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his official visit to Clinton Pub.
lie School this week,,
Miss ClarafloltziheY Ohterf
tamed a feW Of .13e;". friends on
Tuesday evening,
40 years ago
THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD
Thursday March 8, 1928
The 'WI presented the cits.•
ton Hospital with a table for
the X-ray room with their name
on. It is a very good piece
of furniture, costing $34. The
board expressed themselves as
very grateful for the gift.
Mr: and Mrs. P. C. Town
of Toronto were guests over
the 'weekend of the latter mother
Mrs. George 149,ViS of Town.
Mrs. E. L, Mitten and Mrs.
Elton. Rozell were in Toronto
last week' visiting relatives and
friends.
Miss Brigham visited. God.
erich friends recently.
25 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, March 11, 1943
Miss Florence Evans was a
weekend visitor in Toronto.
As well as we can remember
there hap been only one nice
weekend this year due to bliz-
zards. Again over the weekend
bus and train schedules were
interrupted and cancelled.
Miss Doreen Vessey visited
her aunt Miss R. V. Irwin of
town last weekend.
Margaret L. Ferguson was
amongst those who won their
commissions in . the RCAF,
(W.D.) when a large class of
assistant section officers grad.
uated from 'No.' 2 Training
School, Toronto. Congratul-
ations are ,extended to Mar.
garet who is the first Hayfield
girl to don the uniform. She
is the daughter of Mr. andMrs.
Wm. la Ferguson.
a r ail at ., , ri , , ,' 5 t.-
Es -ago.
THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD
Thursday, March 5, 1953
His Worship Mayor W. J.
Miller , congratulated the. Huron
Fish and Game Conservation
Association for their fine Club.
house, and officially opened the
new building on Monday evening,
March 2.
L. E, Carter,. Toronto spent
the weekend with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. Derwin Carter.
Misses E. Davis, Marlene
Jervis and Joyce Forbes spent
the weekend in Hamilton attend-
ing the CGIT conference.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Horton
who have spent the past two
and one half months with the,
latter's mother Mrs. Helen
Dalrymple, and other friends
left for their home inDodsland,
Saskatchewan.
Mrs. J. MacKenzie, Bayfield
returned home onSaturday after
having spent three weeks with
her daughter, Mrs, Manley
Thompson and family, Chicago.
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Mr. Editor:
The members of the Session
of Ontario Street UnitedChurch
have carefully studied your re.
cent editorial regarding the
liquor vote in Hayfield. They
were unanimous in the thought
that such remarks of blasphemy
should not go unchallenged, and
that some degree of censure
should be placed on the editor.
All members agreed that the
editor is entitled to hiS opinion.
They felt, however, •that be-
cause of the position of .pri-
vilege which he enjoys among
the readers Of the community,
such derogatory remarks were
certainly unwaraanted. The
ridicule cast on the voters con.
stitutes an encroadliment on
the right of free expression of
any iildiVidnal or group holding
views not in agreement with
those of the editor,
'the editor should also con.
sider a much more careful
selection of Eaglish wording in
his writngi as people have the
right to expect editorials of
literary enlightment, instead of
imagined sensationalism.
Failure On the' part of the
editor to re-assess himself and
rise above the position of de.
gradation in which he now finds
himself will only lead to the
further decline of the Clinton
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authority in this dorrimunity,
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co;oktmnist snarls.
A teleVisien colUmnist noted only:
for his blandness SnOrIS With rpl:)12pr,
fangs in this week's News-Record.,
William Whiting, based in Kit-
chener and syndicated in. Southern Qn-
Otto wee_ kly newspapers, trundles his
rickety charger "Ty viOV!Is f " to the de
fence of Gordon Sinclair,
It is as if the tissue prince, Rainier
of Monaco, sent his tinsel princess,
Grace, to help Lyndon Johnson in Viet-
nam.
Sinclair is usually wrong as loudly
as Johnson. Any voice supporting
him risks drowning in the echoes,
So let us attract the ears of the wilder-
ness to Mr. Whiting's. small voice cry-
ing in the lee of Sinclair's Sonorities,
Why?
Small stupids 'should be stamped
upon before they grow into big stupids,
like Sinclair.
(Both Sinclair and Johnson are
exempted from the "Mr." title because
they are "personalities," like Shake-
speare, Mussolini,, Diefenbaker; Karsh,
Goldwater and Mantovani).
Mr. Whiting's safe stridence is the
faintest, ripple on the edge of a typi-
cal Sinclair storm in a teacup...to be
more specific, this time it's a typical
Sinclair storm in a bottle of urine.
A clergyman, Rev. Hugh McKervill
of Port Hope, was reported to. have
called the Canadian flag a beer-can
label.
Sinclair, described by Mr. Whit-
ing as "all-Canadian," exercised his cus-
tomary delicacy and broadcast that any
one who would downgrade the Cana-
dian flag would drink his own urine.
After the broadcast, Sinclair re-
ceived 'three bottles of urine in the
,mail, one of which was signed with
Mr. McKervill's name.
Sinclair, an investigative reporter
with . a nose for news, had the sample
allegedly from Mr. McKervill sent for
analysis. Then he trumpeted the results
over CFRB radio: kidney and prostate
trouble were indicated.
How Sinclair manages to relate
kidney and- prostate trouble to the
qinaclian; flag as beer cane label is
BufMr. Whit-
ing apparently understands the chemis-
try because he adds:his pennyworth of
puffs to Sinclair's windy whooshes and
attacks Mr. McKervill.
These pages do not rally blindly to
defence of the clergy, or even meet
with approval of church groups (see
Letters to the Editor). Against the on-
slaught of Sinclair and his would-be
satellite, however, Mr. McKervill' will
doubtless be grateful for the slightest
ally.
((Unfortunately, Mr. McKervill is
not completely right. Allies sometimes
disagree on fine ideologica,l points.
shriek
Here's an honest shriek of rage
from housewife Patricia Young which
surely echoes in the minds of many
Canadians: •
I am a tired Canadian. I'm tired of
the slob and the mob; of the Yankee-
hater and Bible-baiter; the peacenik,
Vietnik and every other nik who thinks
he can break the law and get a medal
for doing so.
I'm tired of newspapermen who
dish up the news as if they were throw-
ing swill to the pigs; poets and play-
wrights who haven't progressed be-
yond four-letter words, TV producers
who inspire us by raking in the muck
instead of pointing to the stars and writ-
ers who "continually dangle the bogey
of Fascism in front of us while dressing
Communism up like Santa Claus.
I'm tired of fat-cat union bosses
crying poverty while grinding their
thumbs into the eyes of the fixed in-
come consumer; of pulpit pundits who
preach as if they had a direct "hot line"
to heaven and a divine mandate to
dictate the political philosophy of the
EDITORIAL
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Canada's flag would rr-ke a better, Label
Sinclair's antagonism toward re-
ligion and•the clergy is so blatant it is
saleable. He recently appeared on the
CBC network television show "Man
Alive" with Rev. George Johnston, of
McGill University, later describing it as
"a confrontation of non-believer vs.
theologian."
After the show, Sinclair was asked
by the United Church of Canada to
give his reaction to the encounter. He
said that he might have had a "scrap-
pier and more animated" time on the
show with fundamentalists.
Sinclair wrote: "In the story of
Noah and the ark, as a sample, I take
the view that God deliberately drowned
every baby on earth,
"Who can worship a drowner of
babies?
"How can any fundamentalist de-
fend such a bully? •
"How can he explain as anything
but the actions of a tyrant the ever-
lasting curse on' Adativa-ritl'EVel . . •"
b-ftth'Se deep,
"Cierk-nd "'dangerous. waters. He has
been wallowing in them for years.
But Mr. Whiting should beware.
A dilettante diddle with 'the toes into
the backwash from such gargantuan
gambits may seem safe enough: In his
current "TV Views', Mr, Whiting sug-
gests: "Some ministers spend all their
time talking about beer, politics and
bingo. The Bible is their business. Ap-
parently (Mr.) McKervill should be re-
minded of this fact."
Before the murky waters of con-
troversy rise past his' toes, his hips and
chin, perhaps Mr. Whiting should be
reminded that his business is television.
church who proclaim "love thine
enemies so long as they don't salute the
Stars and Stripes!
I'm tired of being the scapegoat
for every last punk who ever stole a
car, beat up an old lady or pushed
heroin. I'm tired of supporting families
who've made welfare a way of life for
three generations and hippies who use
it to support their sloth.
I'm tired of politicians who fawn
as "servants of the people" in order
to get hold of the national cash box and
who then proceed to spend taxpayers
money like a prostitute let loose at a
perfume counter!
I'm tired of kitchen comrades who
dominate "open line" radio shows and
pink professors who try to dominate
Our universities. I'm tired of an apathe-
tic John Doe who seems to have
spaghetti where his backbone ought to
be. In short, I'm a tired Canadian with
just about enough enerav to say: "O.K.
buster, This far and no farther. Now gat
off my back—or else!",
of rage
I atil a Property Mier in.
Hayfield PO :reside there for
aPPTexiMatelY 5 months of th0
Year. I have subscribed to Yohr
Paper for many years.
Yesterday, I received my
copy of the Febroary22ad lsoup
of the Clinton News Record. TO ;
say X was shocked by yew
editorial "Bayfield .gildhreeh
Holy Iltunbmery" is anandera
statement. YOu insult the Intel•
ligence of every resident of
Hayfield. 'You have done 117430
parable harni to' a very fine
Villap, What do you, who do .:
not reside in Hayfield and knOW
only a few of 4the residents,
really know about this village?
What gives you the right ,to
insult and ridicule its residets •
as you have done?
CANCEL mySUBSCRIPTION
TO THE RECORD IMMEDI.
ATELY.
The chairman of the "wets"
was quoted in the London Free
Press as saying "the wets
aren't bitter because the voters
rejected liquor outleta -" Now
you are fanning the fires of
bitterness. Why? Is that a .pulo. ,
lie service? What do you and
Dear
YOhr courageous .tlithrial. on
the OPP..Steil Of the 144149r Vote
in this is Still ifigeiVhlg,
the plaudita ef the "wets"
terrningled With the anraesOf
the "drys". Unfortunately it
porhe PeePle 1'441ff hard,
especially, those who, while ens
joying the fruit of the Ville
themselves, set themselves up
as judges of the majority, They
iieneStly believe that there, are
148 adults ih.13ayfieldWhe would
leae. all restrairit if a goveraa
meat ,Liquer outlet were 'estab,
fished,
You .have probably read this
wee' s issue of the same maga,
azine which only two weeks ago
peinted your own moat interest-
ing article on "Helicopters".
refer, of course, to Canadia,n
Magazine in which FrankRasky
ably. criticizes Canadian liquor
laws, It seems that many people
cannot believe the facts quoted
When just a boy, I recall,
asked my mother why the browil
truck called at the last house
on the street every week. She
replied "That Lady .drinks at
home and we should not criticize
vote energies to more construes
tive problems.
You seem to think the issue
voted upon was whether one
could drink or not. flow wrong
you arel The issue was simply
whether liquor should be made
available in public places in
Hayfield. Since when is it ii-
legal to drink in one's home?
Why is one a hypocrite if he
drinks in hith home but does
not want public liquor places?
Is there anything wrong if
some people wish to live in a
village without a public supply
of liquor? They should not be
publicly insultedior so' doing.,
Nothing has happened to pre..
vent either the "wets" or
"drys" from continuing to drink
in their own homes.
Bayfield is not being em.
balmed or retired. It is grow.
ing every year. New homes and '
cottages are being built each
year. You do not see empty
houses in Bayfield. In the sum.
,mer, cottages are fully rented.
4These summer residents most
certainly boost the economy
of Bay,fielda a • :alai. •
I haVe"
Street merchants going' Vio0.- --
I would suggest that both "wets"
and "drys" who do their. shop.
ping in places other than Bay.
field give their business to the
home folks. Why not help home -
business?
Liquor is not a must to sue..
cessfully operate a dining place.
There are many dining places'
in the Blue Water area that do
not sell liquor and yet are
profitable operations.
Hayfield has had a wonder.
ful community spirit. Look at
the successful Centennial pro.
jects - iook 'at' the ice arena
project - look at the good work
being done by the Lions and the
churches. Forget thebitterness
of the liquor vote and concent-
rate on getting people behind '
projects of this sort.
Mr. Editor, why did you wait
until after the vote to write
your insulting editorial?
If anyone does not like the
so-called Victorian atmosphere
in Bayfield, he has the privilege
to move. If anyone wants a
"Grand Bend" let him move
there.
MR. EDITOR, YOU OWE
HAYFIELD AN APOLOGY.
Richard C. Moore
Bayfield, Ontario.
Fort Pierce, Florida ,
fortunate in having parents who
would take us to the hotel on a.
Sunday evening' or a Bank Hol.
iday and buy us "fizzy leaf..
onade", while Dad drank a glass
of beer and Mum sipped a"Port
and Lemon,"
It is, I suppose, small wonder
that my own views on drinking
are diametrically opposed to
those of the local "drys".
I have written to the Liquor
Board of Ontario, explaining
that Hayfield never was dry
before the Ontario Tethperance
Act was imposed; they replied
that since Hayfield was until
recently„a part ofStanley, which
has been dry since 1907, it was
officially "dry", otherwise the
result would have been a de.
claxation in favour of the
"wets" on all counts,
It seems a shame that our
laws depend on such 'technical.
ities especially, in the face of
the "lies of the drys", who
tried to blame teenage fights in
Grand Bend on the Liquor Laws.
It is certain that no licensed
retailer in Grand Bend would
risk serving teenagers. The ,
local bootleg Outlets,. holiev'er7,•
are already braakingtheilawaStiMia
they' are not likety•to ask :€13 roof4:
of Age," '
Hayfield Council already has
building by-laws and can thus
prevent the influx of "Funfairs"
and "Amusement Parks",
which would destroy the quiet
lazy atmosphere so dear to the
retired folk.
The threat of increased tax.
ation, to the tune of $5,000 a
year for extra police if Bay.
field voted "wet", was too
much for the. old people on fix.
ed incomes- this lie squeezed
"dry votes" out of otherwise
clear-thinking decent people
who may even keep a little
brandy on hand in case of sick-
ness, bless 'em.
I have no quarrel with those
religious beliefs guided them on
election day. They have a per.
feet right to • state their opin.
ion as much as anyone else.
My sole quarrel is with the
"humbugs." who themselves,
dwell "beneath the skirts
of Queen Victoria" and would
condemn us all tothose"secret
swilling and gin sipping days."
Thank you once again for an
honest, outspoken, editorial- I
only wish that it could help us
provide "drinking with meals"
if nothing more-Please keep us
in mind, when, in three years,
we shall try again.
•
her for it". My mother evidently
for maple syrup than ror beer.) the "wets" expect to gain now, frowned on "secret drinking other than splitting the village • t was deemed a sickness I Does Mr. Whiting know whither and setting neighbor against , suppose, My brothers and • I
- neighbor. Is it not more pru. ' he is blundering? Probably not.th an readily accepted that we were eat a bury