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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
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Clinton, Ontario Population 3,369