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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1957
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SCHOOL BUSES
THANKSGIVING 1957
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It's' good for the facial: muscles
to ease them out Of that cramp-
ed scowl once a year. Of course,
there's the odd fanatic who goes a-
round being thankful all the time.
His 'silly, happy face stands out
among all our normal, frowning
ones with the incongruity of sweet-
peas in a slaughter ;house.
, 4t
Maybe it's just as well, though,
that Thanksgiving has become, via
our national virtue of putting first
things last, merely a day to watch
the football game, close up the cot-
tage, or. get in that last game of
golf, with a turkey dinner orgy
thrown in somewhere along the
line. If we really took the oc-
casion seriously, we might get into
all kinds of trouble. *
Imagine the chaos that would re-
sult if everybody started being'
truly thankful for what he had,
and not wanting something more.
Our entire economy would be' shat-
tered if people stopped grabbing
'for all they could get. Two years
of 'people being satisfied with last
year's car would' ruin the automo-
bile industry and throw hundreds
of thousands out of work. If peo-
ple started patching their old
trousers, instead of throwing them,
out, the textile industry would' be
wiped out in no time. • * *
If they began to make-do with
what they had, and' were thankful
for it, the entire structure known
as 'free enterprise would come
crashing about our ears. Adver-
tising executives, whose job is to
;make people want what they don't
really need, would be leaping from
high witloWs, Finance companies'
'bad cess to them, wonla be a
shambles overnight, And you' can'
Scarcely view you equanimity the
feeble, makeshift society we'd have
without the finance company. *
Next thing to collapse would be
our whole political system, How
Can you have democracy if every-
body is thanleful "ft ," What he has?
Think of the consternation if the'
usual windbag who seeks office,
saying: "It is only on the Insist-
ence of my many Mends that X
run, and my only thought is' td
work ceaselessly to serve my court-
try and any fellow-taxpayers of
this banner riding", were to MY,
whoa approached, "Nah. I dowan-
na, run for parliament. X like
here on the Manna," Without poll.
de(uts, our' country would be in
a sorry state, It would 'be like a
good ripe cheese without the Inn-
* * *
There's no use pursuing the whole
idea any further. The very thought
of the ;shambles we'd be in, if we
all started being thankful, makes
my blood 'run. cold. Business ruin-
ed, democracy lost. Why, if we let
this, thankfulness get out Of hand
we'd be just a mass olf misguided
Christians wading around up to
the knees in the milk of human
kindness. . * 4,
Such anarchy might even start
us thinking about some of the peo-
ple of the world who have a lot less
to be thankful for than we have,
and who knows where that might
lead. Why, we'd just as liable
as not to give them a few billion
bushels of wheat, or do something
equally silly. . * ,
It couldn't happen here, you say?
That's what they said about rack
'n' roll, brother. It's not that sim-
ple. We've got to fight it. Peo-
ple are weak, you know. For ex-
Ample, suppose the farmers stop-
ped complaining - about weather,
and just said: "I'm thankful we
had a good crop last year, and Ma
and I have our health. There'll
either be a crop failure or there
won't, and there isn't much I can.
do about it." That may be true,'
but the first farmer who said it
would be destroying a tradition
that goes back thousands of years. * * *
What do you suppose would hap-
pen if schoolteachers stopped kick-
ing about being underpaid, and ad-
mitted they were thankful to work
in cosy classrooms, get lots of
holidays, and retire honourably
with a reasonable pension? I'll
tell you what would happen. 'All
kinds' Of young people would want
to become schoolteachers. Imagine
where that could lead, * *
Think what would happen if all
the steady drinkers in the world
suddenly became thankful they
were not yet alcoholics, and stop-
ped guzzling. Millions of waiters,
brewers, truck 'drivers, distillers
and salesmen would be jobless,
Governments, deprived of all that
tax revenue, would tell like spent
rockets. There'd' be no money for
baby bonuses. The birthrate would
fall, there'd be :enough. housing to
bguosinareeess.n,d, and the builder and
Money-Waders would be out of
*
By new, I hope you have the
picture. Society, and the yOorIcl as
We 'know it would crumble into
dust if this being-thankful busi-
ness got the bit in its teeth. So,
on Thanksgiving Day, keepa
tight rein. Don't let yourself be
carried away, Just keep In mind
the calamitous consequences if you
let it got out, of hand and scowl,
brother,. scowl.
of the Clinton Collegiate Institute
Students Council.
