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Teen-Agers And “Fun Riots” :
been in trouble. Police a few years back
could have quelled such disturbances
quickly and silently by cuffing the of
fenders gently with a billy and keeping
them in durance vile over night, Now,
the law does not dare lay a finger on
the little dears and 'the kids are well
aware of, and take advantage pf this
fact. ’ .
, Until ' parents mature enough to
realize that sometimes their offspring
are far from perfect and cease to howl
whenever their >‘little moods” are
brought in check, riots such as foe
one at the Bend will grow and prosper.
The police .are not to blQine, and
neither are the kids. How can you.
respect a law that has no more teeth
and punch than a century old billy-
goat?
(The St, Marys Journal-Argus)
THE RECENT incident at Grand
Bend was, according to a St. M^rys
youth on the scene, highly magnified
by some segments of the press, Be that
as it may, the actions of those respon
sible should not be condoned under any
■ circumstances, ’
Many jn this area, the writer a-
mongst them, have spent a few gay
weekends at this same resort in their
youth, sleeping on the sand and having
a ball in general. We did not, however
make a sport out pf “bating the bulls”.
The difference in the two genera
tions, tp pur piind, niay be traced direct
ly to the fact that modern parenthood
is much too soft and lenient toward
their 'offsprings From the day- that a
teacher could be hauled over the coals
because he slapped little Edgar on the
ear for shooting spitballs, society has
Seven-Tenths of A Second
PHOTOGRAPHED at 1,000 frames
- a second, motion pictures were made of
an automobile striking a tree at 55 miles
. an hour, a speed most motorists con
sider (<safe”. ,
It’s the' kind of a crash that could
happen to anyone, It’s the kind that
can be prevented, . -
The story below paints that picture
of what happens in a split second when
the car hits the tree.
Read if ’aloud for best effect.
.. One-Tenth of' ,a • Second — Front
. bumper and chrome frosting of grill col
lapse. Steel slivers penetrate tree one-
and-a-half inches.
Two-Tentfts of a Second — Hood
crumples, rises, smashing into wind
shield. Spinning rear wheels leave the
ground; ■ Grill disintegrates. Fenders
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New president of the Canodian Weekly Newspapers Association John
W, Sancfcn, publisher' of She Westmount, P.Q., Examiner, is shown pt
right 'chatting with retiring president, J, L, McKenna, jeff, publisher pf
the Sussex, King's County Record in New Brunswick, and jack Struthers,
centre, senior editor, Centennial Commission, Ottawa. Mr. Struthers, a
former weekly newspaper editor at Newmarket, Ontario, was a panel
member at the CWNA annual 'convention held at Spipt John, N.B.,
August 3, 4 and 5. The group was photographed following a panel ses
sion on CWNA publishing plans for the Centennial celebrations next
year, Mr, Sancton also is chairman pf the association's advisory com
mittee on CWNA Centennial projects and next year's punveation which
will be held at Ottawa Sept. 6, 7 and 8.
From Our Early Files , . .
75 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, August 28, 1891
Mr. Praetor's .team rap away
on. Thursday afternoon, throw
ing him out on fats shoulder,
straining his neck and breaking
the wagon.
A number of Clinton people
treated themselves to a visit
to Bayfield last Tuesday. It has
been remarked that Clinton and
Bayfield have not been on
‘‘visiting terms” this summer,
but we see there are some ex
ceptions.
Mr, T, K. Grigg, late man
ager of the Grigg House, Lon
don, and an old Clinton boy,
Was the recipiapt of a diamond
ring pn Saturday nigtht, front a
number of commercial men who
had enjoyed his hospitality in
the past,
body now off the seat, torso upright.
Plastic and steel frame of the steering,
wheel bend under his death grip. His
head is near sun visor, his chest above
steering’ column.
Four-Tenths of d Second — Car’s
front 24 inches is completely demolish
ed but the rear end is still travelling at
35 m.p.h. The half-ton motor block
crunches into the tree. Rear of the car,
like a bucking horse, rises high enough
to scrape bark off lower branches.
Five-Tenths of a Second—Driver's
hands bend steering wheel shaft. Lungs
and intercostal arteries are punctured.
• . Six-Tenths of a Second -- Driver’s .
feet are ripped out of laced shoes. The
brake pedal shears off at the floor.
Chassis bends in the middle. The dr-iv-
__ er’s head smashes into-the windshield,
come into contact with tlie tree, forcing' Rear of the car begins falling,
to splay out over.the front door. Driv- Seven-Tenths of a Second — The
er’s body continues to move forward entire body of the car is forced out of
with a force’of 20 times that of gravity. - shape. Hinges tear, doors spring open,
His body now weighs 3,200 pounds; His seat rams forward pinning driver again-
legs, held straight out, snap at the knees., st steening shaft.
Three-Tenths of a Second-—Driver’s He is dead.
A WARNING
The Evil Deed of Humans
The Ontario Department oif
Lands ar<! • Forests reports,
that in 1965, children started
198 forest fires, which burn
ed ■over one thousand •ar"1' of
Ontario woodlands, Clhild cn
' playing with matches account
for a numfcer of fciocct fii’us
every year, wh'iidh dirrt'.oys
many acres of valuable lb'test
land. .
It is therefore heartening
to know there are still young
sters who realize the extreme’
danger of fire and its serious1'
consequences. One of these js
Kaithy Winter, a 13-year-oM
Scarborough school 'girl who
has put Her thoughts down in
poetic form.
55 Years o
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, August 24, 1911
More citizens of town and
townships are taking advantage
of oiur offer of the New Era
from now ’till January 1st 1912
for. 25c.
John Chapman, formerly cf
Stanley, Donald and Malcolm
Frasei’ and Donald Jr. have
lately taken up homesteads on
the Peace River, Sask. They
bujlt houses and are improving
the land- and it is expected that
a ’railway will soon reach them,
The farmers are bringing in
considerable stone for the street
department but there is.room
for a good many more loads.
25 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, August g8, 1941,
Th'amos Pry de, of Exeter, a
StetetW of th# laist Great War,
has been called' to the colon's
With, the' Royal Canadian Air
Force, having ibden commission
ed as a Flying Officer.
Any girls of Clinton and vi
cinity wishing to enter t'he
Beauty Contest at the Go'derich
Water Sport-s on Saturday,
August 3Qth, please see Mr. M,
Scboenhals, secretary of tjh'e
Clinton Mons1 Club.
■ Tons of cucumJbers are baling
graded at Clinton for an Ont
ario canning and pilckling com
pany. Upward of 100 acres were
planted in -cucutobeirs in thiis
Vicinity this year under con
tract with the company and the
crop is naw beiihg harvested.
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Thursday. August 30, 1951
Donald MacLaren, a 12-year-
old Hensall boy, lost his wallet
containing his money 'and a few
other possessions, not worth
much, except to a boy, while
riding a combine a week ago, It
seems that the barley Donald
Was cutting was shipped to a
big elevator in Toronto, where
someone found his wa'llet in a
pile of grain and iteturned it in
tact.
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THE EVIL DEED OF HUMANS
The sky was filled with smoky haze,
The trees stood still in silent daze,
An eerie silence filled the air,
And every sign showed much despair.
The tall, charred , stumps stood boldly by,
While wisps of smoke soon filled the sky,
And all green life is now so dead,
And all the creatures now have fled.
But once this was a forest fair,
Where every creature made his lair,
But now just ashes do remain,
To show where beauty once had lain.
One careless thought to cause this ruin,
One careless match so mindless strewn,
Could cause the end of all who roam,
Within the realms of Nature’s home.
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40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, August 26, 1926
The windstorm on Saturday
evening last did quite a bit of
damage in the community. Mr.
Fred Potter had part of the
roof torn off his 'barn and Mr.
D. Crl'iddon had a shed blown
.down.
The Collegiate Institute de
bentures are being rapidly fall
en up by investors of Clinton
and surrounding country. A
good portion of the whole a-
mount to be issued has already
been sold.
Mark the name of Beaverton
on the road map. It is one of
the few Canadian towns where
the roads in town are better
than the highways leading to it.
That used to- be said (of C'lfflnton’s
streets before the speeding
tourists wore ’em all out.
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This summer, I’ve been out
in a boat only twice, but each
was memorable in its fashion.
The first time, old. friends
called and told us to be at
their cottage sharp at won •
next day. They were enter
taining friends from the
States and wanted us to -join
them for a special scenic ride
by chartered boat.
It sounded interesting. And
it was. We drove 50 miles to'
the'ir cottage. Light refresh
ments and we -all 'piled Unto
two ears and1 drove 15 miles
to Tobermory.
The boat’s skipper was an
old friend, Archie Simpson,
and we exchanged, "Long-
timie-nO'-s'e'e’s.”
- Everything went swim
mingly. It was. a beautiful
afternoon, our host had pro
vided all the trimmings', the
company was pleasant and
the scenery superb as we
cruised along the 'rugged
north state of the Bruce Pen
insula.
- Then the breeze freshened.
We began to wallow a bit.
Nothing serious, but two of
the party began turning a
pate green. Should we go on
or turn back? It was dedided
to press on, pul'l into Winfield
Basin, and wait for the bre'eze
to- drop.
It didn't. It became a Wind.
The skipper said it would be a
rough, -trip back. The ladies
looked longingly at the shore.
After \ two hours, ouir host,
stout chap, borrowed a dinghy
and rowed 500 yards to the
lighthouse, made arrange
ments, and rowed back, with
out eVen suffering a coronary.
We went ashore. Two. cars
were available.- We would
drive to. Tobermory, pick up
1 dur own car's, and1 ditive back
to the cottage. Hut who was
going to> drive ihe two cars
back to thd lighthouse?
That was only the begin
ning of the compiiidatifcns, tod
involved to reflate here. Both
cars broke down. The ire'ar
end went oh one jufst as we
reached Tobermory, and the
other crept into the village
Sans brakes.
The ladies,- grimy hut glad,,
took one of our own oars and
went back to the cottage. My
ihoSL another chap and myself
spent two hours and drbve
about 80 mile's, organizing
the rotufn of the borrowed
cars.
Buit it all ended pleasantly,
with hamburgers at the- cot
tage about 10 p.m. Midnight
found me arguing racial prob
lems with a big, dumb Nor
wegian lawyer from Chicago.
He’s so dumb hd' has only
three million dollars to his
name. Ancl we still had to1
, drive 50 miles home.
A .memorable boat ride.
Ten miles by boat and 250 by
ear, But good . clean fun all
the way.
The other boat ride was a
typical Sm'iley event. Kim and
I Went out in her uncle’s boat,
after a three-minute period
of instructions. She insisted
on driving, though she’d
never steered anything mote
powerful than a canoe.
We staggered, about the
lake, she -grinning wildly, I
rigid with fear. in the1 bow.
Four miles from the home
dock, we hit bottom.
‘‘Drop the anchor! man
overboard! Hard astern!” I
yelled these and a few other
salty, seagoing terms. Too
late. We had sheared a pin,
Whatever that means.
I spoke silently to myself
for about five minutes, head
■bowed as if in prayer. Then I
reached for the paddle. No
paddle. We made it ashore in
40 minutes, using our hands
bis paddles.
She stuck with the ship. I
waded rocky shoreline and
clambered, bare-footed,
through poison ivy, seeking
help. Three hours after we
had set out on a 15-minute
whirl about the lake, we got
back to port, Mauna- Was
waiting.
If you’re planning a boat
trip, perhaps you shouldn’t
ask yours truly along. *
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