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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1958-11-06, Page 2Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW '.ERA THE CLINTON ,NEWS-RECORO Amalgamated 19,24 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population .2,902 • A. L, POLQUHO• UN, Publisher Alk WILMA P. LPINNIN, Editor 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, litta.wa THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1958 "Lest VVe forget" PIP*17 .44!.,;;;;02,4. kt.:4 1 1s) A414+.• e•-wr•Trawr , TOO MA. NY OGS A quiet atmosphere in pleasant surroundings And a trained competent staff. BALL & WITCH FUNERAL SERVICE AMEULANOE SERVICE Phone HU .2.9441 444 10 YEARS AGO Linton News-Record • (Thursday, 14•Tovellilkok 4, UM) Huron County has gone mech- anized, At the South Huron Plow- ing match held five Miles west of Exeter, Friday last, not one horse was entered, or even on the grounds. According to veteran Plowmen, this IS the first time Dobbin has been pushed complete. ly out of the picture at a plowing match in this district. The South Klaxon Plowing .Match,was reyiv. ed this year for the first time since 1941, Only nine entries peared on the field but officials are already optimistically planning for next year. Mr, and Mrs, Dia -Cornish, Or, ange Street, had raspberries a- plenty for table use this week,. Dia went out into.. the garden on Tuesday morning and picked a quart and a half of deiiciona ripe ones. He's hoping Jack Frost won't come too soon. Austin Netrgeri, Sarnia, spent the weekend at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nediger. Business and Professional Directory AUCTIONEER INSURANCE 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 ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODeettICH, Ontario Telephone 1011 Box 478 45-17-b RONALD G. MoCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone H13'2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO. 50-tfb OPTOMETRY 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. Hawkins Hard- only-9 a.m. to p.m.. 2-7010 Clintoic SEAFORTI] G. B. CLANCY Optometrist :-•-• Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Beal Estate and Business Broker • High Street — Clinton Phone ITU 2-66M HAIR DRESSING CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and . Styling King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065 C. D. Proctor, Prop. P.4.#4414.0411,04+.41,4,44141941M444.4411,04+0041 Clinton:' Above ware—Mondays 5.30 Phone. HUnter PHONE 791 INSURE THE CO-OP WAY Auto, Accident and Sicknees, Liability, Wind, Fire and other perils P. A. "PETE" ROY, CLINTON' Phone HU 2-9357 Co-operators Insurance Association H. C. LAWSON Hotel Clinton Blook Clinton PHONES: Office HU, 2-9644, Res., HU 2-9787 Insurance — Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance (Jo, Mg. K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE Representative:, Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Phones: Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-7556 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth '78 0'. A. HOWAR.D? BItyfleild phone Bayfield 58r2 Ontario Automobile/Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have - a Policy THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Rob- ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre- sident, Alistair Broadfoot, Sea- forth; secretary-treasurer, Norma Jeffery, Seaforth. Directors: John H. McEwing, Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; 3'. L. Malone, Seaford:1h; Har- vey Fuller, Godenich; J. E. Pepper, Brueefield; .Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Lond- esboro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Searforth. "Blow, golden trumpets, mournfully - for all the golden youth that's fled; for all the shattered dreams that lie, where GOd has laid the quiet dgd, beneath an alien sky." When People Ask 1. Why should I wear a poppy? When you wear a poppy or display a poppy help the living. 2 How do I help the living? - Your contributions proOde quick help for needy veterans and their dependents. 3. Just what does this help consist of? - Any veteran may appeal to the poppy trust fund for emergency aid, such as food, shelter or medical expenses. There are also bursaries for their children's education in deserving and needy cases. ' Doesn't the government provide pensions for veterans? Yes. In fact many veterans do get pensions. But many others, although handicapped, do not. However, no pension can provide for eventualities such as fire, a long Illness on the part of the breadwinner or other medical expenses. 5 Does any veteran or dependent get poppy fund help? Yes. In fact 75 percent of all cases involve• veterans who are not Legion members. 6. Does all the' money raised through the sale of poppies and wreaths go into veterans welfare? Most of It does. However, expenses such as cost of poppies and other supplies • naturally would be deducted. 7. Are campaign expenses high? Campaign expenses are unusually low beoause all work is voluntary. B. How much of this money collected stays in the community? All the net proceeds. The rest the cost of material to branches, helps veterans by going to the maintenance of service bureaux across. Canada. 9. What are the Service Bureaux? They are Legion departments which give any veteran or• dependent help with pension and other problems, They will act on his beha If with the Federal Government. There is no charge to the veteran or dependent. The experience of service bureaux in handling such problems, enables the Legion to keep a close check on veterans' legislation and recom. mend changes where changes are justified. 