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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-06-30, Page 2SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B, T. ShElifilaX) We old -air force types are resting easier these nights, se- cure in the knowledge that the great traditions we helped to establish are in safe 'hands-. I've felt this way Slace I read in the papers the other day about the new pamphlet for -air- force personnel. Entitled A Guide to Social Recreation in the Roy-al Can- adian Air Force, it is a 118- page document, They quoted only a few passages from it, in the newspaper etories. But these were enough to convince me that life in the air force these days Is just exciting as ever, and a whole lot more fun. * The pamphlet is designed to help the airman get acquaint- ed, be accepted socially, -and lose his feeling of personal in- significance. To bring this 'ab- out, and help him feel that he is one of the gang, the booklet suggests some fascinating gam- es that can be played at RCAF station parties. Most of these ice-breakers seem to be played on your knees. That's as good a me- thod as any of abolishing stiff- ness and reserve, and levelling differences in rank. Here's one of them. It's called Rabbit. "All kneel on the floor in a circle. The leader asks each one in turn if he knows how to play rabbit. When they admit they do not, he rises and says: 'Well, I -guess we can't play it then, no one knows how.' That would certainly establish an informal, friendly attitude at any party. * * Here's another, "All are ask- ed to kneel in -a circle to be initiated into the order of Siam. They are requested to repeat after the leader the oath of allegiance: 'Owa Tagoo Siam'. They say it slowly at first, then rapidly. One by one they realize that they are saying '0 what a goose I am'." Hey, wouldn't their faces be red? Just one more sample. "All playens are told to get in a crouch position on the floor with their -heads down-. They -are told to repeat after the leader, line by line: 'With all my heart; 'with all my mind; I know that I; stick out be- hind'." Imagine the roars of laughter, • the gay camaraderie this one would produce. * * * All I can say is that it mak- es me sick with envy, We sure didn't -have -any fun like that when I was in the air force. Night -after night we'd just sit -around the mess and drink beer and argue. Heck, some- times we felt so socially in- secure we'd have to get right out -of the mess and cycle five miles through the blackout to a pub so we could get into a lively game of shove ha'penny. * * Oh, we did have -a few old games that might crop up once in a while -at a station party. But 'they were pretty effemin- ate, badly organized efforts, compared to Rabbit, for ex- ample. We did -have one, though, that was played on hands and knees, like these new -ones. Two large, preferably thick- headed young -pilots were chos- en. Each was given a weapon, consisting of newspapers or magazines, tightly rolled. They were blindfolded. Then, on hands and knees, they stalked each other. Idea was- to find your opponent and club -him un- conscious. First to draw blood was the winner, and the loser had to- buy -a round for all hands. * •* Another of our simple little games was something like that My boss is a thoroughly mas- culine person with a truly fe- minine kind of intuition He always- seems to know when my two itchy feet have trod the home boards long enough. Then the -telephone rings and a long distance Operator waves her magic wand and -a familiar voice says, "How would you like to -travel up to Ottawa? Understand that new mall is creating considerable anre. rent." The -capital, as it -should, -has Shown leadership in 'giving this venture a three -months' try, Tourism is important, not only to Canada's National railway, but to merchants and trades people as well, right across the Dominion. Now ideas are es sential if we would attract tourists from outside our bord- ers and keep our own tourist dollars at home. When my train -arrived it was a relief not to feel like a toad under -a harrow while crossing the street in the -teen ficless area. I felt like a small child who had suddenly been given permission to play in the middle of -the road, Without turning a hair, I found I could wander from the little book shop that has garnered more dollars for paper backs from my literature bud-get than any other shop in the- cities I have visited since I became .a vaga- bond, across the street to gaze covetously at a shop window crammed with feminine ap- parel for summer wear, Sparks Street, between Elgin and Banks Streets, for three months will be a pedestrian shopper's paradise. With the hope that this mall will prove the -competitive an- swer to shopping plazas and give downtown merchants an even break for the buyer's dol- lar, Ottawa has spent $30,000 on an experiment. one they play at the women's institute, called Sing, Say or Pay. We'd' all stand in- a circle. Each in turn had to tell -a story, sing -a song, or have his trousers removed anti a pint of cold ale poured over that part of his anatomy between navel and knees. This always led to some goodnatured, boyish scuf- fling, in which one type lost two front teeth and -another got a warped nose, at one party I remember. Then there was- Boomerang. This was played only when most of the players were leav- ing first thing in- the morning for a new station. First, you gathered all the plates and saucers from the dining room. Two teams were picked, and each retired hastily behind' a barricade consisting of the piano or a large table turned on its -side. Then you skimmed a- plate every time one of the opposing -team stuck