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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-08-20, Page 2Business and Professional Directory Dear Editor: Have we Clintonians ever taken a hard second look at ourselves and our community to see if we are heading in forward direction or are we just accepting life and letting things go. Do we realize. that for years the RCAF Station here has been res- ponsible in no small way for underwriting our pros- perity. How grateful to them we should be firt d perhaps we should show more human appreciation of their presences, How- ever, this situation can be very precarious and the loss of the RCAF in our presences might well spell calamity to the prosperity of our community. What are we doing to hedge against such a cal-' amity? Have we a plan? If the answer is no, then the taxpayers should be asking why progressive action is not being taken against a calamity that could happen here. Prosperity is the free, spending on the part of the people who are able to, buy and pay for the things that make up our standard of living. Without it we go into starvation or exist. Prosperous communities everywhere are made up of active industry. Much has been said and talked about In getting industry into Clinton. But actually how much has been done? Are we prepared to accept in- dustry into Clinton? And do we really want it? Or is it just a visual desire in can minds' eye? Going over our past rec- ord of recent yeans there must be something wrong with Clinton or the people that live here as a quick score shows that we have lost fournew industries and have had three old ones close down. If this pattern is to change, we will have Ito mend our ways and change our thinking, and prepare our- selves to 'welcome Industry. — Most important of ell, get into progressive action with a plan. Reinember — Lady Leek May turn her fate the ether way — but oppor- tunity is alealYs present if you want to recognize it. Duff Thompson August 11, 1964. ]bear Editor; Apropos Of your front "page editorial of lag weeks Leaving polities out of it either municipal or in any Way, I think it is very ep- prOpriate, I first visited Clinton as a commercial traveller tolling on the drug trade and. medical Profession in 1929. And my iinpressiorie of it at 'that time was lit Was nicely situated, yet not the up-and-at-it town that Exeter, even little HeilSall Seaferth, fee his Stance', were. I dialed here for three years in that cap- acity. ' MY next introduction to Clinton was one Sunday morning in July, 1963 — and I was immediately struck by what a nice town and in a very smart part of the country. That is, a really potentially rich 'agricultural part of our province of Ontario, and very well situated. The shops in the town wete, I would say, above aver- age, and the town itself was nicely situated and 'had a prosperous look about it. It was my ambition to live out my years in a 'town where one could take an interest in the life of the people surrounding a local town and Clinton looked very nice to me and still does. The result was I decided to become a oil- izen of this municipality. And as I proceeded to find out the location and the town, I found it a very nice part of the country, a, very nice town and a lot of nice people. In -these respects it certainly wasn't a. disappointment. Natur- ally one wants to fit in, to make living in it a really pleasant experience. ft was prosperous, the people were nice and as I stated, it was all and more than I had 'hoped for. And to the best of my ability, I start- ed out to be what ..I be- lieve every citizen should be, a citizen. living for the community in which he lives, and also to be for everything which goes to make a village, a town in any intregal part of this country p, better place in whieh to live. In the first few weeks, here, they came around to get contributions to the Chamber of Commerce and also it wasn't long be'- fore there Was a meeting of the Businessmen's As- sociation, Both of these met my heartfelt support, and to support anything of that nature means a little effort and time spent on co-operation. I believe that any man who lives in a corturiunity and,makes his living in it owes it to his fellow cit- izens. A "Ale tetipPerit, as much as he can, to make 'the place wherever it is, a little better, epitiltrially and in eVery. Way a ,bettor place in wh- ich to live, I hate since feurid out that Clinton has a very live and aettive Kinsmen Club and a quite active Lions Club; of which I happen to be a mernber. Alto there is an active Canadian Legion and a very much better than ay., erage Fish and Caine Club. To say nothing ,or the vex- lets organizations of the different churches andd, fraternal organizations. These are all service clubs and it IS my belief that all or Melt are doing real good work. I have iriad. vertently forgotten to men- tion those who go to make the Clinton Sprung Fair an institution of which any town may very well be proud and the horticultural society. I think all of these in- stitutions are doing very good and useful worth- while work, But when it comes to such organizations as 'the Chamber of Commerce and the Businessmen's As- sociation and the munici- pality of Clinton and Cl- inton's welfare as such, it seems to he a case of just don't do a thing, let George do it. And George can't do it. It has to be co-op- eration, with the welfare of Clinton in every way et heart. George can't do it, but the co-operation of a lot of Georges certainly can do so. The United States has become the great indust- rial natioo that it is, by each and every small town having an industry of its own. The country we live in and especially the prov- ince we live in, are very richly endowed; we lack nothing in comparison as to wealth, character of the people, etc., — where we do lack is in getting into a united front and a spirit of get together and work, to make the town better. We are educating our children, and we hasve a terrific school here for such a sized town, And for what are we spending this time and effort? Simply to send them some place else to earn their living, when we have the town, we have the intelligent citizens and' the wealthy country around us to lay the foundations for a much better Clinton then we have. But it has to have a forward look and it has to be that the businessmen and the citizens of Clinton have to forget petty jeal- ousies and join hands to make the town we live in a better place in which to live. Yes, Clinton could be- come a ghost town, One shake of a pen could close up the RCAF Station and then where would Clinton be, It would be overexpan- ded and the property it has had could become any- thing, but is very much moth the power of the citizens of Clinton to 'change this. By co-opeta- tiOn and a little united of- 'fort it can. be done. Clinton needs instead of Selilish spirit, a real coin- minty spirit, in which by serving this community for a better community, they are in the end, going to be, vastly better off in every way. And to the best of my ability I would Co- operate 'in every way Can. Thank you for your space, —ALAN W. EDWA1-41)S. 9 Albert Street, Clinton? OilS, August 11, 1964, 414;114 21, 100 The 'veterans of Huron Coup, ty held picnic at Bayfield last Wednesday, Atigus't 13th. It was'. very largely attended. Everyone voted a decided success. • The anniversary services Andrew's Church last sun, day were Most successful, The. church was crowded to cap achy both morning and even- ing, Dr. Cplin G. Young of Toronto preached two .eloquent and inspiring sermons. Residents in She .north .end of town are complaining about groups of cows which wander in from the country and make inroads on their gardens, No fewer than three groups are said to have "picnicked" on "Vinegar Hill" last week, Three Clinton young men motored to Mitchell on Sunday evening and took three young ladies from that town out for a ride, While going at a mod- erate rate of speed along the Stratford Highway the steer- iog geer locked and the CM' headed for the ditch but Struck a post and all the young pea, pie were more or less injured. One young lady had her collar- bone broken. The young men escaped With Slight injuries but their friends suffered some anxiety on their behalf as they remained in Mitchell until Tuesday afternoon waiting for their sear to be repaired. 25 Years Ago August 11, 1939 Off a one and a half acre lot, A. D. McCartney, Clinton, has recently harvested 141 boshels of oats. A meeting of the sharehold- ers of the Huron-Bruce Oil Company was held in Legion Hall on Monday morning with a very representative turnout of shareholders. We have had on display our window this week a stalk of Sudan Grass grown on the farm of William Reid, 5th con- cession of Stanley. The stalk measured eight feet. The meteor display last Fri- day night was witnessed by several residents of town who stayed up until the early hours of the morning watching num- erous changes. They say it is a marvelous Sight which de- fies description. The new boxes and interior changes at the poet office mark the first improvement in 36 years. August la, 1949. The severest eleotrical storm in this .dietriot in years—both in the matter of intensity and time — struck with full fury between six and 1.0 o'clock yesterday morning. It resulted in the complete destruction by fire of the fine bank Of Arnold Dale and heavy .clalnege by smoke and fire of the Clinton residence of Michael creaks, Due to several washouts that occurred yesterday morn, ing on the Bluewater Highway, between Bayfield and Oodetitch," traffic was detoured from that highway to Clinton, and then north or South as the case might. be. Pile annual picnic, of 'the Ladies' Orange Benevolent As- sociation was held at Harbour Park, Goderich, on Saturday, August 5 With Inerebers and their families present. Mademoiselle Madeline Col- lin, Mentmagny, Quebec, is the guest of Mit5S• Susan Bricker at the summer home of her grandparents, Rev. and Mrs. H. M. Langford. 