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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1972-12-21, Page 4GIVE THE GREATEST GIFT OF ALL BE A RED CROSS BLOOD DONOR best the Yuletide Thank you to From HURON Maurice, Jean It's the season of fun and laughter. We wish your family the can offer. Merry Christmas. r your patronage the staff LAUNDRY and Steve Maguire . Clinton 482-9491 sL) ,or•••••• Discrimination Dear Editor: Last week at our December meeting, we decided to hold a skating party in the Christmas holidays for our community. When we contacted the Clinton Community Centre, we were amazed and then rather disgusted and angry to learn that there are two rates for ren- ting the ice. One rate for town people ($12 per hour) and a higher rate for the rural people ($15) per hour). We would like some one to tell us why the dif- ference. Wouldn't it be better to get $12.00 from someone than to have the ice sitting idle? A few years ago the rural people were asked to donate money to help build this new building;:, husbands (far}' cars,,teiouirci peOPla to help the town with a needed project. A rather nice sum was collected as every home gave what they could. There are quite a number of rural children playing hockey, taking figure skating, etc. and paying their way. as they should. A group of young men from this area have rented the ice several times during the past winters for a fun game of hockey, We have rented the ice to practise for the broornball game for the winter carnival 'every year. Will we rural people be asked to participate in this again this year and then have to pay the higher rate to rent the ice to practise? The S.S. No. 4 Community Club Annual Skating Party is being held in the Goderich Memorial Arena on December 28. Skating is from 3 to 4:30 p.m. There is no discrimination in this arena. Yours truly, S.S. No. 4 Community Club Goderich Township. CH RISTMAS CIREETINqs As the Three Wise Men brought gifts to the Manger, so may this holiday season bring to you peace and joy. To our customers and friends, 6'ur greet, ings, good wishes and grateful -thanks, • 4 CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE CLOUD "9" ROOM—HOTEL CLINTON ENTERTAINMENT • DINING • DANCING FULLY LICENSED HOTEL CLINTON 'BEST 'WISHES to our FRIENDS. We appreciate your patronage. We Are Nciw Accept;ig Reservations for NEW YEAR'S DINNER, SMORGASBORD Two Sittings — 4:3(1 and 6:30 . p.m. 4824421 VICTORIA STREET CLINTON May the season brim over with health, wealth, & happiness for you & yours! For Your Convenience OPEN CHRISTMAS DAY - 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. BOXING DAY - 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. DEL-MAC FRUIT and VARIETY Clinton DAVID BEATTIE DOUG NORMAN GEORGE BEATTIE MURRAY McNALL May holiday .. blessings '1000eN' brighten .*Ar your tree. Many thanks for being able to serve you. tient Apt CD ay the spirit of that night, on which the Saviour was born, shine upon you in this Christmas season. Ototee,01 a:14dd Pit rows eaosaKeeed gemise will, BEATTIE FURNITURE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF _ . McAdam. Hardware THE CLINTON ,NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS,RECORD Established 1865 1924 Established 188t Clinton \:ews-Record A Member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper AssociatiOn, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) second clan mail registration number 0817 'SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (in advance) "Canada, $8.00 per year: USA., $3.50 ePVIWEVORINTON URAL. JAMES E. PITZG8RALO —Edifor J, HOWARD AITKEN General Manager Anow Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron county. Clinton, Ontario Population 3,4/5 l'IlE HOME OP RADAR IN CANADA 4- Clinton News-Record, TitursdaY 0. December 21, 1972 xvgmttNgtvgkoxvxvxopw SEASON'S GREETINGS TO A14. CITIZENS OF CLINTON A special thanks to those' who supported me et the polls Norman ipaCrOLX AVXVXVXVXNgtVgkV*VXV Christmas woods We're into the Christmas season again, with its joy and its frenzy and the trick is to prevent the frenzy from intin dating the joy. Jean Vanier, son of the late Governor- General, startled many last fall when he spoke of "the terrible things Christmas does to our children." He believes we wound them by a surfeit of expensive and un-needed things, which are greedily accepted but little cherished. Witness the way so many toys are broken or abandoned before December is over. Vanier thinks our lavish—and of- ten deficit gift-spending breeds distorted values that acutally cripple our young Another peril of this Christmas over- indulgence is what it does to those who are outside it—the children of an unem- ployed father or a single mother on welfare. To see the tempting things displayed in stores, to hear the constant pitch for luxuries via television and yet be denied them; surely such wounds go deep. Vanier, who spent some of his time in Canada visiting. Kingston Penitentiary, says that his talks with prisoners revealed that his disparity between what they saw and what they could have, was often the motive for their criminal behaviour. The solution? Even the most concer- ned among us will shake our heads. Gifts are part of Christmas; they can be emotionally enriching to both giver and receiver. Perhaps, if we keep them fewer and simpler and listen to the" carols whose happy sounds point us back to the source of the celebration, and listen also to the silent cry of the deprived, then DO something constructive to assuage it, we may manage to strike a balance that will make the festival genuine. (contributed) Enjoy paper 4295 Fourth Ave., Niagara Falls, December 15, 1972, Dear Editor: Please renew my subscription to the paper. I enjoy receiving, it. The only thing I don't like about it is when you must record the deaths of old friends. Not a thing either you or I can do about that. Wishing your paper every success and a happy new year to all. Sincerely, Mrs. Norman Griffiths, Cruelty Dear Editor: The shocking cruelty to wild life, shown on the television screen (Dec. 13) should arouse a storm of protest from many Canadian citizens. Those an- tiquated trapping methods being used, in a supposedly civilized country, are barbaric. Flow could successive Gover- nment bodies, both Liberal and Conservative, allow this to go on year after year? They surely must have known that the Conibear trap, designed for humane killing has been available for years? Why do members of the Federal Legislature do nothing to stop such a shameful practice? Certainly the cruel leg trap should be outlawed,• all over Canada — NOW. Yours truly, Mrs. E.W. Oddleifson, Bayfield. "Spends days putting up the Christmas lights, but do you think he'll replace the burnt out bulb in the hallway?" znyf Eric Schellenberger Proprietor YOUR WESTINGHOUSE DEALER CLINTON 482 - 6646 91 Albert St. Clinton Electric Shop With best wishes for a happy, holy holi- day, we send greet- ings and gratitude to you. May the blessings of Christ- mas ever be yours. May the joy of the season live in your home at Christmas bringing you true contentment: Thanks for your loyal patronage.