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of ,many things
AMMO we, are Still Suffer-
ing through winter weather, it
is not too soon :to think of
sOring wardrobes, A few sug-
gestions .41).Q11 t accessories
might help you as you plan for
those lovely warm days Which
must come sooner or later,
Choosing accessories well is
a skill' worth developing, for
they allow a woman to stretch
her clothing allowance to its
limits., A good color sense, and
the ability to discriminate be-
tween fad .and fashion pins the
imagination to picture the
completed costume, are all part
of this ability.
Its a good idea to put your
new hat at the top of your
shopping list, for your other
accessories usually depend upon
it. Since a hat is worn so close
to the. face, its color should suit
not only your costume but your
complexion as well. Choose a
hat scaled to your height and
the basic shape of your dress,
coat or suit. Too large a bat
looks out of proportion on a
small person, while a little
feather and veil creation may
Make a large woman seem
larger.
Regardless of what accessory
you are buying, take time to
plan wisely. Keep in mind your
figure type, the color scheme
you prefer and whether you
want the completed ensemble
to have a casual, tailored or
dressy appearance. In the shoe
department try to figure out
the occasions when you will be
wearing the basic outfit for
which you are selecting acces-
sories. For both dressy and in-
formal occasions, shoes of
simple design with small heels
are most suitable. If you wish
that your shoe size was not so
large remember that dull-
finished leather and rows of
stitching which break the leng-
th of the shoes Make the feet
appear smaller,
Many shoes are available
with matching handbags, a
wonderful .acces sory touch,
Make sure though that the
handbag is in proportion to-
your size, No matter how much
you admire big satchel-like
bags, confine your choice to a
neat, compact purse if you are
small,
Shall we think of gloves
next? If your coat or suit has
three-quarter sleeves, take
look at long gloves in plain
leather or in fabric. It is a
wise move to invest in light
coloured gloves made of wash-
able material, if you wish to
save on dry-cleaning bills,
Avoid beaded or transparent
gloves for day-time wear.
BOts„ jewelry, scarves and
blouses should be carefully .sel-
ected to fit into your color
scheme if you want to avoid a
patchy effect. The old rule of
never wearing more than three
colors or three tones of one
color is a good one to follow,
Don't overlook the attraction of
a monochromatic or one-color
scheme however. Short girls
frequently favor wearing acces-
sories and basic garment all in
one color since it gives an illus-
ion of greater height.
Neutrals, like black, grey,
brown and navy, can provide
the third accent, For instance,
if your gloves and hat are in a
bright color, you might choose.
black or neutral shoes and bag.
Neutrals can be used more gen-
erously than bright color ac-
cents. Four items in black—
belt, bag, hat and shoes—can
be teamed with bright gloves
and beads. It is always safe
to limit bright accessories to
small items. They are less ex-
pensive to replace.
Letter to the Editor . .
LET'S GO BACK?
Clinton News-Record
Dear Editor:
In looking over my files of
1905-1906 I came across the
following item which I thought
might be of interest to your
readers.
Officers appointed by the
town of Clinton 1905 as fol-
lows:
Treasurer, M. D. McTaggart,
salary $100; assesor, T. R.
Walker, $60; chief constable,
Joe Wlieatly, $410; clerk, Dan
McPherson, $250; medical
health officer, Dr. Shaw, $30;
caretaker for cemetery, $350.
total, $1200.
I would imagine the salaries
at the present time would am-
ount to about 10 times the
above amount.
The following are the duties
of the Chief Constable at that
time — a man with 15 years
experience:
ly well that the old trout would
merely totter around the camp,
inspect a guard of honour, and
head for the officers' mess to
maintain that purplish comp-
lexion he had taken so many
years to acquire.
But there was always the
chance that he'd be one of
those maniacs who actually
wanted to taste the slop about
to be served to the other
ranks, instead of joining the
officers otter their Scotch and
steaks. Or one of those nuts
who actually drew a white
glove along that window sill,
looking for dust. Or one of
those fiends who actually be-
lieved that soldiers, or airmen,
or ratings, were human beings,
and asked them all sorts of
human-being questions, to the
Complete and utter detriment
of ordinary discipline, unit
morale and the divine right of
officers. You never knew what
you were going to get.
Worst offender of this sort
(Continued on page five)
Bell ringer, weighmaster, tr-
uant officer, collector of taxes,
inspector of meats, bread, fish,
wood, etc,
During the summer he takes
charge of building our side-
walks, on this job he receives
$2.25 per day, if not so en-
gaged he is paid at the rate
of $410 per year .
At that time we had no
paved roads and so the grader
had to be used often to keep
the streets in good condition.
He operated the grader while
another man drove the horses.
I presume he got extra pay
for this job.
In 1906 the farmers got the
following prices for their pro-
ducts:
Wheat 75 cents per bushel,
oats 45 cents, peas 70 cents,
butter 15 cents, eggs 15 cents,
live hogs $7.25 per cwt. straw-
berries 20 boxes for $1.00.
At that time the Chief of
Police walked in doing his
duties,, there were no cars then.
When I look back to those
times, I sometimes wonder how
we got along on such small
wages and prices, but we made
it and were happier and had
more fun than we have today
even with all the money we
have now.
Let's go back to the beginn-
ing of the century.
F. W. Andrews,
Seek Applicants
For Huron EMO
County Council decided last
week to seek a replacement for
T. Murray MacDonald, Emerg-
ency Measures Co-ordinator,
who submitted his resignation
last week to accept a similar
position in Toronto.
At the same time, they are
advertising for a secretary to
assist the new co-ordinator.
Applications for the positions
are to be in the hands of clerk-
treasurer John Berry by Feb-
ruary 15.
Disregard Of Rules •
From Our Early Files
Top Bantam Stars Receive Awards
Top stars in the Clinton-Dearborn bantam game at the arena, Saturday,
were presented with hockey sticks and the Dearborn officials also presented
three of the Clinton kids with souvenirs of the Detroit Red Wings. Shown above
are back row, left to right: Gerry Wszola,• coach of the St. Sebastian School
bantams; Larry Pickett, top player of the game and Andy Petrere, chief organ-
izer of the Dearborn contingent. Front row: Bill Joysey, Dearborn, second
star; John Irwin, Clinton, third star and Gary "Butch" Fleet, Clinton, fourth
star. (News-Record Photo)
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, February 1, 1923
Damage to the town hall was
estimated at $5,000 in the
Wednesday fire. During the
fire, ex - councillor Langford
fell through the upstairs floor
into the clerk's office but was
only shaken up,
Lieutenant-Colonel John A.
Cooper of Toronto was here
attending the funeral of his
mother, the late Mrs. William
Cooper.
former Clinton boy, Wes-
ley Biggin, was instantly killed
when he stepped off a train he
was conducting at Palmerston,
and was hit by another train.
Councillor Herbert C. Cox,
Goderich Township, has bought
Mr. Charles McPhail's farm
on the sixth concession just
back of his own, and now holds
160 acres of excellent land.
Willis Sunday School scholars
bad their annual sleigh - ride
and supper last Friday a n d
needless to say all had a splen-
did time.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, February 1, 1923
Mr. Bert Langford has sold
out his repair department to
Messrs. Fred and George Han--
ley. Mr. Langford will continue
the selling end of the business,
which be finds sufficient, with
the chauffeur business, to take
up his time.
The fire fiend is no respector
of persons or places, as was
borne out early Wednesday
morning when the Clinton town
hall was found to be on fire
and before it could be extin-
guished the zouth-west corner
of the building was pretty bad-
ly scorched.
Miss Kellett, deaconness of
the Upper Canada Tract So-
ciety, has been in town during
the past week collecting for the
work among the sailors and
lighthouse keepers of the Great
Lakes. Last year's offering
from Clinton was $63.00.
Rev. R. E. Jones of Toronto
has accepted a call to the Clin-
ton and Auburn Baptist Ch-
urches.
Last night the Clinton steeds
packed away the OHA district
title by posting a 5-2 win over
Goderieh.
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, February 3, 1938
Mr. Charles Elliott has pur-
chased from W. G. McIlveen,
the property on Albert Street
and he plans to remodel the
interior for better handling of
his dairy and manufactured
products.
Phyllis Manning, first form
pupil, captured the Literary So-
ciety Shield for junior girls, at
the contest at Clinton Colleg-
iate Institute, other speakers
were Eleanor Cosens, Florence
Aiken, Helen Herman, Madel-
ine Mason and Helen Miner.
"Knights of the Road" are
patronizing the town freely,
One morning last week break-
fast was served to 11 of them.
Maybe the' old-fashioned buck-
saw would give them an ap-
petite.
G. G. Kirkby, local represent-
ative for the North American
Life Company, will for the next
three months be the proud pos-
sessor of a handsome silver
cup, having obtained the high-
est sales quota for the last
quarter.
