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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-02-06, Page 2Clinton News,Repord, T.hursday,, February 6,1969 -Editorial omment , Research leader Over the years, Canada has shown the way to the world in many aspects of medical research. It was here that insulin, the lifeblood of the diabetic, was discovered; it was here that the Salk vaccine for poliomyelitis was developed, We should be proud that we have in Canada, doctors and medical scientists who can provide the leadership, inspiration and imagination to the world of medicine. Today, many of these men and women are engaged in an all-out fight against heart disease. They are fortunate to have at their disposal the facilities of our medical schools which are among the finest in the world. Already much of their effort has been crowned with success. Research on heart disease in Canada need know no bounds, unless it is limited by the lack of funds. During this month, February, the Canadian Heart Fund is conducting a drive to ensure that the research may continue un -interrupted. Funds are needed to meet expenses incidental to the work and to maintain the doctors and medical scientists on fellowships. All of us have a vital stake in the fight against heart disease. Our support of the Canadian Heart Fund will help our medical scientists to conquer yet another enemy of mankind. Remember: Give From The Heart — To Help Your Heart! On youth. fa Looking through the pages of last week's edition of the T -A we counted pictures of a dozen young people in Exeter. and area who are making valuable contributions to society. It brought to mind our oft -stated conviction that most teenagers are alert sensitive citizens who will one day carry on this world with adrn,irable,ease. Too often, adults t ( and• iparents In particular) are "prone `{o" believe`"oni'y the' worst of the kids. Near hysteria has hit the parent generation who worry that pot, free love, hippies and rebels will steal their youngsters from their bosoms and change them into some distant kind of beings with long hair and glassy eyes. Their road is not a simple one to navigate. We wonder if the "older generation" could travel it with as much confidence and poise. — Exeter Times Advocate udget comment Budget time for the Canadian taxpayer might be likened to running the Sadie Hawkins Day race on crutches in a bigamous society. It's not a question of whether you'll get hooked, but how, where and how often. Some of the changes in taxation for this year make sense. We agree that there are inequities in our present tax structure. Complex as it is, there probably always will be, but that would be no excuse for hot trying to correct injustices. The cold, hard fact which emerges from the budget, however, is that in the 1969-70 fiscal year Canadians will pay an additional $845 million dollars in federal taxes. This works out to roughly $42 for every man, woman and child. And who will pay? You guessed it -- every man, woman and child. The additional levy comes on top of increased provincial taxes imposed during the last year, higher municipal taxes, and increased prices resulting from both, Weyburn (Sask.) Review Illl1111111g111111111111UIIII11111111111....I11i1NIWi1NIMN NINIlIfl..,,,I11iNllilliil.....„,. jll,....1111 1 The Empty Pew .` By Vl!. Jere N1i11eC 'a luluneulumnnlnuuulunnululuuuullinu11uu1um1u1uiumminilmmuunuu1111wu1t�umum Football is dead! Its mighty spirit lies stilled beneath the silent snow, Gone are the throngs who cheered and drank and thrilled at its spectacular acts of worship, Gone are the crowds who were proud ,to shake the hands of its gridiron miniens, Gone are the scantily .clad vestal virgins who served the temple, There are ne. spectators in a tomb. Coming now are other :contestants. Idols with different skills are calling their Worshippers. Victory, pride and joy are pitted against defeat, despair and frantic hope in new arenas. Other coaches feel the pain of ulcers, rejection and ambition. BUT, FOOTBALL WILL RISE AGAIN! Physique will stand before its tomb and call it forth. A spring -practice session will begin to unwrap ,its burial robes. A vision of fall victories will summon it to new life. Nationalism is dead! It has been crucified by instant telstar and ICBM. Oceans, Maginot lines and anti -anti -ballistics missies lie useless on nuclear