HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-01-13, Page 2Page 2—-Clinton News-Record—Thurs., Jan, 13,
WE’D LIKE Ao see a better job
being done with street-cleaning in our
town.
Clinton is a pretty place, and from
far and wide, we hear how nice the
trees are, and how well arranged the
community park is, and how lovely
many of the homes are , , . but opr
main1 street, is a bit of a dump.
In normal years, by this time we
could count on snow to cover the dust
and dirt which accumulates on our
downtown sidewalks. Of course, we
would also be up to our ears in costs for
having the stuff pushed aside.
But, .even in the summer, our
housekeeping leaves much to be de?-
sired-
We’re saving money in snow re
moval this winter. Lot’s get some
money into the budget for “cleaning”,
and keep the place tidy.
A Place S il
CLINTONIANS are more fortunate
then many persons in Ontario — and
that is because they have quick access
to the playground along Lake Huron,
throughout the summer. There are
four golf courses within easy driving
distance along Highway 21; public
swimming at any of the communities
along the lake; horseback riding, fish
ing, and all the other things that are
summer fun. .
In winter we are a little more
limited. There’s always sleighing, and
hiking available, and public skating in
the local rink. There’s curling if one
wishes to make use of rinks in neigh
bouring towns,
We’d like to see the new sports
arena built and open, and accommoda
tion somewhere for volleyball, badmin
ton, basketball, and other such sports.
We’ve a need for this sort of thing, and
might as well get plans under way.
From Our
T? 1 W?*lEarly r iles
55 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 12, 1911
Tozer and Brown had ladies
waterproof boats on special this
Week for $5.00 and Rlumsteel
Bros, featured men’s mitts at
69c and girl’s blade wool mitts
at. 19c a pair.
Clinton Business College un
der the pilnqipalship of Miss B.
F. Ward has the following pu
pils in attendance this year.:
Laura Men.net, Laura Jervis,
Minnie . Cameron, Ernest Rey
nolds, Bella O’Neil, Wilson M'c-
Sperry, Maple Livermore, Jean Stevenson, Pdl Millar and, jew
el Bartliff of ' Clinton as well
as Eva Stinson, Alice Tippet,
Edith Spfckman and Irene Har
rison oif Bayfield and Agnes
Johnston of Varna.
J. W. Elliott has bought Mrs,
Shannon’s residence on Victoria
Street. The price was $1,000.
V
MORE THAN a place to play,
Clintonians need places to work.
Our young people are going to
cities, to other towns, to other coun
tries in their search for places to earn
a living.
No new job opportunities have been
created here on any appreciable scale in
the last two decades, except for schools
and hospitals, of one kind or another.
We’re living on the basic economy
founded by our ancestors—and we’ve
not found a way to break through into
the modern day, with new manufactur
ing concerns, new opportunities for
our educated young.
Other parts, of Ontario are finding
these establishments.
Why not this, the heart of Huron,
a lovely place to live and a challenging
spot for almost any enterprise?
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 14, 1926
Slogan for this week: “Buy
at home and keep your money
circulating in Clinton — it will
come back to you.”
From reports heard in town
this morning, Clinton is likely
to have a new industry. George
Phelan and Murray McEwan
are to- start manufacturing
boy’s ’bloomers, etc., in the old
Jackson Mfg. Co. block, , now
owned by S. S, Cooper. The in
terior of the building is at pre
sent being fitted up tor their
use.
Births include a son, Wallace
Daniel, to Mr. and Mirs. Ronald
MacDonald, Clinton and a dau
ghter, Anna Emily, to Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Townshend, Goderich
Township.
Members of the Varna Beef
Ring intend holding their an
nual concent and social hop on
January 15 lin the township hall.
Snow
. and Mister, the
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County Council To Choose
THE 37 members of Huron County
Council will meet soon to decide on the
man who will wield the warden’s gavel
throughout , 1966, and represent the
county in official gatherings here and
farther afield.
The tradition of alternating be
tween Conservative and Liberal political
beliefs is ho longer in effect in the
county. This used to produce some
rather interesting results.
We have often noted that if you
were a Liberal, you were more apt to be
come warden, than if you happened to
be a Conservative. This is because there
were fewer Liberals, and therefore when
it came up the Liberal year, there were
fewer people on county council to choose
from.
In Hullett, Tom Leiper is making a
bid to be warden, and Tom would make
a good one. Strangely enough, since
1951 there have' been three wardens
from Hullett Township, and this makes
an over-balance in favour of that part
of the county. In that same time there
has not been an urban warden chosen.
Certainly with 26 municipalities in the
county, it would seem natural for a
municipality to expect to have the hon
our of the warden’s office once every
26 years. This is not the case, however.
The inner politics of the county
council is a marvelous thing, and very
difficult for the outsider to understand.
It is a unique little body of men—made
up of persons chosen by each munici-
’ pality as the best person who offers
himself as a candidate to hold the top
office within that municipality. They
may or may . not be equally as well
qualified to serve their municipality in
competition with others on the county
council level.
