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HALLOWE'EN . , a time for spooks and
goblins, fun and excitement for the youngsters,
Not a time, surely, for tragedy and grief,
Yet a few careful measures must be taken to
ensure that everyone enjoys the fun . . parents
and young spooks!
There are two important areas to watch
for: first, the streets and highways, Drivers
beware of the unexpected on this night. We
can't expeet children to take as much care as
they normally do, it's up to us to be especially
alert.
Then, at home there are some simple ways
of avoiding Hallowe'en mishaps. The Ontario
Safety League recommends a careful check on
the following points:
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1959
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WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor
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FOR A SAFER HALLOWE'EN
1, Light your porch, and avoid the danger of
visiting children tumbling in the dark,
2. Clear obstacles from, your back yard—this
will discourage practical jokers, and pre-
vent falls,
3. If you have a dog, keep it securely tied up.
4. Make sure, if your children go out, that
they wear light-colored clothing, so they
can be seen by motorists. Touches of fluor-
escent tape on a costume are excellent
protection.
5. Masks make it hard for the small toddler
to see where he's going. Encourage child-
ren to make their own interesting faces
with make-up.
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Facts About The Acts
C.T.A.
The Canada Temperance Act
Is a restrictive measure.
Prohibits sale within the
county of alcohol for beverage
purposes. (Individuals may buy
liquor outside and have it con-
veyed to their homes by com-
mon carrier).
Reduces sale of intoxicants.
-Discourages treating.
No legal sale to minors, and
no legal outlets to invite illicit
purchases,
The C.T.A. was voted in by
Huron people,
L,C.A. and L.L.A.
Liquor Control Act and Lic-
ense Act are designed to provide
for and promote sale,
Provide for sale through eight
different types of outlets, some
of which could be established
in certain Huron municipalities
without a vote.
Sale is increased. Ontario's
liquor consumption has doubled
in 10 years.
These Acts encourage drink-
ing to excess in beer parlors
and lounges.
No legal sale to minors, but
they have little difficulty, the
courts find, in being served in
beer parlors.
Under the L.C.A. (never sub-
mitted to the people of Ontario)
municipalities have no control
over licensing.
Against the Revocation
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Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p.m.
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CLINTON NEW Elm
Thnreday, October 39, 1919
With bells ringing and the fee",
tory whistles blowing their loud-
est, the campaign for the 1919
Victory Loan opened on Monday
Morning at 9 am, The campaign
lasts for three weeks and every-
one in Canada is expected to do
their very best, Banners, flags,
blotters, automobile stickers,
Prince of Wales crests and but-
tons serve to advertise the Vic-
tory Loan of 1919. "Canada needs
to borrow your money to bridge
the gap between War and Peace".
The Prince presented 61 medals
at London on Thursday last and
among those from Huron County
were: Distinguished Service Or-
der: G, 1W. MeTaggart, Clinton,
for the late Major W. 13. McTag-
gart. Distinguished Conduct Med-
al, Sergeant-Major William Snell,
London, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jam-
es Snell, Mullett.
Harvey Walker, son of George
Walker, formerly of town, was
chosen, as a returned soldier, to
drive the car in which the Prince
of Wales was driven through the
city of Brantford,
40 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, October 30, 1919
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hicks have
moved in from Goderich Township
and are getting nicely settled in
their new home on Rattenbury
Street, the residence recently pur-
chased from the Hanley estate.
Some time ago, Ralph Stephen-
son of the Parr Line, Stanley
Township, decided to leave the
farm to his son and he came into
Clinton and bought the residence
of Ralph Tiplady, on Rattenbury
Street. The •more he thought the
matter over, however, the more
convinced Mr. Stephenson be-
came that he was too young to
retire. He has now bought a fine
fifty-acre farm next to his own on
the Parr Line and, as he told the
News-Record, "YOU know, I feel
ten years younger since I bought
that other farm,"
The Clinton Knitting Company
has opened a branch at Owen
Sound, Frank Libby, Wingham, is
going up to take charge. Knitting
and looping will be done at Owen
Sound, the finishing at the Clin-
ton factory.
If there is one thing on which
Canadians pride themselves, it is
their lack of racial prejudice, their
"tolerance". Perhaps that's why
the Toronto papers, with a fine
show of indignation, gave a big
play to the recent rejection of a
Negro girl by a university girls'
sorority.
* 4'
Beating their drums and their
breasts with equal fervour, the
Toronto dailies turned loose re-
reporters on evry aspect of the
story, dragged in sociologists and
anthropologists to write articles,
and created a fine fury. For a-
bout three days,
*
After that, apparently satisfied
that they had struck a mighty
blow against race prejudice, the
papers went back to their normal
round. They had appeased their
liberal-minded readers, they had
declared that we'll 'ave none o'
that there 'ere, and that was the
end of the matter.
The truth is, anyone who is
not deaf and blind knows well,
that Canadians are just as preju-
diced as the next fellow, when it
comes to race, colour or religion.
