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Clinton News-Record
TWO CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON REINS-RECORD
Ilatablkind RISS 1924 Established 1881
The first furrow the western homesteader
breaking ground. He reached the virgin, prairie
beyond the end of the railway line by a canvas-
covered wagon or "prairie-schooner" which he
slept •in if the weather was bad or the ground
swampy. At other times, he slept in a tent.
His first chore on reaching his location was to
break enough ground to plant a crop. This
established his ownership. He set up a pole
at the edge of his plot, tied a cloth to it, directed
his plow to it, and drove a parallel furrow
beside the first one, back to the starting point.
Not until his plowing and seeding was finished
did he being to build a permanent shelter. The
prairie pieneer in some ways had an easier life
than the first settlers in Eastern Canada. He
did not have to carve, his farm out of virgin
forest, or carry his grain to the mill on his
back over rugged, winding trails. He could
haul it/to the nearest elevator by wagon across
open land. But his home was often many miles
from his nearest neighbours. The loneliness
was bad in summer and almost unendurable in
winter; some of the early settlers gave up and
pulled out, But by 1911, immigration to Canada
had swelled to nearly one third of a million
per year, and most of them were settling 'on
the prairies.
From Our Early Files
55 years ago
The Clinton New Era
Thursday, February 20, .1913.
Mrs. (Dr.) Agnew and child.
ren of Medicine Hat, Alta. left
for Toronto where they will
spend a few weeks with re-
latives and friends before re.
turning to their home in the
West.
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Robert.
son, Dr. Lorne Robertson of
Stratford left Friday on a two
months' trip to the Mediter.
ranean. Their many friends in
town will join in wishing them
a safe and delightful journey:
Mr. John Sutter of the firm
of Byam & Sutter, is at Hamilton
this week attending the conven.
tion of Hardware men. Mr. John
Harland is also attending the
Hardware Men's convention this
week.
Miss Mabel E. Cantelon and
her able assistant, Miss Mary
Smith went to Toronto on Mon.
day to attend the millinery open.
ings and purchase a new stock,
of millinery goods.
Clinton News Recerd
February 23, 1928.
Miss Marion Thompson was
horns from Stratford over the
weekend.
Miss Clete Ford of Alma
College, St. Thomas, and Mr.
Wilbur Ford of London were
home over the weekend.
Mrs. McMath who attended
the golden wedding anniversary
of her sister and brother.in.
law at Amherst Island and also
spent a week visiting in Toronto
returned to her home this week.
Mrs, Herbert Wallis and two
their home in D'Arcy, Sask.,
after having visited her mother
Mrs. William -Sterling, Bay.
field, and other relatives for
the past two month&
William Sterling, Bayfield, and
other relatives for 'the past two
months.
25 years ago
Clinton News- Record
February 25, 1943.
W. J. Nediger, who has oper.
ated a garage and auto sales
business on King St. since 1906,
has disposed of his business to
George F. Elliott. Mr. Elliott
has a fleet of trucks and will
find the garage and f ill i n g
station a convenience in his
truck operations in addition to
his custom trade.
Pte. William Ball serving
with an ambulance unit on the
west coast, spent lastweek with
Mrs. Ball and small son.
Mrs. W H. Nesbitt, of East-
wood, Ont., is spending a few
weeks with her daughter Mrs.
Sam. McDonald.
Miss A. McDonald was in
Toronto last week on business.
15 years ago
Clinton News Record
February 19, 1953.
Mrs. George McVittie,
Londesboro, spent Sunday with
Mrs. David Easom.
Mr. and Mrs. David Ireland,
Owen Sound, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Toms
over the weekend. Mrs. Lloyd
Westlake accompanied them to
the village to spend a month
with her parents before joining
her husband, Provincial Con-
Stable Westlake who has been
transferred from OwenSound to
Elora.
Congratulations to Sgt. and
Mrs. Ivan Jervis on the birth
of twin daughters in Clinton on
Friday February 13.
Goderich on her return on Mon.
day.
Fierce winds throughout Sun.
day and Monday' and again on
Tuesday afternoon and evening
coupled with several inches of
snowfall, brought about ground
drifting in near gale propothons
with the result that traffic was
paralized throughout the area.
Instead of news of nomination
meeting for the coming federal
election, the story of the Hog
Producers annual, and the story
of the growth of the Clinton
Public Hospital, we bring you
instead a list of cancellations
and postponements.
Gloom and doom
The voices were not of the
wilderness, nor did they cry
'without being heard. They
Were neither voices of `eraCk-
liots, oe„.iiiiknownv.!4nd.:Xthey
• 'told' ''"that'"eeorionileally.
:'Canada is in the dumps" and
that the U.S. and Canada face
a stock market crash which
will make 1929 look like a
small ripple on the seas of
distress.
There it was, stark and sim-
ple: "Canada is in the dumps."
The words were those of Que-
bec premier Daniel Johnson,
and it was evident when he
spoke that there was little or
no political motivation to his
words.
The other warning, about
the stock market, came from
the noted (and controversial)
American economist and wri-
ter, Elliot Janeway. This is the
man who was until recently
one of the chief advisors to
President Johnson. He now
says the U.S. is under such
severe economic attack that
there is serious doubt whether
it will be able to avoid devalu-
ating its currency. And when
that happens, the plug is out
for every other currency
around the globe, says Jane-
way.
The Quebec premier's assess-
ment of Canadian conditions
comes at a time when the na-
tion stands at the peak of an
all-time prosperity, but seems
incapable of solving 'the prob-
lems of galloping inflation, a
worsening, housing crisis, and
growing unemployment.
Little or no progress has
been made in the struggle to
bring the, Atlantic proVinces
and parts of the West up to
Ontario's living standard.
While big governments gath-
er ever more tax revenue to
themselves — Ottawa alone
will spend 10 billion dollars in
the, next fiscal year — the lit-
tle governments such as the
municipalities find their tax
sources actually drying up.
While Canada's growth rates
show signs of stagnation,
many nations appear to he re-
more narrow
orbits.
Instead of the industrial na-
tions expanding their trade by
progressively cutting away tar-
iff restrictions — as was envi-
sioned by President Kennedy
in the trade negotiations since
known as the Kennedy Round
— the countries of the world
show signs of repeating the
economic nationalism which
followed World War and be-.
got World War II. .
This, at least, is the thesis of
Mr. Janeway who says the U.S.
will face a grave economic cri-
sis this spring. To protect the
dollar, drained off by the war
in Vietnam and U.S. business
investment abroad, the' Ameri-
can government will have to
slash trade, hike interest rates
and possibly devalue the U.S.
dollar itself.
Janeway says the nations of
the world are repeating all the
same mistakes of 30 and 40
years ago, and that the eco-
nomic infighting now going on
can lead only to business col-
lapse, followed by a fighting
war.
Britain devalues the pound
to give it an edge in foreign
trade. France seeks to under-
cut the U.S. international fi-
nancial position by selling its
American dollars so as to re-
duce confidence in the U.S.
economy. Japan appears poised
for a huge devaluation of its
money in order to put its ex-
ports back on a more competi-
tive footing.
Meanwhile, every economic
signpost which springs up in
the U.S. stands out in ever
bolder type in Canada. When
the U.S. ship of state rocks, the
Canadian rowboat is swamped.
Three percent unemployment
there produces a jobless rate
of six percent here. A hike of
four percent in prices there
pushes up the cost of living
eight percent here. The prime
interest rate surges up half a
percent there, a full percent.
age point here.
And at the bottom of it all
lurks the U.S. military involve-
ment in Asia. At a cost so
great that the richest nation in
the world is unable to meet the
burden abroad and achieve its
social goals at home, America
is trying to carry out Britain's
old role of the empire maker
east of Suez. But the days of
empires are gone.
Voices of alarm were heard treating into ever
in the land recently. Amid
the excitement of the constitu-
tional conference and the
quickening Liberal leadership
race, Canadians' were told that
the, country could be in for
serious trouble in 1968.
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec)
Pastor: JACK HEYNEN, B.A.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Church Service.
— ALL ARE WELCOME HERE —
ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH".
Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C.T.
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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25th
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11:00 a.m.—Worship Service.
Sermon: "A FELLOWSHIP CHURCH"
HOLMESVILLE
1:00 p.m.—Worship Service.
2:00 p.m.—Sunday School.
ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH
Rev. R. W. Wenham, L.Th., Rector
Miss Catharine Potter, Organist
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25th — Quinquagesima 'Sunday
8:00 a.m.—Holy Communion and Breakfast, B.A.C. and
Servers.
9:45 a.m.—Church School.
11:00 a.m.—Morning Prayer — Men's Choir.
Friendship Guild, Wednesday, February 28th at 8:15 p.m.
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister
Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
10:45 a.m.—Worship Service.
— EVERYONE WELCOME —
CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 25th
Guest Preacher: REV. VAN KATWIJK
10:00 a.m.—Reading Service — English.
8:00 p.m.—Rev. Van der Pleat, Strathroy.
Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St; Thomas
listen to "Back to God Hour"
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Phone 482.3411, Ext. 247 or Ext. 303 after hours
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Sunday, February 25th
9:45 a.m.—Worship Service.
11:00 a.m.—Sunday School.
8:00 p.m.I-Evening Service.
Speaker: Bob Brandon, Forest
'Tuesday, 8:00 p.m.—Prayer and
Bible Study
Pentecostal Church
Victoria Street
W. Werner, Paster
Sunday, February 25th
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When .booze W1103 W.,,srP totalled
in ,Bayfield, the drys had ,sciuca.kc7c1 a
win for hypocritical fuddy-duddery and
holy .hurnbuggery,
Victory for the dry cause was ap,
plauded by secret drinkers who prefer
to sneak sinful shots—make. any plea-
sure legal, and you lessen the fun—by
bootleggers and mean former drunks
.under doctors' orders to quit alcohol.
Sensible citizens wept.
Among synonyms for dry listed in
Webster's Dictionary are; dull, tedious,
.uninteresting,
• These ,adjectives may be applied
. to the dry arguments listed in a pre-
vote circular addressed "To the Resi-
dents of Bayfield" by the "Bayfield
Citizens cOrnmittee",
Liquor outlets would not make
Bayfield more prosperous, the circular
insisted, "because the type of person
who comes 'back to Bayfield 'year after
year comes because it is what it is—
a unique village .and not a run-of-the-
mill town, To quote a summer resident
who represents their general feeling;
'We want Bayfield to remain.the way it
is.' We must remember that these are
people who contribute much to the
prosperity of the village."
What the perpetrators of the cir,
cular suggest here is that Bayfield be
preserved as a sort of time-capsule in
which visitors can be swept back be-
neath the skirts of Queen Victoria.
And this Victorian thinking is evi-
dent in the second argument waggled
at the public in the dry circular:' "Have
towns .that voted in favour of liquor
outlets found their police protection
adequate? NO. News reports indicate
otherwise. For additional policing the
cost would easily exceed $5;000 a year,
for which the taxpayer would be re-
sponsible."
Efforts to trace news reports of
inadequate police protection in the
licensed Sodoms of Clinton, Goderich,
Zurich and Blyth were unsuccessful.
These communities managed to vote
themselves out of the ,19th Century with
dignity; 'and -no pillar's of salt.
Anyhow, it would take a 'major
infiltration by the Mafia to warrant
an extra $5,000 worth of policing a year
for Bayfield.
As a wrap-up'for their package of
.pusillanimous poppycock, the drys
asked: "Do we want to risk spoiling a
village that has managed to stay free
from the unpleasantness plaguing
other municipalities that have liquor
outlets?"
"ban the booze"
Valentine's Day in Bayfield,
Was a bit of a switch this year.
Instead of the hearts and flowers,
It was yes or no for the beer.
Voters turned out in great numbers,
To' mark "X" on the spot,
Some people got out who hadn't been
out,
Since the weather had stopped being
hot.
In the morning the dry's turned out in
full force,
The dry scrutineers beamed with pride.
The wets at the table were gloomy and
sad,
But tried all their anguish to hide.
In the late afternoon when the day's
work was done,
The wets poured into the place.
You could tell they were wets
'Cause the wet scrutineers had smiles
all over their face.
EDITORIAL
PAGE
There is a way to prevent spoiling.
It is called embalming.
But the drys answered their own
question: "NO. A liquor outlet is un-
necessary in order to enjoy a drink in
Bayfield. Any resident who wants a
drink can have it in his own home.
THINK OF GRAND BEND!"
Just think of Grand Bend. It has
hotels, motels, cottages, cabins, tourist
homes, campsites and trailer grounds.
Add to these attractions night-clubs,
dancing, riding, an arcade, roller skat-
ing, miniature golf, drag racing, tram-
polines, and an ice rink. There is an 18-
hole golf course, and 16 miles of beach
with an excellent small-crafts harbor.
At the southern end of Grand Bend, the
Pinery Provincial Park begins, with
4,200 acres of natural forest.
In summer, the •population -of
Grand Bend; often :swells to._. 20;000.
--c4 -the .dranal —Behd `summer
"trouble makers" are too young to be
served alcoholic beverages. They ob-
tain booze' elsewhere and take it into
the village. They can do the same at
Bayfield Whether booze is served there
or not.
But can you imagine a young
swinger suggesting: "Let's go 'have a
bash in 'Bayfield"?
It would make no more sense than
the arguments of Bayfield's drys.
a balloting ballad
The ballots were eight in number,
And I think I am telling the truth,
If you stopped to read every question,
You would never get out of the booth.
I entered the booth with my ballots,
And slapped a big "X" on them all.
No reading for me — Now I wonder,
If I voted a yes for De Gaulle.
The wets said that hooch would bring
business,
The drys—"It would ruin the town."
The drys must have got to more people,
'Cause the sons of guns'turned it down.
Well we know where we stand in the
village,
No chance of becoming a souse.
But I .wonder how many out and out
drys,
Have a cellar of booze in the house?
ERIC EARL,
Bayfield, Ont.
t.
ThlirsOay, .VotwAlavy jokt
Bayfield endorses..
Hholy humbuggery
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