Another strange thing about county
council is that in a way, it is the top
of the ladder. There 'is no connection
between this level of government and
the provincial government; just as there
is no connection directly between the
province and the dominion levels.
Within limits the county council
is boss.
And here again, we meet with a
certain amount of strangeness.
At provincial and federal levels the
prime minister is the one who leads the
party who has the most strength in the
House.
In county circles, the whole thing
is arrived at in more gentlemanly fash
ion (?)
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 9, 1941
Slightly more than. 2,000 Wes
tern Ontario men have been--
cal'led into the service this
week. Most of them are in the
21 ’to’ 24 age group. Most of the
local men will report to Chat
ham for 'their ’training.
It says here — To polish a
faucet Which has dulled, a lem
on or orange rind which has
been squeezed can be rubbed
oyer it and lit will shine like
new after polishing off with a
dean cloth.
Clifford Lobb and Sons ad
vertise men’s rubber overshoes
at 89c ia pair; men’s rubber
boots at $1.49 a pair; 1 oz. 2-
ply yam for 10c and men’s
lined work mitts at 50c, 85c and
95c.
■comes and goes considerably this winter
. . , _________, ___ black and white terrier who
often graces the window of one of Clinton’s radio
and TV outlets (one guess whose) makes the most
of it while it is here. Actually this picture was taken
last December, when snow hung heavy on all the
trees and bushes at the Galbraith farmstead near
Bayfield. (Photo by A. Galbraith)
• • •
Don’t Be Too Busy
— Gladys Cooper —
MY PERSONAL note paper carries
a line that has long been a warning to
me. To me only, I thought, but more
and more I hear of others heeding its
message. '
It reads, “Some day there’ll be no
tomorrow; so don’t be too busy today.”
Threatening? Foreboding? Dis
mal? I don’t think so. Rather, a small
reminder that the moving finger does
write, and does indeed move on} and
please don’t wait too long to begin liv
ing.
A couple Of years ago I wrote a
friend on this paper. Her answer was
prompt and gratifying. She Said, “Yes-
terday I was in the middle of house
cleaning. Earlier in the morning Jack
asked me to go somewhere with him
and I told him I just had to finish this
work. Then your letter came and I'
thought about what it said and I went
out a.nd told Jack I would be ready to
go with him. He seemed awfully pleas
ed and I realized I hadn’t'been taking ■
time to be with him much lately. I’m
going to do different from now on.”
She did. Later letters told how the
two of them had gone places together
more and more. She sounded happy
about it. She said he Was.
Last month Jack died.
15 Years Ago
CLINTON. NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 11, 1951
G. W. Nott, a good judge of
cattle — which is Ms business;
and a good judge of hors'es —
his hobby, has been elected
Mayor of Clinton. He is experi
enced in municipal affairs hav
ing served as alderman fob one
year and reeve for three year's.
It feays; here — “It would take
53 years for an airplane travel
ling at 200 miles per hour to go
from the earth to the sun,’’
-•Times do change!
Marie Stiriing, Zurich and
Margaret Stirling, Hensail,
spent the weekend with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Stirling, near Bayfield.
The auto industry is uncer
tain as to the number of cars
they can produce at the present
time, so it is wise, to buy one
' now before a price increase, ac
cording to Lome Brown Motors
Limited.
Clinton News-Record
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CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, January 12, 1956
In the running for the Huron
County Warden's chair will be
six reeves. John Fisher, Turn
berry Township; Daniel Beuer-
man, McKillop Township; John
Morrissey, Stephen Township;
OrVal Taylor, East WaWanOsh
Township; • Clifford Rowland,
Grey Township and William
McKenzie, Exeter.
Members of Goderich council
Werei treated to the traditional
dinner sponsored by the incom
ing reeve oh Hobday. This year
John Ddeves picks up the tab.
Births: A Sob, Robert Johh,
to Mr. and Mrs. William Stirl
ing, RR 2, Bayfield; a daugh
ter to Mr. and Mrs. Richard
D. Fremlin, Clinton ahd a dau
ghter to Mri and Mrs. Ross
Lovett of Londesborb.
.
Although death and taxes arc
both inevitable,- death has One
thing in its favor. It doesn’t
got worse every time the legis
lature meets.
Old Clintonian
Recalls Prices
Of Yesteryear -
Clinton News-Record.
In your reliable home paper
I saiw Where taxes were really
Cheap in early years down on
the farm. Yes, everything was
cheap about that time, and
cheep all over the world I
guess.
Well, let us take a look back
down through memory’s lane.
Prices then were: board and
bed and1 a nice place to stay at
$1.50 to $2.00 a week. At a
hotel, rent was $1.50 to $2.00
a month. Yes, I bought a 7-room
frame house for $350 — a lot
of money at that time.
Meats were readily cheap: Tour
pounds of beefsteak, 24 cents
and a .big chunk of suet to fry
it with. But they mostly gave
the liver away to a lot of
people who were really hungry.
Wages then were about three
cents, maybe ten cents an hour
— that is, if you could find any
one that needed you and had
money to pay you With.
Tough times.
. It’s hard for the people of
today to understand just what
a fellow is telling them. No
doubt it sounds crazy to them,
but it certainly is true.
Yes, in those years of long
ago, I guess we were born 75
years too soon. Certainly things
have changed a lot. There were
no set hours years ago. We
worked from early morning to
late at night, and not a word
said. Lucky to be getting a few
cents to live on. No pension of
any kind, and no money.
Now-a-days, many are just
fooling around, killing time and
getting their money just the
same. Easy got, easy gone. A
lo t never intend to pay th ear
-bills. No wonder the stores are
empty. “Charge it,’’ that’s about
, all you hear. If they -can get
' away with it, they sure will do
■ it. Newspapers cut them off if
they can’t pay. It’s an old say
ing, “I’ll see you later”, but
i dealers cant live ion promises.
> If a person ’asked for 5 cents
/ worth of liver now, the butcher
• wouild tell him to go and smell
: the hook. That’s about it, to
day.
Years ago if kids got one
cent, they sure would be lucky.
Bread was 3 or 4 cents a loaf.
Oranges /big ones) one cent
each. Bannanas, one cent each,
five for five cents.
The park next to the town
hall Was the market square:
Offered for sale were wood, hay,
quarters1 of beef, sides1 of beef,
sides of pork, fowl in season.
The old pump was where the
two telephone booths now '’are.
There was a tin can fastened
to it with a chain, and this
where people got a drink
water.
Thomas Leppington,
Veteran of World War
’ 177 Spencer Street,
Clinton, Ontario. ,
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fiSh offers economical supplies
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Reads About Billy Brown
We have the following letter from a former
Clinton girl (she was Catherine Carter) who is
now married and living in Belgium with her family.
She sends us a copy of the Stars and Stripes news
paper . . . But let’s let her letter explain:
The Editor,
Clinton News-Record.
Dear Laurie: .
Enclosed with my letter is
a photo which, I have taken
from the December 11 edition
of "The Stars & Stripes” news
paper. This paper serves the
U.S. ’and Canadian Forces per
sonnel here in Europe, North
Africa and the Middle\East.
The photo 'and 'dipping is of
little Billy Brown as. he is
leaving the -hospital in Honolu
lu to be -reunited with his fa
mily. I had read the story of
his illness .in your paper and
was very surprised when I came
across this photo of the little
fellow, ;as lit seems so far away
from home over here to be
reading about him. ,
I’m sure that this would in
terest his Grandmother and any
of Jane’s friends (by the way
I went to school in Clinton with
Jane, I don’t loiow if she’ll re
member me or not).
I would like to wish you all
a belated, Merry Christmas and
a Happy New Year. Thanking
you 'also for my' newspaper
every week, it’s so good to hear’
news from homie.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Catherine Donnelly.
22 Faubourg D’arival,
Virton, Belgium,
December 28, 1965.
Mrs. Christine. Ball, Huron
Street, Clinton, was among 20
young women wiho received
theiir nursing assistant caps in
a ceremony on Friday, Decem
ber 31, at Wingham and' Dis
trict Hospital.
The- capping was performed
by Mrs. Janet Fielding, Reg. N.,
director otf the training school,
and Mirs. Jean Ellacoitt, Reg.
N., instructor.
Others in the course include
Linda Andrews, Auburn1; Esther
Steckle. RR 2, Zurich and Mrs1.
Helen MacLennan, RR 3, Gode
rich.
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Police Court?
Or Woodshed!
The Editor,
News-Record,
Clinton, Ontario.
Dear S'ir:
One is constantly reminded
of 'the juvenile delinquency pro
blem which is plaguing all parts
of the nation. The large amount
of vandalism ’by ’teenage boys
and girls is very shoclting to
say the least.
During the past several
months the radios 'and press
have carried stories of vandal
ism in schools, parks, cemeter
ies, homes 'and a number of
other public buildings.
These kid's’ nonsensical act
ions are costing the public sev
eral hundred thousands of dol
lars each year, but what are
the parents doing to stop van
dalism?
The answer is: absolutely
nothing.
While some may not agree1,
I .firmly believe that if these
boys and gilds had a good taste
of the old fashioned woodshed
treatment they would be better
kids.
Yes, folks, if these boys and
girls who -vandalize private or
public property were given J
_sound spanking with a razor-
strlap on their bare backsides,
be they 13 or 17 years of age,
they would think twice before
misbehaving again.
The sooner those delinquents '
feel the Sting of the strap or
paddle, the better for them, If
all giirls and .boys up to the age
Of 17 had their bottoms tanned
once or 'twice, We Woluld have
a better class of ’teenager and ,
juvenile delinquency would be
greatly deduced thereby malting
the tohie and Community U bet
ter and safer plaice iin which
to live.
As good parents and Citizens,
let’s revive the woodshed treat-
went for misdome&nors. This is
the only proven deterrent, so
why not apply it?
BinCerely, Robert
General Delivery,
out.
ED. NOTE: The1
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to Write him. alt General Deliv
ery, Mfimiitom
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