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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.
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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 •
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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
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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-