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Clinton News-Record, 1961-07-13, Page 2Page---41inton News—Record--,Thurs., July 13, 1961. Editoriais,,. To -Morrow's jobless 'TEEN-AGERS, if you are plan- ning to leave school this summer, and do not intend to return,, then you can ex- pect to be among the jobless in Canada within a very short time. If you have a job now, you are lucky, If you hope to hold it against others more highly educated throughout the years to come, then you are in the midst of a feather- brained pipe dream, Parents, do you realize that two out of every three Canadians unemploy- ed for any length of time, have less than a grade ten education? If you want the best for your chil- dren in the future, then work towards keeping them in school as long as you possibly can. Urge them, persuade them, talk to them and help them, to study and learn in all possible ways. At the present time .67 percent of all students who enter primary (public) school do not finish secondary (high) school. That is a waste of Canada's national wealth and an appalling reflec- tion on the sense of values of the nation. (No wonder the Westerns and murder stories get stronger support than CBC's Quest and "culture" shows.) There is an ambitious program of re-training going on right now for those jobless who have grade ten education, and whose trade has disappeared be- cause of advancements in our way of living. But, what we need .in addition is some sort of re-training program, for those adults with less than a grade ten education—to send them back to school. We have the buildings. We have the teachers, too, although it might mean a heavy schedule for them, teaching children in the daytime and older people at night. Bust night schools could be operated to bring these un- educated older people up to standard. We would favour some plan where- by the jobless and uneducated would be enticed (or forced) into night school to build up their education. Then they would be in a better situation to find jobs. We have the expensive school buildings. We could be using them more than .just nine hours a clay. The night shift could be used to bring our adult population farther along the road of literacy and teach them skills they can use. "Package" Car Handling A GOOD DRIVER demonstrates that he is a good driver even before he turns the starter switch. Here's how, explains the Ontario Safety League. There .is an important principle about car handling that most careful drivers recognize, though few could spell it out. "Anything that needs doing in a car, and can be done before the car is in motion, should be so done," And the first thing to do, on entering a car, is to "package" it. "Packaging" includes checking the comfort of passengers. Is the ventila- tion going to be right? .Are parcels, etc. stowed away carefully? (Don't leave heavy objects on the rear shelf, because in an emergency stop they'll come fly- ing forward) . Are you going to have to ask the lady in the back to move over, or take off her hat, because you can't see following traffic in your mir- ror? How about your own driving con- venience? Is the seat in the right posi- tion? Are the mirrors adjusted to the right angle? Is all the glass clean? But one of the most important single adjustments is one that is rarely observed by drivers. Lock all doors on the inside! There are two reasons why it is desirable to drive with locked doors. Firstly, it is much safer in the event of a collision. Doors are less likely to fly open, and allow car occupants to fall outside, if they are locked; this applies even with the special "safety" door locks. Secondly, locked doors will keep out unwanted intruders. The public does not realize how frequently a solo driver waiting at a stop light is shocked —and worse—by a man who opens the right hand door and jumps in. Women drivers are the usual victims. A woman sitting alone in an unlocked car always risks the sudden intrusion of a drunk, pervert, hold-up man, or purse snatcher. Drivers — ALWAYS LOCK ALL DOORS! There are many elements in the make-up of "good driving" says the Ontario Safety League. "Packaging" is the first, in sequence. And it is quite high up the list in importance. What Others Say... The Perfect Hospital Visitor THE PERFECT visitor trampeth not on hard heels; neither does he shout. He walketh softly and speaketh quietly, for ill people are easily dis- turbed. The perfect visitor goeth home soon. He (or is it more often she?) might like to chat all afternoon, but is considerate of the weary patient — particularly in hot weather. The perfect visitor talketh of the pleasant things in life; he smileth often and his demeanor is cheerful. Though at heart he may be a pessimist, he knows that the patient has his own more imminent troubles. The perfect visitor knoweth what a chair is for—he sits on it. He perches not upon the bed jouncing the aching head or obstructing the restless foot. The perfect visitor beareth with him no cold in the head. Though he may consider a sneeze or a cough as nothing, he inflicteth not his germs up- on the helpless patient. The perfect visitor thinketh about gifts. If he bringeth flowers, he selects those of a delicate fragrance or a plant, which lasts longer. He considers care- fully the appropriateness of fruit or candy for those .with troubled stomachs. —From "Hospital Progress." A Tax On Taxes (Thedford IT'S IN THE BOOK! The 72 page book which the Provincial Government has issued in an effort to explain the new sales tax reveals that Queen's Park is putting a tax on taxes! Here's how it works: Some items, such as commercial printing, are already subject to a fed- eral sales tax of 11 percent. Now the Provincial Government comes along and announces that it will charge an additional three percent. But this additional three percent will not be calculated on the basic price BEFORE federal sales tax. It will be charged on the price with fed- eral tax included. Thus, not only is Queen's Park putting a tax on a tax, but it is, in effect, imposing a provincial sales tax of MORE than three percent . (when you consider the bask price of the product before federal tax.) Is this playing fair with the con- sumer? We submit that if the Govern- ment intends to charge this additional three percent, it should charge it only on the basic price before federal tax. In the course of a week, we have Enterprise) an opportunity to chat with many bus- inessmen around the district, and in the past week or so we have noticed increasing complaints about the im- pending three percent tax and the headaches which will come with it. It is the general feeling that the amount which the Government 'intends to pay retailers for collecting the tax will not cover the retailers' expenses. Also many feel that the vast army of new Government employees needed to police the tax will take too large a bite out of the revenue produced. As said earlier, it would have been smarter for the Provincial Government to make a deal with Ottawa. An am- ount equal to the potential sales tax revenue could be added onto income tax, collected by Ottawa and handed over to Ontario. By using existing tax machinery, this would be a much less costly meth- od. There are still many, of Course, who feel that this additional tax is un -necessary and that the Government could avoid it by cutting down on wasteful spending. Clinton News-Reco rd THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 Amalgamated 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Est. 111111 Britain: 0.00 s ' ,1 E �Published every Thursday et the 4 Hearst of Hurof County i C)vd, Cfintort, Ontario — Population 3,000 A, L; CbLtiUMiOlihl, Publisher r WILMA 6, OiNNIN, Editor iN tit st 1�'cf *LA' stitS�ES 01( ItA : b r d& and GetVatted OO Single Ootiat Teti Cartes Aum esti *woad milt ill Oast Ottiaa X*11060e0, gttw,rihl Peace Tower, Parliament Buildings. Ottawa SUGAR and SPICE... How come they're killing off all the big fellows this year? First it was Clark Gable, then Gary Cooper, and now it's Ern- est Hemingway. When indestr- uctibles like these are suddenly mowed, it makes us old soldiers - of -fortune realize, with a shud- der, that even for us the bell must toll one day. In an age where men think it's •a big adventure to go duck hunting, when they think it's rugged, he-man stuff to cook on their backyard barbecues — these men were our folk heroes. These were the giants who kept us .aware that once men were brave ,and violent and wild, and, gallant. How we swaggered through the belles with Gable in Gone With .the Wind! How we stood up with him to the fury of the vicious Captain Bligh, in Mut- iny on the Bounty! How we gathered the luscious women in droves merely by joining him in quirking an eyebrow! Many a Ione and dusty West- ern street we stalked with Gary Cooper, hand poised ready for the draw, eyes darting to the upper windows, where the rifle barrels poked. Many a lonely ranch we rode up to with him, our past a mystery. * ** How often have we strolled with Hemingway the festive streets of a Spanish town, girls tossing roses to us from bal- conies! How many times have we sat with him in the great arena, squirting the native wine from the goat -skin into our mouths, as we waited for death in the afternoon, the fanfare of trumpets, the march of the matadors! Don't try to tell me that a lot of cleanout young •fellows called Rock and Tab and Rip and Kirk and Dirk are going to fill the boots of Gable and Cooper. Please don't 'try to tell ole that these earnest young men in crew cuts and horn -rimmed glasses, who write as though they had swallowed a dictionary of psychological teems, are go- ing to oust Hemingway of the clean, stripped prose, the haun- ting poetry. These were the men who were what all of us wanted to be—the dead shots, the mighty drinkers, the lady-killers, the devil - may - care adventurers. Honest, Mom, I don't want to be just a timid old school tea- cher. I want to have a beauti- ful countess goofy over me. I want to outdraw the fastest gun in the west. I want to shoot a lion. >n4. It's a lot of fun mowing the lawn, but rd rather mow down skit or eight cattle r'ustler's. I like a game of bridge, but My heart yearns for Russian Rod- ette. I krone I leave trouble getting the top off a jee of pickles, Rant I yen to Ibendl horse- shoes with one hand, suppose a lot of you wotnen will think this is immature. But the 'truth, however bitter is that you just haven't been Ale to tame the wild mateu that lurks in "every male breast. 