutions. are
growing larger and more complicated all the
"
time .and collective action often is preferred to
individual initiative, it is easy to become con-
vinced that a single person has little power
to influence the course of affairs. This feeling
of impotence frequently overcome the individua
who is trying to arouse public interest .and to
increase participation in one of the fine arts.
The keenest enthusiast is sometimes discouraged
in the face a' the apathy or inertia exhibited by
great numbers of persons who, to begin with,
have little or no interest in the matter.
"Fortunately for` the arts and for the public,'
there appear from time to time individuals
blessed with a rare combination of talent, intel-
ligence, enthusiasm1/ and endurance who .are cap-
able of moving, instructing and inspiring many
others. These individuals set things in motion --
anal keep them moving; they .persivale and teach
and organize, and if necessary regenerate ' the
movement at intervals with fresh expenditures of
ef=fort. On the? surface,. at Ieast, they never
seem to be discouraged; and in the end they
leave the rest of us greatly in their .debt.
"Mrs. Elizabeth Sterling Haynes, wha died
early Friday in Toronto, was assuredly one of
these exceptional individuals, ler contributions
to the development of the theatre arts in. Ed-
monton, in Alberta and in Canada were truly
outstanding 'and lasting, She was one of the
founders of the Alberta Drama Leagrle nearly
thirty years ago; she had a large part in the
Initiation of the Banff School of Fine Ajts, now
an institution of international renown; indeed,
there are few' phases of the cievelepment, . of ,
drama .and allied arts in Alberta, and farther
afield in Canada, which did not benefit from
her untiring efforts.."
Clinton was blessed with this fine woman's
presence for a little less than a year. In that
,time she accomplished much in her kind instruc-
tion of an art well loved by many, and' under-
stood by so few. In her memory the rector at
St. Paul's Anglican church. held a memorial ser-
vice on Sunday morning, Here, ixx the tradition
of the theatre people, those in her dramatics
class, and in her play groups, as well as her
friends in the town, attended to pay the=ir
respects.
In Mrs. Haynes there was the essence of
all -that la good, and inspiring and beautiful
about the theatre. With other Canadians . whq
appf'eciate the great work she accomplished, w'e
join in mourning,
DRIVE . DEFENSIVELY
WITH WARMER weather, the call to the
open road becomes irresistible to many who
own ears, or are about to be come proud owners
of same, For them we would urge caution, for
'the open road is not as open as it was 30 years
ago, or even ten, years ago. The dangers in-
herent in just turning a oar out onto the high-
way can neounrt 'fantas-tically with ,careless
thoughts •behead the wheel,
And for those drivers with more experience
on the highways we have a warning, too.
With the spring, comesthose dozens of
drivers, some young and some in experienced, who'
are behind the wheel mainly at the call of the
open road, They, for some reason, are more
interested in seeing the country, than in remain-
iisg••alive until they reach their destination.
eine, a amen
It's up to the experienced driver to drive
defensively. As the British Road Servicesput
it: "A defensive driver 'is one who is careful
to commit no driving errors himself; who makes
allowance for` the lack of skill or improper at-
titude on the part of the other fellow; and who
does not allow hazards of weather and road
conditions, or the actions of pedestrians and
other drivers, to involve him in an aceid'ent. He
;keeps continually on the alert, recognises an• ac-
cident -producing situation far enough in advance
to apply the necessary preventive actions, and
concedes the right of way when necessary to
prevent, an accident.
"Defensive driving can be summed up in
these three words: Control, Courtesy and Con-
centration, whereas the defensive driver can be
described in one word: he anticipates."
WE'RE FOR THEM
IN OUR LETTER'S to the editor column
this week, we have a very welcome one from
an old timer in Exeter, who is well known in
this district and throughout the county. He
brings to mind a situation which we have men-
tioned before, and an idea with which we heart-
ily concur,
Why should our old timers in Clinton have
to climb a long flight of stairs to find, a spot
for a quiet game of cards? Why does the town
not take more, thought for the convenience of
these older men?
