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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-06-11, Page 5Business and Professional Directory ywonnowoomilowiemisom FARM EQUIPMENT JOHN' BACH FARM EQUIPMENT PARTS and ACCESSORIES IH DEALER — PHONE 17 SEAFORTH 20tfb OPTOMETRY J. •E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST—OPTICIAN Mondays and Wednesdays CLINTON MEDICAL CENTRE 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 791 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH 38-tfb R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST F. T. ARMSTRONG Cohsulting Optometrist The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 ltfb INSURANCE H. B. HARTLEY All Types of Life Tette, Thsuratee — Annuities CANADA LIFE• ASSURANCE CO. Olinton, Ontario INSURANCE K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 4E2-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7285 GARY COOPER Life Insurance & Annuities Representing GREAT WEST LIFE ASSURANCE CO. 482-7200 Clinton H. C. LAWSON First Mortgage Money Available Lowest Current Interest Rates INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phones: Office 482-9644 Res. 489:-9787 PHOTOGRAPHY HADDEN'S STUDIO PORTRAIT - ' WEDDING and CHILbREN 118 St. Clavidfs Dictl 524-870, Goderich 8-1310 PORTRAITS WEDDINGS COMMERCIAL /040t Uti40.44 16A Victoria St., Clinton Friday and SatUrday 2 to 9 p.m. Phone 482-9654 after 6 p.m. k fe'appointments A. M. HqRpER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS As the school year draws to- wards its close, I can't help looking back on the past 1,0 months, my firSt hitch as head of the English department in our factory, with a mingling Of amazement and aMusement. I am amazed that I have not gone down for the third time in a sea of paper. There were times when I rose to the sur- face only long enough to gulp a breath of ink, before being swept under by another wave of essays or book report forme, or memos. My amusement stems from another source—the old-fashion- ed image of the English teach- er, There just ain't no such thing as a modern image of same. For many years the image of the English teacher was fairly concrete. It was that of a wispy, gentle spinster of either Sex, wholly dedicated to the written word, The only person in town who actually read poetry, Some kind of a nut who actually believed Shakespeare was thrilling the- atre, * * +1, When I hold up that image beside the gallery of characters who taught English in my de- partment this year, I chortle, There Itift even the most re- Mote resemblance: Let's see now. There's jack, a vast young man of great good nature and country mannet, who is a dead ningey for 'Hen- ry VIII oh titre of the lattees good days. lie'S a beer drinker, a Collector of antiques and a former advertising Salesman, Thete's Mac, a rennet golf plee. He's also an ex-bus driver, ex-house painter, ox-'airman. He's an inveterate punster who Writes smile pretty ftenny stuff. year of his master-piece, "Julius Seize 'er", in which the prin- cipal character was Dr. Bladder from Gaul. * There's Jeanette, five-foot- nothing, 98 pounds of doe-eyed French-Canadian, who spent the first six months trying to Con- viece the other teachers• she was not one of the students, who can pin a six-foot 200- pound lout into paralyzed, pet- rified panic with one flash of those eyes. There's Geoff, the young Eng- lishman who came here after a year of teaching in a good English grammar school. He planned to spend a yeat in Can- ada, as a lark. He was hor- rified at the free-and-easy atti- tude of our teen-agers. He was appalled at our materialism and love of conifort. Now he has a car on the never-never plan, and is 'beefing about his salary. In short he's become a typical Can- adian, A pretty wedding was. Went, niZec.1 on Saturday At the 4ect, 33.10.eici, when Emma, daughter of Mr, and Mrs, Jo- seph .Cn10-0101, was. 'miGte'd in mar r.lage with Mr. Cecil` Miller, son of mr, and Mrs. George Miner, 'all of 'God, eri0/1 Town- ship,The ceremony was per- formed by 'the Rev, Basil Col- dough; rector of Trinity ureh, Bayfield, cousin of the bride. A little Goderich tawnship girl, who started to school .at Easter, has been taking in a little more, perhaps, than she was eNTQQted to do, The other. evening she came home from school and shortly afterwards she was heard to say to herself several times; "Bounce the ball high, bounce the ball high." Then turning to ,her mother she asked, "What's the rhubarb of that, Mamma?" T he mother 'tried 'to keep a straight face While she answered that she did not quite know and later the little girl said; "Oh, I guess it is adverb, I mean." We predict that this little girl will make a brilliant student, The Cleveland News of recent date carries a story of a gift of -$50,000 by 19 wealthy people to start a fund of $2,500,000 for the building and equipping of new maternity and babies' hos- pitals in that city, Mrs. Elliott and little daugh- ter, Miss Katherine, of Toronto are visiting the lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. j, B. Lindsay. Miss Mary Snell has