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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1970-09-03, Page 4RUSTED RAILS ..ftr*MMV The poor losers ^r.r...rrrr,r4rrr'r .A14, SERVICES ON •DAYLIGHT ONTARIO STREET UNITED CHURCH "THETRIEN0tv CHURCH" Pastor: REV. H. W, WONFC)R, fi•SC.• B.Com„ B.D, LCHS•OR ASBY .01 /4 •Itre,7i24 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th II;00 4411,7 Morning Worship. Sermon. Topic: "ON WORSHIPPING THE GODS OF OUR ENEMIES" 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 •ith 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. Interim Moderator Rev. G. L. Royal We mourn the passing of Rev. R. U. MacLean, B.A. Church and Sunday School discontinued until Sunday, September 13. Wesley-Willis — Holtrewille United Churches REV. A.L.MOINATT, 13.A.; B.D., pm, Minister M. Lome DOTTERER, Organist and Choir Director • SUNDAY,, SEPTEMBER 6th „ W.ESLEY:VVI.L,LIS, 9:45 a7m. -- Sunday School. 11:00 a.m. — ILlorning Worship and Junior Congregation Sermon Topic: "THE LION HAS ROARED" Trumpet Soloist: ERNEST McMILLAN HOLMESVILLE 9:45 a.m. — Morning Worship. • (Sunday School will meet in the church for its opening) A trip around our backyard BAYFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th Sunday School: 10:00 a.rri. Morning Worship: 11 .:00 a.m. Evening Gospel Service: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 8:00 p.m. — Prayer meeting. ST. PAUL'S' ANGLICAN CHURCH Clinton SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 6th 11:30 a.m. — Matins and Sermon. Guild meets at Mrs. Morley Counter, Tuesday Sept. 8, 2:45 p.m. CALVARY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH 166 Victoria Street Pastor: Donald Forrest SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 6th Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.i Evangelistic Service: 7:00 p.m. 4 eljOtOR Nqws-necorel, Thursday, ,$epternber,, J979 • ,,iditOr10 ;00100 Mayhem Corner Maybe we're just tired of nearly getting run off the road, but it seems to us that something should be done about the intersection of Highways 4 and 8 in -front `010e Bank of Montreal, It is irritating for a driver who is obeying the law by being in the proper 'lane, to have to constantly bey wthe lookout for drivers who take the wrong lane and try to crowd the law-abiding driver off the road. The corner has a turn lane for drivers turning right to Highway 8 and another lane for drivers turning left or going straight through the intersection. The problem is that many drivers going straight through the corner use the turning lane, then try to outgun the driver on their left so they can get across the intersection first end squeeze left again into the stream of traffic, It isn't just an occasional occurrence. Anyone who stands on the corner for five minutes •is assured of seeing it happen at , least once. If it was the reckless driving of young hellions it would be one thing, but the fact that young and old, male and female are all guilty means something has to be done. Anyone who obeys the law and sticks to the through lane has to be very careful or tell lose his front fender to a crowding car, Perhaps the lanes should be marked more clearly, though heaven knows the white arrows on the street seem to be clear enough that any young child could understand. Maybe a sign is needed or perhaps our police force should do a little enforcing at the corner. Even a few minutes a day would do a lot to enforce the law and put some money in the town coffers through traffic fines. Whatever the action, something must be done soon. It's ridiculous that law-abiding drivers should constantly have to take the risks while law-breakers act as if they own the road. Pass the buck It's hard not to be amused when one goes to a meeting and hear's Provincial Treasurer Charles MacNaughton or one of his government colleagues try to blame all the problems of finance on the 'federal government's refusal to hand over more money. Mr. MacNaughton was at it again Monday night at a meeting of angry farmers at the .high school who were demanding that education taxes be removed from land taxation and raised by other methods, Mr. IVIacNaughton . dragged out the same tired old argument to try to fend off the farmers wrath. The government would gladly take education costs off property taxation, he pointed out, but it just didn't have the funds to do it. Now if the federal government would just loosen the purse strings and come through with a little more cash than the present 28 per cent of income tax funds which they are handing back to. the province, then the government would be able to undertake a complete revamping of its tax structure. Mr. MacNaughton ...even accused the Ontario Federating' At:Ariculture, who are supporting VILAIlive against the education tax', of lift the goirernthent down by not helping put the pressure on Ottawa to give up more money. Pardon us if we don't fall for that old argument Mr. MacNaughton. You see we don't think the federal government is just taxing us for the fun of it and shoving all the money away in some bank vault to gather mould. 'We think the federal government needs' most of the money it's now getting and if it ,becomes generous and gives you more, it will then need more money for itself and so will have to raise taxes again. We realize that it's far better politically for you if you can get 'money without having to make people angry by raising taxes yourself, but we this* that if you're spending the money, on ihpuld be the. one who has to find is airey to spend. Moreover, we've see* illtent1y that the federal government has been, trying to cut back on its spending and even if the pinch does hurt a little it certainly is a little better than the province is doing with soaring costs in education, highways, welfare and just about every other provincial responsibility. We don't want to slay any sacred cows. We realize that all these are important areas, but anyone *who has been around any of these areas• will say the waste is enough to choke a healthy gift horse. , It seems every time the provincial government introduces something to "improve" things, everytime a more efficient system is set up, it ends up sending our taxes up like a rocket racing for the moon. If the provincial government can't cut back on its expenses a little more then it always has the right to levy it's own income tax. The problem with that is that it might make the voters - angry and that is one thing the Conservative government would do just about anything to avoid right now with an election not too far away and the natives becoming extremely restless. KEITH W. ROULSTON Editor J. 'HOWARD AITKEN General Good fences make good neigh- bors. That's what poet Robert Frost told us in The Mending Wall. From our experience this summer, I agree with all my heart, though perhaps not in the way that Frost intended it. ' We had two of the worst fences in town. One, at the back, was ours, leaning at a 45-degree. angle over our neighbors' vege- table garden, and killing it ruth-' lessly, year after year. They, understandably an- noyed, suggested a new fence. I, was loath, after pricing fencing. But we agreed to split the cost of a mutual fence, And here's the kicker: He's a builder, I couldn't nail two boards together without mutilating myself. So I jumped at it. It was arranged that I would help him. You know: Hold the boards; fetch nails, provide en- couragement: As it turned out, he built the whole thing, single- handed. I always seemed to be busy when he had time to work on it. Didn't fetch a single nail. t felt rather sheepish, but not unduly so, I've been getting away with this for years. Some time when he want's me to write a nasty letter to his creditors, I'll ' be glad to do it for him, and we'll be even. Then there was a. big con-, ferenee about the color of the stain we'd p'ut on it, Our wives did most. IN the conferring. Jim said, and I agreed, "I don't give a damn if you paint it purple." Painting began. My wife paint- ed one panel of our side. We were away for a few days. When we returned, the whole fence was finished. His wife said, "I hope you don't mind that we went ahead and painted your side." I assured her we were de- lighted. My wife hid, in shame, for two days. Now he's going to use his power saw to cut up all my old dry cedar fence, and we'll have enough kindling for the fire- place for two *years, and the finest fence in town. How's that for neighbors? At least on one side of the fence. The second fence, along the side, is an atrocity, erected about the lime of the War 'of 1812. it leans, lurches, and looks like a gap-toothed wino. Un- fortunately, it isn't ours, and the bird who owns it has no other interest in his property than collecting the rent from the series of unfortunates who move into his house, a new family about every six months, I have toyed with the idea of arson, but there are those numerous small children to consider, But it's not only good fences that make good neighbors. There are other things. This week, our neighbors on the third side showed what they are made of. Their son, a university stu- dent, works for the summer at a mental institution. On a fine summer day, he brought home two carloads of patients for a barbecue in their back yard. How would you like a dozen nuts dumped in your back yard fora three-hour picnic? I'd prob- ablyo hide in the bathroom. Yet his parents were out there, talking to them, humoring them, feeding them, and simply being sympathetic and decent, Can you imagine what it means to those poor devils — the patients, that is? Some of them had probably not been in a house in 30 years, but they were given the run of the house, as well as the back lawn, One of them said not a word all afternoon, but when it was over, he shook hands with his hostess and murmered: "Good- bye. Thank you." It was a great achievement for him, according to those who knew him. Another, a pschizophrenic, ex- amined all the rooms in the house, verbally re-arranged all the furniture; dabbled himself with any perfume or lotion avail-. able, and drew a portrait of the hostess, including a heart above her head, and a swastika in a basket. She wonders if he saw her as a benevolent dictator. It takes all kinds of neighbors, but I think we're pretty lucky. Luckier than our neighbors are, perhaps. They have only us. 75 YEARS AGO The. Huron News-Record September 4, 1895 Robt. Holmes of McIallop, has sold his farm to John Clarke, receiving for it the sum of $1,750. Mr. Louis Wild, of Bayfield, has secured a situation as bookkeeper in St. Louis., Warden MacPherson was in town last Monday. Reeve Kennedy drove him down to the House of Refuge and he scrutinized the work, apparently well pleased with what he had seen, S. S. *Cooper has been awarded the contract for Reeve Burn's new brick residence at Hayfield. The structure will cod about $3,000. 55 YEARS AGO The Clinton Nevva-Record September 2,1915 Will Pitunsteel and family are getting settled in the frame Wise of Thomas Gibbings, Princess St. Roy Pituristeel and bride will retitle in the cottage Vacated by his brother when they 'return front their honeymoon trip. George MeTaggart, second son of Mr. and Mrs, G. *Taggart, left on Saturday afternoon for Montreal to join 25 other eitnadiariS Who leave to This naturally leads him to diet and nothing on earth is quite as melancholy as a fat man before a plate of lettuce and a scoop of cottage cheese. There was a case in London, England, just the other day which dramatically demonstrated this new outlook. The headmistress of a public school was hailed into court by the father of one of the students ''who claimed that she had repeatedly referred to the boy as "a great fat• idiot" and "a big fat ass." The father was suing because the lady, he claimed, had held up his son to ridicule by her frequent references to his weight, He didn't seem to mind that she'd called him an idiot. If there is such a thing as a natural-born fat man, as opposed to a natural-born worrier, he must accept the fact that whatever course he takes is going to put him in the loser's circle of life. As my friend put it, the fat man is practically public property. At almost any gathering his gross tonnage may become a subject for speculation and light banter. A man like myself whom nature has endowed with an enormous nose may go through life without ever' hearing it openly discussed. His friends, indeed, will delicately avoid any mention of the phenomenon, suspecting that the poor fellow is sensitive about his great beak and that, since nothing short of surgery can cure it, it is better to pretend that it isn't there. join the Imperial Services. Sam Appleby, George Carter and Charles Carter left for the west on Saturday norming. Miss Hazel O'Neil will re-open her kindergarten room on September 7. 40 YEARS AGO The Clinton News-Record August 28, 1930 School opens on Tuesday and the CCI has almost a new staff. Only E. A. Fines and P. C. Coombs were on the staff last term. Miss Mary E. Depew, Miss Ricker, Miss Frances Brydone and Mr. Allen are new. The public school has the same staff namely, G. H. Jefferson, principal; Miss M. Armstrong, Miss V. Frater,• Mrs. A. Farnham, Miss H. Courtice, Miss M. Wiltse, Miss Pepper and Miss Dougherty. ' Miss Margaret McLaren carried off nine firsts in the recent , tipper School ekaminationt. Eenneth Carter, who took Ms matriculation course at home received dais results last week. He Won five firsts and a second. ken has been engaged thit summer in the Gunn, Iiangloit Company, 25 'YEARS AGO The Clinton- NeWs4tecord August 30, 1046 Sunday afternoon the OW But if a man is cursed by corpulence he is never without a reminder of it. Let him but enter a roomful of people and instantly the conversation will concern calories or "the perfectly wonderful diet" that took 90 pounds off so-and-so (he died, unhappily, on the day he gave it up) and the case histories of everyone present "iviib ever Ida% poUnd. And what of the fat man who does make the supreme sacrifice in the interests of a sylph-like figure? I know a couple of them who have made . that journey successfully and there's something doleful about them. It's hard to put your finger on, but there's something intangible missing besides flesh. They accept the congratulations with a distant air, as if they didn't quite hear you. What is it that's missing? The answer to that was expressed the other day by a friend, a medium-pudgy type, who used the occasion of his 40th birthday to begin a serious reducing program. He put it rather graphically, I thought, when he reported that wherever he goes — at work, in theatres, driving the car — he's accompanied by the bitter-sweet fragrance of ham and eggs and hash-brown potatoes. This, of course, could drive a man crazy or, at the very least, sharply intensify the anxiety ,that caused him to over-eat in the first place. That way lies chaos. Bugle band and a large number of patriotic citizens gathered at Reg. Ball's Service Station to greet Gordon Hearn on his arrival in Clinton. Effective Aug. 31, small arms ammunition is no longer rationed in Canada. Two other members of the "silent" service arrived home unannounced a few weeks ago, M. J. SchoehnalS and his son Robert "Bud"; they will receive their discharge Soon. It . is expected that "Mellie" Will resume his duties as customs officer in Clinton. Frank Muteh won 'the first prize, a washing machine, at the Red Cross frolic sponsored by the Liens Club. 15 YEARS AGO The 'Clinton News-Record September 1, 1955 Two datighters of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Johnston, Blythe chalked up high Marks In competition at the C.N.E. playing the alto horn. Miss basis Johnston placed first in the open class with 95 marks arid received a gold Medal. Miss Joan Johnston placed Second In the Under 17 class, With 84 marks. John Mtilholitind has just returned from an extended trip to the Western Provinces OPTOMETRY J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STR EET For Appointment Phone 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 627-1240 Thursday Evenings by appointment R. W. BELL. OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH, 524-7661 DIESEL Pumps' and Injectors Repaired All popular Makes . icrur'Ori Pio& Injection . 'Equipment: rtaiffiiid INSURANCE K. W. COLQ9HOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 HAL HARTLEY Phone 482-6893 LAWSON AND WISE INSURANCE — REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Clinton Office; 482-9644 J. T. Wise, Res.: 482-7265 'ALUMINUM PRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Door' and Windows , and AWNINGS and RAILINGS JERVIS SALES A. L. Jervis — 08 Albert St. Clinton 482.9390 1 'V to eec4301r1 clot% mail registration number A Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper AsSociation, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Astiociation and the Audit Bureau Of CircUlation (ABC), SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (in advance) Canada, $6.00 per year; U.S.A., $7.50 THE'' CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1865 1924 Established 1881 ' Clinton NevngraiRecord likIIE ROUE OR RADAR IN CANADA Published every Thurtday at the heart of Huron County Clinton, ontarld Population 3,475 • These are difficult times for dreamers, idealists, rugged individualists and fat men. I never thought much about the fat men, to tell the truth, until the other evening when one of them sobbed out his troubles to me. It was a sad story and we will deal with it today. This fellow comes from a, long line of fatties. Both his father and inOthei Were heaVyWeightt and their ratifiers;` and mothers were heavyweights, too. "We have a tradition of avoirdupois," my friend related wistfully. "Our family tree groans with the great weight of my forebears. But in their day fat was never a subject for scorn. They were known as hearty, jolly citizens. Everybody loved the fat man. It was a mark of ' affluence, good living and a happy outlook,"' Not any more. The psychiatrists, of course, ruined the legend by establishing the fact — if it is a fact —that most fat men are secret worriers. The worry leads them to over-eat. Their refrigerators are their "white psychiatrists." The paunch and the jowl then become the manifestation of anxiety. The medical profession , then added its little bit by warning that the fatty has a shorter life expectancy than the normal or thin person. So the jolly fat man is no longer with us. How can a man be jolly when the•whole world knows of his neuroses and his gloomy position as low man in the mortality statistics? An estimated 200 invited guests, with their wives attended the chinge of command at `OAF Station elintoii—Paratli't.: square last Friday afternoon when Group Captain K. Cameron, Mtig CR, officially turned over the command of the he visited with F/0 and Mrs.' *Station Gioup John Brydone, and also Roy_Mathieson, MBE, CD. Pickard, formerIy of , The Rev. J. W. McKim liolmesville, preached hit farewell sermon at Wesley-Willis and Holinesville 10 YEARS AGO United Churches on Sunday. The Clinton News4teeord 4 September 1,1960 f .11EIVIENIBElt HELP YOUR RED' CROSS TO HELP etipudn G.