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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1968-11-14, Page 22 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, •Novembei- 14,1900 Editorial comment Help the blind Never has a School bus had such happy Passengers as when the long yellow vehicle rolled along the highway towards Parry Sound, The happy holidaYers were blind people from the London District on their way for two weeks of sun fun. * Visitors to the Lake Joseph Holiday Centre operated by The. Canadian National Institute for the' Blind, find many surprises. The first impression is one of sadness because the sightless guests cannot see the beautiful surroundings. But when they begin to look around and see people lawn bowling, swimming, going for walks, playing cards, or just sitting under a tree enjoying the sound of the birds, it is good company and a busy time, not the view that makes for a good holiday. Visitors walk out to the wharf and see people water slthing. Are they sighted or blind? Who cares? At Lake Joseph, the 'blind vacationers participate in sports formerly thought to be for the sighted only. Of, course, it takes practice for the blind person to, become adept at water ski-ing, just as it does for you. Lessons began with the blind skiers taking a touch-style look, at their equipment. Then the teacher sets the skis on the dock in the proper position to give the contestant an idea of how to hold them when skiing. Once in the water, the most difficult part was putting the skis in a straight line. Many a time the skier tried to stand up as .the skis spread apart and down he went. - "You're dragged through the water at a good clip," said John Simmons, CNIB Camp Director and one of those trying it for the first time. "If you don't let go the ropes, you soon have water coming out of your eyes," Others skiers said, "You hear nothing but the roar of the boat and feel the waves slapping at you as they race past." Once up on' iheir. feetftheskis felt like .a hardwood floor under them. The sport is ideally suited to the blind because the tow boat insures that the skier faces no obstacles. Another skier was Eddy Tukkiapik, a blind Eskimo from Fort Chimo on Ungava Bay. He had never seen water skis before and knew nothing of the art that interests so many Canadians each summer. Providing a vacation for the blind people in this area who would otherwise stay at home is just one, of the many activities you support when you contribute to the CNIB campaign. * * * This editorial is supposed:CO' end here with the name and address 'of the local CNIB campaign manager, but we discovered today that there is none, nor are there any canvassers or campaign workers. The Reverend A. J. Mowatt of Wesley-Willis United Church has been contacting individuals and organizations, 'seeking volunteers to carry on a CNIB campaign here. Many communities have concluded their campaigns, others are underway. Clinton is among, the very, very few with no activity. Dr. Mowatt pointed out today that there is no United Appeal campaign here, so that each charitable organization must run its own campaign and most deserve our support. The examples above show that the. CNIB is among the most deserving. Reverend Mowatt asks that any organization or individual interested in participating in the campaign, pahicularly in helping with its administration, get in touch with him so that preliminary work can Snit. Maybe we'll have that name and address to print here soon. New Communion table in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Clinton, was presented Thanksgiving weekend in memory of the late Mrs. Norman Ball by her husband' and four daughters. The table was dedicated by Mr. Ball, who lives on Rattenbury Street, and Mrs, John Kosowan, a daughter now living in Ottawa. The other three Ball daughters are Mrs. EdWard Laidler of Winnipeg, Mrs. Norman Sayres of Gavilin, Saskatchewan, and Mrs. Ralph Cavers of Pilot Mound, Man. Mrs. Ball died about a year ago. The words "In Remembrance of Me" carved in the wood are taken from the communion service. --Staff Photo From Our Early Files .•0"%of".."0.00w.0%."..0.1%,".,"solke"." .40"io"..044~ • ERV1 Clinton News-Record rHE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON. NEWS-RECORD Established 1885 1924 Established 1881 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton,. Ontario, Canada PopulatiOn 3,475 Eit Ha ,. ERIC A. McGUINNESS — Editor J. HOWARD AITKEN — General Manager. Authorized re second class mail, Post Office Departenent, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash* suBscRIHRIN ES: Payable in advance Canada and Great Britain: $5.00 a yearl United States and Foreign; $6.01, Single Copies': 12 CentS SUGAR AND SPICE by Bill Smiley Good old Skinny Wyonch J. E. I.ONOSTAFF OPT0PETRI, eT ,Monfieri and Widnhedoys n ISAAC STREET For appo2- 7010 intMent pone 41;1 SEAFORTH OFFICE 027,1240 R. W. BELL. OPTOM ETR I 4T The Oquere, GODERICH .5244881 - RONALD L. McDONALD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 39 St. David St. Goderich' 524.6253 75 years ago THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD November 10, 1893 Homer Andrews has sold a quarter acre lot near where he is living to Mr. W. Robb. Jackson Bros. now have their „large and:extensive workrooms lighted by electricity. Reeve Torrance, of Stanley who was looking at farms in this vicinity with a view to purchase, struck a big snap at Zurich on Tuesday, where he bought the Happel estate. 55 years ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA November 13, 1913 The Wonderland building is being overhauled and refitted and will be opened shortly by an outsider who will put on the moving picture business once again. Here's hoping he will have better success than his predecessor. Mrs. John Middleston returned last week after a visit with her daughter Mrs. Taylor, of Blyth. The Soloists carried by Guy Brothers Greater Minstrels were very carefully selected and will be heard at the Clinton Opera House Saturday evening when that company plays here. Secure your tickets at W. D. Fair's, price 35 and 50. 40 years ago THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD NOVEMBER 15, 1928 Mrs. Runnison of Stratford was the weekend guest of Mrs. C. J. Wallis. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Hardy spent the weekend and holiday in Toronto with their daughter Mrs. Douglas Thorndyke, Mr. and Mrs G. W. Pinner of Oshawa and Miss A. Bartliff of Aurora were with MrS. C, H. Bailiff for Thanksgiving. Dr, and Mrs, E. Lewis of Toronto were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. N. W. Woods, Bayfield, over the weekend. George Murdock and Miss Maisie Murdock were with Woodstock friends over the weekend and holiday. 25 years ago THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD, Thursday, Novernber 1.1, 1943 ; Dr. G. S. Elliott and Miss Pearl Elliott of London were weekend visitors at their home in town. Mrs. William Ball and little son, Nelson, who have spent the past few weeks at Nanaimo, B.C. hive returned and are at present with Mrs. J. Mossop at Varna. Miss Peggy Burt who has been with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.,Baker, Bayfield, for a few days, recuperating after a recent illness, returned to London on Wednesday to resume her duties as nurse-in-training at St. Joseph's Hospital. Miss Alice Glen and Miss Barbara Graham, students of the School of Commerce, have accepted positions with the Mutual Insurance Company at Kitchener.. Miss Pearl McGee has accepted a position in the office of Merchant's Rubber Company, Kitchener. Miss McGee was formerly associated with Zeller's Ltd. in the position of cashier in that city. 15 years ago THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD November 12, 1953 Bill Furter, Toronto, spent a couple of days last week with his uncle H. A. Stinson, Bayfield, while deer hunting in this district. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Cook, Nancy and Donald, Wiridsor, visited here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs, Cree Cook, over the weekend. Despite cold drizzly weather yesterday morning, the Remembrance Day service in the Legion Memorial Hall was well attended. Mr. and Mrs. 0. W. Potter, Rattenbury Street, celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Saturday, Noveniber, 7. 10 years ago. THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD November 13,1968 Mr. and Mrs. Gordon McFarlane and son Robert, St, Thoraas, Spent Saturday at the home of her parents, Mr. And Mrs, W. R. Bert' Lobb, RR, 2 Clinton. Mrs, Everett Lobb arid children, Peter, Richard, DouglaS, and Ittiren who have spent the past four months with the children's grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lobb, on Albert Street, sailed from Montreal on Friday to join their husband and father in Metz, France, where he is stationed with the Canadian Army Dental Corps. Mr. and Mrs. Grant Turner and Bradley, Bayfield, accompanied by Malcolm Toms, visited, Corporal. Lloyd Westlake and family, Kitchener, on It's deer-hunting time again, and though I've never been known as The Deerslayer, I have been under attack. The worst deer hunter in the whole entire world has come out in print charging that I am the worst deer hunter in the world. I'll go for second worst, but I'll not be slandered like that. All I can say is that "Skinny Wyonch must have the gout again." As I've pointed out be• fore, this was the greatest one. line filler ever used in the newspaper business. A filler is a little item used in newspapers to plug a hole. They can run up to ten lines, but they can't be any shorter than one. When we were desperate for a one-liner to fill a hole on the front page one time, we stuck it in. "Skinny Wyonch has the gout." And he did. He couldn't even sue us. Next time we were frantic for a one-liner, we inserted, "Skin Wyonch has the gout. Again." And he did, Now, probably suffering from gout, he has written a scurrilous article in which he beats around every conceivable bush, including the mulberry, (and I wouldn't be surprised if he'd been into the mulberry, which would give him the gout) trying to suggest that I am a worse deer hunter than he. This is not only like the pot calling the kettle black, It is like one politician claiming that his opponent is a bigger liar than he is, Skinny new sits in my old editorial chair, once occupied by the second worst deer hunt, er in the world, pOw by the worst. In a recent article, gout-inspired Obviously, he re- called the time we'd gone hunting together. As far as it was in his ha- titre, he told the truth about trie: He said I had no sense of direction in the bush. Well, ally damn fool can get lost in the bash, and thousands do every year. That proves noth- ing. He said I didn't knoW how to chop Wood. So What? I didn't hire on as a wood-chopper. lie Said I fell in the like every time We climbed into the Skiff to cross the bight to tile island: Funeral Services were held last Monday at Ball Funeral Holue, Clinton, for glen Cartwright, a former Clinton resident who died November 5 in Veteran, Alherta: Where he lived the last 18 years, Mr. Cartwright, 52, was a.s9n of the JAW Amos L. Cartwright and Elizabeth Scales and stepson of Mrs. Fannie Cartwright, Cayuga; brother of Miss Beth Cartwright and Mrs. F. H. Barker, Toronto and of Duncan Cartwright, Welland. Following the service, bPrial was in the familY Plot at Clinton Cemetery. Pallbearers Were William Landsborough, Jack Scruton, Harry and Bill Watkins, Jim and Tom Turner. The Reverend A. Mowatt offiCiated at the service. New tax forms OTTAWA — The Department of National Revenue, Taxation has started printing the millions of T5 information slips required for the changed reporting of interest and dividends announced in the budget speech last month. These slips will be required for reporting interest and dividends paid in the 1968 calendar year. Previously, T5 slips were only required to be completed when the amount of interest or dividends exceeded $100. This limit has now been reduced to $10. The forms will be available for distribution to reporting agents in December. The T5 slips are similar to the T4 slips issued to employees each year for filing with income tax returns. The T5's are completed by all persons who paid, credited or distributed interest, dividends, patronage payments, or royalties to residents of Canada, during the calendar year. Nominees and other persons receiving such income on behalf of a third person resident in Canada must also complete this form. The reduced limit will• not apply to patronage payments or royalties. Some of those pansies along were afraid to get their feet wet, just because it was Nov- ember. And he suggested that I put 3.55 rifle shells in John Des- jardins 32 rifle. That's a lie. It was Teemy Wright's 30.30. But it's incredible how fee- ble his memory has become (possibly gout-induced) about the important .things. He didn't mention that he never once fired his gun at a moving tar- get. He shot at a tree once and very nearly hit it. But I actual- ly fired twice at a deer, about 40 seconds after he had disap- peared into the cedars. I think it was a deer, It has not seeped back into his consciousness how I solved the food problem. We were stormbound for four extra days on a desert island. The others, eating like' hogs, want- ed to cook that last roast of beef. But I was .in charge of food rationing. When I finally decided to unwrap it, it turned out to be five pounds of cheese rather than beef, but nobody starved. Some of us have fore- sight; some hindsight, And he's completely forgot- ten that trip home from the island, after ten days of 40- mile-an-hour wind and snow. "My wife'll kill me." was the plaintive whimper. I knew it was too late for that. I knew mine would boil me in oil, But at their urging, these manly hunters, we took off into the pitch-dark, in a snowstorm, 12-foot waves, A leaking boat, five deer oil the top deck, and the electric pump oil the bum- mer. They lay in their bunks, green and -groaning, while the old fighter-pilot, the well.drill- Cr and the middle-aged guide saved their Skins. ' No sense Of direction indeed. 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