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Clinton News-Record, 1969-03-13, Page 2`Clinton News- Record, Thursday,. March 13, 1909 Editorial comment Not bread alone Those who believe that an agricultural revolution will solve many of the world's pressing problems would do well to reflect on recent comments by Lord Ritchie Calder, president of Britain's Conservative Society. There are, he said, other problems confronting man - not the least of which is the population explosion - threatening the prospect of a "hell on earth" unless something is done. There are, of course, conflicting views on world hunger, C. P. Snow recently forecast widespread famine before the end of the century, Robert McNamara, president of the World Bank, believes that "we are now on the brink of an agricultural revolution as significant as any development since the industrial revolution. And UN Secretary General U Thant, while acknowledging this hopeful sign, maintains that "the population problem remains a • major source for anxiety for it has to be viewed in a much wider context than the food -population equation." The latter point was supported by Lord Calder in his reference to "an avalanche of children smothering every effort at progress in • the developing countries." It is not that parents in those countries are necessarily having more children, he observed, but that more children are surviving. And it is children who ultimately suffer. Lord Calder's concern, however, went even further. He spoke, also, about the cost and danger of disposing of atomic waste, and about the pollution of rivers and streams. He criticized scientists and decision -makers for acting "out of ignorance" and pretending, it is "knowledge." "My concern," he said, "is to preserve • the human spirit not from the hell hereafter but from hell upon earth." • to other words, scientific "advancement" is not good enough if men fail to consider, also, its social implications. The point cannot be made too often. (Montreal ..Star) Coin confusion To the average spender, there is more than 20 cents difference between the new 25 -cent piece and the nickel. Some say the nickel is larger and the 25 -cent piece smaller. Others say the 25 -cent piece is lighter and the nickel heavier. But all agree the two coins al,e too darn much alike. What are the real, differences? Acting master, Royal Canadian Mint, E. F. Brown says the dimensions haven't changed a bit. In switching over to nickel from silver in 1968, the 25 -cent piece became 12 grains lighter (there are 480 grains in a Troy ounce) so it takes a sensitive hand to weigh the difference. At present the nickel weighs 70 grains and the 25 -cent piece 78 grains so it takes an even finer hand, it would seem, to differentiate the two coins. - But the confusion according to the mint, is a matter of . color. Since both coins are pure nickel now, they have the same shiny sheen. Silver sounds more exciting but it has a duller gloss. Last year the mint stamped out 88.6 million 25 -cent pieces and 99.2 million nickels. In view of the confusion, is there any hope that the Mint will color or change the size of succeeding batches of change?. There are no plans at present to change the coins, says the Mint, (Ottawa Journal). Sign in Wingha,n Photo by McG A matter of course by W. Jene Miller The empty pew There is, it seems to me, only one way for a man to stay in the Christian ministry and save his soul and his mind. Every week some publication comes forth with some great article about why someone left the ministry. I have come to believe that the ministers of this generation are in reality missionaries to the past. They must realize that those. brave souls who faced the stone -age cultures of darkest Africa were not facing any more primitive, hostile and obsolete way of life than the young seminary scholar who stands behind a pulpit in a North American church today. They have to confront habits, attitudes, superstitions and organizational structures that are go, therefore, not to condemn, but to redeem the people, to bring them into a courageous faith, to enable them to surrender the idols of their emotional conditioning, that they may face the world of tomorrow with the same tenacity they use in clinging to yesterday. And, as in any missionary enterprise, there will be a lot of blood shed, both figuratively and literally. Already ministers have been hounded out of pulpits by the Ghost of Ages Past. There have been bombings, economic reprisals and or for the Church. The Christians like to stand in conceit over the Jews who felt that the Covenant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was forever. But the very founder of Christianity said . that if the owner of the vineyard could not get his servants to co-operate, he would utterly destroy them and give the vineyard to others. to stand in conceit over the Jews who felt that the Covenant of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob was forever. But the very founder of Christianity said that if the owner of the vineyard could not get his servants to co-operate, he institutional betrayals of would utterly destoy them and ministers by the Ghost of the give the vineyard to others. Present Age. The choice of the religious The Ghost of the Future also world is regeneration or has a ' tombstone in his degeneration. This is what as. out of date in. •the; 21st:, :pictographr'Fherony'question is Scripture means when it records, century As. the Australlian:,Bus.n �vhethty'rit,; half coos,,. fpr• men ofty..af�;',i,.have set before you .life and are, 0th in ;tile 2, Aid they.m t,,.4, 0.4id f0.e�^ ..,� errJle4 gt Pod ilr>edeath...Choose.•..I:'. , :,•., , , ,:.., by Bill Smiley Sugar and spice Last week I wrote a column which must have made faithful readers believe I was either taken with drink, or breaking down mentally. It was full of joy and good spirits, looking on the bright side, and reveal- ing silver linings. It's a great relief to me, and it must be to you, to go back to normal. Last week was a brief mental abberration. This week, I'm back to my old sane, snar- ly, misanthropic self: the man my wife calls "Old Stoneface," What I propose to do today is act as your alter -ego, the brooding, dark self that is hid- den behind your bright, sunny exterior. I'm going to let .you take out your aggressions, vi- cariously, through mine, I'll list what I despise and detest in our society. Send in your own special beefs, and we'll keep the column going for months. Everybody hates something. There is no particular order to these items. My venom ex- tends with equal virulence to each. First, Non - returnable bot- tles. I know. The old ones were bad enough, cluttering up shelves and basement floors until you had a car -load. It was a half -day's work to take them back to the store and haggle over them, because the store said they didn't sell this brand or that. But you could get rid of them. And for kids, they were, in many instances, their sole source of income, Many a Sat- urday I spent as a boy, search- ing ditches for miles, and coin- ing home With 32 cents for a THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 Amalgamated 1924 THE HURON NEWS -RECORD Established 1881 Clinton News -Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Cireuletion (ABC) Authorized as second class mail, Post Office Dept, Ottawa, and for payment of postage in cash SUBStRIPTiON RATES: (in advance) Canada, $5.00 per year; U.S.A., $6,50 ERIC A. McGUINNESS - Editor J. HOWARb AITKEN General Manager Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population 3,475 THJ' HOWL' OF PADA!? IN CANADA day's work. The non -returnable bottle is about as easy to get rid of as chronic arthritis. I demand that their manufacturers give every customer, free, a plastic bucket, filled with a solution which will instantly dissolve the cursed things when they're dropped into it. The same goes for cans that hold drinks, whether beer or pop. In ten years, you won't be able to step on a piece of nature south of the Arctic Cir- cle without twisting your ankle on an empty beer -can. Next. Long-distance dial tele- phone calls. A few years ago, you gave. your number to good old operator, and within a rea- sonable time, you got your par- ty, or didn't. On the do-it-yourself plan, with a string of digits as long as your leg, anything can hap- pen. A friend of mine called his son in Montreal the other night. He didn't have his glasses on, and wound up talk- ing to the secretary of the Sheep Breeders' Association in Auckland, New Zealand. How about zippers? Great invention, but it should have been strangled at birth. What ever happened to the good old button? Every time I tangle with a zipper, Whether it's on my galoshes or my fly, there is a moment of sheet, cold appre- hension. Often it's justified — and there I am with my galosh- es flopping around like a pair of drunken crows. Politicians. Not all of them. Oniy those who promise to hold the line on expenses, while providing better serv- iees. And then do the opposite. Taxes. The rich are hit hard, but have enough left to avoid starvation. The poor pay none, dr very little. It'S the middle- income bird who gets it where it hurts. One of these days, I'm off to Bermuda, where "taxes" is a dirty word. Social slavery. We know that as individuals, we have free Will, But we are strangled with so many regulations and tradi.- tions and pressures that our free will becomes a broken - Winged bird in a cage tasteful- ly decorated with red tape and tidiculosity: Love. If there's anything that turns my stomach, it is people Who preach love, in- cluding liihples, and Spend inost of their time telling you about all the peqple and things they hate. Hate. How can people hate other people? Yet they do. I hate but I can't remember ever hating a person in my life. Lots of people are despicable, contemptible, malicious or just plain boring. But you don't hate them. You pity them. I hate hate, and there's lots of it around. O.K., chaps. It's your turn. Let's hear from you, This is hate week. From. our early files 10 years, ago March 12, 1959, Mrs. Alma Baird and Mr, and Mrs- George Allen I linkhamer, Detroit, spent the weekend at the home of George T. Baird, Stanley. !� new organization, the Huron County Home Auxiliary was formed on Monday at a 'meeting there with Mrs. M. Smith, representative of the Ontario Department of Public Welfare, Toronto, presiding. First president of the new organization is Mrs. F. G. Thompson. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Middleton left London last Friday by plane, on a trip to Florida, where they plan to spend several weeks. IS years ago March 11, 1954. Weekend guests with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Herman were Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Cameron, Toronto and Mr, and Mrs. C. Probyn and Carl, Jr. London. Miss Thelma Baird who has been on the staff of the Clinton News -Record for the past four months, left last Saturday to take up a position with the Singer Sewing Machine Company office in St. Catharines. John MacKenzie on the teaching staff of Albert College, Belleville, visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. MacKenzie, Bayfield, from Saturday till Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Cook, Kitchener, were visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mutch over the weekend. 25 years ago March 9, 1944. Mr. A. M. Knight spent a couple of days in Toronto on business this week. Mr. Elwood Epps is spending a few days in Toronto attending a Sports Goods Convention at the King Edward Hotel. Cpl. A. J. Shore of Deseronto spent last weekend in town with Mrs. Shore. Mrs. Wm. R. Elliott and son John of Waterloo were home in Bayfield overthe weekend. Miss Kay Snider has returned to her duties as'Hostess at -No. 3 Basic Training- <• Centre, Kitclieneri, after', spending two weeks at her home in town. 40 years ago March 14, 1929. Mrs. (Rev.) D. MacLeod and little daughter, , Marion, of Mountain, Ont., are visiting the lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Tiplady. Mrs. Tiplady has been in rather poor health for the past two or three months but it is hoped she will soon be restored. Mrs. McGeorge of Toronto is visiting her sister, Mrs. E. W. Morrison. Mrs. H. B. Combe and Miss Barry Combe left this week on a trip to Bermuda. Messrs. G. L. Hanley and G. M. Evans attended the Life like My life is like a trail Through a wandering green forest That covers more land for a broader outlook on nature. The trees stand tall and firm . Expressing true facts that were then and always will be; The leaves are concepts - made by my own That, like the weather; change to an autumn splendor, So does a new and better concept change the last. A cluster of sweet flowers, an experience That grows, radiates beauty and remains a loving memory. The birds that flutter through the air Are friends of every kind that change from season to climate; Rocks and gullies encountered on my path Show hardships to be surmounted and hopefully forgotten. The sky holds the sun and moon -- Goals to be sought for that are there and can be obtained by working for them. The quiet, starlit darkness An hour of need, to sit and reconsider -things past and present. The thick, luSh grass, A place of rest and retirement After a long, weary journey. Freshly tilled earth shows the end of old life and of a new for many to come. SHARON BROWN February, 1969 LEPRECHAUN TEA And BAKE SALE At WESLEY-WILLIS UNITED CHURCH 1, On Wednesday, March 19 24p.m. Horne Baking -1- kiddies Tea Room lib Firestone banquet :held .in the Hamilton, have moved to to Hotel London, London, on and the former has take» Monday evening. position with his brother, Mr. Hawkins. Reeve Cantelon who is Warden of the County, i$ March 12,1914, Ottawa with the Cou deputation asking for hats Next Sunday, March 15, improvements at Goderich. Wesley Church, Clinton celebrates its Diamond Jubilee, 7$ years ago 0 It is sixty years since the then -. village of Clinton became a Mr. Ab. Switzer left separate circuit, previous to that Detroit on Monday morni date Clinton was a part of the where he goes for the purpose Goderich circuit. registering with a Medic Mrs. Tozer and Miss Cleta college; he will return in a day Ford entertain this evening at two and enter on his stud' snow shoeing party. with Dr. Gunn, going back Mr, H. Wiltse is at Hamilton Detroit in October next. this week attending the . High - Court of the Home Circle. Mr. J, Hawkins and family of 55 years ago The electric lights have bei put in the Town Hall and entr �...�..�..�. ... \\\'%%..\..\...\.%\ ....... Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET For Appointment Phone 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 RONALD L. McDONALD CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT 39 St. David St. Goderich 524-6253 INSURANCE K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL'ESTAT Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 HAL HARTLEY Phone 482-6693 LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE - REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Clinton Office: 482-9644 H. C. Lawson, Res.: 482-9787 J. T. Wise, Res.: 482-7266 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air -Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis - 68 Albert St. Clinton - 482-9390 stavw Attend. 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