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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-07-23, Page 2Clinton New Era, (Thursday, July 24, 1919) Mr. and IVIrs. Pennebaker were visitors at.Goderich last week, Mrs. Hugh Miller, Brooklyn, N.Y., is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Hawkins. An auto truck load of ladies from Clinton attended the Chant- al-MI.1a at Goderich to hear Dr. Frank Bohn deliver his address on "Revolutionary Europe". Miss Emma Plumsteel had excel- lent results with her three pupils in the recent piano examinations of the London Conservatory of Music tried at Hensall. Carol Evans, Beryl Salter and Colenso Salter all passed their Grade 1 examinations with first class hon- ours. Superintendent Chant, of the PUC commission, has had two strings of electric lights put up across the corner of King and Huron streets, which, when the power is on will, illuminate the corner in good style. Driving down the highway last Sunday night, with the family all asleep after a big day of sun, swimming and a huge barbecued steak, I found myself cursing with a fine, taut vehemence that sound- ed vaguely familiar. * The object of my affection was an approaching driver who re- fused to dim his lights, and I nearly went into the ditch in a combination of blindness and rage. * When I had cooled down I tried to remmeber where I'd heard those particular phrases before, in just that tone, Then I knew—my Dad had used them, in identical tones and an identical situation, about 30 years before. Except that he HAD gone in the ditch. * I guess my father, and I say it with pride, was the worst driv- er that ever came over a hill right smack in thd,,,centre of the road. He wasn't reckless, careless or a showoff. He was just an incred- ibly bad driver. Of course he was about 40 when he bought his first car. I believe it was a 1923 Chev. He was the steadiest man alive, but every so often he'd do something on the spur of the moment. That's the way he got the car. Plunked down the cash, took a driving lesson, which consisted of twice around the block, and drove home. He tore in the gate at full bore, com- pletely forgot how to stop and went right through the back of the barn. * I'll never forget the annual trip to the cottage in the "Old Chev" as it is still fondly known in the family. It was about 85 miles, and an all-day journey In those days. My Dad would be up bright and early and would lash all the heavy luggage to the bumpers, roof and running-boards. As soon as breakfast was over, he'd go out, walk around the Old Chev, give the tires a kick and climb in, There he'd sit and honk the horn angrily, while my mother ran around the house like a demented p e r s o n, grabbing up babies, lunches, jars of preserves and all Clinton News-Record (Thursday, July 24, 1919) An enjoyable lawn social was held on the lawn of R. E, Manning by the Wesley congregation, the object being to meet the new pas- tor, the Rev. D, N. McCamus, and his family. The male quartette, Messrs. Lobb, Andrews, Doherty and. 1VIcEwan, sang a selection, Miss Daisy Nediger gave a reading and speeches were made by Mr. Manning, A. T. Cooper, G. W. Layton, J. A. Irwin and Rev, Mr. McCamus. Mrs. Rumball is back at her post at the manager's desk in the telephone office, much improved in health after a three months' leave of absence. The door of the fire hall is being widened a couple of feet, a chim- ney which was in the way having been removed. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Steep left Monday for Toronto, where they intend making their home. R. Coats, Detroit, formerly of Clinton, was attacked and badly beaten by burglars who entered his manner of things. * * Then, with us kids piled in the back, on top of the bedding, we were off, with a great grinding of gears and lurching until we got on the open road. After ten miles or so, my mother would be almost relaxed, when Dad hadn't hit any loose gravel and had managed to avoid several cars coming from the opposite direction. * But then we'd come to a detour. In htose days, the detours weren't the simple swing-outs we have now, on a highway construction job. They were sheer tests of nerve and skill, with wobbly wood- en bridges, cliffs of crushed rock, holes you could lose a hippo in, and murderous bits of bog. * The next five minutes were sheer terror. The kids clutched each other in the back seat, all eyes and white as paper. My mother clasped the baby close to her breast, dropped her head and moved her lips rapidly. My Dad gllared ferociously at the hazards, ground his teeth and pressed through, hitting the holes with a bone-jarring drop, skidding peri- ously near the edge of a minor precipice, and confounding the blasted idiots who had created the detour. ft * Limp and sweating, we were al- ways glad of the flat tire that in- evitably followed the detour. We'd pile out, hop the fence and dash about like animals let out of a cage. My mother would head thankfully for the shade of a tree and change the babe's diaper, while Dad changed the tire, with appro- priate incantations. * Next major panic was getting the Old Chev onto the ferry. We had to cross the Ottawa River, and it was a great thrill each year. But watching Dad trying to get that car onto the ferry was enough to mark a child for life. rear after year, when he saw my father drive up, the ferry captain would roll his eyes and run for help. He'd enlist the engineer, the wheelsman, and every innocent by- stander, warn them, and arm them all with large chocks for throw- ing before and behind the wheels. * * * Eventually, Dad would get the Old Chev wedged across the ferry so that nobody else could get on or off. The skipper would throw up his arms, shrug eloquently to the rest of the waiting cars and cast off. Dad would sit triumphantly in the Car, ready to scare every- body out of another year's growth when he got to the other side of the river. * * There Was only one Other ob- stacle that really put us through the Wringer, and that was The Big Hill, a few mites before we reach- ed the lake. We'd go down a long, steep hill and right back up another one, longer and steeper. Each year we prayed we'd make it. Each year we ail threw body Eng- lish into the halting climb. And each year, Dad would forget to change into loW soon enough, and stall about 20 feet from the top, Then there was the dreaded ordeal of backing down for another run, and the final ignominy of going and fetching the farmer with his team, after three futile and fear- ful attempts. • *** Nowadays, when I see a movie about teenage hotrod drivers, playing "chicken" and taking sup- posedly awe-inspiring chances, I just sneer. One trip to the cot- tage in the Old C,',116v with my bad, and these punks would never have the nerve to climb into an auto- mobile again. Local newspapers have received awards at the 40th annual conven- tion of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association in pro- gress at Regina, Sask. The Listowel Banner, with cir- culation between 2,001 and 3,000, placed second in the beSt all- round paper competition and tied Nearby Weeklies Earn Excellent Awards Presented at Regina Convention Last Week for second place in the best edi- torial page competition with the Melville Advance (Sask.); and placed first for •best front page competition. The Goderich Signal-Star placed third in the same circulation class, for best front page, All prizes in the 1,001 to 2,000 circulation class, in which the Clinton News-Record was entered, were won by Western Canada Pap- ers, except second and third in the best editorial page competition where Ridgetown and Atikokan placed. In special competitions, the Ex- eter Times-Advocate placed first for best local spot news pictures, The Huron Expositor, Seaforth, placed third in a quality printing competition. "'''jf4111U4 mws,nrcgup From Our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) NY " WHAT oId TEETH YOU'VE 0 i GRA ,104— eIww*iC Clinton News-Record rAGE 'TWO THE CLINTON NEW ERA THE. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday at the. Heart of Huron county .Clinton, Ontario — Population Z985 A. L, P01,,c/CHOU.N, publisher 0 *f4 1.40 . WILMA D. P1NNIN, Editor STJHSC1 ,IP'110N .RATES; Payable in advance --Canadaand 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 23, 1959 ON THE HIGHWAY WE SPENT the past weekend doing quite considerable travelling by car, and did this mainly in the leisurely manner of most weekend tourists. Not in a hurried state, we had time for some consideration of highways in general, and the motoring public in particular. Here are some of our observations: Those roadside tables really come in for good use, We remember that a son of a Clinton couple at one time was engaged in the business of supplying this type of furniture for the Department of Highways. Whoever first thought up the idea of these roadside parks deserves a very hearty round of applause from all of us motorists. The white lines in the centre of the road are a great help, especially for motoring at night. We wonder at the wisdom of using sum- mer-time help to apply these lines, however. It seems that the Department waits for college students to get out of classes before doing much about this task. Here it is the fourth week in July and the white marks were just applied on local highways this week. On this same subject, we wonder if the County of Huron is doing any budgeting for marking its new black-topped roads with white lines? This is getting more and more necessary, as more and more black-top is put down. This year an inquest in a motor fatality quite close to Clinton advised that county roads be marked with white lines, Will it be done? We've