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Clinton News-Record, 1963-11-14, Page 4THEY DID NOT ,FORGET . . This photo shows only part of the large crowd of Legion members, vet- erans and ,RCAF personnel who took part in the Remembrance Day service in Clinton, Monday: It was one of the best attended and most impressive ever held. Other services were held throughout the area, with good attend- ance. (RCAF Photo) From Our Early Files . • • ROYAL BANK MARTINS is your HEADQUARTERS FOR Knitting Yarns AND SUPPLIES • CANADIANA-30 colors • NEWLANDS-HARDING- 10% Nylon-30 colors • ORLON-10 colors • CAPSTAN-25 colors • VIOLET (Blend)-15 colors • BEEHIVE BABY WOOL-5 colors • BEEHIVE BABY (Silk Twist)-5 colors • DARVON-4 colors • FUZZY-WUZZY-5 colors Angora • CHIEFTAIN SPEEDKNIT-10 colors • MOLANA—I3 colors • WHEELING YARN-5 colors • KNITTING BOOKS (all kinds) • KNITTING NEEDLES, GAUGES, Etc. ARTIN'S DEPT. STORE Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON — EXETER — SEAFORTH Open Every Afternoon PHONE HU 2-7712 At other times contact Local Representative—A. W. Steep—HU 2-6642 21tfb Cites intermediate" facilities. Need, .M011 Questions: Providing Legislation CAN AN "amendment to the Amen, .dment" reverse the intention of the amendment? May the chairman vote in favor of a motion On a tie vote? Is the treasurer - permitted to make his own report? - These are typical .stumpers. faced by the chairmen of thousands of meet-. ings every year, in Canada—and are. some of the. questions discussed in a new booklet, '"How to Conduct a Meet,, Issued by the Tea Council. of Canada, the 12-page booklet is based on extensive research into parliamen, tary procedure and draws upon such internationally accepted authorities as Bourinot, Robert, Frisby and Stanford, It is very seldom that this newspaper gives free publicity to profit making organizations, but this booklet impresS- ed - us so much with its clear portrayal of problems that we have spotted - at many meetings we have attended in the area, that we immediately contacted Toronto and asked that 25 copies be sent to The News-Record to be giVen out to any persons interested. ONE OF THE most important ventures ever undertaken in Huron County—the $1,500,000 vocational ad- dition at CHSS—received its rightful tributes at the official opening on Fri- day, and school and municipal officials throughout the area could certainly be excused if their chests expanded more than usual as they realized the fruition of their efforts. The addition at the local school makes it as modern as any in Ontario, certainly an accomplishment that could not have been attained by any single school board or municipality in this area. It is indeed a credit to the high calibre of the individuals on the boards at Clinton, Seaforth, Exeter and Gode- rich, that the lone thought in the pro- ject was to provide the best facilities for their students and at the most 'fea- sible location. While it is quite true the Provin- cial and Federal governments carried the cost of this structure, let us not lose sight of the fact who supplies the money for such government projects, and school officials are to be commended for ensuring that local ratepayers re- ceived benefit from their tax dollars, rather than paying for schools in other sections of the Province only. It is impossible to calculate the amount of time and, energy that mem- bers of the four school boards and the Advisory Vocational Committee have expended in this project, but it is doubt- ful if there are too many other people who would have given of so much of their time as freely. Thisvast project has necessitated countless meetings, tours of other schools, interviews with area business and industrial leaders to determine local needs, as well as considerable thought by these people on their own time in regard to decisions that had „to be made. And also, there are those "salar- ied" officials who have worked beyond the normal call of duty to attain the success with which the new facilities have met from students and parents. D. J. Cochrane, Robert Homuth, Rich- ard Harland, Robert Hunter and L. R. Maloney at the local school, as well as THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 Vt I0 * *0 4), These copies are now available and are free for the asking, as long as the supply lasts, Sections of the book deal with such topics as duties of the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer; setting up an agenda, motions and vot- ing procedures, notice of motion, Privi- lege, appeal, minutes and formality. The duties of the chairman is the most ex-' tensive section, as it is felt that a good chairman is the key to a good meeting. While the chairman is not the big wheel, but merely the oil for the entire machinery, he can literally make or break an organization, and his inability to conduct a meeting well is probably one of the main, reasons why some groups flounder and lose the interest and support of members. Having received much of this train- ing as a member of Ontario Older Boys' Parliament, we can point out that it is invaluable, and heartily recommend this booklet for any organization, recom- mending that it be kept with the minute book to be passed along to subsequent executive members. the principal's and guidance officials at the other three schools, have given of their time to address groups to explain the new curriculum and to provide the equipment and courses best suited to the needs of the students. That all persons engaged in this project deserve words of high praise, commendation and thanks goes without saying; but such words would be shal- low indeed if they were not accompan- ied by a sense of dedication on the part of parents, students, teachers, school board officials and municipal councils— both. present and futUre—to ensure that the project attains the goal for which it was instituted. The success of CHSS will not be judged by its enrolment figures, ex- pensive equipment, qualified teaching staff, or its architectural expanse. Suc- cess will be determined solely on the ability to impart knowledge and train students to become useful citizens, not only 'to themselves but also to our society. The facilities at CHSS are the most modern available, but they in no way place the students in a preferred posi- tion, but only on , an even basis with their contemporaries and it will still demand a great deal of industriousness and continuous challenge of their abili- ties, along with dedicated teachers, to realize the complete fruition of the work that has gone into making these facilities available. Future school ,board members will be challenged to maintain a keen watch of our changing times to keep CHSS students abreast with the changes in academic, commercial and technical courses. It should also stir civic leaders and those in business, and industry to entice new' industry and business into the area in an effort to provide employment for graduates; rather than merely training them to bolster the working forces in communities outside their home area. Yes, we owe our present school officials in Central Huron our deep gratitude, but only the future will show whether or not we are truly apprecia- tive. Est. 1881 CCNR Clinton Branch O. L. Engelstad, Manager Goderich Branch H. G. Spring, Manager 40 Years Ago The Clinton voters' list has been completed and is posted up for the inspection of town ratepayers, There are on the list 1,189 voters, 364 names of women having been added since last year. The following Huron ladies are attending at the Western Ontario Women's Institute Con- vention in London: Mrs. Kirk, Clinton; Mrs. E. Bell and Mrs. J. Manning, Londesboro; Mrs. Mogridge, Auburn. Town council passed a bylaw disfranchising anyone whose taxes are not paid by Decem- ber 14, It was explained that in case taxes were paid later, before election day, that a re- ceipt may be obtained' for pre- sentation at the polling booth. So that it's a case of "No taxes, no vote". Councillor W. J. Paisley, pro- perty committee chairman, ask- ed council to charge five cents to outside groups using town hall chairs. Some of the mem- bers thought this rather high and 'it was agreed to charge two cents, the fee to go to Chief Strong for his trouble in placing the chairs. Miss Irene Miller has taken a position at Cooper's variety store for a while.' We had some snow last week but on Saturday Mr. A. Morris went out into his garden and picked ripe raspberries. 25 Years Ago Mr. Charles Lindsay this week purchased from R. Raye McLaughlin of Oshawa, a fine horse imported from 'Scotland, listed in the registry book as "Craigie Gaiety". Mr. Lorne Brown Shell Ser- vice Station on Ontario Street, has been appointed dealer for Chrysler and Plymouth cars in this district. Weldon Hovey who recently returned from Toronto to Clin- ton, has been appointed district agent for the Equitable Life Insurance Company for the dis- trict. Messrs. N, W. Trewartha, Raymond Whitmore, Lloyd Ste- venS and Clifford Cooper were in Stratford recently attending a Poultry Grading School, To have their car roll over twice and come out uninjured was the experience of Mr. and Mrs. M. T. Corless, their niece and son Alvin. They were re- turning from a trip to Toronto when one of the tires blew out between Stratford and Sebring- ville. Work on the $11,578 contract for an addition and alterations to the Post Office started this week. Carlyle Cornish, Brudefield, while playing football one day last week, had the misfortune to have a bone in his heel brok- en. 1.5 Years Ago The annual Perth and Hur- on District Cream Producers met in Clinton last week and a resolution Was passed oppos- ing the sale of oleomargarine in Canada. Tuckersmith Township ac- cepted the tenders of C. Rin- toul and Harold Nicholson for snowplowing township roads at a price of $5.00 per hour. Commencing Monday of this week, Clinton power cut-offs were increased from a one-hour cut at noon hour to another hour frotri 5:30 to 6:30 p.m„ in an effort to meet power quotas, Benson Sutter attended Es- sex. Presbytery YPU Conven- tion in Windsor on Saturday, Mrs. George Greenslade, Por- ter's Hill, had the misfortune to fall and fraeture her hip on, Friday last. Sohn McGUire has sold his 80-acre farm on concession 6, Goderich Township, to ,Earl Switzer, p. neighbor, Mr. and Mrs. McGuire plan to reside on the former Connell property, a mile north of Clinton. 