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Clinton News-Record, 1962-05-10, Page 2Ppge 2? Clinton; News-Record.--:Thurs., May 10 1902. Editoiuuials All Quict ,on the Liquor Vote TQ DATE things have been almost ominously quiet on the liquor vote sport to take place in Gaderich Township, This is an area of Huron County where opin- ions. are firmly expressed and generally in no uncertain language, The people of Goderich Township are vocal in standing up for their rights, and ready at all times to defend their way of What is happening with regard to the four -question liquor vote? Speaking of Votes WE NOTE with some amusement the recently announced requests of the Ontario Farmers Union. They do not want to have a vote on an egg marketing plan. They do want a vote on the hog marketing plan, Why? Surely it could not, be mere contrariness. However, we note also that they have severed "fraternization" with the older farm organization,. the Federation of Ag- riculture, forthe reason apparently, that the Federation would not give up and be- come the Farmers Union. Now anyone who enters into negotia- tions for amalgamation, must be aware that there must be some give and take on both sides. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture points out that it repre- sents at least 100,000 farm operators in the province, while the Ontario Farmers Union (according to their financial state- ment) represents no more than some 3,000 farm operators. We would ask, "Is it not therefore logical that there be more giving way on the part of the Farmers Union, than by the established farm organization, the Federation? Of course, this must rest in the hands of the farm operators, and whatever they decide. We would hope that they realize that with the percentage of farmers drop- ping annually, it would be the better part of valour to be united, rather than divid- ed in efforts. Early for Predictions THIS EARLY in, the race for votes, it is very difficult to make any predic- tions about the outcome. After all there are only two candidates named so far (one of these was officially in the running only last night) with the prediction of One more candidate, and maybe a fourth. We will not predict any outcome yet. However, two things we are fearsome of. Maybe three. They are the Ontario Hospital on the Blue Water Highway; the new highway and bridge at Goderich, and the proposed (?) post office in Clinton. Already the hospital and bridge have been used with some success in at least two elections and one by-election/ We would hope that they will not now be used to promote a third election. Of course, you will say that these are pro- vincial matters, and it is, after all a Do- minion election. Ah yes, but politicians . move in their mysterious ways. We sincerely hope that the federal building to house an enlarged post office in our swiftly growing town will not be used -as political ammunition by any of the candidates. That building, which was first spoken of about seven years ago, is more badly needed than ever before. But it is the right of Clinton people to have that new building in order that the peo- ple will be served well. It should not be used by any party as the basis of a prom- ise, which they can later use as a party milestone. We would favour the candidate who can honestly tell us that he has some of the answers to the problem of making an honest nation :of Canada, in the realm of trade, of defence policies, of good citizen- ship among mankind, than that he be free with promises (even when followed by ac- tion) of the things he can get for this town, or for his riding. Boy's Spring Song I love to hear the wee frogs sing 'Cos then I know it's really spring. I cut myself a long thin pole And head out for the fishing hole. I always take my dog along And we both sing a happy song. I think that is the grandest way For a boy to spend a nice'spring day. I really feel I am a man When I have fish for the frying pan. G.F.H. Clinton News -Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 •l1 I D A r�tnn o 0iz o CVIA1 THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario --- Population 3,369 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor Est. 1881 CCNR • SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain: $4.00 a United States and Foreign: $5.50; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa and for payment of postage in cash year; SUGAR and SPICE .. . This %sprung, I was confronted by a difficult decision. It in- volved making .a choice betwe- en two ways oif, life. I wonder what you'd have ;decided? Oh, it wasn't a world-shak- ing decision, like giving up smoking or -drinking, or entte'r- intg •a monastery, or anything ar tsenious as that. But it did require much mulling over, and I'd wager that the Old Girl and I got through about 400 cups of tea in the process of making up our minds. It came about like: this. An old 'acquaintance, and a very deceit chap, had offered me an extremely interesting job. The salary was a big improvement over my prresent one. The hol- idays and fringe junk were as gold. My training and bank- ground fitted vie for the jab, which was a challenging One. Green light all the way, Very attractive, even exciting. 