Clinton News-Record, 1959-01-22, Page 2Published every Thursday et the
Heart of Huron coUnty
Clinton, Ontario ee Population 2,902
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1959
ABOUT THE "GIFT OF GOD"
OUR HEAPS of snow in Clinton have
been termed a "gift of God", and as such, in
their clean newness, Gould be appreciated. Then
they were mixed generously with sand and salt,
and other diverse bits of flotsam, and • became'
anything but pretty. New fallen blankets again
returned the prettiness, but only postponed an-
other dingy time.
There is certainly argument against sp-
ending great sums of money for removing snow
from the downtown area. ,The eeuipment used
for the purpose is expensive. We understand
that about $500 was spent in December for re-
pairs to the grader which is used for snowplow-
ing. While it is on the job, it is charged at the
rate of $5.25 dollars an hour—this makes up
depreciation amounts, repaire, etc. During the
month of December this machine alone, to say
•nothing of truck and tractor, was in use over
.100 hours. That means $500. The total amount
spent in the last month of 1958 for snow removal
—including plowing streets, sidewalks, and re-
moving snow, from downtown streets) was about
$1,000 without counting rental of larger mach-
ines used in'the actual lifting of the down town
snow, nor the grader repair. This is considerably
more than is spent during some Decembers in
past years.
But, the fact remains this: we live in a
snow belt; we can expect snow every winter in
varying amounts, Surely there could be some
sort of unspoken agreement, that when the snow
comes down, there would be some steps taken
right away to do something about it. Of course
there is, for snowplowing, but why not for these
mounds the Department of Highways deposits
on downtown curbs?
Twice within 60 days, council has been
asked for approval of removing these particular
banks, In each case the department heads were
given authority to go ahead with removal. In
one case the waiting allowed time for frost to
solidify the banks; in the other case, waiting
just prolonged the period when citizens had to
climb as much as four feet up and down to
reach the safety of the sidewalks. They are still
doing it.-
We cannot but compare this business of
asking council for permission, to the small \boy
who, having fallen in a mud puddle Sunday mor-
ning about half hour from church time,• ran to
ask his mother's permission to change his cloth-
es and wash his hands and face.
Snow piles are a natural hazard of sp-
ending winters in Clinton, and the only way
we can avoid them is to move south to warmer
climates. We understand that a considerable
number of Clinton folk are down south right
now—possibly scouting for a place to settle
• Clintonians in the off season. Then we could
relax and let nature and the warm sun do their
work on the snow.
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SPEARHEADING PROGRESS
THE MEN who are looking after the
interests of the Hog Producers in-this province
may well be remembered in future years as
the pioneers of a working method for agricult- •
uralists to handle the marketing of their own
products.
This is not, nor will be an easily achieved
result. eThe Hog Producers have been working
steadily since before the last World War, to ob-
tain legislation which would permit them this
privilege.
In other livestock groups, the leaders
seem to be waiting for the results of present
manoeuvering on the part '6-f the hog men, with
the idea that they might just as well leave the
negotiating field as uncomplicated as possible.
Of course each of the groups has -differ-
ent problems, but it is interesting to note that
their,problerns in many ways parallel those of
the hog producers.. For instance, the beef men
are now pondering the problem of correctly
defining the term "producers". Is a man who
buys stocker cattle and fattens them for sale,
a producer of beef? Is a producer merely the
man who breeds and raises calves to marketable
age? Who is a producer? That is, a man who
qualifies as such and is counted for voting pur-
poses, and for determining numbers of delegates
to various boards, etc.
All of these fine points have been dealt
with more or less successfully by the hog prod-
ucers. They have blazed a trail for the men who
market beef, Those who feed and sell other typ-
es of animals for sale, will no doubt benefit by
their experiences.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY .2.2, 1959
Ss 4 Tf:Fottnit -Wants Crop .Controls
Handled For the Farmers Interests
(BY NM L Merrill) 40 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO
9Ieten New Ern
Thursday, 'January 23, 1,.910
This section has been having a
real old January thaw. With the
rain today, not much snow will
be left, All we hope for is that
we don't pay interest on this wea-
ther in March,
Schools are being closed in the
surrounding sections, but, some
doctors are telling the people that
the influenza won't be checked
until almost everyone has had the
disease.
The Clinton Knitting Company's,
Club rooms were opened last Th-
ursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Lib-
by, Col. and Mrs. Combe, Mayor
and Mrs. A. T. Cooper and Mr.
and Mrs. R, E, Manning were a-
mong the invited, guests. Lunch
was held over until the midnight
train arrived with Private Alex
McIntyre, an old employee who
was given a 'royal welcome by
the employees and management.
Private Norman Fitzsimons,
youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ro-
bert Fitzsimons returned home
from overseas on the midnight
train Tuesday,
40 YEARS AGO
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Thursday, January 19, 1919
The Clinton Horticultural Soc-
iety seems to be taking on a new
lease of life. It has in the past
done much to beautify the town,
and it is going right to work to
accomplish quite-an extensive pro-
gram of improvement for the com-
ing summer. An excellent. list of
free premiums will be furnished to
members, including gladioli, roses,
iris, hyacinths, etc. Also, a pac-
ket of poppy seeds from Flanders
will be furnished free to every
member.
A short program was given dur-
ing the opening of the Clinton
Knitting Company Club rooms.
Miss Pearl Shipley and Mr. Mutch
sang, Misses Lockwood and Hay-
wood gave readings and Messrs.
Brown and Mutch an instrumental
duet. Miss Rae 1\teilans, 'on behalf
of the staff, read an address to
Manager Libby, thanking for the
interest in tie girls' welfare tak-
en by the Company and carried
out by him and, assuring him of
the hearty appreciation of the
staff.
Are you shocked and incredul-
ous when you read one of those
front-page stories in which some
ordinary man, for no apparent
reason, goeg berserk and slaugh-
ters his wife and three children
with an axe? I'm shocked, too, but
I can't say I'm astonished. *
Sometimes I can hardly stand
my family. And don't think I'M
being facetious. I really mean it.
I imagine most men go through
periods of quiet desperation in
which only the veneer of centuries
of civilization prevents them from
clobbering the lot with the near-
est blunt instrument and running
into the deep woods.. * *
We had a couple of days in a
row this week when only iron
self-control on my part averted a
tragedy. There didn't seem to be
any particular reason for the mid-
winter maddness that assailed us,
I will admit that the Old Battle-
axe was well honed for the occa-
sion. She had a coldsore, which
between the discomfort and the
insult to• her vanity, always makes
her about as cozy to live with as
a rabid fox.
,, *
There was nothing wrong with
me. Oh, I had a touch of my win-
ter backache, the corn on my foot
was giving' me hell, the furnace
had gone out twice in 24 hours,
and the coal truck had plowed a
couple of coulees in my front
lawn, But on the whole, I was
pretty amiable. *
And the kids weren't especially
bad, just average. Which is en-
ough to drive a deacon to drink
and wild women, but doesn't both-
er us too rritich. Even the do.g was
merely busy proving there Is one
type of animal more irritating
than children.
*
As I say, there didn't seem to
any real reason for a dustup,
but, like an old calvaty charger,
I could scent battle ahead. As a
result, I was looking forward to
lunch hour, the crisis period at
our house, with all the enthusiasm
of a beautiful model heading for
the dentist to have all her teeth
pulled, And I couldn't have been
more right.
The first day, my Old Lady tore
into Me before I even got my
overshoes off, because I hadn't
been tough enough with a cert-
ain fellow over a certain matter.
Why is it that women want their
husbands to be hard, shrewd, dorn-
inooring, even ruthless except
with their wives?
- was bustling around while
this was going on, running back
and forth between us, 'with ,the
dog's dish ,in one hand and a
quart of milk in the other, ,try.
Clinton News-liecord
Thursday, January 25, 1934
At a special meeting of the Clin-
ton Public Hospital Beard and Ad-
visory Board, it was decided to
proceed with the building of a new
wing to the hospital in memory
of the late Dr. Gaudier. This has
long been a dream of the Board
and it was a project in which Dr.
Gandier was always greatly inter-
ested,
Piper Fred Mutch and his pip-
ing sons took part in. the Scottish
program put on by the Men's
Club of Porter's. Hill.
.john R, Middleton, Goderich
Township, sold a 'load of 18 hogs
to D. Cantelon which netted him
the tidy sum of $303.75,
F r o m Irwin's advertisement,
Clinton's Leading Style Shoppe:
Are you wearing ,our special 15
cotton hose? Many thrifty shop-
pers have made this hose a habit
for everyday wear.
IeStirling, who has been visiting
his sister, Mrs. C. Jervis, Mary
Street, left to return to his home
at Consul, Sask.
