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Business and Professional
— Directory —
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
(Thursday, December 5, 1918)
Sergeant Edgar Pattison arriv-
ed home Wednesday night off the
Stratford train. He was met at the
-station by the Reception Commit-
tee and Kiltie Band. The young
soldier enlisted with the 71st Bat-
talion, leaving his position as G. T.
R. agent at Brucefield.
Albert Mitchell, Clinton, spent
a few days with his sister, Mrs.
Joseph Guest, Wingham, this week.
• John Ostrom and Bruce and
Gladstone Grigg are all home after
working on farms in different
places. These boys have been fill-
ing men's places this summer
while others have been fighting
our battles in France.
Good news reached Brucefield
last week that Private Ernest
Mustard, son of Alex Mustard,. has
been accounted for, He was a
prisoner in Germany and was lib-
erated with many others, after be-
ing reported missing,
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
(Thursday, December 5, 1918)
B. J. Gibbings, who has been
associated with Doherty Pianos,
Ltd., for so long that he seems
to be an integral part of it, has
been appointed assistant superin-
tendent of the business. For the
present Mr, Gibbings is going out
on the road for the company,
leaving on Monday.
Two highly esteemed citizens of
Clinton celebrated birthdays on
Saturday last, James Walkinshaw,
who completed his 81st year, and
Henry Plumsteel, who put his 74th
behind him. Mr. Walkinshaw, de-
spite his four score and one, is
smart and active and as interested
in everything as he was a score
of years ago. Mr. Plumsteel doesn't
appear to think he should be tak-
ing his place in the chimney corner,
either, but can be found daily
cheerily serving customers behind
the counter. D. Cantelon, the "Ap-
ple King" is a- day ahead of these
in the way of a birthday, his be-
ing on Friday last, but he is sev-
eral years behind them in age, be-
ing only 70.
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
(Thursday, December 7, 1933)
Merino Oesch, Zurich, has pur-chased the Murch grocery stock,
fixtures, etc., and will move same
to Zurich. Mr. and Mrs. Murch
have been in the grocery business
for several years, having run a
store where R. Tasker now has
his tobacco store and poolroom.
and they have been about seven
years where they are now, in the
Sloane Block, They will continue
to reside in Clinton, as Mr, Murch
has his mail route and Huron
Murch is on the Post Office staff.
They have their own home on Hu-
ron Street.
Miss Mary Andrews' group serv-
ed a goose supper to the other
members of the Eveready Mission
Circle, the feast being spread in
the church dining room, The pro-
ceeds of these suppers is used to
purchase material for the Circle's
mission work,
Miss Isabel Paisley, Los Angeles,
Calif., and Mrs. Paul Bowen, Te-
cumseh, Mich., visited for a few
days over the weekend at the
home of their brother, Councillor
O. L, Paisley,
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
(Thursday, December 2, 1948)
"Mitch" Shearing, well-known
local merchant and sportsman, re-
turned from a hunting trip in the
Marmora district a few days ago
and he brought back a deer.
Day Police Constable Dave El-
liott found a homing pigeon at the
main intersection on Monday,
which may have been struck by
a car. It had a band on its leg,
indicating that the bird was a
member of a racing flock.
Cliff Epps and the members of
Clinton Horticultural Society re-
cently planted five strategically-
located flower beds with bulbs
that will brighten up the spring-
time, The beds are situated at the
CNR station; at the gore near
Burton's residence at King and
James streets; at Clinton Cream-
ery; at the Post Office; and at
the Superior Food Market. This
is a worthwhile activity and will
help beautify the town.
AUCTIONEER
ALVIN WALPER
PROVINCIAL
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For your sale, large or small,
courteous and efficient service
at all times,
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ROY N. BE:'4TLEY
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
OPTOMETRY
I, E. LONGSTA_FF
Hours:
.4eaforth: 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 SE.AFORT1-1
G. B. CLANCY
Optometrist — Optician
(successor to the late A. L.
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment phone 33,
Goderich
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
iteal Estate and Business Broker
High Street — Clinton
Phone HU 2-6692
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HAIR DRESSING
CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY
Cold Waves, Cutting, and
Styling
King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065
C. D. Proctor, Prop.
INSURANCE
INSURE TOE 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
U, C. LAWSON
Hotel Clinton Block
Clinton
PHONES: Office HU 2-9644,
Res., HU 2-9787
Insurance — Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Co.
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
J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield
Phone Bayfield 58r2
Ontario Automobile Association
Car - Fire - Accident
Wind Insurance
If you need Insurance, I nays
a Policy
THE MeKILLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1958: President, Rob-
ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre-
eident, Alistair Broadfoort, Sea-
forth; secretary-treasurer, Norma
Jeffery, Seaforth.
Directors: John H. MoEwing,
Robert Archibald; Ohnis. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. 3. Trewartha,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-,
ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har-
vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper,
Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot,
Seaforth.
Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Land-
esboro; J. F. Prueter, Brodtragen;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric
Munroe, Seaforth,
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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1958
YOUR FRIEN S, THE LOCAL MERCHANTS
NEWS-RECORD
Your mail will arrive at distant
points in Canada and the Uriited
States in good time for Christ-
mas if you observe the mailing
dates in the Post Office leaflet
which has been delivered to
your home.
4( Make certain you have the
correct postal addresses
and please write or print
clearly and in ink. Your
gifts will arrive safely when
packed in sturdy cartons,
wrapped in strong paper
and tied with stout cord.
4( Parcels and cards should
have address and return
address, too, printed on the
outside, Include address
and return address inside
parcel as well,
For your own convenience,
have parcels weighed at
your neighbourhood post
office.
4( For local delivery, mail your
cards and parcels on or
before DECEMBER 17th.
