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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1957-05-16, Page 2PAM TWO Clinton, News- ` E Y THE CLINTON NEW (.865.) t. 71HE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD (1881) • `f•;� Amalgamated 1924 • PUBLISMD EVERY THURSDAY AT CLINTON, ONTARIO, IN THE HEA1<tT OP HURON COUNTY i'opulatton, —'2,365 (1956 Census of Canada) �• SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance -•••Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 a year; United States and Foreign; $.4,00; Single Copies Seven Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa eeord. MINTON NEWS-RreC70i THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1957 FURTHER COMMENT UNNECESSARY ,"IN 1937, just 20 short years .ago, we got .along with something fewer than 50,000 federal civil servants -all told, 'That number was con- sidered adequate to supply essential and accep- ted government services to the ten million or so Canadians who inhabited this country in that year. "Today, with a population of 16 millions, the tedera1 civil service has swollen to more than 180,000, What has happened, then, in the brief space of 20 years, is that our population has in- creased 60 percent and the federal civil service 260 percent., The one has increased more than four times as much as the other! In conse- =quence, there has been a startling change in the ratio of civil servants to both the total popu- lation and—more important—the rest of the 'Working population,. "Whereas, in 1937, there was' but one fed- eral civil servant to every 200 people in Canada, there is now .one to every 90. Expressed in terms of the labour force, where there were 80 LESS THAN WITH LESS than a month to go, editorial 'writers and present day historians are commen- ting on the pallid look of the current federal; =election preliminaries. In Huron County they are more than pallid. They're absolutely anaemic: E'special'ly in Clinton, the Prospects'.for any excitement in connection with the election seem .night•,' dime indeed. Of course, both candidates are campaigning. At any meeting "where two •or more . are gathered together,' one can ex1eet tee see one or the other, or both in attendance. `They show up at hospital day teas, bingos, pro- bably at Boy Scout rallies, service club dinners, and all the rest. They are meeting people, shaking hands, and .generally making theme- -flee well-known. Bat as far as a down-to-earth public meet- ing (goes; with a chance for questions and an- swers, and an expression of policy from either Marty., in Clinton electioneering•, is non-existent. other Canadians at work to every civil servant, there are now only 30. "These comparisons speak pretty loudly! Clearly, the federal divii service is growin,g at a much faster rate than the nation as a whole:. In actual' fact, its average annual rate of in- crease is of the order of seven percent and, as, suming that this ismaintained, its Strength will certainly resell 200,000 and even more by 1960. "I would stress that these, figures relate only to permanent and prevailing -rate employ- ees in the pay of the, federal ,governnent, They take no account of the 145,000 or so employees of government enterprises and! crown employe - tions such as the Canadian Broadcasting Cor- poration, Canadian National Rai'lways, Trans- Canada Air Lines, the Central Mortgage and (lousing Corporation and a . number of others." —Mr. J. N. T. Busman, President Canadian Manufacturers' Association, in a speech at Cal- gary, Alte., April 25, 1957. A MONTH In fact, there doesn't seem to have been much arrangement for out -of -the -riding speakers to be.heard, here, either. Of course, next Wednesday the county branch of the Ontario Farmers Union has ate ranged for an information meeting in the Legion Hall in town. Both candidates for election will be present, and • there is time allotted for a question period. Again, at the official nomina- tion meeting here, in the same hall, on May 27, both candidates will be present, and thee will have an opportunity to state their tpolicies. Unless something. has changed in the recent past, however, neither of the candidates can be expected to enliven the proceedings with much in the way of fireworks. The proceedings prob- ably will be very gentlemanly, with never a voice raised. This is a far cry from the spirit which used to dominate preelection rneetengs in the past, in Huron and throughout the nation. PURE PHONEY (Kine WHAT'S THE matter with Ontario chick- en, cooked in the traditional way, which gener- ations here have enjoyed? Nothing, we suggest. But think it was purely ptomaine to pick up a ,menu in Ontario restaurants. For they are featuring southern fried chicken. Phooey, say we, that's purely phoney. Not that we have anything against southern fried