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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-04-28, Page 2Page 2.--Clinfen News-Recard Thursday, ,April 28, 1960 Editorials ... CERTAINLY NOT EXPENSIVE I "How About. Giving Us A Hand" Business and Professional — Directory — A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 INSURANCE HAIR DRESSING J. E. HOWARD. Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53 r 2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy "Hat" Hartley Annuities — All Types of Life Term Insurance Canada Life Assurance Co. Phone HU 2-6693 • 10-tfb 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 ESTATI Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co, Of Canack Kionee: Office HU 2-0747; Ree..HU 2-7551 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone. Blyth 78 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers: President, John L. Ma- lone, Seaforth; vice-president, John H. McEwing, Blyth; secretary- treasurer, W. E. Southgate, Sea- forth. Directors: John H. McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris Leon- hardt, Bornholm; Norman Tre- wartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alexand- er, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Harvey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alistair Broad- foot, Seaforth Agents: Wm. Leiper, Jr., Lond- esboro; J. F. Prueter, Brodhagen; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; James Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, Styling 74 Victoria Street Clinton Phone Hu 2-7065 C. D. Proctor, Prop. OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF Goderich Street—Near Clinic 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. 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 .3.14•MINN41•011.44NIANKIN Ivik 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 RU 2-9671 CLINTON, ONTARIO ININP04.4.00004,114,041,4 1011.00~40.11414141P.O. REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate and Business Broker High Street Clinton Phone MI 2-6692. GALBRAITH RADIO -& T.V. TELEVISION SERVICE Phone HU 2-3841 1 StiliSCRIP'nOl4 ItATP,S: Payable advance—Canada and Great tritain: 14.00 Year United States and Foreign: $4.00; Single Copies Ten Cents Antlanized as seeond class ins% Post Offite iiePartineiriti Ottawa co LA 4 THE CLINTON NEW ERA Clinton New s-Recotd THE CLINTON N EWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Pub"Ve egiltirdTr the rt luiCott Clinton, Ontario — Population ,oOo • • A. L, cOLQUIVititti Publisher • WILMA D. DINNIN0 Editor Spectacular Sale:: AT PETER'S MODERN EAT MARKET (Opposite Clinton News-Record) — THE HOUSE.OF MEATS — PHONE HU 2-9731 NY: 2 lbs. of Bacon for 95c - GET 1 lb. FREE! BUY: 2 lbs. of Side Pork for 85c - GET 1 lb. FREE! A Terrific Buy! lb. HOME MADE SAUSAGE 'I 1b. WEINERS 1/2 lb. BACON } Only 95c iNTRODUCTQRY OFFER; •,(New Recipe) NOME MADE, SAUSAGE, made fresh daily 43c lb. LEAN GROUND BEEF (no excess fat added) lbs. for $1.00 YORK ICE CREAM Only 85c lh gallon SMOKED COTTAGE ROLL ...... .....„„ ..... Only 55c lb. Letters to the Editoi'.. 40 YEAR'S AGO. CLINTON 11741* ERA Thursday, April 29, 1920. At St, Patrick's churel% NT* Lucy Agnes Evans heCTITOR the bride of ,Jahn H. .Quigley, Stanley Township, Rev. Fr, No.(.›- .Perlemecl' the Marriage .cere, moray' and -serig.the nuptial mass, Wilfred .Pickett "-has purchased the house and lot from the Sean- Ion estate. • Farm valges took a decided lump in this section when the 50e acre farm occupied by Richard Fisher on the Norm Road, east of Clinton, was put up for auction and sold to George Holland for $7,500. .Cree Cook has purchased the house land lot from A. Losers on James Street. Clifton Proctor, Miss Elva proc- tor, Miss Minnie Proctor and Mra. W. Pickard motored to Goderich to see the sacred cantata "Ruth," at Knox Presbyterian Church. With potatoes - at $6 a bag, where is the tiller of the vacant lot going to get his seed? 25 YEARS AGO .0114INTON NEWS-ItECOBP Thursday, Aprill 25, 1935 S, G, Castle has his 50-year-old calla lily in his shop window again, this spring, It has been blooming well and has several flowers et present. Mn and Mrs. Ernest Epps, who have been .occupying Mrs, W, Palllis cottage on High. Street, have moved. to the loto. Mrs. E. Crich's house an Ontario street, Mis$ Marion Mason, Essex, is spending the Easter vacation at her home in Stunmernill,. Twenty