had occasion to approach many times the main corner on Highway 4, leading into Hensall, This has become a very dangerous corner, and one on which a number of accidents (some very serious) have occurred. One of the reasons for this is that traffic approaching from the north is confused by the number of signs, side-streets and entrances to garages, and the main corner is hard to find. We would suggest that this would be a good place for action to- wards getting at least a blinker light installed. Accidents at Brucefield corner seem to have been curtailed since a blinker was installed there. And our last observation is: some considera- tion of a lower speed limit past Millionaire's Row, or Mortgage Acres (the new residential section south of the Hayfield River here at Clinton) should be undertaken, There are many small children living in these houses. The' road is deceptive, too, in its grades, and on-coming traffic can be absolutely buried in some of the depressions. We'd like to see a 40-mile-per-hour limit from Clinton's outskirts right to RCAF Station Clinton. HOLIDAY SAFETY ADVICE IN A blithe vacation spirit and with the whimsical suggestion that "anglers are in- secure", James L. Tiller, of the Ontario Dep- artment of Lands and Forests, offers some holi- day safety advice in SYLVA, the Department's bi-monthly magazine: "If, as your wife will inform the neigh- bours, you go fishing and catch a cold, you may be lucky, at that," says Mr. Tiller. "Anglers often come home with fish-hook wounds, knife cuts, broken limbs, poison ivy and various other poisonings, diseases and injuries. Sometimes they step into a hole and never come home at all. This sort of thing annoys the insurance companies. "As many anglers have learned to their shivering grief, shallow water can conceal holes and drop-off ledges. Therefore, anglers who can swim ought to carry waterproof matches so they can start a fire and ward off pneumonia. (Buy them prepared or dip your own in melted wax or paraffin). Anglers who can't swim needn't bother. "A companion may pull you out of a hole, but he represents additional hazards. Unless he is highly proficient, be sure to stay far, far away when he is casting or swinging an axe. Over- hanging branches seem to crowd the greenhorn. Lines snag, but axes can perform the most cur- ious tricks—you could die laughing. "Going wading? Many anglers seek their pleasure on the most insecure footing in the world—the slippery rocks and stones on water bottoms. In the consequent tumbles, they incur bruises and fevers and often, many miles from vehicular transportation, they break their ex- pensive bones. As despairing insurers point out, this tends to spoil a man's holiday. "Holidayers who fish from boats are also insecure as boats are apt to roll, pitch or turn over. The formidable list of boating hazards is much too long to itemize here. Sudden storms may come as a fatal surprise on lakes that seem small—until the boat capsizes, Either watch the weather or hope for a miracle. "Nasty flesh wounds can be prevented by using pliers to remove hooks from fish. For boaters, a landing net is a safety device. When using a fish knife, cut away from (not towards) your own anatomy. Be careful when chopping or, alternatively, wear safety shoes. "If you bruise easily, don't camp under a dead branch. "If you want to enjoy life, avoid skunks and sunburn, As for the poison plants (ivy, oak and sumac) a moment of identification is worth a year's supply of lotion. "Going Fishing? Take along a frying pan in case you catch a fish, a box of tissue in case you catch a cold, and a kit containing a First Aid textbook, flashlight, bandages, tape, band aids, tweezers, spirits of ammonia, burn ointment and antiseptic—use it immediately on broken- skin wounds. "Keep up your premiums and have fun." 10 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record (Thursday, July 2L 1949) Hall and iviutch have just had I the exterior a their funeral home on High Street re-decorated. Har- monious colors used are French crown green with cream trim. A. new sign, lighted at night, has 4 green letters on a cream badk- ground. The grounds around the funeral home ale now in first- class condition, the large butter- nut and two walnut trees being particularly attractive, This pro- perty was formerly the George McTaggart estate. Miss Sybil Courtier arrived in Vancouver, B.C. Tuesday morning and is expected to reach her home in Clinton next week, The Mission- ary Monthly, published by the United Church of Canada, reports: A personal interview with the Empress of Japan was accorded this month to Miss Sybil Courtice, a worker of the Woman's Mission- ary Society and the first Canadian woman church worker to return to Japan in 1946, It was "an honour which I received on behalf of all us missionaries and of the Home Board and Church," writes Miss Courtice. ThURSDAY, JULY .23, 1959 INTERESTING ITEMS Sirs: Please find enclosed $4 to con- tinue my subscription to News Record for another year. Althoug we have been away from Clinton since 1904, there is still interest ing items we do not receive other wise. Sincerely, MRS. W. E. SHEPPARD Lynden, Wash., USA. THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR AN INTERNATIONAL DAILY NEWSPAPER Good Reading for the Whole Family • News • Facts • Family Features The Christian Science Monitor One Norway St., Boston 15, Moss. Send your newspaper for the time checked. Enclosed find my check or money order. 