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Clinton News-Record, 1969-06-12, Page 22. Clinton News -Record, Tir-sc1ay, June 12, 1909, by Bili Smiley Sugur an....._... spice We all, lengv4' What Happens to good Samaritans, dontt we? They end up holding the.bag. fieceently we acquired a kit- ten, It was practically over my wife's dead body,. put Kim in- sisted she was going to crack up psychologically if she didn't have a little brother for corn - Pane. As usual; :Dad was the 'catalyst, No pun.. It turned out to •be a little sister, as. I've mentioned, but that was to be expected. She was a little beauty and immedi- ately took over the house with that mixture of charity and ut- ter arrogance that only a fe- male kitten can muster. Even the Old Battle Axe, be- came fond of the thing, despite the usual clawing of furniture and drapes. Kim was ecstatic. Tin the only one in the family who can barely ee civil to cats. I'd es soon have a baby gorilla, or a pet anaconda, as a cat, Pip, the kitten, had been re- trained, after a traumatic lapse when the painters were here. All was serene. She had run of the house, slept with Kim, and began spending some time playing in the hack yard mak- ing like a tigress with insects and worms. Tragedy struck Sunday afternoon. I was sitting outside, reading, when I heard, the unearthly but unmistake- able scream of an animal in its death -throes, I couldn't believe our kitten could make such a noise. But it was definitely feline, and she'd been playing around in the yard unly a little while before. Leaping tIP, I spotted the di- rection , of the wails, and ran out to the road. There was Pip, head ly., crouched ythe middle ofltle ine road, as the cars sped ,by. T picked her up as. gently as Possible, certain she'd been run over, or at least hit by a. car', She squealed piteously and clutched my` sweater. She was shuddering with, terror and pain. I carried her in like a wounded bird and called my wife. Who was :horrified. The kitten was phviously in shock, eyes glazed, headshaking. Her hind legs seemed paralyzed and I thought her hack must he broken, Her face was bloody and half her nose wined to be missing. We put her in her box -bed and stood about, wringing our hands. My wife' shrieked, "She's shrinking!", and I agreed, Creatures seem to do that when they're dying.. My wife wailed, "Her eyes are funny, and her ears are tuning inside out." I ageed, The kitten shivered uncontrol. lably. The death rattle was im. minent. "Better tell Kim," quavered the boss. "She'll never forgive us if Pip just dies and she isn't here." Once again' I agreed, and raced upstairs, where Kim was watching Hamlet on TV. My face as Iong as a foot, I in- toned, "Kim, you'd better come quick. I think Pip's been ;'un over, and she's in bad shape:, She looked up, startled, .and said, "Dad, what have you been into? Here she is, right here," And sure enough, there was Pip lyilig snoozing on the couch, as elegant as Cleopatra waiting for Mark Antony.. Well, you don't have to be Sherlpek Holmes, To you? I'd rescued the wrong blasted cat, There was some excuse, My tender' heart. The thing was screaming, Ancl it was exactly the same coloring es Pip. The reason my wife thought the beast was shrinking was that it's about a month young- er than` Pip, The reason its eyes were chill is that it's re- tarded, I'm sure. Kim promptly produced a saucer of milk, The cat with the broken back and paralyzed legs just as promptly walked over to it and drank it, though still shivering, then curled '.up and slept for two hours, Its bloody nose was probably from gravel spattering under a ear's wheels. Well, what do you do? Throw it hack on the road? Pip aid my wife are furious, one at having an interloper, the other at having two cats when she didn't want one. Kim is de- lighted and determined to keep the ugly, stupid little mutt, who eats like a lion. And I, as usual, despite the fact that this is a cat story, am in the dog -house, where good Samaritans frequently find themselves. TOt'1NSH1P SADDLE HORSE SPECIAL JUDGING THE HEAVY HORSES SVVINt . 'EM HIGH FERRIS WHEEL Photo ))' IlleG by W. Jene Miller The empty pew imagine a little ant hill in the city park. The tiny • creatures scavenge over ' the entire area looking for food. Near the ant hill is an old iron cannon. But, to the ants, itis just a .place to climb and look. It provides a long, dark tunnel for protection to Lhe colony. imagine that they decided to seek security in the strong, steel walls. 'They could have no possible conception of the real meaning of the device. Then, imagine that. a group of citizens decided to fire the old cannon to celebrate. End of ants. That is the possibility facing man as he moves farther into the atomic age. The ant -like minds of the fearful cannot conceive of a "fire storm in which the very oxygen of the air begins to burn.. In some Eastern : cities "in tlld 11.$., a great ,=status symbol being assigned a place in the not even have weapons capable alternate offices of the of launching an offensive. company. Giant underground You know, it occurs often in facilities are being built to history that books are the fuel withstand the blast of atomic for bonfires, and sometimes they warfare. Important personnel are are fuel for other fires. Samuel supposed to report to them, if, Adams is considered to have had they can navigate through the the pen that fanned Revolution. inevitable panic of a warning-- if "Uncle Tom's Cabin" is credited there is any warning. Yet .a with recruiting thousands for the fire -storm would destroy what great Civil Rights War of a Lhe blast did not, even down century ago. ventilator shafts. Maybe -just maybe --we ought And, under present American' to re -read "The Manchurian policies and escalation, the Candidate", and "The Gay possibility of war is not remote. Place". Maybe we ought to look The question is what is openly for hints at an inner happening to a nation which structure of political never before tried to run the machination and moral whole world. What is going on in degeneracy. There might be our policy-making bodies that nothing to it, but we ought to we are sending our sons to look. foreign soil to fight for freedom At least we might have sense against a nation that never'- xrenough'not to build our security invacl�ed its neighbors, and, does u)rwe pans 9 i to ,.- gy, 4h From our early files 75 years ago. The Clinton New Era June 15, 1894 Mr. Welsh of the London Road bought a new Brantford cycle from Mr. A. T. Cooper last week. Miss Winnie Sheppard of town has gone on a visit,,to relatives at Oshkosh, Wisc. She was ticketed through by W. Jackson. Messrs. Davis & Rowland are putting a new tin roof on the Grand Union Hotel. On Wednesday next Mr. H. B. Chant and wife will attend the wedding of their brother, Mr. C. A. Chant, a professor in Toronto University. Mr. McCool, Albert SL, is adding a storey to his home. 55 years ago The Clinton New Era June 11, 1914 Mr. G. W. Pinner came up from Toronto to spend the weekend in town and on Monday he, accompanied • by Mrs, Pinner and her sister, Miss Jule Bartliff, left for Vancouver. Miss Bartliff will remain for a couple of months. Mts. Thos. Trick left last week for Sarnia where she spent a few days, with Mrs. C. H. Pugh. The Ladies Aid of Burns' Church are holding a banana social on June 12 on the Hariock school grounds. Admissible is 10c and 25c. 40 years ago June 13, 1929 Mr, and Mrs. Makins, Bayfield; moved a short time ago into the dwelling in connection with the barber shop which has been nicely remodelled and decorated. Mrs. J. Silcox left Saturday to visit her brother, Pred Sloman, of the School Car, and his family in Northern Ontario, Harold Lawson left Monday for Toronto, where he has taken. a position. Harold will be much missed amongst his Clinton friends. Misses Cora Jervis, Esther Trewartha and Isabel Fraser motored to Toronto on Wednesday of last week to be present at the graduation exercises in connection with the Toronto University. 25 years ago ' June 8, 1944 Cpl. Kenneth Vanderbergh of the R.C.A.F. in Newfoundland is home on.leave and is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Vanderburgh, Albert Street. Petty Officer Mary Gaydon of H.M.C.S. Stadecone has returned to her work after a holiday spent in town at the home of Mrs. P. Hearn. Mrs, Geo. Crooks of Delhi is the guest of Mr. and Mrs._ W, M. Aiken. 15 years ago June 10, 1954 Mr. and Mrs. H. Newland and Miss Florence Howey, Leamington, were guests at the home of their son and nephew, Dr. Newland, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Carman Tebbut attended the graduation of their son, Lewis Tebbutt, from the University of Western Ontario, London, on Saturday, June 5. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Andrews and Miss Lois Wood, Londesboro, were in London on Saturday attending Convocation at the University of Western Ontario when William Andrews received the B,Sc. degree. Miss D. E. Marquis, who has been assistant superintendent of the Clinton Public Hospital for the past 3 years, has accepted the superintendency of the Mission Hospital at Hazelton, B.C., and leaves Clinton today to take up het new post. 10 years ago June 11, 1959 Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bryden, Billy and Sharon, Winnipeg, Manitoba, ate visiting with the lady's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mullholland, Clinton. Miss Jayne Mary Snell, Reg. N., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ephraim Snell, RR 1, Clinton, has received her certificate for public health nursing from the University of Toronto with second class honors. She has accepted a position at Cornwall, Ontario. 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CHURCH SERVICES Attend Your Church This Sunday NOTE: All Services on Daylight Saving Time ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH v e` `s "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" e,, :I 'I,Pastiar,> u!C.ya.,4S;RPiNT MFL'-:L.SI�.B!Pieate0ca — �, : ,4 Organist: MiSS LOIS GRASSY, A.R.C.T. So A ' '�4. SUNDAY, JUNE 15th e'1;•. 9:45 a.m. — SUNDAY SCHOOL. 11:00 a.m. — Service of Baptism and . Sunday School Promotions. Explorers will be in charge of music EVERYONE WELCOME ummmemememi 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 SUNDAY, JUNE 15th Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. -- Morning Worship. Sermon Topic: "WORDS OF LIFE" I-IOLMESViLLE 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School Anniversary - Guest Speaker and Soloist MR. AND MRS. GURNDS JAMES, CLINTON — All Welcome — CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH • SUNDAY, JUNE 15th 10:00 a.m. — Morning Service - English , 2:30 p.m. — Afternoon Service. gvery Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas • • listen to "Back to God Hour" EVERYONE WELCOME -- ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY, JUNE 15th The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A. Minister Mrs. IL Bbyes, Organist and Cholr Director 9:45 a.m. .— Sunday School. 9:30 a.m. — Morning Worship. Men's Choir PENTECOSTAL CHURCH ' Victoria Street W. Werner, Pastor SUNDAY, JUNE 15th 8:45 a.m. -• Sunday, School. • 11:00 a.m.- -J- Worship Service 1:80 p.m. - Evening Service. MAPLE STREET GOSPEL HALL SUNDAY, JUNE 15th ' e:45 a.m. — Worship Service. . ii3Oif a.m. — Sunday School. 8:00 p.m.— Service. Speaker: CI-IAIRLIE SHOREveningTEN, London 8:00 p.m. — Tuesday Prayer Meeting; Bible Study CHARLIE SHORTEN $:tib' earl. — Thursday, 8PENCEle i51BBLE, Missionary from Nigeria will give an illustrated talk.