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An Appeal To Drivers.
THE FOLLOWING letter, distri
buted. by the Industrial Accident Pre
vention Association, has been used in
some industrial publications and re
cently appeared in “Western Winds”
the staff magazine of Ontario Hydro’s
Western. Region. It was brought to
our attention^ by Clinton’s mayor Don
Symons. ■
Its message and its appeal are uni
versal. If you don’t do an^hing else
today take time to read this letter.
“Dear Driver:
“A few weeks ago, I saw a little
girl struck by a car as she tried to
cross the street. I saw a father race
toward her and hold'her to him as she
struggled in the agony of death. I saw
all the plans that had been made for
her dashed and I saw the look of despair
that came over his face. I could only
offer a prayer that such a thing might
never happen again.
“Today my daughter, who is six .
years old, started off to school. Her
cocker spaniel,- whose name is Scoot,
watched her leave and whined his be
lief in the folly of education:
“Tonight we talked about' school.
She told me about the girl .who sits in
. front of her, a girl with yellow curls,
and about the boy across the. aisle who ’
makes faces; about the teacher Who.has
finger gets cut or her head gets bump
ed, I can fix them. But when she starts
across the street ■— then, Mr. Driver,
she is in your hands. '
“Much as I wish I could, it’s not
possible for me to be with her all the
time: I haye to work to pay for her
home, her clothes, her’education.
“So, Mr. Driver, please help me to
look out for her. Please drive carefully.
Please drive slowly past "schools and at
intersections. And please remember that
sometimes children run from behind
parked cars.
“Please don’t run over my little
girl.
“With deepest thanks for whatever
you can do for her, I am,
VVery sincerely yours,
(Signed)'FATHER.”
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Youth And Age
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How many car lengths should you keep
between your car and the car in front--
at50mph1 20 mph? 40 mph? 60 mph?
to
Aipn that has. been answered .in many
ways and the, latest glib reply is that
old age has nothing to do with chrono-,
uiarkva iciue» cimuul me League* wnv iiu=> One man may be old at
eyes in the back of her head; about the’ ano^her may be yoirng at
. trees in the school yard and the big girl ’^ve- Saskatchewan, the
who does not believe in Santa Claus. Youth Agency has been concerning it-who does not believe in Santa Claus.
“We. talked about a lot of things—
tremendously vital » and unimportant
things.
self with another question: how old is
youth? It finally came to the decision
that it. would, consider that youth is the span of years between the ages7 of
“Now, as this is written, she is ten twenty-three.
sound asleep with her doll ‘Paddy’ in . Where does that leave the young
her arms. man with an old head on his shoulders?
“When her doll gets broken or her —The Printed Word.
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CANADIAN DRIVER TEST, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 19th ON THE CBC-TV
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PRODUCED..SYTHECBC IN CO-OPERATION WITH THE CANADIAN HIGHWAY
'SAFETY COUNCIL’ ’ ' >
ON YOUR ABILITIES AS A DRIVER TAKE THE
How do you rate as a ear
driver?
Are you above or below the
national Canadian average? .
To find out, you can take a
test right in your own living,
room on Thursday, May 19 at
8 p.m. EDT when CBC tele
vision presents the Canadian
Drivers Test.
The hour-long program con
sists of a series of driving situ
ations 'in which judgment, skill
and knowledge of traffic rules
must'be used correctly to come
out of each-situation with the
right solution — and without
an accident.
You can grade yourself along
with thousands of other Can
adian motorists by filling out
an official test form during
the program. Test forms are
being distributed from coast to
coast by the Canadian High
way1 Safety Council to various
■employers, .service clubs and
safety organizations.
The Canadian Drivers Test
dis being produced by CBC-TV
in co-opdraition .with the Can
adian Highway Safety Council
as a public service. Program
. hosts Ed McGibbon and Jack
Webster will explain exactly
how the test fosms are to be
completed and viewers can
compare answers with those of
a studio audience of motorists
and the correct answers pro
vided by a panel of expert dri
vers and consultants.
To find the national
adian average, a survey
commissioned by the
quizzed more than a thousand
drivers across the country on
what they knew about pars,
What they would do in a given
situation and what they knew
about rules of the road. Out
,oif this study emerged a fairly
clear picture of what the aver
age Canadian .driver was like.
Much of the program consists
of film sequences shot by cam
eras mounted in the driver’s
position showing potentially
hazardous situations on high
ways and1 city streets, Oddly
enough, it has been, established
that most traffic fatalities hap
pen within 25 miles of the dri
ver’s home and at speeds under
40 m.p.h.
Producer of the Canadian
Drivers Test is- Bill Bolt, writ
er, is Hugh Kemp. Executive
producer is Thom Benson.
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
This Family
Taxes Us All
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1924 Established 1881
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From Our Early Files
' age of 17 shall drive a motor
Vehicle. No one without a
licence is allowed- to dirive a car
for hire or as a paid chauffeur.
The residents on a certain
street in the centre of town are
complaining about a rooster
which has a habit of crowing
■at three o’clock every morning.
75 Years Ago
' THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, May 15, 1891
"The Dale pivated land roller,
the'property of Mr. J. Dale of
Chatham has beep disposed of
to Dr. T. T. Coleman foi' the
sum of $10,000. cash; The pat
terns’ have been removed to
Seaforth where the manufact
ure will be continued almost
imimedi'ately under the super
vision of Mr. James Irving.
Dr. J. W.. Shaw, of Brus
sels, has rented! -the office re
cently occupied by Dr.‘Reeve;
he is a son of the principal of
Brussels Public School and was
at one time in charge of .the
Blyth School.
A. McKibbon, a clever young
student for the’ methodist min
istry and •well known here, has
succeeded in winning the Web
ster prize and also the Ryer
son prize at Victoria Univer
sity. Messrs; D. A. Burgess
B.A. and J. H. Giffin B.A. both
of Clinton Collegiate, also pass
ed the second year law exam
ination.
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May 19th, the public will have
to shell out extra nickels and
dimes for movie entertainment
as. the 20% tax imposed by the
recent budget, goes into effect
that day,
only
electric heating
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55 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, May 18, 1911
The- Morrish Clothing . Co.
was advertising spring clothing
for the “Glorious Day” — the
24th. Home spun suits from
$8.50 — $14.00; Cool Straw
Hats from .50c — $7.50; Breezy
Shirts with' or without collars
.50c — $1.75; Cool Underwear
per suit, 75c $2.00.
. The new laws; concerning-the
driving of motor vehicles in
clude some clauses 'which make
for the protection of the pub
lic, and' will generally be ap
preciated. No person under the
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, May 13, 1926
j ■ Early Sunday morning Mr.
Walter Westlake’s garage was
broken into and his stock of
tires and cash in the till was
taken. Yale locks seem to be of
little use, the robbers cut or
sawed their way into the tire
room|.
Mrs. T. Moon intends moving
into the house she recently pur
chased from Mr. J. Fairservice,
in about two weeks.
Mr. Douglas' Ball, second son
of Mr. and Mrs. Nielson Ball,
who has been with the Inter
national Petroleum Co-., Tor
onto, sailed from New York
yesterday for - Peru, where the
company has a branch office.
On Saturday night the peace
ful village.of Varna was visited
by sneak thieves. The garage,
owned by Mr. E. Epps was bro
ken into and' tires and batteries-
valued at $100., also $20. in
cash was taken from the till.
15 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, May 10, 1951 ‘
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Cooper
have received word from Eng
land that their oddest grand
daughter, Miss Elizabeth ’Coo
per, 18-yOar-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Cooper,
London, England, is among
those who are being presented
to the King and Queen, at
Buckingham Palace this after
noon.
John McKenzii'e recently re
ceived word that he had been
appointed1
Affidavits,
of Huron.
Mr. B.
Registered
eer, Ontario, Land Surveyor,
announces the opening of his
practice as a consulting Engin
eer and Land Surveyor in
Goderich.
Miss Catharine (Kit) Fing-
land, only daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Fingland1, Clinton,
received the high honour of
being crowned “Queen of the
Ball’’ at London Normal School
Friday evening last.
a Commissioner of
etc. for the county
M. Ross, B.A. Sc.,
Professional. Engin-
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It is quiet, creates no draughts,
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For more information about electric
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heating contractor, or your Hydro.
Farming Report
“Despite the cold weather, a
substancial acreage of corn and
spring grains have been sown
in Huron Cpunty,’’ says Don
S'. Pullen, assistant agriwl/tur’al
representative for Huron Coun
ty. ■ .
“Growth of all crops has
been Very slow. Frost may have
injured forages, particularily
legume seedlings,” he reports.
\ “Warmer weather 4s* badly
needed to- ensure normal plant
growth.
“Ordinarily, many farmers
would have turned livestock to
grass by now; however, because
of the unseasonable weather
practically all cattle are still
in winter quarters,”
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
■Thursday, May 15, 1941
On Saturday and Monday
morning Clinton had1 a stir, of
excitement when two ladies leit
their chimneys get the better*
of them. At the W. E. Perdue
residence on Saturday the back
woodshed was totally blackened
and the inside wail burnt. On.'
Monday morning Mrs. J. C.
Radford’s chimney caught fire
bdt the firemen were so quick
they extinguished it before it,
really got started.
Stu’vey.- has been completed
for a prospective site for a
third airport in this distract by
the Department of Transport.
It is to be located on the east
side-of No. 4 Highway about
two mliles south of here. De
tails of the survey were diffi
cult to secure but two farmjers,
Mervin Hanly and Norman
Tyndall; whose farms adjoin,
admitted having given options
on ,their properties.
Starting on Monday next,
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, May 10, 1956
Fred W. Kirby, L. Th., B.A.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert
Kirby, Princess St. Clinton,'
graduated1 from Huron College
this spring, at the annual con
vocation held there on Friday
evening, May 4.
Clinton Lions Club observed
its 20th .anniversary at the
dinner meeting Tuesday even
ing in St. Paul’s Parish Hall.
Mrs. J. E. Ostrom entertain
ed in honour of her neighbour,
Mirs. Roy Connel, Albert St.,
who is moving from Clinton to
Nile, this week.
Second time winners are few
in the Appreciation Day draws
held here every Saturday af
ternoon, but Frank Lobb and
his wife were the lucky ones
last weelc when they went
home with $239.96 as a result
of a 40 percent coupon drawn
from the chest with their name
on it.
All across Canada these
days, municipal councils have
been wrestling with the arch-
vi'lliian of all time, a mys
terious monster called The
Budget.
Although he is made up
from a combination of con
crete things like sewers and
schools and streets, The Bud
get himself is an abstract
tiring. He is like The Devil.
You can’t see him or hear
him or even smell him). You
can't really understand him,
but you know he is there: a,,
blind, malignant creature
that cannot be controlled.
■ You can fight him — and
get a bloody nose. You can,
hammer at him, chisel at'
him, chop at him — and all
you get are a broken ham
mer, a dull chisel and a
blunted axe.
The Budget is like an oc
topus. He grows bigger every
year. His appetite increases,
his tentacles become longer
and stronger aijd more stran
gling as he grows. And when
you try to come to grips
with 'him, he exudes a cloud
of black (or red) ink which
obscures hlim from view.
Of what ingredients is The
Budget composed? Really,
■he’s a twonheaded monster, a
regular Siamese twin.
On the one hand, it is just
a big bundle of sugar and
spice: new schools; new in
dustries; a -new library or
community centre; wider
streets; better 'lighting, sew
age disposal 'and snow plow
ing. Progress, culture, civil
ization, comfort. At first
glance it appears that The
Budget is the most desirable
thing man has direamed up-
since The Devil.
And, on the other hand, he
'is snags and snails and pup
py-dog tails. That’s what
little towns are made of. And!
big towns too.
And the reason for all this,
of course, is that The Budget,
this big, ugly, unmanageable
brute who is impervious to
human feelings, fell in love,
by some chemical accident,
while a mere hulking lunk of
a boy, 'with a girl called
Milly Rate. Most of us know
her “as Mill.
She is just- as unprepos
sessing as her husband. She
is steely-eyed, relentless, un
scrupulous and absolutely
without mercy, charm, pity,
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looks, or any of the qualities
we normally associate with
that lovely creation known '
as the female of the species.
I have known Mill Rate since
she was a girl, and I am here
to state without apology,
that she is a pig.
It’s difficult to believe
that such a union could pro
duce progeny. But it did. His
name is Taxes.
Taxes’ career has been
* about what you would, expect
from such parents; He was
■an unpleasant child from the
beginning: Unwanted, unliov-'
ed, rejected at every turn,
whiney, demanding.
He hasn’t changed much,
except that he’s grown. He
is now a big slob, over-fed
under-worked, menacing if he
■doesn’t get his allowance
right on time, sulky if some
'Of it is held baick.
But he has a lot of pro
mise. Around election time.
He’s going to cut the lawn,
and wash the car, and paint
the trim and smarten the old
place up so you wouldn’t
know it.
But somewhere along the
line, something goes haywire.
He cuts the trees, paints the
lawn, and washes the lake,
;and figures, after one year,
that his allowance is mot big
enough.
For some reason — and! it
isn’t his winning personality
— Taxes has become’ the
most-talked-iaiboiut man in
town. Mayors develop dys
pepsia, councillors coronaries,
when they try to deal with
this delinquent.
They can’t quite handle
him. He talks so glibly of
government grants /or out
door toilet systems under the
Winter works program,' and
• potential pot-holes in the
roads, and (with a heart
rending SOb) of the people on
welfare, that he bamboozles
councillors with eyes like
agates, and mayors with
hearts of granite.
All I can say is that the
municipal councils 'have my
blessing as they strive to
cope with Taxes, out of Mill
Rate and 'The Budget.
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best, assurance that cancer will
one day be defeated.
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