HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-03-09, Page 2Page 2-*-Clintbn Mfrrch 9/ 1967 Mattw of Princlpla ,
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Cfarl. Hemingway
Community Centre Canvassers GetAdvice
In an effort to boost tbe moral or committee members and canvassers
for Clinton's new community centra funds campaign, a Kitchener minister,
Dr. Findley Stewart, was guest speaker last Wednesday evening of nearly 50
persons at Clinton Legion. Hall. The ac tual drive for funds started thatday,
March 1. Shown above, after'the meeting are, left to right, Rev: JR. U. Mac-
Lean, local Presbyterian minister who introduced the speaker; 'DitSleWart;
Malt Edgar, chairman of the finance committee of Clinton and District Coin-
munity Centre .Centennial Committee, and William Jenkins, Goderich Township
Councillor, who heads the canvass group in that township, . : ,, <
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It was more good luck than
good management that the sun
shone and blowing show sub
sided for Wednesday, March 1
when 11 membets, tjhie rector of
St. James’ -(Middleton) -WA and
one' gtiest clambered over high
roadside snowbanks 'to attend
their monthly qiee/ting at the-
home of Mrs. D. Deeves. The
worship service was conducted
by Mrs. Keith Miller, ■ assisted
by Mrs. Ray Wise. .
Incorporated in the meeting
was the quilting of the second
junior bed quilt — the second
, Local Couple
Win Tickets
To Hockey Game
Mr. and Mrs. Russ -Hoffmeyer
were the lucky winners of two
tickets to, a professional hockey
- game at Maple Leaf Gardens in
a, draw at -Wettls Auto ^Electric;
on February 28.- The occasion
‘ was tlie .four-day first anniver
sary sale of Jack Peck as of
Wells Auto -Electric, King
Street.. -
•' As well as the tickets, the
Hoffmeyers will accompany Mr...
and Mrs. Peck to the Detroit-.
Toronto game on .Wednesday,
March 15. , , , ,
Mr. Peck reports 'hl's first an
niversary sale was a success
despite the stormy weather that
weekend. • \
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of the four quilts’ ordered this
year. \
During the quilting Mrs. Ed
ward Wise read an interesting
and informative .article from
the Living Message on f high
lights at‘Expo’, .with special'em
phasis to the .Christian pavilion,
initial plans were made for.
another card parity -iri Easter
week on .Friday, March (31 at
Goderich Township Half. Vol
unteer workers .for tjie party
were .lifeted as follows; Mrs:
Jack Smith, Mrs. John Grigg,
Mrs. Alvin’ Dutot, Mrs. Fred
Middleton, Mrs. . Stewart Mid
dleton and-Mrs, Don Middleton.
With regard to the members’
"social service work in -the com
munity it was decided, to take
as pen-pals 12 or 13 patients of
the Ontario'Hospital, Goderich.’
Some members offered to go,
to the Hospital once a month
to square dance with- the pa
tients.
; An invitation to the-,. Thank-
offering Meeting of St. Paul’s
Anglican WA,. Clinton, was ac-'
cepted, . <■ ‘ " *■
, Rev. -E. J. B. Harrison closed
the meeting with prayer and
appreciation: was -extended, to
Mrs.-. Deeyes for* Offering her
home and hospitality for the
meeting, .The* hostess, Mra J.
Smith ’ and Mrs. .peeves served
a cozy tea.
Early History
Of Cljnfon
UCW Program
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Unit 4 of Ontario .Street
UC.W met oh zFebiiiary ’27 in
the church -parlour, with ivfrfc.
-A. ,Jewson ^conducting worship
service, taking a§ her theine,
“The churdh; the body 6f
Christ/; "
The history' of the early set;
tiers of Clinton and district’ was
most interestingly given by Mrs,
Jack Holmes. She outlined the
background of,the churches and
schools 'and illustrated with pic-
tores from an ’ early Atlas of'
Hurpn County. x.
After the evening’s business,
Mrs. G. Colclough gave a re
view of, her. day at the .Huron
.Presbyter/ial held recently m
Wingham United Church.
'Some music and recreation
conducted by Mrs. W. Parker
was enjoyed by the ladies" and
lunch was -served by Mrs. East
and her‘group. . ■ '
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Legion Auxiliary
To Meet Monday
The March meeting of the
Ladies’ Auxiliary to the Royal
Canadian Legion-, will be held
on Monday, March 13 at 8:15
p.m. in . the legion Hall.
Brussels Girl
Wins Zone
Public Speaking ■
• A 13-year-old. Brussels girl
xv'on- the Ontario School Trus
tees and Ratepayers Association
zone public speaking contest
ait Clinton’ Public School, Mon
day. ’ ..
" Linda- Wilson, a Grade 8 stu
dent at Brussels, will go on -to
regional finals at Breslhu on
Tuesday, March 14.
was “I’m Proud-to
a-dian”. ■ •
.Runners-up .were
lance of Brussels and Joan. Sut
cliffe of, Wiingham..
James Kinkiead of Goderich,
.north Huron public school in
spector, was chairman of the
contest. Judges were. Mrs, Reg.
Ball and Mrs. Douglas Th'or-
dike,.both of Clinton, and Mrs.
Fred Pierce, Seaforth.
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Toronto Speoker For
Planning Board
There will be an open meeting
of the town of Clinton Planning
Board in the council chambers
next Wednesday evening, March
15 at 8 o’clock.
Bud Kuehl, a member of the
Ginton Planning Board, has
announced that Mr. G. L. Bain
of the Department of Planning
and Development, Toronto, will
be, guest speaker.
Representatives of the four
adjoining townships will attend
the meeting to whidh the public
of town and area are invited.
Her
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Celebrate Anniversary in Sunny South
Mr. and Mrs. George C. Henderson, Brucefield,
celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the
Haines. City Tourist Club in -Florida on Valentine’s
Day. The couple spend each winter at their winter
hoirie in Minerva Park, Haines City, Florida. Many
Clinton and district people also holidaying in Flor
ida put on a program for the Hendersons on their*
wedding anniversary day. Mr. and Mrs. Hender
son’sfamily includes John W., Brucefield; Cliff,
JRR 3 Clinton and Mrs. William (Wonnetta) Hol
land, Rk 4 Clinton.
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CLINTON PUBLIC SCHOOL
KINDERGARTEN
REGISTRATION
HYDRO SHOWTIME
Tuesday, March 21
8:00 p.m.
Clinton Legion Hall
Don't forget to attend
this very Instructive
medtrh^ on
"HOW TO LlVfc BETTER
ELECTRICALLY"
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Parents are requested to Register ail children
eligible to attend KINDERGARTEN CLASSES, com
mencing September 5, 1967.
Jo be eligible for Kindergarten enrolment, a
child MUST'be five years of age on or before De*
cember 31, 1967, Registered by letter not later than
Manto 24/ 1967, ’
On day of enrolment in September, definite .
proof of age MUST be submitted to the principal of
the Public School*
SEND APPLICATIONS STATING NAME OF
PUPIL/ birth date and telephone number to:
j» A, GRAY, Principal,
Clinton Public Schbol,
CliKtoh/ Ontario.
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•We have a fool dbg! She Ss- a‘
inongrel ljice mpsf df'us Can
adians but she can rdn faster
than most dogs. ,JShe can’t run ,
as fast as a. jack-rabbit! in spite
pf t$is she chases every jack;
rabbit she sees until hen tongue Is Ranging to her kn§es. Then
she ■ returns begging to ‘ her;
master or mis.tres^'to'receive a-
crust that k-eepsT her living to
chase a rabbit another day;
Qncejn a tong Wluile however,
I find her chewing away happily
on fhe remains of "U rabbit, I>id
she-catch jt? JSTpt likely! I
peat'‘she was fortunate enough
to came Upon the loser of a
race with a car. She atiU chases
rafehits, . .t
Even though'it’s silly, if is in
teresting to wateh' w'hat hap’-
jjens. As i.go to "the field the,
dog runs ahead nnd gets within
half a dozen yards of a riaibtrit;
Away they go! jt’S a fairly eyen
start and tor a short distance
the race is fairly close. Then
tlie space between' lengthens
more and mcne. They disappear
fewer the hill, Half an hour later
Suzie returns without the rab
bit but immediately starts-look
ing for another, '
It’s so easy far us to be criti
cal of the “dumb” animals but
we farmers,, particularly,, had
better take another look at the
story of “Suzie and the rabbit.”’
Let’s look at what we've been
doing! , •
.Lean only remember back to
the time of the.first world war
and though my memory dis a bit
vague; it seems tp that far
mers were doing reasonably
well. For ‘ onp example, there
were quite a lot of- new farm
houses built- from 1914-to 1920.
Then there was a bit of -, a
slump, blit the ‘later-*twenties'
seemed to be better and far
mers were encouraged to pro-
duce and, produce. The rabbit
was closq, in sight! The fating
jumped in, and bought tractors.
• Then the ,thirties! Boy, oil
JBqy! 414 "iwW1 -gVW';
make ,us' Jooik, stilly |
The second world war came
along'and the farmers: began to
find “rabbits” on the highway.
In fact py the earjy fifties ’’raftir-
bits”' could be found in the
|x>ultry-house, the hog pen or
the’' cattle pasture. But they
suddenly were gone! , .
The farmer hunted diligently
for some years. He wa$ toid
again that he must produce
more. Yes, there Wais a surplus
of/farm products but this would
only be for a short time. Ti’ac-
tors had replaced horses, thus
providing mdny extra acres tor
food production for humans, but
population ^’explosion” -would
soon catch up. ; t
The farmers kept on chasing
the r’rabbits”.
1 At long last they gave up and
returned to their master to re
ceive subsidies that kept them
alive sb that they might be in
duced to -chase “rqibbits” again.
Only last week Agriculture
Minister Greene painted a rosy
future tor beef producers. Un
doubtedly beef and other farm
products will go up in price
but just as the distance between
the dog and ..the rabbit increased
as the race went on, so will the
spread in price between what
the farmer sells arid What he
buys continue to increase. I
wonder how. long it will be be
fore" faimers will' realize that
shortage of food products and
higher' prices does not mean
prosperity tor the farm'er. >
1 I wonder how long it will be
before farmers (and labour is
in much- the same position),
realize that it 'is the policy of
government ‘to- promote the
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chasing pf <toabltos’S
Its been going on foi' a long
tdoto! ■, * .
On1 page 252 of the book by
W. L. Jgpiith’,, “The Pioneers of
Old Ontario’’ it tolls of Sand
field. MacDonald’s government
providing Iofans' for the early
settlers of Bruce. County and
other areas when their '.crops
were wiped out by frost around
1854,' (I believe though I didn’t
find' th*e exact date). During the
.following years, interest pay-
merits accumulated as the pion-
eer^ struggled to get back on
their feet.
Suddenly in 1868 and 1869 the
government demanded payment
of 'ajl back interest and prin
cipal,
Fortunately? by strange co
incidence, money-lenders in Torr
onto had received large sums
of investment capital from
Britain just previous to the
government demand.
The farmers, in ordier tn save
their farms from government
seizure, flocked to' the money
lenders arid borrowed at 12%%.
In the following years a great
niariy lost their farms.
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March 13 - March 25
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