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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-02-19, Page 2p..4op TWO THE CLINTON NEW. ERA ,41111101=11171111.11111Pr Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 ,Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 2,985 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada" and Great Britain: $3.00 a year.' United States and Foreign: $4.00; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1959 NEARER SPRING SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) This third week of the Legisla- ture Kellen et Toronto has. seen a great flurry of words 40d news,, wiper publicity with respect to gas company shares and their purr chase by members of the Legisla- ture. At one time it almost seemed ee ie Premier Finet would ask for dissolution and a general election to piece the issue before the people, However, as it was quite appar- ent - thet all concerned, iricleding. former cabinet ministers (who had resigned in expiation 'for their in- discretion). and Liberal Leader Wintermeyer had been innocent parties,, the matte"became only a stumbling block .to the progress of the business of the province and it was closed. During the week the standing committees of the House got doyen to work and the members had an opportunity of examining proposed legielation, The . committee on, Government Commissions spent a half day delving into the secrets of the Liquor-Control Board and its profit-making organization. The good attendance of memb- ers at the committee meetings each morning indicates that they are alert to their duties and are intent on being real representativ- .Clinton News-Record Thursday, February 20,1919 J. R. Holmes, Holmesville, has sold his farm to S. R. lefcMath of the western part of the township. This farm has been in the posses- sion of the Holmes family since 1832, the late John Holmes, father of the present occupant, having bought it from the Canada Corn- eeany. Four of. the Holmes broth- ers and a sister, Mrs. Proctor, settled here in a block at that time. With the exception of the Proctor farm, none of the home- steads now remains in the posses- sion of the original settlers. But, for over 80 years, the name of Holmes has been inseparably bound., up with the life of the com- munity. "One thing the 'Horticpltural Society should look into," remark- ed a lady to the News-Reocrd, "is the way the telephone men are destroying our shade trees. They just slash thequein to suit them- selves—and if tFe'y die, so much the better for the telephone line." Telephone companies have certain rights but it may be that these are being exceeded. There is real- ly no reason why Clinton shouldn't have both pretty trees and good telephone service. 40 YEARS AGO Clinton New Era Thursday, February 20, 1919 Sir Wilfred Laurier is dead. Death has removed with dramatic suddenness from the theatre of Canada's public affairs an actor who had walked its stage for near- ly half a century and who has played a leading part for a gen- eration. The fishermen at Bayfield have started their annual ice harvest. Nearly 300 subscribers of the New Era, in arrears ranging from three to seven years, will be asked to settle their accounts in the Division Court. This will mean a large 'amount of money to the Editor, who finds it necessary to force payment, as he has large bills to meet this month, Having pleaded and coaxed for payment, he has now decided to let the court do the collecting. A Chicago mail order house re- ceived an "order" for two farm employees. Within 24 'hours two men with farm experience were started for the country to help save the wheat crop. es of their people. The standing committees, of the Neese are one of the places where the private member can bring his views and those of his people to the atten- tion of the government with good chance of influencing legislation and government policy. Another such forum is the party caucus, of which government me- mbers have been having at least two per week. Many excellent ideas come out of these meetings and the government is usually prompt to seize and adopt them, The debate on the speech from the throne continued from day to day, interspersed with introdue- tion of bills. That is the one time when all members have the right to speak on any subject, and you can be sure that this is just what they do. One of the most interest- ing of these speeches was the re- port on Ontario Hydro by Hon. Robert Macaulay in which he paid strong tribute to the leadership in Hydro matters given over a quarter-century by a former Gren- ville-Dundas member, the Hon. George H. Challies. All in all it was a good week for those privil- eged to be present in the House. —JOHN HANNA, MLA Clinton News-Record Thursday, February 22, 1934 One of the serious features in regard to the unusual severity of the weather is that roots, potatoes and other produce have been froz- en. No one was prepared for the long sustained bitter frosts ever since the third week in January. And in Gocleriah, the work of chop- ping the boats out of the ice is made very' difficult by the fact that the water freezes during the night hard enough for a man to walk on. Nothing very summer- like about that, although Gode- rich boasted last week about their balmy weather. Lorne Elliott, who has made his home with Fred Elliott, Porter's Hill, has gone to reside with an uncle at Willowbunch, Sask. Lorne will be much missed by the young- er set around here. Mrs. M. F. Woods, Bayfield, is visiting Dr. and Mrs. E. P. Lewis, Toronto. Miss Irene Wankel, Seaforth, is visiting her cousin, Miss Gladys Crich, 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record Thursday, February 17, 1949 The ice harvest has been in full swing at Bayfield. The fishermen and- others began to cut