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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-03-15, Page 4we get letters ,4,-,c1.4NTON NEWS-RW:1RD, .THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1973 11 _1 , • , zattortat comment More humane trapping It appears there are a great many people who can't read or having ,read, do not digest the truth of it, The recent editorial taking nearly a half page "Unhinging the Trap Syn- drome" is a case in point. Carl Monk, whoever he may be, might, if I may venture an opinion, be better employed using the tax-payers money elsewhere - trying, if he has the ability, to invent a humane trap, for instance. The statement by the editor of the News Record "The recent spate of let- ters regarding anti-trapping has only served to give a bad name to a skilled trade etc. etc.:'_ In the first place it is not a "skilled trade" and can never be until we find a way for a painless death for our wild creatures. I have before me a letter from C.A.H.T. expressing their gratitude for the response in letters and money from many concerned citizens. Mr. Monk may, and I do not doubt his word, have received letters from overly sentimental people such as the "she" he refers to who wishes to eliminate the trapping trade. In all organizations and in all causes we have such as these. Their influence is minimal, as he well knows and if he reads at all this is-not the issue at stake and never has been. At that I would prefer the overly sen- timental to the hard-boiled who couldn't care less for our wildlife, shoots at anything that moves and allows his 12- year-old or younger to trap for "sport': Recently, a boy in Clinton was seen shooting birds in the "gully' thereby breaking two laws - shooting song birds and using firearms inside town limits. No one needs to be told Mr. Monk's views on necessary controls; anti-rabies compaigns; decimation of too prolific wildlife etc. But these must be by humane methods and skilled hunters. Mr. Monk completely side-steps the A very wise move After considerable consternation for Planning Director Gary Davidson and his staff, TEOTjo mention several days of hot debateff*ouiity B.loutii90,Huron's Of- ficial Prffrnas been approved by the councillors and needs only the final signature of the Minister. While all people in the County of Huron have had an opportunity to view the plan and to comment upon it, it is probably true that most citizens are unaware of its contents and hardly con- cerned about the legislation it proposes. The true metal of the plan will be tested once it is enforced. Not all members of Huron County Council are convinced that every part of the plan is in the best interests of each of the municipalities in Huron, but ap- parently the councillors realize that the bugs will rear their ugly heads and can be corrected when the effects of the plan are felt throughout Huron. It may not be the best system but it is certainly the only way that a totally satisfactory issue which is to ensure that our wildlife be given as humane a death as possible and to eliminate the agony presently in- flicted. There is not and never has been any effort to do away with the fur industry which is a way of living for many and the only way for many more.With a govern- ment receiving large profits from it, small chance of success there, But that same government should be willing to subsidize the trapper to obtain humane traps. Once and for all let me set forth clearly the aims of C.A.H.T. One - find a trap on the "instant kill" principle and for this they have a fund to help trapper inventors. Two - force the government to outlaw the leg-hold trap. Many countries have done so but not Canada, yet. Three - supply trappers with a conibear trap free in exchange for their leg-hold trap. Four - to increase public awareness of the cruel methods still in use in a so- called enlightened country. There are many concerned and com- passionate trappers anxious to find a humane trap. Many have turned in their leg-hold traps. If Mr. Monk doesn't know this he doesn't know his job. It may interest readers to know Simp- son-Sears and Eatons will no longer sell the leg-hold trap. Eatons have gone a step further at considerable loss to themselves and refuse to sell furs from animals in danger of extinction. Among these is the leopard skin formerly a high-priced commodity. Bravo Simpsons and Eatons! I have headed many organizations in Huron County but none as satisfactorily as one where one "speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves" Mrs. Frank Fingland Clinton document will ever become reality where there are so many varied opinions about so many subjects. Therefore, it is not the plan itself which must be commended but the people in the county who pushed and prodded until Huron had an Official Plan by which order could grow out of disor- der. Many of the farsighed men who planted the seeds for this plan have left the Huron County Council Chambers. Undoubtedly many more only gave their direction and support from outside the rail. To be fair though, the present council has had something to do with approving the plan and becoming the first rural municipality in the province to have actually put down