10 Years Ago Magistrate's Court will be held in the Municipal Building Clinton, on Wednesday, with Magistrate Dudley Holmes con- ducting. This will be the first time court has been held in the town since about 1935. Clarence A. Trott, Queen St- reet, was among the many graduates who received a Bach- elor of Arts degree at the fall convocation of the University of Western Ontario. William L. Morlock has been There's a new television series on the air that is giving me an inferiority complex about the size of a giant squid, May- be you haven't seen it, but it's called Mr. Novak, and it holds me breathless, and makes me wretched for one hour every Sunday night, It's a sort of Dr. Kildare with classroom and chalkdust and psychology instead of sur- gery and blood and psychology. Mr. Novak is a blond, hand- some, young idealistic teacher of English in a high school. That's enough to flatten a balding, homely, middle aged, realistic teacher of English such as I before the opening com- mercial. But it isn't this sort of thing that is eating away my self- confidence. It's the excitement of Mr. Novak's life that makes me feel like something the caretaker forgot to sweep out on Friday afternoon. Every week, he gets involved in the damdest situations, and emerges smelling of violets and looking like Joan of Arc. And every week I get involved in the damdest . situations and emerge. Barely. Mr. Novak saunters through the halls of his school in his well-cut gray suit, buttering up the principal and looking dedi- cated. Mr. Smiley scuttles through the halls of his school, avoiding the principal, and looking harassed, Every week, Mr. Novak tang- les fearlessly with some im- possible problem and solves it. Every week, Mr. Smiley tangles fearfully with eight impossible problems, and by the time he's finished, he has 16 impossible problems. In the last few weeks, Mr, Novak has outdone himself. He has sqUelched an outbreak of racial prejudice. He has caught a colleague cheating and for- given him. He has encouraged a colleague with an alcoholic wife. He has pulled the prin- cipal out of hot water. In the last few weeks, Mr. Smiley has undone himself. He has barely lived through an outbreak of the 'flu, He has caught a colleague trying to make off with his rubbers. He has encouraged a colleague with an aleolholic mother, He hp:, got the principal in hot Water, You can See why this pro- gram makes me feel pretty in- significant, Mr, Novak leapS joyously from one crisis to an- other, Mr% Smiley totters des- perately from one Anti-climax to the next, Take this week, for example, I'll bet you that right now, that Novak is rehearsing an episode in Which he defies the school appointed manager of the Bank of Montreal's Clinton' branch, succeeding William H. Robin- son, who retires this month. Tentative approval of sugges- ted plans for a seven - room addition to the Clinton District Collegiate Institute has been received from the department of education. Despite cold, drizzly weather, over 300 persons attended the Remembrance Day service con- ducted by the Clinton Legion. Clinton Collegiate senior girls' volleyball team captured the HSSA crown for the third straight year, Saturday. Team members: Jayne Mary Snell, Marlene Walsh, Joyce Hawkins, Patsy Murney, Betty Lou Ned- iger, Joanne Hodgins, Mavis Steepe, Jean McGregor, Nancy Webster, Ola Fangrad, Polly Jervis and Donna McVittie. board on a matter of principle, solves a hairy personal pro- blem for one of his students, and pulls the principal out of a nasty situation. Right new, I'm trying to write a column. My wife is downstairs, teaching a piano lesson. My son is across the hall, practising the piano. My LETTERS to the Editor Sir, Could someone please tell me when something is going to be done about the smoke stack at the Sherlock-Manning piano factory? I realize that people have been complaining continuously about it and still nothing has been done. I know this be- cause yesterday I did a small amount of washing for my mo- ther, The washing consisted mainly of white articles, and' as a re- sult all that were hung on the clothesline to dry were covered in soot. So the clothes had to be rewashed; however this proved that these black spots will not come out. I would like to meet the person or persons responsible for that chimney, and I wonder if he would like to wear clothes ruined by this dirt. It seems to me, even though I am only a teenager who doesn't understand all adult complications, that many in this town refuse to regard im- provement or expansion. I live in the new sub-division and I know what problems we have had to build a house in order to live in the town my father chose to retire from the Air Force and settle down in. I like Clinton, and I am proud to live here, and happy to have friends here, but my respect for this town, as far as expansion goes, is rapidly de- scending. Not meaning to be rude or in- sulting I must say this town is slow. Thank you. Respectfully, Miss Pamela Fisher, 29 Winter Court, Pinecrest Sub-division, Clinton, ED NOTE — The soot pro- blem is being tackled by the Sherlock-Manning Piano Com- pany, Pamela, but we share your opinion that little is being done towards the expansion of thecommunity. It is encouraging to note that the rising generation is inter- ested in the community and perhaps this signals a bright future for us. GODgRICH "Should the function of our. hospitals be ex- panded beyond their traditional field of service?" asked Huron County's medical officer of health in his report to county council on .Tuesday, Commenting upon lack of in- termediate-type facilities f o r Chronic. patients, and the "mounting pressure". upon gen- eral hospitals