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Clinton News-Record
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THURSDAY, .JANUARY 8, 195.9
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A PARTICULARLY interesting dinner
and afternoon meeting this week that held by
some of the top farm leaders in the county.
These men gathered together for the
purpose of discussing mutual and sometimes
conflicting problems, and to acquaint members
of • parliament in the county with the general
farming situation. Questions, were asked and
explanations given by both government and ag-
riculture.
These were the top-ranking farmera in
Huron, chosen in all cases, by their fellows to
lead the various commodity groups. They knew
the subject of which they spoke and they were
experienced in getting their ideas across.
We are sure that the mernbejs of govern,
ment who attended learned a good deal they
had not known, No doubt the farm leaders
learned also.
This is the type of meeting which does a
great deal towards bringing the farm groups
together and in having their problems under-
stood.
Listening to them speak,. we could not
help but feel that with such men as these to
lead, agriculture cannot help but progress fav-
ourably.
What a wealth, here, in excellent guest
speakers for all types of meetings, both rural
and urban.
EVIDENCE OF GOOD LEADERSHIP
CHURCH LEADERS TO STUDY TEMPERANCE ACT
(The Owen Sound Sun-Times)
WITH CLERGYMEN taking a leading
part, a group of church people have undertaken
an intensive study of the Canada Temperance
Act as it pertains to Huron and Perth Counties.
The action is an outgrowth of a meeting in a
Stratford church recently, The Act, because of
its restrictive qualities. has been under contin-
uous,,, attack' for some years now not for its
restrictions but, rather, for its alleged "loose-
ness". The Perth and Huron people are fear-
ful lest it finally be entirely undermined to the
entire advantage of those in the beer and liquor
industries, as has been the case in other parts
Where the Act continued in force.
This active Concern on the Dart of church
leaders is to be commended. Far too often such
situations are allowed to deteriorate into what
muse be regarded as "reform in reverse".
• Another field in which a similar action in
advance could be taken is that of Local Option.
In the past year or two many centres have lost
their Local Option protection against open beer
and liquor_ sales promotion until there appears
every possibility' that, within the next few years,
the Province will be wide open to such sales.
The situation is largely due to the' fact that
there is practically no co-ordination against the
traffic on the part of these who can be expected
to give opposition leadership. At the same time
the vast business enterprises, who stand to gain
very largely financially, work on a province-
wide scale to attain their ends.
The Huron-Perth organization is aimed
at frankly studying the C.T.A, and suggesting
amendments, if and where such are found ad-
visable. It could be possible that Local Option
-also could stand a similar examination. Such ana
organized move might well bring about even a
reasonable enforcement of the laws which make
bootlegging, in its several forms, illegal.
It might also bring a solution to the sit-
uation whereby a place is either entirely free
of sales outlets or left open to huge sales centres
in their midst, other types of sales, such as a
practically unlimited number of banquet per-
mits, and a progressive increase of those various
outlets which the laws of the land permit.
As in Huron and Perth, leadership in such
a move must come from within the church. both
from clergy and laymen. The church, and the
purpose for, which it works, stands to gain the
most from a real control. of a traffic which
creates many of the problems which the Church
is commanded to war against and which event-
ually robs it of a large portion of ,its member-
ship. Even the most liberal-thinking can not
view the alcoholic beverage industry and its
results as conducive to progress in the life of
the Church. 1'
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LEGION AUXILIARY TO
INSTAL OFFICERS MONDAY
The regular meeting of the La-
dies Auxiliary to the Canadian
Legion, Clinton Branch 140, will
be held in the Legion Memorial
Hall on Monday evening, Jan-
uary 12, Commencing at 8.15. The
Zone Commander, Mr's, McCann
will conduct installation of the
1959 officers. All members are ur-
ged to attend.
Letter to the Editor
DEAR RECORD: •
You will find enclosed $4.00 to
pay for another year's subscrip-
tion to the News-Record. The
price has gale up some since I
left there 60 some odd years ago.
That is true of many things.
