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Directors: John H. McEwing;
Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-
ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har-
vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper,
Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea-
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Agents: Win. Leiner Jr., Londes-
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Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric
Munroe, Seaforth.
Yes ! the telephone IS a partner in that card
party a helpful "partner" which brought every-
one together! Without telephones, arranging such
simple social gatherings would take endless time
and effort.
As Canadians, most of us tend to take such long-accepted uses of the teleplipne pretty much for
granted. Yet, when you consider the countless
ways in which the telephone makes YOUR daily life more pleasant, you may well agree that this
extra "fiartner"gives far taepe in terms of corn/at iente
and security than the lime it costs.
THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OP CANADA
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CLINTON, NEWS-REMRD
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1957
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From Our Early
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
Thursday, aline gl, 1911
On Monday evening Clinton's.
box lacrosse team defeated Palm-
erston 8-4 in a well-contested
game in the local arena,
Prof. Harry Shaw, Dartmouth,,
College, Hanover, N.H., is holiday-
ing at the home of his parents„
Dr,, J. W. and Mrs. Shaw,
Dr, P. Hearn has been in Torona
to. attending a .meeting of the On-
tario Medical Association,
One of the Bibles under pre-
paration for Africa by the trans-
lations, dePartinent of the British
and Foreign Bible Society is in
the Tonga language. There are
half a dozen dialects or variations
of Tonga, and translators are try,
ing to put out a version that will
cover them all, and be acceptable
to the Ea. speaking people as well,
The Tonga Bible should be
ready about 1960, it is reported by
13:ev. M. W. Booth, agent for
North and South Rhodesia ' and
Nyasaland for the Bible Society,
Mr. Booth is a Canadian, who ser-
ved as district secretary in Mont-
real for ten years before his trans-
fer to Africa in' 1955.
Mr. Booth tells of presenting a
New Testament to an 80 year old
Ea. chief who is still pagan. How-
ever, Christianity has so influen-
ced the thief that he has built a
splendid school, where his son is
now a pupil.
The Bible Today (By Rev. W. it. Moore)
To do this the African chief sold his funeral herd of 500 -cattle- In a country where wealth is meas- •
ured by the number of cattle a
man possessea, a chief of his rank would provide a large herd to pro-
vide a feast at his funeral. There
will be no slaughter of cattle
when this Ea chief dies, for the
500 funeral cattle- have been sold
to provide an institution where
learning and progress will bring
new light and hope to the next
generation,
One of the first books the child-
ren will learn, to read is the Bible;
etukg:gested readings for the w
Sunday ,,,. I Corinthians 12:1431
Monday ,.,,,, Colossians 1: 1-29
Tuesday — Collosians 2: 1-23
Wednesday Colossians. 3: 1-25
Thursday „.. Colossians 4: 1-18
Friday John 1:19-51
Saturday John 3:18-36
Ladies Honour
Mrs, 1.E, Ostrom.
Miss Kay Snider and Mrs. L.
Rathbun entertained at the lat-
ter's home last Wednesday, in
honour of Mrs. J. Ostroin who is
leaving to reside in Wingharn.
During the afternoon the guest of
honour was presented with a cor-
sage and a copper cake plate from
16 friends. At the close, dainty
refreshments were served by the
hostesses.
WHEN THE officials of the Bell Telephone
Company looked at the map of Western On-
tario, and picked out Clinton as the most likely
spot for a dial exchange centre, they wrapped
up the neatest year-round gift package 'for Clin-
ton, that the citizens have seen for many a
year.
As a :result of their choice, Clinton became
the first municipality in Western Ontario, even
including the cities of Stratford and London, to
go modern and have the advantages of the dial
telephone system.
alowever this was small benefit when com-
pared with the other good things which Bell has
brought to Clinton.
Initially, of course, was the construction,
which employed men, and brought payroll dol-
GUEST EDITORIAL
THE DEFEAT of the government in fairly
prosperous times should give the Liberals an
opportunity to do some soul searching. It is
also a Salutary lesson to all political parties
and one from which they may learn that the
welfare of all the people, not just some of the
people, should be the first concern of the State.
The result of the election was a personal
victory for John Diefenbaker. Although the
Conservative Party 'selected him as their leader
and the Conservative organization was behind
him, the support appeal was slanted toward the
man, not toward the party, The traditional
Tory principlesi of reluctance to change, cautious
social advance and vigilant watchfulness of
money and credit was thrown to ,the winds, In
its time honored place appeared a picture of
the fabulous Rock Candy Mountain, showing a
varied assortment of sugar coated' policies
promising something' for everybody;—easing of
credit, higher pensions, flexible parity, full pro-
tection against imports for the farmer, more
money for the provinces and municipalities,—all
this with lower taxes too! It was a grab-bag
of appeals to self-interest and to cupidity.
But the Liberals will be deluding themselves
if they conclude their defeat was due solely to
the promise of a better give-away program than'
they had devised. Not all Canadians who voted
for Mr. Diefenbaker'a candidates were so naive
that they believed he could spend more by
taking less. They were motivated not by any
one great paramount issue, but by any one or
more of half a dozen minor irritations which
had developed during the years of Liberal rule.