five neighbors of Mr, .and Mrs. Robert Fitzsimons met at •the • borne of .Mr. and Mrs. R. IL Johnston,' Victoria street, • to spend 'a few hours with Mr. and Mrs. Fitzsimons prior to their de, parture from town. Mr, and Mrs. Ezra.. Pickard mar- ked the 50th anniversary of their marriage at their -home on Mary street. Forty relatives were pres- ent, including their son, Albert, his wife and three children, Holm- esville, and their daughter, Mrs. Lashbrook, her husband a nd daughter, Mitchell. Sunday School The Editor, Clinton. News-Record. - Gentlemen: Please find enclosed cheque to cover renewal of the News-Record. I missed a write-up regarding the life of One of Clinton's. former citizens in the person of the late Mrs, .S.outhcombe. Perhaps I was remiss in not sending. you even a small :account of the great work this marvelous woman did. went to the funeral .Parle4rS here in Scarborough and looked on that serene face, It took me right back to the old Rattenbury Street Church where she taught me "Jesus Loves Me" and the practi- cal side of the primary room song "Hear, the .Pennies Dropping". Primary Sunday School teachers are a gift to humanity for lead- ing us into good citizenship and she was certainly in the foremost ranks of that most important group in Christian teaching, ' CLIFF ANDREWS, Toronto 13, Ontario. Ed. Note: There was an account of this Mrs Southcombe's life in the News-Record on April 7, page 3, We mentioned there that the location of the Washington home Was on Rattenbury Street East. This Was ineor eet. Mrs. South- combe's parents lived on Ratten- bury Street, in the Second block west of Iilghway. 4 (Albert Street), To the Bator, Clinton News-Record. I find myself in agreement with "Concerned" who wrote yon last' week with reference, to parking meters, The people who sell parking me" tern bring great deal of blandish- ment and pressure to bear on local conralS, because: they are selling a very profitable article. The fact is, however, that the .ordinary ,citi- Zen heartily dislikes parking ire- tors, and refers to them as "no- arm bandits". It may be that in a city, with its miles of streets to be patrolled, parking meters are a necessity, but surely not in a small town such as Clinton, with but one main shopping street to be controlled! I have noticed that there are lots of vacant parking-places on our Main .street these days, There will be more if "no-arm bandits" are installed, Sincerely, "ARCHON". .F rom O ur Early Files 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, April 27, 1950 Oslo Miller gave a talk on "Bayfield" over radio station CF- PL, London, Clinton Liqns Club decided to call for tenders "for the construc- tion of new seating on the East side of Clinton Lions Arena, re- pairs being necessary in this sec- tion of the building. Chorus work by students of Clinton District Collegiate Insti- tute and _Clinton Public School proved a highlight of the ninth annual Huron County Music Fes- tival, held in North Street United Church. Mrs. Clayton Dixon and son, Paul, left ;by train for •a holiday trip to Western Canada. They will visit the former's brother-in- law and sister, IVIr.eand Mrs. Gor- don Kerr, Vancouver, B.C., and uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Ar- thur Brunsdon, Assiniboia, Sask. Mrs. Sid Thompson, Parkhill, visited at the home of Mr. and 'Mrs. Ferg yanEgmond. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. (Bill) B. T. Smiley) Some ,people think we Canadians are lacking in tradition. They are quite -wrong. We have traditions we haven't even told anyone. - This legend, reprinted by request, tells of the origin of one of them. Once upon a time, 'two or three million years ago, a Canadian couple lived in a cave with their three small children. When the winter had begun, they'd had eight small children, but they'd had to keep the wolf away from the door somehow, and the wolf was very partial to small children. Now, it wasr spring and things were tough. The mammoth they'd put in the deep freeze at the back of the cave was gnawed to tusks and tail. The Mother had begun to eye the three small children, gaunt as they were, in a. rather chilling manner. And ev- ery time the Father looked at' the Mother, saliva leaked out the corners of his mouth. She had a little more meat on her than the three small children. As for the three small children, they took a snap at the calves of their parents every time they crawled past them, And the wolf had long since forsaken the front door, He knew well that if he Whined once, he'd be hauled in, eltibbed and end up as guest of honor at a wolf dinner. It was a tense situation and just to make it Unbearable, the Mother started agitating about the condition of the cave. She Wanted all the bones picked up and- dumped outside, the skins on the floor shaken out, and the iniaminoth'S skeleton dragged, out- Side, so She could get into the corners and clean them, Maintaining an iron self-control, the Father went 'to work, He knew that if he hit her, as he should, and she went down, he'd Pounce on her and ,gabble her up. He didn't want to co that, as she Was a good woman.. She always chewed the tougher pieces of meat before handing them to him, And she Made the best sabre-tooth ti- ger soup in the neighborhood. Burt she made a mistake when she told him 'to go out and get some clean Sand for the floor. He relied back the Stone at the mouth of •the cave. It Wag a golden morning, blue slty, world turning green, He took a deep breath, quick look 'Over his houkler, and off, in, that okler and didn't stop until he had reached The Plate Where the Dig Ones Are. When her Mate failed to return, the Mother snarled: 'That lousy .both. flee never has Utile to do anYthing arettild the house, but he alWays has tittle to #0 to 'The Place Where the Ng Ones Are." die three small children, kraytiving ONE MATTER does not seem to have got- ten enough attention, even by farmers, in the continuing discussion about hog marketing—and that is, the cost of marketing hogs. Prior to the present agency selling method, it cost 76 cents a hog to get the animals to market. As far as we can find out, 50 cents went to the drover, who arranged to have them picked up, trucked, and sold to someepacker. The other, 26 cents went into processing the cheques, and paying for something known as "condemnation insurance". " With the present scheme, the farmer pays 40 cents a hog. This is deducted from his cheque before he ever receives payment for his ship- ment. Of this, 13 cents goes into the actual manual labour involved in the shipment and -the 27 cents covers all the rebates of funds to the county hog associations to be used in pro- moting the welfare of hog producers; into the operation of the assembly yards; the expenses of the Hog Board; the expenses of the sales- men who sell the hogs; the cost of teletypes, tele- phone, exchanges on cheques, etc. And the matter of "condemnation insurance" is not apparently needed at all. Where did that money go before? As far as initial transportation to the as- sembly yard goes, in many cases we understand • IN ALL of the many. items listed in this year's town budget, we can find no mention of funds set aside for the general promotion of the town, either in the field of tourist publicity, nor for industry. Now, we know that there is an industrial promotion board set up, and we expect that they will be provided with some funds. How- ever, it does not show in the budget. We have said it before, and we find it • necessary to say it again: It is very important that Clinton as a town take some thought to the provision of jobs for future Clintonians. This can best be done by encouraging new plants to establish themselves here, amid friendly atmos- phere, and fit them into our thriving economy before the problem becomes a serious one. (Contributed by one who felt other readers would get enjoyment from it similar to hers). There is nothing the matter with me, I'm as healthy as. I can be. I have arthritis in both my knees, And when I talk, I talk with a wheeze. My pulse is weak, my blood is thin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. Arch supports I have for my feet Or I would not be able to be on the street. Sleep is denied me, night after night, s. But every morning I find I'm all right. My memory is failing, my head's in a spin, But I'm awfully well for the shape I'm in. How do I know my youth is all spent? Well, my get-up and go has got up and went, But I really don't niind, when I think With a grin,. Of all the good places my get-up has. been. that truckers are doing that for nothing, or the farmer takes his own to the yard. In any case, if the farmer arranges for that expense then the processor should be able to afford high- er prices for the hogs themselves. We do not believe that the hog producers association is costing much money. Certainly they handle a lot of money, but it is continually coming from the processor, and being handed on to the producer. Only a small fraction (the 40 dents per hog) remains in the hands" of the as- sedation.. As Charles McInnis said on the ,cBC farm broadcast last week, "There would have been no controversy if we had bowed under the pres- sure applied by the trade (the packing house industry) and changed our methods of sale." Now we would not be a party to the idea of causing controversy for the sake of contro- versy alone. But the whole fact of the matter is, that farmers are entitled to a hand in the way their product is sold. They are producers of vital stuff, in most cases from the raw material to the finished product, except for packaging. If in the fight they must wage to get a fair share of the national income, they cause some controversy, then we say, "more power to them". Go to it, boys, There is little unemployment here at the present time. But we are foolhardy, if we gamble on the chance that there never will be. Up until this year, Clinton paid very little for welfare support. During the past few months, more has been paid out for that purpose than in recent years. But even at that the thousand dollars in the budget will be more than adequate. We are fortunate, indeed. But, let us think of the future. It's all very Well to note that assessment has gone up $123,- 000 in 12 months. Most of that was in residen- tial property. Where are we going to get the healthy balance of commercial assessment, which will help to take the load off the home-owner when tax time rolls around? The moral is, as this tale I unfold, That for you and me who are growing old, It's better to say "I'm just fine", with "a grin, Than to let folks know the shape we are in. "Old age is 'golden", I've heard it said, But sometimes I Wonder, as I get into bed With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup, My eyes on a table till I wake up. Ere Sleep dims my eyes, I say to myself, "Is there anything else T should lay on the shelf ?" then I was young my slippers were red, I could kick my heels right over my head. As I grew older, my slipper's Were bine, And still I could dance the Whole night through. But now that rrtt old, my slippers are black, I Walk.tek the stores and puff my way back. I get up each rntrithing and dust off my Wits; Pick UP the PalierS and read the obits, If my mute is still missing, I know I'm not dead, So I get •a good breakfast and go back to bed. --.Anonymous. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, April 29, 1920 • Harold and Abe Brandon, Bay- field have purchased E. Weston's stage business and outfit and will take it over on the first of the month. Miss Mary Carter, Toronto, was in town looking after the sale of her property at the station, which has been purchased by the School of Commerce. Mrs. Jessie Cochrane is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Hugh Cameron, Brumfield. Lost and Found; A black Shel- land pony, last seen one mile south of Clinton, on the London Road. Please notify N. J. Le- Beau, RR 5, Clinton. Fred Thompson, of Western University, was a visitor at his home in town over the weekend. Mr. •and Mrs. A. E. Rurnball and family visited the lady's mother, Mrs. Rands, Constance. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Grigg, Win- nipeg, are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. 3, Grigg. WHAT ABOUT IT?. 'NOTHING THE MATTER they were living On horroWed time anyWay, nodded their three small heads agreeably, though they did- n't have a clue about what was bothering her, as she stormed around, cleaning up. By noon, the cave was tidy and the Mother was fit to be 'tied She sat in the cave entrance, chewing her nails in a combination of rage and ravenousness. The three small children sat in the sun on their three small bottoms, looking worried. * * * Suddenly the Mother realized she had chewed three of her -fin- gers right down to the second joint. This would never do. Sad- ly but remorselessly, she fastened her gaze on the three- small chil- dren. When they saw their Mo- ther pick up her club and advance on them, the three small children uttered three small squeaks of despair, and forgetting that they hadn't learned to walk, got up and began to run like bell. Just then, who should come strolling up, whistling, but Path- (continued on page 'five)