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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1958-04-17, Page 2PAGE Two 1.1.111W., Clinton News-Record 1 0. . . TIDE Cti..ThITOI\T NEW ERA ott, Published .avery Thursday at the Heart of Buren 'County Amalgamated 1924 . Clinton, Ontario. ...-, Population 2,902 THE CLINTON NNWS-RBCORP O 1 A. L, Oolquhouri,. Publisher Wilma 0, Dteete, Editor .0 0 .. - v N•L'• 0 C.0 Likl SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in .advance---Canada and Great Britain; $3.00 a year; . United States and Foreign: $4.04; Single Copies Seven Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post .Office Department, Ottawa. THURSDAY, APRIL. 17, 1958 "WHAT'S A MILLION?" „I CLINT° N IsT4WS-Ii4CORP From Our Early Files 40 Years Ago • CLINTON NEW ERA ' Thursday, April /8, 1918. ."Victory", the patriotic pig, who was sold by raffle, was .dis- Played on the streets in a -crate bedecked with flags. Sale of raf- fle tickets for "Victory" amount- ed to about $40, • His new owner 'is now William .Cudroore, A clock presented to the Girls' Aux- iliary. by Mr, 1Vforrish was also raffled,' Mrs, Seeley held“ the lucky ticket, On Monday evening, A, J, Mc- Murray unloaded five 10-20 In- ternational tractors at the stet- ion here and had them travel on their own power up street. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welsh and sons Edward and Wilbur spent Sunday in London. Mrs. T. Trick has been cOn, Dried to her home with pneum", onia, and her many friends hope for a quick recovery, Bart Lavis was at Oshawa last Week to bring up some Chevrolet Cars. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday; April 18, 1918 Dr. C. W. Thonipson has been anpointed medical examiner for Clinton for the purpose of exam- ining any men, not called out under the Military Service Act, who wish to enlist, Tuesday was Huron County's Spring Stock Show clay and as a sort of change the weather was Dm. Arthur Dale and 'Charles Lindsay carried off most of the prizes for cattle. One noticeable feature of the day was the great number of automobiles seen in the street. So many farmers dr- ive cars now and, the show com- ing somewhat later than usual, the roads, are in first class con- dition. Most Clinton citizens, with great foresightedness, pushed th- eir -timepieces on Saturday even- ing before retiring, and. thus at eight o'clock Sunday morning, th- ough the day looked young, it was time to arise. Daylight Saving Time was first advocated by Judge Lewis, God- erich, in a bill introduced in the Commons at Ottawa nearly a dozen years ago. CLINTON N EWS-RECORD 25 Years Ago Thursday, April 20, 1933 Miss 0, Brigham, Windsor, is' spending the Easter vacation at the home of her !father and sister' of town', A very pretty wedding tpo:c place at half after eleven.on Sat- urday forenoon, April 15, at the home of Mrs. Treleaven, when Norma Elizabeth, only child of Mrs. Treleaven and the late J, W. Treleaven, was united in marriage with John Craigmyle Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. A, 13. Cooper of Galt. The annual military ball, given under the aupspices of the Huron Regiment, brought out a large number of invited guests, The ball was handsomeely decorated with Daggs and bunting, the stre- amers from the central lights to the side walls being particular- ly effective. Eddie and Frank Dale, London, spent Easter at their home on the Huron Road just east -of town. William Mutch, Hamilton, was home over Easter weekend, CLINTON NEWS-RECORD 10 Years Ago Thursday, April 15, 1948 Clinton's new sewerage system and sewage disposal plant, both of which have been under const- ruction for most of two years. went into 'operation this week. George Beattie, 'preaideht -of -Cl- inton Citizens' Band, otitlined the work of the band' to Council. A total of $400 was placed in the estirna tes, Renewal of taxi license to March 26, 1949, was granted Roy Mann, Miss Eileen Gliddon, • daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. B, Gliddon, RR 3, Clinton, won high honors at Stratford Musical Festival last week. Miss Gliddon has been a pupil of Mrs. E. Wendorf, Clinton, and is doing advance _study work with Miss Cora B. Ahrens, Strat- ford. Miss Jean Lampman spent the weekend in Chatham. SUGA and S ICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) , Hearthside Club Meet in Chapel The Hearthside Club of Ontario Street United Church held their meeting on Thursday, April 10. The devotion service was held in the Chapel with Mrs. Mildred Me- rrill in charge, assisted by Mrs. Doris Batic4n and Mrs, Ruth Knox. Business was conducted by Mrs. Ruth Knox. The program was in the charge of Mrs. Edna Cox, ,Miss Nancy Shoenhals gave three lovely accordion solos; Bryan Cox gave a piano solo and Carol and Ronnie Plumsteel gave two clar- inet solos. Mrs. Wolsey gave a talk on making flowers out of THURSDAY, AMU., 17,' 1058 .STUDY .0134)1Cal ivs-vnib:ow TUESDAY,ailthas. t Groupdy R !o2r Wesley-Was! Ualted Church will meet on Tuesday evening, April. 