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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-02-14, Page 2Pogo .2: Clinton. News-Record, Thursday, Feb-. 16, 1961 • Editorials * PRO1VIOTING OUR OWN ifEPRUARYSPRIALS FURNITURE 7-pc. Rock Maple Dinette large table Reg. $135.00 FEBRUARY SPECIAL 9900 2- pc. Davenport Suite airfoam in chair Reg. $169.00 FEBRUARY SPECIAL 13900 3-Matching Lamp Groupings brass, soiid walnut 2 table lamps, 1 floor lamp — Reg. $77.80—FEB. SPECIAL (AS SHOWN IN OUR WINDOW) 4900 Sealy Special Mattresses and Box Springs 3995 All sizes—Reg. $59.50 SPECIAL .ised FURNITURE Bargains 1-5PACESAVER (good as new) ' $37.00 2—LAMP TABLES, 1 COFFEE TABLE $15.00 1-5.pc. KITCHEN SUITE $13.00 , 2--.ODD KITCHEN TABLES . ***** tt . .. "i.,.1 V ,,,,,,,,,, .".4 ea. $ 5.00 This is TRADE-IN Month at Beattie urniture "111110•01111. 41111111111111111., They dodged around the orchard Leaping from the ground. They played at tag and hide and seek Yet never made a sound. I missed them when the snow had gone, And couldn't find their track. But now the snow is here again I hope that they'll be back. —G,F.H. Clinton News-Record 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-M:001W Thursday, relarttarY 1.11, 14121 J, W, Elliott, who had .von- veyed His Majesty's mail to and fro between the post of, flee and the station for the past 24 years, planned to retire when his contract expired at the end of April, He had made over his contract to Mr, East, but on the death of the latter he again resumed responsibility. So much adverse criticism was heard, especially from the members of the G.W.V.A., re- garding the removal of the souvenir guns from the post office square and in front of the town hall to the Waterworks Park that Superintendent Chant took matters Into his own hands and had them returned to their old places, Nonnen Shepherd, who had "followed the sea" for a num- ber of years and was holidaying at his home in town, was to be guest speaker at 'the Wesley League meeting, Teamsters hauling gravel on to the Provincial Highway were nearing Holmesville, making the roadbed about 20 feet in width. 40 Years Ago CLINTON" NEW ERA Thursday, February 17, 1p21 Thomas Morgan, St. Cath- arines, was in town renewing old acquaintance. Alex Cudmore and Luke Law- son were called to Goderich to serve as jurymen at the Spring Assizes. It was rumored that if coun- cil had not rescinded their mo- tion to have the guns placed in Waterworks Park, a parade of war veterans, war workers and citizens in general, headed by the Kiltie Band, would have h.-ought the guns back on Sat- urday afternoon—and fireworks might have been on the pro- gram. The heating system of the Rattenbury House played out and a new boiler was installed by Sutter & Perdue. Blyth ratepayers' were to vote on a hydro by-law on March 7. Miss. Jessie Grainger, Clinton, spent the weekend at her home in Brucefield. Mrs. (Dr.) Ferguson, Kincar- dine, called on Mrs. George Baird, Sr. in Stanley Township. The response to the Post Of- fice Department's request to "Mail Early for Christmas" has again beeni most success- ful. A great deal of this suc- cess is due to the fine 'public service' work of Canada's press, radio and television industries. Without this help, we could not hope to obtain the co-opera- tion of the public during this peak season of the year. For our own part, faced with winter weather conditions, tr- ansportation problems and a greatly increased volume of mail, the co-operation of the public in mailing early is essen- tial if we are to do the task that has, been entrusted to us. We are pleased and grateful to have had your help during the Christmas season. Yours sincerely G. A. Boyle, Deputy Postmaster General Ottawa 4, Ontario 27 January, 1961 From Portage Clinton News-Record Clinton, Ontario I found this newspaper art- icle in the Daily Graphic print- ed here in Portage: "30th Anniversary. LONDON (CP) - The Women's Institute of Ceylon, founded by Dr. Mary Rutnam, former resident of Cl- inton, Ont., marked its 30th anniversary recently. The Cey- lon group has 150,000 mem- bers." I don't know if it is of any interest to you, but I thought it would show how Clinton, no matter how small a town, makes news all over the world. Thanks for reading my letter. Yours truly, Mrs. Tod Donnelly (nee Kitty Carter) 220 Queen Ave. E. Portage La Prairie, Man. February 11, 1961. Ed. Note: Thank you Mrs. Donnelly. Not only were we happy to read your letter, but are happy to print it. The News-Record is always happy to hear from old-Clintonians - and when they can tell us about other old-C1- intonians, we are also pleased. trade incomes with Pierre Berton, but I wouldn't trade mails. I'll bet most of the let- ters he gets are either hacking his column to bits because the reader disagrees with him or lauding it to the skies because he agrees, That would become boring after a bit. • * * There's nothing boring about the letters I receive from read- ers. They are warm and friend- ly and personal, and they aren't trying to grind an axe or have me grind it for them. They come from all over the country. * From Mrs. James Nickerson of West Roxbury, Mass., men- tioning a column she liked be- cause it reminded her of old times in Nova Scotia. From Walter Stark of Oxenden, On- tario, claiming I'd make a good MP and wishing a Happy New Year. From Jack Cooper of Vernon, B.C., saying he'd just celebrated his 69th wedding an- niversary, feels great and reads my column because I'm a "clam- good" Writer, From Jack Cor- net of La Salle, Ont., whom I haven't seen for 15 years, en- closing a book he's written on curling (containing nothing but blank pages and entitled What I Know About Curling). * * Wouldn't it be something if every reader of Sugar and Spite decided to show Pierre Berton what he was up against and wrote a letter this week to Bill Smiley, 152 Elizabeth Street, Midland, Ont.? Know what I'd do? I'd take the Miele million of them, drive to 'Toronto in a' truck. hire SIX men to carry them Up to Becton's office, clump them on his desk, and say: "Thirty letters a day, eh, Pierre? This is my average Weekly That'd shake him A, M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4-7562 S You will enjoy this Rally with REV. JOE BAKER and. His Hanover. Charaleires Plan to be with us at the Clinton Legion Hall Saturday night, February 18 at 0 p,m. We can supply a gospel team for any church service far young people's groups in the area. SOUTH HURON YOUTH FOR CHRIST Business and Professional Directory 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 FITIE 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: Wm. Leiper, Jr., Lon- desboro; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; James Keyes, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. ragnidloysolcicarasaarrro..niora.eibaras...1..111W066.01... . . REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker Hight Street — Clinton PHONE HU 2-6692 10111101111MINNO114r11111101111111.011Milident...**0•111111• 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, OD, — OPTOMETRIST For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 CODERICH 38-tfb BL' L LINES by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager More and more people around town are talking about our new Princess tele- phone. Already many of our cus- tomers in Clinton have had one in- stalled and from all reports a lot of others have expressed consid- erable interest. What do they like most about this lovely new telephone? Well, this is what folks are saying: "It has such a nice light feeling when you pick it up." . . . "I like its graceful styl- ing — that low "Its mode colour" rn look." MISS H . ... " I like the way BETTY ALCOC, Clinton, finds Princess addspleasure to phoning. . . it glows with a soft light, then lights up for easy dialing at night whenever you lift the receiver." "It really enhances the room." Well, these are, obviously people who know all about the new Princess. But, what about you? Wouldn't you like to know more about the new Princess? It's some- thing you should see. Call us at HU 5-3401 and find out more about the new phone, or ask the man in the green truck. The smallest telephone directory in our territory covers listings of more than 1,500 telephone customers from Baffin Island, near the Arctic Circle, to the bushlands of Northern Quebec and Lab- rador. Among the customers are some 25 Eskimo families in the Frobisher Bay settlement with other Eskimos at Goose Bay. Eskintos have proven to be great users of the telephone. As a result, the Bell, in collaboration with the Depart- ment of Northern Affairs, compiled a list of Eskimo families using the telephone service and had it translated into Eskimo script, This list, together with a sheet of instructions, also written in Eskimo, which outlines the proper use of the telephone was delivered to the north- ern natives. This has turned out to be a popular item with our Eskimo friends. A year ago our company initiated the first long distance telephone service to the growing northern outpost of Frobisher Bay, linking this tiny community with the outside world. No longer does our great Wasteland of the North seem so distant , . . as the saying goes, "It's no further away than the nearest telephone," It's always courteous to identify yourself when you're making a phone call. And if you do you certainly won't end up like the chap who called the local feed store to order a load of hay and oats. "Certainly," said the clerk. "And who are they for?" "The horse, naturally," barked the caller and hung up with a bang. a year For some time we have been concerned with the problem of promoting the advantag- es of this area with regard to tourist attrac- tions. We feel 'that the need for an enthuos- iestic organization of resort operators, restaur- ants, etc., is one with great benefits. This week we have received a letter, typical of that received fairly regularly throughout the year. It says in part "I am interested in locating either a house-keeping cottage, or possibly a lodge, for a week or two in July." There is a great deal of attraction to the village of Bayfield as it exists (and many would deplore having it changed in any re- gard), but we Mill feel that there must be IT MAY NOT he .a "nice" thing to mention . . , but 81 cents, of every whiskey dollar are for taxes. That leaves a value of only 19 cents of each dollar . . . and it is a certain bet that the distillers' profit takes most of that amount. The Value of the "product" in each bottle therefore, must be only a very few cents. All of which will lead some to suggest that there should be an end to laws against home distilleries, etc. It will lead others on the other hand, to suggeat it is little wonder that governments CANADIAN PARTY warfare is often said to be rather dull. But paobably most of us would rather have it that way than see L. B. Pearson or Hazen Argue capture an Empress liner at gunpoint and dash about the high seas, with 600 passengers as hostages., in a bid to dis- lodge John DI efenbaker. All the same, there is one aspect of the Santa Maria incident that should give tax- payers some reason for furious thought. U.K. and U.S. naval units were ordered out on a Monday to track down the Portu- guese ship that had fled St. Lucia in the West Indies only hours earlier. Air search joined in— and the forces fanned out like The moon was shining in the sky, The fields were bright as day, When peering thru the window I watched the rabbits play. THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 ti 5 0 is persons. Who own property there who would like to make more money than they are now 'making. These are the people, along with restaur- ant owners, motel-owners, and hotel-keepers, Who would benefit greatly by a concerted effort to publicise the area, and to make it attractive to the many who wish to spend vacations here. We visualize same sort of a printed fold- er in which information could be included which would be of assistance to the lady who has written us this week. This type of assist- ance would also •be of help to many others. And in the long run, both the sponsors of such a "Tourist" organization and the entire area, would benefit. do nothing to discourage the trade but, rath- er, do everything to increase sales. The fig- ures are based on a statement by the presi- dent of the Association of Canadian Distillers, who has amassed considerable of this world's treasures out of the trade. He stated the federal government takes 45 cents of every dollar, the province 36 cents. Commenting on the situation the Fort William Times- Journal says "That being so, the governments would surely be dispirited if the country re- turned to prohibition." TA MARIA hungry hunters over the Caribbean. Two days later, the Santa Maria was accidentally sighted by a Danish merchant- man. Seven hours later still a U.S. plane finally pinpointed its position, It took American forces almost as long to sight the Santa Maria as it took Columbus and his Santa Maria to sight America. Billions upon billions of taxpayers' money is spent on defence of an early-warning, deterrent, watch-dog type. But if U.K. arid U.S. planes and ships can't find a 12-story liner lighted like a Christmas tree, babbling incessantly by radio, what, pray tell, can they do about "enemy" subs approaching these shores? I loved to watch them frolic. 'Twas such a sight to see Their little lithe and furry shapes Go dashing round a tree! From Our Early Files • YOars Ago CLINTON. NFAVS,REt,M411 Tintraday, February 13, Ma Sherlock-Manning P i an es, Ltd, put out a new model cal- led Grandette„ a cross between a grand and an upright piano. A. A, Pegg, president of the company, expected that the new model would be instrumental in attracting the trade and over- coming present slackness in, the business. Kincardine hoekey authorities protested to the OHA head- quarters; over the inability of the cliauton team to reach their town to play a return game. They had gone as far as Lon- desboro .When the county snow- plow operatgr met them and told them there was no use go- ing. on. The game was re- scheduled for Saturday, the journey to be made by train. The wall of Riley's grocery caught fire from a blow torch used to thaw out a frozen pipe. Little damage was done, how- ever, and the firemen found it unnecessary to turnon the hose. MD Campaign Dear Sir: We are glad to report that the MD campaign for research funds has had an unparalleled success in 1960. Without the invaluable pub- licity you have given our efforts we could of course never have done so well. Our debt to the people of the communications industry cannot be measured, but we know that our ultimate victory over MD will be as great a satisfaction to you and your colleagues as it will be to the members of our own or- ganization. Your very truly, Gus Ryder Honorary Campaign Chairman Dear Sir: FROM POST OFFICE I wish to thank you, and your organization, for the splendid assistance you have given us during the Christmas season. With my thanks come those of all postal employees and, I am sure, those of the people of Canada. SCE and PI IMMO= By Bill Smiley Did you read that big blurb about me in your