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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1957-10-24, Page 4'AG! FOun °Won News-Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON NWS,R4COR•17" Amalgamated 1924 iD * Published Every Thursday at Clinton, Ontario, at the Heart of Wren. County, - Population-2,902 0 A. Laurie Colguhoun, Publisher 4, 1- :SUBSCRIPTION RAMS: Payable in advance—Camila. and Great Britain; 33,00 a year; United States and Fereign; .$4,00; Single Copies Seven Cents Alithoalaed. as second class Mail, post Office - Department, Ottawa • THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1957 (The surplus of food production. on the North Ameriean ?continent has serious problems. Here follows the divergent view-points of u farmer, a a scientist and a: Philosopher in an imaginary discussion of /the problem.) , Farmer This field fulicrowned with golden Wheat, Whose nodding heads permission give To combine swath to cut, and meet The whirling reel as if to live rind hope, desire, buy motor cart, As dancing to death's minuet; Threshing good wheat from chaff and straw; The rythmic roar of engine set To smoothly run, and feed the maw Of this machine avariciously; Yet, great abundance problems put, And prices drop when markets glut. Laborer When food is cheap all labor gains, For then the cost of living wanes; We bring our dreams down from the stars, Another day held no such glee And by my book that makes good sense, And anything else is plain nonsense. ,Farmer The ground it-Mother of us all, And feeds, clothes,, houses everyone; The husbandman is at her call, And labors ttil each task is done; Existence -first, is the foremost law, To live with ease is next decreed; Let's try to keep our thinking straight, Cheap food is no food, soon or late, This in the 'thirties' labor saw: When farmers have no cash to spend, Industry slows, stops in the end. Philosopher -From what I've heard it would appear Labor and farmer are opposed, There is some confused thinking here, The nation needs both, well compbsed; This combine built by labor's hands, This field of wheat by farmer grown, Both work to produce crops from lands, And all must live from. good fields sown; How stupid men appear to be, Blessed by abundance of good things, The nation heads for bankruptcy And good common sense never springs. ' Farmer This problem is not simple, but complex, It 'stems from selfishness and greed, Human failings that confound and perplex Mankind; although we see the need Of unity, division is the plan Of those who profit from this state, Who value money more than they do man, And see not danger 'til too late. Philosopher The history 'of man repeats itself, Pharaoh and the Israelites, Thracian slaves and Roman Caesar's wealth, And through unending years of flights In barricaded. streets of many lands, Revolutions' tide has surged, swept, In fury of revenge. The oppressed stands Triumphant, though Justice wept. Scientist • All things begin and end in circles round, Natural force is circular in form, Electrons in their orbits, magnetic bound, Or wavelets niade in ponds, conform To motion circular; likewise the sun, The earth,' the wind and nuclear cloud Begin and end in circles. All things done Are in circles from birth to shroud. For science I have doubtful praise,* One problem solved, new problems raise, No doubt benefits you confer, Lessening man's toil everywhere, Much too fast by estitnation, Labor now faces automation; When machines take the place of meta. What future holds for labor then? Scientist Science simply seeks the answers To the problems puzzling mankind, We're not to blame•for all the cancers In society you may find; We may make a situation Which may not be pleasant Tor you, Try to offiet automation By finding something else to do-. 'Philosopher Part of living is to possess The ancient art of idleness, Watch the greyageese in migrant wing, Hear the sweet.songs the wild birds sing, And contemplate wise nature's plan, Learn how her gifts are given man; By bread alone we do not live ,From great abundance we must give. NO ACCIDENTS SO FAR IT IS interesting to know that although School Safety Patrols have been in operation throughout various parts of the province for 13 years, so far there has 'been no record of any accident at all involving one of the patrol, nor of children under their guidance. At the same time there is no_ doubt that the Patrols have saved .many children from injury or death on the roads. 