'You think we're just Sitting there, halt` ,asleep, watehhig teles evasion, ddn't you Well taWtt; tune thenal a Sulci '-dowir, an (By W. B. T. SMILEY) the screen, observe the grim set of our jaws, see the fingers of our gun hands curl. Keep an eye on our eyebrows newt time Sophia Loren heaves into view. They'll be so quiz- zical you could hang e water pail on them. Note the way our eyes nar- row, next time we're out in the boat, as they peer into the dis- tance, seeing t h ,i n g s you've never dreamed of. And look out for that little, dangerous smile that barely curls the corner of our mouth, at the next meeting of the Home and School Club, when the chairman asks for a frank statement of opinion. They've taken away our old comrades' -in -arms. But Cooper and Gable and Hemingway have given us a code to live by. On the surface, we may be a burnt- out lot. But behind that pot belly, beneath that wispy skull, the fires are smouldering, the courage is white-hot, the will is of iron, and the devilish charm is just biding its time until the first countess comes along. BELL LINES ELAINE BALL is one of our operators in Clinton who is ready to summon doctors, police, firemen — every kind of emergency help —and calm the excited caller at the same time. DIAL "0" FOR HELP Bell operators were credited with helping to save many lives last year. Folks dialed "0" for Operator because they were sick, the house was on fire, they needed the police or for a host of other rea- sons that signalled SOS to "The Voice with the Smile." Our operators are continually alert for emergency calls. If an incoherent voice conies on the line, it may be that of a sick or nearly unconscious person. In case of emer- gency you need arty make one pull of the dial—"O" for operator. But you'll help the operator in any emergency if you'll stay on the line long enough for her to get all the information. She can do a more efficient job if you've given all the details. by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager Once considered a luxury item, the telephone has be- come such an, integral part of daily living that you can scarcely go anywhere nowadays without finding the fam- iliar phone virtually within arm's reach. Apart from the more obvious places such as offices, stores, Street corn- ers, public waiting rooms and, of course, the modern home with one or more ex- tension telephones in convenr cent locations, there are sortie loeations for telephones that might surprise you: Phones for automobiles, for instance, have been avaliable for some time. Business men flitd them useful for keeping in constant touch with their home offices or customers. A (treat number of convnorelal vchlclea also have telephones for similar reasons. Eeeently, an experiment in dialing Calls from an aaireraft was conducted in British Colutn'bia. Eventually telephonew may be tisetl on Canadian airliners in music the same way they ate now being lased in some parts Of the V.S.A. In'Japan, they have been experiment- ing with telephones on trains. This has proved so popular that they now plan to expand this service. But the latest word on telephone• service for travellers concerns tele- phones on buses. A bus company in the U.S. ofeerr this service to its customers. If present plans are realized WO May set) the same thing itt Canada, From Our Early EUcs 40 Years Ago VI4NTQN NEW ERA 'Thursday, July 14, 1$21 John Manning, London, chair- man of the board of the Wood- men of the World wars in Clin- too Monday Tor the funeral of the late John B. Hoover, Mr. Manning worked for the Do- herty Factory when it was situ - tilted, :on Ratterlbury Street. Ie went to Woodstock 32 years ago, but has been in London the last seven years, An estimated crowd of 8,000 at the 12th of July celebrations at Bayfield proved that peo- ple are no longer dependent on the railways for transpor- tation. An estimated 2,000 motorcars was in the village. Melvin Ransford went into the icehouse to cool off a bit during the hat spell and in closing the door, it became locked on the outside and he spend; several hours before he was released. Outside of a chill Mr. Ransford suffered no harm from his dip in, tempera- ture. James Dallas barn was burn- ed by lightning, No .anirrms were lost. About $2,500 insur- ance was carried. For old home week at God- erich the White Star line will run the Steamer Greyhound from Detroit Monday, August 8 at 9 a.m. reaching Goderich at 5.30 p.m. Fare is the usual $3.00 for a round trip. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, July 14, 1921 The Rev. Austin L. Budge, Hamilton, recalled attending high school in Clinton 40 years before. Among his classmates he recalled S. J. Latta, who in 1921 was Minister of Railways in Saskatchewan and Humph- rey Gray "wealthy lawyer and politician at Benton Harbour, Mich." If only the fountain could be kept playing in the town hall park, it would be a fine place to cool off in after a broiling day. W. T. O'Neil offered a recipe for a cooling drink: one cup of sugar; half cup of water bail- ed to syrup, then add juice of four lemons, four oranges and one grapefruit. ,Clinton Ladies Orange Ben- evolent Association (the fiesit ladies orange lodge to be organ- ized in Huron) won the prize for ladies lodges at the 12th Walk in Bayfield. Postmaster Sims, B 1 y th , doesn't spend all. of his time handing out mail to customers, and it is to be feared he utter- ly neglects to read the post- cards, for it is reported that he has one of the finest gar- dens in the towns. 25 'Years Ago !JL N! QN NEWS-REVORD Thursday, July 9, 1936 Council, discussed moving ehe new bandstand uptown. A new ccenhined •aanbulance and funeral-coaph has been pure chased by Bain ,and Zapfe of the Clinton gardwaxe and Fur- niture Company. An'ong pupils receiving their entrance certificates by recom- mendation were W. Count- er, W. Cook, J. Lavis, H. Her- man, L. Plemeteel, F. Ellis, R, Campbell, F, Evans, W. Daddy, J. Hearn, R. Monteith, K. Ross. Bob Carrick pitched a no -hit, one run game against Sitaffa here Monday, and the final score was 21-1. Cecil Agnew won the boys event at the bicycle races held in Recreation Park, 40 years ago. Dr. Shaw and James S, Jackson were starters and judges. Bobby Breen was appearing in "L,et's Sing Again" at the Roxy Theatre. Wendorf's Ice Cream Parlour offered ice cream bricks for 20 cents, The Old Time Dance Club planned a dance in the Bay- field Pavilion with an amateur contest. S. H. Thompson, Clin- ton was receiving entries. Ad- mission was to be 30 cents (in- cluding tax). 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, July 12, 1951 R. Gordon Bennett, BSA, Clinton, has been promoted to associate director with the Ag- ricultural Representatives Br- anch, Department of Agricul- ture. Mr. Bennett has been in Huron for three years, The Rev. T. 3. Pitt was in- ducted at the Varna Goshen United Churches. W. Robert Miller, accountant of the Royal Bank of Canada, at Woodbridge, was the victims of a daring holdup of the bank, when $10,600 was taken by th- ree masked men. Though Mr. Miller and the manager gave chase, they lost the men in heavy traffic an the highway. Tuckersmith Township gave the Brucefield fire department permission to hold a bingo at its summer frolic. The Rev. and Mrs. P. Ren- ner, Bayfield were honoured at a surprise party on the occas- ion of their silver wedding an- niversary. Average attendance at the collegiate during the past year was 238.8 pupils. The Glorious 12th was held in Bayfield to -day. Business and Professional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 0.7562 33 HAMILTON STREET GODERICH TELEPHONE JA 4.7562 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 Ii. 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, Seafortin Harvey Fuller, Gode- rich; Wm. R. Pepper, Seaforth; 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. THE WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Head Office, DUNGANNON Established 1878 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Brown Smyth, R 2, Auburn; Viva -Pres., Herson Ir- win, Belgrave; Directors,Paul Caesar, R. 1, Dungannon; ellrge C. Feaggan, Goderich; Ross Mc- Phee, I2,; 3, Auburn; Donald MacKay, Ripley; John F. Mee- teatime ac-teatim , R. 3, Goderich; ki rank Thompson R.1, Iiolyrood; Wm. Wiggins, R. 3, Auburn. For information oat your in- surance, call your nearest dirge- tar who is also an agent, or the secretary, Duran Phillips, Dun- gannon, phone Dungann 27 48. - tfb OPTOMETRY J. E, LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined OPTICIAN Oculists' Prescriptions Filled Includes Adjustments At Nb Further Charge Clinton ---Mondays Only Ph. HU 2-7010 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Above Hawkins Hardware Seaforth--Weekdays except Mondays, ground floor. Phone 791 G. B. CLANCY, O,D. -- OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GOEERICH 38-tfb PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTAN1 Goderlch, Ontario Telephone Box JA 4.9521 478 RONALD G. MtCANN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT O fii anti side/We tten, cry Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Rai Estate ,R tluatness Orator High Street '-{ Oilman tsHOi+IE H!1 2402