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Editorial comment
Forgotten women
History's slim crop of heroines has
never been fully harvested and women
are often relegated to the "footnote"
section of text books.
Most Canadians never heard of
doughty Judge Emily Murphy of Edmon-
ton — created first woman judge of the
Bt itish Empire In 1916, She wrote a book
\
on drug abuses, and led court battles
to change the discriminatory, BNA Act,
making women eligible for the Senate by
a 1929 Privy Council decision.
Canadians ignored Toronto's Dr. Emily
Stowe, first woman doctor who set up a
medical school and hospital for women
- opened the University of Toronto for
women, fought for provincial fair labor
laws for women factory workers -- and
organized the country's first woman suf-
frage movement.
Joan of Arc was mythologized for cen-
turies until transcripts of her Inquisition
trial came to light in the nineteen hun-
dreds. Pagan Celtic Queen Martia Probe
fermulated and collected the laws which
eventually went in the famous Magna
Carta,
History at last is being re-written and
re-evaluated by feminist scholars.
Perhaps the new knowledge will help
women feel proud of their past — and
strive harder for a brighter and more
"contributing" future sharing the
limelight they deserve, (contributed)
The folly of weapons
.....
In the Pentagon and at the Kremlin,
generals are studying means of mass
destruction. A U.S. Government study
says 'that the estimated cost of all
weapons systems for 1972 was more
than $100 billion. It admitted that excess
costs in military weapons increased by
more than $1 billion in a three-month
period.
The Soviet Navy is now armed to fight
well away from coastal waters, and has
the mission of finding and destroying
U.S. surface and underwater forces, The
stress around the world is on
technological warfare.
China and France still are exploding
nuclear and thermonuclear bombs in the
air, thus polluting the atmosphere with
dangerous fallout. A plea by Australia to
the French and Chinese to halt at-
mospheric testing is being ignored.
What follies have prompted humanity
to develop weapons that can wipe out
entire nations in a matter of minutes?
Why do we continue to allow the
inhumanity of having our governments
squander public monies on arms that
presumably will never be used -- for no
great power will be prepared to push the
thermonuclear button and thus commit
national suicide?
It is time that men bade a farewell to
arms. Nations should begin using the
resources and skills at their disposal not'
to build ever bigger and better weapons
of destruction, but dams to stem flood
and produce badly needed (and clean)
energy, vast canals to halt the spread of
deserts, desalination plants to take the
salt out of seawater, and thus use the
ocean for irrigation and to supply
domestic water needs.
Around the world, millions are seeking
work. People want just a little more food,
somewhat better shelter and clothing,
air and seas and rivers free of pollution.
So much is waiting to be done — con-
structive projects that require time and
money and manpower. Why then is so
much money wasted by the great powers
in their senseless search for ever more
powerful weapons of destruction?
The high cost of coffee
Petty theft
Clinton News-Record
Travelling is tiring. It's
eleven o'clock in the morning, a
perfect day with temperature in
the 80's, and any self-
respecting tourist should be out
stomping around looking at a
castle or something.
But my wife is on the bed
having a snooze, and I myself
am almost relieved that I have
to write a column and don't
have to get out there and
tromp.
About tromping. If you're
going to do Britain, bring along
your oldest, most comfortable
pair of shoes. That noise you
hear in the background is the
barking of thousands of
tourists' dogs as the furriners
wearily climb yet another flight
of stone steps.
We're in the middle of a heat
wave here in Chester. Back
home it would be just pleasant
beach weather, but the Brits,
who suffer stoically through the
normal rigours of their windy,
rainy isle, can't take the heat.
This morning's newspaper
reports that millions are fleeing
to the beaches, that resort
hotels are jammed, that the
sale of deodorants is booming,
and that it is expected there
will be ten milliort cars on the
. roads this weekend. Thank
goodness we're not touring by
cat.
