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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-08-04, Page 2N1111111111111 1Mt. NUWAY BUILDINGS LIMITED presents KERNOHAN HOME--- MODEL H DELUXE 950 Square Feet of Fine Canadian Living -7721".4.1 OWN. ,y431,61.441.:44-ZY,„ t•444'.:•••••44 "••••• r " n • _• a •••• • • e Completely Finished and Dec- orated in. Your Choice of Modern Color Combination. 15 OTHER MODELS TO CHOOSE FROM New Do-R-Yourself Plan .. House Finished to Any Stage. BUILDING LOTS Available in Good Locations. L. G. WINTER, Real Estate Phone HU 2.6692 200 High Street CLINTON! 011.01.1.1MIN• 4r0+0 et.tOoitq 11 . I $ n. u..00m , ,f.e$ v I I r 40" • ^w ay 11°,0311+ •11111Ndan lealfelY •••••••• eon. ,11..1111.014. Page 2---Clinton News-Record--4hursday, Aug. 4, 11960 Clinton News-Recoed THE CLINTON NEWS-43E0,9RD Amalgamated 1924. • gst. 1881 All 4 Published every Thursday at the Heart of .HOron County Clinton, Ontario — Population a,000 I OOLQUHouN, Publisher 11.1 WILMA D, DINNIN, Editor a year Editorials . . "SATURDAY" NIGHT DOWN TOWN THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est.. 105 0• 0 a, aki • SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 United States and Foreign: $4.00; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa ANYONE who remembers those old fashioned Saturday nights in town, with nostalgia and a feeling that they are gone forever, just hasn't tried .Clinton on Friday night lately, This one just past was typical. There was the fine choir from the Chris- tian Reformed Church sending their lilting hymns out on the night air. There were the 'teenagers driving up and down trying to impress the girls. There were crowds of people trying to find out at the Town Hall just how drastic the huge blister on their arm really was. There were fathers out minding the kids while the mothers got some NEW PARKI (The Printed Word) SOME YEARS AGO a British economist C. Northcote Parkinson, rocked government bureaucracies everywhere to their foundations by enunciating what he called Parkinson's Law. The law may be summed up in the single sentence, "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion." If one accepts the validity of Parkinson's Law, it follows that the more people there are on a job the sooner it doesn't get done, and therefore the people are hired to help shopping done. There was swimming at the swim pool, movies at the drive-in, gossip on the sidewalk. About the only thing missing was the spray from the old fountain on Library Park. There was even a loudspeaker inviting folks to gamble a little in the name of charity. May be not too much in that list which would come under the name of culture, but this is summertime and light-hearted methods of getting through the hot weather seem to be favoured. There's lots of pure enjoyment to be gotten from just standing and watching what goes on along main street of our town. NSON'S LAW not finish it. Now Mr. Parkinson has come up with a new book—this time about government and taxes. In it is found Parkinson's New Law, which says that, so far as government and taxes are concerned, "Expenditure rises to meet income!" Maybe that's the way it is in Britain. But here in Canada, in view of the budgetary deficits of recent years, Parkinson's New Law would have to be changed to read: "Ex- penditure rises without regard to income." This beautiful wood console has a new, golden picture frame with top front controls that make tuning easy. The WELLAND is him and compact to fit perfectly in your livingroom. Sharp, dear picture, reduced glare and full fidelity speaker guarantee perfect reception of all your favourite programs. See and hear the Fairbanks-Morse WEUAt4D 24" tele- vision today! Only $329.00 On Display at Your Authorized Fairbanks Also See Other Fairbanks Morse Appliances at Morse Dealer in Clinton Our New Modern Showroom TED RYDER TV 245 VICTORIA STREET PHONE HU 2-9320 (Open Every Evening 'Till 10 O'clock) From Our Early Files 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, August 5, 1920 The welcome sound of hard coal rattling down a chute into a cellar has been beard in the land the past day or so, our neighbours, Ball and Atkinson, having got a car of coal, Mr, and Mrs, B. J. Gibbings, Mies Libbie 'Gibbings, and Mrs. Treleaven are at Lapeer, Mich., where Mr. .Gibbings has gone far surgical treatment, M. T. Corless and C. H, Ven- ner purchased the R. Rowland hardware business from W. H. Davison, Who had bought it from Mr. Rowland six months ago. Mr. Corless brought his family to Clinton from nor- thern Ontario recently, and Mr. Venner has disposed of his farm to W. H. Cole and will move into town. He is an elec- trician and the new firm will carry a full line of electrical supplies and appliances. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Snell, London Road, spent a day at Grand Bend with friends. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, August 5, 1920 Mr. and Mrs. Brunsdon. and Mr. and Mrs. E. Adams, Lon- desboro, spent Sunday at Bay- field. Mrs. Moffat Aiken and Wil- lard, Allensford, •are visiting with the former's brother. R. H. Coats, chief of the Sta- tistical Department of the Ca- nadian govern/bent, was ap- pointed to the Statistical Corn- mission 'of the League of Na- tions, Mr. Coats, a former Clintonian, is the only member chosen outside the continent of Europe. W. Kennedy and Caryl Drap- er were at Welland this week attending the Ontario Fire- men's convention. During a storm, lightning went down the hydro pipe at the home of George Cooper, smashing the meter and put- ting all the lamps out of busi- ness. MeEwen Bros. ere cutting logs for Fred Rumball along the L.H. and B. track. A big truck and teams are drawing in logs that could not be got out during the winter. a. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, August 1, 1935 It is reported that Clinton is to have a. "talkie" theatre. Mr, Sutherland, who manages the Goderich .and Seaforth thea- tres, has procured a building lot just across the street from the News-Record and has ask- ed for figures on putting up a suitable building, The offices now occupied by the Rural Hy- dro were used for years as a picture theatre. Then a nice little theatre was fitted up in the Normandie end is still there, in fact, but is not suit- able for the talkies and is clos- ed, A small farm belonging to the estate of the late John Jere vie on ;he Bayfield road, has been bmght by Frank H. Pow- ell, Godereich Township. Little Betty Langford is spending the summer at Bay- field' with her aunt, Miss La- rene Langford. Mr. and Mrs. William Hig- gins and Miss Ferrol visited re- latives in Exeter during Old Home Week there. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, August 3, 1950 A. J. McMurray, general chairman of Old Home Week, advised local citizens to begin registering on Friday, August 4, instead' of waiting until Sat- urday when the rush of home- coming Old Boys and Girls would be at its height. The Clinton News-Record completed 85 years of service, and saluted the town of Clin- ton as one old-timer to another. The 22-page Old Boys' Reunion souvenir edition included pic- tures of a new, modern front recently installed at the News-. Record building to replace the old-fashioned "grocery - store" front which had done duty for many, many years. A fire of undetermined orig- in broke out in the barn owned by Bartliff Bros. at the rear of the theatre. Loss was $100 worth of hay and the barn it- self, which was used to house the delivery horse for the busi- ness and also Elliott Bartlief's race horses. The firemen were grateful to Bartliff Bros. and to Mrs. Clara Rumball and her sister, Mrs. Eleeta Spooner, who live in the cottage in front of the barn, for providing re- freshment during their three- hour siege. Letters to the Editor. • • Peter's Modern Meat Market "THE HOUSE OF MEATS"--HU 2-9731 WEINERS -only 39c lb. SMOKED HAMS - only 45c lb. LUCAS HEADCHEESE - 25c a jar HAMBURG GROUND) 3 lbs. for $1.00 FREEZER SPECIAL: BEEF - front quarters 39c lb. Business and Professional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Goderich, Ontario Telephone Box JA 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•Facilitles PHONE 791 SEAFORTH Clinton: Above Hawkins Hard- ware—Mondays only-9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Phone HUnter 2-7010 Clinton G. B. CLANCY Optometrist — Optician (successor to the late A. L. Cole, ontoinetrist) For appointment phone JA 4-7251 Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate et. Business Broker Hight Street — Clinton PHONE HU 2-6692 INSURANCE J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53 r2 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 NSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Representative: Sun Life Asstrance Co. of Canada Phones: Office HU 2-9747 Res. HU 2-7556 Salesman: Vic Kennedy Phone Blyth 78 THE McKILLOP 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- vvartha, 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; James Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. WESTINGHOUSE Model 122 Laundromat Offers Separate Programs for all Regular and Wash-n-Wear Fabrics gY.Aulimonan: LIVE . WATER 0,..• WASHING ACTION Yes, no matter what type of fabric you want to wash with this neW Westinghouse you never guess—never worry. Just set the program you want to Use, and go your way, with complete confidence that these wonderful new machines will plan and carry out exactly the right combination of washing operation to give your clothes a "laundered to per- fectIon" look. SEE THIS NEW LAUNDROMAT at Clinton Electric Shop D. W. Cornish, Proprietor HU 2.6640 Clinton SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B. T. 80XXIX.V). There's been a resounding taie.diddle recently about Ca- nada's divorce laws. A couple of members of our House of Commons have refused to play the annual parliamentary game known as "Let's Pass These Blasted Divorces and Get Home," So their fellow MPe swelter and mutter in the heat of the capital. Alternating from delight it the exposure of the shoddy fabrication of divorce evidence, to shocked outrage at the in- adequacy of our divorce laws, the metropolitan papers are having a field day, tipping a heavy wink at their circulation managers between headlines. It's the best gimmick they've come across since capital punishment, for selling papers. * * All this foofawraw about divorce has sorely confused my slow cousin Winslow. Last time I saw him, he was really be- wildered. "Does all this here stuff," he asked me, "mean that ya can't have no more adultery no more unless you're married?" I had quite a time straightening him out. * :1: "No, no, Winslow," I ex- plained. "It means you can go right on being crazy, a drunk, a wife-beater, or a family- deserter, and your wife is stuck with you, for better or worse. It's only when one of the parties to the marriage commits adultery, with witnes- ses, that you can untie the knot. And as that is a pas- time that does; not encourage the presence of witnesses., you have to sort of make believe. You hire a- whole lot of people, like detectives and lawyers and a nice lady who will pretend she's a shady lady. All this costs a lot of money, and that's why fellows like you and me seldom get a divorce." Winslow was relieved. "Ya mean I don't hafta look her up and bring her back and get one a them divorces?" he beamed. Perhaps I should mention that Winslow's wife left him years ago, because he wouldn't change from winter to summer underwear, and he's been as happy as a hog ever since. * There's no doubt . .about though, our divorce laws need a drastic overhauling. And I'd be happy to sit on the com- mittee in charge of drafting the new ones. I'd certainly change a few things. * * First of all, I'd put the cost of divorce on a sliding scale, based on your income. There would be .a $25 bottom, for the small wage earner, running up to as much es $100,000 for the Hollywood star who is making a million a year. This would give the ordinary joe a chance to knock off the shackles when he arrived at the desperation point, and it would also put a crimp in the maniage merry- go-round among the neurotic rich. To adultery as the sole ex- cuse for divorce, I would add incurable insanity, desertion and alcoholism. Deserters and boozers would get two chances to pull up their socks. If they couldn't make it stick, they'd get a fast divorce and five years in jail. Nothing like a stretch on the stone pile to cure a hangover, or that wan- dering urge. There lies here the danger that many men would be happy to do five in such a cause, and we might have to build a lot more jails, but that could 'be worked out. * * Those would be my basic reasons for a divorce suit. But I would provide one other es- cape hatch. Each couple, along with the marriage certificate, would be handed a large sheet with a printed list on it. ThiS would be pinned in a promi- nent place in their new home. The list would be made up of such misdemeanors as Bad Temper, Bad Breath, Extrava- gance, Getting Fat, Not Shav- ed, Drunk Again, Nagging, Smoking Too Much and so on. You get the idea. Each of the newlyweds would start with a hundred points. Then they would keep score on each other. For ex- ample, 10 points off for get- ting soused with the boys. Dis- plays of Bad Temper would cost five points, with a bonus of five for throwing things. When. you run oat of points your partner has the option of wiping the slate clean and .Starting over, or getting a quick, Cheap divorce. This would buek up the institution of marriage no end. It would also lead- to mine weird and wonderful arguments and ex- planations, and