his head up. You'd -get one right back at you, hence the name Boom- erang. This was -a jolly, cheer- ful game, designed not only to break dawn the traditional re- serve of -the -fighter pilot, but -also every window in the place. * * * And of course there was Mess Rugger. This was a high- spirited game in which any number could take part. Hav- ing to gallop over the chester- fields and -around -the tables made it more interesting. The smalleat pilot in the mess was used as a ball, and the game ended when somebody was suc- cessful in drop-kicking him over the bar. * * I know that sounds like pretty -anemic stuff compared to the red-blooded virility of Owa Tagoo Siam, but it wasn't our fault that we were barn 20 years too soon. And what a delightful ex- periment: Colour; atmosphere and customer comfort were paramount considerations in the planning of this undertak- ing. Flowers bloom in profie- eion and -small trees grow in -huge concrete tubs right in the heart of the city. Bright yel- low benches lure -weary poten- tial purchasers to rest a bit between Visits to shops in the area. Perhaps it is because Ottawa, our -seat of -government, has a cosmopolitan atmos- phere, it made the sidewalk cafes seem intrinsically n part of the picture, The sound of French, typical of the capital's conversational pattern, gave the out-of-doors cafe idea an added allure, For a continent- bound traveller such -as my- self, my morning -on Ottawa's- mall produced a feeling of hav- ing been transported in sec- onds to Paris. Luring the tourist dollar has become big business since- the culmination of the last war. It is' a terribly important facet of our nation-al economy, It seems to me that the promoters had their tongues in their cheeks when they endorsed the expenditure for this- first Cana- dian shopping mall. With this trusty sling shot they figured they could kill two birds with one stone, garner extra dol- lars from bemoaning mer- chants. faced with the hazard of suburb-an shopping plazas and, at the same time, attract more and moire travellers to their city. Will it work? I hope so. I was sold on the idea, though I should think it would take a Solomon to decide where -such a mall should be blocked off. After all, it really only bene- fits the merchants within the closed-off area. Or so I thought, until I saw literally droves of pedestrians. making their way farther afield. I took the trouble to talk to native Ottawans. What did they think of the idea? With- out exception they -all made the same remark. "Sure dresses up the old burg": The women. were ail in favour, while the men smiled tolerantly and said, "Makes the coffee break a bit more romantic." Calgary and Victoria, it is said,. have their ,eyes on the project. Ottawa may be acting as a guinea pig, but hats off to those persons who had enough imagination to believe that Toledo's shopping mall could be repeated this side of the international border. INSURANCE 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 "HAL" HARTLEY Annuities — All Types of Life Term Insurance CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co. Phone HU 2-6693 10-tfb K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Representative: Sun Life Assurance Co, of Canada Phones: Office HU 2-9747 Res. HU 2-7556 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, July 1, 1020 Mrs. (Dr.) Ross, Swift Cur- rent, is the guest of her Par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. W, T, Neil, The new pavilion at Gode- rich, situated on the banks of Lake Huron, has proved a, pop- ular attraction for the district young people since it was open- ed two weeks ago. The beauti- ful dance floor is 36 by 90 feet, Splendid music each night and the well-appointed restaurant provide patrons with an ideal place to spend a pleasant even- ing. Miss Emma Doan, Boston, is spending a vacation at her home -here, 3, B. Levis announces cars for hire, two small cars and one Baby Grand. Eighteen months ago -waste paper such as -accumulates ar- ound a grocery or cb.sygoode store, -when baled, was' worth $6 per ton. In ,February of this year it had gone to $20, and today a fair price would be $28. Baled newspapers bring $33 a ton, and magazines around $50. Trucks have been engaged and anyone wishing to go to Goderich on July 12 may leave their name at Monroe's Bar- ber Shop. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, July 1, 1920 Mr. and Mrs. H. Pennebaker spent the weekend with -the lat- ter's sister, Miss Burrows, Sheppardton. Mrs. Thomas Watts and children, Oshawa, are expected shortly to spend a month with her parents at the Pennebaker S. B. Strothers, Oscar Swit- zer and Howard Snell motored to Guelph to visit the Model Farm. Constable Welsh suggested that a few benches on Library Park -would be a convenience on -band nights, or on any plea- sant summer evening. People will congregate at the street corners -and it becomes his duty to disperse them. Benches would provide a -place where people could sit and chat, enjoy the evening -breezes, and watch the fountain splashing. Clinton baseball team beat Crediton on their own diamond to the- tune of 10-1. The line- up: catcher, C. Cooper; pitcher, E. Cooper; basemen, Tasker, Hawkins-, McNeil; short stop, Draper; field, Johnson, Liver- more, Potter. THE IVIcKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers: President, John L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, John H. McEwing, Blyth; secre- tary-treasurer, W. E. South- gate, Seaforth. Directors: John H. McEwing; Robert Archibald; Chris Leon- hardt, Bornholm; Norman Tre- wartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alex- ander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Harvey Fuller, Gode- rich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wm. Leiper, Jr., Lon- desboro; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; lames Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. 