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Clinton News-Record, 1957-07-04, Page 2P'AGE TWO CLINTON NEWSkRECORD THURSDAY, JULY 4, 195T ‘91.E.D onNews-Rec 'THE CLINTON NEW ERA t , (13.65) RR 0 CLINTON O TTHETNT N NEWS•REC RD U (1881) v *C 1 L Ade ` Amalgamated 1924 40003315131112141r, ssADIAN PUBLISHED EVERY TIICiRSIWAY AT 'CLINTON, ONTARIO, IN TRJi HEART OF Wl/1101.1 COTJNTk' Population 2,865 (1950 Censuls of Canasta) ,`i :SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable ie advance --_Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 a year; United States end Foreign :,$4,00; Single Copies, Seven Cents Authorized ae second class mail, Pest Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1957 - SHORTAGE SEEN?\ STATISTICS CAN -be made to prove almost anything. 'That is a quote from one of the campaigners during our recent Federal election. It is all ,too true, •and we continue- to be amazed at the lengths to which some folk will go to stretch the facts in their favour. :Recently •te story carried by Canadian Press iheoughovt Canada, and 'no 'doubt far beyond our borders, reported some fantastic statements by one, Rabin E. Merry, • Npw Mr. Merry hap- pens to be president of the Institute of Edible Oil Foods, an if anyone doesn't know what that means, we will clarify by noting that it is edible oils which go into margarine. Now Mr. Merry, after worrying about the fact that butter will possibly be in quite short supply this year, says: "It follows that the less milk produced the less butter Canadians ' will be able 'to pun base, ne matter how great the ,price set by dairy fond manufacturers." We think he made a tactical error there, and meant, "no matter how low the price", but we'll let that pass. It stands to reason that, dairy farm- s will produce more cream for butter, if they are assured of both a price and a sale. Mr. Merry goes merrily on to say, "that while United States laws permit mixing of vegetable 'oils' with 'dairy products, 'arch'aic' Canadian laws forbidding the practice are "po- tenitially depriving the Canadian housewife of vial food .products'." We resent that term "archaic", but most of - arll we resent the insinuation that as far as agriculture laws are concerned the USA is ahead of Canada. She's not. She's alreadiy re- gretting some' of the new laws passed, and many of her legislators are wishing for a return to the more sensible situation which used to be 'similar to that of Canada. . Now let us note 'that final phrase about vital food products. W'as it not the edible oils' people who ever so recently were bragging about the fact that their . product," margarine; held all, the food • elementswhich butter does? Then how can Mr; Merry so blandly suggest that by not allowing the mixing. of the two ,products', the government is depriving the house- wife of anything? '; We recall a tongue -twister from our youth, which went this way: Betty bought a bit of butter, and when she found the butter bitter, she went to buy a bit of better butter to put with the bitter butter to make the bitter butter better. But the bitter butter made the better butter bitter. It would seem that Canada though "archaic" is using a good deal of common sense by not allowing the mixing of butter and margarine. THE " SQUARES" MGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, even in this little town of our,, have in some cases- decided that to be able to pass examinations with any degree of high standing, is an indication of being a "square". To a be' .a brain iso looked down upon. We suspect 'it was this very attitude which "lowered the booms" on some students at CDCI this spring, who otherwise would have had a very good chance of making the grade. • "BABY TRAPS THERE MAY BE SOME reasonably intri- cate side-stepping in the matter of placing blame with regard to the accident on Sunday when a four-year-old feel head first into a man -hole on one of our main streets. We can be thankful that the episode did not turn out to be a fatal one. But laying the blame is not the important task. OF TO -DAY' As has, been noted, it is the -"squares" of to -day who will be to -morrow's employers. The kids who were so afraid of being different they never bothered to make more than a passing grade will be working for the "squares." Out of the little dream 'world in high school, • is another world entirely, where •ambiitton, hard work, brains and originality start paying off. Mediocrity is a .mighty poor goal, indeed. '� IN OUR STREETS lit is much more urgent that in the future, care be taken by all emaliloyees, residents, and .officials that such a thing can never happen again. There' should be continual vigilance, and checking to see that such "baby traps" are not left open, nor in such condition that a small child can open them themselves. Sometimes a serious accident can be a lesson which, iaf heeded, can stop 'a worse one from happening. WEALTH (From I HAVE planted a.. garden, and have watch- ed atched it grow and produce, and so I know what faith i's'. . . I have seen poplar trees swaying in the breeze; and so I