22 at ;T,t3stnife4 'Co o'clock,_Mrs.Robert at the oehomeofrt 'Clark will be in charge of the -meeting: Mrs. William Craig will lead a discussion in child phsycbo- 'logy, Roll call will be answered aubyy °Ortitilrieg 'rn4othe°1)1:ulTgbafvlieol".4 Inv"! ions or Christmas cards, please . bring them -along, The yellow quilt blocks should also be br- ought. .0 foam rubber, which was very befall)» ful. Lunch was served by Group One. The Bible Today . Virtually unknown to the civil- ized world a short century ago, the Gringo Basin sprawls across . the heart of Africa, the earth's second largest continent, Since the Congo contains nearly 30 mil- lion people who speak 200 lan- guages, it presents a great chal- lenge to 'the Bible Societies of the world, In order to meet the increasing demand for Scriptures, the Amer- ican, Bible Society has announced that :it will. in future share joint- ly with the British and Foreign Bible Society the cost of the pro- gram of translation and distrib- ution in- the Congo Basin. David Livingstone's first journ- ey into the Congo was made in 1856, and Stanley's 'a -mere . 80 years, ago. Since then some two million natives have joined the Protestant churches, and 54,000 members are added annually un- der the leadership of the 2,000 missionaries in the area. Education and .erilighternnent are making their marks on the Congo, and the tremendous dem- and for the Bible' is a challenge that the Bible Societies' are str- aining their present resources.,to meet. Suggested readings for next week: .; Sunday Luke 8: 1-21 Monday Psalms 95: 1-n Tuesday Psalms 100: Wednesday Psalms 139: 1-24 Thursday Psalms 148: 1-14 Friday Isaiah 1: 1-31 Saturday Isaiah 6: 1-13 Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON • CLINTON — EXETER — SEAFORTH Thomas Steep, Clinton, Representative — Phones — Bus., HU 2-6606 - - Res., HU 2-3869 TRANS CANADA CREDIT LOANS FROM SID. OR T M ORE $2,500. PROMPT. COURTEQUS SERVICE SALES BUSINESS FINANCING MANY PLANS AVAILABLE UP TO TO 30 MONTHS REPAY • IF IT'S CASH YOU NEED, • THEN DON'T DELAY- CALL T.C.C. ON THE PHONE,„TODAY Business and Professional — Directory DOCTOR INSURANCE G. A. WEBB, D.C.* *Doctor of Chiropractic 433 MAIN STREET, EXETER X-Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7-9 l'or Appointment - Phone 606 OPTOMETRY ' INSURE THE CO-OP WAY Auto, Accident and Sickness, Liability, Wind, Fire and other perils P. A. "PETE" ROY, CLINTON Phone HU 2-9357 Co-operators Insurance Association 11111111•0,,, r1/1 "%litsegr- ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant ,GODERICH, Ontario Telephone 1011 Box 478 45.17-13 RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence, Rattenbury Street East Phone IftY 2-9077 CLINT0110 ONTARIO LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker High Street* Clinton ' Phone 111I 2-6092 50-tfb REAL ESTATE 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 HUnter 2-7010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTII PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT 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 • H. W. COLQUHOUN GENERAL INSURANCE Representative Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Office: Royal Bank Building PHONES Office HU 2.9747—Res. 2-7556 J. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Ontario Automobile AsSociation Oar - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy More people come to HFC for money help Reason? I-1FC, Canada's leading consumer finance company, offers courteous money management advice and prompt loan service backed by 80 years of ex- perience. At lirC you can borrow up to $1,000, get one-day service and tat Over 4, million fantibee year' „, oh borrow confideotly front 11.PC. to uu months to repay 16b HOUSEHOLDJINANCE oth7**.01 aado R. K. eitch, Managot ISA West Street Telephoto 1S01 GODERICH and he told them these things, which no doubt he would have reported to Clinton council had they taken the time to listen: "Mr. Houston outlined the purposes for which ,a civil defence group is intended, pointing out that enemy action is only one phase of the activities of such an organization, He said that a C.D. group is equally necessary to cope with disasters such as floods or tornados, to` which no town is immune, Civil defence organization is primarily intended to act as a train-co-ordinat- ing group, so that the existing fire, police and health services can be knit closely together for immediate action. "The formation of a civil defence organiza- tion does not entail a great deal of expense on the part of the town. Items such as hall rent„ light, heat, etc., make up the major part the cost which is borne 50 percent by the federal government, 25 percent by the provincial gov- ernment and the remainder by the municipality. Literature, films and training—personnel are supplied free of charge by the central auth- ority." Iri Wingham the result was that they ap- proved the formation of a civil defence organ-• ization in Wingham providing an ''active com- mittee can be formed, In Clinton the council members were too anxious to get away to a televised Stanley Cup hockey game, to even listen to the visiting co-ordinatdr who had the answers to the /ques- tions they were too unconcerned even to ask, IN DRAWING a parallel between the high-handed methods of Clinton's town council on Thursday night, and the actions of the former Liberal government, we will possibly be stirring up a tempest in a: not-so-small teapot, When C. D. Howe made his fadous re- mark, "What's a Million?" he was expressing the attitude of his government which has since resulted in their removal from the House, . and a terrific majority for their opposition. When the local town council found that the attraction of watching a television broadcast of a hockey game being played between Mont- real and Boston was greater than 'their respon- sibilities on the local scene, they were evidenc- ing the same attitude toward the people they represent. Last Thursday night, a local man and • his superior in Civil Defence work (a visitor from Kitchener) petitioned council to consider ap- proval of the setting up of' a Civil Defence unit here in Clinton. Before the visitor could make clear what was being requested, and what the advantages to, the town were, he was in- terrupted, we ,think quite rudely, by one of the councillors, despite the fact that the mayor had given the man permission to speak. The story of this appears elsewhere in this paper. Had they listened to what the map had to say, we rather feel they would have felt dif- ferently about the situation. Reading • in the Wingham Advance .Times of the move by that town's council to set up a civil defence group, we find that Mr. Houston was welcomed there, IT IS NOT what you read which matters, but how you react The same events, set down in black and white, and then read by two individuals can be interpreted in two different ways. We would almost go so far as to say that if ten people read the same thing, they could interpret it in ten different ways. This is true about the results of Canada's last election. There are as many ways to interpret those results as there are leaves in - the summer. We notice that those who are pro-Liberal; are predicting disaster for Canada and.ther rela- tionship with our southern neighbour. They are saying that with such a large majority for the Progressive Conservative party, it will mean the cutting off of trade with the United States, and we will suffer a lack of consumer goods, as well as the disaster of making enemies with this, our good neighbour. However, even in the United States, where such opinion would, one would suppose, be great- est, editorials show that these good people are more apt to interpret the feeling • shown in Canada as being one of pro-Canadianism, rather than" one of anti-Americanism. Americans lave boosted their own country 'without fail, ever since they first manufactured the Stars and Stripes, and united first with 13 and then with 48 States, and began their regime, of independence. Canada achieved her independence in a much quieter way. We suffered no bloodshed. We worked along with the other members of the Commonwealth in building a greater sister- hood between ourselves and other members, and when the time was ripe, achieved complete in- dependence within the Conimonwealth„ Our progress was achieved so quietly, that we doubt that resident Canadians have ever really not- iced that any change was made. However, with the great . influx of immi- grants following the last war, we have gained citizens — now only, recently enjoying their Canadian Citizenship — who fully appreciate the wonderful opportunities of being-.Canadians, We believe that these new Canadians caught the vision put before them by John Diefenbaker and were completely enthused about the project of helping to build a greater Canada, This is the *spirit which moved the United States to growth and confidence in their own country many years ago, when their population was swelled by immigrants from Europe. 