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Clinton News-Record, 1962-07-12, Page 2Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Amalgamated 1924 Est. 1881 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County , Clinton, Ontario Population 3,369 • 0 A, L. COL4UHOUN, Publisher L 0.4% WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor SUBSCRIPTION RATES; 'Payable in advance Called& and Great Britain; $4.00 a United States and Voreign: $5.50; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second Class triall, Post. office Departnient,• Ottawa and tot paYmetit of PoStage In cash Year; THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 6\11 A CCNR giut GODERICH , ONT. EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT • "The Cresendos" Dancing to the Sound of the 60's for the younger crowd. 9 P.M. to MIDNIGHT — 75c PER PERSON We Cater to Weddings -- Luncheons -- Banquets Etc. 27tfb From Our Early Files 40 Yeats Ago CLINTON, NEW Thursday, July 1922 meivin Crieh, son of ex-reeve H.Crich, of Tuckersmith, had his leg broken when 'the 'barn. doer which he was trying to close during the windstorm yes- terday 'struck his leg, Mrs. Charlie Williams is get- ting over the roads these days in a ear, Stewart Scott, Harold Killy and Leslie Huller are camping at Bayfield', Earl O'Neil goes cut in the evenings tokeep them from being scared at night, William Murdock, .of St. Thomas, is visiting 'his son John Murdock', Stanley. At present, the employees of the Clinton Piano Factory are working three days a week, 25 .Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, 'July 8, 193'7 Miss Eleanor Fisher was nominated 'by the Winnipeg School, Board as an exchange 'teacher to Grimsby, England. She is the guest of ,her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Fisher until her departure. Rev. Harold John Snell was inducted into his new ministry at Ethel last Friday night. His many friends in Clinton and vicinity wish, him success in his ministry. Mrs. William Stanbury has returned , home after a visit of about six weeks' with her bro- ther in British Columbia. It was decided at' the Council meeting that privileges of the town will be granted the visi- tors and they have Council's permission to use the park or erect the temporary hand stand if they wish. 40 Years. Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, July 13, 1922 Over twenty lodges took part in the South Huron Orangemen celebration in Seaford: :yester- day. Clinton had the honour of being the largest group present. The day .was somewhat marred by the heavy rains in' the late afternoon, Yestrtley's .windstorm wreck- ed some ,of 'the shade trees in town. Mrs. Elliott; Mr. Elliott and Mrs. Sallantyne, London, are the guests of Mrs. Harry Bart- I ff. Mr. and Mrs. Nesbitt, Bruce- field, called on Mrs. William McIntosh, -on Sunday, The hill west of Holmesville is being cut down and the roadway widened. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, July 10, 1952 Action leading towardS the resurfacing of the Bayfield. Road, from Middleton's corner to Bayfield, is being sought by an interested group of citizens of .'Goderich Township, Bayfield and Clinton. The road is' so bad that accidents are occurring causing property damage. Fire, believed to have started in 'the electric wiring installa- tion, caused extensive damage to one of the new officers' bar- rack blocks at 'the RCAF Sta- tion Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. James R. Stirl- ing were greeting friends! from. far and near on 'the occasion of their 50th anniversary, June 26. Sgt. Jack P. Varaleau, Clin- ton, British Empire lightweight lifting champion, will be on. Canada's Olympic team at the 1Summer games at Helsinki. I Business and Professional Directory A. M. HARPER and COMPANY 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; Vice-Pres., Herson Ir- win, Belgrave; Directors, Paul Caesar, R. 1, Dungannon; 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- 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-tfb PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT ROY N. BENTLEY PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT Goderich, Ontario Telephone Box JA 4-9521 478 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Office — Main Street SEAFORTH Insures: . Town' Dwellings . All Clastes of Farm Property . Summer Cottages . Churches, Schools, Halls Extelided doer age (wind, stroke, water v damage, falling objects, etc.) is also available. AGENTS: James keys, RIR. 1, Seaforth; V4 3. Lane, RR 5, Sea-, forth; Wm. Leiper, 3r., Lonclesboro; Selwyn Baker, tIrmasels; Ilarold Squires, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald a. Eaton, Seaforth. One of my Grade 12 student's is taking off in 'the morning on a trip. I rather envy him, He's heading for Vancouver, on a bicycle. All he has to do is pedal through the great loneliness of Northern Ontario, ant-crawl the endless prairies, toil across the Rockies and push the last long stretch through the vast- ness of B.C. He has a brand new bike, $50 in cash, one army blanket and a big supply of peanut butter sandwiches, to commence his journey. Also, of course, he has one other thing—a stout heart. When he reaches Vancouver, he will sell Iris bicycle and set off for the Yukon. He hopes to work there for a year, save a stake, then return home and go back to school to complete 'his education. He wants to be a 'writer. Thousands of young people have the same desire, but they never do anything about it ex- cept dream about all the money a writer is supposed to make. This fellow does something ab- out it. He writes all the time— poems, stories, paragraphs struggling heroically with a natural 'inclination to misspell. He's going to keep a daily jour- nal on his trip. He could have chosen no bet- ter method of .acquiring the ex- perience and material so help- • ful to a budding writer. There will be 50 stories, a hundred poems, a 'thousand incidents, in the strip of Canada ,across which his wheels will roll this summer. I envy him,' as I said. He will grow brown and hard. He will lie beneath 'the 'stars and yearn. He will eat pork and beans beside a mountain stream. And he will meet a thouSand inter- esting people. Some of them will be mean, most of them friendly. * * He will see a Canada that the passenger on transcontinen- tal 'train or jet liner never sees. He will smell pines and see rip- ening wheat and feel the sun on 'his back in' the morning, anid hear coyotes yapping at night. He will savor the joys of hot food in an empty belly, warmth after "zero at the bone," con- versation after loneliness, rest after exhaustion. He will mar- vel at sunset on the prairies and the moon setting fire to a tiny lake. He will encounter hospitality 'that will enrich him with an abiding faith in human kindness. If he's very lucky, he will have the most rewarding ex- perience of all—he' will get to know himself. This is the most difficult of all things .for mod-. ern man, who is so seldom alone, with time to think, and feel, and wonder. I. think he'll make it. The fact 'that he reads and tries to write poetry 'does not mean that he's a pantywaist who will be crushed by ;his first brutal encounter with life.' This lad plays a rugged game of foot- ball, Last summer, he got 'as far as Mexico and wound up fighting bush fires in B.C. ;be- fore returning to school. He's sensitive, but 'tough. But the important thing is not that he makes it. It is the fact that he is going, alone. We hear so' much today ,about the desire of youth for conformity and security that it's' refreshing to see the evidence refuted. I do agree that today's' youngsters' seem to lack a spirit of adventure. But note the word "scent". t don't believe they really lack it, I think they are Seduced away from it by oVer-protective parents; they are robbed of their initiative by having 'things made too easy for 'them. * At any rate, I'll be going west, in spirit, with this young fellow, and Wishing I were 20 years younger, so that t 'could be riding with hiM, I'have SPecial antereSt in him because l taught hint English and eri. cola: aged him 1n his writing. So I gave hint a letter of in- troduction, it reads; 'Vitt§ 0094 ;it Guessing ? Wha t is it? This picture was taken in . Clinton, but -where? Somewhere in this issue is an explanation. But for fun, why not make some guesses? (News-Record Photo) SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B. T. SlIfIli4EY) introduce Jim McKinnon, one of my Grade 12 students. During the year, this student never (a) pulled a 'switchblade on me; (b) written .an essay in which there were no spelling errors; (c) done anything of an ungentle- manly nature, while I was look- ing at him.. Any favours tend- ered him would be app:eciated by Bill Smiley." There you are. Fair warning to my thousands of readers in the west, If a dusty, unshaven hobo with a bicycle appears at your door, or your newspaper office, and: pullS 'out that letter, you have a chance 'to tell me off, by proxy. On the other hand, if you don't feel too hos- tile to me, don't be afraid to give him a cup of tea or shakedown in the barn. He's a decent lad, and maybe some day he'll put you in a book. SS 9, Hullett Enjoys Annual Picnic Staged On Schoolhouse Grounds AUBURN—The annual picnic of SS 9, Hullett was held re- cently on the school ,g-rounds with a large attendance of par- ents and friends. Games and races were under 'the direction of the teaoh:er, Wilmer Erring- ton. The events were as follows: running races, seniors, Billy Lapp, Betty Hallam, Brenda Ball; intermediate, Daryl Ball, Bobby Schneider, Brenda Arch- ambault; juniors, Ralph Hal- lam, Louise Hunking and Keith Lapp. Three-legged race, Betty Hal- lam and Daryk Ball; Nancy Lapp and B. Archambault; Wendy Schneider and B. Ball; wheelbarrow race, Sharon Ball and B. Schneider, B. Archarn- bault and B. Ball; W. Schneider and Rickey Archamibault • Sack race, Kathy Schneider, W, Schneider, B. Archambault; running broad