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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1958-07-17, Page 2PAGE TWO Clinton, NewsswRecord THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated 1929; THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD . ` E 0,A4 Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County .& r Clinton, Ontario Population 2,802 r I a © p a A. L, Colquiroun, Publisher Wilma D, Dinnin, Editor dO CJLP, r' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada, and Great Britain: $3,00 a Year; United States and Foreign: $4.00; Single Copies Seven Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1958 PERHAPS IN 1960? THE ORANGE WALK on Saturday prov- ed to be a terrific success for the local lodge which was celebrating its centennial year, and for Clinton as well, We noted with particular interest the great "old home week" atmosphere which prevailed, Orangemen take great pride in the number of walks they have attended. They -take great pride in the showing of their own lodge in the walk. They also take great pride in the opportunity the Walk affords them of meeting old friends. In fact, many who are not active Orangemen enjoy this privilege. Which brings us to the suggestion: why CONGRATULATE CONGRATULATIONS are clue the neigh- bouring municipalities of Seaforth, Mitchell and Exeter, following recent announcements of growth and progress. Seaforth Shoes is building a modern shoe factory at the cost of $130,000 and it will occupy 22,000 square feet of floor space. They expect to double production from the present 2,000 pairs per day, and will increase staff from 135 to 170. Mitchell has decided to install parking meters, and the Jaycees have undertaken a house -numbering project. Exeter is happy about a proposed new turkey hatchery which will cost $150,000 to build, and is expected to hatch about 10,000 turkeys per week. They will establish a net- work of grower -farmers in the Exeter district to feed the turkeys on a contract basis. Of the three, we consider Seaforth the more fortunate. They can forsee direct bene- fit to residents in the form of more employment, and they have what appears to be quite a stable industry, progressing favourably, . and growing out of an industry already established. We rather doubt that Mitchell will find meters so much of a blessing, although we envy them the house -numbering. Before long our own town will be the only one in Western Ontario of over 2,000 population without a system of numbering in existence. Exeter's fortune, however, we view with less than glee.. Of course it will in some not a real old home week in Clinton in 1960? It has been eight years now since the big one in 1950. We could make it a regular thing every ten years. Other towns carry out successful reunions complete with parades, fun and frolic. Clinton could do as well and possibly better, The 1950 event is still remembered by residents, 1960 could be just as memorable, In fact if we wait much longer than 1960 for a reunion, many folk who would like to come home to meet their old friends may no longer be able to, Why not give it some thought now, and be able to plan well in advance for a Grand Reunion ? THE NEIGHBOURS measure fill the gap in the farmer's income which was felt seriously when the canning company in Exeter closed down .and ceased all contracts for cash crops. But .,you would think that some of the farmers would look back with some suspic- ion at another concern which is going to work on a contract basis. They will have no assurance that after setting up the barn space necessary for raising turkeys, they will not be cut off without a contract. That however, is only one aspect of the new industry. For the town it will mean em- ployment for ten persons who will in all likeli- hood live in the municipality. Certainly it will mean more for the economy of the town than is evident in Clinton's immediate future. Surely it is more than time for an act- ive interest in more industry for Clinton to be undertaken! Our present industries are good, and they are expanding in a steady and healthy manner. But, an injection of new industrial growth would be more than welcome, There is a standard of proper balance be- tween industrial and residential assessments which is considered good. That is: a town's residential assessment should be 45 percent of the total, and the business, commercial and in- dustrial assessment should make up the other 55 . percent. In Clinton we have the difficult position in which the residential assessment makes up 67 percent of the total. This imbalance forces high taxes, and the individual residence is paying more than would be necessary if more industry were ,present. NEWSPAPERS KEEP YOU INFORMED Awarded Winning Editorial By W. E. Doole, Editor, Brampton (Ont.) Conservator. PERHAPS one of the most taken -for - granted and least appreciated Rights in the dem- ocratic way of life is our Right to be Informed. Like sunlight and fresh air, freedom of speech and freedom of the press tend to become so much a part of our daily life that we give them little thought. And yet, like sunlight and fresh air, these freedoms are indispensable to healthy growth and well-being, Their removal would stifle our existence. The seeds of corruption and totalitarian- ism wither and die under the bright glare of unbridled and unprejudiced publicity. Commun- ism and Fascism grew strong in those countries where a free press was strangled. In Canada and in the United States, the spotlight of free speech and free press shrivelled on the vine the ridiculous efforts of the Nazi bunds, the Com- munist cells, and the Ku Klux Klan. The highway -contracts and Petawawa scandals were eradicated when exposed to the light of public information. Freedom fighters all down through the ages have struggled and died for the Right of the Public to be Informed. But the fight goes on today. Less spectacular perhaps and maybe less obvious are the insidious inroads of today's efforts to ham -string the channels of communica- tion. Whenever you hear of a newspaper being barred from a legitimate public meeting, when- ever you hear of another bureaucratic restriction on publication, your Right to be Informed is at stake,. So it is in jeopardy when a newspaper surrenders conscientious editing and news -gath- ering to build acceptance of propaganda "hand- outs". Your newspaper has the challenging res- ponsibility of keeping you informed on all mat- ters affecting your economic, cultural, political and spiritual welfare; to bring you facts without fear, favour or prejudice. A conscientious newspaper when it fights to uphold Freedom of the Press is not pursuing a selfish objective, •It is not merely seeking greater license for irresponsible axe -grinding and monetary gain. It is in truth battling for our Rd ht to be 1"e t r --F-, d J g p me . SUPPORT THE HOG FLAN DEVON SMITH, financial editor of The Telegram, Toronto, recently made significant comments about sales methods of Ontario hog co-op following a visit to its offices in Toronto, While some producers may minimize his opinions because he's a city man, his judgement on economics must be considered. Because we think the column is worthwhile reading, it's produced here in full: Looked• under a bushel yesterday — and found a light. Realizing that just about everybody in Ontario who owns any bacon -on -the -hoof will be voting July 25 on whether or not he wants to sell through the Ontario Hog Producers' Association, we went to have a look at what this marketing method was. It is easy these days to take it for granted that farm marketing plans are socialistic, calculated to turn farmers into pressure groups. After all, a lot of strange characters have used the farmers' problems as personal stepping stones to fame and fortune. So it's encouraging to see how the Hog Producers work. Led by the big, good-natured and shrewd Charles W. McInnis, association pre- sident, they have hammered out an application of the most effective form of auction market, Maybe you'll cheer and maybe you'll snarl at this: they have provided for hogs just the sort of setup that makes buyers and sellers of stocks happy to have their shares listed on the big stock exchanges. if the OHPA scheme is approved on July 25th, then every little porker born in Ontario will be listed for trading by a sort of birthright. The best way to describe an auction mark. et of this sort is to say that it offers sellers the whole available market and offers buyers the whole available supply; all traders, large and small, meet as equals. This is how it's done. Producers, the hog raisers, take their hogs to gathering points scattered across the province. Teletypes flash the information on in- coming hogs to the trading room at Dundas and Prince Edward Dr. in West Toronto. There, the four highly skilled traders go to work. They already have a wealth of informa- tion on processors needs (these traders are every bit as capable as you'll find in securities end commodities markets). Like any good bond dealer, they calculate from this flow of information just what they :figure hogs should be worth today, and they set the offering price. ` It's up to the processors' representatives to figure what they think the squealers are worth, and to set up their own bidding price. One or the other or both must give a little before a deal is made. When a deal is made both sides know that particular deal reflects the buying or selling attitudes of all producers and processors. That is the essential point of an open auc- tion market. Whether he does it or not, every- one has the power to bid or offer as long as his bid or offer is backed by the ability to pay or deliver. The consequence is an orderly rise and fall in prices, in supplies and in demand, It is difficult to see how the existence of this sort of market can do anything but inject new health and prosperity in both sides of the pork business — producing and processing. And most important of all, the rapid and accurate reflexes of the open auction market are good for consumers interests. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, July 11, 1.918 Sunday afternoon 114 members of the Orange Order an Clinton and surrounding :lodges marched to Wesley Church where the an- nual sermon- was preached by Rev, A, E. Jones, pastor of that church. In closing, he spake of the rv!or4d war, where liberty was at stake and pointed out that over 60,000 members: of the Or- ange :order were fighting for bills liberty, Canada's annual fire waste is $2.73 for eivery man, woman • and child, and larger than that of any .other civilized country in the world; :aocording to a. most ex- haustive report by the comnliss$on .of coinvemvation on, fire waste In Canada, just made :public, In deal- ing, with the remedy for present Conditions the commission says that compulsory 7(elgisaahion, mak- ing individuals responsibae for their