10. Can poppy money be used for anything else? . No. The Legion's constitution stresses that these funds must be held in trust. They are subscribed to by the public. They are held in a batik account separate from that of the branches, and cannot be used for any other purpose than stipulated above. How much should I give? We suggest that you give according to the dictates of your conscience. You might remem- ber that the cost Of all things the poppy fund provides is much higher today than it used to be, Therefbre it takes more to do the same job. Clinton Branch No. 140, Canadian Legion A. LEYBURNE, , CAMERON PROCTOR J. D. THORNDIKE, President Vive.President Poppy Chairman wreath you honour the war dead and you 11. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Smooth as snakes, they promise a release from the everyday grind. They offer adventure, freedom, ex- citement. "Yoti'll never be mis- sed," they swear, seeking to en- tangle you in their own turpitude, to lure you away from home and loved ones. * * It's been about two weeks now. of nerve-grinding torture. At first I fought them. I was defiant. But this only made them more per , sistent, more sadistic. They splin tered my cautious logic With hoots of hellish glee, * * Then a native cunning came to my rescue, X decided to humour them, as the conquered have con. quered their conquerors, the sed- uced their seducers, from title itn- memorial, I fell in with their plans, I became the most enthus- iastic among them. I suggested wilder, more explicit tortures. This baffled them, as expected, Little did they realize, as they thought thby led me up the gar- den path, into the wilderness, that they were not dealing with au ordinary, virginal victim, did they know of the resolve that, burned with a hard gent-like flame within me. They're after me. Wherever I go they lurk, They're everywhere, lying in wait for me. * * * I know how the Jew felt in Ger- many, waiting for the tread ot heavy boots in the hall, the knock on the door. I've experienced the numb terror of the deep-south Ne.` gro when a, lynching party is abroad. - I sit down in the coffee shop, carefully alone. And One of Them slips into the seat beside me. At first I think he is a friend, as we talk about the new Pope, the mine disaster, and"'The' football set-up, It is only when he slides ,a cruel, sly glance, at me, and asks the dreaded question, that I realize he is One of Them. * * I go to the pub, when the paper is out, for a quiet beer. They drift to my table, singly, ominous. ly. They sit down, full of platit- udes about the weather, their jack- boots coiled beneath the table. Ever peesent is the hideous pros- pect. They don't quite dare bring it into the open. But it's there. * * They stand on the streetcorner, three or four of them, heads to- gether, watching me approach. There is menace in their very stance. They watch with silent de- light as I halt and pretend to look in a store window. They snigger evilly, triumphantly, as I dart. across the street in terror. * * When 'I enter 'a store, One of Them is there, behind the counter. He smiles, says: "G'day" or "Hi, Bill." He pretends to be a mer chant, but I know, when the time comes, he'll throw off his sheep's clothing, and grab his gun, like the others. -TWZ TWO. THE PRESENT difficult situation in which the producers'• of hogs' in Ontario have found themselves, can pretty well be traced to the fact that there are more and bigger' prod- ucers of hogs now than there have ever been. Many people who were never in hogs before have taken advantage of the high prices being received by the producdrs, and have jumped into the business. The only possible result was an over-pro- duction which has, always meant lower prices. Nqw with the price down to the support- price level, there have been steps taken to help discourage the producers from support of the- marketing plan which they endorsed this spring. Strange as it seems, such moves always seem to be made by people other than the pro- ducers themselves. This time it is the packers who are looking for a new hog plan. They would WELL EAR WE HAD the pleasure last weekend of ,. joining with others of the newspaper profession in honouring one of our number. *Chester L. Smith, who • retired from the publishing of the Zurich Herald less than a year ago, was present- ed with an engraved silver tray on behalf of his fellows. All of us were in agreement with the presentation, for Mr. Smith and his wife, served their _community for 43 years, before finding the great strain of a weekly publication, too much in their advancing years. As one of the publishers remarked—"after 43 years in this business, we should have had the tray gold-plated!" The.publishing of a weekly newspaper is a fascinating business, and the Smiths enjoyed their years in the work to the full. As they NO NEED TO THE PRESENT activity in testing ani- mals of all kinds to check for presence of rabies can become a rather frightening thing. The city papers have shown the customary tactics of mak- ing a "big thing of it" and to some folk the Whole "scare" may seem very serious, It is not necessary to become charmed. We doubt that it will' be necessary to -arm children 'with'-clubs before they go off to school —although this has been suggested in an urban area of Waterloo County. apparently prefer an auction system, The farmers seem quite happy with the plan they have. The shippers have been unable to do anything concrete about changing the pro- ducers mind,' much as they have tried, and are continuing to