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THUA SIDAYk F-ImituARY o, 195e
Letters to 64� Editor:
Clinton NewspwRecord
Frow, -Our Early, File's The Clinton News -11
ERA NEWS-REPORP. ecQrd,. of December, Caiqadia
THE -LINTQN NE AmalgiimateO 1924 THE Q Clinton, Ontario, flees ban ,a post of.
more th4it. %,Q mil.
ifs D P. Dear Sir: 11011 itpmsof mail matter. Re.gqlar
Enclosed find cheque, amount Post' 0
#bl1sb0.-,cvery Thumday At thei 40 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO fflCe staffs were ausient,
Hoart. of Huron Coontx ' 'I �4 for 1959 suoscriptloin for News. ed by more than 40;000 temporary
Clinton, QAtgrip — Population 2,985 Clinton Mews point 0110to" Nows-Re0oril, ecord, helpers. but without tho wid
1t, Oqs
(Thars04y, February Qs 10p) Receiving the Paper is 114e let- read, cooperatlo4 of the Public 'we
(Thursday, Vobruary 8, 100) would hardly have been. able to
A.4.. 4QiQ.Q bk.. ...
HQVNI PyblishoO Private Charles. T.4o0UWOQd# $OA• ters. from 411 folks, in khat area cape with the avalanche 09 m
arrived Superintendent for 15 miles around. ail
ent T. Grainger And prior to Christmas.
WIJMA-01. OINNINO 9xiltor ref Mr. Fred Lockwood, Mather (Mrs', ]�,llen Howard). en� x.
010 rain fro -Supe 11 T' that reports �ceive
home on the six o'clock t m. Nlght rvisor N. $1 Clair Of the JOYS Papez' also. and eagerly from finc ro�
loc wat.
Overseas 4114, was given q WuslnO Clinton Public Hospital entertain- ekes foil the .post man On. paper postmasters, throughout the
M IRXPTION RATES: Payable in, advanceCanadaand Great Britain- $3,00 a year country -almost Invarlabi '010111 -
day Y
welcome, ad the members of the Hospital She will be 89 on February
United States and F Single C onted on the fact that their 'Joc41
oreign., �$4.0.0; Copies Teri Cents up 5, enjoys good health and has. her
-Autborized As second class mail most Office T)epartment, Ottawa Private la'z'ed Sloman was n even- newspapers. rendered a notable
Q plans ma
from London over the weekend, Board at d' ner on Tuest(4y de for her little ggrde new$P le
;P4 P Ill spring. pubservice InIstressing, through
Grant, were Ing. this,
Mrs. Roth .04 Soo, Wishing the staff of "The NewsM photographs and special articles,
THUR$IDA weekend visitors 0 q! in
Y, EBRD. 5, 1959, with S Ontario Record" Happy and PrQsperou
. o4fortb The -Girls' Club of Onto the need for co-operation mailr
friends, Teet United Church met at the New -Year, S Ing early,
Earl Steep And Clifford Smith,, home of Mrs, Q S, Hawke to op � Yours , Sincerely, I am therefore writing specialty -
Stratford, �pqnt the weekend a end a, social hour and to say fare- ion behalf of the Postal' Service
MRS, CUM. E, W.�LLACE of Cana n , ew -
44 AL4L the f9rmer'g parental home, that da, to express to s
HOME FROM TMU SOUTIT well to Mrs, Oliver Rondo, RX, 14897 Stoepel, papers my appreciation of their
of Mr. and Urs. 1% Steep, Staple- who left next day for Huntsville.
