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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-09-29, Page 2pa ge 2 Clinton. News-Record ThorSept,29, 1960 • . Letter to the. Editor... Editorials From our Early Files WE HAVE A CANADIAN FLAG 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, September 28, 1950 A vast smoke cloud, said to have been caused by raging bush fires in Alberta, turned midday into midnight. Street lights were turned on, also automobile headlights, Many persons feared that an atomic bomb had been exploded near- by, or that a 'tremendous cy- clone was brewing. The dark- ness deepened and reached maximum density at 2.15 p.m. About 3 pm„ after the cause had been announced over the air, the pall lifted' and daylight gradually returned. Rev, Hugh C. Wilson had on display a pumpkin which meas- ured 57 inches in circumfer- ence, nearly six feet, Crowds assembled in front of two television receivers in the business section to see and hear the world's heavyweight boxing championship bout be- tween Ezzard Charles and Joe Louis. Charles retained his title. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H, Mc- Ewan, Eugene, Oregon, visited with the former's brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Murray lVfcEwan. Gordon went to Detroit in 1903 where he was a city fireman until he re- tired on pension and moved west. Mrs. James Livermore had in her garden an Easter. Lily bearing five out-of-season blooms. 0 Huron Comely Farming Report (By D, H. Miles agricultural representative for Huron County) Farmers are still planting fall wheat, some fields of wheat are showing green. A few peo- ple have filled their silo but most farmers are waiting until corn matures more. Grain corn is beginning to dent but good weather is required to get the moisture down. Fall pastures are looking better but plough- ing is difficult due 'to lack of, moisture. 0 Safety sign: "Watch out for school children . . . especially if they're driving." WE'Vg SAIP it before, and we'll say it again: the Red Ensign is Canada's flag, and it is time that all the foofuraw about it was laid aside, If this can best be done by the federal government at Ottawa officially de- signating it as Canada's flag, then let it be done quickly, The continued discussion and statements that Canada "has no flag" do us no good at all, and certainly do not travel comfortably on the same road with the Prime Minister's re- sounding and purposeful address in the Unit- ed Nations this week, As far as Huron County Council is con- cerned, and its half-hearted decision to sup- port a resolution from St. Catharines to the effect that the "government be asked to establish a distinctive Canadian flag", we feel that there must have been some con- fusion among the councillors themselves in deciding how to vote. Certainly the general feeling seemed to be that the Union Jack should be retained. If so, then what would be so difficult in continuing with the same design which is now known the world over as ours. The red ensign uses the Union Jack, and the red field with it is as distinctive among the flags of the world as any other one is, However the county council did not vote on that specific question. This business of Canada requiring changes in its national symbols began back in the Liberal party's time in public office at Ot- tawa, when an insidious campaign was be- gun to drop the name Dominion from a number of official items, Dominion Day was to become something else. Royal Mail was to become something else, There was to be no public announcement of these changes, they would just gradually occur, and the unwitting people "out in the country" would not notice until it was too late, Well the folk oat in the country did notice, and this move has been halted, And we firmly believe that if there were a general plebiscite in Canada right now, over whether to establish the red ensign as the Canadian official flag, or to find another "distinctive" flag to establish, that the vote would be a great majority in favour of the present accept- ed Canadian flag, the red ensign. Alr CLINTON HOUSING AUTHORITY FEDERAL-PROVINCIAL RENTAL HOUSING "BROADVIEW ACRES" Applications are now being accepted for the twelve housing units now being constructed in the "Broadview Acres" project under your Council's agreement with the Federal-Provincial Partnership of Governments. If you: (a) have one or more children (b) are in need of better accommodation (c) have a monthly income of not more than $295, please obtain on application form at Town Hall and complete and return it. Your application will be considered by the Clinton Housing Authority, and you will be advised when a house is available. John Livermore, Clerk, CLINTON SEPTEMBER 200 ipso. 38-913 a beautiful and handy cup pre- sented by Mrs. Overholt, Gode, rich. The prize was known as a utility cup on account of its usefulness and was in great de- mand in the home and hotel before modern conveniences be- came popular, However the championship euchre match was played off last Tuesday evening at the Ritz Hotel (best four games of six) The Londoners won three straight games and looked as though the trophy was going to London. At the end of the third game Bailey and Overholt conversed in secrecy and excused them- selves for a few minutes. Both men have a reputation of being honest and above reproach, but who are we Londoners to accuse two just men after they beat us the next four games to keep the trophy on display at the hotel, Respectfully Yours, Charles Wyse, 125 Briscue St. E., London, Ont., September 23, 1960. Bayfield Euchre Champs Dear Editor: Your favour of publication Would be appreciated and I am sure the following would create reader interest on account of the popularity of the two per- sons involved namely Tont Bailey, Ritz Hotel, Bayfield and Frank Overholt, local merch- ant, Gtiderich: Two Huronites, one Tom Bailey of the Ritz Hotel, Bay- field and Frank Overholt, local dealer of Goderich, showed two city slickers front London the finer points in the game of euchre. Charles Wyse and Jim Howe of London, when not fishing for perch or bass at Bayfield enjoyed every Tues- day evening matching wits with the two Iluronites at euchre in the sitting room of the Ritz Hotel. The Londoners were the top dogs all summer and gave the popular hotel-keeper and his partner a battle royal for top honours. Came play-off time this week for the championship trophy, SUGAR aoa SPICE (By W. B. T. S/KII,F.V) It all depends on where you sit. Years ago, I used to he bitterly critical of the news- papers, It didn't require much intelligence to see that editors were craven, afraid to publish the truth, It was obvious that their policies were dictated by their advertisers, that pub- lishers were interested only in profits. I'd have written them some pretty fierce letters on the subject, I. can tell you, but they probably wouldn't have printed them anyway, Then I became a newspaper editor. In ten years on the jot, I found out that editors were absolutely fearless, dauntless and selfless; that they were idealists, devoted to progress and the betterment of the com- munity; that they cared noth- ing about money, if a principle were at stake, During the same period, I discovered that newspaper subscribers were irritable, un- predictable and impossible to please; that they were demand- ing, did not appreciate the ed- itor, and would not write a let- ter to him unless they had an axe to grind. As an editor, I criticized the operations of various organiz- ations, from the fall fair board to the tourist association. I sug- gested they were poky, som- nolent, antiquated. I claimed that they needed new ideas, a better system. I inferred that the executive was asleep at the switch and badly in need of new blood. Invariably, at the next an- nual meeting, I would be elect- ed to the board of directors of the organization. Within a year, I would' have found out that a few harassed' officers were do- ing all the work; that you prac- tically had to use a gun to collect annual fees from the members; and that the latter's chief pleasure in life was crit- icizing the executive on street- corners or in saloons. I remember when I used to be an ordinary, complaining, ir- ate taxpayer. I felt nothing but the utmost contempt for the stupidity, the narrow-minded- ness of the members of the town council. Their callous neglect of such vital problems as resurfacing the street on which I lived was little shout of criminal, Then one winter night, half- delirious from the 'flu, I allow- ed my name to be put forward at the annual nomination meet- ing. For the next two years, I served on the town council. I was shocked and disgusted, dur- ing my term in office, at the pettiness, the orneriness and the utter disregard of the funda- mentals of municipal economy, that existed among the tax- payers. LET'S STAY INDEPENDENT FROM WHAT information we can gath- er about the proposed county library service, it would appear that someone in Toronto has come up with a brilliant (at least to him) idea that the poor illiterates out in the country need some help in getting enough books to read. This Toronto individual may well be a New Canadian recently imported from England, for the idea of county libraries apparently works well in the "old country". But we see no reason to adopt a similar system here. Huron County can well be proud of the libraries at present operating within its borders. Each one, whether small and hous- ed in a residence, or extensive, such as the one in Clinton, has been nurtured through the loving care and attention of a devoted group of people who have a pride of possession in the building and shelves of books they have gathered. This pride is felt by the whole community, young and old alike. Take that pride of possession away by placing the whole under the heavy handed Business and Professional. Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, September 26, 1935 The Home and School Assoc- iation met in the auditorium of the Collegiate, which was beau- tifully decorated with flowers by Mrs, W. Plumsteel's com- mittee. The meeting took the form of a reception and wel- come for the new teachers'. Musical numbers were, two sol- os by Mrs. Oakes and two in- strumentals by Miss Irene Robertson, The Bluewater Highway was scheduled to receive a coat of crushed gravel all the way from Goderich to Owen Sound. Ten- ders were called for. Edward Rorke, who assisted on the Walters Falls Parish during 'the summer, left to re- sume his studies at Huron Col- lege. Mr. and Mrs. Will Tamblyn, Toronto, Joan and Miss Hall were the guests of Mr. Tam- blyn's mother in Londesboro. Mrs. 0. J. Jervis and Miss Willa and Mrs. A, Bishop, Summerhill, spent Saturday in London. Mr. and Mrs. William Marsh- all, Proten, visited Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Keys, Varna. OPTOMETRY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Goderich, Ontario Telephone Box JA 4-9521 478 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 RONALD G, McCANN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO INSURANCE J. E. HOWARD, Bayfield Phone Bayfield 53r2 Ontario Automobile Association Car - Fire - Accident Wind Insurance If you need Insurance, I have a Policy * * During one phase, I was cer- tain that raising beef cattle was the ultimate in easy money. You just bought some cattle, put them on the grass, sat back on the porch and watched them swell into big juicy sirloins at $1 a pound. Then I learned that it goes like this. You buy some cattle in the fall, at 23c a pound. You feed them $500 worth of hay, and pump water to them all winter. In the spring, you put them out to pasture. One falls into a crack in the rocks, and breaks his silly neck. Another expires horribly, after eating a broken beer bottle that some- body threw over the fence. A third comes down with the bloat. But they've gained 100 pounds each, and you can still break even. So you ship them to the market in the fall. And that week, the bottom drops out of beef prices, and they go' un- der the hammer at 18c a pound, leaving you a net profit of minus $700. Untill this year, I regarded teen-agers as the twentieth cen- tury's answer to the bubonic plague, or the Great Fire of London. I knew they were lazy, insolent, selfish, dull and not worth a fiddler's foot. This year, we have a teenager of our own, and tve discovered that they are essentially lively, high spirited, loveable, warm- hearted and facinating young people, the hope of the future. * * As a frazzled editor, putting in a long work-week, I used to view with envy, and not a little indignation, the teachers ambling downtown about 4.30 each day. With ether dis- gruntled ratepayers, I spent hours figuring out how many days they worked, hew many holidays they had, how much: money they got, and how little they did for it all. Now I'm a teacher. I've been at it for only a couple of weeks, but I've caught on quickly. Al- ready I realize that nobody is so vital to the welfare of the Community as our teachers, No One is so overworked, Under* Paid and unappreciated, as the teacher. I'Ve learned that teach. ext ore cernpletely uninterested in salary ethedules, annual in- eminents and Superannuation figures. They just clo it for the Sheer love of it, ft all depends on where you Mistake hi The Paper We make mistakes, of course, and so do you; Though ours are brought much more to public view. They flaunt themselves, derisive, in our face; We'd give a lot if we could but erase Them, but we cannot; and our plight Is sealed. They're down in black and white! Much as we may deplore them, we refuse to spend Our timeapologizing. In the end We must console ourselves in the thought That without errors little work is wrought, Perfection's a fine goal at which to aim; But the unhappy man who shrinks from blame, Whenever false notes creep into his work, Oft is inclined his daily tasks to shirk, We much prefer an active role to fill, And "let the scattering chips fall where they will." —Doane F. Kiechel, 30 years ago. G. B. CLANCY, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GODERICH 32-tfb 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- haxdt, Bornholm; Norman Tre- wartha, Clinton; Wrn. S. Alex- ander, Walton; J. L, Malone, Seaforth; Harvey Fuller, Gode- rich; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Wm. Lelper, Jr., Lon- desboro; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; James Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. guidance of a committee up at ,Goderich, and you lose all that our schools and churches have taught us to believe comes with de- mecracy and freedom, Our deputy reeve was right when he commented that pretty soon we might as well invite Khrushchev over here to stay. There is less and less authority vested in the local municipality, and more and more in the hands of the province and federal groups. The town is told by the Municipal Board at Toronto how much and where they can spend on roads and practically everything else. The school boards are told, (and council is told to collect the money for them) just about what they can do in the way of provid- ing education for the children. We are told by provincial authorities just what kind of health protection we must have for our families, Let's keep control of our own libraries and the books we have to read. Therein lies more of the freedom we've all been taught to appreciate than .in any other area. IS NEWS? point in some parts of the province but the recent amendment clarifies the situation: "The meeting of a school board; except meetings of a committee of the board includ- ing a committee of the whole board, shall be open to the public and no person shall be ex- claded therefrom except for improper con- duct." Since use is. made of the committee of the whole from time to time,, and is referred to specifically in the amendment, it iss pertinent. to note that the procedure, involves. a motion asking the chairman to leave the chair for the general meeting to resolve itself into a com- mittee of the whole. The chairman of the general meeting, before leaving the chair, must appoint from among the members pre- sent a chairman to preside over the committee. Another point, sometimes overlooked, is that a resolution or decision approved by the committee does not come into effect until it has been presented to and passed by the board, or general meeting, sitting under its proper chairman. This means that, while discussion may take place behind closed doors during a committee of the whole session, all the board's decisions must be made at an open meeting. WHAT WE ATTEND many meetings Throughout the year wherein boards and councils transact business in the `public interest. Since only a few of the general public could be housed in the meeting rooms, even if they did decide to attend, it has l?ecome the accepted pro- cedure for the newspaper reporters 'to attend, and to record as hest they can, the action taken, the thought expressed, and the inten- tion of the various officials. Sometimes a rather difficult situation arises, when one board or group arrives at a decision to approach another board or group with an idea or a request. This occurred re- cently at a meeting of the collegiate institute board, which we attended. Since a school board meeting is a public one, and theoretically if not in practice, every person in the town of Clinton or anywhere else could have attended, the board's de- cisions are public ones. The thoughtful re- porter is expected to use considerable judge- ment in these cases, and certainly if it were an employee problem, or a parent-teacher problem, or a teacher-student problem, then in many cases it is considered not to be of public interest to report these in full. However, this decision of the local board to ask the municipalities by whom they are appointed, for more money to finish the school, certainly was of public interest. It was re- ported, we feel quite competently, and we feel that it was probably easier for the board members to explain to councils, and to in- dividuals, than if they had had to start from the bottom. There has been some suggestion from two different townships that the matter should have been presented to them before it ap- peared in the paper. Recent changes in the Schools Administra- tion Act are discussed in the following item from an editorial in the Exeter Times- Advocate: OPEN MEETINGS (Exeter Times-Advocate) With the new school year about to begin, it's interesting to note that 'school board meet- ings are now officially open to the public, according to an amendment to The Schools Administration Act passed in April of this year. There has been some controversy over the REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker Hight Street — Clinton PHONE HU 2-6692 DOTTIER AND DOTTIER (Financial Post) EVIDENCE keeps piling up that the people who make Canada's liquor laws arid regulations are slightly balmy. Latest item for the dossier comes from B.C. Out in that province, it seems, sand- wiehes may be Served at cocktail bars, But, the liquor board has ruled, no knives and forks may be supplied to the customers. Presumably the idea is to prevent the sandwich eaters from stabbing one another. But in that case why hasn't the B.C. liquor board, or the liquor board somewhere else, come up with the rule that spirits may be served only in paper clips? You can't hurt a man with a paper cup even if you bang him on the head with it. Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Est. 1881 Amalgamated 1924 'THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 Ao Published, every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County' Ironton, Ontario Population 3,000 COLQUHOUN, Publisher WILMA b. OINNIN, Editor s. SUASCRIPtX011 Rog: ravanie In advance Canada and areaBritain! $3.00 a yeat United Stntos and erelibi: $4.00; Ot)pleS Ten •Colts Authorized es Se0ond eleSS MO, of offiee tiftarft tit PAPNEP UNPRIENOLI" OF' 'you, SAM, NOT "ro LET ME NAVE "AM RUN oP YoLlg kle:71J6E 40 Years Ago CLINTON Imvs-rtucoito Thursday, September 30, 1920 A hemlock tree in the field of Gilbert Mair, Huron Road West, was struck by lightning and burned. The tree had been landmark for many years, and beneath it were buried three small children of 'the late Edward Mountcastle, who was the first owner of the farm in the days before cemeteries were laid out. Miss Lucille Grant joined the staff of the London Conserva- tory of Music, taking charge of the classes in china painting. T. R. Jenkins of Woodlands Farm, Huron Road, and his' sis- ter, Mrs. J. J. Washington, Au- burn, returned from a trip to Alberta, where they visited a brother in Medicine Hat. Lightning struck George Connell's house on, the 9th con- cession of Goderich Township. A hole was knocked in the wall behind a dresser and the mir- ror broken into a thousand pieces. Willis Cooper left for Tor- onto to commence a course in the School of Science. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, September 30, 1920 The Massey-Harris Imple- ment business, which was con- nected with the Lavis family for many years, moved to the building formerly occupied by the Clinton Creamery on the Midway. Mr. Berry was the new agent. (Ed. note: The Midway is the area now occu- pied by Van Altena's barber shop, Clinton Laundry and Cl- inton Cab.) W. D. Fair closed a deal with the Whitehead estate and became the new owner of the McKay block, occupied by Mr. Fair; F. W. Wigg, grocer; L. Heard, barber; and Wee Lee's laundry. Upstairs is the GWVA club rooms and Jago's clothing repair shop. (Ed, note: This area now owned by M. Shear- ing, and is occupied by lVfc- Ewan's, K. Wood, Pickett and Campbell, Len Heard, l'inger's and Palmer's Beauty Lounge.) Henry Livermore was called to Goderich to serve on the jury S. E. Hovey motored to St. Thomas and brought his aunt, Mrs. Orchard, back for a visit. An acute housing shortage existed in Clinton. Six families wished to move to town but could not find houses. It was suggested that the Normandie Hotel be turned into apart- ments. INSURANCE H. E. HARTLEY All Types of Life Term Insurance — Annuities CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario 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