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Ever notice how some Clinton folks answer the phone
promptly when you call them? Well, they MIGHT just
always be right beside the telephone. But it's more likely
that these prompt-answerers have discovered the conven-
ience of having extension telephones where THEY ar. in
the kitchen, for example, where the lady of the houie spends
so much time. She can make and take calls with ease ...
keep an eye on what's cooking at the same time'.Sane
people find it handy to have extension telephones in the
family room, or Dad's workshop. And, of course, a bed-
room extension is not only convenient, it adds a reassuring
sense of security, knowing a phone's cIose at hand. Exten-
sion phones come in three models-wall phone, .regular desk
set, and the little Princess with its Blowing night-light. Why
not find out how convenient it would be to have extension
phones in places handiest in YOUR home. All it takes is a
call to our Business Office, or ask the telephone service man.
NEW DIRECTORY COMING OUT
Clinton's new telephone directory will be going to press
shortly, so please check yoUr listing, Is your name spelled
correctly? And what about your address and phone Mirn-
her? HaVe you thought about additional listings? Other
members of your family and relatives, roomers or boarders
would benefit from having their names listed iii the tele-
phone book. If you're a businessman, you can use extra
listing to show other firth names for your 'business - to
associate your name and residence telephone number with
your firm name-or 'to Show after-hour numbers for you
and your key employees. Remember, extra listings, at little
cost, make it easier for people to find you, For any changes
in your listing, or any additions, call our BUsiness Office
without delay--482-3401.
TAILORED TELEPHONES
On the average, masculine fingers are 10 per cent
longer and 20 per cent wider than feminine fingers. Also,
on the telephone, men's voices are two decibels louder than
women's, and men tend to talk even louder when talking
with other men. "Who cares?" you ask. Well, telephone
engineers'care very much. They even care about the average
distance between the human mouth and ear:' the handset
must "fit" both for ideal transmission and reception (the
mouthpiece should be held from one-half to one inch from
the lips). Careful study of these human factors has led to
the best possible design for items of telephone equipment.
Our Early files • • Pope , News-Record-,Thurs.,1„ Jury 10,. 1944.
Editorials
For Fast, Fast, Fast Relief
The results of Grade 13 examine.-
tions often marl the turning point of
a Young person's career.
If his marks are high enough, he
goes on to university. If not, other
plans must be made.
But until the outcome of the ex-
aminations is known, all is suspended.
The student waits and is undecided.
, His parents wait and are also unde-
cided.
The waiting period is also trying
for university authorities who must
process applications on the basis of
examination results, and who do so in
the short time between announcement
of results and the start of the univer-
sity year.
This year the waiting will be
longer than ever because of the great
number of Papers to be marked, and
that means greater tension and pres-
sure on all concerned.
The situation makes all the more
understandable the recoinmendation of
the Department of Education's Grade
13 study committee for fewer and
shorter examinations and for counting
term work in the final results.
And it further points up the com-
mon sense of Ontario Education Min-
ister Davis to introduce the recom-
mendation next year.
The difficulty of marking all Grade
13 papers and getting results to stud-
We Are Waiting For Arrests
In the June 11 edition of the News-
Record, we gave considerable space in
the editorial columns, to a very valid
argument put forward by Reeve M. J.
Agnew.
Reeve Agnew had complained at
a special meeting of the Police Com-
mittee that some parents without cars
Were just as guilty as the hot-rodders
and tire-squealers then plaguing our
town.
He lamented that parents allow
their small children to roam the streets
unattended.
At that S'pecial meeting, he was
technically out of order (because" -the-
discussion centered on passing the com-
mittee resolution) and was not allowed
to complete his argument.
But we later spoke with Mr. Ag-
new, and wrote further on the point,
asking "would it not 'be better for par-
ents to learn their lesson without having
to spill the blood, of an innocent and
unknowing child?
"Why fine them (the parents)
only if and when a child is injured
and killed?
"Why can't parents be fined be-.
fore this happens?"
We concluded that as usual, govern-
Dear Senior,
This is a difficult letter 'to write,
but I want to discuss something that
is causing uneasiness to your relatives
and friends.
You are getting older. You know
it, and joke about it sometimes. On
the whole it is a pleasant time of life,
free from many of the stresses and
anxieties of earlier days. But age brings
problems of its own: one of these, prob-
lems is . . . what are you going to do
about driving?
