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The Lord Simcoe is in the heart of downtown Toronto, close to shopping, theatres and entertainment, You get something else that's special at the Lord Simcoe it's friendly hospitality you will enjoy through- out your stay with us. Colour TV in every room, fully air, conditioned. K. C. COOKE - FLORIST , CLINTON 18,19 Name the Birthday Contest Put your selection on a piece of paper and bring it to the News-Record office or mail it to "Birthday Contest, Box 39, Clinton, Ontario." die Award from Bill Mehl for name selected Contest closes May 21, 1973 • 44.1. it! nik411111111111kak*.A. 1111116‘lb... 11011k..' q.,,% • • (sponsored by the News-Record in co-operation with the Clinton Centennial Committee) Can IDB help you? On Monday, May 14th, 1973 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon one of our representatives Mr. N. 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Reservation Required Bedford Hotel PHONE 524.7337 411111111MINIMIMMIIMIN11111111/ A--CLINTON NEIIVS-RECORD, THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1913 Clintonion Club appoints four to Spring meeting Summerbill Ladies Club The Clintonian Club held its May meeting on May third at the home of Mrs. Elmer Frey with the president, Mrs. Frank Cummings, presiding, During the opening exercise, the president read a poem called "Spring." Eighteen members and four visitors an- swered the roll call with a' house-cleaning hint. Four delegates were appoin- ted to attend the Spring Meeting and banquet at the Ivanhoe Club in London. They are Mrs. F. Cumming, Mrs. B. Colelough, Mrs, E, Kendall and Mrs. L. Lockhart. Expenses for the dinner and trip to London will be paid by the Club. A donation of $15 is to be sent to the picnic fund for the Housewives Picnic held in Springbank Park in August. During April, 38 hospital calls and 34 shut-in calls were made. A Dutch auction was conduc- ted by Mrs. Cummings with winners being Mrs. Ruth Mulholland, Mrs. Margaret Thorndike, Mrs, Esther Ken- dall and Mrs, Pearl Cummings. The mystery prize was won by Ruth Mulhojland. Following two readings given by Mrs, Lou Falconer and three by Mrs. Esther Kendall, 10 games of bingo were enjoyed. The meeting closed with the Mizpah benediction, A delicious lunch was served by the hostess. Mrs. Frey who was thanked for her" hospitality by the president. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Mae Hopson 194 Townsend St. on June 8. . , matter of principle After 25 years in the auction business, Joe and Marie Corey will be leaving Corey's Sales Barn and retiring to their 65 acre farm at the end of the month. The business on the Bayfleld Road in Clinton has been sold to Lorne Tyndall of Clinton. Everything from white mice to dump trucks has been auctioned off' at Corey's. (News-Record photo) The Summerhill Ladies Club met at the home of Gladys Van Egmond for their May meeting, Isabell Steward opened the meeting with a reading entitled "Spin of Dreams" after which the Creed and The Lords Prayer were said unison. Eighteen members and one visitor answered the roll call. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Sandra Westerhout and declared correct. A thank you card was received from Charlie Merrill, Plans were finalized for the dessert euchre and bake sale that is to be held May 9th, Suzanne Vodden gave the financial statement. A discussion on the cutting of the hall lawn was held and iti was decided to ask Ken Ellis if he would take the job. The June meeting is to be held at night. Edith Wright is to be hostess for this meeting. On lunch and program are Edith Wright, Ida Wright and Margaret Ball. Marg Wright conducted an animal bingo won by Edith Wright. Sandra Westerhout held two guessing contests won by Marion Colclough and Mrs. Ellis. Roll call next month is "What I would do, if I were 16 again." The meeting was adjourned with the singing of the Queen and Grace. Lunch was served and a social hour enjoyed. Christian School news MATERNITY WEAR at the SEPARATE SHOPPE Main Corner Clinton Open 2.6 Closed Weds. FREE DELIVERY derhorst, intermediate art; The Folk Singing Group and the Play. The day was delightfully top- ped off with a repeat perfor- mance of the winners of the day's competition. Today we tend our scars, hang up our trophies and remember our lines in an- ticipation of the last perfor- mance on May 15. Has anyone seen a hickory stick? Don't answer that! 1,1011111 lirer gre 4144 Wr41 otki. 01 1.: What 41 411 BY J. CARL HEMINGWAY • On our recent visit to Texas my brother showed me a magazine with a feature article under the heading. "Can Agriculture save the American dollar". The report was based on statements by President Nixon which were, to me a least, amazing. I will only give a very brief conden- sation of a rather wordy account. It can be summed up by saying that the President quite frankly admitted that Japan was quite superior to the U.S. in the production of modern manufactured consumer goods — radios, T.V., cars, ships, clothing etc. etc. which he passed off lightly in spite of the fact that Japan has taken a large portion of the U.S. foreign market and is making con- siderable progress in the U,S. domestic market. This has hurt the U.S. balance of sales at home and abroad to the extent that there was the monetary difficulty which brought about the devaluation of the U.S. dollar. However, there is a bright spot according to Mr. Nixon. American farmers, apparently, are much more efficient