'Our new Canadians are lending a terrific amount of energy and drive to their establish- ment in a new land. It is this ambition which will be the making of a new Canada. We feel that if Prime Minister John Diefen- baker takes the steps necessary to bring about• his vision, there will be many eager hands ready to assist, and many minds with ideas to' expand and swell the vision into something truly amaz- ing and encouraging to the peoples of the world. MONT CANCE with acheek-up arid4theque CANADIAN CANCER 3 '1C-Z791' -0X7-50;f:7__ 4004 4: C/:.W • GIVE GENEROUSLY WHEN THE CANVASSER ° CALLS ON YOU! Dohations May Be Left At Your Local Bank IT'S HOW YOU READ • 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 I5elivery, Within 10 days. In my far from humble opinion; one of the surest signs of the de- generacy of modern society is found in the difference between the way we treat our children, and the way we treat our old folks, 0 ' 0 0 Throughout the history of man- kind, until about 20 years ago, children were treated with the casual' fondness of family pets. They were fed and clothed as well as possible, kept as warm and clean as possible, and taught to mind their manners. Nobody fussed much with them, and they grew up and took their places in life. 0 0 Old people, on the other hand, were treated with great' respect. They were honoured for their wis- dom and admired for their exper- ience. They were ' looked after tenderly, given the seat by the fire, and the choicest morsels from, the table, Their voices were potent in the 0 tribal 0 councils. 0 What an appalling upset has taken place in this sensible treat- ment of the young and old, dur- ing the past couple 'of decades! Nowadays, for the first 16 years or so of their lives, our children are treated'. with an adulation that is not only on the verge of idolatry, but is unparalleled in the course of human history. 0 0 0 From the moment the average Canadian baby decides to stop clowning around and driving its parents crazy, and makes its' ent- ry into the world, usually at some unearthly hour, it is cosset- ed and comforted, pampered and petted. It is welcomed 0 with an almost religious ecstaey, It has already . 0 0 0 We haven't room for them, or time for them, or anything else for them. We Will go to infinite pains to avoid being burdened by them, With iron solicitude we herd them into nursing homes, houses df refuge, or lonely rented rooms. "They have the pension," we say with guilty satisfaction, 0 0 0 If we took one-tenth of the af« fection,, the luxuries and the care we lavish on our children, it.v.c1 With which we are spoiling them rotten, and gave it to our old folkS, the world would 'be a lot better place for both, and ,We Vvettld be a lot better people. End of coon,se I 0 will now say the benediction, and you can give your child a quarter for candy to ruin his teeth, and send a des- perate wire to your mother, say- ing. "Sorry, can't put you up as planned, children have the 'flu," cost its foolish parents a small fortune in bottle-warmers, bonnets, baby beds, blankets, bootees, and It has only to make one tiny, bunnies oh the new wallpaper in Baby's Room, O 0 , goat-like bleat in the middle of the night, and women with ach- ing backs, men with fallen arch- es, leap wildly from their beds and panic about in a state of asinine appeasement. O 0 0 As a baby, it is stuffed with orange juice, codliver oil, milk, and other high-priced commodities that are fortified, vitaminized, mineralized, and do everything but taste good. As a result, we are raising a generation of mon- sters, who are a foot taller than their parents. O 0 0 . Not to labour the point, this sort of thing goes on for another fifteen years. Their way is Smooth- ed. Nothing is too good for them that money can buy or credit can obtain. Parents work for them, weep over thein, worry about them, and grow old prematurely, trying to give them all the things they didn't have (and didn't need) themselves. 0 0 0 ' They spend enough to buy a Cadillac, and make a trip around the world, en raising one child. And the hilarious part is this: children are the one completely useless thing in our society, which is supposed to be the most ma- terialistic in the history of the human race. The only thind g for which they are any use is amtisernent. You get a lot of laughs out of a kid, no doubt of it. But monkeys are amusing, too, and it's a lot cheap- er to see them, arid they're safely behind bars. 0 0 0 Now, let's compare the way we treat our old folks. To be blunt about it, we treat them with the same respect We have for the used car that gave us good service, but which we have just traded in. Out of sight, out of mind. THE McHILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Off eet Seaforth Officers 1956: President, W. S4 Alexander, Walton; vice-president, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; sec- retary-treasurer and manager, M A. Reid, Seaforth, Directors: John H, McBwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. TreWartha, Clinton; Wm, S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth:. Har- vey /Puller, Goderichi J, E, Pepper, Brucefield; Mister Broadfoot, Sea- forth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Loncies- bore; J, F, ?meter, Brodhageri; SelwYn, Baiter, Brussels; Erie Munroe, Seaforth. p000rooso#44.0,p4.4444•44~,•4444.0.tiort _