• Last year they approached council with a
request to use the basement of the library for
a card room. This request was laid asiae, and
forgotten, with the flimsy excuse that the men
might get noisy and interfere with the folk up-
stairs reading. Now our personal opinion of
this situation, is that if older men have the en-
ergy and ambition to play cards and enjoy them-
„ . selves, and sometimes raise their voices in the
spirit' of the game, then more power to •them.
After all, these old chaps have paid taxes
in town for many many years, and are probably
continuing to do so. Surely it is the leest that
• could be done for them to provide a community
• meeting place where they can gossip a bit, visit
a little, and have a game of cards if they so
desire.
Possibly the council chamber as not just the
right place for this but there are certainly
places which could be utilized by the oldsters,
and they would greatly appreciate the consider-
ation.
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
You need the agility of an a.pe,
as many arms as an octopus and
the speed of a springbok to keep
trackof your children physically,
But trying to keep track pf what
goes on in their heads is like try-
ing to eat spaghetti with chop-
sticks.
* * 4
A least that's the way ours
are. They're complete paradoxes.
They're studies in schizophrenia.
Just aboutthe time sou think you
have them figured out, they'll pull
a switch that leaves your head
swimming, your knees weak. They
keep us in alternate states of ut-
ter exasperation and hopeless hie
lathy.
* *
We're going thrtnugh a rather
hectic time with young Trim these
days. With the corning of .spring,
she had shed her cocoon o scarf,
snowsuit, tubber boots: and hel-
met. But the cheYealis is enlarg-
ing as a cross between a butter-
fly and black hank.
4 Just to give you art idea. The
other day, when 1 left for Work,
She was es rosy, sw=eet, clean
fresh and innocent as only a lit-
tle girl can be when she has• just
got up. She gave me a Soft little
1 dain-
ty
aft angelic see*, and
ri
ty wave as I Went out. Corning
locate, at noon, 1 eaMr a grubby
little urchin chasing three snail
boys', with a siX-foot scantling and
Murderous intent,,
I stopped the car and jumped
out, to prevent mayhem. 1 grabbed
the'. wee devil with the big stick
acid was about to lecture him
roundly, when, to #ny horror, a
fatt'nlliar voice said, Lennie, go,
Daddy, 1 wants, kill those guys"
and the big, brown eyes beseech-
ing. me were unnistakable those
of my gentle little daughter. ,
Last week, she went to a birth-
day party at Jimmy Paton's, next
door. .Timmy's mother got the
kids playing games. One of them
was a sort of small fry charades.
Each was supposed to supply the
dialogue for a certain situation.
Caine ICinn's turn, "What," she
was asked, "would your mother
say if she dropped her purse and
everything in it fell out?" Her
brother, who\was there, told us
what happened. Tritn thpught for
a second, then shrlled "Oh, God!"
*
Dressed in her best for Sunday
School, she's the, picture of a 'de-
mure demoiselle of six, prim and
proper, shining- and saintly, But
there are signs Of the other side
of her Jekyll -Hyde peredeality in
evidence. The,scrarteh on her hose'
she got when elle fell out of ail.
apple tree, The black eye is the
result of a stone she stopped with
her head, When the Indians were
attacking the fort yesterday,
Does she want to 1,e a nurse,
or a mother, or a good tot*, when
she :grows up? No, she doesn't ev
en• want to be a woman. She
amt to be a cowboy or, failing
that, an Iridian. Shewas playing
cowboys with a small. male, the
ether day, Her .another was shock -
ea to hear her says "Well, let's
go into town and get a drink.".
They swaggered cep ,to the "bar"`
in the kitchen, plaited tic an ire
aginaty shot of whiskey each,
threw it dowel in one quick, prac-
tided gulp, hoisted their guns up
a bit, and gave a steel look
around the sateen.
Her brother, of i:aurse, 18 elder,
and a lot more sensible. He does-
n't cause us any trouble at all.
Like the other night. He walked
into the house, after being absent
for six hours, ;ion a hike, and an-
nounced calmly that he'd 'lost his
jacket, "Lost our jacket, you
naughty boy, then yeti shall
have no show on Saturday after-
noon,a said the mother cat, or
words to that effect.
When 1 came home, she wanted
me to pound him. I was too tired.