chick- ' en. We've tried it in the south and found it highly, palatable; But what is proffered In the north under the same name is but a pale imitation. Agriculture has been and is one of Ontar- io's prime. industries' Farmers, (some at' Ieast) drr ' beginning to produce quality in quantity. (Rimer • TO MANAGE "THE AGRICULTURAL representative in Huron' county has come up with a novel idea, which may not be impractical at all. Mr. Gear is quoted in the Mildmay Gazette as saying, " I believe that prosperity can only be realized by the farriers who prepare for it and that fundamentally is whey we in Bruce have Spent so mush time on farm management." He goes on to suggest engaging a full -(time farm manager to offer the farmers a service in keep- ing records and interpreting results from their analysis. • "Such a setup could be worth many dollars in bringing to each of these• farmers a picture of their awn farm business and interpreting it so that he can compare his business with those -that are more prosperous,': added Mr. Gear; B , In fact he predicts that the average fanner News) Bet will you find fine Ontario ham on a menu? No, sir, it has to be "baked Virginia ham." Again, this is a toothsome morsel, as sold in Richmond or Norfolk or at Virginia Beach. But there just "ain't no such animal" in Ontario. Let's have a little honesty among food pur- veyors! •And let them show a little pride, too in the home, growai and raised product which is the equal of that from any other area. Why sell "baked Idahos" winen potatoes from Shelburne or Lafontaine are as tasty and much less costly? Another question: Whey imparted fish when there are Lake Huron perch fillets' literally at our door? It's high time for some honest reckoning. BRUCE FARMS . in Bruce "could realize $1,000 more income per year from such a plan. • As it has been presented, the plan would in effect be that of the farmers hiring themselves an auditor. Even the smallest businesses in town. would be sadly run indeed, if they did not call in the experienced mind of an auditor of some sort, to look overRthe books, attest te their correctness, send to assess the year in terms of the past, and in terms of other similar business- es for the owner's benefiit, If and when farmers in Bruce, or in Huron, or anywhere, take up this idea, it will be one more step along the long road which rural peo- ple have to tread in the realization that the jab they are doing, the life they are living, is a businesse and a business which should be treat- ed in a sensible, welIi thought-out and expertly planned way. SIGNAL TIIE TIME We've become very much accustomed to the whistles being blown in Clinton, and honestly forget sometimes how nice it is to .be reminded that it's' time to stop for lunch, or that it's five - thirty ah lost time to stop for supper. It is our hope that Clinton factories won't run out of steatnt for a tong time to come. While we're at it, we would move a vote of thanks to them for continuing a custom which mark's the working hours and at the same time adds to the "etrnosphere of hustle and bustle." `UP IN WINGHAM the town council sug. ' tested that it 'Would be appreciated if variotte industtial concerns would blow their factory «whittles 'at certain time. eech day. They felt this would lend an atmosphere of hustle and 'bustle to the conihriunity. • However, they found that none of the plants carried, sttifficieant steam pressure to use the old whittles Which used to announce the passing. hours; ESTIMATE OF COST THE EDITOR of the Goderich Signet Star has undertaken an estimate of expense= to tee - payers, which is incurred by recent changes in the legislation .governing members o'f County Council. Recently word was reeeived that in the dying days of the fast sitting of Ontario Legis• lature, a change was made, allowing wives of, property holders' to be counted for the purposes ,of determining the number of reeves a #.anter polity should have in the County CotimAl: •1n 11w -en it means a deputy reeve for Seaforth and the townships of Ashfield, Goderich, Hui - lett, Grey, 1VYcHi1•lip, Morris, Stanley and. Us.. berm it a'rieans that Huron County Council 'will have it total of 40 members in 1958, the largest number in ita history, "Teen extra seats ate to be installed," re- ports the Signal -Star, "The extra one being in- surance for another possible representative...The extra furnishings will cost about 02,500 and the remriiieratioe for the oceupantts of the new state about $2,000 which, will mean an extra cost of about $4500 for,1958.» This is just an estimate. In modern tines it has become the rule of thumb, to take art es- timate, and then double it for a fairly true picture, in any Case, the whole thing merely means ;tore tax & t, in a. period wham taxes were nev- er , t of every dollar .you: er eri a,un. when