own carelessness, is impera- tive, . Uss M. A. Stone, of the School of iCommerce staff, ds spending her vacation alt her home in Es- sex. 0 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, July 11, 1918 J. Mulholland left yesterday for the west. He 'goes Erst to Wdn- n1peig but means -do spend the aut- umn assisting in saving nand th- reshing the westerm crop. J. W. •Stevenson, who is going into business with Mr. Ne,diger, has 'taken: James .Cook's house on Orange Street and will occupy it 'as 'soon as his household ef- fects ,arrive from Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Stevenson will be very welcome back to citizenship in Cl- inton. The garden party Neild on the lawn of Mrs. Acheson, Holmesville, on •Frld'ay evening hast under the auspic es of the Epwooth League and Sunday Schoch of the Method• 1s1t church: was quite a success.. A aurge number ,turned out to spend a pleasant evenhng in .the open air, o 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, July 20, 1933 Benson Corless., Bank of Mont- real, Hamilton, his brother Alvin Corless, HaTddd, Gibbs, John Cun- Ingh'ame, Fred Hovey, Ken Doug - an and Ross Finch are holidaying at Burks, Mr. and, Mrs. J. L. McKnight returned last week from ,their honeymoon ,tAp and are new nice - ay settaeid in Reeve EElott's cat- Cage ,on 'Cutler Street. A private picnic was held- at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs, H, -E, Rooke at the lake yester-' day afternoon, the Rorke, Man- nAng, Cundnghame, O'Neill and Watt :Sanilildes ttakdng part. Clinton has' been using a dot of waterduring •thiLs hot, .dry spell, bolt .there has been no shortage, the pump gallllantly pumping it up as fast as needed. We %use!d 3,000, - WO !gaRons• do June, in. one day using 156,000 or 780 "Dons of water. Supt. Rumballl says .that so along as the big pump works we are safe but df anything went wrong With it, even liar a few 'hours, we should be ,In a bad fix, (as the two smailli pumps could not supply the need, even M the spring and fall, when, comparatively aittle water its needed. —o- 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, July 15, 1943 For the first time in a decade, Clinton was the scene on. Monday SUGAR and SPICE (By W, (Bill) B. T, Smiley) - It's hot. I'm tired. Visitor: are coming tonight, when, I usual ly write my column. So, by pop• alar demand (of one of any list. ars), I'm ,going to; repeat a column I wrote :a couple of years ago After all, ministers (don't just crumple up those sermons anc throw them away, you know, after they've been delivered. I'm leaving put a couple a paragraphs of the .original, be. cause, as. I remember, a gal from Detroit sailed into die office aft• er dt appeared and 'offered tz push my face in, She didn't coo. clown until I convinced her thal I was talking about OTHER wo• men, not the pretty ones. It went ,something like this You know, it's pretty tough liv ing in a tourist town. There yot are, slaving away in your office or store, in the heat, cursing anc sweating and :trying to, kid your'• self that the customer is always right, the biggest fallacy anyom has ever tried to put across dr the name of free enterprise. And there, right ,outside the window, they go sauntering along; the gals with the lovely browr. arms ,and legs, looking so delcdoue you could sink a tooth in, them; their consorts ambling -dong, theirbare, !h'airy, but coal !bellies hang- ing out aver their shorts. Between them, they induce reactions from delight to envy to repulsion; - There goes that little, did, fat lady from Cleveland. I remember her from last year. There isn't any slack in her slacks, but she doesn!t give a diddle. She's just in from the cottage, and headed for a happy hour in the Five and Tem, asking for things they don't have, before she :feels she's earned that double banana split at the sada. fountain. ,: * There's that supercilious blonde with the tan; the big ,bust, and the yellow Buick convertible. She's driven up and down street eight Gimes, favouring the natives with glances of icy disdain, and tielded to death with the whistles from the boys, on the corner. She'll park, eventually, buy some deod- orant at the drug store, and: drive baick out to the cottage, to Make up t>litfe again with her bony-ae+glged, balk(=headed, middI�e-aged husband. e e Coming up the other side of the street are d couple of fellows, from Bluff ilo, N.Y.• They're about 45. They went in for a beer while "the -girls" went sgppivag. Just one beer, mind you, to wadi dower the dust, They're 'as merry as a wedding bell. They never drank that potent Canadian ale before. They think fit's the exhilarating northern pair that makes them feel so (good. They had six each. We'll leave them. to -the Mender mercies' of "the girths°,. And that Tear old couple coin- ing'along, ;shoe In, fllowewd print, i he n white shirt and suspenders, is from Rosetown, Sank, They deft here 50 years aglo. They toiled through the drought. They raised a big family and sombtimmes there wasn't enough to peat. But then the, good- years came along, and a, hwnigrry world ,tanned wheat to gold. They're retired now. They carne aback east for a drip, their first, and they're enjoyd:ng every minute, of dt, Asiting old' friends, and drinking in all those wonder- ful, trees arid that lovely blue wager. But .they're -getting hom;e- sack. Dad wants to be home for the harvest, and Mother is Rorie - some, for the grandchildren. * 4: Despite it all, there's