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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1967-03-16, Page 2. V IIJ... IU.I .....'J •I,.!1,,1 .* % « {I ...Pgg®. 2^—---Cliriton 19^7 Beware of Misleading Advertising WHILE THE Clinton News-Record never knowingly publishes any mislead­ ing ^ic^vex'tising, there have been several complaints recently from readers who have been victims bf certain ads which have appeared in the classified section of this newspaper. We are grateful to one rural sub­ scriber who brought us a copy pf a letter, he had received from the Better Business Bureau at Ottawa concerning the affairs of a company in Hamilton which claimed that typing at home was available in the Clinton area. The BBB letter reads, in part: “It is one of many home work schemes designed to dupe the housewife into parting with a few dollars, The in-. struction manual spoken of in the form you received is merely a couple of sheets of mimeographed instruction pn how to set up a typing business in your pwn home. They do not intend to give you any Work or pay you any wages.” Certainly, that particular advertise- ment will not be rup again in the News- Record.. Moreover, this experience will, ca.use us to scrutinize all out-of-the-area advertising more closely. At the same time, it would be well for our readers to he extremely careful about advertisements, which sound a little too good. Since Jt is not always possible to screen out every bit of petty racketeering from every publication, it is extremely important that the public be discerning in its acceptance bf 'adver­ tising gimmicks and increasingly aware that local advertisers are still the m'ost dependable. It might be well to remember, as well, that even reputable firms are cap­ able of misleading advertising in the sense that trusting shoppers may not examine the articles closely enough or know enough about the product before buying. - Be sure you know what a bargain is before signing on the dotted line or handing over any actual cash. SUGAR AND SPICE L LETTER TO EDITOR I by Bill Smiley Kim’s The Greatest X Junior Editorial Column Suggested News-Record Centennial Project AMONG CYNICS it is fashionable to make prophecies on how man even- •tually will destroy himself, says the Board of Evangelism and Social Service, the United Church of Canada. There, are those who predict that human be­ ings will burn -themselves out of exis­ tence with nuclear bombs. Others say overpopulation will lead to world-wide famine, starvation and eventually, extinction. In recent months, the theory that mankind in time will choke to death by breathing only pol­ luted and poisoned air has been gaining favor. Obviously, most of these pessimistic assessments of humanity’s future are highly far-fetched. The genius of man somehow seems to have saved him from calamity at the last moment. At the same time, there can be not the Slight­ est doubt that polluted urban atmos­ phere has become a major health blem foi- North America. About half of the 135 million tons of pollutants poured into the air over the United States is from the nation’s motor vehicles. New York City, for ex­ ample, pumps 730 pounds of filth into its air annually for every resident of the city. The air that kills is not as well known just yet to Canadians, but gov­ ernments will have to impose much Stiffer laws than Canada has at present in order to protect citizens against pol­ lution. In Toronto, for example, more than 600,000 registered motor’ vehicles pour about 2,400 tons' of noncumbustible wastes into the city’s air every day.' There is medical evidence that air pollution is linked to lung cancer, em­ physema, chronic bronchitis,- asthma and other serious chest and lung dis-. eases.- Yet government at all levels in North America is moving at snail’s pace 'in coming to grips with this problem. Your Expo Hotel Bill YOU WILL have to spend an aver­ age of $4 a day more for a double room • in a big Montreal hotel ’or motel this summer, compared with rates in 1966, The Financial Post reports. But if you check into a small motel, you could find yourself paying $9.50 more than last year. z . . These averages are based on a com­ parison made by the Canadian Automo­ bile and real Association of room rates in 1967 1966 for 25 CAA-approved Mont- hotels and motels. Received A SMALL printer in an Ontario was commenting the other daycity about the rising cost of his product because of the taxes he has to collect from his customers. Most of the regular buyers \yho. have