25 Years Ago ()LINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 27, 1935 Piper Fred Minch and drum- mer Bobby Morgan were invit- ed guests at the golden wed- ding celebration -of Mr, and Mrs, Johnston of the Blue Water Highway, and contri, buted not -a little to the plea- sure of the occasion with their pipe and drum music. Miss Viola Fraser of the Public School -staff leaves Sat- urday morning for a two month's vacation with friende in California. Mrs. George Holland -and Miss Viola returned from spen- ding a month with the Hal- stead families -and Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Holland, Winnipeg. J. B, Lobb, who _accompanied them west, remained for a longer visit. Alex Addison, son of Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Addison, Clinton, ‘Vas successful in" passing his fifth year in medicine -at Wes- tern University, taking second class honours. When Canadian veterans go on the pilgrimage to Vimy next year everyone will be plain "Mister". There will be no dis- tinction between officers and men on the pilgrimage, accord- ing to advice recently received. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 29, 1950 The pump house and hydro sub-station, operated by Clin- ton Public- Utilities Commission at the corner of Princess Street and the entrance to Commun- ity Park, -was struck by light- ning. Damage caused by the ensuing fire was estimated at $5,000. Hugh R. Hawkins was elect- ed president of Clinton- Lions Club, -succeeding Clifford C. Epps. R, W. Bell was appointed governor of Huron County jail. He succeeds the late J. B. Rey- nolds, who held the position for 22 years. Mr. Bell served under Mr. Reynolds -as turnkey and chief turnkey for six years. Russell Thompson, appointed turnkey three- years ago, is now promoted to chief turnkey. The centennial celebration of the Andrew-Lane clan, Luck- now, to be held on July 1 week- end, promises to be a red-let- ter event in the history of these families who -ancestors first settled in- the Lucknow district a century ago. The sermon at the -memorial service will be preached by Rev. D. J. Lane, Clinton Presbyterian Church. From Our Early Files Shop At Home From Merchants You Know Business and Professional Directory ,JOIIIIIMINIME•100•1•110.1.11•111•1111MOIMII A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 S I BY 12-01ROTHY BARKER REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker Hight Street — Clinton PHONE HU 2-6692 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Goderich, Ontario Telephone Box J A 4-9521 478 RONALD G. McCANN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF Goderich Street—Near Clinic Seaforth: Daily except Monday Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 12.30 p,m. Thursday evening by appoint- ment only. Ground Floor, Parking Facilities PHONE 791 SEAFORTH Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only-4 a.m. to 5,30 p.m. Phone Minter 2-7010 Clinton G. B, CLANCY Optometrist Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, optornetrist) ?or appointment phone JA 4.7251 Goderich HAIR DRESSING CHARLES House of Beauty Cold. Waves, Cutting, Styling 74- Victoria Street Clinton Phone HU 2-7065 C. A ?radio, Prep, 01014 -M4'S Connnunity Park is fast be- coming a true community asset, with different facilities to please all ages, and a great num- ber of different tastes. At the same time, the park is being oper- ated with many persons taking a sincere in- terest in one partieular aspect of the sports activities offered there, The Clinton Women's Institute, which contributed the handsome stone gates at the main entrance, are making use quite often of the picnic facilities inside the park. They naturally take an interest in the wading pool, to which they also contributed, and in the swimming pool, The agricultural society is interested in the whole of the park, but mainly for the spring months, and in the grandstand, which they built. The turf club, as is understandable, is mainly interested in the track and the barns, and are -anxious to have these in the best con- dition possible at all times, The ball teams want a place to play ball. They want to be able to get spectators close to the field, and have it easily accessible to the public which wants to watch the games, The swimming pool committee is anxious for the well-being of the pool, and this week -is getting it painted. Also of interest here is the wading pool, which also was built through funds contributed by a number of groups. The chairman of one of Canada's oldest and best known industries got up at the annual meeting the other day to explain why last year his company spent over $50,000,000 estblishing new plants in Britain and France instead of this. country. "No one regrets more than I that art least some of these new facilities could not have been established in Canada," he said. "It has, however, become quite clear that Canada, as part of North America, is rapidly becoming one of the highest production-cost areas in the world, and those who intend to survive commercially cannot ignore this ugly EITHER WE approve of nuclear wea- pons, or we don't. If we don't approve them, we don't want them. - If we do approve them, then we mean to use them or we mean not. to use them. If we mean not to Ilse them, we don't need them. If we mean 'to use them, we will fire the first shot or the enemy will fire the first shot. If the enemy fires the first shot, we shall A change in the Old Age Pension regula- tions which will affect quite a numlber of people all over Canada has come into being after being on the Commons agenda for a long time. Bill. No. 63 to amend the Old Age Security Act was given its third reading and finally passed on Tuesday of last week and will become law as- soon as the Vice-Regal assent is given. Persons who are 70 years of age or over will receive the old age pension if they lived in Canada for ten years after their 21st birth- day. They can go abroad and receive the pension without hindrance for six months when it will automatically cease unless they have returned to Canada. If they have lived in Canada for 25 years between the ages of 21 and 70 they may go abroad and receive the pension indefinitely. That is, they may seek a more suitable climate or a country with 'ewer living costs without sacrificing the benefit they have earned here by paying taxes and giving other service through their working life. Every reader of Hansard, even a spas- modic reader such as we are, must have rioted the fact that despite the amount of space taken up in the publication and the number of words uttered in the debates, when a bill is finally passed the reader has no clear idea of what was passed. This is, of course, because Hansard records only the debates. But the outline given above is the substance of the amended Act, In the course of the debate on the second reading a couple of odd things developed. lVIr, Howard, CCP', posed a hypothetical case: Could a pensioner of the under 25-year class, return to Canada after sit Months abeence, THE CLINTON 'NEW ERA Est, 1865 ill I It is in the wading pool that perhaps the most unadulterated fun of all of the park is had, The youngsters who splash happily there are not involved making money, betting, or learning how to swim, nor even of having a picnic, They are there to be cool and have fun, and as much as they can get, It's a lot of fun, too for the oldsters who take time to stand around and watch the young fry in the wading pool. All of these many activities have a place in the park. All have their own particular group who is ready to support and urge them along, But the entire park is under the care of the park board, which must budget money granted by the town council to keep the whole area in order. If some kind uncle, or auntie would pro- with a few thousand dollars in one bulk sum for the park board to work with, in addition to the town grant, it is very likely that a great splurge of work would be seen at once. Probably the most important single bit of work needed is improved drainage. But the drainage needed cannot be handled out of one year's grant from the town council. And so, each year it is put off, and other smaller sums are spent. Despite all the problems of operating such a municipal project, we feel that the Clinton Park is steadily growing, and each year pro- vides greater service to the community, truth." This warning from W. E. Phillips, chair- man of Massey-Ferguson Limited, was not just a casual shout in the futile carping about who is "responsible" for rising costs in Canada. Public men, along with business leaders, have been getting uneasy about Can- ada's uncomfortable corner in world manu- facturing. Whatever intrigue might be infer- red from Mr. Phillips' story, no one would suggest that an enterprise goes somewhere else to court inefficiency and higher costs. It goes because it has to. It is, as he says, "the ugly truth." at once nearly all be dead; so we shall not require nuclear weapons. If we fire the Best shot, we shall get retaliation; and then we shall nearly all be dead and uninterested in nuclear weapons. The conclusion which the (British) Gov- ernment draws from all this is that every- body should have lots and lots more nuclear weapons. A much cheaper .and simpler way of ar- riving et the same results might be that we shall all agree to jump into the sea to-night. -=Lord Rea, British Liberal peer. stay a month or so, and then go abroad again and receive the pension for another six mon- ths, and so on? Mr. onteith, minister of health and welfare, believed he could. Mr. McMillan, PC, reported an enquiry from a lady living in Niagara Palls, N.Y. She is eligible for the U.S. pension, but had lived in Canada for 18 years after 21. If she returned now to Canada could she receive the Canad- ian pension also? According to Mr. Mon- tieth she can. Some people are lucky. THE LOWLY SPUD 'You never miss the water Until the well runs dry! And how you miss the lowly spud When the prices goes up sky high! Those plain old common taters (2 bucks a bag last fall!) Have got so high and mighty We can't buy any at all! So now each night at supper, It's biscuits or noodles or rice. I fix 'em over different, And try to make them nice. But t'm so looking forward to planting time, With my feet tracking over the Mud, For after I've fought off the tater bugs I'll welcome the lowly spud! —by G.F.C. Page 27,Clinton NewSsRecord,-41.wrsday, ,44ifie 30g 1900 Editorials • CO-OPERATION THE 141,Y NOTE THE UGLY TRUTH (St. Marys Journal-Argus) NUCLEAR WEAPONS A COMMENT (Reprint from Ontario Labour Review) OLDSTERS CAN GO ABROAD NOW (The Ridgetown Dominion) Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amatgalnateci i924 Est. 1881 *61.0i UBSOBTPTION' PATES: Payable in advance Canada end Great Britain: $8.00 United States and Poreign: $4.00; shoo Copies Ten Cents Authorized as teenrid clans than, Post Office Department, Ottawa Published every Thursday at the Heart bf Miran County Clinton, Ontario --- Population 3,000 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher WILMA b, DINNIN,ItOr a year