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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1963-08-01, Page 2Special Announcement rumouncement The Odd Fellows and Rebekah Humanitarian Service Committees (Hospital Bed C.P. & T.) of CLINTON - SEAFORTH BRUCEFIELD - HENSALL EXETER - BRUSSELS announce that they are again sponsoring a subscription campaign for the purpose of furthering their Humanitarian Servile Programme "instituted for the purpose of relieving distress wherever found," and for purchasing additional sickroom equipment such as hospital beds, wheelchairs, etc. This sickroom equipment is made available to any resident of HURON COUNTY FREE Of Charge For Home Use, Your • MAGAZINE ORDER (New or Renewal) will help further this community project and every resident is urged to eo-operate. Residents SVheil called upon should request to see the representative's letter of introduction signed by a & Oontmittee Member of Clinton, ,Seaforth, trucefielci, Hensall, Exeter and Brussels. This is to eliminate any misrepreSLntation by Unauthorizedpersons. DONATIONS ARE NOT SOLICITED OR ACCEPTED Jack Sttirdy Coleman C,P. & "Y. Chairman HenSall C.P. & • Chairman Lindsay Eyre Mrs. Margaret essenger ii rucefiefel ejs. Y. Ch Messenger 8earorth C.P.C.F2‘. dbaternan Mrs, Helen ParSbns , Glen JameS EXeter C.P. & Chairman Brussels C.P & ▪ Chairman 31b What a difference a genera- tion or so has wrought in the once-joyous art of summer cot- taging! About 30 years ago, it was a gypsy sort of existence, based on the idea that people should enjoy life. Today it is a combination of -status seek- ing, nerve wrecking and organ- ized horror, like most of the other facets of society in the Sixties. In those days, the cottage was a cottage, not a palatial "summer home". Today, the same structure would be called a shack, and they'd run you right out of the sub-division (which could be the best thing that ever happened to you). Can you imagine one of these young married couples, the kind who grin and wink feverishly on the beer commercials, go- ing with their children, to a place away off nowhere, with teal-oil lamps and a two-hteler supermarket back and no superark-et within 50 miles. Can you imagine Mummy go- ing all summer without even one single car? Can you imag- ine Dad with just one lousy little rowboat? Can you imag- ine children who could possibly exist without water skis and transistor radios? It's pretty appalling, isn't it? ,, And yet, summer cottaging was, within memory, a simple almost pioneer existence, with its own very special pleasures, its deep' delights, its subtle joyS. It was a wonderful, golden two months each year in the lives of many youngsters, a time they still remember with sav- age regret for what they have become. For one thing, Father did not have to thunder up a highway with thousands of other zani- acs, each and every one intent On getting there in the shorteSt possible time and taking noth- in' off a nobody in the process. Father was a summer bachelor, and he loved every minute of it. When school ended, he load- ed down the old car to the groaning point piled ,the kids in the back, took the whole family to the cottage ,dumped them, and went sensibly back to town, where all the other sensible fathers spent the sum- mer. He got a rest from his wife and children, and spent the evenings quietly and happily at the bowling green, or pottering among the raspberry bushes, or running around with the local grass, widow. And what was Mother doing? Don't worry, She was kept busy, and therefore happy, talc- ing slivers out of feet, keeping bowels open, taking the kids Editor, Clinton NewS-Record, Clinton, Ontario, Dear Son, We were indeed grieved to read in your First Column of July 25 issue of the NeWs-Rec- ord of the frustrated feelings you had in not being able to attend camp when a boy, You shbulcl have told tis, Actually, we had a different reason for going to camp. In late May a friend Said to us, ,,You haven't lived until you've been to camp." As you are aware it required only a cursory glance in the mirror to warn US that time IS swimming twice a day, and fill- ing their greedy little guts with unpasteurized milk, ungraded eggs and uninspected meat. * * Nowadays my heart aches for cottage parents. The day they arrive, Dad charges around like a bull moose, hooking up the pressure system, blowing fuses in the hydro system, trying to get his dirty great boat in the water, and running in all direc- tions lugging vast cans of gas, brutally heavy outboards, and- back-breaking cases of beer. When everything is operat- ing, he has to dash off to the village to get some indispens- ables, such as a box of tissues, a bottle of olives and some mixer for the gin. When he gets back, he learns that he is to take the kids for a swim, set up the barbecue for the party they're giving that night, and go back to the village for some cigarettes for Mum. What are the kids doing, on that glorious first day at the cottage? They're sitting whin- ing because there's no TV and "Nothing to do". And what is Mummy doing? She has swit- ched on her electric stove, flop- ped some frozen dinners in the oven; and is sitting with a drink, looking at the lake with bored disdain. No sliver to take out, no vegetables to prepare, The summer is slipping by as rapidly as always. The chil- dren are running through the soles of about the third pair of "sneakqs" since school end- ed and most of us have finish- ed wearing-out last years' swim suit and are hopefully watch- ing for sales on