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Clinton News-Record, 1966-12-01, Page 2I .1 3 Page 2 «« Clinton News-Record — Thurs., Dec, 1, 1906 Jill - -Al1-" T* Editorials ,.♦From The FAO Issues Blunt Warning Nomination Meetings Should Not Attract The Same People Every Year Gallery By HENRY F. HEALD of in recent years it would have been pos sible for the proverbial ‘village idiot’ to be named to some area councils.” The editor at the Goderich Signal Star addpd fuel to the fire by noting: “Unfortunately, those who aspire to public office are not always those who should be in public office.” Certainly both statements are true. It couldn’t be otherwise in a democratic situation such as ours, If blame must be attached, let us not find fault with men who offer their time to municipal .. business nor with others who deem their private affairs too important to neglect, Let us blame the system which makes public life a nightmare of-work, responsibility and pressure for a mini mal wage, a smattering of glory and a small bit of personal satisfaction. The Zurich Citizens News put it this way: “The business of any munici pality is the largest in the community and as a shareholder in that- business you are financially concerned in how it is operated.” ____ __v_______ Concerned, yes. Willing to serve? Following is the observation made Maybe not. Anxious to attend nomina- by the Exeter Times-Advocate last week tion meetings? Not unless something on nominations: “Let Us point out that worries you, and usually nothing does. NOMINATION meetings are over fqr another year, Leaders in the com munity have risen to their feet with reports of a year’s work, asked the sup port of municipal electors for another 12 months, heard the thundering ap plause and seated themselves again, With the exception pf a few new faces, ■ the 1966 nomination meeting' was a carbon copy of the event in 1965. Last week’s Wingham Advance- Times had- this to say about nomina tion meetings in that district: “The tiny attendance at most nomination meetings indicates how little attention the ratepayers are willing to. devote to democratic representation.” Maybe it’s because we are so well entertained so much of the time that nomination meetings become such a bore. Still, if councillors and other of ficials would confine their remarks to a brief account of where tax dollars are going, time spent at nomination meetings would be considerably reduc ed for busy people not all of whom have an entire half-day to spend, on nominations: “Let Us point out that A National Disease THE BOARD of Evangelism and Social Service of the United Church of Canada, sends along this message in its series of Unchurched Editorials:. * * a “We are a sick people. It would seem so from the contemporary Cana dian scene at least. Everywhere there is provincialism, division, and dissen sion. ' ■ “We cry for statesmanship, and then make it impossible of achievement by constantly attacking the political leaders of both major parties. Whether they might be better is by the way — their successors will face the same hat chet treatment. How can any parlia mentary chief bring effective thought to bear on national problems if he has to spend half his time infighting? How can a government or an opposition func tion effectively when it is full of prima donnas all aspiring to senior posts? Obviously every decision is colored by, 7 ‘where will this take me?’, rather than by the problem in hand and the sound ness of the proposed solution. ' “In other fields where leadership is crucial — the university president, the priest or minister, the school principal — the same insidious sniping goes on, with the same disastrous results. The alternative is not'‘blind acquiesance; the caucus, the board, the staff meeting provide opportunities for vigorous dis cussion and searching questions. But a leader must be entrusted to lead, and once a policy is hammered out, there should be a closing of the ranks. He should be able to give his best to his primary responsibilities, confident that those With whom he works will loyally support him. “Anyone can criticize, but often those most vocal in eroding, are patheti cally thin when it comes to creative planning and responsible action.” more and time- to 'avert a it 'happened.- MPs, scratching thedr Famine Threat Growing • Most people know toe term "population explosion.” But few understand toe awesome warning behind toe words. A man who dees, understand Js Dr..B. R. Sep pf India, DJ- 'rector-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of toe Upited Rations,. In a recent New York .address, he spelled it out: the world js producing people faster than food, ‘‘The.enormpus increase, both actual and potential, in the wprld’is population, has prpated a situation of immense gravity and danger for man kind. At present about one half of the world's people are un derfed pr badly fed, or both,” 'For the rich countries of North America and Europe food i§- rio problem, Dr. Sen said. “But for the developing countries the threat of hunger is .always present, and ‘the spectre of famine just waits around the corner. It is not that these nations have failed to step up their output of food. They have achieved almost ■’exactly the same rate of in crease between the pre-war' years and 1965 as the more ad vanced. countries, But,, per, capita production has --fallen because of foe population explosion.” The earth already houses above three billion people and this number will double within 30 years. If the peoples of Africa, Asia and Latin America are to receive an adequate diet, by the year 2000 their food pro duction must be increased five-fold. Despite its dimensions, Dr. Sen said the situation was far from hopeless. Many scientists believe that rational exploitation of the earth’s prodigious resources could usher in ari era of plenty for all men. The oceans, for instance, cover 71.7 per cent of the globe but supply scarce ly 1.5 per cent of man’s food, which certainly could be in creased. Chemists, using in organic substances, can effect a synthesis of most elements essential to human nutrition. Proteins can be extracted from More Work For Christmas Seals WITH THE arrival of the TB quently go home and take their 20 to 30 pills a day for the rest of a two-year period. This saves months of hospitali zation. Meantime it has become apparent that tuberculosis is not only the disease of the lungs that threatens the breath of life. A whole series of ills with names such- as emphysema, bronchiectasis, histoplasmosis arid chronic bronchities not only make life miserable for thou sands but incapacitate people so that they have to give up work. These are the respiratory diseases — RD for short? Those who have cru saded against tuberculosis have added RD to the diseases they will try to pre vent. Program's of research and educa tion are already on the way. Huron’s Tuberculosis Association hopes you will support them in this effort while con tinuing with prevention of tuberculosis until it is wiped out. Christmas Seal campaign we know from experience that we will hear someone say “I thought tuberculosis was finish ed. Just a while ago I read about an other sanatorium closing.” f There were more than 5,000 cases of tuberculosis found in Canada last year. Some were relapses but more . than 4,000 were newly reported. So let nobody think TB has been conquered. What has made it possible to close •sanatoria is that patients do not have to stay in them as long as they did be fore effective drugs were discovered and early diagnosis results in patients go ing for treatment while disease is in the early stages. Quite a few .Cana- ‘ dians who had tuberculosis 25 or' more years ago spent three, five, eVen seven years in sanatorium. Now, once drUg treatment is firmly established, (usually a matter of months) patients very fre- Sorrow Amplified IN HIS Christmas message a couple of years ago to members 6f Lions Iiiternaftional; President Claude M. DeVorss expressed some sentiments which we believe bear repeating. He Wrote: “For many people Christmas is not only of tinsel and laughter arid- lights. It is loneliness and homesick ness, it is poverty and squalor, it is heartbreak and sorrow amplified by the spirit of the season^ “Christmas is not only of gifts and goodies and gladness. It multiplies tragedy for the shut-in, the aged, the ill. Its songs and music sadden the hearts of those far from their homes and homelands, and for every- heart that is lifted by its celebration, there are many made doubly heavy by the sadness that only’unattainable joys can impose. The despair of one child with out a toy from Santa can be immeasur ably greater than the happiness of many surrounded by gifts. • “I know that you perform many acts of kindness for others during the Christmas season, just as you do throughout the year. This Christmas I ’ would ask you to do just a little bit more. Make a special effort to share your happiness, hot only with those you love, but with those who would other wise know! only the sadness of Christ mas . . From Our Early Files . HERE’S A tip that could cut down your weekly grocery bill., .* In the. next few Weeks, millions of young pullets will • start laying eggs, Initially, they produce medium-sized eggs that sell for less than Grade A large. * . ‘ Housewives with an eye to a bar gain should Use the following formula in determining Whether the medium eggs are tiie ones to buy, suggests the associate editor of Canadian Hotel and Restaurant. Example: Asstime the price of Grade A large is 72 cents4 a dozen. Divide .this figure by eight and deduct the answer from the price shown. Thus eight-into 72 goes nine; shine from 72 leaves 63. Then, if the price of medium eggs is less than 63 cents, housewives should buy medium. -!■ the Clinton new Established 1865 Clinton News-Record ERA THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Established 1881Amalgamated 1924 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A. LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER ffi . ffl .. E Signed contribution* to thh publication, Are th* opinions of the writer* only, And do not necet*Arily expre** the view* of the newipeper, Clan Mali, Pott Office Department, Ottawa, and for Payment of Pottage In Cath OTTAWA — The howls pain and anger emitted from the Opposition , benches ijviheri ' Revenue Minister Benson an nounced he had found enough money to pay the civil servants without waiting for the in* terim supply bill to pass repre sented more than the normal frustration of being politically Out-manoeuvred, The Tories had tangled with a computer and had come off second-best. Automation as a political weapon was new and its Use has already forced a re-appraisal of the procedures of the monthly votes. Assurping that the whole pro cess was legal and above board (and there is no reason to doubt, it) its operation, nevertheless, depended on the computer. The government had its back to.the wall and the Opposition was' pressing Jits advantage. It seem ed certain that Defence Minis-., .ter Hellyer would have to back down on unification of the arm ed forces or the government would be forced to call an elec tion. No doubt previous revenue ministers, in similar situations, suspected the • government had enough money to ‘ bail it out if it could just figure out where it was,- Only since the .initro- duction of 'automation has it been possible to scan the ac counts of numerous government departments, and even numerous sections branches, in crisis. Ever since have been heads to figure out how it was done and, in the case of the opposition members, looking for a chance to rap the government for it. Alfred Hales (PC-Welling- ton South), chairman . of the Commons public accounts com mittee, and Gerald Baldwin (PC-Peace River) a former chairman of that committee, combined efforts to manoeuvre the revenue minister into let ting the committee have a dis cussion on the subject. Elmer Forbeis (PC-Dauphin) almost scuppered the efforts of his colleagues' with a blast ag-_ ainst - the minister in a com mittee meeting that threatened to unite the Liberal members against the whole idea. The committee’s decision, however, resulted, not in a roasting of the government, but some serious soul' searching by the members, Liberals and Tor ies alike. Dr. George Davidson, secre tary of the treasury bbard and Maxwell Henderson, ‘ the audi tor-general,' led the committee through the complicated Web of government finance and emerg ed with the conclusion that Parliament’s control of the purse strings needed m|ore study and less lip-service. The money in question had all been properly , presented and had received ptoliamentary‘ap proval in earliei’ interim supply debates. Dr. Davidson said it would' be presumptuous of him to suggest that Members' of Parliamebt didn’t know what they wefe doing when they vot ed interim: supply. Pfesufhiiituous or not, mb^t MPs knew he'Was right:1 In terim supply t has tradlitionally been an occasion when tiie op position lambasted^ the gqv- ernmeht on any .subject from the price of milk ;to the. war in Vietnam. In future, they will' be payihg 'Wre. attention to’ the actual dollars and cents of the bill they are being asked to pass. Dr, B, R, Sen micro-organisms produced from petroleum, [ But these are hopes for the1 future and the immediate prob lem of feeding hungry people is already, upon us, In the past food stocks from rich nations like Canada and the United States helped .save the day, ■"But these stocks have re cently fallen dramatically, and it .is therefore all the more essential for the developing countries to increase their own - production,” he said. Yet to dq this they need fertilizers, pesticides, farm equipment, which cost money they don't have. ‘‘The only way in. which they can He supplied, therefore, is through a new international program of assistance ... a massive program of at least $500 million per annum.” Dr. Sen welcomed the United State’s proposal for the crea tion of a World Food Reserve of 10 million tons. .‘‘The time has surely come for a more equitable sharing of- the burden of food aid as part of an expanding total flow of aid. Some countries will have actual surpluses to con tribute, others have the poten tial capacity to increase sup plies, while still others, could make cash and services avail able. All these countributions are needed.” The FAO head warned that only greater efforts by both rich and poor nations could achieve "a stable balance be tween our numbers and our needs.” 75 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday^ December 4, 1891 Mr, tod Mrs. James Aiken* head, Sanlev Twp., have return ed from Manitoba, and report they had a good harvest this summer. James Beattie has installed electric lights in his new livery Stable. ’■ John Scruton, proprietor of The Central Butcher Shop, Al bert Street, is advertising choice sausage, poultry and meats. His motto is “good meat ■ at reasonable prices.” Capt, Jex and his crew of the Schooner Goodall, Pori: Huron spent four nights drift ing in a row boat after aban doning their ship that sank off Sturgeon. Point. They landed near the home of Mrs, Snow den, Stolble Line, * Stanley. Many of the crew suffered from frost-bite exposure. / 25 Years Ago <• CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, December 4, 1941 Miss Olive Johnson of Varna, a student of Stratford Normal is teaching in the Clinton Pub lic School, • Mrs. Charles Brown is mov ing to Brqmpton this week where Mr. Brown is employed. The new theatre at No, 31 Radio School, RAF was efflipiaj- ly opened last Thursday even ing. The stage presentation was Alf Tibb’s “1942 Revue” With .a London orchestra in attend ance: Miss F. Cunninghame, Flor ist, presented our front office With a basket of flowers she picked out of her garden on Tuesday afternoon. This lane bouquet consists of ’ mums, roses, pansies, carnations, and snapdragons. Flowers are not picked every December in Clin ton and just a year ego there was a foot of snow. She also picked ripe strawberries from her garden last week. SUGAR , AND SPICE by Bill Smiley THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, December 7, 1911 United in marriage by Rev. J. E. Ford, pastor of Wesley- Methodist Ohuroh on Wednes day, December 6 w.ere Nellie Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Hill, to Frances W. Andrews, son of Police Magistrate And rews. Chester Farquhar, of Gode rich and his friend Miss John son, visited his old friends at Holmesville and also his par ents in Hullett on Sunday last. Barton Lavis arrived home last Thursday after his Western trip. Mr, and Mrs. Bert Allen re turned to their home in Huilleitt from their honeymoon on Mon day. On Tuesday morning, Hon. Adam Beck arrived at the sta tion by train. At the clerk’s of fice, he addressed many of the Board of Trade, Council and Citizens of Clinton on the hydro electric scheme; also the work ing of the Maitland power. 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, December 6, 1951 In Huron Riding in the Ont ario election, held last week, Thomas Pryde, ProgressSive Conservative candidate, won over John W. Armstrong, Lib eral, with a 1,423 vote majority. CDCI honour graduates were presented with diplomas at the Commencement on Friday night, as follow's: Francis Den- ommle, Phyllis Hanly, Harriet Heath, John McConnell, Donald McKenzie, Cameron Maltby, Gail Manning, William Nediger, John Rathwell, Donald Shana han, Lewis Teibbuitt, Kenneth Wood. The Sir Ernest Cooper Schol arship and the Second darter 'Scholarship for Huron County, were presented to Phyllis Hanly. Mr. and Mrs. George Castle have moved from Goderich to their new home on Ann Street, Bayfield. , . ., ““—r-to------, The Bilile Today Tongan - is the name of the language spoken in’ Tonga, Is land, a pari of the -Friendly group in the Pacific‘Ocean. The Bible in Tongan, was originally prepared for ‘ the " Wesleyto Church in Tonga by the Rev, Dr.» James’, $. ^iilplfon. I’hd New: Testament wiai' published in 1880 and the complete Bible in 1907. . £rla,^ri^e4 ' •fharh-’.'jh'e dteek drid ttebfe^ 1‘pxts Unhet- lyirig the, English. RbVfe'ed ‘Ypr- sfo’h,. It hds. tqrrialhe'd .th'd< Bible beloved by inoM Tonga readers. Queen to read from it every morning. ; tii vi6W its, continued' popu- laritjp* amongst the churches in Tonga it has I'ec^ntfy boeri fe putyilslied With sbirnfe spelling ddrTeictibhs tod other sinaM ad* justments to , bring it up-to- date. It Wiili be Sbld uhdeT cost price by arrangement with toe publishers, The British and Foreign Bible Society, to allow all who desire to have it within their means. Entitled “Ko e tohitapu i^atoa”' it cost the Sodiety toe equivalent of $2.15 but is being sold for only $1.50. The Work of preparing this edition has been done by the Rev, Stohe ’Arnanaki Havea, — -1^ - ■ ■'A-D' ■ 4-lU X- I furyri*' hr^.i Yi'iscif-AV**? .. A f. What is the' most difficult thing in the world to do, Climb a mountain ? Swim Lake Ontario? • Get through to a teenager? Face death with poise? Be a real Chris tian? Nope. All of these can be done, if you have trained long enough and hard' enough, to prepare yourself for them; or if you have certain' qualities of character. Hilary climbed Everest. Marilyn Bell swam the lake. They began by climbing small mountains, swimming small lakes. There are a few recorded cases of adults With great patience arid insighit gettirig through to teenagers. But they probably, practised! on little teenagers, toe 13-year- olds, ,.not yet battle-hardened. :. One .can face death with poiSe;' if' one has learned to face Wito . poise all the little deaths th'at make up life. * ;OnC ■ can; even become a good Christian , by starting on the little things',like .gener- dSity and forgiveness tod working up ’tee the big hur dles,' like'humanity and love.. The most difficult thing in the World today?, To malre arid maintain a good mar riage.- ■ , ■. ■ There’s., rio place to train, foi' one thing. How do ylou get ari shape, You can’t 'start .. having 4’Atle marriages ' in ! preparation for the 'big bne. At.leaist not around’ these parts r’iy-QU' can’t. Although some people try. I know one bird Who says he has been {happily married three times. All his wives are alive, not to mention’kipltirigi . ; . And 'it ’doesn't matter How many fine, qualities you have. A .i veritebld' ^atof, eith.hr sex; dan have a roitteh' toaiS rlage; mid a iihriteblb bunt, of either sex, can have a good .marriage/ You might be better to ffe&d' a/gobd. bbrik about it, ■but after ^6. bdva'ite- lhg,' an4'\retrcating in that bjobd-soafed rio-toan’sdarid between htisbarid arid wife, I think I have a right to be which the Tongan royal family are members, Suggested Daily Bible Readings Sunday, Dec. 4: Psalm 40. Monday, Dec. 5: Pfeiabh 45. Tuesday, Dec. 6 s Psalm 89 s 1- 18. < Wednesday, Dec. 7: Psalm 89s 19-37. Thursday, Dec. 8: Fsaim 89: 38-52. Friday, Dec. 9: Psalm 95. heard. There’s nothing wrong with marriage 'itself. It’s a vener able institution. And some ■wag will interject here, of course, “So is Kingston Peni- tentiairy.” But let’s not be cynical. No, it's our modern concep tion of marriage that’s all wrong. We laugh at the Vic torians. Prudish stuffed shirts. But they were on the right track. For them mar riage was a serious business, evolved to meet specific needs in their society. For them,, romantic love was usually tragic. There are no illusions about mlarriaige in Hardy, Thackeray, Galsworthy. We are the ones with the 'illusions. And delusions. For us, marriage is like that cot ton candy you buy on the midway. It’s whipped to gether out of hot air and sugar. It’s pink and fluffy and1 you can hardly wait to get your teeth into it. And the first mouthful is sweet, delicious. But pretty soon it’s gone, and you’re a little 'rick, and it’s all over your face and in your halir, and you’re left with a little roil of gooey paper. That’s when marriage really begins. Well, Mr. Diefenbaker has a favorite saying: “When the. going gets tough, the tough get going.” And that’s what marriage is like. Those. Who just think they’re tough get going and keep right on go ing. But we really tough ones dig in our heels and stay with it. . And stay and stay ahd stay. According to all the propa ganda from movies, television, and the Ladies Home Journal, marriage is one big, wonder ful miasma of giving and tak ing, of sharing, of total to getherness. Oh; those things are there. You give and your wife takes. She’s wtUlirig to share every thing you have, ityom your bank account to your booze. Not necessarily equal shares, but shares, Arid together-, ness? You’ll get total togeth erness until you lock in the mlirror some day, when you’re 65, arid realize With a. shriek that'you look more like your Wife than she* does. But according to us bld Sweats, marriage is mostly a matter of staying power. Stay' bitt of jail, stay on the job, stay away from bthef women, Stay healthy until your pen sion begins, arid: stay riuit of ■her Way when the old lady gets rtriamrid Up, ? ....Which I plan to. do ..Wfteifi,.. Years Ago. CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, December Z, 1926 Thos. McKenzie who spent the last fifty-eight years of his life in Clinton, passed away on Wednesday in his 88th year. He was a -wel'l-known contractor and built a planing mill located close to the CNR station. Some of the .buildings which stand as monuments to his name are the Wesley-Willis' Church, St. Jos eph’s R.C. Church, Willis Pres byterian Church, Seaforth Post Office, many dwellings and rural schools. The Shed at SS 2, HuMett school was burned, to the ground yesterday morning. • Mr. and Mrs. A. J. McMurray of Harriston were in town last week and Mrs. McMurray re mained with Clinton friends over the weekend. Mrs. S. T. Murch of Sarnia visited, Misis Hattie Courtice over the weekend. 40 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, December 1, 1956 W. V. Roy was elected chair man. of the New Huron Film Council. Ontario Street WA held its Christmas meeting on Tuesday and it was decided to donate 31,000 to the cihurch building fund. At the municipal election held’ in Clinton on Monday, there was only 788 or 43 percent turnout of the possible Vaters. Mayor, W. J. Miller, (accl.); Reeve, Burton Stanley; Deputy ReeVe, N. W. Trewartha (iaccl.). Mr. and Mrs. Reg Ball left Saturday for an extended holi day in California, Florida and Mexico. A large T-shaped barn 30’x- 70’ and1 60'x40’ was destroyed by fire at the farm of Elgin Porter on the Bayfield Con cession Road on Tuesday even ing. Some implements and feed were lost by ffire. Mr. Porter estimates the loss at $15,000. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE J. E. 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