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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-01-21, Page 2Clinton News-Record THE CisiNTON. NEW ERA THE CLINTON'NEWS-RECORD giving, the time of day to everyone who cares to raise his eyes, and the flagstaff sometimes bear- ing a proud Union jack—at other times, a rem- nant of the flag that once was there. It sounds like a good building, doesn't it? ' And it is. It was a good building for a post office as long as Clinton had 2,000 population and mail was sorted on trains. Now Clinton has 3,000 people and all the- district mail has to be sorted in our post office. But, it is still a good building. Some folk, with hopes that the town might be able to acquire the structure at a fair cost, just as soon as the Post Office Department was through with it, hoped for a community building. The basement could continue as a store- house for this and that, The ground floor could be converted into a very presentable meeting room, for Scouts, Cubs, Guides andesBrownies-a plaeee, they could call their own. It could be decorated with their own regalia, and very easily the place would be busy every night of the week The •Customs of- fice could remain, on a rental basis, or another office could be set up. The second floor could be converted into two or more offices. Often there is call for such accommodation. The third floor could remain the modern apartment it now is, with a resident caretaker, if possible—someone who would care, for .the ' building, and pay reasonable rent. The income from the second and third floors would make the Scout Hall self-support- ing. All of these plans were 'formulated in the minds of those who have the interests of the town at heart, If the Post Office is renovated, or torn down, these ideas. cannot bear fruit, vantage or attraction in doing so. He has the relaxed satisfaction of having extra competence that needs no displaysy The essence of good driving, points out the Ontario Safety League, is inconspicuous ef- ficiency. And the' key word is "inconspicuous" Everything that attracts undue attention to the man at the wheel is bad driving. Competition has no place in good highway' driving, says the Ontario Safety League. There are no world champions. There is plenty of room at the top for everyone. Cu 0 KTPSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance—Canede and great Britain: $3.00 a United States and Foreign: $4.Q0; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Zito es or • .1/ Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday ..at the Heart of fewest Courrty . Clinton, Ontario,-,-popelatiOn e,090. S A, L. CleisgeiNQVN, Publisher 0 WILMA D. Editor Year FEW OF the hundreds of people who daily make a, trip 'to the Milton Pest Office have ever taken a really good look at this fine old building. Think, now, Have you? Now that the problem of whether - to build, or re-model has come up—let's take .a good look at It, pre- sent and future. • Starting from the bottom, there is a base- ment, probably built too low, as most such rooms were in the old days, but still very useful for storage of bits and pieces of equipment and materials. The grbund, floor is the .one most often visited by the public. Many folk make two calls there a day. The worn stone at the door-step testifies to long use. Besides the public lobby is the area (not much bigger than a• school class- room) where the sorting of all the mail is done. Here are the racks where the carriers of rural mail get ready for their morning trip on their route. Here are the big bags ready for the out- going mail; the stamping machine which cancels each piece fed into it; the racks for general de- livery mail; the' boxes for those lucky people with a box of their own. Also on the second floor is a washroom and the Office of the postmaster. At the back, in an annex built fairly recently, is the customs office -=built, it is said with the idea of sometime ad- ding another storey above it. Then there is the second floor—for the most part empty, The caretaker, who also has a rural mail route, lives with his wife in the third floor. This is a Modern apartment, the envy of many apart- ment-dwellers, with the added attraction of hav- ing a, view from at least three sides, all across the town. Above this is the clock, with its four faces MASTERS OF a trade do not feel they have to advertise their, supremacy on every oc- casion. A heavyweight champion does „not set upon a. man who beats him to a parking spot. The professional poker player expects to be bluf- fed out sometimes when he has the better hand. Great musicians have been known to listen to the bagpipes with every, appearance of polite interest. Similarly, a first class driver does not •feel a need to be out in front all the time. He does not -seek the limelight, because there is no ad- ARE YOU A HEAVY WEIGHT? THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1960 FOUR STOREYS TALL PUBLIC NOTICE Town of Clinton . MINOR HOCKEY WEEK IN CANADA WHEREAS, the week of January 23-30 is being observed throughout Canada as a period to focus public attention on the physical, character-building ancrother benefits of hockey for our youth, and WHEREAS the game of hockey is recognized as Canada's National Game which teaches our youth to develop a competitive spirit, co-opera- . tion with others, body-building, and respect for authority, and WHEREAS Minot:" Hockey is` the foundation from which • accomplished hockey players develop, and WHEREAS Clinton Minor Hockey Week Committee are holding a Minor Hockey Day on Saturday, January 30, NOW THEREFORE, I, as Mayor of Clinton do hereby declare the week commencing January 23rd he observed as "MINOR HOCKEY WEEK IN CANADA" and that SATURDAY, JANUARY 30 be observed as MINOR HOCKEY DAY IN CLINTON and request that all parents arid others support this obServahoe by attend- ing games during Minor Hockey Week and thereafter until the minor hockey season ends, • HERB BRIDLEV Mayor, Town of Clioton4 JANUARY 20, 1060 FAMILY COURT 10 YEARS AGO .10torxoN'INTVWS-AVCIMP ThOrfeleery, January Iire 1900 The clerk of Stanley. Township was authorized to draft a, by4a,w prohibiting the dumping of junk -on Township roads,. John Tindall, Oakville; son of Charles quo* visited- the News,- Record the other day and' was much. interested in hearing about Old home Week.. He and hie father may come up- for it, Members of 'Clinton Lions Club entertained the Midget Baseball champions at a banquet St. Paul's Parish Hall; when the youngsters were presented-. with the 'Ellwood Epps Shield; emblem. atic of the WOAA Midget baseball' championship, previously vvron. three -times in a row by ciblierrett.. F. B, .P.pneba.ker's- modern drug, store was the subject' of an Wu*, trated article ih "The Sharehold- er!? published by Drug Trading Company, Ltd.. Hove You Renewed Your Subscription? HAIR DRESSING CHARLES ,kHOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, and Styling King St., Clinton Ph. HU 2-7085 C. )3. Proctor, Prop. OPTOMETRY J.- E. LONGSTAFF Goderich Btrpet—Near Clinic Seaforth: May except Monday & Wednesday-9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Wednesday, 9 aan. to 12.30 p.m. Thursday ev@rjr,'g43y al1Pilintenent only. Ground Floor—Parking Facilities PHONE 791 SEAFORTH Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Phone HUnter 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 G. McCANN Public Accountant Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broke High street — Clinton Phone ITU 2-6692 `'JUT TELL HER It "GO 1E:AS11' JUDGE PI aseeedelees, Sae leteOraelA 1°,40X1 TWO WM' 0616,11ZOORD JANPART t FrQm our Early Files 40 YEARS AGO 40 YEARS AGO CON.IT'fM.T. NEI/OP-RECORD • Thursday, Annoy g%. 19920 Mrs Hiram Hill left on a two, months.' trip to the west, She Was accompanied by Mrs, James Brown, Hallett, who will go to Tolfield, Saskatchewan. (Fire was discovered in the town hail, in the floor ,just over the, furnace. Fire has occurred in this • particuled spot on several occas- ions. Mayor Cottle, Clerk Mee- Phersen ,and Seegearit Welsh de- cided, that .a sheet of .asbestos ought to be placed tinder the floor there. Had the _fire MOW. red in the night it might have been a serious one. A. case of sleeping sickness was reported from Goderich , an- other from Londesboro. Neither is supposed to be very serious and both are expected to recover; but there is 'something so mysterious about this strange, new disease that the very name of it is alarm- ing. • J. H. Quigley is moving to the farm recently purchased from. H. Livermore. Went to see a Tarzan movie with the kids the other night, I looked .forward to the evening, I hadn't seen Tarzan in action for nigh onto 30 years. • * . Well, sir, it was like going back to see an old sweetheart after 30 years, and finding the slim, pretty wench turned" into a gross, gap- toothed old•bat in a soiled blouse. * * I don't mind telling you, I came out of that theatre shocked, be- wildered and disillusioned. No ex- perience in recent Years has so ex- plicitly confirmed my creeping suspicion that the world is going to the hogs, Now, I was not so naive as to think I'd be seeing the same Tar- zan as the one of My childhood, or that the story would not be jaz- zed up a bit for the hard-eyed little hooligans who haunt the movie houses- Of to-day. But this Tarean-ve*.iroranore like the*one I watcheTha mii'salad days than Marilyn Monroe is- like Mickey Rooney, * .1, Tarzan was an influence of. al- most. Overwhelming dimensions, when I was a kid. We read all the Tartan books. EVery Saturday afternoon at the matinee, we saw two reels of a Tarzan serial that left us limp with excitment and fear, as our hero struggled in the coils of an anaconda, or went tumbling over a mile-high cliff as the episode ended. But we did- n't worry all week until next Sat- urday. We knew he'd beat the rap. * * * I dreamed about him. I suffered innumerable contusions and sp- rains trying to swing through a maple tree the way he swung through the trees of the jungle. In the privacy of The Sandpit, I practited calling the apes as he did. Before going to sleep at night, I fought my way silently 'but indomitably, through hordes of black warriors, with nothing but my knife and a last-minute assist from Tantor the Elephant, * * My Tarzan was a mature man, with craggy features, wearing a shaggy animal's skin, his straight Mack hair falling almost to his shoulders. The Tarzan in this movie 'the other night was a baby- faced pretty-boy wearing a tailor- ed leopard-skin, and he had OIL on his carefully-curled hair. * My Taman swung through the jungle, from tree to tree, in great, swooping arcs that had your heart in your throat with envy. This jerk the other night made only one swing on a vino, a little hop of about fourteen feet. * * My Tartan was a friend of most of the animals in the jungle. But he