Clinton News-Record, 1960-03-24, Page 2Page 2-r-11inton News -Record—.. Thursdays March 24, 1960
Editorials...
WHAT COMES NEXT?
WR iT I NG about a Wednesday vote in time
for the words to appear in our Thursday paper,
is quite an accomplishment. There is no known
way to predict the outcome of any vote—and in
the case of this one, where there has been iq
precedent since 1912, the task is impossible..
These things we can forsee, however, even
before the votes are totalled: The people of
Clinton have mindsof their own. They have
courage of their convictions, and they apparently
hate to be told what they should think, and how
they should vote.
We hope sincerelythat the strong feelings
which have been evident during the ekising days
before the vote, have no lasting bad effects on
the good fellowship among Clinton citizens.
Sometianes ,things said in haste, and in moments
MORE
of strain, can harm lifelong friendships. Let us
not have that land of thing atter this vote.
We appreciate particularly the strength of
character. of the younger people Who took .a
stand without fear and Without .apparent worry
over what effect this stand might have on ;their
own business, Too often, older folk with more ex,
perience, fail to "take a. stand", merely Because
their experience has taught them the difficulties
they will encounter. Age and experience do not
always lead to strength and bravery,.
No matter what the outcome c..tf this vote,
which will be well .known by the time you read
this—we put in a sincere plea for ooLa test',
friendship and good .a ititudes over this question
among the people of Clinton in the months and.
years to come.
HOUSES' SOON
THOUGH .the rental housing project has
been long on paper, it seems that now definite
tenders will be let, and work will .commence as
soon as spring weather permits.
In deciding at the- last instance to proceed
with the homes, Clinton's officials were faced
with several problems.
First, that the demand for .housing has slack-
ened slightly through the past •six months. Would
they be justified in creating a dozen new homes,
when the desire for them was not as strong as
it was a year ago?
Second, the rental of these homes will be
higher than estimated. Building costs have gone
up, and the result is, that with the requirement
of regaining the complete cost of the homes in
50 years, it was- necessary to place the rental
amount higher than had been hoped for, Should
the town proceed, with such a project, when there
was a chance that sufficient renters would not
be available?
Third, twelve new homes, with 'need for at
least two children. in each family, would mean
END AND
THIS COM IN G weekend marks the end of
one sporting season in Clirrtgn, and in no time
• at all, plans will be going forward for the com-
ing baseball season. Softball, swimming, summer
sports of all kinds are being thought of.
Many surrounding towns are blessed with
the services of a devoted and well-trained rec-
reational director. These men co-ordinate rec-
reationalactivities through all the seasons. They
plan for events, and activities for all age groups.
They plan affairs in which the townspeople and
rural folk in the community can take part in a
social atmosphere.
Clinton, we believe, must very soon accept
24 more children at the minimum. That's prac-
tioally one classroom in the school. Already the
public school is filled. The collegiate is growing'
steadily. Could Clinton justify building as a
Municipal project, 12 homes, which would lm-
mediately necessitate the provision of one more
classroom space?
However, all these things considered•, the
town outlay for the homes will be only 7.5 per-
cent of the total cost. The provincial and federal
governments will 'take on the balance of the
cost. The total is recoverable over a period of
years through the rents. Homes are needed by
numbers of people. With the federal and pro-
vincial governments making an exception. for
Clinton in authorizing a housing project here'
(less than 5,000 population) it would seem to be
ungrateful of the town, not to ,accept the build-
ings.
So, we can expect that • just as soon - as
conditions permit, the houses Will be started.
If nothing else, this should provide employment
for carpenters, electricians, plumbers, etc.
BEGINNING
the services of such a director. The cost of such
a man is small indeed, compared to the job he
does.
There could be little relief ahead for the
service clubs already in the recreational field,
however. When one man takes on the task of
planning and 'organizing, he will still need the
ardent support of dozens of volunteers in the
managing, coaching and general supervising
fields.
We understand that plans are well along
the way for Clinton to enter this field of municip-
al endeavour. The finalizing of plans cannot
come too soon.
ONLY TWO CAUSES -
THERE ARE two causes of road accidents.