on paper the direction it hopes to take. Huron's Official Plan is needed, with all the problems it is bound to create in the coming months. There is just no other route to take and Huron's citizens should be pleased that county council accepted the challenge. GODERICH SIGNAL-STAR The blood heats "And to think we moved out to the outskirts of town for some peace and quiet:" Women stilt losers THE CLINTON NEW ERA Amalgamated THE HURON NEWS-RECORD, Established 1865 1924 Established 1881 Clinton _News-Record A member of the Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association, Ontario Weekly Newspaper Association and the Audit Bureau• of Circulation (ABC) second class mail registration number — 0817 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (in advance) "Canada, $8.00 per year; U.S.A., $9.50 JAMES E. FITZGERALD—Editor J, HOWARD AlTIqN — General Manager MIR Published every Thursday at the heart of Huron County' Clinton, Ontario Population 3,475 THE HOME. OF RADAR IN CANADA Most of the major disasters of life I can accept with a cer- tain equanimity. It's the little things in life, the almost daily irritants, that keep me in such a flaming rage that I can almost hear my great-uncle, Mountain Jack Thomson, the wildest-tempered man in the entire Ottawa Valley about ninety years ago, whisper, "That's my boy. One of the old stock. Give 'em hell, William." I have ridden, or flown into the valley of death, and come out with nothing twitching ex- cept my sphincter muscles. I have landed an aircraft with a fused bomb dangling from one wing, climbed out to face the fire truck and the am- bulance, and managed a quiet, "You're making a lot of noise with those sirens, chaps. Hard on the nerves you know." before fainting, When I was shot down and, crashed in a plowed field in Holland, my first thought was, "Dammit, I won't be able to keep that date with Tita tonight," Tita was in Antwerp, several hundred miles away. A logical and calm conclusion. When I was beaten up for an attempted escape, I didn't rail against anyone, including the beaters. I lay there quietly in the boxcar, hands and feet wired together, licked my wounds and said to myself, "Serves you right, you nit, for trying to be a hero. You weren't cut out." When our train rode through the German night and right into a major bombing raid on Leipzig, I looked down on my grovelling, screaming, praying, calling-formother fellow prisoners, and thought coolly, "There, but for the grace of God and the fact that I can't get out of this luggage rack (where I was resting) would be I." Sedate, poised. Paralyzed. That was in war-time, of course, and a man had to keep a stiff upper, not to mention nether lip. But life since has brought the same sort of thing. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, , somebody said. Oh, yes, it hath, Try this. Tell your wife you'll be home for dinner at six, Arrive home at 3 a.m. with a couple of cronies you've invited for a late snack, "Nah, she won't mind. Come on, what're you, scared of your wife?" A woman scorned, compared to a woman waiting, is like a Boy Scout troop compared to a panzer division. We'll all agree then, that I've faced the worst without flin- ching, without becoming hysterical with fear or rage. What I can't cope with is the daily degradations. The insults to intelligence. The utter stupidity of bureaucrats and the malicious heckling of inanimate objects. I'm afraid I lose every vestige of coolth, sang-fiioid, poise, reason. Item. As though it knew exactly what I was writing about, my typewriter just broke a ribbon. And I just broke my typewriter. After using the name of the Lord, the typewriter company, and various other deities in vain, I beat the thing with my bare hands. All I got was ink up to my wrists, and a laconic, snide remark from my wife in the next room that she'd already had her hair curled, thank you. Item. They're cutting down the trees. The stupid bureaucrats. May they roast in eternal flames. And why are they cutting down the trees? So they ran widen the roads for more stinking, rotten cars. Item. They (meaning the mindless bureaucracy) are re- numbering all the addresses in town. We were 303 and now we're 613 or 631 or something. I don't even know where I live any more. Of all the flaming ridiculous, useless, idiotic, moronic, expen- sive Steady, old Man. Remember the blood pressure. I swore on a secret oath that I'd ease off writing about the battle of the sexes. It's dangerous work to be that kind of war correspondent. But this little complaint from Madge Castle, of Toronto , seems to require some masculine com- ment, risky though it may be. Madge is one of those brittle gal columnists who major in the problems of the ladies, which often involve a male or two. In this particular case the problem involves the entire species. Men, says Madge, always come off best in the cold, cruel world outside the nest. In restaurants, in' Store's', theatre line-ups they invariably get preferential treatment. They are waited on, deferred to and considered as Milady rarely is. They get the best places, the bargains, the cour- tesy, the service. A case in point: "If a man tells a waitress he's pressed for time she flits to and fro doing her level best to speed him through his meal. But a woman can sit until she grows roots." 