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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-01-19, Page 4Page 4—Clinton News-Record—-Thurs., Jan. 19, 1967 Editorials ... Minor Hockey Week Deserves Attention MINOR, HOCKEY Week in Canada officially starts on Saturday, January 21 — but the following weekend of January 26, 27 and 28 are the bjg days in Clinton, Local sponsors have promised minor hockey games every night next week. To start the week off on1 a prove sportsman-like Christian note, the min­ ister of Wesley-Willis United Church has invited young players and their .management to his morning service on Sunday, January 22. Minor hockey enthusiasts all across Canada and the United States will be drawing attention to what minor hockey can do, and does, for boys.. Here in Clinton area minor hockey is an important part of winter life for over 200 boys and the arena is kept busy with young players being guided and taught by men and youths who give of their time because they have a love for hockey and for working with boys. Their work is no “soft touch”. There is a lot to do, and a lot to be done, and rarely, if ever, are their enough volunteers to fill all. the management, coaching and'refereeing positions there ’ are to be filled if all the boys who want to play are to be accommodated. . .Minor hockey costs money, too.. There is ice time to be paid for, sweaters and equipment to be supplied, as Well as all the little expenses that add up to such' a large total. Service dubs and sponsors help out, but much is’left for parents, and much is left for the volun­ teers to get out and raise as .best they can. For this too, they deserve our sup- port and commendation. This is the week, “Minor Hockey Week” when, we . salute them. Let us say word about the work of the Canadian Amateur Hockey As­ sociation on behalf of hockey <in Canada. It seems that they are often placed in the position of making unpopular de­ cisions but we must admit that those who so readily criticise 4o not always have all the information. In any event the CAHA’s efforts on behalf of minor hockey , cannot be denied. To make minor hockey function all across this great nation takes an alert national governing body, an active pro­ vincial organization and energetic local groups. We are fortunate to have these, too. But most of all, it takes boys. Boys are the life blood of the game, as they are of the nation, and we are pleased that through the efforts of the various organizations about 250,000 Canadian boys,are being given an opportunity to ,. play properly supervised. Well organized hockey. Truly, hockey is Canada’s na­ tional sport and more boys take part in this healthful, rousing activity than in any other game.' ’ So we suggest that each one of us take time to visit the' arena during Minor Hockey Week. By doing so we will .be paying our tribute to the men (and ladies)' who make it all possible. Maybe, one of these years, one or more of our own' youngsters, graduates of our ■ minor hockey set-up, may be given the opportunity to represent, not only this . community, but Canada, by winning a . place on the CAHA-sponsored Canadian National Team. ■ V by Bill Smiley 100 Years of What! KINGSTON, OMT. MAR. 25-APR. 1' AND SPICE iU ITklHINOR HOCKEY WEDfttart* Jan.21st ^2 too Thcr£!5 Haw WHH MS £0N HoW / ‘C A W A D 1 * H CENTENNIAL MIDGET .HOCKHrtKR' CHAMPIONSHIP^^ Don’t send, take your boy to the arena/ J_____________;________________________- *__________________1_____ ____:_______ Need “IT HAS nothing to do with plough- . were all suffering from tuberculosis. • ing, but a rather startling statistic came'.The report does mean that those 45 out of the fnternation^PJowing Mat?h held near Seaforth m October. eulosis conditions or other lung diseases. The abbve was the lead paragraph • or they might indeed have no present in a recent editorial in the Stratford illness.” < . Beacon-Herald, commenting on the mo- ’ The Huron County Tuberculosis As- bile x-ray unit which was well patron- sociation carries on a continuous effort ized., ' . " to find out who these people are, in The editorial continued: . “The Perth and Huron. County Tuberculosis Associations had a mobile x-ray unit there and offered a free chest x-ray to anyone who asked for it. A total of 772 people took advantage of the free service. ' . '‘This was the. startling result: ’‘When the medical specialists had completed their examination of the x- rays, they found that 45 of the 772 had chest conditions that