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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-07-16, Page 2SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) Your Home Paper Over $25,000.00 paid in salaries to workers at the Clinton News-Record is spent in Clinton stores, service dub promotions, and municipal taxes each year. Supporting the community through production and service Announcement — ARNOLD RILEY Who has been with the MEL CRICH BARBER SHOP, Isaac Street (between Haines Taxi Stand and K. W. Colquhoun's Insurance Office), for the past year, wishes to announce that he has purchased the business, effective July 15, 1959. Your continued patronage of this modern bar- ber shop will be appreciated. 28-p eiliMIM.61.110•01 101M.IN.111111.11•Mia•MON. CLINTON ilgrws-niponr) PAGE TWO irgURSDAY,..T= 16, 1959 Azw47'7-77- Letter to the Ed itor 10 YEARS AGO From Our Early Files Miss Torrance. Richard Walton has been appoin- ted caretaker of the post office and commenced his duties last Monday. Koppel Disney, an old resident of Goderich Township, died at the age of 76. Re was a son of the late Eli Disney, Holmesville, and had lived in . this section all his life. A large number of Clinton boys returned home from overseas dur- ing the past week, among them be- ing: Emmerson Mitchell, John J. McCaughey, R. Tasker, Elgin Jon- es, Andrew McGarva, Roy Tyndall, A. Parker, W. McGregor and J. R. Butler. MUST TAKE A STAND CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, July 14, 1,049 The most important business transaction in Clinton in some time took place when John 5. Parker, London, purchased the Richmond Hosiery Knitting Mill, located on Albert street Mr. Parker has been superintendent of machines for Supersilk Limited, London, for more than 20 years, and is a fully- experienced fail-fashioned hosiery mechanic. The plant will reopen on Tuesday, August 2, James A, McGill, Shipley Street, Clinton, has a tree on his property which he thinks must be one of the biggest in town, The trunk is 15 feet in circumference at a point two and one-half feet up, and the tree has a limb-spread of 108 feet, Whether or not an Old Home Week will be held in Clinton in 195Q in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the incorpor- ation of Clinton as a town, will be decided at a public meeting in the Town Hall. The last Old Herne Week, held in 1925, was a great any 'teen-ager knows more about the availability of liquor and beer, and the way to consume it or not to consume it, than those who are against the sale and consuming of it. Now, the plan to amend the Act is a worthy one. But the CTA is a Canada Act. It would need the attention of a representative group from across the nation to induce the government to amend it. We doubt very much that they would amend it for two Ontario counties. In fact, those who are working for repeal of the CTA claim they have definite word that the government will not amend the CTA. Now it may well be that the people of Huron County want the CTA to remain in force. One very good way to find out is to hold a vote. In the process of preparing that vote, a good deal of information about the CT.A, will be published. The News-Record will at- tempt to see that both sides of the question receive opportunity to present the facts. The voters will know more about the CTA and the OLCA at the time of the vote than they do now. They will be able to decide for them- selves what they want. In passing, it is interesting to note that Huron and Perth may well be a problem for border municipalities. In the Kincardine News last week, the editor noted that repeal of the CTA in Huron could make "easier enforcement of the Liquor Control Act in Bruce County, which borders Huron at many points." success. SALUTE THE WEEKLIES 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, July 17, 1919 Nursing - Sister Kate Scot t, daughter of Postmaster Scott of Clinton, arrived home after spend- ing two or three years nursing in the military hospitals in England and France. All four nurses who went from Clinton are now home. Miss Clara Ferguson arrived last week and Miss Gunn and Miss Sewell some time ago. Miss Emma Lavis is taking the organ in Willis church for the next few weeks, during the absence of 25 YEARS. AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, July 19, 1934 H, M .Montieth, who comes from the head office, Montreal, is the newly-appointed manager of the local branch of the Bank of Montreal. He will occupy the resi- dence now occupied by Mr. Sharp, on Whitehead Street. Jack Mutch, Detroit, has been spending a few clays at his home in town, Mr, and Mrs. James Livermore intend going down to St. Thomas to be present at the reception to Premier Mitchell F. Hepburn. Their son, who is warden of the County, will give the address of welcome to Premier Hepburn. Lovers of bowling on the green have had some good sport this summer on the local green. On Monday about 50 took part in a jitney game. Prize-winners were G. Turner, F. 0, Ford and Grant Rath. David Cantelon, who is 86 and has been an Orangeman most of his life, won the prize at Exeter last Thursday as the oldest Or- angeman on the grounds. He is the veteran member of Murphy Lodge, No. 710, Clinton. WHEN ANYTHING as important to the community as the pending vote upon the repeal of the Canada Temperance Act, comes before us, we feel it is the responsibility of the news- paper serving that community, to take a stand. We are definitely in favour of a vote on this subject. The CTA as it now exists was drafted before there were many cars in the country. In 1914, when it became effective in Huron and Perth (the only counties in Ontario, still governed by it), the horse and buggy was the mode of travel. Clinton had three trains in and out each day. 'Teenagers did not exist. They were sons and daughters, and did as their parents told them. 'Teen-agers to-day have more money to spend in a week than their grandfathers had in a year — and most of them earn it them- selves. They are" independent, brimming over with good health and the enthusiasms of youth. On their own they follow the leader, to a great extent, Under the CTA, the trend seems to be—"Let's get a case of beer, and have a beach party." Under the OLCA they would think twice before doing this, or before they decided to drink that case of beer in the car. We feel that those who are in favour of the CTA remaining in force are not progressing with the times, nor are they accepting the present day way of life. We feel that in many cases they do not know what they are talking about—and we mean that literally. Practically 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON: NEW ERA Thursday, July 17, 1019 With last week's issue The Zur- ich Herald enters upon its 20th Year of publication, It was estab- lished in 1900 and soon will be old enough to vote. The vacant house behind J, A. Sutter's home is being converted into a garage by W. J. Miller, who has purchased a Baby Grand Chev- rolet. The chimney at the town hall over the entrance to the fire hall is being removed today and the other work there will be rushed along to be ready for the celebra- tion August 4. The band stand got a coat of paint last week, Mrs. Perdue, Goderich Township, has purchased the frame home on Rattenbury street from R. Row- land, and will take possession at once. This town has had a coal oil famine this week and at present no relief is in sight. 300 ex-Huronites held a picnic on St. George's Island, Calgary. It was a surprise to many to find so many from the same county in the city, and the meeting proved that there is only one place better than Huron County and that is Calgary. CHEERS FOR PVC MEN The Editor, Clinton News-Record: Just a little moralizing for a change. We all take our blessings for granted—such as hydro for light and power for our numerous conveniences, Also the constant flow of water, at a touch; Quite normal, and we are complaisant. Then, all of a sudden some- thing is wrong: water coming up trough the road bead. "Just a broken water pipe"—how simple to the layman. The PUC being notified, at once have a working crew on the job. As this happened right in front of my house, let me say those workmen deserve a good word of praise, and who would grudge a raise in wages for them? They work! hard, muddy, hot work— not a sound to disturb the resi- dents of the street. Three cheers for the working crew of the PUC. Yours truly, M. ANDERSON, Maple Street. Clinton, Ontario, July 15, 1959. and interpreting his community to itself. Our higher education and living standards make this mandatory, And the men and women who are gathered in Regina would be the last to claim that they are masters of the situation. In fact, they're attending the 40th annual meeting of the Can- adian Weekly Newspapers Association to listen to experts and to swap suggestions among them- selves on how to do a better job. One of the things they have done collect- ively through the CWNA is to set up a series of awards for excellence in the weeklies to en- courage editors and publishers to strive for greater improvement and to recognize those who are making the grade. They have, through CWNA, set up their own promotion and public relations program to tell their story. And at this 40th annual meeting they un- doubtedly will take further action to help them do a better job for their readers and advertisers. It is for this reason we ask you to join us in our salute to them. It may seem that we're tooting our own horn a bit. But we feel they've done a great job to date — and are trying to do better in the future. And that's good for all of us. WE'RE TAKING this space this week to salute our colleagues of the weekly press who are holding their 40th annual convention in Regina. Editors and publishers of weekly newspap- ers from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island have gathered in the famed prairie city to dis- cuss the problems that confront them in this highly mechanized, rapidly changing world. And those of you who are not familiar with the weeklies may wonder how they survive the competition of the big dailies, the national news magazines and radio