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Clinton News-Record, 1968-03-28, Page 241. 4. Irwin,, .10. and VesSey leaVe at the first of the month for rtillarton where Mr t Vessey will take charge of the Boys' ,#'arm, an in. Stitation Wider the manage. meat of the Social Service De. naxtrnent of Ole United Church of C4n4da. Nits, 3. Broorpu Kiecar. dine haS heel! Yisitingher consip Mrs, R. 3, Pilaf of town. 25 years ago THE CLXNTONNEWS,RECORD AKil 1, 1943 Miss Kathleen Middleton, daughter of Mr. and. Fred Middleton, of Goderich Town. ship, has accepted a positioni as junior vu pre pratr ox me Royal Bank in. Clinton. Mr, and Mrs. Angus IvIcCrae and ' two children of London spent the weekend with Mrs. McCrae's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Johnston, Bay,. field. Mr. and Mrs, Wilfred Jervis and children Audrey and calvin spent a few days in Toronto. Miss Cora Streets ofToronto was a weekend, visitor at her home in town. LAC Lloyd Adams of the RCAF is home on leave from Halifax. 15 years ago THE CLINTON N E WS-RE C ORD Thursday, March 26, 1953 Sgt. and Mrs. C. Cooper and family have returned from Trenton,. Mrs. Cooper and the children are staying in Clinton with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Little while Sgt. Cooper is taking a course in London. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Biggart and daughter, Barbara, Exeter, have returned from a six weeks visit in Las Vegas, Nev. and spent last week at the former's home with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Biggart. Mr. and' Mrs. H. Edwards, Jr.., London, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Halley, the New Ritz Hotel, Hayfield over the weekend. 10 years ago THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 2'7, 1958•. Charles Nelson was in St. Louis, Miss, last week taking part in a tour of-the Purina plant and research farm. Mr. and Mrs. William Hough ac. companied,him. •-,. Mr Ont .Mrs Fred'.Watson BaYffk,O, ,•J Stuar ah arour 4- Satur day until Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. G. R. "Punch" McEwan have returned 'from a month's vacation in Florida, But I do object to subsidiz- ing the free-loaders: the credit card boys who can write off entertainment, drinks, food, travel; the crafty knaves who use unemployment the as as private bank; the shiftless dogs who revel in welfare as a way of life, At the moment, my pet hate is paying taxes for a new mu- nicipal snow-blower that throws up on my lawn a filthy mixture of snow, salt and sand. Guaranteed to kill lawn, flow- ers and probably trees. The list is endless and arbi- trary. ,But I know I'm not a lone voice crying in the wilder- ness. I'd be happy to hear from others who are ready to re- spond when our leader cries, "Aux barricades, all youse who are ground in the mills of the tax gods." Attend Your Church This Sunday NOTE — ALL. SERVICES ON STANDARD TIME FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH (Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec) Past-'r: JACK HEYNEN, B.A. SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 9:45 a,ni.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Church S'-rvice. — ALL ARE WELCOME HERE — ;11:7‘g V:7.? SS I Clinton News-Record INC 'CLINTON NEW ERA Arnalgainated THE HURON NEWS-ItOORo Established 186S 1924 EatablIshed 1991 Published Every Thorsday At The Heart of Harlin County Clinton, Ontario, Canada l'opulatIon 3,475 8 8' 8 Viphad contributions to this publication, are opinions of seta *0044 only, and do hot tha atiiiiitiaOar, Otathoeliiid ai &kaki' drift Milt, Post 04144 'DtiOiNititinfr • Ottawa, and for Payntraf of 0'6000 ter dait, ItilistitiOnott LOW IreObtri advieeri tied 4r6. t tritaltit 101.1* * 040 ttiltea Mies. Meal. 'tee*: From 75 years ago CLINTONTHI NEW ERA March 31, 1893. Messrs.. Donaldson and J. Heard of Hayfield left here on, Tnesday for Deloralne, Man. itoba. They were ticketed firm"' by A. 0. PattiS011 and also provided themselves with en accident policy!, The contract for the new Windsor Hotel has been let by Mr, Howson to Mr. J. Crea; it is said the cost of the building will rise in the neighbourhood of $24,000 be. fore it is completed. Miss Midst° who has been visiting in Detroit has return" ed to her place at the Dry Goods Palace. THE CLINTON NEW ERA March 10, 1893 The Street Inspector wouldlike people to clean off their side. walks as soon as possible and at the same time he wants to inform them that It is illegal - to chop the walks with an axe. If one must be used, use the butt of it. Mr. Robert Fitzsimons has rented a store in the Smith block and will commence the butcher. ing business there next week. He has had ample experience and will no doubt receive a fair share of patronage. He should never have left the business in K. W. .c0k,QUHQ1),N IINSURANCElklitEA448Titqg Phones: Office 482,9747 - • Reg. 482.7 HAL HARTLEY phono 482-0093. LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE — REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Clinton Office: 482-9644 H. C. Lawson, Res.: 482.9787 J. T. Wise, Res.: 482-7265 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Doors and Windows an Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SALES. R. L. Jervis — 68 Albert It. rainton —482-9390 EDITORIAL PAGE didate and if, through some freak in voting, is picked as PM, would hard- ly arouse the voting public to fits of enthusiasm. And ditto for Paul Mar-- tin and a number of- other candidates. Should the delegates follow the example of Mr. Sopha, in examing the policies and ignoring the man, they 'will likely end up with a dull leader to oppose a dull Robert Stanfield and return Canadian politics to the doldrums from which it has recently emerged— via Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Mr. Trudeau, be he deep or shal- low, is obviously the choice of the public. He surely must be the choice of the 'delegates. A major blockade which delegates to 'the Liberal leadership convention must penetrate, if they wish to choose a man 'who will improve the Liberals Position in Ottawa, is their own poli- tical expertness. Chosen for their knowledge, and/ or Success in politics, these enthusiasts of goVOnment face the dangers of far- sightedness by viewing only the poli- cies, pledges and computer like mangy- pulations, but not the man. Wise it may be tO choose a leader of sound reason Ing ',and wise policies, but if this. man .havio empathy with the voting public his wisdom will be of minimal use on the opposition side of the commons. The delegate's function must be kept simple—choose the man who will lead the Liberals to victory in the next election. When delegates from the business world pledge their vote to. Ro- heft Winters, agriculturalists choose J. J. Greene and financiers pull for Mit-- chell, Sharp they are ignoring the over- all effect on the Liberal party in favour of their own selfish interests'. , Our parliamentary system is such that the' prime minister cannot over-- rulethe voice of his cabinet. Thus if a candidate for the leadership should expostulate a particular theory, which, in the minds of the delegates is u,n-- compromisingly stupid,, they can be as- sured more sane voices in the cabinet will prevail. The delegates must realize they are selecting a man who will stand be— fore a naive and politically shallow pub-•' tic. A public which is unfamiliar and often unconcerned, about the intricacies of parliament and governMent. This week MPP Elmer Sopha lis— tened to Pierre Trudeau speak in Sud- bury, concluded he was "shallow," re— evaluated the candidates and switched allegiance to Mr. Greene. Mr. Sopha erred. Not that Mr. Greene is in any way unworthy. He is simply a lesser can-- pa ns. 7 1.10 41 le 011 h, S')1 ;1.), A 4,4: Lh:0 . Paul Martin has distributed an- 9ther expensive public relations pack- age. It contains enough of his per- sonal history to pack an elegant obit- uary. Best of the goodies, though, is a collection of his woolliest pontifica- tions. As political parody, this hodge- podge is a delight to read. • For instance: "Canada's policy is balanced, responsible and based on reality; but it is no less imaginative for. being balanced, no less independent for being based on sea fity, no less far- sighted for being responsible." What does Paul mean? That, citizen, is for you to guess. It's part of a new, Liberal game, called: Guess What Paul Means. Another platitude -which may be drawn from the pot in this fascinating game is:: "The greatest problem facing Canada today is national unity—the key to unity is to remain diverse and yet distinctly Canadian—and it is to that end that we must direct our efforts in the critical years to come." There has been talk of printing cards for 'this game and turning it. into a sort of political Monopoly because Paul-has some simply sincere things to say about business, like: "Money is heeded in any business and Canada is a very big business." Anyone who draws that last state- ment in the Guess What Pgul Means game will recognize it as a, trap. Paul has pulled a sneaky, saying exactly What he means, because even he can't mean anything else. But the game is kept exciting be- cause most of the statements can be interpreted in as many ways as a Brit- ish diplomatic announcement. Such as: "In the final analysis, economic and material ascendancy will not be the measure of our success or failure. We will be judged, as individuals, and as a nation, according to our efforts to achieve justice for all mankind, and ex- cellence in all things." There are snippets, too, known in , the game as "flag-wavers," which score points without exercising the mind; "Let us mobilize our energies, our talents, and our sense of commitment to build together a greater Canada. This is our destiny." And another: "Let history not say of us that we were given much, and gave little." Joker in the game, because it de- fies any sort of interpretation, is the statement: "If individual constituent members of a federal state had the right to conclude treaties independent- ly of the central power, it would no longer be a federation but en associa- tion of sovereign powers." Finally, the boss statement, equiva- lent of a Royal Flush in poker and es- sential to win the Guess What Paul Means game, is: "Canada is a mosaic of many cultures—this is its great strength. Canadian identity springs from feelings engendered by words such as Charlottetown, C. P. R., C. N. R., Laurier, The Atlantic, The Pacific, Statute of Westminster, Dieppe, The United Nations, our Flag, Expo '67, and Opportunity. To define Canadianism would be to limit it, and thereby. miss the point of being Canadian." To define Paul Martinism, of course, would be tb limit it, and there- by miss the point of being Paul Martin. There is a secret to winning the Guess What Paul Means game. It is to realize that Paul wants his statements do mean all things to all men. A $500,000 devetopment road project has been approved for Huron County Road No. 3 from Brucefield to Varna, Provin. cial Treasurer Charles Mac. Naughton, Huron MPP, announr ced this week. The project will cover 4.2 miles, including some urban sections in both Varna and Brucefield. It will include grad. ing, granular base and hot mix pavement. Under the development road program the province will assume 100 per cent of the physical construction cost. AnY land purchase involved is the When he smacks us With taxes, The Minister says It's to battle the beast of infla- tion. It's for our own good, And everyone should Stop roaring with deep indig- nation. Pretty rotten doggerel, but I hope I speak for the rest of you serfs when I serve warning to all levels of government, here and now, publicly, that we've had enough. With one more tax hike of any kind, the Fall of the Bas- tille, and the' October Revolu- tion of 1917 will look like a couple of Sunday school out:' ings. The gutters will run with blood, and heads will roll. I've never seen a gutter run- ning with blood, but I don't think it would bother me much. Not this month, at any rate. And how would the head of the Finance Minister look, stuck on the end of a pike? It certainly wouldn't do much for his image, in the Liberal' lead- ership race. Remember what happened to the British when they went too far with taxation! It was a nice cup of tea, with Boston Harbor as the teapot. Shortly after. wards, they had lost half of North America. Eighteenth-century France had absentee landlords. We have absentee M.P.'s. But the real cause of the French revo- lution was oppressive taxes. The absentee landlords lost their heads. Some of our ab- sentee M.P.'s May lose their seats. And if you want to be vulgar, there's not that much difference, come to think of it, Setae Story in Russia, Irtfla- iion and taxation. Ivan Was making four kopecks a day, It cost him three to live, one for taxes, The Czar jacked up the tax on vodka by one kopeck and something had to give, It wasn't Ivan. Now I'm no George Wash- ingion, Robespierre or Lenin, But I do have a shot-gun, and When our leader emergeg, I'll be there, fully leaded if I ran afford n ;lug at current prides — And shouting bilin- gually, "A has leg tastes"' AS a motorist, I am willing to pay heavy gas and tar taxes and lieenCe feeS so that roads limy be built. Out I have an Our Early FOO.s, the first pace ae he was 'the right man, in the right place.' 311.1S$ Lottie Kerr of Clinton is visiting at Mr. Miller's, Bay. field. Dr, 'Txtrnixill returned frem. New Yoric on Saturday and has again taken charge of his Prac, thee here, 55 years ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday,, March 27,1913 Miss Kathleen East Miss Irepe Carling and Miss Ruby Walker of Toronto were the guest's during the holidays of, Mrs, Thomas East of town, Dean Courtice who is attend. ing the school of Practical Science Toronto was home for a few days. Wilbur Ford of Goderich spent Good Friday in town, Mrs.' (Dr.) Gunn and daugh. tens were in London for Easter. 40 years ago THE CLINTONNEWS-RECORD March 29, 1928 Mrs. F. H, Paull,' Hayfield, returned on Monday after hay. ing visited her parents in Galt for a couple of weeks. Charles Vessey if with his wife and family who are stay. ing with the lady's father, Mr, reSponsibility of the county. Under the financial arrange. meets of the 1965.69 County Road Program of the province, county road systems can bene- fit from direct aid. This pro. ject is part of that program as it applies to the Huron County road system, ... 'THROUGH YOUR RED CROSS THOSE YOU HELP WILL ALWAYS — REMEMBER adomination for taxes on build- ing materials and clothing and a contempt for taxes on res- taurant meals, and entertain- ment. I don't want to sound un- reasonable about taxes. Some are essential. Education taxes, for example. We've got to keep the kids off the streets some- how, and at the same time turn them into potential tax-payers, so that we'll be able to draw our old-age pensions. And I don't mind contribut- ing to those same old-age pen- sions and help for the crippled and the blind and the helpless. Nor do I mind paying for sew- ers and garbage collection and street-lighting. It irks me to help maintain an armed force, fine chaps all, but one which couldn't defend this country against a deter- mined attack by Iceland. LEGION SOCIAL DANCE THIS SATURDAY IAN WILBEE ORCHESTRA Admission $3.00 Per Couple All Legion Members and Guests invited CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION Parents are requested to register all children eligible to attend KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, commencing September 3, 1968, To be eligible for Kindergarten enrolment, a child MUST be five years of age oh or before December 31, 1968. Registered by letter not later than April 9, 1968. On day of enrolment in September, definite proof of age MUST be submitted to the principal of the Public School SEND APPLICATIONS STATING NAME OF PUPIL, birth date and telephone rilittiber to: J. A. GRAY, Principal, Onion Public School, Clinton,. Ontario, 12, n, 14b Business and.Profess onal Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE J, E. LO14GSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays,triad Wittittestigy. Zit) 1SMC STREET • For appointment 1410110 4112-7019 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 R. W. BELL , OPTOMETRIST' The Square, OODERICH 524-7861 HINTON- THE 'MOVER sa Mary Prod Clinton, Ontario Apo* for United Van. Lines Goo. A. ClIfillart, Representative, 412-97M ONTARIO STREET . UNITED CHURCH "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" Pastor: REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A. • Organist: MISS LOIS GRASSY, A.R.C.T. SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.—Worship Service. Evening Unit meets Monday, March 25th 8:30 P-in- Wesley-Willis — Holmesville. United Churches REV. A. J- MOWAVT, C.D;, B.A, ,B.D-,, D.The Minister-, w.r MR. LORNE LIOTTERERiOrganistlandXhoire,Directoif SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School and Confirmation Class. 11:00 a.m.—Worship Service. Sermon: Series on the Prophet Elijah, No. 4: "THE STILL, SMALL VOICE" Special music from Mendelssohn's "Elijah". , "LORD GOD OF ABRAHAM" Bass solo: George. Cull "Lift Thine Eyes" — Trio—Mrs. Wm. Hearn Mrs, Don Andrews, Mrs. Benson Sutter Soprano Solo: "Hear Ye, Israel" sung by Mary Tearn Anthem: "0 Rest In The Lord" Organ Sonata No, 1 by Mendelssohn, played by Mr. Lorne Dotterer HOLMESVILLE 1:00 p.m —Worship Service. 2:00 p.m.—Sunday School and Confirmation Class. ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister •Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, MARCH 31st 9:45 a.m.—Sunday School. 10:45 a.m.--Vrorship Service. — EVERYONE WELCOME — CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH SUNDAY, MARCH 31st REV. KROEZE From Blyth 10:00 a.m.—English. 2:30 p.m.—Dutch. Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 600 CHLO, St. Thomas listen to "Back to God ,'tour" — EVEAYONE WELCOME — BASE CHAPELS Canadian Forces Base Clinton ROMAN CATHOLIC CHAPEL Chaplain—F/L THE REV. F. J. LALLY Sunday Masses-9:00 a,m. and 11:00 a.m. Confestions—Before Sunday Mass.s anJ 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturdays Baptisms and Interviews -- By Appointment Phone 482-3411, Ext. 253 PROTTESTANT CHAPEL chopioin--i/L THE REV. F. P. DeLONO SUNDAY, MARCH 31st Holy CommOnion—Following Divine Service, 1st Sundays 8:30 a.m. on other Sundays Sunday School-9:30 a.m. (Nursery Department at 11 a.m.) Divine Service-11:00 a.m. Interviews, Baptisms, etc. — By Appointment Phone 482-3411, Ext. 247 or Ext. 303 after hours Pentecostal Church Victoria Street W.' Werner, PaStOr SOnday, Marth 31st 9:45 a,m..-,--Sundav School. 11:00 a.rn...-Worship Service. 7:30 pan.-4.-Evening Service. Friday, 8 pan.—YPU Meeting Assiemsimeasieh clinton Newe.Recerdt Thursday, March 88, 1968 must beat blockade: $500,000 county road project approved Brucefield to Varna I SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Tis a taxing time MAPLE ST. GOSPEL HALL Sunday, March 31st 9:45 a.m.--,-Worshlp Servide. 11:00 School. .11:00 p.m.-'.-Evening Service. Speaker: John Martin, Hawkeiville—Stmday and Tuesi day, speclat Prophetic Study.