HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-03-14, Page 2There's a new school holiday this year, the
week of March 18 to 22, replacing the trade.
tional Easter week holiday. Drivers are ad-
vised to be on the alert fOr carefree children
like the little girl above. She's so intent on
retrieving her ball that she's forgotten the
danger of running out from between parked
cars. And the Ontario Department of Tran-
sport has this reminder for parents too: make
sure Your children know and follow the traffic
safety rules,. , look both ways before you cross
the Street- keep out from between parked
cars. ride your bike safely, obey signs and
signals—play games in a safe place away
from traffic.; walk, don't run, when you leave
the curb. ,walk facing traffic where there are
no sidewalks
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enough enoug
is enough al r eady
If Letters To The Editor are any criterion,
The interests of 'Bayfield, in this play-
ground of the Huron,
Are either drinking and carousing their
hours away,
Or attending good churches 'day after
day after day,
The churches have their play' in this
wonderful land,
For those who feel a need for them,
but on the other hand,
No one holds the right to lay down
laws to, another
That he shall pray, or not drink, believe
in God or—that other!
We ere . all free individuals, and our
rights• should be recognized;
If our friends .clo not agree with us,
who's to say they should be
penalized?
So let us each have understanding for
the viewpoint of the other;
After all, didn't God direct us: "Let each
man be your brother"?
EDITORIAL
PAGE
Therefore, Mr. Editor, may we please
have a rest
From Bayfield's petty grumbling and
stirred hornets' nest.
Let us hear from your readers who have
something worth while
To say to the people, in well-rounded
style.
Surely students from the High School
hold opinions these days,
And our senior citizens are wise in
their ways;
Then let us talk about the old days, and
the new days to come,
But for heaven's sake let's be adult,
and leave trivialities alone.
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REV. A. J MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D.D., Minister
MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, MARCH 17th
8:00 a.m.—MEN'S CLUB BREAKFAST MEETING.
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ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
"THE FRIENDLY CHURCH"
Pastor: REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A.
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D ear Sir;
I would like to take this op.
portenity to thank the editor
concerning his repent article,
February 22, "Bayfield
dorees holy humbuggery,"
hope those who voted dry in
our recent election, will take a
few minutes and read this
article,
It concerns our residents
young and old, our village, our
present, past, and future. Make
of its' purpose what you will
and then honestly justify, within
yourself, the decision you made
at the polls in Bayfield on Feb.
ruary 14th.
•Having been born and raised
in this town, I am disturbed to
see village deterioration. Yes?
Mr. Editor, it is "hypocrytical
fuddy-duddery and holy .;hurn.
buggery," that is regressing
our town,
If our Hayfield Historical.
Society could move our town
back 75 years, they would have
found a booming Hayfield; 18
hotels and whiskey at $1 per
gallon. In my time, the cavil.
ion was open six nights weekly
during the summer. For there.
mainder of the year there was
weekly dancing for the entire
family, Main Street was active
with a bake shop, butcher shop,
shoe store, dry goods store,
a dentist's office, and a Doc-
tor's office. Other businesses
in town were an evaporator,
confectionery store, saw-mill
blacksmith shop, and a chop-
ping mill. Imagine how many
this would have employed?
We have good young working
people, and we should encour-
age them to stay and build a
better Hayfield for tomorrow.
I feel proud of our young men
who are trying to instill a
community spirit as evidenced
in our fine young hockey team.
The fact that we are a town
of retired people; we are in-
different to the important needs
of the working people, It is about
time we, as citizens 'of Bay
begip to the-se:e a; and ,
act for our future, What future'
does the 'village possess for our
young adults of tomorrow? It's
also our duty to our young
people, and to ourselves to see
that we give them a town full
of opportunities. Our young
working populace are not in.
terested in sitting at home by
themselves, getting soused!
What this town needs is a meet.
ing place where friends and
business associates can go to
relax and enjoy each others
company. It would be more con.
venient if we could entertain
in our village as well as in our
own homes,
This article will have long
been forgotten by the time of
our next liquor vote, but I sin.
cerely hope that I have pre.
sented some food for thought.
Sincerely yours
Maude K. Weston
Dear Sir:
Just thought itwas time some
one wrote a letter to you, com-
mending you on your recent
editorial. "Hayfield Endorses
Holy Humbuggery," I think it
takes "guts" to write what one
thinks, and would certainly en.
dores the Whole editorial.
In the years I have lived in
our village, we seem to have
regressed rather than progres.
sod, A few years ago we could
play a game of baseball every
night , in our beautiful Clan
Gregor Square; and scream and
holler until we were hoarse, but
that is definitely frowned upon
these days. We could gather
under a street light at night
and choose teams for a game
called "Run, Sheep, Run." No.
body said we were noisy, the
villagers (at that time) enjoyed
the laughter and noise of the
young people. I canwell remem-
ber the late Mr. Jack Parker,
with his team of horses, a set
of harrows trailing behind,
cleaning up the beach so we
could have a clean place to
swim. We had many a good
toboggan party on Glass's Hill
but even that is olOsed` teese
days. Things certainly have be.
come dull, tedious and uninten
esting, as your editorial stated.
I wonder how naive some
people can be, I have stood at
the edge of our park looked down
Main Street and tried to visual.
ize it as one with penny arcades
fun houses, snack shops, china
shop's, a Movie house, loud
music, and people peomehading
up and down in swiin suite,
laughing and talkieg. This we
know eouldr never happen, as
our town council has passed a
holdihg by-law, preventing any./
thing like this.
Fenny though, I can recall
the cattle grazing along our
main thoroughfaxe; hoW We ever
managed to get a payed main
street and the cattle in the barns
is more than I Can conceive.
Personal character and work at-
titude seem to be less important than
academic standards, professional quali-
fications and technical competence
these days. when choosing applicants
for jobs.
But the 10 commandments, or
"First Principles of Personal. Conduct"
issued to its employees by a Chinese
bank in Malaysia seem'to-have as much
meaning here as there.
I. Don't lie. It wastes my time and
yours. I'm sure to catch you in the end,
2. Watch your work and not the
clock. A long day's work makes a long
day short, and a short day's work makes
my face long.
3. Give me more than I expect and
I'll pay you more than you expect. I
can afford to increase your pay if you
increase my profits.
4. Don't take on more debt than
you can safely handle. You owe so
much to yourself that you cannot afford
to owe too much to anyone else,
5. Dishonesty is never an accident.
6. Mind your own business and in
time you may have a business of your
own to mind.
7. Don't do anything here that
hurts your self-respect. The employee
who is willing to steal for me is capable
of stealing from me.
8. It's none of my business what
you do at nig h,f, bur ifIliairatian'affeefr't
What you 'do -here next day, you will
last half as long as you hoped.
9. Don't tell me what I'd like to
hear, but what I ought to hear. I don't
want a valet for my vanity but I need
one for my money.
10. Don't kick if I kick, If you are
worth correcting, you are worth keep-
ing.
Dear ear, 'MOT;
Whoopie! Man, et:Wee got it
Made! The yillogo is igrrongl
witn those htglisteexleg letters
to the editor, Yeti?' paper is in
fabuloup demand here, I eeere
that several customers ("wets
and drys") nearly faipted In the
crush to get their cePies, This
isn't Delleville any more, thanks
to yeti! Hut you gotta take it
easy. My doctor tells me if
I don't quit laffin' P11 have a
stroke; He had to give me a
tranqtrilizer to eet me stopped,
Wouldn't You know those thick.
headed "drys" would take your,
editorial seriously and not as
burner. I got enough eornfiderice
in you, Mr. Editor, to realize .
that yoit was only puttee on as
no smart writer like von could
possibly mean that stuff. It had
to be a joke!
I got a mite of a 'feesion to
make, sir. I knowed I didn't
have a way with words like some
of yoar other koreepondents, so
I thot Pd act like I had a little
more edicashun than the rest
but honestly I only has a 4th,
grade degree (and it took me
three tries to git that), I spect
it's cause I went ter skool in
the Victorian days when we only
had a strap and a slate. I uster
get lots of strap fer gettin' mighty
little on the slate, If they hadn',t
tored down the old skool (that's
progress too) I could've slowed
you the exact spot whur the
teacher wasted a Teter effort-
on me,
bothered about the bootleggers,
so I had some of me buddies
(who aren't confined to the house
with the roomatiz like I be)
to see if they could snoop out
how many we had. I think there's
some lettle margin of error in
their total as it came to 13 3/8
But none of them have had the
new math and their adishun could
be off -especially that 3/8. I
alway had a spite o' trouble with
frackshuns meself, With all the
other good citizens who are in
on the secret, I'm not telling
nobody (even the police) who
they are. Don't send no smart.
aleck reporter over here to ax
me either'. I got me sense of
honor! Now, Mr. Editor, I don't
mean to be touchy on this point
but there's a limit to what a
body can reveal. On the other
hand that feller whose feelins
was hurt is feelin' mighty in.
couragest since you published
some of his scrawlins. I told him
you'd be fair about usin' filler.
I seed your local korespondent
slipped in a thought-provokin'
item on liker taxes in our news
colum. But you better watch that,
sir, or you'll have those "drys",
foamin' (pretty good word, eh!)
gaineeause most any old "theme's
knowsethesgiverrn in t spends efiefeV
on problem drinkers thap,it iver
collects in liker taxes, had
that throwed up in me face by
some little old lady! They can
be formidable, you know, cause
they can vote too (drat 'em!).
Excuse the language but a bache-
lor can tolerate only so much.
Howiver, to make up for that,
I shur appreciated those kind
words your reporter had fer
my poor ramblins. Not ever one
here seemed to ,ake it so good.
Some even insinuated it was un.
holy humbug, I didn't take that
to be a very original criticism!
Keep up the couragus work,
Mr. Editor. If'n your paper didn't
win no prise for .hurner at the
annual Ont, Weekly Newspaper
Rally, the judges must've been
soused. I'm shur not canceling my
perscription to your paper. It
beats Red Sceleton any day (or
night). My cousin Emmy (she's
the one that used 5 cases of deo..
dorant before she found out she
was jist naturaly unpopular) used
to say, "It's always good to be
able to laff at yurself, fer
not likely see anythin' funnier
in YOUR lifetime," I think some
of the villagers could use her
advise! I'm laffin' all the way
to the Post Office,
Devotedly yours,
"Ole Hooch"
P.S. I Pet heerd a shameful ruiner
that someone in the village writ
that editorial! Please, (sob) deny
ill
Dear Sir: May I express, on
behalf of the entire Rehabilita-
tion Foundation for the Die-
Waled, our appreciation for the
help you gave us during the
recent March of Dimes cam.
paign for funds.
Thanks to people like you
and your organizations, we are
able to say that from results
received so far, the campaign
was a huge success. It is now
certain that we will be able to
carry on our work for another
year - assessing the capabil.
ities of the disabled, operating
workshops as stepping stones
to employment in industry,
educating the public and, in
general, acting as spokesmen
and. guarantors for those who,
through no fault of their own,
have a handicap.
It 18 gratifying to see that,
more than ever before', Ontario
newspapers, radio stations and
televigion stations supported
our campaign this year not
just with willingness, but with
enthusiasm, In doing so, you
and other members of the news
media have given a boost to
the disabled of this provinee,
helping them to help them.
selves.
When we have final figures
On this eear'e campaign We
will be sending you the com.
statement when it is ready.
Mete story, also our financial
Meanwhile, We trust you will
be as pleased es we are With
the results, you have been of
real help in garriering. the ap.
peopietion, understanding and
ineolVeMent of the latblic in all
we stand fer, And we are most
gratefel.
Yours sincerely,
4, J. McGill,
Chairman,
Public Education.
Rehabilitation Foupeetion
for the Disabled.
Oseerne our forefathers wanted
to Proeress a little, deeen't
it?
There. Was eotne mention in a 4,`.40tteD to the Eclitovr (p eet
maze? 29) that perhaps, with
Mir interest in our town, you
shquld come -here to live (be.
fore aneteer vote rolls around)
efor one) would -very much
welcome a man of peer integrity
and straightforwerdpess, as 4
citizen Who can Pee a little
further than the end of his nose.
