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From Our Early Files.
YEARS AGO 25 EARS AGO
Rey. Funge of Londesboro will speak on the topic,
"YOU AND YOUR DIRECTION"
A. local Male Quartet will offer Special Music
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This event signifies the beginning' of
NATIONAL YOUNG PEOPLE'S WEEK
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of the alcohol question facing residents of Huron
County in the forthcoming vote..
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Amalgamated 1924
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O Heart of Huron County
Clinton, Ontario Population 3,000
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WE HAVE enjoyed for years the many good
programs which the CBC has aired and have
several times praised them. We've always felt
a fair amount of pride in sending some tax
dollars toward the CBC.
But last week we were startled into won-
dering seriously what good the CBC was.
Since August and before, plans have gone
forward to put a Farm Forum broadcast over
CKNX-TV for the winter season. The first one
was to go on last Wednesday night. Plans were
complete, the co-operation of CBC was enjoyed
and the production was ready to go on. CBC
has broadcast farm forums over radio on Monday
nights and has supported them well. Surely the
TV idea pioneered at the independent station at
Wingham is as important.
But on Tuesday morning CKNX manage-
ment received word that the Farm Forum
broadcast must be cancelled to make room for a
football game over CBC from Winnipeg.
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, November 13, 101.9
Nediger and Stevenson, who
have been carrying on an auto
agency and repair shop for some
time, have dissolved partnership
and the business is being continu-
ed by Mr, Nediger alone. Mr. Ste-
venson intends going up to North-
ern, Ontario, where he has consid-
erable business interests.
Mrs, Leppington has sold her
house to her son, Thomas, and
has moved from Rattenbury St-
reet to the house on Princess St-
reet recently vacated by Mrs.
Bromfield.
C. H. Veinier has just finished
installing a Delco lighting system
for Patrick Carlin of St. Colum-
ban. This lighting system is be-
coming very popular with the far-
mers.
A. Scotchrner, Goderich Town-
ship, took quite a long walk one
day last week. Although in his
80th year he walked all the way
to Goderich, a distance of 12 mil-
es. This is quite remarkable for
a man of his years.
40 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, November 13, 1919
Officers of the 33rd Huron Reg-
iment and also officers who serv-
ed overseas met in Clinton and
along with Lt. Col. W. J. Brown,
A.A.G. of No. 1 district, talked
over the re-organization of the
33rd Regiment. While organiza-
tion is on an eight-company bas-
ic for administration purposes, it
is intended to go to camp, train-
ing resumes, with the regiment in
four companies for drill purposes.
At the meeting of the Clinton
Board of Trade it was decided
that the housing question should
receive special attention as it was
claimed that our chief hindrance
to getting new industries is the
shortage of modern houses for
sale or rent. An effort is also
to be made to secure a flax mill
and other small industries. Should
the railway board decide to elec-
trify branch lines, Clinton will co-
operate in having the London, Hu-
ron and Bruce included in the list.
Don't anybody ever try to tell
me again that weekly newspaper
editors are dull old sticks, ad-
dicted to sitting on the fence in
their own backyards. Not after
what I received in the mail today
from the Ontario Weekly News-
papers Association. * *
Youu'd never guess what them
devils are upto. They're going to
have a convention in Hamilton,
Ontario, next February. That's
harmless enough. But do you
know what they're going to do af-
ter the usual two days of business
and booze? They're going to
wade through the snow to an air-
plane and they're going to fly off
into the sunshine. • ''
Yep, we're all going to Mexico,
and I can hardly wait.When I got
the news, I took one disdainful
look at , the dirty November rain
pouring down outside, leaned back
in my chair, closed my eyes and
was off into a world of hot tam
ales and cold tequila, the sun blaz-
ing down on the bulllring, and me
lolling by a swimming pool, strik-
ing up an acquaintance with Ava
Gardner and a bunch like that Who
hang around in Mexico in the win-
ter like us weekly editors.
One thing that won't bother me
is the language. I've read several
Hemingawy novels, and a lot of
westerns, and when I was in prison
camp I took the first three lec-
tures of a course in Spanish.
Let's , se, it's coming back to me
now: "Como esta usted?" Or is
that the Italian course I started? • * *
Anyway, the first thing I'm go-
ing to do when I hit Mexico City
is order me a great big plate of
creamed cojones, with a side order
of fried much aches, and lots of
probrecita on my salad, Hah!
You didn't really believe I could
talk the language, eh? Es verdad.
And all the time I'm there, quien
sabe?, maybe be muy hombre. *
Now, let's have a look at that
schedule. "February 7th" it says,
"arrive Mexico City 4.45 a.m."
Holy Old Quetzalcoatl! That's a
pretty rugged' time to arrive any-
where except home from a poker
game. Then it Says: "Our guide
will call for you at your hotel for
a trip through Mexico City." Not
me, he won't, Buster. Not at that
hour. Not unless he's got the en-
tire Mexico City police force with
him.
10 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, November 10, 1949
Consumers in Clinton will soon
get their initial introduction to
Hydro's vast frequency convers-
ion program, scheduled for 1951.
Starting immediately, a series of
test inventories will be carried
out in preparation for the forth-
coming conversion operations in
these localities. These surveys will
consist of spot checks of consum-
er equipment in homes and com-
mercial establishments. "Cut-Ov-
er" is tentatively scheduled for
December, 1950.
Murphy Lodge No. 710, Clinton,
played host last Friday evening
at a banquet in the basement of
Ontario Street United Church. A
dinner was served to 150 guests,
followed by a short programme.
Worshipful Master George Fal-
coner presided. After the orches-
tra, consisting of Mitcheal Mc-
Adam, Stanley Doucette and Jam-
es Murray, had been introduced,
Miss Ruth Glazier. Clinton, sang
two selections. Speeches • followed
by County Master Asa Deeves,
Rev. G. W. Medley, pastor of
Goderich Baptist Church, and
Mayor R. Y. Hattin,
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,The three local stations—Kitchener, London
and Wingham all had to carry that football
game.
Surely it would have been possible to per-
mit Wingham to carry their planned, advertised
and eagerly awaited program. The other two
could have brought football to all who wanted
to watch the game. Surely if the show had to
be cancelled it could have been done weeks ago.
At time of writing we don't know whether
the Farm Forum show went on last night or not.
Possibly it was cancelled, too.
Something must be done, and that right
soon, about this monopoly of communication that
CBC has gathered unto itself.
Anything that is good will gain appreciation
in itself without eliminating opposition in this
high handed way. We taxpayers should be ut-
terly ashamed to continue to •support such a
situation.
REMEMBRANCE DAY
1959
REMEMBER THOSE WHO FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT
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CLINTON. NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, November 10, 1934
Traffic Officer Lever, who was
injured severely when his motor-
cycle struck loose gravel last July
and threw him into the ditch, was
obliged to give evidence in a dam-
age suit the other day; the evi-
dence being taken at his home.
Officer Lever's leg is still in a
cast and he IS- getting very tired
of inaction.
The afternoon, tea given at the
home of Mrs. Walter A. Oakes on
Saturday afternoon brought out
a large number of ladies and was
voted an enjoyable as well as
successful event, netting a nice
little sum for the new hospital
nursery. On exhibition during the
afternoon was a pile of lovely
wool undies for babies', which the
Moodie people of Hamilton had
donated to the new nursery.
Misses Hattie and Sarah Bak-
er, Fullarton, visited Miss Flor-
ence Cuningliam.e over the week-
end.
Mrs. Torrance, Toronto-, is st-
aying with Mrs. J. Terrance and
Miss Edith Torrance of town.
It says here we're going to visit
the Cathedral, the National Mus-
eum, some Pyramids, the Toltec
Temple, and a Shrine. They'll have
to include me out of that little
jaunt. I'm going to wander down
a side street until I find a side-
walk cafe. And I'm going to sit
there in the sun and sip a few
pesos worth of pulque, and watch
some of 'those fierce, proud Latin
women walk proudly and fierce-
ly by. The heck with the Pyra-
mid's. * *
But after a couple of days of
getting the real feeling of the
country like 'this, I see where they-
're going to make us move on to
Taxco, where we will "admire
shops, churches and streets as they
were over 300 years ago. Lunch
and dinner included." That's food's
going to be mighty cold after 300
years, so I think I'll settle for
some chile, with or without car-
ne. * * *
Ah, wait a minute. This sounds
more like it: "you will continue
to Acapulco, where you find grac-
ious living mingled with charm
and beauty at your command to
enjoy." Now we're getting some-
where. I've been trying to get in
or some of that gracious living
for years. *
And how about that charm and
beauty at my command to enjoy!
Isn't Acapulco where all those
Hollywood babes go to mend their
broken hearts after they get a
divorce? By George, I think I'll
take some guitar lessons and start
calling myself Hosay. * * *
I see we have two days at Aca-
pulco. I wonder what would hap-
pen if a fellow just hid when the
bus was leaving? Just bought a
serape and a sombrero and leaned
against a wall, while they frantic-
ally searched the hotels and the
bars and the swimming pools? * * *
Well, that's enough gloating
about the trip. I don't want to
make all you characters who'll
be up to your navels in snow
about that time too unhappy. Let's
see what the whole thing costs.
YIPE! All right, Mother. Never
mind. Don't weep. We'll go to
Mexico the next time the weekly
editors go, instead. About 1994.
Or do you think we could get a
third mortgage on the old
estancia?
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