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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-02-21, Page 4,•••• AIM • i.pel ,f11-1-5MP ,E5AcK1-1F-1? NQW VOLM 'Yg4, ',PINNER 1 4•1Q''")*';9 THELMA A' 'I WANT 'nu to Get litterestecl Other Girls, :' ErPiltit Pat JAMS gliflatIAAL-441A- 1. . Due to our limited residency in Clinton, we find it difficult to make an objective appraisal of the Canada pack-, ers- issue to determine if the accusa- tions by some of the PUG members, that council was lax, are well founded.. liaving listened to the facts pre- sented by the PUC members, however, would indicate that council did not fol- low the negotiations till-Ono with the zeal and hard work that is necessary in attracting industries. The competition among communi, ties to- attract industries is very keen and councils have to look upon them- selves as "sellers" rather than "buyer". We certainly agree with Mayor Miller that Canada Packers, or any oth- er industry for that matter, will natur- ally locate in an area that is best suited and most economical for their needs. But, by this very admission, it can easily be seen that the local council must do a tremendous amount of work in selling the advantages of the area and also in making a detailed study of the prospective benefits as opposed to their own initial outlay to determine what financial benefits can be given to an industry as an inducement. We agree that "industry at any cost" would be extremely fool-hardy, but at the same time we would like to know what study was undertaken by council in determining what concessions could be made to Canada Packers to "sell" them on Clinton in s.view of the estimated benefit the town would re- ceive in return. As can be expected, arbitrations be- tween industries and councils are not always open to the press, and therefore the details of such discussions, if they were held, have not been made public as far as we know. And, due to the fact that some members of council appear split over the question of what the town should have offered, would indicate that coun- cil never did sit down and discuss this question and come up with an approved plan to submit to Canada Packers, out- side of their agreement on the sewage disposal costs. By the same token, this may have been all they felt they could do financial- ly to induce Canada Packers to reopen and enlarge their poultry packing plant in Clinton. At any rate, we are actually more We realized when we moved to Clinton that we would naturally wit- ness different techniques and surround- ings from our former stamping grounds and we also realized that it would be folly to expect anyone to change for us, but rather the majority of changes would have to be on our part. This was visibly brought out when We explored the manner in which the council business is transacted, as it varies greatly from many municipali- ties we covered before. However, the manner in which the business is transacted not only varies greatly, but in our opinion is not as democratic as it should be. First of all, we do not think council is following the proper procedure by having a monthly committee meeting of the entire council to discuss the operation of the municipality. When all members of council are present, this does not constitute a com- mittee meeting, but rather a closed session of council where the public is not allowed. We agree that meetings of the vari- ous committees are necessary and worthwhile in expediating the work of council, but to be effective, only the members of that particular committee should be on hand if the committee system is to realize the aim for which it was set up. While n obusiness is apparently approved in this monthly council com— mittee meeting, we have good reason to believe that many decisions are reached that should only be made after discus- sion at an open meeting where the public is allowed admittance. At last week's council meeting three grants were approved and we were surprised to note that a motion had already been typed out and all it required was the Signature of the per- sons who moved and seconded the motion. While some discUssion was held on the subject, it certainly appeared to be all "cut and dried" before it ever reach ed the council floor. We also have reason to believe that some eorrespondence is read at this committee meeting that does not get to the open council meeting until Much later. There were two letters read laSt week that were dated on January 9 and 3.0 respectively, and these were never read at the meetings held on January 3.4 and 22. They concerned the police InVesti- gation, which is certainly the ratepay- ers' business,- and yet they were held back for over one month and the two open meetings were held since they were mailed. A third major fault we find is that council meetings do not commence on the .time they are scheduled and last week's meeting was 35 MinitteS late in concerned about the future than the past and we certainly would criticise some members of council for their apathy towards the .situation, and would commend the PITC members who have really stressed the idea of investigating further, rather than solely levelling criticism at .ceuncil. We have pondered over the letter from Canada Packers very seriously and intently and would agree that the door does not appear to be closed as yet. While Del Maltby, supervisor for Canada Packers, suggested that no fur- ther time should be spent in working out a suitable agreement for the present, • this certainly does not mean council can't review the entire project with a view of determining if their present proposal to the firm is really all they can offer. We don't suggest they spend. any great sum of money to. conduct further study, but certainly some time spent on discussing the project would be well worthwhile and could even turn out to be very profitable. When council have discussed the issue to where they have facts and fig- ures showing what benefits can be given to any industry, they might even call a public meeting to present their 'findings to the ratepayers. Some of the rate- payers may also have some valuable suggestions to make and a complete Proposal could be compiled to have on hand when future queries are received from any industry. A report of this nature could ex- pediate discussions with industries in the future and this very fact could very easily be the deciding factor in "selling" Clinton. So, we suggest the industrial com- mittee take immediate action on the Canada Packers project to see if the firm can be enticed into thinking about Clinton again before they make a defin- ite decision on a Walkerton site. The criticisms of the past two weeks between council and the PUC may have been warranted and perhaps more mention should be made of it to , determine if we are receiving good gov- ernment, but without all the facts we can't fairly do this, and this will have to be . deterMined on future action by all concerned, and we think that list in- cludes everyone in the area. 55 minutes late, This complaint may be considered more of a personal matter, because we find we do have more important things to do than wait around for council meetings to start. However, we doubt if council have any real reason to, chas- tise ratepayers for not coming to meet- ings when they follow such tardy prac- tices. It is not a question of councillors coming late themselves, because the reason for the late start is due to the fact they hold another of their special all-member committee meetings before the open meeting starts. Another undemocratic procedure we spotted last week came after a letter had been received asking council to join the Mid-Western Ontario Development Association. One member of council suggested the letter be filed and the mayor told the clerk to file it. We have reason to believe the subject may have been discussed at a closed meeting before and most members were not in favor of joining and the mayor's action may have been justified, but councillor George Wonch asked if the decision to file the letter was the wish of all mem- bers. The mayor asked Wonch if he wished to make a motion to join the MWODA, but Wonch stated all he want- ed to know was if all the councillors wished the letter to be filed. With this, the mayor conducted an around-the-table vote with members in- dicating whether they wished the letter filed. We think that when the suggestion came to file the letter, the Mayor should have asked for a showing of hands at that time or even a verbal motion and then a vote.. Similar to many councils, some members appear to have the notion they are conducting their personal business, when certainly this is very untrue, as they are conducting the business of the town and the ratepayers have the right to know all that is going on. We realize there are times when some business is best not reported or printed, and we would like to think the press representatives in this community are fair enough to follow the request of council if they feel something should be left out of the report of the meeting. Council may point out that no one comes to the meetings anyway and therefore it doesn't matter if the ses- sions are closed or open, but we believe the press is relied upon by most persons to find out what their council is doing in their interests and is their lone con- tact with what is happening at council meetingS. We can think of very few occasions vvhen the ratepayers and the press should riot be allowed to sit in on any meetings that deal With the business of t•A 'Aes`I fle11 Aft".01144'it There once was a man with a Who just couldn't make a decision. He was willing to fight, But thought it not right To resort to nuclear fission. His critics were quick to surround him. His buddies all rallied around him, Except for the few Who decided to do What they'd long wanted to— and confound him. And that is my sole contri- bution to the current confUsed picture in Canadian politics. By the way, have you taken a good kick at Dief yet? Now is your chance, Give him a good one while he's on the ropes and his mouthpiece has fallen out. Only thing that has pleased me greatly in the past couple of weeks is the recognition of the solid intelligence, the basic reliability, the sturdy indepen- dence, of the Canadian voter. Why, everybody I've talked to could see this crisis coming long ago. People I was certain didn't know a legislature from a log cabin, a Common Market from a market garden, have shaken me with their certain grasp of the situation, and their crystal-clear exposition of the problems. * "It's the darn Yanks," one voter informed me, "They're behind the whole thing. They've been sore at us ever since Laura Secord went marching through Georgia with her cow, in the war of 1812, handing out chocolates to the newly-freed slaves." This was a' lady voter, I 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, February 22, 1923 Kitchener's good junior team was altogether too much for the Clinton juniors and posted scores of 12-3 and 10-1 to win their OHA round 22-4. Mem- bers of the Clinton team were: G. Elliott, F. Elliott, J. Nediger, Rorke, I3awden, Robertson, O'Brien and Hovey. A description of Clinton's rink appeared in the Kitchener paper as follows. "Clinton's rink is certainly a poorly light- ed affair and the Kitchener players had trouble discerning the rubber. The rink is cer- tainly one pill box; it is one of the semi-circular, galvanized iron roof variety and cold as a ship's refrigerator." "On one side there is a high board fence probably eight feet high, running right into the metal sides and allowing no room for spectators." "The latter hang on sides, downstairs in piles of snow and might add. Always looking for the women's angle. Another political type, who has voted the straight Tory ticket for years, told me bluntly that he's seen the error of his ways. He's swung to, as he put it, "that there Royal Coat, that French fella who waves his arms a lot. That Crucial Credit sounds pretty good to me. We need a lot more of that, these days." Another chap who has gone right down the line with the Conservatives, is fed up, He has swung far to the left, and is now, be assured me, a solid supporter of "that Tummy Touglas, Tummy has done a great job for the common man, since he quit practisin' medicine out west. Never made a go of it as a doctor, anyhow, I hear." Quite a few people aren't going to vote for the Govern- ment, because they've already got that new clock or post office Dief promised them, and they've voted for him three times, and they figure he's been paid for it. Now they're ready to try one of the other parties, and see what they can wrangle out of it. * One elderly lady of my acquaintance, who has been a Grand Old Tory ever since she ceased being a Fighting Young Conservative, would never con- sider changing her vote. But she's a little sore at the party for accepting Churchill's resig- nation so readily. "I think it's despicable," she snapped, "after what he did during the war. After all, Blood, Sweat and Tears . . . Fight on the Beaches . . . " I tried to explain that it was upstairs they drape themselves on the line in front of them." Bayfield residents were in- terested in the federal estimate tabled in the House on Friday by reason of an item in the budget for public works includ- ing $4,750 to be spent on re- pair of piers there. Levi Strong was appointed police chief by council and Ed Graelis, night constable. - 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, February 22, 1923 The official board of Wesley Church has extended an invita- tion to the Rev. A. A. Holmes of Wroxeter to become pastor at the close of the conference year and he has accepted. An advertisement for money orders read—send a Dominion Express Money Order. Five dollars costs only three cents. Varna—The social put on by the Associate Library proved to be quite a success. There was a nice little program by local Mr, Harkness, a former school teacher, who had resigned, and that Mr. Churchill had been promoted from Veteran's Af- fairs to Defence, and that Sir Winston was a Tory, but not in this country. It was no use, As I left, she was shaking her fist and shrilling, "Give Us the Tools and We Will Finish the Job." I rather admired her. By the way, don't make any rash bets that the Liberals will win in a waltz, I've talked to at least 10 women who proclaim vehemently, "I can't STAND that Pearson!" I ask them why. They can't explain. But they simply will not vote for him, I think it's because he looks too much like somebody's brother-in-law. * * The most embarrassing of all the interviews I've done, though, are those with ladies who lean at me fervently and coo, "But don't you, think Mr. Diefenbak- er is a Wonderful Man? I mean, I realize that he hasn't DONE anything, and that the coun- try is on the rocks, and un- employment is terrible, and all that. But don't you think he's a Wonderful man?" Jeez, as the kids say. Now, I know you're busy mulling the whole thing over. But I hope this brief glimpse into the teeming mind of the Canadian voter, alert, well ver- sed, conscious of the problems, will help in the trying six weeks ahead. One last thought. Wouldn't it be lovely if we could bottle all the gas that is going to be produced between now and April 8? We could heat every home in Canada, free, from now until June. • • talent and after it was over the boxes were auctioned off by Clinton's genial, efficient auctioneer, G. H. Elliott. So well did he do his work and so valuable were the boxes that $52 was realized for the treas- ury. Brucefield — Mr. and Mrs. Homey have opened up their store in the Simpson stand. We welcome them to the village. The Morrish Clothing Comp- any were offering men their choice of overcoats at $15, Sgt. Robert Welsh, Clinton's night constable, has retired aft- er completing a term of 37 years as town official. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, February 24, 1988 Three generations took part in a masonic ceremony when William H. Draper was given his first degree; his father C. W. Draper was degree ,master and the grandfather, R. J. Draper, took a minor part in the ceremony. Melvin Branscion, Londesboro son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Brunsdon, won first place in the CDCI oratorival contest. Other contestants were Ivan Jervis, Donald Gibbs and Lloyd Ful- ford. A meeting of more than or- dinary significance took place in St. Joseph's Hall when a study group wag set up to combat Communism in a move-, ment launched by Pope Pius XL The following were elected to various positions of the Young Men's Bible Class: George Jefferson, superintend- ent, Dr. D. H. McInnes, teacher, Leonard McKnight, Jack Nedig- er, Jack Butler, Tom Cooke, Bill Draper, Lloyd Adams. ' A fire brigade has been act Tuesday, Febrgary..26 will be: Shrove Tuesday, or pancake Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday or the beginning of Lent, The .-origin „of this c.iay,• And some .of the customs as- sociated with it are quite in. Westing. and I would like to tell you some, Also I will give, you a recipe for the old-fash- Toned )3uttermilk Pancake, a traditional food for this day, Mardi Gras, literally means "fat Taesday". It is the French name of Shrove Tuesday, and "Shrove" is the past tense of "Shr=ive" (confess); therefore this day is the day on which confess or shrift was made pre- paratory to the 40 days of. Lent, French Mardi Gras al- ludes to an old ceremony in which a fat ox, symbolizing the passing of meat, was paraded through the streets of Paris and other French cities the day before Lent commenced. As Lent- is a period of fast- ing, Mardi Gras or Fat Tues- day naturally became a day of "carnival", devoted' to revelry, merrymaking, feasting a n d amusements. The day was for- mitt observed in England by eating pancakes and it is still often referred to as Pancake Tuesday, although eating pan- cakes on this day survives only as a social custom. In Shakespeare's "All's Well That Ends Well", the clown Lavache, when asked by the Countess of Rousillon whether his answer would "serve fit to New books are on order and while everyone /is waiting for their arrival there may he a few in the following list that you have not read. It seems as though there are more read- ers than books to go around. Watchman Against The World—Flora MacPherson. The story of a group of Scottish settlers who left Nova Scotia to settle in New Zealand; The Shame and The Glory Ter- rence Robertson. The account of the Dieppe raid; My Brother, Ernest Hemingway — Leicester Hemingway; The Battle Of The North Cape—Lt. Corn. Michael Ogden; Around • The World Submerged — Capt. Edward Beech; To The Coral Strand— John Masters. Verdun—Jules Romain, The up in Brucefield and will an- swer calls in Stanley and Tuckersmith where they can be of assistance. Kenneth Ingham, premier of Ontario Older Boy's Parlia- ment was guest speaker at the Wesley-Willis father and son banquet and was introduced by a cabinet colleague, Alvin Cox- less. Benson Sutter was in Toron- to over the weekend attending the reunion banquet of Ryer- son Camp. 10 Years"Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, February 19, 1953 At the annual meeting of Clinton Cemetery Board, ex- councillor W. J. (Bert) Gliddon was re-appointed chairman and a motion was passed authoriz- ing the purchase of three acres of land from Willis Van Eg- mond. An oil-drilling crew started Thursday to set up equipment for drilling on the Jamieson farm on the 10th concession of Hullett. The mortgage of $5,000 with which Clinton Public Hospital began the year 1952, has been paid off and a net profit of $7,700 is reported for the year just ended. Bob Allan and Ann Haugh, were awarded top prizes in the Brucefield YPLI's speaking con- test. Doug Bartliff and Bud Schoenhals were injured in the Colts 11-9 loss to Centralia in the league's semi-finals. Both players suffered knee injuries. Just over 80 years ago the federal gOvernMent bought from the Hudson's Bay Comp- any for $1,500,000 the land that now makes up the Priarie Pro- vinces and the 'Aiken and Northwest Territories. all „questions," replied: "As fit as a pancake .for Shrove Tuesday," This food became particularly associated with this day be- cause people desired to use up what grease, lard and similar forbidden goodS they had on hand before Lent, Mardi Gras celebrations were. taking place as early as 1,702 and 1110 among the French soldiers stationed at Fort Loafs de la Louisiana on the original site of Mobile, Alabama, and as early as 1827 in New Orleans, This city is placed under the rule of a king of the carnival and civic organizations sponsor celebrations, which consist of daytime street parades with fantastic floats and an even; ing masqued ball. Buttermilk Griddle Cakes or Buttermilk Pancakes 1% cups sifted flour teaspoon salt % teaspoon soda 1 tablespoon sugar 14 cup vegetable shortening 1 egg 11/2 cups buttermilk fat for greasing griddle, Method: Sift flour, salt, soda and sugar together. Cat , in shortening. Add egg. Then add buttermilk and beat well. Bake on lightly greased griddle over low heat, turning to brown both sides, Makes 16 4-inch pancakes. Serve with sausages and gravy, or as dessert with maple or table syrup. reprint of a famous story of World War I; The Thin Red Line—James Jones; Mayhem In Greece—Dennis Wheatley. An- other in the long line of adven- ture novels by a master crafts- man; The Wind Off The Sea— David Beaty; Scorpus The Moor —Leslie Turner White; Atlantic Fury—Hammond Innes. Magnificent Destiny — Paul Wellman. A story of early American political figures; The King's Secret Matter — Jean Plaidy. With Henry VIII as central figure; Madame Cas- tel's Lodger — Frances Parkin- son Keyes; Behind The Cheer- ing—Frank Selke as told to Gordon Green. For the sports fans; Sicily—Hugh Pond. The story of the Sicilian campaign for which many have been waiting; Griffin's Way—Frank Yerby. The Moonspinners — Mary Stewart, Another suspense story by the author who gave us "The Ivy Tree"; The West Wind — Faith Baldwin; The Footprints Of Elephant Bill— Susan Williams; Kids Sure Rite Funny—Art Linkletter, A follow-up to "Kids Say The Damndest Things"; The Young Ballet Lovers Companion— Margaret Crosland. The Deadline — Paul Brick- hill; The Crown For A Lie— Janet Lane, who is one of the better writers of historical fic- tion; No Time To Die—Richard Pape; The Donnellys Must Die —Orlo Miller, ire which the author presents the results of years of research and the other side of the legend. James R. Walker Funeral service for James R. Walker, Clinton, was conducted on Friday, February 15, 1963, by Rev. Craig Peters from the Ball and Mutch funeral home. Mr. Walker, who passed away in Clinton Public Hospital last Wednesday, was in his 64th year. He was born in Clinton, the son of Mr, and Mrs. Robert Walker and he went to Toron- to as a youth and was employed in a wholesale grocery. He retired to Clinton last year and was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by one broth- er, Frank, Ottawa; two sisters, Mrs-, Mary Plewes, Portage La Prairie and Mrs. Henry (Clara) Pickett, Clinton. Pallbearers included Bruce Dupee, Leslie Pearson, Hartley Managhan, Harry Cochrane and George Walker, In the first nine months of 1962 labor income in. Canada was $910 million, or 6.5 per- cent, higher than in the similar period of 1961, Pone 4—Clinton News-ftecotii—Thots., Feb. 21, 1963 Editorials .0 A Still. Worth A Try Adin.0 Writes I"! of many things It's Everyone's Business From Our Early Files . Li I. SUlisORIPTiON THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 ti It 0 so A, t.i COLQUHOUN, Publisher 0 WILLIAM BATTEN, Editor At The Library . By Librarian Evelyn 0. Hall, BA Clinton. News-Record Signed contributions In ON publication, are the opini-Ons of the writers only, and do hot netettatille empress itin Vim 6f the noWsrfePee, RATES: Payable In advahca Canada and dreat 6rItinie $4,0o a year; United States and 'Fbet4at SS46t Single dopfet Ten Cents allt at 11101111111111101111111"stage la tah Authetked 44 second class rhaili ilod,office DeParinfent Ottavie, fai payin Anialgamated THE CLINTON NEws-rte atm 1924 Published every 'Thursday at the Est. 1881 Heart of Huron dounty Clinton, Ontario Population 3,369