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THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1959
WHY THE BIG SECRET
Amalgamated 1924
published every Thursday at the
Heart of Huron County
Clinton, Ontario — Population 2,985
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A. I.., COLQUHOUN, Publisher ,
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WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor
A NEWS RELEASE emanating from some-
where in Ottawa,- has stated that construction of
the rental housing project in Clinton has been
approved by the Federal and Provincial Govern-
ments. Announcement of this is attributed to
the Hon. Howard C. Green, the minister respon-
sible for the operations of Central Mortgage and
Housing Corporation and Hon. W. M. Nickle,
Ontario Minister of Planning and Development.
Just where the release came from, no one
seems to know.
As far as Clinton is concerned, officials
here have been of the opinion that approval of
this project has been in existence for some time.
An option was taken on land as long ago as
February 19. Arrangements have been made
for service extensions, the land has been sur-
veyed, and commencement of the development
CLOSE TH
THE FINANCIAL POST. has come up with
a unique suggestion following the passing of
the new Agricultural Stabilization Act. They
suggest that to be logical we should close every
experimental, farm and agricultural college in
the country and pension off •every agricultural
scientist and farm extension worker.
The reason they give for this drastic move
is this: They feel that the proposed revisions
in government supports for hogs would tilts-
cOurage the larger and more efficient operat-
ors by limiting "payments to any individual to
a specific number of hogs delivered.".
Surely the editors of the Financial Post
are more wise than to have arrived at such a
thought. We would like to see a stronger at-
tempt to understand the motive behind the' idea
of the new stabilization act, and the underlying
principle • of the agriculturists' thought,* in re-
questing that the Act be passed.
In the first place, the price of hogs is set (at
least in Ontario) on the open market. The
price arrived at there is the highest that the
buyer is prepared to pay, and that is accepted
by the producer. Now if the supply of hogs is
great, the producer is probably forced to accept
less per hog, than if the supply is small.
But should a small producer be penalized
and forced to accept a lower price, just because
his bigger neighbour, may be in another province,
is able to send hundred of hogs to the market
and thus depresses the price?
The government, and thinking agricultur-
ists think not, and so, when such a situation
arises, under the new stabilization act, the
smaller producer, who may be just as efficient
as the larger producer, is granted a payment,
based on averages over the past period of
years, and judged to bring his revenue closer
to the cost of production.
It is grossly unfair for the Financial Post
has been expected at any time.
Now, through this unknown source, how-
ever, is learned fqr the first time, just what the
Project will consist of. The 12 homes will be
three bedroom, semi-detached units. This is
the first word to this effect which has been
received by Clinton officials. So far, no writ-
ten advice has been received in town,
The town, which is responsible for a part of
the expense' and the supplying of nearly one-
third of the cost of services to the 12 unit homes,
should, we think, have been advised directly of
this decision before it was released to the press,
We think also; that for good public relat-
ions, it would have been the expected thing.
None of us like to read about our business "in
the papers" before we have a chance to know
about it ourselves,
E COLLEGES?
to suggest that the government has continually
urged more and more production, "two blades
of grass, or two hogs or two chickens where
they grew only one before." This was the
advice during the war and immediately after it,
and the advice was taken literally. Production
increased, and it was very necessary that it
did increase.
Now, however, and through recent years,
the government's experts have been urging at-
tention to farm management, which means bet-
ter business methods, and have been stressing
quality, as well. These, also have been helpful
to the practising agriculturist.
We would look only for more stress of the
problems inherent to marketing than the gov-
ernment bodies have yet placed emphasis upon.
The financial weekly says this, "Through
the new Agricultural Stabilization Act; our best
farmers are being told that they are too effic-
ient, that the man who uses his brains and who
thinks up ways and means of producing cheaply
is dangerous and is going to be penalized."
This sentence seems to blast unfairly the
good farmer who is operating a one hundred to
two hundred acre farm, as being a man not
using his brains. We believe that these farmers
are quite as well blessed with brains as the
corporation with more capital to draw upon,
and is just as capable of thinking up ways and
means of producing cheaply. He's probably
doing it, too.•
We do not believe that the farmer popula-
tion's intention is to penalize anyone, by means
of these so-called deficiency payments. Their
thought is only to give the smaller operator,
who must buy in smaller quantities, a fair
chance against the corporation farmer, and the
vertical integrator, who earn discounts by buying
in huge quantities.
WHAT CANADIANA SAYS 'ABOUT CLINTON
SINCE OUR OWN interest in the recently
published Canadiana encyclopedia is so great,
we thought perhaps more of our readers would
feel the same way about it. The ten-volume
work seems quite comprehensive and is fascin-
ating to the extreme.
Here's what this new encyclopedia (Can-
ada's first one of its own) has to say about
Clinton:
CLINTON, ONT., town in Huron County,
at the junction of Highways 4 and 8—the old
London and Huron roads—and of two CNR
lines, 13 miles S.E. of Goderich. The townsite
was laid out by William Rattenbury, who came
from the Devonshire estate of the Earl of
Clinton. Because of its location at the junction
of both highways and railways, it flourishes as
a distributing centre for the county. It has
several industries (chiefly knitting mills and a
piano factory), a county home, public library,
collegiate and a weekly newspaper, News-Record.
Just S. of the town is a large permanent RCAF
Station and school.
TENDERS,
will be received at The Public Utilities Office, Clinton,
Ontario, for a full One-Ton Hydraulic Lift Dump
Truck with Single Rear Wheels, equipped with. Snow
Tires on rear — Heater and Defroster — Directional
Signals and P.U.C. CLINTON painted on both sides
of truck.
Tenders to • be in the Utilities Office by 5.00 o'clock p.m.
E.D.S,T., Friday, May 22nd; 1959.
Lowest or any Tender not necessarily accepted.
JABEZ E. RANDS,
Superintendent.
Tenders
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TENDER
For Cafeteria and Kitchen
Equipment
HURON COUNTY HOME
Clinton, Ontario
Tenders for the supply of cafeteria and kitchen equipment for
the new addition to the Huron County Home, Clinton,
Ontario, will be received by the under-signed until 4.00
p.m., Tuesday, May 26, 1959.
Tenders are to be in a sealed envelope, clearly marked "Tender
Cafeteria and Kitchen Equipment".
All details and specifications may be secured from the under-
signed.
Lowest or any tender, or part thereof, not necessarily accepted.
JOHN G. BERRY, Sec.-Treas.,
Huron County Home Committee,
Court House, Goderich, Ontario.
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SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
AGE TWO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD THURSDAY, .MAY 7, 1959.
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40 YEARS AGO
Clinton New Era
Thursday, May 8, 1919
The Ontario Department of Ag-
riculture announces, from reports
received, that this is the most
backward spring in 15 years. The
cold and wet weather has held up
seeding in many parts of the prov-
ince.
With hogs selling at $21.50 with
their boots on it is small wonder
that some of the old residents like
to begin the evening chat with, "I
mind when dressed hogs was
bringing four cents a pound."
Street lighting for April was
$138.54, and for lighting hall and
lamps $14,09, J. E. Cook was paid
$16.50 for papering the Police
Chief's office and J, Rider was paid
$125 for plastering. The street
watering account for April was
$3.75,
Ten years ago wheat was selling
for 52 cents a bushel, .and the but-
cher used to throw in for the dog
what is now sold as a soup-bone.
Of course we have marched on
considerably since then,
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, May 8, 1919
Councillor. Carter, chairman of
the parks committee, reported that
Recreation Park had been rented
to R. Fitzsimons & Son for pasture
for $12, they to keep the fence in
repiar, etc: He took 'occasion to
express his convictions regarding
the park, saying that council
should, instead of renting it for
pasture( put it into some sort of
repair and try to beautify it. The
grandstand should also be repaired.
Dr. J. A. McDonald, late editor
of the Toronto Globe, who was for
several days a visitor in town, and
his brother-in-law, Dr. Gandier,
had a narrow escape from what
might have been a serious accid-
ent. Returning to town by way of
Forster's bridge, and coming up
the Goderich Township hill, which
happened to be sandy, the auto
skidded to the outer edge. Only a
quick application of the brakes
prevented it going over the bank.
As' it was, Dr. McDonald was
thrown against the windshield,
breaking it and inflicting a nasty
gash on his forehead.
Aren't those people fortunate
who are making the arrangements
for the Royal Tour? They're get-
ting all kinds of help in planning
the Queen's visit this summer. • *
Foremost among the generous
and unselfish assistance they are
receiving is a lot of free advice
from newspaper columnists. A
decades, the columnist is a jump-
peculiar spawn of the last few
ed-up newspaperman or woman,
who speedily acquires the certainty
that his, or her, opinions carry on-
ly a little less weight than the
scriptures. * * *
With a few notable exceptions,
the columnists,have an almost des-
perate urge to be the voice of the
"little" man. 'Their stuff is writ-
ten to be gulped, not digested, by
the "man in the street", •that neb-
ulous character, and the "average
housewife," another non-existent
personage. * * *
Free of the need for either edit-
orial dignity or the objectivity al-
leged to be found in the news col-
umns, the columnist can use his
space for tilting at windmills, fan-,
ning prejudices, sublimating neur-
oses, exposing foibles, picking
scabs, and championing the un-
der dog, even if he is just that—a
dog. * * *
Most of them are clever, their
stuff entertaining. They are, in
fact, the court jesters of the age.
Their sharp tongues and impuden-
ce are tolerated by that mighty
monarch who rules the public
press, the Constant Reader, He is
amused by them, fond of them at
times, occasionally listens to them
with half an ear. , But when he is
not in the Mood, one growl sends
them scuttling to the scullery, _ * *
These days, a favourite theme
of some columnists is a new deal
for the Royal Tour. They want
the Queen to meet the "common
people," to get the flavour of the
"real Canada" this summer. They
demand, thcae pipsqueak proph-
ets, that the people in charge of
the tour eliminate all pomp and
Ceremony, cut out the reception
lilies and banish the official ban-
quets,
* 4,
They want the Queen to Visit
supermarkets, go on picnics, take
part hi square dances, and engage
in all sorts of Slitilar asinine an-
tits, /f the Supermarket IS a spit,
25 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, May 10, 1934
Much damage was done to Hur-
on County orchards during the
past winter, which was one of the
most severe in many years. The
Baldwin trees have fared the worst,
Ian MacLeod, agricuultural repre-
sentative, told, the News-Record.
They are practically destroyed.
Ontarios, Wagners and Greenings
suffered some-what less and Spies
only slightly.
There was considerable discus-
sion at council meeting as to the
proper place for the bandstand,
Councillors Livermore and Paisley
were in favor of leaving it in Re-
creation Park. When it was mov-
ed to the park it was the fifth time
it had been moved, and the sug-
gestion had been made that it
should be put on wheels, Council-
lor Livermore was in hopes that it
had now reached a permanent
place. Councillor Holmes was of
the opinion that there was but one
spot for the bandstand and that
was the post office point. A letter
received recently from the Post
Office Department expressed wil-
lingness for a bandstand to be
placed there.
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, May 5, 1949
New automobiles are still scarce,
but a few are coming through.
Murphy Bros., Clinton, recently
sold a Plymouth special deluxe se-
dan to W. J. Miller, and a Chrys-
ler Royal sedan to Dr. J. A. Ad-
dison.
Clinton Citizens' Band will give
its last indoor concert of the sea-
son on Sunday evening in the
Town Hall. The guest artists will
be a double quartette under the
direction of Miss Viola Fraser.
Hon. Leslie Miscampbell Frost
was sworn in yesterday as Premier
of Ontario.
The Silver Jubilee Convention
of Huron Presbytery YPU of the
United Church of Canada was held
in James Street United Church,
Exeter. The president, Elwin Mer-
rill, Clinton, was chairman,' -
Headquarters of Huron County
Health Unit will be located in
Clinton. It is expected that the
new unit will become operative in
July.
bol of our Canadian way of life
take me back to dear old Dixie.
* $ *
And what's so great about the
"common people"? I know a lot
of common people, In fact, my
wife often tells me I'm as common
as they come. And frankly, I'm
not particularly impressed by
them. Uncommon people are much
more interesting.
* *
It's bad enough having to shake
the hot little hands of a few thous-
and perspiring officials and their
quivering wives, without getting
all clowned' up with the common
people. If Her Majesty was inter-
ested in meeting common people,
she wouldn't need to come all the
way to Canada. They have plenty
of them in England. *- * *
Another thing. What have the
common people done to earn the
privilege of a greeting or a hand-
shake from the Queen? All they've
done is pay their taxes, and that
under vehement protest and with
the greatest reluctance. *
On the other hand, Mayor Mal
Function and Mr. Seldom Wright,
M.P., have been listening to our
complaints about sewers, our de-
mands for new post offices, for
years. They have laboured through
many a dreary task for us, while
we were out fishing, or home wat-
ching TV. Why shouldn't they,
as our representatives, have the
honour and the pleasure, if they
get, a chance to meet the Queen?
They've' earned it, * I
Of course, if she just happened
to bump into some of us common
types, in a purely spontaneous
way, that would be different. Like,
for example, the royal Yacht will
be passing within .50.milea of. our
house, on July 4th. This I know.
And by pure coincidence, I just
happen to have a fast launch char-
tered for the fourth of July, • * *
Now, if we just happened to be
passing right in front of the Royal
yacht that day, and our boat hap-
pened to catch fire, and X had to
throw the kids, the dog, and the
Old Lady into Georgian Bay, and
Prince Philip demanded that the
V'acht stop and take us aboard,
well, that would be different, and
sort of democratic, and /WI sure
we'd all have a nice chat. * * *
Maybe / should put life-jatitets
on them, though, just In eaSe.
ALVIN WALPER
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RONALD G. MeCANN
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Office and Residence
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Phone HIT" 2,0677
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
Phone Muter 24010 Clinton
PHONE 791 SEAFORTH.
G. B. CLANCY
Optometrist -- Optician
(successor to the late A. L,
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment phone 83,
Goderich
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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
Phonds:
Office, HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-7556
Salesman: Vic Kennedy
Phone Blyth 78
J. E. HOWARD, Hayfield
Phone Hayfield 58r2
Ontario Automobile Association
Car - Fire - Accident
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Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1958: President, Rob-
ert Arehibald, Seaforth; vice- pre-
sident, Alistair Broatifoot, Sea-
&nth; ;secretary-treasurer, Norma
Jeffery, Seaforth,
Directors: Sohn H. IVfcEuring,
Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon-
harclt, )3Ornlholtre E. J. Tree/ameba,
Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal-
ton; J, Mahone, Seafontly Har-
vey Godench; J, X4elvor•
Brucefieldf Alistair Broadfoot,
Seaforth.
Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Trona-
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