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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1973-08-02, Page 4A story documented in, the NeWs- Record last week that there had been a rash of burglaries at several stores and other buildings at Vanastra recently has shown that the top officials of the OPP seldom act or act too late in many cases on pleas both from the people they police and the very police themselves, Up until a year and a half ago, Vanastra, when it was the former Canadian Armed Forces Base Clinton, was policed by Military Police, All police matters at that time on the base were handled by them. Since the base was closed in 1971, the policing of the huge complex has been in the hands of the Ontario Provincial Police, who have put it on their regular patrol beat. ' Now that development of Vanastra is in full swing, the former base-is coming back to life. Stores have been opened, manufacturing facilities established, and the former housing development has been opened up to civilians, who num- ber nearly 1,000 now. The OPP Detachment at Goderich has full responsibility now for Vanastra and the thousands of dollars being invested in it. But the OPP are policing Vanastra with the same contingent as before, and it's impossible to think that the same number of policemen can patrol a bigger territory with the same number of men when there is now another 1,000 people to guard. On top of the already insufficient situation, are added a heavier than nor- Mal workload for the OPP during sum- mer, a situation! that occurs every year as the normal population of Huron County is swollen by a large influx of. summer visitors and the holiday period when each man on the force is allowed to have his annual holidays, The Goderich detachment must patrol, 24 hours a day, an area composed of five townships, namely Stanley, Goderich, Colborne, Ashfield, and West Wawanosh and take over the policing of Hullett, MoKillop and Tuckersmith when the single man at the SeafOrth Detach- ment is off duty or on vacation. It's no wonder then, with the detach- ment spread out so thin that thieves and vandals can wander at will through Vanastra with little hindrance from the law. Huron MPP, Jack Riddell has asked the headquarters of the OPP to send an inspector down to Huron to investigate the situation, but from here it's a matter of giving the Goderich Detachment in- creased manpower and placing more emphasis on the patrolling of Vanastra. Big Brother RCMP is watching you A good policeman needs to be alert, even at times to the point of suspicion. At the same time, each citizen possesses an inalienable right to be considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have dangerously stepped on the citizen's rightrfe:Ividahties!rtia a giant cbmpute r in 000:1 tab thlkOitc hine, it hits been revealed, are being fed the names of three-quarters of a million Canadians charged with infractions of the law -- whether they were found guilty or innocent! The information that goes with each name (and police records are notorious for containing malicious gossip) is available within minutes to any policeman in Canada through 259 feeder Call it people's capitalism THE CLINT0t4 NEW EFTA Amalgamated Established 1865 1924 THE HURON NEWS-RECORD Established 1881 Clinton News-Record Published the heart every Thursdly at of Huroh County' Clinton, Ontario Poputation 3,475 THE' HOME Or itAbAl? IN CANADA NEWS,RNCORP, TR.VRSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1,973. Editorial comment Vapastra needs more police 'HISTORY OF THE WHEEL, 4.7?' • e: • • "•-• •-••••••• _ lir,t( \ -4(--- . (:. sIcki,' ' %, ft,„ or 1„..!;:.4.4 ----N '2:1.1 .______L, — ' • 11,ijrd, inar-Aisk., Pi t=•Fr-,,,A4 ‘tIlV SE: -.-- ' ,‘V..4 ' -%, - -;• "Ai "i--.:7--‘"?'44 • . ,tArt notiren ; 17 o ae":--:''''''''' ---- dep.i. INDUSTRIAL AGE stations (to be increased eventually to almost 1,000). To top off this dangerous $30-million setup, a person charged but found in- nocent must ask the police force which arrested him or her to remove his or her name from the computer. Otherwise it remains on call 24 hours a day until the citizen dies or reaches 75. This infor- mation, by the way, goes back to 1910. The remedy is clear: feed the corn- ` outer names of persons wanted on criminal charges, names of missing per- sons, persons on bail and prisoners on parole, all to aid the Mounties in protec- ting us. Remove all other names. And when a charged person is found innocent, his or her name must be im- mediately erased from the record without that innocent person having to ask! Idle notes for a hot summer day, .Columnist Richard Needham, a modern Cassandra who is never happier than when he is crying disaster, prophesies with some glee the wiping out of the American dollar, and with it the Canadian, owing to inflation. He says to put your money in a Swiss bank, in Swiss francs. Question: What money? Because of that same inflation he's talking about, ninety per cent of Canadishe ate lucky to make ends meet, let alone have anything to invest. Needham also says he doesn't believe ih stocks and bonds. Nor do I. When I was young and foolish, just out of the service, and had a couple of thousand dollars in back pay, I was twice bitten. Now I'm thrice elm Both "investments" were based on red hot tips. One thousand shares of a real dog tailed Ansley, a "gold mine" which turned out to be moose pasture. It rose; three cents in a week, and 1 was counting my paper money and congratulating myself on my shrewdness. sesieusly con- sidered becoming a speculator and getting rich fast, In two weeks Ansley wee down to twelve cents, In two months it was off the board, as we wheeler-dealers say. But the second tip was too good to pass up. It came from a friend who was not only an ex- PAM. and therefore to be -Ousted, but a stockbroker and therefore on the inside, He was sinking every nickel he could raise into Eldridge, another gold stock, There really 'was a mine thie time, So I went for 1,000 shares at 33 cents. Like the other, this stock immediately went tip a few 'cents, no doubt due to heavy plungers like tee. Then it began to slide, slowly and gracefully. When it was close to bottom, there was an announcement to shareholders of reorganization of the company. It would now be celled Elder and we would get one share of Elder for each eight shares of Eldridge we possessed. This was a little disappoin- ting, but it was better than a goose egg. Each year came glowing company reports of the great future for the stock. The reports were all we got. Then came another announ- cement. Elder was going to amalgamate with Peel and the outlook was roses all the way. Again there was a juggling of shares. I wound up with twelve ehates. Not bad when I started out with a mere 1,000. But hold. Peel-Elder actually did stagger through and is now a respectable stock, if the term is not automatically contradic- tory. My twelve shares ere now worth almost as much as the original 1,000. In 25 years I am down only about $40. Except for that 1,000 shares of Ansley, which I've written off to ex- perience. That's a pretty darig ept financial career, if you ask me. You thought this story was going to have a sad ending, didn't you? This all seems to have very little bearing on anything, but it does. When the Smileys finally decide to go to England, the dollar is steadily slipping-, and prices ih Europe are rapidly increasing, Rettilt, the trip costs a lot more than we figured on. Somehow, there is a parallel there to my career in the stock market. "Why does anybody want to travel, anyway", groaned my wife, as she contemplated the horrors of getting ready. "I'd much rather stay at home." Her trouble is that she's a woman. I could throw a sweater, shirts, socks and un- derwear in a bag and be off without, a backward look. She says, "But the house is filthy," and goes into an orgy of vacuuming and scrubbing. The place looked all right to me "What am I going te wear? What shall we do with the cat? How can I be ready in time? What if it rains all the time? Who's goihg to mow the lawn?" And on and on: I answer: "Just wear your swim suit.Then if it, rains, you'll be all set. You wouldn't be ready in time for your own funeral, and you wouldn't know what to wear. We'll put the tat on the beck lawn and she can graze it, like a sheep." Like any wife, she truly ap- preciates understanding and help like this, However, all these things can be ironed out. It's the financial aspect that's bad.After epee. ding a small fortune getting ready to go, I think we have enough left for a one-way ticket.. We'll get home somehow. have a rich niece in England. If she doesn't kick through with the }mine fares Sand I think she Would, with alacrity, after we'd visited her for a few weeks) we might have to swim. / should have stared in the stock market and bled to death slowly, with dignity. The ant world I had always thought of the ant as being a symbol of tireless, constructive industry until I commenced my exhaustive studies into the sub-' ject. Now, I confess, I don't know what to think except that ants are certainly crazy, mixed- up insects. It was an accident that I began the study at all. Funny how fate takes a hand in these things. I mean, if I hadn't been lying there on my stomach in the hammock--and looking down!--I would never have em- barked on what now may be my life's work. Just as Newton is said to have begun his theory of gravity through the accident of being hit on the head by a falling apple, so I was led,, through this rare moment of repose, into a whole new world of research. I had under my observation for fully 20 minutes--indeed, right up until I fell asleep--an estimated thousand ants and four in particular all in residence beneath the roots of a large, elderly maple, The time was mid-afternoon of a very warm day. I mention this because there is a 19 YEARS AGO August 1, 1963 A firm owned by Lloyd Mousseau of Hensall, is to build the new Brucefield firehall. His bid was accepted recently. Construction is to start immediately. A former Clinton man, Roger Garon has bought a three- year-old colt which is rated tops 'in harness racing in the United States. He believes that if the horse stays sound he could win them a lot of money. A bible school ended recently at Lobb's hall. Around 40 boys and girls attended the school lot three days every week star- ting duly 10th. The theme used WAS "Living With Jesus," The Merrier reunion was held at Cedar Grove, Zurich, on July 21, People from Detroit, London, tincinhati, Exeter, Dashwootl, Hensall, Zurich, Mitchell and Windsor were present. A gift was given 'to Mr. end Mts. Wes Merner who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. Clinton swimmers made an outstanding performance Mon- day when out of 34 kids trying their Red 'Cross examinations, all passed. John Reid a cadet officer at R.C.A.F. Clinton tested them and was justified 'in saying he was mighty proud. The National Hockey League All-Stars made up mostly of the world champion'Toronto Maple Leafs, will play a game of softball against'the Goderich Bissets oft Saturday. Frank Mahovlich, Eddie Shack, Tim Horton, Bob Baun, Rod Selling and Tim Foley are some of the players. 25 'YEARS AGO Jiffy 29 and Aug, S, 1948 Bears on the loose in Huron County! Bill lloweliffe found a possibility that the poor, fey creatures were temporarily crazy with the heat. I want to give the ants the benefit of the doubt wherever possible, But the fact is that all of them were involved in projects of a lunatic nature and the method wasn't any too bright, either. Now to our notes. Here is an ant, to be referred to hereinafter as Agnes, who is obviously looking for something. She goes this way and that very purposefully, like, in fact, investigating various twigs. There are thousands of fine, straight little twigs. Agnes does not like them. Not she! She has to find a big, vroolted twig that will go about a1a , Ones her weight. The other twigs she might hoist over one shoulder and pack back home. This twig must be hauled, shoved, worried over. It is the one she wants! There are all sorts of clear paths between this twig and the roots of the maple. Not for Agnes! She goes out of her way to drag this enormous log over every rock and leaf she can find, huffing and puffing, pulling and pushing, "Frantic," mother bear and her four cubs eating berries on the edge of his farm as he finished work. A search was organized but was fruitless. Nothing more will be done until more news is received about their whereabouts, The Huron County Crop Im- provement Association held IS twilight tour to help improve crops. Professor Keegan, Guelph, discussed the varieties of' ()tits mid barley, in particular the new variety Clinton as showing much promise especially for this area. Paving of highway streets is to start next month. Highway 4 is to be black'tupped for half a mile but the main street will have to wait till next year. H.C. Lawson has been recognized by Mutual Life of Canada for outstanding service to his community He has qualified as a 'member of the Leaders Century Club. Cheese and butter production in Huron County declined during the month of June and over the last six months as compared to a similar period in 1947, Edward Wise, RR 3 Clinton„ won a 1948 ,Studebaker Chem- pion Tudor valued at 62,300 which was drawn in connection with the Kinsmen Club's car- nival held in the Court House Patk, Goderich, tie bought his ticket from Miss Margaret McLeod of hayfield for 25 cents. Sam Argyle Jr. rode his motorcycle to the Wise home to ten Ed the good news. So YEARS AGO &must 3, Ma A fernier Clinton girl, Miss Greta Millet, has been 'chosen as Queen of the Sault for the forthcoming Discovery Week, HOlderiby is to give a lecture on "The Family - the Nations Greatest Asset," Mr. Hoidetaby 'of Chicago is a great I see, is the word I wrote in her case history. Here is another ant, Cynthia, who is engaged in hauling a dead fly some place. She is heading in a westerly direction, which is the way to the nest, although, like Agnes, she makes detours to find obstruc- tions. I pick up Cynthia and her burden on a piece of copy paper and deposit her four feet closer to the nest, which is as far as I can go without actually getting out of the hammock. Cynthia picks up her fly and, very deter- mined, heads east. I pick her up again. "No, no, Cynthia, that way!" I say. Cynthia heads north. , Here are two more ants, Marj. and Alice,well call them. They are at either end,of an old leaf. God knows what an ant wants with an old leaf, but that's THEIR business. What interests me is that they're both trying to take the prize in dif- ferent directions. How busy and purposeful they seem, preten- ding to ignore each other, going round and round with the old leaf. They may be going yet for all I know. Now, what deductions may speaker whose lectures are more like a living message than just a mere speech. He belives that today's national life hinges on the home and pleads for restoration of honesty, respect of law and spiritual in- terpretation of life. Miss Marion Mbyte, who had been missing since Friday, was found around 6:30 this evening at the bottom of a well about eight feet from her home. Her brother went to draw water and found her lying in about four feet of water. A private funeral will be held oh Wed- nesday. 75 YEARS AGO July 29 and Aug, 5, 1898 Swindlers ate going through the county claiming to have authority from the state to examine wells. 'They look at it through a microscope and find the many germs and bacteria which are always present in a drop of water. When the farmer looks through the microscope and sees these germs the swin- dlers offer to sell him certain remedies at high prices, The CARN-AGE we draw from such, forgive it if you will, antics? Well, the first, I think, is that ants aren't REALLY working to get a job done, but are working for work's sake. They just have to keep busy or sit around and brood all day. This, of course, is because the so-called "workers" are sterile females. I like to think of an old granny ant explaining this to a circle of young "workers" "Don't blame me, girls," she's saying, "that's just the way it is. We just have to make the best of it. Keep active, girls. Dedicate yourself to industry. Up early! Out under the ham- mock!" This, in tern, i$ .the only, possible explanation for ants deliberately finding obstruc- tions in their hauling and car- tage. It would be fatal to run out of jobs and, besides, it's something to talk about when the day is done. "Oh, the trouble I had with that twig, Cynthia," I fancy Agnes saying. "YOU had trouble," Cynthia responds. "You should have been lifted all over the place by that nut in the hammock!" remedy turns out to be plain soda. Harvey Street had an in'. crease in his family recently. The third son and child all of whom were born oh a Tuesday. A fire inspection was held on Tuesday by Mr, Howe, Inspec- tor for the Fire Under-Writers Association, During the test a couple of lengths of hose burst but beyond this the test was quite satisfactory. Mr. Howe expressed himself well pleased with the inspection. Prices in wheat both old and new, oats, field barley and old hay seem to have dropped this week but the rest of the crops are about the same. There is an increased /Iv lid for huge right now and there are not enough dealers to fulfill the demand. According to the editor of the Atwood Bee, he does not feel Goderich is a progressive place. He feels there is nothing in the town to eared visitors. Two marble stones passed through Clinton addressed to Mitchell and Todd, Goderich. Both stones had Mortuary in- scriptions and it is to be hoped that neither will need these for many years to come. Green Ontario's green forests only add billions of dollars the province's economy they give employment, cover for wildlife and lar recreational areas for reside and tourists alike. Unfortunately, many peo tend to be careless with and 80% of forest fires caused by these same peo who started out to enjoy t green forest areas. One small careless act wit fire can leave a forest standii black and stark; no longer a enjoyable place to be. * * * CONTROL YOUR CAMI FIRE: Keep it small. Add mor fuel only when you need it. bonfire has no place in a fores To build your fire, Choose safe site near water and wher it will be shielded from th wind, If you can't build op roc or gravel, then dig down t mineral soil, clearing a spac about six feet in diameter Remove all flammabli material: grasses, pine needles twigs, brush, logs, and roots They can catch fire, anc smoulder long after you havi left the area, then flare up into a forest fire, Never leave a campfire unat tended. 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