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Clinton News-Record, 1958-05-22, Page 2Pi PAGE TWO Six hours before, we'd crawlk Clinton Newsawftecord THE CLINTON NEW ERA TIDE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD „ An 1924 O1' EDA Published every Thursday At the Heart of Huron County ' q� Clinton, Ontario .— Population 2,902 1I o 0 0 school don't remember the war." it A. L. Colquhoun, Publisher Wilma D. Dina xy Editor He ,pointed .,our that they were r -r -r -p. Jolly! 4 L iii * a, SUB'SCRTP'l'ION PAWS, Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $3,00 a year; United Staters arud Foreign; $4.00; Single Copies Seven Cents Aut(honized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, ,MAY 22, 1958 that night an -.bed, I reminisced, Slays, French, German and Rus. FRIENDLY SERVICE ,PEOPLE IN TOWN, and, all, along the choice. Where Only electricity has been availl- ro'iite of the, planned gas Pipe Wine from. StTrat- able (lin addition to, wood, coal, coke, fuel oil ford to Goderich are raghetly CUM=.' about the' and manufactured gals) the, consumer can now company which is in'stal'ling the line, end which use natural gastif he, wishes'. Whether he dues, will be offering !them natural gas for fuel, or does not, is, his own affair. probably this faE,. The rural folk, through whose Band the As far as we have been able to discover, .pipe hnies Will, 'go, have perhaps: the greatest the Union Gas Company is quite reliable, quite reason rte be alarmed about the natural gas. friendly, and quite ready to answer questioars in some cases they will (for good reason) vof all kinds', resentithe line going tthrrough, ,thleir Wand. Per - The 'survey mien; who were in mown a haps !the worst factor from; ,their point of vfiiew matter of item drays ago, vlisiited practically is itthat they will nlot the ale .to tap into the every home, and evlery industry and business. line and have .natural gas, semvlce themselves,. They presented facts about their company, Hlowever, we Heelassured that the, company will about natural gas, and about tthe service they die its best to meet the demanvdls of .the farm were ready to give. Also, they asked questions ;folk for consideration in regard .to any incoaz- thewnselvtes, and flound that the resdideni of ve!nuleurce ,they may suffer. Muton were reasonablfy Interestedin the new Wle cannot agree' With the suggestion that (.to this area) fuel. natural !gas 'be' handled by a commission in a Tine Prime Minister of Ontaiiio, when in manner simlilatr' to electricity. We are of the !the county during: the recent by-election, refer- opinion that private, companies, working in red to natural gas as "cheap fuel, probably the compettitl'nom with each other, can supply pro - best known' to man!". :ducts to tlhe public at faqir prices, and we would There are mixed feelings about a change pWfer this, idea, of free enterprise in our demo - from, hydro to gas, and each- householder and craide way of life, to the nationalization, of buseinessman L now able to make 'hdis awn any more of our industaiies. MORE HOME'S NEEDED IT IS TO BE hoped that the Frosit Gov- ernment at Toronto can be persuaded to take :a serious and r+eald'stic view of the housing situation, as it exists in. Clinton. Thisparticular leglislatame is proud of the record made of • ;thinking ahead" for Ontario with regard to hydrin development, .gas pdpe ldnes, and many of the larger problems confrionting the people -of the province. Living and working in, ,a town of under 5,000 people, however, we cannot accept the idea placidly, that ouly towns of over 5,000 should be eligible for low rental !housing ,projects. Clinton may have just under 3,000 people within the town. But referring ,to ,that "greater Clinton?' asit has :been termed several times in ,pant years, 'CUintom has. clearer :to 6,000' people. True, some, hundreds of ,biose are single airmen - living at Startdon Clinton in barracks, and ithey ado not need housing in Mown. However, ,there tam many of these who, marrying, cannot fired a house or an apartment in. which, to, make a home. We heard this, week of an aurmlan with a irnall family, who required more than a two - room upstalirs: apartment do which .to, settle. He "had .the chance of a pla+ce," he said, buet it - was 14 mullets from Clinton, and he would prefer to .be in town. Not only fiv, m the S'tati'on, but civilian per- sonnel at the Station as well, require comfort- able living quarters. Many of these are driving hong distances every day to ge,t to work. Even ,tea supply housing for the natural in- crease in; population in Clinton — that is the young, people who grow up here, marry, and settle here.,is, difficult and the asslistance of low rental' housing wouldbe greatly aplpreraateod. Thus' busuness of setting, an, arbitrary popula- tion figure alt 5,000 is surely a method of arbi!tratdmg agalinst the small, thiougih siteadill'y growing municipality, an favour of the, bigger one, which may ,be growing just as steadily. One of ,the worst results of scarce housing, ds, the higher vents' and hlighpir ;purchase price of homes, which are requested In the face of hGgh demtand. If we are to work for the good' of all, on the basis of a fair standard Of living for everyone, ,then a movee toward more homes in our town would :be very Wellcome. EASIER TO DO WRONG? WE HAVE BEEN castling an interested eye at :the events in rthe police' vlilillage of Dublin, ,as'i recorded in the daily press. Dublin is gov- enmecl under the, Canada Temperance Act, type same as Chriton and all of Huron and Perth Cbuntles. If these reports are .;rue, even, in th'e main, then one conclusion we, should be just- ified in making: That is, that it is almost easier to the in the wwrong than. to be in; ,the right. The business known as "bootlegging" is wrong. There is a Claw on, thee, statutes of the country which, makes it a punishable, offence. Yet if a man who has caor'ied out a boot- legging business, is reasonably careful about it, .and manages to escape having a complaint laid ,against chum, he can continue, apparently in- definitely, ddimg the wrong thing. If, he is 'Investigated, and convicted, he is, fined, and: is probably back in business again in quick order (a second offence brings about a jail sentence). But, as has been shown in Dublin, the ,people who axe in the right, who wish to protect ,their families from :growing up in a place were. such businesses are apparently con- doned, who wish, to make it a pleasianet place to shop, and a: pleasant place to live, decide to do something about it they meet with a gonad bit of difficulty. First of all, they meet with th'rea'ts, from those whose' illegal: businesses are in danger. Then 'they are told .by policemen that they can do, nothing about a si of the suspected premises without an order from someone who is in bed, and cannot be wakened. Then they are hold by thele trustee that they should look after their own affairs in the village, and report their troubles to the local crown..attorney instead of .to the attorney gen- eral. Then they are told by the attorney glen -r era- that ,the affair is their own business, and that the provincial police' have not 'authority to +interfere in the, affairs of a ,police vdllatge ex- cept in ,unusual circumstances. (The above observations have been made from newspaper reports and what is admittedly heresay. ) They petitibneirs• in the village are sticking to their guns, however, and if all goes well, they will manage the clean-up of the village which they desire. lit just seems 'that they have more to go through in the cause of jusit!ice, than the other chaps have to put up with as a result of ,their illegal aotivd-ty. INK I went into a statioonees to buy a. jam of ink— A potion with a, magic power to lurk far friend So 'casually he wrappi it no one would eves with firiend; ,think And, all unwitting that the sold such precious That there, flay spell mom potent ithan any wares as these, w1tch'sq brew, : Lovely thoughts lin fluid form, and weurds in Me Placid parceldem remarked, '"Mats, just a liquid' bkw,,' quarter, please!" 117he essence of unnvsdetten songs, of letters' yet ----By Molly Bavan, from The Blue unpenni Bell, 25 years ago. NOW LEGAL 1. After May 26 it will be legal to pass another car on the right. But only in urban areas, and even then only under certain conditions. The Ontario Safety League re- minds motorists that in open high- way. driving,, If you pass, or are being passed on the right ... deeaswr well. . And sometimes ad 2. Even when it is legal to do so, use the utmost care when pas- sing another car on the right, urges the Ontario Safety League, A cardinal error is to sound your horn at the moment of overtaking, A nervous driver in the passing lane may swing sharply to the right at the blast of a horn. s.''reeltYesi;.' d Ver' bbiiflid < titi i3"sWerit3ng' td" "'bill%""ills *AY ,ttlTead%- thxdub�lxy tlticlt` traffic, do what you can to let him pass , . . recommends the Ontario Safety League. The tail end of a mad bull is much safer than the front. 