HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-07-21, Page 2BY DOROTHY BARKER.
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Editorials
NO SECOND CHANCE
TO TIIOSE who have never spilt blood
on the roads, it comes as a deathly shock to
find that tragedy strikes without warning.
Sometimes there is practically no ehence to
'void disaster; a second chance never eomes.
A man known to the. Ontario Safety
League recently crushed out a life on a sub-
urban street.
He was driving home from work. The
day was sunny, and small childree were play-
ing on the tree-shaded sidewalks. The road
was wide, and there was little traffic.
Suddenly a email figure darted out, in
an unthinking, hopeless attempt to cress a-
head of the moving ear. The driver was tra-
veiling within the 30 ranee speed limit, but
his foot had not reached the brake before
he felt the thump of his wheel passing over
the little body.
The rearview mirror showed the body
on the road, lying motionless and twisted.
The driver suppressed his first instinct to
stop and go back to the victim, He drove
on slowly, with sweating palms and a sick
feeling inside, It was a squirrel that had run
out to its death under his Wheels—but it
might easily have been a child,
POLITICAL CHARITY
(Hanover Post)
THE RECENT suggestion from the
Canadian Prime Minister that a Colombo
Plan be instituted for Africa, with Canadian
participation, has aroused little general com-
ment. This may be because the papers have
been filled with news of more exciting de,
veloprnenta or because the average Canadian
taxpayer knows nothing about the present
Colombo Plan or haw much it has been cost-
ing him since it was first instituted,
Personal charity is one of the admirable
traits of human beings and Canadians indi-
vidually are among the most charitable
people in the world, They make contribu-
tions of their money and time to help the
unfortunate through foreign missions of the
churches, the Red Cross and the various as-
s'o'ciations that have come into being since
the second world war to help refugees every-
where. Not everyone is in a position to give
to all causes, and persons have an undoubted
right to make up their minds whether any
particular charity deserves their support or
not.
It sometimes seems that the deficit that
might be incurred in international relief
funds, had they been left to depend on poi-
vale charity, has now been underwritten by
political charity. There appears to be some-
thing dishonest about the proceeding. If
Canadian taxpayers as individuals would re-
fuse to spend the $50,000,000 a year the pre-
sent Colombo Plan is costing them, and the
as yet unstated amounts that might be asked
for a similar plan in Afrioa, it is questionable.
whether politicians have any right to spend
their money collectively on such schemes.
Political charity is more understandable,
though no less deplorable, when it takes the
foam of government grants to national chari-
ties or . semi-professional athletes, At least
Canadians. are then the beneficiaries and
may be hoped to show their gratitude by
votes. But there are no votes to be granted
in Ghana.
THORNTON BURGESS' STORIES
(Ottawa Citizen)
TEE RETIREMENT of Thornton W.
Burgess, author of delightful tales for small
boys and girls, will evoke a great deal of
nostalgia among a lot of people who aren't
very young any more.
Mr. Burgess, at 86, has decided to stop
writing. This is really not as heart-rending
as might appear at first glance, for this inde-
fatigable gentleman has left an ample supply
of reading material. In all, his output in-
cludes 15,000 stories and books which sold
7.2 million copies.
From the pen of Thornton Burgess came
such immortals as Peter Rabbit, Grandfather
Frog, Jimmy Skunk, Buster Bear, Peter Cot-
tontail, Danny Meadow Mouse, Jerry Musk-
rat and a host of other unforgettable charac-
ters.
The books dealt with the adventures of
these creatures and if memory serves us
right, there were times' when things got pret-
ty sticky down around the )3ig Pond—or was
it the Little Pond?
Mr. Burgess' books made wonderful
Christmas presents and the youngest in a
family would often inherit a treasure trove
of these exciting doings in a vividly realistic
animal world. It is' nice to learn from the
Carnegie Children's Library that Burgess is
still popular despite the countereattadaction,
of space fiction.
