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Clinton News-Record, 1960-06-16, Page 2Pep 2 ---- Clinton News-iteOurd Thursday, June 16, 1960 Editorials. , DEAR OLD DAD WITH THE world swiftly rushing towards the day when man will be able in "eonquer the stars", shake off the dust of this earth and re- place it with that of the moon or Mars, we'd like to Put in a plea fora return to the idea of "honouring father". Not twenty-five years ago, father was a serious figure about the home. Slippers and pipe were his right, and though he might tend the baby once in a while as mother prepared the evening meal, he was far removed from being an experienced hand with the dishes, or other home-making tasks, If the girls in_the local 4-H Homemaking Clubs learn only one thing, we would hope that it be an appreciation of the job done by the fathers in our Canadian homes, When he works all day at the office, or day and night in the fields, then home should be made a peaceful place in which to rest. We rebel often at the picture of father which is foisted upon us through TV and other media, There he is the helpless male, frustrated by the tasks around the home which the women of the family apparently expect him to master. Who expects the ladies to learn how to run a steam hammer, or a diesel train, or the mech- anism of seed drill and tractor? Yet, the men are expected to know all about the house, be able to repair any item and do housekeeping tasks after the clay's work le done, Let's give dear old dad a rest from his labours, Let's stop making him the fall guy in comic strips and seriously-meant serials, Happy father's day, to dads all over the Dominion, on Sunday, June 19, and let's give him an honoured place in the home throughout the year. ABOUT THE FUTURE JOBS ARE harder to get. Ask any teenager who has set out this spring to look for a summet time And they'll be harder to get as the years go by, at least for those without at least high school education. Education is a necessity, no longer a luxury. According to word from Michael Starr, who is the man at the head of the Canadian Department of Labour, about 70 percent of the pupils enrolled in grade two in our schools, will leave the school system before getting junior matriculation, or its equivalent. (Junior matriculation is achieved at the end of Grade 10.) That means that 70 percent of the students will be fitted only for unskilled and semi-skilled types of employment, ' Right now in Canada, 70 percent of the jobs are of a professional, semi-profeeeional, technical or skilled nature. Only 30 percent of employment consists of semi-skilled or unskilled occupations. The result is that we'll have 70 percent of the people (those without much education) competing for placement in 30 percent of the job opportunities. Meanwhile the country will be desperately in need of skilled personnel for the majority of positions which require them. The smart child will stay in school just as long as he possibly can, clutching at scholar- ships, and any other straws in the wind that will let him stay there longer. And by smart, we don't mean the naturally gifted, either. Some of the best businessmen, and the most successful persons are not mentally brilliant, but are men and women with sturdy depend- ability, and just as sturdy desire to go places, which lets them study, and study, and then study some more, in order to better themselves in their chosen life work. Life is a real and never-ending battle, if a comfortable and satisfying future is to be found in it. To benefit you, and to be of service to the community and country—take advantage of the education offered you. Stay in school, young men and women. Learn as much as you can. Be ready for the challenge of life in a modern, mechanized and complex world. GIVING MUST BE FR OM THE HEART GIVING SHOULD be a thoughtful, loving thing, It was only two weeks ago that we com- mented favourably upon the idea of a united campaign to raise fun& for the various needy health organizations of one kind ar another. Art that time we tended to believe that the joint plan was the better one. Now we are not so sure but that we were just being lazy. In a recent copy of Health magazine, an- other view was taken. Possibly it is the more healthy view. Certainly it is the more vigorous. The writer, Who is a doctor, notes that the raising of money for the support of volun- tary efforts in the health field is pant of our democratic way of life. He notes that in both Nazi Germany and Communist Rea a, the voluntary association tended to disappear al- together. He goes on: "The mere creation of a body or bodies to eliminate what is called the multip- licity of appeals, however, will never really settle the question. This idea arose probably not in the minds of the individual who gave cheerfully to a variety of causes but in the offices of great corporations who, because they were wealthy, were bothered by the nuisance of