CANADA
POST OFFICE
..exikaNY *AEON
Christmas Plans
Made By Twenty
Attending C.W.L.
The monthly meeting of the
CWL was held in St. Joseph's
Parish Hall on Monday, December
1 with 20 members in attendance.
Plans were discussed for the Ch-
ristmas tree for the children and
Christmas boxes for the shut-ins.
The mystery prize was won by
Loretta Blake. The league's spirit-
ual director, the Rev. E, Reed-
Lewis gave a talk stressing the
Fundamental aims and purposes
of the society. Mrs. Alvin Sharp,
Mrs. Sam Spencer, and Mrs. Jack
Scruton were the visiting commit-
tee for the month of November.
Quick. Canadian
Quiz
1, When was the income tax in-
troduced in Canada?
2. What famous ocean shipping
line was founded by a Canad.
ian?
3. What are Canada's tallest
trees?
4. How many schools are there
in Canada for the blind and
deaf?
5. Are Canadians paying mare
per year to meet family al-
lowance payments or old age
security pensions?
ANSWERS: 5. In the current
year family allowances will cost
about $470 million, old age security
pensions about $555 million. 3. The
Douglas Fir, that grows from the
eastern slope of the Rockies in
Alberta through to the Pacific
coast; some of these trees are more
than 1,000 years old, more than
300 feet high. 1. Income inX was
introduced in Canada in 1917 a.;
a special war tax. 4. There are 14
such schools. 2, The Cunard Line,
owner of the Queen Elizabeth
world's largest ship, was founded
by Samuel Canard, son of a Hall
fax carpenter.
Material prepared by the editors
of Quick Canadian 'Pacts, the pock-
et annual of facts about Canada.
CLINTON NEWS,BECCAID
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1958
ews-Record Clinton
AT TH IS particular time )f year, people
are thinking of pinching pennies long enough and
hard enough that they will go round the long
list of Christmas gift-buying which must be
done. Many people are thinking of a trip "to
the city" to Christmas shop.
Our advice to you is to give that trip a
second thought before you set off. Remember
the huge crowds and the packed stores. Re-
member the sore feet you had last year, while
you stood around waiting for a clerk to wait
upon you. Remember the bad driving conditions,
and the cars you saw in the ditch.
Then consider the leisurely shopping you can
do in Clinton's own stores. You can slip down
town for an hour in the morning, when there
are not many shoppers about. You can come
into Clinton in the afternoon, on Saturday, send
the children to the show, and enjoy shopping
at your leisure. If you forget the size you
want, it's only a few minutes home and the
list of inforamtion you left on the dining room
table.
NEVER, IN all of the municipal meetings
which we have attended, have we noted more
enthusiasm, and interest in their own affairs,
than is shown by the ratepayers of Goderich
Township.
While all about them, and in much bigger
centres, people are forgetting which day nom-
inations are being accepted: forgetting whether
the election is for reeve or for mayor; forgetting
there is such a thing as responsible government,
the people of Goderich Township remember.
As a result, the men which they have to
represent them are well versed in the affairs of
the township, and are able to discuss them intel-
ligently. This they showed at the public meet-
ing following nomination of candidates, when
the present councillors were called upon to give
a report of their stewardship.
Taking the floor before a group of neigh-
bours and friends, is perhaps one of the most
difficult tasks which confronts people in muni-
icpal work. After 12 months of service, when
the business of the municipality goes forward
quietly, and as efficiently as the elected repre-
sentatives can manage, suddenly the day of
reckoning is before them.
A good knowledge of the workings of the
committee they have been working on is an
absolute necessity. Not only must they be able
to tell what has been done, but they also have
to be ready to explain (in Goderich Township
at least) why some other action was not taken.
The officials of that municipality meet the
test quite easily, and present a good record of
their service.
Another unique thing in present day local
government, is the gathering of ratepayers at
For handy shopping, buying in the borne
town cannot be beat.
There's another item, too: Consider the
home town merchant, how he works for you.
He serves on the town council (all but two of
the present councillors you meet in Clinton
stores, every day of the week); he belongs to
the service club which promotes luxury items
like swimming pools, Scout halls, skating rinks,
etc., for your family's use; he gives up his own
precious evening hours to serve on the hospital
board, the school boards, the park board, even
the cemetery board. Consider these things, and
notice how many of the tome town merchants
work for you.
Consider also that his store is packed to
the doors right now with all the good things
to buy which you can find in the cities.
Let's work together with our home town
merchants, and help to build a worthwhile com-
munity, founded upon practical loyalty to our
own friends and neighbours.
the township garage in Holmesville on the night
of the election. This is no haphazard gathering,
but a well-organized and well-run meeting, with
chairman, and speeches, and all that goes with it.
We cannot help but feel that if the people
took as much interest in their own affairs in all
parts of our Dominion, we could not help but
have a more responsible local government than
has been the case in modern times in some areas.
TO A FUR SCARF
The trap jaws clanked and held him fast,
None marked his fright, none heard his cries,
I-lis struggles ceased; he lay at last
With wide uncomprehending eyes
And watched the sky grow dark above
And watched the sunset turn, to gray;
And quaked in anguish while he strove
To gnaw the prisoned leg away.
Then day came rosy from the East
But still those steel jaws kept their hold,
And no one watched the prisoned beast
But Fear and Hunger, Thirst and Cold;
Oppressed by pain his dread grew numb,
Fright no more stirred his flagging breath,
He longed in vain to see him come
The cruel biped, bringing death.
Then through the gloom that night came ONE
Who set the timid spirit free:
I know thine anguish, little son—
So once men trapped and tortured ME.
—F. F. VanDewater.
INTERESTED IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT