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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-06-27, Page 4"Relax Flossie -- Stop Showing Off —That's A. Girl's Camp Down The Road!" 9,rotts condition with. receipts of milk per day around 22,00() pounds. 10 Years Ago CLTNTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday:, June Prime Minister Louis St. Laurent,, the first Liberal Pr- imp Mipi$ter, to visit Clinton, spoke to an enthusiastic aud- ience in the park yesterday afternoon. He was here in support of the Liberal candiT date, A. Y. McLean, Seaforth, who marked his. birthday on the same day, Lions Lorne J. Brown and Jack Sutter were highly hon- oured Tuesday evening at a joint meeting of the Clinton and Bayfield clubs. Lion l3rown received a 15-year 100. percent attendance pin, while Lion Slit, ter received a 10-year pin. Miss Jessie Grainger, -form- er superintendent of Clinton Public Hospital died there on Saturday morning in her 72nd year. Thirty-five nurses who had graduated under her form-, ed a guard of honour at the funeral, Little Miss Beth Cudmore had the honour of presenting a bouquet of roses to Mrs. A. Y. McLean at the Liberal rally in the park yesterday. Harry Mathew Gibb, 15-year- old Clinton boy, who has been missing from his home since February 13, has written to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. David Gibb. He is working at Wey- burn, Sask. c5 --,MEPODS-igj always walks with you...never rides up When you walk, stretch or bend, this girdle,moves with you. Its criss-cross featurei "see to that! 'Power net high waist girdle, satin lastex back panel, batiste front. Side zipper. Sizes 24 to 42 (Except 37-39-41)- - $ 1 0.00 MARTINS DEPT. STORE obstacle to the secessionists of Quebec. Second, our French-Canadian friends, bomb-planting to the contrary, simply are not Wild- eyed Latins, forever cherishing cobblestones to hurl at auth- ority. They are a little more volatile than our British ele- ments, perhaps, but don't for- get that they're descended from the shrewd, tough, logical, phlegmatic folk of northern France, for the most part. They are practically stoics compared to some of the exotic strains in our population. The Irish, for example. Third, they already have as much independence as they can possibly use. Don't tell me that a fellow in Riviere du Loup, for example, has any less freedom than I have. Especially if he's married. And I'll never forget a Canadienne I took out in Montreal one night. Boy, was she independent! Fourth, the people of Quebec, should they pull out of confed- eration, would have to give up one of their primary pleasures in life: blaming everything from the last two wars to the low pensions on the sacred Anglais. 1 * * As for my other_opinion, that the twentieth century belongs to Canada, this too is based on a bedrock of hope, not a lot of silly facts and figures. The main redson for my hope is that the twentieth century is becom- ing more and more expensive. Pretty soon, nobody will want it, at any price. But Canadians will buy anything, if the down payment is low enough. Leaving you with these com- forting predictions, I wish you a happy First of July, serene in the knowledge that you will spend is as usual: Reverently explaining to your children the meaning of confederation; list- ening to fiery orations about our great Canadian mystique; dancing in the Streets with DANCE AT Bayfield Pavilion WEDNESDAY, JULY 3 9:36,,... to 12:30 a.m. TO Tail~ MUSIC OF "THE DEL-REYS' SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B. T. SMILEY) ANPW:41.041,00014.4,11,11,#.41.0,~414PAP.P4N, * There are a nUmber of good reasons for my opinions. They are not just a lot of off-the- cuff ideas based on a pile of statistical evidence. NoSsir, they have a solid base of pure emotion and prejudice. First of all, our politicians, while comparatively green com- pared to those older nations, 'are internationally recognized as Masters Of compromise. Canada, as a nation, has a reputation for horse-trading', She is not one to let any foolish ideals stand in the Way of an honest buck. And this, I fear, will present the greatest Dorriinion Day is on the way; Let's have a celebration. It may be our last chance ,they say, To mark it as a nation. Yep, according to the gloom- pots, this may be our last op- portunity to celebrate with our customary fervour that glorious national holiday revered by all Canadians: The' First of July. Such eminent hysterians as Pierre Berton are sounding the tocsin, raising the storm sig- nals and making like. Casandra. Quebec, they sob, is gonna pull outa the confederation. All will be lost. Canada will become a banana republic. It is rather a paradox that the groans of anguish emerge, for the most part, from the very people who devote a great deal of time, and a vast num- ber of words, towards convinc- ing everybody that Canada is already little, more than a banana republic. They are the people who have unselfishly volunteered to act as the conscience of this country. They are the people who blat endlessly that we are the people who hang, with em- barrassing obsequiousness, on every word of every foreigner who speaks of this country, its habits and its people. They are the people who, via Dawson City or Glace Bay or Hayfork Centre, descend upon our cities and set themselves up as arbiters of our taste, our opinions. our morals, our man- ners. Armed with incredible gall and a facility with words, they are happiest when they are revealing their ineffable scorn for Canadian custom, cooking and culture. A plague upon them all. In the face of their insults and insinuations, their sneers and their Sniping, I remain a cool, happy reactionary. I still be- lieve that the twentieth cen- tury belongs to Canada, even with an 11 percent sales tax on building materials. And fur- thermore, I fearlessly predict that Quebec will never leave the confederation.. hour for mother. Mahe-Believe With Make-Up Every little girl likes to be an actress. A box of "play" theatrical make-up collected by mother offers a bright dream world on a rainy day. The box should include cold cream, pancake make-up, eye- brow pencil, and grease sticks in white, blue, green, red and black, Boys will love this game too, if there is theatrical putty to make silly noses and chins. From Our Early Files 411 Although it may be considered jumping to .4 hasty eenclusim, it would appear that the recent meeting held into informing area municipal officers of the. value of -forming .a conservation Ruth- ority for the BaYfield, River has fallen on deaf ears. T.Q. the best of our knowledge,' no further discussion has been held on the subject by any of the municipalities in attendance and there would appear to be little interest in forming such a group.. , The unfortunate aspect of this topic is not so much the fact that no group has been formed, but rather that the elected officials have not even had the foresight to discuss the possibilities of forming a conservation authority for the watershed. There can be no doubt as to the value of conservation and it is indeed unfortunate that our forefathers lacked enough insight into the problems they were creating with their often thought- less clearing of timber land from our rivers and streams. However, thistloes not excuse those in the present generation from taking up the challenge to correct the situa- tion without leaving future generations to contend with the problems which we are certainly aggrevating every day with our poor conservation practices. Those municipal officials in the Bayfield watershed may point out that our nearness to the recreation and fish- ing facilities of Lake Huron would ex- cuse us from developing and preserving the . beauty spots, recreation -facilities and fish and plant life in our own stream. However, ,conservation is a project that depends upon the co-operation of all those concerned and the good work of many can be dealt a deadly blow by even a very small minority who fail The constant bickering and cries for the resignation of Finance Minister Walter Gordon over his recent budget point up once again that the majority of our elected representatives in Ottawa are more concerned with personal greed and "playing politics" than they are in improving the well-being of our country. This is not a charge that can be levelled only against the present opposi- tion in the House of Commons, as it was also quite noticeable in the last sitting when many in the present gov- ernment were on the other side of the House. Unfortunately this smacks of child- ish "tit for tat" and is certainly not the type of attitude that should be held by those who have been given the trust and important task of running the coun- try's business by their fellow Canadians. It ' could perhaps be termed "un- usual" that Mr. Gordon sought the advice of three special assistants outside the regular civil service advisory staff available, but this is no reason to sug- gest that it is "irregular" as members of the opposition are debating. Commenting on the situation, the Financial Post states: "It is shortsighted and contemptible to smear government advisors and to assume that they are guilty of wrongdoing. Most certainly there are specialists among our citizenry who can be trusted with budget secrets; men who have just as much personal probity as any full-time civil servant— and many civil servants are also privy to budget secrets." "What politicians may not recog- nize is that the ethical standard in busi- ness is so much higher than it is in many areas of politics. The businessman who goes slippery , soon finds others don't do business with him. Members of the financial community are above all professionals in secret-keeping. They have to be or they get no business," It CAN THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 %1 I Ab • 4 gr. AB C ° .0 ti LP, to accept their rosponsibilities. While Lake Huron has managed to escape the wide-scale pollution that is plaguing many lakes• and rivers, it will, not always enjoy its present status as long as those who live along its contri- buting streams continue to allow soil, sewerage and other forms of pollution to flow into it. If area officials do not feel war- ranted in preserving the many benefits of the Bayfield River for future genera- tions they surely must have enough foresight to take the appropriate steps to ensure that as a contributing stream to Lake Huron we are not responsible for undoing the important and often costly work that other conservation authorities are doing in an effort to protect the lake from pollution, As residents who can so easily enjoy the benefits of such a beautiful lake, it is almost hypocrisy that we should sit _on the golden sands and enjoy the cooling waters and at the same time knowingly add each day to its pol- lution that will, as surely as night fol- lows day, spoil it for future generations. The governing officials of the muni- cipalities in the watershed should not be expected to do. the work in operating a conservation authority, but it does fall as their responsibility to take the appropriate steps to form such a group. The sooner this is done the better, because every day we delay the ravages of uncontrolled nature and our own in- consideration puts us in a much more precarious position and may even leave us in a place where we will be too late. A very sobering thought! As we suggested before, each of the municipalities should put this on their agenda as soon as possible and institute the necessary action to pro- tect the heritage with which we have been entrusted to both enjoy and pro- tect. "So deep is the penetration of modern government into all aspects of our lives, and so complex the effect of government policy on economic pro- gress, that the 'advice of the objective professional is wholly to be welcomed. To charge that this is somehow improp- er is to display a discouraging distrust of brainpower and a contemptibly low view of the character of scholars." While the editorial writers of a financial paper may be considered biased in their opinions in regard to the worth of seeking the advice of others in their field in preparing a budget, the comments are certainly worth consider- ing. Perhaps the problem is that our politicians at Ottawa have sunk so deep- ly into the rut of trying to find fault with each other that they have reach- ed a point where they can not discern between those aspects of their business that are worthy of debate and criticism and those that should be backed whole- heartedly for the well-being and growth of this country. Argument for the sake of argument can be excused periodically in the fact that it stimulates men's minds, but when it becomes the underlying theme in all discussions it thwarts progressive thinking and action and is hardly worthy of our elected officials. With moral scandals rocking Eng- land and racial riots disgracing the United States, Canada's leaders should be able to see that an avenue is open for them to improve their standing among the nations of the world with concrete and important leadership, but as yet they have failed to see this opportunity to bolster the idea of democracy and freedom to the world and the Communist leaders must surely be chuckling to themselves as the world looks on at the situations of their "enemies". Ago fmNToN NEW 104 131nroay,„ June 2,8, 1.920 The three Huron ridings re- turned Conservative .candidates, to swell the big majority that Howard Ferguson Will. have when he assumes the teign of power, In North linr-• op, Mr. Joynt has. been the sit-• ting member but in the Centre and South, Messrs D. R. Wigle of Goderich and N, W. Tre-, Wartha,. both political novices, won1.,,ibor .4eie sayrt i iuc tFoor I es o candidates. vei' h e The Ontario results were as Conservative 76, Unit- ed Farmers 16, Liberals 14, Labour 4, Independent 1, Bert McGuire, London, form- erly of Clinton, suffered severe and painful burns when his motorcycle burst into flames as igiaesohh wase filling the tank with Mr. Weldon Hovey is the new junior at t h e Molson's baAnircior the choir rehearsal on Friday evening, the choir of Ontario Street Church present- ed Miss Helen Anderson with a French ivory clock and Blyth Andersen with an Eversharp pencil, The two young people will be much missed. The cadets leave this week for London camp for a week. 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 28, 1923 Joe Yesbec has taken a pos- ition with Mr. F. A. Edwards of .Bayfield for the summer va- cation. Mr. Garnet Cornish met with a rather painful accident the other day. He was changing a tire on his car and the wrench slipped and he struck his hand on the edge of the rim, cutting it to the bone. Chief' Strong would like all those' coming into town on Sat- urday evenings or band nights to park their cars in the centre of the street instead of the sides. Last Saturday night it Page 4—Clintan News-Record—Thurs.,' June 27, 1963 Editorials Could Be Termed Hypocrisy. By the time this column reaches your home or within a few clays of that time, all the children will be starting the wonderful summer vacation season. For a few days, at the most one week, they will prob- ably find lots to do to occupy their time. Then the vacation thrill will wear off. Days will begin to drag. Every mother knows the symptoms of the old familiar kids-under-foot dis- ease and the complaint, "But there's nothing do do !!" Before you start to tear your hair out, I would like to pass along a few suggestions. A medicine to cure this disease. Your kids will love some of these ideas and I would sug- gest you keep them in mind for those difficult times ahead. Garden in a Saucer Winter's old Flying Saucer is filled with dirt. Greenery in the form of a small branch from a •bush; a few flowers from the garden; moss from woods; a frond or two of ferns, are transplanted into the mud. Streets can be laid out with pebbles, houses built from blocks. Toy animals add inter- est too. The variety is as limit- less as the ,child's imagination and the layout can be changed any day during the summer. Dream House Cutouts are fun for girls, but boys also will enjoy joining in this project if told to paste up a space station. Sketch a paper house—or a satellite—on a large piece of paper or wall board and pin it to the wall. Mark in the rooms beforehand, as though the house were cut in half to expose each room. Your children then fill in people and objects cut from old magazines. Don't be afraid if you find lions in the basement, though. Sculpture that Floats Soap is relatively inexpen- sive, and kids love to find more pleasant uses for it than wash- ing. Soft bars are an excellent medium for easy carving. Ships, made from floating soap and equipped with paper sails, can be sent on exciting cruises across bathtubs or wading pools, Boys also like to carve cars, houses, complete with TV antennas made from tooth- picks. Wonders From Junk Odds and ends have great possibilities, Most of us could pick up a carton box full of un- Used things around the house. Tell your child to pick five item from a "junk drawer" and glue them together to create an animal. After the creature is finished, use some poster paint on it and have dad try to figure out what went into it. Paper Bag Monsters Keep a few large-size paper bags on hand and some time set the children to mask-mak- ing. This starts with 2 eyeholes; Children add paper - funnel hoses, paper-cup ears, perhaps grocery tabs for curls of hair, patches of coloured paper for cheeks, You will probably be able to suggest lots of gim- micks for these. Facial tissue twisted into flowers can adorn lady dragons. Male monsters look fearsome when decorated with fallen leaves, old wire paper Clips, nuts and bolts. The neighbours will enjoy the "Boo" trip when the masks are finished and the kids make a tour of the houseS. A Picnic—Just For Kids Most grade-schoolers eat at the drop or a cookie, and any Suggestion about picnic food they can prepare, wrap up, put in a basket and take to the top of that nearby little rise in the back yard, will be worth a feW free minutes, or even an Adine Writes - - of many things was tried out and worked It Makes for convenience all ArPtind. Some of the winners in. the races .at the Doherty Pianos .l4t(L picnic at leYfield. were; Mary Cooper, Jeo Steep, 'Rob- ert giggart, Stewart Cooper, Clayton Dixon, William Draper, Ruth Pickett, Lillian Manning, Norma Potter, Kenneth Pick, ett, Bob Carter, Stewart Cook, Margaret Cudmore, Helen St- ewart,. Helen. Cooper, Mrs. Cree Cook, Mrs. Earl Steep, Mrs. Ross Forester, Cooperage work has begun. in tne Normandie barns, pre- paring barrels for the growing apple crop. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 30, 1938 Miss M. Sparling, who has been organist at the Presbyter- ian Church has resigned her position, Miss Eleanor McKenzie left last week for Sudbury where she has obtained a position in the office of the Evans Lum- ber Co. Mr, Frank Evans, engineer at the hospital, has received his fourth. class papers from the department of labour, New teachers at CDCI will be Mr. James, Miss Irene Ab- bott and Miss Irene Stephen. Salvation Army Lieutenant Titcombe has been appointed to assist Captain McDowell in the work here. A. M, Knight was installed as Worshipful Master of the Clinton Lodge AF & AM. Other officers are: F. B. Pennebaker, H, C. Lawson, F. Fingland, Ian McLeod, J. W. Crich, M. Ag- new, H. M. Montieth, V. D. Falconer, W. D. Fair, G. H. Jefferson, H. 13, Plumsteel, H. H. McBrien, C. W. Draper, F. G. Thompson. Dr, E. A. McMaster and Dr. J. D. Colquhoun have opened ane Medical Centre in. Sea- forth. Holmesville cheese factory appears to be in a most prosp- Arguing ,For Argument's Sake? Happen to YOU! Observe All The Safety Rules IN THE WATER AND ON THE ROAD Clinton News-Record Amalgamated 924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD ...„. Published every H uron at the Est.. 1881 Heart of Waren COUnty Clinton, Ontario POUlation 3,369 A. Li COLQUHOUN, Publisher • WILLIAM BATTEN; Editor Signed .cindrIfiuticint in This tiublicaffon„ era Ms 0)064 of and dO ,no} iateiinadty exPriii"4114 4,9ltivet of 1114 1144100110. 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