An emergency meeting was held
by the Federation of Agriculture
and the Hog le oducers Associat-
ion,' and resolutions were passed
urging that the long continued
strike of packing house workers'
be ended'.
Gordon Horner's service station
was opened on Huron Street, with
free prizes, music by the Bannock-
burn Pipe Band, and free dancing
in the Clinton Town Hall. This
White Rose station was termed
"the most modern in Huron Coun-
ty".
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(By W. (Bill)
'It's a good thing Thanksgiving
comes along once a year. It gives
us a chance to ,go around looking
thankful 'for a day. or two before
we go back to our habitual expres-
sions of sour indignation at the
shabby way at which the world is
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CLINTON, ONTARIO
40 Years Ago
Clinton New Era
Thursday, October 11, 1917.
The Women's Patriotic Society
is planning a cake shower for the
Clinton men overseas, to be held
on October 19. About 120 one
pound cakes are required' so that
no Clinton man may go without
his Christmas cake.
Dr. Silcox, of Stratford Normal
School will present an illustrated
lecture, "Beautiful Canada" in the
town hall as part of a patriotic
entertainment under the auspices
of the East Huron Teachers As-
sociation.
The beautiful 1918 Maxwell was
advertised by Bartliff and Seeley.
Top price FOB Windsor was $1,540
'for coupe, berline or sedan, while
either a touring or roadster could
be had for $1,045.
Charles Seeger, County Crown
Attorney, settee that during the
past quarter he has not had a
solitary criminal case to record.
This is a -circumstance that has
never before occured in the county
and is especially worthy of note.
Whether due to general lack of
intoxicants, or to improvement of
morals, we are not prepared to say,
but the fact remains, nevertheless.
25 Years Ago
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, October 13, 1932
The Hospital Board's annual ba-
zaar netted nearly $175 for the or-
ganization. It was Yield on a rather
unpleasant day, but buyers turned
out in good numbers. In the even-
ing the Hon. Dr. Robb, Minister
of Health for Ontario addressed
a public meeting.
George W. Sturdy passed away
on Monday, in his 90th year, He
had ;been in wonderful health, and
cast his vote the week before.
However he contracted a cold last
week, from which pleurisy devel-
oped. •
A. F. Johns, who has been teach-
ing at Fonthill, has purchased a
small chicken and fruit farm at
Newmarket and is going into poul-
try, fruit and dairying.
10 Years Ago
Clinton. News-Record
Thursday, October 16, 1947
Boy ,Scouts 'raised $155 in suc-
cessful apple day,
'Charles' Hanly named president
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THURSDAY., 0=013-ER 3.03 1 7
With the fall term in full swing in the
schools of the province, school buses- are on the
toad twice daily, taking the pupils to and from.
school,
To safeguard the young passengers, "Rules
cif the Road" under the Highway Traffic Act
require that bus be of standard design, colour
and equipment. Also the rules state that .a
In, a part of Ontario where driving is
entirely of a local character (at Jamestown)
'45 drivers turned but for en annual driving
competition. A prize of $100 was -offered to
anyone who could stop a car in 50 feet from
35 miles an hour.
()Kincardine News) d .
IN ONTARIO educational circles, particular-
ly in the elementary schools, history and, geog-
taphy are going to come into their own again.
Of recent years they have been submerged
in, social studies so that it is doubtful if all
the pupils could name the county town .of Bruce
or recite the year in which Columbus made his
famous western tour.
