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Every Canadian Child Can Participate
In Our Centennial Year
SELDOM HAS anyone more zest
for living than a chiid, so it is natural
that children should be enthusiastic
about Canada’s Centennial next year.
The Centennial Commission has
furnished all of Canada’s 250,000 tea
chers with a 200-page Teachers’ Guide
containing suggestions of hundreds of
way to directly involve students in Cen
tennial activities at both elementary
and secondary school levels.
We think it is wise to encourage
children to participate in Centennial
Celebrations. Much can be learned in a
pleasant, interesting manner.
Moreover, we are pleased to note
the Centennial Commission is urging
school officials to set aside one day per
school month during 1967 for special
co-operative activities. Basis for the
activities is to make Canadian School
children aware of and proud of their
country, their ancestries, and their
future as citizens of the world.
' From Canada Day in January to
International Day in December wihen
the Commission is planning a huge
countryside television show put on by
the students themselves using the know
ledge they have gained throughout the
year, we believe Centennial Year will
hold some of the very nicest memories
for school children in 1967.
Let’s hope the venture serves the
same purpose for all of us.
A Move In The
HONDA and Yamaha owners and
drivers may be upset to learn that after
March 31, 1967 it will be an offence to
ride a motorcycle in Ontario with a driv
er’s licence bearing' a motorcycle en
dorsement.
Starting January 1, anyone apply
ing for a\ licence to ride a motorcycle
will be required to pass an examination
in its operation and wUll be issued a
driver’s licence endorsed for the opera
tion of motorcycles only!
The Ontario Department of Trans
port is to be congratulated for the new
jurisdiction over motorcycles. We be
lieve Ontario is among the first to in
troduce such regulations.
Since the number of motorcycles
registered in the province has grown
steadily since 1965, there can be little
Right Direction
doubt that some .legislation was vital
for the preservation of life and limb,
especially with so many of these motor
cycles being operated by inexperienced
drivers between the ages of 16 and 19.
Hon. Irwin Haskett, Minister of
Transportation says, “The new regula
tions are stringent because the problem
they are aimed at solving is an ex
tremely severe one.”
Parents and other adults who have
heard the resounding vr-oo-m-m of a
motorcycle as it is revved by some
youngster’s heavy foot wiill agree with
the Minister of Transport that definite
action had to be taken for the safety of
the masses.
Maybe next summer, mothers and
fathers wiill rest just a little easier when
Harrys’ Honda hums again.
Let’s Keep, It A Happy Season
CHRISTMAS is a happy season and
.sadness at this time of year is un
welcome.
Because of the extreme fire hazard
during the holiday season due to Christ
mas trees, lights, candles, etc., several
tips have been issued for a safe Christ
mas this year from Canadian Under
writers’ Association.
— Be certain the Christmas tree
you buy is fresh; not dry. Keep it in a
container of water in the coolest part
of the room away from radiators and
registers.
— Use glass, metal and other fire-
resistant baubles for decorating your
tree. Discard or repair tree lights with
frayed wires or faulty connections or
plugs. Turn tree lights off before leav
ing the house or going to bed.
— Use off-the-tree lighting for
metal trees.
— After gifts have been opened, all
wrappings should be cleared away from
the area of the tree immediately.
— When the tree is taken down, de
stroy it right awfay. Do not store it in
the basement or the garage until the
garbage mar* picks it up, rather leave
it outside.
— Empty ashtrays just a little
oftener during the holiday season when
more guests are in the home.
— Make sure your heating unit has
been cleaned and checked by a quali
fied agent.1
— Tell your babysitter what to do
in case of a fire. She and the children
should leave the house immediately,
alert assistance and not re-enter the
home until the fire, no matter how min
or, has been extinguished.
Be Sensible In Toy Buying
THIS YEAR, just for a change, if
your Christmas shopping isn’t all com
pleted, try to buy toys for the children,
not toys the children have ordered or
the ones which attract you.
The National Safety League of
Canada has pointed out that buying
Christmas toys should not be a hap
hazard operation but a carefully plan
ned outing to purchase gifts children
will find educational, safe and enjoyable.
Just as it would be unwise to give
a chemistry set to a pre-schooler, it is
just as foolish to ply a grade-schooler
with a matched set of switch-blades or
a high school junior with a high horse
power car.
Last-minute Christmas shopping
can often lead to carelessly buying those
things which our children have request
ed without giving much thought to the
toy’s practical value — if any.
We Still Like The
WE WERE particularly interested
in a release we received last week which
advised that:
— An American worker must work
for 17 minutes to purchase a pound of
butter while a Russian worker must
work for two and one-quarter hours.
— A Russian worker, to purchase a
pair of nylon stockings, must work for
five hours, an American for only half
an hour. K
— A pound of bread requires a Rus
sian to work for 23 minutes while an
American puts in only six minutes lab
our for it.
— For a pound of sugar, an Ameri
can works only three minutes, but a
Democratic System
Russian has to work for three quarters
of an hour.
Coming on the heels of an article
on life in Russia which appeared re
cently in the Weekend Magazine, the
release may hold little thrill for some
Canadians who believe democracy isn’t
all sunshine. There are those who say
that “the good life in the Western
World” is all propaganda.
It depends on what individuals be
lieve it takes for gracious, happy liv
ing — free medical care, free education,
wages according to the amount of
muscles required for the job, an annual
vacation on the Black Sea as advertised
for the Russian way of life OR freedom
as enjoyed in a democratic society like
Canada.
17 Fillf rom Ihe
Gallery
By
HENRY F. HEALD
OTTAWA — Bob Thompson
of the Social Credit parity likes
to tell the story oif the frog in
the hot water. It goes Tike this:
“If you drop a frog into a pan
of boiling water, he will hiijt the
ceiling. If you put a frog in cold
water and slowly bring iiit to a
boil the frog ,wiill cook Without
making a move.”
Thompson doesn’t claim au
thorship, The story has been
used by Social Creditors down
the years to try and stir Can
adian taxpayers into some
action against the present -mon
etary system.
One doesn’t have to be a
Socred to agree that the anal
ogy is accurate for Canadians,
not .only in relation to taxes,
but in other areas as well. Re
cent events in the CBC have
shown Canadians to be remark
ably froggish when it comes to
public broadcasting.
“No taxation without repre
sentation” has long been one of
the great principles of dem
ocracy, yet Canadians continue
to pay through the nose ('it is
over $100,000,000 a year now)
for a public broadcasting cor
poration over which they have
no control.
Just how independent of pub
lic control the CBC has become
was shown cleanly by a sitrange
paradox that happened, a couple
of weeks ago and which most
editorial writers seem to have
missed. Just at the timfe that
Parliament was lambasting the
corporation for' the irresponsii-
blililty and obscenity of the lat
est “Sunday” exploit, the board
of directors appeared before the
broadcasting committee to
claim they were "protecting the
public interest and no further
public control was necessary.
No one should have been sur
prised to discover that the sub
ject matter and its treatment
on the new public affairs show
“Sunday” differed not one whJit
from “Seven Days”. Why
should it? The producers of
“Sunday” had never given any
indication that they did not
support the Lieterman philoso
phy of public affairs broadcast
ing.
To prove their contempt for
objectivity and good taste, they
answered parliamentary crfti-
cism of their infamous “sex
film” with a poll of MPs that
was so lopsided it could only
be viewed as a ludicrous farce.
The 15 MPs interviewed includ
ed . seven NDP (one-third, of
that party’s representation in
the House), five of the govern
ment party (three were French
speaking and probably never
watch the English network),
two of the official opposition
and one Creditiste.
To make sure that at least
one NDP member would be
critical of the program they in
terviewed Bert Hertridge, the
mavetick from the Koatenays,
who is old enough not to lelt hte
socialist theory keep him from
distinguishing between dirt and
news.
John Matheson, the Liberal
MP for Leeds, Ont., is one of
a growing number of MPs de
termined to keep fighting until-
there is a new approach to pub
lic broadcasting in Canada.
Last summer he toured
Europe studying various sys
tems of public broadcasting.
Among other things he discov
ered that broadcasting people
in Europe were dismayed at the
“highly political” atmosphere of
the CBC.
Recently Mr. Matheson told
the Winnipeg Canadian Club
that the trouble with the so-
called “new journalism” is that
it usually turns out to be the
odd propaganda.
If he had been a Social Cred
itor he would have told the
story of the frog and then
warned his audience, “That frog
better jump soon or he’ll be
frogleg soup.”
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MANY things cause
CAKE, TO FALL!
Did your cake fall? Perhaps
you used too much sugar, fat,
liquid, ar leavening agent, sug
gest home economists at /Mac
donald Institute, University of
Guelph. Other possible causes
are failure to mix long enough
and baking at too low a temper
ature;
Only at Women New Bank
It’s ladies only, with men excluded, at Le Salon, the Bank of Montreal’s
, exclusive new branch for women in Montreal. The first of its kind in Canada,
-Le Salon provides banking service in a luxurious setting of Regency furnishings
and decor. It is located in the Standard Life building on Sherbrooke street,
centre of Montreal’s high-fashion district.
High-fashion bankipg made
its debut in Montreal on
Monday, December 12 at. Le
Salon, the Bank of Monitre’al’s
exclusive new branch for
wlomen.
Located in the heart of
Montreal’s fashionable up
town Shopping area, Le Salon
■introduces an entirely new
concept in Canadian banking.
G. Arnold Hart, chiairman I
and president of the Bank of
Montreal, said that the un
ique branch has been design
ed to provide “a particular
kind of banking service for
Women”. -
A wide range of banking
services Will be provided, with '
the emphasis on the anftici-
pated needs of the clientele
expected to use Le Salo'n. The
branch will have facilirtlies for
savings and chequing ac
counts, for making arrange
ments for buying and selling
securities and for safekeeping-
of valuables, as well as per
sonal services for travel
funds, passport's and letters of
credit. .
Substantial extra costs of
provision of the special ser
vices ait the branch will be
covered by the requirement
to maintain a minimum bal
ance of $2,000.
From floor to ceiling, Le
Salon is decorated and fitted
in a Regency motif. Pink
broadloom, covers the floor,
and the color is matched in
the ceiling.
The traditional teller’s
“cage” is massing from Le.
"Salon. Instead, customers Will
conduct their banking bus
iness at antique mahogany
desks, seated opposite the
bank’s assistants.
The office of the manager,
Mark Haslett, is in the shape
of an octagonal, canopied'
“pavilion” dose to the en
trance.
Mr. Haslett is normally
likely to be the only man to
be seen at Le Salon. Other
men seeking admission will
be directed to the bank’s ex
isting" regular -service branch
across the hall on the same
floor in the Standard Life
Building.
From Our Early Files . . .
•I
55 Years Ago
THE CLINTON NEW ERA
Thursday, December 21, 1911
The water motor for the
organ in Willis Church has
been installed this week and
wdl be used for the first time
Christmas Sunday.
Rev. Alexander Stewart,
D.D., pastor of Willis Church
for 34 years, announced his res
ignation.
Miss Berta Woon spent a
fetw days with friends1 on the
Sth Concession, Hullett.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Gill, Hul
lett moved to their farm near
Stapleton last week.
P. Cole, Goderich Township,
has erected a power mill on his
bam. Messrs. Glen Cornish, F.
Tyndall and W. Cole did the
work.
Mr. and Mrs. John. A. Walker
of Clinton. They have taken up
residence at Soutihlook Cottage,
Rattenbury Street East.
Last week’s Fergus News-
Record carried a picture of
Clinton’s new collegiate build
ing on ilts front page. A member
of the Fergus school board
toured the school.
The storm on Sunday last
was a severe one. In Toronto
it was furious blowing at the
rate of 47 miles an hour and
causing the city an expense of
$50,000 to remove the great
drifts of snow.
TV
When things ’are quiet over
at the CBC offices then it’s
time for something to happen
at CTV. That’s the way it usu
ally works and that’s what hap
pened last week.
Michael Hind-Smith, one of
the top CTV executives left his
position, by request. I had
heard rumors a few weeks ago
that Michael was on his way
out, but my news source didn’t
know the exact date.
Hind-Smlith is an intelligent
man and must have known he
would not be staying with the
network until retirement age.
His duties became less and less,
and important decisions were
not made by him.
If you think you can decide
what programs should be on
the CTV Network, write • a
letter to John Bassett ait the
Toronto Telegram and apply
for the job.
* # *
A special public hearing has
■been called on a Canadian space
satellite television network by
the Board of Broadcast Gover
nors. The hearing, to be held in
Ottawa in March will centre' an
the proposal of Broadcalster
Ken Soble to join with Power
Corporation of Canada in a
$75,000,000 scheme to orbit
satellites which would reflect
signals to Canada from coast
to coast.
The plan Soble set out would
require orbiting of two satel
lites, one a spare. Signals from
three production centres Would
be beamed up to the satellite
and bounced back to ground re
lay stations across the country.
Mr. Sable said the network
Would operate in both French
and English and in. colour,
reaching some 90 percent of the
population. It would require 97
channel allocations in various
areas.
He said it would be better
and cheaper for Canada to orbit
her own satellite, rather than
rent space on a United States
or joint international satellite.
Clinton News-Record
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The first Christmas Seal In the
world, reproduced here, was is
sued in Denmark portraying
the head of their Queen, iri
1904, This was the beginning
of the Christmas Seal campaigns
which how circle the globe.
The first campaign iri Canada
was held in 1908.
40 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday December 16, 1926
The International Harvester
Company congratulates A. J.