know what grace is, . I have heard cardinals calling, and' so. I.. know what music is. I have seen.clorude before a storm, and so I know what beauty is. The Lion) I have read a book before a wood fire, and so I know what contentment is. .1 have seen the miracle of a western sun- set, and so I know what grandeur is. I have refound a very dear firend, so I know what gratitude is. Arid because I have perceived all these things, I know what wealth. is. .t ' ('Sumshine Magazine, Aug., 1951) HOW "HIGH OFF THE HOG" a"%o, WILL YOUR FAMILY LIVE? Whether your family lives on tenderloin or kidneys may depend can how well your estate is handled. Experienced Estate Officers,like those at Sterling Trusts, can help you plan your estate properly, so that ultimately there will be a minimum of delay, confusion and `tax loss. Why not talk to a Sterling Trust Estate Officer soon ... or write for our free booklet "Blueprint For Your Family". THE STERLING TRUSTS C ORPORA T I O. N Heid dulcet Branch Otke: 372 Bay St.; Toronto 1-3 Dunlop St., Barrie The Bible Today The Rev. J. C. Thompson, B.A., B,D„ has been appointed district secretary of the Western Ontario auxiliary of the British and For- eign Bible Society in Canada and will begin his, work in London, Ontario, on September 1. ,After graduating from the Un- iversity of Toronto and Emmanuel College Mr. Thompson was ordain- ed as a minister of the United Church of Canada in 1939, For several years he held pastorates in Northern Ontario, and Quebec; then in 1945 he was appointed Field Secretary for the Missionary and Maintenance Department of the United Church. In 1949 he left this post to serve as' a missionary in Trinidad, where he has been stationed in San Fernando, He has been leloderetor of the Pr'esby- texiian Church in Trinidad and has taken an active part in the work of the, local Bible Society branch. Mr. Thompson succeeds the Rev: W. H. Tonge who is lea'ving Bible Society wprk to. returnto service under the Baird of Overseas Mis- sions of the United Church. Ae- 'companied by his wife and family be will sail in the late summer for Hong Kong, where he has been ap- pointed to the staff of Chung' Chi, University. When the new district secretary takes up his new duties on the first of September he will find the work of -the Bible Society in Western Onatario in thriving condition. Under Mr. Tcnige's lead- ership Many branches have been, re -'organized and the auxiliary board has been strengthened by making it more representative. Mrs and Mee, Thompson and their children will reside in London, Suggested readings for the week: Saunday . , ' d'ohn 15: 1-27 Monday John 18: 1-33 Tuesday John 18: 148 Wed, ,,.. Denteronoftiy 28:- 144, FromOur Early" Files. 44 YEARS AGO Clinton New Era,• Thursday, .July 5,, 1,911 S.aturday's+ papers announced the news that Rte. Al Doherty who joined the Sportsmen Bat- talion at Edmonton was wounded on June 17. :Listowel; and Clinton played "a splendid game of baseball in Elyth on July 1. Clinton won by the score of 8.0. On the Clinton team were: King, 2b, Johnston, lb, Livermore, of, Mc'Ewana, lf, elewkins, c; Draper, ss; Deeves, 3b; 'W, Johnson, raf; Cooper, P. The new system of collecting testae semi-annually, June and December, has for the first half of the' year praved successful, more than $12,000 leaving been paid in up to date, Pte Will Bezzo was tendered a civic welcome upon his return from.overtseas. on Tuesday evening. Pte Bezzo enlisted four daysafter war broke out and trained at Val - cutter. He; was twice wounded. The following are those whe won the three prizes donated by Miss MacDougall for the third form at CCI:: first, Zerelda Churchill; second, Dorothy Fowlie; third, Royal MoClymont. 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News -Record Thursday, fl'niy '7, 1937 The residence of the late Miss Thomson, 'Beech -Street, has been purchased by Antoine Garan, an employee :of the Richmond Hosiery Co., 'who is already in possession. A severe lighting bolt in an electric storm early the other morning entered the residence of 0, D. McTaggart, putting his elec- tric range out of commission. A daring robbery took place in. Clinton Sunday night or early Monday morning when a truck• was backed up to- tthe door of Gunn, Langlois Company's ware- house, the door forced open and 80 crates of eggs' removed, valued at over $400. 'Hewlett', •Deugen, Clarence, El- win and Chester Neilaans, Jack and Stinson Mcllveen, Fred ,Axon and Charlie ;Mitch are enjoying a holiday at the Presbyterian Sum- mer Camp at Kiutail, . C, Combs, formerly a member of the CCI. staff visited in town the past week. Miss Irene Vodden, Goderich Township spent the weekend with Miss Marion Stewart. 