made.,,further medical examination advisable. The 45 persons were so informed. Of the 45 having abnormal chest conditions, two - were described as having ‘urgent need’ of medical attention. “The fact that 45 had chest condi­ tions that warranted further medical or they might indeed have no present order that they may be given help. Huron TB Association is-spending ‘ at the rate of $13,000 per year. Right now only $11,593.30 has been subscribed. We believe the people of Huron want the association to press on with its work of education and chest clinics. Clinton and area persons who have not contributed to their TB association can still do so by sending their gifts to Mrs. D. C. Cornish, secretary of Huron County TB Association at Box 234,. Sea­ forth. • The Beacon-Herald editorial sum­ marized its comments on the work of the TB associations in one final para­ graph: “The hard fact is that the pace of the work can 'be maintained only if the examinations does NOT mean that they public gives the money.” Demand Must Stop SometimeI \ V 75 Years Ago THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Wednesday, January 20, 1892 Thomas Ginn - Jr., Goderich Township, has taken his de­ parture for • London to attend Commercial College. The prevailing east wind having sent the ice over to ithe ’’Star Spangled” side of the lake, the -Bayfield fishermen took t advantage of the open water and made some good hauls of herring. Mrs. S. Holmes, Holmesville, has purchased the house and lot formerly owned by Mrs. Brown, opposite the Doherty org’an fac­ tory. 4-1 * . * • THE CLINTON NEW ERA' Thursday, January 21, 1892 Fire broke out /along Ontario Street and destroyed the stores occupied by J. C. Gilroy, dry goods; J. B. Rumba'll & Co., •jeweller; 'and J. Cunningham. 'The Doherty Organ Co. ship­ ped three cars of, organs to .Liverpool this week.'* ■ ¥ 15 Years Ago .CLINTON NEWS-RECORD ' Thursday, January 17, 1952 ’ Harvey C. Johnston, Morris Township farmer,' was elected Warden of Huron County for 1952 at the opening session of County Council on Tuesday afternoon. Prize winners for their cost­ umes at the Clinton Lions Car­ nival Friday 'evening were: best dressed adult, man or woman, Jean Adams; beislt dressed boy or girl under 12, Robert Addi­ son and clown, J. E. “Cap” Cook. Harold Swan has . taken a position as bookkeeper with Lavis Contracting Company. ' Mr. and Mrs. George B. Beat- tie were in Toronto this week attending the annual furniture and furnishings Show 'at Exhi­ bition Park. ■7 rT'lrrom lhe 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 17, 1957 The home of Mr.. and Mrs, Harry Torrance, RR 2, Bayfield was destroyed by fire last 'Sat­ urday evening.’ * LAC and Mrs. James E. Parker (nee Audrey Oliver) left today for 'their new home in Portage La Prairie. Miss Bar­ bara Oliver left Sunday, by plane for Winnipeg, Man,, after spending the holiday here, and' acting as bridesmaid at the Wedding of her sister, Audrey. W. G. Thompson -and Sons Limited, at Blenheim, has re­ cently installed 24 automatic bean machines. The electric eye sorting machine, each of Which can look at 20 million individual beans a day determines whether they . are up to grade or off- grade. Irvine Tebbutt has succeeded George Falconer as chairman df CDCI Board. WITH SCHOOL teachers in Que­ bec on strike for higher wages and bet­ ter working conditions, one wonders just what would happen if educators in this province were to pack up their rosy red apples and go home. Of course, we can 'boast that our ’ teachers are reasonably well paid—and • they are when one considers the going rate of pay for some other professional people. But teachers can argue that theirs is a highly “professional” pro­ fession. After all, who can put a price on the proper development of a child's mind? Just how the Honourable William G. Davis, Minister of Education for On­ tario would handle a teachers’ strike . situation in this province is hardly a matter for discussion here. What is of concern is the fact that teachers as a Whole are persistently dissatisfied with salary schedules * chronically com­ plaining of inadequate teaching equip­ ment and poor working conditions — until we wonder where it will stop. They are' something like the wife who- drives her husband to near bank- ruptcy with her constant nagging and unending pleas for this, that or the other thing to make her life more pleas­ ant. Teachers like wives, are needed, wanted and respected. Good ones are hard to find and most reasonable de­ mands are met without question. But there comes a time when the answer must necessarily be “No”. What then? Three roads are open to teachers in Ontario — or anywhere for that mat­ ter —■ wtho are unhappy with pay schedules. x ‘ ’ They may strike like teachers in Quebec at the present time — shirking their important responsibilities for “30 pieces of silver”. They may leave the profession which is probably the best solution for teachers interested primarily in the monetary gain. Or they may rest in the knowledge that they are fairly well paid according to most standards; and that they have the perculiar, bonus of extreme satis­ faction in a job well-done for Canadian youth in general and Canada in par­ ticular. ■ 55 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, January 18, 1912 A record for cold1 Wealther was probably made last Friday when the mercury went to 21 degrees, below zero. The Clinton Knitting Com­ pany have 80 employees on .their pay roll. The Government will cease re- the HENRY F. HEALD Maitland Can. & 16 th Our Health Is The Important Thing A MQVE in the United States of America to have cigarette manufactur­ ers display the content of nicotine and tar in their product should have wide support in that country, and maybe even in Canada. Since it is known that cigarette smoking can be injurious to health, it is only common sense that smokers —- particularly those just beginning the habit —• should be fully aware of the dangers. If men and women who are issuing four dollar bills, placing them with those of five dollar denomination. * * * CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 18, 1912 The Motor Car .Company has added H. and F. Grey from Oshawa, to their pay atoll.' They are experienced iin motor car building. In addition are H. Hale, W. H. Webb, H. Disriey and Gordon Taylor. It is expected-that the first t.._ 1______: ’, " ’company will be seen on Clin­ ton streets next Monday. two trucks turned out by the • was there -— and the reasonable pre­ caution taken by cigarette companies to protect the public. We suggest cigarette packages could bear a warning similar to the warning oh certain poisonous products oh the market. “Harmful if taken in­ ternally” as printed on some containers could read “Proven injurious to health” oh cigarette boxes. It wouldn’t be as effective as pro­ hibiting the sale of cigarettes entirely, _______________ ___ _____ ___ __ _ but <we would rest easier if a constant familiar with, the risks involved still “reminder of the dangers of cigarette prefer to smoke, that is their business smoking Was printed clearly in a pro­ in a free society. At least the warning minent place oh all cigarette packages. Wouldn’t it be fun if -we pould conjure up from thei'r neglected graves Sir John A, and th'e.pther Fathers of Con­ federation, and taite them on a. tour of the nation they tied ■ together 100 years ago, with string and sealingT-wax? Would they /think they had builded well? Would they swell With pride over ifh’e nation that has emerged? Would they look with 'awe on What has been accomplished? Or' would they cry, as with one voice, “Lemme out a (here!. What have you dbn'e to our glorious Dominion?" The physical changes in those 10 'tiny decades:, a flea- bite in the human span, would surely impress itShepi- The vast towers of steel and concrete in' our cities; the ribbons of road and rail' that span the continent; the Sit. 'Lawrence Seaway. And surely they would be thrilled by the vast techno­ logical leap made since they stood together for that stiff portrait in Charlottetown, They would be dazzled by the simple facts of electric light and power, -flight, by jet­ liner, radio, televislfon, the telephone, the automobile, oil- heating, air-conditioning,., and a thousand other .things we take for granted. * But how would they feel about the country they cre­ ated after the fancy wrapping came off the toys? After they’d seen the Toronto City- Hall, and flown across the country in a few 'hours, and plunged into the bowels- of a modern mine, and gone up in a chatoiilft at Jasper, and faced annihilation in a Mon­ treal cab, and groped for 'their drink in a gloomy cock­ tail lounge? Behind the glittering play­ things, would they really find much change in 'the country? Not at this time of year, any­ way. It would 'be. still a sham­ bling geographical monster, buried in white, tail turned to. ■the north' wind. Only a sprin­ kling of lights, a few curls of smoke, ’ a few ants crawling about would suggest it was not straight out of .the dice ages. And if Sir (John A. and Ms fellows lifted that fami’diar blanket of white and peered under it, would they be sur­ prised and dieHighteid by what they saw? Would! they per­ ceive a mature, virile, 'inde­ pendent people proudly -pfov- ing that the twentieth cen­ tury belongs to Canada? One look would reveal a material prosperity and com­ fort beyond their dreams. But it would show that a lot of other things 'they were fam­ iliar with had not changed or improved in 100 years. Fear of the U.S., corruption in hligh places, French and English Canadians wrangling, dlrlty ■fighting at Ottawa, the tax­ payers being bribed' with their own money, the rich getting richer and the' poor getting children: a familiar world to The Fathers. But the sorrow might change to horror when they’ looked beyond the familiar things and s'p.w that the healthy-looking body w-ais .rid­ dled with disease. The pal-, ijutfcm of 'air and water would make them furious. The shar­ ing rate of divorce, drug ad­ diction, homosexualism, alco­ holism Would appall 'them. The number of dead on the highways' each year would, sicken them; The power of huge monopolies would fright­en them, And the apathy of the average, well-fed Can­ adian would, disgust them. No, we’d* have to divert their attention qulicldy, and turn it to. other .things that would dazzle’ them, Perhaps they’d be imipressed -by some of our great cultural tradi­ tions, developed Since their time, Like the Grey Cup Game, ’when the punks and the drunks take over. Or .•Hockey Night in Canada, one of our great national customs, When this entire, sprawling nation 'is linked' together into .a warm, .friendly group of ■idiots, rising as* one man to fetch another beer when the commercial comes on. Maybe they’d enjoy a tour of one of our new atomic en­ ergy plants? But I wonder what they'd think of the pic­ tures pf Hiroshima? We could tell' them What We did in the two 'great wars. But one. look at the tax ball for defense,would give them apoplexy; ' . And so it would go. Per­ sonally, I think that after (the’ ■initial novelty wore off, Sir John A. and The Fathers, . -more in sonw than in/anger, would return to where’ they came from, without ever tak­ ing a look back, -------------o------------- Summerhill Club Discusses 1967 Mrs. Wilfred Pentound en­ tertained the 'ladies of ’the Sum­ merhill Club at their regular meeting January 11, with 19 ladies present. Meeting opened by singing "The Maple Leaf” and roll call was “the most neighbourly act you’ve had d'one for you”. Mrs. Jim Snell conducted. -the business when Centennial ideas were discussed. Thank-you notes were from Mrs,. Lucy Ellis, Mrs. Edith Lovett, Mrs. Viola Farquhar, Mrs. Effie Cornish, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Hoggart, John G'ibbdngs and Lloyd Stewart. Roll call for February will be answered toy first half of the members bringing an article for auction at the home of the meeting hostess, Mrs. Mike Sal- verda. Those in charge of the pro­ gram are: Mrs. Bill Jenkins, Mrs. Edith1 Lovett • and Mrs. Ross Lovett. Lunch conveners are: Mrs. Garnet Wright, Mrs. Robert Gibbings and Mrs. Clark BaU. Mrs. Stewart Farquhar was hostess to the SS 4 Community Club on Wednesday, January 4. Mrs. Jim Lobb conducted the meeting, secretary, Mrs. Bill Lobb read the minutes Of the December meeting and the treasurer reported a balance of $116.86. The annual reports for 1966 were read and approved. ■ ■ Mrs. Don Lobb, the new president then took the chair to start the 'business for 1967 and roll call was answered by 15 members. Thank-you cards from Mrs. Biggin, Mrs. Mc­ Camey and Mrs. Lobb were' re­ ceived. Mrs. Jim Lobb will hold the next -meeting on Wednesday, February 1. A motion was pass­ ed ’to send $5 to 'Care. A skat­ ing party for the children of the community on Wednesday, January 11 was very well at­ tended and enjoyed by ail. The meeting was ■closed’’ With the Mizpah Benediction and a Tupperware demonstration was held. Lunch wias served by Mrs. Farquhar and Mrs. Bill Lobb. The winners of draws for electric blankets were Miss Carol TaylOr and Mrs. Irvine Tebbutt; consolation * prizes were won by Mr. Tony Vand/en- dool, Mrs. Beatrice Welsh and Mrs. Lome Tyndall. opposition attempts to delay or unduly amend government 'bills in the committee stage. Occasionally a backbencher latches on to some scheme that pushes him into ■ prominence in the news' and he m!ay be able to ride it into a loading position in his party. If the scheme dktosn’t meet with party approval, how­ ever, he can, find ihim^elf odt in the cold. If he dbes it too Often he ends up a’ maverick like Ralph Cowan who hoiW carries no weight at all in party policy. Being quiet in the House can have fe advantages. Frank Fahe, the Tory MP for Vegre- ville,. Alta., for example, asks SO few questions that when hd rises to his feet the Speaker- recognizes him immediately. And Bert Lebec, the Scored member for Cariboo, B.C., can get a hearing by simply saying,, “Ma Speaker, yob knbw i don’t take Up rhuah oif the time Of the House so maybe you will let me make &, teW remarks.” Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 K. W. COLQUHOUN INSURANCE & REAL ESTATE Phones: Office 482-9747 Res. 482-780.4 JOHN WISE, Salesman Phone 482-7265 H. C. LAWSON First Mortgage Money Available Lowest Current Interest Rates INSURANCE.REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS Phones: Office 482-9644 ' Res. 482-9787 G. B. CLANCY, O.D. — OPTOMETRIST — For Appointment Phone 524-7251 a GODERICH OTTAWA — When Rodger Mitchell, the Member of Parlia­ ment for Sudbury, died recent­ ly, reporters in the press gallery looked at his picture in the newspaper and said to them­ selves, “Oih, that, was Mitchell.” It was not a sign' of disre­ spect nor indication that the MP in question was not im­ portant. They said it a little Wistfully, realizing that in the hustle of their trade they deal with the spokesmen for the policy-making groups- and miss getting to know the foundation on ' which the whole thing ^stands. Mitchell’s case is not unique. ■There. are a good many of the 265 MPs, who could walk into the press- gallery unknolwn . by most of the reporters there. Yet Murdo Martin, NDP member for Timmins, the riding next door to Sudibury, could, say Of Mitchell, “Mitch the druggist probably knew most oif his con­ stituents 'by their first names.” In Ottawa ’it is easy to for­ get that the secret of becoming a Member of Parliament is not an enterprise in foreign affairs or economics, but simply the ability to win the. confidence and respect df the majority of the 30,000 or-40,000 voters in the constituency. And .the prime concerns of that constituency may be only remotely connected with the matters .that hit the headlines. . The remarkable thing about the .democratic way is that 265 people elected on this basis can get together .and administer na­ tional affairs- in such a way that' Oahada, despite numerous blun­ ders, maintains a degree of freedom; Stability and! economic growth that, is Rivalled by only one or two bth'eT nations. The itole of backbencher, par­ ticularly on the government Side, is not & Very glamorous one^' The opposition member at last has the Satisfaction of be* ing able to stand up in .the Commons and question, caibiinelt ministers. The government members arc expected to get thbif questions answered behind the Scenes'. Tlieir major role is Staffing ” the ftiahy -.conimittces ahd being able to shoot down 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, January 20, 1927 . Counoillor Bert flUaiigfoird has been appointed by the Provin­ cial Government to handle chauffeurs’ licenses’ in Clinton. Little Miss Agnes Johnson has been on the ill list for the past 'fortnight but is now im­ proving. E. Wendorf has bought out the D. F. Sdhwanz bakery and confectionery store. Mr. Wen- dorf will Obntiriue the bakery in the Huron Street Stand and his own confedtiionery lin ithe Victoria Street Store. Ait the recent meeting of the Bayfield Council, a by-law Was passed to present a petition to Parliament to grant that. Bay? field be made a Police Vdliiage instead of an incorporated vib lage, as at present The object of this Was to obtain Hydro at less cost than given incorporat­ ed' places. ’Mrs. Helen Quinn has return­ ed to Toronto after spending, Several- weeks wliith her sister, Mrs. W. T Henman, R. W. BELL OPTOMETRIST The Square, GODERICH 524-7661 AUUMINUMPRODUCTS For Air-Master Aluminum Doors and Windows and Rockwell Power Tools ’ JERVIS SALES R. L. Jervis — 68 Albert St. Clinton—482-9390 Office *— Main Street SEAFORTH / ’ ” ............. ■ ............. .................. ■ " ....... Clinton News-Record Amalgamated THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORD 1924 Established 1881 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron County Clinton,, Ontario^ Canada PopiilAtlbn 3,475 A. 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