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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-07-09, Page 2PAGE TWO ClifitOtt News-Record THE 0(150 . e.0 1. Al Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 2,985 A. I-. CC/LC/OK/UN, Publisher • WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 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, JULY 9, 1959 sQ FEAR DEFICIENCY NEWS-RECORP THURSDAY, JULY' 1909' NQW 1/4140 WAS -nos cloy Now OA'/ MADE liMPROPCR ADVANces srou 9 ALL WE WANT ARE THE FACTS • MA'AM ! ag. Your Home Paper Over 600 pages of news and advertising each year make up the Clinton News-Record. Ten people are engaged in the lob Of presenting this material to the estimated 10,000 readers of the paper each week. The Show Window of the Community 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record Thursday, July 12, 1934 J. G. Medd has bought back his barber shop from Mr. McVey, to whom he sold two or three years ago and is again in possession. He has as assistant Charles Lock- wood. The neat cement block building being erected on King Street by Clifton Proctor is a great improve- ment on the old building it is re- placing. Mr, Proctor will continue his business of repairing machin- ery, etc. A curio tea was held on the lawn of St. Paul's rectory. Num- erous articles from India, Ceylon, Africa, Palestine and Arabia were displayed. Tea was served at small tables placed about the lawn, Approximately 150 people con- gregated at the home of Howard Snell, on the Huron Road about three miles south of Clinton. Con- nections of the Snell family were present from many parts of Ont- ario and the United States. Douglas Bartliff is spending part of the holidays with Mrs. J. Bulg- er, Walton. 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record Thursday, July 7, 1949 Rev. Hugh C. Wilson, formerly of Brussels, was inducted as the new minister of Wesley-Willis Ch- urch, Clinton. At the conclusion of the service, Frank Fingland, K.,C,, John A. Sutter and Mrs. C. B. Hearn introduced the memb- ers of the congregation to the Rev. and Mrs. Wilson, their dau- ghter, Ruth, and son, John. Miss Eileen Gliddon and pupils of Auburn and Holmesville dist- ricts held two successful piano recitals. Vocal solos by Misses Mol- ly Finlay and Gloria Palmer, and James V. Corran, all of Holmes- ville, were heard throughout the programmes. G, D. Mistele was a weekend visitor at his home in Rodney. Mr. and Mrs. H. Bruce Bartliff left Sunday to spend a vacation with the latter's mother, Mrs. Knight, St. Thomas. Address City Zone State 27-52-p Good Reading for the Whole Family • News • Facts • Family Features The Christian Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Mass. Send your newspaper for the time checked. Enclosed find my check or money order. 1 year $18 0 6 months $9 0 3 months $4.50 0 Name Business and Professional — Directory — 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 'Flost Phone HIT2-9877 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 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 0. B. CIANCY Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointnient phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker High Street Clinton Phone 1111 2-6092 HAIR DRESSING CHARLES HOUSE OF aemmt Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling Ring St.), Clinton Ph. HU 2-7065 C. D. Proctor, Prop, 04.4.,,•#.0.04.0.0444,01.~.4444,0,04444,044 INSURANCE INSURE THB CO-OP WAY Auto, Accident and Sickness, Liability, Wind, Fire and other perils P. A. "PETE" ROY, CLINTON Phone HU 2-9357 Co-operators Insttrance Association K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE and REAL ESTATIS Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada Phones: Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-795e Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 J. E. HOWARD. Bayfield Phone Hayfield 53 r 2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE McIiIILLOP MUTUAL FITtlil INSURANCE COMPANY Ilea,d Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Rnb- ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre- sklerrt, Alistair Broadifoot, Sea- forth; ,secretary-tmnqurer, Drama Jeffery, Seaforth, Directors: Sohn II. McEwint, Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. Trewartiha, Clinton; Wan. 5, Alexander, Wail,. tort; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Har- vey Diller, Goderich; J. t Pepper, Bruceficld; Alistair Broadfoot, Seatarth, Agents: Wan, Leiper Jr., Lond- csboro; Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Eric Munroe, Sca,forth. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AN INTERNATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPER IN SPITE of hope that the deficiency pay- ment plan for farm products would be the an- swer to the "price squeeze" problem facing many of our agriculturalists, already difficulties are raising their heads. A good deal of pork, for instance, goes into export markets. In 1958 we understand the United States permitted importation of an esti- mated 62 million pounds of pork, along with 54 million pounds of beef and veal and 636,862 head of dutiable cattle. No matter how you look at it, that market is a good one for Canadian farmers. However, the United States will not be the least bit happy about accepting our surplus meat products, at a price lower than their own farmers can offer it, while Canadian farmers are receiving deficiency price payments from their own government. The United States farmer feels that "unfair export competition" results whenever a support commodity is sold for export at a price lower than the price at which the production of the commodity was induced by government pro- grams. The American farmers are going to be un- happy if we dump pork products onto their market. Just as unhappy as our Canadian farm- ers would be if the American wheat surplus were dumped on our market. WEEKENDS ARE DANGEROUS Clinton New Era Thursday, July 10, 1919 One of the items tabled at Ot- tawa by the Minister of Finance is of $12,000 for an addition to the Clinton Post office. This question had been brought up prior to the war as the post office is crowded for the handling of mails on the rural routes, Mr. and Mrs. John Medd and children visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Medd before return- ing to their home in Nobleford, Alberta. The management of the White Star Line was pleased with the success of the Greyhound excurs ion in June and it has been decid- ed to repeat it in September if weather conditions are favorable. The McKay block is being given a coat of paint. Raspberries were sold at 23 cents per box in the stores and red currants at 10 cents, A great number of citizens have been out to the berry bushes and report good results. Clinton News-Record Thursday, July 10, 1919 Daniel Ira Plumsteel, St. Cath- arines, born in Prescott County, Ont., July 17, 1819, celebrated his centennial recently, and was pre- sented with a purse of gold—one golden dollar for each year of his life—by the Welland Avenue Meth- odist Church congregation, Mr. Plumsteel has resided in St. Cath- arines and district for 65 years and is an uncle of our esteemed citizen, H. Plumsteel, One would have supposed that we had progressed a long way from the days when witches were tried and often burned at the st- ake. But last week in the County Judge's Criminal Court at Gode- rich, Miss Margaret Pollock, Mor- ris Township, was tried before Judge Dickson on a charge of fortune telling. Mrs. Norman Snyder and child- ren, Radisson, Sask., and Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Wilson, Dundurn, Sask., are visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lobb, Goderich Twp. LOVELY SUMMER weekends which should contain so much pleasure, continue to be a dangerous thing for many. There were 57 Can- adians who lost their lives in mishaps last week- end. Some of them drowned. Some were fatally hurt in traffic accidents. "THE. COMPANY'S employees with the agreement of the union, voted for a wage re- duction of up to 10 percent." This is an extract from a recent newspaper report. The unionists in question are employed by a world famous company in the United States and they voted themselves a substantial wage cut because, in the words of one of them, "things had reached the point where we either had to take the cut or there would e no more domestic production." Several Canadian industries have suffered considerably in recent months from import com- petition and, as a result of falling sales, comp- anies have been compelled either to close their doors or reduce the size of their labour force. In other words, the preference of some Canad- ians for imported products over their "Made-in- Canada" counterparts has meant unemployment for other Canadians. WITH THE point system in full swing, it appears possible that more people will be losing their license to operate a car than have done In the past. We discovered something recently we had not known before, and which we felt perhaps others would appreciate knowing. If you lose your licence through offences under the Highway Traffic Act, for instance for A HOTEL CHAIN in sending out credit cards makes the boast that this card is the "best assurance of your credit rating." There is a certain amount of arrogance in such a claim. The best evidence of a high credit standing is a record of having paid one's bills promptly, perhaps even not so promptly over the years. On the other hand, there is an authentic This area was fairly fortunate during the past weekend. Whether due to good manage- ment, or just to Dame Fortune, is anyone's guess, however. Let us all be careful, and avoid foolish acts which may cause our own, or someone else's injury throughout all of this summer. We can do one of two things in this situa- tion. We can ignore it, in the hope that whoever else in this country of ours is hurt by imports it won't be us. Spending an even greater pro- portion of our high wages on "cheap" imports, however, is bound, sooner or later, to catch up with us. Alternatively, we can resolve to take positive action to protect our own jobs and wage levels by improving the competitive position