It is a lose to our Own that
we can't attract more Peeteaeu
ant residents of your status;
but I guess, since we are a
dormitory village ('and destined
to stay that way) we could
hardly expect people such as
yell appeer to be; to eye!' con
eider residing here.
I sign off this letter With
the fervent hope that you will
continue to print your conyin
tions, such as} the, tremendous
editorial on the "vote in Bay.
field,". Yoers very truly
"Not ,Victorian"
From Our
Early Files
55 years ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, March 13, 1913
Mrs. Thomas Hawkins and
children left on Tuesday to visit
friends in Hamilton. They expect
to be gone about a month.
Mr. W. J. Paisley was in
Wiarton this week.
Mr. J. A. Irwin will preach
missionary sermons on the Varna
Circuit on Sunday.
Mr, Fred Leonard has pur-
chased the farm of the late James
Lindsay on the 16th Concession
and will move thereto in the near
future. Mr. C. Lindsay will hold
an auction sale on Good Friday.
40 years ago
THE CLINTON' NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, March 15, 1928
Miss Harriet Hawkins nurse.
in-training at Stratford hospital,
was home on Monday.
Miss Esther Trewartha of Vic.
toria College, Toronto, spent the
weekend at her home in town.
Miss Etta Hardy of Merritton
has been holidaying at her home
this week. Miss Hardy has been
recovering' from an attack of
chiokerfepox'Weieh eltie cone:1:61dd
from one of her pupils.
Mr. and Mrs. T G. Scribbins I
have taken Miss M. J. Moore's
house on William Street.
25 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, March 18, 1943
Jo Anne Cuninghame spent la.st
weekend with her sister Miss
Cathleen at St. George House of
University College, Toronto,
Mr. George Weston who has
spent the past month in Detroit
returned to his home in Bayfield
on Saturday last.
Pie. and Mrs. Kenneth Pickett
and small son of Montreal are
spending his leave with their
families in town.
Lt. Col. F. G. Thompson now
4pn the staff of Westminster Hon
pital, London, received the Can.
adian Efficiency Decoration as
announced by the Department of
National Defence. Lt. Col.
Thompson is a veteran of the
Great War and returned only
last year after serving 'two
years overseas in this war.
15 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, March 12, 1953
Miss June McCartney, Teronto
visited on the weekend with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. el. Mc-
Cartney.
Ed Siddel, Goderich, who
brought his fishing tug into this
harbour a week ago Monday with
a ton of perch, was able to get
out and set whitefish and perch
nets again on Tuesday,
Mr. and Mrs. Andr ewJ. Deseck
spent a few days in Toronto at.
tending the Ballet in the Royal
Alexander Theatre, and Simla.
son's Fashion Festival.
10 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
March le, 1958
E. M. Pattison, Bancroft, On.
tario, is visiting friends in Clin-
ton,
S. H. Stothers, first agricul.r
tural representative in Here!'
Couhty was the guest last week.
end Of Mr, and Mrs, EL J.
Gibbings, while attending the
Huron County Seed Pair.
'Mrs, 11. Wild, Montreal, has
been 'Visiting with Mr, and Mrs.,
R. L. Mawen, High Street, for
the Past week,
, Corporal Lloyd Westlake, OPP
wife, and two Children, Ricky
and Cathy, Kitchener were With
Mre. Westlake's eatents, Mr. bed
Mrs. Malcom Torns, Heyfield,
torn Friday to Monday.
ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The Rev. R. U. MacLean, BA., Minister
Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director
SUNDAY, MARCH 17th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
10:45 a.m.---Veership Service,
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IntervieWs, Baptisms, etc. — by Appointment
Phone, 482.3411, Ext, 247 or Eakt. 303 after hours
9:45 Service.
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W. Werner, Pastor 11:00 cin.,—Sunday School.
8:00 p.m.—Evening Service. Sunday, March 1/th
Speaker: John Martin,
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fiat special, Prophetie Study. 11:00 Service.
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FridaY, 8 eetiri.e-YPU Meeting Bible Study
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
(Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec)
Pastor: ,:ACK HEYNEN,
SUNDAY, MARCH 17th
9:45 a.m.—Sunday School.
11:00 a.m.—Church Service.
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