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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 On _ Cirtulation (ABC) second class mail registration number 0817 SUBSCRIPTION RATES On advance) Canada, $6.60 per year; .S.A., $7.50 KEITH W, ROULSTON Editor 1. 10111/AMO Art KEN -- General Manager Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron county, Clinton, Ontario OP RADAR 1HE HOME Poptilation 3,475 IN CANADA Sun shines a day at a time This has been quite a winter, in more ways than one. Cold, snow, cold, snow. When it wasn't cold' enough to freeze the brains of a brass monkey, God, or the weatherman, or somebody; let fly with the con- fetti as though it were the biggest wedding in the world. ,And I'm stuck with three females: A broody wife, a moody daughter, and a preg- nant cat. So things haven't ex- actly looked up as spring hides well around that corner. However, there are always bright spots, and I've had a fair share of them. Terry Bark- er took me to task, in a long, intelligent letter in rebuttal to a rather disgruntled column I wrote about teaching. He didn't convince me, but let's say that I am a little more dis- gruntled than I was. There are deep and satisfy- ing rewards in teaching, along with the frustration, red tape and the feeling that you're hopelessly entangled in a huge cobweb. There's a real thrill in seeing young people grapple and grope with new ideas, and light up as the ideas get through. Then I had a thoughtful let- ter from a Qualittin Beach, B.C,, reader enclosing a clip- ping from the North Battleford (Sask.) News-Optimist stating that "Bill Stniley is by far our most popular syndicated Col- umnist." That's great for the old ego, which needs a little balm once in a while. Another ego-booster was an invitation to speak to the Vimy Branch, Royal Canadian Le- gion, a unique organization in London, Ont, It meets only twice a year, to observe Re- membrance Day and Vimy Day. A charming and kind chap called Joyce Roadhouse made the contact, pointing out that it was a toss-up between me and some Major-General. The branch is studded with Brigadiers, Colonels and Wing Commanders, and there was a terrible temptation to take ad- vantage of this chance to stand up and tell the brass what I've always thought of them, But I had to decline. However,, the brightest spot of all haS been the tremendous and moving response to a re- cent column about my (laugh, ter. Every clay letters have been coming in from all over Canada, full of sympathy and warmth.. Many of them have been addressed to Kim herself. Old friends have rallied round, and complete strangers have taken time to write cheer- ing, encouraging letters and cards. This has not restored my faith in human nature, be- cause I've never lost it, but it has bolstered it. Here's an excerpt from a typical letter. "Whatever hap. pens, don't blame yourselves. WS very easy to do this as parents. You did what most of us try to do — you taught her to stand on her own feet — and let her go. She fell., So she'll get up again and he twice the girl she was before." And here's another. "Dear Bill: Detected grave concern beneath your casual request for a prayer. I have solicited our Father on your daughter's behalf and I feel that He has answered your prayer.. May God bless you and yours in the name of his son Jesus Christ." That was all from a complete stranger. From Red Deer came a long letter of scriptural comfort and the assurance that his (or her) prayers would he with us. Others sent prayers that had helped them in time of trouble, - This is only a sampling. .1 am not an emotional or sentimen- tal person. My Wife calls me Old Stoneface. But it has touched me deeply that so many people have tried to com- municate with, and help, a Stranger. Sometimes a .colum- nist feels that he is writing in a great, cold void. It's not a good feeling. Now I know better, and I will be of good heart. Mean- :, while, we. liVe a day at a time, the sun. shines, spring is on its way: Thank you all, It's good to know that there is still great deal' of human kindness In a world that sometimes looks bit bleak. Mr. Chas. Carline who has been in Clinton for a quarter of a century in the boot and shoe business, has disposed of his stock and business to R. J. Cluff. The latter is an old Clintonian and learned his trade here some twenty years since. There are so many dogs without tags that it is proposed to open a dog cemetery as soon as the Chief gets on the warpath. Mr. John T. Harland has disposed of his neat cottage property on Rattenbury St. to veterinary surgeon, Thomlinson for a good figure. 65 YEARS AGO Clinton New Era March 18, 1915 Word Was received this week &OM Lieut. Broder McTaggart that he is in. France. MrS. IsSac I3ezzo got a card on Tuesday from her Son, W. C. Ilezto Who is now in the battle front. Mr. Thomas Riley has engaged with his uncle, Mr.. Chas. Riley of Tuckersrnith for the summer. Thos. Tighe Will move to the farm lately owned by Mr. Thos. Carbett, Mr, Bert LatigfOrd has rented the lot owned by Dr. Evans, nett Jon Cook's residence and will erect a garage there. Mr. Jackson Jr. wag in Toronto and Ottawa host Week, Messrs. H. J. Managhan, N. W. Miller, N. Sly, M. J. Schoenhals, E. W. Morrison, 13. Rathwell and W. J. Falconer were amongst those who attended the Orange and Black conventions at Brantford last week. The Ontario Government has taken over the county road from Clinton north for thirty-six miles to the Walkerton-Kin- cardine highway. Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Greig, who have been in Toronto all winter, have moved into Mrs. T. Jackson's residence on High Street. 25 YEARS AGO Mardi 15, 1945 "Welcome Home" to Pte. Joe Wild, elder son of Mrs. Agnes Wild of Stanley Township. He arrived in Canada last week from England and has joined his wife and little son at their home hi Clinton. Pte. Ken Scott of Chatham spent the weekend at his home in t rucefield. Mrs Wm. Raithby, Auburn, haS returned home after spending the 'Winter at South Porcupine Mines. Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Sturgeon, 13ayfield, Jean and Jerry and Misses Berthene and Audrey Sturgeon accompanied Miss Helen Sturgeon and Dennis Bisback Of Clinton to Grand Bend on Sunday where they Spent the day with'relatives, "That's rough on children," I said when I'd read it. "What mother thinks of her children as `noisy, dirty, wailing and snivelling'?" , "Every mother thinks that sometime, often -nightly," my wife said. "There comes a moment in every mother's life when she has only one thought for her children. The guillotine." "I feel that in the Heavens above the angels, whispering to one another, can find some thing-something-something none so devotional as that of mother. Edgar Allen Poe." . "Have your little joke," said my wife, "but if you will just write a little column about this, some woman may prop it up beside her husband's breakfast and you'll have made a happy man." "A happy man?" I said. "I thought this was therapy for the racy this morning." "The trouble with marriage," my wife went on, "is that men find it hard to be romantic about somebody's mother, even though it may be their own 'doing, if you follow me, and I'm sure you do. Too much togetherness can be as dreary as none at all. A thinking man would arrange for periodic escapes so that he could renew his acquaintanceship with his wife far from those beady little eyes and dirty little ears." "Well said," said I, "but surely the family holiday does the job, doesn't it?" "Never," said my wife. "No woman can be either romantic or relaxed when she is playing housemaid, life-guard, fire-maker, janitor, cook, master-of-ceremonies and the rest. More can be accomplished for a marriage in one weekend Canadians surely must be an apathetic people or they would have been out in the street parading, rioting and looting in the last couple of weeks to protest the racist treatment of Canadians living in Trinidad by the black majority there. This would certainly seem to make sense in light of the fact that groups in that country have been mistreating our nationals because they claim our country has been racist in punishing students from Trinidad involved in the destruction of the computer centre at Sir George Williams University in Montreal last year. If Canadian treatment of those students was racist, surely the action of Trinidadian extremists in attacking Canadian banks and other businesses and threatening to drive all Canadians from the islands is just as racist. The thing is, the charge of racism is tone only „Levelled against the white race these days. So many times whites have mistreated peoples of other races that the label racist only seem to fit white people. If a Canadian kidnapped the son of the leader of Trinidad and held him for ransom, would Canadians consider it racist of the Negro population of the There seems to be a general feeling that life has gtOne 4 little 40 /-Ir among many people today — mainly in our Cities. The small town and rural areas don't feel this malaise so deeply — perhaps because they, live so close to nature. Their people live with the seasons, see the sun rise once in a while and the moon hang, unbelievably large in the night sky. The small towner is deeply aware of the seasons — if they are good farmers. have good crops and prosperity — if they are bad — the town tightens its belt. Knowing what they know — seeing what they see, almost unconsciously the small towner is healthier for it. But the cities are another story. People in high rise apartments, insulated in small suburban homes, walking along paved streets, cheek-by-jowl to large buildings of concrete and glass — begin to lose the feeling of nature. To them seasons are snow tires, antifreeze and long lines of jammed traffic on parkways. Or dull heat-laden days when they swim through their existence slowly, with the occasioned relief Of an air conditioned office or a cold shower. These are a few of the basic reasons why Canada must guard and expand its parkland and wilderness areas. People must be encouraged to travel and play there by every_means possible. Man has an instinct to get back to the country to find out who and what he is— to rest and relax — to feel the warmth and strength — and the danger of nature. But even this solace could slip from him. • Ordinary people, legislature, municipal politicians, farmers. school trustees just about everybody must make it his business to see that more camping ground's are opened up, more roads built into the northlands and stringent antipollution measures passed to protect lakes, rivers and the land. Man must support all efforts to keep the natural environment liveable and beautiful to sustain his soul. A last look at winter? 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111101111111111111111111111111111111111111111(11110111111111111111111111111IIIIII111111111111111111 nit& dan Vadadiff Alakagffiage g 4 One solution for a happy marraige "Strike a blow for the underprivileged," my wife said at breakfast this morning and' handed me a clipping date-lined London, England. "Mothers," it read, "need a break from their 'noisy, dirty, when Canadians are concerned with leading snivellin g' cehxiplderretn , saida wan g Britishs buying back their own economy that we today. R. S. Illingworth, should be controlling that of another professor of child health at the thunder of those little feet. • "Very simple," said my wife. country. We should bring our business Sheffield University, suggested If there First, apartness. That includes were more illicit home. that, for the , good of., their 'weekend affairs between children and those-, convivial -stirnething Separate *and no excusefOr.the -their husbandei who always,. fishing tackle Is thisStill, economic control.-occaSional weekends albtie Wfth fewer diverces.'i. always,. want to g it. "Gee,"" I SaitIrc46"-ii7je7c'beih4gi comp, along. Second, no to be left at home with the children. This is to be for the repair of the female. That means luxury. A room with a view, a telephone for room service, a little candlelight and wine. Third, not a word about budgets, mortgages, new shoes for the children, or any discussions about the husband's problems down at the office." "Doesn't leave you with much conversation," I suggested. "A weekend for mom!" cried my wife. "A 48-hour pass from the treadmill! Why, it surprises me that the resort hotels haven't made it a package deal to fill up in the off-season months. So you just write it that way and every woman will think you are a man among men." "I will, I will," I promised. "And incidentally," said my wife. "What about us?" Firemen were called to Bartliff's on Tuesday morning when the main fuse panel at Bartliff's Bakery burst into flame. Doug and Bruce Bartliff had the blaze extinguished by the time firemen arrived and their quick action saved what could have been a serious fire, The Kinsmen Club of Clinton staged their first inter-club meeting on Tuesday night. Over 60 Kinsmen, including Governor of zone Number One, John Brooker; Fort Erie and Deputy-Governor, Ken J. Pennington, Goderich, attended. Goderich, Wingham, Hensall and Sarnia clubs were represented. 10 YEARS AGO March 1/, 1960 William Chowen, formerly with Lorne Brown Motors Ltd., is now an insurance eourisellor with the Prudential Insurance Company. Adam Flowers, Hayfield, got a shock direct from the Rural Hydro Office in Clinton — it Wasn't a short just a few extra digits, Mr. Flowers was notified by telephone that a clerical error had been made in his bill for $1,550.40 for his Woolen Shop property. E. W. "Bill" Colquheun, 111 Huron St. Clinton, retired on March 2 from his job in the C and E section,, RCAF Station, This •Monday he waS called back to Work On a temporary basis, ONTARIO sTREET VNITFP CHURCH "THE l~i1lENt1Ly CHURCH" Paster; REV. H," WONFDR! B.Sc., 13.Com., B,D. Organist: MISS LOIS 9RAspy, ,A.R.c,T, PALM 50Notor, MARCH 22nd 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 11:00 a.m.' — Morning Worship. Wesley-Willis -- Holmesville United Churches REV. A. J. MOWATT, C.D., B.A., B.D., D.D., Minister MR. LORNE DOTTEP,ER, Organist and Choir Director SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd ' WESLEY-WILLIS 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. — Palm Sunday Communion Service. Distinguished Guest Soloist: STEVEN HENRIKSON of the Canadian Opera Association (Handel's Messiah) HOLMESVILLE 1:00 p.m. — Palm Sunday Communion Service. 2:00 p.m. — Sunday School — ALL WELCOME — 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 22nd 9:45 a.m. — Sunday School. 10:45 a.m. — Holy Communion. BAYFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor: Leslie Clemens SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd Sunday School: 10:00 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m. Evening Gospel Service: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. Prayer meeting and Bible study ST. PAUL'S ANGLICAN CHURCH Clinton PALM SUNDAY, MARCH 22nd 10:00 a.m. — Parish Eucharist and Sermon. THE McKILLOP MUTUAL Agents: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. J. Lane, RR 5, SeafOrth; WM, Leiper, Jr., LondesbOto; Selwyn Raker, Brussels; Harold ,SqUire, Clinton; George Dublin; Donald Eaton, Setiforth, 4.4.araiwssiorgmoilatiais' 4-.0intOnNeWS,ROPPrcl,ThUreO4Y(Marehl9f 1970 Editorial (041111ent We don't care if you think were right or wrong Mlle care- oaly that you think. 1111141111111111111111111114111111114111111411111111IIIII11 IlhillIM11111111101110111111114111111101111111111l1a11ighlilllthIl1inhlhallialallialaningialiaagagaillagigigi A. land of sweet and sour lime to protest islands to catch him and punish him in court? Of course not, but the situation is much the same as the Sir George Williams case. In that case, the students felt they had a just cause in protesting the alleged racism of a teacher in the school. Perhaps they were right in their charge that the teacher had mistreated black students, but it doesn't give them the right to destroy property. Trinidad is anxious to regain control of its economy, a large part of which is owned by Canadian business and they have a right. It is ironic that at a time girls. The professor doesn't mention anything about husbands. He's probably a bachelor, anyway, with a cosy little pad and Mantovani records. I know those child experts." "The word is 'romance'," said my wife. "It is just as important for the man as for the woman to be removed occasionally from alone in a small hotel than a month at a summer camp with the troop. What this country needs for marriages is fewer family outings and more summit meetings." "You interest me strangely," I said. "What, precisely, are the ingredients for this legal assignation?" health, wives shOuld haVe litisbands and wives there'd 'be` charges levelled that Canadians are racist and imperialistic. If our treatment of the students from Trinidad is racist, then we'd better break out our protest signs and gasoline bombs to protest treatment of Canadians down there.