jump, seniors, B. Hallam, B. Lapp, Douglas Archambault; intermediates, B. Archambault, Daryl Ball, B. Schneider; juniors, R. Hallam R. Archambault, L. Hunking. Ball 'throw, seniors, D. Arch- ambault, B. Lapp, B. Hallam; intermediates, B. Schneider, Daryl( Ball, N. Lapp; juniors, R. Hallam, K. Lapp, Arva Ball. High jump, seniors, B. Lapp, D. Archambault, 13. Hallam; in- termediates, Daryl Ball, B. Ar- chambault, Joyce Hallam.; jun- iors, R. Hallam, K. Lapp, L. Hunking. Kick - the - slipper, juniors, L. Hunking, K. Lapp, J. Hal- lam; 'seniors, B. Hallam, , W. Schneider, D. Archambault. Preaschool children's. race, Ronnie Snyder, Kathy T-Iunking, Johnny Verwey; young ladies. race, Ruth 'Schneider, Sharon Ball, • Marilyn Daer; married ladies race, Mrs. Leonard Arch- arnbault, Mrs. Bill Crawford, Mrs. Arthur Hallam, Kick-the-slipper, Mrs. Arthur Hallam, Mrs. Leonard Archam- bault, Lois Hallam; nail driv- ing contest, Mrs. Stanley Ball, Mrs. Jack Hallam, Mrs. John Snyder; golf ball drive, Percy Vincent, Walter Cunningham, Joe Verwey; most articles in lady's purse, Mrs. Walter Cun- ningh:aan (66), Mrs. 'Joe Ver- way (50), Mrs. Stanley Ball (49). Oldest man present, Percy Vincent; oldest .lady present, Mrs. Walter Cook; youngest baby, ; Paul Cartwright ('two months) son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Cartwright; birthday near- est picnic date, Casey Verwey; lady, Kathy Schneider. A picnic lunch was served' by the ladies of the section. Smillie Picnic HENSALL—The Smillie Clan met Saturday, July 7 at Sea- forth Lions Park for their 23rd picnic. This clan is descended from 'Stewart Smillie who ar- rived in Canada from Ireland in 1821. Ninety members of the clan assembled for the reunion, coming from 'California, Ari- zona, Manitdba, North Dakota, New York, Pennsylvania, as were as various parts of On- tario. For some it was their first visit to Ontario and the annual reunion. Swimming and various sports and contests were directed by Jean MacNaughton and Ruth Geiger. The new wading pool was much enjoyed by the younger members. Late in the day arrangements. were discussed for the 1963 reunion and the following per- sons were elected to office: hon- orary president, Dr. Jennie Smillie Robertson, Toronto; , past president, Mrs. Hazel Mae- Naughton, Kipper; president, Harold Elder, Hensall; vice- president, Mrs'. Dorothy Eat- well, Simcoe. Prices Will Be Going Up When Our Present Stocks Are Depleted . . N O W IS THE TIME TO PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR English Bone China Compiete 'Sets or Odd Pieces ROYAL DOULTON SPODE WEDGEWOOD ROYAL ALBERT, etc. The new import tariffs, plus the devaluation of the Canadian dollar will cause higher prices on most imported goods, Complete Line of Graduation and Wedding Gifts at ristett 'Jewellers Phone HU 2-9525 Groton Aoiomioommwmoimmimsmaueoirmmom•mmmmmmk Page 2,,,,clinton Npyt07;.pcord,irrhurs., July 112, 1962 Editorials 0 I Getting Under Way COPIES OF the resolution framed by Mayor William, J. Miller of ourtown,. setting forth reasons why small towns should be blessed with door4o-door mail .delivery, are in the mails to other muni- cipalities seeking their support. Already support is being found, Goderich, Listowel. and Milton are among the towns who feel this would be a good thing. We rather hope to see this thing sweep the country, for there is no reas- on we can see why small towns should be discriminated against. Already we pay five cents to mail a letter six miles • down the road. This, was. increased from three cents to .four and then to five, with the idea of supply- ing air-mail delivery for long distance mailings. This was all to the good. But the percentage of air mail required by our community is small. In other words, folk in smaller areas are helping to pay for the air mail made use of by large corporations; for the door-to-door deliv- ery of mail (in some cases twice a day) in the cities; and the mail-box rural SOME MONTHS AGO, we wrote at fair length of the proposals made by the O'Leary Commission with regard to assisting Canadian magazines to com- pete for advertising dollars in the mar- ket with imported journals. Prior to the election the O'Leary Commission was shelved. Since then, it has apparently been put further back on the shelf than before. We would hate to see this report forgotten entirely, because it set forth in clear terms the very serious position in which the magazine industry in Canada finds itself. Also set fOrth was the - fact that in 'the United States (where most of our imported reading comes from) one or two magazines would be hard put to survive if they did not have the "outside interests" which helped keep them healthy. ONE THING has become strongly evident in recent years—since our own school days—and.that is, the myriad of types of schools through which people in our province can move toward achieving skills and knowledge. Nursery schools in some areas, kindergarten, public and s e p a rate elementary schools, high schools or collegiates for secondary training, either public or separate, plus a variety of colleges in a number of cities, prob- ably form the standard frame of refer- ence for most persons considering education possibilities in Ontario. ' These were the opportunities of which we used to be aware. But lately, parents should realize the many more avenues of learning which are open to their children. In many cases the youngsters hear of these through their guidance classes at high school. Parents, too, can learn of these things by getting in touch with' guidance teachers, or other school auth- orities. In many cases, an apprentice train- ing program is the wisest thing for a certain young man; a hair-dressing WE STALK of Clinton being a small town. It is, in many ways. We are growing bigger. There is a steady growth of population though not so swift as in some parts of Ontario, in fact our increase from 1957 (2,913) to 1961 (3,391) according to the Domin- ion Census figures, is about 16 percent. Figures for Ontario shows about 14 percent increase, so that our town has been growing more than average. We only wish we could report the growth is as healthy as it is steady. A survey of the "need and effective demand for a federal-provincial low rental housing project" has just been received by council. Some of the state- ments in this are interesting, though they can hardly be termed surprising. We quote: "No new industries have entered the town in recent years. Clin- ton Hosiery Mills closed in 1960. (Note: delivery in the country — while at the same time we have to walk to the post office in rain, snow, or sleet to pick up our own letters. The thing doesn't seem fair at all, Nor should the matter of mail delivery be such an expensive thing. In some cases the people who deliver rural mail, could also do a tour in town, thus making their job more of an all-day occupation, rather than a part time thing. Applied across the country, there would be a saving in the construction of lock boxes, to say nothing of 'the saving in paint and repairs to the steps of these post offices, which are worn through annually by the tramp of hund- reds of feets. We support the mayor strongly in this idea of his, and we feel that if it were put into effect, then the people of all of the towns across Canada, where the number of households is under the minimum now required, would be getting the same service which they are helping to pay for in cities and on farms. It would be a sad thing, certainly, if the big magazines to the south were to cease publication. But we can see no reason why profits reaped in Canada should be the basis for keeping them on the newsstands, while our own national magazines fold due to lack of revenues. Things are tough round. We read that Saturday Evening Post will publish every other week dur- ing the summer. Meanwhile in Canada, Saturday Night is being merged with a newcomer on the publishing scene, "The Canadian", and will change from being every other week, to a monthly effort. We rather hope that some of the proposals at least made .by Mr. O'Leary and the other member of the commis- sion will be put into effect. Canada continues to need her own national magazines, just as she needs the nation- al radio, and the national TV hook-up. course the most sensible for a young lady; secretariel or business training for either sex; Vocational school train- ing for a number of others; trades school for those who show particular aptitudes in such lines; religious schools, work-and-study college courses; college training offered in connection with armed forces training; army or navy apprentice plans; all of these and more are open to young people. T h o ugh we personally went through the regular course of learning, public and high schools of Western Ontario—we are not so positive lately that this was the best course to follow. Maybe at the time it was. But if we were proceeding through the provincial educational processes in this decade, we would hope for better guidance through the channels which would lead us to the destination. These aids are there for the young people to make use of. They can best be made use of through co-operation of student, teacher and parent, so that the best advantage in each student's life may 'be achieved. the report was made up last November. Since then the poultry plant was clos- ed.) No indications of new growth are evident. This dearth of industry is sug- gestive of sterility." "Dairy, beef, poultry and grain farms surround the community. Never- theless industry has not developed, as might be expected, about these major 'sources." • 4 4 . . the wage structure in this municipality is extremely low." The report also discovered very few people in need of welfare payments, little move toward speculative building of houses, and that rents are not "dis- proportionate", in spite of the lack of available housing. As members' of council said, "This report has very interesting information, which we will need to study some more." Tough For Everyone Many Ways to Rise A Small Town