Clinton News-Record, 1964-12-24, Page 4foov; Ar-411inton News-Kec0r4—Thu"-, Dq;- 34, 1.9-04
'Eal u*w 01'.1 als
Anybody Briny The Marshmallows
EACH' T as
It .is our .unpleasant
jammed, 10 the confusion, the bandits
task to report on. A fire Auto crash
fled.
-,Pr other miSfoxtune, we come away
At a single sentence ;from the
wondering about that macabre ingred
Ve ff1c@r,. the ,flock � stigat' g �o of repot-
1A I
Ient of §o m pe
people wh
any o Iph dr?LW$
sets an photographers filed, �tp A corner
4
the g
them to scene f' wreckage, �100.
and Waited;UAOI the pQAcg had time to
shed and death,
'westi9tis. N�Qtso
answer some of their A
The reader Who .travels on the
'a
the kibitzers. They wPr,,P thrown out,
to b -V first.. It
It qi4estioned.
each h4
highways even rarely WI�Jl recall call in
second passing such -a scene, Clustered
,d
wasted a lot of time.I
Perhaps the, worst example idle
,about. the flashing re 1g.- atop.. the.
n -
ambulance or police cruiser is kk�
t
curiosity occurred rev-
P0 Maple "On
of men, women and children, .and s.t,,r;t-,
Beal years ago when a butane storage
tank exploded, and the resultant fire
eking down both Shoulders of the road
J
are their cars,
threatened the I town for almost 24 hours
been urging customers to make their
Police by the hundreds were di ,
9patched
If there Is amgri lying on the gravel
from Toronto to assist 1114 the total eva&.
o the roadside forifis a circle,
f the knot .1p,
cation of the tQVVn
'ge,
effectively blocking pif the attending
�i.
Some,:re ujible to closer
physlclan� if the victim gives the inn-
I ,
than .two riles, to the town becauseie all
,
pression he is going to live, the chatter
roadwaysleading there were blocked
.is that of jest. 'When ie is about to die
with the: ars. pf sghis4erg.. Those With-.
't
-there isn't r the bysiand-
much chatter,
in 6 mad t�;h ere in very grave
Q. w own w
err just stand there and watch., -
danger., but they knew better, than the
And when the leave the accident
y
autfiQrlties and, they were, on a public
road,, weren't they, And there was no
they drive slowly and carefully
scene .
reason they shouldn't be there to watch
... for a few miles and then resume
the town blow up, was there?
their high speeds and dangerous passing
There have, fortunately, been only
tactics•
a very few fires and serious accidents
But when you see -one ca 011ed
r p
In the Clinton district during the past
off on the Shoulder, or two, it 'means
six months. But at each one, police
one of the. cars has aflat tire. Usually
and firemen were hampered to some
it- is only one car, and an elderly woman
degree by milling crowds of the e idle
struggling awkwardly with a rusty
curious.
bumper, jack.
Perhaps one of the most flagrant
- The carloads .of people who stopped
cases was 'a recent barn.. -fire near -Bay-
at the accident scene "to see If I could
field. It was on a Friday night,. about 9
be of any help" mysteriously aren't
p.m. The red glow in the sky was visible
out and around when it's raining -and
for about eight Miles in all directions.
someone does, need help with an ad-
All the roadways on the scene look.-
mittedly less -serious matter.
ed 'as though they were the only route
It has been our, ghoulishI job for the
of, escape from a disastet, area, and the
past six years to chase ambulances and
idle Curious jockeyed along them at.pre-
fire trucks, because nine times out of
posterous speeds. At the scene, they
ten when these vehicles make a run it
abandoned their cars on the shoulders
means news.
Nine tirries out of ten the news for
of the road, Or with• portions sticking
but on the travelled portion, -
publication involves.someone's mlsfor-
Then, they ran as close to the burn -
tune. But in 100 percent, of all cases of
In barn as they could and stood
'g
accidents, fires, murders, homicides,
and watched the flames devouring the
bank robberies, burglaries, explosipris,
woodwork; and make jokes like: "any-
drownings ,or other rhisfortunes we have
covered, authorities were hampered' to
body bring the marshmallows?"; "Look
at her go!", and such intelligent earn -
varying degrees by the idle curious.
ments as "Boy, I sure wouldn't want to
We recall a hoon-hour bank rob
be in there.17
bery in Windsor this spring as one ex.
In the interim, the firemen had ar-
,ample. The alarm was audible from the
rived from Bayfield.
near -by Press Club, and within minutes
Well, they hadnt exactly arrived.
a representative of every news. -media in
They were down the road.a quarter of a
that city was on the premises.
mile pushing a car out of their way. The
Each was there to do a job., and
car hadn't Stalled - it had been left there
each was an .a
each of by 'the -guy who was up at the firewhere
the -press. But the fifty -odd other per.
a hose might fiiive helped, and miho was
sons had no business there When police
asking: "Anybody bring ,the'marshm,41-
locked the bank doors, the lobby was
lows?ly
And Where Did. You Shop ? ;
THE FOLLOWING comes just inB
.1 uy At Hombib
time to catch last-minute shoppers
The Atone-
hunting for that gift which will be just'
.;
—Because my interests are here.
right for that lucky person on the list.
—Becaus6 the C0mmUnity that,is
During the past year the Canadian
-
good,enough fdr me to live in is good
government .has carried on an all-out ef.
enough for me to, b6y in.
fort to -encourage -people to "Buy Cana-
'Cgha-
=-966auseJ -,believe. in transacting
.
dian", iand'§e6rL-9 of gtofeg lifi'all
tV&ijis with my friends.
than municipalities have followed up the
—Because I want to see the goods.
plea by making an effort to stock their
Store with Canadian -made merchandise.
—Because I want to get what I
buy when I for it,
Following that through. to, its log-
pay
ical conclusforr, the storekeepers have
—Because every dollar I spend at
been urging customers to make their
home stays at home and works for the
purchases at the stores in their borne
welfare of this town. -
towns, The problem- is far from new,
—Because the man I buy from
as shown by the following- article whichstands
back of his goods.
appeared in an area newspaper more
—Because I sell what I produce
than 50 years ago:
here at home.
The genial proprietors of
—Because the -man I buy from
Hotel Clinton, Glen, end r7hmik
helps support my school, my church, my
Matter Of Time e.
home.
diflfbi'eftt ItYPO of guest last Vrl�
—Because when ill luck, misfortune
COMPRESSING t h e estimated
or bereavement comes, the man I buy
50,000 years of the, history of honio
from is here with his kindly greeting,
sapiens into, 50 years, we come up with
his word of cheer and his pocketbook, if
a chronology something like the fol,
heeded.
lowing:
—Because I get my living in this
For nearly 40 years man lived by
country. Dont you?
hunting, and slept in a cave;
I live and here I buy. I
Twelve years aga he built the first
buy at home. Do you?
Seven years ago, writing was de-
velopedt-1
Two years ago, Christianity ap- Editorial Briefs
pearedi.
S& months ago, Gutenberg invent- Love Is an ocean of emotion sur.
ed the printing press; rounded by expanses of expenses.
One month ago, Edison demon- Living today is a game of robbing
strated -the light bulb; Peter to Pay Paul in order to make it
Less than three weeks ago, the possible to stand Pat.
Wrights flew; If.we make the best of little oppor-
One week ago the atomic bomb t1irilities-, we find Ourselves more able to
and the first jet appeared, followed accept larger ones..
closely by commercial television.The sneakiest thiftg about women
Day before yesterday—Sputnick 1. drivers is the 'way they turn out to
Last night, the first manned oap- be mefi.
Drivers. Who 'drive fastest past a
Ever h e the fee f -h-91 life WAt s6hool are ffie same ones who took so
O -V ling
t
just raping pa _ you faster and -faster! long gefting through it.
right]
t
You're .1 If motorists gave more ground,
It is there'd be fewer in It.
H 61. -A Re e 6", Ird
konIon 1114ews,
Amalgarnkted
rHE CLINTON. NEW ERA 1924 THE CLINTON NEW6-R#.C6Rb
Est, 1966 Published every. Thursday At the Itit. labl,
Heartof H (iron County
A Clinton, Ofitolo Population t,"o
DAVID E. SCOTT, tiltidr
A. U COLOUNOUN, Publisher
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Ilu , gift . lono" 00111d 044 , 44 ot"t *0042 So
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The Slow Frleezo,
.Stanley Twp Creek.
(News -Record Photo by John Visser)
From 111 ---"Fur 'Early File's Is
40 Years Ago 1 25 Y ears Ago 15 Years Ago
December 25, 1924 December 21, 1939 Deceniber 22, 1.949
The Clinton School of Com- John I-lunking, son of Air. "Hog production for the year
me!rce was much pleased during and Mrs. Charles Hunking, had hai been fairly well maintadn-
tile Past week to be al*e to a narrow escape Tuesday night ed," R. Gordon Bennett, agii-
present diplomas issued by the and is fortunate to be able to cultural representative for Hui-
Educational Department of the enjoy Christmas at home in on, satid today. "Indications are
Remington Typewriter Co., to stead of ithe hospital. John de- that this average will be car-,
Alim' Jean XUher, Clinton, 29 livers groceries and was return- ried through into 1950.".
words per minute; Mr. Hector Ing from a trip east to the A br'igh't spat locally is that
Tigert, 32 words-, MISS Mary store when he fell from his we are shipping eggs to Venez-
McCowan, Seoforth, 30 words; bicycle -into the path of a car ucaa and Cuba, in I dollar areas;
Miss. Olive Schoeilhals, Clinton,- driven, -by N&. Nairn of Chat- and. thig -market may knprove
29 words. ham as the latter proceeded as time goes on, thus picking
Mr. N. W. Trewarthe has north aaross the intersection. up some of our surplus. can -
purchased from, Mr. "G. E. 'Hall Exeter, Clinton, Goderich and atria Packers ll&nited, Chnton,
the old New Era building, which Wingham. entered Iteams hi the -ha!r,, shipped 14 CaZlOads this
will be used as a business stand. Wjugham have entered teams fall to Venezuela, Cuba, the
Monday evening, seven -thirty in the Onta7qo juvenije Hockey Netherlands and the West In-
to elight-thirty, nominations Assoclation for the coming Win- dies,
Will be. received for the posir ter. Huron County showed a con -
dons, of mayor, reeve, council
11ors, Public Utifities C()MTIIM- To commemorate the visit of siderdble increase in the pro-
ducton
sioner and school trustees. for King George and Queen Eliza- of creamery butterand
Clinton, tov/p. in. the year_ of -beth to Canada, the Royal coat cheddlar cheese hi October, ac -
of arms, prbited. in royal, blue '00"ding to 'Agures, released by
Our Lord 1925. Coinse-pdt and
g&ninate the man you want to adonils the cover of the -the Ontario Department of Ag -
Al any one of these p6sltlqfis, new telephone dhleotory for 11culture !Ti' 'the m00th'ly dairy
it is your, r4ty. Pow be
ht as a citizen of Clinton -a . nd wchlity, which is report
his community.
Aft, t
ng ributed by maul- About fffty Youthful pat -
to local subscribers of the Beil rom" of the Clinton Grilt were
'Mr. Darold Crawford <,4 Dub- Telephone Company of Canada. 'very * happy Monday afternoon,
,1.m,. -has bought the Graham when Mrs. C. VanDamme en -
House from Mr. J. Dorsey and It Wasn't Christmas' weather ter&,Aned at a Christmas party
took possession on Thrmmsday an Saturday, but the M111d day for them . . Balloons, favours
last. Without a snowflake to be seen, and treats all added to. the
The Doherty Pianos, Limited, made it ideal for greeting Santa gaiety of the occasion,
report 1924 the, bugiest year, 6n Clams here that a'ftern'oon, and Last Wednesday morning
history. 'The plant has operated children by the hUndrcl& feom they hanged John Christian
steadily 'throughout the year, town and distvict were on hand down at Chatham. He was a
with an.output of 2,000 plands, to extend a greeting and get veteran- of the last war and he
600 of them players. tbedr share of the free treats. had a wife' and two small chil-
dilen. Some months ago, being
awakened out of -a drunken
stupor, he killed a inan. Thol's
'how -terrible the sequel to
dAnking can be: Arst murder,
then banging the murderer.
That's why the Huron Temp -
WS ermce Pederation keeps on
fighting against alcoholism and
fbr sobriety. '
1 10 Years. Ago
tributed by
DeceMbor 23, 1.954
many..
Ball - Macaulay Limited of
The Atone-
Seafooth and Clinton held a
Drdeno Was'
party for jilheir staffs of both
by. Dodd)
towns, in the Commercial Inn
0, ItY and
last week. This was the second
e Published
annual Ch,d9tm4as party which
. Longmans.
B&, -Macaulay has held fox
actator said
their employees, and there
me Who is
Were 19 adults with nine chli-
ian walling
dreh Present
) YrAss The.
According to Chairman 1-1, Ri
y Morden.",
Hawkingthe Ontario Hydro has
approved an expenditure by the
20 Isaac Street
Friday and Saturday 2 to 0 p.m.
Clinton- PUC for $25,598 for ex -
es
e$
land dinprovernelits to
for appointments
the electrical distrIbutioh syr-
@1
tem during 1954-55,
The genial proprietors of
.e is an eX-
Hotel Clinton, Glen, end r7hmik
this happy
Cook, were treated td a littaO
Ing up and
diflfbi'eftt ItYPO of guest last Vrl�
ee rouireg
'day night when the members
_
Lktn to pre-
Of the C1141011 Pollee Boys'
Rifle Club held their first din,-
are oily
ner meabing at the, betel, and
proved that small boys' ttppe-
Toiler
iablef they
titeg- are happily satisfied What
t Of dboltl
a:debxnpatf1&d by loud singing,
o-16 or given
-and joyous, feibndghlp with ath-
; with sat-
errs; thelt,1! age,
ow.
�,t dry out,
mt. and Mrs. J, T. Mitch -611,
,
brought it-
W&I-knowi% residents of Iden-
to ten ihdh-
Lld be clear-
qaAi will quietly observe their
63td,. wedding ahff,1Ver%.ajy to_
6Lt the rest
day
ietgfil some
%0t WUAI ea -,h of minor car
abdlftft have bdcurted, in
;r1'e 116gW
Cl1ht6h With the first ttaltv
, that none
old WeAhdr of the winter and
cduch& the
the-, ttsultiffig icyroads abd ljoor
IM116h frah objes, I- I
'��u �ditor
Letters
Deal" gdvtor.. . M. W. -P of 41.000 oracle pot§,
A%, T*40111)& ovo §Qmo of sloe but
rWU'0n% Of 1?09PIO a11 M1JSAX$t- '54Y same things. that w0wo
;04 -WIth reg.aW rW the new not I in Vint, TA QX4-
flab or I thin one or big I 'wish; to say that if jftw
two -of some . 1-NeSVV.,eX15In Danv4a
mentfrom 4 tm,4n that is rokily PVinted' 'more pi0wes of th . e
loyal to. his (*ugtry. Mr, Hob li;nsigA In
Ir papers the f*
Arldle- says, I-tbqy should take all 'AtoTy -nil, e hu bg papers
c - g
Wf W,
the volumes Hansard that .
have been ",ttten upon the F W, Amorw&
flag debate, Wmv Di0m.1haker l&ax 345, :Clinton,. Ont,
,in them, anal burn tib.elrn, .and.
him Herb- did
not gq, far
enough, as he should t@,i:e tbq
Pearson
rag, and Wipe. 1)iefe .4, (EdiOr.t Ps Note; The
bakerl,s feet #1(.ZP an4 clean With ing lette. dg'hed bore pUN4sor ip
it `and then Diss those feet, then tIw event ranyreadm., may- hove,
fuse and make his bow, then information about the Huron
wrap tae rnaple leaf flag and Bruce RWIway th.ey may
around Mmse)f, 4oalc it in f1re wish to Pads,4 on to the
.and Wimotgn
-,OhM ago fl;.nem The Editor,
and what a blewAng that , , would
Clinton Weekly Newspaper
be; be shQuid hang his head Clinton, Ont,
in 'Shame flor, al! tbile for be-
traYlngthosei men Whobled and. Dear I
, Sir,
4110!for t" Flag they loved (the T am, - L gradu4te stp4pp, ,at
the University of Western, 0#,
And,. I pannot leave out 't010 WOT$0.4).-k 'Qn An JW?A�
Herb'sbusifiess neighbor, Kr. History silo 'toiling
_ .
ping to write
Peter DgmM
sma; be coes from a thesis onthe old London, Hour-
H01 -and. I ryv nder if he remem� on and Bruce Railway. (The
bens :fhe thousands of loyal present CN 11!4 e - f�roi TA 1�. ! , London
Canadian soldiers who fougibt to Clinton), I would like to tr y
and dlg4 in Holland inorder to to de cr
ibe the effect this rant-
free that country from the Ger- way had on settlement, indus-
xnAns.and oarAled their Red try, etc,, in the area and so
sign to vietory. And does he was wondering it younaveany
know that thousands of men back copies of your paper, from
are buried In Holland's sail and the -time it was begwi up to the
that every 'body that Nes. there MAY 1950's. If So Would it be
was draped with the Red Eat- possible for me, to have access
sign or Union Jack before bur- to these ppets at your Clinton
Al, Does, he remember when office? My apologies, for not
those viletondus soldiers march- knowing the name of your pap-
eld through Holland when thou- er, Thank you for any assist -
sands of Dutch people who. ance, I may recelve,
somehow or other brought out Yours %licerely,
thousands of—Union Jai&s and Leonard A. Owen..
Red Ensigns waved them and 73 Colborne St.,
cheered those Canadians to the SImcoe, Ont.,
echo.
Dec. 19, 1964,
Does he know that each
grave has a nlicb- white cross
plaxited at the head orf it and USE CHRISTMAS SEALS
that each grarve Is tended with
loving care by those fine Dutch
PeloPle and that there are a lot.
of Ensigns flying over those
graves. Why does Peter Dam-
$n1a want to jump on Pearsons
band wagorf and become anoth-
ar of Pearsion's -trained seals.
y.
Was he brain -washed by Herb
Bridle -and become just another
one of those people who would
betray those Who died for him . .�... ..
L
so he ,ould come to a free
Country ito live and raise has
family? Does be really forgat
all +1119? If he does, he should
be 1*11ed. Perhaps he should
take a trip back to Holland
and look around and I doubt he
will find many maple loaves
them.
1 -would 1%ce to make SOMe
rOrnalr1<5 about some of the
stqtemeiks made by two or FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
I E. LONGSTAFF
.OPTOMETdIST
Mondays and Wednesdays
CLINTON MEDICAL CENTRE
. 4$2-7010
SEAFORTH OFFICE 07.1240
G. B. CLANCY; O.D.
OPTOMETRIST
For Appointment
Phone 524-'7"51-
GODERICH
38 -til
R. W. BELL
OPTOMETRIST
F. T. ARMSTRONG
Consulting Optometrist
the Square. OODERICH 1
524-7661
its 1
LIFE INSURANCE
Planned Savings ...
, . . Estate Analysis
CANADA LIFE
ASSURANCE CO.
Clinton, Ontario
ALUMINUM PRODUCTS
For Air -Master Aluminum
Doors and Windows
and
Rockwell Power Tools
JERVIS SALES
R. Li Jervis- 68 Albert St.
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CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
55-57 SOUTH ST, TELEPHONE
GODERICH, ONT. 524-7562
THE -McKIL 11 LOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Office Main Street
SIEAFORTH
Itsures -
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i All Classes of Farm PtopbrtY
Summer Cottages
Churches, Schbots, Halls
Extended c o v e r a g e (Windt,
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PHOTOGRAPHY
HADDEN'S,STUDIO
K. W. COLWHOUN
PORTRAIT WEDDING
INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE
and CHILDREN
Phones: Office 482-9747
118 St - David's St
Res. 40-7804
Dial 524-6787, Gode'fich
JOHN WISE, Salesman
6-13p
Phone 482-7265'
PORTRAITS WEDDINGS
COMMERCIAL
H. C. LAWSON
10" vi"*4
First Mortgage Money Available
Lowest Current Interest Rates
20 Isaac Street
Friday and Saturday 2 to 0 p.m.
INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE
Phone 482.9654 'after 6 p.m.
INVESTMENTS
Phones: Office. 487-9644
for appointments
Res. 489.9787
OPTOMETRY
K E. HARTLEY
I E. LONGSTAFF
.OPTOMETdIST
Mondays and Wednesdays
CLINTON MEDICAL CENTRE
. 4$2-7010
SEAFORTH OFFICE 07.1240
G. B. CLANCY; O.D.
OPTOMETRIST
For Appointment
Phone 524-'7"51-
GODERICH
38 -til
R. W. BELL
OPTOMETRIST
F. T. ARMSTRONG
Consulting Optometrist
the Square. OODERICH 1
524-7661
its 1
LIFE INSURANCE
Planned Savings ...
, . . Estate Analysis
CANADA LIFE
ASSURANCE CO.
Clinton, Ontario
ALUMINUM PRODUCTS
For Air -Master Aluminum
Doors and Windows
and
Rockwell Power Tools
JERVIS SALES
R. Li Jervis- 68 Albert St.
- Cllnt6n-482-9390 ,
IN
Classified Ads.
Ul
Brim Q ick
". Ig
Results
Am M. HARPER
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS
55-57 SOUTH ST, TELEPHONE
GODERICH, ONT. 524-7562
THE -McKIL 11 LOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Office Main Street
SIEAFORTH
Itsures -
4 town Dwellings
i All Classes of Farm PtopbrtY
Summer Cottages
Churches, Schbots, Halls
Extended c o v e r a g e (Windt,
smoke, Water damage, fatIng
6b$eeft, etoi) Is siloo avoftblk
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