Let's consider frankly four points:
Firstly, your perception is declining;
you don't see and hear so well now.
SeCondly, ' your judgement is slower;
you can't recognize traffic situations,
analyze them •and make the necessary
decisions nearly as fast. Number three,
your physickl condition is going down
-you haven't quite the same ability
to react with speed and vigor in an
emergency. Finally, you are becoming
more susceptible to injury and death;
What might have been a minor shake-up
ten years ago, could have serious con-
sequences now.
Luckily, you and friends of the
same age are making some adjustments
to help meet these realities .- perhaps
unconsciously. You try to avoid driv-
ing when conditions are bad. You are
driving more slowly, which is good-up
to a point. But your driving habits
are also changing in less desirable ways.
For instance:
-You don't yield the right of way
enough. Is this because you are not
sufficiently familiar with the rules of
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THERE JUST ISN'T TIME
There's nothing quite as re-
laxed and indolent as /the life
of a school teaCher in those
two long, golden, months of
summer. Eight glorious weeks:
A little golf, a little swimming,
a little fishing; a lot of picnics
and cookouts and long, cold.
drinks; unlimited time to read
and, girls in shorts 'to .ogle_i
It's a picture I paint for
myself in clear outlines, in cool
pastel shades, every. June. But
somehow the finished canvas
isn't quite What I had in mind.
The outline blurs, the colours
change into vidlent reds, yel-
lows and purples; and we come
up with something resembling
a drunken rainbow that has
been struck by lightning. •
This summer has been no
exception: It started off in typ-
ical fashion with a racking
dose of food poisoning that left
me about as hearty as a lady
of 80 who has just given birth
to .quadruplets. I was so weak
that 'the cat, who has been
watching her chance for years,
stuck out a foot as I was tat-
tering toward my lawn chair,
and 'tripped me flat on my
face.
Barely over this, . I had „to
drive the family 700 miles into,
the U.S.. on the July 4th week-
end, to dump young Hugh at
a summer •music school. But
it wasn't the mileage that got
me down. It was the list Of
instructions issued to the kid
by his mother. If they'd been
written out, they'd have cover-
ed a sheet of paper for every
mile We travelled, and :they
could • have been remembered
only by a herd of elephants.
I didn't Maine her, thetigh.
It isn't that the kid is stupid.
It's just that he's "a ,teen-ager
and lives in that pecuiar world
inhabited by that peculiar spe-
cies. In the week before we
left, he, had lost: his wallet,
his running shoes, and a dollar
bill (which :burned Up in the
washing Triadhitie). That Was
at 'average Week,
Imagine -going away and
Picnic Windt Op
School Year
SS No. 0 doclerich ToWnshiP
ended the school year With a
section picnic on Thursday
evening, June 25 it the Agri-
cultUral Park, Bayfield. A good
representation of the families
of the section sat down ate sup-
p6r. Fellowing 'this a full program
of races Prepared by the
teacher was rim off by the
secretary treasurer and trus-
tees Ed. Wise, , Dori Middleten,
Keith Miller •and George Wise,
Mrs, Ed. Wise distributed
the' ,prizeS 'to the whiners) from straight races and peanut
scramble for pre-Scheel allnd-
ren to married women and
merit races, Relay races and
a tug of war brought an en-
jciYable eveningto a close.
Never Swim alone, Always
have a "buddy" in tow;
leaving that gormless gawk of
a boy on his own, for three
weeks, With 10 different places
to. be at definite times every
day; with money to handle all
by himself; with nobody to find
all the things. he'll lose; and
with his way to find all the
way home by bus.
We weren't much comfort as
we left him. He' climbed out
of the car, saying, "Yes, OK.
I won't forget. Uh-huh, Right.
Yup.", as a last-minute torrent
of verbal directions poured at
him. He took his - bag, waved,
and started up the steps of the
boarding-house next door to the
one we had just registered him
in. I doubt if we'll ever see the
boy again. He'll start for home.
and wind up in. Tibet.
Got home from that jaunt just
long enough to do the washing,
repack the suitcases and head
for summer school, Arrived a
Bayfield Scout Troop were
represented' at Huron. District
Camporee last weekend by
Troop Leader Neil Bellchamber
and Scouts Carl Humphries and
Robbie MacVean.
