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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1966-01-20, Page 4Page 4—-Clinton NewsTRecprdr-*Thur5., Jan. 20, 19^6 Editorials ,., ' - The Greatest Cure; LOVE A WORD of warping should be added to Robert Johnston’s “Letter to the Editor”' in Inst week’s News-Record. We heartily concur that to spare the rod .is to spoil the child and that too many parents may have been caught up in the pyschologists’ woeful web deny­ ing the usefulness of the, proverbial woodshed. But let US not replace another tried and true disciplinary measure — love and understanding — with sheer brute strength. Canadian courts and detention halls overflow with youngsters who have committed no other offense than to lack the ordinary parental interest and con­ cern that is their right. Somewhere between the cradle and the witness box, scores of basically fine boys and girls have been thrust into an impossible situation wherein their every thought, word and deed was either mis­ construed or ignored by a mother and a father too suspicious to listen or too busy to care. Outraged and confused, the kids sought the approval of others elsewhere. Some were lucky. Some were not. All were cheated, Before and after “a sound spanking with a razorstrap on their bare behinds” parents might do well to inject their children with a large dose of the anti­ biotic “L-O-V-E” upon which pur so­ ciety is dependent. From Our Early Files 55 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD • Thursday, January 12/1911 Terms of .subscription to Clin­ ton News-Record $1.00 per year "advance. $1.50 may be charged if not so pal'd. ’ About 250 Fancy Calendars will be given .away to purchas­ ers of 50c pr over. Sale starts January 13 at Cooper’s Variety Store. - Men’s overcoats were selling firpirn $6.90 up to $15.99; readjy made suits from $7.9Q to $16.90; overalls from ,59c to 99cf Education Needed MANY OF our rural people would be better off with more education. Many townspeople, also, would be better off with more education. These are truths about which we could do some thinking, however. What do we mean by education?' Do we mean schooling? which also includes discipline as well as book-learn­ ing. ■ Do we mean training in, the art of acting wisely in the face of chang­ ing conditions? Do we mean a degree after one’s name? We’re all in favour of book-learn­ ing. We like books to read personally, and this -is a wide field of endeavour in which many, many opinions can be discovered about any topic one wishes to pursue. But it is not the sort of thing that makes one “better off”, Schooling—merely to instil disci­ pline is of no use in making one “better off”. We can see that some book-learn­ ing done with proper guidance in cer­ tain fields can be of use to those people who are.equipped to make use of the knowledge—but again they need lead- „ ership in the pursuit of the proper, type of book-learning. Actually, if there were some way to get training which would prepare a man in business (whether farming or in town) to make adjustments in his method of operation to meet changing conditions—this would be ideal. Where will this kind of education come from? We’d Have To A gree THIS MONTH an editorial appear­ ed in the London Free Press, with which we would have to agree—and say of it, “My, we wish we’d been the one to say that first.” . The title was “Let’s Say Goodbye to the EMO”, and although the EMO spoken of there was the one in the city of London—nevertheless we feel that most of what was said'also applies to the Huron County EMO. EMO stands for Emergency? Mea­ sures' Organization—and possibly one reason there’s not been much activity in EMO is because we have had ' no large emergency. And in our town, the existence of four auxiliary'policemen cannot be ignored. We give full credit for this to EMO, and consider it an ex­ cellent addition to the law-enforcement facilities of the area.,. But let’s read that Free Press edi­ torial again: . ’ “Whatever organization will be needed to safeguard Londoners when a disaster strikes, it obviously will not be our Emergency Measures Organization —the classic federal-provincial-munici- pal boondoggle of our times. “In fact, EMO is a textbook ex­ ample of how any government body, once set up, tends to perpetuate itself out of sheer momentum after its orig­ inal purpose is altered or forgotten. If EMO wasn’t so expensive, it would be ludicrous. “London’s branch of this ill-named organization has nothing to show for the $500,000 spent in six years except its head man, Fred Reynolds,-a steno­ grapher, a handyman, a generator, some useless radio equipment, a tape­ recorder, two movie projectors and some first-aid gear. “It is hardly any answer to suggest, •as does London’s MP, Jack Irvine, that EMO should be given even more funds, or that, in Mr. Irvine’s words, “It’s just like buying insurance.” How much more should be wasted on this exercise in futility? Its own local- director ad­ mits there is nothing EMO could do to present people from being, killed by an enemy attack. “Some 200 volunteers were trained; only a handful are available. Elabor­ ate plans to evacuate London were drawn up and then abandoned because. EMO finally and reluctantly admitted, they were unworkable. For years it' was impossible to get a quorum of EMO members as apathy became con­ tagious. “About the only bright spot in the whole dismal scheme is that of an EMO budget of $80,000 a year, London and Middlesex County pay only 10 per cent. But even $8,000 is far too much for an organization whose purpose is, to say the kindest thing about it, unclear. “London’s $4,000 might better be spent on flowerpots downtown, benches for Senior Citizens who like to doze in .the sun, Christmas decorations in the winter, or, best of all, a farewell party for EMO.” “How Old Is Old” THE FOLLOWING was written by Hilda M. Knott, 72-year-old resident in the Dearness Home at London. It ap­ peared in the Dearness Diary, a mimeo­ graphed publication edited by G. L. “Bud” Hay ter, Clinton, the assistant superintendent, at Dearness. “How old is old? “That is like asking how high is high. “Old is when you no longer care about what goes on around you. When in the winter you cannot visualize the Spring, nor think of the green grass under the snow, or the tiny, tiny leaves bursting out on the trees, or the ice cracking up in the rivers ready to come with a rush and a roar; the blue sky flaked with fluffy white clouds. “Old is when you have nothing to look forward to, when people no longer interest you. “Old is being dead and forgetting to lie down. “Old is when you no longer want to hear the happy laughter of children, and listen to their Fairy Tales. ■ “Old is when everyone is wrong, and you are always right. “How old is old? . . .You can be old at twenty, thirty, or ninety. It depends on your outlook on life. A little child can be old, one who has been starved for love or food. A little child who is not wanted and has never known a parent’s love, can be very old. Old, who is to say who is old? It is not ■the white hair and a slow moving body. It is not the added years. It is some­ thing inside of us. “How old, is old? That is a de­ batable subject. You will never be able to answer, if you keep on dreaming, and planning for TOMORROW, and enjoy­ ing TODAY—-you will never be ‘OLD’.” Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Established 1865 ' 1924 Established 1881 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER Signed contributions to this publication, are the opinions of tho writers only, and do not' necessarily oxpress tho views of tho newspaper. Authorized as Second Class Mail, Post Office Departmont, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage in Cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable in advance — Canada and Great Britain! $4.00 a year; United States and Foreign: $5.50}' Single Copios! IO Cents 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 14, 1926 Messers Russel and Harold Taylor, Harold Elliott, Ernie MoClindhey and Will Johnston left Thursday .morning for De­ troit. Mrs. Frank Hobson of St. Thomas, who was the guest of her brother, Mr. Harold Pen- hale; has returned home, Parliament opened on Thurs­ day last but it is still undecided which party will 'rule. The de­ cision rests with the Progress­ ives. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 9, 1941 Tom Cooke, ROAF' is spend­ ing a short leave with his par­ ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Cooke. Tom has made rapid progress in aviation and will remain in a Canadian Training station as an instructor. Quality meats from “Connell and Tyndall” Meat Market, priced as fallows: Choice Hind Quarter of Beef, 15c lb.; Pork Chops, 22c lb; Sausage1, 15c lb. Jack rabbits -for sale at the Poultry Plant, 18c. 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 11, 1951 . Mrs. Helen1 (Dixon) Finck has taken a position as book­ keeper with Ball-Macaulay. Mr. A. F. Cu'dmore was re; elected chairman' of the Clinton Public School Board. He is com­ mencing his; ninth year as chair­ man. Mrs. Robert Caldwell spent a Week With her daughter Mary, London, returning home on Sat­ urday. Mis's Mary accompanied her and spent 'the weekend at home. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 12, 1956 Mrs; A. Haddy, Clinton, was elected president of thie Clinton Hospital Auxiliary for 1956, at the annual meeting in the new nurses’ residence Monday. Three new members were in­ itiated into the Clinton Lions Club at the diihner meeting of the club Thursday evening. They were: Jack Webb, insur­ ance. salesman; Beecher Menz­ ies, lawyer and Charles Brown, plumber. The only fishing boat left in the Bayfield river is the “W. J. McLeod”, with Which Donnie ■ McLeod is still fishing. Ed Siid- d'all is fishing out of Goderich as the “Vary Bros'.” cannot get in the Bayfield harbour. -----------o----------- Quick Canadian Quiz 1. Where is Canada's great “dinosaur cemetery?” 2. In1 a year, which is greater lira Canada: the total of wages and salaries paid by industry, or the total of cor­ poration profits ‘ earned by industry? 3. 'How many schools are there liin Canada for the blind and deaf? 4. Are Canadians paying more per year to meet family al­ lowance payments or the Old Age Security pensions'? 5. On consumer goods and ser­ vices Canadians spent $10.9 ■billion 15 years’ ago. What was the 1964 total of such spending? ANSWERS: 5. $29.5 billion. 3. There are 19 such schools,, with 3,333 pupils in attendance last year. 1. In the valley of Alberta’s Red Deer River. 4. In the current year family al­ lowance payments will cost $600 million, the Old Age Se­ curity pension.' $1,145 million. 2. In 1964 wages and salaries to­ talled $23,416 million,, corpor­ ation profits after taxes $2,592 million. Material prepared by the edi­ tors of Quick Canadian Facts, the packet annual of facts about Canada^ Camera Close Up of Close-ups are sometimes not very flattering— because they show up features that one would rather forget. A close-up of a car accident is much like that—in fact many motorists though fascin­ ated by the sight of smashed oars, prefer do arrive upon the scene 'after any injured persons have been removed. Drivers prefer to forget that the next Someone’s Disaster accident they see close-up, may be their own, when the startling closeness of their brush with death or disablement becomes entirely too clear.' Crum­ pled metal and shattered glass are indicative of shattered, plans and crumpled bodies. Drive care­ fully—and make this pictured close-up the closest thing to an accident for you. (News-Record Photo) Letters To The Editor Loss of Kids is Serious Ed. Note: We’re not too sure that this submis­ sion from Fred Sloman should be here among the letters to the editor. We’d like to. see it appearing in appropriate type and accompanied by artwork of the sort which Maclean’s Magazine would use, if they were fortunate enough to have words from Mr. Sloman to print in their magazine. And we’d like to use it on front page—with some colour to it. On second thought, though—the “letters” column is probably as good as we can do—for reads letters to the editor—even you. everyone New Trustee’s Thoughts The Editor, Clinton News-Record, LOST: A Teen-Town and also a sparkling News-Record weekly column written by some­ body Who signed it “Pam”. ' London newspaper recently carried a paragraph that said Seaforth Teen-Town presented Letter to the Editor Remember the Planing Mill On Orange St. Clinton News-Record, Clinton, Ontario. Gentlemen: Many years ago, the planing mill in Clinton was’ owned by S. S. Cooper, and he was a for­ mer mayor Of Clinton — known as “your own S'am”. The mill was a white brick building, and! a large size one. It had two wide doors. A person could drive right through the door and out the other end. There was a laugh years ago when Sam was on the council. He Said, if he got into council again he would fix the streets. He was asked about a certain street and he told the crowd ■in the town hall meeting, “Yes”, ho vyould fix the street — in fact he would “pave the whole dam town.” Well he sure got on to the council again. So, no move was made.- He was asked what about paving that certain street, and Sam said, “Just as soon as you people sign your names to a paper in the clerk’s office, then the town will make a start.” They did not sign any papers. , That was Princess Street East. “Yes sir,” as Sam said later on with a smile, “Do you people think that you can fool an Irishman?” Another laugh. Someone asked S'am what he called his big black dog, and he said, “Blacksmith, because every time I give him a kick he makes a bolt for the door.” Before it was destroyed' by fire, the planing mill used to be where K. C. Cooke Florist how has greenhouses oh the corner of Wellington, and Or­ ange Streets. The first greenhouse there Was started by William Jenkins, first, I think. Yes, him and his som Of bourse Mrs. Jenkins was right there. They lived a- cross from the greenhouse in a new ted brick ’ large house With the name "Globeview” on a glass over the door, and when the light came on, ft sure look­ ed dandy. Enough of that for this write­ up. THOMAS LEPPINGTON. January 15, 1966. Qihton, Ontario. $1000 to the use at their ■ their cheque for town fathers to discretion. Last visible evidence we had of Clinton’s Teen-Town was a dozen months ago when four of them with dear clean eyes and alert minds, came as a deputation' to service clubs and committees and Boards (of which we have 72) to ask that some adult would sponsor them while they built, bought or rented and decorated a meet­ ing place for their own pur­ poses. Because the hundred' of them were/are ,a bit under age 18, it is very necessary that some adult sit in to legalize their meetings to conform with the very sensible and very neces­ sary laws concerning insuran­ ces, sanitations, policings, etc. They .asked for no money or no free housing nor town sub­ sidy nor supervising nor adUlt planning but only that some adult would1 lend his or her adulthood once or twice a month for three hours. We listened politely, and suggested that they go to'some' other Board -or Committee. It may he 'that they were passed to the whole 72 Committees and Boards, or it may be that they went to Seaforth ... or Goderich or* Wingham or Bay- field for all d'ads are quite Willing to lend their favorite sbn or favorite daughter a car or' two, and if.you are over age 16 you are fit to drive on a highway. For a 'thousand dollars the over-taxed town could afford to cut the burdocks between the red church and the old post office on King Street or could erect four posts with a canvass around them 'in the east-side park and the weist-Gti'de park for “Hiawatha’s” convenience. Loss of $1000 is not serious. Loss of kids is. LOST ALSO ... an adult consciousness of a duty towards his neighbour and his neigh­ bour’s kid. On 'any given even­ ing in the town 542 adiuits (in­ cluding me) are sitting on their fat cushions' watching paid dancers dance on ice or On a stage, repeating ancient jokes to stir bur lethargy as we tap for an Old Vienna; . ■ Down at a rink with a leaky roof four to seven mothers and fathers are watching their own kids grow up into manhood . . . grow up very very quickly and honour their fathers arid moth­ ers. To-night my favorite Red Wings won. Good for me. dintori, Ontario, January 17, 1966/ , —FRED SLOMAN. ----------_0------------ Classified Ads. Bring Quick Results This following article was contributed by Brig­ adier G. L. Morgan Smith, from his home “Eblana” at Bayfield, where he has recently been elected public school trustee to serve on Huron County School Area One. This board is charged with the responsibilities of providing primary school education for the children of Tuckersmith and Stanley Townships. He refrains from commenting upon the peti­ tions submitted recently by ratepayers to the councils of Bayfield, Stanley and Tuckersmith re­ questing a change in decision made by the school boards to build one large public school at Brucefield to serve both townships and Bayfield. His reason for not commenting is that as a member of the board he is “too partisan to the issue”. He suggests instead, a move toward a Huron County School Area in charge of primary education for the whole of the county. The Editor, Clinton News-Record, On January 1 this year the first Huron County School Area was formed. This amalgamation of the public 'school administration Of the Townships of Tuckersmith and Stanley, ‘and the Village of Bayfield was a forward looking step on the part of the three municipalities, and was design­ ed to speed the formation of larger schools. - This procedure was made possible by a recent act of the Ontario Legislature that abol­ ished the township school sec­ tion with its three trustees, and made permissive still larger administrative units by the joining of municipalities. The building of the one-room schoolhouse in the last century was a‘ great step forward in education. Transportation was poor, and education would otherwise have been denied many children whose parents (Continued, on Page Five) J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 K. W. 'COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-7804 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7265 G. B. 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