of our own products. Doing this involves no great hardship. It means only that as employees we exercise good sense in the matter of wage de- mands, and that as consumers we and our famil- ies "Buy Canadian" wherever and whenever pos- sible. If we so conduct ourselves neither our jobs nor our wage levels will be in danger. If we don't . . . .The choice is ours. —Industry a period of six months, you do not automatically pick up your licence again at the end of that time. You must again make application for a new one, and have the issuance of it approved. If you do not go through this formality, then you are in danger of another charge, of driving while licence is suspended. This situa- tion cost a young Mitchell man a fine of $50 this spring, even though he thought he had done the right thing. case of a relieving manager of a Canadian bank who apologized to a customer of 30 years' stand- ing that a loan could not be granted automatic- ally because there was no record of a loan hav- ing been made over the past 20 years. The idea nowadays seems to be that a per- son who pays cash is either a dolt or a bankrupt. —The Printed Word, From Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) Each year, I look forward to summer as a camel must look for- ward to the next waterhole. Each year, with child-like faith, I anti- cipate golden months of a gentler life, an escape from the controlled chaos that normally makes up our family life. * * "What I'll do this summer," I muse in bleakest April, "is get an early start on. things. Fix up the place a bit, right off the bat, Get that fence propped up, get the backyard plowed and sow some seed. Clean out the shed and the cellar in May. Get some stone laid in the patio. Get that hedge trimmed up." And so on. • * "Then", I dream on, "I'll be all set to get some fishing, and some golf, and some swimming. Haven't swum more than once a year in the last ten years, It'll be good for me. And this year I'm going to get in some sitting, too, on the lawn, under the shade tree, with a good book and a tall drink, Going to slow it down, get easy, restore my youth and vigour." • * "Sure. will be nice", I Maunder on, "to have the kids on holidays. No more pressure of school and music lessons and Cubs and hock- ey games and exams, They'll just drift around with the other kids in the neighbourhood, way we used to when we were kids, and we'll hardly know they're alive", * 4, 4, Strangely enough, I can start thinking like this in April, and in the first week in July still be tell- ing myself that summer, and easy living, are just around the corner. Then, one fine, hot, crisp day, t come out of the anaesthetic and realize that summer is not only here but now, and life is not a bit slower, easier, lazier. It has Mere- ly changed its costume, from that of a prison guard to that of an at- tendant in a mental institution.. Ask me the kings of England, and I'll get most of therm Ask me the Ten Commandments and reel off six or eight of them, But don't ask me where May and June have gone. They have fled down the footless trail with all'the frenzied months that went 'before. And the only work I've done ar- ound the place is the annual. job of filling the canyons in the lawn, left by the coal truck. * * The fence still leans at an al- coholic angle. The undug borders are a riot of peonies and plantain, burdock and begonias. The back yard is a veritable jungle of hay, relieved only by the presence of eighty feet of eavestroughs, de- posited there in March when they came off with the ice. * * 8 In the midst of this jungle lives one wild animal, monarch of all he surveys. And all he surveys is a melee of rags, bones, bottles, old shoes and anything else a span- iel pup who is chained to the clothes line can pick up within his orbit. * * * The back shed is the answer to an arsonist's dream. Beneath the house crouches the cellar, looking and smelling like some loathsome monster which has just crawled out of the primeval ooze. The only time I've been into the "patio" is to dig some worms. You'd need a helicopter to clip my cedar hedge. 4, * And it isn't as though I've been neglecting things. I've been fish, ing twice, golfing hardly at all. I tried swimming the other day with the kids. Got in as far as my knees and they splashed me. Ran white and quaking to the car and had to have an immediate restorative to prevent shock. Once, jest once, I have had the lawn chair out. The dog knocked over my drink and then the phone rang, which finished that. * * As for the ]rids, I used to think they were around a lot when they were still in school, But now, you Can't turn around without falling over a kid. They're up with the bleated birds in the morning, and you can't tteare them to bed at night. Their conversation has only twa themes: "What is there to do?" delivered in whining accents; and "When. are you going to take us swimming?" in threatening vein. 4, 4, 4, Summer, you're just a teaser. You promise and don't produce, You beckon and when we run, your thumb drifts to your nose and you wiggle your fingers. THE CHOICE IS OURS DID YOU. KNOW? CREDIT