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Now is The Hour
WITH THE start of Canada's Cep"
teen
a1 Year only about 2Q months
away, it is high time Clintonians and
area residents got busy with their plans
for eentelmiar 'celebrations.
'"or, those talented planners who.
have been;waiting for an opportunity to.
really cut loose with :an old fashioned
wing -ding that will 'bring recognition
and remuneration to their locality, the
100th birthday of this .nation should be
ample inspiration,
For business people who have been
longing for a valid reason to pull out
!all the stops and prepare for the. event
of a lifetime, the anniversary. pf Con
federation should be it.
For service clubs and other organi-
yations who have been -hanging back for
a .chance to really contribute something
to the community and are, ready to
splurge with time ;'i nd effort on a Worth,
while cause: 19$7 will give 355 glorious.
days •in which to do just that. '
For public servants who ,have been
looking for an excuse to inject a little
imagination :into their municina1 work,
the .excitement of marking a century of
growth and improvement should provide
the spark of .enthusiarri,
Let's ace ' the centennial project
committee of Clinton get moving with
the required drawings and figures for
the new arena and community centre
they have proposed.
Let's have local councils take the
lead din Centennial planning for their
Municipalities,
Let's for once rall$r united behind
the effort .and make 1967 a:, year to re-
member,' -when good times. --n fun -Wise.
and financially sauna were, had by
Same Ailment - New: Treatment
DURING LAST week's sitting' 'of
Clinton's IVlagistrate Court, , presiding '
Magistrate Glenn Hays indicated the
frustration felt by every law .officer in
the county who is ,called upon to . deal
With young liquor -offenders.
He said.the morenominal fines•for
underage drinking did not seem to be
making any iiupression on the Young-
sters involved and implied: that it was
unfortunate- that parents, who in most
cases had, o forfeit the fines, .were the
.ones who in reality suffered.
Perhaps it is timea more .humil at
ing treatment was handed out to second
and third, time offenders. Maybe the
"big man" image would. disappear if
(aw b
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d include a' few
•oma
k' d
�g lel could
humbling 'penalties in the code,
A. lesson might be learned if the
youthful defendants had to spend a day
or so parading up and down the main
street wearing a ,conspicuous uniform
and bearing -a placard boldly noting his
name and :charge,
They might' be more ready to abide
by the rules if the 'only penalty for a
third offence was to be placed on public
'view in an embarrassing predicament
such as washing. labels off • beer bottles
or sweeping the sidewalks with a tooth;
brush.'
We realize these are far fetched
ideas, that could not likely ever be util-
ized.
But we are willing to wager that
any one of these penalties would make
a more lasting impression than a hund-
red fines and several terms in jail.
They'd cost less .too!
Library Week':Is For Everyone
CANADIAN LIBRA R• Y
WEEK—April 10 to 17—is not
to be celebrated as an isolated
seven days but as the culmina-
tion of a year of continuing pro-
motion of books, reading and
library service by educators, rea-
ders, librarians, -trustees, . pub-
lishers and book -sellers and
many other. Canadians who be-
lieve. that READING IS THE
KEY for all time and all per-
sons, opening the door to con-
tinuing education, to inspiration,
wisdom and enduring 'pleasure.
-It has been •said that the
first‘person to take a book out of
the library was involved with
adult education whether this was
realized or not. No matter what
his ,purpose was he was involved
in ideas and growth and that is
basically what adult education
is. Libraries are the heart of
adult . education, adult learning
or continuous growth.
To -day Canada's population •
has reached more than nineteen,.
million persons. A little more
than five million of th'ese are en-
rolled in elementary, secondary,
post . secondary and university
education, There is another
group of a "little more than five
million of fifteen years of age
and over .who have only elemen-
tary education or no schooling at all. that the average cost of a technical
In addition' to these more than ten mil- book of which libraries need so many is
lion persons there are many Canadians eleven dollars. Other reports show that
trained in the professions and trades libraries are now paying an average of
who must constantly relearn their jobs five to seven dollars for all other books.
because of the rapid advance in know-
ledge and skills.
It is all too true that Canada's
This is a tremendous challenge public libraries have been and are lack -
and an enormous task for Canada's ing in financial subsistence while • the
libraries: school, college; university and governments who support them must
public. Reports and statistics show surely be aware that these libraries are
that most of these libraries are below expected to provide information and
the minimum :requirements with regard books for all Canadians from childhood
to books and professional librarians..through 'life and. to supplement tot 'a
Looking at Canada's public libraries great degree school, technical, college
alone reveals the shocking figure of less and university libraries 'whose students
rely heavily on
than one volume per capita. And added the materials in their
we o
local public libraries. Nor can
to this lack of books'is the need for .ri mit
close to three thousand more librarians the exceedingly important role the lib-
by 1967. .rary Must play in providing books for
Canadian Library Week points not millions of adults who must continually
only to the need for books and libraries relearn jobs, -or who as inithe case of
but also to the plight of mankind, and
our more than five million illiterates or
indeed to Canada if reading Canadians at least functional illiterates, must now
continue to be docile about this age of be educated.
automation and new knowledge which Therefore, Canadian L iib r a r'y
economists have already. recognized as Week's theme READING IS THE KEY
a threat to our economic status alone TO CONTINUING` EDUCATION re -
if 'education "continues to be treated as fleets on all levels of education, liberal,
a charity. A library cannot operate on vocatiorial and professional and points
charity and play itsrole in this auto- to the increasingly significant role
mated space age. This is an easily re& Canada's libraries and perhaps especial-
ognizable fact if one looks at the prices ly Canada's public libraries mast play
of books alone. For example, the Unit- in educating and re-educating all Calm-
ed States Office of Education reports dians.
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Established 1881
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DEATH O N THE H.
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With the first long holiday of 1965 upcoming
comin'
p �'
this weekend, we thought this picture by Ottawa
photographer, John Joosten, might tell the whole
story more 'vividly than;any grouping of words we
could command.' Depicted, here are a number of
average Canadians, like you, for whom a pleasant
drive ended in grotesque disfigurement and death on
•
.a blood -spattered stretch of . asphalt found any-
where, even right here in "Clinton. See the tinY
baby innocently cut -clown because of a mordent's
carelessness. See the young lad in the' foreground
lying limp betside his shiny red trike,- See . the .
crumpled bodies of men and women, young and old,
rich and poor. See and remember!
From Our Early Files
.75 ears Ago
THE CINTON NEW ER A
Thursday, April 11, 1890
Tlie suckers are supping an
the river at Bayfield and a ves-
sel was seen m'aitun* its way in'
the general direction' of Sarnia
--So it looks like spring is here.
In Arkansas, a popular vice
among the women is the use of
tdba'coo. Some will chew it like
veterans, while others are con-
tent to smoke. But by far the
most common way of deriving
enjoyment from it is to use it
in the form of snuff.
John Nilson of Kinburn has
departed for Louisville, Ky. to
follow his trade as 'a bricklay-
er, to assist' in rearing the walls
and parapets of the 1Vliss'asSippi
town. John IS a good society
rnan and holds the good esteem
of an who come in contact with
him;
Boots and Shoes clearance
of winter stock — will take
eggs or butter in exchange —
Taylor and Sons, Clinton and
Blyth. ('advt.)
Prof. D.morenwend will be corn-
ing to the Rattenbuny House
with •'his immense display of
hair goods. Every lady should
make a, point, of seeing his as-
sortment 'of wigs, toupees, and
waves — she should have one
to save her own hair and to
meet the requirements of mod-
ern society. 'If you do not need
hair pieces now, it is well to
know just what is available
when you do' need them. (advt.)
It is reported that 2,500 Mor-
mons will emigrate to the Can-
adian Northwest from Utah
duriing the corning summer and
it is feared they will perpetuate
their Mormon practices there.
55 Years Ago -
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Tlttirsday, April 14, 1910
Mr. Albert Mitchell, who has
been engaged as presser by the
Jackson Mfg. Co. for some time
hal been transferred to the
Exeter.. branch.
A great number of business
people have been off work in
the past week with La Grippe.
School. •attendance is also down
because the flu bug seems to
have attacked some member of
.all familes' in the area,
Seeding operations are finisth-
edi in Stanley Township—this
will give farmers more time to
do the odd chores and take a
few looks at Ha11ey's Comet
which is very bright this year.
Mr. Ritchie, travelling agent
for the Northern Electric Com-
pany, was IA res-
eptly and orders were taken
for 700 poles, six tons of wire
k nd 35 phones, Looks like more
people will have phones in the
area very shortly.