and television. The answer is simple: Your weekly editor has changed with the times, and so continues to fill an important role in the communications network of his community. He does the job of providing accurate local news and opinion in a way that meets the high technical and cultural standards of today's mod- ern reader. Gone are the clays of the casual deadline and the "Gone Fishin' " sign, which were mainly fables, anyway. Today, the weekly editor has one of the biggest and busiest jobs in the pub- lishing field. He not only has to compete for business against new and powerful media, but he has to do an ever-improving job of reporting local news Politically, there'd be no prob- lem. Instead of having ten prov- inces, we'd have 59 or 60. It would be a dire blow to Texans to learn that they were numbered among the middle-sized provinces. But think what fun it would be at a Provincial-Federal tax conference, with 59 provinces demanding just- ice from Honest John, or whoever was Prime Minister, * * Of course, if they were allowed in, the Americans would have to change their habits. No more walking into a drugstore and say- ing: "Gimme a fifth of bourbon," They'd have to line up like good Canadians, consult the hierogly- phics, present their permits, and buy it from the government, with proper humility and gratitude for the privilege. 4, * * No more of those easy divorces. They'd have to learn that in Can- ada, it doesn't matter if your hus- band is a drunk, a wife-beater, in- sane, or has deserted you. You still can't get rid of him unless he's an adulterer and you can prove it, * * Mind you, I don't think we should just throw open the border and let them come trampling in here to wallow in our wealth and culture. That would spoil them, right off the bat, And besides, they wouldn't appreciate it if they got it for nothing. No, I'd charge them a nominal sum, say $100 a head. That would retire Canada's na- tional debt. Of course we'd have to take on the US national debt, but we'd immediately repudiate it, and start off with a clean slate. * * It might be a little hard on the U.S. farmers who are making so much money in subsidies for not growing stuff that they've retired. But we could relocate them in the muskeg, and put them to killing mosquitoes. * Of course, there'd be the ques- tion of where to put the millions who flocked north when they saw the gates opened. Personally, I'd have it hi the agreement that the first 50 million of them would be settled north of a line from Hud- son Bay due west to the Rockies. That would keep out the carpet- baggers and open up the north. And we'd feel a lot safer with 50 million Yanks between us and the Rasskies, * * * Can really see no hitch in the plan, We use the same currency. We both speak English, though they'd have to become bilingual, like us,'and able to toss off asides in French like: "Papa est encore dans la maison du chien", And just think, there would be free trade, arid those things dear- est to our hearts-_.-our cars, our liquor and our smokes—would be a lot cheaper, FOCUS ON CLINTON TUESDAY, JULY 21 6.00 7.00 p.m. featuring people, places and events from Clinton district CKNX TELEVISION Channel 8 MOST COULD BE PREVENTED Something that has been swish- ing around in my mind for a long time was crystalized when I read of the overwirehning reception the people of Chicago had given the Queen, during her visit there. I think it's time we shook off our selfishness, did the fair thing, and offered to let the United States become part of Canada. It's downright hoggish for a measly 17 million Canadians to be sitting here in this big, fat, wealthy country, while 150 million neigh- bours are crowded into a much smaller area that is practically * depleted of natural resources. It's like a miser, with a million in the bank, sitting all alone in his great big house, too cheap to spend the fuel to warm it, while his happy-go-lucky cousin, who has spent his inheritance, lives in a trailer with ten kids and has to work like a demon just to keep them all fed and warm and cloth- ed. • ,. Aside from the selfishness angle, it would make sense. If we took in the States, Canada would be the biggest country in the world. Fol- low that up with 20 years of wide- open immigration, and we'd have half of Europe over here, Then we could look those Chinese and Rus- sians right in the eye and say: "Slow down, Buster, or you'll get a fat lip." * * * There's never been any real an- imosity between the two nations, so there'd be no trouble that way. Oh, they've tried to grab an odd few hundred thousand square miles of ours, in border disputes, but that was before we became a na- tion in our own right, and they haven't taken an inch since. They tried to conquer the country, back in 1812, but made a botch of it. * * Anyway, most of our ancestors were hoeing spuds in Ireland, stealing cattle in Scotland, or pull- ing the forelock to the squire in England, when that was going On. Since then, aside from the Fenian raids, a typical Irish farce, the only attempt at invasion has been, not with guns, but with