Clinton News-Record, 1966-07-28, Page 2Page 2—Clinton News-Record—Timurs,, July 28, 1966
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FARM SAFETY WEEK JULY 24 to JULY 30
EMPHASIZES CAUTION
From Our Early Files . . .
THE MODERN farmer now pro
duces sufficient food to feed himself and
30 people. To do this his work has, of
necessity, become highly mechanized.
These machines add to the hazards of
farming.
Farm accidents, to many people,
are an accepted part of farm life and
classed as a necessary evil. This need
not be so. Well over 90 percent of these
accidents are the result of carelessness
and inattention. Very few are caused
by mechanical failure.
In an effort to bring this fact to
the forefront the Farm Safety Council
of Ontario, in conjunction with the On
tario Department of Agriculture and
Food, is sponsoring Farm Safety Week
from July 24 to 30.
There is considerable need for such
publicity since Ontario’s ■ farmers suf
fer thousands of injuries and over 200
accidental fatalities each year. In addi
tion, hundreds of thousands of dollars
are spent in medical and hospital bills
and fire and other property losses run
well over seven million dollars. Add to
this the suffering of the victims and
needless worry of the families, and our
farm accident picture looks grim.
County and District Farm Safety
Councils are working to reduce these
losses with a variety of accident preven
tion programs, but in the final analysis
it is only the individual who can effec
tively prevent accidents. Emphasis on
one week as Farm, Safety Week can
publicize the problem, but it takes con
tinuous care all year to reduce this ap
palling toll of lives, suffering, and loss
of property.
Care, Courtesy, Common Sense
A Must For Holiday Weekend
75 Years Ago
•flHE PL1JNTON NEW FIRA.
Thursday, July 3,1, 1891
Mr. P. R. Menzies," managfer
of the Goderich Organ Co., is
this week prospecting .in Dan
ville, Brantford, Paris and other
places. We are glad to state
that the business of his conq-
pany is in a very prosperous
condition.
George Newton grew in his
garden a stalk of S.S. corn
which measured 8 feet 9 inches
high and 3% inches around the
stalk at the butt, lilt being less
than two months from the time
the seed* was sown till measur
ing.
A young man wished to know
if 32 is freezing point, whalt
would be squeezing point and
was answered by a fair sex,- two
in the shade.
We have seen a proof of the
new map of the county that is
being got up iby Cooper & Co.,
and oan testify to the excel
lence thereof.
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15 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECOKI*
Thursdays August ■%, 1951
Elmer J. Fajrtris'h, 'Hawick
Township, was. elected Liberal
candidate for Huron-Bruce in
th'e next Ontario election at an
enthusiastic nomiinaitlion con
vention and annual meeting
held in the Town Hall, Wing
ham on Monday evening.
Gerald Waillace (“Gerry”)
Montgomery, BSA, now lis' in
the saddle as Agricultural Rep
resentative for Hurpn, having
taken over from R. Gordon
Bennett, Tuesday,
Group Captain E. A. B. Hut
ton, 42, Ottawa, director of
telecommunications at RCAF
headquarters, Ottawa has been
named commanding officer of
RCAF Station Clintop. He will
succeed Wing Commander
Robert F. Miller, 34, • of Mar
shal, Sask., Who.has been nam
ed to a staff job at ' head
quarters.
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, August.2, 1956
Mrs. Bert Bpyes and her son
Bev., Clinton, were among the
winners of the open mixed
bowling tournament held- on the
lawn bowling greens in Gode
rich last Thursday.
Last month the Clinton Com
munity Credit Union celebrated
■its fourth birthday, with a sav
ings total of $170,000 and over
900 members. The directors are
formulating plans for toe new
Office which .is scheduled for
building in 1957,
Most noticeable change so far
in the look <>f the town hall is
the removal of four chimneys.
These chimneys have not been
in use for 40 years and weighed
ne.ariy 15 tons.
On Monday afternoon a hay
maiding bee was held at the
farm of ■ Gordon Scotchmen,
Bronson Line. About 20 men,
friends and neighbours in the
district, 1 attended and when
they left about five o’clock, 18
acres of hay had been baled.
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We Cater to Dinner Parties and Wedding Receptions
Many Jives will be saved and
many accidents and injuries a-
voiided this Civic Holliday week
end if' motorists and pedestrians
exercise care, courtesy and
common sense, Hon. Irwin Has
kett, Minister . of Transport
said today.
He stressed the need far mot
orists to give full attention to
driving at all times. “Even a
brief moment of inattention can
lead to an accident,” he said.
Mr. HaSkett said that before
settling out on a trliip to the
cottage, cr even on a shorter
trip td the corner si tore, motor
ists should assure that ail seat
belts1 in /their cars, are fastened.
