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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-06-13, Page 4THELMA "You're The Only Thing In My Thoughts Are You Sitting On The Lunch?" Hey Adine Writes - of many things Use permanent Life Insurance for protection and long-term savings Millions of Canadians depend on permanent Life Insurance to achieve the dual purpose of protection and long-term savings. Permanent Life Insurance values are guaranteed. All the amounts are carefully set out in your policy. The amount of protection is there, the Cash Values are listed—clearly stating the monetary worth of your savings investment for years to come. With permanent Life Insurance there is no guesswork, no speculation. These are safeguards no other long-term savings plan can offer. L-263C THE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN CANADA Clinton News-Record Amalgamated 1 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,369 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • a WILLIAM BATTEN, Editor Signed contributions in this publication, are the opinions of the writers only, and do not necessarily express the views of the newspaper. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance —Canada and Great Britain: $4.00 a year; United States and Foreign: $5.50; Single Copies Ten Cents Authorized as second chin mail, Post Office Department. Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash Watch For . Official Opening of ANSTETT Jewellers Thursday, June 20 • THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 I D % Est. 1881 CCNR between the breeds. But what would have been even more educational and extremely inter- esting for the spectators would have been for the judges to give the reasons why they gave the top prizes to the stock they did. We would imagine that the major- ity of spectators didn't have the foggiest idea why one horse was judged better than another in any of the classes, as they all appeared to be quite evenly matched to us. We think the afternoon would have been much more entertaining and interesting to all the spectators if they had some idea what the judge was lOok- ing for in the various classes , of horses and to find out why he placed them the way he did. We have one other suggestion for the directors to consider when they start planning for next year's exhibi- tion, and that is to make some provi- sion to keep the dust down on the track and ball diamond. While the weatherman co-operated so perfectly, it did dry things up and with those heavy horses pounding around, the dust was a very big nuisance and unpleasant for the spectators. Due to the fact the area -the horses use is very small, we doubt if it would be tod difficult to come up with some type of sprinkling system to keep the area dampened enough to prevent the heavy clouds of dust from flying into the grandstand. However, on the whole, the affair was a very great success and was very well run, and the executive and direc- tors of the Central Huron Agriculture Society are to be commended for their many hours of work in preparing the show for the benefit of the area resi- dents. It is only unfortunate that more didn't visit the fair. these-students have gone on to be just as successful as many of those graduat- ing from universities. He added emphatically that many Students were not qualified for universi. ties, but had definite abilities for other types of training and parents should watch for these traits and channel their children into training for an occupation for which they are best suited. We were naturally pleased to hear his words of commendation for our old alma mater, The Ryerson Institute of Technology, and the other poly-techni- cal schools in Canada. He noted the universities did not compete with these schools, but rather the two compliment- ed each other, especially in the engin- eering field. Dr. Hall pointed out that while the universities turned out engineers,, they needed the highly-skilled technicians being trained at these poly-technical schools, to carry out the work. Unfortunately, time ran out on our conversation, but Dr. Hall noted that it was no shame that students couldn't handle the academic work of univer- sities, because many of these people had technical abilities that far over-shadow- ed this lack and if properly used and exploited, the students could most cer- tainly attain as much success in life and be of as much benefit to our "space- age" as many university graduates. Dr. Hall's informal comments do not detract from the need of our youth to attain the best education possible, but it points out that parents must give more consideration on aiding their chil- dren in choosing the education and training that is best suited to their abilities and desires. The Fair Was Educ'ational DURING THE informal dinner giv- en,for the judges and visiting dignitaries by the Central Huron Agriculture So- ciety, we had, the good fortune to be seated beside Dr. G. E. Hall, president of the University of Western Ontario. Taking advantage of the situation, the conversation centred around educa- tion and we were very interested in some of the comments made by the noted educationalist. Noting that the area was One of those fortunate enough to be receiving the advantages of the, full-scale R,obarts Plan, Dr. Hall said he felt the vocation- al training being instituted was a giant step forward in the training of our youth. He explained that Canada was far behind most of the European countries in training, youth for technical. work, pointing out young people in these other countries had to spend many years ,of apprenticing before they were given the full privileges and responsibilities in their chosen field. Dr. Hall stated that one of the main reasons why Canada has fallen behind is the false conception that most parents have in their thought that their children must be university graduates to be successful in life. He added that many parents were seriously affecting the lives of their children because they were pushing them into courses for which they were not qualified or were not interested. Giving some examples, the UWO president said he has seen many stu- dents fail in ' university courses and transfer into some technical school or enter into some occupation in which they were interested and qualified, and THE BACKERS of small area fairs received a big boost from Dr. G. E. Hall, president of the University of Western Ontario, when he termed them "educational" in his remarks at the opening of the Spring Fair last Satur- day. While he didn't expound on his reasoning for his description, there were several aspects of the show which would certainly have to be callecteduca- tonal. In fact, Dr. Hall himself contributed some very educational information when he expounded on :the history of Clinton and some of the manufacturing accomplishments in the town over 100 years ago. One of the other more noticeable facets was the "parade of livestock" of the major beef• and dairy cattle and a couple of pigs. Agriculture Representative, Doug Miles, was instrumental in the arrang- ing of the parade and gave a very apt description of the livestock the viewers on the grandstand were witnessing. He explained the qualities found in the various livestock, how they com- pared with each other, and even had one of the exhibitors point out to the people from what part .of the pig they took the bacon. This was all very interesting and beneficial for we "city slickers" and Doug and the Society directors should be commended for including this parade on the program. It was unfortunate that some type of description wasn't included in the horse show as well, because we are even less familiar with this type of livestock than the cows and pigs which we see every day. While the horse show attracted the best stock in this part of Ontario, it would have been much more interesting if someone had given a commentary on the various types and the differences The daily papers during the past week have been running stories each day about the pol- itical scandal in England caus- ed by the immoral living of one of that country's government members. A well-known Cana- dian magazine published an article by one of its best writ- ers a month ago, and because this writer put in very simple language the reasons he felt were causing the great rise in juvenile sex problems, he has been fired. I would like to quote a letter written by the Very Rev. W. B. Currie, Provost of St. Ninian's Cathedral, Perth, Scotland. He writes: "On every side we hear.of a disastrous falling away from Christian moral standards. The papers are full of crime and sexual immorality. The divorce rate is higher than it has ever been. What makes the matter far worse is the early age of those who are so living. "I said that there was a fall- ing away from Christian moral standards. It would be truer to say that there was a falling away from any moral standard. The rule is, do as you like. There is one root cause of this, and that is the fact that in the name of freedom and en- lightenment the world is more and more turning away from the Christian Faith. "With the collapse of relig- ion goes the collapse of morals, nd the process has been hast- ened, if not actually caused, by two world wars and the per- petual threat of annihilation in a third. This together with the improved standard of mat- erial welfare has encouraged a spirit of materialism leading men to believe that all they need is here, things which can be bought and the money with which to buy them. "If this process continues much longer it will come about that the life Whose needs seem to be so amply catered for by the Welfare State will, in point of fact, not be worth having. What can be done to stop it? "The influence of parents cannot be exaggerated. It is everything, whether for good or for evil. Good teaching and a good example in the home will exercise power that is incal- culable and which will often re- main with the child all its life. The home is a garden where goodness grows like a flower. It should be a place of security where all wants are provided for by the father and mother; a place of peace and love where the child can always run when anything distressing occurs. "In security, peace and love, the family can be heaven on earth and, the children can never lose its influence. The great need of today then is a return to family life and a,,,new realisation of its vital import- ance. But what do we see in- stead? "Where it used to be that the father brought in the money for the family's needs and the mother stayed at home to look after the house and children, now the mother her- self works as well as the fath- er. The result is that the chil- dren cothe home from school and find nobody there. They play about until one or other of the parents turns up or they let themselves in by their own key, Thus there are homes where the children rarely see their father or mother and so family life is qnite impossible and the parents, far from be- ing the keyed foundation of children's life, are little more than strangers, "One realizes that this does net apply to the mother Who does part-time work When the children are at school and is always free to be with them when they are at home, and (Continued on Page 9) • 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, June 14, 1923 The School Board have en- gaged Mr. Norman Geddes as the principal for the coming term. He has been teaching at Belgrave and a few years ago taught near Londesboro, ReV. Dr. Gandier, a brother of Dr. Gandier, Clinton, has been appointed moderator of the General Assembly of Pres- byterian churches. We are very sorry to state that Mrs. John Cardiff, who makes her home with her dau- ghter, Mrs. Harry Bartliff, had ,the misfortune to fall in the house and break her hip. Clinton was well represented at the Moonlight trip of the Greyhound on Monday . night. The Kiltie Band was engaged for the musical program and gave a good program. Messers F. Scrimgeour and E. McCaul, of t h e McLagan Furniture Co., Stratford, were in town a few days ago inter- viewing Mr. W. S. Downs in connection with a contract for carved ornament/. The Doherty Piano Co. em- ployees will hold their picnic at Bayfield on June 23. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday. June 14, 1923 Rev. Mr. Holmes, Wroxeter, has been appointed to Wesley- Willis Church, Clinton, by the stationing committee. Tarvia is being applied to the streets, consequently we are a bit mussed up. Miss Emma Lavis has been supplying as organist in Willis Church the past few weeks, owing to the illness of Mrs. McMurchie. The following citizens have been improving their residenc- es by the addition of a new verandah, Mr. G. D. Roberton, W. Tiplady, H. Cook, Mrs. Mc- Ivor and H. Plumsteel. Mr Foster Copp, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Copp, town, graduated in -medicine this year from the Toronto University. He has been assoc- iated with Dr. Banting, the discoverer of Insulin, during the past year and may continue wiGth D him. Roberton and Dr.Ax- on and Murray and Jack 'Mc- Ewan made up a pair of doub- les for the bowling jitney in Exeter yes,terday. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 16, 1938 Mr. J. F. Reynolds has sold her property on Albert Street to Mr. Adams of Hullett. Mr. George Rumball has purchased the property belong- ing to Mr. Kenneth Whitmore on Frederick Street. Mr. Whit- more has purchased a store on the Main Street, Blyth. It is with regret we an- nounce the resignation of ,M iss Z. Nixon from the Clinton Col- legiate Institute staff. She has been the teacher of Classics. Miss Elizabeth Jean Laidlaw, daughter of Mrs. David Laid- law, Huron Street, was award- ed the gold medal for surgical nursing at the graduation at General Hospital, Guelph, David' Gemtnell, 66, Tucker- smith Township councillor, was Surely Father's Pay is the most insignificant occasion on the calendar, Everybody knows which. Sunday in May is Mo- ther's Day, but there's a good deal of confusion in the minds of most people about the other one, and were it not for our good friends the merchants who urge us not to f or get "Dear Old Dad", it would prob.: ably slip by as quietly as Whit Sunday. ,, It's not difficult to under- stand 'this vagueness. Not too many years ago, every day was father's day. But in the sym- phony of today's family, father is the lost chord. The family circle no longer centres on father. It has become an arc, the pendulum swinging be- tween Mom and the kids. * From the time we can lisp "momma", we are fed a lot of pap about motherhood. Mo- ther can do no wrong; Mother is a brave little soul; Mummy knows best; Mom works too hard; Mother is always there when she's ,needed; nobody can cook like Morn; Mother's ner- ves are bad; what could we do without Mamma; and so on. There's a certain amount of truth in it all, but what I object to is turning Mother into a bushel basket under instantly killed Thursday after- noon when he fell from the roof of his barn. Miss Winona Frain, who has been teaching near Woodstock, has been engaged to teach at SS No. 2, Hullett. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 11, 1953 Clinton is to be the home of Huron County's first trade fair sponsored by the Clinton Lions Club. Chairman will be Royce Macaulay. Morley Taylor, Brucefield; Clifford Talbot, Bayfield and Robert Love, Kippen, have been attending University of Toronto this year and each completed the year with hon- ours. Clayton 0. Martin was pres- which father's once r bright light is well hidden. * Oh, for the good old days, when Father was head of the house, and everybody knew it. When he sat down at the head of the table, there was a res- pectful, if not fearful silence. The kids sat in rows at each side, silent until spoken to. The women scurried around with proper humility, fetching the steaming dishes, holding their breaths while Father tested the carving knife, sigh- ing with relief when he waxed benevolent under the charm of food. * In those golden days, Fath- er's 'comfort,, well-being, a n d peape of mind were the prime requisites of a happy home. His lightest opinion was gos- pel. His wrath was awful to contemplate. You didn't need household gods: you had Fa- ther. * * If Father said women should not be allowed behind the wheel of a car, they shouldn't, and that's all there was to it. If he declared there were no fish in that "crick", there weren't, If he believed that the Grits (or Tories) were "a pack of damned thieves," they were. If he told you to go to ented with a gift by the Clin- ton and District Chamber of Commerce in recognition of his long, service as secretary-treas- urer, 0. L. Engelstad replaces him in the treasurer's duties, while Miss Wilma Dinnin was named secretary. Charles Hanly, son' of IVIr. and Mrs. Mervyn Hanly, . RR 5, Clinton, graduated from the U of T with first class honours for his Bachelor of Arts degree. He won several awards during his terms. Charlene Scotchmer and St- anley Telford won top prizes in the recent "Help Keep Bay- field Beautiful" poster contest. Receiving honorable mention were: Beverly Heard, Jeffrey Heisler, Ruthann Scotchmer, Ted Turner, Howard Scotchmer and Stephen Scotchmer. bed, you got, By what subtle and fiendish alchemy has Father been trans-, formed from a giant into a figure of fun, a national joke, a stooge on third-rate family television series? By what foul trick of the fates has that magnificent man been turned into the cringing creature who can be seen wiping the dishes while his wife is out at the bingo? ,,, How hath the mighty fallen, is all I can say, and I ,say it not in scorn but in sorrow. Bullied by his spouse, relent- lessly heckled by his children, his only places of refuge are the garden, the golf course or the trout stream. *s, * Not for him the mighty roast to carve, He is allowed to spoon out the meatballs cov- ered with mushroom sauce, of the macaroni and cheese. Not for him the hushed silence as he voices an opinion with ring- ing authority. The only ,opinion he voices is, "Well, I'm inclined to agree with you, dear". Where Father used to have a fine paunch, an acknowledged symbol of his success in life, Dad has a mean little p o t belly that merely suggests he doesn't get enough exercise. Where Father kept the child- ren in line with one hard look, and the occasional clout on the ear, Dad whines that he'll cut off their allowance if they don't do what their mother tells them. * ,,, Where Father used to dole out the housekeeping money, with demands for stringent economy, Dad turns over the pay envelope, intact, and with- out a murmur accepts the glad tidings that mother has just bought a new refrigerator on the never-never plan. * * * Where Father used to read the Bible to the family be- fore bed, Dad coaxes mother to let the kids stay up and watch Quest. Where Father used to rumble curses as he patched the fourth blow out on a forty mile trip, Dad gr- umbles complaints because he has to buy a new set of tires after 20,000 miles. * Oh, it's bitter, but we've (continued on page ten) From Our Early Files ... ogg-477-,clinton News-Record'- Thurs., June 14, 19,01 Editorials .. University NOT For Everyone