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Clinton News-Record, 1962-03-15, Page 2A Look Back at 1917-18 Clinton Pass-Time Club Members Do you remember them? This was the Clinton Pass Time Club of pre First World War days. Notice that many of those in this 'pictorial postcard were in uniform. We have this picture from the files of Frank Andrews, who was, not a member, but recalls many happy times with the club. Prob- ' ably the last hall that was used by the Pass-Time Club was one over the.. present Superior Store and' Gord's Billiards, at the south-west corner of the main intersection, Weekend CLINTON Specials GOLD SEAL Sockeye Salmon, 1/2 -lb. fin 49c IGA Margarine 3 lbs. 69c , BETTY CROCKER Cake Mixes, Family Size .. 2 for 59c NESCAFE Instant Coffee, 6-oz. 89c Tablerite Steak Roasts or Round, Eirloin, T-Bone , 75c lb. Fresh Side Spare Ribs 59c lb. Florida Oranges 2 5-lb. Bags 89c Florida No. 'I Grapefruit 2 5-lb. Bags 89c Stokleys Frozen Peas, Corn Green Beans, Cut Wax Beans and Lima Beans 10 or 12 oz. 5 for 59c I From Our Early Files { A. M. HARPER and COMPANY CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON ST. 7 RATTENBURY ST. E. GODERICH CLINTON Phone JA 4-7562 . Phone HU 24721 onnowingo rmamm. :Irrirmomms,.....a Business and Professional Directory Clinton 'News-Record. THE CLINTON EWS-RECORD Amalgamated 3024 Est. 1881i Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron Cininty Clinton, Ontario -- Population 3,369 . AO, . Af L. COLGUI4OUN, Publisher • • 4, e WILMA D. DINNIee Editor 0 Le''' SUBSCRIPTION ItAtEg! Payable in advance --,- Canada and Great Britain: $4.00 a year; United States and Yoreigh: 0.50; "dingleCopleS Ten Nett Authorized as so ss m Mall, Pes Off t e ice' DeOsiityiebt, Ottawa c lact class y pos ag d THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 Cooked Meat Special CHICKEN LOAF I MAC AND CHEESE LOAF t 43c lb. MINCED HAM LOAF 49c lb. COOKED HAM - 19c lb. HOME FREEZER PROVISIONS: LET US QUOTE YOU ON . Beef Pork - Veal - Lamb . . FOR YOUR HOME FREEZER TE Modern MEAT Market HU 2,9731 Page 2r,cliatea 'News-Record- Thug;, March15, 190 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, March 16, 1922 Horticulturists m rxeter hope to improve and beautify .their park and main street. Does Clinton need a com- munity shed? T ,h e Graham House can house 65, horses' and park 25 autos. The Rattenbury and Normandy hotels can stable 65 horses. Out of town folk are weloome at the hotels for rest room accommodation. A. J, ,McMurray has been laid up with lagrippe. Norman Counter has recover- ed' from appendicitis. 44 animals sold by the Hu- ron County 73reed'ers Associa- tion 'at Wingham fetched $4,380. Prices were considered' good. Bent Hovey offered $1.50 to $2.00 for good muskrat aides. ,Many trees were damaged' 111 the sleet storm and some are dripping sap—occasionally down the necks of 'pedestrians. Clinton flax mill has finished the season's work and have shut down fee the time being. Editorials „ , THIS IS 11-,A.TIONAL, Health Week the 19th one which has been held in Canada. What does it mean to you? Not much, probably, as long as you, are in good health. Even a touch of 'flu won't make you think very much about your health or that of Your near and dear. But the main PUrpese behind a national health week 'is probably to re., mind us all that "prevention is better than cure". Now, while we have good health we should be taking steps to pre- serve it, as much as possible. Have you had your polio shots? That is just one of the things which is simple to do, and equally as easy to forget. This area should be , particularly health conscious at the present time. The Ontario hospital at Goderich will be open this summer for treatment of patients with mental illnesses of one kind or another. The Clinton hospital SINCE THE FIRST seed show was held in Huron County, in 1947, many changes have' taken place in farming methods, Aware of the need for clean good seed, farmers have moved toward buy- ing commercially grown seed. This is one of the changes. In a way it' could be said that this has persuaded farm people to give up one more part of their independence. Now they rely upon others to provide the best seed for growing. The seed shoW which initially was meant to bring about the awareness of need for better seed has apparently done the job well. Perhaps too well, for the well-being of a seed fair. So very few farmers grow their own seed now, we understand, that they have none to shoiv at a seed fair. The Huron show has dwindled from 180 exhibits in 1951 to 62 this year. Winners are concentrated in small poc- kets about the county. The result is a very small show indeed., • A lot of people will be worrying no doubt that as soon as the snow melts there will be bad floods this spring. "The deeper the snow, the higher ,the floods," some say. Flood control authorities say, how- ever, that things just don't work out that way. After years of experience with floods and water control it has . been found that the most important factors influencing floods are rainfall and night- time temperatures. THE NEW Ontario government budget will no doubt be somewhat dis- appointing to small businessmen. Dur- ing the past few weeks there had been considerable conjecture on the possibil- ity that the bottom level for tax exemp- tion would be elevated, in order to re- move some of the endless delay and annoyance which the 'odd-cents levy creates on small purchaSes. However, the budget outlined proposed changes of tax on sales to charitable institutions and the like. There will' be little relief COULD A TEST be applied before intoxicated persons get behind the wheel? Not by law, now, but it might become law, in opinion of Edson L. Haines, a member of the Toronto law firm of Haines, Thomson', Rogers, How- ie St Freeman. He 'is quoted by the Ontario Safety League as follows: "Our present laws are all weighed in favor of the drinking driver. There is no limit on the amount of alcohol he LS permitted to consume and drive. True, he inust not drive when intoxi- cated or impaired, but if he is suspeeted of committing either offence he is en- board is preparing to decide upon a tender for an addition which will cost in the neighbourhood , of $290,000. Every month, or so, in the mail comes a reminder to all of us to renew our coverage under the provincial health plan. Many people have a supplement- ary method of providing for emergen- cies. All of these cost money, and all are reminders that sickness can be a financial handicap as well as a physical difficulty, Prevention is better than cure. However, the wise Canadian prepares for the time when all his prevention plans come to naught, and he is faced with ill health, either in himself, or in others for whom he is responsible. Then is the time when he apprec- iates the existence of hospitals provid- ing the best of care; the existence of a hospital plan which he can afford; the existence of auxiliary agencies to which he can turn in time of need. On the other hand, •attendance at the seed show is healthy. This year an 'inquisitive group of farm people in Hu- ron were introduced to the new minister of agriculture. Various small meetings were held within the larger framework, Agricultural' people are more and more ready to be lectured. They lap up technical terms and scientific formulae which would have stumped 90 percent of them a decade ago. At a recent farm meeting (though not the seed fair) we jotted down some of the heavier words—such as progeny, correlation, significant, unscathed, com- plexity, vertical integration, ostensibly, untenable, ratify, coordinate, detriment, bona fide, uneconomical, collective thinking, entailed. These are not very commonly used words, but they don't faze farm people today. Just as big words have been accept- ' ed, so have new ideas, and new methods. The idea of the seed fair passing from the scene probably doesn't upset Huron farmers one little bit. , • • for the main street merchant who is doing the lion's share of the heavy work in this tax collection program. No sensible person can condemn the government for imposing the tax. As far as we can tell from this dist- ance, it is a necessary evil. There is no possible way of meeting big expend- itures without equally large' income — and we are the folks who have to put up the moolah. So far, however, the application of the sales tax has cert- ainly been fraught with a nuisance value out of all proportion to its size. titled to smile in a constable's face and say, "No officer, I won't take a test." As a lawyer, I can say that alcohol is a contributing factor to far more acci— dents thaw the police ever establish. Drinking drivers must be taken off the highway, and this can only be done by imposing a limit on the amount of al- cohol a man may have in his blood and still drive. It must be a simple law to enforce and without moral stigma upon conviction.. It should not be difficult to establish a limit at which legislators could say to the motorist, 'Beyond this you ought hOt to drive'." sugar and spice 't.51WAXY.) Ecieceltieue Week. is a1' over for another yew!, thank goodness, and we educators -yen get 'hacic to the job of iewlihig bOreee''te Water, witeuent being urged on ferveet auttielee in, the newspapers .ante .401 panels on televisien. It's strange Eclueetion eleeid to be cons'idere'd the most bor- ing, topic in the world. Now iit is, a conversational gambit that willthrow any eathering into a verbal .donnybrook before yeti can spletter "Egerton Ryerson," Chief reason' is that every .adult who got :past Grade 4 is an expert, on the enbjece. Every- one has at least one cure for the ills off the school system. e People who used to be beaten reerailes,slY by 'their teachers for pure sloth will sit back there with a big, fat drink in their hand and tell you earnest- lythae eocley's kids are "lazieffen hound does," • Women who couldn't stagger out 'off Grade 9 because 'they were so absorbed in Joe, and who quit as span as they were 16 in order to marry him, will declare vehemently that school girls all "go steady" and think about nothing else bet boys, Men who spend hours brag- ging about what hellions they were at school, 'scream for everything short of a Royal Commissian 'to investigate, when a teacher gives Johnny a dirty look after he has tried to live up to the old man's repute- bon. Then 'there are all the people Who think that 'the job of school is not to educate people, but to teach them .how to make a liv- ing, the bigger the better. This being so, "Why do they teach them poetry and Latin and all that junk they can never use?." * * * • I'm not adopting, a hdlier- thanethou attitude toward all these people. Before I wander- ed from the Elysian fields of the weekly newspaper into the blackboard jungle, I, too, sat on the veranda of my gleee house and fired' rocks at the system. still I think there are many flaws in it, many gaps' in the process, and a good deal of bevviklerment about 'the direc- tion in which, it's going, but I am also aware of soine of the obstacles- in' the way of making it perfect. Perhaps 'the biggest of these lies in 'the materials used. In manufaCturing, a product of .high quality .can be 'turned out if certain' proceduees are follow- ed: Obtaining the best mater- ials; using the best equipment; and following the most efficient methods, But in eduoation, the -tent coming off the production' line is made of flesh and blood. It breathes and thinks and' fears and rebels and laughs. You Can't mold or press it into the desired, standard shape and size, cram it into a package and peddle it 'through on eXpensive advertising and sales campaign. * And it's a jolly good thing you can't, because there are plenty of people in the world Who would like to do just that. In the big Commie countries', they are trying to do .it right now. They are having apparent success, and that's why every.; bode' panics whenever the news- papers announce that 'the Rus. Mans are now "tinning out" 22 pa whatever percent, Mote en- gineers that we are. I'd like to make a little prophecy. Mark 'this down and pass along to your children. Here it is: Those production line education systems we fear 'are currently sowing the seeds Of their own destruction, Why? That's easy. Look at what happened to the western world when they began educat- ing us peasant& Now we think we're as geed as anybody. We ,topple governments; we critic- ize kings; we demand Mote Money for less work; we thumb our collective noses in the gen- eral direetkin of authority. * . Whet do you, get when you start educating the masses? You get a lot of smart ale% Or sniart Ivan& or Smart Wonge, Mark my vetords, one of these days their leaders will wake up to it, but it will be too late. When all these, edit- ()sited Commies get sick of 'the sane old ideas airid State leek- lag ,areeled foe some new ones, theree'll be a tremendous explore toe. Yoe oan't put eVeeybeely in a concentration canto. And with 'these few eonfus- ing thoughts, let uS say farewell to kidueation Week as it slowly Sinke out of sight for another year, 'And let to spare a tear for my ton kiugh, who ehete thief of ell Weeks, too Opine hetne With his worst repert card of the year; 25 Years ..Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 11, 193'1 Although 'the earthquake was more severe in the counties south 'of Huron, various resi- dents .of town and vicinity re- port they experienced the earth tremors. Clinton Colts are in the mid- dle of a :hockey series with, Chatham after knocking off Elora Rocks. John Livermore, night fore- man at Clinton Knitting Com- pany was honoured by 'the em- ployees. Mr. Livermore Was deserting the ranks of the bach- elors' for those of the henedicts. Back in 189'7 the Rattenbury and Ontario Street Methodist Churches decided 'to unite. Ma- jority vote in favour was 96. A music festival will be held in Clinton for all pupils attend- ing public schools in 'the county. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Brandon have left Bayfieidi for Bruce- field where 'they will operate a mere:handle business purchased from Ross Scott. Seven Texas seedless grape- fruit for 25c et the W. T, O'- Neil 'groceey. 10 Year's Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 13, 1952 Robert Allan took five seed fair titles, in hay, feed grain,. turnips, corn and oats. There were 160 entries this year. Safe of wartime .houses nets town $9,200 making a 'surplus for the year of $7,880. Sugges- tion made to buy' utility truck with the motley, All ten provinces were repre- sented art graduation ceremonies at the Radar and Communica- tions School. Matthew Armstrong, 87, re- signed from the Commission of I'dcKillop Mutual. 'Telephone System where he had served for 25 years. He and Mrs. Arm- strong celebrated their 64th Wedding anniversary in their' Seaforth home. Goderich Township agreed to enter a fire 'agreement with, the town of Clinton for $75 per call A mass chest x-ray will be held this summer. 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 pm. Clinton Medical Centre 44 Rattenbury Street West Seaforth—Weekdays except Mondays, ground floor. Phone 791 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GO DER ICH INSURANCE THE WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Head Office, DUNGANNON 'Established 1878 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President Brown Smyth, R 2, Auburn ;Vivo-Pres., Herson Ir- Belgrave; Directors, Paul Caesar, R. 1, Dungannon; George C. Peagan, Goderich;' Ross Mc- Phee, R. 3, Auburn; Donald MacKay, Ripley; John F. Mac- Lennan, R 3, Goderich; Frank Therepson, R. 1, Holyrood; Wiggins, R. 3, Auburn. For information on your in, surande, call your nearest ditec4 ter who is also an agent, or the secretary,• bulletin Phillip& bun, cannon, phone Dungannon 48. -tfb INSURANCE H. E. HARTLEY All Types of Life Term Insurance --- Annuities CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Representative: Stun 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, Sohn L. Malone, Seaforth; vice-president, John R. MeEwing, Myth; secre- tary-treasurer, W. E. South- gate, Seafortn. Directors: John H. MeZwing; Robert Archibald; Chris Leon- hardt, Bornholm; Norman Tre- wartha, Clinton; Wrn, S. Alex- ander, • Walton; J. L. Malone, Seafortle Harvey Fuller, Gode- rich; Wm. Re Pepper, Seaforth; Alistair Broadfoot, Seaforth. Agents: ,Wm. Leiper, Jr. ' Lien- desboro; V. Lane, lilt 5, Sea- forth; Selwyn Baker, BrtisSels; James Keyes, Seaforth; 1-4fOld Squires, Clinton. PU- BLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY AccbUtkerAtkil Goderich, Ontario Telephone Bak JA 4-0521 478 — REAL ESTATE LEONARD G WINTER Real katillte Melina:et Briiker H igh ittreet Clinton PHONE NO,0460i 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 16, 1922 G. B. Harris, superintendent of the mechanical depamturnent of 'Clinton Knitting Mill has invented an attachment for a knitting 'machine which is ex- pected 'to make quite a stir in the trade, Mrs. John Farquhar, the "Huilett Poultry Raiser" set a hen on February 12 and, on March 4 had 14 fine chickens from the 15 eggs. John Walton reports 'he 'had 24 chickens hatched in January. This is the earliest we have heard of 'and eve doubt if anyone can beat this record. The fact that so many early chickens are being raised should mean plenty of broilers in the early autumn. Senator W. Proud,foot, Hu- ron's representative in the up- per house, denies that he will support the Liberals in the Senate, He ran as an independ- ent and' was ,appointed to the Senate by the Union Govern- inert. Charles Stewart has purchas- ed, a fine Shorthorn from Roy Plumsteel to head his herd'. Good Health Takeo For Grained Come A Long Way What Others Say . Deep Snow Not Flood Menace - (Hanover Post) ' A DEEP blanket of snoyv, some of _ list,to factors contributing to high it in menacingly high drifts; lies all over sprig waters. Southern Ontario. It is said to be waist On a sunny day in March or April, high in the bush and woodlots. The the snow may melt rapidly, but if the drifts along rural roads are much ,high- temperature drops below the freezing er than the roof of a car in many areas. point at night, the run off stops. It has to start all over again the next day. But if the temperature remains above 32 degrees all night, the floods build up, day after day, until the danger point is reached. Another factor, however, which will not help with the diminishment of the snow is the matter of frost in the ground. This is said to be rather deep this winter. This will, of course, prevent much melting snow from being absorbed into the ground and there will be more water running off into drains and streams than would be the case with Depth of snow is well down on the less frost in the ground. Still A Nuisance (Wingham Advance-Times) Favors ,Drinker (Exeter Times-Advocate)