didn't hesitate to stab an or- nery lion to death, or crack the neck of an owly gorilla. This beach 'athlete 'the other night couldn't kill anything but people, and he shot at them with arrows, from behind a tree, if you can be- lieve it, I blushed, for him. • * My Taman was a Simple, proud man. He eouldn't even speak Eng- lish, When he was with the girl, she'd try to teach him. The words would be flashed' on the screen, She'd say: "Me Jane. You Ter- zan." and he'd repeat: "Me Jane. You Tarrant"' And' -she'd . giggle prettily and say: "No. Me Jane. You 'Thrzan." And he'd finally get *** But he really wasn't interested m girls, and at that time, neither Were we kids, We'd scuffle' and grab each, ethers hats and horse around until the "love" part was over, ,and our hero was back in 25 YEARS AGO CiffliNTON IsiEws,Avconici ntrdoy, .Jain ry 24, Ivo „At special meeting of couneil, was decided advertise for a chief of police for night duty, and if a suitable man applies, Night Constable Grealis will be put on day duty, This is a new' plan which has been adopted in ether towns rind appears to work well, The new wing of the Clinton Community Hospital was opened to public display during a recept- ion he'd by the board and staff of the hospital. Installation of an ateThreeeidzicaeinige com- pletely now elevator will prove a great con- venience and ,the outward appear- anceof a,gowneiv. looks very much like what it is, e Modern and up to date hospital. Mrs. T. Riley, while enjoying some oysters, (but on something hard which turned; out to be a pearl about the size of a small bean, She has had it sent to To- ronto for evaluation. Huronic Rebekah Lodge No. 306, will observe its 6th birthday on February 18. Business and •Professional Directory — 0 -A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 Nomme;***.*****•• INSURANCE' J. E. HOWARD. flayeleld Phone Rayfield 53 r 2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy • THE 1VIeKILLOP MUTIJAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Read Office: Seaforth Officers 1958: President, Rob- ert Archibald, SeafOrth; :s tut • Alt* 4traa(Ifoort"§_ea forth; secretarystreaeur&; NorcarTee Jeffery, Seaforth. Directors: John H, McEwing Robert Archibald; Chris. Leon hardt, Bornholm; E. J. Toewartha Clinton; Wm. S. Alexander, Wal- ton; J. L. Malone, Seafanth; Har vey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wm. Leiper Jr., Land esboro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Era Munroe, ,Seaforth. K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE . Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co. of Cana& Phones: Office HU 2-9747; Res. HU 2-7551 Salesman: Vic Kennedy - Phone Blyth 78 Insure The Co-Op Way AUTO : ACCIDENT : FIRE WIND : LIABILITY : LIFE P. A. ROY HU 2-9357 Rattenbury St. W. CO-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION 1. 1 - GALBRAITH RADIO & T.V. TELEVISION SERVICE Phone HU 2-3841 action, churning across the river with the crocodiles snapping at his heels, and us sitting on the edge of our seats, teeth and fists clen- ched, pulling up our heels in sym- pathy, • * This locker-roomebum the other night was simple enough, but he wasn't proud. He had about as much dignity as Elvis, Instead of striding through the jungle as though he owned it, he skulked around like a juvenile delinquent looking for an old man' to beat up, • * - But what got me was the plot. In the old Tarzan films, animals were killed, but only in self- teefenee, Or' fer fer.4: in 14244' :Pt: we saw the other night, there were no less than five horrible deaths, all people. One got an ar- row through the heart. A beauti- ful girl was impaled on stakes in a pit. Another fellow was pushed down a mine shaft. A fourth was shoved over a cliff and landed flat on his back on a rock. Even young Kim, case-hardened by many a Saturday afternoon of cowboys and Indians cutting each other down, flinched at the sight of a manstumbling into quicksand and sinking, screaming horribly, out of sight. * * * In my day, the movie-makers didn't have to rig up trouble like that for Tarzan's enemies. He took care of himself. There he'd be, tied to a stake, the native war- riors dancing around him, shaking torches in his face. Old Tarz would just rare back, bellow his ape call, and in a few minutes, hundreds of his brother-apes would pour over the palisades and chase the black fellows, while a horde of his elephant friends trompled down the whole Watusi village. * * Maybe I'm just getting cranky and old, But when savagery and vigorouS violence,, are replaced by sadism and psychopaths, I think it's, time the crocodiles finally caught up to Tarzare and finished him off, once and for all. ' SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, January 22, 1020 The first meeting of the 1920, school beard was held and the following elected: chairman, T. McNeil; eeeretersetreesintrer, Rorke; finance committee, Holmes. Milton Cook,. Sarnia, was a weekend visitor with friends and relatives in town. Asa Bolton left on Monday for Stratford, where he takes a posi- tion as linotype operator on the Daily Herald,. Miss Jewell Bardiff is home from, St. Joseph's Hospital, on sick leave, and will take a week's vae cation. • .7. D. Atkinson has Some exper- iences to tell of riding on the Bruce flyer on Tuesday to London. .Local icemen at Goderich have started the ice harvest and are securing splendid ice, about 12 inches of clear blue ice,