local paper recently? It. got headlines like this, in many week- lies: "Sugar and Spice Columnist Most Widely Read in Canada." That's pretty heady stuff to read about yourself. However, it didn't impress me much, as I had written the story myself. It said in the story that this column is now running in. one hundred and eleven newspap- ers across Canada. Let's have a look at that in round figures. Round figures are the only sort which have any' attraction for me, and most red-blooded col- umnists, except women, feel the same way. * Supposing the average cir- culation of these weeklies, is 2,000. That ineans there are 220,000 subscribers exposed to Sugar and Spice. Heck, let's make it an even quarter-mil- lion. And let's say an average of three persons roads each paper in which the column ap- pears. That's a fair figure. All right. We now have three- quarters of a million potential readers of the column each week. Ah, let's make it a mil- lion and be done with it. * * * When I get tossing figures like this around in my head, I start feeling pretty important. By George, I think, there aren't many fellows writing a column for which a million or two peo- ple are waiting feverishly each week. Just imagine, all those people, from Yarmouth, N.S., to Chilliwack, B.C., fighting to get the paper first, hanging on every word. * * * With this in mind, I set out to impress the family with the famous personality in its midst. "Do you know that there are a minion people reading Sugar and Spice every week?" I ask young Kim. "Pretty good, Dad," she says, "can I go to the Explorers' sleigh-ride tonight?" I try Hugh. "Do you realize that my column is read from coast te. coast?" ,I enquire, "How come we can't afford a TV set then?" he wants to know. Punchy, but still seeking some recognition, I approach the Old Girl. "How many papers do you think are running the coi- n= now?" "That reminds me, you for-, got to put the papers out with the garbage this morning," she says, "and I had to go out in THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Est, 1881 What Others Say . HIGH-PRICED WHISKY (The Owen Sound Sun Times) NINA, PINTA --- AND SAI (Financial Post) AT PLAY • L 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 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,000 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor my dressing gown in the snow and I nearly broke my neck on those back steps. When are you going to start looking after things around the house, like other men?" • This is rather daunting, but it doesn't completely dismay me. I'm like an old prizefight- er who has been knocked to the canvas so often that his bum is more tender than his beezer. I just wander away mumbling to myself that some day I'll be famous and then they'll apprec, iate me, by golly, and they'll miss me when I die, and stuff like that, But I must admit I became extremely depressed the other day. I was reading Pierre Ber- ton's column. Berton, for those outside the limited range of the Toronto daily for which he works, is a brilliant product of west coast newspaper circles, currently the hottest daily col- umnist in the East. * * * Well, in this column I was reading, he was bragging mod- estly about all the letters he gets from readers. That's what made me feel badly. Give or take a hundred thousand, Ber- ton and I have the same cir- culation. His mail averages 30 letters a day. Mine averages 30 a menth. And 24 of them are balls, offers from magazines, and final notices about insur- ance prerniunas. • * * That convinced me that I'd never be a really fawns col- =mist, and I felt pretty sick about it. I thought: "It's be- cause I'm not controrversial en- ough," Oh, I've attacked in, my day such things as motherhood, the Protestant churches, capital punishment, children, the home, social drinking, temperanee, sex and the weather. But I just can't seem to get my teeth into something vital, like used car dealers, or Vactturn cleaner salesmen — the tort of thing that gets people worked up. Than I began thinking about the sort of letters I do get from readers and I felt better. And do you know something? I'd 10 Years Ago CLINTON istgivs-mcoup Thursday, February 10, 1901 Joseph. Ferrand, a guard at the Ontario Reformatory sinCe. his arrival in this Country from England in 1950, was appointed. Chief of Police at 'a salary of $2,300 per year. B. 3. "Ben" Gibbings, one of Clinton's oldest and most high- ly respected eitizent, celebrated his 81st birthday. Clinton Public School Board approved a tentative proposal for the erection: of a new 12- room school building on the Mc- Kenzie property east of town, Seven now members were in- ducted into the Clinton Lions Club, They were: D, W. Cor- nish, electrician; Melvin Crick barber; William J. Miller, drov- er; W. B. McAlpine, implement dealer; Walter Newcombe, drug- gist; Dr. Donald B, Palmer, dentist; Leonard G. Winter, real estate agent. The community lost one of its outstanding leaders in the person of Harry Bartliff, who died unexpectedly from a heart attack. Letters to the Editor...