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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-05-19, Page 2Page 2 Clinton NeWs-Record 'Thurs.day May 19, 190 Editorials a. . MORE GO wErr mortkice IT 1FROM ME- 04gPECT YOFIRBOAr BEfORE LOWNCHING/". .. 0 40 -YEARS AGO CLINTQN 11TVWS-RECORD Thursday, May 20, liar Hay Township decided to 40 away with statute labour and will have its roads kept up by charg- ing for same in taxes. It is es"- tinaated that it will, take between $6,009 and $7,900 to maintain the roads in the township, of Which the Provinelal Government Will Pay back 20 percent. Irwin of Victoria College, Toronto, is spending a short vac- alien at his home in town. James W. Finch and- little daughter Thelma, Stratford, spent the :weekend with the, former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Fin, ch of town. Mrs. W. 3, Biggins intends leav- ing shortly for visit to England. C. H. Holland is away on an inspection trip through the Mari- time provinces and will be absent a month or six weeks. Kiss Mary Holmes of Toronto,• daughter. of Mrs. R. Holmes, for- merlY of Clinton, has been visit- ing her aunt, Mrs. H. B. Chant, during the past week, George Holland and family are moving to their new home, the Fisher farm on the Huron Road. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, May 20, 1920 • V. Terryberry's house in Tuck- ersamith had a narrow escape from destruction by fire. Prompt ac- tion and hard work by neighbors brought the flames under control. G. B. Harris, Huron Street, is having his house reshingled. ' Lost: On May 15 in -Clinton or on 'London Road, near Clinton, a 'tan leather hat box containing a gentleman's silk 'hat, The box was marked "Lt.-Col. Whitehead, Montreal." The School Board purchased the' upper lot on Ontario Street flora S. S. Cooper by arbitration for $200. The tovvir .Watering cart was out on Saturday. Sprinkling of the streets was a boon to the town nierchantS, as the dUst Vvias' creat- ing quite a nuisance. . An order has been received at the nest office to' the effect that the flag is to fly over the building at all times, from sunrise to sun- 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, May 16, 1935 Sutter, Perdue and Beattie have purchased a new hearse, Mr. Beattie is in charge of the under- taking end of the hnsiness. Li inton Colts have received their medals. from N.O.H.A. de- noting the fact that they climbed to the top in that league and are the present cup holders and charn- PIon4, The Ladies' Auxiliary held its Monthly meeting in, the Legion Hall, with the president, Mrs. J. E. Cocilt, in the chair. A new member, Mrs. Morley Jordan, was initiated. A, vocal duet was given -by Lloyd and Audrey Butler, ac- companied by Miss Greene, Colonel • Combo, president of Clinton Knitting Company, show- ed the News-Record a card re- ceived from. H. G. Murray, South Africa, Mr. Murray had read an advertisement in Maclean, ad- vertising Wearwell socks, an d wrote for a catalogue of`'-their goods, requesting that English prices be set opposite the Canad- ian ;values. It pays to advertise, because journals containing adver- tisements follow wherever people go, even to the far corners of the earth. 10 'YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, May 18, 1950 With the recent planting 'of 25,- 000 trees on their farm in Goder- ich township, Huron Fish and Game Conservation now have a total of 45,000 trees of various types there. James V. •Corran, kralmesville, won the operatic tenor class at Stratford Music Festival with a total of 84 marks; Richard Snell, RR 1, Clinton, finished first with 83 marks in boy's vocal solo glass, under 15 years. Mrs. Howard Scotchmer and two children were evacuated their home in flood-stricken Win- nipeg, Mr. Scotchmer took his family to a- summer cottage at Kenora, while he returned to the city. - Miss Gladys Addison, Sarnia, was a Mother's. Day visitor ,with her mother, Mrs, Margaret Addis- on. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nediger, accompanied 'by their son-in-la w and daughter, Mr and 'Mrs. Wit- liarn Bragger, Seaforth, spent Sunday with -the formers' son, Austin„ in Toronto. (By W. B. T. Smiley) We've Just staggered through- again. Each year at .this tme, when most folks' are thoroughly enjoying the burgeoning of spring, some of us are going through the harrowing, deitroying experience of the Music Festival. Business and Professional — Directory — NTARIpe-HOSPITAL INSURANCE IF YOU GO TO HOSPITAL Make sure you take along yourtIopitai Insurance 'Certificate or, at least, the Certificate number, Jot the number • down now—and keep it • where. it Can be found in an emergency. READ YOUR ONTARIO HOSPITAL INSURANCE GUIDE —if you haven't one, ask your employer or write ONTARIO HOSPITAL SERVICES COMMISSION TORONTO 7, ONTARIO A, M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 +.04hOWNIWNINNPANNINPONNOVN~~omft INSURANCE HAIR DRESSING 3. E. HOWARD.- Hayfield Phone Bayfield 53 r Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you - need-Insurance, I have a Policy CHARLES HOUSE OF BEAUTY Cold Waves, Cutting, Styling 74 Victoria Street Clinton Phone HU 2-7065 C. D. Proctor, Prop. 41141411140.#00041,9MONANNINNAINIPOJNIP04,041,114~ OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF Goderich Street—Near Clinic Seatorth: 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 SEAFORIP Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ' ware—MondaYs Only-9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Phone Mater 2.4010 Clinton G. E. OILANOT, Optometrist-.. optician (suCcessor to the late A. L. Cole, optometrist) For appointmdeg.etne JA 44251 PUNLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY Public Accountant GODERICH. Otani° Telephone JA 4-9521 Box 478 RONALD G. *WANK Public AeeMintoint 'Office and Rettidence Ratfenhiry $treet East • PhohelKU 14677 (ONION: ONT'Ain-0 REArairfle....". LEONARD, G. WINTER Beal Estate and Business Broker High street — Phone IEW 24$32 "Hal" Hartley Annu• ities — All Types of Life Term Insurance Canada Life Assurance' Co. Phone HU 2-6693 10-tib Insure The Co-OP Way AUTO : ACCIDENT : FIRE WIND : LIABILITY : LIFE P. A. ROY HU 2-9357 Rattenbury St. W. 00-OPERATORS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE and REAL ESTATIP Reprealmtative Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canade Phones: Office HU 2-9741; Res. HU 2-155?' Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 THE .PAoKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office:' Seaforth Offleerit PreSident, John L. Ma- Ione, Seaforth; vice-president, John H. klawing, `Blyth; secretary- , W. treasurer, W E Southgate, Sea- forth. Directors: John H. McE'whig; RObert Archibald; Chris Leon- hardf, Bornholm; Norman Tre- wartha, Clinton; Writ, S.'Alexand-er, Walton; J. L. Malone, Siaforth; Harvey Fuller, Goderich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefteld; Alistair Broad- foot, Seaforth Agents: Wm. Leiper,_ Lond- eshoro;.7.'F..PrIleter, Bredhagen; Selwyn Baker, -Bruraeds; James Keyes; Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. - A PILLAGE CHANGES The year was 1898 . . the scene an Ontario village. A local historian, reflecting on the things she remembered about the village, wrote that the village had "No electricity, no stone roads, no radio, no tele- phone, just coal oil lamps for light. Today her village the cool oil lamp has vanished, pavement covers the dirt roacis,• and telephones, radios, and electric fights are taken for granted. These changes were possible' because of steel. In 1898, Canada made less than 10 pounds of steel per person. Last year, the country's steel industry produced 660 pounds of steel 'per person, This higher prO`ductivity comes from the factories Canadians have"built. For example, The Steel Company of Canada, Limited has invested nearly $365,000,000 in plants and equipment since the Company started operations fifty years ago. Canadians produce more mainly because Canadian companies are continually improving their plants and • eavipment, T H E STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED MONTREAL GANANOODE HAMILTON BRANTFORD TORONTO Canadian-made iste 1 from Canadian-awned plants 60/113 41111111111111.1111.11111111.1 or Zurich, After all, we're on our holidays." The inference was that tourists prefer the places where outlets are established. Actually, if we believe the Toronto column- ists who write abotit the joys of attending Festi- val plays, the thing that Stratford needi most is •good restaurants. Good food, pleasantly serv- ed, with good hot coffee or tea 'to finish off with, will ,attract tourists when all the alcoholic bever- ages in the world