dollars, and we welcome them with open arms. * Some of our people are descend,. ed from United Empire Loyalists, and they'd probably want some compensation, but that could be handled, We'd merely give them back the land their forefathers fled, or Were run out of, and all would be forgiven. Of course, most of that land is in and around New York City, and runs, they tell me, as high as two or three hundred dollars an acre. As recompense to the dispossessed of Wall St, and 1Vladison Avenue, we'd give them ten square miles of tundra for each acre of N.Y. real estate, That's fair enough, surely, Farm Safety Week, and a number of rural min- isters will mention the special week at church on July 19. July 19-25 will be a good opportunity for rural residents to take a few new lessons in safety — and then practice them all year. The theme of this year's Farm Safety Week is, "Safety Makes Sense". Safety does make sense. It could save your life. ....M.••••••• Business and Professional — Directory — PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODEIIIC1-1, Ontario Telephone 1011 Box 478 IT MUST PAY ! WHY IS IT a man wakes up in the morn- ing after sleeping under an advertised blanket, between advertised sheets, on an advertised mattress — pulls off his advertised pyjamas, takes a bath in an advertised tub, washes with an advertised soap, shaves with an advertised razor, puts on advertised clothes . . . sits down to a breakfast of advertised food, brushes his teeth with advertised toothpaste, puts on an ad- vertised hat . . . starts an advertised car with an advertised battery, drives on advertised tires . sits clown at his advertised desk, talks on an advertised telephone, writes with an adver- tised pen — then refuses to advertise because advertising doesn't pay? But if business isn't good enough, he advertises — "Business for Sale." — St. Marys Journal-Argus. RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO • 50-tfb OPTOMETRY 1•••••••••••••••• THE HARVEST season on Canadian farms is 52 weeks long . . for death! Each year an estimated 1,200 farm people are killed, and over 100,000 are injured in accidents. There is a twist of tragic irony in the fact that so many Canadians lose their lives provid- ing the food without which the country could not live. And to make the picture more grim the Huron Federation of Agriculture points out that the majority of these deaths are somebody's fault — and could be prevented. The main cause of these accidents is human failure—ignor- ance and carelessness, Safety organizations across the country are trying to stop accidents on the farm. For the second year Canada will join the United States in observing Farm Safety Week, which has been proclaimed for July 19-25. Prime Minister Diefenbaker has publicly endorsed the program. Every farmer should lend his support, too. As individuals, rural residents can help in the battle against farm accidents by making regular inspections of their homes, buildings, fields, machinery and eqUipment A little repair and extra care is most of what it takes to bring safety home to the farm. As groups, farmers can work for safety too. Rural organizations should make accident prevention a part of their activity. Many farm groups are planning special programs during J. E. LONGSTAFF Hours: Seafortht 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. Hawkins Hard- only-9 a,m. to p.m, 2-7010 Clinton SEAFORTH Clinton: Above wate—Mondays 5.30 Phone If PHONE 791 Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA THE. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 E dzo Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron, County • Clinton, Ontario — Population 2,985 A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher .O C eit 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, JULY 16, 1959 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: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 J. B. HOWARD, I3ayfield Phone Hayfield 53 r 2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE McKtLLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Heed Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Rob- ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre- sident, Alistair Broadfoot, Sea» forth; seexetary-treasurer, Norma Jeffery, Scaferth, Directors!, John H. IVIcEwing, Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- h arclt, Bornholm; J. Trewartha, Clinton; Win. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L, lVfailone, Soafonth: Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Popper, Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth, Agents; Wm. Leiner Jr., Lona- eshoro; J. P. Pi'ueter, Brodhagen; Seltnree wyn Baker, th. Brussels; Erie 1VEt, Seator G. B. CLANCY Optometrist — Outlet:in (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone 33, Gederich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and BuSinesS Broker High Street — Clinton Phone IIU 2-6092 HAIR DRESSING CHARLES House or BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling King M„ Clinton Ph. HU 2.7065 C. D. Proctor, Prop.