Governments long in office become immune
to criticism, whether it be good or bad. The
mantle of hereditary power enfolds them. They
see nothing, hear nothing, and say nothing of
the defects of their policies. If all is well with :
them, all is well with the State for they come
to believe that they alone are the State. The;
Liberals regarded the, cost price squeeze of the
farmers as a temporary inconvenience which
would pass as the population increased. Like
Clintonians Make
Plans For
Two Picnics
Mrs, McClinchey was hostess
last Wednesday, June 12, to mem-
bers of the Clintonian Club, when
33 members and two guests at-
tended.
The mystery prize was won by
Mrs. Snell. The'Club accepted an
invitation to attend' the Area Pic-
nic of Mary HaStings Clubs in
Tars into the economy of the area. Then there
were the long months of installing cable, con-
duit, telephones, etc., also bringing men, their
pay-roll dollars, and the resulting ,boost to Clin-
ton's economy.
At present there are five men employed in
this area, who will quite probably be taking up
residence with their families here in Clinton,
And Bell is already making plans for an
addition to the new dial exchange building here
on Rattenbury Street West, to house additional
equipment made necessary by growth of the
system.
All of this means more money, more people,
and better times for Clinton, Truly it was a
nice gift package the Bell people wrapped up for
citizens here.
Marie Antoinette who foolishly asked why, the
people didn't eat cake when they had na bread,
the Liberals asked the farmers to vote for
statistical prosperity when they had no visible
prosperity of their own. Government spending
on national projects, commendable as they may
be, increased inflationary trends which were
partly checked by tightening credit controls on
small business, The spending of millions of tax
dollars for the welfare of Asiatic peoples in the
fight against Communism while our own depend-
ents lived on pensions steadily decreasing in
purchasing power, was a policy which could have
been better proportioned.
There were signs that Canada had been
drawn into the orbil of United States foreign
policy. In view of the world situation it is
problematical whether any government could do
otherwise. When Mr. Diefenbaker becomes
subject to the tremendous pressure of inter-
national politics and high finance he will be
fortunate if he has a Minister of External
Affairs equal to the capabilities of Lester B.
(Mike) Pearson. It is glorious to be a crusader
and to blow a resounding trumpet, but it is
overwhelming to have the citadel fall into ex-
perienced hands, and to be charged with its
safekeeping.
How Mr. Diefenbaker proposes 'to honor his
pledges of full protection and flexible parity
prices for the farmers without raising the cost
of living and without increasing taxes is a
question no' economist would attempt to answer,
and if Mr. Diefenbaker has the answer he, has
given no sign of it. The nation can now best
be served by all political parties giving him the
right of way to put his program into effect;
without coalition and without obstructionist op-
position, If his seemingly impossible economic
policies succeed, not Canada alone, but the whole
world will acclaim his genius. If he fails, Can-
ada is strong enough, and we May have' learned
the truth of Hamlet's philosophy, "rather bear
those ills we have, than fly to others that we
know not of".
Norman, Kennedy is adding a
top storey to his house and mak-
ing Other improvements to his
property,
J. A, Sutter and T. A. Mahag-
hau are at Hamilton this week at-
tending the c,o.r. High Court as
delegates from Clinton Lodge,
The Princess' Theatre had big
crowds to see •"Self Defence,"
Harry Beattie, barrister of Win-
nipeg and who practised here prior
to going out west; has enlisted and
is now in England. Mrs. Beattie
and two sons are spending the
summer at Seaforth, the old par-
ental home.
At a special meeting of Huron
County Council it was decided to
adopt the plan of the good roads
aystern-as provided by the Ontar-
io Government.
Street chairman J, Miller had
the street workmen do a good job
last week when all the macadam
roads were cleaned up and sidings
Sonaped by the scraper prior to
having tarvia put on.
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, June 23, 1932
Mr. Boyce has purchased the
Morrish stock and is selling it out
here, commencing Saturday.
J. T, McKnight and Son have
rented the Morrish store and will
move their grocery stock into it,
J. Lovett will occtipy the south
end as a shoe repairing shop.
Principal Fines and Roy Allen
of the Collegiate Staff, are presi-
ding at the departmental exams
at Seaforth Collegiate this week:
Dr. Field, principal Garrett, Blyth
and G. H. Jefferson are presiding
examiners here.
Two things in the recent elec-
tion gave me great pleasure. One
was the utter confusion of the
self - appointed political experts,
commentators and pollsters. They
made a complete and utter bollix
of their pre-election predictions.
If they had their finger 'on the
national pulse,,they must have
been wearingn•bavy wool gloves.
They were about 120 per cent
wrong, which is average for this
type of expert; in my opinion.
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I have nothing against the phy-
sical expert, like theskilled crafts-
man, the first-rate athlete. They
have taken a natural talent arid
trained it carefully and thorough-
ly, to the point where they can do
a particular thing much better
than the rest of us.