Detroit, Mich., efforts in the public interest in
BACK ROME like the robins In the spring,,. But those folk who have been away can ton, The fourth. birthday party of January 20, J,9.591 making . our I citizens aware of the
those Venturesome souls envied In their trips hardly appreciate these shiny white days, J. G. Crich, London Road, has, the H�ronlo Rebekah , Lodge was ail hg early,
Wre advantages • of m I
to .south -climates are conning back for they did not experience those driving white Igs Margaret Holmes's observed members and Letters to Ed'. Yours Singeiely:
ern, warmer purebasedM he :b
obse' d 'by t
to chilling winds .and freezing snows, -0 their friends. First prizes at eu� The , Editor
. ows, blustery ones we all weathered a few Weeks back, farm, whieh he will be able t
a G, A. BOYLE,
if i6veren't for belpg told, "sour grapes", They may wonder where all the snow comes work in conjunction with his own• ghro were won by -Mrs. H. A. Dear Slr��, 'Deputy Postmaster General.
we would like to.,make some comment like, from, Just as the rest of us CrO, bUtJlieY�did E� Hail, D.D,G.M,, and his McIntyre and I
. :I. Gould, comolat 4t may be of interest to you Ottawa 4, Ontario,
'11).oiA -know what's so exciting about a suntan not go through, hours gazing from windows wat- suite, consisting of Harry Gould, Ion prizes by Mrs, 11, Fitzsimons to 'is�ow.that during ,the month 2$th January, 1959,
T. W, Hawking T. J. Monaghan, and U. AiRtell A program follow�
You have 0 bury under fur coats and winter cbIng it settle, layok by layer, J. A. Sutter and Frank WatsOXI, ed, including piano solos by Mrs,
h
boots W They miss a lot, those folks who go $out wont up to Dan
-gannon on Mon- Ed. Wendorf; readings by Miss
for a winter yacatiom day evening and installed the 10, Sadie Lovett,, guitar selections and
O.F. officers there,
solos, by -Miss Viola Ykager; vocal
Private -Taylor, London, spent numbers by mixed quartette com-,
F OUR BELIEF the weekend as the guest of hil% posedofWIqsE1va Cook, Miss El-
PART00ir
brother, George R,. Taylor. eanor McKenzie, Fronk Match And
THE COUNTY representative on the C.Ha- 'Without the needed facilities at the collegi- William Match, pianist was Mrs,
Cooper,
by Craig, ton District Collegiate Institute Board quoted ate, our. 'teen-agers are not going to profit Cra
the best e le al 40 YEARS AGO
-recently from St, Luke 2: 52, "And Jesus itf- education it is pos,911) for us to vo,
X,
a rq. a Clinton NOW Era
.$q,d.jt[.wIsdQm, and stature, and in favour Crowded classrooms produce harried teachers, ::x:
�,It)i, God and map,". and the result Is a tense, nervous class of stu- (Thursday, Febr4ary 6, 1019) 10 YEARS AGO
Ile was making a plea for support of the dents. The annual meeting of the Ku- Clinton News -Record
•proposed addition to the collegiate building; l Early completion of the addition would help ron Comity Spring . Stock Show
gnd' he noted that one of the "basic parts of avoid 410ing even one year in the students was held in the Agricultural Of- (Thursday, February% 1046),
the Christian' religion was that education was lives reduced in value because of overcrowded -flee with about 40 present. The
0 value. rooms. Abridge over the Bayfield Riv-
financial statement for' 1918 show er •south of Clinton was rebdilt
ed a balance of $25143, as against on Satdrdoy and Sunday of last
NO NEED OF PLUORIDES a balance of $241.38 the previous week by CNR construction gangs
year. Cash prizes for horses totall-I from Stratford and Montreal. New
• ed $149 and for cattle $36. The
THE HASSLE over whether or not to add artesianwells, which hold a never -failing sup -
telephone bill was $3.5.8 and. the steel piling will do the' work prev-
iously done by six sets of timbdr
fluorl4es to the water 'supply iii many cities ply of excellent clear water, Tests have shown judgesfees, $21. - trestles,
and towns in Ontario, is continuing. Sometimes
that the amount of fluoiide in Clinton water Charles Wolper, Zurich, has Mrs. F. B. Pennebaker and Mrs.
the argument for, is put. out stronger than at is at the level considered perfect, to prevent sold his, fine 150 -acre farm situat- Martin; Kitchener, are visit-
ed a few miles south Of Zurich to C. O. M
Other times, but there always seems to be, a tooth decay in the molars of growing children. 'hn RegieI r, son Ing in Toronto this week and also
voluble bunch against the move. Quite llke�ly, if you grew up in Clinton, you his. neighbour, Jo . aking in the "Ice Follies". HOW !'HIGH OFF THE HOG"
of Joseph Regler, for $12,506. t . I
In this tJfe people Of Clinton are fortunate. have better than average teeth, James Reynolds was in town on Mrs. Charles C. Elliott has re- WILL YOUR FAMILY LIVE?
arrangements -ned after spending a -few days
We have commented on the situation before,. and Besides that comfortable factor, is the happy Saturday to make ts tui
feel that in order that we should be fully apprec- financial fact that the town does not face at the House of Refuge for his with her son and daughter-in-law,
iative of our good fortune In -town, we do not consideratioh Of adding fluorides to the' 'water taking over the position of Keep. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Elliott, Wheth6r your family lives on tenderloin or
hesitate to repeat the fact. supply, er, London. Ken is at present in St. dupys ;may depend on how well, your estate
Ttere were 36 spectators at the Joseph's Hospital, suffering from
Clinton water to brought to the surface from I thaddled.
council meeting on Monday even-
a severe arm injury sustained wh-
Ing. The pay sheet for street work ile testing a tractor. ExperiencedEstate Officers like those at
SALARIES FOR OFFICIALS for January was $4.73. W. J. Elli- The Threshermen of Goderich help you plan your• estate
ott was paid $6.32 for snowplow- Township staged a very successful at ultimately there will be a
Ing and cleaning streets. Chief donee in the Town Hall, Bayfield, 0 on and tax loss.
AT A RECENT meeting of the Clinton $§0 per year, plus travel allowance� We do
'P�blia Utilities Commission, I the topic of salaries not expect 'that 'the public feels it is too much Bartliff was paid .$25 for fire for the beziefit of Bayfield Volun-
company and -$150 for 15 fire- teer Fire Department Net pro- Why not talk to a Sterling Trust Estate Officer
for the coMmissioners-Was discussed. The, opinion to offer the men who are appointed to serve men. ceeds amounted to about =$79. foot ... or write for our `free booklet "Blueprint
in this vital OVLr of their s edu-
was expressedC -de-- thei pl�
that the members of PUC r children' For Your Family".
.served an honorarium, if their fellows, the conn- bolion,
eillors, and school board members received pay The.Public School Board members in town
for their work. receive no financial remuneration. The Town
Whether or'not they proceed to vote them- Councillors receive $7.50 per meeting, and the
selves a fee per meeting attended, we have little mayor receives $10 per meeting. Maximum
advice to give, Certainly, we feel that if the figures are get so that the financing of this
other 'officials are entitled to pay, then so is does not get out of hand.
the -PUC. We note the concern of the Listowel Ban -
The cliairman of the coibmission voiced his ner which comments, on the fact that the district
feelings tbia0, "I feel, that this community has high schoolljoard of that town has voted them -
been good to me, and :has done a good deal for selves higher salaries than the Act permits. The
me., It seems only fair that I should be willing Banner sees it as a precedent, and that other
to plough something back into the community. appointed boards, such as community centre
If -I can do so by serving on the Commission, boards, recreation . comnilsslons,, chambers of
where the electors have seen fit to put me, then commerce, service clubs, etc., may feel.tliat they
1 am happy to do so; and, do not expect pay are entitled to pay' as well. Actually the Banner
for that job?' does not consider this a very strong possibility, -
We note that under the School Act of Ont- for, the editor goes on, "all of these men work
ario, district high school board members are on the'theory that they owe something to their
-entitled to a maxinauni, of $5 per meeting, or community. This, to them is a> debt of service
EXf1Ad(3ETXV LJOINING.,
S RSHIP
.
