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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1959-11-05, Page 2Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON la 0 0 ~nuu 1 00 0 0 ,„. '• % - 1 ' 0 I. A4 ' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canada and Great Britain; United States and Foreign: $4.00; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1959 HISTORICAL OUTLINE OF THE C,T.A. $3.00 a year NEW ERA THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD. Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population 3,000 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • WILMA P. DINNIN, Editor COMPLETE LINE OF TOYS INCLUDING— Dolls Games Windup - Friction and Novelties ON DISPLAY THIS WEEK Sutter-Perdue QUALITY HOUSEWARES and HARDWARE 41‘ CLINTON HU 2.7023 SALE OF BAKING and SLIGHTLY USED CLOTHING Council Chambers, Town Hall SPONSORED BY— SOCIETY CUM LUMINE (Formerly Civil Service Ladies League) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14 2 to 4 p.m. Proceeds for Children's Ward Clinton Public Hospital 44-b ONTARIO CITIZENS TAKE "SECOND LOOK REJECT L.C.A. OUTLETS On October 21, Burlington turned down a liquor lounge and dining lounge, and its annex rejected a liquor store and brewers' warehouse as well as lounges. On the same date, Dundas voted against lounges, and Flesher- ton (Grey County) voted nearly 3 to 1 against men's and women's beverage rooms. Other victories this year, as listed by the Ontario Temperance Federation: St. Thomas (lounges), Norwich (store), Grimsby, Victoria Harbor, Erin, Timmins (loung- es), Gananoque, Kingsville, Wheatley, Leamington (loung- es), Bowmanville and about nine townships. The ratio of "dry" victories is the highest in a long time. The city of Owen Sound, long without licenses under local option, has successfully resisted five attempts at repeal, the latest in 1958. Commenting upon these things, the Hamilton Spec- tator says: "People in various parts of Ontario are taking a second look at the desirability of liquor lounges and cocktail bars . . . It could be a trend is setting in against additional outlets for alcoholic bever- ages . . . The fact is, of course, that money spent on alcoholic beverage isn't available for spending on food, clothing or the other real needs for a good life. This is apart from the social effects. The primary purpose of additional liquor outlets is to sell more drinks to more people. KEEP THE CANADA TEMPERANCE ACT IN HURON FOR THE REVOCATION AGAINST THE REVOCATION X Published by Huron C.T.A. Committee 111 Business and Professional — Directory — A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 INSURANCE Family Security Term Life Insurance On the Best Terms OCCIDENTAL LIFE If interested call or write W. C. FOSTER PHONE 317 BOX 233 92 Huron St. E., Exeter, Ontario MORE PEACE OF MIND PER PREMIUM DOLLAR OPTOMETRY I, 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 appointment only. PHONE 791 SEAFORTH Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Phone Miter 2-7010 Clinton G. B. CLANCY Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointment phone JA 4-7251 Goderich PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODERICH, Ontario Telephone JA 4-9521 Box 478 RONALD Gl. MoCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone EU 2-0677 CLINTON. ONTARIO REAL ESTATE L"FJONAILD G. WINTER Real irAtitte and Business Broker High Street — Clinton Phone HU 2-6692 PAM. Two, (Editor's Note: Some of this material we have obtained fro mthe St, Marys Jour- have obtained from the St. Marys Jour- nal. Argus, published in Perth County, also facing a vote on November 30. Other facts have been gained from local authorities), THE CTA was passed in 1878 when the Major responsibility for the "peace, order and good government" of Canada was vested in Ottawa, Tremendous progress has been made and many phases of government have, by de- grees, been transferred from the Federal author- ity to the province. All Canadian provinces today have strong and rigidly enforced Liquor Control Acts. Improvements have been made ;almost every year in the provincial liquor laws, partic- Ularly since the repeal of prohibition law in the late twenties, The CTA swept over the province of Ontario between 1879 and 1885. No less than 28 counties and two cities voted part Two of the Act into force in their areas. Even in those early days, conditions developed under the CTA which were widely at variance with the aims and intentions of its formers. So chaotic were conditions that every single county and city revoked the Act by huge majorities at their first opportunity to do so, after a three-year trial period. Thus, the Act was completely extinct in Ontario in 1889. The year 1890 saw the introduction of Local Option provisions in Ontario under the Provincial Liquor Act. These provisions are substantially the same today. The voting until then, as it is now, done by a city, town, village or township. Early in the present century, part two of the CTA was voted into force in Manitoulin, Peel, Perth and Huron. Manitoulin voted in favour of revocation in 1949 and Peel in 1951. Thus today only Huron and Perth still retain the Act. Perth voted part 2 of the •CTA into force in 1914. Huron carried a similar vote a year later. GODERICH G FOLLOWING MANY months and years of planning, the county town of Goderich, last week- end began use of the dial phones installed by the Bell Telephone •Company. First call was made by Gavin Green, 97 years old, who claims he is the oldest former employee of Bell living. He talked with Dr. W. Sherwood Fox, former president of the University of Western Ontario. After this auspicious start, all of the town- folk were switched onto the JAckson 4 exchange. New telephone books were distributed recently, and the big change went over smoothly. I SUPPORT National Farm Union Week NOVEMBER 9-14, 1959 Join With Your Neighbours Save the Family Farm by means of Parity Prices through Deficiency Payments 44b CLINTON NEWS,A.VCORP 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 6, 1919 Abe Brandon, Kitchener, spent a few days the past week at his home in Bayfield. Dr, H. Fowler is in Parry Sound district with a party of deer hunters. Owing to a break in the vicinity of Stratford, hydro power went off between eight and nine o'clock Tuesday evening, just as the Marks Bros. show was about to begin in the hall. A. number of coal oil lamps and lanterns and a lamp from, an automobile were pressed into service as "foot- lights." From a copy of the Clinton News-Record, July 20, 1911: but- ter at 14 to 15 cents per pound; eggs at 15 to 16 cents; live hogs, at $6.85. Fancy if you can, get- ting a pound of butter and a dozen of eggs, for 30 cents. One would pay over 50 cents for either the one or the other today. The big Hallowe'en bazaar held under the auspices of the Hospital Board netted $260. The ladies of the town and vicinity were well satisfied. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, November 6, 1919 Clinton is leading the country in the Victory Loan and was the first to win the Prince of Wales Honour Flag. On recommendation of the fin- ance minister, Clinton Council will take $4,000 in Victory Bonds, out of 'the Sinking Fund. A flock of wild geese, over 100 strong, passed over the town Sun- day morning about 8.45 a.m. They were going southward and this is a pretty good indication that win- ter is around the corner. Will Pinner, Vancouver, B.C., was the guest of his brother-in- law, Mr. Harry Bartliff this week. Mr. Pinner had business in Detroit with an auto firm and took a run up to Clinton to see old friends. This week S. S. Cooper put out his grey team and bus all newly decorated, for the travelling pub-, lic trade. B. Kaiser had the con- tract of painting the bus. There's a deal of fluttering and puttering and muttering, of hurry- ing and worrying and scurrying, a- round our town these days, There is tension in the air, and secrecy. Domestic quarrels are frequent and bitter. Women weep easily, and normally soft-spoken men cur- se with gusto and little provoca- tion. 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 3, 1949 Clinton and District Chamber of Commerce held its first meeting since the summer vacation in the Council Chambers with President W. Norman Counter in the chair. A. J. McMurray, chairman of the Old Home Week committee, re- ported 174 subscribers at the pres- ent time. It was decided to keep after installation of a stoplight at the main highway intersection. A Hallowe'en party was given for the children at the town hall, and yet after a free party, a group of youngsters committed several acts of vandalism. At one place wood was placed on the steps and when the man of the house went out, he, not knowing the wood was there, tripped and cracked three ribs. It has been suggested that parents should take the respon- sibility of their children when they are out of an evening. want to play at being men. These are the types with white-collar jobs, good incomes, and iron-wil- led wives. For 51 weeks of the year, these birds are well dressed, well mannered, and well managed. So they go deer hunting, and for one glorious week, they stomp a- round in big boots, never wash or shave, talk rough and dirty, belch at will, and get drunk. • * Still another regiment of hunt- ers is made up of men to whom deer hunting' has a snob appeal. They are like the people who don't know a football from a footbath, but break their necks to get a tic- ket •to the Grey Cup game, be- cause it's a prestige deal. This type of hunter wears expensive hunting clothes, has an expensive gun, and goes to a well-organized camp, where he does a lot of drin- king and poker-playing and lets the guide shoot the deer, * * Then there is the vast assembly of ordinary hardy perennial clots, who go deer huunting just for the hell of it. They pile in a car and head north, hitting the stuff all the way, When they get to deer country, they pile out and wander aimlessly and cluelessly, shooting at horses, cattle and each other, and getting lost, The second day they last till noon, then head for the nearest pub. The third day, they don't even get up till noon, manage to get in rare shape by dark, and shine wetly at the hunt- er's dance. * * Perhaps five percent of all those who go deer hunting are real hunt- ers. They look forward to the hunt with keenest anticipation. They love the bush and the cold and the battle of wits. They work hard at it. They come home with venison. And they talk about it all winter. * You'll have to pardon these ran- dom thoughts. I've just been- checking my deer hunting equip- ment and am a little sour. My Minting jacket was the only bed our pup would sleep on when we got him, and it's been chewed on and spewed on, I wore my hunt- ing pants trout fishing last spring, fell in, and they shrank to pedal pushers. Last time I saw my hunting cap, the kids were picking wild strawberries into it. My hunting knife has apparently been Used for trimming linoleum, and my compass vanished on a Cub's hike, * In view of all this', along with the fact I haven't the guts to suggest it to the Old Girl, it leeks as though I'll have to skip The Hunt this year, Thank goodness. HAIR DRESSING CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling King St., Clinton Ph. ,HU 2-7065 C. D. Proctor, 'Prop. INSURANCE Insure The Co-Op Way AUTO : ACCIDENT : FIRE WIND : LIABILITY : LIFE P. A. ROY HU 2-9357 Rattenbury St. W. 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 2-7550 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 J. E. HOWARD. Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53 r Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy THE MoRILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Rob- ert Archibald, Seaforth; vice- pre. ardent, Alistair Broadfoot, Sea- forth; secretary-treasurer, Norma Jeffery, Seaforth, Directors: John H. MoEwing Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon- hardt, Bornheline E. S. Trewartha, Clinton; Wm, S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Bar. Inv Puller, Goderich; 3, H. Pepper, Bruceneflid; Alistair Broadfoet Seaforth, Agents: Wm. Lelper Jr,, Lend eabioro; 3. F. Prtieter, Brodbagen: Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Erie Munroe, Seaforth, VARNA United WA The Woman's Association met in the church basement on Octo- ber 26. Mrs. Harold Dawson led the devotional period assisted by Mrs. J. Postill. Mrs. Louis Taylor, and Mrs. Robert Stirling, Four- teen members answered the roll call. It was decided to have the Christmas meeting on November 25, with the usual exchange of gifts. A discussion followed con- cerning the bazaar on Saturday, October 31, 'and final arrange- ments made. An invitation from Kippen to the WA and WMS to be their guests on November 4, at 8 p.m. was accepted. Mrs. T. J. Pitt read a poem, "Cleaning the lamps," and the meeting closed with the WA pray- er. Lunch was served. Since that time no votes have been held in either county for revocation of part 2 of the Act. In 1920 the Ontario Temperance Act was passed, and since it was considered more restric- tive than the CTA, the CTA was suspended until 1935. In 1927 the Liquor Control Act came into effect, and when it was amended in 1934 be- came less restrictive, and all of Huron was once again under the CTA, In the thirties a legal battle which was to last ten years, was begun and finally the Privy Council in 1946 sustained the validity of the Act. However, during the time the Act was under scrutiny, Prime Minister Mitchell Hepburn had permitted licenses to be issued in centres within Perth and Huron. These were cancelled on March 3, 1946, This summer petitions were signed in both Huron and Perth to bring on a vote for revoca- tion. In each case, well over the required 25 percent of the population, signed the petition. The vote will be held on November. 30. If the CTA is voted out of the county, then the provisions of the Ontario Liquor Control Act automatically apply. Each municipality would revert to the status at 'the time the CTA was vot- ed in, back in 1915. Clinton is the only town which was dry under a local option vote. This vote was taken in 1912, and the dry side won with five more votes than they needed; 60 per- cent was the requirement. Other municipalities in Huron that, will be dry, are the townships of Ashfieid, Grey, Howick, Hullett, Morris, Stanley, Tuckersmith, Turnberry, Usborne and Wawanosh East. If the CTA were repealed, none of these municipalities would have any legal outlets for beer or liquor. However, in Exeter, Wingham, Goderich, Seaforth and the other townships a government retail liquor store, or brewers warehouse could be established. eeetel: ''" r 4 f; ET'S DIAL Local calls at Goderich will be handled through an automatic dial exchange building in that town. However, long distance calls will be placed through the Clinton dial exchange building on Rattenbury Street West. Several of the long distance operators from Goderich have moved or are moving to take up residence in Clinton. They will work at the switchboard here. Trouble calls also come direct to the Clinton office, are then relayed and action taken. Switchover to the modern style phones was made at 2 am. Sunday morning. * Cause of all the strain, of cour- se, is that deer season is upon us again. About dawn on Monday morning, some two-thirds of the male population will be off on the great annual trudge. Among them, they will cover more territory than did Napoleon's army on the retreat from Moscow. Majority of these intrepid ad- venturers would not walk two blocks to work on a pleasant day in mid-summer. Yet they will drag themselves and a dirty great musket through swamp and slash and burn, through mud and snow and rain, for e:ght hours a day during the annual attack of cafard known in these parts as deer hunting. * The truth is, of course, that it is not the hunt they enjoy. Deer hunting, as a sport, is highly over-rated. It is much like sold- iering; long periods of complete monotony and intense discomfort, interspersed by explosions of vio- lence and utter confusion. * 11, There are reasons why all those pot-bellied, flabby-muscled, short- winded characters undergo the dreariness and the exhaustion of the hunt. Seldom among them are the yearning for a venison roast, nor yet the deep desire to indulge in the thrills of the chase. * * * Some of them go because they face the truth. They know that they can't spend one more day with their wives without taking an axe to them. Smug in the knowledge that it is the one holi- day on which the old lady will not insist on tagging along, they leave for the deep woods and safety with expressions of love' and solic- itude, the hypocrites. * Another segment is also nearing the breaking point. It is made-up of the men who are running away from The Job or The Business, Nearly berserk front the atten- tions of boss or customers, they'll admit quite frankly, the cowards, that they don't give a diddle about the hunting, they just want to get someplace Where there are no telephones, where nobobely can get at them. I, $1, Then there are the boys Who From Our Early Files SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 8, 1931 On motion of Reeve Elliott, sec- onded by Councillor Paisley, some long wood is to be procured and kept in readiness for casual visit- ors, Able-bodied men coining into town and wanting meals should be asked to do a little work, Coun- cillor Holmes thought these men should be stopped from travelling about; they should be required to stay in their own communities, Councillors Livermore and Cook were of the opinion that these men, in most cases, had no homes and no other alternative than to wander about the country, since they had no steady jobs. In the meantime the Chief Constable and Night Constable are authorized to give meal tickets when needed. The hockey team put on a card party and dance in the town hall, Mrs. Perdue and her orchestra furnishing the music. Mrs. Irene Henri and H. W. Gould won the highest euchre prizes and in bridge, Mrs. George Elliott and Stewart. Cook 'took the highest. Officers of the hockey club are: C. W. Draper, president; John Wigginton, treasurer; T. W. Mor- gan and J. M. Elliott, managers, and Ross McEwart, coach, THURSDAY, ,NOVEMBER 5, 1959 Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON — EXETER --- SEAFORTH Thomas Steep, Clinton Representative -- Phones — Bus., HU 2-6606 - Res., HU 2-3869 allarilialwammwraffillaW111011141IIIIII.