4. The car you drive should al- ways be exactly where you want it. Not approximately, comments the Ontario Safety League. Pul- ling up for a traffic light the good driver stops with his bumper ex- actly at the white line , not just somewhere in the general area. When parking he visual- izes the exact distance of wheels from curb, and checks as he gets out. Good driving like other skills needs practise and concentration. Many parents driving rapidly to church teaching their children to hold the law in contempt (if you can get away with it".) To react nervously at the sight -of a police- i'ridti. To lye' aft stopper.! bk at eriuisft. Ciiildreri 'learn - tdsto,carhtnents ;the, On'taf c, Safety Ledgut r ; Modern Etiquette Q. ,Should one leave the spoon in the sherbet glass -when one has finished eating -this dessert? A. No; place the spoon in the saucer. Q. Its nitpngper for parents ito include lth,yir a ilidmen In Intrlo- duatiions? A. Most Certainly. And, they should teach their children at coo; early large how to, make friend- ly ack,nowledgmenits to these in- troduci i!ants. R. Do you think a Wife should join. her husband in gmating his guests, when he is entertaining voino nervi at a stag party in their home? A. No, The wife 'should remain h!oh.itr;d' tha seeas'es" anld •,b'd as. in- conspicuous aspdssible duni'ngg the entire eti e nnig, 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, May 23, 1018 Mr. D,eWatt Cosexns, son of .Rev. T, W, !Covens, formerly pastor of Ontario Street Church, has been in town this week, being the ,guest of Rev. J. A. and Mrs. Agnew, at Ontario Street parson- age. He has been attending Mc - 01,11e University and will be, ord- ained at tile, coming conference in June. Miss Mary Irwin of Toronto, daughter of the late Richard Ir- win, for many yearn a prominent business. man ,of (linton, spent the weekend with Miss' Amy Howson. Miss Irwin bad .not visited the old home, town since the home was broken up and her mother ,moved to Toronto about sten years ago. Mr. and Mrs, H, Bartliff, Miss Jewell Bartliff and Mrs. R, J. Cluff motored to Hamilton over ,the weekend. Eagin Mason, only son of Mr, Thomas, Mason, CJl'initon, has don- ned the uniform of Uncle, Slam's soldiers. He is serving as' an Army Field Supply Clerk at the Em- barkation Depot, Hoboken, N.J., with the rank of second lieuten- ant. Lieut. Mason has been locat- ed din the United States for sev- eral years. 40 YEAR'S AGO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, May 23, 1918 Hugh, Maguire, who drives the bake cart for C. Connor, while putting the sig in the cold rink oiu Tuesday night, -got rag, horse and himself all ,tied up, and if J. J. McCaughey had not 'happen- ed along -th'vngs might have been serious for ,the young fellow. As it ds, he as, badly bruised and has a damaged sight arm at pre- sent. The congregation of the, Willis Presbyterian 'Church. celebrated the "69th anniversary on Sunday. At,, botih"ss s'ervicese large congregat- ions were !present ,and Rev. Prof. Kilpatrick of Knox 'College, To- ronto, preached two excellent and instructive sermons. Last Thursday a large gather- ing of fanners from the surround- ing townships, met in. the Town Hall, 01inton, and decided to or- ganke .and join the Society of United karr1s, of O_nt Jn Ransford, well-known Tuckem- smith farmer, was chosen to act as oh lirrman 'of the meeting,, Robert McMillan, Seaforth, one of the Ontario Directors of the United Farme ,S,' "'aeddmessed the meeting, showing the . object of the organization. William McEw- en was elected prestidenit, and Geo- rge Layton, TuckersnAth, secret- ary -'treasurer. 