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Heart of Huron County
• Clinton, Ontario --Population 2,985
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WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor
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Clinton News-Record
THE .CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1959
THE POINT SYSTEM
It IS INTERESTING to learn from the
Hon. John Yaremko, Q,C., Minister of Transport
that there is one driver in Ontario who reached
the 12 point suspension level in the point sys-
tem. This driver earned nine points for failing
to remain at the scene, and five points for
speeding.
There are 96 people at the 6-point level
and 163 drivers at the nine point level.
At the state of earning nine points, a driver
must come in for a personal interview with
Department of Transport officials. It is hoped
that accident-prone drivers will be identified
and many corrected in their driving behaviour.
Though both April and May showed a re-
duction of accidents, following the beginning of
the point system, in May there were more fat-
alities. This resulted from multiple fatalities in
connection with some of the accidents.
A NEW COW
LONGED FOR:
LONGED FOR:
A cow of modern make,
That milks for five days for leisure's sake,
That sleeps on Saturdays, snores on Sunday,
And starts again afresh on Monday.
WISHED FOR:
A herd that knows the way
To wash each other day by day,
That never troubles to excite us
With chills and fever and mastitis.
SIGHED FOR:
A new and better breed
That takes less grooming and less feed,
That has the reason, wit and wisdom
To use a seat and flushing system.
PRAYED FOR:
Each week-end long and clear,
Less work to do from year to year,
And cows that reach production's peak
All in a five-day working week.
LOOKED FOR:
Officials by the mob,
To guide the farmers at their job,
To show the stupid breeders how
To propagate a five-day cow!
—ANONYMOUS
HEAT WE WELCOMED
THE LONG HOT summers of youth are
perhaps remembered best during the cool weath-
er. It seems hardly conceivable now that we
could have actually enjoyed those long bumpy
;rides on the tail gate of a steel-rimmed wagon,
With the sun glaring down from a cloudless
sky.
We remember with startling clarity the
shovel-beaked ducklings in their middleage
scooping up the black juicy crickets and startled
`grasshoppers as they bounced down the gangway
after the load of grain was in the barn. We
can remember the rasp of the hay rope, and
the slings on the grain. We can remember the
taste of the rough salt used in the hay mow
to keep it from spoiling, and the good chewy
feel of ripe wheat shelled between the hands.
Also we remember the uncomfortable barley
awns as they found their way to stay, right be-
tween the shoulder blades, and the craving for
wet water to quench the thirst of hard work and
still air.
Summer time when we were young was a
time of pleasure.
Now, summer time is happy enough, but
with a constant wish for just a little cooler
weather, or a little rain. Heaven would be
amazed if a child should wish for rain!
=MN NEWS-RWORD
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 195.9.
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"HE'S GOING TO HELP GUARD THE QUEEN I"
Business and Professional
Directory
AUCTIONEER HAIR DRESSING
MY FAMILY TO
THE LAKE SHOULD Go,
THEY ALL NEED,
A VACATION 50
0
WAKE UP, DON'T DREAM,
IT'S CLEAR TO ME
YOU NEED SOME CASH
FROM T.C.C,
I ARRANGED MY LOAN
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NO FUSS, REP-TAPE-
WITH T,C,C,
TI-IE MORAL'S PLAIN
MR ALLTO SEE,
"WIZEN YOU NEED CASH
SEE
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CORPORATION LIMITED,
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GODERICH, ONT.
Need cash for vacation!
Buying a boat, tent, or
holiday needs of any kind?
Then see Trans Canada Credit
for one-stop financing. Loans from
$150 to $2,500, or even more,
can be arranged.
Up to 20, or 30 months to repay.
Oa today.
I've always been a loyal citizen
of the Crown, but if I could afford
it, I'd take the next few weeks
off and head for Hudson Bay, or
any other place inaccessible to
newspapers and television.
* *
The other day, the Toronto
Globe and Mail announced with
pride that no less than 62 report-
ers, photographers and correspond-
ents would make up its "Royal
Tour team". Isn't that sickening?
Add to that mob a proportionate
number from the other big dailies,
a vast gaggle of radio and televis-
ion people, and another couple of
hundred from the smaller dailies
and the U.S. press, and you can
see what we're in for. • *
Who would want to be the
Queen, and be pursued across a
continent by a horde of harassed,
hot and hungry reporters, a rabble
of rude and rambunctious photo-
graphers? Only a Queen, in a dem-
ocratic age, could be subjected to
such an appalling ordeal. * *
On the other hand, who wants
to read all that gush and garbage
the scrambling press will produce?
Are you interested, Mac, in per..
suing breathless columns about
the warm, human way the Queen
scratched her nose at a state din-
ner? Are you fascinated, Elmer,
by a 1,200-word description of the
Royal Yacht? Do you thrill, Bus-
ter, at the 84th fuzzy photo of
Her Majesty inspecting a guard
of honour? * *
Not me. And not Toe Dope,
down the street. I'll tell you who
is responsible for all this balder-
dash. It's the women, Don't ask
me why, but from the time their
Queen sets foot on Canadian soil,
the women of Canada will be in
an irrepressible state of titillation,
curiosity and near-hysteria, • *
They will read miles of senti-
mental slosh written by sob sis-
ters of both sexes. They will ex-
claim with delight at hundreds of
photos of Her Majesty, good, bad
and undifferent. They will allow
hundreds of thousands of dinners
to spoil, as they sit in the living-
room, gawping at the lighted box
in the corner. *
Forty-four thousand times they
will ask their husbands if they
don't think the Duke is cute, and
Clinton New Era
Thursday, July 3,' 1919
Monday evening as Charles
Shanahan arrived at the creamery
with his truck-load of cream, he
was surprised to find a Olt, pro-
bably 4 or 5 weeks old, standing
behind the truck, panting and
wringing wet, having followed the
truck into town at a good rate.
The colt was captured and stabled.
It was afterwards learned that it
belonged to Pat Reynolds, Hullett.
Mr. Shanahan remembers pass-
ing the colt on the roadside but
never thought that the creamery
truck would present any attract-
ion to the mind of a young colt.
Anyway, the little animal saw the
sights of the town.
John McNaughton, Stanley, has
purchased a Briscoe car from Mr.
Langford, Clinton.
Master Charlie Hovey, Burling-
ton is spending part of his holi-
day with his grandfather and un-
cles.
Miss Frances Hawkins, Toronto,
was a visitor with her brother,
Thomas Hawkins.
40 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, July 3, 1919
Clinton people were disappointed
when the aeroplane came down
from Goderich and did not remain
over, as was expected. Leighton
Walker came down in the plane,
which landed in Brown's field,
east of town. Pilot Moore had ad-
vertised that he would give exhibi-
tions here on his way home from
Goderich but evidently changed his
mind. It goes without saying that
Leighton Walker is the most en-
vied boy in all this section.
Fred Sloman sauntered into
town last Thursday afternoon, hav-
ing walked almost the entire dis-
tance froth Toronto, where he had
been attending Faculty. He stop-
ped where night overtook him and
got his meals as he went along,
avoiding the main and more fre-
quented roads. He was fine and
fit on arrival at his home here
and had enjoyed the outing im-
mensely.
James Mustard, Kippen, with his
usual enterprise, is having "Delco"
light installed in his house and
barns and is also having a hot
water heating plant put into his
house so he will have perfect heat-
ing as well as good lighting.
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, July 5, 1934
Agnes Pearl, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Crittenden, Hillside
Farm, Clinton, became the bride
of Gordon Ritchie Ross, son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Ross, London.
Following the. ceremony, a recep-
tion was held at Hillside Farm,
home of the bride's parents, with
about 60 guests present.
The third Miller-McKnight fam-
ily picnic was held at the Point,
Bayfield. with a number of rela-
tives from London, Alberta and
surrounding community present.
The band stand committee of the
town council is busy having the
stand rebuilt in the park and it
is expected that the first concert
will be played on it on July 11..
"The bandstand is being built in
the park," remarked Councillor
Inkley, "and it is not being put
upon wheels, it is being placed
on a solid foundation and is likely
to remain."
Mr. and Mrs. Dalrymple, Avon-
lea, Sask., visited their niece, Mrs.
Frank Layton, for a few days last
week.
10 YEARS AGO
Clinton News-Record
Thursday, June 30, 1949
Prime Minister Louis St. Laur-
ent and his victorious Liberals
moved confidently into another
five years as Canada's governing
party in the wake of the great-
est political triumph in the hist-
ory of the nation, They captured
193 of the 262 seats in the new
House of Commons to command a
majority of 121 seats
Residents of King Street are
being subjected to a series of petty
pilferings, The home of Mr. and
Mrs. E. C. Nickle was entered and
the sum of $8 removed from Mrs.
Nickle's purse. Misses Walkin-
shaw had their lawn mower stolen.
John Cook, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Cook, Clinton, is about
to be one of the youngest school
principals in the country. A tea-
cher at Victory Memorial School,
Ingersoll, John has been appointed
acting principal of Princess Eli-
zabeth School, to take over in the
fall when the new five-room addi-
tion is completed and school is
underway, John is only 23.
LONDESBORO
Mrs. Bert Allan—Correspondent
Communion service was observed
in the United Church on Sunday.
Rev. J. T. White, who is retiring
from the Londesboro charge, gave
a few words of farewell. The
three charges were to meet for a
social time on Monday evening.
We welcome to the village Mr,
ALVIN WALPER
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PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
ROY N. BENTLEY
Public Accountant
GODERICH, Ontario
Telephone 1011 Box 478
45-17-b
RONALD G. McCANN
Public Accountant
Office and Residence
Rattenbury Street East
Phone HU 2-9677
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OPTOMETRY
J. E. LONGSTAFF
Hours:
Seaforth: Daily except Monday &
Wednesday-9 am. to 5.30 p.m.
Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Thursday evening by appoitnment
only,
Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard-
ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to
5.30 p.m.
Phone HUnter 2-7010 Clinton
PHONE 791 SEAFORTH
G. B. CLANCY
Optometrist — Optician
(successor to the late A. L.
Cole, optometrist)
For appointment phone 38,
Goderich
REAL ESTATE
LEONARD G. WINTER
Real Estate and Business Broker
High Street — Clinton
Phone HU 2-6692
and Mrs. Robert Thompson and
daughters who have purchased the
general store from James McCool.
The Orange service held in the
United Church on Sunday evening
was very well attended in spite of
the extreme heat. A number of
the members proceeded to Bel-
grave for the dedication of a new
flag for the Belgrave Lodge.
The Women's Institute will hold
their regular meeting on Thurs-
day, July 2 at 2 pm.
CHARLES HOUSE OF BE`AUTV
Cold Waves, Cutting, and
Styling
King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065
C. D. Proctor, Prop.
INSURANCE
INSURE TM 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 ESTAT
Representative:
Sun Life Assurance Co. of Can
Phones:
Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-75
Salesman: Vie Kennedy
Phone Blyth 78
J. E. HOWARD. Bayfield
Phone Bayfield 53 r 2
Ontario Automobile Association
Car - Fire - Accident
Wind Insurance
If you need Insurance, I have
a Policy
THE MeHILLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Head Office: Seaforth
Officers 1958: President, Rob-
ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre-
sident, Alistair Broadfeot, Sea-
forth; secretary-treasurer, Norma
Jeffery, Seaforth.
Directors: JOhn H. MeEwing,
Robert Archilbald; Chris. Leon-
hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewnrtha.
Clinton; Win, S. Alexander, Wel-
ton; J. L. Malone, Seafooth; Har-
vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper.
Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot,
Seaforth.
Agents: Win. Leiper Jr., Land-
esboro; J. F. Prueter, Broclhagen;
Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric
Munroe, Seaforth.
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
be oblivious to the answering
grunt. On eighty thousand occas-
ions they will note with sympathy
and not a little satisfaction that
the Queen, poor dear, looks tired.
* *
There was a tell-tale •survey the
other night, in one of the Toronto
papers. The completely mislead-
ing headline stated: "Most Want
To See The Queen". Beneath it
were the photos of ten people, five
men, five women. And beneath
these were capsule comments from
their statements buried in the
story. Here's how they read,
The women:
1. "I'd be thrilled!"
2. "Queen means something."
3, "She should meet the people."
4. "Should see the country."
5. "Very nice to see them."
And the men:
1. "I'm not interested."
2. "Should stay over there."
3. "Too much publicity."
4. "In favour of visit."
5. "Just a waste of money." tt 4,
Digest that one, kids. All five
women think it's simply grand.
Four out of five men couldn't care
less. And the other was probably
scared of his wife. So that is why
we have four or five hundred
news, radio and television people
falling all over each other for the
next fortnight. * * *
News editors are accessories be-
fore the fact. They know perfect-
ly well that the only things wo-
men read in their papers are the
crime stories, the classifieds, and
the clothing ads. But every time
there's a Royal Tour, they think
it's a chance to get the women
reading all through the paper, and
they cater to them. During the
Tour, their circulation leaps, and
the editors' ulcers ease, * *
But the minute it's over, the
women drop the newspapers like
a soiled diaper, and go back to
reading cake mix recipes and mag-
azine quizzes on "Is Your Husband
the Right Man?", listening to soap
operas, and watching third-rate TV
programmes. * *
Never mind, girls, Far be it
from me to spoil your fun. I don't
understand it, but I won't inter-
fere. I just want you to know
that after the Queen waves that
last goodbye, and you've wiped
your eyes, you'll be welcome
back, and we'll be here, maybe not
as dashing as the Duke, but four-
square, faithful, and ready for a
decent dinner after all those weeks
of eating snacks in a welter of
newspapers.
From Our Early Files
40 YEARS AGO 25 YEARS AGO