out earn, you ian figure on being 50 cents right away to (government at either the municipal, the county, the provincial or the federal level, From Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO Clinton New Ira Thursday, May 17, 1917 Sunday large congregations celebrated the 58th anniversary of the establishment of Willis con, grega;tion in Clinton. "Cap" Cook is home for a few days. and will look after any re- cruits! that want to enlist in the new Forestry battalion welch will go overseas in ,Tune Qr earlier, "Cap" will go along as an officer's cook. M. G, Cameron, K.C., has mov- ed his office from the Normandie Block to the office occupied by Jacob Taylor, Si Davis has purchased the frame house and lot owned by Miss Fowler, on Gibbings street. Miss L, r ediger has taken a position in, the express office, The waterworks department re- port new services installed in Bert Langford new house on Ratten- bury Street; Miss Ross' new home on Townsend Street; Arthur :Can- telon's house on Princess Street and A. J. Holloway's, on Ontario Street. 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Trhursday, May 19, 1932 Wilson MacDonald, a Canadian poet, addressed the students and staff of CCI on Wednesday, Reeve Elliott, councillors Pais- ley, Crich, Livermore and Church- ill, arid Chief Stang, street super- intendent, =took a little jaunt up to Auburn and to Ripley yester- day to inspect road building, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Morgan have taken the house on Isaac Street, recently vacated by Mr, and Mrs. Cherles Dalmedge. Cadet- inspection was held on IVionday afternooir. Officer of the corps are: captain, Lloyd Stock; C.S.M., Gerald Holmes; sergeant, H. Plumsteel; section comman- ders, Elwood Campbell, Howard Johnston, Thomas ' Ross and John Smith, land sergeant, Ross Car- ter. John Sterling woe the . cup for the highest number of pointe in target practice. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton_ �We*s,-Eecord •' Thursday, May 10, 1947 J, E. Hovey recently received notice of his appointmeent to the position, of postmaster of $aylfaeld. Ideal weather prevailed for the cadet inspection at CCI and sew era) hundred) interested citizens were on hand. Corp officers 'in- cluded cadet captain Bill ITanly as Company Commander; cadet cap - tail), Margaret Colquhoun as company second -is -commend, •Howard Brunsdan is starting to' build a new business block on Rattenbury Street, on the site of the wrecked former. Jackson fac- tory, Edwin C. "Red" ,Judd, Clinton, was n'a'med •convener of the Huron County senior softball: group of the WOA.,A.. ' Mr. and Mrs. Ted Middleton, Stratford, spent the w'eel;end at the parental home, Sam Spencer has hired , with Stewart Middleton for the corn., ing year. !I 1 Quick Canadian Quiz 1. What Canadian lake yields North America's largest annual catch of trout and whitefish? 2. In total population Canada ranks about 30th in the world. Where does Canada rank in the important primary industry of steel production? 3. Sandy Somerville of London, Cnt,, • •is the only Canadian to ever achieve what feat in sport? 4. What is the distance by rail across Canada? 5. Are most Canadian families home owners, or home renters? ANSWERS: 5 --Better than two out of.. three families own their own homes. 3—He is only Canad- ian: ever to win the ,U.S. amateur golf championship. 1—Great Slave Lake, in the Northwest Territories. 4 From Halifax to Vancouver by rail is 4,280 miles. 2—Canada ranks 7th in the world in steep pro- duction, SUGAR and SPICE (By w. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) J It's not hare, around our house, ing.) with us." The moron. Quick as a flash: she's out to the back shed ands catches me slipping out with my rod (or clubs). "My, it must -be nice to be some people," she snaps "and be retired and be able to go fishing when- ever you feel like it, while the rest of us have to slave trying to make something out of the children, and if you go fishing you don't need to come home, this back yard is a disgrace to the neighbourhood and don't think I'm going to clean it up while you're out fishing, big shot.» to tell when its the month of May. All you have to do is take a look at the Old Battleaxe, Her eyes are wild, her hair is wilder. Her voice has gone uie a couple of oc- taves and so has her temper. Her nails are gnawed, and her nerves are like the strings of an electric guitar, • * It's not her fault. It's just that every May she gets involved in a little more than she can cope with. May is Music Festival mon- th. May is the month in which trout and golf season commence. May is the month an which she is always up to her ears in a decor- ating job. And May is the month in which Daylight Saving gets children up ae. hour too early in the morning and keeps them up an hour too late