* *
I even have a sneaking admira-
tion for the one-shot expert, the
fellow who has only ane string to
his elbow, but pulls it well. Like
my great uncle, Mountain Jack,
one of the fiercest lumberjack
brawlers on the Ottawa River 70
years ago. Only a little fellow,
he wasn't really much of a fight-
ter, but he had an awful temper
and one good trick. From a stan-
ding start, he could kick and put
a heel-mark on a seven-foot ceil-
ing. This 'expertness came in very
handy for kicking the heads , off
large Frenchmen and Scots in
donnybrooks with rival timbering
gangs.
* *
With the lady next door. The
ures an foreign affairs, and would-
n't know a foreign affaid from one
pen, and a deep and abiding ignor-
commentators who mix a smatter-
the talking and writing kind. All
iness is a fruity voice, or a facile
ance. The people who give lect-
they need to set them up in bus-
The experts who gripe me are
ing of fact with equal portions of
malice, personal prejudice and
nearsighted surmise, and offer it
lup as the "news behind the news"
or some such nonsense.
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Then there are the military ex-
ports, retired colonels who fought
through many a fierce battle,—in
the quartermaster's stores, And
the expert on' love and marriage,
who are just going through their
fourth divorce. And the farm ex-
perts, who wouldn't know a spring-
tooth harrow from a bobtailed
nag.
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And from my glee from the un-
doing of the experts in the election
stems my second source of satis-
faction. This type of expert has
been telling for years that the
Canadian people are dull, inhibit-
ed, colourless and stodgy. And, the
worst of it is that their pronoun-
cementa• have been accepted with
scarcely a retort,
WHETHER YOU'D RATHER
REFLECTIONS
(By W.' P. ROBERTS, RR 3, Seaforthl
Wingham on July 10.
The annual picnic of the Clin-
tonians will be in Seaforth Lions
Park on June 26,
The next meeting of the Club
will be in the Town Hall on Sep-
tember 11,
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"If Canada is to continue the
upsurge in business' she has enjoy-
ed of late, one of her prime needs
is still growth in population."—Rby
Halliday, president Canadian Lum-
bermen's Association.
HAVE A BIRD IN HAND • •
Clinton
10 YEARS AGO
l News-Record
Thursday, June 19, 1,947
Wait Disney, world famous
creator of Mickey Mouse and
Snow -White, was a visitor in this
district on Wednesday.
John McIntyre, son of Dia and
Mrs, H. A. McIntyre, has been
successful in obtaining second
class honours in the second year,
pre medical: at University, of Tor-
onto:
Jaauncey Levis was pleasantly
surprised on Sunday, which was
Father's Day, when a family din-
ner was tendered him by his
children at Clinton Grill.
A carload comprising Mrs. W.
M. Nediger, Miss Aphra Steep,
Mrs, E. E. Nickles Miss Marwenno
Judd and Mrs. J. A. Sutter were
in Exeter last evening. •
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Cooper are
spending a holiday at Oakwood
Inn, Grand Bend. '
Mrs. R. E. Manning, Denver,
Colo., has been renewing acquain-
tances in town for a few days.
Ellwdod Epps left Monday by
automobile on a week's business
trip to New York and the New
England States.
Blyth Village Council has voted
a grant of $250 to Clinton Public
Hospital building fund.
' Mrs. W. A. Oakes is spending a
few days this week at her sum-
mer cottage in Bala.
These colourless, cautious Cana-
dians, who could be trusted not to
upset the applecart, have just done
so. They have smashed to pieces
the most powerful government in
decades. In a piping year of peace,
with the' country enjoying its
greatest growth and prosperity in
history, these inhibited Canadians,
who don't know or care anything
about politics, according to the ex-
perts, have stormed the bastille,
lopped off heads, toppled throries
and tossed the country into a state
of confusion with a joie de vivre
forth/ of the French.
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If that's , the kind of tricks they
can get up to the way they are,
things would be pretty wild if
they suddenly became, as dashing,
uninhibited and colourful as the
experts tell them they should bt
Answer, of course, is that the ex-
perts are wrong again.
*
These experts have crawled out
of the vast, careless, good-natured
but dangerous body of the Cana-
dian ptople and joined a small
group of parasitic gnats flying a-
round its head. All they can see is
the other gnats and all they can
sing is the tune the other gnats
are singing,
Business and Professional
— Directory —
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Colourless? Far from it. Can-
adians' colour might not be so
brilliant or so varied as those of
other peoples, but the. colours are
deeper, richer, and don't change or
fade so easily. Cautious? There's
nothing cautious about a people
who will rush into three foreign
wars' as many thousands miles a-
way, in forty years. *
Stodgy? Not so. They are hard
drinkers', hard workers, hard figh-
ters, Inhibited? Not on your life,
Not as noisy as the Yanks, as
belligerent as the Australians, or
as insolent as the English, yet
they have a strong confidence in
their own ability that makes them
hold their own in any society, and
gives them a sharp sense of nat-
ional identity.
Sliow me an expert and I'll
show you a fellow who makes a
living parroting what all the other
"experts" are saying. And if the
election didn't prove it, nothing
will,
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