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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-03-12, Page 44ClintOrlNewS-Fie.POrd;TNISO.PY,Margh 12, 1970. dlorial 40010/00 N of the greatest sho* Seven men sat in the chairs set aside for. the public at Monday night's council session in the town hall. They were there for various pieces of business but they were the first citizens to Venture into the smoke-filled.rooms of town politics this year. What they could see through the smOke, which certainly wasn't caused by the speed at which their elected officials went about civic business, wasn't likely to make them venture into a council session again before they absolutely have to, Much has been said about the disappearing lack of public interest in local politics and what a sorry state it is that citizens seldom go to council sessions to see the town being governed. It's hardly to be wondered why people stay away from council meetings in droves after watching council at work Monday. It was about as interesting as counting pebbles on a beach. 'If as boring a shoW was on television, people would turn off their sets and write to the CDC about how it was wasting the taxpayers money.. Certainly the council is not there to put on a-good show. It is there to govern. But surely Part of governing is making the public feel welcome when they do take the time to attend a meeting. Council seem uncomfortable as lorq as the spectators were present at the meeting Monday, The meeting moved slow, councillors expressed few opinions and spoke in low tones most of the time. They seemed anxious to get the business which had brought the men to the meeting dealt with so they could have the room to themselves again. Once they did leave, council opened up again. Meanwhile, the spectators yawned, coughed and shook their heads at the way their town was governed. MacNaughton as politician A meeting such as that held last week in Londesboro to discuss the Hullett wildlife sanctuary, is the kind that can restore one's faith in democracy. ' The citizens of Hullett wanted to know details about the project that had been withheld from them through the lack of communications that can destroy the democratic system. Thursday they had the chance to get their answers from the bureaucrats of the government departments handling the project and from the man they had elected to represent them in the Ontario government, Charles MacNaughton. When the meeting began there was the distinct possibility that the project, which should in the long run be a benefit to the area, could be killed before it got underway because of misunderstanding. The three-hour meeting turned the whole situation around and put the project back on the tracks. It wasn't a unanimous action. The final outcome of the meeting was not certain until the last person finally left the hall. The arguments were not always well thought-out, the reasons not always noble, the course not always direct, but in the final analysis, the meeting succeeded in resolving most of the problems connected with the project. The project seems to be saved for the present. There will still be hardship on the part of some of those directly involved and there will still be hard feelings but the meeting seems to have removed the biggest stumbling blocks. It's now up to the government officials to make sure that the kind of lack of communications that put the project in danger does not arise again. The future is in their hands. Democracy in action Nothing could better demonstrate the capabilities of Charles MacNaughton as a politician than last week's meeting of Hull ett township ratepayers in Londesboro. Watching him at that meeting, it was !easy to see how he rose from Huron tmember—of—the.-provincial legislature to become Treasurer of the province and one of the most powerful men in the powerful Conservative government of John Roberts. • Mr. MacNaughton entered the meeting with several hundred angry farmers as a distinct underdog. Many were out to get him over the Hullett conservation program in which they felt they had been nt‘' ignored. Many others had come to watch the slaughter, But what they saw was not a slaughter, but one of the most effective jobs of controlling a meeting that has been seen in this part of the coyotry in some time. Mr. MacNaughton waS;the power at that meeting* and everybody;jincluding himself, knew it. He knew when to push and when to withdraw, when to answer and when to let someone else answer. He went into the meeting knowing he had a tot of potential votes on the line that could be lost. He came out with perhaps even a few more votes in his hip pocket than he had in the last election. Photo by Roulston Riverside in winter SSSSN6S.N. SN....\\NOSN.\\*..\\SN.N.S\NSNS ‘SSSS\N. Business and Professional Directory • N. ...NS.S.\\SS.\‘‘N.S\S..1• N. S. s.1‘1.11.\\N ANNUAL MEETING STANLEY TOWNSHIP FEDERATION OF AGRICULTURE TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 1910 8:30 P,M, gPEAkEtt: MIN Gerry Carey Of A FieLDmAhi - Federation 'will be decided at this Meeting, Lund.' Provided Everyone 'Welcome I b ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH, ' • '"T.I-IgYPIrarply CHURCH" Pastor: REV, H. W. WONFOR, B.Q. Organist; MISS LOIS qRASI3Y, SUNDAY, MARCH tEth 9:45 a.m. — Sunday SChool, 11:00 a,m. Morning Worship. Sermon Tooie: "THE SECRET OF THE CROSS" 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, MARCH 15th WESLEY-WILLIS 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 11 :00 a.m. — Christian Fellowship Hour, Topic: "THE TRUMPETS SHALL SOUND" Distinguished Guest Soloist: STEVEN HENRIKSON of the Canadian Opera Association (Handel's Messiah) HOLMESVILLE 1:00 p.m. — Christian Fellowship Hour. 2:00 p.m. — Sunday SchOol — ALL WELCOME — 111•1111111111/1111111111, CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, Clinton 263 Princess Avenue Pastor: Alvin Beukema, B.A., B,D. Services: 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p,m. (On 2nd and 4th Sunday, 9:30 a.m,) The Church of the Back to God Hour every Sunday 12:30 p.m., CHLO Everyone Welcome — ST., ANDREW'S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-, The Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A., Minister Mrs. B. Boyes, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, MARCH 15th 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 10:45 a.m. — Morning Worship. BAYFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor: Leslie Clemens SUNDAY, MARCH 15th Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a,m. Evening Gospel Service: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8:0(1,,,p.m:4 ,ftRraxgr 7mgeting and Bible study ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH Clinton SUNDAY, MARCH 15th 10:00 a.m. — Matins Litany and Sermon, OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20-ISAAC STREET For Appointment Phone 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODER ICH 524-7661 THIS SPACE RESERVED FOR YOUR AC INSURANCE K. IN, COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 HAL HARTLEY Phone 482.6693 LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE — REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Clinton Office: 482.9644 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 •••S.S.S.\\‘‘‘‘‘'S.NS.N.S.s.N.\\S.S.S. %%%%% \NAN'S\ \SS.\11‘11. THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1865 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 class mail' registration number OBI/ SUesCFairrioN RA'Z'ES: (in advance) anada, $6.00 per year U.S.A., $7.50 kElt1-1 W. ROULStON — Editor J. HOWARD AITKEN - General Manager 0.ftmfterftmlft Published every Thurtday at the heart of Huron County Clinton, Ontario Population '3,416 THE HOME OP RADAR IN CANADA • 75 YEARS AGO THE HURON NEWS-RECORD March 13, 1895 Mr. J. H. Combo has placed a cash register in his drugstore. Mr. Thomas Carter, of town, recently bought from Mx. David Cantelon three town lots on the south side of I-Iewton Street. Miss Nettie Cothbe of Clinton has been elected assistant editress of 'Varsity. Mr. Gunn, of Ailsa Craig, nephew of- Dr: Gunn, of town, has taken a position as assistant to Dr. ]3ruce for the summer, Miss Fair of Kincardine is the guest of Mrs. R. Cluff town. 40 YEARS AGO March 13, 1930 Mr. Jack Mutch of Detroit has been visiting at his horte in town, that of Mr. and Mtg. Fred Mutch. Mrs. Matthews and baby of Seaforth has been visiting the lady's parents, Mr. arid Mrs, W. H. Cowan, The' Manures euchre and dance proved to be a very pleasant and suecessful affair. Mrs. A, F, Cuthnote, Miss TX Streett and Messrs,, Percy Liverniore arid Harry Steep carried Off the euchre prizes. After play and refreshments dancing was enjoyed with music by the Mutch Orchestra, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Sturgeon and baby have returned to the village after having spent a week in 'Detroit. 25 YEARS AGO March 8, 1945 Leading Fireman Frank M eEw an and Leading Fireman Robert Draper have returned home after serving for two years and a half in England with. the Canadian Corps of Firefighters. Miss A. M. Stirling returned home to Bayfield on Friday after having spent three months in the Canadian West, Stainless steel stockings are a post war possibility, sayS a Steel industry spokesman. Phone the Riveter — Mom has a runner. Bob Morgan and Roy Churchill enlisted recently in London in the Canadian Army, Bob will take his training at the Abby Trades School in Hamilton, and Roy will go to Chatham for his. 1B YEARS AGO March 10, 1955 Jack Woods, streets foremen Of the town, left yesterday for Hamilton, Where he is ekpected to pick Up a newly.ptirchased grader, Travelling at a. speed of 15 m.p.h. he is expected back sometime this evening. Robin E. „Thompson, RR 2, Clinton, and Ernest Brown, Clinton, with their wives, returned Friday from a visit in the south-central United States where they took a businessmen's holiday visiting several Hereford sales, purchasing registered Polled Hereford cattle. Andy HuSty, working with a windless on the killing floor at Stanley Abattoir, accidentally was caught in the machine crushing the end of one finger. 10 YEARS AGO March 10, 1960 Mr. arid Mrs. Carl IVIcClinchey, 10 William St, returned last Wednesday from a three-week vacation in Arizona. Quick action by Maynard Corrie and his son David last Thursday morning is credited With the possible saving of the life of Mrs. Laura Rigs, 'Varna, in the fire Which consumed her dwelling in the village. Appointment of Magistrate It Glenn Hays, Q,C., as judge of the juvenile taint- for fluren, Was announced Mellitlay, February 29, by the attorney-general's department, But glowing is something there should be more of, espe- , cially in the miserable month of March. There must be some- thing in this sad, rotten, mixed-up, wonderful world to glow about. Let's find it, you and I together. So, what glows? The sun. People. If the sun, or people, cease to glow, they're dead. Ashes. Dust, Just as our neighbors' Christmas tree lights are still glowing because they can't get at them for snow, our spirits, and yours, 1 hope, are glowing because they, too, are still plugged in, and no amount of ' snow and ice is going to stop them from casting their light. There's always something to glow about, though at times our light Scorns to be hidden. Our daughter is not as sick' as she seemed, She's sicker. Unglow, tut my sister, and all her aunts, and, Earl' Munroe of London, Ont., with whine sis- -on ter Jean I was madly in love in Grade 6, and Mrs. Rhoda Beal of Weyburn, Sask., have writ- ten or called, to express their alarm and concern. And one of her old teachers, and a neigh- bor, both sent her a rose. Glow. And Kim feels great one day, and full of beans and plans and