to increase cap- acity, Dr, R., M, Aldis asked: "Should legislation be drafted to enable hospital boards to. operate nursing homes and .auxiliary services?" "Without an over-all plan for the various categories of need," he declared, "the multiplication of hospital beds is like weaving a net to catch the wind." "One area which is still a vast 'no man's land' is compris- ed of diseases we call .chronic," the MOH said, "The greater longevity we enjoy today brings with it more of such ailments as heart disease, strokes, cancer, diabetes, arth- ritis, diseases of the eye, hip fractures, etc. Once diagnosis has been made and appropriate treatment started, it is usually possible for most such patients to be returned to familiar sur- roundings under the supervision of their physician." "It is encouraging that more and more communities are erecting small apartment-type units for the older and handi- capped citizens who are anx- ious to retain independence. Service clubs and Legion bran- ches participating in these pro- jects can indeed be proud of their contributions. "Unfortunately, there is an increasing number of residents who become hospitalized ,and for lack of intermediate-type facilities such as a suitable nursing home, remain as pat- ients in an, active treatment in- stitution. In consequence, there is mounting pressure on the hospitals to increase their cap- acity, "A few questions that remain unanswered: "(1) How many chronic pat- ients lack adequate care be- daughter is in the bathroom, roaring out the lines of her oral composition, which is to be delivered tomorrow, and wait- ing to pounce on me and make me hear it. Five moments ago the phone rang. It was a colleague, want- ing me to tape an interview for the Air Cadets. Tonight I have to go to night school, German, and haven't any home- work done. After that I have to go out canvassing for the YMCA. Tomorrow I have to help my oemse of an absence of these intermediate facilities? (2) How many of the chronic group in hospital could be ac, ceptably treated in other _guar- tPrs, by making use of corn, munal nursing homes and/or home nursing and rehabilitation programs? (3) .Should the functions of our hospitals be expanded he.; yond their traditional field of services? That is, should legis, lation be drafted to enable hos- pital boards to operate ndrsing homes and .auxiliary services?" Test Milk Direct supervision of raw . ...„... . milk production in Ontario is being transferred to the dairy branch of the, provincial depart- ment of agriculture, Dr. announced. In Tioron, the ef- fective date was October 1. For many years, the MOH noted, the percentage of satisfactory samples here has been well above the provincial average. The Health Unit continues con- trol of all pasteurized milk pro- ducts. Rabies clinics for dogs and cats, started earlier this year in the northern part of the county, have been extended to the central areas and plans are under way for a broader cover- age. To date, owners of 577 dogs and 180 cats have taken advantage of the opportunity to reduce the exposure of hu- mans to a fatal infection. In view of the enlarged en- rolment at Central Huron Sec- ondary School, the health board, of which deputy reeve Delbert Geiger of Hay is chair- man, has made it practicable for Mrs. McRae,. public health nurse, in Clinton, to still do the work in her district, to carry out secondary school counselling by appointment, and to supervise the routine and emergency duties performed by Mrs. B. Riley, reg. nursing as- sistant. Opening of Howick central public school does away with the nurse visiting about 18 schools twice a year; she will now be in the one school two mornings a week, which means, said Dr .Aldis, "better health care and a more complete fol- low-up for each child." students get the weekly news- paper column ready, give my son a driving lesson and get rid of the squirrels in the attic. Thursday I have a church board 'meeting. Friday there's a department meeting, followed by the Friday Afternoon Club meeting, followed by a blast from my wife for attending it. Friday night, if I can shake off the 'flu by then, I have to go deer hunting for the week- end, I have to arrange with • MGM for a showing of the film Hamlet, and with O'Keefe Centre for' a trip for 140 kids, four buses, to see My Fair Lady. Somewhere in there, I must mark 120 tests and eleventy-seven essays. Gee, I wish I could just go around Sunday nights, looking dedicated, like Mr. Novak, in- stead of going around all the time looking desiccated, like Mr. Smiley. Page 4—Clinton News-Record—Thursq Nov. 14f 1963 Editorials . To Help You, Mr. Chairman Royal Bank helps you manage your chequing, borrowing and other personal finances in a business- like way at lowest cost. Our Two-Accourir PLAN keeps you from raiding savings earmarked for vaca- tion or other purposes; it also simplifies bill-paying by providing a special Personal Chequing Account (Only 10 a cheque!) And a Royal. TERMPLAN LGAN can often save you big money in interest. Be money» wise — bank at your nearby Royal Bank Branch. Achievements Will Determine Success Clinton News-Record Amalgamated THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD 1924 Published every Thursday at the Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,369 • A. L. 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