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, May 18, 1033 Thursday, May 25, 1033 Mr, and Mrs, F. Fingland, whoc have !been occupying Mrs'. H. B Chant's house, R'a'ttenbury Screed East, 'wi3 shortly move into the pause recently purchased by Mac. Fingland, Ontario Street, the olc McGarva residence. Miss. Hattie, Baker, who hiai been with Mrsi, J. Cunlinghame and Miss Florence CuninghamiE for several days', retur'n'ed to hea home in I+lullarton on Ilruday. Mr. and Mrs. G, E. Hall mot. ored to, Toronto for the we,ekene and on their return . were ac. com!panied by their daughter, MisL, Evelyn, .who hast completed hen course at Toronto University anc WEI be graduated in a, couple ei weeks. Miss Ann Stewart returned or Tuesdlay morning, after Pref week's visit with friends in Chat, ham, Ridgetown and Windsor. Sh( stopped in. Hensall on her wa} home to, sing at a concert giver by the- aholir of the Presbyterian church on Monday night. Mr. .and Mrs. Lashbroak axil Miss Rita, Mitchell, spent the hal Way With, the, lady's .parents, Mr 'and Mrs. V. Pickard. 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, May 20, 1948 Arthur Aiken has com'plete'd hi !second year an Business Admin istratiom at the University o Western Ontario. Mr, and Mrs. E. E. Gibson; 'lef Monday afternoon for an extend .ed visit with relatives and friend in Edinontion and Sotettler, Man. Misses Eileen Atkinson, Lowder. andCarol Elvins, OAC, Gueapl spent the weekend .at ,the home o the latter's parents, Dr. and Mrs J. S. Evans. Slowly but surely the condil Pion of Clinton's streets is improv ing, following their fatal dnvol vement im the, construction of tRh town's modern sewerage systen Elwin, Merrill, Gunton, was un avimoi elected president t ,the Huron Presbytery YPU c United Th f an Jn7te'de (�hur _. _ C oda. a e 0 the 24th annual col-wknti:on hal in Londesboro UhAed Church. Mr Merrill succeeds Douglas Lawler: Wanton, and is elected, for a two year 'term, Who, say's there aren't any sp eckPed trout in Huron, County In a little over two, hours, Fer'I Van Egmand -and Dr. Alex Ad Bison; hooked no less than twenty, of the, beauties. SUGAR. and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) In a chat with one of the teach- Six hours before, we'd crawlk err at the High School Open on our bellies between two sent. House the other night, I .got a se- ries, after cutting the wire witl vere jolt. Talking of the pupils homemade 's'hea'rs. Then we'd run he remarked: "It's hard to believe dart -the dark, with, a speed and sil. Brat most of the kids in higt: ence that amazes me still, wait - school don't remember the war." ing for the shout or the b -u -u -r - He ,pointed .,our that they were r -r -r -p. Jolly! either toddlers or in diapers, * a, when the war ended 13 years ago. But that was behind. Ahead lay at * * I must admit it upset ane. Made P 90 miles, .and three da in in a Gauntry an chaos; swarming with me feel old and sad. However. .people of every nationality, Batts, that night an -.bed, I reminisced, Slays, French, German and Rus. and, Cheered up considerably as Sian, slaves and soldiers. We lear- I recalled the exciting, even hap- ned that nobody travels as fast py :days .of May, 1945. and as free as the man who has without any notes. or comments:. nothing, I wasn't in diapers when the Wednesday .... Revelation 2: 1-29 war ended. I was in jail. Me and 10,000 other knights of the air, We' walked miles. We feasted whose Pei (a pre -jet model) and we starved. We rode in every - ,been shot out from under thing .dfrom a two -horse landau - let, lriven iby a Stough: old Germ - the them. * an lady who spoke about Shakes - We had reason to be somewhat peare, -to a big Buick sedan, driv- en by a drunken Russian officer less than ecstatic, when Mr. Churchill announced that the con- who scared the living ectoplasm quered people of Europe were at out of us. last free. About May 5th, our * "' German ,guards had folded their We drank a pitcher of warm grlockenspiels! and crept away into milk, proffered; by a young Ger- the night. ,man girl, who told us, with what * * seemed remarkable unconcern, We scarcely had -time to pour that s'he'd been raped by Rus - into the countryside, drink every- sdans four times do four days. The 'same thing we carni Tay hands on, evening, unrl'er a railroad start affairs with all the Ger- 'bridge, we roasted stolen ducics man ;girls, and slaughter a few ,over a fire and shared, a couple dozen head' of :beef for a massive of bottles of 'bingo with, some barbecue, -when our ,gallant allies, Russian soldiers, the Russians arrived, and herded us. all 'back .behind barbedwire. We'd merely exchanged one set Tony fell.