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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1965-01-28, Page 4Poop 4-0409n 409n :Nvws'r N ecord„---TThur's,f Jan.. 8, 1965 Editorials Rats Off, Everyone T ERi:'S. AT L'FAST one muni- cipal department in every town which van expect to get it in the neck from. taxpayers in the summer on winter, spring Or fall, whenever the streets. and roads aren't just to the liking of those who pay the maintenance bills.. The buffers for the complaints ,are the officials and employees of the Pub, lic Works Department whose jobs in- volve maintenance of streets.. This winter, we're willing to bet, the employees haven't had many complaints, They have been on the job at each snowfall, and they haven't taken a break until every street was cleaned off as well as could be with; the equip- ment at their disposal We cannot compare the operation of the Public Works Department this year to previous years, but long•rtirne residents of Clinton have told .us a great deal was left to be desired in bygone years, This- Year, they say, streets are in a better condition than they have been for years, They admit there has been considerably less Snow than in previous years, bit hasten to add that what h:as fallen has been cleared in much less thne and the job has been more complete, *After the last heavy ;snowfall we made a tour of Clinton, attempting to find one street, alley or Janeway which had been neglected by the plow. There was no such street. All had been scraped to the pavement or gravel. We owe the boys on the Public Works Department a vote of thanks and should take our hats off to them. They are doing a great job! A L'Envoi Clintoit IT IS WITH A pot pourri of emo- tions we sit down to write our last- chapter ashchapter in the Clinton News -Record. By contrast to other editorials which. have appeared in this space over the past few months, this collection of sentences may appear a trifle maudlin. Please forgive us; they are not easy words to write. We came toClinton in . June of last year for a variety of reasons which included a longing for country living; a wish to exercise creative and inspiring journalism and the hope that ownership of a weekly newspaper could some day be realized. In your town we found what we had been looking for, and what count- less . others would overcome almost insurmountable obstacles to achieve if 'only they knew such rewards lay in your town. We found friendships, gently -rolling and fertile farmland laced with good fishing waters, and we found the need and want for municipal progress to sustain and increase the merits of Clinton. In pursuing an editorial course which attempted to achieve progress for your town, we stepped on the toes of some who would apparently rather have died than see the town benefit from capable leadership and administ- ration. We insulted some sacred cows. Some who felt the squeeze on their toes from News -Record editorials, we suppose, would never have spoken to us again had we remained in. Clinton. We can only assume what they may have to say when we are. no longer in Clinton, We can say, however, that to harbor resentment for true state- ments which were brought to public attention through the printed word, is to be angry at whoever pulled the ostrich's head out from under the sand. We have been 'told by some Clinton residents that the upset in the past • municipal election was due in some part to the editor of the News -Record. If this is the case, we are proud and happy; it was that which we set out to do, The new council has 11 more months in which to justify the rate- payers' faith in it. We predict it will come through ' with flying colors, In leaving Clinton we will leave behind many acquaintances and a few friends. It is the friends we regret leaving behind. We feel they know who they are; they are not being left behind. Logistics have never finally terminated true friendships; we doubt they will prove more than an incon• venience in our 'case. In leaving Clinton we leave a com- munity which proved itself to be sin- cere, warm and inviting, and we leave with regret on this score, There are many other people, places, things and institutions we also regret leaving be- hind. We had hoped to stay in Clin- ton, but the cards—or dice—of fate are fickle and unreliable. At Fort Erie a tremendous task looms: a new company, a new job, a new house, and a new life—that of our child, (a boy) who will be 'born in late March. We can succeed if the people of that community are as kind, fair, gen- erous, thoughtful and friendly as those We leave behind us with regret. God bless you all .. . —David E. Scott Clinton News -Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA Est. 1865 ti Z• 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 • A. L. COLQUHOUN, Publisher • Signori contribution to ens puir'icatien, are the (*V g lA opinions of tine writers only, and do not necessarily owns the views of the newspaper. 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Dear Sir: The •sincere appreciation of the Board of Directors of the Children's Aid .Society .of Huron County goes out to all who helped to make the Christmas Bureau 'suchasplendi'd success for 1964. One hundred and four homes were visited and more than three hundred childrMenwere given a happy Christmas through the genenoai'ty of many individuals and organizations. Early and careful planning in September and October, pre- paring and packing_ .boxes in November for delivery 'the first week in December, is the only way the Board can make sure there are no disappointed. children. They would once again then impress or all gen- erous folk the necessity for having all contributions in, dur- ing the month of November. Yours sincerely, E. D. FINGLAND, Publicity Convener, C.A.S. Clinton News-Recon"d, Clinton, Ont. Dear Editor: I would be pleased if you would print ;this letter in the interests of fully graded edu- cation for Stanley School Ai -ea and any other area which might be concerned. Approximately one year ago' a proposal for graded education was set 'before Stanley Town- ship ratepayers at an open meeting in the Township Hall, Varna. The hall was packed on this occasion and a number of people expressed a strong de- sire for graded education. Now a year later these people have a stronger desire for graded education and anany others have joined with, these. They are keenly interested. Why is this? They. are real- izing that chi'Idref cannot get the sound footing, which they are expected to have when they enter aSecondary School to- day, in the one -roam rural school, This has no reflection on the rural ,school teacher who is conscientiously trying to do his or her best in a situation. that the majority of element- ary school teachers today would not even consider. Our Teacher's •College stud- ents are being specifically train- ed. to teach in a graded school.. This is obvious when you know that in their continuous weeks of practice teaching, students have tsic weeks in t graded school and two weeks in a rural school. In addition to this, I might remark that I know one student who this year had a week of 'practice teaching at the Ilowick Central School, this being oons';dere'd one of her two weeks an a rural echoic'. Can :the 16 -room How - ick Cenitral School be compar- ed to any of our one -room Stan- ley schools? Ili .Tune 1964, S'tazrley Town - Ship Sehooi Area, Board requir- ed 'two teachers to fill Vacan- cies in. then' schools. After Consideerable advertising, 't h.e response was peactically nil acid the Board rneinbers had ate per- sonally seek soaiieone to Pill these ,pos'itioes. appal - Wig when we know some grad- ed scheola have received dozens of applications to fill a vac - army, Of cburse, whe•,n 1 speak of graded education, I Mean Atll gtaded edecttoon iiia school of at least nine miosis eight chess twins ,and en aud.itoritthi, If aiiy Area has to, build smats ler than this, it is oostiag a goad deal of money and they aiv not aced/awl:siiing i`tilly graded edttcation1 Whi ll is needs ed to meet the educational de- mands of 'today, I cannot see, if the majority of the ratepayers favour some form of graded education, Why some schools would wish not to be abandoned. Do they wish to carry on this way for- ever? I believe we know en- ough about human nature to know that they won't, so wouldn't it be feasible, econ- ".conically and otherwise, for all schaals to join together at one time and build a fully graded school. Statistic:, avtailatble from the Department of Educations. in Toronto reveal that the larger number of Elementary sohool sttud'ents in Ontario are being educated in the largergraded schools. It is true a new school will represent a great ,initial and Continuing cost. Our present schools have a great con'tin'uing cost and if, from .them, we are not getting the quality, educa- tion . is now demanding, then, we are notgetting utmost value for our money. While .a school may not be a revenue producer, wedo not want it to be an economical hazard. A graded school should not cost the Stanley Area any more than one would cost in any other municipality that hap- pens to be building one. How- ever, if Stanley wishes to save money on building, no doubt there is na point in waiting. Price trends da not seem to be lowering. A splendid meeting on "Edu- cation", sponsored by a group orf Brucefieid ladies, was held recently in Brucefield United Qhurcli, It took the form of a panel 'discussion, Those taking part included a housewife and mother, a Grade 13 -student who intends to. enter Teacher's College, a high se ooh teacher, a local councillor and a public sohool inspector. It is unfort- unate everyone in Stanley Township School Area could net have been at That meeting and I'm sure their views on fully graded education would have been more clearly under - Stood, However, I believe, that the majority of the people at this meeting were previously Convinced of the advantages oaf graded education and came to show their `concern and en!thus- aern. for !immediate action. I sincerely hope emotions will have no affect on the solv- ing of present school .pr'oblems. Let us (rave faith and trust that the future will soon being us the best education in the. most ,satisfactory way. Yours truly, —AN INTERESTED MOTHER. Stanley Township, January 25, 1965, SUGAR AND SPICE BY BILL SMILEY Ho Hum, War Is Hell Is there anything sillier than an old soldier? Wait a minute, Jack, I don't mean honest vet- erans like you and me, who fought our war, then, forgave and forgot. No, I mean the professionals,.. and especially the generals. • My feelings toward the top brass were rekindled recently when General Omar Bradley took a swing from out in lent field at General Montgomery, claiming Monty has been too slow and too scared to closethe release Gap when be should have. Twenty years after the event, the old boys are shill bickering, I don't' blame Bradley much. Montgameiy has been blaming -every other general, ever since the war ended, for everything that went wrong, Apparently he was the only big shot who was always right. And that reminds nice of the silliest thing Montgomery ever said. It mesas a few years ago, during an interview. It was to the effect that he likes to see soldiers soaking wet, hungry, filthy and. exhausted. Then he knows they have been soldier- ing. That sort of poppycock is fairly typical of the Intelligente of a general. This may ;have been true dur- ing the Kaiser's war, Old sweats of that ane knew all about dint, wet, lice, slim tf t thione and exhaustion. But their troubles were all physical ones: being blown up, or sniped, .m: caugl-it on the barbed Wire, er gassed, er eaten alive by rats. They didn't face the psycho logical harrier of niy war. It was sheer hull, at times, for us pilots, especially if we Ware officers. Even today, arts eat" t'wo decades trying to heal the scars, memory of those ors deals sends a cold shudder through 7rie. S'dmetirnes, for exa:•niple, the beaten would' fo iget to pci<t stigtar in the morning tea he brought when he awakened yon. tut you never complained. you drank it down stoically, without a whimper. Another experience that left its mark on many of us was the time they took the batmen off altogether and substituted WAAFs for there. Some of the chaps were totally unnerved to be wakened in the morning by a chubby little air -woman, cooing "'ere''s your tea, luv, Drink it up While it's 'ot." Same of the other hardships we endured can scarcely be re- counted tin a Family journal. One aerodrome at which I had the incredible bad luck to be stationed in England was eight miles from the nearest pub, and the only way to get there was'' by bicycle. Match •th'art for inhuman conditions. But that's the sort of :thing. we went through, and those of us who survived were piema- ure'ly aged by the pitiless eiir- cumsitances under whichwe strove to enst'lfe there'd always be alt England. Seared in my brain forever 1s .one horrible day we were drafted by a brut- al group captain to play rugger the Morning after a farewell party in the sergeants' meas. Rugger is a peculiar British game Or which you never stomp a mon in the tface until he is down, and only then i,f you can't stonip hint in the stomach. Another painful memory is that of fat senior officers stand- ing with their ibacksidee td the fireplace, while we junior offi- cars, shut off from, the only heat in the place, shivered miserably around the bar. O'd sweats tttalk abotut mean leg 300 miles, in ten. days. They don't realize what We went through on those trains iti Eng- land. Sonietinias' we• 'officers, even though we had first-eclass tickets, had in ride iti the tthirdy class mcaaohes with, all those rude, nasty soldiers rind sailoris and 'things, Looking back, Y can't help but marvel at the way we faced up to the hardships of those grim days, without a. mutt fit' tut it was war, and We Wet* flue From .thii Early Files 40 Years Ago 411ui4y 29, 1,920 Owing to the feat :that the governni tt will strictly .enfon ee the egg.greding regulations and that they are not equipped to carry Celt these regulations, s, idle grocers of •C?,intee w'ili riot, glee et' lFeb. 1st, 1925, pwrchese eggs PPM Producers. Tile new snlako stack thus been erected on the knitting factory and should eland aea'uist„ the w,inte Nests of a good many years. It is not correct any ranee to spealk Of the "Molsons Bank', it is the "Bank Of 'Nfontseel", A new sign has been placed on the local bank .building. A "snowmobile" from London made a trip through town Cel Tuesday and one of pew mwncal men took a little ride in it, It seemed to "go" very well, with ease. After some experi- ments we shall nodoubt see them quite commonly about aur &'new ' roads during tbhe long winterseason. Kenneth Rorke, the br1ll'ant centre in • .Clinton's• hockey team, was injtiWed in the WOSSA League game between Clinton and Goderich on local ice on Saturday evening last, 25 Y ears Ago January 25, 1940 Mr. Charles -Elliott, who for the past 16 years has catered to the public here, has old his dairy 'business tto Mr. Russell E. Holmes •af Thorndaie. Messrs. Roy Leppington and Thomas Deeves, while hunting a short time ago, sighted a pair of foxes, one a beautiful silver grey, the other a red one. Roy was successful in bringing down the Silver, and the other animal fell prey to. Tom's rnarlcsrnan- ship, Not a ;bad day's hunting. The number of _children with decayed 'teeth has been reduced in; four years from 87 percent to 33 percent largely through education and work done through the efforts of the Lions Clubs in Huron County. At the annual business meet- ing of the Baptist Church the officers and members of the Sunday School took advantage of the occasion to show •their appreciation of •the untiring ef- forts of the superintendent, Mr. Jahn Butler, who this year com- mences his tenth year in that office. 15 Years Ago January 26, 1956 A year of progress was re- ported by President W. N. Counter at the anavual meeting of Clinton and District Cham- ber of Commerce in the Town Hall Monday evening. The annual 'business meeting of 'Clinton Peniteoostai Taber- nacle was held on. Thursday evening, January 12, in the church on 'Matilda St., with a very good attendance. The annual congregational meeting of Clinton Presbyterian Church was held on Wednesday evening, January 18. The min- ister, Rev.. D. J. Lane, 'conduct- ed a brief diet of worship and thus constituted it, according to Presbyterian procedure. Imagine a temperature of 60 degrees in January! But that's how high it went here yester- day by the government thermo- meter and that's s'oniemwhat of a record. blue. Except in the mornings, when we were a little green around the gills, That's when they'd give you a kipper for breakfast. Hardships? I could write a book. 10 Tears Ago 4oauorY Si, 1055 Despite biicz,ardy weather last 'igivt, 'the "feeteat ga W'ixig,' ruai Credit Union 14 Ontario" hold, its ,annual mooting in St. 'al's Parish ,Hall, with -Yilee- pre hent A. Garen. in .chaxtge.. of 'the meeting ,and as Xai7'kv good attendance. Class piano inetnactien to ch?llren in grades two to sax at an exeee'dingly low pea.'-pvil cost is about to be ta"a4w a in Clinton, This is the first such.; instruction to be given in Western Ontario. Seventy-eight businessmen, eine citizens of the town of Clinton gathered last Fndday evening' at a banquet ie. Hotel Clinene to honer Judge Frank Fing'land on his recent appointment as Hur- ori County Judge, 13ob!hie Burns' birthday was fittingly observed at Ciintton Lions Club dinner meeting, Tuesday evening, The guest speaker, S'co'tt Lindberg; Lion Jelin Parfet who arranged the program and John Wilson, a guest* (who won the regg es draw prize) were all born fin Scotland. At a ratepayers' ,meeting held in SS 8, Goderich Town- ship, last Saturday, January 22, a motion was passed calling for a vote by ballot mbo decide 011 one of two courses. The rate- payers are 'te deride whether to re -open No. 8 school pending Department uaf Education ap- proval, or to unite with Bayfield In the building of a new school , as has been. suggested, Mrs© F. kit* k Hostess For VI3`'rs S Annual Meet The regular monthly meeting of Knox Presbyterian Women's 1VMissionary Society was held at the home of Mrs. Fran* Raith- by. The president, Mrs. Wilfred Sanderson, was in charge of the meeting which was opened by a poem. The opening hymn was sung, followed by the Glad Tidings prayer given by Miss Minnie Wagner, The devotional period was in charge of Mrs. Wes Bradnoek who also gave a new year's message. The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted . as read by the secretary, `Mrs. Donald Haines. The offering was re- ceived by Mrs. Frank Raithby and dedicated with prayer. The roll call was answered by each member quieting a Verse from the book of Genesis, and the paying xnf membership fees. Mrs. Robert J. Phillips play- ed a medley of familiar hymns. on the piano, The situdy book, "Mission on Our Doorstep", prepared by Mrs. Ed Davies, was read by Mats. Haines. She introduced the study and outlined the chapters which include a study on the work in Nigeria. The meeting was closed by singing a hymn, and the benediction, by Mrs. Bradnock. The Ladies' Aid meeting of Knox Presbyterian Church was held with the past president, Mors. Ed. Davies in .charge. The minutes were adopted asread by the secretary, Mrs. Roy Doer. A s'hor.t business period was held and then a lunch: was served by 'the hostess, Mrs. Frank Raithby. Listen And Learn In the Philippines, 3,000 iso- lated villages without electric- ity have received transistor ra- dios from. CARE, so the people can listen 'to special rural in- formation and education pro- grams. Each radio is a $40 package subscribed through CARE of Canada, Ottawa. 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