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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-12-07, Page 21TODAY'S CHILD BY HELEN ALLEN '1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 THE TORONTO ao Kt SYNDICATE Here is a little girl who very much wants a Mummy and Daddy. She asks her Children's Aid Society social worker often and wistfully if adopting parents have been found yet. The wait is beginning to seem long and anxious. Patsy is a sweet, shy child, eight years old, Indian in descent, Sturdily built, she has brown eyes, black hair and clear olive skin. Her glasses are for astigmatism. She is in opportunity class because her development is below the average for her age. But recent psychological tests indicate her ability will improve in a loving, stimulating home with parents to whom she is important. ' Pleasant, affectionate and outgoing, Patsy is highly strung in stressful situations but always responsive to love and en- couragement. Patsy goes to church regularly with her foster family and looks forward to Sunday School. She likes playing outdoors and thinks camping is great fun. Patsy needs a mother and father in a home where the at- mosphere is warm and secure. To inquire about adopting Patsy, please write to Today's Child, Box Ma, Station K, Toronto. For general adoption in- formation, please contact your local Children's Aid Society. SHE WANTS TO BELONG Clinton Memorial Shop T. PRYDE and SON CLINTON — EXETER — SEAFORTH LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE CLARENCE DENOMME DAYS NIGHTS 482-9505 482-9004 What to do 1- 14 you r/RN jbUR STEEMNG WHEEL IN ME DRECTIOAI OF 77-* SKI0 -MN 8R/N6 ME CARE. APX UNPER CONXOL AFTER 5TRAIGI-IfEhlING OUT, PUMP THE EWAKEt PEPAL RAPIDLY TO COME TO A 5MOOT1-i, STOP SAFE ! ONTARIO SAFETY LEA BP Oil limited, ELECT T.H.(TERRY) MAGUIRE FOR COUNCILLOR ON DECEMBER 1 8th A VOICE FOR ALL THE PEOPLE LET US MAKE YOUR OLD . FURNITURE BETTER THAN NEW! For a free estimate and a look at our newest samples of materials — CALL CLARK UPHOLSTERY Phone 523-4272 R. Cook, Prop. Blyth, Ont. 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Take your children to visit Santa Claus at the Clinton Town Hall December 0 or December 16 from 1- p.M, to 4 R (WA I A look at busy Constance Snowmobile Owners The Motorized Snow Vehicles Act states— • an owner must register his vehicle with the On- tario department of transportation and com- munications, and attach the licence plate he receives to the front of the vehicle • the vehicle may not be used on highways, ex- cept those designated by the minister, but may be used on roads under municipal jurisdiction, ex- cept where bylaws forbid • use of these vehicles on highways, where per- mitted, requires that the operator hold a motor vehicle operator's or chauffeur's permit • no person under the age of 16 may operate the vehicle on any highway or road • a motorized snow vehicle operating on a high- way Must be .covered by motor vehicle liability in- surance • collisions causing personal injury or damage exceeding $200 to property other than that of the owner must be reported • the Owner of an insured, motorized snow vehicle is responsible for any liability Imposed by law upon otherS using the vehicle with his con- sent FOR YOUR SNOWMOBILE AND OTHER INSURANCE NEEDS. CONTACT presented with corsages by Mrs. SAM McClure and Mrs, Ken Thompson. Mrs. Bill Millson conducted the program, openin with a sing song, Mrs. Don Buchanan and Mrs. Wayne Hoegy, gave several Numerous readings.. Joanne Thompson favored with a sole, "C"otton Jehnie" a ecorn panied by Mrs, Arnold Scott. Mrs, Bob Reynolds of Southfield Michigan read the address, which told of Betty's life as she was growing up in- cluding the good "and the bad" points, Betty was presented with many beautiful and useful gifts assisted by her mother and maid of honour Mi".' April. Ward of Toronto, after which she thanked everyone very fit- tingly. Her mother invited everyone to a trousseau tea Thursday afternoon in Bayfield. For She's a Jolly Goodfellow" was sung and lunch was served, Showers for Betty were also held on November 16th at the home of Mrs. McGreavy of Rexdale for friends and College Classmates and on Friday evening November 24th, Diane McNichol and Betty Southgate held a shower at Diane's home for classmates from Seaforth District High School. PERSONALS Congratulations are exten- ded to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Presz- cator on the birth of a son on November 25th in Seaforth Community Hospital (Michael James). Mr. and Mrs. John Mann of Clinton and Mr, and Mrs. Don Lamont of Goderich were Friday evening visitors with Mrs. Irene Grimoldby. Saturday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Medd and Kerri were Mr. and Mrs. Nick Tzan- nes of Toronto, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Vincent of Blyth, Miss Angela Flynn and Mr. and Mrs. Dave Medd and Kim of Blyth. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Whyte at- tended their Alumni Reunion in Guelph on Saturday evening, Billy and Debbie Preszcator spent the weekend with Mr, and Mrs, Larry Scott of Parkhill, Weekend visitors with Mr. and Mrs, John Thompson, Betty, Jim, Sharon and Bob were Mrs. Bob Reynolds, Janet, Bob and Nancy Jo of South- field Michigan, Miss April Ward of Toronto, Mr. Carl Merner of Kitchener and Mr. Barry Powely who has just returned from Alert N,VV,T, Mrs. Ken Reid and Mrs. Isobel MacNaughton of London visited on Saturday afternoon with Mrs. Luther Sanders. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Riley, San- dra and Lorna spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Ron Goodfellow and Kristina of Georgetown. Mr. Jim Medd spent the weekend visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Johnston and Bruce of Grand Valley. Mr, and Mrs. Ken Preszcator attended the Ducharme- Bedard wedding and reception in Zurich on Saturday. Mrs. Irene Grimoldby spent Sunday with Mrs. Ken Betties of Winthrop when they held their family gathering for Christmas, prior to Mr. and Mrs. Theron Kettles leaving for Florida for the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. David Presz- cator, Christine Lisa and Christopher, Mr. Jim Press- cator, Billy and Debbie, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Dillon of Clin- ton, Mr. and Mrs, Russell King of Exeter were Sunday visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Ken Press- cator, Diane and Nancy. The average North American automobile weighs close to 4,000 pounds, which means that most of them cost less than $1 a lb., says the Ontario Safety League. When you figure that this same car has about 15,000 parts in it carefully assembled by some highly skilled labour, you won- der how grocery stores ever justify the current price of meat. As most of my readers know, I work for a weekly paper in my town. As editor, I've got plenty of headaches and problems. I don't need any other upsets to mar illy Tuesdays and Wed- nesdays. This past week, though, we had an upset to end all upsets in our office. Our type-setting equipment broke down on Monday night. No panic, we thought. Get a repairman early Tuesday morning arid we're back in business. But fate did not smile that kindly on us last week. Our computer for output of copy lay coughing and spitting blank sheets all through Tuesday despite attempts of a repair- man to alleviate the situation. By Wednesday, the repair- man had given up in disgust and left our crippled computer sitting idle,...along with a full staff of eager-beaver employees who were as helpless as kittens in traffic. But the hierarchy of our establishment would not give in. Very quickly, arrangements were made for copy and ads to trave) almost the length and the breadth of the province for setting, Employees were dispat- ched here and there to set, proof and correct. In the mean- time, the remainder of the staff did what could be done, slept a little in preparation for the long, long night ahead and prayed in a way that only newspaper people can. By about 10 p.m. Wednesday night, staff members were beginning to trickle back in with copy. The big push was underway. It was all hands to the wheel as the president, vice- president, advertising staff, typesetters, proof readers, editorial people, paste-up, mailers and press crew began to assemble ads and pages for three newspapers. Would you believe, on second thought, no one but a newspaper type would com- prehend it—that by about 3 a.m. Thursday morning, all three papers were assembled and ready for the cameras. And would you further believe that by 7 a.m., all three papers were printed and in the mail BEFORE DEADLINE to our customers? .Just fantastic, believe me. It has been a long, long time 'thrice I've worked througlr'the night. I was dead tired and I know everyone else on our staff was exhausted, too: But today, Friday, after everyone has had a good sleep and a day to recuperate, there's an air of pride about the place that hasn't been here for a while, Staffers are honestly satisfied that their performance was worthy, They are a tightly-knit group now that has come through a crisis shoulder to shoulder, and the feeling now is that we're a team unlike any other team we've had, The computer? It still sits idle, its innards spilling out like a goose after the slaughter, The repairmen returned on Thursday but the beast just would not respond, Where to now, you ask. Quite, frankly, nobody knows what next week will bring. Maybe there will be new problems, new hills to be climbed, new peaks to be surmounted, Who cares? My husband, of course, has a theory. (He always has a theory.) My husband has been, is and probably always will be against computers. He ab- solutely hates the things. My husband believes that if all the computers in the land were tossed into a giant ex- cavation and covered up with tons of earth, tightly packed, the world would be better off. He's not very progressive, I suppose, according to modern man's viewpoints. But my husband gets things done....and obiously, our computer is failing miserably in this field. I think we've all learned something from this past week's experiences. It is that people—plain ordinary folks like you and me—will work ef- ficiently even though we're broken and tired, unlike, com- puters, we don't quit at the first signal of trouble. An electronic brain is great—but a heart and a soul are more valuable when the chips are down. MATERNITY DRESSES at the SEPARATE SHOPPE Main Corner Clinton Open 2 -`6 Closed Weds, TO THE ELECTORS OF Mc-0000p, Clinton, Hullett, Grey, Morris, and Hpwick THANK YOU For your .apalernatIon as your Trustee for Huron Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School Board, FRANCIS HICKNELL 49p MARY'S SEWING CENTRE 17 ALBERT ST. CLINTON, ONT. AUTHORIZED WHITE — ELNA DEALER SPECIAL SEWING CLASSES ON LINGERIE KNITS and MEN'S WEAR. PRECISION SCISSOR SHARPENING USED MACHINES —. REPAIRS TO ALL MAKES Min UVE GOT A FRIEND IN RED MERRIMAN A friend is someone who is ready, willing and able to help you when you need help. That's Red Merriman's job, and his way of life. When he's not managing Clinton's Royal Bank, Red works hard to help his community and its people. He is vitally in- volved in local activities. If you don't meet him around town, drop in to the Royal and say hello — Red can help you with extra cash for sonolaing wor- thwhile, or help you arrange your finances, or just help you sort things out, After all . that's what friends are for. By Mary Mcitwain A large number of friends, neighbours and relatives gathered in the Foresters) Hail on Saturday evening November 26th fora bridal shower to honour Betty Thompson prior to her marriage to Barry Powely on December 2nd. Betty and her mother Mrs. John Thompson were seated in decorated. chairs and were A matter of principle , ----, BY J. CARL HEMINGWAY I ran across an interesting editorial in the Free Press Weekly the other day. The fact that it was the May sixth issue made it no less interesting since the heading was "Protecting Inefficiency. The European Commom Market reached a compromise to in- ,. crease the minimum price paid t6' farmers for cereals Wriiiir'Per- cent and for dairy products by eight percent. Beef prices to the far- mer will go up immediately by four percent and will increase more, shortly, in order to encourage production. This is called "Protecting inefficiency". Along with these increased prices paid to farmers go higher tariffs, to prevent imports from lowering home prices. The article goes on to say "This is protective farm policy with a vengeance. And the reason for the protection is the reason for protection anywhere inefficiency". How is it that price supports by government to farmers is "protecting inefficiency" while tariffs that protect other industries is "building our economy"? Isn't the $1,200 increase in the price a medium sized European car purchased in Canada than if purchased it in Europe "protec- ting ineffiency" of our car manufacturers? If it applies to one in- dustry shouldn't it apply equally well to others? The editorial also implies that difficulty faced by E.C.M. far- mers can be overcome by improved efficiency but Canadian far- mers are admittedly are very high in efficiency but visitors from Europe indicate that European farmers are comparatively much better off. In Canada, we farmers are patted on the back because we have probably increased our efficiency more than any other in- dustry. Yet the return on capital investment in farming is estimated to be three percent—hardly comparable to other in- dustries. I ran across another "goody" during the election campaign. One party supported the idea that farmers should have a guaranteed price for their'production since they are so dependent on weather conditions beyond their control and shouldn't be penalized for producing an abundant food supply for a hungry world. When I indicated my approval of this policy to a candidate of another party, he just stared at me in amazement and "If the Government did that, some farmers would get rich". Oh Boy! It's ok to have rich manufacturers, rich food processors, rich doctors, etc. etc. but rich farmers—NEVER, rom won window OY SHIRLEY J. MELLEN