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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1960-11-24, Page 4A couple of months ago we began a new life in a different town, with a new job and a different home, Have you ever considered pulling up stakes and making a completely fresh start? It's quite an experience. Let me tell you about ours. * For ten years, I was editor of a small-town weekly newspaper. When we began that life, I worked very hard. We didn't have any money. What we had was faith, hope and mortgages. The faith and hope seemed to decrease much more rapidly than did the mortgages. * * * But gradually, things improv- ed. Sheer grit, honesty and ig- norance were not to be denied. For example: after my wife had been cooking for only years on a two-burner hot-plate set up on the ironing board, we were able to buy an electric stove. This was accomplished by borrowing money on my insurance policy. • * * After this, life got better steadily, I was able to borrow enough to put a down payment on a used house. An old aunt of mine died and left me a legacy of $50. With this, I was able to buy a car, five years old, with only 36 months to pay. We managed to establish a fuel bill, tax arrears and several grocery bills, sure signs of success. * * Despite our steady progress downhill, those were the good years, as people in their dotage, are fond of saying when they recall those horrible early years of marriage. We raised two children who were a continual source of amusement, delight and irritation. We made many friends who were a continual source of good fun, good food, good talk and bad whisky. * * Of course, it wasn't all roses, mind you. The Old Battleaxe and I fought frequently and hotly during those years, over anything from my laziness a- round the house to my inade- quacy as a father. The kids complained bitterly about going to bed so early and not having more spending money. I talked continually about how hard my job was on the •nerves. My wife rarely ceased lamenting her menial role in life. • * * But on the whole, we led an average, wildly disorganized, normal, Canadian family life, and most of the time thoroughly enjoyed it. We had definitely put down roots, even though most of them were busily en- gaged in either mucking up our drains or heaving our foundation. * Why would a family, moor- ed to a snug berth, suddenly cut its hawsers and drift off in- to unknown waters? You might as well ask why a hen wants to cross the road, or an octOgene arian decides to get married. It's a cross between: "to see what it's like" and "just for the hell of it." * * As Brutus said: "There is a tide in the affairs of men . . ." This was just before he went out and got his head knocked off by the bad guys. Or, as Robbie Burns put it: "You tak the high tide, and tak the low tide . . •" Well, we took the family size tide, and we've been at sea ever since, You've no idea of the tremen- dous changes in our lives since We made the big move, My oven life has undergone a gen. (By W. B. T. SMILEY) eral uprooting that has made it almost unrecognizable. For ex- ample: I used to put on 14 storm windows every fall; here I just slide down the aluminums. I used to write this column on the kitchen table; now I write it on the card table. I used to have just a cup of tea for break- fast; now I must gag over an egg. I tell you, I don't know whether I'm coming or going. * * * It's been even more of a wrench for my wife. Used to the deep, rich satisfaction of looking after a big eight-room house, she's frustrated by the ease with which she handles this mere six-roomer. Used to lugging the garbage cans out from the back shed, she finds it no challenge at all to hoist them the 20 feet required here. She's quite at a loss with doors that close tightly and windows that go up and down. These may seem like little things, but they mean a lot to a woman, and she's become so neurotic from the leisure of life here that she's taken up the violin. * * * Kids are tougher than adults, but the change has upset even them. It's obvious in young. Hugh. Sometimes he's so dis- turbed he can scarcely eat a third piece of pie. Little Kim, 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 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 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth Officers: President, John L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, John 11. Mcniving, Blyth; secre- tary-treasurer, W. E. South- gate, Seaforth, Directors: John 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: Win, Leiper, Jr., Len- desboro; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; James Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. too, has been deeply affected by the move. The usually boister- ous hoyden has become so quiet and repressed that there are days on which she knocks over her milk only once. * * All in all, it's been quite a shake-up, and it's a pretty tragic thing to see a family torn up by the roots and shattered like this, However, I think we'll be adjusted after another ten years. And when that'happens, I'm going to leap out of my rut again and head for another one, whatever the cost. Maybe go farming. MIDDLETON Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stewart, Hayfield spent Sunday as gu- ests with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Teb- butt, Goderich; and Mrs. 0. L. Paisley, Clinton spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart 1VLidclleton. Your correspondent was sur- prised today, November 21st. to see .a few dandelions abloom on the lawn, as well as the odd pansy, snapdragon and rose still fresh in the garden. 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 Float...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, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GODERICH 33-tfb REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker Hight Street — Clinton PHONE HU 2.6692 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, November 18, 190 Huron County Medical Assoc Nation met in the Board of Trade rooms, Goderich, with 15 medical men of the county present, Dr, Gandier, Clinton was chairman and Dr. Thomp- son secretary-treasurer, Miss 1/Vinnie Thompson spent the weekend with friends in London, Fire destroyed the drive shed and poultry barn on Dr, Lloyd Moffat's, farm at Varna, The cause was believed to have been 'matches in the hands of two young boys who had been playing in the hayloft. Council met with Mayor Cot- tle in the chair, and Reeve Miller and Councillors Middle- ton, McMurray, Wiltse, Lang- ford' and Nediger present, The new furnace in the town hall was reported nearly completed. Miss Cluff, Goderich Town- ship, accepted a position with W. D. Fair and Co. Mrs. Cluff also planned to move to town for the winter. Canadian Legion 35 Years Old The Canadian Legion this month celebrates its 35th an- niversary with a new badge. Although retaining the gen- eral shape of the old badge, the new one, designed by her- aldic expert Alan Beddoe, Ot- tawa, incorporates many chang- es. Chief change is in the drop- ping of the "British Empire Service League" after the name "Canadian Legion". This was made necessary when the Commonwealth Association, of which the Canadian Legion is a member, changed its name in 1958. It is now known as the British Commonwealth Ex-Ser- vices League. While still associated with the B.C.E.L., the Canadian Legion has deleted reference to the other organization on its new badge. The Royal crown continues to denote service of Legion members in armed services. A single red maple leaf on a white background symbolizes Canad- ian, and the word "Legion" appears on the scroll at the base. Three poppies lie under the scroll. Around the border of the badge in Latin is the in- 25 Years Ago .04N9.701ST W4vvs,Fxcogr) Thursday, November 1935 Miss Kathleen Cameron was supply teacher in the primary room of the Public School, ow- ing to the absence through ill- ness Miss Margaret Cud- more. John W. Nediger purchased the Walter Manning residence Rattenburyon Street East. Randal Cole, 3, Clinton, a student at the University of Western Ontario, helped along his studies in astronomy by building his own telescope. He built all the delicate adjust- ments, ground the lens and the six-inch mirror during spare hours on weekend visits to his home, , Norman and Kenneth Tre- wartha, Holmesville, attended the Royal Winter Fair. Mr, and Mrs, Leonard Mc- Knight moved into the Irwin house, Huron Street, and Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Layton took the cottage just vacated by the McKnights, on Cutler Street. 10 Years Ago CLINTON' NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 23, 1950 Warden Cecil Johnston, Ash- field Township, was presented with a handsome clock at the warden's banquet at Goderich, G. G. Gardiner, Public School Inspector for South Huron, ad- dressed the Clinton Public School Board with reference to a new school site being con- sidered by the beard. It was expected that action would shortly be taken with regard to purchase of the site. Huron County Council ap- proved a report of the Pro- perty Committee announcing the lease of 'the old Central Public School, Goderich, for $1 a year for use as a county mu- seum. The curator, Mr. Neill, with the collection purchased from him, was moved into the building on October 4. The open season for deer hunting in the Township of Goderich saw about 100 licens- ed hunters shooting about 50 deer. Weather was good and there was no snow. scription: "We will retain their memory". The new badge will be in general distribution in Janu- ary. It was the cover feature in colour on the last issue of the Legionnaire. From Our Early Files Business and Professional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 Bayfield Trinity WA Creates Life Member Members of the Trinity Anglican Church Woman's Association at Bayfield sur- prised one of their number, Mrs. Carl Diehl (nee Lucy Woods) last week, by pre- senting a life membership certificate and pin. From the left are the Rev. E. J. B. Harrison, rector of the parish; seated, Mrs. Diehl; then Mrs. R. H. F. Gairdner, and handing over the certificate is Mrs. Emerson Heard. Lucy is now the only WA Life Member resident in the village. (News-Record Photo) SUGAR and SPICE . . . BELL LINES by Bill Haysom your telephone manager . . It's the "Prin- cess"—the new exten- sion phone that will be available to cust- omers here beginning December 5. The Princess is dramatic- ally different in size and styling. It's small —takes up less room on table or desk. It's modern—for the mod- ern taste that asks for beauty with simplic- ity. And it lights up. That's right, it act- ually glows in the THE PRINCESS " dark so you can find It's Little, It's Lovely, It's Light! it quickly and lights up for easy dialing when you lift the receiver. It will be available in five popular colors—white, beige, pink, blue and turquoise. The Princess will be on display at Newcombe's Drug Store starting December 5. Come on in and see for yourself. It's the telephone you've been looking for with the extras that you can easily afford. You'll want one for sure El When your telephone becomes out of order, you know, doesn't seem to work, won't ring, can't hear the operator, dial tone isn't there, hum on the line, can't hear right, frying clicking sounds on the line, conversation is in in- distinct, the wires are down on the outside, the cord is frayed — exasperating Isn't it, and always just when you need to use the telephone the most. It's nice to be able to call "Repair Service" from your telephone or the neigh- bor's and tell the Telephone Company Representative your troubles, and have service fixed to work again and the cost is free — all for nothing, in no time quick. Nice to be back in service so quickly. Televised telephones some day would show Mr. Pat Hardie (shown, above)—Mr. Repair Service •himself—who gets your service working again when you call Repair Service or dial 114. E3 E) See the Princess Dec. 5 — You Will want the Princess! emeekget THIS QUESTION OF INTEREST THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 O a yettt (Stratford Beacon-Herald) A constable in a Western Ontario town found a screen torn from the window of the house, and a pair of shoes under the window. Not unreasonably, he suspected a break-in. The suspicion seemed justified when he found a youth under a bed, clothed in a shirt and socks—no trousers. Charged with breaking and entering with intent to commit an in- dictable offence, accused told the court that he had been drinking heavily and recalled nothing of the visit. There was no question about the break-in, but defence council argued that there was no evidence of intent, The charge was dismissed. Intent being a state of mind, nobody can prove it, at least to the satisfaction of the courts, This makes it difficult to get convic- tions for criminal negligence, involving. im- prisonment up to ten years. In annotations to the new Criminal Code, lawyers are advised that inability of an accused, because Of intoxi- cation, to appreciate what he was doing, will not amount to a defence "if in fact he acted in a wanton and reckless disregard of the lives and safety of others." This "wanton" and reckless proviso is wide enough, as they used to say, to drive a horse and buggy through. For example: a Toronto area distillery worker's car struck a boy of ten and hurled him 15 feet, causing a fractured pelvis and scalp injuries. Crown counsel argued that driving with a dirty wind- shield, combined with driving with ability impaired, as the evidence showed, constituted the "deliberate disregard for others" required by the law. The magistrate held, however, that criminal negligence "must have a general intention to disregard the law, and reckless intention. Most people believe they are not impaired, even if they are. It is a matter of intent." He dismissed charges of criminal negligence and impaired driving. "Wanton" literally means loose or un- restrained, and laymen might think it ap- plied to anyone who drank and drove a car with dirty windshield and wipers out of order. The Crown took that view, but the learned magistrate found no "intent". The Crown might as well have charged careless driving and got a fine of maybe $10. Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Est. 1881 Published every Thursday at the Heart of HurOn County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,060 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • • WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor 4 L Ok."` stm8cruPTION RAITA: Payable in advance Canada asid Great Britain: $.3.06 a United States and 'Foreign: $4.00; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as Second clad mail, Post Office Department; Ottawa AS LONG AGO as January, 1959, and possibly before, the town of Clinton has had an "A" rating insofar as the list of muni- cipalities needing new or enlarged post offices is concerned. The present post office was built in the early 1.900s, and has not •the capacity to handle the volume of mail pouring through every day. Recently, the change from rail service to trucks, has increased the burden on the local office, which is a central sorting office for seventeen.centres south of Clinton. By Sorting in the Clinton office, delivery to- wards Toronto is quicker than if these 17 offices sorted themselves and sent it out towards London. Much of this work used to be done on the trains, while mail was en route to Stratford and Toronto. At the moment there are 64 names on the waiting list for post office lock boxes. When people inquire about renting a box, the long list discourages them from adding their own name. However, a conservative estimate is that 250 extra lock boxes would be taken up at once, if they were made available, There are 400 lock boxes in use. In addition there are 400 people receiving mail TOWN NOMINATION day is Monday, November 28. On that day, citizens of Clinton must be prepared to name the men and women they wish to represent them and take charge of public affairs throughout the next twelve months. This is an important duty. In the past, elected men and women have achieved for Clinton a modern sewerage system, a good set of primary paved roads and more black-top every year, an excellent water system to distribute the supply of water which nature has made available to us, an ever-improving service in electricity, a work- able arrangement for extending these ser- vices, a good working fire department, an VOTERS IN THE four townships sur- rounding Clinton are facing that all important day of nominations. Those of Hullett, Gode- rich' and Stanley Townships will nominate the men and women they choose to-morrow, November 25. Tuckersmith will hold their all important day on Monday, November 28. Hayfield will nominate Friday night. We have heard of no particular upheaval in any one of these townships. The reeves, as far as can be ascertained, are comfortable in their positions at the head of their own municipal governments. We have learned of no move by any councillor move to unseat his reeve. Of course, all things may change at the last minute. Guidance of the affairs of rural muni- cipalities is a wide-sweeping task. Roads are perhaps the major part, but drainage, too, is of increasing importance. Bridges are be- ing built, roadsides tidied and roads widened. Actually there seems to be more of this type CONSIDERATION was given at this week's meeting' of Clinton Hospital Board to the necessity of informing the public about certain points concerning coverage under the Ontario Hospital Services, the supplementary coverage, and other hospital plans. Contrary to popular belief, the Ontario Hospital Services Commission does not pay for all costs of operating a hospital. The per bed rate authorized is for ward care only, or semi-private, if a person pays the extra rate per month. The board of the hospital must still find money to cover cost of equipment, replace- ment of obsolete equipment, and for capital cost. The need for cash contribution to the hospital is needed now more than ever in the past, for increased hospital care, brought through general delivery, Ordinarily 200 is considered a large general delivery in most post offices, In many cases three and more families are receiving their mail out of the one box. Perhaps the established folk who have had the same box since their grandfathers were in •Clinton, feel no hardship in this matter. However, we would suppOse that the 400 people who are waiting in line every day to receive their mail through general delivery would greatly appreciate better service. Clinton still has an "A" rating with the Department of Public Works. The need is there. However, when a little over a year ago, decision was practically made upon an- other site for the post office, a petition to the Huron member of Parliament was all too successful, and the building plans were shelved. We feel that the Department of Public Works will not take action in Clinton in the face of the decision made following that petition, unless there is action taken by the ratepayers of the town to get negotiations started once again towards having a post office built. efficient police force, and a good public school for primary education, What lies ahead in Clinton's future? More road-building, possibly increased capital expense for sewage disposal, better post office accommodation, addition of more industrial building and employment, firm policing under conditions set up following the repeal of the Canada Temperance Act, additional recrea- tional facilities and guidance, more activity at the community park, continued good opera- tion of the swim pool, and good representar tion of the town at county council level. All of these things are within the realm of your elected men and women. Choose wisely, and give your town the best leader- ship possible. of work going on in the County of Huron than in some of the counties nearby. It is a sign of progress, and thoughtful governing, for we don't believe that the taxation in our townships is prohibitive. Zoning and policing of housing development is becoming the con- cern of local councils. School area boards, also, will come be- fore the ratepayers within the next few days. Their stewardship given in managing the affairs of the schools in their charge should come in for serious study by the ratepayers who elect them. For instance, are small schools the answer? or is the move toward consolidation a good thing? Regardless of the problem you feel the most important, it is to your advantage to come to your own nomination day meeting, and hear what your representatives are do- ing, and plan to do for you. Your choice on that day will show results in the year to come. about by the provincial plan has strained existing accommodation and forced addition- al capital cost. Support given the Hospital Auxiliary is as necessary as ever. The work the ladies of the area do in this regard, relieves the board to a sizable degree in their quest for ways to provide equipment at the hospital. Support of Municipalities is a must. Local governments can do a great deal to- ward providing moneys toward hospital care. If, as one board member was heard to remark, the county council sees fit to spend a million dollars to provide a home for the aged in Huron, then they should continue that line of thought to provide adequate assistance toward providing proper accom- modation for the sick. Noe 4 finton News-Record--r-Thurs.{ Nov. 24, 1960 Editorials SATISFIED WITH GENERAL DELIVERY? YOUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES IN RURAL AREAS YOUR HOSPITAL NEEDS YOU