10 Years Ago August 19, 1954 Friday, the 13th did prove unlucky for Mrs, John Turner, Rattenbury Street, When an unexplained fire broke out near the stairway in her home, and quickly spread to cause $1,500 damage before the Cl- inton Fire Department could extinguish the blaze. An RCAF instructor and a university flight cadet trainee escaped injury Tuesday when their Harvard training plane crashed oil 'the farm of Jack Taylor, a mile west of Bruce- Shirley Proctor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Proctor, Clinton, has been awarded the Sir Ernest Cooper Scholarship. Considerable discussion took place before setting the 'tax rate before the Village of Hen- sell this year and the treasur- er suggested there could' be a reduction because of different grants which had and would be received and also the re- duction of the waterworks de- benture rate for t e public school. Work is continuing along the two-mile stretch or county road west of Middleton Church on the Bayfield Road. The road allowance is being widened to 100 feet, and the road surface is being graded ready for grav- el. (News-Record Photo) - . . Over Goderich Twp. Creek Letters To. The Editor ... How Long Can Clinton's Prosperity Last ? ? Our Early Files., 40 Years Ago 15 Years Ago Safe, Modern Bridge 411111111ENV PHOTOGRAPHY HADDEN'S STUDIO PORTRAIT -- WEDDING • and CHILDREN • 118 St. David's St. Dial 524-8787, Goderich 6-13p 'PORTRAITS -- WEDDINGS COMMERCIAL /o 2Jidrle4 20 Isaac Street Friday and Saturday 2 to 9 p.m. Phone 482-9654 after 6 p.m. for appointments OPTOMETRY J. E. LONG STAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays CLINTON MEDICAL CENTRE 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 791 G. B. CLANCY, 0.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For AppOintment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH 38-tfb R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST F. T. ARMSTRONG Consulting Optometrist The Square. GODERICH 524-7661 ltfb INSURANCE K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 4/12-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7265 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. 482-9787 H. E. HARTLEY LIFE INSURANCE Planned Savings . . . Estate Analysis CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Clinton, Ontario Since 1950 the average week- ly wage in Canadian manufact- uring 'has increased from $44 to $82; in the period the aver- age peofit per dollar of sales in the industry dropped from 7.1 cents to' 5.4 cents. A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 55-57 SOUTH ST., TELEPHONE GODERICH, ONT. 524-7562 Ammommermironon, THE MILL& MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Office o— Main Street SEAFORTH • Torn Dwellings • All ClaSses of Farm Property • Summer Cottages a ChUrthei, Schools, HANS Extended coverage (wind, smoke, water (Ittnitifivx, Objects; ote.) is ttlsO ACUMITS: leuties Keys, ft I, tatottl,i; lAne, alt,at r forth; Writ. at,„ LOlideshoto; SeiWin WW1*, alt, Att 8 itild gtiares, Clintoht Geocge Coyne, trublin; Donald Fannin,, eaOrth. SUGAR and SPICE (By W. B T. SMILEY) The Last Surrender I was badgered into attend- ing a wedding 'this summer. They are events I normally avoid as carefully as I would a leper colony. But this was a special one. My old partner, after fighting the good fight for forty years, had finaily been snared. I looked upozi it more as a his- toric event than a mere ex- change of nuptial vows. For years, my wife and every other married female he came in contaet with had btillied him, pleaded with him, urged him, pushed eligible young wo. Men in front of him, in that great and noble ferninine voca- tion known as Don't let a Single One Clot Away, During the process, I and the huSbancls of these other harp. ies Maintained a discreet elide, Our sympathy indicated only by the rolling of eyeballs heavenwards, Secretly and un- animously, we Cheered him on to greater heights of courage, ettibbornesS or insanity, de. petiding on your point of view, AnyWay, he finally took the plunge, or got out of his depth Or soniething, after four dee. stiles of incredible fortitude. Blet trust hint He didn't just get hitched and *it raising lx family' and going through all the horrors that involves, Nepe. Ile married a Charm,. ing widow, and when the last vow had been taken, he be- came an instant husband, fath- er and g'r'andfathers The rest of us go through twenty-five years of unmitigated hell to achieve that serene height. Well, as I started out to say, weddings, to me and to most men, are just a big pain in the arm. I'd rather go to a good funeral, any day. But women are different. They take to weddings like eats take to kipper. There is something almost morbid about their fascination with that production° which mOst Men Consider a minor tragi-cometly, you should have seen the nonsense we went through get- ting ready for this one, fig. tired we'd get dreSsed up, Shine our shoos, buy the happy Couple a crock of scotch or a carving knife, and that'S all there was to it, Welt, that's all I did to pre- pare for it. But my old women Started operating at least hearth before the cer'em'ony. Though I kept reminding her that she wasn't the bride the was in and out of practically every dress these in 'the nrOv. Inde, before she got the right dress and hat Then there Was 'a big thing about her gleVeS, They Were just a shade off 'the off-settle- thing-shade of the rest of the rig, Tears, Dye. Dye remover. More dye. Thank goodness I went hi my bare hands. And then there was the gift I could have bought something useful and suitable, lake an ironing board, in about twenty minutes. Burt she dragged me in and out of stores until I felt more like dropping than shopping. And the prices! Oy! However, we Made it, and / finally realized why women like weddings so much. First of all, it gives them 6, chance for a good cry without tense oallous kid saying, "Rey, Dad, what's Mom bawling about NOW". Second, it affords then the opportunity of wearing some erazy hat they, haven't enough nerve to wear to ehtirch nor- mally. And which item will be carefully Stored away in as hat- box until it is 'thrown away by their grand-daughter 'sante