When I left Old Bayfield you
could go into a place where they
sold good dinners and buy one
for not more than a quarter. Now
$1.25 perhaps more or it, might
be 25 cents less.
A suit of clothes that cost 20
or 25 dollars, now 60 or perhaps
75 dollars. `There are many other
things you could mention, but
what's the use?
On top of all we have a tough
old winter, snow piled as high as
you can look, and zero weather
all the way along.
Good health and good luck to
all the readers of the News-Rec-
ord.
W. E. JOHNSTON,
Dec. 31, 1958
Nekoma, N.D.
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
Thursday, , January 9, 1919
Manager Manning made a hit
With the Movie fans when he
)had "Over the Top" shown here
this week, It was wgood picture.
Willis Church was crowded to
the doors by the citizens of Clin-
ton and immediate vicinity when
a memorial service was held for
those who made the Supreme
Sacrifice in Flanders or who had
died while in the King's uniform.
There are 34 names in .Clinton's
Honor Roll,
Walter McBeth has returned
froin the' West and is visiting his
daughter, Mrs, John Murdoch,
Brucefield.
Mr. and Mrs. George Monk,
Porter's Hill, spent New Years in
Dungannon at the home of • the
forn-ier's mother, Mrs.
N. W, Trewartha, popular ex-
clerk of Gdderich Township, won
hands-down from. Councillor O.
Ginn ,with a majority of 105. At
the nomination meeting, Mr. Ginn
called the new Reeve a "tender-
foOt,"—but the "Tenderfoot" went
the limit' and will head the Town-
ship Council for 1919. Hats off to
Reeve Trewartha.
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, January 9, 1919
Five aggravations: A balky hor-
se, a stalled motor, a stubborn
husband, a fractious child, and a-
wayward watch. And the worst is
a wayward watch.. You generally
know any of the first four have
arrived—you'll -know it is ;there.
I can't spe why there's so much
fuss about colour. We adopted a
coal-black baby this Christmas,
and already he's as dear to us as
one of our own. - Of course, we
didn't stiptdaIsx, when we were
looking ter him, what colour he
was to be, and what religious de-
nomination, as so many would-be
parents do. We just wanted a
baby, and we got a dandy.
The kid'{' :aren't bothered by his
colour eithlt. They've wanted a
new baby brother for years, and
they're fascinated by him. They
spend hours looking at him, play-
ing with him, fetching him toys
and warming his milk.
*
We had quite a time naming
him. His new parents wanted
something dignified and disting-
uished, like Othello. Various
friends and relatives contributed
all sorts of suitable if unoriginal,
monikers. But the name the kids
chose for him was both original
and suitable. So "Playboy" he is.
And not 'a bad name for a seven-.
weeks-old spaniel pup, at that. * *
It's the first dog we've ever had
at Draughty Windows, the old
family manor. And it's apparent
already that he's going to domin-
ate the scene. It requires the
combined strength, patience and
ingenuity-of- the entire family to
cope with the little black devil. *
His first night in' the house gave
us a taste of things to come. He
went to sleep like a baby in his
new bed. But about 2 a.m., I was
dredged Out of a deep and honest
sleep by- the loudest, most pitiful
wailing' you've ever heard. So I
spent the next two hours sitting
on the kitchen floor in my py-
jamas, letting him gnaw my hand,
the only thing that would shut
him up.
* *
Every time I'd get him settled
down and start to sneak away, the
little black head would bob up
between the paws on the edge of
his box, the brown eyes ,would
giVe me a look of desperate ap-
peal and the heart-rending cry-
ing would resume.
*
Three nights of this and I was
about ready for the boneyard. My
nerves were shot. I was worn. out.
I was snapping at the kids and
the Old Lady. We tried every-
thing. "Put a ticking alarm clock
in with him" suggested dog own-
ers. He promptly launched the
alarm clock with a full-scale chris-
tening. Extra blankets, warm
milk, prolonged caresses, had no
effect. He wanted company. 4' * *
I • was about ready to start
shooting the nembutal into him,
when somebody suggested trying
a hot)..water bottle. •I know how
Archimedes felt when he leapt out
of his bath-tub crying "Eureka."