So all I had to do was get the
axe out of the cellar, drive him
two miles into the country, climb
four fences, walk across half a
dozen fields, climb a vertical diff,
then slide dwn the other side,
and cut down the tree in which
his jacket had Iodged whenhe'd
thrown it off the cliff with the
sleeves knotted, to see if it would
float down like a parachute,
'et seine people Will say kids-
give
idsgive youa lot of trouble, I can't
understand • such an attitude.
They';re. no niore trouble than gal-
loping
al
loping dysentery. Or chronic mai-
aria.
♦
WHY DO ALL THAT
WRITING?
When A
Rubba Stainp
will do its faster, easier,
and who knows? may
be neater, tea.
Order ntie at the
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Delivery, Within ,
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TM/AWAY, .141:AX 195T
Receiving Milton's ilto .'s. Red Cross Gift
Smiling John Anderson, manager of the London Diatrict
Red Cross Campaign, here receives the contribution of the Clinton
and district citizens' from Adam 3, McMurray (right),local chair-
man of the Red Cross cam iaign. This year, a total' of $1,853.38
was collected by volunteer canvassers throughout the town, Lon-
desboro, RCAF Station Clinton, afid the rural areas around Clin-
ton,, (News -Record Mete)
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
Thursday, May 3, 1917
Mrs, John E•4nmerton, Isaac
Street has disposed of her house
and lot to Richard Jennison, Jos-
eph Street.
C. F. Libby and H. B. Chant ex-
pect to take in the Shriners' meet-
ing at London next week.
The following have installed el-
ectric light in their homes, Thom-
as' Managhen„eadalo Crich, Mrs.
Ivor, W. Hayn, Mrs. Hanley,
A, J. Holloway.
Mr, Staddart, one of the rural
route carriers is now using an
auto for his work. He now waits
for the noon snail instead of leav-
ing in the morning.
While James Miller • and W.
Grant were working ,at the bow-
ling green last Friday they
couldn't resist trying •the bowls
on the lawn and opened the bow-
ling season of 1917 on April 27.
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, May 5, 1932
Miss Mary Matheson, formerly of
Clinton and who has many friends
here, has been appointed assistant
superintendent of the Goderich
Hospital.
Members of the 'town council
made a survey of the town streets
and some troublesome drains, yes-
terday evening, with a view to
making the necessary repairs.
Councillor Cook suggested at
the council meeting that the town
and any citizens who can give
even a day's work to an unem-
ployed man do so as a day or two
•
of employment is considerable .as-
sistance to a man out pf a job and.
will tide him over the slack
times,
On Friday evening there will be
a meeting to orge.nize a box la-
crasse team.
Miss Connie Cluff is home from
Collegiate with an . attack of the
chickenpox,
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News -Record
Thursday, May 1, 1947
Four local business changes are
announced in this issue of the
News -Record; which is really
something, They are by Murphy
Bros. Garage,' Horner's S e r -
vice Station, Inkley , and Brown
and Clinton Grill,
Howard Cowan waste elected
president of Huron Fish and Game
Club at the annual meeting.
Gordon A. Miller was re-elected
president of the Clinton Colts
Baseball Club..
Misses Maxine Miller, Florence
Aiken, Edith Pepper, Ruth Potter,
Jack Rozell, Elwin and Ross Mer-
ril, Mr. and Mrs. Benson Sutter
were in Walton last evening at-
tending the 23rd annual. conven-
tion of Huron Presbytery YPU.
W. E. Managhan, local plaster-
ing contractor, is engaged in
carrying out a plastering sub-
contract on two publicschools at
Windsor. Arnold Johnston, Clin-
ton is associated with him in the
work.
George Braithwaite, head but -
term alter at Clinton Creamery,
operated by Canada Packers Lim-
ited, is the 1947 winner of an On-
tario -wide Y competition among
head buttermaker of 48 cream-
eries.
The Bible Today
(By Rov, W. Moore)
Another new Nation is coining
into being. Anything new 'gener-
ates interest—but anything as
large as a new nation excites the
imagination.