'Why didnh I grab it? Well, it was a matter of piling items on; the eoales—an- adVamta:ge here, a disadvantage thher e - and in the process, my wife and I leaned a shot about what we wanted out of life, for our- selves and aur children. L should mention that taking the job meant Moving ter a bar- ge city, It meant the second msjor dislocatieh of our child- ren at school within two years. It meant saying goodbye do new friends we had made and starting the process• ail ever again. These were some of the things that tttoak a little of the shine off the propositions. But there were Manly items for the tither side of the Wailes. I have aothirltg against ]urge Cities, and my wife like O&M They Wee cnnural, eciwahttaglesr the istmailller Centre cannot pro- vide, There is a certaiks exist`' erivent in the city, with. itis good restaurants, its ;threat ; its concerts, its Mager sporting events. There is a definite (By W. I3. T. SMILEY) feeling, however little it may be justified, of being at tlhe centre of things. Taking the jab meant saving money. It won't be long until the kids are ready for univ- ersity. Think of what we'd save if they could` live at home While attending college. Right ncw, it would save me (about $7 a week, which it costs to get my ,son to the city for a music lesson every Saturdlay, Taking the job meant higher expenses, Parking, Bunches,. garage, public transportation, pre -lunch maittini% more costly enterbaimment: all these would easily neutralize those vault sures ••we saved in the lash parragteaph: Accepting the position meant moving ,from; a, house we like vane much, set in a huge kit currently festooned with tulips and daffodils, shaded by huge, spreading' orales+ We ' Shuddered at the memory of ale +tihosie di'eadfiuE, little, suburban brick boxes jammed in revs, ,ninth just roam to park ,a car be- tnweenn each pair. I Seriously considered, with half any anile spent, whether I could;affordi the sheer *este of tiixcle imposed by city life. Hodes are stoleh from. eeich week, simply getting to wank and home. Morehours of tr+af- fie -battling ;and parking4rus- trationisr are enatehed from your leisure its the process Of getting places, Whether. it's tbo visit Wends- or to go to dilute -le Or ,gt 'golfing or ge, tab a show. ;Here, ,a Mintimuan of tittle' is wasted int (the boring business of %getting where yarn want to go. I'm five Minutes from work, &'lf ciente, e, curling rink;. Irate minutest from cheetah and gp+ping; five ininutes Ik'cen geed twittering •for the kids', 15 aYniniutiers fon a trout stare m:. Taking the .job meant getting away front the heavy grieves aed deep cold of wintete fat these parts. 7,t meant eeeale, ing the long, wearing drive to the city, so often necessary. On the reverse side .of, the coin, it meant sweltering sum- mers in the city, or the ex- pense of a cottage in the north country, 'and the long, wearing derive to the cottage, This Sort of dithering went on for weeks. Finally, we found the item that tipped the scales. We d'ec'ided that life looked a Little better in this land of trout streams and tree', of black squirrels and blue water, of friends and flowers', than It did in the concrete caneons and the self-conscious suburbs. Do you know what swung the (dedision? We realiz- ed we were too damn lazy to tackle moving. One of the finest business investments is a personal photograph that communicates your character. Jervis Studio QUALITY PHOTOGRAPHY On Studio or On Location) 130 isAAC ST. CLINTON His 2.7066 19,2Ob' P4 Of `SW= 1No !� ire -�.�,-.� AIM Woo Undecided. Every Seat 'Cruciai' In This Election (TMs is the first in a series of Weekk reports on the federal lection,written especially for The Clinton.. Neius-Record.) By BAY ARGYLE are spread gilt across the Nearly 1t000 candidates nation intent on convincing Canadians that the affairs of this country .can best be entrusted to each of four different political, parties. But one thing the eandidates are agreed: tihe June 1$ federal election is a wide open race and its :outcoarre will be determined by ibhe oonduet of the campaign in ;the next five weeks. Neither the Progressive Con- servatives nor Liberals are banking on a sweeping victory. Neither appears at this stage to have convinced a solid ma- jority of the country's 10 mil- lion eligible voters that they have much more to offer than their rivals, WOO UNDECIDED Campaign. strategy is onwin- ning I-ring the vital "independent" vote, and how anuch support either the New Democratic or Socia Credit parties are able to •chip away from %the major parties will taffeot the outcome. 13ut if there are odds in the election, they must favor, the PCs because Prime Minister Diefenbaker's government goes into the contest with a "safety margin," of 70 seats. That is the number of seats the government could lose ;to stall. cone through with a clear rpajority of 133 mem- bers in the 205 -seat Mouse of leo/n.anoes, Liberals, in contrast, neust add 82 seats to their present 57, and every eea;t will. be a crucial one. • Two public opinion polls• — the Gallup Poll'and the Pullse of Canada --- report a remark - !ably high number of undecided' voters. Gallup puts the figure et 31 percent and Pulse at 27 percent, tiw'o-thirds of them PC supporters in 1958. Both polls give Liberals a slight: edge at this stage. But considering the large undecided element, the margin cannot be From Our Early Files 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, May 11, 1922 Principal Johnls of the public school is settling his family in- to their new home on Ontario Street. A, J, McMurray is president of the Epworthe League at On- tario Street Church. William Walker is superintendent of the Sunday School and Jabez Rands; Sr., is secretary. There is some likelihood that agricultural a n d domestic science depaaitments will be added to Clinton Collegiate In stitute, The eatcksoau Manufacturing Company .has been working overtime for weeks, indicating no slackness in the boys cloth- ing business, T. F. Holland at Goderich adiverti'ses t h e St edeleakee i'uigtbt-Stix with 40 hoase,poWei non-skid cord tires, inside and outside door .handles, Iarge rec- tangular glass window in rear curtain, thief -proof transznis- sign lock, cowl ventilator (per- ated Prom the instrument board, cowl parking lights; t amt base of windshield, all: for $1,495 FOB Walkerville, Ont. 40 Years Ago. CLINTON NEW ERA Thurstlay, May 11, 1922. Willis Cooper attained) •hon- ours in second year ;architec- ture at University of Toronto. Fred' Wallis also was success- ful in his first year of archi- tecture, George D, McTaggart, at McGill University has earn- ed honours in the faculty of applied science. Doherty Piano Co. worked full time all last week instead of the usual three days a week, Everybody would be pleased to see this continue, Mrs. J. Manning is president of Londesboro Women's Insti- tute. The new Canadian five -cent piece hes appeared here. its size 'enables .the humblest to kid himself that he has a lot of :money. Local bankers de- clare it one of the poorest specimens of the coiner's art, The juvenile delinqu'ent's' act is .brought into force in the County of Huron, effective last Saturday. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, May 6, 1937 Sutter -Perdue will instal a new water system at the county .hoarse. Excavating will be done by county home labor. First annual Huron County Music Festival will be held in Clinton Town Hall on May 11 with morning, afternoon and evening sessions. Roy Fenwick, provincial music supervisor will •ad'judicate. (Clinton Band, after consider- able discussion, was given per- mission to play .concerts in the bandstand at the park. Two men were paid 50 cents each for "railing park." Mother's Day service at Brucefiei'd United Church will be postponed one week, owing to the special Coronation Ser- vice. At Lond'esboro the two eervtiices will 'be combined. At Auburn a community service is planned) for Wednesday even- ing, May 12. At Bayfield a public service is planned in the town hall the morning of May 12. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS -RECORD Thursday, May 8, 1952 Miss Carol J. Weldon, Stouff- ville and Russell T. Morgan, Chatham, tiyill join the CDCI staff in Septemiber. All is in readiness for the water pipeline to the Clinton Cemetery. Elston Cardiff, MP for Hu- ron, charged the Liberal party with "rigging" in the foot-and- mouth inquiry. Mrs. E. Desjardiine, Grand Bend, is the new president of Huron Presbyterial, WMS, of United Church of Canada. Rev, D. J. Lane, retiring moderator of the Presbyterian Synod of Hamilton and Lan- don, (addressed) the Synod in Sarnia on the weekend, Robert Bell Industrie, Sea - forth, is planning an open house to show off new thresh.- lug htresh-Ing machines and their Bell stsiatw cutter. Cadet Major Robert Elliott and Cadet Captain, Betty Parke will Iead the CDCI cadets at inspection May 9. considered• cieq'isive.. The campaigners w,l1 ;spend m•'ore. khan. .$5 nisiiip , With TA, prole budgeeieg up to $2 inlil, lion and the PCs around $3 milliazr. The NDP --which says itis .having treubl'e getting sUn, len .rnop y—will settle for alb- out 3500,000. Prune Minister Diefenbakear, who )sipked off 1,45 eampaiign at London, Ont., last week, is epect'ed to .build the PC glee- Om platform plank by plank • as be ibermstorros aoross the. country.. His first big. wee - getter, .a •$1.05 anillion commit, merit for a causeway linking Princee Edward Isleed with New Brunswick, came the day Parliialment• was dissolved. NtcW PROMISES The PM is enphasizing new pr.ogn;i;ses while pointing to his •government's record on itis 1957-58 promises, "The issue is our second Against the Lib- eral record (when they were in office)," the PM has staid. Ii s eatrliem stateneet that the elec- tion; is a oantest between free enterprise and socialism has been shunted into the baok- ground. The PC campaign again focusses on the 1'M person - all y. Once again, "Follow John" is the by -word. Chief items in the govern- ment record the FM is pointing to, include the countrys cur- rent economic upsurge, rising trade 'surpluses, increased pen- sions, grain sales to China, abolition of closure in Par e.