Highways are completely
inadequate for the volume of
traffic. The cars are piled up in
hundreds, About twenty feet
apart, and when something
happens, there are usually four
of five ears 'evolved.
An Englishman on the train
told me that "The trouble with
England is that we never do
anything until our backs are to
the wall,' He was commenting
on those same highways, which
were built for the traffic of
twenty years ago, with no
thought of the future.
Well, that's the way they've
gone into every wale twenty
years behind the times, but
they've managed to muddle
through, so far. •
Speaking of wars, it is driven
home to the tourist, through in-
numerable plaques in castles
and cathedrals and other
public places, what a tretnen-
does toll of British blood was
taken in the two great wars,
Oise plaque in the Castle in
Edinburgh reveals that one
Scottish regiment lost nearly
700 officers and almost 8,000
ether ranks in World War I,
Edinburgh Castle is a
fascinating niece, My friend
Dick Whittington, a history
buff, whould go right Out of his
mind and would have to be
dragged away by the con-
stabulary when he saw the
magnificent displays of ancient
and honorable uniforms, coats
of arms, weapons and such,
But I think he might turn
purple with outrage had he
seen us eating Chinese food up
there on the great brooding
Castle Rock, Even I had an
uneasy feeling that William
Wallace and Robert the Bruce
would be rolling in their graves
as I chomped my chow mein on
the massive rock where heroic
deeds were done and the course
of history changed.
Chinese restaurants are com-
mon here, but I don't think
their food .te good as that hi
Canada, on the whole. I detests
the stuff, but my wife loves it,
so I wind tip hacking at an egg
roll when I'd rather be getting
into some Dover sole,
Food prices here are a little
lower than at home, but not
much, There are thousands of
tatty little restaurants,
something like our "greasy
spones". Poor food badly
cooked, litter everywhere, and
sloppy service,
At the other end of the stick.
Are the classy joints: excellent
food beautifully cooked, elegant
surroundings and four waiters
hovering, But you'd better be
well fixed with travellers`
cheques if you weeder into one
of them,
There's not too much in bet-
ween, though Most hotels, even
email ones, serve a decent die-
ter for about four dollars.
Bars have sandwuches, and the
good pubs have hot and cold
lunches.
Something that irritates me
no end is the toffee racket.
We get
Dear Editor:
As of August 29, the Urban-
Rural Exchange, 1973 was
over. Hopefully, however, the
benefits of the program — the
knowledge learned, the friend-
ships made — will continue on
into the future.
The 1h-ben-Rural Exchange
is a program for 12 to 15 year
old students, allowing city
youngsters to spend a week on
a farm, followed by a week in
the City for the farm host or
hostess, The idea is to reduce
urban-rural misunderstanding
by offering the Opportunity to
learn about the other way of
life by being actively involved
in it,
Sixty-three city youngsters
from Kitchener, Waterloo,
Ydu 'are Setved an enormous
three-course dinner, so lavish
you can eat only half of it.
Then the robbers want eleven
or twelve pence for a cup of cof-
fee. Even though I'm dying for
coffee, and the meal itself was
reasonable in price, that bit of
Scottish blood in me makes me
refuse to pay about thirty cents
for a cup of the worst coffee in
the world.
That's about the only thing
that annoys me, and it's
childish on my part. Generally,
the English and Scots we've
come in contact with are the
soul of courtesy and frien-
dliness. We've not had a single
unpleasant i incident, though t
must admit that the natives
have a penchant for doing most
things backwards,
Example. In London, I
booked a room in an Edin-
burgh hotel. I paid the agent
the full price for ttivo nights in
the hotel, The hotel turned
out to be the worst one north of
the Tweed: but that's another
story. U.K. Checking out of the
Edinburgh hotel,I I asked for a
receipt. They woeldnt give me
one.
"But I've paid for the room",
I expostulated, "Na, na, son-,
We canna gie ye A trreceipt
because ye havena' gien us any
Mon*. We hae only the
voucher," T protested vehemen-
tly but Caine up ageing that in-
domitable Scottish spirit that
has held the thin red line so
many times, and had to retreat
in disarray, Up the Scots!
Ivreenwhile, its time for a
half of bitter and a creek at
Chester's Hornell wall.
Haven't walked it for thirty
years.
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Guelph, Stratford, London and
'Toronto made farm visits in
Huron and Perth counties, in*
volving a total of 51 farm
families and 13 Stratford
A big change in this yeat's
program was the increased
number of farm youngsters
making the return visit to the
city. About 75% of the Perth-
Huron farm participants 'did
make this visit — comparing
favourably with the provincial
average of about 50% teturris,
A more complete appreciation
of the similarities and differen-
ces between farm and city life is
possible with these two-way ex-
Changes,
Dianne Vines, Coordinator
OMAF,, Stratford
Do business ethics really
mean much any more? Are
they, like the corrupt wielders
of power we've seen in the
Watergate hearings, essentially
dishonest? They're questions
that have been puzzling me
since my experience with the
real-estate man.
He was such a. nice, clean-cut
looking guy. I guess I• shouldn't
trust facades. Anyway, he came
to the door and he said, "I'm
sure you don't want to sell this
place, but I've a proposition
I'm certain will interest you."
He looked me square in the
eye. I asked him in, but, first,
he walked around the house,
"It's just exactly what my
client wants, he seid er„,"ele"ke
very rich. role, '41 willlie'iAA!air=,
cash deal." He named a figure
so preposterously high that it
had to be considered, however
reluctant we'd be to leave the
old place.
The real-estate man said I
need give no commitment, He'd
get in touch with his rich, all-
cash client. I'd hear from him
shortly. We lit cigarets, had a
10 YEARS AGO
Sept. 12, 1963
The spring grain harvest is
nearing completion in Huron
County despite frequent light
rains. The white beans have
started to be harvested despite
slow ripening, The yields of
.,,,ons wheat, and grain corns
are expected to be very low for
this year.
Over 40 relatives and friends
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Raithby
were at the Baptist Church to
honour them on their 15th wed-
ding anniversary. Mrs. Petrie
was mistress of ceremonies and
had arranged a very interesting
time. The guests were from
Kincardine, Goderich,
Winghatre Elyth, London and
Londesboro. Reg Shultz preeen-
tett them with a large wall
mirror. Congratulations were
read by Mr. Ostrom.
The Clinton Pee-Wees were
beaten by Milton, Saturday for
the OBA championship, The
midgets beat their hosts 7.4 to
take their best of three 'sets in
tw straight games and wilt
now meet Ajax in the Sethi-
finals for the OBA trove, The
Clinton team will be going all
out to settle their feud with
Ajax as last year it was Ajax
which beat them out.
Two tracts of land are under
consideration as prospective
sites for conservation areas.
One of the areas it 250 acres
with the river rums* through
it while the other :is 200 acres,
They ate discussing whether or
not to build dams so ,as to
create ponds of the area.
Bell Telephone has bought
the Tuekersreith Municipal
Telephone System line between
RCAF Clinton and -Clinton.
25 YEARS AGOp
Sept. 9, 194e
The drought lasting a month
Was broken last night When a
shower which 'lasted the night
began falling. Although there
have been minor showers ott
Monday and Tuesday, last
eight was the first real rain in a
long time, Many garden crops
have heen more or less ruined
pleasant chat and he departed.
"A very nice fellow," I told
my wife. "We'll have to do a lot
of serious thinking about this,"
You're ahead of me? You're
laughing? Well, they laughed,
too, when I mentioned the in-
cident at a party the other
night. When they told me the
facts of life I felt like Little Red
Riding Hood when she mistook
the wolf for grandmaw. Real-
estate salesmen, it seems, have
been employing precisely the
same tactics all over our neck
of the woods. It had happened
to two other people at the
party. They knew of dozens
more.
"The idea is to get a listing,"
explained a knowledgeable
friend. "Once they know there's
the remotest chance of you
selling, you're on their list,
whether you know it or not.
The rich, all-cash client doesn't
exist. Your boy will be back
when he has any old prospect
who might be interested in your
dump,"
"Very effective and nothing
illegal about it," another con-
but others will benefit greatly.
The pastures will be improved
and milk production will im-
prove once more,
Ephraim Snell is following in
the rest of his family's foot-
steps. He has walked off with
most of the prizes for Leicester
eheep at the CNE this year. He
won both championships and
reserves in addition to cap-
turing nine first in various
classifications.
The Clinton Citizens Band
will be sponsoring a concert
which will feature the CNR
Employee's Band from Stria-
ford. The concert will include
John Boyden,* boy soprano,
Clifford Kelly on the Bells tied
J. Byrick and A. Shaw with a
cornet duet,
Miss Jean McEwan has just
returned from a year abroad.
She was an exchange teacher
from Toronto to London,
England. She attended the
Royal Garden Party and was
given the honourot meeting the
Queen.
50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 6, 1923
Mr. J. Snell of Hullet has
won several awards at the
Toronto Exhibition for his
sheep. Over all he won 14
prizes for Leicester and
Canadian breeds.
John McKinley has recently
purchased a house in town. He
has farmed extensively for a
number of years and has just
retired. In view of their depar-
ture their friends and neigh-
bours met at their home to wish
them lock in theit new home.
Mr. McKinley has been out-
cilia and Reeve of Stanley for
a good Many years and will be
sincerely missed.
The public school was
opened on Tuesday morning
with a new principal Mr. Ged-
des and a full staff -of teachers.
There were one hundred and
eighty pupils registered on
opening day.
The minister of highways is
in the vicinity this week iiispec-
fing the. Provincial highways
tributed. "After all, who's to
say that the mythical client
doesn't exist? Could you prove
it? No, He makes a mighty big
boot for what the salesman call
'getting a foot in the door.'
"A lot of the real-estate firms
use it with new additions to
their staff," added the
knowledgeable one. "Getting.
listings is their way of serving
an apprenticeship. Teaches
them salesmanship."
I honestly don't know which
disturbs me more: the fact that
a decent-looking young man
could tell a bald, bare-faced lie
so boldly, or that my friends at
the party should so casually ac-
cept the fact that deceit is sim-
fay a ing tobtin ' the" trade
of selling.
I WOriiier if perhaps we aren't'
so deeply imbedded these days
in fraudulent advertising, gim-
mick merchandising, give-away
deals and trickery that we've
come to accept the fact that in-
tegrity is for the birds.
Are we getting--or have we
arrived--at a way of life in
which business morality is
between here and Goderich, He
is trying to cut down the expen-
diture but improve the quality
of the roads, The work on the
HoImeeville road has been
greatly increased so as to get it
into shape before the bad
weather comes*.
75 YEARS AGO
Sept. 16, 1898
The brother of Mrs. W.
Doherty, Mr. James Depew late
of Detroit, has been appointed
manager of the large music
store in Victoria B.C. Mr.
Depew has travelled exten-
sively but says that the trip
over the mountains was one of
the grandist sights of his life.
A certain. matt was fishing in
this neighbourhood and all he
could catch was a little fish
smaller than his finger,
13isosted he left his pole lying
by the stream and returned
home. That night the fisherman
dreamed he had caught a large
fish and in the morning when
he went to the stream foiled a
trout attached to the hook.
The Doherty Piano Factory is
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Alikabikr, anailtan
amrnuany NitrispapE
Aseactatian
determined by the question "Is
it legal?" rather than the
question, "Is it honest?"
So my friends laughed at me
because I got a little intense
about this. It's true, I'm dying
for the guy to come back so that
I can order him off my
property. I hope I have the
chance some day to steer a
client or two away from his
firm.
It isn't simply that it's a
humiliating experience to trust
someone who is taking advan-
tage of your naivete or your
ignorance. It goes deeper than
that.
Even a small, insignificant
incident like this drains away
some of 'your faith in"littritatt
nature and 'leaves 'you the
poorer for it. The reprisal
would be small comfort for the
pain of that unhappy discovery
of finding yet another dishonest
man.
A man came to my door,
uninvited, and carried away a
little piece of something I want
to believe. That makes him a
thief,
the only factory on the grounds
to have sold 1715 organs in a
single day. On Tuesday a
cablegram came from England
placing an order of 125 assor-
ted organs, and later in the day
fifty more were sold including
the exhibition stock were sold.
The company will be manufac-
turing 500 organs a month very
soon,
'Mr. Thos. Kearns of
Stapleton has a peculiar thick,
It was hatched at fifteen days
and ran about all summer with
its body completely bare of any
feathers. Lately feathers have
began to grow and it will be
tolerably well covered by the
time the snow flies, Although
the other chicks from the same
hatching are large sized this lit-
tle one is still very tinv.
The price of wheat is down to
sixty-five cents a bushel this
year as compared to eighty-
seven tents last year. The
millers ate looking for it to
come even lower, even down to
sixty tents which is getting
quite close to the profit and
loss line.
IAN C044
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Home Help
As you know, Home Help is
an Opportunities for Youth
program sponsored by the
Federal government. Its pur-
pose was to help those unable
to do their own housework, yar-
dwork, etc.
Well, the summer is over and
Home Help has drawn to a
close, Altogether, it has been a
successful summer and we hope
we have helped as much as we
ourselves were helped. We lear-
ned a lot' about working, but
even more about people. These
days you hear more and more
about how inconsiderate people
are. This summer has proved
that to be wrong. We really en-
joyed all the people we met.
We have been asked if home
help is needed in Clinton. The
answer is definitely yes, There
are so many people, especially
senior citizens who are simply
not able to cope with the chores
most of us take for granted. It's
hard to find someone to do a
little weeding or to scrub a
floor and not everyone has
friends or family able to help.
Although everyone we have
worked• for has given us their
viewpoint on the project, it is
hard to find out what the rest
of the town feels. Perhaps they
would share their,. views by
writing this paper's letters to
the editor column.
We thank both the Clinton
News-Record and the people of
Clinton for their help in
making this program a success.
Home Help,
Congratulations
Dear Editor:
Congratulations on the
awards received in the
newspaper competition spon-
sored by the Canada Com-
munity Newspaper Association.
Huron County is proud of
their representatives eexteet.4
CCNA Annual CoaysuAiorea
your newspaper Winning: Or*
awards and of Mr. McLean of
the Huron Expositor being elec-
ted President of the CCNA.
Once again, sincere
congratulations on your fine
achievement,
Yours truly,
Jack Riddell, M.P.P.
Huron.
Disease
Dear Editor:
While watching the National
News last night, I noticed an
item from Italy. In the city of
Naples there is an outbreak of
cholera and it is feared it may
spread to other areas. People
were rioting in the streets
because vaccinations against
the disease were not available
fast enough.
As we hear this, it is easy to
shrug the shoulders and say
that is far away so why worry
about it. But did you know that
we have a terrible disease tight
here in the Clinton area? It af-
fects everyone, the result is sure
death, there is also a sure cure
but many are hot availing
themselves of this cure.
This disease is called sin, in
Rom 3;23 we are told that
everyone has it. In Rom, -6:23
we are told the result is death,
in the same verse we are told of
the cure, the Lord Jesus Christ.
The book to consult for fur-
ther information on the disease
and cure is the Bible.
New I can almost hear some
and perhaps many of you who
read this saying something like
this, the Rook isn't really trust-
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