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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1960-08-25, Page 2age 2---Clinton News-Record—Thursday, Aug. 25, 1960 Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 got. igo Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron county .Clintqn, Ontario population 3,000 • • A. to COLQUHOUN, Publisher • , 0 4 WILMA P. ClINNIN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES; Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain: $3,00 United States and Foreign: 84.00; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa Editorials ... PROMOTE OUR OWN ADVANTAGES HE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1866 %I D D a year WITHIN THE many ahns of the Mid- Western Ontario Development Association has developed a firm desire to promote' the counties of Huron, Perth, Waterloo and lington, for the tourist 'attractions which rest within the area, Spark for this. may well have come from Stratford, which has found the many benefits which mount up, from the visitors who at- tend the plays, musicals, and movies which are promoted the world over. Wherever the spark comes from, it is up to Clinton businessmen and the public generally, to warm the toes of local pros- parity at the heat from this not so insignifi- cant blaze. Each of the other towns within, the membership of Mid-WODA will be doing the same thing. Let us got busy, and provide our local representative, L. G, Winter, with the information needed about this towns and the surirounding miles of beautiful country, to persuade tourists to pay a visit, and come hack again next year. Tourist dollars are wooed by every nation in 'the world. They are part of the economy, and a sturdy pant of it. Let's welcome tour- ists, and advise them of what there is to see and do in Clinton. WATCH FOR SWINDLER'S ONE MORE WARNING will not come amiss, Beware of salesmen who come to your door, offering to repair chimneys, roofs and walls, Unless you know them personally, check with the police office, or the town clerk first, before employing them. • Clinton has been termed a "moochy" territory by at least one set of fast talking salesmen, and no doubt the word has been passed along. "M000hy" means a place where its easy to make a fast buck. Don't let fast talking chaps talk you out of hard earned money, without getting• full value in return. South of here, in Exeter, a London man has been arrested, and a charge of fraud is to be heard in Goderich before the magistrate. Involved were elderly people the chap overcharged. Police are also investigat- ing an incident in that area where a farmer' signed a nine dollar cheque, only to find that a nine hundred dollar cheque had been cashed. Be your own best friend, and don't let your cash fall into the hands of some charac- ter, who is out to make a fast buck, any way he can. CALL ME 'MISTER' (Exeter Times-Advocate) REV. JOHN BOTHWELL, writing in Huron Church News (Anglican), quotes a clergyman's' poem asking his congregation to "Please! Stop calling me 'Reverend'," Face taus:1y, but pointedly, he tackles the problem of how to address the clergy. "Emily Post and most churchmen have been fighting a losing battle in recent years' as more and more folks call their rector, simply, "Reverend Blank". What is forgotten is that "Reverend" is more an adjective than a 'lisle, and, should be followed, always by the person's initials, his Christian name, or else the title "Mister", before the surname Is added. "Thus, you write "the Reverend J. C. Blank" or "the Reverend John Blank", or "the Reverend Mr. Blank". But, in conversa- tion, you should drop the adjective "Rever- end" and say, simply, "Mr, Blank", or else just plain "John", However, it is usually not good 'taste to address a priest by his first name alone, in public, even if you do know him well enough 'to do so in private." So be it, Mr. Bothwell. Your Last Chance To Get In On SUTTER-PERDUE'S S n LE ENDS SAT., at 6 p.m. JUMBO TV TABLE Tale Rose Pattern„ Brass Legs—Reg. $6.95 I Used KELVINATOR FRIG.MOO Extra Good Bu At . y $3.50 CANADIAN NATIONAL 4 .1 . LAKEVIEW CASINO Grand Bend WED., FRI., SAT. Lionel Thornfon's Casa Royal Orchestra Sunset Drive-in 11/4 miles east of Goderich on No. 8 Highway FRI., SAT., MON. August 26-27-29 Guns of the Timberland" Alan Ladd -- Jeanne Crain PLUS ADDED SHORTS TUES., WED., THURS. Aug. 30-31, Sept. 1 "S.O.S. Pacific" Ed Constantine -- Pierre Angell COMEDY CARTOON Two Shows Nightly First Show at Dusk Children under 12 in cars Free Playground — Refreslunents Al 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 Assurance 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- wartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alex- ander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth; Harvey Fuller, Gode- rich; 3, E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth, Agents: Wm. Leiper, Jr., Lon- clesboro; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; James Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. Summer Clearance All Summer Furniture Reduced To Clear 4 CHAISE LOUNGES 2 RECLINER CHAIRS 8 FOLDING SARAN CHAIRS 1 METAL CHAIR 1 SIX-FOOT UMBRELLA Used Furniture 1 FULL SIZE WOODEN BED 1 FULL SIZE CABLE SPRING 1 TWO-PIECE DAVENO SUITE 1 SIX-PIECE DINETTE Summer Lamp Special 2 TABLE LAMPS, 1 FLOOR LAMP-- ---polished brass —solid walnut inserts —fibreglass shades as shown in our window 9 Reg. $79.85 SPECIAL . 