Young or old, Burgess readers will never
forget that one, classic description of how
the rabbit-hero travelled. Mr. Rabbit never,
never strolled: he went lipperty-lop,
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THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Amalgamated 1924 Est. 1881
Published every Thursday at the
Heart of Huron County
Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,000
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WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor
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THE CLINTON NEW ERA
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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
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Editor of the Halifax Chron-
icle-Herald, and they have liv-
ed in the Annapolis Valley for
35 years. They have a daugh-
ter and two grandchildren,
Gladys Porter, MPP elect, is
a whiz bang, but her husband
thinks she will eventually kill
herself in the service of others.
"She never spares herself", he
commented to me. When ask-
ed how it felt to be the hus-
band of such a popular woman
his eyes twinkled as he said,
"Well, it's like this, when you
are introduced repeatedly as
Mr. Porter, the husband of our
Mayor, you kind of get used
to it. That is, if you 'have a
sense of humour." Needless to
say, Wyman Porter has and I
expect it will stand him in
good stead when Gladys takes
her seat during the first ses-
sion of the Maritime province's
next parliment. Now he is, "Mr.
Porter, husband of our repre-
sentative in the Legislature".
Perhaps in my enthusiasm to
pay tribute to Gladys Porter I
have undersold the supreme ef-
fort women in Ontario are un-
dertaking to try and make
peace a comforting reality.
Mothers of little children,
stenographers, clerks in stores
and grandmothers have volun-
teered by the hundreds to write
letters to friends all over the
world to promote an all-out
war against nuclear arma-
ments. How far this little peb-
ble, thrown into the pool of
world chaos, may extend
its tiny circle will not depend
on the enthusiasm of the wo-
men who. tossed it, but on the
reception it is given in the far
reaches of democracy and how
much it arouses the women of
the NATO countries. If moth-
ers of the world stand shoul-
der to shoulder in their de-
manes for disarmament, and
more women axe willing to
stand for public office, I be-
lieve there may be some hope
for humanity's survival.
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There's something mighty at-
tractive about the city, in sum-
mer.. Don't think I don't miss
the leg show back home, as
the tourist gals waltz down the
main drag, all brown limbs,
bare midriffs, red toenails,.
sun-bleached hair and dark
glasses so you never know
whether or not they're giving
you the big eye, but you're
pretty sure they're not,
But that's what I mean. For
ten years I had that, and I'd
grown as callous as the door-
man at the Folios Bergeres.
Down in the city, I climb on
a streetcar, pull my shirt loose
from me, and view with inter-
est some doll, looking as
though she'd stepped out of a
cold shower, cotton frock
clinging close, spike heels, up-
swept hair, and dark glasses
so you never know whether or
not she's giving you the big
eye, but you're pretty sure
she's not.
A few notes for the girls
at home. The office girls in
the city, who are usually right
on top of fashions, are wear-
ing shorter, skin-tight skirts.
Not graceful, but attractively
disturbing. There's also a new
coiffure in vogue. Let your
hair grow longer. Then gath-
er it all up in both hands,
pile it in untidy heaps here
and there on your head, with
plenty of wisps escaping, and
stick some pins and things in
it.
There is a vague resem-
blance to the hair style of the
Masai warrior of Africa, but
it is not so neat, nor do the
girls plaster it with cow dung
to keep it in place, as do the
Masei.
Don't worry, I'm not going
to talk about girls all through
the column. After all, I've
been away from home before.
One weekend, back in '54. I
will add only one remark. For-
tyish friends of the male sex---
we were born 25 years too
soon. I've had a pretty good
look at the crop of new tea-
chers who will invade the high
schools this September, and
some of them are enough to
start a riot. And I do not
mean the men teachers. * *
Perhaps I shouldn't say. it,
but some of these babes
should be cigarette girls in
nightclubs, not teachers. I can
just see them writing a sene
tense on the 'blackboard, jig-
gling like jelly, while the big
lunks in Grade 11 blink hard
to keep their eyeballs from
rolling down their cheeks. If
these fulsome females expect
to impart any information' be-
yond the fact that they are
well stacked, they would'be
wise to put thair hair in a bun,
and don horn-rimmed specs,
flat heels and Mother Hub-
bards.
These summer classes for
teachers certainly produce a
mixed bag. In my classes there
are Indians, negroes, new Ca-
nadians who are going to teach
English and can't speak it yet,
a number of priests, a preg-
nant lady, a scattering of liv-
ing dolls, a smattering of
young punks just out of col-
lege, and two old men, another
chap and myself.
Big shock to me was to find
that I had to take Latin, Last
time I studied it was 22 years
ago, and I can't say that I had
quite mastered the language.,
even then. After that inter-
lude, the 'only Latin I knew
was Magna Carta, habeas' cor-
pus and in flagrante delicto.
None of these have come up in
my Latin class, so far. If I
have to teach the stuff, about
-all I can do is hurl myself
on the tender mercy of the
students, And teenagers, on
the whole, have a quality of
mercy about as tender as that
of the Emperor Nero:
The university is crawling
with, teachers in the summer.
They all look very serious,
but I have a lurking suspicion
that most of the men, at any
rate, are taking some sort of
special course solely for the
purpose of getting away from
their families fora feW weeks,
An ignoble thought, perhaps,
b u t fundamentally , sound,
There's nothing wrong with
leaving a Woman to cope alone
with the house and children for
a few weeks, Nothing that a
session, in the booby-hatch
can't cure,
It's funny, when I went
home for my first weekend, I
thought my wife would be f as-
chatted by my Latin, the -dells
in the class, nty timetable,
which gives me afternoons off
and all that stuff. She wasn't
even interested, She jest 'gave
me a long, hard took and start-
ed listing all the troubles shed
had during the week.
However, I cheered her Up
While she was doing My
laundry, late Friday night, I
Sat there tooling off with a
long drink, and tailed interest-
ing ,anecdotes about Vaned&
School to her, as she filled the
tuba ; Pretty tOiert She. ceased
.etertPlaitting .altogether, end
Stalked off to bad, Patting Only
The United Bible Societies,
in the world report on Scrip-
ture translation for 1959, sta-
les that some part of the Bible
has now been translated into
1157 languages (an increase of
15 over 1958). The whole Bible
has been published in 219 lan-
guages; the New Testament in
271 and at least a Gospel or
some other book in 661 ton-
gues.
The work of new translation
has been shared in by the Bri-
tish and Foreign Bible Society,
the American Bible Society,
the National Bible Society of
Scotland and the Bible Society
of Iindia a. n d Ceylon'. The ad-
ditional translations• are in use
in Guatemala, Phillipines, Mex-
ico, North Borneo, India, Tai-
wan and the United States.
There are in addition about 80
languages in which short pas-
sages or extracts from the
Scripture have been published
but in which as yet no com-
plete book has been translated.
The membership of the Unit-
ed Bible Societies and Commit-
tees is as follows; American
Bible Society; Australian Bible
Committee, Belgian Bible Soc-
iety, Bible Society of India and
Ceylon, Bible Society of Bra-
zil; British and Foreign Bible
Society, British and Foreign
Bible Society in. Australia, Bri-
tish and Foreign Bible Society
in New Zealand, Canadian
Bible Society, Danish ' Bible
Society, Finnish Bible Society,
French Bible Committee, Hi-
bernian Bible Society, Ice-
landic Bible Society, Indone-
sian Bible Society, Japanese
Bible Society, Korean Bible
Society, National Bible Society
of Scotland, Netherlands Bible
Society, Norwegian Bible Soc-
iety, Swedish Bible Society,
Swiss Bible Society, Union of
Evangelical Bible Societies. in
Germany. Sharing of many
fields of work and full co-
operation in all fields are the
to observe, in measured terms,
that she'd lost five pounds in
the last vveek.