Yes . •. . only two i •
Mechanical failure, such .as outright break-
down of brakes or steering systems, is one
cause. It accounts for one out of every 12
road accidents. But bear in mind that although
sudden 'ineffectiveness of a car component may
be the immediate cause of a crash, behind the
mechanical failure there is often the human
failure of a motorist who did not take reason-
able care to ensure his car was in safe condition.
Apart from mechanical let -down, the only
true cause of accidents is the DRIVER'S FAIL-
URE TO ADJUST TO CONDITIONS, says the
Ontario Safety League.
What about the other factors that are so
often blamed for "causing" accidents—ice, fog,
snow, . rain,, bad roads, liquor, dense traffic,
children or animals on the • road, etc.? These
are not. causes of accidents, they are 'conditions;
troublesome conditions .that result in accidents
only when a driver fails to adjust for them.
The good driver knows that he can travel.
in all conditions in equal safety, by adjusting
his performance fo the conditions. By lowering
his speed and taking extra care he can be as
safe in a snow storm as he would be on 'a
sunny day. (If conditions are extreme, he "ad-
justs" by leaving the car at' home, or parked,
until things improve).
The only conditions over which the driver
has no opportunity for adjustment are "Acts
of God", such as sudden earthquakes; tidal wav-
es, or landslides. Happily, these are so rare that,
statistically, they are unimportant.
Almost all ,accidentsare caused by people.
Nearly every battered car, every injured motor-
...1st
otor-`•1st or pedestrian, is evidence of one or more
drivers who did not adjust to conditions.
JOBLESS INSURANCE FRAUDS
• (Goderich Signal -Star)
COMMENT was made -recently by Magis- jacks and a girl .of 13 as cook. By the time
trate Hays upon the increasing prevalence here- investigators caught on, the •treasury had been
abouts of break-ins and thefts. Defending one • tapped for a sizeable amount. There is a staff
of 72 enforcement officers, but their chief, K. C.
Foster, says fraud is en the rise. "We are
greatly concerned," he says, "over the lack of
integrity shown by an increasing number of
Canadian citizens in their efforts to get some•
-
thing from the fund for nothing."
The Conitnission and its officers welcome
information that will assist detection of frauds. -
Honest insured, persons, Mr. Foster points out,
have a stake in doing so, because misdirected
money conies in pant from •their own pockets. '
accused, a lawyer remarked that unemployment
breeds crime. No doubt; but there is reason to
believe that in a few cases, at least, unemploy-
ment insurance benefits enable youths to drive
around the county conducting various kinds of
thievery for weeks and months.,
The extent of such subsistence is deter-
mined, of course, by the length• of time prev-
iously employed. If and when the law catches
up and an offender is popped behind bars, he -
can draw 'no more payments, inasmuch as he
cannot sign for them, and can no longer represent
himself as available for work..•Furthermore, if
payments are found to have been drawn, im-
properly, the Unemployment Commission is as
relentless as the Income Tax branch and de-
ducts such •payihents the next time the Offender
gets on a payroll. •
That is as it should be, for everybody
contributes, directly or indirectly end not only
employers and 'employees. The Dominion ,treas-
tiry provides 20 percent , of •the Fond,' and for
January of this year that Would be about
$6,000,000. Also,.Workeers steadily employed year
after year pay in for .,the, benefit of persons
employed in industries of seasonal wn i ttire.
Many persons' dip ihto the fund illegally.
Said to be the mann category is that of . persons
drawing benefits who get new jobs and fail to
report them. A logger listed on his payroll six
children: the boys, down to 12 'years, as lumber -
TYPE
Plato spoke—and •but a handful heard,
Virgil sang—mere hundreds were aware,
Caesar roared—a. thousand Romans stirred ---
But when I speak, my voice goes everywhere.
Scholars wrote, but learning found no ear,
Wisdont, glowed, but what was wisdom Worth
Until I came, to carry strong and clear
The wise man's words to every land on earth?