95 65-inch— 2-ring SWIMMING POOL Reg. $8.00 Plasfic Reg. $7.95 $4•00 PLAY POOL Featuring the following CLOSING y OUT SPECIALS: 24-inch BARBECUE Reg. $11.95 1$-inch BARBECUE Reg. $9.95 „ SLITTER-PERDUE Lid. QUALITY HARDWARE and HOUSEWARES CLINTON Main Street Phone HU 24023 $4.00 57.95 $6.95 BARILBEgt, ..................95 $3.75 All B aletzi eATTOO S 1/ Price 1 6-inch From Our Early Files SUGAR SPICE (BY W. B, T. SMILEY) This has been quite a sum- mer; in our family. For years I was certain 'that our domestic life was hectic to the ultimate degree, Now I know better. I have realized that our normal home life was as placid' as a millpond, Perhaps 'a pond in which people were 'always drowning, Perhaps a pond into Which somebody was always hurling boulders. But neverthe, less, a veritable millpond', com- pared' to the roiling flood wa- ters of this summer, My own 'part in it makes the celebrated Dr. Jekyll - Hyde look as well-adjusted as a Sunday School superintend- ent.. In the city, I am the keen student, 'the dedicated teacher. With other student- teachers, I spend hours' grave- ly discussing the vital aspects of education, like "how much they gonna pay you?" and "guess we'll hafts sneak our beer 'in 'after dark, when we start teaching," * * * On weekends, I rush home, and am transformed into ardent husband, devoted father, edi- torial writer, social butterfly, and big-time real estate opera- tor, The theory is that I go home every weekend to get away from the arduous studies., to refresh myself in the coal, clean, northern air. The reality is that I climb on the train Sunday night for the trip back to the city, looking as though a cross word would make me burst into tears, and feeling as though I had been keel-hauled. * * * At the other end, things aren't so much better. When I get home, the Old Girl has just been through a grueling week in the editorial chair. She is firmly convinced that nobody appreciates her. The kids have been getting lippy. There has been 16 long-distance calls for me, and none of thorn would tell her what it was all about, Which infuriates her. A sub- scriber has bawled her out. She has bawled out a good adver- tiser, She's just had about all she can stand. And so on. * * So we sit up until 4 am. drinking coffee and stuff, and trying to outdo each other with details of the ordeal we've been through. According to me, I study until 2 o'clock in the morning, 'and em at the end of my resources. According to her, she's' doing the work of three women, running a house and a business and bringing up a family. I haul out all my schoolbooks to show her how much work I have to cover. She drags me out to the laun- dry room and makes me look carefully at the heap of wash- ing she has to do. Neither of us will give an inch. All this gets the weekend off to a re- freshing start. The rest of the weekend maintains the pace. The kids appear on' the scene early, brown, healthy and just squirm- ing with energy. They've had ten hours sleep. They don't care whether I drown from sheer exhaustion, as long as I go swimming with them, There are 64 things to do at the of- fice. Somebody invites us to the cottage for a quiet supper and a pleasant evening around 'the fireplace, and it turns out there are 18 other people there who have no intention of spend- ing a quiet evening. * * * About ten minutes to train- time, Sunday evening, we realize we have hundreds of important things to discuss. My wife has another surge of ;self-pity. The kids wail: 'Hey, Dad, you just got here!" And I 'wearily pack my untouched books back into the suitcase, forget my shaving brush and toothpaste, and we head for the train. There is a great orgy of waving as the train pulls out, and another refreshing weekend is down the drain, * * However, bad times, no less than good, must come to an end. My course ends this week. And then we have a delightful week's holiday, with 'the lov- ing family reunited, and noth- ing to do for seven whole days. Except publish a paper, sell a house and business, pack and move to another town 100 mil- es' away, and figure out how we're going to get the furni- ture from a house with nine large rooms into a house with six small rooms. * * * All in all, it's been an un- usual summer, as Noah re- marked after the 30th day of rain, but an enlightening ex- perience. I was given 'to under- stand that when you reach the age of 40, you were lucky if yon could make life's brief can- dle flicker at one end. In 'the past eight weeks, I've had it blazing like a Roman candle at both ends, and there seems to be a little powder in the old magazine yet. WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY SEE OUR Albums of Choice Design. Portraits Commercial Photo- graphy, etc. 40 Years Ago CLINTON' NEW ERA. Thursday, Attgust 26, 1920 Several looal sports are shooting hawks at Joseph Wheatley's ehieken, yards. Jim- my .Farman and Gluier Gil- christ are reported to have a 'side bet with Norman Fitzsim- ons as to who will be most sue- cessful at shooting the hawks. Mr. and Mrs. T, J, Watt re- turned from a western trip. .Miss Bertha Webster, Au- burn, visited her aunt and uncle, Mr, and Mrs. G, E. Sas vale, An American visitor who had been warned twice by local police about his fast driving went through town at a rate of over 50 miles .ari hour. The police wired ahead 'and when word came that the motorist was 'at Sarnia, Chief Fitzsim- ons left to bring him back to stand trial. Publishers • of weekly news- papers, in common with the publishers• of dailies, have been hard pressed by the rising cost of newsprint and other abnorrre ally advanced production costs. Newsprint is now $125 a ton. Some • two dozen newspaper men, meeting at Stratford, de- cided that weekly newspapers should be $2.00 per year from and after October 1 next. Sub- scriptions in arrears ;at that time to be charged for at the new rate. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, August 26, 1920 Miss Florence Bontlir on, Hensall, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Cecil Simpson, Brucefield. Mrs, Alex McCartney, Moose Jaw, who has been the guest of her sister, Mns. William Scott, Brucefield, left for her home on Thursday. Mrs. Amos Cartwright and George Knight were struck by lightning as they assisted Mr. Cartwright in cleaning out a cistern on the Cartwright farm on the London Road. Mr. Cart- wright, inside 'the cistern, was Unhurt. Miss Nicholson, Lon- don, was visiting nearby and rendered first 'aid in restoring Mrs. Cartwright and Mr. Knight to consciousness, Gunn Langlois and Company Shipped over 9,000 dozen eggs last week. $6,500 was paid' out for eggs and poultry in; the same period and business is steadily increasing. Mr. and Mrs. David Carter, Blyth, announced the engage- ment of their second daughter, Margaret J., to Charles F. Lockwood. Miss Canter is well and favorably known in Clin- ton, as she has been employed in H. Bartliff's restaurant. (By J. Carl During the last World War the great minds of the western world met and drew up the Atlantic Charter. One of the basic principles stated that "there shall be equal opportun- ity for all".. This I understood was to apply to all lines of endeavour, But does it? I was told recently that can- didates for Liberal nominations in the county would need to be men with money. If this is true for Liberal candidates we can assume that it would alSo be true for candidates for the other party nominations, Does this mean that the first quali- fication in becoming a member of Parliament is wealth? On 'this basis we can only have government by the, rich and if they are human it will be government for the rich. "Equal opportunity for all"? However, I don't intend to pursue 'this line of thought but rather to point out another place where 'this "equal oppor- tunity for all" is a basic prin- ciple. It is found in a state- ment of policy for Co-Opera- tives back around' 1923. This has been an accepted policy among farmers for a long time. I wonder how far even they are willing to put it into pr ac- lice, or will be allowed to put it into practice. By 'the last Rural Co-Opera- tor I find that about 70 per cent of the 1960 wheat crop has been marketed at about $1,40 per bushel, Yet on pre- Sent supply and past market history the price for the year should be at least $1.60 per bushel, Why then have so many farmers marketed their wheat? Simply . because they didn't have the money or facili- ties to store their grain for sale later. We can't .blaree the dealers; for buying cheaply be- cause they have to compete with other dealers in selling. .In .the Interests of this idea of equal opportunity for all would the Wheat growers be willing 'to set up their <Yvon, sel- ling agency which Would purs chase all wheel; offered at a ,basie price delivery, $1,25 per bushel at time a delivery, say August 1, with 11/2 cents per bushel per month increase until July 1 to compenaate for farm stor- age's The agency would then sell all the Whettt .ASI it WAS re- quired by the trade at the best Possible price ;and export the surplus,,Then during July of the following year the total atritaint received by _the the agency for the Wheat WOUld be .divided by the total number of bushels purchased and art average IyiMiiee of tay $1.60 arrived at. ,Then each farmer would receive a furthers payttent..Of •35 s per. bushel told. This, would be "eqUal Opportunity .for all" iti praetice, 111 Wheat. .GrOW. 25' Years Ago C1ANTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, August 22, 1935 Mrs. N: W. Trewartha and Mrs. Pocket, with their groups of CGIT girls, returned from a pleasant ten days at the sum- mer camp, Goderich, Congratulations. are due Charles Merrill, Sorranerhill, on passing his exams in music in London, A large straw stack at John Blair's farm was set on fire, The flames were So high a number of persons set out to give .assistance, thinking it was a 'barn fire, Miss' Lacy Woods, Bayfield, gave 'a picturesque and inter- esting talk on "Ireland in the Rough" as .she saw it on her trip last summer, at a. social held on Mr, Logan's lawn, Varna, und'er the auspices of the WA of St. John's Church, Mrs. Percy Douglas and two sons, Meaford, visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank Layton. Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Paisley spent the weekend' at North Bay. On Sunday morning they motored to Callender to see the famous quintuplets. 10 Years Ago 'CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, August 24, 1950 Orval M. Lohb disposed of his ;grocery business to T. R. Thompson, who formerly oper- ated a store in Clinton and is now erecting new premises on Albert Street, immediately north of the Public Utilities building, A crippling railway strike, penetrating every facet of Canadian life, entered its third day. Since, 7 am. Tuesday, not a wheel has turned on the thousands of miles of railway lines in Canada. The last train Clintonians saw was the west- bound train Monday night. There was no eastbound 'train Tuesday morning nor since'. William Andrews, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Andrews, Clins ton, received a $250 value scholarship for having the high- est standing in a Collegiate In- stitute in one of 14 counties mentioned - in 'the Charter of the University of Western On- tario. Minim um qualifying standing is an average of 75 percent on eight Grade XIII Papers. Farming Report (By D. 11. Miles agricultural representative for Huron County) "Continued' warm, dry wea- ther is aiding harvest opera- tions but is very rough on the growth of pastures. Beans are turning colour very rapidly with short pods being noticed in many fields. Early sown corn is cobbing up satisfactor- ily." Hemingway) ere were to propose such a marketing plan, would there be too many farmers hoping that by some miracle, they would be 'able to store 'their wheat next year until the fol- lowing February or March and then get $1.75, $1.85 or even $2.00 per bushel for their wheat? Maybe farmers should also be inquiring into the sale of timothy seed. At the moment there is no price established and won't be until dealers are able to accurately estimate the crop and prospective market that will allow them their re- quired profit. BARGAIN FARES TO TORONTO JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AT OMNI SOTYND. Members of the Clinton core, gregatina of Jehovah's Witnes- ses were among the 614 that congregated in Owen Sound this past weekend to enjoy Bi- ble talks and demonstrations on, the way of Christian life, Friday evening the delegates. saw the "Theocratic Ministry School" in operation where each Witness minister learns the fine points of public speaking. Highlight of Saturday after- noon's sessions was the baptism of four new Witnesses to add to the over 345 that are al- ready dedicated to the service. of Jehovah in this area, Mr. and. Mrs. James Hopper, RR 2, Seaforth, local conven- tion delegates, said that it was the best assembly that they had attended 'to date, Pony . Rides Saturday, Sept. 3 at Corey's Pony Farm North of Clinton on No. 4 Highway 10c A Ride In case of rain the event will be held the following day, Sunday, September 4 Total Proceeds Go Toward the Local Association of Brownies and Guides 34-5-b 11111111111111111111111.1111MMIMEIROMINERVIIIIM 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 Facilities 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, optometrist) For appointment phone JA 4-7251 Goderich REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate tr, Business Broker Hight Street — Clinton PHONE HU 2-6692 Letter to the Editor Reds vs. Blacks The Editor, . Clinton News-Record. Recently I read an article about red ants attacking a col- ony of black ants in a real battle manoeuvre, killing many and stealing their eggs in or- der to hatch out their own black slaves, The writer re- marked that you might see 25% DISCOUNT OFF ALL MERCHANDISE something like this only once in a lifetime. This brought to my mind that a number of years ago out here 'at the beach, we saw a very similar gory 'battle, which we watched with great inter- est. Today, very remarkably, we discovered a colony of red ants robbing a hill of black ants', and trekking back over a hun- dred feet 'to their own hill, car- rying eggs and live, black ant prisoners. There were literal- ly thousands of red ants on the march, many headed for home carrying eggs and prisoners, and others 'headed back on re- turn trips for more booty, Oth- ers, we noticed, seemed to be dragging their own wounded comriade.s. Two or three hours later when, we checked again, all was quiet, with hardly a sign of an ant anywhere. Erma Hartley August, 22, 1960 Jervis Studio 130 Isnot St. HU 24006 Equal. 'Opportunities? Fieldman Presents Solution for Wheat Men ROUND TRW FOR ME Going Tuesday, August 23rd toSaturday,September10th.inel Return limit September14th. For fares and train service contectcmt local agent. 25.4a Business and. Professional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 Beattie Furniture CLINTON IHU 2.9s21