- in love With a blond of scowling guards for another, French refugee, and fell- out again ,omplete with .burp guns. just as quickly when her husband, a large, dark, fierce man', mat - So, there we, sat and sulked erialized and. ,began scratching, this ,vhilei ,roisterers roistered in Times dandruff with an eight4nch knife. Square and, Piccadilly Circus, I had a fight with a Yugo-Selav "elebrattin!g the end of the affair. ('a small! one) when he tried to rhe war was over and we were steal' some 'cigarettes' Tony had Still on the cabbage soup and wn: stollen from even a smaller Itaa- ylaek bread circuit. i9n• Afree-for-gall. started., but a * , nobody'd had much' to eat :for a Day after day we waited for year or so, and the resultant ;he aircraft which were supposed bl'oods'hed was what you inight ro come and fly us home, Finally see if 'a couple of members of the i, few of us driven to despair Over -90 Club had a pillow fight, )y the .thought of all those beaut- ful women, brussels sprouts and And so it went, hi, a hundred other delicacies on the outside, others incidents. Whel-k we finally 'evolted, gained the British lines, we stop - And' so it came about that, ped and looked !back Into that sea lust 1'3 years ago this week, I of hll ma'nity' dsf which we had vas walking down, the highway sported, swum, and sometimes coni Rostock to Wiesmar, a song !heart, nearly ,drowned. We blade it Food - n :m'y d +blas bey 7 itrtt- u vabutiiii Im any stomach,, and a ifig d,nd' W01tiineg in •the ' deser!t very rugged cllara:dter fro-rxi°.Clii- toF orgatilzei sensible, disblpaaaietl sagor Torry .Mal coli, ,by . My, ;S4-'., i!ivizrg agoial, , THURSDAY„ MAY 22, '10.8 The Bible Today . .... ............. Imagine the publication of the . There have been very enoourag- Gospels' in a newspaper, not as ing responses'. In answer to the an ,ad'vertisement, but as news, Bengali and. 'Hindi public'ation's, Well, that !is being done in particularly -the latter, the resp- India! In the words of Secretary onse is in such a ;large. scale Mah'anity of -the Bible Society' of that additionai help as required . India !and Celyon, the idea is to answer aI1 the requests. simply this:. It is to make the Scriptures Suggested readings for this accessible to the large newspaper- week: reading public, most of whom do ,not coarse near" the Bible Houses Sunday ...................... Acts 2: 1-47 Scrip- or have any interest in, our Scrip- tures. .............. Monday Jahn 2; 1-29 The Gospel is published serially Tuesd!aty ...................... John 5: 1.21 without any notes. or comments:. In most of the languages St. Wednesday .... Revelation 2: 1-29 Mark is being published, but St. John in a; Menu.. Thursday ........ Revelation 3: 1-2e At present the publication as in Urdu, Hiridi, B'engali,. Oriya„ Filiday ................ Psalm's 90: 1-17 Maratha, Gujarati and Tamil. Saturday ................ Isaiah 2: 1-22 Business and Professional] — Directory — AUCTIONEER ALVIN WALPER PRQVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times..' "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwoodi PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODERICH, Ontario Telephone 1011 Box 478 45-17-b RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO 50-tfb DOCTOR G. A. WE'BB, D.C.* *Doctor of Chiropractic 433 MAIN STREET, EXETER X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Open Each Weekday Except Wednesday Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7-9 or Appointment - Phone 606 V. LONGSTAFV Hours: _ _ 9eaforth: baiiy SY^3pt 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 SEAFORTLI OPTOMETRY G. B. CLANCY Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich REAL EST TE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker High Street — Clinton Phone HU 2-6692 INSURANCE 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 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. W. COLQUHOUN Insurance and Real Estate Representative Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Clinton PHONES Office HU 2-9747—Res, 2-7556 J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield ;; Phone Bayfield 63rd,. Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance Ifou need Insurance I nave Y , 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. McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha, CL'nton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L, Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alister Broadfoot, Sea - forth, Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes- boro; J. F. 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