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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1969-08-21, Page 2Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETR Y INSURAIVP 4, LQNGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET For .APiwintroent. Phones 40Z.7010 ,uA.FpRTH OF FICE 0271240 W, BEL L OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 PETER J. KELLY your Mutual Life. Assurance Company of Canada Representative 201 King St. Clinton 482-7914 K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 HAL HARTLEY Phone 4826693 LAVVSON AND WISE INSURANCE — REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Clinton Office: 402-9644 H. C. Lawson, Res.: 482-9787 J. T, Wise, Res.: 482-7265 ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and AWNINGS and RAILINGS JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis — 68 Albert St. Clinton — 482-9390 THE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY Writing a weekly column is something like being pregnant. You can't stop just because you're not in the mood. The typesetters are waiting, the ed- itors are waiting, and the mail- man waits for no man. • I've written them in hotel rooms, on trains and on New Year's morning, I've written them with the raging 'flu, the galloping bursitis, and a head that felt more like a foot, And that explains why I'm tapping this out on Grandad's dining-room table on a beauti- ful hot summer afternoon, when any sane person who was en his holidays would be at the beach, or lying under a tree. Why didn't I do it yester- day? Because yesterday was a beautiful, hot summer day and I fell asleep on a raft out in the lake, and my silly wife on shore was afraid I'd fall off and drown and she sent some nit out to wake me, and I was so mad at her presumption (she knows I could swim that lake with both hands tied be- hind toe) that I wasn't in the mood for anything but a good domestic hassle, After a month of relatives and friends and casuals drop- ping in, we were looking for; ward to a week of quiet living and "getting away from peo- ple at Grandad's, It's an idyl- lic setting. A stone farmhouse, overlooking a beautiful bay, Lets of trees around and the nearest neighbor a quarter- mile down the road. Trouble is, it's in our old From our 75 years ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA August 17, 1894 Mr, Cotatice Of Goderich township drives a new top buggy, the product of Attrnball'e carriage shop, Mr, A, Graham of London Wes in town last week and interviewed the Mayor and Others in referenee to the tenStrtict;:on of granite sidewalks; that such WOUld be an improvement is admitted but, the point is, soldier's are not the only ones who make sacrifices for a nation. Many, many pioneers who came to the Americas were seeking to escape the military rule of a corrupt and warring Europe. They came to unknown dangers and relentless hardships just so they could forge a land of peace. They faced daily death, hunger, loneliness and grinding labor to leave a heritage and a better land for us who follow. The subtle encroachment of militarism upon our minds is not intentional, but it demonstrates the shallowness of our memorials. 4 It is easy to glorify the courage and devotion of those who die in battle. But there is no less nobility in those who followed a plow all day long, stamping-ground, Even though we slip in under cover of dark- ness, somebody spots us, and the tom-toms start drumming, "The Smileys are here." Then it's, "When are you going to drop out to the lake?" and "Come on up to the cot- tage for a few days," and "How about dropping around for a drink and a barbeque?" It's grand to be wanted, And all the old friends are so kind and hospitable that it's diffi- cult to say no. So we don't, But it is definitely not conducive to the quiet, meditative life. It's murder on the physique, because old friends want to sit up and talk all night. And so do we. Daytimes are bad, too. When I go into town for Some milk, it takes me three hours to get home. I have to say hello to Skin the barber, and Skinny the editor, and all the mer- chants I used to sell ads to and little old ladies who remember our children and ask embar- rassing questions about what they're doing now, 'and then I bump into Don and Mac who are up at their Cottages from the States, Desperately seeking refuge, I drop into the pub for a quiet, cold beer. Within ten minutes I'm talking deer-hunting with TeeirlY the well-driller and Murdoch the farmer and Don the car dealer and George the millionaire. It's rude to rush off with my milk when these hardworking chaps insist on one more round for old times sake. early files without question, the only difficulty in the way being the additional •tost over luMber at the outset. As one of the direct benefits of the new American tariff, we understand that Mr, ihviri is now offering 10c a bushel mote for barley than he was offering last week, 55 years ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA MOJA 20,1914 Mrs. H, B, Chant gave a Photo by MeG who scrimped and sacrificed to feed their families, who built homes, paid taxes and fought the dangerous battles of public service. (Read again John Kennedy's classic: "PROFILES IN COURAGE.") In my several years of military service I saw some of the greatest human beings I have ever known. And I saw some of the most depraved characters who ever lived. Armies are made up of all kinds of people just like graveyards are. I cherish the memory of many fine men who never will come home. But, I also cherish the memories of leathery-skinned old farmers, scrawny little farm wives, worried businessmen and harried craftsmen. After all, Hitler and Stalin are also dead. Just to add to the pastoral peace of our week, we brought, Pip the kitten, and Grandad is in temporary charge of Screwy Louie, a spirited young poodle. However, it wasn't all bad, Perhaps the highlight for me was a trip "around the mail" with Grandad, who has been delivering rural mail for 40 years, since the days of the Model T in summer and the sleigh in winter, Ever drive a route with a rural mail carrier? It's an ex- perience somewhat like your first ride on a big roller-coast- er, He belts around those grav- el back roads at a hell of a clip, knows every rib and vein in them, and takes corners and hills with the dash of a hell- driver, Each mail box is a personal challenge. He heads straight for, the ditch and you cringe. Misses the ditch by two incites and winds up right beside the box, so that the mail can be popped in without leaving the car, Add to this the fact that Grandad has one arm, and that I'm a coward in a car,- and you get the message, Must do it again some time, In about ten years. After this peaceful week, we've determined to reht a trailer and go off into the hush somewhere, with no tele- phones, no friends, and just squat there, licking our wounds, With our luck, the people in the Next trailer will be our next-door neighbors, back home. verandah tea in honor of her sisters the Misses Holmes of St. Catharines latt I?riday afternoon. Mr, Ike Rattenbury is taking a trip down the St. Lawrenee, Rev. Frank Hovey and family of BUrlington are spending their holidays in Clinton. Mn and Mrs, Carl Draper left last week, for Niagara Palls where Mt, Draper haS secured a good position, Please turn to Page 4 SEAPORTH 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; Wm. Leiper, Jr., Londesboro; Selwyn Baker, Brussels; Harold Squire, Clinton; George Coyne, Dublin; Donald G. Eaton, Seaforth. --moinimmENNOmmemEn INNINNIMINI0111111M111W am ft me SERVICES Attend Your Church This Sunday ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH ...v 4. ke. "THE FRIENDLY CHURCH" IRi Pastor: REV. H. W. WONFOR, e •B.Sc;,, B.Com,, B.D.' %. Organist: MISS LOIS GRASBY, A.R.C.T. ' SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th 11:00 Sermon Topic:"Thae.m*M:rkMsorOnifng JeWsourss,h,ip. 4.—HUMILITY Weslepailiis United Church will worship with us,, Sunday School closed until September 7 ter, 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 Joint Service with Ontario Street United Church during August. ' CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th 2:30 p.m. — Afternoon Service. 8,00 P.M. — Evening Service Every Sunday, 12:30 noon, dial 680 CHLO, St. Thomas listen to "Back to God Hour" EVERYONE WELCOME -- mmesuseemememediemmemmouromemoommoome ST. ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister Mrs. B. eoyes, Organist and Choir Director Services of Public Worship withdrawn during the month of August. PENTECOSTAL CHURCH Victoria Street W. Werner, Pastor SUNDAY, AUGUST 24th 9:48 a.m. — Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. -". Worship ServiCe. 7t30 p.m. —: Evening Seri/ice. -* MAPLE STREET GOSPEL HALL SUIOAY, AUGUST Vith 9:45 a.m.— Worship Service. 11:00 a.m. — Sunday School. 7:15 - 7:45 P.m. -,-- Sunday Evening — Hymn Sing 8:00 pan. — Evening Service, Speaker: Fred IVIUnnittO 8:00 P.M. -,- 'Nett* Prayer Meetingt Sible Study If the churches of The United States' militaristic society want to be of real service, let them take over the celebration of the national "Memorial Day." The most terrifying thing about the celebration of our past is that it is always couched in militaristic terms. Every cemetery has a service to memorialize Our war dead. And this is right. I repeat, it is right to remember those who died in the service of their country. But, what of those noble parents who laid their sons upon the altars of war? They made as great a sacrifice as the sons. I have heard many say they would rugladly have died in the place of their sons. The truth is that most any parent, would rather face death than the broken dreams of a life forfeited in battle. Sure, they are proud of their children, HARVEST TIME at John Merrill's RR 2, Clinton by W. Jene Miller The empty pew by Bill Smiley Sugar and spice Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron Ceurity g Clinton, Ontario • Population 3,475 IlOME OF RADAR IN CANADA 2 Clinton Nevus-Record, Thursday, Augst 21, 1909 As .we see it The challenge must be net The ,ProsOect Of an employment end econom ic vacuum being left when the armed forces pull out of PEP Clinton in tyvo years, the future Of the town's. newest 'industry, Fabian Furniture Manufacturing Co. :140,, takes on added importa.nce.. A visitor to the former Canada Packers plant beside the ,CNR tracks found renovations well advanced this week, with lumber stacked next to machines waiting to be plugged in and turned on. It appeared that production might begin on a limited bases within weeks, Workers may be htred before the end of this month, but it is pertain that only a fraction of the more than 140 persons who have inquired will find jobs at the outset. One thing absent is financial aid from either the provincial or federal government, The bulk of Huron County's recent industrial growth has been assisted by Ontario Development Corporation grants. But Fabian officials tell of getting the runaround from bureaucrats and assert that they were denied even the application forms until Charles MacNaughton, Huron MPP and provincial minister of economics, intervened. The Program for the Equalization of Industrial Opportunity in Ontario is administered by the ODC and has as three of its chief aims providing for expansion of industry and employment in slow-growth areas, providing opportunities for gainful employment for young people in the smaller centres of population and providing a wider base of industrial assessment for smaller municipalities. Clinton's need in all three areas should make industry here a prime candidate for aid. The impending base shutdown adds urgency to the situation, The ODC does not give grants to industries transferring operations into incentive areas (Fabian moved from Milton, Ont.) unless it is proven that they cannot expand with moving, It also sets criteria for financial structure, potential earnings and management. The town sold the five-acre industrial site to Fabian with the hope that the company would prosper, produce jobs and generate income for the good of the entire community. The public has a stake "in the operation, • • The . two , .• the Caned ia -OWn company;ea- `Joseph Fabian Sr. and his son, talk enthusiastically about • the town both as a place to live and a place to work. They are making their home here. There may be any number of valid reasons for the ODC refusing grants to the Fabian company, but provincial The Acton Free Press in a recent issue makes a plea for more letters of opinion on matters affecting the community it serves. It gdes on to enlarge on the subject of readers' contributions and why some are rejected and others altered. This newspaper is guided by many of the same principles and the Free Press comments which follow thus have application here. The Free Press put it this way: 'Like most other newspapers, The Free Press desires to print news of interest to readers in this area, at the same time reserving the right to edit all copy and in some instances to reject part of it. We particularly welcome letters to the editor for publication on the various issues which may pop up in town and district. We are glad to hear .readers' viewpoints on subjects which concern them and we will print most of the letters we receive, although not necessarily in the week we receive them. However, as in the case of news reports, we reserve the right to withhold publication. We may agree with the opinions but if the writer is malicious or libellous The Free Press cannot be responsible, The writer must sign his or her name in any case, although a pseudonym can be used in the newspaper. Our news columns, except in the-Case of signed articles, are relatively free of second class mail tegittratteh number 6811 SUBSCRIPTION RATES!' In advance) Canada, 6.90 per year; U.S.A., $1.50 ERIC A, McdUiNNEss — Editor HOWARts AttKEN General Manager authorities must do more than wait for filled-in application forms and ledger -sheets. They Must demonstrate a willingness to help, if,,,the management won't cOoPerate.# the ODC should say so and then the town industrial committee and elected leaders can decide whether or not to continue to back the companY, If the ODO criteria cannot now be met, then the Dept. of Trade and Development might be asked to offer advice and expertise to enable the company to meet the standards and to build a sound ,business, Interest in Fabian-made goods has come from the U.S. and the possibility of an export market is one which should be explored fully by both the federal and provincial governments. There is reason to believe that at least one salesman was ready to represent Fabian and its line of furniture until pressure from other western Ontario manufacturers forced him to back out. Competition is healthy, but intimidation -- if it exists -- should be exposed and stopped. The Fabian plant is a good place to start on the challenging task of replacing the payroll and people Huron County will lose when CFB Clinton is phased out. There are merchants who derive little• direct business from base personnel and who see no great harm in its closing, but money put into circulation by the base is a significant factor in the local economy and one whose loss will be felt deeply across much of the county. Existing federal and provincial programs to draw industry to Clinton have yet to bear fruit. Extraordinary action on the part of federal officials is now called for and must be demanded. For example, new federal incentives for industrial expansion and relocation favor northern cities over this county. Why shouldn't Clinton be given special status and made eligible for equivalent incentive grants or loans to compensate for CFB Clinton being closed? And industry is not the only answer. The soon-to-be-vacated 140-acre training base is said to be well suited for conversion to a community college campus. An educational institution would be a welcome 'addition .to` :Clinton and conceivably could acCaslheiseed,;fdr-new life and growth. The town should not be too quick to woo a non-military agency of the government unless some guarantee of stability or permanency can be provided. The base-closing rumors and fears left Clinton on tenterhooks for too long. No repeat performances, please. opinion. We like straight honest reporting with the stress on accuracy, although we are lenient when it comes to plugging some community matters. The most frequent rejections are usually nothing more than articles which are camouflaged propaganda or advertising. Reams of it come to this desk from many sources and we file it in the wastepaper basket. Sometimes, too, we must cut out advertising from local copy, We do not think it is necessary to explain that a newspaper cannot afford to advertise free. Advertising is the lifeblood of the newspaper business. The advertiser is the man who makes this newspaper possible. He provides the major part of the revenue to keep the country's newspaper going. A much higher percentage of news and advertising appearing in home town weeklies is actually read than that appearing in the metropolitan daily or a national magazine. One-half of all the retail buying in Canada is done in small centres served by weeklies. In the past year the readership of the weeklies has increased more than any other news media. These facts are supported by an independent survey and make the weekly newspaper one of the most attractive marketplaces for the man who is interested in getting his message across to prospective customers. Your opinions, please THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD 1924 Established 1865 le Established 1881 Clinton News-Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC)