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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-10-01, Page 2Fire Prevention Week Is -‘ext Week . . Is Your Home or Office A Safe Place? SUGAR • and SPICE (By W. B. T. SMILEY) 04,INNO~4,1"ININIPS Mainly The Money? Now, I realize that teachers have not the pristine purity of thetlical or law societies, where there is never a bad apple in the barrel, but I'm afraid apti- tude 'tests are not the answer. Here's the type of test Mrs, Glaubitz might approve, .with the answers that would be giv- en, by one of the best teachers I know, a mature experienced man whose student's worship him, whose colleagues respect him, and whose results are, excellent. Q. Do you have a sincere interest 'in human beings? A. not really, I like dogs, though. Q, Do you smoke? A, Sure. Q. Do you indulge in alcohol? A. Just beer, except on the weekends. Q, Do you enjoy helping people? A. Hell, no. I 'only do it because I have to. Q. Are you interested in a higher salary? A, Are you kidding? Q. What cultural interests do you have, -aside from your profession? A. Watching foot- ball on TV. Q. What sort of home life do, you have. A. Well, the kids drive me crazy and I fight a lot with my wife. About aver- age, I guess. And so it would go, the apti- tude test. This, ehap should be hurled out of the profession by rights. He's not dedicated or anything. He's just a cracking good teacher. Letter to the Editor . . Deal. Sir: Whore is the foot which tramples on the head of cur- iosity? Those well intentioned adults who suggest a ready made linking path for young- sters, must be forgetting the motivation of their youth, Oh, how long the days in school seemed before the task of ad- venture could 'be supped. How monotonous the well Worn path above the fields of mossy green, which every day could easily be trod. How stimulat- ing was the thought of trudg- ing through the unknown wood- land, hacking down with well sharpened blade those limbs and every finger pawing at the hair 'and face. A paradise could be beyond that darkened copse!! To know that 'ere your anxious foot had marked the spots. The earth was trampled flat, by Many other dots. Let the young be directed to find paths of their own—lest we should, as adults, kiln our moulds before they are well shapen. —R. GROVES. 1.00 North Street, Clinton, Ont. Sept. 28, 1964. a Rains Retard Huron Harvest Rains of last week have re- tarded the harvesting of white beans in Huron County, accord- ing to a report issued 'this week by D. .11, Miles, Agricultural Representative for the county. Mr. Miles reports very little damage has been done 'to 'the beans. Silo filling is taking place as fast as weather will permit; grain corn is maturing slowly, and fall wheat is still being planted. Do-It-Yourself Flag It has finally happened! A Canadian,, greeting card company ha just introduced a nw greeting card to the market so all may participate in the Great Flag Debate. Designed by Canadian artist Stan Lass for Coutts hallmark cards, the slim-jim Style card says: "Here's the latest craze from Ottawa," Inside is an outline of a flag on a standard And the legend: "our own do-it'-yourself flag." The cortipany said in a press release a copy of the card has been sent to each Member of Parliament, and the company hopes "every Can- adian Who feels strongly about the flag question will send one of these cards to his Member of Parliament, or to the Parliamentary nag Corm,. mittee," The release went , on to• suggest "this k nightbe a relatively inekpensive method of accomplishing Mr, Diefenbaker'S plebiscite," coUld be at that A. M. HARPER CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 55-67 SOUTH ST, TELEPHONE GODERICH, ONT. 524-7542 4iiidmimmismilimonmoniondarrirm. Our Early Files 40 Years Ago 15 Years Ago Qetobe-v 2, 19.2‘t The Clinton. Collegiate bee- ketball and baseball teams and. most of the other stoe*,5 went' to Seeforth yesterday .afternoon • and played 'in the intercolleg- late games. The basketball team was defeated"in a score of 9.7 by the Seeforeei team but the Clinton baseball team won in a score of 5-3 which evened things up a little. Mr. N. J. LeBeau of the Lon,. don Road and Mr. T. Adams of, Ilarpierhey left for the, west on Setterday last. They went by boat, selling on the Hur'onic from Sarnia, and had a some, what rough peesege.. The following from 'the Strat- ford Beacon-Herald refers to • the death of the father of one of Clinton's young business men, Mn, J, A. Sutter: "Death 'took Conrad Sutter, age about 62, of 95 Charles stma, a re- speoted resident of this city, with startling suddenness, early this Monday morning." On Friday evening last the local Orangemen entertained 'the officers of the Imperial Lodge, Toronto, many of whom are old Huron County boys, at a ;banquet in the Town Halt Rev, James Wilson, D.D„ pastor of Dovercourt Presby, terian Church, Toronto, has been elected Moderator of the body which Anti-Unionists claim is the legally constituted Synod of Toronto and Kingston of the Presbyterian Church of Canada. 25 / ears Ago October 5, 1939 A head-on collision on No. 4 Highway opposite the home of Milton-Wiltse on Friday even- ing caused injury to three per- sons and badly damaged both cars involved. • A fairly large crowd was present in the Town Hall last Thursday evening. The meet- ing was under the chairman- ship 'of Mayor George H. El- liott. (During the meeting a Red Cross Unit was formed. Mrs. V. G. Thompson was nam- ed to head the unit.) The weatherman smiled on the directors of Hayfield Fair last week and Wednesday and Thursday saw one of the big- gest crowds of the year at Bay- field 'for the annual fair. As representatives of the people of Clinton, the Town Council on Monday evening went on record as being behind the government and the British Empire. • Seemlier 29, 1949 John A. Sutter, of Sutter. Perdue, Clinton, was eieeted. .president of Stratford end Diet, riet .Hardware Assoc,iation at the annelid meeting held in Mitchell recently. Huron Holstein Club held a well-attended executive meet- ing at the home of Leemerd Leering, Walton, Tuesday evening, when piens, were nd., vanced for several important events in the life of the Club. James Fairserviee was fort, unite in winning a ear on a draw made in Hanover Satur, day night. A number of carloads of Western stockers arrived in Huron .County this week, 'and other farmers are making pre. Paratione to purchase cattle from the West, according to R. Gordon Bennett, Clinton, agricultural repreeentative for Huron County, James R. Scott, Toronto and Bayfield, will instruct in creat- ive writing at the Department of English in the University of Western Ontario. 10 Years Ago September 30, 1954 A preview of the exhibits at the Bayfield Fall Fair last night indicated an exceptional- ly fine showing for all patrons of the fair today. Members of the Clinton Fire Company elected Howard Cow- an to fill the vacancy created when Kelso Streets resigned from the brigade 'at their reg- ular monthly meeting on Mon- day evening. Many residents of Clinton and the rural area, took ad- vantage of the Fall Fair at Seaforth last week, which was opened officially by R. Gordon Bennett, County. A. former agricultural representative for secretary r, H uo of the Clinton Agricultural So- ciety, reports that work on the new bandstand at Clinton Com- munity Park is well along. On Tuesday 100 feet of walls were poured--=six feet high, • The 75th anniversary of Holmesville United Church was observed on Sunday, September 26, with the Rev. L. W. Her- bert, Denbigh, a former Hol- mesville boy, and son of a for- mer minister, the late J. W. Herbert, as guest minister. Business and Professional Directory MNININAlfe PHOTOGRAPHY HADDEN'S STUDIO PORTRAIT -- WEDDING and CHILDREN 118 St. David's St. Dial 524-8787, Goderich 6-13p PORTRAITS -- WEDDINGS COMMERCIAL efatoi Visse4 20 Isaac Street Friday and Saturday 2 to 9 p.m. Phone 482-9654 after 6 p.m. far appointments OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays CLINTON MEDICAL CENTRE 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 791 G. B. CLANCY, 0.0. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH 58-ttb R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST F. 'T. ARMSTRONG Consulting Optometrist The Square. GODERICH 524-7661 ltfb INSURANCE K. W. 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Lelper, Jr., Londesboro: Selwyn Raker, Y3russe)s: titaxild 8cluirea, Clinteht George (dyne, Dublin; Dtmald G. Eatert, FIRST MORTGAGES Farms — Residenfial Commercial PROMPT, CONFIDENTIAL SERVICE THE INDUSTRIAL MORTGAGE & TRUST COMPANY ESTABLISHED 1880 do ntAet our Ret•reseiltative H. C. LAWSON 5 itAtTENDuRY STREET EAST PHONE 4524544 CLINtON, oNt. Clinton News-Record Amalgamated 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Published every Thursday at the Est. 1881 Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario — Population 3,369 • DAVID E. SCOTT, Editor 1 A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher 00. w • • Signed contributions In this publication, are the opinions of the writers only, and do not Miceisarlly Orprest the clew* PI the newspapisr. Aithorlsed as second class Mali, Post Office DaPartment, Ottawa, and for payment at pottage In Cash SUitcsirTIoN RATES: Payable in advance -- Canada and Great &gain: $4.00 a yearf Wilted Stales and Foreign: $5.10; Single Cooties Teo Cents THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 •%I CCNR Phooey to you Mrs. F. J. Glaubitz, president of the On- tario Federation of Home and School Associations. Mrs. Glaubitz was widely quoted recently as "expressing concern that some persons are attracted 'to the teaching pro- fession because of high salaries rather than a genuine interest in teaching." The lady is reported to have said that persons in the past have been drawn to teaching because of a sincere interest in human beings, but the higher salaries of recent years have brought an increasing number who consider it "just another job." Dear Mrs. Glaubitz, you're all wet! Where are all these people who are flocking into teaching for the big salaries? Every spring, principals do ev- erything but turn over stones to see what they can find under them, in the search 'for teachers, Where are these big salaries, Mrs. Glaubitz? Now, I'm not going to get personal, and ask how much Mr. Glaubitz is mak- ing these• days. But if there is a Mr. Glaubiti, bet he's making a whale of a lot more 'than this 'teacher, Teachers' salaries are reason- able after years of shabby gen- tility. But they're a long way from being opulent. They make less money than engineers, den- trete or bone-benders. They're not even within sight of doctors and lawyers. They're about one jump ahead of the preachers, about on a par with the skilled craftsmen. Anybody who has a wild idea about getting into the high• salaried profession of teaching should immediately take a tran- quillizer, followed by a short course In hotel management, hair-dreseing, or something in which he can make real money, The story continued: "Mrs. GlaubItz emphasized that the association does not oppose high salaries for teachers be- cause 'the Whole future of the couetry rests in their hands'," Well, bully for Mrs. Glaubitz and the association. But isn't that taking a very dim view af the church, the government, and the parents of all those who will make Up the future? It's a bit much to saddle the teachers With, isn't it? Frank- ly, if the whole future of the country rests in My halide, I'M going te put my hands in my nockete and Afton quietly aWely. Mes. G„ in the sante story, suggested that greater care be taken in choosing &In:dictates tor Wetting training using such rheane as aptitude to to to Weed out Unsuitable Persons, FIRE PREVENTION Week will be observed across Canada from October 4 to. October .0, It will be accomplished by posters, radio plugs, television blurbs, newspaper ads, demonstrations and exhibits. Itsall 0 bunch of hooey! It is a waste of time and money and effort. Because there's really no danger your number will be up this year. Those old cans of cleaning fluids and the greasy rags have been piled in the basement closet for over a year now and, there hasn't been any fire. It's true that last year 551 Cana- dians were burned to death, but that was their own fault for being stupid about fire, Probably smoking in bed, or using too many appliances on an old circuit. There's not a chance in the world your house will burn down this winter. I't's true you have been careless about leaving matches around, but you have told the children not to play with them, and that's safe enough. Anyway, they're old enough now to know better. There were 83,426 fires in Canada last year that cost $155,141,574.00, but that didn't cost you anything. You pro- bably didn't even know any of the It's Easy To Another of the sad inequalities and unfairnesses of our judicial system came to light last week during the fall assizes of the Supreme Court at Goderich. After less than 20 minutes deliber- ation, a jury decided .a 17-year-old Clinton girl had been lying—or at least distorting the truth—when she claimed to have been raped by a 24-year-old RR 2 Centralia man. When the jury returned its verdict, Crown Attorney William Cochrane said Mr. Justice P. E. W. Smily — who is presiding over the fall assizes—agreed with the verdict. It is understood the jury made its decision on the logical theory that it is not possible to `.`rape" a willing party to intercourse. • (Rape is a convenient charge for many women. We covered one court case at Leamington where a wife who had been having an affair with her nephew charged the boy with rape when her husband caught them together. De- spite the fact the case was dismissed, it made the husband feel better. He had wanted to believe it was rape.) The charge is also handy for girls who discover after experimenting with sex they are pregnant. The laying It's that delightful time of the year when rock-hard chestnuts and butter- nuts and still tart-tasting apples drop with muffled thumps on lawns, flower- beds and the shoulders of roadways. • And it's that time again when mo- thers of small boys find rock-hard but- ternuts and chestnuts and nibbled still tart-tasting apples each night at bed- time in the small boys' pockets. Because every little boy . . . and lots of little girls . . . have picked up the strange green-covered nuts and the shiny good-looking apples. We suppose its probably a phase of evolution as important and time-honored as catch- ing one's first frog. But it's also the time of year when rock-hard butternuts, chestnuts and still tart-tasting apples become handy am- munition for little boys and girls whose parents have failed to caution them on such matters. Rock-hard butternuts and chestnuts can smash the window of an automobile. And the driver of a car whose windshield has been shattered by a people who did have fires. 1f they want to be careless, that's their problem, There's really AP reason why you shouldn't ,go. .on using that penny in place of a proper fuse in the basement fusebox, It's difficult to • remember to pick up '4 'bunch of ten cent fuses and that. penny .has been there three months now, and nothing happened, And that 'frayed cord on. the eiectric kettle or the toaster , . where- you hold on to it when you're pulling it out of the wall socket: Don't give it another thought, It won't ever start a fire; that only happens to stupid people who are careless, And that girl who comes in to baby-, sit - the kids. There's really no. need to show her where the fire department number is, or where the fire extinguish- er is kept. She's smart enough to find the number and the extinguisher . if she needs them. So when that radio announcer bugs you with his smart quips On fire safety . like "Some matches? what joy; then pouff—and no boy!" . . . indulge him, The program of music will be on in a minute. In the meantime, don't bother about lire prevention. It's all • a bunch of hooey! Holler "Rape'' of such a charge makes their parents feel better. The charges rarely stick, but friends of the family often look on the "wronged" girl with pity rather than the disgust deserved. The. Goderich case was like so many others. • The unfair aspect• is that the pre- sumably innocent man waited for trial either in jail or out on expensive bail. And no one paid him what it cost to hire a lawyer. And in press reports of the trial, his was- the only name mentioned. De- spite his acquittal, that smudge will re- main with him for the rest of his life. And all he did—or so the jury seems to think—is what comes natur- ally for a young man, presumably on the at least part invitation of a girl whose age could pass for 20 or more with the help of cosmetics and other seduction aids girl children are permit- ted by their parents to wear these days. We hope that "wronged" girl is reading this editorial. It's unlikely — although possible — she may feel as cheap as she must have been to drag her former friend's name through the mud to try to make hers ;look a little better. chestnut can become involved in a seri- ous accident in a split second. All because some little boy's mother and father forgot to tell him about the dangers. This time we're not re-writing a safety release from some national safety organization. This time our warning comes after just such a thing happened in Clinton. We don't need to mention the man's name . . . or the name of the thought- less little boy who threw the chestnut at his automobile windshield on High- way No. 4 this week. Because the chestnut didn't break the windshield and the man was not involved in a nasty accident. He was lucky that time . . . and so was the little boy. Why not read at least part of this editorial to your little boy or girl and ensure that he or she doesn't have the guilt of death or serious injury on his conscience for the rest of his life? And so you don't spend the rest of your life paying off a damage claim,. .we Pogo News-Recor4—Thurs,, OctobPr 1, 1964 Editorials It's All A Bunch Of Hooey !! Next Hazard: Snowballs