having to give too much thought to the virtues of too many appeals. Sir Edward Coke, a famous English lawyer, made the statement, that "corporations cannot commit treason nor be outlawed or excommunicated for they have no sOuls." For the very reasons that corpora- tions are not persons their influence in moving toward the elimination of multiple appeals has lacked the motivation necessary to make giving the thoughtful, loving thing it ought to be." The writer went on to say that "giving to voluntary causes should be actuated by one's love for his fellow man, rather than the desire to merely put him in hospital when he is suf- fering from a preventable disease, or give him food and clothing when what he really needs is a job." We rather think that this man, Dr. Gordon Bates has the right attitude towards giving. Certainly it is the energetic, participating sort of giving which means that the group getting a successful collection has appealed to the "heart" of the public, It should certainly play a great part in keeping our way at life a living, breathing, charitable thing. ea, re.'n 'nee_ _ .tat- -- id& ii "THERE'S NOTHING LIKE A PRIVATE MINEFIELD TO STOP OUTBOARD SPEEOPENDS!" ainton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA tHe CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Popillation 3,000 • A. L. dOLQUHOUN, Publisher • %0 WILMA D. DINNIN, C OLO SuBsCRIPZON BATBS: PaYable in advance—Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 a year United States endFureittnd " $4.00: Sines COON 'Nit tents Authorized as second class milli, Post Wide Department Ottawa et lt~° * BY DOROTHY DARKER (By W. (Bill) B, T. Smiley) I was going to write something about Father's Day, but I began thinking about my own father, and decided to try to get something of him down on paper, In a quiet, self-effacing way, he was quite a character. Married to the hustling, bustling, lively, capable, quick-tongued, sensible woman who was nay mother he seldom had a chance to dominate the scene. But when he did, he made an indelible pressioe. One drama In which he always fellow had been ditched. I'll swear played the lead was Driving With he was a little disappointed when Father, My mother was afraid of he could spot a tail light shakily nothing in this world—except being disappearing into the distance. To in a car with Dad at the wheel, the untold joy of the entire family, Only a deep sense of marital loy- he finally refused to drive at all, alty forced her to climb into the after dark, because "the brutes family chariot. She prayed steadi- won't dim their lights." I don't ly on journeys, think he even knew where his own * dimmer switch was. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, June 17, 1920 People in the country who are annoyed by flies.should remember that clusters of , fragrant clover hung in the room and left to dry and shed a faint perfume will drive away more flies than sticky sauc- ers of molasses or other fly-traps can ever collect, Clinton barbers received a shock last week when told that shaving soap now sold for SO cents a pound, Not long ago it was 35 cents per pound. Hair tonics, which con- tain a percentage of alcohol, have jumped $2 per gallon, which brings the selling price to $10 per gallon, plus a luxury tax, Clinton Hydro rates were cut ten percent, The house rate was reduced from 41/2 and 21/2 cents to 4 and 2 cents, the minimum net rate 75 cents. Street lighting was reduced from $12.50 per light for all-night service to $11. per light of 100 watts. Police Magistrate Andrews had two cases on Tuesday morning and sent both up for trial. One was a magazine agent who forged a cheque and Cashed it at Seaforth; the other case was Gordon Perrin, charged with stealing wood from J. B. Mustard. Chief Constable Whitesides caught him in the act while waiting for the other young man to come off the late train Monday night. 40 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD The Appellate Division at Os- goode Hall refused to quash the conviction of Miss Margaret Pol- lock, Blyth, who had been found guilty of witchcraft by a county judge in Goderich. But, in view of Miss Pollock's undoubted good faith, sentence might be suspend- ed. The charge read that she did "unlawfully pretend from skill and certain knowledge in occult and crafty science, to discover where and in what manner certain goods, grain and oats, supposed to have been stolen from John Leinhardt could be found." The court gave as its authority laws enacted in the reign of George II, which re- pealed all laws on witchcraft from the time of Henry VII. Mr. and Mrs. George Pearson, Wayne, Michigan, visited at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pearson, in Gode- rich Township, Rev, T. W. Neal, president of the Methodist Social Union, Toronto, was elected president of the To- ronto MelVIthodist Conference, Mr. Neal is a brother of Albert Neal of the Base Line. I never thought I'd succumb. I always looked upon bird watchers as a community unto themselves. Persons with too much leisure and not enough responsibility to fill their time. So they take to watch- ing the skies for their feathered friends, I decided, in order to jot down data for records, only a few would be interested in. Or at least I thought this was a good description of bird watchers at the time. That was before a recent morn- ing when I stretched out on a sun cot under the old apple tree to contemplate, with considerable rel- ish, plans for my summer travels. I felt I needed this period of re- laxation after my strenuous day conducting my first "tour". It still seemed a miracle to me that I had safely delivered six small young- sters to their parents from the wilds of Ontario's vacationland following that memorable birthday party train jaunt. I don't know why I did not recognize the first symptoms of birdwatching-itis, for I had pur- chased a most attractive bird house at an auction and hung it high on a bough overhanging the patio, Evidently I had tried to sub- consciously convince myself I made this purchase merely because the house was such an unusual type. I simply thought it would add to the atmosphere of our outdoor liv- ing room. Amidst the drone of bumble bees and wasps, the croak of the bull frog in the farm pond and the baying of a hound two farms away, I had become conscious of a flut- tering and chirping that attracted my attention to the bird house. Jenny Wren and her newly ac- quired husband were pulling and tugging at a twig much larger than themselves. Or, I should say, Jenny was doing the tugging while friend husband Sat on an adjacent twig Mid trilled a hallelujah chorus. For two solid hours I watched this performance, How she ever Managed to get Some of the twigs they chose for their nest into the Mall hole of the house was t mystery t could not attempt to solve. 25 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 13, 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Proctor spent the weekend in Detroit, Edward Rorke, Huron College student, has gone to the Walters Falls Parish, where he will assist with the services during the sum- mer, The appointment of "Mellie" Schoenba.ls to the position of col- lector at the sub-office of the Na- tional Revenue, Clinton, made last week, seems to be a very popular one. His friends are congratulat- ing the genial new official as he comes and goes about his business. The Goderich Star, which was established 75 years ago, has been sold to Wilkes and Stewart of Midland, who until recently pub- lished the Midland Free Press, which they have sold to Mr. Crans- ton, Toronto. • J, C. Cooper, classical teacher on the collegiate staff, has resigned his position and intends going to St. Andrews, Scotland, to take a post-graduate course in his chosen subject. He and Mrs. Cooper sail July 19, and expect to be absent about a year. Mrs. Cooper will probably take the opportunity of adding to her already fine musical training also while abroad. 10 YEARS AGO CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 15, 1950 Two local weddings of interest: Joan Ellen Fines, only daughter of Mr, and Mrs. E. A. Fines, Clinton, to Paul Rempel, son of Mrs. Rem- pel and the late A. Rempel, St. Catharines; Margaret Amelia In- glis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Valiance Inglis, Mitchell, to Char- les Austin Nediger, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Nediger, Clinton. Dr. Harry McIntyre arrived back in town after a fishing trip with his son John, who is an in- terne at Kirkland Lake Hospital, and Fred Slornan, well-known Clin- ton man of the north woods. The booty which included seven North- ern pike averaging ten pounds each, and three speckled trout, two scaling over three pounds each, was stowed away in the locker for future reference. Albert Weldon returned to his home after spending six weeks in Bayfield with his niece, Miss La- rene Langford, at her summer cot- tage on River Road. Back in 1878, Clinton's first tele- phone directory was a sheet 18 in- ches long containing 68 names. That one-page listing has grown into a sizeable book containing almost 8,000 new and changed listings alone. There is no automation in bird- land, no unions or prohibited boun- daries for the gathering of home building materials, Those mites worked until dark and were up again long before I opened my pee- pers. If Jenny slackened her pace, her helpmate scolded and hopped around like a wound-up toy. They were my chief source of interest and amusement for three days. Finally, apparently the house was to Jenny's liking and she set- tled down to raise her family. Now her mate's song almost burst his tiny throat. This was dangerous, for it attracted a red squirrel who reconnoitred the house, surveyed the possibility of gnawing the hole large enough to admit his supple body and was about to begin his murderous operation when another drama in nature's story unfolded. On a topmost bough, a huge ro- bin took up sentry duty. Every time the squirrel would approach the house, the robin would dive- bomb him. Jenny never budged during all this alarming evidence that an enemy was present. I watched avidly for days, hop- ing to see the young parents teach the birdlings to fly, but I never did. They must have spirited them away during the night, or under cover of a shower. But have caught the birdwatching fever and it is costing me money. Bird books, binoculars, rubber boots for swamp wading, records to identify bird calls and a whistle guaranteed to attract newly found feathered friends, have been added to my be- longings, Bird watchers, I have found, are moralizers. They would have the human race imitate the winged population of this crazy old world. Birds with their open sky policy, loyalty to mates and excessive in- duStry should, they feel, set an example for us befuddled and frightened mortals who Search the skies these days, but not for birds. Have they forgetten the corn- monists of birdland, starlings who Steal nests, keep *Maier birds in constant terror of attack and Stitt their superiority in all their pris- tine plumage? Or the northern (Continued on Page Three) Dad bought his first car about 1,920. The dealer gave him a driv- ing lesson, and turned him loose. Proud as a •peacock, he wheeled her home to surprise my mother. Completely at ease, he turned into the driveway, drove right into the stable, which was to house the car, and drove right out through the backwall of the building, coming to a halt among the tomato plants. He'd forgotten how to step. His driving never improved much from that day. It merely grew more exciting. He never quite mastered the various positions of the gear-shift, Climbing one of the almost per- pendicular hills of those days, he was quite as likely to throw her into reverse as into low, at the crucial moment. If he were flus- tered, which he always was from the moment he got into the car, he was as likely to jam his foot on the gas pedal as on the brake. * In the daytime, he'd sometimes go seven or eight miles without getting off onto the shoulder, or running into a load of hay. But at night he really came into his own. He was transformed from a middle-aged merchant into 'an ar- moured knight of the middle ages, Couching his lance, he would touch spurs to the old Chev., and thunder down the dead centre of the road to joust with any false knight en- tering his domain. The dastardly villain would be about a mile away when Dad would start yelling at him to dim his lights. Looking directly into the beam of the oncoming head- lights, he'd go straight for his man, neglecting to dim his own lights in the excitement. At the last possible second, Dad would peel off wildly toward the ditch, swerve all over the road, and shudder to a stop with one wheel hanging over a culvert. From there, he'd glare over his shoulder to see whether the other INSURANCE J. E. HOWARD. Hayfield Phone Bayfield 53 r 2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy "Hal" Harfley Annuities — All Types of Life Term Insurance Canada Life Assurance Co. 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WIN'T'ER heal EState. and Bizellineg Woke? High gitteCt Clinton Phone RU 240602 * '* * Another area in which my father was king was the cellar, as we used to call the recreation room. I don't think I ever heard him ut- ter a blasphemous word above ground. And I don't think I ever heard him utter any other kind while he was wrestling with the old furnace. As a youngster, I would put one ear against the furnace pipe and listen with awe •and hor- ror, as Dad ripped out some oaths that would curdle the blood of a buccaneer. I wouldn't have you think that my father was a bad-tempered man. He was the soul of gentle- ness and kindness with people. But inanimate objects would rouse in him a bersereaer fury that must have come with the touch of Norse blood in his ancestry. Should he strike his head on a cupboard door, he was apt to tear the whole thing off the wall and reduce it to kindling. * If he got 'a sliver in his finger, while working on something, he was quite capable of snatching a saw and cutting out the entire chunk of offending wood. Ignor- ing the resulting gap in a table or a boat, he'd pant triumphantly: "There, you dirty skunk!" as he finished. My Dad could take a lot of hard going and suffering. He prov- ed it especially during his last ill- ness, But he had a genius for ex- aggerating small hurts. Should he cut himself while shaving, he did- n't bleed. It "spurted out in quarts." If he knicked a finger with a knife, he'd vow: "I tore the end off my finger." If he scratched his hand on a nail, he had ,"ripped the whole side out of my hand." * * * We laughed at him, but we lov- ed him. I hope my kids remember me as fondly as I remember my Dad. 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