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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-06-26, Page 12MAPLE STREET GOSPEL HALL SUNDAY, JUNE 20th 9:45 a.m. — Worship Service. 11:00 a.m. -- Sunday School. EveningService. - Speaker: t HN�AiTKEN ' Shelburne, 8:00 p.in. - Tuesday Prayer Meeting; Bible Study B!BLE VACATION SCHOOL COMMENCING JUNE 30 e:00 a.m. 11:45 a.rri. i All Children Welcome — 2A•Ciinton News -Record,, Thursda.y,, .June n, 1969 Ed torts- notebook On With the show Members of Central Huron Secondary School's drama club`'presented the one -act anti -war play "Viet Rock" before an audience of about 60 in the school's gymnasium last Saturday evening. Deemed by the CHSS administration to be inappropriate for public production by the• students, the show went almost unannounced, But one clergyman in town evidently disagreed with the educators and told his congregation lest Sunday that the group would be putting On a contemporary play and he offered to furnish details after the service to anyone interested. Robert Homuth, CHSS principal, said he allowed his students to use the gym, but told them the performance was to be a private one without advertising or ticket sales. Parents, teachers and a few others in the community were invited by the club. Mr. Homuth said he read the script, a somewhat condensed version adapted from the original by the students, and "there were a few bad spots in it that I didn't like." In reply to a question, Mr. Homuth said he objected both to the play's content and to some of the language used. "I felt it was kind of shallow," he added, "...that there was not much to it." The play, authored by Megan Terry, was spawned by the Vietnam War and in talking of the military draft and anti -war protests, the play's terms of reference are strictly American. This, too, was cited by Mr. Homuth who said he believes the play would be more appropriately performed in the United States. The .fact that the play was put on so late in the year, at a time when the school was closed for most students, also figured in his refusal to sanction the production, Mr. Homuth said, explaining that his Editorial comment decision m ight have been ,different if the play had been slated earlier in the school year and performed for the student body. Long hours of debate and pages of newsprint can be consumed easily in a discussion of censorship, so we will shy away the debate here just as the question of .censorship might have been avoided by CHSS in this case. What we think may be needed in a distinction between productions "presented by Central Huron Secondary School" and ones staged by young people who happen to be CHSS ,students. The distinction may be a fine one, but the first billing implies the endorsement of school authorities and the latter gives the students a looser rein and lifts some of the responsibility from the administration, High school drama today need not be confined to light Broadway musicals. And if a groupof students wants to stage "Viet Rock" they should not have to do it in a sort of clandestine fashion. Theater requires an audience. We wonder if the spectators at the play last Saturday night did not benefit more than those at the Doris Day movie at one local theater. •or those at the London theater showing a film which the radio proclaimed as "evil" and "savage" or those who stayed home to watch some of the stimulating TV fare? Before we leave the subject, we should note that the CHSS players will perform this weekend at the Sunshine Dirigible, a Stratford drop-in centre, and while the troupe may present no immediate threat to the Stratford Festival, its production here was a good one. As on most topics, we welcome reader views on this matter and would like to see some letters in the mail Start thinking The sharp increase in pleasure boating operators, a practice"which.has taken the has generated the need for a much greater edge off holiday enjoyment for many ' emphasis on safer boating practices. vacationers. it is also illegal. Another The Canada Safety .Council in reckless but common practice is night co-operation with the Department of power boat operation without the Transport is sponsoring and promoting a required operating lights. new campaign this year to help fill this Defences against boating hazards are need. not difficult to learn and small boat safety Safe Boating Week, from June 29 -July regulations are clear and to the point. Safe 5, which is fully endorsed by Canada's boating practices increase the operator's major associations and organizations sense of security and the pleasure of boat concerned with boating, stresses boating passengers as well as those of other boats hazards, accident prevention methods and and all vacationers. • safety regulations. - Statistics gathered by the council and Bayfield, Goderich and other nearby other safety organizations show that points on Lake Huron offer good boating two-thirds of these fatalities are caused by facilities and, it is hoped, these will be #aulty boat operation and fully one-half improved and expanded -in time. Sadly, by recklessness, overloading and sailing we have come to accept the growing, unseaworthy craft. number of. deaths and injuries that occur on our highways. Let's do all we can to Recklessness covers the "buzzing" of keep our waterways free of senseless other crafts and shores by power boat accidents. All it takes to prevent a disaster Other. voices is a little thought, Start thinking. Has to be wide open Last week's daily newspapers carried stories about the refusal of the Huron -Perth Separate School Board to release the results of its negotiations with teachers. The matter was finally resolved when a press release was issued by the board. At the opening of the Sacred Heart School addition here last week Chairman Vince Young alluded briefly and rather wryly to the public image which was being projected over the situation. We have a great deal of sympathy for the new school boards and their relations with the public. These boards are still unfamiliar with all aspects of the responsibilities they have assumed and are naturally wary about how the public will - react. For the most part the newspapers in this area have been understanding' and patient. Very soon, however, these boards will have to admit that the newspapers, too, have a responsibility to the public. The only reason for their existence is that they provide the citizens of their areas with information — and the information cannot be withheld too long. The new school boards are made up of elected' officials — not appointed representatives as was the case with local high school Admittedly, there are times when some individual news reporter annoys the elected officials. There are times when the officials are right and the newsman is wrong — but if the shoe happened to be on the other foot and the news media refused to carry school board news, the board members would shortly realize the utter necessity of some means of reporting to the taxpayers and so retaining public confidence. Independent and courageous newspapers are a vital part of our society. They have remained for centuries as a 'strong bulwark of those basic concepts of democracy upon which our freedom is founded. To illustrate this point an interesting news story came out last week. It was a first-hand account of the Russian take-over of Czechoslovakia by a refugee who managed to escape. He said that the Russian plans for complete domination were foiled to some degree by the fact that the newspapers in that country did not immediately bow to Russian threats and thus kept the public informed of the true nature of the Soviet invasion. We don't want any take-overs in boards, and their sessions are therefore Canada. With free and honest newspapers required to be open to the public . , the probability is not strong. — Wingham which is usually represented by the press. Advance Times, June 10. THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS -▪ RECORD Established 1865 r 1924 Established 1881 Clinton News -Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) second clans Mail registration number— 0817 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (in advance) Canada, $0.00 per year; U.S.A., $7.0 ELIC A. MCGUiNNESS -- Editor J, HOWARD AITI<EN — General Manager Published every 'Thursday at the heart of Huron County 1. Clinton, Ontario Population 3,475 7'171;" h'OME OC RADAP IN CANADA • Before you turn the key, fasten your seat belts! This young lady has!•She doesn't intend to get that pretty face scarred by hitting the dashboard or windshield in a collision or an emergency stop. And her seatbelts obviously do not interfere with her comfort or her driving, because they are properly worn...the shoulder belt with enough slack to allow free movement at the wheel and the•fap belt snug across her hips. The Ontario Department of Transport urges everybody passengers as well as drivers to fasten their seat belts every time they get in a car, Seat belts give you a far better chance of escaping death or serious injury. by W. Jene Miller The empty pew ' A friend calls to say, "Your column in this week's paper was so moving that it brought tears to my eyes." And then you meet a friend who says, "Oh, I didn't know you wrote a column in the paper." A serviceman writes that he greatly appreciates getting the paper and reading the editorials and news in it. And, a local citizen snorts that he never bothers to read the paper at all. Oh, well, you win a few, you lose a few. A layman comes in, writes a cheque, and says the church has an obligation to hold its members accountable for the stewardship of their possessions. Another layman gets angry that. the Church should challenge its" members to give to another denomination if they won't give where they "belong." One man says, "I never really knew what it meant to handle money until my Church taught to me to tithe." And another says, "We're transferring to a church which doesn't cost so much." And he joins the country club. Oh, well, you win a few, you lose a few. A parishoner writes, "If it had not been for what you helped me see, I'd have killed myself and my child long ago." Another parishoner witnesses before men, "I don't want my kids exposed to that kind,of religion." A member says, "I want you to know that we have been "married for 9 years, but it is only since you taught us of God's love that we have really OPTOMETRY J. E, L,ONQSTAP:F OPTOMETRIST Mondays and,Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET For Appointment Phone 4$2.7010 SEAFQRTH OFFICE 527.1240 R. W, BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 PETER J. KELLY your Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada Representative 201 King St. Clinton' 482-7914 INSURANCE K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482.7804 HAI., HARTLEY Phone 482-6693 LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE — REAL ESTATE INVESTiVENTS • Clinton Office: 482-9644 H. C, Lawson, Res.; 482-9787 J. T. Wise, Res.: 482-7265 . ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air -Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and Rockwell Power Tools JERVIS SALES R, L. Jervis — 68 Albert St. Clinton — 482-9390 been happy together." Another member says, "We haven't been ' to church for years, and haven't missed it a bit." Oh, well, you win a few, you lose a few. A churchman says, "Boy, I wish I had an easy job like the preacher." Another says, "If you don't slow down, you're going to kill yourself. A churchman says, "If you'd get out of your ivory tower and see what Life is really like, you'd think differently." Another says, "I don't see how you can deal with the terrible problems of people and still keep your faith in' mankind." Oh, well, you win a few, you lose 'a few. Or, as Jesus put it, "Many are called, but few are chosen." by Bill Smiley Sugar and spice Don't talk to me about a bear with a sore head. He'd back down the trail like a bun- ny if he met a teacher, in June, with a sore tooth. Right now I'm willing to take on any- thing, up to and including, a grizzly. June is the month in which nothing is so rare as a day, according to Browning, or somebody. And for school teachers, it's a month in which every day is a hard night's work. The teacher is plagued by paper work which could be done by a 15 -year-old moron, an administration which is twice as stupid as he thought it was, and students who are bored from the belly -button both ways -- by school. Throw in a -throbbing tooth and you've got yourself a mean critter. The month started off fittingly, with everybody for- getting my birthday, on the 2nd. The only card I received was from my insurance com- pany, a card which annually infuriates me. Next day, one of those nico- tine -tanned stumps which my dentist laughingly calls teeth began to kick up. And it's been kicking up, down and sideways ever since. If I had any guts I'd tie a string around it, fasten the string to a doorknob and slam the door. However, I have about as many guts as I have teeth, so I go on trying to save 'this one. I can't even bite a marshmal- low without going into orbit, so I've practically been on a liquid diet for weeks. This has its disadvantages. Which is worse every morning — a toothache or a hangover? And bow would you like both? As is our custom, my wife and I went to the annual Lea- cock Medal Award Dinner re- cently. I've been a judge in the competition for several years and enjoy meeting a few big shots and finding their feet are made of the same type of clay as, my own. Despite the snide comments of some writers from the big dailies, it's a good party in a good cause — keeping alive and fresh the works and mem- ory of Canada's — and one of the world's greatest comic writers. This year's winner was Stuart Trueman, whose book, "You're Only As Old As You Act," is good entertainment. Mr. Trueman, a Maritimer, was salty. The chairman, Richard Doyle, editor of the Globe and Mail, Was even wittier, and should write a book. The venerable, if not blessed, Harry Boyle, a witty . writer and editor under his farm -boy facade, was there, and was witty. In fact, the whole thing was excruciatingly funny for many, painful for me. My wife gal- loped through a huge and exc- ellent dinner, darting her eyes at my plate, where nothing was missing except a few of the inevitable green peas, which I had managed to mumble. Just as dinner began, I had a terrible attack of leaping bi- From our early files 75 years ago The Clinton New Bra June 29, 1894 Cantelon Bros. made their first shipment of cherries on Wednesday. Mr. W. roster, who Was in British Columbia, during the recent flood has arrived home, none the worse for his experience. Mr Foster was not favourably impressed With British Columbia and thinks Huron the finest split in the world. S5 years ago. June 25,1914 . Mr. Samuel Kemp and daughter motored tb London on Wednesday. ' Mr. George Hanley of the London road, is building a cement silo this week. 40 years ago June 27, 1929. A number of the friends of Miss Viola Wise met at her home on Tuesday evening and presented her with a miscellaneous shower, in view of her approaching marriage.- 25 arriage,25 years ago June 22,1944, cuspid and couldn't eat a bite. I decided the only thing to do was to paralyze the tooth. I tried, but it refused to play. AU I succeeded in doing was paralyzing the rest of me, meanwhile carrying on about my tooth (bravely, of course) to such an extent that my wife remarked later it was like hav- ing a crying baby in Church. However, it all worked out fine. We went to a small gath- ering after the dinner, and in- credible numbers of young, pretty college girls hovered about me, fetching me aspirin, gin and other medications. Meanwhile, my old lady spent an hour or so straighten- ing out the editor of the Globe and Mail. I fully expected to find this column on the front page on Monday morning. But there ' it was, the same old Globe melange of world crises and murders and stale speeches of Cabinet Ministers. Not content with my physi- cal suffering, young Bim hit me in June with another wal- lop. She wanted a loan toward an electric piano. After a suffi- cient number of things, like "Fie on thee, wench!" and "You're going to have to pay interest, you know," I buckled, and am now subsidizing one of those rotten groups to the tune of $200. All that was needed to make it a ring-dinger of a month Were the headlines about elec- tricians getting $6.50 an hour, and the interest rates soaring daily. A great month, • June. For blackflies. Mrs. Joe Wild of Clinton, received word last week that her husband, Pte. J. Wild, has been wounded in action. 15 years ago June 24:;1954. Mr, and Ws. J. It. Cooper attended the wedding of their niece, Miss Joan Woof, to Edward J. Beneteau in Amhersthurg, on Satutday, 10 years ago June 25, 1959. Mr, and Mrs, Frank Freeman and son, David, and Donald :iennedy of Seatboro spent the weekend With Elwin Merrill' and THE McKiLLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY SEAFORTH • Insures: * Town Dwellings * All Class of Farm Property * Summer cottages * Churches, Schools, Halls Extended coverage (wind, smoke, water damage, falling objects etc.) is also available. Agents: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Seaforth; Wrn. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Harold Squire, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Eaton, Seaforth. 'CHURCH SERVICES Attend Your Church This Sunday NOTE: All Services on Daylight Saving Time ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" Pastor: REV. GRANT MILLS, B.A. A.R.C.T. Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, SUNDAY, JUNE 29th JOINT SERVICE IN WESLEY-WILLIS CHURCH Sunday School closed until September 7 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 29th 11:00 a.m. — Church Parade: S. Huron Loyal Orange Lodge.. Sermon Topic: "BROTHERHOOD" Ontario Street United Church will join us ALL WELCOME M 9:45 a.m. HOL— MorningESVILLE Worship. Clinton Cemetery — 3 p.m. Community Decoration Service Guest Speaker: REV. GRANT MILLS 10:45 a.m. — Sunday School. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH • SUNDAY, JUNE 29th 10:00 a.m. — Morning Service - English 2:30 p.m, — Afternoon Service. Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas listen to "Back to God Hour" -- EVERYONE WELCOME -- ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SUNDAY, JUNE 29th The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director 9:45 a.m..— Sunday School. 9:30 alm. — Morning Worship. PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Victoria Street W. Werner, Pastor SUNDAY, JUNE 29th 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. — Worship Serviice. 7:30 p.m. -- Evening Service. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Potter and Greg. Ohe hundred years since the founding of St, Paul's Parish in • Clinton Was celebrated on Monday evening, with a special service of thanksgitnng and rededication.