1 year $18 0 6 months $9 Q 3 months $4.50 Nome Address City Zone State INSURANCE INSURE TRH CO-OP WAY Auto, Accident and Sickness, Liability, Wind, Fire and other perils P. A. "PETE" ROY, CLINTO Phone HU 2-9357 Co-operators Insurance Association K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE and REAL ESTAT Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canad Phones: Office HU 2-9747; Res, HU 2-795 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 E, HOWARD, Ba,yfield Phone lIttyfield 53 r Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE McIIILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Rob4 ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- aident, Alistair J3roadfoot, ea- forth; secretary-treasurer, Notma jeffery, Seaforth, Directors: John H. MoEwing, Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Trewartha, Olintxut; Wart. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; 3. L. Malone, Seaf oath; Har- vey Fuller, Goderich; 3. E. Pepper, Erucefield; Alistair laroadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wan. Lelpar Jr., Lond- esboto; J. P. Prueler, trodhagen; Selwyn Eakerr, trussels; Eric Munroe, Seaforth. jewellery store. He is still confined to bed from injuries received. Mr. Coats is a brother of W. Coats of town and Mrs. C. G. Middleton of the Huron Road, 25 YEARS AGO Clinton News-Record (Thursday, July 26, 1934) Kenneth Rorke is busy building a boat at his fathdr's summer home at Fuller's Beach, Lake Huron, Graham Bryclone and Harold Seeley were delegates from Wes,- ley-Willis Y,P.S. at the summer school held at Goderich, Miss Mary Thompson, graduate of the Clinton School of Com- merce, has gone into the Bank of Montreal, Hensall, Douglas Thorndike, spent several days with his wife and little son in town this week, coming up on. account of the sud- den death of Mrs. Thorndike's mother, Mrs. T, H. Hardy. The first Cornish family re- union of the family of John Cor- nish, Sr., was held at Riverview Park, Exeter. An election of of- ficers was held and Garnet Cor- nish, Clinton, was elected presi- dent. The Clinton News-Record, Clinton, Ont, Gentlemen: Having now moved to Halley- bury we wish to discontinue our subscription to the News-Record but in so doing we wish to thank you for good church coverage and for the splendid work of Miss Lucy Woods. Thanks for all favours, Yours sincerely, —REV. C. E. PEACOCK. Box 323, Haileybury, Ont. July 13th, 1959. TWICE! The C.T.A. is good law. Twice its validity has been challenged in the higher courts. At one time the Province of Ontario appeal- ed to the Privy Council claim- ing that liquor control was a provincial matter. The Privy Council ruled that the C.T.A. was good law and had been properly passed. The second appeal in 1935 was delayed by the war and reached the Privy Council in 1946. Again the Act was ruled good, and in addition the question was de- clared settled for once and for all. Huron County under the C.T.A. has no legal liquor out- lets whatever. Not a single beer parlour, liquor store, brewer's warehouse, cocktail bar can be found here. Many bottle clubs have been opened from time to time, but few have been able to operate legally for long. Our Crown Attorney takes effective action whenever he finds suffi- cient cause. The court records prove that the C.T.A. has teeth, Huron County Temperance Federation 29-b PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant CODERIM, Ontario Telephone 1011 Box 478 45-17-b RONALD G. McCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenhury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO 50-tfb OPTOMETRY J. E. LO:NGSTAFF 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 appoitrunent only. Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to 5.30 p,m. Phone IITInter 2-1010 Clinton PHONE 791 SEAFORTH CLANCY Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) Vet appoint-Went phone 33, Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER al Estate and Business BrOker nigh Street "" Clinton Phone Uri 2-6692 HAIR DRESSING CHARLES Houser OF 101 AerrY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling King Sto Clinton flii. HO 2-7066 C. D. Proctor, Prop, Letters to the Editor Business and Professional — Directory —