Clinton News-Record, 1968-04-04, Page 2Miss Sinclair, Mrs. D. J.
Lane, A. • M, Knight, W. H.
Robinson and Harry Ball made
a tour of the Wingham Hospital
Nurses' home on Wednesday.
E. K, Gibson S tettler, Alber ta
is visiting with his parents Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Gibson and his sis.
ter Miss Beatrice.
Pte, Oliver Hopson, Camp
Borden spent the weekend with
his wife and family at their
home in Hayfield.
Miss S, B. Lovett who suf.
fered fractures to her arm
several weeks ago has return.
ed to her home from the MM.
ton Public Hospital,
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by '13ill Smiley
Released from captivity
Had a taste of utter domestic
freedom and peace during the
recent holidays. Daughter Kim
went off to spend a few days
with her Mum in the city. And
there I was, all alone in the big
house,
For the 'first time in years,
nobody to , bug me..Not a soul
to,tell me, it was time to get up
orgo to bed.; Nobody to tell me
tO:,Etop doing this, or icart
,
deihe NObody to 'later
away while I was trying to
read' the paper.
It was a wild, delirious feel-
ing, Only a man who is belea-
guered by women most of his
waking hours can appreciate
how I felt. I just decided to' let
'er rip, ,go the whole hog and
let the chips fall where they
might.
First morning I slept right
through. Until 8.30. I even lay
there, grinning defiantly and
said, right out loud, "I won't
get up until I feel like it." And
there was no argument.
Seven minutes later, instead
of the usual juice, toast and
coffee, I ripped the cap off a
bottle of beer and drank it,
right there in the living-room,
not the kitchen, with my bare
feet up on the best chair. It
gave me a glorious sense of
sheer freedom. And a head-
ache.
But I didn't care. I read the
morning paper for 20 minutes
straight without being inter-
rupted. Unheard of luxury!
For the rest of the day, I not
only threw convention to the
wind, but flouted every domes-
tic rule that has been pounded
into me in 20 years.
I read a novel instead of
marking exam papers. I de-
liberately let my whiskers
grow, right through until noon.
I maliciously dirtied every
ash-tray in the house.' I refused
to take out the garbage. I got
crumbs all over the kitchen
floor and just left them there,
crunching happily around in
them. I didn't even go down to
the basement and do the wash-
ing.
I read Mad magazine, I
threw a stack of exam papers
on the floor and kicked them
all over the room. I ripped up
a couple of bills that came in
the mail.
And I ate whatever and
whenever I darned Well
pleased. Peanut-butter and jam
sandwich and frozen oyster
soup for lunch. With a wine
sauce that I never got around
to cooking, Didn't eat until
some crazy hour. About 12.30.
At dinner-time, I did the
same. just sneered at the big
roast of beef cooked for me
before the girls left. Had exact-
ly what I, wanted, pork and
beans. And exactly wheti I felt
'like it. 'Moth 6
I just lei; 'the old dfshes pile
up anywhere. Didn't even put
them in the sink, In fact, I
sneered at them a couple .of
times as I walked through the
kitchen looking for somebody
to talk to.
That night I carried right on
with my orgy of freedom. Had
a brandy and a cigar somebody -
gave me six months ago when
his wife had a baby. Searched
out relentlessly and watched
three westerns on TV, includ-
ing the late-late.
Did I go to bed then? Not on
your life. Went down and with-
out so much as a by-your-leave,
made myself a big, fat roast
beef and horseradish sandwich.
Washed it down with four cups
of my special coffee, the real
thing that you can stand a
spoon in.
And when I went to bed, it
was exactly when I felt like it,
with no nagging. It was about
1.30, as I recall. And it was
about 4.30. when that snack
wore off and I went to sleep.
Next day wasn't so wild or
hilarious, quite. Oh, the free-
dom was still there. But so
were the dishes and crumbs
and ash-trays and exam papers.
And nobody else, I must admit
a small surge of pure rage
went through me because no,
body had cleaned the place up.
I didn't just give up, though.
I went right on dirtying dishes
and paddling around in my
pyjamas and smoking like a
diesel truck,
On the third morning, the
cleaning lady arrived. She was
a little taken back when I
embraced her heartily. And
she was even more surprised
when I followed her about all
morning, babbling away about
nothing,
There's nothing like free-
dom. Wives should go away
and leave their husbands alone
for a few days, once a year, It
would saVe a lot Of marriages,
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Skop opts out
The withdrawal of Finance Minister Mitchell
Sharp in favour of Justice Minister Pierre Trudeau
is houncl'tott$VP ,a..prolgund effect on the complex,
ion of the Liberal. -leadership race.
Not all of ;Sharp's supporters can .be eKri0cteci fc
back Trudeau, of conrse. Several may be expected
to incline more toward the old war horse Paul Mart
tin, or toward Robert Winters, the "sound ,business-
man,`'
However, the endorsement of a major cabinet
minister who has himself been a candidate, ,will cot..
tainly not hamper the Trudeau bandwagon as it
rolls into Ottawa for the three-day convention.
Sharp's withdrawal points up the irony of the
scramble for the post of top dog. He was one of
the earliest entries into the fray, and has spent a
considerable amount of money on his campaign, de-
spite his partial withdrawal during the recent fin-
ancial crisis..
His publicity folio, a glossy, high-quality effort
which probably cost in 'the order of ten dollars an
issue, was the first of several candidate's blurbs re-
ceived by this office.
Undoubtedly, it was distributed to all of the
2,400 delegates, as well as to newspapers and
.other media across the country. Combined with
travel and other campaign costs, Mr. Sharp has
probably spent upwards of $50,000 already, and
this is a conservative estimate (if he will pardon the
term). •
For someone with such a heavy stake involved
to throw in the cards before the convention starts,
and for those others to drop inevitably by the way-
side as the ballotting unfolds, the expensive win-
dow-dressing seems somewhat futile to the un-
initiate.
However, since this is a highly political race,
with expectation of position or power hanging in
the balance for even the shrewd losers, there is
probably a great deal of strategy behind Mr.
Sharp's withdrawal at this stage.
The overall effect, at least at first glance, is to
confirm the widely-held ,belief that the Trudeau .
snowball is going to keep right on bUilding.
This seems the inevitable conclUsion, but
there could still be many surprises in , store as the
compelling nation-wide drama unfolds in the next
three days.
From Our Early Files
love-hate'
To love Clinton is a difficult
thing. There are no magnificent
skyscrapers, no expensive cultural
centres, no big league sports, no lux-
ury apartments, no subway or free4
way or exciting night life. Clinton
,has things like slum housing, broken
roads, underpaid farmers and the
ceaseless harangue of Isabel Lebour-
dais.
Albeit Clinton may be difficult:to
love but liking it is as easy as find7.
Ing hunting, fishing, swimming
golfing facilities within a few minutes
drive. As easy as cheering for the
Colts or Ponies or any of the other
sports teams. As easy as visiting
the public library, going to day or,
night classes at the public or second-
ary schools, attending the annual fair
or simply enjoying the security of
good police protection.
The industrial commission, headed'
by Clarence Denomme, has discov-
ered some 47 per cent of people work-
ing in Clinton's major businesses re;
side outside of the town. Mr, Den-
omme thinks the attitude of the pre-
sent residents may have a lot to do
with discouraging newcomers from
liVing in Clinton. And he is prob-
ably right,
One newcomer was • recently
told by a resident, "If God was going
to give the world an enema he would
stick the nozzle in Clinton." The
newcomer is now earning his living
in Clinton and residing in Bayfield.
When 47 per cent of a town's
working population is spending ifs
money in other areas it is easy to see
why the town is not thriving.
No one has to love Clinton—but
it does not take much effort to like it.
No one is being asked to praise Clin-
ton—merely refrain from wanton
wasteful criticism.
