Clinton News-Record, 1964-12-10, Page 4SUGAR
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by: Bill Smiley
Letters To Editor
Editor,
Clinton News-Record.
Dear Sir:
On behalf of the Board of
Directors of Huron County
Children's Aid Society, I would
like to acknowledge through
the medium of your good paper,
the receipt of forty dollars in
cash sent me for the Children's
Christmas Bureau.
The Board is indeed grateful
for this very generous contri-
bution. Unfortunately there
Was no clue to the identity of
the sender so no receipt can be
sent.
The envelope was postmark-
ed Londesboro so will the sen-
der please pcceo.t the sincere
and grateful thanks of the
Board.
Yours sincerely,
E. D. Fingland,
Publicity Convener,
Board of Directors, CAS,
Clinton, Ont.,
Dec. 7, 1964.
To The Editor:
We the membots of the Clin-
ton Teen Town have a com-
plaint against the town of aim-
ton. In every publishment of
the town paper there is a least
one criticism of teenagers
causing disturbances on week-
end nights. Our 'teen town tries
to solve this problem by hold-
ing dances in the Town Legion
every other Friday night.
You may have heard that
our :dances are a little rowdy,
but with more support from
the town organizations, we feel
we could improve the condi-
tions of our dances.
We would appreciate anyone
interested enough in teen-agers
to offer to chaperone our danc-
es. We feel we have helped
other organizations such as the
hospital fund and the arena by
donating money.
Since our dances are the only
means of teen-age entertain-
ment 'in Clinton, we feel we
deserve a lot more help to make
ry of a IV a
The Gift Of L ove
our dances a place of enter-
tainment that both teenagers
and parents' would be proud of,
Thank you,
—TEEN TOWN
EXECUTIVE.
Mayor, Susan Smith
Treasurer, Steve Cooke
Secretary, Pat Reynolds
Reeve, Jim Livermore.
A Good Customer
Farmers spend over $900,-
000,000 a year for goods and
services used to produce crops
and livestock — and for the
same things city people buy—
food, clothing, drugs, furniture,
appliances and other products
and services,
Each year purchases by On-
tario farmers include:
$37,000,000 for building main-
tenance;
$18,500,000 for electric pow-
er;
$67,000,000 for farm machin-
ery and maintenance;
$165,000.000 for feed and
seed;
$43,000,000 for fertilizers and
chemicals;
$292,000,000 for food, shelter
and clothing;
$62,000,000 for fuel and pet-
roleum products;
$50,000,000 for tractors, cars,
trucks and maintenance;
$49,000,000 for taxes;
$16,000,000 for interest on
loans and purchases;
$86,000,000 for hired labor;
$15,000,000 for rent.
All these expenditures are in
addition to insurance, veterin
ary services, breeding fees and
others.
No other single type of busi-
ness requires as ninny goods
and services in such variety as
the farm family business.
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Some Myths About Canada
Two things combined to .ar-
ouse Me this week to one of my
sporadic defences of Canada.
One was the fact that .1 have
been teaching an essay by
Bruce Hutchison called The
Canadian Personality, It's a
good essay, one which 'makes
the kids studying it think about
themselves and their country.
The other is that my kid
brother arrived home the other
day after four years in Europe.
He's a good kid, but his mis-
conceptions about this country
are deplorable.
Hutchison, in his essay, sug-
gest:8 some of the Owed:04st-
ics common to Canadians. They
are poetic, but pure poppycock.
He speaks first of the "most
obvious", our "national humil-
ity." This is most obviously a
figment of the author's imag-
ination. While most Canadians
will grudgingly admit that
there's an occasional Limey or
Yank who is not devoid of com-
mon sense, you'd have a form-
idable job on your hands to find
half a dozen Canadians who felt
humble in the presence of
either.
Next, he' says we are, "A
conservative and steady peo-
ple." Oh, yes, . Yes, indeedy.
We are , the conservative and
steady people who have an elec-
ton every couple of years, who
swing wildly from one political
party to another, ,who riot over
a hockey game, who have farm-
flies coming to blows over a
flag design, who blow up mail-
boxes.
And, he says, our politicians
reflect us in , "their positive
'terror:. of color and flair." I
guess he's right. John Diefen-
baker, a politician to whom we
gave the greatest majority in
our history, Who we elected
twice as Prime Minister, has
no more color than a purple
dragon ,b reathing crimson
flames.
"And we are a lonely people",
says Hutchison. Well, speak
for yourself, old bay. Person-
ally, I'd prefer to be about
three times as lonely as I am.
You should try, sometime, get-
ting into the bathroom at our
place.
He says we are, "awed , . .
by the fierce noUtheru
Which Colors and, toughens
our spirit." Awed be hanged,
I went our Sunday moaning,
It had snowed, My picnic table
looked pregr140t hippo-
potarnus, lying on her back. I
stuck a yardstick down.
Twenty-two inches, overnight
But I wasn't awed, I swore
for ten minutes, an d started
shovelling.
The kid brother was. just as
wrong-headed about Canada as
Hutchison. I expected some
lucid comments' on the Canad-
ian scene, for someone who had
been exposed to European cul-
ture for four years, the last
two in Paris.
Do you know what he com-
plained of? The fact that
Europeans, who don't have any
snow, to speak a, have no cuffs
on their trousers, while Canad-
ians, who wade through the
stuff for five months, have
cuffs,
He doesn't realize that we
like it that way, that we #ke
to walk into somebody's house,
stamp our boots off in their
hallway, and turn about four
pounds of snow out of our cuffs
onto their fresh-waxed hard—
wood floors. Keeps them from
getting house-proud.
Do you know What he talked
about? Not the impressive view
from the Eiffel Tower, hut- the
annual number of suicides who
had leaped from it. Nat the
glories of the Louvre, but the
horrors of Paris traffic.
He spoke with rapture about
his meals in Paris, with scorn
about Canadian cooking. And
left never a morsel of the lat-
ter, 'even though there wasn't
a single snail or a single song-
bird among it, on his plate,
He scoffed at Canadians' en-grossment with money and sta-
tus symbols. And raved inter-
minably about his new Rover,
his new hi-fi, his camera, his
tape recorder, -and how much
he saved on them.
As far as I'm concerned, I
think just let Mr. Hutchison
and the kid brother go on liv-
ing in their dream world, while
I go on being a dour, inde-
pendent, ornery Canadian, with-
out personality, color or cul-
ture. Wino needs it?
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Life is a series of thought
processes. Something contin-
ually reminds us of something
else. The other day, when I
was hunting in little shops, and
big ones too, for gifts for my
Christmas list, I remembered
a year ago last July, when I
did most of my Christmas shop-
ping at the Grenfell Mission in
St. Anthony, Newfoundland,
After our small CN outport
vessel had docked in the har-
bor, darkness fell before we
could reach the mission afoot.
Several passengers turned back,
but three of us, more interest-
ed than the rest, stumbled about
in pitch darkness with only the
glow from one small window of
the mission to guide us.
Folks retire with the gulls
in St. Anthony so that by the
time we had felt our way over
boulder and gravel, test a soul
stirred when we knocked at the'
door of the big clapboard
building that housed the gift
shoo. -We saw a light
which proved to be that of one
of the doetws at the Grenfoll
Mission. He spoke to u!, stuld-
ine; in the beam from his door-
way, and offered to call the
Matron by 'phone and see if
she wouldn't let us in.
It proved worth her while to
get dressed and come to the
door for we bought all our
Christmas cards plus many dol-
lars Worth of knitting, felt
Work and stuffed puffins.
TheSe articles are the Work of
hospital patients and the chil-
dreri of the mission. They are
for gale each year in Many of
our larger tommttnitiet across
Canada and It Would 'help 'the
Work of this wonderful histitti-
tiOn, More of us purchased
these gifts year after year,
But young Dr, 01'611f-en was
not thinking of Christmas when
he viewed with horror the great
need for Medical help among
the inhabitants along the notrA
than coast of 'Newfoundland
and Labrador, Let me tell yoU
about his inisSion and dedicate
tion to these potipt0 and what
he accomplished in his lifetime.
They N#uht To Know
THOSE OF US who constantly
drive along the superhighways usually
feel we know the reasons accidents oc-
cur. We've ,been fed on a diet , of facts
about accident causes with excessive
speed usually being the reason.
Recently a trucking company polled
its drivers asking for observations on
what they considered the worst faults
committed by people in charge of auto-
mobiles.
Today's typical ,truck driver is a
long way from the bully boy who de-
lights in shouldering your car off the
road. He's a responsible homeowner,
with children.
The average Canadian passenger-
car driver has an accident about every
50,000 miles but the average truck driv-
er does about 125,000 miles without an
accident. This figure alone makes the
truck driver's observations worth atten-
tion.
The poll showed the truck drivers
considered failure to signal properly to
be the worst fault of a passenger-car
driver. Excessive speed is considered
by the truckers to rank fifth behind
failure to dim lights, tailgating and fail-
ure to pass a slow-moving car ahead.
Ignoring traffic lights was eleventh
on the list, crossing the centreline was
tenth. and ignoring stop signs ninth:
Sitting up there in the high perch
of a massive truck-trailer rig the driver
has a chance to observe the amateur
taking chances with his life all the time.
The mistakes he considers passenger-car
drivers make and the order of import-
ance in which the truck driver places
them, differ from the usual information'
issued by the automobile associations.
Both of them add up to the fact
that "care and courtesy and common
sense" is still a good slogan for drivers.
Ode To Huronview
I like to live at Huronview
Where things are kept so neat,
And stroll thro' the corridors
Where friendly people meet.
Our lives are interwoven
With friends we learn to know,
And we share their joys and sorrows
As we daily conic and go.
I like to live in my little spot
No more do I care to roam,
The environment here at Huronview
Is more than a house it's Home.
—R. FL Leishman.
(The above poem appeared in the
latest issue of "Huronview News", a
publication for the friends and guests
of Huronview Home,)
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Editorials
Twelve Months' Probation
A LETTER to the Editor from the
executive of Clinton Teen Town appears
elsewhere on thiS page today. We feel,
however, it and its message warrants
better exposure,
Clinton Teen Town is an institution
we had not heard about until the letter
in question crossed our desk. • It is un-
fortunately true—as pointed out in the
letter from the Teen Town Council —
that the wrongdoings of a few often
shadow the good efforts of many teen-
agers.
We would consider Clinton Teen
Town to be a worthy and commendable
organization, and at the risk of appear-
ing to sound pompous and dictatorial
would respectfully suggest the group at-
tempt to expand its activities.
He will do all in his power—we are
eonfident—xto fulfill the promises he
made,
Most of the council members who
were re-elected Promised they would
work for the betterment of the com-
munity and for progress in. Clinton, We
believe they will do their best to see
these ends are met,
But it should also be stressed all
the municipal representatives are keen
on making the tax dollar go as far as it
can. Progress with a fancy price tag is
not something these men seek. Their
preliminary steps will be slow and sure,
building the foundation for things to
come.
The men on Clinton town council
are the men wanted by John Q. Rate-
payer—the little guy who pays the town
bills. They have 12 months in which to
confirm the voters' faith. We are confi-
dent they will do a good job, They will
do all they can to bolster Clinton's econ-
omy and make it more attractive for
new residents and businesses.
Voting for these men is only the
first step. We now must lend them our
full support in any project they may
deem wise to undertake. An intelligent
and strong council body can be a tre-
mendous asset for any town, but this
in turn is only as effective as the citiz-
ens make it by their support.
We hope more ratepayers will be
attending the regular council sessions
during the coming year, It is only one
of many ways to help. We hope the
citizens will stand behind their new
council when they are called upon to do
SO.
To those who were re-elected, or
elected to new positions: Congratula-
tions. The people of Clinton have put
their faith in you. We are confident
they will not be disappointed.
To those who were voted out of
offihe: you did your jobs fairly and
honestly and to the best of your abilities.
The embarassment of defeat at the
hands of the electors is one of the cal-
culated risks any politician must face.
Perhaps the ideas may sound a
little old-fashioned, but might the club
consider arranging a tobogganing party,
sleigh ride, skating party, auto rally, or
driveway snow-clearing program in ad-
dition to the Friday night dance?
And could a secretary be appointed
to keep us informed on what progress
is being made in these and other direc-
tions so the public in torn may be kept
abreast of what fine recreational activ-
ities the group is carrying out?
We stand solidly behind any worth-
while endeavour being promoted by the
youth of Clinton for the entertainment,
enjoyment and/or betterment of the
youth of Clinton.
May we let our name stand as
chaperone material . . for a start?
CLINTON RATEPAYERS proved
beyond the shadow of .a doubt Monday.
night they are content to have the af-
fairs of their town managed by a new
team of municipal politicians.
The turnout et the polls was the
heaviest in memory—possibly the heav-
iest in the history of Clintori—and there
can be no doubt the votes cast truly
represented the Wishes of the veteran.
err..
The election campaign was short
and clean. There was no name-calling-
and no mud flinging. We would sug-
gest there was little—if any — mud
which could have been flung, anyway.
Nor was there anything particularly
wrong with any of the defeated candi-
dates,
It was just time for a change.
Mayor Don S y m o n s said if
elected he would work for co-operation.
between the Planning Board, the Cham-
ber of Commerce and Clinton Town
Council. We believe he will not only
work at this; we believe it will soon be
accomplished to the infinite betterment
of Clinton. -
Mayor Symons also favored a new
arena for 1967; uniform street lighting;
adoption of the National Building'Code;
improved sidewalk facilities, expansion
of downtown parking and re-construc-
tion of highways 4 and B. . .
If Mayor Symons does not accom-
plish any or all of the above we are
confident it will not be because he
didn't try.
Reeve Duff Thompson said .if elect-
ed he would. "strive for community bet-
terment, advancement of your interests
and serve you diligently". From his
past performance as a councillor we are
confident he will make true his election
promise. -
Deputy-reeve 'George Wonch stood
for town planning, zoning and adoption
of the National Building Code; industry;
better roads and sidewalks; an arena and
community centre; wage increases for
the police and firemen, a band shell and
an auto and teenage club.
With You All The Way
This is The Way It Started
He was a young EngliSh
doctor who found himself de-
ciding after one Slimmer (1892)
of medical service on the Lab-
rador coast that the people of
Labrador and northern New-
foundland, isolated by geog-
raphy, needed the help he alone
was willing and able to. give,
_Thereafter he spent his life
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