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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1962-11-15, Page 2For Your Safety... (and Convenience) A British Mortgage. Safety Deposit Box Protect your valuables and important papers in a Safety Deposit Box • Three sizes to suit your needs • Cost is little more than a penny a day: $4.00 per year small box $6.00 per year medium 'box $10.00 per year large box • Spacious coupon booths are convenient and private. Keep YOUR valuables safe in a British Mortgage Safety Deposit Box. BRITISH MbRTGAGE & TRUST views/ Bdward It. Rowland, Branch Manager, At the Stoplight, 4ocierloh, Page .News,Record.,Thurs,, NoY,15f.194; Editorials The Good Old Days. While pouring over a 25 year -old News-Record this week we suddenly realized that a year's subscription cost was only $1,50. "What?" we muttered, "and now its $4,00! Maybe we're doing our readers an injustice," 13ut before rushing off in all di, rections to announce a reduction—we did a rather sensible thing under the circumstances—we looked at some of the advertisements. Hrinn--work shirts at Plumsteel's 75 cents; meat at Connell & Tyndall's: beef 13c a pound; pork 131/2 c; sausage 1.56. a pound. Comparable prices'to-day must be at least four times those. Even dieing was less expensive. The cost of burying an indigent was only $30. Now it's about $125. Alia—that means that a subscrip- tion to the News-Record should really be $6 a year. Then consider that 12 pages are printed each week instead of and the proper price jumps again to $9,00. Now where did the publisher go? These facts must be presented to him with all possible speed. Just 33 Days. Away We don't wish to alarm anyone— but Santa Claus day is only 33 days away, and shopping and wrapping and all that must be done in time. Promptly after the notes of the Last Post faded away on November 11, stores sprouted Yuletide decorations, windows became cluttered with dainty white imitation snow, silver trees were offered for sale, shoppers suddenly be- gan to SEE displays of December 25 greeting cards. Oh, they'd been there ,before but most people were able to ig- nore them. Make no mistake—the busy and hectic season is with us again. Onepleasant thing about this year is the scheduling of Christmas Day on Tuesday. All this Santa Claus business can be straightened away with ease by the Saturday and then we can use Sun- day and Monday to prepare for what the Day really means. Sincere Sympathy The deepest sympathy is offered to the families of the young couple who met such an untimely death last week- end. The shock to their relatives must have been a grevious one. Sympathy in fact is extended to the entire group of new Canadians who have settled in this area from Holland since the war. Within the past ten months this is the fourth young person from among them to have met death suddenly through accident. We who have lived out lives among friends and neighbours who have known us for generations find it hard to real- ize the extreme stress which must be felt when tragedy strikes a family in a new land. Nevertheless we strive for under= standing and are anxious to be of any help we can be in these time of deep trouble. Of Nominations, Etc. This is the kind of prediction we rather dislike making, because some- times .its not a healthy sign, but it does look as if all council seats in Clinton will be filled by acclamation. We think the. same thing may hap- pen in the Townships of Goderich, Hut- left and Tuckersmith, although there may be a contest of some sort in Stan- ley Township. There's no money down on this, but at least we've put our estimate in black and white. Neither will we be extremely surprised if the actual fact turns out much different. Absolutely no one can be 100 per- cent sure about what will happen in any one municipality. The ways of politicians and of voters are strange things, Classified Ads Bring Results Clinton News-Record Amalgamated THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD 1924 Published every Thursday at the Est. 1881 Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,369 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Fiublisher • WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor Signed contributions in this publication, are the opinions of the writers only, and do not necessarily express the views of the newspaper. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance —Canada and Great Britain:.$4.00 a year; United States and Foreign: $5.60; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Department Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Clinton Reptittentatlinit Harold C, Lawson Phone 24644 .1ketienbury :$4.teof Cl nfon Onfi • THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 a • D ABC • U L CCNR AP' SL ICED RINDLESS BACON PORKON CHOPS MEATY SPARE RIBS — FRESH GROUND BEEF - GROUND SUET - WIENERS 3 lbs for sir Nni:.T•ieONDEElisL istztAGGNEA ‘ $1.00 1 IliscOOLOGNA Get 1/2 Pb, Bacon Free! FREEZER SPECIAL! ..--, CHOICE BEEF Hind Quarters 59C lb. no ek FFrom'Quarters 45C lb.). Cut Wrapped to your tra charge. own specifications at PETER'S Modern IVI"AT Market 1W 24731 - - 59c lb - 59c lb. - - 57c lb. 43c lb. - 19c lb. • OMNI 0'42'0.. • '.