called to complain about higher prices for a repeat order, he said, are surprised when he points out how much sales tax increases the bill, even though the calculation is plain- ,• ly stated on the invoice. When he tacks on the federal and provincial sales taxes, he added, plus the-tax on the tax, the bill goes up by 17.6 per cent. Even on a $50 order that is no trifling addition, particularly for the small businessman who has printing to buy. The same point was brought up in the brief of the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce to the touring Senate- Commons subcommittee on consumer prices. It was a recommendation of the Winnipeg body that Canadians should be told how much they are paying in direct and indirect taxes, and that there . should be a study in depth to determine how much is siphoned off by tax gath­ erers on the route from producer to con­ sumer. “For each $1 that a company pays out in profits to its shareholders or re­ tains for future development,” the brief stated, “it pays out $1.04 to the govern­ ment in corporation tax. This.happens at each step along the way, processdr, . manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer, so that on any given article the govern­ ment’s share of any profit is several times that of any company. This is for one tax alone and there are many’ at each level of government and at each step along, the way from producer to Sample rates: $24.35 for two. Near­ ly 72. percent of the larger hotels and motels raised rates 20 percent or less — one even shaved its rates by 3 percent. Most smaller motels raised rates this year from 25 percent to 95 percent, ap­ parently to bring-their rates into line with those 'of larger- establishments. Montreal’s restaurants, The Finan­ cial Post says, must post their menus and prices at their doors during Expo, according to a Quebec order-in-council just issued. ■ In Silence consumer of which the consumer is only vaguely aware, if, indeed, he is aware at all.” There was another contribution to this debate in a speech made recently by Andrew Kershaw; managing direc­ tor of the advertising agency Ogilvy and Mather: “The Ottawa hearings on consumer prices . . . centred on food price increases. It is hard to escape the impression that the parliamentary com­ mittee’s original assumption was some­ thing like this: “The wicked food manufacturers and merchandisers are using a period of inflation to push prices higher, in order to make larger profits, and to gouge the housewife. What they should be made to do is cut out all the useless advertising and promotion, standardize the packages, and then reduce prices by a significant amount. “Reading the committee’s interim report makes it clear that what may have appeared to be a beautifully simple solution did not stand up to scrutiny. The nature of rising prices, for instance. Even before the latest increase in feder­ al sales tax, the Economic Council of Canada stated that indirect taxes ‘may have conceivably accounted for some­ where in the vicinity of a quarter of the overall increase in prices in Canada over the past few years.’ “This remarkable conclusion -has been received in silence. If it has been received at all ... ” The above views were written by C. J. Harris in his editorial comment publication, The Clip Sheet, published in Toronto. Food Main Factor in Cost of Living Rise HIGHER PRICES for food and ser­ vices have accounted for two-thirds of the increase in the cost of living in Canada during the past two years, says Canadian Grocer. Food prices alone were responsible for three of the 7.2 percentage points by which the consumer price index rose between October 1964 and October 1966. For the period 1955-1965 food showed a 21 percent price increase, slightly high­ er than the over-all 19 percent advance in the consumer price index. These fig- ures are revealed in a chart survey just published by the National Industrial Conference Board. “A main factor contributing to the rise in food costs,” according to NICB, “is the growing cost of marketing, in­ cluding processing, advertising and dis­ tribution. The forces making for higher prices have been strong enough to out­ weigh the influence of substantial pro­ ductivity gains in agriculture. Only poultry and eggs, among the more im­ portant commodities, declined in price.”. Clinton News-Record THE CLINTON NEW Established* 1865 A*1* ERA Amalgamated THE HUROM NEWS-RECORD 1924 Established 1881 Published Every Thursday At The Heart Of Huron Coiinty Clinton, Ontario, Canada Population 3,475 A, LAURIE COLQUHOUN, PUBLISHER ® . . ffl . . ® Slgnod confributlon* to thh publication, aira th* opinions of tha writers only, and do not necessarily express the views of the newspaper. Class Mall, Post Offices Department, Ottawa, and for Payment of Postage In Cash United States and Foreign: 4.50, Single Copies: 11 C««h. ' Auihbrtiad Second <__. ____, ... ... _ ...____ ... _____ SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Payable In advance — Canada and Great Britain: SSJB a year; My daughter had a birthr day this week, her sixteenth. That’? quite a milestone in ,a woman’s life/Rafhetr like the fortieth inilestone, except in reverse. Life is beckoning, not waving. I’d give my right arm fqr that giri, even thoiu'gh it’s ready to drap off from bur­ sitis, and I’ve already offered, it, to 'the highest medical-re­ search bidder, And She’d take it, J can still write cheques with it, and it still works well enough to reach for my wal­ let, ’ ; ’ Ah, I shouldn’t be cynical about W baby. She’s the only one I have. Thank God1. She’s been causing me pain­ ful pleasure since the day she was born; Any normal kid as you kno\V, is born at 4<a.m, Kim popped, literally popped, into the world at noon. And my wife has never forgiven me. The Old Girl began to, grunt and groan about 4 a.m., but didn’t want to disturb the doctor's sleep, and told me it would be about 24 hours be­ fore anything happened. She knew all about' it, having al­ ready had a‘ son, who took about 36 hours getting out of the ne&t. I knew from noth­ ing- ‘ 1 So we drove sedately to the hospital about 9 a.m., and booked in. She suggested I go to work, as there was no point hanging around hiang- doggedly, I said, fearfully, but with the „ utmost relief. “You’re sure you don’t need me?” She retorted (bitterly, I learned later), “Don’t be silly, It’ll be hours.':’ This was about 10 a.m. I phoned tlhe hospital at noon to ask if it was QK to drop in on my wife and hold her ;hand. The nurse chortled, “Congratulations! You have a fine baby girt.” And the kid has been getting me in dutch ever since. There’s nothing basically wrong with Kim. Except that her con- like her l From The HENRY F. HEALD OTTAWA — A cold bright sun lit Parliament Hill and glit­ tered on the polished brass of service and police 'Uniforms as General Georges Vani'er’s coffin moved slowly away from the Senate chamber where it had lain in state for two days. Crowd's stood in 'silence along Ottawa’s streets as the long cortege wound through the city to the Basilica where the state funeral, was conducted. The scene was repeated, only slightly less elaborate, -in Que­ bec City the next day when the body was finally laid to rest. From the first stack of the death announcement on the Sunday morning to the end of the proclaimed week of state mourning it was a sad but tri­ umphant occasion. Millions of Canadians who have become fa­ miliar with Gen. Vanier’s rare ■ combination of supreme dignity and gay humor will mourn his passing and feel it as a personal loss, but there will be no grief. He had lived a long and won­ derful life. He had faced death many times. By accepting an indefinite extension of his term of office, he was. .simply decid­ ing for himself that he would die in harness rather than in the pasture. What man would Wish it otherwise? Only two incidents marred the dignity of the week of mourning: the hasty pressure applied by the feminists, led by Ottawa aiderman Charlotte Whitton, to have Mme. Vander succeed her husband; and1 the loud protest of the Ottawa post­ al workers who dlid not get the ■half d!ay off on the morning of itihe funeral. All federal offices were closed, but the posties were told they would get their half day at a later date. The possibility of .a woman governor-general is intriguing. And .no-one who has seen Mme. Vanier pinch-hitting for her husband at dozens of functions could deny that she would fill the post admirably. The women status seekers have helped their cause not at all, but have simply put both Mme. Vanier and Prime Minister Pearson in a very embarrassing position.. Despite the poor taste dis­ played by the postal workers* in calling a protest meeting while the funeral was still in progress, they have a valid point. The ex­ ecutive order which closed all federal offices on that morning was designed, so a spokesman in the prime minister’s office said, not to declare a holiday, but to ensure that all people were able to suitably pay trib­ ute to the late igovernbr-generai. Why then give the posties a holiday at some later date? Since post offices wore among the federal offices that closed on the morning of the funeral, why was it not possible to let the postal workers stay at home and watch the funeral on tele­ vision? It is fitting that the Vahier Institute of the Family will keep the Vanier name alive in Canada for posterity. As a hus­ band and wife partnership Georges arid Pauline were the epitome bf teamwork. Arid throughput the long two days of' processions and services the unity of the Vahier family stood out like a shining crown. The institute was born out of the conviction of Governor- General Vanier that the family Was the basic and necessary1 unit of h • God-guided, demo­ cratic society, Ih that, aS in all of het things, he ’practiced wihat he preached. she’s too much like mother, as far as I’m cerned. And too much her father,. as' iflar as mother is concerned. Aside from this, she’s a perfectly normal, infuriating teenager. That is, she inhabits the ■bathroom only about "five hours a day. She hates school, but her whole social life is centred there.* She loves pri­ vacy with some infernal ma­ chine blatting beat-noise. She thinks her parents' are the square root of tw'o, the only concession she will make to mathematics. She doesn’t like liver, oys­ ters, mushrooms, vegetables, salad, onions or curry, which makes for a bland diet at our place. She lilies siteal<, im­ ported cheese and Jiny fruit that is out of season, which makes for an expensive gro­ cery bill. Like all teen age girls, she gets along beautifully with her mother. They agree on everything. Except just about anything you can name. Like all teen age girls, she is not temperamental. You can rely on her moods. Either furious or radiant. She claims her parents won’t even try ,to “communi­ cate.” This invariably occurs just at bedtime. She’d love an extra hour of communication. Pronounced gossip. Her choice of apparel is putting her mother over the brink. Rather than wear the nice, matching sweater and Skirt she got for Chrisltmas, she’ll haul out an old turtle­ neck I got from the Red (Continued on page 7) The .Editor, Clinton News-Record.- Dear Sir: Since the value of a, weekly newspaper is not easily deter­ mined by whajt it does for ithe community as a whole, perhaps we should try to see what it means to the individual: therg- fore I suggest to you a Centen­ nial project rr- the development of a junior editorial column in your paper, for as many weeks as are left in .this year of the septenary. The objective, or aim would be to promote skill in commit­ ting worlds to paper by young people, a rather important .art, when we consider the value placed on communicating in this specialized society, today. I feel you hold the incentive —‘ per­ haps more so than • the school (no report card!). And the re­ sulting' calibre of tomorrow’s editorials may astound us. ■ How to “tune in” the young? A motivating factor could .participation by membership, as in a club. If the plan were be underwritten by teachers be to elementally grades and beyond — and groups, of interested par­ ents and other adults, you might soon find yourselves sorting over a raft of proudly submit­ ted materials, in pencil and in pen, in printing, tin script and in sophisticated handwriting! Categories covered could be (and only known to you) ; (1) not very good (2) fair to mid­ dlin’ (3) really great, I suggest filing away even category (1) in case the column keeps up its readership .through July and August. You can see that besides col­ umn space, you would need to donate office room, time, and perhaps more time, over the next forty-four weeks, But 'if, you launch this project, at the very least you will cause a “happening” to happen. Youth­ ful creatiyeness "will show itself in surprising forms —this is a promise, as always. Interested adults may want to help the launching on the grounds that "Community partici­ pation (which itself has become a part of Canadian culture) re- duces the incidence of delin­ quency and oven'of mediocrity. Clinton is a small community, ■but Athens was pot so large ip the time of .Socrates. J hope I have brightened, not darkened, your day. Respectfully, ONE FAVORING ALL WORTHWHILE PROJECTS. Clinton, Ontario. March 8, 1967, Editor’s Note; This strikes us a’s an interesting Centennial suggestion deserving of our -at- tention., It is entirely possible that a Junior Editorial Column would be valuable as a link be­ tween two generations which do not understand each other. . Are there 'any additional com­ ments about such a proposal? Would parents and teachers be Willing to co-operate by en­ couraging the youngsters to put their thoughts on paper for pub­ lication? Could youngsters be persuaded to Share their views about matters which concern us all? From Our Early Files 75 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Friday, March 18, 1892 ’ *The phoino'gTaph concert was held in Bayfield1, 'hall on March 8 and was listened to by an ■appreciative audience. Ohias. Disney and family left their farm at Holmesville and will be making their home in Manitoba. Messrs. J. C. Gilroy and J. Wiseman have ' entered into partnership 'as dry goods mer­ chants. Electric light, telegraph and telephone poles are. getting pretty thick in some pants of town. From the comer of Rat- tenbury to the comer of Prin­ cess Street on -west side of Albert, there are no less than thirteen poles standing at all angles.* * z HURON NEWS-RECORD Wednesday, March 18, 1982 Clinton grocers will .close their stores at 8 p.m. until ‘ further notice. Geo. Glasgow has disposed, of his gents’ furnJiishin'g stock to Messrs. Plumisteel and Giibbings. Mrs. George Glasgow of Clin­ ton, is visiting her brother, Nelson Bingham, and other .friends in this vicinity. of in is t• ■■• • 25 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 19, 1942 Mr. .and Mrs. George Beattie have moved to 'their residence on Ratteribury 'Street. Alvin Lobb of the R.C.N.V.R. at London, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Lobb, Goderich Township. Mr. and Mrs. F. McCullough and baby Frances visited with Mrs. McCullough’s parents in Kitchener one day last week. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Taylor and Leola, Mrs. Norman Baird and Thelma, also Mrs. Walter Baird, Stanley, visited in Lon­ don on Tuesday. More ... Not Less Recreation Needed * ♦ /, * Not Less Recreation Needed The editor of the News-Record was impressed with the above heading on an editorial in a recent issue of the Petrolia Advertiser. The same situation applies to all small towns . . . but, with our new com­ munity centre 'being erected, we hope to more ade­ quately entertain and provide more recreation for the youth of Clinton. More ... “Last week a group of high school students from Mau­ mee, Ohio, left Petrolia after a week’s visit here. And be­ fore they left, they had some nice things to say and s'ome criticisms to make. “The failing of this com­ munity that seemed to be up­ permost was .the lack of things to do for young people in Petrolia.. It was not a ^surprising observation from such a’ group, since it is probably the most common criticism from our own teen­ agers. | i “Unfortunately, not too many adults will take this z complaint seriously. Adults are charged with paying for recreational activities. We' are more likely to heiarken back to the grand old days ■when we ‘made out own fun’. ' “But it is generally true that while small (towns are much superior places in which to live for the very young and the elderly, they are seriously lacking in rec­ reational activities for those in between. “Most small towns do not, provide cultural and recrea­ tional advantages that are considered- elementary in cit­ ies. 'Such things as swimming pools, YM-YWCA’s, live theatre or libraries with read­ ing rooms and research sec­ tions are rare din sm'all towns, .and night life is Virtually non­ existent. Even the movie houses 'in most small towns ihaVe long since, closed. “But the. pressures for those things is growing. Ih five years Petrolia has built an. . Arena and engaged not one, but two recreational directors. Those who have taken the opportunity’ to work With these men and' in this facility qanhdt imagine life HOire with­ out stich recreatfonal ftaility and staiff. “And although there is, in some quarters, misgivings ab­ out the cost, .the fact is that we should have more recrea­ tional” activity here and not less. Moreover, the pressure of the new age ,is such that whatever the momentary set backs, organized recreational activity here will grow. Like the automobile, the telephone and the paved street, organiz­ ed recreation has advanced from a luxury to a necessity. If it seems to have arrived at this1 point rather quickly, this is only because things happen quickly these days. “Seventy years ago. recrea­ tional activity was’ highly or­ ganized in Petrolia. Live thea­ tre, adult discussion groups, curling rinks, roller skating rinks, large and regular so­ cial affairs, a YMCA and most other