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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-04-03, Page 2ClintonNews-Record, Thursday, April 3, 1969 Editor's notebook It will be no accident if we dant ,ga along with Transport Minister Irwin Haskett and his call for an end to use of the word "accident" to describe auto crashes and collisions, Mr. Haskett said, "collision" is a more meaningful word and should be adopted in the interests of the common sense attitudes that could achieve greater traffic safety. The word "accident," Mr. Haskett said, has a fatalistic ring and "implies, falsely, that those involved are not responsible," The word, he said, "has become symbolic of the perverse attitudes that accept these happenings as inevitable and, in so doing, perpetuate the problem. Most collisions are caused by human carelessness and irresponsibility." He said the Ontario Transport Dept. is now using the word "collision" whenever possible. The report he tabled on 1968 statistics last week, called "Accident Facts" in previous years, was given the title "Highway Traffic Collisions." We sympathize with Mr, Haskett's aim, but must call his attention to the fact that "collision" describes only one type of accident. Theodore Bernstein, assistant managing editor of the New York Times, a teacher of journalism and widely regarded as a latter-day Fowler, the working writer's authority on contemporary language, says ,that when two things collide they strike or dash against each other, i.e., both are in motion. Mr. Bernstein offers the following as a typical misuse of the word collision: "Mr. Smith was changing a flat tire when a second car collided with his automobile." A parked car cannot be one of the objects in a collision. What happened was that the second car crashed into (or rammed or struck or hit) Mr. Smith's car -- but didn't collide with it. Mr. Berstein uses the words "chance, undesigned occurence" in defining the word "accident," The dictionary definitions cover a variety of circumstances, including unfortunate events resulting from carelessness, unawareness or ignorance. So, we'll be glad to call a spade a spade, a crash a crash and a collision a collision, but never a crash a collision. * * is . The Clinton Community Centre ice plant was shut down last weekend and, although the weather was so cold the ice wouldn't melt right away, the event marked the end of another season of winter sports. Despite construction work which forced the arena to open late in the fall, the -1968-69 schedule was a full and, we think, 'good one. It was our first winter here and we, were impressed particularly with the success of three activities: minor hockey, figure skating and Clinton's first winter carnival. This can't be written without mentioning recreation director Doug Andrews and his crew who often did yeoman duty, but special . credit and thanks must go to the dozens of volunteers whose work made the events and programs possible and whose effort benefited the whole community. * * * The Clinton Teen Town weekend dances provide a much-needed recreational activity for young people in the community and on the whole behavior has been good and the events well-run. But last Friday there were some disturbing signs. Two auxiliary policemen were on duty as usual and doing their job, yet the regular police had to be calledto the Community Centre twice when fights started. One youth is to be charged with underage drinking. Many more could have been, Don't misunderstand us. The dance itself, in the second -floor auditorium, was not unruly and we're not sure all the teeners there were even aware of any problems. Energy and exuberance are a part of youth. Noise and liveliness are a part of a teen dance — these don't concern us, but we are bothered to hear that some teena9ers are staying away from • the dances because sof the drinking or the presence of troublemakers. Eight more dances are planned this season, we are told, the next one tonight. We, hope steps are taken to assure that all is orderly, especially outside the arena, and that everyone is able to have a good time. * A prominent newspaper says that "no strong objections" can be taken to the Ontario bud9et and the ways the Hon, Charles MacNaughton chose to tax for the $181 million he was seeking. And now listen to this, "Most of the burden falls directly on corporations rather than consumers." Where does this person, who apparently is not aware of life in Canada, think 'corporations get the money for taxes? Don't the consumers pay? When times are bad there may be occasions when taxes have to be paid out of corporation reserves but that is only a • temporary situation corrected as soon as the owners, the shareholders, and the managements of the corporations get around to shifting the burden where it is bound to go in the long run. The burden must always go to the consumers. The Ontario taxation announced by Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton is going to be a fairly heavy burden on all taxpayers, on all people who live in the province and some' who don't live in the province. Mr. MacNaughton refrained this time from taxing the family cat, but his promises and threats for the future indicate that even the cat won't escape. All taxes ultimately fall on the consumer. Some can be avoided, but most cannot.—The Printed Word. * * * A phrase that does nothing to help women get anywhere in politics but one that appears regularly whenever a woman is elected is "representative of her sex.",,It was surprising to read it in an editorial in a magazine that, is a. great 'upholder <of women's equality. Mrs. Grace Maclnnis is described therein as "the sole representative of her sex" in Parliament. It would have been more accurate to describe her as the sole representative of the citizens of the riding of Vancouver-K'ingsway. Having got into Parliament by means, it is hoped, of unsegregated votes, Mrs, Maclnnis has become the member of her party who most often questions the minister of consumer and corporate affairs on consumer subjects. There is a suspicion that she probably drew the "consumer" job because she is a woman and because there is an idea abroad that consumer subjects have something to do with women. Like the voters of Vancouver-Kingsway (the constituents of Mrs. Maclnnis), consumers are ' about evenly divided between male and female and make up the entire population. It follows that consumer interests are not served by favoring any one group of purchasers at the expense of the rest of the economy. In the long run consumers are better off when all sectors are permitted to profit. — The Printed Word * * Fort Erie, 'tis said, gets in the news too much. But worth noting is the fact that the mayor, Jack Teal, has announced that he will not attend council meetings from which the public and the newspapers are excluded by formal resolution. Councillors who wish to keep /their deeds (good, bad and indifferent) secret are not democrats. Politicians generally don't want publicity except when they need it to get re-elected. — The, Printed Word THE CLINTON NEW ERA Established 1865 Best actor Jim Roy, holding sword aloft, in his title role performance in Moliere's comedy, Sganarelle, presented by Central Huron Secondary School at the Huron -Perth District Collegiate Drama Festival held in Stratford last Saturday. Jim was chosen best actor in the five -school competition, He is seen here with Ivan Crittenden who played Georgelius. — Photo by Adrian. by W. Jene Miller The empty pew The streets of heaven literally shook with the sound of running feet. The 'air was buzzing with whispers. Angels and cherubim scurried to the pearl gates. Pontius Pilate was coming before the bar of eternal judgment. Stern of countenance and brusk of manner, Pilate walked unseeing past the throng. Whispers followed his passing like the wake of a ship. "What will he say to defend himself?" "How can he dare face the '•'Father? "What massive conceit he must have." Then Pilate gestoadtbefore the.great throne.•' "} "Well, it's your fault," he blurted out. "You rule the universe. Youcreated all that is. You know the desperate plight of mankind. You promised to send a Savior!" Amin Antommiummommommisionmemommomr- Arnalganiated 1924 THE HURON NEWS -RECORD Established 1881 With mellow patience the Voice of Love replied, "I did send you a savior. I sent messengers to say he was coming. I sent his own cousin to declare that he was there. And, I sent Him." "Him?" And Pilate's voice barked contempt. "Look who you chose to represent the God of all Being! He was born of unknown parentage. He came into life in a cattle stall. He worked as a common craftsman. He did not even show himself until he was 30. Socrates, Plato and ,Aristotle had far more students than He did. How could we possibly know He was the One?" "He walked the ways of men," came the reply, "for that is the only place my will may be known. If He came in my name, that should have been enough." "Thousands of prophets came in your name. They all claimed to know the way of life and the truth of your nature," retorted Pilate. "One more wandering preacher was unnoticeable, even in his own country. And when he had a chance to flee, he refused. When he had a chance to fight, he laid down his own' armament. How could We respect such a man? On what possible basis could I have freed him? I feel as if you tricked me. You sneaked him before me in Such a way I could not have known he came from you! You condemned me by deceit." "Whoever he came from, he came in love. Your Iack of love condemns you." by Bill Smiley Sugar and spice I don't suppose many of you know what it's like to be a director of a company ... On the surface, it looks great. Some big operators, like Robert Winters or General Lostafew, are directors in half a dozen companies, and it doesn't seem to bother them. They go to directors' meetings, vote the way they're supposed to, and pick up their annual director's fee, anywhere from $1,000 to $5,000, depending on who they are and how much prestige is attached to the name. • By some legal fluke, I am still a director of the company in which I started a brilliant newspaper career, on about twenty-eight cents. The rest was cash money, borrowed from relatives, insurance poli- cies and everything else short of armed robbery and selling my wife. But I guess I'm nobody and the prestige attached to my name is somewhere below zero. Because I don't get any direc- tor's fees. And I don't sit around an oval table with a lot of other directors, with the cigars and sharpened pencils and the notepads and the dickering over whether we should sell 5,000 share% to Amalgamated or buy up 20,- 000 shares of Moose Factory Refineries. Our director's meeting usual- ly takes plaee in the back shop (the printing area) of a weekly newspaper. I don't even rate a cigar, let alone a sharpened pencil, and I find myself oper- ating as labor•management er- hitrator, father confessor and Clinton News -Record den mother. Somehow, I'd rather have it that way. The only tune I smoke a cigar is when someone has a baby. Ahd our problems are more human, They're things like, "How are we going to keep the frazmatogal work- ing on the linotype machine?" Or, "The trout are scarcer than hen's teeth this spring." Sounds simple. Birt you've no idea how difficult it is being a director in your old home town. The trouble is, al- most everybody is a directory They're all Unpaid, like me, but they have a stake in the Open A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) second class mail registration number e- 0817 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (in advance) Canada, $6.00 per year; U.S.A., $7..50 ERIC A. McG'UINNESS Editor' J. HOWARD AITKEN — General Manager Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County II Clinton, Ontario Population 3,475 TILE HOME OF RADAR IN CANADA Maybe it's ,only the fact that their son graduated, or their daughter is not going to re- form school, after all, but they know how the paper should be run, and they are not Loath to say so. There are the directors who buy a five -dollar advertisement twice a year, but expect the paper to carry two pictures (flattering) and a two -column account of their daughter's wedding, for free. And there are the directors. who scream with outrage when you report, in all honesty, that they've spent two weeks • in Florida or California or Mexi- co, They don't want their cus- tomers to think they're making that kind of money. And, of course, they'd be equally fu- rious if you hadn't mentioned it. And there are the directors who are fanatics about the WCTU or the Fall Fair com- mittee, who expect seven col- umns to be devoted to their work, and spend four dollars for an ad, or go to the opposi- tion to get their printing done. And here and there, about as numerous as the White -Footed Beagle -Breasted Thorny Pink Owl, there are the directors who say, "You're putting out a good paper; keep it up." These you try to stuff, mount and put up in front of the building. But they often object. But it's worth it; to revisit the old town. This week, I met an old buddy with two broken ribs, in considerable pain. He cracked one rib in a fall, and I was too polite to ask how he did it. Got it all strapped up by the doc. His wife sleeps on the inside of the bed, next the wall. She had to go to the bathroom. "I know," I said, "she put her elbow in your ribs, climb- ing over you," He replied, grunting with agony: "Elbow be , damned. She put both hands, backed by her 1$8 pounds, on my ribs. I had one cracked rib. Now I have two broken ones." Exactly why we need direr: tors. If he'd had a Director in charge of Climbing•Out of Bed When You Have to Go to the Bathroom, he would not be in that shape today. From our early files 75 years ago Clinton New Era April 6, 1894 Messrs. Harold and Henry Ransford, sons of Mr. John Ransford, who have been home for their Easter holidays, returned to their studies at Upper Canada College, Toronto, on Monday. John Pinkett has let the contract to Mr. John Stephenson, for the erection of a bank barn on his property on the east side of Victoria Street; Mr, Hirman Hill will' do the masonry. W. S. 1-larland has added a fine MaSon gi Risch Cabinet•grand piano to his household. Persons allowing black-khot to remain in their orchards are liable to a fine therefor. 55 years ago April 2, 1914 Miss Florence Diehl, who has been visiting with her grandmother, Mrs. McGarva, for the past three weeks, left for Stratford on Saturday to attend the Normal School again. Mr. Stewart Paisley of Toronto is holidaying in town. Mr. Wiltse of Clinton has opened a meat shop in Bayfield and is already doing a good business. Mitchell has decided to do away with one nuisance. The Constable says that hereafter he will pro'secute all young men found loitering in Store doorways on Sunday. The practice has become a nuisance and it is full time that it was stopped. Please turn to Page 3 ,OPTOMETRY F, 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. COLQUHO INSURANCE & REAL ES Phones: Office482.9747 Res, 4827804 HAL HARTLEY Phone 482-6693 LAWSON AND WIS: INSURANCE REAL EST. INVESTMENTS Clinton Office: 482.9644 H. C. Lawson, Res.; 482-9 J. T. Wise, Res.: 482.7• ALUMINUM PRODUC For Air -Master Aluminu Doors and Windows and Rockwell Power Tools JERViS SALES R. L. Jervis 68 Albert Clinton — 482-eaeo THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Offices — Main Street SEAFORTH Insures: * Town Dwellings *- All Class of Farm Prope * Summer cottages * Churches, Schools, Hall, Extended coverage (w smoke, water damage, fa objects etc.) is also available. Agents: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Seafo Wm. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Ha: Squire, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Ea Seaforth. sERvw Attend' rou.r, Church;, 11:7 i if , This Sunday ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" Pastor: REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A. Organist: MISS LOIS GRASSY, A.R.C.T. SUNDAY, APRIL 6th 9:45 a.m.—Sunday Schoo1-. 11:00 a.m. — Easter Service. Easter Music by Junior and Senior Choirs "THE STORY OF EASTER" EVERYONE WELCOME Wesley -Willis -- Holmesville United Churches REV. A.J. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D.D., Minister MR. LORNE DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director APRIL 4th - 11:00 A.M. Good Friday Communion Preacher: Rev. Grant Mills, B.A. SUNDAY, APRIL 6th WESLEY-WILLIS 9:45 a.m„—Sunday School, 11:00 a.m. — Morning Worship Sermon Topic: "A LiViNG HOPE” -- ALL WELCOME •— HOLMESViLLE 2:00 p.m. — Sunday School. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH SUNDAY, APRIL 6th 10:00 a.m.--Morning Service -- English. 2:30 p.m. — Afternoon Service — English, Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thoma listen to "Back to God Hour" • • EVERYONE WELCOME -- ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, APRIL 6th' 9:45 a.m. Sunday School. 10:45 a.m. — Easter Service. Madeleine Lane Auxiliary at 8:15 p.m.— April 8 -Work Meeting. 10:45 a.m. — Holy Communion. MAPLE STREET GOSPEL HALL SUNDAY, APRiL 6t 9:45 a.m. Worship Senii 11:00 a.m. Sunday ScI 8:00 a,ni. -- Evening Ser Speaker: Eil. Martin 8:00 p.m, Tuesday pray Meeting; Bible StUdy. PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Victoria Street W. Werner, Pastor SUNDAY, APRIL 6th 9:45 a.m. Sunday School: 11:00 a.m. — Worship Service, 7:30 p.m. — Evening Service.