Near Crediton
The Camporee site was Black
Creek, near Crediton and about
80 boys and 15 leaders attend-
ed under the supervision of
Camp Leader, Glen Northcott,
Exeter and District Conunls-
sioner Jack Gallant, Bayfield.
Place Second
The Bayfield boys were at-
bit shaky after giving myself
a small farewell parity and was
immediately asked to read a
poem to a group of intense
English teachers.
After summer school, we
rush Kim to camp, then hike
for the old home town to put
out the paper for two weeks
While the- editor goes on his
honeymoon. Then scramble for
home, collect Kim from camp,
entertain ,friends in relays for
a week before hurtling off to
newspaper convention, which
is about as easy on a fellow,
physically, as breaking wild
mustangs with a slipped disc.
End of summer. End of "holi-
days".
Anyone know of .a job where
'they give you four months
vacation? If I could find one,
I might manage to .squeeze in a
couple of games of golf, or a
day's fishing.
tached to Brucefield No. 1 Pat-
rol, which placed second in
competition with the other nine
patrols.
On Sunday evening the boys
and their leaders went by bus
to Zurich where they paraded
to the Roman Catholic and
Lutheran Churches.
Thanks go to our District
Commissioner, Camp Chief
Northcott and to our Scout-
master, Charles Dungey, with-
'but whom our boys would have
been denied this wonderful
weekend.
40. Years Ago
4..Ply 17, 1954
'I11411$14), was a. 'gala day for
the Baird community, Stanley
TownShip, when a re-union of
the scholars of the f a Mott s
"Baird's, School' was held in
Mr, Neil McGregor's grove, In-
vitations had been sent out to.
about 500 people in all parts of
the .country, and somewhere
about KO responded: •
. Veterans .of the Great War
resident in the County of Hi..1-
T•on with theh- wives and friends
will hold ,a monster picnic at
Jowetes Grove, .Bayfield, on
Wednesday, August 13th.
The Knitting Company is cl-
osed for stock=taking and the
knitting room is. also being re-
decorated. When ready . for
work again, it will be very
cheerful and bright.
The News - Record had only
reached 1-Iohnesvilie last week
when a phone message came
to 3. Cuningbame, who had
advertised a kit bag he had
found, 'that the owner had left
word . there concerning it.
Nothing like letting the people
know about things and The
People's Paper is the logical
mode of communication.
25 Years Ago
July 13, 1939
The Chrysler car in which
Their Majesties travelled dur-
ing their tour of Western On-
tario is coming to Clinton.
Those who Wish to inspect the
car may do so tonight (Thurs-
day) between the hours of six
and seven by going to Brown-
ies Service Station. •
A. W. E. Hemphill has sold
his drug btisiness in Hensall to
R. H. Middleton, of Port Cred-
it, formerly of Clinton. •
Clinton was well represented
at Brussels yesterday on the
occasion of the glorious twelfth
where bands were present from
Brussels, Blyth, Listowel, Clin-
ton and Lucknow,
St. Paul's Anglican Church
congregational and Sunday sch-
ool picnic was held on Friday
afternoon at Elliott's Grove,
Lake Huron, when approximat-
ely one hundred attended. Con-
veyances left 'the church at 1:30
o'clock and by 2:30 'the picnic
was well under way. The temp-
erature was . ideal for bathing
and that formed the principal
pastime until 'time for' tea.
15 Years. Ago
.441x 14, MO
The most important hi-1414'0S
transaction in Clinton in seine
time was completed .thts week
with the sale ..by Richmond
Hosiery Limited, head office,
London, of its knitting mill
located on Albert Street, Chu"
ton, effective August 3., 1949,
A 15o-foot plunge down •an
embankment near Bei-miller
after his -truck went out of
control on .a highway curve on
Monday, caused extensive head •
injuries to Lewis Waxman, 40,
Brustels,
Mrs. A. D. Beaton, one of
Clinton's. older residents, cele-
brated her 89th birthday an
Saturday. .
Due 'to his removal from. Cl-
inton to Brockville where he
will be employed with..0anaclian
Silks Limited, Trustee Gordon
R. Ross handed in his resigna-
tion at the July meeting of
the Clinton Public School Board
in the school Thursday evening
last.