Most of the non-residing work-
ers are commuting to Brucefield, God,.
erich, Seaforth and Bayfield. Long
hours could be spent trying to find
what these towns have that Clinton
does not. One answer would be
attitude.
Clinton, like every .small town in
Ontario needs industry. And the
people who knock the town are the
first to start bubbling when !here is
no industrial assessment to share the
education bill.
Every industry which even vague-
ly suggests re-location, receives a flood
of fLselers from dozens of Ontario,
towns, including Clinton. These let-
ters and brochures carefully point out
that the town is second only to Shan-
gri La in appeal.
So far the letters have failed.
But the industrial commission has re-
cently regrouped and is making a vali-
ant second effort. Without the sup-
port of the townspeople, who, if they
can't say something significant may
as well say nothing, the attempt to
entice industry will be a total waste.
It is not hard to envision the re-
action of a company executive 'when a
Clinton resident says, "This place is
the arm pit of Ontario." The in-
dustry will hostily follow the tire-
tracks of the non-resident workers.
If Clinton has any semblance to
an arm pit or rectum it iS because some.
of the residents have built it in their
own image.
75 years ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
April 7, 1893
Mr. Spaulding has been hired
as tuner for the Clinton Organ
Company.
Miss Soper of Alma College
St. Thomas, is the guest of
Miss Lena Doherty„
Mr, G. Shipley purchased a
fine young farm team at the
fair on Wednesday from a
gentleman near liensall,
Farmers 'tell us that the fall
wheat is looking splendid. It
has not been injured in any
way by the frost and so far as
their observation extends, it
promises exceedingly well.
Sixty-five cents cash will pay
for the New Era for new sub-
scribers until the end of the
year. Regular subscription
rates, $1 a year if paid in ad.
vance,
55 years ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
April 3, 1913
Spring Show is in Clinton
today. Rained all night and up
8:30 but a good crowd is 4
already here at 11:30. Street
Committee had the front street
swept with the road sweeper to
be in good condition for the
judging, Noon - still raining.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McMurray
have become comfortably set.
tied in their new home on Al.
bert Street, the one recently oc.
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Albert
" Morrell.
Mr. and Mrs. C. 3. Johnston
of Toronto spent a few days
at the home of Mr. and Mrs,
E. G. Courtice,
Thomas Shipley left for Ed.
mouton where he has accepted
an engagement with the Messrs,
Hamden, late of Exeter, who
are contracting. Mr. S hipley has
no intention of remaining per.
manently in that country,
merely going out for the sum.
mer months. •
40 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-REC OR D
' April 5, 1928
Mr. and Mrs. Angus Camp.
bell of Sarnia are the guests of
Margaret Campbell, Bayfield.
Miss Cleta Ford of the Alma
College Staff is home for the
Easter vacation. '
Edgar Maguire left Tuesday
to spend several weeks in Phil.
adelphia., New York and Atlan.
tic City.
Misses Eleanor and Jean
Plumsteel, Eileen Atkinson and
Ruth Ball of the University of
Western Ontario are home for
the Easter vacation,
Miss A. Bartliff of Aurora is
spending the Easter vacation at
her home in town.
25 years ago
THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
April 8,1943
Mrs. H. A. Scott who spent
the winter in London has re.
turned to her home in Hayfield.
She was accompanied by Mrs.
A. Goldthorpe of Goderich.
Miss Vera Hoggarth and Miss
Freda Hill of St. Catharines
spent Sunday at their homes
in Clinton and Brucefield.
Mrs. O. W. Potter is visiting
her sisters Mrs. E. Smith and
Miss Sarah Start ih Curries.
Pte. William (Izzy) Powell
of the ttCAIVIC stationed inQtte.
bee spent the Weekend in ton
with his aunt Miss S. Watkins.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dixon
recently received a cable from
the younger son LAC Dick Dixon
stating he had , Safely arrived
overseas With the RCAF,
15 years ago
THE C LINTON NEWS-12tCORD
April g, 1953
Mr, and Mrs. LawSbn
and daughter Margie Bien aro
visiting in Ottawa fora few
days,
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