10 YEARS AGO MARCH 14, 1963 Council was informed Mon- day that negotiations are being carried on by the department of public works for the Ball Macaulay Ltd. property on King Street for the site of a new post office for Clinton, but as yet no plans have been finalized. Gordon Hill, Varna, has been appointed federal represen- tative in the newly-formed Canadian dairy advisory com- mittee, the agriculture depart- ment announced in Ottawa last week. Clinton fire brigade was called to a fire at the town dump, Friday, and the blaze was described as one of the worst ever battled at the dump by Fire Chief, Grant "Red" Rath. Clinton council approved salary hikes for several town employees at their meeting, Monday, giving clerk-treasurer, John Livermore, a substantial $900 raise. 15 YEARS AGO MARCH 13, 1958 The Clinton Spring Show is finding things a little more dif- ficult than usual this year—The directors are attempting to lift the Fair from a deficit which was incurred through a couple of bad years...and. also present a Fair which will be acceptable in the light of fine standards in the past. Clinton hockey fans are assured more good hockey this season, now that the Colts meet Forest in a best three out of five series for the WOAA Inter- mediate "B" Group 2 cham- pionship, Councillors at their regular meeting Tuesday evening, post- poned decision on continuing the annual contribution of $170 Another: "At a railway station, more than anywhere else, a man comes into his own. Straight as a dart a porter will make for some hefty male with uncomplicated luggage while a woman traveller, surrounded by suitcases and 'carry-ails suitable for safari in darkest Africa, remains defeated and helpless." Obviously, Madge has a point. Men notice it par- ticularly where the encounter is woman-to-woman. There seems to be a kind of mutual lack of trust, a thinly-veiled hostility, that makes the masculine onlooker wonder if the girls have really progressed fig' far 'fricm the jungle as hd. A waitress taking an order from ,a woman, or a salesgirl showing some goods to a woman, very often has a man- ner that suggests just a little bit of hate. This chill may be rooted in a false feeling of class consciousness. Restaurant men will tell you that it's hard to find waitresses Who can shake the idea that the job carries a social stigma. The male waiter, on the other hand, is more in- clined to see it as a challenging toward the operation of Mid- Western Ontario Development Association. Councillor H. Bridle felt that the town could use the money to better advan- tage in advertising the town. Mr. Bridle was chairman of the town's industrial promotion committee last year. Upon the request of the Clin- ton Public School Board, the council of the Town of Clinton on Tuesday night gave their ap- proval to the erection of a two- room addition to the town's $350,000 public school building. Estimated cost of the addition is $40.000 25 YEARS AGO MARCH 11, 1948 Pickett and Campbell are just completing extensive renovations to their store...ad- ditional shelving has been placed along the walls and the counters have been placed in "island" positions...The change adds much to the efficiency potential. A colorful pageant was presented in the Clinton Lions Arena Saturday evening under the auspices of the Clinton Lions when members of the Kitchener-Waterloo Figure Skating Club, augmented by several members of Stratford Figure Skating Club, staged "Ice Follies of 1948". 40 YEARS AGO MARCH 16, 1933 Clinton people were not without personal interest in the earthquake in California last Friday and Saturday, as many have relatives there, Miss Madeline Van Horne, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. G. Van Horne at Huntingdon Park, was right in the quake area, Before the news of the disaster came, however, Miss Van Horne had wired home assuring her parents of her safety and tnat and satisfying vocation in which he can take pride. Naturally, this works both ways. The woman who treats a waitress or a salesgirl as a ser- vant and who is excessively demanding is not at all uncom- mon. Women are often thoughtless and tactless for this reason. A covey of matrons, lunching together, chattering away while the waitress waits, fuming, is a familiar sight. So if the gal gives the next male diner a lit- tle better service it could well be revenge. Madge suggests that tipping may have something to do with it. The girls, it is true, have something of a reputation for miserliness in that depart- ment. Yet I suggest there are deeper and darker reasons for antagonism. Certainly women can be inor- dinately infuriating by the curse of indecision. The most practical, the kindest, the most intelligent of them, is apt to go slightly to pieces when faced with the necessity of a final choice. I am thinking of one very of her relatives. A short play was .presented by First Form pupils at the CCI literary Society meeting. Ben- son Sutter, Evelyn Lever, Norma Cook and Claire Ken- nedy had the principal parts. 55 YEARS AGO MARCH 14, 1918 Owing to a break in the hydro lines somewhere between here and Mitchell, no power was available from before nine this morning until after three. As the newspaper depends upon hydro for both power and heat for the linotype we have been held up all day and much copy is held over until next week. Fred Mutch is attending to his work in Harland Bros., these days but he's wearing a straight jacket, and like Agag, "walking delicately". The reason is that he took a tumble the other day and as a result has a couple of broken ribs. A good many people have fallen on the streets of Clinton in the past six weeks and it's a won- der more bones have not been smashed. close to me who can handle a household budget with the best of them and brought up a family very nicely, indeed, but has a terrible time settling on a hat or a pair of shoes. How often I've sat and wat- ched this performance and marvelled at the magnificent patience of the clerks who seem to take it for granted that two- thirds of their stock will be shown before there's to be a culmination to the deal. A man, selecting a hat or a pair of shoes, will seldom take more than 10 minutes at the outside. He is conditioned, by the nature of his role in society, to think positively and quickly. He is seldom vague, whether it is ordeiing a meal or a book in a library or a suit of clothing. He is thus easy to deal with, too proud to admit a mistake and so, to use Madge's phrase, he comes off best in the market place and in those transactions which require the cooperation of strangers. It may be, indeed, the solitary aspect of the struggle between the sexes in which he continually triumphs. 75 YEARS AGO MARCH 11, 1898 Alex, McKay, of Egmond- ville, completed a few days ago, quite a wonderful invention. It is a hand power dredge, so con- structed that it will take up from 12 to 15 tons of dirt per day at a depth of from 18 to 25 feet of water. The machine is very cheaply constructed and would not cost more than about $10. Any ordinary man could build it, where timber could be had. Mrs. James Snell, Wingham, has moved with her family to Londesboro, where she will take up her permanent residence in a house on her father's farm. We are having most magnificent weather and the sleighing could not be better than it has been. The nights and mornings have been cool, but beautiful warm sunshine in the middle of the day. The winter, on the whole, has been' delightful, although it has been pretty cold at times. The roads have not been pitchy to any ap- preciable extent, and from present appearances it will not be long before wheels are rup: Dear Editor: I enjoy getting the horn news, and am glad to see arrive on Fridays, I am sending another tw year's subscription and than you. Yours trul Mrs. May Hanle Hamilton, Ontari Dear Editor; Centralia College o Agricultural Technology is thi year trying to expand its Ope House attendance. In this at tempt, we are asking the are newspapers for their co operation and assistance. Th mention in your newspaper o our College's Open. Hous would be greatly appreciated We are sending you some infor mation concerning our program at Centralia College. EVENT: Centralia College o Agricultural Technology "Open House" DATES: Wednesday, March 28, 1973,1:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.; Thursday, March 29, 1973, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. COURSES OFFERED: Agricultural Business Management; Home Economics; Animal Health Technology. PLACE Centralia College of Agricultural Technology located 20 miles north of Lon- don and 5 miles south. 'of Exeter off Highway No. 4. Displays and presentations will be underway during this two day event. We invite everyone interested to attend and see the many aspects of our College. If any further information is required, please contact Cen- tralia College of Agricultural Technology, Huron Park, On- tario - phone 228-6691. We hope you will consider our effort,for any help would be greatly appreciated. Marybelle Spence Chairlady, Public Relations Dear Mr. Fitzgerald: Heart Month in Canada is now over, and on behalf of the Canadian Heart Fund, Ontario Division, please accept our sin- cerest appreciation for your co- operation and assistance during our financial campaign in February. Our objective this year was $1,300,000, and although all returns are not in, were are quite hopeful that our objective will be attained - even sur- passed. Without your willing co- operation in communicating our needs to the public, e Canadian Heart Fund would not be able to express such an outlook. Heart disease is everyone's problem - and again our thanks for helping us bring to the at- tention of the public that - research should be everyone's responsibility. With best wishes. Yours very truly, CANADIAN HEART FUND, Ontario Division, Esther M. Richards, Director of Public Relations. ning again. The new Scribner Pipe Organ, manufactured expressly for the Ontario St. Church, Clinton, is being put into position this week, and an Organ Recital and Concert will take place in the church this evening, The voting places on Monday will be Town Hall, Stewart's basket shop, Rumball's shop and Leslie's shop. All persons who are owners of and assessed for real estate to the value of $200 can vote, unmarried ladies and widows as well as men.