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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-11-19, Page 4(News-Record Photo) -Maitland River Tributary From Our Early Files . 15 Years Ago November 17, 1949 A series of minor burglaries in district stores about night Wednesday last, has the police baffled. Today, Provip- cial Constable Helmer Snell,. Seaforth, stated 'that investiga- tion is continuing. The stores involved were loc- ated in Bruce4ield, Clinton; Londesboro, Ripley and Tees- water. Huron 'County Council at yesterday afternoon's session empowered L. G. Bridgman, London architect to ask for ten- ders for remodelling the regis- try'office at 0°cl:with and sug- gested that the 1950 council proceed with the work as rec- ommended by 'the property committee. Stanley ' Township Council met . on Monday, November 7, in the Township Hall, Varna, with all members present, and Reeve Elmer. Webster _ in the chair. Miss Margaret Tamblyn has recently -been 'awarded the Hur- on County Scholarship of $100 awarded to the woman student with 'the highest standing from Huron County attending Uni- versity of Western Ontario, London, the preceeding year. gibiton . Junior Fanners plan to have' their "rodeo" in the Community Park, Clinton, on Thursday afternoon, November 17 •(weather permitting), Time For All A man recently returned from a delightful visit on the Ould Sod says 'that on a cer- tain station platform were two clocks,' one showing 2:30 and the other showing 20 minutes to the hour. Questioning a porter who happened to be on the platform about this discrepancy, the man was told that if you were go- ing to have 'two clocks, obvi- ously it wasn't any use to have them both giving the same. time. 10 Years Ago November 18, 1954 Dimlinutive Miss Isobel Hugo began, her classes in figure skating on the Clinton Lions Arena ice yesterday, and 80 skating youngsters at the 'same time seemed to be taken all in a day's work, Mrs Will Pickard is in Clin- ton Public Hospital suffering' from burns and shock, the re- sult of a fire that gutted the rear portion of 'her home on Victoria Street yesterday. The fire broke out around noon and had gained considerable head- Way before being detected. Seventeen organizations of Clinton and Hullett Township were represented' in 'the council chamber on Tuesday night, when the Clinton Branch of the Perth-Huron Unit of the Cana- dian Cancer Society was form- ed.' The Huron County Livestock Judging Team comprised of Lloyd Holland, Clinton; Frank Hackett and Frank Alton, both of Lucknow placed 11th in the Inter-county Livestock Judging Competition competing for the Jeffrey Bull Memorial Trophy at the Royal Winter Fair last Thursday,, November 11 t There Were 24 teams telling part in the competition, . Meeting with Tom Scott, Consumer Service Superintend- ent of the HEPC, Hamilton, on Tuesday afternoon, members of the Clinton Public Utilities Commission made plans to re- quest permission under the HEPC Act to. spend $25,598 for rehabilitation and extension work on the hydro system. Ikhon kidneys fail to remove copes acids and wastes, backache—tired fooling— disturbed rest often may follow. Dodd's Kidney Pills sdtuiniyiu.laytoeu kfl edenle bettor, work better. ybsotttoor,1°srlteneapi 80 N*111111.11111MMIMMIlk Business and Professional Directory a. PHOTOGRAPHY HADDEN'S STUDIO PORTRAIT --WEDDING and CHILDREN' 118 St. David's St, Dial 524-8787, Goderich 6-13p PORTRAITS -- WEDDINGS COMMERCIAL /all Vade4 20 Isaac Street Friday and Saturday 2 to 9 p.m. Phone 482-9654 after 6 p.m. for appointments OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays CLINTON MEDICAL CENTRE 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 791 a B. CLANY, O.D. . OPTOMETRIST -- For ApPointment Phone 524--251 GODERICH R. -W. BELL OPTOMETRIST F. T. ARMSTRONG Consulting Optometrist The Square. GODERICH 524,7661 ltfb INSURANCE K. W. COLOLIHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res, 4V-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7265 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 110...••••••WPWININIMNIMPOINOWINIAMIT,MIMIIIIN ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Deers and WindOws and Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis-68, Albert St. Clinton-1-482-9390 Classified Ads. Bring Quick esults 38-tfb 4HARTEREO ACCOUNTANTS 55-57 SOUTH ST., TELEPHONE GODER1CH, ONT, 524-7562 40 Year; Ago November 20, 1924 The News-Record, it :Seems, was in error last week 'in .stat- ing that Rev. A. A. Holmes and Rev. W. V. Walden were earep- Ing and 'hunting at Burks, al- though the item was published an good faith,. The reverend gentlemen were, it appears, too busy all week attending to the work of their charges, taking in a .spiritual conference, visit- ing the sick, etc., to spend much time in sport. Messrs. James Snell and Son of Hullett are showing at the Royal Winter Fair, Toronto, this week, having gone on from. the Guelph Fat Stock Show, Where they won four fi'rs't priz- es, four seconds, two thirds, two sixths and one seventh. The annual banquet of the Brotherhood of Wesley Church was held in Wesley Hall on Monday evening, when the merrthers of the Ladies' Aid put up 'a feast both ample and ap- petizing. The Young People's League of Seaforth Methodist Church 'presented, under the auspices of the choir of Wesley Church Clinton, in the Town Hall last Thursday evening the . playlet, "All on account of Polly." - The staff of the Clinton Knit- ting Co., on Monday evening, on the eve of her marriage, sent a delegation to the home of Miss Alta Glazier a former member of the staff, with a very handsome gift of cut glass. 25 / ears Ago November. 10, 1939 A number af those interested in dramatic work have organ- ized themselves into a group for the coming season. They expect to present three, evening's entertainment, con- sisting of three-act and one- act plays. Proceeds of these presentations will be devoted to Red Cross work, Mr. Dan Rueger of the 16th cone. Goderich Township is re- ceiving medical treatment .at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Fulford, for injuries received while ploughing last Thursday. The thud, thud of the Clin- ton Feed Mill will soon be a thing of the past. Two 30 lop. motors for the 24-tinch grinder 'and two 5 'h.p. electric motors are 'to be installed next. week. This will speed up Work and allaninate F. M. Santis has disPosed of his Brussels Creamery business to Roy Cousins of Bradford who, takes possession on the 25th of November. Farmers usin g rubber-tired tractors on 'the highways to pull wagons or other farm vehicles will not be penalized for not IV"kng 'a. liee13. PPA141 s are beingissued for the !balance of the year to authorize the op- eration of these tractors by farmers without fee. 0 Political Pundit It took place in a Canadian city. The passenger was iinpressed b his fwe driver's knowledge o things political in WaShing- ton. Behind-theetteireS end° and intrigue held 110 MA. 'Lary fir this man. Only when the 15asSeriger WAS eXtricatifig 'himself from the back teat of the cab did he learn that the authority for all this inside inforniation was a Frattchot Tette movie. Which may be as good an informed sources at any, Nutritious Ontario-produced tomato MCC iS a good begin- ning for tasty homemade soups. Just add half water and half tomato juice to consordnile, on- ion Or vegetable soup, You can Make a hearty appetizing soup in no time. Wage ,News,.Record—,4.11grs" Nov. 151. )944 Let's Give It . A Try ELL by W. W. Haysom your telephone manager (A gpeeioe gels cbistanee gro Belt QJott Would you be surpOsed to open your Christmas mail next month and find a card like this? I'll bet you would be, and very pleasantly, too. And. you'd soon find that a gift of Long Distance service has a pleasant "rebound" effect: making your calls, for example, will not only please you, but those you call. And it's all so simple! To give a gift of Long Distance (service, Clinton customers need only call our Business Of- 'flee at 524-8301 to give us the name, 'address, and tele- phone number of the recipient, and state the amount ($2.00 minimum) to be credited to his or her account for Long Distance calling. We look after it from there, and will even send out the card ourselves, if you Wish! There's no fuss, no bother, and .. . no extra charge! * * * GOT YOUR NUMBER Have you ever wondered why telephone repairmen and service representatives alWays ask for your telephone number, even after you've given your name and address? Here's the reason: Since names or addresses are often duplicated, but telephone numbers are always unique, telephone people file records according to telephone num- bers. This method guarantees accuracy and insures faster service. SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Waiting For Skate Blades WE SUSPECT the provision of parking spaces for sleighs, wagons, carts and carriages was one of the pro- blems facing Clinton retail merchants a century ago. Today it is automobiles and a cen- tury from now it may' well be that heli- copters—or propellors people may wear on their backs—Will provide a parking Problem. But in 1964 it is parking for auto- mobiles whiph has the Clinton Retail Businessrnens' Association so concerned they recently wrote a letter to town council. asking for enforcement of a two-hour parking limit. Their request is a valid one. Espec- ially in a day and age when so many people (and we certainly include our- selves) are so lazy they are most reluc- tant to park their car and walk a block to go to a store. To make his maximum sales, the storeowner must—among other things —have parking very near at hand, ideal- ly directly in front of his store. If he doesn't, the prospective customer will drive on down the street to see whether there happens to be a parking spot in front of a rival store. Council said the matter had been looked into a few years ago, and at that time it was learned the necessary signs to enforce a two-hour parking limit would cost about $1,400. ON WEDNESDAY of this week four signs pbinting the, way to. Clinton Public Hospital were erected at the cor- ners of Highway No. 4 and John Street, and Highway No. 8 and Shipley Street. There's nothing particularly special about the signs. They are made of met- al; are twice the size of the regular Clinton Street signs and they stand on wooden posts. The interesting thing is that their erection came almost three full years after the board of Clinton Public Hos- pital wrote to town council requesting some sort of signs be, erected to point the way to the hospital. The board wrote to council on Nov. 28 of 1961. Council wrote back to the board advising the responsibility for such signs rested with the , Ontario De- partment of Highways. The board contacted the Depart- ment of Highways and was told that department would only erect signs one half mile outside, town limits advising the locaticin of the hospital. On January 27 of 1962, the hospi- tal board wrote town council again re- questing the signs be erected by the town. That letter — according to the board—has never been answered. The matter was brought up again this year by editorials in 'the News- Record on June 25 and Sept. 3. On Sept. 10, councillor George Wench referred to the second editorial at a council meeting and adVOcated the THERE'S AN OLD saying: "you don't have to be crazy to be in the newspaper business, but it helps." Ac- cording to a University of Illinois psy- chologist, there may be some element of truth in that saying. The psychologist, Dr. Raymond B. Gattell, says studies show newspaper editors and writers have the highest anxiety level of any United States pro- fessional group studied- Newspapermen+ are more anxious than navy frog men, aviators in train- ing or business executives, and univer- sity administrators are the least anxious of all, he said, adding that "possible anxiety may turn out to be a by-product of conflict." A newspaper 116 the Clinton News- Record is read by an estimated 12,000 persons each. week. Those who write the news do so with an eye to appeal- ing to all the readers. A wide variety of news which by necessity must be printed does not, of course, appeal to everybody. . . . hence the frUstration. An article which appears, or an editorial, is damned or commended de- pending on personal taste. But it ap- pears in black and white and faces the brunt of personal attitudes. One of the first secrets of news- papering is to develop a good, thick hide because regardless of the issue, there will be those for and against. And while those who are for a certain issue may love you for your editorial efforts, there are those who are against. the issue . . . and they can hate with a deadly, smouldering hate. It is an editor's duty, however, to publish all the news whether it will displease some readers, or note It is also his duty to provide readers with THE cLiwroN NEW Eat. 1865 Nit 11111 0 W. .• ti Councillor Alice Thompson sUggest- ed parking meters Might help. It is very possible either or both suggested methods ,may help ease the problem for the merchants which can only worsen as automobile traffic in- creases. But what could keep spell measures at bay—at least for a few years, per- haps—is a little effort by the people directly concerned. Many' of the cars blocking' stores and businesses along Albert Street are owned and driven by either the estab- lishment owners or their employees. (This, for example, (blush!) is true at the News-Record office, one of the few Albert Street establishments which owns its own parking lot directly be- side the building.) No sensible employee is going to oppose his employer's wish if his em- ployer requests him to park behind the stoke, or anywhere off Albert Street And no sensible employer is going to park his own oar in front of his own store. A little effort by the people direct- ly involved may be able to keep the "No Parking" signs and parking Meters out of Clinton for a. feW more years. Maybe not. But it is a ploy which should be attempted. signs be erected. Councillor Don Sy- mons agreed, and said he would bring the matter up at the next meeting of Clinton Public Hospital Board. At a hospital board meeting Sept. 20 Councillor Symons raised the matter and was advised of the background of the situation. "There's still some money left in the (Protection to Persons and Prop- erty Committee) budget," Councillor Symons told the board, "and I'll make sure we get some signs up there." At the next council meeting, Coun- cillor Symons was given permission to carry out his promise. The signs were made by Reg. Smith and installed yes- terday for a total cost of $44. It is not the purpose of this edi- torial to criticize town council for let- ting a small though important matter get shuffled under and bypassed for al- most three full years. It is, rather, to commend two coun- cillors for recognizing such procedure was being followed and for doing some- thing about it. All too often it is the small mat- ters which get neglected. Councillors Wonch and Symons should have showed at least some ratepayers thii year they are the kind of dedicated men who are prepared to take care of the small— but important—thing which crop up from time to time, as well as the major issues which generally crowd '$44 bud- get items off the front pages. editorials as food for their thought. Again, they may agree, disagree, or be apathetic. In fact, it is their privilege to turn straight to the want ads without even glancing at the editorial page. But regardless of the readerl choice, it is the editor's responsibility to dig up information for public con- sumption. It is ideal to promote controversial issues, but another anxiety factor is the knowledge that the principals, their friends and relatives will take objection to the issue. We know of no news- paperman who has ever won a popular- ity contest as a result of, his writings. If he has, his editorial page must have read like a children's book of fairy, tales, beaause a certain percentage of all newspaper readers do not want to read the truth. In our brief term as editor of this newspaper, we have been threatened with lawsuit, subscription cancellation and more than once with assault with intent to commit bodily harm. None of these threats has materialized, perhaps pointing out that the objectors were only seeking revenge for publication of the truth. But their objections certainly did Tittle to lower the anxiety of the editor . despite his developthent over the years of a hardy hide. And .0, this while trying to get together the next edition of the paper. So, if any, of you readers feel like writing, take pen in hand and get down to work. Your contributions will help fill the space between the ads and great- ly help to lower our anxiety level. But don't forget our deadline of 10:00 a.m. Wednesday . . that's an- other anxiety factor. - Speak .]Tench And Be .,slapped Po you think those separat- ists in Quebec might Ph,Urt up. abr:tcttithtetw,-:i:yote4othipia. ugh tct if.,oalwl the rest of 45 learned to. ,4pro*, them a good 'cussing out in their native tongue? ttoT4f11 11.44:scisa4ab:C41 1let' gat cracking. 'T don't accomplish- ed under our preSent aYS, tern of learning the WIZ--nage, 'We are getting .a great many teaehers of French these days who can 'actually speak the lang- uage. But 'the system pre- vents thorn from passing it along to niters. As a prominent educator said the other day, "We take leidS from inurrignaht families who speake .go forget oerFn ghsh‘th,_* naencentrivgee ,tib4.t tongue, whatever it is, and wind up with youngsters who are illiterate in three lang- uages." I know from experience. My mother had to go to a French-speaking school. -as. a enact. She learned 'the language with the ease all children have in grasping a. tongue. All her life she could rattle it off like 'a habitant. On the other hand, I studied French for five years do high School end four years in Uni- versity. Nine . years. Enough time, you'd think, to learn to speak French backwards. And that is exactly how I speak it. Perhaps the worst feat- ure of the 'teaching of Freneh in this country is the false confidence it en- genders after exposure to a few years of it. You can spiel off a couple of sent- ences without stumbling, and you 'begin to think you're a regular Maurice. Chevalier. I remember one time in Brussels. My young brother. was with me. The only French he knew was crude, useless stuff like, "Bebe, je tailme" and "Voulez-vous bully-beef ou des nylons ?" In contrast, I had a solid grounding of high school French, and had been. liv- ing on 'the continent for a couple of months, speaking the real thing. So we met this young 'lady and her friend. She was belle, SUPER SLEUTHS Not all 'detectives visit the scene of the crime. Nero Wolfe solves murders from his penthouse conservatory. Hercule Poirot retires to exercise "the little grey cells" and telephone men track down reports of trouble from their testboards in the central office. If a telephone man ',egoists that your line has been ''fixed" Without a house visit, telephone detectives have painstakenly followed clues and located the difficulty, not In your instrument, but in Miles of telephone cable or in the complicated Switching eqUignient.• And, of course, there's ne extra charge . . prompt, efficient repair Work is part Of our oomMittmeilt to provide each customer with good telephone service. ERA They. Just Did Their Ms It Helps To Be Nuts -Clitttoit News- ecord Amalgamated 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Published every Thursday at the Eat. 1831 Heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population 3,309 - a. 0 DAVID E. SCOTT; Editor A. L. COLOUHOUNi Publisher Signad aontithattons in Mb publication. arks +ha opinions tha wrItors only, and do Of ttedestaffi? tatisrees the iOtirwx of the newspaper. Anitinfited astond curs Malt, Post Oftlati Dionartniant, Ottawa, and Ine naimant of postage to oath tUiSCIt1olfl061 OtAiT4t Ooyabli in acftanta Canada and Graaf Nnfaim: OA a Votart United tiaiat and $orekilt: 0,64; Single dopleo 4k,gi cAns but her pal WaS bealIC014P. Tbi$ Was MY nhalirPO. Tn 1115t cable. grade 12 rrench, I 4'ton, pod up to the doll and unformed• her of her ravishing beauty, • her 'ineffable form, and her disitingnished intelligence. 'Sh>~ listened courteously, turned to her friend, and shrugged hug, ely, My brother said, "COme on, babe", and away they marched arm in arm. I was left to follow with the fat one. A sitoriar experience, eaosed to forswear Fr- eneh for life. It occurred in Lille, France, soon after the city had 'been liberated from 'the Germans. It happened 'in a night 0146. The locals were very happy about liberation and the troops were very .'happy about the lo, oals. Everyone was dancing with 'the French girl's, even French boy friends were beam- ing, spettedi a lulu, dark, charming, Intelligent en- ough to ,appreciate the fact that I, almost alone among 'the invaders, spoke fluent French. As I .approached the 'table, She smiled a wel- come, arse]' her escort, a !handsome French lad, jumped up, grinned, and shook hands. So, 'in my • flawless French, I asked 'her for a dance. At least I'll swear that's, what I asked her. She turned white and slapped my face, Her boy friend simultaneously turned- red and tried to kick me in the groin. I still don't know what I said to her, but I've never taken a chance since. On 'the rare occasion, nowa- days, when I have enough money to eat in a place Where the menu is in Fr- ench, I study It carefully far ten minutes. or so, then inform the Waiter, in pure Canadian English, that I'll have the roast beef, There's always ROSbilf, - The only solutiOn is to teach our kids French when they're learning to speak English. That way, little boys will avoid having their faces slapped for no earthly reason. And little girls will learn to say "Non" and "Otti" 'and , "Peut-eire" in two languages.