this important summertime garment. , Personally, I think the bath- ing-suit business must be a great one to be in. It is against the law to go swimming in public without one, but with the price tags you notice on this years' models, it would al- most be worth paying a fine and go against the law!! The smaller the amount of material in a suit, the higher the cost, it seems. Anyone must admit that the young people on our beaches, or at the pools in their attrac- tive and smart one or two piece swim suits and beautiful tans, are a pleasure to see , What pleases me most though running out. So we hastily packed and went to camp. Well, not quite that fast, We had first to make a list of our friends and the equipment we knew they could lend us, such ass large pictures, a• sleeping bag, and a poison bottle (for the insects). That sleeping bag idea wasn't so good. We are afflicted with leg cramps which occur in the middle of the night. We often find ourself stand- ing out On the floor massag- ing them still half asleep. Our refleXes Worked the same at caner), but from a sleeping bag (Continued On Page Three) calved another promotion with Bell Telephone CO, and has heat!, moved to Windsor,. 40 Years Ago 04NT01s$1* NEWS-4EVQAP pitorsoay, Angpst Misses Florence Rerket nie .McMath, Linrite. Nediger and Harriet Hawkins attended the cqrr: camp at Port Elgin for 10 days,. Messrs, Jack Bawden, Ernie Walton, ."Pidds," Maiming and Alec Eagleson returned on Sunday from an enjoyable camping outing near Bayfield. Messrs, W. Mach, E. Rum, ball, H. Gould and John Wise, man were the Clinton delegates at the Odd-fellows decoration service in Mitchell last Sunday. Last Thursday, a most suc- cessful sale of horses was held on the farm of G. D. Ellsworth, Hallett, Prices • ranged from $175 to $28, the average being about $60. Large schools of minnows have been invading the neigh- borhood of the beaches at Bay- field and coincident with this, many of the campers, especially the children, have been suffer- ing from skin erruptlons. It is thought that the minnows may secrete some cubstance which acts as an irritant to the flesh. New gates, erected by the, Women's Institute have been placed at the cemetery. William Anderson, Kippen, has secured the contract for carrying the rural mail over the route now covered by Mr. James McClymont. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, August 4, 1938 , Doug Bartliff was in Detroit last weekend with other carrier boys, the guest of ,the London' Free Press. This is the second trip Doug has won in less than a year. A conservative estimate of the visitors who flocked to Goderich for the official open- ing of the airport has been esti- mated at 15,000. Traffic was lined up for a mile on either side. John Robinson, youthful Bay- field grOcer, was fined $2.00 and costs for selling a tempting bas- ket of groceries to a hungry tourist on a Sunday. Miss Irene Robertson, a graduate of the School of Com- merce, has gone to ;London Where Site has accepted a Na- tion with the Huron and Erie Trust Company. One of Clinton's leading in- dus tries has had the Union Jack flying at half-mast for the past three days, Maybe they arc mourning for cooler weath- er, but it is more likely that the rope has slipped. Word was received hare last Thursday that the Clinton Fire Company had won first prize for the most attractive comp- any and band on parade at the Firemen's Convention held in Barrie, Miss E. Jamieson and Messrs, F. Whitmore and. C. Martin, Tuckersmith Township teach- ers, have returned from Ham- ilton where they were taking summer courses. 10 Years Acro CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, July 30, 1953 George Rumball, president of the Kinsmen Club of Clinton, in a short ceremony in front of the town hall on Tuesday evening made presentation to Mayor W. J. Miller, for the town, six new waste containers, Clinton's postponed race meet was held on Wednesday and attracted a crowd that was near record proportions, 1,500. The track record was set .by Reg. McGee's Lena's Boy, who raced around the oval at a 2:12 clip to set the official mark for the new track. Robin E. Thompson, Clinton, was elected District Deputy Grand . Master of the South Huron District, at the annual communication of the Masonic Grand Lodge in Canada in the Province of Ontario, which was held in Toronto, recently. ' Mrs, Roy Connell, Mrs, A. F. Cudmore, Mrs. Violet Habgood, Mrs. Russell Holmes, Mrs. Wit- fred Managhan, Mrs. Ron Mac- Donald, Mrs. Ernest Radford and Mrs. Wes Shobbrook plan to attend the first convention in Canada of the Associated Coun- try Women of the World which will be held in Guelph. Fall wheat is ripening rapid- ly with a considerable acreage already cut, especially in the south end of the county. The Huron County Trade Fair opened today in Clinton Lions Arena and every booth has been filled with exhibitors and a good many machinery displays have been set up out- side. Yemm Ago cLINTON.