try. We fail to see why either the shipper or the packer should have anything to say at all in the method by which the producer wishes to sell his product. The shipper has the job of transporting. The packer has the ,job of buying if he wishes, and of transforming the raw pro- duct into something he can in turn, sell. We rather think that the packer would take a dim view of the farm-producer if he should start making suggestions about how the packer sells his' product, and took to making representations to government for a change in his selling method. NED TRIBUTE both remarked, they loved their subscribers, and the daily contact made with the people of their village, This is true of all publishers, and their , staffs. If It were not 'so,. they would be on a farm raising Chickens, or in another type of manufacturing Concern, or in free-lance writ- ing of some sort. But along with the enjoyment which weekly publishing brings, comes the pro- blems of all organizations which a publisher sooner or later finds himself worrying about. When, at the end of a long period of years spent in the service of his community, a couple such as Mr, and Mrs. Smith.are awarded a token gift, we are in whole-hearted agreement with such an expression. All too often, those who have_ toiled the longest in the service of their fellowman, are left un-honoured and un-sung. BE ALARMED Only one case of rabies has been detected so far in Huron County. Though there is no need to be alarmed— it is necessary to use 'common sense. Rabies is not a subject to be poo-pooed and spoken of lightly. It could happen here. Be well informed. Read about rabies as it was described in last week's issue of this paper. Warn your children about the disease. Tell theni how to recognize it, Files menu A real peace is coming 41-41 cannot long be delayed. The influenza epidemic in Clin- ton is now on the Wane, most of those now ill being somewhat .cpn the mend. We have had so far six deaths directly resulting from the disease but are hopeful that no more fatalities will occur, The doctors have been tireless in their attention, the nurses, professional and voluntary, have not spared themselves and the ministers of the different denominations have devoted themselves to the service of doing whatever could be done' to ease the situation. 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record (Thursday, November 9, 1933) Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Venner an- nounct the engagement of their y ounge s t daughter, Marguerite May, to Walter Roger Pepper, only son of Mr, and Mrs. Fred Pepper, Tuckersmith, the wedding to take place soon. Ross „IVIcEwan, T. Churchill, Bruce McDougall and Fred Miller left last weekend on a deer-hunt-^ ing trip up north. Mrs. Caryl Draper visited in To- ronto last weekend. On her return home she was accompanied by her brother, Rev. F. Herman, and Mrs, Herman, Bolton, who have been visiting the former's mother, sist- er and brother in town. Clinton Collegiate football team brought back the Haugh Cep aft- er more than a score of years, defeating Listowel to win the cov- eted trophy. Abbot a year ago today, I steed in the middle of a vast wilderness a rifle dangling awkwardly before me. I had walked eight miles to get there and had to walk eight miles back. The wind was blowing at 40 m.p.h, carrying a hard snow that would cut the eyes out of you. I was ,chilled toethe bone, I was bored, hungry and inexpres- sibly lonely. As I stood there, watching a great, bare expanse ot motionless rocks and stumps, I swore a solemn oath: "I'll never go deer hunting again, as long as I bloody well live!" * * * That's why, when the gum-boot- ed ruffians come for me, full of their nonsense' about setting away from it all, and the good, rough companionship of the hunting camp my wife will be able to tell them that I've had a sudden' attabk and will be in hospital for the next two weeks, or until deer season is over, I've made all the arrange• ments. * a. * Oh, they're Crafty. They pro- mise you a big time, if you join them, as the Devil has been pro. musing potential customers for years. Their way of life, they in- sinuate, guarantees rare delighti, exotic escape from the humdrum, a rejuvenation of both inner and outer man. * * Clinton. New -gra (Thursday, November .7, 1918) , .Between 4.2 and one o'clock word flashed, into town that Ger- many had signed for armistice. and war stopped at 2 :o'clock, The town hell pealed out the • glad news, followed by all the ream' whistles. A tumor from New Xork and Washington says armistice 'is not signed yet. Marshall Foch has notified the German. High.. Coin- mend of place fixed on for inter- view with ,armistice delegates, Name of place was not given. in this dispatch from. London, Eng- land, but semi-official reports de- clare that Germany has decided to accept Foch's terms. 'The Minister of Finance is con- sidering the design for a new one- cent copper coin. The present coin, while of excellent design, is of so large a size as to make it incon- venient to carry more than two or three in the pocket. -40 YEARS AGO Clinton. News-Record (Thursday, November 7, 1918) From a private source on Sun- day came the news ftona London that the Kaiser had abdicated and that Germany had accepted the terms set down by the Allies, in- cluding withdrawal to thirty miles beyond the Rhine, the giving up of Heligoland, the navy, submar- ines, etc. Typewritten bulletins were placed up around town and the air fairly buzzed with excite- 11 From Our Early 40 YEARS AGO SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) THURSDAY, NOv.gmagp,..6, 3.958