10 Years Ago
July 15, 1954
Harold R. Baker, assistant
agricultural representative for
Huron County, was among a
group - of Canadians, presently
touring Europe, who were pres-
ented 'to the Duke and' Duchess
of Gloucester during their visit
to :the Royal Highland Agricul-
tural Show at Dumfries, Scot-
land.
The Llashmer Drive - In
Theatre in Clinton - first
drive: in theatre in Huron Coun-
ty - boasts rather an ingenious.
firSt name,. Bob Marshall, Lis-
towel, Who is the genial °prop-
rietor of the theatre, merely
took thought, and by rearrang-
ing the letters in his last name,
came up with "Llashmar",
which embodies the romance,
intrigue, and originality which
many of the shows at his
theatre purvey.
The second annual picnic of
nurses who graduated from the
Clinton Public Hospital was
held last Saturday, July 11,
in the Lions' Park, Seaforth,
with an attendance of 87.
Summer vacation school at
Ontario Street United Church
has been attended by about 135
children ranging in age from
four to 12 years.
ents in time for university registration
can be seen in the figures cited by Mr.
Davis' study committee,
In 1934, some 21,214 students wrote
83,254 senior matriculation papers.
This year, about 42,000 students wrote
250,000 papers.
These figures show that. in 30
years twice the number of students are
writing almost three times the number
of examination papers.
Obviously, without some form of
reform, marking of examinations in this
grade would soon become virtually im-
possible.
For this reason, the committee
expects departmental examinations will
soon be abolished.
And perhaps eventually, after sev-
eral stages. of reform, Grade 13 will be
a thing of the past, with students going
on to university or two-year community
colleges.
For students who wait in anxious
suspension and for harassed examina-
tion markers and university admission
authorities, Grade 13 has proven itself
to be impractical.
This can hardly be of much con-
solation to Grade 13 students and teach-
ers reading this editorial . . but,
there are thousands who next year will
be able to appreciate the findings of
the Grade .13 Study Committee - IF
THE SUGGESTIONS ARE IMPLE-
MENTED. ,
ments were locking the proverbial barn
doors after the cattle had bolted.
We were interested to read in a
recent copy of the Toronto Globe and
Mail that Metropolitan Toronto police
have charged the parents of a two-year-
old child with "failing to provide for
the child's safety and supervision" in
what a senior police 'officer described
as a test case.
The child was, of course, injured
before any action was taken.
But she lived, and apparently will
be all right.
If the police in Toronto manage
a conviction on their charge, there is
no reason why police in other centres
cannot then charge parents for child
neglect under the Child Welfare Act,
BEFORE innocent children are injured.
For the charge is only of neglect,
and the evidence needed is not a mang-
led child.
All that would be needed to'-teach`
parents a life-saving lesson - RIGHT
HERE IN CLINTON - would be a
witness, or two, and/or alert police
officers keeping an eye open for un-
attended children and babies roaming.
the streets.
They can be seen any day on al-
most any street.
Open Letter To An Older Driver
the road? Or could it be just plain
stubborness?
-You are 'making too many im-
proper turns. Turning from or into
the wrong lane is your most frequent
mistake. Have you forgotten the prop ,
er procedures?
-You are disregarding many sig-
nals; the reason is probably poor vision,
or inattentiveness.
Driving isn't nearly as much pleas-
ure to you now; other drivers spoil
things because they are all in such a
hurry. But you dread the time when
you give up , the wheel because of the
effect on your mobility, and its symbol-
ism that you have reached the end of
the road.
You are far from being the, great-
est hazard on the roads. But I do urge
you to be realistic about your ability
to continue to handle cars. Have per-
iodic examinations - you must know
your limitations. Keep up to date on
the rules of the road. Take some
"brush-up" lessons from a driving in-
structor.
Please face with dignity the reality
that one day yoU'll have to give up
the keys. I hope you will not delay
until you have to make the decision
from an accident ward, or facing the
parents of a child .you ran down in the
failing light.
Yours sincerely,
tED H. ELLIS,
General Manager
The Ontario Safety
League.
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Est. 1865
Bayfield Scouts Are Represented
At Huron District Camporee Outing