Playboy now sleeps;through, his
alarm clock ticking away and his
mother, in the guise of a hot wa-
ter bottle, under his fat little
belly. I know it'll be the ruination
of him, and that he'll probably
need psychiatric treatment when
he finds out that his mother leaks
when you 'bite her„ but for the
present, we are both getting some
sleep. * * *
But that's only one department
satisfied. The book says when he
makes a mess, you're supposed to
hold his nose close to it, say "No!"
firm tone, then put him on
paper he's supposed to use, I
have personally done this at least
84 times but Playboy apparently
hasn't read the book. He goes
right on using any portion of any
floor *he feels "like using. He's
made the livingroom rug three
times, despite the utmost vigil-
ance.
It'st a good thing I'm the
newspaper business. My wife used
to complain because I brought
home so many newspapers. Now
she's crying for more, and 'we're
going to have to step up our press
run. It's not that Playboy uses
the papers. But he likes the game
of trying to find a spot on the
floor that doesn't have a paper
spread on it. *
Now, for years I've been bored
to tears by people telling me a-
bout the cute tricks their dogs
have performed. I've been horri-,
fied to see people treating dogs
like children. I've been annoyed
by large dogs with dirty feet
planting the latter firmly on my
trousers. So don't _think that one
mere small spaigel pup is going
to destroy all those fine anti-can-
ine prejudices I've built up. * *
But when the fight between gar-
den lovers and dog owners gets
into full swing next spring,_ don't
be surprised to read some stirring
editorials about the divine right
of dogs to roll in the tulips.
to YEARS ADO
vontonNewAHRepoo 49rhurs0ay, ,40hary 6, 1040
Effective January 1, 1949, X.
W. Colquhoun has 'purchased the
general insurance agency business
operated by Hugh E. Rorke for
more than 25 .yaera. Mr, Rorke
Will continue in advisory 'cap-
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"Mr, 1949" as far as this dis-
trict is concerned, is the infant
son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold ye°,
rlTIlr7RS.DAY, JANUARY .8, 1.9$9
The "Wayward Watch,"' however
IS se'deceitful that Yo11 may look.
it -straight in the face and yet it
Will be lying to you all the time,
nellyar watches are :faithful, re,
liable timekeepers—fully guaran-
teed, of course,
Mrs, Gordon Cunningharne re-
ceived a card from her brother
Roy East, written on Deeember
14, from Tokyo, Japan. A daily
press dispatch, reveals, that Mr,
East and Bank Manager Rae have
now arrived in Vladivoatock,
where they will establish a branch
of the Rival Bank of Canada. ,
25 YEARS 'AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, January 11, 1934
The concert and dance put on
by the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Legion was well attended. A
pleasing program included a piano
and saxophone duet by Mrs. Per-
due and Jack, and a negro skit by
Art Groves and Sam Castle. At
the close of the program the
chairman, Col. Combe, asked two
boys, Percy Brown and Tom
Steep, to come up. They mixed
the tickets and Tom drew the
lucky ticket for the „Hope Chest,
which was held by Frank Penne-
baker, Collins' orchestra supplied
music for the dance which follow-
ed.
Mrs, F. W. Andrews returned
Friday evening after attending
the funeral of her brother, the
late Fred J. Hill, Smith Falls,
The first jack-rabbit drive of
the season was, held at Exeter,
when 32 hunters journeyed into
Middlesex and bagged no less than
128 jacks.
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who was born in 'Clinton PtihliQ
Hospital .on Sunday, JanUary 2.
interesting to note that no
other baby even "Caine close" to
being born; on New Year's Day.
Ttirougi/Ait Ontario, and in
lihronr;Ounty, red foxes are on
the increase, hut it is not likely
that the Provincial Government
Will. place • a 1.)01111ty on them. Re,. strictioos on the bunting and. trap-
Ping of foxes, which have been
lifted, have widened the control.
over them,
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