“These belts can't prevent ac
cidents but they Can greatly
lessen the Chances of death or
serious injury if an accident
does occur,” he said.
The Minister advises ‘all
motorists to adjust the speed of
their vehicles to road, weather
and traffic conditions. Regula
tion . of speed is a personal re
sponsibility as well as. one set
and enforced by law, he stresis-
ed.
Mr. Haskett advised motor
ists to take full advantage of
the information given by high
way. signs, warnings and pave
ment .markings particularly
when driving in unfamiliar
areas. He added that these
signs and markings are deign
ed not only for guidance of
motorists but for pedestrians as
well.
Figures released by the De
partment show that of 26 per
sons killed in traffic accidents
•over last Civic Holliday weekend
Cight were pedestrians, eight
were drivers and ten were pas
sengers.
Pedestrians can avoid many
accidents, he said, iby walking
on the left side facing traffic,
and by weaning light-coloured
clothing, particularly at nilght.
WHICH GIRL DID YOU SEE FIRST???
Actually, it’s the same.girl in both pictures but she’s much
easier to see in a white sweater which stands out against
the darkness than she is in a black coat. Pedestrians who
wear something light-coloured at night are safer because they
.can be;seen more easily by drivers. In the bottom photo the
girl is taking additional risks by walking on the roadway
when there is a wide shoulder available.
(Ontario Department of Transport photo)
motorists and pedestrians to a-
void impatience and compet
ition particularly When moving
in heavy traffic.
“A' reasonable, ' patient ap
proach to others will save you1 a
lot of frustration' and will cer
tainly Improve your chances of
enjoying a safe, happy holiday
wekend,” he said.
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55 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD ‘
Thursday, July 27, 1911
As mentioned last week a
concert in aid of St. Andrew’s
Church will be given in the
town hall on Tuesday evening,
August 1st. It is expected the
program will take the form of
a contest between the campers
on the north side of the river
and those in toe village.
Mr. Grant Beaton, Principal
of the Zurich school had one
unsuccessful pupil at toe En
trance examination. Mr. Beaton
says this is toe first one 'in
6 years. Four pupils passed tolis
year and one took honors.
Expressing explicit fa'ito in
his ability to safely go over
the horseshoe falls, Bobby
Leach, who has several tones
navigated the whirlpool Rapids
in a barrel, said last bight to'alt
he would start on toe trliip as
near as two o’clock this after
noon as' possible.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, July 29, 1926
The box social and dance
given at Hayen Barten, the
hospitable home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ephriam Snell, Hullett, on
Friday evening last under the
auspices of toe Clinton Public
Hospital Board,' proved to be
a very (pleasant and profitable
affalir.
Mr. Harry J. Thompson of
Goderich Township brought into
the News-Record office last
Thursday afternoon, a treat of
Spy apples grown on his farm
last year. They had kept well
and were of good flavour. As
apples have been usied: already
of this years growing, we have
apples all the year around in
Huron County.
Rev. W. A. Townsiend has
shipped his household belong
ings to Bervie, where he, has
been appointed to a charge, and
on Thursday he and his family
go up to .take up toieir abode..
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, July 31, 1941
Leading Aircraftsman, Ernest.
E. Mittell was toe only Can
adian in toe recent graduation
class of the Winnipeg Air Ob
servers School. All the others in
th'e class were RAF men from
Britain. LAO Mittell is the sori
of Mr /and Mrs. Edward Mittell
of Clinton.
The drilling machinery arriv
ed in Clinton yesterday to drill
an extra well for toe PUC; The
extra well is needed to fill' a
contract made with toe new
Radio School, south of Clinton,
which expects to use two hun
dred thousand gallons per day;
T. R. Thompson — Superior
Store, Weekend Specials: Mc
Laren’s ' Nutcrush, 16 oz. jar,
27c; Camay soap, 3 bars, 17c;
Heinz pork and beans, 2 med.
tins, 25c; Kellogg’s corn flakes,
3 pkgs., 25c.
SUGAR.
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley ,Illi
Glorious summer morning,
early. Writing this at toe pic
nic table, on back lawn. Feet
planted wetly jn dewy, three-
inch 'grass.
Yes, the grass needs cut
ting. The hedge neieids trim
ming. The flower-beds need
weeding. The garage is still
•half-painted from last sum
mer, 'though the new green is
fading nicely into .the old!
blue. Twelve feet of my
neighbour’s rotten old board
fence has fallen on my side,
crushing shrubs. The barbe
cue >is 'broken'. The clothes
line is sagging. My wife lis in
a vile temper for all toe
above reasons. And my
daughter is moping because
she doesn’t have a waitress’s
job, like her pals.
In addition, my piles .are
acting up, my bursitis is
throbbing, my golf has .gone
sour, and I haven’t got my
snow tires off yet.
In short, it’s a typical day
of my summer holidays. It’s
the difference between the
beautiful illusion and toe sor
did reality.
For the few school teachers
who are not taking a summer
course or marking papers, the
two long, golden months of
summer stretch ahead like a
glimpse of paradise.
And for a few, (they are
pretty close to it. These are
toe unmiarrliled ones who don't
have a home to maintain, and
have saved all year. They
simply dose the apartment,
pick up their tickets, and
head for Ubopia.
And even the riest of us
make plans. Oh, how we
make plans. I did it again
toils year1, and on paper, it’s
beautiful.
Up early, stroll about the
randh, pulling a weed here
and there, listening to toe
birdies, watching toe squir
rels at play, smelling toe
summer morn.
Breakfast. The works. Fresh
strawberries', bacon and eggs,
pot of coffee.
Then to work. Nine ’till
noon at the typewriter.
■Lunch. Game of golf. Take
■family to beach for swim,.
Home for leisurely drink and
barbecued steak. Quiet hour
in lawn Chair with 'book. Bed.
Then, up and at it again,
fresh and fit.
By summer's end, a heal
thy, clear-eyed constitution, a
book ready for the publisher,
and the estate looking like
something out of, a women’s
magazine.
That’s toe illusion. It’s
about as much like the real
ity as toe Venus de Milo is
like an orangoutang.
There are several flies in
the soup. I won’t even men
tion such things as bone lazi
ness, the heat, and 140 chores
a day my Wife dreams up.
One of the big ones is the
late movie. All winter,- there's
ho time to watch them, I
Tebbutt Family Holds Worship
And Picnic at Holmesville
HOLMESVILLE — Approxi-
riiately 160 members of the
Tebbutt family- gatoeried to
worship at Holmesville United
Church — the' church of their
forefathers' oh Sunday, July
24 at 11 o’clock,
Mrs. Lloyd Bond, organist,
played as a prelude a '’Cbllecl;-
ion of Songs Of Yesteryear”.
Rev. Peter Addisori, London,
Was the speaker for toe Occa
sion and sibrossed toe fact that
we of this generation fede just
■as big a challenge arid chahce
as the pioneers did in theirs,
A 'dhdiSr of 20 cousins contri
buted the number ‘‘Will Your
Ahdhor Hold” and Mrs. Harold
Mawson and Mrs. Edward
Grigg, a duet; "The Beautiful
Garden Of. Prayer”.
A smorgasbord dinner was
served lat the Old public school
where many had received toeir
early education.
Mariy pictures arid mementos
of the past were oh display. The
business Was conducted by toe
president, George Ad'diSbri and
Ken SCOtt Of Blyto eritfirtainod
in the afternoon With: guitar
music arid led in a sing song.
Clinton News-Record
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Results
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know. It's (stupid. You might
■ as Well be on junk or booze.
» But who can pass up Cag
ney and Cooper and Bogart
in their prime?
Result: instead of a clear-
eyed attack on breakfast and
typewriter . at' nine, there’s
a ibleary-jeyed retreat from
both, at eleven.
Second big difficulty is peo
ple. Here’s a typical day. In
fact, it happened .this week.
Old' friends, with children,
dropped in at 10 .am.,,on their
way through town. Stayed for
lunch, natch. At. 1:15, stu
dents arrive, for last-minute
help with year-book. Stayed
till 3:00. At 4:00, had to, sally
forth to launching party for
new lawn umbrella, in
friend’s back yard. Home at
6:’30. At 8:00, twelve miles to'
visit friends at beach cottage.
Yak, yak. Home at 1:30 a.m.
But I’m not really com
plaining. I did get up early
this1 morning, for the first
time this summer. The birds
are dinging in toe trees, and
one flicker is bathing under
the sprinkler. The squirrels
are frolicking. The oaks and
the elms and toe maples are
■looking down at me benevo
lently. The sun is shining.
The sky lis blue. And .my feet
are drying out.
It beats hell out of being
dead and buried.
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Phones: Office 482-9747
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Agents: James Keys, RR 1, Seaforth; V. J. Lane, RR 5, Sea
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DID YOU KNOW
/. that there are only two graduate pharmacists
in Clinton?
2. that the word “pharmacy” comes from the
Greek “pharmakos” meaning “drug”?
3. that any pharmacy, or “drug” store, takes
great pride in its prescription service — and
Edwards’ Pharmacy takes a special pride
in filling your prescription?
4. that Mrs. Mary Edwards, a graduate
pharmacist, has over thirty years continuous
experience in retail pharmacy?
5. that any graduate pharmacist can fill any
prescription, no matter whose advertising
appears on the prescription form?
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