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Eccentrics not new
Elders.
eccentricities of dress and manner should
remember some of the non -conformists of
their own background. Small towns and
country places were delightfully
represented with peopin mi-io did their
own thing without caring a whit for the
censure of the m'ority.
There were men who felt a gold collar
stud was enough adornment for awhite
shirt and shunned collars and ties.
Legends flourished about individuals who
had no faith ,in banks and stored their
money in strange places.
Some only ate white -shelled eggs
because they said the brown ones were
impure. At least one couple in a locality,
soured by a matrimonial tiff or
interference of relatives, resolutely
remaindered their tives by conversirig only
through a third party or written messages.
There was a farmer so stubborn he sold
his prize cow when she balked once at
milking time.
Comic relief was provided by the
staunch temperance advocate who refused
to believe her raspberry +:tinegar waS
alcoholic, even when the tipsy guests were
apprehended by the law. She laid it to
personal prejudice on the part of the
authuriti$o.
One gentle soul was so addicted to
'preserving life he shunned poison and
hand-picked potato bugs, releasing them a
mile away from his farm, much to the
discomfort of some of his neighbors. A
miser carried his false teeth in a box and
only used them for eating, in order to save
wear and tear,
Country storekeepers kept separate
accounts for some men and women, who
even went so far as to buy groceries
individually. When you visited you were
given special chairs, depending on which
bne you called on. Perhaps the champions
of resolute eccentricity came from Nova
Scotia. Ernest 8uok|er, in "Ox Be||y'and
Firef(ioo," relates how this married couple
hadn't spoken to each other in fifteen
years but managed to produce three sets
of twins during the mute time! - The
Montreal Star
Sauce for �v������ ������ goose
Indispensable each of the sexes is to
the other, there is also plenty of tension
between them, from the embattled
aggressiveness of a Judy !a Marsh to the
lady who won't go near a woman doctor
or lawyer, no matter how impressive their
qualifications. Thanks to the publicity
attending on hearings of the Royal
Commission to investigate inequalities,
many will be remedied, but one area has
. been explored at all - a Qroqs
imbalanCe in recreation.
U day, during the pre-school ,years
and for an even longer period afterward at
nighT, the responsible parent cannot leave
children alone. Baby sitters are expensive;
many couples, therefore, rarely use them.
One adult must stay at home, and in the
pomon
's the person whose social and
cultural life' goes down the drain, is
usually mother.
From the time when the household
wakens until evening dinnnr/it is not
unreasonable to expect her to give
full-time to homemaking and child -raising.
During most of these hours her husbandis
selling shoes, repairing cars or keeping
ledgers straight. Each partner is carrying a
necessary part of the family load.
The evenings are a different matter;
here the inequality is glaring. Curling,
bowling, lodges, service clubs beckon
father. They absorb him night after night.
His wife would also like to participate in
something that would commit her
regularly once or twice a month. Does she
manage i Too oft n at*. When
:their, activities conflict it is she who
waives ra' tig C
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in need of adult contacts, since her
working time is spent with children. Often
- in this era of youthful marrying - she is
very young. Her single friends are free as
air. Understandably, she resents her ties.
Those who lament the increasing
exodus of wives and mothers from the
domestic milieu to the marketplace,
should do a little soul searching at this
point. So should social workers and
pastors who are constantly uncovering
marital troubles. A division of .labor
should mean a division of pleasure too. -
Unchurched Editorials, The Board of
Evangelism and Social Service, United
Church of Canada.
OLD SILO AT CFB CLINTON
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This author is more
convinced than ever that the
small newspaper is the last hope
of democraticcuuoou".
Life Ma8uuioo, an excellent .
publication sometimes, Spent an
estimated $50,000 to investigate
and prepare a story on the oil
shale scandal being perpetrated
in the western United States.
Enough wealth` ---- people, through-tb
-by the
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attorneys, uud_ newsmen who
found out about it have been
intimidated, fired, and shot at.
All of this the Life researches
found. Photos and copy were
prepared for use in the
magazine, and proofs were run.
Suddenly, tbe entire story was
recalled, even though it
represented a year of careful
investigation uod a huge
expenditure of money and
government, is being stolen effort. No one knows why
outright to pay off their national Even the hostile reporters
`,P^-.`"°"‘ covered Mr. Jim Garrison's
f Mr.
Shaw admitted
'-' awiwoutslArdinaritylp,Ay he budincontroxertibletwo thousand dollars an acre, is evidence of a ConsPiracy, thoUghbeing bought up by - big oil; they asserted that Mr. Shaw wascompanies for $2.50 an acre. not a participant. But, the 'MajorOfficials in the Department of papers have carried prominentthe Interior haVe approved stories designed to discredit Mr.mineral claims which were long Garrison, and given only little -ago declared invalid. Employees, or no - space .to stories which'
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ivould encourage the
investigation. Whether Mr.
Garrison is correct or not
remains to be seen. But the
suppression slanting f stori
is not worthy of free journalism.
A major press service refused to
let one of their reporters cover
the story because he thought Mr.
Garrison might be correct, and
the press service wanted
Garrison discredited.
It is the smaller papers,
ated by big money and
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.-l^ light of truth''''' ^-mw"nAlready, the military-industrial
leaders are buying up newspaper
chains and television rights to
control the news media.
Courage, too, must come in
small 'packages!
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Sugar and spice
This is
hot summer. And not only for
those U.S. cities with their ker-
meon-soubod black ghettoes
just waiting for a match to be
utruok.
It's going to be a long, hot
summer for a lot of Canadians.
High among their ranks will be
purvntx, policemen and resort
operators.
Why? Because the supply of
summer jobs for students is
far, far below the demand, and
there are going to be thou-
sands of restless, bored young
people looking for excitement.
It's a natural for an eruption
of cumb\oo, hassles and vandal-
ism which could make the sum-
mer a nightmare for the u\'
ready'harxind victims listed
above.
For the last decade, there
has been a steadily -growing
population of young bums of
both sexes. Summer -time,
*urn'noutbar6uo`u.
These are the kids who don't
really want a job. They live
from handto mouth, sleeping
on the bouo6eu, or in the old
cars that are part of their
scene. They ate not necessarily,
evil �r vicious. In fact, niost of
them aren't.
But they're aimless and
oponsih>u and rtide and selfish
and dirty', and lazy tn
Cats that Aren't house-broken,
They're bored, And they're
boring, They talk in endless
circles about TheY
even bore each other. .But
they're United in one thing --
their contempt tor the adult
High oh their list Of ititer
""s. ""`", are ,^" ited, are sex and drugs. On
weekends, they' ere infilttated
hy the "pushers"; ManY of
th em Amateurs, who arrive
frorn the cities with their little
paokages of pot 6/1(1 speed and
Lurking on the fringe of this
buridle4 Of bUms is another
group the teenie-bopper.s.
These art not kidS — they ate
childten —, who are just be,
ginning te !mike the scene,
Who find it fascinating, and
WilO want to try anything
thst's going.
lb the eitieS, Sahib thing, ex.
ee,rt that Ws shopping plataS
w~
ri»d nubile parks and
streets, instead of the honchos
Well, add to this parasitic
swarm all the kids who want-
ed, and needed, jobs this suM.
mer, angry, frustrated, and you
can see what's corning. I hope
I'm wrong, but two and two
still make four.
Permissive parents, an infla-
tionary society in which even
young people need money; giVe
masses of them nothing to do
but look for kicks all summer,
and the old crystal ball looks
pretty muddy.
When I was a teenager (said
the boring middle-aged man),
summer jobs were even scar-
cer. He who nabhed one was
deeply envied. My first job, at
;17, was working on a Great
Lakes steamer, 12 hours a
day, seven days a week, $1 a
day, And every other kid in
town thought I'd hit a bonanza.
Boys who couldn't find a job
played baseball and swarn
about eight hours a day. Girls
did whatever girls do, giggled
probably, and swam and picked
berries.
Today's jobless youth barely
muster enough energy tn have
a swim. In the day -time, that
is At night, they flower into
some sort of life and go to bed
at dawn .And wake up. Bored.
There are a couple of villains
in the piece, of course., One is
industry; the other govern-
ment. Industry could absorb
twice as many students as it
does, at comparatively little
cost. Industry is the first to
whine about the "products" it
gets, but does little to help
produce a first-class product.
One or two future employees
of high calibre from a summer
group would easily repay the
cost. And it would be good
public relations on which in-
dustry spends thousands, most-
ly on whiskey.
Governments could, and
should, plan work projects to
abSorb most of the surplus stn.
dents. They'd get it all back in
taxes shortly. But if they sit on
their behinds and allow a ge.
neration of bitter, lazy, alienat-
ed bums to sprout, it will cost
them plenty in the end.
(That's quite a sentente, but
no puns intended. I3ehinds,
bums, and end, indeed.)
Hope your kid has a summer
job. Better still, hope you're
not a pare»t or policeman,
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75
years ago
The Clinton NewEra
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May 25 1894
J. C. Stevenson Furniture
Emporium advertises sideboards
for $6.50, bamboo tables for 25
Cents to 40 cents and bedroom
suites from $10.5Oup.
Mx. Skunk, the new
baud -master, ' like *tbkr
intelligent musicians, has Otte to
Work in the Doherty Drguu
Factory.
Mr, James Cottle, who ennoo
time ago went to Pickford,
Mich., bo retitle with hiS son
returned here; he liked the
and thinks itisu
fine Ue-doo but the cDmnte did
with him.
�� Mr -a- Townsend of
Ttickersmth has rented the
cottage owned by Mr, Knox,
corner Of Orange andhear future,
Rattenhury Street, and will take
up her residence in town,
The site selected by House of
Refuge Committee iS being
stirveyed this week by Mr.
Wetherald, P.S., under the
special supervision of Reeve
McMurchie.
5,5 years ago,
The Cli
May 21st, 1914
mist Tebbutt was ticketed to
Edmonton on Tuesday and will
spend the summer out west
among friends and relatives,
'On Tuesday Mr, Will Johnton
took a slice off hiS finger at
Harland Bres. hardware, but he
is Still holding clo*n his PA),
Mr. Thos. Judd left fOr
betrolt Where he has Secured a
positieri, It is reported that the
&I/illy may move therejLin the
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Subject:�AN ANCIENT oN Or mobERNT|MES
Speaket: JOHN M. MARTIN.
40 years ago
G. ienitins has purchased
from T. M. Leppington the
building lot opposite the new
Stevenson -Harris knitting mill.
Mr. Jenkins is WA sure whether
he vvill build, but probably he
will it he sees that mere houses
are needed.
2S years ago,
The Clinton Newt -Record
May 18, 1944
Mr. anti' Mrs. Quentin
Hollman and two boys of NeW
Dundee viSited Mrs. Hollnlan's
aunts, Misses M. and E. Reid and
sister Mrs. Orant Gurner,
13ayfield, Sunday. Mr, and Mrs.
R. G. iteid of Stanley Township-
alsO , visited with his sisters on
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May 20, 1954Last Saturday, May 15,
marked, the setond fraternal visit
to the Clinton Lodge, A.F4 and
officers and members of Ilerkley
Berkley, Mich.
10 years ago
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ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH
40 years ago
G. ienitins has purchased
from T. M. Leppington the
building lot opposite the new
Stevenson -Harris knitting mill.
Mr. Jenkins is WA sure whether
he vvill build, but probably he
will it he sees that mere houses
are needed.
2S years ago,
The Clinton Newt -Record
May 18, 1944
Mr. anti' Mrs. Quentin
Hollman and two boys of NeW
Dundee viSited Mrs. Hollnlan's
aunts, Misses M. and E. Reid and
sister Mrs. Orant Gurner,
13ayfield, Sunday. Mr, and Mrs.
R. G. iteid of Stanley Township-
alsO , visited with his sisters on
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�s ago
May 20, 1954Last Saturday, May 15,
marked, the setond fraternal visit
to the Clinton Lodge, A.F4 and
officers and members of Ilerkley
Berkley, Mich.
10 years ago
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