- NEW ERA At4g4st Mr. j., W. Treleaven has. re- ceived the appointment of be- ing the .new. principal at the Collegiate at TiMtnias, Qatarle., Mr. Ephriam irown left last week for New York. State, with a carload of sheep which are intended for show at the. fairs. A serious fire broke out in. Birth at noon today when the. planing mills. caught. fire and Were completely destroyed. Loss was estimated at $10,000. The post office flag has been flying at half mast out of re- spect for the late Warren C. Harding, president of the Unit- ed States who died last night. Messrs, Caryl Draper and William Kennedy were away to Burlington the first three days this week attending the annual convention of Western Ontario Firemen's Association. Houses to 'rent With modern fixtures are badly needed in town, Ray Rumball, eldest son of Mrs. C. Rumball, town, has re- From Our Early Files 10 Adine Writes of many things no drinking water to fetch. She's unhappy, Sunday night, or Monday morning if he's a real nut, Dad hits the highway again and ar- rives back on the job creased, cross and sorry for himself. But the horrible part of it is that he has to be at the cot- tage every weekend, plus his three-weeks-with-pay in Aug- ust. At least twice a week, back in town, he gets a phone call from Mum, and he'd better be home to take it, not out "roar- ing around and having yourself a big time." Her calls reveal that she is bored, that the kids are giving her a bad time, that the septic tank isn't working, and that some people are go- ing to "drop over" on Satur- day night and be sure to bring lotsa likker. Sure, they have many things the Old-time cottagers didn't have — lights, water, indoor plumbing. But today's cottager, in his frantic search for- ease and convenience, has created a Frankenstein monster. He's a slave to all that machinery, and a captive of all that social life, and he hates his wife, who'd be much happier taking out slivers with a needle than wondering if it is too early to have her first gin and tonic. INeNese•••••••••441•4 is to see a group of youngsters being taught how to swim. This past weekend there were 12 drownings in Ontario alone. A tragic loss of young lives. The importance of learning how to do a few elementary strokes and of learning rules of water safety cannot be overstressed, I believe it is the duty of every parent to see that their children receive some instruc- tion in swimming to help re- duce these accidental drown- ings. Most youngsters love to go in the water, when it is for other purposes than washing, and most mothers spend the greater part of each year tell- . ing their young ones to stay out of the puddles. When the warm weather arrives and the family goes off on a picnic or the child wants to attend the community pool, don't frighten him by overstressing the clang-, ers involved in swimming. But, also do not forget one or two simple rules to help safeguard their lives. Warn all children and Some adults as well, of the very real dangers there are in jumping into any river, lake or stream without first checking it for hidden frocks, logs or debris which could be submerged and dangerous. Don't swim in wat- er that is heavy with reeds or grass. This can be equally a8 dangerous. The importance of never swimming immediately after eating, cannot be repeated too often. Most instructors =Wat- er safety insist on waiting two hours after eating, to avoid the possibility of "cramps" while swimming, These ' are only two safety rules for swimmers, and I would 'Urge you to send your children for instruction 'When it is at all possible. Encourage them to swim: and to alwAYs observe the rules of water safe- ty, The lite they save, could be their Own. "You Mean, No`mer, You're Eating Your Hort Out For iyie — Oh Dear, That Too?" SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B. T. 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C"C NR THE RECENT signing of a test ' ban for nuclear -warheads, .appears. to he a genuine step towards a more peaceful co-existence for the world, but time will only tell if this significant step by the leading Powers, in the world will he followed by a lessening in world tension, However, it WOuld aPPOPX perhaps that some of the leaders through out the world have come to the realization. that much of the strife and problems are being caused by their own ,dogmatic approach to world affairs And their pom- . Pons struggle to remain in, newspaper headlines. It has been noted time and again by visitors to Russia that the ordinary people are not full of hatred towards the free world as their leaders would imply, and we think the same can be said about the ordinary man in the street in the free world. Such an 'attitude by "ordinary People" was quite visibly portrayed in a television program we saw last week from Moscow, showing some of the high- lights of the recent Russia-U.S.A. track and field competitions, which was won by the Russians again, through their superior showing in the women's events. The meet • was brought to a con- clusion when the athletes from each of the nations marched • onto the field to- wards each other and as they met, they -peeled to the right and marched past the stands where Premier Khrushchev and Averell Harriman of the United States were watching. Leading the procession • were the team captains of the two countries and each carried his own flag, and with the light breeze, they fluttered and twisted together as they marched. Marching side by side, the follow- ing athletes took the hand of their rivals RCAF CLINTON will be the scene of a colorful ceremony on Tuesday, when Group Captain J. G. Mathieson turns over the command of the station to Group Captain K. R. Greenaway. In any line of endeavour, a change of "bosses" is often favorably received by 'the employees or others associated with the business, especially if the form- er boss has been unpopular or unfair. However, such will certainly not be the attitude at the station, as G/C Mathieson has gained the respect of his \ men, their dependents and certainly those in the Clinton area who have been associated with him in any way. G/C Mathieson has certainly been one of the more amiable and active com- manding officers the station has had and he has always shown a keen inter.: est in the welfare of his men at their work and in their athletic and social life. FORTUNATELY, since moving to Clinton, we have not had too many occasions to watch members of the Clinton Volunteer Fire Brigade at work, but on the few occasions we have fol- lowed them for a news story, it has been reassuring to watch the speed and team work they exhibit in battling blazes. When one stops to consider the various types of employment and the diversified locations from which the -foremen must come, it is actually amaz- ing that they are able to drop their own important work so quickly and arrive at the fire hall with such haste. At the scene they go quickly about their allotted tasks and with every man knowing his job, there is certainly no time Jost in standing around waiting for instructions. However, many times, they are hampered in fighting blazes due to the fact people have delayed in sounding the call and the fires have been given a chance to get a good head start This is due to "one of the many quirks of human nature as many people are self conscious about calling the brig- ade to a fire that appears minor in nature,, and they spend valuable time in attempting to quelch the blaze them- selves, despite the fact very few homes, barns and autos are equipped with effec- tive fire fighting equipment. • More often than not, people are unable to extinguish these blazes, and much valuable time has been lost when from the .other, nation and held them. over their heads as they marched along, A strategically placed TV camera showed the young athletes .-most of them tops in the world — .advancing along the track with broad smiles beam, ing from their face5, just as the program came to a con.- elusion, it switched back to the stands and picked up Khrushchev and Harri- man as they shook hands .and patted each other on 'the shoulder as they left the stand. We would like to think that the scenes had not been the product of a "necessary courtesy"., but was - rather the result .of a genuine feeling of good,- will after an exciting and friendly com- petition between :the leading athletes from these two powerful nations. Perhaps such showings of fellow- shop have been one of the reasons why Khrushchev and his American and British counterparts have come to the conclusion that their "tough" attitudes towards each other are not shared by the people they lead, And equally . important is the fact that the test ban may be a step in cur- tailing huge expenditures to develop means of destroying each other and some of this money will be pumped back into the economy to bring about a better standard of living for the many underprivileged in all nations. There will be those who will suspect the Russians have some alterior motive in signing attest ban and it is these very people who view such moves with skepti- cism, mistrust and prejudice that add to the world's tensions. Let us accept this move at its face value and trust it is only the first step in, ridding the world of the horror of nuclear fallout; whether it be of an experimental or direc-, attack nature. . And New Despite the many demands of his position, he was never too busy to assist in activities in Clinton and the area when asked to do so, and this attitude has certainly done much to knit closer ties between the station personnel and this community. It will be with deep regret that the men at RCAF Clinton and all those in the area will say goodbye to G/C Mathieson and his charming wife, but at the same time, their sincere good wishes will go to the couple on their move to North Bay and we trust happi- ness and good fortune will follow them until we meet again. We also take this opportunity to welcome G/C Greenaway to Clinton and trust his stay here will be an enjoy- able one, marked with the same amount of goodwill and friendship as that of his predecessor. the firemen could have been on their way to assist. And these inexperienced people have often suffered serious burns be- cause they become panicky and fail to think of the serious injury that can be wrought by their fearsome adversary. To add to the argument of calling the brigade quickly, we could mention that in most homes, businesses, barns, autos, etc., there are many flammable materials that can add - to the risk of injury to inexperienced fire 'fighters. This is especially true in the case of an auto motor fire and unless the drivers have a special fire extinguisher for fires in their car, they are well ad- vised to keep away from it and call the brigade to assist. Although one of the firemen point- ed out last week that some types of motor fires can be smothered by turn- ing on the motor, it is absolutely neces- sary that people know exactly what is causing the blaze and this is something that can only be judged by an expert and not something to be toyed with by the ordinary driver. The best method of fire fighting still is preventing it in the first place, and readers are well advised to conduct periodic examinations of their buildings to make sure they have no fire hazards that could cause them grief, and to pur- chase a good fire extinguisher to have in case of an emergency. But, if fire does break out, don't take chances. Call the brigade immedi- ately. E.. e. 'Thum! August if 1901 „..., Editorials Treaty Presents Hopeful Outlook Best Wishes To The Old . 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