McMurray as 'the successful
winner of the Silverware Con
test.
Miss Mabel Irene Maskell,
daughter of the late Mr. -and
Mrs. Edward Maskell, Gode
rich', was united in marriage to
George A. Walker, only son of
25 Years Aga
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, December 18, 1941
On Saturday last, local child
ren flocked to greet Santa
Claus during the Christmas
parade and to get thdir share
of free treats. The boys and
girls were also treated to two
afternoon shows at the Roxy
Theatre,
Mayor A. J. McMurray gave
a talk on tractors to the Ethel
short course boys on Tuesday.
Christmas specials I featured
this week at Johnson Grocery
store were 10 lb. sugar 79c; 1
lb. cranberries 25c, 7 grapefruit
25c, choice assortment of box
chocolates 33c, 49c, 75c, 98c,
SUnkist Navel oranges, per doz.
19c, 28c, 33c and 39c.
15 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, December 20, 1951
At council meeting, it was
approved that an $8 price be
adopted for openings of graves
at Clinton Cemetery.
Trophy winners in 1951 live
stock judging competition were:
Bob Allan, Brucefiield, dairy
cattle judging, Don Dodds, Sea
forth, novice winner; George
Turner, RR 3 Seaforth, swine
judging; Maurice Hallahan,
Belgrave , all-round livestock
judging champion.
Pte. Ross M. “Piniger” Colqu-
houn, Clinton, and Pte. Ron
Pullman, Seaforth, have return
ed home from Korea.
The monthly meeting of Clin
ton Junior Institute was held in
the Collegiate on Tuesday, led
by the president, Mrs. Melvina
Irwin. Miss Doreen McGuire'
gave a few pointers which she
heard at the. “Leadership Train
ing School” in Stratford on
November 26.
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SALVATION ARMY
BRINGS JOY TO ALL
“Merry Christmas to all” is
the alim of The Salvation Army.
Now more than a century old,
it continues to bring the joy of
the season to the ill, needy and
troubled everywhere.
10 Years Ago
CLINTON NEWS-RECORD
Thursday, December 20, 1956
Ron McKay was named may
or of ’Teen Town on election
night. John Elliott was named
reeve, Judi Cluff is secretary,
and Mary Helen Yeo is treasur
er.
Elvin Parker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilfred Panker, received
his.Queen’s Scout badge at the
Boy Scout meeting last Wed
nesday evening. He also receiv
ed his Pathfinder badge.
Gerald Shaddiick, Mary Jean
Calquihoun, Beth Cudmare, Lar
ry Bertrand, and Teddy Clark,
RCAF, will compete in the
spelling bee inspectorate finals
in Goderich on January 22.
Business and Professional
Directory
SUGAR
AND SPICE
by Bill Smiley
No Expo for Me
We’ve been talking about it
for a long time. It would
mean a major upheaval in the
family. But it’s two against
one, and this is a democracy.
Unless, of course, your wife
happens to constitute the
■mlinoriity.
Today I applied for an
exchange teaching job, for
one year in the United King
dom. I must be out of my
mind, but I dii'd.
Daughter Kim iis all for it.
With the adventurous spirit
of the yoiing, and their com
plete lack of participation in
all the Work involved, she
glows at the prospect.
After all, England' is the
land of the Beatles, the Roll
ing Stones and the highest
mini-skirts.
England, ds the song says,
swing's like a pendulum * do.
That’s for Kimbo.
She’d like nothing better
than to spend a'year abroad.
Not acquiring a broad educa
tion. Never ! She looks upon
education as small boys do
upon washing! the sqUarest
■and most useless thing foisted
on the young by Stupid, lov
ing parents.
No, what she’d like to pick
up in, England is a Carnaby
Street wardrobe and a Liver
pool accent, so that she could
knock the local kids dead
when she comes home. The
"mob” look of Carnaby is
bad enough, but the dialect of
the Liverpudlian is surely the
ugliest in the world; outside
■the pure Hottentot.
What she doesn’t picture,
and I haven’t the heart to tell
her, is the truth. If the deal
goes through, a year from now
she'll be wading through the
fog in Little Muddling, or
climbing the cliffs, on the isle
of Mull, complete with rubber
boots, raincoat and sou’west
er, approximately 3,000 social
miles from the England and
London’s West End.
My wife blows hoit ahd
cold. One week; When things
are particularly' obnoxious
around here, she’s fairly
keen. She Sees a snug cottage,
With vines and a cozy fire
place, shining brass, ahd an
English garden out back She
envisages a jaunt into "Lon
don every weekend, for piano
lessons, concerts, lunch, and
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