something wonderful, about living in a -tour- ist town. Nothing, Tor example, pleases me more than to have some lucky bum, on a month's holiday, come din .and -ask me, how to (get to :Little Pine Tree harbour, or Whiskey Is5la.nd. With a great show of :knowledge and authority, I give him directions that are go- ing to wind him up do •a big swamp, on a one-way road, with quicksand- :on both sides, and rat- tlesnakes just a-rattli•n' around him. THURSDAY, JULY 17, 195•$ of the 25'Sth anniversary coebra- ,leader of the church, Mr. Gib- tim sof 'the Battle of the Boyne, bings hast served in, this .church for all 1-lUTOn .County Orange and in this capacity for 53 years, a LO!BA. lodlge!s'and several from ad- re,=4 which 6s believed urmtr- joisni'ng caunties', Thousand's at- passed. HW chair has ;always ren - tended the celebmtion here and dered music that has been an dn- enjoyad themselhres to the fwll dam- spirat'lon to the many pastorsand ung the afternoon, and everting. to the congregation, The ,congregation of Ontario St- Charles; W. Brown, Clinton., bas reet United Church gathered on purchased the p! a r t ly4ipished Tlniday evening, July 19, to honour house rand lot: owned by Mrs, J. Mr. and Mrs. B, J, G1bbd;ngs, Mr, Edmund Bell,, on Albert Street, Gi'bbings hav'i'ng resigned as choir north of Whitehead Street. Business and Professional ill -- Directory AUCTIONEER ALVIN. WALPER PROVINCIAL LICENSED AUCTIONEER For your sale, large or small, courteous and efficient service at all times. "Service that Satisfies" Phone 119 Dashwood PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT INSURANCE INSURE THE CO-OP WAY Auto, Accident and Sielmess, Liability, Wind, Fire and other perils P, A, "PETE" ROY, CLINTON Phone HU 2-9357 Co-operators Insurance Thursday evening by appointment only. Clinton: Above Hawkins ' Hard- ware—Mondays only -9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Phone IrUnter 2-7010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTB G. B. CLANCY J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 58r2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy uptometrist -- Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE Association ROY N. BENTLEY LEONARD G. WINTER A. Reid, Seaforth. Public Accountant H. C. LAWSON GODERICH, Ontario Bank of Montreal Building Telephone 1011 Box 478 Clinton 45-17-b PHONES: Office HU 2-9644, DOCTOR RONALD G. McCANN Res., HU 2-9787 Public Accountant Insurance — Real Estate Office and Residence Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co. Rattenbury Street East Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes- Be Sure : Be Insured Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO K. W. COLQUHOUN 50-tfb Munroe, Seaforth, awiwww Insurance and Real Estate OPTOMETRY Representative Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada J. E. L FF Clinton Hours: urs: Seaforth: Daily except Monday & PHONES Wednesday -9 a.m. to 5.30 P.M. Office HU 2-9747—Res. 2-7556 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 IrUnter 2-7010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTB G. B. CLANCY J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 58r2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy uptometrist -- Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE THE McKILLOP 'MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 19016: President, W. S. Alexander, Walton; vice-president, Robert Archibald, Seaforth; sec- retary -treasurer and manager, M LEONARD G. WINTER A. Reid, Seaforth. [Leal Estate and Business Broker Directors: John H. McEwing,, High Street — Clinton Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon - Phone HU 2-6652 hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal - DOCTOR ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, G. A. WEBB, D.C. *Doctor of Chiropractic Brucefield' Alister Broadfoot Sea - 433 MAIN STREET, EXETER forth. X -Ray and Laboratory Facilities Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Londes- Open Each Weekday Except boro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Wednesday Tues. & Thurs. Evenings 7-9 Selwyn' Baker, Brussels; Eric Tor Appointment Phone 606 roe Munroe, Seaforth, awiwww And for many a B of M depositor This is wise spending, wise bor- they are one and the same. rowing and wise saving. • If you need cash for some useful purpose, it may be good business DO YOU NEED MONEY? if for you to borrow rather than draw in position to repay out your savings. You are a P P Y with- By borrowing for some useful out hardship, we are in a position purpose, and by making regular re- to lend ... for the payment of insur- payments on your loan, you are -- ance premiums, educational fees, in reality — sawing for a useful pur- medical, dental and funeral or legal pose. Meanwhile, you are keeping expenses, taxes, etc. You repay by your savings programme intact. monthly instalments. At "4 wekt eotw... A MONTH FOR A $100. LOAN REPAYABLE in 12 MONTHLY INSTALMENTS (equal to 6% Interest per annum) You Repay Monthly M Cash 6 9 12 MY HANH" you pet oym'ts paym'ts paym'ts INCLUDING INTEREST IO 2 N 110 CANADIAN)> � >� 50 $ .8.48 $ 5.69 >) 4.30 I 75 12.72 8.54 6.45 100 16.96 11.39 8.60 150 25.44 17.08 12.90 800 84.79 56.94 43.02 - Larger loans at proportionate cost BANK OF MONTREAL �d �liidt' b"d� Clintoa Branch: WILLIAM MORLOK, ,Manager Londesborough (Sub -Agency)., Open Mon, & Thurs. WORkINb WITH CANADIANS IN EVERY WALK OR LIPS SINCE 1817