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, January 20, 1949
Western Ontario was visited by
one of the worst windstorms in
years on Tuesday evening, Dur-
ing the night, heavy damage was
done to buildings, power and tele-
phone lines. Trees were uprooted
by the hundreds and many roofs
were either wholly or partially
blown off. Power was off from
2.32 to 7.35 in the Clinton area.
A mammoth soft maple, on town
property, keeled over and struck
the roof of the home of Mr. and
Mrs. John Mulholland, bashing a
big dent in it. Mrs. Mulholland
underwent the biggest scare of her
life as the tree fell on the roof,
as she was sleeping in the corner
bedroom directly beneath it.
W. Norman Counter, local jew-
eller, was elected president of
Clinton and District Chamber of
Commerce for 1949. Leslie Ball,
wholesale auto supply dealer, was
chosen vice-president and Basil
re-elected secretary-treasurer for
Pocklington, life insurance agent,
the third term.
ing to get his dinner. It was her
day to look after Playboy. * *
So, from the back room, where
the pup dives, Hugh was yelling
at Kim, informing her with de-
light that there were four messes
to clean up. Playboy was yowling
for his food. My wife was inform-
ing me, in the reverberating ton
es she employs when her cold-
sore is giving her twinges, that
I'm soft and let people walk all
over, me.
* * *
So Kim gets a little flustered,
starts for the back room on a
dead run to, tell Hugh what a
dirty sneak he is, and drops the
milk, which, as all quart bottles
do when they're spilled, holds at
least a gallon. * * *
Anyway, that ended round one.
Return match was next day at
noon. The Last Tycoon was still
bearish. The kids were wrestling
with the dog to see who'd hold
him. Playboy threw up from the
excitement. The soup boiled over
right at this juncture. Butz won't
bore you with the details. Suffice
it to say that it's right about' then
that 'I want my mother. When you
haven't got a mother handy, the
next best thing its to get to the
bathroom and lock yourself in,
Which is good for about 90 sec-
onds before somebody is hammer-
ing on the door in agony. •
Oh, we cool off, and the very
next day, probably, we're as hap-
py and affectionate a little family
as you'd find. But don't expect
me to say incredulously, when I
read one of those graeson'ie axe-
slaying headlines: "How in the
world could he do it, to those
lovely children and that pretty
young wife!"
Last YedriOver
2,000 Dressings
Were Distributed
In Clinton By
CANADIAN
CANCER
SOCIETY
President, MRS. P. P1NOLAN
HU 2407
The Farm Forum topic this
week was the third in the series
on vertical integraeinn and was
entitled "Who Will Hold the
Reins?" The SS 4 Goderich Town-
ship Forum discussed this topic
at their meeting at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Merrill, on
Tuesday night. Ten members were
present,
It was -decided that individuals
could do very little to cope with
vertical integration, but perhaps
could try to avoid contracts to a
certain extent. We feel that con-
trols are coming but we want
these to be in the hands of those
who have farmers' interest not
just self interest.
We think that by being associa-
ted in a farmer-owned corporation
or other group device, that the
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ROY N. BENTLEY
• Public • Accountant
GOD! RICH, Ontario
telephone 1011 Box 418
45-11-b
RONALD 0. McCANN
Public Accountant
Rattenbury Street East
Office and Residence
Phone HII'2-9677
CLINTON, ONTARIO 50-tfb
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OPTOMETRY
J. E. LONGSTAFF
Hours:
Seaforth: Daily except Monday &
Wectiesday-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 Mater 2-7010 Clinton
PHONE 791 SEAFORTH
0. U. CLANCY
Optometrist -4- Optician
(successor to the late A. L.
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment phone 93,
Goderich
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REAL. ESTATE
LEONARD441. WIWI=
Real Estate and HuSines‘ Water
High Street — Clinton
Phone HIT 2-66b2
HAIR DRESSING
CHARLES House of EtEAtrry
Cold Waves, Cutting, and
Styling
king Ste Clinton Ph. 1-fl 2-7065
C. D. Proctor, Prop.
farmer has better control of his
own product, than to be in eon-
tract with independent feed cone,
parties, etc. In this way he owns
his own animals or birds as is
not the case in full vertical intent
gration,
We think the farmers should
group together more as members
of farmer owned co-ops, from
which they reap their own pro-
fits, than to allow feed compan-
ies to take over the reins and
reap the, profits, which should go
to the farmer. HOwever, we are
told that vertical integration will
eventually take over on our farms,
There was a short recreation
period with games and lunch was.
served by the ladies. The nett
meeting will he held on Tuesday,
January 27 at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Lobb.
