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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1964-11-26, Page 4000 ViSit 006 0"YaleAaNall USE OUR LAY4WAY EP STORE 2nd Floor CLINTON .4! (News-Record Photo By John Visser) At Bayfield River Bridge, Victoria St. From Our Early Files . • Letters To Editor 'Thurs.,, 'Nov.. ;O:t 1904-01.0911 itiews4R.pcord #: 2. „ ..• „ „ . „,„ Editorials • , Nomination Night Is Friday , 8;30 P.m. Hall and the tinge is between 7;30 and This.does not suggest a lack of faith is the council ehainbers of the Town be made Friday evening. this year is Friday, Nov. 27. The place result from the declarations which will NOMINATION NIGHT in Clinton It is to be hoped an election will in the ability of any of the bodies in- volved or a lack of faith in any of the This is the time when incumbent members of any of the bodies involved. mgnicipal representatives announce whether they plan to seek Positions on Elections, it is true, do costa cer- town council, the Public Utilities Com- tain amount of money. .• mission or the public School Board. In many cases they result in the And at the same time others may return to office of persons who already announce their intention to retire from held that office. the field. But elections are healthy things, It has been an interesting year They ensure that 'the people hold- of municipal politics in 'Clinton, ing the positions are the people want- Some people have been enraged ed by the electors . , . the little people with some decisions made by Clinton who pay all the municipal bills. town council. Following an interesting political Some people have been delighted year in Clinton, with controversy on with other decisions made by town various issues dividing many in the council. town, it should be a very interesting Others have notfollowed the political events in Clinton, and have Nomination Night. The election and its results—when felt neither emotion. Still others follow- and if it is held—should be even more ed the events but couldn't have cared interesting. less what happened. Almost Everything Moves Faster THE POSTAL DEPARTMENT re- rich, who 'anxious to join her brother, schedule which has resulted in lengthy cently implemented a new mailing Mitchell, left Goderich early one morn- who was working on the road east of ing and made her way 35 miles, over and annoying time lags in mail deliver- streams, bogs and by blazed track, ies. The new plan has been assailed alone, reaching her destination that widely by many weekly editors Whose evening." That was in 1830 one hun- newspaper circulations have been ad- dred and thirty-four years ago. versely affected. "The late Professor Wilfred Bren- Since the plan came into effect, the ton Kerr, in his book, 'From Scotland News-Record has received numerous To Huron/ , recalls the first of the family complaints from out-of-town subscrib- to settle in McKillop—James Kerr—ers. Readers in Toronto complain, for would walk from his McKillop farm to example, they do not receive their copy Goderich for flour, and return the of the paper until Monday . . . even same day—a one-way trip of 22 miles. though it was mailed on Thursday from That was in 1852. Clinton. "The road were poor or non-exist- The following is an editorial on the ent and there were no cars and trucks subject written by Seaforth Huron Ex- in those days a century or more ago, but positor editor Andrew Y. McLean. It the settlers found ways of moving from appeared in the Nov. 12 edition of the centre to centre within reasonable time Huron Expositor under the heading limits. "Almost Everything Moves Faster". "In introducing changes in mail "This is a fast age in which we live. schedules, the Post Office Department Highway traffic moves at increasing presumably held the view there would speeds; aircraft break the sound bar- be some improvement in service. Per-rier; we have almost instant communi- haps this improvement has become ap- cations with pretty well every point on parent in the larger centres. Certainly the globe, and even on occasions with as far as mail movement between the outer space. Everything is moving smaller centres in Huron and Perth is faster. concerned there is no improvement; "Everything, that is, except the on the contrary, the clock has been Post Office. turned back a hundred years. -"It requires sixteen hours for a let- "With the additional truck routes ter to go by first-class mail from Sea- which the Department has introduced, orth to Clinton, a distance of nine and with the high degree of automa- iles. If it happened that the letter tion which has been attained in mov- vas posted at, say, 5:10 in the after- ing mail, surely some method of send- oon, it would not be delivered in Clin- ing a letter from Seaforth to Clinton on until 9 a.m. the second day follow- in less than 16 hours could be devised. ng-39 hours and 50 minutes after it "Every move towards a more effi- ad been posted. And Clinton is still cient handling of mail should be encour- aged. But when changes result 'in un-lily nine miles distant! reasonable delays in delivery and in mail "The Misses Lizars in their interest- closings that fail to recognize the pre- g book, 'In the Days of the Canada vailing practises in a community, it is ompany,' in which they describe this time the Department took a second strict as it was in pioneer days, tell look. That time surely is now overdue." e story of a pioneer resident of Gode- it May Be Okay In Moscow rs made a statement which could only inton town council, one of the council- es on during council committee meet- ye people wondering what really AT THE LAST regular session of Welfare Committee which requires cloak-and-dagger tactics including sup- pression of public reports. place within the Clinton Health and dark, involved skullduggery is taking We would only suggest statements gs. of the nature of the above at a public "I have no report . . . for publica- meeting would tend to make the most n, anyway," Councillor Alice Thomp- trusting and satisfied ratepayer more n told the Nov. 9 council meeting than a little suspicious. en asked by Mayor W. J. Miller far The mayor, reeve, deputy-reeve and e monthly report from the Health councillors of Clinton are elected by the d Welfare. Committee of which she people to represent the people's best chairman. " interests. We suspect the reaction of most It is this body of elected represen- ople to a statement of that nature is tatives which disburses monies collected ask: "What's she trying to hide?" from the people of Clinton through We can only echo that question . . 'taxes. We do not suggest Councillor The very least that can be expected ompson is or was attempting to hide of these elected representatives is a ything. true and honest report of how and where the public funds were spent. Nor do We suspect or suggest any Clinton News-Record E CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 qi II 0 I DAVID E. SCOTT, Editor A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher niched c•nfrib fle k fhb Oublicefilie, ate the CCNN eOiniont fbe writers only, and do no7 necessarily sooross the Views •f the isowelealHo• Militarized as second ciao mall, Pest Office Deperfmant, Otfaira, end ter slayMeid 61 Ssodasia In cash SUIISCRIP110if litArkl: Payable In advance—Canada end Graaf Oritalet ;4,00 a year; linlied States and ifireiOnt PA; 5111414 talsho 'len Cants 25 Y ears Ago November 23, 1939 Fanned by a Stiff senith-east wind, a fire which started in Wells' garage Monday night threatened to destroy the whole village of Lohdesboro and COM- pletely destroyed four build- ings, Handicapped by an blade- qUate water supply, the fire brigades of Cllinten, Wingliarn antl Myth we're Linable to ren- der the astistatice they were willnng to .give, but used cherni- cal's, to advantage, tetvvoen. $1,000 and $2,000 in Motes and some silver, property of the Canadian Bank of Coin- niOrcO, Auburn, Were Stolen or lost from the trunk Of a, eat between Dtingannon and Cede- rieb last Wednesday morning, IP there is to be a Municipal Election in the Town. of Clinton this Fall, the Electort are to be asked 'to also vote for or against a Board of Education to have the Control and man, agement of both the Public School ancl Collegiate InstitUte in Clinton, Last Saturday the t oy Scouts gathered around four tons Of paper and the proceeds will be devoted to Red Crott work. Mrs, 'Martha B. Jacobs, wid- ow of John Jacobt, Was ap. pointed Manager-matron: of the Hitrefi County Herne and her son, E, Jacobs, was netted assistant Manager, 15 Years Ago November 24, 1949 Western Ontario a n d the Great Fakes area have been hard hit by as storm of mid- winter proportions which has swept along daring the past few days, bringing in its wake a series of. accidents on the highways and a quick scurrying to the barns and stables by thousands of cattle' roaming the ranges. The folloWing awatds of County of Huron • scholarships at the University of Western Ontario were reported to Hu- ron- -County Council at Goderich last Week: Margaret Colqulioun, Clinton; Alice Laidlaw, Wing- hant; Cameron Henry, Bruce- field; J. Grant Mills, Woodharn; Jelin Graham Wallace, Sea- forth. Orville J. Stanley, local but- cher, has purchased the prop- erty owned by Basil B. Pock- lington, situated at the south- east corner of Rattenbury St. East and Raglan St. Harry McEwan, who has been residing in Stratford for the- past year or more, has purchas- ed 'the residence of Mr. Stanley on Dunlop St. It was formerly owned by Mr. Pocklington. Mr. McEwan will make his head- quarters here for Snap-On Tool Co., of which he is the travel- ling representative. The fine spirit of co-opera- tion 'that exists between the personnel of RCAF Station, Clinton and the residents of Clinton and district, was stres- sed by various speakers at the "Stag night" held by Clinton Lions Club at a dinner meeting in' Hotel Clinton Friday evening last. Huron County Annual .Seed, Flair will be 'held in Clinton on March 10-11, 1950, it was de- cided at en executive meeting of Huron County Crop Improve- ment Association in the Ontario Agricultural Office Clinton, Tuesday evening. 10 Years Ago November 25, 1954 Conducted on a large scale in the auditorium of the Town Hall last Saturday afternoon, the first bazaar held by the ladies of the Christian Reforno- ed 'Church eongregation was a great SueceSs. According Rev. G, lloytema, about $700 was raised. Joe Murphy, Clinton, is as- sisting- in ,the course given for electric welding es one of the classes given at the Rural Can- t-Mt/Tay Night Cl.asSes in Sea- forth this winter. The canvas windshield on a tractor burst Into flames and for a few Minutes threatened the driving shed on the farm of Roy Eillett, Bayfield Road, ye,§berclay afternoon. Quick to- tion by the owner and other Men, who puttied the Maehine Out of the shed and farmed a bucket brigade, prevented the blaze from spreading, Oft ielals in 'town this weep expressed '11101'04: in the pos- Sibility that supplies of natural gas near Zurich, might be, avail- , At road speeds of 60 nIles per hour, approximately 2,500 gallons of water per hour tat circulated through the average automobile radiator, Canton News-Record, grit4Uto, Dear Sir: UPP41 perusing your worthy paper on Thursday last, I hap- pened upon an 040:Ping little • "Thrifty Fifty" the finance cornpoyk4.4:4 ,0,1-pu.k only 23c tail pay day uomr,cotIld a Mere mortal bY-PaSS. SPA a bargain? Just .23c tgl pay day, What'.4 23c anyway? Refleeting .further, .however, I wondered if there might possibly ,be a hidden thorn somewhere. My StISpie, ions. were apparently well founded, as 23c turns out to be a mere 24 percent interest; (The maximum the law Will . allow?) I suggest that 'this particular ad could be labelled as a good example of false axi. mislead- Mg advertising. Just Who is being thrifty is not made clear, however, I would imagine that it couldn't possibly be the con- sumer in this ease, It would 'surprise me to learn that a, paper of the calibre .pf yours would need this type of dubious advertising to stay in business. May I suggest that in finute you let Shyloelt dupe his own customers without your help as this, ;in my humble opinion, is somewhat less than honest. Yours sincerely, WEARY, Clinton, Ontario, November 23, 1964. 0 Lest We Forget How often do we forget to Say "Thanks"? It is a 'simple word, easy to- Say, perhaps easy to forget Co say. How often do we take a little kindness for a service rendered as a matter of course and accept it as per- haps something as our due, or something that is unimport- ant? In our daily contact with our associates, our staff, our relatives and friends, don't for- get that simple little word that means so much, Sometimes when One is feel- ing low and perhaps discourag- ed or out of spirits, a simple little word like "Thanks" with a smile goes a long way to aift one's' feeling of depression or loneliness and makes the re- cipient feel better and the don- or of one simple 'little word also unconsciously feels better too. A word of appreciation for something done or 'attempted, a word of encouragement goes a long way in the course of a busy 'troublesome worrisome day. Let's not forget it. POP Editor;; Would yetl please change the address of nay .4TbseriPti011, 14" the CLintorl NOWS-Renord. from, 344 Reedmore Ave„ Riverside, to 5f$8 Rockwell Aye., Wind- ' son, I enjoy very much receiving the news ,frOrn, home. Continue the good work. YoUM. —MARILYN RATI-.IW-W4 Windsor, Nov. .4, 1964, The Editor, Clinton NeW,s'-Record, Clinton, Ontario, Dear Sir: I was nuite disturbed by the reaction of town council re, cently concerning the third reaxiing of the UM to adopt ;the National Building Code. All members seemed -to be:lin:agree, Mont with the principle that houses should be inspeeted dur- ing construction to protect the owner. Most Would appear to be in favour of zoning by-laws. However! There was dis- agreement oyer interptetation of two points: first, whether it. would be necessary to hire a permanent building inspector or Whether one could be hired temporarily when needed; and second, whether zoning by-laws could be passed Without a buil& ing code. Surely it is not 'asking too much of our elected represent- atives to find out from the proper 'authorities 'the answers to 'these quest:dens. 'before the third 'reading, rather than just guesising. The constitution of our country requires three read- ings so that these matters can be looked into properly. It is a sign Of either sheer 111100171- petence or complete lack of interest on the part of our council and town clerk that this Matter was not investigat- ed thoroughly before coming to a final vote. Yours truly, —ED. A. ROBERTS:. 17,1 • ( .t.itiSt; .6-tre'et Clinton, Ontario, November 23, 3,064, 0 The first bishop of the Ang- lican Church of Canada, Rt. Rev. Charles Inglis, was conse- crated 'in 1787 as Bishop of Nova Scotia with jurisdiction over all British 'Possessions in North America. Most Rev. Robert Machray, who served from 1893 to 1894, was the first Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada. able to householders- in Clinton. Both Mayor, M. J. Agnew and PUC -Chairmen H. R. Hawkins expressed their approval of the idea, and Mr. Hawkins men- tianed the, lower cost of :heat- ing and cooking that would result. Recently the Retail Merch- ants' Committee of the Clinton and District Chamber of Com- merce distributed copies of a 10-question survey to merch- ants in ,Clinton. The survey was well received and 46 of 47 were filled in and returned, Amalgamated 1924 THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Published' every Thursday at the Est. liiil . . „ Heart of, Huron COUnty Clinton, Ontario .-.4 Population 3,369 ,. first Touch of 40 Years Ago November 27, 1924 On Friday evening last when Messrs. Horgley and Cole were coming in from Holmesville with Hawkins' rig and plumb- ing outfit, they met a ear and it is supposed the glare of the lights blinded the horse for a second and he walked off into the ditch. Mr. Horsley was driving and he and the seat were jerked off and Mr. Hors- ley sustained a couple of brok- en ribs and other injuries. Mr. Cole jumped clear and was not badly hunt At a meeting of the Clinton Prohibition and Social Service workets held last week it was decided to keep up the active organization and continue edu- cational work for the Municip- ality believing that complete prohibition of the manufacture and sale of liquor for beverage purposes is the best method of removing the 'evils of the traf- fic. A little 'incident occurred in the News-Record, office on Sat- urday morning last which il- lustrates how much good a single two-dollar bill will do if kept circulating. Chief Stang came into the office to pay for some funeral cards ordered for the late William Irving, which amounted to two dollars. We' wrote out a receipt and gave it 'to Chief Stong, then, noticing a bill for 'street oiling lying there waiting to be paid we picked it up and asked the chief to receipt it, it being his busi- ness to collect same, and hand- ed him back his two dollars and received two cents in dhange, Then Chief Stong .said he might just as well pay his renewal for the News-Record While, he Was in the office, so we wrote him out a receipt for subscription for 1925 and he handed as 'back the two dollars:. inter Miss Pepper Investment? I thought you bought life insurance in case something went wrong. Interviewer You do. But it's not just pro. tection. Miss. Pepper If it isn't, what is it then? • What's your stand on life insurance as an investment? Miss Pepper So it really is an investmentsi Funny, I had never thought) about insurance that way.! Where can I find out more about it? Interviewer Call your nearest Mutual Lifel representative. Interviewer An investment, too. Your Mu- tual Life policy can give you insurance 'protection until re- tirement age. Then the sortie policy can be used to provide a monthly income for as long ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA as you live. JAL 65 5C- ,ti in opt,tov, wArstano, oNTAtuoinstAnmaitZt5 lens The Mutual We itoresentativet 6. H. CGotd) Swan, 48 Rattenbury 8tr Bast, tlinton, Ontario Ptiono 482,1314