smiles. Glow. And that very evening she's coin- pletely pooped and utterly de- pressed. Unglow: And my wife, after 20 years of worrying and sweating about the kids (unglow) be- cause they don't have any life insurance, has finally decided that it's high time she started Worrying and sweating about me. Glow. There are all sorts of things to turn off and on about, be- sides belated Christmas tree lights, There's the state of your health, for example. If you can get along on anything less than all fours, you're in business, Ask any arthritic. There's the state of your mind, If you have an IQ of 80, relax, It's probably higher than any mark you ever got in school. If you have an IQ of 150, relax. Who needs it in this push- button world/ And then there's your spirit- ual life. If you believe that God saw the little sparrow fall, bully for you. And if you won- der why He didn't do some- thing about it, you've got plen- ty of company. And, of course, there's pollu- tion, the poor man's Commu- nism. It's the capitalism of the 1970s, Everybody is against it. Except the big industries and the hydro and government and the town that wants a new industry at any cost. No-glow. And there's inflation. This produces a very definite glow, especially among the middle class. SoMe of them are glow- ing so brightly they're apt to blow a fuse. But there's always the Just Society. Just What, and just where, and just when, have yet to be resolved, but there's no question that we have a Just Society. Just as long as you're in the $20,000-to- 530,000 bracket. No, definitely, glow. We all glow oceaSionally. Let's try to glow a little bright- er. But anybody who glows all the time should take a cold' shower. Sometimes My wife is sad, Sometimes she is wonderful. And Sometimes she just plain glows. That's the best, Try it, The three-day work week, it says here in my union paper,'is "the ultimate and obvious goal of organized labor" and darn'd if I don't think they're right. Even now the trade unions and, of course, those who go along for the ride without membership dues, might be called the true leisure class of today. "Leisure," as the New Yorker magazine put it the ,other day, "used to have a direct relationship with wealth, but even that seems to have changed. A lot of people who are independently wealthy cannot properly claim to belong to the leisure class anymore; they are too nerved up to be leisurely and too heavily taxed to be completely relieved of the vulgar burden of finding a 'livelihood." It can be said, in fact, that the man with the five-day week, the man who can leave an office or factory to 48 hours of freedom, has something as good as money /in the bank — and maybe a little better. My old man, who got only his Sundays, would have thought so, at any rate. Indeed negotiations` these days are as often concerned with hours-of-work as they are with rates-of-pay. Labor is all too aware that a wage boost may be swiftly swallowed by rising prices, but time is immune from the inflation spiral. Management invariably reacts to labor's incessant appetite for anymore? shorter hours by a sort of shocked, disbelieving attitude, often genuinely astonished that employees should be so callously disinterested in production. The clarion cry of management in good times and times like these is: "What this country needs is more hard work." I have heard them say it, myself, many times, over a three-hour lunch at the club. Some of my best, friends are in the management class so I know how peeved they can be, when this matter of time-off comes up. I have heard it said, "I wish they were as interested in the product as they are in an extra week of holidays." This overlooks the whole philosophy of the modern wage-earner. In most cases his work to him is merely a disagreeable necessity to be borne with patience. Even those who say, "I like my job" are speaking only of a compromise. I like my job, for ekample, but I wouldn't turn down a month on any pink beach of Bermuda. Why is this so? Is it because the average wage-earner is bone-lazy or short of ambition? Not at all. It is simply because his job is not done for profit. His salary is a payment for his services, but there is no reward of the kind that brings the roses to the cheeks of management. Does management want to stop the drift to the three-day week? Very simple. Share the profit. Does management want a staff keen to the point of mania in increasing production? Easily done. Split the loot. Without that incentive, without that active participation in free enterprise, the wage-earner will continue to look at work with caution. Personally, I'm all in favor of the three-day work week. Three out of seven seems to me a splendid compromise, slightly favoring .fAuro side, between the necessity, of earning a living and the necessity, to coin a phrase, of living a living. If it is true, as I've suggested, that most men look upon their means of livelihood as a chore and a drudgery, then think of the appalling waste of times this represents! We're accustomed to look upon "leisure" in the old-fashioned sense, as something not altogether respectable, and hard work as something ennobling. Some men, indeed, have a guilt complex about every moment that is their own, as if freedom was an unearned luxury. The "leisure" of the three-day week, I predict, will become the most productive of all. For then men will turn to those things that are the real interests and challenges. Men will have that much more freedom to gain knowledge, to find a philosophy leading to happiness, each in his own way, to explore, to think, to write, to create, to dream, to live. Who cares about work Everbody needs a glow Beginning of March, and our neighbors still have their out- side Christmas tree lights glowing. Glowing with rage? Glowing 'with passion? No, they're just gloving because the snow is so deep they can't get out to un- plug them.