My name IS TI'YPFs -•I am the word set free,
The flag of knowledge, everywhere unfurled:"
Metes words gait immortality through me,
Their noblest 'thoughts revealed to all the
world,
t am undying, pointing out the way
Te peace and freedont, every Worthwhile goal.
From mindless metal .1 am cast, you say?
From metal, yes --but metal with a soull
J, L. W. ,
Cihtton News -Record
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Amalgamated 1924
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From Our Early Files
40 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, March 25, 1920.
Mr. G. B. fl ris of the Clin-
ton Knitting. Comp'an.Y Is in New
York on, business.
Mr.. and Mrs, Alfred Ings, Stan-
ley Township, have bought the
residence formerly owned by the
Rev. Mr. Johnston, Varna, and
intend moving there shortly.
Dr, and Mrs. Kay, Lapeer,
Michigan, were guests over the
weekend at the home of the
lady's father, John Gibbings, Clin-
ton's oldest native born citizen,
who on Monday celebrated • his
81st birthday, Mr, Gibbings was
born on the farm taken up by
his father, the house occupying
a site not far from his presetit
residence, and this has been his
hone ever since.
Mr. s and Mrs, John McCool;
who have been visiting friends in.
the vicinity over the winter; left
last week for their home in the
west.
40 YEARS AGO
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, March 25, 1920
Mrs, Whitfield Crich has dis-
posed of her house on Isaac St-
reet to Robert Hunter of the
London Road.
W.. J. Dodds, local agent for
Cocksbutt implements, was. dump-
ed out of his cutter and suffered
a dislocated right shoulder.
Despite the snow storm last
week a flock of wild geese pass-
ed over the town en route to
their northern home for the sum-
mer.
A new roof was put on the
blacksmith shop of --James Flynn
last week.
The Aurora Borealis put on the
finest display of many years, un-
usual in that it was manifested
not, in the north but right over-
head•' F:em eight o'clock -onward,
silvery rays like those of an en-
ormous searchlight played upon
the earth from a clear, clear sky,
later blending into magnificent
colorings varying from light az-
ure and yellow to dull red and
dark blue. So pronounced was the
display that telegraph wires were
affected, going dead at frequent
intervals.
25 YEARS AGO
' (SWINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, March 28, 1935
Mr. and Mrs, E. Mason, Sum-
merhill, and Mr, and Mra, Harry
Ford, Clinton, motored to Galt
to.see the hockey match between
Clinton and.. Parham
Miss Reta Bacons is spending a
few days with her uncle, Mr. Wil-
liam Perdue of town.
Mrs, Fletcher Townsend, Tuck
ersmith, is teaching for a • few
days as a supply for the regular
teacher, Miss E. Jamison.
For -the first time in the his-
tory of Clinton a• local hockey
team climbed right up to within
one, of the top rung of the cham-
pionship ladder, when. the Colts
last week earned the right to play
Whitby in Intermediate "'B"
Championship of Ontario. • The
gallant Colts were not to have the
thrill of bringing home the Ont-
ario Championship in their sweat-
er pocket, but they have played
wonderful_ hockey and Clinton is
proud of them, • '
10 YEARS AGO
• CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, ?larch 23, 1950
Kenneth Ancell, Bayfield, was
chosen the outstanding all-around
athlete at Clinton District Collegi-
ate Institute.
Fire destroyed .a combination
baggage, mail and express ear on
the London -Clinton CNR train,
together with an undetermined
amount of mail and express.
Melvin Crich moved his barber
shop from the Switzer Block,
Huron Street, to the basement of
Hotel Clinton, north nide.
Par -Knit Hosiery Limited, Clin-
ton, installed a ' second knitting
machine, 45 feet long and weigh-
ing ten tons. A similar machine
was installed on February 13.
Paid-up members of Clinton. and
District Chamber of Commerce
now total 110, three more than
last year.
Clinton Colts lost out to Mil-
verton in the OHA Intermediate
'B" finals•
Most people are like steel. When
they lose their temper, they're
worthless.
SUGAR and SPICE
(By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley)
There is no more constant critic
of the Canadian "way of life",
whatever that is,than yours truly.
I am so attracted to the vast
handsome visage of Canada , that
I cannot resist the temptation to
try some rough surgery on any
ugly wen that threatens to mar
it.
* * *
But there are tyro types of peo-
ple who arouse in me a furious
defence of my country and my
fellow -countrymen, to the point
where I get so carried away that
l'm apt to declare flatly, 'with
Pcthing but hot rage to back it
up, that we are both wellnigh
perfect,
K * *
The first 'of these is the Can-
adian who affects to find nothing
of value in this country or its
people. These bads claim there
is no culture this side of the At-
lantic. Iiiey° aver that Canadians
are crude and crass. Other Can •
adians, that is.
* * *
They are the people who read
the book critics, not the books.
They wax indignant because their
fellow -Canadians would rattier
watch .a first-class hockey game
than a third-rate French movie.
They have spever been east of
Kingston, Ontario, but compare
Canadian Manners and modes
ruthlessly with those of Europe
* :rt *
With one breath they sheer that
Canada has absolutely no culture,
With the next they rhapsodize
aver some dog's -breakfast of a
play the CBC has inflicted upon
us.
* * *
They live in the city, these
characters, but come from titan
towns. They haunt the fringes of
the arta, but have to talent, If
they talce you out to dinner, you'll
eat in a quaint dump with a soil-
ed
oiled tablecloth and get a bottle of
cheap bingo, as ith the ineiritable
spaghetti and meatballs,
w * *
Their numbers are small, their
opinions' imbecile and their in-
fluence featherweight. They have
sharp tongues and bad manners,
Nevertheless, while irritating,
they are harmless, Hest thing t.O
do is let them drivel around a-
mong er themselves, being all con-
f.inental and cultured. Which X
do, when X can control riiy temper
in their presence, Which is sel-
dom. 'Which is foolish.
t . *
The other type that 'makes me
a roaring Canadian nationalik,
however, is a bird of a different
plumage, and a mot' Worthy foe.
This is the disgruntled European,
Whose personal frtisrtratio is and
bitterness spill out in stinging,
clever diatribes against Canadians
and their manner of living.
• * *
Frequently, these are well-edu-
cated, intelligent and sensitive
people, who simply cannot .adjust
to a new life. I have met them
and fought them right down the
line, but it's hopeless. Last one
I encountered was as Czech who
seemed to have- a czip on his
czoulder about all 'things Canadian,
* * '*
We ended up shouting at each
other across the bar in his re-
creation room in his $25,000 home,
him trying to tell me that all
Canadians were interested in was
money and cars, and me trying
to tell him that our grandfathers
were carving .a new land • out of
the wilderness and building trans-
continental railroads when his
grandfathers were carving each
other up and building internation-
al illwill.
* * *
That's the trouble with these
discussions. They get out of hand.
Some cynical European -tells me,
in that continental accent, that
Canada has not the vestiges of a
national culture. What I should
do is calmly trot out Stephen Lea-
cock, The Group of Seven, Meath,
the - Stratford • Festival, the Cal-
gary Stampede, and Wayne aid
Shuster, lively monuments to our
unique Oahu/lel development, In-
stead, I wind up hollering at him.
* * *
The trouble with °these sad,.diogs
is that nobody is particularly im-
pressed by them. The crude Can-
adians are too busy snaking Mon-
ey and helping with the dishes
and building homes and meeting
payments to be enthralled by
glowing tales of the fabulous cul-
ture of Europe. That is the firnst
shock to the ego of these Europ-
eans who Scorn, us,
* * *
Another thing is that many of
them come from large cosrnopoli-
tan cities straight to Toronto.
That is a traumatic experience in
itself. Thus they see none of the
grandeur of Canada, nothing of
the simple nobility of us C anad.
fans, No blushing now, chaps.
* . *
Fortunately, these soured critics
are only: a tiny minority, Most
Europeans who Corrie here are
realists. 'They find fault with
some things itn our Canadian
mode of living, as we all do. But
they are ready to adapt and ac-
Cept, They' have 'cut tiie uthbilical
cord. They realize that if they
are willing to give of themselves
to this Country, they win receive
ftent it, Them we are glad to
have.
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