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Clinton News-Record, 1966-06-23, Page 4Editorials ’’INDUSTRY”, a monthly pubUca. tion of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association,, is concerned with the ris­ ing sales-decreasing profits of Cana­ dian companies. s ’’Although the year 1965 was one of the most prosperous in Canadian economic history it was also, for many companies and some industries, a year in which rising sales went hand-in-hand with falling profits. .“That such was the experience of manufacturing industry as a whole-r- thanks ' largely to higher labour and material costs-r-is confirmed by the lat­ est annual survey of the sales dollars, results of which have just been publish­ ed by the Canadian Manufacturers’ As­ sociation.^ • “The 909 companies covered by the survey —the 18th of its kind — include nearly all the giant corporations as well as many medium and small concerns in all ten provinces, Between them, they had 477,151 employees last' year arid * total sales of $13.3 billion. “Arid their profit? On each dollar of sales it averaged just 4.9 cents, which is to say less than a nickel. -This is a drop of half a cent from the 5.4 cent figure of 1964, and coincidentally, is also exactly half a cent below the profit average of all the years- since the study was first begun in 1949. “Two other salient points emerge from this analysis of manufacturing profits in 1965, First and foremost is the reminder, -once more, that share­ holders—whose invested cash keeps a company an business—by no means get even the nickel or so on the' sales dollar that remains in the manufacturers’ till after payment of all expenses. • “Care, must always be taken to set aside enough' money to provide fol essential modernization, development Profits Take A Tumble and reseai'ch. After tHis was done last year only 2,6 pents was left for distribu­ tion to shareholders oqt of the original 4.9 cents, Here again, this , division of . sales dollar profit as between share­ holders’ dividends and the needs of cor­ porate growth conforms closely to the unvarying pattern revealed pVer the years. “Point number two is also in the nature of a reminder that not all companies necessarily make a profit, year in, year out. Thus of these 909 firms, no fewer than 108 lost money on their operations in 1965 — and this again is a consistent proportion. “All in all, and as in other years, these latest sales dollar breakdown re­ sults do much to set the record straight where the manufacturers’ profits are concerned. More than this, the evidence being what it is, if there’s one thing rising prices can’t be blamed on, it is • ’soaring’ profits in industry. "—Industry •k % * Quote Of The Month IN THE SAME issue of “Industry”, the Canadian Manufacturers’ Associa­ tion picks up a quote from Vermont Royster, editor, Wall Street Journal—- a U.S. publication—in its May 19, 1966 issue. The “Quote of the Month” tends to forecast, better things for Canada: “Something is happening in Canada not measurable' in statistics. Forget the figures on gross national product and all the rest; they’re all small by U.S. standards. Tour the country'and you cannot miss the signs of new vitality, economic and political. “The impression is that Canada is on the doorstep of the kind of expan­ sion that the' U.S. has had and passed, •m brotherEconomically speaking, little may soon startle his sibling . . Another “Deadly” Weekend Coming - CANADA’S ’ traffic death rate (25.3 per 100,000 population) is the highest among 25 countries reporting to the World Health Organization, and. is still , rising. It is a national disgrace and the worst record of its type in the world. Over the last holiday weekend fA/Toxr 91 OOI on ui VUC UUSV OJL fcUCXMlUl, WlltiLl ULUOU. OI(May 21-23), no less than 80 persons breath arp thp dpprpp rrf dpviamet highway death and every week ^r - ?re usea’ aegree 01 aevla approximately 100 .such deaths occur, with an annual estimated property toll of $600,000,000. The Ontario Temperance Federa- respon-tion suggests that alcohol was respon­ sible. for some of these deaths and quotes an article in the Toronto Globe & Mail, May 30 issue by Wallace Troup, M.D., as follows: “All biochemical tests have a slight percentage of error, including those for the determination of blood alcohol, but in the case of alcohol, when blood or tion is insignificant. . • “The important fast is the amount" of alcohol .in the arteries supplying blood to the brain, and the breath test measures this with great accuracy.” ( Accident Fatalism t DO YOU BELIEVE that all acci­ dents occur according to a predetermin­ ed plan or program by an • unforeseen power and that it is beyond human control to change the course of these events? If you believe in this theory of in­ evitability, you are probably a fatalist. You must also know this theory has never been substantiated by facts and, thus remains a theory. One* cannot believe in safety and at the same time be a fatalist. How­ ever, we actually have people who be­ lieve in the inevitable theory or that when your time or number is called,., you must go. There are many arguments that ■.end to disprove the theory of fatalism **WiW1* **v^v*^ «, :hat are disregarded. For instance, we , responsible for some accidents buFmore constantly ^are lowering^ accident fre-. often we fail to stay alert. We must realize accidents are caused and if we can visualize or anticipate the effect of our actions, we can remove the cause A. ceeds that given to any other form of life, and not a built-in, program. All other forms of life must live according to a built-in program, that is, their lives are controlled by the Laws of Nature from which they cannot deviate. We, as humans, differ in that we can say “no” to nature or deviate from its laws. We can change our pattern of life and all the environment about us. We have been given that power of crea­ tiveness or ideas but at the same timb, we have -been given the responsibility of making the right decisions in order to prevent disaster to ourselves as well as those around us. “We are put on our own.” Too often we fail to exercise wis- dom and meet up with disaster after which time we find ourselves in trouble. Human frailties of this type are luencies where we install accident pre­ vention programs. This, in itself, should invert the fatalist It would be. more „„ .„= iccurate 'to say life is a gamble. You of accidents. We must remove from our /m or lose in accordance with the - ~ hances you take. If you do it often nough, you will lose. In light of this, ire should realize we' should avoid hance for safety’s sake. In other words, we can control hance or exposure. The human is giv- ti powers of responsibility which ex- minds superstitious and mysterious rea- . sons for accidents and realize accidents are caused. We must eliminate defeat­ ism for fatalism is defeatism. . ‘ The above quotation was reprinted in a trade magazine from an article in- “Hunt Pen-nant”, a manufacturer’s publication. No Dogs — Or Men IT WOULD seem the top officials : Canada's oldest bank believe women te special privileges in keeping with teir position as the real controllers of e hation’s purse strings, according to report in The Financial Post. In Sep- mber the Bank of Montreal will .open » Salon on Montreal’s Sherbrooke St. W. to provide “complete banking ser­ vices exclusively for women.” It will be completely separate from the old-fash­ ioned co-educatiohal branch in the same building. B of XM is definite on one point, The Financial Post says: male' depositors will be- refused at Le Salon, no matter how genteel. From Our Early Files •, ■Ip 75 Years Ago x THE CL1JNTON NEW ERA Thursday, June 26, 189X . The pathmasters have been on .the war path 'this week with the x'esults of gravel sidewalks, taking 'the pl^ce-pf old planks, which $re rial? safe, and the roads getting q coait bf gravel, sq. as to make,: them ride smoothly, if hbfc now they will J later pn, /■;. 1 .Several of pup' villagers went tp E, Fear’s raising and report it fhe heaviest one ever put up in Hullett Township, it being 60 x 100-feet, with seven bents. Mr, Fear will doubtless have the largest bank barn in the township. Something, unusual for this age, was a logging; bee, held on the farm, of Alex Ross, top farm, London Road, on Wed­ nesday of last week, About 40 farmers were present and they succeeded in logging about 12 acres, '■ 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June, 24, 1926 The following Gflinton, stu- dets $t. the Univei''sity of Wes­ tern Ontario weite successful ip thi^isr examinations. MissEileen Atkinson, ' Harry Bali and Charlie Shipley.* This .year Clin'tpn is to be the meCca for all followers of the LOL living in 'South Huron, North Huron and South Perth, We are fortunate to have the celebration here as rivalry was keen J ianiong other town's for the privilege. The. YPS will hold the first be’ach party of the season on Friday night' near the south pier, It is, hoped that the mem­ bers will remenuber cups and ■all be present and to bring their own« spoons. E CLINTON NEW Established 1865 Authorized •* Second Clinton News-Record ERA Amalgamated ---------- 1924 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER Signed contribution* to tilt* - publication, Ara th* opinions of th* writer* only, and do hot necenarily *xpt*ii th* viaw* of th* nawipaper. Clast Mall, Pod Offlc* Department, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage |n Cash SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable ,!n *dvahc* ~,Can«d* and ©real Britain: $5.00 • year; United States and Foreign: 4.50, Sthijl* Copl**: 12 Cents. THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Established 1881 z Preview of Expo Amateur Show Three of the majorettes from Sentinelies of Ville Jacques Cartier, Quebec, a marching band, that will appear as part of Expo’s amateur enter­ tainment program, are shown at the construction site of one of the Expo ibandshells with Expo hostess Monica Campbell of Chester,, N.S, In back­ ground is construction on British Pavilion. SUGAR AND SPICE I by Bill Smiley We went through a “beach village” last weekend, on our way to visit. the' grand­ parents. You know the sort, of place: perhaps 83 year- round residents, and once the weather warms, about 10,000 par-boiled foreigners every weekend and all through July ' and August. It’s not my cup of tea, but such, a resort has something. There’s a carnival excitement for the teenager. And for fa­ mily groups and the middle- aged, fit means getting away ■from the city, yet not hdving . ito cope with (the wild, fright­ ening silence of the ■ real .country. • ■ • Sun and sand and sky at these places are magnificent. So- are same of the bronzed, bikini-'dad goddesses wrig­ gling past the penny arcades and shooting galleries. But it isn’t these that give the beach • its atmosphere. No, compound of other that make them fascinating. There are the wonderful ■smells: hamburgers' frying; stale beer; gasoline fumes; fish; faulty septic tanks. There are the fresh-air ■sounds: bight thousand gulls fighting, over garbage; the, squeal of tires and vroom of exhausts as the punks scatter kids like qulail; the whine of power boats beheading swim­ mers. And‘of course there are the . sights.,. Here the pen falters. Words alone cannot convey the impression of that pink, pot-ifeellied man . in the purple sport Shirt, that lavish lady whose slacks- match exactly her orange hair. Nor do the beach villages; neglect the sense of touch. ' There’s the stove-hot, sticky asphalt underfoot. There’s , the cool thbill of bare feet on some kid’s dropped popsicle. There’s the satisfying crunch ' underfoot of a half-eaten bag of potato chips. I’m not knocking these places. They have their own charm, like zoos. At any rate there we were, heading' for this beach village, which lies eeross our route to. Granny’s. And Suddenly they started to batter .past us, fin pairs, in threes, in gaggles of five or ■six: the motorcycle gangs. There were at least three’ dif­ ferent ones;'with such names . as The Marauders across 'the backs of black leather jack­ ets. ; ‘ “Oops. Looks like a, rough weekend at the beach,” s»ays. I. My family was enthralled, just 'watching them fly by, black jackets, cowboy boote, dark glasses. We stopped in the village to buy something. The in­ vasion was on. They were everywhere. The storekeeper groaned When I mentioned it, “I sure hope they don’t start * nothin.” We got a closer look. My Wife was appalled. She’d never seen such a cdUectioh of feiriales in her life. Greasy ■hair, dirty clothes and a buillt-ih chip on the shoulder. I guess it’s difficult to stay dainty on the back of a motorbike, but they did look like a jam Of tarts from a Glasgow slum. The meh were equally in- z things village •it’s a things I 55 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 29, 1911 The Garden -Party held on the lawn of E. Wise' for the Middleton Church was a .very i successful one. Over $70 was taken in. Clinton Citizens Band supplied 'the music? • Will Jdhnson • left Tuesday morning for Edmonton, where he expects to take a position1. His . removal from town will mean -a loss to the baseball team as he was doing" 'a good job .as catcher. Grand' Trunk freight trains naw stop at Holmesville sta­ tion on -signal to take on freight. . . . Goderich 'has' secured a new industry in the Doty Engine Work's building, . which will manufacture patent grain doors. The new manufacturer will em­ ploy 80 to 100 hands and Will be Strong financially. 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 26, 1941 Mrs. G. Hopson, of near Bay-, field, has received word that her s(on R. D. Hopson, who signed, on the SS Empire Blanda last February has been lost at sea. The vessel Was re­ ported to have left Halifax, on the 6th of February and no word at all has been received of heir and owing to the time that 'has now elapsed it is pre-: sumed ithat she. was lost by enemy action. A large area of Lake Huron was covered as the search, was broadened for trace of the Avro-Anson, bomber and its crew of four men missing from the RAF trainfling school .at Port Albert since last Thurs­ day. LAC Charles “Rip” Mutch of the RCAF has finished' his elementary flying training ' at (Drumlin and is now home on leave, his next school will be at Clamp. Borden where >he will take up service flying. 15 Years Ago i ' CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 21, 1951 W. Cameron Henry, Univer­ sity bf Western Owfani'o gradu­ ate, son of William Henry, Brucefield, has been granted. Sir Joseph Flavelle.fellowship, valued at $750, at the.Univer­ sity of Toronto. Under the fel­ lowship, he will study his Ph.D. in philosophy. Dr. John A. McIntyre, only son of Dr. and Mts, H. A. Mc­ Intyre, Clinton, graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Uni­ versity of Toronto, FrSiday last, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Co-le celebrated 'their twedty-Oftih1 anniversary quietly on Sunday at the home of their daughter, Mrs. Grant Stirling. Bill Munn, son of Dr. and Mrs, Munn, Seaforth, has ob­ tained. his private pilot’s' licence from the Department of Trbns- .pont, Ottawa, on the completion of a course at Sky Harbour Airport, Goderich, 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, June 21, 1956 Induction service for Rev. C. S. Inder, new rector of . St. Paul’s, was held in the church last Thursday evening by Ven. the Rev, H. T. Hardy, Wing­ ham. Five Clinton Brownies on Monday night received the Gol­ den Hand award; the first in Clinton to receive the award. They were Barbara Corey, Laurie Bates, Nancy Qlde, Nina McDonald and Heather Winter. Repeating a lifesaving jab slilmUlar to the one last year, Sonny Mallpugh, Goderich, who is a grandson of Mrs. David Steepe, Clinton, last week sav­ ed' the life of 11 year old Den­ nis Fowler Who was in trouble ■in the ship cartal at Goderich.teresting. You could tell -them, from the gliirls because they hadn’t taken off their leather jackets to expose every inch of legal flesh. They were obviously into the beer already, but they weren’lt having any fun. They weren’t relaxed; they were tense. They didn’t walk; they ■swaggered. They didn’t laugh, they sneered. Big, burly brutes, dirty,. long-haired. I must -admit they gave me a small, cold chill down the back. Nothing ' happened. We weren’t beaten up or insulted. We droy^, off, glad we were- . n’t staying ihere. Next day, I heard there’d been quite a rumble at that village. On the way home, over the- same route, we were wonder­ ing whether they had left. •There didn’t seem to be any sign of them. Then we turned a corner, There was a. big •crowd in (the middle' of the road. A policeman waved us by. On- the pavement' were two bodies, covered With blankets. But you could see the. cowboy boots sticking out. A greasy-haired girl crouched, sfroldng the face of one of the young men lying there. I don’t know whether they were dead. I don’t think so, because nobody seemed hy­ sterical, and the cops were calm, even indifferent. It was rather like watching the last scene of a tragedy, when you’d seen only Act 1 and then had to leave. . TheBiWeToday In an address given in New York recently, Dr. Olivier Beguin, General Secretary of the United Bible ■.Societies, said: ‘ . “I' 'wish we could imagine those outstretced hands' grasp­ ing for liberation, joy, forgive­ ness, comfort, hope—the queues gathering in little African mar­ kets when the BMe van stops; tens of millions in North India; hundreds of thousands of mi­ grant workers in Europe.'; mil­ lions of destitute-in Brazil; ref­ ugees in Vietnam and Uganda. “Last July a call came from Ghana for ■ a half-a-million Bibles for schools there. Tanz­ ania. is lining up for. similar orders,. and Malawi, Zamibesia and Kenya seem to be moving in the same direction. One day, no dbubt, Nigeria will have its turn. “The wider* circulation Of the Bible is hot an outnof-boUiids territory of the- Bible Societies alone or a few other Christian organisations within the ihSsl- sign of the Churoh. It is part’ of the total witness of the Church. The world has grown beyond the reach of the individual col­ porteur employed 'by the Bible 'Societies ill the 19th century.” Suggested Daily Bible Readings Sunday, June 26: IsaMh 40: 1-17. Mon., J-tihe 27: Isdialh 40: 18- 31. Tues., Jtthe 2$: Isaiah 43: 14-28. Wed., June 29: Isaiah 44*. 21- 28'.. Thurs.y June 30: Mark 4: V July 1: Gehesis 3. July 2: Genesis 4. w The Canada Post Office will issue a 5c commemora­ tive stamp on July 27,- 1966, recognizing Work of Canadian ■scientists in developing peace­ ful uses of atomic energy; B of M Names For WO Area Appointment of Walter-A. ‘ B. Hill as distoot manager for Bank of Montreal (branch­ es in the Lake Huron-Georg­ ian Bay area has been an­ nounced by Edward A. Royce, general manager for Ontario, in Toronto, . 'Mr. Hill was formerly man­ ager at the Meaford branch. He previously managed the- District* Manager 20, Fri., Sat., Postmaster General Jean- Pierre Cote announced' today. Marking the year in which the country’s first com­ mercial large-scaile produc- tion of nuclear-electric power becomes a reality, the stamp is intended to emphasize con- * .^CANADA from many major 'programs through the world, the Can­ adian development has been based oh the use of heavy ’ water as a moderator and coolant with natural uranium as the fuel. Construction.' of the establishment was under­ taken by Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd., in co-operation •with the Ontario Hydro Electrdc Power Commission. In making his announce­ ment regarding the stamp the Postmaster General indi-. ■Gated „ a total of 24 million will be printed by the Can­ adian Bank Note Company, Ottawa. W. A. B. Hill centration on peaceful uses of ’ atomic power, Mr. Cote stat­ ed. Production from a design by Toronto artist A. L. Pol­ lock, the issue is blue in col­ our, horizontal in format and prominently features a styl­ ized illustrat.on of structures comprising the new Douglas Point Nuclear Power Station located near Kincardine on the shores of Lake Huron. A microscope at the. lower left above which is a dove of peace respectively symbolize research and peaceful uses of great power; 'superimposed on the whole is the. symbol for a heavy water atom. Douglas - Point’s distictive features include its nuclear reactor referred to as the ■CANDU type, an abbrevia­ tion of Canadian Deuterium Uranium. Uniquely differing ------------o----------- . OMSIP Questions , And Answers QUESTION: With OMSIP coverage, is obstetrical care a- yailable to an expectant mother? ANSWER: Yes. The plan in­ cludes pre-natal and poSt-nataJ absteitrical care from the ef­ fective date of coverage. -----------o----------- General Motors of Canada of­ fers a free, special 'training pro­ gram to high school automotive ‘mechanics teachers, conducted at slix,of its permanent ‘service training centres across Canada. The course contains' a high pro­ portion of theory and helps up­ date auto shop teachers in gen­ eral automotive servicing prin­ ciples. , 7“ I Business and Professional Directory Wallteriton branch‘and served extensively aft other branches throughout this province, ' Mr. Hill, who will operate from a headquarters to be established in his area, is one (.of five new district managers ' ■under the direction of John. B. Lesslie, regional assistant general manager for branch­ es in eastern, northern and north-western Ontario. The appointment is the - ■latest development in a widie- ' spread reorganization of the Bank of Montreal, which has1' ■350 offices' in Ontario. 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