days And finally, there IS that delicious aftermath, when ire all over, Wirers they don't have to worry about, makeup an,v more, when the shoes' come off and the hair comes dawn, and they tan get at the teal bus- iness of the wedding , tearing to tatters the eosturnet, Man. ners and repute:tient of all the other women at the Wedding. Clinton News-Record Amalgamated THE CLINTON'' NEW ERA 1924 , THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Est. 1865 Published every Thursday at the Est. 1881 0 I 0 Heart of Huron County • Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,369 • DAVID E. SCOTT, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher Signed contributions in •this Publication, are the opinions of the writers only, and do not necessarily empress, the views of the newspaper. class mall, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for payment of postage ih,,cash RATES: Payable In advance — Canada and Great Britain: $4.00 a year; United States and Fureign: $5.60; Single Copies UM Cents CO eu LAI N Authorized as second SUBSCRIPTION CCNI3 Somewhere in the. Clinton area this Week an outspoken coward is rubbing his or her hands together with. smug, glee and chortling "see? I told you they Wouldn't print that letter because it criticizes the NeWs-Record." The letter in question was received Monday morning. It was harshly crit- ical of this newspaper's front page edi, torial last week on the building code issue, The letter was signed: "Less Than Average Mentality". We agree. For no person of even average' mentality could expect any newspaper anywhere to print an unsigned letter. When we published our editorial "Clinton Could Become A Ghost Town" last week, we expected criticism. We expected telephone calls and we expect- ed letters. Some, we thought, would agree with our editorial. Others, we knew, would disagree. With this in mind, we left plenty of space for this week's editorial page so we could publish any letters received pertaining to the building code issue— or any other issue for that matter. Newspaper editors share one point in common with politicians (although, newspaper editors get their jobs be- cause 'of their ability and on past per- formance and experience). The area which politicians and edi- We believe credit should be given where it is .due and credit is due to the Clinton Police Committee and Clinton Town Council. Those groups have taken positive action to combat reckless driving which was becoming a serious situation in Clinton._ The last of their promised resolutions was enacted last Friday when a telephone was installed in the police cruiser. There are those who will argue "it sure took them long enough," but the elected representatives wanted to make sure what they were doing was in the best interests of the town and the people they represent, Since that special meeting of the Police Committee held on June 1 of this year, Clinton has a fourth police officer and effective communications for the police department. Before the fourth police_officer was hired, assistance was sought—and provided by—the Ontario Provincial Police from the Goderich de- tachment. The action all started when Coun- tors share is that both are in the public. eye, Persons not wishing criticism should not enter either politics or the newspaper profession, Politicians who are angered by criticism are not politic- ians. The same applies to editors, But no editor will fire another per-, son's bullets by way of publishing an unsigned letter. Editors and publishers are responsible for everything printed in their newspaper. They must be pre- pared to defend statements made in let- ters in courts of law—if necessary. And they, along with the writer, can be subject to a lawsuit by the per- son who feels he has lost friends or busi: ness as a result of the published letter. So, to whoever wrote that letter dated Aug. 15, if you have the faith of your convictions and a sincere belief in what you wrote, come into the News- Record office and sign the letter we have waiting on our desk. We may dis- agree with what you have to say, but we will defend to the end your right to express 'your opinion on our news- pages. And don't forget, the editorial you criticized, and the newspaper you critic- ized, has our names on the masthead. We have opinions and we express them. We litre ready at any time to stand be- hind what we publish. cillor George Wonch began raising hell in` public about tire squealing punks in town. ,Mr. Wonch banged his fists on the long table in council chambers. He wrote down licence numbers and re- ported the cars to police and he wrote a letter to the News-Record. He kept hammering away for what he wanted because the people who elect- ed him to council also wanted it . . . and he got what they wanted. But every man on council is to be commended for voting in favor of the changes which were needed in this town. It was said the Police Department didn't have (a) enough manpower to cope with the traffic problem and (b) proper equipment to patrol the town. It was said the police couldn't be blamed for the situation and were doing the best they could with what they had. So now they have the manpower and the equipment ... who's blaming them? Nobody. There's no need to. They have the situation in hand. FO99 2—ciintors Nows-.Record—Thurs;, Augus 20, 1964 Editorials • Mao Or Mouse .? '? Credit Given . e . Where It Is Due