INSURANCE
INSURE TH111 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.
H. C. LAWSON
Hotel Clinton Block
Clinton
PHONES: Office HU 2-9644,
Res., HU 2-9787
Insurance — Real Estate
Agent: Mutual Life Assurance Os.
K. W. COLQUHOUN
INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE
Representative;
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
Phones:
Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-7556
Salesman: Vie Kennedy
Phone Blyth 78
3. E. HOWARD, Hayfield
Phone Hayfield 53r2
Ontario Automobile Associaties
Car - Fire - Accident
Wind Insurance
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Head Offiee: Scaforth
Officers 1958: President) Rote
ert Archibald, Seafarth; vice- pre.,
aident, Alistair Broadfoot, Seal,
tenth; secretary-treasurer, Norma
Jeffery, Seaforth.
Directors: joim II. MeEvviing,
Robert Archibald; Clues. Leone
hEtedt, Bortnholine E. Treveartlia,
Clinton; Wan. S. Alexander, Wall.-
ten; 3. 1.4, Marlone, Seafonth; Har-
vey Wiper, Groderieh; 3, E. Pepper,
Breeefieild; Alistair Broadfoort,
Seaforth.
Agents: Wan.. piper Jr., Land-
egbere.; 3. F. Pewter, Brodlingene
Selwyn BEtket, Brussels; Erie
Seaforbh.
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Clinton News-Record
mg,PIANTON NEW ERA PI,INTON. NEWS-REPORD
Amelgainated 1924
F of A Chief Has
Answer for Banker
Recent statements attributed to
Charles St. Pierre, president of the
Canadian National Bank, have
caused consternation among the
leaders in Ontario's largest farm
organizations.
"We are becoming sick .and tir-
ed of unfavorable comments about
farm price supports and so-called
surpluses by people outside of the
agricultuural industry", comment-
ed Gordon W. Greer, president
of the, Ontario Federation of. Ag-
riculture, in Toronto for the East-
ern Conference of the Canadian
Federationi of Agriculture.
"rut when a leading banker of
such as Mr. St. Pierre who com-
mands a great deal of public res-
pect, apparently makes state-
ments that tend to create an er-
roneous impression about the farm
situation. it makes us understand-
ably annoyed."
Mr. Greer was referring to a
story that appeared in one of the
Toronto metropolitan dailies, in
which a-portion of Mr. St. Pierre's
speech before his bank's annual
meeting was reported. Mr. St.
Pierre had been reported as say-
ing that "increasing cost of keep-
ing up with technological improve-
ments is a heavy burden on man-
ufacturers."
"We do not take issue • with
what Mr. St. Pierre is reported
to have said up to this point,"
continued Mr. Greer, "but his fol-
lowing remarks about the govern-
ment's agricultural marketin,g pro-
gram and that "Ottawa cannot
continue to create farm surplus
and market the surpluses at a
lug) weissaeduh alp seep sec(
the government shbuld not provide
help to the farmer. If manu-
facturers can be helped by governe
meat, why shouldn't the farmer
be helped?"
"The truth of the matter is
simply this," he pointed out, "in
the' ten year period of 1946 to
1956, the government spent a tot-
al of $761,623,000 on all agricul-
tural subsidies, grants, •price sup-
ports and everything else connec-
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ted with agricultural aid, includ-
ing compensation for, livestock
slaughtered to protect the con-
sumer, feed grain assistance, and
many dther items. On the basis
of today's population in Canada,
this is $4.48 per capita."
"On the other hand, figures qu-
oted on the basis of 1954 for the
Royal Commission on Canada's ec-
onomic position and future, est-
imated that tariffs were costing
Canadian' people from $610 mil-
lions to $753 millions per year,
which would amount to about $60
per capita on a ten year basis.
The estimate was made that tar-
iffs on automobiles amounted to
$72 to $105 millions yearly. Thus
in a ten year period, automobile
tariffs only have cost nearly a
billion dollars more than all ag-
ricultural support in ten years.
"The Federal Government has
been paying a subsidy to the gold
mining industry for some years.
For an eight-year period from
1949-50 to 1956-57 the cost of
this has been $90 millions, or one
million more than the total cost
of agricultural price supports,"
he concluded,
a. *
Drn more apt to be saying
quietly to myself: "There, but 'for
the fact that my axe is ruined
from chopping ice off the steps
and wouldn't cut butter, go I."
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