will not. _However, it's interesting to note that a city can worry about smaller , towps getting the business trade. Generally we hear the local complaint =that people are going off to the-city to do their shopping. A good idea would - be to start promoting the town we live in, instead of worrying about people going elsewhere. WELL, Seaforth and Stratford have con- tinued the swing to "wet" which began in this part of the province ;last year with the campaign which successfully routed the Canada Temperance Act. Both centres voted in favour of more out- lets for liquor, wine and beer. Apparently the city* of Stratford felt it - must supply outlets for its thriving tourist trade, and they feared that the increased number of oulets in Huron and Perth might draw Festival business, at least for Hying accommodation out of the city, Among the publicity used bithe Vote "Yes" committee of that 'city, was a cartoon drawn to indicate a oar-load of tourists pausing at -the crossroads to see where to spend the night. Though Stratford was closest, the driver of the car remarked, "Let's stay in Milverton or Clinton, "SOMEWHERE in the labyrinth a giant is sleeping". That was the heading of a recent 'article in The Globe Magazine, which is the weekend pic- ture supplement of the, Globe and Mail, -Toronto. The Subject referred to the p&tential • home and school associations,, and the good which can be. accomplished by such groups,, Have we such a giant inthe midst, of Clin- ton?- "If the Home and School movement were to gather its forces, it 'could probably move edu- cational mountains." That was a sub-head on the same article. Recently we heard of some movement to- .wards forming a Home and School organization- in Clinton. Whether it goes by that name, or by the Parent-Teacher Association name, the result -can be equally as good. A survey taken by questionnaire sent to homes by the principal, found the great majority of Clinton parents- in favour of such an Association. Are you? Or, are you satisfied with what You learn about school from your children; from the one SINK THE IF THE GOVERNMENT of Canada is not wise with the wisdom of Soloman, and that right soon; the people of this nation and of the United States are apt to be bombarded soon with a parody of that "inunortal? and certainly "miser- able" modern sea chantey commemorating the urgency of sinking the German Bismarck. "Sink the Bomarc" is a natural for such a farcical type of song. We continue to amaze ourselves by the ludicrous situations which a democratic govern- ment can get itself muddled up in, by letting politics rule the decisiOns instead of common- sense. . It was commonsense which dictated the death of. the Arrow, when it was decided that more money after bad would not vindicate the expense. It was politics (we suspect) which caused the titter destruction of the completed Arrow planes. When politics is wielded in this manner it strikes a strong blow at the pride of the Canadian, and we feel that this commodity is hard enough to come-by. Now if someone gets up a laughable ditty AFTER MONTHS of careful planning and work, the Murray Block will be re-opened with- in the next few days. Consisting of a radio and television store; a barbershop; an office and a gift shop, the building that *as once'known as the Palace, will once again take on that aura of loveliness. evening visit you probably pay the place on Open Night during.Edueation Week? The idea of hav- ing teacher home for dinner some night may be forgotten, but it certainly isn't out 'of date.. We rather think that many teachers would welcome an evening out, and an opportUnity to meet the parents of their children. , • However, the • same result can be. gained 1)hr-014h the Horne and. School meetings,By hav:!, ing a short teacher-parent session before the regular meeting of 'the Association; parents in lots of schools have a chance to become better acquainted with the job the teacher is ,doing, ' and in finding out how best to help junior at home. - If Canada is to proceed in the way her people ,wish the country to proceed; if the child- ren of to-morrow are to have the equipment to cope with life in an ever-complicated society, ' then the way in whith they are taught now, is at vital importance. " We look forward to the time when Clinton will have an active Home and School Associa- tion in which information can lag, exchanged. BOIVLAIIC abOut the Bomarc, well all have to swallow our pride once again. - That a defen,se department, no matter how, new -to the job, can justify sitting still, waiting for another country to .make a decision about the type of • defence we are to have, is the utter end.. General Pearkes may know what he is doing, and we all fervently hope he does, but the situa- tion at present is to a Canadian with pride, quite an untenable one. We believe that when the scientists themselves tell us that a certain type of defense is obsolete, and should be replaced by something more practical—then that is the time to cancel the contracts and get men and women busy at the replacement for it. If Canadians can- 'not afford to make their own defense weapons, then we should become a strongly stated neutral nation, with no defense at all, and certainly not permit other countries to use our land as base for poSsibly aggressive moves. This Bomarc fiasco is the silliest thing, and the costliest which Canadians have yet put de- fense money into. It is always 'a great pleasure 'to see the older '- buildings of Clinton take on modern looks as their owners bring them up to date. We honestly believe that the business section of Clinton is as Sharp-looking as any in Western Ontario towns, and we are happy to congratulate -the owners of this newly renovated structure. From Our Early Files HAVE WE SUCH A GIANT? "PALACE" SOON TO OPEN Ake Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA THE CLINTON'NEWS.RECORD Amalgamated 1924 PUblithed every Thuraday at the Heart of Huron County • Clinton, Ontario -4- PopulatiOn 3,000 • A. L. BOLQUHOUN A Publisher O 011 • 1, WILMA IX DINNIN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In advance---Canada arid Great Britalm $3.00 a year United State. and Pareitiir $4.00f Sine. -Caplet Ten Cent* A10!rr*ItS Or°,4 mail, Post, Office .,16!P4t3.1.144 Ottawa Each year it puts another splash of silver in my wig. Each year it carves . another line in my al- ready-furroWed forehead. And each year, I am positive the Old .Lady won't get through it with- out a complete nervous collapse. But the human constitution seems to be made of a composite of old rubber boots and scrap iron. I have already recovered to the point where my head is no longer thudding like -a bongo druin. Arid Mum has once again tottered back from the brink of insanity and' is her usual brisk, bullying self. fully. Sometimes one of the kids will , get stuck. She'll hit a wrong Chord, pause, try it again, play a discord, and panic. She sits there looking at the, keyboard as though it was a document in Chinese. She pokes at a couple of notes, looks desperately at the adjudi- cator and tries again. Her de- (continued on page three) * * * This year, our kids played in seven different piano classes. That meant seven trips to the festival centre, and' about' 300 miles on the old '54 Buick, which gives us some 13 miles to the gallon. _- However, I dent mind the ex- pense. It's the bedlam that gets Me down, Just trying to keep those kids in clean clothes for a week is enough to drive a saint straight up the wall. And some- body was always late, or had lost his shoes, or had gat mud on her dress. We 'snarled and hurled re- crirninatiens' on every trip until we were five miles out of town. .' * * The festival hall is always the same. Beneath its apparent quiet and orderliness 'seethes a tangled current. of conjecture, hope and fear. Women sit quietly about, nothing except their tatty hair, wild eyes and chewed lipstick to mark them as festival mothers. Kids giggle land squirm with nerves as the big moment nears. The girls are all fussed up in their best dresses, With fancy bows and sparkling eyes and shining hair. 'The boys are quieter, stiffer, pale and tense. Their hands are sweat- -big ,and they./rttb them on their pants. Scattered here and there are the teachers, Outwardly calm, in, waxdly churning, This is the culmination of ariorithS of hard '- Work for them, and can bririg el- ation or dejection, depending on how their charges come through. * ,* '4* Then the 'adjudicator rings his hell, bead quiet reigns. The first Contestant, feeling as awkward as art elephant, mounts the stage and the tension rises. One of thoSe tgsbNnight foofhett is bolding her WA* her heart pounding pain-