gone on a trip to 'the west and will prob., ably be absent a couple of months or so. 25 Years Ago June 8, 1939 Railway transportation def- initely staged a comeback on Tuesday in Huron County. Hundreds of school children waited their turn to board the specials which would take 'them to Stratford to see their King and Queen. The Clinton station yard was filled with cats and bystanders as the specials pul- led 'in. . The Dramatic Society of Wesley-Willis United Church presented the three-act comedy 'to a well filled house on Friday evening using the newly dec- orated stage of the town hail to good advantage. The parking lot problem on Saturday nights occupied a lot of council's time when they met for the June session and the outcome may be that Mary street park will be utilized as a parking lot. The contract for interior fit- tings for the post office was awarded last week to the Inter- ior Hardwood Company, of Kitchener. The contract was for $790. More than 10,000 are expect- ed to come to Kincardine on July 12, to celebrate the two hundred mid fiftieth anniver- sary of the Battle of the Boyne, according 'to officials of Kin- cardine Orange Lodge, which will play host to visiting Orangemen from all over the district, 4.4ne 04 1.94Q MAW was made cin 3Vayfiel4 on Friday. morning about 11 o'clock when Prime Louis St Laurent, Madame $t, La.nrent, .and their dgnghter,. Mrs. Sampson, paused at clan Gregor Square to greet a Mitne her of citizens and the school,! Children Who marched to meet them, gurort County's tax rate was set at eight mills—an increase of two mills .over last year, by county council meeting at Ged- erigh Tuesday afternoon in the regular June .session, Frederick '13aPinean of the Blue Water Highway, near Drysdale, is in Clinton Public Hospital, with two fractured legs, and P. spine fracture, re- ce4ved in a rail from his barn, roof, Highly pleased and greatly impressed with their visit to the RCAF stations at Clinton and Centralia, 14 members of the RAF signals liason, flight of the Empire Radio School to Canada took off for Winnipeg, Saturday, in a four engined Lincolat in which they had made 'the trip from England. Following receipt of a letter from Hon. George H. Doucett, Ontario Minister of Highways, published in last week's NEWS, RECORD, regarding 'the paving of the connecting links of King's Highways 4 and 8 through Clinton, Clinton Town Council at its June meeting Monday evening, decided to send a deputation to Toronto to 'interview the Minister. 10 Years Ago June "10, 1954, Jack Sootchmer was elected president of the Bayfield Lions Club for 'the 1954-55 term at their regular meeting held on Tuesday evening, he succeeds Ken Merner who has held the post for the past year. Fire of undetermined origin totally destroyed the barn on ithe farm of Alan Lightfoot on the second concession of Stan- ley Township on Wednesday morning. Moving day for the Huron. County Health Unit is not too far off and already the staff Is doing some packing in prep- aration for the change of quar- ters from Clinton to Goderich. Mrs. John McClinchey was guest of honour at a dinner held at 'the home of her son, Henry, Auburn, on Tuesday, June 1, on the occasion of Mrs. McClinchey's 95th birthday. If You're TIRED ALL THE TIME Now and then everybody gets a "tired-out" feeling, and may be bothered by backaches. Perhaps noth- ing seriously wrong, just a temporary condition caused by urinary irritation or bladder discomfort. That's the tinae to take Dodd's Kidney Pills. Dodd's help stimulate the kidneys to relieve this condition which may often cause back• ache and tired feeling. Then you feel better, rest better work better, Get Dodd's Kidney Pills now. Look for the blue box with the red band at all drug counters, You can depend on Dodd's.uu We also have a gal who grad- uated in music, a former am- bulance driver, an ex-chattered accountant, 'a dream-shattered social worker, and a lady who got sick of housekeeping. ,, Not only do these birds not fit the old image of 'the English teacher; they don't fit 'the new one, either. There's not a beard in the bunch, an esthete in the ensemble, a pansy in the patch. And not one, thank good- ness, IS "dedicated" to the teaching of English. None shiv- ers in ecstasy over a sonnet, bursts into tears over the beau- ty of an ode. But I daresay my polyglot, 'hardworking crew has taught the kids more about English and about life than many an old gal whose idea ofoehtes,aven was to make a journ- ey to England and stand in re- verence before the graves of the p From Our Early Files 41 Years Ago: 15 Years Ago Every Saturday Dace to LIONEL THORNTON, a rid his Casa Royal Ol•dhesfra 9,12 Midnight Admission Old Of A Perfect Day , Will The Flag Pole Hold Up Pearson's Government? Much has been written about The Canadian Flag Question; even more has been said about it. But the matter seems to be out of the hands of both the taxpayer and of the voter. So perhaps the reams of newspaper editorials, hours of radio and television comment, hundreds of petitions and thousands of private letters to Ottawa have been a waste of time. It appears Prime Minister, Pearson is determined to keep his promise of giving Canada a distinctive national flag and a distinctive national anthem. To live up to campaign promises is commendable—and amazing in this day and age of hollow vows by so many politicians. Voters will have renewed faith in Mr. Pearson after he selects whatever flag he feels should be called our national flag. But the voters likely will not vote again for Mr. Pearson because they didn't realise their vote for him in the first place was synonymous with sign- ing away their democratic rights. It is good our Prime Minister plans to give us our own flag and our own anthem, . And it doesn't matter that what he appears to favour closely resembles the label of a beer bottle, and that the stems of the three maple leaves resemble an amateur's efforts at plumbing. This is fine. But Mr. Pearson should have only one vote in the final analysis. There is a united block of Cana- dians who feel the Red Ensign should be retained. These are men who fought under the Red Ensign. Many were severely wounded. None came home without at least psychological injuries, Other Canadians feel strongly about the Red Ensign because their sons, husbands, sweethearts, cousins, fathers, or. other relatives died while fighting under it. And still other Canadians would like to see the colors green, gold, purple or black in our national flag: There are probably even some who would like to see vermillion, chartreuse and puce stripes on a ,shocking pink background! We would like to see, for example, one small maple leaf in the lower right hand corner of the Red Ensign. This, we feel, would make most Canadians happy with the new flag. But even if Mr. Pearson and his teams of experts were able to design a flag which satisfied every group, nationality, creed, religion and color in our wide Dominion, few would be happy to have the flag pushed down their throats. A plebiscite on three or four of the most popular flag designs is the only democratic manner in which to select a flag which Canadians will be proud to fly and call their own. The public official' who decrees something near-sacred will be adopted heart and soul by his people, because his government says it is a good thing, surely should not hold public office. Returns from the next federal elec- tion will support this contention if Mr. Pearson follows through his proposal to cram his beer label banner down our throats. LAKEVIEW CASINO GRAND BEND TWIST Every Friday fo "THE SEVEN DEL-KEYS" SenSational On opening night! Now engaged for complete 1064 season!' 942 Midnight Admission $1.00 Clinton News-Record CLINTONtHE NEW ERA Amalgamated ated THE CLINTON News-FteCokb Este 1865 Published every Thtirsday at the Etst. 18/31 i-ittart of Huron County Clinton v Ontario Population 3i369 A. L. coLOUlioUN, Publisher • • STOW 'eoetributiont paddrcalTeii, Iii 'OnfolOiii of II* VrrltrrY only, Aind do not neCiatially NM OS virtue of 'the "ii•Winataef. Atithortiikt i1 inerinit eliss mill, Poi, tOnkii bitaWit, and foh Oaymoni of Post.tyr in fish SUMSCRIPtioii, 'Witt Pityibk iciviliioin t 14.00 *.or Anil *64140.1 ;$.60;' tai CEO* .„. .......... q The Police Committee of Clinton and Clinton Town Council deserve a pat on the back for realizing a problem existed, and for taking steps to rectify it. The resolution they adopted to put teeth into existing laws against tire squealers and reckless drivers should go a long way to curb this menace. The resolution was unanimously approved last week at a special meet- ing. Just before they voted, a number of councillors stood up to endorse the move and explain why they planned to support the resolution. Most of their reasons were obvious ones. The problem in question was a grave one; the steps proposed to rectify it were sensible. Reeve M. J. Agnew was the only spokesman whose approach differed when he got'up to endorse the resolution. "Yes," he said, "it's a good resolution, and long overdue. I think these proposals will help to slow drivers down and make this a safer place in which to live. "But ..." (and that's where we picked up our ears) one of the biggest dangers in this town is one which is hard to deal with. "These reckless driv- ers are a real menace all right, but then again so are the children playing in the street." Reeve Agnew went on to cite examples—ex- amples with which we are all familiar: There's the youngster out on the street on his first bicycle; the toddler who slips out of the back yard when mother's back is turned and starts to' cross the street behind a parked car; the little boys who chase balls across the street, and the other kids who use the side streets as field hockey fields. Reeve Agnew Wasn't able to expand at full length on the problem he brought up, because his observations were tech- nically out of order, and other coun- cillors wanted to pass the resolution be- fore them and get.on .with other busi- ness, But will he bring the Matter up at the next council meeting, and will anything be done about it? In every city, town, village or ham; let anywhere in the World, children have for decades ridden bicycles on the streets, toddled away from the back yard, and chased baseballs brit into the street, per cent of the townspeople who Pay their itaxes and behave themselves and ask only for their safety and a good night's sleep, it would be a real boon. It is true the suggestion smack5. of "Gestapo police tactics," It is also true that only those guilty of frequent infringements of the law would holler about such a move, The plan would be frighteningly easy to put into effect . The Ontario Provincial Police could (with certain legislative amendments) form a special squad. The squad would include only two plain, unmarked automobiles, and only two OPP officers. By arrangement with various town and village police departments across the province the squad would visit cer- tain towns at certain dates and certain times: Police officers from the various towns would meet the squad out of town, and the two local police officers each would ride with one of the OPP men. With the help of the OPP officers and their unmarked cars—unknown in town—the lawbreakers would be quickly arrested, with the local police officers making the actual arrest after the un- marked. cruisers caught the offenders. This would then leave the. OPP officers free to leave town after the "raid", and the local police could pre- sent their own evidence at the local courts. k Gestapo-like, Yes . . but also effective. How about it, Mr. Attorney-Gen- eral? And parents around the globe warn their children against the perils of ven- turing beyond certain boundaries, But each year thousands die. It is unnecessary death and un-. necessary suffering'"and anguish. The children may be blamed by their parents for disobedience in stray- ing past whatever boundary was defined by the parent. But should not the parent be blamed by' the law? Parents are legally responsible for their children until they attain the age of 21. This`: responsibilityis a grave one, but one which many parents treat lightly, although there is nothing sadder than the parent of a child whose life has been snuffed out beneath the wheels of a transport truck whose driv- er didn't see the child playing in the laneway or street. A constitutional am- endment now is before our elected representativ- es which will make par- ents painfully aware of their responsibilities. If and when this am- endment is passed, par- ents of children who are injured or killed due to negligence of the parents, will be fined. But this is locking the barn door after the horse has bolted — as usual. If government sud- denly is going to recog- nize parents are respon- sible for their children, and that parents — no matter how much they Agnew may love their children — are going to be ir- responsible and thus place their chil- dren in danger . Why fine them only if and when a child is injured or killed? Let's take it one step further: Would it riot be better for parents to learn their lesson without having to spill the blood of an innocent and unknowing child? Why can't parents be fined before this happens? When stray dogs are caught in the streets, the owners are fined. When children are found playing on the streets, why should their parents not be fined? In the event of continued offences, the children could be removed from the parents for a week and placed with a children's aid society, as animals are taken from homes where they are being Mistreated, by the Humane Society: An early fine would, be a far better way, for a negligent parent to be re- minded Of his respOnsibilitieS, than hospital bills, or bnrial expenses. Noe 4,clit;ton hil.ne. 1964 Editorials • "Gestapo Squad" Could Save Community Nerves -Clinton is the sort of town, where altriPst everyone. knows what everyone else is doing by the time he has got. it half &Me. If someone buys a new car, it doesn't take long for that information to get passed along. .And when the Felice Department gets a new cruiser, those who don't see it right away, scion are told about The same situation exists in every town, city or village where people main- tain a healthy interest in what goes on around them. So when the rowdy punks are whooping it up in town on a Friday or Saturday night, squealing their car tires and throwing beer bottles around, it is often a' difficult proposition for the Clinton police officers to catch them. The officers may know the names and license numbers of those respon- sible, but if they can't catch them red- handed, they are unable to make an arrest. That's the law. BUT, if several unmarked cars swooped into town. at the height of the hell-drivers' shenannigans, and the plain clothes police officers in them made arrests indiscriminately, a lot of young people would get the shock of their lives. They would also get heavy fines, and many would lose their licences to drive. It might be called a mean trick, but it would be most effective. It would be rough on the pea-brained morons whose apparent sole delight in life is to rip their car tires to shreds on Clin- ton streets, but for the other 99.999999 Reeve Some Parents Without Cars Just As Guilty As Hot Rodders