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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1965-11-18, Page 411111.1111.1••••••••••••••., Pape 4,--Clinton NeWs-RPcPrd ThurS., Nev. 18, 1965 Nine Out Of Ten Welcome and Farewell ON ELECTION day, while every- body was voting, and counting ballots and shaking their heads over the re- sults, a neighbour to the north of us was marking his first anniversary— and we doubt that he even gave it a thought. It was on October 8 this year that young Bob Shrier became owner of Huron's oldest newspaper- — the well- thought-of Goderich Signal-Star. And on election day he celebrated the end of one month in operation. On the whole we think he's doing a good job of upholding the traditions of service which the Signal has established throughout its 115 years, It may be early to tell, but we'll bet on the con- tinued good record of the paper under Bob's .capable hands. • We may be scolded for referring to our neighbour-publisher as young, but he. is younger than most newspaper owners; so we should be forgiven for the reference. In bidding adieu to the weekly newspaper world, George Ellis (the former owner), entered a period of re- laxation and ease, to which he has look- ed for a number of years. He's taking time to putter about, and do some travelling, etc. And probably in a short time he'll get the urge for ink on his fingers again, and he'll get back into the game in some way. Why not write a book, George? Or a series of articles on, How to succeed at newspapering in a conservative county town? All kidding aside — we'll miss George at newspaper gatherings, and we know the townspeople of Goderich miss him already. We hope he'll enjoy his retirement as much as he enjoyed his work---and wish him and Mrs. Ellis the best. CHM Ptiewsr-Recor of Postage in Cash' $4.00 a year: Cents ..t From ur ar 55 Years Ago 40 Years Ago WE MAY not all be satisfied with the results of the most recent. federal eleetion—in fact it is quite possible that no one is satisfied. with it, However, with the dust of the battle. hardly settled, we have evidence* again of the extreme necessity for a vocal opposition party—and we certainly have it in the Progressive ConserVatives headed by John Diefenbaker, - There are times we wish the tumult and shouting would die down and we could go ahead with Christmas shop, ping, or plans for new drapes without fussing about the national scene—but it's certainly comforting to know that someone in opposition to the govern, ment in power, is busily wide-awake. taking count of the things that go on in Ottawa and between that seat of government and those of other nations. Already, we hear of things that finance minister Walter Gordon has been doing, and knew about prior to the election, that he didn't tell us about. The fact that an undertaking has been "THE TIME has come, the walrus said To talk of many things . . " And for all voters in Clinton and the rural areas, the time has come to think about which men and women we want to serve us- on municipal councils and boards throughout 1966. In fact; here in Clinton, voters will have to decide on representation for 1966 and 1967, because the 1965 council has decided that their successors should have a two year term. A by-law setting up the two-year term system was passed earlier this year—and last week, all but one of the present councillors indicated that they To Choose Our Own woad be willing to serve again, (Our opinion is that he could be persuaded). This means that from now until after Canada's centennial year, Clinton can be served by the council now in office, - barring illness or accident. On the other hand, if there be those who oppose the policies exhibited by council during the past 11 months, then there remain but eight more days until nomination meeting, and the selec- tion of more nominees. We have not heard of contentious issues within the governments of the townships surrounding Clinton. — but there, too, if the people are dissatisfied with things, then nomination day is the time to make changes. made between Canada and the United States to the effect that our country won't borrow any more money from them until the new year, may be of dubious importance to most of us but it might have influenced votes, had the country known about it before Novem- ber 8. Now Gordon has resigned, in what seems to be admission of errors made and we wonder whether the Liberal party might have received more support (maybe less) had the people known he would not be finance minister more than . four days after the polls closed. We are continually reminded of the need for people to know what is going on—and we resent it mightily when our elected people decide all on their own that certain things are better kept from us. Nine times out of ten, we think we're just as intelligent as nine out of ten of the elected persons who sit in parliament. And we're grateful that the opposition parties do their job as ard- ently as they do. THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Established 1881 Letter To Editor Taxes Now "Mild" Says Reader Opposed. To Brucefield School First Wreath Placed on New Cenotaph Mrs. James Cooper is pictured here laying the first wreath at the recently-erected cenotaph in Clinton Library Park during the annual November 11 Remembrance Day service. The wreath was that of the Province of Ontario. Hundreds of veterans, Legionaires, RCAF personnel and citizens attended the unveiling and wreath-laying last Thursday. (News-Record Photo) I was telling you in, last week's column how I was shanghaied into the teaching profession, and how teaching has been good to me. But I don't want anyone to go away with the mistaken idea that it has been roses all the way. When I was in the news- paper business, I used to get home, have a couple of drinks before dinner, just to unwind a bit. Strictly medicinal. When I came into teaching, I got home from work at four o'clock end was so unwound by dinner time I was practically paralyzed. • This year, our school is work- ing a double shift. Our shift be- gins at a quarter to eight in the a.m. I get home from' work !at 1:15 in the afternoon. I have e little doubt that my liver is the texture of marble and the color of a baboon's behind. I have great doubt that I'll last until Christmas. People on the early shift should get hardship pay. Another misconceptidn I'd hate to leave with anyone is that .1 came into teaching as a refugee, I 'couldn't make it in the newspaper busi- ness. Not so. Not only was I making spora- dic payments on the mortgage, but I was dragging home any- where up to $35 a week, clear. And, if I do say so myself, I was a pretty important figure in the community. -For example, I look back with unconcealed and justifiable pride to my four years as Presi- dent of the Bruce County Pub- lisher's Association. That's a mighty important post, with about ten weeklies in the county. Well, sir, before my term of office, the annual meetings were regular donnyinvoks. The publishers, last of a fierce and independent breed, quarreled fiercely about printing prices, stealing linotype operators from -VbINTON NgWS,RVC10.40, rkikvrOay, ../N.Qveml>pr 17, 1109 Says here — There were 58 :guests at the Hotel Normandie overnight,. Everyone has 'been talking and writing about the turkey plague this year, but if they would have been in town this week they would have changed their ideas on, it 412'011T .$,000 tni*eYS were 'bought by Messrs. Hunter, Murphy and Mahir, ray and they brought about 15e live weight, This should give the ones who raised them ,a reasonable profit. Officers elected to 1„„Qi,, 1.89 in Goderich Township contained 'the following names: MOW" John Ernmerson; Deputy, Wa- ter .Emenerson; Chaplain, John Woods; Ree. SecreteerY, Wesley Vanderburg; Fin. Secretary, John Sturdy; Treasurer, George Vanderburg; Lecturer, Adam .Cantelon; D. of C. Russel Cur- rie, 'Committee; George Cante, SaMee Elliott,. William Cur- rie, Frank Cole and Oliver Prouee. Cit ffe O Signed contributions to this publication, are the opinions of the writers only, and do not necessarily express the views of the newspaper. Authorized as second Class Mail, Post Office Department, Ottawa, and for Payment SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable, in advance — Ca nada and Great Britain: United States and Foreign: $5.50; Single Copies: 10 Citizen Asks: duk din \ auen THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 E D • A 9... Let us assist you with your plans for that all important wedding day. COME IN AND SEE OURCOMPLETE SELECTION OF • INVITATIONS • ANNOUNCEMENTS • INFORMALS • ACCESSORIES Amalgamated 1924 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER ••••••••••••••••111 -,, • • ••• •• • ..•• Editor, The Clinton News-Record, Clinton, Ont, Sir: We are hearing many com.- plaints from various people, es- pedially those in the rural areas, about the tax burden. What we have now is mild compared with what lies ahead if certain people have their way. Try totalling up the in- terest on $650,000 at 6% (and likely more) for ten or twenty years. Then add to that all the (Continued from page three) sufficient gains in Ontario. Who now stands in the wings as leaders who -:could capture the confidence of Canadians? For the Liberals, only Robert Winters, who returned to Par- liament via Toronto's York West seat, stands out as a future leader, with the possible exception of Quebec premier Jean Lesage. For the Conservatives, there are several likely prospects in- cluding George Hees who won. Ontario's Northumberland rid- ing, Dave Fulton of Kamloops, B.C., and premiers Stanfield of Nova Scotia Roblin of Manitoba and Robarts of Ontario. Despite optimistic talk that The property of Huron and Ontario Streets have just com- pleted a masterful job of im- proving their road and boule- vards at a cost of many thous- ands of dollars• of tax money and, incidentally, increasing the private value of their per- foot4frontage to a degree. They are to be• commended for that. Unfortunately in the process of improving they dumped their rubbish and refuse of broken concrete, stumps, yellow clay, and old sewage pipes, etc., 'on Matilda Street property, regard- less of a -by-law that prohibits such dumpling within the town It was to their adVantage and convenience to do so, and searching the beaks we Cannot find as by-law that compels a perSon to give thought to the wellbeing of his neighbour, Rubbish from Ontario and Huron Streets has drowned the property of citizen Eclvvin (Joe) Cooper on Bond Street and re- duced the value of his $700 property to Nil. It was the property -that Mr. Cooper's wife •used to make 103 jars or rasberries, 69 (parts of tomato juice, 71. jars Of pickles, 18 bushels of Cabbage, and end-, less rhubarb conserve, She used them to feed a considerable family of children Also •she managed to dOntribUte some to bake-sales for it ions Club, Hockey Arena and Church. expenses of operating this "ultra-modern" school (the words used in the paper last week) plus busses that could be dispensed with if existing facilities at .-Seaforth, Egmond- Ville and 'Beyfield. were used. Such an expenditure should be undertaken only with the consent of the majority of the people concerned. Sincerely yours, Ethel Poth. Bayeleld, Ontario., November 15, 1965. this new Parliment might last three or four years, don't bet on it. Now is no time for pre- dictions — especially when _so many of us who predicted , a Liberal majority have had to eat -crow — but it is hard to see how this. new minority govern- ment will 'be able to endure much longer than previous min- ority regimes. The greatest threat still lies in the field of federal-provincial relations. As long as Ottawa is run by a minority govern- ment, all ten provinces will con- tinue to have a field day in pressuring concessions out of the federal authority, Confed- eration is still on trial. Od zaars. (Incidentally it is the same Mrs. Cooper who once was men- tioned in as Wesley-Willis meet- ingeroom as a good candidate for the honor of being named Mother-Of-The-Year!) When the dumping matter was mentioned five months ago to the agents of the' people of Huron and Ontario Streets, the assurance was given that dare- age -to Cooper's, property would be corrected. Same assurance was given ten days ago when the problem wail six months pregnant. Five days ago the agents of people of Ontario Street said they would do nothing about it, One suggested that the people on Bond Street go to hell. Collectively, the agents suggested that Mr, Cooper take the matter to -court. Cost of -that prOcedure is Us- wally between fifteen and six- teen hundred dollars, and it is ruinioured in some circles that Civil 'Courts should be aVolded by all whose income is less than $18,000 per year, and by all Who do not belong to the Esta- blishment. Is there no public-spirited or- ganization in the Hub of Huron that can, reprove the Adult t)e- linquenta of Huron and Ontario Streets!? Citizen Cooper and hi8 wife's 'garden are perhaps eXperidable, Nobody gives a damn! Rubbish, and refuse from •PX41;NTON ...NNWS,APOO44? Thursday,, November 19, 1925 George -Cantelen .ef Goderich Township and his sister, Miss 14140,a, have purollased. the house on Rettenimey Street. West, now occupied by Dr, 1-1, Brown, 'and will mope into it '400n. as the Doctor can get his own home ready to be lived in, It says here — "One thin woman gained. 10 pounds in '?o. days and skinny men can do the same, by taking McCoy's Cod Liver Extract Tablete", Canadian National has new Oil-electric coach which can cross from coast to -coast in. Canada in sixty-seven hours, The travel speed averaged out to 461/2 miles per hour .and it will carry 57 passengers with more in the baggage compart- ment it is necessary to use this section. each other, and encroaching on each other's sacred hunting grounds. But during my entire sojourn in the president's office, peace prevailed-, There wasn't a bicker or a squabble The secret? four years, the president didn't call a -single meeting. The asso- ciation has never run so smoothly, before or since. So, if you're having internal die payments on the morgage, tions you belong to, there's your 'solution. Stop, holding meetings. Another position in which I made my mark was the Resort Association. I was president of it, too, and also for four years. When I took over, the outfit was struggling. Revenue was only .about $2,000 a year. Most of this was spent on printing folders. In our plant. Well, I got keen, and started drumming up more money and urging a bigger and flossier folder. In the end, my twin ac- tivities bore fruit. Right in the end. We raised so much money, and the folder designed was so fancy, that we could no longer print it in our plant, so they took it to an out-of-town print- (Continued on page 9) 111111111•111;0111MiMMININM1110n 1•110.0.011111110.6111111•11111,4 OPTOMETRY J. E. LONG STAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527.1240 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 GODERICH 38-tfb R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST F. T. ARMSTRONG Consulting Optometrist The Squares GODERICH 524-7661 ltfb Classified Ads. Bring Quick Results es 25 Years Ago f.:ar4TNTQN NEWS,104CPAP November : 21e 1910 Color-blindnoss is a defect Which 4iscinalifies app eants for several jobs such as engine. driver's, taxi drivers. etc., but it can be a usefttl attribute when in the air force. .color, blind fliers can detect .carnOu- flaged gun amPaaeements much easier than those who have normal vision, Charles Mutch left last week for Manning pool, Toronto, to be inducted into the RCAF, Ross Fitzsimons has choice cuts of beef as follows: rib roasts et 18c a lb,; chuck roasts -at 18c; rib boils 'at 15c. Pork .ohops, are also on at 22c a lb. 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD • November 16, 1950 Playing their first match on WOAA. Intermediate pre-season hockey series, Clinton Colts trounced Seaforth 13-9 in their home game on 'artificial ice in Goderich Memorial Arena, Mon- -day evening. Engagement announced of Margaret Harriett Middleton to John William cottitter. From our earlier Tiles of Nov. 17, 1910 we note the Dominion Government has opened a rural line between, Clinton and Sum- merhill Post Office. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, November 17, 1955 From our First Column: we note that we're building 2,000 more classrooms in Ontario every year and in a town in Huron County the number of public sehool trustees are to be reduced from eight to six as there was not enough work for them to do. This looks like the local government is losing con- trol of their educational sys- tems . . if there is less work to do now than there was a few years -ago . . . . who is doing the rest? 'Entry was made -through a window at Clinton Public Sch- aal recently and a movie pro- jector valued at $800. was tak- en. Also missing are small sums -of money from various class- rooms and a radio as well as -several pitch pipes, An airman from RCAF Clin- ton was fined $20. for slow driv- ing -- Magistrate Holmes com- mented that slow drivers can do as much harm as others as they obstruct traffic flow. INSURANCE K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 4E2.7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7265 H. C. LAWSON First Mortgage Money Available Lowest Current Interest Rates INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phones: Office 482-9644 Res. 482-9787 H. E. HARTLEY 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. L. Jervls-68 Albert St. Clinton-482-9390 Ontario Street has created a lake right where a garden grew with thirty-five years of labor, But no ill wind is all ill. A LAKE has been born. The length thereof is 200 cubits, and in breadth 90 cubits, and the depth thereof is 26 inches already and still growing, and next summer, garden food can be bought from retail merch- ants so nobody much will really suffer, The LAKE with a. bit of landscaping from weeds that grow illegally on town' property on King Street South, Will make en excellent Centenary Project, Presently when Digni- taries come from a-far to cut a ribbon at a new Federal Building we can show them our LAKE with pride. Or when, agents from Gener- al Steel or Federal Electric come to look at the new fac- tory site recently acquired by Town Planning Board with sur- pluS funds, they can be shown Bond Street as a way of reek- ing them prefer to buy an in- dustrial site in Exeter or Mit- chell, Huron ,and Ontario Street citizens complain loudly about lack of moral standards in ju- veniles, juveniles are apt to reply that there are motes in eyes, warp sLoivrAt\t, Clinton', Ontario, November 15, 1965, The Canton News-Record giodena a At eeae ibee efici(kit;ii efineekAbad CLINTON NEWS RECORD 56 Albert St, Clinton, Ontario Your choice of various paper *ANON 4, • . rtyles and sizes. isk for • e yw • .1 • Select your wedding Invitatiens, announcements and accessories with complete confidence as toy quality Atka correctness of form. WE ALSO IIAVt PERSONALIZED WEDDING NAPKIRS, MMUS V.A. AND CAKE BOXES • The Federal Election Campaign And The Candidates LETTER TO EDITOR A "Little Engian Are We Creating 1 Of Sewage And Me Business and Professional Directory CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 55-57 SOUTH ST., TELEPHONE GODERiCH, ONT. 524.7562 A.M. HARPER THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Office — Main Street sEAFORTH Insures:. • town Dwellings . Ail Classes Of Farm Property . Summer Cottages • Churches, Schools, Halls Extended coverage (wind, smoke, water damage, falling objeets, etc.) is also available. AGENTS: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. a. Lane, AR 5, Sea- forth;Wm. Lei per, Jr.,, Londesboro; Sel Baker, Brussels: Hasearowthid !quires,Clinton; George cone, Dub ; Donald (, Eaton,