(RENFREW ADVANCF)
NOTION PICTVJRE theatres in Ontario
which arose With the advent of a type of Europ-
Sometimes Aose friends by having to restrict
can film containing subject matter which would
admittance to showiiigs. *A harried manager
baccepted for the mature mind, It is 'felt
e
inay have some difficulty trying to explain the
necessary and essential now due to the wider
Situation At the door of his theatre at showtime
interpretation of the American pictures to meet
'wheii the responsibility for classification of mo-
the defriand for mature and meaningful enter-"
tion pictures belongs to a provincial censor
tainment.
board. I
Adult films are advertised as such In news-
. Censorship, as it is presently accepted In
papers by the use of the words adult enfertain-
Ontario, involves the treatment of film enter-
anent and in the same manner on the theatre
tainment'and its classification according to its
marquee through readily readable hanging signs.
suitability
Y from the point of View of age group�,
The newspaper 4nd theatre•slgns are to be ke-
w
There are two- classifications—Adult arid Re:-
garded as a recommendation io the parent that
striated. Albother• entertainment, not so identity
the prevblling entertainment is -xiot suitable
led Is deemed to be appropriate entertainment
for children.
for children, adolescents and the family.
Restiftted films are advertised in news -
Classification of films as -adult entertain- -
papers in the following maraier. Admittance
meat was a post war deVtlop6ent instituted by
restricted 'to perpon! over 18 years of age.
the Department of Motion Picture Censorship
Theatres must enforce these regulations
at the request of communal organizations whb
under penalties for violations axed frequently
felt that, treatrhent only of film entertainment
must fate irate parents, whohavedriven some
tould not remove from films the effects of anti-
distance and have found that their children
social impacts on children and the immature
could 'not go into the theatre, '
adolescent,
There's a moral, Theatre adv6rdSements
The classification of films as Rostric ' ted
should be checked by parents before they go
entertainment was a departmental regulation
to the theatre.
•
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IOU I` MAKE A PROF JLAL I
• Ar, Ti biA 16 TSARS of heavy pummeling,
businessmen 4re far too timid about proclaiming,
or even admitting, the baste facts of economic
life,
That was the theme of a recent speech
we liked by the boss of Sun 011, His tome Is
Robert Dunlop.
go said bluntly that business is, ,out to
wake a profit",
Dunlop said: "if We can demonstrate
tvatt that
business actually Is 'Out to matte tx Profft'—arid
why it must do so if it is to survive—% believe
we, accomplish ago6d deal, We Catift0t; `46 thOSO
things as long at; we are defensive about Profits
—as lotig as We act as though We 06 RlrfiOst
asbam6d of earning the -it,"
"It 19 high time that WO took the offensive
on 'the subject of-proflts-�-fo get before the
public, the true story of what profits we make
and where they go," he satilk
Canadian. manufacturers in 1957 made, an
average pr6fit after taxer. of 5.2 Cents on the
sales dollar.
Of this profit, all average of is cents was
paid in dividends and 10 cents retained.. The
mean average of pk6f10 in relation to sales over
the last I.0 .years In Canada was 5,72 colit8,The
highest and lowest were seven dents in 1950 and
Ave in 1052,
The -so profits were Used, as Mr. Mi'lloo
suggests, to provide plant and tools and jobs.
Without an Understanding -of the function of
profit, all s rto of tionq6tisd gets attention,
n I SUGAR and SPICE I
SZ.L I N G T RRUTS
(By W. - (81,11) B. T. Smiley)
Ill . \
CORPORATION
I have a big brother. I've had
,him
curly -headed brother.372
BaSt
y
I.Dunlop St.
ever since I can remember,
* * 41
lotonto
Barrie
anI he's always been big. Right
not, he's about 6 feet 2 Znd
And of course, speaking,of wiv-
es, my big brother couldn't marry
EMpire 4-74"
PArkwoy 8 -'SISI
Illy
weighs about 190.. When I was 12,
a nice intelligent, reliable, haywire,
I'm looking after him all the time,
fMpede him in the jungle', and It G. B. 10LANOT
he was at least 7 feet tall and
stronger than. Jack.Dempsey.t
Canadian girl, as I did. Oh no;
him, He had to 'be went
no diffe
H. 0. LAW -SON, Representative
Next week, I'm going to Tor-
,,
and marry a nice, intelligent, rella-
ble,-h4ywire -Dutch girl.
Phone."HU 2-'9644
Clinton, Ontario
onto to see him off for South Am-
aer rifle, alif his figlftg tackle, For aPPOINAMIOnt 0110116 39,
A6beot AxdAbald- Cb1ft, Left -
I %
We disagree on practically bv-
erica. As long as I can remember,
But he was mighty good to me
erythihg, Except the fact that
life was a lot ltgg complicated b6-
)Ikd that.
0AL ESTATE
.I've been seeing him off for some
When I was a kid, and I'll never
We have loft of storage space
Srueofleild; Alistair BIxAdiobt.
Soalorth,
outlandish, exotic place or other.
forgive him. I mean forget it.
I'm on, of the best oarsmen. in
Busliness, and Professionaone.'
He's one of those characters
Canada, and if my big brother
Ag6ftfs.l WM. 141por, Jr., LoM,*
osboro; J. P. Pruetpe, 13 6dhbp
truggorlZ
tat, giggly t.�bo, of the riman,
whose figurative necks chafe un-
hadn't let me row him around for
Directory
der the tight collar of civilized
hours and hours, while he trolled
Wofit far thy big, good -looking, I
or the Indians, a h . you know. 1
society. In another day and age,
he'd have been a buffalo hunter or
for trout, I might have been a
mediocre man with the oars today,
AUCTIONEER
HAIR DRESSING
a buccaneer, a lumberjack, a kold-
seeker, a sailor or a cowboy.
And he taught me practically all
ALVIN WALPER
CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAqTY
I knowiabout guns. Every Satut-
PROVINCIAL
Cold Waver,* Cutting, and
Styling
But living in this stuffy, inhibi-
ted, colourless Canada the Intel-
day, we'd go hunting in the, Long
Swamp. He'd let me carry the '22
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
For your. sale, large or small,
,
King St-, C11"tarn Ph. HU 2-7065
lectuals tell as we inhabit, he has
rifle all the way to the bush, and
courteous. 4fid efficient service
C. D. Proctor, Prop.
merely been able to be: a banker,
after he'd hunted there for a coup-
at. all times.
�
IASUTRXINIZT
&NC,
a bardrock miner, a soldier who
le of hours, all the way home.
"Service that Satisfies"
lost 'an eye in World- War 11, a
Sometimes, held even let me have,
Phone"119 Dashwood
shift boss. in Canada's first uran-
a shot at a tree, Which probably
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INSUIts TIM Co-op WAY
ium mifit, in they far north, a well-
explains why I've never shot any..
JUPBLIC ACCOUNTANT
Auto, Accident and Sickness,
driller, a construction superinten-
thing but a tree since despite nurn-
Liability, Wind, Fire and other
dent, and is now off to Surinam
erotfs blasts at all manner of wild-
perils
to develop a gold mine. Pretty
life..
Roy W. BENTLEY
F. A. "PETE" ROY, CLINT01V
dull, eh? 0
Then he used*t6 let me help him
Public Aecountant
GMERICH, Ontario
Phone Hu ?.-9357
WeJre fond of each other, as
with a lot of interesting things.
Sometimes, on stormy winter
Telephone 1011 BOX 478
Co-operators Insurance
Association
brothers" go. For'the part 20 years
in a
b b I desultory
we've kept in touc
nights, he'd even lot me deliver
45-17-b
,
sort of way, seeing each other
ills p aper route. And I remember
one time when he was making
RONALD G. McCA"
K. W. COLQUHOUN
once or twice a year, sometimes
not for two or three Years at 'a
'maple syrup, he'd let me go out
kubl1c Accountant
INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE
time. When I'm hard Up, b% lends
empty the sap tans,
every -day like
and just as like as not, he'd, '
Office and Residence
Rattenbury Street East
Representative,.
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada
we money, and I never pay it
back. When he's hard up 'It lend
a drink of sap, on I Brought
Mo b1g, bucket nk
the in, and never th
Phone M 24677
ULDrTON, ONTARIO
Phones:
him a sympathetic ear.
anything of it,
50-0b
Office, HU 9-9747; Fles. HU 24656
01
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Salesman., Via Kennedy
But he annoys me thoroughly.
He certainly taught me plenty,OPTOMETRY
Phone Blyth 78
Every time I think I have him
that, brother of mine. Fortunately
settled down in a good job, with
I was able to turn a groat deal of
1. E. LONGSTAEr
J. R. HOWARD, B"Reld
Security, a future, a pension plan
it to the best advantage In train-
Phone Bayfield 58r3
And all the attachments, he In-
forms me out of the blue that lie's
in my little brother, with whom
we -Shall deal on someother occas- lgwdo*04. Daily except Monday &
Ontario Automobile As'goblatidift
just quit And is heading for a job
loll. -There was a kid who doesn't
Wedhesday-9 a4h. to 5.30 P.M.
(jar -Fire rilre - Accident
at Great Bear Lake, or Dutch
know how lucky he was to have
Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 32:30 P.M.
wind insurance
Guiana, or someplace,
not one, but two big brothers, to 'thutsdAY eYenIng by appointment
if you heed Insurance, I have
teach him things.
Only.
OAUMV
Another thing that never falls
to infuriate e 19 his attitude that
m
I am, a skinny, freckle -faded, scar-
.Above Hawkins Hard-.
Clinton, A
Anyway, My big brother is head- W;;::M�ndaYs 6rdy-9 a.m.'to
Ing for somewhere south of the 5.30 pm.
-.'19k0
THE MORILLOP MUTIUAL,
ed, romantic,, foolish and inade-
Equator, and I want to be surd to pitone, Mntei, g Clinton
MtE xXSV9AX0E 10OMPANV
eluate bmall b6y ofwho needs
see him before he leaves. I Want 0XION9 791 SVAF0RTB
He4d Officb- Seaf6rth
protection; What bugs ane, 6fcour-
se, is that lie doesn't realize that
to do him & favour, I -It's got'rL
lot of bulky stuff that Would only
officers 19sa., pr,6611dent, Rob -
Officers'
L Archibald, Seqfotthl vim- pre -
I'm looking after him all the time,
fMpede him in the jungle', and It G. B. 10LANOT
rAdftt, Alistair Bvoaafoot, Sod,
He thinks he's looking after me.
'Phis can be as irritating as having
Ile did get it there it might go Opt6motrlst —0,0ticlan
mouldy in that hot, damp climate, 'L.
fbrtb; evearetady-treasurer, Noi*a
Jeffery, Swofth.
an old lady take your axm and
lead you across the street, right
(ouccets6r to the late A.
Like his Zeigg binoculars, TV get, optbrh6ftiat)
LoIda'camera that beautiful Mau-
IDIreetots: John A. MdL'wbl&
In front of a pack of boy scouts,
aer rifle, alif his figlftg tackle, For aPPOINAMIOnt 0110116 39,
A6beot AxdAbald- Cb1ft, Left -
I %
We disagree on practically bv-
that shotgun, with the silver woun- Oodorfeh.
thigs, and a lot Of old heavy stuff
hardt, Bordholm* b ' J VeW00A
cUtoil', Whi, S' A71-ox'AfIder, Wad-
erythihg, Except the fact that
life was a lot ltgg complicated b6-
)Ikd that.
0AL ESTATE
forthi Haar -
toxo,, J. L. Mai ie, SoaMr
vey , allot, Godeddi, J. P-11 pbpptr*
fore we Wert married, back in the
We have loft of storage space
Srueofleild; Alistair BIxAdiobt.
Soalorth,
days when we'd nitot in a London
around our place; and it would be LINOXARD 6. VVftQ`T01t
pub for a leave together. And I'd
spend my whole loavo 'taking the
nice t6 know that someone in the
family 'Wag looking after his old '96al MRU and auilnoM Bro'kel
in
Ag6ftfs.l WM. 141por, Jr., LoM,*
osboro; J. P. Pruetpe, 13 6dhbp
truggorlZ
tat, giggly t.�bo, of the riman,
useless Junk like, that, Just CA90 fth Street — 1011bi0h
Siblwyft tKkcr, -
SCr4W6Y One, While the"living dolls
the fever, the poisonous snakos,] ftv Z-660
.
SeaForth,
Wofit far thy big, good -looking, I
or the Indians, a h . you know. 1
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