The watering e+art for the
town streets is still 'in winter
quarters and the dust is very
thick—some cities and towns
have been experimenting with
oil .oh their streets instead of
water. Oil does not create the
problem of mud like water
does. It Was suggested that oil
be tried On the bleak where
the Mayor .hal his place of
bush ess.
An economic survey eStirnates
that business firing in Canada
fitivor'te'at 'least 2,00,000 roan-
ur's h
hoMonth to the job of
collecting,, taxes, +completing
fatirits and •reports fir the .fed-
eitol government,
40 Years Ago
CLINTON 'NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, April 16, 1925
Quite a number of farmers
have completed their seeding in
Oodexilch Township. It is the
earliest seeding yin some years.
Miss Jean Woods of Bayfield
has been chosen Valedictorian
for the Stratford Normal
School for •this term. Also Miss
Betty Stewart of 'Clinton will
be Queen of the May Day Fes-
tival. Our local graduates of
Clinton Collegiate are indeed
popular in Stratford.
S.S. No. 9 pupils receiving
their reports for the winter
temp were: Sr. 4th :Chester
Grigg, -Margaret Evans, Muriel
Budie; Jr. 4th—Mary Grigg,
Jack Welsh, Frances Pearson
and. Alfred Evans. Jr. 3rd' —
Jean Miller, Richard Evans,
Mary Welsh and David Welsh.
Jr. 2nd—Harold Yeo, Evelyn
Wise, Aubert Pearson, Bessie
Welsh, Will Grigg and Jack
Miler. Jr. 1st—Reginald Miller,
Eldon Yeo and Primer —Iw,in
McCullagh. Lillian Patter was
the teacher.
The packing plant at Exeter
is being remodelled this year
and it is their intention to
double the pack this year if
possible.
Canadian General Electric
have put out a new iron at a
price of $5.50. It has a new
thumb rest on which is an ex-
clusive totpoint feature.
Miss Norma Bentley of Lon-
don spent the weekend in town.
Minard's Liniment was adver-
tised as good for sore throat,
for sore feet, fine for the hair,'
also for chapped hands and
mixed with sweet Oil as a shav-
ing lotion.
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NWS -:RECORD
Thursday,'April 11, 1940
Our Porter's Hill correspon-
dent notes that mail has not
been regularly delivered in her
area since before Easter. The
telephone, wires •have been dug
from the snow drifts and the
snow is going away so perhaps,
delivery will be better from
now on. Morley Jordon has past
his- cutter runners under the
buggy about three :inches from
the ground and finds that when
the btiggy wheels cut through,
the cutter runners take over.
Morley drives mall for RR 1
Clinton.
Lion's Juvenile hockey tenni
captured the runner-up trophy
from MidtJind. It is on display
in the Agricultural Office. Mid-
land had a better tenniand
they were on their borne ice --
seems the teams all play better
hockey in their own backyards.
April is Diamond Month ac-
cording to W. H. 11tvilyar. Brid-
al Wreath diamond. rings are
5 0up 25.0 are
pilicemd. from $and
insured free of Charge to the
purchaser against loss and ac-
cident.
Mention Was made over the
air recently in Britain that
Canadian soldiers looked read-
ing Materiel. Two days later
5,000 books had been donated.
One 'generous BHtitsher strliplted
500 radios free of chute,
Sausage at Fitzslntons and
B'artichi'S Was advertised at 15e
per lbs With ihadivbtarg' selling at
2 lbs: for 35c and 'Bork hooks
alba lb.•
15 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, April 13, 1950
' Clinton Tdwn Council grant-
ed building permits as follows:
to extend a building on Beech
St., for laundry purposes, 12,x=
20 ft. insulbnick to Antoine
Garan; to erect a dwelling on
Princess St. East at a cost of
about 55,000'to Wilbur Martin,
brick veneer, 28 x 34. feet, one-
and,a-rhaif storeys; and to Ball
and .Muteh to build a storatge•
gage on High St. at a cost of
'about • $700., 29 by 30 feet.
Fire destroyed the interior of
the brick residence of 3. Bart
Levis on the south side of Jos-
eph St. MT. and Mr; La -vis were
in London at -the timeand the
fire had a good start before it
was discovered.
A new truck was found with
the window broken and unlock-
ed, minus license plates near
Murphy's Garage. On checking
it was found to belong to Gode-
rich Motors and had been sto-
len off their parking lot, but
had not been missed before it
was found.
Gordon Grigg, 'rands Den-
omme of Clinton and.Douglas
Douglas
McBeth, Brucefield attended
the hockey game in Detroit on
Sunday evening — they return-
ed the same night driving 330'
miles' to and from Detroit after
2:455 Sunday evening. Also at-
tending were: Roy Mann, Doug
Kennedy, ,Joe Murphy, Oscar
Priestap, 'Wick" Elliott and
Dr. George Elliott. However the
Yater group stayed ever night.
Easter Seal Drive totals to
date have been 51,090.
Churohes were well attended
for Easter Sunday, even though
the weather was mare suitable
for fur coats than spring. finery,
- 10 Years- Ago
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
Thursday, April 14; 1955
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Flynn
will be honoured on Friday
evening April 22, in Londesboro
Community Hall on the occa-
sion of their 25th wedding an-
Mversary. Mr. and 1Vtrs, George
Bayley of Hallett Township al-
so ' celebrated their 40th wed-
ding anniversary at the Irome of
their daughter, Mrs. Robert
Morgan, Mary St., Clinton.
Ron Steepe has'been chosen as
Clinton District Collegiate In-
stitute Leader for outstanding
student abilities: Ron is a son
of Mr. and Mrs, Milton Steepe
of RR 3 Clinton and is in grade
13,.
A "Bogus Salesman" has
been in the area selling cutlery.
Persons are asked to contact
the police before buying any of
these Sets to be sure of the au-
thenticity of the salesman.
George H. Jeffersroit spoke to
the Blyth Lions Club recently
about his experiences in teach-
ing in early .years. Mr. Jeffer-
son had taught scho01 'for over
50 years beginning with a sal-
ary of $375. Mr, Jefferson
thinks that the progress has
been good in the education field
as about all that was required
when he started teaching was a
bol of chalk and a set of cards.
Itunibalt's IGA Markets Were
advertising boneless pet roast
at 33e pet lb. and pork 'kilt
Rivet at 39c.
Canadians spent $113 million
t ri eut-of the-Oui try ,tr'aVee irr
1964.whale foreign travellers
5651 n1110on m Canada,
Eighty per cent of the money
used by the National Cancer In
stiitute of Canada for cancer- re-
search comesfrom voluntary.
contributions to ,the Canadian
Cancer Society.
Huron Bu tchers
eicome
ot inspection
'1111P second 'in'eeting Of e-
Human County Alhattorr' S .i?ern
atare Amssoeiatian was h114 mt
the a. riellIt>uita;>,, beard ream. in
Clinton March, 39, Thirteen
owners were present .or xepm
resenited•
Iapterest in: the Meat. Inspee-
tion Act (QP:i arilc4) prompted
iive1'y and interesting ' discus
saen. The act .and regulations
were explain% by Pr. X. A,
nfcDermmid, directorgegalat,
ory Division, Ontario Depart,
menet of .AtgrictalPre, of the
Veter:mar),Services Branch, .
His .department will take
over the •supervtision of sleught7
eraag plants except those under
federal inspection and the
plants e nm g a •g e 1, so'lely in
slaughtering 'animals exempted
from the act end regulations.
The Huron, County Abattoirs
have been undbr tie supervision
of the- Huron County Health
Unit since its inception in 1949.,
Because of the requirements
enforced and the 'progressive-
nests of the "opeirators,. it is ex-
pected rthat a.. minianum of
change zn, faQil,itties 'anti prac-
tices will be necessary; M The
C odard:eh Aba1 toir'bas been un-
der veterinary meat inspection
Since 1948, This - has been.. pro- ,
vad'ed by the town coffers and
national health grants. , •
-The 'butchers express opt-
Mism in that';the ptibmidie 'would
place . the saprie confidence in
provincial lay and veterinary
meat inspection as they. have
hell for federal , -and and local meat
inspection. The. ;acceptance of
the Ontario, Approved Inspec-
tion Legend by the publtimc will i
en new markets forsome open. up 2rt . 4
Of the operators. The officers
'f the Operators' Association
are: president, . Ron: ¥V.ferner,
DashnVood and. secretary-••treas.
oxer; Albert Detioherit, Zurich.
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Yes, we'II have a_ complete
display of
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