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Editorials
End of la Job Well Done
Last night - marked the end of an
era in Clinton area, with regard to.
secondary schoOl education,
Formerly a board set to operate
the district collegiate institute, that
body has begun what promises to be a
long and continually expanding task,
directing the progress of Central Huron
Secondary School. (That the board will
officially continue to be known as Clin-
ton District Collegiate Institute Board
remains an anomaly which may prove
merely historical, and may also be
short-lived.)
With the passing of CDCI as such,
also goes a part of the administration
which had become a solid tradition in
Clinton. Harold C. Lawson is no longer
the ,secretary-treasurer of the area's
Secondary school.
Each year, since some time in. the
early thirties, Mr. Lawson has been
asked to leave the room temporarily at
the inaugural meeting of the board,
while they decided in private to re-hire
him, and also decided the salary they
could afford to pay for this part-time
work.
Each year with the exception of
some time off when he went to serve
his country in the war and came back
with the rank of lieutenant colonel, the
decision of the board has been in .the
affirmative, and Mr. Lawson has con-
tinued as secretary-treasurer.
More than a job has been involved
here, Mr. Lawson through the years
has proved to be a source of continuing
information to new board members, an
assistant to new chairmen of the board,
and a liaison between staff and board.
No one has ever gotten rich serv-
ing as a school board member, and
most certainly, neither has any secre-
tary-treasurer of such a board done so.
To continue year after year in
this service to the community requires
an interest in the job, and a particular
devotion to the needs of the board and
its responsibilities.
Mr. Lawson is handing over the
reins to Mr. L. R, Maloney at a time
when the entire job is changing, when
it is becoming a full time task for a
man, as Mr. Lawson puts it "who is
young enough to grow with the job."
Our best wishes go to Mr. Maloney
in his new undertaking, which will in-
clude the work of business administra-
tor at the school.
At the same time we find it an ap-
propriate time to proffer a verbal bou-
quet of roses to Mr. Lawson on behalf
of the community for a• job well clone
throughout a quarter of a century.
Must Acce pt the Fact
We've had a feeling that a good
deal of the frustrations in Ontario arise
from the fact that we continually try
to live as our good neighbours far to
the south arfParently do.
Our entertainment on film, for the
past fifty years has shown views of
the state of California, where high slim
heels, thin filmy fabrics, sport shirts
and suntans are the rule. Very seldom,
a film based on mountain country, or
even Canada, has been shown, but,
generally there has been no indication
of "snowboots," fur coats worn for
warmth, nor winter coats such as red-
blooded Canadians must wear.
In Clinton this seems to have been
translated into a general trend toward
ignoring winter clothes. Of course
people wear them, but little is done
about giving them a place to put these
outer garments when they arrive at a
public meeting place.
At the elementary school built in
1952, there is no place to hang coats
when people come to events in the
auditorium. There is a full-fledged and
completely furnished kitchen, but no
coat rack. One must carry it, drape it
over a chair, or fling it over a desk
in one of the classrooms.
In the new collegiate, a huge audi-
torium was built to house upwards of
700 people. But there is no place to
hang the 700 coats which in wintertime
must accompany those 700 people.
In the town hall with its meeting
room which accommodates 50 and more
persons, and is in continual use for
there is no place to hang a coat. Not
meetings, magistrate's court, teas, etc.,
even one coat.
The result, in all of these centres,
is an untidy meeting .room with bulky
winter-wear draped over chairs, piled
on tables, etc. The alternative to that
is a lot of over-heated people who later
catch a "common cold" when they take
their bodies out into the frigid tempera-
tures of a Huron County winter.
Maybe in 1963 we can get round
to accepting the fact that Ontario is
NOT California, and begin providing
some of the necessary equipment in
our public buildings.
Baby Sitte rs College
Of considerable interest to parents
in the Goderich area, must be the news
that the Home and School Association
there, along with the Recreation Com-
mittee of the county town is planning
an eight week course to instruct people
in the art of baby-sitting.
The "college" is to be run with the
endorsement of the Ontario Department
of Health, and is made up of eight
two-hour training periods. Instructing
will be a public health nurse, a social
worker, a kindergarten teacher, a rep-
resentative of the fire department, and
possibly late in the course, a panel of
parents.
Not planning a baby-sitting ser-
vice, the home arid school association
Newspapers
Does the modern newspaper need
to fear television?
It would seem not, according to re-
ports emanating from several Ameri-
can cities where strikes have left people
without local newspapers for periods
of up to four months.