- ment, the Bill of Rights and a start on Senate reform with. a plan. to retire Senators At 75. "WASTED YEARS" Liberals., with Lester B. Pearson a much more polished politician than four years ago, 'have condemned the Diefen- baker team az "the wasted years" and charge Canada's long-term, economic growth :has slowed to the point of stegxna.- ttaoan, The Liberal campaign sf ogan "Take a Stand far To- znarnow"--support's this theme. The Conservative record of six successive deficits of $3 bil- lion is being compared to Lib- eral surpluses of the early 1950s. Foreign affairs 'and nu- clear weapons are issues high an the Liberal list, along with a national medical care plan, government planning to end unemployment, and a national portalble pension scheme-. Liberals also maintain Canada should support the European Common Market as a Step toward a North. Ationtic free trade area, New Democrats, hurt by Hazen Argue's defection are nevertheless banking on win- ning 30 to 40 seats (com- pared to `eight in the' last parliament) and possibly be- coming the balance of power in a closely -divided House. Unemployment, n e c l e a r weapons, price stability for farmers and establishment of national health insurance are the main:issues for NDP leader Tommy Douglas. The Social Credit party, under new national leader Rio- bert Thompson is struggling to Wesley -Willis UCW Units One And Two The units of the UnitedCh- urch Women of Wesley -Willis will hold regular May meetings next week, Unit one will meet in the ladies parlor of the ch- urch Tuesday evening, May 15 at 8 p.m. and unit two 'at the home of the unit leader, Mrs,, Kenneth Johnston on Monday evening, May 14 at 8.30 with Mrs. C. G. Park as speaker. 0 Today's youngsters don't leave footprints on the sands of time --just tire tracks. SPECTACULAR SALE! Buy 1 Ib: of BREAKFAST BACON at 69t Ib. Get 1 Ib. of SLICED LIVER - - -FREE! Buy 1 Ib. of BREAKFAST BACON at 69t Ib. Get 1 Ib. of BOLOGNA - FREE! Smoked or Fresh PICNIC HAMS ....................,.....,...,........,... ONLY 39C LR. INSTANT NO MILK yzrQU! 87c INSTANT NU MILK rear 32c PETER'S MODERN MEAT MARKET aregtain a toe -held in Parkk ien't hope to repeat their 1.95$. g! t P to and rs rven some etpaauce o%f annum h but e.�pect ere doing ,so in Alberta .and per thiigwgh with 1.50 :Seats, They haps ayunal Quebec, titre xslgned to losses in Quebec WIiO WILL WIN? But the big, burning suestion of "Who Will Win?" will, prob- ably become even more clouded by June 18 than it is. now. The PCS know they can't and consider Ontario rthe key tovictory, NEXT WEEK: Ctunpaign progress deport, plus .Elec- tion Focus en the Maritimes. Electrical • From Your Westinghouse Store Westinghouse Electric Tea Kettle $12.95 Westinghouse Electric Coffee Percolator $ 18.00 & up Westinghouse Electric Dry Iron $8.75 Electric TOASTERS CAN OPENERS MIXERS FRY PANS KITCHEN RADIOS all at the Clinton Electric Shop D. W. Cornish, Proprietor , HU 2-6646 Clinton "YOUR WESTINGHOUSE DEALER" 0 Business and Professional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY 1 CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 33 HAMILTON ST. 7 RATTENBURY ST. E. GODERICH CLINTON Phone JA 4-7562 Phone HU 2,7721 INSURANCE H. E, HARTLEY All Types of Life Term Insurance — Annuities CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office HU 2-9747 Res. HU 2-7556 THE WEST WAWANOSH MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. Head Office, DUNGANNON Established 1878 BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, Brown Smyth, R 2, Auburn; Viee-Pres., Henson rrr- win, Belgrave; Directors, Paul Caesar, R. 1, Dungannon; George C. Feagen, Goderich; Ross Mc- Phee, R. 3, Auburn; Donald Mac1[ay, Ripley; John F.Mac- Lennan, R. 3, Goderich; Frank Thompson, R. 1, ILolyrclod; Wm. Wiggins, R. 3, Auburn. For information on your in- surance, call your nearest direc- tor who is also an agent, or the secretary; Durnin Phillips, Dun- gannon, phone Dungannon 48. 27-tfb OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Eyes Examined OPTICIAN Oculists' Prescriptions Filled Includes Adjustments At No Further Charge Clinton --Mondays Only 9.00 a.m. 'to 5,30 p.m. Clinton Medical Centre 44 Rattenbury Street West Seaforth—Weekdays except Mondays; ground floor. Phone 791 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. -- OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone JA 4-7251 GODERICH 38 -tib PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Goderich, Ontario 'Telephone Box JA 4-9521 418 THE McKILLOP MOTO!. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Office --.. Main Street SEAFORTH Insures: • Town Dwellings . All Classes' of Farm Property w Sumt,eir Cottage$ • Churches; ichooig, Halts Extended coverage (wind, Smoke, water claniage, falling Objects etc.) is also available. AGFN'1"S: limes ii`eys, RR. 1, Seafohth; 4`: J. Lane, RR 5, Sea - forth; 11V Leiper, per, Jr, I,ontlesbard; Selwyn Baker, Brussels;: XIarald Squires, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G %ton, Seaforth.