Look, I take it all back. I
didn't mean a word of it. I'm
sorry. I apologize. I'll never
say it again as long as I live.
Truly. I mean that part about
loving snow.
Ever since that column I
wrote about us skiers reveling
in real winter, things have
gone haywire around here. It
has snowed (about 24 hours
a day and about one inch per
hour) and blowed (gale force)
and the temperature has plum-
meted like a hawk going down
for a fat hen.
All I can deduce is that
either Somebody Up There has
no sense of humour, or that
the Lord is on my side. I'm
not quite sure which. But it
will be a long time before I
try getting flippant about •the
weather again.
41 Ile At
One kid's in bed with the
'flu. The other ra outside some-
where wielding a snow shovel,
and we'll be lucky if we ever
10 Years Ago
CLINTON' NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 29, 1953
Council approved the issue of
a $35,000 debenture to cover
the cost of two new classrooms
at the Clinton Public School
now under construction on Rat-
tenbury Street, bringing the
total number of rooms to 12.
Members of .Clinton Lions
Club had one of their fondest
dreams come true last evening
with the official opening of
their new artificial ice surface
in Clinton Lions Arena.
The resignation of Chief of
Police Joseph Ferrand was ac-
cepted by town council. The
chief reported he had heard
council were considering hav-
ing the provincial police take
over policing and he had found
another job as a. matter of his
own personal protection.
"The heavy rains of Friday
evening will greatly benefit the
low water supply which has
been reported in some areas of
the county", G. M. Montgom-
ery, agricultural representative
for Huron, states,
see him again. The Old Battle-
axe has those midwinter blues,
and the dog and cat have to
be literally kicked out of doors.
The only cheering note we
have had this week was a let-
ter from our sister-in-law, who
is wintering in b a I my old,
toasty old, sweaty old Puerto
Rico, in the Caribbean, stating
that she had just recovered
from the worst cold she had
ever had in her life. HAW
To top it all, the inspector
is coming to the school this
week. This event causes rough-
ly the same panic among
school teachers as an announce-
ment that' Princess Margaret
would be around for tea on
Friday would cause among a
gaggle of housewives.
It reminds me of the alarm
and despondency ' that used to
take over at any camp during
the war, when it *as learned
that a senior officer would be
making an inspection of the
camp. Everybody knew perfect-
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Editorials
Is Salary In Line With Work?
rage-4,00ton News-Record Thurs./ an. :411 1403:
IN AN AGE when we are being
continually chastised for the poor use
of our leisure, time by indulging in such
things as -countless 11914.r$ in front of
TV sets, it is certainly encouraging to
note that much of this criticism is un-
warranted in the case of many area
residents.
At least, this is an opinion one can
reach honestly after listening to the
report submitted .,to the Library Board
by Miss Evelyn wall, librarian, at the
annual meeting.
Her report showed an increase in
membership of 1.65 in the past year,
bringing the present total to 1,532 mem-
bers, and 28,194 books circulated.
Naturally an increased population
Would have some bearing on these fig-
ures, but it is still encouraging to real-
ize that people in the area are interest-
ed in advancing their education and
knowledge by reading the thoughts,
findings and opinions expressed in the
many fine literary selections at the
local library.
While the fictiOn section at the
library continues to receive the major
share of the patronization, many of the
local members are also availing them,
selves of the profitable benefits record-
ed by the historical, scientific and bio-
graphical authors.
In a world that is experiencing
dramatic changes daily, it is practically
impossible to keep abreast, but at the
same time it should be noted that the
only way that we can even hope to keep
pace with the modern world is to in-
crease our reading, and apparently that
is what many area residents are doing.
While the increase in readers and
the number of books available to them
was certainly newsworthy, it was over-
shadowed by the report by Miss Hall
that the rate of five cents per member
at the local library is exactly the same
as away back in 1903.
We doubt very much if this record
of maintaining prices at such low levels
HURON COUNTY farmers will
have no one to blame but themselves
if they fail to maintain their status as
one of the most progressive farming
communities in Ontario and indeed in
the world.
Their progressive outlook in the
past has enabled them to maintain
this supremacy and with the opening
of the bright new agriculture office in
Clinton last week, they should be able
to improve their lot even more if they
take advantage of the facilities provid:
ed by the extension department.
While a new office building in itself
will not \guarantee any 'great results, it
is a proven fact that the local depart-
ment officials have established an ex-
tremely fine record in the past and
with the aid of their roomier and more
modern facilities there is no doubt but
what they will be able to increase their,
services to county farmers.
• However, again it should be noted
that progress can not be achieved by
the staff itself, but the farmers must
avail themselves of the new facilities
TWO WEEKS AGO, "Clinton
Taxpayer" gave council a verbal slap
for their attitude towards a new com-
pany erecting a small sign over their
premises without getting council ap-
proval.
Judging from comments on the
street, many taxpayers shared the
views expressed in the letter to the
editor and we will admit that on first
appraisal of the situation we thought
council were being "small" and were
certainly not very gracious in welcom-
ing the new business to town.
However, on further consideration
we have come to the conclusion that
council's attitude was correct and in
fact we suggest they should have taken
firmer measures.
We don't agree with one councillor
that the firm's action in hanging the
sign before receiving approval was a
"public out-rage" but we will go so
far as tO, suggest council should have
asked them to take. down the sign and
put it up again after approval had been
received.
We wish to make it perfectly clear
that we are not attacking the firm in
any way, but what we are attacking
is the disregard shown for the towns
bylaws Which have been set up for the
protection of ratepayers and which will
never serve any valid purpose unless
strictly enforced.
It 15 true the case in question was
one that could easily be dismissed
without further consideration- because
the sign erected is apparently quite
within reason and we would imagine
for such a long period can be boasted
by any other group or product and It
IS encouraging to realize that the lib-
rary members can indulge in such a
profitable pastime at such a nominal
fee.
Even with this low rate, and their
annual grants, the board has been able
to maintain and indeed increase their
wide selection of reading material an-
nually and have even managed to
brighten up the premises with a recent
major renovation job.
However, there is one facet of the
operation of the library that we would
question and that is in regards to the
salary paid to Miss Hall, who in no
small way is responsible for the fine
record attained by the library.
The very fact that the number of
members is increasing greatly every
year indicates that, the work must be
increasing in direct proportion and one
visit to the library clearly shows that
Miss Hall is keeping pace with the in-
crease in work by maintaining the lib-
rary in a neat and orderly fashion as
well as looking after her normal duties
in assisting the patrons in finding the
books they wish.
We suggest the board take an
honest look at her salary in relation to
the amount of work involved and we
feel safe in saying that an increase in
salary is certainly warranted.
Certainly this would put no great
strain on the financial status of the lib-
rary as a nominal hike in fees could be
used to offset any increased expend
iture.
We doubt if this would create a
hardship for any of the members as the
present fees are negligible and we also
doubt if they would mind paying a bit
extra for the invaluable and kind co-
operation they receive' from Miss Hall.
After all, an increase in fees every
60 year's would still be a commendable
record!
ood Use Of It
and the staff's experience and training
to make the entire operation ,profitable.
It is hoped the members of this
"tremendous industry" will accept the
challenge of William Stewart, minister
of agriculture, and make full use of the
facilities provided for them.
Similar to other industries, agri-
culture is experiencing gigantic steps
and innovations and it is becoming al-
most impossible for any one man to
keep abreast of the new profitable
techniques being continually explored
by agriculture experts.
However, the local staff are train-
ed and equipped to keep abreast of
the advancements and their main task
is to relay this information to the
county farmers.
In our opinion it would be nothing
but "complete ignorance" on the part
of the county farmers if they didn't
pay periodic visits to the office to dis-
cuss their particular problems with the
staff and find out what they can do
to increase profits and production.
Not a Good Sign
that it was hung safely and will in no
way endanger anyone who happens to
walk beneath.
However, until we are able to in-
spect the sign more carefully, we will
never know for SURE about these two
facts, and unfortunately, similar to
many residents, we doubt we will ever
take the time to make the proper in-
spection, and will have to trust the
good judgement of the firm.
In fact, we doubt very much if
we will find time to inspect all the
other signs erected around town and
certainly can never expect to cope with
making an inspection of all the new
buildings to make sure they have Com-
plied with the building regulations..
To end this facetious rambling, we
are happy to point out that the council
have bylaws regulating all these func-
tions and it is their duty to make
sure that builders and sign erectors
comply.
We feel that the sooner they
establish a precedent of strictly enforc-
ing such matters the ratepayers will
realize that they must comply with the
regulations and the purpose for which
the bylaws were established "will be
met.
We trust we won't have to wait
until a sign falls on someone or some-
one erects an unsightly sign or building
before ratepayers will realize that the
bylaws have been established for their
safety and Well-being and the Concept
that "rules were made to be broken"
is not befitting a progressive coin-
manity,
Let's Make G
Clinton News-Record