at night. • * * Normally, she can run the show around here with. all the aplomb of a regimental sergeant -major, tossing oue curt commands, taking over chaotic situations and mak- ing sure that the troops are fed, rested and wear clean socks. But in 1Viay, to shift the locale of the neetapher, slightly, the ship loses her rudder, dirty 'great icebergs loom up at all points of the coir pass, and the crew becomes mut- inous. • * * Both our kids are playing num- bers in the 1Vtusic Festival, a fact which they view with monumental calm. Not so.. their mother. All day she fights a pitched battle, trying to make there practice. "Don't you realize the Festival is only three days away?" she shrieks at Hugh. "Yabbut can I just play half an hour with the kids?" he whines. "You get up on that piano stool and get crack - Mg," she orders in a voice trem- bling with rage at the ingratitude for the advantages he's enjoying. * * * He spends eight minutes• sulk- in'g, looking for his music, obeying an urgent summons to the bath- room, and 'delete the varnish off the piano luggs, while his mother's iron control slips rapidly toward dementia praecox. * * * Just as he finally gets launched en hie piece, in walks Icim; "Hey, Mom, can r .go in bare feet, it's so hot and all the kids are," (It's about 48 Fahrenheit). "NO! Get out and stay but" her Mother hurls- at her. Her mouth goes down at the corners, she starts to bawl in ear-splitting "hurt feelings" style and Hugh plays loudly and inaccurately, trying tb dro wun her out. Kim retreats,' slamming the door viciously as her mother starts for her, only to Stick her head in a moment later, when they've got back on the track, arid' roar: "Are you ever man., punctuating it with an- Other slam.. * * * Abouth t en a car honks long. and vigorously out front. She goes to see what's the Matter, One of the .boy's calls: "1t8 Bill ready? was coming out fishing (or golf- �-- �.�..,+i.�.►,.r b * :I= Just at this juncture, as I'rn hovering between flight and fight, who should walk in the side door, which she forgot to latch, and a- cross the fresh coat of varnish on the dining -room floor, and into the kitchen, but the grocery boy. "Done your floors, eh?" he says chattily, as he deposits his box of grub. "Sure did a nice job on them," walking back out the way he'd entered. * =r. * This goes on, with variations, until bedtime. I come in from rak- ing with blisters and need a band, age. The kid's get away after sup- per and she has to spend twenty minutes .telephoning all the TV sets in the neighbourhood before she locates them. They go up for a bath and throw scummy little socks, wet towels, sand out of their shoes, and soapy water all over the fresh -waxed floor. * * * When he has exhausted the last possible second of legitimate time, Hugh announces ront upstairs that he forgot to learn his mem- ory work and there's an exam to - Morrow. -Ken calls down from bed to ask if she can have a pop- sickle. It's nine o'clock at night Just as she starts, up the stairs with the axe, I catch; her, and manage to hold her until she de- cides she's tea tired to, murder them 'tonight. * * * Oh yes, Vou can always tell when it's May around our house. GUARANTEED INVESTMENT „ CERTIFICATES —*— The 'PREMIER TRUST Co. LONDON, ONTARIO Intevest Rafe 5 to 8 yccir tenni 1 to 4 year term -444% For Further Particulars, Phone, Call or Write: Robert W. C1 Oe R. it. 3, CLINTON, Ont. Phone: MO 2,7453 18-1940P 'THURSDAY MAY 16, 1.957 Canaxdat�s Forum Thle is a Preelection feature, width will be published eachu week from now until the election; ¥d:ay, Each ,cendiclate in :Huron )riding (for $lige federal election on aline 10 has been invited Ito contribute articles for the purpose of informing the electorate on the policies of their Pasty. Ti►e lfollowin ' is the first article xecelved, MESSAGE TO THE EILF.,,CTORS FROM LIBERAL CANDIDATE A, '. 11fcLEAN:' As Liberal Candidate in Huron I appreciate the opportunity ex- tended me try the publishers of the Clinton News -Record to dis, cuss in, the weeks preceeding• the election matter of concern to the electorate, Canada has been and is contin- uing to undergo an immense de- velopment as a result of policies determined on, by a Liberal gov- ernment. One of the factors that has con- tributed to this growth, the ben, - eats of which every Canadian is sharing, is the extent to which New Canadians have come to our shores during the postwar years. Now from. where do these'New Canadians come? On probably no other point concerning Cana- dian immigration is there more confusion in the mind of the pub- lic than this. It is suggested in certain quar- ters, for instance, that there are not enough British immigrants be- ing brought in. What are the facts? (During the ten-year periods 194e to the end of 1956, some 1,401,972 innnuigrants landed in Canada. The immigrants came from many' countries; but the big.. gest single source was the Brit- ish Isles. More than 30 percent of then) came front the United Kingdom and Ireland. The larger groups by countries of origin were for the ten-year period! as follows: British and Iri b ..,.,, 41,9,024 Germans and 'Australians 197,806 Italians 7.64,962 Dutch 122,733 Poles • 6025 Baits 39,520 Ukranians 34;879 French 27,258 Chin'es'e ,.. • 1$,197 :Belgians ' 13,670 Of the immigrants who have come to Canada, just over hale were workers who contributed their labor and skills to the up- building of Canada, the increase izy production and the expansion 'af industry. A little less than hale were dependents, wives and child- ren of workers who, along with their breadwinners, became Can- adian consumers. They added to the 'demand for houses, household equipment, food a nd clothing, which .made bigger markets for Canadian farmers, and more. bus- iness for Canadian shopkeepers, A. Y. Mri IRO The Today (By Rev. W. H. Moore) What's in the name, Manus? Many readers never heard of the name. Manus is both an island and a language. It is one of the larger 'islands of the Admiralty Group, lying north of New Guinea. The Manus New Testament translation was corn- pleted at the outbreak of the sec- ond World War. Two copies of the New Testament manuscript were ready for submission to the Bible Society, Then in 1940, the island was,; occupied by the Japan- ese. The chief • translator, the Rev. R. Goebel and six members of the staff were killed. The manuscripts lay hidden in the roof of a native hut. In 1944 the. Americans bombed Manus Island, and the hut and manuscripts were destroyed. For- tunately, however, it was discov- ered that a. third copy had been sent to Germany before,, the 'war, and it is this manuscript which, after revision, now forms the bas- is of the Manus New Testament. Sunday Epliesians 5: 1-33 Monday Ephesians 6: 1-24 Tuesday ,.. Genesis 37: 1-22 Wednesday .... Genesis 37: 23-36. Thursday Genesis 41; 1-24 Friday Genesis 41: 25-43 Saturday Genesis 42: 1-20 o • BEER BONUS or BOTTLE -WASHING BEER BONUS Three bottles of :beer daily. "If any day you haven't a three -bottle thirst, you may take home whets left." "Beer Bonus:" Yes, actually. In addition to a munificent hourly wage for the easy menial task of washing beer bottles, one well- known Ontario brewery has been offering the above Beer Bonus to University students. Easy money! Fairly adequate daily beer supply? This is a FACT not fiction. HURON COUNTY TEMPERANCE I+DERATION Business and Professional -- Directory — DENTISTRY DR. N. W. HAYNES Dentist Across From Royal Bank Phone HU. 2-9571 29-tfb 1 NVESTMENTS Get The Facts Cali VIC DINNIN Phone 168 — Zurich Investors Mutual Managed and Distributed by Investors Syndicate of Canada, Ltd. • OPTOMETRY G. B. CLANCY Optometrist -- Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich J. E. LONGSTAFF _.._ Hours: Seaforth: Daily except Monday & Wednesday -9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. Thursday evening by appo ntinent only. Clinton: Above Hawkins Hatd- ware—Mondays only -9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Phone RUnter 2-701.0 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAPORTS PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT RONALD G. MOANS Public Aeceunta:nt Ot?fMee and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-96'77 CLINTON, ONTARIO 50 -tits REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Brokef High Street = Cllinten Phone HU 2-8602 Everyone Reads The Classifieds INSURANCE J. E. (EDDIE) DALE District Representative'. The Confederation Life Assurance Company Phone Clinton HU 2-9405 14-tfb 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-opn' Way W. V. ROY District Representative Box 310 Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect Office HU 2 -9642 --Res. HU 2.9357 Be Sure : : Be Insured IC. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Ro�4NBaannk Building Office HU 2 -9747 --Res. 2-7556 J. E. HOWARD, Bayfleld Phone Bayfield 58x2 Car w Fire - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need insurance, I have a Policy THE McRILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPAN$ Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1956: President, W. S. Alexander, Walton; vice-president, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; sec- retary -treasurer and manager, M A. Reid, Seaforth, Directors: John H. McJwing, Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. 'Frewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; 3. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey arvey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea- forth. Agents: 'WM. Leiper Jr., Londes- bete; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth.