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Editori4is
For Our Friends in 1963
LOOKING STEADILY into our
own imaginary crystal ball, we find the
usual amount of haze obscuring the
future, but we do get glimpses of many
good things to come..
We have some speCial hopes for the
next 12 months in 'particular and the
farther future as well,
For those people who till the good
soils of Huron. County, we wish a pros-
perous and satisfying 1963 — free at
least from the man-made frustrations
which through the years seem to have
come to rural folk.
For all the thousands of students
who study in and near Clinton we wish
good health, teachers that inspire, text-
books readily understood and written to
lead on to more complicated education-
- al fields, families that sympathize when
.report cards are less than perfect, and
a wonderft4 graduation day in the
spring or whenever their course ends.
For hydro and telephone linemen,
operators, and factory workers, we wish
a 1963 that brings required and hoped-
for salary raises when they are earned;
,and families that understand when
work pressures produce tensions and
are willing to make allowances for
these.
To civil service workers and mili-
tary personnel we look forward with
hope to a year of peace and a full 12
months of satisfaction in a job well
done for Canada.
For our many businessmen and
professional people we would wish a
1963 free of any more complications
from additional taxes, governmental
forms, unhappy customers, inferior
goods and incomplete shipments.
For our town in particular we wish
for continued orderly growth, and in-
creased opportunities for employment
here so that those who want to stay,
can stay and be financially independent.
We wish, too, for our town, a con-
tinued striving towards understanding
between peoples. There are many faiths
and many nationalities represented in
Clinton. The town is home to people
from across Canada — some of whom
stay only for a short time.
The extra effort made by a hair-
dresser, a garageman, a store clerk, a
paper boy or an usher at church, can
create a feeling of good will to reach
out into the world and last a lifetime.
This we wish for the people we
know here now and those who will come
to live here.
We have a fine friendly town, made
up of fine friendly people. We can make
all who come here, welcome and happy,
and friendly, too.
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, Publisher
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SUBSCRIPTION
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INTRODUCING:
A HAPPY
NEW. YEAR
CHARLES
HOUSE OF BEAUTY
74 Victoria St., Clinton
CHARLES PROCTOR
Please Book New Year's Dinner Reservations
Early :Phone HU 2-7011
CHILLED FRUIT CUP
YOUNG ROAST DRESSED TURKEY
WITH CRANBERRY SAUCE
CREAMY, WHIPPED POTATOES
WITH FRESH GARDEN PEAS
FRUIT SALAD ON CRISP LETTUCE LEAF
RELISH TRAYS -- CHILLED SHRIMP
HOT ROLLS WITH ICED BUTTER
HOT MINCE PIE OR STEAMED PUDDING
WITH BRANDY SAUCE
MINTS -- BEVERAGE
Dining Room from 5.30 to 8.00 p.m. a jiff°
Victoria Street, Clinton
lommonommoimmommovommma,
Dinner Served in Hotel Clinton
HOTEL
"CLOUD Q " R Featuring . Room
Operated by Frank Cook Ltd.
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MAY 1963
BRING JOY!
We hope the New Year
will be filled with many maniere
of happiness for you and yours.
Modern MEAT Market
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40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
December 28, 1922
A lengthy nomination meet
lug was held with a total of 27
men being named to contest
the various offices.
Nominated for mayor were:
J. F. Rogerson, A. J. McMur-
ray, A. T. Cooper, David Cant-
elon, James A. Ford and J. E.
Johnson.
In an advertisement in the
same issue, J. E. Johnson ran
on a platform promising lower
taxes. He noted there had been
a five and a half mill increase
under the incumbent, A. T.
Cooper and added, "Mr. Cooper
helped to spend your money".
Dr. Gandier and Warden Tre-
wartha addressed the meeting
in regards to the vote on the
new hospital.
Large congregations prevail-
ed at the local churches' Christ-
mas services and all presented
special music and programs. At
St. Paul's, Mr. and Mrs. Mor-
gan Agnew presented an instru-
mental duet and Elliott Bart-
liff gave a recitation.
Mr. Fred Thompson of Lon-
don Medical College spent the
holiday at his home.
Some of those attaining first
class honors at CCI in the first
term exams were: E. Burns,
Bilkey, M. Hale, E. Johnson, C.
McTaggart, J. Plums tee 1, I.
Frank, C. Evans, M. Lyons and
B. Salter.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
December 28,. 1922
No issue available.
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
December 30, 1937
Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob
were honored on the occasion
of their 14th anniversary as
managers of Huron County
Home.
George Elliott was acclaim-
ed mayor along with reeve
Fred Livermore, while 14 men
were named to contest the
council seats at the annual
nomination meeting. Eleven of
the council nominees qualified.
The Clinton Colts opened
their hockey season with a 5-3
loss to Stratford. The lack of
proper conditioning by' the lo-
cals was given as the main rea-
son for their downfall in the
final period.
Timmer McEwan scored two
of Clinton's goals, while Gibbs
notched the other.
Mr. Fr ank Fingland was
made a King's Counsellor, one
of 117 named in Ontario.
Watch-night services were
scheduled by Clinton Presby-
terian church and the two
United Church congregations.
Letters to theEditor
From Dakota
Gentlemen:
Enclosed you will find a
cheque for $5.50 for my year's
subscription to the Clinton
News-Record.
It must be almost 70 years
since I left the little town of
Bayfield and came out here
to North Dakota.
I've never been sorry for the
move. True, we have had a
number of cold winters, some
good crops and some very poor
ones; but taking the good with
the bad I think it was as good
a move as I could have made.
The old folks that I left back
there are all gone, but many
names are still familiar, That's
why I like to read about them.
Wishing you all a Merry
Christmas and a healthy, hap-
py and prosperous New Year.
W. E, Johnston,
Nekoma, North Dakota
Remembers Past
Clinton News-Record
Clinton, Ontario.
Dear Sirs:
/ was glad to see a picture
of Sir Ernest MacMillan in the
Clinton News-Record, T remem-
ber attending an organ recital
he gave in Willis Presbyterian
Church, Rattenbury Street E.,
Clinton.
HO was about 12 years old at
that time. I was a little older.
He was visiting his Uncle and
aunt, Dr. and Mrs. William
Outline.
His father WAS at one time
minister of the Presbyterian
Churches at AUbUrn and
Smith's Hill (CarloW), Rev,
MacMillan told me Auburn was
his first Charge after entering
the ministry of the Presbyter-
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
December 25, 1952
The Auburn midget baseball
team, OBA champs, were feted
at a banquet by the Auburn
Athletic Association and were
also presented with jackets.
Rev. George Hoytema was
inducted as the first minister
of the Christian Reformed
congregation.
Principal E. A. Fines pre-
sented the $50 Sir Ernest
Cooper scholarship to Robert
Love, RR 2 Hensall.
Mrs. Charles Nelson hosted
the Christmas party of the
Clintonian Club.
The following children gave
recitations at the St. Andrew's
Christmas party: Paddy and
Jimmie Sentes, Doug McCann,
Jimmie MacDonald, Mary Jean
Neilans, Jackie Colquhoun,
Billy Strong, Laurie Colquhoun
and Kathy MacLeod.
William Shearing, Royal
Military C o 11 e g e, Kingston,
spent the Christmas vacation
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. M. Shearing.
The Bayfield Lions staged a
children's Christmas party un-
der the direction of Alf Scotch-
mer Jr., Grant Turner, Charles
Scotchmer, Spencer Ervine and
William Clark.
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Mrs. Castle Wins
Electric Dryer in
Two-Store Draw
Mrs. Ella Castle, who makes
her home with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W.
Craig, Whitehead Street, Clin-
ton, was the winner of an auto-
matic clothes dryer in a draw
made Saturday.
The contest was sponsored
jointly by Herb's Food Market
and Peter's Meat Market and
the draw was made by Miss
Marion Dale, a member of the
Bell Telephone staff.
Mrs. Roy Pepper, RR 3, Sea-
forth won a 50-pound bag of
sugar in the draw, while Mrs.
George Potter, RR 3, Clinton,
was presented with two picnic
hams.
The final consolation prize, a
toy dog, went to Mrs. Art
Mountford, RR 5, Clinton.
ian Church. "Ernest" was born
in Toronto.
Douglas Stanbury, about the
same age, and Donna Mulhol-
land somewhat younger, were
in the limelight as soloists. in
Clinton about, the same time.
Yours truly,
E. A. TOWNSEND.
2100 Marlowe Ave,
Montreal 28, Que.
December 17, 1962
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New Year's. Ev.e is. the only
occasion during the year when
the devil makes a .determined.
effort to take over in Canada.
The rest of the year, we're.
too busy scrambling for money,
or too scared of the consequen-
ces of .sin, to be anything but
a fairly sedate lot,.
But on the last evening of
the year, hair is let down, in-
hibitions are let out, and the
gong is kicked around with
abandon and that national
symbol of our •footwear, the
snowboot.
Old Nick chooses his time
with care. His opposite num-
ber, St. Nick, has just given
us his .annual going-over. We
are left with a pile of bills, a
moulting Christmas tree, a gas,
tric condition, and a vague her,
ror of what' Lies ahead — three
bleak, unbroken months at the
mercy Canadian winter. We
are ripe for Auld Cloutie's
machinations. He could scarce-.
ly miss.
Bixt even so, he selects his
victims with the hand of an
artist, He doesn't bother with
the regular boozers, the hard-
ened party types.' He already
has them capering down the
beckoning primrose path. He's
not going to waste time enlist-
ing them. They've already
signed up.
No, it's the good ones he
goes after on New Year's Eve.
And he doesn't mind paying
overtime to his minions, if they
can guarantee him a lot of
broken promises, and a reason-
able smattering of broken hom-
es, broken careers and broken
noses.
As a result, we have
shoulders removed from wheels,
which immediately leap out of
ruts and careen into wild, un-
trodden ground. We have noses
lifted from grindstones and
plunged into beakers. We have
pillars of the community step-
ping out from under and let-
ting the darn thing sag for a
night.
Oh, so you think this is a
little fanciful, do you now?
You don't believe that • Old
Nick really has anything to do
with it? You think it's just a
lotta swell people havana lotta
fun, do you?
What about last New Year's
Eve, Dad? Maybe you've for-
gotten, And I don't blame you.
Maybe it was somebody else
who told the host's wife that
she'd be a pretty nice little
woman if only she could ever
learn to shut that big, flap,
ping mouth of hers.
Perhaps that was your twin
brother who broke his shoul-
der jumping off the mantel to
show them how you used to
land when you were in the
paratroops, Maybe it wasn't
you at all who got a good
whack in the face from his
wife for hanging a big N.Y.E.
kiss on that recently divorced
sister of the undertaker.
Now, just a minute, Mother,
Don't you run away. How is the
back these days? Slipped disc
back in place? I3een a long
haul, hasn't it? But we did
warn you, at last N.Y.E.'s
party, that The Twist was just
as strenuous as The Charles-
ton. And we didn't like to
point out that you were 30
years older.
Where's Granny sliding away
to? Never mind, Gran. You
looked great in that lampshade
last N.Y.E. I'm glad, though,
that you've decided to stay
home and Auld Lang Syne it
with the grandchildren this
year, I think.
Let's face it, chaps. Hog-
manay and Lang May Your
Lum Reek and all that but
we're not quite the wild kids
we once were. We've got chil-
dren of our own, dammit, and
we've got to stay home New
Year's Eve, if only to make
sure they stay home.
We've got to recognize that
the Bacchanalian orgy is not
for us solid citizens. We've got
to retain our sense of responsi-
bility. We've got to set an ex-
ample, raise the standards, hold
the line against barbarism and
hellery. We've got to stand
firm in the quicksand.
What's that, Nick? You are?
There will? Everybody's going?
All night? Just like old times?
Absolutely not. Ridiculous.
Out of the question. What do
you think we are, a couple of
crazy kids? We're too old.
The school board might object.
We owe it to the children. No,
there's no possibility that we'll
change our minds.
Uh, . . . what time did you
say it starts, Nick?
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Gayest 'Wishes
FOR. THE CHEERIEST HOL1DAYi
Beattie Furniture
David Beattie and Harold Tyndall
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From Our Early Files
Adine Writes
MI OW 11•1 of many things
I would like to send my Best Wishes, to one and all.
To all the Mothers, may I wish you hearts full of Joy
as you find a few moments to relax, after a busy time of
food preparation, house decorating and the confusion we
all live through during the last week of each year.
To all the Fathers, a wish that you found just what
you liked best under your Christmas tree, and in the happy
faces of your family around your table on Christmas Day.
To all the Children, a hope that you will continue to
try to be good after Christmas, as you were before, and a
wish for lots of fun during this vacation from school.
To everyone, a sincere wish for Peace, Prosperity and
Happiness during the coming year.
D. A. KAY & SON
33 Huron Street
HU 2-9542
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OUT OUR WARMEST WISHES
'FOR A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
From the Staff at
HERB'S FOOD MARKET
PHONE HU 2-3445
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