• • ;•-,40,4'A AR, 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 13, 1952 Work has begun on a spur line by the CNR into RCAF' Station. Stewart Taylor is as- sistant CNR roadmaster charge. A debating team of Robert P. Allan, Brucefield, and Dor- een McGuire, Clinton, won the interelub competition at Bei- grave. The 11-room public 'school is now considered too small, and an 'addition will be considered. The School was officially open- ed in October. Miss Edna McDonald and Miss Irene Howatt, both of Blyth, have ,completed three years in training at Clinton Public Hospital and will grad- uate at ceremonies on Dec. 5. POTTED PLANTS FALL BULBS • Clinton Greenhouse and Garden Centre 182 Church Street CLINTON Phone HU 2-7168 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD t Thursday, November 18, 1937 Total debenture debt of Hu- ron County is $35,267. Miss Frances Hawkins, Ham- ilton, missionary on furlough from Japan spent the weekend at the 'home of her brother, W. T. Hawkins The W. D. Fair Co. offers a Shirley Temple Song Album for 50 cents. Illohnesville annual bazaar raised $75. The affair was held in Clinton council chamber. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Scribbins will leave next Wednesday fon. Montreal where they will board ship for Liverpool. They will visit relatives at Ilfracombe and Birmingham. About 60 members of the Old Time Dance Club enjoyed roast goose supper at Bartliff's rest- aurant. as six different countries and speak several languages. The gypsy may stop for a while in a town, 'but usually they move on again ,after while. They love horses and often make a living as horse traders. Others are blacksmiths, jugglers, musicians • or circus performers. The Hungarian gypsies, called 'ttiganes", are often gifted anus- icians land preserve the folk melodies of eastern -Europe. The Spanish 'gypsies called "gltanos", are famous for their dancing.. Both of these groups are more likely to settle down and live in one place than are the gypsies of other countries. wx—R-F-F—www!wwwwwwwimmuumusimuumwwwwwwwwwwwisimialNINIIIMMI. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 16, 1922 We might as a town at least lay a wreath of -flowers on the tablet at the post office to pay tribute to our 'heroic dead. A. T. Cooper has presented $325 to the Hospital Building Fund, T h e Middleton-Holrnesville Anglican Parish has ,been amal- gamated with the parish in Bay- field. Bayfield 'is sending $115 to help the people in Northern On- tario who suffered from the big fire. Thomas Sage at Wroxeter, who is 93 yoprs old, has plough- ed over 60 acres this fall. He 'is at work every day on the farm. The idea of getting some wo- men to serve on the Public Sdhool Board is worth consider- ing. The RCAF's Air Division celebrates its tenth anniversary of service with NATO forces this month, as its squadrons in Europe begin to re- equip with the supersonic CF-104 "Super Starfight- er" strike-reconnaissance aircraft (top right). Eight squadrons of Super Starfighters will replace the Division's F-86 Sabres (top left), which have served Canada's NATO air arm well since its beginning, while the last, four of the RCAF's operational squadrons of CF-100 all-weather fighters (bottom them move an and they con- tinued to wander westward. Many stayed in Hungary and Rumania, but by the middle of the 15th century they were also in Germany, France, and Switzerland. By 'the 16th cen- tury they had reached England. The English decided that they must have come f r ern Egypt and therefore called them "gypsies". The name the gypsies give to themselves is "Rom'. Their language is called Romany. It contains words ad- opted from many other langu- ages and it originated in India. The 'appearance of gypsies .also shows that they had an eastern origin. They are not, very tall, and they have dark eyes and wavy black hair. The gypsies have remained a wand- ering people to this day. Some adults have lived in as many 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, November 16, 1922 A juvenile court is to he est- ablished in Huron with His Honour C. A. Reid as juvenile count judge and G. M. Elliott clerk and Chief probation of- ficer. Removal of the island at the eastern end of Goderich harbour is to be done in 'the next year or so. Monday evening, just as the Graham Hotel bus was about to turn in, the bus; was struck by a car coining down Vinegar Hill and in the compact, the 'horse got away and ran up the hill arid turned around and came back to the barn. The driver, Mr. Taylor was thrown out, but escaped with minor bruises. The shafts and a few parts of the harness were broken. The young man driving the car stopped and gave assistance and stated he did not see the rig at all. tigar and .;p1. (Ily W. 4. T. SIMLEX) Can anyone tell me why wo- • Men are so fierce 0O141 money.. AS Brutus said, I pause for reply+ No.,answer'. Well, then, • can anyone tell me why women are so absolutely ;clueless, about perfectly straightforward hand- ling of the lovely stuff? No an- swer, I knew there wouldn't be. For years, I bandied the .money in our family, and everything ran smoothly. A couple of years ago, yielding, to some mad whim., I agreed to. turn over the family finances to the Old Battleaxe, and since then, we have endured fiscal chaos. The trouble is, ,she panics. I used to solve the problem of bills by putting them all in my hip pocket and letting them age for a while. She gets half a • dozen bills, and goes into a tizzy. *w, * She spreads everything out on the table: perieils, sheets "and sheets of paper, bills, bank book, cheque beak. She. adds everything up six times. She. subtracts debts from bank bal- ance, bursts into tears and burls themes such as "nicotine ad- dict" and "alcoholic" at me. Every time we have a finan- cial crisis—that is, about once a week—it turns out that the only way we tart stay out of deb- tor's prison is for me to give up the weed and the malt. And every time, I have to point out carefully and patient- ly that we little sinners are the only thing that keeps this country from going on the rocks. It's not the big sinners who support the schools and hospi- tals and pay for all 'those new docks and post offices and snis- sites without warheads and in- conclusive ,elections. Heck I could keep a mistress or two, gamble heavily, declare a phoney bankruptcy de every- thing but commit murder—and the government wouldn't take a nickel in taxes. No, it's the wee sinner, with his deck of fags and his box of beer, who PaYS the shot. This simple economic truth, however, rarely diverts the old lady 'from her tantrum, She threw .a dandy when she came home yesterday, after spending a week away from us. She was sore as blazes at all of us when she left, over some- thing or other, and she wasn't home twenty minutes, the kisses and hugs, were scarcely cul- minated, 'when she blew up again, . She had left me a detailed note. I was to pay the interest on the mortgage, be sure to pay the hydro bill and get the discount, put so much from account A into account B to cover' such-and-such, see the bank about renewing our de- mand note on the TV set, be sure to put the right change in the milk bottles, because the pup licks the milk ce the 'top and the pennies fall into the leaves, rake the leaves., put out the garbage, pay my insurance premium, see that the kids had a bath, and not watch the late movies. * * I was sort of busy while, she was away. Ailter all, I had to cook dinner for three each night, organize a trip to the city for my Grade 11 kids 'to see a play, canvass for the YMCA. drive, and watch the late movie without somebody hollering at me to come to bed. Besides, it was my week to entertain the Friday Afternoon Club, a perambulating organi- zation for tired teachers, at, which they let off 'steam and take on fuel. I did get the garbage out. At least, my son dict: He's still scared of women, He's only fifteen. But I idichift pay much attention to the rest of the in- structions. In fact, 'the note containing them was misplaced, That is a Word I like. I didn't actually lose it, but I couldn't find it. * 4, To cut everything short and to put it so simply a ehild could understand it, I collected $141.78 from My students for tickets to the shoW, picked tqi $49.50 on the YMCA earwatt, issued a Cheque on either ac- count A or account B for $270 to cover the cost of the tickets, spent either $14 or $24 of the Y money on groceries, bought some beer for the FriclaY After- noon Club out of either My tiekcit Money or my canvass money, and Made my own do- nation to the Y out of the milk money Yeti should have heard the screams. You'd think I'd rtin off with a belly-dander, or test my job, or failed to use a de- odorant, or committed dente- thing equally heinous. She Was just about ready to 'call hi the Mounties, Ode Of these days, I'M going to pat mw- foot tioWn ever• these finaneial crises of ours, and if it doeSn't Sink Wright to the knee, there'll be Scrota changeS made, Or something, right) will be disbanded on January 1, 1963. Pictur- esque Chateau Mercy-les-Metz (bottom left), in the French province of Lorraine, houses headquarters of the Air Division, whose badge is shown in the centre, surmounting pictures of its three command- ers during the past ten years. They are (left to right) : Air Marshall Hugh Campbell, retired (1952- 1955), Air Vice Marshal H. 13. Godwin, retired (1955-1958), and the present Air Officer Command- ing, Air Vice Marshal Larry E. Wray. SOUVENIR DESIGN COMPETITION R ecently, Prime Minister John Robarts announced that the Ontario Government will sponsor A program, recommended by the Tour- ist Industry Committee of the Ontario Economic Council, designed to encourage development of the souvenir industry in the Province. This two-fold project will involve a souvenir design competitions followed by an exhibition of the design entries at the National Gift Show, Feb. 18th-21st, 1963 at the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds. The competition offers first prizes in ten separate categories ($100 each) with a grand prize of $500. closing date for entries is: January 31st, 1963 More Information and Contest Entry Forms available from: ONTARIO SOUVENIR PROMOTION COMMITTEE Room 405, 67 College Street, Toronto, Ontario ONTARIO PROVINCE OF OPPORTUNITY Whenever there is' a masqu- erade or a party when folks dress in costume, someone us- ually comes dressed as ,a "Gypsy". Have you ever wond- ered' where these people or- iginated? I. did, and found the following information quite in- teresting. I hope you do. Gypsies are among the most curious and fascinating People on earth. As they wander about from country to country, or Within a country, other people often react 'by disliking them OT being afraid of them. Exactly where the gypsies originated is not known, but it is believed by some auth- Orities that 'in the 10th century they left India and Migrated to Persia. The MongolS 'drove them on until they reached the Balkans and Greece in the 14th cerituay. Then the Turks made Adine Write mot me - of many things Air Force Celebrates Tenth Year of NATO Service I From Our Early Files