'erhaps the strongest reason for this is that the Patrol was never designed to direct motorized traffic at all.' It is the job of the student Patrolman to hold back children on sidewalks at selected points, until it it safe for them to cross the roadway. Nor is the Patrol- man supposed to enter the roadway himself, except when guiding a group of children across the road. The Ontario Safety League has been ap- proached by a number of educational groups and individuals with the worry that possibly they may become liable for damages in case of an accident either to a patrol member or a child. For this reason they have issued the following conclusions after taking the best avail- able advice from legal and insurance experts: 1.. It is unlikely that school authorities or -parents could be held legally liable in any way in the event of an accident involving a School Safety Patrol, However, this cannot-be stated with complete certainty as there is no known case that might establish a legal precedent. a. Special insurance to cover such liability can be obtained at trifling expense. In fact, the All Canada Insurance Federation states that in- surance coverage for School Safety Patrols may he incorporated in the regular liability policy covering the operation of a school without any increase in premium. Parents of children acting as School Safety Patrols may be considered as' agents of the school, and consequently covered as well Under the liability policy. Laborer created laborer, "IF I were government and could speak, I would grasp you -by your coat lapels and talk to you like this: "Listen mister, here's what I do for you—I collect your garbage because it isn't handy to keep it around the hbuse; I pave yotti streets to that you can run downtown in your car, and When it is icy I sand them, and when it snows I plow them; I clean them in the summer and at night I light them; I see that you get water fit to drink from your spigots; I keep guard over you and your family and I protect your property from the guest who'd like to steal the silver teapot off your dining room buffet. "I fight your battles for you; I see that you are not charged more than you should pay for the electric lights yott use or the telephones through which you speak; I see that you get ten gallons of gas from the pump when you ask for it; free that you' get pure milk and that there are no typhoid germs in the oysters Which you buy; I plant fish in your favourite ponds 'and streams for- you to catch and lie about; I carry letters to the ends of the earth and / cheek up on your Wife's hairdresser to Make sure that she is physically fit to give her the latest 'hair-do'. I give you band concerts in the parks, and X isee that your kids have a place to skate in the winter, Tnt,rasaw, ocronm 24, 1957 The Bible Today 033' Aev, W. IL Moore) 26„379,141 I3ibles, Testaments and Portions of Scriptures were distributed in 1956 so stated Cll. iver Beguin, General Secretary of United Bible Societies, That is an increase of about one million more than the -previous year, In Brazil a total of '3,209,913 Scrip- tures were distributed during the past year; that was the largest distribution in any country in the world, except the In Can- ada the figure was 359,480. And according to figures based on UNESCO estimates, it may be conservatively estimated that ap- proximately 25,000,000 .people in the world learn to read each year This means that if the total -air- Quick-Canadian Quiz 1 What English•Jborn bank clerk ,made a fortune out of the Klondike gold rush even though he never--struck it rich? 2, What are, and what is the cur- rent cost of, government trans- fer payments? 3. What 98-room Canadian home was built in the hope it would entertain visiting royalty? 4. What proportion of post-war • imigrants to Canada have been women and children? 5. Through sales tax on Canadian manufactured goods in 1939 Canadian paid $2 million a week. What is the current 'sales tax payment?, ANSWERS: 5. About $15 mil- lion a week. 3. Sir Henry Pellatt's Casa Loma, built in Toronto be- fore World War I. 1. The poet Robert W. Service, whose Klon- dike ballads made his wealthy, 4. Nearly two-thirds of imigrants have been women and children. 2. Transfer payments are money collected through taxes and paid out • to the public as family al- lowances, etc.; 1956 total, $2,333,- 000,000. eulatiorr of all the Bible Societies were distributed' excluSively to new literates, there would scarcely he enough to give each new liter- ate, even a siagle- book, If we include only New Testa, merits and Bibles it would mean that we could supply in 'a single year only about one-third of those who would become literate., and this would leave absolutely noth- ing for those who might have a New Testament and want -4 Bible, or those whose Scriptures were lost or worn out by use. The truth lathe Christian people of the world are 'by no means keeping up with present develop- ments- in literacy. Sunday 2 Samuel 1: 17-27 Mon-day Ezekiel 36: 22-33 Tuesday Malachi 4: 1-6 Wednesday a., 1 Peter 1: 1-25 Thursday ....„ 1 Peter 2; 1-25 Friday 1 Peter 3: 1-22 Saturday 1 Peter 4: 1-19 Letter to the Editor The Clinton News-Record, Clinton, Ontario DEAR. SIRS: Enclosed please find $3.00. to pay my subscription to your paper which expired in July. I had made up my mind to discontinue it as so many names printed in it mean nothing to me now. Passing time makes many changes. Please con- tinue as usual until next July for I'm sure when the weekends come I'd miss it after 35 years. Sincerely, MRS. EMORY SUTOR R.R. 1, Cayuga,, Out. October 17, 1957 serene, and gracious, that it makes us feel insignificant and dull, It makes our lives seem crude and scrambly, lacking in grace and polise and dignity and beauty." • * 0 If it does that, it's good. Maybe we'll have a little gracious living, for a month or two after the Queen leaves. Instead of The Battleaxe blaring: "When are you going to get those storm windows on This place is like a damn deepfreeze!", she'll murmur: "My dear, do you not think it feasible to raise the temperature in our dwelling by the installation, at your ldisure, of course, of the sub- sidiary windows?" Then she'll probably repeat it in French, "In stallez-•vous les surtOut-fenetres garcon." 0 a, * You mustn't think I'm cynical about the Queen or the Royal Family. I got the daylights scared' out of me' numerous times, fight- ing for her father and all he' stood for. I think Elizabeth the Second is a brighter jewel than any she wears in her diadem. At her im- perious best, she is queenly as no other woman on this earth could be. When she smiles, she is a beautiful woman. * But I had nen unfortunate ex- perience with Royal Visits that took some of the edge off my keenness 'for the processions and pageantry. It was during the visit of King George VI and the present Queen Mother, before World War II. Our whole school went to Ot- tawa to see them. We started early in the morning, and it took several hours to get there, and find our spot. * It was cold. I was bandmaster of the high school bugle band. My kid brother was a drummer. Every little while, to keep warm and keep the crowd amused, we'd march up and down the avenue and play a couple of pieces. My mother, who had come along, would clap loudly each time we went past, and glare ferociously at her neighbours, who just stood there and looked at us. This went on for hours. * * Finally, we heard cheering in the distance. The Royal carriage was on the,way, Boy, it was cold! I snapped •the band to attention, and stood in front of them, rigid with cold, excitement. and. pride. The cheering increased in volume unil it sounded like seven small girls and a man. You know how embarrassed Canadians are about cheering anything except a sports event. * * Just as the carriage drew abreast, and I allowed my eyes to flick from their dead-ahead, atten- tion position, so T could have a look at our beloved monarchs, large, fat lady, about six by six, Merged, apparently from a hole in the ground, right in front of me. She had a box camera and an angry boil on her neck. I saw that much, and the top of the fea- ther in the Queen's hat. And that's all. * * Since then, I would take an arm- ed platoon of the Grenadier Guards to get me out for a Royal proces- sion, But I'm a loyal subject, and when the colour film of the Royal Visit conies to the local theatre, I'll be there with the rest of them, eyes misty, a lump as big as a golf ball, in, my throat, and my handkerchief at half-mast. I al- Ways cry' during certain odd morn- eats Of seeing. arid hearing Otir Gracious QUeerit DR. N. W. HAYNES Dentist Across Flom Royal Bank Phone HU. 2-9571 29-tfb ,•••,P4F4P4Pd,W4*4,4*4*M,*,INP4',f',SMOW"P, INVESTMENTS Get The Facts Call VW 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 88, 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 Minter 2-7010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTH PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT RONALD G. MeCANN. Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9877 CLINTON,, ONTARIO 50-tfb REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Businese Broker High Street — Clinton Phone WI 24892 themeeee -weeme•• Eveiyone Reads. The Classifieds Insure the "Co-op" Way AUTOMOBILE and HOME " INSURANCE District Representative P. A. "PETE" ROY P.O. Box 310, Clinton, Ontario Phone Collect: HU 2-9357 35-tfb 3. E. (EDDIE) DALE District Representative' The Confederation Life Assurance Company • Phone Clinton HU 2-9405 14-4113 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. Be Sure• • Be Insured K. CioiQuHouw GENERAL INSURANCE Representative Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building PHONM Office HU 2-9747—Res. 2-7556 J. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Reynold 53r3 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire y Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE McKILLOP 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. Directors: John H. Mawing-, Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- herdt, Bornholm; E. 3, lirewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; 3. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea- forth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Landes- hero; a. F, Prtteter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Erie. Munroe, Seaforth. haeavaleeeeeeeeneeeiralm— asaaareeeees. CANADA' SAVINGS MRS Series Twelve OFFERS YOU A RETURN OF 4.46% ON YOUR INVESTMENT 100% RETURN OF YOUR INVESTED CAPITAL AT ANYTIME YOUR ORDERS ARE SOLICITED BY H. E. RORKE Phone HU 2-9395 — Residence Office; Mart Street' at Orange 'CLINTON REPRESENTATIVE MILLS, SPENCE & CO. LIMITED Toronto — Montreal — Winnipeg — New York — London, Eng. 41-3-b Business and Professional — Directory — DENTISTRY INSURANCE THE PENALTY OF ABUNDANCE by W. P. ROBERTS "IF I WERE GOVERNMENT ." "When you smoke in bed or your wife leaves the iron on, my boys show up to put the fire out. I count deer who grow in your woods and I police them to see that they are not wantonly destroyed. I educate your children, and I take care of your neighbours who lack jobs or the ability to provide for themselves. I record the facts when you were born and you never have. been and never will be out of contact with me until I record your death, All these things I do for you and a thousand More. "And what do you do for me? "Nothing Except to grumble for about two weeks when I send you a bill for what I do and damn me if you think I've been inefficient or careless in doing the things-you Want me to do and which you knew cost you less when I do them for you than if you attempted to do them for yourself. Occasionally You spend half an hour going down to the voting booth and marking X'S for the men and women you happen to think will do the most for yOu. As soon as you can dismiss me from your mind and turn to the things which interest and anitisd you More, "In the last analysis; I am as much entitled tq your• attention throughout the year as you are entitled to get what I do for you at the lowest poSsible cost and without waste' or neglect. "Why can't we get together?" The Listening Post CLINTON NEWS-RECORD From -Our Early Files Clinton New Era 40 Years. Ago • Thursday, October 25, 1017 William Brydone and Charles G. Middleton are appointed tribunals for Clinton4nd district under the Military Service Act, • Subscriptions to the British Red Cross Fund from. Clinton totalled $1214,70 and to the Italian Red Cross, $86.00, Proceeds mounting to $88,25 re- stilted from an old time dance in aid of the soldiers tobacco fund, held in .Cardno's Hall, Seeforth. Giff ord crick'', London, son of Mr. and Mrs. Onslow Crieh, Clin- ton, has donned the khaki, making three brothers now in the King's uniform. • Senior championship at the Clin- ton Collegiate Institute• field day was tied between Fred Lawrence and Harold Kilty. Fred Wallis won the junior championship. S. J. Latta, MPP for Last 1VIouna tain, Sask., and a native of Huron County, has been named Minister of Highways for the Western Pro- vince. 25 Years Ago Clinton 'News-RecOrd Thursday, October 27, 1932 St. James Church, Middleton, held• their 60th anniversary on Sunday. The minister is the Rev. F. H. Paull. Fresh made cider at 20 cents a gallon offered by H. H. Cantelon, RR. 5, Clinton. The eighth annual meeting of the' Yountg People's Societies of Huron Presbytery was held in On- tario Street United Church. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) I wonder how many women in Canada got any ironing done dur- ing the Queen's visit. .I ,wonder how many families had a can of tomato soup for'Thanksgiving din- ner, because the Queen was on TV. *r. 0 A strange hysteria grips the, women of this loyal member of the British Commonwealth, on the occasion of every Royal Visit. Be- wildered children come in for lunch to find their mother sitting A the table, surrounded by break- fast dishesise deep in the morn- ing paper-t'rapturous account of what She wore at the reception. * 0 * Husbands, accustome0 to the phenomenon, are' good- "'red a- bout visit interfering 1. the football telecast. But let them try to get into the act, and venture to wonder, in. jocular vein, if Philip has to' watch the program- mes his wife wants, and they are the target for blood-curdling looks from their wives. * * On Thanksgiving Day, ,we were all at the farm, watching the Queen open Parliament, on TV. During a lull in the proceedings, my 'brother-in-law and I started a normal, intelligent conversation about duck hunting. We were nearly bloWn out of our chairs by the piercing, simultaneous "Shhh!" hurled at us from the various corners of the room where the ladies sat, chewing their lips. * * At the point . in the telecast where the tension became ex- treme, and Her Majesty was about to commence the Speech from the Throne, to' a chorus of "Isn't she lovely!" from the women, I took a look around the room. My father-in4aw was nodding off. MY brother-in-law was deep in the arms of Morpheus. The kids were playing with the cat under the diningroom, table. The women stared at the lighted box in a hypnotic trance. I tiptoed out to go rainbow trout fishing, down at the Bay,returned an hour later and 'they -hadn't even missed me. They thought I'd just been out to the kitchen for a drink of water. • * Members of Parliament, minor dignitaries around Ottawa, and all other men with the slightest pre- tension to having a little "pull", go through sheet hell for Weeks before a Royal Visit, as their wives Wheedle, cajole, bully and threaten them into making a supreme effort to get a. bid to a royal function. The man who doesn't, and •allows someone at equal rank, by what- ever •unscrupulous means, to make the grade, had much better retire to the bathroom and put a large hole in his head, with his trusty 12-gauge. The Clinton Knitting Company .workin'g full time aadavith a night Shift, has received an order from Hamilton, Bermuda, for ankle hose, Col, and Mrs. R. S, Hays, Sea- forth, celebrated their 40th wed- ding anniversary on Saturday. Clinton News-Record 10 Years Ago Thursday, October 30, 1947 Lions •Club Fall Carnival netted returns of $550 net, under the dir- ection of George L, McLay, man- ager of the Royal Bank of Canada. William Sparks, Bayfield, presi- dent of the Huron County Hol- stein Breeders Club was in charge of the meeting at the annual ban- quet held in Ontario Street United Church. Speaker was Watson Por- ter, editor of the Farmer's Advo- cate, London, Dr. and Mrs. J, A. Addison at- tended a reunion of the class of 1937 Meds, University of Western Ontario in London. St. Paul's WA met to pack boxes of food *for sending to post-war England. The Country Fair at Wesley- Willis United Church featured dressed fresh ham and salad, for 40 cents, SS 4, Goderich Township; took the shield for most points in that township's school, field meet held in Goderich, Individual champions 'are Tommy Cole, SS 9; Joan White, SS pf Gerald Tebbutt, SS 4; Shirley Bell, S S5; Gordon Telb- butt, SS 4; Kathleen Turner, SS 10. More than 15,700 hospitalized veterans -participated in -the Arts and Crafts programme. in 1956 0' 0 * • Stout, placid ladies who would- n't walk aletOSS the street to see murder being done; blase news- paperwarnen who need a couple of drinks at the reception' before they can stomach another ordinary cel- ebrity; squealing teenagers, in whose firmament the only star is a long-haired, loose-lipped, undul- ating, unintelligible "singer"; they an go equally mushy about the Queen, . - 4, 4, * Whether or not all .this feminine adulation of the Queen IS a good thing, is riot/ for the likes of me to decide. That's strictly for the psychiatrists. But I can have an opinion, and I think it IS a good thing. I asked the Old Lady about it. She said: "she's so lovely, and