>ft *
It Was different with the
kids, though. They Were de-
lighted to see me, and I got
huge hugs and kisses, They
listened enthralled to my gay
little tales of summer school.
For about four minutes, before
silently sliding out of the room
into the outdoers,
Oh well, I suppose I can't
expect them to realize what
I'm going through here in the
torrid city, while they' sport
Mend in 'the cool north coun-
try. Why, some days it's so
hot I don't really ehjoy my
afternoon nap, and I scarcely
have the energy to walk the
three blocks to the air-Conde-
'blotted ineVie, in the evening.
However, nUne ditnittis, AS we
say hi Latin,
arly Files
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-E1 Oogp
Thursday, July 22, MO
,L Lovett has put in a, stock
of men's and boys' oboes in
connection with his repairing
business,
Fred, Livermore has resigned
his position as night-watchman
at the piano factory after ten
years' service. He has taken a
position with Merner Bros.,
who have purchased the place
known as the Disney farm on
the Huron Road from George
Jenkins, who bought it some
time ago, There are about 40
acres under flax this season.
Pupils of Miss Emma Plum-
steel, successful in passing the
London Conservatory of Music
exams, were; Carol Evans,
grade two (honours); Ethel
Hogg and Jean Plumeteei,
grade one (honours).
The Girls' Auxiliary, spon-
sors of the recent four-day
Chautauqua, had $225 surplus
after paying expenses. This
will go toward helping to pay
for the hospital building,
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, July 22, 1920
Miss Isabel Johnston, Toron-
to, is the guest of the Misses
Bentley.
Mrs. H. Fitzsimons, Ross and
Norman, returned this week
from visiting relatives in Mit-
chell.
J, E. Cook came near losing
his oar a,t Goderich on Wed-
nesday evening last, when a
short circuit started a fire; but
"Cap" beat it out.
David Ca-Melon closed a con-
tract for 10,000 apple barrels
from Mr. Simmonds, who mak-
es them in the barn- behind the
School of Commerce.
"Local motorists are ap-
parently not aware that the
speed for crossings and street
intersections. is 121/2 miles per
hour," states Clinton's speed
cop. It is rumored that the
law will be applied if some
"slow-ups" !are not made at the
intersection of Albert and On
tario streets.
marks of the United Bible
Societies' ,activity throughout
the world.
Suggested Bible readings:
Sunday 1 John 3: 1-24
Monday Mark 2: 1-17
Tuesday Mark 2: 18
3: 6
Wednesday Mark 3: 7-35
Thursday Hosea 8: 144
Friday Hosea 13: 1- 8
14: 1- 9
Saturday Hosea 10: 1-15
Quick Canadian.
Quiz
1. How many rooms are there
in the Parliament Building
at Ottawa?
2. Natural gas is piped how
far east from Alberta?
3. In 1959 federal government
spending totalled $6,359 mil-
lions. Was this more or less
than combined spending of
provincial and municipal
governments?
4. Canada maintains diplomatic
missions in how many for-
eign, countries?
5. In 1949-1950 there were 68,-
000 full-time university stu-
dents in Canada. What is
the present year's enrol-
ment?
ANSWERS: 5. In the 1959-
1960 year there were 102,000
Canadian university students.
3. Combined provincial and
municipal government spend-
ing was $4,871 millions. 1. In
the main parliament building
there are 490 rooms. 4. Canada
has 53 diplomatic missions a-
broad. 2. Alberta's natural gas
is piped as far east as Mont-
real.
Material prepared by the edi-
tors of Quick Canadian Facts,
the pocket annual of facts ab-
out Canada.
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Did You Know?
For the price of one package
of Cigarettes (36 cents), the
farmer can use electricity to:
elevate 4,500 bushels of grain,
milk 12 cows for one month or
operate cattle, clippers one hour
a day for six months,
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Two rather sighifieent things
happened during the first two
weeks of June, Plans were
completed for representatives
of a new organization ealled
"The Voice of the Women",
Toronto's new disarmament
group, to place their objective
before Prime Minister Diefen-
baker and Liberal Leader Les-
ter Pearson, and the first we'
man was elected to the Provin-
cial Parliament of Nova Scotia.
The objective of the new or-
ganization is to enlist the wo-
men of the world in a campaign
for the abolition of nuclear
weapons. The blessings of
government leaders, it was cm-
sidered, would lend strength to
the campaign.
If there is a spark of truth
in the old saying that, "the
hand that rocks the cradle, 'rul-
es the world", the vision of
world peace has a chance of
success, At least these aroused
and greatly alarmed women de-
serve cheers for their effort.
The significance lies in the
fact that Gladys Porter of
Kentville, Nova Scotia, though
not the first Canadian woman
to seek public office, is a
thoroughly conscientious and
dedicated representative of the
people. What's more, she is an
enthusiastic eupporter of our
democratic way of life.
I met her last year when
travelled by train to attend the
Annapolis Valley Blossom Fes-
tival. At that time she was
serving her tenth term as' May-
or of Kentville. She is a Juno-
esque, silverehaired grandmoth-
er, feminine to her finger tips
but. with a keen analytical
mind and a highly developed
sense of duty.
If some persons are born,
with a silver spoon in their
mouths, Gladys Porter, nee
Richardson, must have been
born with a gavel in hers, to
use a platitude. She comes: by
her political aspirations natur-
ally for her father, brothers
and an uncle have all made
their mark in the Nova Sco-
tian political arena. Her fath-
er, Wallace A. Richardson, was
mayor of Sydney for 17 years,
as well as being the editor of
the Sydney Post Record' now
the Cape Breton Post.
Just as behind every success-
ful man there is said to be a
woman, behind Gladys. Porter
is an understanding husband.
It was my observation that it
is Wyman Porter's toleraht and
unselfish sharing of his wife
with the communities in the
Annapolis Valley, that has a
great deal to do- with her con-
tinuing popularity as a public
figure.
It was typical of this ener-
getic woman that she should
choose a newspaperman as her
life's companion. He is Valley
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25 Years Ago
.CLINTON NEWS-RECOUP
Thursday, 4t.tly 18, 1935
Iddo Crick has had cabbage
and cauliflower from his own
garden on his table this week,
Pretty good gardening, we'd
say,
The motor on the ice cream
refrigerator at O'Neil's grocery
shore became red hot on Sun-
day evening, burning up oil
and waste near it, and filling
the store with smoke. The girls
at the telephone office next
door gave the alarm and Fire
Chief Cree, Who is also em-
ployed at the store, investigat-
ed. The motor was a total loss,
A scaffold, on which N, Ken-
nerly and his son, Jim, were at
work at X. T. Oarless's house,
collapsed and they crashed to
the ground. The elder man
was quite severely hurt, with
about 100 stitches required to
close a, gash in his arm, receiv-
ed when it crashed through a
window.
Mrs, Dorland Glazier and
baby Keith, Toronto, are visi-
ting with the lady's brother,
Norman Mair,
10 Years Ago
CCLINTONNEWS4R,ECORD
Thursday, July 20, 1950
Floating objects in the sky
with the appearance of the
famous "flying saucers" were
observed by a number of Clin-
ton RCAF Station personnel
and townspeople. Sgt. Samuel
Estwick reported that there
were seven large, circular ob-
jects in vertical formation.
Fred H. Elliott, Toronto, is
spending his vacation with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Elliott.
E. A. Fines and Robert Fin-
es are spending a holiday with
relatives in the Orangeville dis-
trict.
Miss Clara Harrison spent
the weekend with friends in
London and 'attended the Hunt-
Aikenhead 'wedding.
Mr. and Mrs. James Stir-
ling, Goderich Township, visi-
ted friends in Tara, Wiarton
and Tiverton.
Hugh R. Hawkins, president
of the Clinton Lions Club, at-
tended the Lions International
Convention in Chicago.
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