10 -YEAR O S A.G._ Clinton News -Record Thursday, July 3, 1947 ,Surrounded by the members .of their family, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunter, highly respected residents of Clinton for the past 27 years, and of 'this district for years prior to that, celebrated the 50th anni- versary of their wedding in fitting manner at their home on Issac Street, Sunday, 3une 29, Robert J. "Bob" Steep, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steep, Clint- on, figured prominently in the rescue !fern .drowning of a taxi delver in Halifax harbour recently. The annual Clinton Lions Club frolic held last Wednesday was very successful. It ' netted the club over $1,600 which will be used for welfare work. Clarence E. Cooper and Miss Jean Hattin left to spend the week with the former's mother, Mrs. George Jackson, Flint, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Perdtiae, C. W. Draper, Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Pocklington and Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Aitkey, attended the District "A" Lions Club convention in Windsor this week. 'Clinton Lions Club will provide transportation and supervision for the public school children of the town for a weekly trip- to the Lions Swimming Pool at Seaforth during July and August. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) Every so often I get to think- ing I'd like to be a real columnist. You know : picture • at the top oe the column; plane trips to Holly- wood, New York and London; dropping famous, names about like. ashes • off a cigar; two million read- ers; interviewing luscious dolls, making p,otsful of money; and having everybody scared that I'll say something nasty about them in my column. k * xa Sometimes I can see myself sit- ting at the table in the Stork Club, interviewing Gina Wotta- lottaya, the new Italian movie star with the built. These old friends of mine, Rocky Mariano, Ern- est . Hemingway, Spencer Tracy, Ed. Sullivan, keep stopping at our table and bothering me. Fin- ally, to get a little privacy, Gina suggests we adjourn to her apart- ment to finish the interview. * * * . But I -can't spare the time. I have to catch a plane for London, where I have a luncheon date with Sir Lawrence Olivier, Princess Margaret, Sir Winston Churchhill and a few other intimate old friend's. You should see ' the' poor kid's face fall, when I tell her I Have to go. It falls about an inch and hits her on the chest, *. * * At other times I see myself as a Hollywood gossip writer, con- sorting with those "wunnerful People and wunnerful friends of mine" in the film capital. And turning out sparkling prose like: "Yesterday evening, ,during the swimming pool soiree at the fab- ulous Beverly Hills home of that brilliant producer, Darryl Van sch- mock, I ran .across Marilyn Maw- ron, new starlet in the Hollywood firmament. I was in my bare feet and it felt pretty good, so' turned and ran across • her again.". * W a, On second thought, it might be more in my line to be a sports columnist. You get into all the games and fights free. And all. you have to do is write about a ream a day, trying to make the clods who read your stuff believe that One -Round O'Toole is a com- ing heavyweight threat, even though you know he can scarcely blow his own dose without getting knocked out. •H * >G Sometimes I'd like to be one 'of those steely -eyed columnists who give you the news behind the mews, It's pretty soft. You fly to Moscow, take a room at the Metropole and try to get an ini.'- terview with Krushchev. He's busy lillling some -peasants or a creek of vodka, so you interview the hotel waiter instead. You ask hint how things are; "Frankly, comrade, they stink," he mitten, looking over -his shoulder. And there's your -story, which can easily be made' into four columns on the deep unrest in Soviet. Russia. * w A good type of columnist to be too, is one of thiole drama critics You get a free ;pass to all the shy. YOU sit.there with a curl. ori your nose like a dill pickle, yawn prodigiously during the big Thursday John: Friday John $: 3349 Saturday Exodus 2: 1-25 love scene, and stalk from the theatre in the middle of the clim- ax, holding your nose. Then you go back to the office, and using the same gentle precision with which you used to pull the wings off flees, as a boy, you write your opinion of the play. .1, * * Must be nice to' be one of those funny columnists, too, like Eric Nicol or Wesley Hicks. There you are, sitting in the streetcar or subway beside some guy who has the paper open at your ' col- umn. He starts to chuckle as he gets to the funny part, .and a big, happy grin spreads over your face. He snorts with glee as he nears the end, and you blush a bit and grin even wider as you wait for 'him to turn and recog- :nine you. "Ain't that a scream"? he chortles, turning to youand pointing to 'that news story, right besides your column, about the fellow who jumped from an elev- enth storey window and landed in the back of a truck loaded with fertilizer, sustaining only a fractured olfactory ' sense. When I look over the field like that, I usually wind up being happy I'm a small-timer. It has its drawbacks. The only people I ever get to interview are local boys in the army,•who ' are just home from Europe or the far north. I ask them 'how things were in Germany or Aklavik. The only information I can ever siphon from, them is- that it's pretty cold in Aklavik, in the winter, and that in Munich "there Was this girl, Irma, see, I met her e.t.a beer hall . You can't write a sparkling interview with. that kind of material. *However, being a columnist, even in such, a small way, has its advaiteges. Like tonight. My wife informed me that we were going to lay linoleum. "Why on earth didn't you tell me sooner?" I says. "I did want to help with that linoleum,, but tonight's the night I have to write "Sugar and Spice." So she's out in the back kitchen, on her 'hand's' and knees, mucking about with linoleum paste, while I'm sitting here', drinking coffee, smoking, and try- ing, and trying to figure out how to end this coltuen. ' The average size of the Can- adian anadian family during 1955 was 8.8 persons, Newfoundland, of all the provinces, had the greatest aver- age size at 4.5 persons, I WHY DO ALL THAT WRITING? When A Rubber Stamp will do it faster, easier, and 'who knows? may- be neater, too. Order one at the Clinton News -Record Delivery, Within 10 days. ' Turner's Picnic Sees Presentations For Departing Minister and Family The congregation of Turner's .bundoys,er, JaneGeraltd and TownJoycesendF, Bralconuer; m .. Falconer; ten and under, girls, Falconer; ten and under's, girls; Joan, Rogerson, Eileen: Garrett; boys, George Townsend, Gerald Towns'endl; 14 and under, girls, Joan Rogerson, Carol Pepper; boys, Bruce Whitmore, Allen Ball; Young ladies, Mildred Crich, -Carol Pepper; young men, Ross Crich, Fred Pepper; married lad- ies, adies, Mrs. Frank Falconer, Mrs. Warren Whitmore; married mem, Bent Garrett, Mr, Eagle; ladies eotton !batting race, Mrs. Hugh Ball; men,, most articles in pock- ets, S. H. Whitmore; girls and boys paper plate race, Bruce Whitmore and Enna Townsend; kindergarten class throwing ball, Wayne Layton, Joyce Falconer; young people's paper plate race, Ross Crich, Stanley Johns; coup- le's elimination race, Mrs. War- ren Whitmore and Elmer Town- send; children's eating relay, girl's side; peanut scramble. United Church and Sunday School held their annual picnic at Wow- ett's. Grove, Bayfield, an June 26,. with a good :attendance! Everyone Wok part in a full line of sports and a. ball',gatr;e was en. joeed, At the supper hour the Rev, and Mrs. A. G. Eagle and fancily were 'called to the front where John Turner read .an address. Gregor McGregor, Herman Crich and Ho- ward Johns presented Mr. Eai Eagle with a wallet and Mr, and Mrs. A. Glen Eagle with an .electric frying pan and 'aluminum cannis- ter set on behalf of the congrega- tion, Three members of Turner's Junior Ca. nigregatioh presented china banks to Lyn, Susan and Glenn Eagle. ' Results of the sports were as.. follows; four years old and under, June Falconer, Glenn Eagle; girls six and ander, Joyce Falconer, CHOOSE YOUR OWN TERMS ON ANY FARM LOAN over $1500 at TRANS CANADA CREDIT Need extra cash for your farm? Then solve your financial problem with a loan from Trans Canada Credit. Right no Trans Canada Credit is offering special terms on . all farm ,loans above $1,500. Payments can be spread over as long as two -and - a -half years, and can be made in any one of these three ways: 1 QUARTERLY 2 HALF -YEARLY 3 ANNUALLY REGULAR LOANS Loans of $1,000 and less are available on Trans Canada Credit's monthly payment terms. Don't let the lack of ready money prevent you from buying seed,'stock, or any other farm requirement. Get the cash you need at Trans Canada Credit. THE ALL -CANADIAN LOAN COMPANY TRANS CANADA CREDIT CORPORATION LIMITED T57.16 148- The Square, Goderich Ontario Phone 797 Business and Professional — Directory -= INSURANCE DENTISTRY DR. N. W. HAYNES Dentist Across From Royal Bank Phone HIT. 2-9571 29-tfb INVESTMENTS Get The Facts Call VH) 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 appointment only. , Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only -9 a.m. to 5,30 p.m. Phone Muter 2-7010 Clinton . . PHONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT RONALD 0. MCCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 • CLINTON, ONTARIO 50-tfb REAL ESTATE LEONARD G.- WINTER Kell Estate and Business Broker' Digit Street Clinton Phone HD 2-6692 Everyone Reads The Classifieds 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-op" Way W. V. ROY District Representative - Box 310 Clinton, Ontario t Phone Collect Office HU 2-9642—Res. HU 2-9357 Be' Sure • • Be Insured K. W. OO QtrHOTJN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building PHONES Office' HU 2 -9747 -Res. 2-7556 J. E. HOWARD, Bayfleld Phone • Bayfield 53r2 Car - PYre - Life - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE MoKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1956: President, W. S. Alexander, Walton; vice-president, Robert Archibald, Seaforth' Sec- retary -treasurer and manager, M` A. Reid Seaforth. iiirectors: john H. McZwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J, Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; 3. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; A:lister Broadfoot, Sea- forth. Agents: Wan. Leiper Jr:, Landes.' boro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Erie Munroe, Seafetth.