They are not so violent about it
as some other peoples, but it is
there, it is unmistakeable, and it
is widespread.
*
Don't worry, I'm not going to
try to solve the whole problem in
the space of this column. But let's
not kid ourselves. Let's not look
across the border with a holier-
than-thou attitude. Let's not pre-
tend that this is one country in
which everybody hat the same op-
portunity, regardless of his relig-
ion or the colour of his skin.
1 *
It just isn't so, If my name is
Klein., I've got to be twice as
smart as McLean, to get at far, If
my skin is black, I've got to be an
Oscar Peterson to get out of the
Pullinan. porter economic bracket.
And even if I'm pure white and
Protestant and my grandfather
came to Canada 80 years ago, if
my name's Podrinski or Soychuck,
I'm on the outside looking in, * *
Ask the Negro from. Michigan
or Ohio what happened when he
made a reservation at an Ontario
tourist resort. He arrived, was
black, had black children, and the
proprietor told him, with the ut-
most regret, that he must have
got the reservation mixed up, and
he didn't have a thing left, but
if he went on a piece, he'd be
sure to find Something nice, It
happens every sampler.
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
11041.01w. November 1, 1931
The seventh annual County
Championship Public Speaking
Contest and fourth annual Spell-
lag Match were coiducted in the
auditorium of Clinton Collegiate
Institute on Saturday afternoon,
On Friday evening, the CDCI
held, their first Literary meeting
in the form of a Hallowe'en party,
A large number of pupils took
part in the costume parade, mak-
ing it a real success. Rose Middle-
ton and Charles 1Viutch of Second
Form gave a short dialogue; five
girls dressed as the Dionne quin-
tuplets sang a chorus; a dialogue
was given by Gertrude Holmes,
Erma ...Hale and Jack West of
First Form.
How to end the depression: en-
courage building operations and
exempt new buildings from taxa-
tion. This involve no in-
crease in taxation, no government
interference with private enter-
prise, and will be the only ration-
al way to solve the unemploy-
ment problem which has existed
since the depression began in 1929.
10 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, October 37, 1949
John W. Nediger, well-known
native Clintonian, has gone into
business for himself, having pur-
chased the coal and wood busin-
ess which for the past few years
has been successfully operated by
James E. Johnston.
Clinton's new fire truck — a
combination pumper, hose and
ladder truck — arrived in town
Saturday morning and already is
standing by in case of fire. The
equipment was manufactured by
Bickle-Seagrave Limited, Wood-
stock, and is mounted on a Chev-
rolet three-ton truck. The Fire
Chief stated that the members
of the Fire Brigade were all de-
lighted with the new equipment,
and he considered it would fill the
bill very well in a community
this size.
Clinton Court of Revision for
1949 was the largest held here in
several years. Two full evenings
—Monday and Tuesday—were not
sufficient to hear all the appeals
and pass decisions on them, so
next, November 1, will be requir-
that a third evening, Tuesday
I ed to dispose of the list,
Those are just examples, not
far-fetched. It's funny when you
think of it, when you remember
where the ancestors of us Anglo-
Saxon, white, Christian, prejudic-
ed Canadians came from. I fancy
there were more shanties, crofts,
and slums in the background than
there were manor houses,
* *
How did we get this way? The
Irish aren't prejudiced, Except a-
gainst Catholics or Protestants,
as the case may be. The Scotch
aren't prejudiced. Except against
the English. And the English cer-
tainly aren't prejudiced against
anybody. Except the Yanks.
Now, you'll notice I haven't said
Canadians are intolerant. Preju-
diced, yes, but not intolerant. Oh,
we're tolerant. Tolerant means
"put up with". We put up with
the niggers and kikes, the wogs
and hunkies, and chinks and frogs.
We don't accept them.
*
The sooner the word "toler-
ance" is kicked out of the racial
problem jargon, and replaced by
the word "acceptance", the better,
Who elected us, or anybody else,
to "tolerate" other human beings.
The arrogance of it! • *
Despite what I've said, I have
high hopes for Canada. The old
religious bitterness between the
French and English-speaking Can-
adians is mellowing. There is a
minority, but a vocal and intelli-
gent one, of liberal citizens who
are not afraid to attack prejudice
wherever it appears.
*
In the service clubs and the
Canadian Legion, there are no
colour, religious or racial bars.
There has been a heavy influx of
new people from Europe to break
down the old, and artificial, preju-
dices. • *
But most important, the preju-
dices of Canadians are only skin-
deep. They are not based on a
century of fear and mistrust and
violence, as are the feelings of
whites in the southern states and
Africa. They are bated solely on
ignorance,
* *
There is a basic decency in the
Canadian people, a casual reaCii-
nets to accept a man for what he
is and what he can do, Given a
chance, this will break through
the thin crust of prejudice that
we have inherited or developed,
and will make this land what it
must be -a country where bunilan
beings are accepted, not "toler-
ated", regardless of colour or
creed.
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