Indonesia is old in terms of
years but new in its outlook and
feeling of exhilaration. The end
of Dutch occupation means a new
era in the history of Indonesia,
rndonesia is formed by four
main islands, but also embraces
thousands of others; there are
four or five ethnic and linguistic
groups (150 languages); the cul-
tural life of the country is based
ori four or five different strata of
civilization, as evidenced lit Ilia.
du and Buddhist temples, the mos.
tides and the churches.
Por many generations the Bible
Society has 'been actively engaged
in sharing the Scriptures, Current
regulations stipulate that if books
are sent aa gifts, they must be
circulated without charge, which.
moans an :almost i npossible bur-
den for the bible Societies' Spat-
tering the produetiee of Scripture
es for Indernesia.
Dr. S. C. T, Mulia, president of
the Indonesian: Bible Soolety, Stat.
est "Christianity in indonesla has
a big future—but the ,Bible ttiutt
be there—the whole future of
Christianity in our country is at
stake now. Please, oli please, do
see that there is no lack of Bib-
les."
Suggested readings for the
week:
Sunday Genesis 12: 1. 9
1vfonday ... Numbers 6: 21.27
Tuesday .. Numbers 15: 11.16
Wednesday'James 2: 1-26
Thursday James 3: 1-18
Friday Reines 4: 1-17
Saturday .•James 5: 1-20
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"Heavy rains during the later
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for a large percentage of the far-
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"Fall wheat, hay and pasture
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working at top speed to meet this
last minute rush for seed.
Letter to the Ed :icor
VOR, OLD TOMAS
The Editor,
'Clinton News -Record, and
the Citizens of Clinton:
Some time ago while on a vis-
it to your town, 1 wanted to take
'in a card party with old people*
just like we do in Exeter Town
Hall, spending. the afternoons,
To my surprise I found the
place: second floor of the Hydro
shop, back .entrance,
Did you ever think that those
same people built the town hall
years ago, and now in their old
age have to climb long stairs, and
use a back entrance, What's the
}natter with the Town Council?
Why not give the old timers a
break?
Both in Howell and Exeter, the
old timers enjoy the privilege •af
playing cards in the town hall.
They sure enjoy it, I'm 75 years
old myself, and have played at
bgth places,
S. 3, swiEwrzra,
Exeter, Ontario
OPPORTUNITY
THIS A R E A.
Canadian Company operating on a national scale has immediate
openings for ambitious men or women to manage local business
dealing with some of Canad'a's Iargest chain stares;' can be
handled in spare hours at start if desired; honesty and depend-
ability more important than past experience. Our liberal finan-
cial assistance enables rapid expansion. This is a 'business on a
` high plane for high- type men or women pf character only.
APPLICANTS MUST HAVE
APPROX. $1,600.00
(Which is secured), and good references,. These openings will
Pay; you exceptionally high monthly income .iron mediately, and
rapidly increase as business expands. Prefer applicants aspiring
earnings froze $10,000 to' $20,000 yearly. No high pressure men
wanted as NO SELLING required. If you can qualify and have
necessary cash, write today giving phone and particulars for
local interview. •
I Write J. W. WEBB COMPANY, Dept. 6-100,
1449 Alexander,
TOWN OF. CLINTON
N T Ia C E
1$-9-p 4
TO ALL OWNERS AND HARBOURERS' OF DOGS
WITHIN THE4AMITS OF THE
TOWN Of CLINTON':
As dog licenses are dire and payable March 1st,, trf each
year, we have instructed the Police Department to Impound
any and all dogs running at large without a license tag.
Captured dogs will be held ;for 48 hours, and if not
claimed and license and impounding fees paid within 'the above
namedtime any dog.so held wifL,be.;destroyed.• •
And further take notice 'that according to a Town By -
Law, any dogs found. running at large during the months of
May, dune and July may be destroyed. .And further take notice
that Icy'• )dog running at 'large without a. tag, licensed by the
Town, may bedestroyed during any month of the year.
Impounding fees shall be 83.00 plus keep at the rate of
.25 cents per day lin addition to prosecution for not having a
license.
17-8-ih
By Order,
W. J. MILLER, Mayor,
Town of Clinton
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Directors: John , McEwing;
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