would make the whole cruel bUsiness an excit- ing game. This is ,all -StraightlerWard enough, But by the tinie parliament got around die past- big it, We'd oil be dead end too late for fora divorce. Perhaps it WOUld be simpler' if we .just (COntintted on :Page PIM LETTER TO AN OLDER ,DRIVER Dear Senior, This is a difficult letter to write, but I want to discuss something that is causing un- easiness to your relatives and friends. You are getting older. You know it, and joke about it sometimes, though mostly you try not to think about it. On the whole, it is a pleasant time of life, free from many of the stresses and' anxieties of earlier days. But age 'brings problems of its own: one of those problems is . what! are you going to do about driv- ing? Let's consider frankly four 'basic realities. Firstly, your perception is declining; you just don't see and hear so well now. Secondly, your judg- ment is slower; you can't rec- ognize traffic situations, ana- lyze them and make the neces- sary decisions nearly as fast. Number three: your physical condition is going down—you haven't quite the same ability to react with speed and vigor in an emergency. Finally, you are becoming more susceptible to injury and death; what might have been a minor acci- dent ten years ago, could have serious consequences! now. Luckily, you and friends of the same age are making some adjustments to help meet these adverse realities — perhaps unconsciously. You tryto avoid driving when conditions are bad. You 'are driving more slowly. Which is good—up to a point. But your driving ha- bits are also changing in less desirable ways. For instance: You don't yield the right of way enough. Is this because you are not sufficiently famil- iar with the rules of the road? Or could it be just plain stub- bar-mess? You are making too many improper turns. Turning from or into The wrong lane is your Most frequent mistake. Have you forgotten the proper pro- ceduteS? You are disregarding many signals; the reason, is probably poor Vision, or inattentiveness. , Driving isn't nearly as much pleasure to you now—Other drivers spoil things because they are all in such a hurry: But you dread the time when you give.. up the Wheel because of the effect on your Mobility, and its Syrilbelieni that. you have reached the end of the read. You are far froth being the 'greatest hazard on the roads. Nobody wants you to give up prematurely your priVilege of driving". But I do Urge you to be realistic :about youi4 to continue to handle cars. Have periodic examinations— you must know your limita- tions. Keep up to date on the rules of the road. Take some "brush-up" lessons from a driv- ing instructor. Please face with dignity the reality that one day you'll have to give up the keys. With great sincerity I say that I hope you will not delay until you have to make the decision, from an accident ward, or facing the parents of a child you ran down in the feeling light. Yours sincerely, IF. H. Ellis, General Manager, Ontario Safety League. SPEED LIMIT 40? Clinton News-Record Dear Editor: It was just a month ago that we had a vague sense of uneasiness that Ontario had the largest 'highway death toll in her history over the Domin- ion 'holiday weekend. This seems to be part of a vicious circle which starts with a de- mand for increased horsepower in 'automobiles and leads to in- creased speed limits on our highways. We have certainly no quar- rel with the 60 mph speed limit on Ontario's super high- ways, 400, 401, the QEW, etc., and we can even understand this same limit being applied to the regular highways as it is now on Highway 4 and 8, We would, however, question the decision of the Depart- ment of Highways of catering to automobile traffic to the ex- tent of raising the speed limit within the confines of villages which have no speeding by- laws of their own. For instance, in Brucefield, on Highway 4, the approaching speed limit is 45 mph and with- in the village is 40 mph. Most people realize I am sure, that such a speed limit means to the motorist that he can get away with at least 45-50 mph, which is fax too fast. There are enough similar villages in Ontario to make adequate OPP protection impossible. Although there. is a caution blinker, there is no stop light to permit pedestrians and children to cross safely, and to cross in 'traffic of even 40 mph requires a broken-field runner of no mean ability, As far as these villages are concerned, madam editor, We hope the drivers will pity the poor pedestriam Some of ,those who regulate the Speed obviously do not, 15.Ct