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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1961-09-07, Page 2Page 2 --Clinton News -.Record -'—Thursday, Sept, 7, 1961 Editorials ... Let Us Be First Class Canadian (The Bolton THE TORONTO Telegram has seen fit to suggest that it was strange that the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association, in convention at Halifax last month, passeda resolution calling on the Diefenbaker government to ad- opt the recommendations in the O'- Leary royal commission, The O'Leary commission was set up to find out why foreign magazines with phony "Can- adian" editions were getting such a large share of the Canadian advertis- ing dollar, and to suggest ways of bring- ing at least some of the money back home. The total advertising in "Canadian" editions of foreign magazines was eight and a half million dollars in 1960. Time in 1960 paid its parent company $1,- 000,000 in dividends on an original book capitalization of $100,000 while Reader's Digest paid $1,500,000, or 125 percent, on a capital (arbitrarily fixed) of $1,200,000, all of it earned in Canada. 1Vlillions were paid in earlier years. In the last several years the Can- adian weeklies (of which the Bolton Enterprise is one) lost more than half of their national, or out-of-town, adver- tising. Some of it was lost to television, but much of it went to Time and Read- er's Digest. How could that be? The prettified ad in the big magazines would never be seen in The Enterprise. But the weeklies get national advertising in competition with daily newspapers, TV, radio and other media. If Mr. Luce's I Time and Mr. Wallace's Digest take all or nearly all of the available advertis- ing money there is apt to be little left over for genuine Canadian publications. The two intruders have slick (and ex- pensive) sales gimmicks that can't be matched by the country weeklies. The resolution at the Halifax meet- ing was regularly passed. There were 125 papers represented at the conven- tion. The subject had been initiated by the president in his opening address and the attendance at the convention was representative having regard to the cost of travel for publishers who are spread across the continent. The fact that a few member week- lies have criticized the report does not impair the validity of the resolution. - Unanimity in a membership of 520 would be strange, but there is no doubt that the resolution has the backing of most members. The attitude of the Toronto Tele- gram is the really strange thing. The Tely began attacking the Commission even before its first public hearing in 1960. The editor of the Tely's editorial page made a presentation, arguing that anything that could be recommended would be an encroachment on press freedom. Chairman O'Leary shouted "nonsense!" and went on to show, ac- cording to shorthand transcript, that even a Telegram editor has a respons- ibility under the law to behave. Free- dom of speech, said Mr. O'Leary, did not include a right to stars a panic by yelling "fire" in a crowded theatre. So ruled and such were the words of the late great jurist Mr. Justice Holmes of the U.S. supreme court. Enterprise) The editor of the Toronto Tele- gram's editorial page has had a long journalistic career, and it is especially interesting if he is the same B. K. Rich- ardson, formerly of the Ottawa press gallery, who was an official correspon- dent for Time in the months when its Canadian section had just got going (1943?) If this is the man, could he have been so much in awe of Henry Luce that be would place Time's greedy encroachment ahead of survival of Can- adian publications? There can be over -emphasis on "press freedom" and a bogey conjured. up about "censorship". All laws are restrictive in some degree but only the most reckless of editors would say we 'did not need laws against libel, or the most callous of publishers would argue that the public should not be protected against false advertising, or that ob- scenity be universally encouraged? The O'Leary commission proposed no restriction whatsoever on the edit- orial content of Time, Reader's Digest 'or any other publication, domestic or foreign. If the recommendations be- come law, Time would be placed on the same footing in Canada as News- week, and Reader's Digest in the same position as, for example, the Atlantic Monthly or the National Geographic. The restoration of equity among the imported papers would give the Canadian publications, including this one, a better chance of making pro- gress. Everyone in the publishing bus- iness in Canada knows that it's a tough struggle to survive without having plutocratic foreigners competing un- fairly. This unfair competition enables the foreigners more easily to make our thinking second-class American instead of first-class Canadian. Grandmother's Day (Anonymous) Grandmother, on a winter's day, Milked the cows and fed them hay; Slopped the hogs and saddled the mule And got the children off to school. Did a washing, mopped the floors, Washed the windows and did the chores. Cooked a dish of home -dried fruit, Pressed her husband's Sunday suit, Swept the parlor, made the bed And baked a dozen loaves of bread. Split some firewood and lugged it in, Enough to fill the kitchen bin. Cleaned the lamps and put in oil Stewed some apples she thought would spoil, Churned the butter, baked a cake, Then exclaimed, "For goodness sake! The calves have got out of the pen." And went and chased them in again. Gathered the eggs and locked the stable, Back to the house and set the table, Cooked a supper that was delicious And afterward washed up all the dishes. Fed the cat and sprinkled the clothes, Mended a basketful of hose. Then opened the organ and began to play. Y u Come to the End of a Perfect Day." Clinton News -Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 Amalgamated 1924 %. II1 A Published every Thursday at the f• Heart of Huron County / Clinton, Ontario --Population 3,225 .• AB C a • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher •• WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor •Qr `B,♦ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain: $3.00 a United States and Foreign: $4.50; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Est. 1881 year 04,1 r ^ Cr. --411 ' jm i s II111 , a, a_ "P� - . I . esti I i• r �.. J ;�•V' +M'tIMM11.M;T.. ` !'! L, 11111 ...M 11111 •,r �Ih'II1Q7i1�• ` \= 4 ” \\N\\s 4/114/ `1�j ►I_hq\A\ �� , ��/i� IIG Y ,l .I 1 I� : ,\ ��� \�rNr r�crce�N.� SUGAR and SPICE... Remember, a couple of weeks ago, I was telling what a wick- ed place The City has become? And of the dreadful pitfalls into which a steady, reliable chap from a small town can stumble, particularly if he's at the dangerous age? I promis- ed to continue the confession of my wild adventures that night, in the next week's col- umn, but I couldn't bring my- self to do it. * * * After serious thought, how- ever, I've decided it's my duty to reveal the perils and the purlieus that exists, in the hope that you may be saved, should your foot slip from the paths of righteousness, as mine did. * ,: * You'll remember that, torn by who knows what strange and wayward desires, I had already been clipped at a honky-tonky piano joint. And then been shorn at one of those wicked foreign movies in which the actors seem to think sex is funny, not sinful, as we all know it is. yr * q: Well, I escaped from there, and had determined to go straight back to my room, and read a pamphlet calledThe Teachers' Superannuation Act, in an attempt toi pull myself together. * * * But I fell. It was a warm, seductive, summer night, re- member. Just as I walked past this narrow old house, it hap- pened. The door was open, young people laughed and talk- ed in the dimly lighted hall, and from the depths of the house, faintly, came a sweet song and the tinkle of a guitar. • * * I couldn't help it. I turned and walked straight in. I must have thought I was in another incarnation, as a sailor an a street in Marseilles or Shang- hai, rather than a staid thor- oughfare in what was not long ago the dullest city in christen - dam, * * * A darkly handsome young fellow barred my way and ask- ed me, pleasantly enough, if I was a member. When I shook my head, mouth open, he sug- gested I might like to join. If could have been the Foreign Legion, for all I cared. Fork- ing over the modest fee, I al- most knocked him down as I hastened through the door, an- ticipating mystic rites, cabal- istic ceremonies, exotic dancing girls and, if necessary, a pipe or two of opium. sot �e / t x/ To turn ideas about things you'd like to have into real, honest -to -goodness reality —see your neighbourhood branch of the 13 of M. A low-cost, life -insured loan under the B of M Family Finance Plan will bring malty of the things you've been dreaming about within your reach right now! MY OANH', 10PAMR /MOM Peelle Se (By W. B. T. SMILEY) It was dark inside. On a small, lighted platform in the middle of tike room, in the centre of the gloom, stood a very pretty girl, with deep red hair and white skin and white teeth that gleamed as she sang. s: * t: Sad songs and love songs and old songs and funny songs she sang, picking them out as daintily and strongly as she picked out the accompaniment on her guitar. And that was my introduction to The Purple Onion, and the world of folk music, blues and jazz that comes to life in The City when everything else is going to sleep, , * * * On the surface, these clubs— there are half a dozen of them in The City now —look like dens of iniquity. They are shabby, dimly lit. There is exciting music, and in some, home-made poetry. They are full of kids in their early twenties. The atmosphere is intimate. They stay open late, late, • * * And yet, it's a curiously in- nocent world. Let's take a look at. The Purple Onion. First, the audience. Here, three pretty Japanese girls listen in- tently. Over there, five young fellows heckle the singer good- naturedly, between songs. Near them, tnvo young -married coup- les, supping onion soup. A big, sad -eyed blonde girl sits gazing into space. What about ,the atmosphere? Well, the wildest drinks served are hot apple cider and a youthful nightmare called coke - au -fait, which, believe it or not, is coke and milk, mixed. The entertainers joke with the audience, and there's no smut. The waitresses smoke on the job, and demand cash for cof- fee. A fellow with a beard and a babe with long black hair struggle noisily in the tiny kitchen, looking like two peo- ple washing up after a party. * * * Let's have a chat with that girl singer, who's just finished a "set" of songs. There's no dressing -room to retire to, so she sits down and drinks coffee till she's on again. With her is a nervous -looking young fellow, in horn -rimmed specs. * ** She's Karen James, 21, folk - singer by choice, Canadian by residence, Norwegian Spanish ancestry. Shes' poised, intelli- gent and knows what she wants to do. Her ideal of the good life would be 'that of a strolling singer, wandering from town to town. But she concedes that this is impossible for a girl, especially one with an urban background. So she's doing re- search on Canadian folk songs, hopes to become a specialist in them, intends to go on singing, and has made •a record with a U.S. company. * * * The bird sitting with her, who dotes fondly as she talks, claims he's the only real beat- nik in The City, because he works only when he's starving. At what? He designs surgical instrttments, has the surgeons try them out on him, shows the scars to prove it. * 4, 4' Let's have :a word with the manager. He's the young fel- low who was at the door. Is he a might-cilxb operator, a gambler, a promoter? Not ex. actly. He's a chartered account. ancy student and se is his partner: No beatniks they. They like fdik music, running the place makes a nice change from the grind of work, and they even make a little money at it. * * * Another young fellow, with a little heard, sings while we chat. He's a bit nervous, but pretty good. He comes over and site down,, He's' Rich Smith, who has been singing at the Black Swan in Stratford. It turns out that the songs' he just sang were an audition. No wonder he was a trifle nervous. Does he get a job at The Pur- ple Onion? Yep. It's all set- tled over a cup of coffee, in a delightfully vague manner. s: * * The whole business has a casual, comfortable easiness that is charming, in these days of the hard deal, the solid con- tract, the cold, efficient and mercenary attitude encounter- ed in most clubs and restaur- ants. * * * And this old columnist, loggy with coffee, groggy with Iack of sleep, totters into the street at 4 a.m., thinking maybe The City isn't so sinful after all, and with ten hours on the town behind him, heads back for the barracks, wistfully wishing he were twenty years younger, and could twang a guitar. 0 Sunday School Enjoys Picnic At Bayfield Site The annual picnic of Ontario Street United Church Sunday School was held at Bayfield on August 23. Winners of races and sports events were as fol- lows: Beginners, Keith Crittenden, Janet East; Primary 1, .girls, Ann Crittenden, Barbara El- liott; primary 2, boys, Ray Lobb; primary 2, girls, Linda Lavis, Marilyn: Aiken; primary 2, boys, Brian Merrill, David Watson; primary 3, boys, Ron Lobb, Clare Proctor. Nine and under, boys, Clare Proctor, Ron Lobb; girls, Lin- da Lavis, Sa'nd'ra MacDonald; junior 1, girls, Sandra MacDon- ald, Linda Lavis, Barbara El- liott; junior 1, boys, John Aik- en, David Aiken; junior 2, girls, Linda East, Wendy Hol- mes; junior 2 boys, Donald El- liott, Jerry Lobb; junior 3, girls, Gaye Watson, Joan Lobb; jun- ior 3 boys, Paul Crittenden, Brian Merril. 12 and under, Ron Labb, Jer- ry Labb; girls, Elaine Kennedy, Linda East; Intermediate 1, girls, Kathy Deline, Marie Lobb; intermediate 2, girls, Cheryl Rozell, Kathy Define; intermediate 1 and 2, boys, Ken Rozell, Donald Watson. 15 and under, boys and: girls, Jerry Lobb, Gordon Merrill; senior boys, Alvin Potter, Gor- don Tyndall; teachers news- paper race, John Lavis, Art Aiken; ladies kick -the -slipper, Mrs. Ross Merrill, Mrs. Grant Mills; couples race, Mrs. C. El- liott and Roy Wheeler, Mr. and Mays. Kendall, The largest family present, was Mrs, Alvin Lobb with her five children. Youngest person present was Patsy Crich nand the eldest, Mrs, Wes Shobbroak, Everyone present enjoyed a picnic lunch with lemonade and ice cream supplied by the Sun- day School. WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHY Albums of Choke Design Portraits, Commercial Photography, etc, Jervis Studio 130 Isaac Si. HU 3.7O00 26to30b 40 Years Mo CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, September 8, 1021 Clinton rural school fair will be held on September 29, the same day as the town fair, Mr. Stoddart, mail courier on No. 2 route, has provided him. - Self a covered mail cart, which no doubt keeps the run from. "smiting him 'by day", and will also keep off the fall showers. Holmesvllle and ,Ebenezer Sunday Schools held their an- nual picnic on Mr, Forster's flats, People are pleased that 'the culverts ,and bridges between Holmesville land Clinton have been finished up, saving the long detours necessary while repairs and ,building were pro- ceeding. Some funny exchanges are =icing merry over 'the :impos- sibility of having curfew bells to keep children off the streets nights, (because it is .impossible to tell 'the child 'from her grandmother. But what's the matter with getting "granny" herself home early? 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, September 8, 1921 The annual flower show is to be held on September 10 in the office of S. B. Stothers, agricultural representative. James Snell came home from the Toronto Exhibition with four firsts, six seconds 'and two thirds for his Leicester sheep. Father Tighe Ieft on Monday for Sandwich where he enters Assumption College, as 'teacher in philosophy. Elsie May Coleman and J. Elgin Campbell McKinley were married on September 1 at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Coleman, Stanley Township. John Mustard, Brucefield, has bought a coal business in Goderich. The railwaymen Iiving in Clinton received their first pay recently which on the average shows a decrease of 12 percent, dating from July 16 to August 1. Total reduction in Canada is estimated to be over a million dollars ,at every pay period. MIDDLETON Mr. .and Mrs. Kenneth Es - dale, Noranda, Quebec, visited last week with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton. Their son, Richard, who has spent the summer with Mr. and Mrs. Don Middleton, re- turned home with them. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Mid- dleton spent the weekend with friends in Tara 'and Port Elgin. Milton Steepe returned home on Sunday following successful surgery in Victoria Hospital, Landon. His friends wish him 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECOI;D Thursday, September 3, 1936. Gladys Victoria Perdue and Clarence James Livermore were Married on September 1, and plan to make their home in Harriston. Three bunches of blossoms have appeared on a tree also bearing large red apples at the garden of Mrs. T. J. Watt. Back in 1896 (noted the early files column) the expense of John McMillan in the recent election was $103. A course in busines's practice will be introduced into certain On t a r i o schools, technical schools and collegiates, to re- place the Latin .course, W. T, O'Neil offered a pound of gingersnaps for 10 cents; blueberries are 20 cents a pound; cottage roll was 30 cents a pound. Nine cartons of office record's from the Seaforth office of J. J. Huggard (in jail at Gode- rich) were taken to Goderieh in readiness for the hearing to- day at two o'clock, W. D. Fair Co. announced Ghat "Vacation has Vacated", and school pupils should visit the store for books required. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, September 6, 1951 100 dozen pairs of nylon stockings were stolen from Par -Knit Hosiery Ltd., Albert Street, sometime Sunday night. They were valued at $1,136. Huron County ranks tops the province for farm produc- tion. Placing first for dry peas and dry beans', the county plac- ed second for husking corn, second for swine, third in poul- try, third for cattle and third for fall and spring wheat. Record enrolment at CDCI is 287 this year. The auditorium is being used for a classroom. Clinton Public School board is continuing to use the basement of Ontario Street United Chur- ch for kindergarten and the basement of St. Andrew's Pres- byterian Church for other jun- ior grades. Enrolment is 363. Registration at A/V/M Hugh Campbell Public School at the RCAF Station' Clinton is 122. Two years ago there were only 36 pupils there. The Brown and Jacob stable has purchased Jimmie G., a three-year-old gelding from Dr. C. A. Houze, MitcheII. a speedy recovery. Harvest Festival The annual service of Har- vest Thanksgiving will be held in St. James Church, Middle- ton on Sunday, September 10 at 3 p.m. The special speaker is the Rt. Rev. W. A. Townshend, suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Huron. The community is invited to attend this lovely service. Business and Professional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON ST. 7 RATTENB VRY ST. E. GODERICH CLINTON CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON ST. RATTENBURY ST. E. GODERICH CLINTON Phone JA 4-7562 Phone HU 2'!]21 Phone JA 4-7562 Phone HU 27721 INSURANCE H. E. HARTLEY All Types of Life Terns 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 Lean- hardt, Bornholm; Norman Tre- wartha, Clinton; Wm. S. Alex- ander, Walton; J. L. Malone, Seaforth: Harvey Fuller, Gode- rich; Wm. R. Pepper, Seaforth; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents; Wm. Leiper, Jr., Lon- desbbro; 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 1978 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Brown Smyth, R 2, Auburn; Vive-Pres., Herson Ir- win, Belgrave; Directors, Paul Caesar, R. 1, Dunggannon; George C. Feagan, Goderich; Ross Mc- Phee, R. 3, Auburn; Donald MacKay, Ripley; John F. Mac- Lennan, R. 3, Goderich; Frank Thompson, R. 1, Holyrood; Wm. Wiggins, R. 3, Auburn. For information on your in- surance, call your nearest direc- tor who is also an agent; or the secretary, Durnin Phillips, Dun- 0/Mon, phone Dungannon 48. • 27-tfb OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined OPTICIAN Oculists' Prescriptions Filled Includes Adjustments At No 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. Phohe 791 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. --- OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GODERICH 38-ttb PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTAN1 Goderich, Ontario Telephone fax JA 4-9521 478 RONALD G. McCANN PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Office and Residence Rattenbury Street East Phone HU 2-9677 CLINTON, ONTARIO REAL ESTATE LEONARD G. WINTER Real Estate & Business Broker - High l treet -- Clinton PHONE HU 24692'