drawing tables. Privately owned gun cg1leGtions rust beside shiny new geiger counters, Coming now are massive human hunger, violent demand for Freedom,,• and hordes of , -desperate humanity to the scene.. Guerilla Robin Hood waits to. drain exploitation's purse to feed the poor. BUT, NATIONALISM WILL RISE AGAIN! Conceit will beckon it from the tomb with promise of riches, world domination and "peace in our terms". Fear will unwrap its shroud, /late will roll the stone from its door, Superstition is dead! It has been drowned in a sea of human knowledge. Magic rituals, uncommitting prayers, lifeless liturgy,, and elaborate systems of status do not pacify the gnawing needs of men. H' l'i ideals with token genres generate only contempt. The river of justice' is a -flood. . BUT, SUPERSTITION WILL RISE AGAIN! Complacency will breathe a new life into it. Horoscopes will promise life without decision or responsibility. Freedom without sacrifice will hold it erect. Love is dead! From our early files 75 years ago The Clinton New Era February 9, 1894 Among those who were in town on Saturday was a lady residing so near as Blyth yet had not been in Clinton for 22 years. The benefits of printer's ink was strikingly exemplified on Friday and Saturday last by the wonderful success that attended Jackson Bros. fire sale. From early morning until late at night their stores were literally packed with customers who had simply seen their newspaper announcements. Business far exceeded their expectations, the total being in the neighbourhood of $2,000. With an extra staff of clerks on, it was even impossible to attend to all and the doors had to be locked several times to keep the people out. 55 years,, .ago. The Clinton News lig- ord February 5, 1914 Mr. and Mrs. M. D. McTaggart are giving a dance for their many friends in the Town Hall on Thursday evening of this week. Miss Stone and Miss Bell, C.C.I. teachers, have taken rooms in the Sloane Block, The way some of the merchants and citizens are kicking about the early closing bylaw, it will be hard to see how it will be a success unless everybody gets together. The machinery is being placed this week in the new factory for the Player Pianos on High Street. While working, Mr. Norman Kennedy had his fingers `banged up', Saturday morning about 9 a.m. the grey team of J. L. Paisley attached to the big oil wagon, ran away from behind H. Wiltse's Store and went up the front street and home. Fortunately the wagon was nearly full of oil and hard pulling saved the horses and rig from damage. 40 years ago The Clinton News -Record February 7, 1929 Mr. Edgar Maguire left this morning to spend a few weeks in New York and Atlantic City. Mr. W. R. Burgess of Vancouver, B.C., spent the weekend as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Zapfe. Miss Eva. Carter of Kitchener Public School staff was home over the weekend. Miss Madelon Hawkins is spending a couple of weeks with friends in Hamilton and Elmira. 25, years ago The Clinton News -Record February 3, 1944 The Public Utilities Commission has again turned on the lights on the post office clock. Permission was granted the P.U.C. from the power controller to illuminate Clinton News -Record rHE CLINTON NEW ERA Rat bllthed 1865 Amalgamated THE HURON NEW8-RECORD Established lshed . 1881 1924 Published Every Thur>iday At The Heart Of Huron County Ciintdn, Ontario, Canada FPopulution 375 lie ERIC A. McGUiNNESS Editor J. HOWARD AiTItEN — General Manager' Authorized es Second blast mail by the Post Office Departntent, Ottawa, and for payment Of postage in cash SUBSCHIP TION RATES: Payable in advance Canada and Great Britain; $5:b0 a year; United States and Foreign: $6.MO, Single Cbpies: 12 Cents the clock. Several business places have expressed the wish to again be allowed to use their window ;. 'lights, but •we understand permission has not been granted for this in any of the towns. Mr, Elwin Merrill spent, the weekend at Toronto and Claremont. Mr. R. G. Thompson is spending a few days in Toronto this week, having gone down to attend the annual meeting of the Hereford Breeders' Association. Mrs. Charles Thompson, Port Hope, and Miss Beatrice Greene of Fullerton were guests at the home of Mrs. F. G. Thompson. 15 years ago The Clinton News -Record • - February 4, 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Ray Corner and A. Beer, with his sister, Miss Shirley Beer, all of Ilfracombe, Devonshire, England, have arrived in town and are presently with. Mr. Scribbrns. Robert Riehl eo}� it an .