cultural and' recrea­ tional activities .found in big cities were also provided here. “But they have been miss­ ing for so long that today we do not have the ‘body of leadership necessary for their .easy re-establishment. Wei suf­ fer from part of a national crisis of leadership. Thife is one reason why paid recrea­ tional directors are now nec­ essary, and why before the eventual development of a full recreational program here we shall have to expect many frustrations, and not a few failures. “But a community exists not for its government or its taxpayers or its merchants or its industry, but because it can provide services for all • the people. And to.the de­ gree that it fails to provide the services all the people want is to the degree that it fails as a community,” ----- ------O'-..-....—- March Is Red Cross Month in Canada. y —-o----------- Use Classified Ads. 55 Years Ago THE CLINTON NEW ERA Thursday, March 21, 1912 Rev. D. K. Grant was induct­ ed 'as pastor of Willis Presby­ terian Church on Tuesday even­ ing. Charles Routledge has sold his 76 acre farm on the 3rd concession, Huron road survey, to Amos Townsend for $5,300. A. VanEgmond, Hallett, is home after spending the winter in the Western States. He in­ tends returning in a couple weeks to .start in business Boise, Idaho. . W. T. Pember of Toronto coming to the Noirmandlie Hotel pleased to consult with those re- on Wednesday, where he will be quiring wigs, toupees, switches, etc. He represents the largest selection of ladies’ and gents’ hair goods in Canadla. sis * :|S CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 21. 1912 Mrs'; W. D. McAsh, Varna, Entertained a number of young people in •honour? of, her niece, Miiss Olive Adams of Detroit. There are summer resorts and summer resorts, but for sheer length of season Balmy, Breezy Bayfield is hard to belat. The .first arrivals this season were Dr. Atkinson and family, De­ troit, who always stay until late October. *i» 40 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 17, 1927 Miss Mabel Livingston is spending a few days, ait the home of Bert Gibbings. W. Mutch has taken a pos­ ition on the staff of the Royal Bank. A bill was passed by the Pro­ vincial Legislature laslt week granting Bayfield permission to revert from an incorporated village (1875) to a police vil­ lage. The reason for this is that the village may obtainhydro at the rates granted rural com­ munities. Bayfield had an ex­ istence long before some of the large centres in Huron County, having been chosen as a site for a town in 1828 and in 1830 1,500 acres on both sides of the stream Which empties into the Jake were purchased for 3s 6d per Efcre, and both stream and town site received the name of Bayfield, from the name oif Engineer Bayfield who first chose the site. Miss Annie Stevens of Har- lock, spent the weekend with 'her cousin,. Miiss >B. Crittenden. 15 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD. Thursday, March 20, 1952 Robert Johnston, of Summer­ hill, was elected president of the Huron County Trappers’ Association at their 'annual meeting. An organizational meeting of the new, tentatively named “Go- Getter’s Club” Was held' in the Parish Hall, 'Clinton, last Wed­ nesday evening, The following officers were elected: president, Mrs. J. W. Elliott; vice-presi­ dent, Clinton Staniforth; secre­ tary, Mrs. W. V. Roy; treasur­ er, C. V. Cooke. Frank Fingland, Jr., post graduate student at 'University of Toronto, was a weekend vis­ itor with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Fingland, Sr. 10 Years Ago CLINTON NEWS-RECORD Thursday, March 21, 1957 Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Pegg have as their gueist the 'latter’s father, E. T. Bagshaw, Prince Albert, Sask, AW2 Joan McLeod, who has been transferred to the RCAF Station at Clinton from Aylmer, is .staying with her mother, Mrs. W. J. McLeod, Bayfield. Mr. and Mrs. William Dinnin and Wilma were in Kitchener on Sunday with Mr, 'and Mrs. Ted Dunn and family. The oc­ casion was Mr. Dinnin’s birth­ day. Mr. and Mrs. Roy (French and Miss Helen, Midland, spent last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. William Cook. Mr. Robbie Burns and family, from Kincardine, have purchas­ ed the White Rose Service Sta­ tion in Londesboro, from R. L. Stephenson. Business and Professional Directory OPTOMETRY INSURANCE J. E. LONGSTAFF OPTOMETRIST Mondays and Wednesdays 20 ISAAC STREET 482-7010 SEAFORTH OFFICE 527-1240 K. W. 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