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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-01-05, Page 2'Page 2,-Clinton. News-Rporcl,7Thurs., 4anuary 4, 1961 Clinton ews ecord THE,. P.4IN.TO.I4. NEW gRA Est, 1000 Amainatroateal 10 24 TH.E. Est. CLINTON' 1701WS-REPORD 4 -0 1, * .Published every Thursday at the Heart of Heron County * ..!, Clinton, Ontario se Population $,011P '01 A o • O A. ts, .COLSW1-1911N, Publisher I is 11 AP ••• - ..... sO WILMA O, OMNI'S, Editor 44 -Oele0 . SUBSCRWTION RNSTS: Payable in advance — Canada /444 Great Britain; $3,00 a year united States and Foreign;. $4.00; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Departnlent, Qttawa BY DOROTHY BARKeR "We've given up GOING WITHOUT for New Year's" Similar Happy New Year Resolottoos may be pot Info force far YOUR family Or your neighbourhood branch of the „T,,‘ iipiANK OF MONTREAL cowhand:41 January 4, 1941. Clinton Drench: WILLIAM MORLOK, 1VIanager Loridesboionali (Sub-Agency): Open Mon. & Thurs. &WOW, ga4ik,,WortetNe WitI4 csANAIMANts IN istekstzne infAtat 01' Work cation IM1, 6226 "Our New Year resolutions this year have a lot more to do with getting rather than giving up . . thanks to the B of M. "Seems that for many Old Years past our money appeared to just melt away, when there were so many things wanted around the house ... a modem stove . a desk for Dad's den . . . a decent TV. Finally, it was Dad who put his foot down. "'Starting with the New Year,' said Dad, 'we're going to get some of the things we've gone without for far too long. We're going to finance all the things we really need under a new purchase plan I've been look- ing into — the Bank of Montreal Family Finance Plan. It's a modern plan that's designed for people just like us. Come the January sales, we'll get what we need at bargain prices and do our paying for what we buy with a single payment each month.' "So this year, we'll all have to watch our eennics a little more closely, but it's a challenge and the whole family is going to pitch le. Mother's the keenest of all. It's hard to say whether it's the life insurance pro- tecting the loan, or the prospect of a new stove, that pleases her most. "Atyway, we're one family who fig- or tires we've found the ideal NOW Year's resolution for 1961. How abaft you? Isn't it time you considered giving up going without?" MY BANK" t, OHIO bikrt! B M Clinton Memorial Shop T. PLYD and SON CLINTON — EXETER — SEAFORTH Open Every Afternoon PHONE HU 2-9421 At other times contact Local Repvesentotive—Tom Steep—MU 2-3869 24tfb Business and Professional Directory .s A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 41.11MINOMMININIm=1MMINIMM.OF OK LIT'S WHAT VOLT CAN PP WITI4 re/ TIE PASS Politicians and Farm Leaders Meet to Ponder Farm Problems (continued from Page 1) said, "If the marketing of hogs is open to suspicion, certainly the marketing of beef is, too." There are bad situations, Pack- ers can.cut corners just about as fast as anybody, Yesterday the market in Toronto was dull, and it was disgusting the way those buyers acted. An outside buyer, from. the United States, or from another plaint, would have changed the pieture at once. "Concerning beans, those three elevators in Hensel], prac- tically speak with one voice when it comes to price, but we have a processing plant in Lon- don, and already it is making a difference," Mr, McGregor said he would like to see an official weigher in charge when cattle are sold off truck, He said the young farmers are looking for some protection on marketing. He is a strong supporter of mar- keting boards and of planned production; and is also against hobby farmers. "Farmers must have some- thing better than just hope and faith," stated Mr. McGregor. He added that when planning to enter the meat packing busi- ness, they should enter with one voice, for beef, pork and lamb. Mr. Hemingway said it was high time the government in- stituted compulsory govern- ment grades ' on dressed weights. He said there were too many complaints on the sale of condemned cattle, with re- gard to weights, but he com- plimented the government on giving fair compensation for those animals. The fieldrnan reported for the Wheat Producers, Lloyd Level, Kippen, spoke for the sugar beets, comment- ing that they hoped for a sug- ar policy for Canada In, the near future, and said that the board was happy with "the way you fellows have rolled up your sleeves and went to work on the problem of sugar beet subsidy," Mr. Cardiff had reported that as a temporary measure for the year 1961, the price would be subsidized up to $13. Canada imports 80 percent of sugar used, but though the in- dustry must be subsidized, they do not wish to go out of the business, for a time of war or other emergency would leave Canada without any sugar, Harvey Taylor, Brucefield, reported for the Bean Board and for. Co-operative Insurance Association. He noted that for the past three years 70 cents of the deducted 77 cents per bushel had gone back to the growers. The seven cents was used to operate the board, and to arrange for exporting sur- plus. "The Seaway has let us ship to London, England, via Sarnia, for about the same price as it used to cost to get them just to Halifax. It is hard to plan ,production in beans, There was only a yield of 13 bushel to the acre this year, compared to 20 bushels some years," Mr. Taylor not- ed that there are only 4,000 bean producers now, compared to 9,000 about 20 years ago when the Bean Board was formed. Concerning CIA, now 12 year old, Mr. Taylor said it was a real success, standing fourth in Ontario for business, among 200 companies. A new building in London was to be occupied by CIA at the start of January. Gordon Greig reported for the land acquisition committee which had been satisfied with agreements finalized with On- tario Hydro. He said that farmers feel they are being un- justly assessed for the cost of education, and for the cost of administration of justice. Mr. Hemingway asked for better supervision of the agents of Hydro working in the field, making offers to the farmers for easements. Mr. MacNaugh- ton said that the government would act, if they had specific complaints. In the past, agents have been "hustled out of your area in a hurry" if offers were not made in accordance with the teems of the agreement. Mr. MacNaughton said a thorough investigation was be- ing made of assessments, and that he expected some changes. 40 Years CLINTON Nmvs-Rmotw. Thursday, Santiery 6, 1901 An open •whi,ter was being enjoyed, with weather more like late March than early Jan- uary. Robins were seen on the lawn of Nits. LiiVesnlOre, Sr„ and. on Mary Street among the trees in front of L. Cree's house. Mrs. Jack Glassford rettallgd to her home in Port Moron after a fortnight spent with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J., Watkins, A transformer buret out on New Year's Eve leaving all the business places along the centre block of main street on both sides and residences west of Huron Street in darkness, Lamps and candles were hunt- ed out and business went on es usual, Miss Rhea. McRoberts, of To- ronto University, visited her uncles Will and Ezra Pickard at Holmesville, SS No, 4 Goderich Township held their school meeting, with Bert Lobb, the retiring trustee, re-elected for another term. Captain and Mrs. Fingland, Toronto, spent the holiday with Rev, R,. J. and Mrs. Ross, Au- burn. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, January G. 1921 The retiring members of the 1920 council were entertained by their colleagues and other town officials to an oyster sup- per at Henderson's Restaurant, Clinton Pastime Club held a successful dance in the Town Hall New Year's Eve, despite the fact that the hydro was off. Candles were used to il- luminate the hall and fine music was served to the danc- ers by Phalen's Orchestra. A recent copy of the Onward carried a story entitled "A Christmas Experiment" by Miss Alta Lind Cook, formerly of the Ontario Street parsonage and daughter of the Rev. Dr. Cook, Methodist pastor. Miss Cook is a talented story teller as well as a well known musi- cian. An organization to be known as the Huron Pure Bred Live Stock Association was formed, with Oliver Turnbull, Brussels, as president; George Kerr, Henfryn, vice-president; S. B. Stothers, Clinton, secretary- treasurer. Well, here we go htto another twelve months of that fascinat- ing, irritating, horrible, beauti- ful, tragic and joyous process known as living. I've seen forty of these boxes of tricks and treats opened, and I hope to see forty more. And the same to you. * * I don't remember much about my first New Year's, in 1921. It was spent in a small village in Quebec. I was staying with my parents at the time, as I was six months old. The, Great War had been over for more than two years. The post-war boom was still on, and my Dad had bought his first car, a Chev. with side-curtains, He 'treated that car, and every one after it, like a particularly in • tractable horse, which would respond only if you yelled hard enough and swore at it with enough feeling, * * * Ten years later, we stepped into 1931 with the sentiments of a man about to jump into a barrel of broken glass in his 'bare feet. The Great Depres- sion had begun. Business was terrible. The mortgage prowl- ed, like a great beast, always there, slavering, when my Dad looked over his shoulder. My parents held long, late-at-night conversations, and to the small boy, lying half-awake, uneasy, they had sinister undertones. * The hunger of the beast would not be denied, and in the end, the mortgage swallowed everything for which my Dad had worked so hard for more than twenty years. What a prospect that must have been! Fifty years old, five children to feed and clothe, home and busi- ness lost, and thousands of younger men scrambling for every job in sight. * * But the Great Depression had failed to reckon with my mother. She was :a bonny fight- er, with a tough and cheerful spirit. In the next decade she took on the Great Depression and licked it single handed. My dr4 worked at anything he could get. My Mother sold home baking, took in boarders, and in the afternoons, trudged the streets, .selling a line of cosy mates to her friends. Softie how, we staggered through the depression, kept off the relief rolls, and never missed a meal, * Remember New Year's of 11)41.? That wasn't exactly an ()Wagon Of great rejoicing, either, The Germans had Over- rue turope. England and the Carrittionwealth fought on, back Another gay, mad, exciting season has faded into the limbo of memories. Weeks of shop- ping, cooking, trimming the house, wrapping presents and of fun have assumed the ident- ity of all Christmases past. The smell of spruce, pine and stuf- fing still hangs in the draper- ies. Now and then the vacuum cleaner picks up a bit of brok., en glass, from where a tree ornament was shattered by the too eager hands of the newest member of the family, or by the collie Holly's great bushy tail which knocked it sailing into the farthest corner of the room, unnoticed in, the hilarity. I became aware once more of the split personality of this memorable time of the year When, 'after all the hubbub of preparation was over, I slipped into the last empty pew in our church and bowed my head in a prayer of gratitude that an- other year had come and gone and bestowed on our family the blessing of peace and plenty. Stained glass windows reflect- ed the glow from a myriad candies while the pungent frag- rance of cedar and pine mingled with the odour of burning tal- low. Sweet, sad, familiar car- ols, sung by 'this large choir of parish!:oners, drifted from the m.ajosty of "Silent Night" to the hallelujah joy of "Hark the. Herald Angels Sing." Only the squeeky sound of overshoes on newly fallen snow hail broken the silence of Christmas eve as. I walked home at midnight along our country road. I watched the gaudy coloured lights that decked every home dance in the re- flection of sparkly snowflakes. As I trudged along, I reviewed the contents of a letter I had received which, I felt, gave pur- pose to my work as a column-. 1st. A year ago I wrote rather wrathfully about the tremen- dous popularity of warlike toys as reflected in a survey of purchases across Canada. At the time I made this plea to parents, I asked them to con- sider more constructive toys for their children rather than nur- ture a taste for destruction, My correspondent reminded me of this column and asked if I had gnaw at. We gnawed for the next decade, and chewed It down to a hummock, losing a few teeth in the process. * Suddenly it's 1961. Both my parents have died, slowly and painfully, in the last ten years. But the process goes err, always changing, always exciting There's a new job, in new sur- roundings. There is a boy whose voice is changing to that of a man, and whose feet are the same size as his father's. There is a girl with auburn hair and a cheeky face who topped the honor roll in Grade 5. There are new little cousins springing up all over the country. There is 'a brother just gone to Eur- ope, and, another just coming back from South America. * * The hair is a little thinner, the glasses a little thicker, and the day after a New Year's Eve party something to be con- templated with real horror, but there's plenty of life in 'the old boy yet, and I can hardly wait to see what's going to happen to the world, and to us, before somebody hollers., "Happy New Year," and I realize that we're about to totter- into 1971, heard the result of this year's toy sale's survey. funs and all manlier of military toys were at the bottom of the list, Con- structive toys, sewing sets, art supplies and books headed the survey. "Too bad you can never asess what good your editorial might have done to awaken parents 'across Canada to the harm 'they might do in cultivating a warlike desire In the bosoms of their offspring, merely through their choice of toys. I know I, for one, return- ed a gun after reading your column", This letter was a gift I had not expected though every writer hopes, at some time dur- ing his or her career, to make a contribution through the space at their disposal toward in- fluencing a better way of life. And speaking of gifts, there was one under my tree that settled forever a family argu- ment regarding the degree of respect children' should show their grandparents, Or in my case, rile. With the advent of the new baby girl into the fam- ily circle, my younger son claimed he wanted his daugh- ter to early learn 'that she must respectfully call me "Grand- INSURANCE H. E. HARTLEY All Types of Life Term Insurance — Annuities CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & 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 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; J. E. Pepper, Brucefield; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: Writ. Leiper, Jr., Lon- desboro; V. 3. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; James Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker . Hight Street — Clinton PHONE HU 2-6692 ma". The three bairns fry the elder son's family have always exiled me "Dot", I have been their pal and the image of me as a grandparent has never en- tered their minds. This parcel I speak of was a bulky creation held together by fifty or more Santa Claus gummed seals and tied with yards and yards of red tinsel string, 'Taming from it was a crayon image of the great Santa himself created by eight-, year-old Susan and in wobbly letters an inch high was writ- ten "For our Darling Dot from Ricky, Susan' .and Janet", The parcel contained bright paddy green leotards size "L", I had hardly snapped 'the seals. when I was urged to model my gift by a chorus of excited' childish voices. Little did it matter that the garment hung off my toes: like a pair of aquanauts' flippers, hugged my arm pits and folded in stretchee nylon drapes around illy knees and bum-si-daisy, This was apparel I had craved according to 'them, They had remembered for almost 'twelve months that I remarked', as I watched the girls dress a year ago, I wished I had a pair of leotards as warm, and cozy as theirs. Their mother told me they had saved their pennies for this gift. This is the kind of love thought that makes it easy to face the unknown challenge of this New Year, What more could anyone wish for, than that they might always remain, in 'the opinion of their grand- children, young enough to sport leotards. 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 OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined OPTICIAN Oculists' Prescriptions Filled Includes Adjustments At No Further Charge Clinton—Mondays Only 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Above Hawkins Hardware G. B. CLANCY, 0.17. — OPTOMETRIST -- For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GODERICH 38-tfb From Our Early Files 25 Years Ago CUNVON NEWS-BECOIS/Do 9001'sday, Jiangsu 2, TOSS Miss iisther Trewartha, To- ronto, was home for the holi- day. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rober- ton, Winnipeg, .arrived New Year's Day to visit the former's parents, Mr, and Mrs. G. D, Roberton. A. Benson Carless, St. Marys,, spent Christmas and Boxing Day at his home in town. W, S. R. Holmes was return- ed by acclamation for a second term as mayor. A. S. Inkley and G. H. Elliott•were contest- ing the reeve's seat. Mr. and Mrs.. William P. Tip- lady were celebrating their golden wedding anniversary, Mrs. R. H. F. Gairtiner and Miss Betty, London, spent part of the holiday Bayfield. Mrs. I). A. Smith, West Lorne, and Brown Higgins, Sudbury, spent Christmas und- er the parental roof in Hay- field. Miss Mildred Forrest, nurse- in-training in Victoria Hospi- tal, spent the holiday with her parents, Mr, .and Mrs. William Forrest, TuCkeremitit • 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 4, 1951 H. Glenn Hays, Seaforth lawyer and Crown Attorney for the County of Huron, was appointed King's Counsel in a list which contained 60 names of practising Ontario barristers. Carl E. Diehl was elected president of Bayfield Agricul- tural Society. Clinton's newest business was "Clinton Dairy',' operated by Reg. Cudmore and Stewart Schoenhals, who had purchased the business of March Bros, More than 80 from Huron County registered for the Short Course at OAC. Benson W. Tuckey, former reeve of Exeter and Warden of Huron County in 1943, was elected first mayor in Exeter, Mrs. D, J. Lane was elected president of the Clinton Hospi- tal Auxiliary. The grain elevator at Hen- sall was destroyed by fire. The owner, W. G. Thompson, plan- ned to build again immediately. (By W. B, szkroczy) to the wall. My parents, had three sons, rape and ready to be pulled down by the dogs of war. Three times, they were to receive one of those dreaded telegrams, The first read: "Critically injured, But eldest brother fought a hard fight, had a tre- mendous constitution, end pul- led through with 'the loss of one eye. The second read: "Missin,g in action." But a cannon shell missed youngest brother's, head by an inch, and after two days drifting in a rubber dinghy off the coast of France, he was picked up by Air-Sea Rescue. The third read: "Missing in ac- tion." But middle brother had climbed safely out of a crash- landing in Holland, and a few months later the word trickled through that he was alive and a prisoner. * What did New Year's of 1951 bring? Nothing spectacular for yours truly. The Cold' War was on, but the important things in life were a wife, a small son, and what turned out to be a small daughter well on the way. There was also a mortgage of mountainous proportions to SUGAR and SPICE . .