The extension of these subjects will be car-
ried over into secondary schools, too, so that
by the time a pupil ,emerges from grade 13
A STRIKING fact about the population of
Canada, as of all or nearly ,all advanced coun-
tries, is a steady gain in average age, writes
J. B. McGeachy in The Financial Post. The.
proportion of people over 65 is increasing.
Among every 1,000 Canadians now living 78 have
passed that age. The number was only 55 in
1931.
This aging process• is sure to continue as
medicine and sanitation make progress. Expecta-
tion of life for a new-born Canadian infant is
October is blessed by many things other
than the glorious; colouring of the leaves in
all the forest reaches of the country.
Just Why this lovely month is given so
much attention is lard to understand - but
for a time of special events, October is hard
to beat
For instance this week is National Fire
Prevention Week, and last week was National
Newspaper Week. •There is a freedom of press
day; freedom of speech, day; national grand-
parents day (on the 13th) and the sweetest
(Statement by H. H. Ilannam, president
3 Canadian Federation of .Agriculture)
"Don't Give Fire A Place To Start!"
Strict attention by every farmer to this rule
is his only protection, isolated as he usually
is from adequate fire department services.
The possible danger points on the farm are
fnany, and they threaten not only the farm-
er's home and; family, but his means of Mak-
ing a livelihood as well.
The wise farmer will carefully check
his buildings and equipment and his routine
for handling fuels, and carrying on his other
operations, all from the point of view of pre-
Venting any possibility of fire. And since it
driver overtaking, such a bus on the highway
if the flees; is stopped eor the purpose of taking
on or discharging paseengers, must also stop.
lender these circumstances, the bus will have
in operation a pair of flashing red lights on the
rear.
The bus must also have clearly painted signs:
"School Bus" "Do Net Pass When Bus is
Stopped"
The prize is still intact, but 45 drivers
have now a much better idea of stopping dist-
ances than they had previously. The best stop
made was 56 feet.
Jamestown, formerly Wawa (located'in the
Michipicoten area) is isolated from the rest of
the province except through rail connection.
there should be a better knowledge of the sub-
jects than has been possible when they were
but a part of the larger over-all course of
social studies.
While there are always developments and
advances in the field of education, no way has
yet been found to skip emphasis on the element-
ary subjects, of which these two form a part.
According to minister of education Dr. W. J.
Dunlop, the teaching of the two subjects separ-
ately means that each will gain by being a r. distinctive course,
now about 70 years. It may be 80 or 90 before
this century ends.
It follows that at least some of the extra
income required for a higher standard of living
among the "aged"—no longer the right word' for
the average man of 70—will have to be either
earned or saved in, advance. No feasible increase
in old age pensions will suffice. Any realistic
approach to the problem must recognize this.
Forced retirement from work at age 65 is ,as he
sees it, sure to become as obsolete as the sacrifice
of maidens to the• fertility god.
day on (October 19). There were so many
special occasions for October that by some
strange coincidence National Bible Week and
National Wine Week are both set for October
14-20.
The whole thing ends up with a glorious
lot of tun during National Apple Week and
National Hat Week, National Popcorn Week,
National Catholic Youth Week and National
Honey Week (all from October 27 to Nov-
ember 3) -when the kids enjoy Hallowe'en
and National Apple Day on October 31.
is not safe to assume therm fire will ever
break out, however much care is exercised,
fire extinguishers should be bought and kept
in working order, lightning rods should be
installed and maintained.
Ladders exclusively for use in case of
fire should be placed where they will be need-
ed, and if - possible a water supply available
for fighting should' 'be established close to the
house and buildings, All important is good
safe electrical wiring,
Every fire has a cause against Which
precautions could have 'been taken in time,
Take these precautions. Don't Give Fire A
Place To Start!
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- BACK TO,NORMAL
PENSIONS' NOT ENOUGH?
A MONTH OF "WEEKS'"
NOT A CilAiNCE