and productive than the Japanese farmers, so they will save the American' dollar by exporting large quantities of agricultural products. This of course means surplus production for the domestic market which has always meant low prices to the farmer and of course, cheap food for the consumer. Then too, American farm products of farmers in many other countries where there is strong government subsidization of food products. This also produces downward pressure on prices. I wonder how long can American farmers continue to survive under conditions of this kind? Conditions in Canada are very similar, Farm products are largely responsible for the favourable trade balance that Canada has enjoyed for the past several years and Canadian farmers have suffered accordingly. Will the comparative prosperity that some farmers have enjoyed in 1972 and 9173 so far continue? This can only happen if the below average crop yields repeat in the years to come. In spite of the removal of tariffs on meats prices haven't dropped seriously on hogs, cattle or poultry. I was surprised to hear on the radio recently of a shipment of horses for slaughter, and cattle for feeding to France. Ifthe world demand is this strong farm prices for products wilkontinue to be reasonably satisfactory but it certainly won't 'be 'a result Of Canadian or American government concern for farmers. Both governments are urging increased production. The Canadian government is urging Western farmers to increase acreages of wheat and feed grains. President Nixon has released large acreages from the "land bank" for cultivation. If farmers do as they are told, we can soon be faced with huge grain surpluses that kept farmers in their place, at the bottom of the ladder, for many years, We can rest assured that surplus hogs and cattle will quickly follow grain surpluses. There is a good chance that the "weatherman" may interefere with government plans but that is of little comfort to the farmers who suffer crop-failure. High prices when you haven't anything doesn't help any more than increased tax exemption when you have no taxable income. In spite of all the publicity of the merits of crop insurance, about all a farmer can expect is enough to hang on for another year, cer- tainly not a prosperous income. Apparently it took seven years famine in olden days to impress on people the fact that food is just a little more necessary than quite a few items I could mention. Maybe it's about time for a repeat performance. given the first of that much needed encouragement for the day. So, while soloists, pianists, and readers performed in Lon- don, the participants in the Junior choir, the play and the folk group were just getting up. Too soon at 10:45 the bus left. This time there was no hushed silence. This time nerves grated. Singing, shouting, laughing; we were there! Too soon, positions were taken and costumes were on. Too soon it was over. To go to a Fine Arts Festival expecting to win, to go, holding your breath and smiles till the first Clinton "first" appeared on the scoreboard was fo-- tunately not our intent. For us, the matter of winning was one of our full and joyful par- ticipation. To win was to lose grace, fully, unfortunately, even here we sometimes lost, but the instances were few. We were very thankful also when in late afternoon we tallied the scoreboard to find that we had been honored with several first prizes. These in- cluded: Mitzi Roy, senior solo singing; Philip DeHaan, inter- mediate interpretive reading; Betty-Ann Postma, senior corn- posistion; Annette Bran- The pupils at Clinton Christian School had an oppor- tunity to apply their many hard earned three "R" skills. The commotion began with, what for the second year in a row, has been called the F.A.F. (Fine Arts Festival) held on Friday April 27 in London. F.A.F. this year was the culmination of several weeks of hasty preparation for what tur- ned out to be full participation in one of the largest cultural events in this whole school year. In the busy days of preparation, the normal accep- ted methods of motivation were mysteriously, changed., Rumor had it that -4 ....hickory stick became an indiSpensable prop for the play "The Archbishop of Canterbury". Other motivational gadgets were said to have been used as suspen- ders or percussion instruments in the folk group, Valid or not, the rumors hint at some of the excitment and enthusiasm that was evident in those who prac- tised long and hard to compete in the areas in which they were most talented. Friday morning, 8:15 saw the first sleepy nervous contestants arriving at the school. Shephered into cars, they were Homemakers meet A meeting of Certified Visiting Homemakers in Huron County was held at Conestoga College on Wednesday evening May 3. After a general discussion, those present decided to form a Huron County Association of Certified Visiting Homemakers. Mr.. Ross Milton of Conestoga College presided for the election of officers which are as follows: president, Miss Rita Duncan, Seaforth; secretary, Mrs. Estelle Wise, Clinton; treasurer, Mrs. Ber- nice Gregson, Exeter; vice- president of operations, Mrs. Wilma Bakelaar, Clinton. shall we ep, call it? 11111‘ ... Clinton '75? ... Clinton 100? ... Centennial '75? ... Old Boys Reunion? All readers of the News-Record, young and old alike, will have the chance to pick a name for Clinton's 100th Birthday to be celebrated in 1975. It's going to be a year-long gala event and we need a good catchy name for it.