it on Feb- ruary 7, and if the weather is favorable it will be completed this week. The ice is of good quality, although only about eight inches thick. Good quality ice is essential for the fishing industry and local ice supply. Nature has never yet failed to supply it in this district. Official opening of the new wing of Clinton Public Hospital will take place on Hospital Day, May 12. Dr. W. A. Oakes and W. H. Roibnson are a committee to make arrangements for the gala affair, to which the public will be in- vited. Professor James Scott, Bayfield, spent last week in Toronto. Joseph Storey, RR 3, Clinton, picked up a United States weather balloon in his field north of town. The long rubber part was fasten- ed to a parachute, and below that again was a fully equipped radio set. cry WAS a big bag of pancake mix We have pancakes, about every Shrove Tuesday. There was en- ough muck in that bag to make at least a hundred flapjacks. And in a dark corner of the .closet under the stairs. I located our gallon of maple syrup, gathering mould. Every year we buy a gallon of syrup, eat a pint,. and let the rest * That was treasure indeed, but there' was more to come; a five- pound bag of beans, stored away for the semi-annual pot of baked beans and used between-times by the kids, to play bingo. Enough for six or eight meals. No mol- asses to cook them in, but located a can of malt left over from our last homebrew venture, which would do as well, And six three- year-old jars of chili sauce, with only an inch of blue-mold, to gin- ger up :the beans. * * We kept right at it and unear- thed not only a box of pie crust mix, but six large cans of pump- kin, bought a year ago on sale, to make pies, and resting since behind my tackle box in the util- ity room. Also one large box of spaghetti with all the trimmings, enough for • three meals. Also a huge bowl of bread crusts, saved to make turkey dressing, but suf- ficient now to fashion a couple of mighty bread puddings. • * The vegetable bin, an old hat- box kept on the cellar stairs, yie- lded a real prize: a bag ofonions, one slightly withered cabbage, and a large turnip. Thickened with a little rice, of _which a full efack- age turned up, there was enough soup-stew for four days. * * But something was missing. No meat. Neither flesh nor fowl nor good red herring. Abe! Red her- ring? Quick as a light I made a dart for the shed. Sure enough, there it was, frozen solid. That beautiful five-pound lake trout a slightly inebriated first-footer had deposited with a flourish on our kitchen table, New Year's Eve. * * Surfeited with turkey and ham, we'd put it in the deep freeze, the back shed. * * Returning in triumph, the trout clutched to my bosom, I stumbled over a fat black spaniel pup. Little did he realize, as he scurried away yelping, that I was coolly estim- ating what he would look like skinned, trussed and stuffed with bread crumbs. • * Never fear, chaps. If the Big Snow does come, and you're cut off, come to the Smileys. ' We've food to burn. And while some of it should have been burned a year ago, we'll be glad to have you, and there'll be plenty for all. HAIR DRESSING CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065 C. D. Proctor, Prop. INSURANCE INSURE THE 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 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 J. E. HOWARD, Hayfield Phone Hayfield 58r2 Ontario Automobile Associatiost Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I nave a Policy THE McKILLOP MTJTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Soaforth Officers 1958: President, Rob- ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice. pre- sident, Alistair Broadfoot, Sea- forth; secretary-treasurer, Norma Jeffery, Seaforth. Directors: John H. IVIC.Evving, Robert Archibald; Chris. Leoh- hardt, Bonnholm; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm. S, Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L, Malone, Seafotith; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Betioefield; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Win, Leiper Jr,, Lend- oShoro; J. F, ?Meter, 13rodhagen; Selwyn i3aker, Brussels; Erie, 1Vitintoe, Soaforth. 04444~044P4m44.0444,1#4.444sommo John Hanna's Legislature Report From Our Early Fibs 40 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO Business and Professional — 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 4.0.INPMINNPOOMOVO~~~4,4NNANNINO PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODEBICII, 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 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 HUnter 2-7019 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTH G. B. CLANCY Optometrist -- Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 83, Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broke' High Street — Clinton Phone HU 2..6es2 /44,ereevehrese enikeekeeeeseesekeseetee • During last week's dreadful storm here, my wife and I got talking, as people will, about what we'd do if the storm lasted a month. It was hard to imagine, at the time. We sat huddled in the livingroom, listening to the pagan howling of the wind, watching the drapes flutter fitfully in the br- eeze coming in amend the wind- ows. * First thing we thought of was food, As it happened, we were poorly stocked that night. There, wasn't a potato in the house, for example. I'd bought two bags from a farmer, but they were still sit- ting up in the office. There was almost no meat: a hunk of bol- ogna, a little bacon, and a can of bully beef, which I always keep around to remind me that no mat- ter how poor a meal the cook cos's- triveS, it's better than the bully beef lumps and compo tea of pre- dawn breakfasts hi Normandy. * * Even our canned goods were low, as nobody had done any hea- vy shopping for a week. A couple of tins of the eternal soup; one of fruit, one of salmon. What about all those preserves in the cellar, you say? Cut the kidding, Mac. The only thing that's been preserved in our cellar since we moved in here is the look of the place: a cross between the cata- combs of Rome and the sewers of Paris. We took stock further: half a loaf of bread- and half a pound of butter; some Krunchy-Wunch- ies or similar junk in a box, en- ough for one breakfast; a stale end of cheese and a box of soda crackers; a little jam and peanut butter; small quantities of salt, tea, coffee, milk and sugar; en- ough spices, savouries, garlic and seasonings to tasty up the food for a large convention, but not much bulk in it. * * Even I, a former inmate of Stal- ag Luft I, and an old starver, was beginning to blanch at the thought of making this paltry hoard last a month. Getting a little tense, even though we were only imagin- ing, I leaped up, headed for the kitchen, and began foraging. * * Well sir, you'd never believe the stuff the average woman has tuck- ed away, that she never gets ar- ound to using. In one cupboard shelf I found not one, but four family-size boxes of various types of pre-cooked cereal. About every six months, my wife decides we all need a hearty breakfast, and she buys a whacking great box of vitamin-packed, easy-to-make porridge, We have it twice, nobody has time to eat it, and she puts it away. There was enough oat- meal on that shelf to make us all breakfast for a month. * * That settled one meal a day. I kept on exploring. Next discov- CLINTON PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TENDERS FOR NEW OFFICE AND SERVICE BUILDING Sealed separate tenders clearly marked as to contents, and addressed to the undersigned, will be received up to the hour of 12 noon, EST, on Monday, March 2nd, 1959, 1. Forthe installing of floor drains, eavestrough drains, under floor, building foundation and laying concrete floors as in plans. 2. For the building of slag block walls, brick vault. 3. For all carpenter work, insulation and suspended ceiling, etc. '4. Fanodr Isiunpteling and installing the steel deck roof complete, 5. For the supplying and installing of a 20 year bonded roof. , G. For the supplying and installing of plumbing and fixtures, and two down pipes for eavetrough drains. Plans may be seen at the office of the undersigned. A certified cheque for Ten Dollars ($10,00) payable to the Clinton Public Utilities must be deposited for each set of plans and specifications taken and retained by the tenderer, This deposit will be refunded On return of the plans and specifi- cations In good condition within ten days after the contract is awarded, Each tender must be accompanied by a money guarantee in the amount of 10% of the tender, Which will be retained in the ease of the successful tender as the security. deposit, The deposit Of the unsuccessful tenders will be refunded immediately after the awarding of the contract, Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. CLINTON PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION Albert. Street, Clinton, Ontario. Jabez E. Rands, Superintendent, 7-8.b MUITON NEWS-Rg0241) THIMSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 19e9 JUST WHEN EVERYONE is sick and tired of the long, long winter, someone is sure to come up with the notion, as one lady mentioned to us this week: "Well, when this day of snow and wind is done, we'll be one day nearer to spring." With a cheerful attitude such as this, one can look forward happily through almost any situation. Even the banks of snow along the roadsides and on the sidewalks, seem shorter, when you look forward to (at the most) five WITHIN THE PAST seven days we have twice witnessed a joint meeting of boards charged with the duty of administering the affairs of schools in this county. The meetings were called in Clinton, because of its central location in Huron, and were attended by boards from the schools here, arid in surrounding towns. In one case the public school boards were discussing the various salary schedules in effect in the towns, and the possibility of somehow arriving at a standard schedule for all of the schools. One suggestion was that it was time the provincial government took over the matter of salary schedules, and payment of salaries.- However, the general feeling was that this would not be a good idea for the localities involved. In the other meeting, men involved were from four secondary .schools, and the topic was the present and future arrangements with regard to the amount of time spent in teaching of sports, and inter-school matches—whether or not it interfered too much in the academic part of the school work. The general opinion seemed to be that sport was an important part of the school year, and certainly could not be pushed too far into the background. The boards com- promised by leaving the arrangement as it (Wingham LAST WEEK A Stratford woman was fined because she employed a 12-year-old boy for delivering parcels from her shop. There is something pretty idiotic in a law which says that no youngster under 14 years can be paid for doing odd jobs. There may be some mitiga- ting clauses in the Act, but we have never been able to find them. This law was, of course, passed with -the best of intentions for it was the outgrowth of enlightened public thoughts in the years which followed the exploitation of child labor in the old country . . a time when unscrupulous em- ployers made virtual slaves out of children under the existing apprenticeship legislation. The result nowadays, however, is foolish. JUST HOW MANY fund raising efforts there are in Clinton is difficult to ascertain. But there must be well over a dozen. Last week the Smith Falls Record News had this to say: While we may dislike the idea of giving a lump sum to a "lump" of groups under a united appeal program we are beginning to wonder how long volunteers will hold out to manage the col- lection of funds. It is also a question of how long before donors just automatically turn a deaf ear to all campaigns to the general disadvantage. Frankly, we are growing a little tired of . writing appeal editorials and we can imagine readers are getting more than a little tired of seeing them. We are pretty convinced as a mat- ter of fact that they have long since lest a bit of their value. It is difficult to know what success a united campaign would have in a town this size, We are not sure there are any records of campaigns in towns of comparable population.. The list "TOO MANY organizations is a cry we have heard for some years now and the fact that it's so is going to start to have its "pay-off" before many more years pass by," the St. Marys Journal-Argus suggests. "There are only so many capable leaders among every group of people and once these leaders have taken their turns in the offices of the various organizations there are very few left who are capable of shouldering the respon- sibilities of leadership. The result is that the organization starts to suffer, withers, and will eventually have to "fold up" unless new leader- "SOME SCIENTISTS tell us that in our own galaxy alone there are probably hundreds of thousands of planets with living beings on them, more or less like thOse on the earth, and that there are about 100 million galaxies within the range of otir telescopes. Man seems to play a very insignificant part in the universe, and my part is surely negligible, Tho question coufron. weeks of winter. The only bad thing on the horizon is the prospect of floods of minor or major propor- tions, Of course, there's nothing we can do about them now, and when spring comes and the water finally drains away, there's really no need to do much about drains, for 'the weather will be dry. "It will all clear itself up, if we have pa- tience," is a wonderful attitude for those desir- ing peace of mind. has been, but with an attempt to reduce the sending of cheering sections to away-from-home games. In attending these two meetings, we were treated to discussions by mature men about topics on which they were vitally interested. Not only do these school board members have their duty to the municipality by reason of being on the board; but most of them have children now attending school. There was not complete accord at either meeting. But the members were fair in their statements, and ready to give a little in their opinions. We could not expect that the delegates from each of the municipalities represented would be able to concur in everything for they were speaking for their own boards, and could only take back to them the ideas they picked up at the joint meetings. But, and we feel this is important, they were able to discuss the topics they came together to discuss, in a free and open manner, and the general result must be for the good of the communities in which they live. It is with the free interchange of ideas that communities and nations learn to live beside each other in peace and brotherhood. Advance-Times) Most wise parents urge their sons to seek some sort of part time job long before they are 14 years of age, feeling that, the lad needs to gain some appreciation of the meaning of work and the value of money he has earned by the sweat of his fair little brow. There is small danger of overworking most of the boys with whom we have had any experience. Rather the whole effort is hard on the parents who seek to im- press a valuable lesson in the difficult art of survival. Surely some modification in labor legisla- tion is badly needed. It is possible that a re- vision of inspection standards would be necessary to make sure that no child was over-worked but that would not be impossible. of charities seems to be mounting yearly though and it must be inevitable that funds will be spread thinner' over the growing list. Groups of women in sixteen towns near Cleveland, Ohio, who worked out details—such as a separate listing of the participating agencies on one envelope, allowing the contributor free choice among them—and staged their drives last May. They collected an impressive total, , some p00,000. The combination contribution method has its advantages in saving the time of volunteers, cutting fund raising costs, and keeping donors in more receptive condition. Unless it includes all the agencies though it would not be worth- while. Is there any leadership for such a com- munity effort or is it a pipe dream in towns this size? A "Red Feather" appeal has been mooted in Smith Falls for some years past, but no definite action taken to organize. ship can be brought in, or old leaders are willing to take over for a "second round." "The pity of it all is that really worthwhile organizations suffer because of this shortage of leadership, and municipal boards and councils suffer the most. There is a general paucity of people willing to take office on the various public obards and councils because so Many people have spare time all-tied up "playing" at executive jobs in organizations which are un- productive as far as community welfare and progress are concerned," the St. Marys paper states, ting me is not, except perhaps in Idle moments, what part might be more amusing, but what WiSh to make of my part. And what I want to do and would advise others to do is to make the most of it: put into it all you have got, and live and, if possible, die with some measure of nobility", Walter XaufMan, in Illarperca Magazine, CO-OPERATION TIME FOR REVISION FUND RAISING EFFORTS TOO MANY GROUPS TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR