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Clinton News-Record, 1971-09-09, Page 4The age of the' ugly girl History in pictures They tell us this has been the Age of Aquarius. But it's really been the Age of the Ugly Girl. Of course there are a lot of lovely ones — they stand out almost incandescently, so fresh, so natural, their hair shining, their faces clean and unmade-up, Yet they too are a trifle over-exposed and in their extreme minis and long hair, resembling nothing so much as a bevy of 'lovely mermaids, Nonetheless, these attractive ones only serve to emphasize the generally unkempt, impressed, almost unwashed look of the majority of girls who stroll our streets. 'or them, mini skirts and "hot pants" ,)ly serve to emphasize their legs, lean, nock-kneed and scrawny, or ugly fat. As The trade of war is booming. Warfare in Indo-China has widened considerably, despite President Nixon's promises of disengagement. The neutrality of Laos, which has always been questionable, is now becoming meaningless. The ceasefire in the Middle East trembles always on the brink of collapse. And in the United States, defence spending is up once again to 76-billion dollars annually, a figure that is very close to the record 78-billion dollars the USA spent on defence in 1968, the year of the Tet offensive in South Vietnam. Defence spending represents one third of the record federal budget for the 1971-72 fiscal year. Stepped-up military spending in the United States is designed partly to strengthen the languishing economy. girls, they seem deliberately to choose the styles that emphasize the bad points. Where this passion for ugliness will end, no one knows. Are these supposedly "hip" youngsters:, governed by the same herd instinct which causes women to conform to fashions which flatter no one. Fashions for women for the past three years have resembled something out of a horror movie. Are the current styles just a snide joke of the fashion creators, a put-on, like the one in the Tale of the Emperor's Clothes, which proved that most people will agree on almost anything in order not to differ from majority opinion? Only a child had the good sense to say' — "but the emperor has nothing on." — Contributed. It is a sad 'commentary on human society when nations must use the manufacture of death to help sagging economies, yet this happens time and again around the world. I n a better organized global community it should be possible for the industrialized nations to turn out more tractors instead of machine-guns, more civil aircraft instead of bombers, and helicopter gunships, more chemical fertilizers instead of chemical weapons and defoliants. In a just society, the trade of war would wither and die. But this will not occur until mankind heeds what Benjamin Franklin wrote almost 200 years ago. "There never was a good war," he said, "or a bad peace." Contributed. In the year before the closing of Canadian Forces Base Clinton, Mrs. Edith Baker, secretary to many of the base commanders at the Clinton base over the years, compiled a comprehensive history of the 30 years of the existence of the base, Included are many photos of the early development of the base. We reprint some of them here in a continuing series. This is what the newly emerging base looked like on August 27, 1941. The photo was one of a series of aerial shots of the base taken during its development by the Royal Air Force. It became a top secret installation where much of the North American pioneering of radar took place. The trade of war Past promises recalled It might be called dirty pool to resurrect this news item just before a provincial election, but we found this in a file the other day while researching another story and thought it would be of interest to area readers. It was a front page news story in the News—Record on February 27, 1969, and the parts dealing with CFB Clinton are reprinted in their entirety. MacNAUGHTON PROMISES AID IF BASE HERE DOES CLOSE In a talk at last week's Clinton Industrial Committee dinner, Charles S. MacNaughton of Exeter, provincial treasurer and • minister of economics, urged that the federal government play a bigger role in redeveloping deactivated military bases. He promised that if the Canadian Forces Base at Clinton were to close like the one at Centralia did in 1966, the government "would again address itself to a solution," but,hopes that a harmonious arrangement with the federal government could be arranged "the next time" because the province "can't go on investing in deactivated air bases." "If the deactivation is initiated at the federal. level," Mr. MacNaughton said, "t hen I wonder why the responsibility (for redevelopment) doesn't shift there." He complained that while the province negotiated with Crown Assets Disposal Corp. for purchase of the Centralia base, the "most valuable assets were going out the back door." "All refrigerators were removed from the houses, air conditioning units were removed and theatre seats shipped to other installations," he said. While saying he would like to see a change in federal policy, he reassured town officials that the province "could no more allow Clinton to dry up than the areas to the south." He pointed out, however, that lack of hangars and other facilities left at Centralia make the Clinton base less suitable to industrial development. lh calling on thejederal government to do more about filling the void left when a base closes, Mr. MacNaughton told of U.S. government policies which provide for giving a year's notice arid then offering the land to state or municipal governments or school boards for one dollar. "After that," he said, "the government moves in and adapts the site to its new use and watches for a year to see if there is need for further readaptation." He said he had suggested such a plan here, but has heard nothing from federal representatives since he sent in his proposals three or four 'months ago. Even teoehers glad to go bock THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1 865 1924 Established 1891 Clinton News-Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) second class mail registration number — 01317 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (in advance) Canada, $6.00 per year; U.S.A., $7.50 KE1T11 vV. ROULSTON a Editor J. HOWARD AITKEN — General Manager Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County I Clinton, 'Ontario Population 3,475 TEE ROME OF RADAR IN CANADA 4 Clinton News-Record, Thursday, September 9, 1971 Other op in ion s Farmers cheesed off Just six years ago, Queen's Park set up the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. It was supposed to rationalize the distribution of milk and assure dairy farmers a steady income. It may have accomplished these goals but it is also driving the small cheese factories of Ontario out of business and it may even be pushing farmers to give up tending cows altogether: In this week's Insight section, Sally Barnes discusses the effects of the Milk Marketing Board and tells the dramatic story of how one cheese producing co-op at Plum Hollow, near Brockville, is faced with the grim choice of going out of business or defying the government. And it looks like the farmers are going to defy the government, When hard-working, law-abiding farmers are driven to such desperate measures, something is wrong. When a Marketing Board set up tb help farmers faces a farmers' rebellion, then some changes are needed. The Milk Marketing Board decides how much milk each dairy can turn into cheese during the year. When the factory has used up its quota, it has to stop producing cheese and the farmers must sell their milk to a dairy that still has some room in its quota. In Plum Hollow, this means the farmers must close down their own factory in a few weeks and lay off nine employees. The farmers own the factory but under the rules of the OMMB, they are not allowed to use their own milk in their own factory, beyond the year's quota. In practice, the OMMB rules favor the big dairies. If the Plum Hollow farmers are forced to close their own plant, their milk will most likely go to two big cheese factories nearby. One is Ault Foods, a subsidiary of John Labatt Ltd., with head offices in London, Ontario, and the other is Kraft Foods Ltd., a branch of the American company. Both companies received substantial "forgiveable" loans from the government — the next best thing to a direct grant — to put up their factories in this part of the province. But what good is that if the Ontario government has to put small dairies out of business and eliminate their jobs in order to keep the Kraft plant going? It's quite possible that if one were to measure the jobs the government has destroyed by forcing small dairies to close down against the jobs the government has created by giving big dairies special favors, one would find there has been a net loss of jobs in Ontario. • At one time there were 500 small cheese factories in Ontario. Now there are only 65 and they all face a grim struggle to get enough milk from the Milk Marketing Board to stay in business. If Canadian taxpayers are subsidizing American companies that are forcing Canadian dairies to close down and put people out of work, then something has gone very wrong with the Ontario Milk Marketing Board. This isn't just a rural problem. City people have learned to appreciate the high quality Canadian cheddar from the small cheese factories of Ontario. If government policy is threatening to put' the • small cheddar producer out of business, that policy deserves to become an election issue. — (From The Toronto Daily Star) The siteezers Four out of seven of the players at our weekly poker session were "coming down" with colds and we were treated to a concert of sneezes of considerable variety, virtuosity and velocity. One must marvel at the limitless range of this most basic of reflexes, defined by Webster as "the emission of air or breath suddenly, forcibly and audibly through the nose and mouth by involuntary, spasmodic action." The word "involuntary" is the key to what makes sneezes so interesting. No other physical function, performed in public, is as altogether natural or as primitive as this. The sneeze cannot be made elegant or sophisticated or charming or cultured. It cannot be controlled or adapted to express an acquired or deliberate personality and may, in fact, completely expose a masquerade in one convulsive, comical detonation. Recovery may be rapid, but the sneezer, whatever his stature or pretence may be, has been momentarily humanized through the chance intervention of a virus or a passing speck of dust or pollen and it gladdens the heart. "God bless you," we say, charitably, recognizing the inner creature thus accidentally revealed as no better or worse than the rest of us. Sneezes are interesting, too, because they may reveal hidden qualities. The range of expressive sneezes may, in fact, be as wide as the range in the human character. One of our players, for example, is a man who is frail in physique, retiring by nature, a shy, gentle, soft-voiced type whose negative personality is so cultivated that at times, especially when he is holding a full house, he seems to vanish into the woodwork. Having played poker with him for 12 years I know that this facade is cruelly deceptive, that the man is cold steel inside. I was not at all surprised, therefore, when his sneeze proved to be a catacylsmic, 50-megaton blast of splendid, wheezing fury that fully revealed the man's inner power and utterly con firmed my long-standing conviction that he has bluffed me out of hundreds of pots. Conversely, the man next to me, hearty, confident and out-going in personality, proved to be a sneezer of that variety which is hesitant, uncertain, downright timorous. At least a dozen times he brought himself to the very edge of a magnificent sneeze, the eyes glazed, watering and drawn close together, the nostrils trembling with expectation, only to falter through some .inherent lack of conviction, uncertain whether to fight it or enjoy it, and producing only the occasional, diffident, mouse-like snort, followed by much ceremonial blowing of the nose. This is a man, you could say, who can be had at poker, all things being equal. You might be dead wrong, of course, but you can't expect sneezes to reveal everything, can you? The subject is not quite as simple as it would seem on the surface (what subject ever is?) and I was interested to hear from our doctor member that the sneeze may be expressive of much more than a rudimentary physical condition, Many people, it seems, sneeze as a nervous reaction so that what we think of, if at all, as no more than a built-in mechanism to counteract a momentary irritation of the membranes may often be symptomatic of more insidious ills. A fellow with anxieties, perhaps caused by repeated failures to improve four-card flushes, may maintain his poker face, may refrain from beating his fists against his temples and, in general, show an outward calm that belies his inner emotions. Yet they are churning around inside him. His whole system aches for a release of this tension. And so the sneeze, which has Just been lying around waiting for a virus or dust or pollen and having nothing better to do, comes mysteriously into play and applies its eloquent therapy. This can be disastrous, mind you, since there have been cases of disturbed people who have involuntarily sneezed themselves right out of this world, but in the normal course of events it is helpful and a reminder once again of the marvels of the human body, Keep that in mind next time you sneeze and be a good sport about it. Editor The Editor: Through your paper may I express my thanks to those responsible for the rural-urban exchange we had in Huron County during July and August. I had a girl from Toronto who had never been on a farm. Lisa was most charming and so very interested in all we do on a farm and our neighbours also. I'm sure we caused the Department of Agriculture in Clinton a great deal of extra work, three 'phone calls, and during bus arrivals and departures. I also want to thank the Department in Toronto for making it possible for me to return to Toronto with Lisa to spend a week at her home. I had a great time in the city going swimming, playing tennis, biking,' bowling, shopping, visiting Lisa's friends, going on picnics and visiting points of interest such as Ontario Place, Toronto' Exhibition, Science Center, City Hall and Center Island. I only hope Lisa and the other young folk from our cities had as enjoyable a time on our farms as I had in Toronto. Thank you again organizers and may this venture continue, Sincerely, Marie Betties, R. R. 2, Bayfield, Ontario. Letter to the Well, it's that time again, when the nation's biggest body of baby-sitters goes back to work and the mothers of the nation blow out a trumpet-like sigh of relief. Back to school time. It's been a tough summer for parents. In July 1 thought we were going to have to start building an ark. August came in like a lion with a couple of violent storms, then settled down for some fairly fine weather. Fine for October, that is. Last night the terriperature was three degrees above freezing. This is the sort of weather that turns amiable little children into malicious little monsters who drive their mothers to the streaming point. It's too cold to swim. It's too wet to play outside. They're sick of playing cards indoors. They want pop and hot, dogs and potato chips at all hours of the day and night. They quarrel with each other, I have no sympathy with the kids, but my heart goes out to their frayed mothers, So much for the little kids, But at least you can give them a belt on the ear when they become unbearable. Teenagers are twice as bad during a t,timmer like this one. Those who working, but just hanging ealpol lie family, in most cases ate? trtir4:,r They groan with boredom. They complain that there's nothing to do, though their mothers are putting in twelve hours a day. They demand the family car and sulk when they don't get it. And now that they can legally drink over 18, who knows what they're up to when they are allowed the car? The girls tend to strike up an intimacy with scruffy-looking boys, and the boys pursue trollopy—looking -girls. Ah, parents must have hearts of solid steel these days to avoid a complete collapse. That's why there's an almost universal sigh of relief when school opens.. It's not that parents don't love their children. It's just that they can't stand them after eight weeks of a cold, wet summer. Mother can pack them off on that blessed opening day, sit down with a cigarette and coffee and start turning into a kindly, loving person again. Father can come home from work and not have to settle quarrels, fight about who gets the car, and spend two hours getting smoke in his eyes over the barbecue. Even the kids are happy to get back to school, For a few days, at any rate. They meet old class-mates,lie wildly about their summer adventures, renew last year's romances, commence new • ones, fill out innumerable forms, and check out the new teachers for pretty or handsome ones. Their exuberance lasts about a week, until they have to start doing some work. Then the pendulum swings and they revert to their groans of boredom, though this is actually just a pose with a great many of them. For college students, off for their first year, it's a time of rare excitement and anticipation. They're finally going to get away from nagging mothers and grouchy fathers and butterfly into the wild free life of the university, the joys of learning. About 20 per cent of them will be thoroughly disillusioned by Christmas and probably 30 per cent will flunk their first year, because they get more interested in the flesh-pots than the philosophy. So everybody is happy about school re-opening. How about the teachers? Believe it or not, they are too. Theoretically, they are rested, refreshed, cobwebs all blown away, raring to go, Most of them are. The small minority that doesn't really like kids or teaching, but is only in it for the Security, will be their usual surly selves within a couple of weeks. However, let's all try .to be joyful, as the great 1971 baby-sitting season opens once again. I'll try it you will. 75 YEARS AGO Wednesday, September 9, 1896 A poetically-mind young man sings: "The summer days are speeding fast, Jack Frost is nearly due, My loved one's sunburned nose will soon, Take on a tinge of blue." Three tramps were arrested for violating Grand Trunk rules and placed in the lock-up last Thursday. One of the cells did not have a secure lock and the occupant liberated himself and his two companions. Soon there was a very exciting chase for a mile or two and one of them was recaptured by Constable Welsh. Later on, his trampship was liberated on the promise that he would hereafter give Clinton a wide berth, 55 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 7, 1916 Two weeks from Saturday the Ontario Temperance Act will come into force, and the whole Province will go dry. Postmaster Jas. Scott has received notice from the Department at Ottawa that letters to prisoners of war in Germany must be left unsealed. The German authorities require this and letters that are sealed are liable to be thrown in the waste "basket. An extensive list of German publications mostly issued in the States have been barred from the Canadian mails under the War Measures Act, Anyone found with a copy in Canada is liable to a $5000 fine or up to five years in prison. 40 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 10, 1931 Now that the holiday season is pretty well over we hope our correspondents, a number of them, will take up the pen once more. For several weeks we have had very little news from Londesboro, Varna, and some other •points. We miss these budgets, and will be glad to have them resumed. Send us the news and send it early, so ye shall be called blessed by the editor and staff, Next week it will be the Western Fair at London, but do not get so fed up with fairs that you'll not wish to take in Bayfieild Fair on September 30, October 1st. 25 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 12, 1946 With neighbouring fall fairs under way this week, the autumn season is definitly here. And who would have thought it — Christmas will be here in 104 days. The first holder of the Huron County Council $100 Scholarship at Ontario Agricultural College is a worthy representative of the farming community of this county. He is J. Allison Morgan, Usborne Township, who served overseas with marked ability as a wireless air gunner in the RCAF. He will commence his course thi's month. It's "last call" for Ration Books No. 6! Distribution took place at Londesboro on Monday and Tuesday and will be given out on Saturday in Clinton, 15 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 6, 1956 An after effect of Wednesday night's decision by the Park Board to approve the Clinton Community Swimming Pool Committee choice for the pool site is the announcement by W. E. Perdue that he intends resigning from the Board. Concerning the street lights and the problem of whether or not to proceed with installing mercury vapour lamps, council decided to put off this problem for another month until more information is obtained. All members of the town council were present Tuesday night, with Mayor Miller presiding, when an application to open a trailer park was granted to J. Becker. 10 YEARS AGO Thursday, September 7, 1961 All school children in Clinton will have a holiday to-morrow, 'Friday, September 8, according to an announcement made by Premier Leslie Frost as he spoke to a crowd of youngsters in Clinton Library Park yesterday afternoon. Asked particularly if this meant the collegiate pupils, Mr. Frost replied, "Everyone primary and secondary schools, both." He stated that he wished his young friends to remember September 6 as the day they visited with the Premier of Ontario. A record number of students is enrolled in Clinton District Collegiate Institute this fall. Best figures available last night were 612, with some additions not yet taken into account.