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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1958-12-18, Page 4SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B'. T. Smiley) THERE SEEMS to be a snag developed, With regard to the expected rentalliousing pro- ject. This is a scheme in action throughout Ontario, whereby a municipality, co-operating With the, provincial government and the federal government, erects homes and rents them, to those people who cannot afford to build them- selves. It is a means of getting homes for areas where population demands them. The town of Goderich has had two such schemes carried out. 25 homes were erected the first time, and now a similar project is going forward of 11 homes, We understand that a good percentage of these homes have been rented by personnel from RCAF Station Clinton. Clinton haS been in a population class Which had not been included in plans for the rental housing schemes. Through the efforts of Mayor Miller throughout the past year, -a for- mal request was made for such a scheme, a survey of the .town was made, applications were received, and the idea was acceptable to the provincial goveimnent department of public works. Since the federal government has a part In paying for the setting up of the scheme, the plans for it went forward to them. Hearing that the idea might get side- tracked in the capital city, Mayor Miller, organ- ized a delegation, and accompanied by the local Member they went to Ottawa last week. They discovered that the federal, department of public works feels that. if it is a large number of RCAF personnel who need homes, then it is the res- ponsibility of the department of national de- fense. The delegation explained that the problem of housing shortage in ,Clinton did not rest en- tirely with RCAF personnel. It rests also in the near future when workmen, engineers and staff for the new hospital-school on the Bluewater • Highway begin work in'earnest. The facts are that the money which either the national defense •department, or the public works department have to spend, comes from the taxpayers pocket. Surely there could be a little shifting of dollars from one pocket to another at a time when the need is evident. Why should the department of public works have no qualms about extending money to Goderich;,fot homes promptly used by RCAF personnel, and at the same time refuse Clinton money for a project which may be used for the same group of people? We have never •'been completely in accord with the policy of the government in making their married quarters at service establishments another community beside an existing one. We feel that in a settled part of the nation such as our own, it would be a happier situation all round for the service personnel to be assimilated into the existing community. There c are enough service communities built in sparsely settled areas in Canada, where the station is far from an existing -town. Where a small town exists, and 'here Many of the civilians are employed at the station,, it would seem better' to have only one 'community, one shopping centre, and the existing facilities improved to benefit all. We sincerely hope that the department of public works in Ottawa can visualize the need' for homes for both civilian employees at the station and for the influx of workmen, etc:, for the hospital-school, and' to assist in this project as already outlined. Clinton New Era (Thursday, December /A 1918). - Council met on Monday evening with Mayor Thompson in the chair, Reeve Ford, and ,Councillors . Wiltse, .qopper,. Miller,. Langford', and Sheppard present, conneiller 'McEwan absent. • Mr. and Mrs, Charles McGregor; of the.,6th concession of .eoderich Township, received word that their son, Corporal Alfred C. D. Me- Gregor, who • enlisted with the 161st Battalion when only 17.yeara old, had been awarded. the Military Medal for bravery on the field in the battle. around Cambria, He was promoted' at the same titne. Corporal Edward Cook, better known as "Cap" Cook, arrived home on the midnight train Mon- day after being overseas nearly a year . and a half. "Cap" joined the 161st but was later transferr- ed to the Forestry Division and has been stationed • in Scotland nearly all that period, with the exception of two weeks in France and a short time in England. • . 40 YEARS AGO • Clinton News-Record (Thursday, December 19, 1918) A. C. 'Brandon, youngest son Of Mrs. Brandon, Bayfield, returned home on Tuesday evening from ov- erseas. Carl Argent, who went west in the summer to assist his brother- in-law with the harvest, has him- self taken up land at North Bat- tleford and will remain in the west. David Elliott, who has been liv- ing in Seaforth for the past couple of years, is returning to Clinton and will move into his house on Huron Street. A young lady visitor from Gode- rich, looking over the Clinton Li- brary, commented, "Why, it's much too good for Clinton." "Oh, IA" quietly answered the librar- ian, to whobe thoroughness and energy belongs much of the credit for the excellence of the arrange- ments, "Nothing is too good for Clinton.", Wo'uldn't it be fun to be Santa Claus just for a day and give ev- eryone the gifts they really, truly wanted, regardless of cost or con- venience? 114 What would you do if you had such a power thrust upon you? Would you heap your favourite people with mink coats, Cadillacs and automatic dishwashers? If you did, of course, the magic wouldn't last, and on Christmas morning, all the fabulous presents would vanish, just after they'd been unwrapped. And you'd be as popular as a socialist in the Senate. * * * Because, you see, those aren't the things that people really, truly want. And the Santa Claus wand would only work for really, truly gifts, not just things they'd like for the sake of vanity or comfort or prestige. 4: * I know some ,of the presents I'd bestow. To, childless couples who wanted children very badly I'd give not one, but four of the fat- test, prettiest, pinkest, wettest babies you ever saw, two boys and a brace of girls. And I'd throw ,in a large .bottle of tranquillizers and a pair of straightjackets. * * * To all children, I'd grant a set of parents who would answer all their questions patiently, read stories every night at bedtime, go sliding on the hill with them, play endless games with them, not make them eat anything they did- n't like, hug them when they were hurt or troubled, love them always, and whale the tar out of them when they needed * it. * On Christmas morning, I'd pres- ent to all old people a three-mon- ths reprieve from .all their ail- ments, aches and pains. I'd give them a .good appetite and a rare fine' set of new teeth to go with it. I'd give them love and kisses in large measure from a veritable host of grandchildren. And I'd throw in a'round-trip plane ticket to Florida, paid-in-advance reser- vations at a posh Miami hotel, and a fat cheque to let them play the races, get married again or do whatever else they wanted, while they were spending the winter down there, • * To all clergymen, whatever the colour of their cloth, I'd give a special Christmas present. They'd get a church packed to the doors with people who sang lustily, list- Clinton News-Record (Thursday, December 16, 1948) Murphy LOL No. 710, Clinton, at its regular meeting in the Or- ange Hall, by resolution, took a strong stand in the matter of . Nazi collaborators, strongly pro- testing the high-handed and un- democratic action of the Dominion Cabinet in countermanding the de- portation of the four Nazi colla- borators now resident in this coun- try. Goshen United Church, Stanley Township, will long remember De- cember 12, 1948, as the day on which' their beautiful new red brick church/was dedicated. Mr. and Mrs. Fred McCool and family have moved into their home on James Street, from their farm near Londesboro. James R. Scott, Bayfield, return- ed 'to the village after. having sp- ent a few days in Toronto, Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON -- EXETER -- SEAFORTH• Thomas Steep, Clinton Representative s— Phones ems., HU 24606 Res., HO 2-3869 CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling king St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065 C. Proctor, Prop. LEONARD WINTER Real Estate and Business Broke High Street — Clinton Phone HU 2-6602 HAIR DRESSING McKILLOP MUTU FIRE INSURANCE COMPA Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: PreSident, ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- sident, Alistair Broadfo6t, forth; secretary-treasurer, N Jeffery, Seaforth, Directors: John H. M Robert Archibald; Chris. hardt, Bornholm; Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; voy Fuller, Goclerich; 3'. E. FP Brracefield; Alistair 131 Seaforth. Agents: Wni, 'Leiner esboro; iv. Pruetcr, Wadi Selwyn Ptaker, h Brussels;; 1Vitturoe, Scatort, Quick Canadian Quiz 1, iNhere is Canada's great "din- osaur cemetery?" 2, The province of Alberta has how many oil wells? 3, Who was the first white man to reach Canada's Pacific coast . by land?, 4, In a year which is greater in Canada: the total of wages and salaries paid by , industry, Or the total of corporation pro- fits earned by industry? 5. Inflation has decreased the purchasing power of the Cana- From Our Erly.'Files 40. YEARS AGO. 25 YEARS AGO dian .dollar by how mach over the past ten years? ANSWERS; 5. Buying power of the dollar has declined by about 23 Percent in 10 years, .3, Alexander Mackenzie, travelling 'in a 25-foot birch-bark canoe with 10 men and 3,000 pounds of baggage, reached the coast July 22, 1793, 1. In the valley of Alberta's Red Deer River: 4,. In 1.957 wages and salaries ,totalled $15'. billion, corporation profits after taxes, totalled $1,7 billion. 2. More than 8,0.00, in re-cent years from, five to ten new oil wells have been found in Alberta per week, Material prepared by the editors of Quick Canadian Facts, the pock-, et annual of facts about Canada., ened attentively, prayed humbly, gave bounteously, and continued to do all of these in like measure during the remainder of the par- son's tenure. * All mothers of large families would get something simple but acceptable for Christmas. I'd pro- vide them with families who ap- preciated all the work they did, praised, their cooking, told them once in a while they looked nice, wiped their feet when they came in, did the dishes frequently and paid them a little attention on other occasions than Mother's, Day. And I'd throw in the full-time ser- vices of a cracking good house- keeper, and pay her salary for a year. * On Christmas Eve, I would give all merchants cash registers so stuffed with currency they could not close them. And then I'd give them an irresistible impulse to take a big hunk of their net profit and spend it On somebody who. needed it, foreign missions or re- tarded children or something. * * What would I leave under the tree for the farmers? You guessed it, Caleb. I'd grant them a whole year of exactly the kind of weath-. er they wanted, regardless of the comfort or convenience of the rest of us. Of course, I'd have to find them something else to bellyache about, but they could probably fall back on the complaint that all those tremendous crops were tak- ing a lcit out of the land. • * All amateur golfers would be do- nated one season in which they sliced not, nor did they hook, but plastered every drive 230 yards down the gut. All anglers would be given one year in which they were smarter than the fish. All weekly editors would be given one week in which there were no mis- takes in the paper. * * All wives would be given one year's absence from the boring, in- sensitive, callous, stingy, inattent- ive cretins they are married to. And all husbands would receive a similar parole from the nagging, complaining, spendthrift, overbear- ing harridans they are married to. * There, I don't think I've left any- body out. But if I have, just drop me a line at 'the South Pole. I'm sort of a left-handed, or southpOle Santa Claus. INSURANCE INSURE THE CO-OP WAY Auto, Accident and Sickness, Liability, Wind, Fire and other perils P. A. "PETE" ROY, CLINTO Phone Hu 2-9357 Co-operators Insurance Association B. 'C. LAWSON Hotel Clinton Block Clinton PHONES: Office HU 2-9644. Res., HU 2-9787 Insurance Real Estate Agent: Mutual Life Assurance K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE and REAL ESTA Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can Phones: Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-7 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 J. E. HOWARD, hayfield Phone hayfield 58r3 Ontario Automobile Assocla Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I ha a Policy Ctintm News-Record "(Thursday, December 21, 1933) Clinton Knitting Company has been working up quite a trade with the British West Indies, Bermuda, Central America and New Zealand during the. past few years, and now has four travellev operating in these fields. A. large order came from' New Zealand recently. The industry at the present time is Clinton's most important one, em- ploying the largest staff .and pay- ing out about $6,900 a month in wages. The peculiarity of a thunder- storm while the temperature was away below freezing point, while windows were covered with frost, was the experience here last week. During the meeting of the Lad:. ies' AuxilliarY to the Canadian Legion, Mrs, (Dr.) Thompson pre- sented H, S. Turner, secretary of the local branch of the Legion, and Mrs. Turner, who were mar- ried recently, with - a table lamp. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record IEp 4 O a • SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain; $3,00 a • L Atithokized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa United States and Foreign;. $4:00; Single Copies Seven Cents WILMA 0. DINNIN, Editor year .; THURSDAY; DECEMBER 18, 1958 SNAG AT OTTAWA THE PLINTQN NEW ERA THE CLINTON NEWS-RgCORP, Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron •County Clinton / Ontario .2,992 S A. L. CdI-QUHOUN, P'ublis'her St uck.. • with last-minute Christmas shopping problems? HERE'S A TIP FOR BUSY SANTAS... If your gift-list doesn't seem to be getting any shorter, make a quick trip to your local B of ,M branch. See if you don't agree that it's the ideal gift shop for those "hard-to-buy- for" 'people on your list. For the cradle and classroom sets . . . there are special passhoOks designed to make a hit with the young fry. ' With a nice balance inside, they make a perfect extra gift that will groW with them through the years. And just watch their eyes when they see the gay Christmas passbook cover. . - :and adults, too. You can take the worry out of shopping fer the hard-to-please by giving festively-decorated B of M Christmas cheques in their Christmassy folders and envelopes. Practical B of M money orders in holly- decked envelopes save you needless guesswork when buying for out-of-townerN_ and if you are an employer . . brighten up your staff's bonuses by using colourful B of M Christmas cheques. Why not drop into your neighbOurhood B of branch tod,ay? One short visit will soon restore that cheery chuckle to your Christmas giving., BAN. Or MONTREAL Boa 61,444414 7r.4t Sled Clinton Branch Traliant Morlok, Manager. WORKING WITH fANAPIANC IN IYINT ?flit (itt SICCE 17 May the day be merry with you in your most gala holiday frock or for- mal. Why not let us get it ready for you NOW — beautifully fresh, spotless- ty clean, carefully pres- .sed! Then you, can just slip into it with no last minute worries,. This Week The Lucky No. is 2079 Check your Calendar. If the number matches, take the Calendar to our office and claim your $3.00 credit. CLINTON- Ask about seasonal loans at HFC If shopping expenses are greater than you anticipated, you're invited to call on Household Finaftce. R70 money service is understanding and prompt. You may borrow up to $1000 and choose your own terms--up to 80 months to repay. HFC la Canada's loading consumer finance company— the only company of fin kind backed by 80 years' experience. Phone ce visit HFC today. HOUSEHOLD FINANCE 0/ M. R. Jenkins, Manager 35A West Street Telephone 1501 GODERICH Business and Professibnal — 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 ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODratICH, 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-tth 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. Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. 'to 5.30 p.m. Phone HUriter 2-7010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTB O. B. CLANCY ' Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Ooderich 111M04441,0041*MINIMS.P."1141141.41.00441.4.411,00.111.141P REAL ESTATE PACrt FOUi CLMON NgS,VS,AtCORD THURSDAY,. Dt C4MPER. 18,. Ma