In Minneapolis, a four-month lack
of newspapers resulted in a drop of $10
million in retail sales; attendance at
movie and theatre houses dropped dras-
tically; people missed news of stock
prices, classified advertising, birth,
marriage and death statistics.
In New York, the current strike
which began early in December has
spokesman says, "We are setting up
the school for baby sitters because we
realize there is a real need for compe-
tent girls to solve this problem in local
homes, and we feel sure parents of
young children will be glad that they
have received some training."
Should the Clinton Home and
School Association or any other local
group decide to take up a similar pro-
ject, we would predict a generous re-
ception on the part of both parents and
potential baby-sitters.
No, there is no restriction to girls.
The only restriction is that participants
in the course must be 14 years of age,
or over.
Expendable? .
"wrecked the Christmas season" ac-
ed that theatres would soon start clos-
ing down, new plays would. not open,
and unemployment would soar. Places
of business such as restaurants, hotels
and entertainment places which depend
on tourists, have reported a drop in
trade of from 10 to 15 percent.
cording to a hotel manager. He predict-
In Minneapolis, radio and television
did their best to fill the gap with news
broadcasts, but, by their own admis-
sion, they could not provide the same
detailed coverage. In New York the
same thing holds true during their cur-
rent strike.
Clinton News-Record
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Est. 1865
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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
•
WILMA D. DINNIN, Editor
CCNR
Aditie Writes
- of many things
By taking a few extra pre- form, smell or color'Any or
cautions in storing and
handling of medicines, you can
have more effective use from
the products on your medicine
shelf,
Medicines are usually neatly
arranged in the bathroom med-
icine chest. Actually, both
room shelves should hold only
the toilet articles which the fam-
ily uses each day, Drugs of all
kinds should be kept in a dry
spot out of the bathroom be-
cause a moisture-laden atmos-
phere can loosen, and blur la-
bels, cause some metal caps and
containers to rust, harden or
cake powders, cause g e 1 at in
capsules to stick together and
effervescent tablets to lose
their fizz. Store medicines con-
veniently near, but outside-the
bathroom,
All drugs should be kept a-
way from heat. Those which
contain a large amount of
sugar, such as cough syrups,
have a tendency to ferment, if
kept too warm, Bottles of per-
oxide can Viand up a great a-
mount of pressure and explode
when exposed to constant heat.
Wherever you choose to store
drugs, make sure they are out
of the children's reach.
Some medicines, including vit-
amins, suppositories, antibiotics
and insulin products, should
generally be kept under re-
frigeration. It's a good idea to
ask your doctor or pharmacist
where you should• store medic-
ines and how long they may be
kept with safety. Check your
medicine shelf periodically and
dispose of prescription drugs
which have served their purpose.
Never save them to use again
after a self-diagnosis.
Dispose of drug products
which seem to have changed
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qnoit age na ciPcomposItion.
Ti'Padache tablets, for instance,
when hoephi in ton 12 v•rro
rata ntity and held too long, may
decompose. The tablets then
have a strong vinegar-like odor
and extremely unpleasant re-
sults when used,
Some drugs vain or lose pot-
ency when kept too long. Io-
dine and medicines with an al-
cohol base gain strength with
age and should be replaced fre-
quently, Never keep broken
tablets. It is impossible to
have accurate dosage by piecing
parts together. You lose an im-
portant tablet coating which
can be destroyed through break-
age. When in doubt about a
drug, throw it away!
Label promptly and correctly
all medicines with the names
of the person for whom they
are intended, the date and the
dosage. Cover the label with
cellophane tape to avoid loss
or blurring.
All poisons (iodine, drugs with
mercury content, opiates, sleep-
ing tablets) should be labelled
as such. It's an old hospital
trick to place adhesive or cel-
lophane tape over the cap and
neck of these bottles so that
extra caution will be taken
when the drug is used. It's
wise to place all "poisons" to-
gether in one box, preferably
locked, well out of children's
reach,
Mark another closed con-
tainer on your shelf as "Sterile
equipment,' and into this put
sterile cotten, gauze, and
ready-to-use adhesive bandages.
Handle these supplies with care
as they will no longer be sterile
it paper coverings are broken.
40. Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, January 11, 1923
The annual business meeting
of the Huron Presbyterial Soc-
iety was held in Willis Church
and reports showed a Member,
shin of 759 women in 24 senior
auxiliaries.
Mr. Harry Bartliff leaves
next week for Vancouver to
be ready for the spring rush
with the Durant .cars.
Rev. Roland Crouch, Free
Methodist spare minister, was
arrested in Sarnia and admit-
ted when caught with his cad,
iliac coupe loaded with five
gallon jugs of Michigan moon-
shine, that he was the princi-
pal in an organized gang of
rum-runners between Port Hu-
ron, Sarnia and Seaforth.
The fall of snow on Tuesday
has made the slieghing much
better around town.
• This w e e k Mr. Joseph G.
Crich took over the agency of
the International Harvester Co.
and moved the stock to Mr.
Peffer's building, opposite the
Schoenhals mill.
A blizzard is howling about
the house. That man with the
piece of chalk in each hand
just informed me that the
temperature is 15 below. He
didn't have to. My arthritis
had already given me the mes-
sage.
These are the gray days of
deep midwinter, when one is
sorely tempted to get drunk,
or take off for Tahiti, solo, or
just wander off and lie down
quietly in a snowbank.
There's only one thing that
saves my sanity each winter.
That is the certainty that
there are several months of
exciting evenings of controver-
sial conversation ahead.
Every winter I feel sorry for
people in lush, tropical count-
ries. What in the world can
they find to talk about? How
bored they must become with
nothing to mull over but love,
religion, politics and the heat!
No wonder they're so emotion-
ally trigger-happy, so prone to
revolutions, just to break the
monotony. * *
We Canadians, besides be-
ing the healthiest, happiest,
richest and best-looking people
in the world, are surely also
the most eloquent conversa-
tionalists in existence. We are
never so destitute that we
have to fall back on such
hackneyed themes as art, the
soul, love, or man's inhuman-
ity to man, Never.
For six months of the year
we discourse brilliantly on
fishing, The Boat, babies, The
Cottage, gardening, The Car.
The last-mentioned, of course,
appears as often in our dia-
logue as deity does in that of
less favoured races.
But it is in the other six
months, the winter, that we
really come into our own,
conversationally. During the
long black nights, listen in on
almost any conversation in our
land, and you Will marvel at
the intricacies of intellect, the
subtleties of expression, the
rapier-like parry and thrust of
our communication.
1' 'K K.
A foreigner is baffled and
charmed by the sparkling
quality of our colloquy. A Can-
adian midwinter conversation
would make Socrates s u 1 k,
Plato pout. At the bridge table,
cards are forgotten when the
conversation begins to bubble
like vintage champagne. In the
pub, beer is left untouched on
the table.
What, you may ask, is the
essence that makes Canadian
converse so rich and heady in
the winter? Let's listen in and
find out. We'll drop in on a
typical January party, in an
average home, where are gath-
ered beauty and chivalry, fair
women and brave men. Typical
Canadians, in short.
Hark to this young matron,
her simple dignity and warmth
Letter to the Editor
Flowers and Comment
Editor,
News-Record,
Clinton,
I have scanned with interest
the reports in January 3 issue
of the Federation of Agricul-
ture meeting.
It is as good a longhand re-
port as could be, I should think,
and the commodity represent-
atives have reason to be pleas-
ed with it.
Having said this, may I be
permitted to suggest that the
paper ought not to confuse
readers by describing the legis-
lative representatives as "gov-
ernment members" only Mac-
Naughton enjoys that Staths;
the other three are private
members of Parliament or the
Legislature,
With best wishes,
40 Years Ago
CLINTON ismws-ggcmgp
Thursday, orowary 11,, 19.33
Officers elected at the Wes-
ley Church 'Ladies Aid were
president, Mrs, A. T. Cooper;
vice-preSident, Mrs.. J. C. Mg,
Math; treasurer; Mrs. T, J, MC,
Neil; secretary, Mrs. T. Mason,
The Mission Circle At Hol-
rnesville met at the home of
Mrs. S. T. Walter with Miss
Francis Potter in charge.
Mr, Frank Pennebaked re,
turned to Toronto after spend-
ing New Year's with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Penne-
baker.
Officers named at the Stan-
ley township inaugural were:
clerk, J. E. Hannwell; treasur-
er, George Beatty; assessor,
Fred Watson; auditors, Alex
McEwan and W. J. Tongh,
Has Clinton a snow-shovel,
ling bylaw; that is a bylaw
requiring residents to keep the
snow cleared from the walks
in front of their own property?
If such a bylaw exists it should
be enforced and if not, the new
council might have one passed.
of countenance scarcely mar-
red by the purple eyelids and
slight double chin. "We like
the oil, cuz y' don't hafta fool
with it. Just set 'er and she
stays the way y' want 'er. A
course, the minit turn it up
a bit, Jim runs over and turns
it down. Says I'll ruin us."
Giggling.
Speaks with courtly grace
the gentleman on her 1 e f t.
"Ah, you can have that oil.
Stoo expensive. Gimme the
good ole hard coal, with a
man that knows howta hannel
that furnace. I mean y' get
that real hot heat." Super-
ciliously. * 'K 'K
"Yah, butcha gotta have a
good fan, or she doesn't kick
that heat around," says the
demure little woman across
from him. "We like the stoker
ourselves. George useta puff
something terrible when he
had ta shovel, but now he
duzzen even hafta go down,
only every couple days, so it
gives 'm more time ta help
'tha dishes." Winking gaily at
the hapless George.
"Saycha like," contributes
another young gallant, leaning
across, "but I'll take wood. Sa
little more work, but she's
quick an' she's hot. An' ya
never hafta worry about strik-
es, cuz the farmers never go
on strike." Triumphantly.
And so it goes. Of course,
that's only a rough sample of
what makes our midwinter
conversation so fascinating.
Mere words could never con-
vey the intensity of emotion,
the nuances of meaning, that
emerge in these clashes of wit.
But you needn't talk to me
about the brilliant discourses
in the salons of 18th century
France. Tell me not of the
sparkling exchanges among
the dons of Oxford. Just give
me any group of red-blooded
furnace minded Canadians in
midwinter, and I'll settle back
happily, waiting for the oppor-
tunity to thrill them with the
story of how I almost put in
a sawdust-burner one winter.
HAPPY DOUBLES TO
ENJOY POT LUCK SUPPER
The Happy Doubles Club of
Ontario Street United Church
will hold their annual pot luck
supper on Wednesday, January
16 at 6.45 p.m, in the ladies
parlor. A short program and
business period will follow.
Come and bring the family.
25 Years. . Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 13, 1938
It has beep generally rum-
mired during the p4St week
that Canada Packers Ltd. had
purchased the Clinton. chopping
mill from Mr. .George mur,
dock.. It is true that negotia-
tions have beep held, but the
deal has not yet been corn,
pleted.
District Deputy of the Lions
Club, Ken Waters, addressed
the local club.
A relief motion was passed
at council to give transients
one meal and lodging. Tickets
for 25 cents to be given to
the police.
Some discussion followed re-
garding the bill of fare the
transients should have in order
to ensure they got their mon-
ey's worth, and it was suggest-
ed by the mayor that a menu
be printed on the back of the
ticket.
Among those being named as
contestants for the Warden's
seat are r e e v es Cardiff of
Morris; P. W. Scott of East
Wawanosh; Haacke of Goder-
ich township and McNall of
Blyth.
Mr. and Mrs. William Clark
and Mr. and Mrs. Percy Work-
man, Varna, have had "little
additions" to their families.
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 8, 1953
Group Captain E. A. D. Hut-
ton, Commanding Officer of
RCAF Station Clinton died at
the station hospital after suf-
fering a stroke at work.
M. T. Corless resigned as
clerk and treasurer of Clinton
after 12 years service.
A daughter born to Mr. and
Mrs. Anthony Rau, Zurich, was
Clinton's first baby of the new
year.
Reeve Alfred Moffatt was re-
'turned by acclamation in Tuck-
ersmith Township along with
councillors Andrew Crozier,
James Doig, Ivan Forsyth, Wil-
bert Garrett.
Total amount of fines during
the previous year was $1,032
according to Chief of Police,
Joseph Ferrand.
L. Douglas Holland took
over duties as clerk and treas-
urer.
Mrs. J. Radford was elected
president of the WA of On-
tario Street United Church.
0
Ontario Street
UCW Unit 2
Pays Up Fees
Unit Two of Ontario Street
United Church Women met
January 3 with Mrs. A. J. Mc-
Murray presiding and Mrs.
Langdon at the piano. Mrs.
McMurray was in charge of de-
votions on the topic "Faith".
She read from James 2, verses
14 to 20 and commented On the
lessons.
Roll call was responded to
by the paying of fees. Mrs.
Plumsteel and Mrs. Bewley are
responsible for flowers for the
church during the month of
January. It was decided to
hold a unit bazaar in June,
Mrs. Leslie Lawson and Mrs.
Langdon were appointed key
women for visitation during
January. Miss Langdon favor-
ed with a reading entitled "If".
Mrs. Ray Fear contributed
two readings entitled "Through
Generosity" and "Left Overs".
Mrs. Fear also spoke about the
study for this year "The Rim
Of Asia" which will be intro-
duced at the February meet-
ing. Refreshments were serv-
ed by the executive.
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