+, ;l Qat.+`.,q!pirt „ends t Renger School .at Dorset,,: pen': the weekend at his home town. H. H. Ormond returned to his home in Bayfield on Saturday after having spent a couple of days in Detroit. 10 years ago The Clinton News -Record February 5, 1959 G. M. Counter succeeds Mrs. L. M. McKinnon as chairman of the library board. Mr. and Mrs.' Stewart Rhuelle of Detroit, Michigan visited her aunt, Mrs. Arthur Wiitse, and Clinton relatives over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Anson Coleman, Varna, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Oke, London, left on Friday last for several weeks in California. Mr. and Mrs. Adam Flowers, Bayfield, who are. spending the winter with their son, Dr. Flowers, in Thamesford, were in the village on Thursday last. LETTERS To the editor: On behalf of the Rehabilitation Foundation for the Disabled, I would like to take this opportunity to say "thank you" to the citizens of Clinton' and surrounding district for their continued support of the "March of Dimes". To my committee members and captains in Clinton, Bayfield, Brucefield, Holmesville and Londesboro and to the many "Marching Mothers" and high school students, without whose help none of this could be accomplished, my grateful thanks. To St; Paul's Anglican Church congregation for the use of their parish hall and kitcheh as our committee rooms and to all who have assisted in any way to make our campaign a success, my own sincere "thank you". To date, $900 has been realized by the blitz. Edith R. Lbbb Chairman of Clinton and District The `;Generation Gap" This week, 1 showed my stu- dents a film about the much- vett uch-vau n t ed "Qeneration Gap," and then had .them write an essay on it. The gap, not the film, Coincidentally, on that very day I received two letters that gave me new thoughts about the "gap." One was from m3' old high school math teacher. I don't mean that he was old. It was just a long time ago. It was a pleasant shock to hear from him, The pleasure came from his report that he was alive and well and curling and skiing. The shock was the realization that the gentleman we palled "Old Flem" is only about 22 years older than I am. • Strangely (as things so often happen in this world), I was talking about him in school that very day. The kids and I were' talking about corporal punishment, strapping, slap- ping, the whole business. I told them about how Miss Liza McCuIlough used to break pointers over my head regular- ly, and Miss Mary Walker used to strap me and my young brother and a kid called Gee -Gee Relyea three times a week, whether we needed it or not. And we liked them. And how Mr. Cosgrove, our science teacher, a man of gigantic pro- portions and the patience of a saint, used to sweep two of us off our stools with one cuff. And we never held it against him. An how my old math teacher, at a point when even the angels would be tried, used to give us a punch, with two knuckles, just below the ribs, And we liked and respected him, when we got our breath back. Those people' got a rotten deal, financially and socially, from the community. But at least they could clobber a kid, and that's worth a lot of mon- ey. If you even shake your, finger at some rotten Little hoodlum nowadays, • he either turns, out..to.,J)e, a,.barrack,room lawyer, or else he's too lit.to M - ^�tar, ecau he h ,,. qui eel you alive, and would. . ',My other letter, the same day, was a chatty, friendly one from one, of my last year's students, now at university, en- closing a parody of Hemingway she thought I'd enjoy. How's that? Three generations, and no discernible gap. Maybe it's. because none of us are teena- gers any more. "Old Flem" would like "Young Ruth, .and I'd epjoy talking to both of them. Well, to go back to the be- ;ginning, some of the essays assigned were revealing, One blames the gap on age. Anoth- er says it's been there since Shakespeare, which is true, Others say it's been blown out of all proportion by the news media, seeking for conflict and the sensational. Another says: "It is just the intense fear children have mobilized in their parents. And of course, fear of the unknown is the most powerful fear in man," The same one says: "Fear has advanced to prejudice, and prejudice is a deadly emotion to deal with. Deadly because it is composed of blind hate be- tween strangers. And hate is a policeman's face as he con- fronts a barefoot girl, or a principal's face as he confronts a long-haired boy." And on: "Then there are the adults who, posing as shocked and indignant, eat up such propaganda as "Wild in the Streets," search newspapers for . teenage orgies on LSD, thrust mimeographed sheets of drug -addiction symptoms, and systematically punch out words such as "job," "college;" goals, "money" and "future." This essay ends with the suggestion that, while this gap is not as serious as racial or. religious' prejudice, it is dos. ing people's minds. Adults fear a revolution, but the young people, "to my knowledge have not even' though of such a thing. However, getting strong• er and stronger every day, is the young people's urge just to be left alone. This tendency could be just as disunifying as a revolution.` Ill w . ' "i Cl `� to enc from ou 4"OJd ,r IM i Ie }n , land 0 ,xd 'an ,K Ru h. ;ry r� � Ruth." An"'da ,acan sais "Phooey to . you, Kim Smiley," whose opinions, fragmented, appear in the quotation marks above." n.E.ALMIEIs MRS. E. S. JAMIESON The name of one pallbearer was omitted last week in an account of funeral services for Mrs. Effie Selena Jamieson, a Tuckersmith Township native and Huronview resident who died January 23. Pallbearers for the funeral were Arnold Jamieson, Leonard Jamieson, Hiles Carter, Len Evans, Elwin Merrill and Ernest Brown. R. W. GIBBINGS Robert William (Bert) Gibbings, RR 4, Clinton, a lifelong resident of the community, died last Wednesday at the age of 76, after a brief illness. Art active member of Ontario Street United Church, Clinton, he was Clerk of the Session this year. He was also secretary of the Western Counties Guernsey, Club and an honourary member of the Canadian Guernsey Breeders. In recent years; he took an active interest in the Huron County Historical Society. He is survived by his wife, the former Mary Tyndall Trewartha; a daughter, Mrs. William D, (Edith) Landsborough of Clinton; two granddaughters, Mrs. Murray (Marlene) Forbes of Goderich and Mm. James D. (Linda) McNaughton of St. Mary's, and five great-granddaughters, Mr. Gibbings was predeceased, in 1959 by his first wife, Louisa Cartwright, and in 1948 by a daughter, Mrs. Russell `(Grace) Jervis. Funeral services were held at the Ball Funeral Home in Clinton lest Friday, With the Rev. G. W. Milts of Ontario. Street Church Officiating. Interment was at Clinton Cemetery. Pallbearers were Brock Olde, Earl Lawson, Don McKenzie, Harold Finlay and Howard Johns, and Harold Tyndall. Flower bearers were Loren Tyndall, Ray Gibbings and Harold Gibbings, Many friends, relatives and neighbours sent floral tributes and made donations to the Cancer Society. ORRiN E. DAWSON Funeral services were held January 28 • at the Ball Funeral Home in Clinton for Orrin Elmer Dawson of Varna who died January 26. A . machine operator for Huron County for 22 years, Mr. Dawson was born August 21, 1911, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. .William H. Dawson of Babylon Line, Stanley Township, He was a member of Varna United Church and of Brucefield Lodge No. 210, International Order of Oddfellows. He was a past master of Loyal Orange Lodge No. 1035, Varna. He is survived by his wife, the former Florence Sauter; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Marilyn) Rumney of Stratford, Mrs. Wayne (Patsy) McBride of Kippen and Mrs. William (Edith) Falconer Of Clinton and six grandchildren. The Rev. Morrison of Varna United Church officiated at the funeral service last Week. Interment was in Bayfield Cemetery. Pallbearers were Eric Chuter, Varna; Harvey Boyce, London; Leroy Workman, Crediton; Lloyd Bender, Crediton; Alvin Keyes, Varna and Mack Webster, Varna. ' I' lbwek bearers Were Frank Riley, Clarence Stephenson, Louis Taylor, Allan Armstrong and Harold Dowson. Persons attending the funeral carne from Morrisburg, Cooksville, Hatnilton, Kitthener and Middleport, hl.Y i Business c*n.d Profess onat Directory OPTOMETRY �I. E. LONGSTAF F OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET For Appointment Phone 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 R. W. BELL OPTOMETR IST The Square, GOQERICH 524-7661 ,RONALD L. 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