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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-03-08, Page 2From our Early Files Business and Professional DirectOry CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON ST. • 7 RATTENBURY ST. E. GODERICH CLINTON Phone JA 4.7562 Phone HU 2-7721 Before Cars and Before Paving !n Clinton Another look into the not so distant past in Clinton,. shows the main intersection, shortly after the present post office was con- structed. ' At the left, behind the post office, where Roy Mann's service station now is located,' was Elliott's Big Livery. At the right, on the site of the service station now operated by Hugill & Hathaway, is G. L. Walker's Livery, Boarding and Sales' Stables. The streets, which here show up as gravel, with cement sidewalks for crossing, were paved sidewalk to sidewalk in a major surfacing program about 12 years ago. The photo is another from Ed Diehl's postcard collection, and dates back to about 1907. This was before the memorial, plaque was erected and before the winter porch was added at the post office entrance, 40 Years Ago. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 9, 1922 At the annual ,hospital meet- ing Mrs. N. W. Trewartha, chairman, presided. Total pat- ient days, 1,831 involving 171 patients, only 55 of them from town of Clinton. A speaker on Tuesday at a meeting called by the mayor suggested the time had come when only one newspaper was necessary in a town like Clin- ton. During February $1.13 held been expanded in charity re- ported Councillor Livermore, $50 will be granted the hOrti- cultural society for civic street improvement. Spring Fa ir grant will be $60. A community shed is being planned tor. Union prayer services are be- ing held in St. John's Anglic- an Church, Holinesville, every Wednesday during Lent. The topic and lantern slides yester- day were excellent. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, March 9, 1922 The street sprinkler is to be repaired and new linoleum pur- chased for the police office floor. Orval, Phillips, Lorrdesboro„ and his mother axe leaving for the farm they purchased on the Huron Road. Members of Clinton LOBA sent three carloads to Goderich and helped 'institute a now ledge there. T. Hawkins urged buying sap pans now to be ready for sp- ring sap run. John B. Mustard offered coal to ''answer 'the 'burning ques- tion" and predicted a coal strike to be probable. An auction sale of mortgaged lands will be held in Cart- wright's Hotel in the village of Lordesboro on March 18 by GeOrge H. Elliott, lazetioneer. 2 Youngsters Hurt In Truck-Car Crash GODERICH (Staff) — One yOurig boy was' in Wingham, hos; pital Monday night following a trtrek-ear collision five andiea east of Lucknow Saturday afternoon. The boy, Murray Mewhinney, 10,, .RR 1, LuclatoW, was in sait- isifeetOty condition after receiv- ing severe' face laterationS. An- other youngster, 'Marvin Dottg- lat Hall,' 11, Bluevale, Was treated by the emergency re- eeiVing department and Sent home OPP COnStable Donald `t rum- bley; Goderich, said that $1,000 damages restited to a fuel tank truck driven by. Willitith Robert Hall; 42, /31tieVale and owned by Lucknow District CO-opera,. 'rive Inc., When it was in coI,, listen With e car, oWaeci and driven by ,Franklin MeWhiriney, 55, 11.1t 1, LticknOW. on the 12th corteessiOn, the oar WAS: darn- aged to the extent of $100, The- tank truck WAS said to heave been proceeding along the denceSt ion road When the Hall vehicle is alleged in hare struck it 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 4, 1937 Orval Noble will open a clothing store for men and boys on Huron Street. Uniforms from Davis and Hermans will be purchased for Chief of Police and Constable Groves. Two sites are being consider- ed by Goderich council for an airport one to the south and one to the north of town. Lost — front bumper off truck on Bayifield Road. Find- er please phone 3. E. IVIcICM. ley, Zurich. - Mac:leans magazine offered by W. D. Fair for $1.00 a year. "Its fiction is dean! — copies never have to be hidden." The Old Time Dance Room will have music by Lakeside Orchestra, adtnission 25 cents plus tax. "Hopalong Cassidy Returns" is being shown at the "Boxy" 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 6, 1952 Clinton Chamber of Com- merce endorsed a move by CNR officials to begin a Sunday train to town from Stratford. The new addition, to the col- legiate would increase accom- modation to a total of 400 pupils, The Hospital Auxiliary has 505 members, 20 of them from 'Bayfield. Misses Marie and Kathleen tlItiott, Brucefield, have gone to Florida via bus and train. Personnel at Station Clinton have a crowd pleaser in their show "Stage Crazy'. Badminton teinrney on eight courts at RCAF Station Clin- ton has 271 entries from eight elubk including Clinton and Hayfield. Huron Fish and Game Club is searching for funds to build a new clubhouse. St. Paul's Friendship Club Will Meet Wednesday The next regular Meeting of St. Paul's Friendship Club will be held on Wednesday, March 14, in the Parish Hall'at 8:15 The program will be under the direction of Mrs. June White and her conmtittee. Have you noticed haw the world is turning away from the idea that a hero must be young man? For example, when the Yanks wanted to send somebody whistling around the world in one of those crazy capsules, they didn't choose some young punk of twenty-three. Nossir! They picked Colonel John Glenn, a mature, intelli- gent, charming and handsome fellow of about my age. It's finally being realized that most men of our age possess these qualities, along with outstand- ing ability to handle a crisis under great stress. As the years 'hurtle by, this has become gradually more ev- ident to me--how excitable and nervous and erratic and just plain silly are. young fellows; how calm, competent, poised, steady, reliable and sane are we more adult chaps'. * *' * Or course, I must admit it's just matter of experience. The young felloW is, in his late teem or early twentys is inclined to panic when he .confronts an unfamiliar situation,. But for the middle-age bird, there's no such thing. He's .been through it, or something mighty like it. The man who has been able to reach 40 without resorting to drugs, drink or divorce is a pretty valuable piece Of human- ity. He may not be able to accomplish some' physical feats as quickly or easily as the young buck.. But he can per- form a lot more mental and social feats, and in the process he can last a whole lot longer arid finish a good deal stronger. I'd like to see, for example, the young fellow who could have stayed with hie last Tues- day, and finished as fresh as I did. It was the day my daught- er became 11, She'd been prom- laid a birthday party. " After the invitations were out, her mother realized that she had to take the other offspring to the city for a music festival, and wouldn't be 'here to run the show, * Guess who? Right. I was it: Planner of games, judge of con- tests, master of ceremonies, set- tler of tights,- caterer, and gen- eral party mother. And do you think I didn't handle all those roles with dignity, grace, charm and warmth, not 'to mention aplomb and insouciance? Deng right I did! (By. W. B, T. SMILEY) Take some young punk of 20 and let him •try it, Let him take over a dozen wild, squeal- ing, sweet, silly, giggling little girls. He'd run sobbing out of the house, calling for his moth- er. after 10 minutes' of it. I'd like to see him acting as judge for the twist contest we held. He'd probably have given the prize to the kid Who could dance it best, A mature man would never do that, He'd give. it 'to 'the shyest, or the gawkiest, or his bank manager's daughter, or somebody useful. * * I'd like to See that young fel- low hustle up two dozen hot- dogs with the works, pour 24 glasses of ginger ale, • -Whip .the cream, serve the jello, light 'the candles and lead the. singing, and escape with nothing more than a few burned fingers, a couple of broken glasses, some wax on the tablecloth, and not enough nickels in the cake. He just couldn't do it. He'd be screaming for the Red Cross or somebody before he'd dished out the first round of red-hots. 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. Clinton Medical Centre 44 'Rattenbury Street West Seaforth---Weekdays eXcept Mondays, ground floor. Phone 791 G. B. CLANCY, 0.1)., OPTOMETRIST For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GODERICH • B8-tfb INSURANCE THE WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Head Office, DUNGANNON Established 1878 BOARD OF pitlectoRs President; Brown Smyth, Auburn;, Viee-PreS., Herson Iv- win, BegraVe; Directors, Paul Caesar, R.1, Dungannon; George C. Feagan, Goderich; Ross Mc- Phee, Rti 8, Auburn; 13Ohhid MacKay, Ripley; Jahn P. Mac- Lennan, Goderich; Prat* ThorriPsen, 11: 1, Relyreoci; Win, Wiggiasi R. 3, Auburn. Per information on your sataace, call your nearest 27: tor who is also agent, Ott the secretary, Dttinitt Phillips, cannon, phone Dungannon' New, I'm not bragging or looking for praiSe. I'M merely pointing out a fact that is- well known to all middleaged men— that all middleaged men are more diplomatic, tolerant, jud- icious and' helpful in emergen- cies than .are young men. If this is the case, someone will ask, why is it that young women are't battling to capture these paragons, instead of going around marrying young men all the time? And the casual observer will probably reply that .it's because young men have hair on their head's and muscles 'in their bellies and music in their souls. This, of course, is a super- fluous view. As anyone . who- has pondered the whole bisiness can easily • see, the real reason is because these fine, . middle- aged chaps,. In the very prime axe flower of their lives, are already in the toils of women who know 'how fortunate they are, and who are hanging on for dear :life. After all, you don't get chaps. like us out of 'grab bags. SUGAR and SPICE , a 4, Choice Beef! SIRLOIN STEAK All ROUND STEAK One SIRLOIN TIP ROASTS Price STEAK ROAST wicc RUMP ROAST u1h. PETE 'S Modern MEAT Marke HU 24131 .1•0•••••irl 17111•11.11•W A. M. HARPER and COMPANY 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 HO 2-9747 Res. HU 2-7556 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Head Office: Seaforth (Metre; President, John L. MalOne, Seaforth; vice-president, John H. McEvving, Blyth; secre- tary-treasurer, W. B. South- gate, Seaforth. Directors: John H. McHwing; Robert •Archibald; Chris Leon- hanit, BOrnholtn; 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: Writ Leiper, Jr.., Lon- deaboro; V. Z. Lane, RR 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; tti Jees Keyes,, Seaforth; Harold Squires, Clinton. PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTAN1 Goderieh, Ontario Telephone Sox JA 4-9521 4/8 adonaroadsOti.a.leimamoladrionoinlaidamegedriaa REAL E'Si•ATB LEONA:1M!) 6, WINTER float Ettate tr. nthiihomi Broker High' 83tetei' ,664i dtiatok Pi-IONE HU 24692 'DAY DON' In 1 IN ruink bFri AUt out t11ddX1NO ON hoW Much 'Mkt e SPENDS IN flit“ Farm produce marketing plans, with strength through a compasory feature, roceived.substantial support again this week. All 19 of the men vvho favoured the present hog marketing Plan were elected in Huron. This Means that a mWritY of the producers who voted are happy and willing to do what they're told, so long as they have a' hand in electing the men who make the decisions, and so long as the decision makers are producers. We would venture a word of cau- tion, however. Though the plan has received sup- port, there are many producers who don't like the entire idea. Though 14,669 votes were cast in Huron for men who favour the present plan, 5,869 were cast in opposition, The committeemen now represent It seems oddly out-dated that here within a long snowball's throw of the centre of learning for communications experts in Canada—in fact for many NATO countries, our town is dependent mainly upon the telephone for connec- tions with the outside world. The telephone, after all, is an old- fashioned instrument, It was new when the century was young. Ontario Hydro is wise to the way in which radio can be used to get mes- sages from office to truck, and from truck to truck, The provincial Department of Highways also is extending its commun- Which is better? To have Ontario police forces oper- ate within the framework of provincial and dominion law, yet with each munici- pality holding a good bit of autonomy— Or, to operate (especially in sparse- ly settled 'rural area) with a number of police commission to administer the police commission to admisiter the needs of the entire community as one, This is a question which deserves serious thought. As can be said of the small farmer, "He is 'inefficient," so can it be said of the small community, "It is inefficient". Is that good enough reason to move toward a . larger community? Does not the very fact that people continue to live in small municipalities indicate that they find pleasure in the leisurely pace, the ability to know their Out of the 80-odd million dollars that the CBC collects from the taxpay- er for the development of Canadian "culture", it would seem that a small sum might be set aside for the teaching of English to announcers, especially sports announcers. The name Fowler is a notable one among the band of brothers who have tried, and whose successors are still try- ing, to maintain English as a civilized tongue. There was a Fowler who was chairman of a royal commission on Canadian broadcasting. Possibly he could be induced to set English exam- THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 ,et 0 it) ABC both those who voted them in, and those who voted against them. Their duty is no less toward one than the other. Wisdom will be found in Working toward a policy which will increase the number of those who favour the Plan, by working always to iniprove it, to iron out difficulties, to forme problems before they actually exist. This is an objective fit for a modern day Solomon, Farm producer leaders are progres- sing every year toward better under- standing. Ask Bert Lobb what would have happened 12 years ago, if the pre- sent plan, teletype and all, had been voted on? But the fact remains that there are many Who are not pleased, and they, too must be considered as the months and years go forward. ications to reach snowplow operators and other mobile equipment. In town—and in many other towns, of course—we are all very dependent on the telephone. It appears to us that some improve- ment on our police protection network could be achieved with• the aPPlieation of modern methods. Already there have been seven Clinton cars stolen this year, which is 130 percent more than were stolen all of last year. Are we in for a prolonged period of more crinie? If so, then the best in police protection would be improved with better communica- tions. neighbours, to participate whole-heart- edly in affairs of a community which is not too complek. As we continually move toward more grants from the province, we move under more provincial control. As we look to Ottawa for help, we move further under control by people at a distance, who inevitably find our simple needs hard to understand. When the British North America Act laid down the duties of the domin- ion government, that of the province and that of the municipality, it is pos- sible that those who prepared the docu- ment were closer to basic democracy than we are today. Let us think well before yielding more control into the hands of higher levels of government. • • inations for the broadcasters and an- nouncers employed by the CBC. This little note of protest was in- spired by the words of wisdom on a recent sportcast in which someone "shonkla known he was beat" before he started. And, of course, the phrase "it looks like" he did the right thing can be heard almost any day or night. If sports broadcasts are not cleaned up grammatically in these days of sports-minded children, it is inevitable that the quality of the English tongue will deteriorate more rapidly in the next generation than it ever has before. Page News-Recor Thurs.', March8.. 194 Editorials • Word ,of Caution Better Communications That is the Question What Others Say It Look's Like (The Printed Word) Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD 'Amalgamated 1924 Est. 1881 11.44.t, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In advance — Canada and Great Britain: $4.00 a year; United States and Foreign: $5.50; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa • and for payment of pcistage in cash ' Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario -- Population 3,369 ID A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor