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SEAFORTH OFFICE 791
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OPTOMETRIST —
For Appointment
Phone 524-7251
GODERICH
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OPTOMETRIST
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Cohsulting Optometrist
The Square, GODERICH
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Phones: Office 482-9747
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Phone 482-7285
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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
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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.
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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